The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 21, 1898, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MO AY, MARCH 21, 1898. METERS THAT PLUNDER THE NSTSPECTING How Electric Light Companies Wax Unduly Fat. Consumers Made the Vie- tims of a Conscience- less Device. Mechanical Contrivances That Will Cheat Without Human Agency. CANNOT BE MADE HONEST One Company Forced to Make Res- titution to the Palace Hotsl of a Large Sum. light or Do you use electricity for power? If so you will do well to keep close watch on the meter which tells the com- pany how much to charge you, for it is & tricky little instrument and as erratic 8s a lovelorn maiden. Left to its own devices it will play the most fantastic tri s with the ind ator, such as register- ing a le tity than is actually used when only a few burners are lighted, while with a large number turned on it will register anywhere from 10 to 60 per cent more than it ought to. o-faced little fraud unaided, it is ea: capable of doing ittle friendly assistance. This as- be any one of a hundred ance, one pole of a 3 1 greatly decrease its speed, but the other pole, if brought in close proximity, will start it off at a rec- ord-breaking gait. Am old file, a length or even a wire left lying close will be the means of adding per cent to the bill. , the mechanical electric meter oughly disreputable that it could est if it tried. This statement rather strong, but it has the t of no less an authority than ns, expert for the Gas Con- ssocfation, who says, in the article on the Watt meter in of August, 1897: Watt meter, and, in the favor of light and power, “rcentage fast that e to record on large ge percentage slow, of the meter, on Xample, a meter read- on 600 lamps burning discount an error of what it is ur, would 50 per cent slow on ten lamps burning six hours. %One may ask why the companies rely on met that are liable to sister slow as well as fast—in other s, cheat them as well as” the con- This is easily answered. A me- ter is apt to ster slow only when burning, as, for instance, mpany’s em- amine the me- ur bill, a few lamps are in the day time when the ploye comes around to e ter to determine the amount of yo or meter man comes to test it. Then 2 limited number of lamps will be used. But at night, when all your incandes- cents, as well as your arc lights, are blazing aw: the little machine in the | basement is doing business for the com- with the greatest fidelity.” ons states that there mechanical meter of things, never will be one that is abso- lutely correct, that is within one per cent of correct, while none of those now in use are within three or four per cent of being correct. The only absolutely istering electricity. is the old zinc-copper-chemical But that is so expensive the com- have abandoned it for others. There are three mechanical meters correct method of re! used by the companies in this city, the Scheffer, Thomson and Schellenber, all of Which register the watts used by a dial. The Thomson is the meter most generally used and is fully as accurate as either of the others, which need not be construed as a strong recommendation of its vir- tues. Some of the consumers in the city have, by e ned of its vagari that employ tr own experts to test the me ters and compel the anies to strike average in their bills *Notab his the case with the Palace Hotel, which is the largest individual con- | sumer in town. e bills for lighting that hostelry with electricity will foot up $30,00 a year, a sum that warrants | the ke areful watch on the met- | ers. n used to register the numbe! s consumed, each at- hed to a different circuit. For several ars the hotel management operated its own ctric light plant, but with the | Starting up of competing companies the | cost reduced, until it was deemed | advisable to buy electricity. The hotel | employs is | constant1 ecting the meters and his | tests are riably compared with those of the c xpert. Frequently | Mr. Se lled