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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3v, 1895. Interesting Report of Important Up-to-Date News Items in Alameda County [REALTY MARKET REVIEW. LESSONS FROM THE FAIR One Lady’s Picture That No One Was Ungallant Enough To Publish, THE SECRET OF ITS SUCCESS. Why President Nelson Was Surprised at the Man From Sacra. mento. OAxLAND OFFICE SAN FraNorsco Carr,) 8 Broadway, Dec. 2. | n is closed and, contrary : t, not a single newspaper published a picture of the one woman to whom, all acknowledge, the affair owes its very origin, and much of its ultimate suc- cess. This woman is Mrs. H. O. Trow- of the Ebell Society. It was the ‘home industry” meeting, pianned and arried out under the chairmanship of Mrs. Trowbridge, that started the big show which for two weeks has been an un- varalleled success. When the big show The expos to all precec tarted the ladies took the musical pro- | mmes and entertainments in hand, and n Mrs. Trowbridge took a leading hand. Recognizing the fact that the news- papers played an important partin mak- ing the affair a success, she personally at- rded to this department, and after mid- zht she was ringing up the San Fran- co correspondents, communicating the est feature she had planned. Naturally, 1l the newspapermen wanted her picture. Pictures of everybody and everything of erest in the exposition were published, but no one secured Mrs. Trowbridge's. Once an artist was sitting in an adjoin- ing booth sketching the lady from . Her attention was cailed toit,and ina very dignified yet pleasant manner she said: *Would any gentleman publish a Jady's picture against her wish, especially when she thinks as [ do?”’ On being ques- tioned as to her particular reasons Mrs. Trowbridee replied: “I want my picture to remain sacred to my home, and do not wish everybodv to share the right of look- ing at it with my family.” For almost the st time on record the lady’s wish was regarded, and although she was always at her post, and could Etave been sketched a thousand times no one violated her very natural wish. Probably few people have studied the personnel of the executive body of the exposition sufliciently 1o note wherein lay the secret of its success. It was in the masterly combination that leit nothing wanting. It was not the exposition of a clique; it was pre-eminently the affair of everytody. It was a . commercial affair, and there was no opportunity given for political finesse or self-aggrandizement All shades of politics, all creeds and classes of society were represented. Now it is over, the success cannot be claimed by individual or Men opposed to each other on every other platform joined in to make the first exposition a success succeeded. Then the ladies were consulted and a certain portion given over to them, and they were left entirely alone and they made a success of their part. There are probably more practical women reformers 1n Ozkland than in any other city in California. These are the women who ran the south side of the main hall, and how they ran it tens of thousands know. Their sole talk was, “Patronize California—learn what you have at home and keep vour money where your husbands earn it—be loyal to your State and to yourseives and pros- perity wiil come in spite of everything.” The result of puiling together is now weil known and should never be forgotten. From the time President Nelson made his opening address to the time 5000 persons sang ‘“‘America’” there was a constant S i | cian, Dr. W, | berg; orga: building and has been organized some- th more than a year. It is a great whist center and has developed some ex- cellent players. Saturday night was ladies’ night, the first the club ever at- tempted, It was so successful as to justify the prediction that it will by no means be 3. W. Maslin_was “Excellent the Jast. B, Bo Master W. H. Rice opened the procecdings with a cornet solo and Mr. Maslip had something out of the ordinary woman. A mandolin trio by Miss Julia Noy, Miss Lillie Mastick and Fred Youngberg followed, and a pe- per rea | by Colonel Tobin and written by -M. P. Wiggin on “First Impressions” at EL Nido Club, succeeded that. William Hynes rendered the ‘‘Parrot Song,” and for an encore ‘“She Will Be Mine.” There were several other solos and a piano duet, and altogether the evening was highly en- joyable to say of the new. Officers Elected. ALAMEDA, CAL., Dec. 29.—Court Pride of Alameda No. 19, Foresters of America, has elected the new officers for the ensuing term: Chief ranger, W. H. Wright; sub- chief ranger, J.J. Cummings; treasurer, R Caricof; financial secretary, H. K. Starkweather: recording secretary, W. Brown; senior woodward, F. S. Higgins; junior woodward, J. D. Steele; senior eadle, H. P, Jacobson; junior beadle, Al Stripple; trusice, A. L. Valleau; phy 0. Smith; druggist, C. Vol- st, William Horst Jr.; past chief ranger, A. L. Vaileau. CHARGED WITH ASSAULT, Mrs. Montgomery Says Dr. Boman Struck Her With a Cane. The Dentist Placed Under Arrest and Spends the Night in Jail. OAKLAND OFFICE, SAN FrAl 0 CaLL,} 908 Broadway, Dec. 29. § H. C. Boman, a dental supply mer- chant, was arrested to-night under very peculiar circumstance: Dr. Kitchings called at the police station to-night and told Chief Lloyd that he had been attend- ing Mrs. ). L. Montgomery and that ber condition was serious. The