The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 3, 1896, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1896. 9 IN DEFENSE OF PASTOR BROWN, His Statement Promises to Be Extremely Sen- sational. | MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED Declares That He Is Being Per- secuted by a Man Worth i Millions. THE COUNCIL MEETS TO-DAY. Mrs. Cooper Has Three Important Witnesses in Reserve — Mrs. Stockton Indorsed. The ecclesiastical council will resume the hearing of testimony in the case of Dr. Charles O. Brown this afternoon at 2 o'clock. If the programme as arranged by the committee on charges at a meeting vesterday is carried out Mattie Overman will be the first witness placed on the stand. It is said, however, that a strong effort | is being made by Dr. Brown and his friends | to postpone the cross-examination of this | all-important person as long as possible, The committee having this matter in charge holds that a witness should com- plete his or her story, subject, of course, recall at any time by either side. Advocate Woodhams,who is merely advisory member of the council, is dis- posed to allow the defense £11 the latitude desired in presenting its side of the case. While there is no distinct clash between the judge advocate and the council, there 1s a disposition on the part of the latter to have the case presented more systema tic- in the future. There are rumors afloat to the effect that before the week is ended there will be mat- ters laid before judges of Dr. Brown which | vilt eclipse anything yet presented for the | deration of that body. ! Mrs. Cooper has three witnesses in re- | ,and their testimony, she declared t, would destroy the confidence of | tanchest friends, who have | ved in the reverend gentle. | man’s innocence. i “To give out this testimony now,” said | Mrs. Cooper, *“would be to put the defense | a position to manufacture a rebuttal. There are many people who could come | forward and tell some very damaging | things against Dr. Brown, but they have a wholesome and well-grounded fear of the | revereng gentleman’s brutal and unmanly | way of conducting _the cross-examination. | “There is one witness, however, who is | not afraid to face Dr. Brown. I havean idea that when this story is told there will be very few questions asked except by memnbersof the council. I have just received a letter from Dr. Chase of Port Angeles which proves how grondless were the charges made against poor.Mrs, Stockton. This letter isas fol- lows! to Soxowa, Cal., Feb, 29. Dear Mrs. Cooper: 1 was very much sur- ed to read in recentreports of the trial of r. Brown the charges he made agai haracter of Mrs, Stockton. If Dr.Brow informed this is all a reyel din Port Angeles all the time Mr. and her heving ruined homes ome. I dothink she wasat tim but lous and perhaps indiscreet, as to| these grave crimes 1 certainly know mnoth- | ing of them. It really musi be that D Brown has been deceived. It is not that anything I can _say or do will be of service in this sad affair, bnt I.write this personally to you in the hope that the woman you are trylng to befriend is not as bad as she isrepresented to be. 1 know of several facts | in her fayor which 1 would tell you could 1 see | you; but what matters the past if she is t ginning anew? She did work hard. She had | many temptations and queer characters to deal | with. I have a number of letters from her | since this trouble and have an interest in her | such as no other could have, as I have her lit- tle one. Siacerely yours, Mes. COLYN CHASE. It is impossible at this time to determine when the case for and against Dr. Brown will be finally closed and the council asked | to render a verdict. The cross-examina- | tion of Miss Overman will probably con- | sume a day. Mrs. Davidson has promised | to appear when wanted and her cross- | examination will require a day if not more. Then the accused pastor must of | necessity give a statement, in which must | be embodied all the details of the charges | against him, which in a.general way may be said to have begun when he assumed | the pastorate of the First Congregational | Church. | In addition to the testimory and cross- | examination of the three most important vitnesses in the celebrated case, James MMason