upon by the man: st its expert, and their figures t times, shown a from those of the compan ve. The result has been some reductions in the bills, the largest being that of last October, when the company allowed a rebate of between $1100 and $1200 on what it claimed. This, and numerous other rebates, were allowed without any protest, on the part startling d of the company, probably because it knows that the hotel people are thor- oughly familiar with electrici and the pec rities of the met and conse- quently cannot be impo upon. But with smaller consumers, who do not em- their own expert and rely entire n the employes of the various com- the cas different, and com- are daily occurrences. that of the Orpheum for lighting ran up that recently it was change from one ith the result that the bills of $30 to of these meters or an indefinite time, fit of the victims of their ne Call will refer to them criminal work again. AGED CYCLIST INJURED. Albert Smidt, Foreman of the West- ern Sugar Refinery, Hurled From His Wheel. Albert Smidt, 50 years of age, and fore- man of the Western Sugar Refinery, was badly injured about 5 o’clock last even- ing by falling from his bicycle. He was trying to descend the hill on Alvarado street, near Douglass, when he lost con- trol_of his bleycle an down the grade with great spe en near the bottom his front whee an truction and he was d to ground. Officer Anderson called a patrol wagon and removed him to his home at nd in the very nature | ‘ WINNERS AT THE TWO PARKS. 120 Clipper street. Dr. T. V. Hughes at- tended the injured man and found he had sustained numerous scalp wound neces- sitating fifteen stitches. He als uffer- ed several small cuts in the face and many bruises about the body. It is feared he has been internally injured. ————————— Personal Mention. One could almost hear the rumble of wheels in the Palace lobby last night. Every train brought in a carload of rail- road officials, who will attend the coun- il at Del Monte. The arrivals last night were: W. A. Bissell, assistant freight and traffic_manager of the Santa Fe system; Edward Chambers, general freight’ agent of the Santa Fe, Paciflc and Southern California Rallway; W. R. Melnnes, general agent, freight depar ment _of the Canadian Pacific Railway and Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie, and George O. Somers, general freight agent of the Great Northern Rail- wi C. M. Hainz, editor of the Germania, is stopping at the Grand. o) Cole and wife of Boston arec at the Grand. E. H. Schibeley, the Oroville banker, is at_the Grand. W. P. Harkey, Sheriff of Yuba County, arrived in the city last night and will stay at the Russ House while in town. r. and Mrs. Walter Sanger Pullman urned yesterday from Del Monte, and stopping at the Palace. —_——————— It being the intention of J. F. Kennedy, suc- cessor to Morrls & Kennedy, art dealers, 21 Post street, to retire from business, he offers | his large stock irrespective of cost. . M. T are Bitten by a Dog. OAKLAND, March 20.—Childena For- tudo, a girl 10 years of age, living at 611 Madison street, was badly bitten by a dog this evening while playing in the street. The brute grabbed her left hand d arm, making a painful wound. She | taken to the Receiving Hospital, | where Steward Tobin cauterized the !wound and dressed it. It Pays to Trade in The Mission. ADVERTISEMENTS. PATTOSIEN'S It Pays to Trade in The Mission. CORNER SIXTEENTH AND MISSION STREETS. THERE IS A POINT On the downgrade of Quality where CHEAPNESS CEASES TO BE ECONOMY. We never cross this line. quality made. We meet all price competition, re-enforced with the best Four carloads of Furniture consigned to us arrived in badly damaged condition. The owner offered them of varnish covers a mul to us at our own price. Itwasa titude of sin. We rejected the whole lot. tempting offer, fora liberal dose As a business concern we cherish nothing higher than the full confidence of our customers, for, as Lord Chatham