The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 7, 1898, Page 4

MACHINE AND CAR SHOPS ARE BEI NG BURNED Southern Pacific Buildings at Sacramento Are Doo med. Fiames Also Spreading to the Residence Section of the City, and the Loss Will Be Very Spectal Dispat; Heavy. ch to The Call SACRAMENTO, Nov. 7 ter 1 o'clock this morning machine shops of the Southern Pacific Raliroad Company here caught fire, st a total wreck. and are now alr What the cause is or where the fire started 1s unknown, but it is presumed that it had i room of the From s ori hine-shop. sparks from the last Te s doomed buildings were carried for a dis-| The effect of the fire is Inestimable tance of six or seven blocks and were | from a labor standpoint, as over 2000 threatening the residence section of the | men will be turned on the stree city. From last reports there was abso- The regular department was | lutely not the slightest possibility of called out to assist the regular force | an abatement of the fury of the flames. | employed by the railroad company to| Bulldings were crumbling on ever protect its property and every attempt | hand and the indefatigable efforts of | was being made to Keep the flames from | the firemen were abandoned after over spreading or extending further than the | an hour's work, and directed, instead shops. | of trying to save the shops, to the pre- | Shortly af-| in the engine- | | mous, as all the locomotives of the en- | time the fire broke out there was more | than the usual amount of work on | hand. | The machinery of the shops, itself, is | considered to be worth a fortune alone, | not co the works of the erec- tion of locomotives, cars, etc., which | was being done in the building before the fire broke out. the car and | tire road were made here, and at the| What the damage is cannot be esti- | vention of the. spreading of the flames | but it is thought to be enor- TRIBUTE TO ANDRE. were laid on the tomb of Major with . a tober, d brou rs. Curr: certain & TCMB OF THE MAHDL THE The tomb of the Mahdi is a stupen- dous building. It is treated as a gacred place, and honor of the Mahdi is n ade of the religion of the Khalifa followers. It {8 situated In an, n the river bank, and lifa had founda laid m turning the g is thirty feet high, and square, t y feet each way. The stone for construction was brought from K rtoum. Above the squ building 1ises a hexagonal wall fifteen feet high, and from this a dome rises forty feet, while there are four smaller domes on the corners of the main building. It is furnished with ten Jarge arched windows and two doors. In the hexagonal part are six skylight windows. The whole is whitewashed and surrounded by a fence of trellis work. Directly beneath the dome and over the Mahdl's grave a wooden sar- cophagus is erected, covered with black cioth. On the sides of the wall cande- labra are hung, and at the end of a Jong chain from the center of the dome is pendent an immense taken from the Government palace in Khartoum. A few yards from the building is a small cistern used for ablutions of -isitors. It is called al- together Kubbet el Mahd ‘the Mah- di’'s Tomb, Montreal Witne: —_——— CHALICE YORK Much inte been aroused in chalice e the window of Keith & will be 1sferred next week to the Art E 1 attached 1o the Church Congre Bradford. Che © chalice Is described as “‘undoub! o of the finest specimens of modern eccl astical art workmanship that this countr: Las seen,” vie with anv product of the old n It stand S6.on & foot high, fifty ounces, and ha taken four to complete. wasg de signed by Mr. Keith for use at New York after the congress, The design is of the choicest fourteenth century work center par other pa of Ch t. e of the apo Crucifixion, e events in the li portion appear fi and_there are otner detalls of ex workmanship which make the superb sight. Thousands of passers-i bave during the past f dmired this unique chalice.—London Chronicle. PR e T s D HERE'S A TOUGH YARN. One night a few weeks ago, as the fly- Ing fast mall on the Lake Shore was aking up lost time across the Indiana swamps, & big red fox darted out ah of the locomotive and took the strai level track right ahead of another instant a grea hound, with his tongue protrud his long, lank bo speed, took the roadbed just fift hind the fox. More steam was and with their head engineer and fire test of speed. It a grand race be- tween the two ani , with the mighty engine coming close after them sixty-five miles an hour, and the headlight show- ing the fleet fox straining every limb and muscle and his enemy slowly falling’ be- hind. ‘The old hound appeared to know that there was danger in his rear, and took to the west-hound track, and in an- other moment the rushing train went past him, but the fox, taking advantage of the ' complication, in the woods again.