The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 17, 1897, Page 6

" THE SAD RANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1897 [{. 7SPRECKELS. Proprietor. JOHN SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Daily and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrler. .$0.15 Daily and Sunday CaLy, one year, by mafl..... 6.00 Daily ¥ CaLL, six months, by mail.. 3.00 Dally and Sunday CAL:, three months by mail 1.50 Daily &nd Sunday CALL, one month, by mail. .85 | Sunday CALL, one year, by mal . 160 | . L.060 W LKLY CALL, ohe year, by mail. OFFICE: Street, £an Francisco, California. Telephone . : Maln—1868 517 Clay Street. ...Maln—1874 BRANCH OFFIC Montgowery sreet, coraer Clay; open until 0 o'clock. 339 Hayes street; open un 615 Larkin street, open un: Sixteenth and M 9:30 o’clock. 9:30 0'clock. slon streeis, open corner Tweuty-second and Kentucky streets; open till 9 o'clock. CAKLAND OFFICB 908 Broad way. w, New Tork Clty Eastern Manager. THE SUMMER MONTHS. Areyon going 10 the country ona va +e.1t 18 1o troutle for us to forward TE vouraddress. Do no: let it miss you for you will miss ft. Orders given to the carrier or lef at Susiness Oftice will e prompt _attention. N0 EXTKA CHARGE. ; cents per momih for summer n 1o the aksence of a kinetoscope attach- ment, the royal duel will be set down as a profitless affair. Let us hope the returning adveaturer from the Chilcoot will not make himseif a calamity howler. There are some peoble who believea | tugboat marriaze on the high seas should piracy. No matter how !arge may be the gold discoveries in other ways comes in with a larger cne. If Andree does not return we shall never know certainly whetber he lost himself or found the poie and got stuck on it The Cuban war is being more and more terior of the island is getting pacific from oue end to the other. If the luck of the Klondikers is as big as the chances they take there w. Y enough found along on next year to pave a road over the Chilcoot. The rush for goid in the wilds will cause the opening of roads will come the orch and vineyards | v permanent. which will mske prosperi dine to juin forces with the re- volting trives of C the Ameer of Af- ghanistan may not have {ost his senses, but there are biz chances he will lose his throne. The extent of the severity ol the base- ball season in the from the fact that the Boston Journal calls for the appointment of special police- men to act as umpires. Now that Anaree's search for the “north pole” has veen lost sight of per- haps some one will be good enough to co ballooning afier Andree to ascertain his reasons for wantin Weyler should apply for a lesve of ab- sence and t go to India jo studv the way the British have of driving rebels out of the hills instead of trying to pacify a country by layinz waste the valleys. Itisreported that the persistent refer- encein American newspapers to the men of Cuba as being in arms has caused the women of that place to object on the ground that it reflects on themselves. The persistence of the Canadian Govern- ment in its intention to collect a royalty from the miners of the K1 a row which will ria Britisn Columbia of the last vestige of royalty of any kind. 1n view of the large gold fields that have been aiscovered along the Yukon and in Nortiern California, Nicaragua’s enaction of an export duty of $1 yellow metal tzken irom bosom will have a tencency to fatigue the coarce observer. The object of Tne CALL is the advance- ment of the weifare of all the interests of California, and there can be no antag- ounism to that object which does not spring from a mean seliisaness or & petty jeal- ousy oppesed to the spirit of co-operation which is essential to the prosperity of the State. e Py The duel between Henri of Orleans and the Count of Turin was ridiculous in one vect, and yvet in anothber it was a very sensible proceeding. start international disputes that tend to bloodshed should b2 ready to fight them out. Secretary Sherman and Lord Balis- bury should take notice. The surest way lor the Czar and the Kaiser to carry out their intention to sup- press anarchy would be to establish and maintain the fullest freedom of spe ch. ‘When the fool anarchist has liberty and license to blow his lungs out in froth anda fury he bardly ever takes the trouble to blow out the brains of some one else with gunpowder, The estimated wheat output of Fresno County is said to be ondy about two-thirds of a full crop, but fortunately prices are rising and the netincome of the growers may be satisfactory. At any rate the farmers have the satisfaction of knowing they are not losing at both ends and their short crop has not to go to a market of Democratic prices Vermont, like other New England States, delights in boasting of her Puri- tan heritage, but she does not stick to the traditions of the pilgrims, for according torecent statistics, out of a population of 332,422, only 106,315 were church com- municants, and of these less than half be- long to churches having any historical or doctrinal connection with Puritanism, The New York Times cominends the evasive money plank of the Maryland Democrats on the ground that any Dem- ocratic platform which does not indorse the Chicago heresies and the tenets of Bryanism is a good