The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 24, 1895, Page 9

THE . SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1895. 4 MADE LAND SINKING | yFilled Districts in San L~ Francisco Steadily Subsiding. POSER FOR ENGINEERS. The Subsidence May Render a New Sewer System Im- perative, CHANGED GRADES NECESSARY. Official Figures as to the Stability of the Land on Which the City Stands. A large proportion of the made ground which San Francisco is built is adually subsiding, sinking, as it were, into the very face of the earth, and, though the subsidence is gradual and fh comparatively large districts uni- it 1s sufficiently appreciable to cause ideration of the civil engineersand yors. So great, indeed, are the diffi- es to be overcome that their solution render necessary the establishment rely new system of grades for the nd the final abandonment of t plan for the disposal of sewage. tion of the City which 1 most inking is contained (roughly hin the limits set by Fourth, th streets and the bay In the “good old days when the p to Montgomery street” this huge morass, crossed diago- nge of low sand hills. A o the territory was filled in al street grade established. erected, but so great has ence that structures which were on the proper level o two and a half feet cia de. This is particu- ticeable along portions of Sixth buildings have been recently ir sidewalks raised to the | mark. [n every case there is & difference in height between the < hose immediately adjoin- z ago were at the official , and in several i e dis- 1cy amounts to twenty-four inches, at the corner of Fifth and Berry e uniform depth of the streets elow the proper level is vne and a half at the office of the City and veyor vesterday afternoon re- ation of the foregoing Mr. Titton himself was not one of his deputies gave the formation, and he chanced to be n who has had to establish the ades for new buildings in that He said: There can be no possible doubt that the sur- g n the district you mention and sinking very rapid- mean by that that there i ppearing be- ibat such a e in the future. to four inches sly hamper us in grades there, since start back on the high ng forward our levels. ¢k of stability in the terri- the neces- ling in on the streets of em up to the proper u can find a ‘single Sixth street, for instance, ne rieved because he hes had to pay for grading that street at not infrequent a6 s FOUR INCHES A YEAR | such as had been marshes. The territory south | of Market street was filled in under contract, I remember, and we heard several queer stories | concerning the material used and the manner | in whicn the work was done. The subsidence may be partially due to the gettling of the fill- ing, but the weight above it tends naturaily to | “squash” 1t out into the bay and I doubt if the | settling wiil ever entirely stop. Henry B. Russ, as agent for the Russ | estate, has large interesis on the south | side, and in fact resides within the sinking district. He believes that the settling of | that territory will eventually render neces- | sary & radical change in the street and | sewer grades of that section, % | “Thesdgrades were established,” he said | last evening, *‘at a time when our water front was at Brygnt and Brannan streets. | Since then the marshes and tidelands have been filled in as far as Kentucky street, or even to South San Francisco—a distance of nearly a full mile. As a re- sult there is now little if any fall to our | sewers, and at high tides the water backs up in our sewers as far as Harrison street. Even here (at Folsom street) I believe that our grades are too low, and that if the future welfare of the City were to be | considered they should be raised at once.” Mr. Russ is, however, disposed to ae- count for the numerous changes in street | levels on the hypothesis that errors have been made in surveying. He instances the | intersection of Mission and Seventh streets, | which, he cays, is reached from north, | east, south and west by a rising grade of { from four to twelve feet within a block. JOLLIED" THE SPANIEL e very grave problems to arise for the | “How a Burglar Got Into a Pacific-Avenue Residence ‘ Lately. ! The House of Esberg Rudely Awakened ; by the Arrival of a Disciple of Spike Hennesy. | A. Esberg, dutiful son of his father, | went to his home at the corner of Pacific | and Buchanan streets Thursday night, | and after hanging his coat carefully on the | back of a chair retired to rest. That par- | ticular coat contained six drafts on the | New York house of Esberg, Bachman & | Co. About 3 A. »m. M. Esberg, father of | the dutiful son, awoke with a loud whoop | and announced that there was a light in | the front room that did not belong there. In an instant it went out and the balance of the family arose from their comfortable beds and found that a disciple of the Spike Hennesy school had been paying them a fashionable visit—a little late, but still in before breakfast. The servants got up and one of the maids saw his Spikes disappear through the side door into the cold morning and move off without making the customary bow : A. Esberg then made a hasty examina- ion of his coat and other wearing apparel, h the result that he discovered a large va- throughout,beginning with the small = can change receptaclé, which was devoid of the i $10 A. Esberg had left there upon re- nz. A few little nicknacks in the pe of a pocket-knife, a cigar cutter and a gold matchbox went away with the vis- itor, but aside from that nothing of any value was missing. *Just as soon as I heard father call,” said Mr. Esberg, “I knew there was a burglar in the house. We went down- stairs, where the silverware is, and found that he had taken one of the servant’s coats and was preparing to fill it with the solid stuff. There were other indications | that he was arranging for a general and sweeping raid of the entire premises. He must have been a smooth article, becanse he seems to have made friends with a little smmeldos whose reputation for making a noise under such circumstances has been | without blemish up to the present time. | The animal was all marked up with MAP OF SUBSIDING sn Jle lim» i honws oviginal water front; the shaded portions indicate subsiding territory.} PARTS OF THE CITY, And the consequence of this con- ing in has been to raise the leyel of et in numerous instances above that of e floors of the abutting structures. is not very tong since Folsom street was .in raised to the grade level, and the differ- tice in height between its surface and_that of cting xz;nu:» to the southward is espe- noticeable. the portion of the City south of Market not the only section which is continu- als. 1al 1 d 1s affected that \vl? For xmun%ed_ e Luning building. That was erected ve years ago, and was given a_founds- | olid piling, yet it is now several inches the grade. And generally speaking the tire wholesaie district of the City bounded ) t. Drumm and Jackson streets and | ater front is in similar condition. The lence too extends in places as far west as | y street. But the sinking is not so noticenble here as on the south side, because buiidings are usually more expensive mod- structures and are given as solid founda- ons as can be obtained by driving piles. What is the average yeerly subsidence in this scction? Ishould say about two inches. S. Harrison Smith, ex-City and County veyor, speaking of the matter at his dence last evening, said : T'hese facts were brought to my attention fre- ently during my term of office. 1 cannot, without reference to data which are now at my sy just what the average subsidence Wasor just whatwere the bounds of the sink- inking. in fact, nearly all the filled | | candle grease, which Bad dropped from | the light held by the prowler, who was | doubtless making the rounds of .the house when my father was awakened by the glimmer of the light. *No, I have no particuiar fear regarding the drafts, as they were not indorsed or even made out to any one. We never pay | gur bills here that way, and it would be dufficult for him to getat the New York hou se. i hom do I suspect? Well, some days ago a young fellow called at the house and wanted to have a meal. The servants called him in and supplied his wants. He spent a good deal of tune iondlinf the dog and looking around the house. Iam not prepared to say that he was the man, but he certainly made a great hit with the section crew were fresh, having been all day out of sight of the paycar, and they entered into the race with a spirit of earnestness. Going round a curve the handcar threw a shovel and two dinner- aiis, This did not delay matters in the east, and on we went. Where the track takes a pitch near the mile board: the handear went a few rods on the ties, and the section boss bit his clay pipe in two and one of his ' men bit his lip, but they never missed a stroke, and went up on the rail again like an old handcar should. Then my friend took the pole; it was a tel- egraph pole; he stopped right there, and his bicycle blew out a cylinder head, coughed a few times and breathed its last. I had the whole road for a short time, but met an ox team, and the driver was count- ing his wheat money and did not turn out. Here I lost considerable time looking for my bicycle, which was finally located in © corn-field, and the handcar was cutting the air a mile abead.