The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 6, 1896, Page 27

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1896. 27 ,"‘éJugtiee to a Hero of the Old Navy {Comrj“\'odore David Porter, V Every American is familfar with the early career of Commodore David Porter; how as a lad he entered the first navy of the.infant republic; how in 1798, at the age of 18, he became a midshipman; how in the following year he distinguished himself during the struegle of the Con- stetlation " with 1'Insurgente by cutting dway a wounded spar on his own respon- how he shared the fate of the crew of the Philadelphia and was impris- omed;:at Tiyvoli, and how his cruise in the E was by far the most gallant and rémintic episode of the war of 1812. Popular knowledge regarding Porter, | bosweves, ceases with the return of peace, the New York Sun. The popular f dotbtless is that he then retired | into'some Valhalla of comfoft, sustained | gratitude of his countrymen and cheered, Ly their universal plaudits. But the sequel in reality was vastly different, ant, in its record of futile seli-sacrifice and suceess and of patriotism confounded by | cgnservative’ officialism it presents a tale ' melancholy interest. :.In 1823 the Key West buccaneers were by the gr digpersed by Commddere Porter, and | American merctantmen sailed unmo- ted under his vigilant convoying. All however, was accomplished at the cost of‘much sickness and many lives. In 73 -yellow jack drove the fleet into north- s, In 1824 Porter was compelled breaking out of an old wound | | T Wat uthard was Monroe's Sec- » Navy, a public functionary wgose particular apti- | r the Naval Department had been ictor in Many Se Officials on Shore captain of the port appeared and rendered | .submissionA They apologized for Platt’s imprisonment, they admitted that it was wrongiul and promised that thereafter American officers should be respected and assisted. Then the troops marched back again, partaking of grogon the shore at | the expense of their late antagonists. Porter made due report of these pro- ceedings to the Navy Department, prais- ing the conduct of his men and expatiat- ing on the good which thisexample would produce. There is no doubt that he be- lieved he deserved well of his country; there is no doubt that the order which he received in reply from Southard recalling him to explain ‘*“the extraordinary trans- actions at Foxardo” came with crushing force and shock. Not for one instant did he regard such treatment otherwise than as an outrage. He hastened to Washing- ton, hot with indignation, all ablaze from the fever of wounded honor, impatient of each moment that aelayed his vindica- | tion. There were many such moments, weary and maddening. The department seemed content to keep him on waiting orders. The administration of Monroe was just passing out. There were other matters that could less conveniently await the administration of Jobn Quincy Adams. But not for one moment did Porter ac- | quiesce in such leisure. He wrote letters by the score, entreating, berating. He bombarded the press with voluminous communications. If ever there was an old sea dog in a righteous rage, he was that old sea dog. In April President Adams ordered a by excellent work as alaw re- He it was who on his appoint- | had been unable to make ready an- | Southard, can you assertthat | the bow from the stern ofa know en him and Porter there was an- | ism. The Secretary felt that he was | 10red ; the commodore fretted from lack f.appreciation. The one felt his official and the other his natural superiority. were squahbles about Porter’s right without permission. There were strances over & suitable flagship furnished. At length, in the 1824, Porter sailed away for his n the John Adams, as indignant as was Southard himself. Meanwhile there had also been trouble h*the Mosquiio fleet. On October 26 complaint was made to Charles 8. Platt, ieutenant commanding the Beagle, that the stores of tne American Consular Agent at 8t. Thomas had been bréken into and goods to the amount of $5000 en. Many circumstances indicated b this property had been carriea to Foxardo, a small town of unsavory repu- tation on the eastern end of Porto Rico. e than once had pirates taken refuge ero; more than once had its inhab- nts been guilty of acts of !awlessness. Platt d ined to proceed thither and ke tk aid of the authoritiées. He ted largely to the efficacy of a letter 1 he bore addressed to one who was ally deemed the first citizen of the anchored his boat in the harbor eeded to the town in company | e others, all being in private | found this first citizen, who | fuse in promises of assistance. he called on the Alcalde and tain of the port and demanded | satisfactory to the old hero. court of inquiry. This held its sessions at Washington and throughout its course was subject to Porter’s acute and minute | eriticisms. Before its decision was ren- dered he had published an account of the proceedings, showing his own infallible | | position. The court, however. took an | opposite view, and on its recommendation Porter was summoned on the 23d of June asa defendant before a court-martial