The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 13, 1895, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1895 THE FIELD OF POLITICS Long List of Applicants for Health Department Piaces. LETTER FROM A. B. LEMMON. Mayor Sutro’s Position In Regard to the Protest Against Foster. The newly appointed membersof the Board g received th comm hor Budd it now for them to file the oath re- ninistered to each with the Sec- te in order to qualify for duty e new member: r meeting of the | A M and | hat attend the r board next Wednesc then present their credentials to the out- going members. It was stated no appointme: and that the! up until the new board met sion. Governor Budd’s private secretary, Mr. at the California Hotel aid the Governor would be in y to attend a terday by Dr. Hart that had been agreed upon hject would not be en b regular ses- es for positions at | Board of Health. ronage list embraces the Hospital. Almshouse. cer. | tary to the | list of applica ny nan sigeest scramble—even for deputy police sergea for that ideal sinecure, the interment in ), which was created a long time 1 favorite. People d without a per- | officer to | of on an average six | nd to this the in- | a month, which | zave to an 1r that he cc ! needed some one | 1sh thems o who sweeps | f the nd “‘innoct 'lfi " look up with | - | tor of the Board of Health 1cisco. He draws s h. Among the 3 the place are General Bamberger, | to military eminence in the with his employer, , better known as * sleep for the on that Mayor Sutro | before sending an- | name for Election Ofmmissioner to | 2 lican committee. He is not the protest against Foster’s | ntment is really an expression of the jority of the executive committee, as | only ten of the twenty-nine members at- | tended the meeting and voted on the sub. ject. He do i t is the impressi 1l wait several d. wi other the Re le, and prefers to wait to ascer- | ymmittee of its own accord | further agfion. Mayorreceived the follow- | B. mmon, editor of | ot take ~NTA Rosa, Cal., Mayor of S ¥ 1y 11, 1895. ancisco—DEAR ny paper of mper of the Re- | tee fe action in the Fc Hon. A. Sutre 5 Aidlos 3 t been considered b meeting of the committee. Yours truly, ALLEN B. LEMMON. The editorial “attached’ to the comma- i s the ground that Foster | [ d be confirmed and holds that his re- | jection was illegal as the voice of the com- | mittee was not expressed. THE GLEANERS' WORK. Clubroom to Be Fitted Up on O’Farrell Street—Arranging for a Lecture Course. An important meeting of the Gleaners’ Club took place last evening in the home of Dr. Cora A. Morse, at 621 O'Farrell street. It marked the formation of a class which by means of dues will fit up a spa- cious room in the lower floor of Dr. Morse’s house which will serve as a permanent home and clubroom of the Gleaners’ Club of San Francisco. The Gleaners’ Club has been in existence | for about three 1t is composed of K i in their leisure mo- e for the social features lub, and for the mental enjoyment to be found particularly among the Gleaners. For some time it has metin the residence of Mrs. Morse, but latterly the member- ship has_become too large for her parlors, and the idea or fitting up a big room in the basementwas proposed and met with gre: favor. The immediate means of fittingup t hese rooms will be derived from a series of ten lectures to be delivered by Mrs. Morse, in her own house, to'the members of the club and friends. An admission fee of 10 cents | has been fixed for every lecture. There has been arranged the following course, one lecture to be delivered every second Monda ¥ “Wh evening in the clubrooms: » “Temperaments and Their . “Law of Correspondencies” (for ings, “Rules of Self-healing,” N n Lov » 1s ic,” ‘‘Active and ssi The Law of Sex in Everything,” “Power Through Repose. “It is my intention, if possible, to brin, the club up to at least 100 members,” said Mrs. Morse, in speaking of the Gleaners. “We have now a membership of twenty- five or thirty, who attend the meetingsand lectures steadily, but I think when they have permanent quarters the number will increase rapidly. The new rooms will be fitted up in the best way possible, and will be open at all times to the use of the mem- bers. It will be their meeting place, their. le=ture-room and a place for them to_come in and meet friends or to bring friends. “The Gleaners’ Club is composed of girls who work for their living'and for harmony’s sake we allow no others in. There is no fee of initiation, and the monthly dues amount to but 5 cents a meeting. - It is the aim of the organiza- tion to promote sociability among its mem- bers and to give them entertainment. The officers of the club are: Miss. Aiice Hall, president; Miss Sallie Livingston, vice- resident; Miss Carrie Haas, secretary; iss Lillie Livingston, assistant secretary, and Miss Gallinger, treasurer.” —————— Mr. Goodman’s Birthday. T. H. Goodman, general passenger agent of the Southern Pacific Company, was treated to & surprise yesterday by the men in his office. It was his birthday, and Mr. Goodman re- ceived a pleasant reminder of that fact on entering his private office. The clerks knew his fondness for flowers, and early in the morning they decorated his desk with the formed she wa: . THE SOCIALIST