The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 29, 1895, Page 11

LIFE AT JOHANNESBURG, Five Thousand Men . Starving at the Richest Gold Fields in the Worid. WONDERS OF THE TRANSVAAL. The Output Is 179,000 Ounces a Month and Negroes Must Walk In the Street. ‘It’s the greatest gold-mining region in the world,” said John E. Owens, a well- known newspaper man who has just re- ned from his travels. He was talking about Johannesburg, and he ought to be | an_authority on that corner of the world, | for. his ramblings in the Transvaal have been extensive. “Yes,” he said, ““the greatest zold mines in the world are now at Johannesburg, which ‘is in the Transvaal, South Africa. It is situated on a high plateau at an alti- tude of 5600 feet and 1014 miles from Cape- town. Its population of about 60,000 (in- cluding the African negro) is decidedly cosmopolitan. Men from all parts of the world have flocked there in their wild rush for gold.” He continued: The mines of Johannesburg (Witwatersrandt, or more commonly known as the *‘Rand”) are now yielding more gold each month than ail the other mines af the world combined. The average monthly output at present is placed at 179,000 ‘ounces, Thls is continually inereas- ing, and itis beyond the conception of any per- 501 to estimate the possibiiities of these mines. To the visitor standing on the small hill back of Doornfonticn, & fashionsble suburb of Johaunesburg, the sight isa grand one. As | he eyecan reach ina direct line east the huge chimneys of the goid stamp- ing mills may be seen blazing forth their fire and smoke. The gold reef is forty-five The first row of deep level operation, and before another five have passéd by the second. and third rows of deep level mines will be in sctive operation. The greater the depth the richer the ore. Some of the mines_are now down to & depth of over 1000 feet. The supply of gold seems to be in- exhyustible. It has béen estimated by experts that there is a surety of $12,000,000,000 of gold in the Johannesburg mines. The success of these mines is due solely to Americans. The Australisn miners first vis- ited the “Rand,” but they were unsuccessful. After many attempts, they finally left, stating that no gold could be found in those fields. English miners from Cornwall undertook the responsibility. Though they made a better showing than the Australians, yet they were far from giving satisfaction. ‘The Rothschilds became interested in these fields. They sent out Hamilton Smith, a Cal- ifornian, 10 look over the ground and see whether there was sufficlent gold on the reef to warrentan expenditure. His report was a favorable one. From that time experienced American miners made their appearance at annesburg. The place began to assume from the moment they took charge. The Tesult is that to-day, under the management of Americans, mostly Californians, Johannesburg bas become _the greatest gold center of the world, and one may find there the very latest improved mining machinery. There is at present over 3500 stamps at work in the mills. These mills are run at their full- est capacity, night_and day, from one week’s end 1o the other. Eversthing is on a gigantic scale, 5o far as mining is concerned. From early morning till late in the after- noon the stock exchange on Commissioner street is ascene of excitement. If stocks are high then business is good in the town, but if there should be & drop in_the market money is gearce. The population seems to live by gam- ng. The hope of South Africa is centered in Jo- hannesburg. Capetown, Port Elizabeth, East London and Natal are all dependent on the Jobannesburg trade. The financial houses of irope have _their representatives at the “Rand.” Notwithstanding this great wealth of gold, South Africa is not the place for a poor man 't go forwork. All the labor in themines eriormed by the negro natives. There Te no factories nor any opportunity ultural work. Living there is ex- 1y expensive, it being next to an impossi- ty to get along with less than $100 a month. The influx of population to Johannesburg has been very great. The resuit is that at least 5000 men are out of work and starving. A large number are arriving weekly, swelling up the list of nnemployed and adding to the gen- eral confusfon. Among the most notable Americans who have been the means of building up Johannesburg may be mentioned: Charles Butters, the intro- ducer of the cyanide processthere; J. H. Ham- mond, who receives the fabulous salary of )00 per annum; Captain Mein of the son mines; Hamilton Smith, represent- e Rothschilds; Mr. Webber of the Crown M. Wiltse of the Glendenhuis estate, C. Manion, representing American firms, Johannesburg may be considered as one of | the wonders of the mining world. Its growth | has beén phenomenal. Nine years ago the site of the ““Rend” had but one habitatio To-day the town has magnificent office buitdings and palatial residences. The