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The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06

THE RULES-G., City. It was not thir- teen, but fifteen rules that King James laid down for the translators of the Bible These are to be found in tThe History of the English Bible," by Rev. ". F. Moul- ton M A DID.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06

The gentleman who intends to start in balloon for the Kondike cannot be viewed as having accom- plished much until he shall arrive there Anybody with the price of balloon can start
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06

GOBLIN MOTH-T. B. C., Hopland. Cal. The Government of the United States has not offered a reward for the discovery of remedy for the ravages of the codlin moth
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06

Marriage in Spain takes place by day or at night, according to the fortune of the young people or their station in life. If we'll to do, the ceremony comes off in the early part of the morning.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06

The man who goes around pretending to inspect gas meters and really robbing the householders whose premises he invades proves not to have any connection with the companies It is therefore plain that he has no right to steal
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06

NEW ORLEANS COIN-H. C., Evans vile. Ind. A dime coined in New Orleans in 1894 does not command a premium,
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06
A CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE.

The Omaha Exposition has made arrangements to have Chinese drama played during the exposi- ton It is thought that least two of 1t can be given.-Chicago Tines-Herald
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06
DEpOSJT ON GASLAn Old Subsc

DEPOSIT ON GAS-An Old Subscriber, City If you will look at The Call of Saturday, March 12, fourteenth page, you will see a reproduction of letter sent out by the gas company and you can then compare that with the statement made to you at the office and determine for your self if you were told the truth.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06

The sudden changes of climate en- countered by soldiers when troops are moved from one quarter of the world to another are estimated as increasing the annual mortality of Europe by 5O,- GOO men.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06

ORONADO-Atmosphere Is perfectly dry soft and mild, being entirely free from the mists common further north. Round trip tick cts, by steamship, including fifteen days board at the Hotel del Coronado. s65; longer stay, g 50 per day. Apply New Montgomery st.
 S. F., or A. W. Bailey, mgr. Hotel del Corona do, late of Htl Colorado, Glenwood Spgs, Colo
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So seems that the torpedo fleet not where Spain said it was. Evidently of information a Spanish official is no more reliable than yellow cor rcsoondent.
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

McKINLEY'S RELIGION-H. H. H., City. President Mckinley is Methodist.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06

Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by ths Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Mont. gomery street. Telephone Main 1922
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06

A DAY IN JULY-J. W. M, North Temescal, Cal. The 18th of July, 1s45, fell on Tuesday.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06

It took Congress some time to grasp the notion that the blowing up of the Maine was not an act of neighborly kindness, but seems to have firm grip of the idea now.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06

Hayti and San Domingo have agreed to remain neutral. 'Tis we'll Now let us have definite state ruent as to the attitude of Goat Island
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06

The clerk at one of the prom inent down town hotels was en- gagged in check ing up the regis ter the other a,,arfno whay, O
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06

Americans may be hastening out of Cuba just now, but there is probability that some of the same na- ton will soon be hastenng back again, and not by asking anybodys permission
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06

The rumor that Schofed is to be put in command over Miles could probably be traced to lunatic asylum if it were worth while to take the trouble of tracing 1t anywhere.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06

There is little reason to fear that Hoff, the most recently convicted murderer will appeal to the Su- preme Court In the first place he must be impressed by the fact that he is guilty and that everybody knows it, and in the second place appeal costs money, and lawyers as rule do not perform labor for love.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06

The substance of the Cleveland letter to Hearst seems to have been about this: What do you take me for?' It complete, final and emphatic.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06
THE LAW AND THE RETAILERS

appears that the decision rendered by Superior
 Judges Wallace, Dunne and Cook on Friday last in which 1t declared that principals not responsible for the criminal of their agents in selling and delivering adulterated food products about bring the entire pure food crusade to an un- timely conclusion. The officials of the Health De- partment very much discouraged the out look and it is reported that they seriously tempating the dismissal of a number of food in spectors and other employees whose services will not be required unless the prosecutions for selling adul- terated food be continued.
 Health Officer O'Brien regards the law as laid down by these Judges as extremely bad and he adds that he would not be surprised if the nikmen were to take advantage of the situation and resist cautions the ground that their drivers sell and de- liver the watered milk and not themselves Yet we do not how the court could have taken different view of the law Certainly the contention that a principal is responsible for the voluntary criminal acts of his agent is entirely new and novel
 As understand 1t, the main purpose of attempt ing to enforce the law against the retailers of adul- terated food products was to make it so disagree able for them that they would abandon the business Now that the court has decided that they are not responsible for selling food merchandise which they cannot in the of things know to be impure of course this method of warfare must be abandoned It will longer the purpose of frightening re- tailers will the Health Department officials be justified in arresting any more dealers under the statute.
 But it is still possible to make it sutry for the manufacturers of aduterated food products. All the energy of the Health Department should be directed toward discovering those who place such products upon the market. If sanded sugar wooden hams and pine nutmegs shipped here from the East it ought to be possible to inspect them upon their ar rival and prevent their distribution among the re- tailers. We do not think upon the whole, that the health officials should sit down and give up the fight They engaged in business which is of prime i'm portance to the community, and they cannot reach the dealers in impure food they can to some extent disturb the nefarious trade of the manufacturers
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ANU SEMENTS.

