The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 13, 1897, Page 28

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL SUNDAY JUNE 13, 1897 How dainty and lovely are many of the | toilets now being worn leaders at our principal summer resorts, | and very great is the admiration ex- | pressed for the skill exhibited by the | dressmakers in America, who nowadays | originate numerous fetching models, well | worthy of some of the best-known Parisian Louse: One young bride wore at a recent luncheon a soft gray woolen grenadine, round the bottom of which were three narrow frills of yellow surah. It was made over u separate skirt of surah on which were two inside lace-edged ruffles. The slightly pouched bodice jolded bac ward with revers, and these formed part of the collar, which was cut in a modified | empire style. The sleeves had puffs and ruffles. { Gray, by the by, daily increases popularity, and is seen frequently in com- bination with white or canary color, but just exactly the right shade must be used with the vellow or the results will be most disastrous. These colors were used together several seasons ago with such ex- | cellent results that we may this year anti- | cipate some truly ravishing effec For a Middle-Aged Gentle- woman. 1 You can realize the charms of a dress having a bodice of a soft bleck silk, which feels like thin chamoise leather. Thisi beaded (by hand) all over with fine jet. To obtain the necessary straight hnes in vlaces part of tbe jet is attached to cords, 50 that the design can be made becoming to stout and slender figures alike. The basque is cut into two shaped tabs at the sides, rich jet ornaments and fringe being attached to them. The soft silk is used for epaulettes, being hani- | somely embroidered on the edge. Black ribbon velvet is arranged 50 as to narrow to a long deep point in front of the bodice to the bottom of the vest, and is then car- ried through embroidered slashes in the epaulettes. and tied in bows and ends which fall over the sleeves. A similar bow appears at the back of the basqne. The sleeves may be of ruched silk or chiffon. The vest may be varied, tut one of white or ecru is in all cases most be- coming. One well liked is of ecru chiffon over white satin, a fringe of jet failing | over it gracefully. The skirt is of the black chamoise It may be made perfectly plain or with | five ruffles, narrow ones, of course, that ex- higher up in the back than in front. They may be of the silk, or if chiffon is used for the sleeves it would look well on | the skirt. At all events the first ruffle should bave a heading of black ve:vet rib- bon. Violet silk makes a good lining that will not readi'y soil,and abunch of violets is usually becomins A most distinguished-looking matron lately received many glances of apvroval when arrayed in a princess gown of black | chiffon. It is made over white silk, the | belt of which is of white lace run with sil- | ver threads. The skirt isaccordion pleated | and run around the bottom with about fi teen narrow threads of silver. From the narrow belt of white lace extend, both up- ward and downward, points of the same lace. The sleeves are ukewise adorned with it. A young girl who would have made her | debut iast winter had she not gone into mourning has an exquisite grenadine sprayed with violets, which she wears gover a pale violet slip. Her neck and waistband are of violet velvet which is softly wrinkled. TItisa youthful frock on which are innumerable tiny lace-edged | ruffles, which weil suit her very slender figure, Poplin Is again being employed by several of the best houses. The quality costinz $3 per | yard is good and wears excellently well. A chic young belle lately appeared in a navy blue poplin. The lower part of the «kirt was handsomely braiged. Quite novel was the introduction of two large imitation pockets on the hips. Like the skirt, they were braided with black silk braid. bolero bodice was braidea with plack and gold and opened over a beige moire waisicoat, which had light blue velvet revers. Long sleeves edged with Valenciennes lace extended over the | hands, and the beige gloves were stitched | with black. | Plaid Silks. | Thore having an infinitesimal check are quite the thing for skiris thatare trimmed with black ribbon velvet; these usually take | 2 deep point towara the knee in frent, be- ing raised considerably hisher round the back portion of the skirt. With one such ekirt was a bodice of biack glace silk, it overhung a beit with a short ba-que, the revers turned back, thus reveaiing a vest composed of innumerable tiny frills of creamy Valenciennes lace. Some of the bodices made in this style, with revers and basques, have modified Medici collars, but a bow of tulle or lace is al- ways worn at the throat. All such ar- rangements of tulle