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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 1895 %o ol zz—?&fis and" 0. A Son of Hagar. Now that the “Heavenly Twins” are rele- gated to the limbo whence they never | should have been extracted ; that “Trilby” and her Jeft foot are fading into the literary Nirvand, and “Marcella” is withdrawing her tiresome personality from our pres- ence, we shall probably have a brief spell in which to take breath before we enter upon another novelistic orgie. We shall also have opportunity to look abhout us, so to speak, and to note, with the | way cleared, a bit, of literary debris, who really remain standing among the various novelistic idols the reading world has set up in the last year or two. o Prominent among these remaining figures perhaps the man most clearly pre- estinea o permanent place is Mr. Hall Caine. While he has been a notable figure world, whom all men, consciously or un- consciously, acknowledge. His, initial | postulate is that “‘the real Jesus is the one human life perfectly socialized and able to fulfill man’s social nature.” While stren- uously upholding the tenets of orthodox Christianity, the doctor scores a cold and | time-serving church for the evil it does in | the world. The book is a clear and forc- ible presentation of certain anarchistic phases of our present social system, and while it adds nothing to our economic wisdom it will be reassuring to that class of believers who must find a measure of | divine sanction for the spirit of human brotherhood that is abroad in the land. | [New York: T. Y. Crowell & Co.] “Our Fight With Tammany.’’ “Qur Fight With Tammany,” by Dr. Parkhurst of Lexow Committee fame, is a book that is just now timely as well as in- since ever he first arose above the literary | horizon, Mr. Caine has never been popular | in the sense in which a dozen other writers | have been popular in the past five years. iven “The Manxman’’ was not ushered | in by such a blare of trumpets as heralded | the entrance of Du Maurier’s fair, frail | heroine, but it will maintain a_ place in literature long after “Trilby” is forgotten. So, too, will “The Deemster.” A few more years of ripening work and Hall Caine will take an unquestioned place be- side Blackmore. to whom he dedicates ‘A Son of Hagar,”” which Fenno & Co. have just brought out in this country. This is by no means Mr. Caine’s great- est work; but in execution it is one of his , with but few of the peculiarities of style which in *‘The Scapegoat” and ““The Manxman” possibly justified Oscar Wilde’s sarcastic commentary that ‘“Mr. Hall Caine writes at the top of his voice.” The scene of the story is laid among the Cumberland Mountains, and in it the author has endeavored to penetrate into the soul of & bad man and to lay bare the processes by which he is tempted to hie fall. In Hugh Ritson he has sought to show us a man who, “while above the common tendencies to guilt, is yet tainted h a plague-spot of evil hidden some- where in his nature,” and which developed under a series of temptations which are [ temptations because of this latent evil in the man, bring him to sin, to crime and ultimate ruin, although by alast rally- | ing within him of the forces of good the man, in the eleventh hour, saves his soul alive. Ritson is the younger and least favored of two brothers who love the same woman. Through the revelations of a_ sleek legal scamp, named Bonnithorne, he eomes to believe that his brother, Paul, is the son of his mother, but not of his father, and that he, and not Paul, is the true heir. In the mother’s life is a sealed chapter. She has had still another son by an imprudent Scotch marriage with Robert Lowther, father of the girl whom both Paul and Hugh love. This marriage was void under the English law. The son disappeared in infancy, but reappears upon the scene shortly after the death of Ritson Sr. His resemblance to the heir, Paul Ritson, is very marked, and through it the latter’s undoing is wrought. Hugh makes Paul Ritson believe that Greta Lowther, whom he has just married, is his sister. He takes her to a con- vent, to which, upon the death of her husband, his mother has retired, and sets about to clear up the mystery. Meantime the illegitimate son, Paul Drayton, a low rascal, commits a crime which through mistaken identity is fastened upon Paul Ritson, who, as Drayton, is sentenced to imprisonment for life. Drayton meanwhile is passed off as Paul Ritson. He and the lawyer, Bonnithorne, then turn the tables upon Hugh and oust him from his home. A series of complica- tions arise that culminate in a powerful scene in court, where Drayton and Bonni- thorne are confronted by Convict B 2001 and the mother of both Pauls, who ac- knowledges Drayton as her son and identi- fies the convict as the true Paul Ritson, the legitimate son of Hugh’s father. Hugh Ritson, too, confesses his guilt, but death saves him from the Fenalty. The story is one of great power and Mr. Caine has not found it necessary to intro- duce any undue amount of Cambrian dia- lect—a circumstance for which we should be grateful in these ys of the literary exaltation of the British hind. [New York: Fenno & Co. For sale by the Dodge Book and Stationery Company and the Bancroft Company.] Stories of the Foothills. For several years past there have ap- peared, from time to time, in various of the leading magazines certain sketches (one would hardly call them stories) that, more than anything of the sort we have seen in along time, are redolent of what may be called a genuinely Californian atmosphere. A few of these sketches the author, Mar- garet Collier Graham, has collected, and Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. have sent them out in a2 handsome little volume gn?