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The San Francisco call., 1898-02-21
A MAcARoNI COMBINE.

E ASTERN papers announce that several of the
 large macaron manufacturers of the country - arranging to consolidate that industry on lines similar to those adopted by other large manu- featuring combinations. It is not to be trust Tn restraint of trade, but an association tor the pro- motion of industry Such is the statement of one of the chief promoters.
 The effort to bring about the combination is said to have been started last November by number ot Western manufacturers of macaroni, but at present the center of the movement is New York, and the steps there taken effect the object have excited so much interest 1t has been found advisable to give the public good deal of information concerning the in dustry and its prospects
 According to statements made in an interview by one of the leading promoters of the scheme, the American people consume about 10000 900 pounds of macaroni every year About half of this is either made by Italians in this country is imported all most exclusively for the Italian trade It is asserted that the Italian residents of the country consume virtually all of this class of macaron, whether made here or imported, 1t does not suit the American taste at all
 Of the remaining 5,oooooo pounds of macaron consumed In the United States upward of 75 per cent is manufactured here and the rest imported from France The Italian product does not compete with the American article, but the French does, 1t is of similar quality and is equally agreeable to Amer can taste The duty the imported goods barely the difference in the price of labor between France and the United States, and as consequence profits are small Hence the need of combination
 The proposal is interesting mainly as another evidence of the universal drift toward combinations wherever combinations are possible. According to the promoters it will tend decrease rather than increase the price of macaroni it will enable the industry to be carried on more economically. There is, however one danger point in the proposition as stated by its advocates The combination designed is to include only the larger manufacturers. This sounds suspicously like movement toward freeze out of the small men, and if the suspicion should prove true the combination will not be regarded with favor by the general public
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-21
AUCTION SALES.

By Eldrdge-This day. February z Iurhlsn huss 2:S0 and P M
 W. ButterfeldT day February Z Grocerles atS30 street, Il o'clock
 By W. Buterheld-Ths day, Feoruary zl 1urAlsn at ? P NJ.
 By Emil Cohn-This day February Stationery at 7l3 Slut 1 o'clock. By Thursday March Real Estate at 626 12 o'clock.
 By von Rhein February 2l, Real Estate at clock
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"Mrs. winsIow's Soothing Syrup "

Has been used over fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It soothes the child softens the gums. allays Pain, cures Wind Colic, reg ulates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhoeas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Druggists in every part of the world. Be and ask for Mrs. winsow's Soothing Syrup. 25c bottle.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-21

Southern Congressman in the course of debate on one phase of the financial question the other day very earnestly re- marked that "the United States must teach the world that while she was once an infant she is now a fullgrown man" How long has she been a fullgrown man? Chicago Times Herald.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-21

CORONADO.-Atmospher Is perfectly dry, soft and mild, being entirely free from the msts common further north. Round trip tickets, by steamship including fifteen days board at the Hotel del Coronado, s65: longer stay. s2 50 per day. Apply New Montgomery street. San Francisco. or A. W. Bailey man. ager, Hotel del Coronado, late of Hotel Colo rado Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-21

BANCROFT'S EULOGY-S., Sacra- mento The eulogy pronounced in the House of Representatives by George Ban croft on the 12th of February, 1866, on Abraham Lincoln is published in full in the Congressional Globe. It does not con- tain any quotation from a speech by Lord Russell to the effect that 'the assassi- nation was the finishing stroke to repub- licanism or republican governments"
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ANUS USEMENTS.

Baldwin-The Bostonians. California-Black Patti Troubadours Columbia" Shall We Forgive Her" Alcazar-"Charley Aunt Morosco's-"The Last Stroke" T1voli-"The Vice-Admiral" Tlvoli-Concert Thursday afternoon Orpheum-Vaudeyie Olympia Mason and Eddy streets-SpeclaIlles' The Chues-ChiQuita and Vaudeville Mechanics Pavihon-Mning Fair and hlondiKe Exposlon Pacific Coast Jockey Clnb-Races at Ingleside today
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near future.

