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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1897. TOPURIEY THE | b MILK SUPPLY| The Dairymen’s Union Drafts a Tubercu- losis Bill. inciuding cow barns, corrals and hog yards, and utensils used, and finds the same not in good sanitary condition, he shall direct in writing such changes to be made as will_put the same in good sanitary condition. Such written directions shall be served on the OWIEr Or owners, or upon the person or per- sons having charge or control of the prem- ises, giving the parties so notified fifteen days to make such changes as directed. If such changes are not made within the fifteen days, the person or persons refusing or neglecting to make such changes shail be deemed guilty of & misaemeanor, and punished as herein- after preseribed. Sec. 11. Itshall be the duty of the District Attorney upon appiication of the agent of the Dairy Bureau to attend to the prosecution, in the name of the State, of any action brought for the violation of any of the provisions of | this act, within his disirict. | “Sec.12. Whenever any infectious or conta- | glous "diseases affecting domestic animals ght 1nto or break out in this It Provides for the Inspection of Dairies and Dairy Cattle. A Measure Rendered Necessary by the Spread cf Disease Germs in Impure Milk. The Dai: ortant bill on tuber ed into the L ture during ity for which Medical men ed. has in the past been direct! the spread of disea: cularly those of tubercu- s more frequently termed, ong children and adults, catedly urged that the health tively demanded s City by appoin a milk inspector. of measure must be framed t the root of the evil, to ing municipal super- ctically unnecessary. bill which bas been drafted by th I Union has this laudabie of Ii empowers and gent of th ct all dairies and cream- te together with all dairy t least once a year, and makes pro- n for the .destruction or segregation eased animals, as may be deemed > deals with the supply of dai by retail, and imposes penalties violation of its provisions. Fo! xt of the bill in full: e for the inspection of the stock. aud of cre; ; to prevent the State of Californis, repre- ate and Assembly, do enact as awn from mwholes 0od snall to be unclean, impure ps or u. hela that a state of feverish. accompanies. 3. 1] be the @ he State Dairy spect all dairies d carefully in al experience | and the | o appoint | geons as in number of during the month; | under oath, of ed mized the owner | ision of | value of each anc slaugntered not to the county where nd in no case 1 for animals | been in the State | t preceding their | or persons not satisfied with the by the agent of the bureau may Us decision to the State & day for hearing | A msjority of the | matier a8 to the | so slaughtered | atoresaid. dairy cows | tested by a veter- | ¥ by the State Dairy | tuberculosis, shall notify | Suid bureau shall y surgeon_ex u for bov urean of the sam uch tests made. such tests shall make u 10 the bureau, and_aiso shall deliver to asking for the test a cert- same, over his own signa- | provided, the owner or owners asking | b test shall jurnish, at their own £X- | pense, such assistants as ihe veterinary sur- | geon may require in making such test Soc. 8. The State Dairy Buresu is hereby di- | e 1 empowered to preseribe rules and | % out of the require- | 1 tais act, and provide such forms and | | instruciions s in their judgment will be ve- cossary bu All rules ana régulations made by the | be enterea 10 the minutes of (heir and coy, ot the same be printea for R 1o those applying. . Itshali be the duty ui each veterinary appointed by the burean 1o report to 2om or before the inst day of cach and month, in detal, his work, in such man- aud form as the bureau may direct, on Biauks furnished by the burean. Itshall be the duty of the agent and essisiant agents of ihe bureau to report on or beiore the last day of each and month, in-detail, his work, in such a manner and form as the bureeu msy | direct, on blanks furnished by the buresu. Sec. 10. Whenever the agent or any assistant agent of the bureau inspects any dairy, creamery or other place where milk is pro- duced 31d buiter and cheese msnufuctured, ymen’s Union has drafted an \gge nimous in declaring that | that functionary, however, and it is now considered | | went to the mines. were passed by the church which show ! ernment | cer. wate Dairy Bureau, by its agent and assistant agents, shall take prompt meas- ures 1o suppress the same, and to prevent such dis irom spreading, and for that urpose shail order furms and other places hat no animal shall be moved rom or brought to the premises or places | quarantined, and shatl preser ch reguia- tions as he or they may deem