doctor re- ported that Mrs. Montgomery said Bo- man was responsible for her injuries. Ac- cording to her story she culled at Bo- man’s house last Thursday night to collect some money due her for nursing Boman’s wife. When she asked for money Boman became abusive, and she says he took a heavy cane and struck her across the face, fracturing the nose and cutting the flesh. She wished to avoid notoriety and said | nothing about it. | To-night Dr. tchings said her condi- | tion was very critical and he considered it his duty to report the matter to the police. throng of peovle being constantly sur-| prised at what Alameda County is produc- ing every day, and thousands did not know it before the exposition. “I met a man from Sacramento at the | Tabernacle,” said President Nelson last night, in conversation, ‘‘and he surprised me. Hesaid he had no idea that Alameda County could make such a showing, and he immediately wanted to know how we went about it, and left with the idea of | having something of a similar show in Sacramento. Ialsom>t a Stockton man and he wasof the same opinion. Their remarks did not surprise me, but th ference did. I thought that if Oukland could muake an exhibition which had been thought of and opened wit. in thirty days ihat surprised people from other cities, what could we do if we made ample prepara and had. a building three times the size of this one. All future shows should be held in September, when there is a wealth of fr and flowers anda when the weather can be depended upon and this will probably be done. Thise hibition is not one-frurth as representative as it would have been 1ad there been more time in which to prepare Superintendent Crz:igie Sharp says he has learned some lesrons from the Oakland show that he shall at once try-to teach the merchants and manufacturers of San Francisco. iie proposes to at once in- augurate an annual exhi the bay that be says will entirely eclipse the Mechanics’ Fair. 8. W. B. A TRACK FOR ALANEDA ‘Wheelmen Trying to Reopen Schuetzen Park to Wheel Contests. Ladies’ Night at El Nido Club—Officers of Court Pride of Alameda Elected. ALAMEDA, CaL., Dec. 29.—The Ala- meda cyclers aré’ endeavoring to have a track built in this city. The old track at Schuetzen Park has long been out of date. It was in its glory in 1892, when there Wwere some important races ou it, but tha build of it was never: right, and some of the banks were out of proportion after the time of wheel-racing was reduced. The old track cost $1500, and several hundred more were put on in an attempt to rebuild it, but it was never popular after the first year. The park is ample in size for a third or even a balf mile track, ana the Jocation could not be improved uvon, being witiin & half block of tie station and in one of the best and most sheltered parts of town. To-night the cyclers are to meet the San Francisco wheel-owners at the Baldwin Hotel to see if steps cannot be taken to build # modern track at the old park. Its rent has been nominal, and probably it could still be had on terms that would be reasonable. There is now no first-class modern racing-track in the vicinity of San Francisco, and Alameda 15 the bplace jor one, if for no other reason than because it is the idcal.wheeling town of the United States. Ladies’ Night. ALAMEDA, CaL, Dec. 20.—El Nido Club is the only gentieman’s club in Ala- meda. It has cozy rooms in the Masonic { | | Detectives Holland and Shorey went to | Boman’s house and arrested him. When | his wife learned of their visit she became 1, and as she has been danger- ick for a long time her condition is | regarded as very serious. The detectives { took Boman to Mrs. Montgomery's house ;‘:m«l she identi him. He was then locked up and charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Boman tells a very different story. He ys the woman came to his hous: and asked for money. He told her he had none and she became abusive, and he pushed her out of the doorway. She slipped down the steps and in this way met with her injuries. He denies that he struck her with a cane. Boman is a very respectable man, and the police do not t.ink he attacked the woman with a cane. Late to-night two men called at the prison and said they saw the whole pro- ceeding last Thursday night, and that Boman did not strike Mrs. Montgomery. They gave it as their opinion that the lady was not very steady. Chief Lloyd refused to release Boman on his own recognizance and he was locked up for the night. T, MARKS K PISTO, Rev. G. E. Swan Instituted as Rector of That Church by Bishop Nichols. Feeling and Forcible Sermon Preached by the Bishop—A Class » Confirmed. BERKELEY, Car., Dec. 29. — Rev. George E. Swan, who was recently called from the East to Berkeley, was instituted rector of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church this morning at 10 o’clock by Bishop Nichols, who also preached the institution sermon. The usual preliminary service of the church was performed, with special music by the choir, after which the Bishop stated that the audience was assembled for the purpose of instituting Rev. Mr. Swan as rector and priest of the parish. After the oath was administered and the congregation had accepted the new rector, Bishop Nichols delivered bissermon, His text was taken from St. Luke, ii:8: “And ere were in tlie same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.”’ “In. a great measure,” said he. “the sclemn service which we have assembled to conduct makes a solemn compact be- tween the church and the people. T. e rector to whom we have just given the keys of the church and to whose charge you have been committed promises to be your shepherd. The metaphor of shep- herd and tiock has been used throughout the service thus far, and a more apt illus- tration of what a pastor should be to his people cannot be drawn. “There can be no nobler ideal on the the pari of a rector than to say, ‘Iam known of mine.’ This ideal state of a sheplerd cannot be gained in a single year, nor in two years, nor in three years, and oftentimes not in five years. It is ?“llf;' acquired by continued abiding in the “This dealing with human souls _is one of the most scientific things to which bu- man mind can adapt itself. We canuot treat human souls offnand. This is only acquired by long and patient study and devotion. One must not expect to heal and build up broken-down souls in twenty minutes. *‘When darkness is broadening around a soul, it behooves every one who is cogni- zant of the fact to attempt to dispel this darkness and shed the light of truth. There are two lessons then we learn from the text—‘abiding in the field and watch- ing in the night.””’ Bishop Nichols then exhorted his hear- ers to do all in their power to make the rectorship of Mr. Swan a lasting one. ““Take,” said he, “t ese little frictions which occasionally arise, and be not turned from your path by petty misunderstand- ings. Yon would not care for a pastor who is afraid to tell yon the truth. "Vben he has pointed out to you an error do not rebuke him, but rather thank him for it.” Immediately after the close of Bishop Nichols’ address aclass of eleven were con- firmed. The Bishop read to them the con- firmation ceremony, after which they were presented to the churcn. Following this was the laying on of hands. B The people of the United States pay more taxes than the people of any other nation on the globe. AT ST, MARY'S COLLEGE, Great Crowds Listen to Arch- bishop Riordan’s Dedicatory Address. CATHOLIC SOCIETIES PRESENT. Many Distinguished Clergymen Gather at the Reopening of the Burned * Academy—Impressive Services. OARLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, Dec. 29. Fully 10,000 people went out to St. Mary’s College to-day to hear Archbishop Rior- dan deliver the dedicatory address. Over 8000 were disappointed. Not since the memorable night fiiteen months ago, when the whole pile was en- | veloped in flames that destroyed the two upper stories and completely gutted the interior of the building, has New Broad- way presented such a scene of life as this afternoon. Thousauds of delegates were | tivn where they can carry on the work for which they have given up their lives. We ask God to bless anew their labors in the future as he has done in the past. The brothers have asked me to say somethin, about Catholic education and I am pleassg to oblige them. Itisa large and compre- hensive question, worthy of all attention. Itisa question interesting to all alike who have the welfare of their church and of their ¢ untry ut heart. “The question of education is a question on the solution of which the future of the | civilized and uncivilized worlds depends. | The future of society depends on the char- | acter of education, therefore it is the duty | of all people to-day to study the methods of education in common vogue and to stand by the best. Professor Leibnitz said it is the pillar of society, and the father of | his country, in his last message, said that he regarded the educational question as one of the most important. part from religion, it is very important that we con- sider the matter of religious education To avoid conflict let us understand at the beginning what we mean. “Religion is the worship of Almighty God, and the fulfillment of our obiigations, opportunities and duties, enforced uvon us by the law of God. What we know { about God is only what God has revealed to us. Religion and morality are con- nected, and one cannot be taught without the other. One is the flower, the other the root. If we produce morality in the mind of youth we can only do it by en- | grafting it upon the tree of religious truth, Education means the teaching of buman beings for the end for which they were created. To do this religion and edu- cation must go hand in hanc, and the sys- tem thut develops them in the heart and HIS GRACE ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN, LEGE YESTERDAY Wi REDEDICATED ST, BEFORE AN MARY’S COL- IMMENSE THRONG. {From a photograph.] present to witness the rededication of the new St. Mary’s and 10 inspect the building which will be ready for occupancy for the | coming term. Every room was thronged, and from out of every window gazed hun- dreds of visitors at the endless gathering of humanity that was unloaded from every | street car, bus and buggy that drove up to | the college. All the Catholic societies of Oakland, | San Francisco, Alameda and Berkeley | were represented by large delegations and | many came from Sacramento, San Jose and | other towns. The Ancient Order of Hiber- nians, Catholic Knights of America, St. Patrick’s Alliance of America, Cadets uf the League of the Cross, the sanctuary | from St. Mary’s Cathedral, Young Men’s Institutes and various sodalities