says, “perfect confidence is a plant of slow growth, but its bloom is beautiful indeed.” paired. We trust that we have done so. FURNITURE BARGAINS. A DARING TABLE SALE. TERRIFIC SELLING SURE TO FOLLOW. folid cut like $5.75 CHIFFONIER. #0iid Oak, polished top, 18 by 33 inches, height 5 inches. $5.75 One of those unmatchable bargains you snly find at Pattosien’s. Solid oak 8-foot Extension Table, worth $15 00; sale price. $8.00 25 patterns of Extension Tables, some in 8, some in 10, and some 12 feet lengths; to be closed out at half factory prices. Solid oak Cane Seat Dining $1 40; for .. Solid oak box seat cane seat; worth $2 25; for... Oak and Imitation Mahogany Hanging Hall Mirrors, with bevel French plate 3 double hook: glass, worth _§7 00; for . .. 83.75 1 lot handsome Parlor Tables, 24-inch top, twisted leg, with lower shelf in quarter. sawed oak, mahogany finish_and old English oak; regular price ; sale price . $3.50 2 solid gany Colonial Pattern Li- brary Tables by 48 inch top; worth $30 00; to close at.. --817.50 $28 00—Very handsome Combination Desks and Book Cases, made of fine quarter- sawed oal pecial sale price..... $13.75 $12 00—Ladies’ Desks, in quarter-sawed oak, mahogany finish and birdseye maple, beautiful, dainty and artistic lit- tlo aesks at the specially low price $15 00—Book Cases, in good quality, quar- ter-sawed oak, well polished and finished, size 5 feet high by %0 inches wide; sale price $7.25 ‘We will place on_sale to-morrow morn- ing a lot of sample Book Cases, In oak and mahogany finish. Many excellent bargains will be found in this lot. Prices from . $7.25 up PARLOR FURNITURE— 9500 Parlor Suit, finely Inlald, _latest tyle upholstering; sale price.....$62.5 $65 00 Parlor Suit, handsomely inlaid, im- borted silk damask coverings; 'sale price .. $3 nd as- $45 00 Parlor Sui el COUCHES AND BED LOUNGES— $10 00 Corduroy Couches $14 00 Imported Velour Couches. $18 00 French Tapestry Couches. $28 00 Library Couches $33 00 Heavy Tapestry Couches. $36 00 Rare Pattern Tapestry Couches Our own rellable make. second floor. DRESSERS AND CHIFFONIERS— Full swell front all quartered Oak Dress- ers, oval French plate mirror; the $20 00 kind; at . $14.75 Solid Oak sers, large bevel mirror, worth $12 50; special price. $8.75 A_$35 00 Birdseye Maple Dresser French plate mirror; at. 22.50 All Quartered Oak Chiffonfers, worth $9 50; the best value we have yet shown; special price .. 3615 large - $8.75 | a sortment of coverings; sale price$24.75 | ‘We bend all our efforts to keep the flowers intact and their fragrance unim- ENAMELED BEDS. Our line of Enamel Beds you will find to be larger and more complete than vou've scen elsewhere—the quality and finish of a higher grade—the prices lower. We quote a few special prices— $4 for §7, $8 & $9 enameled beds. $7 for $10, $12 & $15 enameled beds. $20 for 330 brass beds. $30 for $45 brass beds. $6.50 for $8% Centaur mattresses. $12.50 for $18 curled hair mattresses. CARPETS AND RUGS. The biggest, brightest and best lighted Carpet Department in San Francisco—on the north end of the second floor—Car- pets and Floor Coverings are our strong | point; buying in great lots and our ridie- | ulously low rent enables us to make prices below all others. Tapestry Brussels—Extra_quality, surface and fast colorings. Extra_Super Ingrain—Bes el par a0, ghax‘llngs FaganY, n”; | Wilton Velvets—Smith, Stinson & San- | ford, well-known makes, with or with- 90 wool out borders Smyrna Rugs—John Bromley & Sons’ ex- tra_quality new effects, 37x72 inches— - $3.50 ‘2 y regular 20 quality i | Japanese Linen Warp~ Matting—Novelty designs and colorings—our usual 35¢ 1 Cloth—oil s and _thoroughly Brintsdoall widtees per square vard .. s 290c KENSINGTON ART SQUARES—(wHole carpets) 2%x3 yards, $3—ix3% y: e §3 % yards, ROYAL SMYRNA RUGS—9xI2 ft...$29 SMITH'S AXMINSTER RUGS—84x10t% $21 GS—30x60 inches .