‘er the title of “Stories From the Foot- ills.” Mrs. Graham, who is a resident of Pasa- dena, should be well known in California. She easily takes rank among the best writers we have in the State, and her sketches are among the most characteristic that we have had of late. Those in this volume are not of equal merit, but all are characterized by a subtle delicacy of perception and a certain effect- iveness of presentation that have no ap- pearance of being studied. They are not particularly strong, the one entitled “Em” iking of them all, fine and possess v quality. The most ambitious of them' all is the | initial one of the volume and is entitled “The Withrow Water Right.” It is a story of hatred and fancied wrong on the part of an ignorant old woman pre-empter, out of which grows a misun({l‘rflnmling and a death. The real tragedy of the situation, however, is suggested rather than told and lies in the hopeless awakening to womanhood of the heroine of the sketch, M'lissy Withrow. “The Complicity "of Enoch Embody” is another sketch in” the book that will repay erusal. [Boston: Houghton, Miffiin & Co., Riverside Press. For sale at the book- stores. ] “The Gospel of Buddha.” This is a second edition of Paul Caruns’ great work that was noticed in the CaLn some three months since. Itisan admir- able collation of the teachings of Gau- tama Buddha, gathered from the various sacred books of the East, and now for the first time systematically arranged. The aim of the volume, and an aim in which Dr. Carus has been most successful, is to give to students of the world’s great faiths the best thoughts of this one Oriental reli- ionist in a convenient and comprehensive form. The parallelisms and the differences between the Buddhistic and the Christian faiths are well set forth, and while even from a purely literary standpoint one may question the correctness of calling any teaching or collection of teachings thy Gospel of Buddha, it must be acfinow P edged that Dr. Carus has in this volume made a decided addition to religious litera- ture. [Chicago: The Open Court Publish- ing Company.] The Christian State. This is the title of a curious little book by Dr. George D. Herron of Grinnell Col- - lege, Towa. The author calls it ““A Politi- cal Vision of Christ,”” and the Christian state, as he outlines it in the six lectures that constitute the volume, is simply a collectivist system based upon the ethical teachings of Chriat, Dr, Herron sees in the man of Nazareth the ruler of the teresting. A wave of municipal reform is sweeping over the land, and this account of the movement in which, more than any- thing else, the wave had its rise, is of value for various reasons. It can be read with particular profit by that class of reformers | whose zeal is prone to lead them into state- | ments which, however strong may be the | moral conviction of their truth, yet cannot be substantiated. Dr. Parkhurst makesit clear that the fight | throughout was not against specific viola- tions of specific ordinances. It was not, for instance, against violations of the Sunday-closing law, nor against gambling. nor the social evil, nor any one form of municipal wrong, but against the organized municipal villain all these things were possible. No details are given of the dector’s historic slumming xperiences. The story is a plain, unvar- nished tale of a successful campaign against spiritual wickedness in high places. A | significant feature of the book is the author’s | arraignment of Superintendent Byrnes, whom the investigating committee spared, | but whom Dr. Parkhurst handles without | gloves. The book is valuable as presenting in a compact, useful form the outlines of the most memorable struggle for municipal reform ever known in this country. [New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. For sale by William Doxey.] | | Philoctetes and Other Poems. From the Riverside Press comes also a dainty little red volume, ‘‘Philoctetes and Other Poems and Sonnets,”” by J. E. Nes- | mith. The sonnets make up the principal | bulk of the work. They are exceedingly artificial and stilted productions, abound- ing in classical allusions, usually very ob- scure, and the poet is too much inclined to | pedantic exhibition of learning for his | work to be pleasant reading. There are | the inevitable sonnets to Prometheus dnd Proteus, and the regulation ones on