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The San Francisco call., 1899-12-21
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.

Matthew ]. Sullivan to John ]. and Annie
A. Doyle, lot on w line OF Folsom street. &c S
Of Erie. A. sW l2o:21f. NV &c. NE 1875; $40.
W line Of Shotwell street 30 OF Twenty sec
ond, 1874 By w 1925, quitclaim deed; $40.
Eliza c. Herbert (Comerford) (wife of Frank
and executriX Of estate Of Joseph NJ. Conner
ford) 20 Annie +. Lambert (wtfe OF William
H, lot on NV line OF San Jose avenue, 55:4I.
NE OF Thirtieth street, NE 26:l0l5. w 96 S 25,
william and Maude Holt to Security Loan
IS OF Twenty-third. s 25 by E 100: $40
Security. Loan Association to Mary Hayden,
Ellen Kelly Finn to James T. Finn, lot on
2l:s by Sc 80. 9uitcIaim deed; $40.
Parent. lot on W line OF Fourth avenue. rs n
OF Clement street. rs by W 12o; SO.
Joseph z. and Elizabeth - Green to VIII
liam 4. Murison. lot on SW corner OF Thirty
sixth avenue and II street. 600 by w 240; $40.
Louis and Rose Lpman to Patrick Furions.
lot on w line OF Ninth avenue, 25 OF / street
Charles s. ana ida NJ. Osborn to William
OF ] street. S rs by w l2O; $40. ''
Henri or Harry and Rosa Delagnes TO. Nc
carthy Company Ia eorporation). lot 81. block
"a. Sunnyside: $40.
Alameda County.
Peoples Building and Loan Association OF
Oakland 10 ID. z. Bortree. subdivision F on
plat showing resubdivision OF lots IL 10 H.
block A. Oakland View Homestead. Oakland
so.
William and Ellen Stokes to Joachim H and
Minna Schmidt. lot "a and w l2Ik feet OF
lot 49, block 525. map OF Gibbons property at
Oakland Point, Oakland; $40.
Matilda F. Doig TO John S. Orchison, lot on
w line OF East Valdez street. 1926 " OF Dem
nison 1875 by w 125. being part of half
OF lot 3. block E, Shell Mound Tract. East Oak
land: $40.
John d. Meinhardt. Nellie 8. and James s.
Irvine and Horace Stevens Cby F. D. Adams.
commissioner TO Homestead Loan Association
OF Berkeley. lot Is. block d. Garrison Tract,
Berkeley: sl2o9.
Robert and Mordena NJ. Stewart to same. lot
on SW corner of Rose and Third streets w
266 by s l00 being the n 100 feet OF block s2
Tract B. Berkeley Land and Town Improvement
Association. Berkeley; also machinery same;
80.
lot on line OF Alice street. 70 S OF
seventh n 50, r To- 80, w 70 to beginning.
being lots and Z. block 50. Oakland: siiOO
L. c. and Charlotte NJ. Riley 10 Flora NJ.
Riley lot on line of Folger avenue, 1898 AZ
Z Of Pay street. 125 by Z 30. being the w
third OF lot IS, Villa Homestead Association
Tract, Berkeley; gift.
John r. GlascocK TO Luiz L. do Rego lot a.
block "a. North Alameda Tract. East Oakland:
SO.
Marian Bresette TO Frank Clarke. lots u and
1S block ], Map OF Broadway Terrace Oakland
Township: qutclaim deed; 5000
]. A. Stephens to Lucinda McCourt lot a
block p. Adeline Tract. Berkeley; SO
Alice L. Lothrop TO Arthur r Briggs. lots q
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-21


BIDS wanted - Notice is hereby given that
sealed proposals Will be received by the Board
OF Directors of the Veterans Home OF Cali
fornia. n its office. room ls 800 Sansoms St.
San.Francisco Cal. up 20 1890 o'clock a. m.
SATURDAY. December 23 1899 and opened
Immediately thereafter IN the presence Of bid
ders. for furnishing and delivering quarter
master and commissary supplies for the Vet
erans' Home. Napa County cal (railroad sta
ton Yountvillel. for six months commencing
January J. 1900. and ending June 90 1900.
Schedules with information and instruction
for submitting bids will be furnished upon
application by the undersigned Bidders will
carefully follow the conditions OF the sched-
ules. and no bid viii be considered unless II
Is IN accordance with such schedules Each
bidder must accompany his bid with a certi-
lied check upon some well-kaown and re-
Fponsible banking house for nj least 10 per
cent of the amount OF his bid. payable 70 c
Mason Kline. treasurer. conditioned that the
bidder viii enter into a good and valid con-
tract upon notice Of acceptance as required
by law. The board reserves the right TO
reject any or all bids and 20 order any GUAM
tity over or under the amount srecihed
Address J. J SCOVILLF. Secretary Board
of Directors OF the Veterans Home OF Cali
tornia. room u. s2o sansome st. San Fran
cisco, Cal. BY order ~ the Board of Direc-
tors. 7 7 SCOvTTTF Secretary
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-21
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
BIRTHS MARRIAGES DEATHS

