The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 19, 1895, Page 15

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1895. 15 NATIONAL CGUARD LAWS, | Ignorance of Them Causes Several Very Peculiar Blunders. DICKINSON STILL IN OFFICE. As He Is the Brigadler-General the Election of Colonel Bush Is Illegal. The new military law of this State seems to be worse than a Chinese puzzle to nearly every member of the National Guard from Commander-in-Chief Budd down to the latest recruit in the awkward squad. The Governor’s interpretation of the law has brought about two complications. The first, according to the opinion of some of the local warriors, is that Brigadier- General John H. Dickinson is still the commanding officer of the Second Brigade and that he could, if he chose, hold office until the next Legislature meets. The appointment of Colonel Warfield is, ac- cording to this theory, of no value in case General Dickinson chooses to hold his office. The second complication arose from the Governor’s action in calling the election in the First Regiment. Ac- cording to the old law an election for colonel must be called by the brigadier- general npon application of the proper person. As General Dickinson contends that he still holds his office the election for colonel will probably be contested. Colonel Sullivan thinks he could have the result set aside if he chose, but it isnot probable he willdo so. He isunderstood to desire to let the whole matter drop. Gen- eral Dickinson likewise will not attempt to retain his office, as he has sent word to Colonel Warfield that he is ready to de- liver up the books, etc., of the office. Still, under the law, Warfield, it is held, should first be confirmed by the Senate before taking his seat. The law on this case is not generally understood. A lawyer, who has made a study of the itia laws, yesterday said: Section 2003 of the Political Code,in force or to the amendment made in 1892, pro- that the National Guard shall be or- zed into six brigades, each commanded ¥ a brigadier-general, and enumerates the counties which constitute each * brigade. By the amendment of 1895 the National Guard is organized into three brigades, each commanded by a brigadier-general, ‘the limits each brigade to be fixed by the commander-in-chief. Brigadier-gen- erals and their staff officers deprived of their office by reason of the reorganization hereby provided for are hereby placed on the retired list with their rank.’ “This section 1s not self-operative. Be- fore there could be three brigades the com- mander-in-chief must define the limits of edch, and until he did so the former or- ganization would continue, for govern- ment never ceases, neither do the offices and the machinery to enforce that govern- ment. “‘As understood at the present time the State has been divided into three brigades, the First, Second and Third. There was in each of the districts of the State form- ing one of the three brigades a brigadier- general of that brigade, duly appointed and confirmed by the Senate, and holding his office. In the formation of these three brigades the territory of the State was di- vided in such a manner that the territory heretofore constituting other brigades was consolidated into the three, and therefore three brigadler-generals were ‘deprived of their office by reason of the reorganiza- tion,’ etc. (section 2003), but the brigadier- enerals of the Firsi, Second and Third Tigade were not deprived of their office, provided that they complied with the law (Political Code, %ection 1918), which pro- vides that ‘brigadier - generals are ap- pointed, and must be confirmed by the Senate; they must be residents of the lo- calities within the brigades for which the: are appointed; they hold their office until ;i“ti": successors are appointed and guali- ed. ‘It has been suggested that when the amendments of 1895 took effect the briga- diers ceased to exist. This is entirely answered by the proposition that until the Governor divided the National Guard into three brigades, as required by the amend- ment, the law was inoperative, as the sec- tion — Political Code, section 2003—as amended in 1895, was not self-operative. When the Governor divided the Guard into three brigades only those brigadier- generals and their staffs who were abro- i:a!ed or absorbed went upon the retired ist. “The power of the Governor to appoint brigadiers subsequent to the adjournment of the Legislature of 1895 was and is only to fill vacancies, and vacancies arising only under section 996 of the Political Code, and in none of the ten subdivisions of this section is it to be found that expiration of term creates a vacancy. “In the case of The People vs. Bissell, 49 California Reports, page 411, the law is set down by Judge Wallace, now of the Su- erior Court. In his decision Judge Wal- ace said : ‘“ ‘Bissell held the office of Inspector of Gas Meters under the act of 1863, and his term of office under that statute being four years, would have expired on the 29th da of November, 1875. Though the act of 1 was repealed the office he held was, neyer- theless, continued by the Political Code. If we assume that he was not continued in office under section 6 of the Political Code, as amended March, 1874, because the office was one filled by appointment, heis, never- theless, authorized by section 879 of the eame code to continue to discharge the duties of the office until his successor has qualified. Parkinson is