has yet to support his charge of in- | imidation.” This wili be followed by evi- | didence in rebutral, at which time Mrs. | 7Cooper declares she will produce the sen- | UTeation of the trial. From present indica- | o tions the council will require at least eight | days to conclude its investigations. The statement of Dr. Brown, made under oath, promises to be almost as sensational as that of his allefied co-partner in crime, Miss Overman. e will enter a general | aenial of all the accusations made against him, and follow this up by declaring that | he is the victim of a foul plot, on which | Miss Overman in her story touched but | lightly. < L The reverend gentleman will claim that | he has been persecuted by a man worth miliions, and all because he would not | submit to certain indignities which a | friend of the millionaize endeavyored to beap upon him, He will declare that others had a hand in associating his name unplessantly with that of a now prom- inent member of his church. The pastor will tell all these thingsand attempt to support what he says by giving the names of his alleged persecutors. Dr. Brown will of course make a vigo. ous assault on the character of Mrs. David- son. He will attempt to show that she 1s not only an irresponsible person, but has since her confinement in prison endeavored 10 secure perjured testimony against him. The pastor will attempt to prove that the alleged blackmailer under threat of expos- | ing the son of Mrs, Walling of Muckilteo, i Wash., who while in her emgloy embez- zled $200, demanded of tbat lady that she swear to certain things against him. Mrs. Walling was expected to say under | oath, that \vhife stopping at a Sixth-street lodging-house, she had seen Dr. Brown and Miss Overman enter the place, and securing a room next to hers, remain for several hours. Of course the keyhole figures in the story. Mrs. Walling, it seems, declined to enter into such an ar- rangement, but instead exposed the entire scheme to Dr. Brown. That gentleman, accompanied by Detective Seymour_ylsl(evi a station justacross the San Mateo hr}e. one |- day last week and then met Mrs. Walling and she told how she had suffered at Mrs. Davidson‘s hands, of the threat, and last of the advice of a Seattle attorney, t'hat ehe tell Dr. Brown the whole story. The accused pastor will present this in ‘his de- fense and will be supported by Detective Seymour and Mrs. Brown. This lady will also give a general statement covering the case as she knows it. T'he committee on charges will meet to- day at1oclock. An hour later the coun-; | continued on_his way. | hand on the hilt of his swozd. S cil will convene, Miss Overman being prob- ably the first witness called. e g MATTIE MUST TESTIFY. She Has Been Subpenaed, With Mrs. Tunnell and Dr. Brown, for the Davidson Case. The troubles of Miss Overman have no more than commenced, for her peculiar story told before the council in the Brown trial must be repeated in the Superjor Court, and this time under an oath, to vio- late which is perjury. She is wanted asa | witness in the case against Mrs. Davidson, | and a subpena has been issued for her. Subpenas are also out for Dr. Brown and Mrs. Tunnell, and all at the request of George A. Knight, Mrs. Davidson’s attor- ney. It is thought by the defense in the Da- vidson case, that Miss Overman’s testi- mony before the council would be valuable if repeated in court, and the evidence of the othiers also is wanted for the defense, as there is much Mrs. Tunnell and Dr. Brown can tell, Knight thinks, which will heip, rather than harm, h: ient’s cause. He has not heard the stovies of any of these witnésses except through the papers, but he is afraid they will all vanish when the Davidson case comes to trial, so to prevent any attempt at emigration sub- penas were asked for, and by this time | have probably been served on the three most important witnesses. Mrs. Davidson’s bail has been reduced from $5000 to $3000 by order of Judge Bahrs, before whom the charge against her will be tried. Knight appeared in court yesterday and made ‘a motion for a reduction of the amount, and, the District Attorney consenting, the order was made, PURSUIT AND CAPTURE. John Devine Arrested for Defrauding an Innkeeper. John Devine, a laborer, 24 years