The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 20, 1896, Page 6

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Maln-1874 MONDAY.. THE CALL SPEAKS If there is any thing on earth can raise the w T it is the Senate. Nothing is inactive this year except things that are hopelessly stagnant. Demoeracy will hold a National Conven- tion, but hasn't decided what to hold it for. on has discovered ished him a happy this time Hunting nobody hasreally Cleveland and.Hunt pair to whip at one se can do it. ion, but Congress flurries have enabled his foes, but where are The recent war 11 to spot nds? e third-term move- ment has done no more than oscillate be- tween the White House and Wall street. The Congr 1al committee has sat on rd long enough and should now be to give the whole House a chance. A visit of the British flying squadron to das might be made profitable to s as an object lesson in naval extension. y suffice to tide over the deficit in the revenue, but they make no check on foreig on with American labor. Since Cleveland began his second term the increase in the National debt amounts to $306,147, nd there is more to come. bonds on his own re- but it was the deficit tariff of ders that gave him occasion to The deficit tariff is bad from a financial point of view, but it is much worse when consiaered with regard to its effect on American indust Huntington is said to be distributing secret circulars in Washington, but there is no certainty that the distribution is con- fined ¥ to circulars, Cleveland must have been standing on tiptoe when he wrote his Venezuelan mes- sage, for he has not been living up to it in his foreign policy generally. In trying to cover the deficit with bonds, Cleveland is true to the Democratic in- ‘stinct of believing that any fault can be concealed by committing & bigger one. 1f the Democratic party could see its way clear to adopt at Chicagoa platform denouncing Cleveland the convention wouldn’t have to advertise for candidates to stand on it. Any funding scheme that would give the monopoly a grip on California for fifty years to come would enable it to grow so strong it could not be shaken off for an- other fifty year The selection of Chicago as the site of the Democratic National Convention is said to be a goldbug victory, but we shall see whether they can hold the fort when the silver men storm itin July. The New York people promised the Democratic committee snch pure water that the delegates to the convention wouldn’t want even a milk shake, and straightway the committee voted for an- other town. The story that Krueger is a Pennsyl- vania Dutchman received some confirma- tion from the picture of his whiskers, but his inability to distinguish between Ameri- can miners and British raiders explodes the idea altogether. Perhaps the reason why thereis no act- ive candidate for the Democratic Presi- dential nomination is because each candi- date fears if he started any movement at all he would get too far ahead of his party ever to get back again. Judging from the situation in the Sen- ate the free-silver movements practically & non-partisan movement, and it 1s hard to see how it can be made to cut any figure in party politics during a National cam- paign unless Democracy should nominate another goldbug. Under the protective tariff system the annual average of British exports of wool and woolen goods from 1891 to 1894 amounted to about $25,000,000, but in 1895, under the Wilson tariff, they amounted to more than $55,000,000, making a profit of about $20,000,000 annually for England. The Berkeley Gazette having found that Montana flour is sold in that city made in- quiry into the matter and discovered that while it costs more to harvest grain ana grind flour in Montana than in California, it can nevertheless be shipped 1000 miles and sold here at a profit because the rail- road gives long-haul rates to the Montana men and makes it up by heavy charges on the home flourmakers. Sherman favors greenbacks and National banks, but ‘opposes bonds. Hill favors banks and bonds, but opposes greenbacks. Hoar favors banks, but opposes greenbacks and bonds. Mills favors greenbacks, but opposes banks and bonds. Peffer opposes everything that is and favors something else. There are some other views to be taken of the financial question, and there gre also some other Senators totake them. KEEP UP THE FIGHT. The action of the State convention on the railroad funding bill by no means re- lieves the people of the duty to continue the tight down to the moment of its final disposition by Congress. Although the State, through the medium of this con- vention, has expressed its views, there are many other ways in which effective work can be