The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 21, 1895, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL; FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 18Y5. THE POET WODDWORTH, He Did Not Write the Oaken Bucket” Saloon. “Old in a THE TRUE VERSION GIVEN. | A Suggestion That a Monument to the Poet Be Placed In the Park. San Francisco has definite led to | ite the remains of their kin in the Woodworth M oleum in Lone Mountain Cemetery and a few days since the superin- tendent of the San Fran was invited to perfect the deta When the vauit was built in 1865 by Frederick A. Woodworth, a well-known pioneer, he expressed a desire that the re- mains of his own body should be cremated '0on as laws were enacted in California authorize cremation. That time has now arrived. and as there are ten crumbling forms in the sepulcher cremation will be employed io dispose of all the bodies. The ashes or dust of the poet, Samuel | a statue in San Francisco. : , | not y A family council of the Woodworths in | munity, and therefore local reason did not Woodworth, will be preserved and a monu- | ment or obelisk raised to honor his mem- ory. Itisexpected that literary societies of California will join in the pleasant dut, of perpetuating the memory of the illus- trious poet. At one time John Van Vard agitated the subject o1 placing a bronze fizure of the £01d Oaken Bucket’’ in Cer ark, New York, but his plans werer In Massachusetts t} i of purchasing the homestea ground to Il;ubliu u as nearly all of the livir tl poet dwell in San Francis suggested that the monument b Golden Gate Park and tb cures much favor. S rs ago wide publicity was given r paragraph stating worth wrote in a drink oem which made his nam s. Mary J. W. Wethered o cific avenue, daughter of the y version is given in Geo: P. Morris’ fourth edition of Samuel Woodworth's poems, ed- ited by Frederick A. Woodworth and p lished by Charles New York, 1861, This version, the true s in the CaLL day that he wrote pure fabrication a The fam would be ple pers commenting on the the true ve The only sur 2 Mrs. G cted in ion se- the oun d if all newspa ubject would give t the poet ing children of 3 Fruitvale, rgian of N s eldest child, Sa 1, died in 1844, The second cl of whom Halle her; olet flower »y the virtues she hath been rom ch 0d’s hour. Selim E. Woodworth, commander in the United States s the third child of v Jlub Nursea k F m Wood- n, is_instructor at | e daughter also lives i | ago b, ematory | sympathize with an enterprise designed to commemorate a worthy literary achieve- ment. William Northup Cowles said he bad i read the CaLL sketches reminiscent of the poet Samuel Woodworth with absorbing interest. The suggestion for a statue or monument in Golden Gate Park, he said, was eminently proper and should be out now while the subject was fresh in the | minds of the people. He had no doubt that a monument committee would receive contributions from every part of the United States. The literary merits and the popu- | larity of the *“Old Oaken Bucket” were | beyond question. The literary judgment of two continents and two generations had | | praised the lyric. Jere Lynch, author of ngtian Sketches” and a poem entitled *‘Mount Shasta,” did not regard the “Old Oaken Bucket” as a poem of suflicient merit asa literary production to entitle the writer to The author was sersonally identified with the com- exist for honoring him. judgment as to the literary exceilence of the “Old Oaken Bucket is not wholly in accord with opinions expressed many years such writers as Washington Irving Walter Scott. Henry K. Field believes in erecting statues’ and monuments in honor of worthy men. In his opinion the sugges- tion of a Woodworth statue in Golden is exeellent. The “Old Oaken ot isa lyric of superior merit. It touches the popular heart. Mr. marked that Samuel Woodworth’, a poet had been ved and au*hor’s mortal remains rest here it would be fitting that a monument should be Monuments mark the apprecia- tion of a communi and testify to the presence of civilizing influences. Judge J. A. W ire of Alameda enter- tained opinions similar to those expressed by Mr. Field. He recognized the natural merit of Woodworth’s vers knew that wherever the song of th Oaken Bucket”” was sung the audience was to ed by tender recollections of child- hood. JUGE CONLAN'S CLERK Mr. Lynch’s fame as | Ambrose Watson Is Adjudged Guilty of Contempt of Court. He Refuses to Yield Possesslion, and Applies for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. The