of age, Keith Sells a Masterpiece of His Brush to Timothy Hopkins. ' IS BEAUTIFUL UPSIDEi|DOWN. Strikes Admiration in the Beholders. William Keith has been experimenting | 1ately in combinations of color in his can- | vases thatrecall the old masters, and he has invented an entirely new and original | way of-securing chromatic effects by dab- bing two freshly painted pictures together and jumping on them to knead the colors. Asareward forall this enterprise and | devotion to art Mr. Keith is selling off his pictures in a way that excites the envy | and admiration of people who were at first | inclined te scoff at pictures being produced with the feet. Even Col- {lis P. Huntington was induced to |part with some of his |hard-earned sheckels when he saw the art Keith was producing, and now the painter has just | sold three of his newest pictures to Timo- | thy Hopkins for a good, fat sum. One of the pictures that Mr. Hopkins has just made his is considered by Keith the ART LIKE A TURKISH RUG A Picture Whose Coloring 'Is What | | | | manner flows fro | tomed to look upon thei | also. lfeve in the spirit that goes roaming off into space.—Elder Teit, Seventh-day Adventist, Battle Creek, Mich. GOOD MANNERS, Manners should be to morals what the per- fume is to the flower. True refinement of nobility of soul. Manner is the fixed expression of civilization, not its megsure.—Rabbi Philipson, Hebrew, Cincin- natf} Ohio. SACRIFICE. The man who loves & cause best is he who has sacrificed most for it, and the most patri- otic among citizens are those who have lost a limb on the bal field.—Rev. W. R. Laird, Presbyterian, Westchester, Pa. SPIRITUALISM ET AL. One of the greatest dangers of the present day is the people seeking after some novelty in doctrine such as spirituglism. What is needed in the church to-day is contentment with god- liness.—Rey. E. M. Wood, Methodist, Alie- ghany, Pa. FAST LIVING. The times are too fast, they require too much money, and the poor have to struggle too hard to live. The rich set the pace, the middle class follow and the poor live in dissatisfaction.— Rev. W. W. West, Baptist, Pittshurg, Pa., THE AWAKENED SOUL. The first feeling of the awakened soul is one of fear. The eyes are opened to see the great- 1ess of their sins. They have been so accus- ir sins as such insig- W. H. Stubblebine, nificant things.— Rev. Seranton, Pa. SUNDAY. Rest one day in every week is necessary for man, beast and machinery. Six days are enough to devote to secular pursuits, and one day is not too much to be given to mental and spiritual development.—Rev. G. P. Rutledge, Norfolk, Va. NATIONAL SINS. God punishes sin in nations as in individ- uals. Nationalsins bring national calamities. “:Righteousness exalteth & nation.” The na- tion must be “established in righteousness,” or it will not be established at all.—Rev. E. Humphries, Methodist, New Bedford, Mass, MARRIAGE LAWS. God has his laws about marriage and the re- lations of the family. The State has_its laws Breeking a State law is one thing, but violating the Christian law isamuch more serfous consideration. Divine law declares for one lifelong union of one man and one woman, for mutusl improvement, uplifting of “ The Nocturne,” William Keith’s Painting That Timothy Hopkins Has Bought. [Reproduced by *“ The Call’ from a pen sketch made by Mr. Keith.] recently from the country, went into Mc- Phee’s restaurant, 1507 Market street, last night and ordered a 10-cent meal. When he went to the counter to settle he found | he had only a nickel, so he bolted out of the door and the proprietor started after him yelling “‘Stop thiei!”” Devine ran into Qak street, hotly pur- sued by McPhee and a crowd who had been attracted by the cries of *‘Stop thief.” Policeman O’Connell joined in the chase and called upon Devine to stop, but he O’Connell fired a shot to intimidate him, but it had the ef- fect of increasing his speed. Devine had just tarned into Gough street when he ran into the arms of Policeman Brownlee. He | was taken to the City Prison and charged with defrauding an innkeeper. St et oy DISOBEYED NAPOLEON. Admiral Bruix’s Bold Stand at Bou- logne. It was not often that Napoleon merited | the disobedience of his officers and the | condemnation of his soldiers, but Con- stant, in his memoirs, describes an occur- | rence that took place while the army and fleet were quartered at Boulogne. 