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16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1895. THE RAILROADS MAY BEAT THE GOVERNMENT., A STATEMENT THAT THEY HAVE A MAJORITY IN CONGRESS. THURSTON’S DARK VIEW. ANTICIPATES FORECLOSURE OF THE FIRST MORTGAGE ON PACIFIC ROADS. MAGUIRE IS STILL HOPEFUL. OuTLI: HE FIGHT THAT Be E TO SUSTAIN FEDERAL RIGHTS. He WiLL M During the ensuing session of Congress it is anticipated that the problem of the Pacific railroads will come up, and all the | to lose it altogether through | gzet nothing. City in the legal interests of the receivers of the Union Pacific road, confined him- self to the laziness of Congress more than to the probability of there being_any defi- nite action taken at the next session. ‘‘About six years ago,” said Senator Thurston, *'I sat in the gallery of the Sen- ate with Mr. Storey of Boston watching the proceedings of the day. He turned to me and said, ‘The Pacific funding bill will come up now in about an hour.’ I asked him if he had ever said that before and fur- ther told him that I had heard the same thing said two vears previous. Since that time I have been watching for the matter to he introduced _and it is still in apparent hiding. Sometimes Ithink it will never be brought up in any way, shape or manner and that nothing will ever come of it. If Congress does not act soon the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific will go to foreclosure under the first mortzage. If this occurs the roads will become the property of whoever cares to purchase them, and the Government will The first payments of the mortgage fall due about December of this year, and as the Government, through Congress, authorized the first mortgage ahead of the Government debt it will sarily have to be paid first. ou ask me what in my opinion ought to be done. I have alwaye claimed that Congress should act as an individual and make some terms wiih the railroad whereby | something can be gained for the Govern- ment. Even if we only got the principal without the interest it would be better than the first SENATOR THURSTON OF NEBRASEA indications are that in the solution of the | mortgagees taking it to satisfy their claim. problem worst of it. the Government will get the The statement is freely made by railroad fo1 men from Washington to San Francisco that they will vote for a bill similar in | T2 form to the Reilly funding bill, which was only defeated through the strenuous efforts of Congressman J. G. Maguire, Mayor Sutro and a few others. That such a bill will be | The principal debt of the Union Pacific is alone about $27,000,000. ‘‘Others think it would be a good plan r the Government to pay off the first aanl | mortgage and take the road, but I do not that & majority of the members of the next | consider that we are in a_position at the Congress are railroad men to the extent | present time to go into the ownership of roads. | “‘Bryan of Nebraska suggests that the first mortgagees take the road and put in cheaper rates, made possible by reducing the fixed obiigations of the company. ““The situation is simple. No one will introduced at the coming session there is | pay more than the amount of the first no doubt. It will be accompanied of course by a measure awarding the pay- | ment of §1,500,000 to the Southern Pacific Company for servicesrendered the Govern- | ment. It is not disputed that the Central Pacific Railroad 1s hugely in debt to the Govern- ment. If Jones owesSmith $70,000,000 and Smith owes Jones $1,500,000 the smaller debt will be applied upon the payment of the other, but if Jones is a railroad and is wise he will incorporate as the Southern Pacific Company of Kentucky and assume all bis own leases and assets and repudiate his $70,000,000 debt and try to get a bill through Congress compelling Smith to pay him $1,800,000 for services rendered. This is the situation of affairs between the Cen- tral Pacific Railroad and the Government of the United States. A considerable number of Senators and Representatives who fought the funding bill at the last session of Congress failed of re-election. The experts in guessing at Federal legislation enough of the members of the new Con- gress are friendly to the railroads to insure the passage of almost any legislation the railroads desire. having encountered the power of the road now believe that the Government is lucky if it saves anything from the clutch of such shrewd financial jugglers as the railroad people and are honestly in favor of a fund- ing bill on the proposition that it is better to save some than lose it