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30 THE SAN FRAN CISCO CALL, SUN D AY, NOVEMBER 7 1807. WOODLAND, RICHEST CITY OF ITS SIZE IN THE UNITED STATES OODLAND, Nov. 6.—Tbe city of Wooaland is the county seat of Yolo, a county;noted for its wonder- ful fertility of soil and climatic con- ditions tavorable to the production of grains of all kinds, vegetables, al‘alfa and fruits. It has a population of about 4000 souls, and has the reputation of teing the | wealthiest city of its size and population No other city of its the number and cost of W its handsome residences and business blocks. In 18 the place had becomea | locality of rec nce in the connty. Int . Freeman put | up the in the town on the | corner of Main and 1s. and it was the first brick house erected in llmr place. Itis mow occupied by Rosenberg Bros. Hesperian Colleze had been com- pleted the previous year, also a district schoolhouse near the present railroad depot, and ac stood in the cemetery. This constituted the religious and educa- iional fa s of Woodland in 1861. | niest for the county seat, wnich took place about this time, Wood- 1, and the records were transferred from Washington to Wood- | jand on the 10th of May, 186 to the building on First street, north of Main, new occupied by Otto Schluer’s saloon. From tbat time Woodland’s prosperity dates, and the number of her popalation and business houses has increased as rap- idly as a healthy growth of the city would admit. The ereciion of county builaings | was immediately begun and a tine court- se was put up at a cost of $40,000. In 1889 a new hall of records was builtatan expense of $30,000. 1871 Woodiand be- n orated c ty, since which erned by a Mayor and | proy tor of on { the leading erocery- stores of this city. Hel bren a Trustee for sixteen years, never Laving faied of re-election. { The other Trustee James Banay, C. | M. Hi ritt and A. Mo mey is City Attorney, B. Mosby City rk and J. C. Ha B. Lawson is Marshal, and | o con- t police 1stly proud of the local mil Itis a part of the State militia and and well-equipped b cial purpo-es ment consists of a paoy and a hook and hose Iadder com- | pa nd equipped an credit 1t wit lker is engineer and George The City Hail is the rtmen:. vas erected in 1891, ata cost of $20,000. contains offices for all the munic pal cfficials, and is handsomely iout. It al-o contalr ar de of v which can the denis of Wallace for several terms. oa ! facilities are good. Woodland ‘ is within an hour’s ride of the Siate capi- tal and within four hours’ ride of the metropolis of the State. It is on the main line betwecen San Francisco and Poriland. A branch road conuects it with Marysville. It has telegraphic and tele- phonic comm with ail points of cations any importan i draws its reso rrounded by and m one of the la; ichest and most fertile agricultural | districts in California. The streets are wide, and Main tis paved with bitu- minous rock. The residence sireetsare adorned with shade and o tal trees, and as all the streeis are kept sprinkled during the sum of excelient d veway 1ty Conditions, a splendid system of | not only self-sup- enue for the and the erage syst To the sew- the purity of the water the healthfulness of [ ver ted W, y H. D. ad, M. D., of Woodland, in a recent n the Mail, says: “Perhaps the rational ~anitary questions which arise in the d of the home-seeker in studying of couniry i1? are: First, does To this every commu- tion ni St answ Yes, to a greater or | less extent.’” Second, what diseases pre- vail and how do ievelop? Are they | 2 is, do they arise sponta- | y from the 1 soil, water, temper nditions of ure, etc., as perniciou« as malaria in some low, tropical regions? e or c O: this class of grave disexs:s we, fortu- | nate'y, have none. Thir, are the pre- vailing diseases epidemic as a rule? That | is, if zymotc, con s or infectious | diseeses, as diph heria, e’c., be by chance introduced, do they spread and become generai? To this we can reply for Wood- land. that though diphtheria, scarlet fever and smali-pox have at different times ap- peared here none became epidemic—the climate, sanitary and hvgienic conditions, with intellizent treatment and pr. ventive measures limiting the prevalence to com- | paratively few cases, most of which were | of mild