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The San Francisco call., 1899-10-07
THE VENEZUELAN AWARD

u the award OF the arbitrators at Paris England
y gets territory one-third the size Of California
- and Venezuela gets control OF the Orinoco
River. There to be general concurrence in the
award and the fact that it was unanimous, the two
American members OF the court concurring. makes
the settlement satisfactory to both hemispheres.
A question that has threatened the peace oil, the
world for nearly century has disappeared in an
amicable solution by this award It reached an acute
stage in 1906, when the United States asked England
to arbitrate it and she refused This refusal was in
stantly met by Mr.. Cleveland's remarkable message
which defined the Monroe doctrine and practically
wrote it into international law That message said
plainly to England that the United States would NOT
permit aggression in this hemisphere by any European
power in a matter between it and an American power
in which arbitration had been asked and refused
Venezuela being weak, but being within the Monroe
hemisphere, must not be touched The President
stood upon the right OF the United States to ask ar
bitration between England and South American
power, and to treat refusal by England as an un-
friendly act He practically warned England that any
attempt OF hers to change the status quo would be an
act OF war against the United States
Within four weeks England yielded, recalled her re-
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sands Of our w-countrymen, protest
against such a vulgar offense and O-g 10
remind the Examiner that % ins-lt Italy,
for an American, is the same as 10 Insult
its own mother.
That God blessed land selected by the
Almighty as the cradle of human genius,
is rightly entitled TO the love and graft
tude Of all humanity.
Romans were first TO descend upon the
land whence come those kind edit
ors. publishers and contributors to the
Examiner and there planted for the first
the foundation Of their ancestors ciyili-
ZatiOn.
barbarians Of the north, stronger in num-
Der only. Rome still stood foremost and
dominated the world of arts and sciences.
Remember, you offenders and insulters
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THE CALLS ENTERPRISE.

The Call administered a sweeping defeat
to the Examiner this week in the matter
of illustrating the progress of the inter
national yacht race between the Colum bia
and the Shamrock. 1t is notable fact
that this enterprising daily was the first
paper in the world TO make use of Mar
coni's marvellous invention for the report
ing Of news. The enterprising spirit Of
The Call has resulted in a series Of Jour
nalistic triumphs fully appreciated by the
reading public. The Examiner last Tues
day was almost completely ignored while
The Calls bulletin boards were the center
Of unusual attention.
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distinguished member OF the International Geo
graphical Congress, which has been in session in
Berlin, believes that each nation should submit
international committee all puzzling problems in ref
erence to the handling OF natives This proposal
seems TO offer splendid opportunity for Uncle Sam
to get somebody to suggest how to make Agunaldo
behave himself
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ITALIANS RESENT THE EXAMINERS
INSULT TO INVENTOR MARCONl
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, Oct. 6, 1899,

sA FRANCISCO 6,
of
thank
gratuious that the x-
aner has thrown fellow ugo arcon we beg
condemnation Of the Examiners vu-
ditor
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CALIFoRNIANs IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK. Oct. 6-Paul Oesting of
San Francisco is at the Netherland:
James E. Tucker of San Francisco is at
the Vendome; E. F. Mover OF San Fran
cisco is az the Cosmopolitan.
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Mupnrs QoMee
: Aso COUNTY OF SAN FRANC 81 c

