The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 15, 1900, Page 6

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CARLTON..... sessaesss.Herald Squ: NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE STEPHEN B. SMITH ....30 Tribune Building NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldor-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, %I Uniom Square: Murray Hill Hotel CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Eherman House: P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel: Fremont House; Auditortum Hotel. WASHINGTON (D. C.)*OFFICE. ...1406 G St., N. W, MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES—27 Montgomery. corner of Clay, open until 939 c'clock. 200 Hayes, upen until 9:30 o'clock. 688 McAllister, open until $:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until $:30 o'clock. 181 Mission, open until 10 o’clock. 2261 Marit, corner Sixteenth, open until § o'clock. 1096 Valencia, open uptil § o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until 9 o'clock. NW. cor- ner Twerty-second and Kenhbtucky, open until 8 o'clock. Alhambra. Californ! Orpheum—Vaudeville. Alcazar— ‘Madame Butterfiy.” lumbla—‘The Singing Girl. A Jolly Musketeer.” W iympia, corper Mason and Eddy streets—Specialties. utes, Zoo and Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon and ng. Fischer’ s—Vaudeville, California Jockey Club, Oakland Racetrack—Races to-day. THE FORESTS AND WATERS. lic will be gratified by the report of the the Waters and Forests Association. work of Its organization was effected about a year ago. pose is to collect the scientific data upon which of preserving the forests, for their relation ture required by irrigation, is based. have and execcutive committee been very active, and the result of their work is a member- f 5000, the coll=ction of $18,080 80, and the ex- e of $15,244 99. The expenditure has -been e measu; nt of the run-off of streams, and yrm waters to be saved for irrigation. The n equips the State with certain knowledge { water that may be impounded from have been examined, and of the cre and per acre'foot of the impounded The seven reservoir sites thus far selected will i 644.624 acre feet, and the cost will be $8 03 per $5.182,333. It believed that this of water used in irrigation will produce an in population of the territory covered by the reservoirs of 200,000 people, and an increase in sive of town property, of $20,000,000. the purpose of the association to ask the Legis- e to invite 2 Federal expenditure of $30,000 in work by pledging a like sum from the State. ir members of Congress will be asked to secure the reservation of all unsold timber lands in the State, to increase the efficiency of the forest patrol and to promote a national policy of scientific forestry on the timber reserves. This forest policy is of the importance. The present policy of permit- ting the unchecked growth of underscrub and the ac- cumulation of duff on the forest floor means the final destruction of the public forests by firt. Theoretical foresters have put 100 much weight upon the lasting preservation of the forest floor, as the duff and herb- age are called. An undue accumulation not only pra- vents the seeds of conifers from germinating, but it spreads fire, from lightning or any other cause. When each season’s stock of duff has perfopmed its office, as a preventive of evaporation and in retard- ing the flow of water to enable it to sink into the soil, it should be removed, so that it will neither prevent seeds from reaching the soil nor serve as a tinder to spread fires in the dry season. . ? The officers of the zssociation deserve the thanks of the State for ‘their excellent work, and it is to be hoped that the Legislature will give friendly consid- eration to their suggestions. N nia Municipalities have been inspired by their ,convention to the undertaking of new efforts for improvement in municipal government, we recom- mend to their consideration a plan which has been tested for some years in Salem, Mass., and which, ac- cording to all reports, has proven efficient in pro- moting good government. The plan is simple. There has been organized in Salem a “Municipal Record Association,” for the purpose, as stated in 2 recent report, “of keeping a record of the doings of the city government during the year, in order that such a record may be placed before the citizens of Salem previous to the municipal election, that they may form some idea as to the po- sition of their representatives on important matters.” It will be seen that such a report, made up by an as- sociation that is at once non-partisan, impartial and public spirited, serves a very useful purpose in en- lightening the voters