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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-08
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Cnlumba-'The From Mexico"
Caforu1a-Mlnstrel Jubilee.
Alcazar-"A Midnight Bell
Tivoli--"The yellow Dwarf
Morosco's-TI Henry Ministries.
Observation-Disclosures
Comedy-'Au Aboard
The Chutes-Gorilla Man. Vaudeville and the Zoo
Olympia Mason Eddy streets. Specialties
Metropolitan Temple-Rosenthal Piano Recital.
InGlesde CoCrsng Park-Coursing To-day.
Pa-5-The Steeplechase.
Recreation Park-Baseball
Glen Park Mission
sherman Clay Hal-Gerome Hemont, Violinst Tuesday
January l..
InGlesde Trac1-Races Tomorrow.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-08

Counties which press their claims against the State
for rebates on taxes simply trying to experience
the JOY of taking money from one pocket and putting
it in the other, although they cannot hope to put in
as much as they extract for the attorneys have not
entered into the scheme with any view the promo
ton of health
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-08
..'THE CITY HALL "CoMPLETED."

THE other day the New City Hall Commission
ers. without ceremony, turned the City Hall over
= to the Board OF Supervisors as completed y
There was no beating OF bands flying of coors
over the important event The only thing that has
been left behind to commemorate it was report from
the secretary stating that the hall had cost about
$5725794 I8 and that the appropriation had expired,
which necesstated the retirement OF the commission
from power.
There is still great deal to be done upon the ed-
fee. The remodeng that will be necessary to make
the building habitabe is bound in future years to cost
almost much the structure itself has cost The
drainage should even now be reconstructed and an
adequate system OF heating and ventilating intro
duced When the hall planned neither of these
things entered into the calculations of the architects
These gentlemen also ignored sunshine They seemed
have no idea that in San Francisco the sun is an
important substitute for stoves and CRATES.
Looking back over the expanse OF years one can
not fail to be struck by the remarkable ineficiency
which has prevailed in the construction OF this ed-
flee. The City Hall was begun in 1872 and is now
turned over about half finished at the end of twenty
seven years. During all OF that time work has pro-
ceeded upon 1t with or less energy. There was
one time about 1875, when the rascals had obtained
such complete control the building that the Leg
isature obliged to suspend operations for about
two years. There was another period of inactivity
after the adoption OF the constitution in 1870
But with these exceptions the politicians have con
tnuously worked at the building
During late years, however, the contractors have
been compelled to live up to their agreement and
all the plumber has been squeezed out OF the building
As rule, since 1882 work on the City Hall has pro-
ceeded with care and economy; but archtecturaly
the thing is boch, and the interior will have to be
1aJ -
The amount expended upon the building is not ex-
cesslve when compared with other public edices OF
like character. Still it cannot be called cheap City
Hall A private individual could take the money that
has been spent upon it and build structure in hall
the time much better adapted to the needs of the city
and quite as durable and imposing, and make an
enormous fortune out of the operation
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-08

question of pension for the aged is be-
coming popular, but in our State and
under the circumstances homes would
be preferable Respectfully,
CHARLES WILLMOTT,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-08
cALIFoRNIANs IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Jan. John G.. Mallory
of San Francisco is at the Gilsey. n
Alexander of San Francisco is at the
Hoffman.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-08

That Croker and Bryan disagree concerning GER
tain public affairs leaves people trying to figure out
way not to agree with either of them
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-08

Special information supplied daily -
business houses and public men Nv ~,
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), $40 Mont.
gomery street. Telephone Main IO49
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-08

Hills a years He al
For
he
church
building December 1894 succeeded Prof
Chicago he
creed he has preached in Chicago the creed broadcast Christianity
to
the end Of the century
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-08

Treat your friends to Townsend's Calf
fornia glace fruits, SOC 10, in fire-etch hoy
es or Japanese baskets. 627 Market st =
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-08

Opposition to imperialism is general that
the czarish incinations OF Governor Gage are max
ing him unpopular
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-08

Probably the Democrats who are urged to support
Burns will think more of the reputation of the party
and the State than OF the chance to participate in
disgraceful responsibility for the Mexican
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-08

War is more expensive than it was on
years ago." "s'o AoV
'Oh, yes; they didn't have to investi-
gate everything then. Detroit Journal.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-08

DYSPEPSIA CAN BE CJTpED nv
Aekers Dyspepsia Tablets One littIa tobis.
VIII give immediate relief or money refun5ad
sold IN handsome tin boxes. At owl Drug ca.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-08

here will not be general approval of Judge
Graham's selection of pickpocket as clerk of the
court. No valid objection can be made against the
presence OF such characters in the Police Court but
they ought not to be in official capacity The
man selected by Judge Treadwell act as bali shot
another politician just in time to forfeit the job The
ne" Police Judges have not exercised fine discrini-
nation
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-08

