The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 24, 1895, Page 8

| 8 THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1895. SMELTING WITH DYNAMOS George D.Burton’s New Electric Process for Reducing Re- fractory Ores. IT MEANS ANOTHER REVIVAL. A Promise That a Great Number of Abandoned Mines Will Now Be Worked. The mining boom in California promises to be much aided by the coming of George D. Burton, the Boston electrician, and the formation of a company to put into use in this State Mr. Burton’s simple yet re- markable process of smélting refractory ores by means of an electric current. Only mining men can fully appreciate what a cheap and successful process of re- ducing reBellious ores would mean to the mining industry, to the fortunes of many mine-owners and to the wealth and popu- lation of many mining districts as well as the whole State. There are a great many mines in this State the ores of which are rich in gold, but the ores are of such nature and composition and it so mingled with other metals that the gold cannot be ex- tracted by the ordinary processes. Some of these refractory ores are worked by the cyanide and other processes which in- volve unusual expense, and many mines producing such ores are barely worked at a profit or are not worked at all. One mine may produce ore yielding far more gold to the ton than another, but the former may not pay to work and the latter may yield handsome dividends. So 1f Mr. Burton’s process does what is claimed for it its value will be incalculable. This method is a new one f‘\m being | launched on the business and scientific world, but the standing of Mr. Burton as an electrician, the results of using his pro- cess elsewhere, and the practical demon- strations Mr. Burton is making every day at 23 Stevenson street, promise that elec- tricity is at last to be su fully and profitably applied to the smelting and as- | saying of ores. he process, which was briefly described | in THE CaLLa few da; ago, is roughly this: There is a non-fusible receptacle of about a half-bushel capacity, which is filled with broken ore, and deep into the ore _is buried an electrode connecting with a wire carrying an electric current. The receptacle is sieve-like, being full of holes to permit the passage of molten metal, yet retain the slag. Under this receptacle is a tank contain- ing a solution, and this solution is also | connected with a wire. No current passes until an electric connection is formed by means of a sort of force pump, which raises the solution until it meets the bottom of the pile of ore. The passage of the current through the ore to the water develops quickly such intense heat that all metals in the ore are melted out of it. The melted metal runs through the holes and drops into the solution, falling to the bottom of the tank in rounded globules. | That is the idea of the invention in its | simplest form as explained by Mr. Burton. | It would require a long paper to describe | all the mechanical and scientific details. | One feature of interest is the fact that elec- tric arcs are formed by the current in pass- ing. The contact is not directly between the electrode and the solution, but through | the loose pile of ore, and when the current. is sufficiently strong it leaps from one particle of metal imbeaded in the ore to another. As the current leaps through | the ore it is broken up, partly by chemical action, and every particle of metalin the non-fusible rock is freed and melted, to | run to the tank pelow. | This process is actually better adapted to refractory than to free milling ores, be- cause the distribution of metal through the rock gives readier passage to the cur- rent. One peculiarity and advantage of this electrical process is that as the heat pro- gresses different metals which melt at different temperatures are freed by them.- selves and drop into the solution 1 inde- pendent globules instead of fusing in a common mass. The solution must be adapted to the | metals in: the ores and to the nature of the ores. Its specific gravity is one thing to be regulated. For gold, alum, borax and soda are dissolved in the water; for silver, salt and soda are used, etc. Mr. Burton also applies a similar method to the forging of metals. Electric for, is now a practical process in various S, but Mr. Burton’s process is one b 3| His invention was described by him a few months ago before the famous Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, and for his in- vention he received from that body the distinguished honor of the John Scott legacy premium and medal. By Burton’s process a simply made apparatus is used, and by turning on the current the ends of two bars of metal are quickly heated to the forging peint. This foregoing process is