The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 9, 1895, Page 5

ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, Committees Disagree as to Whether Rev. Anna Shaw Shall Speak. UNAUTHORIZED COLLECTIONS. Petty Swindlers Have Had Recelpts Printed—Reward for Thelr Arrest. The executive committee for the Fourth of July celebration and the literary com- mittee do not agree on the proposed ad- of Anna H. Shaw during the literary ses of the National day. The literary committee held a meeting yesterday afternoon, at which a communi- cation from the utive committee was read requesting that Miss Shaw be placed on the programme and allowed half an hour fora patriotic_speech. This the lit- erary committee declined to do. In this connection Colonel Lambert made a little speech. He said: We have been in session now & month or more, meeting about twice 8 week, all_trying to contribute to the success of our celebration on the Fourth. All that we have done thus far has beem accomplished in the most complete barmony. At the last meeting several women were present, not members of this committee. One suggested the name of a lady singer from the interior, Dr. Fitch, our chairman, politely in- formed her that we had unanimously agreed ot to engage any one to participate in our ex- ercises residing outside of San Francisco; on learning this the suggestion was withdrawn. Notwithstanding this plain announcement, snother lady suggested that Miss Anna B, Shaw be invited to deliver an address on that day. The chairman,in an equally courteous manner, announced that the rule applied in both , which necessarily concluded the subject. Alter conducting the business of the meet- ing, which occupied over an hour, we ad- journed. The next morning I noticed in one of our dailies that Mrs. Cooper—I believe it said—a yery worthy lady, had stated that Miss Shaw bad been treated with marked discourtesy by our chairman at that meeting. Inasmuch as there was no debate upon that subject, no such person as Miss Shew present and all our proceedings conducted agreeably, 1 was Daturally surprised, not to say indignant, that such an authorized report should be given out for publication. With indelicate persistency the matter of having Miss Shaw speak at our celebration was appealed to the executive committee, which has no more control over our actions than we have over theirs. To get rid of them the ex- ecutive committee ‘‘resolved” that the literary committee be invited to reconsider thatsub- ject, provided the speaker snould confine her Temarks to patriotic subjects only. When gentlemen leave their business or oc- cupations and detote their time and patience to_patriotic labor, to be thus wrongfully as- sailed and misrepresented it is certainly not encouraging. The proiessional “woman’srights” advocates occupied a week here in discussing and pro- mulgating their doctrines buta short time ago. They were well received, their meetings attended, and we thought they had The fscts are someof the results of those have substantially operated to in- cresse discontent in the already disturbed marital relation; it has tended to create dis- he minds of many of the female sex physical creation designed by Al- d as their natural aid and protector » Ionger existed as a fact, but was purely the arbitrary dictum of man’ himself, and lastly, and by far the more dangerous, it has tended 10 rerew unwise aggressiveness in the minds of the unempioved female agitator and con- fers respectability upon indelicate notoriety and sacrilege. If this brief experience with the so-called “new woman fad’” is a fair sample of the possi- ble future results to grow out of their coveted entrance upon the fuil discharge of & portion of the masculine duties and responsibilities, I for one am constrained to call a halt at once for the purpose of ascertaining its effect upon the possible future of our own wives, daughters and sisters, Our time for literary exercises at the Pavilion on the Fourth is already over-occupied. We are trying to curtail rather than enlarge it, but with this brief experience in woman's rights (s0 called), if we had time to spare, this undig- nified and indelicate persistency in foreing themselves npon us would constrain me as one member of this committee to Oppose the intro- duction of any discordant element into our ex- ercises. No expression of dissent to these opin- ions was made by any of the committee- men present, and the secretary was in- structed to voice the committee’s refusal to the executive body, placing it upon the ground that, by a former resolution, the commitiee had decided to employ only bome talent in the literary exerclses. When the executive committee met last evening this refusal created quite a storm. There were a score of women present in spite of the fact that they are not members o1 that committee and have no vote in its decisions. The committeemen present— Messrs. W. H. Davis, Castle, Foster, H. L. Davis, Tichnor, Marshall, Galloway and Reichart—were, however, quite _over- whelmed by the feminine ‘array and took their part as effectively as they could have taken it themselves. Mr. Reichart moved that the literary committee be instructed to place Miss Shaw’s name on the programme in accord- ance with the preceding request. Mr. Gal- loway suggested as an amendment that they do as instructed or resign. Mr. Relchart’s motion, unamended, passed, however,, without a dissenting voice, and Chairman_ Fitch was instructed to call a meeting of his committee for Monday after- noon and to report to the executive com- mittee on Monday evening On the adoption of this resolution Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper made a little speech com- plimenting the members of the executive committee on their “gallant, epoch-making action.” Mr. Worth called attention to the fact that unauthorized persons were and are collecting money, ostensibly for the eele- bration, and giving _receipts for it on a form printed as an aid in the swindle. He exhibited one of the receipts. It was signed by “E. Anderson,” and read as fol- lows: FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION. SAN FraNCISCo, June 8, 1895. cash. Street, the sum of ..25C............dollars. 