UPRISINE, | One of the Bogie-Man Stories! | monwealth proves to be one of the sort of | construction that can be | sertions of the ladies is th { at that time. | never been a syilabie of an in | trade, came to the City with their three rarest of blossoms in excellent taste. A hand- some vese in the center stood out from the mass of bloom and against it was laid a neatly engrossed cata wishing Mr. Goodman “many happy returns of the day.” The veteran man- ager of the Southern Pacific passenger depart- ment was 65 years of age yesterday. i e e S MRS. 000N STILL AT LARGE. Was Not at Home When an Arrest Was Attempted. Mrs. Jane Coon, who is accused of beat- ing a child into insensibility, is still at She was conducted by Officer McMurray into the presence of Judge Campbell the day a warrant was issued for her arrest. She mentioned several persons, among them Mr. Curry of the County Llcxtks office, would become her sureties. She was permitted to go home and vester- went to her home on st her he was in- t home. T hope you will arrest her,” said an el- derly woman, who is said to be a relative of the ac 1, but. seems to know. She ¢ 0 ors who had furnished informa- | 1 to the arrest, and said to Me- | “We will sue her for false 1 im- | et her house. It'sa fine| ou half.” The officer was | r informed that the women ‘“had 1 in tighter pinches than this and got out of them.” *“We’'ll get out of this; see | if we don’t,” said the speaker, triumph- antly. The neighbors say that the unfortunate child is beaten less frequently since the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children took the case in hand, and when the castigations are administered they are given in the house, and his muffied screams are all that tell the story. That Frighten the Naughty Children. Mrs. Laura De Force Gordon and E. T. Hicks Pronounce the Rumor Absurd. The rumor of an anarchist uprising as | -rowth of the Co-operative C gie-man stories with which mothers hildren possessed of daring ten- Cart published yests . Squires securi reet house, throug agent of C. J. Behlow, the owner; of its occupancy by the Co-operative L'ummun-l dencies. the s wealth, a company of unemployed men, who shared their remaining money for | the benetit of all, and of the statements of | Mrs. Augusta L. Ohm and her daughter, | Miss Annie Ohm, in regard to the alleged strange doings and stranger words of tb members of the Com Ith. E. T. Hicks, a col who has an office in the Spreckels building, was one of the directors of the Commonwealth at that time and he characte: of Mrs. and Miss ( utterly without foundation Mr. Hicks spent much time at the head- quarte ¢ visits there, and he | avers he never hear intimation of such plans. He believe most charitable put upon the t their imagina- tion was overwrought by stories of red-flag | insurrections in otuer lands. | William Baker,who lived on Gea and is now one of the dwellers of S uninviting teneme iich is the home | of the reorganized srnia Co-operative | Commonwealth,’ at treet, said, with great earnestr znever heard such words; ne Mrs. Laura de chief moving r operative Comm no connection wi 10n s absurd and rce Gordon, who is the e ‘‘California Co- i 1th,” said: ‘1 had | th the Commonwealth un- | der the Jefir regime and do not know anything of the management of the home I came into the movement when most of the men had dropped out and a new organization was formed. It | was even renamed. California z pre- | 1 to the old title. I consider the state- | nts of the neighborsas even less reliable | 1 most neighborhood gos | ent organization I can state, ‘as one with authority, that tbere endiary racter uttered. The members have | s shown a praiseworthy spirit of | ingness to suffer hardships, until sucn time as relief would come through peaceful agencies.”’ Mrs. Gordon remarked incidentally that the Commonwealth and Labor Exchange have had seve , and that there is a strong at they will join forces. T ally no point in which we di - MRS. BASLER'S BABY. Police Judge Con Assists the Mother in Getting Possession of the Child. Police Judge Conlan was called upon yesterday to decide a rather peculiar ca in which the custody of a six-month-old girl baby was involved. Shortly after court had opened for business Mrs. Henry Basler, who lives with her husband on Cortland avenue, applied for a search warrant to get j sion of her baby, which, she said, was held by Mrs. H. Horstman of 1937 Mission street. The story she told was to the effect that she and her husband, a locksmith by children about six months ago to live. They were in rather poor circumstances and decided that it would be best to have the baby taken care of in order that the mother might find some employment. Mrs. Horstman agreed to care for the little one for $16 2 month. Two months went by and the Baslers could not pay the $12 which was due. They allowed the baby to remain three months longer with Mrs. Horstman, and she then notified them that there was $30 due on the baby, | and that she would hold it until the money was paid. It was this announcement that caused Mrs. Basler to go to the Police Court ana ask for a warrant. Judge Conlan said that he could not issue such a warrant for the baby, but out of sympathy for the woman said he would give her a warrant