legal battle for the position of clerk of Judge Conlan’s court is getting more and more mixed up, and how it wiil end it is difficult to conjecture. When Judge Conlan opened court yester- day morning Ambrose Watson, the de- posed clerk, was in his usual place, and his successor, Alfred Morgenstern, was a hand, but he was not accompanied by his attorney, General Dickinson. The Judge asked Watson to hand over the books, keys and records of the court to 1, and Watson refused. he, in Henry E. High- v law office, then presented an affidavit hat Mr. Highton was sick, and moved for ance of the contempt proceed- st Watson till Tuesday next. motion, ton t Judge denied the 1 rose to protest. esented by counsel z nd he thought it was only fair that no action should be taken in the absence of his counsel. he Judge said he would not consent to keeping his court closed any longer. It was necessary to go on with the business of the court and he did not propose to leave himself open to criticism by further delay. He reviewed at length the proceedi hat had taken place in the contest for the and nce the | 50 on | Field re- | | | EEAR it THE GRAND ARMY'S CHIER, Colonel T. G. Lawler Arrives Here on His Tour of In- spection. RECEPTION BY LINCOLN POST. The Commander-in-Chlef on the Pension Laws and the Growth of Patriotism. The commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, Colonel Thomas G. Lawler of Rockford, 111, arrived here yes- terday by the Oregon train on his tour of inspection of the different departments. The commander-in-chief, accompanied by his adjutant-general, Cassius Clay Jones, and his special aid, George A. Sealy, was met on his arrival by a number of the heads of departments and escorted to the Occidental Hotel, where spacious head- quariers were placed at the disposal of the the members of the Loyal Legion and Grand Army of the Republic to pay his respects to General Schofield at the Palace otel. It is probable that on Sunday he will be | taken by officers of the department to San Jose and Monterey. He leaves for Salt Lake on Sunday evening. Last evening at the rece?tion by Lincoln Post there was a full gathering of mem- bers and a number of visitors. The post was opened by Commander Joseph Steele and after the opening ceremonies the com- mander-in-chief retired and was then in- troduced in his official capacity by Assist- ant Inspector-General C. Mason Kinne, accompanied by Department Commander Charles E. Wilson and his assistant, Adju- tant-General T. C. Masteller. The com- mander-in-chief was accompanied by his adjutant-general, C. C. Jones, and special aid, George A. Sealy. Then followed the usual muster-in ceremonies, which were very impress Lincoln Post was com- plimented by the commander-in-chief for conducting the ceremonies as well as any post in the United States. Among the others present were Past De- partment Commander Smedberg, E. J. Juckl A. W. Barrett, adjutant-general of the National Guard, and Major W. B. Hooper. FOR RECEIVING OPIUM. Six Chinese Were Arrested Yesterday and Gave Bail, The firm of Hang Wah & Co., composed of six Chinese, was arrested yesterday for THOMAS G. LAWLER, COMIA NDER-IN - CLIEF OF THE GRAND AKMY OF THE REPUBLIC. V7 visitors by Major Hooper, commander of the Loyal Legion and a member of Lincoln Post. Colonel Lawler has made ita pointto | attend as many of the department encamp- ments as possible this year, and has made a better record in that way than any of his predecessors, having met thirty-six de- partment encampments in session. He will have visitzd forty-two of the forty-five departments when he reaches Salt Lake on his return home. 5 erday of the work of the y aid: “Enth sm inthe of thé Grand Army has never been so great as during the past year. This is kship, and he ended by adjudging | largely due to the fact that there has been Watson guilty of contempt and sentenced | a revival of patriotism all over. The edu- THEE OLD WOODWORTH HOMESTEAD AT SCITUATE, [From the painting by Jerome Thompson.] there with her mother, Mrs. Denni- son. The other children of the poet, in the order of their birth, wer Frederick A., who died in this City in 186 Georgiana (Mrs. Beebe); Carpline M., who died ghere in 1885; Lydia H. (Mrs. Locke), who died in Buffalo in 1838, leaving a son, since deceased, and three ghters, of whom the two eldest married sons of Ad- 1 Selfridge, U. 8. and the youn the son of the late General Sibley, A.; Julia M., daughter of the poet, married Lieutenant (now Major) McAr- thur, U. 8. A. She died in