—Pittsbur — e TO PROTECT THE OYSTER. The baymen in the vicinity of Pat- chogue, L. 1, are circulating a petition for the passage of a resolution by the Supervisors making the standard gauge of oysters two inches instead of one and h half inches. as now. The present gauge has failed to protect the voung oyster, as was intended. The proposed two-inch oyster !~ the size used as half- shell for the export trade and which commands such a high figure in Lon- don and other foreign cities. The peti- tion will be presented to the Supervis. ors at their meeting at Riverhead on September 26.—Fishing Gazette. hict ipper les, a t ful feet be- turned o out the window the wateched the co n SHOES FOR HORSES. No foot, no horse. Robert Bonner is the highest authority in the universe on bal- ancing the hoof, but I doubt if he under- chandelier | 1 {77 | Library rejected it. | to other gections of the city. s | stands the art of shoeing. The cost of a | set of shoes in Paris raunges from o to 150 francs. 1 have known many a man to pay | $30 for four good plates nailed on by an artist, In New York we are guite as ¢ | tul of our horseflesh, but $i is regarded 15 extravagant for Shoes. One of our noted bankers has a horse worth 327w, anu on this poor animal he expended ‘over | 8450 in shoes. Another New Yorker who drives a great deal on the road says he ent for shoes twenty times as much norse is worth.—Victor Smith in the York Press. —_— eee————— HOME, SWEET HOME. A square of flannel neatly hemmed nakes a good wash cloth. m has ordered his chaplain to quit preaching sermons that are more 1 twenty minutes long. His imperial can no longer be questione Thin window draperies and lace cur- tains come in infinite varie but the | very latest have plain backs, with a | border down the front edge and acrose the bottom. Those of applique are very | showy.- Irish and Brussels point, Cluny | and Rennaissance are also handsome. All-over backs are the exception rather than the rule, but when used the em- | pire wreath design still hoids its own. Flowers, vines favorite patterns. | oOriental effects, Bagdads, or heavy figured goods are best adapted for por- | tieres, or for the second pair of heavy | curtains for hall, dining-room or [ 1ibrary, while for the parlor old satin embroidered are exceedingly handsome. | Velours, with gold embroidered border, | vie with satin Derby curtains in_the | 1ess expensive kinds. The embroidery {on the old satin is not hand work, but |is of French workmanship so skillful | that it is almost a perfect imitation. Portleres can be swung back from a window or door when mounted on a newly designed rod, which has a verti- | cal rod set in brackets at one side of the door or window, with a brace to | support the curtain rod, the frame be- | ing covered by draping the upper part | of the curtain. ——————————— FERGUSON WAS HIS GUEST. “A Worcester man,” says the Wor- cester Gazette, “who makes frequent trips to Europe, fell in with a fas- cinating stranger the last | be designated as THE SAN FRANOISCO CALL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1898 WADE WILL HAVE COMMAND IN CUBA A New Military Depart- ment to Be Formed. CHOICE OF THE PRESIDENT LEE TO COMMAND THE DISTRICT OF HAVANA. General Gomez Does Not Apprehend That the Islana will Be An- nexed to the United States. Special Dispatch to The Call WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.—The Gov- ernment of Cuba has given the admin- istration much concern and its form is not yet definitely determined upon. Since issuing the order designating the troops to go to Cuba there has been considerable talk at the War Depart- ment about the probable commander of troops in Cuba and the organization of a government, civil and military. The probabilities now are that Cuba will be designated as one department and placed under the command of one offic The general impression seems to be that the officer will be Major Gen- eral Wade, now chairman of the Cuban | Military Commission, whose duties as a member of this commission has fitted | him for the office. { he President and Secretary Alger | great confidence in General Wade ave and believe he combines the military and civil qualities necessary for the| supreme command of Cuba when our | occupation is complete. There has been an intimation that General Brooke, who has been in com- m i in Porto Rico, might be selected for command in Cuba, but such is not General Brooke, the present intention. who ranks all the major generals in the volunt service, commands only about 6000 troops in Porto Rico, less | ier generals who are | sions, and much less | han several g in command of | rps. It is generally understood that| @eneral Brooke does not care to remain any longer in Porto Rico than the de- | tment actually thin his servic are required. There has been some sug- | ) that General Merritt might re- | ke command in Cuba, but| ction Wade would be better, than some bri in command of d Wade ranks all the volunteer | major in service, except k General Lee in | Y { command of the Seventh Corps 1- though the latter would be in ac ual command of the district of Hav and medallion