The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 8, 1896, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1896. 11 CONTROVERSY ON | DAKLAD FREMS, Their Deings Demand a Place in Live, Current Journalism. NOT A CITY OF CRANKS. Need of More Truth in Exploit-| ing Municipal Fi- nances. DAGGETIT DOWNED FITZGERALD Probable That the Silver Question Figured in the Recent Demo- cratic Fight. OAxrAND OFFICE SAN FrANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, June 7. } Much has been written during the past week about Oakland as a prolific field for cranks and freaks. It has been stated that the San Francisco newspapers are far too ready to attach importance to unnsunal in- cidents or people and that it is likely to cause outsiders to think that this city isan aggregation of sixty thousand cranks per- forming in three rings, but all constituting one great circus. Such an assumption, both as regards the alleged fact and its ef- fect, is absurd and untrue. Itshows a gross misconception of the existing differ- ence between a local and metropolitan journal. Of coursea prophet is without honor in hisown country and consequently a crank or a freak—which term by the way would have been applied to Galileo and Harvey had they lived in Oakland—is not always considered a legitimate subject for a story in a suburban paper. Another great point to be considered is this: The chief feature of a freak story in modern journalism is a well-drawn picture of the oddity and without it the story falls flat. | As none of the local papers do anything in the way of illustrating, it is somewhat suggestive of the acrid fruit of the vine when they attempt to give suggestions to vapers that traverse the ‘continent. Itis certainly as much the duty of & modern newspaper to chronicle the unusual affairs of every-day life as to report the humdrum affairs of society, and anybody who op- poses such a course is certainly lacking in knowledge of the elements of the profes- sion. Regarding the insinuation that the out- side world will think Oakland isa city of cranks, there is not the least foundation for such a deduction. The same news- papers that give to the public an illus- trated story of a freak also treat all other important and more serious news with the same completeness and ability. Any im- portant political or social event that oc- curs on this side of the bay is invariably made a feature of by the SBan Francisco papers and illustrated with a degree of taste and thought unknown in the news- paper world a few years ago. A desire to return to the silurian order of things is not typical of the people of this city, and writer of the articles referred to isat t a generation behind the times. The Democratic primary was a great surprise to the average citizen of Alameda County. Previous to a month ago it was not thought that there were enough Demo- crais left to create such a battle royal as was witnessed last Fridey. The earnest- ness with which the various leaders ked, and the almost inconceivabdle de- sire for supremacy in the Democratic party in this county has caused old politi- i to think. They cannot bring them- selves to believe that the comparatively small place filled by Alameda County in the field of State Desmocratic volitics is the cause of so much bitterness between the prominent men who figured in the fight. Neither can they altogether believe that the feeling that originated in the Stockton convention half a generation ago is responsible for it. There is a feeling that the silver question played a strong sub rosa part in the fight, and the presence of such a noted gold man as Daggett added materially to Fitzgerald’s defeat. This feature of the fight does not seem to have heen referred to throughout the bit- ter contest. George W. Baker, chairman of the State Bimetallic League, is a resident of Oak- land, and Frank J. Moffitt,who engineered Laymance’s fight, was chairman of the Alameda delegation to the silver conven- tion held at Metropolitan Temple last year. These facts may or may not have had any bearing on the issue, but when the framing of a platform at Sacramento comes up it will probably be found that underneath the surface of Alameda’s great fight the money questicn was quite active. There is no doubt that the presence of Daggett in the contest robbed Fitzgerald of many votes. After the events of Friday it would be worse than folly for the Mint man to deny that he was interested in downing Foote. Employes from Fifth street who reside here were seen at several polling-places, and many were also here who were not known. With Daggett de- jeated, the prospect of = local alliance be- tween Democrats and silver men is much increased. Oakland's worst enemies at this time are her municipal officials. The question now being agitated by the Mayor, the Council and the Board of Education isone of the ereatest importance, and one the truthful facts of which are awaited by the public. Any sacrifice that could have been made would have been better than to close the High School fwo weeks earlier than usual and to ciose the very popular free reading-room for the entire month of June. The knowledge that such things have occurred because of an alleged lack of funds is the very worst advertisement that could have gone forth. All kinds of ex- planations will be made, but the fact is patent to any conservative mind that there is a political object in both meas- ures of retrenchment. There is also much that is clearly false being given out by all parties—the Mayor, the Board of Education aud the Library Trustees. Mr, Davie is publishing figures showing that the High School costs about 40 per cent more than any other high school in the land. He also prints figures declaring that the same is true of the Free Library. His statements are contradicied, and the controversy is gen- eral, Now, the truth cannot be difficult {o learn, and both sides owe it to the pub- lic to let it know what is right and who is wrong. The present scandal is serious, 1t extends outeide the City Hall, and in- | volves more than the personality of the principals. The notice posted outside the free reading-rooms about “‘lack of funds” needs more explanation than has yet been made. 8. W.B. A BLESSING. How a Baptist Divine Views the Recent Tornado at BSt. Louis. OAKLAND, Cawn., June 7.