The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 9, 1898, Page 5

~— GAGE HAS SWEPT THE CITY Result of the Canvass of the State Ticket Among the Local Precincts—No Municipal Returns. The count on the State ballot was very slow last night, and so complete returns could not be obtained. Of the 303 precincts complete re- turns were received from 139, incom- plete returns from 151, and none at all could be obtained from 13. Incomplete as they are, however, they show a plurality for Gage of 2687, and all the indications point to double this when all returns are in. Neff is following him bravely. Thompson leads for Secretary of State by over 4000, and Johnson has a slight lead over Woodman. Conley and Van Dyke are in the lead for the Supreme Court, Edwards is 1000 to the good for the Board of Equaliza- tion and Hinton is 2000 ahead for the Railroad Commission. For Surveyor General Wright has a lead that seems invincible. In the Congressional fight Kahn has 2 lead of over 2000 over Barry and Loud leads Craig by about 1000. Asemblymen have so far gone as for- Io Twenty-eighth, Graham (R.); Twenty-ninth, Kennealy (R.); Thirtieth, Devoto (R.); Thirty-first, O'Brien (D.); Thirty-second, Hanley (D.); Thirty-third, Sullivan (D.); Thirty-fourth. Crowly (D.); Thirty-fifth, Cobb (R.); Thirty-sixth, Mer- rill (R.); Thirty ‘White (D.); Thirty-eightn. Rickard (R.); Thirty-ninth Jones (R.); Fortieth, Mil Forty- first, Dibble (R.); econd, Henry (R.); Forty-third, Lundquist (R.); Forty- irlz{lr(h. Barry (R.); Forty-fifth, Sullivan (R.). The Senators are: Eighteenth District, Twigg (D.); Twentieth, Burnett (R.); Twenty-second, Bettman (R.); Twenty- fourth, Ashe (D.). The count on the municipal ticket had not progressed far enough to give any | returns. In the returns following these part designations are used to denote the polit- | £ ical compl Republican ons of the candidates: R. ; D, Democrat; Pro., Prohibi | Soctal- S. tion; P. P., People’s party; S. L., st Labor: U. L. Uhited Labof; § Silver Repubiican; C. R., Citizens’ Re- publican; C. N. B., Citizens’ Non-Parti- san; » Independent. Governor. Henry T. Gage, R Job Harriman.'s. James G. Maguire, D. J. E. McComas, Pro.. Lieutenant Governor. James Andrews, S. L.. Edward L. Hutchison, D.-P. P.-S. Jacob H. Neff, R.-U.' L Robert Summers, Pro.. Surveyor General. 1. H. Mulholland, D.- -P. P. J. George Smith, S. L ..21,636 Green Spurrier, Pro. Martin J. Wright, 1 i =z Secretary of State. | Charles F. Curry, R. e Emil Liess, 8. L. . R. A. Thompson, D., Comptroller. Edward P. Colgan, R T. L. Hierlihy, Pro..... T. W. Maples, D., P. P., U John Robertson, S. L. Treasurer. S. L E. M. Dewey. 5 G R B. Willlams, Pro. Attorney General. H. P. Andrews, D.. S. R., P. P 16,490 7. H. Blanchard, Pr 409 Tirey A. F. Clerk of Supreme Court. Biddle, S. L Lemuel D. W. P. Fas Me A George W. Root, R. Superintendent Public Instruction. llagher, U. L. Kirk, R . Pro. Chr , D, Jane A. Roulston, S. I Superintendent State Printing. Leroy S. Atwood, Pro. Conti, S. L fred J. Johnston, . I. Woodman, D., S.'R... Justices of Supreme Court. 275 994 Willlam M. Conley, D., P. P., S. R...19,493 | William H. Copp, Thos. B. McFarland, R., U. L. T. M. Btewart, Pro. l‘ivobert. Thompson, Pro. Iter Van Dyke, D., P. P., 8. R. Wmn. C. Van Fleet, R., U. L, . Congressmen. Fourth James H. Barry, D., P. 8,479 Julius Kahn, R o 10,869 J. P. Kelly, Tnd. D. 416 W. J. Martin, 8. L. 587 Fifth William Craig, D., P. E. T. Kingsley, S. L. Eugene F. Loud, R. Board of Equalization. John P. Dunn, D., P. P J. G. Edwards, R. Railroad Commissioners. William M. Hinton, D., P. P. Charles 8. Laumeister, R.. Assemblymen. Twenty-Eighth E. W. Carpenter, S. L. 95 Patrick Graham, R., 514 Lawrence Hoey, D., P. 7 Twenty-Ninth C. F. Kennealy, R.. C. R... 5 Stephen B. Nolan, D., P.P. 656 H. F. Sahlender, 8. L.. 70 Thirtieth L. A. Devoto, R. 763 Ed Hanrahan, D. 634 F. Morf, S. L... 72 Thirty-First T. E. Brophy, C. R, R 918 D. 8. O'Brien, P. D 932 AL J. Oliver, 8. L. 50 Thirty-Second C. H. Baker, 8. L. 103 P. F. Culligan, R., C. R. 4% James M. Hanley, D 89 Thirty-Third R. McCullough, R., C. R 732 E. D. Sullivan, D., P. P. 769 Thirty-Fourth J. J. Crowley, Gustav_Postlel Ed I. Robinson, R., C. R. Thirty-Fifth Stephen A. Byrne, Thirty-Sixta Edward 1. Coffey, H. Merrill, R., Thirty-Seventh James G. Boobar, Willlam E. White, Thirty-Eighth : Lester H. Jacobs, D., P. P. 122 WO Rickara, R., C. R 1554 Thirty-Ninth Leon E. Jones, R., C. R, 26 Oswald Leifert, 8. L.. LT §. 