8 E. ANDERSON. The authorized receipts bear a fac-simile of the signatures of Messrs. Davis,Owen and Dalton and the daily papers were re- quested to publish fac-similes of the gen- uine receipts. % On motion of General Reichart a reward 50 was offered for the arrest and con- viction of any person making unauthor- ized collections. ; ; A report of the regalia committee was received. It has asked for bids on a list of 124 sashes, scarfs and oadges. Each bid must be accompanied by a certified check for one-fourth the amount of the bid asa guarantee of good faith. ) - The committee wiil meet again to-mor- row at 8 P. M. to learn the decision of the literary committee. If the instructions given are not .obeyed it is likely that res- ignations will be demanded. 3 At an executive meeting of the executive committee early in the evening the mem- bers of the fireworks committee resigned in a body. They gave asa reason the fact that a_certain’ fireworks company had charged that it would not receive fair treatment at their hands, because a portion of its goods were manufactured in the East. The resignations were accepted, and it was decided that the entire execu- tive committee should hereafter act as the committee on fireworks. _Other matters were considered by the literary committee at its afternoon session as follows: James Taylor Rodgers notified the com- Received of of mittee that he would accept the appoint- ment to read the Declaration of Independ- ence. Colonel Lambert was_instructed to ac- company Mr. Mackenzie to the pavilion nd arrange for seating accommodations for the choir. R Several communications relating to the musical part of the programme were re- ferred to Mr. Mackenzie. W. G. Hyde submitted a poem entitled THE SAN, FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 189 5 ‘Our Natal Day,” which he offered to read. It was placed on file. % Mr. Hirst’s acceptance of his appoint- g;ent as chaplain was read and placed on e. The committee then adjourned to the call of the chair. THREATENED TO SHOOT. Peter Newman Goes on a Spree and Gets Locked Up. Peter Newman, a recent arrival from Southern California, went on a spree ves- terday, and in the course of his wander- ings took in Chinatown. All went well with Newman until he met Ah Wong, a Dupont-street merchant, who was accom- anied by his dog. The dog snapped at Newman, who drew a revolver aud threat- ened to shoot the animal. Wong objected and a scuffie followed, in which Officer J. O’Connor took a hand. Newman was taken to the old City Hall and booked on two charges of assault with a deadly weapon and carrying a concealed weapon. ATTACKED BY AN EAGLE, Mrs. W. A. Flenning’s Escape From Serious Injury at Haywards. The Blrd, Though Half Developed, Has a Breadth of Wing of Seven Feet. A strange accident befell Mrs. W. A. Flenning of this City at Haywards a few days ago. She was passing the gardens in the rear of the Hayward Villa with her husband, and, being impressed by their attractive beauty, expressed a desire to view the grounds. Mr. Flenning said she had better be careful, as there was a ferocious eagle tied among the shrubbery. But she was not to be deterred, and leaving Mr. Flenning to go on alone to their hotel, she pursued her way through the grounds. In one of the flower-bordered aisles, the proud and undisturbed possessor of his eight feet of domain, was the eagle. A fine specimen he is, though as ferocious as he is noble in appearance. The eagle saw Mrs. Flenning first, and evidently regarding her as an intruder, he spread his immense wings and swooped down upon her, or, at least, so it seemed to the thoroughly frightened lady. She started to run toward the entrance, but tripped and fell on the hard gravel walk with considerable violence. The great bird, with wings outspread | and beak wide open, hovered over her | prostrate form and seemed about to bury its talons in her flesh. She almost fainted from irightand the pain caused by her fall, and expected every moment to feel | the’sharp claws of the eagle. The rope by which the bird was tethered was too short to allow it to reach her, and as he settled to the ground Mrs. Flenning regained her 7 The Proud Bird Pondering Over His Battles. [Sketched from life by a *“Call” artist.