The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 17, 1896, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1896 WOMEN VOTERS IN NEW TEALAND. The Countess Wachtmeister Talks of Their Suc- Cess. THE FIRST LADY MAYOR She Gave Opehunga Good Stree!s'; and Drainage and Saved Money. BLAVATSKY'S LAST WISH, The Noted Lecturer Deplores the Recent Split in Theosoph- ical Ranks. W Countess Wact t sophical lect io arrived here yes- terday, is a1thusiasm for what she results of granting C n in New Zealand. been spending a year lectur- for the society, which I joined in 1881, un- til my death. Now the Americans have split off from the old society and have founded a new one, taking as president a young Englishman of 25, and it pains me exceedingly to see the division, as it is1n | express contradiction to the wishes of Madame Blavatsky. Iam naturally work- ung here for the old society, which has as its president Colonel H. 8. Olcott, an American and the president-founder of the whole society. *“Under him there are six sections—the Indian, European, Scandinavian, Aus- tralian, New Zealand and American. Of this latter section Alex Fullerton, living in New York, is the general secretary.” Countess Wachtmeister was tendered a reception last night at Beethoven Hall by a number of Theosophists. She will | lecture to-day in Golden Gate Hall on *‘Death and After.” WAS IT MURDER? | Body of an Unknown Man Found in a ’ Pond in Golden Gate Park. The body of an unknown man was found ina pond of water near the end of the | speedtrack in Golden Gate Park yesterday | morning. The body haa evidently been | in the water some weeks and was so badly | decomposed as to render identification | practically impossible. The Coroner is unable to determine | whether the man came to his death by his own hand or was murdered. His throat | Was cut from ear to ear, and in the left | hand pants pocket was found a two- | i bladed "horn-handled knife, a bunch of keys and a razor, apparently new. The last-named instrument was in a case, but ister, the noted theo- | the blade showed streaks of coagulated | | blood. In the right hand vest pocket was |found a card bearing the name, * | i cigars, 95915 Market street.’ Inquiry at this place disclosed the fact that the stranger was not known there. I Itis possible that the unknown man cut Countess Constance Wachtmeister, RICHMOND HAS EQOD PROSPECTS. Bay District Racing-Track Will Close Forever in June. |BIG JOB OF GRADING. 5 e S Two Thousand Building Lots to Be Thrown on the Real Estate Market. | ALL STREETS TO BE IMPROVED. Over Three Million Dollars Will B: | Expended in Opening Streets | and Grading. | | Inaquiet way the Richmond District has made steady progress during the past few years. In proof of this, T. G. Parker, a real-estate man on Point Lobos avenue, | points to the fact that where building lots |in his vicinity were offered for sale five vears ago at from $400 to $500, the same | property is now worth from $1000 to $1500, | and, even at this advanced scale, they | would be worth considerable more if the | Park Commissioners would expend a por- | tion of their appropriation in improving that thoroughfare. As it is, Point Lobos avenue has the appearance of a neglected country road. In addition to this the Market-street Railroad Company, with its characteristic indifference to public opinion, permits its old rusty raiis to re- main in position on the center of the road | irom First to Thirty-first avenues, where they had been placed years ago for the purpose of preventing anybody else from | Operating a useful streetcar line there. Another case of monopoly indifference is painfully manifest on Eighth avenue, where the steamcars used to run from | Central avenae and California street to | the Park, but which have been abandoned the Great Exponent of Theosophy. |Drawn from o late photograph taken in Australia.] ing in the Australian colonies, and during thet time I virtually traveled all over Aus- tralia, New Zealand and Tasmania,” she said yesterday. “On all hands in New Zealand I saw the benefit of women being able to vote. One admirable result is that highly respectable men who before held aloof from politics are now coming for- ward and making their power felt in pub- Ie life. “The great objection that people urged before women were allowed to wield the ballot was that they would vote for their fathers, their brothers and their lovers, but that has not proved to be the case in New Zealand. On the contrary, they are most conscientious in making inquiries beforehand as to the character of the per- son for whom they are voting, and if there is any flaw in the man’s character, suchas drunkenness or kindred vices, they reso- Iutely refuse to give him their votes. This is naturally having the effect of seud- ing highly respectable men into the polit- ical arena,” The Countess spoke thoughtfully and earnestly, and it was evident from the readiness with which she cited facts to support her statements by personal ex- periences gained in New