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worry one almost to death. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 26, 1895. Gone Seaward. A merry, tiresome child an hour ago, That shouted and made haste for life's mere sake, knew no why for wandering to and fro; eature boisterously blithe to be, And playtime was all hours when he might wake, An hour ago—and now, great river-tide, What mute dead thing they cannot win from thee? An hour ago his laughters broke the sky, And then, a foot that slippeg!, a parted wave, And life that was to be has all passed by A plunge, & struggle, and he has forg And 'tis a naught they seek and cannot save, Give back, great river-tide, the thing they seek; Give the unstirring limb,zhe frigid cheek. Glve back the dead—the child returneth not. draw our breath, B we know not, save its alien name. s child, that leaped and laughed and grew; den there's but silence and a void, Great river-tide, give back the thing destroyed, And greater river, bedc nim whence he came, ~—Macmillan’s Magazine. GLEANINGS FROM THE OONGRESS. Not within the memory of woman has the question of “Children’s Rights"” re- ceived so thorough and liberal public dis- cussion as during the past week. That the new woman's anxiety is first of all for the home and the children was sufficiently demonstrated by the earnestness with which “child-culture” was discoursed upon by the women of the convention. Not all the advanced ideas upon this and kindred subjects emanated from the platform either; oftentimes the keynote of & most instructive discussion was given by some quiet little housemother in the audience who rose to question a statement or protest againstan assertion which she felt to be a reflection upon tbe institution which she sought to strengthen and wished To be taught to improve. Doubtless the ideas expressed were a fair epitome of the best thought of the day upon the most important gubject of the ages, and the opinions of the speakers were of all shades, beginning with the rather startling one held by Susan B. Anthony. Miss Au- thony’s right to take her accustomed posi- tion at the head of the column of ad- vanced thought was not questioned, and the calm courage with which she ex- vressed her convictions brought applause. Froebel’s Beautiful Message. “Come, let us with our children live, that all the earth may better, happier be.” This is the noble appeal of that man who b earned the title of “Discoverer of hildhood.” The beautiful message that Froebel brings to the world concentrates itself on the precious years of infancy. It maintains that a loving insight wisely em- ployed at ihe outset may accomplish more than the greatest skill in after years, when habit and the complexity of conditions have rendered the mind less plastic, less receptive. Obeying a hint from the scru- pulous care nature takes in providing the child’s first physical food, the mother must as carefully prepare the child’s first mental nourishment. For this work the mother’s most helpful guide is the study of Froebel’s “Mother Play,” that wonderful book prepared for mothers and known to the kindergarten fraternity as the richest product of his experience as an_educator. The kindergarten, let it be distinctly un- derstood, invites the child, not to relieve the home of one of its chief responsibili- ties and duties. It comes to the aid of the home to render helpful service in the ed- ucation of the child of the home. Itinvites not alone the child from the squalid, neglected, depraved home to give it the loving protection, the happiness its birthright demands; not alone the little child from the wealthy, indulgent home, to curb its selfishness, 1ts caprices, and to change its social viewpoint to & more humane one. It recognizes the fact that children are most happy and active when together. All their powers, receptive and expressive, mental and physical, are strengthened, developed in proportion to the eifort they make to assist each other, to do for and to do with their associates. Inits first smile the child proclaims its social self. As long as the impulse is vague, the home circle is sufficient to : ~ fls‘@u\\ ) Wiss Sudie Hale, Daughter of Mrs. W. E. Hale and Namesake and Friend of Mrs. Sarah D. Cooper. satisfy all his social needs. But soon.the little one reaches out for the companion- ship of those equal in ability. Soon he re- uires wider training for his social instincts. fe ot v It is the first training in citizenship to teach the child self-control. It is taught him that he may do all he wills, provided he infringes not upon the rights of any other, e little citizen is guarded from evil impressions and from promiscuous intercourse. His instincts, started for good, will retain the impetus formed by good habits. It is a common mistake of well-to-do mothers to trust the confiding child to unskilled, uncquth nursegirls