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Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-12-15

Topeka, Kas., Dec. l5.--A prOclama
tlon calling an extra session OF the
kanaRs Legislature on December "a. 20
pass the proposed populist measures for
the regulation OF railroad charges was
issued 10 cay by Governor Leedy.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-12-15

Regular meeting OF Harmony Lodge
NO ", tonight az 1880 p. m, sharp, an
members are requested TO attend, ~
iefe will be Work IN the second degree.
Visiting brothers are invited 70 attend.
q. y. PILIsBuRY. n. q.
". c. NONTFORT. Sec etaTy
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-12-15

DR.. Bergers corn file Is the only instru-
ment which will remove corns. buniOns
warts and eallOsities without knife, sRlvG
or any deleterious compounds. For sale
only by GEo. @. GAINsLEY n Co,
Largest Shoe Dealers,
l22 South Second Street
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-12-15
The Mnoonhass. Dance.

hesdames Fenner. Heady aud Griffith,
the committee on arrangements for the
dance TO be given by Alamo Hive No. 1,
Ladies' OF the Aaccabees at the ArmOry
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-12-15

New York. Dec. 10. Money on call,
nominally at 2h@2k per cent. Prime
mercantile paper, Sdl per cent.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-12-15
mann OF Ex-,enstor nrIo.

New York, Dee. l5.-Calyin 8. Brice
died this afternoon from the effects OF a
severe cold contracted week ago.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-12-15

Have your water pipss tbawed ost and
repaired by n. .. Post A Co.. tho practical
plumbers.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-12-15

Have your water pipes thAwsd out aud
repaired by q >. Post A Co., the practical
pIumbern.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-12-15
IVES. far FLonIs.

For cut flowers, palms and holly for thu
holidays.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-12-15

An Awful FalI.
A Complete DnnIaI.

But they land o. K. g. W. Childs
cent cigar, at Burt Jones'.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-12-15

nan its numerous and diverss
branchrs done q h silouid
BE- At TIE CITIZEN JOB
Rooms.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25
SOME LADIES WILL SMOKE.
French Law for a Russian Countess
 Who Despised Railway Rules.

No smoking allowed" will now have 10 be aff1xed on the carriage compart- ment of railway trains allotted to ladies only. This, at least, must be done if the companies mean to obviate the re- currence Of such scenes as that wit messed yesterday at the station of the Orleans Ceinture line. Mile. Viron. 42 years old, and lady who turned out to be an authentic Russian Countess were sitting together in a first-class compartment marked danes seules." on their way to Vincennes. They were unknown to each other and did not talk for some time, but when they did break the silence the language used on both sides was deplorable. The Rus sian Countess lit thick cigarette and soon filled the compartment with smoke, which caused Mile Viron to cough, and then to exclaim, in a snap pish manner, T wish you would leave off smoking, please; you see that it in- conVen1enceS me, and 1t is not allowed in this carriage, which is marked La dies only" The Muscovite Countess smoked on with greater yigor, and re- marked that, as there was no notice in or outside the carriage to prevent those who liked tobacco from indulging in it. she was determined to finish her cigar ette
 Mile. Viron protested with all her might aSa1nSt the action of the Countess, and called her a drolesse. or bad lot, whereupon the Muscovite lady. utterly unmindful of the Franco Rus sian alliance and its exigencies, struck her co-traveler twice in the face. When the train stopped at the Orleans Ceinture station Mile. Viron. consider ably damaged about the features, and wearing her hat in a manner which seemed to denote that she had been in a collision of some sort, emerged from the train, sought out the station master, and lodged a formal complaint with that official against the Russian Countess. The latter was instantly called upon to throw away her cigar cite, as smoking in a ladies only" compartment was contrary to all rail- way rules and regulations The Countess only puffed more vigorously. sent spirals of smoke into the faces of the stationmaster and the guard and told them that they had no case against her. as they had not put a mo- tice forbidding indulgence in pipes, cigars or cigarettes on the compart- ment reserved for her sex. The refrac- tory fumeuse, as the station officials called her. is to be proceeded against by Mile. Viron and the Orleans com pany.--London Telegraph.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25