thing this year. It will be seen that in the gold camp not only are small favors thankfully received, but anything that is not a kick 1s counted as a favor, EDITORIAL ROOMS: | lands Ca.ifornia al- | | | i concentrated around Havanaand the in- j | | 1 be gold | { | | | | | = z | | st mayv be estimated | an ounce on the ber precious | The dignitaries who | The boom of the Klo ndike placers hag The return of these men may be sign survey of the country will return to emplo THE LAND OF GOLD. not been before the world long enough for the sensational features to be worn off, and yet already some of the adventurers who were first to rush to Dyea are returning satisfied that to-day, as in the past, California is the best land for gold mining to be found anywhere on the globe. ificant of the course which the grand rush for Alasga will take next spring. Thousands will go to the northern fields and aftera y their energies, their skill and their capi- | tal in the mines of this State. We ars likely in this way to-profit largely by the reac- " tion which is sure to follow the undue expectations o f the muititude that w go to | Alaska in search of El Dorado, and as a consequence may be on the verge of a pros- | perity much greater than even the most sanguine future. California can cffer every inducament ing the Alaskan conditions have reason to be dissatisfied with them. | coveries in Trinity and elsewhere so rece: | can still hope for ample rewards for his lab | the increasing output from the quartz min have looked for in the immediate to those gold-seekers who after investigat- The rich dis- ntly made show that the hardy prospector or in various portions. of the State, while es gives proof to capitalists that the sarest | mining ventures in the world are to be found here. As the Sonth African mining excitement is about over and some of the rich est | ledzes on the Rand seem to be exhausted it was inevitable that the attention of { mining men of all classes should be direc! | reports of the wonderful fortunes made on i | luck to find there. | California mning chan to hurt it. Maay o | others will come in to take their places. | anew for the wealth that has been overlook California is still a gold-producing coun as for the great capitalist. rewards for industry and skill than sny ot | & revival of mining in California which wil made known more clearly as the course of the new rush for gold goss on. not see anything like the wonderful days of "49 repeated, but we shall ce rtainly see ted once again to the Pacific Coast. The the Klondike have served to stimulate and intensify a movement which had already started and to a considerable extent had made itself felt. Most of those who seek Alaska will see California on their way, and | if they do not stop here at once will return here eventually, either torecoup the losses of their northern experience or enjoy and invest the fortune they have had the Taking all things into consideration the Klondike boom is more ligely to benefit f our miners will go to ths new fislas, but The gold-hunting spirit wil! be revived | among ihe hardy and daring, and our mountain streams and canyons will be searched ed. try for the miner of moderate means as well It offers to all of them better ctances of fortune and surer These facts will be We shall her country on earth. I retain for us the title “The land of gold.” '; AND STILL THE FEVER SPREADS. The Klondike fever is still spreading, in spite of all the efforts “to intermit the plague.” Geogzraphical bounds confine it not, and the advice of wisdom does not avail to check it. Men are mulcted before they begin their iniand journey, and then 'so many are | the perils that threaten them that | only the stoutest hearts in the most robust bodies push forward with any prospect of reaching Dawson., Disgusted adventurers at Dyea and Skaguay are of- fering supplies which cost $400 for $100 and less. The journey up the passes re- veal saa pictures. Pilgrims are found fainting from exhaustion on the wayside, or, footsore and weary, turning back to the settlements of the coast. The latest re- port is that there are fully 5000 men on | the two trails leading to the interior. There is untold misery even at this period. This is porienious of woe and despair later on. And still the various ports of the Pacific Slope are shipping hundreds for Alaska every day. These additions to the almost nelpless mass of peopie at the. bead of Lynn- Canal only render conditions con- tinuously worse. The great majority will | be forced to winter in tents on the coast of | the frigid territory. It virtually means | suicide to weak mortals to push ahead. It may ve fatal to them to camp long on the coast. - East, north and south have contracted the fever. A dispatch in yesterday’s paper from Savannah, Georgia, was to the effect | that the entire crew of a Britisu ship had | deserted for the gola fields. A sanguine note left for the erstwhile captain bade him expect the crew’s return in a couple of ears with gold enough to buy the vessel and present it to the commander as a pleasure-crait. Saveral wealthy young Georgians combined with the deserters in pect to round Cape Horn for Alaska. Discipline is disregarded and life-risks | eagerly accepted in the mad race for gold. | Grim