The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 15, 1896, Page 10

10 Ne THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1896. MIRTH, BOMBS, PYROTECHNICS. Local Frenchmen Celebrate Their National Holi- day. FALL OF THE BASTILE. Nearly Twenty Thousand People Joined in the Festivi- ties. ORATIORS IN TWO TONGUES. The Financial Surplus Is to Be Donated as Usual to Deserv- ing Charities. France and her people, delivered from monarchical tyranny when that mys- terious and cruel fortress—the Bastile— was captured by the outraged populace Lalande, who is in Europe at the present time, also spoke briefly. Miss Lucy Fichter sang the “‘Star-span- gled Banner” with a chorus by members of La Lyre Francaise. The singers were: J. B. Perron (leader), L. Godon, F. Lafaix, J. B. Gere, J. Geraut, L. Figeac, X. La- ferere, J. Lanot, E. Esperance, ¥. La- grange, C. Ebrer, E. Limoies, P. Borde- nave, C. Dupain, J. Lassere, A. Caderel, M. Masfion, J. Liurette, P. Combabalade, A. Grange, B. Cougot, J. M. Mialocq, J. Soulage, J. P. Pon, A. Geranckl, J. La- bartha and J. Poujades. Professor E. Kuowlion, who was down on the programme to deliver the E: $hsh oration—*‘Le discours en Anglais’’—of the day, was next introduced and spoke as follows: Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: One hundred and Sseven years ago to-day the pairiots of France glorified history by an im- mortal deed. On this day which we now cele- brate those noble heroes added a new anni- versary to the deathless calendar of freedom. That lllustrious date blazes forth over the swelling tides of time a very Pharos of liberty. Through more than four dark and deadly centuries the massive walls of the grim dun- geon of despotism had frowned upon freedom, outraged the rights of man and blasphemously defied the very justice of heaven itself. But justice woke at last; freedom rallied. That eventful morning withessed the long-delayed dawning of the day of doom. Led by the more than noble Lafayette, who seemed to walk that dayarm in arm with the Goddess of Liberty, himself her worthy mate, ber furious sons end dsughters marshaied their indignant hosts, struck one_tremendous blow and the infamous Bastile fell. Freedom triumphed! Liberty was avenged! Up to that immortal hour the gloomy dun- geons of tyranny had deepened ever lower and lower toward that hell which had infernally inspired the diabolical deeds they had wii- nessed. But those fateful moments had no sooner sped then the noble column of July planted its firm feet upon the shattered ruins of the stronghold of despotism and proudly lifted its head toward that heayen which in- spires and rewards every loyal champion ot liberty. This. auspicius year stands proudly forth a gleaming milestone at the side of ireedom’s upward way. It marks the close of the first quarter century of the third French republic. all the noblest possibilities of human per- formance. All that man may do her sons have accomplished; all that woman may be her daughters have become, Fame can show few rolls, indeed, that do not bear, across the very top, the world-known names of illustrious sons and daughtors of France. In this joyful—yet almost solemn—moment of annual retrospect what waves of tenderest yet most inspiring memories roll in upon us! What floods of sfllm—mrflnz recollections sweep over oursouls! What oceans of senti- ment, wide as time and deep as aurntw. beave and swell within our throbbing hearts! What tides of aspiration break in billows of resolu- tion along every trembling shore of our in- most being! Hand in hand with memory imagination stalks slowly down the broad pathways of his- tory. Coniemplating her country’s noble record she rightly swells and exults with high and honorable pride. Musing upon that record she gathers thence the most stimu- lating lessons of the loftiest emulation. Within the hearts of her loyal youth she kindles the flame of patriotic determination. Lives of great men all remind them They can make their lives sublime. Then memory sharply spurs them with the trite old adage, “What man has done may do,” and the still small voice of rising ambition within each youthful, loyal, noble heart res- ponds: “All that man has done I can and will—and more!” But memory stops not here. She introduces philosophy. “Down those illustrious pathways we shall not have descended far before their momentous lessons begin to_dawn upon even the dullest comprehension. Pnilosophy teaches more powerfully by example. More and more she impresses upon us that error and evil limit and de?cl! themselves—that God surely rules among the nations of the earth—that the Eternal never abdicates his throne of thrones. And she makes