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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-27
THE MARKET STREET PAVEMENT.

~ NE need not search far afeld for the reasons
| which have determined Superintendent Am
~ brose OF the Street Department to advise the
Supervisors to discontinue the repavng OF Market
upon the completion of the present contracts,
There scarcity OF funds The levy for the depart
ment is large within few thousands last year,
and there is no reason why portion of the money
should not be used in extending the btumen on Mar
ket street to Valencia. In fact figures have been
offered to show that the amount appropriated for
Market street last year cannot be appropriated this
year.
The inspiration of Superintendent Ambrose is found
in the system under which he works. Market street
is bituminized to Valencia the work will be awarded
to a contractor who will employ his own men and
machinery and buy his materials II the money
in the Street Department fund is expended in clean
ing sewers, repairing accepted streets and paving in
front Of city property will be expended under the
direction of the officials of the Street Department In
other words, Mr.. Ambrose will then do the employ
ing and will himself buy the material.
This accounts for the milk in the cocoanut In one
case is business proposition in which all the peo-
pie of the city interested; in the other
Of doing Democratic politics with the public
money.
If Superintendent Ambrose shall, after reflection,
conclude to send in a recommendation to abandon
the rcpaVlng OF Market street to valencia, trust
the Board of Supervisors will place it in pigeon
hole Making Democratic politics under ordinary
circumstances is not bad thing and far from
Directing to it. For instance did object when
Mayor Phelan tore up the tracks on Market street,
though Republican journal knew he under
took the work vote getting scheme But sub
stanaly all the people in San Francisco interest
ed in repaving Market street to Valencia The
thorougtfare is practically out and has long
been disgrace to the city Replacing the with
bsumen may not be the best thing that be done
with it, but the Mayor and Supervisors have decided
such pavement, and they ought not stop short
of completing the work Certainly they should not
permit the political necessities of the Street Depart
Democrats to interfere with so just public en-
terprise
Of'course, in common with his other admiring con-
stituents, shall regret to the political powers
of Mr.. Ambrose curtaed. But there ought to be
other way of doing" Democratic politics than
using the money of the Street Department to pay for
corner grocery discussions of the merits OF the various
candidates for municipal office 1t is notorious that
during campaigns the employees OF the Street Depart
nent never work
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-27

= ENERAL KITCHENER'S advance guard has
I reached Fashoda and found there a French
~ force under Major Marchand The British
commander notified the French that Great Britain
claims the territory and demanded their retirement
Marchand replied courteousy that France claims the
territory, and in demanded that the British retire
The incident closed for the time with the opposing
forces encamped within view of each other; there
remain friendly terms until the diplomats of Lon
don and Paris decide which shall retire.
The situation is strikingly like. which occurred
between the forces of the nations when they
struggling for supremacy in this country during
the middle OF the last century The British colonists
along the Atlantic had extended their outposts to the
of the Aleghenies and claimed the Ohio River
region beyond. French force marched down from
Canada and started to establish fort at the point
where Pittsburg now stands. George Washington
then serving in the British army a major of the
Virginia colonial troops, sent forward to
the daring Frenchmen vacate the territory and did
SO, coming up with their advance guard some dis
from the site where the fort in process of
construction.
Up to that point the incident in America $50 years
ago almost exactly like that in Africa to-day The
results of the meeting of the forces in the last
fury, however, very different from those which
have followed from the meeting at Fashoda. There
was no courteous interchange Of compliments and
patient waiting for dplomatsts in the old days. Wash
ington attacked the French as soon as he met them
and the fight that followed the beginning of war
that did not end until the French driven OF
not only the Ohio River region but Canada as we'll
1t will be the civilized world has made long
stride since the last century. Nations are no longer
to be hurried into by the rash actions Of COM
manders of distant outposts The pen of the dipo-
matst in the capital dominates the sword of the war
rior even in the wilderness Of barbarous lands and
compes armies to halt in the face of one another in
stead of fighting as they meet
Tennyson when in fit of pessimsm he wrote
Maud denounced with no little indignation this
curbing of the military vaor of men, and said with
scorn The jingng of the guinea helps the hurt
that honor feels; and the nations do but n1urmur
snaring at each others heels" Few intelligent men,
however will regret the change that has come over
the world The incident at Fashoda will not be so
heroic record the pages of history as that which
took place the frontier of Pennsylvania in the last
century, but it will none the less be proof of the ad
vancing civilization of both the British and the
French
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-27
BETTER THAN IMPERIALISM.

