The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 4, 1895, Page 13

I e T YA W THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1895. LATEST AKLAND NEWS Daiton, the Suspected Assassin| of Sheriff Bogard, Re- leased. S MIGHT BE THE THIRD- MAN. The Acme Club Will Putin a Crew. Death of an Eminent Phy- sician. = Dr. Albert G. Anthony, one of the most ent among the leaders of fraternal akland, died at his home, street, - yesterday’ morning. 's health has been impaired for ime, and his demise was nof unex- pe The deceased was anative of Hat- field, Mass.; and 50 years'of age. Prior to the appointment of the present Board.of Health, Dr. Anthony was _its president for | two years. He leavesa widow and- three | children. The loss is especially deplored by the poor and needy, to whose seryice he ever ready to devote his fime a without hope of re d. Davie Forces Another Cut. ed. Mayor Davie has again insérted his knife the fifth rib of . the Southern Pacific R ad Compan; engaged yesterday men of freight reducti route. On salt and from 50 cents to 75 ts per.ton, and on canned goods and + from 75 cents to §1 per ton. These rates are the same that haye been in- force with the Davie Frei Comipany, for some time. Oakland merchants pay but little attenti to the red y ging that they have been ma ely fo méet the opposition, be withdrawn should the oppo- al Telephone Corapany, Francisco cap , has nd and has secured 2 Thé new ¢ompany charge business houses $2 and res dences §1 75 per month. The old compan now charges $5and $7 per month. Many of the leading business housés have signed acts. The decision. of the United Supreme Court last.November that Bell telephone patent void .has brought eapital -info the ness, and'a lively contest for patronage will be had. The Suspect Ts at Liberty. John F. ton, who was arrested and jailed on Tnesday last by € 1 on thie suspicion that he train-robber, and murderer - of f B leased yesterday morning. ‘While Dalton lacked 4" great deal of filling the des on ef Bogard’s ussassin, he answer: closely to Haxe's outline of the third man, whom-he ‘met with Browning d Brady at the Ingleside; that many are why he was not held until Haxe could have been .given an ‘eppor- ity to intervie “0ld Pard” Bassett Objects. James -P. Taylor, to- whom the- City Couricil - recently granted permission to arect: coal-bunkers on’ the city whari, will iave a-fight on his hands before he secures iom. -““Old Pard” - Bassett, C. P. | ntington’s ‘nemesis, declares the or na 'rc_gmnliné_th‘e permission void, by re: of its conflicting with the provisions charter. Bassett, who. is. a fighter, loaded with opinions to. sustain the cor- rectiess of his positiop, which he will pre- sent to the Council at its next meeting. “La Loma’ in the Courts. The handsome home of .Captain Richard I'homas, known as“La Loma,” is now attlecock in’ the courts. The captain an insolvent debtor, and_his assignee, John. Cheétwoed. is pressing him to collect | a judgment ‘of $139,400, . Captain Thomas “La Loma' park, which is valued at as’ a homestead; .but Chetwood s that the law allows an insolvent but $5000 in homestead property, and asks the court. to carve that amouns out of the park and transfer the re te creditors. They Are-Not-Worried. The Grand Jury has-a rod" in pickle for candidates at the recent city election who e failed or refused to file itemized bills 1te-election expenses. Among the are City Treasurer Cleve L. Dam incilmen H. B. Lund, J. E Spauld- g, T. H. Montgomery and H:. W. Stowe. s the'offense .is but 4 misdemeanor, pun- ishable by & fine, the recalcitrasss are not at all worried over-the outlook. ALAMEDA. Superior Judge Frick has rendered a de- on in the Louisa-street obening, which en pending “for nearly a year. Lainer resisted -the report of the ssioners by suing out &n injunction the Superintendent of Streets the’ property -delinquent for ayment of assessments: The Com- missioners demurred ‘to.the - complaint ch the injunction was issued and er ‘'was sustained. - The theory it is ‘that.the. petitioners should tender the amount of the assessment due for the remainder of. the land taken before e a.standing that would en- it injunction. The Commi sioners think. th 1€ gained an advan-. tage that meansultimate ¥Victor; £ Chicken-Thievés Captured. _ Thomas Dunton d- Johm < Dempsey were arrested ye ‘and two_charges of - burglary placed against them. They tried to "sell some chiekens -to” Messrs. Combs & Fisher, but their actions aroused suspicion, - the police e notified and they were arrested. & i