The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 9, 1895, Page 10

i f 10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 1895. GOLD MINES OF ALASKA They Are Unusually Rich Along the Shores of Cooks Inlet. HARDSHIPS MINERS UNDERGO. Death Is the Fate of Many—Fortunes Burled in the Wild Northern Wastes. “The real Alaskan gold rush has not | broken out yet,” said J. M. Rushton yes- terday, in speaking of mining interests in the bleak northern wastes, where the vellow metal is said to lie so deep and so Tich in the pocket and far down beneath the frozen crust of the earth. Mr. Rushton has but recently returned from the upper- most point of Cooks Inlet, where he has for years been interested in mining. “It is coming, though,” he added, re- ferring to the rush, “‘and that very shortly, too, mark my words. There have been | spasmodic movements northward by par- | ties of miners, but they have not amounted to much owing to the ignorance of the country and climate of those who went, and their underestimate of the require- ments necessary to successfully carry on | their work. Then, again, the majority | went to the Yukon district, working their | the residents stood together. He thought that much of the neglect of the district was caused by the non-resident owners, whose only interest was in keeping down their expenses. ‘‘Chief Crowley,” said he, “knows that his men cannot patrol this district proper- ly. Asaresult the honest working boys are not allowed to play on the vacant lots at night, but are forced to go to their homes. This is because the police are afraid something might be done. Now, I call that an unjust discrimination.” ‘Ward then urged that the residents assist in getting Behrend Joost’s franchise for a new electric streetcar line to run from Church to Twenty-tifth street and thence directly to the ar{c. He reminded them that it was the building of Mr. Joost’s line that had obtained the Twenty-ninth street and China-avenue extensions on the Mis- sion road. He wassure that the way to insure direct communication with the CLiff and park was by assisting Mr. Joost to get his franchise. A. P. Van Duzer told of what the Fol- som-street residents had accomplished by united action. He advised the citizens that they would never get anything unless they asked for it, and the crowd cheered their assent. - Major B. McKinne said that the Fair- mount district would be on the line of im- rovements when the building of the San Joaquin Valley road was commenced. He urged the necessity of showing the Super- visors why the improvements asked were needed, and cited instances of the reason- able disposition of the present board. Resolutions were presented by J. J. Toohy. They provided that Toohy, George Stodard, John McCauley and Theodore Garnier be appointed a committee to wait on the Supervisors and assure that body that the Fairmount Improvement Club and the other residents of the Noe Valley, Mission, Fairmount and Ocean View dis- tricts_desired the passage of order 2306, granting franchises for the building of branches or feeders to the San Mateo line THE GOLD MINES AROUND COOKS INLET. THE CROSSES INDI- CATE THE LOCATION OF SOME OF THE MINES. way up the river. By this route it was | necessary that prospectors should put in two vears at least, as the severe seasons necessitated it. “Now, however, there is a better way of tapping the wealth of our wild northern | territory and that is being sought by bands of miners from all along the coast. Thisis up Cooks Inlet as far as Turnagain Bay, or Arm as we call it up there, and the Knik River. It is easy to get transportation up the inlet, although there is no means yet of taking machinery or any heavy para- phernalia which might be used in develop- ing the rich mines which are to be located allalong the northern shoresof the inlet and inland for one knows not how many miles. The weather, too, is very mild in compari- son with that by the Yukon route. From the Knik River down along Turnagain Arm gold is very plentiful, and if the proper machinery could only be taken to the spot and these rich deposits could be worked, there would be untold millions in it. All the miners who go there agree: upon this and only regret their helpless- ness in developing the mines. “Surface mining and placer work farther up have been proving very profitable of late. Some pockets have been found which turned out metal of the purest kind. I know one man, Randall, from Montana, who cleaned up $7000 in one season. This find was near the northeast bank of Knick River. “Another feature of the Cooks Inlet open- ing into Alaska, aside from its richness, is that it is a better route to the Yukon River than theold way, and it does not necessitate the shutting of ourselves up for two years, as miners, if they wish, can return inside of the year. The great mistake which many prospectors make is that they do not go proverly prepared to prosecute their work. They seem to_ forget that in enter- ing upon the journey into Alaska they are | cuitine themselves off from the world. “When