Zealand, that she bLad observed and cross-questioned closely during her tour. hasty enthusiasm, but quite thoughtful and sympathetic; her ready flow of lan- guage is the eloguence of the thinker rather than the mere brilliancy of a clever talker. The Countess is a genial, unaf- fected little woman and her title and honors sit very lightly upon her. Bhe is not the sort of | woman, in any ecase, to launch out into | | his own throat, put the razor in its case and then flung himself into the pool of | water. Thereisa prevailing impression, however, that murder has been committed and that when the pool of water where the body was found dries up another corpse will be revealed. FOR A SUBWY TROLLEY, | Union Iron Works Figuring Cost for the Market-Street Company. Rails That are Already Wired Can Be Utilized Without Addi- tional Expense. | A. Rosenholz, the inventor of the new underground Market-street Railway Company has had | for over two years, yet their rails are per- mitted to remain tilere much to the incon- venience of men who have been engaged during the past week on Seventh avenue grading it from Point Lobos avenue to the park entrance. The portion of the street | which is graded is monopolized by some | of Mr. Vining’s idle car-tracks, and in | order to open the street to teams grading | must be done on either side of the track. | Tue undertaking represents considerable | work, and it will be several weeks before it | will be finished. When this is done Richmond will then | have two tuoroughfares leading to the park entrance, and will be greatly venefited by | the improvement. This district has heretofore been sadly neglected. First avenue is in an almost impassable condition. Some want the av- enue put in proper condition and others are opposed, but between the two con- | tending elements and a franchise for a | steam railroad held by the Market-street | monopoly the avenue remains an eyesore and s source of annoyance to the people of the Richmond district. | In addition to ail those troubles, the contractor who laid down the three-foot wooden stringers through the sand has not fully compiied with the requirements of the contract, as can be seen by the follow- ing notification sent out from the Street Superintendent’s office to those affected : You wili kindly notify the pecple in your district, through’ your club, not to pay any money 'to J. J. O'Connor ' for constructing piank stdewalks. Those he has already down and is collecting for are not laid according to specification: hney should not be paid until &1 assessme: mede from this office. Several complaints have been made here, and I there- fore make this request. Yours respectfully, THOMAS ASHWORTH, | Superintendent of Streets. | Oneof the obstacles against the general | welfare of the Richmond Valley was the | Bay District race grounds. This is at last { doomed, and in less than two weeks or by the first of June the days of the old racing | grounds at First avenue will be over. For more than two years Warren & Malley | have been under contract to grade this | and adjacent property, but successive ex- | tensions of ths lease have prevented the beginning of tbe operations. ; All impediments will have been removed by the end of this month, and on the 1st | of June the contractors will start on one of | the largest grading jobs they have ever | undertaken. ‘LTheir operations will cover trolley system which the | an area of over2000 lots, exclusive of streets {and crossin, The territory to be im- | under consideration for some time, has Proved lies within the boundaries of First | received fresh encouragement from the East. Two prominent electricians, who have been here in the interest of the company operating 150 miles of cable roads in iCbicngo and the New York corporation about to enter into a contract for putting in the new electric system, pronounce it | the best underground trolley system extant. | and Fifteenth avenues and A and D streets. The contract covers the properties of the Crocker and Stanford estates, the W. V. Huntington tract and the lands of the San | Francisco Land Company, besides lots be- longingto smaller owners. | The intention is to put the whole prop- erly into first-class building cendition. | The streets will be graded, macadamized end sewered. The lots wil! be raised or lowered to conform with the official grade | and then clayed or manured to prevent ““In looking over the ground,” said Mr. | g)rmli(ngA Fences will be built around each | Poehlman yesterday, ‘‘these electricians DIOCK- 2 volunteered the opinion that the Rosen- |y Lhe Magnitude of the enterprise ean When questioned further about women | voters in New Zealand, she said: “I had | the good fortune to be in Christ Church at | the time of an election, and made minute | inquiries, as the subject interested me | much. I discovered that the majority of | the women took an intelligent interest in | politics, but there was a minority utterly | holz patent is the only economic under- ér_oum_i trolley system’'to be used in