concerning the issues before them at each municipal election. The public mind dees not possess a good memory. It does not at elec- t:on times recall the whole municipal work of the vear, and gonsequently is incapable of deciding rightly between officers who have merited re-election and those who deserve defeat. The annual report is there- fore a valuable contribution to the discussions of each campaign, and, moreover, it serves admirably as a chapter in municipal history. : It would be worth while for some municipality in California to try the plan and see if it works as well here as in the city of ifs invention. Salem is a small town, but it is to be remembered that sometimes the smaliest places can teach wisdom to the largest cities, s lznd values, excl It greatest A HINT FOR THE LEAGUE. OW that the members of the League of Califor- acity of their watersheds for filling reservoirs | THE AMENDED TREATY. HE Senate proved to be in an amending mood when it reached the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. By an affirmativé vote of 65 the amendment which changes the whole intent of the treaty was adopted. That' amendment reads: “Nothing in this treaty shall be construed to prevent the United States from acquiring sufficient security and sovereignty, ,or to prevent it from building, operating, maintaining, controlling and defending the said canal, %or for any other purpose that the United States may deem for its best interest.” This amendment not only changes the entire pur- pose and aspect of the treaty of which it is made a part, but practically abrogates the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. % Heretofore, when the canal was projected by an American corporation, there was no intention to make it other than a neutral waterway, open' for the peace- ful commerce of the world. E It will be seen that this amendment permits the United States to declare the canal open only to ships under the American flag, if deemed for the best inter- | ests of this country, which would be easy to prove. 1f | the work were all within dur territory, under our jurisdiction, we could do as we please about its con- struction and control. But it lies within two alien sovereignties, and all maritime nations have an inter- | est in a work, executed by a third sovereignty, which promises such momentous changes in the world's commerce. It will be seen that the issue is materially affected by the decision to nationalize the construction of the If the work were done through an interme- | diate corporation, in which our Government appeared only as a majority stockholder, there would be no dis- cord due to international interest in the matter. The Suez canal was built, and had been for some time operated, before Disraeli made his brilliant coup in the purchase of a majority of its stock for Great Britain. There is a great difference between the ap- pearance of a nation in such an enterprise as a stock- holder, or a sovereignty. Since the dissolution of the Maritime Canal Company, which first undertook the Nicaragua project, the proposition that thi¥ country shall appear as a sovereignty and not a stockholder has replaced all others. The decision is practically made that this Government is to build and own and operate the canal, as a sovereignty. Therefore, we | canal. disregard the views and plans of all other nations, ex- | cept Great Britain. In her case we are incumbered by the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. That convention is an- tagonistic to our present views about the canal. To reconcile it the Hay-Pauncefote treaty was made. But by this amendment its object is defeated. There | much ground for apprehension that the views of the | Senate may indefinitely delay the beginning of the work. Mr. Blaine quoted to the effect that we made the Clayton-Bulwer treaty when we weré weak enough to need its guarantee of neutrality, but now being strong enough to disregard such guarantee we should abrogate that treaty without consulting the wishes of the other party to the contract. It is not to the discredit of the administration that it“has pre- ferred to represent this to be a covenant keeping na- ticn, that will abide »y its international contracts un- | til they are changed by mutual consent. If we go on in the line chosen by the Senate we must fortify and garrison the canal as fast as we build it. It becomes then a military and strategic outpost, instead of a neutral highway for commerce. It is as if we undertook to build an American fort, and garrison’it; in evary seaport in the world. As the work, executed under such circumstances, is a covert | declaration of war against the world, the people should go into it with their eyes open. Fortification