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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1895. 7 008 N ol RY O/O NN 2N AN 4 ~ {NoTE.—The origin of present narrative isinvolvea in considerable obscurity. Galland, the great French orientalist, jntroduced it, in & somewhat different form, into his translation (published early in this century) of the “*Thou- sand and One Nights.” It does not, however, &ppear in the manuscript from which Galland translated, nor is it given in the Cairo edition, which, by modern scholars, is considered to be the most trustworthy of tuose tales. occur in the Breslau edition, following the story of Es Sindibad of the Sea and Es Sindibad of the Land, but modern orientalists regard it s an interpolation. Lane, whose trans tion based upon the edition of Cal- cutta, gives the story as succeeding, order, that of Ala-ed-Deen Abu-Sh-Shamat, but distinc his doubts as to its authenticity. The historian, El-Is Hakee, who wrote during the reign of the ’Osmanlee Sultan Mustafa, about A. D. 1623, relates the first part e story asan historical event, and it is pos of historical origin. The chief interest in this part of the narration, aside from enjoyment of the y Haroun Er Raschid upon Abv fact that it is evidently the s e from which introduction The oriental to “The Taming of the Shrew. origin of that immortal work is unmistakable, and we have, in Abu-l-Hasan the Wag, the un- mistakable prototype of the redoubtable Chris- topher Sly. it in Baghdad, in the days of ir Raschid, a very There dw the Khaleefeh, Haroun rich merchant. and having married late in life, he had but one son, who was named Abu-l-Ha And the son w fellow, endowed with of intellect d witk son of which he had become known among bis fellows 1-]-Hasan the Wag. And when the you an was about 30 years of age, the t died, leaving him possessed of vast wealth. Now the sather of Abu-Il-Hasan the Wag bad reared his son with great strictness, so that when Yie was come into his fortune he was minded to amend the straitness of his youthful days, for his disposition was un- like that of his father. He divided, therefore, his property into two cqual parts. With part he boneht houses in towns and land in the | country, and made a vow to waste no part of the revenues therefrom. But the other half he was minded to expend. He took as his familiar frienas a numbgr of the sons. of the merchants and oghers and gave himself up to the deligkts of good eating and drinking and all manner of extravagant pleasu And he ceased not | to do this and dras about him a great | number of friends and boon companions or. the space of about a_vear, when his money became exhausted. And upon this he sought his former associates and exposed to them his case, but they one and all fell away from him and paid not | any regard to him. So he returned to his | mother with a broken heart, and informed her of the treatment he had received at the hands of his companions. And she was grieved for him, and said: O Abu- | 1-Hasan, thus are the sons of this age. So | iong as thou hast anything they will hold | to thee, and when thou hast nothing they l one cast thee off. He then took an oath that he would henceforth associate only with strangers, | and that he would not entertain any per- son save for one night, and on the foliowing morning would not recognize him. - Ac- cordingly, he.went forth every night and ‘ geated himself on the bridge, and when a Stranger passed by he invited him to nn| | entertainment, and took him to his house where he caroused with him that night, but in the morning would not recognize him. | Thus he did for one whole year, after which, he sat on the bridge one day, as usual. And that evening the Prince of | the Faithful had experienced a contrac- tion of the bosom, and had come forth to | amuse himself among the people, and he passed uvon the bridge disguised as a mer- chant. So Abu-l-Hasan laid hold uapon bim and said: O my master, hast thou any desire for a repast and bey re? and | Raschid inclined toward him and said: Conduct us. And Abu-l-Hasan took the Khaleefeh to an apartment of exciting beauty, wherein played a foun- | tain encased in golc, and when they | were seated there appeared before tbem & | slave girl, like a twig of the Oriental wil- Jow, who sang for them, accompanying | herself upon the lute, and when Er Ra chid heard it he was filled with the utmost delight, and he wondered at Abu-I-Hassan and his entertainment snd said: O young man, acquaint me with thy | ‘ that I may requiie thee for thy kindn But Abu-1-Hasan said: O my master, far be it from me that I should again be in thy company. and he told him his story, and when the Khaleefeh heard it he Janghed