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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-16

should they?"
Mr.. Wegener of the visalia Stock
Saddle Company had nothing made up
in human skin to show me. He said
he wished he had. He said he could
sell all the purses and card cases and
belts and satchels he could make He
said he would like a few samples to put
in his window. The trouble was to get
the skin. He did not think it could be
bought. All he had handled had come
to him from Shreve & Co., or had been
brought in by young doctors
and medical students who wanted
a purse or belt or something
made up to give away to their girl
friends. He said he could not tell Off
hand just how many orders he had
filed in the last year, but it had been
a good many. Yes, it made very hand
some belts, he thought especially the
black skim
when it's tanned black?"
mo, when it's born black. Coons.''
Would you like it with the fur on?"
asked the manager of the Novelty
Leather Company.
Il hadn't thought" I replied,
feebly
We've got a sample here-let's have
that human skin sample out therel One
with the hair oni-Therel That's poor
piece of work. That's no tanning at
all. That's just been stretched out on
a board and oiled and dried. and it
made poor job. We made a card case
"a gents card case-out of that, and 1t
was a miserable greasy-looking thing
when it was finished. although we took
a lot of pains with it. You can see for
yourself. there's no style to that"
There certainly was not. There was
only hideous idea, terrible, CHASTITY
association to mark 1t from the COM
monest. coarsest hide that ever hair
grew on. And hair grew on this-a light,
strong. wiry hair of a peculiar bright
ness that had triumphed over death and
the tanner. 1t shone against the ma
hogany color of the leather on which
it bristled, stiffly curling. with fearful
likeness to life. / sickened as l looked.
The piece that had once been part Of
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T was. as everybody who was there
remarked, a very swell wedding.
But the bride looked best in her
travelling toys.
She is d tailor's dream, born to
tweeds and fine linen, and in all
little mannish matters of dress comes in
before the season, so that you can take
its forecast from her shirtings, belts and
ties.
Her rough, red English serge was cut
with a zouave, open over linen SHIRT,
and this was trinity belted with mar
row leather belt. The little travelling
purse dangling from it was made of the
same leather. So was the dress suit
case she carried in her hand.
The Maid of Honor poked me deli
cately as the bride came down the
stairs.
How do you like it," she whispered
mysteriously.
Very smart" I said, wondering what
the mystery was about.
The belt, you know, and all that
mean"
"Oh, as leather belts go, very much
Don't you?"
The Maid of Honor shuddered.
That's the awful part of it-it-it'sso
lovely for belts"
She showed it to you before it was
made UP. didn't she?"
No" I said. "She didn't"
"Oh, we'll, she was going to. You
know she had the case all fitted
up with it inside too, straps, you
know. and flaps and things. I saw her
packing it and it gave me the creeps.
Think of strapping down your nightie
with a piece of somebody's skim
''What?"
But the Maid of Honor was giggling
Historically and did not hear me. Sec
ond thoughts are best. said:
Hasn't she any feeling about tt?''
-Oh. You know her!" said the Maid
of Honor, laughing. Shed wear any
thing that's swell And, of course, it
is the SWEETEST thing. I'm dying to
have my piece made up, but She
closed her eyes affectedly-
Have you got large piece%'
asked.
"A whole back" said the Maid of
Honor, opening her eyes again 1T
was a woman's and I think it's even
smoother than She looked at the
brides dress suit case critically. Yes,
it's smoother and II s pelteF coioI'
darker tan. Maybe" she added, laugh
ing out wildly, maybe she was a bru-
nette."
I controlled a desire to shut my own
ewes here and faint decently. l had to
pinch myself to avoid this casualty and
also to be sure that 1 was I, and also,
again, that l might hear anything more
the Maid of Honor might say.
She was saying at the moment that
1t was harder to get women's skins than
men Sat least [ suppose it is, because
mine is the only piece 1 ever saw. 1
don't know why it should be, either
she added, patting her pink mousseIine
skirts daintily. Just as many women
die as men, don't they?"
Z don't know" I said, family.
And it must be just as easy to skin
+heu-ugh!'' She buried her little nose
IN her bridesmaids roses and smiled up
over them. It's a sort of shuddery
fad. isn't it? Oh, she's going"
The bride was in her mothers arms.
Her. mother kissed and cried over her
softly. Her mothers hand-white, slim,
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"sHE was a TaILoRs DREAM"

why, no." replied the clerk why
should they?''
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Used on Belts opd Purses by Fe
WomeD.

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No Task for a Mere Man.
Boston Traveller.