8. Wardell, D., P. B. 254 Fortieth R. C. Altschul, P. P. 06 James H. Kelly, D ol Hy W. Miiler, R., 1,259 Forty-First He C. Dibble, R. 18" Rosenbaum, D., Forty-Second Lorenzo A. Henry, C. R., R. Curtis Hillyer, P. P., D.. Forty-Third James P. Booth, D., P. P, F. Lundquist, K., C. R. Forty-Fourth - g% PERRRPRPRRPPRR PP RPRERVVP NPV PR PPV PR RO P PP RPRRRRRR P VPRI PP - 58 M. H. Barry, R., C. R. 988 T. G. Reith, D., P. P. 851 Forty-Fifth R. J. Estudillo, P. P. 158 W. H. Jordan, m Eugene Sullivan, R. 528 State Senatcr. Eighteenth John A. Hoey, R., C. R. John F. Twigg, D., P. Twentieth Frank W. Burnett, R., C. R. P. J. McCormick, D., P. P.. Twenty-Second S. M. Bettman, R., C. R, H. H. Davis, L. R John A. Wright, D., P. P. Twenty-Fourth R. Porter Ashe, D., P. P. Leon Dennery, R., C. R Constitutional Questions. For Amendment No. 1 Against Amendment No, For Amendment No. 2 Against Amendment No. 2 For Amendment No. 3 .. Against Amendment No. § For Amendment No. 4 .. Against Amendment No 4 For Amendment No. § .. Against Amendment No. 5 For Amendment No. § Against Amendment No. 6 For Amendment No. 7 .. Against Amendment No. 7 For the convention to revise the con- stitution .. Against the ‘onstitution A VERY BAD The Votes Mr. ernor, the Republican standard-bearer. cast. Maguire Has Cost the Democratic Party in Four Years. Four years ago San Franclsco gave the Democratic candidate for Gov- ames H. Budd, 11,454 more votes than she did to Morris M. Estee, James G. Maguire loses this great advan- tage, over 20 per cent of the total vote cast in 1894, and 2687 votes besides. He has cost his party 14,141 votes, nearly one-third of the total vote SLUMP. VOTE FOR GOVERNOR. NDIDATES. urality Final returns from . McComas, Pro.. 141 PATTON PROBARLY CETS A MAJORITY Continued From Third Page. Twenty-elghth, 5o the tidings that Gage was leading Maguire in that quarter of the city were received with enthusiasm. While Major McLaughlin and Colonei Burns were feeling particularly happy cer this unexpected advantage, Judge jjah_Hart began to receive messages iblican gains In that county. Toward o'clock the messages giving assurances f a great victory were coming in so rapidly from all quarters of the State that & Jacob Steppachier could ‘not get them posted up for display as rapidly as they | came In. | out three times, and as he | prison | every | Precinct, | | om Sacramento showing immense Re- | The joy was increased when news came | by wire and special m meda County 3000 ma- jority. The glad tidings was wired to Governor-elect Henry T. Gage by many of his personal friends and supporters. At 12 o'clock, when 12,000 ballots in San Francisco had been counted and the mar- gin of advantage for Gage indicated that he would carry San Francisco by a ma- jority of nearly 5000, there were shouts ot joy in the committee rooms. About the same time Judge Hart secured additional accounts from Sacramento indicating that the Republican majority in that county would exceed the estimates based on the first returns. came the news as the night wore on. The suggestion that San Francisco would win that banner which Los Angeles and Ala- meda counties had alternately won for many years caused much merriment. From San Diego, Los Angeles, San Ber- nardino, Placer, Nevada, Glenn, Monte- rey, Riverside, Siskivou and Fresno coun- ties came messages reporting Republican gains. Assurance came by wire also that ‘Waters, Republican, was a winner in the Sixth Congressional District. Reports from the city at the same time indicated that Julius Kahn had downed Barry for Congress in the Fourth District. here was glory for the committee in the gain of two Congressmen in California. The committee rooms were densely packed with leading Republicans of the city. Police Commissioner Moses Gunst brought in the cigars and Chief Lees was privileged to smoke them. Everybody was happy, and Major McLaughlin and Colonel Burns were serenely bellsnt. - SOME INCIDENTS OF A QUIET ELECTION Few Arrests Marked the Progress of the Voting Throughout the City. From the opening to the closing of the polls yesterday there were fewer