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

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1895. 9 e —— s ) RACING AT SAN JOSE. Wheelmen ' "From All Parts . Throng the Cycling Track. SCORCHERS IN EVIDENCE. Fast Time Made at the League of American Wheel- men’s Meet. CLASS A RECORDS LOWERED. Both Class B Events Won by C. S. Wells—Edwards and Delmas Win.In Class A. v 4.—The tenth an- the North California of American Wheel- the fast SAN JOSE, Cir I pic crowd assembled at the park at hen the races were called. ery point within ara- iles of this place came to d this morning. The fornia and Imperial Cycling isco were here in large y members of the n, neat and natty in s, made a striking and Reliance d, the Tribune Cyclers of the Pilot Wheelmen of Santa d was packed when the called, and the la the men, in various-colored ts, presented a very pleasing ap- that club’s sta T San Jose track is noted as being one ¥ 1 the World; and as a conse- e races were all.well contested iting. The class B events were ing and included the in . California .and,-in fact, e best in the world. st heat of the third of amile ; class A, C. D. Bates lowered -the 1 for the distarice to 44 1-5 sec- record was 44 on April 19 at San 5.t e heats of d enbrook and V. A. Ben- dem .record for a g wind which tretch. hird milesecratch, 1 was ‘a.’'str tarded them on the bac: I'of'the one : Were turt > -of the Impe t down Lan - Bay City i.were considerably bruised . Edwards;0l won the ates and’ Dieckmann, Re- ond and’ third respecti at-.0f the: two-thirds m . Charles: S, Well 1'on the coast. he best . form:he has ever 1'be a star among the time beinz 1:36 4-5. n-lowered ‘in .the ‘arland ‘of the nginto one A handicap riders o again - demonstrated his superi- 1 the other class B men in the ), winning his heat in 2:19 4-5. Allan Jones second. together, the ‘racing was a & sport and the audience and were afl' well pleased with the the Ladies’ Cycling Club and local wheel- Home. - Music, li constituted the even- Elmer -Sher- Time, 47 sec. Garden_ City, first; aclied,” second. - Time, h héat —F..M. Byrne, Im- ity, second. « J. ¥i. Dieckmin, Garde Third heat— E. W Time Tay Cit i, Road Final hent— ©. D. Bates.Jr., . Reliance, Final third. T handicap (clas heat~D, E. Whitman, unattached, first H.Sieg, unattiched, secoud; Time, ] ond R: E. Do, Garden' City 60 vards Jr.,: R ond, 30 yar i Edwards, Ol vards 4.2 Edwards, Olympic, first, from d v, second, 15 , third, 25 me. 2:15. first, from ity, second, Sits, third, 70 447 Final heat—Charles first, from scrateh; A.N. yards, second L. 45 yards, third. Time,2:194-5 One mile; liendieap (Cliss A)--First I Tantau, Olympic;: first, Christ, " Olympie, 100_ Yards, 5: - Second: heat-=0." B. yards; E 3 4 second. me, Lird hemt( Smith, Garden: City, % 0-vards; P, R.Mott, Aeme, second, from vards. Titne, Fourth heat—Floyd {and; Road rst, from seratoli; E.J. ards, sarden Garden ; 2:47, 3-5. City, fitst, from ysecond, from Final heat—J. yards; R. 25 yards. s, in light | the third-mile | e an attempt | to the stretch, | " [ tion. > | ter ™| he constructed to mean and embrace sealed i)| containing personal matter of no salable denbrook of San Jose Road Club, one mile, 1-5. 2:12 5-5; one-third of amile. :38 Referee, Alphonse Col, G. C. C. Judges—C. K. Melrose, ¢nief consul; Robert M.Welch, B. W.; George H. Osen, G. C. C.. Timers—H. ) ring, G.C. C.; George H. Strong, R. A. C.: S. mith; L. C. Hunter, 0. C. W.; Raviin, °.; Jack Kitchen! F. H. Kerri- D. E.'Nash, G. C. C.; George >, Starter—Sanford Plum- '.; assistant starter, C. J. Bellol . Clerks—Chief, H. H. Herndon, assistant clerks, W. R. Lipset, G. C. C. 56, G C.C. i M. mer,-B. C. W nouncer—Wilbur F. Knapp. Scorer—Ed Will- ‘:v‘u\x\t C.; assistant scoter, Jack Seeley, A FINE ROAD RACE. Wheel Record Broken From Los Angeles to Santa Monica. LOS ANGELES, Cin., July 4.— The great road race of wheelmen from Los Angeles to Santa Monica was a success in every way, all previous records being broken by Ulbricht, and an interest aroused that will be of lasting benefit in encouraging bicycle races in Southern California. Fully 3000 people gathered at Central Park to witness the start. Every rider made a successful start with the exception of one, who had the mis- fortune to break a pedal before he had pro- ceeded fifty yards. Assoon as the scratch men had been given the word ‘Go,” judges, referees, newspaper men and scorers crowded into a large bus, held in readiness, and were driven to the Arcade depot where a special train was waitin The trip was a rapid one, the train arriv- ing fifteen minutes in advance of the first rider. L. Lawton, an eight-minute scratch man, was the winner. closely followed by W. Yeoman, in the same cl: Ulbricht made the run in the remarkable time of 