feeling here between the English and the Boers is very bitter. How long the Trans- vaal Government will last, it isvery hard to guess. One thing is certain, that the popula- tion of Johannesburg (excepting the Ameri- cans) are ready to revolt whenever an oppor- tunity occurs. The police force of Johannes- burg may be considered as one of the most incompefent in existence. Negroes, coolles, Chinamen, and all who have black or Asiatic blood in their veins, must walk in the middie of the road. The sidewalks are for the use of the whites in Roerland. Any of these above persons caught walking on tne sidewalks are arrested and fined $10 or one month. Itisa peculiar country with a peculiar people. THIS OONDUCTOR WAS BOSS. But He Had » Hard Time Convincing at Least One Passenger of the Fact. Open car 77 of the Sixth-avenue surface road had a German conductor yesterday. It was evident that he was a graduate of | the German army and thoroughiy imbued | with its discipline. He was stiff and erect, | and wore spectacles and a goatee, and | when he asked for a fare he did it in the | style Zof an officer ordering a bayonet | charge. Nobody could doubt that he un- derstood his rights and responsibilities as conimander of the car. “Step inside,” “No riding on the steps,”” “Hurry up ¥ you want to rideon this car,” “Step iively, we can't wait for’you to make up- your mind,” “Make room, there.” “Bro¥e np.” were a few of the orders de- livered by him in shurX peremptory tones to the .passengers. All obeyed meekly untif another former subject of the Kaiser | got aboara at Tenth street. Thenewcomer was smaller than the conductor, but quite as full of dignity and determination. The seats being full he remained on the steps. “*Step inside,” commanded the conduc- tor. “T wilinot; there is no room,” retorted the little man. “Step inside or get off,” thundered the conductor. > “I will do neither; I bave paid my fare.” “You will do as I say; those are the rules.” “I don't care for the rules.” “T'll put you off.” “Let me see you.” Bang! bang! went the bell and the driver brought the car fo an abrupt stop. The conductor laid violent bands upon the obstinate one and the latter velled *Help!” at two policemen who were standing on the corner: Then the unexpected happened. Three of the hitherto meck male passengers arose and threatened to punch the head off the surprised conductor if he didn’t remove his hands from the collar of bis com- patriot and the policemen arrived justin time to prevent them from making gi the threat. The conductor, his vietim and the angry passengers all told the police- men their various versions of the affair. Oue of the cops was stunned by the flood of argument, but the other upheld the conductor and declared that the passenger must get in or get off. our address?” shouted the little man. “‘Um-m-m, Broadway,” was wafted back to his waiting ears. The car bowled along swiftly and the conductor pushed out his chestand smiled. Nobody disputed his orders during the rest of the trip.—New York Sun. Eato s A PRISONER'S LADDER. Used for Climbing Out and Back When He Visited His Sweetheart. Warden Patten of the Indiana prison south at Jeffersonville has now on exhi- bition one of the most remarkable con- trivances of a prisoner that ever cameinto his collection. It is a ladder made of thousands of small pieces of twine, threads, cords and rope, such as a convict would secretly collect through years of effort. With the rope Thomas Shepherd used to climba thirty-foot 1 and get out of the penitentiary-yard night after night to visit an old sweetheart. He never at- tempted to escape, and, when his ladder was found one night, he returned before his absence had been discovered, rang the bell at the front gate, and surrendered himself. On his arm he carried a rubber coat, which had heen used to conceal his striped shirt. He wore moccasins over his shoes. 3 Shepherd told a_straightforward story, so far as it went. He had made the ladder, he said, in order that he might visit a woman outside the prison. He had gone to her house only four times, he said. Last Sunday night, when he returned, he found “his ladder gone from the wall. and at once he decided to give himself up. He would not tell the woman’s name, but the prison officials think they have dis- covered her identity. She went from her home in Sullivan County, Ind., some years ago to live in Jeffersonviile, near her con- vict lover. Shepherd said that he wove his ladder at night, and_that it took him months to finish it. Itcontained threads, strings and bits of cords of every size, length and color. They were woven, knotted and twisted skillfully. Shepherd was sent to prison to serve a life sentence in 1875. A new trial was se- cured two years later, and he was recom- mitted on_ the same sentence on April 19, 1878. He has continually peti- tioned ~for executive clemency, and two years ago his sentence w muted to ‘wenty years. He leased, consequently, on April 18, 1898, He was a country schoolteacher. night at an apple paring he had a quarrel with a man named Macey Engle overagirl. Engle had Shepherd ar- rested, and one night, before the case was tried, Engle was assassifiated. Shepherd was convicted parely on circumstantial evidence, and has always maintained his innocence.