The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 26, 1895, Page 26

26 ’ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 26, 1895. L L LA AR REA AN AL ALALAN S A A AT (= Last Week But One of the Kennedy Bankrupt Sale. Colored Dress Goods. may expect in this department. FANCY ALL-WOOL CHEVIOT SUITINGS, 36 inches wide, the color effects are quiet, about ten new designs, Kennedy’s price 40c, ours.. FANCY ALL-WOOL CHEVIOTS, 36 inches wide, in n very attrac- tive check pattern. 6 color eff for summer costumes, Kennedy’ price 60c, ours.... FANCY ALL-WOOL MIXTURES, 36 Inches, extra heavy guality) halt a dozen patterns, 16 color combinations, entirely new de- signs for summer 1885, some pieces have never had a yard cut off, Kennedy's price 50c, ours..... FRENCH CREPONS, SILK AND WOOL, “billowy patterns, in beautiful changeable effects, they are 45 inches wide, our regular $1 75 quality, received too late for the early spring trade, hence our special price.... ALL-WOOL CREPON patterns and all <ennedy's $1 grade, a gain at sale price. .. , in novel plain_colors, sr=—=ll A\ AN SHAHAVAMAMAHAN AVAVATTIA N RSN AN great bar- 20000, 000000 o Black Dress Goods. read with profit. savers in this department. FRENCH BLACK SERGE, 37 inches wide, all wool, soft finish, fine weave, fast color, Kenned, price 50c, ours.. FRENCH BLACK FIGURED SUITINGS, 37 inches wide, & dozen small and exceeaingly retly patterns to select from, Kenneay's price 75¢, oars... H_BLACK FIGURED JACQUARD SUIT, 42 cided silky effect, real value yard, actual price now. . 81 ENGLISH MOHAIR SUITINGS, nice silky cloth, worth §1 25, special sale pric FRENCH BLACK SURAH TWILL, 50 inches wide and quite heavy. This fabric has no luster and is & special favorite with ladies in Bought to sell mourning. at Silks. FANCY CHANGEABLE SILKS, 19 inches wide, some beauties for waists or skirts, 11 new color ef- SN TSR SR - ==——883883888238 Five Very Special Bargains that indicate what shrewd shoppers . Yard Yard 35° Yard gl Yard 59° Yard Five items that any lady can Many money=- 35° Yard black fizured, 45 inches wide, a$1.oo Five illustrations of the buying power of your money at our silk counters. SHAUTUNG PONGEE SILK, 26 inches wide, & very heavy qual- RC itv, at §3 75 for a piece of 15 25 yards... e eeeeeeanen Yard fects just received, sale price only Yard COLORED RHADAMES, 19 inches wide, extra heavy quality, very desirable for linings, skirts, etc. 4"10 Kennedy's price 90c; the colo iz are good; special sale price. Yard BLACK BROCADED GROSS- GRAIN SILK—An entirely new line. The large scroll and other eccentric patterns that have been created for the fall of 1885: very @ .00 Popular for dress skirts; Msteat b1 —— ©0f$1 25 or $1 60 we've marked it Yard FANCY SILKS FOR WAISTS, one of the largest collections to be found on the coast, at §1, 85¢ and 75° Yard Bazaar Bargains. Three items only, and yet the bazaar is brimming over with useful and necessary articles at prices fully 25 per cent below those of regular dealers. HAMMOCKS—FHere's some seasonable talk. Vacation time almost here. We probably chgrge less for hammocks than anybody. Hemp, strongly woven, full size....70¢ each Hemp, strongly woven, braided edge. Rrteee) +eer-81,00 each Knitted, with pillow and stretcher. PAPETERIES—A fine line fust received of fashionable writing papers at popular prices. We also carry Hurd’s stationery and charge less for it than exclusive dealers charge for the common kinds, Each box mentioned below contains 24 sheets and 24 square envelopes. Satin finisbed, fair quality.. Satin finished, worth 20¢ box........10¢ box Satin finished, plain or ruled, very nice ‘12¢ box Antique linen, plain or ruled, only...12¢ box Irish linen, plain or ruled, oaly......15¢ box Satin finish, an extra fine quality....15¢ box Wedding Plate, plain or ruled, only..20c box 5¢ box TOILET PAPERS—Won't it pay to layins supply at these prices? Clover Leaf, small sheets, 500 age, 310r........ Perforated rolls, only..... .. .4c each 1000 medium-sized 7Y2c package Union League, 1000 large, best qual- ity... ...12%c package and healthful.. 15¢ package to pack- 10c Florida Tar, sanita) Hosiery. Seven price hints from the women’s and children’s depart= ments. We have hosiery enough in our basement, stockrooms to completely stock a store one=half the size of Kennedy’s old stand. Buying in very large quantities we have every advantage of price. CHILDREN'S COTTON HOSE, 10¢ brown or tan color, narrow rib, scamless, good weight, Kennedy’s price 20, ours... = Pair CLOSED ALL DAY THURSDAY, MAY 30, MEMORIAL DAY. Salooe (INCORPORATED) 937, 939 and 941 Market Street. 