Baldwin-"A Gay Deceiver." Colum oia-"Shore Acres Y" Cahfornia-"A Jay in New York" Alcazar-"Jane'' horosco's-"Hsuds Across the Sea" 1ivol-" The Bohemian Girl" Orpheum-Va Vaudeville The Chutes-The Zoo Vaudeville and Caniacs Leopar Olympia. Mason and Eddy streets-Specialtiea California Jockey Club, Oakland-Races to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06

There is considerable unnecessary fuss being made over young Pullman because he happened to marry the woman he chose to marry. As matter of fact other men, some of them fully as important as this young chap, have done the thing. Whether or not the choice be wise concerns them, and comes so being nobody eses business that the subject is almost too delicate for discussion
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Really the Kaiser has no to be angry be- cause somebody has dubbed him Alarm Fritz" Let him possess his soul in patience until he shall have been called false alarm"
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Minister Bernabe may be obliged to quit the coun- try before long, but he will leave behind the impres- sion that he has conducted himself a gentleman, in which particular his will afford violent con trast to that of the late De Lome.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06

It must be said in favor of the wife fe-murderer Hill who is scheduled to be hanged to-day, that he has since his condemnation deported himself in decent and courageous fashion, has not viewed his crime as an evidence of heroism, has not posed nor pleaded the baby act While it would be neither possible nor seemly to entertain high regard for him. it can be truly said that he is Durrant Yet for all Hill has proved himself to be considerable of man, clemency in his would have had bad effect If sympathy allowed to set aside the law there might as we'll be no law
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Of Rev. C. A. Briggs, who has attained much notoriety by being charged variously with heresy and who has just vaulted from church into other it is said that he is man who does not for get his enemies. We therefore draw the inference that he has long list of people whom it will be his duty and pleasure to love.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06

A choice present, Townsend's California Glace Fruits, soc ID, in fire-etched boxes. .
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06

While the populace of Havana shows tendency to shout Death to Americans! there seems to be an ignoring of the fact that Spain has monopoly of the death dealing business.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06

According to a certain Spaniard America is mad with pride" Possibly But even in the present heat of debate it must be remembered that America has something to be proud of wherein it has dis tnct advantage of Spain.
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Cream Klondikers, lOc Townsend's |

Solid cream Easter eggs. Sc. Townsend.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06

Several plans have been presented for securing peace in Cuba. They leave out of consideration the fact that the United States owns the skeleton of battleship in Havana harbor and therefore they will not be considered.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06

Gentlemen who have been engaged in outlining the Presidents message would have been wise to have got together Somehow the outlines seem to be those of about many different messages as there are gentlemen in the business.
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sketches of city life for private circula- ton, that are excellent studies of what San Francisco Is to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06

For Easter novelties try Townsends
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06

ISS ANNA KITCHENER, of New
 Philadelphia, O.. is the only fe- male superintendent of a railroad in the world. She manages for her father. Major c. E. Mitch
The age-herald., 1898-04-24

for fuel. It would be a profitable enterprise to bring in buzz saw and small engine with which to cut wood into stove length. Timber in abundance for fuel purposes may be found on the ilsand bottoms abong the Yukon above Dawson, beginning at point about twelve miles up.
 I advise any one contemplating spending the winter in this country to buy coon skin or rabbitskin robe, have it lined with a heavy woolen blanket and filled with a satin lining, if one can afford it. One should have, of course, a fur cap and wool-lned buck mittens, half dozen pair of Wiscon- sin moccasins and several pairs of heavy German stockings. Rubber and leather footgear is out of the question in this eli mate. One wears heavy, loose-knit woolen underclothing and lightweight fur sack coat. Long-tailed overcoats are not worn here. Any garment worn in temperate climate may be worn here in summer. Dur ing the warm months hip rubber boots of moderate weight are indispensable.
 Nearly all guidebooks fail to warn people to look out for a huge powder in Thirty Mile river, at point about twelve miles below the foot of Lake Lebarge. Except the famous rapids White Horse and Five Fin ger and Miles canyon, this powder is really the only serious obstacle in the whole course of the river to Dawson. The com- ing summer there will be guides at the rapids and the canyon, but the big powder has wrecked many boat and caused much loss of life. It is at point where the cur rent is very swift-twelve miles an hour, I should say-and if person has not been warned about it he is pretty apt to be dashed against it while he is considering what course to take. If the boatman keeps well to the left shore from the time he gets the first glimpse of the powder there will be absolutely no danger B. A. SElTZ.
The age-herald., 1898-04-24
SiO0 Reward Sl0O,