necessary to pre- yent the communication of the disease by in- fection or contegion from the place 5o quaran- i The agent or assistant agentsof the bureau may call a veterinary surgeon to assist | in investigating the disease. Sec. 13. ~ Any person or persons, firm or cor- | voration refusing to comply or conform to the provisions of this act when required to do so | by sa1d State Dairy Bureau, its agent or assist- ant agents, or who shali in any manner inter- | fere with them, or any of them, in the per- formance of their duties under this act, shall Je guilty of & misdemeanor. Whoever shall | | Violate any of the provisions or sections of this ct shall upon conviction thereo! be punished of the first offevse by a fine of not less than not more than fifty | )r by imprisonment in | ss than twenty-fivedays, days, and for each subse- | y a fine of not less ihan fifty | 0), not more than one hundred dol- | ud costs, or be imprisoned in the | 1not less than fiity deys, not more red days, or by both such fine nment, in the discretion of the court. All fines collected under the provisicns | of the act shall be paid to the agent of the | State Dairy Bureau and by said bureau paid { into the Stete treasury to the creditof the fund | 0 than one h | and imp, | appropriated for the enforcement of this act P 4. It shall be the duty of the State | Dairy Bureau, now provided for by 1aw, 1o en- | force the provisions of this act, and they shall | | have the pe to employ an agent and such | ¥ may deem necessary Tnere is here State Dairy b t out of any mo LsuTY, not otherwise appropri 10,000 tor the remaind i year, and not more tha uded during { th each fiscal year easury in favor of ame. the p Sec. 16. { wit Sec. 17. diately. All acts or part this ac: are hereby repealed. This act shall take effect imme- jMissed Church Only Twelve Times in Twenty-Five Years. | A Pillar of the First Baptist Church Said to Be Failing—A Week of Prayer. $40,000 | Il salarfes, fees, costs and ex-| irred in the carrying out of this rawn from the ‘money 50 appro- and the § trolier shall draw | of acts 1mconsistent | | DEACON BLUST'SRECIRD HE'S PASSED T0 HIS LAST DEGREE Death of Albert F. Knorp, Prominent Mason and Citizen. He Was a Pioneer of ’51 and Once Served a Term as Supervisor. Sketch of the Lifs ani Successfu Career of a German Lad Who Left Home Alone. Albert Frederick Knorp, a prominent and well-known citizen, who died at his residence, 1027 Ellis street at 5 o’clock last Saturday morning, was a pioneer of Cali- fornia. He came within two years of be- ing a '4%r. He was one of the most prominent Masons in this City, and served a term as Supervisor. Mr. Knorp was born June 24, 1832, being 1 nates—Allen Lysander Colton, Lientenant-Col- onel William Anthony Elderkin, U.S. A., Wil- liam Marcy Klink, John Kennedy Stout, Wil- lism Hammond Wright; committee on enter- tajument—George [Jules Denis, FrankjPy:- nam_Flint, Edwaad Thomas Harden, John Randolph Haynes, M.D., Frank Clarke Pres- cott. The membership of the society in this City and vicinity is_steadily increasing and includes Hon. E.W. McKinstry, ex- Justice of the Supreme Court of Califor- nia; Hon. M. Ross of the United States Circuit Court, Professors Holden and Colton of the Lick Observatory, Rev. W. A. Brewer and Captain:A. H. Payson of San Mateo, George T. Klink and Wiiliam M. Klink of the Southern Pacific Com- pany, and Professor William Hammond Wright, son of the late Hon. Belden 8. Wright, TURNED ON THE GAS. Dora Meyer Quarreled With Her Lover and Tried to Ena Her Life, Dora Meyer, a young woman 20 years of age, attempted to commit suicide. early yesterday morning in her rooms at 7 St. Marys street by turning on the gas. She had a quarrel with her lover, and after he had gone she iocked her door, tnrned on both gasjets and lay down in bed prepared to die. Two women who live in udjoining rooms smelt gas escap- ing from Dora’s apartments. They got a man to force open her door and she was found in an unconscious condition, She was taken 1o the Receving Hospital in the patrol wagon and Dr. Fitzgibbon applied the usual remedies with successful results. HES R Harry Hart Dead. Harry Hart, bartender of the New Western Hotel, who fell a distance of thirty feet Satur- day afternoon, died in St. Mary’s Hospital about six hours after the acctdent occurred. Daring the services at the First Baptist | Church, on Eddy street, yesterday morn- ing, the pastor, Rev. M. P. Boynton, an- nounced to the congregation that it was | fearea that Deacon Phineas Underwood Blunt, an old police officer of this City, and a Jong-time pillar of the church, is extremis from sdvanced age. Deacon Blunt is a pioneer. His record as a | church-goer, even while a policeman, is probably nos equsled by any man alive. He is certainly the 'patriarch of church- goers in California. He has been ill for | two years, but, it is said, was no time so | feeble as he is now. Bl Mr. unt was born July 27. 