1t was, as he gives it,a melancholy example of the Emperor’s obstinac; One morning, when he was setting out for his usunal | ride, he left oraers that the vessels form- | ing the line of blockade should leave their positions, as, on returning, he in- tended to review them in open sea. When | this order was reported to Admiral Bruix he replied that the review could not take place that day, and no preparations were made. As the Emperor’s will was law, his reception of the admiral’s answer and the inattention paid to his order was an angry one. The admiral wassummoned to Nepoleon's presence, and a terrible scene follows “Mr. Admiral,” said the Emperor, in an agitated voice, “why have you not executed my or- ders?” +Sire,” replied Admiral Bruix, “there ise horrible tempest brewing. Your Majesty can see it as well asTcan. Do you wish 10 ex- pose the lives of so many brave fellows with- out necessity !” “Sir,” replied the Emperor, more end more irritated, “I gave orders; once more, why have you not executed them ? The consequences concern me alone. Obey!” “‘Sire, I will not obey.” “Sir, you are insolent!” and the Emperor, who still held his riding-whip in his hand, advanced toward the admiral with a threatening gesture. Admiral Bruix drew back e step and laid his “Sire,” he said, turning pale, ““take care!” The Emperor, mo- tionless for a time, his hand raised, fixed his eyes on the admiral, who, on his side, main- tained his terrible attitude. At last the Em- eror threw his whip on the ground. M. Bruix et go the hilt of his sword, and with uncov- ered head awaited the result. “Rear-Admiral Megon,’ said ,the ou wilk have the movement'I ordered ex- ecuted on the instant. As to you, sir,”’ contin- ued he, bringing his glance back to Admiral Bruix, “you will leave Boulogne within twen- ty-four hours, and retire to Holland. Go!” The maneuver was executed by the less courageous Magon, but hardly "had the first steps been taken when the tempest burst. The ships were scattered by the wina and in a few moments more than twenty gunboats, crowded with soldiers and sailors, were cast ashore. The Em- peror tried to go to their aid in a lifeboat, but he was nearly drowned and was obliged to return, although his example sent to the rescue those who crowded the shore. They coula not accomplish much, and 200 corpses thrown on the beach next day were the impressive results of that day’s work. peror, - —————— Native Sons of the Golden West. Grand Vice-President Gesford, Grand Secretary Lunstedt and others, visited Las Positas Parlor last Monday. The two social events of the week were the bail given by San Francisco Parlor and theé danquet given by Columbis Pavior. These were given on Saturday night, one in Soclal hall and the other in the banquet hall of the new- building. Both were well attended and each proved a complete success. — e A writer, who was within a few feet of a lion when he killed a donkey, says that the weight of the lion’s body dashed the donkey to the iround"but from the gasp- ing sound he heard—it was too dark to see—the donkey was evidently choked to death, | best thing he ever painted. The workis | called “Sunshine and Shadow,”’ and one | of its great attractions is that whichever | way you hold it up the picture is equally | beantiful to the connoisseur. “It is like a Turkish rug,” said Mr. Keith as he viewed his handiwork, and saw that it was good. ‘“The beauty of this | picture lies in its_combinations of colors, Look at it that way up, there’s a color stheme that I might labor for weeks and | not get again. | stable—it leaves so much to the imagina- | tion.” | As the light fell on ‘Sunshine and | Shadow,” one saw that it represented a stretch of country at the edge of a forest, with a path beside a meandering stream, | that seemed to lead right into the picture. The coloring was somberly magnificent, | and made one think of the antique masters ‘i that have been seasoned by age. | \ | “Now look at it that way,” said Keith, deftly turning the picture upside down. “The sky looks like a lake with the forest | mirrored 1n it; but pshaw! that’s not the charm of the picture, it is the coloring. The thing is