The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 1, 1895, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1895. 11 LATEST OAKLAND EWS, Ysaye’s ldea for a Musical Conservatory Across the Bay. PROFESSORS FROM ABROAD. Louls Matheny Acquitted of Burg- lary and Now at Lib- erty. No definite conclusions have been reached regarding the forming in Oakland of a musical conservatory under the manage- ment of M. Ysaye, the great violinist. Those interested in the matter have had several conferences with the virtuoso, but his plans were so broad that they could not decide without much deliberation, and other meetings must be held before any- thing is decided. At the last meeting, at which Ysaye, his manager (Mr. Johnston), Mrs. Charles Webb Howard, Mrs. John L. Howard, Mrs. I. L. Requa, Miss Amy Requa, W. R. Davis, Q. A. Chase, John D. Metcalf, rested for battery. When Harbourne and Officer Conrad returned to the library they were again refused admittance. 3 “You are a usurper and haye no right here,” said Attorney Goodwin, who has been retained by the new board. _Harbourne then crossed over to theother side, jumped over the railing and went to the desk where the books are received. A young man named Crozier came up and wanted to get behind the railing to select a book. Harbourneattempted to wait upon him when Library Trustee Jansen put out his arms and shoved Harbourne away. ‘‘Arrest that man for battery,” excitedly exclaimed Harbourne snd the contesting trustee was informed that he should con- sider himself in custody. “You_ just wait a litile while,” said Jen- sen, and for the time hostilities were sus- pended. Wilson in the meanwhile stood near the receiving desk looking over a catalogue. Mrs. Bradford came in at this time and wanted to leave an old book and get a new one. Husband waited upon her, notwith- standing Harbourne made an attempt to do the same thing. The former stated to patrons that Harbourne was no longer the librarian, and that the library was closed. The old Jibrarian saw it was useless for him to attempt to conduct the library, and told others who came for books that the library was closed. Police Officer Conrad informed the new board that the City Attorney had given his o%i,nion when J. R. Knowland retorted, “Why does he not come here and back his opinion like a man?” A locksmith came into the library and Eroceeaed to fasten the door with a stout olt and Harbourne exclaimed, ‘‘Arrest that man!” but the locksmith was not dis- James Hamilton Howe and Horace A. Redfield were present, Ysaye outlined what he thought should be the plan of the conservatory. He said that it was high time that there was a great American school of music, and that in case he was put at the head of one he would select as assistants to himself three men from abroad, each to be in con- trol of a department, one for the piano, one for the ’cello and the third for the voice, he himself to be in charge of the violin department. Under-assistants to these should ‘be carefully selected Ameri- cans. He would exact rigid examinations for promotion and would advocate admit- ting only those who were well advanced in c and those who were found to possess es of genius. should be a great preparatory school connected with the conservatory, where others could be trained until suf- ficiently proficient to enter the higher school. Each student should agree to take a thorough and comprehensive course in theory and practice. He believed that the heads of depart- ments should be given liberal salaries and be allowed freedom to accept outside en- gagements, a course which would tend to advertise the conservatory. He left the matter of salaries and other details to the people who were considering the matter, and agreed to meet them again and talk the metter over. It is estimated that the buildings and other expenses commensurate with such an undertaking would cost from $200,000 to $250,000. Louis Matheny Free. A jury in Judge Ellsworth’s court found Louis Math, on a charge of burglary yesterday. is the second trial Matheny has successfully passed through. A short time ago he was ac- uitted on a charge .of murdering Officer Carroll Cook, counsel for the defendant, played a clever little trick on Deputy Dis- ct Attorney Lin Church. Before the pleas were delivered Attorney Church tried to get Cook to agree that neither of them should occupy more than two hours in sing. The latter would not agree to but instead he offered a proposition 1is own, which was that Church should occupy no more time in the closing than he would. The young deputy did not exert himself » his opening plea, but it was understood that he was saving all his energy and good ments till the finish, so that the im- sgion should be left strong in the minds But_when it came to Cook’s e refused to do so, submitting hout argument, thus com- ff Church from his closing Hickey Was Very Tricky. mas Hickey, the Salvation Army r, has” been captured. Sheriff 3 a telegram from Reno, g to that effect. Chief left for Nevada on last th the necessary papers al’s return. capture was made in a very er. It seems that he was 1 the brake beam of a freight train p when the latter fell off and d beyond recognition. Hickey then tried to play a shrewd game. He tely went to the officials and told 1 that the dead man was Thomas the Oakland jail-breaker. This, he would divert attention from him. e officers were suspicious of their illing informant and kept close hof him. They made up their minds t he was none other than Hickey him- As a result he was locked up, and a pho- iph was secured, which confirmed the icers’ suspicions. Hickey is the trusty o planned the Oaklana jail-break. ing the position he