of | twelve captains, with James Barron as | president. | Richard 8. Coxe appeard as judge advo- | | cate. Porter’s instant objection to him resulted in a rather whimsical procedure. One of the judges disclaimed his ability to decide whether such a challenge should | be permitted without a legal opinion. The | judge advocate was thereupon called upon | to furnish such advice, which he naturally | did in favor of his own independent and | immovable position. x The charges were twofold. The first ac- cused Porter of disobedience and conduct unbecoming an officer in that “he did [ land on the island of Porta Rico in the | dcominions of his Catholic Majesty the King of Spain, and commit divers acts of hostility in contravention of the constita- | tion, the laws ol nations and the Govern- | ment’s instructions.” The second charge | was the airect consequence of Porter's | sincere but injudicious rage, and dealt | with his bebavior since his return. It ac- | cused him of sending divers insulting let- | ters to the President and Secretary of the | Navy, of bhaving published an incorrect | account of the proceedings of the court of inquiry with bighiy disrespectful com- , ments, and of having made public various official communications, thus “impairing the discipline of the service and setting a | most dangerous and pernicious exampie.” The proof adduced by the prosecution on the first charge must have been highly Lieutenant i COMMODORE reparation ‘and restitution. At first the lieutenant’s character was conceded and his object of secrecy in appearirg without his uniform recognized. Later, however, after the first citizen had talked apart with the officials, there was a’ change. Platt was requested to show his register, and, though he finally sent for his uniform and commission, was denounced roundly asa pirate and placed nnder arrest in a filthy sironghold. At pightfall he was curtly dismissed, and returned to his ship, with- out the stolen goods, and amid the jeers and curses of the populace. On November 12 Porter arrived at St. Thomas and received a report of this scur- vy treatment. He acted at once. Accom- panied by the Beagle and the Grampus he sailed on the John Adams for Foxardo. ‘fhere he sent a fiag of truce to the town h the message that if apology for the \ltreatment of Lieutenant Piatt was not ade within one hour he would storm the ace. He then landed comypanies of sail- s and marines aggregating over ZOO‘m number. These spiked two batieries wifere threatening preparations were be- ing made and then proceeded inland. A mob of native militia made some show of AVID PORTER Platt lestified as to his treatment at Fox- ardo, whereby it appeared that in all like- lihood the worthy first citizen whose aid be invoked was the receiver of the stolen goods and had bribed the officials toin- | sult and drive him from town. Platt and | the other officers present also testified as to the details of Porter’s famous expedi- tion. They all agreed that everything had been done in an orderly manner and under colors; that the spiking of the guns had prevented bloodshed; that both the Alcalde and the captain of the port had been urged on by the piratical nature of the inhabitants; that for years past Fox- ardo had been a refuge for freebooters who bad ridiculed the prowess of Americans, but that now the flag and the uniform met with respect. Porter's defense was impassioned. Re- garding the second charge he said: «If taken unawares by the suddenness of the attack or the novelty of the situa- tion an excruciated sensibility may for the time have broken loose through the guards which should have preserved me unmoved and self-balanced; yet, after all, I bow with humility and experimental convic force and for the moment an engagement was imminent, when the Alcaide and the tion to the moral system of compensa- tions.” excused their conduct by claiming to have | of a Fights, R an’ Foul Doubtless he realized that he had been somewhat unmannerly in his demands. Doubtless he felt, as eyery one well knew, that he was as little fitted for a sea lawyer as he was thoroughly fitted for a sea fighter. . But the first charge was the main one and alone worthy of consideration. Por- ter boldly justified his conduct. He claimed that his instructions ordered him *'to protect the commerce and the citizens of the United States from piracy,” and that discretion wps necessarily implied. He showed that the Spanish islands were without proper government and hence not entitled to the benefit of the laws ‘of nations. Hegquoted from JoLn Quincy Adams’ spirited reply to the cemplaints of Spain regarding General Jackson’s in- vasion and occupation of the Floridas as follows: “The right of the United States can as little compourd with impotence as with perfidy.” Indeed, he seemed to find a sheet-anchor in Jackson's deeds at Fort 8t. Marks and Pensacola. He ar- gued with Vattel that *‘there are occasions when the subject may reasonably suppose the sovereign’s will and act in consequence with his tacit commands.” But in vain. The court found Porter guilty on botly charges and sentenced him to suspension for six months. Regarding