warnings are telegraphed all over the land, and all in vain. The departing vessels are all overladen, and if they could hold double the number of passengers crowded into them every inch of available space would be as speedily taken. | Ifthe craze keeps up we shall soon hear | petitions for help from stranded men and | women on the rocky shores of Uncle Sam’s distant possession. Thousands who go for gold will never bebold the mines of Klon- dike; | shining nuggets will get only famine and | death. THE MECEANICY FAIR. The annual exposition under the au- spices of the Mechanics’ Institute will be naugurated this eveninz. The prepara- tions for the great industrial fair have J been on a scale more elaborate than ever : bejore, and this fact will assure the people i | of the City and the Commonwealth of California of an exhibition, In scope and perfection, surpassing all previous efforts in this important field. The list of inventions embraces many of the most marvelous schievements of the time, and a carefal inspection of the many exhibits will be equivalent to a liberal ed- ucation in the reaches of latter-day me- chanical progress. The general public will be more than ever interested in this year’s expos tion on account of the pure-food exhibit. All i adulterated and deleterious foods have pbeen excluded and among the special features in this regard will be the analy- | sis of food products in a modern kitchen presided over by a skilled representative | of the California School of Mechanical Arts. Every article of food submitted will be dunly tested and- a certificate | awarded if its purity be demonstrated. | The public may witness these tesis, which will serve as object lessons to those who sh to be certain as to the general char- | acter of the goods they purchase, | Tue art exnibit will be replete with clever works of genius and many of the finest productions of the painters of the West who have won fame at home ana abroad. The daily and nightly concerts will be of rare meritand the Mechauics’ Fair will, in every respect, be worthy of the most liberal patronage of all the people. ! An interior journal declares, ‘‘Gentle- mep, there is gold on the doorstep of | every healthy man’s house, but it re- | quires intelligently directed muscle to pick it up.’’ That all depends upon whether or not the owner of the house is | stationed in the front-room window with a shotgun, Healthy men with gold lying around loose have a habit of doing that when “intslligently directed muscle’ is prospecting on their premises. A Santa Cruz paper notes that a Tennes. see belle has created a lccal sensation by { jilting a poet and marrying a butcher. Yet, ere she may hope to attain 10 the fame ot the Missouri belle who forsook the immortal Joe Bowers, it must de- velop that her butcher has red hair, Before Anarchist Golli was tried it was announced that he wouid be sentenced to be garroted, which shows thatin some countries at any rate the decision of a court upon a clear case is not considered as impossible of prediction. the purchase of a yacht, in which they ex- | hundreds who went dreaming of | | A TIGHTING WORLD. : There is no need to search for evidence | that this is a fighting world. The proofs are before us that we are almost as full of the gladiatorial spirit as were the people of the pagan clvilizations of 2000 years | ago. No sport arouses so much interest, excitement, enthusiasm, as a genuine fight for gold or honor or *‘the champion- ship,” particularly when one of the com- batantsis a countryman of ours and the other a citizen of an alien land. The world likes pluck, grit, stamina. A ;dog-fight will exclite a village at any time, but a men-fight, where principals of | acknowledged prowess are concerned, will | stirupa whole nation and probably a | couple of continents. It may not bea delightful thing to con- | template, but it is nevertheless true that | people will turn out to see and cheera | champion prize-fighter where some Solo- | mon of the age would not occasion a gath- | ering or a shout. » | When Heenan and Sayers met, the peo- | ple of two mighty navions iooked on as if | some international issue of grave impor- tance was staked on the result. The Ber- ing Sea controversy is left completely in | the shade when the question of Yankee | vs. Briton comes up under Marquis of | Queensberry ruies. | Yesterday the press was full of sensa- | tion in regard to a fight in the outskirts | of Paris. Two young men of title went | outin the early morning and foughat with | rapiers. Last week they were laughed at as a pair of fools and ridiculed by the newspapers. Prince Henri of Orleans had denounced the Italian troops in Abyssinia as a set of poltroons, and his criticism led to theduel wiih the Count of Turin. The | Prince received a thrust in theabdomen after a fierce battle, which attested the gameness of the antazonists. Of course, the result doesn’t prove that the Italian troops in Abyssinia acted with bravery, or that Prince Henri wrote with prejudice. The whole performance is a piece of rank absurdity, and yet the very zct that the Frenchman and the Italian really met on the “‘field of honor,” as they call it, and that blood was really shed, has won them recognition as the heroes of the day in their