did, he had every »ortunity possible to make preparations for his escape. Wharfinger's Appointment. Mayor Davie has ordered Auditor Snow to withhold the salary warrant of City Wharfinger C. B. Rutherford. The Mayor ims that Rutherford was illegally ag)- pointed, having been placed in office by the City Council, while the Mayor thinks that the appointive power belongs to the Board of Public Works. To get his salary Rutherford will have to sue the city, and a decision in that event would involve the Mayor's contention. Davie has made similar objections before this in other offices. Residence Destroyed. The residence of Mrs. Hayward on Grove street, between Forty-second and Forty- third, was totally destroyed by fire just before midnight of Thursday. hen the fire was discovered no one was at home, Mrs. Hayward being at San Pablo and her daughter in San Francisco. The origin of the fire is a mystery, and will probably re- main so. Being out of the city limits there were no fire hydrants near, and so nothing could be done to extinguish the flames. The building and its contents were worth More New School Defects. The new schools, which have been the cause of much comment, are still causing trouble in the matter of sanitary arrange- ments. This time it is the Lafayette School on West and Seventeenth streets. The sewer is in such a bad condition that unless immediate repairs are made the school will have to be closed. Jean Thome’s Estate. Mrs. Adele Thome, widow of Jean Thome, who tried to his twq daughters an —committed suicide, has applied for letters of administration on the estate of her hus- band. The estate is valued at $1450. ettt hodie ALAMEDA. The new municipal board entered the library at the noon hour yesterday while the librarian was at lunch and took pos- session. The new board is composed of Robert Husband, J. R. Knowland and George Jensen. They were accompanied by Attorney J. W. Goodwin and Rev. Mahlon H. Wilson, pastor of the First Christian Church, who was placed in charge as librarian. ‘When J. W. Harbourne returned he tried to force his way behind the railing through the gate, but the men in possession denied him the right to enter. Harbourne imme- diately hunted up an officer and the two called upon the City Attorney, who favors the old board. . ‘When Officer Conrad asked for advice City Attorney Taylor hesitated before giv- it, but finally said that if the new board refused to.let Harbourne enterand put their bands upon him they could be ar- turbed and soon had the door securely bolted. Attorney Goodwin stated that the new board would close the library and take an inventory of the books. Hesaid: “The new trustrees hold their office by virtue of appointment of the City Trustees and all others are usurpers. e will only leave the library by force. They will have to use force to get us out of here. If City At- torney Taylor says that Harbourne is en- titled to remain here aslibrarian he doesn’t know what he is talking about.” . Police Officer Brampton went to the library room shortly after the new trustees took possession on a telephone message from City Trustee Clark to report thereand preserve order if necessary. George H. Mastick, a member of the old board, arrived on the scene shortly after 3 o'clock. ““We certainly intend to take some action,” said Mastick. ‘“We cannot allow anything like this to take place without objecting to it. I have been ex- pecting this, but did not think it would come so soon. It was a very unusual pro- ceeding. Why didn’t they go to law and not resort to force? It could have been easily arranged to_have got a hearing be- fore the Supreme Court in July, and a de- cision would be rendered in Aneust. This would have settled the whole matter.”” Jensen, Husband and Knowland con- tinued in possession during the afternoon, and their action was indorsed by City Trustee Clark. Librarian Harbourne was also there and busied himself in the refer- ence-room. *No one deprecates the fact of ur library being in the meshes of a contest more than 1 do,” said Mr. Knowland, “but I take the stand that there is a principle at stake. The present board was ap- rointed by the City Trustees, and we be- ieve in virtue of such appointment we are the regular governing body of the library. . “The old board refused to retire, and in justice to ourselves and to those who ap- pointed us we deemed it our duty to assert our rights. It was proposed by the old board that we submit an ‘agreed case,’ which would allow them to hold office until the matter was settled, which might be in six months, one year or perhaps until their terms had expired. ““I most earnestly desire that the present trouble be speedily settled, as the whole affair is decidedly distasteful to my family and self.” The old board retained Eiwood Bruner, who went before Superior Judge Frick in the afternoon and secured an injunction against- the. m forbidding them hold possession and from interfering in any manner with the management of the same. The new members will commence pro- ceedings at once, but in the meantime the old board has possession. BERKELEY. Two boys, aged 10 and 11 years, were ar- rested yesterday in West Berkeley and charged with robbing the hoase of Marion Wells, the sculptor, who lives on Fifth street. A few days ago Mr. Wellsreturned home rather unexpectedly, and caught the two boys who were arrested yesterday. On their persons were found keys, masks and other paraphernalia used by house-break- ers. They were locked up and charged | with petty larceny. One of them is a brother of Ross, one of the gang who robbed Kirkland & Trowbridg’s drugstore in Oakland a few weeks ago. Earley-Danielson Wedding. The marriage of Samuel L. Earley and Miss Edna Danielson of Lorin was cele- brated Thursday evening at the home of the bride’s parents on Alcatraz avenue. Rev. Mr, Sjolander performed the cere- mony. Only a few of the relatives and most intimate friends were present. Two Painful Accidents. William Graves, a brakemanon the local train, had the thumb of his right hand badly crushed while coupling an engine to a passenger-car late last night. 