The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 24, 1895, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1895. 11 THEVALLEJQ CONVENTION, Nearly Two Hundred Delegates Are Expected to Attend. A ROYAL WELCOME PREPARED. Business and Pleasure to Be Well Interwoven During the Week’s Session. Preparations for the State Convention of the Young Men's Institute, which will meet in Vallejo during the week commenc- ing on September 16, are ra ing and the affair promise former gatherings of the tion. The programme, W nt to the local head: ness will be ure, and that ating for the good number those § just been s, shows that n with nt in leg- innovation wili be the d ball given to the dele s upon the first instead of, as is usually the c st day of the session, wil « in order to bring the del and promote their acq people. On the even y will be given the ba th this the ses- ill end uarters the John Lynch, One of the Candidates for Grand President. or the week will be as follows: merning, September 16, the | 1 attend mass in a body. | \ forming in parade line they will | 1 to the convention hall and the ill be opened for business. The a; ntof committees and the exami lentiais will consume most of the | morning, and | up the after- | il ahsorh Vallejo, visitors and e ay a business session. will oc- cupy tt air concert, followed 1 in the time. On on from San Fran- | ispices of the local | ili bring a boatload | s to_the city of the | new visitors will be en- | ¢ the people of Vallejo and the | il of the Young Men’s Insti- e evening there will e-to-house reception. On Thursday business will be resumed | ng, and in the afternoon | cross the water to Mare | and will inspect the navy 1e delegates will ertainment where they please. ay will be a business day all through, be made the great battle for tions. will conclude any business left yard. In be allowed | George A. Stanley, Grand Secretary. over, and the evening’s banquet will end it all. - On Sunday will be the coming home. Aside from the anticipations of a week of unalloyed pleasure, the most absorbin subject in the minds of the Grand Council- vill be the race for office. So far three ates for_the vresidency have ap- John Lynch, grand director and past grand treasurer; Samuel Haskins, a’grand director; and E. I. Sheehan, a past grand director, are the ones men- tioned so far, and the office will go to one of the three. The next grand vice-president will be chosen largely as a result of the circum- stances of the session and of the presi- dential vote. No one has stretched his hand for the position so far. For grand treasurer John O’Donnell, the incumbent, is the most open can- didate, but the name of James P. Brady has been mentioned as a possible opponent. - For grand secretary there seems to be no opposition to the incumbent, George A. Stanley. The minoroffices are not creating J. Brandon, secretary of the Senate, is dlerk of the committee. Nothing definite was accomplished at the meeting, the entire day being devoted to the discussion of suggestions contained in correspondence with legislative officials in a large number of the other States in the Union: _ Speaking of the work of the committee Senator Withington said: We did not expect to_décide on any particu- lar matters to be submitted in our_report, but come_together to talk over the large corre- spondence that we have received from various other States and to try tooutline a plsn for futyre work. Our report will not be made up until shortly before the next Legislature meets, which will not be until a year from next Janu- ary. What we did was merely preliminary, and we cannot at this stage tell a single thing that will be suggested in our rport ss an improve- ment on present methods in our Legislature. I may say that, judging from the matter contained in our correspondence and from my own and my colleagues’ personal observations, our methods are little behind those of other States. In fact there are not many, even of the older States, that have features that could be grafted upon our methods to advantage. We shall select such features as we find can be readily adapted to our constitution, and expect to find quite a number to recommend to the next Legislature. Meetings will be heid by the committee as they are found neediul, birt most of the work can be carried on by cor- respondence, and this is in the hands of Mr. Brandon, who has had along and wide legis- lative experience. ILIHPIC NOMINATONS The Regulars Head Their Ticket With the Name of F. W. Eaton. A Third Party May Put Its Candl- dates in the Fleld Before Election Day. Opposition to the regular ticket at the coming Olympic Club election was as- sured by the action taken by the nomina- ting committee last evening. In spite of the protests of Messrs. Mc- Comb and Butts of the committee that the tank and indoor athletes should be recog- nized in the makeup of the ticket noth- ing was done to sati them, and they are now engaged in getting up a ticket which they will fight for to the