not his successor, because his appointment has not received the consent of the Senate, as required by section 368 of the Political Code. “ ‘So long as Bisgell, therefore, continues to discharge the duties of the office pursu- ant to the requirements of section 879 of the Code, even though his term of office has expired, there is no vacancy in the office, in the absolute sense, nor in any sense which would authorize the Governor to fill it without the consent of the Senate first had. Such a vacancy could only be caused by the resignation or death of the incumbent, orsome other event by which the duties of the office were no'longer dis- charged at all, in which case, and in order to prevent a failure of the public service, thé Governor might appoint during the recess of the Senate. g ‘““The judgment of the court below is re- versed, and the cause remanded, with di- rections to render judgment for the de- fendant pursuant to the specific prayer of the answer,’ .““The case of Bissell was reaffirmed in the case of the People vs. Edwards, - the local .Fire Commissioner (93 California Reports, Page 107). This decision was handed down in-February, 1892, DANERI'S DARK DAY. ‘A Young Commission Man Charged With Felony Embezzlement. Frank Daneri of 1112 Green street was booked at the old City Hall station last “night on a charge of felony embezzlement. During the day two fishermen — Jacob Junker and Charles Keseling, from Jersey Landing—swore out a warrant for his arrest, and Police Officer Darrell found _hig.on .D_upo%z stre;.l‘ neriisa boy of 19 years, who, for ebout three months, has been the junior partner of the fish commission firm of -Cuneo & Daneri, which bas had a stall at 518 Merchant street. His partner, Charles Cuneo, is his brother-in-law. .Daneri’s story is that he was induced by his brother-in-law to purchase a half inter- est in the firm for , of which he paid $350in cash—all the money he had—giving @ note for the balance. Cuneo had been fora numberof years in the business, and that along with his relationship by marriage made | Daneri put implicit confidence in his senior. On the 7th inst., however, says Daneri, Cuneo left town, for nobody knows ex- actly where, though among his neigbors itis “fi{’m‘i that”he went up the Sacra- mento River, and with him he took about $400, all the cash the firm had on hand, leaving behind his sick wife and six chil® ren. Daneri said he had supposed the fisher- men were to be paid the money due them for their fish ou? of what money the firm had accumulated, but when his brother-in- law went away so unceremoniously it left him entirely without resources, with the exception o? $30, which he offered to pay the two complainants. They, however, wanted their money, 2nd not seeing any prospect of it coming very rapidly, they swore out the warrant against the boy for felony embezzlement. ———————— Miss Sadie Porter Dead Miss Sadie Porter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, B.F. Porter, died at the Pleasanton Hotel Friday night of pleuro-pneumonia, which disease she contracted about a week ago at Soquel, her home, near Santa Cruz. She ‘was a young lady of prominence in both musical and social circles in this city and was 2 member of high standing in the Trinity Epis- copal Church, at Gough and Bush streets, where she leaves a host of friends to mourn her untimely departure. HELPING THE HELPLESS “The Artist’'s Dream” to Be Given for Destitute Chil- dren and Women. Society Interested—Boxes and Seats to Be Sold by Auction Next Tuesday. The San Francisco Ladies’ Protective and Relief Society is making arrangements for a performance at the California Theater that is bound, so the projectors say and FROM RUSSIA TO SOUDAN, The Missive Which a Crane Brought to Siatin Bey. ANOTHER BIRD MESSENGER, An Albatross Takes the Account of a Shipwreck to Western Australia. Slatin Bey, the former Governor of one of the Egyptian provinces in the Soudan, who escaped from' his long imprisonment at Omdurman a few months ago and has recently arrived in Egypt, brought home a remarkable story of the killing of a crane on the upper Nile which bore around its neck a written message that had come all the way from Europe. One day in De- cember, 1892, 8latin was summoned to the palace of the Khalifa Abdulla, successor to the Mahdi. The Khalifa handed to him a | small metal capsule. He said it contained some papers, and the Khalifa commanded Slatin to open the capsule and interpret | the writing if he could. | The white prisoner unscrewed the cap and took out two smail slips of paper, each | about the size of a visiting card. The short | message on these papers was written in German, French and English. Tt said that | the capsule had been fastened to the neck of a crane that had been bred on the estate of Herr Falz-Fein at Tskanea Nova, in the province of Taurida, South Russia. The | crane had been released in Russia in June | or July, 1892. The exact date of the release | was given, but as Slatin was not permitted | to copy or retain the writing, and depends believe, to eclipse any other entertainment upon his memory, he cannot more defi- A SCENE FROM ‘‘TH E ARTIST’S DREAM.” of the kind ever given; and it is to be given for the best and sweetest of all things earthiy—charity. The home for little destitute children and belpless women on Franklin street, between Post and Geary, is one of the society’s charges and is in need of funds, so0 the managers have decided to have a big benefit performance of *The Artist’s Dream” at the California Theater on May 23 and 24. The dream is a novel entertain- ment in three acts, requiring for its pro- duction a full orchestra, over 100 actors, artistic scenery and mechanical illusions. The projectors of the entertainment call it “‘a spectacle for the eye, a treat for the musical ear, a feast for the imagination.” Hall of the Palace Hotel at 10 o’clock next Tuesday morning, and A. S. Baldwin of Baldwin & Hammond will wield the ham- mer. The entertainment committee is com- osed of: Miss Alice Brown, Mrs. J. H. lint, Miss Goodall, Mrs. C. 8. Wright, Mrs. Moses Hopkins, Mrs. N. G. Kittle, Miss Lowry, Mrs. John Morton, Mrs, W. Mayo Newhall, Mrs. E. B. Pond, Mrs. 8. 