for the child’s clothes. She could go with the officer, and once in the house, she could take possession of the child. He did so, and Mrs. Basler went with the officer, who served the warrant and secured the baby from bondage. ———— Simon Again in Jail. S. 8. Simon, who was once in the employ of the United States Government, and who since has been arrested on various charges, such as personating a revenue officer and defrauding Chinese merchants, was_arrested vesterday upon & charge of battery by Sergeani of Police Cook. Simon had some difliculty, it is stated, with his landlord over the payment of room rent and assaulted him. Judge Campbell re- leased the “‘cowboy detective” upon his own recognizance. e DI il Bookkeeper Gillis Caught. Samuel F. Gillis, the bookkeeper who a few days ego left the City, taking with him $575 belonging to his employer, Dr. Sweany, has been apprehended at Winnemucca, Nev. Yes- terday when the police received notice of the arrest Detective Egan Was sent on to bring Gil- lis back to this City. The Pursuit of Happiness. ‘When the Declaration of Independence asserted man's Tight to this, it enunciated an immortal truth. The bilious sufterer is on the road to happi- ness when he begins to take Hosteiter's Stomach Bitters, the most eflicacious regulator of the liver in existence. Equally reliable is it in chills and fever, constipation, dyspepdia, rheumatism, kid- Dey trouble and nervousness. Use it regularly, and not at 0dd intervals. whose name no one | & \atea one of | ¢ | merely of the going away. | tk | doing | cize the appetites of the election offi | of the DINED WITH THE BALLOTS ‘s What Invalidated the Vote of Lake Precinct, Siskiyou County. ' HUNGRY ELECTION OFFICIALS. The Box Was Taken to Dinner. Points on the Proper Marking of Ballots. It wasan interesting decision that the upreme Court rendered yesterday in the of George A. Tebbs against Clarence Smith, and one in which several ques- ns created by the new bailot law were ated. The action came from Siski- you Coun It arose from an election for school superintendent, in which Smith was elected by one vote. ‘When the result of ihe canvass was known Tebbs immediately instituted a re- count, and by gaining three votes put him- self two in the lead, and he was declared elected by the court. Smith then appealed, and the Supreme Court, after throwing out the vote in two precinets, found that Smith was elected and accordingly directed the court below to reverse its decision. The Supreme Court, as a premise to its opinion, stated that, as the batlots them- selves were conclusive evidence, they raust therefore be proved to have been untam- pered with from the time when they were voted until introduced as evidence for or against any claim. It was only necessary, however, for him who appealed to the bal’ lots to prove that every statutory require- ment for preserving their integrity had been complied with, and it then rested with the other side to show more than that it was possible the ballots might have been tampered with. The Lake precinct came under discus- s10n in the opinion, and asa result the votes cast by the residents were all thrown out. T conducted a most free-and-easy elec- tion in that Lake precinct of .Siskiyou Count, The polls should have opened at 6:31 A, but it I st before the stroke of 0 was raised and the citizens allowed to approach the Is. For two hours all hands voted as- Th election officials decided that dinner was the next event on the programme, and they adjourned to attend to that duty. There was some reticence about le: the ballot-box to look after tie polls, I included it in their invitation, and it occupied u place of honor npon the table while its guardians refreshed themselves. In the meantime the blank ballots were lying upon the table in the polling vlace. Dinner being ended the ballot-box and the officials returned to dut The Supreme Cou took cognizance and proceeded to comment most caustically thereon. The election officers, the court said, vioiated law which forbids the removal of the ballot-box from the polls and the presence of the by-standers. In i this the court did wot ecriti- cers, but it asserted the belief that their hunger simply cloided their appreciation bilities of their positions, Such things, in the eyes of the court, could not be tolerated, however, for the prece- dent would be a dungerous one, and there- | fore the vote of the whole of Lake Precinct d out. te of Cecilville precinct for some- what different reasons met the same fate. The ballots from that section, with a _sin- gle exception, were marked in the blank spaces for additional Justices ot the Peace, G. G. Brown, Republican. The names were put on in the same handwrit- ing, and there was a record of but one man who had to be assisted in marking his ticket. The evidence in the casedid not show when the ticket was marked with the name, and the Supreme Court therefore presumed it was done after the ballot was given to the voter. In view of this pre- sumption the court ruled the vote of the out on account of this distinetive upon the ballots. The exception proved the rule, for that single vote was counted. There were also ballots upon which the cross had been placed on the dotted line between the neme of the man and