us see that the King of Kings gives to each nation its own peculiar and appropriate work in his own great, unchang- ing, far-reaching scheme of human develop- ment. And, best of all for our own satisfaction and encouragement, we shall come to see, with even greater clearness, that the Supreme Ruler of mankind specially honored France with the most difficult yet distinguished duty of civiliz- ing and humanizing the European world. In the deliberate and progressive fulfiliment of this most high and honorable des:iny, what an instructive and inspiring record has been hers! What other nation of all the world, what other people of all time, has ever known a history filled with events so starting, AnERICAN 2y EnTMusASm . S ’\){\N g nation & ‘whose lamentab: thetic end all must ever sincerely dnplote‘ e Of the present honored President wisdom hardly ventures to s until his record, too, has passed mto history. His ability and patriotism encourage and the predic- tion that his niche in the temple of iame will show an occupant fully worthy to rank with his distinguished predecessors. Aand ‘no:;nn;ne- and and of er thought: The spleniir s Republic a ntiemen of France £ "one valedicto The splendid tri-color of the Frenci . They are t. {freedom—the hues of nbcrlzolnd of thatgra- cious heaven which gave us both! Alike in color, may they ever be one in des- tiny. Hand to' hana, SLoulder to shoulder, heart o beart, may your and our soldiers of freedom resistlessly them to Ceaseless Vic- tory until they shall triumphantly tread be- Death their colquering feet the lifeless corpse of earth’s last tyrant, liberty’s final foe. Under this sign they shall surely conquer. By the stern arbitrament of the sword, if need be, they shall demonstrate to the laggard na- tions that “All men are created equal,” and that *“Government of the people, by the people e and for the from St people shall not perish President Weill then introduced the Rev. E. J. Dupuy, who delivered the French oration, which translated is the following: Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: We might 88 on the evening of July 14,1789, piace here a great placard bearing the words, which have since become iamous, *‘Here we dance.” Yes, this evening we shall dance. But as they dance how many young folks will think of the emotions which musi have made the hesrts of the Parisians beat I‘l'yog thul memorable summer evening in 8 Itis fitting to recall in a tone more grave all the precious things that this great epoch includes for us, all the potent wealth, moral aud intellectual, which sprung from it tending toward the progress and 91] ting of our fair France. It is not for us to retrace for you the scenes of the revolution, of that heroic tragedy. The yoices of others have done this at former cele- brations. But at this hour we rejoice at the opportunity offered us to speak several words in behalf of our France, so resolute and so grand, despite what critics and the envious may say. NE KNOwLTONS SCENES AND FACES SKETCHED AT THE CELEBRATION OF THE FALL OF “HE BASTILE, 107 years ago, planted a iittle seed of enthusiasm which has been growing into asturdy push ever since. The branches have spread out over the universe, and year after year new blossoms have ap- peared in each locality—brighter, richer atd more radiant than the year before. The bud that bloomed yesterday in this City has been watered for a full year by the patriotic worsbip of the home country in the hearts of 12,000 Frenchmen who have made this State their home. They gathered early at the Chutes, out at the end of the Haight-street line of cars. There, surrounded by high walls, they were shut out from distracting scenes of their evervday American life. Red, white and blue bunting floated everywhere; bands of selected musicians discoursed “La Marseillaise,” *Partant Pour la Syrie,”’ *‘Les Girondins” and other patriotic airs. The speaker, whether in English or in French, told and retold the horrors of the revolution of 1793 pre- cinitated by the crueities perpetrated by monarchical despotism through its main engine—the Bastile. They lingered long and fondly on the day of reckoning when France was cleansed of the oppressors by a bath of blood. During the day 4000 people listened to the orators. hey remained and wit- nessed a great theatrical performance by the vaudeviile performers of the Chutes and a quartet of “‘clodoche’ dancers from the Orpheum. Three brass bands en- livened the hours and the trolley was tripped, the chutes were shot, the scenic railway wasridden clear into the wee small hours, while the danecing progressed in the pavilion. The night contingent, 15,000 stronz, was present. - There is :s foreign