49 minutes 3 seconds, a record, considering the road, that will probably never be equaled, making an average run of less than three minutes per mile. As much of the road is sandy and partis thickly laid with dust and several grades are encountered, the run made by him may well be considered a phenomenal one. the order in which the con- testants arrived at Santa Monica: L. Law- ton, W. Y . L. Tabor, E. T. Carter, Jacob W W. Weir, W. Imbler, Bert Neily, W . W. Guiercio, Howard Squires, E. Ulbricht, John Todd, 1. J. Manly, Wiliie Jones, William Martin- da A. J. Church, John E | Meyer, Paunl Felton, R. 8.T r, R. Ruess, J. T. Ni . Good, W. sey, s Thompkins, W. Hill, C. Mode Griffith, R. H. Hargrave, F. T. Drew, W. E. Tyler, Fay Stephenson, E. P. Neily, J. E. S8andstraw, E. Ducummun, | Earl Cole, D. G. Campbell, V. | Masner, W. S. Savage, Will Matthewson, | F. L. Hague, Z. G. T\ A. Forsythe, { V. E. Bennett, G. L. . G. Maynard, | Charles Cowan, The E. BERKELEY. TFive members of the universi will attend the National educational con- | vention which will be in session at Denver | | from the Sth to the 14th inst. | Dr. Joseph Le Conte left on Wednesd for the convention city and Professor Wil- THE SPURS IN THE PARK, Three Southern Pacific Tracks Now Laid Across the Middle Drive. A MENACE TO THE PUBLIC. Little Progress Thus Far Made in the Restoration of the Fair Grounds. The Southern Pacific has now three spur tracks running into the park, and this without even the shadow of a franchise for spoiling the people’s pleasure grounds. release its tentacles from such right of w. Despite all protest, however, the privi- lege was granted the raiiroad, and the pro- viso made that the spur which was to laid in the park was to be removed within two months after the fair wasclosed. How careful the railroad company was to ignore this condition can be seen to-day by any one who will take the trouble to pass along that portion of the middle drive which was known as the Midway Plaisance when the fair was in its full glor{. He will not only see one railway track crossing that road, but three, and none of them adding either to the beauty of the surroundings or the safety and com- fort of those who use this drive. On two of these spurs were cars filled with street sweepings, while the other was in a most ruinous condition, some of the ties rising in the air at one end, owing to the poor ballasting of the roadbed on which they were laid, and there being breaks of con- siderable lengths in the track. These three tracks, crossing one of the park drives most popular with wheelmen and horsemen, are a constant menace to all who drive or ride a horse or ride a bicycle along it. In search of an explanation of the con- STEPS OF ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, SURROUNDED AND PARTLY COVERED WITH RUBBISH. [Sketched by a * Call’ artist.] It is now just a year since the Midwinter Feair was formally closed, and though it took but half this length of time to bring the grounds and buildings into shape for the great enterprise the work of restoring the section of Golden Gate Park that had been devoted to the use of the Midwinter Fair is still far from being completed, though there was an understanding pro- viding for its early restoration to park pur- poses. It is true the superstructures of the main buildings have disappeared, but their am Carey Jones will take passage to-day. | Dr. Le Conte will speak on scientific cul- | | ture and Professor Jones will deliver an ; | address on secondary education. Presi-| dent Martin Kellogg was requested by the | chairman of the committee on higher edu- | cation to deliver an address on “The Rela- | o cation to That in Pro- but on account of press | as not able to get away from | Berkeley, and in consequence asked Pro- | fessor Thomas R. Bacon to serve in his | stead. Professor Bacon left last week for | Colorado Springs, where he has been en- gaged to deliver a course of lectures dur- | ing the summer, and when his turn on the | tion programme comes will go to | Denver. Professors Brown and Bailey of the De- gogy, who are now tra :xpected to be in n. They, too, upon 1o give addresses. number of delegates from California leit on last Tuesday and within a few days till egation will leave from | | | | | onal Schoc Los Ang t being their purpose to boom California with the hopes of secur- ing the 96 convention for this State. of the Educ: a conference of representa- tives from the var icultural colleges of the United S those, how- ever, which have received assistance from the Morrill aid fund, i estab- lished in 1862 by act of ( ith the ‘h'.n'f\u%‘ of promoting scien egricult- ural education. The agricultural colleges planning to do considerable toward the | advancement of their department of s