done. Persistency is an indispen- sable factor in any contest. Mayor Sutro has deplored what he takes to be an appearance of apathy on the part of the people. If such a feeling of indif- ference exists it will be the strongest weapon which the railroad can use against us in its fight before Congress. There is no question of a division of opinion in California on this subject. Every one not a friend of the railroad and enemy of the State wants to see the funding bill de- feated. If there is an appearance of apathy it is not founded on any lack of under- standing of the terrible consequences which wouid flow from the passage of that measure. In all such movements the popular wish appears dormant unless it is strikingly ,| made evident by the force and industry of leaders. Under the present condition of affairs in Cahfornia the power of the rail- road is so great that fear may exercise a repressing influence toa considerable ex- tent. The merchants of San Francisco krow what it is to be terrorized and made to suffer for speaking their minds. They remember how they have been punished by artful discriminations in favor of their rivals who were less bold. Farmers know what it is to bave their produce kept in country warehouses on the pretext that cars to move it could not be found, in case they had dared to antagonize the railroad. For this very reason the present state of affairs offers an exceptionally inviting op- portunity for able and fearless leaders to present themselves and 1nspire courage in the timid and energy in the slow. The hand of destiny is uplifted against this enormous power that is so antagonistic to every principle of American institutions, and the beginning of its downfall is at hand. Those who have the courage and the patriotism to step into the breach at this grievous time will make for them- selves names that will live in the history of the State, and, as victory will surely re- ward their efforts, the people will natur- ally turn to them as leaders in the further proeress of the State. Every town and city council, every Board of Supervisors, every body of citi- zens organized for local or general ad- vancement can pass resoluiions against the funding bill and forward them to Con- gre: Every trades union and every sort of labor organization can do the same. Clubs can be formed in every community for the purpose of fighting the bill and making the popular sentiment of antagon- ism effective. We have but just entered upon a fight for State and bome, and it is the duty of every citizen to put forth the best effort that he can. WORE FOR THE JURY. The new Grand Jury has an opportunity for making a record at the beginning of its career. The Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors apparently has dis- covered that a number of supernumeraries are drawing salaries from the City treasury without giving an equivalent in the form of adequate service. While the committee is doubtless able to handle the matter with perfect satisfaction the Grand Jury need not deny itself the privilege of bringing in indictments, 1t requires a small army of men to man- age the affairs of this City, and it is this fact that gives the corrupt bosses their op- portunity. Of course the pilfering done by these hangers-on could not exist with- out the connivance of the heads of depart- ments, unless we assume that they are in- competent or negligent. The task of as- certaining their personal or political rela- tions with shady bosses would not be diffi- cult, and the fact if discovered would naturally raise a presumption of crooked- ness. The Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors is a mixture from the minority and the Solid Eight. If the committee show a unanimity of purpose in discover- ing and correcting the abuses which are supposed to exist we shall be furnished thereby with evidence that the Solid Eight are determined to do their duty. It would be an extraordinary, but none the less gratifying, thing if the Solid Eight after all—or at least a sufficient number of them to constitute a working force with the minority of four—should arrive at the conclusion that it is better to serve the City than bosses. The history of such breaking away from the domination of corrupt influences has been generally that the officer who made a break for freedom and decency was after- ward crushed in polities. That is likely to be the result either if the officer lack con- spicuous individual force or the power of his boss is supreme. . If he have sufficient menhood, brains and courage, he can in- variably benefit himself by declaring his emancipation ard serving the public hon- estly, without regard to the extent of power which the boss may be able to exer- cise. At