1 cisco are upon us. the last that there might be =@ no falling off in the interest. HE CLOSING DAYS OF THE GREATEST DRY GOODS SALE EVER HELD IN SAN FRAN. Many of the best lines carried by Kennedy & Co. have been reserved until To these we have added many items from our great Summer stocks, which have been bought so advantageously that we can quote prices which compare favorably with th gain-Givers. Six Colored Dress Goods Five Black Dress Goods Five Silk Specials. Three Bazaar Dep’t Tempters. Seven Unmatchable Hosiery Items. Six Knit Underwear Specials ose on the Kennedy goods. Specials. Specials. We are San Francisco’s greatest Bar- It’s selling goods as we propose to sell them this week that keeps this store in front and advances its high place in the public’s opinion. Below we quote Four Values in Towels. Five Great Muslin Bargains. Three in House-furnishings. Two Big Ribbon Specials. Three Glove Bargains. Six in Men’s Furnishings AND A DOZEN OTHER GOOD THINGS. CHILDREN'S BLACK COTTON HOSE, Hermsdorf dye, high spliced heels, double knees and toes, full finished, Kennedy’s price 25¢, ours. 15° Pair BOYS' BLACK COTTON HOSE, ex- {raheavy quallty, widerib, double B0 heels and toes, sizes 6 to 10,a splendid value at sale price....... Pair CHILDREN'STAN COTTON HOSE, in all of the popular shades to match shoes, fine quality, narrow rib, high spliced heals and double toes and knees, sizes 5 to 914, and sale price ODIY.......ceevsvnen 25° Palr LADIES' BLACK COTTON HOSE, good quality, seamless, double 15° heels and toes, sale price only.... Pair LADIES’ BLACK COTTON HOSE, a nice heavy quality, with un- bleached Macco foot, high spliced RC heels, double soles and toes, sale ) price Pair LADIES' BLACK COTTON HOSE, extra fine quality, light weight, with unbleached Macco foot, high spliced heels, double soles and toes, the usual 50c kind......... 335° Palr Knit Underwear. Six examples of our price=- making power on Ladies’ and Children’s Underwear. LADIES'SWISS-RIBBED COTTON VEST, L. N., N, 8., ecru and lav- ender colors. crochiet edge on neck and armiets, Kennedy's price 25c, ours. 3 LADIES' JERSEY-RIBBED COT- TON VEST, H. N., L. S., med- inm weight, ecru only, Kennedy’'s price 25c... = 18° Each EGYPTIAN COTTON Y H. N., L. heavy qual- v, Jersey ribbed, ecru, crochet silk edge neck and front, Kenne- dy’s price 40c, our: 25° Each AND MISSES' ALL-WOOL PANTS AND DRAW ERS, Med- licot and other makes, fine quali- ties, full finished, colors white, red and natural, sizes 28, 30, 32 and 34, Kennedy's prices 75¢ to #1 50 garment, your choice here at..... ' WOOL MIXED VESTS, L.S., Jersey ribbed, heavy self fronts, crochet wool 50° Each ants to match, Kennedy’s Price $1 garment, Ours............ ' SILK__VESTS, cream e, L. N. N, S., fine quality, Swiss ribbed, Kennedy's price 75¢ each, we say. 50° Each Towel Talk. Four very special values in Water Absorbers. We would like to tell you of some specials in Table Linen in this department, but haven’t space. Come and sce them. DAMASK TOWELS, 20x41 inches and strictly all linen, colored bor- ders, knotted fringes and every- where $3 dozen, we say 58 dozen, or. 3 20° Each HUCK TOWELS, 18x35 inches, about three-quarters linen, some iringed, some hemmed, worth 12%c to 15¢ each, ourprice...... 10° Each UNBLEACHED CRASH, 18 Inches, & good linen crash, worth 15¢, for 10° Yard UNBLEACHED TURKISH TOW- ELS, 21x36 inches, g0od obsorb- 10° ents, & value at $1 75 the dozen, now. teeceeen Each Muslins and Sheeting. Five hummers from the lowest- priced Cotton Goods stock in town. i 44 UNBLEACHED MUSLIN, 60 heavy thread, value at 814c, this week...... Yard 44 BLEACHED CAMBRIC, a 1C good 10c grade, on sale at. 2 Yard 45-inch BLEACHED MUSLIN, reg- 1C ular at 12%4c yard, sale price only 3 UNBLEACHED CANTON FLAN- 1C NEL, the heavy fleecy grade that 3 Kennedy sold at 15¢ the yard..... Yard 9-4 UNBLEACHED SHEETING, a superior quality, alwaye sold 181/3¢ yard, will ‘close it out a 15° Yard Domestics. NAINSOOKS, Plaias and Stripes, an excellent fine-thread quality, usu- ally sold at 15c. 10° Yard CASHMERE FLANNELETTES, all of our light grounds in dots, stripes, checks, etc., usually sold at 1234c, will be closed out at.... 10° | Yard | L, heavy, all warm flannel, 35° Yard a_coarse, worth 50c, for... WHITE APRON LENGTHS, made in onepiece, a hundred complete apron patterns; they are ready to be hemmed; we cut them off at... 123° Each House Furnishings. Three Values: Three from a hundred—that leaves 97 for you to see when you come in. 6-4 CHENILLE TABLE COVERS, newest patterns, 8 beautiful color effects. They are large-table size and worth $1 50 each; sale price. = 50-INCH TAPESTRY—Now is the time to it up that chair or lounge that’s been ragged so long, and this is the material; 20 patterns, 40° 88 many color effects and only. Yard NOTTINGHAM LACE CURTAINS, white or ecru; these are a lot of small ones, 3 yards by 46 inches; if you have some medium-siza FTEC windows you can get a $1 25 Cur- O tain for. S A Pale Ribbons. Two items out of many. ALL-SILK RIBBONS, several lots, satin and gros-grain, Faille satin edge and plain Faille, Nos. 5 and. rC 7, color assortment good, Ken- 9 nedy’s prices 10c and 1234C, ours. Yard SILK-FACED FAILLE RIBBON, No. 1 plain edge, in full line of C colors, Kennedy’s price 15¢ bolt, 9 | ours. « Bolt Gloves. LADIES' PIQUE LAMB-SKIN GLOVES, 4 large buttons, tans, white and black, the line of sizes is badly broken, they run from 514 10 634, if we can fit you in thiese a dollar glove for. 3 50° Pair There are fifty more waiting for you here, for we always undersell exclusive furnishers. 