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The San Francisco call., 1899-11-06
GOLDBERG, BOWEN co.'s SPECIAL SAVING SALE
GOlDBERe
BOW EN-
K CO

Free telephone at the Sutter
street store (across the street
from the old store)
Come in-use it at your con-
venience-you need not buy
anything
Clear carriage space-all our
wagons are at the rear of the
new store
SPECIAL SAVING SALE
Monday tuesday Wednesday
Butter-choicest table 4oC
1t has the young grass flavor
regularly soc square
Coffee-Crescemt blend zoe
regularly 25c lb-roast or ground
half the trouble with coffee is
in the making-don't imagine this
isn't good because the price is
so low
lea-The popular kinds SOC
regularly 6Oc lb
Mandarin nectar-Phoenix Oolong
Ancoombra garden Ceylon
Whisky-fine old goods rer.lv special
Hermitage rye 1885 botSi so 81 IS
" gal 6 $50
Old Grow 1889 bot 125
gal 5 4
In England they measure the
whisky and give you the water
In America they measure the
water and give you the whisky
Shrimps-Barataria 129c
regularly I5c can
Try them on lettuce
Orange marmalade Jars SOC
regularly 20c-SouthtceU
made from Seville oranges
French muStard-Louit zoe
regularly 25c bottle
Different flavors
Observation-Disclosures zoe
regularly 25c tin
Contains the nutritious natural
UullCI vi lllG COCOa-COHQGHScQ
Sa mon-regularly I24c tin 10c
There are many nice ways
of serving salmon
OliveS-farcies 45c
regularly soc large bottle
Spanish olives stuffed with
anchovies-appetizing-
Farina cologne 45c
regularly 6Oc - Johann Maria
Those who have visited Cologne
will appreciate our saying that
this is the genuine
Florida water A5c
Our regular retail price
Murray d; Lapnean
Hickory nuts 10c
regularly l5c lb
Old fashioned shell barks
Sweet cider 45c
regularly soc gallon
DeLong makes II in Marin county.
out of good aDDleS
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-06
letter ON HANDS
CURED BY CUTGcURA

I had letter on my hands for two years. Ny
hands were all cracked TO pieces, and bled go
that could not deoently dress myself, and they
itched terribly. I tried everything, but nothing
seemed to do me any good. I tried the CUTIcURA
remedies and they are so much better that they
no longer bother me at all.
SALLIE E. COPELAND, Woodland, n. O.
Sept. II. 1898.
CUT1oURA REsoLvENT, greatest of blood pur-
fers and humor cures, internally ito cleanse the
blood Of all impurities and poisonous elements),
with warm baths with CUTICURA SOAP, followed
by gentle anointings of CUTIcURA, the great akin
cure externally Ito clear the skin and scalp and
restore the hair), will instantly relieve and
speedily cure the mosttorturing, disfguring hu-
mors of the skin, scalp, and blood, with loss OF
hair, when all else fails.
Sold dthroUgh hout the world. POTTER DRUo Arp CHEM.
CoRP Props, Boston. " All About Hsbys Skin,' Tree.
DIEHDI &C blotohes blackhesds, red. rough, oily fEin
ElHT LII red rough hands with ahapeless nails and
painful finger ends, prevented by ouTiouRA SOAR
greatest Of ckiD purifying and besusifying soapA
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-06

Sold throughout the world. POTTER DRuo Arp CHHh'
CoRP Props Boston. All About Hsby's Skin,' free.
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-06
PHELANITES, IN DESPAIR, RESORT TO
DESPERATE METHODS.
- got, 70, person. stamp eros. in tn. .qs. right of til. nam.
BLANK COLuMN.

The elector may write j, the column
below, under the the title Of the
Office, the name Of any person
whose name Is not printed upon
the ballot for whom he desires
70 vote.
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-06

Vote for DE-. Thos. H. Morris for Supervisor. :.
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-06

DR.. Parker's Cough Cure. One dose will stop
cough. Never fails Try It, 25c. All druggists .
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-04
THE RESCUED soUDAN.