Chicago in 1874, leaving four children. Mary Jose- phine Woodworth (Mrs. Wethered), re- sides here. The youngest child of the poet was Benjamin Russell. He was lost at sea in 1861, having sailed from a Chinese ortin a ship that was never-afterward heard of. The famous picture of the “Old Oaken pucket,” which was painted by Jerome Thompson in 1838, is owned in England. A copy of the picture is owned by the Wethered family in this City, and from the copy the sketch here presented in the CALL was drawn. Robert Howe Fletcher, U, 8. A., author of “The Johnstown Stage” and other books, was asked at the Bohemian Club yesteraay if he thought the *‘Old Oaken Bucket” a gem of sufficient merit to justify a monument in Golden Gate Park to the imemory of the writer of the pastoral song. Replying to the guestion, he remarked that the statue in honor of Francis Scott Key, who wrote the ‘Star-spangled Banner,” was appropriate, and the senti- ment which inspired it highly creditable. He mentioned. Key, John Howard Payne author of “Home, Sweet Home’) and gumue] Woodworth (writer of the poem first referred to) asexamplesof men who had each achieved fame by the production of one popular piece. Mr. Fletcher said he could not speak for the Bohemian Club, but he him to six hours in the County Jail. read the commitment, and Under Sheriff Clack, who was in court, took possession of Watson. The court was then adjourned until this morning. A wnt of habeas corpus was imme- diately applied for on behalf of Watson in Judge Wallace’s court. The writ was granted and made returnable next Mon- day morning, Watson being released on his own recognizance. Watson will continue to hold the posi- tion till Judge Wallace disposes of the writ. If he should fail, Morgenstern would take possession of the office, which would compel Watson to ta to oust him. Meantime orgenstern, backed up by the people of the State of California, has a suit pending in the Su- l\gnor Court to compel Watson to give up his office of clerk. e ————— The Prince of Wales’ Cigars. “The most expensive cigars smoked regularly by one customer,” said a travel- ing man, “are those which are manufac- tured expressly for the Prince of Wales, was in Havana some time agzo, and became acquainted with a gentleman who was con- nected with one oi the large cigar manu- facturing firms of that city, who told me the facts. The Prince pays $900 a thousand for his cigars, or 90 cents apiece at whole- sale, and smokes no others. The tobacco is the product of a certain plantation growing a small quantity of leaf 6f a very superior variety, which is made up almost entirely for royal palates. I purchased one of these cigars just to be able to say that I had smoked the Prince’s brand. It was a larger cigar than those which are usually sold in the American market, and the flavor was fine, but I must confess I could not extract 90 cents’ worth of satisfaction out of my investment. I have smoked cigars retailing at two for a quarter that pleased me justas well.”-Washington Post. i proceedings | 1 He | cation of the children in the public schools up to a love for their country and their flag has done much. Even in the South the schools are taking a great interest in the movement and in most of the South- ern cities you wii! find the stars and stripes floating over every schoolhouse. Several Southern States have passed State laws r_rn\'iding for this. Then the Ladies’ Re- lief Corps is doing good work and there is increased activity in the Revoludionary organizations, such as the Daughters of | the Revolution.” ‘When asked whether it was proposed to urge any further pension legislation the colonel said: *““The laws we have are sat- isfactory enough, but we some steps to prevent their being nullified by the rulings of the Pension Bureau. Under those rules they are continually and without any grounds or right cutting down pensions. ~ Pensioners who have proved up their claims are being continually cited to prove them again and to show cause why they shouldn’t be cut down from $12 to $8 or §6. 