all. Other legis- lators are with the railroad as a matter of habit. Senator Brice, who will be the strongest proponent of the pro-railroad legislation in the upper house, is a magnate of no small degree himself, and the others—the motives of Congressmen are sometimes as easy to presume and as difficult to proveas those of State legislators. Of course the bills will not go through without a struggle, even if therailroad has as manf‘ friends in Congress as it thinks it has. Maguire will be there, and with his strong lieutenants will fight the bills from the moment of their introduction. He would not admit that the situation was hopeless, yet that it was serious he did not deny. Senator Thurston of Nebraska took a more pessimistic view, and indicated that it was his belief that the railroads had at last succeeded in their long fight against paying their debts to the Governmeut, and rophesied that the Government would | ose its claim. The funding bill was only beaten last session by the hardest sort of fighting. Whether the powers that defeated it before are strong enough to make a successful de- fense now that the railroads claim a ma- jority of Congress, is a matter of serious moment. Senator John M. Thurston, the Ne- braska Senator who is at present in the have decided that | Some of the members | Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report YERED __ABSOLUTELY PURE mortgage, and I am under the impression now that the Government has idled along to such an extent that it will get absolutely nothing out of the muddle. ““The reason I have ne faith in Congress doing anything at the next session is sim- ply because it precedes a Presidential elec- tion, and you will recall the fact that political bodies do very little important work under such_circumstances. The po- litical parties will begin to define their Congressman J. G. Maguire. partisan desires, and such matters as would pertain to the railroads will receive very little attention. Senators and Con- gressmen will begin shaping their acts so as to inspire the confidence of their con- stituents, and enjoy the emoluments that follow re-election. “You can almost assure yourself that Congress will be busy with something far different than the funding of railroad debts and other matters that do not par- ticularly concern party desires.” “I _anticipate,” said Congressman Maguire, ‘“‘a determined effort to ac- complish the end for which -the Pacific railroads have striven so long. It is claimed by the people favoring the legisla- | tion desired by the railroads that a majority of the new Congress is in favor of some such measure as the Reilly fundin, bill. On what this statement is based am not in a position to know, and of course I hope it is not true. ‘It is difficult to state in advance what our campaign in Congress will be. It de- pends upon the action of the other side. Of one tging you may rest assured. The railroads will not "have a walk-over. Should the funding bill, such as the de- Powder 1 feated one, be brought before the House ifi"l wiil be fought from the moment it is ed. ‘*As soon as such a bill is referred to the Committee on Pacific Railroads I will ask to_be heard against it before the com- mittee. I will doubtless be accorded a hearing, and whatever action the com- mittee takes it will take with its eyes open. We shall see that it is fully informed as to the demerits of the bill. This applies equally to the bill authorizing the pay- ment of $1,800,000 for services rendered the Government. If we can kil the bill in committee well and good. If, on the con- trary, it is reported favorably I will fight it on the floor of the House until the last and I will not be by any means alone. There are many men in Congress who have the rights of the people at heart even if the railroads do claim they have a majority. “But if it develops that the railroads have a clear majority ?"’ “That will not make our opposition to the measure less strong. We will fitibus- ter to the extent that filibustering is per- mitted under the new rules and seek to convince adherents of the bill of their mis- take in the position. [n any event the measure will be fought to the last.” And if you fail?” “There is still the President’s veto as a possibility. We do not know what views President Cleveland entertains other than the hope expressed in his message that the matter should be adjusted by Congress. Of course, we hope that he will take the view that the railroad debt to the Govern- ment is like any other obligation and in- sist on its payment. ‘“When "the Reilly refunding bill was before Congress