The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 14, 1895, Page 19

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 1895. 19 ight Club. T. Bromley's birthday at the Bohe- ub. Dinner at M May day ersity students. the Little Sis- {me. de Kontski's luncheon to or tt of Armitage Or- Wednesday at 5 Mrs. Henry T. gs Easter week: sarnett. are set as follows: tand Will F.Pitts, April ch. ay evening. n and Mr. Timlow, at St. and Julius Holm and S. H. Love on 2d. t McAllister on nts have been an- 1 n to J. W. Inskeep. MacBride. Julius Heyman. acobs to H. G. W. Dinkelspiel. s Greenberg. on_Club week lively ng of the During the number of engagements have e or is making ar- in the country. at n which the State In fact, no other part any and such varied and 1s to draw people to the ains. A large number of one south to attend the and the registers of the bear the names of San WHAT IS DOING. NATOR and Mrs. Elkins Bl!d thei in the city They were Santa Monica by the wife of the Nevada Senatc i ho is & most charmin handsome woman, will rece attention while in the city. Mrs. Mrs. e considerable A great society event in Oskland will be the | Mayday fiesta for the benefit of the Fabiola Hospital, to be held at the trotting park. Mrs. Rising, wife of the professor of chem- nts at her home in Berkeley last Fri- vening. ill soon be a new charity established branch of the Catholic Society ters of the Poc Amon Mrs. Dr. Luke Robinso 1, Mrs. d Tobin, Mrs. Frank <. McKinstry, Mrs Joseph Dono Fair and Miss. Guigne, ast Chevalier and Mme. de Kont- ridined the violinist Remenyi at at their residenc Geary street. Scott’s will be & moteworthy chari made one of the of the post-lenten expected that the Armitawe materially aided thereby. will b next Wednesday hursday afternoon of the affair are M. Bliss, Mrs. J reside e {opkins, Newhall B. W and - will 1, and expect to further invitation. 8 to 11 and An elaborate prepared, in ient end popular programme is & number of pra 11 e h attent he blue table” fashionable blue and white china. The est of flowers, the daintiest of faney work and the most delicious bonbons will all be temptations to give & few dollars for the orphans, who are really in need of financial 1. The patroness Jare hour during the Lenten season prepar- ¢ for this fete. Our society girls have mani- ? their interest in the affair by promising ide over the various tables. Refresh- 11 be served. George T. Bromley will be given a the Bohemian Club to-day in is seventy-second birthday. hool in_Berkeley the senfor ner to the alumn on Saturday the 6th inst. It was a lively affa sponded_to, and pretty s of the buildin Le: articipate. ,, a on. arranged tabies will One is to be called c ic th. cleverly done fiss Miss Green and Miss Knowles of the art class. Later in the evening the University Glee Club sere- naded the ladics, and were invited to n th ities. A reception to Miss Kate 1. Wheelock will be dered an Franc Whist Club on Inesday eyening, April 17, at 8 o’clock, at their rooms, 326 P strect. The members of the Oakland, Alameda, Petaluma and Berkeley whist clubs will be present. BETROTHALS, HE engagement is announced of Rev. Hobart N. Bevier, pastor of the Memo- rial Presbyterian Church at Eighteenth and Railroad streets, to Miss Bertha 8. Giddings of Hartford, Conn. marriage will take iddings is a niece {1«»¥x-, f Miss Winnie Hodnett of this ¢ity to Will F. Pitts of Fresno is set for April 24] at the Mission Dolores Church in this eit " The engagement is ennounced of Miss Estelle Frank of this city and Charles Greenberg of - New Whatcom, Wash. They will be pleased to e their friends at 2313 California street on » from 2 10 6 p. Sunday, April 2 . _-The engagement is announced of Emil Kauf- The M co 3m<' Union benefit at 929 | past two | ostess and a | State University, gave a reception | ugh, | , Mrs. | and on it will be exhibited | have been devoting every | were entertained with vocal and instrumental music, Miss Freda Gailick contributing largeiy to the pleasure of the guests. Among those present, were: Mrs B. Price, Mrs. L. Rapp, Mrs. A. Thompson, Mrs. F. Cresse, Mrs. A. Cur- tiss of Boston, M Beecher, Mrs, K. Pierson and Mrs. L. Holcu., A Burprise Party. A pleasant surprise party was given to Ed- ward Blanchard Saturday evening, March 30, y J. J. Cohn, H. L. Phillips and W. D. Young, 0 Liberty street. The evening was spent