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The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30
BEAUTIFUL GOLDEN CATE PARK.

THERE is nothing else in which the citizens of
 San Francisco uniformly take pride as in
 Golden Gate Park They know it to be a beautiful place. and yet they do not realize fully how superior is the park of any other large city in the world They catch feeting glimpses of it as they speed along the drives but in this way get only an inkling of its attractions. They miss the wide vistas of green the winding walks, the little shaded valleys. There are lakes and knols and groves they never see.
 One of the unapproachabe features Of the park Is that it is park all the year round. When the parks of New York and Chicago are dreary wastes of snow and leafess shrubbery, is at its best the grass brilliant, the foliage dense, the birds singing No wonder that the people of this city are willing to expend money lberaly to keep up improvements, and make ones For all that has been accom- plished, Golden Gate Park is but hint of what it is destined to be No spirit of economy tending to cause retrogresson check the advance of San Franciscos great playground would be acceptable Every dollar spent there goes for the permanent bet torment of the entire city
 The law permits assessment of 10 cents on each S1oo worth of property taxed the sum thus raised to be devoted to the park. Last year this maximum was not reached the assessment being less than 4 cents, creating fund of $2o7 ooo which was far too small. Improvements which had been contemplated had to be abandoned for the time. The public was not pleased at this. There is no desire to skimp the Tark appropriation and the Supervisors in doing so would make mistake which they themselves would recognize later. To have the appropriation generous this year would be popular course Prob ably the legal maximum need not be reached, and yet ii the required total make necessary the reaching ot the maximum, there would be complaint from the people who pay the money and for whose eora, Denent if IS expended ct the of Golden Gate Park improvements to the sea 20 on Money could not be more wisely employed. could not be promoted to a more lasting good
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The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30
COLLECTED IN
 THE CORRIDORS

John Hay of Glasgow Is at the Palace.
 O. Riedel of Samoa Is a guest at the Palace.
 H. s. Allen, mining man of Sonora, Is at the Grand.
 Mir and Mrs. E. D. Bruce of London are at the Palace
 James T. Taylor of Los Angeles is at the Occidental.
 pr. J. M. Stitt of vacaville Is registered at the Baldwin.
 Max H. Isoard of Nevada City is stop ping at the Grand.
 MT. and Mrs R. Coombs of London are guests at the Palace.
 Thomas Gregory and wife of Australia are at the Occidental.
 B. T. McCulloch, cattle man of Crows Landing, is at the Grand.
 A. Bettons, proprietor of the Byron Hot Springs Hotel, is at the Baldwin.
 MT. and Mrs. E. D. Wiggin of Washing ton are registered at the Occidental.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30
PATRIOTIC, BUT HARDLY PRAC-
 TICABLE.

Why not change the names of American towns with Spanish names, or, at least, turn those capable of translation into English? Take, for instance, San Fran cisco (St. Francis), San Antonio (St. An thony) and others named after saints for names to be translated, and Madrid, To- ledo, Dolores and others to be changed absolutely and a good and decent Ameri- can name given instead-say, the name of one of our naval heroes, like Sigsbee. Bagley or others. Spanish names are hard to pronounce, too. Yours,
 J. T. WERMUTH. Cleveland, June 24 189S
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30
cALIFoRNIANs IN WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, June 29 - General Freidrichs left for San Francisco this morning. Fred J. Perkins has received his commission as assistant paymaster in the navy and will be assigned either to the Boston yard or the receiving ship h. dependence at Mare Island.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30

BRIEFS-S. A. F., City. One of the best books to be consulted by those who desire to engage in lyceum debates is Briefs for Debaters'' by Brookings x Ringwalt, to be found at the Free Public Library.
 UNCLE SAM-H. H. R., City. In Ans wers to Correspondents, June 21, 1898, there is published an answer giving the
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30
CALIFoRNIANs IN NEW YoRY

NEW YORK, June 29.-M. Marcuse of San Francisco is at the Stuart House. Samuel Bauer and family, E. Gross, Miss Colburn of San Francisco, John Spiers of Los Angeles, have gone to Paris.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30

The President of the Colonial Cabinet is pictur- esque sort of chap. He hoped the sky would fall flat into an abyss before the foreign invader had pressed foot to the soil. Yet he may find the foot prints Of the foreign invader right now and the sky remains where it has been as far back as memory goes But, anyhow, the sky could not fall flat into an abyss It would necessarily be doubled up like the letter V, and then the abyss would need to be very deep or the jagged edges of ceruean blue would protrude unsghtly obstacle to pedestrianism. All things considered the sky seems to be doing the best service where 1t is
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30
Excursion to the Yellowstone Park