—Rev. Philip Graif took the recent cyclone at St. Louis as the subject for his sermon to-night at the Twentieth-street Baptist Church. In brief he said: “The St. Louis cyclone, in its wild, re- sistless rush and long train of ruin and ‘ktenrs—is it a blind, heartless caprice of chance work or a part of divine order and goodness? Such is the question that trem- bles on the white lip of fear and unfaith, but 1f God reigns every calamity is a kind Providence, every stroke of hard times a | starting point for glory. | ““To the seer or the philosopher the hurt- ing storm is as beneficent an agency as t. ; soft sunshine, for the sweet law of the uni- verse is higher development ard gracious redemption. The St. Louis horror was a mild “catastrophe comvared with the ceaseless scythe of death that is mowing down the millions from age to age, or the busy sword of war in its fiery course over ten thousand battlefields. 5 “Behind the universal fact of death must beat u heart of eternal goodness. A sudden taking, off is less to be dreaded than an unworthy life. In the highest sense death is not a spectre of grinning skull and cross-bone, but a bright angel messenger; not a dropping into a great horror of darkness, buta glad, soft falling into the everlasting arms of light and peace. “The moral significance of suffering is not punishment so much as culture. To the martyr in the ghastly flame, to the believer in the bubbling groan of the euroclydon wave, to the pallid invalid on the racking couch, hoping in God, the divine smile changes the terror of drowning, the red consumptive cough, the torture of fire, into u thing of triumph. and turns the suffering into emotions of peace and even rapture. | A means to & high end in the beyond, a | teacher of wisdom, and a developer of a | better manhood, whether here or yonder— | this seems to be & part of the vastand in- | scrutable scheme of Providence in man’s | process of evolution.” MANTALEN KICKS. He Objects to Having George de Golia Represent the County Repub- lican Committee. OAKLAND, Car., Jane 7.—Charles Man- talen, chairman of the Republican County Committee, has issued a call for a special meeting next Saturday to consider the proposed terms of compromise between the two Congressional committees. This move is regarded in various lights and may lead to a greater breach than exists at present. “The trouble is easily explained,” said a “‘George de Golia has been looked upon as the representative of the old committee and has been trying to arrange some ami- cable terms with W. R. Davis, who repre- sents the Friend committee. De Golia has caused it to be understood that whatever he does will be ratified by the County Com- mittee. In this respect De Golia has ex- ceeded his power, and his assumption of representing the County Committee is frowned upon by Chairman Mantalen, ‘Walsh, Church, Haines and Armstrong. - “They object smmglK to having De Golia act for them and they want to Enow at once what is going on so that they can take part in the deliberations. This is something new, to have a split in that wing of the County Committee, and it may lead to serious results. The much-desired harmony in the-Republican ranks has not yet been brought about.” HONORED THE DEAD. Unvelling of a Monument at Mountain View Cemetery by Woodmen of the World. OAEKLAND, Car.,, June 7.—Oakland Camp, Woodmen of the World, performed a very preity ceremony this afternoon at Mountain View Cemetery. The laws of the order prescribe that on the Sunday nearest to the 6th day of June the graves of departed members shall be decorated and all monuments erected during the year shall be formally unveiled and ac- cepted. During the year Brothers E. D. Ormsby, G. W. C. Fowler and Isenal Fogel of Port- land, Or., have passed to the everlasting camp, and the monument to I. Fogel was unveiled in the presence of many brethren. Judge F. B. Ogden read a poem and W. W. Waste of Berkeley was the orator of theday. His speech was one of the happiest ever delivered in_the cemetery. A quartet, consisting of C. L. Larue, John Mitchell, A. G. Cliff and J. A. Sands, sup- plied the music. DOINGS OF PYTHIANS. 014 Glory Will Be Displayed Promi- nently in Every Pythian Lodgeroom. OAKLAND, Carn,, June 7.