ncing, recitations, vocal and instrumental , with & supper at midnight. Among those present Miss Carrie Erskine, Miss Ada Thall, Miss Bertha ss, Miss Josie | Strauss, Miss Carrie Harris, Miss Hattie Harris, | Miss Lulu Seott, Miss May Greggins, Miss Edith Wellington, Miss Daisy Bishop, Miss_ Etta Cul- br ettie C Smma McManus, 1 a Goodman, Miss Ray ie Zier, Miss May Ferris, | Burn | mann of Alameda to Miss Augusta Ehrenpfort of this cit Annonncement is made of the engagement of | H.G. W. Dinkelspiel to Miss Estelle Jacobs. | They will be at home this afternoon at 1130 | O'Farrell street. | _Owing to the recent bereavement in the | family relatives will be present at the | di :dward B. Jennings, son of Mrs. sher, and_Miss Elsie Knox, daughter 1 of Mrs. Charles C. Knox, which takes place at ¥ Wil the residence of the bride's mother, 21 Eley- enth street, next Wednesday : The engagement has been announced of Miss Maria Salomon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Salomon, to Julius Heyman. Th unday, 'April 21, between 2 and 5F.M.at | 1509 Broderick stréet. £ The engagement is announced of Miss Celia Riga to Max Weiner. The engagement has been announced of N Lena B. Lu . G. H. MacBride. Miss Lux | & danghter x of San Jose, a brother | of the late Charles Lux of the firm of Miller & | Lux, and is prominent in society atSan Jose. Mr. MacBride is well known in Oukland so- ciety. The Miss Evelyn Carolan James Carolan, wil Church on T wedding of Mr. Timlow of New York and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. take place at St. Luke's | 3urns of Minneapolis apkins will take place at ear San Leandro, on Satur- 3 o'clock. nced of JLW. Inskeep of Oakland. The groom isan ex-trustee of the Oakland Free Li- prary and ex-president of the Citizens’ Muni- i Miss Dallman is a graduate of ., the Univers of California. 'l weddi Miss Elsie Holm and Q.‘H. Love will take place at the home of the bride on Monday, th The engagement is announced of Miss Mary | B. Rdndol of Oakland, daughter of the late | Colonel A. M. Randol, ,to Dr. Edward Bunnell. The wedding will take place in Oak- land about the middle of June. 1 League The engagement is announced of Lieutenant | | McCracken and Miss Belle McPherson. BEFORE THE ALTAR. PRETTY wedding was that of Miss Kaufmann, | 100k place in the parlors of the Hotel Berkshire last Frid The con- tracting parties are both young and the bride 1 the final gathering | is particularly handsome. They are spending | o their honeymoon at one of the cottages at Hote Matéo. Oannon-Peacock. A quiet wedding took place at the residence the bride on Leavenworth strect on Thurs- day evening, the 28th of last menth, the bride being Mrs. Maud Carrie Peacock and the groom | William M. Cannon. The ceremony was per- | formed by Rev. Father Lynch of St. James par- ish. | ot | i Dobbins-Lloyd. An interesting social event of the season in | Be: was the wedding Thursday evening | 1ast of Rev. Hugh T. Dobbins of the First Pres- | Misses Rosemary and Kittie Dobbins, | Annie Brammel and Miss Florence Stull were | bridesmal Thomas C. McCleave acted as best man and the groomsmen were Rev. James Hunter of West Berkeley, Professor John C. Merriam of the university, A. H. Barnheisel 1d Warren E. Lloyd. The bride’s father, L. M. Lloyd, gave her away. | “After the ceremony a reception was held at | the residence of the bride’s parents, corner of Oxford and Rose stree MoGhee-Langford. vedding of J. T. McGhee, assistant super- ent of the California-street Raflroad, Julia Langford, formerly af San Jose, | took place on the 31st ult., the Rev. Mr. Fi | officiating. The couple were the many hendsome pr The m, able was an elegant silver dinner service, pre- | sented by Superintendent Herris on behalf of the clerks and employes of the road. Braunschweiger-Rau, | 8t.Marcus Church, on O'Farrell street, was | the scene onSaturday evening, the 6th inst., of | the marriage of Edward Braunschweiger of | this city to Miss Louise Rau, the eldest daugh- ter of Frederick Rau of Martinez. The church ¢ | was handsomely decorated for the oceasion. The Rev. Dr. Fuendeling performed the cere- mony. | Shortly after 8 o’cbock the organist rendered | & selection and as the bridal_party entered the | door & quartet of trained voices sang softly un- | til the bridal cortege had taken position before ] Four ushers preceded the proce: | the