violently and said: By Aliah, O my brother, thou art excusable in- this ullets, and an- | matter. Then adish of caponsand p a other of a roasted goose and a cake of fine | bread were placed before them, and after | they hud eaten, a dessert was brought, all manner of delectable fruits and confec- tions, after which the wine cloth was | spread, and Abu-l-Hasan lighted for:his | st three candles and three lamps, and brougit clear, strained, old, perfumed | wine, the odor of which was like per-| fumed musk, and he filled the Khaleefen's | cup and waited upon him as a servant, and | drank to him, entertaining him with con- | versation by turns witty and ‘w!se,_and; they drank and caroused until midnight. | Then Er Raschid said to Abu-l-Hasan | the Wag: O my brother, is there any desire of thy heart that thon wouldsc have | accomplished? And he answered: In| our neighborhood is a mosgue, to which | belong an Imam and four shexkhs, and | whenever t hear music Or &ny sport they incite Walee against me, and im Jose fines upon me and troudlée my life, | 11 had tbem in my power, iberefore, 1 would give each of them a thousand lashes, that I might be relieved from their exces- sive annoyance. And the Khaleefeh said May Allah grant thee the accomplish- ment of thy wish. And Er Raschid put | into a cup a lozenge of berj, nna( handed it to Abu-l-Hasan, who drank it, not knowing what had been done, and” as soon as it had settled in his stomach he became as one dead, whereupon Er Raschid went io the | | It does | | my reason hath depa door and summoned _his young men, who were waiting, and ordered them to convey Abul-Hasan to the palace. And when the Khaleefeh had rested he sent for his Wezeer, Jaafer, the emirs and lords of the empire, and said to them all: In the morning when you see this young man sitting on the royal couch, pay obedience to him and salute him as Khaleefeh, and whatsoever he commandeth of thee, do it. Then, going to his female slaves, he di- rected them to wait upon Abu-l-Hasan and to address him as Prince of the th- ful; after which he entered a private closet, and, having let down a curtain over the entrance, slept. And as for Abu-l-Hasan, he lay insensi- ble until the benj had expended its effect, when he awoke, sneezing, and found him- self upon the royal couch, with attendants kissing the ground before him, and a maid O our lord, 1t is time for the ser. Upon which he laughed, said to him: morning pr: and looking around, beheld himself to be | in a chamber of surpassing magnificence, whose walls were adorned with gold and !chnmherlain came, and, having entered, kissed the ground before him, saying: Peace be on thee, O Prince of the Faith- | ful! And Abu-l-Hasan arose and de- scended from the couch to the floor, | whereupon the chamberlain cried: Allah! | Allah! O Prince ot the Faithful, it is not pioper for thee to rise to any one. Then ientered Jaafer El-Barmeke, the Wezeer, | and all the emirs and lords of the empire, (and the Walee, and the Wezeer began | his report of the affairs of the state, and Abu-el-Hasan listened and gave judgment so ily that the Khalee- teh, from his concealment, was filled with wonder and delight. And Abu-1- Hasan summoned the Walee (the Judge of the police) who approached him and said : | At thy service, O Prince of the Faithful! And he saia to him: Repair immediately to such a house and give a hundr-d pieces of gold to the mother of Abu-1-Hasan the | Wag, with my salutation; then take the Imam of the mosque, and the four sheykns, | ana inflict upon each of them # thousand | lashes; and when thou hast done that write a hand against them, confirmed by oath, that they shall not reside in the street, after thou shalt have paraded them through the city mounted on beast: with their faces to the tails, and hast pro- claimed before them: This is the recom- pense of those who annoy their neighbors! So the Walee did as he was ordered. And when Abu-l-Hasan had finished tbe | exercise of authority toward the close of the day he looked toward the chamber- lain and the rest of the attendants and | said to them : Depart. And he desired food to be brought, ard | they led him by the hand into the eating | came again that way, disguised as a mer- ing: O Abu-l-Hasan! Dost thou not fear God? What son brought up as thou hast been beateth or withstandeth his mother? And he said: She is none other than an ill-omened sorceress and I am the Prince of the Faithful, whereupon they said: This man hath become mad! and not doubting his insanity they fell tipon him and bound bim and dragged him away to the hospital for those who are mad, and they beat bim with a bullwhip daily and chained him by the neck to a wall and dosed him with abominable