—Vincennes Sun. g cSEn THE C0AOH'S ASSIRTANT. A Machine Invented to Direct Oarsman’s Stroke. “Coach’s assistant” is the name which ought to be given to a device invented by Walter B. Peet, which, he says, has already proved its value as a monitor to developing oarsmen, and he hopes may result in revo- lutionizing the stroke in shell racing. “‘Stroke recorder’ is the name fixed upon it by the Patent Ofiice, which has already granted letters securing Mr. Peetin the ownership of the device. Mr. Peet, as coach of the Columbia 'Var- ity crew for many years, has had abund- 1t opportunity to test the merit of his invention. This seems to bea combination of cogged clock wheels mn&wlling a swing- ing arm, in which is fixed a pencil. The pencil point rests upon a broad rotl of paper like the tape of a stock ticker. The oar, working in a specially designed swivel lock, presses a button, which communi- cates with the cog wheels, impelling tnem with a steady motion wholly governed by the amount of muscle expended by the oarsman. The waves in the line marked on the tape disclose the force of this mus- cular exertion. It is uniform where an ex- pert oarsman expends a uniform force, and a ragged line just so far as his power is ex- erted unequally or in jerks. By study of this tape the trainer can see just where his pupil lacks. Ifit isonly the raggedness incigent to a beginner, practice alone will improve it. But the unevenness may result from deficiency of some partic- ular muscle, in which case it is the trainer’s business to pay special attentioa to the de- velopment of that muscle. Again, the strokes of the several men selected to man a boat_may be compared and inequalities of their joint efforts detected, with the re- sult of giving such special care to the weak points as will give to the swing, dip and recovery of the entire crew thatoneness which wins races, even though the indi- the P | vidual oarsmen may be weaker men than their competitors. The device is designed to bring about such_a collective stroke as well expend all available muscle at exactly the right time-and in exactly the right place.—New York Times. T T OBJECTED TO BLOOMERS. The Landlady Would Not Allow Her Boarders to Wear the Dress at Table. Hard and awful to ‘contemplate are the trials that the new woman has to put up with—that is, that parti new woman who doesn’t like to wear skirts and prefers knickerbockers at most times and places, says the New York World. In England the boarding-house landladies are very much aroused over the subject and are thinkinfi of forming an association to rule out all women who wear what is known in the words of the day as *‘rational dress.” In this country there is an interesting anecdote, with its scenelaid in Ann Arbor, Mich., relating to one of the college girls who was very much “advanced.” There wasa girl staying at one of the boarding-houses in the village who per- sted in’ wearing trousers that were more nasculine even than *bifurcated skirts.” his attire disturbed the landlady in- tensely, and in tearful tones she pleaded with the young woman to discard the dis- tasteful garments. But the girl was put upon her mettle and resisted the land- lady’s pleas until that wrathfui individual came out with the following ultimatum: “You cannot eatat my table and wear bloomers at the same time.” It is not correct for the “new woman’’ to weep, and therefore the knickerbockered girl shed no tears. At the very next meal that was served, however, the other board- ers noticed that she wore a skirt. Imme- diately after dinner she took it off and five minutes later was seen parading down the streets in masculine garments once more. But the landlady has carried her point, and bifurcated garments are not at such a premium in Michigan as they were. ———— Wembley Park’s Gireat Tower. The great tower at Wembley Park is again in active progress, and is rapidly ap- proaching the completion of the first stage, which consists of the coastruction of a vast ,}Intfarm 190 or 200 feet from the ground. he gigantic framework upon which this piatform is to be laid has long been a con- spicuous object on the top of the hill in \;v’embley Park. The cross girders are now to bée got into position and the concrete floor formed. This floor will be of enor- mous area, as may be fiathered from the fact that in the center of it is to be a large ball, with a floor space of 20,000 square feet, a broad promenade running all around it. The original design contem- plated also the bmldmg of a hotel on this platform, with ninety bedrooms. Whether