type. What, then, do we have? ‘We have sporadic or accidental cases— | now and again—of many of the ordinary | diseases. Some are quite serious, but few | assume grave forms. Typhoid fever of | even moderate severity is comparaiively | infrequeni; while the malignant type is | quite rare. Aitogether, we invite investi- | gation wit pride and seek comparison | vith confidence. | Notable Improvements. The Woodland racetrack is considered | | | Creek, which is the only outlet of Clear | Lake, which stands as seventh in the rank | of watersheds j districts. | in the vi:inity of Woodland commenced one of the fastest in the State. It is situ-) ated north of the city and fairs of the| District Agricultural Asscciaiion are held here annually. On the greunds are found | all the buildings necessary for holding | fairs, Toe rich alfalfa fieds turounding Woodland make a first-class creamery a | necessily, and the Woodland Creamery | bas been a success from the beginning. Tbe butter commands a vrice equal to| the product of the best creameries in the | State and there is a growing demand for i. It isa stcck company, the stock being owned in smail amounts by represenia- tive merchants, farmers and citizens. The amount of milk furnished by its patrons | is 3,600,000 pounds annuaily. which makes 144,000 pounds of butter. About $3000 ie ) distributed every month among ~b;uc-; holders and patrons, so it will be seen | that the creamery is a merey-making | and money-distributing establishment. The creamery would be an impossibiity were it not for the seventy-five miles of lateral and distributing ditches filled with water, which cover thousands cof acres in clover, upon which t'e cows feed that furnish m:lk for the creamery. | The water supply comes from Cache in the State. Itisa mag- nificent body of water, thirty miles long and from two to eight wide. This is the reservoir nature has provided for Yolo’s irrigation system, and there is power | gast was elecicd pres dent, | first loc; would cost twice the amount that had been anticipate !, but as they had become thoroughly imbued with the spirit of education they concludeld to push on and raise the necessary funds. In October, 1860. the building was com- menced and the last brick was laid on the 18:h of ihe following December. At a meeting of the stockholders Jan- uary 8, 1861, a temporary board of trustees was elected. The parti»s chosen were Joshua Lswson, T. L. Beamer, H. M. Fiske, James F. Morrisand J. C. Welch. Joshua Lawson was elected president and H. M. Fiske secretary ot the board. It | was decided to call tiie institution Hes- perisn College and that three-fourths of the trustees shouid be members in good standing of the Christian Church. In Augnst, 1869, the college was incorporated under the State laws, and at the first meeting of the board Rev. J. N. Pende- a position which he filled for seventeen years with honor to himself and satislaction to the patrons of the school. F. S. Freeman was elected treasurer and B. C. Lawson secretars. The college was ted near the center of the city, but owing to its rapid growth the trustees decided to purchase a new site a half mile from the city and a new building was | erected 1880, ajter Professor A. Eiston, now of B rkeley, was president of | the college for twenty years, and it ranked high among the first educational Its graduates institutions of the State. enouch runrting to waste in the waters that flow down Cache Creek to illuminate cities and make great electric enterprises possible. The Consolidated Electric L'ght Com- pany, with lines to all parts of the city, furnishes illumination as cheaply as in larger cities of the Coast. Both their gas | and electric light plantsare well equipped, | and their patrons get the very best ser- | vice. The gas plant has wizhin the past | year been remodeled, and gas is now fur- nished for 1lluminating, heat and power purposes. This company furnishes gas for 125 cooking stoves. The present cor- | poration came into existence eight years | ago, the original lighting company hav- | ing had its inception about twenty-five | vears ago. It has a paid-up capitai of $35.000. The officers are W. W. Bronnell, i resident; A. D. Porter, vice-president; | C. W. Bush, secretary; N. 8. Joslyn, man- | ager. fucational Institutions. The