500 DOZEN TECK TIES, suitable BOYS' WINDSOR TIES, heavy In- 800 DOZEN MEN'S TECK TIRS, MENS' LISLE THREAD SOCKS, extra fine quality, high-spliced heels, double soles’ and toes; an assoriment of colors, including Kennedy’s price 50 MEN'S ALL-WOOL SHIRTS, sum- MEN'S ALL-WOOL SWEATERS, only. Special price...... Each Three seasonable examples of bargain-giving in this imp ortant department. SILK TAFFETA GLOVES Mousque- Fancy Goods. taire style, colors tan and brown, ] 5O full assortment sizes, the 25¢ TORCHON LACE. 3 nches wide, 40 kind for.. R e nice close patterns. Always 8330 8 yard; sale price -+ Yard LISLE-THREAD GLOVKS, gaunt- T let suede, tans, navy, seal brown 150 and black, full line of sizes, HAMBURG EMBROIDERY EDG- another 25¢ glove for.... .. Palr ING, plain and open worked, white, and a full line of colors, 10 such as pink, blue, red, lavender, 4 CrIEE s Yard == AT AALAN A AN VATV LAV AMATA TN A ATAN AN Handkerchiefs. LADIES' HANDKERCHIEFS, the regular 3 for 50¢ kind. atl marked at the uniform price of. THESE ARE THE STYLES: Plain white, hemstitched. Plain white, scalloped. Plain white, hemstitched and embroidered. Plain white, hemstitched and open wWork. Colored border, hemstitched. Colored border, hemstitched and em- broidered. Colored border, scalloped. Colored border, open work and hemstitched. 10° Each Men’s Furnishings. Six chances to save money. for ladies or gentlemen; latest style small knots. Every tie worth 25¢ to 86¢. Sale priceonly 12;¢ Each dia silk, light grounds, dots, spots and stripes; only a few dozen of these 25¢ ties left. Sale price 15° Each fancy silk and silk iined, ight &r dark colors, stylish knot. Regu- lar at 50c. Our price......... 25° Each 25° Pair fast black. ours... mer weight, fine guality, silk- bound neck’ and front, natural 1-00 color or camels hair, drawers to: — match.. +... Garment about 15 dozen more to close out. 1-00 heavy quality, in black and blue - MR I - =——88833883833533333 S ——=== -l b UbAUD LD ADADL DAL Ab AU AN ARR AL STOCKINET DRESS SHIELDS, washable and worth 15¢ pair. On sale now.. At 9 Pair FAGTITUMMUATVTAMUATRCUDNAA LTI EATLOTIMAABUTOMAA DT AU -===—552222225522.25559 ===z J{4 b UM AUCTDJAA LA AOMALAMAAABUOAIMMATROJAA AR SAMASBMARBCHIMAA IS MO AL T0 ORGANIZE SILVERITES, Call for a California Conven- tion Expected Early in July. Preparations to Be Made for Noml- nating a Presidential Candldate. As a result of the call issued by the National Bimetallic Union for the organi- zation of State, district, city and town unions, with the ultimate object of cre- ating a powerful National party, whose platform shall be the free coinage of silver in the ratio of 16 to 1, steps will shortly be taken in this State to carry out the in- structions of the central body. George W. Baker, who is prominently identified with the pro-silver movement in California, takes a keen interest in this new plan. Speaking of it he said: “The plan suggested by the Bimetallic TUnion is a good one. We have no perma- nent organization of any kind in the in- terests of silver in this State at present. ‘Whether or not this plan will suit the | silver men of this State I cannot say. ““To accomplish anything on the silver question party organization is necessary. Suct a movement, it has been urged, open 1 the objection that either of the two great parties may nominate a bi- metallic candidate. Both parties have de- ceived the people on this point. Their silver planks have always been vague and ambiguous. Now the question is to form & party of our own. “There has been some dissension created in California bv the action of the executive committee of the National Silver League in recommending Joseph C. Sibley as the nominee of the silver men for President of the United States. This is considered pre- mature and unwise. They should have awaited the action of the other parties. If no suitable candidate was nominated by either the Republicans or Democrats, then a convention of the silver delegates from the various States should be called and an independcnt nominee placed in the field. There is no man in the United States who would make a better candidate than Mr, Bibley. ““‘Some definite action will soon be taken by the bimetallists of California looking to the assembling of a vimetallic convention, at which a hfan of future action will be outlined and adopted, for the organization and operation of the party in detail, s that when the proper time comes it will be prepared to send delegates to the National convention of the silver party. These plans are now maturing in various parts of the State, and