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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-26
HELP wANTED-MALE.

| MURRAY 81 READY--Telephone Main oS4S
................ Want To-Day ..................
26 woodchoppers, 81 so and 81 cord.............
81 tie makers. Sc, &c and 12c each .:.....;.;..
stabiemen 1. country $50 and SIS and found
Married T s .............. farmers and wives
| boys to do chores ranches. Sc month and
so boys to learn city trades s. week
farm hands. s25 and $50 and found :, * 6av
Foreman 5r Stable and drive in city. $50 and
To- found md :b;1sis Is day
men for factory work. city.
MURRFsAAY sd RE c1ay 81
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. pos anu wv -
Q WATERS; $50, $25 and $50 and f found; waiter waiter
a. ana cd send g sa9 s9, s$5 and SIS and found
butcher country shop. $50 ana 80 60 and found
Tafnr country driver wagon driver
milk wagon ....:.' MURRAY 3 READY.
7ov 60. orr ofdce; must write fair hand:
living with his parents. MURRAY q RhADf'
634 and 6S6 Clay ST.
Ar r HANSEN s. co 's....Tel Grant 1s5
1900 railroad la rsd5ced to..................
en- Snd q -. to Skaguay .....-.;..; a4 90
su6con r[b 81 to 81 so yard for rock. Csc to
sSc Yard for earth Further Particn Ida and
1 90 81 c. R. HANSEN q co. IS. lo4 Geary
| ~ ship Sunday morning
zz711,e7r ,I7RANT cook north. $50; short-order
N rook- country restaurant SIC week: cook.
small restaurant. $780, baker sg : helper help ZIG;
| o aRs' s25t short-order cook and waiter. small
aIintry hotel, $50. C. R. HANSEN & CO.,
1O4 Geary st.
NJ NTED-MIne foreman, 800 and board. free
"fare: 8 quartz miners, 81 so a day and $40 per
month; teamster, 10 mules for mine $50
md hoard free fare; Frenchman and wife
Sor vineyard $40; stableman. $50; office boy.
Apply to J. F. CROSETT & CO., 62S Sacra-
mento ST.
WANTED-Head cook. s75 MONTH club stew
ard $50 month and room; German second
cook sos and room; bed maker, walters dish
washers. etc Apply to j. f. CROSETT e.
CO, 62S Sacramento ST.
WANTED-s Station agent for private railroad.
no objection to married man, must have ex-
perience and references. salary $50 per month
apply in person only: furnaceman for quick
for lodging house in city. $50 per month and
room; pressboy for printing office Sc per
week; 10 more woodchoppers for good long
job, 81 70 ana 81 4O per cord, tools and pro-
visions advanced: waiter, small restaurant =
$780, farmers, mixers and others w D.
EVER & CO.. GIG Clay st.
Is TIEMAKERs, post makers and wood chop
pers; winters job. fare ST. see company here;
middle-aged farmer and wife: slate split
tiers. 81 90 a day. r. T. WARD & CO., COS
$40 Clay st.
WANTED-Couple to take care of country
waiter u.s. omnibus sss waiter So; ssSid dsR
washer, $50; butler. $40; gardener for Dec
!, $50. ANDRES, S16 Stockton st.
BUTLER and wife, SIS per month. wonoar
must be good cook. MISS CULLEN, s25 SUIT
co "a IMAM. $50 per month. MISS CULLEN.
BELL boy; SIS; elevator boy. SIS; city. HOTEL,
GAZETTE, APO Kearny st.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-26

SITUATION wanted by good hostler and driver
in private place or stable; city or country !;
also handy with tools. Box 1871 Call office
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-26
SPECIAL NOTICES.

SPECIAL NOTICES.
BAD tenants elected for 81; collections made;
city country. PACIFIC COLLECTION
CO., AIS Montgomery ST., rooms 9-10; tel. $3.50.
ROOMS papered from So; whitened 81 UP;
painting done. Hartmann Paint Co.. 343 Sd St
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-26

INVESTMENT BOARD.
Morning Session
so Mutual Electric. .......................l "A 90
Afternoon Session.
40 Market-street Observation-Disclosures. Sc 90
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08
An Incautfous Epfcure.

