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The San Francisco call., 1899-08-17
RECEPTION NOTES.

An effort is being made to persuade the
War and Navy Departments to order out
the Iowa, Badger and Farragut as an
escort to the Sherman when the trans
port enters the harbor. Congressman
Kahn has written to Washington on the
subject and a reply by telegraph is ..ex-
pected to-day. The members of the cit
jzens' executive committee have also been
keeping the wires between this point and
the capital hot with their appeals, and
it is confidently expected that the Wash
ington officials will yield to their en-
treaties.
The ladies of Oakdale, Stanislaus Coun-
terday that they would contribute 0,0OC
paper napkins for the soldiers banquet
They stated that the decoration commit
tee had requested carload OF ever
green's. which they were unable to send
but desiring to contribute their mite had
sent the napkins. Robert Duncan Milne
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- ND now for the big benefit. What
a jump the figures of the reception
~ fund will take after to-day's receipts
at the Orpheum box office -e
added The arrangements for han
ding the immense crowd that will be at
the show have been completed and are
perfect in every detail.
Day by day the magnitude of the cele-
bration increases, some new feature is
added or some new project undertaken
10 make greater the welcome that awaits
the returning soldiers Money is flowing
steadily into the reception fund and yes
terday the twenty-five thousand mark
was ell but reached. Nearly as much
more is in sight.
The big bay display will be among the
principal features of the festivities. The
plans are now in shape and the commit
tee is devoting its entire time arranging
the minor details. San Francisco has
never witnessed such a display OF pyro-
technics as will illuminate the sky on the
occasion of the night celebration. These
will be fired in ten different places in the
city. a ton Of red fire alone will be
burned
While the city has been preparing to go
wild with joy at the homecoming of the
volunteers the soldiers who lost their lives
in the far-away Philippines have not been
forgotten. Appropriate services in honor
of their memory are being arranged by
the Red Cross,
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DEAD HEROES WILL
NOT BE FORGOTTEN
Red Cross Society Will Give a
Monster Memorial Service
in Their Honor.

While the city Is preparing to receive
the returning soldiers, those brave men
who lost their liyes in their country's ser
vice viii not be forgotten. and monster
service in honor of their memory is now
being prepared. Mrs. Grace r. Moore OF
the Red Cross Society is in charge of the
arrangements. Yesterday the citizens ex-
ecutiVe committee voted $3.50 toward de-
fraying the expenses of the memorial ex-
ercises. which will take place Sunday,
September 3. at either the Alhambra
Theater or the Grand Opera-nouse the
proprietors of both places having offered
the use of their playhouses
Among those who will participate are
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-17

the Loring Club. Rabbi Voorsanger Pro
fessor David Starr Jordan, DR.. Mackenzie
DR.. Cherington, Archbishop Riordan and
possibly Father Mckenna, the chaplain OF
the regiment.
An elaborate souvenir programme will
be issued, containing the names of all
members of the California regiment who
nection with this the committee of Red
Cross ladies having the matter in charge
have made the following request:
'"The committee on the memorial ser
vices In honor Of the California volunteers
requests relatives and friends of the dead
to send the soldiers names TO the head
quarters of the Red Cross in the Exam
iner building. The committee desires a
complete list of the fallen heroes in order
to have their names engraved on the SOU
venir programme of exercises. A prompt
response is earnestly desired"
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-17

is no material difference in the rates an
nounced In this publication and those of
the circular of August l. There is a con-
siderable difference in the time limit
however. According to the revised ar
rangement tickets sold for the celebra
ton will be good on trains arriving on
the 29d. oath and 25th of this month and
will have a five-day limit. Should the
transport not arrive within, the time
scheduled the time on the tickets will be
extended. so as to cover the two DAYS
succeeding the landing of the troops.
The railroad officials expect great
crowds to visit the city as even now many
parties of over a hundred have been or
ganized to come to San Francisco from
the interior towns to witness the festivi-
ties.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-17

In the name of the local Zion Society
1.-The Helpers of Zion,'' the president
Rabbi Isidore Myers. has sent the follow
ing cable to Basic, where the Zionist con-
gress is being held this week; Zionist
Congress, Basle: Yevarechecha adonay
mitsion (the Lord bless thee out of Zion).
Zion greetings. San Francisco zionists. "
The Rev. DIR. Stephen S. Wise of New
York, honorary secretary of the Ameri-
can Federation of Zionists, will address
the local Zionists at the B. B. Hall to-
night at 9 o'clock. All are welcome.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-17
PREPARATIONS FOR
THE BAY DISPLAY
Thousands of Lights to Illuminate
the Water Front-More Ex-
cursion Boats Secured.

