The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 1, 1899, Page 13

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 1899. 13 ALAMEDA COUNTY NE RRELL NOT INCORVENIENCED i .Battered a Boy and Took His Dog. A POLICE COURT FARCE HIS SENTENCE POSTPONED TO SUIT HIM. Young Kelly Pleads Guilty to An- other Crime and Will Spend New Year's Day in Jail. pound ma weeks ago he reco: He was a arraigned t! nvicted of battery nued till When t was continued it On December 23 Farrell didn't feel being sentenced, so he was d @ tinuance to December he sent a message fi m son e ed his train and could : new that he and be n set over 4 of ary 4 a 1 who will be on ng of the . "Phis q part moved 3 FABIOLA CALENDAEL TEA. Brilliant Function Mrs. W. R. Davis. at the Home of OAKLAND, Dec. 3L.--One of the most successful and brilliant functions of the kind 2 calendar tea given at Mrs. llemn R. Davis’ Prospect-street resl- e this afternoon for the benefit of A. Polger, iiam Gruen Barton, Mrs, Jc Mrs. H. Ch Mrs. Richard Go Kemillard, es Sutton I Chabot, rell, M s, W "t lizabeth M. ’ Brigade Shoot. y order of Wil- commanding y Chab, Boy OAKLAND, llam the S gade, the regim 1 rth annual t January 2, at S 1 this. to in- to improve ev target practice is r tody of the ¢ Coroner Mehrmann’s Deputies a circum- der these decline the llen has, Chief Deputy deputies are treightif Leandro! rds: L. L. Sehweer, ermore. Free. Vicksburg Wood, rrested at the few days ago, anton: Frank Nevi Vicksburg Wood Goes {LAND, Dee. : ing commission, ck in Emeryvil aining $100 from orge Rose ¢ strength of Thomas Williams' name s discharged by Justice Quinn' this afierno: s Heaney Acquittsd, . -Louis I. Heancy, rglarizing the room of rlett the . almer Hou acquitted by a_jury thi or Judge Isworth's court. Heaney been_iIn jail several monthg 7 ing trial. He went on the stand to-day and convinced the jury that @ young man with whom he was very proftered | there- | OAKLAND, Dec. 3§~The holographic will of bert A. Dodge. the newspaper | man who recently died-in Alameda, has | delia L. Dodge. in the be )ut mere- e a mcans of action to | same as the military drill al and the silver cup will to the best shots. the c company w can show WO+ 204040+t O+ o+ 4946404040404+ 040404040404 | daughter, Mrs. E. L. Hufeutt. BY CONVICTION PO POEDF PP D SOOI PP friendly had in reality committed theI crime charged. A Newspaper Man’s Estate. NO FRICTION I CHRISTIAN BROTHERHOOD been filed for probate by the widow, Cor- The estate is valued at Harry G. Dodge, and a g‘ each fs bequeathed, while the remainder goes to the widow and two other daughters, Hazel L. and Ruth V. Dodge, share and share altke. Goodrich Charges Multiply. OAKLAND. Dec. 31.—There e charges of embezzlement ag: Goodrich, the salicitor who w $1500. To a son fi 1 a photo-eniarging firm and was arrested | i in §; Fra’x;m:cofa l{ewfld:{}{s ago h‘ Dep- | BrOther Ag_nln lees Constable Jacl vbinson. omen | Fediding i Eimburst and S Some Facts. complainants. Goodrich Is nis first case will come | n Justice's | are the lat out on bonds up in the Brooklyn Townshi Court next week. Held for Robbery. | Leandro | CLASSICS ALWAYS TAUGHT OAKLAND, Dec. 31.—Frank Oliviera, | charged with holding-up Town Justice | S Nevins at Pleasanton a few weeks ago, 1swer vefore the Superior Justice Brophy of Pleas- tae preliminary ex- was held to court to-day by anton, before whem amination was held. Osakland News ltems. OAKLAND, Dec. 3L.—Percy Whaite has assigned his interest in the estate of Jacob Lt r to R. McColgan of San Francisco for $100 and other considera- | NO MEMBERS HAVE BEEN DIS- CIPLINED. American Methods Prevail in All the Institutions and no Changes in Methods Will Occur. 'he estate of George Woodsum, who d in the Meirose explosion, has e 244 of Hea resolution met ths morning declaring Ceme- isance and urging take steps abating the Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Dec. 31. Brother Agnin of St. Mary’'s College, e Ellsworth has appointed Annte lerwood as guardian of the person ernon P. B. Lawler, ; sipver has been apg which is conducted by the Christian innie Merle, Russell | Brothers, says that the dispatches being linton Curtis Westover. | sent all over the country relating to the sle Bell has been ab- | gisciplining of some of the brothérs are altogether wrong and misieading. “It is time that a correct statement