8. ‘Wright. The managers are: Mrs. L. 8. Adams, Mrs. L. Aigeltinger, Mrs.George Barstow, Miss A. W. Beaver, Miss Alice Brown, Mrs. Charles Clayton, Mrs. N. P. Cole, Mrs. 8. W. Dennis, Mrs. J. H. Flint, Miss Good- all, Mrs. Moses Hopkins, Miss K. F. Hutchinson, Mrs, N. G. Kittle, Miss Lowry, | Mrs. C. 8. Wright, Mrs. John Morton, Mrs. W. Mayo Newhall, Mrs. E. B. Pond, Mrs. J. R. Sims, Mrs. A. Talbot, Mrs. H. P. Wakelee, Mrs. 8. 8. Wright. ABOUT TO CHANGE: HANDS, The First Woolen-Mill Erected in This City to Be Sold. It Was Backed by Milllons and Had Its Day of Pros- perity. The first woolen-mill ever erected in S8an Francisco, and rightly named the Pioneer, is to be sold. From a humble beginning, requiring only a few thousand dollars, the mills became one of the largest institutions of the kind in the country. ‘When, in 1889, the owners decided to go into voluntary liquidation, the commercial world could not understand the movement, for the company was composed of mil- lionaires, and they were apparently adding thousands to their surplus account each year. But such was not the case. The Pioneer Woolen Mills Company had not made a dollar for nearly twenty years, and though they absolutely controlled the trade of the coast, and had a big contract with the Government besides, ei were losin money every year. It issaid by some thas a {»rin]eged ew made money out of the mills, while others of the stockholders were badly scorched in the long run. In 1858 Heyneman, Peck & Co. started the mills purely as a priyate venture. The first few years resulted well financially, and the company was just preparing to in- crease the facilities of the mill when a dis- astrous fire broke out, destroying the en- tire plant. This was in 1861. - A stock company was_then formed, with A. Heyneman as ‘president, a position he filled acceptably for along term of vears. During these early years, and, in fact. until twenty years ago, the company made money. About that time it purchased the Mission Woolen Mills, which, by the way, was started shortly after the Pioneer peo- ple began business, and from that moment their earning ability ceased. The price paid for the Mission Mills was $760,000, and it is said that one of the prin- cipal stockholders, later prominent in the Pioneer board of directors, made several hundred thousand dollars on the deal. Be that as it may, the Pioneer ‘people neyer made a dollar after the purchase of The boxes and seats for the entertain- | ment will be sold by auction in the Marble | nitely fix the date. The message requested the future captor of the crane to_send par- | gcplars of the date and place to Herr Falz- ein. ! This bird was the common European crane, Grus cinerea, standing about four feet high, ashen gray in color, with face and neck nearly black. Itis well known that it breeds in marshes in Europe and Asia and migrates far south to warmer climes upon the ap&mach of winter. This varticular bird, doubtless with many of his | fellows. crossed over to Africa and flew south about 1500 miles up the Nile, where he was killed in the Magldist province of | Dongola. This was in November, 1892, | about five months after the bird had been released. Released while the weather was still warm, it is probable that it did not immediately start from Europe on its lon; journey, and it is not likely tgn it woul | travel much further south. It had prob- ably reached the southern limit of its jour- ney when it fell victim to a Mahdist hunt- er, who, of course, was greatly surprisea when he saw the metal tube depending from the bird’s neck. He took the prize to the Emir of Dongola. As that official’s territory is on the northern border of the Mahdist domain, where he has had many a brush with the Egyptian troops just north of him, he is constantly on the qui vive for any news that may come from (tlhe nortn. But not & man in his province could read this mysterious message and so the Emir, knowing that the Khalifa held a number of European prisoners at Omdur- man who could, doubtless, interpret the writing, dispatched a messenger in hot haste over the great southern desert to de- liver the capsufe to the Khalifa, 800 miles away. The journey was made by camels, and the Mahdist capital was reached about a2 month later. On April 2 last Slatin wrote to Herr Falz-Fein, informing him of the recovery of his message and of the unusual events that had made a bird the bearer of a communication from Europe to Central Africa. Probably no more remarkable story of this sort has ever been recorded, if we ex- cept the unparalleled incident of 1887, when a brief message, tied around the neck of an albatross, was borne for thou- sands of miles across the watery wastes of the Indian Ocean and the Southern Pa- cific; and