a rug,a Turkish rug, not like that’ and the artist indicated a Japanese rug that lay at his feet; ‘‘but like that,” and he turned his attention to a magnificent prayer rug that is one of the | glories of the studio. “I have been turning my attention,’” he | continned, *'to getting into my canvases as many combinations of colors as nature uses. Not long ago I was painting a sun- | rise, and wben I got up the next morning | bless me if nature was not trying to do the | same thing with the same colors. I told | came over his face that Carlisle wore when he had a bad attack of indigestion; but it is true all the same.” | _Another of the pictures that Timothy | Hopkins has bought is called “The Noc- | turne.” The artist says he wanted to | throw in as much poetry as possible with | his paintings, and he thinks Nocturne is the most poetical way of describing an | evening scene. *“‘The Nocturne’’ shows a California meadow, well wooded, with cattle grazing beside a stream. The sun is setting behind a bank of clouds, and the coloring of the picture is in cool grays and | greens, which bear no resemblance to a | Turkish rug. The third of Timothy Hopkin’s acquisi- tions bears the poetical name of *“The Golden Hour.” Itisa picture that one | seems to gee right into, as the sun sets in a %‘olden haze behind clumps of California oaks. Just at present William Kelth is so much absorbed in painting a new picture that he has scarcely time to rejoice in his good fortune in disposing of three of his canvases at one stroke to a railroad mag- nate. The new work is called “Tpe Golden Heritage,” and represents a field of ripe wheat in early autumn-time, sur- rounded by mountains covered with a soft purple haze. | RELIGIOUS THOUGHT AND PROBRESS An Epitome of Sermons of the Week Throughout the Land. Foliowing is a summary of the principal sermons recently delivered in the United States and Canada by the leading clergy- men, priests, prelates, religious teachers and professors of the Christian faith. In every instance the full text has been care- fully read and abbreviated: CHURCH MUSIC. An unsinging church is like a face without expression, like a lamp without light.—Rev. C. C. Hall, Presbyterian, Brooklyn, N. Y. EQUALITY. All men were created equalin the eyes of God, and they all have an equal_chance of ob- taining eternal salvation.—Kev. Joseph Keelty, Catholic, Columbus, Ohio. THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC. Can any good moral resson be given for the liquor traffic? Can any one say a good thing for it s regards morality, law and orderor pa- triotism 7—Rev. J. H. MacDonald, Methodist, Newport, R. L. 3 AFTER DEATH. ‘When & man dies he dies and remains dead until he is resurrected. Adventists do not be The thing is like a Con- | that to Professor Muir, and the sort of look | character, discipline and obedience to divine wi —Xfl;hnp Hall (Episcopalian), Woon- sock RELIGION FOR THE MASSES. Christianity is a religion for the millions— for the masses. All have sinned and all need the gospel of redemption. Woe to any church that degenerates into a social club and caters only to her own g.ewhomers.—Rev. H. Jones, Baptist, Louisville, Ky. PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY. Tt is of little use to try and teach amanabout the Bible and Christ auid God when his stomach | isempty or he is suffering from the cold. The | human heart must be touched where it is most | vulnerable.—Rev. William Rainsford, Episco- | palian, Cincinnati, Ohio. DOCTRINE. To live on doctrine is like feeding a hungry man on the formula of & heefsteak. Catechisms and theologies must be made into the bread of | life if the soul would feed on them.—Rev. A. J. | Nelson, Metrodist, San Rafael, Cal. PROGRESS. The church must encourage new learning. Tt Verily we stand | must foster investigation. | upon the threshold tific knowledge | ehurch must be lively | march of modern thought.—Rev. A. | field, Universalist, Chicago, Iil. CONFIDENCE. | Weareliving in hard times. The experts in | finance tell us, and the recent bond sale justis | fies the view, that these hard times arisé, not from lack of money, but from lack of confi- dence. Without counfidence credit is impos- sible, and without eredit business dissolves.