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The San Francisco call., 1898-08-02
.FURNITURE FOR SALE.

 -. FURNITURE FOR SALE.
 
 .s7b-FOR SALE furniture of 7-room fiat; bar s-gtiiI gdiTi8: East. Call at 1GS1 Clay st., bet Polk and LaElzin. frran -S a. m, to ?: m. z. '@.. CARPET CLEANING.
  CITY Steafh Carpet Cleaning Works-Cleans. rntlyes. lays caTpets.+ c. H. STEVENS, Mgr, sS and 4o Eighth st. telephone South 25O ,IFrFJTsN,. vou become disgusted with poor work sand. to; .SPAULDING'S Pioneer Carpet :: Beating Works S5S-57 .Tehama st.; tel. s 40. ADVANCE Carpet .Cleaning Co. .s4O2 sutter st.; ]tki Main Ssl GEO. .:WoLCoM. Proprietor. J. MedUEEN's. Gal, carpedta-scleaning das o. 45a = stevenson st. tel South 22S; lowest rates. "A EI5I-,s;. cleaned at Sc per yardg relad at Sc. sTRATTON, Eighth .st'; tel Jessie s44 T. Ts: MITCHELL Carpet Cleaning Co., 240 14th st; clea hing SC yard tel. Mission'H c0NKIdNss Carpet Beating Works, 332 Golden Gate ave; tel East l26.'
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LODGING HOUSES FOR SALE.

.. >5--.~~,->->l~~-----~--~~--~ LIST your house with me; I can sell it for cash; no, charges for advertising. H. c. :- DECKER, 1920 Market st, opp. Fifth.
 H; C, DECKER. 1920 Market st., opp. Fifth.
 6Sroom fiat; central. $50
 10 rooms; corner; very good. .......... 250 24 rooms; sunny corner: clears s100.....-.. 800 A rooms; 25 bay windows; corner...-..... 5000
 26 rooms. new and good. 1900
 100 others: to 300 rooms; prices Sio0 to-. 5000 . H,.:C% DECKER, 1920 Market st., opp. Fifth. KREDO & CO...............---...-Z2 -Z21a Geary st.
 s... Money to loan at low interest. IO5 rooms; clears s3000 yearly $5 300
 co rooms: Market; exchange for realty. $500
 5E rooms; Sixth st.; exchange for realty. 2,500 4s rooms; family house. Geary st........ 2,000 s- 42 rooms; apartment house. 2S0O r.s 20 rooms: housekeeping; pays well...... 500 13 rooms; clears $50; central. $50 10 rooms Eddy st: rent S40..........s... 75o 's g rooms; corner Mission St a snap. 350 rqonlsc O Farrell st.; give-away. 22o
 Other good bargains. KREDo & co.
 A-ls 'ROoMs9 Van Ness ave; fine........... sS5O : B. rooms;- sunny corner; running water. 1900
 fl roons :<transient ..-..................... 45Q
 21 rooms; select transient corner. 1900
 2Z rooms; fine sunHy corner r...............s 400 3l rooms. fine for translents; part cash. 1850 '6G' rSornss Il transient; best in city; cheap.
 52.roQrnsS Teht so; come quick...-.......-. 1500 . 9 roomss good house. use.-.................s.... 200 IS rooms; Market st clears s20e; cheap. $50 . ROGERS & HYDE. 12Os Market st. (L. ". Rogers. .fornerly. clerk for H C. Decker)
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ROOMS TO LEr-Continued.

ELLIS, GIL near Hyde-Nicely furnished dou-
 ble and single sunny rooms; gas and bath;
 from S6 50 to S1S.s
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MARRIED.

DAvIES-RYAN-In Alameda, July 27. 1898, by the Rev. F. A. Brush, c. W. T. Davies and Eleanor w. Ryan.
 GQLDSTEIN-ISAAC-In this city, July 31. 1S9S by Rabbi Isadore Meyers. Isadore Gold stein and Theresa Isaac, both of San Fran
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-02
OAKLAND FURNITURE FOR SALE.