this ity—in fact, in any city. They so in- formed the Market-street Company and the Union Iron Works, which concern is figuring with the railway people on the cost of converting the cable lines into the buried trolley sysiem, indifferent—the vain and frivolous, I sup- pose. “I was fortunate in meeting the first lady Mayor, who acted in the capacity of chairman at one of my lectures. Her name was Mrs. Yates. She was Mayor of Onehunga. “During her term of office, which only lasted a year, she saved the town £800, an unprecedented event in that community. She fulfilled all her duties peafectly and saw tnat even the minutest affairs were looked into. The people had clean streets and good sanitary arrangements, and yet the town was able to save £800 under Mrs. Yates’ administration. It just shows what 8 woman can do. She was a ciever, agreeable woman and a thorough lady in every way, not one of your ‘new’ women of the period. Ehe attended well to her bome duties, too, for she was a woman who would do all she undertook to do well.” The Countess says it pleased her im- mensely to see the success of women in New Zealand, because in the theosophical philosophy women play quite &n equal part with men. *‘Theo<ophy was founded by a woman, Mme. Blavatsky,” she said. +I was her friend and lived with ker for six years, and I know that in every way she upheld the perfect equelity of women with men. now come to America a second time to find that this Theosophical Society, jounded by Mme. Blavatsky, has been split into two parts. “On her death-bed Madame Blavatsky entreated me to iry to keep the society together—to prevent it from disintegrat- Itis with great sorrow that I | *‘It will be recalled that several months ago the Market-street company went to the expense of wiring the rails on Market street as far up as McAllister street. Every one knows the intention was to construct an overhead trolley system. But they | won't. The people wouldn’t stand it, and the company knows that is so; hence the readiness with which the under-ground | gystem was embraced. | . “The electricians have given their opin | fon that the expense of ng the rails | will not be a loss. The same wiring can be utilized in laying the Rosenholz trolley without additional cost. ‘‘When the various parties interested | et through figuring it 1s highly probable the underground trolley will be put in ex- | tensive operation on the streetcar lines of the City. As a resident of San Francisco ionly hope we will have it before Chicago and New York.” Rosenholz is a San Franciscan and was employed in the electrical department of the Union Iron Works. He superintended the electrical work on the Oregon, and his work was highly commended gby the Gov- ernment inspecto; —————— Noted Temperance Orator to Speak. The celebrated orator, John G. Woolley, who has been lecturing very extensively all over | the United States, is to speak in the cause of | temperance to-morrow and Tuesday evene ings at the Metropolitan Temple, He has spoken in many of the largest cities of California during the past month, and every- where crowded houses have greeted him, Mr. Woolley is a lawyer by profession, and once received & fee of $500 for a srcc('h occupying | about five minutes, he winning his case thereby. ————— For Young Men. To-day at 3 o’clock C. C. Michener of New York, of the internstionsal force of secretaries ot the Young Men's Christain Association, will address young men exclusively at the Cnristain Association ball, Mason and Ellis ing—and I promised her that I would work strects. All young men welcome. | be imagined when it is stated that a mil- lion cubic yards of sand will have to be removed, that the work will take eighteen | months to complete, and that the cost of | the job is estimated at $300,000. | Work will tegin at the more westerly portion of the land to be graded. In order | to prevent drift from shifting sands through winds the contractors will take | the precaution of covering a tier of blocks yet further west with clay and manure, 3;0 as to keep their own work clear and ree. { The effect of this enterprise on realty in Richmond will be very beneficial. With a | dozen er more streeis opened from Point | Lobos avenue to the park grounds, the | beauty of the district, and its desirability | for residence purposes will doubtless be | sufficiently apparent to inaugurate a build- | ing boom throughout the entire area, par- ticularly when all the streets are graded and sewer facilities are provided, which will be within the next eighteen months, | Then Richmond’s hope foragrand future isexpected to begin. WILL PRAY ALL NIGHT, How the Orthodox Will Observe the Advent of the Feast of Weeks. Confirmation Services to Be Held at the Various Synagogzues To. Morrow Morning. Shevuoth, or the Feast of Weeks of the Jewish church, will be ushered in with sundown this evening. the fact that its date is fixed by reckon- ing @ week of weeks, or forty-nine days from the second night of the Passover or Pesach. At this time, under the