of this matter was published,” sald Brother Agnin this afternoon. “It has been stated f the Grand Jury will be e of John L. Sherman, Sonyleted on a charge of M| that there Is a serious conflict between | but who was subsequently granted a new | the head of the house of brothers at rt will be made to secure | Paris and the order in this country relat- trial. Ar his Indfctment for having obtained money | ing to the curriculum in use in our col- leges. This is false and ridiculous. Ever since the Christian Brothers came to this country they have taught the classics and have gradually raised their standard of education. We are not guided by any one at Parls in so far as the-detalls of our work go. Our standing among educa- He Had to Steal or Starve. tional “institutions in Amferica. is :uc‘g pleaded gullty to-day to a charge of hav- | thing but elementary subjects. We could: rd Conn, the dentist charged with practicing without a license, was to-day_continued in_the Police Court | 1able defendant to send diploma, which he — cee —— ing stolen a number of iron castings from | not maintain our position for a week if the corporation yard. He pleaded with | such stupid thing. - Judge St. Sure to be merciful in. imposing | ot only do we teach the classics, but stence, claiming that he was forced to | it is compulsory on every student to in- to provide food for his wife and | clude the classics in his studies except he . who live In Pleasant Valley. Hen- | be taking a purely commercial course. A 1id he had been unable to secure | few months ago a few brothers from this had to steal or starve. He told | country were called to Paris for a confer- he would not rob an individ- | ence, but it was not to punish them, or, ual, but thought the city would not be | astheEasternreports havesaid, ‘discipiine’ injured by the loss of a few castings. | them, but merely to confer with the head Henricksen will be sentenced Tuesday. of our house. I am sure that no newspa- I i per man knows what transpired at the con- Marshal Rog‘ers Retires. ference, for such matters are never ALAMEDA. Dec. fl—Several changes | given olit for obvious reasons. It has also | the A solice Department will | been stated that Brother Ambrose of | e o ot iaarement Wit | Oakland and another Californian brother | o blece foniEht ot MyCnENL . Jour |ivere ‘ordereli*to Parlgifor:puniskment rad will assume the duties of Chief, | poor Brother Ambrose was in ill_heaith d had been {rying to arrange for a trip to Europe for five years, and when it did become possible he was a vietim to the wreck of the steamer La Bourgogne. No her brother from California was even called to the conference, much less or- dered abroad for punishment. I hope these facts will give us brothers a little peace.” ant of the now short two_offic med by the City be held next Wed department , who na to —_————————— ALAMEDA. Dec. 3L.—The officers of g - the City Union of the Christian Endeav- First Kick of the New Year. orers met last evening and decided to| ALAMEDA, Dec. 3L.—The Alameda dissolve the unfon. It was decided to | High School footbail team wil play tha meet ary 9 to organize an Interde- | Golden Gates of San Francisco Monday on the local gridiron. The Golden Gates met with but one defeat during the sea- son, while the Alamedas have an unbrok- en record of victories to their credit. s services will be held row at the First Congregational A feature of the services will c by a chorus lead by H. S. Spe tom, Church. be the m Stedman. The Bed Cure for Lunatics. A lengthy report has been published on the general subject of lunacy in France, the most noticeable feature of which Is the advocacy by Dr. Magnan of a new method for treating cases of mania and melancholia. The method is simply keep- ing the patient in bed. This is trouble- per services to-morrow evening nitarfan Church se to be Tenney Tisdale entertained a friends vesterday at a whist | her home, 2300 Central number o given at avenue. | soma at the outset, especially In cases of The cornerstone of the new pflnsh mania, but after t first two or three house of Christ Church will be laid to-| da the patient accommodates himself with approp morrow morning ate cere- | and becomes much more tractable. He monies. Rev. Bishop Nichols will con- | then begins to improve steadily, and the duct the servic ; results that have been obtained by prac- The class of ‘63, Alameda High School, | tical experience, extending over a great gave a party this evening at the home of | number of cases, are very satisfactory. Leland Ramsdell, a member of the class, | Dr. Magnan entitely disapproves of the 207 Larkln street, San Francisco. strait walstcoat and insists on treating Joseph ' Josephs, Patrick Green and |the maniacs like patients suffering from James ~ Timothy filed appifcations | other kinds of fliness. The general re- for the appointment of poundmaster, made vacant by the death of Victorine Joseph. port shows that alcohol Isjresponsible for the greatest proportion of lunacy.