The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 23, 1895, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1895. A GOOD BEGINNING FOR A NUSEOM, M. H. DE YOUNG TELLS SOME- THING ABOUT THE TREASURES HE COLLECTED, SOME INTERESTING CURIOS. CostLY ART AND RELICS .FROM | EVvERYWHERE—THE FunD Is Not : ‘ | — & | The new museum which stands on the grounds, a monument to the success of the California Midwinter International Exposi- tion of 1804, will this day be handed over to the Park Commissioners by Director General de Young and the executive com- mittee and the Park Commissioners will throw open its gates to the public. A force ot busy men have been at work for some time and will so continue up to | of vi | carving of a Japanese drawing a ji | of oriental lamps in the most complete in its way next to the armor room, for besides presenting a num- ber of rare and beautiful examples of ceramic art, it shows the work in all'its different stages of development. These form the exhibit as made for the Chicago | Fair, but which we were fortunate enough | to secure. There is here a beautiful Royal | Worcester vase and another from the Doulton Works. 5 = i “In the Spanish room is an mterestmi and instructive collection of Moorish an Spanish art pieces, musical instruments, old implements of war, jewels, samples of clothing, ancient and modern, and articles irtu, which I secured from John Chad- In the Oriental room is the rikisha, and other Japanese and Chinese objects, including a luxurious sedan-chair, known as the wedding-chair. Here are also hang- ing from the ceiling an elaborate collection reat variety. “There is a 'forefufilers’ room,’ in which we have a colléction of things illustrative | of our old colonial days, the spinning- wheel, andirons, brass candlesticks, etc. “There is also a splendid collection of ems, especially prepared for us by Tif- fany, & number of beautiful works in ivory from different nations of the earth, 1llus- trating their methods of work, and includ- ing the largest ivory sword, some antique glasswork from old Tyre, a great collection of queer and rare old watches, some fwenty- one pieces of gold Etruscan jewelry from the Castelani collection and vases from the great Collector Clark’s catalogue. “In the gallery there is the collection of birds, numbering over 23,000, and then there is the South Sea Island collection, showing their canoes, implements of war ) A GOLD Al‘iD LACQUERED IMAGE OF BUDDHA IN THE MUSEUM AT THE [Sketched by a PARK. “Call” artist.] the hour of opening the doors te-day in getting the curios placed and the car- penters’ and truckmen’s evidences of how it was done cleare but the glimpses that have been obtained during the tur- moil present coilections of rare and inter- esting objects :nt to make an exceed- ingly cre howing. That th been dgne out of the sur- | plus earnings of the Midwinter Fair held in avery bad year for fairs is certainly a matter for congratulation. The collection represents curios, repre- sentative bits of art and handicraft objects of interest from every part of the world. There is the Oriental room, the Japanese, panish, a forefathers’ room and the armor-room, the ivory- room and various collections of ¢ classes of art work. I'he museam represents almost the in- ctive ual labors of M. H.de Young. He ly-all that goes to make the ions, or, rather, the one great collection. In an interview last | g about the museum, what there is | there how it was obtained Mr. de Young said: “This is simply a beginning. to be sure, amere start, but I bel at it will be found to be a very aning and will form a distinet, vz and attract- ive addition to the park. It has all been done out of the surplus funds of the Mid- | all for addi- necessary at zh, withal, that of course winter Fair; and without ar tional subscripti Chicago, is much m in the first place, the expense of p: the building for'its purpose was very con-. siderable. ‘We hanged the Royal Pavilion from the flimsy icture that it was into a substantiazi building of brick. That alone cost $5500. Added to that was the expense of fitting up_the rest of it,'the glass o 1d all that. e the things in the collection in whici I take the most pride? Well you onne vases? have been pictured and written about ve-vbody is familiar with their e as works of art. “Well then there arcaline of Napoleonic relics from the Mestaver de Guy collection that are valuable because of their un- doubted and direct association with Napo- leon I—ribbon of .the Legion of Honor, epaulette straps and vestcoat plastron worn by him, a tube of the telescope used by the Emperor on his return from Elba in 1815, pieces-of tapestry from the bedroom and reception-room of -his house at St. Helena. Then there is the solid bronze statue of the Emperor, the original model for the monument erected at Boulogne, where his army camped while contemplat- ing a descent on England, as described in the Mestayer catalogue. ““There is also a remarkably valuable col- lection of Napoleonic medals and coins, being a collection made by Tiffany for a wealthy private .collector who, when the list was completed, found himself suffering 50 badly from the financial collapse that he was unable to secure it. I think Tiffany wanted to see the collection go out of New York and I secured it. It embraces every coin and medal issued during the po- leonic dynasty—from the first to the third. It embraces 670 medals and 281 coins—1051 Ppieces. 