COMMENTING upon the readiness of the peo-
| pie to sustain Congress in voting large sums of
- money for purposes and the certainty that
the ngo programme of colonial expansion will entail
even larger expenditures than those caused by the
brief conflict with Spain, the Ptsburg Dispatch points
that since the nation is rich enough to bear the
burdens of taxation necessary to provide for these
pendtures, it would be better apply the money to
internal Improvements than to foreign adventures
The Dispatch says: THE sum OF $4,000 900 ex-
pended in improving the rivers OF the nation in con-
Meeting the rivers with the lakes and the lakes with
the ocean, would give the entire population between
the Rocky Mountains and the Atlantic coast the
cheapest transportation in the world. similar sum
expended in establishing irrigation on the arid lands
of the West would add more than 100000 acres to
the productive of the United States and increase
the wealth of the country by ST., 200 100000
the domain of practical politics. but it is worth con-
sderaton in contrast with the proposed expenditure
of hundreds of millions to establish colonial system
and educate the mongre races of the tropics in the
art of self government
1t is failing of humanity that both individual. and
nations willing to spend money for the sake
of prestige and cutting big figure in the world than
to provide for comfort at home. Therefore money
for war is easy to obtain than for internal i'm
provements
Nevertheless the Dispatch is right in saying: THE
turning OF public attention and public expenditure to
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-27
STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
Summary Of the Weeks Work Of the
Board.

The following is a complete record of
the street Improvements passed by the
Board Of Supervisors at yesterdays ses-
sion:
RESOLUTION ORDERING STREET WORK.
Bush, Stockton to Powell-Paving
Post, Leavenworth to Hyde-Same
Southerly line of Paci avenue, Franklin tc
Gough-Artificial stone sidewalks.
Devisadero. Haight to Waller-Paving
Franklin, Green to Union-Curbng and paw
Franklin, Union to Filbert-same.
Franklin, Filbert to Greenwich-Same
Franklin, Greenwich to Lombard-Same
Lombard Van Ness avenue to. Polk-Same.
Second avenue and Lake-Paving.
Second avenue. California to Clement-Curb-
ing and paving
Second avenue, Clement to Point Lobos ave.
nue-Same.
octavia. Jackson to Pacific avenu Artificial
stone sidewalks.
Second avenue. Lake to California-Regrad-
ing, curbing and artificial stone sidewalks
Ashbury, Waller to Fredericksburg.
Colling wood. Nineteenth to TW 1ntieth-Curb-
ing and paving.
Twenty-third and Harrison-same.
Filbert. Hyde to Manufacturing and paw.
Liberty, Dolores to Church--same.
Linden avenue Cough to Octavia-Same
Army, Dolores to Church-Same.
Twelfth avenue. from the northerly line of A
to northerly line of B--Grading, curbing con.
struction Of sidewalks and paving
Pierce. Vallejo to Green-Curbing and paw
southeasterly corner of Green and Pierce
Northeasterly corner of same crossing-curbs
sidewalks and paving.
Bryant. Eleventh and Aiameda-Curbs, side
walks and paving.
Bryant and Diyision-Storm water inlets
Bryant and Eleventh-same.
Fifteenth, Folsom to Misunderstanding and
salina place. California street to northerly
termination of Saiina place-Curbs artificial
Liberty. Dolores to Church-Curbs and arti-
fetal stone sidewalks.
l. Twelfth to Thrteenth-Curbs and paving
Rhode Island and Fifteenth-Curbs and paw
Be Haro, Twenty-second to Twenty-third-
Fdssorn, Army to Precita avenue-curbs and
valley. Sanchez to Noe--Grading, curbs,
sidewalks: pipe sewer and paving.
Walter Thirteenth to Fourteenth-Curbs,
Broadway octava to Laguna-Artifcial
stone sidewalks.
ing of De Haro and Twentieth-s-inch pipe
Easterly portion of same crossng-12-inch
westerly portion of same crossing -t-inch
pipe sewer, etc.
Entire four corners of same crossing-Cess-
pools, culverts. ETC.. sidewalks and paving.
RECOMMENDED PASSED TO RESOLUTION
ORDERING.
Morton. Kearny to Grant avenue-Paving
with bituminous rock.
men.
Waller, CLAYTON to Cole-same
Ashbury, Waller to Frederick-Artifcial ston.
sidewalks. "A
RESOLUTION OF INTENTION.
/. First avenue to Seventh avenue-Grading.
curbing. sidewalks paving. etc.
L, Ninth to Tenth avenues-Same.
L, Tenth to Eleventh ayenuI-Same.
Montgomery, Green to Misunderstanding.
Page and Baker--Sidewalks and paving
Cole. Hayes to Fell-Curbing and paving.
Clayton, Hayes to Fell-Same.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-27
q uUUUUoUo,o
HORSES ON
THE
COLONEL.