medicines, making him a2 madman in spite of himself. And he remaired thus, naked and in an un- fortunate condition forthe space of ten days, meditating upon his case and seeking for | an understanding of that which had be- | fallen him. And at the end of tendays his mother came in to him and said: O my son, fear God in thy conduct. If thou | wert the Prince of the Faithful thou wouldst not be in this predicament. And when he heard what his mother said, he | Allah! Thou hast spoken truth. It seemeth that I was only asleep and dreamed that they had made me Khaleefeh. Reason had returned and in- toxication had fled from him, and he re- membered that he had beaten his mother with an almond stick, and he said: I beg forgiveness of God for the actions com- mitted by me. They therefore took bim forth from the madhouse and took him to the bath, and when he had recovered his health he made a feast and repaired again to the bridge in search of a boon-companion. And 1t so happened that the Prince of the Faithful chant, for he had sought Abu-l-Hasan from the time of his confinement, but had not seen him. And when Abu-l-Hasan saw him he said: A friendly and a free and an ample welcome to thee, O, King of the Jann. So Er Raschid said: hat have I done to thee? And he said: What more couldst thou have done, O filthiest of the Jann? for through thee I suifered madness, and have beaten my mother, and the neighocrs have seen my Tolly. There- MIGHT BY W. C. Among the suggestions received by Regent Reinstein of the State University in response to his call upon the alumni of the institution for an expression of their | ideas one of conspicuous merit comes from Stockton. It is this: “Action should be taken by the Alumni Association in | time before the next meeting of the Legis- | lature to secure throughout the State the | election of alumni or friends of the univer- sity to the State Legislature.” A reason for the suggestion is appended: *The tax | levy for thg State University should be in- creased to 1 cent and appropriations for buildings and improvements at the univer- sity should be at least $1,000,000.” This suggestion was intended solely to meet the physical needs of the university, and as they are urgent and the remedy | proposed a wise one, it is admirable. Bu | let us see how different tie idea would look if put in a broader form, as follows: | Why does the public provide for the ed- | ucation of its children? Is it merely for their individual good, and is it supposed | that the raising of the individaal intelli- gence by such means will directly bring benefits to the State? Instead of that let us imagine that an essential purpose of a free public education is the making of cit- izens and an imbuing of them with a sense of public responsibility; that the young fore, depart from me and go thy way. Tne Khaleefeh smiled at this and said courteously: O my brother, when I went out from thee I inadvertently left the door open, and probably the devil went in to thee. So Abu-l-Hasan related to him all that had happened, and Er Raschid covld hardly conceal his laughter. But he sail Praise God that I a \ see thee in pro: peri 15 at least the means of thy obtaining thy desire on the Imam and the four sheykh: desire tnerefore that I may be thy guest again this night. But Abu-l-Hasan He against a stone and returneth t; blamed and reproached. And E- Raschid said: Perhaps something will happen to delight thy heart more than did the ac- complishments of thy desire upon the Imam. At length Abu-l-Hasan said: On condition that thou swear by the inserip- tion upon the seal of Sulyman, the Son of Daood (on both of whom be peace), that thou wilt not suffer thy efreets to be i chamber, where was set before him a table (0 make sport of me. and Er Raschid said : “ AND REASON RETUR N NED AND HE REMEMBERED WHAT HE HAD DONE.” ultramarine, with curtains of embroidered silk before the doors, and vessels of gold and chinaware and crystal, and furniture, and carpets spread, and female slaves and eunuchs and other attendants. Whereat he was perplexed concerning his case, and mused. saying to himself: Either I am dreaming, or I am become one of the departed, and this is Paradise and the Abode of Peace, and he closed his eyes again, so that an attendant said: O Prince of the Faithful, this is not thy usual custom, and the time for the morn- ing prayer hatharrived. And his perplex- ity increased, so that he womlercxl1 at hls case and sai I find myself? And summoning to him one of the femalie slaves he asked her her name, and she replied: It is Shejeret-ed- Darr, and be said: Bite thou my finger that I may know if I am sleeping or waking, and she, knowing that the K :aleefeh was vbserving the'scene, bit his finger so that it pained him, and he cried: Ah! I am not sleeping, and he said to ber: O, Shejeret-ed-Durr, where am I,and who am [? And she sai Here, and the Prince of the Faithful, sitting in thy palace, upon thy royal couch. He replied: 1 'am perplexed at my case, and d, and it seemeth that [ am asleep. 