Hope, Fortune, Carpe Diem, Ultima Thule and Melancholia. It has much to say about Nature, although he is peculiarly unfortu- nate in most of his illusions. The title poem of the book, “Philoctetes at Lemnos,’’ represents that warrior in exile, surrounded by aGreek chorusand nursing his wounded foot. His account of his sufferings reads like the attendants’ report in a surgical ward, and he fikens himself unto An old galley wreck’d and cast away, Moor'd to the wharf and falling to decay. There is a song of nature which the poet erroneously calls a hymn, that is full of suggestions of power. and another poem entitled ‘‘Shifting Freight at Midnight,” which contains some fine stanzas. [Cam- bridge, printed at the Riverside Press.] ! An Unofficial Patriot. i Bolongasthereis a G. A. R. corps left in the country, or even two veterans to hobnob over a campfire, so long will stories of our last war find eager readers. This fact will partially explain the success of Helen H. Gardener’s latest book, “An Un- official Patriot,” which is now in its third edition. There are, though, other reasons why this story commands attention. Aside from its unquestioned literary excellence it is vouched for by its author, who “‘has the documents,” as a narrative of facts, and historic facts, too, which have never before been made public. The book affords a new and characteristic glimpse, too, of the hero of that trying time, and this people will never tire of new views of Lin- coln. It f;ives,tuo, an unusual picture of the peculiar difficulties that beset con- scientious slave-holders in those da; We have had many stories of runaway slaves, stories both tragic and heart-rending, but the spectacle afforded in this book of two {)erp exed and conscience-smitten slave- holders actually fleeing from the slaves whom they could not conscientiously sell, could not legally free and dared not, for their soul’s good, longer own, is at once unique and suggestive. [Boston: The Arena Publishing Company.] A Man of Mark. > This is a story by Anthony Hope, whose name is pleasantly familiar to readers of the CavL, to which Mr. Hope is a contribu- tor. “A Man of Mark” is a readable story of the performances of a filibustering Presi- dent and banker in an imaginary South American “republic.” There is a revolu- tion, which is a fiasco, and a bank-robbery and a postponed elopement. The story runs smootfily and is to the initiated amusingly suggestive of certain features of the latest overthrow of the estab- lished Government in Hawaii. |[New York: Henry Holt & Co. For sale by ‘William Doxey.] CONSUL DONOHOE HAS RESIGNED. y under the rule of which |. NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. S ey SN EBLOE o e S e it P BIL K - originated in I dia or Egypt antiquity. out all the centuri the use of curtains h hold decorations. lace forms by far t greater part. ued for the amount tion, but for the beau design. Examine careful this week. HE useof curtains times of the remotest Through- ever formed an impor- tant feature in house= | the many materials used for this purpose Lace Curtains are not val- cotton which enters into their construc- and taste of the woven the Curtains we offer Lace E CANNOT say enough W ! NOTTINGHAM LACE CURTAINS, in new floral and scroll patterns, 1895 styles, in ecru only, le; ing chamber cur NOTTINGHAM LACE th the patterns a sire T A ald be de- inche s1 nches wide. . $2.25 “E_CURTAINS (s0 a shade finer in ¥ n than the best Nott meshes_perfectly geo- al and small, the paiterns and effective: urds long. 60 in. wide... 83,50 yards long, 60 in. wide, finer....... L. %4.00 834 yardslong, 64 in. wide.... 84,50 37t o4 MAR size HOW CHEAP and HOW GOCD these are. come and see them? Say yes. 49¢ (INCORPORATED) KE FRANCISCO, CAF Curtains. in cold, unsympathetic type to empha=- Will you . GUIPURE BEDROOM CUR- TAINS, double point lace edge, pattern scattered clusters small 5 Pair rosebuds, size 314 yards by 48 inches, white or ecru, a bargain, terns, white or ec 5O | IRISH POINT LACE CURTALNS. wardslong, 40 inc [9) If you can buy them elsewhere Pair within 25 per cent of our pric bring ours back. In the most modern effects, prices ranging from $3 50 to . $2 IRISH POINT CURTAINS, in love 1y seroll designs with floral effec 8 vards long by 50 in. wide..%3.50 pair 314 yardslong by 50 in. wide.$4.00 pair $u FINE BRUSSELS LACE CUR. AINS, for parlor windows, a special buy at an_opportune mo- ment—one-third less than real value. .. LOUIS XTIV CURTAINS, hand-run Guipure lace and fine scrim, do up beautifully and outwear all others: Reduced from $9.00 to %4.50 pair. Reduced from $10.00 to $5.00 pair. Reduced from $16.00 to $8.00 pair. pair pair pair | Pair n= in l tempting prices. CHENILL quali €s as dado, red, old rose, ps olive, apricot and tobs acco brown a special value at. o long, 48 inch, ity, fancy fri didos in a brill arrow colored an- w and hand- tumn leaf eitec some.. POR- $4:22 | Portieres, Covers, Etc. N CONNECTION with the Lace Curtain Sale, we offer a superb collection of Chenille and Tapestry Portieres and Covers at very ported “Negus,” in t