supplies run short they cannot send down to some convenient camp for fresh supplies. Their plans must.be ar- ranged before they start, and in reckoning upon their supply of provisions according to their stay they must even take into con- sideration the possibilities of disaster or accident. Their hife may depend upon this precaution. ‘‘One more thing about Alaskan mining: The country in some parts is a graveyard for the bones of miners and prospectors who have given up the battle for fortune overcome by hardships—some from the severity of the weather, and others from starvation. Many of these have succumbed while they had a fortune in their posses- sion, and were seeking to find their way to the coast or some native shelter. | “There are many who wander inland during the open season, and in their eager search forget the time and are overtaken by the snow and ice. Sometimes the na- tives, who are disposed to be friendly, will rescue one of these and keep him over the winter and he will return to friends who had given him up for dead. In the major- ity of cases those lost are gone forever, In the Chigmit Mountains, northwestward of the inlet, there are many treacherous | places for prospectors. Two seasons ago the vodies of two prospectors were found there. They had got lostin a snowstorm and succumbed to exposure. “‘Among their possessions the finders of the bodies discovered over $20,000 in gold. Alaskan miners will tell vou that there are dozens of buried fortunes in Alaska, and they are right. Miners hurrying to the camps and seashore often cache their treas- ure, intending to return the next season for it. They find death on their journey, and their hidden wealth lies in the earth from whence it was taken, Yes, Alaska is a cold country, and the miner who goes there unprepared for every emergency usually gets a cold deal.”” — THE NEEDS OF FAIRMOUNT Citizens of the District Are j dead.’ Enthusiastic for Im- provements. The Supervisors to Be Requested to Grant the Franchise Asked by Mr. Joost. An enthusiastic mass-meeting of Mis- sion residents was held at the Fairmount schoolhouse last night, under the auspices of the Fairmount Improvement Club. Its object was to urge the Supervisors to give the district assistance in obtaining better streetear facilities, police protection, water and light. There were many speakers. William McLaughlin urged the necessity of united action. J.J. Ward also declared that the district would receive nothing unless all of electric cars. The resolutions carried without a dissenting voice. Owing to the insufficiency of police pro- tection the club has taken the matter of atrolling tht districts inito its own hands. ¥hree special policemen bkave been chosen were by the club. They are J. Hansen, J. Mc- Cauley and Cbris Stader. They are to act without pa CHRISTIAN ~ CONVENTION. California Christian Alliance Organized and Officers Elected. Sermons at Two Meetings by Rev. A. B. Simpson and Rev. Stephen Merritt. An organization which will be known as the California Christian Alliance was formed at the meeting of the Christian Convention in Howard Presbyterian | Church yesterday afternoon. Rev. Stephen Merritt delivered the pre- liminary sermon. Among other things he said: “God is getting the right of way. Heis moving on in channels where you do not expect the manifestations of his power. There was a time when I had thought the only way of salvation was through the Methodist church. I have sung, iustily, ‘I'm a Methodist born, a Methodist bred, and when 1 am gone I'll bea Methcdist Now Iam a Methodist, a Presby- terian, a Lutheran—in fact, I know what the Man of revered memory meant by ‘I am all things to all men.’ ” Describing a service of the Friends and the manifestation of power shown there, he said: “It is the highest power mam- fested there, and that is what we want. The Christian Alliance jis the simplest thing I know. Its simplicity is one cause of its efhcacy. We want little of organiza- tion, less of man and all of God. The alli- ance is a four-fold gospel. Its tenetsare justification by faith, sanctification by spirit, divine life (I don’t like the term healing) and the sure and speedy coming of Christ.” The congregation then elected the follow- ing persons, who will constitute the board of managers of the alliance, Rev. T. J. Arnold of Santa Rosa actiug as president and A. E. Kellogg as secretary during the selection of members: Rev. T. J. Arnold, George S. Montgomery of Beulah, Miss Carrie Judd Montgomer.)f of Beulah, Rev. J.H. Allen of Oakland.J. M. Overton of Santa Rosa, W. W. Stovall, A. E. Kellogg, Mrs. A. B. Love of Oakland, Mrs. S. A, Kelly, Mrs. Shaw of Naga. John Ragan of Alameda, Mrs. C. A. Stevens of Walnut Creek, Mrs. T. H. Glyde of Sacramento, Mrs. T. H. B. Anderson of S8acramento, H. C. Waddell of Winters, Mrs. Walter Per- kins of San Jose, Mrs. J. C. Remington of San Jose, Mrs. E. B. Mead, Mrs. H. A. Stephenson of Oakland, Mr. and Mrs. Mec- Crea of Bodega, D. L. Monroe of Stocktan, Miss Sarah B. Hail, Mr. and Mrs. A. Cop- lin of