9 “Well, then there is the armor-room, where there is a complete collection show. ing the evolution of armor—how it grew from the mere breastplate and shield of the original armor-clad knightuntil it coy- ered the body with heavy steel, and then dropped away again piece by plece as the experience of the warriors showed them that they were not often struck on the shins, for_instance, until they finally dis- pensed with the last Bxece again. This was secured through Dr. Zahn from the great Zschille collection. e 3 “In this room are also the three beautiful hand-wrought iron gates from -Germany, excellent examples of art in this line, which were on exhibition at the Chicago ‘World’s ¥Fair. : “The ceramic room and art collection is until and samples of the few things they wear down there. Among these is a feather cloak, said to be quite as intricate a work as the million-dollar cloak made by civii- ized hands and exhibited at Chicago as such a wonder as to be valued at a million hen there is another collection that will probably attract little attention until it is fully understood, but which, I think, is extremely interesting. It is several i what are called” Babylonian They are cylindrical bits of stone of different colors and qualities, upon which the magnates of Babylon bad carved their signatures, figures of them- selves and members of their family and whatnot in miniature. They were used as the coat of arms as signature and seal are used to-day. “The contracts, transfers.and such im- portant documents of those days were traced in plates ‘of soft clay or cement, and on the bottom the parties to the contract rolled these cylinders, leaving the figures upon them indented in the clgnyA The cla; | was then thrust in an oven and baked until the inscription upon it remained fixed in stone. These little cylinders, recovered from recent excavations. I secured from the men in New York—indeed, I had to make a trip to Newark to get them—who made the excavations, and I do not believe that any other museum has such a collection. ~‘Now this is not even an outline of the collection by any means, but simply a mention of some of the more notable features. I will only add that our fund has not been all expended either, but a considerable surplus remains for further purchases. How much I connot say, for the work out there is scarcely complete, and the bills are not in. However, there is every reason for the executive commit- tee, I believe, to congratulate itself on the end of its labors, The city has at least a good beginning for a museum.” Following‘wfil be the order of exercises at the opening ceremonies this afternoon : Grand march, “Tanphause By the Park band, under the ieaders fessor Spadina. Overture, “Raymund”.. Opening address by the Mareh’ sident of the day..... iencral W. H. L. Birnes Director-General . H. de During which be will presagt the golden key of the museum. and at the time of the presentation the Midwinter Exposition flag Wil be lowered and the California State tlag raised. Grand medley of national airs. Accaptance address. Hon. Joseph Austin President of the mmnission, who will introduce George A.Knight, who will speak for the Park Commissioners. “Tone Pictures of the North and South.” March Pere de Victoir” After the exercises the museum will be thrown open to the public. ung Pastry more than politics interests the women. They know the best is made with Dr, Price’s Baking Powder. Look for Xt. A sunbeam is a small thing, vet it has a power to fade the carpets and curtains, to rot the blinds, and for this reason some folk carefully exclude the sunshine. What is the result? The family is always ailing, the young girls have a waxen_ white skin, and a weary, pinched expression of coun- tenance. heir appetites fail: they fall into such a bad state of health that the doctor is called in. In olden days he would have whi: ci)el'ed that dread word “decline!” Nowaduys, he notes the pale gems and waxen skin and says “anzmia;” prescribes iron and milk, fresh air and ex- ercise, and often a change. 