—Grafton Record. e FOOD FOR THE DEAD. The Chinese Belief in Feeding the Ravenous Monstérs. The burial of one Lee Ye Yuen 2t Chi- cago the other day was a_great occasion in the Chinese quarter, which turned out en bloc to make a half holiday of the event. They looked woe-begone in the extreme, and their purple tunics, blue silk jackets, Miss Goad and Mr. Osgood Heoker to Wed in the Near Future. A SOCIETY ANNOUNCEMENT. \ Two Favorites of the Four Hundred Decide to Walk Through Life Hand and Hand. The engagement was announced yester- day of Miss Ella Wall Goad, eldest daugh- ter of W. Frank Goad, and one of the trio of beautiful sisters, to Osgood Hooker of the firm of Hooker & Cvo., and a very prominent member of the Pacific-Union and Bohemian clubs. The date has not MIiSS ELLA GOAD. [From a photograph.] shoes embroidered in white, red and gold, and enormous pigtails were only so many additional signs of distress. Each mourner carried 1n his hand paper bagsand parcels, and these were given to the good man who was dead to takeon his ljnurney to another world, of which the following legend was circulated at the =aid funeral: “After a Chinaman dies he must cross a dark river beset with hobgoblins and drag- ons. If the dead man carries a sufficient amount of food he may appease the hunger of these rapacious monsters and at the same time fortify himself. Accordingly, meat, pouitry, vegetables and salads are brought by the guests, who load the car- riages with dainties.”” — Westminster Budget. A CALIFORNIA COMPOSER P. C. Allen’s Songs at the Bach- eller Recital — Lyric Novelties. Mexican Societies Give a Musical and - Dramatic Entertain- ment. The first of two song recitals was given yestarday afternoon in the Association Auditorium by Willis E. Bacheller, as- sisted by Mrs. Carmichtael-Carr and Sig- mund Beel. The programme was novel and interest- ing, as most of the songs were heard in San Francisco for the first time, and they were above the standard of the -average concert ballad. Four songs, given in public for the first time, were by P. C. Allen, arising young California composer, *Would You Not Like to Know?’ being oneof the wost charming and graceful. They were all tuneful and original, however, as well as scholarly, and won a large mead of ap- plause, The songs by Mary Carmichael, who is a sister of Mrs. Carr, made a most favor- able impression. “A June Song,” which is full of brio, and has a dashing arpeggio accompaniment, has already been heard here, but “O Mistress Mine,”” which is written in an old English style to fit the Shakespearean words, was a complete nov- elty and thoroughly took the fancy of the audience. ' Mr. Bacheller also sang songs by three representative American composers that were new to San Francisco. *‘Sweet Wind Tnat Blows,” by G. W, Chadwick; *“The Myrtle,” by E. H. MacDowell, and *Oh! Let Thy Tears,”” by E. Nevin. The other songs, all of which Willis Bacheller sang in a thoroughly acceptable manner, were by Maude Valerie White and Miss C. Charminade, a young Frenchwoman for whom Bizet predicted great things when he heard her improvise at the tender age of six years. The instrumental part of the programme consisted of a {mmphrnse on ‘‘Parsifal,” arranged by Wilhelmj, which was played with great expression by Slnmuné) Bell, accompanied by Mrs, Carr,and two move- ments from a sonata for violin and piano by Grieg. The Ladies’ Mexican Circle and the Club Porfirio Diaz gave a musical and dramatic entertainment yesterday evenin% in Golden Gate Hall, succeeded by a ball. The longest number on the programme was a comedy, “El Tigre de Bengala,” in which F. Carranza played the part of a furiously jealous husband in a humorous manner and C. Bscorza aroused plenty of laughter by his hapless habit of leaving umbrellas wherever he went and so giving food to the “tiger’s” jealousy. Miss Gallardo made a sprightly little -maid and Mrs. Gallardo spaniel when he called first, if that is the individual. I do not think he will attempt to realize on the drafts, as they are practi- tically worthless to him, although signed by my father, who told me to bring them home to be filled out b{ bim. Thisis the first time we have ever been robbed, so far as we know of it.’’ e A Race for Life. A friend and myseif bad a race with a handcar last Friday. We were on our bicycles and the handcar was on the track. ing districts. 