last breath. The committee made the following selections: For president, F. W. Eaton; vice-presi- dent, George A. Newhall; secretary, C. J. Bosworth; treasurer, H. B. Russ; captain, Leonard Gill; leader, E. N. Short; di- rectors—L. D. Owens, H. H. White, G. H. Umbsen, J. P. Kelly and J. 0’B. Gunn. The two di ing members—Messrs, McComb and Butts—contended that as the bicycle annex had two representatives— Messrs. Owens and White—one should step down and give a representative of the tank and billiard element a show They offered to make White’s fight if Owens would withdraw and let Frank O’Kane’s name go on the ticket for di- rector. They also asked that the elements they represent be recognized by giving Dr. Bryant the nomination for leader. Both of these propositions being re- jected they declared openly that they would have these two names on an oppo- sition ticket, which might also contain all of the other names on the regular ticket except those of Messrs. White and Short. Their ticket will be announced to-day. Another and more serious opposition is in thefield from those members who are dis- satisfied with the actions of the nominating committee and of the indoor athletic ele- ment. A memberof long standing said last evening that the better and more solid slement in the club was thoroughly dis- sfied with the committee on account {he deep and dignified silence in which it had wrapped itself from the day it was elected. “It was elected to serve the best inter- ests of the club, and not to go into execu- tive session and stay there without doing anything until the last moment,” he said “and we do not think that its affairs have been properly conducted.” “I can tell you toa certainty that an- other opposition ticket will be in the field if we can get the men we want to run on it. Henry J. Crocker has been spoken of to head the ticket, with Alex Forsyth as sec- retary, but it is doubtful whether these gentiemen can be induced to run after the talk that has been indulged in by dis- gruntled men whose aspirations have been crushed. However, we expect to find others who will do the work if those I have mentioned cannot be prevailed upon to take the nominations. “One thing you may be certain of, and that is that threats of withdrawal from a few soreheads will not deter us from se- lecting those we see fit.” ABOUT LETTER-WRITING. Long, Loving Missives No Longer In- dulged In. Are we getting aged, and wrinkled and crusty, or is it a fact that spring’s letters are no longer what they used tobe? In- deed, we may ask if ary class of letter- writing is what it used to be. Hasn't the telegraph wire on the one hand and the typewriting machine on the other made letter-writing a mechanical “function” al- most? Of old some of the most charming pieces of English composition published in the papers of the day appeared in the form of springs letters—not bare lists of names; not mere accounts of entertainments, but descriptions of picturesque scenery, dis- quisitions upon the manners and habits of the people, reminiscences of fa- mous men, etc. Perhaps we shall be ruled down as out of order and be told that fashions have changed in letter writing as in other things. And so they have, we concede, and for this reason we are ready to free the writers of the present day from blame; they furnish what they are expected and asked to furnish, They know the popular demand and supply it. There was & homelike charm in_the old- time springs letter. You felt as if it were addressed to you by a personal friend, and as you read it you seemed to ramble by the side of the writer and hear the music of his voice as he discoursed on family rec- ords, local traditions and current bistory. Gone is that style of letter writing; gone, too, are most of the writers who made it what it was—who discussed politics and history like philosophers, and who raved about the springs belles like lovers and poets. Gone, too, are most other old-time letter- writers. ~Telegraphs, postal cards and typewriting-machines have changed the order of things. Where twenty-five years ago one would write a long, loving letter to an absent friend, a summary tele- much _contention. These officers wiil probably be picked from the floor of the convention. A one-third return rate has been secured from the Southern Pacific for all delegates, and the citizens of Vallejo and the Vallejo Council have taken in charge all arrange- ments for the reception of guests. The chairman of the reception committee is Judge Ryan, and the .secretary W. T. Kelly. here are expected nearly 200 delegates. SYSTEM OF LEGISLATION. Meeting of the Committee Appolnted to Suggest Improve- ments. There was an all-day meeting yesterday at the Union League Club of the commit- tee of hold-over Senators appointed at the last session of the Legislature to report on improved methods of legislation. It was the first meeting of the committee since the adjournment of the Legislature. Its members are: David L. Withington of \ Ban Diego (chairman). J. H. Sewell