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evening, January 10. The club has estab-
hshed a reputation as entertainers An
excellent bill of amusement is being ar
ranged and will conclude with Lieutenant
j. r. McCOrmicks latest laughable bur-
lesque entitled Romeo and Juliet" Ser
geant Frank ellison will be seen as Ter
renee O'HOOlohan in the role of Romeo,
while Color Sergeant George Shaw wiz
star as Juliet. Dancing will follow.
The ladies of the First United Presby-
terian Church, corner of Golden Gate ave-
nue and Polk street, will hold a pillow,
handkerchief and doll sale at the church
tomorrow evening and. on Satur-
day until 4 D. m. The proceeds Of
the sale will be applied to some needed re-
pairs on the church. The articles to be
sold are all first class and will be offered
at reasonable prices. The ladies of the
church are taking a great deal of interest
In the sale. There will be a general social
tomorrow evening, when refreshments
will be served
Rev. Francis NJ. Larkin, pastor of Grace
Methodist Episcopal Church, will deliver
lecture tomorrow evening. His subject
will be "A Postponed Wedding Journey
or Six Months Abroad"
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-05
CHRISTMAS FOR THE POOR.

CIRCULAR letter issued by Colonel George
~ French of the Salvation Army announces that
in accordance with custom pursued for many
years the army is making preparations for pro-
viding bountiful Christmas dinner for the poor of
the city, and appeals to the benevolent for assistance
in the work
The letter states that last Christmas the army gave
dinners to 1000 people in this city, and through
out the whole country to upward of 100000 1t is the
aim this year to provide for fully as many, if not
more, and accordingly liberal response from SYM
pathetic persons is desired promptly as possible
That there are large number Of deserving poor
in the city to whom such gift of Christmas cheer
will be necessary for enjoyment of the great
Christian festival is indisputable Despite the pre-
vailing prosperity there are many who have not
shared in it. Ill-health, lack of work or other Incl
dents attending the life of the poor have prevented
them. from profting by the general welfare of the
country. To these it is only right that help should
be given at all times, and particularly the
when it is the desire of all that something of the
Christmas JOY should come to every man, woman and
child in the community
! The effectiveness of the service of the Salvation
Army in caring for the welfare and the wants of the
poor is we'll known Any charitable work under
taken by them needs no Endorsement The record of
the army is the guarantee. All who give to this un-
dertakng of the army may be assured that every
thing contributed for the poor will go to the poor
The contributions, therefore, should be both liberal
and prompt Let us help the Salvation Army to pro-
vide for every destitute person in San Francisco
Christmas dinner bouftiful that not one shall go
hungry. 1t is good cause undertaken in the right
spirit by the right people, Help it along
new religious reforlner in Boston has started
be He
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who is Uhan? Probably the best can do is to
take great arteries of importation and exporta-
ton in nights, and ring the curfew our 10000
men that they be kept off the streets and out
of danger during the dark hours and then wait pa
tienty until fate overtakes us
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-05

All the Bryante papers are expressing great hopes
of fight between the President and the Republican
majority in Congress- but it goes without saying that
they will be disappointed The Republican majority
in Congress is large and strong but it will the
less have all the fighting it wishes do in keeping
the Bryanites quiet and making them behave them
selves
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-05

For little while the Germans have ceased de-
nouncing American competition and the British war
policy The action OF the Kaiser in removing from
command colonel who responsible for fatal
duel in his regiment has given them troubles of their
own to talk about
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-05

If our Eastern friends needed anything more in the
way Of lessons to teach them the folly of admitting
Chinese to this country they find by reading re-
ports of the hghbinder that has just broken out
in this city. 1t is not easy to enforce American law
even in an American city where the Mongolians are
permitted TO live in any numbers
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-05

1t is said that many of the Cubans who are in
Washington to work for reciprocity are really in
favor of annexation and are using the reciprocity
scheme as step in that direction; it would seem
there is not single reciprocity proposition be-
fore the country that hasn't some kind of a trick
in IL
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-05