1 imagine nothing but that my vesterday’s guest is a_devil, or an enchanter, who hatn sported with my reason. Then approached Mesrour, the eunuch, and said: O Prince of the Faithful, more likely you have been disturbed by some troublesome dream last night. Where- upon Abp-l-Hasan lay back upon the couch and laughed, so that Er Raschid, observing the scene from his closet, was himseif moved to laughter and was in a state of joy at the result of his jest. Then ‘the female slaves brought him a basin of gold ana a ewer of silverand poured the water npen his hands; and when he had performed the ablutions they spread for him a prayer-carpet and he | knew not how to pray; but he continued his prostrations and inclinations until he had performed twenty rek’ahs (the morn- | ing prayer consists of only four rek’ahs | L or petitiong), meditating and saying within himself: By Allah, I am none other than the Prince of the Faithful, or else thisis a dream, and all these things oceur notin adream. He therefore convinced himself and determined in his mind that he was ' the Prince of the Faithful, and he pro- nounced the salutations and finished his prayers. They then brought him a mag- nificent dress, and when he was arrayed he looked upon himself and retracted, saying: All this is an illusion and a machination of tt:e Jann. And while he was in this state the What is this state in which | of the richest viands, and he was waited ) I hear and obey. So Abu-l-Hasan took | | ipon by the female slaves and male and | him to his abode, and they ate as much as | ness of the people. | female attendants beyond number, and | satisfied them, and the servants placed be- | strange element is complicated witn diffi- | the slave girls stood behind his head, and | .Abu-l-Hasan looked toward one and said: What is thy name? Kadecb-el-Ban. And he said to her: Prince of the Faithful, she answered. he replied: Thou liest. By Allah! Ye | girls are laughing at me. So she said: Fear Allah! O Prince of the Faithful. | This is thy palace and these eirlsare thine. And upon this he said within himself: | This is mo great thing to_ be effected by God, to whom he ascribed might and glory ! Then the slave girls led him to the drink- ing chamber where he saw what aston- ished the mind and he continued to say to himself: No doubt these are of the Jann, | and this person who was my guest is one | of the kings of the Jann, who hath encom- passed chis matter upon me. May Allah deliver me from them happily. And the slave girls plied him with wine in abun- dance, andone of them put into his cup a lozenge of benj, and when it had settled in his stomach he fell back senseless. ‘Then Er Raschid gave orders to carry him to bis own home and to place him on | his bed, and this was done, for he was still | n a state of insensibility, and when he | awoke, in the latter part of the night, and | found himself in the dark he called out to the slave girls: O Kadeeb-el-Ban!and O | Shejerer-ed-Durr! and _his mother arose (and came. saying: What aileth thee, | my son? What hath befallen thee? | And_he regarded her intently, with | auger in his gaze, saying: O ill‘omened | old woman, who art thou that addresseth the Prince of the Faithful in these expres- | | sions? She answered: ' I am thy mother, O my son. But he said: Thou liest. 1 am none other than the Prince of the Faithful. Aund she was alarmed and be-‘ gan to pronounce spells and charms and | said to herself: Doubtless he went not | to rest save with his door open, and the | devil hath entered and hath condemned his | reason. And to divert his mind she began to tell him of what had transpired in the | quarter on the preceding day, and of the | hundred pieces of goid she had received | | from the Khaleefeh, and of what had be- | iallen the Imara and the four sheykhs, | | And when Abu-l-Hasan heard her wonds | | his soul nearly quitted his body, and ke cried out: I am he who gave orders to | beat the sheykis, and who sent thee the | hundred pieces of gold with my salutation, nm} L am verily the Prince of the Faith- ful And he arose against his mother and | beat her with an almond stick so that she cried out: O Muslinis! and the neighbors heard her cry and came to her relief, say- | having *a day” just as we do. Several fore them wine and exhilarating bever- | erages, and the Khaeleefeh, when the wine | these two things can be studied intelli- And