1809, in | New He lived in Boston for.a, number of years, was converted and | joined what is now the Clarendon-street | Baptist Church, on June 3, 1827. In 1849 | me to California over the plains and | Coming to this City | in 1864, he identified bhimself with the | First Baptist Church, and has been a member ever since, except an intermission | of a few months when living in Fresno. | Soon after joining this church he was | acon, and has filled that office | ever since with credit to himself and | profit to the church. For eight years he | B | was treasurer, which office he resigned when he removed to Fresno. Resolutions Phineas Underwood Blunt. him to have been a most efficient ard suc- cessful occupant of that office. For twenty-five years he attended the services of the First Baptist Church, both those of Sunday and the prayer-meeting on Wednesday nigbt, and was not absent during all that period more than twelve | times. This is missing church twice a week less than once every two years. Rev. Mr. Boynton said_last evening that he thought this record unequaled. This fidelity to the church was not carried out without great sacrifice on the part of Mr. Blunt in his everyday business affairs. His secular liie is varied and interest- ing. For some years he was in the mines, engaged in mercantile business. He wae in the employ of 1he United States Gov- r in ‘the Custom-house of this City for twenty-two vears. At one time, in this City, he was captain of police, and made_an _excellent record as an offi- His mind is yet active notwithstand- ing his 86 years, and his interest in the. church is as deep as ever. Mr. Blunt re- sides at 714 Larkin street. A week of prayer, or revival, was begun vesterday at the First Baptist Church. ev J. 8. Norvell of Fresno preached the morning sermon, bis topic being *‘Prepar- ation from Blessing.” There will be ser- vices each evening this week, Mrs. J. S. Norvell is said to have quite a reputation as an evangelist. She will lead the ser- vices and preach several times during the week. i e Electric Belis in Fiames. Ap alarm was sounded from box 47, at 7:10 Jelock last evening, for a fire, caused by ‘a leaking gus meter inan electric belt com- pany’s establishment, 632 Market street. The demage amounted to.about $50. — - TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take laxative BromoQuinine Tabiets. All drug, glsts refund the money if it fails to cure. 2oc | Order of Workmen, the Kni hts of Honor | United States. | and civil positions, assisted in the estab- ALBERT FREDERICK KNORP. a native of Stuttgari, Germany. When 18 years of age be announced his inten- tion of becoming a citizen of the United States, and shortly afterward lefv alone for America. He followed his trade of a willwright in Philadelphia for awhile, gradually working bis way to California. He arrived in San Francisco in 1851. He came by Panama and on this side was on the steamer Uncle Sam, on which so many died of cholera on the way up. He soon located in Suisun, Solano County, and was proprietor of the princi- pal hotel there abont eighteen years. He served as Coroner of Solano for two terms. It 1872 he finally located in San Fran- cisco with his family, and went int the planing-mill business. 1ln 1888 the mill, which was located on Main sireet, between | Mission and Howard, was destroyed by | the conflagration which swept the foundry and mill district. In 1836 Le was elected Supervisor of the Eignth Ward on the Republican ticket. Mr. Knorp was a Royal Arch Mason, and one of the organizers of King Solo- mon’s Lodge. He was 2l1so & memniber of the order of Odd Fellows, of the United | and several others. His wife died about | three years ago. He leaves a family of grown-up sons, Dr. F. F. Knorp, who is a practicing physician of this City, William T. Knorp, George H. Knorp, Edward L. Knorp and one daughter, M. Louise Knorp. Mr. Knorp was quue wealthy. The cause of death was progressive mus- cular atrophy, and his illness was of about six months duration. The funeral will take place to-morrow at 12 o'clock, noon, from King Solomon’s Hall, Masonic Tem- ple, under the auspices of King Solomon’s Lodge. The interment will be in Cypress Lawn Cemete COLONIAL WARS SOCIETY.