also to be intro- duced here. In any blacksmith-shop it does away with coal, furnace, bellows and dirt. All any blacksmith need do is to se- cure connection with an electric power wire, and outside his current his forge will not cost him 5 cents a day. The greatest practical progress toward the use of these similar inventions has been made in Canada, the entire rights for Canada have been recently secured by a company with large capital, and a smelt- ing plant that has been set up in Toronto has attained wonderful succsss in the treat- ment of various ores, doing, for instance, with nickel ores in three hours what has heretofore consumed three months of time. Then it has been proved to be 50 per cent cheaper than any other process. Mr. Burton has in many bottles samples of gold, silver, lead, etc., which he has quickly taken from ores by the small im- provised smelter he has set up on Stevon- son street, supplied with inadequate power for this purpose from an electric-light wire. “In the last few days I suppose 300 mining men have investigated my pro- cess,” said Mr. Burton yesterday, “and 1 bave already received many letters of in- quiry from miners in this State, to whom such a process would give fortunes. “I learn that up in the Meadow Lake district in Sierra County there are large rich mines of rebellious ores that have been abandoned. No process could be found by which the ores could be worked. Samples that were brought to me I re- duced in a few minutes. I do not see any reason why every mine of rebellious ores in this State could not now be made valu- able, and I expect to see a great number of abandoned mines revived. . “‘A company which is now being organ- ized will control the rights in this State. The process can be used right at any mine to which a current, generated by water power, can be carried and the operating expenses will be very small. The plant it self will not cost more than half as much as an ordinary one of the same capacity.’ Many prominent men are interested in Mr. Burton’s promising invention, and it is expected to cut a large figure in mining ol;le_xintmus in California before a great while. FOR THE ATLANTA FAIR. Supervisors From the Interior Counties to Meet in Convention To-Day. The State Convention of Supervisors will meet this morning in the Chamber of Com- merce rooms to decide whether or not they will send a fine exhibit of California prod- ucts to the International Cotton Exposi- tion that will be held at Atlanta, Ga., in September. It will take between $5000 and $ to forward a creditable exhibit to the Southern fair, and the couanties have in their treasuries funds amounting to $61,~ | 500 that can be used for this purpose. The exhibit will be collected hg' the California State Board of Trade. Of the 300 Super- visors in the State, it is believed that at least 100 will be in attendance upon the convention. As the Board of Trade was instrumental in getting Governor Budd to call the convention, a committee consist- ing of General N. P.Chipman (the presi- dent), Senator George C. Perkins, W. H. Mills, Colonel John P. Irish and C. M. Wooster was appointed to represent the board in the convention. Governor Budd telephoned that he was not sure of being able to attend to call the convention to order. 1f he does not, General Chipman will perform this service. A SENSATIONAL PRINTER. D. C. Dare Unjustly Accuses Attorney Fox of Smuggling Chinese Ashore. D. C. Dare, a printer, attempted to create a sensation yesterday, and his method was decidedly out of the common. He went before Deputy Labor Commissioner C. L. Dam and swore to a long statement in which he charged George W. Fox, an attorney at 420 Montgomery street, with doing a lively business in smuggling Chinese into the State on fraudulent | Custom-house certificates and pictures of Chinamen. Dare even went into the details and told how the president of the Anti- Chinese and Law and Order League smuggled the Asiatics off the steamers. The charges were investigated last evemn§ and found to be unfounded. The methos Dare described could not be operated under the present customs regulations and rales. Fox denied the charges and said that Dare isinfluenced by a legal practitioner who Fox is tighting in court for a client. Fox will demand an investigation and have Dare arrested for perjury or criminal libel. Dare acknowledged that revenge was the motive for his making the charges. For some time past he was a roustabout in Fox's office. TALKS ON' COMPETITION The Institute of Applied Chris- tianity Discusses Business Co-operation. Storles of the Grange and the Grain Ring War Recalled by Rev. G. W. Henning. The Institute of Applied Christianity discussed ‘‘Competition” at its regular weekly meeting at the Third Congrega- tional Church