upon its providential delivery warships of two- nations were 2t once pus { in motion on a work of humanity. The story, taken from the dry official records of theday,is worthy of perpetnation as the most” wonderful instance where the unconscious efforts of a bird have played & most important part in a tale of human misery. Late in 1887 the British Embassador in Paris informed the French Government that a message had been received from the Governor of West Australia ennouncin, that on September 22a dead albatross hag been found on the beach at Freemantle. Around the bird’s neck was fastened a small piece of zinc on which had been scratched in French; Thirteen shipwrecked men took refuge upon the Crozet Islands, AUGUST 4, 1887. The Crozet Islands are four or five little specks of land rising in the Indian Ocean far south of ‘the wsual track of vessels. No wonder the story excited: incredulity. As a rule, only an occasional whaler goes as far south as the Crozéts. It was, in- deed, a wonderful series of fortunate events if castaways on those far-off islands had found a winged messenger which, un- consciously exerting in their ‘behalf his far-famed powers of endurance on the wing, had carried their tidings over thousands of miles of sea with few oppor- tunities to rest on the way, and had finally dropped dead, probably of exhaustion, on the shores of a civilized land. However, the tidings were official and the French Government could not doubt that this albatross, with its important message, had been found at Freemantle, which is one of the largest towns in South western Australia. Was the message gen- uine, or_was it the work of a practical joker? Was any French vessel missing? he day that the communication from the British Embassador was received it was distributed among the Paris newspapers, The next morning it was spread broadcast over France and before another da elapsed came a letter from Bordeaux whicz gave additional interest and probability to the story. The sh‘lgpini-honsa of Bordes & Son wrote that they had reason to fear the Mission Mill. They had big contracts with the Government, but according to the story told by the directors now they lost money on every yard of cloth turned out. The putting up of new buildings further crip) %ed the company and they decided to 0 into liquidation in 1889. "The sale of ghe building located near Black Point is the ending of a corporation that had at one time invested over $1,000,000 in build- ings and machinery. hen In active operation the mills em- loyed 800 men, with a monthly payroll of fao,floo. . Bince - the mills ceased operation in 1889 the owners have sold off the best of the machinery. There was a movement on foot at one time to buy the mill and turn it into a reformatory school, but lack of ready cap- ital caused the scheme to fall through., that the thirteen sailors on the Crozets were the crew of their three-master Tam- aris. which had sailed mui)y months before for New Caledonia in the Pacific. She was some time overdue. Her owners had ex- f“wd her to take a course not far from he CrozetIslands,and her crew numbered thirteen persons. The French Minister of Marine lost no time in sending orders to the commander of the naval division of the Indian Ocean to dispatch the transport Meurthe as soon as possible to the Crozets to search for the castaways. The British Government also decided to take 1pnrt.in the search, and her Majesty’s ship Thalia, which was about to leave England for Australia, was ordered Itzlgo gut of her course to call at the Crozet ands. It was not until the early spring of 1888 . that it was possible to give the sequel of this romance of the sea. The French, transport Meurthe, after returning from her search, steamed into the harbor of Diego Suarez, Madagascar, and here her captain wrote his report. He said that he first touched at the little island of Cochons, one of the four Crozets. He found no ersons there, but there was ample evi- Sem:e that the islana bad recently been occupied. There were the remains of camp fires, biscuit boxes and other debris, all quite fresh in appearance; and under some stones that had been piled in a heap to attract attention was a piece of paper, on which had been written in French with a leadnencil: The iron ship Tamaris of Bordeaux, with thirteen men in the crew, went ashore on the island of Cochous. duringa heavy fog. Some time after she got clear and fioated off, but three hours later she filled and sauk. The crew escaped in two small boats to the island, taking with them 100 kilogrammes of biscuit. The crew have lived on Cochous Island nine months, and, their food being exhausted, they are about to set out for Possession Island. September 30, 1887. The transport at once went to Possession Island, eighty miles away, across a stretch of sea that is always rough and choppy. Not a trace was found of the shipwrecked men. At East Island, another island in_ the group, some American whalers who had been there for some weeks said they had neither seen nor heard anything of the castaways. All the other islands in those waters were visited without result. For some months hope was entertained that the men had been icked up by some passing whaler, but at ast there could be no doubt that they were lost in the attempt to make the perilous passage to Possession Island. Of course the 230 pounds of biscuit with which they had reached the island of Cochous was only a small part of the pro- visions they