$1.90 | 2000 SMYRNA RU |SMITH'S MOQUETTE RUGS — 24x50 h 5 -- $2.30 GS—9x12 feet. | SCOTCH OR ENG! M—2 or 4 yards wide—excellent goods for wear and very sightly patterns...S0c ALL ROADS LEAD TO PATTOSIEN’S. -$3.75 | The Local Dogs Easily Won the Day at Ingleside. The Eastern Racers Do Not Seem to Improve in Form or Speed. A Large Crowd Bet Piles of Money on the Results and the Talent Was Happy- At the Ingleside Coursing Park yester- day a large crowd saw the Eastern flyers defeated by the local hounds and the money that poured into the many pool boxes running showed conclusively that the talent are of the opinion that the Eastern dogs will never equal the speed of those raised on this coast. For weeks past many dog followers suggested that before giving an opinion they should walt for the hare chasers to be acclimated, but now that weeks and months have passed and better form is not shown, the betters are becoming aware that they have repeatedly placed their money In the wrong direction. The improvement shown by Deckelman & Panario’s Glen Roy during the past few months is a surprise, and although the hound has never been outside the money he went clear down the line yes- terday and ran the final with Magic and sold favorite on the course. The talent had everything their or two exceptions, all they could atfend to handling money. he crowd was large, and her 800d d splendid run was Napoleon, a sapling, R., and if improvement follows as is cxpected the Lady will be a stake winner in the near future. The odds on the Johnny R.-Bendalong course in the second ties was $ to $1 in favor of Johnny R.®and the talent suffered on the result when the white flag was shown at the instigation of Judge Grace. The hares all ran well, some of them making their escape. A Db ¢ of $100 to $20 was offered in the Little .ngleside a day or two ago that Johnny R. would not win the stake. The money was soon deposited and interest was taken in the Johnny R. courses and much_money went to the bad on the fin- ish. It is supposed to be the bet that made the hound such a _favorite over W made by against Johnny Bendalong, as the speed of the two hounds does not warrant such uneven money. On next Saturday and Sunday an open stake and a sapling stake, $2.50 entrance, $600 added, will be run off. Sap- lings to be eligible must be whelped in March, April and May, 18%7. The draw- ing will take place Thursday evening. This is how the hounds ran: First ties—H. Hanrahan's Mercury beat W. C. Giasson's Sylvanus; B. Dougherty's Tessle Fair beat W. Ryan's Sopramo; T. Cronin's Johnny R beat W. Dalton’s Lady Napoleon; D. Leonard’s Bendalong beat D. Flynn's Tom Bell; Dr. Van Hummel's Van Cloe beat W. C. Glasson’s Mystery; W. C. Glasson's Magic beat M. Michalik's Fireball; G. Smart's Silk- wood beat Henry Spring’s Dawn: P. Reilly’s Ranger beat P. Carney's Nelly Daly; D. Kaber's Bell of Moscow beat Dr. Van Hum- mel’s Chit Chat; Deckelman & Panario’s Glen Roy beat James Byrne's Mohawk; Henry Spring’s Pat Malloy beat E. J. Heney’s Hark- away; D. Hooper's Koo Laun beat J. Dean’s Briliiantine; J. M. Stilwell's Little Dell beat J. J. Edwards' Vida Shaw. & Second ties—Mercury beat Tessle Fair; Bend- Magic beat Van Cloie; Glen Roy beat Belle of beat Koo Lawn; Little along beat Ji Silkwood beat cow; Pat Dell a_ bye. Third_ties cury beat Bendalong; M beat Silkwood; Glen Roy beat Little Dell; Malloy a bye. Fourth ties—Maglc beat Mercury; Glen Roy beat Pat Malloy. Final—Magic beat Glen Roy and won the money. In the consolation stake Princess Marle ran a bye; J. J. Edmond’s Forget beat Dr. Van Hummel's Van Traale; R. L. Lee's Coralie beat J. R. Dickson's’ Premier; H. Devine's Gilt Edge beat S. E. Portal's At Last; Brophy's Benicia Boy James Byrne's Nelly B; S. E. Portal's Lightning beat F. C. Mack’s Black Pattl; F. Brown's Alma beat Dr. Van Hummel's Van Ni First ties—Forget beat Princess Marte; Cora- Me beat Gilt Lightning beat Benicia Boy; Alma a e. Second ties—Coralle beat Forget: Lightning beat Alma. Final—Coralle beat Lightning. — e MUSICAL HAPPENINGS. Marteau-Lachaume