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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-04
YEARS OF TORTURE.
Relief at Hand Had he Only Known Where
to Look For It.

Let us, my good friends, always suit
our tools to the work to be done. We
do not trim our nails with broadswords
or carve statues with AIDES. Now a
word is tool just as a hoe is, or ra-
zor. The figure Of Liberty on a quarter
of a dollar is impressed there by a ma
chine made for the purpose. BY the
same token words were invented to i'm
print thoughts and ideas on the minds
of others. And every word or express
sion has currency meaning of its own
so long as we refrain from using it
in slack or careless way.
Just as the Lord Mayors coach, or
ones own best clothes are not intended
for every little trumpery occasion, so
great words should be reserved till the
time comes when nothing else will do.
When man singes his whiskers by the
slovenly handling of a lighted match
we do not rouse up the fire department.
Now the word excruciating" is one
of the strongest words in the English
language. 1t tingles with sharp signifi-
canoe as a black cats back snaps with
electricity on a frosty night Only shall
low people will take liberties with this
word. In our ordinary talk it does not
come properly into play once a year
and rightly so. For it alludes to a kind
Of mental or physical suffering that we
desire to avoid thinking or speaking
of. If the root meaning of the word
"excruciating" escapes you for a mo-
ment look it up in the dictionary. 1t is
word with a pedigree, and it's ances-
tors have supped with horrors since
men began to make history
The question then that you and I
have to settle is, whether Mr.. Geo. B.
Simpson employed this dignified and
exclusive word justifably when he said,
Il was troubled twelve years with
much pain in the small of my back So
continuous was it that ceased to take
pleasure in work. Indeed I ceased to
take pleasure altogether. With me life
got to be a thing to endure, not to en-
joy. I am speaking within bounds
when 1 say that at times these pains
were exeruciating.
with the pains in my back I suf-
fered from terrible periodic headaches
and profound mental depression. 1 was
prey to anxiety and apprehension, the
cause of which I was unable to To-
cate or understand. Yet to look at me
you would hardly have fancied my true
condition Sometimes when appearing
at my best and receiving the congratu-
lations of my friends on what they were
pleased to call my obvious improve
ment, I still felt wretched and miser-
able. But nobody sympathized with
me. suppose it was because was not
emaciated or run down as persons with
dangerous diseases are commonly sup
posed to be.
while on this point, may perhaps
be permitted to say that affections of
the kidneys, even Bright's disease
itself, often co-exist with a generally
healthy external appearance on the
part of the patient. The poor fellow
may be within a few weeks of his death
and yet to the uninstructed eye look
we'll enough to pass for a sound man.
1.-The secretion from my kidneys was
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-04
NORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD.
Via Sausalito Ferry.

VIA oduSdnto Ferry.
FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO MILL VALLEY
AND SAN RAFAEL.
WEEK DAYS-F7:20 1890, II 100 a. m; '1:45,
3:45, Sis. 600. $50 p. m.
EXTRA TRIPS-For San Rafael on Mon
days Wednesdays and Saturdays at 1870 p. m.
SUNDAYS - $780, $1,000. "1l:30 a. m; '1:15,
800, 1870, 6:15 p. m.
Trains marked run to San Quentin.
FROM SAN RAFAEL TO SAN FRANCISCO.
WEEK DAYS = Ops $685. 7:45. 1880 a. m !;
1920 2:2o, *$;45, sos p. m.
EXTRA TRIPS on Mondays Wednesdays
and Saturdays at $40 p m.
SUNDAYS = $40. $500 1000. '11:55 a. m. +;
Ills, 1910, 4:40. 1920 p m.
Trains marked start from San Quentin
FROM MILL VALLEY TO SAN FRANCISCO.
WEEK DAYS-5:45, 6:45. 1855, $40 a. M I;
IL :35, PAS, $3.50 $40 p. m.
EXTRA TRIPS an Mondays Wednesdays
and Saturdays at 700 D.
SUNDAYS-S:o0. 1905 a m; 1905. 1:2O. $780,
500, 6:20 y. m.
7:20 a. m. week days-Cazadero and way sta ms
las D. m. Saturdays-Duncan Mills and way
stations.
500 am. sundays-Duncan Mills and way sta's
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-04
Columbia.

