The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 16, 1897, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 16, 1897 INGLE TAX IN KANGAROD LAND Explained by Mr. Hindle, Ex-Member of Par- liament. S v Oniy Forty Cents on the Hun- dred Dollars Is the Leyy on Land. All the Public Utilities Ownel by the Government and Vield a Big Revenus. Among the visitors in tbis City during e past week from foreign countries was ohn Hindle, a prominent merchant of dydney, New South Wales, and an ex- member of Parliament. Mr. Hindle left ydney on his first vovage to the United tates March 15 last and arrived here ive days later. After spending a few days in this metropolis he went south to Vi riends in Los Angeles, and also to take a look at the southern country. Returning to this City a few days ago he nt the rest of his time with friends ere, and sailed for home on the Mono- 1 left this port last Thursaay Mr. Hindle was a member of the New ith Wales Parliament from 1891 to 1894, ng been elected as a representative of business interests in Sydney, d especially as a champion of tax re- m. Heisaclean-cut and uncompro- mising single-taxer—one whd> is domi- ated by the idea thatindusiry shculd er be taxed or in any way burdened by s, and that all public re be drawn from land valu ortly before for home was asked b ALL reporter impressions of this country and ditions in his own. On the first on he said: C ia exceedingly, or at n of it. You cer- e a natural garden-spot, ed development, and 1 many respects a mag- But I find here, to my sur- cond: s that are de- ave all your vast natural re-4 nere are thousands and tens of s of people out of employment ble to get it; in fact, many are ng on charity, with no prospect of ge for the better. should not feel surprised at this, that your land and all 1esources expressed in the word e monopolized by a few zreedy ns and individuals, so that labor itself to the passive factor in uction without the consent of th lords and then only on such the lords of the soil may dictate, | the same conditions in and Los Angeles es those that exi our_whole State, found ceful as it is, naturally | r the dark shadow of land and that, in my opinion, is s your people.” ia has suffered and is yet same evil of landiord- { Soi » toward reform on these tsof it are already out a year ago we had im- ment tax on land, but on other sources for y public revenue. ces of revenue are twofold— and public service. It n mind that the govern- alian colonies own and tramways, postal nes, water and’ sewerage uch other public works as and bridges. The Austra- ments are the greatest em- or on earth, They do or, however, as a mat- ity to those who need to cause a vast amount of labor in the construction and main- ch public utilities as I have on foreign importations :mber: 0 per y ric 1s 50 stralia. Our revenue om public services 5000,000 per an- cannot be called sense of the term, as the people to the Gov- es rendered. ralia believe in Gov- natural monop- of them woula not intry. also upon the igea that Gov not sell the remaming that they shouid be disposed easebold system, or in other practically the unde personal pronerty or im- a mifd fo y to the to 2 cents on $5 in U This land vaiue tax went ar agy, and much bene ped asa result. Even xon land values, the own- find it unprofitable to hold and are_therefore either em to be improved by otn- 1z them up into small hold- ues and se m at reduced prices t those who put them to_their best ises. No doubt, New South Wales will rease tbis land tax until we have ached a point where no iand privately owaned, either in city or country, will be heid idle. Our tariff likely to grow taxes are very light and smaller by degrees and utifully less. Aside from liquors,opium and tobacto only seven or eight kinds of imported products are subject to duties. To Australians visiting the United Siates the policy of taxing personal broperty, as you do here, seems so strangely incousi: ent and unjust that we ¢an bardly velieve s dope. 1f a public official in our country should undertake to go around into peo- ple’s houses and piaces of business and k them what was the value of their goods or furniture, how much money they had in bank, how much jewelry, how meny musical instruments or other per- sonal property they owaed, or what were ihe gross receipts on their business, such an impertinent intermeddler in private affairs would be looked upon as a lunatic freshly escaved from some asylnm. We do not believe that the Govern- 1t has any right to poke its nose into ople's private business, nor has it a ight to take from them