altar. sion, which was headed by the Rev. Dr. Fuende- ling, the officiating minister. Three flower girls, Miss Weicher, cousin of the groom, Miss Braunschweiger, sister, and Freda Ranu, sister of the bride, preceded the principals in the cer- emony. The groom was attended by his best | man, Dr. Taylor of Sacramento. The bride, es- | corted by her father, was beautifully attired in & dress of heavy cream satin, en traine. The corsage was trimmed with & garniture of | orange blossoms and a wreath of the same held | the bridal veil of tullein position. At the con- | clusion of the services the bridal party and in- vited guests repaired to the residence of the | groom’s father, 1600 McAllister street, where & Teception was held. RECEPTIONS. M’KENNA was tendered a surprise party at his home on Point Lobos avenue last Thursday. A pleasant evening was spent with recitations and vocal and instru- | mental music, R. Welsh and Maurice Doran contributing largely to the enjoyment with | their songs, aiter which a supper was served. |, Jhe Verdis gave one of their delightinl parties at Union-square Hall Iast Tuesday even- ing. The grand march was led by Mr. and | Mrs. Grantand some very pretty figures were executed. Those in charge were as follows: Frank J. Williams, chairman floor director; Phil Hamme: committee on arrangements—Jobn W. Long, Joseph A, Catanich and J. M. Nye Jr. A Wedding Party, A delightful party was given in Alameda in celebration of the wedding of Mr. and Mrs, C. Guinard. The house was prettily decorated with ferns and flowers. Many handsome gifts were received by the bride. Among those pres- ent were: Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Guinard, Mr. and Mrs. 8. H. Clawson, Mrs. Guinard, Miss Alice | Guinard, Miss Mary Guinard, Miss Eva Guinard, Mrs. Kidd, Mrs. Julia Wishman, Miss Lena Wishman, 'W. T. Ashman, Miss K. Crowley, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davidson, Mr. and Mrs. Lou Davidson, Mrs. Ashman, Joe Ci Alonzo Ashman, Miss Jess Pope, Miss Elma Rooket, Mr. F]i':n,Emil Leglise, Harry Craw- son, Thomas Lewis, Joe Faichette, Mike du Puy, Joe Bush, Mr. Ellinwood, Dick Barton, Miss Montague, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Green, Mr. and Mrs. McMahon, Mr. and Mrs, McCann, Miss Belle Flannigan, Miss Kate Flannigan, lahan, |‘Arthur, Du.\'ley Miss May Parker, Miss Ida Mc- Bride, Mr. an; Mrs. Burt Black, J. W. Klumpky and W. Dann. ot A Pink Lunch. A delig htful luncheon was given by Mrs, A. C. Lorenzen at her home, 520 Oak street, last Tuesday. The house was prettily decorated, pink being the prevailing color. The guests ¥ will receive | Irma Green and M. 8. Garnett, which | Miss | Miss Annié Casey, Miss Emma Brady, Miss Ida Barron, Miss Tessie Sullivan, Miss Nellie Har- rington, Miss Belle McDonald, Mr. and Mrs. Moore, 'the Misses Blanchard, Messrs. J. J. Cob, 'Howard Philips, Walier b. Young, 11 | ward’ Blanchard, Edward Webber, William Webber, A. Edwards, J. Miller, M. Strause, Benjumin Cohn, B. Barnickle, A. Paulson; L. k-, J. Libefman, L. Sternberg, B. Hilton, | F. Mi.’s, G. Mills, F. 8 Drady, R. Drady, H, Cosgrove, O. Dibble, W ‘atheart, J. H. Wendt, F. Ford, 0. Wol, F. Leonard and H. Stark. A Birthday Party. A pleasant surprise party was given to Miss | May Rhodes at the residence of her parents, 1616 Lyon street, last Sunday evening, the anniversary of her birthday. The evening was enjoyably spent with dancing and games. | Among those present were: The Misses May | Rhodes, Louisa Rhodes, Mazie Curry, Lilly Curry. Annie Murphy. Annie Bocknecker, | Mamie Ki v, ie K i Gilmore, Gertrude Gilmore, Edna Wal O’Connor, Gertrude O'Connor, Maggie Kenny, Neita v Bird, Kittie Bird, Ellie Le- vill , Masters Frankie Rhodes, Thomas Trainer, Harry Rhodes, Birdie White, Michael Gilmore, Eddie Irenney, Dennie Iren- ney, Sammie Taylor, Davie Taylor, Harry Tay- lor. Charlie 0'Conndr, Tommic Kelly. J. Archibald, Dr. and Mrs. Barron, W. William- son, Mr. and Mrs, M. 8. Garnett, Albert T. Glass, Mr.and Mrs. A. F. Williams, Colonel Young, Captain Gale, Miss Young, Mrs. W. A, MacRae, Lieutenant Bell, Lieutenant W. R. Smedberg Jr., Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Thomas, I.G. Smith, W. W. Robson, Charles R. Detrick, George C. Walsh, Mr. and Mrs. George Ames, Mr. and Mrs. H, R. Man, Congressman Joy. Mrs I. Ryer, Isasc Grant, G. Byrnes and Rowland Ellis. Among