respective countries. Prince Henri is now the popular idol of France, although defeated in the strife, | while Italy has gone wild over the Count’s | victory, and the jubilation in Rome is about as great as if King Humbert's nephew had made a conquest of the Gal- lic Republic. The fight for blood between those two striplings of royal houses has given two nations a taste for more. The suggestion might not be amiss for Dan Stuart and Billy Brady to go over to Monte Carlo and build an amphitheater for broadsword and rapier tournaments, The veriscope would soon become a veritable | mint. Then, if Ital:ian royalty went bank- rupt, or the house of Orleans cut off Prince Henrl's altowance, the noble sword- fighter could join a theatrical troupe and make an independent fortune by coming over to Amerlca and playing opposition to Corbett and ¥itzsimmons. { TUGBOAT MARRIAGES. A matter of grave concern {o many people is the decision of Judge Allen of the Su- perior Court, delivered in Los Angeles last Saturday, that sea marriages entered into for the purpose of evading the California law are not vahid. The frequency of such urions in this State makes this decision most important, and the result of it will no doubt be to make this mode of tying the nuptial knot very rare in the tuture, Judge Allen says: *The Legzislature, in amending the marriage law in 1895, evi- dently had in view all these difficulties and sought by one stroke to define a course of conduct, and no other, which would result in marriage. No agreement, con- tract or act of the parties not in strict cons formity to the existing laws of this State creates a marriagein this State or subjecis the parties to its duties or obiigation, unless it shall have been entered into in some qther jurisdiction under the laws of that jurisdiction, in which case its validity will be recognized.” In the pariicular case to which this de- cision refers the girl who married Norman was & minor, and the Judge continued: “Norman is not the husband of this girl and has no authority over her, and being a minor her father is entitled to her custody and control.” Iv will be noted that although in this in- dividual case the girl who married, or supposed herself to have married, was minor, the decision does not conflne itself tothe invalidation of marriages of minors, but makes them all void when not in strict accordance with the State law. In- asmuch as all of these tugboat marriages are entered into because they could not legaliy be contracted on land, if the Su- preme Court sustains Judge Allen the whole coilection of these law-evading unions will be nullified. It will be a very serious matter to members of families who have been accounting themselves legitimate. The decision could not of course affect a genuine sea marriage, which is recognized by all nations and is founded on a natural righ', but the practice of leaving the Cali- fornia shore to run out for a few miles on the sea, tie the knot and then return, does not come within the spirit of justice intended by the permission of sea mar- riages. obey the laws of the land, as Judgs Allen seesit, and the evils which the Legislature intended to guard against would partially at least be placed beyond the sovereignty of the people to remedy, if a short excur- sion to sea is not only to bar the Califor- nia law of its effects, but to deprive us of such safecuards as the nesighboring States have thrown around marriage. THE TRANSFER OF “THE CALL.™ Oakland Tribune. The trausfer of the San Francisco CALL to John D. Spreckels marks an important event in coast journalism. Ia addition to being one of tne most valuable newspaper propertiesin the United States THE CALL exercises a wide influence in California, principally because it has ever essentialiy been ashome paper, and therefore has reached the most desirable ele- ment of patrons. In geleciing W. 8. Leake as his manager, Mr. Spreckels has exercised good judgment. Mr. Leake's record proves him to be oue of the most shrewd, clean-cut and up-to-date busi- nessmen in the West, and he has furnished marked proof of his ability on many notable occaslons. He has long been & power in po- litical and business circles, and his rapid ad- vancement amidst so much competition shows that he is a man among men. He became airectly associated with Adolph Spreckels a year orso ago when he resigned the postmas- tership at amento to become secretary of the Pacific Coast Jockey Club, of which Mr. Spreckels was president. He boomed and brought that organization to the front with so much effectiveness that there is no question about his possessing the necessary energy and good judgment to conduct a big paper like THE CALL. It is understood that some revolutionary changes will shortly take place in the paper. New talent will be secured and a general re- vivification will take place ail along the line. It is among the possibilities that the Asso- ciated Press franchise will be obtained, for »r. Spreckeis is not in the habit ol doing anything by haives, and now that he has assumed ac- tive control of the property, he will leave nothing undone to make THE CALL the peer of any of its competitor A UNIQUE FOUNTAIN. In the square near the Waisenbruecke (Orphans’ Bridge) in Berlin & monumental fountain has