the name of his party, and these were objected to on the ground that this peculiarity con- stituted a mark of identification. This tention is passed aside by the Supreme Court. It was held that the law said naught of the })!m:mg of the crossin the square allowed for it in the printing of the lot, and that when the cross was placed posite the name voted all requirements omplied with. That this method of a ballot might be the means of markin identifying it the Supreme Courtdid not deny, but such a mark was legal and the court would not throw out a ballot thus ally marked. he last ballot under consideration was one marked with a small “J” in pencil, in the spaces under the names for Justices of e. This was a mark of identifica- aid the court, and the ballot was ied to oblivion. STALYINS WILL B HIH, 11l Luck of British and Ameri- can Schooners in Japan Seas. Vessels: Now Bound for Bering Sea and Copper Islands—Result of the Catch. Private advices were received in this City yesterday by the steamer Gaelic from Hakodate giving the total catch of the American and British sealers up to June 29, On the 28th the San Francisco schooner Bonanza arrived in Hakoaate with 900 skius and three days before that the Mattie 1. Dyer, also Lailing from this port, put in with 651 skins. W hile some of the vessels have made very fair catches the entire catch will not equal that of last year. This result is ascribed to the extremely rough weather which prevailed along the Japan- ese coast in the early part of the season. Atthat time the most favorable reports reached here regarding the large number of seals which were sighted. This news came here by private advices and was corroborated by the Pacific Mail and Occidental and Oceanic steamships. While a big catch was expected fears were entertained for the safety of some of the vessels on account of the weather. Both conclusions have proved to be wrong. The storms have passed, and as far ascan be learned no damage has been done, but there were days and days when the seals were sporting about the schooners in big ichouls and not a vessel dare launch a oat. . The yacht Casco, which was once owned by the’ late Dr. Merritt of Oakland and in which the late Robert Louis Stevenson made his famous South Sea Island voyage, heads the list with her catch, she having 1200 <kins to her credit. The Casco is now owned in Victoria. The Umbrina, another British vessel, comes next with 1187 skins. The Britisners generally have done better than the Amer- ican craft, but some of the boats hailing from San_Francisco have good scores to their credit. The reason of the better luck of the Britishers is due to the fact that many of them had Indians on board and put out besides their own bunters from ten to twenty canoes. Of the American schooners the Jane Gray, which was reported irom sea, has high line, her catch amounting to 1120 skins. Of the vessels which have arrived at Hakodate only five can boast of more than 1000 skins.” These are, the British Yessels Annie E. Paint 1124, Mermaid 1156, Umbrina 1187, Ocean Belle 1056, and Geneva 1137 skins. Following is the entire catch of the ves- sels which fiad arrived at Hakodate: British vessels—Umbrina 1187, Ocean Belle 1056, Mascot 787, Carlotta G. Cox 906, Geneva 1137, E. B. Marion 946, 1da Etta 575, Vera 803, Agnes McDonald 711, Arctic 202, Arietis 818, Viva 590, Mary Ellen 777, Borealis 733, City of San Diego 371, Retriever 562, Pio- neer 847, Annie E. Paint 1124, Mermaid 1156, Sadie Turpel 749. American schooners—Allie I. Alger 800, Bo- nanza 900, Herman 500, M. Morrill 400, Mattie 1. Dyer 651, Louis Olsen 634; J. Ep- inger 789," Alton 299, Rattler 345, and the illard Ainsworth 917. Two British and four San Francisco ves- sels have been reported from sea. The British schooner Brenda has 770 and the Casco 1200. The San Francisco vessels are the Jane Gray, 1120; Edward E. Webster, g«_‘lg. Rose Sparks, 100, and the Winchester, 70. It is more than likely that no other ves- sels will be heard from at Hakodate, and those which were there when the Gaelic sailed have vrobably leit ere this. The | season in the Bering Sea and about Cop- per_Islands opens on August 1,and the majority of the sealers are now making for these grounds, while the rest, satisfied with the year’s work, are headed for home. The indication is that the price of skins will be higher. At this time last year all that was offered per skin was $7 50, and the highest price paid at the end of the season was $9 25 per skin. Already one captain has been offered at Hakodate $10 a skin for his entire cargo, including the pups. The offer was refused, and advices say that the captain is holding out for $11, and that he is likely to get it. HOW BIVER WATER UNS If It Leaves Its Own Course No Man Shall'Change It Back. Important Point In Riparlan Rights Decided in a Siskiyou Case. An A decision of much importance has been rendered by the Supreme Court in the case of Whaley against Caldwell et al, a suit growing out of the riparian rights of the parties. It deals with the rights of “‘lower” riparian owners, from whose land the streams have been turned through no act of man. It decides that they have no rights whatever except to the barren bed where once ran the water. In the c at bar the parties owned