after the ar- | rest.J, E. Taylor of Fruitvale swore to a complaint charging’ each -with burglary. The mien entered his ‘stable. and - sfole b horse and wagon, which:were found on'tk Cohen property. . Soon’ aiterward Mrs. Kleebauer of High street aiso swore complaint charging. each with - bu. She -identified - the- chickens which they were trying to seil'as her property. Both of the men are crooksand said to be :cid offenders. ' 2 A Gratifying Report. Dr. P. M. Jones, the oculist ‘engaged by.’ the Board of Eduecation to examine.the eyes of school. children “of Alameda, has | submitted - his report. .The examination was_not compulsory, --but- elective with pupils or parents, and:a very large. major- ity recognized that such an examination was,a valuable privilege.” A toral of 1514 children was examined. The percentage of myopia_and inflammatory -conditions was much lower thah in. large cities, this fact being due to the .health state of the childrén. According to the tabulated re- sults;. only 4.16 ffered from - géneral the School Board was held Tuesday even- ing. _The Finance Committee reported on the claims held against the town and bills to the amount of §3798 14 were allowed. A motion was carried to place a long distance telephone in each of the schools, with the exception of the one on Seventh street. E - The Health Officer reported the schools ‘as being in good sanitary condition, but complaint was brought against a stagnant pool situated in the Le Conte district. A committee of three was appointed to in- vestigate the matter and take action with regard to ridding the community of the nuisance. Peter Schnoar was awarded the contract for placing certain culverts on Allston way, at the rate of $9 80 a linear foot. J. L. Scotchler was elected school eensus marshal, at $6a day, and C. L. Kerns as- sistant, at $5 8 day. Reduced Te phone Rates. Berkel nd vicinity are to have the use oftelephones hereafter at reduced rates, owing to the expiration of the 'phone pat- ents. » rate will be reduced from the present standard to $250 per month. It is intended to arrange the sytem so that no one will interfere with another in ringing, all the ringing up will be done by cen- The bells wilP not ring at any place t the place called for, and no one else will know that the line is being used. College Games. At-the preliminary tournament held on last Saturday McChesney, 96, won first place in the singles, and the second place was to be contested for by Magee and Hen- derson. McChesney withdrew from the Stanford contests on account of more im- portant engagements, and yesterday Ma- gee and Henderson contested for first place in the singles, resulting in a victory for Magee. Gage was given second place in the singles on account of the excellence .; s playing in the preliminary last Satur- Magee and Gage won the doubles from Rawlings and Baldwin yesterday, sc they are to constitute the team which will rep- resent the university in both the singles and doubles in the U. C.-Stanford tourna- ment on next Saturday. Notes. Miss K. C. Felton and Messrs. W. H. Garrill and F. H. Seares have been chosen by the faculty to represent the graduating ass on commencement day, May 15. The selections were made from the third of the class ranking highest, with reference to the general ability of the appointees to represent the class upon such an occasion. Seventy applications for the accrediting of schools for the year 1895-96 have been received by the recorder of the faculties. Fifteen of these applications have been made by private institutions and the re- mainder by high schools. It is the custom to have all schools desiring to be accredited make their applications each year. During the- year 1894-95 only forty schools were accredited out of the total number of ap- cations made. 'he baseball game played between the ‘varsity nine and a team from the dental college yesterday afternoon resulted in a score of 12 to 8, in favor of the 'varsity nine, A large party of university students will leave for Palo Alto to-morrow afternoon to attend the comic opera ‘‘Pinafore,’” to be given in the Stanford gymnasium by the students on Friday and Saturday even- ings. The performance is to be given for the benefit of the L. S. J. U. '96 Annual. CAPTALISTS MUST PAY, Debts Growing Stale Since January Cannot Be De- ducted. Depreciated Bonds, Notes, Etc., Will Be Taxed at Their Full Value. Capitalists are now filing their income- tax statements rapidly in order not to be- come delinquent. There are still a great number of statements