also are | | time he | was across. The stranger, who may |cannot retire now, notwithstanding my Ferguson, because | 61 CATHE- | that doesn’t sound at all like his real | | name, was an American, his manners | were those of a gentleman and he and to know a great worth knowing. many people " | geemed to be well supplied with money | In conversation with| | the Worcester man one day Ferguson | | sata: and I have some very dear friends | there. I presume you know Colonel E. J. Russell? He is an old _and highly | | esteemed friend, to whom I am deeply | | Indebted for many favors.” When the | Worcester man returned home he met | | Colonel Russell one day, and in course | of conversation remarked that he had | | met a man in Europe who said that he | old friend. Colonel Russell | | was an | thought for a moment and then he re- | plied: very well. I ought to, for he lived with | me for seven years once. It was when I was warden of the State prison at Chariestown, and I will say that Fer- guson was one of the quietest and best- bebaved prisoners that I ever had.” —_———— FEMININE ART VIEWS. ritic has secured a rood story The Two young women came stovped in front of it. One said: don’t wonder lhi! Boston Public woul “ | jected 1t myself. UL Tave The other sai “‘So perfectly ridiculous! The idea of | tss-(:ing grapes to a baby as young as Lathd Ixt ‘w(;m? be hnr(}i] to match this with- out bringing up the anecdote w! | told of the Con; Sl ing. Soon after the comple: beautiful structure a party of visi TS | from the rural districts arrived in tow reached the temple of literature, any rate, when they had entered the spacious hall only one had anything to say. She, in a voice which wa& meant to signal across meadows and barnyards, presently remarked: “Ain’t it cute!” Before such sentiments as these rea- son fainte and oratory is dumb.—Wash- ington Times. The Call will sighal the elec~ tion returns from the dome of its building. Look out for the code. It will be published Tuesday morning. —_————— A Blelllan tribuhal has just sentenced &8 noted forger te oty ger to imprisonment for 189 ‘Oh, yes; I remember Ferguson | | about the much-discussed “Bacchante.” | along and | trouble, but before doubting the gocd | ‘Worcester I8 a charming city | | gressional Lil{z‘mry build- | insurgent captain and lieutenant have on of that heen arrested at Guantanamo for hold- | They took in all the sights, the Lfl)rur‘w:‘ away his machete, which they after- among the rest. It may be that their Ward €old for $2 50. adjectives were exhausted before they | they were under any obligation to pay At | for it and claimed exemftion from trial | \' | I | will be arranged, for the American Gov- | It is possible that the department of will be divided and some ss importance. B € r s would be Havana, Santi- o and Cienfuegos. It is possible that province 1 be designated as a C The command of the Second still unsettled. General Law- at one time selected for the but it was found that two offi- ers at least ra: n, and this prov- | ed rather unsati Following received by Senor Ques: eral Gomez, written October 20: #I have full confidence in the solemn | promises made by the Congress of | Washington, and for that reason I do not have any fear as to the independ- ence of Cuba. Some time must elapse ta 1 extract from a letter from Gen- | | pefore our ideal will be realized, but after so many Struggles and privations | we can wait a little longer. | “The military occupation by the ted States is to a certain extent| necessary to prepare and hurry the evacuation of the Spanish and to bring about harmony among the different fac- tions in Cuban politics. During this| m cy occupation the republican | government will be organized. Its de-| ions will be finally accepted by al er will reign everywhere. “Those who speak of annexation try | to satisfy, above all, their spite propa- | fating untounded fears as to personal | security and private property. | “The final success of our struggle has | required necessary destruction of prop- erty which the enemy used to its ad- vantage, but we have never attacked | individuals. The struggle against Spain | is now ended; We commence now a more delicate and difficult mnk—nnme-‘ v, to make our republican political ystem triumph and to reconstruct the ountry. It is not an easy labor, and | all men who love their country should | contribute to it. For that reason I or vears. iost of the officers and soldiers went | into the field obeying my orders; I can- not abandon them until their future is assured. They have lost everything| they had, they have a right to some compensation, and, above all, to their alaries; the new government must se- | cure them. Their abandonment can-| not occur until the Spaniards have evacuated; my men cannot be aban- doned without bread or work to the mercy of their enemies. A solutic could be found, perhaps, in the plan which the. American Government is said to have of creating a native civil guard formcd In the majority of Cu- ban soldiers. This organization would | offer the advantage of not exposing the | American troops to the deadly climate of the island and at the same time the | United States would have people who | knew the country thoroughly. In the meanwhile and until the evacuation oc- 3\1 s food must be provided for my sol- fers. i “The evacuatlon should be as rapid | as possible, and afterward everything ernment will fulfill its moral pledges to us. Some people have tried to make us suspiclous, so 28 to bring about faith of the American people we must | walt for acts which ghall give the lie | to their solemn pledges.” | | “CARPET-BAGGERS” BEGIN TO ADVANCE UPON CUBA » SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Nov. 6.