of Ukiah and F.C. Franck of Santa Clara. graphic message or snappy note on a postal card is now made to answer. Or,in the majority of instances, where one must needs write a long letter, the aid of the stenographer and typewriter is secured and individuality of the letter-writer is thus lost. Washington, Jefferson and all those worthies, and many men and women of the later period, were great letter-writers, and they had no amanuenses—no type- writing machines, nor steel pens, even. They made their own quili pens, and han- dled them well, writing letters that people could read, gossiping and f'hilosnphizmg alternately. Now, few people seem to care to be praised for their chirography. In- deed, so far as our lady friends are con- cerned many of them in their private cor- respondence seem to take special pleasure in writing bold, bad hands, and then writ- ing across the pages, so that the manu- script may prove as llle%ble as possible to the reader.—Richmond Dispatch. ——————— Hair growing low on the forehead signi- fies a strong constitution and long-lived ancestry; a peak coming down on the forehead shows excellent powers of obser- vation, honest purposes and a fractious temper. WINTHROP 15 ACOUITTED The Jury Agrees Upon the Verdict at the First Ballot. FEATURES OF THE DEFENSE. Witnesses to Show That Mrs. Mathews Had Long Contem- plated Sulcide. Oliver W. Winthrop, charged with the murder of Mrs. Jennie Mathews, was ac- quitted yesterday. The case was given to the jury at 5:55 o'clock last night, and five minutes later the report of an agreement was made. The verdict of not guilty had been ! reached on the first ballot. ‘When the foreman, replying to the clerk’s question, stated that the prisoner | was declared not guilty there was a mo- mentary scene. Mrs. Winthrop threw herself into her husband’s arms and wept, and the prisoner’s aged mother jumped to her feet and shouted to the jurors: “Thank you, gentlemen! Thank youn!” The testimony for the defense was EXPLAINING RS CaSE DEFENSE IN [Sketched by a she was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced 40 twenty-five years in the penitentiary. ““That judgzement was reversed for errors of the court and retried. Then the jury disagreed. Now that the defendant has been again convicted of murder in the sec- ond degree the court feels justified in fix- ing the penalty as it was fixed before—at twenty-five years. That is the judgment of the court.” Many exclamations of surprise showed that a shorter sentence had been expected, but Mrs. Worthington showed no emotion. INCREASING EVIL OF TIPS, A Few Years Ago Théy Were Within the Bounds of Reason. A decade ago, even, “tips” were seldom bestowed in this country outside of do- mestic service, and even with servants a visitor felt no obligation to remember any but those who had rendered him personal attention. A dollar was consid- ered an amply sufficient douceur, says the New York Tribune. Now, however, it has become a most serious tax in every direction, while in private houses it has grown -to be such a heayy obligation, especially in an up-to-date fashionable household that poor young men are actu- ally obliged to refuse invitations on ac- count of the outlay necessary to visit in a friend’s house. A few days’stay necessi- tates an expenditure almost equal to a hotel bill for that period of time. This is obviously wrong and hardly hos- pitable, and fashionable &Jeop]e should do something to put an_end to an unwritten law which must seriously inconvenience many of their guests. It is hard to know just how this evil could be checked, as a host is not supposed to be aware that the perquisites of his servants, which are often more than the wages he gives them, are what keeps them in a good humor with an influx of visitors and that his guests are really paying for his hosritulity. Itisan unpleasant idea, one would suppose, to the entertainer, but this is what it actually amounts to. The only way to correct this state of things would be to engage servants EDWARD J HICKS THE CASE. . “Call” artist.] mainly in relation to the frequent threats of suicide that Mrs. Mathews made. The | dead woman'’s letters were read in support | of the testimony. One of these, written to Winthrop, is as follows: My only friend my heart i= nely broke the way he is treating me, and if he keep on I will kill myself. If I do kill myseif I want you to take care of my little girl then I know she will have a good friend and proter because my hus- band he is fit to take care of her. Icant write any more heart broke. Good-by forever, good- by, your poor JENNIE MATHEWS. Detective Hicks, who had been engaged in the defense, produced many witnesses to show that the woman was often troubled in mind, and that she had actu- ally attempted suicide before. Winthrop told over his story, and he was what the court attaches considered a “good witness.” He admitted that he knew about the insurance policy in the Order of Chosen Friends, and he declared that Mrs. Mathews had