Delbruck has since received uproarious ovations from the students and from the Legislature halls. The Munich Al legemeine Zeitung, which otherwise is in complete harmony with the Govern ment, expresses the general feeling of detestation of the Government interfer- ence, saying
 I've are indignant, not because we agree with the professors views of the evictions, but because the German uni versailles must remain the guardians of free speech. Even in times of the wild est reaction, truth and love of truth have found in the German universities their city of refuge, and whoever at- tempts to drive them forth with a po> lice bludgeon desecrates consecrated ground"
 The Conservative Post described Dr. Bosses action as "retrograde and senseless." Professors of the univer- sity intend to issue a vehement and unanimous protest.
 Dr. Delbruck belongs to the Conserv- ative party. Crown Prince Frederick intrusted him with the instruction of Prince Waldemar, and the doctor re- ceived the unprecedented honor, after the battle of Grayelotte, of being called out of the ranks and created an officer on the field of battle.
 The latest measure against the Schleswigers is the Governors decree commanding parents to recall children who have been sent to schools in Den< mark. It is expected that the parents will defy the Governor and thus cause Q priciS
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25
Wages in a Silver Country.

The scarcity of labor all over the re- public is becoming a serious question to the railroad companies that are building new lines and extending old ones, and the contractors are getting very anxious, as there is no relief in sight. All the roads in the republic are complaining of the scarcity of labor and one or two have been compelled to stop work completely as they~ had no men to go on with con- struction. The International Is feeling the scarcity in a marked degree and work on their branch to Monterey is being greatly delayed. The National Is also ex- periencing difficulty in securing men on its Uruapan extension, and the Central cannot get enough men for it's Tampico division, which is undergoing extensive repairs and betterments.
 The average amount paid per day for men is 75 cents, though in a number of places S1 per day is offered and paid when ever men can be got to accept the price. The rate can be appreciated when it is known that any number of men can be got to work on farms and haciendas at g cents per day, and the same men will not work on railroad for less than sf per day. The reason is that in the latter position they are required to work hard and steady.-Mexican Financier.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25
AN AUTOMATIC RAGING JUDGE. Machine for Marking Wheels in the
 Order of Their Crossing a Line.

It is rarely that a cycle race meeting is carried through without dissatisfac- tion arising in some heat or final with the verdict of the judge. Given a hard fought finish, in which two or more men cross the tape within inches of each other, and it is difficult. indeed. for the most skillful and reliable judge to arrive at decision which will not be questioned by some one; not often, however, by the riders, for in cycling the judges verdict is final like the um- pires in cricket. Still, the liability to error Is undoubted, and a promising effort to put an end to 1t is worthy of notice. A. Laidlaw Baird. an Aus tralian wheelman, has devised a ma- chine which seems to solve the problem effectually, in a manner which is both simple and ingenious. His apparatus was exhibited yesterday afternoon at the Portman rooms, Baker street. The place of the tape on the track is taken
 by a slot about two inches wide In this slot five strips or leaves of metal aluminium is used in Australia-stand on edge. They are graduated so that the fifth, counting in the direction in which the riders are moving. rises slightly higher than the fourth. and that than the third, and so on. When in operation in the last lap they are raised by simple mechanism so that the fifth is about five-eighths of an inch above the surface of the track, and the rest in proportion The five leaves are fresh painted with enamel
 The first wheel that crosses receives on the tire an impression of the five strips, and its passage causes the fifth strip to fall out of action. The sec ond wheel is marked by the remaining four strips, the third by the three. and so on. When the riders pull up the wheels are examined and the one hav- ing five bars on the tire is obviously the winner, and the second mans tire will bear four bars. But if the rear wheel of the first mans machine has crossed the automatic judge" before the front wheel of the second man, it will have four bars and the latter will have three. Only in the rare case of five front wheels crossing the judge before one rear wheel does so would place be marked at the dropping fore, that it is the relation of the num- Der of bars on the front tires to each other that decides the position. Thus the winner might have five bars. the second man three and the third one. The enamel marks do not become ob- liberated for a considerable time. even in wet weather. This machine would seem to afford a highly efficient settle ment of a troublesome question. It has been tried on cycle tracks in Syd- ney, and a large number of prominent Australian racing men have given their opinion in it's favor. The mechanism Is very simple. and there seems no req
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25
A LOCAL SHERLOCK HOLMES. How He Told Who Had Last Used
 the Public Telephone.