were in the procession that formed on New Broadway and filed into the college. Ban- ners and American flazs were numerous and the members wore the badges of their order. Probably not less tian 3000 dele- were in line when the procession . After ascending the steps at the main entrance all order was disregarded for the incoming crowd met the crowd that had preceded them and not one-quarter of the visitors couid find standing room in the biz dormitory that was improvisedinto an auditorium. Every room 1n the large building has been completely renovated and the college stands to-day in every respect as it s:ood the day it was originally dedicated. Noth- ing remains to remind visitors of the great tire except a few piles of burnt lumber and rubbish stacked up in the grounds. The cross on the south side that nearly killed a fireman is again in its lotty position, and the only indication of a change is two large ventilators on the roof that look like immense cupolas. The approaches leading to the dormitory auditorinm were solid with people, and many thoughtless parents had allowed their little ones to become jammed in the | pressing throng, and some narrowly es- caped injury. The Archbisbop had to be very en rgetic to get to tne litile platform, and as soon as he saw the crowd he at once ordered the children to go downstairs ‘o the chapel. It was very evident that his Grace was surprised at the crowding that the brotuers had permitted, and as soon as he reached the ]ptutiurm he said: ‘*All the chiluren and little folks must go at once to the chapel. This.is no occasion wten I can say please, so I order all the children to the chapel.” “Come along, children,” said Father McNally, the popular pastor from West | Qakland; “there's lots of candy in the chapel,” and the jolly priest led the pro- cession of little ones that immediately left the hall. The Archbishop had previously statea that he was to deliver an address on relig- ious education, “but the hall is too low and too narrcw and it is impossible that [ can be beard to the end, so I will merely make a few remarks, and you must read in to-morrow’s newspaper what in- tended to say,” said the Archbishop. After the children had all gone out there was a vivible improvement in the pressure of the immense crowd and Archbishop Riordan reconsidered his declaration and spoke for over an hour on “Religious Edu- cation.” The Archbishop was accompanied on the. platform by Chancellor P. C. Yorke and reverend fathers Slavin, Mulligan, Sallivan, Philtips, M. Connelly, Dempsey, Peter Casey, John Nugent, Dennis Nugent, Gray, Flood, P. Scanlan, Cranmell, Serda, McSweeny and many others, and several brothers from the various scholastic insti- tutions in San Francisco, San Raifael, Sac- ramento and O:kland. The wall at the back of the platform was hidden by a neatly draped large American flag. " The upper edge was laced with delicate greenery and paims and ferns were placed where ihey were most effective in making the rostrum attractive. Although 10,000 people were in ti:e build- i%um on the grounds not more than 1500 heard the Archbishop’s remarks. He spoke as follows: *To-day we come together to congratu- 1ate the brothers in charge of this institu- tion of learning on the fact that their noble building is once more in a condi- iin the mind of man at the same time is the best. *It would seem that this union is de- manded by the duties and responsibilities that every true man and woman realizes and strives to fulfi'l, and education to be complete must combine the two. nations that have been built up since pagan times owe their growth to the preaching of Christianity. All admit the necessity of education; the trouble is in the meanins of the word. Catholics be- lieve in the union of religion and educa- tion, and in this belief we are not alone. | Through all the ages, through the history | of paganism and in the great minds of the | present time we find that morality and | education have been advocated. “The present trouble and conflict be- tween the two most favorite systems is caused by two circumstances. The first is | that there are so many men who .regard | religziou- truth as of no consequence. The | second is, there is so much doubt as to | what constitutes true religion that many | rerard one as being as good as the other. This is not strange, for since the | time of the Protestant reformation there | has been such a muliiplicity of creeds and | sects that people are in doubt as to which is the true one and ignore the whole lot. Consequently it is maintained that all can | be done by what is known as_secular edu- | cation. Yet every page of bistory denies | this assertion. The eloquence of Greek | and Roman orators was mainly devoted to | a system builded on secular;principles, and | they fail Tue building up of after na- tions was due to what is called religious education. I cannot see why it should be | considered right to teach the mind and to | ignore the heart. To the Catholic church belonys the credit of being the very first body to advocate and to put into practice a system for the education of the poor. Aiter the third century the parochial schools wer« opened and the Council of Lateran in 1179 decreed than all Christen- dom should establish schools. All over Europe until recently provision was made | for the support of schools of all denomina- | tions, and even