just been erected, which for oddity and beautiful simplicity is unique. The sculptor has attempted to produce an artistic picture of a washerwoman at her work, and he has succeeded exceedingly well. The base of the statue proper represents a flight of stairs, up which the woman is sup- Itisa deliberate attempt to dis- | dentistry. yosed to have gone in order to wash at the | the week are clerks in the departments. Oc- casionally a “sundowner” achieves such suc- cess in his profession that it ceases to be profil- able to give six hours and a nalf a day for the salary which the Government pays. He then ren&gns ana devotes himselt wholly to his avo- cation. The professionai schools in the district do much 10 encourage the “sundown’ system. They all have evening sessious exclusively and almost every young man who comes to Washington 10 go into the departmeuts at once takes up the study oflaw, medicine or PERSONAL. R. A. Boggess of Sulphur Creek is in town. F.K. Arnold of Honduras is on a visit here. F. P. Smith of Guatemala is a recent arrival. The Rev. C. Ben Ham of Napa is in the City. G. R. 8. Tucker of Junesu, Alaska, is in town. J. Warren Achorn ot Boston is on a visit here. ¥ L. Scearce, a banker of Orland, is a late ar- rival here. C. A. Storke, the attorney, of Santa Barbara, is in town. #Major F.L Denny of Washington, D.C, is at the Palace. 8. N. Griffith of Fresno came up fora short stay yesterday. Dr. A. B. Talbot of Philadelphia is a late ar rival in the City. Dr. Ernest Kerloch of this City has returned and is at the Occidental. L. A. Danenheuer and Mrs. Danenheuer of New York registered at the Falace yesterday. George D. Johns, a wealthy resident of Pueblo, Colo., is at the Palace. He arrived here yesterday. Mrs, George Tiffany of New York, Miss Tif- fany and Miss Jane Howe Lewis are at the Oc- cidental. They arrived yesterday. Charies W. Beals of the Curtin-Beals Mer- cantile Agency was thrown from a buggy on Laguna street a day or so sgo and received several scalp wounds. L. L. Reed, the founder of Reedley, the im- portant wheat-shipping town in the SBan Joa- quin Villey, is at the Grand, accompanied by H. M. and E. K. Reed. John J. Arundel, the millionaire owner of a number of guano islands in the South Pacific and interested in various other enterprises, is smong the recent arrivals in the City. J.N. Quail, a newspaper man of New York, who for some years occupied a responsible place on the Herald and has since been with the Journal, arrived here yesterday. He is, so it is stated, to take the place of J. J. Livernash as news editor. Mrs. Quail, Victor Quail and Miss Jessie Sperry, of New York, accompanied him here. Mrs. B. Botto of New York, who some time since contracted the Klondike fever, and who set out promptly for whe new EL Dorado, has arrived in the City and will leave here on an I e \\\\\\\\\\“\\\\\\N)‘/I\\\ur\b-/ brook, which is held between dams. A pleas- ing female figure well poised is shown wring- ing out linen which she has just washed, and the water supply of the fountsin comes from the supposed piece of linen. The water first drops into & basin representing & large shell, and through openings falls Into the larger basin beneath. g The sculptor, Ludwig Brumow, made -his reputation principally in quite a different sphere. His tirst beginhings were wood carv- ings, and only comparatively late he began to work in stone und bronze. In J873 he wade his first large monument, that of Moitke in Parchim, and since then he has complefed & number of important works, almost all of them princes or former monarchs of Prussia and other German domains. The fouutain, which has just found a permanent place, had received a gold medal in this spring’s art ex- position in Berlin. —_— THE SONG OF MOST OF THEM. Do you recall that time last year, Upou the Klonaike River, We thirsted for a giass of bear, And shook with many a shiver? 1oft since then have wondered why - For gold, in Nature's quiver, She did not have a wedge of pie Upon the Klondixe Kiver. syre with Its oar, “r morning Without a minute's warning, And cu: our commiss Iy S0, We didn's Lave a stiver Of anything to eat but 810w Upon the Klondike River. We'd dug four tous of gold a week, And piled it all around us, Into aglitter ng yel ow peak, Just 48 Che win.er downed us; And when the summer came Once more, Although 1t seemed it never Would come again. we were dead sore Uvon the Kiondike Kiver. For not a speck of dust hai we, Of all we nad collec.ed, Because, by gravy, don's you see, 5 "Iwas Dot us we expected, g For grub was needed right along, And stuff to stop a shiver. And “pound for pound,” the sutler’s song, Upou the Klondize River. So when the warm had killed the cold And wiiter time was over, ‘We'd eaten our j.ile of gold, And stiil weré net i clover. Because we owed a board bill yet, Which, with our best endeavor. g Wil wipe the wad this year we'll gec Upon the Klondlke River. 