required during their nine months on that desolate rock. As one other shipwrecked crew on the Crozetshad done, they doubtless existed largely on penguin flesh and eggs and fish. It is not probable that they would have starved if their conrage had held out a little longer until relief came. Butthey knew that there was not one chance in_many thou- sands that the man-o’-war bird, to which they had entrusted their brief message, would carry it safely and quickly thou- sands of miles to the civilized world. They little dreamed that, eight days before they set out from the uninviting rock where they had lived so forlornly the bird had finished his wonderful flight and told the world of their unhappy situation. Few stories of the animal kingdom equal in pathetic_interest that of this strong- winged bird, whose happy fulfillment of the mission entrusted to -him set two na- tions at work to rescue men in sore dis- tress. THE SUMMER YOUNG MAN, ‘He Vies With His Sister in Picturesque Costumes Now. Golf and bicycling, the two latest fads imported from Great Britain and France, have added two more picturesque costumes to the wardrobe of the summer man. The gaudy blazer has gone the way of the cum- merbund, although in England these two discarded articles last summer enjoyed a revival which promised, or threatened— and the last word is the best—to re-estab- lish them in favor. The cummerbund was an importation from India, and was all very well in its way and in its place. But when fat men living in town were seen on Wall street in bright-hued sashes it was high time that the fashion should be rele- gated to the Bowery. Both the blazer and the sash are still seen in minstrel shows and in performances by strolling troupes in farce comedies. Tennis is now played with white duck trousers, turned up at the bottom, tennis- shoes, and a gray sack-coat. A blazer is occasionally used, but it is generally of white flannel with a delicate blue or black stripe running through it. The straw hat has taken the place of the Tam o’Shanter. This year it is not as prodigal of brim, but it allows much scope for color in_the sur- vival of the detachable hat bands. Red, blue, college colors of all kinds, will be seen on the strawhat, and with a dozen or s0 of bands the summer young man can make himself still appear as a human but- terfly. For the wheel a simple Scotch mixture, gray and black, being most ap- propriate, is the grevmlmg mode. The shoes are of russet leather, and the golf stockings or hose are used. Of course one wheels and “golis” in knickers. In fact,the “knicker”’ is the most comfortable and most seemly of all neglige costumes. It has become 0 much the rage in London that men have been seen in the best clubs during the winter in their knickers—or mufti, as they are there called. You are supposed to have just come in from the golf links or from your wheel. In fact, men drive these days in knickerbockers, and no less authority than Dr. Seward Webb, one of the best whips in the country, and one of the most carefully dressed men, was seen coaching in them last summer at Newport. With the knick- ers are worn, both for wheeling and for golf, heayy worsted hose in browns, grays, tans and’ black mixtures. There are all colors and combinations imaginable for sale in the haberdashers’ and hosiers’ shops on Broadway and Fifth avenue. For golfpmd for wheeling soft hats or caps are used to match the costume, says Harpers’ Bazar. A black leather belt with two nickel rings, through which is passed a leather thong, has been invented for golfers and wheelmen in America, and is a very sen- sible device. An English tailor has re- cently sent out a suit of clothes to a friend of the writer, which are to be for either olfing, wheeling, shooting or holiday- Eeeping. The wearer tells me that at Brighton every other man you meet is dressed in this particular mufti, which consists of drab knickers and a drab three- buttoned sack-coat, with a cap of the same material. The four-in-hand tie islong and narrow, and is of a bright Turkey red. The stockings are two shades darker than the clothes, and the shoes are of light yel- low tan. Gloves are worn of undressed kid of the same color as the shoes. This will give an idea of the popular “sporting’ —using the term in the best sense—rig for the summer of 1895. RHYME IN ~ANCIENT POETRY. Old Ideas Overthrown by Mr. Byars’ Recent Discoveries. The discovery of rthyme in Homer and Virgil isof startlingcharacter. Mr. Byars, says Professor Soldan in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, so ~well and favorably known in SL Louis as a distingunished journalist, a careful student and a scholar of high attainments, has announced his discovery that all Greek and Latin poetry, Homer's as well as Virgil’s, is based on rhyme in the same way that English lyric poetry is. This so absolutely conhad’i‘cu the preconceived opinion in regard to the Greek and Latin classical writings that Mr. Byars’ exposition cannot fail to attract universal attention. For 500 years Latin and Greek literature have been the daily mental fooa and standing intellectual diet of scholars and students everywhere, at every higher school and university. The “study of Homer, of Virgil or Horace has_been the lifework of many philologists. Every line of these authors has n_ examined, every expression analyzed and discussed. Yet, while rh{me accurred here and there incidentally, its presence as a regular or essential element has always