arrests made than on any previous election day in the history of the city. The first arrest was that of Dan Sweeney, a bartender in a saloon at Natoma and Second streets, for selling liquor on election day. It was the only arrest of the kind. He was re- ieased on $50 cash bail. Jerry Jones, a pattern-maker, raised a disturbance in the polling booth of the First Precinct of the Thirty-ninth District by objecting to a voter registering his bal- lot. Some one shouted that he had a re- volver, and Policeman Rankin placed him under arrest for carrying a concealed weapon, which was found upon him. Jones declared he had a permit. but could not show it. He was released on his own recognizance by Judge Low. John J. Grady, an expressman, while under the influence of liquor made him- self a nuisance at the poliing booth ot the Third_ Precinct of the Thirty-ninth Dis- trict by shouting for Brown, the candi- date for County Clerk. He was thrown | Better and better | sengers that Ala- | ergisted in re- booked at the Brown made released, but turning he was arrested an for being drunk. effort to get him afled. Shortly after the polls had closed in the Eighth Precinct of the Forty-fifth word was received at the Republican State Central Committee neadquarters that the officers in the polling booth of the Eightn Yorty-fifth Assembly District, situated on the east side of Sansome reet, between Pacific street and Broad- had neglected to destroy or cancel the unused ballots as required by law. Frank H. Powers immediately went down 1o the pelling-place to investigate. When he arrived there he found the information given to the committee was correct. The surplus ballots were lying on the table in full view of everybody. The officers of | election were ignorant of the law on the subject, and Powers began to read it, and | ordered the baliots to be canceled. In- spector Gately and the other officers did not recognize Powers’ authority in the matter and refused to carry out the order unless they were Instructed to do so by Registrar Biggy. Powers then telephoned to the latter how affairs stood in that precinct and a deputy was at once sent to see that the law was carried out. The unused ballots were canceled by his or- ders and placed in an envelope, which was properly sealed. Inspector Gately said that nothing crim- inal was Intended by the precinct officers, but as long as they had not been notified by the Registrar to destroy the ballots they dld not care to assume the respon- sibility of bo doing. They did not know Powers, and did not think he had any right to Issue any orders. uring the night the police recelved numerous calls to supjireas supposed riots in various sections of the city. All the avallable men were kept busy, but in most cases the calls turned out to be false alarms. J. M. Boldnels, a Republican watcher in the Third Precinct of the Forty-third District, objected to a ticket being de- stroyed, and as a result of the hot words which followed he had a personal encounter with Joseph Woods, one of the election officers. Soldnels was arrested and charged with battery and interfering with an election officer. The notorious “Lefty” Bannon also got in trouble at the Seventh Precinct of the Thirty-fourth District and was Jodged in the City Prison on a similar charge. Headquarters of the various candidates began to assume a very animated ap- pearance about midnight. The friends of the candidates assembled in Jarge num- bers in the headquarters of their favor- ites and discussed the latest bits of news with eager interest. Special heelers, ward rounders and political sages for once were the equals of the candidates, and the man who rushed in with the latest returns was sure of a warm reception. In the various clubs In the city special arrange- ments had, In many instances, been made for getting the returns as rapldly as pos- sible. Early in the evening the news of the State fight began to be received, and each bulletin was read and received with cheers according to the sentiments of the crowd. There was a large crowd at the Press Club and the Bohemian Club. The returns were also read to the audience at the Orpheum. A small disturbance developed In the Seventh Precinct of the Thirty-fourth District on Twelfth street, between Fol- som, and Harrison, last