under the name { 1axation any portion of their personal earnings. This sentiment is growing stronger ail the ftime as the subject of tax- n and revenue continues io be agi- Are the industrial conditions in New Jth Wales perceptibly better now than were a year or two years ago?"’ they are decidedly better and Iy improving. Legitimate busi- il kinds is more active, money s more ireeiy, collections are casier, wages are higher and there are few if involuntary idle workers. Those who do not find satisfaciory em- ployment in the cities can have recourse to the land, since the grip of ihe landlord ress of iseul Las been slightly loosened. This tax on i or without removal J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission. | n Wales, however, we | land values is producing good results, not only directly but indirectly. | “The feeling amonz owners of large | tracts and valuable ground in the cities is | that the penny-a-pound tax means a great i deal more than that. They regard it asan | entering wedge destined to spliv the | monopoly log. They 1eadily foresee that | | as the tirst stop toward raising public rev- enue from land values has been taken, it will inevitably be followed - by other and longer strides until the single- | tax system in its entirety is reached. | Hence their eagerness to either relinquish | or improve their real estate boldings. | Thus it will appear that the single tax in | our country is producing good results in advance of its coming.”’ “*Are the single-taxers in your country |'numerous?* | “They are very numerous, though com- paratively few who believe in the prin-| | ciple are known as single-taxers. Thou- | | sends are such without really knowing it | themselves. Tue idea is in their heads | and it dominates their actions. So that | | no matter what they call themselves or | | think they are they are practically with | us, and the reform goes on with irresist- | ible force towara the goal of complete in- | | dustrial freedom. | *‘As I before said I am pleased with and | deeply interested in California. It isa| country of matchless resources and almost | | unlimited possibilities. 1 intena to visit | | this conntry again next year.” i | OLOSE CALL FOR JACK TAR. Just as the Shark Was About to Grab Him a Swordfish Got the Shark. Speaking of wonderful adventures,’ said the retired sea captain, “Idoubt if | anything ever was more wonderful than | the one I'm going to tell you. It bap- | pened a good many years ago, but that | doesn't alter its excellence nor interfere | with 1ts truth. [ was first mate on the | Lovely Lou of Bangor, and we had been | on our way to South America for about | four weeks. The w.nd bad left the ship during thelast day of this period, and we were dipping our peak to a loliing swell | that sesmed to come {rom nowhere and | | return to the same place without making | a Tipple on the blue surlace of the ocean. “The sails were all set #nd their shadows | | fell clear upon the glassy surface, but | | where the sun fell the water was as clear | ascrystal. We were well within the tropics | | then, and several big sharks had been seen playing about the vessel. Suddenly there came a splash, and the ook ran to where | 1 was standing on the poop deck, erying | that one of the sailors had tumbled over- | board. The Lou had no way, ana I laughed | at the idea of him drowning, telling the | cook to throw him a rope, walking to the rail as Laid so. The sailor wasswimming | about the quarter enjoying his bath when | I suddenly saw an ominous black fin make | its apearance a hundred yards or so from | the ship. 1 yelled for the rope, and as I yelled I saw the fin move toward the | sailor, cutting the water like a knife. I | knew that unless the man was taken out | quickly he would ve devoured, and rashed | 10 the cabin grating to get a line. “‘Seizing a piece of rope I hastened to the } rail just in time to see the form of an im- | mense shark turn on its side tc seize the sai As he did S0 there was an in- stant’s glimpse of along brown body and then the water was siasbed into a sea of yeasty foum, the shark seemingly being in | trouble. I threw the line and in a mo- | ment the sailor was aboard, scared out of | his wits, but safe and sound. The thrash- zin the water still continuing we pro- ceed to investigate, and directly we were | able to see that the shark was pinned by a | |large swordfish, the sword running | | through the jaws of the shark insuch a manner as to prevent the fish from open- ing them. Whether the shark’s antago- | nist had deliberately attacked him we | know not, but