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11 THE SAN 1896. DR, FISEN'S GF AT DISCOVERY Scientific and Medical Men Verify His Views on Biology. MOST REMARKABLE FACT | IS REVEALED. An Important Step Toward a Thorough Understanding on Nature’s Forces. DAVID STARR JORDAN'S IDEAS GIVEN IN DETAIL. Professor Ritter, George Ctis Mitchell, Carlos Troyer and C. C. Riedy Also Talk About the Centrosomes. The publication in THE CALL vesterday morning of ‘a most. important biological discovery, made by Dr. Gustav Eisen of this City, has attracted general attention from scientific. and medical men. Many of them have not yet had time to study the article in detail, but are able to say that it is one of the most remarkable facts ever revealed by the microscope, ted many who look at the subject ifferent ways. The scientist sees a siep. made toward a more thorough rderstanding of the forces of nature, and tiie medical man has been made aware of facts having n direct bearing on er- gy. Thoese who consider the matter om & -spiritual point of view feel more mly convinced than ever that God will eld up tne truth to those who search for The great importance of the discovery is conceded by all, and the general opinion is that Or. Eisen is at the head of the microscope workers of the world. The position that Dr. iisen has occu- pied heretofore entitles bis work to the greatest consideration. Four years ago the: great ‘university ‘at Upsala, Sweden, issued a souvenir of tne great microscop- ists of the worid'and gave Dr. Kisen the third place. Since that time his micro- tomic work with the earthworms of Cali- fornia has called forth praise from the great scientific centers of Kurope and ‘America; PROF. e JORDAN’S OPINION. Expressing the Greatest Confldence In Dr. Eisen’s Latest Dis~ covery. STANFORD UNIVE In an interview with a CALL repre- sentative this: afternoon Dr. David Starr Jordan s n regard to the recent discov- y of the blood: ‘I have seen Dr. Eisen’s re- markable series of drawings of the blood €orpuscles ‘and their associates in the blood of our large salamander. I haveno means of test’ng the correctness of drawings, but I have full confidence in the of Dr, Eisen's work. not enough of a histologist nor d ntrosome, with 1ts associated ra- diating "lines or att ion spheres, has been supposed to be & temporary structure | developed in the protopiasm for the pur- | i ivision. There is not much doubt that the physical basis. of heredity resides in’ the nucleus, the division of whicl is accomplished by means of these structures, v. Eise poseof - cell-d s observations tend to show nce of the centrosome.and its tion with the phenomena of dynamic Jifé, as the nucleus is associated with static continuance of life charac- ters, ~This.permanence must have a very importaut e n to our conception that which, for: the want of a better idea, we have caiied ‘vital force.’ *It. must be considered in all discussions of call-erowth and of heredity, and histol- ogists must look sharply at the life-history | not only-of the centrosomes of blood- corpuscies; butat those of body-cells and germ:cells as well, to see what these struc- tures may do in other relations. *Since. the discovery of the centrosome it bas received an increasing amount of attention;‘while the old idea of the sim- plicity of the substance called protoplasm is disappearing.as its highly complex character has besome definitely known. “Idoubtif the reporteriscorrect in speak- | Girls’ High School. Mr. Mitchell is well | ing ‘of 'the centrosome entity: with a-yital center that may be similarto a brain.’” We gain nothing in laying stress on such remote resemblances. To attribute the tha co-ordinated that make up a man oran ‘insect crawling on an apple” toa structure of a single cell, isa mere figure of speech.: Bt this confusion of ideas is not found in - Dr. Eisen’s paper, nor is it made necessary by the discovery in ques- tion. I';shall . read with great opinions-of-hi as ‘a distinct interest the ologists and other workers its maintained reputation for 75 years as the most efficacions has remedy for all com- plaints of the stomach. Soothing in action, it quickly banishes pain of every nature; stimu- lating in effect, it greatly -~ benefits the system without reac- tion. . Keep it by you in .case of emergency. Ask for Fred Brown’s. Sold everywhere. FEED BROWN OO., Philadelphia. It has | RSITY, Car., May | of Dr. Eisen of life in the centrosome | these | I am, | | in the same field. These alone are com- | petent to estimate the value of this inves- tigation.” g HO e FROM BERKELEY. Dr. W. E. Ritter, Professor of Bl- ology, on the Importance of the Discovery. BERKELEY, CaL.,, May 3L.