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12 THE GIRL IN THE GLASS CASE. How Do Her Lungs Work? LIST hew many cubic foet of air a human being requires a minute has never been quite Settled, Some authorities say two and a half, others ten, and some even run the number up to more than twenty. Now, every one must have observed that in rr.any of the wholesale bouses cashiers, typewriters and others perform their duties in little glass erections within tho warehouse, and in the retail stores the cashiers are frequently partitioned off in glass Soxes. "Do these girls get enough air?" is question that would naturally suggest Itself to any onn who thinks of comparing the cubic dimensions of these glass casea with the cubic amount of air pronounced necessary for the support of human life. At.

first sight it appeared no trifling matter to ask the opinion of the themselves upon the subject, because every one knows that what exists iv glass cases is out of the reach of ordinary mortals. An outsider may flatten his or her nose against the class, but that is usually tie limit of the acquaintance with what is preserved inside. who are precious as to be put under glass must be well worth Interviewing," said a prominent business man, to bom I bad stated my errand yesterday, and added, "I do not keep my own typewriter in a case, but I can take you to some places where tticy do," and I was conducted into a large, draughty warehouse full of biles and boxes, that was a trifle colder than the street itself. The little office was a perfect haven of refuge from the breezes outside and although warmed by a coal-oil stove did not seem to be stuffy. "It is very comfortable here," saM the girl at the typewriter, "and there is enough air, too, because the glass does not extend up to the ceiling, but 1 honestly I elieva that some girls who have lids to Iheii boxes nave very insufficient ventilation," and the girl went on to name some typewriters whose boxes were nut so comfortable as her own.

"1 don't mind what I thiuk," proclaimed a bright, saucy looking little Ktenogrnpher, pointing heavenward to the wooden roof of her glass den. "There is not enough air in here. Do you see that ventilator?" and she indicated a sort of revolving window over the door. "It is the oniy means I have of airing this office. When it is open the draught is unbearable, and when it is the girl drew a lons breath that spoke volumes abmit the difficulty of respiration.

The next person interviewed was a drummer, who has had a wide and varied experience of the glass boxes wherein girls work. "In a windy rlimate like this it is bard to get just the right amount of air," he observed. "Now, in some of the larae uptown stores, particularly those that have doors opening en two streets, the girls behind the counter complain of the draught and envy th? cashiers their glass screens. "My own opinion is that without winds draughts more injurious than too little Kir," and he went on to say that the girls in the glass boxes are as healthy, happy-looking a of workers as one can find. One pretty tetnied girl, who was sitting at the receipt of custom in a glass iffiee, shivered a little as she observed: "In our last place of business I had not enough air, butsiuce we have moved Into these new buildings tiiero are moments when 1 have too much.

Of course, even here, the only ventilation is through the front door, and perhaps that is scarcely adequate where there is no wind, indeed, people often exclaim, 'How very elostt' on entering my iff! but I have grown so used to it myself thai i do notice the "Once," she continued, laughing merrily, "we had a talent ventilator put in to create an artificial atmosphere, and it created far too lively a one. I lived in a constant gale, my rapeis were blown away and flew down street- I cl to rush and give chase: bWdes the noise it made was like a mill wheel. The v- ntilator was only an experiment and was soon abandoned. We not have endutfd its clatter, even if we had Won ib'e to exist in its artificial atmosphere." Tiie next girl interviewed wag in the part r.f town where store? Abound. She had a little den opening out of a place of business which itself wa? decidedly close, and yet in spite of the vitiated atmosphere she was healthy-looking and pretty.

"Come hi," said the girl hospitably. was not room for two, so my entering necessitated her going out. She sat on the other Mdn of the little window that lookol like a ticket office, and we chatted through the aperture. The girl seemed to con.iiiior herself blessed in that her office was illuminated by the light of day and not polluted, as some are, by constant gaslight, and she remarked that though her domicile was small, it was her own, and she was monarch of all she surveyed there. The lonking-zlass hung a the wall and nrr nib was beside it.

To a girl who values Hjiriearauee this would go far toward atoning for a certain want of air Miat was very apparent to a passing visitor. Indeed, the entire dimensions of that office would have nonplused learned physicians who make statistics by demonstrating that a girl can live and thrive on air than their researches lead them to believe possible. The elrl who worked upstairs in a cashier's case in one of the large stores had not much to say, as the vitiated, impure air that rose from tne gas the crowd of below was kent away a little by th panels and she looked apon her a friend. "Now, don't you think I have quite a nice said a pale, delicate looking girl, with an air of conscious pride and proprietorship, glancing round her comfortable, well-appointed little 'in. "I am warmed by a coal-oil stove that really lias no disagreeable odor and my air comes in from abi.ve.

for you see the is not more than ten or twelve feet high." This girl seemed the very personification of internment, but afterward explained thai tier optimism was partly owing to the contrast her present surroundings afforded to the office in which she had worked some years before. "It was a rubber factory," she observed, with a tittle sniff of disgust, "and I was up in a glass case, where the air was conspicuous by its absence and the odor if the rubber was always present." "An-) how about your health during that time?" I asked. "Well, it did not hurt me enough to Injure my health," she replied, "but" I suffered terribly from headache. You see, insufficient air in itself is bad for the head; combined with a strong scent of indiarubber it apt to make one a martyr to beadache, lint it is all gone now," she added, "and I do not think any one could have a more comfortable office, though no doubt ttiere are more showy ones." want to interview me?" asked a lit: girl with round startled eyes and fluffy hair, peering timidly out of her cashier's window. The glass case was situated near thednor in a hrge retail store, and was divider! into compartments, each containing a busy worker.

1 mated thai I did want to interview her. and she puckered up her brow despairingly. S3 if she had been asked to comnose a "What shall I say?" the demanded, tuggine nt her pretty bangs. "Tell me about your glass case," 1 answered. "Oh, I like it." replied the girl.

"This Is snch a public place. There are so many people corning and coins that one might almost as well work out in the street as in the open stoic. You have no idea how the glass adds to our privacy. Every one who comes in and out could see just what we were working at, if it were not for this." She ed one of the panes of glass quite affectionately. "And then there is another thing," continued the girl.

"This class case is not, more than eight feet high, so it cannot shut off very much air, but without it we. should be In a draught Indeed, 1 believe our papers would be blown away sometimes." And the girl looked through her little window at the other workers in the store with tin air of positive pity. She seemed a timid, retiring little thing, and it was evidently her opinion that even a glass house is better than no shelter nt all. Another girl interviewed wore spectacles suffered from her eyes. "I have not been working for some mouths," ibe observed, "because my s'eht was injured by We used gas all the time, office was at the.

back, of a large dry-goods house, whom there was scarcely any day- IMit and Dot much air. "Oh, I don't complain," she coutinued. "Space was valuable and they put us where they eoald. but it is hard to so badly as I now," and the girl elghed Badly. "What do you cali a glass box?" asked girl.