Excursion to the Yellowstone Park.
 A personally conducted excursion will leave this city July 12 for the Yellowstone Park, via the Shasta Route" and Northern Pacific Rail- way. Tourists will be accommodated in first class Pullman cars; tickets will be sold in- cluding berths, meals and trip through the Park. Send for circular giving rate and itiner- ary to T. K. SIMPLER, General Agent Northern Pacific Railway. 63S Market st., s. F.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30

The Santa Fe Route sells cut rate tickets to all points East. St. Paul, s21; Kansas City, sS1; Chicago, sS2 50; New York and Boston, S42 55. Get full particulars at No. 644 Market st.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30

Madrid does not credit the report that an Ameri can squadron is to cross the Atlantic It ought to know by this time that the United States fleets are not constituted on the Cadiz plan and when they starr they invariably arrive somewhere
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30

Diamonds are cut in three different forms-the rose, the brilliant and the table, of which the second is the pret- which the top is cut off to form a large plane, and at the bottom directly oppo- site to a small plane.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30

The Spanish press is credited with having caused the detention of Hobson in spite Of the camor for his exchange The fact is interesting, as the first indication that even the Spanish pay any attention to the hysterical editors they have oyer there
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30
THE MOST ( , TRUTHFUL MAN (
 } ALIVE. (

a 0lBnt ClerK WHO might have taught the peaceful gods or ancient Greece lesson in politeness and the soft graces of a winsome address. With all this as his inalienable property he is man that loves a horse race. Ills greatest delight during the season was to go to Inglesde on Saturday afternoon and simply admire the beauty of motion as exemplified In race of thoroughbreds. Betting was a mere accessory, yet he sometimes indulged in it. Toward the close of the season betting had assumed a more important position in the list Of reasons for the hotel clerks presence at the track. He soon began to work on sys- tems and after much painful and elabor- ate effort evolved the following which has nothing new in 1t to bring it within the last decade, yet it Is absolutely essen tial to this story. It was the old double up proposition and the clerk told all hIs friends the other night that 1t would have been impossible for him to lose if he had capital enough to last. His tale of woe was this: Two weeks before the season closed l started to play the races on my system. played five races a day and for six days didn't cash a ticket. Then my cash gave out and of course I was up against it. Now if l had won the next race I would have come out ahead. You see it Is the surest kind of thing If you have the capital to stay with it." There was racing man in the coterie of listen- CTS and he was thinking hard. When the clerk finished he asked him: How much did you have to start with?" The system player couldn't just remember The horse- man took pencil and paper went over in the corner and figured 1t all out. The clerk had squandered just s1, ,173, TAI, ,824. A rival to George Washington had at last been discovered.
 Fred Dodd, proprietor of the Hughes Hotel, Fresno, is staying at the Bald win.
 Frank Hustice and Miss Hustice and Miss Ward, all of Honolulu, are at the Occidental.
 Charles c. Crane has been appointed Car Company.
 John J. Burne, general passenger agent, and Edward Chambers, general freight agent of the Santa Fe, have arrived from Los Angeles and are staying at the Pal ace.
 The following arrivals on the Alameda are registered at the Occidental: Fred w. Christian, Samuel P. French, Bessie F. French, Albert c. Colsten, T. J. Pen field and wife, Laura Duncan, Kate D. Watson, Robert Shingle, manager of the Hawaiian exhibit for the Omaha Fair; Mrs. T. F. Lansing and son, George T. Kleugel, George A. Howard, the leading architect of Honolulu; George E. Flaw, C.. s. Bradford, Mrs. H. Gunnand, daughter and Miss Hennegahn; Mrs, A. s. Hum phreys, Ramsay c. Scott.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30

It was not strange that Major General Merritt should have expressed lively sense of appreciation for the way in which he and his soldiers have been treated in San Francisco. That the people of this city have from the first been more than merely cor dial IS simple fact The soldiers have been re- garded as guests, and have been sent their way with such heartfelt good wishes as they will remen- Der while memory lasts
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30

Ohio recruits spanked brakeman at Reno While the act was not particularly dignifed and is not pro- vded for in military ethics the soldiers had the good excuse that the brakeman needed it.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30