a State_convention will be called as early as July.” At the Bimetallic Union Convention held at Salt Lake about two weeks ago H. W. Laugenour of Woodland, Cal., was ap- pointed a member of the executive com- mittee of that body, which now represents the silver interests of ten States and Terri- tories as follows: California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Wash- ington, Wyoming, New Mexico and Utah. ‘It is expected that Laugenour will call the convention for the organization of a bimetallic union in the State, and, from present indicstions, there will be a full representation from all the counties. A. W. Thompson, editor of theét‘eople’s Press and the candidate of the Populists for Superior Judge at the last election, has decided views on the subject of independ- ent silyer organizations for campaign pur- . poses. He said: “Congressman Warner and others, at the recent convention of the Silver League in Omaha, attempted to get the Populists in- " terested in the Silver League. But we are not willing to merge the Populist party in any other party. There is no doubt that the money question is the Jeading and pressing 1ssue at this time, gnt we consider tgat the quantity of “money is more important than the mate- rial of which it is made, The free coinage of silver and gold in the ratio of 16 to1is a fundamental principleof the Populists.” PETALUMA'S NEW ROAD. A Line to Connect It With Santa Rosa Is Now Assured. The construction of a new railroad to connect Santa Rosa and Petaluma is now looked upon as assured. Right of way has been secured for the entire distance, and all that remains is to obtain terminal facilities. This is regarded as a mere matter of form, at least in Petaluma, where the people are especially anxious that the line shall reach them at the earliest pos- sible moment. A committee has been ap- pointed from both towns to consider the terminal question, and will hold a joint meeting this week. J. W. Keys, the attorney who represents the company organized for the purpose of building this line, yesterday received the following letter relating to the project from B. M. Spencer, the commission merchant of Santa Rosa: J. W. Keys, Esq —DEAR BIR: Your letter of May 10 is at hand &nd contents noted. 1 find & great deal of enthusiasm in the matter, and there will be more when your people announce themselves, 5o as to inspite confidence in the enterprise. There is a committee already ap- Pumled trom this place and a like one ¥r m Petaluma. Our committee is composed of W. D. Reynolds, Thomas Keegan and F. A. Brust— all good men. We are anxious to know what YOUr next move will be. Very truly yours, B. M. SPENCER. MEasURING REac- TI0N Trime.—Profes- sor E. W. Scripture of the Yale psycho- logical department has invented an ingenious method of measuring reaction time, or the time lost in the passage of im- pressions to and from the brain. Inde- scribing his invention Professor Scripture says: -‘Everybody loses time. It takes -time to think and time toact. If somebody touches you with a hot poker or a lighted cigarette, a certain period of time elapses before you are able to jerk your hand away; it takes time for the impression of heat to pass up the sensory nerve in the arm, through the spinal cord, into the brain. It takes still more time for the complicated brain_processes to occur which finally re- sult in a nervous impulse, which pass down the motor nerves of the arm through the muscles and cause them to move the hand. In some animals, for in- stance the whale, the reaction time is extremely long. A sailor can drive his harpoon into the whale, but the impulses of sensation and action take so long to work their way through the ponderous carcass that the sailor has time to get his boat out of the way before the whale strikes with his tail.” THE NEW TREATMENT FOR SUNSTROKE.— An interesting electrical plant has been installed in the sunstroke ward of a New York hospital. The old treatment for sun- stroke included warming drinks and hot applications to the body, with a view of drawing the heat from the head, as well as iced applications to the head. Now the patient is immersed in very cold water and kept there until the abnormal temperature abates. The new apparatus for transfer- ring the patient to the bath is worked en- tirely by electricity. A hammock sus- nded by chains is lowered and receives he patient, who is gently slid in from the stretcher. A turn of the motor-wheel lifts him and he is carried smoothly along to a bath filled with iced water. Into this he is lowered by the machinery until only his face remains above the water. Iceis packed around his head and he is left until his temperature has lowered to the desired poin: The machinery then quietly lifts him and transfers him to a pallet” at the side of the room. This method of handling not only causes less jarring to the patient than any other, but 1t saves the doctors and nurses much ex- haustive work, particularly in the case of heavy patients. Itis interesting to note, as showing that the medical profession is alive to the mechanical as well as the therapeutic advantages of electricity, that this apparatus was designed by Dr. Lewis A. Stimson, the attending surgeon of the hospital. SuerTive IroN BY ELEcrrRICITY.