1f they objecf they are ordered to appear before an examining board that has its special instructions that enables them to cut down pensions that are just. “These cuts have been made without cause and without any reason being given. I believe that the bureau isinfluenced to this action by President Cleveland through his Secretary, Hoke Smith. No, we are not asking for any additional legislation. ‘We are only asking that the laws now ex- isting be honestly carried out. I don’t care to state what plan we propose to urge to carry this out, but the next encampment will certainly consider the matter.” A large number of prominent Grand Army men cailed on the commander-in- chief during the afternoon. In the even- ing he was given a reception by Lincoln Post. This evening a public reception will be given to him at the Metropolitan Tem- ple. Saturday evening he will call with ropose to take | “receiving and concealing opium.” The complaint was sworn to by Deputy Sur- veyor of the Port S. J. Ruddell, but as he | did not know the names of the Chine “John Doe” warrants were issued. The ' United States Marshal could not find the men, but their attorney hearing they were wanted brought all of them into court and gave bonds for their appearance when wanted. Deputy Surveyor Ruddeliintends | to fight the cases vigorously BELVEDEREAIS AR BUSY Progress'of Their I;reparations for “A Night in Venice.” | | | It Will Be an Invitation Affair—The Mayor of Santa Cruz to Be a Guest. The dwellers in beautiful Belvedere are hard at work in preparing for the aquatic fete to be given at their island home | August 3. Two executive meetings were | heid recently at which plans were formu- lated which will be submitted toa general meeting on Tuesday evening. After that time the work will lie in the direction of executing rather than devising plans. Subscrintions have been liberal and the Belvedere Land Company has arranged for the illumination of unoccupied lots on the townsite, where the burning of red fire will add brilliancy to the scene. The Egyptian float used at Santa Cruz | will be loaned for the occasion and Victor | Duboce will t: his illuminated float to the scene of the festivities. To the fourteen arks of the Belvedereans will be added those of Mr. Bushnell and Frank Carton | of Sausalito, and other additions will be | made, The officers of the various yacht clubs will be invited to participate. Prizes will be offered to the citizens who | show the most ingenuity and taste in| illuminating their houses and grounds. 1t has been decided that only those pro- ducing invitations will be allowed to pass the guards who will be stationed at the old hotel and on the arks. Director-General Hawkins says the number of invitations will probably reach 2500, if they do not ex- ceed it; but the citizens desire to protect themselves from a greater crowd than can be accommodated. The ladies of Belvedere are discussing the feasi v of opening a Venetian cafe at the old hotel for the evening and of ap- plying the proceeds to a fund for building a church. The citizens of Belvedere, whose popula- tion scarcely amounts to 500 souls, claim the honor of ng introduced Venetian festivities in California by their “Night in | | Venice” last year, and say Santa Cruz ‘‘stole their thunder” in ‘the carnival. | Nevertheless, the Mayor of Santa Cruz will | be one of the guests at the Belvedere fete, A special boat will be provided for guests from San Francisco. The completed list of officers and com- wiittees is as follows: Director-General, James S. Hawkins; secretary, Charles H. Wood; executive committee—James S. Hawking, Horace W. Ball, Colonel C. Mason Kinne, T. D. Boardman, Robert E. MecGill, J. D. Maxwell, Robert Tittle, C. E. Holmes, Eugene Davis, H. L. Searles, Dr. B. W. Haines, Hugh Hun transporta- tion—Hugh Hume, Charles H. Crocker, Arthur Page, C. O. Perry; finance—Horace 1 W. Ball, J. D. Maxwell, Charles F. How- land, W. 0. Wayman, Robert E. McGill; music—Colonel C. Mason Kinne, Cameron Burns, G. H. Gardiner, P. C. Knapp; rinting—Robert E. McGill, Charles H. Wood ; fireworks—T. D. Boardman, W. E. Lichtenberg, Robert A. Dean, F. W. Bridge; press—J. D. Maxwell, T. L. Miller, Ioughton, Fred 1. Harmon; launches—Robert Tittle,Charles B. Knight, T. D. Boardman; invitation—C. E. Holmes, | J. W. Dorsey, V.J. A. Bey, R. 8. Wheeler; decoration ‘and illumination—FEugene G. i PRESS AGAINST LOTTERY, The Stand Taken by the “Call” Meets With Ap- proval. COMMENTS OF NEWSPAPERS. Metropolitan Journals Should Be Above Taking Advantage of Statutory Flaws. THE FAINT HOPE. Bakersfield Californian. The CALL is engaged in a crusade against lotteries. That is all rjght. As usually conducted, lotteries are nothing but cold- blooded swindles, and many people wonder how it is that so many thousands of poor men and women regularly expend money for lottery tickets that they can ill afford tolose. The secret of the whole matter is explained by a writer in the Cary, thus: “One day I asked a poor workingman how much he earned a