Khartoum will be in readiness to re-
ceive tourists by January, 1900. The
blood-stained squares will be newly sand
ed over the alleys will be swept clean
of their accommodations of moldering hui
man bones; the slaughter pens and dis
ease-reeking dungeons of the mahdi will
be cleansed, and the corpse-strewn plain
of Omdurman will be thoroughly dtsln-
fected. Instead of the frenzied shrieks
of the tortured and MANNED, tourists will
hear the strains of a British military
band. Where Gordons cory head rolled
in the dust the beneficiaries of Cooks
personally conducted tours may march
unmolested in awe-stricken parade and
listen to the unintelligible descriptions of
a greasy guide.
The all-rail route to the Soudan-to the
heart of the desert-the long hidden sane
tuary of Mohammedan fanaticism-the
last stronghold of the slave raider-the
home and birthplace of an unspeakable
cruelty which has deluged the soil of the
dark continent with negro blood for CEN
turies-is to be opened to the world at
the close of the nineteenth century, and
the ascending wall of the agonized slave
will give place to the shrek of the loco
motive
The khalifa and his horde of blood
thirsty miscreants will harry the land
no more The very vultures ere this
blink regardless at their desert bleached
bones. The tomb of the false prophet Of
Islam which was to be the new Mecca
is gone and scattered, and the place
where it stood is even now almost for
gotten.
And some day in the future the crime
stained Soudan may TEEN with happy
and thriving people, and their humble
homes shall re-echo with the laughter of
children, the light of whose presence
shall lift the curse from the land.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-04
SMART SHORT STORIES.

A Georgia colored man who has al
ready thought of Christmas has written
as follows to his employer: 'Marse Tom,
eff you gwine ter gimme Christmas gif'
dis Christmas I wish you please sur SEN
me a overcoat Marse Tom, eff had one
er dose overcoats which reach ter de
groun' I'd go ter preachin' TO sundOwn.' -
Kate Field used to take daily lessons in
Latin from Walter Savage Lander when
she was in Florence and at her entrance
into the room his rugged expression in
variably softened and he became what
his pupil called "chivalry incarnate. -
One day he dropped his spectacles, and
as she picked them up and handed them
to him he exclaimed: ooh, this is not the
first time that you have caught my eyes >
An enthusiastic golfer of Los Angeles
named Tufts was playing golf with a
friend recently. When he drove from the
third teeing ground he sliced the ball
badly and sent it away to one side. 1t
stopped in front of a grazing COW, and
Tufts came up just in time to see it dis
appear into the bovine mouth. When his
opponent had made his stroke Tufts I'M
tethered the COW. and. with many sound
ing whacks of his club drove the beast
to the third hole. There he made her dis
gorge the ball and neatly holding 1t an
nounced that he had made the hole in
two strokes. His opponent calmly finish
ed the hole IN seven and claimed the
hole. But 1 made it in two" protested
Tufts, gleefully. NO you didn't" de-
clared the other; ''you made it In thirty
nine You hit that cow thirty-seven
times for I counted every stroke and
Tufts conceded the hole.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-04
FORGOT HER BOTTLE
And Caused FIirtatiOus Young
Man Some EmDarras sment.


Chicago Journal.
1t was a Cottage Grove avenue cable
train. The car was crowded with more or
less fashionably dressed people.
Two young women were talking mostly
OF he" Two Spiritualists were berating
Supt. Andrews because he would persist
in having philosophy taught in the pub
lie schools, when it was so clearly against
all the laws of reason. Two young men
from the University Of Chicago were talk
ing football, and several passengers were
engaged in their newspapers.
Way down in the front end Of The car
sat a little old lady. Nobody noticed her
at all until, when she got up to get of
the c&f, two or three moved their feet out
Of the way. About that time one of the
young men noticed that the young woman
opposite him was smiling at him in a very
peculiar way. He prepared for a flirta-
ton, but he noticed that her eyes did not
look at his, but kept glanCing at the seat
beside him He looked down, and saw
a bottle of whisky lying on the seat. as
if it had just dropped out of his pocket
He OWNED the young woman's thought at
once, and became desperate
He grabbed up the bottle and yelled ::
eli. there, YOU left something" just as
the old ady was getting off the car. Amid
a deathiy silence she walked back to the
front end Of the car, took her bottle, and
then threaded her way out of the car.
Then the fat little conductor burst into
a peal Of laughter, and after that the two
young women had to leave the car, for
they couldn't look toward the university
boys without laughing.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-04