the threat was made that if it failed of passage the first mortgage would be foreclosed and the Government left with a valueless second mortzage on its hands. The threat was not heard of after the Reilly bill was defeated. It is not clear to us why the railroads should not pay every cent they owe. Cer- t:;}iuly no obligation was ever more just than is. “The Southern Pacific Company does not own a mile of railroad, not even the Southern Pacific. The Central Pacific Railroad leased the lines of the Southern Pacific and the Western Pacific and their branches. It was in operation until after the Thurman act went into effect. This act required the Central Pacific to make payments into the sinking fund to meet the bonded indebuedness of the company. “In order to avoid the obligations of the Central Pacific imposed by the Thurman act the Southern Pacific Company was in- corporated in Kentucky in 1885. Aithough not owning any roads, it took in all the leases held by the Central Pacific, and leased the Central Pacific at a nominal rental for 100 years. After this change the Southern Pacific Company earned $1,800,- 000 from the Government by carrying the mails. If this had been earned by the Central Pacific Company it would have been held by the Government under the Thurman act. The Southern Pacitic Company at best is but a mere agency of the Central Pacific Company, and Congress very Eroperly refused to aliow the money to be paid to that com- pany. taking the position that money so earned should be applied to the Central Pacific debt. A majority of the last Con- gress twice defeated the proposition to pay this money to_the Southern Pacific Com- any, and it is now claimed that they have sufficient strength in Congress to pass a bil' authorizing its payment, I hope, however, it is not true.”” SOLD ADULTERATED MILK A MEMBER OF A BIG FIRM PLEADS GUILTY TO SELLING THE STUFF, Cans WATERED FRoM TROUGHS WHERE GLANDERED HORSES HAVE SToPPED TO DRINK. The first case arising out of the crusade by Milk Inspector Dockery against milk men who sell watered and adulterated milk was tried in Judge Joachimsen’s ceurt yesterday morning. The defendant was Ambrose Fuller of Fuller Bros., one oi the wealthiest dairy firms in the State. They have a store at Fourth and Clara streets, and it was for selling watered and adulterated milk to the residents in that neighborhood that the ar- rest was made. The price of good milk is 10 cents per quart; but the poorer classes want cheap milk, and the dairymen have been selling them what purported to be milk at 5cents. They were able to do this from the fact that what they sold was half pure milk and half skim milk or water with burnt sugar to give it the necessary color. Fuller Brothers were willing to admit that to compete with others they had been selling milk which was half milk and half water, with burnt sugar for coloring, and when the case was calied in court yester- day the defendant pleaded guilty, as he did not desire any notoriety, and the Milk Inspector was willing that in the first cases a light fine shouid be inflicted. The Judge reserved his decision till to-day. Frank Fuller was also arrested, but when his case was called the Judge was in doubt as to whether he could fine him also, seeing he was 2 member of the same firm. He continued his case until this morning. It is well known that half pure milk and half pure water is a safer and healthier combination than half pure milk and half skim milk, so that Fuller Brothers are not 0 bad as those who sell the latter. As an expert remarked in court, they were as honest as any milk-dealers in the City, and simply watered the milkto be able to sell a cheap article. Itis not firms like Fuller Brothers that the Milk Inspector is determined to pun- ish, but those who sell utterly unwhole- some milk, knowing it tobe such. Five or six dealers will appear in court either to- day or to-morrow who are in the latter category, and the Milk Inspector intends to show just how they have geen acting. Along” Mission street there are water- troughs in front of corner groceries. Italians who own vegetable gardens along the Mission and San Bruno roads when they drive into the City water their horses at these troughs, and it is well known that a number of their horses are glandered. The effect of watering the milk with the water in these troughs can be imagined. Inspector Dockery has evidence that milkmen have been caught watering their milk from these troughs in the early hours of the morning and then delivered it to their customers in the Citv. ————— G. A. R. Entertainment. The entertainment