to-day in Canada and some other places the custom prevails. “Religious natures must be fed or the na- tion will rapidly cepreciate into a nation of sceptics and virtue will become a for- gotten name. Ininiroducing the religious element with education we do not exclude | the other elements. Man is made for | eternity as well as time. He must time have, and must aiso, while here, fit him- self for hereaiter. Exciude from his edu- cation all religious tendencies and how is | he preparing for eternity? The soul was | created for a purpose. All the fine powers of the soul—love, adoration; affection, nobility of purpose—are all dormant until they ure developed by tie religious senti- ment in what is called character. The body grows apace; a boy soon becomes a man, a girl a woman. If the mind remains stunted our children grow up worse than animals, because they have some intelli- gence, but it has not been sufficiently de- veloped to enable them to govern their passions and prevent them from becoming demons. Because of secularists and religionists a con- test was at this time over the educational question. The church has done its part in the past and is'doing it now iu the face of opposi- tion and discouragement that would deter any other body from keeping it up. She does it be- cause she knows_that her very existence de- pends upon it. Icannot see how people can expect to teach their children to overcome their passions unless they are taught the ele- ments of religion as well as what is termed secular education. Itis nota question of the present alone, but of eternal salvation. Boys and girls are keen judges, and the momen! ou set no value on religion they do the same. ‘hildren, of curse, are lcoked after by their parents il they go to school, but it is atter :{’,fi’ g0 to scliool that they are most suscep- e. 1 need not speak of atheistic doctrines and their influence on society. Every observer of ordinary keeuness kuows its effects. The pub- lic sense is no longer shocked by such and this is the best proof of how much it has been led aside. People who are not Catholies cannot see this. For us there can be but one church, one God, one Christ and one manifestation of his power throughout the ages, and we have his promise that i shall be eternal and that the gates of hell shall not prevail against it It is an everyday duty for Catholics to defend their religion, and as they believe it is the only true one, which it is, they will take pride in doing so. The daily papers are to my mind arevelation. Icould nota few years ago have believed it possible that ten million men All the | | | political lodges and could be so ignorant of the principles of re- ligion as to band themselves together in this enlightened age to break what they term the power of Catholicism. For my part, I would vote to-morrow for any kind of education that would be the means of teaching some common education to these ten millions of people. To produce nobility of manhood we must have the principle of religion. How is it that you should train your children? They should be trained beneath the shadow of the cross. As they sit at their desks they should see the divineform of their master, and should be tanght that the prize of a glorious eternity can only be won by carrying the cross right to the mount of crucifixion. ’flfls can only be done by centering around secular education the principles of re]h'l;ilous training. We are like soldiers in an enemg’s country, and we cannot afford to relax our vigilance or Jay our arms aside. Religious instruction has more meaning here than in many countries from which many of you came. In other coun- tries history and Catholicism are closely allied. Here we ere & new people ina new land. The ties that bind people to cach other in older lands do not exist here. People are changing habitations every year. They come in contact with a mass of ignorance and super- stition; therefore, if they are to preserve iniact their virtue, they’ must begin at home, and in the school tolove that church only which gives the dignity of being co-heirs with God. We Cath- olics can afford tobe in earnest. We do not change our principles day by day, but always remain the same. % We do not complain of what the schools 6ut- side the church teach. What they teach they teach well, but our contention is that they do not teach enough. The one thing most essen- tial is lacking. Knowlcdfige is a power over na- ture, but not over oneself. Therefore we teach that which will enable them to govern them- selves as weli as that which the station in life demands of them from & purely educational point of view. Now may God give a large blessing to the children who shall be educated in this school, and enable them to lead such lives that their Catholic consciences may never be ashamed. I augur from the past that the future will be mightily successful, and that the brothers will send out from this renewed St. Mary’s thou- sands of noble young men who shall be an honor to their State, and worthy in every way of their mother, the church. READY FOR A JUDGMENT. Pastor Davis Says Some Very Hard Things About Minis- ters and Churches. Like Nineveh, Oakland Is Just Wicked Enough to Merit Swift and Total Destruction. OAxLAND OFFICE SAN FraNcrsco CAvL,) 908 Broadway, Dec. 20. Oakland is doomed te suffer mightily from the wreath of the Almighty at an early date, if