its timely and unexpected | | appearance saved sent the teeth into tbe body of the man. We managed to release the sword from the shark and killed the latter, letting the other go free. It wasa narrow squeak, I tell you.” w Orleans Times-Democrst. | S e g | HE GOT HIS ANSWER. But It Was Very Different From What He Expected. As the train pulled out of Chicago a | quiet, gentlemanly looking man_entered the buffet-car snd, ensconcing himself in | a comfortable chair, drew out a long cigar and entered deeply into-his paper. He remained so quiet and retained his | seat 5o long that another passenger, whose bearing aistinctly stamped him as a éom- | mercial traveling man, one of the kind full of chatter and curiosity, could no | Addressing th | longer restrain himself. t gentleman, he inqu East?” Slowly removing his cigar the gentle- | man turned and looked at his questioner | with <lightly elevated eyebrows, replying, “Ye ew York?” | e, | “Pleasure?" | *Yesand no.” | *Great place, there before?” “No.! | “I'm poing home this trip—New York, | you know.” | © The gentleman made no_reply, but re- | sumed his paper. After a littie silence the commercial man began again. { “I'm with C. & Co,on Broadway. If| iy n I'll show you over the city.” | P ou, it will not be necessary.” | me, but might I ask what ing to New York for?” By this time most of the other passen- | gers were interested. The gentleman, who | was extremely annoyed at the drummer’s jaid down his paper and ex- d, “Traveling New York. Ever been claimed “I am going to New Yok first because the train is taking me there; second, be- czuse I've got lots of money and can afford it; and last, because if I like the place I intend to buy it. The commercial man subsided amidst | aroarof laughte Philadelphia Times. | — | | | A GIGANTIO WALL 2,500,000 Bricks in the Facade of a| New Hotel 1 | It the pedestrian in West Thirty-fourth ; | street, between Fiith and Sixth avenues, | will stop on the northern sidewalk and | turn his eyes southward he wul bebold a | sight that ca il to impress him if he | is capabie of receiving impressions at all | He will not find himself alone, for, warm or cold, wet or fine, there are always a few | littie knots of persons gazing with him at | the northern facade of the Scuermeriiorn Hotel, now building. In height this huge wall measures 240 | feet from the sueet 1o the coping; in lengin 50 feet. Its area is 84,000 square feet. But | mere figures give only a poor idea of the | magnitude of objects. 1f the wall, just as | | ivis, were laia down flat upon the ground, | | it would cover nearly two acres, or half an | average city_ block. Three infantry regi- | ments could drill or an intercoliegiate | football match could be playea upon it without being badly cramped. Naturally | a wall of such size used up a fair amount | | of material. Of bricks aione, apart from | giass, metal and woodwork for its many | doors and windows, itis calculated that | the facade contains 2500,000. Suppose these bricks set in a row, end 10 end; they would make a line 1,666,666 feet, or a little more than 315 miles long; thatis, they would reach to Albany and back. The pit dug for the hotel’scellar: en, etc., is 450 feet lonz on Thirty-fourth street, 130 feet on Fifth avenue and 35 feet deep. Qut of it were taken about 2,- 000,000 cubic feet of earth, enouzh to cover the whole block nine fest deep.—New York Sun. ——————— Little woolen dolls four inches high and made to resemble national celebrities are used 1n the beer cellars of Munich to mark the glasses in which the foamine beverage is served. This metnod is to in- sure a return to each customer of his own glass after it has been refilled. No two of the peer-markers are alike. e ADVANCES made on furniture and pianos, with the sailor’s lite beyond | | adoubt, as another instant would have | THE ADVANCEMERT OF MEDICAL SCIENCE Important Discoveries Made by an Eminent Local Physician. A Medicine That Has Permanently Cured Many Severe Cases Beyond the Skill of Physicians. During the past decade the advance made in the practice of medicine and the rt of surgery have been equally as phe- nomenal as the wonders that have been revealed to mackind in the electrical world. The ethics of the medical profession, however, forbid as much as possible the publicity of the discoveries of physicians and surgeons, and it bas been probably more for this reason than any other that we know so little of many of the phe- | nomena that have been accomplished by somoe of our eminent specialists of recent | years. In the treatment of indigestion and dyspepsia it