Orchestral Con- cert—The Lelys’ Scotch Song Recitals. Marteau and Lachaume were alded by an orchestra at the concert given last night in the Metropolitan Hall. Mar- teau directed the performance of Schu- bert's Unfinished Symphony, and consid- ering the band was a scratch one, which had not rehearsed any too often, he gave a quite_creditable reading of the sym. phony. Lachaume led the ‘“Tannhauser’ overture with fair result. He ably direct- ed in the Mendelssohn violin concerto, in which Marteau's beautiful tone and tech- nique found congenial material. The au- dience was somewhat small, but hugely enthusiastic, especially over the solos of the pianist and violinist. The auditor- ium has not been selected as yet-for the final Marteau-Lachaume concerts, which are to be given Wednesday and Satur- agic Pat ige; Young Men's Auditorium, Mr. and Mrs. Durward Lely will give recitals of Scotch songs for the benefit of Clan Fraser, O. C.__ The first recital will be entitled, Nicht ' Burns,” the second, % was at one time Patti’s leading tenor. A Small Biaze. was a fire at Twenty-fourth street and | Potrero avenue, in Matthenson’s barn. caused the blaze. owner of the buildins. —————————— To Cure a Cold in One Day ‘Take Laxative Bromo druggists refund the day To-night and to-morrow night, at the “Rose, Thistle and Shamrock.”. Mr. Lely Box 286—At 6 o’clock last evening tlhere hay | It was damaged to the extent of $5). Carelessness in the use of matches J. H. Ripple was the Quinine Tablets. All money if it falls to cure. bas L. B. Q. on each tablet, COURSING AT THE TWO PARKS A Rank Outsider Cap- tures the Finals at Union Park. For Freedom Easily Defeats the Cracks, Rosette and Moondyne. The New Wonder Has Just Been Imported From Qid England. Great is For Freedom. The masterly performance of this hound yesterday at the Union Coursing Park set the large crowd to talking. From being a rank outsider at 30 to 1, he gradually came to be noticed, and when he beat Ro- sette, the favorlte, it was presto change, and the English hound went against Eclipse in the final course a red hot fa- vorite, and won with all the ease imag- inable. For Freedom Is the property of the Pasha kennels. He was purchased In England for $00 and only arrived here on Wednesday, having been in a ship- ping crate for six weeks. No one knew anything of him. He was, however, in great shape and showed phenomenal speed. Rosette and Moondyne were the favorites, and they had been heavily backed for the finals. A few people had the proper tip and were upon For Free dom, but they were few and far be- tween. As soon as Rosette lowered her colors to the British hound there was a sudden effort upon the part of the talent to back the new wonder, but the odds had dropped to 5 to 4, and this kept the betting down, especially as Eclipse, who had pulled through to the finals by luck and scratches, was to go against For Freedom. The wind was cold and swept across the park with almost the force of a gale. The hares were only fair, but occasionally there was one that would give the hounds a good course. With the exceptions of For Freedom and the fluky defeat of Patria at 5 to 1 in the second round by Eclipse, the favorites generally won. The betting was lively and heavy and the ring presented a very animated scene. The women were out in large numbers and were much in evi- dence in the ring, where at times they almost forced the betting upon their fa- vorites. In e finals in the Puppy stakes Bo. nita proved herself superior to Master Jack, which was quite a surprise, as the latter had had an easy thing of it in his courses against Quiver and Pastime. Moondyne was rather heavily backed Iy the talent after Rosette’s defeat to lower For Freedom's colors, equal to the task. Rosette and Moondyne are looked upon as two of the best, if not the fastest hounds upon the coast; at least they have been so considered, but now it is For Freedom that every one is praising. Following is the