The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 20, 1896, Page 6

6 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, RACIAG N MUD AT SACRAMENTO Rain Dampens the Ardor of Horse and Jockey at the Track. LAST DAY OF THE MEET Lumina Captures the Autumn Stake With Vincitor in the Place, BUT ONE FAVORITE IN FRONT Mainstay, His Owner and Rider Ruled Off for Life by the Judges. SACRAMENTOQ, Car., Sept. 19.—A driz- zling rain that began last night and con- tinued at intermittent spells throughout to-day dampened the ardor of both horse- men and spectators, and the concluding day of the big State Fair meet saw but an ordinary crowd in attendance. It rained just enough to make the going juicy, and as the jockeys, all bespattered with mud and looking like cannibal islanders, re- turned to the stand at the conclusion of each race the spectacle afforded much amusement to the occupants of the grand stand. The last day of all fair meetings is gen- considered “get-away’’ day, and in respects this was no exception, many first choices in the betting succeeding in capturing but one of the six races on the card. The horses that plucked the purses were: Principle, an 8 to 1 shot, owned by George Rose; Sabilla, a,7 to 1 outsider; Lumina, winner of the Autumn handicap; Articus, a favorite for the mile and a six- teenth run;. Reddington, the runaway winner of the Darktown Derby, and finally Cbarlie Boots, which took the hurdle event at a mile and a furlong, with the jumps omitted. Articus also enjoyed a walk- over for the Fall stake at a mileand a half. A disastrous sequel marked the six- furlong dash that was second on the card. The big colt Maimstay, with Charley Daniels up, opened a 5 to 2 favorite, but receded to 7to 2. It looked as though the rider was not greedy for the purse, and while shoving the bunch in runningin ! last position, he fell down about twenty yards from the wire. The exhibition was euch a poor one that the judges ruled Jockey Daniels, the horst’s owner, A. Lindsay, and the big sprinter himself, off for life. As though a forewarner of danger, the 7 to b choice, Alazan, for the opening five and a half furlong scramble lor maiden two-year-olds, finished third. Principle, who receded from 6 to 8 to Lin the betting, assumed the lead in the stretch, and in a drive beat the 12 to 1 shot Link Boy outa head 1n a hard drive. The plunger, well backed, stumbled soon after the start, finishing back iu the rnck. Ten selling-platers siarting in a six-fur- long spin next furnished a very open bet- ting affair. Ricardo at threes had the | call, closely pressed by Hymn, Mainstay and Seaspray. Rummel, well supported in the betting, acted badly at the post and was ‘left. Graduslly taking the lead, Babilla, Pittsburg Pbil's old mare, a7 to 1 chance in the ring, edged to the front, winning at tbe stand, three parts of a| length from Ricardo, which was backed down from 8 to3. Beaspray, ridden by Bnyder, finaily got in third. The autumn handicap for two-year-olds, over & 1aile, worth $710 to the winner, re- sulted in a decisive victory for Lumina, a | daughter of the dead Martenhurst, run- ning in the colors of El Primero stable. In the betting Tea Rose and Geyser coupled were strong 7 to 5 choices, with Lumina next fancied attwos. Vincitor, True Blue and Howard S were the other starters. Tea Rose was sent out to make the run- ning, closely followed into tne stretch by Vincitor and Lumina., The brother to Vinctor put “E a strong arszument, but Lumina got the lead over him lessthan a furlong from home, and won very handily in 1:45)4. Howard 8 made upa deal of ground in the stretch, finishing third. McGlone, a new rider to the Cali- fornia race-going public previous to the present State Fair meet, put up an excel- lent rideson Vincitor. The betting about the five starters in the one and a sixteenth mile selling run looked a trifle peculiar at times, but “ail’s well that ends well.” After opening at 8 to 5 and touching 9 to 5, Articus was backed down to 3 to 2 and trailing Encino and Jack Richelien into the stretch, won ! in romping fashion from the first-named lightweight in 1:52)4. Seaside, badly mesued about, was an indifferent third. Six colored riders of the welter-weight class, mounted on six good, bad and in- different horses, contested for the Dark- town derby, over a mile, worth $125 to ihbe first horse. Hazard, ridden by Ford, was the hottest kind of a 4 to5 chance, t Jones astride of Reddington,a 5to1 shot in the betting, carrying 140 pounds, jumped out in front when the barrier raised, and the others never got near him, winning in runaway fashion, with Lorena 11 secona and the favorite third, On account of the slushy condition of the track the hurdles were omitted from the mile and & furlong run, and the affair was thereby deprived of much interest. Malo Diablo was sent outa 7 to 10 favor- ife, but