been denied. In fact, absence of rhyme 'has been con- sidered as characteristic of ancient poetry as its presence is of modern verse. The absedce of regularly recurring, final rhyme in classic poetry is all the more noticeable, as the terminations of these languages would have made rhym- g easy. It is no eng?ntion to say of 1l that for every two words hyming ter- mination in English, ten words co\sd be found in Latin. To avoid rhymes in com- posing Latin verse must have been almost as dhficnlt as finding appropriate rhyme in English. Hallam said: “The Latin tongue abounds so much in consonants that those who have been' accustomed to w;rlu; l\‘r_fi;uzh in it well know the diglculg of avo em as much as an ear form on classic gmodeln demands.” discovery with Mr. Byars presents his characteristic modesty that is not at all inconsistent with bis firm conviction of its truth. He clearly realizes the difficulty which opposes its adoption and the in- credulity with which so revolutionary a discovery will be received. In one of his letters he speaks of his own experience. He himself was for a long time almost wholly incredulous, and did not become convinced of its truth until he had satisfied himself with the severest tests. Final rhyme makes its appearance as an essential element in poetry long after the classic period of Rome and Greece had passed away. Milton speaks of rhymz as “the invention of a barbarous age to set off wretched matter in lame meter.” That this low estimate is unjust any one will concede that takes the trouble to read the rhymed Latin hymns of the early church— in particular, Thomas of Celano’s ‘“‘Dies Irw.’ Yet, the well-established opinion is that systematic, final rhyming did arise in the fourth century A. D.; in northern literature in the ninth century. i The question how rhyme originated in modern literature has been frequently dis- cussed and variously answered. Some at- tribute it to the influence of the rich rthymes of the Arabian and Persian tongues, but it existed lone before such in- fluence could be felt in Europe. Edwin Guest, the best authority on English rhythm, suggests that it was obtained “in all probability from Celtic races.”’ ’ All these theories in regard to the origin of rhyme are, however, too narrow. It was known to the Greeks and Latins long before the rise of Christianity; countless nations of Eu.rolpe and Asia used it, proba- bly before the classic literature flourished. The dictum of Isaac Disraeli seems still true: “Rhyme must be considered as universal as_ poetry itself.” That the Greeks and Latins knew and used final rhyme seems an especially established fact. Aristotle speaks of it in his rhetoric. In Greek poets, notably in the Ajax of Sophocles, incidental rhymes occur. It is probable that in the popular Latin poetry preceding the classic era final rhyme was used and disappeared under the influence of Greek writers. Yet, even in Horace there are examples of evident rhyme; in Ovid they are frequent, being used to emphasize a line or word, as rhymed couplets occur in Shakespeare’s blank verse. The new discovery, however, goes b yond the fact of the casnal and the inci- dental presence of rhyme in languages in which it was difficult to avoid it; it as- serts that the whole of classic verse in all Indo-European tongues is based on rhyming staves which follow a general law of melody. The burden of proof for such a radical” departure from established views will not be a light one, but Mr. Byars brings to this difficult task mature scholarship and an exquisite poetic taste, of which there can be no better evidence than his translation of “St. Paul's Poem of Love.” Tt is to be hoped that Mr. Byars will soon publish some specimens of Greek and Latin verse arranged in ac- cordance with the newly discovered law. NEW TO-DAYXY. PERFECT GEMS. THOSE LOVELY ~ DINNER SETS, Selling for a Mere Song. DINNER SETS COMPLETE. $4 00 Pure White Set complete.. Rich Brown Decorated Set complete. 475 Dainty Harvest Decorated Set complete. 575 Decorated Giold Enamel Set complete. 700 Gold Tlluminated Decorated Set complete, exquisite 8 Decorated Toilet Set. Decorated Toilet Set, extra large size. 165 265 Newest and Richest Shapes, designs and decorations. Don’t fail to see them. Gems of beauty. A Revelation in Prices---New Reatmres. e Great American Importing Tea Co’s STORES. 52 Market Street 140 Sixth Street 1419 Polk Street 521 Montgomery Ave. 2008 Fillmore Street 3006 Sixteenth Street 617 Kearny Street 965 Market Street 333 Hayes Street 218 Third Street 104 Second Street 146 Ninth Street San Francisco 917 Broadway 131 San Pablo Avenue 616 E. Twelith Street Park Street and Ala- meda Avenue t Oaklani } Mameda CONSUMPTION To e Eprror—Please inform your read- ers that I have a positive ramedyy for the above named disease. By its timely use thousands of hopeless cases have been per- manently cured. I shall be glad to send two bottles of myremedy free to any of your readets who have consumption if they will send me their expressand post office address. T.A.Slocum, M.C., 183 Pearl St., New York. Intelligence of Swallows. Dr. F. H. Knowlton of the Smithsonian Institution has published an account of observations made on the habits of the common eave or cliff swallow, which show thnt this bird possesses a remarkable degree of intelligence. Eave swallows, as is well known, usunally select the eayes of a building for their nesting site, and some- times as many as a hundred nests may