1.-THE serenade" is a much better comic
opera than Rob Roy" It pretends to
less and accomplishes more, and in it
there are at least a half-dozen melodies
that have become the common whistling
property of the country. The Bostonians
started 1.-The Serenade" for a week in the
Columbia last night, and the audience
was large and at times enthusiastic Miss
Bertram is hardly as dashing a singer as
Alice Nielsen, but she has better and
more Bostonianly adapted stage manner,
and she won considerable success in the
leading part. Broderick does his best. and
it is not bad best, but still Cowles is
missed in the big bass songs. The tenor
is bad, but with Jessie Bartlett Davis and
the other standbys the rest of the cast is
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-04
John Highet,s Estate

Public Administrator Drinkhouse ap-
Piled yesterday for letters of administra-
ton upon the estate of the late John
dghet who died suddenly a few days ago
left property valued at about $500. Henry
w. Brown, a friend Of the deceased. OPP
fosed the application made by the Pub
lie Administrator on the ground that he
had received Information from Scotland
10 the effect that the deceased had left
will disposing Of his estate and that the
iestamentary executor should be appoint
sd TO handle the estate The case will be
decided in the near future
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-04
A Business-Like Burglar.

John Haley, an ex-convict, was ar
rested Yesterday and booked at the City
Prison on a charge of burglary. On
January he drove up to a grocery at
Sixth and Bryant streets and got the
kew to vacant house at 421 Sixth street.
as he said he was a plumber and had
He stole the boiler and since then the
police had been searching for him. He
made it a practice to drive around with
a horse and wagon and steal anything
he could from vacant houses. Some years
ago he was sent to the State prison
for robbing man at Tenth and Bryant
streets.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-04
DROPPED FROM THE ROLL.
Six Patrolmen and Corporal Re-
tired by Pension Commissioners

The Police Pension Commissioners held
their quarterly meeting yesterday morn
Ing and seven Of the men on the list pub
ushed exclusively in The Call about three
months ago as slated for retirement had
their names dropped from the roll.
They were PatrOlmen Maurice Duane
William McCottrey and Charles A. Hen
nessey for not being able to do patrol
duty through continuous sickness, and
William Gaynor. Harrison Moran and
John Birmingham and Corporal Heaney.
who were retired. Gaynor Birmingham
and Heaney have served over twenty
years and are over go years of age and
consequently are entitled TO a pension;
and Moran, although not exactly serv-
Ing the full twenty years. will get his
pension, as his disability has been caused
by his long devotion to duty.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-04
The ChuteS G.

Joe Storms Jr., orang-outang, Sally,
chimpanzee, and Congo, gorillaman, are
the latest additions to the vaudeville
ranks. AS a "triumvirate" they made
their appearance at the Chutes Free
Theater last evening and stood the blaze
of the calcium fairly we'll Joe donned
his whiskers, tipped his hat on the side
and began to smoke his pipe when the
band played st. Patrick's Day" Then
Alley" was substituted and the Chin
panzee suffered from stage fright. Congo
made no complaint against who's Dat
Said Chicken" and the accompanying
lecture on the Darwinian theory was
greatly enjoyed by a large audience.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-04
Kipling,s Good Luck.

The first story that Kipling writes after his
illness will bring a fabulous price. 1t will be
sought eagerly by progressive publishers as
Hostetters Stomach Bitters is by all who suf-
fer from stomach Ills of any nature. No mat
ter whether II be indigestion, constipation,
biliousness, nervousness, stubborn liver or
overworked kidneys, Hostetters Stomach Bit
tiers will cure it, 1t is an unequaed spring
medicine. curing and preventing malaria fever
and ague, and all Ills resulting from a
down system.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-04
AlcaZaP.

The presentation of Belasco and De
Miles Charity Bali filled the cozy au-
ditorium of the Alcazar last night with
an audience that laughed and cried by
turns 1t is play that affords opportu-
pany to do artistic work, and the excel
lent company at the Alcazar embraced
it-and one another. Ernest Hastings as
John Van Buren,, Adelaide Fitz Allen as
Ann Kruger, Margaret Marshall as Mrs
Van Buren, Juliet Crosby as Phyllis Lee,
Laura Crews as Bess, Clarence Montaine
as Judge Knox and Daniel Halifax as
Alec caught the sympathies and drew
smiles and tears from the appreciative
audience
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-04
Struck by q Car.