—Oakland Lodge No. 103 held an important session on the evening of May 29. Page Fred Rugg was elevated to and charged in the rank of esquire. Acting upon a dispensation for the pur- pose the ranks of page, esquire and knight were conferred upon Stranger L. Stall. At the suggestion of Past Grand Chan- cellor Samuels to display the American flag in every Pythian lodgeroom Mr. Gaus was appointed to purchase a suitable lag. Piedmont No. 172 and Live Oak No. I7 have also decorated their castle halls with the National emblems. Next Friday night Oakland Lodge, aided by its superb team, will confer the Amvli- fied Knight Rank on Esquire Fred Ruge. Brookiyn No. 132 of East Oakjand on the night of May 29 gave a musical and literary entertainment, at which the mem- bers of East Oakland Temple R. 8., Ama- zon Lodge No. 182 and Alameda No. 49 were invited guests, Live Oak No. 17 at its last session elected the following to serve as officers for the pext term: For C. C., W. M. Young; for P, Py 3 for b, E. 5. Sullend; Tor M of Ao Robers o not; for K. of R. and 8., H. Holland; for M. of F., I. L. Cavasso; for M. of E., George Sumuels; for I G., Dr. Eaton; for 0. G. ., B. Larkin; for gl. of W., M. Jones; for organist, Brother Mad- ern. The following were elected officers for the approaching term: For Piedmont No, 172—For C. C., Brother Wally; for V. C., Frank Larmer; f late, H. Rush; for M. of W., or K of 1. and 8., E, S baum; for M. of A., E. Koert- or M. of F., A. E. Trimble; for M. of E., . Last Thursday night Calenthe Temple No. 6 gave a social and literary entertain- ment which was followed by a dance. On iast Friday night Oakland Lodge No. 103 elected the following to “serve as offi- cers for the approaching term: For C. C., David <. Berland; for V. C., E. C. Cloither; for P. W., D, B 3 for M. P James Probert; M.'of W 8 Cohen; K. ot K. and 8., 8. Ferris; M. of F., E. J. Murphy; M. of E., J. Ferguson; L G., J. Emery; 0. G., C. M. Lambert; organist, J. N. Bonham; surgeon, Dr. Fearn. ———— Sixty Years Married. The anniversary of their sixtieth year of married life was celebrated at Lancas- ter on Sundai by Christian Hookey and wife, aged eighty-four and seventy-eight years respectively. A family reunion, at which were present sixty relatives, in- cluding the six surviving of ten children and eighteen grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren, was held. Mr. Hookey is a native of Berne, Switzerland. His wife was born and raised in Lancasier and belongs to one of the city’s old familigs,—Philadelphia Ledger. step of progress and every bit of misery a | member of the County Committee to-day. | LATESTMAP OF THE PLANET MARS, Joint Work of Flammarion, Pictet and Dr. Close of Oakland. COMPLETE CONTINENTS. Still Unable to Solve the Ques- tion Regarding Its Habi- tation. CHANGING OF THE CANALS. Textbook Facts Regarding Heat Are Disproved by Actual Obser- vation. OARLAND OrrICE BAN FRANOCISCO CALL,} 908 Broadway, June 7. In conjunction with Flammarion and Pictet, the greatest astronomers of the oo \ N N \\ N N \\ N ( (/H4 i lengths and disposition of these lines are con- stant. Each one of them always commences and finishes in_a lake, or sea, or other line. None of them has ever been geen to end in the middle of the land. It is this important fact which has led to the supposition that they Were “canals.” ‘Their aspect and their degre of visibility changes much from one season to another, and often from week to week. Theso changes do not occur simultaneously, and, according to the same law for all; seemingly, they take Ehee,u it were, by caprice, or under laws which, up to the present time, we do not understand. During the autumn of 1892 ard until the summer of 894, the writer was a close ob. server of Mars, using 8 good six-inch objec- tive. It was frequently noticed that the lines, or “canals,” would become dim, and some- times vanish, in places, while other portions would increase to marked distinctness. It is possible that such changes in the distinctness were due to the presence of vapor, aithough it was not possible to recognize any cloud forma- tion at the time. The eolor of the Marsian seas isof a dark, somber tint, and this color continues into the canals, increasing in intensity until it reaches a dead black which is not the resultofshadow. These lines cross the faceof the glnnet in all directions, atall gomble angles; they are quite regular, varying but little in width along their course and with very little sinuosity. What,are these lines? From the observed fact that they always terminate in some large body of supposed water, and that their mouth is broadened, it is but reasonable to squnsc that they are actusl canals, a part of the hydrographic system of the planet. Itis not necessary to attribute them ‘to human labor. They may be well accounted for as natural water-courses, originally small rifts in the lanet’s crust that have been accentuated by ime., The regularity of their courses may be due to some process of crystalization with which we are unacquainted. It is far more likely that they owe their geometrical appear- ance and existence to the evolution of the lanet than to the work of intelligent beings. ey are, in fact, very much like the English Channel or the Strait of Mozambique. Careful observation shows that the system of Marsian canals is not constant. At times they are ill defined and :doubtful, showing that the water in them is very low or has en- tirely disappeared and there remains nothing in the place of acanal. This is seen by the gndnafsnun; of the color of the canal, which changes day by day froma black to a yellow- ish hue, differ! n! scarcely anv from the color of the surrounding earth. Sometimes they 5/)1/ THERN OCEP)V Straight Lines Are the Canals. BLIND PUPILS WILL GRADUATE, Six Will 'Finish Their Work Next Tuesday Afternoon. DR. JORDAN TO SPEAK. His Address to the Class Will Be Translated by the Principal. SOME NEW LINES OF WORK. Practical Methods of Teaching Intro- duced Recently Into the Ele. - mentary Courses. BERKELREY, CaL;, June 7.