Lady Murray proposes to establish Home of Rest for Needy Journalists in England It is not clear how she manage to get 1t filled The jour nalist as known in this country is never needy and regards rest as hardship to be avoided.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-21

Because the police occasionally make unwarranted arrests and get corrected for 1t IS no reason why the should neglect to gather in the burglar and robber.
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At last the annexatonists announce that they have abandoned hope This is the first evidence of sound judgment they have displayed yet
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ORGANS-S., Oakland. Reed organs are affected by the change of atmosphere and require tuning. As to the remedy for reed that is not in proper condition a general answer cannot be given, for
 what should be done can be determined only when examined by a competent per-
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The difference between a man and woman is that woman likes to see hand-painted plates on the tea table and a man never thinks of the plate, but al- ways of what is on it.-Somerville Jour- nal
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COAL-G. L. F., Vallejo, Cal The list of those who exhibited coal at the Mid winter Fair does not appear in the off, cial account of that fair.
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Don't forget Waller Bros. Gift Day, Feb. 26, 1898. 33 Grant avenue, corner Geary street.
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

DRUGSTORES-A. c. S., City. There are about two hundred drugstores in the city of San Francisco at this time.
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Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's). 510 Mont gomery street. Telephone Main 1042
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THE DURRANT TRIAL. B. C.. Lambert Point. Va. All the testimony taken upon the trial of w. H. T. Durrant for murder has not been published in anys form
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-21

Probably the Supervisors were not surprised at the Grand Jurys information that prize-hghts illegal The Supervisors have faculty of not caring whether things are legal or not.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-21

THE BEST RATER-A. S., City. Isaac Murphy was by far the best rater of the pace of racing horses. Snapper" Gar rison was considered the better man In the pace he was, in the language of the day mot in it.
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THE NEWARK COURSE-F. W. J., Oakland. The Newark coursing grounds are owned by John Duggan and Thomas German.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-21

The Mission outcry against the establishment of a monkey ranch in its midst is loud enough SO the advocates of the scheme can't misunderstood it. Apparently this is not good year for monkeys.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-21

The doctors who announce that they have dis covered cure for pneumonia better be careful They may belong to medical society and be inviting expulsion.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-21

Thoughtfuy an evening paper calls attention to the fact that the Maine went into Havana harbor with decks cleared for action and that the Vizcaya entered New York harbor with the sound of music and dan cng. We'll, each knew where it was going. The Maine promptly destroyed. The Vizcaya was met with every courtesy and surrounded at once by the protection of army, navy and police. Will the friends of Spain kindly call attention to something else?
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Genuine eyeglasses, specs, 15c up.33 4th.s Just what you want for Klondike. "Crys- tallized Ginger" 25c fb Townsend's.
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'Mongst the crowd of seers who know all about this terrible tragedy comes MT. Julian Hawthorne, who sees fit to tell us what was the active agent in the destruction of the Maine. MT. Hawthorne's opinion is entitled to no consideration in the world. He Is not an authority on that point-or any other that I wot of. Not only has he no knowledge of explosives, but he IS an individual who sees nothing even when he Is paid to observe. He should be confined in a corner with 1nsistence until he Is ''heard to cease.' This, however, does not detract from his fit ness to represent the yellow journal to which he Is now attached. The latest heard of him before this last effusion was when he was commissioner to report on the famine in India. He then came back, having failed to even grasp the root of all the suffering. Lack of transportation facilities is the one great trouble in all that country's famines. That is as apparent to discerning mind as Is the Brooklyn bridge to an immigrant entering New York. This is practically bar and (for the infor- nation of the Examiner-Journal and it's commissioner) it will be a bar for centuries to come to the effectual relief of those who suffer most acutely from India's periodic seasons of distress. MT. Hawthorne has explained that he got more information from missionaries than from any other source. That Is | believable, for he brought back none at all worth the having. Excepting one sect, the Christian missionaries in In- dia know less of the country than does any other class of men-or women. MT. Hawthorne had his intention of com pairing the conditions in India and Cuba announced, but if his ideas of Cuba are as superficial as those he has of India | q do not see the Journal and so do not know) they are utterly worthless. Words strung together in pleasing CO., herence do not necessarily convey
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truth, or even information. MT. Haw- thornes conception of India (and by inference of Cuba) is like the child's idea of fairyland. He hears and be- lieves the stories of the elfins from nurse in whose imaginings the little creatures alone exist. But the child rarely repeats what he has heard as sober truth, wherein he shows much more sense than does MT. Julian flaw thorne. The Examiner-Journal is wei come to its commissioner and every one of like type.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-21

Weeks to come, when what remains of the Maine Is raised, we may know more about the matter than we do now, but even that is dubitable. High ex- plosives seem to delight in gnarling and twisting things with which they come in contact into fantastic shapes, and with so little apparent method that ex- perts often despair of controlling with any degree of certainty any of the ac- tions of these death-dealers.
The National tribune., 1898-03-24
Ladies' IF The GAR.