3 —New York Sun. WASHINGTON’s SUNDOWNERS. Boston Evening Transcript. An institution characteristic of Washington is the “sundowner.’” This term is here ap- plied to a man who is iu Government employ from 9 o'clock till 4, but who has 8 vprofession which he practices for the rest of the day. There are sundown doctors, sundown lawe yers and sundown ministers. The- regular physicians have for years made war upon their sundown competitors, and under the last Adminfstration they succeeded in per- suading the Becretary of the Interior to issue an order forbidding the elerks in his depart- ment to practice medicine. This appiied par- ticularly to the medical examiners in the Pension Office, who, it was contended, should not de uuder obligation to outsige clients. But with that exception there is little or no l_lrl%llon npunx&e of these profes- sions by the clerical force ef the. Goevernment. The pastors of many of malier churches, espacially in the supurbs, are wen who during P early steamer for the mines. She stoutly be- lieves she can make a fortune in far-off Alaska and is going to give theland of the midnight sun aclose rustie forit. Mrs. Botto is a very plucky lady, and her friends think she hasa ®ood show of realizing her hopes. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW °"YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y, Aug. 16.—At the St Cloud, W. T. Jones; Imperial, J. Martin, Mi; A. G. Well, J. G. Meyers; Holland, L. Boeg- nard; Cosmopolitan, W. H. Brownell; Albert, A. Carpy, C. Carpy, Mrs. Carpy, Mrs. Cousin, Miss Cousi adillae, C. B. Fenn, B.J. Hoff- acker; Gilsey, E. C. Godirey; Broadway Cen- tral, W. H. B. Martin; Vendome, A. Morrissey; St. Denis, Mrs. H. Norman; Grand, D. A. Hap- na; Grand Uaion, J. B. Galbraith. W.J, Mec- Carthy is here buving. WITH YOUR COFFEE. Watts—Is Dr. Pilze as good & physician Dr. Bowless? Potts—1 don’t know, but I know Bowless doesn’t think so. He always turns his prac- tice over to Pilze wnen he is calied outof town for any length of time.—Indianapolis Journal. “You've got an awful cold, Smithers. Why don’t you go toa coctor and get him to give you something for i1? “Give me something for it? Man, he can have it for nothing and welcome.”—Cincin- nati Commercial Tribune. “The trouble with your machine,” said the scoffer In the buggy, “probably is thatit was tired when you started out.” “Yes, sir,”” answered the cyclist by the road- side, still applying his airpump vigorously, “butit's getting its second wind.”—Chicego Tribune. ‘When the chorus girl loses her job she s out of work. When the same thing happens {o a star she is at liberty.—Philsdeiphia Record. “Of course, I wiil be home.ier some day,” she whispered. “Impossible,” he said gallantly; and he marvels that she sent his presents back.—De- troit Free Press. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR, : New York Press. _Falling in love is all right; it is falling out of love that hurts. When s baby yells in a certain wayit is swearing in baby language. 1In the book of woman, marriage is the chap- ter where everybody guesses the plot. The best time for & man to guard against trouble with his wife 1s beiore he gets married. No man knows how much he loves his wife :{:m he pegins to be afraid she doesn’tlove m. Probably on Judgment day a lot of the women won’t get up atall, because they know thelr shrouds will be 'way out of style. The devil has relations to burn. Every woman has an overpowering curiosity to see a man cry. In every girl’s bedroom there is & picture of a sad, areamy-eyed man look ing the other wey. When a woman goes out with her baby and men look at it admiringly, she mub'z act sort of careless, and as if that was nothing atall. TRAINING EYES T0 DRAW LINES Supplanting Prang's Series With. Thompson’s Method. 0. 8. Bennett’s Suit Against the City Board of Educa- tiom, Judge Hebbard Hears Testimony and Argument in a Very Important . Oase. Judge Hebbard had under consideration the case of (. 8. Bennett against the pouw of Education yesteraay, the question of what system of drawing shall be taught in the public schools being in litigation. Mr. B:nnett’s complaint alleges that an illegal attempt has been made by tn’e Board of Education to tnrow out Prang’s system of drawing and to substitute the Tnompson system which is published by D. C. Heath & Co. Heller & Powers, attorneys for the plaintiffs, set forth that their client had been injured by the proposed change and contended that as a citizen Mr. Bennett had a right to stop such a proceeding. In support of this position the law was cited which prohibits the Board of Education from changing a series of school books after they have been once acopted until four years have passed, except by going through the course of advertising their intentions, as laid down in the statute. The further point was made that parents will be subjected to unusual and unneces- sary expense if the order of last June, directing the change, is allowed to stand. Judge Hebbard replied that the court had nothing to do with the second sugges- tion; that the only quesiion to be in- quired into here is whether the Board of Education actuaily adopted the Prang system of drawing on July 17, 1895, as alleged by the plaintiff. If that was .