The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 19, 1898, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 1898 ; stmr Phoenicia, for Hamburg; stmr Mani- . for London; stmr La Hretagne, for erdam, for Rotterdam; stmr for G stmr Fulda, for Genoa. YORK-—Arrived June 18—Stmr Penin- from_ Lishon JTHAMPTON — Arrived June Bremen, from New York, for Bremen. 19 — Stmr MARRIAGE LICENSES. Marriage licenses have been issued as follows: Joseph J. Schwarz and Josephine Healey..18-18 Benfamin Weed and Eva C. Gundlach.....2 Hyman Falk and Joseph F. Cereghino and Mary J. Lu 1 BIRTHS—NARRIAGES—DEATHS. | Birth, marriaze a | il wil ded in not at to the . & son. , June 13, 1898, to the , & son. y, June 16, 189, to fleld, twin sons. June 12, to the | a daughter. 10, 1898, to the | HAMILTON- wife of W NEDY eit; e of W. J. Kennedy, & n. MORAN—To the wife of James F. Moran, a | or. In this city, June 17, 183, to the wife fred Myer, & daughter | 5 1s city, June 9, 188, to the wife | a daughte: June 8, 159, to the . a daughter. June §, 183, to the s city, city, of MARRIED. BROSS—CATTRAN—In this city, June 16, 1598, | the Rev. Charles Edward Locke, D.D., | e Bross and Eleanor J. Cattran, both of \ this_city, June 16, | es Edward. Lock f Angels, Cal., . June 14, Robert s city, June 15, 189, ling, Helnrich Ebert | DY—In this city. June 4, Charles Edward Locke, and Annie L. Ken- | 8, by the ‘Church, | ty, roeder, June 15, J. Peter | city, June 15, er, Edward C . D.D.. Dr. » and Bertha this eling a Lowerbutts, DIED. Gleeson, Wi Ilam J. hi e A Frank, Mamie Hattle 8. nson. Ireland, aged 36 years (Brooklyn, N. Y., papers acquaintances are respect- end the funeral this d 1 his late of Interment cer County, June mother of Alex: Chielovich, ell, and a native of In this cit a native of ths and copy. ) 0¥ Friends a i . from her I uth San a’s Church, e a requiem the repose In- Patrick, in, and Miss nces are respect- e funeral tc 1 i (Monday), dence, & teenth, Minnesota. st thence t. m high for the repose of hi Interment Mount Ca In this city, June 18, 156, g on c ne and_the late Cor- of San Francisco, days. | take place to-morrow from the family resi- thence to St. Bren- | r services. Interment Holy | 1898, Mamie, | nent N. Frank, iter o native of San Francisco, aged 28 years and 27 | ¥ Nvotice of funeral hereafter. s and Joseph cisco, aged 45 v, Or., June 14, 1898 . lata of Dublin, Irelan Willlam J eloved son be Willlam_and_the late Anne Gleeson, and br f Mrs. T. Chaffer, Mrs. | J. Millyner, own and Mrs. D. rick, aged 37 s & months and 14 days. Ireland, papers please copy.) -In this city, June 16, 135, Sophle A.. daughter of Mrs. nd the late H. F and_sister Frank and an liam F. Don- native > | ends and acqua fully Invited tc 1 (Sunday), her late resi- e, thence to blemn requiem repose of her « , commen t 11 o'clock. Interment Mount Calvary Cemeter. YOt 3 LADIE INS’ TE NO. 1—Officers | and members: You are hereby notified to at. tend the funeral of our deceased member, Sister Sophie A. Grote, from her late resi- | dence, 1636 Golden Gate avenue, this day (Sunday), at 10 o'clo By order’ of ‘the | preside MARY MONAHA INSTITUTE—Dear Sisters: notified to attend the fineral Grand President, Sophie A. members are requesf 162 ble at her late reside n Gate avenue, at 10:30 o'clock, ¢ inday), By order of MARY A LE, Grand First v dent. JOSEPHINE T. MOLLOY, ¢ oc. N. D. G. W.—Buena Vista Parlor No. 68, N. D, G. W.: You are hereby requested to attend the funeral of our sister, Sophie A. Grote, from her late residence,’ 1638 Golden Gate avenue, at 10:30 o'clock, this day (Sunday). Services at 11 o'clock in Holy Cross Church. R. MUI President. MRS. H. M, GREE tary. HARROP—In this city, June 15, 189, John lerrop, a native of England, aged 75 years, L7 Interment Sacramento. JERGENSEN—In this city, June 13, 1898, Alf Victor, beloved infant ‘son_of Sophle’ and Victor' Jergensen, a native of San Franaisco, aged § months. KELLY—In this city, June 15, 188, Michael F., beloved husband of Kate Kelly, and father of Thomag ¥ John P Mary, Teréss, Cath- erine, Josegh, Willlam and Florence Kelly, a i |a man would naturally jative of Carraaros, County Galway, Ire Iai [ Friends and acquaintances are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral to-morrow at 9:30 o'clock, from his late resi- 33 Stevenson streat, thence to St. Joseph's Church, Tenth street. where a sol- emn requiem high mass will be celebrated 1, commencing at 10 y Cross Cemetery. ;, June 18, 1895, Mrs. Flannery), beloved an, Mrs. J. Sul- eph and Stephen d F a natiy [ ¥ Friends and acquaintshces are respect- fully Invited to attend the funeral to-morrow (Monday), at 8:30 o'clock, from_the residence f her daughter. Mrs. P. J. Halligan, 1151 som street, thence to St. Joseph’s Church, lenth street, near Howard, where a solemn requiem mass will be celebrated for the re- pose of her soul, commencing at 9 o'clock. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. MARTIN—In this city, June 17, Loutsa, beloved daughier of Annie Martin, and s M. Martin, 4 years 2 months and 14 days = Friends and acqualntances are respect- fully Invited to attend the funeral this day ¢Sunday), at 1 o'clock, from the residence of her parents, 133 Pacific street RAYNOL! y, June 18, 1898, Mary S., beloved wife of Edward H. Raynolds of New York City, and eldest daughter of Mar- garet H. and the late Willlam P. Fuller. O The funeral services will be held at the residence of her mother, $3 O'Farrell t, to-morrow (Monday), at 2 o'clock. In- t private. In this city, June 1§, 1898, Thomas E., husband of Annie Riley, and brother George Bridgewood, Mrs. William 1595, Aliene | R and Tohn ¥, Mrs. J. Quigley, Mrs. Clancy and | Fannte, Peter and Maggie Riley, a native of California. SOUTHWELL—In Los Angeles, Cal, Mrs. J. B. Southwell, d wife of James B, , & native of San Jose, Cal., aged McAVOY & GALLAGHER, FUNERAL DIRECTORS & EMBALMERS &0 MIFTH 8T., Opp. Lincoln Boaoal. Telephone, South 0. YO Ry JAS. ENGLISH. _T. R CAREW. CAREW & ENGLISH, UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALMERS. FUNERAL DIRECTORS. Van Ness ave, near Market st. San Telephone ‘So. 156. a« Francisco. H. C. BUNKER & CO.,| FUNERAL DIRECTORS, 2666 Mission St. Mission Masonic Temple. Telephone Mission 75. Estab. 1858 Tel. South 47. CRAIG & COCHRAN CO. | Funeral Directors and Embalmers, 22,24 AND 26 MINT AVENUE. Lady assistants. Spaclous chapel for the uy of cur patrons. Rubber tires on our ambulal HOTEL ARRIVALS. GRAND HOTEL. M Campbell, Oakland Mrs R N Willing, Cal Little, Oakland |E A Middieton, Cal Hugh Cal |F J Murphy, indexter, eda| Mrs E French, Cal A , Alameda Mrs C E Lind Cal Berkeley |J oy Woodland , Sacto (J F Kennard, Cal ‘al |Mrs L F Brock, Cal Gale, Cal | Mrs N Coate, Cal . Ang|Miss G Coate, Cal Mrs J J Cunningham, Vallejo er, Ca G A Adams & w, Cal eatherly, 11l |J E Mason, Boston G Ealund, Cal [E J Mason, Boston 5 Diego |A B Merriil, Caspar Miss Breidenbach, Mo [Dr R Austin & w, R I E F Cassel, Seattle |W E Parkinson, Cal C B Pinkham, N Y |F K Merritt & w, Cal R T Start, N Y G Weir, Petaluma H S Allen, Sonora W D Conrad, U S A W Wheeler, Tacoma |G L Cobb, Cal M L Connell, Tacoma (E J Cooper, Wis Mrs H Hall, Cal |C F Hatch,' Stktn A S Burge, Spokane |H L Smith, Pa A E Costello, N Y W D Holabird, L Ang Miss E § [ C_J Seluyn, S Diego Miss M Th Seattle |[W M S Moore, W & ¢, | C E Blythe, Stktn | | | Pa |H MeCrum & w. Cal Mrs W That E Hyde, Visalia E Adamson, Pa ¢, 1os Ang a E W Thayer, Ariz Mrs H Hubbard, N Y S Leon, N Y Mrs R L Hubbard NY | W D Tobey, Carson | M S.Hananer, Utah | H E Doolittle, S Diego'§ C_Hazeiton, Utah W A Clark. Mont G Nelson, Ban Jose Miss K L Clark, Mont. BALDWIN HOTEL Maud Beach, N Y y|J Wie, N ¥ 8 H Shominger, USN H S Adame,Chicago Mrs Folker, Mill Val W K Clark, Mill Val |T Corcoran,’ U's N J Scl [ W Portind Fresno allum, lwke a Penn 5 D Davis, Pinole os, Body, Penn |w | G Stewart, Portiand |J Garnell & w. Cal | M Kohn, Boston |8 Henry, Stockton May Buckely, N Y | | NEW WESTERN HOTEL. | | B F Richards, Prof Schulz, § Diego C Whiting&?, St Lake Miss Hastings, Sacto « S O'Brien, Truckes J C Morris, Nevada A E French, Beattle J M Crawford, S Barb | Sissons| Miss Kelton, Portland E Morrison, Portland | Mise Morrison, Ptid | Mrs B Davis, Portland Miss Russell, Portland | Mrs Cox, Portland AFTER THE WEDDING. “I thought the bride looked well, didn’t you?” “Fairly well. But lavender.{s never | 50 good as white to my mind.” | “I don’t know but you are right. How | much do you suppose it cost?” “Her maid of honor told me privately | “Um! It didn’t look it. those people on the right?” “You mean those awful lookers?"” “Yes.” “Some of her relatives, I believe. One always has that cross to bear.” “That’s so. I'm giad I didn’t have to meet them. How many were there?” “I should say 200 at the reception, shouldn’t you? Of course a lot were only asked to the church.” “Well, they didn’t miss much.” Who were | “No. Still the refreshments were fairly good.’ | “So so. I was dreadfully hungry.” | | “So was I. Did you see the presents?” “Oh, yes. Skimpy, I thought. notice that plated ware?” *Yes. They had it covered over with | rug, but I unearthed it.” “‘Relatives, I suppose.” “Oh, yes. What did you give her?” “An etching. I got it awfully cheap. They were selling off.” “l gave her a bhook. I forget the name, but the illustrations were lovely. | Books are so cheap now. “Aren’t they?"