sulked ag usual, ending up among the tail-enders. Spence, on the 8 to 5 sec- ond choice Charlie Boots, made the run- ning from the outset, winning easily from Geld Dust. J O C, on which Murphy re- freshed himself the first part of the race by taking a sound sleep, came with a sur- vrising show of speed at the close, finish- ing a good third. and a half furlongs, malden two-year-olds; 35/ se's b.g. Principle, 99, by tmp. Maxim- Ventura (McClane), 8 to 1 1a Stestafarm's b. c. Liok B Cornelis (shepard), 12 o 1. C. F. tanders & Co.’s ch. g. cine-Tearless (Martin), 7 to Time, 1:101%, D. 3. Tobin, The Pluniger, Seven Up, Billy Vice, Minta Uwens aod P F 110 ran. Six forlongs: sslling: purse 8350, T. Boyle's ch. m. ~abilla, 101, by Tyrant-Stella (Spencer), T80 L...... ... & F. Capp’s ch, 2. %'fi""}‘ 104,y Wildidie-B . Bonnet (Shepard) 80 1oo.ciiiinnnns P. Slebenthals b. g Sea Spray, 104, by imp, MarinerMaranetts (Snider) 8103....... csboses B 1 ymn, Gbaries A- Gladiols, Con 3 Nic Nac, Hymn, Charles A, Gla a, Con Mainstay and Kummel also. vy One mlla,‘;g‘e’ Autumn handicap for two-year- olas; value . Ei Primero stable’s b. . Lumina, 110, by imp. Martenhurst-Vandalite (Piggott), 2t0 1. iimwood stock farm’s b. e. Vincter, 11 imp. Brutus-Mollie H (uoulom)‘fi w 1. 3.H. Shields’ br. ¢. Howard S, 115, by Whisile-JackevZelica (Enos), 1910 L.... me, 11 Geyser, True Blue and Tea Ruse also ran. Oneand a sixieenth miles, sellin P._Archivaid’s b h. Articus, 104, Glen Loch (Martin), 810 2.... Mendocing siables ch. c. Kné o Brutus-May D (Butler), z P Slebenthuers ch. mr Seasids, 01, by ‘imp. Mariner-Marin (Satder); 70 1. me, 1: Warrago and Jack Richeileu also ran. | parktown Derby, one mite: purso s125. Oakiand stable’s b. g Reddington, 140, by Em- ror of Nortolk Augeilque (fouts) Sio 1o 1 Morine's b. 1, Lorens 11, 137, by 4pache-Riii (Slaughter), 13 to 1 4.G. Brown & Co.'s ‘'more-Zoo Zoo (Ford), 4 to b, 'tme, 1:50. Tuxedo, Uncle Sam and Trix siso ran. s!g‘l'ln aud an elghth, four hurdles, selling; purse, . Bpencer's b. g. Charlle Boots, 131, by Alta Mio-Constellation (Spence), 8 t 1 Owens Bros.’ b. g _Gold Dust, 141, Cup (Stanford), 8to1.... 2 H. Jones'ch. g. J O C, 160, by Apache-Trene (Murphy), 10 to 1. 3 ime, 054 Malo Diablo and Robin Hood I also ran, SAN DIEGU’S FAIR ATHLETES. Three Sisters Swim Four and a Half Miles in Two Hours and Ten Minutes, BAN DIEGO, Uan., Sept. 19.—The longest swimming race ever held in these waters took place this afternoon, and the | principals were girli—siaters. The course’ was from Silver Gate bathhouse, San Diego, to the National City wharf, four and a half miles, and it was covered in two hours and ten minutes. Agnes, Lena and Carrie Polhamus, daughters of Captain A. Polhamus, per- formed the wonderful feat. They are strong, rosy-cheeked and plump girls, all born sailors and lovers ¢f athletics. They organized the Zlaz Rowing Club, the pioneer girls’ club in Southern California, which was the forerunner of over two dozen similar clubs. The bay was quite rough this afternoon and the party accompanying the girls in boats tried to dissuade tiem from making the attempt. They were determined to -swim the distance and kept on. The wind was quite fresh during the latter part of the swim. Two girls and two boys accompanied the swimmers, rowing two boats with which to bring the girls back. On the way down the girls in the water laughed, chatted and disported like | Naiads, occasionally racing with each | | other, and showing no sign of fati-ue. Indeed, on arriving at the goal Miss Agnes Polhamus drew herself into & boat unaided and,“taking an oar, in company with Miss Jessie Haight, captain of the Columbia Ciub, out-rowed the two boys in the other boat. This, after such a long swim, was phenomenal and illustrated | the superb physical condition of the fair contestant. | e BSAN JUSE EACE MEETING, Harness Horses Will Contest During the Coming Fatr. E SAN JOSE, CAL., Sept. 19.—The directors of the Santa Clara Valley Agricultural Bociety have reconsidered their action of ‘Wednesday, when it was decided to have no racing this year on account of the few entries received, and there will be six days’ racing in this city during the fair, commencing September 28. The small number of entries for the racing pro- gramme previously prepared was due to the classes being too slow. All the slow horses on the circuit were worked out at the opening of the circuit, and the owners | now campaigning did not care to enter | | their horses in events below their classes. | | Purses amounting to $7500 will be given. | There will be two harness and two run- | ning events each day. The conditions will be the same as those previously agreed upon. The pacing events will be for the 2:25 class, 2:20 class, 2:17 class, 2:13 class and 2:10 class. The trotting races will be in the same class. | . C. H. Corey has just returned from Sac- ramento, whither he went to make ar- rangements for the races. He reports | much interest manifested in the meet by horsemen at the State Fair, and says that all the fastest and best horses on the cir- cuit will be here. Already a sufficient number of entries have been receivea to make the meet a success. ——— RACING IN THE EAST. Winners of Events at the t. Lowis and Gravesend Tracks. . BT. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 19.—Six and a half fur longs, Tom Donahue won, Bust Up second Pavan third, Time, 1:27. Seven furlongs, Jack Martin won, Hush sec- ond, Sammie Young third. Time, 1:33}4. One mile, Helen H. Gardner won, Cochina second, Blacking Brush third. Time, 1:48. One mile and seventy yards, Garland Bar o Madeline second, Kamsin’ third. Time, Six furlongs, Harry Duke svon, Robert Latta second, May Thompson third. Time, 1:1534. Five and ‘8 half 1urlongs, Algol won, Fervor second, Alvin W third. Time, 1:10}4. GRAVESEND, N. Y., Sept. 19.—Five furlongs, Xmas won, Arabian second, Accordion third. Time, 1:03%4. Five furlougs, Billali won, Vinita second, Va- lorous third. Time, 1:04. One and & sixteenth miles, Peep o’ Day won, Hunwell second, Long Beach third. Time, The Friar third. Time, 1 One xnd aa efghth miles, Tiie Winne won, Ben Eder second, Cassette third. Time, 1:56. Six furlongs, Zanone won, Tremargo second, Rubicon third. ~ Time, 1:15}4. 5034, Five furlongs, Sunny Siope won, Box second, b3z 20 —_——— TRAINING STANFORD'S MEN, Coach Cross Begins Work With the Foot- ball Candidates. STANFORBD UNIVERSITY, CaL., Sept. 19.—Coach Cross bad the men out last evening for a short but lively practice game, and he repeated it again to-day. After seeing the practice games, which he personally supervised, urging the efforts of the men and advising them as to their play, he stated that he found the men about as he expected. *“We have a big lot of stout, apparently conscientious, players to deal with, but their work is quite ragged as yet. Of course I rather anticipated this ‘and am not at all put out by. the discovery. Hard work will remedy the matter and a week will see a big change in the men.” —— Hetherington Leaves Stanford. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cav., Sept. 19.—Clark Hetherington, who has been the trainer in the men’s gymnasium bere for more than four years, has resigned to accept a similar position in the State Training School at Whittier. - —_— FIRE AT SUISUN. Property Valued at $20,000 Consumed by a Conflagration. SUISUN, UAwn, Sept. 19.—Fire this evening destroyed property valued at $20,000. It started in a dry-goods store ¥un by Blum & Phillips, and spread with | great rapidity to the adjoining stores, The fire engines hurried to the spot and the citizens worked like Trojans. The building occupied by Blum & Phil- lips was co}n&!l(ely destroyed. This firm estimates 1ts loss at §7000, partially cov- ered insurance, The building was owned by Dr. W. L Costigan. The fol- lowing business men suffered losses: K. E. Long, druggist; J. T. Cooper, dry-goods merchant; Perkins Bros., grocers. Al . Luwm Case at Redwood City. REDWOOD CITY, Cawn, Sept. 19.—On account of a reflection upon his actsin matters connected with the Lux estate, recently published in a San Francisco pa- per, Judge Buck declined to hear the issue between Campbell and the German heirs, and requested Governor Budd to desig- nate some other Judge to hear it. In com- liance with the Governor's request Judge cher of San Francisco held court here 1o-day. After listening to counsel, the matter was set for argumeat of the law ints involved at Judge Belcher's cham- ers in San Francisco next dnrkas Baturday at 10 e Firalia Officer’s Complaint Dismissed. TULARE, CaL., Sept. 19.—Fred Hall, a deputy constable from Visalia, made com- g::m: and secured the arrest of Epbriam 15, manager of the Forepaugh d Sells circus, last night on thap.uh‘.rgeu of permitting a child to appear as a con- .mmonht. The matter was taken before X DRESS GOODS! We are now showing, on the coun- ters of our Dress-Goods Sections, the choicest styies of Autumn and Win- ter Dress Fabrics to be found in Eu- rope or America. Some of the new weaves are Zibelines, Illuminated Canvas, Scotch Tweeds, Silk-mixed Novelties, Boucles, etc., etc., all new and at bard times prices. At 25c. All-Wool Cheviots in new colorings. At 40c. MW} Raw Bilk ana Wool Mixtures. m At 45c. %‘ Bourette Novelties in many styles. ! At 50c. Il An-Wool Scotch Cheviot and '" French Novelties. I, At 75c. English and German Tailor Suit- W inee “ At $1.00. Rare Imported Novelties in Camel’s- hair, Mohair and Zibeline effects. -Black Dress Goods! Comprising the very latest fabrics, Frieze, Canvas, Vicuna, Cheviot, Bro- caded Mouair and Zibeline. At 25c. New Brocaded Mohair, 42 inches wide. At 50c. All-Wool Jacquards in great va- riety. All-Wool Creponne, 50 inches