at the time when the habits of life are being formed. g It must be recognized that living with children means something more than per- forming the drudgery necessary to keeping them alive, more than amusing them, more than loving them inordinately. It means more than calling them hittle aneels, just too sweet to live, and it does not stop at aeclaring them to be little fiends that The kindergarten gospel teaches that e happiness of the child isthe will of &d a g that the child must be taught in order to be happy. Froebel draws the lesson of the cmfiy-l.ih from the study of Hlnm-lire. The child, like the plant, must o its own growing, but the duty of the gardener is to provide the conditions con- ducive to its growth. ANNA M, BTOVALL. Surplus Toys a Danger. The wisest parents avoid rousing temper instead of trying to control it when roused. Plato says that “‘the soul of the nursling should be made cheerful and kind by keep- ing away from him sorrow and fear and pain.” Froebel insists everywhere that a steady, cheerful and equable tenderness surround the child, and especially that Lo sense of injury, of discomfort unnecessarily inflicted shallbreed in him resentment and all evil passions. It is a significant fact that mothers are less severe with their latest children than their first, and grand- mothers are notably indulgent. In the third place the power of attention, Tam persunde& is large?y made or marred in the earliest years. And this is the wer, psychologists tell us, thatis the asis of all others. “If you can give a child the power of sustained attention,” a Thold in my hand, and_that there isalsoa paper by Millicent Shinn. n an article under the head of *Educa- tion by Plays and Games” by G. E. John- son we find a tabulated list'of 440 games which the author believes may have a cor- rective or specific use, either mental or | physical, |~ In Los Angeles we have long discussed | the plan of a school for parents, and I am ‘hunpy to say that we are now going to | have it. I advise mothers here also to get | togetherand read from the Seminary, from Tracy’s book, or from any of the authori- ties upon the subject of ‘‘Pedagogical Psychology.”” Aboye all, induce Professor | Barnes to come and talk to you of child- | culture in some of its phases; you will not | forgive yourself for not beginning sooner the critical, intelligent observation of your baby. Txssa Kxrso. The Most Important. Absolutely the most important business on earth is this of child-raising. All we are here for, all that our art and science and | religion amounts to, is to make better people. And the most valuable time to make people is when they are chilaren. | Not for the sake of the children them- | selves, but for the sake of the children’s children; that the next generation may be born better; that’s what {nu are training your children for. And this business, this making of people, the absolute sum of the ‘whole woflg’s effort, we trust almost en- tirely to the untrained hands, the unedu- | cated minds, the over-lcva and unwise | hearts of ignorant young girls. * * * Persons dealing in minor_ details relating to life and death—physicians, druggists and such like—are required to prepare | themselves for their work. They must follow long and serious _courses of study; they must pass examinations, take de- much.” I tell you, we need to come a little nearer to our children than we have, and to guide our lives along this 'nght kind of instruction. REV. Apa C. BowLes, Homes the Nation’s Safeguards. The homes of the Nation are the Na- tion’s safeguard. A man’ does not shoul- der his rifle in defense of his boarding- house. The world may have a hundred perches for a man, but he can have but one nest. The home makes the man even more than the man makes the home. We must give children a higher idea of what the really worthy things are. Then children will carry sound, moral qualities as wea- pons of offense and defense. Good judg- ment is to character what good steering is to a ship—it keeps it in the n§ht channel. Mgs. SARAH B. CooPER. Some Pertinent Queries. ‘When a woman marries she has no longer a legal ownership of her own person grees and earn diplomas before they are allowed to begin. And yet we allow young girls to undertake the responsible business | of making the people of the world without | a moment’s preparation. | CuARLOTTE PERKINS STETSON. Moral Lessons. In this question of the moral training of children we must bear in mind that we cannot keep them in ignorance until we have come to the conclusion that they are old enough to be instructed; we must also MISS MAYBELLE GERST, DAUGHTER OF MRS. GARRISON GERST. psychologist said to me, “you ase ving him the key to all intellectual achieve- ment. Nothing will be impossible to him.” The baby must have enough occupation supplied him to keep his mind active or he grows up uninteresied