A barber of Lubec, Md, has closed his shop and posted the following notice on the door: ''To the Public-This barber shop will be closed for a brief period, as the proprietor has gone to help few of Uncle Sans barbers (better known as soldiers) scrape the face of the Western Hemisphere clear of an obnoxious growth of whiskers, commonly called Spaniards. I shall not be gone long, as Dewey and Sampson are applying the lather, and everything points to a quick job and a clean one. I wish to thank the public for past patronage and on my return hope to have a share also"
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30

It Is fact that the English soldiers use Dr, Siegerts Angostura Bitters as a preventative of all troubles of the digestive organs.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30

Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's) 510 Mont gomepy street Telephone Main 1042
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

WAS NEVER POLICE JUDGED. O., City. Robert Ferral was never Police Judge of San Francisco. He was Judge of the City Criminal Court from 1876 to 1879 inclusive
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30

The triumph of San Francisco hospitality was reached when it won an approving smile from Cap tain March of the Astor Battery
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30

The New Jersey girl who killed herself from fear that her lover would be killed in the war did the kindest thing for the lover she could Probably he will learn to take this view of the matter
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30

One of the standing mysteries of the war is the intention Of General Miles as to going or staying. An announcement concerning the matter is made every day. always just the contrary of the one to be made next day.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30

Celebrate the Fourth with California fireworks Buy direct from makers. CaI- ifornia Fireworks Co.,, 219 Front st.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30

ACKER'S ENGLISH REMEDY IS BEYOND question the greatest of all modern remedies It will cure cough or cold immediately or money back. At No Percentage Pharmacy.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30

MT. Woods writes letter, expressing distate for the camor marking the departure of troops for Manila. There are reasons for believing the only way to stop it will be to enon the embarkaton of more soldiers Can't Woods issue ukase or an trade, something?
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30
ADJUSTMENTS

 Columbia-"Fort Frsyne Baldwin :" The Passion Play'' Californla-"Uncle Toms Cabin,7 Saturday evening" Alcazar-"Fredertck the Great Morosco s-"The Gossoon Tivon-"Boccaccio" Orpheum Vaudeville. The Chutes-Zoo the 61spound Man. Olympia-Corner and Eddy streets, SpecialtieA Baths-Svimming. El CampoMusic dancing boating fishing, Sunday Oakland Racetrack-Races to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30

cal. glace fruit 5Oc per Ib at Townsend, s. .
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30

Hotel clerks are as a categorical postulate the most lubricant of all specimens of the genus homo. One hotel boasts of ,,inrh+ nlorlr nrHnn
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30

AUCTION SALES. By BarthThs day, June SG Furniture at lulo Page street at Il o'clock
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30

n address from J. E. O'Donnel, president of \ the Fourth of July committee to the citizens
 of San Francisco says:
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30

CHESS PLAYERS-G. L. D., Camp Merritt, City. There are number of crack players who assemble for play at the Mechanics Institute Library and at the Mercantile Library.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-23

guests looked at tho beautiful presents.
A dainty luncheon was served. DR.. snd
Mrs. johnson left on the night train for
the east for IN extended trip. After
their return they will 60 to their now
homo in Crete where the groom is we'll
and most favorably known. having built
up . large practice. Dr.. and Mrs.
johnson have many friends who wish
them happiness and prosperity.
Mrs.. !. N. Baker gave 4 very pretty
party on Friday afternoon for her little
boy. Wilder. He was eight years old on
thst day and bis little frierds helped him
to celebrate the event. The hostess
served dainty luncheon out on the
lawn in the early evening and later took
her little guests on trolIy ride. It was
. pleasure in itself to watch the delight
Of the little folks. The guests we're
Mr.. Robert Hunter and Master Fred
Hunter from Omaha. Thomas Usher,
Adeline Usher, Thomas Ewing. Howard
Brown, Bert Faulkner. Dorothy Miller,
Katherine Beeson. Martha Qoiggle,
Herbert Baird. Donald Miller. Robert
Phillips, Wecia. Eugene and Willie
Stout. Thomas and Henry Woods and
Dorothy and Wilder Baker.
Ars. Frank Blish gave q pretty KEN
sington on Saturday afternoon for Miss
Emma Mcintosh Of Danville, III. Her
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-23