present the bosses who have man- aged the politics of San Francisco in the past and loaded the offices with incompe- tents and rogues are practically dead, and this fact should serve as a special induce- ment to their friends in office to abandon them. There is abroad a popular revolt that will overturn the last one of these conscienceless manipulators and piace men of character on guard. There is bound, sooner or later, to come a scramble for safety, and it might as well begin now es later. SUPPRESS THE BANDITS. The frequency with which stages are robbed in certain mountainous regions of California calls for prompt and efficient means to suppress the evil. Two such rob- beries have occurred in the vicinity of Ukiah, and the result of one of them is that a citizen who went in pursuit of the highwaymen has been shot w0 pieces. There are three ways in which this species of ontlawry can be stopped. Ode is for the counties - themselves to organize a mounted and armed patrol of the roads, another is for the State to employ a suffi- cient force of men for the service, and another is for the Nationa! Government to come to the front. The only pretense of a guard that has ever been established over the safety of mountain travel has been the “shotgun messengers'’ of Wells, Fargo & Co.’s ex- press. Itisnot the business of any pri- vate corporation to insure the safety of life and property on the highways of the country. Ifthe express company had a private interest sufficient to warrant the employment of an armed guard to protect the property which it has taken for trans- port, the counties, the State and the Na- tional Government have an immeasurably larger interest and duty in protecting the lives and property of their citizens. from the tgrrible danger which the highway- man represents. It is a curious absurdity in the manage- ment of National affairs to see a strong troop of cavalry sent annually into the Government reservations i the Sierra and armed to keep sheep and hunters at a dis- tance, while the lives and property of citizens and the mails of the United States are cheerfully left at the mercy of desper- ate cutthroats. The State of California has taken a commendable step in making train-robbery a capital offense, but that was done merely under the pressure of the railroad company’s influence. The com- paratively poor men who run stages have not learned the art or acquired the power of using the Legislature as a means for in- suring public security while serving a pri- vate interest. The United States Secret Service is a powerful organizaticn which concerns itself greatly over counterfeiters and the abuse of the mails as agencies for the dis- semination of immoral literature, but not a finger is raised to gnard the mails which are 8o essential to the dwellers in moun- tain regions. The whole situation is ab- surd aud incongruous. Not only should stage-robbery be made a capital offense, but the State should bave a mounted patrol and a detective service, and the United States should give some of its sol- diers a little exercise at least in bunting down highwaymen 1if not in preventing their operations by more direct means. LOOSELY DRAWN LAWS, It would be natural to expect in a newly organized government making laws based on a constitution that the attention of the higher courts would be for a certain length of time considerably taken up in constru- ing the laws and settling the question of their constitutionality. But it would be also expected that within a reasonable time the law-making bodies would acquire the art of framing intelligent enactments and exercising a little judgment on the score of constitutionality. The suzcessive Legislatures which Cali- fornia has sent to Sacramento have not given exhibition either of judgment or ex- perience in this regard, and yet we have been organized as a State for more than half a century. Every Legislature leaves & batch of wild enactments that bewilder the people, disarrange important public concerns and crowd the courts with use- less actions. The latest discovery is that the teachers’ pension fund law is so badly drawn that no custodian for the fund ac- cumulated by the assessment of teachers can be found to have been provided for. This makes the law inoperative, besides other radical defects which have come to light. The whole thing will have to be re- enacted. The fee bill has proved another source of great annoyance. Worse than any other, however, is the condition of the pri- mary election law, which was aimed to make the forming of a political convention a part of the regular election machinery of the State. That nothing like intelligent attention was given toits framing is shown by the fact that, although it provides