| The Annual Election of Officers at the Meeting Held in Los Angeles Recently. The annual meeting of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of California was held in Los Angeles on December 21. This society is one of the most notable of the patriotic hereditary organizations, and has some 1500 members throughout the The requirements for membership include lineal descent from some ancestor who served as a military or naval officer, or as a soldier, saildr or ma- rine, or as a privateersman, under author- ity of the Colonies which afterward formed the United States, from the settlement of Jamestown, May 13, 1607, to the battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775. Persons de- scended (rom the highest civil officers of the original Colonies are also eligible for membership. The object of the society is to perpetuate the memory of those events and of the men who, in military, naval lishment. defense and preservation of the American Colonies, and were in truth the founders of this Nation. With this end in view it seeks to collect and preserve man- uscripts, rolls, relics and records, to pro- vide suitable memorials relating to the colonial period, and toinspire in its mem- bers the fraternal and patriotic spirit of their forefathers. . At.the Los Angeles meeting the follow- ing officers were elected lor the coming year: Governor, Holdridge Ozro Collins; deputy governor, Erskine Mayo Ross; )ieutenant-goy- ernor, Spencer Roune Thorpe; secretary, Charles Putnam Fenner; treasurer, Frank Putnam Flint; registrar, Edward Thomas Har- den; historian, Bradner Welis Lee; chancel- | lor. George J Denis; surgeon, John Rau- doiph Havnes, M.D.; chapiuin, Rev. Alexan- der Moss Merwin; gentlemen of the council— Spencer Roane ' Thorpe (chairman), Motley Hewes Flint, Elisha Wiiliams McKinstry Henry Atherton Nichols, Willard Atherton Nichols, Frank Clark Prescott, John Ken- vedy Stout, Cameron Erskine Thom, An- drew Roane Thorpe; commitice on mem- bership—George Jules Denis, Frank Put- nam Fliut, Jonn Randolph 'Haynes. M.D., Bradner Welis Lee, Speucer Roatie Thorpe; commitiee on historical documents—Bradner Wells Lee (chairman ex-officio), Johu Randolph Haynes, M.D., Professor Edward Singleton, Holden, Rev.’ Alexander Moss Merwin;_del ates 10 the general society—Motley Hewe: lint, Professor Edward Singleton Holden, George Timothy Klink, Elisha Williams M. Kinstry, Captain Albert Henry Paysor; alter | | force of this picture. 10 MO FAOM JERICHD Bible Pictures the Text for an Address by Rev. Haskett- Smith. A Historic Tr p Used as an Illustra- tion cf the Path Trodden by the Sioner ard the Good. The Rev. Haskett-Smith gave another address at the Young Men’s Christian As- sociation yesterday afternoon. In intro- ducing his subject he remarked that it was a favorite device of some great artists to paint sets of companion pictures, where- by the moral lesson . intended to be con- veyed is enforced by the means of con- trast. The Bible is, as it were, he said, a vast picture-gallery of sacred scenes and sub- jects; and, if we examine it caretully, we often come across such companion pic- tures. Two of these he held up to view. The first was painted by Christ bimself, and a sad and melancholy picture it was. It represented a man on a lonely and deso- late road, surrounded by a band of bluod- thirsty robbers, who were illtreating and despoiling him. *A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves.’" Any modern traveler who takes this journey has a partial illustration of the place, the road is still considered to be so dangerous that no Europecu or American travelers are allowed to venture upon it except under a duly qualified escori, for fear of the Bedouin Arabs who infest those districts. In the second place, so literally is it a going down thatin pas ing from Jerusalem to Jericho, though the distance as the crow flies is barely nineteen miles, the road descends mno less than 4000 feet. Jericho is absolutely the lowest in- habited place on the earth’s surface, being 1300 feet below the level of the sea, and it is therefors intensely hot during the | greater part of the year. In fact, as Mr. Haskett-Smith humor- ously remariked, he never fully realized the force of the saying, “Go to Jericho,” until be actually went there. Jerusalem is always taken in the Bible as the type of heaven, so that the man in the first pi ture is intended to represent the sinner on the downward path, with his back to beaven and his {ace toward Tophet, In the companion picture he intro- duced a group of people on the same identical road, but the contrast was re- markable and complete. A man, as be- fore, is in the ceunter of the group; but those surrounding him are not foes, but friends, and at the head of the band walked one, the best friend of all, Jesus of Nazareth himself. They are journeying upward, nov downward; their backs are toward Jericho, their faces toward Jeru- saem The central flgure is Bartimaeus, until lately blind and beggared in the city of Jericho, and who, baving received his sight, is foilowing Jesus in the way. He is, therefore, the type of the converted sinner on the uphill path toward heaven. From these two pictures the preacher drew many instructive and forcible les- sons, ilinstrating his remarks in such an interesting and eloquent manner as to enchain the attention of every member of the large congregation, which seemed deep!y impresged by the earnesiness and power of the adtress. 