1T he knows nothing about the darkened rooms he will be puzzled as to why no permanent im- provement manifests itself, and, possibly, the patient will seek other advice.—Popu- lar {(edical Monthly. e —— T0 SAVE YOUR DOLLARS, if you need an efficient Cough Remedy, buy Dr. D.Jayne’s Expectorant. It may cost you the doilar, but may also save you many more dollars, together with much danger and suffering, for you will then have the surest known remedy. i, |70 BLACKMAL - DICK M'DONALD. STRANGE CONSPIRACY OF DR. JEN- NINGSON, JOHN GAMAGE AND D. M. BLANK. THE THREE MEN INDICTED. REFUSAL OF THE BANK-WRECKER TO SUBMIT TO ATTEMPTED | EXTORTION. “Dr.”William Jenningson, oue+ of Dick McDonald’s old hénchmen, John Gamage, | the private detective, and D. M. Blank, | the oil man, were indicted yesterday by the Grand Jury for attempting to black- mail Dick McDonald. None of the men have been arrested yet, as the indictments have not been filed with the court. The attempt of Dr. Jenningson to black- mail Dick McDonald will astonish the | that | persons. people conversant with the troubles of the Pacific Bank and the People’s Home Savings Bank, as Jenningson was McDon- ald’s confidential man during all the ras- cality connected with the celebrated case. There isno doubt that Jennningson has evidence that would be very injurious to McDonald. "It was an attempt to sell this evidence to McDonald which will cause the arrest of the three men. The witnesses before the Grand Jury were Dick McDonald, his wife, D. S. Dorn, Joseph Eastland, Char]es Montgomery and John Gamage. | The story told was that about two weeks | ago D. M. Blank called on Dick McDonald | and imparted to him that Dr. Jenningson had certain documents which, if placed in evidence at McDonald’s next trial, would | be sufficient to send him to San Quentin. | The plot was evidently arranged by Jen- ningson and Gamage. The latter un- folded the plot to Blank one day and pro- posed that Blank deal with McDonald. Blank has been a dealer in oils, with his son, Bugene C. Blank, at 123 California street. He recently went out of business. He had had some trouble with the Tallant | Bank and had employed Gamage to secure i evidence for him. Witnesses claim that | Blank owed Gamage $500. Gamage pro- | osed, that if Blank could make Dick Mec- | onald put up money to suppress Jenning- | son’s evidence he would call their account | square. % | Jenningson’s excuse .is that Dick Me- Donald owed him money and he wanted to | force the payment by the means described. When Blank first called on Dick McDon- ald he demanded $1250 as a bribe for the silence of the three blackmailers, McDon- ald refused to pay, and when before the Grand Jury stated that though he had been advised by Dorn and Montgomery to pay | the money he believed if he did give in to | this attenpt at blackmail dozens of others | would follow, and his ussets from the Pa- cific Bank would be eateu up by the de- mands of the hungry blackmailers, ‘When McDonald refused toaccede to the demand of Blank the price to suppress the injurious documents was reduced by de- rees to $250. The blackmailers then harassed McDonald and his wife until they decided to rid themselves of the conspira- tors by giving the facts to the Grand Jury. The decision was reached yesterday morn- ing, and in the afternoon the members of the Grand Jury were surprised to see the man who has been in jail for months come from behind the bars to have other people arrested. McDonald's reputation as a liar was so well known to the grand jurymen that they questioned him very closely and tried in every way to see whether he was treat- 4ing them to a manufactured story. His statement could not be tangled up. Mrs, McDonald was also questioned very closely, and when she came from the jury-room she was in tears. She stated that she had had questions put to her in such a way Eha. FA100hcAvaraty wad harhe ques- tioned. The grand jurors only wanted to make sure they should not indict innocent Dorn and Montgomery verified the state- ments of the McDonalds, admitting that they had knowledge of the attempted blackmail. NEveR leave success to chance in the baking. Dr. Price’s Baking Powder makes it pure ana sure. REFORM VERSUS ORTHODOXY RABBI VOORSANGER EULOGIZES THE MOVEMENT IN JUDAISM. “CaBALISTS” BY DR. NIETOo—RABBI LEVY oN “KNOWLEDGE Is PowegRr.” Dr. Voorsanger preached the last of his series of lectures on *“The Jew as a Citizen of the World”’ last evening. In the course of his remarks he said that the nineteenth century brought more changes to the Jew than to the Christian. Civilization for the Christian began with the reformation; for the Jew it commenced with the French revolution, and it was a matter of very slow growth with him. The Ghetto life treated of in the last lecture had