evening. It was caufied by a dispute over a ballot on which a cross was placed a Ifttle below the name of P. J. McCormack, but which, the f1‘udges decided, was meant as a vote for him. Exception was taken to this by a couple of brothers named Bennan and a wordy war ensued. No blows were struck. The police arrived after the af- fair had been settled. The Chinese avalled themselves of their right to vote and were objects of interest in a number of booths on Stockton street. Six men from the Orient were registered in the Fifth of the Forty-fourth, and marked their ballots like native born citizens. Edward McElhane created a scene late in the afternoon in_the booth on Bush street, near Powell. He was properly reg- jstered. but asked that some one assist him in marking his ballot. The law ex- pressly prohibits this except in cases of physical disability. As he had the use of one of his hands the election officers re- fused him assistance. He threatened them with gunl!hment if they did not help him, h‘u‘tn ttl. 6y could not be moved from their 8 ! | ries are overturned by the arch. TRAJAN'S ARCH. To the student of sculpture this great series of rellefs has come like a revela- tion. It was not supposed that Roman art was capable of producing a work of such breadth of conception, of such an artistic combination of beauty and strength. The skill and picturesqueness of composition, the dramatic quality of single figures, and especially what we cam only term their life, are beyond anything done in sculpture since the altar at Pergamon. What we have from the times of Augustus Claudius and Titus seems lifeless and monoton- ous in comparison. With the uncertainty that reigns in regard to the history of Roman sculp- ture, any work of assured date is wel- come. It is amusing to see how many, thl‘go- or example, the best authorities have been dating Roman busts from the style of head dress, assigning a special kind of style to the reign of Nero, another to Titus, another to the Antonines, etc. There i{s now consternation in this camp because all these manners of head dress are found together on our arch, and this convenient ald to dating has vanished. While I am referring to portraiture, let me call attention to the supexb portraits of ereat Romans on the arch. There is, of course, a collection of fine heads of Trajan himself, which will at least double the number of his known portraits; there is more than one of Hadrian, Trajan's nephew and aide- de-camp; of Licinius Sura, his oldest and most intimate friend, secretary and chief of staff, and of other men who were the Emperor’s companions and lieutenants in his wars. The arch is a mine of wealth of many kinds, and for every one it is a beautiful work of art, wheih may well serve as an inspiration | to modern artists as the most perfect work of its kind that antiquity has pro- duced.—Century. —_—————— M. DE FONTENELLE'S BRIGHT SPEECHES. M. — said of a young fellow who did not see that a lady was in love with him: “iou are very youdg; you can only read large print.” A preacher said: “When Pere Bour- daloue preached at Rouen he caused a great deal of disorder. The workmen left their shops, the doctors their pa- tients, etc. 1 preached there the fol- lowing year and set everything right.” A collection was made at the Acade- my and there was a loujs-d’or short. A member whose avarice was well known was suspected of having with- held his_contribution. The collector said: “I did not see the gentleman put in, but I believe he did.” Fon- tenelle settled the question by femark- ing: “I saw, but I don’t believe.” A lady ninety years of age said to M. de Fontenelle, who *was ninety-five: “Death has forgotten us.” “Hush!" replied Fontenelle, putting his finger on his lips. M. de Fontenelle, then in his ninety- seventh year, having just pald Mme. Helvetius a thousand pretty compli- ments, passed her, on his way to the table, without seeming to notice her. “See,” sald Mme, Helvetius, “what ao- count I should take of your gallantry! You went by without looking at me.” “Madame,” said the old gentleman, “if I had looked at you I should not have passed by you.”