she answered: | had risen to their heads, placed a lozenge | gently without full consideration of the < O | of benj in the glass of Abu-i-Hasan, so | other. Kadeeb-el-Ban, who am I? Thou art the | that when he had drunken it his head feil | merce wi But | before his feet. The Khaleefeh then arose | ficulties in the handling of which the ex- and ordered his young men to carry Abu-l- Hasan to the palace and desired his slave girls and attendants to do with him | as before. And toward the close of the night Abu- 1-Hasan awoke, and hearing the sounds of music, and seeing the attendants, he cried out: O my mother! Whereupon the slave girls answered: At the service, O Prince of the Faithful! And he sai There is no strength nor power but in Goa, the high and the great! Come tc my help this night, for it is more untucky than the forme; And looking toward a memlook he said: Bite my ear, that I may know if | am awake. And he bit it until his teeth met and Abu-l-Hasan uttered a loud ecry and said: Is it not enough that hath befallen me, O ye wretchesof Jinn! But ye are not in fauit. The fault is vour chief’s, who hath trans- formed you from Jinn into human_shape. I impiore help against you this night by 1be Verse of the Throne, and the Chapter of Sincerity, and the Two Preventives! Upon this Er Raschid exclaimed from behind the curtain: Thou hast killed us, O Abu-l-Hasan! And Abu-1-Hasan recog- ized him and ki d tire ground before greeting him with a prayer for the increase of his glory and the prolongation of his life. Er Raschid then clad him in a rich dress, and gave him a thousand pieces of gold, and made him one of his chief boon-companions. [Nore—This is the historical incident as re laied by the sage, El-Is-Hakee. Tradition re- lates a further incident of Abu-l-Hasan the Wag, in which The Sleeper Awakcned turns the tables npon his royal master in right wag- gish fashion, but its narration must await & further event and a more auspicious season.] Verily there is nothing new under the sun! Who would ever have suspected | that the *‘at home’” day of the ninetcenth | century matron is only a revival of an old | TAN KERSEY JACKE custom ? I find that it was the custom for the ladies of Queen Anne’s time to be ‘“at home” once. a week to their friends of both sexes and that they called this ladies naturally had the same “day.” and among the exquisites it was the smart thing to get to as many houses as possible in the afternoon.—Lady’s Piczorinfi that stumbleth i men and women graduated from the higher | institutions, particularly the State Univer- | | sity, the highest of all, have had the civic | | sense strongiy developed within them by | | a special and persistent course of train- ing; that they Lave been charged with the | duty of seeing to the welfare of the State in all essential ways, being in a sense pub- lic officers—is it difficult to imagine the great good that would result? The fact that the students of the uni- versity do not lea is sufficient proof that the institution is not grounded in a broad understanding. It is incredible with what unseeing eyes | | we read history. Is it not plainly before | | us that the schools of Sparta made hero- citizens of their pupils, and that the teach- ers of the Athenian young laid the founda- tion of the imperishable artistic greatness | of the Greeks? To a thoughtful person it seems almost | silly that in many of the public schools thronghout the State the pupils are taught | | to sing “America” and to witness the rais- | | ing of the National colors on certain days. Thisisriding a_comet’s tail with a large magnificence. How many of the children | are persistently taught the ground princi ples of patriotism? Theadoration of sym- | bols is foolish in the absence of an under- standing of their meaning. In comparing the splendid buildings which the State provides for the care of its | lunatics and criminals with the shabby | structures and neglected grounds of the | State University, we have abundant evi- dence of a vital shortcoming in the free educational system of the State. Institu- | tions for the care of the unfortunates of | society are provided when needed, but in | order to secure them there must be ele- | | ments at work otber than the need of | them. It is here that politics makes itseli manifest. That is a selfish quantity, but | none the less useful, and as it is thei zroundwork of our Government, National, | State, county, district and municipal, the | cleaner its character and the higher its aims the better for the people. The situation is simply this: | thoughtful, earnest, educated persons | turned out of the State University exercise | | an influence of the smallest order on the | | vital interests