wide. At 75c. English Lizard and Fancy Weaves. New Hosiery! OQur Hosiery and Underwear secc- tions are fast filling up with the new- est and best to be procured; the prices, you may be sure, will be up to date. At 12%c. Children’s narrow or wide ribbed fast black full finished Hose. At 15c. Ladies’ fast black Cotton Hose; full regular made. At 20c. A complete line of Ladies’ Herms- dorf Black Cotton Hose, in plain or ribbed, full black or with white feet. At 3 for 50c. Splendid line of Ladies’ Hose in tans, grays, stripes, fancy effects, black, with colored tops, etc., in plamn and Richelien riobed; worth 50c a pair. | no wonder, when you can buy three dollars | worth for one. 018 NEW UNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1896. NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. =S SEIs I I I st MILLINERY Has already been pronounced the handsomest ever seen in San Francisco. Our Styles are the greatest Novelties—our Models the loveliest—our own creations the most original. A few minutes in our parlors among so much beauty is indeed a treat. Come and see. We are paying particular attention to the class of Millinery bought by the masses—the large majority who want Hats under ten dollars, and those shown by us are wonders at the price. styles and qualities we cannot be excelled. you buy a new Fall Hat before visiting us. In high-class, exclusive You do yourself an injustice if CE CHARMING NEW SILKS. _We've justunpacked a VERY SPECIAL lot of Silks manufactured for the world- renowned firm of Hilton, Hughes & Co. (late A. T. Stewart & Co.), New York City. These goods nct having been de- livered previous to the failure of that firm, were left on the manufacturer’s hands. We secured many of them at a %?“5 big sacrifice and = give you the nefit. At 50c. Illuminated Taffeta de Chine, in novel de- signs and exquisite tints, At 59c. Taffetas, in floral and more effects, in colors of Golden Brown, Moss Green, MyTtle, Kose, Cream, ete. At 65c. All Black Figured Gros Grain, extra heavy, the best silk bargains of to-day. At 75c. 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At 81, The Latest Novelty. ‘White Glace Kid Gloves, finished with colored weltings and three rows of colored silk stitchings on back in shades of green, pink, light blue, lavender and cardinal, lour large pearl buttons, special at §la pair. “WITCH-KLOTH” The New Wonder! A specially prepared “Kloth” for clean- ing all silver, gold, nickel, copper, plated, wooden or glass ware. It takes the place of potishes, powders, pastes, liquids or chamois skins, at half the cost. oes not soratch, always ready, quick, clean and no trouble. Two sizes—small, 15¢; Jarge, 25¢. Try it. COIN PURSES. Special at 25c each; over 150 different kinas, smail and medium sizes, in new shades of green, red, yellow, brown, tan; some with initials, some with Dresden medallions, others hand-painted. Purses among them worth up to $1.00. LADIES'’ NEW CAPES, At $5. 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New Ribbons. 100 pieces, All Silk Glace Ribbons in thepnew ‘double color shadings of Reds, Blues, Greens and Bronzes. 8% inches wide, 15c yard. 43 inches wide, 25c yard. The New Two Toned Moire Taffeta Ribbons, 3){ inches wide, dozens of elegant color combinations. At 25c a yard. Speciz;l—V alue In all Silk, Satin and Gros Grain Ribbens, in leading colors, about hali the regular values. No. b at 4c yard, 35c piece. No. 7 at 6¢ yard, 55¢ piece. No. 9 at 8¢ yard, 75¢ piece. No. 12 at 10c yard, 90c piece. No. 16 at 12¢ yard, $1 10 piece. No. 22 at 15¢ yard, $1 25 piece. Each piece contains 10 yards. Toilette Requisites. Imported Transpareni Glycerine Boap, violet perfume, made in Aus- tria, 5¢ a cake; 25¢c box of 6 cakes. Pure Olive Oil White Castile Soap, made in France, large, long bars; specialgat 25¢ a bar. . La Cigale Complexion Soap, the peerless queen of all perfumed soaps, 25c a box of 3 cakes. Anita Cream, the best preparation made for removing freckles and sun- burn, 50c a jar. Carbolic Dentifoam, a new tooth and mouth wash, containing just enough carbolic acid to be effective and not distasteful. Sprinkle-top bottles, 19¢c. Special Values in Tooth Brushes just received, 10c, 15¢, 18¢, 20c and 25¢. Money_S—;ving Notions. New finishing braids Shell hairpins All-silk side supporters wit faney silvered clasps..... Fancy, round silk garters with silvered clasps. . Kid carlers Combination velvet binding..5c piece Darning cotton on cards.....2c dozen Hooks and eyes. -1c card | Black English pi 2¢ box .5c_piece .10c box 25¢ pair Justice Bucknam while the evening per- formance was in progress. The case was dismissed for lack of evidence. ————— Margaret Cartrell’s Suit. Margaret Cartrell, who was ejected by the Sheriff from the house at 8 Hayes street on the 16th inst, began sult in the Justice Court yesterday against Sheriff Whelan, Jus- tice of the Peace John A. Carroll and John B. and Louisa M. Muirhead, the owners of the piace, charging that the entrance to the house was effected by force and was illegal and un- Jiecessary. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. No TARIFF—J. P. 8., Auburn, Cal. There is no tariff on either gold or silver bullion, nor on goldor silver coi No PreMivM—C. R., Coleridge, Cal. There is no premium on gold presented at the Mint, be the gold in bar, nugget or dust. PETERSONS LANDING—Mrs. K. A. J., Bureka, Cal. Petersons Landing is in Solano County, this State, and is eighty-one miles by steamer from San Francisco. CANDIDATE finvn‘—], P. B, Auburn, Cal, W. J. Bryan was never & member of the Cabi- net, nor was he ever a member of the Senate of the United States. VALUE OF SILVER—Reader, Modesto, Cal. The market price of silver (average quotation Yer ounce) was: In 1889, .935; in 1890, -046; in 1891, .988, and in 1892, .871. STREET PAVEMENT—J. V. A, City. Neither the Street Department nor any other de, - ment of the city government has offered any prize for the best method of street pavement. Cr1y vs. REpMoNxp—Mrs. K. A. J., Eureka, Cal. The records of the City and County At. torney of San Francisco back as far as 1859 fall to show any action of the City and County against one James Redmond. PoruLATIoN—R. M. C., City. In 1860 the povulation of the Unitea States was 31,443, 321, and in 1890 62,622,250. In 1860 there were 5,210,934 families in the United States, and in 1890 there were 12,690,152. ELECTRIC CURRENT—P. C., East Oakland, Cal. The electric current on streetcars is |5 turned on and shut off by means of a switch under the control of the motorman. Get on apy electric-car and watch the operation, UNiNTELLIGIBLE—]. C, City. Your writing s 50 miserable that it is impossible to ascer- tain what it is you want to know about some kind of tax. Have some one who can write plain English write the question for you, and nn( nn;wst will be furnished, if it is to be ob- taived. BackwARrD Juxp—F. H. 0., City. There does not appear to be any record for “‘standing high jump backward.” The only record for back- ward jump is three backward jumps with weights, 81 feet 2 inches, W. Brolley, Farne worth, Engiand, February 9, 1895. AVERAGE WAGEs —T. O,, City, Without knowing what particular class of article costs & doilar to manufacture it is impossible to tell how much of the dollar was paid for wages. A general average of wages is not the proper way 10 as:eriain what proportion of one dollar that it costs to manufacture an articie is paid to the Wwage-earner. Tue DIFFERENCE—J. P. B., Auburn, Cal. The figures for the first nineteen months of the operation of the McKinley bill and the present tariff bill show the difference in the United States Treasury. Under the McKinley bill there was, at the end of that period, a surplus of $24,988,221, and under the Wilson-Gorman bill there was, at the end of the same number of months, & deficit of §76,157,884. DOLLARS AND CERTIFICATES—]. P. B., Auburn, Cal. From 1878 o June 30, 1896, the total number of silyer dollars coined was 430,780, 041. Of the amount coined since Februsry, 1878, there was held in the treasury on the last day of the fiscal year 1895-96, $378,614.- 043, and the amount outside of the treasury was $52,175,998. Certificates (silver) were 1ssued to the amount of $342,619,504, sgainst the amouut in the treasury. MiNING ENGINEERS—K. C. 0., Bakersfield, Cal. Mining engincers are employed in big mines. To be a successful engineer one must lnl‘-helnlyhuh.nlulfia for the busi- ness, must be a good mathematician, must have a knowiedge of surveylog, mnst know the formation of metal-bearing rock and be able 1o determine by assay what the value of rock is. The best way to acquire that knowl- edge 18 to work with some one who is pro- ficlent in such watters. Books that will give & theoretical knowledge can be obtained of any first-class bookseller, who on applicatjon will furnish a list. THE FIGURES NoT AT HAND—J. P. B., Auburn, Cal, The figures showing the expenditure for the fiscal year 1895-96 are not to be had in this City as yet; therefore it is lmronlb]e at this time to give the detalls asked for. THE ACT OF '73—B. P. B, Lodi, Cal. Sflver was not demonetized by the act of 1873, but the silver dollar was temporarily, and the de- monetization was within the definition given by Webster in hisdictionary, his second defini- tion, “withdrawn from the currency.” Barrey—Farmer, Petaluma. Cal. In 1888 the 1mport of barley in the United States was 10,820,586 bushels, of the value of $8,028,979; 1,970,129 bushels, bushels. $358,744; in $567,743, 67, =2 W. F., City. The bill by ‘which the gilver doilar was remonetized, com- monly called the Bland bill, was passed in the House by & vote of 164 ayes to 34 noes, ninety- two members not voting. In the Senate it passed by