are extremely becom- ing, but exceedingly warm — lose their freshness after bemng worn twice, | so that, all things considered, the tulle bow tied round the neck inside the | high collarat the back is more serviceable; | however, this fad can only be indulged in by women with long and slender throats. A Cashmere Costume Lately noted, also in Paris, was truly | admirable, being of Parme-colored cash- | mere, and, says a correspondent, “the skirt was cleverly arranged to be quite piain and flat around the hips, and vet to full in graceful pleats and folds to the feet. Two or three rows of silk ysalon the same color, with bars of the same cross- ing at intervals, relieved the plainness of the skirt; the blouse bodice was made with a small, full basque, attached to a band that could bo removed at will. It | struck me as a very good idea. The front | was embellished with chiffon, edged with | Valenciennes of a yellowish tint. The sleeves were slightly bouffant at the top, and had galon on the lower part. The | underskirt was silk.” | Likewise exce'lent wasan absolutely sim- ple cloth costume made with a weli-hung | plain akirt lined with a soft, rich silk of a | goiden bue. The jacket with short basque had a high open collar at the back, a la | Medici, which gradually decreased in size and s oped into the open front, which did not close, being open about three inches, with small straps across, fastening on either side with very small square gola buttons; its front and the high collar was | idea. | with the silk. | with either a white feather, lined with chine s.lk. Just at the top| them fitted closely. A thread-like cord of | zold outlined the revers, the collar and cuffs. Chit-Chat. Casceroles are generally popular, espe- cially the pretty fireproof ones which have silver wire mountings. Much liked like- wise are the bowls and juzs of coalpert china obtainable in eitler pure white or a dellcate shade of apple-green mounted in | gold or silver; the jugs are fnished with | lids swung on pivots let into the glass or | china, which cannot come unshipped. For aman who smokes, the expanding cigar- | box which will hold any s'zed box of any | well-known brand is acceptable. | Housekeepers will be giad 10 hear of a | naw leather-reviver, which will improve | chair seats, bags, ele. O course, it wiil not restore leather if tae surface has been rubbed, but 1 ordinary cases it renews the gloss and freshness in an extraordi- nary manner. [ Selyyt is being used instead of chamo's- leather very extensively, as it polishes | glass, silver and furniture; besides, it is beinz used as “gripping” for the handles of golf clubs, bats, racquets and in many other ways. | Before silver is cleaned it should always be thoroughly washed with good soap used with boiling water. Then it should be thoroughly dried. after which tne paste or rouge can be applied. Aiter it! THE NEW “ TRANSFORMED ” latest skirr. Itisa wonder and a glory at by fashion’s| the sleeves were ratber wide, the rest of | the same time, especially for the tall, slen- der women, for it is flounced from top to bottom—nothing but flounces. It is made in black glace silk—the whole thing. The dressmaker whom I talked to about it said, however, that if the greatest care was not taken when cutting these flounces the skirt would be utteriy ruined. One little sliv of the shears and say good- by to the skirt. From the foot to the belt of the skirt each flounce is shaped with- out any fuilness and 1s cut on the cross. The fiounces are piped with white and edged with lace. Really, though, the new skirt is pretty enough. In fact, it may be called elegant without exaggeration. I am told that the early Victorian period is responsible for this newest creation and that the grande dames of that period used to wear very nearly the same sort of skirt, The more I investigate the question, how- ever, the more I learn that this is not trae. There may have been an occasional skirt of this sort, but it was never general. We may be imitative, but in this one in- stance what we have imitated is some- thing that was always exceedingly fash- 10nable although very rare. The woman who numbers among her possessions some rare old lace isfortunate indeed. To be sure that is one of the few things from whose value time does not detract and which is always desirable. Bat this particular summer lace is used so universal!y that it is more valuable than ever, Besides the usual frilling and flounces COIFFURE. This new movabie strip fringe is a boon to wheelwomen and dwellers by the sea. Itisan English idea not yet seen here. It is fixed to a single strand easily concealed amony the front locks and does not heat tne head. has dried all the powder must be removed with a good firm siiver brush ana lastly each ariicle thoroughly. polished witha chamois