1 remember, however, that only tue filled lpnds were affected and of those only We started from where a red cow was en- joying a rub against a telegraph pole. The aroused commiseration as the wife. Miss Beschieri, the present prima donna of the Italian Philharmonic Society, sang the vocal fireworks of ‘I Am Titania’’ from “Mignon,” and an aria from “Rigoletto.” The Alhambra Club played several mando- lin and guitar selections, and Mrs. Angela Verges won -Ppl-use for her singing of *‘In Sunny Spain.” Then clever dancing was done by Nina Arrillaga, Francisco Grazicla and Leo Arrillaga. Theconcert concluded with a grand chorus, ‘‘Los Marineros,” sung by Maria Rbhan, Enriqueta Silver, Erlinda Silver, M. G. de Romo, C. A, ds Ybarra and Elena de Bernal, been set as yet for the wedding, but it is supposed will be in the near future. Mr. Hooker leaves to-day for the Last, where he goes for a month on business. W. F. Goad left last evening for Mexico, to be gone about six weeks. The Goad family is one eof. the most prominent in society circles, having been early identified with the exclusive South- ern set. The late Mrs. Goad was a notable hostess, her entertainments having always been unique and brilliant events of the so- ciety season. ‘W. Frank Goad has always been a lead- ing figure in professional and municipal circles. He has attained his rank as an at- torney and is on the directorate of Wells, Fargo & Co.’s Bank. He was at one time | a candidate for Mayor and filled the re- sponsible position of chairman of the | Board of Education for a full term. His three daughters have been recog- nized as belles in their set. The youngest, Miss Genevieve, took a prominent part in the festivities of last season, having made her debut at the opening cotillon, where she led the striking figures then inaugu- rated. Miss Aileen, the next sister, is also arecognized beauty, crowned at all society gatherings since her debut, while the elder sister and prospective bride, while en- dowed with exceptional graces'of person and mind, has endeared herself to a host of frienas by her charming manners. The eroom-elect, Mr. Osgood Hooker, is a son of C. G. Hooker of the firm of Hook- er & Co. Both father and son are popular members of the Pacific-Union Club. Mr. Osgood Hooker has always been a favorite in society with both sexes, and he, with his beautiful bride, will be the recipients of an avalanche of congratulations on the announcement of their engagement. OUR FACTORIES MENACED. The Commercial Agent of a Kobe Manufacturing House Is Here. Representative Loud Believes Protec- tion, if Needed, Must Come From Tariff Laws. The report is current in business circles that Japan is preparing to spread, not her laborers like her sister, China, but her labor, over this country. While the rumor may be exaggerated and somewhat col- ored, there remains the possibility that the little brown emvpire in the Orient will be knocking at the gates of trade with her handiwork. If Japan with her commercial and manufacturing agents is already &broad in the land demanding a market for the immediate product of her factories and skillful artisans, then the native workman may stand aghast, for.competition under the present tanff conditions could not be thought of. It is stated that a short time ago.an agentof the manufacturing firm of Rey- nall, Kobe, Japan, reached this City—the advance commercial traveler out of the mysterious East—and began the commer- cial invasion of the City. He offered from his samples of buttons goodsso far down the scale that the local merchant caught his breath, and an offer of another articte almost threw the importer into convul- sions. A carload was taken at $9000, duty paid, and to be delivered in sixty days. The agent went out among a number of business houses with samples of Japanese matches, which he guarantzed to be equal to those of the best manufacturer, at 40 cents F“ great gross—a figure that will close all the factories in this country. | The enterprising drummer from Japan next offered to supply boots, shoes, cloth- ing, watches, clocks, sewing-machines, cut- lery, fancy goods, hardware, etc., duty Paid, at from 30 to 40 per cent less than the PLIGHTED THEIR TROTH. manufacterers’ cost in this country. He also offered Japanese sashes, doors, blinds and woodenware at 40 to 50 per cent less than Jocal factories are . charg- ing. The Eastern commercial man— not “‘Eastern” in the sense of a drummer from New York, Buffalo, Chicago—but