Birth. marriage and death notices sent by
mail VIII not be inserted. They must be handed
IN az either OF the publication offices and be
incorsed with the name and residence OF per
sons authorized TO have the same published.
BORN.
KNAPP-In this city, December 10 1889 20 the
wife of Charles +. T. Knapp. a daughter
ToNARAl-In this city, December 20. 1899. TO
the wife Of Martin Tovaraz a daughter
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Fl2oo
Cottage; roorB: bath: private water plant
cu premises; lot boxl0o: one block from post
ottce. cars. schools. etc. owner interested In
A-ahkhi The property sold a year ago for S2500.
SEQ or $500 cash. balance on mortgage: posi-
ttely no reserve. 1rst come. first served
J. S. MYERS
1902 Broadway Oaklana
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BERKELEY ADVERTISEMENTS
BERKELnY REAL ESTATE.

Two hats-l0 rooms. modern. near sts.to-. :
minutes o. IniKers!tF. price ser00. e.ev .e--,,.
FEFESE g. CODDINGTON Berkeley s+s.io-
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f-.-C Cost g7sno

House. rooms. hath; driveway; street work
sidewalks. etc. complete: lot toxl2o. near busl-
Tees center. car lines schools etc: modern
plumbing, newly renovated. grained In oak: A
$50. j nelghhorhocd: the best bargain ever Of
i.red, seeing is believing: first come arst
served; 500 cash. balance mortgage.
J. s. MYERS
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-21

a. f45oQ house and LOT for $500
Best residence street in Oakland: lot 5oxl.5.
house. rooms. bath. modern: A No. ] condi-
rrr. also barn: sunny exposure: convenient To
schools cars. trains and business center. mort
caEe t' bank last year FOR S2600: must be sod
e. Crce; nrst 70 make deposit secures this ex-
traa-cllary bargain.
J. s. MYERS.
1907 Broadway, Oakland
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COAST DIVISION Marrow GaEEe).
Foot a Market Street.l
.ssi5A Newark q Ccntervile. San jose. FeIt0n,
Boulder Crcek. Santa Cruz and Way
olatlQu3. ...s.s..s.. .sss.s.--s...ss
t2tioP Newark, Centerville. San Joee New
AlmndeD. Felton. Boulder Creek.
Santa Cruz and Principal Way
CfatlOuh.. ...s..s-s...s........... ~
-4sIOP Newark. San jose. Los GatOA ......
biiia0P Hunters Excursion. San jose and
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A Tree That Yields Electricity.

A German authority has recently an nounced the discovery of a tree in the forests of central India which has most curious characteristics. The leaves Of the tree are of a highly sen sitive nature. and so full of electricity that whoever touches one of them re- ceiyes an electric shock. It has q very. singular effect upon a magnetic needle. and will influence it at a dis tance of even 70 feet. The electrical strength of the tree varies according 10 the time of day. it being strongest at midday and weakest at midnight In wet weather it's powers disappear altogether Birds never approach the tree, nor have insects ever been seen upon it.
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officers Don't Like It.

Officers of the regular army are greatly disturbed over q clause in the amy bill It provides that no officer shall be detailed as a bar tender in connection with post can teens. It is said that the military af- fairs committee of the senate WAS urged to strike out the word bartender" on the ground that it was an insult to officers to intimate that he could serve in that capacity. Now that the obiec- tionable phrase has been enacted into law tAefe is much indignation.
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[ npopuIar SnuVenirs.