leather or selvyt cloth. Even when the silver is daily washed with care this process should be gone through wits every two weeks if the plate is to be kept in any sort of condition. Gloves. Gloves are always an interesting topic to write about, and for years Queen Vic- toria has been wearing eight-button tencth black suede mou quetaire and the same in kid. The Princss of Wales is in the habit of ordering fo- evening wear | twelve-button mousquetaire in Loth sueae or . These are either pale gray or white, ana are usuaily stitched with nar- row biack. During the davtime she pre- fers pzle tan or a delicate shade ot mouse | gray. The latest kids for evening wear | have glove-fitting lace sieeves that fasten | just above the ethow with a r:bbon. Very fashionable are tans, grays ana | black, made of beautifully fine and elastic kid, stitched with mixed biack and white. Some of the finest kid known to ths most exclusive trade comes in shades of deli- cate drab and the stitehing is self-colored. | For cycling are some white gloves with | lambskin backs and canvas palms and finges; also in tan dogskin with tan- colored silk canvas. This canvas is cool, | but has a fine fancy mesh. A useful and pretty tailor gown worn by | a stylish woman is built of dove-gray | cloth. With itis worn a chic bolero com- | posed of black velvet edged with white | cloth handsomely braided by hand with a gray silk cord. A large collar, square of | cut, is of white cloth embroidered with the gray cord. I: has the appearance of being | made over a wider collar of hlack velvet. | The cuffs and pockets carry out the same The draped belt is of black veivet. A lace cravat has its ends carried under the Haps of the collar. This toilet can | | only be worn successtully by an extremely tall and very slender woman. | The very iatest capes are being made of gathered chine glace silk in a many-tinted tartan. One such was edged with fawn cloth, which turned up quaintly as a hood, with long ends in front that were lined A ruche of silk and lace finishes the neck. A fetching Iittle coat is composed of green glace closeiy covered with stripes of very narrow black ribbon velvet. The | collar of this can be worn turn up or down, according to the wearer’s fancy. The toque is flourishing exceedingly and may be had in a variety of straws in green, in mauve, in red, etc. but the | straw is always crumpled. For special occasions have the black straw toques been created. These are beaded and spangled in a heavy design, and trimmed | standing | boldly upright in the form of an aigretre, or with a batch of green wats tivpea with black, tied with a knot of colored velvet. For 'the Auteuil races the miliiners are making toques of frosted tulle with great sprays of black and white osprey. The feathers are called *Jet d'eac.” MARCELLA. New York Notes. The people who think there is nothing new uunder the sun shou'd look at the very | folds that it | hips. and edgings and insertings we are wear- ing boleros of lace, even on cotton gowns, while a summer silk can hardly be s2id to be complete without one. now the very latest thing is to have en- tire bodices mede of this dainty fabric. | They are usually ecru in color, and are made In the favorite pouch fashion, fas- tening at the side. They have simply a high band and ruffled sleeves. Thess are made 10 wear over detached bodices of any desired color, and are thus as econom- ical as they are pretty, which 1s saying a great deal. The demand for printed silk muslin of a filmy texture is hard'y equal to the sup- ply. Itcomes in so many beautiful col- ors and falls in such soft and becoming is extremely popular for dressy costumes. Nothing coula be more | suitable for the warm, balmy days, the soft green tones being especially attractive and cool-looking. Green and white are greatly 1n favor, and I saw one such combination that was really delightful The gown itself was of white canvas, trimmed with the lightest green, inch-wide gauze ribbon, with a satin edge. This was applied in the form of braiding to the skirt in a very intricate pattern and also on the sleeves and the iront of the bodice. The epauiettes form long cape-like trimmings above the arms and the sleeves fall over the hand. The effect of tue whole was very satisfactory. Here is an appropriate costume for those of us who sometimes go to the races. The material is the ever-popular foulard in a soft pearl gray. The skirt is of the fashionable sun-ray pleated variety, edged with a ruche of biack silk muslin mede very full, and striped down the sides with treble rows of heavy black lace insertion, connected together for several inches at the top, so as to well mold the The blouse and sleeves are both tucked, and trimmed with insertions of the black lace to correspond witn that on the skirt. The square