 FURNITURE-Good and cheap. H. SCHELL- HAAS old store. 40S Eleventh st. See him
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-02

wANTED-A suite or large single room with board for 2 in private family, within 15 or 20 minutes walk of Adams coal. bunkers, oak land Address,; stating terms, P, box 363 Call office.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-02
 MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Marriage licenses have been issued as follows M. H. Harris and Ray Bebergal1. ......u..2 .26- 2 oI. J.. Leland and Louise J Dutton. .2s-2 Louise Crosse and Caroline Rapp,. ........... 6s-4
 Frederick Muster and Mary Dwyer. .50- 8 Fa H. Simmons. and Alma F. Meagher. .29-l James A. Bowles and Josephine Johnson .26- 1 Alfred R. Macurkin and Charlotte Stone. .51-s George MIeyr and Emma Bauer. .2T- 2 Hermann Robock and Anna M. Quigley. .2g- 3 Charles Spohn and Laura Jones. .3i 8 Frank E. Durham and Carrie A. Bates. .. 21 2
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PETERSON 26. 1898, to the wife of CaD- tain o. G. F. Peterson, a daughter: THoMPSON-In this city, July 29. 1S9S to the wife of Charles E. Thompson son.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-19
MORO and Moro.
New Orleans Times-Democrat)

New Orleans Times-Democrat)
Moro. Mora. masculine and feminine,
signifying Moorish or Mohammedan. As
nouns Ell Moro and La Mora signify the
Moor.
Moro. Nora, signify anything that is
round. A pebble picked up on beach
would be called ell MORO, and so also
would a large rock washed by the storms
clear of its surface soil. An overhang-
ing upper lip would be ell MORO: so would
also be the barrel of a pistol BY me-
tonymy the sense of roundness is con-
veyed on to an object of roundish origin;
thus, the purring OF cat reminds one
Of the slight noise made by screw going
into wood, and is called MORO. From
the above statements the application OF
FL MORO to fort built on q rocky head
land will be comprehended at once.
Statements made that ell MORO should
be spelled ell moro originated from Ameri-
can sources, not Spanish. and are based
on the unfounded assumption that forts
bearing that name are so designated be-
cause the Moors erected forts in the
South of Spain. The pronunciation of
the two words moro and MORO is idenu-
cal. This mistaken Idea as to the meaa~
ing and spelling Of the word was quite
common In this country before the be-
ginning OF the present war with Spain,
and the fort in Habana barber was al
most universally wrongly spelt FL Moro
in the United States, while our English
cousins generally had the right spelling.
At the beginning of the war It was Ell
Moro in most of the American papers.
Fuller investigation disclosed the error,
and we found that the Spaniards and
Cubans, who certainly know how to
spell their own language, universally
wrote 1t FL MORO. There may be
Castle Moro, but these forts we know
Of in Cuba and Porto Rico are Moro.
the castle on the rocky headland and
Il will be noticed that all of them are
on cliffs or promontories overlooking the
waters.
The confusion that exists in many
minds as to the spelling Of this word is
due to the fact that it was so generally
rnisspelt in the United States,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-19
Army Cooks.
brooklyn Eagle.)

NDIOOklyH I-dblc.)
1t is proposed TO enlist cooks as such.
rather than TO have them detailed from
the ranks, and 20 give them the grade
and pay of corporals. This would be an
advantage. since it would induce the en-
listment OF men who have served as
cooks In small restaurants and hotels,
and by giving to them the authority of
non-commissioned officer SOME of the
work of the kitchens would be facilitated
Chiefly he would devote himself to the
cooking, and would If he were a man Of
ordinary intelligence and aptness, be able
in little time TO serve palatable dishes
to his company. AT present q cook may
be taken from his fire and put on guard
or sent away on police duty. or made to
serve as orderly, or kept in the field at
drill or rifle practice until he is tod tired
to do his kitchen work properly, or his
place is taken by some raw hand, who
never so much as boiled an egg in his life.
The specializing tendency in the army
and navy is a good one. Men are not de-
tailed from the ranks to serve as ply
sicians' aids, hospital stewards. quarter
masters, paymasters engineers, trans
portation agents. musicians, and so on,
without reference to experience or fitness,
nor should they be assigned TO duty at
the kitchens unless they show an equal
Illness On its feeding depends the
strength OF the army.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-19
The Second Officers Tale.
Chicago Journal.)

The second officer OF the Lafayette, q
French blockade runner taken by an
American vessel and released by the
State Department, prints an account of
the Lafayette's capture that deprives
war OF half its grimness.
From the safe ground of st. NaZaire
the second officer writes La Presse that
the members OF the prize crew from the
Annapolis came aboard in the costumes
Of pirates. In the sashes about their
waists were thrust pistols and poniards,
which caused the passengers TO fear for
their lives and they drew these pom
iards and loaded these pistols in plain
view, and continued the unholy perform
ance until lady tainted.
Such conduct undoubtedly violates the
Articles of War, international law. and the
code Of good manners. There Is no ex-
cuse for 1t. Going about in a red night
cap with a cheese-knife gripped in the
teeth and a brass-bound flint-lock pistol
in each hand was an ancient practice Of
the Spaniard Main that long ago sue
crmbed to the yard-arm fashion. Even
if the prize crew came from Annapolis
Md, instead OF the ship Annapolis, we
cannot see why 1t should act that way,
unless IL intended to take the hysterical
second officer and initiate him into some
thing. But In that case why should the
lady faint? She should have been glad
TO see the second officer initiated out OF
his verdant innocence.
We don't see the occasion for this sum-
mer opera performance, and we think It
was real rude Possibly. however. 1t was
a shrewd move by the naval strategy
board. No one can tell what for, but
then, no one can tell what any of the
strategy boards moves are for. 1t may
have been gotten up TO give the Matan-
zas mule one more good laugh before
Rlanco slew her,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-19
THE NORTHERN NECK.
Tbe Wbeat Haryest-Berry ana
nthnr PoIificaI-PersOnnI.