—Following is what Dr. W. E. Ritter, assistant profes- sor of biology at the State University, has | to say with regard to the supreme impor- | tance of the discovery of Dr. Gustay Eisen: The very important discovery made by Dr. Gustay Eisen concerning the centrosome in the blood cells of batrachiseps, an gccount o which was published in_yesterday’'s (Sunday’s) « bject 5o involved in the subtleties s to make a discussion of it lligible to the unlearned in ience exceedingly difficult if notguite sible. That the discoveryisof the highestimpor- tance, if it snall be fully confirmed and ex- tended to other animals, there can be no doubt. Ihave examined Dr. Eisen's beautiful | figures somewhat critically, and also his prep- to some extent. The investigation carried on with much care and tech- ics skill, and I can see no ground for doubt- ing that the iacts are essentially as the author has presented them. It is possible that farther study may modify them somewhat—the case i stand almost alone among scientific discoveries should it be otherwise; and the final interpretation of them will m_all probability differ somewhat from that made by . his, too, will be in_accordance with tne almost invariable ‘cunrn‘ of the growth of scientific knowledg: But in spite of t discovery lleve, bound to stand out asa di | riching one in this supremely im To my mind the brought down to the is this:, It shows that the | nucleus of the cell is less fundamental to the | life and funetions of the cell than is held to be | the case by the cell theory as it now prevails. stated in another way, it shows that the ed cytopiasm, or cell-protoplasm pos- in itself, i. e., independently of the s of the ceil, greater capabilities than | ereattributed o it by prev morphologi- | eal and physiological doctr: A few explanatory sentence | bring into the field of vision of the unbio- | logical the real meaning of this boiled-down statement. 1t is now known to all educated people that ons main of biological science. of it, 11, | real significance | limits of & nutsh g may, perhaps, protoplasm is sccepted by science &s the physical basis of life, and that it isthe simplest form of organized, living matter known to science. Now, this being accepted, the theory of organic evoiution, which is at present re- jected by so few people that we are justified in speaking as though ils acceptance were uni- versal, is compelled 1o suppose organisms have existed at some time, somewhere, which were composed exclusively of protopiasm Do organisms thu: ist &t the present time mate and necessary question to ask ti gist, because no act about organic beings is more obvious than that they constitute an enormous series as regards their grade of or- | gamzation, the highest of which are excee ingly complex, and the lowest that are well simple s com- iy, then, may not discoyer organisms nitive e This is a very legiti- biolo- pared with the ! sufficiently careful search | as simple us the doetrine ofevolution requis Well, such creatures have been muc searched. after aud from time to time they have been described and pictured. But again and wgain suficiently searching study with the more and more nearly periect microscope has compelled thew to descend from their as- sumed exalted place as tne true primal orgauism. In other words, they have b found to be more compiex than was at first suppose N ed. all the while that search aiter the anism has been prosecuted, inyesti- mate composition of th of higner organ assiduously carried on. The out has been the establishment of the This docirine recognizes that the pplasm of all organic beings is formed int 1 but very definitely con- cells which are the real 1 of all organization and hay been constituent ion. t of prime importance in connec- tion with these elements, the cells, is that th are by no means umnodified, simple prot masses. In fact they are really very | comp structures, particularly when their entire life history is regarded. The prevailing | view is that of the various of which | almost all cells are composed. - Two ere who | essential to its life and activities. Thesea the cytoplasm, or cell body, and the nucleus And of se two there