festival the Americans seem to well- appreciate as the one held yearly here in commemora- tion of the Fall of th- Bastile. In the midst of the festivities there was & sudden gloom, bowever. It was vaguely hinted at that President Faure of France had been assassinated. Anxious inquiries were made in all directions and only when it was learned that the Presi- dent was still alive and that the would-be assassin was in the toils did the fun go on. The presidents of all the French so- cieties of this City were seated on the raised platform in the new pavilion, where the :Fnchmakmg was done. Sylvain Weill, president of the day, in- troduced the speskers each in his turn, first, bowever, addressing the audience quite briefly. . He thanked the representatives of the various French organizatios the com- mittee of ‘arrangements d the en- tire French colony for the success they bad achieved. He spoke of the F&rio ism they had displayed and closed with well responded to request of “Vive la Re- publique.”” E. geuoli. acting for Consul de France ’ Leaning upon it the republic cheers herself with a thankful review of the provi- dential way over which she has come. Girding | her loins with the conscious strength of vigor. | ous youth, grown wise through bitter lessons | of needful experience, intently watchful of present dangers, regardful of the wisest coun- selof her patriot sages, cautious, resolute, hopeful, she rightly looks hopefully forward 10 years—nay, ratner centuries, let us believe —of ever-growing glory under constantly in- creasing liberty. Ladies and gentlemen of France and Amer- ica, brothers and sisters in the one great world- wide family of freedom, your speaker is more than proud to_stand With you here to-day. Your most cordial reception seems well-nigh an ld:{)uon. It makes him one with you, one of you—almost as Frencn as you yourselves. It re- minds him that the American State of his birth took its name (Maine) from one of the lmmz departments of your own iair native and. And you are more American than he is French. Though thoroughly French by physi- cal birth or inherited blood, you have & new birth, a higher birth. You are not only politi- cally naturalized but spiritually re-created by that second and far higher birth—that of your own personal choice of freedom and your own {;lbd:vldllll, enthusiastic, soulful adoption of riy. Whence we may have come matters little. What we are, what we love, whom we_serve— that means much; that signifies all. Whether born east or west of the broad Atlantic, among the sunny vineyards of fair France or upon the broad Pacific Slope of vast America we are all oun one here to-day. We are all blended, welded, fused into one great united enthusiastic fam- ily of freedom that fierce spiritual flame 1; Wiich liberty onfi' can kindle and that ounly upon the aliars of the noblest hearts and the loftiest souls, Any American, then, may—nay, he should— most heariily rejoice, as this one ‘does, in the bouor conferred by your committee in thus making him one of ‘yourselves. He is more than giad o axpreas tiis delight which Ameri- can patriolism fecls in the valiant loyalty of France. Our patriotism most heardiy strikes hands with yours in the establishment and the firm maintenance of the worid wide liberty,that international and interracial fraternity and ihat universal human equality ever as dear to American hearts as to French. This swiftly fleeiing occasion aftords oppor- tunity ail 100 brief for the entertainment and the expression of those stirring recollections, those animating considerations and those most inspiring suggestions which crowd in upon us. Could any single voice worthily convey one tithe of the loyal thoughts and the patriotic feeiings which® fi.l our miudsand swell our hearts in an bour like this that voice must pour forth a tide of most impassioned elogquence which® would overflow the most capacious chaunels of human speech and far l;xrn-u the utmost power of earthiy expres. sion. We have met to think and speak of France; France the fair, the sunny, the beautiiul, the romantic, the heroic, land of boundiess ro- mauce, 0f unperailelea vicisiiudes, of stu- pendous misforiane, of glorious achievement, of irrepressible enthusissm, of marvelous elasticity, of wonderful recuperation, the prodigy of the centuries, the delight of the nations, More than 2000 years of her authentic his- tory have crowded themselves so full of grand deeds and of subiime events thai ten times the scanty moments of tnis flying hour could hardly suffice to catalogue even the tithe of their surpassing number. Her celebrated men and women—and the great deeds which made 3 them so—bave illustrated and