Any man who has ever done business
at an intelligence office will feel thrill
OF sympathy for me. as a recen: victim
of that institution. My wife was mildly
lanenting yesterday that fate han driven
away the maid servant and that she
would have 10 get another. rashiy said
that / would do Il for her.
There is an intelligence Office near my
office" I said. III run in there at noon
and send a girl out early in the after
noon"
I went into the Aforesaid Intelligence
office as l returned from lunch and was
a. once absorbed by rosmful OF females,
every one of whom gszed at me sus-
piciously. am a bashfuf man. BIZ. I
nerved myself and began talking with a
young woman who sat near the door
we have four In our family myself.
wife and two children, hot and cold
water"
Pardon me-" she interrupted, II am
looking for a servant myself
/ apoiogi1ed and she snickered. I then
tackled an applicant FOR a Job / did
not shed Hight" for she asked questions.
I replied as follows: -Yes-four in the
famhy-set tubs-hot and cold water in
every roo1l--tnree miles out Of town-my
wife takes care % the chtldreu-who does
the chamber work. do. Confouad you.
Get out
She didn't get out but Id Ny wife
went in the next day and hired a girl.
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there had heeu enough water nothing
would have been isfs over. The bench
Gains have prcdneed quantity OF gold
wntch- TO man can ese.ma,e- They seem
TO Be absus the biggest thing in he coun-
try On q Eldossdo, when l have had
worked On . q per cent lay. $e0op Is YET
in the dump, and there is lot 70 sauice On
Mes Il, Is, ie, =. q and 8.
There has been some talk about the
failure Of iayhoiders on lower BONANZA 10
make q good showing. The gold IL there
all right. bot the lays. for the most part,
were held by men inexperienced Il. mining.
They did not % 20 bedrock. but worked
four or FIVE zee. from the surface. and the
small returns obtained are not TO se won-
dered at. II I had not gone TO bedrock on
Miller creek / would have made as poor
q showing - did some Of the layholders
on lower BonanSa. When ! sold out my
business Ia SEohomish five years ago and
went to Alaska. had 81 100. invested this
sum in two claims on Miller creek. That
was my start IN the Klondike. This win
ter have been interested in mining invest
ments agg-egatine s.. aea. CO.,
Mr.. Barrett ~ very well known here. On
his arrival last night he was greeted by
J. D. Thagard and Bill AcPhee. both jus,
from Dawson McPhee is one Of the pio-
neers Of the Klondfke. having been thir.
teen years in THAI country. He was
passenger to San Francisco on the treasure
ship St. Pau. and came here yesterday
from Victoria to remain a few days. He
intends to so inside this fan. Mr.. Barrett
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also intends 70 return to Dawson this fall
and will make his Visit in the East very

Boston Evening Transcript.


A. Werner. a well-known silversmith Of
Milwaukee. has discovered a method by
which signs. pictures and drawings can be
made by the combined use ol photography
and electricity. He has been experimenting
for ten years and has just discovered the
method. His process Is as follows: In
the first place. a drawing must be made OF
the sign or plate. This drawing is photo
graphed and the photograph transferred to
a metal plate, which may be of zinc, brass
copper. bronze. silver or any other metal
This metal plate is then hung on a copper
wire into a so-called bath. and an electric
current turned on. In a few seconds 9
copy OF the lead pencil drawing is etched
into the metal. deep enough to be visible
for hundred years. Then the plate Is
conveyed to another bath and again con.
nected with the electric current. At thiA
moment the :ndentures begin to fill witt.
Jet black matter until they appear almos,
even with the surface OF the plate. The
plate is then washed. dried and vanished
with a coating expressly prepared for this
purpose. This protects Il and saves the
trouble of polishing. Signs which are ex-
posed continually 10 the weather require
deep etching and heavy enameling. so that
they can be cleaned without injuring the
surface The aIhe process may be ap-
piled to pictures ind pen drawings and the
copies will last for thousand years, leav-
ing the contours Of the face, etc, sharp
and distinct.
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One Way to Collect a Debt.

Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
II would like to have that $50 you Dor
roweo from me about six months ago"
said one POLITICAL to another several days
ago.
Indeed. have not got that much with
me. Can you not wait few days longer?'
mo, need the money badly. and must
have it. / have been fair with you, and
have not bothered you much. but / must
have It now or I will have to take some
action to recover IT,
Il will fix him." said the debtor quietly
to a friend who had heard the conversa-
ton. II have only 1850 in the bank. and
/ will give him a check for the $50. OF
course he can not get ii, for they will
not let me oyerdraw my account"
Turning to the man he had borrowed
from. the POLITICAL said: 81 will give you
a check for the money, and you can get
il cashed tomorrow"
Very well, I will take it,
The check was handed over. At the
bank il was handed back. there not be-
ing sufficient money 20 meet it.
How much is there in the bank?" was
inquired.
Forty dollars and fifty cents"
"All right I will deposit $3.50 in his
name. and then you can cash the check"
Then he handed over the amount and
moment later was given the $50
That is why two politicians do not speak
now as they pass by.
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Grover Flint, Cavalry Private.
Bookuan.