—From Life. Did | ———— CONSTITUTIONAL COWARDS. “There are born constitutional cow- ards,” said a member of Forrest's cav- alry. “I remember at the battle of Shiloh there was a young dentist in | my company who was supposed to be one of the best men we had; but when we got in a tight place, directly in front of Pittsburg Landing, when the shells from Sherman’s batteries were riddling the trees and tearing up the ground in front of us, that man not only lost all nerve, but he burst Into tears—not as ery, but | screamed like a baby and appealed to the major to take him away. That was his last appearance with the company, | and I never knew what became of him. | “There was another fellow in my company who would fight the biggest man in the town where he lived, even | when he knew he would get licked; vet when he got under fire in front of Gen- eral Prentiss's ‘hornets’ nest’ he be- came as pale as a ghost, and lost all self-control. I saw him in the line in | front of me when we started on the charge, but I never saw him again until | long_after the war. He went over to the Unlon lines and surrendered. The sound of the bursting shell made a coward of him.”—Chicargo Inter Ocean. —_———— The Princess of Wales has a tea ger- vice of sixty pleces, each one of which is decorated with a different photo- graph which she took herself while in Scotland. ———— Advances made on furniture and planos, with or without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1022 Mission, | to do so. | a premium of | the 'following order: | tion there has been a range of thirteen 5.92; fifty feet,’0.35; 100 feet, 13.23; 200 feet, 1 18.72; 300 feet, 22. 500 feef .58; 1000 | feet, 33.41; and one mile above the level, ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS CHARLES DE YOUNG—E. B., Shasta, Cal. Charles de Young was killed in San Francisco April 23, 1880. SHIP YARD-D. W. C., Sanger, Cal The largest ship yard in the United States as to capacity Is Cramp’ PORTA COSTA RE;L\'ERY—I\L E. R, City. The new sugar refinery at Porta Costa was started about a month ago. THE DURRANT CASE—E. B., Shasta, Cal. The Durrant case was appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States. UNDER FORCED DRAUGHT—H. J. D., City. Under forced draught the Mon- terey can, in a falr sea, make fourteen knots. TORNADO—S., City. The date of the great tornado in Louisville, Ky., was March 27, 18%, and that at St. Louls was on May 27, 189, SAN FR:\NCIS?:O TO FLORIDA—T. C., City. The distance from San Francisco to the north coast of Florida in a direct line as the crow flies is 2400 miles. NO EXTRA PAY—A. 8., Vallejo, Cal. General and specfal service enlisted men in the United States navy are not allowed an Increase of pay in time of war. COMMUNICATIONS—R. F. M. Y, Soulsbyville, Cal. This department can- not give you any better definition of the word communication that you can find in any dictionary. THE MONTANA—A. B. S, City. The steamer Montana arrived in this port, May 12, 1867, in 13 days and 8 hours from Panama. She brought up 378 cabin and 763 other passengers. FORK OF A TREE—H. 8. B., Liver- more, Cal. A gentleman who has taken measurements for many years says that the fork of a tree does not Erow up- ward, but that it expands. THE MARIETTA—A. L. R., Oakland, Cal. The Marietta started from San Francisco, went through the Straits of Magellan and fell in with the Oregon in the vicinity of Montevideo. BIG BETSEY—R. O. T. C., Woodland, Cal. The thirteen-inch guns, Big Betsey and Alice, were received in San Francisco shortly before the Oregon was placed In commission. They are on board of that vessel now. SALUTING—Sergeant, City. In march- ing a regiment of soldiers may return the salute of an iIndependent military or semi-military body, but it 1s not required If the salute Is returned it is an act of courtes; L LR o PREMIUM-D. C. W., Sanger, Cal. The greatest amount for excess of speed over | the figure named In the awarded to the builders of the Minneap- | glis. Tt was ${02.60. The Olympla earned 500,000, SHIPS IN THE NAVY-S., City. The | full list of ships in the United States | navy, auxiliary cruisers, converted vachts, tugs, names of converted vessels s published on page 28 of the San | Francisco Call, of May 22, 1898. ONE OF '29—0. O. Y. 8., City. There is | no demand by dealers fér half-dollars of | 1829. The selling price of the same is| from $1 25 to $1 75 for those that have 1829 | stamped over 1827 and those without the | double mark from 75 cents to $1. FOR NON-PAYMENT—W. H., City. If you and others performed certain work | for an individual and he agreed to pay for the same at a stated time, upon his faflure to make the payment you are at | liberty to commence an.actlon agalnst | him. i TRADE MARK—S. M. D, Oakland.