the late arrivals from San Francisco at the Hotel Green in Pasadena were: Mr. and Mrs. E. J, Jol'y and son, Jesse H. Water- man, G.F. Q\Ii%ley, A. B. Isaacs, Charles H. Isaacs and F. E. Biles. Mr. Sol Bare and Mrs. Bare (nee Bornstein), who have been spending their honeymoon in the Eastern States, are expected home within a few days and will reside temporarily with Mrs. P. Bornstein at 12220’ Farrell street. ‘Mrs. Myrtle Blum and family will oceupy cottage Bijou at the El Monte, Sausalito, this summer. Mrs. R. M. Amphlett, daughter of Chief of Police P. Crowley, will, with her family, occupy cottage Encina at the E1 Monte Hotel this sum- mer. Miss May Thomas will leave on the 13th to attend the fiesta at Los Angeles. Mrs. Captain Hugh M. Gregory has returned from her visit to San Jose and will receive at her new residence, 639 Haight street. on the first and third Tuesday Dr. and Mrs. Frink have taken Fern Villa at Belvedere, and will be at home on the first and second Sundays and Tuesday: The home of Lieutenant and M Miley at the Presidio has lately been brightened by the advent of a little dsughter. j jer, U. 3. A., Is recovering from Mr. and Mrs. Herman Oelrichs are occupying the Tobin cottage at Burlingame. Mr. and Mrs. Wakefield Baker will shortly occupy their villa at Sausalito. Miss Mamie Burling is on a.v ern part of the State. 3 Mrs. Monroe Saulsbury will spend the sum- mer in Washington. Mrs. E. C. Posten of Oakland, who is now in Florence, Italy, will leave for home thismonth, stopping en route with the family of Hugh H. Posten in Nashville, Tenn. Mrs. Bradley and her daughter, Mrs, Ryland Wallace, are visiting the City of Mexico. Mr, and Mrs. Clayburg and family leave this week to attend the fiesta at Los Angeles. They will then go to Europe. Mr. and Mrs. Cutler Paige are stopping with the former's sister, Mrs. T. L. Monteagle, on Jackson street, since their return from their bridal tour. Miss Florence M. Kenny leaves for Highland | Springs shortly to spend the summer. it to the south- | "Mrs. M. €. Lange and _her daughter, Miss 1 Agnes Lange, will leave shortly for a northern tour. Captain A. B. C. Dohrmann visited Carlsbad | during the lastof March after spending several | weeks with the Nathans at Dresden. | Mrs. George L. Colburn and Miss Maye Col- | burn leftlast week for New York on their way to Europe. Dr. and Mrs. D. Livingston have returned from Europe and are residing at 2833 Pine street, where they will be at home on second Wednesdays. Mr. and Mrs. Simon Meyer celebrated their silver wedding with a reception last Wednes- day evening at their residence, 2229 Geary street. Colonel and Mrs. P. A, Finnegan will leave in A Ridloy Street Dance. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Lermen gave a pleasant re- Wednesday evening. Dancing, recitatiol vocal und instrumentai music were the feature of the evening. Among those present were: the Misses Conneily, Miss Mary O'Brien, the M H Miss | M vt, the Misses Murphy, e Tiernan, the Miss Devine, D, 0'Callaghsn, F. McNally, P. Jones, Muehy, J. Lérmen, Will 0'Brien, George | Arthur Matthews, Will Heyner, Albert Bolini, | A Comedy and Banquet. | Miss Alice and Mrs. Charles Havens gave & | reception in honor of Arthur T. Egan last Tues- day evening at their home on Leavenworth street. A comedy was given, followed by a | banguet with toasts and speechies. There were over 100 guests present. CLUB PARTIES. | HE annual reunion and banquet of the | Alumni Association, California School | of Elocution and Oratory, was given on Saturday evening last. M Margaret Me- Lennan, president pro tem., in a very neat speech welcomed the class of '95, which was replied to by Mrs. Brosius, president of the class. After a short and interesting pro- gramme the members retired to the banquet- hall, where feasting and toasts were indulged in until a late hour. The officers elected for | the ensuing year are as follows: Thomas F. ) Doolin, president; Miss Alice Goode, vice- | president; Miss Esther Macomber, secretary and treasurer; Fred L. Shaw, sergeant-at-arms, The Society of Progressive Spiritualists gave a social at Golden Gate Hall last Wednesday evening. A IN THE FUTURE. for the benefit of the San Francisco Girls' Union on the 18th inst., from byterian Church and Miss Roberta T. Lloyd.| 4100, % 4, 81 tlie" Taw ihonse Rev. H. H. Dobbins. father of the groom and | now ovnvl!