last evening. Rev. W.J. Fergusson said: People are trying to get ahead in business by cutting each other’s threats. According to recognized business principles a man has a right to sell his goods at any price he chooses, even though it bankrupt the community. George McDonald says the application of the golden rule in a business way should be, “Do for others what should be done for them,” not “Do for others what they want done for them.” The two are likely to diverge widely. Rev. G. W. Henning said he had been one of the organizers of the grange move- ment on the coast and knew the inside facts of the war between the farmers of ifornia and the grain ring of San Fran- cisco. The Grangers’ Bank, organized with a capital stock of $1,000,000, repre- sented four times the strength, numer- ically and financially, of the grain ring. By organized effort the ring was broken and the leader failed with immense liabili- ties. That made the farmers independent for years and it was comparatively re- cently that they lost their grip. ~The latest and meanest combine is on coffins. “They wont permit us to be buried with- out the manipulations of a ring,” said Mr. Henning. Capital will not war with capi- tal. Itcombines, and therein is the lesson labor has to learn. ‘W. W. Chase said he had been connected with the grain trade for forty years, and he knew that Friedlander, Flood and Fair had lost millions by paying more than grain was worth. For the past twenty-five years nine out of eleven commission mer- chants have become bankrupt through makin$ loans to farmers. ‘“Something is wrong,” said Mr. Chase, “but I don’t know how it is to be righted.” J. C. Gosse said: “Co-operation is death to competition. Ten individuals who co- operate can destroy the interests of ninety individuals. Industrial co-operation is the solution of the problem of capital co-opera- tion.” Captain Cook said: “The trouble arises from the false notion that riches are the source of happiness. Leland Stanford, at the height of his Erosperity, said in a pub- lic speech: ‘The happiest day of a man’s life 1s the day when he dies.” ” ““A business man told me the other day it was impossible for a man to be honest and transact business,” said J. 8. Clark. T. J. Webber called attention to the movement of the World’s Christian Co- operative Society, which it was hoped would result in the building of a large flourmill and the establishment of a num- ber of bakeries and restaurants in the City, and asked the help of the institute. Rev. G. W. Henning’s lecture on “A Fallen Nation” was postponed until the 30th inst. GRADING TO STANISLATS, The Valley Road Asks for Bids for Building to the First River South of Stockton. The directors of the San Francisco and S8an Joaquin Valley Railway met yester- day and signed contracts for building a trestle over Mormon Channel, in Stockton. After a second consideration of the side tracks at that terminus the board de- cided to abandon one side track near the waterfront. Specifications were issued for bids for grading the road from the city line of Stockton to the Stanislaus River, a dis- tance of twenty-two miles. The bids must be submitted before August 5, on which day they will be opened, and if satisfac- tory the contract will be let. Director Isaac Upham and Chief Engi- neer W. B. Storey went to Stockton last evening to make an inspection of the grad- ing and other work on the line at that place. Mr. Storey said he was very well pleased at the way his field corps have worked down the valley. Latest advices from the valley were to the effect that the first party of engineers had made final sur- veys to the Tuolumne River, abont thirty- five miles south of Stockton, and bad gone still further south about ten or fifteen miles on a preliminary survey to the Mer- ced River. Two preliminary surveys from Fresno south, one by Tulare and Visalia, the other by Hanford, were completed to a point about fifteen miles below Tulare, where they met. The surveyors in the lower part of the valley were heading their lines toward Bakersfield, while the Gra- ham party was working from Merced to Fresno, and a fourth party had its hands full with staking out levels for the graders in Stockton. e POSTMASTER BURLESON HELD. His Accounts at Mokelumne Were Found to Be Short. Charles M. Burleson, the ex-postmaster of Mokelumne Hill, was before United States Comm issioner Heacock yesterday on a charge of embezzling $1100 17 of the Government’s money while in office. He was held to answer before the United States Grand Jury and gave bonds in the sum of $3500. Burleson while postmaster got his ac- counts into a tangle, and when an exami- nation of his stamps and cash on hand was made by Postoffice Inspector Erwin the above shortage was discovered. Hill