this is likely to be carried out at present we are-not informed. There are to be four lifts to this first stage and two staircases. One of the staircases is sufliciently ad- vanced to eermit of the ascent being made by it, and the lift guides have just been got into position. ‘The complete tower—if it ever is completed—is to run up six times as high' as this floor, or thereabout. But only sufficient capital has been raised for n T “That’s my advice,” shouted one of the little German'’s sn{porun, “and get off. Then you can sue the company.” »“I'll do it,” replied the little man. “Won’t you give me your name?” 2 “H’m,” said the man, “yes. Jones is | my name; John Jones.” : The conductor pulled the bell and the ~ar moved off with a jerk. £ ' this first portion, and what will be dene after this remains for the future to deter- mine. About £80,000, we understand, has been_required to finish this first portion.— London Daily News. e The worker-bee lives six months, the dm‘?"; four months, the female bee four ye: e lar type of the | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1895. 11 COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS, Elaborate Plans for Midsum- mer Outing at Santa Cruz. FOR PLEASURE, NOT BUSINESS. Excursion Traln Leaves the Broad Gauge Station at 1 P. M. To-Day. SANTA CRvZ, June 29, 1895. W. J. Barrett, President Pacific Coast Commer- cial Travelers’ Association, San Francisco: Four blacks and landan will meet you for ladies on Saturday. FRED W. SWANTON. When the special excursion train of the sylvan retreat or reclining lazily in the sun. There has been one exception to this passive appearance of indolence and de- generacy unworthy of the traditional en- ergy of wild bison ancestry. The ugliest looking buffalo in the herd, a creature of gigantic size, has always been an uneasy, restless, quarrclsome fellow, a terror to his companions, whom he dominated and bossed at his own eccentric will. He was the bully of the walk, as it were. All oth- ers had to budge at his gleasm'a and sur- render possession of the softest and choicest spots ia the inclosure whenever be chose to demand it. To the keepers he was known as Bill, and by them he was dreaded almost as much as by his own as- sociates. With some of the others the keepers bave become tolerably familiar, but nabody has ever thought of making a pet of Bill. Like all bullies, Bill included among_ his execrable qualities the twin vices of selfishness and greed. He was al- ways filling himself with the choicest of the food, the tenderest grasses,and his conductat all times, particulariy, it seemed, when crowds of visitors were gazing through the fences, was such as to disgust. any gentlemanly buffalo. The keepers noticed early in the morn- ing that Bill was in a more than usually disagreeable mood. He swaggered around \ X A. C. Boldemann, Secretary. ‘W. J. Barrett, President. broad-gauge which leaves this City at 1 ». m. to-day arrives at its destination on the shores of Monterey Bay, the Mayor of Santa Cruz will meet President Barrett and extend to him and the excursionists in his train the freedom- of the town. There will be some oratory. The Mayor will talk first and then the president will respond for the association. The commercial travelers are not going to Santa Cruz to hold business sessions of the association. The trip is planned for an outing of pleasure and relaxation, and R. D. Laidlaw, Treasurer. there is no organization in existence better equipved for getting joy out of a holiday trip than the Commercial Travelers’ Asso- ciation of the Pacific Coast. There were two business sessions of the association at Pythian Hall yesterday. Regular reports were submitted, but in- terest in the proceedings was obscured by contemplation of the trip to-day. The chairman of the executive commit- tee, R. H. Davis, has prepared an elaborate programme for the outing, and will unfold 1t as the occasion demands. There will be dancing and feasting, beauty contests, side excursions, and high jinks galore. R. H. Davis, Chairman Entertainment Committee. President Barrett may not need the golden key of the city, which Mayor Effy will present to him, but_he will accept it all the same, for he has lived long enough to know how awkward it is sometimes to be without a pass key. The officers of the Facific Coast Travelers’ Association are: President, W. J. Barrett; treasurer, R. D. Laidlaw; secretary, A. C. Boldemann; directors—S. M. Heller, R. H. Davis, 8. K. Thornton, C. Eubanks, B. L. Schiff, B. Galland and H. L. Judell, San Fran‘clsco, and W. F. Peterson of Sacra- mento. 