given by Lincoln Post No. 1, G. A. R., at Washington Hall last night, was one of the most enjoyable gatherings heid under the auspices of the Grand Army during the year. The hall was crowded to the doors by mem bers and friends of Lincoln Post. Commander Joseph Steele presided, and John Lakin assisted in the arrangement and presentation of the following pro- gramme: Overture, piano, Christopher Seybold; vet- erans’ quart “Comrades, Touch Elbows”; dialect recit: m, by Mrs. Gray-Chittenden; cornet solo, by Fred Kimball; duet, by Joseph Sutton and Fred Everett; ballad, by Mrs. “‘. Boswell; vocal solo, py Henri Fairweather: recitation, by Thomas Mahar; zither solo, by . Lauterbach; recitation, by William Bur- gess. The singing by Messrs. Sutton and Ever- ett was received with marked approval, as was also the recitation of Mrs. Gray-Chit- lenden and also that of Thomas Maher. The entertainment, on the whole, wasone of the best ever presented by the above organization. - THE watermark Bank Stock is in every sheet of Bank Stoek paper, none genuine without it. For students, clerks, etc., it is invaluable as an eve-preserver, The Mysell-Rol C any, 22 Clay st. kit Gl IS DURRANT A SEER? MORPHEUS CARRIED HIM A PRE- MONITION OF THE COLIMA DISASTER. HAS HAD NUMEROUS VISIONS. A REPORT THAT DR. GRAHAM Was THREATENED BY DEUPREY PRroOVEs UNTRUE. Theodore Durrant has had a great many peculiar. experiences during his incarcera- tion in the County Jail, and some very strange stories might be told concerning them. Among others which have never been related is one that is singularly inter- esting, as in it the accused medical stu- dent figures as a seer of some pretensions. Durrant does not hold regular seances, but his slumbers are ofttimes disturbed by troubled dreams, and after several such occasions he has foretold events which subsequently transpired as he had pre- dicted. One episode in particular, a premonition of which was carried to Durrant by the road of dreams, was the Colima disaster. Three days before the news of the sinking of the illfated vessel appeared in the newspapers, Theodore Durrant told his mother she would hear bad news from the Colima; that he had had a warningin his dreams the night before, and that from the awful vividness of the vision thatappeared to him he felt certain some calamity would befall the ship. Durrant had an intimate friend on the Colima in the person of Freight Clerk Thomas E. Berry, who was to have been an important witness for the people in the triar{or his life, and it is to this fact he attributes the cause of the ex- traordinary presentiment. The story of Durrant's singular dream is best told in his own language. ‘1t was three days previous to the day on which the first' news of the accident came by telegraph,” said he, while re- lating the story a few days ago. “I had been studying rather hard that day and had stood at the wicket of the cell a con- siderable time talking to rather an un- usual number of visitors, some of whom had tried my patience somewhat. As a result of the day’s experiences T was very tired and when I went to bed 1 fell into an exceptionally heavy sleep—at least I sup- pose I must have—and I dreamed the Sheriff came and unlocked my cell door and ushered in Rev. Mr. Gibson. “I remember I was astonished at the visit, for Dr. Gibson had not been near me before, and I fell to wondering what had prompted the call, as I waited for him to open the conversation. *‘He did not speak, however, but sat down on the foot of my bed, with' a heavy. solemn face, and began unrolling a strip of parchment. When the roll was unwound he held it up for me to look at, and I beheld a picture of the Colima as I had so often seen her, for I was acquainted with the vessel. “The picture showed her foundering— going down stem first and with pande- menium let loose on board. Some of the passengers were on their knees praying. Others were jumping overboard into the sea, while others were cutting away the lifeboats. I could not see the crew any- where. I looked for my friend and it seemed as though I could see through his stateroom door. He was inside going over his freight bills at the desk, apparently ob- livious of the danger. Iknow I tried to vell to him to fly to one of the boats, but he could not hear me or did not heed, for the ship disappeared in the sea with him still at his desk. 1 remember reading afterward that poor Tom really never left his stateroom. “When I again looked from the picture to Dr. Gibson he had vanished. Then I looked again for the picture, but it, too, had gone, although I could still hear