The closer view Aguinaldo obtains of prospective
thrashing from soldiers the less alluring it ap
pears to him
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-08

Possibly when the Republicans desire the advice of
the Examiner they will ask for it. That papers sup
port of Pardee was undeserved blow to the gen
tleman
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-08

Is AT the prospect OF another fight there is no doub
the home sickness which had been bothering tn
Californian boys in Manila vanished Next to return
ing they would enjoy scrap
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-08

With Dave Nagle and Jack CHM on the official
campaign committee Of Senator Stewart there is no
doubt that the Nevadan believes in peace even at the
price OF having to maintain standing army
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-08

Vandas who mutilate books in public library are
type OF criminals as as the writers of anony-
nous letters, as cowardy hyenas, and ought to be
kickeS
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-08

NNE of the most notable industrial conventions
to be held in the United States during the
present month is that of the cattlemen at
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In the AstOr TcnementS.

In the Astor tencments, in Elizabeth
street, says Jacob A. Riis in the Atlantic,
where we found forty-three families liv--
ing i'll rooms intended for sixteen, l saw
women finishing pants at 30 cents a
day. Some of the garments were of good
grade, and some of poor; some of them
were soldiers trousers, made for the gov
ernment; but whether they received 5, Z,
or ~ cents pair, it came to 80 cents
day, except i'll a single instance, in
which two women, sewing from 3 in the
morning till II o'clock at night, were
able, being practiced hands, to finish for
ty-hve. pants at 81 cents a pair, and
SO made together over $50. They were
content, even happy. suppose it seemed
where Partisan investigator of repute
found 5 lire mot quite go cents) per
month girls wages.
remember one of those flats. door
and dngy, yet with signs of the instinc.
tive CROPPING toward orderly arrangement
which | have observed SO many times.
and take. to be evidence that, in better
surroundings, much might be made of
these people. Clothes were hung to dry
on line strung the whole length of the
room. Upon couches at the wall some
men were snoring. They were the board
ers. The man was out, shoveling snow
with the midnight shift. BY lam
with brown paper shade, over at the
window. sat two women, sewing. One
had a baby on her lap. Two sweet little
cherubS' nearly naked, slept OH pile of
sleep. y girl of & or dozed in a child's
rocker between the two workers, with
her head hanging down on one side. The
mother propped it up with her elbow as
she sewed. They were all there, and
happy in being together even in such a
place. On corner shelf burned night
lamp before cheap print of the Mother
of God, thanked by two green bottles,
quite q festive show
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-08-04
.ippincOtt's.

Against Selling Eggs by the Pound.
There have been repeated articles writ
ten favoring selling eggs by the pound,
which would be a very equitable way of
selling them where many are to be sold.
1t would be an easy matter to take a
basket Of eggs to market and have the
basket and eggs weighed and the basket
weighed back and deducted. The result
would be so many pounds ana so many
ounces, and the seller would get pay for
his eggs according to their value. Sc
far so good. That is all right.
But the grocer also desires to sell his
that comes into the store wants one
pound Of eggs. The eggs are put in the
scoop, but it is found that fraction of
II ounce is lacking to make a pound, and
if another egg be taken it may be an
ounce or so the other way. If he sells
by giving underweight the customer will
object, and if he sells by giving al ounce
or so to each One-pound customer he has
lost in the transaction. This is said to
be one of the unpleasant features of sell
ing eggs by the pound, and another is
the time it takes in making exact
weights.
There is just one way in which they
may be sold by weight, and that is by
putting in approximately pound of eggs
and weighing them in ounces and charg.
ing for them according to weight. II
one pound and two ounces are placed III
the scale the price should be figured for
eighteen ounces instead of sixteen
Should there be but fifteen ounces in the
lot, charge for that number of ounces
and no more. This could be done in a
very short time and the buyers would
soon fall in with the plan as we'll as the
sellers.-1owa Homestead.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-08-04
BALLAD.

WHITTIER away? Shall we sail or stay;
Whittier away" l said,
Into the sunsets glory Of gold and passion
of roSe-red?
Over the water changed to wine and into
the sky we slip.
But never fairer shore than this shall find
our buoyant ship,
Not though by shadowy Already we drop the
anchor ut last
And III the dusk our weary sails come rat
thing down the mast.
Into the dark steals or the bark: let us stay
In our bridal June:
Whittier away should lovers stray from the
Island of Honeymoon"
20 far away In the dying day, and farther
away she cried,
Ere the glory Of gold has faded yet or the
passion of rOse-red died,
o FAR away from the happier present visit
the happy past,
Though never shall our ghostly sails die
down the shadowy mast:
For we will tlit by the twilight lind and
name the places fair,
But set no foot on the Shore" she cried,
nor drop the anchor there:
But under the night with so swift flight
that the keel Is singing In tune.
Back, haste back OH the starry track to
the Island of HOneymoon!'
j. Russell Taylor In Fiction Number of
Scrlbner's.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-08-04