"A little den in which you could not swine tho proverbial cat, or a place like this?" and. she indicated her own office with a lordly sweep ol the hand which gcriued to i.T.ply that she dwelt in marble and had no experieoc of glass boies. Pethars her pride had some justification, her rJsce was. at least fourteen feet by eight, and pared to some of the placis 1 had visited was quite a am Tery proud of Ibis little place," continued the girl, "because I have a chair to invite a friend 10 sit down, the ventilation is good too, and that is more than can be said for a good many offices." She looked so healthy and happy and so honestly proud of her spare chair that it did one good to see her. One lady who is constantly brought into contact with girls in offices and stores, and who has the art of winning their confidence, commented upon the apparent difficulty of building a really healthy, comfortable store.

"If it is not draughty, it is stuffy," she observed. "At least I hear the girls complain very much of draughts. They seldom grumble about imperfect ventilation, although I kr.ow a good many who are hidden away in some little glass box at the end of a store. These girls work en- tirely by gaslight, and though 1 have never overheard any of them complain of a want of air it is impossible that tney can really have sufficient. "One can scarcely realize how hard it is to work day after day by gaslight," she went on, "but many of the glass houses where girls work have little or no daylight" And then I interviewed the girl who works in an ideal glass box, a miniature crystal palace in fact.

This girl was the picture of health, and there was something almost regal In the manner in which she was taking in piles of gold and silver over a polished aud elegantly carved maple desk. "My glass case is incapable of improvement," she observed. "1 have plenty of air, no draughts, electric lights aud a steamheater." Then she went on to explain how all the ventilation needed came in from above and was prevented from visiting her too roughly by a screen of ground glass at once useful and ornamental. One side of the fair cashier's den had windows looking on the street, but she was shielded cm the vulgar gaze by curtains that could be drawn at will. The little furniture that the office had room to on tain can only be described as elegant.

Linoleum on the Boor, a rug for the girl's feet and a chair that would not have disgraced a drawing room. lam only visible from the inside," said she, seeing my glance straying towaid the window, "but this side of mv house on the office 1 am on view here all day." And, really, as I said "good-bv" to the girl In the crystal palace it struck me that it was worth any one's while to pay I visit to that office. Peep into the cashier's den just to get an idea perfection to which a glass ease may be brought. "Sometimes one has too nraeh of a thing," was the conclusion that the uutted interviews led to. In the large wholesale nooses, where the doors are almost always open for traffic, protect urn nf some sort is necessary for the sedentary workers, and in draughty retail stotes it is necessary too.

But overproduction is almost as bad as none at all, and though most r.ises shelter the hr.ppy medium, there are just a few where, in the anxiety to exclude draught, ueces-ary air is shut out tun, and sooner or later this must tell on the girls' health. If ABIE F.YKi.Y.W City Sketches IN BLACK AND WHITE. M.MBER FOUR. Mr. Winkers' Bad Break.

LD mun Winkers is a great-hearted ild gentleman with white whiskers who goes around doing poor relic 1 those in distress and playing the Samaritan generally. That la all Mr. Wtokl to do, and it affords him heartfelt joy, sometimes. lie lives in a mud- on Mason street, near Ellis with i bay-wind' commanding a view of the street and the alley which runs back. Most of the time Mr.

Winkers sits at this window with his eye peeled for persons to whom the soft caress of a minUterlng hand thing won'? wonld bring relief. Be was sitting at tho window yesterday afternoon peering into the alley when he suddenly exclaimed to his wife: "Mother, come here quick and look at that I The lady on at his side, and together they viewed the boj in Question. lie was a small-sized human of the common, wart-infested variety, and was seated on the ground about fifty yards down the alley, with his back propped against a whitewashed barn, and with both ka ees hauled up under his chin. Both bands were clasped over his face, and he seemed to be suffering ttie most excruciating almost ou the verge of convulsions. "Whose child is that, husband?" anxiously inquired the old lady.

"Don't know hat look at them tantrums. Did you and the perturbed Mr. Winkers stood ud in his excitement. The boy was now moving his head rapidly from side to side, and patting the ground first with one foot and then with the other. as if his pain was so great be could not hold still.

Occasionally he would throw his hend far back and shove one lee straight out in front, apparently enduring untold agony, but still holding his.haudsto his face and ever and anon dropping down on one side till his elbow touched the ground. Then he would suddenly jam his hood forward with a spasmodic twitch, rubbing his face with his hands and thumping himself on the ribs with his arms in a way that sent cold chills chasing upaud down Mr. Winkers' wrinkled spine. The boy had no coat and his cap was pulled down, concealing the upper portion of resemblance. He was-fetill writhing in apparent death throes when Mr.

Winkers anxiously observed: "I'm afraid that boy is badly hurt." "Yes. indeed," replied Mrs. Winkers. "He seems in awful pain." "It's really my Christian duty to go and see to him," Raid the old gentleman, looking around for his hat. "Do hurry, dear; he may have been kicked by a horse, or shot." Mrs.

Winkers stood- at 'the window and watched her Husband approach the wriggling youth. She was looking when the old man spoke to the boy, sod she saw the boy glance up at Air. Winkers and then re- Biime I. is spasms. Then Mr.

Winkers hurriedly came away from the boy. It was quite a while before the old man came in and he seemed to be grieved about something. "What was the matter with the poor child?" asked the sympathetic lady when the pond Samaritan returned. "He was playing that 'Boom de ay' on a moutliorgan, and he told met to go and lake a run and jump at myself," replied the philanthropist, with a look of pain in his kindly old eyes. Charles Duvi.i.v.

HE KILLED HIMSELF Another Body Found in the Bushes at Cioldcn Gate Park. The body of a niWdle-aeed man wa9 discovered in the boshes in Golden Gate Park yesterday afternoon at a roint on the left of the- speed track opposite the half-mile post. The man had evidently ended his life by his own hand. Beside him was found a cheap revolver with one chamber empty, while in the left side of his neck there was a ghastly wound made by a pistol bullet. Nothing was found upon the body by which it could be identified.