and inattentive, as may constantly be seen in the children of the poor, who as babies were set down anywhere and left to themselves, or in the almost equally neglected children of the rich, who have been brought up by nurse- maids. *‘From a very early period, there- fore,” Froebel says, *‘children should never be left too long to themselves in beds or in cradles without some external objects to occupy them.” I have on another occa- sion called attention to the lovely alive- ness and responsiveness that early ap- Irear in the child whose natural craving or mental occupation has been amply ministered to, an far into school life. . But in modern American life we have introduced a danger to the power of atten- tion that is worse than neglect. Thisis the distraction and over-stimulation of the power by a surplus of toys, of amusements, of excitements. The baby that is flooded with expensive toys is perhaps even more wronged than the baby that is set down in the back yard to contemplate his fingers without even the “immemorial string of spools” to occupy him. The parents make a plaything of the baby to amuse themselves with. The old rule, “Never disturb the baby when he is good,” may have rested on purely utilita- rian Em‘md” but it is good pedagafiics. . Doubtless Holmes was right about the benefits of tumbling about in a lib a Doubtless it is good to surround the child the difference is visible *| with beautiful forms and beautiful sounds, but there is one thing that seems to me of prime importance, and that is to have the child grow up ih touch with outdoor nature. To live in the country, to see birds flying and flowers growing and trees waving in the wind and great skies spreading above, to dig in the ground, to know some- ghxn§ of the way God works his wonders in plant life; this seems to me the only real living for a little child. MILLICENT SHINN. Classified the Results. Ihave been making a careful study of the use of books by men, women and chil- dren. I have classified the results. ‘When I looked into the records of books on.moderp education, on psychology, her- edity, ethics, hygiene, kindergartens, man- ual training, etc., such absorbingly in- teresting material for thoughtful parents, Ifound their readers to be that over- worked, brain-fagged care-taker of other people’s children, the teacher—the public sghool-tescher — & égpinster, who, after eight hours’ grind with fifty children, drags hex:nll to the library to get a book on heredity and treatises on the education of delinquent children, because she has two or three pupils that cannot be made to fit the universal scheme of education, And this poor overworked teacher sets her- self seriously to work to devise some s cia] pian suitable for some other woman’s boy or girl, and this other woman, who is the mother of this boy or girl, sits indif- ferently by and lets the famfiy skeleton be hauled out and_analyzed and guessed at by strangers. Why not? What do we have a public school-teacher for? I should like to know how many women present have seen or read a number of the magazine 1ssued by G. Stanley Hall of Ciark University, the center of ‘“‘child- study” in America. Itiscalled the Peda- Eogxo:l Seminary, but if any one is scared y such a hard name it is ‘only necessary to remember that it teaches something about child-culture. As a prophet never has honor in his own country it will doubtless surprise vou to know that an article b; y Miss Margaret Schallen! of Stanford has first place in this number of the “S8eminary” which I remember that their direct moral training begins in the cradle, and therefore its in- ception is in our hands. By the habits of life which surround the infancy of the child are laid the foundations of moral character. The regularity of hours of feeding has more than a physical bearing, it is moral in quality. Rules may not be good ; but the life of unregulated impulse 18 always bad. O friends, this subject of moral training is so broad, so high, so deep, so wide, that it involves the whole of life. It is found not anly in the lessons at the mother’s knee, butin the school, the pulpit, the press. It is found in the statute books, where laws remove or strengthen the safeguards of virtue. We may keep silence, but myriads of voices are proclaiming truth orfalsehood in regard to anf' In city streets or country lanes, n field or forest, in market or court, from ;arinud page or the book of nature, the acts of sex are being taught. Shall we turn away in confusion and leave the world of innocent childhood to learn these Ingersoll Jones, the Beloved and Tal- ented Nephew Whose Education Mrs. Cooper Is Directing. inevitable lessons from the evil books or from impure companions, or shall not we, believing in God, proclaim his truths with dignity and purity, not abashed before the ure eyes o¥ our children because ‘‘the ?fith hath infi: uah"{ae," and Godris justi- fied throi is works. o De. MARY Woop ALLEN. With Unblinded Eyes. As a mother, a stepmother and a grand- mother of both boys-and girls, I wish to give to mothers the benefit of my expe- rience along this line. It was my privilege and my pleasure to instruct my children frankly and truthfully of the mysteries of life and death, and torevere the sanctity of their own bodies. In later L‘am they were able to talk to me just as frankly, and to express their thankfulness that the truths that I had taught had enabled them to see life with unblinded eyes. One mother when her little son asked about his origin told him the simple truth. The child thought gravely for a moment and then, throwing his arms about the mother’s neck, said: *Oh, mamma, now 1 know' 'hfi I love you more than anybody in the world J’” Arnother little one received the news with d it and said: ‘“Now I know why mothers love their children so Katherine Beecher Stetson. nor the right to the proceeds of her own hands, Another feature of the relationship into which she enters is that if children are born to her she has no legal right to the guardianship of those children. Now how can you expect a person who has no more intelligence, no more self- respect than to enter into such a relation asthat to be able to teach a boy or girl anything? Mriss ANTHONY, Industrial Freedom Requisite. Emerson said that to the well-born child all virtues are possible and do not have to be painfully acquired. In order to have a wefi-born child we must have freedom for women, industrial freedom. Until we get that we can never have free-born children, Mzs, Axsa F. Surra, Education the Great Thing. War, statecraft, commerce—these are not the real things of life. These are but the toys with which men amuse them- selves and wile away their time. The real things of life are those matters relatinizu the education and_development of chil- dren. Da vID STARR JORDAX, Will Elevate the Nation, The participation of women (the moth- ers of our coming generations of men)in the selection of those who are to govern the country will elevate the Nation and give a higher standard to political affairs. AYOE SUTRO. ‘While we are so busy telling the mothers how to care for their children let us not forget to say that it is likewise the duty of the father to study what is best for the development of his child. Rev. Liza F. SPRAGUE. A Question and an Answer. Is the mother alwaysthi mpanion and instructor for her child? Mzs. BuLL. That depends entirely upon tne mother, LAURA DE FORCE GORDON. WHITE TAKES NO' HAND. The Senator Will Not Interfere With John T. Daggett of the Mint. Carlisle’s Speech Has Not Changed His Views on the Silver Question. United States Senator Stephen M. White was a busy man in San Francisco yester- day. During the forenoon he was en- gaged in a conference at the Columbia building with heirs of ex-Governor Downey. As attorney for the adminis- trator, he there met Mrs. Peter Donahue, Mrs. E. Martin and their counsel, Joha T, Doyle. During the afternoon he was en- ‘gaged at the Palace Hotel until 4 o’clock taking a deposition in.another important case. He left the City on the evening train for Los Angeles. Replying to inquiries on behalf of the CALL, the Senator said: “I have not seen John T. Daggett, Superintendent of the Mint, since I came to the City this time, and do not expect to see him.” “The reporter inquired: **Have you had any_correspondence with the department on the subject of recent removals of clerks and employes from the Mint?"" “I have not.” - “Has your attention been called to the removal of relatives of State Senators?” “I have read something about it, but you can say that I decline to interfere or o be interviewed in regard to these local matters. I have nothing to say concern- ing tl.mtengairgnc: g(;&l'lfictor ise and juperintendent lsx;l Vell, Begatgfi Eé,veg:;}, read Mr. Car- e af “; al:gvgonmi it,”p responded Senator hi ite. 5 “What do you think of it?" Tt has not changed my views. My po- sition on the silver question was expressed in my speech in the United States Benate, and my opinion on the subject has not %huggsd since my position was then de- ned.” 7 “Do youfancy that Mr. Carlisie expressed the views of the administration in his Memphis speech ?” “That I cannot say. He could answer that question better than L.” “Are there many silver men in Southern California ?”” “Yes.” : ‘‘Have ){ou given much attention to the subject of Japanese immigration?” “Yes indeed. I believe that the treaty should have contained a clause permittin; exclusion. Of course the population of Japan does not exceed thirty-four millions, and we are not in such dan, of over- whelming immigration from that country as we are from O with s ust{{v larger population, but ou' right to exclude if ex- clusion became necessary should have been nominated in the treaty.” Tobacco Smoke Kills Microbes. M, Tassinari, a Parisian scientist, has been experimenting with the smoke of to- bacco and finds it to be one of the most perfect germicides and disinfectants ever used. In proving his claims smoke from a Cigar was blown across a strip of linen Which had been dipped in & fluid contain- ing thousands of virulent microbes, When the cigar was finished the linen was im- mediately placed in a bowl of beef broth, where common microbes are expected to breed and multiply very rapidly. To the surprise of the doubters it was found that the smoke had had the effect of delaying the growth of the orgamisms; that the ma- jori‘tciot them were dead, and that those whi mlnagfg to live never fully de- veloped.