—Im- portant developments are imminent in the iron-smelting industry. The days of smelt- ing iron with charcoal are passed, especial- ly in districts where the cost of fuel is high. An Oregon iron manufacturer says that while iron is manufactured in Ger- many at $8 per ton, it costs here $10 per ton for fuel to smelt the metal. In Ala- bama, where coal and iron mines are close | together, aud negro labor is cheap, the | iron is smelted for $5 per ton, and the freight on it to Portland is $10 per ton. Pig iron used to bring $30 to $35 per ton in Ore- on, and finally it was reduced to 25. This left but little profit when the fuel cost $10 to the ton of iron, and rendered competition with Alabama iron impossible. The Oregon ironmaster regards smelting by electricity as the only hope for the iron industry in his State. By utilizing water-power_to generate the electricity it will be possible to smelt iron ascheaply there aselsewhere. Electric smelting works have already been started in Port‘l;:md,wherea iece of iron was recently exhibited which had been made from black sand in twenty minutes. AN ELECTRIC GOLD-DREDGING PLANT.— An interesting account has been received of the application of water power in pro- ducing electricity for use in gold-dredging in Shotover River, New Zealand. The water is obtained at a creex one and a half miles distant from the dredging ground, and brought by a race cut in the side of a hill, or, in places where the ground is not suitable, in a timber flume to a pressure tank at a level of 524 feet above the pipes at the generator house. From this tank the water is carried in rolled steel pipes to a Pelton water-wheel, which drives the dynamos by which the dredge is actuated. The dredge is constructed for the most part of steel, and is capable when ‘operat- ing atadepth of twenty feet of an out- put of ninety cubic yards per hour. Itis worked at night by the light of arc lamps. The dredgings are delivered through a re- volving screen for separating the stones and coarser material upon baize tables set at an inclination of 1 in 12. THE TELEPHONE AS A HELP 10 DEAF PRO- PLE.—Many advanced aurists are now in- vestigating the effect of mechanical and electrical vibrations in curing deafness and various diseases of the ear. A prominent New York practitioner has invented an in- strument, which gives a sustained note of reed-like quality over several octaves of the scale. Close to the instrument is a telephone transmitter, through which the sound passes to a receiver at the ear of the patient. The exact pitch at which the ear 1s found to exhibit ngnormsl symptoms is first ascertained, and then the correspond- ing note on the instrument is started, and the concentrated vibrations are allowed to play on the eardrum of the patient for a specified time every da; ———— Music at the Park To-Day. | Following is the programme of music at Golden Gate Park to-day “Militarmarch’ Overture, *Jubel ¢ Waltz, “Carlotia”. Overture, “Egmont”. ‘Waltz, “Del Monte” Selection, “Migno: Polka mazurka, Concert galop. e Special Baggage Notice. Round-trip transfer tickets on sale at re- duced rates at our office oNLY. One trunk, round trip, 50 cents; single trip, 35 cents. Morton Special Delivery. 81 Geary street, 408 Taylor street and Qakland ferry depot.* THE SEAWALL—F. N. A, S8an de Fuca, Wash. The records of the engineer’s department of the Harbor Commissioners show that the aver- age depth of the San Francisco seawall is about fifty feet below city base; the channel for the rock wall was dredged to a depth of 45 feet, and it is fair to assume that the wall sank from 4 to5 feet. Sections 8A and 8B have concrete walls; the same rest on piles which were cut off 21 feet 5 inches below city base. The fol- lowing table shows the cost and length of each section of the wall: Section A, 561 fest, $152 71 a linear Secgfgul'xl:‘?gnfll%gfgfin i Y EoALLED Section's, 1000 foek K167 Bowiineir oo 0 f00t, built 1879-8 167,504 09 o bute ABToar o o0 AT e09 51 ::%?:E:m?fz Z‘%}?fi?‘zw BTalnett w8720 seciior & ia e i s s secmxf';."i‘ffimfi'ugios 3% alinear e ~ oo, built 18 109,327 99 oot bt 58 T 162012 Section B, 1000 fect, $114 60 alinea SecioClDullt 1860 ceeenioo. 114,60118 tion 84, 392 feet, $210 41 a linear toot, Duilt 146305 e 86.008 08 Total cost 9203 feet erage cost per foot, $175 26, - .