said to him that she didn’t want to have her husband ever control the money. The arguments in the case were limited to three-quarters of an hour for each side. Assistant District Attorney Hosmer deliv- ered the address for the prosecution, and Attorneys Matthews and Kyle spoke in Winthrop’s defense. The jary in the case was composed of B. Mayer, G. D. Gregory, M. Fredericks, R. T. Van Ordon. W. B. Easton, Joseph Hess, H. Madison Holtmeir, Thomas Evnns, s H. Fritch, Henry Root and George F. Roberts. ‘ SENT BACK 10 PRISON. Mrs. Worthington Receives No Mercy From Judge Wallace. Twenty-five Years In San Quentin the Penalty Pronounced Yesterday. Mrs. Louisa Worthington and the baby that was born in prison are going back to San Quentin. The baby will remain there ouly a few months, or until it is old enough to be taken away from its mother, but unless a new appeal is favorably heard by the Suoreme Court Mrs. Worthington must remain within the walls for a quarter of a century. 7 Judge Wallace pronounced the sentence yesterday, fixing the same penalty that was imposed by Judge Seawell two years ago. The Judge, in declaring that he could extend no mercy, stated that the law might have shielded Worthington if the husband had been the murderer of Baddeley, but that the woman herself had no right to kill the man when she had been a party in the wrong. This point had been dwelt ugon by the defense in the other trials, and it was rep- resented that the husband had incited Mrs. Worthington to commit the murder. While the Judge was talking the pris- oner sat with her child in her arms and seemed, as at all other times, unconscious of any proceedings that concerned her. Attorney Guilfoyle formally moved for anew trial, alleging error in the instruc- tion to_the snry. and his motion was for- mally denied. Then he asked the Judge to show mercy toward the woman, declar- ing that her case was pitiable and that the woman had been wronged by the man she had killed, and then wrongfully urged by her husband to commit the murder. “There were in this case,” Judge Wal- lace replied, “many circumstances which might have justified the killing of Bad-. deley by this woman’s husband, but there was nothing that justifies or excuses the the mnrder%av her. She entered into crim- inal relations with Baddeley freely and voluntarily. She laid aside all shame and all thought of her duties asa wife and mother and formed a liaison withthe mur- dered man. It wasa caseof love and re- venge. ThatisallIcan seein it. There is nothing of insanity in this case. It was a murder of an aggravated character. “The duty of. fixing the penalty in such a case is one of delicacy and annoyance. The jury could not fix the punishment un- der the verdict returned, so that disagree- able duty was left to the court. The de- fendant has been tried twice before. Once with the distinct understanding that no tips should be received and that the em- ployer only should pay for services to his guests. With liberal wages this could easily be arranged, and the new order of things would certainly be a great relief to visitor and visited. It is no doubt true that some wealthy people, used to lavish expenditure and not possessing much sense of the value of money, make life in some directions hard for those who have equal refinement but less money. The summer resident, who through carelessness or ignorance or thoughtless liberality, pays for local serv- ice of any kind more than the market value, and really more than it is worth, raises inevitably the tariff for those em- vloyers who haven’t money thus to throw away. —————— SIGHTS IN TIMBUOTOO. Its Mud Bulldings—The Mixed Blood of the People. Mr. Felix Dubois, who was sent to Tim- buctoo by the Figaro, has returned to Paris and publishes an interesting article in that journal. He says in the Soudan the wild beasts form an infinitesimally small portion of the animais of the country. The traveler sees herds of beautiful cattle and. splendid horses and flocks of sheep. As for fever, if the European only protect himself properly from the sun and takes quinine as a pre- ventive medicine, he has not much to fear. The traveler from Senegal to Tim- buctoo begins his journey by taking the train from Dakar to St. Louis. To pro- ceed thence to the Soudan the traveler takes the steamer, furnished with all modern improvements, on board of which the living is good. The voyage to Kayes last about eight days. From Xayes, the capital of the Boudan, the trav- eler again takes the train and crosses a country which often reminds him of the forest of Fontainebleau. At length he reaches the Niger, where the traveler embarks on board a great lighter barge propelled by oars. Dienne is the commencement of .the marvelous regions of lakes and luxuriant prairies, with imposing herds of cattle. At length the sandy downs behind which Timbuctoo is sheltered appear. “ Lying like a sphinx at the gate of the desert, Timbuctoo realizes all that her great reputation promises.” During a stay of