ence, and, as their representatives meet as specialists at the close of the general con- vention, the staff at Berkeley feels hopeful that good results will attend their first effort at a National conference. Professor Hilgard will leave in a few , to represent the University of Cali- | fornia at the latter convention. - WHAT IS A LETTER? Points Not Generally Known About Foreign Mails. Most people have supposed that any- thing sealed against inspection and de! ered to the postoftice constituted in effect a’ ‘letter which, at the regulation rate of 2-cent postage per ounce, the mail service would be obligea to forward to its destina- So far as the domestic service is con- cerned: this supposition may be correct, and would seem to be implied by the word- ing of official decisions, which declare that ‘‘all - matter, sealed or otherwise, closed against inspection is also of the first cl But with the foreign mail service, at.Jeast, the.condition is different. A pro- vision- in the- po: treaty specifies that | letters ‘‘in their usual and ordinary form” are to be forwarded at a given rate. Just what constituted the ‘““usual and ordinary form” has not till now been defined and ficially declared, and this is the way in which the definition was brought out: A Boston architect offered at the Post- office in that city a sealed roll addressed to the Commissioner of Patents at Ottawa, | Canada. on which the proper amount of [ postage, at letter rates, had been paid. The clerk in charge of the window declined to receive the roll as a letter,and, on the mat- being referred to him, Postmaster | Coveney decided that the term letter is to Some ickages consisting of an envelope of any ., but flat, as is the usual letter. The objector did not think that this ruling and letinition of a letter was correct, and gave is opinion that a letter ‘“‘was a package | valune, he matter being referred to the author- | ities at Washington for decision the Super- | intendent of Foreign Mails in due time | furwarded a decision embodying the joint opinions of Canadian and American postal authorities, to the effect that*'the term let- tér, in its usual and ordinary form,is to be onstrued to embrace sealed packages con- sting of an envelope of any size, but of the usual letter shape, and its content: but that rolls or a package not inclosed an‘envelope, the word envelope is gen- erally used, cannot be cnmsi«leredp to be ‘a letter in its usual and ordinary form.” A sealed package in the form of a roll is, therefore, not entitled to transmission in the mails, exchanged between the United States and Canada, and your office was correct in declining to receive the séaled roll mentioned.” This would seem to set- tle the matter as to what constitutes a let- ter within the meaning of our postal trea- ties.—The Paper World. E igoige It is statéd in the Gardener's Chronicle that a Thuringian rose-grower has raised a variety of the Marechal Niel rose whose -flowers-are white, excepting the inner pet- als, which are at first a yellowish white, and afterward a creamy white. These flowers bear some resemblance to those of niphetos, and they have all the good points of the Marechal Niel, including its fra- Old Arch and Lump of Coal, Still Standing Near the Grand Courts [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] removal has only served to make the vicinity of the site they occupied more un- sightly, as in no case has the foundation of cement, brick or stone been taken out or concealed by a covering of sod. The result is that the visitor to the museum, which now occupies the building formerly devoted to the art exhibits, or to that portion of the park coterminous with the former fair grounds, and the ;pleasure- seeker who takes a drive to Strawberry Hill or tg the ocean beach by way of the mildle road, has his sense of the artistic fitness of things most rudely shocked. Once in sight of the abandoned fair dition of things as described a call was made on John Rosenfeld, one of the Park Commissioners. “Why is it that the fair grounds are still in such a ruinous condition?”’ was asked. “The only reason I know is that the Park Commissioners have not had the money to carry on the work of putting it into proper shape.” “But was it not agreed that the Midwin- ter Fair administration was to restore the grounds toat least their normal condition after the close of the fair, removing all buildings, foundations, etc., and was not the railroad company to take up its tracks?” “About the fair people’s agreement I | know nothing. Iam a new member of the | commission. But I do know that we are | working on the proposition of getting | things 1nto shape out there as rapidly as | we could under the circumstances, but we are hampered by.a lack of funds. Up to the first of this month we had 190 men at | work leveling the ground and getting rid of all unsightly objects. Since then we have been compelled to reduce the force to about ninety. We have, in fact, been con- | centrating most of our efforts smce the ose of the fair to bring those grounds | into condition fit for the use of the public. Unless we get more money *we cannot do | more than is being done now. “There is a good reason, however, why the railroad has its tracks now running | into_the former fair site. We are filling | up the ground there with the street sweep- | ings of the City, which is good fertilizing | material and which we buy from the Mer- chants’ Association, and the sweepings are hauled into the grounds by the railroad | company, the Merchants’ Association pay- | ing the ireight charges. This will account for the three spurs. They are there with the consent of the Park Commission.” These sweepings are hauled to the “dumps” at the foot of Sixth street by certs, and could with little extra cost, it would seem, be taken to the park direct. . The maintenance of these spur tracks is considered a source of danger to the public interests, and the longer they are | allowed to remain, whether by authority | or without, the less become the chances of the City and park recovering what was granted as a temporary right of way. Itis feared that some day influence will be | brought to bear on the Board of Super- | visors, and the ?ieople will wake up the next morning to Pacific has secured a permanent frenchise SEiiar e BOUTHERN PACIFIC CARS STANDING ON CNE OF ITS TRACKS NEAR THE CONCRETE REMNANTS OF THE MECHANICAL ARTS BUILDING. [Sketched by a “ Call” artist.) grounds the spectator cannot keep his eye out of range of a pile of debris of mortar, rock, brick or cement, a dilapidated kiosk | or a torn-up piece of grouna thathas every | appearance of having been the scene of a disastrous dynamite explosion. And the tout ensemble gives a most vivid impres- sion of a Kansas village that has just been visited by one of the zephyrs peculiar to that cyclone-swept section. But this is not the greatest cause of com- plaint that the general public has. ‘When the project was first broached of Kiosk Standing on the Edge of the Grand Court. [Sketched by a ““ Call” artist.] rinning a spur of the Southern Pacific into the park for the convenience of the ex- hibitors a strong protest went up from those who best know the proclivities of the Southern Pacific Compnnfi. It was repre- sented that if the Southern Pacific was given a right of way through the City and into the park, even with.an express and srancé, while thé plant has handsome unmistakable stipulation for its removal, it would be found impessible to make it | over ground which would give them the | right to run their treins directly through the great pleasure park of the people. Slipshod Coleridge. Coleridge never rccognized his own | fluidity of character. Heinveighed against | himself with a sort of ecstacy of disgust at one moment, and uttered the most lofty aspirations the next, in a mood of almost transcendental rapture. He is always in that flaceid state which Tennyson has so well expressed in delineating the bohe- mianism of the earlier life. In one of Coleridge's letters during the cavalry epi- sode, he sa: “I rode a horse as young and undisciplined as myself. After tu- mult and agitation of any kind the mind and_all its affections seem to doze for a while, and we sit shivering with chilly feverishress, wrapt up in the ragged and threadbare cloak of mere animal enjoy- ment.”” That might be taken as the motto of his whole shiftless career., Coleridge began early that undisciplined career by s!ig;:mg off even the academical restraints which were the most useful, and might have been the most effectual, for him. Then be returned and ‘“‘dozed fora while” in the university without turning his studies to any advantage. Then he em- barked in various friendships, from which he slipped away at least as ofien as he re- turned to them. Hismind was full of gen- tle and tender dispositions: but he never had enough of will tobe to others the friend those others were to him. Even as a man of literature no one could trust him. He was so much accustomed to slip out of his engagements as to slip into them. He did not even know what he himself had done as distingnished from what he had only intended to do. He was slipshod in work, slipshod asa husband and father, slipshod as a friend, slipshod asa poet— and with all hisFteat genius left a name “to pomtva moral and adorn a tale.”