—Gentleman’'s Maga- zine. ———— WHY JURY TRIALS ARE TEDIOUS, “There is a very general objection among business men to serving on jur- les in civil or criminal cases,” observed a well-known business man to a Star reporter; “not altogether because it oc- cupies time which a business man can hardly spare, but because of the meth- ods pursued by lawyers in trying cases. They waste too much time in words, words, and nothing but words. An or. dinary business man will develop and absorb all the material facts in a given case in less than half the time it takes a lawyer to do so. He applies business methods, direct and positive, while the ordinary lawyer applies legal methods, which are covered up withtime-honored cobwebs. The lawyers don't use direct questions or leading questions, because it is againstcourthouse practices to doso, while a business man always uses them in preference to going about it in a roundabout way. It is very tiresome for a business man to have to sit in a courtroom all day long listening to lawyers splitting legal hairs as to how questjons should be put tq witnesses or answered by them. I had two sleges of that kind in the Circuit Court be- fore I got on the jury I am now on, and if 1 can help it I will never serve.on another. It is bad enough to have to listen for hours and hours to unneces- sary evidence, but when one’s judgment is further insulted by the arguments of counsel on both sides, the theory being ordinarily people cannot understand- ingly try a case without their elucida- tions and explanations of the testi- mony. I cannot honestly say that I have ever got the slightest information or idea from any lawyer’s argument I have ever assisted in trying, and other jurors have said the same to me time and time again. The Judges are tarred with the same stick, too, for many of their charges do more to complicate the cases than to straighten them out, for the charge is nothing more or less than a condensation of the arguments in the cases, and in many instances even as tiresome as the arguments.” ‘Washington Star. ———— WOMEN IN SMOKING CARS. ‘While sitting in a Long Island Rail- road train I saw a woman take out of her pocket a cigarette case and walk into the smoking car. A few moments later I saw her calmly light a cigarette, toss the match away and lean back | lazily, puffing the tobacco smoke and watching Dbits of autumn landscape framed by the window. She was a well groomed woman of thirty perhaps, with brown hair and a face bearing the unmistakable stamp of refinement. One cigarette finished she lighted an- other in the same matter-of-fact ‘way, while thirty pairs of masculine eyes looked on with. interest. The conductor told me it was not in- frequent for women passengers to in- dulge in a smoke while en route from town to country. They did It, he said, In the selfsame spirit that a man does, and so far as he could see they had gust as good a right. “How do the men seem to take it?” I inquired. “Well, théy never have objected so far. After their first interested stare they go right on reading their papers.” —_———— INDEPENDENCE HALL GUARDIANS. Councils’ Committee on City Property agreed to report favorably to the Inance Committee the ordinance to provide for the reorganization of the staff of Inde- pendence Hall upon the following mag- nificent salary basis: Superintendent, $2000; Assistant Superintendent, $1900; spe- clal officer, $800; eight ushers, at $600 each; three cleaners at each; one engineer at $900; one fireman at $340, and three night watchmen at $600 each—total, $13,- 340. By some strange freak of parsimony the committea omitted to provide for a custodian of the Liberty Bell, but that neglect will doubtless be rectified later. ifty years ago one janitor and a watchman took care of the hall, and hey took such good care of it during theiF in- cumbency that it did not need to be re- stored until the new era of prosperity set in. Now the visitors to the hall have to run the gauntlet of a whole phalanx of public servants, whose new uniforms wil make the Revolutionary heroes upon the walis so shabby by comparison that the :&slfo“u:nblof the dingy patriots in_buff probably soon be called for.--] - delphia Record. Fhns COMMENTS ON OUR “BUTCHER'S BILL.” Lord Wolseley has a special ave: sanitation, which he has descrlbed"l’;:nntig “‘Soldier's Pocketbook” as a fad, laying down at the same time that sanitary of- ficers have no business at the front.” The utterly irrational nature of this doctrine aclrcalf' needs demonstration. 