importance of Woodland to-1lay as a city of beautiful homes is largely if not entirely due to the schools, both pub'ic and private. The thrifty farmers of the county have moved into the city to give | their boys ana girls educational advant- ages that they could not have in the rural In the spring of 1860 the prople to agitate the question of having a coliege built in their town. The result was a pub- | lic meeting in the otd Uaion Church at the cemetery, in June of that year, when a plan of operation was decided upon that included the erection of a building by a stock company. In accordance with the plan $5000 was subscr.bad before the meet- ing adjourned. Ten acres of land was | also donatea by T. M. Harris, When the building committee, consist- ing of Rev. J. N. Perdegast, 0. L Matibews and N. Wyckoff, submitted their plans it was found that the building | aud prosperity of Woodland. fl. P N PENDEGAST have taken front rank in the professions and in-business cireles. increased so rapidly that an increase in the facuity soon became necessary. The design of this Academy is two-fold— the culture of the mind and the culture of the heart, for while pupils are undergoinz a thorough drill 1n the common branches, in the arts and sciences, of the higher ed- ucation, no pains are spared {0 imbue them with a higher sense of moral duty and fit them to perform well their part in life. tion but pupils of ali denominations are received, the rules of the school not inter- fering with their religious opinions. Good refereuces are required of all applicants. Students who have completed the pre- scribed course of study receive a diploma when such distinction has been honestly earned. bered some of Yolo’s most prominent women. The Academy is well equipped, possessing a well-selected .1brary of choice | works on history, science, biography, lit- erature, fiction and religious works; a philosophical and chemical outfit suffi- cient to illustrate the principles of both | sciences, numerous casts and engravings and works on art. A literary society having for its especial aim the cultivation of a taste {or the best in literature was established early in the history of the Academy. Lessons in vocal and instrumental music are given, also in typewriting, shorthand, drawing, painting, plain and ornamental needlework, and all kinds of fancy work. Al ] < The Academy is a Catholic institu- | Among the graduates are num- | Fuller & Co., are graduates of this institu- tion. The coursss of instruction in the Wood- land Business College are equal to those of any similar institution on the coast, and include the following: Business course, which includes bookkeeping, arithmetic, grammar, correspondence, spelling, busi- ness writing and commercial law; shorthand course, which includes gram- mar, correspondence, business writ-| | ing, shorthand and typewriting; teleg- | rapby department, which includes teleg- raphy, spelling, business writing and typewriting; English and preparatory de- | partment, wnich includes grammar, arith- | metic, geography, spelling and reading; | | penmanship department, which includes | plain, ornamental and artistic writing, | flourishing, lining, stippling, engrossing, lettering and aatomatic work. Thor-| | oughness in every branch is characteristic | of the schonl. The business coursein- | cludes just what is needed by every indi- | vidua', wietber he be merchant, me- chanic, doctor, lawyer, banker, manufac- | turer, clerk, capitalist or anything else. Business offices are established, such as | wholesale, retail, bank, insurance and | commission. With each every student | deals directly, being required to work a | certain length of time in the different offices, to become fully acquainted with | the work neces-ary to carry on the differ- | ent lines of business represented by these | offices, so that when the student has) finished the course prescribzd by the col- | Kate Simmons, Lulu Shelton, Maggie Smith, Rav Dryfus, Jennie Gibson, Sophie Boggs. Lizzie Fishback and Marion Rabm. Tue City Board of Education has entire charge of the educational interests of the city. J.T. McConnell, who was principal of the schools for many years, is presi- dent of the board. The other members are: George Banks, M, O. Harling, M. Diggs and T. O.Chalmers. D. B. Lacy, principal