will duplicate the cost of the work, and equipping and garrisoning the fortifications will be added to the expense of administration, so that those who look to it as a means of economy in transportation will be disappointed. It may be something more than a shrewd guess that the enemies of the enterprise are the real authors of this appeal to American patriotism and spirit of inde- pendence, and that those among whom the sentiment is propagated are the cupes of a deep design to defer the work as long as possible and cripple it when fin- ished, so that its competition with land transportation may be minimized. | S —— e An ex-soldier who went through the storm and stress of the Cuban war in the maze of insanity has been restored to his senses and reason in Oakland. Perhaps the shock of an extraordinary experience turned the trick. 'ARBITRATION IN SOUTH AMERICA. | ESPITE the predictions of great thi;tgs to fol- | D low which preceded the meeting of the Inter- national Congress at Madrid, it appears hardly anything was accomplished. - The congress, it will be remembered, was given many names, such as Spanish-American Congress, Ibero-American Con- gress, Pan-Latin Congress. It was expected to ar- | range a reciprocity of trade between the Latin na- | tions of Europe and Latin America, and in some ! quarters it was described as an effort to ally all the Latin peoples of the Old and the New World in a | combination to resist the aggressions of the Anglo- | Saxons. | From such reports as come to us it appears all these ‘ great expectations were disappointed. The number nf | delegates from Central and’ South America was much | smaller than was looked for. Hardly anything that | will affect the commerce or the politics of the world | was attained, and the only notable scheme adopted | was one looking toward the establishment of a sys- ;tem of “compulsory arbitration” between Latin coun- tries whose disputes are likely to result in war. If this scheme of the Madrifl congress have any more vigor than the plans for peace agreed upon Ly | the nations at The Hague, the time has come to show |it. South America is badly in need of that kind of ar- | bitration at this juncture. IA the first place, there is | strife on the part of Chile against both Bolivia and | Peru, which threatens to result in immediate war, | and Brazil and Argentina have a boundary disputs | that may bring Tuut a disturbance of the peace at any time. FurtBermcre, Venezuela, Colombia and all the other states are arming as fast as they can and are seemingly getting ready for a fight at the first op- \ponum'ty. | In such a situation there is ample room for the ex- ercise of “compulsory arbitration” if there be any power that can exercise ‘. The plan itself is cer- tainly a good one. In fact, if such a concert of South American states could be made effective it might lead up to the establishment of the United States of South America and give to the people of that continent an cpportunity to develop in trade and industry far be- yond anything that now appears possible. The United States, very naturally, was not invited to take part in the Madrid congress. Nevertheless, our interests in Spanish-America are great and are increasing with the years. Consequently such in- fluence as our Government can exert throughout that continent will undoubtedly be thrown on the side of peace. Of course we would not take any part in any “compulsory” methods of arbitration, but we would certainly sympathize with any well directed efforts that might be made among the greater states of South America to keep the peace and leave the ener- gies of their people free for progress and improve- went in all the arts of industry and trade. A notorious local private detective who has been accused of impersonating an officer has made unwit- tingly what appears tc be a convincing denial. He says he has been charged with attempting the impos- sible. R troduced into the House a resolution calling for the appointment of a committee of five to investigate the scandals that have gathered around the Federal court at Nome. The resolution has been re- ferred to the Committee on Rules, and it is to be Loped prompt action will be taken upon it. There is nothing so fatal to any community as cor- ruption in the courts or even a widespread suspicion of such corruption. Courts are the protectors of men in their rights of person and property, and where that protection is not given or is sold for a price, then all forms of business and enterprise become so hazardous that progress and development are summarily ar- rested. The region around Nome is rich in gold, and it is desirable it should be thoroughly exploited and de: veloped. That cannot be done so long as the