4 This evening Mr, Haskett-Smith com- mences his course of oriental entertain- ments, illustrated by unique stereopticon views, prepar«d principaily from photo- graphs taken by himself and colored by an eminent artist. The subject for this evening has the fascinating title, *From Joppa_to Jericho, With Kight Old Maids and a Nervous Bachelor. Unless the Michigan State Agricultura. Society can effect a settlement with Lant sing creditors or renew notes for abou. u $20,000 there may be no State fair next fall | | | | For, in the first | MANY MEN FOR MANY PLACES District Committees Are Wrestling With Politi- cal Problems. Recommendations That Will Be Made to Supervisors—Fifty Men for Each Place. Beginning of the Interesting Lesson of Struggling for Easy Positions. The patronage committees of the sev- eral Assembly districts have held several meetings, during which they wrestled with the problem of sppointments. There are from forty to fifty applicants for each place under the new City government. The last meeting was Leld last Saturday night, continuing till a late hour. Street -Superintendent-elect Ambrose has decided to give ten places to the Twenty-ninth District, and if the sug- gestions of the committee prevail the places wiil be filled as follows: Paver, P. Lydon; sewerman, J. Lally; rammer, E. Coakley; inspector, John Mannix; brick- layer, James Colbert; laborers—Richard Carlin, John F. O’Rourke, John Lovelle, Henry Hays and Danie! Quinn. James Brannan was recommended for appoint- ment as gardener; Henry Sheehan, painter in the School Department ; Joseph Quinn, janitor of the License Collector's office, and Joseph P. Mogan, sten- ographer in the office of the Board of Edu- cation. For the Thirty-sixth District recom- mendations are: Peter Quinn, deputy in Strect. Department: sewerman, Frank Tuite;tpaver, Thomas McGrath; laborers— Jobn Lawler, N. Molloy, P. Nolan, J. | Manning, J. Deaihy and” J. Muller; jan- itors, new City Hall—John Kelly, John K Thomas Casserly and Thomas F. Barry; driver volice patrol wagon, James McCormicl The commnittee in the Thirty-ninth Dis- trict recommended Edward Duff for en- gineer of the new City Hall; Michael Whalen, janitor; Henry El, janitor; Louis Rattigen, driver of patrol wagon; Kdward Burke, gardener of Alta plaza; Samuel Hollowell and John Cavanagh, laborers in the School Department; John Glavina- vich, foreman; Joseph Currington, James Madden and John Roberts, laborers, and Michael Hendy, inspector, in Street De- partment. * There were only four recommendations from the Forty-third District. They were: Raleigh P. Hove, assistant secretary Board of Education’; Thomas H. Conboy, foreman in Street Department; E. J. Forster, janitorin Tax Collector’s office, and A. M. Gault, janitor in School De- partment. ‘These are only recommendations to the Board of Supervisors for appointment, but, of course, they go a long way. Other caucuses, and in all probability many of them, are yet to be held before the ques- tion of patronage will be settled. The following committees of the buard have been decided upon: Streets—Devany, Sheehan, Delaney, Britt, vers. Printing—Heskins, Sheehan, Britt. Fire Department—Britt, Sheehan, Devany, Rottanzi, Morton. Public Buldings—Sheehan, Britt, Dodge. Judiciary—smith, Rottanzi, Sheehan. Henlth and Police—Delaney, Rivers, Devany, Rottanzi, Morton. Hospital—Dodge, Haskins, Clinton. Finance—Rottanzi, Haskins, Devany. Street_ Lights— Rivers, Lachmann, Clinton. Outside Lands—Morton, Clinton, Dodge, De- , Lachmann. License and Orders — Lachmann, Hrskins. Water and Water Supply—Clinton, Dodge, Britt and two Republicaus yet®o be selected by Clinton. At a meeting of the members of the general committee of the Democratic party of the Forty-fourth Assembly Dis- trict, held January 2, A. D. 1897, the fol- lowing recommendations and nomina- tions were made for appointments: John Bowen, deputy in office of Superintent of Streets; William Petersen, janitor City Hall; Leo Veiller, gardener Washing- ton square; Walter G. Pilkington, -as- sistant expert; John W. Davids, janitor Washington Grammar School; M. Thomas, janitor Lincoin Echool; Edward Fanning, horse and cart, Street Depart- ment; William Finnegan, laborer; Mi- chael Hayes, laberer; William Jeffries, laborer; Dennis O’Brien, laborer; august Stofen, laborer; George W. Donoyan, lab- orer. Judge