\ll'd by the union at 929 Pine street. | pasior of the West " Berkeloy Preshyterian | Many socicty Indies are nterested and promise jastor of th eley Fresbyterian | g brilliant affair. o e A German Ladies Benevoleat Society will Miss Eléanor P. Lloyd, a sister of the bride, | Eive their fifth anniversary ball on Sunday was maid of honor at the wedding, and the | §YERINE, the 28ih inst, at the San Francisco - | Turn Verein Hall on Turk street. The Easter concert to be given for the benefit of St. Bridget’s Church on Wednesday evenin; at Assembly Hall, 1412 Polk street, by Mme. illa Conrsen-Roeckel, promises to be quite an vent in musical circles. She will be assisted- her pupils and the choral societies and hoir of the church, comprising over sixty voices. A splendid programme has been ar. ranged. The musical entertainment will be followed by & ball. | The German Literary and Dramatic Club of the University of California will give its annual entertainment and hop at Union-square Hall on the 22d inst. Los Amigos rthird evening party at s street, next Thursday. & ve thei National Hall, 815 EI The Equel Kights Leagne will hold an open meeting next Tuesday evening, the 16th inst., at St. George’s Club, 317 Mason sireet. The public are very cordially invited. All who are interested in the great cause of justice and equality to all are especially in The well-known lecturer and_scientist, Mrs. Mary Shepherd Singer, will give her re on “Woman.” There will also be a musical and literary programme. The Pacific Const Association of Native Sons | of Vermont has changed the date of its April entertainment to to-morrow evening at Odd Fellows’ Hall. The St. Alban’s Gleaners will give a “Fish Pond” party for the benefit of the Sunday- school at Foresters’ Hall, 102 O'Farrell strect next Friday evening. The Franklin Sehool graduates will give their, second grand entertainment and ball at Union” sauare Hall ou Saturday evening, the 20th nst. The Danish Ladies' Relief Society will give an entertainment and ball at Saratoga Hall, 814 Geary street, next Saturday evening. The fifth anniversary and social of the Teu- tonia Damen Verein will take place next Sun. day evening at Teutonia Hall, 1322 Howard | street. | Buera Vista Parlor No. 68, N, 8. G. W., will {gwu _their third anniversary ball next Friday evening at National Guard Hall, 815 Ellis street. , Young Ladies’ Institute No. 2 will give an en- tertainment and soeial at Union-square Hall on Thursday evening next, when they will present a_farce entitled “}‘e;:fy Green.” The Y. P. 8. of the First English Luthe- ran Church will give & social in the lower hall of the church Friday evening next. The pro- gramme will consist of a short musicale and exhibition with the stereopticon of a valuable collection of autographs, The fifth anniversary entertai of S will nment and ball Joseph’s Assembly No. 3, Y. M. C. U be given at Teutonia Hall next Tuesday e\'uuing Oro Fino Parlor No. 9, Native Daughters of the Golden West, will give their ei lElh anni- versary party st Union-square Hall next Wednesday evening. Loreley Circle No. 26, C.0.F., will give a grand “fishpond party”’on Thursday evening, the 25th inst., at Druids’ Hall, 413 Sutter street. The Apollo Dancing Club will give its dress ll’l{‘fit (x'zuldeu Gate Hall on Wednesday even- ng, May 2. he ““Eschscholtzias” will give a ‘‘California np}‘)y" party at Mission Turner Hall, on Eighteenth street, above Valencia, next Thurs- dny evening. Court Palo Alto, 1. O. F., will give their fourth annual complimentary ball, May 2. Golden State Parlor No. 50, N. D. G. will | give gheir fifth anniversary party at Union- square Hall, 421 Post street, on Tuesday even- lug, May 7. ellini Musical Institute, under the auspices of Miss N. C. Kirby, vocalist and musical director, will give & concert and ball at National Guard Hall, on Ellis street, near Polk, on Tuesday evening, April 16. An excellent programme has been prepared for the ocea- s on. Miss Lillis Phillips George will give a dra- matic recital, assisted by Miss Beatrice Priest, so‘prnno‘ Mr. Llewellyn Hughes, violinist; Miss Edith Jjohnson, accompanist, and the Plymouth Male Quartet, at Trinity Presbyte- rian Church, corner Twenty-third and Capp streets, next Thursday evening. PERSONALS. EORGE SANDERSON and his family have made arrangements to pass the ception at their home on Ridley street