He had evidently lain where found a week or more. The remains wore those of a man about 50 years of age and were dressed in new blue overalls, a new duck coat lined with red flannel, a gray flannel shirt and gray vest, a win slouch hat and brogans. The body is at the Morgue, awaiting identification. Death of Antone Spinetti. AntoneSninetti, a well-known meinbcr of the Italian colony, died in this city last Friday night of paralysis at the age of 64.

He was a native of Chiavari. In "Northern Italy, and while yet a young came to California, arriving here in 1852. He opeiied the first Italian boarding and house in this city, and then weut Into the merchandise business in Amador County. Ha then engaged in raining, and then return) to ibis city, where he followed the business ol broker. He was the father of ex-Judge Spiaetti and of M.

A. ijpinettl. Do Youssille? 'If 80, and you want to kill perfume or the same, chew White's ucaaa liLia, It will do it in two minutes. THE MORNING CALL, SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 1893 SIXTEEN PAGES. WOMEN WHEELERS A Thousand Local Ladies Ride Bicycles.

A VERY ECONOMICAL STEED. The Park Is Their Great Pleasure Ground and the Pastime Is Fast Becoming Popular. in the form of open-air exercise for women can compare with ridliii? on a safety cyi'le. A few years ago, when it was discovered that eoveral ban Francises ladies had taken to wheeling through Golden Gate Park for health and pleasure combined, that garrulous old dune Madame Grundy Hire up her bands in hi. nor and sent post haste for her smelling salts.

Then the old lady betook herself to and worked herself into a hysterical ecstasy over the shocking impropriety of such a departure. The "ordinary" or higb-wheeled vehicle was then in vogue and the present popular typo of safety was just beginning to become known in the East. As no out had ever s-em aught but a tinseled dame of the circus arena make of a wheel, tho term "ladies' bicycle" carried with it visions of fair maids and matrons perched high hi the air. And Mrs. Grundy groaned.

"To think of woman actually astride of one of those horrid things! It's inn awful for anything." It was a state of affairs which the good old chapeion could not contemplate, it was little wonder that she was shocked b'yond expression. And the public, tho dear, patient public, was content to allow the innovation a (air trial on its merits, and refused to enter into the discussion between Mrs Grand; and the bievcle entbusiaitts. Bat gradually the true form and merit- of the lady's wheel became known, li was discerned at onoa tbat women uld mount and ride with as much ease and facility as they could s'ep in and tut of a carriage. The stra yen a cordial welcome aud was Invited to stay. To-day there are over lady bicyclers in the HIM kg ChrUt I Sao Francisco, fully 600 across the bay it.

Oakland aud Alamede, while nearly evi'iy other city In aiifornia has its quoin. The public hns been completely won ovef, and none but the over-prudish and incurably dyspeptic are left to rail against it. Bicycling is now tlie most fascinating kind of exercise. Until its Introduction women could not run, jump, play baseball walking was monotonous and weary; row- Ing more so. Tennis was good enough in its way, but It was fat from being exhilarating pastime bicycling is.

Heretofore the outdoor recreations of ladies have been limited in confines. They did not see the Leai'tlfrs of the country and the (lories Of nature. Horseback riding or carriage driving, it is trae, brought these advantages, but both are luxuries in tiieir way, while the latter is no more to be to healthy exercise than a ride in a cable-car for that matter. And so it went all through the list. all is changed.

with her blcvcle she can go where will, when She will and the way she will. The exercise may be as gentle or as hard at she wishes. She can go fast or as niow as suits her own sweet will and physical strength. She has banished care to the winds, mounts her Bteed and tnkes a snap shot at the nn vitiated air. Everything has taken on a new charm.

She wanders in odd places and the a Ie of landscapes Lave rest I with a new Interest, Everything has changed siuce has to ride. rulers say that bicycling is an effectual banisl ci i many ol the aches and th.it their sex is heir to. It dues away with that "tired feelinc." 1 he motion is rhythmical.and consequently very different indeed rum walking, It has a peculiar fascination, hard to define with its freedom from tension or strain, it is this fascination sometimes, however, that leads enthusiasts to strain and overtax themselves, but any exercise carried to the point of exhaustion becomes an evil Instead of a benefit. Moreover, the bicycle is a very economical soft of a servant. He needs no food or grooming like the horse.

Once you become acquainted with it, it is always obedient and ready to do your will. Its speed Is equal to the lies; of steeds, nnd it never all uphill and downhill, raptly or slowly, let the weather be what it is always the same tireless, docile nud willing. it doesn't shy at shadows or prick up its ears and make an attempt to unseat you nt the sight of unfamiliar things. It is such a cheap sort of a fellow, too, as to be within the reach of every one. His only expense practically is his purchase.

There is no stable to provide for him. no hay or feed to buy for his keeping when not in use. When you are not using him you can leave him any convenient and safe spot and you will surely Cud him there when yr want him. There was never a more faithful servant. lenG ite is the L'reat resort of the.

lady bicyclists of San Francisco. The pood and" level drives of that plea-tue land afford an excellent track for piaciice. Almost any you see several of these twowheeled with pretty drivers, noiselessly speeding along the beautiful Tnere Ha healthful glow in their cheeks, the intoxication of pleasure in their eyes, and the riders are of all ages and siz-3. nro mere tots, not over or years old, others are demure misses of 15, then follows a splendidly developed woman of 20 cr so on the It is no to 1 a mstrouly locking woman of 45 years poised erectly on the machine and pedaling away with as mucl) vivacity and sprighiliuess as a schoolboy. And the majority of these la-lv wheelers are good riders.

Not a few of them enn up with the smartest and four, and with the greatest ease. Of course all the ladies do not own their own bicycles. There arc bicycle livery stables, where you can reut 11mb machine just the same as you can hiro a horse or teiuii from a real livery stable. These are called clerics or wheeleries. A eyelery la generally a riding-school and a wheel-renting establishment in one.

The beginner is langbt how to manace the machiuo and then for so much an hnnr you can have the use of it to go wherever you please. Many of the lady riders find it morn suitable to f.ire the machine whenever it pleases their fiuicy to "In past year wo have taught about bnw to ride a bicycle," said Thomas J. Cullen, an instructor at the cyclery nt the Ilaiyh'-street entrance to the park. "How long does it take a beginner to arrjuire the an Oh, not long. Generally after the first lesson they are able to toddle for Ladies are apt pupils, ami I have frequently seen one sprint away like an old-timer after a fifteen-minute lesson.

At firat they are generally pretty nervous, it is hard to convince them when they are in tie saddle that Uiey are not twenty fret Irom the ground. i he pupil is given her first lesson on a safety tandem, or twosaddled machine. The instructor sits in tie hind 6eat. while the beginner has to do is to place her feet on the pedals and allow them to rernnin there. This is what is known ns learning and Is the most (Jifucult pai the ta-k the ladies meet with.