The State officials and shipping men
along the water front were jubilant yes
terday at the action of the fireworks
committee in allowing them $1,000 for a
night exhibition on the bay when the Call
fornia volunteers arrive. Chief Wharf
niger Percy Henderson and Al Pryor.
representing the Harbor Commissioners,
waited on the committee yesterday after
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SKY WILL. BE ABLAZE
WITH FIREWORKS GLARE
Display VIII Eclipse Anything Of
the Kind Ever Seen in the
State.

A ton of. red fire will form part of the
fireworks display on the occasion of the
night demonstration. Rockets. bombs and
other brilliant pyFotechnics will be set off
under the direction Of the fireworks COM
fnittee from ten different points, and be-
sides this there viii be thousands Of pri-
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-17
MRS. JOHN F. MERRILL
San Francisco
A memorandum attached to this letter
EXCURSION RATES FOR
VISITORS FROM INTERIOR

The Southern Pacific Company has
issued another circular concerning the
transportation of visitors to the city to
witness the celebration attending the re-
turn of the California Volunteers. There
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RAILROAD MAY YIELD
TO RED CROSS APPEAL
Signify Their intention Of Re-
storing Soldier Pate Of
Twenty-Five Dollars.

The Southern Pacific Company and the
ladies of the Red Cross Society have
about come to terms on the matter of the
soldier rate from San Francisco to Mis-
souri, River points. The railroad people
have encouraged the ladies to believe
that the old rate of $25 will be restored
with certain restrictions which are per-
fectly satisfactory to the Red Cross
A discussion of this matter, and the
events, which followed. threatened to dis
rupt the friendly relations between the
Red Cross workers and the citizens ,ex-
following letter at the meeting yesterday
was hailed with joy:
Mayor Phelan, Chairman Citizens Commit
Goodman, Mr.. Donaldson and Mr.. McMurry of
the Southern Pacific, incloss to you their
statement Would also report that we feel en-
couraged to believe the rate asked will be es-
tablished Very sincerely yours,
MRS WILLARD b. HARRINGTON
President California Red Cross State Associa-
MRS. JOHN F. MERRILL
San Francisco Red Cross
A memorandum attached to this letter
read as follows:
'',The Santa Fe Pacific Company and
Southern Pacific Company have asked
their connecting companies to join them
in offering a rate of s25 from San. Fran
cisco to Omaha, Kansas City, Mineola
Houston and ST. Paul for second -cla SIS
tickets for discharged enlisted men of the
United States army, United States navy
or United States volunteers, whose pas
sage is paid by the Red Cross Society be-
cause of the actual necessities in each
case.
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STEADY STREAM OF GOLD
FLOWS INTO THE FUND

A
The collections for the day amounted to s &c. bringing the
desired $4,000 before committee completes its work
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-17
Rabbi Wise ON Zionism.

Ladies' talor-made suits fur capes, cloaks.
Credit NJ Rothschild, 334 Post ST.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-20
MAN.s Dislike or cosmgrlcs.

HIS Soap and Water Theory Ruins MIR.
Complexions Than the Powder Pun.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox in the Wom-
ans Home Companion discusses
Mans Limitations" when he attempts
to discourse on the secrets OF beauty.
She says; ITO the average man the
word cosmetics has the effect of a red
rag shaken in the face of a bull. Yet
the word does not mean paint or pig
ment. Trace it back and you will find
1t signifies a preparation to restore har-
mony. This is the age of specialists.
In days gone by whatever evil befelll
the human body the family physician
was expected to relieve. Now we have
the dentist, the surgeon, the o%culist,
the %aurist, the pedicure, and still others
skilled in the treatment of scalp and
skin. A good complexion is the back.
ground of a woman's beauty. Natures!
most beautiful grouping of feature Isl
ruined if the background loses it's tone
or becomes scanned or spotted. To
avoid such disaster with the flight of
years requires knowledge and patience.
There are specialists in this line who
are just as expert as-the dentist or h
oculist. No man is indignant or dis
gusted if his wife consults the dentist.
He does not tell her that a cheerful
disposition will preserve her teeth. Yet
the complexion feels that ravages OF
Indigestion, time and inheritance quite
as much as the teeth or eyes, and needs
quite as skillful treatment. Yet the
majority of ladies must keep their
methods a secret because of the intol-
erance and unreason of man upon this
subject. If a mi goes abroad with
visible rouge on her cheeks, powder
on her nose, or pencil-marks under her
eyes, a nan has a right to utter a pro-
test and voice his disgust. But he
never stops at that. He Immediately
proceeds to air his ancient theories
about a cheerful disposition and soap
and water as the only cosmetic proper
for a respectable m to use. Mean
time the deadly scented soap-cake has
ravaged more compilations than any
pigment on the market"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-20
M~AKE-BELIEYE MAN.
THIEs TO LIVE THE LIFE HE
READ ABOUT IN NOVELS.
Some Inconsistent POints--His Yacht"
Carries Several other People, and Even
in His Study There Seems to BE
No Privacy.