score: stakes—Second tles: Sandow beat Lass, Bonita beat Eelle Seward, Pas- Arrow and Master Jack beat Quiver. Bonita beat Sandow and M Pastime. Final: Bonita won. cond ties: Rosette beat Rusty For Freedom beat Mountain Beauty. Eclipse beat Patria, Santa Alicia beat Galla- gher, Theron beat' Green Va Mald_and Moondyke beat Commodore in the bye. Third edom beat Rosette, Eclipse brnu and Moondyne beat ~Thero: For Freedom beat Moondyne and Blackstone in_the bye. For na but he was une Eclipse beat Freedom won the e MGIFFIN’S GREAT DESIRE. The Chance Longed For by the Hero of the Yalu to Fight Under the Stars and Stripes. The war excitement makes the men who knew Captain Philo McGiffin well think of him regretfully in these days. He was a born fighter, as he proved in the battle of the Yalu; and all his life he longed for a chance to put up a good fight for the stars and stripes. “I'm not fool enough to wish for a war,” he said, “but if America’s bound to have one, I hope it will come in my day, that’s all. My idea of absolute happiness is to be on a good American man-of-war with a battle on hand and an enemy worth whipping.” For a few years he gave up naval life and tried to resign himself to stagnation in a little Western town; but the experi- ment went hard with him. The only water near the place was a miserable lit- tle stream that went sliding along in a disconsolate_way. A foot bridge crossed it on the edge of the town; and there, leaning over the railing, staring in a homesick fashion at the strip of water and Sufflng at his cigar, the ex-naval man finul be found at almost an: neighbors thought it was funny, but there were a few who called it pathetic. When news of the Franco-Chinese trouble came the fighting blood in Me- Giffin’s veins boiled and the West had to go by the board. i “I'm dying for the salt water, anyhow,” he said, “and spoiling for a fight, ana I'm going to take a hand in this shindy. I blamed peaceable in this generation.” He started for China, was ended before he had for. even him. Every one knows only one regret. friend, the Japs what fi-hting means. Still, it was a pretty fight.” which our Spanish friends al!ght.\ug‘i a pity McGiffin couldn’t have least ‘a year longer_and have heart's desire.—New York hour of the | Most of his matter-of-fact Western | may never have another chance, we're so but the trouble a_chance to join in, and then fate dropped him into the gll&’t in the Chinese navy, where at last e found the fight he had been looking The Yalu was hot enough to_satisfy how he fought; and when, after it was all over, he came home a physical wreck and with death staring him in the face, he had “It was a great fight,”” he said to an old “but if I'd had a Yankee ship un- der me and Yankee sailors beside me and a Yankee flag above me, we'd have shown T wis] could have been knocked to pieces Illnld‘olx' the stars and stripes. if it had to come. ‘We've others like him in the navy of speak ; but if the fight is to c%me lfi“: lived at had his ADVERTISEMENTS. SPEGIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! season we offer a Departments, Our Importations for Spring, 1898, are now all ready for inspection. This most magnificent assortment of High Novelties in all ° 1892, u, 13, us, 17, 19, [NIQUITY BEHIND GILDED GATES| The Combined Influence of the Churches United Against Bacon Place. An Effort Is Being Made to Cleanse the Tenderloin Dis- trict. | | | The evil that has tainted the atmos-| phere of what is known as “The Tender- | loin” section of this city and on wh!ch‘ so much has appeared in the public pa-| pers during the period when Quincy and | Mary streets were being purified, has | | once more assumed shape, in_the united | | action of the Protestant and Catholic churches to drive this evil entirely out of that section. At present those who have been driven out of Chinatown and the two streets al-| ready mentioned have become domiciled | in what is known as Bacon place, a | small