of the grammar school, 1s secre- tary of the board. Churches and Societies. | 0'd se:tlers give the following account of the first religious meeting neld in or near Woodland. In the spring of 1854 no- tices calling a me ting were posted in a few conspicuous places, designating the place where the wandering preacher’ would pre-ide. No name was attached to | the call and the result was that curiosity attracted a large audience who came to learn who the ‘‘wanderer” was. They waited in expectation for some time and no one stepped to the front. They began to fear that a practical joke had been played on them when one of the specta- tors, a medium-siz-d, square-shouldered, gray-eyed man, middle agedq quick of mo- tion, with black hair and plainly dressed, atotal stranger to all, arose and announced himself as the one referred (o in the no- tice. He proceeded to deliver them a dis- course that made it-e!f felt among his auditors and left its impress. It was the beginning of church lifs in Woodland. At YOLO COUNTY. ——~— HOLY ROSARY ACADEMY T The Academy possesses everything to commend it to parents desiring ithe greater Hesperian College continued in success- | good of their children. Its extensive, ful operation until 1895, when 1t was com- pelled to close on account of the financial stringency of the times. well-kept grounds and modern improve- ments make 1t a desirable home, and the fact that a serious case of sickness within | The trustees met in 1896 for the last |i's wallsis a rare thing well attestsits time. At this meeting it was cecided to donate the buiiding and grounds to the High School, which had been organized the previous vear, and to transfer the en- bealthfulness. The Woodland Business founded in February, 1887, and has ever since been in successful vperation, with a dowment fand to the Bible school at | gradual increa-e of pupils in attendance Berkeley. During 1ts existence Hesperian College contributed much to the growth Its found- R J. N. Pendegast and Rev. oshua Lawson, pioneer ministers of the prS, el J | gospel, nave long since passed away, but | the influence cf tueir lives isstill wit. us, and we are enjoying the beneficial ef- fects of the educational forces put in mo- tion by their labors. Holy Rosary A-ademy, founded in 1886 and chartered in 1888, wus the first branch of the far-famea St. Mary’s Acndemy of South Bend, Ind., established in Califor- ht sisters left the mother house and came to Woodland to build up an in- stitution of learning in which young la- dies could acquire a comprehensive and accomplished education and gratify the noblest aspirations of their being. Thess sisters bring guided by the principles of wisfom which gained such repute for St. Mary’s and possessing the requisites to equip young gris for any spherein s> ciety the success of the institution wa- insured at its foundation. As the acad- emy became known the numbor of yupils | | | | | | | | work of business life and ensable them up to the present time. The college is conveniently located, occupying the sec- ond story of the brick building on the corner of Third and Main streets. five well lighted and ventilated robms, supnplied with everything necessary for the students’ ccmfort and convenience. Ne school on the coast affords better op- portunities for obtaining a business edu- cation than this, Persons of both s°xes may here qualify themse,ves for positions of usefulaessand profit in life. Its aim is to educate young women and young men for the actual to command liberal compensacion for the labor perforraed. Its graduates can be found in d fferent parisof this State, hold- ing prominent and lucrative positions as bookkeepers, amanuenses and ty pewriters, as well as being in busine-s for them- seives. Miss Hattie Williams, court reporter of this county; Miss Nora Andrews, attor- ney-at-law; George Bullock, bookzeeper of D. 0. Mills’ bang in Sacramento, and Julian Corbin, bookkeeper for Whittier, College was | It has | lege and receives his diploma he is suffi- ciently qualified to keep the books re- { quired by any business firm or bank. | Every student is compelled to work sets | representing double and sing'e entry, re- tai!, retail coal business, wholesale and retail lumbering business. shipping, com- mission, jobbing, installments, houses, and