—An ing up a man on the street and taking They denied that and imprisonment on the ground of | their rank in the Cuban army. Mr. Kemoner has been promoted to be postal agent of the military depart- ment of Santiago. John Gorst has been appointed postmaster of Santiago City and Hugo Heyderman financial clerk. There are now eight postoffices in the department—Santiago, Baiquiri, Guan- tanamo, Baracoa, San Luis, Manzanillo, Gibara and Holguin. Many people are arriving here with letters from Sena- tors. One man Is virtually appointed by Secretary Alger as collector of cus. toms at Manzanillo. He expects about three times the salary of the Cuban now holding the position. Owing to E;esnure,o public business General onard Wood, governor of the depart- ment, Has postponed his trip to Guan- tanamo for a or two, but he will| | Pacific tunnel 1 | December 12, | by falling from a railway station Friday probably leave before the middle of the week. PONCE, Nov. 6.—A large and repre- sentative body of Porto Ricans have drawn up a petition addressed to Presi- dent McKinley asking the Government to retain in Porto Rico Colonel John B. Castleman and the First Kentucky Vol- unteers. General Henry has cabled to Washington that the compliment is thoroughly deserved, but that the regi- ment ought to go north. It is under- stood that orders to move will be fs- sued as soon as the Fifth United States Cavalry arrives. TIGERS DETERMINED TO DEFEAT YALE PRINCETON, N. J., Nov. 6.—The disap- pointed but not discouraged Tigers will begin hard work to-morrow with the de- termination to down Yale. The chfef ob- stacle to overcome is the crippled condi- tion of the men. Wheeler is in Philadel- phia undergoing treatment for a lame back. Iafer was carried off the fleld at West Point unconscious, and will not be able to do duty to-morrow. Beardsley has not recovered from the injury to his knee and is practically out of the game. The condition of Wheeler is more serious than that of any of the others, and the chances are decidedly against his playing on_Saturday. From the way things look now, Hutch- inson and Myers will probably play at quarter and full back respectivel Black will play one halfback and Beardsley the other if he recovers from his injuries fn time. To-morrow the team will be put on long practice, the halves being extended to the limit. INCENDIARY FIRE _ AT SAN RAFAEL Extensive Congagratlon Averted | Through the Vigilaace of & Night Watchman. SAN RAFAEL. Nov. 6—If it had not been for the vigllance of Night Watch- man J. Miller it is probable that where | muany handsome residences now ornament the eastern part of this city would stand |}, a mass of blackened, smoldering ruins. hortly after midnight an incendiary set | fire to the grand stand of the grounds, but prompt alarm gave the Fire D rtment ample time to subdue the flames before the danger point was reachcd. A s.orong breeze was blowing from the at the time, and directly west of the inu stand are situated many cottages. the tire had reached them it is proba- that the depot of the California North- western Rallway Company would have | been destroyed. | Therq is no doubt that the fire was the | work of an incendiary. So lar the authori- ties have not been able to discover a clew to his identity. = it b FIREIN A TUNNEL NEAR DONNER LAKE Southern Pacific Trains Will Be De- layed Three or Four Days by the Disaster. TRUCKEE, Nov. 6.—Fire in Southern this afternoon destroyed and burned about 600 The fire has spread all | all the woodwor feet of snowshed. over the mountain-side. In all probabil- ity it will be three or four days before can pass the scene of disaster. Tunnel 13 is about 500 feet long, and I8 situated about six miles west of here and high up on the mountain side above Don- h timbers ner Lake. It was braced wi | 1914, Great volumes of smoke and fire | can be seen rising high In the air in the Vieinity of Donner Lake this evening. Gans and Daly Matched. Nov. 6.—Joe Gans, the | defeated McPart- night, has been | aly of Wilming- Cleveland Athletic Club BALTIMORE, colored pugil land ix matched ton before at Cleveland. the The bout is scheduled for and_the eclub guarantees | a purse of $5000. The men will weigh in | 2t'6 p. m. on the day of the contest at 133 | pounds. e Takes a Dose of Strychnine. SACRAMENTO, Nov. 6.