| You must apply Washington, D. C., for trade marks. The | cost to register is §25 as Government fees. The trade mark holds for thirty vears, | with privilege of renewal for thirty years longer. TR LETTERS OF CONDOLENCE—G. S. B., City. It is proper to reply to letters | of condolence. It shows that the party | recelving the same appreciates the kind words of the writer. Not to reply would be construed into indifference on the part of the recipient. LARGEST PORTS—Soldler, Alcatraz Island. According to a recent compilation | of commerce, tonnage, number of vessels, | etc., the four largest ports are given in London, New York, | Hamburg, Constantinople, and Liverpool is rated as fifth. | MARRYING AGAIN—L. M., City. A woman who obtains a divorce in the State | of California or anywhere else, though | she be allowed to resume her malden | name, cannot marry again in this State until & year after the vorce shall have elapse LEAGUE OF THE CROSS CADETS— | Sergeant, City. The League of the Cross | Cadets are not a part of the National | Guard of the State of California. That granllnl of the di- | organization was asked to take part in the ceremonies on Memorial day, but it | was not ordered out by the officers of the | National Guard. TO MANILA, TO SPAIN—-E. B., Shas- ta, Cal. The distance from San Francis- co to Manila via Honolulu is 7130 miles, via Yokohama and Hongkong 6654 miles. From Manila to Spain by the most prac- tical route, which 1is the Suez canal, | stopping at Penang, Colombo and Singa- pore, is 9288 miles. CANNON BALIL—A. 8., San Jose, Cal. The range of modern guns is from six and a half to eight miles, at an elevation of forty degrees. With a higher eleva- miles, but this department has not been able to find any record of a gun having a range of twenty-one miles. COOKS IN THE ARMY—W. H. M., City. In time of war special cooks are not furnished to companies in the army. Each man {s instructed in cooking and each may be called upon to take his turn | at the ovens. In times of peace, one man is specially detalled as company cook and | for that he is allowed extra compensa- tion. SEA LEVEL—A. O. 8., City. The fol- lowing are the several distances at which objects can be seen at sea level from the statad elevations: At an elevation of five feet, 2.96 miles; ten feet, 4.18; twenty feet, 5. 96.10 miles. THE FLAG AT MOROSTO'S—Constant Reader, City. The Amrerican flag on the drop curtain at Morosco's Opera House was painted by the late Forrest Seaburv. It occupied about three days of his time, The cost of the curtain was never com- puted as the artist at the time was on salary. It is said to be the largest painted American flag in the United States and is the only one on a theater drop curtain. THE BIG KRUPP GUN—E. R. G., City. The Krupp gun that was exhibited at the World’'s Fair, Chicago—that is, the larg- est—was a 16-24-inch coast defense. Length 33.5 calibers, or 45 feet 11 inches; length of bore 418, total weight 122 tons. he projectile weighed 2222 pounds. The charge was 92 pounds of brown prismatic pow- der; initial velocity 1981 feet per second recorded; striking energy 18,09 metric tons. NEW EAST RIVER BRIDGE-A, 8., City. The new East River bridge, New York, according to the selection of site, will start from a point between South Fifth and South Sixth streets, Brooklyn Borough, and just west of Roebling street in BrookKlyn Borough. The proposed di- mensions are: Width 118 feet, height 135 feet for 400 feet at the middle of the span and at high water, length of span 1600 feat; total length 7200 feet. THE AMERICAN FLAG—W. H. M., City. The thirteen alternate white and red stripes on the American flag repre- sent the thirteen original States of the Union. After theh thirteen stars In the flag supplanted the British unfon i bluge fiel J’It ‘was decided that there !l;me.lls be added an, additional stripe and an ad- ditional star for each new State admitted. In 1794 two stripes were added on the ad- ‘mission of Vermont and Kentucky. It was then discovered that if that rule was fol- contract was | | | phy”and to the Patent Office, | 11 | lish statute mile | week. lowed, the flag would grow to extraordi- nary dimensions and its beauty would be marred, 50 by an act of April 14, ISIS, it was resolved’ that the number of stripes be limited to thirteen, the number of the original States, but that one star should be added in the blue field for every State admitted. The original thirteen in that field has increased to forty-five. The col- ors of the flag are symbolic, red of love, white of purity, and blue of truth. ON THE MARION—Th. H., City. The men who are on duty on the Marion are detailed by the Navy Department as keepers of the vessel for the Government. They recefve the same pay that men of the same rank in the navy are paid. If the members of the naval militia are or- dered into service they will have to be sworn in as naval volunteers. They will be paid the same as the regulars, rank