e Stabbed in the Back. Steve Begotti, a ““dope fiend,” was taken to the Receiving Hospital last night to be treated for a knife wound under the right shoulder-blade. He blamed Paddy Bowens, another “fiend,” for stealing his needles, and when they met on %:cdks.onr o-nd Ka";"’ .met':bll).at night they w and Bowens stabbed him, wound is not dangerous. e AMONG COMST RANCHES, The San Jose Grange Dis- cusses the Treatment of Prunes. HORTICULTURE NOT OVERDONE. Inspector Charles H. Shinn Declares That It Compares Well With Other Industries. In a circular issued to farmers on the ex- termination of chinch bugs, State Ento- mologist Lugger of Minnesota says: ‘It has been found that the spores of the ching-bug disease can be grown upon many substances, so that it is no longer necessary to breed them upon the chinch bugs themselves. The entomologist can now produce every day a sufficient number of spores to fill many thousands of small tin boxes, which farmers can secure. The spores thus produced upon cornmeal and beef tea are vigorous and soon communi- cate the disease to the healthy bugs.” At the recent Farmers’ Institute in San Diego, Guy P. Hawley, while discussing dried fruits from a practical standpoint, showed, in an economical comparison, that 100 pounds of fresh fruit added to the sugar and the tins made 125 pounds of canned fruit, while 100 pounds of fresh fruit dried is reduced to about twenty pounds, but the nutriment in each is the same, and the cost of packages for dried {ruit is less. At Jast week’s meeting of the San Jose Grange, says the Mercury, there was an extended discussion of the question as to whether it was better to prick prunes or to dip them. The opinion of the speakers was largely in favor of the latter process. By dipping it was agreed that the fruit came out cleaner, but at the same time it was admitted that the pricking process had not been extensively used and had not been given a fair test. In regard to the prune crop it was reported that while it is small in some orchards the trees in other orchards are even fuller than last year. In a few instances there were reports of local- ities where the crop would be double that of last season. No horticultural industry is really over- done in America to any greater extent than are other industries, writes Inspector Charles H. Shinnof the Berkeley Agricul- tural station. There always seemsa surplus of doctors and lawyers, and yet the active, capable ones manage to hold onand gradu- ally better themselves. In every line of business the careless observer sees no gaps, but other men come along and make places. It isthe same in horticulture, ex- cepting that for manf' vears to come the prospects for intelligent norticulturists will not lessen, but rather increase. In every district, however, horticuiture must most painstakingly adapt itself to local conditions, and so, in the course of time, California_horticulture will become an epitome of the horticulture of almost the entire north temperate zone. The law of the growth of cities, which has held else- where in America, will hold good here also, and we shall have to feed cities like New York, Philadelphia and Boston within the limits of this imperial California. The Buckley (Wash.) Banner has the following from a hop-grower named V. Scilpp, regarding a new hop disease that has made its appearsnce in that locality. He says: There appears to be a new dis- ease on the hops. ‘I have been noticing the hop for the last three years, but it now seems to take on a threatening character. 1t appears to be some kind of a blight, the leaves pucker up and have the appear- ance of being scalded, and dr{ up alto- gether. I have found several hills aYresdy which are dried up entirely, and I have some hops growing along a fence which are so badly affected that they are nearl dried up. If this disease keeps on spread- ing as it has in the last three years, 1t will be far more dangerous than the hoplouse, and it would be well to look after it in time. Itis my opinion that the disease originates on vines not burned in the fall where germs are allowed to remain until spring. The fact that nearly all vines growing along the fences and stumps are most affected goes to prove this. The secret of agricultural wealth lies in diversification, writes Joel Shomaker in the Rural World. Men must learn the lesson of variety in production. A small farm, well tilled in diversified products, will yield more returns than the large areas neglected and half cultivated. In the West, where water is more valuable than land, the small diversified farm has become the rule rather than the exception. Utah has land worth $25 per acre, and water to irrigate it costing more than double that amount. The people, by force of circumstances, are