1If it did one might point to the statistics that have just been published of the Ameri- can losses in the war with Spain. It appears from these figures that the total killed in both army and navy amounted to 279, and the total wounded to 1423, while there actually dled of disease in camp 2086, and the total number treated in ho-nll:& was something like 40,000. In other words, twenty men were killed or disabled by disease for ev or disabled cra 13 oy e in action. There is on Dame for the man Who in tha Tace o figures like these could question the im- portance of an efficlent army medical '.sl‘err\;’til?' He must be a fool.—London LONGEVITY OF BALLET DANCERS. A statistician has been devoting him- self to a study of the eminent in this particular art, and his investigations seem to establish the fact that they are an unusually long lived lot. The famous Carlotta Grisi is living now at the aga of seventy-seven, and one of the bal- let dancers at the opera In Paris sev- enty; but he is a man. Amalia Ferraris is still teaching at the age of seventy- eight in Paris, and seems likely to con- tinue that work for some time to come. Fanny Esesler was seventy-four when she died, and Taglioni has passed her eightieth year. Rosita Mauri, the pop- ular premiere at the opera in Paris, is olv_?r fifty and has begun to talk of re- tiring. ———————— BOUND TO OBLIGE. A lawyer noted for his laconic style of expression sent the following terse and witty note to a refractory client, who rud no attention to reiterated demands or the payment of his bill: “Sir: If you the inclosed bill you will oblige me. gt“;ou don’t, I You. 2 Hoston Joutnaw - 1 shall eblige THE EMPORIUM. @r»nyr&m»»mn-»» PEPRIRVSRERERRRED PRPRIRROPF SRR S VIR P T IS ¥ No transaction is completed in this store until the customer is satisfied. THE GREAT “STAKED PLAINS.” FORT WORTH, Texas, Sept. 8.—The vast changes that have been made out of the great “Staked Plains” the past sixteen vears are phenomenal. That large expanse of unbroken prairie de- rived its name from the Mexicans and Indians, who called it “Llanos Hsta- cades,” long before the advent of the Americans. The scarcity of water dur- ing the summer months rendered it a | dangerous matter to attempt the jour- ney across them, and it is known that many caravans of Mexicans in early days making their way from the Rlo Grande into New Mexico perished among their sandy wastes. For many years after the country on every side had been in a measure set- tled up the plains were looked upon as a sort of forbidden region, the epitome of everything that was inhospitable in nature and totally useless for supplying any of the wants of man. Those ad- venturous individuals who ventured far into its dangerous depths reported it a treeless, silent waste, without a sign of life, except the buzzards that circled high in the heavens or the coyote that hurried across the trail and disappeared like a flash among the sagebrush and tall grass that lined the banks of the dry arroyos. Huge whirlwinds would appear to block the way for a time, and then hurry off, as if disturbed by the presence of men in those grim soli- tudes. In the early morning wreaths of dust went spinning around before the breeze, as if some desert sands had arisen and had just begun to envelop the great expanse. The last case known of any one per- ishing on the plains was in 1890, when two Americans and one Mexican, a sheep herder, attempted to make their way from Pecos City to Amarillo in midsummer, and, being poorly provis- ioned with water and losing the trail as well, soon died of thirst, as did their horses. A peculiar feature of this accident was that, although the coyo- tes and buzzards had picked the benes of the Americans clean, the body of the Mexican had baked and dried in the sun and was practically intact, owing to the fact that the diet of the Mexi- cans on the border is always composed in great part of chile and red pepper, substances apparently not appreciated Dby either the buzzards or the coyotes. Since that day no other fatality that is known has occurred on the plains. The progressive rancher and cattleman has year by year encroached on this vast ares, sinking wells, running wire fences, and