Mr.. Grover Flint, whose record of actual
service with the Cuban insurgents pub
lished by Messrs Lamson, Wolfe & Co.
under the title Marching With Gomez"
has met with notable and deserved success.
is today swinging a sabsr IN the regular
army Of the United States, and by the time
this para graph is printed may be invading
Cuba again. He has every reason to be
follower of arms. His father was Gen
Culver Grover. OF the United States army
the boy changing his name from Flint Gro
Yer TO liz present form after the death OF
his father and his adoption ht his maternal
grandfather the late Austin Flint OF New
York. Born IN an ambulance on the West
ern plains. a graduate Of the class Of IS
AZ Harvard an attache for "A time Of the
United States legation at Madrid a war
correspondent for the New York Journal.
and major on the STAFF OF Gomez young
Flint has filled his few days fun OF action.
He had every opportunity 10 return TO the
Cuban service. with a high rank. but he
preferred 10 fight for free Cuba under the
Stars and Stripes. and enlisted again as
private In The United States cavalry, g post
ne had held once before
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Standing on Button Seekers
San Francisco Examine


There is much of an eternal s3meness
in the days to the boys out there at Camp
Merritt. 1t is rise in the morning, eat
breakfast. drill, eat dinner, drill. eat sup
per, go to bed. In the meantime. - course.
there Is some time for giving buttons to
the girls who go out there with an in
satiable appetite for that variety of gar
ment fastener. but the time devoted to the
fair button seekers necessarily is only q
small part Of the day.
Some of the toys have devised a very
neat way OF standing off, the feminine
button seeking contingent. AS soon as q
wisrful-eyed girl approaches them they
begin:
Say. dear. have you any buttons you
can spare? Oh. now. just one. 1t doesn't
matter where it comes from; anywhere
will do. Ple-e-ease."
OF course ii is hard on the gir1s TO have
the words taken from their mouths in
such manner, but il is effective. The boIs,
who get in this first blow neither have TO
part with buttons nor refuse them TO the
lady friends whom they have never seen
before. 1T appears to be about the only
way to head off a brass button crusade
which would leave the boys buttonless IL
the sxirted crusaders had their way.
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Baltimore American


This will be a great year for the farm
ers, notwithstanding the war. The reports
for the fiscal year which ends June 50 will
show that our agricultural exports will ex-
coed $500, COO 900. They may reach $40. 000,-
600. This will he the hish-water mark. In
1881 and 1892. the two best years. these ex-
ports went over $1oo.o0c 900 AS compared
with the last fiscal year. the increase IN
agricultural exports will be $3.50 ,00e. and
over $50. 900 increase as compared with
the year preceding. In breadstuffs alone
the exports will amount TO nearly sl.0Oo,0 900
a day. almost enough. in this line alone. TO
pay the expenses OF the war. When lum-
Der, coal oil and other products are count
ed in. the grand total will be something to
be proud of. Tho total exports of corn for
the year VIII go beyond 30. 900 900 bushels.
and the figures for provisions including
hog and dairy products. will be worth $780,
o00000
Foreigners may quarrel with us on paper
and criticise us. but they know they must
look to us for food.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer.