the awful shrieks of the drowning passengers. I think it must have been this that wak- ened me, for that is the last I remember of the dream. The terrible screams were still piercing my ears when I regained consciousness, as usual under such circum- stances drenched with perspiration. *‘The next day I told my mother of my dream and told her she would hear of some disaster. A few days later my prophecy was fulfilled.” Mrs. Durrant corroborates her son’s statement concerning the dream and re- peats the story in detail as told by him. Another incident of Durrant’s power of divining in his slumbers transpired only afew days ago. A CALL reporter visited the home of his parents on Fair Oaks street at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and had to ring several times before Durrant Sr., who was asleep within, was finally aroused and answered the bell. The reporter, immediately the interview was at an end, went direct to the County Jail to see the son, by whom he was ac- costed upon his arrival there with the following: ‘‘Hello! You've been out at my house, haven’t you?” Upon being told such had been the fact Durrant said: “I was lying down a few minutes ago and fell into a doze. I dreamed you had been out to the house and that you couldn’t get in, so you knocked down the door.” Durrant relates several other incidents in which his dreams have come true. It has been reported at various times during the trial OF Durrant that the prose- cution, in rebutting the testimony intro- duced by the defense to give the accused a good character, would call several keepers of disreputable houses to testify to out- rageous conduct on the part of Durrant at times when he had visited their places. District Attorney Barnes stated yester- day that no such evidence would be intro- duced by the prosecution, even if it were to be had, as he did not believe in charging any man on the testimony of such char- acters. Mr. Barnes has aiso decided not to call Harry E. Snook to the stand in rebuttal. Snook is the Mission-street undertaker who believed he met Durrant and Blanche Lamonttogether on Bartlett street the after- noon of April 3. Mr. Barnes will not call Mr. Snook, as he feels convinced there has already been offered sufficient testimony along the line of evidence that he would give. The people’s case in rebuttal will be substantially as published in Wednesday’s ALL. The latest sensational story to be circu- lated in connection with the case was one which gained some currency yesterday to the effect that Attorney Deuprey had threatened Dr. Gilbert F. Graham with all sorts of bodily injury if he should go on the witness-stand and testify that Durrant told him he had no notes of Dr. Cheney’s lecture, and asked him to take his notes to Mrs. Durrant and let her copy them. It was said that Dr. Graham had been taken violently ill with nervous prostration as a result of the threat, and that his father had been sent for, as the son’s condition was considered dangerous. % Dr. Graham was seen last evening and was found to be as well as ever. He strongly denounced the authors of such rumors, and said that Mr. Deuprey had not only never uttered a threat toward him but had always shown him every consid- eration. Dr. Graham will be on hand Monday to testily as the first witness in the prosecu- tion’s rebuttal. Mr. Deuprey was still gaining yesterday, and was sufficiently well on the road to recovery to feel he would be able to appear in court Monday. Should he not realize his hopes in this respect he is determined to be in court when it comes time for him to make his argument. Suing on a Beer Contract. The Enterprise Bottling Company ,is suing the Enterprise Brewing Company for violation of a contract in relation to the sale of beer, and an accounting of sales is demanded. KNICKERBOCKER BANQUET. Volunteer Firemen Unite at the Festive Board. The Knickerbocker Engine Company held its forty-fifth anniversary banquet last night at the Franco-American Restau- rant. The_following were present: President E. B. Vreeland, who was foreman of the old engine 5 in 1855, and Mrs. Vreeland; Mr. and Mrs Martin Bulger, Miss Bulger, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Kenard, Mr. Bun- ner and wife, Harry Wheeler, G. W. Kent- zel, J. Mahony, J. McCarthy, Daniel Kenard, Thomas MacCauley, C. J. Riley, James Grady, Charles Wilson, John Hall and E. T. Anthony. Mrs. Howard Coit (nee Lily Hitchcock) seglt a beautiful flower piece to grace the table. Many speeches were made by the mem- bers recalling old times of the fire-ma- chine., All the members of the company