The alarm clock br-r-r-r-ed in harsh,
strident accents through the darkened
room, replacing the snore of him who
slept the sleep of the just-and the
open-mouthed combined-says the
New York Evening Journal. He tum-
bled out of bed and CROPPED mechanic
ally for his slippers through the early
morning gloom, without losing a mo-
ment in the matutinal procrastination
of. weaker mortals 'tWixt lingering
snug in bed for another five minutes
or shivering out of it Immediately. He
set about taking his cold tub" with
the cheerful a~lacrity OF a man with a
keen days sport before him. Later on
he picked up a brace of brushes and
dashed off a duet on his head with
considerable spirit and verve." (See
familiar quotation from any musical
criticism.) Then "his man. came in
with his well-brushed clothes and laid
them on a chair, but did not silently
withdraw" as gentlemen's gentlemen
always do in high-lifo novels, because
his man was named Bridget and in
addition to being the Make-Believe-
Mans man she was cook, m~aid-of-a1l-
work, janitor-baiter and a few other
tri1es. Instead of silently withdraw
ing she stood there with arms akimbo
and said: will We be attn a g
or two eggs this m%arning?" A shade
of pain passed across the face of the
Ms xn-RplinUp-Mo n ~ u,o co Io,,1 l.
preserve his cherished illusion in the
face of such crudeness. He decided in
favor of two eggs and, it now being 6
a. M, he selected a tie that would look
we'll on the links at 4 in the afternoon.
A trivial detail of five hours work
hung between the selection Of The
sporting tie and the sport, but the
Make-Belieye-Man made it a rule never
to dwell on unpleasant things. He al
ways dressed for his country club at
6 a. m. and arrived between 4 and S D.
m. He slipped his coffee while "his
man" called in from the kitchen:
"Thim blue pants need pressing and
the milkman says he won't wait an
other day." but the M. B. man did not
hear; he was rereading the Van Bibber
stories for the tenth time. His yacht
was waiting for him at the foot of Full
ton street, Brooklyn. 1t amused him
to hand a few coins to a man sitting
in a little cage-like box and follow two
or three impossible-looking people
through a ferryhouse-it was all a
mere whim of a man of leisure. The
cabin of "his yacht was a bit stuffy
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-20
a Metal Birds Nest.

In the Museum of Natural History
at Soleure, in Switzerland, there is
said to be a birds nest made entirely
of steel. There are a number of
clockmaking shops at Soleure, and in
the yards of these shops there are
often found lying disused or broken
springs of clocks. One day a clock
maker noticed in a tree in his yard
a birds nest of. peculiar appearance.
Examining it, he found that a pair
of wagtails had built a nest entirely
of clock springs. 1t was more than
four inches across and perfectly com
Portable for the birds. After the
feathered architects had reared their
brood, the nest was taken to the
museum, where it is preserved as a
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-20
a Touching Sight.