—Charles Han- sen, a bartender, swallowed two ounces of strychnine in a J street saloon this morning, and died about thirty minutes | fter. He was a German by| but had lived in this city for five | vears. He was out of employment. | ar as 1§ known he had no relatives | o f in the State. Explosion of Chemicals. SANTA CRUZ, Nov. 6.—An explosion of chemicals at the powder works yes- terday partially destroyed the labora- tory. R. Robinson was slightly burned. A heavy stream of water prevented further damage, confining the fire to the laboratory An Ex-Governor Injured. BRADFORD, Vt., Nov. 6.—Ex-Governor Roswell Fernham was severely Injured evening, and lies in a critical condition with concussion of the brain. g e ica George H. Babbitt’s Death. BELLOW FALLS, Vt., Nov. 6.—George H. Babbitt, general superintendent of the Northern New England division of the American Express Company, died to-day, aged 70 years. Death of Sister Mary Larkin. WASHINGTON Nov. 6.—A dispatch from General Brooke at San Juan an- nounces the death of Sister Mary Larkin, contract nurse, of typhoid fever. Salmon Run at Santa Cruz. SANTA CRUZ, Nov. 6.—A big run of salmon is on. More than 200 were caught here in the past few days. e ——— The Call wili signal the elec- tion returns from the dome of its building. Look out for the code. it will be pubiished Tuesday morning. —————— HE I8 A COMMON SCOLD. The unusual spectacle of a man ar- raigned as a common scold was enjoyed by a choice audience which gathered in the roliroom of the police station at Front and Master streets the other morning. Magistrate O'Brien occupied the {udi‘ttal bench and the prigsoner before him was John Hartmann of 937 Marshall street, The audience was grlnclpnlly composed of Hartmann's nelih ors and the principal witness against him was Charles Pickett, who resides next door to him. Pickett testifled that Hartmann has been nagging at the people of the nelghborhood for some time, Hartmann objected to his neighbors sitting upon their door steps at night, and insisted that they should stay inside and go to bed early. On one occa- sion he deHbN’aleB’ turned the hose upon Pickett and his wife because they refused “to go in the house by 10 o'clocki” Sev- eral women n the courtroom chimed in with a concert of anecdotes, but were sup- pressed by the Judge. Hartmann, who has a pronounced Ho- henzollern accent to match his alleged Kaiser Wilhelm proclivities for managing other people’s affairs, shouted: “Vy don'd dey mofe deir houseés und go? am a nuisance not.” When the magistrate held Hartmann on the charge of being a com- mon scold and demandéd ball, the de- fendant’s lawyer cried: ‘‘You ¢annot hold iny client on that charge. Who ever heard of a man being a common scold?” “I did, just now, and unless your ¢lient enters bail for $100 He will take a ride in the wagon waiting outside,” replied the court. Hartmann's brother-in-law went on his‘bond,—Philadelphia Record. — e A TART REPLY. A student recently asked the presi- dent of Oberlin College if he could not take a shorter course than that pre- scribed by the institution. “Oh, yes,” was the reply, “but that depends upon Wwhat you want to make of yourself. When God wants to make an oak he takes a hundred years, but when he baseball | | 1deal at twenty wants to m_lk& a lfl‘.ll_lh he takes six months.” 1 INPORTING THUGS FOR THE ELECTIO Colonization Detected in New York. OFFICIALS ON THE LOOKOUT POLICE SUPPLIED WITH FULL INFORMATION. Superintendent of Election McCul- lough Reports on the Dis- coveries Made by His Force. Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Nov. 6.—State Superin- tendent of Election John E. McCullough sent a letter to the Board of Police Commissioners to-day in which he says: I am reliably Informed that it is pro- posed to fmport inito the Sixth Assembly District thugs, crooks and panhandlers from New Jersey, Connecticut and the city of Troy, prominent among those of that city being some of the men identl- fied with what has been generaily known as the Bat Shea gang. I desire to notify you that it has been reported to me that floaters have been registered from the so-called Raines law hotels and cafes in the Second, Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Assembly districts, who ave surrendered’ their registration cer- ficates for a consideration to certain per- sons in such districts, and that other ters and imported crooks and ex-con- ts will be given these certificates of tration to vote during the day of election.’ I also desire to notify you that 1 have ev evidence of a considerable col- onization of colored crooks who have been driven out of Chicago by the reorganiza- tion of the police force of that city, and from Philadelphla, Pittsburg and other nearby cities, who have settled within the boundaries of what has become known as the tenderloin district, and an investi- ation of the colored clubs located in the Twenty-seventh, Twenty-elghth, Twenty- ninth, Thirtieh, Thirty-first and Thirty- sedond districts’ by the detectives under your command will, I am_convinced, lead to the apprehension and conviction of many of these violators of the law. shall deliver into your custody for service before the day of election “addi- tional warrants granted by the magis- trates of the city of New York against persons accused of violations of election law My deputies have been instructed to make no arrests upon election day for any alleged offense committed against the elective franchise until the person so accused shall have cast his ballot, if he shall demand the right to do so, and I have no desire to interfere with the rights of any citizen entitled to exercise such right, but rather to protect every citizen in the exercise of his right. 1S THERE AN IDEAL IN FRANCE? Is there an ideal in France? One might be disposed to question this. The French character which prides itself so much on its lucidity and logic, is essentially realis- tic. It has its moments of Tartarinesque exuberance, but then Tartarin was one of the most practical of men. An inquisitive writer in Figare has recently addressed a questionnaire or circular demand to many of the most eminent and some of the most strikingly mediocre personages in this country, requesting them to state what was their ideal at the age of twen- ty. Most of the answers are curious; all are interesting. Some are hypercritical, others bombastic, and those which seem to bear the impress of genuine confession are a little pessimistic. Theophile Gau- tier has already said that “in order to for- get the brutalities and bitternesses of the present time, one must look back to the past and console one's self by thinking of the ideal one had at twenty years of age.” Barbey d’Aurevilly exclaimed: **‘The years of age!’ The star which always shines over our head, in spite of the mists of senility.” Thanks, then, to the Figaro, we know now what was the ideal at twenty years of age of those remarkable personages, MM. Aurelien Scholl, Hyacinthe Loyson, Carolus Duran, Victorien Sardou, Hen Becque, Rodin, Armand Silvestre, Charles Francisque Sarcey, and Mme, Judic. 'Sardou, that great upholsterer of modern _melodrama, who would have turned Moliere into a limited liability company, with branches in all.parts of the globe, wandered, at the age of 20, among the old trees of the Luxembourg— since replaced by younger ones, which are not worthy of their predecessors—and his ideal was success and celebrity, with £500 a year, a library of 1000 or 1200 books, and a cottage in the country similar to the f{uu!'dmn's lodge_at the iron gate of the ue de Vaugirard, with its puddle of dirty water In front, where the ducks splashed about. In addition, of course, decorations and the Academy, and honorific functions and what not. = All of which things M. Victorlen Sardou has most ideally achieved, and he is very happy. Not so M. Henri Becque, who has never thought much of M. Sardou. Poor M. Becque has always been a grumbler, an incompris. His special de- testation is M. Claretle, manager of the Comedie Francaise, to whom he attributes the small pecuniary success he has achieved with the pubiic. No one denies, of course, that M. Becque Is a great dramatist. ‘At twenty years, at thirty and even later, I have had dreams, of which not one has been realized'—that is all he condescends to say. It is very sad. M. Francesque cey, another of Becque's betes noires, the typical bour- eols dramatic eritic, but a first-rate good ‘ellow, remembers that at twenty years all he wanted to be was a university professar, and that he became; and, hough he has drifted into journalism, a professor he has always rémained. He quotes About as a similar instance. About was born to be a novelist, but never un- derstood this; he always hankered after a university career. Armand Silvestre, the modern Rabelals, the last (let us really hope the last) de- gosnary of the vieil esprit gaulois, had ut one ambition at the age of twenty, which was to love. How touching! An since then he has gone on loving, ‘“‘even though he_may hope no more.” Carolus Duran wanted to have a.grand talent, to be really somebody, rl%meous in character, and worthy of inspiring the same love which he was capable of feel- ing himself. He is now old, but he feels with Musset that ‘“rien n'est bon que d'aimer.” Added to which he is the fash- fonable gortml! painter of American heir- esses, the father of a charming family, and a command-~ of the Legion of Honor. Rodin, the great sculptor of Balzac, de- gerves to be contrasted with him. At the age of 20 he was seeking, without success, a master to his taste, and sent to the Salén the famous bust *“The Man With the Broken Nose,” which was re- fused. ‘“When I was young,” he writes, “] always walked about with the first ‘Meditations’ of Lamartine In my pock- et. They were tender and religious in the tace of nature. My sculpture resembles them. I have