no farther east—made another offer that luxfiy paralyzed his prospective customers. He offered bicycles for $12, guaranteed in every way equal to the most costly make of the home factory. This sound$ odd” from the home of the 'ricksha and sampan, buf the Japanese intimates that he means business, and the bicycle of Cathay will ere long be skim- ming over this land. i The agent establishad a Pacific Coast agency in room 198 [Crocker building, and appointed as agent Edward O. Bm;n‘s, for- merly secretary of the Commercial Fire Dispatch Company, and a commercial traveler of wide experience. Mr. Burns is reporied to have stated in an interview that it is true that Japan is now preparing to develop her manufactures and extend her commerce. The resources of that country was limitlessand laboris at a mini« mum in cost. The factory which he rep- resents has a capital of over $1,000,000 and has begun to turn out manufactured goods for the world. The new agency holds that in silk goods Japan can have no compet- itor, and that instead of sending her raw silk away she will keep it at home and ex- port only the manufactured article. < Ttis also stated that the representative from the Kobe factory hss gone East, where he will establish agencies for the purpose of working up the trade of under- selling American and European goods. 1f it be true that the progressive people of the Japanese empire are thus beginning to reach out for the world’s trade, then may the workmen of this country fear their skillful competitor. But it is not be- lieved that the peril to home manufac- turers is so near nor so wide-sweeping as is predicted in some %unrtexs. . Representative Loud, who was inter- viewed last night in regard to further pro- tective tariff enactments in Congress to meet the emergency, does not think the danger so imminent. 3 “If all this is true,” said Mr. Loud, “then there must be protection and’ more of it, and the Republican party will con- sider the question as it always has done when lhe(immc laborer is menaced. But there can be no discrimination against Japan nor against any foreign country if we would maintain commercial relations with that country. The tariff laws inust treat all nations alike. I think this reporé is greatly enlarged and thatno big flood of Mr. Osgood Hooker. [From a photograph.] foreign exportation from over the Pacitic is washing into our ports. “Japan’s factories are in babyhood and must grow, must be developed by {ime, Her curio works are running, but it will be some time before she can throttle her rival factories in America and Europe. “But I think in course of time she will be an important competitor. The Japs are progressive, shrewd and full of com- mercial push, and will become a strong factor in the great business circles of the worid. “As I said, nothing but legislative enact- ments will protect our workmen if protec- tion is needed. But I fancy fright over the matter is premature.” S0ON TO SAIL FOR CUBA. The Irish-American Volunteers Have Everything in Readiness. It would create no surprise to those in close touch with the officers of the Irish- American Cuban Volunteers to see that organization suddenly disappear from public gaze. In fact, they have been at a kind of “place rest” for two weeks now, and may receive orders to break ranks in squads of two and four, only to meet again at some Fastern seaport—say, Charleston, New Orleans or Savannah. There .is now nothing to prevent just such a movement, for every detail has been carefully attended to, the commissary department is full to overflowing, while in the matter of arms every member is sup- plied with the most approved death- dealing instrument. Arrangements have been made to ship the company from some Atlantic port, and Savannah, Ga., is generaily acknowl- edged to be the point. This much has been virtually confessed by one of the leaders of the movement, though for pru- dence sake he deems it wise not to posi- tively commit himself at this time. As near as can be learned the volunteers will “'oc eed singly and in pairs to Savannab. Vhen all have arrived they will make their way to Tybee Island, some eighteen miles down the river and just off the mainland. There a fast-going steamer will be found waiting to convey them to the island. It is understood that the Cuban agents are responsible for the long delay in get- ting off. They are not disposed to antag- onize the American Government any more than possible, preferring that exp ons of such magnitude should not hazard capture by Uncle Sam'’s forces. However, they