outstanding, how- ever, and Collector Welburn will have to inyoke the aid of the law before some of them will pay the obnoxious tax. A ruling by the Collector is seriously ob- jected to by quite a number of the capital- ists, and many of them have refused to file their statements in consequence. Welburn holds that a debt owed to a capitalist which is considered good in December, but may prove to be worthless in January, must be considered as part of the assets of | the capitalist and he must pay the income tax thereon. The same ruling holds good in the case of bonds, notes®and personal property which may have depreciated since the beginning of the year. The capitalists have fortified themselves with legal advice, and while some of them have made out their statements in accordance with the ruling of the Collector, others are determined to contest the matter. Since January 1 last the stock in many banks, insurance and other companies has depreciated and the holders thereof only want to pay the income tax on the present values. The whole matter was submitted to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and his ruling upholds the position taken by the Collector. It isasfollows: Only debts which were contracted during the year 1894, and found in the same year to be worthless, and losses from the sale of bonds, notes and other personal property purchased in same year, can be deducted from income as “worthless debts,” or “losses actually sus- teined,” in computing income for that year. ““The law is clearly on our side,” said Chief Deputy Collector Loup yesterday. “The capitalists who object to the ruling think differently, however, and they in- tend contesting the matter. Of course in doing so their tax will become delinquent, and they will have to pay the fine in addi- tion. The statements are coming in very fast now, but_judging from the number still outstanding it is apparent that many of our prominent business men will have to pay a fine in addition to the tax.” There will be a slight change in the In- ternal Revenue Department to-morrow. Thomas P. Cusick, whose sighature the ‘counterfeiters forged to their Chinese cer- tificates, leaves for. EI Paso, Tex., to at- tend the trial-of a Chinese who attempted to cross the border with one of the forged documents. His position of United States StoreKeeper will be taken by one of the other deputies. 'TOOK - NON-UNION MEN Crcw’ Put on the Schooner Ida Schnauer for Alaska, A Cheap The striking sailors failed to score on the schooner Ida Sehnauer yesterday. The vessel cleared for Sand Point, Alaska, and a non-union crew was quietly put on board straining of the eyés and 848 from inflam- mation of the lids, * 3 3 Annual Relay Race. The annual 100-mile relay race of the California Associated Clubs, which . will take place next Sunday, ‘will have seversl well-known representatives from this city. Walter Foster made-his debut on _the rac- ing path in Alameda, and will represent the Olympic Club_ Wheelmen. : He will ride the last relay of ten miles, G.A. Nis- sen will race with the Acmesand Bob Long with the Olympics. & 5 2 Smashed by a Car Door. Mrs. McClellan had the fourth finger of her left hand smashed by the slamming of llhf door of a narrow-gauge car. . ¢ The acci- rred at Park-street station while Clellan was trying. to-avoid boys who were crowding on the -car before the train stopped. BERKELEY. The regular se;‘ni-monthly meeting of nt o of her in the stream yesterday afternoon. This will be & sad blow to the union, which ‘expected that the situation would be greatly relieved by the Alaskan fleet tak- ing union sailors,” The men put on the Ida Schnauer shipped for $20 & month through the office of the United States .| 8hipping Commissioner, gnd a guard was put on the vessel to.take care of the-men, and it was said that -the first attempt to take them off would be met with a shower of bullets. - ——— “The Irish “weapon salye” was an oint- ment supposed to possess the most extra- ordinary virtues in keeping with its most extraordinary, ingredients.” One of these wis a powder nrade from the moss which had grown on skulls exposed fon battle- fields. Unless the skull was of a person “who died a‘violent death the powder was .supposed to losé its virtue. ———e It is considered unlucky in Ireland to view: a_funeral procession while the be- hoider is under an umbrella. SAUSALITO N MOURNING, The Departure of the Bear Brings Sadness tc the Fair Sex. SMASHED A SPANKER BOOM The Cutter Collides With the Moni- tor and the Green-Street Wharf. Signals are down