agreement further provided that which
ever company should receive a contract
for supplying pipe should pay fixed
bonus, to be divided in agreed proper
lions among the others.
The first appearance of the litigation
Eastern district Of Tennessee which dis
missed the complaint entered against the
combination. The circuit court of APP
peals reversed this decision and perpet-
ually enjcined the defendants from doing
business under the combination. 1t is
the appeal from this latter decision which
is now pending in the supreme court.
The case has been fully argued, and
noUnced at any time in the immediate
future.
Here is a case in which the most dan
gerous features of the trust conspiracy
through it conspiracy to fix the price
of iron and steel piping over an immense
extent of territory; to prevent competi-
ton within that territory and practically
to divide UP the proceeds Of the bust
ness among themselves, no matter by
which member of the combination the
actual work might be DONE
One Of The most interesting and hope
full features of the case appears to be
that the attorney general has been able
to offer in evidence a letter written by
one member of the combination to the
others, protesting against the high prices
fixed for the product, declaring them to
be entirely out of all reason" and in
sisting that the result of the establish
| ment Of such high figures would be to
create a bad feeling and an agitation
against the combination" Events have
proven this letter to be in the nature of
a prophecy, for the suit now pending is
the immediate outcome of the enormous
prices fixed by the combination.
If on no other ground, it seems not at
all unlikely that the supreme court will
declare this combination to be in re-
straint of trade and incompatible with
freedom of competition. Should the
court think proper to define in its opin-
ion the limitations and conditions apply
ing to a violation of the public policy
which secures freedom of trade, the case
will possess enduring value and will be
an effective guide in the formulation of
effective legislation against the trust
evil
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-04

to an end. Beyond that coaling station,
we never pretended to any territorial or
Quasi-territorial rights whatever. Now
we are installed as absolute owners of
one of the islands, while the productive
remainder of the islands passes over to
Germany, through the cession of Eng
land, and, as the signing of this treaty
arrangement shows with our concur
renee and cooperation.
1t is not necessary to engage in a dis
cussion of the proposition whether or
not this arrangement is the best for the
people-that is the natives of Samoa. 1t
doubtless is best for their peace and Sc
Curity The fact remains that the sign
ing of the treaty represents distinct
departure from our settled and avowed
policy in the past. More than that, it
commits us to the ownership of another
peoples territory without the interven-
ton, as a compelling factor, either of
conquest or the need of an American pro-
tectorate for the conservation of that
peoples liberties or of the peace of their
country.
The question naturally suggests itself
in considering this treaty, why, if we are
at liberty to possess. ourselves of the terri
tory of another people in contamination
of an agreement on our part with foreign
nations, we can be expected to stay the
progress of the acquisition of foreign
territory by US at that particular point
If Samoa is thus to be partitioned up
why not China, for instance? The prin-
ciple is the same. AS we have thus but
tressed our commercial and territorial
fortunes in Samoa as well as in the Phil
ippines, the question is certain to come
home to us before a long time, whether
we should not do likewise in China That
our national authorities are preparing
for some such contingency seems not en-
tirely improbable in view of the increas-
ing prominence which is being quietly
given from day to day to the notion Of
an American sphere of influence in China.
1t is not intended here to have any ref
erence, favorable or unfavorable to the
adoption of any such course. The only
point sought to be emphasized is that,
with the Samoan precedent established in
our national policy, there is nothing
whatever to prevent our carrying the
principle out to its complete fuIfilIment
whenever the requirements of our COM
mercial well-being seem to demand it.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-04

street apparel. Then he said to his son,
George Goodwin: Come with me for a
STROLL
The pair sauntered forth and eventually
arrived at the establishment of one of
the most noted dealers in all edible prod
ucts of the sea. The proprietor, 1t APP
peared to the writer. who was engaged in
enoeavor1ng to induce his stomach to be-
come acquainted with pint of clam juice,
was an old friend of the admiral
dewey entered the place with a win
some smile and extended the glad hand,
with the salutation:
Good morning, John How are you to-
day?"
Well, admiral" he replied, as the ad-
mlral and the oyster dealer warmly
grasped hands, 81 have to report, sir,
that I'm not feeling very we'll Fact is
I've been in the sick bay for several days,
and have only gotten out"
Well, we'll, that's too bad, sorry to
near 1t, said the admiral. They chatted
Tor moment and then Mr.. Dewey gave
the order for certain quantity of ''blue
points to be delivered at once
Van.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-04
WHY DO WE DO IT.
some Of Our Familiar Customs and
Their Ancient Origin