have assured Captain Robinsor and Licutenant Cronin that they will be given marching orders in a few days, certainly not later than December 3. “There are many who do not understand why Irishmen wish. to aid the Cuban patrio said Captain Robinson yester- day. ‘“Ihe answer to this is found in our own struggle for independence. We have no quarrel with Spain, but we insist that she must stay at home and attend to her own business. “We have been fighting John Bull for centuries and are still unconquered and unconquerable. We have whipped him more_than once, but our leaders were duped by relying on his honor. We were repaid by perfidy and treachery. We expect no profit individually by iomins forces with the Cubans, but are promnpte solely by the love of liberty. Having felt the galling chains of tyranny in our own land, we feel it our bounden duty to help any people strugglin for liberty. At present John Bull is watched from all quarters. He literally stands between the devil and the deep sea, and whenever we can put_a thorn in his side we intend to do so. We are all American citizens and glory in_the name. We will not will- fully commit any act that would ecause international complications, but when the prize of liberty is at stake I think inter national laws should be left in the back- ground.” PHYSICAL FORCE THE CRY, Irish Nationalists Commemorate the Martyrdom of Patriots. MUSIC, SONG AND ORATORY. A Local Council of the Irish National Alliance of America Or- ganized. Irish music, Irish song and Irish oratory formed a trinity that inspired feeling and patriotism at the meeting of Irish national- ists in Metropolitan Hall yesterday even- ing. 1t was the anniversary of the Manches- ter Martyrs, and the Nationalists of San Francisco recalled the affair with becom- ing ceremonies. The gathering was large and representative. The national colors and the green flag of Ireland draped the platform. Allen, Larkin and O’Brien were Irish- men. They were executed in Maunchester, England, at the instance of the British Government twenty-eight years ago. Their offense against the crown was a political one. In 1867 Colone! Kelly and Captain Deasy were arrested in the city of sianchester for Kenianism. They were tried in the Po- lice Court, and held to answer to the charge of Ligh treason. As they were be- ing taken from the court to Salford Jail in a prison van they were rescned by their comrades in the Irish Republican Brother- hood. Allen, Larkin ard O’ Brien were ar- rested and executed for alleged implica- tion in the rescue. This is the simple story of their martyrdom. Ex-Judge M. Cooney presided at the meeting Jast night, and delivered a spirited opening address. - “We are here tocommemorate the death, the sad, patriotic deat., of three gallant Irishmen, who were murdered in Man- chester, Encland,” said the chairman, “It was a conviction without evidence and a sentence without law. These men were engaged in the service of their country, whicg they thought to free. We are here, then, to hand down to those who come after us the memory surrounding their execution and murder. ““We are here also to oreanize a council of the Irish National Alliance in line with the platform laid down by the Chicago convention. The new policy says, ‘Let us work more and talk less.” Declarations and resolutions are not enough. They have never freed any country, and unless men are interested in liberating them- selves no one will assist them. Therefore the Irish people should unite, and unite strongly and strike a physical force blow for Ireland. This is what the new move- ment means, and now.shall the Irish peo- ple unite in striking this blow. Will you do 1t?” Criesof “We will! We will?” from the audience. Judge Cooney closed by saying that he accused the Irish themselves, the Irish of America, of Scotland and of the whole world, for not uniting in the cause of nationalliberty for their native land. He then read the declaration of principles adopted by the Chicago convention arraigning England for its treatment of Ireland and the Irish for centuries, and declaring that the former’s difficulty was Ireland’s opportunity, and, further, that the latter ‘country was entitled to the same measure of liberty enjoyed by the United States. - 5 Colonel John O'Byrne and Captain Sheehy also made speeches. “The anniversary of, the execution of Allen, Larkin and O’Brien,” smid Colonel O'Byrne, “is a protest of the long persecu- tion of lrelang by England, and in the language of a chief of Ulster the fight will never end until