several weeks his interest was kept con- stantly on the alert and went on increas- ing. Timbuctoo is the great city of the desert, the queen of the sands, which sweep up against its walls and invade its its squares and streets. It has from 70C0 to inhabitants. There is not a vestige of a monumental builaing, nothing but big houses built of mud and straw or wood. The population consists of negroes with the blood of all the races of Northern and Central Africa- in their veins. Such elements, which appear mod- est and at first disconcert the visitor, do not prevent the commerce of the city amounting to millions of francs a year. M. Dubois prophesies that the western valley of the Niger will, at an_early date, become one of the finest of the French pos- sessions, if its destinies are confined to men who know the country.— London Standard. ————— The Bank Was Closed. One night recently a resident of Man- chester procured some crabs and tied them up in apaper. He reached home at mid- night, and in the quiet of the parlor undid the package. The fish had ngpnantly gone to sleep for the night, and to give them some animation he poured a few drops of whisky on them from a con- venient bottle and then emptied the creatures into his trousers pocksts. Soon all was quiet in his bedroom, and he sue- cessfully counterfeited his accustomed Scandinavian snore. Then the pariner of his bosom quietly arose and proceeded to do some banking business with his trousers, which hung on their usual peg. It is said that “‘Freedom shrieked when Kosciusko fell.”” Well, if she evershrieked as did this female when she got a couple of mad crabs on the ends of her taper fingers it would h%ve scaled all the whitewash off every ceiling in Poland. When a woman can yell so that it curdled all the milk in the neighborhood you can rest assured that, as_the saying is, there is somethin in the air. She continued to shriek unti she exhausted all the atmosphbere there was in the house, h{ which time the crabs got. (rig}l‘nened and let go of their own ac- cord.—Philadelphia Times, FOR MUNICIPAL REFORM. The Members of the Civic Federation Decide to In- corporate. AFTER PRACTICAL POLITICIANS. The Grand Jury Asked to Inv tigate Commissioner Colnon’s Charges. One of the most important steps taken by the Civic Federation since its organiza- tion was that of last night, when it adopted articles of incorporation. The meeting was well attended and was pre- sided over by President Isaac J. Truman. Among the various bodies represented were: The Good Government Club, Pres- byterian Church, Law ana Order League, Methodist Church, Congregational Church, Episcopal Church, Epworth League, Gold- en Gate Union of Christian Endeavor, Union for Practical Progress, Citizens’ Defense Association, Home Protection League of San Francisco, Woman’s Chris- tian Temperance Union. ‘Without loss of time the report of the committee on articles of incorporation and by-laws was presented, and after being considered seriatim the articles of in- corporation were. adopted. They provide that the organization shall be known as the Civic Federation of San Francisco, and that its purposes shall be: First—The formation of an influential, non- partisan, non-sectarian association, embracing all the forces that are now laboring to advance the munieipal, philanthropical, industrial and moral interests of San Francisco, and to use and aid such forces in promoting the honesty aud efficiency of its municipal government. Second—To serve as a medium of acquaint- anceship and sympathy between persons who reside in different partsof the City, who pursue different vocations, who are by’ birth of dif- ferent nationalities, who prefer different creeds or no creed, who, for any of these reasons, are unknown to eaca other, but who nevertheless have an interest in the well being of San Fran- cisco, and who agree in the desire to promote every kind of municipal reform. 'hird—To increase the number and efficiency of the agencies designed to discover abuses in municipal affairs, to increase the interest of citizens in such affairs by securing the utmost practical separation of municipal mrom State and National politics. The principal means to be employed by the federation are inyestigation, publication, agitation, prosecution ~ and oxsamzmnn, together with the exercise of every lawful in- fluence needed to carry into effect the purposes of federation. This Civic Federation shall haye no capital stock, and its members shall be fifty in num- ber, named and elected by the eleven incor- vorators herein, and such others as may be provided for in the by-laws of this corporation. This was not adopted without consider- able discussion and amendment, the de- bate centering on the question of whether the organization, by the terms of the arti- cles of, incorporation, was to be made a close corporation with a limited member- ship, controlled by the «eleven incorpora- tors, or whether it was to be popularin character. ~ According to the articles adopted the