A touching sight was that witnessed
in Burlington, n. j., when six young
girls clad in srotless white walked
slowly through the streets to the GEM
etery, bearing upon their shoulders a
coffin, covered with a pail of flowers.
In the coffin rested the body of a young
girl, a Sunday-schOol classmate of the
bearers. The procession moved through
the middle Of the street with the min
listers who had conducted the funeral
service Immediately behind the coffin.
1t was not a long march, and the girls
moved steadily with their burden, but
there were tears or their faces and on
those Of the spectators who lined the
way. TIE dead girl was burned to
death a few days before while throw
ing waste paper or a bonfire in her
fathers yard, and it was one of her
last requests that her classmates, OF
whom she was extremely fond, should
carry her to her grave.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-20

Later in the day he invited a lady of
quality to dine with him at The would
he back from the links by that time
she could meet him at the restaurant
i was so jolly, this playing the bohe-
milan. After dinner he escorted the
Lady of Quality home. She lived off
BECKER street-but SO many of the old
families did. When the Make-Believe-
Man had turned the key of his apart
ment he took up o hand glass and mi
nutely examined his face. There were
lines about the eyes, but the lips were
as smiling as q woman's. (Which shall
it be tomorrow" said the Make-Be-
lieve-Man, hunting Or golf?" Then
he sighed and began to hunt for his
slippers.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-20
KNOW HIS INTENDED.
Lord stratrord's Awkward Biundcr
When He Met Mrs. Colgate.

Lord stratford's Awkward Biundcr
When Ne Met Mrs. Colgate.
The earl of St%ratford. who arrived a
few days age to marry Mrs. Colgate
and her 10000 900, is getting On in
years, and charitable people, on that
account, explain an embarrassing mis-
take he is alleged to have made on
coming ashore from the steamer. Mrs.
Colgate stood with a party Of friends
waiting to receive him. AS his lord
ship approached she advanced and
held out her hand, which the earl at
once took. The lady expressed de-
light at seeing him and hoped that
he was well. He answered that he
was, and forthwith Mrs. Colgate be-
gan to introduce her friends. After
all had been presented the earl said
with a smile: But where is Mrs.
Colgate? ! suppose she is at her hotel;
let us repair there at once" A smile
Of the party. Mrs. Colgate seemed
struck with the humor of the situation,
but her wit came to her rescue. why,
my lord" she said, "is it possible that
| have changed so greatly since we
last metz" For just a second Lord
Then he said, with the courtly obeis-
ance Of an old beau: my dear Mrs.
Colgate, the change has apparently
made you so young looking that l
demand pardon for a natural mistake"
The widow was unable to conceal her
delight at the reply, and in a few
moments the party entered carriages
and drove away, Ill-natured people
hint that the earl was not sufficiently
well acquainted with his fiancee to
pick her out of a crowd, and that his
mistake arose from that cause Mrs.
Colgate is a sister of Sydney Smith.
She is handsome and possesses a for
tune of about 1000, 900. Before her
marriage to Samuel ]. Colgate, mill
llonaire soap manufacturer and bank
er, she was Miss Cora Smith, daughter
of Judge Smith Of New Orleans. Mr..
Colgate and his soap won a great deal
of nOtoriety at the time of his death
by the provision in his will which be-
queathed a large sun to Hamilton col
lege, in Western New York, on condi-
ton that it be renamed Colgate"
The students made a great howl wei
this. 1t offended their dignity. The
graduating class refused to graduate
under any other name than Hamilton.
They could not be made to believe
that Colgate" was as sweet.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-20
A Curious Case of somnambuIism.

The modern novelist is very prone
to found his plots on the doings of
sleep-walkers and h%ypnotists, but, as
usual, truth is stranger than fiction"
and his efforts are outdone by actual
occurrences. Here, for example, is a
true story from France of a gentleman
missing from his bedroom a packet
containing mere than $4,000 worth of
bonds. The thief could not be traced.
hut shortly afterward the mistress of
the house, who had taken the robbery
to heart even more than her husband.
was taken to a doctor, for she was
suffering from V prostration.
doctor, a firm believer in hypno-
tism, was told of the robbery; and
putting two and two together, hypno-
tized his patient and extorted a con-
fession from her that she had taken
tho bonds and buried them in the gar
den. Thereupon search being made
they were found; but the lady is as
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-20

The prince OF Wales occasionally en-
joys a joke over the queens propensi-
ty for giving away Indian shawls. At
one Henly regatta he was on a steam
launch with a merry party, engaged in
scrutinizing the other craft on the
river. Their attention was especially
drawn to a boat containing a pleasure
party, one member of which was an
elderly lady bearing a remarkable re-
semblance to the queen, and she SEEM
ed bent upon doing all in her power
to heighten the resemblance. One of
the company on board the launch ap-
preached the prince and yentured to
draw his attention to the lady in ques-
ton, jocularly suggesting that it was
the queen viewing the regatta incog.
Just as his royal highness was leveling
his field glass upon her, she rose, and
taking the shawl upon which she had
been sitting, threw it about the Shout
ders of the young girl who was with
her. ut is undoubtedly the queen"
replied the prince quietly; 81 see that
she has just presented one of her In
dian shawls."
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-20
LynehIng Made Erpensive.