A man picks it up Ht once, but a woman always fears she will full, and, of course, mis timidity retards her progress. After you convince her that she can balance herself by the use of the handles your great work is done and but plain sailing remains. "You kaow when a woman has confidence in herself the will undertake anything, and the moment she has confidence in the bicycle she has learned to ride it. "More women are taking to it every tliy. They find out it is a very healthful exercise perfectly exempt from danger.

The only trouble Is that a tyro in tho business is apt to -iriiiu herself too much. 1 should advise all ladies to lake time while going up bilL There is a certain strain or tension in pedaling up an incline, which should be taken slowly and oelibefwfely. A number of schoolgirls are now riding the wheel after school and I think they study the harder for it." A prominent female physician was nsked: "Do you regard the uso of the bicycle for women as gooJ or bad?" "Had," she replied, "because I am forced to confess the result is the defrauding of doctors out of a many patients. From an unselfish standpoint, I think it is the best doctor woman could possibly have, it' is a health-giver In the true sense of the woid. It lie muscles of.

the leg? and back as no other exercise 1 know of. It would be a godsend to shopgirls and saleswomen if they could mount a bicycle mid ride to their homes after their lone confinemnnt. during working I think it would be the. greatest bit of practical philanthropy on record if morcuanU would provide their employes; with a safety by buying the machine at wholesale prices and selling it to the employed on easy installments. It would reduce the sick list, and 1 believe the merchant would be a big gainer by it in the end.

1 advise all my patients to take this mode of exorcise if they are strong enough, and I have seen enough to convince me that it is a greater health restorative than all the physic and medicine in the category, of materia Both the San Francisco Bicycle Club and the Alameda Bicycle aud Athletic Club have a ladies' annex. On this side of the bay, however, the ladies do not seem to bo very clannish and but very few riders belong to the annex. In ladies' bicycle clubs do not seem to thrive very well. So of the thousand riders' who 'grace Golden Gate Park in the course of a year but a mere fraction are members of the clubs. Among the more prominent devotees of the wheel in San Francisco may be mentioned: Mrs.

John C. Quinn, Mrs. G. 11. Hooke, Mrs.

Dr. Trazter, Mrs. James Barry, Mrs. Deerinp, Mrs. Stone, A.

B. Butler, Mrs. Mycrstein, Mrs. (ir.inoie. C.

E. Howard, Mis. U'd'it'il, Mrs. Burns Verhumer, Mrs. Joseph E.

8b ilo, Miss A. Christ, the Misses C. S. and L. D.

Hill, Mis Marwedel, Hiss Book, Miss Laura Small, Miss Lamb, Miss Fiby, the Misses Cowley, Blanche iVrrill. Miss Lillian Bay, Miss Muriel Wemule, Miss Langran, the Misses Kedding, Miss Jennie Bell, Miss Eells, Miss the Misses Merry, the Misses Miss Mamie Wallace, the Misses Davis, Miss Mac J. Richards, MisvLovcgrove, Miss Eva Howe. Miss Nina Lyon, 'Miss McAdams. Miss Peck, Miss Etasaell, Miss Essie Wetherall, Miss Laura Br.dlfy.

Miss Jeannle ll MISS M. V. Morrell. Miss May Corscllia. Mis 3 Carter, Miss Miss Cailahan, Miss Ileinetoin, Mrs.

Fahrbach, Miss Kiley, Mias Ilotchkiuson, Miss Simpson, Mjhan, Miss Mayo, Miss Woods, Miss Scliifferstein and Miss Frances Shaw. Miss Christ was of the first ladies to mount a wheel in Golden Gate Park. She is a constant rider aud is very proficient in the accomplishment. Miss L. D.

Bill has pedaled away for the past thirty months. "1 think I was one of the first four ladies who rode a bicycle in San Francisco," said Miss Hill. "1 can remember the first day I went out there how all the men stared at me as if I was a curiosity. Now they take It as matter of course, 1 sappooe. 1 am devoted to toe pastime ami can ride for hours without being fatigued.

I find it as pleasant, and healthy a recreation as one could wish for. It ip far ahead of horseback riding and is less fatiguing. "In time 1 think nearly every woman will have her own bicycle, and take a spin on an afternoon." Miss Is a very graceful rider aud ardently devoted to her 'cycle. Miss Fanny Rice, the actress, takes a spin in the park nearly every morning now. So does Mrs.

Conley. Of course none of the pretty enthusiasts are so absorbed in their new calling that they have lost ail interest in the matter of dress. Bicycling has become such a fashionable pastime that dressmakers have now devote 1 a department to the making of bicycle gowns, just the same as tennis costumes, or ballroom dresses, for that matter. So far there is no disposition on the part of fashion to say just what shall be proper and what not proper for a fair wheeler to weAr when she is taking an outing. An attempt was made last summer to introduce the divided skirt.

This was the result of Mrs. Charles Candy of Denver ridins down from the sun, of Pikes in the Jenness-Miller costume, but the attempt met with no success. So Individual fancy may be Indulged in at present, and the riders may wear just what color and what make-up of dress they please. There is a costume, however, which Is very much in vogue at present, and it is said to possess considerable merit over any other yet devised. li is from a well-known wheeler: "I used to think that the ordinary tailor-made gown would serve all purposes of cycling.

But I rode from Oakland to San Jose the other day, and my skirts got caught twice in the wheels and wore sadly damaged. I have been working on a new pattern since I returned, aud I think lady riders will find It as near perfection as any yet heard of." "The skirt isiuf gray tweed. It is made without foundation, and with, a deep hem turned up on the outside, well secured by rows of stitching bo that there is absolutely nothing on the inside to catch, It is of ordinary walking length, for I am opposed to any eccentricity in costume. By an arrangement of hooks and the hooks around the lt can ba looped up bo that it just reaches the ankles when on the machine, and as there is no unnecessary taflaest in the back there Is small if Rny dancer of it getting wound up in the wheel. For tho rest a linen blouse, jacket to put on when off the machine, and a jaunty felt hat complete the costume.

Next to the skin wool should be worn. I recommend woolen corsets. They absorb the perspiration. Mine has so few bones that it is never stiff, and does not interfere with my movements. There have been other instance, one marvelous skirt closed around the bottom with a wide piece of cloih in which there are Incipient but just what becomes of that piece of cloth when you sit on the machine 1 don't know.