—8t. Louis Republic, 23 : i RUMONT AT |Horg, SKETCH OF THE FAMOUS FRENCH JOURNALIST. Pars, April 30.—Like Henri Rochefort, | for luncheon. After the meal he walks a M. Edouard Drumont has returned to [few minutes in his gardens, and then France and resumed the management of La Libre Parole. Drumont, editor of La Libre Parvole, Rochefort, director of L’In- transigeant, and Paul de Cassagnac of the Bonapartist paper, L’Autorite, are three writers of transcendent ability, both as to language and style, and could be produced by no other country than France. These are the typical representatives of French militant journalism. Although it is difficult to share the opinions of M. Drumont, his daily articles are remarkable for their vigorous and brilliant style, and the talent their author displays as a polemic writer. M. Drumont owes his universal celebrity to the war waged by him against the Jewish race. 1In 1886 appeared his sensational work “La France Juive,” and this book was followed by “Fin d’un Monde” and ‘“‘Derniere Bataille.”” In these works, like “Peter the Hermit,”” M. Drumont made himself the apostle of a new crusade against the Jews. AsThave said, we may not share his opinions, and we may even disapprove of his mode of combat, but we must ad- mire his sincerity and courage as a man, his sparkling wit and his remarkable style as a writer. The day that he returned to France—the land of the Rothschilds—as he calls his country, fighting against the destructive influence of the Jews, in signaling their misdeeds, their exactions and their plunders, I am conscious of never having obeyed any par- ticular hatred. I have fought solely for my country, for justice and truth. I'have never been a tool of any political and those who are acquainted with me know that I have absolutely no personal ambition.”” 1t is true that no man in his private life is more modest, more obliging and more affectionate than Edouard Drumont. In speaking of his life, M. Drumont says: “Born May 3, 1844, in Paris, 1 am the son of a modest employe at the Prefecture of the Seine. His exemglnry couduct won for him the esteem of his ‘chiefs. As soon as my studies were finished I was admitted tomy father’s office, but already I was Edouard Drumont. tempted by journalism. I gave an article tothe Chronique Illustrie, and this was remsarked by Emile de Girardin. Because of his influence I wag placed on the staff of La Lil , where I earned 300 francsa month. In the meantime I wrote several books—‘Mon Vieux Paris,’ ‘LesFetes Na- tionales de la France,’ ‘Papiers inedits de BSaint-S8imon,” a novel called ‘Le Dernier Tremolin,’ and a comedy, ‘Je Dejeune a Midi’ La Liberte, Le Bien Public and Le Petit Journal published sev- eral of my artistic and lites criticisms.” But already. M. Drumont dreamed of a more serious work, and each day he col- lected documents and facts as a prepara- tion for the work which began a new erain France—*‘La France Juive.” ‘Well do we remember the excitement made by the appearance of this book. It 'was a revelation, a revelation which caused the most violent polemics. Many were the duels fought by M. Drumont, the most notable that with M. Arthur Meyer, di tor of Le Gaulois. Not in the least dis- couraged, M. Drumont published in the following years ‘‘La France Juive Devant I'Opinion,” *“Testament d’un Antisemite'’ and “Le Secret de Fourmies.” The entire social, political and_intellectunal life of the country is resumed in these books. But after creating his party the chief of anti- Semitism found it necessary to give his ;mrty a daily organ, and in April, 1892, he ounded La Libre Parole. Then recom- menced lawsuits and duels. M. Burdean, the late Speakec of the Chamber of Depu- ties, was the first to d: M. Drumont into the law courts, and the director of La Libre Parole found himself condemned to three months in prison and 80,000 francs fine. M. Drumont spent the three months in the prison of Ste. Pelagie, but each day of his imprisonment the Libre Parole pub- lished an article by its director over the signature “Silvio Pellico.” During these three months the journal carried on a cam- paign against the Panama