compelled to till small tracts. A few acres planted to fruits yield an immense income—from the time strawberries are placed upon the market till the winter apples are sold. The fruits are marketed fresh, dried, canned and in wines, ciders and vinegar. A small farmer who grows wheat and corn and feeds hogs and cattle for home use and the market, always has some cash. If the same farmer has poultry, butter and cheese for sale at all seasons his cashbox is never empty. In addition to these he can care for fruit and bees and supply the market. Early vegetables and late root crops are valuable and require but little work in comparison to the value. The mar who lives within ten miles of a large city or railway station standsin his own light when he attempts special farming. Pests may destroy the cereals or fruits, drouth may kill thelate crops, the hay ma; be a failure, but no season ever is suc that all producnons of the soil fail to vield some returns. One man in Utah, when interviewed by the writer as census enumerator, gave the following figures: His farm consisted of eighty acres. Ten acres of orchard and vineyard produced $2250; ten acres planted to beans, potatoes and corn yielded $750 ger annum; twenty acres in alfalfa pro- uced hay and feed to the value of $1000 yearly; twenty acres in pasture furnished feed for cows, hogs and sheep, yielding in butter, pork andg wood, $1500 each year; ten acres in wheat'and oats with a yield of $500 every year; five acres in root crops produced $500 yearly; the other five acres were . occupied’ by dwelling-house, farm, lawn and stockyard, on which 110 stands of bees produced an annual average of $750. A total of $8250 yearly is thus obtained from the eighty-acre tract. Add to this almost nnozfier thousand from the sale of cattle and horses raised on the public domain and we have the actual income of $9000 yearly from an eighty-acre farm. The Utah farm is on?y one of the many scattered throughout ‘all the Western States, where diversified farming is prac- ticed. Are these not good lessons to our specialty farmers who are not able some years to pay their taxes? Plant the land to what 1s best adapted, using fertilizers according to the crop grown. Fence cor- rectly and cultivate effectually. Do not depend upon any one or two crops. Have something on hand and for sale every month in the year. Read the best farm publications. Diversify your products and profit by others’ experience and farming will be a success and a pleasure. In a useful and timely paper on the above subject read at the late Escondido Farmers’ Institute Maurice Ready said: Now that the dried-fruit products of California are assuming such large pro- pertions any discussion of methods of cur- ing is both timely and profitable. 5 Care must be taken to gather the fruit full ripe but not overripe, and above all not green. Green fruit dries to nothing— dark little chips without value or weight— yet vile enough in appearance to lower the grade and lessen the Value of the pack. verripe fruit spreads out and presents an untidy appearance, and while not unwhole- some like the unripe fruit, yet likeit it injures the selling value of the whole. have not seen what I consiaer a per- fect pittin%)emlchine et, and recourse must still had to hand pitting. The fruit should be cut entirely around and the pit lifted out, not squeezed out nor pushed through the end. areless pitters some- times adopt this method and injure the fruit in appearance so treated. Drying-grounds should be kept clean and free from dust, and strips 1x3 laid on the firound and the trays laid on them. ave found this gives better satisfaction than laylnE the trays on the ground. Proper thinning ‘of the fruit should be done so as to produce fair-sized fruit, as I consider it more profitable for drying pur- poses than overlarge or small fruit. % Probably the most important item in drying is the bleaching. The trade de- mands a bleached fruit, and the producer must furnish it or he will soon goto the wall; but he should certainly furnish it in the least objectionable form. Any more sulphur than is required to properly bleach the fruit is useless and probably injurious. After several experiments, I concluded that one pound of sulphur to seventy fruit trays, two and a half and three feet and holding about twenty pounds of fruit each, was amply sufficient, and I have not used more than that amount for the past four years, and I leave the fruit in the sulphur box from threeto four hours, or until it shows signs of sweating. Properly ripe fruit requires %ess time to bleach than overripe or green fruit. Thor- oughly ripe fruit sulphured in this way { immediately after it is cutis not strong acid; it retains its strength, it looks better ;md_, I think, is better