The sixth Annual Convention of the Min
nesOta Ladies of the GA H. was held i'm
Minneapolis during the GAR. Encamp-
ment Department President Amanda /.
Wethern presided Her report showed that
16 new Circles had been organized. The
present membership is /, 158 of which num-
Der 061 are active and 498 honorary. The
net gain during President Wethern's adj
ministratiOn was $50.
The report presented by Secretary Eliza
beth Reem showed that the Circles had re-
ceived S2,169 during the year, of which
81 002 had been expended: For relief S537.
Soldiers Widows Home. $113; GAR,
S326
The following officers were elected:
Pres, Mrs. julia Il. f. LObdell, Mime
apolis: S. V. p, Mrs. Elizabeth Whitney,
Wadena; Sec. Mrs. Jennie Varney, Min
neapois; Treas, Mrs. Ida Johnson, ST.
Peter: Chap, Mrs. Elizabeth Mead, Duluth;
Counselor, Mrs Amanda !. Wetllern, Anoka,
Retiring President The Council of Ad-
ministraton is as follows: Mrs Elizabeth
Reem, Anoka, Retiring Secretary; Mrs
Sue E. Slime, Mrs. Lillian West Smith
In the election OF Mrs. Mead, as Chap
lain, the Convention expressed much pride,
as she is the mother of the National Vice
President, Mrs. Flora M. Davy, of Duluth.
Department President Emma Wall has
issued General Order converting the 18th
Annual Encampment of the Department of
Kansas at Wichita, April 20. The Com
mttee ON Credentials is composed of Mrs.
Rench Department Secretary; Mrs. Feters:
President of Geo. III. Thomas Circle, Ottawa
and Mrs. Bellville, President of j. L. Bliss
Circle, Atchison.
The National tribune., 1898-03-24

fen scratching prevented snake bite, yet
when employed in the vicinity OF such
familiar spirits as ours il had nearly
proved fatal.
How powerful, then, must be those dark
powers which served us and how jealous,
they argued. Truly il was safer to ask us
about most things beforehand, although, OF
course nobody there could die unless we
consented.
Unimaginable questions were constantly
pTopounded 10 us after this, and discuss
inc our position as q pair of infaliible au-
thorities the conclusion arrived at was that
no amount OF honesty or good intention
will keep men from doing themselves more
harm than they can do their disciples
good when attempting TO masquerade III
character like this.
One morning Capt. Saint James Mary da
Silva. our worthy skipper, observed that if
it entirely suited our Excellencies' pleasure,
he thought the vessel had better be
caulked He said there was place above
expressly DESIGNED for that purpose;
plenty Of BraZil-nut trees to furnish the
requisite material no Indians, and, as he
believed, few ghosts or dcvils-which, any
way, did not amount to much while we
were there.
Acting upon this suggestion, our boat
was taken into q wooded cove and ca
recned. Long assures were cut in gigan-
tic trunks and the strips wedged of, their
bast pounded away from its bark, washed,
dried and then this mass Of soft fiberS
was used as oa<um.
| Our harbor realized the ideal Of hunt
I er's and naturaliSt's paradise. The wafer
air and forest fairly teemed with varieties
of living things. We lived in the midst Of
a loose mcnaccric, and experienced to
their full those cxcitements which can
only be enjoyed in such an exceptionally
| favorable situation.
ITO be coRfinued.l
The National tribune., 1898-03-24
PARTIAL PROSPECTUS.