exemplified # crowded with autnentic records of actual occurrences so far eclipsing the highest imaginations of the most fertile authors of the most sensational romance? In no other land or history shall we find more continuous processions of the most | remarkable political, civil or military events nora more constant and opportune appear- ance of those distinguished, masterful chsrac- ters who create human destiny and control human history. In no other land will it more plainly aprear that the lives of these few great ones form—if we may so phrase it—the wa of history whose woof-threads are the myria lives of the vast unnoticed masses—the great “thira estate.” More than twenty centuries ago the ances- tors of France march in upon the field of authentic history. Then, as now, the record of the times grows all the brighter for their resence. In those far-off days they were ardiy more than pagan Gauls, under Druid priests. Yet even then they displayed the same ready excitability, prevalent impatience, predominant impulsiveness, irrepressible en- thusiasm, unconquerable cheerfulness, habit- usl courtesy and dau:tless brave: which still characterize their remote descendents. Their volatile restlessness made them in- stinctively and most naturally the pioneer emigrants of their age. While they may not have colonized as extensivelynor as remotely as the worid-invading Romans, they -did $o0 much more happily for themselves and the people among whom they went. Along the sunny slopes of the Mediterranean they thickly colonized, then swarmed over the Pyrenees, Their sunny ways and kindly manners gained the hearts of the natives, with whom they mingled and intermarried. When 100 greatly troubled by warlike neighbors they calied in the help of the Romans. Like the greatest Roman, they ‘“came, they saw, they con- quered.” But, unlike him, they won b genial, hearty ‘ways, stayed where they hag conqu and ruled for fully half a thousand years. Time forbids to tell how their cities—such as Marseilles, Lyons and, notably, Paris— became centers not only of trade and govern- ment but of learning and general culture. It is -pleasant to note that in ibe fine art of rhetoric Gaul furnished teachers even to clsssic Rome herself. And one must also forego the pleasure of speaking at any length of such heroes as harles Martel, the “Hammer of France,” who pounded the invading Saracens into hopeless defeat, then merciiessly hammered them quite beyond the borders of his country and saved not only France but Europe for civilization and Christianity. And what military bero has ever surpassed his worthy and even greater grandson, Charle- magne, conducting more than fifty military expeditions against twelve neiehboring na- tions, winning cvery battle, vanquishing every nation and deservedly receiving the title “Snc- cessor of the Ceesars”? Had they called him “Surpasser of the Camsars’—the never-surren- gedng—hhwry would have fully justified the onor. The closing moments admonish us 1o brev- ity. This adience needs no reminding of the honesty, the courage and the eloquence of Gambette; the calmness, wisdom and change- less firmness of the venerable Thiers; the en- ergy. bravery aud impetuosity of the soldierly MacMahon; the diligence, dignity and moder- ation of the imperturbable Grevy; the enter- prise, executive ability. but ‘unfortunate ]a:‘selulvenenol Ferry; the hereditary popu- ty, personal integrity end characteristic courlesy of 8adi-Carnot—and how may one fit speak ol Boulanger, whom the people idouud’, but whom the sounder sense of his nation dared not trust with the highest office, and The extraordinary uprising of the human conscience in the sixteenth century, which ‘was the forerunner of a movement of religious reform, was the first enfranchisement of man. Liberty of conscience, the right of the in- dividual to his personal convictions and free examination, these were its immediate fruits. The people were in bondage and the despotic goke of monarchs and of emperors weighed heavily upon them, denying to them that which theéy were compelled to demand, weapous for their hands. The future was dark, o’ercast with shadows, Through wars, exIpedL tions, catastrophes and famiues, men lived and died without true hope of deliverance it seemed. But patience! Slowly there formed in the breasts of the French pcople a current, an irresistible current, whi nmvldeninx flows until finally unrestrained, raging an blind in its im osity, it sweeps everything before it, inundating the old monarchy in a deluge of blood. The second date, ever to be celebrated, the second extraordinary uprising which endowed humanity with politicai liberty—this is the evolution. rance