CONFORM KING GEORGE COUNTY.
VA. June 1S.-(Special)-Wh harvest
opened this week, and in some neighbor-
hoods the air has been filed with the
sound of the machinery of the great self
binding reapers and the songs of harvest
hands That there is a very hne CROWN
OF wheat all agree, but there Is diner
ence of opinion as 10 the probable yield.
Some of the farmers now in harvest say
that while the straw is heavy, the head
is light and poorly filled; and that. there
fore. the yield must be small Others con-
tend that the head is in proportion to
the straw, and that the yield will be
above the general average, both In guam
uty and quality.
The advent early this week Of intensely
warm weather set the city people in mo-
ton to find pleasant summer quarters,
and already many Of them are arriving
in King George and other counties of the
Northern Neck to spend the heated term.
The crop Of berries this season is the
most enormous one in many years. The
old fields are laden with raspberries, dew
berries, and blackberrieS Of the finest
quality, and the woods abound with
huckleberries. The cherry crop is also a
fairly full one, and many barrels Of them
are being pitted and dried this week,
both for market and for family use next
winter.
Mr.. Fielding Lewis, prominent lawyer
Of South McAllester, l. T., arriced here
several days ago, to spend short vaca-
ton with his mothera and sisters at Mar
mlon," in this neighborhood.
The Democrats Of the Thirtysixth
Senatorial District are casting about"
for nominee to run for the Senate, to
succeed Hon. John Z. Mason, who was
appointed to the Circuit judgeship There
are several aspirants for the place, and
this time the lower part of the Northern
Neck is entitled to the honor. Good ma
terial is very abundant in Westmoreland.
Northumberland, Lancaster. and Rich
mond counties.
Mr.. James A. Billingsley and Mr..
Charles b. Arnold, of this county, left
by private conveyance Thursday for Mel
son and other Piedmont counties, where
they will spend a week or two on bust
ness.
Judge John e. Mason. of this place, Is
in Accomac county, whittier he went to
hold Circuit Court this week for Judge
Blackstone.
The apples and peaches which survived
the frost and ice the last Of April and
first Of May, and which promised 20 ma
ture, are now falling from the trees IN
large quantities, and the indications are
that but very few. IL any, will remain
intact
A very heavy chestnut bloom is report
ed this week from all the important
chestnut forests, and this is the best OF
news TO hundreds OF poor families.
Miss Kate Stiff, of Oak Grove. West
moreland county, visited Rev. and Mrs.
7. j. Wray. near King George Court
house. this week.
Miss Leila Lewis, OF Kentucky, who
has been the guest OF relatives in Fred
ericksburg, has returned 10 this county
TO spend some time with kinsfolk.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-19
Can Our Coast he Efrectually Block
adeIf

II confidence can be felt in the opinion
of military and naval officers In high
places at the seat of government, such
Is the vast extent OF our sea-coast 10
and sea-coast defences could offer no
adequate resistance. seems TO be impossi-
BILE. When a blockade of the bowels ex-
lists, relieve constipation with Hostetters
Stomach Bitters. which conquers dyspep-
STA. malaria rheumatism. and kidney
trouble.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-19

best work go into the waste basket, we
are all good patriots at Key west ana
most of us have had long experience
with the blue-penciling fraternity pc
fore we met Lieutenant Miley, and al
though he is the worst Of bad tribe ne
can count upon the feelings of his critics
heinp hammered with good deal Of charity
that "suffereth long and is kind"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-19
The Modern Beautv

thrives on good food and sunshine with
plenty Of exercise in the open air. Her
form CLOVIS with health and her face
blooms with It's beauty. II her system
needs the cleansing action OF laxative
remedy. she uses the gentle and pleasant
Syrup of Figs, made by the California
Fig Syrup Company only.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-19