HUMANE SOCIETY-Subscribe city.
Inc following is a list of the officers OF
the california Society for the Prevention
OF cruelty to Children, which is pri-
Vate institution, Incorporated in 1875:
President. Charles SOnntag: viee-presidents-
andrew B. MeCreery George H Prescott,
James B. Hsggin, d. o. Mills oliver Eldridge.
Wlllam r. Whittier. Charles Hoibrook Henry
L. Dodge. John Berminghann : w rossD-
SSIock, Alexander Boyd, Levi Strauss Jonn d
55lOhpsOn Il. F. Flint, L. II. Sweeney w b.
bourne, William NJ. Pierson, John r Sprine
Sdh Sdh francisco Alvinza HAYWARD San MateO:
IeOrse e. Perkins, Oakland. Board of dirac-
toIs-Charles Sonntag, A. Roman c. NJ VOlk-
man Gilbert Palacke. John Sroufe John F
SSIeIrlIl George A. Newhau Clinton E. Wor-
Ieh, Louis F. Monteasle, Francis H Pitman
henry L. Davis. secretary. NJ ii White;
treasurer, GeorSe A. Newhall: counsel. Charles
Il, h ration; attorneys, Philip c. Dibert Purcell
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ANSWERS TO QUERIES.

HOMEsTEAD-J. w. s., Palermo. Cal.
The book you want is the American
settlers Guide" which any first class
bookseller can procure for you.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-05

A new religious reforrner in Boston has started
lid with what he calls. revelation" and he says it
was written by an angel on typewriter-but whether
blonde brunette IS not specified.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-05

ODDS-subscriber, City. The closing
odds on the horse McFlecnoe that ran
Ihe nrst race November p. 1901, were as
published in The Call at that time & to n
and not 13 to /.
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a a full purse IS the best pocket compan-
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-05

Youth sucks the sugar-coatng and
leaves the bitter pill TOR GA age to chew.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-05

Special Information supplied daily toll
business houses and public men by tAeN
Press Clipping Bureau tAten' 81 5t0 Slanr1
gonery street Telephone Main 1852
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Walnut and Pecan Panoche. Townsend.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-05

Outlets Christmas extra nlince pies. he
cream and cake. so5 Larkin St phone East lSsL
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-05

Choice candies. Townsend's. Palace Hotels
Cal Glace Fruit sec per Id at Townsana.s.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-05
ADJUSTMENTS.

New York
"a the King
ColIrnbia-HThe Maxim So
Orpheuu-VaudeVile
Grand Opera-house-'The Marriage Of Figaro"
California--A Stranger Strange Land"
Tivolf-s~Ihe
Chutes Theater-Vaudevne every afternoon and
Fischer's-Vsudeville.
Racetrack-Races to-day.
Water Valley progress., 1901-02-23
FiElD-LORE.

In burrows dark beneath the plow
With thoughtful mien and happy face,
Slow DER the rolling prairies now
The farmer walks with measured pace.
No sound is near. The vast clear sky
Holds naught but soft and solemn light;
His heart is warm, his purpose high.
He loves the day. nor breads the night.
Something there is the prairies hold
For all the lonely silence there
That makes the spirit strong and bold
To conquer hate and stifle care:
The heaving fields awaken hopes,
The distant sky line lengthens life,
And teiling on the windy slopes
The mind forgets its angry strife.
The calm that broods by wood and stream
A benediction is to him
Who would things were not as they seem
Where trade and tumult grow more grim
The open hill. the sweeping view,
Make seltishness seem darker still.
For these fair prairies life renew
And give their all to him who will.
Charles w. Stevenson. in Chicago Daily
Record.
Water Valley progress., 1901-02-23
ODD BIT OF ROMANCE.
This Man Climbed a Fire Escape to
Give a Girl a Flower.

"Talking about climbing" said a
travelling man, ''maes me think
of story l heard up in the state
of a fellow who climbed a fire es-
cape to give a flower back to girl
at party. We all called the fellow
'The Duke he was such a royal
good fellow, and he earned his
name many a night when he was
out with the boys. The Duke was
out one night with bunch of the
fellows and there was quite bit
of fizz spilled before we started for
the roundup at the hotel. We were
all up in the air little, but The
Duke was the best of us all. 1t was
about one o'clock when we finished
and wandered along toward our
cots.
"The Duke heard some music in
one of the buildings on corner,
and looking up, saw the figure of q
girl in white outlined against win
dow. She was leaning out when one
of the American Beauties she was
wearing dropped to the street, right
at The Dukes feet.
"I'm going to take it back to
Fher,' said he, and he was as good as
his word. The stairs were too good
for him, so he climbed that fire es-
cape, while the rest of the bunch
staid on the street, till he reached
the fourth-story window. A little
dusty from his trip, but as polished
as if he had not touched a single
cold bottle. The Duke climbed in
at the window, with all the dancers
staring at him. In a moment he
had picked out the girl seen at the
window and handed her the rose.
''Did she thank him? Well,
should say not. She froze him, sim
ply cut him cold, and he walked
down the stairs broken-hearted. He
found out the girls name and the
next day wrote her note apologiz-
ing for his behavior. She answered
it, and last week the man who told
the story to me showed me an an
nouncement of their wedding."-
| Milwaukee Sentinel.
Water Valley progress., 1901-02-23
RATTLESNAKE POISON.
10 Now Said to Be Cure for Lep rosy
and Skin Diseases.