blue and terra ental patterns. | | TAPESTRY PORTIERES, - 314 QK.50 ‘ yards long, 50 inches wide,” in agD®)’ | beautiful artistic scroll pattern... ~ Pair TAPESTRY PORT! 1ES, a heavy and wide quality, in several new Q@ /7.00 color tones: the charming bow-ep § — ol st battemEEr e s i B | ORIENTAL TAPESTRIES, 314 Pair |~ vards long, 50 inches wide; ORIENTAL | beautifuls pattern, hea Of TIERE x:u-lx»s$5.oo { tinseled. s \an pattern ) pair | 4-¢ CHENILLE TABLE-COVERS, ubrigh S Eagin Dew patterns, brilliant colom: & £()C ARTISTIC POR- very few for early comers Mon- ) TIERES, long 50 | day at .. Each inches wide, in s exclusive designs: “flowered all ove man aptly expressed it, will pleas the most fastidious. o ral new and one pattern, he RS, .81 aud $1 25 NG-TABLE --$1 90, $2 25, $2 50 ADE OF FLAX ONLY. 7he kind that was made M of BLEACHED TABLE DAMASK, either Irish or Austrian made, all linen, 100 or more modern pat- terns to choose from neh, worth 50c, ol nch, worth 65c, fo nch, worth 75c nch, worth 90c. #1 ty 0c o d ®1.50 , fo1 101 warranted pure linen. a most d sirable line of new patterns. 58-inch, the 45¢ kind, fo 60-inch, the 85¢ kind, for. . nch, the 75¢ Kind, for.. nch, the 75¢ kind, for. . h, the 80c kind, for. . 62-inch, the $1 kind, fos LINEN CRASH bleached or checked, the regular 1235c kind, full 18 inches wide, only e "3be 50e ly .15¢ 102 Yara | Linens. The kind everv good housewife wants. in the time of Herodotus (50 B. C.). The kind the Ancient Egvptians made centuries bzsfore that. Real Linen, at Mixed Cotton and Linen Prices. | TEA SETS, fringed, full bleached, all linen, with a dozen 16-inch doylies to match. 2 50, 812 size 83 ard | With tworows of drawn worl yard | 84 size 5. 10 size $6......8-12 size 87 Jard | TEA SETS, hemstitched, beantifully ‘:~“1 i patterned, double damasked, a yard| ., dozen 16-inch doylies.............. Yard | 8.4 size %7.50...8-10 size 89812 size 810 ALL-LI DAM K PKINS, 10 pieces In the 3-4 size, the size vard most in demand for daily use, (¢6).00 yard #1.25 to $7.50 dozen. Anex (DL — cellent grade, worth $2 50, at Dozen EN DAMASK TOWELS, fringe, colored borders. 20x41 inches, 25c value 22x44 inches, 3315¢ value. 22x43 inches, 50c valu 26x50 inches, fit for a king. yard 20c each 25¢ each 3315¢ each 50c each ~ =z y VERY IMPORTANT EVENT! Ll 1 0-MORROW ! former wholesale figures. To-morrow and everv day thereafter until all are sold, A SPECIAL PURCHASE OF 2500 PAIRS OF LACE CURTAINS at prices far less than Last year at our Great Curtain Sale in sold as a very Special Bargain (and it was, then) a Good Lace Curtain at 68c a pair. February (the biggest event of its kind ever held on the Coast) we This year we can duplicate it at 49c. There’s the | whole story in a nutshell. ez Some S etc., at Cut Prices. PRINTED INDIA SILK, 21 inches wide, small figure patterns in colors contrasting with grounds: £()C black, brown, navy, cream and gobelin, .. Yard | ALL-BLACK LUXON, 21 inches, | French mal dust does not cling 8,'(‘ | 10 it; one of the best wearing silk: 2] made; $1 25 value, now. s Yard | ALLSILK BLACK GROS-GRAIN, 24 inches wide, extra heavy, ex cellent lining and "good -1 o enough for dresses, too; $1 value. Yard | TAFFETAS, in_ stripes and /7EC | width 16 inches, the ideal {0 | fabriC fOF WlStS..... --......ccco. Yard VASH FABRIC, silk A NOVELT | and linen, 27 inches wide, small | dainty brocaded patterns, light 910 shadés of pink, lavender, Nile 2 green and corn .. Yard HANDKER- LADIES' SWISS 5 CHIEFS, fancy drawn work bor- der and corners, worth 10c each.. Each RETTY SILKS FOR DRESS OR WAIST, Veilings, Bazaar Goods, | NEW NOVELS and books of the pecials. I FANCY VEILING, open, diamond- shaped mesh, with woven bor der, pretty and stylish, black and several staple celors, very special 10° Yard LADIES' SEWIN 36 inches, the folding st $1 25 elsewhere. ... TOILET PAPER, In packazes— 400 sheets, 4x614 inches ackages, 10e In roils at 4c each. | CREPE TISSUE PAPER, same as 7 =C oth charge 25¢ for, D) | 50 colors, very sp 3 h authors as Ella | Wheeler Wilcox, Alphonse Dau det, J. M. Barrie, regular at 50c each..... 5 CORSETS. O YOU NEED a Corset _to fit | that new dress over? We | carry all of the most popu~ | lar makes at popular prices. An expert fitter always in attend- ance. Corsets are modeled to fit your form. LADIES' COUTIL , fast black or drab, heavily boned, ex- tra long or short waist, lace edge, silk stitched. .. (A heavier quality HALE'S KID-FITT! ood quality blac and extra long wail silk stitched. KID-FITTIL 50° of above at 75¢.) i G CORSET; teen, lunz%l.ofl Each , real bone. G COR: Jong wal real bone, @] .50 ded side steels, fine black sat-(D) 1 — een, embroidered top, silk stitched _Each | (The above i short 4-hook length.) TTING COR: HALE'S KID- extra lon walist and length, fine ver, real bone, padded This is a special pat- , slender ladies. Price Each teen, real @ 7 .00 tonz g 122 rice Each T patterns! to fit any Bt THO! AL COR- made of heavy black sat- een, well boned, abdominal sup- Q 1.50 porter, laced on_side, extra longed L—— waist, black $1 75, or in drab for. Each tics. Big values these — little prices. FOUR TOWEL SPECIALS, |ALL. 11 HUCK TOWELS, | fringed colored borders, 18 121 inches: you n't get them else- where for 15c.... . 