Il suppose said the young woman. chat
"hen miner makes a big discovery ii is
to his interest to avoid spreading the news
SO as to keep as much as possible for him.
self"
Some of them try it," answered the re-
turned gold-seeker. But as a rule #
doesn't work. When man has suddenly
reached enormous wealth he is almost Ger.
tain to betray the fact in some way"
Have you known Of such cases on the
Klondike?"
only one. Ordinarily the men don't fry
to deceive anybody. One chap made big
discovery and tried to keep it quiet: bur il
wasn't more than a day or two before ey-
erybody knew he had struck # rich"
Something in his manner BETRAYED it?"
No"
He was seen spending more money than
usual?'
No. He never spent any money in pub
lie. He was a great one for keeping to
himself
Perhaps he talked in his Sleep"
wouldn't have been anybody to hear
him il he had
shadow him.
Didn't have to. He practically an
nounced that he had suddenly become
millionaire himself. There wasn't any pos
sibility of mistake"
''How did he do it?"
Game around one day with the smell of
onions on his breath"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08
\ Political Pessimist.

Sometimes" remarked Farmer Com
tossel, Il feel like jes' seitin' down and let
tin my country so it 'thout no more worry
in. do, honest"
Don't give up" said the young politician.
Reform is bound TO succeed"
Here I've been a-votin' and a-votin' year
in an year ou;, an | amt no better salts
fled than 1 WAS when l WAS twenty-one
years of age an started To take my country
in hand
You must never give up trying. Remem-
her if you put good men in Office that liz
all that can be expected of you
That's easy enough. But s'pos'n you do
put good men in office; what them"
wv by. go back to the polls on election
day and try to keep them there. When
you have fit men, let them retain their
places
You didn't say 'ft men the fust time.
You said good men,"
We'll, it's all the same, isn't ito"
Young man. yer smart. but you amt
lived long enough to observe what | have.
Findin' good men is jes as easy as raisin'
dust in August. We kin find folks that'll
mistakable that We don't fur the life of ye
understand how they could deviate"
Then your course is very simple Elect
them ana stand by them"
Nope. That's jes' the pint We don't
seem TO realize. 1t amt more'n once I'm ten
or leven times that We kin stand by EN-
This may be peculiar section but the OBJ
servation of us voters is that there amt
nothin that seems to onfit man fur hold
in Office like gittin' one. We might as Well
submit TO the inevitable an keep 'em q.
rotatin' -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08
SCIENCE OF SCARPOLOGY

did you ever hear of a man telling a
persons character by looking at his
shoesg inquired a gentleman, glancing at
the writer's CATERS refectively.
The scribe replied that he had not, and
asked for further Information on the sub
ject.
Well" said the speaker, II know an
old man living in Brooklyn, n. Y, who is
we'll to do, and has a name for collecting
cast-off shoes and slippers, all of which he
studies for the purpose of gaining an in
sight into human nature. His collection
of old shoes numbers over one thousand
specimens, and consists of the discarded
foctgear of prominent society and public
people, living and dead The shoes are
mostly obtained by the collector who
calling upon the wearers and bidding for
the shabby leather. Each shoe or pair OF
SHOES IS carefully packed in a cardboard
box and labeled with the late owners
name. The collector has designated the
results of his investigation into the secrets
OF discarded shoes as 'scarpology,' name
which is defined by Archbishop Whately as
meaning a science that gives clue to the
superannuated leather 1 had talk with
the old genealogical savant last week, and
during the conversation he said:
Carlyle has, as you may know, shown
tracted from old clothes, and after many
years of patient study have discovered val
liable properties in old shoes. For instance
said the old man, displaying pair of shoes
that once belonged to Gen. Grant a discard
ed boot the heel and sole of which show.
like this. equal and even traces of hard
work after two or three months use de-
notes its wearer to be, il man. an ener-
getic. determined and practical individual,
ard II woman a faithful spouse and an
excellent household manager.
sole worn and broken on the out
side denotes a fanciful, capricious and
visionary individual. while the contrary be-
trays irresolution, weakness and timidity
Hoots whereof the outside soles and the
edge OF the toe caps are worn away show
their owner to be everything that is bad
ana capable of any crime up to murder
Another elementary rule that can be
laid down with unfailing certainty is that
young women who try to insert their feet
into shoes denominated in technical lam
suaSe as tours when their proper size
should be designated as skies are to be
avoided by young men. For no trust con-
cluded the old scarpologist in his own plain
spoken style, is to be on any account plac-
ed In women with big feet who try to make
people believe that they have got pieds
mignons by crushing and cramping them
selves into small shoes after the fashion
or the female Inhabitants of the celestial
empire"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08
LINCOLN'S
Of the Distlng uishcd Number Who
Served Only Two Are Living.