The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there it at least one dreaded in all it's stages, and that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Ca quires a constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting di- rectly upon the blood and mucuous sur faces of the system. thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the .consti- tuition and assisting nature in doing it's work The proprietors have so much faith in it's curative powers. that they offer One to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
 Address, F. J. CHENEY X CO.,, Toledo, o.
The age-herald., 1898-04-24
Another Fallacy Punctured


 "Talk about barbers being loquacious, they are not in it with the colored hotel walters of Washington for conversational talent" said J. G. Wilkes, of St. Louis, at an uptown hostelry.
 Let guest but display the least evil dence of sociability and the dusky attend- ant will open up. He doesn't want to be prompted; just start off and he'll go on like machine
 q intimated to one that some hot bread would be acceptable and this was his re- joinder: 'Scuse me, boss, but we don't serve hot bread, 'ceptin' for breakfus' and lunch. You see, boss, dis is dinner we CT havin' now, do mebbe whar you comes from dey calls hit supper, and at dinner we never gives nuthin' but cold bread. But I was raised up to call it supper, too, dis meal we is now a-havin', and it tux me a long time to git used to callin' hit dinner.
 "'We used to give fo' meals CT day in dis here house, but de lan'lord cum to de 'clusion dat three was enuf. kase de same people use often to come in dis dinin'-
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this wonderful piece of marine architect ure which has hitherto been kept so silent by the government, in fact has never full crew upon her. can be mentioned. It is such marvellous piece of work that the Holland Submarine boat is not to be com- pared to it. no, nor twenty such boats. l would rather have the Ram Katahdin to fight war fleet than the whole flying squadron. Put me In command of the Ram Katahdin and I will sink every vessel in the white squadron without trouble. just as the Merimac came near sinking the whole Union fleet.
 This warship works, as it's name indi- cates, by ramming. It is literal steel ar row which jags its way into the side of
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"The Spanish fleet is superior at this time to the flying squadron under Commo- dore Schley's command, and the additions which will be made to it during the week will make it force which, combined with the torpedo flotilla at Cape Verde, will rep- resent practically the total available fleet of Spain. n."-Exchange.
 Stuff and nonsense!
 We have in our navy one boat which alone could fight the whole much vaunted over-valued, self-confident Spanish navy This vessel, boat, war ship, ram or what ever you may call it, is the deadlest weapon ever invented. It is absolutely im-
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was also increased.
 The vessel measures now 25O feet inches in length, and has an extreme breadth of beam of 43 feet inches. When coaled and commissioned for service her mean draft will be 15 feet Her engines, which are of the vertical, triple-expansion type, are ex- pected to give an indicated horsepower of 4,SOO and to develop a speed of seventeen knots per hour.
 The Katahdn's coal supply Is 175 tons. Her engines are in separate compartments and each is wholly independent of the other, so that if one engine is off or out of order another machine can be called into use The propellers, which are three4 bladed, are of manganese bronze.
The age-herald., 1898-04-24

The armor which profscts the ships curv. ed deck has sufficient resisting qualities to defect missiles from any but the highs est powered ordnance such as are placed along shore, but too Heavy for vessels; The hatches have armofed plates and th9 smokestacks and ventilators are protected by six inches of steel. 'k
 Now do you doubt that we can sink the Cristobal Colon, and if not, where Is our weak point? Our armor is three times as heavy and when stripped we lay on the water edge so that we cannot be struck. We work under the water and our weapon has escaped without a bayonet scratch. We are driven forward by electricity and steam-the most powerful known elements.
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HOW WE WILL SINK THE SPHNSH BATTES4P 6RIST0BAL 6OL0N

not see why this should not be so. She strikes the cruiser at the water line at a point where 1t is positively weak.
 Dynamite Useless
 There is absolutely no projeetile built which can pierce the upper part of an iron clad. With all our talk about dynamite and shells, we have not yet built a gun sufficiently powerful to pierce the steel sides of warship above the water.
 In this connection the remarks of the Chinese admiral, Yanghi, about the con- duet of his vessel in the Japanese-Chinese war are interesting
 "The Tsen Tsing was struck 200 times above the water line by no fewer than 200 projectiles, but her armor was not
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By a Naval Officer Aboard the Ram Katahdin