of the State in comparison with that brought to bear by politicians, | many of the strongest of whotn are utterly | unscrupulous, wholly uneducated and thriving on public plunder. No situation more ausurd and illogical could be im- agined. The fault lies primarily in these higher | schools themselves; but what can be said | |in defense of those alumni who in_the | course of time have acquired the hard ex- perience and wisdom of breadwinners and citizens and still with the utmost compla- observe that men with no civic re- sponsibility, with no debt of honor to the | State, with no pride or patriotism, are ex- | ercising so large an influence on the morals and prosperity of the peonle? The alumni of the State Unmiversity have a | strong association, which if intelligently | directed to serve the nobler ends of the | commonwealth would alone be able to suppress many of the evils which afilict us. The first great reform which they could achieve would be the introduction into the course of university study of the one element which it now so grievously lacks—the teaching of the young how to be useful citizens. Every other good thing would flow from that beginning. A sense of shame from a realization of neglected duties, oblizations and opportunities would possibly follow a conscientious stud. of the constitution, by-laws ana preceed- ings of the Alumni Association by such of its members as wouid like to be citizens of the highest usefulness if they knew how. The need is all the more urgent by rea- son of the novel conditions which environ | our peopie, and which require original study and bold mastery. The origin of all these is found in a peculiar climate; it | gives rise to unique industries which bear the most intimate relation to ihe happi- The value of this The | cult geographical problems, and neither of Hence both industry and com- th us present possibilities and dif- | perience of other States and countries is of e it with any such idea |* WHAT THE STATE UNIVERSITY DO FOR CALIFORNIA MORROW. AN AN AN NANARA small value and in the mastery of which the greatest needs are intelligence, origin- ality and public spirit. These problems can never be solved while they are held measurably in the grasp of selfish, mean, unpatriotic versons. So long as there remains evena bad wagon road in California the public schools are supported in vain. So long as corrupt political influences perpetuate'the power of domineting private interests and place thieves, plunderers d ignoramuses in public office the raising of the National flag on the little red schoolhouse is a mockery and the singing of the National anthem a whine. ‘When the public schools, with the State Dniversity at their head, are employed by the people to instruct the youth of the State concerning the priceless possession which they have come into the world to inherit, and thus to squander or cherish, | we shall have made the beginning of a movement from which in time will issue a race fit to inhabit the soil. We shall not then see the public schools conducted in wretched barns and politicians and their wards housed in palaces. We shall not see rascally ward-bummers drawing hand- some salaries while great teachers of the voung are kept in a state of terror and often of poverty On the contrary we shall find persons of dignity, worth and intelligence controllin, our politics and directing our industrial concerns. Conscience will make its ad- vent into public life, and patriotism will be something other than spoils-seeking and flag-raisings and anthem-singing and brass bands and torchlight processions. The cradle of patriotism will be rocked by kindly hands, and the matchless possibili- ties of this wonderful opportunity for em- ploying inteliigent citizenship in the solv- 1ng of problems for our own good and that of all the people of our own country will be seized. Let the University of California make the beginning. SAVE THE BATTLEFIELDS. Appeal to Veterans and Patriotic Socie- ties for United Action. Dr. Charles Anderson of Santa Barbara writes to the Chicago Tribune: The an- nouncement that “Bull Run Battleiield” and “Appomattox,” the alpha and omega of the civil war, are about to fall under the greed for the almighty dollar should cause every Americen who has any love for his country’s history or who hasany appreciation for the great events of the four terrible years of that war, to stop and think. Not only should the men who made all the'great fields memorable object to their being built over and. blotted off the map of the country, but every good citizen should do all that is possible to help them. There should be a National commission | to look after every battlefield of import- ance in the