Oakland, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Cogs- well of Oakland, Mrs. J. P. Bell of Qak- land, George Harter of San Jose, Miss Clara Howard of San Jose. The board elected officers as follows: Rev. T. J. Arnold, president; C. F. Crit- tenton, George S. ontgomerwf Beulah, H. C. Waddell of Winters, A.'W. Dennett, A. B. Gove, Miss Clara Howard of San Jose, vice-presidents; A. E. Kellogg, sec- retary: Mrs. S. A, Kefiley, treasurer; Mrs, Carrie Judd Montgomery of Beulah, Mrs. H. A. Stephenson_of Oakland, Mrs. A. R. Cogswell, Rev. J. H. Allen of Santa Rosa, A. Coplin of Oakland, Mrs, J. P. Bell and John Ragan, members of the executive committee. It was arranged that the first meeting of the board of mnm}xyrs is to be heldat1 P. M. on the first Thursday of August at the alliance rooms, Clay street and Fif- teenth avenue. Rev. A. B. Simpson congratulated the congregation on having effected so strong an orgamzation, and preached a short sermon on “Faith.” i ‘Wanted in the Sanctuary. _The sexten, a short, bony individual tiptoed to the church doory and look anxiously up and down the street. There Was no one in sight, except an innocent, harmless, rag; tramp. The sexton lonefil ;t him| tn‘mume‘;lt and hesitated, ly he went forward, doubtfull touched Weary Walker on the stomiior o - “Ibeg your vardon,” he said, timidly, “but would ¥ou mind coming inside for a few minutes? The minister wants to say "MZh:e“ brethren,’ and there’s only me in church.”—Boston Budget, PAPER WITH WATERMARKS United States Postage Stamps Will Hereafter Be Printed on It. TO PREVENT COUNTERFEITING. A Local Collector to Be Honored by the American Philatellc Association. Watermarked paper is now being used for the first time in the postal history of the United States in the printing of post- age stamps. It has been generally ac- knowledged that the encraving used in connection with the printing of the stamps of this country has been some of the finest ever produced, and upon this fact the de- partment has largely relied to prevent counterfeiting. Since the transfer of the contract for printing to the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing has been made, Lhm\'ever, the printing has been far inferior that done by the former contractors, and it is believed that this fact led to the recent attempt in Canada to counterfeit the current 2-cent stamps. Never before had such an attempt been made, and the adoption of watermarked paperis believed to have been induced by the desire to add further difficulty to any repetition of the fraud. The water mark consists of the letters “U. 8. P. § in large capitals, one letter appearing in each stamp. : This innovation is a matter of great in- terest to collectors. It is only recently, comparatively speaking, that the bureau has taken up the work of printing the stamps for the Government, and when they took over the old plates from the pre- vious contractors a slight modification was made in the design. It consisted of a tri- angular trefoil-like ornament in each of the upper corners. This virtually made an entirely new issue from the philatelist’s standpoint. Now that watermarked paper is being used another new issue bhas been created, and owing to the compara- tively short time that the burean printed its product on unwatermarked paper some of the denominations of the latter are cer- tain to become rare, and it is not unlikely that they will show the same extraordinary rise in value that attended the renowned Columbians. Mention has already been made in these columns of the corner successfully operated by a New York firm in the $1 value cf the Columbign series. This stamp is now be- ing sold for $7 a copy. Evidently encour- aged by the success achieved in this stamp, & Philadelphia dealer is now operating to secure a corner in the $2 stamp of the same sue, Scarcely a dealer or prominent col- lector in this city but has received a note asking him if he had any of these for sale and offering to buy all specimens for cash, | providing the price was right. Few, how- ever, cared to part with such as they had. 1t is also learned that the same person has been operating in a similar manner throughout the country. Frank Koenig, president of the Pacific Philatelic Society, the local branch of the American Philatelic Association, recently moved into his new bachelor quarters, and as a sort of house-warming, invited the so- ciety to hold its regular monthly meeting therein. It proved one of the most notable and interesting ever held by the society. Cominunications were read from the Pittsburg and Chicago branch societies of the association, suggesting candidates for the various officers to be voted for at the annual convention of the American Phila- telic Association, which will be held at Clayton, N. Y., near the head of the Thou- sand Isles, beginning on the 13th of Augnst and continuing for five days. _ Heretofore, neither California nor the Pacific Coast has been represented on the board of officers of the national association, but there is now a general desire to honor