To or
havet the adv of best
andn
and
great ours truly,
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CONDUCTOR-P. City. To secure a
or divisions of the Southern Pacific line
an application should be directed to the
company's office in this city.
CALIFORNIA AND CON. VIRGINIA
W. D. H, City. The top notch prices for
California mining stock was on January
Z, 1875. when it opened at $50 and closed
at $3.50 a share; January g, Con Virginia
opened at $6S5 and closed at $72o.
ALL THE vEssELs-Harrison street
City. The Navy Department at washing
ton, D. c., is the only department that
can furnish a list of all the vessels that
took part in the Spanish-American war
This department has not such list.
PUBLICATIONS Fila. Bradley. Mon
terey County. For information 5 TO tie
publications asked about and subscriu-
ton you should direct your communlca-
ton with lf-addressed. stamped =
yelQpe Ior reply, to first-clasS news
dealer.
COINAGE IN 1s64-K. H. San lose
Cal In the year 1864 there was coined in
the United States mints gold and silver in
denominations as follows: Double eagles
81 $50 $40; eagles, So 500; half-eagles s51 :
500; quarter-eagles, $23 1S5; 50 pieces. SIG 47o
ana 81 pieces, $3.50. Silver-Dollars SOC .
10; half-dollars, 1888 ,9S5; quarters 500
AZ 5O; dimes, $14,037; half-dimes, S451S So.
Scent pieces, $11 10. ~
WORLDS FAIRS-E. C. s.. Berkeley
Cal. There is no understanding between
nations that every ten years there shall be
a worlds fair, the place in which it is to
be held being decided upon at the preced-
ing fair by vote.
An act of Congress provided for '.the
celebration of the four hundredth ami
Yersary of the discovery of America bv
Christopher Columbus by holding an in
ternational exhibition of arts industries.
manufactures and the products of the soil
mine and sea in the city of Chicago. in the
State of illinois," 1t opened May 1893
and closed October 80 of the same year.
BRANCH POSTOFFICES- Subscriber
City The branch postoffices in San Fran
cisco are located as follows: A, Polk and
Sacramento streets; B, 1910 Market: G.
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Several OF the fends who robbed the terror-sricken
passengers OF the ship Scotsman as the vessel was
going down have received English justice for their
terrible crime. They have been sentenced to i'm
prisonment for one month Piracy is not such an
expensive game after all.
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The Venezuela boundary dispute is ended Vene-
zuea gets 100 miles OF marsh land and England re-
ceiyes nearly 6oooo square miles OF forest land This
IS understood technically compromise in which
the South American republic ought to be glad. She
is probably shaking hands with herself because she
IS still on the map
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS,

JOHN L. sULLIvAN-G. b. City. John
L. Sullivan, the ex-champion. was born in
Boston October Is, 1855
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1t goes without saying that with all the people of
the nation waiting to shake hands with Dewey, the
oblgng Admiral would be glad to shake the people.
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POULTRY JOURNALISM. Ell Verano.
Cal There are not five or six journals
in California devoted specially to poultry
raising"
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Another invidious attack has been made upon the
Alaskan mining town OF Nome. It's enemies are cir
culating the report that at town election not
even one person was killed. mining town that
holds an election without boodshed is a failure.
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Cuban newspaper, tired OF the Intervention of the
United States in Cuba, remarks threateningy that
clean machetes cut keenly. II the Cubans tried 10
prove they might discover the interesting fact that
American bullets don't bounce
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FOR a tonic for the nervous and dyspeptic
nothing equals little Angostura Bitters Tha
genuine. Dr.. sieEert's. IN port or sherry.
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Soldiers going home and other travellers
will find the best assortment of trunks
valises. travelling sets and writing ma.
terials and the lowest prices at Sanborn
& Wallis, al Market street Waterman n
ideal fountain pens speciality.
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Another case Of the danger OF being too truly good
has Just come to light in Auburn The Esoteric So
cety which ganized TO bring all that is best
in the human heart and SOUL has gone to pieces in
general row.
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Johnny-Pa. is there anything more val
liable than diamonds? His Father-N6
son; why? Johnny-Oh. I was iust won.
dering what they gave Methuseiah on his
FIVE hundredth wedding anniversary. -
Tit-Bits
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Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Auen's), SO Mont
Souery street. Telephone Main 1912
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-07

CONDUCTOR-P., City. To secure a
position as conductor on any of the lines
or divisions of the Southern Pacific line
an application should be directed to the
company's Office in this city.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-07

Treat your friends to Townsend's Cali
fornia glace fruits, soc 10. in fire-etched
boxes. 62l Market st. Palace Hotel.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-07
Cream mixed candles. 25c ID. Townsend.s