land in Siskiyou County. James Whaley was a ‘‘lower” riparian owner and Leona J. Caldwell and other defendants were “upper’’ riparian owners. The stream ‘\\'hich has caused the trouble ran down through the Caldwell land and about a mile above Whaley’s land forked into two | branches, the north and south forks. jl-‘urther up the stream another water- course broke away to the north, and, par- |alleling the north fork, ran through | Whaley’s property. This upper fork was |dry, so far as it took from the main | stream, but while the north fork, which diverted two-thirds of the stream, was |running a sufficient quantity filtered | through into the upper channel to supply it with running water. From these two watercourses Whaley’s land was irrigated. In the winter of ’90 and through the spring of '91, the main stream was swollen with a freshet, such as the oldest inhabi- tants had never heard of, and when the summer came it was found that the water had, with driftwood, logs and sand, effec- tually dammed up the north fork, and had left it l;er!vctly ry. The upper chanpel, too, robbed of the chance to feed from the north fork, was also dry, and where before two living streams had run through Whaley’s place, there were left but two sandy rifts, Whaley sued to be allowed to enter the land above him and remove the natural dam which the freshet had thrown up, and thus allow the water, which was then all run again in its accustomed way. He also asked for an injunction restraining the owners of the land from interfering with him in his work. The lower court refused the injunction, but adjudicated the rights of all parties, allowing Whaley to take from what was then the main stream, at a convenient point, as much water as had originally run to him. This judgment the Supreme Court has reversed. he point of the opinion is contained in these words of the Supreme Court: Does the right of the riparian proprietor to have the water enter his land by its accus- wrought in the flow of the stream by the act of Providence? Has such & proprietor a para- mount right over the forces of nature as weli as the acts of man, to insist that water which has once flowed upon his land shall always flow upon it? A somewhat extended examination leads to the conclusion that such a right is new to jurisprudence. The right finds no recognitiou from the commentators of either the civil or the common layw, and no case has come under our observation in wnich the question is con- sidered. The rights thus draw their support from the laws of nature, but they donot rise superior to those laws. When by their operation the flow is lost the rightis lost with it. The new chan- nel ftself becomes the natural channel. Other- wise a riprian proprietor would hold all the Ixnds above him in extraordinary and perpet- ual servitude. If by the force of nature the stream should change its course ata point miles above him he would still be empowered to subject any and all of the intermediate ter- ritory to operations requisite to enable him to turn the water back upon hisown premises, and this power would be his to the very foun- tainhead of the stream. Such a doctrine would not be tolerated. LAW AS TO REDEMPTION. Attorney-General Fitzgerald Says the Methods Remain Unchanged. Some inquiry having been addressed to State Controller Colgan as to whether the general revenue act of March 28, 1895, re- peals the laws relntinito the redemption of property sold for delinquent taxes, he has submitted the matter to Attorney- General Fitzgerald for his opinion. Mr- Fitzgerald replies: Hon. E. K. Colgan, State Controller, Sacramento, Cal.—DEAR S1R: Replying to your letterof the 8th inst., asking wherher the general revenue act of Marcn 28, 1895, repeals the laws relating to the redemption of property sold to private individuals for aelinguent taxes, I am of opin- fon that property sold to private individuals for delinguent taxes under the provisions of the Political Code and the amendments there- to, prior to the act of March 28, 1895, should be redeemed in the manner therein provided for, and that the act of March 28, 1895, does not alter the method of redemption of prop- erty £o sold to private individuals prior to the enactment of said act. Unless this were so there could be no redemption of property sold to private paities. Respectfully, W.F. FITZGERALD, Attorney-General. ——————— The easy, safe and certain protection of our bread, biscuit and cake from all danger of unwholesomeness is in the use of the Royal Baking Powder oniy. - STATE FLORAL SOCIETY. Discussion on Gladiolus Culture With Exhibits of Varieties. The usual monthly meeting of the State Floral Society was held yesterday after- noon, this time at the Y. M. C. A. building. There was a discussion on gladiolus cul- ture, and a number of varieties of the p!nng,were exhibited. A paper on “Bego- nias,” by J. H. Sievers, was to have been read, but was postponed to a special meet- lnnogl;nwhlch is to be held next Friday after, Willis B. Fry of Berkeley and Mrs. L. Brown of Alameda were admitted to membership. At the Friday afternoon meeting W. B. ;?1'.';'355“ to give away 400 chrysanthemum running down through the south fork, to | tomed channels stand superior to changes | NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. = O @=L AT SACRIFICE PRICES OUR GREAT CLEARANCE SALE closes a most successful week with offerings of the following and many other EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS! WASH DRESS MATERIALS! 