has always been agreed that the field of possible discoveries is broader and possesses more profit to the physician who would devote his knowledge and energies in the discovery of some per- manent cure. . It would seem that th been accomplished. end has at last This revolution of | medicine, fraught with so much of hope and blessing to poor humanity, has been discovered by the work of a local physician who has resided in California for the last | twenty years, but so modest and so unas- suming have been his ministrations among an army of the afflicted, to whom he has brought health and bappiness, that our communitv little knows that Dr. W. H. Bluett of 1069 Broadway, Oaklana, and with offices 1 this City, is the suc- cessful discoverer of a medicine, the greatest, so it is said by his many pa- tients, of anything that has been given to mankind for the cure of indigestion and dyspepsia. ‘T'he new discovery is in the form of a vowder and administered three times a day. 1tis not of the old regime of nause- ous medicine, but, on the contrary, might be termed pleasant to the taste. It is one of those more rational treat- ments evolved from nature’s arsenal, and comes as a ray of light plercing the gloom and meeting with instant and widespread | success, The doctor was seen at his offices at 6 O'Farrell street, in this City, and asked to show some of the testimonials from prom- inent people recommending his wonder- ful medicine, about which so much has been said. “That 1 cannot permit,”’ he said. *‘The letters of patients are inviolate, and can only be shown with the consent of the writers, However, hers are the names of a few prominent professional and business men whom you may interview." Among those who stood willing to testi- fy to the wonders of this great medicine was Luther Fillmore, ex-Superintendent of the Narrow-gauge Railroad; Hon. L. R. Eilert; W. W. Hoops, a prominent loca! real estate operator; W. T. Hamil- | ton, a_retired merchant of Oakland, and | Miss Etuel Cox, cashier of the Emporium. These are a few, and only a few, of the | score that hve to testify to health and happiness restored by a simple little powder, “Yes,” said Mr. Fillmore, ‘‘Dr. Bluett's | medicine restored me 1o health, and cer- tainly prolonged my life, after I had been laid up for many years and spent a smali- | sized fortune doctoring with the leading | physiciuns in quest of relief from what I thought a hopeless case of dyspepsia, in- gestion and rheumatic gout. You may say for me, young man, that | it is the most wonderful ~thing_ever d. covered for these troubles. It has not alone brought me relief, but hundreds of others, friends of mine, whom I have recommended it to during the past few vears.” A prominent ex-Mayor of this OCity spoke in terms equally as posltive of the competency of Dr. Bluett in the handling of dyspepsta, indigestion and chronic dis- | eases, and dwelt at some length upon the great good accomplished in his household by the services of this eminent physician and the administration of his wonderful discovery. “It is not my custom,” continued this | gentlemar, *to lend my voice and recom- | mendation to anything. Iam decidedly | opposed to that, but I consider that Dr. | Bluett and the good ne has done for us, | Where otber physicians have failed, to be a wonderfal man in bis profession and T cheerfnlly indorse him as leading, in my estimation, among the scientists of medi- cine of modern times.”" W. T. Hamilton of 807 J street, Sacra- mento,was treated and cured, and said he had recommended over 100 cases that had | been treated and cured. diagnoses a case without askine a ques- tion, and it is conceded that in this regard he stands without a peer. This medicine is now being ardered and | shiipped to all parts of America at $2 per vox or three boxes ior $5 when sent by mail or by express C. 0. D. B ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS QUESTIONS IN ARITHMETIC—M., City. This department does not answer questions in arithmetic or solve probiems. GEORGE OF GREECE—T. M,, City. King George | of Greece was elected by the National Assem- bly at Athens, March 18, 1863, A DivipEND—R. 8., City. The rate of inter- est declared by the tiibernia Bank for the six months ending December 31,1896, was 4 per cent on all deposiis. SLAVIN AND McAULIFFE—Subscriber, City. The fight between Frank Slavin and Joe Mc- Auliffe occurred in London September 27, 1890, and lasted two rounds. DriLL REGUIATIONS—W. K., City. When the new drill regulatious are adopted by the United States army the National Guard of the State will have to adopt the