no intellectual environments as we understand them. The Ghetto pressed upon ‘the Jew’s life and upon hissurround- mgs. “The nineteenth century,”” continued the rabbi, “is a century of emancipation; 1t is the expression of the better knowledge, and the awakened sense of Christian na- tions; it is atonce the consummation of eighteen centuries of struggling, of con- fliction, of contention.” % Dr. Voorsanger then traced the rise of the reform movement among the Hebrews, saying that reform Judaism was the -only one which satisfied the requirements of science and religion. To-morrow morning a special sermon will be delivered by Rabbi Voorsanger, relative to the work of the Emanu-Ei sister- hood, and next Friday evening ‘The New Woman; What She Is,and Where She Is,” will come in for treatment. At the Sherith Israel Synagogue Dr. Jacob Nieto delivered an interesting lecture last evening on “The Cabalists.” The reverend gentleman traced the origin of this peculiar faction of the Hebrew nation, which he considered to have been due to the contest between the Talmudists and the Rationalists. They deemed them- selves inspired, and imagined that in every verse or even letter of the law there ex- isted a hidden meaning. During the evening the choir rendered several selections of music in an.admirable manner; among others “Bles’:fi , Glory and Wisdom,” by Tours. Miss !ii.llieent Flynn acted as soprano in place of Mrs. Alvina Heuer Wilson, who was indisposed. The musical portion of the service was under the direction of Mrs. H, J. Stewart. Rabbi M. 8. Leviv addressed the congre- Ention Beth Israel last evening, taking as is subject ‘Knowledge Is Power.” i Dr. Levy: No period of ancient or modern history has verified the proverb that “Knowledge is power” 5o positively and irresistibly as the period in which we now live. The dominions of knowl- | and fruitfulness, knowledge of history and literature; but the knowledge of human nature and its rights and the consequent appreciation of our hereditary dignity, freedom of conscience exceeds all the other branches in extent and vitality. We do not at all exaggerate when we say the “Knowl- edge of man’s own work” is the root whence all the before-named branches spring and the stem which supports and nourishes them. It | contains the moisture and the sap which isin- dispensably required to théir thriving, growth fah Living as we do in an age wiich bears testi- mony to the invincible power of knowledge, we should encourage popular education as the basis of man’s dignity and moral work. , The improvement of the poorer classes which is deplorably inefficient should be advanced by personal contact, and the men of knowledge whose visits arelike the angels, “few and far between,” could do much by illustrating the influence of knowledge with the magic of their personal teuch and the charm of contact. ‘ The ministry of to-day needs a better acquaintance with the army of those who are neither able nor fortunate enough to contribute by reason of their inability. “Look well to the children of the poor” was good Talmudical philosphy, for from their midst great men may Aarise. Feeling the importance of this theory I'am con- vinced that “not on bread alone can man live,” but by knowledge the future man will be all powertul. SINGLETAX MEN IN LINE, REPRESENTATIVE JAMES H. MA- GUIRE WILL SPEAK AT THE POST LECTURES. RETURN OF THE CONGRESSMAN FroM WasHinGTON — POST . WILL ARRIVE To-DAY. The return of Representative James G. Maguire from Washington yesterday morn- ing gave new inspiration to the single-tax advocates, who are planning for revivals in this eity and Oakland. A large delega- tion headed by Joseph Leggett and James H. Barry, wentover to the Sixteenth-street station, Oakland, to greet the returning Congressman and his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Maguire wére somewhat fatigued by the THE EXPERT AD ESCAPED IS MIND. A SPRING VALLEY ATTORNEY WHO FORGOT PREVIOUS ARRANGEMENTS, REALTY VALUES MIGHT RISE ACCOUNTS ARE STILL IN CONFUSION ON ACCOUNT OF THE EXPLOSION. Attorney Kellogg of the Spring Valley Water Company appeared before the Fi- nance and Judiciary Committee of the Board of Supervisors yesterday to ask for a modification of certain demands made by the board on the corporation. At a meeting held on the 13th inst. Supervisor Benjamin offered the following resolu- tions: Resolved, That the Spring Valley Water Works be and is hereby required to furnish a state- ment in writing to the board showing the dates of the purchdse of the property owned by the said compun{, the amounts paid therefor and when paid, al5o the assessed value of the prop- erty and the taxes paid thereon. Resolved, That the said statement must em- brace the date of the purchase of each piece