3 Eac] ALL-LIN HUCK TOwW ze larger than the abo RC | inéhes, worth 20c at least 15° | at . . - . Each ALL - LI N HUCK TOWE y | broche colored borders, soft, | heavy fringe: 2 sizes of this lot, | and 20x40 inches; cheap c | wobig bargain ¢ 20! 25 dozen.or. Each BLEACHED TURKISH TOWE y (‘(J | 16x36 inches, were a big special e | at9c each, now 14 oft; pric Each | DOMESTICS! ‘ UST A HINT OF THE HUN- dreds of specials to be found in this department during the coming week. We are Paci=- fic Coast headquarters for domes= OTHER THINGS. ATEENS, the 121hc or light gro s in colors ds, tiny st sateen We carry full lines of Thompson's, R. & G., | P. D., Dr. Warner's, Hale's Kid-fitting, etc. | value in Frisco at Yard 4-4 UNBLEACHED =C kind you used o pay [ for: our price...... AT ) | 5-4 PILLOW-CASING, bleached and 10 unbleached; a grade in every re- 3 spect equal to the Boston Yard UNBLEACHED CANTON FLAN- 10° L, one of the heaviest, flufliost ( c, special at... Yard D CROCHET Marsellles patterns, heavy quality and a very £C Special vafn at_the price ssked: 9D size 80x84 inches... 1¢ correspondents neglect to give correct names there i3 no answer tothe communication. The Having Reached the Age Limit He Re- tires on a Pension. Denis Donohoe, who has represented the British Government at this port for the last seven years, is about to retire from the consular service. He has forwarded his resignation to the home office, and as soon as his successor is appointed he will make a visit to his Eastern friends. Mr. Dono- hoe is now nearly 80 years old, and it is the rule of the British Government to re- tire all its consuls on a pension when they reach that age. 'Who will be his successor {is a moot question. Denis Donohoe has been in the British consular service for thirty-seven years, and {in 1887 was appointed fo succeed Sir Wil- | liam Booker at this port. During his term of office he has gained the good will and esteem of all of the mercantile and ship- ping community with whom he came in contact. His first appointment was as Vice-Consul in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, in 1857, and at different times thereafter | he served in New Orleans, Baltimore and New York. After a visit to the East Mr. Donohoe will return to California and will reside permanently in San Rafael. e WILL CHANGE TO ELEQTRIOITY. The Presidio and Ferries Road to Be Transformed. The Presidio and Ferries Railroad Com- pany, by its president, George A. Newhall," has petitioned the Board of Supervisors for an amendment to its present existing franchise. The company desires the words *‘or the most improved electrical appli- ances, electrical or other motors,” inserted after the words ‘‘cars to be moved by end- less wire ropes.” The company, whose system is gener- ally known as the,Union-street line, de- sires to change its cable-road to one oper- ated by electricity and will, in case the board grants its Keuglon, begin the work of transforming the line in the near future. e Tsix Nxw Louvee has opened, 8-14 0'Far- rell street, . ¥ names are not for publication, but for reference. Questions will be answered as soon as possible after they are reccived. Sometimes an answer cannot be had sooner than three weeks after start- ing the inquir; Questions the answers to which will amount to an advertisement of any business or article will not be answered. Questions “asking for the standing of any in- diidual or firm will not be answered. No questions In arithmetic, algebra or geometry will be answered.. Material for debaters will not be furnished. Religious questions respectsully declined. BARBER-POLES—W. T. 8., City. In ancient times barbers performed minor operations in surgery, and particularly blood-letting. To assist in the operation it was necessary for the patient to grasp a staff firmly in order to dis- tend the vein in the arm from which the blood Was to be taken, and for this purpose a pole or stick was always kept by the barber-surgeon, together with the fillet or bandage he used for tying the patient’s arm. When the pole was notin use the tape was tied to it, so thet they might both be together when wanted, and in this state, pole and_tape around it, were hung atthe dooras a sign. A brass basin was fre- quently suspended on the pole. After a time, instead of hanging out the identical pole used in the operation, a pole was painted with stripes around it in imitation of the real one and of the vandages used. The gilt knob at the end of the imitation pole was to represent the brass basin held by customers while being shaved. In England ibere was a law that re- quired barbers and surgeons to use & pole as a sign. The barbers had to have theirs blue and white striped, with no other appendage, but the surgeon’s, which was the same, had to have a gallipot and a red rag attached to denote the vocation. It is from this that the poles now. in use to designate barber-shops were designed. THE FENCE LAw—D. J. O'N., City. The law of this State declares that it is unlawful for any one, in any city or town, owning real property or having possession of the same, to erect or maintain on said real property any fence or peartition wall which shall exceed ten feet in h;‘sg“ht without first obtaining from the Board o ermit is granted the i 10 The boatd. the witten consent of e bt of premises adjoining and whose property will be nffected by such fence or partition wall, The law, however, does not apply to public gardens ShErged: Tttt cama the, o admission feo ts : a0 Jolnthg ia not required. 