— Rev. Dr, Hiden, Baptist, Richmond, Va. MOTHERHOOD. Motherhood is woman’s truest glory. What. ever other rights woman may attain, none will will throw around her the luster which attends motherhood. Yet how many there are who { discount motherhood. The imperative need of | the Thour is arevival of motherhood in its truest, highest and moblest sense.—Rev. Leon | Sonfield, Episcopalian, Galveston, Tex. BOCIAL CONDITIONS. To develop men we must have more than the | bare necessities of life. Our race is dying out | atihe top and being renewed from the bottom. | The liquor-drinking classes barely live, yet.the race goes on while the wealthier = societ) dwindles down, leaving but few heirs.—Rev. J. H. MacDonald, Methodist, Newport, R. I. FUTURE PUNISHMENT, The Universalist Church believes in h punishment, both here and in ,,,,“:,0:.2- lt‘«: come. There are not ministers nor theologies enough in all the world to - disguise, to dul‘)mve the self-evident fact that every violated law will bring its penalty; that whlflo&ver aAmn‘ n};veth that shall he also reap.—Rev. T ammott, U Brockton, Mass. Uniretaslist, THE JAPANESE. All the virtues of mankind exis Christianism was born, and they exl‘seldl:,re::{; and vitally to-day in lands where it isun- known. In the 30,000,000 Japanese there is found more humanity, more charity, more in- tegrity, more sweetness of life without the gos- pel than in any 30,000,000 of christendom with the gospel.—Rev. Dr. Wheelock, Unitar- ian, Austin, Tex, PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The public school is the inheritance of the people, and within its walls no word or prac- tice should be nttered or performed that can wound the religious susceptibilities of any child who attends it. To act in any other spirt is deceptive, unjust, un-American and seditious, inasmuch as it _tends to breed secta- rian strife.—Rabbi J. L. Levy (Hebrew), Phila- delphia, Pa. J. Can- EVOLUTION. { The Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve, the serpent, the fall; what is all this but poetry, the groducl of uniformed im&ginlfiog’l \\"e now know that the human race did not begin perfect, and then descend intoa state of sin and brutality and utter misery, but that it has climbed upward from the lowest manifesta- tions of life to the civilization of which we now boast.—Rev. D. M. Wilson, Unitarian, Westerly, R. L. SPIRITUAL PHOTOGRAPHY. The human soul is the tablet on which the image of Jesus isto be photographed, as- the sensitive plate must developed in the chemical baths before the image appears, so our hearts must be made clean—cleansed b: his blood and annoiuted by the grace of God. Light is essential in the physical process. 8o in the spiritual portrait there must be plenty of light.—Rev. M. A. Head, Methodist, Cleveland, Onio. SCIENCE AND THE CHURCH. Under the guidance of the church the whole universe has joined in the worship of the trne God. The church knew that human seience was the handmaid of faith, and there is no branch of art or science that does not aid her mission. All great scientists, with a few excepticns, have been deeply religious. The church has always been to science a kind and helpful friend.—Rev. Father Doody, Cath- olic, Cambridge, Mass. LIBERAL RELIGION. . A liberal in religion is one who keeps his heart and mind open to every appearance of tenth and beauty, who expects new light and welcomes larger vision, Thus heis the man of progress, because, while remaining loyal to the truth he has, he Jooks ever for new truth, believing that the universe of God is notyet exhausted, but that there are great reservoirs of truth and life to be drawn upon for human needs.—Rey. O. J. Fairchild, Unitarian, Spo- kane, Wash, THE GOD-IDEA- There is a vast difference between the God- idea and the idea of God. The God-ided has ever existed in the mind of humanity, and the idea of God has constantly changed asman has progressed from savagery to civilization. The God-idea is a fundamental factor in the mind of the individual, but the idea of God de- pends upon the degree of the intelligence of the individual. The God-idea is the highest Eossibflityoi the individual.