DR. Adolpho Mercondes de
Moura, Of st. Paulo (Brazils), con-
tributes a paper on the application
of rattlesnake poison to the cure Of
leprosy to the German Medical Week
ly Journal.
This poison has been used for .
long period by the natives for the
treatment of skin diseases and even
leprosy. Many wonderful cures Of
lepers through rattlesnake bites hav-
ing been reported to him, DR.. de
Moura set himself to make inyestiga-
tions.
He experimental with the poison
on Is lepers, and he has come to the
conclusion that the leper tubercu-
losa, if not complicated with anoth-
er disease, is curable by its means.
The publication Of DR.. de Moura's
paper has aroused much interest r
the matter in medical circles.
Prof. Levin. Of Berlin, disclIsses
the subject in the same number of
the Weekly Journal. While he con-
tends from "a priori" considerations
that the rattlesnake poison is not a
true antidote, nevertheless hsadmits
that it may have q temporary effect on
IA.
Water Valley progress., 1901-02-23
GOOD EYESIGHT.
Artist Righted Ships Course While Sea
men Persisted in Error.

Mr.. N. Chevalier, the well-known
artist who accompanied the late
duke Of Edinburgh on many Of his
travels, was once going from Dune
din to Lyttelton, New Zealand, by
steamer. Anxious to catch the ear
hest glimpse Of the coast, he went
'-pn deck At dawn, snds~ssSalarmed
to see that the vessel was heading
straightFon to the land. Calling the
officers attention to the fact, he
was told that it was only fog bank.
The artist maintained his point, but
the second officer looked and con-
firmed his mate. The artist then
said: "Well, gentlemen, I will back
my artists eye against your sail
or's eye, and l say that what you
mistake for fog bank is low
range of hills, and there is range
of mountains appearing above
them" But he was only laughed at,
until the captain coming on deck
found in the growing light, that
| the artist was right and the seamen
wrong. The vessel was out of its
course, and there was only just time
to avert disaster. The helmsman
was dismissed in disgrace, and the
Lar,,rc< <~svox. ~ H. 80, ~
Water Valley progress., 1901-02-23
SUCCESSFUL sIRup MAKER.
Georgia Woman Cleaned Up a Handsome
Profit Last Year.

A Georgia woman who makes old
fashioned Georgia sirup netted $2,-
600 by that means last year, besides
raising corn, fodder and pea-vinc hay
sufficient to run her farm for another
IL months. Her success, says the
Baltimore Sun, she ascribes to the
fact that she followed her mothers
advice to do we'll whatever she un-
dertook, and to demand for her prod
net what it was worth. In a recent
interview she said:
81 determined to make perfectly
an article of food that others had
ceased to consider worth making bet
ter than was demanded by the gen.
eral trade. I think that the tempta-
ton to become careless because 9TH
ers who are less careful succeed a.
well or better is the great stumbling
block in. the path of beginners in any.
line of trade. Before ! had been
long in the business l noticed that
men whose produce was far inferior
in taste and appearance to minere-
ceived the same prices, and | saw
that in order to make profit l must
do one of two things-expend less la
ber and care and produce poorer ar
ticle, or demand higher pricea I de-
cided upon the latter course, Bdtit, Of
course, failed at first. The4 I put
up small sample bottles and le{t them
for distribution among the customers
of the best retail merchants in thej
largest city of the state. An order
for five gallons followed this effort
after ten days, but week later an
order came for SO gallons at my fancy
price, and with the order the en-
couraging statement from the grocer:
Everyone wants your sirup.' Before
the end Of the season / had more or
ders than my canefelds could fill
and had to buy cane from my neigh
bors.
81 use the green or ribbon cane al
most entirely. It is the most popu-
lar with my trade, who seem to like
it mostly because it is light colored.
never mix the light and dark canes
unless it is to fill an order which |
sometimes have from people who
fancy that the mixed has "a especial-
ly fine flavor. Personall I prefer
the sirup made Of the dark cane, as
I think it richer than, though not SO
light and transparent as, that mad8
from the green. I use no cAeipica1
in the boiling, nor any oths hean
to hasten the evaporation an sav
time. 1 have found that mn
time enough is given to .therbQ
fthe sirup does not keep ~, md
well-cooked sirup is like well ooked
preserves-it it keeps many years.
When properly cooked it should new
er sour or show the slightest signs Of
| fermentation.
Water Valley progress., 1901-02-23
A RECORD YEAR.
Figures Showing the Value of Importa-
tions in 1000.