flat epaulettes are of silver guipure scalloped with tiny pleatings of black lace, the bolt and straight col:ar being also of the guipure. The hat to wear with tnis gown is of fine gray straw with beret crumpled crown, sot off with bows and draperies in pearl gray chiffon. It has an aizrette of black os- trich tips at the sid The parasol is of Pekin silk, edged with a sik muslin flounce. Accordion pleating is very much in favor, and appears in almost endl variety in the matter of the arranfement of the pleats. Perhaps the most fashion- able at present is the sun-ray kilt-pleated skirt, otherwise known as plisse soleil, but this is only one of many. One of the newest styles is the cross-way kilting, especially suitable for sleeves and house gowns. Tuen there are stripes formed of some dozen close-set kiltings, with an inch of plain material above, while others form box p'eats broken at intervals by strips of the same material. Another style falls in wavea lines which closely re- semble cordings and minute undine wav- ings in corded stripes, closely set together either in lines or vandyk: Some of the ordinary kiltngs are broken by festooned scallops of the ma- terisl and give ths aspact of a single or double row of flouncing. Fashionable And | capes are much trimmed with kilt pleated lisse, and some, for evening and carriage wear, are covered with lace, kilted, and in Its turn overlaid with lace flouncings. Very many of the latest blouses are eitner tucked or kilted, some suggestion of this style appeariug on the sleeves if not else- where. Even the parasols, which this year are so much trimmed &S to be actu- ally fussy, are covere! with accordion pleating and have frillings at the edge of lace and silk. The latest thing in handles for these additions to the toilet is the semblance of a horse-chestnut bursting from its prickly sheath. Woe are going to wear barege again, and it is really a very desirable material in mzny ways, although the sort we used to have was noted for its unpleasant ten- dency to split horizontally on the very slightest provocation, or none at ail. The modern variety, however, is better woven and many of the newest dresses are being made of it. The most fashion- able color in which the new barege is seen is that very lightest shade of pearl gray of which our grandmothers were 80 fond and which bas noc been in favor for a very long time. A particularly fetching costume is made of green and white foulard, with a plain skirt, displaying a gathered flounce piped and set into vandykes. The bodice which is, perhaps, its most charming feature, has a bolero of plain green satin, cut into points across the bust and traced with ecru embroidery threaded with gold. The loose fronts of the foulard are tied with careless ends to show a vest of white chiffon frilled down one side with lace. The sieeves are quaintly suggestive of the | Tudor period, with very snort puffs at the top and elbow made of the foulard, plain satin being rucked between these. The hat that is to be the finishing touch to this dainty gown is of green straw, its brim trimmed with Iceland poppies in shaded pink. There is a white osprey at the back with a lace bow outstretched be- low it. A rather striking peculiarity of thasea son is the very general use ofqvivid red, both for day and eveninz wear. It is especially noticed in hats of the “picture” variety, which are seen everywhere, even on young girls barely out of school. These hats are mostly of poppy-red straw, trimmed with the same shade sometimes, though rarely, relieved by a touch of black. They are rather daring, but quite effective with fresh young faces. Canvas is to be as popular with the fashionable woman this year as it is with the masters of sailing vessels. The dress- g0ods dealers and the dressmakers say it will be worn as widely as duck. The ma terials are as varied as the prisms ina kaleidoscope. There is the wide mesh, the narrow mesh, cobweb grounds, tiny hioles arranged to form a square pattein, with others like openwork stockings. These all show the lining through, for nearly all canvases are lined with brighs silk, shot or plain, and look remarkably well made up. White is used as a lining for bicck canvas, which in the fancy for black and white costumes that now pre- vail would prove a very useful gown for spring wear. Corded grenadine is also worth mention, the thick biack cords of which aredivided | by narrow cords in brilliant colors, cerise, | violet, green, orange or blue. and also with white cords only. Grenadines are generally in favor, the more expensive kinds being very artistic in design and unusually attractive. One of the new fancy grenadines bas a black ground with a large arabesque all-over pattern in white threads which is most effective and also in harmony with the black and white idea so much in vogue. The color combinations of the moment are new and startling, the brightest of reds with mauve, violet and purple, a vivid green being constantly added. Ce- rise, a very bright shade, is aimost as much in favor as Parma violet, an4 the two are frequently blended. Blue and green, ) by no means a new color arrange- ment, is still much worn. Plaids are very tashionable, biues and greens vredomi- nating. They make, blouses, us do th: black-and-white plaids. These worn with black canvas, summer serge or grenadine skirts are in excellent taste. 