in Sausalito. The revenue cutter Bear left that port yester- day morning to come to this city to pre- pare for her trip north to look after they sealers and whalers. The Bear was in northern waters all during last summer, but she has been in snug winter quarters over at Sausalito since last November. The advent of the cutfer was quite an event in social circles in the English colony, and her departure left many a sad heart be- hind. While she was in port a code of sig- nals was established between the shore and in that country, their language and litera- ture are J:reserved, and their nationality is respected. Islamism is really a religion essentially and radically tolerant. Re- member Catholic Spain has not allowed a single Mussulman family to remain on its EumYean territory, and centuries ago expelled them all.” Had Turkey followed her example there would not now be a sin- gle Christian subject in any portion of her vast dominions.” y “In_regard to Armenians naturalized in the United States. Are they not perse- their birth ?" i “Ry no means,” rejoined the Consul emphatically, “and many unfair accusa- tions are made against the Sublime Porte for its insisting, in the absence of any nat- uralization treaty between Turkey and America, upon applying a law which is both wise and necessary. Here it is,” and Mr. Hall produced a copy of the Otto- man naturalization laws. “Article IV says: The Ottoman subject who has acquired a foreign nationality with the authorization of the imperial Government is considered and treated as a foreign subject. If, on the con- trary, he is naturalized as a foreigner without the previons authorization of the imperial Government his naturalization shall be con- sidered as null and of no effect, and he will be considered and treated in all respects as an Ottoman subject. No Ottoman subject can in any case naturalize himself as a foreigner ex- cept after having obtained a certificate of authorization issued in virtue of an imperial irade. “Now,” continued the Consul, ‘‘this is plain enough. It is mnot for Armenians alone, as some of the detractors of Turkey the sea, and the gallant officers of the assert, but is for ail former Turkish sub- cuted on their return to the country of | KING OF CRAB-FISHERS Captain Jansen’s Methods of Entrapping the Crus- tacean. . MR. JOHNNY JUNIOR ASSISTS. The Relative Merits of Harbor and Off-Shore Crabs Dis- cussed. Not the fair lady who delicately raises the crab a la Creole to her ruby lips, nor the epicure who eats that delicious crus- tacean, with its rich mayonnaise dressing, have knowledge of Johnny Jansen, the ng of the crab-fishers. ~ They see no isions of a frail boat tossing in the angry seas off shore, while Johnny sets his nets and young Johnny cuts bait and bails out the green seas that roll over the boat’s gunwale, to inquire what the deuce those hardy crab-fishers are doing out in such foul weather. Captain Jansen is a Dane, a descendant of the sea kings, and lives with his family | in an unpretentious house built on piles well out into Richardsons Bay and ap- proached by the railroad track. His skill and daring have entitled him to the respect and admiration of his crab-fishing brethren. | "when the yachtsman is looking nervously to windward and conning the falling barometer and concluding that after all it would be a wet day for a sail, Johnny Jan- sen is storing away his nets in his vwenty- foot hoat unddyoung Johnny is filling the water butt an dpuuing up the luncheon for a cruise outside the heads. The old man has an honest, open, weather-beaten face, and is wise in tides and currents and possessed of an un- shaken confidence in the craft fashioned by his own hands, and as stout, stanch and seaworthy as her rugged skipper. She isa wet eraft, that Johnny most reluct- antly doth allow, but she will weather the toughest gale when Johnny is at the hélm THE REVENUE CUTTER BEAR AFTER HER COLLISION WITH GREEN-STREET WHARF. (Sketched for the *“Call” by Coulter.] cutter danced attendance on the fair young buds of the town. But now the officers have_returned to the stern duties of the service, and the fair debutantes have naught but the bike and memories of the past to console them. The Bear got up steam shortly before noon and sailed across the bay. As she was making Union-street wharf her engines failed to respond to the touch of the throttle, and she went head-on into Green- street dock. Inher mad rush she smashed the spanker boom of the barkentine Mon- itor and splintered several fender piles. The cutter escaped with