sAohS AA ASSS'
The manufacturers of the country
imported more raw material for use
in manufacturing in the year 1900
than in any preceding year in the
history of our import trade. The to-
tai material of foreign production i'm
ported in a crude condition during
the year just ended amounted to over
1915, ,000,0 900, and if to this is added
the total of "articles wholly or par
TALLY manufactured for use as mate
rials in manufacturing" the grand
total of manufacturers materials i'm
ported would amount to over $780,
600, 900, or nearly As per cent. of the
total importations. The importation
of raw material in the II months
ending with December. 1900, was
$276, ,62S, 900, against $267 ,493,959
in 1899, $162, 2,172,736 in 1896, and
$3.50, 1923, ,494 in 1894. Even the re-
markable fall in prices of manufac-
turers' materials which has charac-
terized the closing half of the year
1900 has not prevented the total
value of these materials imported in
1900 from exceeding that of 1899,
though in two articles, india rubber
and silk, the figures for 1900 show
reduction as compared with 1899.
The bureau of statistics classities
the importations under five general
heads: l. Articles of food and live
animals;2. Articles in a crude condi-
tion which enter into the various
processes of domestic industry; 8.
Articles wholly or partially manufac-
tured for use in the mechanical arts:
4. Articles manufactured ready for
consumption, and 5. Articles of vol
untary use, luxuries, etc. OF the 1900
importations 26.5 per cent. are arti-
cles Of food and live animals, against
34.3 per cent. in 1896; articles in a
crude condition for use in manufac-
turing formed 1873 per cent, against
1871 per cent in 1896; articles wholly
or partially manufactured for use in
the mechanical arts formed 10 per
cent, against 1875 per cent. in 1896:
articles manufactured ready for con-
sumption formed Is per cent, against
11.5 per cent. in 1896. Comparing
1900 with 1899, articles of food form
a smaller proportion of the imports
in the year just ended than in the
preceding year, being 26.5 per cent.
against 1913 per cent; while articles
in the crude condition for use in man.
ufacturing are 1873 per cent, against
32.9 per cent. in 1899, and articles
wholly or partially manufactured fol
use in manufacturing formed 1O.a
per cent, against s.3 pei cent. in
1899.
Water Valley progress., 1901-02-23
KEROSENE ON THE ICE. /
Boys Frolic Causes q Financial Loss Of
Over Sa,ooo.

One of the worst outrages which
has been committed about Portland
for years was perpetrated on the
Stroudwater river. As the result Of
the act Of these persons, who aie un-
known, Mr.. Herman NJ. Cadtner's
field Of ice on that river has been abb
solutely ruined, and the financial loss
to him amounts to over $4,000.
Mr.. Castner has a fine farm on tho
banks Of the Stroudwater, where he
secures all thu vegetables aud dairy
products for the West End hotel. HI
also has the right 20 cut ice on tlll
Stroudwater river, and from th]E
source secures enough ice to run u
hotel and his dairy all the surnin1k
season. The ice field is about n
feet wide and over q quarter "a i
mile long. The ice was Of the fiK11I
quality, and this week crew Of 16< -
were to go to work there cutting Il az
storage. The other morning s
Castner went out to his ice field
found that some one had skated ~ q
the whole surfsce and poured iz( Il
gallons Of kerosene oil on top Of t|&
ice, thus running the entire fieL
The oil penetrates every part "a
Water Valley progress., 1901-02-23
THEN HE WOKE UP