of property and the date or dates of each payment made therefor and amount of each such pay- ment, also to report the date of and the amount of each dividend paid. Resolved, That the object of this board is to ascertain ‘the property purchased and its na- cessity for the purposes of the company in sup- plying water to this city and county and to en- able the board to fix just and equiiable water Tates. In the discussion preceding the vote on long journey across the continent, but | t® mMeasure Supervisor Benjamin said otherwise were well. They remained in the city long enough for the Congressman to visit his office in the Mills building and look over his mail and went directly to Santa Cruz, where the children have been | attending school. Congressman Maguire will return this evening, and will deliver the introductory address at the single-tax meeting of Louis F. Post, the national lecturer of the | Single-tax League of the United States, at | Oakland this eyening. He will also per- form a like service at the meeting in Met- that inasmuch as the corporation asked for water rates based on the valuation of their property it was only fair that the compauy show the board the exact status of its belongingsand give more satisfactory evidence of the correctness of the evidence than the, mere unsupported word of an employe that the company owned such and such proflerty of such and such value. Attorney Kellogg was present at the time the resolution was offered on the 13th inst., and at that time pro- fessed to be perfectly willing, for his em- ployers, to agree that the demands of the measure should be carried out. He also ropolitan Hall in this city on Monday |expressed himself as perfectly satisfied evening. with a resolution offered by Supervisor The subject of Mr. Post’s lecture will be, | Taylor that angxpert, to be appointed by “The Single-tax; Basis of arrive in this city this morning from | Land Value the True |the board, should ublic Revenues.” Mr. Post will | over the books of the company. Le nermitted "to look Yesterday he seejned to have expe- S MAGUIRE Cac /%,Q- LEGGETT G~ 3. BARRY (O SINGLE - TAX ADVOCATE® \WHO ARE ARRANGING THE RECEP- TION TO MR. POST. . [Drawn by a “Call” artist from photographs.] Visalia, where he lectured last night. He" rienced a change of heart, for he objected has lectured at several points in Southern | strenuously to the California. Professor Plekn has invited him to ex- plain the thedry of single-tax before the classes of economics in the department of history and political science at the Uni- versig of California, and Joseph Leggett wrote® the professor yesterday on behalf of Mr. Post telling him to arrange the time. Congressman Maguire is not very well pleased with the way appropriations for new public improvements were restricted by the last session of Congress. But de- spite this difficulty he managed to get appropriations for the San Francisco post- office, for the revurvey of the harbor of San Francisco, another battleship, a rev- enue cutter and a new Government tug. The dilapidated condition of the treasury, the Congressman declared, was the stum- bling block in the way of securing appro- priations for improvements. In regard to the funding debt of the Central Pacific Railroad Congressman Maguire does not think that the next ses- sion of Congress will be in a hurry to accept anf’ propositions. He believes the law will remain without change so far as it affects the Central Pacific. e —————— THE ideal investment is Dr. Price’s Bak- ing Powder. The inevitable dividend is perfection in the cooking. A WOMAN WITH A HISTORY. She Interested a Lawyer and Then Sur- prised Him. A well-dressed and sharp-faced woman passed into the lawyer's office and very shortly was standing by his desk. “I beg your pardon,” she said in saluta- tion, ‘“‘but can you spare a few moments of your valuable time 27 “Iam very busy, madam,” he replied, but if you have anything of importance to communicate I shall be glad to hear it. Pray be seated.”” P £ “Thank you, no,” she said, looking around at a clerk or two in a nervous lasézio’n. “I am a woman with a history, nd=at ‘‘Excuse me;” apologized the attorney, seeing a fee appearing on the horizon, “‘possibly you had better step into my pri- vate office’ with me, where you will not be interrupted.”” She thanked him and they went into the adjoining room. “Now,"” he said, when they were seated, ‘1 presume you wish to consult me on this matter of your history 7" ot “Yes, sir. That is why I am here. “Very well, proceed. Anything you may say to me will be held in the strictest conti- dence. You were saying you were a woman with a history?” "This very sympathet- ieally as an encourager. Tk “Yes, sir,” she begum, as she laid a docu- ment before him. “Itis a history of Na- poleon Bonaparte in eighteen monthly parts at 50 cents a month, and—" He threw up his hands, but she had him and he couldn’t get away until he had put down his name, and now when ‘‘a woman edge take an im!nense){ wide range and its | with a history’ is mentioned in his hearing Provinces 4nd principalities are as innumer- | it makes cold chills run down his back.