ancient customs This holiday takes its designation from | of the people of Judea. it was customary to bring to the temple the first measure of barley as an offering, together with an offering of the first ripe fruits. This date is also the anniversary of the giving of the ten commandmentsto Moses on Mount Sinai. % On the eve of this holiday the orthodox Jew refrains from retiring to sleep. In- stead he passes the hours between twi- light and dawn in reading portions from the laws of Prophets, Psalms and parts of the Zohar, one of the Cabbalistic books. At the first glimmer of daylight he be- gins and repeats throughout the full morning schedule of prayers. Two days are observed by the orthodox and conservative, while the reform Jew deems one day sufficient to mark his piety and loyalty to Judaic rites. The modern Jew celebrates this day by decorating the synagogue with flowers and plants, and confirmation services for boys and’ giris are held in the various synagogues. These services have now assumed a prominent part in the observance of Shevuoth, ana the sight of the confession of faith by the young ot both sexes is bath a pretty and impressive one. Such ser- vices will be beld at all the synagogues on Monday morning. At Sherith israel’s Synagogue, on Tay- st streets, and at the Temple on Sutter street, special ser- be held this evening. For the former Cantor Davis has prepared an elab orate musical programme, and Rabbi Nieto will deliver a_lecture 'on “Religion tiie Basis of All Legislation.” — FAMILY LEFT TO STABVE, Peter Clerc, a Laborer, Deserts His Children and Dis- appears. Once a Soldier, at Last a Drunkard Whose Family Were in Rags ard Destitute. Peter Clerc, a laborer at Fort Point, dis- appeared from his home at 15 Pixley ave- nue, off Fillmore street, near Filbert, last Tuesday. He left five young children des- titute and starving, and has not been seen or heard of since. His daughter fears that he committed suicide, as he bad dissipated and grown discouraged. Frank Kane, secretary of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, discovered the abandoned children yester- day, and says that in all his experience he never before encountered such a pathetie case. He found Nora Clerc, a girl of 16, with her brothers—Edward, Peter, James and George, aged 14, 12, 10 and 8 respectively— | utterly neglected, hungry, filthy and in Tags. The mother died three years ago, leaving nobody to care for them or to keep a house over their heads. The place they lived in, over a stable, was in a reeking state. In the kitchen stood a dilapidated | stove, a battered old table, but no dishes, chairs or cooking utensils. room had but an old, broken- . and the two bedrooms a rickety in each with rags for bedding. was not & blanket in the house. | knives, fork The sittin, Everything was dirty—everywhere filth and refuse covered the floors and it all gave out noisome odors. The children themselves were no better off, for rags covered their bodies that pre- sented a pitiable sight. Secretary Kane removed the boys to the Youths’ Directory and left the gir! witha neighbor until he finds & home for her Monday. Peter Clerc, the father, was by trade a | butcher. He joined the United States | army in 1865 and remained a soldfer until 1883, rising to the rank of first sergzeant of a battery of the First Artillery. In 1883 he was dishonorably dischargea by general court-martial at the Presidio. His papers show that he sustained an ‘excellent’” character almost to the last in the army, but throw no light upon the cause of his discharge. Then he became a laborer. He worked around the Presidio ana at odd jous in that vicinity. Three weeks ago he went into town and received money due him for work. He got drunk and was arrested, and upon his release returned home and told his daugh- ter about his doings. Tuesday last, at 6 A. M., be left his house and went nobody knows where. He owed bills everywhere he could get credit near his house and spent his earnings on liquor. The children said yesterday they had | not had a meal in the house for a month. They depended on neighbors for food. In | the ‘morning Edward feli upon the street | from exbaustion. He was taken up by a kincly woman and fed. ers and sisters were just as sick as himseif { from starvation i PLUNGED INTO THE SURF Mrs. Swanson Makes an Unsuc- cessful Attempt to End Her Life. | Deserted by Her Husband She Con- cluied That Life Was Not Worth the Living. Left penniless in a strange city, without friends on whom she could rely for assist- ance, and despondent through ill treat- ment received at the hands of her hus- band, Mrs. Sophia Swanson yesterday aft- ernoon plunged into the surf at Bay View, fully determined to end her unhappy ex- istence in the cold waters of the bay. Fortunately, however, but contrary to ber wishes, John Mau, who was strolling along the beach, witnessed the attempt at suicide and he immediately rushed into the water and drageed the drowning woman to a place of safety, A V{mtml-wagon was then