organization will partake of the latter character. Next came the work of selecting the eleven corporators, which resulted in the following-named gentlemen being dele- gated to incorporate the body: L. J. Tru- man of the Epworth League, E. R. Dille of the Methodist church, Stewart Men- zies of the Citizens’ Defense Asso- ciation, J. Cumming Smith of the Presbyterian Church, M. McGlynn of the Labor Council, C. W. Reed of the Good Government Club, Wallace Bradford of the Golden Gate Union of Christian En- deavor, D. Gilbert Dexter of the Congrega- tional Church, George T. Gaden of the Law and Order League, M. 8. Woodhams of the Golden Gate Union of Christian Endeavor, and A. G. Towne of the Citizens' Defense Association. The articles of incorporation will be at once filed with the County Clerk, and a copy then forwarded to the Secretary of State for his official indorsement. At the next meeting the by-laws will come up for action. Their mostimportant feature is the proposition to organize dis- trict clubs to be affiliated organizations of the main body, one to be established in each of the eighteen Assembly districts of the City, and each club to have the right of being represented by a delegate in the main organization. This would make the actual working body'of the Civic Federa- tion consist of sixty-eight members, as it is understood to be the intention of the eleven incorporators to elect not more than thirty-nine members to add to their own number. The committee on articles of incorpora- tion and by-laws comprised M. 8. Wood- hams, J. L. Case and J. M. Reynolds. Considerable discussion followed the greuentation of a resolution to request the rand Jury to investigate the charges made against several unnamed local poli- ticians by Harbor Commissioner Colnon. The following was finally adopted by a unanimous vote: ‘WHEREAS, Harbor Commissioner Colnon, in an interview published in the San Francisco CALL on Tuesday morning, August 20, 1895, declared that certain unnamed San Francisco politicians had attempted to make corrupt bar- ains with him in the matter of appointments gy the Board of Health, and there stated that In one of these propositions I will say that the cool suggestion was made that there would be as much as £400 a month on one appointment. 01 course, not wishing to do practical politics on this basis, I refused (0 entertain any such a propo- sition. And again: I was approached in other matters and solicited to engage in “practical politics” in another appoint- Taent s Impariant appointment under the: Board of Health, where the sum of $1000 a month was represented as the profits if 1 could control and secure the appointment for the person desired. And whereas, Mr. Colnon is a man of respon- sibility, whose statements are entitled to great weight with this community, and the Civic Federation, therefore, assumes them to be true; and, whereas, the exposure and punish- ment of the corruptionists who approached Mr. Colnon would be of the greatest practical benefit to the cause of good government in San Francisco; therefore, be it Resolved, That the Civic Federation respect- fully calls the attention of the Grand Juiy of San Francisco to the statements of Mr. Colnon quoted above. We re?nen the Grand Jury to investigate the truth of the charges so made, to find out the guilty men and subject them to criminal prosecution. The secretary was instructed to forward a copy of the resolutions to the foreman of the Grand Jury now in session. The meet- ing then adjourned. A BOWL OF KAVA, How the Polynesian Drink Is Prepared by Girls. Kava is the native drink and its use and ‘the manner of ceremony of its preparation being among the most ancient customs of Polynesia, it ments, I think, a short de- scription. Kava is an indigenous tree, more or less plentiful throughout the South Sea islands, the root of which is em- ployed in the manufacture of the drink. ‘When visitors are present mnuch ceremony is observed in its preparation. A beauti- ful round bowl of dark-colored wood is produced, its interior shining with a blue enamel-like coating, caused by the deposit of the root. Generally s - ing, the bowl is the property of the E and much care is taken and time spent in polishing and preserving the enamel in the interior. Three young girls with shining white teeth, chosen usually from the ‘‘belles’” of the village, seat themselves around the bowl, each hnvlngo:usim of the kava root. This they pi ed to break up into small pieces, and, putting them into their mouths, chew the dry root until it is re- duced to a pulp, W is from time y. hi i an to time in the bowl. A sufficiency been thus prepared, water is poured the wholeg:jxmo_h‘lfi.ljrod up; bunches | huom, bage Botel of fine fiber are then drawn through the liguid to strain out any small pieces of the root which may remain. The drink is now complete and is passed around in cups of cocoanut-shell tc the chiefs ana princignl people of the assembly in order | of ran! - On my first attempt at drinking kava I was strongly reminded of soapsuds; but this unpleasant idea wore off aiter a time. A refusal to drink, or even not to drain the cup, is considered a grave impoliteness. The solution of the kava Toot is non-in- toxicating, but, taken in excess, produces a loss of power in the lower limbs. Many of the European residents drink it regularly, but, of course, prepared in a different man- ner.