be observed wunder one projection. Dr. Knowlton’s observations are as follows: Within my collecting-grounds is a shed open only on one side, where for many years cliff swallows have attached _their nests to the sleepers of the loft. In the spring of 1878 they returned, as usual, and soon began repairing old nests or building new ones. One day it was noticed that one bird re- mained in her half-finished nest and did not appear to- be much engaged. Soon a neighbor owning a nest a few feet, away arrived with a fresh pellet of clay and after adjusting it in a satisfactory manner flew away for more. No sooner was she out of si‘zht. than the quiet bird repaired to the neighbor’s nest, appropriated the fresh clay nn% molded it to her own nest. When the plundered bird returned no notice was taken of the theft, which was repeated as soon as she was again out of sight. These movements were repeated many times with the result that the nest of the stay-at-home bird grew apace. In the same place a nest remained un- disturbed, and was occupied by probably the same pair of birds for several seasons. One spring theéy returned and all appeared prosperous, until one day it was noticed that a number of swailows were engaged in walling up the entrance to this old nest. This work, as well as the outline of a new nest over the old, was soog completed. The closed nest was then broken open, and within was found the dead body of a swal- Jow. Thebird had probably died a natural death, and the friends being unable to re- move tke body, and knowing that it wounld soon become offensive, adopted this method of sealing it up.—Youth’s Companion. . Coal tar yelds sixteen shades of blue, the same number of yellow tints, twelve of orange, nine of violet and numerous other colors and shades. ANAWFUL WARNING. The Horrible Fate of a Young Man of Ventura. His Sufferings Were Simply Terrible, NOW WELL, REARTY AND HARPY Frank P. Quincy of Ventura Tells a Story That Seems Incredible—He Vouches for the Truth of His Statement. VENTURA, Cal. At your request I called on Mr. Quiney of this place. He is & bright looking young men—possibly 24 years oid. Until recently he was employed in a small tinshop; now he is in the big store of this place. He said: “Through ignorance I allowed my blood impurity to go on, paying noattention to it whatsoever. After & few months I began to have scales all over my body, and 1 would itch and itch all day long. My nights were indeed terrible. I could not sleep. Not being able to sleep I soon lost my appetite and was beginning to show signs of an awful disease, Several friends told me to try different remedies. I used to be told to try & different medicine every day. All these remedies 4id me no good. I picked up one of the papers of San Francisco which hed quite a big advertisement of a Cali- fornia remedy. It is Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla. I went to a near-by druggist and although he told me he had something just as good I insisted on getting Joy’s Vegetable Sar- saparilla. Well, sir, from the first my bowels began to move regularty, I tell you Joy'sis a wonderful laxative. You don't ieel any gripe or pain, or ache, yet it does its work so pleas- ingly. After using a bottle and a quarter all the scales left my body, and it is just as clean and good as it ever was. I can, therefore, gladly vouch for Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla. Iknow an old lady who has just told me she never saw such a fine remedy. I am told by people who seem to know that this medicine is made entirely from California herbs. If it is, and I am quite sure it must be, why it is a great thing for our State. Yes,sir, you may say that Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla did untold good tome. > “From reliable information I am told thatthe best people of Ventura are now praising what is called the ‘Home Remedy'—Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla. It seems too bad, indeed, that some druggists will try to substitute something that is really not worth one-half what Joy's Vegetable Sarssparilla is worth.” For ‘Whom ? Hurried, busy, nervous women are the ones for whom Paine’s Celery Compound was especially prepared. These men and women with nerves all gone and feebly nourished meed just the invigorating, strength-giving effect of Paine’s Celery Compound. Use it now and keep well. | | | | AUCTION SALES- RECEIVER’S SALE OF.. PLEDGED JEWELRY. The undersigned, GEORGE EASTON, Receiver by virtue of the decree and order of sale in the case of BRADBURY VS. SALOMON ET AL., Case No. 50,245, Superior Court said City and County, will, on THURSDAY, Thursday, 23d Day of May, 1895. At1o'clock ., At the Salesrooms of Easton, Eldridge & Co., 838 Market Street, SELL AT PUBLIC AWCTION To the highest bidder, for cash. the following arti- cles of jewelry: Diamond Necklace; Diamond Stars; Solitaire Diamond Earrings; Earrings, with Diamonds and other_stones; Diamond Studs; Diamond Rings, with Solitaire and other stones: Diamond Pendants; Diamond Lockets; Diamond Bracelets; Watches Diamond Lacepins: Diamond Scarfpins, etc. Co prising some $40,000 worth of diamond jewelry. ‘The goods will be upon_exhibi- tion Wednesday, May 22, 1895, at our office, 638 Market street, ffom 1 to 5 o'clock . i, and on Thursday, May 23, 1895, the morning of the sale, from 9 o'clock, to_hour of sale, 1 o'clock P, i Catalogues on Tuesday afternoon At ouroffice. Sale absolute. Reserved seats for ladies. Terms of sale—Cash in gold coln. The pledges and all partles interested have the right to bid under the decree. . GEO. EASTON, Recelver. THOS. V. O’BRIEN, Attoruey, 402 Montgomery street, very valuable AUCTION SALES. . 