seme, EDHEM PASHA- N., City. Field Marshal Edhem Pasha of the Turkish army was born of Greek parents on the is:and of Scio, one of the most veautiful 1n the Jzian Sea. THE NAMELESS ISLAND—M. H. F., Oakland, Cal. Asyetno report hasbeen received from the party thas leit some time since to settle on the Nameless Island in the Pacific Ocean, WASHINGTON'S MOTHER—M. R., City. Mary, the mother of George Washington, died at Fredericksburg, Va., August 25, 1789, at the age of 83, aiter haviiz been 8 Widow lorty-six years. General Washington's father died April 12, 1743. Twg TIBURON RoUTE—Subscriber, Angel Isl. land, Cal. The only ferry-bost running regu- | lariy on the Tiburon route is the Tiburon. Occusionally the Ukiad is put on that route during the picnic season, or when thero s unusual travei. THE MANCHESTER R10T—N. N., City. What is commonly known as the Manchester riot, dur- ing which a policeman nemed Brett way killea snd for whose death Alien, Gould ay Larkin were executed, occurred on the 18th of September, 1867. JAcK DEM Reader, Eureks, Cal. Jack Dempsey was not born in Portland, Or, He was born in Ireland December 15,1862, He fought with Bob Fitzdimmons, George La Bianche, Tom Cleary, Dominick McCaffrey, Billy Manning, Tom Barry and many others. A Lirrer—W. K., City. For information about the litters used in the United States army and where the same are sold you should appiy ot ermy headquarters in the Phelan building. This department does not edvertise the manufacturers of litters or other articles. Not 4 Brep—Subscriber, City. It was nota bird that was introduced in the souther: of the State of California to destroy the scale bug, butan insect of the ladybug family. En- tomologists have placed the ladybug under & Itisa remarkable fuct that Dr. Bluett | different head from the ordinary bug, and in the entomological sense it is kuown as “lady- bird,” for the reason that & bug has the com- poneént parts of the mouth so constituted as to suck the sap of trees, plants, eic.,, while & “ladybird,” as now known, is & predacious in- sect that feeds on other insects which destroy fruit, ete. WATER 1§ OREGON—Sanday, Marshficld, Coos County, Or. The question submitted in regard to water in Oregon is one of law that a news- paper cannot decide, for the reason tl it is Dot a court to decide controversies that may depend upon the facts as applied to the laws of the State. THE MIsT—Veritas, Oskland, Cal. The sal- ary of the Superintendent of the branch Mint of the United States in San Francisco is #4500 per year. He appoinis nis chief clerk and cushier and laborers wheu he needs such. The salaries of the c.erk and cashier are $2500 each per year. MARBIAGE AND DIVORCE—A. Z., Clty. A per- son divorced previous to the passage of tne re- cent act of the Legislature is not affected by that act as to remarrying, because laws are not retroactive. A marriage that is legal in eny State of the Union OF in any country is valid ia this State. | GrAY Hatrs—H. R., City. This correspond- entasks: ‘ls there anything known that will make hair gray?” Yes, there s; grief, trouble and old age. In the course of time naturo will turn nair gray, but this department does not know of any artificial means to changs the color of hair to gra: BEDBUGS—J. B. G., Oakland, Cal. It 1s said that bedbugs may be destroyed by pouring an equal mixture oi coal oil ana turpentine in the cracks where they congregate. The fumes of_brimstone in a closed room that is infected will, it 13 said, destroy them, but the brim- stone will bleach the paintwork. To THE NAVAL AcADEMY—C. W., Berkeley, Cal. The parents of & boy who wants to go to the Naval Academy st Annapolis must apply to the Congressman of the districtin which they zeside. Aiter the apolication the boy will be required, upon notification, to present him- self for competitive examination. Fobntr OF JuLY—A. H.,City. This depart- ment has looked for, but is unable to find a list of cities in the United States that sppro- priated funds for the celebration of the Fourth of July. Thatisa matter which resis with the city fathers of each place, and is brougat up whenever there is a aesire to ob- serve the day. AFPRO-AMERICANs—A. F., Los Angeles, Cal. Aselectors in the State of California are not registered by color, it is 1mpossible to tell the Duwmber of Afro-American electorsin the State. As the Afro-Americans at the last held elec- tion voted as all other electors did, a secrel Dallot, there is no way of finding out how many voted for either one candidate or the other, A MINING CLAIM—A.S., Sciad Valley, Siski- you County, Cal. The