— able as its de s fathomless. Its field is un- . fimited, it sced is endiess, its branches are wa. | Detroit Free Press. ; bounded and its fruits are inexhaustible. There is knowledge of the arts and sciences; there is Paris uses 9500 arc lights. | provision requiring facts and figures regarding the realty hold- | ings of the company, and made excuses when asked whether the corporation was ready to have an expert examine its fc- courts at the offices. . “We have been thinking this matter over,” he said, “and have come to the conclusion' that it would not be to our in- terest to give you a detailed list of the real roperty owned by the water company. Not that we have anything to fear from gour examination of such a document, but ecause we do not want other people to know of its contents. Of course it would be open to the public after it had passed into your hands and our interests might be grejudlr:ed." “In what manner?” asked Mr. Ben- jamin. - “Well, you see,” answered_the attorney, ‘“we have aézrent many parcels of land that do not stand in the name of the corpora- tion. We buy them through and in the names of private parties, and are thus able to get good bargains. In many instances people would place their price at a voint out of all reason if they knew that the Spring Valley Water Company wanted to purchase their property, and it is this that we avoid by holding our Kroperty through other persons. Then we have half an acre here and a couple of acres there, and five acres close by that we may want some day to unite in a reservoir site by buying inter- mediate pieces. We don’t want land-owners to find that_we own these parcels, for fear that they will raise their prices to extor- tionate figures when we want their real estate.”” ‘“‘But I don’t see how we are to arrive at any satisfactory understanding of the value of ‘the Spring Valley’s holdings unless you furnish us the figures we ask,” said Super- visor Benjamin. “Well, we can furnish you with a list of the lands,” said the attorney, “leaving out some that we want kept in the dark.” The members of the committee looked dubious at this offer, and the attorney hastened to add, “And then, of course, if there was any particular piece you wanted to know about we could tell you.” “Iam not sure that that would be satis- factory,” said Supervisor Benjamin; ‘‘but then we have provided for an expert and he could get whatever facts or figures we want. By the way, Mr. Kellogg, when will you be ready to let that expert look into your books?"” “Expert! What expert?’ said the at- IS ““Why the one we provided for by a reso- lution at the time we required you'to brir:f us a statement of your real estate hold- ings.” “Why, I don’t remember that,” said Mr. Kellozfi. “Well, we did so just the same,” replied Supervisor Taylor. " *He was to have free access to your books and accounts, so as to give us a clear idea of your income, ex- penditures and other pertinent matters.” “Well, you see we are all in a turmoil Lust'nl present,” said Mr. Kellogg. “We ad an explosion in the cellar some time ago and everything is in confusion. I don’t see what advantage there would be in an expert going through our accounts under suck conditions.” “‘How long will it be before you will be ready for our man?”asked Mr. Taylor. “Oh, I don’t know,” answered the attor- N PEARY'S “When I was selected by Lieutenant Peary to accompany him on his trip to the Arctic regions to try and find a way to the north pole,” says James W. Davidson in The Fourth Estate, “it was partly because of my strong, healthy constitution, and his | belief that I could endure the fatigue and danger incident to the trip. I had been associated with him as his business mana- ger on his lecturing tour, and was on terms of the greatest intimacy with him. “When the ship Falcon leit New York on her trip northward it had among the stores several cases of Paine’s celery com- pound. The reputation of that medicine was well established, so that it was the | most natural thing in the world that the members of the party, and they comprised men from neazly every walk in life, from common sailors to men of science, should desire to use it. *“The record of our perilous trip to Camp Anniversary is too well known to need repetition. Once in camp we natarally took an inventory of our possessions, and I was exceedingly glad to find Paine’s cel- ery