canal £ro;ect, a cam%nign which terminated by the defeat of politicians who had accepted bribes. In July, 1894, after the laws made against the press, M. Drumont, feeling that a reaction- ary wind would blow upon the independ- ent press, decided to go_to Belgium. Not long after he was tried before the Paris courts and condemned by default to-three months in prison. The recent amnesty has annulled this condemnation. While the offices of La Libre Parole on the Boulevard Montmartre are almost loxurious in furnishing, the home of M. Drumont in the Rue del’Universite, at the foot of the Eiffel tower, is simple. How- ever, M. Drumont owns a country seat at Soisy-sous-Etiolles, and here he is very fond of shufting himself in his study, far irom the noise of the boulevards. As I entered the pretty cottage, which has no window on its unimposing facade, M. Drumont exclaimed: “The simplicity of my home astonishes you, does it not? My poor cottage is very-different from the mansions you bave route. It isthe home of an honest literary garty. | M. Drumont said to me: “In | | mired all along the | man, who has just enough to live upon. | If, instead of writing, I had consented to be quiet, to-day I should be a millionaire, but I p,r'der a cottage and the freedom of m % {‘!?: cottage is simply furnished; the din- ing-room is rustic, with but one rich piece of furniture. is a ser of ost elaborate workmanship. M. Drumont says that this dresser was bought with the money rececived for his first book, and that its purchase was the only extravagance of his life. The study is in the second story; the view of thisroom is magnificent; cas- tle after castle appear in the distance, and “these,’” says M. Drumont, ‘‘belong to rich financiers, principally Jews.” Mr. Dru- mont’s chamber has for furniture a bed and a mahogany washstand. ‘The gardens, for there are four, are in a state of nature. No effort has been made at cultivation, for M. Drumont is devoted to pretty weeds. Thereis a pouitry-yard am{ a stable for Bob, the little "white donkey. M. Drumont never writes in the morning. He rises very early, spends some moments in devotional exercise and then walks, or saddles Bob, and takes long rides, sometimes as far as Champrosay, where lives his friend, Alphonse Daudet. Then he returns and fences until the hour writes during the entire afternoon. M. Drumont cannot write in Paris. He must have pure air, and this, with good cigars, is all he requires for inspiration. If he is idle in the afternoon he punishes himself by writing in the evening, and retiresat an early hour, § e asked him his method of writing and he replied: “I reflecta long time on the subject I intend to treat; then, when the snbject is decided upox, 1 surround mysel with all the documents possible. I class them. When thesearrangements have been made the volume is rapidly written. For my first work I had much difficulty in pro- curing documents; I was unknown and I could not ask for the information I wished. Butafter the appearance of ‘La France Juive’ every door was opened to me. I was not obliged to ask, for the docu- ments were brought to me, and people called to give me such and such informa- tion. Because of all these documents there isnota linein my books that cannot be sroven. Iknow history which I have not ared to relate, becausé I wished to avoid scandal; but if I desired to write scandalous works I should only be obliged to open my desk—it is filled with monstrosities brought me by people who prove their assertions. | This to me would be repugnant. I have | been a true historian, a sincere relater of facts, and in the future, not very far dis- tant, what Thave predicted will come to pass. I am not a wizard. The logic of events will bring to pass what I announce. “I have had the courage to write what I have written because I fear noone and I have no interests to protect. Iam alone in the world. I have lost my wife. Ah! 1f I had a family, little children, perhaps I should have reflected before ungertakinv this crusade. Alone, what have I to fear To be killed? Little matters to me, I have marched in advance. So much the worse for those who do not wish to follow me—for_those who do not wish to listen to my words. I have done what I believed I should do for my country.” “Your last volume was called ‘Le Testa- ment d'un Antisemite.’” Must we conclude that you will write no more books?'’ ““Probably I shall write no more unless I travel in foreign lands and on my return I write ‘L’Europe Juive.’” But that is only a project, and if I abandon this plan I shall PM . my boxes and go far, far awu{, to ive in the country, isolated from all the world. Then I shall write novels, or works which differ eutirely from my precedin; ones. But I shall not leave France until have completely finished the task I have imposed on myself—a task which still necessitates several years of daily labor with La Libre Parole.”” It %s difficult to compare Edouard Dru- mont and Henri Rochefort as they haveno points of resemblance, but the masses ac- claim both because for them both sym- bolize the struggle against all which inter- feres with their aspirations and prejudices. Drumont believes in God, goes fo mass, is a Christian philosopher who dreams of a Christian France, while Rochefort boasts of his atheistic principles, Edouard Drumont well understands his compatriots. He never attacks his enemies unless they are powerful, and if his con- science reproach him with an injustice he gives himself no rest until the injustice be repaired. With great generosity he throws himself into all battles to protest against iniquity and to defend the victims of wicked men. From early dawn his door is open to those who suffer, and this Drumont, living simply as the anchorite among heaps of old books, is the Drumont whose im- gignshable physiognomy will be known to tory. BARONESS ALTHEA SALVADOR. EXCURSION RATES, NEW TO-DAY. PHILAI]ELPHIA SHOE € STAMPED ON A SHOE. MEANS STANDARD OF MERIT. CHEAPER THAN EVER, The price of leather has materially advanced during the past month, and many retail shoe deal- ers have been compelled to advance the prices on thelr shoes, BUT WE STILL SELL AT THE OLD PRICES, ‘We watched the leather market several months, anticipating a rise, and we placed our orders for thousands of dollars worth of shoes, o that now we are in a position to sell shoes at a price, retail, that other dealers are compelled to pay for shoes wholesale. Now we will prove it. © Wehave this week offered for sale a line of Ladies’ all-Russia Calf Southern Ties, with pointed toes and V-shaped tips and fiexible hand-turned soles for B81.75 That for style and fit cannot be duplicated any- where. The color Is a dark tan, and the soles, be- ing hand-sewed, require no breaking in. These Southern Ties are being sold elsewhere for $2 50 and $3. 81,50, Are we still selling at the old prices? Well, just read this. We have this week received a ship- ment of Philadelphis-made shoes that were boght before the advance in prices, and which we will offer as a leader, at a price lower than ever before. They are Ladies’ Dongola Kid Button Shoes, with cloth or kid tops, poiuted or square toes, and V- shared patent leather tips, which we will sell for $BL.50. Remember this is a leader, for the shoes can be guaranteed in every way. The Dongola Kid is soft and pliable, while the cloth is a fast black and will not fade. Remember the prices on shoes are ad- vancing, sodo not put off your purchasing too long. Buy now and save money. Come to us for the lowest prices. Our present immense trade has been secured by sellin: better shoes at a lower price than our competitors. Our country customers should take advantage of our low prices and send in thelr orders at once, and remember if the shoes do not prove satisfactory when you receive them the money will be refunded. When your dealer tries to advance prices on you come t0 us, and we will prove that we still sell the best shoes for the least money on this coast. 3-Country orders solicited. &a~Send for New Lllustrated Catalogue, Address B. KATCHINSKI, 10 Third Street, San Francisco. Grand Army Veterans, Knights Templar and Endeavorers Have the Fare Fixed for Their Trips. Rates were made in Chicago yvesterday at a meeting of the Transcontinental Pas- senger Association for the Knights Tem- plar, Christian Endeavor and Grand Army excursions to the Kast. In the afternoon a telegram was received here announcing the decision of the high railroad managers from East and West. The rate will be the same for all three societies, and will be only a trifle more than a single-trip rate across the conti- nent. For a return first-class ticket be- tween San Francisco or common California points and cities on the Mississippi River the cost will be $60. The remainder of the journey will cost $34 50 to return on the anderbilt lines and $3150 on other sys- tems. Should excursionists desire to re- turn by the Shasta route $15 will be added to these figures. The Christian Endeavorers will hold their National convention in Boston on July 8, and the Knights Templar in Au- gust in the same city. The Grand Army of the Republic will meet in Louisville, Ky., in September. he Stanford University boys are going home for their summer vacation, and are keeping railroad agents busy. A great many will leave on the steamer Walla Walla for British Columbia to continue their homeward journey over the Canadian Pacific line. A year ago a tourist-car filled with Stanford boys was stopped in the mountains of British Columbia for twent; days by June floods, but they were so well cared for and the experience was alto- gether so novel and interesting that they will go over the same ground again. E. J. Martin, ex-assistant-generalt