Don't You know that MANI" asked a
southern member of Congress of a Star re-
porter, pointing to an elderly man with
gray curly hair and mustache, who stood
at the corner of 18th and f streets a few
afternoons ago
THAT is II. G. Worthington, and few men
IN this world have had such a diversified
life as he. He and Henry q. Dawes of
Massachusetts are the only survivors of
the distinguished men who acted as pail
bearers at the funeral of President Lin
coin That was on April IS, 1868.
'Worthington was then a representative
from Nevada, and that was by no means
his first position in public life. He was a
member of the California legislature in
leol. and served together with the recently
retired Justice Field. He was with Walker
the hiibuster, in his expedition to Near
aqua and barely escaped the fate that befel
Walker and several thousand of his fol-
lowers.
"Worthington participated In the admis-
sion of three states. He is one of the few
persons living who stumped California for
Gen. John c. Fremont. He was a great
friend or Fremont, and was his legal repre-
sentative in settling up his Marlposa estate,
in California
He was sent by Nevada as her first rep
resentative in Congress. Nye and Stewart
came along at the same time senator's.
When Grant was in California, long before
the war, he became acquainted with Worth
1ngton- The friendship that sprung up be-
tween them in the golden state was sever
ed only by Grants death
President Johnson appointed Worthing-
ton to South American mission. Later he
was recalled, and Grant appointed him COZ
lector of the port of Charleston, S. C. He is
a native of South Carolina. The people of
the palmetto state sent him to Congress,
too.
"WorthingtCn was in Ford's Theater the
night that President Lincoln was shot and
he was witness at the trials of the assas-
sins. He had been with the President at
the White House in the afternoon. He
spends much time in Washington, and it Is
always a rare treat to meet and converse
with him."
The names of the pallbearers at President
Lincoln's funeral given in The Evening
Star, April Is, 1865, were: Senate-Foster of
Connecticut, Morgan of New York, johnson
of Maryland, Yates of Illinois, Wade of
Ohio, Corners of California; House-Dawes
of Massachusetts, Coffroth Of Pennsylvania
Smith of Kentucky, Colfax of Indiana
Worthington of Nevada, Washburn of Hi
nois; army-Gens. Grant, Halleck and Mich
Oils; navy-Farragut, Shubrick and Zelin;
civilians-O. H. Browning of Illinois, Thorn
as COrwin of Ohio. George Ashman of Mas
sachusetts. Simon Cameron of Pennsyl-
vania.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08

doubt aboS it. We are progressing toward
the millennium"
The WHAT"
The millennium. The time when all
viii be peace and innocence When there
Will be no suspicion of man by his fellow
man.
DO you think so?"
Certainly"
We'll. that's the time I'm looking for
That's the hopefuiest word I have heard
In long time. I guess I'll hold out for a
little while longer"
Il am glad that you regard the prospect
with SO much enthusiasm
Enthusiasm! That amt the word for st.
The idea of a time OF general Innocence.
where there won't be any suspicious be-
tween gents is the only thing thatIl keep
me from going desperate"
You seem to have some especial reason"
Il have. It's a matter OF business
What ID your line OF business?'
Well. just by way OF friendly confidence
and for the sake of getting further par
ticuiars. I'll give II away to you. I'm a
bunco steerer. The business Is getting
dreadfully cut up by competition and about
the only way I can make up for lost time is
to find whole world full of innocent peo-
pie to operate on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08
NOVEL CURE FOR INSOMNIA.
The Only Way One Man Can Woo Ma.
lures Sweet RestOrer.

The Only Way One Man Can Woo Ma
lures Sweet RestOrer.
mo, I am not through with my days
work yet" said 7th street barber. as he
turned the key in the door of his shop a
few nights ago.
Not through" asked bystander who
had but a few minutes before left his chair.
NO, sir" the barber continued 'I have
a customer whom l have shaved every
night for nearly three years. It's a fact
and that man wouldn't be able to sleep a
wink tonight if did not go and shave him
At least he thinks he couldn't sleep with
out it.
Funny, isn't it? For several Years he
suffered with nervous prostration, which
brought on insomnia. The doctors-and he
tried not feW-did him little good. Dur
ing this time. he let his beard grow until
he had long flowing whiskers.
"One day his wife asked him if he
wouldn't feel better to have his whiskers
shaved off. He assented, and 1 was called
in. 1t was about 8 o'clock, after I had
closed my shop for the day. l removed the
Whiskers and gave his head good rub
6fng. That night he slept soundly; the
THE next night he suffered with wake
fulness. The night following he was lust
as bad, Finally, in two or three days, his
wife again called me in to shave him. 7
did so, and that night he got a good siaen
The result is that 1 was called in every
night.
Finally, i agreed to do the work for
so much a month, and am regular caller
at his home every night. l am the last
one to see Him. After shave him and rub
his head he goes, directly to bed. He has
had no insomnia since began the nightly
shaving. 81 III
NO, it tn't Because of any particular
power nave over him. Any barber could
do it. 1 SUPPOSE but he won't have anv
one but ms. Yes it is a bore sometimes
when 1 want toI go away, but he paws me
enough to make tt an object. I must hurry.
or he will be worrying'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08
A DIFFERENCE IN PRICE.
The Member of the Legislature Rise.
to Express His Surprise.