1n San ¥ ieraiine thads { and addresses they must not be disappointed if | TVisors & permit to do so. Before such | is an ordinance that provides that “Fence walls shall not be less than twelve inches in thick- ness for a height of eight feet, and shall be in- creased four inches in thickness for each four feet or part thereof additi 1 height.” This refers to brick division fence walls within the fire limits. LEGISLATIVE BILis—B. M. Legislature of th sent to the Governor for approval or disap- proval, he must sign it or within ten days return it, with his objection to the same. After the Legislature has adjourned bills presented to the Governor must be signed within ten days after adjournment. 1f not signed or veioed within that time they become laws the same as if signed. The people interested in bills may know that such have become laws by watching the columns of the CALL and other apers, which publish from time to time what N haga i baoa signed. They can also ascer- tain the fact by filing with the Secretary of State a request for a certified copy of the iaw, accompanying the request with the fee that may be charged. To SANTA CRu; Pajaro, by the broad-gauge road, is 120 miles, 52 80 each way. The train leaves 11:15 and Santa Cruz at 12:45. leaves Santa Cruz at Francisco at 7:05 p. trees near Felton the the narrow-gauge roa Returning, it 2:05 P. M., arriving at San Tn order to see the big assenger has to go by dand stop off at a station called Big Trees. That train leaves at 8:15 A.M, reaches Santa Cruz at 12:15, and leaveson the return trip at 1: THE CONSTITUTION—L. P. H., City. If an or- ganization has a constitution that provides that no part of it shall be altered or amended unless ninety days’ notice is given at a regular meeting, signed by two members in good stand- ing, and it further provides that the part or parts to be amended shall be printed and mailed to each member, with a postal card in- closed for reply, having printed thereon, for amendment, against amendment, the organi- zation is bound by its constitution, and a_mo- tion to make the change viva.voce should not be entertained by the chairman. — E. J. 8., Antioch, er the laws of the CAPITAL PUNISHM Contra Costa, Cal. U United States the death penalty may be in- flicted for the following crimes: Treason, murder, arson (of a dwelling), rape, piracy, robbery of the mails if endangering the lives of persons in charge, rescue of a convict on the way to suffer the death penalty, burning a United States war vessel, and corruptly de- stroying s, private vessel. These crimes are such as involve or tend to involve the taking of human life. NORTH AND SoUTH—S,, City. There is no arbi- trary rule that divides the State of California so that certain counties are known as the northern counties, others as the central coun- tles and still others the southern counties, but generally the counties that lie south of the northern line of San Luis Obispo, Kern and San Bernardino counties are known as the southern counties, and those north of the southern line of Mendocino, Colusa, Sutrer, Nevada and Placer counties are commonly spoken of as the northern counties. WEST POINT—W. J. C., City. A candidate for admission to the United States Military Acade- my at West Point must at the time of applica- tion be between the ages of 17 and 22, free from any infirmity whlcfn may render him un- fit for military service, and able to pass a care- ful examination in reading, writing, orthogra- ghy, arithmetic, grammar, geography and the istory of the United States. CHARLOTTE TEMPLE—S. M., City. “Charlotte Temple; or, A Tale of Truth,” was & novel pub- lished in London in 1790, and was the most popular of the writings of Susana Rowson. Of this work her biographer says: ‘‘The hero was sion and & bill that has passed both houses is | 3 The distance | from San Francisco to Santa Cruz, transfer at | in the morning, reaches Pajaro at | the author’s kinsman._Colonel John Montresor, while serving in_the British army, persuaded Charlotte Stanley, a_descendant of the Earl of Derby, to embark with him in 1774 for New York, where he abandoned her. She died in the Old Tree House, on Pell and Doyers streets, at the age of 19, and was buried in Trinity churchyard. In addition to the inscription the slab over her grave bore the quarterings of the house of Derby, and in after years the name of Charlotte Temple was substituted for that of Stanley.” -, Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, Cal. Numbers