city agencies, manufacturing, joint | ! | stock company, partnership, banking and clear.ng-house, in which he is given full | | knowledge of all the special ruled books. | | Its motto isto ““learn to do by doing.”” Pro- | fessor G. W. Pierce is principal of this business college. The High School has taken the place of Hesperian College, it is accredited to the | University and is doing excelient work. | The teachers are all graduates of the State | | University. J. D. Burks is principal. Tte | other teachers are Wiiliam Hyman, Miss Louise Shaw ana Miss C. J. Swyney. | | Since the baginning of the Iall term 130 students have been enrolled. The public schoois of Woodlani are equal to any in the State. They occupy three large buildings conveniently located in different parts of the city. The school census returns show more than 1050 chil- dren of school age in the district. | The schools are under the general direc- tion of D. B. Lacy, principal of the Gram- mar School; F. E. Eilis is vice-principal, and Mrs. S. Peart is principal of the pri- mary department. The free kindergarten is under the management of Mrs. Agnes Woolley, assisted by Miss NannieWailace. The other teachers are Hattie Ler, May Dexter, Emily Grant, Bertha Gaddis, | except during the snramer months, | list of these o:ders: Woodland Lodge No. | | the close of the sermon the assemblage | | was astonished to see the familiar hairless head of Joshua Lawson, vreacher, gradually emerge from folds of a black wig that had disguised the “Wandering Preacher.” Woodiand now has many live churches, each one of which contains societies for conducting various kinds of Christian work. There are nine of them: Congre- C. Hay pastor; German Lutheran, Rev. Mr. Wendte pastor; M. E. chureh, Riv. Mr. Van Anda pastor; M. E. Church Soutb, Rev. O. Steele pastor; Cathol.c, Father Hines in charge; Episcopal church, Rev. Mr. Johnson rector, and Seventh- day Aavent. A corps of the Salvation Army has bar- recks here and is doing excellent work. They are respected and encouragea by | all good citizens. When Miss Frances Willard visited this coast in 1883 sne orcan:zed a local branch cf the W. €. T. U. in Woodlard. The different depariments of work have been carried on successfully all these years and it now maintains headquarters, supports aprinting cffice and owns one of the b st buiiding lots in the city. | Woodland can boast of her two literary clubs besides various smuller associations with the same purposes in view. The oldest of (tese clubs is known as the Mu- tual Club. It was organized more than eleven vears ago and is compcsed of both sexes, The Shakespeare Reading Club is com- posed entirely of ladies. It meets for study for two hours every Saturday afternoon, | No town of Wocdland’s size can produge su- perior advantages in these lines, and the | work of these clubscontributes much to | the culture of the city. With fraternal and social societies Wood- land is well supplied. The following is a | 111, L. 0. 0. F.; Weodiana Encampment | 1, 1. 0. 0. F.; Yolo Lodge No. A 0. U. W.; Sylvan Rebekah Lodge No. 103, | L 0. 0. ¥.; Concordia Lodge No. 20, 0. D. | H. 8.; Woodland Council No. 24, 0. C. F.; | Surprise Council, 0. C. F.; Woodland | Tent No. 49, K. O. T. M.: Pythian | Lodg: No. 40 K. of P.; Camp Ma-| drona No. 186, Woodmen of World Court Yolo No. 1313, L. 0. F.; Court Star of Woodland No. 10, F. 0. A.; Surprise Circle No. 209, Companions ot the Forest; i Woodland Lodge No. 156, F. and A. M. Woodland Chapter No. 46, R. A. M.; | Woodland Commandery No. 21, Knights | Templar; William H. Seward No. 20, W. | R.C.; William H. Seward Post No. 65, | G. A. R.; Sons of Veterans; Shawnee | Trive No. 83, 0. R. M.; Yolo Chapter No. 6), 0. E. 8&.: Woodland Parlor No. 30, N, | 8. G. W.; Woodiand Parlor No. 90, N. D. | G. W. There are in Woodland two daily news- papers, the Woodland Democrat and the Mail, and one weekly, the Home Alliance. The Democrat was established in 1857 in Cachevilie as the Yolo Democrat, which | eventually was moved to Woodland and | merge | intoa daily paper by Wiliiam Saunders, The present owner and editor is E. E. Lrake, Commissioner of Public Works. E.B. Hayward is business man- ager and R. E. Willets local editor. | e ”"’"fi” | amount §60,000 has been paid in. he | gationai, Rev. Mr. Haven pastor; Baptist, | Rev. Mr. Gray pastor; Christian, Rey, J, | \1OFS Bave implicit confidence in the re i | bave fi | S ture-stores, three livery-s | butcher-shops, | Woodland are very bright. The first number of the Yolo Weekly Mail was issued in October, 1868. Itis Republican in politics and was editad for many years by W.R. Ellis. J. H. Dun- gun, former editor of the Livermore ‘Ibr- ald, is its present editor and proprietor. The Home Alliznce, a weekly local news- paper, is owned and controlled by women and is run in the interests of the W. C. T. U. It was established in July, 1891. Mrs. S. A. Huston is editress and publisher. The Fruit Industry. - One of the important indusiries of Woodlana is her Fruit Exchange, run on the co-operative plan. It has been in su cessful oreration for four years, and dur- ing that time has given emplcyment to many deserving men and women. Its membership includes about sixty of the most prominent fruii-growers in the vi- cinity of Woodland. The exchange ware- house is situated near the railroad depot, and 1s under the management of H. C. Howard, one of the besi authborities in the country on fruit culture, The busi- ness of the exchange will be sure toin- crease from year to year, for m:_s is the home of the grapevine. Our ra sin vine- yards are not only among he largest in area, but the most produciive per acre. The late R. B. Blowors often said that there was 100 square miles of fruitland around Woodland that cin beat the carth growing olives, prunes ard pears. Apri- cots and almonds grow equally well, and new orchards are b:ing set out, and m[\- ers coming into bearing every year. No limit can be placed on the future enlarge- ment of the fruit bu-iness in our city, The Yolo orchard, five miles from Woodliand, gave employment to 400 peo- ple through the fruit season this year. Banks and Business Houses. There are four regular banks in Wood- land, the Baak of Woodland, the Bauk of Yolo, the Merchants’ and Farmers’ Bank, and the Yolo Savings Bank, also a build- ing and loan assoc.ation. All these insti- tutions are reliable and possess the confi- dence of the people in a marked degree. The Bank of Woodland was incorpo- rated in 1868. The paid-up capital is §962, 100; its surplus is $225 498 J. D. Stephens 1s president, C. F. Thomas cashier, F. 8. Freeman vice-president. This bank isat present offering for sale 4)0.0 acres of land, in parcels of thirty to eight thou- sand acres, at less than foreclosure prices. The Bank of Yolo was establisued in 1883, and has a paid-up capitai of $300,000, which 1s au:mented by a surplus of $150, 000. The tollowing well-known men are | the ofticers: W. W. Brownell, president; A. W. Guble, vice-presiaent: C. W. Bush, cashier. Woodland has only one savings bank. It was established in 189l The sub- | scribed capital is $300,0.0, of which Iis re- serve fund is $:6C0). It paysin annual div.dends 4 per cent per annum on term deposits and 315 per cent on ordinary deposits. The officers are: A. D. Porter, president; H. C. Gable, vice-president, and J. T. McConne!), cashier. The affairs of the bank are we | managed and depos- liability of the institution. The Merchants’ ant Farmers’ Bank opene | for tusiness January 2, 1804, in a handsom: red stone building on the core ner of ain and Second streets. Its authorized capital 1s §500,000, subscribed capital $366.500, of which 40 per cent is paid. Its officers are: D. N. Hershey, president; G. G. Day, vice-president; M. 0. Harling, cashier. The Building and Loan Association has been the means of many persons in mod- erate circumstances securing a home and competence by depositing small sums every month with the sociation. It is run on the co-operative plan. A fine new opera-house was built in 1896 to take the place of the one destroyed be fire several years azo. It has 2 seating capacity of but wiil comfortably hold 1000 peop'e, w.th siage facilities unex- celied in Northern Cuiifornia. Notown can be considered up to date that has not got a laundry run exclusively by white labor. It gives employment to men and women wio spend their earn- ings with the business men of the town, and the danger of contracting contagious diseases is much less than in Chinese washhouses. Woodland is not behind in his respect, fur