ouly the loss of her martingale, which damage can easily be repaired at the wharf. The Bear will remain at Union street for the next three or four days, taking in coal. Then she will drop into the stream, where her stores and sufiplies will be put on board, and on the 15th she will sail for the north. Two professors of the Phila- delphia Academy of Sciences, one of them being Dr. Sharp, will accompany the vessel on her trip throngh Alaskan waters and the Arctic. The Richard Rush, the flagship of the Bering Sea fleet, will be ready for sea by the 15th, and will go out in company with the Bear. The Perry is expected from the south within a few days, and after fitting out here she will go north. The Perry is in command of Captain Horatio Smith. She was built in 1833 at the Union Iron ‘Works of Buffalo, and went into commis- sion in August, 1804, Captain Hendricks superintended the construction of her hull, and Chief Engineer Schwartz of the Bear looked after the building and setting up of her machinery. She is a 16-knot boat, and will make things lively for the poachersin Bering Sea. FOR THE SUBLIN PORTE The Turkish Side of the Armenian Outrages Is Presented. Consul Hall Vindicates Ottoman Actlon as Based on Sound Principles. Consul George Hall, who wears the order of the Lion and the Sun of Persia and the orders of nobility from his imperial Maj- esty, Sultan Abdul Hamid II of Turkey, is much exercised over the reports of the Ar- menian outrages which reach-this city. Consul Hall, loyal to his royal master, de- clares that the Sultan isone of the most humane and sagacious rulers in the world, and that his severity is exercised only to- ward those Armenians who plot against his sovereignty. *“Why,” said Mr. Hall, “the Ottoman Empire is distinguished for its hospitality. All requests for authorization to open schools presented by foreigners have al- ways met with the best reception by the Government of Abdul Hamid. I have here a list of some of them. At Constantinople alone one counts twenty free schools, or- han asylums and colleges directed by iauriuta, Brothers of the Christian schools, Sisters of Charity and other Catholic re- ligious orders, in which instruction is given to over 2500 students of both sexes. 'Ehere are besides five Protestant schools, directed by English and American missions, one IIelleno-Cntholic school and a dozen secn- lar establishments of public instruction, either superior, primary or secondary. To these the Sultan contributes from his privy urse. 3 *Yes, about the Armenian agitation, We have some Armenians in this city, and when I speak about the Armenian ch. ter I ao mot wish to cast any reflection upon them. There isa well-known prov- erb in Turkey that it requires six Jews to deceive one Armenian. The Turks are simply endeavoring to protect themselves against their machinations. Why, law- abiding Armenians are not only protected but also employed in very high official . po- sitions, one of them being even at the pres- ent moment a minister of the imperial crown. They have their own schools in Turkey, and there are only 900,000 of them jects, with no reference to their nation- ality or creed, who might have been naturalized in the United States or in any conntry in Europe.” 7 b “Do "Armenians seek mnaturalization in Europe ?’’ i “Not at all, and here is a reason for it as given by an impartial writer on Turkey and Turkish affairs: First, Europe knows well the Armenians; second, the endeavors made by American missionaries to convert the Armenians and to make them inimical to the Turkish Government prompt the latter to give their preference to the United States, and third, the Armenians consider the American law on naturalization more advantageous to their secret plans and in- | tentions, for American passports do not, | for instance, contain the following clause that Iways to be found on English pass- | is passport is granted with the gual- ification that the bearer shall not when within the limits of the foreign state of | which he was a subject previously to ob- taining nis certificate of naturalization be deemed to be a British subject, unless he has ceased to be a subject of that state, in pursuance of the laws thereof, or in pursu- ance of a treaty to that effect.’ “Now, here is an extract of an official re- port of the present United States Minister at Constantinople, Mr. Alexander Terrell: The European emigrant to the United States generally naturalizes in good faith; the Asiatic Very rerely does. 1am in & position to know that it is the rule rather than the exception that the Armenian returns soon after he is nat- uralized and goes back with the intention of remaining. “And here is another authority who says no one in all fairness could blame Turkey for manifesting uneasiness for the ublic utterances and written statements inimical to the Government made lately by American missionaries and tending fatally to encourage further revolt an further disturbance on her territory. The United States would certainly not allow such a guilty manifestation on the part of any foreign missionaries that might come here to educate and convert our Indians for example, especially if the latter were implicated, as Armenians acknowledge themselves to be, in rcvolutlpmrg schemes. What is right for the United States why should it not be right for Turkey ?” This is the Ottoman side of the contro- versy as presented by its representative on l.enis coast. The Consul’s further eluci- dations were interm&t.ed by a brace of Turks, relics of the Midwinter Fair, who blew in to have a quarrel adjusted by the servant of his Imperial Majesty, Abdul Hamid II. ANXIOUS TO ANSWER RIGHT. But People Are Not Always Fortunate in Choosing Replies. It is amusing to note the confusion of S0me Dersons wfi:en they are asked a ques- tion about some book or painting which they have been discussing with some per- son who probably has shown gréater knowl- edge of tge subjéct than the one questioned possesses. They want to answer propérly. They hesitate, rack their brains searching for some clew or indication to servé as a guide, and then timidly drop some opinion, which, if not coinciding with that of the other, they are as ready to change as ever Polonius was to suit the whims of Hamlet. There are numbers of such persons in the world and they are not limited to any class, Of course, in the abstract they are liars, Sometimes they are fortunate and some- times they ure not happy in the choice of falsehoods they select to gain their point. A case of this sort, in which the man sought to straddle the question, was over- heard ina Brooklyn troliey power-house the other day. A foreman was about to secure a new hand, who was well recom- mended. He began to take the applicant’s pedigree. “What’s your name?" “John Smith.” “Where do you live?” The man answered several other que: tions readily and without hesitation, un at last his questioner asked : “‘Married or single?” Now, this was cerminlly innocent anougll:, but somehow the applicant thought he scented something suspicious in it. I saw at once that he was a man who wanted to answer right, regardless of the truth, He paused a ittle and then said: “‘Well, if you want single men I’m single and if you want ma men I guess I'm llriurn] . What I want'sajob.—New York eral and young Johnny is tending the jib sheets. There is a special flavor about the crabs caught off shore of which the sluggish harbor crab cannot boast. He does not take in slickens with his daily food, and he has to take more exercise chasing his three meals a day than his brother of the barbor. This gives him such a keen appe- tite that he is always fatter and firmer than the inshore fellow, and commands a better figure in the crab market. Now when Johnny Jansen ‘drops a hook’’ off Half-mile Rock, keeping a decent distance away from the breakers, he sets from twenty to thirty nets, all baited with luscious slumgullion from the kitchen slops. There be *‘cow’s lights and bullock livers” and a hearty welcome to the off- shore crab to come and regale himseli. The bait is passed around in five-fathom water and the crabs flock to the feast. They swarm over the edge of the nets and are gorging themselves with the unfamil- iar luxuries when Johnny Jansen hauls away, and young Johnny tears them away from the banquet and tosses them i the sacks. The off-shore crab isa us fellow and as ready and quick with his nipping claws asa prize-fighter with his bunch of fives, but youag Johnny is up to all the dodges of the crab ring, and gets a back hold on the belligerent crab before the ugly fellow can getin any of his fine work. Once, and only once, did the king of the crab-fishers meet with disaster. A big sea hit him, knocking the bottom of his craft clean out, but Johnny grasped it, and was washed upon a roc] iy the next roller. Even then, like a stout seaman, he did not desert his ship, but pulled her high upen the sands, and hammered away at ?:er until she is now as good as new. Heis a great believer in carrying on sail. He wants plenty of canvas to keep her out of the trough of the sea, and