Thousands of new readers every week make
it proper to again call attention to some of
the good things in our literary locker.
Awake and imbued with the spirit Of this
enterpTising age, we have stopped at nothing
in the way Of trouble and expense TO secure
attractions.
Our object is TO enlist the largest army of
readers marshalled under the flag of any pub
Usher in America
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE is current
review Of the great questions which occupy
mems thoughts from week 10 week. The in
terests of the Nation are paramount. and
therefore such important matters rs the Span
ish-Cuban situation, Hawaiian annexation,
British complications, and Alaskan gold dis
coverics are treated III cyclop2dic manner as
they arise. New pension rulings of great
Importance appear as fast rs issued, and fire.
quently exclusively in our columns. The
great questions before Congress and subjects
dominating the attention of the executive
branch of the Government also find full and
safe exposition here.
With all these features THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE is a pictorial paper, illustrated as
well as any monthly magazine. We are now
publishing
A File of Infantrymen. By John
McElroy.
Charles A. Dana Letters Mr. Dana
was the personal representative of President
Lincoln and Secretary Stanton in the field,
and wrote fully about men and things with
out fear Or favor.
The Story of Paul Jones. BY Angus
tus Buell., author of 1.-The Cannoneer. "
This writer needs no introduction, as his
place in the regards of the readers OF
THE NATIONAL. TRIBUNE is established
The American Conflict By Horace
Greeley. The most trenchant review of the
events Of the war period extant. A complete
history.
Fighting Them Over. Brief stories Of
thrilling incidents contributed by soldiers
themselves.
The Forbes War Pictures. The trues,
and most spirited sketches of army life pro-
! duced by any artist of the war.
Uncle SNOWFALL. Pussonal Rekollek-
shuns of an Army Cook. A series of in
initable sketches depicting the ludicrous
| side Of camp life.
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f '4sf Hf = y| %
EX%ss1&*sfp ~71MAzONS
Lk& Eg '%sS2aN>1Zt

At a small Indian village near the Qua
poses mouth mulatto priest was Stung
by one of the venomouS inch -and-a-half-
long tucandeira ants. He Immediately
Swelled, being probably in bad condition,
suffered intensely, and was nearly scared
To death because doses of water in which
a filthy little charm-bag had been soaked
worked no good effects. 1t did not need
much skill TO relieve him. however, and
then our crew, with little persuasion,
would have included us among the objects
of their devotion; since to be equally able
TO kill or cure, and at the same time
more potent in occult arts than a priest,
WAS something these ruflians understood
and appreciated fully.
On another occasion, Sambo George said
his prayers, performed a little magic, and
then had his back scratched by a friend,
with a rattlesnakes fang. The serpent,
which he killed, had lust missed striking
him the day before, and this scariticaton
business was to protect himself in future.
Unfortunately his comrade had Il heavy
hand and the tooth was too recently ex-
tracted. This process inoculatcd Sambo,
so that he endured many torments, and,
unaded by us. might have died.
This incident made profound impress
sion also. The men knew how sancti-
The National tribune., 1898-03-24

Napoleon and His Marshals. By ].
T. Headly. Splendidly illustrated.
Historic Homes of Washington. By
Mary S. Lockwood, the founder of the So
ciety Of the Daughters of the American
Revolution. Splendidly illustrated.
Public Buildings of Washington. By
Kate Brownlee Sherwood.
81 Klegg as Veteran. One of the
most popular stories ever written.
"Three Months in the Confederacy."
BY Col. NOW Lieut.. Gen. Fremantle, Of the
British Army.
A Hunting Trip on the Amazons. By
DR.. J. II. Porter.
The following, among other things, will
appear in future at an early date:
A Loyal Home Worker Abroad. By
Elsie Pomeroy McElroy. This is series of
letters from Europe by this gifted young
writer, with whose work our readers are
familiar.
Inside of Rebellion. BY DIR. J. P.
Cannon. A second installment of this graphic
narrative, going back to the beginning Of the
war.
The Truth of History. This will be the
actual history of the war, drawn from official
sources, told in an interesting way and set in
OpIDSIlIOu W LuC IcJel siuc VI Tic SUOTV.
Battle Days of the Roundheads. A
sketch of the famous Tooth Pa. BY J. 4.
! Holibaugh.
The Brady War Views. From photo
graphs taken during the war.
The Santa Fe Trail in the Old Days,
and A Journey to the Manitoba Coun.
try in l849. Both by Gen. John Pope
"reminiscences of Gettysburg. BY Jas.
| Fulton, M. ID.
| War Events in East Tennessee. BY
| w. T.. Doyle
Sabers Again to the Front. BY Birney
Mclean.
The Shelby Raid. By Wiley Britton
The Pennsylvania Reserves. BY R.
| E. Mcbride.
The Firing on Fort Sumter. BY a
young Ohio mechanic.
Scouting Adventures. Thrilling cpl
sodes of army life. BY Maj. Henry Romeyn
And many other attractions.
arrangements for which arc in
progress.
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BY DIR. J. II. PORTER