freight agent of the Southern Pacific Com any, arrived here yesterday from Texas. e 18 now the general freight and passenger agent of the San Antonio and Arkansas system of railroads. CHOOSING THE SITE. Committees Laboring to Secure a Suit- able Home for the Afiliated Colleges. A special committee yesterday examined a tract of fourteen acres offered as a site for the new affiliated colleges building by Morris Dore. The property is near Clar- endon Heights, and on a line with Nine- | b teenth street. Two lines of electric-cars approach it, and bring it within eight minutes of the County Hospital. Mr. Dore asks $75,000 for the property, and promises a handsome donation if it is purchased. Dr. Dunbar, dean of the Den- tal College, who was one of the committee, thought it was not so far out as to prevent people from going to theclinics of the den- tal and medical colleges. If the others agree with him the site is likely to be se- lected. Some filteen pieces of property have now been examined by the special committee. Only a few are at all available. The special committee will report back to the general committee the desirable points of the three or four properties that recommend them- selves the most, and from these a choice will finally be made. Mr. Searby, the dean of the College of Pharmacy, heard recently from the com- mittee which is now traveling in the East examining the collegiate institutions there with an idea of embodying all their desirable features in the new building. This committee consists of Dr. R. Beverly Cole, dean of the Colleze of Medicine, and George E. Beckett, *u'esident of the truste ees ogths College of lfhnrmacg.e They are accompanied by Architect Albert Sutton, whom the{lhm_ro engaged to prepare the plans for the big State building. The California educators have been offered every facility for conducting their examinations, and write that great care must be taken not to secure too limited a space, as the growth of the State will eventually necessitate the construction of many additional buildings on the college property. x —_——————— . Beecher once said: “The memory of my PHILADELPHIA SHOE CO. 55 TR e MANLY POWER. There Are Thousands of So-Called Cures, but Few Are Successsul. Did you ever notice how many remedies_are advertised to restore lost mauhood, and how few of them make the claim upon grounds of reason? You who have thought of placing your health.in the hands of venders of “cure-alls’ should give this matter deep study. The honest doctor will admit that nothing that goes into the stomach will restore manly Xigor‘ The element is not to be found in rugs. Being an element of the nerves, it can only be replaced by adding to the nerve forces. Medicine néver can add nerve force to your body—that must come from its own origin— Electricity. Your doctor advises Electricity, and admits its curative power, but tells you he must apply it himself. Why? Because he wants a job. True, it must be applied intelligently, or it does no good. We have devoted twenty years to_the study of human anatomy and the application of Electricity, and we can tell you how to upp]{ it by our Belt, 80 that you can get better results in @ week—leiting the Belt work while you sleep—than chm can get from the doctor's attery in & month. MANHOOD RESTORED. In a Little More Than Two Months Dr. Sanden’s Electric Belt Makes a Per- manent Cure. ABERDEEN, Wash., May 5, 1895. Dr. 4, T. Senden—DEAR SIR: Yours of the 24th ult. came o hand. Ican say that I am permanently cured of as stubborn and sggra- vated a case of nervous prostration and general debility as usually falls to the lot of man to be afflicted with, and that I only wore the No.6 belt about twoand a half months to accomplish this much desired result; further, that I am married and happy and thetI am confident, from my personal knowledge of many others who have used the same appliance, that if di- rections are carefully followed in regard to the use of the beita permanent cure is certain. Yours very truly, B. M. LEARNED. And look at the difference in the cost. The doctor’s bill in t.hlr? days will double the cost of the best Belt, and the belt serves you a life- m;:le. Dr.Sanden’s Belt is almost indestruc- e. tible. This is not buncome. It is sound, hard sense, and no one knows it better than the man who has tried all of them and been cured by Dr. Sanden’s Belt after the other plans failed. K . The electric cur- body the e ing, healthiul ¥ stimulant avhich is the life of the body, and by creating a stronger nerve force and revitalizing the blood it renews health in all the weake: rts. A CURE 1S GUARANTEED IN ALL WEAKNESS OF MEN. Every young, middle-aged and old man should read the k “Three Classes of " which will be sent by mail sealed, free. sainted mother is the brightest recollection of my early years. i ess SANDEN ELECTRIC CO., Council Building, Portland, Or.