| done, then if the necessary notice has not been given, the attempted change of last June must f:il, as the law has not been comphed with. > The records of the Board of Education disclosed the fact that the board had re- solved to adopt the system of drawing ar- ranged by Miss Katherine Ball, an expe- rienced teacher of drawing, and it was shown that she arranged and introduced the Frang system. This affords a narrow margin on which Judge Hebbard must found his decision. It was adduced in the testimony that be- fore Miss Ball’s adventin San Francisco there had been no regular or approved system for teaching drawing in the public schoots of this City. Miss Ball was called as a witness and testified that she had examined the two sys- tems or series of drawing now under de- bate. She knew that the Pran : system bhad been 1n use for some time and that great expense had been incuired by the Board of Education and tbe parents of pupils for the purpose of providing the necessary material for pursuing the plan laid down by Prang’s system. It was Miss Ball's opinion that the models purchased foruse in the Prang system would be entirely useless. Some of the colored paper ordered for the Prang system might be adapted, but alot of material would be discarded. The draw- ing-booka are not available for practical use. ¢ Mr, Heller asked Miss Ball if she consid- ered it would be beneficial or detrimental so far as pupils are concerned to change the system of drawing while in®the course of compieting it. That is tosay, what would be the effect on the pulpils to dis- card the Prang system now and introduce 1be Thompson system. Mr. Vogelsang interposed an objection and Judyge Hebbard ruled out the question on the ground that the discretion and responsibility for the selection of the sytem to be used rests with the Board of Education, not with the court. The ques- tion here was wheiher the proposed change had been ordered in a proper and legal manner. Miss Ball testified that she had received a salary of$150 a month while she was em- ploved in the public schools of San Fran- cisco, and that siuce her dismissal no teacher has been appointed to the place. Mr. Vogelsang became involved in a spirited controversy with Miss Ball as to the question of drawing in general. He wanted to know 1f a teacher of drawing couid not learn something of value from every manual on that subject. This opened the floodgates of Miss Ball's eloquence. She declared that there is ex- tant a great mass of literature on drawing that is not only valueless, but much that is pernicious. Mr. Vogelsang thought that any teacher of drawing might be benefited by reading any system of drawing, but in this he was contradicted by Miss Ball, who said she had observed the evil result of thisidea through the errors that are made by teachers as well as students. The false systems have been allowed to go unchal- tenged until mistakes have grown up in the public mind. It was the duty of the true educator to set the world rightin this regard. Sbe would do so if giyen an opportunity. She iusisted that thereisa standard in drawing asin any other true science, saying that drawing is a branch of mathematics and may be demonstrated on that basis, Mr. Powers wanted to know the opinion of Miss Ball as an expertas to whether any other person could take up the teach- ing of drawing in the public schoocls of San Francisco and carry it on as success- fully as she could, in view of the fact that she had already devoted a year to intro- ducing the proper system in this com- D Jady s led g Tne lady smiled gently as she,prompt!; veplied, “Of course not,” tl;ggh DM! Vogelsang entered an objection and asked that the answer be stricken out. He thought it would be calamitous if any- thing shou!d happen to incapacitate Miss Ball from teaching drawing. He bowed gallantly to the lady, but could not think it possible that she held x monopoly on iknawludnc touching this branch of iearn- n, C. W. Hudson, an employe of D. C. Heatn & Co.,, was enlledpm’tha witness- stand and Mr. Heller said that he ex- vected to show by this witness that the Board of Eduecation had adopted a set of books they had never seen; that ter of fact the Thompson system had not been published when the alleged resolu- tion of adoption was passed. To begin with he asked Mr. Hudson if it was not true that he had asked School Director Gallagher to secure postponement of the drawing-system question until after the Thompson series could be printed. Judge Hebbard thought that if counsel intended to raise such an issue as he had intimated it would be necessary to insti- tute another form of proceeding, so that 1 the School Directors had been guiity of malfeasance or neglect of duty that ques- tion could he inquired into in accordance with the pleadings. Mr.Vogelsang made the further point that the Jaw does not make it obligatory for the Board of Education to examine the books they are to adopt. They might :;c:‘iu m|e|‘: information in an.yi manner wasright and proper in the du of their official dux&s.p iy Aliof Mr. Hudson’s testimony was on motion of the defendant ordered stricken out, and after Ex- Superintendent of Schools Babcock had testified to the cost of putting in the Prang svstem, which is in the neighborhood of $2000, the case for the plainuff was clused. 