cincinnati Enquirer
II Is not surprising what a nrn,ba,. &c
NIUE things We do without KNOWING tt9.
reason. -Aiio" ing the
Why, for instance, do widows wear
t tp Perhaps you may say because
eliey make them look pretty and inter
eStlHS' But the real reason is that
n %iIeH the Rrmans were in England they
| 9n@Feu Ihelr leads as a sign of mourning
VI course woman couldn't let herself
De seen with a bald head. so she mad
HeISeh pretty cap. And now. thougb
the necessity of wearing it has naesed
away the cap remains
my DO We have bows on the left side
u our mats? In olden times whom w.,
were much in the open air and b tla9H
couidn be bought for half dollar If
was the habit to tie cord around tho
crown IND let the ends fall on the left
size 10 be grasped on the arising of a
squat They fell on the left side en-
! they might be grasped- by the left hand
the right usually being more usefuIlv en-
gagged. Later on the ends got fo he
tied in a bow, and later still tbaV bo
came useless; yet the bow has remained
and will probably remain till the next
oeIuge or something of that sort.
w nat Is the meaning of the crosses or
y on a barrel Of beer? They signf. V
degrees Of gu Atty nowadays But orig
CiA0S were put on by those ancient
monks as a sort Of trademark. They
were crosses in those days, and meant
a sort OF oath on the cross, sworn by the
manufacturer that his barrel Contained
good liquor. -
Why are bells tolled for the dead? This
has become so familiar a practice that
funeral without it would appear un-Chris-
Ian. Yet the reason is quite barbarous.
Bells were tolled long ago, when people
were being buried, in order to frighten
away the evil spirits who lived in the
air.
Why do fair ladies break a bottle of
wine on the ship they are christening?
Merely another survival of barba1ic Gus
tom In the days of sacrifice to the
gods 1t was customary to get some Door
victim when a boat was being launched
and to cut his throat over the prov. so
that his blood baptized it.
Why are dignitaries deafened by sa-
lutte when they visit a foreign port? 1t
seems curious sort Of welcome this fir
ing off of guns, but it seems the Gus
tom arose in very reasonable way Orig
nally town or a Warship fired off their
guns on the approach of important and
friendly strangers to show that they had
such faith in the visitors peaceful inten-
tionS they didn't think it necessary to
keep their guns loaded
Why do We sometimes throw shoe
after a bride? The reason is not very
complimentary. From of old it has been
the habit of mothers to chastise their
children with shoe. Hence the custom
arose of the father of a bride making
a present to the bridegroom of a shoe.
as a Syn that 1t was to be his right 10
keen her in order
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-04
THE sAMoAN PRECEDENT.

The formal signature on Saturday at
Washington of the treaty arrangement
regarding Samoa will no doubt be effec-
tive in putting an end to the violence and
strife which have prevailed on the
islands for many years past But the
event should not be allowed to pass from
the public mind without recalling the
fact that that arrangement is in direct
contraventon of the attitude borne from
the outset by this government toward the
autonomous rights of the islands.
Our intervention in Samoa was at all
times dictated by the avowed determina-
ton of the United States not to permit
the division of Samoan territory among
European powers. We never had any
other mission there. With the possession
of a coaIing station at Page Page, our
claims and pretensions to any authority
in or ownership of Samoan territory came
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-04