abandonment of a min- ing claim is a mixed question of law and fact, and the question asked, in view of many rul- ings rendered by the Land Department of the United States, could not be answered without hearinug or knowing ail the facts, and thatisa matter that should be reierred to the Land De- pariment. HoLY LAND Ra1LwAY—H., Oakland, Cal. The Jaffa-Jerusalem railway (single line) starts from the north end of the town close to the seashore, runs east and south past Lydda and Ramleh, where thero are stations, thence to the Waddi Surar, which it ascends on the south side, passing. the convent of Deir Aban to Bittir, at each end of which there are stations, inencé to Jerusalem. Distance 54’5 miles. A Drvorce—G. N., City. If you obtained a divorce in this State eight years ago and you have recently discovered that it was not legal and ere now taking steps to secure a legal one, should you obtain it, you would, under the presentlaw, have to Wait & year peiore yon could marry again in this State, or you wonld have to %o to some other place'and live there the prescribed length of time bxfore you could marry again. THE MARINE BA N., City. The leader of a marine band (United States) is paid $90 per month. A first-class musician is paid $34 1or the first period of five years, $36 tne sec- ond year, and then the pay incresses $1 per month each subsequent vear of the five years; asecond class musician is paid $20 and s third class one $17. The pay of these is nlso increased $2 the second and one during each of the following three years. PruriEs—G. H. P, City. +Never tamper with any breaking out on 4he skin; even though it be a single red spat, do not apply to itso simple a thing as water, hot or cold, but let it alone and omit & meai or two; if 1t does not abate consult a physieian. If one is pot at band, then live on half allowance until it disappea; That was the advice given by a medical journal to which was submitted the question. *‘What is a good remedy for pimples?” FRUIT 1N CALIFORNIA—Subscriber, Citr. The | counties in Calfornia that prodnce the largest | crops of fruit are Santa Clara, Tulare, Sacrs- mento, Alameds, Sonoma, Solano, Los Angeles, | San Bernardino and Riverside. Those in which the greatest varieties are raised are: Los_Angeles, Santa Clara, San 0, Santa Barbara, Orange, Riverside and San Bernar- dino. The question, “When are the different fruits picked in California?” would involve mention of every fruit produced, and this department bas not the space for that. Itcan be stated generally that fruit commences to ripen 1n April, then picking follows and continues the balance of the year. RoAD TAx—J. E., City. Tue Political Code of this State has the ‘ollowing in regard to the colleciion of road poil iax: The Board of Supervisors may snnually at any reguar meeting Leld beweea the first day of Junuary und the first duy of March levy nuon esch male rerscn over 21 years of uge aud under 5, years found in each o d lstrict during the 1Im> for the col vction of 10ad poil tax 1oF that Xcept rersons honor by dischargid v and navy of the Unitéd States b tween the first day of Avril, 186 , and the fl day of May, 1885, an annual tax not to ~xceed $3. in aefsult’of puyment the tax may bs worked out. This law was not repealed by the last held Legislature. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS—A Friend of THE CALL, City. The imports by water at San Francisco in the fiscal year 1894-95 were valued at: by American vessels, $18,768,722; foreign ves- sels, $17,505,924. The exports were: domes- tic, by American vessels, $10.304,301; foreign, | by American vessels, $14 1,538 ; by foreign ves. scls, $162,520, In 1895-96 he value of im. ports was: by American vessels, $20,178 6: | foreign vessel-, $21,194,588. Exporl, tic goods: by American vessels, §11, | by forelgn vessels, §19,238.824; foreikn goods: by American vessels, $353,496; by foreigu vessels. $101.962, The figures for the year 1896-97 will not be out for several months. PROTECTION—N. M., City. If an alien be- comes o citizen of the United States and car- ries out the promise he made underoath (o ab- solutely renounce and abjure 21l aliegiance to every foreign prince, potentate, state or sov- ereignty, and particularly the prince, poten- tate, st or sovereignty of which he was be- fore’ a citizen or subject, he is entitled to the vrotection of the Uuiled States; but the mo- ment he goes from the country of his adopted | citizenship and enters the country of which he was formerly & citizen or subjectand en- ters its army in time of war that moment he violates his oath