the prophecies of Rev. Ed- ward Davis of the Central Christian Church are correct. In his sermon to-day on the destruction of Nineveh the rever- end gentleman said : Itisno less reasonable that a special ment should be cast on Oskland than on e veb. In the several cities on the east side of the bay there are, 88 in that anc.ent city, “Si score thovsand persons that cannot discern be- tween their right hand and their left hand, and also much cattle.” In this city, that with poetical license has been called the Athens of the West, there is more poverty than wealth, more ignorance than education, more iniguity than righteous- ness, more hypocrisy than sineerity, more bigotry than pure religion. And what is worse, our university, colleges and schools, literary societies and splendid church bulldings with towering steeples deceive the uncritical with their material semblance of culture, patriotism and spirituality. Oakland is a hotbed of new- fangled ideas. The social unrest, commercial distrust and reiigious selfishness is due to the destitution of sincerity, confidence and char- ity. Before further (aking bearings 1n our calm, I wish your credence a8 to my capability of judg- ment and unprejudiced appreciation of the lit- tle ralt that is in our fresh water sea. 1am not drunk on sour grapes; indeed as & prophet [ heve not been without honor in my own coun- try. A residence of nearly two decades in this city &8 a child, schoolboy and preacher must presage my interest in Oukland's affairs. In- deed a jealous desire for the increased virtue of our social body inspires my admonition. My utterances are not unpremeditated. My deci- sions are not due to dreams. Since my younger childhood I have been conscience-stricken at our impoverished condition; we are religious [aupers withiout manas, rafment or mansious. My determinate return to this city, my refusals of invitations elsewhere are due 1o the convie- tion that even my voice may be heard before the din of the storm. Iam no prophet, except that as by eritical perception and logical conclusion I can foresee, as any candid seer can, our future, False prophéts are erying along the shore, but as messages cannot cross each other on the elec- tric line, but one true word can come {rom ihe Operator of heaven, and that shall be repeated by our conviction of its truth. Iam too con- fident of my assertion to fear but that they shall be accepted by all but dreaming sleepers who in their aberrations of somnambulism need not be considered. This is called a city of churches. But is it & city of God? Our spires pierce the skies, but they tremble at the jars oF Tactions below. We have religions galore, but heve we charity? How many churches’ exchequers are overflowing like our hearts for the poor? Nor is the denomination of which I am a minister exempt, althongh, much to the credit of my congregation, one-tenth of its receipts have been given to the poor. I have known the history of the Christian church from its organization here, climbed from one wreck, endured the blasts of another, and now am walking on the very waters of faith. Butsuch is true of the various denominations. The Baptists with butone large church, the South Methodist Church hardly existing, the Unita- rian Chureh floundering in debt, the Univer- salist and the First and Second Coneregation- alist and the Second Presbyterian churches pastoriess, with but one_crowded church in a city of 60, no wonder that Christien sci- ence, theosophy, spiritualism, churches of the common people and of universal brotherhood are striving for religious spoils. Nor is there enough fraternal constituency to compose a regular ministerial association; its precarious existence is its worst reproach. Where are the scores that joined the church In the Martin meeting? What of the works of Mills? The Tabernacle stenaslike an ancient ark stranded on the shoals of a dead sea. Are we better prepired for the second coming since the advent of Varley? What of Yatman's min- istrations? Is there any more applied Chris- tianiiy of groceries, drugs and dry goods.since Herron's prophecies? And yet these men, as the servants of God, have been crying to the thousands that like Jonah heve gone down into the sides of the ship to sleep. O, ye min- isters, cry om, cry louder, ‘“Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise.” Why have not the walls of this modern Jer- icho fallen? Because nearly all the companies and their captains are tooting their own horns and in consequence proaucing only discordant noises. There is no celestial hormonies of fra- ternal voices echoing in chorus halleiujahs to the choire of heaven. Comparable to the urmies’ besiegement of Jericho let the min- isters of this _city march around its walls seven days find then blow the trumpets. “And it shall come to pass that when they make a long blast with the rams’ horns, and when ye hear ‘the sound of the trumpets, ail the people shall shout with & great shout; and the walis of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up, every man straight before bim,” Sixty thousand souls of this City have gone before the mast;the ebb-tide has carried our churehes into open seas;a calm has come upon us; our saiis are flapping in the stagnant air; there is no mutiny, no strife, no warfare, for the stupor of starvation has stul- tified our senscs; the vessels’ anchors are