} strength sufficiently to crawl out of his reach. In the excitement of the moment she did not appreciate the extent of theinjury sus- taine«}) by her fall, but on reaching her hotel she began to suffer intensely, and a physician was summoned. On examina- tion it was ascertained that she had injured the sciatic nerve, from the effects of which she has been confined to herbed eversince. Mr. Boles of the Hayward Villa gave the fierce pet away soon after the attack made on Mrs. Flenning. Mr. Jargen. to whom the bird was given, soon tirafieof his acquisition and was anxious to free himself of its care. He offered to pre- sent the eagle to any one who would take it off his premises. The offer went begging until a friend accepted the sup- posed generous offer. Summoning two men to his aid, he led the attack on the bird. One of the men assisting in the capture grasped the rope and began drawing it in, hand over hand, until the bird was within reach. With the exception of an occasional cluck-cluck the eagle made no demonstration of his dis- pleasure at the treatment he was receiving. The man on the rope, Mr. Otis of the Government Geographic Survey, made a grab for the legs of the bird and the battle opened. For a minute there was presented to view a puzzling picture of feathers, arms, legs and feet. One of the attacking party was severely lacerated on the fore- arm by the talons of the pugnacious bird. Another was slashed on the wrist and hand, and the third was overcome in the first round. Eventually the National bird succumbed and was led off in triumph by its new owner. The eagle was captured when very young and has been in captivity at Haywards for the last eight months. Though only half grown, his measurement from tip to tip of the wings is six feet and four inches. R KENNEDY MINE SOLD. Rumor That Parisian Capitalists Are Ready to Pay Two Million for It. There is much interest in mining circles over the prospective sale of the Kennedy. mine of Amador to Parisian capitalists. It is rumored that Douglas Brown, the mining expert of the Northwest, has made a favorable report of the Kennedy mine and that the Frenchmen referred to are ready to exchange $2,000,000 of gold for the property. that by which $2,000,000 This deal with will probably be paid for the Rawhide mine before July 1, will make California richer by a large sum. ————— ¥reights Not Disturbed Here. ‘ The telegraphic columns of the CaLL an- nounced a few days ago another freight war among the lines running out of St. Louis. It was thought that its effects might be felt here, but Mr. Stubbs of the Scuthern Pacific SAYS there is no frabublmy of such a thing. “Itis only one of their periodical outbresks,” he said, “and will Emblbly be over in a few days. It i€ not possible for San Francisco freight rates to be affected one way or the other from such a source.” . To Safe Deposit Renters. The Union Trust Company of San Francisco corner of Market, Montgomery and Post streets, offers to the public safes for rent in the strongest, best guarded, best lighted and most modern vaults west of Chicago at from $4 to $150 per annum. Valuables of all kinds stored at reasonable rates. v —————— There are said to be 42 grammars of (he ancient Mexican language, and 23 dic- tionaries. T0 FLY AT SANTA CRUZ Carrler Pigeons Will Bring Messages From the Vene- tian Carnival. BIRDS IN THE NAVY SERVICE The Fllers WIll Accompany the Naval Reserve on the Cruiser Olympla. The flying of homing pigeons is to be made one of the features of the carnival at Santa Cruz, and it may be given a place on the programme for next Thursday morn- ing. A dozen birds will be sent down from the Blue and Gold lofts at Berkeley, and it is likely that fanciers from all over the State will send their favorite pigeons to be released at that time. The owner of the Blue and Gold lofts is | A. Carlisle of 417 Montgomery street, this City. His birds have contested in several | long-distance races, and his losses have been but few. | “The best record extant of homing pebbles, which is filled after heavy rains with a raging torrent, but Lake Suwa serves as a reservoir for the Tenryugawa, and it always has enough water to be navi- gable. The boats used on it are about thirty feet long, flat-bottomed and flat- sided, with a square stern and a high, pointed bow; they are very loosely built and flexible, and the bottom boards sre so thin that they wabble like a sheet of paper when passing over rough water or shal- lows. A heavy foot would break through them, and it is necessary to tread only on the bamboos which are laid lengthwise, resting on the cross-ribs. My baggagze was piled in the middle of the boat, and a seat arranged on it for Matsuba and myself; one man took the long stern oar while the other four worked in the bows, and within a few minutes of the start we were plunging down between high cliffs, charging at rocks which we | only avoided by a few inches, swirling round in eddies at the foot of one rapid while the men got breath for the next, and until we storpen for our midday meal at the little village of Nakabe there was no time to sketch, or think, or do anything buf enjoy the wild exciting race. The river twists, between high” mountains, down a gorge with such sharp curves tnat it is often impossible to see any exit, and our boat would rush down, headin, straight for a cliff against which the water dashed furiously: while one man in the bows whacked the side with the paddle for luck, and then stood ready with a pole, the other three pulled like mad, and just when I thought “We must come _to grief this time,” she would turn and swish round the corner into smoother water. The rapids contin- ued to be amusing, though the fun was [Record: This bird flew from Pensacola, Fla., DARBY, THE CHAMPION LONG-DISTANCE HOMING PIGEON. to Fall River, Mass., 1183 miles, in 15% days. pigeons’ usefulness was made during the siege of Paris, at the close of the Franco- Prussian war,” said Mr. Carlisle. “While the German armies were encamped about the French capital, cutting off all ordinary | communication with the outer world, no less than a miilion and a half of messages were borne into the city by these winged messengers. As a result f!igeon-flyin has become] almost a national