No congress that has assembled since
the days of reconstruction ever found
itself confronted by graver problems than
those with which the congress which
opens today will be called on to deal.
The policy of this government in direc-
tons which vitality involve the character
and parpetuity of our institutions must
be determined by it, The financial policy
of the government for many years TO
come will be settled at Washington this
winter, and the political atmosphere will
be cleared, so that the lines of demarca-
ton of political parties promise to be
made clearer and better defined than they
have been for many years past
The selection by the Republican caucus
of Mr.. Henderson as Republican candi-
date for speaker, and the adoption with
practical unanimity of the so-caIled Reed
rules help to make plain the course Of
conduct which will distinguish the Repub-
lican majority throughout the session.
The selection of Mr.. Richardson. of Ten
nessee, as the Democratic leader OF the
house makes it equally clear that what
ever policies or principles are adopted in
matters of vital national concern will be
50 adopted after the public judgment of
the country will have had the amplest
opportunities to determine as to their
merits or demerits
The new congress will make history.
It will outline the contending PRINCIPLES
of government for the greater part of
the coming century, and must decide
whether, as heretofore, We are to concern
ourselves IS a nation exclusively in our
own internal concerns, or whether we ara
to cast our lot with other nations in the
distinctive policies adopted by them for
the advancement of their commercial in
terests While the contest of 1900 will
probably be the determining factor in thu
last event with reference to the national
policies now in controversy, the action of
the bodies which meet today at the ma
tional capital will more clearly define
than are at present defined the relative
A'O~-O+Dt'' VI INC INO great DOuieS OF
American public opinion. Particularly on
the floor Of the house of representatives
must the battle be fought which will so
largely influence the public opinion of the
country in the settlement of the prcsi-
Dental issues of next year
In he forthcoming struggle the Repub-
Hcan majority will miss the firm guiding
hand Of Thomas B. Reed. The Hobbies
and jobbers of congress will find no such
wall Of granite ranged up against their
plans as confronted them in the rule of
the big man from Maine for many years
past. 1t will be surprising, indeed, not
withstanding all the recognized ability of
the speaker who was practically chosen
in Saturday evenings Republican con-
gressional caucus, if the country is not
treated to a reproduction of the per
Torrance Of The famous billion-doiIar con-
gress of few years ago The cIoseness
of the majority, too in the lower house,
will invest the proceedings of the present
session with a degree of intense public
interest such as has not prevailed since
tie passage Of the DingIey tariff measure.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-04
DYING WOMAN PARD0NED.

Rosetta Horton, Nipety-Ehrec Years
Old, Released From Penitentiary.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 3-Rosetta
Horton. ninety-three years old, who was
convicted at the October term of the
federal court for pension fraud and given
two years in the penitentiary on her plea
of guilty, has been released, President
Mckinley having pardoued her on ac-
count of her extreme age and feeble con-
dition. Apparently she is dying. The
woman was the wife of Andy Jackson.
but for a time lived with Henderson Hor-
ton, who subsequently became soldier
in the Union army, and Was killed. On
her fraudulent claim she secured over
$4,000 from the government She con-
fessed her guilt in court, and asked for
mercy. Her pardon was recommended by
Judge c. D. Clark. who sentenced her,
and by District Attorney TnlDan. Her
pardon came on Thanksgiving day.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-04

Much interest is being manifested in the
outcome of certain trust litigation now
pending in the United States supreme
court. Should the ultimate decision
reached be favorable to the popular view
regarding the trusts, it viii iniict a seri-
Gus blow on trust organization.
The case under consideration by our
highest appellate court is that of The
United states VS.. The Addison Pipe and
Steel Company and others. There are
five defendants besides the one named,
all being producers of iron pipe for gas,
water and sewer purposes They had
agreed upon prices which should prevail
for such piping in at least thirty-six
states, dividing the territory involved
among themselves. There should be no
competition among them, but they were
to keep UP the appearance of competi-
ton by offering fictitious bids. Their
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-04
NEW MOvE BY LETTER.

Former wheat King Now Envcsti-
eating California Gold and Copper.
LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 3.-Joseph
Letter, of Chicago, is investigating Cali
fornia gold and copper properties. He
was in Needles Monday, with Col. Jim
Barnister, a well-known miner and oper-
ator, and later in the day he was joined
by Sam Shields, wealthy Montana mine
owner Shields is a bTother-in-law of
Marcus Daily Letter and his associates
are now thirty miles south of Needles,
having gone down the Colorado river in
a gasoline boat. They will inspect copper
properties controlled by a s.. Louis syndi-
cate said to be managed by a. ]. Dyas,
who recently came to Los Angeles on
business Letter is reported as having
taken on the trip two tons of ice and a
we'll filed medicine chest.