one of the local collectors. The names of H. J. Crocker and H. B. Phillips, both prominent members of the Pacific Philatelic Society, were suggested but Mr. Crocker withdrew his claims, an in consequence Mr. Phillips’ election as vice-president is almost assured. The name of B. C. Kenyon of Los Angeles has also been mentioned in this connection. Much gratification was expressed at the consideration shown the Pacific Coast con- tingent, and after due deliberation it was decided to_indorse the following ticket: President, W. C. Vanderlip, Boston; vict president, H. B. Phillips, San Francisco; treasurer, N. W. Chandler, Collinsville, I1L.; secretary, W. C. Stone, Mass.; inter- national secretary, E. Doeblin, Pittsburg. A library fund was started and several liberal contributions were made to it. Mr. Folte donated quite a number of valuable books, and was tendered a vote of thanks for his generosity. After the formal adjournment of the meeting all present were invited to partake of the refreshments provided by the host of the evening. Toasts were in order during the repast. Mr. Koenig responded to “The Pacific Philatelic Society,” H. J. Crocker to “The host of the evening and his elegant rooms,” and A. Greenebaum took occasion to extend to W. Sellschopp, one of the local stamp-dealers, who was among those present, the best wishes of the society and its guests for the success of his trip to Europe. Mr. Sellschopp left by the overiand train this morning, and expects to be gone about five months. His tour will be one of busi- ness and pleasure combined. He was ac- companied by his family, and will make his headquarters at the home of his parents, in Rostock, Germany. For the purpose of exchange he took with him about $10,000 worth of stamps, stamped enveloges, wrappers and post.ai cards, mostly those of the countries bor- dering the Pacific Ocean, of which he makes a specialty, such as Guatemala, Hongkong, S8amoa, China, Japan, Hawaii, Tonga, Cooks Island. e also carried along 1000 sets of the United States Colum- bian issue, from 1 cent to 50 centinclusive, these stamps being in strong demand on the other side of the Atlantic. His itinerary includes a dozen cities and towns in Germany, two each in England, Belgium, Holland and Austria, and Paris. In going a short stop will be made in Chi- cago and New York, and in returning so- journs will be made in about a dozen cities, including Boston, Philadelphia, Washing- ton, Omaha, Denver and Salt Lake, Mr. Sellschopp also has quite a number of com- missions from collectorsall over the United States to secure varieties for them. Not many weeks ago there was published in the CALL the story of the discovery of a specimen of the exceedingly rare Ha- waiian Missionary stamp and its sale to H. J. Crocker for $350. The tale was read i by alady in San Jose, and she wrote Mr. Crocker stating that she had a specimen of the same sums and was desirous of sellin it. ‘He responded, asking her to forwas it. Instead, she came to see him per- sonally, and submitted the specimen to him, with the result that he purchased it, for what amount Mr. Crocker did not de- sire to state. It was even a finer specimen than that he had first purchased, and was on the original letter. According to the story told by the lady the letter had.been addressed to her father from a town in_Massachusetts, and came into her possession with other effects of his. She was one day engaged in burning up a lot of old letters, this one among them, when her nepnew, who was present, per- suaded her to preserve this one, stating that he was certain the stamp was a valua- ble one. It is a 5-cent stamp, but is a slightly different variety from that already pos- sessed by Mr. Crocker, and will conse- quently find a place in his album. Quite a lucky find was made_in the old City Hall a day or two before Jake Rauer began the work of its demolition. A stam collector wandered into the building and, with the instinct of the true philate- ” tist, began a search among the piles of old documents and papers that were aban- doned with the building. He had about given up his search for the old and rare stamp when his eyes caught sight of the prpgecting corner of an envelope, embossed with a 10-cent green stamp of the second stamped envelope issue of the United States. He quickly drew it forth.and felt amply rewarded tyor his enterprise when he found that he had secured s stamp that was catalogued at $25. All further search, however, proved barren of results. Letters have been received by a number of local collectors stating that C. W. Kissinger of Reading, Pa., the originator of the Philatelic Sons of America, one of the National societies of stamp collectors of the United States, will pay il‘:’is City a visit during August. Among the 1features to be Erovlded or the entertainment will be a anquet tendered by one of the local philatelic societies. A LAD'S PRESENCE OF MIND. How a Jersey City Schoolboy Averted a Panic. Robert Bain recently prevented a serious accident in Public School No. 23 at Marion, near