for rank. Enlisted men of the naval militia, if called Into the service of the State. re- ceive 32 per day the same as all enlisted men of the National Guard. CIENFUEGOS—J. W. G., Madison, Cal. To properly pronounce a name one must acquire the sound by hearing a master of the language pronounce it. It is ex- tremely difficult to print a combination of letters that will give the exact pro- nunciation. - As to Cfenfuegos, a city of Cuba, one authority gives the following as the pronunclation—The-en-fwa-gos— the first e sounded as e in meet, the a as in fare and the o as in note. Another au. thority glves Se-en-fwa-gos—the sécond e as In met, a as a in mate and o as o in Goethe (similar to e in her). ZOLA’S WORKS—W. F. C., Oakland, Cal. The French catalogue gives the fol- lowing as the list of the works of Zola published in the Rougon-Macquart edi- tion: TFortune of Rougons, The Brush fou the Spoil (Le Curee) Fat and Thin (Le Ventre de Paris), The Conquest of Plos- sons, the Abbe Mauret's Transgressions, L’'Assomoir, Germinal or Master and Man, His Masterpiece (I'Oeuvre), Therese Raquin, Madelaine Ferat, A Love Sur- prise, How Jolly Life Is, and The Soil (La Terre). The best way to read these works is in the order as published in this edi- tion, and given in this list. NO SHABEE—S. A. M., City. The ex- pression *no shabee,” used by Chinese In California and on the Pacific Coast to express “I do not understand,” Is a phrase that is from the Spanish “Yo no sabe"—I do not know. In the very early days of San Francisco, when Chinese were few and Spanish-speaking__people plentiful, a Chinaman heard a Mexicai or Spaniard use the phrase ‘no sabe and being informed of its meaning de- clared that it would be easier for his countrymen to use that than to use “I do | not understand,” and in time he commu- nicated the easiest form to his countr) men. It has ever since been used b them to convey lack of comprehension. TO WEST POINT—A. D. R.. Dixon, Cal. Appointments to the Militarv Acad- emy at West Point are usually made one vear In advance of the date of admisslon v the Secretary of War, upon_the nomin- ation of the Representatives. These nom- inations are made either after competitive examination or given direct, at the option of the Representative whose turn it is to nominat. ppointees must be between 17 and 22 years of age, free from any in- firmity which may render them unfit for military service, and able to pass a care- ful examination in reading, writing, or- thography, arithmetic, grammar, geogra- istory of the United States. In a case of competitive examination Influ- ence would not cut a figure, but fn an ap- pointment direct it might. AN ENGLISH MILE-R. F. M. Y, Soulsbyville, Cal. A mile is the largest terrestrial measure of length in common use among the British and most of the European nations, and in the United Btates is 1760 yards of 3 feet each—that is, 5250 feet. The term is derlved from the Roman millaire, which contained 1000 paces of five Roman feet each, the pace being the average length of the step made with the human foot. The Roman foot being accounted as between 11.65 to English inches, was less than the esent English mile by from 142 to 144 vards: thus the Roman mile measured from 4848 to 4854 feet, English. The pres- ent English mile is known as the “Eng- been suppressed with no little blood- shed. the leaders have either been lodged in prison or expelled from the kingdom, while those who remain are forced to comply with every demand made upon their labor by the land owners.—Washington Post. —_————— AMERICA’S BIG SHOWMEN. Charles A. Davis, gray, sedate and scholarly, probably has more informa- tion about shows and showmen than any living man connected with amuse- ment enterprises. “Jim Bailey,” said Mr. Davis, “started about thirty years ago as a billposter with his little armful of ‘one-sheets’ and can of paste, and to-day he is far and away the greatest figure in the amusement field of both hemispheres, 4nd probably doesn't know himself how much he is worth financially. James A. Balley—to give him his full cognomen—is now sole owner of the Barnum-Bailey, nearly half owner of Buffalo Bill's Wild West, and has a large interest in the Forepaugh-Sells circuses, the three largest amusement enterprises the world has ever known. | ‘Jim’ Bailey is to-day a bigger man than Barnum was in his prime, and old Phineas would open his eyes if he could come back to earth and get a ‘squint at Jim and his ‘rolling-stock shows.” “And the best of it is that Bailey to- day is about the same as he was at the start—quiet, unassuming and demo- cratic. ‘Jim’ wears just the same size | hat he did thirty years ago and pays | about the same price for it.” | Of W. W. Cole Mr. Davis said: “ ‘Billy’ Cole is more like an