—The grad- uating exercises at the BState Institute for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind will be held in the auditorium of the school Tues- _ Map of the Planet Mars, Compiled by Flammarion, Pictet & Close as the Result of Three Years of Observation. The day, Dr. F. M. Close of thiscity has just completed a map and essay of the planet Mars that cannot help but attract great attention throughout the astronomical world. During his recent trip to Europe Dr. Close made & series of observations in con- junction with Flammarion and Pictet and between them what they claim isan ac- curate map of the planet Mars has been made. The following article is the result of their united efforts, now made public for the first time: During the past few years very many people have had much tosay on the subject of Mars. That it was inuabifed has been warmly as- serted by numerous writers to the newspapers and there was considerable talk of trying to engage the attention of our Marsian neighbors by means of systematic light signals. Butas no one of these philosophers conld satisfy the rest of his confreres as to the proper code to be employed, whether Morse or otherwise, the matter of signaling did not materialize. Yet the fact was evident that it is the belief of very many thoughtful,cool-minded people that Mars is inhabited. There is at present but one way known to us by which we may attempt the solution of the groblcm, and that is by actual observation of the planet, through the giant eyes which optical science gives us. To do this in the ex- pectancy of attaining the most satisfactory re- sults we must perform the task under the best conditions. Clearly, then, one factor of the conditions is nearness. In the autumn of 1892 Mars was in opposi- tion, that is, the planet wasin that portion of its orbit where the earth occupied a place te- tween Mars and the sun, so that the face of Mars was illuminated in such a way as to make it well lighted. Moreover, at that time Mars, owing to the eccentricity of his orbit, was but 35. ,000 of miles from’the earth, his nearest approach to us. The conditions were there- fore of the best, and for the two years follow- ing the closest study was given by skilled ob- servers to the phenomena presented by Mars. All observers do not agree regarding certain phencmena. Some claim to have seen defined markings upon the face of the planet, which are denied by others. Some ants have de- nied the possibility of moisture upon Mars, others emphatically assert the presence ot water in the shape of vast seas and oceans, It is impossible with the aid of the most powerful telescope to distinguish the handiwork of man at & distance of thirty-five millions of miles, unless the work is of such colossal char- acter as is unknown to terrestrial labor. It is, though, easy to see that the face of the planet is marked in such a menner as to suggest that the mnrkh?gn are alternations of laud snd ‘water, resembling.in many respects our own globe. The large preponderance of competent testimony is that Mars has an atmosphere, that its surface is covered with what is very like land and water, and that its poles are cov- ered with ice in the winter seesons. To such an extent the planet Mars resembles the earth. Physical astronomy furnishes the followin; data about Mars: Dismeter of Mars, 48 miles;_distatice from the sun, greatest (aphe- lion), 152,000,000 miles; aistance from the sun, least (peribelion), 126,000,000 miles; in- clination . of axis to plane of the ecliptic, 28.51; length of Marsian.year, 687 days; length of Marsian day, 24 hours 87 minutes 23 seconds. - The orbit of Mars is nota true_ circle, but is quite elliptical, so that it occurs that the planet is very much nearer to us at certain in times than at others. Mars has two smal moons, one ofiwhich completes its revolution around the planet in 7 hours and 39 minutes and the other in 30 hours and 18 mihutes. The first-named moon, Phobos, appears to the Mar- sians to rise in the west and set in the east. The other, Diemos, rises in the east and sets in the west. But it is with the very peculiar appearance the planet presents when viewed through a large telescope that chiefly concerns us at this time. The strange lines that show on the sur- face of the wonderful star form the great mys- tery. Asfar back as 1730 Huyghens, a noted estronomer, observed these - inexplicable markings, but at that time the art of telescope making had not reached its present marvelous perfection, and with the imperfect instrument at his command the savant wes unable to sat- isfactorily define the curious lines. In 1877 Schiapparelli, an Italien astronomer, announced as the result of his observations that the surface of Mars was furrowed by what he termed ‘‘canals,” and from that date uutil now very careful watch has been xept by com- petent observers of the mysterious markings. The whole extent of the Marsian continents is crossed by numerous dark lines, the appear- ance of which is very variable. szey traverse the face of the planet in long, regular lines, different from what would be the ?pelnnco of our water-courses. They are not sinuous. They are of diffcrent leugths, some of the shortest being about 800 miles in length; others measure several thousands, occupying fully & third ot the planet's circumference. Some of them are very easily seen, others are difficult to observe, resembiing the most deli- cate spider’s filament stretched across the dise of the planet. The width of these lines Is not uniform, as in some instances they appear to be fully 180 miles wide and in others not more e Tact 1s &xtablished thet th igma e fact is es! 2t these en! ti- cal lines are on the planet, and are not an | it oscup! tical illusion. The' large one proceedis g%m Lake Nilicaus has hee‘n In; lg the phu {or more than 100 years, but hy, speaking for The :‘%’scn 426 bt Tew aminhabited starss probably haye s nebulous appearance, owing eVapora- t;y the formation of vapor by rapi tion. The most remarkable phenomenon con- nected with the Marsian canals is their doub- ling or germination. A given canal changes in appearance and is transformed throughout its whole length iuto two lifes parallel to each other that look like the two rails of a railroad, the new line following the original one with geometric precision at a unfform distance from eighteen to 120 miles apart.’ This duplication is not confined to canals; it1s observed in the lakes, which frequently appear to be doubled. From the fact that this doubling occurs in the months which precede and ?flllow the great inundation caused by the melting of the polar ice about the timeof the equinoxes it has been thought that the presence of watery va- por, charged, perhaps, by some other unknown vapor, has produced a bi-molecular medium, through which the doubled portions are vis- ible, causing double refraction, as is the case when we look through a piece of Iceland spar. The thawing of the polar snows and ice was fully observed during the late o%posnlon of Mars. The area of the ice cap diminished [ralm 2 mean diameter of 2500 miles to 190 miles. ‘The geography of Mars is pretty well estab- lhhed.‘ Thegozthem me-‘;’, ls'ynov. centered upon the pole, and the freezing ares is at some distance from the true pole. The south pole is free trom ice in the summer. The northern icecap is centered exactly on the le. Allof Mars’ conditions for inhabitabil- ty are fairly well determined. At the melting of the snows accumulated during the winter season the liquid mass spreads out over the frozen region and converts an immense tract of land into a temporary ses, covering ail the lower regions. any " observers, including Proctor, have mapped Mars with' seas and lands, as the planet appeared at the time of their observation, when the fact was that at one season & region is land andatanother season water. The effect of the long summers and winters on Mars produces a higher mean temperature during the summer season than is normal to the earth. The polar snows of Mars proves without doubt that the planet, the earth, issurrounded by an atmosphere capable of transporting agueous Vvapor from one region to another. The presence of an atmosphere on Mars, charged with aqueons vapor, has been con- firmed by spectroscopic observations, espe- cially by Vogel, who says: “The atmosphere of Mars, differing very little from ours, is very rich in aqueous vepor.” This fact is of no lit- tle importance, and we can therefore assert with the greatest probability, that it is to water, and not to any other liquid, that we must attribute the seas and polar snows and ice of Mars. ing of ice on Murs leads to the conclusion that in spite of its distance from the sun, Mars has a temperature analog- ousto that of the earth. The demonstrated fact that ice does melt on Mars is pregnant with the protest against some of the accepted theories of heat as derived from the sun. Our text-books of physical science state that “the 1nwmh‘ief the sun’s light and heat oa Mars is but three-sevenihs of that upon the earth.” This would place the mear tempera- ture of Mars at about 60 degrees Fahrenheit be- low zero, If the text-books state correctly it would not be possible for aqueous vapor to play such a determining part as it does in the atmosphere of Mars nor_for water to operate such great ghyllul conditions there. But are the text-books right? What is heat? We speak of it as & mode of motion. Does it come from the sun as heat de facto; or rather does not the sun emanate & force which, con- tacting with matter here on our globe, or on the other spheres of the solar system, produce heat? Such theory fully aecounts for the observed conditions on Mars, and none other will. The meteorological conditions on Mars are closely analogous to those on theearth. The difference in the distribution of continents and seas on Mars leads to slight differences in meteorological effect It rerely rains, if at all, on Mars. Clouds and fogs form, but not dense enough to obscure the face of the planet or to completely interfere with observation. The general color of the seasis a grayish rown. No acceptable solution has yet been pre- sented to account for the red coppery color of Mars. It may be due to the color of vegeta- tion. We are here accustomed to associate green with vegetable growth, but because such is the rule on our globe it does not follow that it is imperative throughout the universe, Chlorophyll, the color matter in plants, is as well as green. is inhabited, the question cannot now be positively answered. Nothing that would berecognized as the handi- work of intelligent beings has Let been ob- served on Mars. This, however, is but nega- tive testimony. Even with our most poweriul telescopes it would be extremely difficult to see an object on the surface of Mars of a lesser diameter then twenty miles. Perhaps the fu- ture may determiue the question.” There is good reason to suppose that it {s inhabited. No thougntful mina can wnumyllh the vast usion that its utnivar? and ll';il‘;O’ .