—The Spectator. ¢ earn that the Southern NO POLICEAPPOINTMENTS, Commissioners Waiting Till the Supervisors Pro- vide Funds. CHIEF CROWLEY EXPLAINS. City Fathers Who Would Like to Name New Policemen—The Loaves and Fishes. The first of July bas passed and still 1500 men or more Who would willingly be molded into seventy-five police uniforms are not satisfied. i The Police Commissioners have not made the appointments and they do not intend to name any one until the money is appropriated by the Board of Supervisors. The Commissioners though have had no lack of opportunity to become acquainted with the qualifications of many gentlemen who would gladly fill the positions of guardians of the rights and property of citizens. Applications by the hundred have been pouring in, the agplicants being backed by politicians, merchants, business associates of the Commissioners and men who make politics and politicians. The ordinance drafted by the Board of Supervisors authorizing the appointment of seventy-five policemen was passed to print, but there has been considerable delay in getting it to that point. The delay is explained by an error in the original bill which Jwas discovered by the committee. But, as has been stated, nothing will be done until the appointment has been made. As soon as it became known that the Supervisors intended authorizing an in- crease in the force, every aspiring police- man got to work in the exercise of his little “*pull’” on the Commissioners. Mean- while the Supervisors stood pat. They did not desire to name each and every one of the new policemen, but many of them thought they were entitled to several. Commissioner Tobin was seen last even- ing in regard to the appointments and he confirmed the statement that there would be none until the appropriation was made to pay the men. “The Commissioners are waiting for the Supervisors,”” said Mr. Tobin. “I do not exactly understand why the appropriation has not been made, as Chief Crowley is watching the matter for us. We will not pmceediurriedly in te matter, but will act with deliberation. We have received volumes of applications and, while we have considered many, we have acted on none. It will not take very long to pick out the men once we get started in the matter. In the consideration of the ap- plications, the names of those who recom- mend the men are first looked at. Politics | cuts no figure in the matter, the fitness of the man being his chief qualification. This Jatter can only be determined by the knowledge we get of the man through those who recommend him. If the Super- visors should settle upon the ordinance to-morrow at their meeting, and the finance committee make the apportion- ment, we would probably begin appoint- ing at the meeting on Wednesday night. As I have intimated there would only be a few named at tue start and we would take our time about appointing the remainder in order to get good men.” SAILS MADE OF PAPER. Something Wanted Lighter and More Elastic Than Duck. It is now quite certain that a paper pulp | composition will be employed in making | The Herreshoffs, | | | | sails for light vessels. builders of racing boats, have lately ex- perimented with the application of rubber to balloon and other light sails, the opera- B tions being carried on at the Bristol Rub- ber Works. The valus of a big spreading sail in going before the wind is known to yachtsmen, which, together, with a bulg- | ing balloon jib topsail, utilizes every ounce of wind in force. making these sails of rubber is to obtain an_elastic material which will allow the sails to increase in area, and consequently in propulsive power in proportion to the force of the wind, Canvas sails have here- tofore been used exclusively, but' as a lighter, more elastic and airtight material is desired, the proposition at present is to make the sails of gossamer weight trom rubber, rope them strongly along foot, luff and leach, resulting, it may be, in superior sails. Even rubber has its drawbacks. A sud- den increase of wind power expands the sail | too much, and difficulty is experienced in governing the course of the boat; so atten- tion has been turned to that unfailing source from which so many things are now made—paper. A chief reason for the em- Jloyment of paper stock for this purpose is ightness, a matter which counts for con- siderable in fast sailing vessels; but there are other points of superiority, one being that the composition stretches just about | enough to favor both wind power and ves- | sel, while anotheris that the paper sailsare | air-tight. Besides this, practical testshave shown that the paper, properly prepared, is very valuable, and is less liable to tearin case of high winds. The sails made on the new plan are not woven from strands or threads, but are made up from compressed sheets, these be- ing cemented and riveted together in such | a way as to form a smooth and strong un- | ion. The first process of manufacturing | consists in preparing