sport, and the French Government appropriates $20,000 for the maintenance of its lofts. “Other European countries without ex- ception support pigeon services. Italy has lofts on her seacoast at whic! ved | messages from her cruisers. Spain utilizes | the birds to convey information regarding the movements of smugglers from her rey- enue vessels to the mainland. “In this country lofts.are maintained at Federal forts in" Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. At Annapolis there is probably the best equipped station in the country. " Itis connected with the Naval Academy, and is in charge of Pro- fessor H. Marion. Pigeons from this loft are frequently sent to sea on cruisers, and the official reports for 1892 and 1893 devote a great deal of space to accounts of their usefulness. “In one case a seaman was killed on board the Consteliation when the vessel was about twelve miles out at sea. Two | birds were liberated bearing messages which told of the accident and stated that the body would be sent ashore in a steam launch.” Later on the weather became un- Dove Cote on the United States Steamer Constellation. favorable and two more birds were sent out with messages asking that the Standish be sent for the body. The birds were liber- ated at 6 o’clock, and at noon of the same day the Standish was alongside the Con- is,telll{ntion and had brought the four birds ack. ‘‘Members of the Army and Navy de- artments are trying hard to induce the overnment to establish a regular pigeon messenger service and to make a suituble appropriation for it.” 1. Carlisle received recently from Pro- fessor Marion a photograph of the pigeon cote on the Constitution, which is here reproduced. 'he world’s record for long-distance flights is held Igly the American pigeon Darby, owned by T. P. Green of Woodbury, . J. It flew from Pensacola, Fla., to Fall River, Mass., in 15)£ days, a distance of 1183 miles. To give his birds sea experience Mr. Car- lisle will send some of them with the naval reserve on their cruise on the Olym- ia. They will be liberated at regular intervals and will return to the Blue, and Gold lofts with messages and news for the readers of the CaLL. FAST TRAVEL IN JAPAN. Alfred Parsons’ Experience in a Boat Down a Plunging River. At Tokimata I engaged a boat with five men to take me down the rapids as far as the Tokaido; the river was running high and they would not do it for less than twenty-four yen—a good price fora journey of only ten or twelve hours; but when you not quite so fast and furious, all the way to Kajima, where the mountains end and a broad plain begins; below_here the river | still ran swiftly, but smoothly, divided into several channels by long gravel banks, on which gray willows amf bamboos grew, | and snipe and herons congregated. We | met strings of boats being laboriously | towed along; the wind generally blows up stream, and they are able on these lower reaches to help themselves by hoisting a sail, but T shall never understand how they get their boats back through these rapids. ¥ * * The paceis tremendous; | we did the ninety miles from Tokimata t Naka-nomachi in ten hours of actnal tray- eling, though the latter portion of the | journey was on comparative sluggishly! i water. DIED BY HIS OWN HAND Frank Kennedy,a Once Promi- nent Attorney, Commits Suicide. His Practice Had Fallen Away to Nothing, However, and He Was Despondent. Frank Kennedy, an attorney who at one time held a prominent position in San Francisco and was for years the legal ad- viser of the Thomas 0. Larkin estate, com- mitted suicide yesterday. He was found in a dying condition on Central avenue, near the Presidio reservation, by Lawrence Masterson. Beside the body lay a small vial that had contained carbolic acid. Masterson took the body to the Presidio Hospital, and the surgeon at once said he was dying from carbolic acid poisoning. Kennedy only lived a short time after reaching the hospital. His identity was revealed by the inserip- tion on his watch charm, “Frank Ken- nedy, Royal Arch Masons, No. 5" In his }\)ocket. the followine note was found by | eputy Coroner Tyrrell: ot September 1, 1892. There is a trunk of mine put in the cupola of the Murphy building for safe keeping, and there is also an oak table of mine in one of the rooms of the third floor of said building, all under charge of the janitor, Mr, Anderson, to keep for me. FRANK KENNEDY. A number_of newspaper clippings were also found in his Eocke(s, among_them being “Sayings of Great Men” and “My mind to me a kingdom is.” Kennedy had an office in the Mu hy building, but lately his practice had i:fien The Late Frank Kennedy. away to almost nothing. It is thought THE GRAND JURY REPORTS, It Finds the City and County Hospital Has Been Badly Managed. SOME FEW FIGURES GIVEN. Coal Consumption and Other Mat- ters Vigorously Handled In the Report. The Grand Jury, as announced exclu- sively in the CALL of last Wednesday, has paid its respects to the City and County Hospital in language which admits of no doubt as to its disapproval of the present management. It has found many things wrong at the City and County Hospital, as will be seen from the following report of its members: In the City and County Hospital we find & condition which is not creditable 1o the man- agement. On anearly morning visit to the in- stitution we found that the place was clean— much cleaner than we could expect to find such a place at 7 o’clock in the morning—but the other conditions were not so satisfactory. The ventilation is very poor, and with any- thing which costs so little