'The last man who used this phone" said a New Orleans Sherlock Holmes, preparing to Wrestle with the inStru- ment in an uptown pubic statlon. was a short, little fellow in deuce of a hurry, smoking a cigarette. He asked for the I. c. freight office, was told they were busy and repeated his request five times. getting madder at each call. Meanwhile his cigarette went out ana after vainly searching for match
 Hold on there!" exclaimed a friend who had accompanied him to the booth. What kind of a 4--ry story are you giving me, anyhow"
 NO fairy story at all, replied the amateur sledth blandly. T was merely stating few facts
 "ButNhow the dickens did you ascer- tain them?"
 A.'Plain as A E, c, my boy. To begin with, the adju.table mouthpiece of the instrument is pulled down, as you see, to it's fullest extent, indicating clearly that the last user was very much un- dersized Isn't that evident
 "Ye-e-e-es, I guess so; but how about the rest?"
 Well, look at that ledge and you will observe five charred spots and an equal number of small piles of tobacco ash. What do you infer? Why, obviously, that the gentleman was smoking and laid down his cigarette each time he called. The piles of ash are still undis- turbed, showing they were recently de- posted, and they are very small, prov ing plainly that the intervals of calling were brief. My logical conclusion was that the phone he wanted happened to be busy and I looked instinctively for a memorandum of it's number, which most men make under such circum- stances. I found it, as 1 anticipated, on top of the box, scrawled in pencil, and recognized the number of the freight office. Such memoranda are al- most always rubbed out by the sleeve of the next customer, and as this one is still fresh and bright, it is fair to pre- sume it was made by the last man in the booth--otherwiSe the short chap with the cigarette. Moreover, a freight office phone is usually busy at this hour, so the clews interlock and sus- tain one another. Not so, my dear boy?''
 But the matches?''
 "Oh. I deduce the match incident from those fresh toothpicks on the fioor When man in a hurry searches for a match he invariably finds quanti- ties of toothpicks. I would"
 Are you through with that 'phone?" asked a short, stout stranger appear ing suddenly at the door and vigorously putting a cigarette, because if you are T."
 Certainly, sir" said the analyst, smiling. T think you will find the freight office disengaged at present."
 Well, I'll be hangedl" said the friend.-NeW Orleans Times Democrat
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25
PoUGHKEEPsIE CASE DECIDED
CITY MUST PURCHASE SCHOOL
 PROPERTY.
Cannot Rent Buildings of Various Church Denominations as Has Been Done Hereto
 fore.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

ALBANY, N. Y, Dec 24.-State Su- perintendent Skinner has decided the appeal of Edward Weiser against the Board of Education of the city of Poughkeepsie in favor of the appellants The appeal is from the action of the Board of Education in the rental of school buildings for permanent use by the Board of Education and the em- ployment as teachers of persons who wear the distinctive dress or garb of a religious order
 The Board of Education of the city of Poughkeepsie since 1S43 has been renting of various church denomina-- tions and individuals school buildings in which they conduct public schools af that city. It has neglected to equip it's school system with sufficient accom- modations owned by the city for the children desiring to attend the school thereof and the result has been that on the first day of September last upward of 1000 of the school children in that city were compelled to alternate in their attendance and were able to re- ceive but two and one-fourth hours 1n- struction each day. Superintendent Skinner holds that union of interests is
  terests of the schools of the city, and is against the letter and spirit of the constitution. The public school system must be conducted in a democratic and Catholic spirit that Jew and Catholic and Protestant alike shall find therein absolutely no cause for complaint as to the exercise, directly or indirectly, of any denominational indulgence.
 The Superintendent also rules that 1t is the duty of the Board of Education to require teachers employed by them to discontinue in the public school room the use of distinguishing dress or garb of any religious order.
 The effect of the decision is that the plan long in operation in that city must be discontinued and all villages and school districts must own the prop erty in which their schools are con- ducted, except in cases of temporary emergency. which are provided for by this school law.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25
Decorated Dogs.