he can smell a squall even before it touches the water. When the evening falls, Mrs. Johnny keeps her eye on Yellow Bluff for the toiler of the sea, and when Johnny's sail is seen creeping up along shore, the good housewife puts the finishing touches to the dinner, sets the table, and places the demi- john of claret on the right of Johnny’s seat, for the bread-winner will be wet and thirsty and hungry by the time he hastied up his vessel at the moorings before his house. ‘What would not the jaded epicure, whom all the art of French cuisine cannot tempt to relish, give for the appetites of those two Johnnies when the steaming dish of meat is put upon the table, flanked with mealy potatoes and washed down with Berseker draughts of the finest wine? Pheasant a la Brillat Savarin cannot com- are with that steaming platter of corn ef and cabbage, Chateau Lafitte has no bouquet like that colossal cup of homely claret. And the fragrance o¥ Johnny's gipe, when the coffee and pie have been disposed of, for the King isan epicure in {J’is way, is an incense to the genius of to- acco. h Young Johnny has his own trading skift, just big enough to hold one and a of crabs, and in this fast sailing vessel he crosses Richardsons Bay and disposes of his cargo among the houses and the arks of Belvedere. Young Johnny likes to out- do the old man in carrying on sail, and is completely hidden under the cloud of dingy canvas he hoists. A life of hard- ship, a life of peril, it is true, but the health gathered from the sea and the con- tent, which is the reward for hardy inde- pg:nfience. are ample compensation to the king of the crab-fishers and hisroyal family. AGE OF THE EARTH. Professor Gelkie Thinks It May Be More Than 100,000,000 Years. It is more than thirty years since Lotd Kelvin pointed out that there must be an ascertainable limit to the antiquity of the earth, and that from the data at that time available the limit could not be fixed at less than 20,000,000 or more than 400,000,000 years. He based this calculation on the thermal conductivity of the globe. After- ward returning to the subject he placed the limit within 100,000,000 years, and still more recently, reviewing the question in the light off the arguments from tidal retardation and the age of the sun’s heat, he has brought down the period of the earth’s antiquity to about 20,000,000 years. Geologists have not been slow to admit that they were in error in assuming that thaY had an eternity of past time for the evolution of the earth’s history. , They have frankly acknowledged the vallditf' o the physical arfiuments which go to place more or less definite limits to the antiquity of the earth. In vain have they protested that there must somewhere be a flaw in a line of argumont which tends to result so entirely at varience with the strong evi- dence for a higher antiquity, furnished not only by the geological record but by the exxgtlnirnes of plants and animals.” Sci- entists have insisted that this evidence is not mere theory or imagination but is drawn from a multitude of facts which be- come hopeléssly unintelligible unless suffi- cient time is admitted for the evolution of geological history. They have not been able to disprove the arguments of the physi- cists, but they have contended that the pblyslclsts have simply ignored the geologi- cal arguments as of no account in the dis- cussion. So here the matter has rested for some years, neither side giving way and with no respect of agreement. Professor Perry, eeling that, after all, the united test:- mony of geologists and biologists was so decidedly against the latest reduction of time that it was desirable to reconsider the physical argument, has gone over them once more. He now finds that on the as- sumption that the earth is not” homogen- eous, as postulated by Lord Kelvin, but possesses a much higher conductivity and thermal capaeity in its interior than in its crust, its age may be enormously greater than previous calculations have alowed. The question being sub judice, we must wait until it is settled. But there seems at present every prospect that the physicists will concede not merely the 100,000,000 of years with which the geologists would be quite content, but a very much greater ex- tent of time.