OHIO Is the first state to try a pre-
yentive of l%ynching, which has often
been suggested. namely, the plan of
making the county in which a lynch
ing occurs liable for damages to the
heirs of the victim. About two a
ago such a law was enacted in Ohio,
just after several lynchings had &C.
Cured in that state. 1t was argued
that this law would tend to discourage
the resort to lynch law by its action
upon the pocket nerve of a commun-
ity, but it had not been passed long
when a mob in Northern Ohio swung
up a man. His next of kin entered
suit against the county where the
crime occurred, and was awarded
$4,000 damages. The county's counsel
appealed the case to the supreme
court on the ground that the act UNI
der which the verdict was returned
was unconstitutional. This question
was argued deliberately on both sides,
and the court has decided that the an
t~i-lynching law is constitutional. 1t is
probable that other states will adopt
the Ohio method of making lynchings
expensiye.-Atlanta Journal.
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and he went fore and stood in the
rain. His carriage was waiting for
him at the New York side. He entered
1t and in an idle moment gave the MAJ
a nickel. The man pulled a strap;
something rang-how funny it all was!
Efe finally arrived at his study" 1t
was noisy and seemed to be the study
OF quite a number of others, but the
Make-Believe-Man did not seem to
mind. He removed his cuffs and put
them on the top of his desk-he pre-
ferred them to any other desk orna-
ment, even to a bust of Shakespeare.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-20
COURAGE OF ANIMALS.

Courage among animals seems to
bear no relation to size, for many OF
the smallest creatures are brave to an
astonishing degree. The weasels are
the most courageous of any. Unfor-
tunately they are also the most blood
thirsty, but while their victims are
usually small animals, there are rec
ords of their having attacked man or
some large animal iercely and without
the slightest hesitation.
In North America one of the largest
of the weasel family is the Fisher" a
very large, long-furred animal, living
mainly by the waterside, and, like
many others of the tribe, very partial
to fish. 1t weighs about sixteen pounds
and it's long, richly colored fur is ex-
ported in great quantities to different
parts of Europe, though not often used
in this country. A trapped fisher"
will attack any one who comes within
reach Of the trap chain and when free
will beat off any dog of twice its size.
Perhaps the most striking example
of the courage of the smaller species
yet recorded is that shown by a small
variety of jungle cat known as the
fishing cat, which, though no relation
of the Canadian fisher" is quite as
courageous. One of these, which was
kept in a menagerie, broke through
into the next cage and there attacked
and killed a leopard which was three
times it's own size.
AS most of the other small animals
know how hopeless is a contest against
the strength and vindictiveness of the
weasel tribe, instances of resistance on
their part must be classed as courage
of a high order. The following eX-
ample of a rabbit attacking a stoat
rests on the irst-hand observation Of
a trustworthy field naturalist. He was
sitting on a log in Gunton park, in
Norfolk, near some n~ettles, when he
heard a curious grupting noise in the
nettle-bed. Presently a stoat ran out
and almost Immediately a rabbit
rushed from the nettle-bed and knock
ed the stoat over. The rabbit then ran
back a little and repeated the odd noise
which had been heard before The
stoat picked itself up and ran, not at
the rabbit, but toward the nettles. The
rabbit rushed at it again and upset it
before it could enter the nettle-bed. 1t
did this four times in all before the
stoat was able to get past. When it
did SO it almost Immediately caught
and killed a very young rabbit, which
the doe had evidently been trying to
protect.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-20

I'D like to know" said the business
manager, whether this fellow down
in Reuben county is a pure jay or one
of those smart ones"
what about him?' asked the editor
Of the comic weekly.
He has sent me a lot of chestnuts
for a years subscription
lis Journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-20
TLe Inborer ana his Hirc

run back to the hotel and see IL 1
left my watch in my room. Here's
half a dollar if you're back with it be-
fore the train starts"
The intelligent messenger was off
like q shot.
He was back just as the train was
pulling out.
Yes, sir" he cried; you left it
there; saw it myself. Gimme my half
d~ollar!"-Boston Citizen.