'own Engineer Huggins is suffering from a painful injury caused by dropping a piece of sewer pipe on one of his feet a few days ago, which will prevent him from walking for some time. Interesting Items. D. Winter, who for some time assisted in training the U. C. athletes now in the East, will return to Harvard University soon to pursue post-graduate studies. . The engagement of Miss Emma Holden of North Berkeley to Natbaniel T. Kerns has been announced. The wedding is to take place on the 21st of this month. Professor Carey and instructor Joseph Le Conte Jr. have gone on a camping trip to Kings River Canyon. ‘ The first meeting of the Board of Town Trustees under the new ordinance fixing the time of meeting on alternate Ftiday evenings instead of every Monday evening was held last night. Berkeley Lodge No. 270, I. 0. O. F., con- ferred the second and third degrees upon E. K. Cole Thursday night. Next Wednes- day evening the lo i:.wih §ay a fraternal Vi:% to Columbia Lodge No. 40, meda. TeE health authorities of a number of States have recently made exhaustive ex- aminations of the baking powders with the uniform result of finding the Royal supe- rior to all others. MISSION CHORAL SOCIETY. A Successfal Concert Given in Native Son’s Hall Last Even- ing. The Mission Choral Society had a large audience at the first concert of its fourth geason, which took place in Native Son’s Hall on Seventeenth street. The choir proved to be a well-trained one, though the sopranos and bassos rather pre&ominnud. The concert opened with the ‘‘Hallelujah Chorus,” which was capi- tally rendered, eonsiderin’g how hard it is for lady sopranos—boys’ voices seem to ‘wrestle more easily with its difficulties. “Who Knows What the Beils Say ?’’ was a very pretty little part song and was sung w‘ig:rgrent impression. The Knickerbocker Qi t sang ‘‘Rosebud Fair,”’ as well as seyeral encores, all of which were well re- ceived. Miss Millie Flinn, the soprano soloist of the concert, sang with sweetness and flexibility and the Ma: ni Mandolin Club, directed by F. D. Piccirillo, played some graceful music. THERE is no baking powder which pro- duces such sweet and tasteful food as the Royal Baking Powder, , at Ala- rs of the new- board | REV, RADER'S MANIFESTO, He Arraigns Oakland’s Coun- cil on the Saloon Question. A MASS-MEETING IS &ALLED. The Temperance People Will Wel- come an Election on Sun- day Closing. The officers of the Council for Suppres- sion of Saloons are far from satisfied with the manner in which the City Council has handled the ordinance presented at a re- cent session, calling for the closing of all places where liquors are soid from 6 ». M. Saturday night to 6 A. M. Monday morn- ing. The measure has been so amended as to almost entirely lose its original form, and a determined effort is to be made to bring the matter back to the shape in which it was first presented. Rev. William Rader, president of the organization which opposes the saloons, has issued a manifesto to the public in which he makes some caustic comments on the action of the city fathers in side- tracking the ordinance and urges the co- operation of all temperance people in the matter. 7 After reviewing the causes which led to the forming of the council for the sup- pression of saloons and of the framing of an ordinance in accordance with its wishes he goes on to say: First it was rejected by the Council because it had a defective title. The defect was kindly remedied, and when it ceame to be passed to rint was amended to close saloons 12 o’clock aturday night to 6 o’clock Monday morning. But this was not all. The last action of the Cquncil referred tbe mutilated ordinance to the judiciary committee to await an uncertain resurrection and recommended & special elec- tion in order to get the opinion of the people. It was first suggested to place several proposi- tions before the people ranging from a thou- sand-dollar license to prohibition. But the twofold proposition was finally agreed upon, namely, 1o close the saloons every day in the week or Sunday-closing. The difficulty is,how- ever, that the charter does not provide for such diction, Miss K. Hughes had an able paper in the *‘Class Prophesy.” The wit was keen without being too ascetic or per- sonally pointed and her delivery was pleasing. The audience was demonstrative toa vociferous degree and the evenin, abounded in pleasure for all concerned. Miss Kate O'Brien was the graduate, on whom honors were conferred with becom- ing and appropriate ceremony. The hon- orarily promoted ones were: Kate Hughes, Mamie Lerhinan, Tessie Kee- gan, Mary Dundon, Annie Madden. Mamie Gould, Mamie Reilly, Azalia Jubinville, Sophie Klevesahl, Pheebe Theall, Cicely O'Connor, Genevieve Cashman, Mary McQueeney, Annie Kennedy, Mary O’Connor, Katie Guild, Nora Coughlin, Annie Cavanagh, Nellie' Me- Kenna, May Cashman, May ' Devlin Carrie Peterson, Bessie O'Connor, Katie Fitzgerald, Minnie Walthour, Annie’ Fitzgerald, Alma Tobin, Grace Stusart, Lizzie Jory, Maggie Mellor, Katie Jory, May McGoldrick, Rita Reid, Bessie Christiansen, Kit enan, Christine Quinn, Mattie Tarrabocia, Mamie Leonard, Annie Re- an, Gertie Mellor, Norrie Boullet, May Moran, Katie Phelan, Letha Beauchamp, Mary Hen' nessy, Maggie Sheehan, Katie McConnell, Liz- zie