J. H. Spinetti was unani- mously indorsed for one of the prosecat- ing attorneys of the Police Court. For deputy of Streat, Department, Joseph A. Fitzpatrick: } itor, Auditor and ‘Treasurer, Joseph J. Mahoney; driver of patrol, James C. Cotte; driver of ambu- lance, William P, O'Neill; plumber of School Department, L. J. Parker; laborer, Thomas Siavin: - bookkeeper of Board of Education, John O'Donnell; janitor New City Hall; David Cronim; paver of Street Department, J. P. Hopki KOREA’S KING. Hijs Throne the E.vy of the Powers of the k: The King of Korea is nota happy man. Despite the fact that his country bears the poetic and soothing name of “The Land of the Morning Calm,” his existeuce for the past fifteen or twenty years has been ex- exciting. It has been a continued round of sanguinary palace revolutions, of assas- sinations of relatives and dignitaries on the staff of this Oriental monarch, of plots and conspirac.es without number, and, above all, of more or less successful at- tempts to kidnap his own sacred person. The different and conflicting politicat factions of his countrymen have each kid. naped him in turn. So, too, have the C hinese, the Japanese and the Russians The latter have had him for some time past in their possession, a privileged pris- oner at the Muscovite Legation. Accord- ing to dispatches some of his own sub- jects have been endeavoring to recover Possession of him and restore him to his royal palace. He is a weak and vacillating man, influ- enced entirely by the persons who happen to be with him for the time being. Dur- ing his long minority be was dominated by bis fatner, a wicked old prince who tortured and killed missionaries, and who by his savage and reactionary policy foreed upon the foreign powers the first opening of the countty. He has putto death thousands of persons, has himse!f been twice kidnaped and deported, and on one occasion almost succumbed to determined attemps to blow him up with gunpowder. It is he who is sup- posed to be at the head of the present con- spiracy to kidnap the King, his son, from tga Russian -Legation. As long as the monarch remains under the eye of the Czar’s Envoy the latter’s influence is pre- dominant, whereas that of the Prince is, of course, nil. The circumstances under which the King was conveyed to his present quar- ters were sufficiently dramatic even to tisfy those inured to thesudden upsand downs of Oriental government. The King was at the ume entirely under the in- fluence of his wife, a woman of extrordi- nary strength of character, and who had Delaney, Haskins, la: Rivers, opposition to the control the Japan- ese at one time exerciséd over her hpsband and his kingdom. See- ing their power on the wane, and rightly attributing the cause thereof to the Queen, a-palace srevolution was organized by the Mikado’s £nvoy. The royal abode was invaded in the middle of the night by a band of assassins, among ‘whom were recognized Japanese officials, soldiers and colonists. The King was seized, while the Queen was titerally hacked to pieces in the court yard, two of ber nieces and favorite companions being burned slive on the same spot. In the midst of all the turmoil a party of Rus- sian sailors appear d upon the scene, and, kidnaping the King, carried him off to the Rusgjan Legation, where he has since remained a prisoner. Corea’s independence would long since have been destroyea bad it not been for the jealousies that prevail among the various powers of the Orient and Occident with rezard to its possession. The Jap- anese are anxious to have it, not only on account of its enormous but as yet no un- developed mineral wealth, but also be- cause it practically commands the Jap- anese Archipelago, and, in the hands of any powerful nation, such as Russia, En- gland or even China, would constitute a perpetusl menace to the laud of the Mikado. The Ckinese are desirous to have it, because its occupation by aYor- eign power is a peril to the northern por- tion of their empire. The Russians need it as a terminus for their trans-Siberian railroad and as an all- the-year-round headquarters for their navy and army on the shores of the Pa- cific. England, Germany and even the United States are nnxious to prevent any foreign power from getting hold of the kingdom and closing it to their trade. It may be added that the only foreigners for whom the King has ever shown any re- gard and confidence have been Americans, and up to within four years previous 1o the outbreak of the war between China and Japan the influence of the United States predominated at Seoul.