a vote of 48 to 21. After it had been vetoed by President Hayes it was passed over his veto by the following vote: In the House, 78 Republicans and 118 Democrats, against 5! Republicans and 21 Democrats; in the Eenate, ba 22 Republicans and 24 Democrats, against 10 Republicans and 9 Democrats. ““NoTHING NEW"—Subseriber, City. The cor- rect quotation is: “The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be, and that which Is done is that which shall be done, and there is no new thing under the sun. It is to be found in the Bible, Ecclesiaste: Solomon i8 eommonly cred THE BLAND BILr— 9. ited with the utterance of this and other n&mgu taken from the same canonical book of the Oid Testament. The in- scription with which it commences is: “The words of Kohelet [Hebrew for preacher], the son of David, King &Jem-lel‘m * A number of students of the Bible doubt the authorship being Solomon’s. FREE COINAGE—E, E. 0'D., City. It is not astonishing that at Democratic headquar- tors you should have been told that no provision hed been made to prevent, in case of stlver Democratic success, forelgn silver {rom coming to the United States to be ex- changed for gold and that none was necessary, as no foreign country has any considerabie amount of silver to spare. That is the answer ven to deceive. The ratio in the ereat ma- jority of the foreign countries is 14 to 1. There is no means of telling how much silver England would be wiliing to exchange for American go'd at any ratio should there be unlimited free coinage. REMONETIZATION Act—J. C. D., Forest Ranch, Cal. It was not silver but the standard dollar that was remonetized by the act of February 28,1878. This act provided also for the pur- chase by the Secretary of the Treasury of sil- ver bullion at the market price of not less than $2,000,000 or more than $4,000,000 worth per month and cause the same to be coined monthly as fast as purchased into dollars. From 1878 to June 30, 1898, the amount of silver doliars coined was $423,299,169. By the act of 1895, November 1, the purchasing cleuse as regards silver only was repealed; it did not repeal the Coinage of silver dollars. Silver dollars are now being col structions issued from ment last January, INSIGNTA AND FacINGs—M, J, B., City. The ipsignia of rank of the officers of the United States army 1s as follows: General, a shield between {wo stars; lieutenant-genersl, three stars; major-general, twostars; brigadier-gen- eral, one star; colanel, eagle; lieutenant- colonel, two silver leaves; major, two gold leaves; captain, two bars; first lieutenant, one baer; second lieutenant, no bar. The Iacings of the different branches of the service lu.: x:l-mrx.whuo: cavalry, yellow; artil- lery, red; engineer corps, t; signal co! nx staff, bllg‘l' ordnnu?:;l:nn.:‘nl, l:lli:r: uumuwdepume:zihnn; commissar Snnsi, nd the same facin, mnlul ned under in- the Treasury Depart- army; the chevrons, however, are inverted, The insignia of nen-commissioned officers is: First sergeant, three chevrons and a dia- mond; color sergeant, circle and three chey- Tons; ordnance sergeant, star and three chev- TONS; QuUArtermaster sergeant, three chev- rons with bar across the top of each; sergeant-major, three chevrons with half circle over each; hospital steward, three chevrons and Geneva cro farrier _ser- geant, three chevrons and horseshoe; saddler sergeant, three chevrons and stirrup; chief trumpeter, same device as sergeani-major with addition of bugle; commissary sergeant, three chevrons (gray); corgorll!, two chev- rons; lance-corporais, one chevron. MINES IN CALIFORNIA—J. P. B., Auburn, Cal. The officers of the Mining Bureau are at this time collecting statistics with a view to ascer- taining how many gold and how ‘many silver mines there are in the State of California ana how many men are engaged 1n each, but the figures received are not sufficient to form an approximate number oi either. This depart- ment might guess at the number, but will not. VEXUS DR MIro—‘Wahus,” Los Angeles, Cal. The ‘“Venus Victorious” is called the ““Venus of Milo,” because 1t was brought from the island of Milo in the Egean Sea by Ad- miral @'Urville in 1820. It is one of the chefs- d'euvre of antiquity and is now in the Louvre in Paris. The measurements of the statue are: Height, 5 feet 11 inches; circumference of head at forehead and over heir, 28 inches; width of forehead, 8 inches; length of nose, 23{ inches; width of mouth, 31{inches; length of face, hair line to chin, 73 inches; length of ears, 3 inches; circumference of neck, 12 inches; width across shoulders, 1934 inchi circumference at shoulders, 48 inches; bu 43 inches; waist, 37 inches; from hip to knee, 28 inches; knee to ankle, 231¢ inches; knee to sole of foot, 2: inches; length of foot, 1214 inches; width of foot, 43{ inches; circumfer- ence of upper arm, 143 inches. HUSBAND AND WIFE AND LETTERS—M. E. and A., City. These correspondents ask about the right to open letters. One asks: “Has the hug- band any right whatever to open his wife's letter without her consent?’ and the other asks: ““In case & husband deserts his wife and she comes in possession ot a letter addressed to him, hss she a right to open that letter?” The opening of a letter addressed to another is a crime_under the United States law, and is punishable by fine and imprisonment. Sec- tion 723, paragraph 8, of the postal law says: “Neither husband nor wife controls tne corre- soondence to the other; when so instructed, a Postmaster must refuse to deliver to the hus- band letters addressed to the wife, or to the ‘wile those adlressed to the husband. In the absence of instructions to the contrary, the wife's letters should be placed in the hus- band’s box and delivered to him with his own letters unless they be known to live sepa- rately.” The postal authorities say that while it is generally understood that maa and twife are one, the Postal Department, in the matter o ]E““s' recognize them as two distinct indi- viduals, and that, underastrict construction of the 1aW in the first case, the husband would not have the right to open his wife's letters without Ler consent, and in the second case if # deserted wife recefved a letter addressed to her husband, if she wished to avoid a prosecu- tion, she would return the letter to office. 5t W:" DOUBLE STANDARD—J. C. D., Forest Ranch, Cal. The act of 1792 provided ‘“that there shall be from time 10 time struck and coined at said mint coins of gold, silver and copper, ot the following denominations, values and descriptions.” Then follow the descrip- tions of eagles, half eagies and quarter eagles of gold, “dollars or units—each to be of the value of a Spanish milied dollar as the same is now current and to contain 3714 ns of lm:n :‘r :la 8 ‘s ns of standard silver, half dol- ars #lf of the value of the dol after that there is a delcrlpuoll:":tnl\ho minor silver coins and the copper cofns. So at first there was not oniy a aou% e but s tr‘lru The relative ndard in the United States. value of gold to silver was fixed. at one part of the former to fitteen of the latter, and the fine- ness c‘nJold coins was fixed ateleven parts of puregold tooneof alloy. Atthe rationamed the stiver dollar being cheaper then the gold dol- lar became the standard unit. The ratio in most European countries was 1 to 15.5. The gold imported In this country could beex- changed for 15.98 lnm silver which when ex- ed would yield one part of gold and ;:Z:.'w'p""“-'i: of .48 ptnn -un‘: u“ rih- expense of T 0] n- terestand llill leave s profit W transac and to check this President Jefferson on the 1st of May, 1806, gave a per- emptory order to stop the coinage of silver dollars and none were coined until 1836. That was the first demonetization of the stan- dard dollar. The commercial ratio and the coinage ratio did not coincide after 1795 and the commercial rose until 1834, when it was 15.82 to 1. Then gold coin had & greater bul- lion value than coinage value and was ex- ported. In1834 Congress to meet a general Prelerenwe for a gold circulation changed the egal ratio between gold and silverto 1 to 16 by reducing the weightof gold in & gold dol- lar seven grains. Under that rating the old dollar became " the standard unit. Up t 1858 gold a&s well as sil- ver was coined free at the mint {or owners, but in that year a seigniorage was laced on the coinage of silver, for while dot: ars were not coined the other silver coins were. In 1873 the act of February 12 knocked the standard dollar from the list of silver coins, but by the act of June 20, 1874, ell silver coins, including the silver dollar, were made & leBnl tender for payments not exceed- ing $5. By the act of February 28, 1878, the silver dollar was remonetized and mad legal tender at its nominal value for all debts and .dues, public and private, except where otherwise stipulated in the contract.” When money is demonetized it is no longer & meas- ure of value, ¥ > To THE PoLIcE—Constant Reader, Clty. You can have the nnnoiance you complain of stopped if you will Jodge & c6mplant at the Ppolice office. * THE BIG EARTHQUAKE—S. O., City. The aate of the big earthquake in California was Wednesday, October 21, 1868. The shock in San Francisco lasted forty-two seconds. THE TARIFF—S., San Jose, Cal. The rate of duty collected on dutiable goods under the present tariff averages about 45 per centas against 52 per cent under the McKinley bill. THE VoreE—B. C., Stockton, Cal. There are no figures that show how much the vote has inereased in the United States since the last held Presidentlal election. Many guesses have been made, but guesses are not facts. WAR VessErs—C. C., City. According to Brassey’s Naval Annual for 1896, the war ves- sels having the greatest