land, not only those of the revolution and of the war of 1812, but the anore important battlefields in wars against the Indians. Asitis now there is a commission for this field and that, and a score, more or less, of superintendents of National cemeteries, but nobody with gen- eral powers whose duty it is to look after and see that the battlefields are properly surveyed, delineated and taken care of. Whatis the condition of the fields of the ‘Wilderness campaign, or of those of Me- Clellan’s seven days’ battles before Rich- mond? Who can now point out the point of interest of the battle of the Brandywine, or any other fields of the Revolution, for that matter? And yet these are chapters of our National history that are, or should be, of interest to us all. If the press will appeal to the patriotism of the American people and stimulate them into thinking about this matter then something will be accomplished. Let the Grand Army of the Republic ask | Congress for a permanent commission to take care of the battlefields their valor has made memorable and it will be done. Let the Sons of Veterans demand the ground on which their fathers shed their | blood for the Nation be preserved and Con- gress will listen to their demands. Let the sons and daughters of Revolu- tionary sires point out that the ground on which™ their fathers and grandfathers fought for the life of the Republic should remain as a landmark of that great Na- tional struggle and not only Congress will listen, but even the clatter of the lobby will be quiet. It is too late to save much that should not have been allowed to be lost, but there is much that is too valuable to go to waste, and, moreover, it will be an insult to the dead, a wrong to ourselves (the living) and a sin against posterity should these fields that were our sorrow and our scourger, but now our glory, our honor, be allowed to become lost to us. e Progress of the Simplon Tunnel. The ngreement between Italy and Switz- erland regnrdin% the construction of the Simplon tunnel has been signed by their official representatives. The Italian Gov- ernment gave the company a concession for 99 years and an annual subvention of 66,000 lire ($13,000). The Italian cities which have moterial interests in the build- ing of the line have guaranteed a subserip- tion of 4,000,000 lire. The new railroad is mainly built to relieve the Gotthard Rail- road of part of the traffic, which has be- come so immense that it is impossible to attend to it properly. The new road will be completed inside of five years. —————— A journeyman jeweler in Damascus can carn $7 a week. 120 Kearn SUIT AND CL{ NEW TO-DAY. KELLY & LIEBES, y Street, OAK HOUSE. What more useful or leasing gift can suggest tself than a Cape or a Coat? Thirty-day-ahead- of-time reductions for the | holiday week. | A Great Christmas Sale Of Fine Fur Capes! To-morrow ““ftur can’t last long at the new prices. Come before your size is sold. Come at once. FOUR JACKET SPECIALS. ALL-WOOL KERSEY JACKETS, in black, blue or brown, box front, mandolin sleeves, large buttons, only . [ 6.5/ S, all wool, of conrse: & new shapes and styles of fronts; very large, fine buttons; two grades, $15 and..........$10.00 BOUCLE JACKETS. this season’s rough effects, in black, brown or navy, box front, ripple back, largest sleeves, $15, $12 and........... 8. CURLY ASTRAKHAN CLOTH JACKETS, box front, large buttons, black or blue, handsomely tailored... ot a3 $12.50 10.00 Country Orders Promptly Filled. | BALTIC SEAT CAP! FRENCH BLACK CONEY CAPES. 24 inches deep, heavy satin lining, deep collurs, wide sweeps, othérs ask $10, our Xmas price.. %6. 50 27 inches, $8 50; 30 inches, $10 50. 4 inches deep. heavy black Mervelllenx satin linings, extra wide and full; these big values at $12; Xmas price...... 3 i ... %9.00 27.inches, $10 50; 30 inches, $12 50. BLACK ASTRAKHAN CAPES, 27 inches deep, wide sweeps, & very superior quality ; instead of $20, Xmas price. -816.50 WOOL SEAL CAPES, 24 inches, opossum-fur edge all around, beautifully ling rgaln at $20; very special price 27 inches, $20; 7 NEW TO-DAY. MUNYON'S WITNESSES TESTIFY. Hundreds Declare They Have Been Cured. POSITIVE PROOF GIVEN, His Wonderful Little Pellets Cure Where the Most Skilled Physicians Fail. DOCTOR YOURSELF. If You Are Ailing in Any Way, No Mat- ter What the Disease is or How Many Doctors Have Failed to Cure You, Ask Your Druggist for Munyon's Guide to Health, Purchase His Rem- edies and Cure Yourself, Mr. A. Melsted has this to say of Mun- yon’s Remedies: ‘“For years I have suf- fered with acute rheumatism, which has affected me in various parts of the body. L have tried many so-called ‘cures,” but never realized any benefit. I have spent hundreds of dollars with doctors, and had become quite discouraged, when the Her- ald made its free distribution of your ‘Rheumatism Cure.” Idetermined to make one more effort to get relief, and contrary to my expectations, I had not taken more than three doses before I began to im- prove, and, before I had finished the little vial, every ache and pain had disappeared. 