the pulp in the reg- ular way, to a ton of which is added 1 pound of bichromate of potash, 25 pounds of glue, 32 pounds of alum, 134 pounds of soluble glass and 4 pounds of prime tallow, these ingredients being thoroughly mixed with the pulp. Next the pulp is made into sheets by regular paper-making ma- chinery, and two sheets are pressed to- gether with a glutinous compound be- tween, s0 as to retain the Yieces firmly, making the whole practically homogen- eous. The next operation is quite important and requires a specially built machine of great power, which is used in compressing the paper from a thick, sticky sheet to a thin, tough one. The now solid sheet is run through a bath of sulrhnric acid, to which 1 per cent of distilled water has been added, from which it emerges to pass between glass rollers, then through a bath of ammonia, then clear water, and finall, through felt rollers, after which it is dries and polished between heated metal cylin- ders. The paper resulting from this pro- cess is in sheets of ordinary width and thickness of sail stock, it is elastic, air- tight, durable, light and possessed of other needed qualifications to make it available for sail-making.—Paper Trades Journal. A Greek Archbishop Carried to the Tomb in a Chalr. The death of the Greek Archbishop of Corfu, which took place a few days back, afforded an opportunity of witnessing the curious funeral rites accorded by the Greek church to so exalted an ecclesiastic. The Archbishop was an old man, and his | death was not unexpected. For more than a month the cathedral had been prepared for his “‘sitting in state.” The breath was hardly out of his body when the corpse was dressed in episcopal robes, and, without being embalmed,taken to the cathedral and placed in a_golden armchair, surrounded with lighted tapers, with the miter in one hand and the gospels in the other. The pogulace thmnfi_ed to the church to view the body and to kiss the Archbishop’s hand. The priest desired to keep the body there for three days, but the authorities had to interfere for the benefit of the public health. The funeral was accordingly ar- ranged for the second day. The church i i | | The idea in view in | | | Don Pierrot de Navarre. bells tolled continuously, the theater and shops were closed, flags were hung at half mast and the street lsmEs lighted and draped with crape. The whole of the in- habitants, however, treated the occasion as u fete dai: and appeared in the gayest clothes. The funeral procession started from the cathedral at 8:30°a. m. Three standard-bearers, with church standards flying, preceded it, followed by -about a dozen church beadles holding lighted E;lded lanterns. Next came three town nds playing a funeral march; then boys c.urryin}; artificial wreaths, Thirty-five priests followed on each side, and an offi- cer of the army holding a cushion with the Greek cross of the Savior and the Russian crosses of St. Anne. - Thén came the corpse tied tothe arm- chair—still holding the miter and gospel— carried by priests in gorgeous vestments, with' the chief Greek officials taking the gluce of pallbearers on each-side. Directly ehind followed the Roman Catholic Arch- bishops and the representatives of foreign powers. The men of the garrison, includ- ing the mounted battery and the crew of a Greek ironclad, brought up the rear. On arrival at the cemetery the body was taken into the church, and from there to the grave, which was like a small room. A stone chair had been built in the middle, on which the corpse was seated, and a hanging oil Jamp was arranged from the arch above. When the body was lowered and some earth thrown in, a salute of tweaty-one guns was fired from the fort, as well as three volleysof musketry over the grave. The bands then returned play- ing opera airs.—New York Journal. ——————— THEOPHILE GAUTIER'S OATS. Some Wonderful Animals That Belonged to the Great Novelist. Theophile Gautier, one of the most famous and artistic French authors of the present century, had an especial fondness for all animals. but cats were his particular favorites. In hisbook called ‘“La Mena- gerie Intime,” he describes his household of pets. One of the first was Childebrand, a short- haired, fawn-colored beauty, striped with black velvet, like the clown in Hugo’s “Roi s'amuse.” He had great green eyes, almond-shaped and surrounded by bands of black. Madame Theophile was another favorite, reddish and white-breasted, pink- nosed and blue-eyed. She dwelt with him on terms of great intimacy, sleeping with him, sitting on the arm of his chair when he wrote, following him on his walks through his garden, and always present at meals, when she sometimes stole attrac- tive bits from his plate. He tells an amusing story about her and a parrot left in