day. He told me. It was less than a dollar. Then I asked him if he could afford to buy a lottery ticket each month,” said an otherwise very excellent woman whe deals in lottery tic- kets to a CALL man yesterday. “Do you know what he told me? He said if it was not for the hope he got with each ticket he would give up the struggle and pass over the life line. He said he had no hope of being able to better his condition in any other way except by win- ning in the lottery. He is a day laborer. “I know another case of an old woman who is a eripple. She picks up a living in some way—I hardly know how, but the living is very scant.” She told me once she sat in her lonely garret so long that she knows every flower and figure on the wallpaper, even to the smallest scratch or blemish on it. ‘I sit there all day and hope’ she says. ‘Every month I buy a two-bit ticket, and then the rest of the month I spend in picturing to myself the great prize I am going to win and in calculating what to do with the money when I get it. When the paper comes out and I see I have not won any- thing then my spirits fall for a time, but even then I e the hope of another drawing to look forward to, and when I have bought the new ticket then I go on with my dream of riches. What would I do without those dreams?’*’ That is the whole thing in a nutshell. Nine-tenths of the people in this world have learned from hard experience that life is for them but one continual grind of poorly paid drudgery. Strive though they may, economize never so closely, there is no hope for them. They can never get more than a bare subsistence. But in the lottery is the hope, faint though it be, seldom realized though it is, of sometime or other realizing a small fortune. That hope is all they have to cling to. Tiisthe only hope they can ever have of ever ob- taining more than the mere pittance that s earned by the severest of toil. It is ptly phrased in the interviews quoted. The well-to-do nlwponmus of lotteries may philosophize all they want to over it. They may point out the folly of such a hope. They may write columns about lot- tery swindles. ~But still the fact will remain that the littie two bits or dollar spent every month for lottery tickets is the one ray of light across the patl way of thousands of toilers. The hope of winning a prize sometime or other is the one thing that sustains them. A STARTLING RESULT. Stockton Record. If Rev. Mr. Palmer’s proposition is to be accepted as correct, namely, that every one who purchases a lottery-ticket is at heart a thief, an enumerator would have a comparatively easy time in taking a ce sof the honest people who dwell in th The percentage of those who have never been finally interested in some form of lottery gambling would be found to be a small one. The lottery furnishes abundant evidence of the fact that the propensity to gamble is deep-ceated in R propo- sition of the desire to get something for nothing. While agreeing with Mr. Palmer in the main that the lottery is an evil, the state- ment that all who buy tickets are thieves at heart is extreme. A combined effort should be made to crush out the lottery, for it is demoralizing ts nature and an exhaustive financial drain upon the com- munity, It is hard to obtamn figures, but if it could be ascertained just how much moncy is squandered in this city every month in the Louisiana lottery the result would ap- pear startling. e lottery habit amounts almost to a se. There is a fascination about the speculative pastime which seems to be well nigh irresistible. tions in favor of age, sex or poverty. women and children buy the little s of colored paper. The lottery vietim wiil suffer the pangs of hunger that he may have a chance at the capital prize. There is a law against buying lottery tickets, but the officers here make no at- tempt to enforce it cept in the case of the Chinese offende: If the truth were known many officers are themselves “in- vestors."” If Rev. Mr. Palmer and his fellow-labor- ers can eradicate the disease, they will have performed a service entitling them to the general thanks of the community, for the lottery victim himself would doubt- less be glad if he were cured of the habit, It mukes no. excep- Men, THE LOTTERY DISEASE. Oakland Enquirer. ct Attorney Barnes of San Fran- cispo in discussing the lottery evil seems to have the proper conception of the duties ot the press in its relation to law and society. One of the provisions of the law against lotteries in California is a section probibiting the advertising