has been a strong tendency in very recent years to look upon | the nucleus as somewhat more fundamental | thau the cytoplasm. Now this discovery by Dr. Eisen seems to show that in this case &t least the cytoplasm, i. e., the part of the cell supposably least modi- fied'from the original protoplasmic condition, | does have 1n itself capabilities of doing work without the mediation of the more higkly | differentiated organ of the cell, i. e., the | nuclens, | Itoughtto be said here that quite recently other observations have been pubiished thet | tend somewhat in the same direction; i.e., that tend to attribute to the cytoplasm greater | relative importance in the economy of the cell than prevailing views admit | “Just what role the centrosome plays in this | inaependent life and activity of the cytoplasm | is & question of great interest and importance | but at the seme time one of great obscurity, | and it seems to me secondary in importance to | the point upon which I have dwelt. W. E. RITIER. LI S ]A TRIUMPH IN PROSPECT. George Otis Mitchell Thinks the Discovery Promises Advances In Science. “We are certainly on the eve of a great | and wonderful discovery,” commented | George Otis Mitchel, vice-principal of the | known among local and foreign micros- scopists for his extensive researches in the | mystic realms of things minute, and is | celi-dividing fraternity. . ‘ “It might be said, in fact,” went on Mr. | Mitchell, *‘that Professor Eisen has al- iread_v made a great discovery. He cer- tainly has opened the door to a vast do- | | main of hitherto unexplored and un- | dreamed-of knowledge. The mere notion of the exquisite and complicated system of cells which is found in all forms of ani- mate and inanimate life has always had for me a singular fascination. ““The baffling mystery which seems to en- velope the entire subject, while perplex- ing, and to some students discouraging, has always whetted my desire to add some little mite to the mediocre modicum of in- formation on the matter which the scien- tific world at present has. “‘Professor Kisen’s discovery, it seems to me, has given the signal for a grand tri- umph .of science in the world of atoms. | We know in the first place that things | which grow have life—either plant life or | animal life. The life in the centrosome |in a blood corpuscle, granting it to have | life, must be animal. “Here we come to a most interesting poi Professor Eisen’s researches seem | to have led him to the positive knowledge | of an almost mdependent life or system of countless lives in the body of one being. As far as his investigations have gone their results are in the hignest degree im- portant to the world of science. But if his strides could be continued and brought to further development with the aid of some of the more powerful microscopes, of which we have none here, the ground gained | would be incalculable. “1 refer particularly to the process of re- production. We have seen that these mi- nute living organisms grow. Now the question arises, How do they come into existence? How do they perpetuzte their kind? Are they distinct in point of sex or are they hermaphroditic in character? “These are questions which the micro- scope alone can answer and I doubt if we bave an instrument of sufficient power in this entire country for a satisfactory solu- tion of tnem. The matter of sex in the centrosome seems to me of paramount im- portance. Advocates of the spontaneous generation theory will doubtless try to make of this di-covery a hook upon which to bang the well-worn tranpings of their bobby-horse, while. the opponents of that school will leave no stone unturned in or- der to prove that for the propagation of the tiny centrosome a perfect union of two principles distinct in regard of sex is nec- essary. “Hence we may look for some interest- ing battles to be waged by tongue and quill between these two schools of scien- | tific thought. Meanwhile the microscopist | has only one thing to remember—the mat- ter is not one of arguments, words or the- gries, but of fact. Facts present a wall of adamant to arguments; they cannot be explained away by words and they knock all opposing theories into a cocked hat. “‘Professor Eisen, it would appear, has opened to microscopists a wide and varied field, not of speculation norof fantasy, but of positive physical fact. Throwing the gate open he says to us: *‘Now, gentle- men, go in and