as pure air it could easily be imagined that this condition could be better. In the dining-rooms the windows were tightly closed, and the atmosphere was stif- ling. In the kitchen the same clean condition was observed as in the other departments of the hospital, and the mutton, which was being prepared for the daily meal, was as good as could be found in any first-class butcher-shop. But the beef for the patients was of & character that should have prevented it from being given to anybody. There secmed to be plenty, but it was unfit for use. This was “admitted by the _ superintendent, Dr. Titus, and the excuse offered was that it was a rare occurrence and one hard to guard against, as he did not attend to the matter himself, but trusted to cm)];loyes, &nd the con- tractors were hard to watch. The steaks for the attendants appeared to be of fair quality. The visit of the Grand Jury was unexpected, and no doubt we saw the worst fea- tures of the hospital, but we saw enough 10 convince us that the institution is extravagantly and carelessly managed, and that the superintendent was not as watch- ful as he should be. We found that they use about three tons of coal a day, at an average c of $16 20. The engine uses about & ton and the xitchen about half a ton, the balance being distributed through the wards. The conl is furnished at about 40 cents above the cost price ver ton, and it is one of the things which has caused comment during the “past month that contractors who are willing to furnish supplies to the City at such a mergin above casg price which would not pav for the hauling would not also be charitable enough to furnish supplies when the institutions are in need. We found upon the shelves in the storeroom hundreds of pounds of baking powder, black pepper, allspice, flavoring extracts and’ desic- cated cocoanut. Many boxes of canned goods were standing on the floor, but not a package of lint was in the hospital. When it is considered that the hospital had been run under the management of Dr. Barger during 1886 and 1887 for a total expenditure of $69,322, with an average of 411 patientsa day and that he had a surplusout of his al- nceat the end of the fiscal year, it is dis- ul that it must go forth to the world that ity like San Francisco must appeal to her citizens for alms to provide the necessities of life or the medicines to sustain life because the funds needed to maintain the hospital are ex- hausted. Particularly is this so when the average number of patients for the past year has been only 300 & day, when, under the administra- tion previously spoken of, it had been nearly half as much again. Dr. Titus stated that he had refused many | patients who were entitled to admission be- cause the Board of Supervisors had refused to appropriate more than $80,000 for the mainten- ance of the hospital, and under the instruction of the Board of Health to live within the ap- propriation he had refused admission to sick ople no matter how deserving when he had 300 patients in the hospital. He objected to having his administration compared to that of Dr. Barger and stated that the hospital was a place to cure people and to do so it required the expenditure of maneg. Taking the report of Dr.Titus for the year 1893 to 1894, it shows that the average num- ber of patients per day was 413, the number of employes 89, and the cost per year $84,916 26. The number of deaths during that year was 391. For the present fiscal vear the appropria- tion was cut down only $4900, and, while the superintendent decided that o be able to live within the appropriation it was necessary to reduce the number of patients to 300, he in- creased the number of employes to 97, furnish- ing an attendant for every three patients, During the term of Dr. Barger, with 411 patients per day and a total expenditure of $69,322 68, but forty-seven persons were em- ployed. The number of deaths during this administration was 4 The salaries during both administrations were about the same— under Dr. Barger $29,540 for the forty-seven employes, while under Dr. Titus, during the year 1893 to 1894, ' the expenditure was £20,643, showing that, while the hospital, 'as ' at present conducied, em- ploys a’great many persons, it pays small salaries. Ttisin this that the evil lies, and we believe the Board of Health is responsible, It ishuman nature for the attendantsto have the best going, and we believe they have it at the expense of the patients, who have to take inferior food. Milk is furnished to patients in the morning, a quarter of a pint to each—just enough to make them long for more. This has to do for their coffee and mush. ~ Some of the patients, prob- ably about 15 per cent, are on & milk diet, and they get six pints per day. Sill for this year milk has cost $500 per month. At50 cents per can this will furnish 100 gallons per dav, or more than a quart a day for each patient and attendant in the hospital. Eggs during this year have cost $175 per month, and they are on the hospital bill of fare four days a week. We find if the expenditures for the balance of this fiscal year are in line with what has already been spent, that, even with only 300 atients, the appropriation will be deficient 1800. During the year 1893 to 1894, under the administration of Dr. Titus, it cost the City $204 for each patient cared for in the hospital: still this year the expense for maintaining the hospital will cost $270 per patient, or 66 per capita more than last i;emn he objection that the comparison is unjust to the present administration is not iyell founded, because other superintendents have made just as good records by careful manage. ment as that of Dr. Barger. We append the Teports of superintendents for the past fifteen years, and a comparison of the different figures fixes the responsibility upon the present Board of Health, for the extravagant management began with their term and has continued right through. Average No. patients. . 