—Rev. F. E. Mason, rooklyn, N. Y. THE NEW PHOTOGRAPHY. If Roentgen and Edison can upon their sen- sitive plates photograph the inner man, how much more can he who knows, understands and controls all the laws and forces of nature! I think of the Great Eye that reads every thought and emotion, and records unerringly upon the sensitive plates of his great Book of Remembrance human deeds. How can.a man remain impure and untrue in the light of modern science, whose rays are focused upon the fact of God's omniscience and upon the judgment day?—Rev. L. W. Allen, Presby- terian, Newark, N. J. IDEAS. Tn a physiological sense, the brain rules the man. "It is the central office of his bodily functions. Likewise the mind de- termines the moral, spiritual plane of life. Itisa unity and aunifier. We are ruled by ideas. How & man lives depends on what ideas are in his mind. Thus & man’s belief important. It is his master. Itis not alwe what he subscribes to, but what he thinks, that determines him. Even the conscience follows intelligence, and is trained to right activity by correct ideas.—Rev. H. P. de Forest, Congre- gationalist, Detroit, Mich. ————————— TRADE IN AUTOGRAPHS. Whims of Collectors That Affect.the Value of Signatures. A considerable trade in autographs of celebrated persons is carried on in New York, though the great international mar- ket for valugble autographs is London. Tbere are autograph as well as stamp brokers. The trade in old, rare and valu- able postage stamps is much better sys- tematized than that in autographs, and fluctuations in.the price of the latter are, in consequence, much more general. Autograph collectors usually secure the signatures which they seek #t private sale, through the intervention of autograph deal- ers, but occasionally there isa public auc- tion sale, and then a new set of quotations is establishea. The prices are invariably higher in cases of deceased persons, whose supply of autographs (except fictitious posthumous ones, of course) is necessarily limited. The value put upon signatures of living Eersons by collectors fluctuates greatly. The autographs of a distingnished actress or singer, for instance, such as the late Adelaide Lillian Neilson, Parepa Rosa or Pauline Lucca, would be much in de- mand while she was a public favorite, but the demand for them woula, as it has done, decrease after her retirement. At a public_sale of rare and valuable autographs in London some vears ago the signature of George Washington brought £10, or $50, an autograph of Benjamin Franklin, £6, or §30, and one of Washing- ton Irving, £2, or §10. At the same sale an autograph of Walter Scott brought £17, and an autograph of Robert Burns £18. The caprice of collectors of autographs was shown by the fact that a signature of George Eliot and one_of Queen Elizabeth brought the same price, £11, or $55. The autograph of Lor(f Nelson brought £11, and_of Thackeray £6. An autograph of Schiller brought £6, and of Richelieu, £5. At an American sale of autographs a few vears ago the highest price obtained was $50 for the signature of Roger Sherman. The autograph of Napoleon I brought $31, that of Thomas Jefferson $6, Andrew Jackson $5 50, Aaron Burr $7 50, Benjamin Franklin Patrick Herry $8, James Madison $5 50 and Davy Crockett (such is fame) $345. A signature of Washington at the same sale brought $5. An auto- graph of Benedict Arnold (date 1772) was quoted a few yearsago at $10 and. one of Martin Van Buren (1847) at $4 50. The lain, spirited and striking signature of ohn Hancock, first of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, familiar to every schoolboy, is rated Among col- lectors at $8, and the signature of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, at $1. James Monroe, who formulated the Monroe doctrine, does not stand high in the good graces of autograph hunters, ‘or his signature while President of the United States sells in the autograph market for 2. James Buchanan’s signature, forty years later, but probably much rarer, sells for $4. Three celebrities, whose auto- graphs are considered very valuable by collectors, are Lord Byron, Robespierre and Lord Chestertfield. "Sarah Bernhardt’s signature in the autograph market may be secured for §3.—New York Sun. NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. 