—Westminster Review. BULL ON GUARD: A Farmer’s Scheme to Prevent Fishing on His Premises. Farmer Jackson of the town of Thomp- son, N. Y., has adopted a novel mode of keeping trout fishermen off his premises. The old farmer had a splendid trout stream of pure spring water running through his farm, and for years has been bothered with boys and ‘city fellers,”” whe with rod and line would traverse his fields and tramp down the growing grass and grain. He had put up warning notices for trespassers, but the bad boys of the neighborhood would tear them down, and fishermen persisted in fishing in the brook, causing the old man to commit much sin thereby. As his house was a half mile away he could not afford to spend the time watching the preserve with a shotgun. At last he hit upon a happy expedient and it works like a charm. This season his remises have been free from intruders. ackson last year became the possessor of a fine blooded Jersey bull. It carries a splendid pair of horns and is as vicious and ug‘;y as any of the bulls used in the bull-fights of old Spain. In the field through which the brook flows the bull has been allowed toroam free. Whenever a stranger enters the for- bidden inclosure his ‘‘royal nibs” scents him from afar, and with tail erect and low- ering head he charges on the intruder,who takes leg bail and makes haste to get out of the lot. A few days ago one of the city guests at Monticello, who was ignorant of the bull’s presence, had just cast his fly in_the stream when he heard a loua bellow and saw an angry bull making rap- idly toward him. ithout taking the trouble to reel his line he made for the nearest fence, which happened to be made of barbed wire. He landed on the other side just as the bull came up to him, but left a portion of the seat of his trousers clinging to the fence. The hay crop is short in Sullivan County, but the farmer refuses to seil the bull, and says he will keep the animal as long as his horns are good and he retains his hatred of fisher- men,—Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. —_— SUSPIOIOUS, He Had Good Reasons for Getting Into Another Business. There was an old colored man pushing a whitewash cart along Brush street the other afternoon, when a woman opened a chamber window and called to him: “Hey, yeu! Do you want a job?"” “What sort of a job, mum?"” he asked as he stood at the gate. “Carrying ashes out of the cellar.”” **Werry sorry, mum, but I couldn’t do dat job. I used to bein de ashes bizness, but I'se dun quit it. If it was white- washin’ or beatin’ a ca’pet, I'd be right on hand; but I doan’ tech no ashes no mo’.” “What's the matter with ashes?” “Heaps de mattah, ma’am. Last job I worked on I found three knives, five fo’ks, seben spoons, two towels an’ a dollarin cash in de ash heap, an’ what yo’ dun ’spose de Jedge gimme fur it?"’ “I don’t understand,’’ she said. “Why a policeman took me into co’t an’ de Jedge gimme three months in jail.”” “‘He must have thought you stole the things?”’ “Sartinly, mum, sartinly; an’ dat’swhy I say dat owin’ to de lusgiuhus occupashun of de suspected suspishun I’ze heaharter gwine to hold myself right down to white- washin’ an’ ca’pets etroit Free Press. ————— Problems Still Unsolved. “It seems strange,” said a railroad attor- ney, “that with all the modern devices which have come to stay in the operation of railroads in this country there has been no improvement in the manner of collect- ing fares on trains over that which existed in the most primitive days of railroading. The bell punch and the cash fare indicator used in street railways have seemingly solved the problem so far as they are con- cerned, buton railway trains no system has yet been devised which furnished any ac- curate registration of the fares or tickets collected. The man who invents some ractical solution of this question will not ge able to build a house big enough to hold the money that his device will bring him. Railway managers have to some extent, by means of the ticket aiuem, the duplex cash fare receipt and the requirement of showing tickets while entering the gates to trains, reduced the number of cash fares uctunliy paid on trains to the con- ductor, but all these precautions do not prevent the loss of a revenue which would swell the earnings to a considerable extent if the money actually paid was actually turned in. It was not long ago that a plan was discovered on one of the great railway systems by which tickets once sold and taken up by the con- ductor were again found in the ticket offices for sale. A gentleman who travels extensively recently found himself on a train with a mileage-bogk or tickets. The cash fare paid was between points less than 100 miles distant. His cash fare receipt was dropped at his side; it was afterward examined and was found to contain punch- marks indicating much shorter travel than he had paid for. Sometimes the mistake is noted, but generally it is not, as the pas- senger doesn’t care to interest himself in such a matter.”