and he is no longer entitled 1o the protection of the United States. The United States could not be held responsible for the acts of such meu. s, domes. | 68,629; CABLE RatLwAY—D. B., City. The present system of drawing cars by an endless oable is not the result of the inventive genius of one individual. In 1812 a stationary chain was 1aid down upon & road in Engiand by W. and E. K. Chapman, which was mace to pass over agrooved wheel in a carriage specially adapted for the purpose. By turning the wheel the carringe was moved. Tnis was the baginning of the cable system. Improvements followed in England and in_the United Blates, but to Andrew S Hallidie of San Francisco is due ihe chief credit for the invention of the pres- ent practicable cnble sysiem. He took out his first patent in 1870 and on the 1st of August, ‘mede the first trial trip on Clay sreet, which was a decided success. NAVARRE—A. ., City. Navarreis the Span. ish province of an ancient counuy, created into s kingdom in 858, which embraced some territory on the French side of the Pyrenees, now mainly forming the western portion of the arrondissement of Mauleon. in the depart- ment Basse Pyrenees, and which attained its greatest importance toward the end of the fitteenth century, when the kinedom passed into the hands of the Count of Foix, already Viscount of Besrn. Iu 1512 the kingdom was seized by Ferdinand of Castile, but the portion The Soft Glow of the Tea Rose is acquired by ladies who use Poazoni’s Coxruxion Powpss. Try it. on the French side remained 1n the possession | of the former King, who returned to Pau, the capital of Bearu, re'aining the royal title.” In 1512, when Ferdioand obtained possezsion of the kingdom which now iorms the jresent province of Navarre, he'annexed it to the Spanish dominion, leaving unconquered the portion on the northern side of the Pyrenees, which wes sfterward united to the crown of France by Henri of Navarre, who in June, 1572, became Kinz of Navarre and was King of France from 1589 to 1610. WATER RIGHTS 8., Ferndale, Humboldt County, Cal. The following on the subject of water rights in California is taken from the Civii Code: The night to the use of runain water flowing in 8 river or stream, or down a canyon or ravine, may be acquired by appropriation. [: must te for £0me useful purpose, and when the appropritor or his successor ceases to uss iv for such purpose the right ceases. The person entit'ed to the use of the water may cha ge the place of diversion. it others ace not in- jnred by such change, and way exiend the ditch, flume, pipe or aqueduct by which the diversion s made to a place deyona where the first use was made. The water appropriated may be turned Into the chaunel of auuther stream and mingle with its water and then reclaimed, but In reciaiming 1t the water already appropriated by another must not be diminished. As between appropriators the one first 1n time is the first in right. A person desiring to appropriate water must post & notice fn Writing in a conspicuous place &t the point of the intended diversion, stating therein that he ciaims the water there flowing o the extent of (giviug number) inches, meas- urea with & four-foot pressure; the pur- pose for which he claims _it, and the place of intended use; tne means by which he intends todivert itand the size of the flume, ditch, pipe or aqueduct in which he intends todivert ii; 'a copy of the notice musi within ten days be recorded In the offics of the County Re- corder in the county fn which the potice is posted. Within sixty diys work must be commenced and continned to completion wiihout interruption, unless prevented by snow Or rain A failure to comply with the rules forfelts the right of the appropriator. The Largest Land-Owner. Probably Robert Reid, the railway con- tractor of Montreal, is the owner of mcre land than any other private person 1n the world. Isis estimated that he owns some 5000 square miles of land in Newfound- land. “This property was granted to him in fee-simple by the Government in re- turn for Mr. Reid’s operating the railway that is fast approaching completion, at the rate of 5000 acres of land for each one mile of main or branch line constructed thronghout the whole length of the pro- jected line. fne A The salary of the President of Andorra, arepublic in the Pyrenees, is the smallest received by any national executor in the world. It isabout 6s a month. NEW TO-DAY! offers three virtues linked in one: FRAGRANT, CLEANSING, PRESERVING Properties. Liquid and powder in the same package. 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