speed and such manoeuvering powers that, as she dashes at an enemy. she can turn aside to avoid the shell. The gunner aboard the cruiser who is aiming at the Katahdin must constantly change his aim. The lit> tie ram Is approaching rapidly so that at each fire the gunner must change the an> gle of the gun. At the same time he must turn 1t from side to side to catch the Katahdin. She, meanwhile, is driving straight at the cruiser. When she has ap- preached to within twenty feet she hurls her weight of 100000 pounds at the ene- my's ship and it is safe to predict that the future of that ship is not worth writing. The Katahdin was designed by Admiral Amen, of the United States navy, who
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had such faith in her that he made no provision for battery of any description. Since building, however, she has been mounted with four rapid-fire six-pounders. These are intended, however, only for de- fence.- They are not sufficiently powerful to be of any service in an action with a cruiser, yet it is cruiser which the .Katah- din is designed to destroy.
 As isoon as she has approached near enough to ram into the side of the cruiser she does her work and then darts away, leaving it to sink. If there are other crus- CTS, she makes for them, they meanwhile sending their voleys of shot upon her steel sides. It is thus claimed that the Katah- din could vanquish whole fleet and I can
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damaged beyond dent three inches deep. One shell, however, struck her below the watr line and she was disabled"
 inestimable harm.
 The Katahdin can be described as a twin-screw armor-plated vessel of 2,O5o tons displacement. Her original design called for vessel 243 feet in length, but con- tractors studied the plans and proposed an addition of about eight feet, urging that the additional space would greatly aid the vesels coal-carrying capacity. The change was approved by the navy department, and also was it authorized that solid steel casting for the stem be substituted for the original head, which was originally pro- posed. The height of the coming tower
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a cruiser. No Indian arrow with pointed end and poisoned tip could ever do the damage to ship that this Ram Katahdln does to the marine cruiser.
 It is so deadly in it's work that it is almost barbarous. Not even the ancient American ever conceived anything quite so deadly. The British navy at one time refused to accept such a hostile instru- ment of battle and would not allow one to be built. Finally, however, it did, and turned out the British ironclad Camper down, which was much of the same shape. although it lacked many of the works of the Katahdin. The Camperdown came in contact with the steel sides of the great battleship Victoria, with the result that
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the Victoria was instantly sunk. The Camperdown received blow which sent her into dry dock for months and so the test was not considered successful.
 The Katahdin, like the Camperdown, can deliver blow that will sink any cruiser, but superior to the Camperdown, it will not injure itself. That has been demon strated by experiments of the Katahdin. The Katahdin has been run into docks of solid wood; it has been rammed against steel covered posts; it has been driven into steel walls and subjected in every way to thes severest tests known to tn navy, and always without injury to herself
 A British naval official commenting on the Katahdin said that she was well worth
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the building even though she should de- stroy herself for" said he, 'the Katah- din cost only S1,0O0,000 and a cruiser costs $4,00O0O0. It is worth while, by mathemati- cal computation, any day in the week, to destroy a $4,o00,OO0 cruiser with a S100),- GOO ram. ~
 The Attack
 The Katahdln works as the Britons of old fought-face to face and at short range. It sights a cruiser, approaches it until within striking distance and then strikes. She is clothed with armor sufficiently strong to defect any projectile which would be likely to strike her massive steel sides as she approaches. She has high
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pregnable to fire, and even dynamite glances off it as 1t would ladys hat pin. When stripped for action it lies almost on the water line and it's entire top rigging can be removed. Positively the only point visible is one solitary turret which must be hit squarely like bulls eye, or else the people inside would not know they had been struck. Anywhere else the shell and shot would roll off like pebbles off slant- ing roof
 Naval Wonder
 This wonderful ship is the Ram Katah- a;r and now that the war is actually on
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cum pretty close to guessin' de different sorts of gemmen what comes to CT hotel. Now, when I first sees you know d--
 but what my colored friend knew about me he was destined never to tell, for at this
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important juncture the head waiter beck oned to him, and with a grin that display ed a shining row of worries he left me to mourn the silence that settled about that table,"
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room fo' times CT day, an you can't spec to make money off dem kind uv folks.
 'Scuse me, sir but could tell frum de start dat you was not one of desc 'scur- sion people. Somehow or anudder you kin
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-02
Ski Running.

Tobogganing is very well till one has
tried ski nning-pronounced, by the
way. she running.
A person sails majestically along with
nothing to help him but a spiked bam-
hoo pole and long narrow sandals on his
feet. DR.. Conan Doyle is the pioneer OF
the sport in Switzerland. where the
English people enjoy the run every
season. to the surprise of the natives.
For a beginner the difficulties are much
greater than i'm learning 10 toboggan.
Let any one tie a board feet long by 3
inches broad To each foot and try to
walk about a lawn He may shuttle
along, but let him turn a corner. go
down a slope or alter his course in the
slightest, and he will realize the diff
culties to be met with. The sport is
practiced on the natural snow covered
hills at an angle OF 40 degrees or more.
The fun of sliding along 20 yards sec
ond can be imagined. Skating cannot
for n moment compare with either
snowshoeing or tobogganing.