win.” ‘“*Asin a duel, other circumstances being equal, the victory falls to the best-armed combatant, =o in this invasion of the centrosome’s kingdom, the man who has the best microscope will achieve the best results. THE CALL’S enterprise in bringing the first fruits of this great discovery to the notice of the scientific world will undoubtedly lead the public to look to its columns for news or further developments in this fascinating field of research. “I have been engaged more in expert analysis, examination of ancient manu- scripts and_botanical researehes of late,” said Mr. Mitchell in conclusion,” and I | regret exceedingly that my biological work has been somewhat neglected. I shall follow the centrosome in future, how- ever, and perhaps [ may catch him and his wife, and get an interview with them which will show the spontaneous genera- tionists that they must look elsewhere for some living organism willing to bolster up their theory.” e BEARS ON HEREDITY. Carlos Troyer Thinks the Centro- some May Have a Char- acter. Carlos Troyer, who is one of the best | students of biology in San Francisco, and was for many years connected with the Academy of Sciences, is greatly enthused | over Dr. Eisen’s discovery and thinks it | will be far-reaching in its results. When | speaking of the matter yesterday, he said: | “T was never more surprised in my life | | than when I picked up Ture Carr this | morning and saw the account of Dr. Eisen’s | | diseovery. I have known for some time | that he was working hard on something of | | the kind, but had no idea that it was any- | thing of such greatimportance. 1 “1t is difticult to consider the matter in | its entirety on such short notice, but to | me it seems ulmost like the discovery of a | | new world, inhabited by beings that we | don’t know anything about. Of course, we are now certain that the centrosome is | 2 living organism, but how far does its in- | | dependence go? That remains to be | found out. . In fact, the real importance of the dis- covery lies in the field of study that it opens up. The microscopist can now look among the fiiaments of vprotopasm and find things he did not know to exist there. These centrosomes may have different | kinds of characters that can be seen if we | have the right kinds of lenses. This will account, to a la xtent, for heredity. e e MORE FACTS TO COME. C. C. Rledy Thinks We Are on the Eve of Some Wonderful Knowledge. | C. 0. Riedy, the well-known microscope expert, said whea speaking of Dr. Eisen’s discovery as given to the world in THE | CaLL yesterday: ‘1t seems to me that Dr. | Bisen has made a_discovery the real im- | portance of which will not be known for some time. Of its complex relations to biology I am not prepared to speak on | | | EACH NEW BLAST MAY UNEARTH GOLD Richmond Watching for the Discovery of Treasure. AN OLD MEXICAN’S TALE Story of an Immense Amount of Money Buried in Calvary Cemetery. MYSTERIOUS SEEKERS SEEN. Were Observed to Leave. for Town Carrying a Heavily Laden Sack. At no time in the history of Richmond has so much interest been taken in the widening of a sidewalk asat present. The Geary-street sidewalk is being widened just beyond Central avenue, and the citizens of that quiet district hover in the near vicinity and watch with eagerness the result of each new blast the workingmen under Contractor Broderick fire to Joosen the earth of Calvary Cemetery that over- lays Geary street at that particular point. The reason of it all is that there are rumors afloat of a fabulous treasure buried in the cemetery ground close to the Geary- street fence. Day after day the curious inhabitants have watched the workmen as they tore down the high bank of earth, expecting to see a box filled with gold roll down. But they have waited in vain. The six work- days of the week passed without an inci- dent. It remained for the seventh day to bring te pass what has been so long and earnestly looked for. Yesterday two well-dressed men were observea creating great landslides of sand. They began early, almost before the sun was up, but before half of the afternoon bad worn awav they were seen to take a large sack from the excuvation they had made and bear it triumphantly toward town. The names of these men counld not be ascertsined, but it was noted by these | same curious observers that the bag they carried taxed their united strength. Whether these unknown treasure | seekers were