bel having dared to e royalist tri 0] 510;{.0 % having established once for all the of man. nfl'hh was the dawning of & new era. From this e date the wondrous displays of the French spirit. For we are bold in defeniing in this day that imperishable crown of patriot- ism, pure and generous beyond measure. The influence of France, st least in the eighteenth century, had fallen so low that it scemed to be condemned to the sterile im- potenceof a nation in its decline. This influ- ence arose, increased, astonished the world and placed itseli over all, in all domains of politics, science, letiers, economics, art or morals. Behold the pleiades of t minds, created, 80 to speak, by the revolution of 1789. The necessity of facing tue coalition of monar- chical Europe, prolific of lcgisiators, of gen- erals, of men of learning, educators and orators. The spirit takes wing, afid when the tri-colored stendard, so dear and so glorious, floated before the stranger, it was the visible e emblem of & are only good when they pro- duce au evolution toward progress. Revolu- tions are acceptable when they end by mitting a people to reconstruct what they aave demolished. Our revolution brought sbout the reconstruction of a powerful ice, of & :;utne: which deservedly holds its place in the st rank. ’ However, let us go a little further forward. During all this nineteenth century the mt work, peacesble _and beneficial, has n continued. The ambition of a Napoleon, the narrowness of a Charles X have endured oniy for & time, and good sense, which is so char- acteristic of the Frenchman, has tsken the ascendant. Even the follies and the blame- worthy escapades of 2 Boylanger regime have not succeeded in turning the e from their th. Progress has been made, slowly, surely, ‘pite the crises, formidable at_times, or the dangerous setbacks that have been encount- er We are not, however, di to utter pane- £57ic 10 oxders wag respiendent patriotism should not suffer itself to be blinded byan F R s L fau! istability is not least of our aflings. Is it ing um’m» that the ch ople, 80 generous and so prompt to embrace Be cause of the weuk or mg snould be changeable and mobile? 1f we remember that durin lanf years this Natfon had not the right of bofna ts own master, if we consider i that full and entire liberty came to them sud- denly, even before they had the time to ac- ‘custom themselves to it, that their dream was realized at the moment when they least expected it, we easily understand that there is 8 boldly man ifest necessity of seeing, of grasp- ing, of changing and of attempting: To-dey the present is a guarantee to us of the future. “There must soon be a change of govern- ment’’ has been heard time and again. “The French must make a change every twenty ears.” This is notso. The republic has been nstalled during the past twenty-five years and in her peaceful strength, grandeur and dignity we point to her with pride. ance is bound to grow greater and more majestic throuflh her natural resources. She 18 in the world like a brilliant light. Inart, for instance, French masters are the creators ©of schools. Whether on canvas or cut in stone her masterpieces hold the first places in the salons of the world. THer David, the Gericault, the Vernets, the Meissonier, the Corot, the Milet, the Gerard, the Rude, the Carpeaux, without naming otbers, are for- ?Vennom inscribed on the tablets of human- n literature there is Victor Hugo, Lamar- tine, de Musset, Leconte de Lisle; in history, Michelet, Mignet, Thiers, Guizo writers, Balzac, Georges Sand) Alexandre Dumas and Flaubert; in sciences, Leblanc and Cnevreul, to Pasteur ana Roux. We have heard said that the Influence of our dear France is waning. Not so. Stronger it is growing daily, Emerging from the terri- setback of twenty-five years ago with wonderful vigor she surprised the world. In the heart of the Frenchman there is certainly & moral force which only needs to be calied upon. 'TWAS EVER THUS. How a Princess Called Down Another Woman 2500 Years Ago. Twenty-five hundred years ago a princess of the royal family of Assyria wrote a let- terto alady of the imperial court, in which the latter was haughtily rebuked for presuming to use the familiar title of “'sister”” in addressing the royal l!ady. Yesterday in Baltimore an English trans- lation of this letter was published by the Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Christo- pher Johnson has been working for some time to puzzle out the dignified termsin which one woman of those ancient days ~ebuked another. Theletter was not written with ink upon a sheet of tinted paper, as would be done by a fair dame of to-dav, but was inscribed in cuneiform