Ais' haode Riser gave . pleasant
porch party on Friday evening for m.
asoe. Baum OF Salt Lake City. Who h.s
been the guest Of Miss Laura Hou,, =.
: rev weesa Tho Forch vas prettilv
dec mated and made comfortable With
rcgs and cushions. Music vas enjoyed
Inc hosees served dainty and cooliov
reereehments. s
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-23

Jean futile.
A jolly party won't out to the Beach
last Friday evening and had an elegant
time. Tho music was furnished bv !.
street piano played by artisticsllv
gowned Italians. The party vent ont
in carryalls and private carriages. Tho.
present were Messas. and Mechanics
Leo, Curtice.
Burr, aoutz.
GRANGER, Aitken,
=. Il. Burr, Hooper.
Misses M;....
Nae 6urr. Sadie Burnham,
Lewis. Of Kentucky. Ethel Hooper
Blanche Asrgreaves, Selma Norep
hae Miles. Florence Farvell
Clara Parks, Florence Pntn.m
hetchun, Hammond,
Cochrane.
Meesrs- M...s.
Wing. Merrill.
walsh, Tukey,
Edmiston. Smith,
chapman. Kennard,
F. Brown, Yates.
hurlout' Gregory,
Whitmore. Smith
Honeywell, Savver
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-23

The young ladies Of the Kappa Kappa
Gamma fraternity have been busy a.
most all the summer making extensive
preparations for their national conven-
ton which 10 to meet hero from tho
twenty third until the twenty-first OF
August. Their guests Will stay at the
Lincoln hotel, the university buildings
will be at their disposal and the Phi
Kappa Psi buys have given the use OF
their house. II IL the first national con-
vention that has ever been held here.
and the energy and pluck OF the young
women was great to capture such .
plum. 1t no doubt will b help to the
university and to the city end the citi-
sens Of Lincoln will b glad to give their
young visitors . cordial welcome.
Miss Margaret Eckert, daughter Of
Mn. Elizabeth Eckert Of 1877 r street.
was united in marriage to d.. Myron U.
johnson OF Crete on Wednesday even
ing, July twentieth. The Rev. F. A.
Stuff stood behind IN alter OF flowers
AID pronounced the solemn worje. Tho
bride, vho wore white mouseeIipe do
sois over cream silk. was attended BY
Miss Adelia Vogt and Aiss Louise
Claus. Miss vogt wore dainty white
null and Miss Claus pretty orgacdie.
NJ. G. w. Weckbach acted - grooms-
man.
Among tho guests from out Of town
were Mr.. and As. Charles johnson q
Dorchester, the parents Of the groom.
Mr.. and Ars. Peter Ecksrt. Mrs. Bels-
Icy and daughter and An. Carpenter Of
Bellwood. After the reoooy there
was IN informal reception and the many
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-23

Miss Fanny Chaee gave Q party at
Burlington Beach on Wednesday even
ing for her guest. Miss Noyes. About
thirty people spent the evening dancing
and boating. They oil won't out to-
gether in large carryall.
Mrs. Hargreaves gave . pretty party
on Friday evening for her daughter.
Miss Daisy. The house was decorated
profueely with sweet pess. Cards vere
played during the first part q the oven
ing. then light reireshments we're served
and the rest OF the evening passed With
dancing. TIE guests were Misses Nancy
Lambertsou. Jessie Outcalt, Ruth Mac
farland; Messrs. Diedgich Lau. Arthur
Raymond. Albert Fawell. Will Stein.
Isaac Raymond. Alex Lau.
Another pleasant picnic vas given
last week at Lincoln park by Mr.. and
Mrs. Rudolph Rehlaender, Mr.. and
s. c. Conk. Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Usher
Mr.. and Mrs. o. W. Stonebraker. Mr..
ana TT. O'Conne,l. Miss Usher and
Miss Jennie Usher OF New York City.
Miss Cullec. Mesdames Eager and King,
Messrs Will Ring. Clarence King. Harry
Leo and T. r. Baker.
Mrs Lambertson entertained some OF
her younger friends Saturday even-
ing for her daughter, Misses Nancy
and Margaret. Tho roms were prettily
adorned with sweet peas. Cards and
dancing we're enjoyed and later delicious
refreshments were served. Her gaests
were
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-09-08
A Stingy Princess.

a much talked of princess of Europe
is Mathilde, nice of King Albert of Sax
ony. In addition to being lacking in
personal charms, she is said to be ex.
ceedingly stingy, wearing the common.
est apparel i'll order to save q few cents.
All seasons find her clothed in the
cheapest and ugliest of garments, and il
is asserted that she has but one costume
in which she is fit to be seen at court.
Notwithstanding her large income, she
breads to part with any portion of il
for any purpose whatever, and haggles
over every purchase she makes Year,
ago she was to have been married tc
Rudolph of Austria. and the engage,
ment was announced, but when no saw
her he fled to Vienna and poor Ma
thilde dropped into the ranks of Eu,
ropes unmarriageable princesses, be,
coming stingier than ever
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-09-08
Commerce of the Philippines.