of them. For many years the law was strictly inforced, but in recent years, when the Louisiana Lottery Company came into the field offer- ing thousands of dollars per annum to = 2 ers of standing to advertise its and prizes, many of the news- papers fell from grace, especially when it was discovered that it was no offense against the law for a newspaper to publish notices of lottery drawings after they had taken place. Attorney Barnes says: *“Un- til the law is changed there can be mno prosecution for such publications. Of course it ought not to be necessary to change the laws. The newspapers should be public-spirited enough to follow the spirit of the iaw rather than its defective wording. So great a power as the news- papers should be above taking advantage of a flaw in the statutes. If the example set by the Carw were to be followed by the other newspapers it would save the State a great deal of trouble and expense and go very far toward stamping out the lottery evil in this State.” The CALL is entitled to great credit for its stand in this matter. Davis, A. 8. Spence, J. 8. Fusenot, C. T. Morrison, J. H. Keefe, Ed. Spaulding, T. V. O’Brien Jr., David McLaughlin; con- veyance—H. L. Searles, Jokn Copp, Dr. George K. Frink, J. A. Parsons, ES sar A, Wilson; reception—Dr. B. W. Haines, Arthur C. Donnell, Dr. M. H. Logan, J. 8. Mattson, Lieutenunt I. W. Eaton, Dr. F. Pancoast, Commodore J." W. Pew, Dr. L. L. Dunbar, Dr. F. J. Bazan. ————— Assisting 2 Sufferer. Mrs. Widdefield left a donation of $2 at the CaLy office yesterday for the little sufferer in a Broadway tenement, Maria Ernondas. The money was given to the child’s mother last evening. SHOULD BE PUBLIC-SPIRITED. Alameda Encinal. Speaking of the prohibitory lottery law of this State, District Attorney W. 8. Barnes of San Francisco voices the senti- ment promulgated by the Carrand in- dorsed by all law-abiding papers in the State, in saying that “The newspapers should_be public-spirited enough to follow the spirit of the law rather than its de- fective wording. So great a power as the newspapers should be above taking advan- tage of a flaw in the statutes. If the ex- ample set by the CALL were to be followed by the other newspapers it would save the State a great deal of trouble and expense and go very far toward stamping out the lottery evil in this State.” THE D IN VIEW. Alameda Argus. The CALL is hammering away at the lot- teries, and we should think it would make some of its contemporaries sick. We will bet the end will be that none of the lead- ing papers will print advertisements of lottery drawings. LETTER-CARRIERS' OFFIOERS. A Board of Directors Elected for This Yeur—The Picnic. The San Francisco Letter-carriers’ Mutual Aid Association has elected officers as follows for the ensuing year: President, L. A. Stevens; first vice-president, J. C. Levey; second vice-president, Thomas Nixon; third vice-president, Matt Lorigan; secretary, Conrad Trieber; financial secre- tary, J. C. Gross; treasurer, R. D. Cuning- R. M. Roche, J. C. Levey Matt Lorigan; sergeant-a O'Neill; sentinel, W. H. McNulty; physi- cian, Dr. j. F. Dillon. he lette riers will hold their annual picnic at Schuetzen Park, San Rafael, July 4. As many as 250 valuable prizes have been received, including a stove, a violin, a rifle, two oak tables, mirrors and a suit of clothes, The committee has arranged with the Donahue Railway Company, through Passenger Manager R.X. Ryan, to_have a special boat from Tiburon at 1:50 p. M. There will be prize bowling and shooting for cash prizes, and everything points to a successful outing for the car- riers and their friends ENGLISE AT THE HEAD. Spoken by More People Than Any Other Language of Civilization. More people speak English than any other language now in use in the civilized | world, and the increase in the use of Eng-| lish is so rapid that it may ultimately out- strip 2ll the European languages collec- tively. At the beginning of the present | century French stood at_the head of lan- guages in general use. Then 20 per cent of the people of Europe and America spoke French. Then followed in the order | named: Russian, 19 per cent; German, | 18 per cent; Spanish, 16 per cent; Eng 2 per cent; and ltalian, 9 per cent. French was the langnage of treaties, of fashion, of international correspondence and, to a considerable extent, of commerce. At the beginning of the present century twice as many people in Burope spoke French as Englislh and twice as many spoke German as English. More persons in Europe spoke Italian