Jersey City. There were sounds of panic from the room beneath his class- room, and no one can tell how many children might have been injured but for his cool head and quick thinking. He did what any bright American boy should have done, but what scarcely one boy in a thousand would have done. ‘The two lower floors of the Marion Public School are occupied by the classes of the primary department and the top floor is occupied by the grammar department. The building is heated by steam. One of the radiator valves was broken off the other day. While waiting for a chance to repair the break the janitor carefully turned off the steam at this radiator and fitted a tight wooden plugin place of the broken valve. Some very foolish person, either for the sake of a joie or from a habit of meddling with things without asking leave, turned on the steam. The radiator was in one of the classrooms of the upper primary floor—that is, the middle floor of a}:eb}mi ding—says George Harper’s Round able. The wooden plug was shot out of the radiator with a report like a pistol shot at a quarter Fast 10 o'clock in the morning. Every child in the room rushed screaming toward the sliding door leading to the stairway. So fierce was the impetus of the crowd that the door was twisted off its tracks and turned halfway around. Miss Agnes_Carlen, the teacher, was unable to control the children, for they had swept past her before she really understood what ad happened. She stood helpless, half fainting, fearing that the heavy sliding door would fall and crush her pupils. At the moment of the explosion and snnic the boys and girls of the grammar lepartment on the top floor were almost panic-stricken. They heard the loud re- port beneath them,” the hissing of steam, the sereams and the swift trampling feet. Every one was scrambling up from his desk, when Robert Bain jumped out into the aisle and cried: “Keep your seats. There’s no danger if you stay where you are.” Those words stopped the rush like magic Seeing Bain’s coolness and courage all the others were ashamed to show themselves cowards. 1t was not so much the words he uttered as his manner in_saying them that jswayed the crowd. His fone not only showed that he was not frightened, but the order rang out sharply an&{confidenuy as if the boy knew he would be obeyed. What would have happened if youn Bain had not spoken at the right moment? Very likely the children would have rushed out, like Miss Carlen’s pupils, before they could be checked. A steep stairway lay before them and probably many of them would have been gadly hurt, if not killed, in the wild downward flight. Robert Bain is fourth sergeant in one of the two cadet companies of the Marion Public School. He was very happy, but also full of blushes, when Mr. Du Rie, the rincipal of the school, complimented him fore all his friends. If every boy who reads of his brave act will nu.ze up his mind to keep cool in any pas he will have paid the best possible compli- ment to Robert Bain. THE SIGN-PAINTER. Put His Daub on Fort Sumter, but the Bees Routed Him. The experience of a sign-painter at Fort Sumter makes a diverting story: “You see, [ got a donkey to take me over from Charleston in one of those little boats that they sail down there closer to the wind than anything I ever saw before. The fort was unoccupied, except by an old soldier, who showed me all over the place. ‘Have a drink, corporal?’ said I to him after a while. ‘No objections,’ said he, and we walked and talked a little further. ‘Pretty lonesome here, eh, sergeant? ‘Very, in- deed,” answered the old duck, warning me as I breveted him a higher rade every two or three minutes. ‘Ah,’ said I, ‘it's a tough old biz, the army, ain’t it, lieutenant?’ ‘Faith an’ it is. upon melife,'saidjhe. Well I brought my flask out again an presse it upon him. ‘Now, look here captain,’ said I, ‘you don’t mind me painting a sign around the old fort, do you?’ ‘Nota bit, my son; paint as much as ye plaze,’ he answered, quite willingly, and away I went to work, finishing the lettering before sun- down, says the Chicago Times-Herald, “‘That little business nearly got me into trouble, and I left Charleston in a hurry. Nearly asbad as the time I was painting ‘Dr. Didler’s Elixir of Life’ on a beehive, I was walking along the railway track with my pots and brushes, and saw the hive, which wasin A No. 1 position, bound to be seen by everybody on the trains. Istole up to it and slathered on the paint, taking care not to make much noise. Buz-z-z! One little fellow came to look at me, then another, and then a score or more all at once. They didn't seem to object—in fact, seemed to admire the richness of the col- oring; but in slinging my leg over the top of the hive I upset my can of turpentine, and not one bee in the crowd woulg listen to a word of reason. I was laid up for a week or two after that; but I can’t be quiet long; it ain’t in me to be still; I'm an out and out Yankee, and it warms my heart to be off with the paints—and it ain’t incumbent npon me now.” — - Embassador Bayard’s