UU0UUUUU o had an adventure
which has advanced him three numbers
among the Palace Guards, Of which Colo
mel Chadbourne is senior officer. The
usual Saturday night assemblage was in
session, and no matter what was said in
the way of risque stories. Colonel Doc
little maintained deep silence. Some one
noticed that his mind was far away and
made mention of it. The colonel came
out of his trance and told his tale:
Gentlemen of the unspotted brigade,
whose honor has never been questioned,
my sadness is due to horses. Oh, no, 1
have not been to the races. Worse, I
have been investing In horse-fesh. /
was about to make a trip up the coun-
try few days ago and wanted to buy
a horse for my own use. A friend adj
vised me to go TO the stock yards, where
I would certainly get one very cheap. I
went, and he went with me. There the
horses stood around with numbers plas-
tered on their backs-skates' with every
variety of disorder known to veterinary
experts The catalogue of diseases which
Petruchio recites' in Tanning of the
Shrew' were all materialized. Out of the
lot 1 noticed one horse with number II
on his side. He was sound in wind and
beautiful of form, and 1 determined to
buy. him when the auction began. Soon
after the sale on number II was called
and 1 stripped for work. Ten dollars, 500,
$50, up 1t went, and before I knew where
I was I had offered $50 for the horse. 1t
seemed to me that this was pretty stiff
but I never like to be beat, and I stayed
with: 1t. Finally I won at $50; the rest
had dropped out
II felt pretty good and after the sale
I went over to the auctioneer to see about
the delivery of the horse. He directed
me to one of the corrals asked for
number II, and ten men, each leading a
skate, rushed up to me-. I had bought a
lot Of useless horse-1esh. You see num-
Der II was a lot and. 1 got the entire
works. What will I do with them? I
don't know. That's what. makes me
sad"
William Vanderhurst, a rancher Of Sa-
linas, is at the Occidental.
H. W. Gorham, a mining man of Gold
Hill, New, is at the Palace.
Edward E. Young, lumber merchant,
and wife are guests at the Lick.
David S. Jordan, president of Stanford
University, is at the Occidental.
Mrs. Frank Mclaughlin and daughter
have come up from their home in Santa
Cruz.
Mrs. John P. Jones, the wife of Senator
Jones of Nevada, and her daughters.
Marion and qeorgina, arrived yesterday,
and are at the Palace.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-27
THE EARLY RAINS.