for the selection of thirty electors in each pre- cinct who are on the last assessment roll to serve as a body from which five election officers are to be drawn, it is a no- torious fact that some precincts do not con- tain thirty voters possessing the property qualification to serve as such officers. For the overlooking of that fact no excuse what- ever can be imagined. It is thus all along the line. Legislative committees are appointed principally for the purpose of -eeing that the often insane and generally loosely drawn bills presented are put in intelligent shape before submis- sion to the respective houses for action. This vrecaution bas not produced the desired ef- fect, and the result is an unsettled condi- tion of affairs and ceaseless litigation. It might be interesting some time to make a careful estimate of the damage which the State has suffered from this sort of care- lessness and incompetency. Unless a higher standard of intelligence is estab- lished in the selection of members of the Legislature, it will be necessary to estab- lish a court having power to determine the sanity and constitutionality of all meas- ures before they are placod on final pas‘ sage. 00AST EXOHANGES. The organization of boardsof trade, such as that which has been institated at Palo Alto, according to the Times of that place, would, if generally followed throughout the State, go a long way toward insuring greater prosperity. The Palo Alto board 1s composed of fifteen business and profes- sional men, and is named the Retdil Mer- chants’ Protective Association. The fol- lowing from its constitution explains its aim: “The objects ard purposes of this asso- ciation are as follows: To foster, encour- age and develop the mercantile and home interests of the city of Palo Alto; to col- lect, preserve and circulate useful informa- tion respecting said city; toencourage and procure wise and helpful legislation and oppose and defeat the enactment of all laws and ordinances which may injuriously affect the mercantile interests of said city; to promote integrity, fair dealing and good faith among, and adjust and determine all disputes and differences relating to busi- ness matters between its members; to forward the improvement of streets, roads, avenues and public parks; to increase and extend railroad and transportation facilities; to aid and en- courage the erection of needed pub- lic buildings, the establishment of new manufaclories and the advance of local improvements; to encourage all like or- ganizations in other towns and cities; to act in unison with like associations; to discourage the practice among wholesale merchants and jobbers of other cities of retailing merchandise, and to encourage all residents of Palo Alto to patronize home merchants and industries, and gen- erally to strive with unitea efforts to in- crease the wealth, industries, influence, trade and population of Palo Alto.” Summerland also has organized a Board of Trade, but on somewhat different lines. Its by-laws declare the purposes of the or- ganization to be: “To call attention to the oil and gas fields of Summerland and to invite capital for developing the same; to encourage manufactures, the building of a wharfat Summerland, and the im-. provement of all roads leading thereto; to adveruise the peculiar advantages of Summerland asa health and pleasure re- sort, and promote any and every enter- prise calculated to bring an honest, in- dustrious class of permanent settlers to our town. In general the object of this asso- ciation is to assist in forming an intelli- gent public sentiment whose foundation shall be a just pride in our fair town and county, and which when properly directed will make this the most attractive place upon the Pacitic Coast.” Messrs. Blake, Shurtleff and Bremer, publishers of the Trinity Journal, an- nounce the completion of the fortieth volume of thatable and attractive paper. The transforming of the enormous water- power of the valifornia mountains into electric energy for industrial purposes is proceeding with giant strides. The Clear Lake scheme, already noted in these col- umns, has taken definite shape, and its proportions are gigantic. The Napa Regis- ter, quoting the Rev. Richard Wylie, one of the wealtby promoters of the scheme, says: “It is proposed to build, equip and operate an electric railroad from Napa City—or from tidewater on the Bay of San Francisco, south of Napa, or from a point of connection with a railroad system al- ready connected—up the Napa Valiey, on the east side, with connection to Napa Soda Springs, northward through Conn, Sage and Chiles valleys into Pope, with connections to Berryessa Valley; thence by Butts Canyon into Lake County, into the Loconoma and Guenoc valleys, with connection to Middletown and neighbor- ing mines and springs; thence to Lower Lake, and thence by lake shore to Kelsey- villeand to a terminus at Lakeport, the county seat of Lake County; also to fur- nish electric power where needed along the line from Lakeport to Vallejo and Mare Island. The electric power is to be yro- cured from electric works of the company situated on Cache Creek, the outlet of Clear Lake. The length of the proposed railroad is about eighty-tive miles—sixty miles from Napa to Lake and eighteen miles to Lakeport, with the addition of some miles south from Napa.”’ The annual review published by the Santa Rosa Republican 1s an able and thor- ough exposition of the beauties, resources and progress of Sonoma County. It is gratifying to learn from it that nearly $400,000 was invested in permanent im- provements in that city during the past year. While 5o much attention is being turned to the installation of electric plants to utilize the water-power of the mountains the Lodi Review-Budges calls attention to the enticing invitation which the Moke- lumne River offers. According to our contemporary such a plant could be ad- vantageously placed at Westmoreland’s bridge, where the old Mokelumne Ditch Company located its dam, and have a fall of several hundred feet, all that would be required under any circumstances to gen- erate the electric current, and this not twenty miles from Lodi on a direct line, 1f a plant were put in there it could sup- ply Stockton and all the neighboring towns with just such power and light as is to be furnished Fresno. The Enterprise is a bngr;t and promising paper which has been started by M. H. McCarthy at Castroville, Monterey County. With reasonable charges for transporta- tion and with an abundance of erude oil in the State, California ought to be able to compete with the Standard 01l Company in supplying refined oil to this market. It is announced by the Redlands Citrograph that the Puente Oil Company has decided to erect a refinery at Chino. It will havea capacity of 500 barrels a day and will be ready to start up in the early spring. The Kern County Californian publishes the following interesting news: *‘‘Senator Goucher intends to start a newspaper in Fresno. Itis to be a straightout Demo- cratic paper and is ‘to tell the truth.’ Those who are acquainted with the Sena- tor’s sledge-hammer style trust that he has his life insured for a large amount, and that he has a plac in the new Fresno cem- etery set aside for him.” J. Faunt Le Roy has succeeded James F. Lyon as publisher of the Guadalupe Sen- tinel, which, though only a little over a year old, ably reflects the prosperity of that progressive community. The San Bernardino Inder announces that C. B. Hughes has filed a claim on 500,000 miner’s inches of water in Lytle Creek, at a place called Miller’s Narrows, on the land of J. N. Miller, for the purpose of constructing a dam and reservoir. The poweris to be converted into electricity, which will be distributed all through the valley for light and manufacturing pur- poses. The surplus is to be carried Gown in a cement ditch to the Grapeland irri- gating system. In beginning its fifth yolume, the Santa Barbara Flag expresses confidence in the continuation of the prosperity which has rewarded its efforts in the past. The Winnemucca Silver State, quoting | the Deeth Tidings, calls attention to the need of irrigation in Nevada and the facili- ties which abound for introducing jt. Irri- gation is necessary to the further develop- ment of the State, and concert of effort to remove the ariaity which checks settle- ment would invite a large accession of capital, enterprise and population. The one practical plan is the storage of water in reservoirs. Our contemporary adds: “Each succeeding spring witnesses in Elko County, and the entire State for that mat- ter, swollen rivers, creeks, streams and brooks doing considerable damage and no good whatever. A system of storage reservoirs would save all this waste until it wasneeded later on in the season, That it would require a good deal of capital to accomplish this work as it shonld be done isa foregone conclusion, but then capital is never backward wherever a sure and profitable investment is opened. Every valley in Elko County is more than capa- ble of supporting over double its present population were these reservoirs erected, and consequently every inch of water stored would be sold and utilized before the season was over ata big profit to the projectors and of untold benefit to our agricultural and cattle industries.” The Ventura Press, having entered upon its fwenty-first volume, is just old enough to enjoy its triumphs of the past