drag- ging from the Tock of the ages—but, finally, ‘the sound of the still, small voice will be heara roclaiming the storm of God’s wrath to come. Ehe winds wail with woe, the waves are stricken with terror, the ships are sunk in the storm and their human eargoes are stranded on the shores of time. But that by God's hands they might be borne away and in his E;gmnce ind resuscitation to live in the calm yond the storm—the peace of eternity. —————————— The most stubborn cases of neuralgia are apt to yieid to a hot water treatment, Wherever the pain is located there a hot water bag should pe applied. The suffer- ing part should be wrapped in a blanket, and the unfortunate patient should be put to bed and covered with more blankets and induced to drink at least three cups of water as hot as the palate can stand. This ireatment may seem severe, but it is sure to bring relief. e In certain forms of dyspepsia cider is said to be very desirable, where the process of digestion is too hurried; and for the gouty it is especially reccommended as a cor- rective of the uric acid diathesis. Influence of Taxzes and Re- duced Interest on De- posits. TRANSACTIONS OF THE WEEK. The Expense Per Share of Maintain- ing Building and Loan As- sociations. Although the aggregate of real estate sales for the last six months, as shown by the summary first published in Tre Carn last Saturday, will fall short of that for the first balf of 1895 the prospect of trade in real estate is certainly very encourag- ing. The extraordinary tax levy has been a most potent check to investment, and brokers are anly now beginning to feel the first evidences of relief. The high rate of taxation has necessitated a reduction of interest by the savings banks on their de- posits. Mortgages are taxed for the fnll value and realty about 60 per cent of its selling value. This will no doubt cause many depositors in sayings banks to wit draw their money and invest it in realty inorder to increase their income. Low in- terest rates on money and the demand for secure investments will combine to make real estate a favorite with large investors. T here have been many manifestations during December that, in spite of large re- ductions in rentals and the recent dif culty in securing tenants, real estate in- vestments will be more satisfactory than loaning money on call with the chance of the funds lying idle a good portion of the year, or banking it for 3¢ or 4 per cent ividends. REVIEW OF THE RECORDS. The following abstract from the records shows the principal real-estate loans made duripg the past week and the security accepted: By La Societe Francaise, $38.000 to Abraham and Fanny Morris jor one year at 634 per cent on property on the north line of O'Farrell street, 275 west of Stockton, 55x102:6; by the Security Savings Bank, £40,000 to L. B. Denni son, Seitm E., William McM. and Lydia Wood- worth to February 1, 1897, at 7_per cent, on property at south ‘est corner of Second and Market strects, southwest 75, southeast 91:6, etc.; by the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society, $10,000 to Lizzie R. Sullivan at 615 per cent per annum on property on the northwest line of Market street, 218:154 southwest of Van Ness avenue, southwest 27:13¢, north 10! ete.; by the Valleio Commercial Bank, 10,000 to William H. and Mary L. Jordan or three years at 8 per cent on prop- erty on the east line of Gough street, 90 south of O'Farrell, 47:6x137:6; by William Ross, §5000 to William H. Barrows for one year at 8 per cent on property on_the north line of Hayes street, 159:41¢ east of Baker, 25x 100; by the Hibernia favings and Loan So- ciety, $16,000 to Edmund Schnutenhaus and Louis Pockwitz for one year at 6 per cent on property on the east line of Valencia, 260 south of Sixteenth street, 75x87:6; by ilie Se- curity Savings Bank, $12,000 to L. B. Denni- son, 8. E., William McM. and Lydia Wood- worth until February, 1897, on the undivided three-quarters of the property at the southwest corner_of Market and Second streetf, south- west 75, southeast 91:6, southwest 20, south- east 43:6, northeast 95 and northwest 135; by the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society, $17,- 000 to Rose A. Corr for one vear at 634 per cent on property on the southwest corner of Six- teenth and Pond streets, 103:6x30; property on the northwest line of Market, 310 north- east of Noe, northeast 50, northwest 115 etc., and_ propertv on the nortnwest line of Market street, 293:4)4 northeast of Castro, northwest 116, east 35, etc.: by the German Savings and Loan Society, $7000 to George Schafer for one year at 7 per cent on property on the west line of Folsom street, 30 south of Creek lane, south 46, southwest 137:6, etc., and by the Hibernia Savings and Loan So- ciety, $15,000 to Louis Metzger for one year at cent on property at the gore of Market teenth streets, southwest 154:9}7, north 14, east 117 :814, ete.; by the German Say- ings and Loan Society, 60,000 to Robert P. Keating for one year at 64 per cent on prop- erty on the north line of Ellis street, 93:6 west of Powell, 78:414x137:6; and_by the Hibernia Savings and Loan Socfety, $6000 to Mary E., Arthur J. and Alice B. Dewing for one year at 614 per cent on property on the south line of Californie street, 25 west of Mason, 52:6x60. The largest releases placed on record the past week were as follows: By John