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S, ndsome celluloid hane dles, value $3, will be offered at $1 75 eac At 8 LADIES’ ELEGANT SILK GLORIA® UM handles alone worth the money, value $4 h. 2.00 BRE SLLAS, with real Dresden handles, | , will be closed out at $2 each. MURPHY ket Street, ¢ BUILDING, oraer of Jones, SAN FIRANOISCS. .-~ Cats and Their Ways. Cats do not take punishment as dogsdo; their tempers rise, and if struck they are apt to strike back; but beyond a gentle cuff to a kitten, now and then, I find a scolding or an exclamation of rebuke enough. They are also lessintellizent and forgiving than a dog if unintentionally kicked or trodden on. There is no more beautiful expression in a dog’s tace than the look he turns to a friend who has in- voluntarily hurt nim, before there is time to explain; his whole demeanor expresses the highest magnanimity, not only the foregone pardon but the eager desire that the offender shall thick no more of the matter. In many respects cats are moze like men and women than dogs are; they have moods and their nature is complex. A dog is very much of a piece; he is a good dog or a bad dog, brave or cowardly, bonest or a sneak; the canine intelligence is much higher than the feline, but the disposition is simpler. Cats are exceeedingly irritable by tem. perament, sensitive to chanees of the weatiier, to frost, to thunder; they are ex- citable and naturally disposed to bite and scratch when at play; there is a curious tendency in them, as in ill-balanced or overstrung human beings, to lose their heads when in high spirits, and the self- command most of them show when full- grown in resisting these impulses is a striking proof of conscious responsibility. A fali- grown pet cat scarcely ever scratches a young child, no matter how much mauled by it. Besides being irri- table they are moody and subject to de- pression, probably a physical reaction from the former condition. Princess, though not a sullen cat, would sometimes forsake the hearth or verandas and pass days by herself on the garden wall or under a bush, not 11l nor out of temper, but out of spirits, morbid, and wishing for solitude instead of the symi)athy which she always sought in her real ailments and bereave- ments. Her peculiarities, both of race and indi- viduality, were remarkably defined, even when she held them in restraint, but, with one exception, all the cats I have known are captious. Their instinct when ill or sad is to be alone, but this is entirely neu- tralized by petting; they become as de- endent on caresses and sympathy as chil- ren, and much wiser than children when they are ill or injured, as they apply for relief with the most unmistakable sugges- tions, sometimes indicating plainly where they are in pain and presenting the suffer- ing member for treatment.” They are not so patient as dogs in taking medicine or submitting to surgical cave, but show their recognition of its benefit by coming back for it under similar circumstances.—Tem- ple Bar. Mary Anderson Declines Princely Offers. Offers, atedly being made to Mary ‘Anderson de Navarro to return to the stage, writes Edward W. Bok in March Ladies’ Home Journal, but she turns a deaf ear to them all. Only the past summer overtures came to her from an American manager, which insured a big fortune if she wonl consent to return to the stage for a brief period. There were six figures in the amount stipulated, and the first figure was. equal to the total number of nuwerals in the whole amount. But it had no effect upon her. Sbe turned away from it easily and without an effort. *No,"” she said, *‘I am through -with' the stage.” And thatv was all. rincely in their nature, are re-|. ') ” +LE Ax oryour life | ATTLE AX oryol The largest piece of GOOD tobacco ever sold fo I 10 cents. Choi 50C. TRIAL SETS ‘We prepay the postage and guarantee safe delivery of the Plants, ce Bulbs and Plants. Set A—3 Beautiful Palms, 3 sorts, strong plants, B_10 Lovely Carnations. 10 sorte 2.0 C—10 Prize-winning Chrysanthem y D—S Superb double Petunias, 5 kinds.... E—5 Grand lar; K_ 1 Manettia 1 Solaum, & ble, Grass, Clover, ’ Send for our ge-flowered Geraniums, 5 G—10 Elegant everblooming Roses, 10 kinds. 10 Flowerfag Plants, v Hao ¥ uchsia, 1 Heliotrope, Vine, 1 Carnation, I Geranium, 1 Petunia, 1 Abutilon, 1 Hydran: 3 Violet, 3 Sad. 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