than unsulphured ruit. 3 Time required for drying varies accord- ing to the fruit and condition of the weather. Apricots dry in three to four | days; Eeaches from “four to six days. When the fruitis about two-thirds dry it should be stacked up and allowed to cure in the shade from two to three days. The fruit should be taken from the trays in the middle of the day, as worms are less liable to bother than when taken from the trays in the morning or evening. The fruit should be put in the sweat- boxes and allowed to remain for about ten days; then it is ready for packing. The Santa Rosa Democrat says: Reports of a short peach crop come in from all quarters, but in nearly every instance an exception is made in favor of the Muir, This popular variety is a native of Cali- fornia, a stanch friend at all times, and should be well remembered by those who set new orchards next season. Richard Eaton informs the Oroville Reg- ister that at Palermo it has been observed | this year that all those orchards that were liberally irrigated early in the season re- tained the oranges on the trees. The groves that were irrigated very late lost more oranges than any others. The heat and north wind combined caused many oranges to fall, but the loss was trifling in the groves well irrigated, while large in those where water was applied late. In an article on the subject of Santa Clara County orchards, the San Jose Mer- cury says: P, Curtis, on the Doyle road, has an extra fine crop of apricots. He thinks this is due to late irrigation. Last year he put in anew irrigating plant of great capacity, and has used it liberally. His last irrigation commenced on June 30 and ended July 3. He thinks this pre- vented the fruit from dropping. He has sold his apricots for $30 straight. This account of appreciable profits in some branches of horticulture is given by the Napa Register: We met a Santa Clara Valley orchardist at Pacific Grove the other day who had just sold his fruit crop of forty acres (peaches, prunes and plums) delivered on the trees for $5700—one-half cash, balance at end of the season. His two acres of cherries he had previously sold for $800. These were likewise picked, packed and moved from the premises by the buyer. A profitable business and a neat way of doing it. The Fresno Expositor says that William Dunlap, at his place in Burrough Valley, has the largest and most productive apple orchard in Central California. Mr. Dun- lap planted thisorchard during the months of February and March, 1889, and for the past two years many Fresno people have appreciated the excellent quality of the apples grown thereon, they being rich in flavor and entirely free from scale and worms. That there will be a large crop of extra fine fruit produced this season is al- ready assured; all of which goes to show that Fresno Count fruit-growers are not confined to producing perfect grapes, eaches, pears, apricots, figs, oranges and lemons, but that large crops of apg]es of far su*\erior quality to that of any shipped here from other parts of this State and Oregon may be raised at home by an intel- ligent selection of varieties and soil coupled with energetic cultivation and proper handling of the fruit. RECEPTION TO DR. SPALDING. His Parishioners Tender Him a Recep- tion as a Welcome Home. Dr. E. B. Spalding, the popular rector of St. John the Evangelist’s Church, was ten- dered a surprise by the parish aid society and the vestry of that church last evening. The rector returned on Saturday from a month’s vacation, during which he visited his birthplace, Phelps, N. Y.; his alma mater, Hobart College, in the Empire State, and made brief visits to relatives and friends in Chicago, Philadelphia, New York and Newport. His parishioners assembled in the guild hall at St.John’s to welcome him home and spent the evening in a pleasantly in- formal manner. Before the close of the evening Dr. Spal- ding gave an address in which he dwelt upon the dgrowth of 8t. John’s Church. He recalled the fact that fourteen vears alfo its property consisted of a church at the corner of Tifteenth and Valencia streets worth $17,000, but incumbered by a debt of $5000. Its property to-day is worth $90,000, and includes the Holy Inno- cents’ Mission at the corner of Fair Oaks and Twenty - fifth streets. During that period there have been 1250 baptisms and 800 confirmations and the number of com- municants has grown from 125 to 675. - OONVICTED AS A BAILEE. Mrs. J. 8. Jones Receives a Sentence for Embezzlement. Mrs. J. 8. Jones, a midwife living on Mission street, between Sixth and Seventh, was sentenced by Judge Conlan yesterday to pay a fine of $100 or be imprisoned for 100 d_ayu on the charge of embezzlement as a bailee. The complaining witness was Mrs. L. Martin of 40 Erie street. She wentto Mrs. Jones’ house for her accouchement, and two hours after the baby was born Mrs. Jones made a demand for $30, which was ,gg&u. Afterward Mrs, Martin paid her , making $90 altogether. When Mrs. Martin was convalescent Mrs. Jones refused to give her her trunk containing her own and the baby’s cloth- ing, ullegu\i that Mrs, Martin not. her enough. Mrs, Martin procured a search warrant, but the trunk could not be found. Then she swore out a warrant for Mrs. Jones’ arrest on the charge of em- bezzlement as a bailee, resulting in her conviction and sentence yesterday. Mrs. Jones’ attorney moved for a new trial and for arrest of judgment, which were denied, and h to the Supe &“ Co uerf.