Then there are skirts closed around the feet like a bag, and numerous other conceits, hut 1 believe my own invention is the best." At the present 'imp there are ovpr 20,000 lady cyclists In the United States. The first woman to tako to the whi nl no this side of the water was Mrs. W. E. Smith of New York.

The fad. or whatever it pleases you to call it, is on the increase as thing of its kind ever was before. Tho list includes many well-known womon, such as Paulino Hall, the actress, Mrs. Kendal, Miss Drexel, Kate Field, as well as leading society women in every city in the tan try. Thus far very few American wheelwomen have achieved any event that will sdd their names to the scroll of fame of the.

cycle historian. Mention, however, should be made of Mrs. Charles Candy of Denver, who rode down Pikes Peak in company wit a her husband. Miss Mamie Johnson, a school lonelier of Yellow Springs. Ohio, undertook ride alone from her homo to Davenport, lowa, last summer, a distance of 800 mites.

Sho accomplished the undertaking without any difficulty. As for speed Miss Margaret Elrkwood of Boston is probably tbe fastest lady rider In the East. Sho was tho first lady to ride-100 miles in one day. She has accomplished the feat frequently since then. This is known as the Century run.

Miss Jessie of Portland. is probably the record-breaker of the Pacific Coast. 'Miss Kiidell lifts ridden a mile in 2 minutes and 22 seconds, and set the pace at fifteen miles an hour in Golden Gate Park last summer when her mother in this city. Miss has never ye: made a Century run-, although she will probably attempt it in San Francisco during the next summer. Miss Lucy Porter of Denver and Miss Helen Haggerty ol St.

i. nil both made six Century runs during 1592. They began by taking long walks in the snow as a course of training, and claim they can repeat the effort without any Miss Lottie Dudley, a young English woman, has recently attained ptominenco by riding 100 miles id 7 hours and 12 minutes, an average of 14 miles an hour. Miss Dudley placed herself In the hands of a professional trainer and underwent a thorough system of coaching preparatory to the experiment. Her courso in this matter, however, has been the subject of much deprecatory criticism.

Miss of Denmark has ridden 19 miles within an hour, and 101 miles in 12 hours. Thus for in this city tho spirit of competition doe; not seem to have affected the harmony existing between the various ladies. No attempt been made by any California woman to prove herself a recordbreaker. At least if such tins been made the lair aspirant has heretofore boon too modest to declare her ambition. During the present year it is likely an a'tempt will be made to form a strictly ladies' bicycle club.

The project is under way at present, atid the oulluuk fur its success is very bright. A similar movement is on foot across the bay, and should both projects become realities it is likely the ladies them delves will hare a number of runs to adjacent cities. Al.imeda County hai a umber of excellent roads, admirably suited to the wt.cpl. StocKton. Sacramento and Sau Jose are also lv fuvor of bucu nctii n.

Possibly the longest pood run in tha State would be from Oakland to San Jose. The road is good, and it la likely a Century course will be established between these two cities which will be a competing arena for local lady speeders. It is a liogtiltr fact, however, tlint few ladies' clubs have had any lengthened existence. They have either died in their incipiency or were disbanded shortly after organization. Notewoithy examples of this are Washton.

Providence, Philadelphia, Chicago aud Minneapolis' It is only recently that New York City bas developed a successful ornsmiz ition. The only i tlier clubs at present are in Omaha, Bart ford: Houston, West Snmervi lie, Worcester, Toronto, Ansonia, Wyoming. Kosedale. buffalo, N. and Brooklyn, N.

V. Course of Lectures. Rev. M. W.

will deliver a series of Sabbath evening lectures at the First EugHsh Lutheran Church, on Geary street, near Octavia, an "Egypt and; as connected with biblical history and known from porsonal experience and acquaintance. The first will ho delivered this? evening, and will ho on "Egypt and Israel." RAILROAD TAXES. Attorney-General Hart on Delinquents. The Report Will Be Sent to the Legislature and Presented on Tuesday Next. The report ol Attorney-General Hart on the subject of delinquent railroad taxes is about finished.

It will be presented to the Legislature on Monday or Tuesday, but may be delayed a few days longer. There is no doubt when the report is rend to the Legislature it will produce one of the sensations of tho session, both on account of the conclusions of the Attorney-General and the reflections mute on certain officials. The Attorney-General has been eneneed a long while on the report, tho work of computing aud tabulating figures having been, the work of months. All of the work had to be done in thr Controller's office and in the offico of Secretary of State. In the report there is a tabulation of taxes owed by the different roads for tin; different years beginning from 1880, when the delinquent assessments made the the debtors of the State.

There is also tho percentage that oacli railroad county assessment bears to the State assessment, together with the total mileage for each road and for each year. There are also statistics of the total amount paid by each railroad, and the total amounts remaining unpaid. There are three years of the delinquent railroad taxes which are not Included in the report, for Hie reason that it was impossible for the Attorney-General to get any figures for these lie could not discover what the railroad paid or owed for these years. In order to learn this it will be necessary to go over the records ol every county in the State. The rPinon the figures for the three years, from 1880 to 1883 inclusive, could not be obtained or compiled by the Attorney-Genera! is that there are no records for railroad delinquent taxes for these years In the i fires of the State Controller or Secretary of State.

At this time the law had not yet been passed compelling State and county officials to tile such statements of delinquent taxes at Sacramento. The Attorney-General finds that the total amount of taxes not including interest, penalties and costs for the years from to 1887 inclusive, owed by the railroad to the State amounts to $2,011,760 18. In addition there is over $1,000,000 delinquent rnilroad taxes due to the State from the railroads for tne years preceding 1885. The next portion of the Attornoy-Q' neral's report is devoted to an exhaustive history of railroad legislation in this State, particularly Clint part relating to delinquent lie goes at length into the first refusal of the, railroads to pay the taxes, the reasons and law involved, the steps taken by the public, officials at th" time, the bringing of the the fights In tho courts: from the Superior up to the United States Supreme Court, and the termination of the litigation by that tribunal. The Attorney-General attacks John T.

Dunn, who was State Controller, and who, he refused to accept certain moneys i ffered by the railroad as a tender of taxes. Wo also pitches into tho late Attorney-General Marshall for the manner in which he conducted the railroad delinquent tax cases. Other officials are also handled without gloves by Attorney-General Hart. The Attorney-General concludes that these millions of dollars of delinquent tnxes were lost to State through the laches of officials who had charge of the State's interests at the. time.

In view ot the. railroad fight, whiclf will be made by The Traffic Association in IBS Legislature, the. report will be read with great inteicst, as it is the most exhaustive compilation of farts aud figures on the railroad delinquent tax GSMI that has ever been gut up in the. State. The Attorney- General omy concluded his report yesterday, leavtnc a sick bed to do so against ttie iidvico of his friends.