Jose-Hist! Not SO loud. What News?
Juan-Good. l have winged another
cursed Yankee pig.
Jose-Aha! 1t is fine. Tell me how, my
Juan.
Juan-I crept up in the bushes, oh, SO
close. I wigg.ed along like a snake
sneaked my way from tree to tree There
was Yankee pig in front of his tent I
aimed at him. Carefully. carefully. Ha,
ha, I fired.
Jose-And did you kill him. my Juan?
Juan-Ah, how could / tell? I creep
away so fast. And you, beloved one?
Jose-Car-r-ramba, the luck was not
with me. / creep. creep creep, through
the ditch. and I climb the hill in the long
grass; but Yankee pig was there. walk
ing, walking. and ran back. How fares
1t with Ruy. and Lopez, and Manuel?
Juan-Not SO good. They creep. they
sneak, they crawl on the belly but they
XIII no pigs. The pigs are more watchfui.
They cry Come out and fight us like
men," Ha, ma, hal Caramba, We know
q trick worth ten Of that. All, but tonight.
my Jose! We go out 900 strong And we
creep .up close. And in the dark we fire
here, there. every-where-always toward
the cursed pigs. And when We fire we run
away. And the pigs look for us. aha, but
they find us not. Is 1t not a merry game?
Jose-Yes, my Juan: war is pleasant
sport. No danger; no anxiety. Il is like
hunting big and foolish game. We sneak.
we shoot, we run away! Ha, ha, ha. It
is a noble pastime.
Juan-E Is, indeed, my Jose.
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E /.
LAND COMPANY FORECLOsuRE.
How the stock IL Distributed and
Prospects for Reorga nisation.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Inteiiixencer
TACOMA. Aug sManaser I. w. Ander-
son. Of the Tacoma Land Company. which
was placed IN the hands of a receiver la
the absence In the Eas. Of the manager. re-
turned homo today. While Mr. Anderson
declines to discuss the matter OF the re-
ceitership and the condition of the com
pany. IL Is generally understood he will be-
come material factor In fighting the
claimants who succeeded In securing the
appointment OF Receiver Henry Long
streth.
Reorganization Of the company as a re-
cult OF the death of c. n. Wright. OF
Philadelphia. Is said 10 have led 10 fore
closure proceedings by the Provident Life
and Trust Company, which holds big
mortgage In security for sl6oelo advanced
to the land company. The greater portion
Of the stock OF the land company is held as
follows:
Northern Pacific RAILWAY Comnsnv "a %,
shares, about 20 per cent. Of the stock. g
- Wright estate. sSn shares: John n
Brookmsn. 600 shares: nresal a. Co. 1 coo
CHARLES = Hinehman and Walter Hinch.
man. i.s1. Charlemagn~ Tower estate
Lao; Fred Billings. soo: Billings estate. 100
1soFse > FOX 4 Son. ioo. Maria and
RschaFd Proctor. coo: John T. Ru.iitt san
Ezra BE Zen. 800; Il. n. Nenny ssan. ana n
DOZEN more holding 90 shares or cv<r THE
balance is in small blocks By the hundred
ana more who have the stock as an in
eestmenf.
Much OF Tacoma's valuable improved
property Is owned by the land connpsnv
and any organizations or change Of man
assment or business policy il OF vital In
fereat 20 the citizens geaeyaily I.lstla *
known OF the plans fer REORGANIZATION hut
II IT, common talk that the Nor.harn Pa
c!nc railroad is behind the move To FORE
close the heavier mortgages ana rsaaiust
the anairs OF the land company tina. the
railroad may assume control
Manager Anderson Is lined up With IN,
ola ORGANIZATION, and should general
change result from the present receiver.
shir proceedings no VIII be suDerse.9-a
possibly BY Receiver Henry ronps,rc,h
local representative Of the rrlortsase com.
rany.
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CIVIL SERVICE PROBLEM.
BOARD OF EDUCATION THREAT.
ExED WITH A xOvEI-0uESTION.
CeulA Principals asa Teachers Onee
Assigned to Special Position he
Reduced In Rank. and the SAL
ary Decreased Correspondinglys

A new phase was thrown on the subject
OF civil service for the teachers of the
pubic schools at last nights meeting Of
the board OF education. The phase" was
carefully allowed to rest, but at the next
meeting its hideous ghost will arise and its
presence will undoubtedly be felt by the
members Of the Ssard The matter in point
Is assigning of the principals and teachers
to their places in the different schools. AS
the case now stands. teachers and prin-
c!pals are elected for an indefinite time. un-
less removed for cause. Different positions
command different salaries. and the ques-
ton which now confronts the board Is:
Suppose q teacher or principal. in being
reduced in rank. could he under civil SER
vice rules. demand the salary Of his former
position?
The question was sprung at the meeting
by B. C.. Van Houten, and the other MEM
hers of the board who were present. John
Lamb and Andrew Cnilberg. looked wise
but said that the matter could be better
discussed at the meeting Of full board.
The contract for school supplies. which
was supposed to have been let, was left
over until another meeting OF the three
bidders the bid from Lowman Hanford
was the lowest by nearly $2.o0o The
monthly pay rolls. amounting to 81. 44o.SA
and miscellaneous bills amounting TO
81. 1874 Is. We're audited and warrants ordered
drawn. Miss Terry. stenographer. was en-
gagged for another year at a salary of so
a month. Bids for coal were ordered to be
advertised. All teachers who have been
elected were requested to report to the
superintendent as soon as possible. An ap-
preparation of $40 a month was awarded to
school district No. 80 for it's maintenance.
Several applications for the position OF
janiter were received, but were placed on
fie. as no vacancies existed.
Secretary Guernsey submitted his annual
report. 1t is the most favorable for the
school district that has been made for
several years. At the beginning OF las:
year. July ]. 1897, the amount on hand was
81. $3.50 The amount received this year
was $500. SOL 80. making q total of $342, LA 30
The disbursement = for the year were $22l-
1882. leaving on hand at the close of the
present school year the splendid sum Of
$l0.a1.SO. The receipts have been largely
from delinquent taxes. ranging as far back
as 1888. For many years the taxes have
very seldom averaged as high as $4,000.