Four or five Washington correspondents
were telling stories of their experiences
with statesmen. local and national. when
swung into line with something a little
out of the ordinary.
Il was doing the legislature" he began,
for syndicate of newspapers. with some
free lance work on the sde and was max
ing a potful of money out of it. During
the course of my ministrations / discovered
a case of vote selling by a rural represent
tative that was astonishing for it's small
ness. / couldn't find out what the men,
Der got, but 1t couldn't have been much,
for the whole matter at issue wasn't worth
more than $3.50 or Whereabouts After ex-
ha listing all my sources of information
thought / would try the member himself
and see how guileless he was on little
thing like that. / didn't dare ask him his
price, but did dare to talk about it. and
went at him directly.
Say, young feller,' he said after I had
talked awhile. how much do you git fer
a news item like that"
It's pretty big thing for me- 1 re-
piled persuasively, and I'll get SIS for the
story If 1 can get it complete.
How much? he asked with an eager
air.
Twenty-Five dollars I repeated.
Gee whiZz, I'd like to have your job
Why? 1t isn't an easy one. Not so
easy as yours anyway
.P'r'aps it amt he said slowly, but
it pays better
How do you mean?'
Why. you git SO fer jist telling about
what done fer 81
Tine syntax mightnt have been perfect,
perhaps" concluded the speaker, but the
fact was, and that was what l wanted"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08
A REVOLUTIONARY RELIC.
Sword Which TarIeton Carried nj the
Battle of Cowpens.

priceless relic of revolutionary DAYS has
| just been placed in the state house at Co.
lumbia. S. c., for safe-keeping. 1t is the
| sword which Tarleton used in leading, the
! British troopers at the battle of Cowpens
that state. against the patriots under Nor
| gan, Pickens. Sumter and Marion.
The sword is The property of Col T. +.
Dickson, and has been placed with the
sword of Marion and other revolutionary
relics in the possession Of the state.
Tarleton lost the sword at the battle OF
Cowpens. where the patriots won such a
signal victory, a victory which put fresh
Eeart in their brethren throughout the colo
| MES and hastened the coming of the trium-
! phant end of the war at Yorktown.
COL Nm. Washington, the gallant leader
OF the American cavalry. pressed Tarleton
| SO closely in his fight as to be able to have
one exchange of saber blows with the Brit
ish leader. Washington's sword cut Tarle-
tons fingers and the British colonel dropped
his steel. spurred his steed and obtained
safety by flight.
VIM Scott, the father of Col. Dickson's
mother, was an American soldier I'm the
battle of Cowpens He saw the fight be-
tween Washington and Tarleton and picked
up the latters sword when he dropped it,
In the family as a priceless trophy of an
cestral prowess in the revolutionary war.
The sword, or saber, for the blade curves
PACK SO as TO give greater force to its
v. n
yard In length, while the hilt il slightly
over six inches long. with an iron guard
There is long scratch on the guard and a
cut in the iron knob at the end of the hilt
which are believed to have been made NV
the blow of Washington's sword which
forced Tarleton to drop his weapon or
which knocked 1t out OF his hand
The iron shank of the hilt is cased In
wood, which was covered with leather
much OF which has been worn away.
Upon the blade. close to the hilt is on.
graved the word Potter" probably the
RENE of its maker
There are many notches in the blade and
some rust upon it. possibly made by tho
blood of patriots who had felt it's edge.
In this connection. II will not be amiss to
repeat two anecdotes about Tarleton and
Washington.
The patriot ladies of the revolutionary
Tarleton. in a Dragging mood. was telling
patriot lady how he wished he could
meet their boosted Col. Washington" Her
prompt reply was: IF you had looked be-
hind you when running away from Cow.
pens. your wish would have been graft.
fed"
On another occasion. Tarleton was speak.
ing contemptuouely OF Col. VIM. Washing
ton to patriot lady. why" said Tarle-
ton, they tell me he Is so ignorant that he
cai.not even write his name" With q
meaning glance at Tarleton's right hand.
which Washington had wounded, the lady
replied. But nobody Is better aware than
you. Col. Tarleton, that Col. WASHINGTON
knows how to make his mark
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08
BISMARCk'S MISANTHROPY.
Why the Prince Holds Mankind Gen.
orally in bitter Contempt.