James Burns, the driver of a dirt cart,
was seriously injured last evening. Burns
was driving along Folsom street and
when near Sixth his cart was run into
by an electric car Burns was thrown
from his seat, sustaining a laceration of
the forehead and a deep cut over the left
eye. One of his ribs was also fractured.
He was taken to the Receiving Hospital,
where his injuries were dressed by Po-
Hoe SURGEON Wafl
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-04
Ian M8clapen.

The sale of seats for Ian Maclaren's
lectures is now open at the box office of
the California Theater. Under the direc
ton of S. H. Friedlander he will appear
three times-on Wednesday and Thurs
day evenings and Friday afternoon. The
subjects are: 1.-The Annals of Drum
tochty," Certain Traits of Scottish Ma
ture" and THE Place of the Minister in
Scotch Life"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-04
Alhanbra.

Agnes Herndon commenced the third
week of her engagement at the Alhambra
last night in an English drama called
Married, Not Mated The play is by
far the best the present management has
presented. 1t served to interest the audi
ence and was well acted Miss Herndon
gave a clever performance of Lady Vida
Harrington. and a really artistic portrait
Laura Alberta, who scored an unmistaka-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-04
Grand Opera-House.

Mr.. Morosco has partially accepted the
suggestion offered in Sundays Call by
setting number of orchestra seats aside
at so cents and rs cents and reducing the
entire orchestra to so cents. 1t is to be
hoped that this will attract the patronage
the Southwell company deserves. The ex,
is on for all of this week, giving way to
The Queens Lace HANDKERCHIEF. At
to-nfght's performance Miss Eleanor
Guisti will sing Nina, and Daisie Thorne
Rosetta. Mira Delamotta, the other tenor,
will sing the title part
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-04
Taste Is Frequently a Valuable
Guide in Selecting Food.

A little child's taste is often a reliable
Fuide to palatable and desirable food.
ind 1t is worth ones while to observe
low the little folks take TO Grape Nuts,
he famous new food.
They eat it freely without addition
# sugar for it has the peculiar mild
,ut satisfying sweet of grape sugar
md the natural taste either of child or
ldult recognizes at once a food that
viii agree with and richly nourish the
iystem Found at first-class grocers.
Made by Postum Cereal Co., Linn,
Battle Creek, Mich.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-04
Insas Her Position.

Judge Hunt denied motion for new
trial in the case of Elizabeth P Bradley
against the Board of Education yester-
day. Miss Bradley sought to be REIN
stated in the School Department as d
special teacher Of drawing, but the court
refused to relnstate her, holding that the
School Board had authority to abolish
all special classes.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-04
Olympia.

The four Millions made quite a hit at
the Olympia last night. They excel as
musical artists and rendered some very
pleasing numbers. Querita Vincent is still
the feature of the bill. Last night she
had number of new songs and was re-
called time and time again. She is the
best artist in the coon song and dance
line that the Olympia has ever had
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-04
Will Marry TO-DAY.

Frederick A. Driscoll and Katheryn NJ.
Poulson will be married to-day. Driscoll
is prominent young druggist of this city,
but for some reason has endeavored to
keep his coming marriage secret The IL
cense was obtained on the 1st inst and to-
day will see the ceremony performed.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-04
Sent to Agnews.

Lillian Post, the actress. was yester-
day committed to the insane asylum at
Agnews by the Insanity Commissioners
She was taken from the Receiving Hos
pital yesterday afternoon. She had be-
come violently insane.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-04
MOUNT TAMALpAIS SCENIC RAILWAY.

Via Sausalito Terry.)
Leave San Francisco, commencing Sunday.
Week Days-s:9o a. m. 1:45 p. m.
Sundays-S:00. 1000 1880 a. m. 1:15 p. m.
Round trip from Mil Valley 81.
THOs. COOK & SON, Agents. e21 Market
street. San Francisco.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-04

Combs, tooth, hair and clothes brushes.
mirrors and fine perfumes, at Sanborn &
Walls, TAI Market street.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-04
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. 1t
is the one perfect strengthening laxa-
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per-
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants, by a method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL
LOUISVILLE. KY. NEW YORK, NJ Y.
For sale by all Druggists. -Prce Soc. per bottle.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-04

about the same and the signs are that the
piece will run to a big week. Ropln
Hood" will be given next week
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-04