—New York World. CHLDAEN WADE PPy Father' McGinty of the Church of the Holy Cross Plays fanta Claus. The 325 Scho'ars of His Large Sunday- School Each G:t a Handsome Christmas Present. There were 325 happy children at the old Church of the Holy Cross in Calvary Cem- etery yesterday morning. Father Me- | Ginty was their Santa Claus, and each one ; | of the scholars who attend the Sunday | school of the Church of the Holy Cross re- ceived either a beautiful book or a holy picture, together with a box of delicious candy. At the same time and place the most de- | serving of the boys of the Sanctuary Society | were awarded premiums for proficiency and punctuality. The highest honor was | won by Master John Boyle, and he re- | ceived a gold medal in token of his pastor’s | appreciation. | Their were feur silver medals, and these | prizes were carried off by: Masters Wil- | liam Golden, Daniel Burns, Williain Boyle and James Enright. These altar-boys are | highly commended by their pastor for painstaking attention to their duties. | Father McGinty promised twenty-seven | silver medals for prizes to be competed for | this year. Each scholar whostandsat the head of a class will receive a silver medal and there are 27 classes. The meeting at the old church was | simply a-Santa Claus affair and nothing | was done except the distribution’ of the | Christmas gifts. Tt was probably the last | time the children will gather in the old church in the cemetery, for the building | is soon to be torn down to allow the con- | templated improvements along the front of the cemetery to be built. The Sunday- schoo! will be ‘held in the Church of the Holy Cross on Eddy street hereafter, but the time of day has not yet been arranged. | Father McGinly states that the number he gives for this large Sunday-school, 325 scholars, means that this many regularly attend. L ———————— HOMESICK HIPPOFOTAMUS, | It Longed for the Language of Its Childhood Home. During Bayard Taylor’s visit to the zoo- logical gardens in London he noticed a hippopotamus which lay in its tank ap- | parently oblivious of its surroundings. Entering into conversation with the keeper one morning, he was told that the creature refused to eat, and was graaually starving itself to death, says the Watch- man. *Ifancyit's homesick,” added the keeper. “He's a fine specimen, and it seems a pity we should lose him, but he’s moped ever since the keeper wio had charge of him on board, the steamer lefr. He pays no attention to anything L say.” Learning that the creature came from a art of Africa he had once visited, Mr. 'aylor, on an impulse, leaned forward and addressed it in the dialect used by che | hunters and keepers of that region. The | animal lifted its head, and the smali eyes | opened. Mr. Taylor repeated his remark, | when what does Mr. Hippo do but paddie slowly over to where he stood. Crossing | to the other side of the tank, the experi- | ment was repeated with the same result, | the poor thing showing unmistakable | signs of joy, even cousenting to receive | food from the hand of his new friend. Mr. Taylor paid several visits to the gardens, being always poticed by his African friend. Finally, before leaving the city, he taught the keeper a few sentences he had been in the habit of ad- dressing to the hippopotamus, and went his way. Two years later he was in London, and curious to know the result, again paid his respects to his amphibious friend. To his sutprise, the creature recognized his voice at once, and expressed his joy by paddling irom side to side of his tank after his visitor. Bayard Taylor says that it convinced Lim that even a hippopotamus may have affections, and tenacious ones at that, as ‘well as a good memory. —————— AN OLD "MOSAIC. Three Human Figures Unearthed by a Party of Soldiers in Tunis. After Italy and Provence there is no country where Rome has lefi more monu- ments in every state of preservation or decay than in Tunis, says the London Daily News. The largest Roman circus after Colisseum is El-Djem, Arles ranking next and Nimes coming forth. At arecent sitting of the Academy of Inscriptions in Paris M. Boissier, our correspondent says, gave an account of a remarkable Roman discovery at Susa, in Tunis. The French, who, unlize the Eugiish in BEgypt, have settled down in Tunis for good, have got a camp at that seaport which is “‘a mine of mosaics,” where fresh discoveries are made every year. The other day a party of soldiers dig- ging foundations unearthed a mosaic with three human figures in a perfect state of preservation, covered with only a few inches of soil. It is only threeand one- balf feet square, but the subject, **Virgil Writing the Eneid,” will interest ail. Thereis a front view of the poet loosely draped in the folds oi a white toga with a | blue fringe, sitting with his feet in sandals resting on a step. 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