Quart Mason's jars filled
with French Mustard, &c.
Family Flour, 33c. bag,
Rolled Oats. sc. package.
Virginia Extra Flour, $475
barrel, or 30c. bag.
Quart Mason's Fruit Jars,
Acc. dozen.
3 pounds Sal Soda for Sc.
Half-Gallon Mason's Fruit
Jars, SOC. dozen.
Good Rye Whiskey, $3.50
gallon.
Four-year-old Rye Whis-
key, 81 gallon.
Pure Lard, sc. pound.
Good Hay, SOC. hundred.
H.Potted Ham and Tongue,
&c. can.
FINE Drinking Wine, Black
berry and Catawba, lOc.
quart or 40c. gallon.
We are selling 40c. Tea
now for 25c. pound; we are
selling SOC. Tea now for 3Oc
POUND.
Oats, 35c. bushel; Corn,
44c. ; Coarse Corn Meal, 42c.
bushel.
Best City Meal, 4Sc. bushel
or l2c. peck.
44-pounds GRADUATED Sugar,
best quality, for 25c.
Best New Crop New Ore
leans Molasses, 40c. gallon.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-19

AZ Glasgow. And now will preach nay
farewell sermon from the text: i so to
prepare q place for you
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-19

prepare q place for you.'"
They say in the funny column OF a
Chicago paper that one citizen OF that
windy city recently approached another
and started the following colloquy:
"pid YOU hear that General Miles had
been court-martialledf"
Get outp'
"Haven't you seen the bulletinr'
mo: what was the troubleT
'sWhy. he went down there to Tampa
with the troops"
'I thought IL was Jacksonville
"Oh, ratsl Don't you understand
say that he went down to Tampa with
the troops. Tanper-Tampa-have you
brain. man7 / say that he was court
martialled because he went down there to
Tamper with the troops"
That's pretty good"
"Ym don't understand IL now"
"Of course. do"
"Well, why don't you laugh?'
'T laugh inwardly. What Is II you say
irst-'General Miles was court-mar-
tialledT
THAT'S It,"
"Good!'
And the chronicler IN the funny coll
umn goes on to say that the man who
had ''bitten" afterwards tried to catch
other unwary numbsculls and that he
told them that General Miles had been
arrested for monkeylng with the army,
and they went and bought extras to find
out about 1t.
An urchin, still in plnafores, was re-
Gently watching his mother as she count
ed out the laundry one Monday, and sud
denly looking up, he said: Mother, does
angels wear white dreSseSp'
Eyes. darling" replied the good lady,
who thought an affirmative answer was
the best way to shut off further ques-
lions.
Then I cert'nly does feel sorry for
Mrs. Cod" was the solemn response.
why, darling2" was the surprised re-
ply.
"Cause she must have so many
clothes to count out every Monday"
Recent advices from Jacksonville In
form us that cheegers. fieas. mosquitoes
and "other creeping things" have form
ed a great attachment for (or, rather, to-
the members of the Fourth Virginia
Regiment. The correspondent adds that
the soldiers of the Second Regiment nave
escaped this discomforture. There is an
implied compliment for one Of the or
ganizations in this news, but hardly
know to whom to ascribe the honors'
Certainly the boys Of the Fourth nave
proved themselves the more popular, out
when It comes to extending dinner invita-.
items 1 would prefer TO have the lads OF
the Second partake of my hospitality.
And, by the way, the last few days haVe
II. hAT
Richmond that we are no longer tustifed
in claiming that there are no files OIL
u.s."
According to all the reports we hear
from our soldiers. the ghost absolutey
refuses to walk in the United states
army OF volunteers. This is prooaply
dua 70 the fact that so few deaths have
as vet occurred in the ranks, but there
is small consolation in such an eNplana-
ton. The IDLE i'Hh
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-19

According to all the reports we hear
from our soldiers, the ghost absolutely
refuses TO walk in the United states
army OF volunteers. This is probably
due TO the fact that so few deaths nave
az vet occurred in the ranks, but there
is small consolation in such an eNplana-
.ion THE IDLE REPORTER
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-19

TO resist this, but a foreign minister
drafted from the Chamber OF Deputies
might prefer to share the popular feeling
rather than resist it.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-19