He will pal the finishing touches oil hit report to-day, and lake it to Sacramento with him on Monday. COLORED RAIN. Remarkable Shower, the Drops of Which Were Black. I'r. The.

meteorological records of the world chronicle several incontestable Instances of black rainfalls, to say nothing of the more startling phenomena of of blood, blue etc. Professor Barker, in April, 1845, laid before the Royal Society of Dubllu Borne nbseivatlous on. a shower of black rain which fell around Carlaw and Kilkenny, extending altogether over on area of about 400 square miles. During the com so of his lecture Professor Barker exhibited to the society a specimen of this uncanny shower. Which had beeu sent bid by a friend.

The specimen shown In the vial was of a uniform bltck color, much resembling, common black 'writing fluid. Dr. Barker that aftnr. allowing It to stand for a short, period 'tho black cotorlM iruttrr separated from the water wnli it had mixed, rendering the color of the run water much ligiit'-r. but still dark enough to be called "black The shower, which was in brond daylight, wns preceded by a darkness so dense as to make it Impossible for one to read without the aid of a After this darknoas had continued for time a hailstorm set in, attended with viviJ lightning, but without tbe of thunder.

When this hailstorm was over th-' blxek rain began fall. On examination ol the rain immediately after the Bt nn was over it was found to have an extremely fetid smell, well as a very taste. All lighf-cobTert animal-, and all articles of clothing expoted, bore dark spots and and cattle refused to drink the witter or eat the until after a Shower of "real r.in" had washed off the black, poisonous matter. AN UNTOLD STORY. How the Tramp and His Prosperous Fellow Veteran Met and Parted.

Detroit live Tress. Ho was an old man, gray-haired and wrinkled. And he was typical tramp dirty and slovenly, and appearing if he were constantly on the alert looking for a kick or a blow. I was in the killing tinif, for the train was an hour hitc, Riid when I saw him sidling toward me 1 buried myself in the paper. He passed the policeman unnoticed and was just about to address ire when a handsome and elegantly attired gentleman uttered a self, suppressed exclamation, and glancing up I saw lite two oprosites gazing at each other.

One handsome us a picture, with an open, frank countenance and keen but tender eye the other slovenly ami slouching, with a blurred eye and asneakinc, hang-dog look. They stared each other for a moment, when the handsome gentleman pulled out a plethoric pocket-hook and banded it over to tramp. The hitter's face changed color just a little, as a wave of blood flowed up under the dirt, but he took the pocket-book, opened it, took out one bill from a large bundle of them, put it into his trousers pocket (ho had no coat or vest), banded tho other bills and the pocket-book back and slightly inclim his bend. Not a word had been spoken, but now the dnnoi said qu'etly, but very earnestly: "Won't you please take more? Just this once?" The only answer was a dpeper flush the face and a negativo movement of the head, as he turned nnd passed out into the nig it. There wan a heart story back of It all, but even when the donor down beside me and siphed I could out bring myself to the point of intruding upon his privacy.

After a few minutes ho roused himself as from trance and saw me gazing at him with an interest I could not conceal, and, as he sprang to his feet at the calling of his train, ho passed by me going out the door and remarked: "One ol the debls a mnn can never fully a reminiscence of Shiloli." And fancy was left to Gil our the story. A Sermon Exchange. Baltimore Mm. The latest enterprise which we hear announced In the, young am) enterprising West is the Exchange, of Chicago. According to popular belief the practice of clergymen' has been write sermons until they had filled a barrel.

Then the barrel would be turned upside down rind the all preached over again. Where a minister remained in a church a great many years the congregation would after a while lii'cin to know that the barrel was turned. Some sermons were looked forward to with much interest, and others with more or less dismay. Tim Sermon Exchange is to do away, with all of this. It Is no longer necessary to preach a sermon over a second time.

The preacher can take au old sermon and tie 25 cents to it. This he sends to the exchange and receives one written by some one else by return mail, or if he has no sermon he can get one for 50 cents. Two Colonels Meet by Chance. Detroit Iree I'resa. Two strangers occupied the same scat In a crowded car on a railroad down in Indiana, and, after the manner of travelers', thai began to get" acquainted.

One was reading a paper, and after a minute or so ho laid it in his lap and remarked: "I was just reading there that out in Kansas the other day they postponed a horserace on account of a funeral." "They don't do that way in my State," said other. "No?" queried the first man. "No; they postpone a funeral on account of a horserace." The first sneaker looked nt his companion a moment and stuck out his hand. "What part of the State are you from?" he asked. "I'm from Kentucky myself." Estates in Russia.

New York Bun. The Ministry of the Interior has submitted to the Imperial Council a draft of new laws concerning intestate property left by persons who have no heirs. Such property hitherto delivered to the Government treasury. According to the new. law the municipality to which the deceased belonged will the i property.

if the deceased Is a noble the Assembly; of Nobles of his ooyiz (county) will inherit it. If he was officially connected with an institution of learning, as professor or superintendent, the iustttutlou falls heir to his property. Intestato property of army officers bom to ftio regiment in which the deceased served. The property of clergymen or persons officially connected with charitable institutions goes to tho respective churches or Instituting. SCHOOL EXHIBITS.

Meeting of Educational Committee. Steps Taken to Secure a Fine Artistic, Educational and Statistical Display at Chicago. A of the committee on educational exhibits at Chicapo took place at room 73, Flood building, yesterday. Present, P. M.

Fisher, chairman Mrs. E. A. Wil-nn, secretary; Professor C. H.

Allen, superintendent: Pnfesaor C. W. Childs, State Normal School, Snn Jose; Professor Earl Barnes, Stanford University, and Professor Homer 8. fepranue. Professor Childs reported, in behalf of the State Normal School, that thpy were making progresi in the way of ai paratus and specimens of hool wurk.

Professor Barnes stated that the Stanford exhiHt would consist mostly of photographic view and publications. The superintendent was instructed to visit Stockton, Sacramento and Southern California, if necessary, to enlist co-operation in behalf of the exhibit Returns from tnp various counties indicted increased interest in the matter cf the exhibit. Circulars have been mailed to the various counties asking the superintendents and proper committees to forward to the office of the committee on or before March 15 the following: A relief map of the county, a statistical circular, as required; an outline county map, showing location of every schoolhouse; outline mans of cities; photographs of bouses. If they can they arc requested to make an early answer as to what and how many can be forwarded. They are also requested to forward other exhibits of drawing and written work, with subjects and estimated number on each subject; collections of specimens, samples of handiwork or any other exhibits.