the first charge it had the grace to say that it ascribed the conduct of the accused “to an anxious disposition on his part te maintain the hono- and advance the in- terests of the nation and the service'’; but there was no saive for Porter in these words. He felt unjustly disgraced. He resigned bis commission and accepted the offer of commander-in-chief of the naval forces of Mexico. \ Thotgh this position was splendid in power and emoluments it proved but bit- ter exile to Porter. He wagan alien, sur- rounded by those who hatéQ his race, de- spised his raligion and envied his honors. This extract from ore of his private let- ters describes his experience there: “A retrospect of the history of my life seems a highly colored romance which I should be loth to live over again, and it would not be believed if it was written. My sufferings in Mexico, the trals of for- titnde I underwent there, exceed belief. 1 rould have served that base and unprinei- pled nation, but they would not let me. But I left them without a stain on my character, which was not what others un- der the same circumstances would have done.”” With the election of Jackson there came weicome relief. Old Hickory had a fellow feeling for one who ‘“could as little com- pound with impotence as with perfidy” in the Dons. And so Porter ceased to be a mercenary and once more served his coun- try, becoming ber representative, first at Algiers, and then at Constantinople. He proved, as ever, faithful and conipetent, but his end was an anti-climax from the plorious days of the Essex. He surely deservad a better fate than defeat after an unworthy struggle with red tape and wax. Much might well have been forgiven him, for ha both loved and served much. He was a type of the old navy, bluff, simple, brave; above all and through all patriotic —a type to be worthily remembered. THE PETRIFIED WOMAN ON EXHIBITION. Now Chicago H as a Petri fied Wornan A Marvelous Discovery That Is at Present Engrossing the Attention A At last the secret of seeming perpetual existence, at least in material form, for huthan beings has been discovered. A Chicago man is the originator of the cause of this phenomenon which has deeply in- | terested medical scientists. He has in his possession at the present moment a woman whose eyes closed to earthly things | last July; who, to all appearances, has just | awakened from slumboer. This new idea must not be confounded with that of the ancients, specimens of whose skill have been unearthed by archmologists. Had the knowledge of this modern inventor been possessed at the time of the Pharaohs it would not have been necessary for us to learn of the appearance of the famous persons of cen- | turies ago {rom description. We should have been able to see for ourselves just how they looked. It would have been possible to have marveled through actual sight at the beauty of the woman for whom Marc Antony surrendered life and honor. Though we cou!d not have heard the song of Miriam we could have looked upon the face of the singer. The discovery goes to prove that the boasted superiority of the knowledge of those who lived atthe be- ginning of the Christian era is at least traaition only in one respect. How the marvel is accomplished is the secret of Invenior Boydston, who lives at “Tough Mag’’ isa rare character. She is neither tall nor short for a woman, neither blonde nor brunette; she dresses neatly and wears usually a sailor’s blouse; sheis rather pretty and as bright and as keen as they make them on the Barbery Coast; she knows every trick aboard a man-of-war, and every man of war’s man who sails into this port is her friend; she has a ready tongue and snappy, forcible words always on the end ot it; she has some money and a decently furnished flat up ‘on Montigemery avenue near Union street filled with curios and treasures from over the seas that came from ali guarters of the globe; beyond question she is the oniy one of her kind on either the Barbery or the Pacific Coast, and her name is— well, they call her “Tough Mag.” She has a quick eye for business, and can figure interest with the speed of a lightning calculator. The policemen on the beat will tell you she is honest, and wouldn’t trust her with bis full kit and back pay included. Those who travel the “coast” late at night have seen her in one or the other of the coffee joints along f Montgomery avenue, for she doesn’t keep such hours as wou!d be deemed entirely ! respectable, say in the Western Addition, | Neverthelessshe’s a belle in her own “set.”’ | and she has a reputation for “honesty, in- tegrity and veracity’’—as the lawyers . | say—that would be worth lots of money to a business man or banker who shouid be lacking in that respect. Maggie Kelly she calls herself, but no one else calls her that, and she answers to the other name just as readily. She's the patron saint of the sailor boys who go down to the sea in Uncle Sam’'s white ships, and she knows every man-jack one of them. She’s their banker. Is Jack Tar broke while in port? Then he pays a visit to “Tough Mag.” He finds her at home, or somewhere else on Mont- gomery avenue, and when hs vomes into her presence he takes off his hat, justas folks do in the Western Addition, and though he talks to her in his own jargon and technique of the breezy ocean he treats her respectfully—as Jack Tar always knows how to treat a woman. She knows what he wants—perhaps better than he knows himseli—and be always gets it, somewhat after this fashion: “Why don’t you fellows save your money? Then you wonldn’t always be broke. . You're a disgrace to,yourself and the ship you sail in. Been on a tear, haven’t you? . You're good for.nothing, anyway, but to spend money. Don’t tell me you sent money bome. That won’t wash,. Oh, 'm onto your tricks. Why, for six months, Wby don’t you brace up and be'a man? It’s ten dollars you want,, isit? It's just ten cents you'll get out of me. I've got no money to throw away on such as you! When's your liberty up? This afternoon, eh! And you’re going over to Mare Island looking like that? Say, here’s a fiver; put your name down there. Now, go and get a shave and a cup of coffee, | Dowell as fast as you can.” s you ain’t even written to your old mother | there isn’t a bluejacket in this port who | i nd get down to the Mc- [ more | Tes| of the whitg. navy, “Tough Mag,” the Champion of Jack Tar A Rare Character of the Barbary Goast, Popular Throughout the White Navy. If Jack is a new man at this port, and no one has posted him about ‘‘Tough Mag,” he is likely to put his foot into it by trying to interrupt her scolding or of- fering any excuses for himself. In that case he will only ¢all down updn his de- voted head a more prolonged and more picturesquely worded tongue-lashing than he has heard for many a day. Perhaps it does him some good and perhaps it doesn’t. At all events it probably does him no barm, and Maggie feels in duty bound to administer ‘1t whether or no. For she is a motherly sort of a girl, who takes no little pride in her self-imposed task of reforming Jack Tar. Some people wouldn't approve of her methods alto- cether, but it is safe to say that her good, honest, bomely scoldings are more effect- ive and far-reaching than an equal amount of finely phrased sermons would be, She wears quite a wonderful navy blouse on all state occasions. It was made on the high seas by Jack Tar and his brother, and was vresented to Maggie with due ceremonial solemnity several years ago when she lived at Vallejo. Though the blouse is hand-made, and masculine-made at that, it bears evidence of an immense amount of very careful and somewhat ar- tistic needlework. It is covered with flags and cannons and other navy emblems, and thougli it is worth lots of dollars, in- trinsically, 1t would never sell for half the value shé puts upon it. When Maggie wants to be real swell she wears this navy blous2, and no fine lady in the Western Addition is prouder of her fine silks or laces than is Maggie of her sailor-made jacket. ' 1 . She had a husband once—Billy Lias— and he is living, so far as is known at this writing, and there bas been no divorce. But Billy always gets in trouble with knives and pistols and such things. -He seems to have a penchant for that kina of conduct, and just at present he isin retire- ment, or was not long ago. At all events he is not in evidence now, and his person- ality is commonplace and uninteresting, while exactly the reverse is true of Mag. gie. Hers is one of the most interesting and picturesque characters to be found in these modern prosaic days. There is so much of contrariety in it, to begin with— s0 much of conventional wickedness, so Jjttle of moral sinfulness. ; Judged by the surroundings alone one is amazed to find in this: Joud-spoken, deter- mined little woman of the Barbary Coast a strong individuality of kindly instincts and generovs impuises. She is always jolly, yet always sensible, always frugal and, painstaking, economical and indus- trious;. she can paddie her own ‘canoe under all ‘circumstances, and she asks neither friend nor foe for favor. She makes her own living and makes it “squarely,” as the sailorssay, and she saves her money | without, being stin:y with it. At times she has been a waitress here or there in a rant or in & beer saloon, but always she has loaned money to the able seame: vy, and when' they have paid her back they haye always paid her than she loaned them. And this is the most contrary clrcumstance about her —that she should" be a usurer. How- ever, no one ever called her Shylock, and the rate of interest she demands is much less than the average money-lender out- side of commercial life usually extorts. The appellation of “Tough Mag” grew upon Maggie Kelly not so much because she was really tougher than the other girls of her class as because of her inde- pendence and her ability to take care of herselt under all sorts of circumstances. To attempt any undue with Maggie Kelly is to receive a stinging familiarity ; .of Scientists 4219 Cottage Grove avenue, Chicago, Il For years he has experimented along the line which hasended in success, He be- lieved himself for a very long period on the verge of a great discovery and finally he achieved what he bad almost begun to fear was an impossibilivy. The