summoned and Mrs, Swanson, who by that time had fully recovered from the effects of her icy bath, was taken to the Potrero police sta- tion. A few hours later George Smith, who resides at the corner of Thirty-first street and Raiiroad avenue, although a total stranger to the woman, hut a man of charitable disposition, had her removed to his home. g Mrs. Swanson will remain with her benefactor until she either recesives aid from relatives in Germany or obtains em- vioyment and is able to ‘provide a living for herself. Uptoa few months aco Mrs. Swanson had been living h her relatives in Europe and it was at her husband’s bid- ding that she came to this City. She was here but a short time, however, when she was deserted by the man who should bave been her provider and pro- tector. He went to Gilroy, and contrary to expectations did not send for her, as he had promised, and even failed to forward money for the woman’'s support. Mrs. Swanson then searched for employment, but beini unsuccessful determiued to end her life, but fortunately for her she failed. ————— ‘Wilmerding School. ‘When the Board of Regents meet next week the representatives of the Merchants’ Associa- tion and Mechanics' Institute will present the ciaims of San Francisco to the Wilmerding School of Arts. Among the sites offered for the school are three from Mayor Sutro. The Mayor states that the best block he has to do- nate is an acre of land beiween A and B streets and Eighth and Ninth avenues. The other two lots ere south of the park and he considers them less desirable. larger quantity of cattle and sheep than they now do.—Nineteenth Century. ——————— Some interesting discoveries have re- cently been made about animal life on the Hawaiian Islands. It appears that all the land and fresh-water shells are peculiar to the locality. Fifty-seven out of the sev- enty-eight species of birds and 700 out of the 1000 species of insects do not exist in any other portion of the globe. WAS PRESIDENT AND DICTATOR, Arrival of Manuel L. Baril- las, the Famous Ruler of Guatemala. NEW TO-DAY. Dr. Edison’s Obesity Remedies Take Off Fat Fast! You Can Be Made Thinner, More Healthy and More Comely by the Use of Dr. Edison’s Obesity Pills, Fruit Salt and Bands for Fat People—They Have Cured Thousands and Will Cure You. WORTH MANY MILLIONS His Coffee Plantations Embrace More Than 60,000 Acres Near Quezaltenango. STORY OF HIS STRANGE LIFE. The Expedition, He Says, Is to Be a Success—Is Barrios’ Friend and Out of Politics. Ex-President and Dictator Manuel L. Barillas of Guatemala was among thie ar. rivals here on the City of Sydney yeste day and is at the Palace. The ex-Presi- dent is accomvpanied by his partner and manager, Pedro Bruni, by Miss Bruni and Dr. J. Rosal. Mr. Barillas besides being | an ex-President has been Dictator or{ | AE ABOVE PORTRAIT REPRESENTS Mre. Mollie Bensley Haves, widow of the late Hon. H. W. Hayes, who writes thus from her resi- dence in thiscity: “Dr Edison’s Obesity Pills and Fruit Salt have in two months reduced me 41 pounds in flesh and weight and cured me of Guatemala. He is a distingunished-looking man of medium height, heavy build and with | ihick, iron-gray bair and a mustache and goatee slightly touched by frost. stomach and kidney trouble, which had assumed g S _ in | ® mos: serfous aspect.” s ,“,‘he first "medhe has ever been in | % yritiC intiey Motley, Trinidad avenue, the United States, aud he has never been | yrires: «For too fat abdomen, hips and lower to Europe or elsewhere. The man who l]xm'r‘;- 1 minlr'. l;m::‘n: ':‘Lb?‘:l:y’ufgls'nm:fl. ke hi i | In five weeks the: 3 H bad power enough to make himself Presi-| 3 e or 99 pounds surplus flesh and cleared my dent and Dictator of Guatemala is a native o e AS R AR EE ISR of Quezaltenango, where he was born fifty- | ;e bastom’ Clobe shys: <in four weeks De. Bdis one years ago, and this is the first time he | son’s Obesity Band made me five inches smaller has ever been out of bis native land. | He is vastly rich, for he owns more than i | around the abdomen.” 300 cavalerias, or over 60,000 acres, of mag- | nificent coffee lands, most of wkich 1s NEW TO-DAY. NOLAN BROS. SHOE C0. NEVER BEFORE Was there such a demand for TAN SHOES! |STORE CROWDED ALL THE TINE! We have the largest siock of the very latest Up-to-Date TAN SEHOES And also Black Shoes. You have no trouble to be fitted and suited in our store. as we have ALL STYLES! ALL SIZES! ALL WIDTHSI AND AT WHOLESALE PRICES! 