Thistle Brand Tomatoes,
&c. can.
a-pound box Pocahontas
Baking Powders. SC.
Fresh Bologna Sausage, &c.
pound.
MRoasted Peanuts, &c. quart.
Cedar Tubs, SOC.
Cedar Buckets, 10c.
4 cakes Turkish Bath Toi-
let Soap, sc.
3-pound can Cottoline, 25c.
5-pound can Cottoline, 40c.
Boston Baked Beans, Sc.
can 2-pound can Boston
Baked Beans, in tomato
sauce, sc. can.
New North Carolina Clip
ped HerringS, Sc. dozen.
Large California Prunes, &c
pound.
Mill Feed, SOC. cwt.
Small Hams, 7lc. pound.
Dove Brand, best Hams,
lie. pound.
Snowflake Patent Family
Flour, So. rs, OF 33c. bag.
Silver King Minnesota Pa
tent Family Flour, $3.50 bar
rel. or 35c. sack.
Mason's Jar filed with
Homemade Preserves only
12c. jar
Best Cream Cheese, lOc.
pound.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-29

pared for the struggle by buying the
Fifth National bank of New York.
on the 23d of September. the day be-
fore the bubble broke, Gould and Fiske
had about $500. 900 on deposit there. N
their checks were certified to the
amount of $4,000. 900.
The government meantime had been
informed of the action of the bank.
York to take possession. This was on
Friday morning; but they permitted
the bank to ransact ITS regular BUSH
ness. though no more checks were GER
titled which were not covered by a de-
post.
On Wednesday the price of gold had
been 1i0is. a rise of 8 cents. This would
have given a profit of IS, 900, 900 to the
but they held and Thursday gold
reached $50. on Friday morning IL
climbed to l60-and then at the critical
moment came the news that the gov
eminent had opened the vaults OF the
s~ub-treasury. Instantly there was a
panic: with hardly a rally gold fell to
1873. There was none taken at any
price. THE real stuff crushed the
corner in the twinkling of an eye.
The report made by the committee of
Investigation shows hat there were
only $50 900 of gold certificates in
New York city at the time. yet the
clearings for Thursday were 1925 ,00o.-
00o. n those OF Friday would have
reached a cool half billion, IL they
could ever have been made.
Fortunes have been made by the
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-29

pond issue, and the stability OF the
government, which made the n OF
value. were both regarded with doubt.
The oan could not be negotiated
abroad owing to England's secret but
bitter hostility to the North. and to
the mistrust of the Rothschilds. The
late Jay Cooke. a well-known banker
undertook the sale of these bonds: he
placed the original $50 loan OF $513. 000.-
0OO-as we'll as subsequent loans. which
in the aggregate amounted to e
81. 900, 900, 900. This is said to have been
one of the most remarkable achieve
ments in the history of the worlds
finances. His profits from h under
taking ran up into the millions, but 1t
was a service of paramount import
ance to the United States.
The placing of the Internal revenue
taxa war measure to Increase the in
come of the government-was not
without it's opportunity for aggran-
dizement. Certain grave senator's are
said to have mad comfortable for
tunes by peddling what were known as
''whiskey tips" These tips-the stand
are price for which seems to ave been
abou &c. 0O-were eagerly sought by
SPECTATORS, who bought IN stored
large quantities of whiskey. knowing ii
would advance in price the m
the tax was placed upon II.
One yea prior to the war cotton
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-29

year of the war that the wore "shod-
dy" came into use. 1t was applied to
the worthless garments furnished the
government by dishonest contractors,
but after the first year the giving out
of contracts was so well managed that
frauds of his sort became well nigh
impossible.
1t was the rise in the price of cotton
that made blockade running profitable
to English ship owners. The argoes
were sent out to Bermuda or Nassau
and there transferred to the fast
steamers that were to make the haz-
ardous run to some confederate port.
for the best steamer afioat n meet
the expenses of the voyage into the
bargain. How it fiourished and what
inducements it had to flourish. may be
judged from the fact that during the
war the ~blockading fleet took or de-
stroyed more than 700 vessels engaged
in the trade.
1t has been said that the purchase Of
arms added greatly to the private
mean Of certain officials. The works
at Springfield, where the army muskets
were made. were unable to meet the
sudden demand, and agents were sent
abroad to buy rifles from various Eu-
ropean powers. The aggregate cost OF
these muskets exceeded 81, 900. 600. They
were in every way inferior to those
made at home. and Ii gas asserted
that they were gun which had been
condemned by the governments from
which they were purchased.
The moneyed return in war time is
not always in proportion to the actual
value of the service rendered: indeed.
Il would seem that the man who stays
quietly at home and allows his neigh
Dor to 60 to the front and do the fight
ing has every chance of becoming a
rich man. while the soldier can only
hope for fame-or a pension.
Perhaps there is no better illustra-
ton of this seeming unfairness than
that offered in the case of Capt. John
Ericsson. who invented n built the
famous monitor which defeated the
Merrimac in Hampton Roads and for
ever stayed the rising wave of confed-
crate success. He probably received
less from the government than did
many of the contractors who supplied
caps and shoes for the army.