last | ses | earney, George Knox, Joe | TEA and musicale will be given | a few days for Europe. They will be joined by | their children, who have been at school in Paris the past three years, and will make a tour of the Continent before réturning home. Isaac Seminario of Guayaquil has returned to his city. Miss Josephine L. Viadero has returned after an absence of three years in Brussels and will remain here. Among the_late arrivals at Vichy Springs were: Mr. and Mrs. Siduey Smith, Mr. |t | incent Neale, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Francis | Miss_Brown, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Bowley, Dr. | and'Mrs. A.'F. Sawyer, W. H. Curtice, H. R. J. R. Pringlé, Charles D. Olney, J.N. Onkes, Harry W. Morse and Mrs. R. K. Allen. | George Ellsworth Holmes, the artist musician | of Chicago, who has been’ in the south, will | arrive here in a few days with his family. Cam CIENGE - ND B Al DARKNESS AND REEU- MaTisM.—Modern sci- ence is playing havoc cherished beliefs of the | last generation. Few things are more gen- | erally accepted than the causative connec- tion between dampness of air and soil and | the prevalence of theumatic fever; yet Dr. Newsholme, an English physician, now states before the Royal Cciiege of Physi- cians that dampness has xothing to do with it. There is, doubtless, a rheuma- tism, a painful condition of joints, liga- ments and tendons which is extremely sus- ceptible to damp. There are hobbling old men who, by virtue of their malady, become trusty village storm signals, ana their mal- | aay is rhenmatism; but that is a very dif- ferent thing from rheumatic fever. This isease is found to vary more or less in- | versely with the rainfall; and comparing | the yearly and quarterly local rainfalls | with the incidence of rheumatic fever, as | shown by hospital statistics, it is noted | that a heavy rainfall is usually associated | with a low amount and a light rainfall with an excessive amount of the disease, although no exact proportion was observed | between them. Even more at variance | with what has been so commonly ac- | cepted were the results of observations in | regard to the relation between the level | of the ground-water and the prevalence of | the disease, The theory of dampness | would lead one to expect a greater preva- ‘Iem‘e of rheumatism at times when the | subsoil water approached nearer to the | surface of the ground. Justthe opposite is the case. Although the lowering of the Eround-wuterifl not always accompanied v a rise in the rheumatism ‘‘curve,’” it | has constantly been remarked that an ex- cessive prevalence never occurs when the ground-water is high. Another novelty is the theory that rheumatic fever comes in epidemics, analogous to those of infectious diseases. It is, indeed, probable that the fever like them, an infective disease, not necessarily infective directly from man !to man, but by way of the house, or the soil, or the snrmm\dinfis, and that among the conditions favorable to its spread is that state of soil which accompanies a prolonged lowering of the ground-water— Bi6ihes ‘words. the xpostize. toais oI’ subsoil usually lying in water. The gist of Dr. News?)olme‘s strictures is that rheumatic fever is a ground air disease, and that much more care should be taken | than is commonly done in the construc tion of houses to prevent the ground air being drawn into our dwellings. Suourp CurvyeYs ‘“‘Rock”? — English builders have been trying to solve the ques- tion, *‘Should lofty stacks rock?”’ A large stack was blown down during a gale and five people were killed. The builder of the chimney had made the remark while it was in course of construction that it was one of the finest square chimneys he had ever put up. The inquest showed that the chimney was struck broadside and the wind pressure was equal to 216 pounds to the square yard. If the wind had been blowing against the angle the accident, in all probability, would not have happened. The engineering uitimatum on the discus- sion arising out” of the question is that a square chimney with a square foundation is utterly wrong in principle, for while the flat side offers a much greater resistance to the wind than a corner would, the founda- tion gives least support to the structure when the wind acts on the side; on the other hand, if the wind acts upon a corner presenting the least