Townsend famous broken candy.2 lbs 25c.
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NEW YORK REPRE- SENTATIVE:
PERRY LUKENS JR........-...... 20 Tribune Building
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NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT
G. c, CARLTON.......- Herald Square
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San Jose, Cal.
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CHICAGO NEWS STANDS.
Eherma1 House: P O. News CO. Great EortssrZ E0eS1i
Fremont House: AUDITORIUM Ho-es
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-21

Byron's proposal to his wife, Miss
Milbanke, was made after sordid dis
cussion and study, and lacked all i'm
pulse. Lady Melbourne, who stood
in his confidence, observing how
cheerless and unsettled his mind and
prospects were, strenuously advised
him to marry. She suggested GER
tain lady, but Lord Byron fancied the
idea of marrying Miss Milbnnke
mo" said Lady Melbourne, miss
Milbnnke will not suit you. In the
first place, she has no fortune now,
and you want money Immediately. In
the next place, you want person
who will have grent admiration for
your genius; she has too great an adj
miration for herself"
WELL" said Byron, "as you
please"
Well. sitting down, he wrote letter
to the lady recommended by Lady
Melbourne. He received q refusal
Now, you see," said he, "Miss
Milbanke is to be the person after all;
/ will write to her."
AS soon as he had finished, his
friend, still demonstrating, read the
note, and observed:
"Well. really, this is a very pretty
letter; it is pity it should not go"
"Then it shall CO." exclaimed
Byron, and 80 saying, he sealed and
sent the fiat of his unhappy fate
Detroit Free Press.
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THE LITTLE ARMCHAIR.

Nobody sits in the little armchair;
1t stands in n corner din;
But a whitehaired mother. gazing tberr
And yearningly thinking OF him
Sees through the dust OF long ago
The bloom of the boys sweet face.
As he rocks so merrily to and fro.
With a laugh that cheers the place.
Sometimes he holds a book In his hasd.
Sometimes a pencil and slate;
And the lesson Is hard to understand.
The figures to calculates;
But she sees the nod OF the fathers head
SO proud OF his little son.
And she hears the words so often said,
NO fear for our little one"
They were wonderful days, the dear sweet
days.
When a child with sunny hair
Was here to scold. to kiss and TO praise.
At her knee in the little chair.
She lost him back in her busy years
When the great world caught the man.
And he strobe away past hopes and fears
To his place in the battles van.
But now and then in n wstful dream,
Like picture out OF date,
She secs head with golden CLEAN
Bent over pencil and slate;
And she lives again the happy day
The dav OF her young life's spring,
When the small armchair stood lust In the
way,
The centre of everything
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PITH AND POINT.

1t may be quite expensive, but il
is less trouble to get your brains at
the butchers than at the school teach
er's.--Boston Transcript.
Employer How is it, James, that
you are so late this morning?" Office
Boy-'I-I- didn't know you were
coming so early, sir. Answers.
When highways are too rough to ride.
Why here's "a fact that should be known.
Whene'er you walk your wheel beside
You have sidewalk of your own.
L. A. w. Bulletin.
Strawber -"Why do you think You
will have any trouble in keeping the
engagement secret?" Singerly-'I
had to tell the girl, didn't IP"--Chi-
cago Journal.
81 know that age is telling on me-"
said Miss Sereleaf eyes, dear; but
You needn't mind so very much. 1t
isn't telling the whole truth, " replied
Miss Caustique.
Bridget (reading n silver wedding
invitation) AN faith, plat do r. S.
V. p. name? Och, I've struck it.
Rale silver vastly preferred. The
loike of that now"
'Juck says this new horse he has
bought is bargain" "Then it is
safe lady's horse" ''WhyP" "Be-
cause woman can always drive a
bargain. Judy.
oh, the trump of fame is a megaphone,
Which wonderful might can employ;
But it's quite forgot when you hear the
or a tin horn attached to boy.
Washington Star.
"Do not put your feet on the cush-
ions, is an injunction read occasion-
ally In railway carriage; cor YOU
will dirty your boots" was found add
ed the other day by a cynical traveller.
--Tit-Bits.
Askins-'Let me see! Somewhere
] read of a book, entitled, a Young
Girls Heart do you know anything
of it?" Grimshaw-"Yes; it came
out right after a Young Mans Pock-
etbook Puck.
She wrung her hands. Doubtless
some curious reader may want to know
why she should do that. 1t was be-
cause she couldn't help it. They were
caught in patent clothes -wringer she
was trying. Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Hicks-''I told you Mrs. Dix
was envious of our new dining-room
furniture and you don't believe it.
Hicks-"Has she been here and told
you SOP Mrs. Hicks-"No; but she
sent over box of boys tools to-day to
Dick. Odds and Ends.
Maude--"Mr. Willing asked me to
accompany him to the opera to-mor-
row evening" Clara -"Strange. He
asked me, also. Maude- There's
nothing strange about it at ALL 1 told
him wouldn't go without he provid-
ed chaperone. Denver Post.
''Do you like learning to spell,
Willie?' asked the visitor "Oh, /
don't know. / think would if words
was spelt like they're pronounced"
said Willie. Which. for instance?"
ooh, Biography, and 'rithmetic, and
joyman. What's the sense of spellin'
Ioymau G-e-r-m-a-n?"-- Bazaar.
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NYheeIer,s CooIneas I'm I,ntt1n.