—Lon- don Mail, MIDNIGHT, 1898-99, ASS round the foaming wassall bowl! Recall the olden ways, And pledge the Passing Year In wine, with pride of anclent days, One foot upon the festive board, one hand uplift on high, We speed the Old and meet the New with welcome and with sigh; For we have lived to see the age of chivalry reborn, Our victors smile with gentle brow, our vanquished fear no scorn, The Old Year breathes a blessing on the Young Year yet unborn. SrePE4E e sad So here’s to gallant ‘98, Which poured out blood like wine, Ana here’s to sad or gladsome fate That comes with 99! Drink long, drink deep! With heart and sinews sore; We fought and conquered for the Truth, A man can do no more. Through fire and ruth Tush! Pass the bowl with whispered word, its brim is cypress crowned, And wistful ghosts, with large-eved glance. are hovering around; They hall from that ancestral home, the dim Walhalla Hall, Where our own kith and lineage pace, with steps that nolseless fall. us they hand their legacy. thelr lives to honour vowed, he lives which battle and disease enwrapped In honor’s shroud. The lives for which their countrymen thank God in accents proud. S0 here's to gallant '8S, Which poured out blood llke wine, And here’s to sad or gladsome fate That comes with '8! Dring long. drink deep! Through fire and ruth, WWith weary hearts and sore, Our soldiers suffered for the Truth, We ask to do no more. Pass round the bowl in sflent pledge, soft wallings fill the alr, Deep sobs from women's broken hearts. low kneeling in despair; They mourn their dead and weep their dving. dear fond hearts cleft in twain, Yet ne’er a one would call those martyred heroes back again. Like men they wrought. like women prayed, when honour was assailed; Tikemen therwrought,like women praved, the while their kinsmen tofled; Like men they wrought, Jike women wept, when enemies were folled. $o pledge the dames of &% Who poured out love like wine, And pray that hearts, now desolate, Find peace in '99! They sped their boys, through fire and ruth, Like: Spartan dames of yore, 3 Then suffered, fainting, for the Truth, Their sex can do no more. Pass round the bowl.’tis wreathed with bays, the wan Year lifts his hesd And points up. with a smile of peace. 1o trophies overhead, Ta bayonets, machete points and flashing scimitar, Al blazoned with some hero's blood—some friend or-foe of war. Thée wan Year wears a peaceful smile upon his peaceful face, He beckons, with a paliid hand, the English-speaking ‘race, ‘Who clasp the trembling Earth about in Honor’s close embracs. List! Slow the chimes of midnight fall Adown the quiv'ring air; Lift high the wassail bowl, and call Aloud the words they bear: Man's love pour forth like wine.” *“May Peace with Honor be our fate, Hush! Drop the pall o'er ’8. And here's to '8! A. R. ROSE-SOLEY. 404940404044+ 040404 0404040 “60#0#0%%’#’#’ 1 LEGISLATORS EXPECTED T 00 THE WORK Merchants Object to Drawing Bills. TO REQUEST BY i’ETITION TESTING OPINION IN JOINT CITY AND COUNTY. Alameda’s Delegation May Get a Surprise When They Receive Petitions From the Consolidators. To the Senators and Rep- resentatives in the Legisla- ture assembled: - We, the undersigned tax- payers of Alameda County, request the passage of gen- eral laws which will enable & municipality to consolidate with other parts of the coun- ty and form a consolidated city and county government similar to the city and county of San Francisco. C000000CO000000 0000000000000 Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Lec. 31 This little petition, insignificant though it appears, contains a very clever little Jjoker, not in itself, but in the manner in which 1t s prepared. A few nights ago several members of the Alameda