a white laundry has been n operation more than twelve years. Thomas Bullivant is tte proprietor, and his work compares fzvorably with the best laundries in the large cities. Most of the work is doae by hand, and the clo:hes are called for and delivered promptly with a horse and wegon kept for that purp There, are five hotels in the c.ty, the Byrns, Julian, Capital, Craft and Paciiic House, and severa! lodzing-housss and one restaurant, the Delmonico. The ium- ber-yards are the West Valler, Sierra Lumber Company and Woodland Lumber Company. Oa our busiuess streeis dry-goods store-, eight grocery- tores, two hardware-stores, three furni- bles, four mil- s, four real estate firms, three seven Dblacksmith-shops, two jewelry-siores, three harness-shops and four dragsiores. Tre professions are well represented, aud our professional men and women will rank equaily with those in citics of much larger pretensions than Woodland, There are 1Wo women physicians in our city and two women lawyers. The court reporter is a member of the gentle sex, also. Her name is M'ss Hallie Willia s, The phvsicians are Dr. Elizabeth Yates and Dr, Frances L. Newton. The lawyers are Miss Nora Andrews and Miss Mattie Fisher, What Woodland needs most is manu- facturing estabiishments that w Permanent employment to the classes. There isa movement on foot to build a-flourmill, and 1t ought to succ ed. There is also promise of a fruit cannery for the near future. The prospects of linery-stox E. P. HusTox. WRECKAGE. | BY HOWARD V. SUTHERLAND. For Mr. (ireenway's sake I am sorry that | he is no loriger 1o be the d | Fran cisco’s fickle Four Hundred. For many yeurs | Thave watched him receiving an education in polite munners at the hands of his betters, | and can ouly regret that he is cast forth 1nto | outer darkress before requtring the final pol ish that is yart of ev rue gentieman. Con- sidering now long society hes put up with Mr., Greenway, {t was its bounden duty to look sfter him until he was perteciion itself and | until he chuld mingle with his fellows with- out being tonspicuous. In his ten years’ ap- prenticeship he has learned how to write in- vitations w breakiasis, lunches, dinners and | suppers. V/ith the helpof a French diction- | ary he can 'word an elaborate menu card, and | can even compose an intelligent and enter- | iaining obltuary notice. He kuows how to lead a dimpled debutante across & baliroom | floor, and {4 an authority as to whether Mr. | Bung’s auni's sister’s mule cousin should take ; precedence at a strawberry social over Mrs. Shodday’s nephew’s divorced wife's sister’s father-in-law. He has alsolearned the value of clean lixen, and as far as Nature will per- | of | San Francisco. mit him, can nicety. Then, again, I understand that Mr. Green- way has udded considerably to Lits knowledge | the commission busives were the | English language only a lit ! and grammar a thing not so universally un- | derstood, could write en 1instruetive book on “How to Live In and Off Soci:ty.” Taere is one thing, however, thet he has not yet mas- tered, and thatis to hide & personality made | conspicuous by too much Greenwayism. Un- | til this effort has boen accomvlished i: is cruel | iety to banish him to the circle of his | brother liquor-dcalers, where, as is well | known, oniy a certain kind of distilled refine- meut is 10 be found. | part his hair with extreme ! Mr. Adams, I understand, is to take Mr. | Greenway's place as the first gentleman of | The majority of us have never met Mr. Adams—neither, I suppose, do we want to—and except when the society re- porter of the Examiner favors us with a de. | scription of his embroidered linen, his im- ported perfumes and the pecu'iar nairwash he may choose o represent, we are not likely ever to hear of him again. Rumor has it that he is about to drop the final “s” from his name 50 as to claim descent from the worid’s | earliest inhabitant. Should he be able to do this he will certainly commard greater re- ¢ more flex:ble, | to family and good breeding, I understand, | were based, not 0.1 ancestry, but rather on his own posterity, 1fail to see why Mr. Frawley should be in- censed st being called “a perfect Mormon’ v the redoubtable Colonel Kowaisky. The hespian is a very good fellow, wears the latest London styles, and