Fitzgerald and Maniie Noonan. OAKLAND LADIES AT WAR, Building High Fences to Ob- struct Each Other’s View. Mrs. Troy Builds First, Then Mrs. Davis Retaliates, and They Are Enemies Now. After living in adjoining houses for the past sixteen years the families of Davis and Troy, on Kirkham street, have fallen out and have begun a fence-building war which threatens to rival the famous con- troversy between General Barnes and Dr. McDonald which led to the building of the tall structure between the two houses on Sutter street in which those gentlemen lived. Charles Davis built himself a cozy resi- dence at 913 Kirkham street in 1873, and moved there with his family. Being a member of the Police Department, he was naturally a peacegble and law-abiding citizen and paid little attention to his neighbors. In 1879 John H. Troy, who is now the local manager of an English insurance company, moved into the handsome resi- dence at 917, which is next door. For a little while all was harmonious THE FENCES BETWEEN THE HOUSES OF DAVIS AND TROY, an election, and no definite opinion has yet Dbeen given justifying such a step. If the elec- tion is held there may be some question as to the legality of asking the City to pay the bill, while other and very serious obstacles are likely to arise which may considerably em- barrass the whole movement. A cursory resume of the history of Sunday closing in Oskland shows first, a sirong, tavor- able public sentiment. Surely no Council could make & very serious mistake in voting for an ordinance supported so unanimously by the best citizens of this city. Second, that some of the members of the Council have fallen far below their pledge of the Wednesday night hearing before the com- mittee of the whole. Why did they recommend the ordinance if they did not intend to stand by it? yThirfl, that there is some power behind the Council which is controlling some of its mem- bers. Why this change of front? Why these deliberate attempts to escape the original proposition of Sunday closing? Why this ap- arent jockeying with the public wish? It is fimuy within the scope of this paper toinquire into the motives of men and to name the in- fluence upon the minds of several Council- men. We are inclined to think a struggle Is 5oing on between private business and public luty and there is no doubt that such need not only our sympathy but our practical support. The knife of the boycott is at work. When a man assumes the responsibility of a public serveant he must count the cost. We do not impugn the temperance sentiments of these men who are caught between the upper and nether millstones. But it is clear that they are the victims of some influence which may vet prove stronger than their personal convic- tions. The sitnation in brief s this: The original ordinance. after suffering a decided change, is in the hands of the Judiciary Committee. The Council recommended in its'place a vote of the people in & srecinl election, which may or may not be legally held, and which, if held, is ai- tended by many possible dificulties, The California Protective Association mean- while is smiling. The saloons are not dis- pleased with the present attitude of the Coun- cil, and the anti-saloon people are preparing for & great demonstration in the Tabernacle on Sunday night. ‘The temperance people have not asked for gl’ohihiflon, bul that the saloons be closed one ay in seven. They have not attempted, neither do they expect, to regulate private drinking by law. They afe asking for Sunday closing on the grounds of social 1\1!“%. They have a right to expect a fuifilment of the pledge made by the committee of the whole, sealed by their votes in the presence of the as- sembled multitude in the Council chamber. ‘We would welcome a fair election on a definite proposition provided the election be legal and without subterfuge. We hope to see our Coun- cilmen stand for the right, for the people and for mutual self-respeci. Also, the people who believe in the ordinance in question are earnestly urged to assemble in the Tabernacle on Sundayevening to participate in another demonstration calculated to exhibit the opinion of the people and prove the sirengtn |n‘d scope of the sentiment against the Sung&y saloon. A number of prominent speakers on tem- perance will address the mass-meeting mentioned and a monster petition to the City Council will be prepared. O0UR LADY OF MEROY. Annual Entertainment of the Academy and Graduating Exercises. The graduating exercises of the Academy of Our Lady of Mercy was held in the presence of a large audience in St. Bren- dans Hall last evening. The programme was elaborate and the participants were in sympathy with their auditors. Each number was well received and in the matter of talent and selection the exercises were exceptional. The reci- tations and vocal numbers gave evidence of that thoroughness of instruction and training for which the teachersare cele- brated the world over and many a parent's heart was made to expand with pride by the performances of their sons ans daugh- ters. The valedictory address of Miss K. O’Brien was worthy of the ovation which its_delivery caused. It was thoughtfuy and appropriate and without fault 1n its and the ladies of the two families talked from their back windows ina neighborly manner and exchanged the greetings of the day. Disagreements came, however, and now they cannot talk out of their win- | dows for huge thirty-feet fences shut out light and air from Mrs. Davis’ windows, and there is no love lost between the houses of Davis and Troy. In March last, aftera passage of words between them, a force of carpenters ap- peared in the grounds of the Troy mansion