legislative delegation joined with the Merchants’ Exchange in discuss- ing various matters, among them the | question of the division of the county. | Senator Stratton stated that it would re- quire some very carefully drawn bills to iay the foundation for dividing Alameda County. He also said that the mierchants | shcula employ some attorney well posted | on constitutional law to draft such a bill. | The merchants made a little inquiry and found that the legal work could be done | for the comfortable sum of $2000. They did not quite see why with such an able | legislative delegation the merchants Jshould be called upon to prepare bills for the Legislature. A quiet little conference was held among members of the Merchan change and the Board of Trade yesterday morning, and the matter was discussed in detail. It was the prevailing impr on that if a representative number of tax-payers signified their desire to divide this count: | it would become the duty of the legisla- tors to carry out the wishes of the peo- | ple_ who elected them. As a result of the conference the above petition was drawn up to-day and is now cing circulated all over the county for signatures. t will be noticed that the petition is addressed “To the Senators and Repre- sentatives in the Legislature assembled,” and should a reasonable number of names be obtained it will necessarily become the duty of the Alameda delegation in the | Legislature to_carry out the wis this county. This will relieve the mer- | chants and promoters of the division scheme from any responsibility, and _also from the expense of preparing such bills, and will place all the rchmn:lEllll)' on the Senators and Assemblymen from this county. ‘When this petition reaches the head- quarters of the Alameda delegation there will no doubt be an interesting discussion, SENTINELS OF THE UNIVERSE. This new order, which has been organ- | ized in this city about a month, Is meet- ing_ with marked success. last Tuesday night in_Prospect Hail, 0: F. building, by Supreme Sentine! J. L. Geary Jr. and other supreme offi- cials, with 115 members, a larger number than ever initiated in this city at the in- stitution of a subordinate body of this character. The following are the officers of the new council: Wesley Heidt, pa sentinel; Fred T. Phelps, chief sentine! A. H. Powers Jr.,, vice sentinel; A. G. Frank, secretary; J. Reusch, treasurer; i : § i i s ¥ : b i 3 i i % C. Kaughman, W. Kellit and W. Street. trustees; H. D. Bean, conductor; W. N. Jackson, guard; A. E. Ensign, sentry, and F. Hess, organist. The of- ficers were installed by the supreme sen- tinel. The ritualistic work of the order is novel, original and was a surprise to those who were made acquainted with the mysteries. This councll will Soon give a | high class entertainment. | Franklin Council No. 2 will be Instituted | | the work of organizing Jefferson Council | In _this city is progr ing. | _The first number of the Sentinel, the of- issued K2 HTS OF HONOR. | Yerba Buena Lodge recelved one new | member last Monday and three applica- tions. tion of officers, and at that time A. M. | McPherson, the rétiring past dictator, | will be made the recipient of a tokén of | recognition for three years' services, Polar Star Lodge was visited last week by P. L. Archibald, G. D.; T. Learned, G. A. D., Thomas Johnstone, G. R., and G. W. Lemont, G. T., who made stirring addresses. The lodge furnished entertain- ment until a late hour. Keystone Lodge will Install its officers next Thursday night in the presence of :lhs grand officers and the distriet depu- es. There was a good meeting of Occlden- tal Lodge last week and the membership was entertained by a number of brilliant | addresses. America and Eagle lodges will be con- solidated at 20 Eddy street on Wednesday next. The new system of the intervisiting of Jodges will be inaugurated on the 10th inst,, when Norman Lodge will be visited by Yerba Buena and Unlon lodges, as well as by the grand oflicers and the dis- trict deputies. uring the term each of the lodges will be visited by two of the other lodges. The Supreme Lodge report for January shows 157 deaths, of whi were paid before the list death claims listed 1540, have been met. S ROYAL ARCANUM. The last held meeting of Argonaut Council of the Royal Arcanum was well attended, and there were present a num- ber of visitors. Two