Ireland has secured Na- tional independence. The martyrs of Manchester were humble men, but they were types of our race. Their chiefs were in danger and they were determined that they should not be gffered up to satisfy the atrocity of England. *‘They were done to death in defiance of every form of English law; they were done ;o c};nth to satisfy the vengeance of Eng- and. “Tyranny is old, hoary with the frost of centuries, but liberty is older, and we as Irishmen must strike for it. Ireland has never accepted the finality of the contest, and as God lives to-night, she never will -until freedom’s battle has been won. :‘0'Connell invented a new force in Irish nationalism—a moral agitation. It has been tried, and it has failed, and we dissent from the use of this method in the {l\t‘a’l’? in settling our difficulties with Eng- and.” The musical features included the fol- lowing: Solo, ‘’Tis a Handful of Earth,” D. Manlloyd; Irish selections, Miss Julia Heffernan; solo, ‘“Last Rose of Summer,” Miss Kitly Block; solo, *0'Donnell Aboo,” G. V. Wood; reading, “Irish Chiefs,”” Miss Anna Daly; solo, *‘Kathleen Ma Vourneen,” Mme. Coursen-Roeckel; harp solo, “The Coulin,”” Miss Mary L. Kimball; “God Save Ireland,” = the audience. A large number signed the roll of the new Council of the Irish National Al- liance. Baseball To-Day. There will be & game of baseball to-day at2 P. M. at Central Park, when the following will compose the make-up: Pacifics. ) reivs be: Murphy’ Werrick . orman Nash equigney An Old Horse’s Memory. Eleven years ago a horse was purchased for the fire engine, Portland No. 2, on Munjoy Hill. This horse was called Old Tom, and it helped draw the engine for six years and was then disposed of. It has been drawing an ash cart of late years, and the other day went by the engine-house. Engineer Loring, who knew the horse well, since they camé to that engine in the same’year and were together for six years, fell into conmversation with the driver and told bim that he hadn’t a doubt that if tbe old horse was put in his stall and the gong was sounded he would rush for his ‘Pplace in front of the engine just as he used to do. The driver doubted this, and they agreed to try it. The old horse, now 15 vears old, was put in his old stall, where he hadn’t been for five years. At the first sound of the gong he started for his old place under the harness in front of the en- re. He tried to go quickly, but made a sorry exhibition of nimbleness, compared }Eith his former habit.—Portland (Me.) Tess. S e A City of Champagne. Epernay, France, is a vast subterranean ‘“city of champagne.” For miles and miles there are streets hewn out of the solid chalk, flanked with piles of cham- pagne of all brands and qualities. There is no light in this labyrinth of streets, | crossings and turnings except what the | sputtering candles afford. All is dark, dank_and damp, with the temperature way down about zero. The largest cham- pagne manufactories in Epernay have | underground cellars which cover forty-five | acres and contain 5,000,000 bottles of wine. | There is & whole street in Epernay lined with fine chateaux, the proprietors of | which possess similar estalishments. The | whole town is honeycombed with these | underground galleries for the manufacture and storage of champagne. ——————————— | Acierk in a Vienna bank inhaled mi- crobes from bank mnotes, and thus con- | tracted a fatal attack of tuberculosis. It was his habit, while counting his money, | to moisten his fingers with his lips. Scarce are the leaders of men ; bosses we have by the score. A true leader is the President of the Psychologi- cal Society of this City. His name is A. C. Cun- ningham. His portx:ait is shown above. Heisa tower of strength in Hypnotism, Mesmerism and Telepathy. Yesterday I called upon Pro- fessor Cunningham at his 436 He spoke in pleas- office, Montgomery street. ing terms on many subjects and then he informed me (which no doubt his friends will be glad to know) that he has entirely recovered from his late indisposition. He assured me that his bad health was due to worry and work, which made his blood thin and watery. He used two bottles of JOY'S VEGE- TABLE SARSAPARILLA and finds himself now refit In speaking of Joy’s Vegetable for the cares of life. Sarsaparilla he said smil- ingly : “I believe that blood medicine and tonic to be the Tgreat bottle doctor. If you : use Joy’s Vegetable Sarsa- parilla you use an excellent blood purifier and regula- ftor.” Professor ~ Cunningham will shortly tell us of some- thing new in Telepathy.