Episco- palian ‘minister than a showman, but in his way he is a wonder. He is a scholarly, dignified, distinguished per- sonage, who always did and always will |insist on the ‘highly moral’ and ‘edn cational’ value of ‘his asggregatio; and this isn’t mere buncombe, he meaus |it. Cole was originally a schoolmaster in the South, who somehow came into possession of an insignificant wagon, one-ring circus. In a few years he was |sole owner of the ‘Mammoth New ! Orleans Circus,” which simply coined money on tl.e Southcrn circuit. I - also organized seve: .l circus enterprises for Europe, retaining the principal owner- ship. About twelve years ago, when less than 40 years old, he retired from the American field with a colossal for- tune; and only since the organization | of the Forepaugh-Sells has he re-en- tered it.” Of the Sells Brothers—Ephraim, Peter and Lewis: ‘“The ‘Sells boys' are the | typical American ‘round-top hustlers,’ and theirs was no royal road to suc- | cess. Cleveland, Ohio, was their jump- |ing off place, and they zot info the show business’ almost with their first long pant About twenty-five years ago the boys rot tomether some sort of a tent show, with a few freaks, a ma- gician, a big drum, a bigger gong, like- | wise one superannuated mule and a nondescript wagon made by themselves from jetsam and flotsam from a wagon- | makers’ scrap heap; and so started out to make their fortune in the Middle West. “For a good many years their prog- ress was almost as slow as their motive power—the mule—but they kept on hus- tling and adding to their ‘aggregation’ bit by bit, until they had the nucleus of a real ‘show.’ In the winter months they took to anything or everything to tide them over and add to thefr cap- ital; and during these periods Peter gained some valuable experience as a newspaper man in his native city. “And so they struggled on, hardly known in ‘the business,’ but growing month by month and year by year, un- til about ten years ago ‘The Sells Brothers’ Colossal Circus, Menagerie and Hippodrome’ became a factor and had to be reckoned with by the route- because it was inciden- tally defined by an act passed in the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Elizabeth to be eight furlongs of 40 perches of 161 feet each—. e., 1760 vards of 3 feet eac | and it has ever since retained its value. SCHLEY'S FIRST COMMAND. How Commodore Schley got his first command Is an amusing episode in his early career, s the New York Led- ger. After leaving the Niagara he was promptly promoted to a Meutenancy and assigned as executive officer of one of the ninety-day gunboats, the Owasco, of the Gulf squadron. Her commanding officer—his name is of no consequence, and he is dead now—was a devotee of John Barleycorn, and pe- riodically had to retire to his cabin for repairs, where he usually stayed a The Owasco was stationed off Mobile and was one of a small squad- ron, of which Captain James Allen of the Richmond was senjor officer. One day a quartermaster of the Rich- mond reported to Captain Alden that the captain's gig of the Owasco was approaching, the captain’s pennant flying. Supposing his visiter to be the captain of the Owasco, Alden put on his uniform coat, the side boys were ordered and the boatswain’s mate made ready for his three pipes at the gangway. When the Owasco's gig came alongside the man who sprang up the ladder was Lieutenant Schley. “I expected to see Captain — of the Owasco,” saild Alden, with slight sar- casm. “I'm commander of the Owasco, sir,” said Schley. “Since when?” asked Alden. “An hour ago, sir,” said Schley. “Where is Captain —?" “Locked up in his cabin, sir, drunk.” “Who locked him in?" asked Alden. did. I first put him under arrest and then shut him up in his cabin. Then I took command of the ship, and here I am to report for orders.” Alden was fond of a joke, and he was at first disposed to laugh at the | Yyoung man's summary action, but he a: sal Well, the first order I'll give you is for you to lower that pennant in the gig, go back to your ship, sir, unlock that cabin door, and restore Captain —— to duty. Then report to me in writing if the captain’s illness still in- capacitates him, and 1 will know what to do. Don’t be in too great a hurry to get command of a ship, Mr. Schley.” —_—————— SERFDOM IN HUNGARY. ‘Although serfdom is generally be- lieved to have been abolished in Aus- tria-Hungary in 1848, and in Russia in 1865, yet it still exists in certain re- mote parts of Hungary, where the aristocratic land owners have retained to such a degree possession of their old time feudal rights over the peasantry on their land that many of them are accustomed to use their peasants as beasts of burden, harnessing four men to a plow instead of a pair of horses or a yoke of