A. Whelan, $5000 to L M. and Min- nie B. Kalloch on_property on the east line of Masonic avenue, 167 south of Waller street, 24x150; by Welch & Co., $17,000, to Mary L. Zimmerman on property &t the soiithwest cor. ner of Quinn and Valencia streets, 160x280, and property at the northesst corner of Third and Harrison streets, northeast 139, northwest 100, etc.; by the German Savings and Loan Society, $12,000 to W. C. Hildebrandt and Max Posner on property on_the east line of Potrero avenue, 152 north of Mariposs street, east 200, north ‘98, etc.; by the Pacific Loan Assocition, $44,000 to \7. C. Hildebrandt and Max Posner on property at the southeast cor- ner of Front and Clark streets, east 114, south 120, ete.; by Peter Droge and H. F. Suhr (exec- utors of the estate of Franz Hinrich Burmeis- ter), $11,000 to Louis Pockwitz and Edward Schnutenhaus on property on the east line of encia street, 260 south of Sixteenth, soath east 87:6, ete.; by the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society, $£10,500 to Elizabeth Pfeifter on property on the south line of Sutter street, 130 east of Stockton, 25x120, and by the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society, $103,000 to Mary L. Zimmerman on_property at the northwest corner of Sutter and Sansome streets, 123x137 :6. Deeds were recorded during five days of last week to the number of eighty-one. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Thursday, January 23, 1896, has been fixed as the date of the guction sale by Baldwin & Hammond of the Pacific Im- provement Company’s property. Jacob Heyman reports the sale of seven lots on Twenty-ninth street, near Diamond, during the past week. A. M. Speck & Co. have been appointed sole selling and renting-agents for the Building and Loan Associations of which Leon Dennery is secretary and Daniel Meyer, treasurer. Bovee, Toy & Co. report the sale of 1300 acres of the McMahan Ranch, situated in Yolo and Salinas counties. This property is located in the very heart of the great early fruit belt, which ships a large pro- portion of the deciduous California fruits sold in the Eastern markets. The soil is a rico deep, sandy loam, especially adapted to fruitand garden culture. Qranges wher- ever set out haye proved the wonderful fit- ness of the soil and climate for citrus frait culture. This section is exempt from frost, one of the most serious dangers to the culture of oranges. Grapes are grown to erfection, as has been demonstrated on a fixme scale by the celebrated vineyard of the iate Senator Stanford, which is located adjacent to the McMahan homestead. Apples, pears, prunes, figs and many other varieties of fruits are also grown to the greatest advantage. In the way of small fruits, strawberries, raspberries, blackber- ries and currants, as weil as in the produc- tion of vegetables, such s beans, corn, onions, peas, tomatoes, watermeloas, pota- toes, etc., the wonderful versatility of the soil is shown. V. D. Duboce reports that the Tillman residence, on Washington street, east of Gough, was sold early last week by Easton, Eldridge & Co. for $25,000. James D. Phelan is having a new en- trance put into his block at the junction of O’Farrell and Market streets, which com- Ele_ves the work of modernization of this uilding, electric lights and passenger ele- vators having been put in during the past ear. There will be two openings on the Market-street side, each provided with a ;mr of heavy piate glass doors, whose rames and transoms will be in bronze of Grecian detail. The entrances, twenty- one feet wide and seventeen and a half feet high, will be surmounted by a wide transom bar and arched grill work. Hugh Shiels, who has control of a large tract of land in Northern California, has received a favorable report upon it from the leading spirits of a foreign colonization company. Baldwin & Hammond report the sale of 110 lots in the Castro-street Addi- tion, azgregating $45,725, during the past twenty days, Since the inauguration of the small payments in the purchase of this property as high as twenty-seven lots were sold in a single day. The list of pur- chasers shows that the proposition has enu aged the attention of the rich as well as those in modera e circumstances. The sale of the Murphy-Grant property has been postponed for a month or two by order of court. > Charles E. Naylor in commenting on the expense of maintaining buiiding and loan associations, in the Home Builder writes: The local assoclations report a. total expen- ditnre forsalaries amounting to $132,660 40. This averages $982 67 to eaca association, and 35 cents per shate. It is also equal to 1.45 per cent of total receipts. ~Last showed a total expenditure « 129,489 24, which averaged to each associa- tion $1,019 61, and to each share 49 cents, and was equal t01.46 per cent of total receipts. Some retrenchment is thus manifested in the matter of salaries. s The local associations report $41,909 15 for miscellancous expenses, which is An average of $310 44 for each association, and 16 7-10 cents per shere. It is 46 per cent of total receipts. The items of expense, including salaries, taxes and miscellaneous, are reporied by the local associations amounting to $365,745 11. This averages to each share (iace valne $200) $146. The ratio to total receipts of the year is 4 per cent. 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