LEAVE FROM March %, 1899 ARRIVE
.6:OOA Niles, San Jose and Way Stations, "s:45A
7:OOA Bencis, Suisun and Sacramento. 0:A5P
7:oOA Marysyille oroVille and Redding via
Woodland NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 5:46P
1904 Elmira vacaville and Rumsey..... S:45P
cal is5 and santa Rosa.. . s:I5P
5000 atlantic Express, Ogden and I'D East. s'4'P
lone, Sacramento, Placerville,
Marysvie, Chico Red Bluff 4fI0P
s'30A Milton oakdaie and Sonora -. 4iA0P
A MERGED and Fresno ans"p' ''O I2:15r
D;OOA Fresno. Bakersfield Santa Barbara
Los Angeles DemiDg, Ell Paso,
New Orleans and East. 0;40P
10000 Vallejo, Martinez and Way Stations 7;45P
I2;OOM Niles, Lvermore, Stockton, Sacra-
mento, Mendoza, Hanford, Visalia,
floor Sacramento River Steamers. 'SiOOP
f;OOP MARTINEZ San Ramon, Vallejo,
Nspa, Ualistoga. Santa Rosa. S'I0A
4fOoP Benicia, Vacaville, Sacramento,
Msrysvie. oro7ii is. ........,....r. Io:4oA
4.3OP Niles San Jose and Stockton .... 7:I5P
0'OOP San Francisco and Los Angeles
Limited Fresno, Bakersfield San
ia Barbara Los Angeles. ......... 9:4SA
15iOOP Pacific Coast Limited. Ell Paso,
Fort Worth, Little Rock st.
Louis, Chicago and East ..,....... aS;45A
5;SOP Stockton MERGED Fresno. $3.50. I2'I5P
S;3OP Martinez, Tracy, Mendoza, Fresno
Mojaye and Los Angeles. S;4nA
0ISOP Santa Fe Route Atlantic Express
for MojaYe and East.............. 6:40P
6'OOP European Mail, Ogden and Eiast.... 9'49A
6s0OP Haywsrds, Niles and San JOSEF. 1854
'6,0Or Vallejo I2;I5P
tons. -. o'. ' tO.4SP
vile. Itelding, Portland, Puget
Sound and East .................. S:IhA
aio'O0F Sunset inset. Limited n d. F Ns Los
ana East OAs+OP
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-24

pail to shadow the literary side of legis-
lative life. Mr.. Young. his successor, is
an able awyer and good Republican, but
he is not favorite with the poetic muse.
DIR. Cowley. like his namesake in eish-
teenth century English literature. was q
rare quality flowed from his inspired and
facile pen. He was known as the poet
laureate Of the legislature.
And now n successor must be chosen. 1t
is understood that Mr.. Hall. of Grundy,
will introduce a resolution calling for a
committee of three. who shall examine the
worthy successor to Dr. Cowley-one who
shall not bring to shame Il similar title
to that adorned by Alfred Austin: the mild
poet of the court of st. James. At present
there are two members of the house who
will probably aspire to the honor OF re; re;
they are AlonZo Swinburne Prather, of
Taney county. and John Greenleaf Slate.
of Maries.
Mr.. Prather is a rapturous poet of ma
ture. In his verse you read Of waving
grain and tasseled corn in their green and
golden verdures.'
Richer harvest Egypt's Nile
Never welcomed with its SMILE
And then:
Sweetest cedar laden odor
Mingled rich with paw-paw flavor.
Mr.. Prather's most extended effort is a
printed in full in the 1896 report of the
state fish commission. 1t begins:
In the shades of Boston mountain.
In canon deep and Wild
There gushes forth a fountain
laughing, wayward child,
That dances in the sunlight
With a joyous heart Of elee;
So liTpd, pure and bright,
A diamond it might be.
Then. to diversity the poem. Mr.. Prather
follows with five stanzas in the meter of
"Hiawatha.'' He does not. however, ham
per himself by too close following of
Longfellow. He prefers to stit the meter
than to stilt his thought as this selection
shows:
Run to meet the silent river
Reaching out their waving arms.
With smiles upon their faces.
While the gentle south wind
Bends them on In billows.
'Tis here that Eden's garden.
With all its wealth of beauty,
Might have lived in peace forever
Without sin or without devil.
1t is thought that up to this time Mr..
Prather has the best of the contest. for
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-24
Come Up in the House for De-
bate To-day.