pres- ent had been officers and active members Lily Hitchcock. [Drawn from a painting in Pioneer Hall.) of the old Volunteer Fire Department and recalled the time when it was merged into the paid Fire Department of the City. Ever since the year 1851 the Knicker- bocker Fire Company has celebrated the anniversary of the organization of the company. N DEMAND 1N AFRICA, ASSEMBLYMAN JAMES H. TIBBITS Is SENT For FrROM MA- SHONALAND. WILL ASSIST IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SIR CECIL RHODES’ MINEs. It is evident that Californians are ata premium in Mashonaland. Only a few days ago the assaying firm of Thomas W. Price & Sons received a cablegram from Harry H. West, nfgnager of the South Af- rican mining properties in which Sir Cecil Rhodes is interested. The cablegram asked that some reliable man, thoroughly in- formed as to mining methods in vogue in California and Nevada, be sent as assistant manager of the mines. As a consequence the Hon. James H. Tibbits, who repre- Hon. James H. Tibbits, the Assembly- man, Who Will Manage African Mines. [From a photograph.] sented Amador County in the last Assem- bly, has a ticket for South Africa in his Rockct, and will start on his long journey fonday. ) Mr. Tibbits is a Californian, having been born on the “‘ mother lode.” He has been interested in mines since he was old enough to toddle, and as a boy worked in a mine owned by his father at South Creelt, Amador County. Mr. Tibbits was on the Comstock during the bonanza ex- citement. He worked in the Ophir mine as a miner, and was assistant engineer in the Con. Virginia mill. 3 He has been connected with the State Mining Bureau as a field assistant for some time, and for nearly ten years has super- intended the working of mines in Amador County held by Kastern capitalists. Tibbits has selected Malcom McCallum, an expert miner and timber man, to ac- company him. McCallum worked on the Comstock for many vears. He has beento Alaska twice, and was sent to Cen- tral America once to exploit mineral grounds for local capitalists. Tibbits is a married man. His wife will follow him later. Mashonaland is only a little over a_year old as a mining district. Harry H. West, who has sent for Mr. Tibbits, 1s a graduate of the State University. He wentto South Africa last May under John Haves Ham- mona, and rich finds have been made since then. Mr. Tibbits’ salary will be £1600 or about §8000 a year. UNREQUITED LOVE. It Leads to the Arrest of August Pou, a Teacher of Languages. August Pou, a teacher of languages, is desperately in love with Mrs. Josefa Espi- nosa of 2326 Clay street, and for some weeks he has been making life a burden to her. Every time she went to church he followed behind her, and after she re- turned home he would sit on the front steps of the house for hours gazing up at the windows. - He wrote her two letters in Spanish declaring his undying love for her and imploring her to marry him. Saturday afternoon he was sitting on the front steps as usual when Miss Anna Can- field, who lives with Mrs. Espinosa, got a policeman and had him arrested for dis- turbing the peace. He appeared before Judge Conlan yesterday and, after hearing the evidence of Mrs. Espinosa, Miss Can- field and some witnesses who testified to the defendant’s good character, the Judge reserved his decision till to-day, remarking that if he found such offensive conduct | beanstalk. could be construed into disturbing the Ppeace he would impose the fullest penalty. THE TERRY ESTATE SOLD,| FEW OF THE FRIENDS OF THE DEAD JURIST ATTENDED THE AUCTION, PORTER ASHE VERY INDIGNANT. SARAH ALTHEA’S FORMER GUAR- DIAN CHARGEs GROSS NEGLECT. The estate of Mrs. Sarah Althea Terry has been sold at last. Yesterday morning a typical crowd of auction-buyers assem- bled in the salesrooms at 211 Pine street. There were almost no friends of the de- ceased jurist and his demented widow pres- ent, and the entire property, including the piano, which brought $160, realized only $438 45. Senator John Fay strolled around a short time, but went away without buying any- thing. Harbor Commissioner Colnon came in just as a lot of colored photo- graphs in gilt frames were being sold. He said he had come to buy something, but he left the place a short time later declaring that he knew all the Terry household fur- nishings, and he had never before seen those pict ures. Thomas H. Williams Jr., the horseman and guardian of Mrs. Terry, was absent. R. Porter Ashe, the former guardian, was on hand, though, and watched the sale with great interest. With the exception of a few trinkets which he bought