To the casual and unsuspecting observer of dogs the canines of Frankford present a very fantastic and incongruous appear ance. In this quiet suburban section there are roaming at large dogs whose hairy coats are tinted with the colors of the rainbow and whose general effect puts the most daring of poster creations to shame. If the citizens of that locality were to hold a dog show they could ex- hibit such a variety of parti-coIored canines as would eclipse entirely the swell functions of Germantown and Chestnut Hill How the Frankford bow vows came by their bizarre appearance is mystery which many indignant own CTS of dogs would like to solve. Some un- known person. who apparently has access to a dye factory, has taken upon himself the task of relieving the awful monotony of dog flesh in the neighborhood, and playfully dips poor little cur into vat of dye so that one-half of the body ia colored a bright and unmistakable pink or green, as the case may be. This un- known artist takes the greatest pains in his color combinations, and if pink and black are not exactly harmonious the effect is at least startling As there are many dye works in Frankford, the dog owners are at a loss as to whom to suspect; but woe betide this canine dec. orator when he is captured Inquirer.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25
Proper Price of Bicycles.

When Sir J. Wolfe Barry's paper on London streets and traffic appears in the Journal of the Society of Arts, it will be found to contain glad tidings for cyclists. This is the passage: "The present price of bicycles will not, suppose, rule very long, and we shall see these admirable machines made at prices which now seem unattainably cheap. The weight of a bicycle is so small that the value of the material except the india-rubber tires, cannot be serious. And if all the parts of a good machine-made watch can be man. ufactured and put together and sold for less than 91, the manufacture and put ting together Of a bicycle ought not to cost more. If we add the cost of the steel and the india-rubber, it surely seems not too sanguine to suppose that a few years hence bicycles will be sold at about a fourth of their present price. ."-London News.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25
SWISS TRADE IN FOREIGNERS. J

One is irresistibly reminded of the chocolate soldier" in G. Bernard Shaw's amusing play, Arms and the Man." when one reads just issued re- turn of the annual trade in foreign CTS" in Switzerland. The return only deals with the trade for 1897. and it shows that in that year twenty new hotels, with an aggregate of 750 beds. were constructed, which, with addi- tions to hotels already existing. went to swell the number of available beds in hotels from 80,000 to 90.000. It is estimated that the visitors number about 600000, a very considerable in crement to country numbering some 5000 900. Eighteen per cent are Swiss oddly enough; 16 per cent English. 34 per cent German, F per cent French. s per cent United States of America. and other countries 12 per cent. Their total expenditure is estimated at e12.- GOO, ,000-London Chronicle.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25
Light and Profit From Garbage Gre
 nation.

Accounts for the first twelve months working of the combined dust destructor ditch show. says this weeks London. a gross profit of nearly e6000. The Electric Light Committee estimate that the saving the old method of disposing of refuse, was 31253, and they conclude that the net profit and saving on the dust destructor and lighting combined has been, for the twelve months, G2679- It should be borne in mind that during the first three months, when the work done was small. there was loss of 9500, and that the B per cent during the year.-London Tele- graph.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25
showered the Wrong Couple.