rearing a better breed of stock than is to be seen to-day any- where in Texas. Water is found from 20 to 100 feet, and in abundance. The altitude of the “Ctaked Plains” district insures the health of the stock the year round, .nd fever, anthrax and blackleg are seldom heard of in that region. Such great cattle magnates as Colonel Slaughter of Dallas, John Scharbauer of Fort Worth, C. C. Good- night of Midland, and many others of equal note are now heavily interested in' this once forbidden territory—8t. Louis Globe-Democra SNAKES IN AUSTRALIA. There are five kinds of venomous snakes in Victoria—the tiger snake, the black snake, the brown snake, the cop- perhead and the death adder. The last-mentioned is very rare in Victoria and = very venomous. It is about two feet long, very thick in pro- portion to its length, of a dull-brown color and with a flat, wide head. The strangest thing about it is that many people believe its sting is contained in the tail. Leaving the death adder out of the count, there are four species which are fairly common. The tiger snake comes first, in popular estimation if not in reality. It is regarded as the most venomous ‘and the most savage. It at- tains in some districts a length of about six feet, but the majority of specimens are from three to four feet long. Its coloring is variegated, black and brown on the back, and pale brown on the belly. W};:en attacked it sometimes raises its head to a height of a foot from the ground; and its appearance then, as it rests with its head seemingly widened out, its neck contracted, its forked tongue flickering out of its mouth, and its eyes blazing with rage, makes the average man rather chary of approach- ing. One good point is that the back- bone of all snakes is easily broken by a blow from a stick, and the power of locomotion is thus taken away. Next on the list is the black snake. This is rather larger than the tiger, and the handsomest of all Victorian snakes. The back is jet black and shines like a well-polished boot, and the belly is a beautiful salmon pink. Tt is less com- mon than the tiger snake and is very frequently confounded with the copper- head. The brown snake is brown on the back, whity-brown on the belly and about the same length as the other two. The commonest of all, at any rate near Melbourne, is the copperhead which is found in most parts of Victeria. As its name implies it has a coppery head, a dark back and a yellowish belly.— Chambers’ Journal. —_—————— MARYLAND’'S MODERN NOAH. A steam launch seventy-five feet long belng built two and a half miles from water is the unusual sight which may be seen on the road from Pomona to Quaker Neck, Kent County. The boat is buildin; within a few feet of the public road, an many of the original timbers have rotted away during the tedious continuance of the work. About fifteen years ago Captain A. Jud- son, a man who had “gone down to the THE EMPORIUM. | THE EMPORIUM. Men’s Fall Weight Rochester Factory of the STEIN-BLOCH CO- On sale all of this week in California’s largest s.ore for the in- credibly low price of $6.95. suit bears the famous Stein- label; every suit is all wool; every suit is perfect every suit is worth at least doub ly cut and finishe Round-cornered single-breasted sacks. Twenty patterns to choose from. All sizes—long, short, slim or fat. JiE EMPORIY and GoldenRule Bazaar. %fiOGQQQ‘l(‘i“‘i‘é‘filfiQ((“,‘Q‘Q‘ SAGESESSENSSSS G IR ISR ASISSOSEE6SE SN Kent_and opened a store. After mer- chandising for a short time he bought a pretty little home near the village of Po- mona and started a sawmill. Finally the old sailor conceived the idea of build- ing his yacht. The keel was laid, the ribs slowly assumed position, and winter and summer the work dragged on. Years passed. The first timbers began to de- cay, and before the completion of one part the timbers were of necessity re- placed by new, and yet the pet scheme was not abandoned, and now the dry- land ship is nearing completion. The yacht is to be 75 feet in length, 11 feet beam and 6 feet hold. She will be propelled by steam, and, the captain says, will turn off twenty miles an .our. A ‘cabin forty-five feet in length will be built and fitted up for a long cruise, the intention of the captain bein= to revisit many scenes of his early salilor life. The puzzling question to the casual observer is: How_is this crait to be got to the Chester Rlver, more than two miles ? The captain says that with one the launch will be quickly and easily made. The boat now has the deck on, and it is expected that the launch will be made next summer. The launch- ing day will be made memorable, and the sponsor for the ncvel craft has already been chosen.