5000 Eieces NEW_ ENGLISH CREPON SEERSUCKERS, thatare worth 12}4¢; on sale at 8'4¢ a yard. 275 pieces PALMER SEERSUCKERS, broken lots (these are 12}4c grade); on sale at 5c a yard. 325 pieces STAPLE INDIGO PRINTS and CHECKED GINGHAMS on sale at 5¢ a yard. 2 cases TABLE DAMASK, bleached or un- bleached; on sale at 25c a yard. TADIES' CAPES! At $1.95. LADIES’ CAPES, made of fine cloakings, in a'variety of shades, trimmed in con- trasting colors, velvet collars, worth $5, will be offered at $1 95 each. At $2.50. LADIES’ DOUBLE CAPES, made of very fine cloth, short and medium lengths, trimmed ‘with lace and_ ribbon, ap- yvluLue'in contrasting shade, or prettir\' embroidered necks finished with vel- vet collars or full pleated ribbon, brown, navy, black and various shades of tan, worth $7 50, will be offered at 2 50 each. BLOVES! ELOVES! At 50 Cents. 90 dozen MISSES' BIARRITZ KID GLOVES, in red, blue, tan and slate colors, worth regular $1, will be closed out at 50c a pair. At 75 Cents. 75 dozen LADIES 4-BUTTON KID | GLOVES (large pearl buttons), in dark and medium tan shades, also white and black, sizes 615 to 7}4, worth regular $1 25, will be closed out at 75c a pair. PARASOLS! PARASOLS! At $1.00. 24-inch BLACK GLORIA SUN-SHADES natural handles, paragon frames, wil be closed out at $1 eaci. HANDKERCHIEFS! At 10 Cents Each. LADIES’ WHITE AND COLORED EM- BROIDERED HEMSTITCHED HANDKERCHIEFS, regular value §240 per dozen, will be closed out at 10z each. At 15 Cents Each. LADIES' WHITE SCALLOPED EM- BROIDERED SHEER LAWN HAND- KERCHIEFS, regular value $3 per dozen, will be closed out'at 15¢ each. VEILING! VEILING! At 20 Cents a Yard. CHENILLE DOTTED TUXEDO VEIL- ING, single width 20c, double width 40c. Extra values. LACE COLLARS! At 75 Cents Each. BUTTER POINT VENISE LACE COL- LARS, regular value $125, will be closed out at 75¢ each. LADIES WAISTS! At 50 Cents. LADIES’ PERCALE WAISTS, laundried collar and cuffs, in fancy figures and stripes, full sleeves, regular price $1, will be closed out at 50c each. At 75 Cents, LADIES' LAUNDRIED SHIRT WAISTS, in fancy cheviots and percales, yoke back, extra full sleeves, regular price $1 25, will be closed out at 75¢ each. RIBBONS ! RIBBONS ! At 10 Cents. No. 122-INCH ALL-SILK, BLACK SATIN AND GROS-GRAIN RIBBON, will be closed out at 10c a yard. At 12! Cents. No. 16 2% INCH ALL-SILK, BLACK ATIN D GROS-GRAIN RIBBON, sed out at 1214c a yard. NEN'S FORNISHINGS! At 35 Cents. 78 dozen MEN’S AND BOYS’ UNLAUN- DRIED WHITE SHIRTS, made of good heavy muslin, with double backs and re-enforced all-linen fronts, extra good value for 50c, will be closed out at 35¢ each. At 15 Cents. 122 dozen MEN’S EXTRA FINE FULL FINISHED CAMEL'S-HAIR SOCKS, with double heels and toes, extra good value for 25¢, will be closed out at 15¢c a pair. At $1.00. 30 dozen MEN'S AND BOYS' HEAVY ALL-WOOL DERBY RIBBED SWEATERS, in white, black and navy blue colors, non-shrinkable, worth $2, will be closed out at $1 each. At 75 Cents. 45dozen MEN'S UNDYED AUSTRALIAN LAMB'S-WOOL UNDERSHIRTS and DRAWERS, warranted not to shrink, value for $1 25, will be closed out each. HOSTERY! HOSIERY ! At 15 Cents a Pair. 111 dozen CHILDREN’S FINE RIBBED BLACK COTTON HOSE, double knees, heels and toes, guaranteed fast black, regular price 25¢, will be closed out at 15C a pair. At 15 Cents a Pair. 97 dozen LADIES’ BLACK COTTON HOSE, fine gauge, high-spliced heels and toes, Hermsdorf black, regular price 25¢, will be closed outat 15¢ a pair. GORSETS ! CORSETS! At $1.00. 63dozen LADIES’ CORSETS, made of fine English coutil, sateen striped, long waist and high bust with patent loop eyelets, perfect French model, regular price $1 50, will be closed out at §1 each. Nurphy Building, , Market and Jones Streets. Murphy Building, Market and Jones Sireefs. Murphy Building, Market and Jones Strets. CIENCE - AT N\ a2z e, N Ey e Grass IMITATION OF [} &l Woon.—A patent has * been taken out for a singular but ingenious process for making glass veneers. The invention relates pri- marily to the production of ornamental glass, which may be either semi-trans- parent or opaque, and is made to repre- sent highly polished wood of any descrip- tion. When used for veneering it is par- ticularly adapted for vestibule and other doors, the exterior of the glass having the appearance of polished wood, while in the interior of the house it shows semi-trans- parent. The process by which this mate- | rial is produced is to cloud a sheet of ground or plain glass on one side with a liguid dye of the proper color to represent any desired wood. The dye is applied by | means of a sponge, which is so manipu- lated as to bring out the semblance of the grain of the wood upon the surface of the glass. A badger brush is used to soften the shading. The glass is then cov- ered with photographers’ varnish. This leaves the grain clear and fast without the necessity of using any gelatinous sub- stance, which would render it liable to crack and spoil the effect. To complete the operation the glass is slightly heated, and the various shades required for the particular wood to be imitated are caused to flow over it by means of a syringe. The merging of the shadings into each other is g‘revented by the heating of the glass. he whole is made semi-transparent by the application of another coat of pho- tographers’ varnish, which preserves and protects the dyes. The exterior surface then presents the appearance of a finely polished, solid wood finish. A Hixt 1o FArMERS.