successful in unearthing a | veritable find is a matter of speculation, | bat it is a well authenticate | there are strong grounds for be! large fortune is buried in the precise s where Contractor Broderick’s men are now at work. Some twenty-eight or more vears ago, such short notice, but I will say that Dr. isen has found something really new. A great deal remains to be seen in those slides yet, and undoubtedly will be when they are examined under more pow- eriul microscopes than are to be found 1n this partof the world. But asit is, Dr. Eisen has proved many things that were only wild theories at the best, and also opened the way to much speculation. By this I mean that the centrosome, being proved a living organism, is capable of many things of which we at present know nothing. | “There is no doubt about its independ- | ence, nor its assimilation of food, but. | whether it is capable of motion through | the blood serum still remains to be ascer- | tained. 1ts change, from a mere speck on | is little different from the evolution germ of any kind to an animated being. **As the centrosome is now the center of the cell, the cell a much lower position in scientific research than it did formerly, and in ;that respect will change all course of study. “The reason that Dr. Eisen made his discovery is due to the nse of a stain that rendered the differed spheres of the plas- mocyte visible. His indefatigable efforts to have proof of his discoveries of course must be given credit. Iam sure that he made many hundreds of slides before he felt that he was on the road to anything San Francisco has great reason to be prodd of having such a man as Dr. Eisen in her miast. Dr. Eisen must be conceded to be at the head of the world of microscopic_science, and San Francisco has a great deal to be proud of in the fact.”” |SIXTH SENSE FOR MAN. | Countess Wachtmelister and Mr. John- son Do Not Agree on the Sdbject. In reading a paper on “The Destiny of | Man” at the Theosophical Hall at 320 Post | mplex consciousness of | considered an oracle by the hair-splitting, | street last night, A. J. Johnson of the | American Theosophical Society declared | that mankind was on the eve of the estab- lishment of a new race and the develop- | ment of a sixth sense. | He said: “America will be the first home | forerunner of the sixth sense. There were signs to show that the sixth sense will be manifest in a third eye, the use of which will be not only to foresee the future, but 10 look away back into the past. London physicians who had noticed a physical infants inquired of the late Mme. Bla- vatsky, the revered theosophical seer, why it was so. “She told them it was a sign of the com- ing of the sixth sense again, and that it was taught in theosophy that mankind once possessed this sense, eons ago.”” Mr. Johnson, continuing, “said there the near future a school to teach mysti- cism, antiquities and esoteric secrets, of which a real adept is to be the head. The Countess Wachtmeister lectured last night at Native Sons’ Hall, at 414 Mason street, on “Hypnotism and Its Dangers,” to a large audience. She is at- tached to the ‘‘old school”” of Theosophy, | of which Colonel H. 8. Olcott is president. When told, after her lecture, what Mr. Johnson had said about a new race, a | sixth sense and _an occult school, the Countess seemed disturbed. She said: “Oh, pshaw! They are mak- ing themselves ridiculous; they are tear- ing down the teachings of theosophy. Mme, Blavatsky said we are not to Knve the sixth sense for a very, very long time yet—and we are not. The same also in regard to the new race, “Mme. Tingley, a medium, the new | esoteric head of the American section, | claims to have an Egyptian adept behind her, and if this school 1s_to be established he is the adept meant. You know Mme. Blavatsky's adept was a Hindoo, and she met him in the ilesh in London and also in India. “I don’t approve of this theatrical, spookical theosophy, of Mrs. Tingley mas- querading in a white sheet ata wedaing ceremony, and I don’t believe Claude 1 Falls Wright met his bride thousands of { years ago in Egypt, or that it is possible | for him to know it if he did.” The Countess will go to Los Angeles for a two weeks’ visit, but will return here | and lecture at Native Sons’ Hall June 14, on ‘“Man,the Master of His Own Destiny.” ———————— On the 6th of July the earth is farther away from the sun than at any other time. as | the nucleus