Tip. Embassador Bayard, whatever his diplo- matic prestige, is not known as a joker, so the victim in this case blames uttons, although some of the others who were present are suspicious that our representa- tive at the court of 8t. James saw his op- portunity and helped it along. It was Wwhen Mr. Bayard made his brief visit home last winter. "A dozen newspaper men went down to quarantine to meet him. They boarded the steamship and discov- ered the Embassador leaning against the rail, surrounded by a group oFmen and women. The newspaper men decided not to frighten him by a combined onslaughrt, and appointed one of their number to do the interviewing. The delegate, it hap- pened, bears the time-honored name of Smith. Calling one of the junior assistant stewards, Mr. Smith handed him his card, with the request to take it to Mr. Bayard, at the same time r]ropgz’ng adime and a y nickel as a tip into the 's outstretched hand. The lad hurried away while the report- ers awaited the issue” with complacency. In a few minutes he returned and ex-| tended the card and the mone%with these words: *‘Mr. Bayard sends his compli- ments to Mr. Smith, and desires to state that while he has' the honor of the ac- quaintance of many Mr. Smiths he does gggt?gember any Mr. Smith who owes 15 . “W-what!” demanded the newsgatherers ina bod{. “What in the name of Horace Greeley have you done?” “Why, I gave Mr. Bgyard the card and the 15 cents as you told me to do, and told him that you sent them. That's all,” re- glied the boy calmly.—New York Evening un. ———— Greece has 490,000 women over 20 years of age. THE RICHMOND DISTRICT, Improvement Association Is to Meet on Wednesday Evening. SOME TOPICS OF INTEREST. ~ Numerous Improvements Under Way—Sutro School Closing Exercises. President Charles N. Hubbs of the Rich- mond Improvement Association hascalled a meeting for Wednesday evening at Sim- onds’ Hall, Fourth avenue and Californa street. Some very important matters per- taining to public improvements are to be discussed. T. G. Parker’s association, the Point Lo- bos Improvement Club, will not meet until the night before the Park Commissioners meet. Its chief topic isthe Point Lobos avenue franchise, and it is vigorously pro- testing against any extension of time. Closing exercises of the Sutro Primary School were held last Wednesday after- noon, and reflected great credit upon the principal, Miss Magner. The pupils taking a prominent part in the programme were Lillie Bennett, Everett Ohnimus, Millie Kessel, Charles Schaefer, Joseph Farrell, Carl Turnbull, Ruby Ben- nett, William Schram, Wiiliam McPhie, Emmett Hawley, Allen McPhie, Ella Paton, Elmo Cope, Gilbert Shearer and Jesse Cope. Contractor Warren has several scrapers and plows at work on McDowell avenue, at the Presidio. In its valuable column of brief para- graphs the Richmond Banner notes the very latest improvements, besides covering the general news. The following are taken from it: B. I. Taylor, the builder, is doing good work on T. G. Parker's new residence on Second ave- nue, near Lake street, George M. Coon’s new dwelling-house on Clement street, near Fifth avenue, is being rap- idly constructed. It is nicely planned. Preliminary work on the Star of the Sea pa- rochial school was done this week. The prop- erty was surveyed and a fence inclosure con- structed. The wigwam building on Clement street was taken down early this week and the trucks for the new Sutro cars removed. Frank Vollmer, the popular mail-carrier, will erect a nice cottage on Second avenue, between Clement and California streets, Work on the Sutro carhouse at Clement street and Thirty-second avenue was begun this week. The following is the committee appointed to attend to the enlarging of the Richmond Con- gregnflonll Chnreh: Angus Mackillop, Andrew Whittlesey and Alfred Smith. Already a large sum has been subscribed, and in the near future a larger structure will be opened to welcome all the residents of Richmond. F. W. Fuller has commenced grading opera- tions on the block bounded by Twenty-fiith and Twenty-sixth avenues, Lake and California streets. The work will Mr. Fuller will erect & Landsome $4. house on one of the corners of this block during the summer. It also has the following Presidio notes: Duplicate pumps and machinery are to bo grdered for the new pumping works at the residio. Major Humphrey of the quartermaster’s de- partment has made a careful estimate of the cost of the Presidio Heights sewer and finds it will cost $18,000. Its immediate construction will be strongly recommended to the Board of Superyisors. Quartermaster-General R. N. Batchelder, U. S. A, will arnive in this City this month and inspect the posts here and the improvements in progress and contemplation at lEe Presidio. General Batchelder was formerly stationed in this City, has always taken aZfriendly interest in it and is an enterprising and progressive man. The Banner advocates Patrick Farrell for superintendent of the City Cemetery. Denis Keller, a Geary-street car-con- ductor, and Miss Emma’ Schroeder were married by Rev. Philip Coombe last month. Editor James Bowlan hopes to make the ‘Western Addition Expositor the best advocate of the interests of his neighbor- hood. His coupon contest for aspirants to the position of superintendent of the City Cemeterf' shows the following vote so far: P. Farrell 158, T. G. Parker 108, P. L. Hen- derson 44, A. Gonzales 24, 8. Kelleher 1. A. Gonzales has withdrawn. Ina writeup of the advantages of the Richmond district in his last issue Mr. Bowlan has this to say relative to the Point Lobos avenue franchise: The street railway facilities are not up to the standard by reason of the tardiness of the Market-street railway system in not adhering to the franchise granted them, yet the time is not far distant when the district will be the equal of any portion of the City as regards such facilities. The Point Lobos Improvement Club has already prepared petitions which are being signed by the property-owners for presentation to the Park Commissioners and the Board of Supervisors, supplicating that no further time be extended., The time of the franchise has expired and it should be for- feited. Such a forfeiture would bring enter- gllnmg men into the field who would gladl: uild a road, and one that has been mucg needed fo: years. The club feels assured that the prayer will be granted. ANCIENT TELEGRAPHY. Alexander’s Quickest Way of Sending Messages—01d Stations in France. _ The old telegraph stations of France are interesting relics of the past, and, where they have been allowed to remain, form a feature of the landscape. They were of two kinds, the square towers and the round towers. They consisted of two stories, and the index signals, of wood or light iron, were mounted on the top of a pole on the roof. A Iadder ran up this pole, so that the signals might be reached and moved by hand. The telegraphers were provided with telescopes, and there was always somebody on the roof to note the sigualu made at the neighboring stations. The progress of a message at night was n.uturnllfl slower than the day tranamis- sion. The words were fewer at night, also, because the small lanterns nflixes to the indexes could occupy only a certain num- ber of positions without bein, extinguished, The tirst Bonaparte exunged the line of these stations to Milan, then to Mayence, in Germany. They went no further. Soon the French armies began to retreat to the land from which they came, and as they retired they fired their telegraph posts to Pprevent the enemy from using them. One writer has stated that Alexander’s quickest means of sending messages was by fast horses, and that Napoleon, two millenniums later, was no better off. 'This informant, like millions to-day, was ignor- ant of aerial telegraphy’s half-century of existence. As with electrical telegraphy, so with aerial telegraphy, the early attemptsiwere legion. As far back as the seventeenth century a scientific attempt at long-dis- tance telegraphy was made by the savant Amontons. The author, Fontelle, has written of these experiments. He states that the apparatus was a clever contriv- ance, pemittiniof the transmission of a message from Paris across the Alps to Rome 1n the then incredibly brief time of three hours, and without anybody know- ing the nature of the message between the Italian and French capital. ¢ The procedure consisted in placing at several consecutive spots men who, having perceived through long-distance telescopes certain signals made at one post, trans- mitted such signals to the next post, and 80 on from post to post, and these different nfgnalu were so many letters of an alphabet of secret ciphers. '.lyhe key to these was known only to the parties interested at Paris and ‘at the city 1000 miles away. The maximum range of the telescope con - stituted the distance between the different Pposts, the fewer of which the better for rapid transmission. Some experiments were successfully made over a little stretch of countrygbut the vice-consumed func- tionaries ‘&% the time pronounced the ‘W TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. e Ty e e e FORCED SALE! Black and Colored Dress Goods. Being overstocked in both these de- partments, owing to the heavy purchases made prior to the buying of the KENNEDY BANKRUPT STOCK, A forcing-out sale will be held in these de~ partments this week. 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SMITH’S CASH STORES, 414, 416 and 418 FRONT ST., COR. WASHINGTON, 150-page Illustrated Catalogue ready July 1. ivy| DURKEE'’S Salad Dressing, large regular 50c size WRIGHT’S Guaranteed Pure Eastern Buckwheat, 10 Ibs = PIONEER Highest Grade Shredded Cocoanut, 2 1-1b packages for. ANDERSON'’S Plum Butter, new goods, for camping, 3 cans for. . We reserve the right to limit the quantity. Amontons project ‘“impracticable” and culminated. 1f he were Pope he would well represent the rock of St. Peter, round Wwhich angry waters beat without disturb- ing its qfl‘i)escem dignity.