characters upon a tablet of baked clay. It is in thirteen lines, and the royal lady did not waste words to ex- press her comtempt at the other’s imper- tinence. The tablet was written only a few years before the destruction of Nineveh and the overthrow of the Assyrian empire, which is generally placed by historians as having occurred in 606 B.C. It 1s one of the few remains of that period which uave come down to the scholars of the present day. It was discovered a score or more years ago and many Assyriologists have tried their hand at a transiation. Dr. Johnson in working upon it did not bave the original tablet, but a picture of it. The royal lady who wrote the letter, or who probably dictated it to her seribe, was the Princess Sheruaeterat, a grand- daughter of the famous Assyrian monarch Asurbanapal, called Sardanapalus by Greek wrilers, who in addition to being a great couqueror was the founder of an ex- tensive public library and a patron of literature and the aris.’ The letter is trans- | lated by Dr. Johnson: Message of the King’s daughter to Asshur- Sharrat. Thou dost not properly address thy letter sent to me, nor use the title to me be- fitting thy station. People might say, *‘Is she the sister of Sheruaeterat, the elde: aughter of Ashur-etil-ilani-ukinni, the great King, the | mighty King, King of hosts, King of Assyria?’ Bui thou art only the daughter of the daugh- ter-in-law of the wife of Asurbanapal, eldest son of Esarhaddon, King of Assyria. Dr. Johnston suggests that th tence was probably a crushing recipient of the letter, as the peculiar ex- ression “daughter of the daughter-in- aw of Asurbanapal’s wife’’ was most likely a reference to some delectable bit of court scandal in the famous Asiatic em- ire. The doctor also said that the re- uke was a perfectly proper oue from what is known to-day of Assyrian etiquette in letter writing. “If the lady, Asshur-Sharrar, addressed the Princess a i i lated,” said h be certainly commitied a gross breach of etiquette and was guilty of an impertinence which richly merited a rebuke. Even if she were actually her sis- ter it is doubtful whether she could nave so addressed the eldestdaughter of the sovereign family. We find a Prince speak- ing of his father as ‘the King, my Lord, but never as ‘my father.” And among pri- vate individuals, except in the case of near relatives, it was the invariable rule to ad- dress each person by his proper title with PRENIK CLUB MEETING, Cruelty and Bad Treatment on Sewall’s Ships Ex- posed. The Crown of Thorns on the Sailors’ Brows Pressed With a Tyran- nical Hand. Scottish Hall on Larkin street was filled to the doors with an enthusiastic gather- ing of the members of the Pheenix Club last evening. Before the meeting was called to order by President T. V. Eddy, several new | members signed the roll, and Secretary ‘[ Andy Branch was kept busy receiving | and distributing admission cards to anxious applicants who desired to become enrolled. The executive committee was given full vower to act in selectine the uniform to be worn by the drill corps. A meeting of this body will be held at 7:30 o’clock in Scottish Hall on next Tuesday evening, at which time those who wish to supply the “ uniforms will have an opportunity of pre- senting their samples. 3 From the number of names on the drill corps roster it is evident the Pheenix Club will have a uniformed company second to none in the City, and one over which Cap- tain O’Neill will be proud to command. After the routine business had been dis- posed of Harry H. Hutton was invited to the rostrum to give his views on the philanthropy of Arthur Sewal, the Dem- ocratic nominee for Vice-President. Mr. Hutton proceeded to compare the platform adopted by the Chicago.conven- tion with the millionaire Sewall, who is the president of a bank and a director in every corporation and syndicate in Bath, Me. He said the Sewall ships were known in every port in the civilized werld as beinz models of perfection as to construction, lind floating hells of cruelty and starva- ! tion. He cited case after case where the em- ployes of the Democratic nominee for vice- president had been arrested and punished for ill treating their crews. And yet when this was permitted by the owner of the vessels, in Bath he was contributing thoa- sands of dollars annually to charitable in- stitutions. If this, said Mr. Hutton, is not pressing the crown of thorns on the poor laboring | man’s brow, he would liketo know what it was. Mr. Zan, an employer of several work- ingmen, gave his reasons why he would vote the Republican ticket next November. Other speakers followed on the same lines, and with songs and recitations, a | pleasant and instructive evening was en- joyed by those present. The Beginning of the End. Something whizzed through the airata distance of about ten feet from the head of ‘William the Conqueror. ‘*Wasn’t that an arrow ?’ asked the monarch. “It was rather too wide for a narrow,” said the court jester, ana from that mo- ment his_office began to lose its impor- tance and respectability. — Indianapolis Journal. —_— | Miss Eva Blantyre Simpson, the only surviving daughter of the late Sir James Simpson, intends to mark the approach- ing jubilee of her father’s discovery of the application of chloroform for anesthetic purposes by the issue of his biography. N4 | 323 Market St., S. F. NEW TO-DAY. Vino-Kolafra Steadies the Nerves of worn-out women and over- worked men. Itisawonderful tonic and a non-intoxicating stimulant, from which t}jtere is no depression or reaction. 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Molstare; intense itchin t at night; worse by s¢ atehin, i ;t'n::;;lun;e' Sre forns and protrade, eco e AW AW NES OINTMENT stopn the itehirg = 5 ing, h lceration, and in most @asce e e Yo Druesat R e _"Bajai California Damiana Bitters 1s a powertul aphrodisiac and specific tonio for th9 sexual and urinary organs Of both sexes and % t remedy for diseases of the kidneys and bial- 3o A great Restorative, 1nvigorator sad e vioe. Sells on its own Merits—no long-winded tessls monlals necessary. LLnR, ALFS & BRUNE, Agents, nd 'tor Circalar.) VARI-CO-CELE Wasting Weakness, Failing Man- hood and Nervous Debility Are Easily Cured by the addition of the words “My Lord.’ "— Baltimore Sun. ——————— ROLLING IN WEALTH. Large Salaries Made by Buyers for a New York Firm. The buyers and sellers of some big houses located in the metropolis are simply rolling in wealth. Atleast they should be, if what a member of a wealthy tobacco firm, who is in touch with a vari- ety of interests here, tells me is true, and his word goes in good company. *One of our salesmen,” said this gentleman to- day, “hasforseveral years averaged at least $30.000 & year, counting salary and com- mission.” He virtually controls our big customers, one of the best being in San Francisco. “Of course his ‘is an exceptional case in the line of trade referred to, but there are other sellers in this town who discount bim. I know a few wine men who spend more than that amount booming their brands, and the wine business 1sn’t what it used to be by alongshot. One agent here was given $80,000 a year to blow in on the brand he handles. And he made it show. Of course, he coined money for his house and himself, too. He's a rich AN Now. ‘“‘Another foreign house allows its agent $1000 a week, and he easily gets away with it. I've seen him coquetting with the waiters in the big hotels at Saratoga, and after he would leave, a few of the heaa waiters there would be wearing a diamond ring, a pin, or something of that sort. He knows how to plant his money where it will do the most good. 1 used to be in the same business myse!f, but the house I represented only allowed me $1000 a month, and I wasn’t in it. Still, I man- aged to knock out about $50,000 a year.”” After a brief intermission the man of affairs resumed: “The men who do the | buying for the big stores here also earn big money. One who used to be with a Sixth-avenue house received a salary of $16,000 a year in addition to a percentage | of the profits of the department he ac- tually controlled. He is now connected with another firm, and as he made the change against the wishes of his old em- ployers he is undoubtedly making more money. He’s rated at over a quarter of a million. His case is not phenomenal for tne amount of money he makes. Some time ago, when a certain dry-goods house wanted to make a special effort to increase its business, it cast about in the other stores for the best talent. The men it fixed upon received offers of $3000, $10,000 and $12,000 a year to make a change. Of course 21l the buyers in vhe principal dry- goods stores do not command such sala- ries; but taste, good judgment and busi- ness ability cannot be purchased here for much less. The tendency in the bigyer, .newer and more successful houses is to sllow the buyer to have ab- solute control, and "to manage the business as if it were his own. A certain amount of capital is put at his disposal; he is charged with interest upon it ane with his share of the total expenses, and at the end of the year he is required to show a profit of a certain amount upon the operations of the depariment. He buys his goods, advertises them, offers bargains, and is under only the most general super- vision of the firm. 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