resistance, the founda- tion provides the greatest amount of sta- bility. A round chimney, with a round base and circular foundation, is claimed to be the only legitimate form of structure, and, incidentally, it is the cheapest. This case has reopened the old controversy. Some hold that the swaying of the loffy structure from its base is’an essential con- dition of safety, while others contend that every time a chimney rocks the mortar is loosened ; that the loosening of the mortar lets the wet into the interstices, and that these swell with the frost and thus gener; ally weaken the whole structure. There is a m-ong tendency among builders to the belief that ‘“‘rocking” is a delusion, and a dangerous one, and most manufacturers now prefer chimneys which are so stanch as to have no swaying motion. INTERPLANETARY COMMUNICATION,—Scien- season at “Alta Mira” villa Sausalito, this summer. tists who have been wedded to the theory Among the arrivals at the Hotel Mateo during | that we shall one day be able to communi- the week were: Lieutenant E. B.Cassatt, J. F. ate between one planet and another must regard the present trend of speculation and knowledge in the world of science with some complacency. It was announced some time ago that Mr. Lowell, the as- tronomer who conducted a series of in- vestigations at Flagstaff (Ariz.) observa- tory on the canals and other features of Mars, had become convinced that that g{lunet is inhabited by intelligent beings. is explanation of the ‘“oases’” connect- ing the ‘‘canals” is that they are fertile spots of an oval or circular shape, usnally about 100 or 150 miles in diameter, and of a green so dark that it is quite distinct in the telescope at the distance of 40,000,000 miles. He ascribed the color to vegeta- tion, and states that it changes with the season like that of the foliage of the earth. Following on these speculations, now comes Tesla’s marvelous discovery that not only has the earth an electrical charge of its own, but that this charge can be demonstrated and utilized. This means that we havenow at hand un inexhaustible source of power of which the whole world can avail itself; in other words, that every bit of machinery in operation on this earth can be actuated by electr from the earth itself. This d ¢ opens out the way for transmitting intelli- gence all over the earth without wires. But to astronomers the most interesting bearing of these new facts is that they render possible a system of communicat- ing with the inhabitants of other worlds. If this earth has an electrical charge, and all the other heavenly bodies have, as un- doubtedly they have, an electrical charge, the first great difficulty in the problem of interplanetary communication has been overcome and we have found a means of sending messages across chasms of space. Tue PresExt LimiTaTioNs oF Coror Pro- ToGRAPHY.—Dr. Neuhaus has exhibited be- fore the Physical Society of Berlin a series of photographs taken by Lippmann’s method with prolonged exposure. Spectra show, if the exposure is sufficiently long, a greenish band in the infra red, as well as in the ultra violet, in addition to the ordinary colors. The colored band was markedly displaced by both over and under posure. The results, while to a certain extent encouraging, were not altogether satisfactory. The photographs of objects with mixed colors, such as fruits, flowers, butterflies, etc., were good, the tints being brought out with clearness and delicas but their production was extremely d: cult, only one plate in twenty-five, on an average, being successful. In every case, it was found more easy to photograph nat- mixed thanart ly mixed colors. r. Neuhaus, in describing the present methods of photographing in colors, said important advances would soon be made. IMPROVE: s IN PRINTING MACHINERY.