883 We believe that the Board of Health is re- spousible and that if run on business princi- ples such a charitable City as San Francisco would be saved the dis%ruce of having to go forth to the world that she is unable to provlfie for her sick and aestitute. Yorestry and Thrift. It is beginning to be seen by communi- ties not specially esthetic that there is a close connection, after all, between beauty in the landscape and dollars. A lament | arose in Maine some time since over the greedy shearing off of picturesque wood- lands for immediate gain, to the great det- riment of greater and more permanent values. There were some at least who saw—with whom no higher motives were that this was what led to the suicide, Since 1872 he had been a member of Cali- fornia Lodge No. 1, Free and Accepted Masons, and_ that body will look after his funeral. ————-—— Birds differ very much in the heights to which they commonly ascend. he remember that it takes them ten days or a fortnight to haul the boat back, it does not seem excessive, writes Alfred Parsons in Harper's Magazine. Don Pedro’s remark, ““What need the bridge much wider than the flood ?”’ does not apply to most of the Japanese rivers; usually they are just a trickle of water among a wide bed of condor, largest of vultures and of all fiyin, birds, has been observed soaring ouer 3{‘005 feet, or about five miles and a half above the level of the sea. ——— ‘When Eskimo husband and wife se| it is the practice for the man to take session of lltlll hE; personal be‘logmin S, ev{;n stripping her of any part of her clothi that could be made useful for another vihg. rate, pos- dominant—that to destroy ruthlessly the scenic charm in the lnndsca]’l»]e was really to reduce the revenues from_the city and summer boarder. And in Maine, as well as_in other parts of New England, the millions of dollars that come from entertaining’ the urban and summer con- tingent constitute in rural neighborhoods by far their most important income. As the habit now is, whole acres are wastefully shorn, without a break, under the lumberman’s ax, with the same intel- ligent and causeless desfimcnon that would happen to a fish pond if nets were laid so as to exterminate the small and the large fry totally, and without thought for the future. This is emphatically killing the goose that lays the golden egg; and the forest farmer and lumberman must some- how be made to see it. The forestry commission proposes that | the State exercise freely the right of emi- | nent domain in the creation of forest pre- | serves. In no other way can there be unity and efficiency of action. The diver- | sified owners, and even the communities most directly affected cannot, when the | right sentiment is in the majority, exert | an effectual influence to make the tree- cutting reasonable and harmless. But if the State demands this it can make the | White Mountain forests “a source of con- | stant income, unfailing water supply and perpetual scenic pleasure.” This is a plea_that may well go further | than through New Hampshire. There is | not a Government park in the far West, | and hardly a spot in the Adirondacks, which is in quite close enough custody to- | day, after all that has been suggested and | done to save them. As to the bits of | scenery and rare groves which no law sur- | rounds, what constant and needless de- spoilment of them we see everywhere! On how many country roads a few casual and ancient trees add, of themselves, an inesti- mable and haunting charm to the whole | landscape! And yet who has not seen, at the instance of a single owner, often, in | two days’ time, a raid upon these precious landmarks which neither a new planting nor time itself shall repair? — Harper's Weekly. s P | Not Used to Bloomers. A woman in bloomers is seldom seen in | the vicinity of Twenty-first and Summit | streets. Three women wheeled north on | Summit street just before dark on Satur- day evening, and when they reached | Twenty-first street, where the asphalt pavement ends and the unpaved street be- gins, something happened to one of the wheels and the three dismounted to fix it. | One of the women wore a suit of gray bloomers of the latest cut, and it was not | long till she attracted the attention of | nearly every one living within the radius of a block. Women and men ran out into the street from the Chadwick flats and poople leaned | out of open windows over all the neighbor- | hood and gazed at her. Small boys ran | toward her from all directions, and one | urchin called to another who was plnyin% | in a back yard, “Hey, Sam! Come an | see the woman with men’s clothes on.” | “She ain’t got men’s clo’es on neither,” | velled another boy, and the first boy | replied: | “Well, she’s got some men’s clo’es on, | anyhow.” The woman in bloomers laughed and the three mounted their wheels and rode away Sam was slow in climbing out of the back | yard, and when he reached the street the women had turned out of sight around a corner and the boy who had called him said with a look of disdain on his face: | ‘Aw, yer too slow. You missed her.” Kansas City Star. Pete’s Mistake. He was the owner’s nephew and when he came to the ranch “to learn something about raising cows, you know,”" he was unanimously nicknamed “The Kid.” Shortly after his arrival he came over to | the kitchen one morning while the boys were at breakfast and sought Pete, the cook, in dismay. “I say, Pete, have you seen anything of my camphorated chalk?” “Your—how much?”’ “My camphorated—my tooth powder.” “What might it look like, Kid?” “It’s‘ a white powder in a little round tin, and—’ “Well, I'll be derned! Say, were that teeth powder! Why, I ask yer pardon, Kid, but I thought 'twas bakin powder and used it in ther biscuits!”—Life. =t S Hasheesh. or the Indian hemp, is a re- | sinous substance produced from the tops of the plantin India. Some authorities | state that it is gathered by men who dress | themselves in leather clothing and run to and fro in the hemp fields, afterward scraping off the resin from their garments. THE FAIR WILL CONTEST, A Legislative Act Brought Into Requisition by Charles Fair. |THAT LIFE TRUST CLAUSE. It Is Obnoxlous and the Contestants® Attorneys Think They Can Set It Aside. The validity and constitutionality of & new and—under the circumstances—very convenient Jaw passed by the last Legis- lature is about to be tested in an action brought by Charles L. Fair, to set aside the obnoxious trust clause in the first will of his father. Under the clause in the first will referred | to Messrs. W. C. Goodfellow, J. S. Angus, L. C. Breese and Thoma given control of the favorable point in th by Charles L. Fair is that it takes prece- dence in all the li; ions over the estate, and no matter what the decision it will have no effect adverse to the contestant of the will. While the action is brought by Charles Fair through his attorneys, Knight & Heggerty, it is an open secret that the other heirs are opposed to the life-trust clause and are with the contestant in his effort to set aside the objectionable clause. Attorney Knight did not say as much in so many words, though the in- ference may be deduced without an effort of the imagination. The new law under which the action is to be brought is in the nature of an amendment to section 738 of the Code of Civil Procedure and_was approved by the Legislature March 26, 18 Mr. Fair said: “The lifetime ssrovision seems uncalled for and unjust to all the heirs, as well as myself, and” I am assured the clause can be set aside without affects ing any of the other provisions of the will. It will be a test case and we are sanguine of success.” William M. Pierson of the firm of Pier- son & Mitchell, att, .ueys for the special administrators, poohpoohs the idea of the trust clause being knocked out, though he was non-committal when asked to discuss the legal status of the case. “I, for one of the administrators, and I believe I voice the sentiment of my col- leagues,” said J. S. Angus when seen last night, “I am glad that the trust clause isto be tested.” It will bring the whole matter into the open light of day, and we can then proceed in our Tespective courses to much better purpose. Until the ques- tion is settled we will be working in the dark. “I shall be glad to have the matter de- cided. Whether it stands or not, it will be far more satisfactory to all concerned. As to my confidence in the validity of the trust clause, all that n say is that I have nothing on which to base a legal opinion. Our attorneys have been non- committal so far.” The strong point for the contestant is that the action will not be a contest with- in the eyes of the law, and Fair's rights will not be placed in jeopardy should the . Crothers are ate for life. One action to be brought | trust clause be pronounced valid. Rosa Bonheur looks more like a man than like a woman. Her face is strong, and the impression of masculinity is heightened by her closely cut hair. NEW TO-DAY. NOW IS THE TIME FOR TREATMENT, One Month’s Treatment Now Is Worth Two Months During the Winter. The $5a Month Rate Remains and Treatment—The New Success. the Only Charge for Medicines Treatment Is a Pronounced It has been the custom of Drs. Copeland and Neal each spring and summer that they have been engaged in the practice ot medicine in this city to announce the advent of the season as the most favorable for treating catarrh and all chronic diseases of a kindred nature, the results of repeated aund ofttimes neglected | colds. They feel very grateful to the pubhc for the confidence with which it accepts and responds 10 their printed utterances. Their many years’ experience in treating all forms of catarrhal and kindred chronic_diseases entitles them to speak authoritatively on the subject, and it is particularly pleasing to feel that the public appreciates and acknowledges this fact. ‘herefore, following the usual custom, Drs. Copeland and Neal desire to announce the ad- vent of the present favorable season. Now is undoubtedly the time to treat catarrh. Now we have nature to assist us in the treatment instead of retarding it. A month’s treatment now is worth more than two months’ during the winter. In fact, in some aggravated cases it is simply impossible to effect a cure during the winter months, and in these instances pa- tients have been advised to delay treatment until summer. THE NEW TREATMENT. A cordial inyitation is extended by Drs. Copeland and Neal to all their friends and patients, old as well as new, to call and test the new treatment. It has pased the stage of ex- periment and has been demonstrated a com- lete success, particularly in those cases which ave withstood the other and older methods of treatment. During the past week they have added to their already