~ UR early rains have begun this year with
| showers OF such profusion to give promise
that to have anything rather than dry
winter this They have, moreover been wide
spread, and have carried their blessings to almost
every section OF the State
That some damage will result from such general
rains this early in the year certain considerable
part of the prune crop in process of drying and
the rain where it has been heavy will entail loss Of
some of the fruit and good deal OF expense in saving
the rest that exposed to the showers Moreover
the grape crop may be less hurt but reports
are to the effect that the injury to that crop not
pected to be great in any part of the State
Il is worth noting that from nearly all the centers
of the fruit and grape industry it announced that
the warnings of the Weather Bureau of the coming of
the showers given in time enable the orchard
lists and vineyardsts to prepare for them Prnes that
had been spread for drying stacked before the
rains came, and the loss therefore was much smaller
than would have been otherwise The usefulness Of
the bureau has thus been again demonstrated and
when all rural workers learn pay attention to its re-
ports the profit from its labors will be even greater
than now
In any case however, the losses from the showers
would have been slight in comparison with the gains
that will result from the early coming of the begin
ming of the rainy The drought has been long
and severe 1t was beginning to tell upon the vitality
of the orchards in many sections and fears were
pressed whether the trees would be able to form buds
for the fruit of next year The showers have come in
time It is to be hoped, to put end to all anxietes
on that score and to give every rural industry
for the hope OF an abundant harvest in 1899.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-27
THE
CORRIDORS.

William H. Afford of visalia is at the
California.
R. NJ. straus, a mining man of Arizona,
is at the Grand.
William M Stewart, Senator of Nevada,
is at the Palace.
Railroad Commissioner H. NJ La Rue Is
at the Occidental.
F. A Him, the capitalist, of Santa Cruz
is at the Occidental.
L. T: Hatfield. an attorney of sacra-
mento, is at the Lick.
State Senator Robert N Bulla Of Los
Angeles is at the Grand.
B. F. Mccullough, a cattleman of Crows
Landing, is at the Grand
A. D. Tower. merchant of Nevada
City, and daughter are registered at the
Lick
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-27

Folsom Twenty-sixth to Army-In favor OF
passing construction of curbs and paving to
resolution ordering
waiter Thirteenth to Fourteenth-Same.
Caledonit, Fifteenth to Sixteenth-Same
chestnut and Polk-In favor of passing pro-
posed work of paving to resolution ordering.
Golden Cite avenue and Lyon-Same-
vallejo, G1ugh to Octavia-In favor of pass
ing work OF eurbing and bituminous rock side
walks to resolution ordering
Other petitipns and protests reported on adj
VerSely or filed
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-27
TO cLARIssA.

A butterfly Of rose-lit June
That fits from flower to flower,
And takes the honey. of the noon,
And lords 1t for. an hour
1t flashes in the summer sun,
1t floats upon the wind,
And when its minute sands have run
Leaves not trace behind
So broke Clarissa on my way,
So did Clarissa fly.
But ever since our holiday
Another man am l.
-Blackwood's Magazin,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-27

Colonel Jefer-
son Doolittle, a
hero of many I'M
fought battles and
the pride of the
Palace Hotel ra-
contours, recently
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-27
ANU SEMENTS

Baldwtn-"An Enemy to the King"
Columoia-"Ingomar"
Alcazar-"I In Mizzoura"
Moroeco' s-"Trflby
Ttvoli-"The Queen Of Sheoa-"
Orpheur1- Vaudeville
New Comedy Theater-" What Happened to Jones'"
Alhambra, Eddy and Jones streets-Vaudeville
The Chutes-Pietro Marine, Vaudeville and the Zoo
Ulympia-Corner Mason and EDDY streets-Specalties
kutro's Understanding
Sherman-Clay Hall-Durward Lely.
Rosenthal-Comng in February
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-27
oALIFoRN1ANs IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, Sept. 26s-Edgar Mills Of
Menlo Park and w. P. Scott of San Fran
cisco are at the Holland House.
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

ELoCUTION-subs City. This
department will not advertise the teacher
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-27

these and cognate questions will give the people OF the
United States real return than all the schemes
for spending money for imperialism" in savage and
antpodal regions.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-27

THE POTATo-A. s.. City. The potato
as an article of food is not classed as one
of the articles that are hard to digest
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-27
AUCTION SALES.