— The American Sunday new wonder of the Old World, and it wi most seem as if the enormous ed sued by some offices for the delectation of their Sunday readers had exhausted the possibilities of modern newspaper produc- tion. That such, however, is not the case is evident from the constant succession of patents being taken out for improvement in newspaper printing machinery. The ingenuity and complication of some of these machines is remarkable. The speci- fication of a machine for feeding sheets of paper to a printing-press occupied nearly eight pages of a recent number of the Patent Office Gazette and contained not less than sixty-nine distinct claims. GREATER THAN SUPERIOR. America’s Great Fresh-Water Lake Has a Rival. Is Lake Superior the largest fresh-water lake in the world? asks the New York Sun. Most geographers and other people certainly believe it is, and almost every aunthoritative book says so. There are a few geographers, however, who say they do not know, and think the question had bet- ter be kept open until we have more exact knowledge of Victoria Nyanza, the largest African lake. The celebrated geographer Reclus seems, prematurely, to have awarded the first place to the Nyanza, for e computes its area at 83,900 square kilo- meters, while he gives the area of Lake Superior at 81,000. Several of our best sources of informa- tion agree in giving the area of Lake Supe- rior at 31,200 square miles, and of Victoria Nyanza at about 30,000 square miles. The fact is that these great lakes are nearly equal in size, and we cannot tell exactly how they compare, because our informa- tion about Victoria Nyanza is still very im- perfect. About two years ago Dr. Baumann dis- covered on the southeast coast of the lake a deep bay that noone had heard of be- fore, and which is just beginning to appear on the maps. He was five days wufikiug around the. shores of this indentation, which is now known as Baumann Gulf. A while before this discovery Father Schynze surveyed the southwest prolongation of the lake, which Mr. Stanley did not di cover during his voyage of eighty days around its shores. These two discoveries have added many square miles which are not included in the estimates here given of the lake's area, and the shores of the lake are still so inadequately explored and surveyed that hundreds of square miles are likely yet to be added to or subtracted from our present computations of the are Meanwhile Lake Chad, on the edge of the Sahara, may continue to stand off at one side and smile at the pretensions of both these rivals for first place. In the rainy season this lake loses all semblance of its former self, and spreads over a vast area, until it covers more ground than the vaunted Lake Superior itself. Itis spread out very thin, to be sure; but it is all Lake Chad, and if its outlines, when at their largest, were correctly mapped, the lake would look very imposing; but Chad, on these occasions, like beauty, is only skin deep. v e Living Stones of Falkland. The most curious specimens of vegetable or plant Jife in existence are the so-called “living stones” of the Falkland Islands. Those islands are among the most cheer- spots in the world, being constantl subjected to a strong Eolnr wind. In sucl a climate it is impossible for trees to grow erect, as they do in other countries, but nature has made amends by furnishing a supply of wood in the most curious shape imaginable, says the St. Louis Republic. The visitor to the Falklands sees, scattered here and there, singular-shaped blocks of what appears to be weather-beaten and moss-covered bowlders in various sizes. Attempt to turn one of these “bowlders” over and you will meet with a surprise, because the supposed stone is actually an- chored by roots of great strength; in fact, youwill tind that you are fooling with one of the native trees. No other country in the world bas such a peculiar *‘forest’ growth, and it is said to be next to im- possible to work the odd-shaped blocks into fuel, because it is perfectly devoid of “grain,” and appears to be nothing but a twisted mass of woody fibers. i lese sl Many blind persons are now taking to type-writings SUPERFLUOUS HAIR, Wrinkles, Moth Patehes Freckles, k¢ Coarse Pores, Dandraff, #4252 Moles,Warts, Every facial blemish positively removed or money refunded. l’imhlcs, Blackheads, WANTED—A few more pupils to enter this pro- fession, learn the art of beautifying and treating all blemishes of face and_figure, also the removal of superfluons hair by the electric needle. Good open- ing for business womes IPLOMAS GIVEN. Write for terms. MRS. 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CARRIAGE PARASOLS in twilled gloria silk, ruffied and lined, will be offered at $1 35. ‘ &F Our New Illustrated Catalogue will soon be ready for distribution to our COUNTRY patrons, to whom it will be mailed free on receipt of addres: MURPEY BUILDING, Markel Streel, coruer of Jones, SAN FRANCISCO.