—A correspondent of the London Times suggests, in view of the great depression in both agriculture and the textile industries, that silk culture should be resuscitated in England. Itis an industry, he says, which might be re- introduced without a great capital expen- diture, the main expense being the plant- ing of mulberry trees. As glass houses can now be had at so small a cost, forcing might be had recourse to during the incep- tion of the industry, and the young trees might, moreover, be green continuously night and day by the help of the electric ligfin,esnecinlly where water-power isavail- able. This expedient would clear up an interesting point. The late Sir W. Siemens demonstrated that a tree grown without any rest, while being stunted, became more vigorous, having a thicker stem and leaves of darker green than a tree grown with the natural fiternntions of light and darkuess. It is stated that in 1694 the Huguenots had in Canterbury alone a thousand silk looms, giving employment to some 3000 men, and all the raw material was cultivated in the neighborhood of London. Many parts of this country, where the climate is temperate and equa- ble, would be specially suited for this cul- ture. COarcuixeg Kansas Crixen Bues.—A Kan- sas agricultural correspondent says that he has just saved sixty-five acres of splendid corn from the ravages of the chinch bug by a very simple and inexpensive expe- dient. On the east of his cornfield and separated from it by a 16-foot lane was a wheatfield of forty-six acres. Two or three days before cutting he mixed salt and coal oil in a vessel, putting from one- half to one pint of coal oil to one-half bushel of salt. He then made a line with this salt the whole width of the cornfield (ninety rods) through the center of the 16-foot lane. The line of salt was about three inches wide at the base. He then bored holes with a post-auger about three rods apart to a depth of about eight inches or a foot. The top of each hole was reamed with a knife, leaving the mouth of the hole funnel-shaped and smooth. Assoonas the wheat was cut about a_quart of water was poured into each hole and topped with a small quantity of coal oil. The holes were on the side next to the wheatfield and close to the salt line. As soon as the bugs meet the salt line they follow it each way until | they come to the holes, into which they tumble by the thousand. As the successful | experimenter with this simple trap de-!| scribes it: “They don’t crawl into the hole, but as soon as they strike the smooth sur- face at the top they loose their first hold and roll over; and as there is a constant pressure . from the enormous line to- ward the hole they look like wheat going into a hopper as they are poured over the brink.” A boy should | be in attendance on the line to dip out the dead bugs before the hole becomes | too_full and to replenish the water and [oilin the holes swhen necessary. A little coal oil should be poured on the line once a day, and the line should be remade after eachrain. The mouth of the hole should be kept smooth. If it is dry and cracked a handful of dust should be sprinkled around the edges occasionally. The bugs canxot cling to it and tumble in as soon as they touch it. A Fire Curtary oF WATER FOrR Pro- TECTING BurLpinGs.—An effectiye device for the protection of buildings from firesin adjacent structures has been successfully | tested in Boston. The idea worked out in the apparatus isio maintain a sheet of water between the fire ana the buildings to be protected. This is done by placing on every open side of the building near thi top a line of perforated piping for carrying | the water. The complete apparatus con- sists of a five-inch stand pipe, extending over the up(;;er story. From itruns another pipe around the sides and front, from 214 to 4 inches in diameter. On the front are three revolving sprinklers, and pone is laced at each exposed side in the center. ’Ehe arms are of bronze metal, slightly curved. At each end of the armsisa ball nozzle, such as is used by Fire Depart- ments on regular hose lines. At the base of the stand viye is a Siamese connection for four linesof two-inch hose. At the Boston testa Fire Department steamer furnished the power, and for about fifteen minutes poured through the sprinklers a delivery of 1000 gallons a minute, com- pletely drenching the walls and keeping a continuous sheet of water from top to bot- tom. TuE MigAcLE oF THE RED SEA.