cul de sac running off Pine street between Dupont and Kearny streets. Here | behind closed doors, so to speak, as the alleyway is enclosed by gilded gates, are | | concentrated over 100 of the most de-; praved females known to this commun- | ity. Living off and follnwing these unfortu- natecreaturesarea set of male parasites, opium fiends, thieves and all-round ras- cals, with police records. To keep this class of social outc: within_bounds it | costs the taxpayers $600 a month by keep- ing sufficient_police officers on constant | duty day and night, exclusively in lhls“ section. . So objectionable has this evil become that the clergy of St. Mary’s and of Grace Cathedral are now united in making one final effort to have the women removed, and the entire section known as the ““Ten- derloin” cleansed of all such influences. The Chief of Police will be appealed to once more, and should this fail then the courts will be resorted to for relief. —_—e—————— TOOK CARBOLIC ACID. Mrs. Sallie Silverman, While spondent, Attempts to End Her Existence. Mrs. Sallie Silverman of 439 Geary street tried to commit suicide yesterday by swallowing carbolic acid, but was pre- vented by her sister-in-law, Mrs. Wall- fisch, who dashed the phial containing the pofson from her uplifted hand. The latter's hands were terribly blistered by the acid, while the would-be suicide es- De- Fearing she had swallowed some of the poison Officer W. W. Wilson was called in and he hurriedly removed her to the Receiving Hospital. Mrs. Silverman, who fs but 22 years of age, Separated from her husband a few weeks ago. She had been living with her three-year-old chilfl and sister-in-law. Becoming~ discouraged at her lot she bought the poison and attempted to take it. Mrs. Stlverman said last evening that she wanted to die, because she had trou- ble, but atter being put to bed, the thought of her child made her repent. SR Dead, Dying or Worse. Sam Thall, who is at present manager for Jim Corbett, has just received a let- ter from George M. Welty, the well- known theatrical man, now in Johannes- burg. Ie is short, succinct and terse: ““Tell the boys I have quit the show busi- ness forever. Beg them not to writg, but just pray for me.”” CASTORIA caped with a burned mouth and face. | For Infants and Children. > ¢ 121 POST STREET. 2 L0 It’s a temptation sometimes to a grocer to buy imita- tion foods He could make so much more profit and get rich quicker So he reasons and too of- ten falls It requires stamina to sell pure food of the best quality all the time SPECIAL SAVING SALE Monday Tuesflr Wednesday G Tomato Catsup regularly 20c bottle Salmon Steaks—0slumbis rivr1 23C regularly 15¢ tin 11b. Cooked ready for use French castile soap After Wednesday 30 bar The kind with the lather Scotch whiskey D CL $r regularly $1.35 (Caledonian) Irish whiskey D C L, regularly $1 (Killycroy) Glace fruits—#rese 35¢ regularly §0c pound here pine apple—cherries and assorted Cocktails—1Imperisl Cocktail 6o gOC regularly $1.25 bottle gin—martini—vermouth old Tom gin—manhattan—whiskey Rock and Rye $1 regularly $1.25—German rock candy and pure rye whiskey Corkscrew—for pekat 15¢ regularly 25c—three inches long and half inch diameter when closed—nickel plated 15¢C 25¢ 8oc Dates—black 10C regularly 15¢ pound Figs—snyms 15¢ regularly 20c and 25¢ pound Preserved ginger 30¢ regularly 35¢ pot—C & B Booth’s Old Tom gin regularly $1 bottle 5 Field’s orange bitters regularly $1 bottle Listerine—sssmtistic bottle 65¢ Lemons 15¢ regularly 25¢ brand tea just from EE Ceylon, in original lead foil packages Just received a fresh invoice of Hungarian paprika—the best spice for a sluggish liver It takes careful buying to be able to compete with grocers nowadays Good grocery buying has also taught us how to buy cigars to compete with exclusive dealers to our advantage—and yours Fresh cigars now being unpacked. 432 Pine 215 Sutter 2800 California San 1075 Clay between Eleventh and Twelfth 8s5¢c 8s5¢ (