to an independent orzanism, | of a| roved to be | selfoccupies | | of the new race, and that intuition is the | change in the last generation of London | would be established in this country in| when Mike O'Brien owned what is now called the “Avenue R-sort,” at the corner of Central avenue and Geary street and when the toll-gate was stationed just be- | yond in the direction of the Cliff House, | the Calvary Chapel, which now stands on the southeastern end of the cemetery, then steod directly opposite the Avenue Resort, At that time an old pioneer died who was reputed to be possessed of great wealths He left no will, but a tradition has de- ended that he buried all his money in t ie plat where his family were buried, and this was close to the site on which the chapel originally stood. This story had been forgotten, and would probably have remained in oblivion had not the Street Committe determined to widen the sidewalk five feet north on | Geary street from Central avenue. While the men were at work one day an old Mexican drove past and said that in the very place where thev were at work was buried at least $100,000. He told them this same story about the old pioneer. Since then Richmond has been on the qui vive. Colonel Coakley, proprietor of the Midwinter Fair Hotel, directly oppo- site, has watched the movements of‘the laboring men with consuming interest. . “I saw two men there to-day digging as though their lives depended on it,” said be. “They went away with a sack, but whether it was gold or dirt Iam not in a | position to tell. They were not laborers either, but they handled the pick and shovel in a way that would have done credit to the best laboring man I ever saw.”” AT GUNS WILL BooM Annual Target Practice at the Presidio Begins To- Day. Military Posts of the Harbor In- spected by the Quartermaster- General. General James W. Forsyth, command- ing the Department of California; Gen- eral R. N. Batchelder, Quartermaster-Gen- | eral of the army; Major George W. Davis, the representative of the Secretary of War, and Colonel A. 8. Kimball. Chief Quarter- master of this department, left the City | yesterday forenoon at 10 o'clock on the Government steamer McDowell for a visit to Benicia barracks and Benicia arsenal. On the return trip the party stopped at Mare Island Navy-vard. General Batchelder and Major Davis will leave the City for the East some time this week. They will return to Washington via Salt Lake and Denver. The Surgeon-General of the army will leave Washington this week on a tour of inspection. The trip will be extended to the Pacific Coast. It is the expectation in army circles that Colonel Charles G. Sawtelle will be pro- moted to the head of the Quartermaster Department on the retirement of General Batchelder next month. _Provision had been made in the fortifica- tion bill for placing fifteen guns of six- teen-inch bore at New York and ten at San Francisco, but much to the disap- pointment of the army men, the Senate struck out the allowance for sixteen-inch guns. As soon as the money is available under the measure agreed upon, active work will be resumed on the harbor de- fenses of San Francisco. To-day, June 1, annual practice with heavy artillery will begin at the important army stations of the United States, The firing will commence at the Presid o this morning. The eight-inch smooth-bores Wwill be used first. In due time the prac- tice will extend to the twelve-inch breech- loading rifies, the new mortar battery, and possibly to the dynamite guns. As previously announced, Light Battery D, Cavtain Frank Thorp, and Light Bat- tery F, Captain Charles Morris, will leave the Presidio to-day for the summer prac- tice march. In the field the batteries will be commanded by Major McCrea. The artillerymen will move by easy stages to the Sierra and return, so as to reach Mon- terey early in July. The batteries will participate in the celebration appointed to commemorate the landing of Commodore Sloat and the first hoisting of the Ameri- can flag at Monterey. The celebration will take place from July 4 to the 7th. Major C. A. Woodruff, U. S. A., who gained quite a reputation for oratory in California, has acquired new laurelsasa public speaker during his tour of duty at the National capital. He has been ordered to New York for duty in the subsistence department, and much regret is expressed in Washington that he must leave the capital. . The three