‘{n tll;a‘ conc! riox stupendous enel expendes o tion to the carcless vision. of u afford gratification ision of a single race located on this puny ball. Many of the fixed stars are so far away that the ray ot light thatleft them before the birth of As lull‘nnt yet reached this earth. There l:h “n; reason to l“y{:l@ that our earth is the only sphere fitted to the development and main- tenance of intelligent beings, The telescope and the spectroscope tell us e'fi\llhltloflly that Mars is so fitted. The selfish, narrow mind may arrive at the conclusion that this earth is sclence, says day afternoon at 2 o’clock. A class of six will be graduated this year, but in the closing exercises more than twenty will participate. A feature of the performances by the mutes will be a reproduction on the plat- form of their daily work in the classroom. “It will be practically a case of transfer- ring both students and apparatus from the recitation-room to the auditorinum,” said Principal Wilkinson this afternoon. “We will have three or four classes represented beside the graduates, and by means of blackboards and slates they will show to the audience just what they are accom- plishing from day to day. *‘First will be four pupils from the class which has been with us for nine months; then those who have studied here for three years, and following these will be the still more advanced ones. “During the past year we have intro- duced a new system of instructing in some of the departments, Instead of baving the elementary pupils to learn merely the English language as it is ordinarily spoken, and nothing more, we have been teaching them, together with their gram- mar and sentence-structure, the use and meaning of scientific terms and princi- les. This nas been found to be very eneficial.” Rev. Dr. McLean of Oakland will de- liver the opening prayer, after which the exercises of the day will take place. After the rendition of the programme President Jordan of Stanford University will deliver an address to the graduates. His remarks will be translated in sign language to the pupils by Principal Wil- kinson. The Lord’s prayer will also be translated by Miss Isabelle Hennesey. Following will be the graduates: William A. Cotter, Isadore Davis, Gustav Isert, CarrielCrawford, Mabel Gande, Isabel Hennesey; honorabledismissal, Leo Richville. “I have been requested to announce,” said Principal Wilkinson, *‘that in conse- quence of the limited seating capacity of the assembly hall, children cannot be ad- mitted to the closing exercises on Tuesday aiternoon. We will have a performance at some time later, to which the children will all be invited.” Two Romantic Engagements. BERKELEY, Cav.,, June 7.—The en- gagement of two of Herkeley’s fairest and most highly esteemed society young ladies was made publicly known O.o-chxi Miss Agnes Dornin, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar G. Dornin of Dwight way, will wed Louis McKisick, son of Judge Mc- Kisick, on next Tuhursday, and Miss Eliza filako, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, E. 8. Blake, will marry Sherman Fletcher of Ojai Valley on the 24th inst. The wedding of Miss Dornin and Mr. McKisick next Thursday will be held at the residence of the bride’s parents. It will be private, only a few of the most intimate friends having been invited. The couple will make their home in Sacra- mento, where the prospective groom is en- gaged in business. Miss Biake, whose nuptials are to be celebrated on June 24, will be married at the home of her parents. Elaborate reparations are being made for the affair. E{us Blake has long been one of Berke- ley’s fairest beiles and the announcement of her betrotnal has comeasa great sur- prise to her host of friends. The groom is principal of the Casa Pie- tra Boys' Training Scbool in the Ojai Val- ley, Santa Barbara County, where the couple will make their home. Used Individual Cups. BERKEKLEY, CAL., June 7.—Individual communion cups were used for the first time by the members of the First Presby- terian Church of Berkeley this morning. Five chalices, each containing sixty cup: have been purchased by the church, an: their nu(this morning was found to be very satisfactory. 'fin new m:gmon were received into church at the morning service, A PARTING SALUTATION. Rew: Dr, Hemphill Introduces His Tem- porary Successor. The Rev. John Hemphill has postponed his contemplated trip to Europe. He will, however, take a month’s vacation. At Calvary Presbyterian Church last even- ing he preached to his congregation a parting salutation, taking his text from Paul’s epistle to the Corinthians perfect; be of good comfort.” He said ‘We are uniting together for the last time _beiore we separate for a while. - Some will go Tuction Sales PAVILION AUCTION HOUSE. 819-321 Sutter St., Above Grant Ave. AT SALESKOOM THIS DAY, MONDAY, at 10:30 A. 3, I will sell a Large Va- riety of Parlor, Dining-room, Bedroom and Kitchen Furnitore. S. BASCH, Auctioneer. to the country; some must stay at home; and some, it may be, will be called to the eternal home. Seeing that we may uot all meet i what more fitting salutation can I g in this parting hour than that of Paul: perfect: be of good comfort.”’ A strange com- bination of commands. The one condemns us; the other quiets us. Can we harmonize them in our lives? They are joined together in our text, and what God hath joined together let not man put asunder. Any uninspired man would have put comfort before perfection, but Paul puts perfection first, and Paul is right. Both are destroyed if the order be re- versed. Comfort is all that & good many Christians care for. We had to recast our notions of religion. The one word that rings through the Bible is righteousness. Christ’sshame and sorrow ought to shame us forever out of all thought of a comfortable religion. The only thing thatcan warrant such sorrow as Christ’s is our perfec- tion. Put that word first and find it an ideal, and if yoa aim at anything less you are work- ing at Cross-purposes with Christ. Eubwhlt s perfection? Sinlesness? Thatis negative and does not bring out the force of the mighty word. Completeness. No mortal may dare essert this of himself. There was but one perfect man and he more than man, infinitely more, Periection of the Pauline sort means whole-hearted consecration. If you look for perfection of the sinless sort in flell' 1ife you will find very little comfort; but if you look for Pauline perfection, whole-hearted consecration, you have a rightto “be of good comfort.”” It'is quite possible, then, to