‘“ notice of appeal I next Saturday. VINING ON CAR-FENDERS, The Superintendent Takes No Interest in the Supervisors’ Recent Order. AN EXHIBITION SATURDAY. Four New Appliances Will Be Sub- mitted for the Approval of the Board. Two months have elapsed since the Board of Supervisors granted the Market- street Cable Company an extension of ninety days in which to place on their cable and electric cars some sort of life- saving device. Up to the present time the company has made no effort of its own accord to comply with the law. If the other railway officials of the Southern Pacific are as careless about the matter as Mr. Vining seems to be, it is a question of grave doubt whether thg cars will ever be furnished with any- thing more pretentious that the presentso- called fender. Superintendent Vining was asked yesterday what progress the com- pany was making toward securing a fender that would at least be satisfactory to the Supervisors, even if it did not offer im- munity to life and limb. _ “Iam just from the East,” said Mr. Vin- ing, ‘‘and have nothing to say. I know nothing of car-fenders and I don’t care to. S'[k;eak to my secretary across the hall, pos- sibly he can tell you something about them.” Mr. Vining’s reply seems toindicate that the Southern Pacific will follow the course pursued by the street railroad presidents of Philadelphia a few yearsago. A safety attachment for street cars was offered them, and a meeting was called to discuss the advisability of adopting the invention. “What will it ‘cost?" they asked. “Fifty dollars a car,” was the relply. The presi- dents ciphered up the total cost, compared it with the damages they had been paying for accidents, and concluded it would be cheaper to run over people and pay for it than to adopt the new invention. The Market-street corporation is doing sqmethmF, however, toward complying with the last order issued by the Board of Supervisors. They are furnishing the cars free of cost to those who have invented fenders and desire to give a practical test of their ability to do the work required. The only condition imposed on the inven- tive genius is that he shall pay_all ex- penses incident to putting his idea into actual operation. s According to Superintendent Vining’s chief clerk, Mr. Jessup. there are four car- fenders now ready to be inspected by the Supervisors. The test was to have taken place to-day, but for reasons which the secretary did not explain, the exhibition has been postponed until Saturday. Mr. Jessup does mnot speak encouragingly of any of the devices that will be submitted to the Supervisors for their acceptance or rejection, though he is equally careful not to say anything directly against them. ‘‘We made a private trial of the fender offered by J. A. Johnson,” he said yester- day, “and we found it practically worth- less. Since then the inventor claims to have made certain improvements which overcome the difficulties encountered in the private test. His fender, along with three others, will be given a public trial The other fenders are patented by James E. Marclay, Tucker & Steck and 8. Ducas.” AN OLD SOLDIER MISSING. George Green Has Not Been Heard of Since October. Robert Green reported at police head- quarters last night the strange disappear- ance of his father, George Green. In Octo- ber lust Green and his two eidest sons were in San Jose seeking for work. They were unsuccessful, and the father left the two sons there, telling them he was going to San Francisco to see if he could not do better there. Since then nothing has been seen or heard of him. Green is an old soldier, and his three youngest children are in the Evergreen Soldiers’ Home. He is a native of Eng- land and a painter by trade, and is over 50 years of age. He isabout 5 feet 7 inches %all, light complexion, brown hair tinged with gray. He applied for a pension, and the Pension Agent from Washington has been searching for him, as his claim has been allowed. The son Robert is employed by the {Jondma Costa Laundry Company in Oak- and. Cruelty Many of us illtreat our feet,—do them up in poorly made shoes with hard, stiff soles. We spend half our lives walk- ing on tack points, or treading ridges of waxed threads. There’s none of this in Goodyear Welt Shoes. 