Why the Prince Holds Mankind Cen
orally I'm Bitter Contempt.
Berlin Letter to the London Standard
Herr Rudolph Lindau, one Of Prince
Bismarck's most trusted subordinates,
who has for many years been chief of
the press department of the foreign Office.
has just published very interesting ar
ticle about Bismarck. for which he has
been collecting material since he entered
the foreign Office in 1878. 1 quote his
remark on Prince Bismarck's contempt
of mankind:
THE begging letters addressed to a man
like Prince Bismarck number thousands.
Some time ago, when he was ill at Var
Yin, all the letters addressed to him that
were not Of a strictly private nature were
sent back to Berlin to be read and an
swered there. The majority of them con-
tanned most obedient requests, but hard
ly of the writer's had any claim ON
the prince. One of the officials whose
business it was to read those letters
an orderly man and evidently a lover of
statistics-amused himself by drawing up
list of all the petitions for money. The
total amount of the sums begged for was
100000 marks. The prince did not
laugh when this was told him, but shrug-
ged his shoulders and put on look OF
bitter cortempt. On the other hand, 1t
is natural that quiet, decent, Self-reSpect-
ing people, who ask nothing of him and
do not wish to trouble him with their
private affairs, never come into contact
with him unless they stand in some Off
cial relation to him or have real business
to transact with him. So it is quite nat
ural thai he sees great deal of the low
side of human nature. and II is hardly
surprising that he is said to have become
skeptical, and even misanthropic. Prince
Bismarck is certainly well aware that
there are many very honorable people
In the world, but experience has taught
him that 1t is his ill-luck to have inter
course with a comparatively small number
of them. He ciings firmly to the few men
and women he trusts because he knows
them to be his true friends; but he is sus-
picious Of strangers. His first thought
when he sees new face may naturally
be: Well, what does the man want of me-?
This explains why he is generally feared
though his intimate friends warmly testi-
fly to his friendliness and amiability."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08

Written for The Evening Star.
a Colonization.
(Ballade)
Make ready common folk who stare,
For places at the play to tight.
An entertainment passing rare
Shall dawn on your bewildered sight
know tits something to invite
The wit and fashion Of the town,
And move them to sincere delight;
My lady wears her silken gown.
The tragedy? I pray you spare
My memory. which with names Is slight
'Tis Shakespeare's. though. performed will
care
BY mummers who can well recite.
No doubt it's Of some regal wight
Who struggled rudely for a crown;
But be assured it's most polite.
My lady wears her silken gown.
How men once hailed the trumpet's blare,
Or met for love to fall or smite,
While chroniclers on scanty fare
Would toll their stories to indite.
And how the poet strove to write
In fitting phrase their grandeur down.
And make the show whereto this night
My lady wears her silken gown.
Envoi.
On. Genius, mark your final flight,
AND Bravery your last renown.
Behold guerdon, ample quite
My lady wears her silken gown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08
Pofcupine Quills.

What may those quilts beT' asked the
writer, pointing to several small bundles of
black and white sspikes which recently lay
on the tabls of an importing house in New
York > EH
They are samples of porcupine quilts, !"
said the merchant. They come from India
and also from Spain, and are chiefly sold
to fishing tackle. houses. These concerns
polish and supply them with the necessary
pieces of cork to increase their natural
buoyancy. and the quilts are then pur-
chased by anglers who use them quite
extensively for bottom fishing. Some of the
black and white spikes are made into pen
holders and pipe stems. They are also
largely utilized in making up ornamental
screens and fancy fans.
THE porcupine has to be hunted and
killed before the quilts can be obtained
and many thousands of these animals are
slain for this purpose yearly. Every spike
Pig carries from 1.50 to 8 worth of ouills
on his fretful back The quills are care
fully extracted, and when dried they are
packed in boxes or crates and shipped to
London and New York. They are worth
from IS to 81 gross wholesale and the
supply is barely equal to the demand In
this country"