Washington Post: That makes me think by the way. of a costly mistake a theatrical man I know made last winter The mistake is stored in one of the Washington theaters this very minute. and there is a trunkful of t.. Some of it is blue and some of it is yellow, and some of it is shell pink. but all of t is silk with silver buckles meant to be worn where Bobby shafto. in the old song. wore his. and there are several hundred pairs of it. They tile pairs-Were intended to be pre- sented to the women in the audience on the ocasion of the one hundred and fftieth performance Of a certain opera the theatrical man manages, and when the appointed time was come. and the glittering things were piled on tables in the theater lobby, only three women in the house paused to take their choice. As souvenirs-well, the man ager simply couldn't give the things away, and they are gathering tarnish in the trunk here now, for he left them ln disgust at this point in his tour The matinee girl is willing to accept clocks and pictures and spoons and goodness only knows what eles as sou venirs, but there are things she draws the line al.
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Where slr Walter scott Proposed.

'The Popping Stone" marks the spot where Sir Walter Scott asked Miss Carpenter to marry him. It is situated in the be utiful valley of the Irthing, at Gilsland, an inland watering place near Carlisle. The popping stone is visited by many thousands during the summer months and. it is said, many laggard lover has had his courage screwed up to popping point at this romantic spot. h the immediate neighborhood may also be seen "Mumps Ha, which Scott immortal ized in Guy Mannering," while a lit tie farther afleld the Roman wall and Lanercost priory prove attractions to visitors to Gilsland.
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rHE BUSINESS woMAN.
She Knows Why Man Is Sometimes
 Irritable.


 I have never found woman battling her way in the world who has not grown more sympathetic with human suffering, more patient with the little trials of life, more lenient and forgiV- ing with the errlng, and more appre- ciative of home and family ties, says the Woman's Home Companion. Inde- pendence, seif-reliance and the adop- ton of honorable business methods need not destroy the inherent gentle ness of woman's nature. uniting her for the exalted station of an affection ate wife and tender mother And as the lessons of the practical realities of life must come sooner CT later, nust be learned by most women, if they be learned in early womanhood, the dream life displaced by the real life. no rude awakenings" to the world as it is await the woman. When ac- quainted with the trials and dl a. pointments that confront business and professional men the wife can more fully appreciate the wear upon the nervous system due to the constant grind of daily cares Knowing the real work of life. she becomes a companion indeed, fully appreeiatng the joys of success and the disappointments of failure, sharing in both alike with her husband, and when thus appreciating the feeling Of nervous exhaustion and irritableness she quietly passes over these manifestations, which to the in experienced woman often prove the be- ginning of arrangement, as between such and q dejeeted husband there can be but little real eompanionship and sympathy.
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A Language of 300 Words.

In the more inaccessible parts of the Sierra Madre mountains. in northern Mexico live curious people called the Tarahumarig Many of them dwell in caves, but they have also small villages, all Of which are situated about 5000 feet above sea level. The Tarahumaris are small in body. but possessed Of much endurance. Their only food is maize. and they manufac- ture drink called teshuin from the same cereal. Their language is linn ited to about 300 words, and they can not count beyond ter.
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sand Mines in PennsvIvania.

There are al kinds of mines in Pennsylvania. Tae greatest are, of course, the iron and coal mines, but few people would guess that the next extensive mining industry are the sand mines in western Pennsylvania. These mines are rarely underground, however, and many Of them are viewed with wonder by passengers on the Pennsylvania approaching Pittsburg. Whole mountains are being dug away, and the granular rocks forming them are being reduced 70 sand for the man ufacture of glass in and about Pitts burg.
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Frogs Hibernate in Holes.

According to Simon Henry Sage. the frog does not hibernate in leaves or the trunks Of trees. but in a dry hole in the ground not likely to freeze. He scratches the hole with his hind feet and enters backward Once inside, there is apparently no trace of the fact outside. Frogs found under frozen leaves are still able to move about. MT Sage has found hibernating frogs with their extremities and skin frozen but their vital organs were still intact and they recovered their activity on being liberated
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noaesT Folks in sweden.

In certain parts of Sweden, where the most absolute confidence is reposed in the honesty of the people, very in formal postal system is in vogue. As the mail steamer reaches a landing place man goes ashore with the let ters, which he places in an unlocked box on the pier. Then the passer-by who expects a letter opens the box, turns over the letters and selects his own, unQuestioned by anyone.
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Cotton Belt B IIetin.
PINE BLUFF TO CHICAGO
Via Cotton Belt Route