without a diminution of its hopes and efforts for the future. One of the first large results of developing the petroleum stores of California is an- nounced by the Stockton Independent. The Union Mills of that city changed from coal-burners to oil-burners. The change was made 80 quickly that the only delay was caused by the wait necessary for the furnaces to cool sufficiently after the coal fires had been drawn to ‘make the intro- duction of the oil safe. Mr. Green of the Richard Green Crude Oil Company of Los Angeles was present, and he said: “We have made any number of tests and we know what tue oil is, The test usually is as to the amount of water that a given quantity of oil will evaporate. We know that from three to three and a half barrels of this oil will do as much work as a ton of coal, according to the kind of coal. Three barrels will do the work of a ton of Wel- lington screenings, but I think it will take about three and a half barrels to do the work of a ton of coal such as is used here, which is the best obtainable. Oil can be 1aid down here at $1 10 to $1 20 per barrel, 50 that it is easy to see a saving in using it. Heretofore the mill has been working three men in the fireroom, two attending the fires and one wheeling coal. With oil one man will do the work and he will not be busy all the time. The second saving will, therefore, be good enough to look after even if the fuel is no cheaper.” Ione rejoices in the Valley Echo, which has just entered upon its fourteenth vol- ume. Its prosperity is an evidence of the high appreciation in which it is held. According to the Los Angeles Record an unexpected railroad factor has ap- peared in the transportation affairs of California. It asserts positively that the Denver and Rio Grande Railway is mak- ing active preparations to build into this State for the purpose of connecting with the Valley road at Fresno and also to make a soutkern terminal at Los Angeles. The statement appears to be based upon tan- gible probability, and developments will be watched with much interest. It was inadvertently announced in these columns recently that Messrs. Ruggles & Reuck had sold the Lodi Sentinel. 1t was the Review-Budget that they disposed of. W. C. Holloway, the talented young editor and proprietor of the Oakdale Leader, is being overwhelmed with jour- nalistic congratulations over his mar- riage to Miss Elsie Emery, an accom- plished young lady of Qakdale. The Advance is a new paper recently started at Porterville,, Tulare County. Itis a gem of tvpographical work and is full of pluck. The Redlands Citrograph has completed its seventeenth volume and is as hand- some in appearance and energetic in char- acter as ever. It could not be otherwise with Scipio Craig in the editorial chair, The Chico Chronicle-Record has undergone a complete change of management. V. C. Richard retires and E. E. Wood and C. ‘W. Clough succeed him. This strong old paper will continue its able work in ad- vancing the prosperity of one of,the richest sections of Californi: - PERSONAL. G. D. Plato, a merchant of Modesto, is at the Grand. A. Rubenstein, a merchant of Fresno, is at the Russ. R. J. Harrell, s banker of Visalia, is staying at the Palace. Assemblyman R. I. Thomas of Nevada City is at the Palace. R. T. Devlin, an attorney of Sacramento, is & guest at the Grand. C. C. MclIvor, a big winemaker of Mission San Jose, is at the Palace. 0. M. Simpson, & leading lumber man of Stockton, is at the Occidental. John Spaulding, & mining man of Auburn, registered at the Grand yesterday. Senator E. C. Voorhies came in from Sutter City yesterday and registered at the Palace. A. Trojan of Budapest, Hungary, one of the principal owners of Hunyadi Water, is at the Palace. Sam McMurtrie, a contractoron the coastline of the Southern Pacific, came up from Guada- lupe yesterday and registered at the Palace. H. R. McCullough, general freight agent of the Chicago and Northwestern, arrived from Chicago yesterday and registered st the Palace. Alired Stillmen, a well-known insurance man, formerly of this City, came down from Portland yesterday and is staying at the Cali- foruia, Gerald L. Lansing, secretary and controller of the Southern Pacific, who has been ill for several months and unable to attend to his duties, is about to go to Santa Barbara for some days. A MONSTER REPTILE. 