double brick barrack build- ings now finished and occupied at the Pre- sidio, and two more structures of the same character just authorized by the quarter- master-general, will provide superior ac- commodations for a garrison of ten com- panies. In some respects the new build- ings may surpass the three alreadygin use. The plans wiil provide for better use of the attics. Each of these buildings cost ebout $37,000. Similar buildings in the East cost the same. The same general plan of architecture is observed at all the leading military sta- tions. The purpose of the War Department to continue extensive improvements at the Presidid seems to be well formed. The policy is to make the Presidio the great military station of the Pacific Coast and to provide accommodations there for the concentration of a large number of troops. The water supply is an important factor, and to render that service independent and adequate in all respects a_tunnel will be constructed through the Presidio hill to diminish the cost of pumping and to increase the flow of water. WANT A “CHEMICAL” Richmond Without Fire Protection In Case of a General Alarm. The Western Addition Improvement Club will pass at iis next meeting resolu- tions to petition the Board of Supervisors to replace the chemical engine that has been taken from engine-house 15 and re- moved to the corner of Polk and Eddy streets. In caseof a general alarm of fire the Richmond district would now be wholly without fire protectior, as a chemical en- gine does not respond to any alarm out- side ot its own district. During the fire at the Cliff House and the fire on Seventh avenue the chemical engine was first on the ground and did excellent ‘work. Without it, should a general alarm be sounded, the engine of house No. 15 would respond, and in the meantime, if another tire should break out in Richmond, there would be no way whatever of extinguishing it. HOW KATE FELD DIED She Laid Her Burden Down Under the Palm Groves of Hawaii the Blest. A Woman Who Did Much for the Cause of the Political Rights of Women, The cause of woman suffrage lost one of its most powerful advocates and one of its most shining exemplars when Kate Field died in Hawaii the Blest, within sight of the silvery shimmer of tt:e sunlit sea. She was a brainy woman, with that ar- tistic instinct, that. perception of the ideal, that sistership with nature which make up the atmosphere of the true Bohemian. Stricken with the fatal disease of pent-up cities, wearied with a brain burden that seemed never ending, she sought the rippling blue of the placid seas, with their gums of pink coral and teeth of” white fosm. and on the bosom of the isle of eternal summer she lay Ler head and passed into the dreamless sleep. Miss Field did much for women. Her life was a continual struggle for the rights of her sex. Early in the eighties she in- terested & number of wealthy ladies in New York city and with the capital fur- nished by them started a woman’s co- operative store on Twenty-third street, be- tween Fifth and Sixth avenues. It was in one of the finest biocks in the city and was fitted and farnished in asuperior man- ner. It was, in fact, an incipient idea that has been thoroughly elaborated in muny cities since then, and of which the Em- porium in this City is an exemplar. Offi- cers were chosen; a board of directors elected, and the entire establishment ar- ranged in departments, each under a spe- cial management. Everything thata lady could desire was to be procured there, and in order to accommodate uptown or out- of-town patrons an elegant restaurant, presided over by a high-priced chef, was opened on the top floor. The merchants took kindly to the scheme and were lib- eral with their credit, knowing full well the responsibility of the stockholders. The entire business was carried on by women, and_Miss Field was the general manager. But, somehow or other, the patronage was not sufficient to meet the obligations as they fell due. The mer-| | chants began to clamor for their money, | | and it was not forthcoming. A meeting ! of the creditors was called and Miss Field | was asked for an explanation. She could | | not satisfy them. She knew the store was | crowded daily, and thought that the daily sales ought to enable them to meet all de- mands, but, somehow or other, the cash | did not materialize, It was the old story of incompetency. The ladies were out of their element. They did