3 BISONS IN BATTLE. They Resent the Actions of a Bully and a Butting and Goring Match Ensued. Visitors at the Zoological Garden were treated to a sensation recently, sags the Philadelphia Times. This was a combat % la mort in the big buffalo inclosure that would have reflected credit upon the wild- est regions of the Western plains in the good old times. The buffaloes at the Zoo are, for the most part, bona fide importa- tions from the West, but they usually ex- hibit the deteriorating effects of Eastern civilizaiion by lolling about their mock bl & the place, pushing the others about, dis- turbing various sociable little groups of the more companionable fellows, and tak- ing particular delight in forcing any one who had settied himself in an especially agreeable place for Iveaceful repose to get up and hustle for other quarters. It was about the time when everybody except guards, keepers and the lower animals are supposed to be engaged in religious worship that the garden was startled by a chorus of bellows and snorts from the buifalo yard. Ail the keepers and the few visitors who had entered the grounds rushed to the scene. There, in the middle of the inclosure, stood Bill, his huge head close to the ground, which he ing in an ugly manner, while his ned in the air like a whip. In a semicircle, but at a respectiul distance, were half a dozen of the largest members of the herd, also digging into the earth and snorting belligerently. while the others of the colony were gathered in one corner, with their shaggy whiskers almost touch- ing the ground, but_discreetly contenting themselves with bellowing at the top-of their capacious lungs. It was evident that the bully had provoked his usually meek comrades to open rebellion. Active hostil- ities were not long delayed. ‘While Bill stood half contemptuously returning the angry snorts of his enemies, a large buffalo detached himself from the semicircle and approached the big fellow slowly and apparently desirous of digging bis way toward him through the earth with his nose. When about six feet dis- tant, with the big giaring eyeballs of both animals fastened npon each other, the new champion sprang forward and their thick heads met with a crash like simultaneous bangs on the bass drums of a score of mili- tary bands. The new champion recoiled before the superior strength of Bill, but he was game and he returned to the attack. For more than five minutes the combat- ants hurled against each other, their horns frequently locked, and each striving with all ‘his sinewy strength to force up the other’s head and get in a decisive blow with the keen horns in the softer flesh of the neck. Bill was steadily forcing his antagonist back toward the fence, when another buffalo detached himself from the semicirele, and, with head down and tail up, charged directly upon the object of zeneral hatred. The blow took effect in ill’s tremendous neck, laying open the heavy flesh and covering the fhici mane red in an instant. Ttwastnen that Bill showed what almost all bullies show when hard beset—the white feather. Disconcerted and per- r ed, he turned from one to another of his assailants striving to avoid the blows of each. He bellowed with rage and evi- dent f vhen still another buffalo joined the attacking party and thrust his sharp horn into his flank. The issue of the battle was not long doubtful. With ail his enormous strength Bill was forced about the pen, receiving numerous wounds in front and flank from the infuriated animals that were now crowding upon him. He made a last des- perate stand near the fence and succeeded in hurling one of his foes to the earth and ripping open the side of another, but he himself was soon forced to his knees and repeatedly gored as he endeavored to rise. He was soon too weak to maintain him- self on his legs and all seemed over for him, when Head-keeper Manley and a half dozen keepers. armed with pitchforks and clubs, leaped the fence and rushed to his rescue. It was a difficult, if not to say dangerous, thing to repel the enraged bisons, who had made up their determina- tion to destroy their oprressor in one good job, but thev were finally beaten back long enough to enable the keepers to drag Bill out of the gate. ‘While this was going on every animal in the Zoo possessing a strong voice was keeping up a musical accompaniment, in which the trumpetings of the elephant Bolivar and his usually quiet companions and the roars and snarls of the big cats in thetlionhuuse were particularly promi- nent. Bill’s injuries were found to be serious, and it is possible that his unhappy fate will be to furnish buffalo cutlets to the carnivora. At any rate he will not be re- stored to the buffalo-yard. After Bill’s subjugation the buffaloes that had made the attack were noticed to bear themselves with a new air of self- importance. This was especially evident in the case of the one who had the courage to strike the first blow. He, of course, succeeds Bill as boss of the ranch, and in pointing him out the head keeper, who is of a classical turn, bestows upon him the title of **Campeador.” e Harvard's Degenerate Cheer. The Harvard cheer is unfortunately los- ing its distinctive character. In former. years the nine ‘“rahs’ came slowly and the final *‘Har-vard’” was broad and deep. In the Pennsylvania game the cheer could be but little dislinguished from the short, sharp Yale iell. Kven the “nine long Harvards,” which usied to beso impressive, are now cut much tpo short. The leaders of the cheering seldpm try to maintain the old-time cadence and there is danger that it will be entirely ydisused. The merest hint shonld sure!y sufficient to check this tendency. arjvard Crimson. e Leopold Schefer, the German actor, had a good mother, as wiell as a good wife. He said of both: “But fone thing on earth is better than the wife} that is the mother.” DIVIDED ~ THEOSOPHISTS,| A New American Section Is Authorized by Presi- dent Olcott. THE GOLDEN GATE BRANCH. Loya} Fellows Reorganize and In- corporate Under the State Law. Theosophists in this City and on the coast have been hanging upon an irregular edge of uncertainty for the past two months. This uncertainty has been the result of the secession of W. Q. Judge and his followers in convention at Boston, April 27 and 28. Those branches of the American section that were loyal to the Thesophical Society as represented by President-founder Olcott, Mme. Blavatsky and Annie Besant seem to have given themselves the least worry over the matter, vet all the theosophists have been anxious to know how the action of the Boston convention would be re- ceived by President Olcott. I1f he should have approved that action it would have been an indorsement of General Secretary Judge and a disapproval of Annie Besant in the controversy between those two fellows of the Theosophical Society; which ornginated the disaffection in the branches of the American section. But President Olcott did not approve the action of the Boston convention. His ruling in the matter has been received in the form of a circular, in which he declares canceled the diplomas of ail fellows who have or may stand by the secession act. President Olcott says that he will issue a new charter for an American section of the Theosophical Society. and to carry into effect the notice given he has ap- inted Alexander Fullerton, F.T.S., of New York, Mrs. Kate Buffington Davis, F.T.8., of Minneapolis, George E. Wright, F.T.8., of Chicago, and William John Walters, F.T.8., of San Francisco a special committee to collect and forward to him all petitions and resolutions pertaining to this business, to have charge of all Ameri- can affairs ding the issue of a section charter, :mcf'as presidential agents to su- pervise the proper organization of the new American section of the Theosophical So- ciety. This circular was issued the 5th inst. from Zumarraga, Spain. Within the past week the loyal fellows of the Goldep Gate Branch of this City, the oldest on the coast, have incorporated under the laws of the State and retained the name. Shortly after the reunion of the Boston convention Alexander Fullerton was se- lected by the loya! branches as general secretary and George B. Wright of Chi- cago, Kate Buffington Davis of Minnea- William J. Walters, the New Member of the Council of American Saction of the Theoscphical Society. olis and William John Walters of 8an ‘rancisco were seiected to form the coun- cil. This action and the selection by President Olcott of the same persons for his committee is a coineidence which is considered by the loyal fellows as a good omen. ap The original McKinley tariff law is written on parchment similar to that of the Sherman law, and like it, it is bound into a big book that contains the original documents of many other laws. It fills sixty-three of these large parchment sheets and the engrossing of it was done by three different clerks. The title of the bill is, “An act to reduce the revenues and to equalize duties.’”” It is attested in the same manner as the Sherman law and signed by Speaker Reed, Vice-President Morton and President Harrison. The Wilson bill, which supplants the McKinley bill, fills about as many pages of the heavy unruled parchment, which, by the way, we send to England to buy. The Wilson bill mentions almost every article of commerce that one can]think of, grouping similar things into paragraphs and naming the duties that shall be paid upon each. There is a long list of articles on which there is no daty. Pruc?amntions by the President of the Tnited States have maintained one form since the foundation of the Government. The original Emancipation Proelamation issued by President Lincoln is written upon very heavy white unruled paper that is folded once. The fold is at the left, like a sheet of four-page letter-paper, and each bage is ten by fourteen inches in size. It egins, as do all Presidential proclama- tions, “By the President of the United States of America—A Proclamation.” The first line is written with a penina bold hand, and the words, ‘A Proclama- tion,” form a line of themselves—printing characters, although executed with a pen. It proclaims that on a certain date, and under certain conditions, a race is free from bondage, but it nowhere calls itself an “Emancipation Proclamation.” That is a popular name given to this, one of the most famous of State papers. The text is in the handwriting of Secretary Seward—a band that was strikingly like that of Mr. Lincoln.