= ~
leaped past u.s. as the simeon in all its
fury burst upon us.
""The black had already clambered to
the highest rock and lay clasping the
base of a large palm, face down. cnvel-
oped in his burnous. l did likewise, and
after II period of Inconsistencies. awoke,
and painfully drawing myself up to a
sitting posture against what remained Of
the palm tree, gazed about me- The black
lay rigid at my side. stit1ed.
"'Arcund about among the rocks and
trees and across the plain were great
drifts and pillows of sand, but of all my
faithful people and valuable beasts there
was no trace. A tent pole, with frag-
ment of canvas here and there marked
their graves.
81 was rescued in delirious cOndi-
ton by my partner, who came weekly to
visit the encampment.
THAT l am stopping i'll this vicinity
is owing to an Irresistible fascination the
spot has for me. and to it's being in the
dir.ct road to the market town, whittier
l so Mt intervals to trade. The mystery
that yonder sand heaps enyelop will new
or be revealed until the desert and the
sea give up their dead New York
Hn, old
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-08-04
Gifts by Enslishmen TO the United
States.

Much public interest was aroused dur
ing August. 1895, by the announcement
of the award, by the Smithsonian insti-
tuition, of the Hodgkins prize OF $4,000
to Lord Rayleigh and Prof. William
Ramsay foI their remarkable discovery
of new acknowledgements the atmos-
phere. From time to time requests have
been made to the institution, but for the
most part these have been comparatively
small In 1891, however, Thomas G..
Hodgkins of Setauket, n. Y. expressed
his desire to donate 100000 to the
Smithsonian fund The regents accept
ed the sum, with the single condition
m mad by by the donor that the income of
100000 of the gift shall be used, under
this general purpose, for the especial one
of the increase and diffusion of knowl-
edge by investigating and spreading
knowledge concerning all the phenomena
of atmospheric air. In accordance with
this provision. early in 1894 a circular
was issued Offering "a prize of $4,000
for a treatise embodyng some new and
important discovery in regard to the ma
ture or properties of atmospheric air.
The first award of this prize was made
as mentioned above. Two grants Of
money were previously made from this
fund to aid in the prosecution of special
investlga lions on air, one of which is be-
ing carried on in Germany and the other
IN the United States
Meanwhile, in November, 1892. Mr..
Aodgkins died at the advanced age Of
- years, and made the Smithsonian in
stitute his resi- duary legatec. In conse-
quence further sum Of money was
added to the SmithSon fund, and the to-
tai amount of the permanent fund now
on deposit in the United States treasury
is 1911, 900, on which sum an annual in
terest of per cent. is paid to the in
stitution for the carrying out of it's spe-
cial aims. 1t is curious to note that
Hodgkins, like Smithson. was an Eng
Eshman, and. again like Smithson, he
was student of Observation-Disclosures Ben
jamin, Phi. D., in Self Culture.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-08-04
SUMPTION.
KNOXVILLE, Iowa, Nov. 81

KNOXVILLE, Iowa, Nov. Is, 1893.
I, the undersigned, being benefited
by the use of your Swedish Essence,
invariably recommend it to my friends.
Last spring visited cousin whom
had not seen for many years. Whrl [
last saw her the family consisted Of
mother and three daughters; she told
me her mother and sisters were all
dead, having died from consumption,
and now she was in very poor hea til,
the doctors telling her she would soon
die, as she also had the same disease
She was very respondent, knowing her
doom. questioned her as t. her con-
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be the means of curing her. | tod her
to quit all doctors and send for pack
age of Zae gels Swedish Essence AMI
l left and did not see her again for
about seven months, when | calle'! on
her again and found a great change. |
Immediately remarked that she looked
different to what she was when last
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medicine you recommended and | AIR
well, cough all gone, appetite good '"l
no appearance of consumption An!
she gives all the praise to Laege's
Swedish Essence. One Of her Chi
dren was complaining, AM! she now
| wants some for her. We recommend
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would like you TO send two package T.
H. A. Herrick, Knoxville, Iowa, AMI
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Beach, California.
Cyrus SANDERS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-08-04
Discovery of q Treasure.Ship.