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In short, we faithfully promise t0 give e yer the crowning trinmph in medico-electrical sclence, and have placed the pn_g.wlmn the means every_sufferer. book, “Three Classes of Men,” free by mall, closely sealed. Address SANDEN ELECTRIC CO, Bullding, Portland, NEW TO-DAY-DRY GOODS. B e e NS eI e o e e e e e e FOR CLEARANCE T0-DAY AT (rigantic ¢ Reductions! To keep up the interest that is daily renewed in our Great Clearance Sale by our system of offering the lines specially selected for clearance at SPECIALLY DEEP CUTS IN PRICES we present our to-day’s list of Extraordinary Bargains! WASH FABRICS, Etc. At 5 Cents a Yard. 200 fieees HEAVY ENGLISH FLANNELETTE, solid, close fabric, that was 10c and 214¢. At 825 Cents a Yard. 2 cases BLEACHED TABLE DAMASK, fully 56 inches wide, reduced from 40c. At 5 Cents a Yard. Another lot FINE GRADE CRINKLED CREPONS, the 12}4c fabric, to be closed out / . at 5c. At $1.00 Hach. 2 cases EXTRA SIZE. MARSEILLES PATTERN REVERSIBLE CROCHET BEDSPREADS, reduced from $1 25, LADIES’ SUITS! At S4.95.. LADIES’ SUITS, navy and black serge, worth $9, will be closed out at $4 95 each. At S7.50. 3 LADIES’ SUITS, navy, black, tan and gray cheviot, box jacket and skirts lined throughout, worth $12 50, will be closed out at $7'50 each. LADIES’ CAPES! At $1.95. LADIES’ CAPES, double and single, trimmed with applique, tan, navy and brown, worth $6, will be closed out at $1 95 each. At S2.50. LADIES’ CAPES, in variety of styles and all the leading shades, handsomely trimmed, worth $7 00, will be closed out at $2 50 each. BLACK DRESS GOODS! At 25 Cents. 38 cases 36-INCH SILK LUSTRE ALPACA, worth 50c, will be closed out at 25¢ a yard. At BO Cents. 20 pieces 40-INCH FINE ALL-WOOL FRENCH CREPONS, worth $1, will be closed out at 50c a yard. COLORED DRESS GOODS! At 25 Cents. 145 pieces 37-INCH ALL-CHEVIOT DRESS GOODS, in mixed and figured effects, former price 50c, will be close At 50O Cents. 75 pieces 42-INCH HEAVY ALL-WOOL MIXED DRESS GOODS, in stylish color- ings, former price 85¢, will be closed out at 50c a yard. SILK DEPARTMENT! At 35 Cents. 800 yards FANCY FIGURED SILK, regular price 50c, will be closed out at 35¢ a yard. At B35 Cents. 700 yards FANCY STRIPED SURAH SILK, regular price 60c, will be closed out at 35¢ a yard. x At 5O Cents. 1200 yaxd; CHANGEABLE SURAH SILK, regular price 75¢, will be closed out at 50c a yard. ginhend checks, bourette, out at 25¢c a yard. At 50 Cents. 1100 yards CHECKED TAFFETA SILK, regular price 75¢, will be closed out at 50c a yard. 4 At 5O Cents. 900 yards FANCY FIGURED TAFFETA SILK, regular price 75¢, will be closed out at 50c a yard. At 75 Cents. < : 800 yards FIGURED CHANGEABLE TAFFETA, regular price $1, will be closed out at 75c a yard. At 85 Cents. 2 700 yards FANCY STRIPED TAFFETA SILK, regular price $1 25, will be closed out at 85¢ a yard. At 8 600 yards FIGURED BLACK SATIN, GLOVES! GLOVES! 50 Cents. 75 dozen MISSES’ BIARRITZ KID GLOVES, in red, blue, tan and slate shades, extra good value for 75¢, will be closed out at 50c a pair. 5 Cents. 5 regular price $1 25, will be closed out at 85c a At $1.00. 150 dozen LADIES’ 8-BUTTON LENGTH MOUSQUETAIRE UNDRESSED KID GLOVES, in all the new shades of tan, modes and slate, extra good value for $1 50, will be ciosed out at $1 a pair. BLACK LACES! At 25 Cents a Yard. BLACK CHANTILLY LACE, all silk, 7, 8 and 9 inches wide, regular price 50c and 60c, will be closed out at 25¢ per yard. At 25 Cents a Yard. BLACK BOURDON LACE, 5 to 8inches wide, regular price 50c, will be closed out at 25¢ per yard. HOSIERY AND UNDERWEAR! At 825 Cents a Pair. BLACK MACO COTTON HOSE, extra long, heavy spliced heels 54 20 per dozen, will LADIES’ & 2 t3":1’(1“':001;, guaranteed fast and stainless black, regular price be closed out at 25¢ a pair. JERSEY RlBBtEI)sESGY?T.!?I}%OTTON VESTS, high neck, DIES’ igh neck, lon, & d:lz:znveI;,A silk finished, drawers to match, regular price 65c, will be élosgd out at &55 o TURAL WoOT, VESTR Hion LADIES’ NA' ). high neck, long sleeves, drawers thy dfi,’f&h, extra good value for $1, will be closed ougt at 75¢ 'nch.s 2 - MEN’S FURNISHINGS! DYED SARIFARY NPRING MEN'S UN. NO AND HEAVY CAMEL'S-HAT i dgg&(s, full regular made, with double heels and toes, extra good value for 25?;l will be closed out at 15¢ a pair. ' At 50 Cents. 52 dozen MEN'S MEDIUM WEIGHT BALBRIGGAN UNDERSHIRTS AND DRAW- ERS, fancy si'l)k finished, in Vicuna and ecru shades, regular price $1, will be closed. out at 50¢ each. MURPHY BUILDING, Market Sireel, corner of Jopes SAN FRANOISCO®.