and began the erection of a fence along the side of the property adjoining the Davis lot. Great care was taken that the structure should not encroach on the prop- erty of the neighbor. Higher and higher it rose until the win- dows of the Davis residence were obscured, and still the artisans worked ou. Not until it had reached to the roof of the Davis home did the work cease and the carpenters retire. To keep it in place long braces were nailed to the window ledges of the Troy house and fastened to the fence. Long and earnestly did Mrs. Davis ponder on revenge, but could see none until she noticed that Mrs. Troy took sreat pleasure in sitting at her front win- ows and watching the electric-cars as they sped by on Eighth street. Thena thought struck her, and she hurried to a carpenter and straightaway made a con- tract for a tall fence of her own. The Troy home is considerably further back in the lot than that of the Davis fam- ily, which is nearest to Eighth street. A fence manx feet high was_erected, extend- ing from the side of the Davis house near- est to that of the Troys to the street, en- tirely cutting off the prospect. Then Mrs. Davis had the surface of the fence nearest her house painted, leaving the other. at which Mrs. Troy must per- force gaze if she looks that way, in the rough. She smiles with contentment now as she gazes at her handiwork. —————————— Cheerfulness of Science. The best that we gain from the pursuit of research is, I believe, our characteristic optimism. We are engaged in achieving results, and results of the most permanent and enduring quality. A business man may achieve a fortune; but time will dissi- pate it. A statesman may be the savior of a nation; but how long do nations live? Knowledge has no country, belongs to no class; but is the might of mankind, and it is mightier for what each of us has done. We have brought our stones, and they are built into the edifice and into its grandeur. My stone is a small one. It will certainly be forgotten that it is mine; nevertheless it will remain in piace. says a writer in the Science Monthly. i How different is the pessimism toward which literary men are seen to tend! Har- vard University lost James Russell Lowell in 1891 and Asa Gray in 1888. The Iletters of both these emirent men have been pub- lished. Lowell’s letters grow sad andp dis- couraged, and he gives way more and more to the pessimistic spirit. Gray is op- timistic steadily and to the end. The dif- ference was partly due to natural temper- ament, but chiefly, I think, to the influ- ence of their respective professions. The subject material of the literary man is familiar human nature and familiarhuman surroundings, and his task isto express the thoughts and dreams which these sug- gest. He must compete with the whole t, with all the genius that has been. here is nothing new under the sun, he exclaims. But to us it is a proverb con- tradicted by our daily experience.—The Popular Science Monthly. “TrE Royal Baking Powder is a cream of tartar powder of a high degree of merit, and does not contain either alum or phos- phates, or any injurious substances. “E. G. Love, Ph.D.,” Late U. 8. Government Chemist. IN THE FIDDLE'S SPELLI Boatswain’s Mate Ball and Quartermaster Murray Hear Ysaye. BACK AGAIN IN THE TEMPEST. Washed Overboard In a Storm of Mad Melody—A Vision of Muslc. Quartermaster John Murray and his chum, Bo'sun’s Mate William Jason Ball, came down from Mare 1sland yesterday on forty-eight hour's liberty and their cruise along shore can best be told in the inimita- ble words of Mr. Ball, whose diction is more flowery than that of his comrade, notwithstanding the quartermaster can trace a direct line, hand over hand, to the immortal Lindley of grammatical renown. officers of the Church Association are: Hen: Hufschmidt, John MeCulloch, Hugh Fraser, W. A. Williams, D. A. Mclntosh, S. rown, John F. H. Shle, Robert Smith E. C, Hare. The petition "will be heard on July 8 next in Judge Sanderson’s court. ——e—— THE HUNTER, HEIRS AGREE. Terms of a Compromise in a Bitterly Contested Case. Judge Coffey yesierday granted leave to compromise to the heirs of the estate of the late David Hunter. The disposition of the large estate has been contested in several courts. David Hunter left a will which was con- tested by the widow, Mrs. Joan Hunter, who claimed that her husband in his life- time had transferred to her by deed of gift all the realty mentioned in the will with the exception of two pieces. The validity of that deed was sustained by the court and yesterday it was announced that a settlement with the other heirs had been reached. There was an appeal pending from a judgment in a collateral issue in another court and all that remained was to obtain leave from the court for the executors to abandon that appeal. By the terms of the compromise Mrs. Hunter will pay all the legatees under the will and will give the residuary legatees, eight in number, $4500 each. The heirs agree that Mrs. Hunter should take all the realty as well as assume a lien “Jack and me steered clear of the run- ners at the ferry and mountin’ the fore- castle of a cable-car sailed uptown. After signin’ the log in a Kearny-street hotel we put out for a night’s quiet cruising. “ ‘Billy,” says Jack to me, ‘we’ll have no Midway or freak shows in ours to-night! We'll visit no Chinatowns and we'll take in no nickel-in-the-slot layouts!’ ’’ ‘““‘Aye, aye, Jack,’ says I, and we lay our course up Market street. It was head- wind saming all the way, and we had to make short tacks through the crowd that was blowin’ against us. We hove to at the door of a big theater where a lot of people was passin’ in, an’ the quartermas- ter says: * Bill, we'll fall in with the gang.’ 1 says, ‘Right,’ an’ we Fot our tickets, though the chap at the little porthole said the gallery entrance was two doors further down the street. Jack said, ‘Gallery b’ blowed!” and we went in. A young fel- ler in clawhammer mustering clothes almoet dropped dead in the gangway when he clapped his eyes on our seat numbers, and sized u¥ the two old shellbacks who had ’em. He said he could get us two much better seats for four bits apiece, and Isays: ‘All right, old man; heave ahead.” “He pilot=d us down close to the band, toak the dollar I handed him and gave us back our checks. Blest if they wasn’t the same seats we had bought of the chap who tried to_ sheer us off into the gallery, but Jacksaid, ‘Let it go! Sailors on shore al’a’s finds the shark, and we are lucky he didn’t clean us out entirely.” =~ “The folks kept coming in and soon we were surrounded by the swellest crowd ever two old bluejackets got into. Gents in full-dress shore uniform and ladies in clouds and clouds of cloth, balloon-jib sleeves, fans and flowers, climbed into the seats all about us. 7 “One swell said something to his girl about the ‘Piratesof Penitents being on shore,” an’ she gave us a long look and smiled. “Arter the band had played us a tune with lots of noise and very little music as we could see, the curtain wentup and a big man came out on the stage with a fiddle under his arm. He had the roughest sealion of a mane and the toughest-looking face on him I ever seed. That figurehead would scare every por- poise out of the ocean. ‘‘His togs fit him like ‘a tarpaulin throwed over a cask. But it was a square, ood, honest sort of face, and I settled sown contented-like to hear him give usa sing he was one of the band tune, suj play a while till the show got and wo ready. “The people around applauded him, so 1 thought i?they could stand his face and fiddle Jack and me could. “He got upon a little platform, where all hands could see him, an’ wiped his bow across the fiddle. It gavea catyowl that set my teeth on edge and made Jack uirm. Then he sawed the other way an’ Jack whispered: ‘If we get any more of that Il have to have a drink.’ “Then the hiE bushy-headed chap slewed over onto another string, and it sounded like a block-sheave singin’ out for grease. “I looked over at Jack, an’ he ’peared as ( though he was seasick. 1knew Jack was in a bad way, so I whirled round an’ asked the lady next to me if she could tell us where the bar was. She giggled softly, an’ the ‘Pirates-of-Penitents’ chap sang out: ‘Pipe down, you thundery marine !’ x}ejumped up, an’ though that infernal fiddle was settin’ me wild, I tried to get poor Jack through the thick crowd to the qnn way between the seats, when sud- denly the noise on the stage stopped and I heard sweet music come a-stealin’ over the footlights, soft and low, like the croon of summer winds over the sea. From far away it seemed to start, gettin’ nearer and nearer, till it was right aboard of us and a-singin’ through the rigging. Tach taut shroud rang in a treble to the bass of the light breeze blowing under the curved foot of the canvas. It was night, and the stars peeped out one by one until a million points of silver sparkled in the great blue sky above the bluer ocean. The little ripples, filled with the reflection from above, danced as though a numberless swarm of fireflies was.seftlin’ down on the water, and the faint tinkle of fairy bells sounded across the waves. The moon got up and in the shine of her big yellow wake I could see the mermaids a-swingin’ hand in hand over the round lift of the sea. ‘‘Jack and me dmpged back in our seats an’ quit breathing, Purty soon the feller leaned for’ard, took a fresh grip on his fiddle with his big white chin, and fairly jumped on that trembling thing. He shook all over like a ship when a mountain of water boards her, and he wentdown, down, until his lee-yardarms were buried twenty fathoms under the surge, an’ then the awful storm that howled out of that instru- ment! “The gale tore through the top-hamper with the shriek of a thousand devils, and sail after sail ripped out of the boltropes and went flutterin’ off like white ghosts in the night. The wire riggin’ carried away with a sharp twang, like barp strings, an’ the light spars snapped like pipestems. The ship went down again on her beam ends and I grabbed at the seat ahead of me to keep from washing overboard. I saw the boats all go, an’ the two men at the helm carried into the seaan’ the wheel, relieved from their grip, whirl 'round like lightnin’. Lord, the surging and pulling of things aloft. Guys, sheets and braces scxilumgd out in the wind like the clang of bells. “The air was full of the moan of the gale and the mad send of the sea flung us here and there till one’s head swam round and round. “I was jerked from my hold on the weather vang I had been clingin’ to and hurled in the wash of water over the lee rail and our ship was gone from my sight. Ifelt myself beat down under the awful weight of the waves, when that deyil fiddie aw;;ped and the sea flung me back on the eck. “Day broke and the gale was over. The wreck had been cleared away and a few sails were drawing on the jury masts an’ the music was murmurin’ softly among the broken gear. Half of the crew were gone an’ the rest of us was burying the dead sailor found jammed underthe spare booms. ‘The tune changed to a funeral hymn, an’ I heard the skipper read, ‘I am the resur- rection and the life’ Higher and higher went the sweet tones till they went right up to the sky, an’ the heavens themselves seemed to take up the words, ‘I know that my Redeemer liveth,’ an'—an’ I came to. The curtain was down, the peeogle gone an’ Jack an’ the chap who called us ‘Pirates of Penitents’ was tryin’ to get me on my feet an’ out into the gan; “I asked who the fi ay. dler was, an’ the swell said, ‘Isaiah.’ ” A Church to Dissolve. The Central Presbyterian Church proposes to dissolve. It filed a petition to be allowed to do so yesterday in the Suneriox Ceuxt. The of $2300 reserved by the executors and certain creditors’ claims to the aggregate amount of over $10,000. Mrs. Hunter also assumes the liability of judgments in suits defended by her husband, estimated at $4000 to $5000. Attorney Stratton for Mrs. Hunter stated that there was $35,000 in the estate to meet such contingent liabilities. He and G. R. B. Hayes for certain heirs stated that the proposed compromise was satis- factory to all the claimants, and Judge Coffey expressed a willingness to sign the necessary order to consummate it. A FREE LABOR BUREAU. The State Will Find Assistants for Manufacturers and Farmers. Commissioner Fitzgerald Is Deter~ mined to Drive Out Cooly Workmen. Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald’s plan of establishing a free labor bureau at his office, 215 Sansome street, has received the hearty indorsement of Governor Budd. The executive says that as soon as the bu- reau is in working order he will send to Mr. Fitzgerald to provide work for about 500 unemployed politicans who are making life a burden to him. The bureau will be opened on about July 15. The Commissioner is having printed a number of registration books wherein the namesof all applicants for work will be registered. There will be space for 30,000 names. He will also have a book of employers who desire help. The system upon which the bureau will be con- ducted will be different from any tried so far and its purpose will be twofold, the fur- nishing of work to the unemployed and the means of gathering statistics upon the labor question. Each applicant will fill out a form giving age, nativity, occupation, former employment, cost of house rent and, if married, the number in the family- Every person furnished with work will take to his new employer two postal cards. One will be returned to the bureau by the employer as soon as the applicant goes to work. The other will be sent to the burean as soon as the man leaves, with the rea- sons for his discharge, This will show the character of the laborers who fmss through the bureau. The laborers will also be re- uired to inform the bureau as soon as they leave their employment and the causes therefor before they will be per- mitted to re-register. This will operate as a string upon the unjust employer because too many complaints of poor food, bad uarters and harsh treatment will prevent the employer from obtaining any more help through the bureau. By this system the Commissioner expects to weed out the “hobo”’ element from the ranks of honest, unemployed laborers. He will endeavor to furnish work for women as well as men, and will have a room in his office where they may wait for a call for their services. Mr. Fitzgerald has been informed that as soon as he opens the bureau at least 4000 of the \memg%oyed of this City will register for places. e is gathering the names of those who employ Japanese and Chinese on their farms, and to them _he will appeal for work for the unemployed white people. Circulars will be sent all over the State to those who employ laborers, offering to fur- nish such help as will be required. The co-operation of all the labor unions will also be asked. Mr. Fitzgerald proposes to fill the places of 8000 Japanese laborers and innumerable Chinese with white men. One reason for so many coolies being employed is that the emg]lolyers have poor means of getting white help. All that is required to get coolies is to send to one or two labor contractors and the men are on the ground without further trouble. After the first six months of the bureau’s exist- ence Mr. Fitzgerald will furnish certificates of character and ability with all orders for men that he will fill. It will take six months or more to obtain the desired in- formation. Asthe bureau will be opened at the beginning of the harvest season the Commissioner expects to find places for all who sppg for work. A Contra Costa County farmer has prom- ised to take 100 men as soon as Mr. Fitz- gerald can send them to him. It is his in- tention to find work for skilled as well as unskilled workmen. The Unknown Soldier’s Grave. “‘Some weeks ago we mentioned the fact that there was a Confederate soldier’s grave in the Dablonega cemetery marked ‘un- known,’ but how it came that a soldier could be buried in a town like Dahlonega without some one knowing his name or something about him was a mystery. Since that article appeared we have ascertained the particulars. Late one afternoon dur- ing the war a man who said he was a Con- federate soldier appeared at the house of Jacob Hardin, who then resided twoamiles below Dahlonega, and said that he was sick and tived and wished to stop all night. Mr. Hardin, Samaritan like, took him in and provided for him as best he could. The soldier had remained but a very short while when he became delirious and grew worse and worse until the third day, when he passed away without giving his name. Mr, Hardin could get only two_persons to assist him in the interment—Buck Holt, a negro, and an old gentleman of the name of i‘{ollifield—txwh of whom have long since passed away.