—Paris corres spondent London Truth. e Doing a Big Business. the discouraged inventor abandoned the idea. : P Ceesar, in his “Commentaries,” relates | how, during the invasion of Gaul, the in- habitants gave warning of his approach by burning fires at night. These signals were called “*hunches.” In the daytime | «There’s a Justice of the Peace in A the old Gauls resorted to cries. Thus, a A | eountry town not far from here,"” said the would shout their warnings from one to | him a millionaire if he sticks to it for a the other. This species of mouth-to-mouth | year or two. ‘““You see, the town has an ordinance for- telegraphy answered so well and the dis- patcghef traveled so quickly that Cwmsar | bigding bicycle riding on the sidewalks, A good many wheelmen that way, so states how, between the rising and the 0 setting of the sun, the natives could send a | what does this Justice do%mt 8COO0p oLt a f hole and make a great big mudpuddle verbal message a distance of over fifty | clear across the street right in front of his leagues.—Cassier’s Magazine. AR R R D office. Of course, when a wheelman comes OARDINAL VAUGHAN. along, rather than ride through the mud he turns upon the sidewalk. That’s what With a Cool Judgment and Open Mind. | the Justice is waiting for. He hasa con- His Bearing on State Occasions. stn‘;fle %n zhe w;llch and the two rush out Cardinal Vaughan stayed when here at lfl“lnl the cycler. : A " was caught in the snare = Sir Edward Blount's, and, I believe, went | oy rofoted T only needeld“t‘owke:e‘; out very little. He wore at Mrs. Phelps’ | /0% wnfix till I had passed the mud, it soiree his red skull cap and violet gown. | was of no avail. I was fined $5 and had to His face is rather Italian of the Medician | pay it. I got a chance to look at his book period than English, but the facial Iine, being slightly convex, removes it from the when he was recording my fine and there was a record of some twenty wheelmen classic regularity of the old Roman type. At the same time, his is a head for a who had been served the same way that cameo, an intaglio, or a medallion by day, and it was early in the afternoon. “It made me mad'and I began abusin, 3 . the old fellow for having such a mud- Peuch, whose bust of the Princess Mathilde . will be one of the lions of the Salon. He | looks a patrician, has the pland, easy cour- puddle in the street. ‘“‘Why don’t you fill it up,’” 1 asked, ‘it tesy of manner of which an example has you want wheelmen to keep in the road?’ “He grinned in a most exasperating manner and answered without so much as been given at the Vatican, and he strikes [ 7 0 F i od judgment and LYy in’ Eienads. e A et e‘:ye, th:{l od%?; Spose we're goin’ to destroy such a He has a rudini not, however, disconcert the person whom he quickly reads, his apparent object being to read for the purpose of getting into touch. This is so different from a peering or a prying eye. I aphoyul say that he is what Rome likes in those whom she appoints to govern—a safe man; by which I do ot mean a heavy mediocrity, but one who sees facts and turns them, when the more zealous would break their heads against them. The whole person is harmonious, and he gives one the impression of quiet strength. The atterance is distinct, and the voice in speaking full and mellow. His tall stature and fine figure are English. I am ims ressed with his manner of receiving the omage of great Catholics, and the ‘‘re- spects” of heretics and free thinkers. In every case his bearing was even. As a prince of the church he was too much above laics to take cognizance of small class differences. He let Catholic ladies drop on their knees, and shook | hands affably with the otbers. There is | nothing to remind one of Cardinal Man- | ning in Cardinal Vaughan. Manning, in many respects, though a %emlmum by birth and breeding, was self-made. His ascetic but (as age advanced) sweetened countenance bore witness to hard inner struggles. Vaughan is a result in which a race highly educated and intensive has source of revenue as that mudpuddle is? Iguess not. John, turning to the con- stalPle.. ‘you ll_)ellle; uked:he hose and soften it up a little bit, ready for t! sucker.’ "—Buffalo Express.y Tt L Johnny Had the Third. “Father,"” said a young hopeful the other day, ‘‘how many fowls a; i it y s are there on this Why," said the old gentle: lm’k::d “t‘:‘n llcen:‘ly on g. mi;n;r’:,;]acet}; roasted chickens that we: ki ub]f' “llhore are o Sion tho “‘Twol" replied the smart R nm_}lfireu.'sir‘ n;:d I prover itib?'y o “Three!" replied the old gent] was a plain, patter-of-fact gnn_m"*nl"l&'lvit;: ‘"Auff ):?u p‘mve i . ‘Easily done, easily done. T. one?" said the smart boy, Iavin: h!;:‘k?i:: 'n'r; the Hm.;““nnd that two 7" inting to th:::fi?nd' and do not one and two make “‘Really,” said the father, turni i Wife, who was stupetied :'; ?l::‘?fi‘u:;rl:: learning of the son, “‘really, this boy is a genius and deserves to beencouraged," and then, to show that there's fun in old folks sn woll as in young ones, he added, “Wife, O You take one fowl and I'll take the second and Joh his learning. '~ Tid Bt L V¢ the third for