A couple of Ann Arbor young ladies played joke on strange couple on an Ann Arbor passenger train the other day which was not intended for them. A young Scio couple were married and it was desired to shower them with rice. The two Ann Arbor girls were told that the Scio couple intended to fool them by not taking the train at this city, but would probably drive to Hamburg and take the train there. So when the train arrived at this city the young ladies, armed with big bags of rice, boarded it and asked the conductor if a young married couple had got on at Hamburg and if so where they were sitting. The conductor had seen
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25
GREED FOR MONEY CAUSED A YOUTH TO
 MURDER HIS FATHER
Young John Henry Collins Con- victed for Committing a Most
 Appalling Crime at Topeka.

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newly married couple who lived at Hamburg get on the train and he gave the desired information. The Ham, burg couple were looking unutterable tnlngs at each other when the young ladies stole up behind them, and. with out looking at their faces broke the bags of rice over them, literally show erlng them. Imagine the surprise, con- sternation and dismay of the Hamburg couple and of the young ladies, who neo as they saw the faces of the newly married. The Scio couple escaped Argus Democrat.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25
Adopting a Safe Plan.

A minister of Winfield. Kan, think ing he was as active as he ever was, !" jumped from a moving train and came pretty near killing himself. To re- porter who interviewed him he said: Now, when we try to convince one that we are as active as we were we do it wholly with our mouth, which seems to have lost none of it's natural fiexi- bility.'
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25
PASSING PLEAsANTRIEs.
DANGERS OF SCIENCE.

The "lady" professor suddenly reached forward and deftly plucked long, light hair from her husbands coat
 Wretch she cried, whose is this?'' "One of your own," he answered, stout
 We will see" she haughtily observed, and speedily vanished through door la beled Laboratory" For an hour or more the sound of clinking tubes and glasses was faintIy heard through the heavy par tition.
 Then the door suddenly opened and the lady" professor stood on the threshold.
 "Villain?' she cried. Tt was bleached.' .'
 But he was gone.-Cleveland Plain
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25
WHO LOVED HIM

Somebody loves me.' he softly cooed And can co guess who somebody is?',
 She raised her great gray eyes until their glance rested full upon his beaming countenance.
 "Ooi' she answered, with all the conf dence of a trusting heart, intuftively aware of the basic sentiment that actu- ates all maAkind.-Detroit Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25

son to believe that it will be liable to get out of order. It may easily be f1t- ted, and when 1t is not required may readily be covered over and removed. so that 1t presents no obstruction to the use of the track.-From the Lon don Telegraph.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25
WHOM sHE KNEW.

"Do you know any one in these parts?" was a witness in a trial at Pratt. Mrs. Schultz dropped her eyes, plncked nerv- ously at her shawl for moment and then blushingly responded:
 Sheriff Reyes over there used to be my beau before either of us were married"
 Whereupon the court hammered yigor- orously to bring the audience to order.- Kansas City Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25
WHAT TT LACKED.

Sculptor-Why do you object to this bust of your husband, madam?
 Widow-It dcesnt seem natural. Sculptor-You have admitted that it looks like r im.
 Wldow-Yes, the features are all right never remind me of my dear dead and gone husband in the world. It's too quiet My husband had St. VituS' dance.-New York Weekly
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25
HE WAS RIQHT

''It was pitch battle," lie said. Pitched you mean" she corrected.
 T don't mean anything of the kind,'' he between tars."-Chicago rost.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25
HIGH OLD TIMES.

Tommy-Didn't the ancients have pretty high times?
 His Father-Why, my son?
 Tommy-The book says they set their watches on the hilltops. = Jewellers Weekly.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25
NOT NECESSARY.

If Wiggins called you liar you ought to make him prove it.''
 What good would that do?'-Chicago Record
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25

Stratekut-Doctor. do you believe that smoking cigarettes ever made any one craZy?
 Doctor-Pm not so sure about that. but I suspect that craziness has caused a good many people to take to cigarettes Boston Transcript.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25

A$tances made on furniture and pianos, with or without removal. J. Noonan, 1o17-1o23 Mission
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25

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