They are requested to describe in full as to number and space desired. The following statistical matter is asked for on the saute date (March 15): For each county, area In square mill population in IS9O, assessed valuation of entire property, BMiiioMniiiS'-9 of only one department, schoolhouses of two departments, school- uses of more than two departments-number of high schools names and locations vf private or denominational colleges, universities or normal number of children of school ago at last census, number enrolled at public and private schools, expenditure for school purposes during last year, cost per capita on enrollment, average number of school monthss average monthly salary of teachers, male and female; number of school libraries with total volumes, value of apparatus, total value of school property. As historical and comparative, the above statistics are requested for the years ISGO 1870. 1880, 1890 and 1892. After a general discussion, the committee adjourned till the 11 of the chairman.

Russia's Wolf Season. What is Known in Russia as the wolf season commence with the early autumn and continues until late in the spring. The last year for which statistics of the depredations committed by the wolvo are given are sufficiently remarkable. In one year alone, according to the data carefully collected by provincial governors, the total loss of domestic animals by wolves amnnnted to 800,000 head, valued at 8,000,000 which is about iqoal to one vhi's revenue. As evidence that number of wolves does not appreciably decrease, the Government of Olonetzis cited where wolves bears destroyed in 1375,6785 head; Id 1880, 5322; in 1885, 515(5, at din 1889, in none of the above-mentioned governments does the number of wolves; annually destroyed average more than 100, and these nro generally the younger not yet trained to the crafty tactics of the elder wolves pack leaders.

A New Monte 'Carlo. YorK Cl The good people if tire greatly exercised over the possibility of the establishment of a second "Monte Carlo" at Mondorf, a summer and winter resort the little Grand Duchy. A French syndicate has offered an annual rental -of 300,000 francs for the privilege. The temptation is great, as the revenue; of the state does not amount to more than 800,000 francs a year, and the Minister of Finance, as a rule, has to labor a deficit. The question will be decided by the Senate in a short; time.

The "Grand Duke himself is immensely wealthy, His son and heir, who is unmarried, from a financial point of vie.v is the fireatusi "catch" in Europe. Froude Hid From Car! vie. New York Commercial Advertiser. Here an amusing bit from a letter written by the late; Canon Bailer to his wife when he was staying with Mr. Fronde at Ouslow Gardens: "lie.

and 1 wore playing lawn yesterday la the old Carlyle came round to him for a drive in nn 5 omnibus, Which lie dues Tftbout tfcrco time.3 a week. frauds hid himself behind the bushes, and the old philosopher. Doable to see him anywhere, retired, and we continued our game." Who would believe that Fronde bad ever hidden himself from Carlyle before editing his literary re. mains? If lie had hidden himself behind the bushes after their publication I would not have been surprised, for lie would doubtless have had a stormy interview with the ghost. BROKEN OUT AGAIN.

A Chicago Man Who Has Escaped the Vigilantes. Chic go Tribune. "Curious think? about a stove," observed the exchange editor as he came in shivering, took oil' his coat, hung it on its accustomed peg, sat down, examined the points of his shears to see if they could be depended upon in a sudden emergency and glancing firrtively over his at the financial editor, "curious thing about a stove is that it is always hottest when it's Coaled." coal," remarked the financial editor, slowly, "is a grate deal "Now don't get at of your range," interposed the exchange editor. "If I should," retorted the other, "you couldn't furnacu me with any ideas on the subject "But you might get stove up." "You think you're a pretty large egg, don't you?" "I doa't want any of your slack, anyhow," said the exchange editor, breathing hard. "If it doesn't soot you," tooted the man of finance, "you can lump ill" "You needn't get so warm over it!" "Then don't stir me up!" "I haven't bin stirring you up." "It's mighty hod if you haven't." "Such a remark as that coming from a mnn who is always getting "Or from a man who can't hold a cannel But here the railroad editor hastily interposed.

"Gentlemen." ne said, "not another word, by chiiu'ney." The Most Forgetful Man. 1 i I'ress. "My bmband is Hie most forgetful man I ever taw," said the lady to her visitor, "and he was that wav before I married mm. Indeed, if it hadn't been for that I don't think I should havo had him." Naturally the visitor asked for the story. "It was this way," resumed the lady.

"While we were engaged I asked him to do something for me and he forgot it; he forgot it so many times that at last we quarreled about- it and I very angry. 'Our engagement ends right I said to him, 'and I never want to see you again. Go away and forget me entirely. I want you to forgot me I repeated for emphasis. "'Very he said, 'I will if I don't forcet and the earnest way lie said it mado me smiiu in spite of myself, nnd of course when a woman smiles on such an occasion case is lost, and cur engagement didn't end." A Bright Coy.

Boston Journal. There is one Belfast youth who will mnke a general some day if he properly develop his natural traits as they appear at present. He is but 3 years and 8 months old, but showed engineering skill in celling out of a scrape last week mat few bit boys would have equaled. While at play In a camp with some other boys he was accidentally and comrades all went off to school. Finding himself a prisoner.

instead -of sitting down and crying, our youngster first built up the articles in tne room until hocould rearh a window, which he promptly smashed. Next he threw out, one after another, the various articles which he could lift until the pile outside was within safe droitping distance from the window, when he dim bed out nnd dropped to the pile. He was nearly two hours doing the work, but says he wasn't gninc to take any chances of breaking his neck by jumping from that high window. DRY" GOODS. INCORPORATED OUR STORE CLOSES EVERY NICHT AT 6 O'CLOCK.

SECOND WEEK THINK of ouk IM aB FIRST ANNUAL Only eight months of business experience IW' in an Francisco, and now one of the most YV I I 1 I II popular Dry Goods Emporiums here. Why is it? The reasons are many. Most Im- Cnn rnnnn vn n0 I KH il I lst-We treat all courteously. UIUUI llllUU UtllU 111 li We keep our faith with the people. We give best goods at lowest prices.

TO-MORROW (MONDAY) January 9. commences the Second Week of our Grand TC4 I Winter Clearance Sale. To make it.sur-. pass the last, we're going to offer the most TrrPQlQtlhlp Onntfltinnq remarkable values ever placed upon this llTeSlSllDie market. The "Low Prices" quoted border the ridiculous.

The goods are doomed. FANCY GOODS. They must be sold to make room for our new inrliiLt stock-! 5C a Card. spriUK BUK.KS. WHITE AND SMOKED I'EAUL BUTTON'S.