During the battle of New Hope
Church, Fighting Joe" Wheeler,
who was, as usual, out with the Con
federate firing lines, was saluted by
an aide-de-camp: General Walker 3
compliments, sir. The General in
tends an advance over this ground and
would like to know il there is any
masked artillery on your front"
"I'll soon find out, Major Ross, 8"
said General Wheeler; and, beckon-
ing to his staff, he galloped forward to
a slight ominence and planted n
guidon. a moment later a puff of
smoke in the distance, and the shrill-
ing of a shell ns it flew over them
showed them what was ahead
Major, you may tell General
Walker that there is a masked battery
in front of this position, " said Cen
eral Wheeler, giving his horse the
rein.
But isn't that a rather risky way
of unmasking a battery?" ventured
Major Ross
''The first shots always fly high, -
was the cool reply. San Francisco
Wave.
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WHOLE NO. SOC.
TWO NEWSPAPER STORIES.
Young Men Who Were Ready to Dare
Anything For Fame.

Over in yincennes, Ind, there
lived young man who, on reading
OF the destruction of the battleship
Maine, became filed with q desire &c
invade Cuba with the first batch of
war correspondents. His name is J.
Willoughby Weep, and he is said 10
have written to Bob" Paine. manag-
ing editor of the Cleveland Press. as
follows:
For SO per week 1 want to go to
Cuba as your correspondent, and will
live with the Cubans, camp with the
Cuban army, and, if necessary, fight
by the side of General Gomez"
The recipient of the letter is a wit.
and in n caustic reply to Mr.. Weep
inquired what sum would he demand
to go and die with the Cubaus. He
was amazed a few days later to be
handed letter from Vincennes in
which the would-be war correspon.
dent made this answer:
Fifteen dollars per week and ex-
penses."
1t goes without saying that Mr..
Weep was employed, and, most
strange to record, he was one of the
best men in the field He is now
numbered with the regular writer's for
the Cleveland Press and at more than
1918 per week and expenses"
About the same time Managing Edi-
tor Paine was surprised to reach his
desk one afternoon and find telegram
awaiting his arrival, on which 81. 80
was due. 1t was carefully worded
application for a job from young
man who resided in GAINESVILLE, Ohio.
Such assurance appalled, Paine, and
he sat down and dashed off an answer
in keeping with a popular song he
had heard the night previous
Read your answer in the stars"
read the dispatch, and it was sent
"collect."
But on the second day he tore open
n second telegram from GAINESVILLE.
Here it is
The stars say come" Within
tweuty-four hours the applicant was
on hand in Cleveland, and the editor
gave the young man position on the
paper.
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finally suggested that it was growing