—New York Times, Don’t Get Up Early. It is said to be natural—that is, physio- logical—to rise euli' and enjoy the beauties of the sunri If we ask why, we are treated to various transcendental theories about the vivifying influence of the sun and are told to take example by the birds of the air and the beasts of the field, or so many of them as are not nocturnal in their habite. But, as a matter of fact, physiol- ogy, so far as it has anything to say on the subject at all, is all against the early ris- ing theory. Physiological experiment ap- ars to show that a man does not work stand fastest in the early morning hours, but on the contrary, about midday. The desire to rise early, except in those trained from youth to outdoor pursuits, is com- monly a sign, not of strength of character and vigor of body, but of ndvunci::‘f age. Thus paterfamilias, who goes to bed at 11 P. M., wants to get up at 5 or6 a. . and looks upon his_healthy son who lies till 8 as a sluggard. When this foolish interpre- tation of a proverb about the health and wealth to be got from early rising is com- bined with the still more foolish adage which says of sleep, *‘8ix hours for a man, seven for a woman and eight fora fool,” thenk . we hl': a }nc;qnil system cnpublle o{ working great mischief to young people of both sexes.—British Medical Journal. Archbishop Polladius of St. Petersbur; has informed the Abyssinians that thei church can be united with the Russian if the two Abyssinian Metropolitans and Negns Menelek will sign a re&neut for vsm ‘::l to be submitted to the Russian Holy ynod. Baking Powder Absolutely Pure NOTARY PUBLIC. S TR SR e WOULD KILL FILLMORE Andrew J. Collins, a Crank, Wanted to Murder the Rail~- way Official. OR CROCKER, OR HUNTINGTON. An Ex-Employe of the Company Creates a Sensation In the Office Building. Andrew J. Collins, an ex-employe of the Southern Pacific Company at Los Angeles and Tucson, entered the company’s office building, at Montgomery and Market streets, yesterday afternoon with the avowed intention of killing General Super- intendent Filimore. For Collins’ purpose either C. P. Hunt~ ington, Colonel Crocker or H. E. Hunting- ton would do quite as well as the general superintendent. He had statea so much on former occasions, and being regarded as a crank he was watched by a detective in the railway service. Collins had not gone far after entering the hall when De- tective George Gard and one of his men helped him to leave without much cere- mony. The incident, however, created some excitement in the building. Collins had called previously at the wait- ing-room of Mr. Fillmore’s office. He im- agined he had a grievance againstthe company and a claim that could be satis- fied only by appointing him an engineer. Nothing would have pleased him better than a run over the Tehachapi Mountains as engineer of a passenger locomotive. As he received no notice from the railway officials he grew sullen and threatened to kill either Huntiugton, Crocker or Fill- more. On his former visits to the office he was Ylersnnded by Gard to leave peacefully, but he returned again more determined than ever that he had 4 mission to perform in the big building. Yesterday he was met by Gard at the elevator-door on the fourth floor, near the general superin- tendent’s office. Collins attempted to pass into the waiting-room, but Gard blocked the way and tried to reason with him, Collins ‘would not be influenced by Gard as he wanted to kill some one, whereupon he was drageged to the next floor below and then hustled downstains to the street while Collins shouted defiantly: “I'll get even. I'll kill him yet."” Collins was a yardman at Los Angeles some years ago and while so employed met with an accident which resulted in the loss of a portion of one foot. While sick he was cared for by the company and later received $1000 and steady employment in the railroad shops at Tucson, Ariz. A few weeks ago he was discharged, with fourteen other men, at which he be- came incensed. His next move was to de- mand employment on the railroad for life. He was passed to Los Angeles and there Superintendent Muir offered him work to keep him from annoying Mr. Huntington, who was there at the time, and also to - stop him from coming to San KFrancisco, where he said he would kill some high offi- cial of the company. He arrived here last Tuesday and began visiting the railway offices. ~ As he was then regarded as a dan- gerous crank Detective Gard had him watched constantly. He will be arrested if he insists on visiting tife railroad offices. 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