—Nature. e Capes Still Linger. The tenacious little cape -is with us still, and is likely to remain 1n fashion solong as the sleeves keep their present condition of fullness. It varies in length from. the waisttoa point just below the shoulders, and the most dressy one for spring is made of black velvet, cut very full on the edge, and with a yoke which fits closely, and is covered with another printed yoke-shaped piece of silk velvet, elaborately jetted and spangled, below which falls a irill of black accordeon plaited chiffon or fine lace. Ruches of satin ribbon or chiffon finisii the neck.—New York Sun.. e G In pulling down an old house in Paris recently the workmen came across a pair- of boots in which were found bonds which had been stolen irom a New York bank twenty-one years before. Removes wrinkles and all traces of age. It feeds through the pores and builds up the fatty membranes and wasted tissues, nourishes the shriveled and shrunken skin, tones and invigorates the nerves and muscles, en- riches the impoverished blood vessels, and supplies youth and elasticity to the action of the skin. It’s per- fect. Beware of substitutes and counterfeits. Vale’s Origi- nal Skin Food, price $1.50 and $3. At all drugstores. YALE, Health d com- st, Yalo Temple of Beauty, 146 State street, Chicago. REDINGTON & CO., Wholesale Drug- gists, San Franclsco, are supplying the deaiers of the Pacific Coast with all of my remedies. oxane.” /N T would not part with this Dr. Sanden Belt for all the wealth in California if I another like it,” Is what Mr, John Broadway, San Francisco, shid after six weeks' use of Dr, Sanden’s Electric Belt for Lost Manhood. Itis the only remedy that has ever been found to guarantee ‘permanent cure of all weakness of men. t i8 certain in its effects and never falls. ‘Weak men, send for the bflo¥l “Three Classes of Men.” Mailed sealed free. Ac SANDEN ELECTRIC CO., Council Building, Portland, Or. GEQ. H. FULLER DESK CO,, 638 and 640 Mission Street. AND ALL LARGE PRINTING. STERETT PRINTING (O, 532 Clay Street. “and thie chol ‘tion; and POSTERS TUESDAY, TUESDAY... ..APRIL 9, 1893, At 12 o'clock M., at = % 638 Market Street. . IMPORTANT bredit Auction Sale, PR 3 Handsomest ani Heafthiest Location fn this Growing City, of . . 31—31—-3 MAGNIFICENT Residence Lots, IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF- That great Pleasure Ground.of thé. City of Francisco, where thousinds congregate . av is well .as healthiest location in the city for & family’ home. These maghifi groniids are at the dooy of thig property. ai tained at public expense day withou expense by VARE‘B()(I b e FELL, HAYES, ASHBURY . .and CLAYTON STRE_ET_S. " Aé per Disgiam. STREET. <4 M 8 1 : 4{!;‘ i Et::ifi te] e 4 /s ° s o F 3 ; 1 ASHBURY STREET. Sl * The entire bloek slopes gently. from Hayes street toward the Park, making the drainage perfect. Streets are all sewered. Fell and Ashbury -streets have cement stone sidewalks in front of the prop- EXTRA LIBERAL TERMS:. Only one-quarter cash, balance in one, iwo and three years. Interestat 7 per cefii per annurn, TITLE—The California Title . Insurance . and Trust Company will issnea policy of *Insarance guaranteeing the title perfect .to each biyer for the small amount of $10 for each lot.” - . .- .. The Hayes-street cable is to, be clianged toan electric road and exiended to the’ Cliff Foise as the great north-of-the-paik route. S Lots are all numbered; auction flaz on premises. NOTE—To reach these elegant residenice. lots take the Hayes-street cars to Ashbury . streit; or the Oak-street cars to Ashbury street; walk north. - across the Park to the properiy. g z Do not fall to examiné these elegant _residence lots. All must be sold to close an Eastérn scepunt. Attend the sale; purchase ohe or morejot sure, handsome profit. of 50 per cént Withi years. Catalogues at our office.. ; 3 EASTON, ELDRIDGE & €0., Auctioneers, 638 Market Street.” PALO ALTO AUCTION SALE e B WEDNESDAY. APRIL 10, 1895, At 11 o'clock 4. M., 8t - . PALO ALTO STOCK FARN, E WILL SELI Thirtyfive Head Colts and Fillis, +...CHIEFLY.... A # Yearlings and Two-Year-0Olds, By Aszmoor, Electricity Langton, Berhal Ansel, Good Gift, Nephei, Lottery, Wild Boy, $Sport, Traman, ete - Out of the Best Bred Mares on This Farm - Catalogues MLAprll 4. o5 ek ‘There will also be soid 12 head work animals. ‘Trains leave for Palo Alto at 8:15 and 10:40 A. M ‘Returning, leave Palo Alto at 3:37 and P KILLIP & CO. Auctioneers, 30 Montgoméry §t. HENBY A. SMITH. WILL E. 'llltl £ WILL E. FISHER & (0. Salesroom—33 and 35 Main' Street; THIS DAY .- - Thursday. April 4, at 10 O’élock» 53 BY CATALOGUH, AT AUCTION,' Groceries, Liquors,. Provisions, Ete., IN LOTS TO SUIT. .. DR.MCNULTY. Tm WOWN RELIABLE 8PE- ol PRIVAT! INIC AND gMfl.’u innx?a'm}‘na !ll! 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