2 DRESS GOODS. S. on acard a U3 lOc per 5c per Dozen. 5C a Yard. BEST BOH STAYS, 8, Sand 10 inch.

A. SB. FAXOV PLAIDS AND CHECKS, 31 Inches wide, torn bone covered, reduced rrom to hair wool, reduced from 20c a yard. per dozen. 5c a Yard.

2OC a Tara. ALL siLK RIBBONS, 7, au.l 12 widths, popular PIN DOT si rriMi. 33 Inches toned, i a i grain and moiie effects, pretty color combinations, a striking novelty, value 15c to a yard. nearly all wool. 7 a Yard a Yard.

CHECK SUITING. Mlnfbe. wide, "all wool. popu. POINT DMBLANDB LACES.

3to 9 Inches lar color combinations, heavy quality, actual pretty patterns, fine quality, reduced rrom 10c value I a yard. to per yard. lOc per Cake. a Yard. lady ret toilet olyclkine soap, high PLAIN COLORED HKMfIMTACUITII, 38 Inches gradei ue 2 3c a cake wide, all wool, comes la sixteen popular colors, reduced from COc a yard.

I OC a Yard. ONE LINE OF VEILI.N US, Including the bordered $1.00 a Yard. sewing Bilk, was Vsc. chenille dot was 45c, ALL-SILK COKOED CREPE. 24 inches wide, beaded was 46 and OOc, and the late style shad, superior quality, rardliial, tan, argent.

owed veilings were 60c, all reduced to 100 a MfbtMae. terpent laveuder, plislc, cream and yard, and light colors, white; reduced from $1 75 a yard. (g a Yard. FANCY RIBBONS, a to 6 inches wide, beautiful THE LARGEST RETAIL DRY-GOODS FIRM color combinations, value 10c yard. ON THE PACIFIC COAST.

WOOD TOWEL a reV antique oak and cherry, reduced from 60c each. HALE BROS. I HALE I CO-, ladies' oloves, BACBAMRNTO. STOCKTON. natural suid white, value a pair.

HALE BROS. ft HALE a Pair. SALINAS. LADIES' poor-button SUEOK Kin GLOVES. 0.

A. HALE SAN JOSE. shades black, tans and grays, value a pair. EVERYTHING GUARANTEED AS REPRESENTED OR MONEY REFUNDED. 937, 939, 941 Market Street, IF 1 A CIS CO.

IKY GOODS INCOEPDPATED OUR STORE CLOSES EVERY NIGHT AT 6 O'CLOCK. BAOH SECOND WEEK XKreSESK MUST ECLIPSE THE LAST! winter New attractions of the strongest magnetic 1 I order are what will do it. We offer such fl I jQQ YIG 11 I for this, the second week of our first annual I jflifl I til ill fl SII winter clearance sale in San Francisco. VIVUI UIIUV KfULLXJ I COIN PURSES, dresaed and undressed leather, I PMTnCT PH II HTIQ colors and black, actually worth 23c each. J- Clllllg itCU LIUbIUIIO I3c a Pair.

LADIES' FAST BLACK HOSE, two-thread, full jr. finished, ipllced heels and toes, value 'JOe a DCJ El I IC pair. I7c a Pair. 5c a Yard. LADIES' CNIiLEACiIKD UALHRIGGAN HOSE.

ONE LOT OF SHANTONO PONGEES. Bedford Richelieu ribbed, full finhbed, 40 Cords," Cotton Chevrons, reduced from duced from 25c a pair. 12Vtc ami 15c to 6a a yard. Dark aud light colors, beautitui patterns. 50c Each.

14 Yards for $1.00. LADIES' WHITE MERINO VESTS silk pitched. Mm CLOT fold fine ty, H. N. L.

reduced from 75c each. cotton fibrlc, reduced from 12 Vie a yard. 59c Each. BV3C a Yard. LADIES' NATURAL GKAy WOOL VESTS, ribbed- PLAID FLANNELETTE, fancy colorings, pretty silk stitched.

H. N. L. fashion cut, reduced patterns, reduced from 12y 2 a yard. from 75c each.

9c a Yard. 69c Each. BROWN PILLOW CASINO, rail 5-4 wide, an ex- LADIES' FAST BLACK ALL-WOOL VESTS, 11. N. cellent quality, equal to "Pequot." actual value L.

8.. Utah fra.le, sizr-8 28, 30, 32 and 34. re- 14c a yard, duced from $1 50 each. 1888 25C a Yard. TDRRKY RED DAMASK, 60 Inches wide, oil 75C Each colors, heavy ilitv.

superior fin flue grade, LADIES' SPUN-SILK BIBBED VESTS. L. N. N. reduced from 45c a yard.

8., popular colors, Include pink, yellow. 33c Each. lavender, ere tin black, a sterling value. HEMSTITCHED DIMITY TOWELS. Inches In size, plain and fancy colored borders, 49c Each.

all linen, reduced from 50c each. LADIES' 'COMBINATION SUITS, natural gray 98C Each. color, fashion cut, reduced from 75c each. MOTTLE!) BUGS size BUx6O inches, heary quaU lty, reduced I 50 each. Wblt6 faSM LACE Pole, fixtures, cut.

from $1 50 each. drapery pins and curtains, all complete ready to i be put up, actual value $1 50 per set. lOC 3 rulli rr FAST-BLACK COTTON HALF nOSE, rON'iKE 2 9 ruffle. PONGEE COMFORTS, size 7JxH4 laches, rufflud. full finished, Herrasdcrff dye.

all sizes, reduced fine wbUe cot tou fill reduced from from 15c a pair. $2 90 each. 23c Each. 53. 89 per Pair.

MR BOYS' CALICO WAISTS, fancy figured, pretty WHITS WOOL BLANKETS, imliy size. patterns all siz H2 inches, -tiln tape fine grade, reduced Each. lrom Si 50 a pair. rh MEN'S CA EL 1IAI YES heavy EIDER DO WH corered. ribbed tails, reduced from each, drawers to tun reduced from $7 50 and $8 match.

THE ONLY DRY-GOODS HOUSE IN SAN FRANCISCO DOING BUSINESS ON A CASH BASIS AND MAINTAINING STRICTLY ONE PRICE. Oy 937, 939,941 Market Street, SA.3XT FRANCISCO. Valued indorsement of Scott's i Emulsion is contain- ed in let- the mcdi- cal profes- sion speaking of its ing results in their practice. Scotfs Emulsion of cod-liver oil with Hype- phosphites can be adminis- tered when plain oil is out of the question. It is almost as palatable as milk easier to digest than milk.

Prepared by Scott Bowne, K. Y. All cclThSuTnAWy 12M.