1 cannot say too much in praise of these wonderful little pellets. A. MELSTED, 116 and 118 West Second street, Los Angeles, Cal.” Facts About Rheumatism. The usual treatment for rheumatism consists of poisonous doses of potash, salcylic acid, colchicum and mor- phine, which destroy the stomach, irritate the kidneys, prostrate the nervous system and ruin the health. Munyon's Rheumatism Cure is guaran- teed to be absolutely harmless and a strong tonic in building up the weak and de- bilitated. [t cures acute or muscular rheumatism in from one to five days. Sharp, shooting pains in any part of the body stopped by a few doses. A prompt, complete and permanent cure for lame- ness, stiff back and all pains in hips ana loins. Chronic rheumatism, sciatica, lum- bago or pain in the back are speedily cured. Price 25c. Stomach and Dyspepsia Cure. Munyon’s Stomach and Dyspepsia Cure cures all forms of indigestion and stomach troubles, such as rising of food, distress after eating, shortness of breath and all affections of the heart caused by indi- gestion, wind on the stomach, bad taste, offensive breath, loss of apvetite, faintness or weakness of the stomach, headache from indigestion, soreness of the stomach, coated tongue, heartburn, shooting pains of the stomach, constipation, dizziness, faintness and lack of energy. Price 25c. Nerve Cure. Munyon’s Nerve Cure curesall the symp- tome of nervous exhaustion, such as de- pressed spirits, failure of memory, restless and sleepless nights, pains in the head and dizziness. It cures general debility, stim- ulates and strengthens the nerves and tones up the whole body. Price 25c. Kidney Cure. Munyon’s Kidney Cure cures painsin the back, loins or groins from kidney disease, dropsy of the feet and limbs, frequent de- gire to pass water, dark colored or turbid urine, sediment in the arine and diabetes. Price 25¢. Catarrh Cured. Catarrh positively cured—Are you will- ing to spend 50 cents for acure that perma- nent!y cures catarrh by removing the cause of the disease? If so, ask your druggist for a 25-cent bottle of Munyon’s Catarrh Cure and a 25-cent bottle of Catarrh Tab- lets. The catarrh cure will eradicate the disease from the system and the tablets will cleanse and heal the afflicted partsand restore them to a natural and healthful comdition. Munyon’s Liver Cure corrects headache, biliousness, jaundice, constipation and all liver diseases.. Price 25c. Munyon’s Cold Cure prevents pneu- monia and breaks up a cold ina few hours. Price 25¢. Munyen's -Cough Cure stops coughs, night sweats, allays soreness and speedily heals the lungs. Price 25¢. Munyon’s Female Remedies are boon to all women. Price 25c. Munyon’s Headache Cure stops head- ache in three minutes. Price 25e. Munyon's Pile Ointment positively cures all forms of piles. Price 25c. Munyon s Asthma Cure and Asthma Herbs Telieve asthma in three minutes and cure in fivedays. Price50c. Munyon’s Blood Cure eradicates all im- purities of the blood. Price 25c. Munyon’s Vitalizer imparts new life, re- stores lost powers toweak and debilitated men. Price $1. i Munyon’s Homeopathic Remedy Com- pany puts up specifics for nearly every disease. £ Sold by all druggists. Your druggist will present you free with acopy of the ‘“Guide to Health,” a valu- able little medical publication that should be in every home. Personal letters to Professor Munyon, 1505 Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa., an- swered with free medical advice for any disease. CERTIFIED e i S THE BEST The Hotalingv J. H Cutter KENTUCKY WHISKIES. CHARLES A. OGDEN, one of our lead- ing analytical chemists, writes as follows to the firm of A. P. Hotaling & Co.: GENTLEMEN—I have carefully examined by chemical analysis samples of your J. H. Cutter Kentucky Whiskies, purchased in open market, and find therein no' deleterious ingredient what- ever—no fusel 6il, no mineral acids, nor vegetsbla drugs. The whiskies are absolutely pure, and_for this reason they are of greater. MEDICINAL EFFICACY than any of the alleged pure Ameri- can Whiskies sold in this City. The J. H. CUTTER brand of Kertucky Whisky forsale by A P.HOTALING & C0., WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, 429 to 437 JACKSON STREET, San Francisco, Cal. TR LADIES' GRILL ROON —OF THE— PALAGE HOTEL, A Delightful Place to Take Luncheon While on a Hol- iday Shopping Tour.