Leave Pine Bluff 1:10 D. yn. arrive Chlcagt Il ;45 next day. Only one change; through sleepers.
 Summer Tourist ates to searcy Springs and Ravenden Springs. from May 18th to September 10th, good until October 31 1S99- Rate: searcy, Ark, &. 9. Ravenden, Ark, S7.a5.
 Fishing Season 1899. Spirit Lake, Ark. Rate: Pine Bluff S2.00 per capita for three or more on one ticket. Dates Of sale: Daily un- oil further notice, Return limit; Two days from date of sale.
 Order of Hoo Hoo, Denver. Sept. g to B.
 Rate, SJ050 for round trip; Date Of sale,
 Sept. 5, 6 and z; Return limit, Sept 90. @. Meeting southern Arkansas Teachers Assn.
 FOrdyCe August go tu 31. Rate, Open, one
 and one-t hird fare, round tripi Dates of
 sale Aug. 2S and 29 Return limit, Sep
 temDer l. 99.
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Amerlcd,s nntter Kinr.

Elgin. H., claims to be the resi- denee of the American butter king, in the person of John Newman, who was recently elected president of the board of trade of that city In all the world he is probably the largest producer of that bovine gold which gilds the staff of life. Every day he drives up from the pasture herds of 5j,O00 COWS, and every morning he skins the cream from 500,O00 quarts of milk-enough fluid to float a yacht in.
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4 Case of Misplaced Grief.

Miss Spinster sold her piano in order to buy bicycle. Miss Spinster was not musical and never touched the in strument. But it had been a gift from her father. and when the men carried it away Miss Spinster was affected to tears. Her maid, Bridget, tried to console here. Sure, mum, I wouldn't take it so much to heart, mum. To be sure, mum, ye fayther that's dead give it to yez, put niyer moind. Nora OFlanagan, Mike O'Flanagan's wife that is, who lives around in Dead Horse alley, has just bought pyanny for her Mary, and sure, mum, if they's gittin' as common as thot, yez don't want one. New York Commercial Advertiser.
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 FrfaltffuI.

Mary Alden had lived all her fifteen years in the country, far removed from railroads, and when her father accept ed position in the machine shops of the great railroad corporation at G., and settled his family in house over looking the switch yards. her life was filled with terror On the first occa- sioa c aor crossing the yards. a long tran vas being disconnected and d auaed To her horror, she heard taan at one end shout to an other: .evet mind that jumper! You can't wait Cut her in two, and throw the head end down here. Mary r,.ant-na
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The Population of Rome.

Under the emperors the population of Rome is said to have been as high as S.0OO,0O0, including slaves. In 1877 it was reduced to 170OO. The present population is just 5OO,OOO, and at the present rate of increase the million mark will be reached in 1850.
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Lucky Chinese Widows.

According to the laws of good so- ciety in China, young widows should not remarry. Widowhood is therefore held in the highest esteem, and the older the widow grows the more agree able her position becomes. Should she reach 50 years she may, by applying to the emperor. get q sum of money with which to buy tablet, on which her virtues are named. The tablet is placed over the door at the principal entrance of her house.
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His Memory.

'I tell you" Mir Billus was saying. "there is nothing like a bunch of keys to develop ones memory Now I have twenty-seven keys on this ring. and I add new one every few days. yet I am never at moments loss to select the right one when l have occasion to use it !" What have you got that brass button strung there for?" "Um-that was put there by my wife day or two ago to remind me of some trifing thing I was to get for her, but I've forgotten what 1t was. Chicago Tribune.
 Splendid Burial of Gypsy Queen.
 A gypsy queen named Mimi Berga vas buried in Austria not long ago. She was the wife of a wealthy horse dealer. it seems. and lay in state after her death in a handsome metal coffin with massive silver ornaments. A profusion of jewels was buried with he body and, in order that she might not be in need, purse full of coins was placed in her hand The hearse was drawn by six horses and followed y torchbearers.
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Iron Mountain Rates.

cheap Rates to Arkansas Summer Resortt Tickets on sale up 10 and including Sept. 90 Nebo. s6.65: searcy, S4 9; BaYenden. S7.75.
 Order of Hoo Hoo, Denver, Col, Sept. 8-13 For Inc above the Iron Mountain ky. will make the very low rate of so. 50 for the round trip. Dates Of sale Sept. J, 6 < 2. Re- turn limit Sept 30.
 National Encampment 6. A. R.. Phila- deiBhi8, Sept. 4-9, For this oee8 sion the Iron 8tn- Ky. will make the very low rate Of S2s.33 for the round trip Less than one way Tickets on sale Sepl l. 2 < :. Limit by eX- tension. for return Sept. 90,
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N Change.