On Saturday afternoon last the
emergency reporter drowsily drew
his chair close to one Of the gilded
steam radiators and idly began to
draw geometrical figures on the same
while he figured on how much of a
hole it would make in his wages to
send her birthday gift consisting of
an American Beauty rose for each
year of her life. Thus he was en-
gagged when one of his friends, we'll
known official of the government
printing office, crept up behind him
and touched him lightly on the shoul-
der.
"Sh-sh!' hissed the official, hold
ing up a warning finger. "Are we
alone?"
Sure" replied the emergency re-
porter. "The bunch have knocked
Off for the day. I'm only hanging
around in case anything big enough
happens to warrant an extra"
mo danger of anybody running in
on us here?" said the well-known Off
cial of the government printing Of
Gee, with an air of anxiety.
Nobody but the sweep-up wom-
ans liable to cut in" answered the
emergency reporter, looking the we'll
known official over and noting his
somewhat excited appearance. "Say,
what's doing? You look as if you
had the goods on you"
The well-known official took a
chair with an air Of relief and smiled
benignly upon the emergency re-
porter. .l
@0h, nothing, . b eeiA airily,f fex-
cept that I've at length found the
chance to give you that little push
along / promised you some time ago,
and that you'll just about be able to
spend the winter on the Nile or the
Riviera or take a protracted cruise on
the Mediterranean; that's all.''
The emergency reporter sat up
stiff in his chair and gazed at the we'll
known official of the government
printing Office.
Great Scott, manP' he calculated.
Come at me easierl What you got?
Water Valley progress., 1901-02-23
WHITE FLAG TREAcH Try.
Eye Witness Thinks Stories aanated
from Overheated lmauinati rs.

from overheated lmaginati rs.
Few things have astonis ed me
more during the progress 9f this
war than the number of nes lev
eled against our foes erence
to the treacherous use white
flag. Almost every new Ir that
came my way containe, e such
account, yet though c ntly at
the front for nine mon says A.
G. Hales in the Lond kws. |
cannot recall one solits Nstancc
OF such treachery whic could
vouch for. l have heat dozens
of cases, and have taken Trouble
to investigate good y, but
never once managed to ain suf-
ficient proof to satisfy that the
charge was genuine. O he occa-
sion l was following . on the
heels of our advancing ss, and
had for comrade ratI kcitable
correspondent. When 1n about
400 yards of the kop NE were
advancing to attack Beers
opened heavy rifle fire, though
we could not see sol enemy
our fellows began to ii lly! 1t was
very evident that the enemy were
secreted in the rscks not fakfrom a
substantial farmhouse from the
roof of which floated large>white
flag Gt turned out later to.-ybe a
tablecloth braced to d broom
handle). ~
white flag treachery!' shouted my
companion. Il wonder the general
don't turn the guns on that farm
and blow it to hades."
"What for?" / asked. -
"What for! Why, they are flying
the white flag and shooting from
the farmhouse. Isn't that enough %
'Quite enough, if true," replied.
''But how the devil do Geu know
they are shooting from be farm
house? ?" ~
"Thst must be shooting III nm the
tarnhousev' he yelled. "Whk I've
been securing all the rocks AROUND
with my glasses and cart see a
blessed Boer in any ofj'em. No,
sir; you can bet your sqhEhey are
skulking in that farm. know
we won't loose shell d white
flag-the cowards!"
/ did not think it woI while to
argue with a mani of BIT stamp,
but kept my glasses on hat farm
very closely during thd Eight that
followed. Right up tS the time
when our men rushed the kopjes
and surrounded the farmhouse y did
not see q man enter- leave the
house, and when I rode Np / found
that two women and three children
were in possession. Furthermore,
on examination, / soon discovered
that as the doors and windows faced
the wrong way it would have been
impossible for Boer Ia do much
shooting at our men unless the
walls at the gable end were loop
holed, which they were noA know,
for / examined them infinitely.
Fortunately for the credit Of the
British army, most of our generals
are cool-headed men, whS do not
allow the irresponsible chatter Of
the army to influence then Other
wise our guns would Ee been
trained upona |many llnestead
! ! ! ! ! !
on cherga 3. o sy and
grou4e I'm d above.
\. Il
On railway
accid 1ous en place
occn1 8 tal Ne Dub
lin, N way re-
cent raj d Of 80
trncI ga station,
dash ~ buffers
attHa IL them
froa right
Water Valley progress., 1901-02-23

Few things have astonis ed me
more during the progress 9f this
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-12-13
why They Went Smoothly.

The following story is told by a
traveller about one of the local rail-
ways in Iceland:
We were bounding along, he said, at
the rate of about seven miles an hour
and the whole train was shaking ter
ribly. IeXpected every moment to see
my bones protruding through my skin.
Passengers were rolling from one end
of the carriage to the other. held on
firmly 20 the arms of the seat. Present
" we settled down bit quieter-at
least, I could keep my hat on and my
teeth didn't chatter.
There was quiet-looking man op-
posite me. I looked up with CHASTITY
smile, wishing to appear cheerful and
said:
eve are going a little smoother,
see."
"Yes," he said; "we're off the line
now."-London Spare Moments.