11t be true that nothing under tl.e sun is new, at leastsomeof the new hats would seem to refute that statement, for it seems that no shape could be too high, or too wide, or too eccentric to be worn this year. There is a wide, coarse straw greatly affected which 1s bent into all sorts ot cu- rious twistsand pleats and trimmed in the most wonderful, notto say extrava zant, manner. Strawsof the most bril liant colors will b: most popular—pink, | blue, red, green, yellow, mauve, and of.en a combination of two or more of these in one ha different straws. The ‘*‘picture’’ hats are still popular, and will be much worn this season. Drawn black lace and chiffon hats are in favor, as are also the accordion-kilted grenadine or crinoline brims, which can be made becoming to almost any style of | face. This will certainly be a season of flowers, and among the novelties may be found many varieties of wild flowers. It you wish to be Parisian and quite up to date choose a roadside or a hedgerow fa- vorite for the adornment of vour hat. The convolvuli and the little blossom of the deady nightshade are especially new and quite original. Belts of the Swiss form accompany many of the boleros, and are made of lace braid united by silk stitching. But there arca good many other kinds, and none are more remarkable than those made im pla:ds, some thirty different kinds being employed for the purpose. These are made of a sort of strong Petersham and are fastened either witha round silver buckle having a cairngorm in the center, or with a silver wire buckle which hooks on to three distinct balls, down the center of the front. We are to wear colored belts of kid as well as white ones, which indeed are the most in favor, and also & number of belts prepared of Petersham,with bands of kid stitched down the cente: Good Amurican Manners. It was in the elevator of the Hotel Con- tinental in Paris—one of those slow-going machines in which this noted hotel de- lights. Four or five persons were in the car besides the operator, who had waxed fat in his laborious occupation of pulling on a rope. One of the company was fresh from the Ecole des Beaux Ar:s, where, in- deed, his whole time was empioyed when not engaged in the necessary rslsxition at Versailles, in the Bois, at the cafe or in other restful places of the world’s capital. is companion was not of this descrip- tion. Among the others were a lady and gentleman, to the former of whom the two Americans had removed their hats. But the gentleman with her made no mo- tion to remove his, but reg=rded the com- pany with a studied indifference. “Oh.”" said one of the Americans, Vit does not appear to be necessary to re- move one’s Lat here,” and thereupon clapped his on his head. Tue lady and gentleman getting out at the next floor, the guard poluely informed the re- mainder of the company that they were the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Scnwerin, the latter bein, own sister to the then imperial autocrat ol ail the Russ. s I beiieve it was stated.— Architecture and Building. in mik, admirable | . the crown and brim being of quite | During the week S. K. Thornton, vice-presi- dent of the California Miners' Association. | returned from & two mouths’ tour of the min- | ing counties oi the mother-lode region, where | he was sent by the exccutive committee to | organize or stimulate local associations, which | woula add needed members and strength to the State association. During his extended trip Mr. Thornton oh. served the new life ihat pervades every min- ing community, and nis work will result in very large additions to many county associa- | tions. There is every promise that by fail the | California Miners’ Association will represent a membership of at least 8000, and. with the | solidified mining intersst behind it, it wiil be in & strong position to take up the important new work which is planned for the future. Next year the association will be ready to en- gage in s big campaign at Washington to secure from Congress additional appropria- tions for restraining dams in the rivers, and there 18 every prospect that the valley people who want the navigable portions of the Sacra- mento and San Joaquin {mproved will join the miners in this matter, each