not have the experience neces- sary to carry out Yhe ogiginal design, and the consequence was lailure. The cred- itors were satisfied with Miss Fiela’s hon- esty, and most of them were in favor of allowing an extension of time and placing a competent man at the head of af?airs in order to straighten out the business, but Miss Field was tired of the whole thing and declined all overtures. An assess- ment was levied on the stockholders, the debts were settled and Miss Field dropped out of mercantile life. For several months she resided in San Rafael, under the shadow of scarred Ta- malpais, and wrote some of her best arti- cles under the influende of that poetic environment. She gave successful lec- ture entertainments at Union-square hall in San Francisco during Obtober and No- vember, 1887, under the business agency of Marcus M. Henry. It was the literary lady’s 1nitial visit here. Her subjects were Charles Dickens *‘Eyes and Ears in London,” “The Mormons,” and other topics. When she departed for Honolulu, December, 1895, it was understood that Mr. Henry was to expect her return in about three months and was to arrange a series of talks on Alaska, Hawaiian Is- lands, Mormonland and ‘“America for Americans.” But she grew weaker and weaker. While she felt at ease in the land of sunshine the dread discase had made inroads too great upon her system, and she was unable to risk the harsher airs that blew farther north. So sheremained among the banana groves and closed her eyes where Mother Nature was kindest in all her moods, and died at peace with all the world. The most conspicuous literary venture of the deceased was a weekly paper en- titled Kate Field’'s Washington, which ran from 1890 10 1895. In thisjournal Miss Field made a gallant fight for the rights of hersex in particular and of humanity in general. —————— Dr. Brown’s Congregation. Rev. C. 0. Brown preached both morning and evening yesterday at Golder Gate Hall. The smaller meeting-room upstairs was filled on each occasion. His morning sermon was on the subject of “Morning Voices.” and in the evening he preached on “The Tabernacles of God With Man.” sunday-school and Christian Endeavor services wete also held during the day. On Sunday next the main hall will be secured for the wervices. —————— The common mode of performing the operation of rice-cleaning in India and ipa is by beating the grainin a rude mortar of earthenware with a conical stone attached to a lever worked by the hand or foot. NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. SR E st dun s SIOCI TSNS P o o SPECIAL SALE FRENCH PRINTED CHALLIES! Commencing Monday, June 1st, we will offer our entire stock of KOECH- LIN FRERES’ Best Quality FRENCH PRINTED CHALL IES, all this sea= son’s importation, and all elegant de= signs, at 2 5C per Yard, Former price 40c and 50c per Yard. We will also continue the sale of our Printed Lace Di mities at 1 2 21C per Yard. TELEPIONE MAIN 5777. Ci GORPORA ez, 2 DLUBERG BOWEN & CO. Begin the new month well, not cheaply, no one wants to | live cheaply, but have better | foods, true economy is in| careful buying. If you ob-| serve prices and quality care- | fully we’ll have the benefit. | Importation for sale directly | to families helps youand us. SPECIAL SAVING SALE. Monday—Tuesday—Wednesday | Puree de foies gras..tin 20c Regularly 25¢ This special is less than the whole- sale price in case lots. For picnic luncheons it's unsur- passed. Anheuser-Busch Beer Quarts regulurly $2 25....doz §2 00 Plots 1 50....doz §1 25 Fresh car just arrived from St. Louis ‘White glass bottles Cocktails ...bot 75¢ Regularly §1 00 our bottling Last sale of the season Martini, Manhattan, Vermouth, Gin, Whisky, Old Tom Gin. Tomato Catsup bot 15¢ Regularly 20c Sells elsewhere at 25c and 30¢ We buy it in casks from Gordon & il))ilworth, New York, and bottle ere. Fruit Syrups. Regulary 50c Delicious summer beverage Pineapple, Raspberry, Lemon, Gum Orgeat, Strawberry, Vanilla, - Grenadine. Special reductions in rezular selling price Franco-American Soups qts t0..33 5 % “° pts to..20c Bear Lithia Water 12} gallons, | case to. $5 00 e qts, cs to $6 00 = S 50 pts, es to $5 00 An excellent medicinal water. Candles 20 Ib box 16 o0z. ‘ 201b box 14 oz. 20 1b box 12 0z. A benefit for campers. $2 85 225 .bot 4oc| THIS WEK! New Office in the MILLS BUILDING The Waterbury Watch Co. SAN FRANCISCO. 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