complete offices the new appliances, and are now ready to treat all those more stubborn cases which in the past have been thought incurable. Itis to their financial interest, as well as their medical fame, to cure, for one cured patient is worth many dollars of advertising. They have the best treatment d the new and direct means of using it. WHAT IS CATARRH? Drs. Copeland and Neal are frequently asked, “What is catarrh?”” and “How can a person tell when he has the disease?” Briefly, catarrh in this climate is chiefly the result of neglected colds or a succession of colds. Beginning with naso-pharyngeal irritation (that is, the cold first settles at the junction of the back part of the nose and upper portion of the throat) the catarrhal inflammation rapidly extends up- ward through the Eustacian tubes into the ears, causing: Hhhe Buzzing, roaring, bissing or ringing sounds. The hearing is gradually impaired. The noises and impaire heering are always worse in damp weather and when the patient has a cold. The ears often discharge. At_other times the ears are dry, itchy and filled with wax. Earache is a frequent accompaniment, es- pecially in children. Continuing its course upward, the catarrhal inflammation extends through the lachrymal ducts into the conjunctival mucous membrane. The eyelids become inflamed and red. They are also often glued together in the morning with a sticky, tenacious mucus. The eyesight becomes blurred and often im- aired. " bright light causes intense pain. The eyes become weak and watery, There is a deep-seated aching pain in the eyebails. A dull pain often exists over nl;;l in Lemn{es. 5 Y 'he nostrils are frequently ed up, first one side and then the other. . T There are litile Swelling.! noticed in the nos- trils, making breathing often difficult, hese swellings are aggravated by damp hese swellt 1 ese swellings are also ravated when the patient has a cold. o The nostrils often discharge mucus, which "sr:“ 1’} chll;fiter. i metimes this mucus is slimy and dro back into the throat. 5 i Atother times it is tough and tenacious and requires considerable blowing and snuffing back into the throt to dislodge. A feeling of tightness is often noticed over the bridge of the nose. Extending downward from its naso-pharyn- geal origin, the throat becomes affected. The mouth and throat in morning are filled with mucus. Sometimes this mucus is jelly-like in anear- region of eyes sing considerable hawking and spit- ting to dislodge. At times the mucus is so tough and tenacious that gagging and even neusea and vomiting result from efforts to dislodge it. At other times the mucus is slimy in nature, and is dislodged without dificulty. The above symptoms are those of moist or discharging catarrh. In the dry condition there is a tickling or scratchy feeling in the throat. This causes tickling, spasmodic or hacking cough. There is & bad taste in the mouth in the morning. The tongue is usually badly coated. The breath is often foul. There is pain and stiffness in back of neck. Extending down the esophageal mucous meme brane, the stomach,and later the bowels, be- come affected. The appetite is abnormal; it may be lost, in- creased or perverted. There is & weight, dull puin and a sense of puming fn the pit of s omach after taking 0od. b This is accompanied by flatulence and heart~ urn. Alternate constipation or diarrhea. A dull headache, languor, depression of spirits and irritability of temper. A bitter taste in the mouth. The tongue is coated and breath foul. Pain at the heart, accompanied by palpita- tion and shortness of breath, making the pa- tient think he has heart disease. Again, there is & short, ary congh and occa- sional paroxysms of an asthmatic character. The skin bécomes sallow, dry and rough and various eruptions appear. So it is seen that catarrh causes a long train of symptoms but little understood and appre- ciated by the average physician, because he comes in contact with so few patients. From an experience of many years in treating an average of 100 patients ‘daily, Drs. Copeland and Neal feel that they are justified in claim- ing that catarrh affects the whole svetem, the eyes, ears, nose, throat, bronchial tubes, lungs, stomach, bowels, kidneys, liver, bladder, etc., ete. They also feel justified 1n claiming that their new system of treatment, consisting of local medication combined with administration of medicine internally, is the only rational method of cure. In this they are certainly sus- tained by the hundreds of testimonials from reputable citizens which have been published during the past six yesars. HOME TREATMENT. Every mail brings additional proof of the success of the home or mail treatment. M. S. Weeks, Santa Meargarita, Cal., writes: «I visited you last November and had you pro- scribe for ‘me, and now I am happy to say I am entirely Well and have been for several months,” If you cannot come to this office write for a symptom blank. $5 A MONTH. Ko fee larger than $5 s month asked for an disease, Our motto is: “A Low Fee, Quick Cure. Mild and Painless Treatment.” The Copeland Medical Institnts, PERMANENTLY LOCATED IN THE COLUMBIAN BUILDING, SECOND FLOOR, 916 Market St, Next to Baldwin Hotal, Over Beamish’s. W. H. COPELAND, M.D. J. G. NEAL, M.D. SPECIALTIES—Catarrh_and all diseases of the Eye, Ear, Throat and Lungs. Nervous Dis- eases, Skin Diseases, Chronic Diseases, Office hours—9 A. M. t0 1 P. M., 2to5P. x,, t08:30 P. M. Sunday—10A. M. 102 P. M. Catarrh troubles and kindred diseases treated successfully by mail. Send 4 cents in stamps for auestion eirculars.