—Baltimore Sun. ' Suits from the well-known 5. Every Bloch d; le. S GERTELING @ OPTICALE 14 and 16 Kearny Street, Formerly 427 Kearny Street. Use Faclal Soap £ Faclal Cream| and ‘Woodbury’s Faclal Soap, Faclal Cream, F. clal and Tooth Powder have the indorsement the Medical and Dental Professions. Scl o AMERICAN COMPOSERS. Tet the American study the music of all nations and enrich his resources from their achievements, and then write from | his own heart; for, after all, in the arts, | individuality {s absolutely necessary to triumph, and it is far better to be one's self than to be merely the citizen of a little province; better to stamp one's work with an individuality than with the dia- lect of a district. Particularly is this true in this ago of civilization, when travel and_electricity are slowly making the world one great unit. The American, belng the composite of many races, should_have the widest fleld to choose from; he should write from the most en- larged Indiyviduality. The peculiar resources of the citizen of the United States can be seen from the fact that among the best compositions written by native composers are B.:i'm- phony descrintive of negro emotions, Writ- ten by eni Schoenfeld before Dvorak ever advanced his theories; an Indian suite, written by E. A. MacDowell; a Chinese Suite, written by Edgar Stillman Kelley from researches made in San Francisco; a Greek tragedy set to music by Profes: sor J. K. Painé, and equaling Mendels- =ohn’s best work in this line; a religious cantata based on an old Latin hymn by Horatio W. Parker; the flery songs set to German, French and English words by Ethelbert Nevin, and the musical bac ground to_Longfellow's poem ‘“‘Sandal hon,” by Harvey Worthington Loomis.— elf Culture. GREAT SHOOTERS IN EUROPE. In Europe; where the question of game supply does mnot enter into consideration, killing for count is recognized as légitimate and sports- manlike. He is considered to have made a record of honor who has bagged the largest numbers of birds or other game. Thus we read of one Trauttmansdorff— Prince Carl Trauttsmansdorfi—who has to his credit for a single day’'s shoot- a in ships” for many years, came to | everything and part of nothing.—South. ing the slaughter of 862 head of game, with the best bag of pheasants 303, of partridg.s 632, of hares 416, of rabbits 638, of roebuck 12, of fallow deer 20, and of black cock 14, and a best year’s count of 10,833 head of assorted game. Another record smasher is Farl de Gray, whose exploits have been duly tabulated for a series of years, from 1867 to 1895. His pheasant score was 111,119, with 289,401 partridges, 47,468 grouse, 26,747@rabbits, and as many hares, 2735 snipe, 2077 woodcock, 1393 wild duck, 567 deer, 12 buffaloes, 11 tigers, a couple of rhinoceros and 9000 assorted; making a total of 316,699 for the entire period, or about 11,000 an- nually. This is a record which the most industrious market shooterin thiscoun- try would needs work hard to equal. In very truth the noble sportsman must have been a monomaniac in the field. Yet for all his slaughter the game sup- ply where he shot has not been per- manently diminished. ————— AN EYE TO BUSINESS. She was elderly, with the indisputable appearance of the well bred. Her black gown was unpretentious, yet it had an air of neatness about it which would have distinguished it among any sur- roundings. The North Clark street man recog- nized all this, and as the woman crossed the street his eyes followed her with a look of vague wonderment. The opposite pavement was wet, and when the woman reached it she hesi- tated, made a false step and fell. The you‘n‘f man was at her side in an instant and bent nervously over her as she lay unconscious. The crowd gathered quickly, but when he shouted “Stand back!"” it real- ized his earnestness and obeyed. 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