GUTHRIE. o. T., Jan. 23.-(Special) The
house and senate convened this aftern oon.
but neither did much of interest. 1t is
said by those on the inside that there will
be trouble for some one tomorrow. Jones.
of Oklahoma City who has been commend
ed by his constituents for the bold stand
he has already taken, declares that to-
morrow he will take the floor in support of
Senator, Biddisons Investigation resolu-
investigation Of the present administration.
Speaker Reid has also said privately that
he will amend the resolution to make 1t
'.Atuae At meeting % OF the Committee t s on edu-
cation this afternoon. Huttos bill provid-
ing. for committee of three to go on a
visiting tour of the colleges was killed
The house met at o'clock and. after lis
'S an Of BY
iourned. The speaker announced that the
woman suffragists wanted the privilege OF
Sens % seap 10 er JOINT
Chapman Gait and Miss Hay. have been
busy to-day lobbying with the senator's and
representatives. Thursday was set aside
of the late Reprssentative, Scott
viding for doctors and all officers OF the
law to be allowed the privilege of riding
on freight trains. consumed most of the
Biddison's bill resembling the contract
made with the American Book Company
for the supplying of all textbooks created
considerable comment.
Other bills were as follows:
BY misunderstanding property OF
Kingfisher college from taxation.
BY Bellamy-AuthorIzing cities of the first
class to sprinkle the public streets, and to
levy taxes not to exceed mills for pay
ment therefor.
BY Thacker-Ratifying the action of the
voters of D county in changing the name of
the county to Dewey.
BY Thacker-To validate the election OF
candidates ineligible to the office Of pro-
bate Judge at the time of election
By Thacker-DeflniEg and prescribing the
penalty for carrying concealed weapons.
The Republican members of the house
will caucus tomorrow night to discuss the
legalityso OF appointing member from the
Seventh district to fill the vacancy caused
by DIR. Scott's death. The governor has
called a special election for February q.
but some Of the members are of the opin-
ion that the house can fill the vacancy. II
this is possible. the expense of a special
election will be Obyiated.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-24
CHANCE FOR CONTRACTORS.
United States Wants Bids ON a $780,
900 Refrigerating Plant
Mt ManiIn.

CHICAGO, Jan. 23.-Colonel Lee, chief
quartermaster of the department of the
lakes, has invited proposals for the erec-
tion Of large refrigerating plant a:
Manila, for the use of the commissary de-
partment of the United States in the Phil
ippines. The plant as designed will be one
Of the largest of its kind ever built. 1t
will include a number of big iccmakiae
machines. freezing apparatus and nu,ner-
Gus cooling rooms. The estimated cost o.
manufacturing the different parts IF the
apparatus here. and shippin;. them 10 Ma
nilla; where they will be- put together,
have capacity tor ,.2sl IONS of beee
900 tons of mutton, 100 tons of veseta ble.;.
fifty tons of butter and fifty tons Of anne:
goods. Separate refriserators will be built
for every class of supplies, so that meat
ard vegetables may be KEEP. IN good con-
dition for months in the tropical climate.
Under this arrangement the soldiers will
always be furnished with fresh meat and
other food.
The specifications require that the plant
be erected and ready for Use within six
months after the contract is awarded. The
bids will be opened February l.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-24
A PROPHET OF EVIL.
Oria, ILL.,. With Himself as
Chief Stree.

PEORIA. ILL. Jan. 2S.-Peoria's death
prophet. Meier Goodman, who created SO
much excitement last week in predicting
the death of Israel Block, visited William
Faeger, who is sick with the grip. A
number OF Faerger's friends were present.
several of whom were included in his death
list.
His entrance created a stir among the
friends OF the sick man. and when he be-
gan 10 speak. one of the spectators, the
date Of whose death is set for June Is and
whose child died on the date fixed, nearly
tainted.
Some of the stcrner nerved of the party
after Il mcineHts pause. broke the spell by
falling upon the prophet beating him and
thrusting- him out into .the street slbut his
influence remained behind and consequently
there is a good deal Of anxiety among those
who were present.