being equal, the new navy of the United States is admitted to be the equal of any of the world. Whether the Italian navy could sink all of the United States | warships is'a question that no one can answer, | but it is very probable thatin case of war the Urited States would also do a little sinking, A complete list of the vessels of the United States new navy was published in the Query | Column of February 3. That is the vessels in | commission. To MoUNT D1ABLO—D. M. | County, Cal. ., Benicia, Solano The aistance in an air line from the center of the town of Benicia to the apex of Mount Diablo is 184 miles. By the nearest | traveled route from Benicia, via Port Costa, Martinez, Walnut Creek and wagon roa through Pine Canyon the distanceis 26 miles | 1 mile to Port Costa, 3 to Martinez, 12 to Walnut Creek .and 10 to the summit. The | height of the mountain, according to Profes- | sor Davidson of the Coast and Geodetic Suryvey office is 3848 8-10 feet. ) VISITING CARDS—M. A. B., Alameda, Cal. There is no book on etiquette that gives the meaning of a visiting card folded in the center left in the absence of a young lady that he had not seen for a year. The rules of etiquette are that & card with the right upper corner turned implies a visit; the left upper corner means congratulation ; lower right-hand corner means adieu; the lower leit-hand corner consolation, and the entire left end of the card turned over means a call on the whole family. ALMOND TREES—O. 8., Plainsburg, Merced County, Cal. This correspondent writes that he has almond trees that are six or seven years old, look healthy, but have never bloomed. Officers of the State Board of Horticulture say ; ‘“Almond trees are usually very precocious and very heavy bloomers. The correspondent must mearn that they do not bear. If that is the case other varieties which bloom at the same time should be planted among them in order that they may cross fertilize.” THE PoLicE FOorCE—O. K., City. The numer- ical strength of the police force of San Fran- cisco is 457, divided as follows: Chief; clerk to the Chief and Board of Police Commission- ers; property clerk; cq;tnins of police, 5; de- tective police officers, 12; sergeants of police, 37; corporals of police, 12, and patrolm 388. The city does not employ or pay a special police officers. Such are paid %y ing viduals or corporations that employ them. DISCOVERY OF AMERICA—C. M., City. The catalogues of American and English publica- tions, including those of 1894, fail toshow that an{ army officer within two or three years has published a book which aims to prove ti America was first_settled by the Pheenicians. E. P. Vining’s ‘book on the discovefiy of America, published in 1885, claims that Hwui Shan and & party of Buddhist monks in the fiith century made the discovery. NAUTA—This correspondent desires 8 great deal of information, but as neither name nor residence is given no answer will be furnished. People who ask questions should not be afraid 10 give proper name and address. Such are not publishcd or furnished to any one, but oifen they assist the editor in enabling him to ascertain’ just what the writer wants to know. EMPLOYMENT OFFICE—H. M., City. The city ordinances of San Francisco require that every person carrying on an intelligence office shall ay a license' of $16 per quarter, and that no | icense shall be issued to any person without the consent of the Board of Supervisors. The matter of fees for registration of an application for a situation before it is secured is one thatis regulated by the party keeping the office. To conduct an intelligence office withouta license | is & misdemeanor, punishable by fine or im- prisonment, or both. KNICKERBOCKER-B. L. J., Vallejo, Cel. The name “Father Knickerbocker” properly be- longs to Diedrich Knickerbocker, the imagin- ary author of a humorous fictitious history of New York. written by Washington Irving in 1809. The term Knickerbocker has been ap- lied to the descendants of Dutch settlers in New Netherlands, and humorists have \l:\‘('d “Father Knickerbocker” to represent New | York in the same sense that Uncle Sam is used | to personiiy the United States. | DREAMS—J. R., City. Dreaming is the state | of one whose mind is engaged with thought: while in sleep. If there is any preventive against dreams, it has not yei been presented. If you are troubled with nightmares stop eat- ing lgte suppers, pigs' feet, Welsh rarebits and the like and you will not have hobgoblins run- ning before your eyes after you have retired. No ExeMprioNn—Dressmaker, City. The law does not “exempt from taxation a sewing ma- chine used by a dressmaker for the purpose of making a living.” The Assessor js required to tax such just the same as any other piece of roperty that is subject of private ownership. he 10018 of & mechanic or Artisan necessary (o carry on his trade are exempt from execution. BARBER-SHOPS—B. M., City. Two bills relat- ing to the closing of barber-shops on Sundays were introduced at the session of the Legisla- ture that recently adjourned. One was that