oxen. Throughout the northeast of Hun- gary the noble land owners are in the habit of demanding fifty days’ work in the year from each laborer or peasant on the estate without any re- muneration whatsoever. makers of the Barnum and Forepaugh | concerns. In 1891 the ‘Sells boys’ took their ‘colossal’ for a year's trip to Aus- tralla and the East Indian archipelago, | and returned to take their place as one | of the three great circuses of the Uhited States. Three years ago they. with Bafley- and Cole, swallowed up the en- tire Adam Forepaugh collection.” —_——— Lives of Spanish Women. A great deal has been written about Spanish men, but I think one may find a truer key to Spanish character by taking a glimpse of the misery of the Spanish women. I doubt if the Span- ish woman Is any better off than the Turkish woman, and while American women are not clamoring for a con- flict, the fact remains that the taking of Spain from the European geography might prove a great step in advance for the women of that land. It appears from an official document which came my way the other day that but 2,636,615 Spanish women can read or write. This fraction is almost as big as the male army that knows its own langnage. It is a pitiful showing, but it is only the beginning of the table of female wretchedness. The munici- palities list 51,946 professional beggars who wear petticoats. Then there are 828,581 women who earn their living by working In the farm fieilds. There are 319,596 women rated as day servants, who get little more than board and shelter for their work, and in all the dying dynasty there are but 719,000 girls in the schools of any kind, public or private. There are twice as many female mendicants as male. The cen- sus shows that 6.764,406 women have neither professions nor trades, and are altogether dependent upon charity, the possibility of getting married or hard labor at starvation wages.—Chicago Herald. —_—— A POSTOFFICE CAT. Around one of the big pillars in the distribution department of the New York city general Postoffice hangs a long loop of twine string. It was placed there by one of the chief postal au- thorities, and is for the sole purpose of providing entertainment for the cat dwelling in the general distribution room. There are altogether fifteen cats | of the men were with the insurgents, MDispatch. belonging to the foreign newspaper de- partu.ent, constitute a kind of feline aristocracy, as. for whatever reason, | they refuse to associate with any of | the other cats of the Postoffice. These | latter dwell in the most subterranean regions of the office and are of all colors and kinds. Of them, Snowball, a pure | white cat, Nigger, a coal black one, and | a square-jawed, regular prize fighter of H |a fellow kno 'n as Fitzsimmons are | prime favorites. All the cats are in charge of a special guardian, who once | a day, between 2:30 and 3 o'clock in the | afternoon feeds the entire tribe. Tkeir | food consists of first-class beef cut into | juicy cubes. It is furnished by con- | tract by one butcher. About ten pounds | per day is the quantity consumed, | amounting to a little more than three- | fourths of a pound to each cat. Tae keeper is careful not to overfeed them, { for their appetite for mousine might | fall off. As things stand, the New York | | city Postoffice cats are as plump and | + prosp.rous a set as one could find any- | where.—New York Sun. —_——— | | THE HOLLAND DAMES' CIRCUS. | One of the features of the Children of | the Holland Dames’ circus was a white ‘bulton nearly twtg inches in diameter | | and emblazoned with the portrait of | lQueen Wilhelmina of Holland, flanked | | by the respective flags of the United | | States and what looked like the banner | | of France. This latter may, however, | | have been a mere optical delusion. It | may have been that the thing simply | | looked more like France's flag than | | that of Holland. At any-rate, it was | surely an oversight, just as the Span- ‘ ish colors of the circus tent were of | course an oversight. Those who have come within royal range of Lavinia, by the way, cannot but have observed the gracious patronage which she is dls-‘ posed to extend toward Queen Wilhel- | mina. Every action of the latter is | | commented upon with courtly grace, | and rarely is the royal approval with- | | held. At all Lavinia’s state functions Wilhelmina, in either name or likeness, | is honored with a prominent part. No | pains are omitted to make the little | | Queen across seas feel that she has r.o | rival in Lavinia; that she has nothing | to fear from her, and that, indeed, they are sister monarchs. Whether Wilhel- | mina reciprocates this feeling or not is | unknown. It is not even certain that | she fully appreciates Lavinia's atti- | tude, but to the citizens of the United | States the situation is siznificant. It shows that, no matter what her royal assumptions, the spirit of democracy is still strong within our first monarch, | and that she is capable of patronizing | the whole European outfit. It was a seasoned reader of ‘“‘Our Mutual Friend” who the other day bestowed | upon the Queen of Holland Dames the | sobriquet of “Lavvy the Irrepressible.” | —New York Evening Sun. —_—————— FITZHUGH LEE'S WIFE. Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee ha$ received hun- dreds of letters from admirers and sym- | pathizers during the last few months, | When her husband was in Cuba and | apparently in danger messages from | rich and poor alike poured in upon her, and she says that they were a great comfort to her, because, knowing the | condition of things in Cuba and the | treachery of Spanish officials, she often feared for her husband’'s safety. She has answered with her own pen nearly every letter received. During her residence in the Cuban capital Mrs. Lee says she became ac- quainted with many charming native | families, and got to know intimately a | great many Cuban women. Nearly all and these, of course, she did not meet, unless she happened to see them on the streets of Havana after being captured and previous to their removal to some wretched dungeon. None of the Span- ish officials had their wives with them and Cuban women rarely ventured out | of doors, because if they attracted at- | tention unpleasantness was liable to come of it. Mrs. Lee is a home-loving woman and | all her affections are centered upon her home circle. She does not belong to any club and shrinks from publicity, being extremely retiring. But she is careful to fulfill all of her duties to the public and to society, and is much be- | loved. In spite of her silver hair Mrs. Lee is sp young in appearance that it is hard to believe she is the mother of five children, the voungest of whom is 12 years old. One of her sons is in the railroad business, another is at West Point, and the three girls are living at | home with their parents.—New York | Tribune. —_———— AN UMBRELLA WRIST. A young woman, rather pretty and | well dressed, who admitted thatv she | had given an assumed name to save | her family from humiliation, was ar- | raigned in apolice courtrecently charged with taking too many scotches. She admitted that she had taken “just two little bits of drinks,” but she was sick. | The Judge smiled at the well-worn ex- cuse, but, for a wonder, he asked the | girl to name the disease that called for alcoholic relief. “I am suffering from the umbrella wrist. your Honor, and the pains shoot way up to my elbow, like | rheumatism.” “The what kind of a wrist did you say?” fairly shrieked his Honor. “Why, the umbrella wrist. It's sort of a swelling, you know, caused | by carrying an umbrella so much.” | Thanks to the long wet spell the hand- | some sinner had to dig up only $3. The | umbrella wrist promises to become epi- | demic in this soaked section.—Pittsburg | | | ————— STUDIES IN ENGLISH. An English medical journal has been making a collection of curiosities of English in the medical advertisements | sent it from the continent—mostly from | Germany. Thus it appears that the | special merit of a certain mineral spring is that “it stirs the dermal func- tions,” while it isealso “an excellent re- constitutive of animal economy, and has, moreover, a beneficial effect on “the oculary apparel.” The inventor of a certain ‘“fresh air | respirator for the use of indoor pa- | in the Postoflice, and although it costs | Uncle Sam something over $50 a year | to keep them he values them at a much | them is an accomplished mouser, and | they keep the vast building astonish- | ingly free from rats. That the cats are | great pets with the employes is proved | not only by the twine strine above re- ferred to, but by similar strings to be found in all parts of the Postoffice. Katie is the name of the cat of the gen- eral distribution room. Sh. is gray and white in color. and in character is most fastidious. She and Whitey, the pussy | L NO PAIN! £ THEM TREATED, ‘When the lord of the soil has any work to be done he sends a drummer through the village, and every male in- habitant is compelled by law to obey the summons. The lord then selects as many men as he requires and sends the rest.home. The spread of education and instruc- tlon among the masses has ended by awakening them to a sense of the in- dignity and injustic» of this form of servitude, and accordingly in the dis- tricts of Nyiregihanza they have or- ganized a movemen* to abolish these ancient usages and rights of land own- ers, and have, moreover, refused obedi- ence to the latter. 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