introduced something of the ‘Meditations’ into many of my works. So I have realized my ideal a little.” Aurelien Scholl wanted to be a great man of letters; he has been simply a pop- ular journalist, an arbitrator of duels, and a fashionable wit. He used to dream of the Academy; now he dreams only of the Nirvana and of bringing out a vol- ume of reminiscences. And Hyacinthe Loyson (Pere Hya- cinthe)? Ah, his was a gradiose ideal. “At twenty years I dreamed o0f men growing great in knowledge and mor- ality, seeking their happiness in alding and loving one another.” But among the deceptiond and bitternesses of the pres- ent hour M. Loyson reflects that he h: not sold his conscience, that no gvfi ecould purchase it and that God is above all the God of Reason, the God of Dess cartes, whog he has never ceased to love and worship. “So that, after all, life is good, and death also.’ And at twent{ years of age Mme. Ju- dic’s ideal was to play drama and to re- main nzha. Life has not realized elther of the: reams, but though she has re- nounced all hope of becoming thin, she oes not _vet despalr o?cone ch play! A ma P Malh Gazetta,® 2 ""1 NEW SOCIETY OF WAR VETERANS Is Patterned After the .Grand Army. SPANISH WAR SERVICE MEN FIRST CAMP ORGANIZED AT LEXINGTON. All American Soldiers Who Served Their Country During tne Late Struggle Eligible to Membership. Special Dispatch to The Call. LEXINGTON, Ky., Nov. 6—Last night there was organized in this city a soclety which aims to be to the sol- diers who enlisted - for the Spanish- American War what the Grand Army of the Republic has been to the Federal army of the Civil War. “The Service Men of the Spanish ‘War” is the title of the new society. The plan of organization was con- ceived by Captain ‘Wilson Davenny, commissary of subsistence of the First Brigade, Second Division, First Army Corps. Articles of incorporation have been drafted by Captain Davenny, Colonel R. W. Leonard, Twelfth New York; Colonel George W. Gunder, One Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana; Colonel Thomas J. Smith, Third Kentuck: Colonel ./illlam H. Pew, Eighth Mas- | sachusetts; Colonel Willlam H. Caffee, Second Missouri; Lieutenant Colonel R. ‘W. Banks, Third Mississippi. This, the primal chapter, has been named Henry Clay Camp No. 1. The following officers were elected: Com- mander, Colonel Leonard; vice com mander, Lieutenant Colonel Bank adjutant and chief of staff, Captain Davenny; treasurer, Colonel Gunder. A ritual and regulations will be drafted. The plan of organization provides that the parent organization, Henry Clay Camp No. 1, shall be supreme in all matters pertaining to the ritual and regulations, organization of new camps and the general government of the so- clety until a national camp is organ- ized. The units of organization shall be the local camps, each to be named after some deceased American soldier, sailor or statesman and numbered in the or- der of their formation. Each local camp shall elect two rep- resentatives to a State camp, and one of these representatives shall be desig- nated to attend a national camp. Char- ters for local camps shall be issued by the commander and adjutant of the parent camp until a national encamp- ment is fully organized and provided with headquarters for its officers. The charter fee at the outset is fixed at $20 for local camps. The funds ac- cruing to the parent organization or to the national camp as its portion of charter fees, etc., shall be used to de- fray the expenses of the administra- tion. Local camps are permitted to provide for benefits for needs of worthy members if it is deemed advisable. A review of transportation was held at Camp Hamilton to-day. All the army wagons, ambulances and con- veyances of every sort were inspected. PANBESA’S LETTER. Probably the oldest letter in the world is the letter of Panbesa, written fifteen centuries before Christ, to his friend Amenemapt, & scribe. The manuscript is of perishable papyrus, and it is amazing that It should have survived for more than thirty centuries and still be legible. It is preserved in the collection of the British Museum. It has been several times translated during the present century. It presents an interesting picture of life in Egypt in the time of Rameses II. It is more in the nature of a literary production, a poem com- posed in celebration of the visit of Pharoah to the city of Pa-Rameses, than an ordinary letter of to-day. Panbesa “greets his lord, the scribe Amenemapt, to whom be life, health and strength,” and then goes on to de- scribe the verdant flelds, the thrashing- floors, the vineyards, the groves of olives, the orchards of figs, the great daily markets, with their fish and waterfowl and swarms of purchasers. The citizens had their “sweet wine of Khemi, pomegranate wine and wine from the vineyards,” and to these they added ‘“beer of Kati.” There was music in plenty furnished by the singers of the school of Memphis. On the whole Pa-Rameses seems to have been a pleasant place to live in. “The lesser folk are there equal with the great folk,” and Panbesa writes that its maidens were “in holiday attire every day” with locks “redolent of perfumed ofl.”