finally suggested that it was growing
rather late.
That's what, said Mrs. Mead,
rising from the I BILE. "We'u have
to get hustle on us if we mean to be
on time at the lecture. Come, Sadie. "
Sadie fingered, and Mrs. Mead let
her husband and the professor pas.
into the other room without her.
Then, Come, Sadie" she said again.
Sadie's face was buried in her hand.
kerchief.
go Mamma MeadH" she sobbed.
How could you do it-oh! how could
your"
That is what L feel like saying
every day to you, Sadie
"Oh-but at such time What
did he-could he think? 1t disgraced
us-it just disgraced u.s."
''Aud that is what L often feel like
saying to you"
But, mamma, if you knew how
coarse it soundedr'
81 do know-you have shown me. -
ooh, but L don't care for myself!
If / had done it! But to have any one
think that you talk so-that's the part
/ can't endured"
"And that, too, is what I have felt
like saying to you, over and over again,
my child"
''No, mamma, mol I know it.
horrible in me, but it sounds so much
worse in you-in any one of your age.
I'm sure it does.
'But unless you stop, dear child,
you will be talking that way at my age,
yourself"
Sadie was silent for a little while.
Then she suddenly lifted up her tear
stained face.
"I'm done with slang, forever" she
resolved.
Mrs. Mead bent down and kissed
her. She felt sure the promise would
be kept, this time.
Later, when Sadie knew about the
little plot, and how the professor had
been warned of what was coming, she
only said, 'It's all right, any way.
I'm glad they did it, l never knew
what dreadful thing slang was, until
that night. 1t was perfect eye.
opener mean revelation-to me!'-
Youths Companion.
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Trouble. Of KIondlke Edltor..

The publishers of the two papers in
Dawson City find carrier delivery diff
cult, owing TO the absence of street
names and numbers. One editor.
complaining of the situation, gives
these as samples of the addresses of
some OF his Subscribers "The cabin
with the screen door" "the slat house
facing the river" "the tent with two
stovepipes," and "the cabin three
doors south of where all the dogs are. "
Under the circumstances, it would not
be strange if n slip occurred, now and
then, betwixt publisher and sub
scriber.
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BIG FISHES COME ASHORE.
Monsters From Ten to twenty-five f,
Long Stranded in the Gulf

Monsters From Ten to twenty-five Feet
Long Stranded in the Gulf.
Mrs. George o. Barnes, wife of the
famous Blue Grass Evangelist, who
lives on Sanibel Island, in the Gulf of
Mexico, has written n letter to her
youthful kinsman, Master John Boyle.
of Danville, Ky, in which she relates
most interesting and at the same
tlmea most extraordinary fish story.
This story, unlike many yarns told by
gentlemen who go fishing, can be re-
lied upon.
One morning as Mrs. Barnes was
upon the beach she and two others saw
great commotion in the water. Huge
black objects were splashing about
and spray was rising up before them.
The party soon reached the scene and
stood in wonder at what was befors
them.
They saw a great shoal Of monster
fish lying four and five abreast in the
shallow water, helplessly lashing the
surf with their immense tails, unable
to move and slowly dying, although
the water of the Gulf still washed over
them and the tide was coming in. The
sea was calm-there had not been q
storm OF even gale-and there was
no way OF accounting for the trap
these poor fish were in, except that
they had gone into the channel when
the water was deep, md swimming in
body, were caught in shoal water.
from which they could not extricate
themselves.
The fish were counted, and there
were between fifty and sixty of them.
They were from ten to twenty-five feet
in length and weighed from one TO two
thousand pounds each. A number Of
them were estimated as weighing ton
each. Six mules could not drag some
of them away
What to do with them, says Mrs.
Barnes, was a serious question. They
were dying, and if left upon the beach
would have driven the people nearby
from their homes. Twenty of
the monsters lay side by side, looking
like huge siege guns, black and terri
BILE"
The men folks, after sitting upon the
case, decided to cut the fish into pie, es
and cart and drag them to a point
where the decayinR flesh would not be
offensive to the smell or poisonous to
its surroundings. Sunday interviewed,
however, before this great task was
complete, and on the Sabbath the air
was so rank with the dreadful odor
that the harnesses could not go out of
doors.
The queer visitors were of the family
known as blackfsh. a species of the
whale that is found in tropical waters.