1. UMBSEN & (0, REAL ESTATE AGENTS, Rent Collectors and Auctioneers. OFFICE AND SALESROOM, 14 Montgomery Street, | NEAR MARKET. SPECIALAUCTION SALE AS PER CATALOGUE, at Salesroom, MONDAY, TIAY 27, 1895, AT 12 M, Of Investments, Flats, Cottages, Residences and Building Lots located as follows: Investment Corner on 25th Street. Southeast corner of Twenty-fitth and Bartlett sts.: 4 good 2-story houses: one of § rooms and 3 of 6 rooms each; rent $87 50; lot 93:6x100 feet; both streets accepted by the city. Elegantly Situated Corner Residence. Southwest corner of Twenty-fourth and Dolores streets; 2-story house of 10 rooms: lot 195x114; commands grand views of almost entire city. Corner on Capp § Southeast corner ot Twent; house of 8 rooms and bath: rent! $28; feet; room for amother house. Four Flats on Nineteenth Street. North side of Nineteenth st., between Guerrero and Doloress good and substantial flats; rents $87 50: about one-half of the frontage and almost all of the rear part of the lot is vacant; lot very large, 84:1x509 feet. Downtown Investment. Nos. 628, 630 and pp sts. : lot 40x70 Douglass and Eureka Streets Building Lots. ‘W. line of Eureka st. and E. line of Douglass, 75 feet 8. of Eighteenth: 6 lots, each 25x125 feet; level on grade; ready for building. Six Lots. E. line of Fureka st., 99:8 feet 8. of 7 A—Lot on Seventeent x125. B—Lot 237, Gift Map 1; 25x70; level; near Cortland ave. C—4 lots on the SW. cor. of Noe and Alvarado | sts.; corner 26:6x105, and 3, each 25x114. Duncan-Street Lots. N. line of Duncan st., 55 feet E. ot Noe; lot 78:4 x114 feet, orin three equal subdivisions of 26:1}3 X114 feet each; easy terms. { Investment on Bryant Street. 518 Bryant st., NW. side, bet. Third and Fourth: 3-story bay-window house of 3 flats in front and 2- story house in rear; rents 46; lot 20x80 feet. Cozy Mission Cottage. ~ | . 2421 Harrison st., E. line, bet. Twenty-first and Twenty-second; a nice nearly new bay-window | cottage of & rooms and batli: brick foundstion; | stone walks, etc.; nice garden; 1ot 25x100. | Gough-street Residence. | No. 1130 Gough st., east line, between Ellis and | O'Farrell; elegant 2-story and basement bay-win- | dow house of 9 rooms and bath; all modern im- | provements and conveniences: in good condition: | lot 30x103:6 feet: good iocation for & doctor. | Residence in Mission Warm Belt. | No. 323 Nineteenth st., between San Carlos ave. and Valencia st.; a nice 2-story bay-window resi- | dence of 8 rooms and bath: brick foundation; stone walks, etc.; street accepted; 1ot 37:8x85. Folsom-street Investment. No. 928 Folsom st., northwest side, bet Fifth and Sixth sts.; 8-story house in four flats; rents $52; lot 25x85. Columbia Heights Cottage. East line of M ajestic ave., be Hearst street; cottage, and lot is only two short blocks from San Jose ave., and is two blocks north of Ocean View and is oftered cheap. Cottage on 25th Street. No. 326 Twenty-fifth st., north side, bet. Folsom st. and Treat ave: new bay-window cottage of six rooms and bath; brick foundation, etc.; 1ot 25x75. | | Call at office and get cataiogue and further par- tieulars. G. H. UMBSEN & CO., 14 Montgomery Street. IMPORTANT SALE M S —r— 2a M HIGH-BRED GELDINGS, FILLIES ——axp— ROAD TEAMS FROM PALO ALTO STOCK FARM, AT AUCTION, THURSDAY - - - MAY 23, 1895, At 11 o'clock A. M., at Salesyard, Cor.Van Ness Ave. and Market St. A~ Horses may be seen at yard Monday, May 20th. Catalogues now ready. i KILLIP & CO.. Auctloneers, 30 Montgomery street. SPECIAL GREDIT Saturday, June 8, 1895, AUGTION SALE! at 2 P. M. on the Gromnds, 200 LOTY IN FITCHBURG BROOKLYN TOWNSHIP, ALAMEDA €0., (AL, Adjacent to Oakland, Alameda and Fruitvale, midway between Oakland and San Leandro. with frequent 5and rapid communication to each place by either steam or electric railroads. TERMS—1/5 cash, balanee in six, twelve, eighteen and twenty-four months. LOTS 25 and 50Ox100. These lots offer every inducement to purchasers to obtain a delightful home or insure a &;ofitabla investment. FIT line from Oakland, San Jose, Stockton, Leandro road with frequent rapid nnd.c'h land, San Leandro and Haywards. Trains daytime, and electric every half hour. BURG is the second station east of Fruitvale on the Southern Pacific main Sacramento, etc.; also fronts on the San eap communication by electric ears to Oak- stop at Fitchburg Station hourly during the AUCTIONHERS, AT No. 14 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. TITLE INSURANCE! Purchasers of Real Estate Should Insure Their Deeds and Protect Themselves From Loss. THE CALIFORNIA TITLE INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY Issues defect fu his titte: and pays taxes for propert torneys and l:): -owWners.: clients at other searchers.——Holds prope Acts as executor and administrator of e {rust for purchasers and guarantees tho ess. hortest ible notice. ro :typl‘:'l“m.tt for syndicates and i’ndividnlllt.— e oliies whioh guarantee the holder and his heirs against every latent 1.0ans money on real estate. 4 ogllects and remits rent nues abstracts for at- rotioo.——Verifies abstracts made by Buys and sells real e title,——Transacts a general trust busi- Paid Up Capital, $250,000. Cash Reserve Fund, $25,000. OFFICE--MILLS BUILDING. L. R. ELLERT, Manager,