har- monize Paul's combination of commands in our lives. “Be perfect; be of good comfort.” This is a text to take with us wherever we go. It was Paul’s parting salutation to the church at Corinth, but Corinth is only;a name. Any other will do as well. To us it means, California and San Francisco, “Be perfect.” Give yourself in whole-hearted consecration to God wherever you are, and thus shall you be of good comfort. If you go away do not leave your religion behind you. Take it with you, fatthful soul, be faithful al- ways. If you go through ‘Vanity Fair” change not your pilgrim garb nor your heavenly speech. Still wear the upward look that searches for the city beyond the stars. Before 1 go, let me commend to you Dr. Birch, who shall occupy the pulpit while I am one. Icommend him to you most heartily. e comes with the highest credentials. Ifyou encourage him ten-fold more than you have encouraged me I shail not be the least jealous. 1f1 find the church in ten-fold better condi- tion than I leave it I shall thank God and take courage. Finally, brethren, farewell, ‘“Be periect; be of good comfort.” DR YORK ON HARD TIMES He Declares That “the Honest Dollar” Makes the Poor Man Poorer. “The Call’s” Position on the Silver Question Is Commended by the Lecturer and Applauded. Dr. J. L. York, who will soon start on a lecturing tour through the north, delivered his final lecture of the season in Scottish- American Hall last night. The subject was “Political Salvation.” Previous to the lecture the audience adopted a series of resolutions compli- mentary to the lecturer, thanking him for his work in behalf of liberalism and wish- ing him success on his journey and a speedy return. The lecturer said that whatever is wrong in the country is not due to the constitution, but to a lack of understand- ing what that constitution means. He said that continual agitation as to hard times does not amount to anything unless the agitators provide a remedy, and sug- gested that the remedy for the evil be- tween capital and labor is justice based on equal rights. Such justice, he said, would produce right here that happiness which is promised in the sweet by and by in the land beyond. “That degree of happiness,” he said, “will be attained when others do unto you what you would like to do unto others, The political parties each have certain principles, but as none are perfect we should vote for the candidates of the party that is nearest in accord with our prin- cipies, which are: ‘Do no wrong and sub- mit to no wrong.” We must not look to a power beyond to help us; we must help ourselves.” The speaker then gave his_idea of gov- ernment, explaining that the reason we have such is that many of the people are too ignorant to govern themselves. People .must be educated to govern themselves, for governments are terrible things and they are very expensive. A proper administration of affairs wili bring about good result® but 1t is not by money that reforms can be brought about, it is by the earness desire of the people to be properly governed. The belief is that with an increase of population by millions there would be a decrease -of taxation, but the contrary has been the result; our taxes are growing heavier and heavier and the reason is that people cannot govern them- sel ves. The- top and bottom of society must come together in order that there may be an elevation of the common man and give him an opportunity toelevate himself and rise in intelligence, for brains and intelli- gence, not force, must rule; The injus- tice of taxation is manifest and no better example is needed than whatis being de- veloped in our conrts. “Democracy as advocated by Jefferson was protection to the people, but Democ- racy of to-day has been twisted all out of "that purpose, and it is only a small mnority that rules the people. In fact the Supreme Courl is the Govern- ment. If the lower house of Congress does something for the good of the people the Senate may nullify it. If the Senate concurs the President can nullify it, and afterward the Supreme Court can nullily anything that the President may do for the people.” The land poiicy and the monetary sys- tem he declared to be the dangerous rocks on which the Rofmbllc is striking and that these two questions will be the leading ones in the Presidential campaign. He said ‘“‘the demand of the people, all in- telligent people, will be for free silver, and if any broker or banker opposes free silver, hang him,” ' *'The cry that the gold dollar is an honest doliar is the wickedest lie ever uttered by human lips, because the maintaining of a gold standard depresses the price of labor and brings the laborer to the verge of starvation?’ He spoke of the evils of landlordism and advocated the ideas advanced by Henry George on lands and on single tax, and added that it was the fear of poverty that caused people to set aside their morals and strive by all means to acquire wealth. He then said that the ruin of the country is the gold bugs of Democracy and the gold bugs of Republicanism, and de- nounced the demonetization of silveras one of the greatest crimes ever committed against the common people. He said that what the country wants is a double standard with silver at 16 to 1. The lecturerthen said: “The San Fran- cisco CALL is to be commended for its able stand on tha silver question. It speaks for all. Tf McKinley had the same ideas on the silver question that THE CALL has he could be the protector of the people of the United States. THE CaLv's articles on the methods of Carlisle in keeping up the par- AUCTION SALE ! H S S fa MONDAY, JUNE 8, 11 A. M. Sunset Horse Market, 220 Valencia st., WE WILL SELL Sixty head of broke and