in, the property was almost entirely disposed of to dealers in second-hand goods. Little interest was manifested in the sale till the jewelry of Mrs. Terry was reached. Two ladies’ gold watches, which Mr. Williams’ _appraisers had valued at $30, were sold for §4725. A jasper match- pox appraised by Williams at 10 cents brought $2 50. The box had been ap- praised at $7 50 by Ashe. A pair of brace- lets valued by Ashe at $15 and by Williams at 50 cents was sold for $8 75, while a pearl brooch and earrings which Williams had valued at $1 was bid up to $8 25. Porter Ashe declares ‘that the methods employed by the guardian at the sale were outrageous. “Ihad the jewelry alone appraised by an expert from Hammersmith & Field,” he said. “This man after a careful ex- amination placed the value of the goods at a little over $1000. Yet they were sold for about $125. The Judge’'s law library of 150 new books, which he purchased only a short time before his death to replace the library destroyed by fire, brought only 66 85, Everything else went at similarly ridiculously low figures. “But what could you expect? Almost nobody was informed of the sale. My brother Will hadn’t heard of it till to-day. When I went to see Mammy Pleasant she fairly cried and said that if she bad only known she would have sent some one to buy in the jewelry. A number of Judge Terry’s friends have told me they would have gone had they known of the sale. Then something like the proper value of the goods might have been obtained, in- stead of their going for nothing to the pawnbrokers and old clothes dealers.” Mr. Ashe also showed that a piano, some trashy pictures and cheap-john wares had been listed with Mrs. Terry’s goods. This he thought was wrong, and had affected the price brought by Mrs. Terry’s prop- erty. STORY OF SAN FRANCISCO. Professor Davidson’s Lecture Before the Geographical Society. Professor Davidson talked to the mem- bers of the Geographical Society, at the Young Men’s Christian Association hall last evening, on the story of San Fran- cisco and its surroundings. The hall was crowded. The lecture was read some weeks ago before the Teachers’ Associa- tion, and met with such a favorable recep- tion that Professor Davidson was asked to have it printed. The lecturer has gathered his material from Spanish archives, early histories of the State and personal travels. Very many of his facts and figures, from the date of the gold discovery, have been gath- ered from the lips of pioneers, so his chronicle is of a certain historic value. In last evening’s reading he omitted a great many pages filled with datesand pro- saic facts and dealt with the action that led to the settlement at the Presidio and the Mission Dolores. After the missionaries who came up from Monterey in search of the fabled bay came the soldiers seeking pos- sessions by conquest to glorify Spain and surpass if _possible the acquisitiqus of England, Russia and France. They set- tled at the Presidio. Dull life there was electrified by the dis- covery of gold and the rush of Argonauts. All this had been providentially prepared for when Commodore Sloat took posses- sion of California during the Mexican War. The next great event was the admission of California into the Union. Through it all San Francisco grew like Jack's famous At the conclusion of the reading Pro- fessor Davidson was thanked by C. L. Tay- lor on behalf of the Geographical Society Healthy, ha}){‘y the offspring of healthy, happy mothers. It would hardly be natural if it were babies are generally otherwise. The baby’s health and hap- piness depend on the mother’s. The mother’s condition during gestation par- ticularly exerts an influence on the whole life of the child. Impure blood, weakness and nervous- ness in' the mother are pretty sure to repeat themselves in the child. If a woman is not careful at any other time, she certainly should be during the period preliminary to parturition. It is a time when greatest care is necessary, and Nature will be the better for a little help. Even strong, well women will find themseives feeling better, their time of labor shortened and their pains less- ened if they will take Dr. Pierce’s Fa- vorite Prescription. To those whom troubles peculiarly feminine have rend- ered in any degree weak, it will prove a veritable blessing. It is a good general tonic for the whole system, and at any time will promote the proper and regular action of all the organs. It is a medicine for women only and for all complaints confined to their sex is of inestimable value. 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