The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-05

Business Office Will receive prompt attention.
NO EXTRA CHARGE. Fifty cents per month
for summer months
Perhaps Andree has had TO put his
pigeons in the soup
The Yukon boom has had push enough
in it to send the Woolen-goods market
soaring skyward.
The Sultan seems to enjoy the Euro
peau concert so much that he won't give
it cent to move on. or quit playing.
Secretary Sherman may yet have to re-
sign in order to save himself the trouble
of repeating his denialS that he is going
TO resign.
II we do not hear from Andree very
soon the world will conclude he has ADAM
doned his north pole trip and struck out
for the klondyke.
From the way her fruit is selling this
season Santa Clara County would not
swap herself for two Klondykes with a
Chicoot thrown in.
The miners strike is broad enough to
cover nearly the whole of the Eastern
coal districts, and it looks now as if it
might be as long as it is broad.
1t is better for the miner to go over the
Chilcoot Pass and pay the Canadian
bounty than to try the Canadian through
route and get lost in the woods.
If Edison does not invent a world
sweeping machine before long Tesla will
get clean out OF his electric circuit and
look back upon him as a chrome.
When Secretary Wilson starts his agri-
cultural experiment station in Alaska he
will receive many inquiries as to the best
means of propagating mining plants.
The Spanish Government seems incapa-
bic Of understanding that any genuine re-
form in Cuba must begin by giving the
island good riddance OF the Spaniards.
Now that the new tariff has killed the
free-trade issue, the gold Democrats are
trying to rally few followers by shout
ing a battle cry for the retirement of
greenbacks.
The report that Spalding, the Chicago
bank wrecker, has completely broken
down may be true, but it sounds like a
sympathy dodge to save him from the
penitentiaIy.
The programme of the Merchants AS
ISOLATION is the best that has been billed
for some time, and there is no better stage
in the country to play it on as a continu.
Gus performance than San Francisco.
The pressing need at this time of
having thorough survey of mining dis
tricts of Alaska is another argumeD in
favor of establishing u department of
mines and mining under the direction OF
Ca binet Minister.
All the gas companies of Chicago have
combined to form a corporation called
1.-The Peoples Gas and Coke Company"
but this is not the first intimation we
have had that IN Chicago the gas corpora
tons are the people.
The number OF people VINO knew long
ago that Alaska is full of gold continues
to furnish US with new surprise party
every day. 1t is strange indeed, that so
and profited SO little by the knowledge.
1t is announced that the British Gov
eminent will soon take steps to disfran-
cblse all persons employed in the civil
service, and as soon as the thing is done
over there the mugwumps will begin q
camor for similar action in the United
States.
Taxes in Madrid have been rails d so
high that the people have refused to pay
them, and riots have resulted from an at
tempt TO collect them. In the meantime,
however, these same riotous people insist
on continuing the war III Cuba. just as il
they thought it possible to dance the
devils dance without paying the piper.
An appropriation of public money to
send delegation to invite Mckinley to
come TO California would be appropriate
enough II we first get a reasonable assur-
ance that he may accept the invitation.
In the present condition of City finances
and municipal needs we must look be fore
we leap on any sort of a money PROPOSE.
ton.
1t is stated that after months Of expert
ment the horseless cab has been success
fully operated as q commercial venture in
New York City, and will be permanent
feature Of street traffic. Twelve of the
cans are now in constant use and can
make from four to fifteen miles an hour
on smooth payements. They are run by
electricity and are operated at about one
half the expense OF keeping horse.
1t is now said that the use of the X-ray
in diagnosing injuries to the body is Of
considerable danger, as no one yet under
stands the full effect upon the human
system of the powerful forces it exerts
Several stories of evil results from the use
of the ray are going the rounds. and an
one of them ii is said the injury was sc
serious as to require the amputation OF q
LEG.