foun- ! tain of justice in the community is poisoned. No in- dustry can be successiully carried on where the in- dustrious and rightfnl owner of a piece of property is liable to be robbed of his profits by either fraud or violence. Dr. Cabell Whitehead, who left the office of chief assayer of the United States Mint in Washington ta go to Nome, and was commissioned to make a re- port on the gold prospects of the region to the Di- rector of the Mint, is quqQted by a correspondent of the New York Sun 1s having said recently: “I have e ———— THE NOME SCANDALS, EPRESENTATIVE BRICK of Indiana has in- subject to my own satisfaction, and I have come to | the conclusion that the mining region of the Seward Peninsula, which includes all of Western Alaska north | of Norton Sound, coatains the richest placer deposits of gold of any that have been discovered since the days of 49 in California. After having made this positive statement I may qualify it to the extent that the Klondike region may possibly exceed this region in output of precious metals during the next decade, but T do not believe it will.” Such, then, is expert testimony concerning the richness of the region whose industries are threat- ened and injured by the scandals caused by the ac- tions of the Federal court at Nome. Public interest, therefore, as well as public justice, demands a prompt investigation by Congress of the charges that have been made‘against the Judge and his receiver. Alaska promises to be richer than the Canadian Klondike. t if dishonesty prevail among the officers of the lawfon the American side of the line while sub- stantial honesty is found on the Canadian side, even the onerous mining laws of the Dominion will not | prevent the Klondike becoming the most progressive | part of the northern gold country, and Dawson, in- | present session is short and Congress will be busy, but none the less it should find time to investigate thes: | charges and punish any one found guilty. American law must be made a sure protection to honest industry wherever the flag flies. | o e ez | The Board of Supervisors is composed of men truly good. They intend to make it a misdemeanor for any one to have “knock-out drops” Law-abiding citizens should be with whom they drink. e r—— THE WASHINGTON CENTENNIAL. W ASHINGTON CITY has celebrated the cen- in his possession. careful, therefore, tennial of the establishment there of the seat of government of the United States with proper dignity and ceremonial. The city is well adapted to festivals of this or any other kind. The streets are broad and well paved, the architecture is stately, there is little business or traffic to be sus- pended or interrupted, and there is at this season of the year a large population having plenty of leisure for holidays. With such advantages to start with, it was a foregone conclusion that the centennial cele- bration would be brilliant, and it appears that all ex- pectations were realized. With all its splendor, however, Washington is po- litically and commercially more isolated than any other capital or large city in the world. So far from having a dominating influence in the politics of the country, such as is possessed by London, Paris, Ber- hn, Vienna and Rome in their pespective countries, Washington has in the politics of the United States no influence at all. It has not evena vote. It does not so much as possess local seli-government. It presents the curious paradox of a capital of a repub- lic of universal suffrage, administered by a bureau- cratic government, in the selection of whose officers the people have no vote nor voice. Senator Depew, after a year of residence at the capital, is reported to have stated that the experience had convinced him Washington is the pleasantest city in the world for a rich man to live in. “It has,” he is quoted as saying, “all the things that rich men de- sire without any of the noises or disturbancesofj trade.” Such praise appears to be well deserved. The capital is one of which the nation may be proud, and in point of beauty and magnificence it ranks with the fore- mbst capitals of the world. A generation ago there was a congiderable agita- tion in favor of removing the national seat of gov- ernment farther west. That movement was largely due to the disagreeable condition of Washington it- self as well as to its location. The sewers were bad, the streets were ill paved, the Potomac flats were un- healthy, and there were no good hotels. All those de- fects have been remedied. Boss Shepard, who€e ex- travagance in public improvement was once the sub- ject of universal condemnation, is now remembe=el as a public benefactor of the first class. The money he expended has proven to be an investment of the most