compound. The medicine chest was open to all, and we were free to take from it what we thought advisable. I, in com- pany with several others, selected some of the compound, taking a bottle of it tamy cabin, knowing that it would be handy when wanted, Nor was I mistaken, for the EXPEDITION. Perfect Reliance Was Placed in Paine’s Gelery Compound, ' | excessive cold weather soon had its effects, | and I began to be troubled.in a number of i ways. In every case whenever I felt the | slightest indisposition I used the com- | pound and found relief. | ‘“‘Orre thing noticeable in the Arctic re- | gion was that the cold ther made us all exceedingly nervous. We became irritable | and cross. ~ Our nerves were all unstrung, | and naturally it affected our health. | talked the matter over with some of the | others, and made up my mind that pos- | sibly the celery compound would be bene- | ficial, for I knew that it was used for | nervous disorders at home. Well, sir, we | tried it, and I must say that 1t helped | every one of us. “When the long night of six months | came on and we were in darkness we found | that the effects were very depressing. | Imagine, if you can, living for six months | in darkness such as occurs here every | night, and you can readily understand | how we were situated. It isa wonder that some of us did not go mad. We had not | very much to divert our attention, and the | effect was something like solitary confine- ment in a dark cell. neys, knitting his brows; “s perhaps.” The matter was discussed in a desultory way for a short time, and it was finally de- cided to bring the subject up ‘again, and in the mean time allow Mr. Kellogg to send in a report of the holdings which he deemed safe for the public to see. If the report is satisfactory to the board, well and good. If not the expert will try to get the figures needed b y the Supervisors. CUAGING WILD BEASTS. How the Animals Are Handled at Jam- rach’s, in London. veral weeks, A writer in Little Folks, who paid a visit to Jamrach’s wild-beast establish- ment, in London, has this to sa Now, there are at the moment I am writing two beautiful Bengal tiger cubs in one of the cages. The cubs are old enough to be dangerous, so if I tell you the way I saw them put into the cage they now in- habit you will know a little of how wild animals are transferred from one place of confinement to another. The boxes that tigers and lions come in are not very big—just big enough to allow the inmates to lie comfortably. This, be- “I have used Paine’s celery compound for a dozen ills such as a person is liable to have at any time, and_especially i { desolate country. It has always helped me, and I should be pleased to have more of it should I go north again. “I do not know of any one thing that I can say more of than Paine’s celery com- pound. It certainly is a great medicine, and I am an advocate of it.”” e L. 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A sliding door in the box was then lifted, and the cubs darted forward at the meat that was lying in the far corner of the cage to tempt them. Meanwhile the box was quink‘iy withdrawn, and the barred gate of the cage as quickly shut. It is easy, however, to transfer an animal from a confined box to alarge cage. He is going then from captivity to compara- tive liberty. It is not so easy—indeed it is extremely difficult — to get him to go through the reverse process, to walk from a large cage into a box. If there be time, he can always be made to do it quietly enough. Give him no food in the large cage, but put it ip the box. He may even hold out for days; hunger, however, will prove in the end stronger than his fears, and he will, with a growl, make a dash for the joints, when the trap will be closed against im. It isn't always possible to wait for hunger to make him submit. Perhaps the animal is wanted to-morrow, and the dealer has got the order only to-day and must catch the train with him at 4 o’clock in the afternoon. What is to be done now ? Here man’s superior intelligence shows itself. It is fear that prevents the animal from euntering the box, and this fear must be overcome by a greater fear. This is an easy matter to the animal dealer with his knowledge of animals. He simply sets light to a little bundle of dry straw in the cage; this is enough—the animal’s fear of fire makes him fly at any outlét of escape. —————— Time at the North Pole. I wonder if Peary, Wellman and others who are seeking the pole have ever figured on the amazing Earndoxes, horologically ;;‘peaking, which the timecard will exhibit they ever succeed in reaching their goal ? At that point, as well as at the south pole, there cannot possibly be such a thing as fixed time. 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