—A most interesting piece of scientific testimony bearing on an event recorded in biblical history has been given before the Victoria Institute, in London. Major-General Tul- Joch gave an account of that part of Egypt in which he lately carried out a War Office survey, and through which the route of the Exodus was said to have lain. The conformation of the country had some- what altered since that event took place, 3400 years ago. but what especially came under his notice was the action of a gale of wind, which had stopped all survey work on the borders of Lake Menzahleh, carrying the waters of the lake beyond the horizon in a few hours and leaving all sail- ing vessels resting on the damp bed of the lake. In the discussion which ensued it was pointed out that, wherever the passage of the Israelites took place, the possibility of water being influenced by wind to so great an extent was demonstrated. i CATERPILLARS AND EYE Drssses.—Tt will be a surprise to many veople to know that caterpillars are responsible for an affection of the eyes which may entail prolonged suffering, and even result in serious dam- age to vision. That such is the cuse has ‘been abundantly proved by a number of instances on record, in which more or less intractable inflammation of the eyes has been found to be associated with the pres- ence of hairs which,_ after removal, have been 1dentified as belonging to_the genus caterpillar. A case is related in which a lad was struck in the eye by a caterpillar thrown at him by a playful schoolfellow. He picked up the insect to examige it and the hand which seized it became red, and developed papules and other indications of local irritation. A day or tavo later the eye became the seat of what proved to bea very troublesome inflammation, associated with the presence of rounded elevations, due to an accumulation of cells around the imbedded hairs, which were subse- quently discovered and removed. In spite of treatment the disease exhibited the characteristic tendency to periodical exacerbations and it was many months efore the unfortunate boy had even a Eroximucely recovered from the effects. It oes not appear to be known with any cer- tainty what particular species of cater- pillar is responsible for these troubles, but it is beyond question that several varieties are cngable of determining local irritation when brought into contact with the skin. It will be well, therefore, for caution to be exercised in the handling of caterpillars, and practitioners may find it worth while to bear in mind the facts stated when called upon to treat obstinate cases of recurring inflammation of the eyes occurring during what may be described as the caterpillar season. CoRrROSION OF METALS BY SEA WATER.— Tke difference in the corrosive effect of water in various harbors is now believed to be due to the action of micro-organisms, which, infesting some particular harbors, may give rise to injurious secretions which are absent in the general waters of the ocean. Plates of pure aluminum placed in the Norfolk Roads for three months were badly corroded at the end of that time. On the other hand, experiments made in France showed that commercial aluminum was practically unattacked by sea water, and 1n one instance two aluminum plates fixed to the bottom of a French sailin vessel were found practically uninjures after a voyage around the world. With these facts in view, an examination of water from different localities has been made. The amount of salts contained in sea water varies from 31.14 parts per 1000 in the Atlantic Ocean to as much as 40.7 E‘ans per 1000 near the city of Marseilles, rance. Hence, if introduced into boilers the Mediterranean water is more likely to cause damage than ocean water. Near es- tuaries and the shore line generaily a con- siderable proportion of nitrates is found, arising from fermenting organic matter. Shore water attacks metal plates much more rapidly than aeep-sea water. If, however, the shore water is sterilized by boiling its destructive qualities are greatly neutralized, which indicates that the in- jurious secretions of the bacteria have been destroyed. PHOTOGRAPHING THE VIBRATIONS OF A PraxororTE WIRE.—Although the piano- forte is the most popular instrument of the day, it is surprising how many of its pro- fessional performers fail to make it inter- esting. This, while to a great extent a matter of temperament, is often undoubt- edly due to ignorance of the dynamic effect of ‘‘touch” as affecting the vibration of the strings. A most interesting light has been thrown upon this subject by a series of photographs taken in Germany of the mo- tion of the pianoforte wire when struck in different ways. It was found that the dur- ation of contact was longer with feeble than with hard striking. The most im- portant result was the proof that when a wire is struck at a point between one- seventh and one-ninth of its length the funaamental tone has a maximum, and the harmonies—especially the thira—nra very feeble. Hence a wire thus struck ives its strongest and richest tone. This is an instructive fact for musicians as a base for what will be to many of them a new line of study. StvpLe REMEDY FOR PorsoN Ivy.—A cor- respondent writes: “As many of your readers are off or going to the country, where not a few are likely to become vic- tims of the poison oak (poison ash and poison ivy are_its aliases), tell them the best” and almost always uufuifiln.2 remedy is crude petroleum as” a lotion. f bave seen a child whose face was terribly swollen and distorted, and whose suffer- ings were pitiable, almost instantly re. lieved and kept comfortable until the ine flammation has passed away.”