unbroken Horses: 1 Matched Driving Team: 1 Black Standard-bred Road Horse: 1 Black Business Horse; 1 fast Pacer, Solano Boy, with fine Road Buggy and Harness: 3 Canopy-Top Surreys: 1 Extension-Top Rock- aways: b Piaerons: 7 Spring Wagon Carts; 8 Open and Top Buggies: 30 sets Doub'e and Single Harness; Saddles, etc. SULLIVAN & DOYLE, Aucuoneers. slave of silver. Let Americans rise and de- clare their second independence by rector- ing silver to the place it occupied and free- ing themselves from Wall street and Eng- land; and to do this the people pust vote fora man whoisin symvathy with the common peopleand not with the gold- bugs and monopolists.” The lecturer’s commendation of THE CALL’S position on the silver question was loudly applauded by the audience. SN o MRS, HENRY WARD BEECHER. Qulet Home Life of the Widow of the Celebrated Preacher. ‘Within a stone’s throw from Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, at the corner of Hicks and Orange streets, is the modest resi- dence of Mrs. Beecher, the widow of Henry ‘Ward Beecher. This venerable woman, 83 years of age, is generally at home in the morning busily writing for some publication. The parlor where she does her literary work is a cheerful and pretty room, with pictures, birds and flowers. There are numerous photographs of her dead husband, repre- senting him from his early youth to a period shortly before his death., There is also a statuette of him by Rogers, which is very lifelike. Curiously enough, over the grate under the mantel-shelf, the old family door- late, with “H. W. Beecher” engraved on it, is fastened. Mrs. Beecher prefers to live independently, although all her chil- dren have urged her to reside with them. Twice within a few years she hasmade the long journey to Puget Sound to visit one of her sons, and has not found the journey tiresome. Looking through the lace-curtained win- dow toward Plymouth Charch, she said: “Dr. and Mrs. Abbott and their assistants are very good to me, and so is the congre- gation generally. The pastor and his wife visit me frequently and are like children in their affection.” Mrs. Beecher is still superintendent of the church sewing society, and has defer- ence shown to her in social matters. When I asked if she admired the bronze statue of Mr. Beecher, which stands in front of the City Hall, she expressed a ceriain distaste for'its arrangement of drapery and posi- tion. It was intended asa pleasant sur- prise for her; but had not proved one. ‘When asked if she believed that we would recognize our loved ones after death, she replied, “*Most certainly,” and repeated a verse she had found written on a bundle wmp%n of brown paper without giving the author’s name. It wasas fol- lows: When the spring winds blow o'er pleasant places, The violet is here; 1t all comes back, the garden and the color, ana here No blank is left—no looking for is cheated; It is a thing we know. So atter death’s winter 1t must be God will not send strange things we hardly know; The old love will look out from old faces— Learest, I shall have thee. It is very sweet and pathetic to hear this Jady tell her little story of being a young schoolteacher in her native New England village when Mr. Beecher, at the age of 17, was also teaching in the neighboring vil- lage. . They boarded in the same house. Propinquity made them lovers, and they were married when very young. “‘Oh, how happy we were in thosedays,"” she added, “and we worked so hard; he preaching, teaching, and I taking boarders, besides my family cares.” Mr. Beecher was a most indulgent father and husband, but tbe wife transacted business matters and acted as his secre- {nry through their fifty years of married . With their abundant means, through his large salary and income as a iecturer, she had no thought of becoming at all strait- ened in financial matters, but certain in- vestments have proved disastrous, so that she feit obliged to remove from her com- fortable home. A wealthy and generous ity of the metals are w. of careful study and consideration.” In conclusion he said: *‘The murder of two girls in a church has been called ‘The crime of a century,’ but the crime of the century was makmg a king of gold and a member of Plymouth Church has pur- chased this resicence ard given her the use of it for life. Mrs. Beecher is wonderfully well pre- seryed, talks exceedingly well and is gen- erally intelligent and well informed. She comes from an old New England family named Bullard, from which there have been two or three distinguished clergy- nien. Her tastes are very simple, and she has an aversion to the new woman and the fashionable woman, contending that the true sphere of woman is the directing of her household matters and the cherishing of her home, her husband and her children. “I have no active interest in political questions,’”” she said. “I don’t believe in women meddling in politics at all, and it makes no difference what [ think. Iam remembered as the wife of Henry Ward Beecher. Many persons come here to see me. Hardly a day passes without bring- ing some visitor, some incident that re- minds me of my irreparable loss.””—New York Herald. —_———————— The theaters of London regularly em- ploy of 12,000 people. smart Broadway, New York, druggist has this sign hanging outside his store; it marks the new era of drug selling, Is it any wonder that he has to enlarge his quar- ters, that his clerks are busy, and that his store is one of the most popular along the leading thor- oughfare? ou can afford to trade with a druggist that has such a motto as that. g;. Gibbon’s Dispensary, 5 KEARNY ST. Establish In 1834 for the treatment of Brisate en loz: Franclsca, Dr.d. Fr GABBON, Box 1957 Son