his charge for a short time by an absent friena. Madame Theophile had never beheld a parrot and it aston- ished her greatly by its gyrations with beak and claw and the strange motions of its awkward green body. She sat for a long time as still as an Egyptian mum- mied cat watching it with meditation, for she had never witnessed such a peculiar example of natural history. Finally she seemed to say: “I have it now; itisa green chicken!” Meanwhile the parrot watched the cat with increasing alarm, ruffling its feathers and whacking its beak uneasily against its cage. Presently the cat seemed to say: Well, even if 1t is a green chicken, very likely it is good w0 eat.” “f watched the scene,” says Gautier, “her paws gradually spread and con- tracted, she gave alternately purr and growls, and prepared for a spring. The arrot, perceiving the danger, said in a eep bass voice: ‘“‘Have you breakfasted, Jocquot 2 A blare from a trumpet, a pistol shot, an earthquake could not have frightened her more. All of her ornithological ideas were upset. ‘“What more?” said the par- rott, ‘“the King’s roast beef?”’ The cat’s face expressed terror. .“He is not a bird; he is a monster,” she seemed to say. The green creature then sanga French couplet about good wine, and the cat, fleeing for her life, took refuge under the bea. Mme. Theophile had all the tastes of a great French lady, being especially fond of perfumes, but_patchouli and vertivert would throw her into ecstacies. She liked | music, too, but sharp, high rotes affected her and she would put her paw upon a singer’s lips when such a high note dis- tressed her. A third favorite was brought to Gautier from Havana by a friend. This was an Angora, white as a swan, the founder of the “White Dynasty.” He received the name of Pierrot, and as he grew older and more dignified this was extended to He always loved to be with Scople, adored Gautier’s literary friends, and used to sit silently when they discussed great questions, sometimes put- ting his head on one side and occasionally making a little cry. He used to play with books, turning over the leaves with his paws and going to sleep on top of them. Like Childebrand he used to sit by the author when he was at workand watch his pen move across the paper with intense interest. He never went to bed until Gautier returned home, and no mat- ter how Jate it was he would bound out of the dark te meet him, and so soon as the candle was lit scamper ahead like a page. His companion was a beautiful puss, white as snow, and owing to her celestial purity she was named ‘‘Seraphita” for Balzac's romance.—Philadelphia Inquirer. e A difference of taste in flowers exists be- tween England and America. In the rose, for instance, the long oval-shaped is the popular form—a roundish rosebud would scarcely have sale in America. On. the other hand, the large, globular or even somewhat flattened kinds are popular in England, and what is true of the rose is true of almost all other flowers that are in use by florists. In carnations, for instance, the heavy variety known as Souvenir dela Malmaison is the popular variety in TEngland. Are your shoes hard and § stiff? Do the soles rip? Are there tacks or hard waxed § threads in the innersoles? Your dealer can give you shoes free from all these faults, if he will. He can give you shoes that are STRONGER THAN HAND-SEWED. BETTER THAN HAND-SEWED. CHEAPER THAN HAND-SEWED. GOODYEAR WELT SHOES. ASK YOUR SHOE T1AN. 175 Goodyear Welts are LEATHER SHOES— not rubber. (16) READY WITH HIS ADVICE. The Man Who Knows Just What He Ought to Do in Summer. The man who knows just what is necessary for health and .comfort in hot weather is around once more. He talks to us in the street and he writes to us in thenewspapers. He ad- monishes us as to food, drink and clothing. He means well, but he is rather tedious. We know as well'as he that summer is a try- ing time, even for robust people. Never do we stand more in need of some ageney to build up and to maintain the whole system in a woik- ing state; to tone the stomach so that food s promptly and perfectly digested, and to soothe the exerted nerves. Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey fits the situation exactly. Itisimmediately refreshing, and it corrects the féeling of heavinessin the stomach which sometimes follows a free indulgence in the fruits and vegetables that seem to be wholésome enough, but contain dangerous germs. For the languor and depression following even -moderate labor in the summer there's nothing to ¢compare with a stimulant of high medicinal enabilities, and that is just what Duffy’s Pure Malt Wh Yy is. Families who go into the country, far, per- haps, from drugstores or groceries, take a sup- ply of this standard article, which bhas proved its value so often in time of emergency. Only one word of caution is necessary: Be sure to refuse all substitutes for Duffy’s. 