1f the eyes of our reader conld open in the Jurassic_Age, on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains, he might behold the strangest, if not the largest, reptile that ever existed; not that its proportions were at all contemptible—since it measured at least thirty feet from head to end of tail—but its anatomy and external appearance were beyond com- parison the most extraordinary that ever ex- isted, says Popular Science. Even the mon- ster mammal, the megatherium, was an ordi- nary, common-place sort of creature in com- parison. This is the great roof lizard or stego- saurus. In appearance it resembled what? The gigantic comb of some almostinconceiv- ably great cock. A comb with legs and arms distantly suggesting those of a human being AROUND THE CORRIDORS.| Joseph Fairbanks, who served as a private in the Federal army from July 1, 1861, to June 23, 1865, and has been a resident of San Fran- cisco most of the time since then, claims to be the youngest veteran of the Civil War who car- ried & musket in that great contest between the North and the South. “I see that John E. Watson claims to be the youngest veteran of the war,” he said yester- day. “He isn’t, though, and I ean prove it. He didn’t enlist till 1864. Why, man alive, I'd been fighting four years then and had been in over twenty batiles and was still only about the same &ge &s he.” Then Mr. Fairbanks told of his experiences. He was a newsboy of Albany, N.Y.,and a favor- ite among the officers of the camp neer that city. They gave him many privileges not ac- | corded other youngsters. “One day William King, eaptain of Company I of the Thirty-fourth New York Infantry, | glossy sur Jos. Fairbanks. [From a photograph.j asked me why I didn’t go for a soldier, I bad got the army fever and it was just what I | wanted. So1 said, ‘but am I big enough?’ “He looked at me and cailed & soldier, and told him to give me his gun. Then I putitat charge and the soldier pressed against the bayonet with his chest till it hurt him, but he couldn’t push me back, so Captain King said I'd do, andIenlisted. Thatwas July 1, 1861. I was then just 12 years 1 month and 8 days old, but I was big for my age and strong.”’ Young Fairbanks was at once sent to Wash- ington, and joined the army of the Potomac, where he &t first followed the fortunes of Gen- eral McClellen, and saw most of the awful fighting in Virginia and Pennsylyania. To substantiate his claims he has the testimony of R. H. Webber of 2225 Larkin street, who has been a letter-carzier ir this City for many years. Webber was then a young man of 20, &nd in the long marches through Virginian swamps he often carried his boy-comrade’s gun and blankets 8 well a8 his own. When Fairbanks® term of service expired he enlisted for three years in Company K of the | Seventh New York Hesvy Artillery. He was | ordered to Fort Reno, just back of Washing- | ton, but was employed by Grant in the in- | fantry, and was at Fort McHenry, in Maryland, A GIGANTIC STEGOSAURUS ON BROADWAY. [Reproduced from Popular Science.] and a head which, if it were not so d(sEro T- tionately small, might suggest the beak of the bird to which the comb belonged. Like the megatherinm, the stegosaurus could support itself upon its tail and two hind legs, & posture that seems to have been possible to many of the earlier animals, but which is now possessed only by the different species of kan- garoos. The forelimbs had as much freedom of action as & human arm, the fore feet or paws were provided with five fingers, but the large and powerful hind legs had only three toes, covered and protected by heavy hoofs. The most curious part of the external anatomy of the creature. is the great plates that, placed in a row along its back, gave it the appearance of the comb of a cock, of which mention has been made, and the most cutious partof its internal anatomy is that it had two sets of brains, one in its skull and another ten times as large in the regiou of its haunches. Its sohd bulk, if laced across & street of ordinary width like Broldvuy would completely block it, stretch- ing across from one sidewalk to the opposite. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. Pierre Loti is writing a romance called “Ra- moncho,” about smugglers on the Basque frontiers. It will be ready next summer. Canon Muller of Fulda has arranged the old Saxon epic, *‘Heiland,” describing the life of Christ, as & mystery play and set it to music. The grave of Grimaldi, the great English clown, is in St. James' churchyard, Penton- ville, London. Mme. Grimaldi, his niece, has started & movement to have a monument erected over it. King Humbert of Italy has received a mew pet. Itisa young lion, caught near Kassala, and is kept in a stable of the Palazzo San Felice, Rome. Itsattendant is a native of the Tigre, & tall, robust youth, who speaks Italian well. The late Baron Larrey, son of Napoleon’s surgeon, has left a bequest to the Paris Acad- emy of Science for an annual prize of 1000 francs for the best treatise by an army doctor on any question of medicine, surgery or sani- tation. Dr. McGlynn