displacement are the British vesseis Hannibal and Illustrious. Each hasa displacement of 14,900 tons. TRE MURDER OF PRELLER—V., City. Themur- der of C. A. Preller at the Southern Hotel in St._Louis oecurred on April 14, 1885. W.H. L. Maxwell was hanged for' this murder in St. Louis on the 10th day of August, 1888, Crry HAty DoME—V. L., City. The contract for the fancy glass to be placed In the dome of the City Hall was let to the John Malon Com- pany and the plain glass contract 1o Woods & Co. The glass is being prepared at this time, LAND IN WASHINGTON—N. L., Vineland, Cal. For information about lands in Northwestern ‘Washington you should write to the United States Land Office located at Seattle. For $1 that ofice will furnish you & plat showing what land is open to pre-emption. ON FipsT PAPERS—L. A, Wawona, Cal. The States of the Union in which an elien can vote on first papers are: Alabama, Arkansas, Colo- rado, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Dakote, Oregon, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Fexpers—P. C., East Oakland, Cal. There have been inventions calculated to automati- cally apply a brake on a streetcar when it strikes an object, but as yet none has worked satisfactorily. The cars of the Clay-street line used auxiliary brakes that took the track, and there was no objection to them. Fenders on streetears ought not to be more than two inches irom the ground—so say those who have studied the subject. Moss—Mrs. J. E,, City. The drying and press- ing of moss i8 an operation that requires pa- tience and practice to accomplish good results, The moss which it is desired {o preserve should be placed in a large shallow pan con- talning water, so as to give the moss a chance tospread. When all the branches have been well distended s sheet of cardboard or flat piece of tin should be pushed under the ex- tended moss, 5o as to enable the operator to lift itout of the water in the shapein which it was in the water. Then & sheet of blotting-paper should be placed over the moss to absorb rl:c moisiure. Atter that a sheet of heayy white paper should be on the moss, the whols This led to a very large export of silyer dollars, l Tgversed, g0 as to enable the operator to re- move the cardboard or tin without disturbing the shepe of the moss. Then rub a shest of blotting-paper over what was the under side and cover the moss wfth another sheet of heavy white paper, place under a light weight and expose io moderate heatfrom the sun il dry. BRIDGE AT CINCINNATI—A. M., City. The bridge acrose the Ohio connecting Cincinnati with Covington, Ky., is 103 feet above low- water mark. The one connecting Cincinnati wlxhkScwpon. Ky., is 100 feet above low-water mark. HYDROGEN—C. L. H., Daggett, Cal.” Hydro. gen is about fourteen times lighter than atmos- pheric air. The weight of a cubic foot of hydrogen is 0.069 ounces and that of one cuble foot of air is 0.999 ounces. It would be impossible to tell how much hydrogen woula be reauired to support one foot of air in a receptacle without knowine the weight of the receptacle. It might be contained in a bladder and it might be contained in & steel safe, hermetically sealed. You have tne figures and you can do the calculating. PossesstoN—E. P, W., City. The Code of Civil Procedure of this State says, the section not having been repealed: Where i appears that there has been an actual continued occupation of land under a clafm of title exclusive of any other right, but not founded upon a wriiten instrument, judgment or decree the Iand so actually occupied, and no other, is deemed 10 have been held adversely. For the purpose of constituting an adverse pos- session hy & person claiming title not - founded upon a yritten instrument, judgment or decree, land is deemed to have been possessed and ocou- pled In the following cases only. First, whea it as been protected by a substantial enclosore; second, when it has been usually coltivated or im- proved. Provided, however, that In no case shall adverse possession be considered established under the provision of any section or sections of this code unless it shall be shown that the land has been occupied and claimed for the period of five years continuously, and that the party or parties, their predecessors or grantors have paid all the taxes, State, county or municipal, which have been levied and assessed upon such land. HUMPHREYS' “77” —~FOR— -FALL COLDS- Changes of Abode! Changes of Weather! Changes of Clothing! Changes of Diet! All cause Coldsthatare cured by “‘Seventy-Seven.” No. 1 Cures Fever. No. 3 ¢ Infants’ Diseases, No. 8 *“ Neuralgia. , No. 9 * Headache. No. 10 Cures Dyspepsia. No. 11 ** Delayed Periods. No. 12 ‘“ Leuchorrea. No. 14 “ Bkin Diseases. No. 15 Cures Rheumatism, No. 16 *“ Malaria. 3 No. 24 “ Brain Fag, No. 27 * Kidney Diseases. 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