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Besides this vast setate, which lies 100 | miles from Guatemala City and on which the ex-President lives in almost regal | Quezaltenango and elsewhere, besides houses on California street, this Cit His property as a whole is valued at §6,- | 600,000, The famous Central American speaks no | English, but through his partner and | manager, Mr. Bruni, as interpreter, he told something of his intentions, with the latest news of (Guatemala. **What is exciting much interest in my country now,'” he said, *is the Central American Exposition, which is to open at Guatemala City en March 15 next and | continue for four or five months. The Government is going to spend about $10, 000,000 in aid of it. All the buildings of the Bordeaux Exposition have been bought for 2,500,000 francs and brought | over by steamer to Guatemala City. “‘Beautiful grounds have been cbtained and we are preparing to have a maegnifi cent exposition of the varied interests of Central America. The United States and other countries have been invited to exhibit there also. From all indications | the exposition will be a great success. i “Under the administration of President | Barrios, who is a warm personal friend of | mine, Guatemala is quite prosperous. 1| look for it to continue so. | “*Ever since my retirement from the office of President I have been living or my plantation near Quezaltenango. I oe- cupied the Presidential chair eight years. Prior to that I was for fourteen years com- | mander-in-chief of the army and Governor | of the Department of the Occident. Hold- | "‘5 the position of commander as long as Idiq, I found it 1mpossible to leave. 1 could not have traveled abroad then had I desired. I have retired now from all political | offices. I expect to be in San Francisco | and other parts ot California for probably three weeks, and will then see the Eastern cities and Europe, being gone probably six or seven months.” Ex-President Barillas' son, T. J. Baril- las, who is a student here, was the earliest caller on the distinguished man, and has been with him ever since. The ex-Presi- dent’s eight years at the head of the Gov- ernment expired in March, 1890. Pedro Bruni, who is the manager for the | ex-President and dictator, denies that the | ex-President acquired his large fortune in | politics. He says he owned the 60,000 acres long before he becume President. Mr. Barillus served first for two yearsas vice-President, then he was President for | five years more, and finally proclaimed | himself dictator, and served one year. | His friend says he was the’ only President | who did not go out of offic: without a revolution. { The ex-President is a firm man. Hav-| ing been so long at the head of the army | beiore he became President he knew how to hold down his job. A OORN STORE FOR ENGLAND. What Is Needed to Make the Supply Secure. Strong as the English war fleet 1s, it 18 very far from being strong enough to suc- cessfully engage a possible combination of | fleets, and at the same time protect our | sea-borne food supply. Ii the United | States and Russia declared war with Eng- land there would practically be no food supply left to protect. They would keep the immense supplies we now get from them at home, and the fear of capture or destruction would effectually prevent Ar- entina and other neutrais from sending jood to us in any sufficient quantity. ‘What is wanted is that instead of only a precarious week’s supply, we should have stored up in this country enough corn to last for at least twelve months. Experts in the corn trade agree that there would be no insuperable difficulty in graduslly accumu- lating this store of corn; it would be for experts to advise as to the best methods and places of storage. . Perhaps the best plan would be to dis- tribute it over the country in magazines st the military depots, giving the military au- thorities charge of it; but if it was in the country and safe it would not so much matter where it was. Although most of | our corn is made into flour at the great ports, it would not be wise, seeing that most of them are defenseless, to store it ther The entire control and management of this great national store of corn should be under some permanent Government de- partment. Although its existence could not fail to have a steadying effect on the corn market, it should be outside all speculative influences, the price at which it would be sold, when necessary to sell it, being fixed by law. It would be no sacri- fice, in the long run, for the country to provide such a reserve for food, as it would always be worth its cost. Other nations accumulate gold for use in war time; we should have a war chest of corn. If we bave it what will it do? It will give our navy time to devote itself to the crashing of the navy or navies op- posed to us; it will give us time, with our reat resources, to augment our fighting fiut to almost any extent, and it will give our farmers time to grow three or four times as much corn and breed a much Food Dr. 21 50 a voitle y Measure as indicated by figure every Ladles’ Extra Quality Tan Kid Brown Cloth Top Oxfords or Southern Ties, turn soles, latest style pointed needle toes, French 1 | | heeis. $2 50 per palr Children’s and Misses’ Tan Goat Button Shoes. brown cloth tops or all tan. square toes and tips, spring heels. | Stzes 510 8. Sizes 81 10 | Sizes 1155 to | Same as above in Blac Children's Finest Quality Tan Russet Goat Lace Shoes, pointed toe and tips, spring heels. Sizes 5 10 8. 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