profitable character. By making the city health- ful and beautiful he made it attractive as a place of residence, and now a considerable number of wealthy Americans have established their winter homes there. Washington is becoming more and more the social as well as the political capital of the country. Great ecucational institutions are establishing themselves there, and the city may yet become the literary an: educational center of the republic. Certainly the prospects are good. There is no longer any talk of removing the seat of government to Chicago or St. Louis, and Washington begins the new &fitnty of her existence with an assured prestige which is more likely to increase than to diminish with the growth of the republic. | had four months and a half in which to examine this | | stead of an American city, will be its metropolis. The | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1900. NEW LADY BOOK AGENT AND HER TAKING WAYS e o Only One of Her Kind in Existence, but She Is a James Dandy at the Business. i | i 2 HERE is a new book agent in St. { Louis, according to the Star of | that town. The arrival of a book agent is not generally a news fea- ture, blit this is. You probably don’t know she is in town, and you won't until too late, unless you jread this. Only one of the species as yet | | has becn discovered, but her success has | been so geat that there wiil probably be | others. The one in question is at present | at work in the far West End, and her | success has been considerable. It is well known that the average book agent finds it a difficulty to Invade the average resi- dence with her badge of servitude dis- played. A book or anything like a book | has sufficed to prevent entrance through | well-posted servants. s This woman in question has changed all this. She appears at your door neatly dressed in the latest fashion, neatly gloved, with the latest hat and such, a | general get-up that if you don't know her | you feel sorry for your ignorance. With cardcase in hand and clad in fashion she presents her card and is shown in. Not a suggestion about her tells of her trade, After she has scaled the walls in this | fashion and has passed some of the little compliments of the day to the mistress of the house, who does not know her by her calling card, and, mavbe, wonders how she ¢ould have forgotten such a d lightful party, the girl proceeds to deft] lift her skirt, and there reveals to you, hanging apparently flom a strap which is hitched around the wast, a leatBer case which holds the books which she is selling. The woman who has succeeded in break- ing into houses which are supposed to be book agent proof all over the West End carries a publication with which the name of United States Supreme Judge David J. Brewer is given. She carries three books in this receptacle, showing three different bindings in which the book is sold at prices ranging from $20 to $0. How she manages to “locomote” with this incum- brance hanging about her is her own se- cret, but those who have watched her walk away from the house declare that she is as graceful in stride as if she were not carrying as least six pounds of litera- ture, hung in a way that ought sadly to | interfere with her gait. {PERSONAL MENTION. Alden Anderson of Suisun is at the Grand. [ G. E. Kennedy, a Livermore iron man, is at the Grand. Milton McWhorter, a Bakersfield ofl | | man, is at the Grand. % | R. H. Parker, Netherlands Consul at| Shanghal, is at the Palace. | B. C. Brooks, a Guatemala planter, is registered at the Russ. E. Stein, secretary of the Russian lega- tion at Seoul, Korea, is at the Palace. Dr. Hill Hastings of the United States Marine Corps servite Is at the Occidental. Albert Bettens, manager of the Byron Hot Springs resort, is registered at th» | Palace. \’ J. J. Byrne, general passenger agent of | ! the Santa Fe at Los Angeles, is in the city for a few days. W. A. Bissell of the Santa Fe system re- turned yesterday from his tour of inspec- | tion through the southern part of the | State. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Sharp of Salt Lake City are at the Occidental. Mr. Sharp Is the owner of a large mine in the Rocky Mountains. William Berthe, a prominent Paris banker, who is touring the United States with his family, arrived at the Califor- nia vesterday. Captain Hanson of the ship Lucile is at the Russ. His vessel sailed early yester- day morning, but was forced to retura | to port on account of the storm. K. Mazouki, a Japanese Buddhist, is | registered at the Palace. He comes here to take charge of the mission at 807 Polk street, releasing T. Sanode, who goes tc Germany to report upon the establishment of a missioh in that country. Mrs. C. M. Jewell, Rev. G. R. Davis, Miss Alice Perrell, Miss Grace Newton and Miss Righter, missionaries from Pe- king, China, arrived in this city yester- day and are at the Occidental. They are on their ‘way east and may return to China again after needed rest. T. E. Gibbon, vice president of the San | Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Rail- road, arrived at the Palace yesterday. Mr. Gibbon says that actual construction on the new road will be commenced with- in.sixty days. The company will have the benefit of the maps and data obtained by the Unton Pacific, which had three sur- veys made betweeu the two cities some years ago. Some of the rails for the new road have already been ordered and ?)n» tracts for considerable equipment wifl be let soon. . —_—e—————— CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—Leopold Mi- chaels is at the Arlington; R. W. Thomp- son is at the Ebbitt, and A. T. Street is at the St, James—all from San Francisco. ————————— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. | BALDWIN HOTEL—T. B. F., City. The' fire that destroyed the Baldwin Hotel in San Francisco occurred on the morning of the 23d of November, 1868, BRENTON REEF AND CAPE MAY— The Brenton Reef cup and the Cape May cup were won by the Idler. The first July 26, 1876, and the latter September 4, 1897. ALLEN HALL-T. L O., City. This de- partment has not been able to find any one who ever heard of “Allen Hall. an Amerjcan journalist. now . who at one time was forced to spend fifty hours on the Seal Rocks.” INCENSE CEDAR—Isabella, West Point, Cal. The two specimens sent are from two trees of the same species, the Librocedrus decurrens, commonly called the incense cedar. The yellow specks on one of the specimens are the male flowers. It is a California cedar. NO WORTHY ACTION DONE-Isa- beila, Wect Point, Cal. The lines Count that day lost whose low descending sun Clews from thy hand no worthy action dome ‘Were writtgn by Jacob Bobart and are to be found in David Kreig's album in the British Museum. BOOKS—Tsabélla, West Point, Cal. The books that describe the trees of California are “Botany of California,” in two’ large coffce lumes of the cal ‘Survey: ‘"W Kinerican Oaks’ and “Lemmon s Western Cone Bearing Trees. 0 ally devoted to thflfi?n:‘ " z or of Cali a. s MAGAZINES—N. N. and Old Subscri- ber, City. If you desire to know the cir- culation of the magazines named in your respecti n A : HAT FOR A GIRL. The three cornered hat represented s of black feit trimmed with black feathers. The crown is hidden by a chiffonnee of | black satin and the brim bordered with gold braild. Beneath the brim, on the iett side, Is a satin rosette. ———e———————— Despondent Fair One—Do you Kknow, dear, I'm afraid 1 must be getting very old! Consoling Friend—Nonsense, darling! Why do you think so? Despondent Fair One—Because people are beginning to tell me how very young T am looking.—Punch. @ it EDITORIAL UTTERANCE IN VARIETY Should Be Encouraged. The emigrgtion of the Boers from South Africa to tMs country should be encou - aged. Those of them who are disgusted agd disheartened with their treatment can 38d homes in this country if they care to come.—PHILADELPHIA PRE: South Wants Peace. Our Northern friends have a mistaken potion about what Southern people call “negro rule.” We are not afraid that fle negroes are going to rule over us. {\'v I'\reg not afraid that the inferior race will dominate the superior race. But when a number of white politicians organize tha Regro voters and bring them into our local politics and eapture some of the offices, pandemonium rules ad the Southern peo- ple do not want pan.emonium, but peace “RICHMOND TIM Railroads to Blame. The fact is that railror ways either too hot or t oaches are al- » cold in winter nd that the very worst ¢ $racted in them. There is a catarrh irt the United States 0 unlikely that the rafiroads are responsib for it. They are certainly respe nsible for thousands and thomsands of bad ecolds every year, at any rate. and the time has fully arrived to Getermine whether the re | sponsibility _is of pecuniary sort CHARLESTON NEWS AND COURIER Beat Back Materialism. L All the great spiritual influences, re! fon, literature, morality and statesmansh should join hands to resist and be b:»k Vhsj wave of a luxurious materialism that threatens to engulf us. And we re- gard it as fortunate that Bishop Potte | address his remarks to a ghurch organ ization, for the church mus#¥ be roused the great responsibility, that indeed, rests on ue all, but that presses with pecu force on that organization that was put the world for the purpose of saving the world.