-$1,612.911 22 CHINA-JAPAN WAR—W. T., Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, and Mrs, D., City. War was de- clared by Japan against China July 25, 1894. The first overt act was on the 28th of that month, when the Japanese made an attack on the junks at Kong Shung. Two days be- fore the declaration of war had been made public the Japanese man-of-war Naniwa cap- tured the Chinese war vessel Kowshing and ordered that vessel to weigh anchor and fol- low, but those on board refused, so the Japa- nese gave the order to leave ship, but the Chinese refused 1o do so, and the Japanese opened fire on the vessel and sank it, witk nearly 1200 men on board. The Query Column has not space to detail the many events in this war. It resulted in the complete surrender of island forts in the harbor oi Wei-hai-wei and the almost complete destruction of the Chinese navy. Much Chinese territory was invaded, and’the Chinese, fearing that the victors would move on and capture Peking, held out,the olive branch of peace. The terms of peace to which the Japanese agreed were: Independence of Korea, Japan to retain the places she has con- uered, h}{mn 10 retain the territory east of the Ligo River, the island of Formosa to be ceded permanently to Japan and the payment of & large sum of money. , City. A manwho en- lists as a private in the army of the United States has an opportunity to advance to a com- missioned officer. After he has served two years as a private he can file an application for & commission as second lieutenant. He will then have 1o pass an examination before a board composeg of three officers of the line and two medical officers. These examinations take place in March of each year. Then the applicant has to pass & more Tigid examina- tion in September at Leavenworth, Kans., as to fitness, education and morals. The applicant must establish & good moral character before having entered the army and after. If he passes, the upplicant may have to wait six or eight months for & vacancy. SMALL GOLD Corns—*‘Pittsburg,” City. The gold coins issued out of the United States Mint ©of a denomination maller than $5 weze: §1, THE ARMY—C. B, $2 50 and $3. Dealers demand an advance on all of these coins. From $2 25 to $3 is asked for a gold dollar of the mintage of 1849 to 1854, inclusive; from $2 25 to %450 for $1, = little larger than the first, minted irom 1854 t0 1856 ; $2 50 to $4 25 for a dollar of the same size but with a larger head, minted from 1856 to 1859. A two-and-a-half piece of 1796 is worth from $30 to $45; same coin, 1796 to 1807, is worth various prices, frof $7 to $5 those of 1821 to 1834 command from $6 to $35; those issued from 1834 to 1869 are rated at from $4 to $15, while those minted from 1870 to 1892 sell at from $3 to $4. Three- dollar fllecus of 1854 sell from $4 to $4 50, while those of 1855 to 1889 are offered at various prices, regulated by the scarcity. These rices range from £5 50 to $65, the latter price geing asked for the issue of 1875; for this coin- dealers offer from $15 to $25. WHEN A DEED I8 Vorp—J. M., Oakland, Cal. The Civil Code of California has the following in regard to deeds and the recording of the same: Every conveyance of real property, acknowl- edged or proved aud recoraed as prescribed by law, from the time it is filed with the Recorder for record, is constructive notice of the contents thereof to subsequent purchasers and mortgagees. Every conveyance of real property otber than lease for & term not exce ing one year is vold against any subsequent purchaser or Mortgagee of the same’ property or any part thereof in good faith, and_for & valuable consideration, whose con- veyance is first duly recorded. An unrecorded instrument is valid as between the parties thereto and those who have notice thereof. From the above it is fair to infer that to be valid a deed should be recorded without delay after the transfer. PRESERVING Eces—J. W., Concord, Contra Costa County, Cal. There are a number of methods for preserving eggs and each is said to | be better than the other. The editor of the Query Column never having been in the busi ness is unable to assert which is the best. One method is to dip them in a solution of gum arabic in the proportion of two ounces of gum to one gallon of water, let them dry and pack in powdered charcoal. Another is to pack them in lime, while still another is to immerse the eggs in boiling water containing five pounds of common brown sugar to & gallon of water; remove them and let them dry, after which pack them, small end down, in & mixt- ure one part powdered charcoel and two parts of drf bran. Preserved eggs should be kept in & cool place. WEsST PorNT CADET—J. G. C., City. When there is a vacancy at West Point, the United States Military Academy, that fact is made known to the Congressman whose turn it is to appoint. He in turn makes that fact known in his district. Any one wishing to apply for ad- mission to the academy should _address a com- munication to the office of the Secretary of War. Then notice of such letter will be sent to the Congressman of the district in which the writer lives. A letter addressed to ““Con- ressman J. G. Maguire, Mills building, San ‘rancisco,” will reach him. IRRIGATION REPORT—J. H., San Jose, Cal. The report of the special Senatorial committee, composed of Stewart of Nevads, Reagan of Texas and Jones of Arkansas, on the irriga tion and reclamation of arid lands wasmadein 1890, and printed that year by the Govern- ment Printer at Washington. The report makes 1Wo very large volumes, which are to be found in the Free Library in this city. The report of the committee’s work was published in the city papers when it wes presented, but papers a?nmlmnz it are to be found cnly 1n the bound es. Hrccour—F. C. W., Willits, Mendocino Coun- ty, Cal. There is no known certain remedy for hiccough that has become chronic or has ai- fected the patient for & number of days. Not long agoa man in New York City had the hic- coughs for a number of days and every known remedy was tried, including those prescribed by physicians and laymen, but none proved effective. The case atiracted a great deal of at- tention at the time and advice and suggestions were received from all parts of the Union, and all were tried, but none brought about the de- sired result. SYNDICATE LETTERS—Enquirer, City. There are several houses in the East that furnish copies of an author’s works to any number of papers in the United States and outside. These houses ltyle themselves syndicates. No one newspaper is a subscriber to” any such syn- dicate in the sense that it will take all that the house sends out. Sometimes a dozen papers may become subscribers for one article, and at another time there may be 1 ing for an article. Y e enteorl; A ROSE JAR—AL F,, City. One way to make a rose jar is to sun dry a quantity of leaves of the Black Prince, Pauline or other {ragrant rose. Place these in the fancy jar, add some cloves and cinnamon and a little alcohol, just enough tomoisten the leaves, and then mmmmmmmwflo i ml; t‘g warm, but not too hot. The_coyer should al- ways be kept on while thé jar 1s kept in the sun. After that, when the cover is raised,a most delightful fragrance is emitted from the | jar. | CHARITY—Inquirer, City. The QueryColumn would gladly inform this correspondent as to the charities of this city, but she neglected to give either her name and address. It is impos- sible to give a comprehensive answer without asking her something which is not clear in her | communication, and as she cannot be reached by letter she is deprived of the information she desires and her letter goes to the waste-basket. That is the fate of letters that do not bear the signature or address of the writer. TRAINING—J. W., City. A person who wishes to train as an athlete must present himself to a professional trainer who will advise him how he should train. No set rule for training can be laia down, for what one man mightdoina given time could not be done by another, and | the physical endurance of one is not equal | to thatof another. A trainer alone can tell | what & man should do to fit himself foran | athletic event. CoMMON ScHOOL FUND—G. R., Oakland, Cal. The latest report of the United States Commis- sioner of Education, which embraces all the educational systems of the United States, in- cluding that of religious and lechhllchools, makes no mention of the school fund of the States of the Union being used for the support of religious or parochial schools. From thisre- Pport it appears that the common school fund in every State is used for the common schools. THE UNITED STATES NAVY—C. k. D., Oakland, Cal. Thers is no place in San Francisco where a boy can enlist in the United States navy. The parents of & boy who wants to join someé United States vessel should write to the execu- tive officer of the receiving ship Independence at Mare Island, stating age of the boy, height, weight and the amount of schooling he has had. If there is & vacancy, that fact, together | with the requirements, will be made known to the writer. A WiLL—A. B. C., City. There is no pre- scribed form of will. A person can have one drawn up by an attorney and witnessed, and the person may also draw up a holographic will, in which every word must be in the hand- writing of the tesiator. The directions of the testator may be in any style of language the testator may choose to use,and in any lang- uage. The document should clearly state what disgosilion the testator desires should be made of his property. MARRIAGE—T. E. E., Napa, Cal. If a man has a father, mother, brothersand sisters and being of marriageable age marries without having notified any of his relatives it is his duty to first notify his parents and it they are ugl’eefible to introduce his wife to them. It then becomes his duty to notify his other rela- tives if they arenot living at the parents’ home of his marriage and ask them to call. 1f they desire to form the wife's acquaintance they will present themselves, POSTAL ACCOUNTS—W. F. M., Napa, Cal. The postal authorities at distributing offices make up an account