By Frank Butterheld-This Furniture
209 Grant avenue, o
E, Cohn-This September Furniture, 1923
Howard
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-27

FOREIGN NAMEs-zed, City. The
pronunciation of the ''Rubaiyat' of Omar
Khayyam was given In the Answers ~
Correspondents August 10 of the current
year: "Rubaiyat" is one of the most
notable works of Omar Khayyarn, a col
lection of 500 .epigrams, full Of wit, mys-
ticism and philosophy.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-27

Even the Memphis Commercial-Appea takes tip
the warfare against the First Tennessee stationed at
this point. 1t should bear in mind that in this reg
ment are about $50 untamed moonshiners, caught in
the Southern mountains, and never before brought
into contact with any civilization that represent
ed by revenue officers. The rest of the regiment is
made up of good blood as has gone to the front
and the officers are gentlemen to whom the conduct
of the few scalawags has caused greater pain than it
could have caused to any one else
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-27

There is use in jumping to the conclusion that
California volunteers be mustered out of the
service, nor that the purpose for which they were
called to arms has been fully accomplished. On the
other hand, some who being mustered out do not
accept the situation oyously and there is no assur-
ance that grave work does not await in the Philip
pines
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-27

C1RCUMNAvIGATION-C. s.. City. No
one has as yet circumnavigated the ex-
IRENE north coast of the North American
continent. There have. been more than
two hundred expeditions to search for the
northwest passage. 1t was discovered by
several, notably, Franklin, Hudson and
Baffin. Greedy and others have reached
very far north, but not far enough to dis
cover "a clear passage from the Atlantic
TO the Pacific'
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-27

PENSIONERS WIDOW. c. T..
City. The widow of a soldier who was
honorably discharged from the service OF
the United States in. time of peace on
account OF disabilities incurred in such
service, and who was allowed q pension
her pension, the same as If her late hus-
band had served in one of the wars
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-27
Cal glace fruit SOC per lb at,Townsend's.

Cal glace fruit Soc per lib at -Townsend'ss
This week; best eyeglasses; specs; 15c,
4Oc; 20 Fourth street, look out for No. s.. .
Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), $40 Mont
gomery Street. Telephone Main 1912.
Why not lunch with a panorama of the
city before you? The Spreokels Rotisser-
lie, 10Th floor of the Spreckels building,
serves regular lunch with wine for 75c.
My son. said the London business
man, II must again caution you to live
within your means
Has anybody been sending you my
mot yet. But you have been seen say
ing howdydo' to two dukes and an earl
Washington Star.
Angostura BitterE. prepared by DR.. segert IN
South America for HIS private use, is the best
appetizing tonic Accept no other.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-27

LAFAYETTE'S WATCH - Subscriber
City. The Congress of the United States
Gid not purchase a watch for General La
fayette, but took one out of pawn for res
toration to his family. On the occasion
of Lafayette's visit to the United States
in 1925, his pocket was picked of a watch
that had been presented to him bv wash
ington. Forty-eight. years after the
stolen watch was found in a pawnshop
in New York City and on the 22d of June,
1874, Congress, by joint resolution, ordered
the purchase of the watch and its restora-
ton to Lafayette's family
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-27

Charles Van Alstine, returned Klondker who
married on few hours acquaintance, is reported as
alarmed because his wife has disappeared with most
of his ready cash. There is the slightest occasion
for alarm even surprise While his belief that there
has been foul play is well founded Charles may be
reasonably assured that he is the only victim of It
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-27

Hghwaymen in the Klondike have begun to rob
and murder. Thus do the influences Of benign civ
iization reach into and permeate the Arctic circle.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-27

At last there to be growing impression that
the Spanish get of Cuba If recollection is
not at fault American troops were sent there under
the stimulus of the same idea
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-27

1t is fortunate circumstance that Aguinado should
have the columns of New York paper through which
to address the people Of the world. It gives some
space writer the of being able to look the
landlady in the face.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-27

This week; best eyeglasses; specs; 15c,
40c; 65 Fourth street, look out for No g. .
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THE SITUATION At FAsHoDA.

= ENERAL KITCHENER'S advance guard has
4 reached Fashoda and found there French
- force under Major Marchand The British
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