than English, and, in fact, i éng]ish had a subordinate rank. Colonization in America and Australia, and particularly the enormous increase of population in the United $ favored the extension of English. Colonization in South and Central America favored Spanish, and in Brazil, Portuguese. One reason of the rapid and general extension of the English language has been that | colonization from Great Britain has been very much larger than from other coun- tries, and the English have made their in- fluence felt more decisively t have the { people of other nations in colonies. Thus, | or instance, Holland has to-day extensive | colonies in various parts of the world. | The present population of Holland is | 4,000,000, and of the Dutch colonies 24,-| 000,000. The area of Holland in square miles is 20,000, and of the Dutch colonies 660,000. But the Dutch language has never been extended to a tent by rea- | son of these colonies, the inhabitants of which have never learned Dutch. The French, Italian and Russian lan- & s have not been extended greatly | | throughout colonization. As a cons quence of the changes through coloniz tion and otherwise 110,000,000 veople now speak English instead of 20,000,000 as at the beginning of the centt German has held its own without variance for nearly 100 years, and is still s‘;okun by 18 per cent of those speaking any European language. Russian has falien off a little, not in num bers but in pe itage, and so have all the Latin langua, speaking F: century was 000. The number of persons speaking Spanish at the beginning of the centu was ,000,000, now it is 45,000,000. Tt number of those persons speaking Italian ag The number of persons cli at the beginning of the 31,000,000, and now it is 51,000 has increased from 15,000,000 to 30,000,000— just double. In Europe to-day German bead. tands at the It is the language of 68,000,000 peo- i with 60,000,000, French ¥ glish with 000,000, Ttalian with 31,009,000, and Span with 17,000,0°0. In the United States the growth of E sh has been, and continues to be, { most rapid, and the two countries which are gaining most by the e of popu- | lation, the United tes and Australia, }are both English-speaking countries, and | bid fair to keep E sh at the head.—Now | York Sun. ple, Rus NEW TO-DAY. Have you been all this time without the | immeasurable convenience and luxury of | a Cheval Dressing Mirror? Isn’t it be- cause you deemed the price beyond your means? Candidly, Cheval glasses have been high priced—up tonow. Here’s an example, however, that’s an exception. It's not the bandsomest, not by any means—but it's graceful in design and as useful as the most expensive patterns, and then—well, the cost is probably its most attractive feature. Twenty dollars—and the best of French plate. Carpets . 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HOSPITAL FOR THE TREATMENT OpF v, including Alcoholism and Drug ‘Habits and Nervous Diseases resulting therefrom; Bso for the temporary care and observation of persons suspected of Insanity. Terms $10 to $25 per week. Extracts from the report of the Grand Jury, filed December 8, 1894: “While not a public fnstitn- tion, in consequence of complaints made to us by the press and others, thorough examination was made of the conduct of the Home of Inebriates, and as a result of our investigations we are satis- filed that the same has been and is belng properly managed. The charges made to us of imj treatment of the patients were no: sustained.’ J. BURNS (Pl‘vllflfiflgo N (Secretary), E. D, SAW- ADGER, J. K, COOPVER, MORE, J. W. BUTTER: WOGRTH. For further information address The Sup rin tendent and Resident Physician. Downtown office — Room 13, sixth floor, Mills building, 3 to 4:30 P. s dally. gt Bl = The San Francisco proper Laundry. 33 Grn\:y Street. Telephone Main 5123. 2 HEURATISM d s COUT - Have been successfully treuice sor Weny years in Europe by the wouderiul remediesof the cele- brated | Dr. Laville of Paris. { LAVILLES LIQUOR | Quickly and thoroughly removes from the systam all causes of acute attacks. LAVILLE'S PILLS Wil permanently cure the most complicated and stubborn of chronic cases. Pamphlets giving full information sent free by the Agents of the United States. E.FOUGERA & CO., 80 North William st., N. Y, A 1sxative refreshing / fruit lozenge, very agreeable to take, CONSTIPATION hemorrhoids, bile, - loss of appetite, gistric and intestinal troubles and headache arising from them. 35 RucSieS RILLOK, ue des Archives, Paris, Sold by a! Druggista. INDIEN GRILLON