supporting the other for the common good. “I visited the counties of Tuolumme, Placer, Calaverns, Amador, Nevads, E! Dorado, Sierra, Butte, Yubs and Plumas,” said Mr. Thornton yesterday in recounting his work. “I found everywhere a very hearty interest in the State associaiion aud & readiness (o support county ones. I distributed blank membership lists everywhere among mine superintendents, merchauts and bankers, and during all this summer these blanks will receive signatures of those who agree to bacome members of their county association and pay $1 dues. Mer- chants and citizens generally who are only in- directly interested in mining are joining everywhere. The memborship in each county | is to be reported September 1. “In Tuolumme a new sssoclation that will number 500 or 600 by fall is being started Senstor Shine of Sonors is one of the active leaders. Ifound afairly prosperous organiza- tion in Calaveras, and it is growing. Amador had dropped out, and it is now being reor- ganiz:d. In Ei Dorndo there was a fair asso- ciation of about 100 members, but a very active sentiment followed my visit, news- | papers and leading miners taking hold. Over | 100 iists are out, and the membership will | resch 500 or more. Placer County, which I left to President Neff’s care, has an active sociation of 1200 members. “In Nevada County, which has the strongest { county sssociation, the membership of 1300 will reach 2000 by September. Sierra County [ will double its membership. Butte hsd | dropped out, but I got the promise of 250 1o | 300 members among merchants and miving | | men. In Yuba there are two organizations, | one at Camptonville and the other at Brown's | Valley, a.d both are waking up. The organ zation in Plumas County had been dropped, | but we held a public mceting in the town { hall at Quiney and it was reorganized with a | fine membership and much enthusiasm. I aid not go to Trinity, Siskiyou or Shasta counties. The first two of these counties are | | organized. | “The business men of the region I visited | | realize that congressional aid is needed if | | mining is to reach its best prosperity there. | 1f the detritus in the upper parts o the siream | can be kept back and the lower parts kept | clear the entire problem between the people of the mountains and the valleys will be solved, and tne California Miners' Association | | i the strongest infuence that can bring this | about. There is no doubt if hydraulic, drift and sluice mining can be permiited as freely as quartz mining the gold production will soon reach $30,000,000 or $10,000,000 in- stead of $17,000,000. “Ifound everywhere more development in | the Mnes of quartz and driit mining axd more | money baing speut in prospecting than fir | twenty-five years. The gravel deposits hsve scarcely been touched at li, but there is now great mctivily in opening dritt mines. 1 | judged that at least half the money teing | speut is California capital. Oid mines are everywhere being reopened at great expenso | and prospects and slightly developed mines | are increasing i numbers, bging bondea by | people with money w0 agree to do a certain amount of develovment work and to buy within one, two or three years, if at all. Tney | put in their money on the chauce of finding & | good mine. | *The bveuefit of this great new activity in | the mountains to the valley interests was very | noticeable. 1t gives markets to the farmers | and markets to the business men of Sacra- | mento, Stockton and other towns as well as | San Francisco. While on my trip through Yuba and Butte counties and portions of Sierra I met at least fifteen four-horse wagon- louds of farm and garden produce that farmers were peddling through the mining region, finding a ready market for their stuff and get- ting the coln for i. Stockton dovs a big busi- | Dess with Mariposa, Tuolumne and Calaveras | | counties, and Sacramento has & big and grow. | ing trade with the rest of the mining coun- | ties. One firm in Stockton recently sold | 200,000 teet of .umber to one mine. I under- stand tnat one Sacramento firm does & bieger business in water-pipe than any one San Fran- cisco house. 