'WASTKNG DISEASES WEAKEN WaNPrR fully because they weaken you slowly, gradu. ally. Do not allow this waste of body to make youapoor, flabby, immature man. Health, strength and vigor Is for you whether you be rich or poor. The Great Hudyan is to be had only from the Huds son Medical Institute, Thls-wonderful discovery ‘was made by the specialists of the old famoas i ud- son Medical Institute. It is the strongest and most ‘povrerful vitalizer made, It Isso powerful that ft is simply wonderful how harmlessitis. ¥You can get it from nowhere but from the Hudson Medical Institute. Write for circulars and testimonials, This- extraordinary Rejuvenator is. the most ‘wonderful discovery of thé age. Ithas been en- dorsed by the leading sclentific men of Europe and America. MUDYAN is purely vegetable, HUDYAN stops prematureness of the dise charge in twenty days. Cures LOST MAN- 00D, constipation, dizziness, falling sensations, nervous twitching of the eyes and other parts. Strengthens, Invigorates and tones the entire system. It s as cheap as any other remedy. HUDYAN cures debility, nervousness, emls- slons, and develops and_ restores weak organs. Pains in the back, losses by day or night stopped quickly, Over 2,000 private indorsements, Prematureness means impotency in the first stage. Itisasymptom of seminal weakness and barrenness. It can be stopped In iwenty days by the use of Hudyan. Hudyan costs no more than any other remedy. Send for circulars and testimonials. TAINTED BLOOD-Impure blood due to serlons private disorders carries myTiads of sore- producing germs. Then comes sore throat, pimples, copper colored spots, ulcers in mouth, old sores and falling hair. You can save a trip to Hat Springs by ‘writing for ‘Blood Book’ to the old physiclans of the HUDSON MEDICAL INSTITUTE, Stockton, Market and Ellis Sts., BAN FEANCISCO, CAL. Wonderful Cure Give yonr stomach a rest. Allow it a permanent respite from the use of peisonous drugs. They Devet replace the power of manhood. When you bave wasted your sexual powers you must replace them naturally—not by drugging your stomach. Give your tired nerves new life by filling them with electricity. That is what they live on, and it only will make them strong. Try Dr. Sanden's Electric Belt. “Your belt has Z &y, Proven a won ful remedy organs in my 2l case,” evrites W, D. Allen, Valle /& clto, Cal. Every day new cures are reported from the use of this wonderful helt. That means much to one who has used medicines without gain- ing relief. ' The book, “Three Classes of Men,” is sent free, with names of men in nearly every town n California who have been cured. Send foris. Address SANDEN ELECTRIC €O, Council Building; Portiand, Oregon. For Weak Men. HOME FOR THE CARE OF THE IKEBRIATE (Incorporated 1863). 2000 Stoekton St., 8. F, Cal. HOSPITAL FOR THE TREATMENE OF inebriety; including Alcoholism and Drug Habits and Nervous Diseases resulting therefrom; also for the temporary care and observation of persons suspected of Insanity. Terms $10.t0 $25 per week. 5 tracts from the report of the Grand Jury, filed December 8, 1894: W] not a public institus tion, in ‘consequence of -complaints made to us by the 'press and others, thoroughsexamination was made .of the conduct of the Home of Inebriates, and s a resalt of our investisations we ars satis: fied that the same has heen and is being properly managed. The charges made to us of improper treatment of the patients were not sustained.” Trustees—H BURNS (President), WM. MARTIN (Secretary), E. D. SAW- YEE, WM. 6. BACGER, J. K. COOVER, JOHN DENSMOR! J. W. BUTTER- WORTH. kor further Information address The Suverintendent ant Resident Physician, Downtown office — Room 13, sixth floor, Miliy building, 3 to 4:30 ¥. M. daily. A TADIES' GRILL ROON Has been established in the Palace Hotel N ACCOUN made on the management. of the city réstanrant, with direct entr: Market st. i pping will find thi Prompt service and mod- erate charges, such as have given the. gentlemen’s Grillroom an international reputation, will preval in this new department. G 2| i 2 2 = of g & 3 H g Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills Are acknowledged by thousands of persons who have used them for over fotty years to cure ?‘i%‘xs '}r‘E"xa’fiCl{E'\vfim INESS, CONSTIPA- N, Tos ver, Weak Stomach, Pliaples, an purify mrglm. R . Grossman's Specific Mixtnre With this ‘remedy persons can cure themseives without the leass exposure, change of diet, or change in application to business. The medicine contains nothing that is of the least infury to the gonatltution. ~ Ask your druggiat for it. 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