subject of this experinient ended her life Jast July. beantiful, and. in all the weeks that have elapsed since existence terminated not one whit has that beauty deteriorated. The young woman was just nearing her twenty-third year and was a Chicagoan By birth. She was rather above the aver- age station in life, but had been thrown on her own resources. She died rather suddenly and therefore no wasting disease marred her beauty. Asall herrelatives were dead, and as ber friends were unable to pay her funeral expenses, Mr, Boydston determined, iastead of letting her go to an unmarked grave, to make her the sub- ject of an experiment. The thoughtof keeping a young woman who had passed away in a big city was a daring one and seemed more like the tale of s fiction- writer. Mr. Boydston resolved to brave criticism and proceed to put his theory to the test. In a selected space in the rear of his shop he placed the young woman and then be- gan the process that has resulted in-a marvel. At the present moment this phenomenon lies in a box within a few feet of one of Chicago’s busy streets. Thous- ands pass daily, unconscious of her pres- ence. When Mr. Boydston wishes to ex- hibit the success of his idea the young woman is taken from the place where she lies and placed in such a positioa that she is supported by the wall. Behind her is draped a curtain. She seems to have just awakened from slumber and to be about to speak. Her eyes are bright and look out at those around her as if instinct with life, and yet she is as inanimate as a mar- ble statue. Every possible test has been made to prove the experiment either a success or a failure, and in every instance the result has pointed towurd the fact thatnow stands ravealed. Mr. Boydston here for the first time makes public the knowledge of what has happened. Itis not a matter of which he cared to say such, bat finally he realized that such knowledge as this was not only of interest to people in g’an- eral, but would engross the attention of medical science. It marksanew era in the line of avoiding, in avpearance at least, the presence of the great destroyer. It accomplishes what many persons have sought for years todo. It shows that we are on the borderland of a continent of knowledge of which even the closest students of the human physique are to- tally ignorant. Mr. Boydston’s discovery seemingly makes & person who has passed away totally impervious to “the destructive pro- cesses of nature. A startling fact is, too, that it is in toial contradiction to one of the best-known biblical precepts. Never in the history of the world hasanything been discovered of this sort which com- pares with this, or, at least, what it seems to be. Of course, time alone can success- fully answer the question, but so far as experiments can show the statement made is absolutely correct. While Mr. Boydston has had butlittle to say concerning the strange truth his pa- tient investigation has revealed to him the fact of bis achievement has become noised abroad to a slight extent among medico- Nature had made her|its equally marvelous chance entered the room where she stood would for the moment think himself looking upon a beautiful statue or else that he had stumbled upon a woman pos- ing for some character that existed in the days when all roads truly led to Rome and Rome was the world. To none has this strange discovery and result been of deeper interest than to the members of the medical profession. The skill of the best of them has never been able to ac- complish or even to suggest what this plain” every-day student of Chicago has Jearned through sheer perseverance. It all goes to show that while science is a tremendous factor in the world’s progress, sterling common sense and unwavering resolution will accomplish mueh. Soitis that physicians ahd surgeons are forced to admit that for once the layman has proved himsell superior to the professional in a purely professional matter. So rare it is that such a thing bappens that it is almost worth a separate entry in the book of fate. Mr. Boydston has not yet decided what "he-will do with the secret that is his. Of course, the charlatan has attempted to victimize him and there is no lack of offers from ‘‘disinterested’ persons to exploit both himself and the knowledge that he bas gained. None have met with success. At present he will do nothing beyond wbat has been accomplished. He con- siders there is plenty of timein the future to arrive at a decision. Present indications are that the uiti- mate result of this new process will be petrifaction. The opinion of all medical scientists who have viewed the subject of experiment is that this is ‘what is grad- aally coming to pass. It may be this dis- covery will result in the majority of future generations being transformed into stone and that their appearance when life ended will remain without change perhaps until the last trump is sounded. In the early days of civilization in America Ponce de Leon sought in vain for the waters of the fountain of youth. Five centuries later the secret of making uns seem to have .perpetual life stands re- vealed. The Great Khan of Tartary. The personal appearance of the Great Khan, as described by Marco, was as fol- lows: *“Heis of good statue, neither tall nor short, but of middle height. He has a becoming amount of flesh and is very shapely in all his limbs. His complexion is white and red, the eyes black and fine, the nose well formed and well set on.” But the portrait of Kublai Khan, drawn by a Chinese artist, does not exactly cor- respond with the pen. portrait given here by Marco. We know also, from Mareo’s own narrative, that the Emperor was sub- ject to gout in his later life, and we are led toinfer that he was rather corpulent, as he is represented in the drawing given by the Chinese artist.