—Dahlonega (Ga.) Signal. THE NEED OF SLEEP. Insomnia That Perplexes the Fowers of the Physicians. It is probable, however, we quite admit, that the effect of night on individuals differs greatly. and that a process of natu- ral selection is continually at work, men who cannot bear night work avoiding it, while those to whom itis recuperative— and every journalist knows such men— throng into the professions in which site ting up, if not obligatory, is at least ad- vantageous. There are extraordinary dif- ferences of instinct in this respect, a few men being rally unable to bear night work, while a few others deliberately leave their whole work to be done after the sun disappeared, says the London Spectator. The incapacity and the faculty are cone nected in some way with the differences 1n the power of sleeping, which still remain among the perplexities of physicians, Why can some men sleep at will, and some “nervous” men, too, while others, some« times very ““heavy” men with apparently immovable nerves, are torture by in- somnia? Why, too, do some men seem to obtain sufficient rest with five hours’ sleep, while others require nine? Do some men “sleep slow,” as Mr. Smedley jocularly argued in one of his amusing stories, or do they actually require more sleep? We cannot answer the question any more than the doctors can, but we agree on one side of the subject most heartily with the British Medical Journal. Tne pog::lar prejudice against sleep works an infinity of mischief. There are plenty of sluggardseven amon; the cultivated class, but the sleep-sluggar is in that class a very rare specimen. The tendency of the educated is to wakefulness, and the man who does intellectual work and exhibits what his friends think a dis- position to_oversleep is obeying a healthy instinct. Sleep recuperates him, and he knows it. The popular notion thata young man who works with his head yet sleeps {for nine hours is a sluggard is popular non- sense. No man_ whose brain is active and who does not drink ever sleeps more than is good for him, and the cure, if he seems to do it, is to let him sleep till he gives his habit up. Sleep is a delight till you have had enough of it, but five minutes begond that . oint it becomes an insufferable bore. obody sleeps twice around the clock or once around the clock, unless impelled thereto consciously or unconsciously by exhaustion, for which again sleep is itsel the best and the most natural remedy. The contrary idea has arisen, as we be« lieve, purely from selfishness, the extremea inconvenience and hounsehold upsetting which arises when any one necessary member of the family will not ‘“keep hours.” Women, we fear, are constantly injured by the demands made on them in this respect, and so not unfrequently are men, the penalty in_the former sex being paid in the shape of nerves on edge, and in the latter in a kind of weariness most fatal to fruitful intellectual exertion. We suppose seven hours of sleep suffices for the majority, or they would not have fixed upon that period as the proper stint, but numbers of young men positively re- quire eight, and half the women who think would be the better for ten. There is na rule, of course, and can be none, any more than there can be a rule as to the precise quantity of food which benefits an indi- vidual, but opinion should be more merci+ ful than it is, It has hardened itself from studying an old experience, and forgets that in our day the nerves are twice as much tried as they were a cem.url:vl ago, and that the grand medicine for the mnerves and brain is continuous sleep. Wake any animal from sleep before it has done sleepe ing and see what its temper is like. . THE RELIGION OF JAPAN. A Christian Missionary Who Has Une usual Ideas About It. An American missionary to Japan, who has spent many yearsin trying to chris- tianize the Japanese, isthe Rev. L. H. de Forest, who recently spoke in Brooklyn upon the subject. His opinions are of peculiar interest as coming from a mis sionary, and a few of them are contained in the ensuing sentences: ‘It is time to quit calling the Japanese heathen. We should cease to sing about them, as the heathen who bow down to worship images of wood and stone. This thing of describing everybody excepting ourselves as idolators, in the interest of Christianity, ought to stop. We must change our ways of thinking and talking about the Japanese. While I am con- vinced that Christianity is the true faith, I believe that there is some truth and reve- lation in the Japanese religion. “The church, while carrying on mise sionary work in Japan, must be as polite toward the Japanese religion as is our Government toward the Government of Japan. Our missionary maps are often made in black and white patches, to show how white we are and kow black are all the people we call heathen. We white- wash ourselves and make our own country white, just as though vice and crime were not rampant here. Our forefathers divided the religions of the world into two classes, calling our relizion the true one and the others false; but it is now recognized that there is some revealed truth in all reli- gions. The Japanese have glimpses of the Supreme Being, and now we can lead them onward to a better view.” The foregoing sentences, which were uttered by the Reyv. Mr. de Forest in Brooklyn, are detached from their elabo- rate context, but are in %erfect conformity with it, says the New York Sun. They give evidence that at least one missionary of the Congregational church has en- larged hisreligious ideas during the twenty years of his residence among the Jap- anese. The Republic of France proposes to tax people who continue to use the titles of the old regime. Therate for a prince is to be 1000 francs a year, for a duke 800 francs and for a marquis 700 francs. The lowest tax is to be 100 francs for a man who uses a single prefix with his name. 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