has settled down to the routine duties of a suburban pastor. In his church at Newburg he has introduced a number of city improvements, and his old-time ability to make friends end keep them is as pronounced as ever. At the election of Pope Pius IX, out of sixty- ome Cardinals only nine were not Italians; 2 his death there were twenty-four non-Italians out of sixty-four. When Cardinal Persico died a little while ago the numbers were equal, mmu of each, but the death of C: Mel leaves the Italian Cardinals in & ma- Jority of one. when mustered out of the service with an hon- orable discharge. It was not till long after the war that he suffered materially from the wounds he re- ceived in the service. Latterly he has been unable to leave his bed, and has been reduced to absolute want, his pension of $11 a month, increased by what his oldest boy makes selling Dapers, being the sole support of a large fam- ily. Heis too proud to ask help, but has from time to time received assistance from old com- rades, who have sent food and clothing ana money to his home at 5014 Norfolk street. He is a comrade of Lincoln Post No. 1, G. A. R. LADY'S WAIST WITH BOLERO. Lady's skirt with circular front and godet back. The Bolero is much in evidence again show- ing itself in dayland evening waists, for both young and older women. ‘The illustration above shows two Ways of combining materials ‘very charmingly. The la: figure illustrates & 1 exquisite gown of black and light blue, the skirt, back of waist end Bolero being of the wool fabric; the sleeves of black satin, the full front of black chiffon over biue. The revers of blue overlaid with white lace. The back view shows another gown in plaid, put of bright colors, many hues being harmoniously blended in a delightful manner, suggestive of the plumage of the peacock. The waist back and the Bolero are of brown velvet, with re. Yers of white satin covered with creamy lace, and finished with & narrow band of sable. Tie vest is of white satin &nd lace, maiching the revers, the sleeve of the plaid wool matching the revers. The folded collar is of white satin ribbon, with & large bow at the back. Made in light colors, this model forms some of the newest and handsomest evening waists. Two materials are generally employed, as chif- fon in pale violet, of which the full short puffer sleeve is made (the ruff or fitted lawn sleeve being omitted in these design weists), the waist back and Bolero being of white sain, with vio- lets (of velvet) in natural tints strewn over its ce. The revers of lace are plain white satin. Another waist was of creamy lace over white satin_for the sleeves. and full front, the waist and back Bolero being of rose-colored miroir velvet, of which the collar was also made. The revers of velvet were edged with sable. § A waist made entirely of black chiffon over a black silk with flowers in gay colors, had the Bolero and revers of “miroir” velvet in “conleur de rose.” This waist suggested possi- bilities for making over a figured Japan silk into a stylish bodice. g 5 A dream in pink had pink chiffon sleevss and weist iront, the waist back revers and Bolero being of creamy lace over pink satin; the revers trimmed with a finger of sable. CAMP MEETING SONG. On, it ain’t 80 mighty long twell you hear de trum- pet blow— Sinner, git yo' ticket fer de train! Ef you wan to ter get ter glory youmust whip de hoss and go— Sinner, git yo' icket fer de train! Yonder is de rainbows a-shini Satan fer de sinner s a-pinin He's a-waitin’ night en day Tyell de sinuer come his way— O, sinner, git yo' ticket fer de tran! Ob, de sky is gwine to roll up, en de moon'll tu'n ter red— Sinner, git yo' ticket for de train! Is you gwine ter let de trumpet wake de sinner up n bed? Sinner. get yo’ ticket fer de train! Yoniler is de rainbow a-shinin’; Satan fer de sinner is a-pinin’; He’s a singin’ er his song Twell de sinner come along— - Oh, sinner, git yo’ ticket fer de 'train! hicago Times-Herald. CURRENT HUMOR. The Rev. Mr. Gideon Gosling—My arrival here seems to have caused some excitement. Porter—Yes, sir, but, bless yer, nothing to the dancing bear that came yesterday.—Punch. Saleswoman—Isn’t The cashier an awful fool? Floor Walker—Why? Saleswoman—Why, she gets $100 a month and is going to get married.—Chicago Record. “The difference between a street and a woman,” said the Cheerful Idiot to the assem- bled and up-to-that-time-happy boarders, *is that the cross streets are quietest.”—Indianap- olis Journal. Sunday-school Teacher—Why were only Nosh and his family saved in the ark? Small Boy—'Cause Noah was good, and didn’t ask nothin’. The rest wanted the earth,an’ they got it.—New York Weekly. 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