such shops should remain closed all of Sunday and the other that tuey shall close at noon. The first mentioned bill was killed, while the other passed both houses. e | FRENCH POPULATION—Subseriber, Cify. There | are no figures obtainable in this city that will | show the number of persons in San Francisco who were born in France. It is estimated that the French colony mumbers 5000. The volumes | of the census of 1890, which should contain this information, have not yet reached this city. (TR Tue BARk VICKERY—R. D., Oakland, Cal. The bark Vickery arrived in the harbor of San Francisco from New York in 196 days, via Val- araiso 49 days. Her captain was Mahiman. ghe carried sixty passengers, and was con- signed to William T. Coleman & Co. So the record of the Merchants’ Exchange shows. A STRING OF DATES—A. P., Berkeley, Cal. Oc- tober 8, 1838, fell on Monday; October 24, 1844, on Thursday; May 15, 1871, on Monday; December 8, 1872, on Sunday; April 5, 1875, on Monday; December 10, 1876, on Monday ; December 31, 1880, on Friday, and Septem- ber 26, 1883, on Wednesday. ASSESSMENTS—F. 8., City. A resident of San Francisco who is not a citizen has to pay poll tax just the same as & citizen, unless he is ex- empt on the ground that he is “a pauper, an idiot, is insane or is an Indian not taxe He must also pay taxes on his business and house- hold furnjture. -4 A Lost MORTGAGE—B. A. H., City. If a mort- gage, given to secure a loan, is lost or destroyed after it has been properly recorded a certified copy of the recorded document takes the place of the original. CIVILLY DEAD—J. R., City. Unlessa convict has been pardoned and restored to his civil rights he would not be legally entitled to serve in the capacity of officer of election or hold any other office. No Suca Cook—Gastronomic, Sacramento, Cal. There never was a cook in San Francisco who was paid the sum of $10,000 & year for his services. The highest ever paid to a chef cuisine in this eity is ?2‘_’1(";)1\ year. Tl\;“L:Sl:!I: 00 salary was paid by Vanderbilt of New York to his cook. DRIVING LoGs—W. J. B. Jr., Mendocino County, Cal. In this State, upon application, the Board of Supervisors of a county may order thata stream that has not been declared navigable, or is in fact not nayi- gable for commercial purposes, shall be used for floating logs, timber and lumber. It may also order eutting, widening and straightening the banks of such a stream to make it fit for the purpose named. If any owner of land through which such stream_passes objects, the Supervisors are empowered o purchase’ the Tight of way, but if the owner demands too high a price” the board is_authorized to come mence proceedings in condemnation, Navarro Ridge, LATIN AND GREEK—W.J. C. no public evening schools in this city in which Latin and Greek are taught. This column can- not advertise private institutions that give such instruction nor can it advertise books that are helps to learning either or both lans guages. BROAD-STREET THEATER—C. R., City. The stage of the New California Theater and that at the Stockwell Theater, in this city, are larger than that of the Broad-street Theater in Philadelphia. The seating capacity of the Philadelphia theater issaid to be about 2 There are To K1LL FOXTAIL—S. A. H.. Ruby Valley, Elko County, Nev. The most effective way to kill foxtail in alfalfa fields is tomow early in April, rake the stuff when dry into winrows and burn on the ground. The alfalfa roots penetrate deep enough to remain uninjured by the fire. CIGARETTE BILL—A. 8., Winters, Yolo County, Cal. The bill commonly known as the cigaretts bill, which is to prohibit the sale of cigarettes, passed both houses of the Legislature, and if signed by the Governor will go into effect six months after its passage. MACKAY'S BIRTHPLACE—*Blue Dick,” Lancha Plana, Amador County, Cal. John W. Mackay was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1835. He was shot and wounded in this city by W.C. Rippey, February 24, 1893. SHOE FACTORTES—W. I, City. As the census figures relating to manufactories have not yet | reached this coast, the number of shoe factories in the United States cannot be obtained at this time. : REPRESENTATION—M| B., City. The ratio of representation in the United States House of Representatives, based on the census of 1890, is 173,901. N CuBIc Foor oF Gorp—M. M., Oakland, Cal. A cubic foot of standard gold, mint value, weighs 1102.9 pounds and when minted will produce $273,587. shower. Sutro's Namivity—W. T. 8., City. Adolph Sutro, Mayor of this city, is & native of Aix-la- Chapelle, Rhenish Pri TaMALPAIS—E. 8., City. The chart of the Geodetic and Coast Survey gives the height of Mount Tamalpais as 2604 feet. M City. The State of ')11'1,360 square miles, the SQUARE MILEs — M. California contains State of New York 4¢ THE GovLps—W. T. 8, City. George Gould i & native of the State of New York, as was his father before him. GROWING PLANTS—M. E. 8. Physicians say that growing plants in a sleeping-room are injurious. THE §0LANO—J. W., Oakland. The big ferry- boat Solano was launched in 1879,