—Noah Brooks in the St. Nicholas. e ——.—————— Grant's Lesson to a Sentry. General Horace Porter, in his “Cam- paiguing With Grant” in the December Century, relates an anecdote telling how General Grant aided a drover in turning his cattle. General Porter adds: He knew, of course, that the man did not recognize him, If he had supposed the man was lacking in proper military re- slap in the face, or, perhaps, if the case is not aggravated, then a scolding that is calculated to put the offender to flight if not to shame. Itis true, also, that Mag- gie’s choice of words upon all occasions is criginal. She selects them more for the purposes of emphasis than euphony, and her language at all times is more forcible than poetic. SBometimes she uses words that newspapers employ dashes to repre- sent. Itissaid thatin her dealings with the numerous family of Jack Tar she has never lost acent. Many an able seaman sails out of this port indebted to her from haif a month to three months’ pay. Per- haps he will return in a few months, per- haps in a coaple of years, but when he does come back he squares accounts with Maggie the first thing. And he gives her a present besides. He brings her some- thing from over the seas—a rare fur, a parrot or a shell. Her home on Mont- | gomery avenue is quitea museum in 1ts way. % She might sell many of these presents and realize handsomely on some of them, but she never does. Bhe prizes them all and cares for them a good deal of ness for money does not reach beyond the stage of endowment with a knack for making it and keeping it. In truth, she hasn’t any great amount of it to boast of, but what she has she has made by the sweat of her own keen wit. You may see her after night with two or three reeling bluejackets in tow. She has met them on the street, perhaps. She knows they are in no condition to go prowling around, and she has issued per- emptory orders for them to follow her. It was high treason for a bluejacket to disobey Magegie Kelly’s command, and they never do. She takes them home, gives them a cup of strong coffee; gives them each and all a good scolding and then sends them back to their ships, Or you may see her meet a reeling sailor early in the evening on the ‘‘coast.’’ Then she demands his money and nis watch. If he has either or both he hands them over withour grumbling, and when he has sobered up the next day or the day after he will find his valuables safe with Maggie Kelly, and himself that much ricter for her good offices. She's a rare character, is “Tough Mag,”” and the annals of Barbary Coast will, in' future years, re- member her as the patron saintof the able seaman when ashore; and the sailors of a still more prosaic laiter day will sigh vain- ly for those good old days of '90, when pride in their possession, and her fond- | 1 ')f /MAGGIE KELLY, TH scientists and others interested in the subject. “In consequence of this he has permitted a number of persons to see for themselves just what has been accom- plished. The accompanying illustration, which is drawn from a photograph taken expressly by instructions of Mr. Boyd- ston to make clear to the eye what this article fails to make understood, shows the subject of experiment exact!y as she appeared the other day when viewed by a party of wisitors. It will be observed that she is apparently standing looking out at those about her, much after the fashion of spect he would perhaps have administered E SAILOR’S FRIEND. to him the same lesson which he once taught a soldier in the Tweniy-first Illi- nois, when he commanded that regiment. An officer who had served under him at the time told me that Colonel Grant, as he came out of his tent one morning, found a strapping big fellow posted as sentinel, who nodded his head good- naturedly, smiled blandly and said, “Howdy, colonel?” His commander cried, *‘Hand me your piece,”’ and upon taking it faced the soldier and came to a ‘‘present arms’; then handing back the musk:t he remarked, “That is the way to 4 model in the studio of a an artist. In ‘fact, to those to whom studio life is familiar there will seem little about the pleture that is unusual. The posture, the Maggie Kelly was their friend and banker | drapery and all are not uncommon in the at the port of S8an Francisco. least. It is a fact that a person who by say ‘how do you do’ to your colonel.” —————— Suniays and fixed holidays excepted, £20,00) worth of fish are daily dragged out of the sea by the fishermen of Eng- land.