Hiels-Living on a farm. as usual, this summer? Beech with a sigb)- Yes; just as we usually live on farm. Philadelphia North American.
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Unlted States Forest Re.ervatiO

UnIted States Forest Reservatio
 The thirty forest reservations of United States embrace an area of 000,000 acres in thirteen states and ritories. Seven area n the stat, California, the largest of which, Sierra forest reserve, includes 400 acres. Within the past thirty years it is estimated that II ,0OO ,OO feet B. M. of timber on public
 have been destroyed by forest fir
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AT HYMEN.s AlrEn

Wedding rings are supposed . always the same, but still tbo .,<., of them has altered lately v < smart people. The newest s,i Their wearing plain gold circlets wb,,s
 about two-thirds narrower tbsa Int formerly worn. ge1eIers ~. md showing a new ring When was great exactly like any conventioDal m..tt. ti ring. In reality it consists :, shop separate gold bands each m.s shar' spiral. These fit so closely to.i It m as to form perfect ring vitbaas an II bic joint. This marriage ring is the bo1icaI of the ioinino af taa s is Ihags
 . 'a'o dow Seventeen years ago q beono.. aer made 10 the city of London bv a9. s'fe olent Italian gentleman of s1ss I'll 2 2, form fund to give marriags ds1ill of s60 each to three poor girls q M asl [ : year. Unfortunately. the sam s quite inadequate, and up III spe' wishes of the testator have ea. R carried out However. the .s l have allowed the money to aeo@. ' . and in two years ti2ae the eani,sl - ,' be sufficient for thNee girls fo - i', riched according to the desire :. .., Italian benefactor. a,
 hal The much-prized wedding rain.. of certain American brides bsg so treated to various disconra aoons fr, One bride lost hers in a fire q \ ae port and another had hers rplns5 fl leakage in the hold of shin as. m to Europe Hence a new fasbiaaE or arisen of having a special box fo. al serving relic of the weddino re covered with a piece of the samo in as the wedding garment. If m. dl square, round, or heart-shapea ai an initial or crest on the outside V times, besides the bridal cake q 0 the table, there is a smaller ono is retained as a souvenir. bearing q names of the bridA and bridesros a
  bridesmaids and best man and i ushers On the round box. in ths I ter of the lid, a water-eolored m of the bride is introduced. and boxes fasten with a silver formed of the united initials q
 happy pair.
 There is also new fashion i, boxes employed for sending we cake to friends-some are white
 ivory and some are pearl and bearing either a silver CT pearl gram or pretty little cupids op hes \ on the covers. Occasionally the ha writing of the bride is represented her Christian name written across top Sometimes every box is hal painted and these are intended to kept as a memento of the event
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That Game of Golf.

Last Saturday a man missed a { at golf and smashed the young who stood behind him in the m and knocked out all her front te and then when she was being raj driven to the doctors by another the horse ran away and upset her broke the mans leg and severell jured her besides, as an Irish would say. Happening on Saturda it did, this has nothing to do witt great Sunday golf question now ing in Boston. It does prove. ever, in a showy and dramatic what true golites have always tended, the importance of learniI| hit the ball.-New York Comm( 5r,a-As1ar
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Euchre an Old French Game.

Euchre is the ancient French q Of triomphe The early French tiers brought the game to America played it with thirty-two cards. commonly played in this country day tWenty-four cards are used four-handed games. The books ge ally give thirty-two cards as the prl number, but that number is not jl fed by American usage.
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Got to Do someth,no

"Faugh! he is of ze canailIe! I hate heem. Louee. hear-r-r mel will smash hees hat!" No, Henri. do not do eet. Fey will send you to ze prisone for four-r-r years!" "Ah, zen I will smash a hat zat ees like hees!"-Cleye- land Plain Dealer.
 hnAnoA CURED with vegetable
 BNH Remedies. Have cured A% aAO@ AE many thousand cases called hopeless. In tex sd Testimonials and TEN DAYS treatrn ert grss OG' A' K. GkKEk'S SONS. Box K. Atlants. la
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Talking Toy asonk..

Talking toy books are novelties fl Paris. By pulling a string attachet the book the child operates small lows and reeds concealed in the bi ing, and the COWS, horses and ot animals depicted in the book pro- to express themselves in their tomary manner.
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Professions

DR. 0. D SMITH. Veterinary sureeo Dentist, treats all diseases of doi animals. Office at Brewster's Stahle phone, old "A; new 129.
 All Calls Night al
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