his dress shirts rival in luster the immaculate prvements of heaven. | But nobody thinks of him as a great sctor or | an unsurpassed manager, and to be a perfect | Mormon is surely betier than to be an imper- fect one. Neither is Miss Wallis to blame for having frowned upon his suit, for, judging by his actions when on the s age, Mr. Frawley must be & wooden wooer. Worthing knows how to throw himself againat the chairs, can eurgle in his glottis, and tie his legs upin Gordian knots in the most approved fashion. All these things are symptoms cf true love and ke who caunot enact them has littie chance with “geniyl maydes.” Mr. Frawley may have pleaded for & lady's favor as he would plead with one «f Lis castfor a5 per cent dizcount off his bill for cash. Judging by the fact that no less than 114 | parsons epplied for the vacant pu'pit of the Tabernac.e in Los Angeles, there must be a dearth of jobs in ministerial circies. What the salary attached t) the position is bas not (P T T TS T ST YUY T T T Y AT FTTITTTITY) HENRY GEORGE. W T spect than did his predecessor, whose claims E E Ca ith righteous pride the Earth’s broad bosom thrilled When in it lay that faithful son who said hat He who made the fruitiul acres willed Them not to men but unto Man instead. 29229290 ARRRIRRIRRL LI LLIRRSIRALLLRRLLIAIRRE) 3 been statea. That it is considerable oes witn- | out saying, for the majority of shepherds to- | day are not given to wasting their attention | on ragged sheep or piping in de olate barns, | Time was when the preacner went forth to | sow the seed; nowadays he contents himself | with plucking the frui, and it is not consid- | ered proper to expeet him to do much more. All of which, I presume, is thoroughly in keeping with the teachings of the gentle Nazarene. e —— | @ Young Flannelly of Redwocd City should, | of course, be reprimanded for having mut- | dered his father and a Sheriff, but by arrest- | ing him the authoritics showed that they were | not coaversant with the manner in which | such trivialities are overlooked nowadays. | Redwood City fs 50 far removed from the | center of civilization, which is San Quentin, | that the officers are not 1o be blamed for their | misplaced zeal. If, however, they continue 1o | interest themselves in the matter they should | be dismissed from the State’s service. The | fewer criminals captured, the less we shall be taxed (0 maintain them in idieness and luxury. Thg man who offerea Luetgert $500 & week topose asa freak should be hanged, drawn and quartered for putting & premium on mur- der. If he goes unpunished we shall hove the managers of dime museums providing funds for the defense of murderers, thus help- | ing the lawyers to save them from the gallows. A juture Dmrant will be carted sround the country, tcgether with ihe church he com- mitted his crimes in, and the bodies of his vic ims, carefully preserved in spirits; an Ebanks wiil b2 provided with material and a sharp razor and permitted to show the audi. ence (for the sum of 10 cents) how one may be carefully dispatched into the Somewhere Else. And, when the museum men are through with them, the murderers will be enabled to form offensive and defensive alii- ances ard give exhibitions and lessons on their own account. When such an offer is made by ai intelligent American citizen toa man standing on the very marge of Geatn, and 10 pro‘est is made, we muy weil ask ourselv “Whither are we drifting 2 Now that “Les Misrabies” has been replaced on the eligibie list in the Pailadelphia schools, the board having voted Ly asmall majority that it wes not an immoral work, the desolste ghost of Victor Hugo will no longer make Hades uninhabitable by its lamentations. It might be interesting, however, to know Mr. Hugo's opinion of his Philadelphia censors, and 1t is to be regretied that he cannotgive us . comparison of the two standards of morals that are rigntfully theirs—ss School Directars and as P.ivaty Persons. I feel sure that when these gentlemen come to pass through the Hadean mails the majority of them will be stopped as ‘“‘obec:ue matter.” KEW TO-DAY. SUDDENLY and rack toe ves. Use the tobacco equire and taks Zaco-Curo, it is the Orig= inal Guarantee Remedy imoney refunded if it fadls to care). 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