—INDIANAPOLIS NEWS. Away With Billboards. The best way for the theaters to avold protests against objectionable billboar:l to do away with the billboar: In Boston theater managers | have an agreement among then lves b | which all their advertising is confined to legitimate newspapers, which is found to produce the best results, because the peo ple look to_the newspapers for these a nouncements and rely upon the cisms for information as to- the c in billboard advertising in Omaha to newspaper space to the Fage of the theaters.—OMAHA BEE. Keep Politics Out. Within the past few years there ha been held in different States of the Sou an unusually large number of trade cor ventions of one sort or another all ¢ them having in view the general object ¢ developing that section of the country avv& directing attention to the unusual oppe it offers for the investment | capital. Some of these conventiens have been well attended, have discussed th subjects on broad and practical line have had no_ lttle influence in bri about the ends desired. Others haw veloped a too partisan political tenden and have done little good—in some ca tunities harm—to the cause of the South. Just soon as polities is allowed to enter @ | door of such a convention business is out of the window. | to fiy | AMERICAN. | 4 Choice candies, Townsend's,Palace Hote $ Ex. strong hoarhound candy. Townsend & —_—e——————— French candies in fire-etched boxes at | Calitornia glace cherries at Townsend's. * | . d's. | White poplar wood boxes for etching ofl painting, ¢ up. Townsend's. | Townsen | } # Thousands of pounds of California truits all ready for shipping. Townse — e | | — | Townsend's famous hroken and | mixed candy, 2 1bs. 25¢. 639 Market stre-t | | { plain * Time to express Townsend's Californ glace fruits to your Fastern friends, . f Townsend’s California glace fruits, $c a | pound, in fire-etched boxes cr Jap. bas- kets. A nice present for Eastern friend §39 Market street, Palace Hotel building * Special information supplied® daily to | busine#s houses and public men by ths Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s). 510 Mont gomery st. Telephone Main 1 . e ety Binks—A good deal deperds upon your | luek in whist. | “Wagsles—Yes: but your luck also de- | pends on a good deal.—Tit-Bits. —————— IT WAS THE ROUTE IN 49! | It Is the Route To-Day, and Will Bs For All Time to Come. Ladies and children traveling without escor: apprectate the advantage of a. solid vestibuled train like “The Overland Limited,” running through from San Francisco to Chicago, with- out change, LESS THAN THREE DAYS. | Leaving San_Franeiseo dafly at 10 a. m., via | Central Pacifie, Unton Pacific and Chicago and Northwestern railways. —_—— To rebuild wasted tissue and fortify the sys- tem against the sudden changes of fall ant win- ter, doctors recommend DR. SIEGERT'S An- gostura Bitters, B e S S DO NOT FORGET THAT This year's Christmas edition of The Call will be a gem. It is safe to predict that it will surpass the effort of any other paper in ths United States. The matter has been selected with the greatest care for its literary excellence and only the best work of well-known authors has been accepted to fill the fiction portion of this mammoth edition. Thers will be plenty of interesting matter, besides good shcrt storfes—but just listen to a few of the names of our contributors. In the st place, thers is Pauline Bradford Mackie, whose book, “A Georgian Actress,” was justly considered by the critics to bs one of the books of the season. She writes a charming love story of the early pilgrim days. Justin McCar- thy gives an interesting Christmas sketch entitled “His Ideal Christ- by in “A Shot in Time.” John $trange General Charles King has written his best short story ‘Winter is there with a notable con- tribution, to say nothing of such well-known people as Marion Harland, Edith Sessions Tupper tion of what will be in urguod, wholesome and bright a their fancy. The illustrating has b. staff of artists—and it is a recogni: ment is unequaled. It is sufficient fessel, Dixon, Cahill, Warren, Brad: Borein and Rohrand will appear a: in the swim with the funniest story of the the Grass Widow that was ever told, to sa comics that are simply side-splitti feel safe in prophesying that of al and Jessie Juliet Knox. This is only a unll&por- THE CRRISTMAS CALL There will also be stories for the ¢hildren as well as for the grown- rticles written expressly :o eatch cen done by The Call’s own special zed fact that The Call Art Depart- to mention that such i such names as Meth- S signatures on original full-page eglected, Bad Boy’s Chi stmas Joke on 'y nothing of some full ng. Can you wonder then uu:r:: 1 the Christmas papers published this WILL BE THE FINEST EDITION IN AMERICA. ppearance, December 1 900—you « understand that this is to be the greatest | ey