—Harper’s Round Table. Emma Eames writes of THE IDEAL TONIC : «1 find ¢«Vin Mariani’ the most delightful and efficacious tonic, of inestimable value to singers.” Descriptive Book with Testimony and Portraits OF NOTED CELEBRITIES. e Mooy Test Frases feputation. Avold Substitutions, Ask for¢Vin Mariaai® At Druggists and Fancy @rocers. MARIANI & CO., THE BANNER OF LIGHT. 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I _ean cheerfully recommend it to your pacrons. Respectiul This_is to certify that T am well acquainted with W. I, Wenzell, ana that T consider him one of the ablest chemis: n Francisco and a gentleman of the strictest integrity. C.’A. CLINTON, M.D., £x-member of Board of Health. I indorse Dr. Clinton's opinion of Professor Wen- zell. WILLIAM SEARBY, Chemist. This is to certify that T know Professor Wenzell and know him 10 be correct in every detall. W. H. LOGAN, Ph.G., M.D. The Antoinette Preparations are indorsed by many of our most eminent chemists and physi- cians. This Restorer is not a Dye, and does not stain the scalp. SINFLES OF CREME DE 1A CREHE GIVEN AWAY. MME. MARCHAND, Hair and Complexion Specialist, 121 POST STREET, ROOMS 32-36, Taber’s Entrance. Telephone 1349. CONTRA COSTA WaterCo.Bonds WILL BE PAID BY THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA UECK PRESENTATION OX AND AFTER date of their maturity, July 1, 1805, after which date irteves: will cease. Holders of atova bonds who have subscribed to an agreement to exchange for the new lssue of tonds by the same company are notified that the exchange will be made upon presentation at the Bsunk of California on and after the 20th of June, 5. "The Bank of California, THOS. BROWN, Cashler. ENNVROYAL WASTING DISEASES WEAKEN WonpHE: fully because they weaken you slowly, gradae ally. Do not allow this waste of body to make youapoor, flabby, immature man. Hexlth, strength and vigor is for you whether you be rich or poor. The Great Hudyan is to be had only from the Hud« son Medical Institute. This wonderful discovery was made by the specialists of the old famous ude son Medical Institute. It is the strongest and most powerful vitalizer made. Itisso powerful that it is simply wonderful how harmlessitis. You can get it from nowhere but from the Hudson Medical Institute. Write for circulars and testimonials, This exiraordinary Rejuvenator is the most wonderful discovery of the age. Ithas been ene dorsed by the leading scieutific men of Europe and America, MUDYAN is purely vegetable. HUDYAN stops prematureness of the dise charge in twenty days., Cures LOST MAN- HOVD, constipation, dizziness, falling sensations, nervous twitching of the eyes and other parts. Strengthens, fnvigorates and tones the entire system. It isas cheap as any other remedy. WUDYAN cures debility, nervousness, emis- sions, and develops and restores weak organs. Paips in the back, losses by day or night stopped quickly. Over 2,000 private Indorsements, Prematureness means impotency in the first stage. Itisasymptom of sominal weakness and barrenness, It can be stopped In twenty days by the usc of Hudyan. Hudyan costs no more than any other remedy. Send for circulars and testimontals. TAINTED BLOOD-Impure bicod due to serious private disorders carries myriads of sore- producing germs. Then comessore throat, plples, copper colored spots, ulcers in mouth, old sores and falling halr. You can save a trip to Hot Springs by writing for ‘Blood Book’ to the old physicians of the HUDSON MEDICAL INSTITUTE, Stockton, Market and Ellic Sta, EAN FRANCISCO, CALs A TADIES" GRILL ROOM Has been established in the Palace Hotel N ACCOUNT OF REPEATED DEMANDS ‘made on the management. It takes the piace of the city restaurant, with direct entrance from Market st. Lacles shopping will find this & most desirable place to lunch. Prompt service and mod- erate charges, such as have ziven the gentlemen’s Griliroom an International reputation, will preval in this new department. GRANITE MONUMENTS. Sergiscct, | JONES BROS. & 00, and Imported by 5 s Cor. Second and Brannan Sts., 8. F, A& Superior to ALL OTHERS and the latest designs. Strictly wholesale. Can be purchased through any Retail Dealer. ey NEW WESTERN HOTEL. 0 other. Rejusc dano: tians and imitations. At Droggise - articulars, testiocaials s0d | en,” in letzer, bY return | stimonials, Name Paper. | Co, M ot ol CEARNY, AND WAz HINGTON, STS.—RE- modeled and renovated. KING, WARD & C European plan. Rooms 50c to $1 Wpercny.‘% 1o #8 per week, §8 10 330 per month: free baths; hot and cold water cvery room; fire graies in evezy 100m; elevator runs all night i\