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It directly affects and temporarily stops but one bydraulic mine in the State, hut it is a high important decision nevertheless. afirms two things: First, that the Caminetti act is constitutional, Congress having full | power 1o prevent absolutely the obstruction ot | navigable waters by debris or other thing: and second, that,tne control of hydraulic | | mining operations on the watersheds of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers by the Federal engincers composing the California | Debris Commission is absolute. This is the first time that the constitution- ality of the Caminetti law has been passed upon. This has never been seriously ques- tioned, but there has always been some doubt as 1o the extent of the jurisdiction of the Debris Commissioners. The suit was really a friendiy one brought to determine this. The orth Bloowfie d Company, which once con- ducted the biggest hydraulic operations in the State, led the van in that ancient struggle with the anti-debris forces which resultea in the Sawyer common law decision which closed the hydraulic mines. Some years ago and before the passage of the Caminettl act the North Bloomfield Com- pany voluntarily constructed restraining dums of its own by creating settling reser- voirs out of vast pits uug during its earlier operations. It resumed operations by wash- ing its gravel into these artificial lakes, the overflow from which was comparatively clear. Another it junction suit was brought, but on the showing that the company did not wash debris into (he watercourses Circult Judge Ibert allowed the company to proceed. Then came the Camineiti act, creating a board of supervisoiy engineers and requiring restraining dams and a license from them for ydcaulic mining in these watersheds. The orth Bloomfield Company, having already built restraining dams, ignored the Federal engineers and has proceeded without apply- ing for a permit, as have all other hydraulic miners now operating. The question of the jurisdiction of the Commissioners in such a case arose. There are places, especially in Plumas County, where streams drain through lskes and long marshes, which would act ss natural reservoirs for debris, if hydraulic mining were begun sbove, and in many ways the exact powers of the Debris Commissioners were im- portant. The engineers themselves wanted 1t chiefly | the act construed, and as a result of considera- ble correspondence the North Bloomfield Com. pany snouldered the small expense involved, and & friendly action was brought in 1395, after a conference in Washington between . W. Cross, attorney for the North Bloomfieid Compeny, and the War D:partment and j:. tornes-General Oiney. | The decision deciarod that the jurisq | tion of the D:bris Commission and requirement of a permit are v irrespective of the question of whe debris is proverly resirained or not. T North Bloomfield Company must now appiy for a permit, and if the Debris Commissioner, find the impounding works sufficient, as 11 probably will, the company can go | anead. The other day some able London barristers knocked in the head the sale of a Trir County hydraulic mining property to a1 don company. The attorneys prese elaborate report on the legal and other dif culties of hydraulic mining in California result of the Sawyer decision, the Camine: actand so on and advised against risking investment. The attorneys did not kno all these laws and decisions have ncthing do with hydraulic mining in Trinity County, where tfiey can wash down hills with abs freedom. Two important investmenis of English ca, tal in Mother Lode properties were mad ing the week. Henry Bratnober, an associs of Hamilton Smith and a representative of {E adjoining mines in Mariposa County j south of the Mariposa grant. The propertics were owned by Mrs. McCreilish and Alfreq Waurtonweller respectively of this C was bonded for 100,000 and the otn | $125,000. This investment will, of cour. foliowed by extensive development opera Hamiiton Swith and his associates nc ago bought Alvinza Hayward's one-sixih | terest in the Mariposa grant on & basis $1,000.000 for the entire property and they are known 1o be after a larger interes they will probably get one of these d These purchases show the faith in Maripos County lodes which some of the big; perts and investors in the world possess, they mean large future operations in Maripo County. After making the deal Mr. Brat once followed Thomas Mein to Alag isnow in Silver Bdw basin sceing to development work which is to be do; sixteen properties sold not long ago by c. | | Lave and others. Hamilton Smith is expected to arrive at Butte, Montana, within a mon | and he wilt later visit Alaska. too s | thougnt likely that large further investments of English capital in Alaska will follow the | visits of these associated experts, and many | Californians will be interested in knowing | whether Hamilton Smith, who can get a n lion dollars of English capital by telegrapt asking for it, will visit California during his | western trip. ber at Me e big The number of dark-haired girls who get married greatly exceeds that of the fair ones, a statistician tells us, and in or- | der 1o prove this is owing to man's choice, not the redundancy of brunettes | he proceeds to show that an overwheln | ing majority of those women who ‘live | and die unmarried” have fair hair and | blue eyes. 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