—Washington Star. EFFECT OF AN ELEVATOR ON MORALS. The regenerating influence of a silk hat is well known. It calls inevitably for a frock coat and an umbrella, which are badges of respectability, and not only lead thelr possessor to asso- ciate with others similarly equipped, but impel him to avoid disreputable folk who hold such attire in derision. Again, the ownership of a sillk hat, a frock coat and an umbrella, al at one and the same time, insensibly promotes habits of neatness and precision, and, in brief, a thorough reformation is ADVERTISEMENTS. Annual Sales over 6,000,000 Boxes FOR BILIOUS AND NERVOUS DISORDERS such as Wind and Painin the Stomach, Giddiness, Fulness after meals, Head- ache, Dizziness, Drowsiness, Flushings of Heat, Loss of Appetite. Costiveness. Blotches on the Skin, Cold Chills, Dis- turbed Sleep. Frightful Dreams and all Nervous and Trembling Sensations. THE FIRST DOSE WILL GIVE IN TWENTY MINUTES, Every sufferer will acknowledge them to be A WONDERFUL MEDICINE, BEECHAM'S PILLS, taken as direct- ed. will quickly restoro Females to com- plete health. They promptly remove obstructions or irregularities of the sys- tom and cure Sick Headache. Fora Weak Stomach Impaired Digestion Disordered Liver IN MEN, WOMEN OR CHILDREN Beecham’s Pills are Without a Rival LARGEST SALI of any Patent Medlcine in the 25c. at all Drug Stores. lly effected, from the ground :;:mril {hls, as before observed, Is swell known, but a New Orleans gentle- man has discovered that an eleval 1; is an almost equally poton't' moral agent. “For years,” he said, “T never thought of going to bed before 1 o’clock, and the habit of idling away the early night became almost a second nature. Naturally it led to my squan- dering a great deal of money and threw me into anything but Qesirable com- pany. Not long ago I rented a room in a building that has an elevator which stops at 10 p. m. sharp. If I'm late I have several flights of very steep stairs to climb, and I gradually found myself droppihg around on time. Now I hardly ever miss the elevator. The result is that I get up earlier, do more and better work, and have drifted away from about all of my old nighthawk companions. Nothing like an elevator to renovate on2’s morals, my boy. It's very uplifting.”—New Orleans Times- Democrat. ADVERTISEMENTS. ASTHMA CURED TO STAY CURED. During the Last Six Weeks Over 700 Sufferers Have Tried DOC- TOR ROUXEL'S Asthma Oure. Over 600 Continued the Treat- ment. That Speaks for Ifself. The doctor wants each sufferer from Asthma, Hay Fever or Bronchitis in this city to call an get one, When asked ing his reasons for giving his remedy away in this manner he said: “People are naturally skeptical about an asthma remedy, and when you consider the number of so-called ‘cures’ on the market you can hardly blame them. Now I claim that my Cure cures. It will instantly relieve the most violent attack. It has permanently ou- sands who had been considered incurable. If I did not belleve it why should I be giving it away? The sufferer who gets a sample can tell whether it is as I represent it, and it doesn’t cost him a cent. That is fair, fsn't it 1t certainly does not look as if anything could be fairer. Those living in the city or vicinity must call at office. Those living at a distance can receive free sample by addressing DR. UXBL, 328 Kearny street. 4p m and ¥ to 8 p. m. GAGE AND NEFF! REPUBLICAN MASS-MEETING TO-NIGHT! TUnder the Auspices of the CONTINENTAL LEAGUE, At SARATOGA HALL, 814 Geary St. GENERAL W. H. L. BARNES, HON. GEO. C. PERKINS, HON. EUGENE ¥. LOUD, HON. JULIUS_KAHN, H TIREY L. FORD, HON. CHARLES L. PATTON. And Others Will Address the Meeting. The Buena Vista Parlor, N. D. G. W., Drill Corps, comprising eighteen young ladles, will assist Mme. Coursen-Roeckel In singing the “Star Spangled Banner.” The Excelsior and Troutt Quartets Will Ren- der Selections. FRANK D. WORTH, President. HAMILTON J. RIGGINS, Becretary. FOR MAYOR: JAMES D. PHELAN, REGULAR DEMOCRATIC AND NON-PARTISAN NOMINEE. FOR... SHERIFF, T. F. BONNET, REGULAR DEMOCRATI0 AND NON- PARTISAN NOMINEE. FOR. PUBLIC. .. ADMINISTRATOR, A.C.FREESE INDEPENDENT NOMINEE. FOR ASSESSOR, JOHN D. SIEBE (PRESENT INCUMBENT), FEPTPLICAN, NON-PARTISAN AND POP- ULIST NOMINEE. I. J. TRUMAN TREASURER. Republic Non-Partisan and Citi- 53 :::-"Iop-i ioan Nomines. Voting Number 23. RAODES BORDEN RSN RARI PEO- NON- AN AND PARTY NOMINEE. For Judge of the SUperior Court.., DEMOCRATIC, PLES FOR RAILROAD COMMISSIONER. .. CHAS.S. TAUMEISTER REPUBLICAN NOMINEE. ASA R. WELLS, FOR AUDITOR. Republican, Non-Partf pibllean, Norinee, Voting Number jins He- DR. ED. E. HILL For CORONER. REGULAR DEMOCRATIC AND PEOPS PARTY NOMINGE. Fiald VOTE FOR... DR. C. C. O’DONNELL FOR CORONER AND TH. DEAD WILL BE KESPECTED,