The commerce of these islands has
been estimated by some authorities at
$50, 600, 600 year, but it is probably
much greater, the chief exports being
sugar, tobacco and hemp. OF Manila
cigars the yearly product is several hun
dred million, one factory alone employ
ing 10, 900 hands, and of Manila hemp
the yearly product is probably 200, 600
tons. One factory in Manila produces
10000, 600 cigarettes in a single year.
The imports are also Of enormous
value. The United States sends the
Philippines chiefly kerosene oil and
-four, while England, Germany and
France sell them print cloths. white
drilling, hardware, canned goods, etc.
There are other large towns in the
islands, but most of the imports are
landed at Manila and are shipped to
them by local steamers One company
alone has 81 steamers engaged in local
and coastwise trade, their ships ranging
in size from 500 to 5000 tons.-Isaac
M. Elliott in Scribner's.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-09-08
Spanish Laziness.

Labor, to Spanish pride. was the
badge of inferiority, to be escaped in
every possible way, says Henry c. Lea
in The Atlantic. This national aversion
to labor manifested itself in an indo
lence which rendered the pretense OF
working almost illusory. Dormer tell:
us Of his compatriots that they did no,
work as in other lands. A few hours q
day, and this intermittv.ly, were ex-
pected to provide for them as much as
the incessant activity of the foreigner.
To these drawbacks on productive in
dustry is to be added the multitude Of
feast days, which Navarrete estimates
at about one third of the working days,
rising to one-half at the critical season
of the arvests-feast days which, &C.
cording to Archbishop Carranza, were
spent in a debauchery rendering them
especially welcome to the devil Under
such conditions it was impossible for
Spain to Withstand the competition Of
the foreigner.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-09-08
CONTINUED

day." SAID Jack Bradley, the reporter
who matched. +" "He's an idea he's
one too many in the WORLD, fancy"
The words were hardly spoken when
the door opened and man came in.
From the hush greeting his entrance
Anne knew it was Donald Sefain. She
looked at him attentively.
There were unmistakable marks of
vagabondism about him--his dusty
clothes, ohurlish manner, long, untidy
hair. He was of moderate height and
slender build, he carried his shoulders
poorly and his eyes were sunken. But
for all this his dark, foreign face, sheer
ing, secretive, defiant, was startlingly
handsome as he stood in the red, wash
tones Of the sunset pouring through the
dusty windows.
He looked at Anne with some surprise
in his glance, his expression question
ing; then he became Indifferent, nodded
CURLY to the men and sat down at a
corner desk. From his attitude one
would have supposed he was sketching
or writing. AS she passed him to the
door she saw his fingers were motion
less, his wide open eyes interpretive
While the room contained dozen
men it was evident Donald Sefain
would be left alone with his musings
He had withdrawn from the others as
if from habit. Even before she had
passed into the hall they seemed to have
forgotten his existence.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-09-08
"Shabby Old Coat

West Point was for the last ten years
of his life the summer home Of Gener.
al Scott, Of whom Mrs. Sherwood, in
her "reminiscences" pleasantly Cos.
sips:
The hero of the Mexican war always,
on the Fourth of July, wore his old
military coat. the one in which he rode
into the Mexican capital ION top of a
picnic, " as he used to say. Every shah
by old coat, madam, very shabby old
coati" the gratified old man would ex-
claim as he felt a lady's hand laid gen.
thy on his army as she asked to touch
the sacred cloth. He wore the coat on
many historic days and was pleased to
shoulder his cane and fight his battles
over again.
Once, while telling the story of Ar
nold's treason and pointing out from
the hotel piazza the spots associated
with the traitor, he said, referring to
Mrs. Arnold's devotion to her husband,
"She chung like ivy to worthless
thing"