While we were iourneying on the Madeira
River we one day came in disagree
able contact with some of the savageS that
dwell in those parts. Back from the river
shores on either side lay tribes never at
peace either among themselves or with
strangers, and others whose peaceful att
tude depended upon opportunity for plum
der and momentary states of mind. No
visitors of any kind ventured into the
valleys inhabited by these wild Indians,
who sent war parties on all sides. All
found common foes in those white or par
tally white intruderS who were generally
better of than themselves.
We unintentionally made acquaintance
with an encampment OF savages, known
as Caripunas, horde having slightly bet
fer reputationS than some others who ate
their enemies and made flutes out OF the
LARGE bones of their legs. These creatures
received us with an ominous cordially.
Therefore, we prepared for defense, being
accustomed to the noble savage's ways.
There was not much TO do-only swing out
our vessel into the stream beyond jumping
The National tribune., 1898-03-24
LETTERS OF
cHAS. A. DANA.
Terse, Telling Reports to War
Department from the Front.

Union Army Eesieged-Waiting for Burn
side-Wheeler's Raid Fails-COrps Con-
soiidation.
fCoPYRIGHT)
As September ended and October
began the rebel army around Chatta-
nooga assumed the attitude of a besieg-
inc force, and the Siege of Chatta-
nooga" began. The Army of the
Cumberland continued to cherish the
delusive hope that Burnside would
come to its assistance with the Army OF
the Ohio. Dana's dispatches show this:
Oct. 8; a. m-We have heard nothing OF
Burnside since the 9TH, nor anything positive
from his troops. But some things have oc-
CURED in the rebel lines which give ground
for the surmise that he is executing the third
of the plans he proposed 10 days since. That
plan was to throw out a thanking force toward
the enemy's army before Chattanooga, and
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with his main body to move rapidly, without
baggage against Dalton, Rome, and Atlanta,
destroying railroad and bridges as he went
along and after burning depotS and shops IN
the three places above mentioned, strike for
the Atlantic Coast.
Now on the 9th instant, cannonade was
heard in the direction Of Ringgold, and on
the 9Th forenoon the sounds of u battle were
distinguished cast of Missionary Ridge, in
that direction.
More than this, the combat was actually
witnessed on that day by one of the signal
stations from Waldens Ridge, by two civ
ilians. and Col. Daniel McCook, from his
post at the mouth Of Chickamauga. 1t lasted
for some hours, and from the descriptions of
the witnesses, none Of whom, however, saw it
near enough TO distinguish who the combat
ants actually were, it was the attempt of a
weak party to resist the advance of a strong
one.
In addition to this evidence, on the night
of the 9th the whole rebel camps were IN
motion as if they were about to retreat, and
their guns on Lookout Mountain were all
brought down. Now, this was either a con-
flict with Burnside's thanking column or a
mutiny, mere probably the former. An in
telligent deserter who came in last night, and
who arrived III chattanooga alley On the 0tn
knows nothing Of any such engagement. This
deserter, paroled man from Vicksburg re-
ports that all the troops captured there are
being brought back into service.
DEFEAT OF WHEELER.
Later in the morning they got reliable
news that Gen. Wheeler's alarming raid
against their Cracker line" was thor
oughly defeated, and Wheeler himself
would have trouble in escaping back
across the Tennessee:
Oct 8; 10 a. m.-All our reports show that
Wheeler broke I'D railrOad DESTROYED bridges
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EDITORIAL Notwithstanding installments
of the Dana letters will treat of important
historical events connected with the siege
Of Chattanooga, about which Mr.. Dana wrote
in the terse, graphic way that was all his own
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EDITORIAL NoTE.-In the next install
ment DR.. Porter viii tell graphically of
hunting that queer beast, the tapir. Other
good things are in store in this serial includ-
ing the story of some very exciting, not to
say dangerous, fishing in the Madeira.