4 Mr. Brown made a motion for nonsuit, and the court aliowed the attorneys an hour on each side to argue the law points involved, At the conclusion of the argument the matter was ordered submitted for the con= sideration of the court. P —— MEN AN, WOMEN. * Emile Zola intends to make a visit to Peters- burg in order to deiiver there three lectures on the most recent tepdencies in life and literature. Charles and Reese Voorhees, sons of the ls('o Senator Voorhees, aud Miss Halle, his dsuzhter and secretary, Are preparing a two- volume edition of the Sznator’s speeches. Margaret Reid, the young Indianapolis singer, was chosen for the part of Micaela in “Carmen” at Covent Garden aund is said to have done well. The title role was taken by another American singer, Zelie de Lusan. Dr. J. R. Gatling, known the world over for his rapid-firing gun, is & white-haired, placid- looking old gentleman with a 8ot voice and an old-fashioned air ot courtesy and candor that is mot so greatly in evidence in this hustling age. The St. James Budget reports a pathetic in- cident in counection with the recent visit of the Empress Eugenie to Athens. When she was leaving the hotel in order to return to her yacht some Frenchmen beionging to the Pnil-Hellenic Legion, who had assembled out- side, uncovered respectiuily and one of their number, advancing & few paces, said to Her Majest; Madame, we come from & war which has proved as unfortunate as yours.” Tne Empress, who appeared much Inoved, stopped and caused some money to be dis- tributed among her distressed countrymen, DESCRIPTIONS. Pick Me Up. A waiter is known by his tips. A war is the activity of statesmanship, just as peace i its passivity. A wasp even mighit have bis uses—as an ex- pert in jams. A waste is most aggravating; it has to be thrown away by somebudy, or on some one, somewhere—you simply canuot waste it. A weather in England is the delightful, de- licious uncertainty of carrying an umbrella; it takes the place occupied by & state lottery on the Continent. A wheel’s a wheel all the world over, till one wonders whether they have caught the fever in the planet Mars and hew they repair punc- tures at the north pole. A whisky isone man’s drink and another man’s poison, it all depends on quality and quantity. A wife would be a better half if she did not imagine that the fact needea frequent demon- stration. FRATERNAL UEPARTMENT. Piedmont Parlor of Lorin Gives an En- tertainment to Its Friends. Last Thursday evening Piedmont Farlor of Native Daughters, located in Lorin, Alameda County, gave a very interesting “at home” to its many friends, and for their entertainment presented a most exeellent programme of in- strumental music, song and recitation. So deeply impressed were these visitors with the parlor and the manner in which the enjoyable social was conducted that fiva of thempre- sented their namas for membership. g This parlor has of late been increasing its membership &t & rate that speaks well for ‘the officers. AlL who take part in the ritualistic work have so perfected themselves in their duties that it is saiG by those who have the opportunity to judge that the initiations can- not be excelled lor beanty of work and impres- siveness. Every one who takes part is letter erfect. At the last session of the Grand Par- or Piedmont was declared to be the banner parlor for ritualistic work. The Native Sons. Rincon Parlor of the Native Sons will initiate two cardidates to-morrow nignt, and after the work is over there wiil be a grand time, for the Alealde side degree will be cone jerred on & prominent member of the parior. During the evenioe there will be a report on what the parior will do at the 9th of Ssptem- ber celebration and there will also be an ad- dress on Klondike and Alaska, after which re- freshments will be served. The Library and Reeding-room Association of the order meets Friday night for the purposs of discussing a number of matiers 1u connec- tion with the improvement of the reading- room. Golden State Parlor Native Daughters. That ever active perlor, Golden State, at its last held meeting hed an initiation, which was conductod ia the presence of a large membership and Mrs. E. Thierbach of La Estreila Parlor. The pario: received & visit from Miss A. Mayberry, one of its pa: dents, who is at present residine parents in Sacramento. The members greeted her most,_cordially. During the evening the xflmng president treated ail to icecream and cake. . Foresters of Ameriea, John J. Cordy, grand secretary of the Fore ers of America, has ceccived and is distribut- ing the proceedings of the ninth snnual session of the Grand Court of California, which was held in Marysville last May. Itis & book of 176 pages, which givesa Jull ace count of all that occurrea during the session, and it will prose of iuterest 1o the members of the order, There is incoiporated in the proceedings an account of the sudden taking off of Grand Secretary C. II. Bremer while in the aischarge of his duties in the Grand Court, and the messages of condalencs ihat were re- ceived. CALIFORNIA giace iruits, 50: (o, [ownssnd'n® Fried 1L Sa e s sl SPECIAL information daiiv to manufacturers, business houses and public men by th: Press Ciipping Bureau (Alien’s), 510 Montgomery. * - Ebenezer Foster, who has recently died in Cleveland, Ohio, was one of the pioneér of that city. He settled in what is now the South sSide iu 1810. frequented by wid animale. He nelped to build the first Methodist chure i the regioa. It was & dense forest Get Your Tickets to the Klondike. 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