With the consent of the Turkish gov
eminent, some Greek divers began in
vestigations a short time ago at the bot
tom of the sea near Chios, where, in
1170,, at the battle of Chesnie, the Turk
ish fleet was totally destroyed, and the
Russian flagship sunk. The divers have
been most successful, and will profit
largely, Notwithstanding that the turk
ish government claims a considerable
share. The Russian ship has been found,
thirty fathoms deep, full of gold and
silver coins. ,According to the Revue
d'Orient, nearly 100000 francs has al
ready been obtained, and a still larger
sum is believed to be in the hold. A
Turkish ship is lying at anchor near
the spot, and every sack brought up is
at once counted and it's contents booked
by, the officers. From 5000 to 10000
gold pieces are got out every day. The
coins, however, are not the only valu-
ables found, among the booty being gold
and silver crosses, jewelry, arms, ETC.,
and the cover of large book, made Of
solid gold and studded with precious
stones.-Vienna Correspondent London
Standard
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-08-04
THE SACRED CARPET
Is no Carpet at All, Neither Does it
Look Anything Like One,

Look Anything Like One.
1T is England's wise policy in all her
colonies to have her army take part in
the national religious ceremonies" says
Lillian Bell, writing of her adventures
in Cairo in the Woman's Home Compan-
ion, $50 when the Sacred Carpet started
from the citadel on it's journey to Mecca
there was Il magnificent military display.
1t is an odd thing to call it carpet, for
it not only is not a carpet in itself, but
1t is not the shape of carpet, it is
not used for carpet, and does not look
like Il carpet.
I'VE We're among the fortunate ones
who We're invited to the private view of
We're dedicating it. They sat OH the floor,
these Mohammedans, rocking themselves
back and forth and chanting the Koran.
1.-THE carpet is a black velvet embroi-
dered solidly in silver and gold. 1t is
shaped like an oldfashioned Methodist
church. only there are minarets at the
four corners. 1t looks like a pail. Every
year they send new one to Mecca, and
then the old one is cut into tiny bits and
distributed among the faithful, who wear
it next their hearts. This carpet was
about six feet long, and was rallied in so
that no one could touch it. A man stood
by and sprayed altar of roses on you as
you passed. but l do not know what he
did it for, unless it was to turn sensitive
women faint with the heavy perfume.
But the next morning the procession
formed. and amid the widest enthusiasm,
the bowling and salaaming of the men
and the shouting and running of the chill
dren, and the singing of the Arabs who
bore the carpet, it was placed upon the
most magnificent camel l ever saw,
which was covered from head to foot
with cloth of gold, and whose very gait
seemed more majestic because of his sa-
cred burden, and thus, led by scores of
enthusiastic Arabs, he moved slowly
down the street following the covering
for the tomb, and i'll turn being followed
by one scarcely less magnificent destined
to cover the sacred carpet in it's camel
journey to Mecca. That was absolutely
all there to it, vet the khedive was
there with fine military escort, and all
Cairo turned out at the unearthly hour
of s o'clock in the morning to see it,"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-08-04
HOLLANDS HYACINTH FIELDS.
Dutch Still Have the Credit of Being
the Greatest Bulb Growers.

Dutch Still Have the Credit of Being
the Greatest Bulb Growers.
He uand is still the bulb grower of the
worl.,. Supremacy in hyacinths and
tulips is the one distinction left which
gains a niche for Holland among the
world powers. No one who is acquainted
with the figures of the Dutch bulb trade
and has watched the insinuation of the
hyacinth into the most forbidding corners
Of English urban life will doubt that
Haarlem's industry is world power.
Ought not, then, every Hollander to be
off his hat to every hyacinth bloom he
with grace the Hover will teach him, for
the humility of natural beauty invariably
saves the hyacinth from any arrogance
of bearing True. it has not the singular
grace of the daffodil. which learns the
lesson of humility and bends it's head
just at the crisis of its glory; still, the
upright hyacinth, left to it's own devices,
is never stiff. Also, should not the
Dutchman at every feast reserve one cup
to toast the tulip-a handsotner cup than
ever he will drink from?
1t is a pity that the Hollanders have
not a canonizing church. for st. Hya-
cinthuS would make an ideal patron, and
Flower Show Monday at HARLEM might
be his day. That is the one day when
the natives seem to realize that they owe
their living to these blossoms. Nearly
everybody wears one somehow; bicycles.
carriages and humans all bear the floral
mark; they cannot be called decorated :;
the flowers often hang discourteously re-
served, still there is sense of duty to it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-08-04
The Choice of a Name.

Mr.. Choate, the American ambassador,
told an amusing story in presiding yes
terday afternoon at an address given in
the Essex hall by Booker T. Washing
ton, founder and principal of the normal
and industrial colored school, Tuskegee,
Of the Colored Race in America" After
paying tribute to the great work done
by the late Gen. Armstrong in the edu-
cation Of the colored people, Mr.. Choate
said that he not only regarded Mr.. Wash
ington as the successor to Gen. Arm
strong, but as the leader Of his race in
ton," continued Mr.. Choate, show he
came by his name, and he said freedom
left him free to choose his own name,
and so he took the best there, was.
Haughter.} And" added MI. Choate.
great as that name Ia, he has done credit
to It ever since I'll ondon TELEGRAPH,