every six months, take an ac- count of mails received and sent out, and in this is included the amountof postage on foreign mail matter. This is forwarded to the General Postoffice at Washington, and ai stated eriods there is & settlement between the Jnited States and the foreign countries in the Postal Union, MAIIS TO THE LADRONES—M. 8., Danville, Contra Costa County, Cal. Mails from San Francisco for the Ladrones or Mariana Islands via Manila reach the last named point in about twenty-eight days. This mail goes by the China steamer as far as Hongkong and from there is conveyed by steamer to Menila. From that point it is taken to the Ladrones Island as opportunity offers. OuUT OF EXISTENCE—H. W., Pittsburg. Pa. The People’s Gold and Silyer Mining Company “of Alpine (late Amador County) Monitor district is no longer listed at the Stock Board. A prominent broker says that it has gone out of existence, NELLIE GRANT SaRTORIS—J. E. J., Keno, Kla- math County, Or. Nellie Grant Sartoris is the daughter of the late President Grant. She was married to Algernon Sartoris in 1874. She never was an actress, and aiter her marriage she went to Englend 'to live with her husband. She was not in Sen Francisco six or eight years ago. TIME OF Srvice—D. de B., City. If a boy under the age of 18 joins -sudetoiog“;;infgimo: the N of the State nn?i h:g&::-;gfiu[g&g that age is transferred to invitation becomes the fnut of another is a guest in the full sense of that word and is 1ot required to defray any of the expense ineurred in his entertainment. It would not be im- proper for him to invite his host to & theater party. ALTRURIA—E. B., City. Altruria is derived from altruism, which is the state of being re- gardful of the interests and good of others—in other words, the carrying out of the principles of the golden rule, and is the opposite of the term egotism. The altruistic colony s located in Sonoma County. WINTER GARDEN FIRE—Subscriber, City. The Winter Garden at the corner of Post and Stock- ton streets was destroyed by a fire which broke out at 1:11 A.M.on the 4th ot August, 1883, This fire destroyed twenty-three buildings, some fronting on Post street, some on Stockton and others on Sutter. STAMPs—Pliney, San Jose, Cal. The descrip- tion of the stamps in the communication is too uncertain to be able to determine what they are or their valus. If sent to the Query Column they will be examined, the value given and the stamps returned to the writer. GOVERNMENT LAND—W. S, Las Lunas, Valencia County, New Mex. A person duly en- titled to take up Government land having made a selection must have the same sur- veyed before he can filea claim on it, unless the land has already been surveyed. AN AMERICAN HALF—V. J. B., Oakland, Cal. A half-dollar of the United States dated 1834 is worth only its face value. Dealers charge irom 75 to 90 ceuts for them, according to preservation. PRESENTATION—L. K. B., City. It is the duty of a young lady, unless prevented by illness, to rise when strangers are presented to her and to acknowledge the presentation by & bow. PusLic MEN—H. M. O., City. The height of Senator White of California is 5 feet 734 inches, Congressman J. G. Maguire 5 feet 7 inches, and Mayor Sutro 5 feet 1Q}; inches. THE ORPHANS—Inquirer, City. The appropri- ation for the support of orphans in the orphan asylums of California is $96 & year for each orphan. REVENUE STAMPS—G. 8. L., City. The law abolishing the use of revenue stamps on bank clgggks went into effect on the 3d of March, THE VIOLINIST—D. H., Sebastopol, Sonoma County, Cal. The name of Ysaye, the violinist, is prenounced as if written ezay, sounding the © as in meat. Nor oN FiLE — Inquirer, City. Neither the American Patrtot nor the Monitor is kepton file in the reading-room of the Young Men's Christian Associafion DivipeNp—J. L., City. Up to date this year the Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association has not declared a dividend, but will probably declare one before the elose’ of the fiscal year ending June 30. THE APPROPRIATION—W. B. S., City. The ap- riation by Congress in 1890 was $998,410,- 229 55. THEY manipulate paper into every conceiv- able shape; print or bind it. Mysell & Rollins, 521°Clay street. ROYAL ORGESTER CORSETS. Each and every pair of Royal Worcester Corsets e the full name stamped inside on the linen tape at the waist. If the full name is not there they are not geuulne Royal Worcesters. The place to buy them is at the fitting-rooms, 10 Geary st., up stalrs, corner of Kearny, where they are fitted free. We can fit any form a any price and war- rant every pair. If you have not worn them you should try a pair. CHESTER F. WRIGHT, a Tegular company his term of service counts from ihe dateof his eniistment In the cadet company. A Guest-L. K. R, City. A person who by 10 Geary st., cor. Kearny. Interior merchants please address wholesas Tooms, 85 New Montgomery st., San Francisco. ] 4