applications were recelved and three candidates were ad- mitted. The new by-laws previously pre- sented were adopted, and will go into effect as soon as approved by the Su- preme Council committee, During the vear just closed this council has increased its membership nearly 15 per cent. Dr, John Lefller of Argonaut Council has been commissioned medical examiner for San Francisco. - 2 At the next meeting of Argonaut Coun- cil the new officers will be installed and ah?re will be the Initlation of three candj- ates. THE JUNIORS. T. 8. Grant Council had a smoker after the regular meting last week in celebra- tion of the last session of the year. There were a number of visitors, who were warmly welcomed and entertained. Starr King Council Is without councilor or vice councilor, both being out of town at this time, and the initlatory work has to _be done with strangers to the work. Mark Lane, district deputy for Garfield ‘Wasghington Council No. 1 was instituted | in Oakiand during the current month and | A banquet will follow the installa- | | | | | | | { ! i | | | © | & long experience in the sale of copy- | | “Four Jolly Smiths” went for £300. In .the Rose” £315. | ficial organ of the order, will be shortly | FAW Council, 1s waking up the members of that body who are afraid to be out after dark. He has aroused considerable interest in the council of late. Abraham Council was recently visited by Past Ceuncilors D. S. Stanley and C. Zimmerman of Oakland. The various councils of the Juniors and the councils of the Daughters of Liberty have appointed committees to arrange for a grand celebration on the 22d of Feb- ruflfiy, the order's day, at Odd Fellows’ all. . ——— e — SONGS UNDER THE HAMMER. Prices Paid Which Show What Are Fayorite Melodies in England. There is money as well as music in songs. A sixteen.days’ sale of songs is now in progress at the auction reoms of Messrs. Puttick & Simpson of Leicester Square, and no less a sum than £15,000 has been realized by the first five days of the sale. 2 That is a big sum undoubtedly, but Messrs.” Puttick & Simpson, who were seen by a Daily Mail representative yesterday, state that, as a matter of fact, music publishers des not make princely incomes out of songs. The competition is keen, the expenses are very great and the exceptional suc- cesses very rare. The highest price ever given for a song is £2240, which was the sum paid last week for Mascheroni's “For All Eternity.” This song has nearly its full term of copyright to run, and it shares with “‘Queen of the Earth” the honor of being the most popular of modern compositions. But it is not always quality that brings in a handsome return. There are many songs of exceptional merit, both. in words and music, which are practically a drug in the market, while, on the other hand, songs of admitted mediocrity have commanded extraordi- narily high prices. The music pub- lisher who can judge of the value of a song as soon as he sees it is a rarity. He has to reckon with the temper and varied tastes of the public, - He must patiently bide his time andlet the sales tell their own tale. 2 Messrs. Puttick & Simpson have had rights of songs, and some figures they supplied our representatives with yes- terday are exceedingly Interesting. In 1871 some huge prices were paid for song: Balfe's “The Sailor Sighs as Sinks His Native Shore,” a duet, fetched £324; Blumenthal's “Requital” was bought for £310. The royalty on this song was as much as 8d. ver copy. Arditi's “Il Bacio” fetched £716; Gounod’s “Bethlehem,” £198; Hatton's “'Good-by, Sweetheart, Good-by,” £462; Loder’s “Brave Old Oak,” £241; Knight's he Wore a Wreath of Roses,” £495; Macfarren's “Beating of My Own Heart,” £360; Stanley’s “Only to Lev £269. In the same year Wallace's opera “Maritana” was sold for 32, while shortly afterward £2500 was pald for his opera “Lur- lin Some well-known songs came under the hammer in 1883, many of them be- ing Blockley” His “Arab’s Farewell to His Steed” went for £640, “The Eng- lishman' for £468, “Hearts and Homes” for £319, “Love Not” for £305, “Many Happy Returns of the Day” for £264, and “Ring Out, Wild Bells” for 239, in the same year Meli's “Nil Desper- andum” fetched £253; De Faye's “Tell Her I Love Her So,” £465; ‘“Alice Mary Smith’s Maying duet, £663; Cherry’'s ‘“‘Shells of Ocean,” £202; Cherry's “Will o’ the Wisp,” £209; Wallace’'s “Sweet and Low, £214; Wallace's “Why Do 1 Weep for Thee?" £228, and Arditi’s “L'Ardita,” £360. As much as £1000 was paid for Coote's “Prince Imperial” galop, while Balfe’s opera ‘“Rose of Castile” was bought for £958, and Weber's opera “Oberon” for £428. Many songs and plano pleces were disposed of in 1890. Of the songs, Lee's “He Wipes a Tear From Every Eye” realized £222; Hatton's “To Anthea,” £260 and Warner's “To the Woods,"” HIS NEMESIS - QuTwitt BY OLD TIM Kinard Fails to De- pose Judge Clift. HIS' TERM ENDS NATURALLY CRIMINAL LIBEL PROCEEDINGS ARE NOW THREATENED. A Small Photograph in Justice Clift’s Court Is to Be Made the Basis of Another Suit. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Dec. 31 The proceedings instituted by C. E. Kinard for the purpose of deposing Jus- tice of the Peace Fred C. Clift on the ground of malfeasance in ‘office were vitally frustrated in Superior Judge Ells- worth’s court this afternoon. The prime object of the suit dies a natural death at midnight. The case came on for trial this after- noon. C. E. Kinard appeared again in person and conducted the prosecution, | while M. C. Chapman and Emil Nusbau- | mer defended Justice Clift, who sat by silently listening to the tedious and un- interesting testimony. Kinard, contrary to his Intentions, proved that instead of not turning over all moneys collected from fines from Jan- uary 1, 1895, until May 2, 1898, Clift had pald over to the County Treasurer $164 50 more than he had ought to. The prosecution then was required to pore over the court dockets to segregate each instance where he claimed the fine money had not been turned over. This roved a tedious task, and by the time inard had finished the docket for 1895 Judge Ellsworth was ready .o adjourn for the day and continued further hear- ing until next Wednesday, notwithstand- g the objections of the attorneys for either side. Another_vital obstacle for the prosecu- tion was Kinard's inability to secure the vouchers showing what money had been pald in by Justice Clift. These vouchers had been examined by a recent Grand Jury and were locked up in the rooms of the Supervisors, and the clerk In charge had ended his day’s work. The action in continuing the case prac- tically ends the matter, since Kinard's sole purpose was to depose Justice CIift, and in this he has failed, as this is the last day of Justice Clift's term. Kinard’s proclivities as Justice Clift's Nemesis, however, are not likely to end with the death of this suit, for he de- clares that he will now begin criminal proceedings. “I do not propose to give up this fight until I have got satisfaction,” said Mr. Kinard as he left the courtroom with an alr of disgust mingled with anger. “Those fellows have a plcture of mine stuck upon the wall in Clift's court which 1 consldper libelous, and f propose to bring charges of criminal libel against CIift sooner or later. But I shall first com- mence other proceedings the exact nature of which I decline to discuss at this time.” The picture that Mr. Kinard refers to is pasted on a wall in Clift's court. i a photograph and labeled “C. E. Kinard Across one side is painted the word “‘em- bezzlement.” To-day in court Justice Clift exhibited a similar picture, and Kinard made a desperate though futile effort to snatch it, for he wishes to use it in evidence in the subsequent libel suit. £682. Two piano pieces by Pridham- one “Sabbath Recreations” and the other “Yorkshire Bells”—fetched £363 and £990 respectively. His “Battle March” was sold for £1024. Mahler's “Old London March” was bought for £588 and his “Old Westminster March” for £246. It was in this year that Farmer's vio- lin tutor was sold for £1752. Small- wood's “Fairy Barque,” a simple piano piece, used principally in _schools, fetched as much as £1810. Leslie's song 1893 Verdi's opera ‘Il Trovatore” was sold for £503. Good prices have been paid during the present sale. Inaddition to the record price for “For All Eternity,” £340 15s was paid for Mascheroni's “Land of Yesterday.” B. Richard's “Let the Hills Resound” brought £222 10s; Law- rence Kellie’s “Love Nocturne” £351 the Rose,” £316. \ L ee——— Women’s Suffrage in Australia. The annual meeting of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies was held in_Manchester recently. There was a_crowded attendance of delegates. Mrs. ett presided. The Hon. J. Cock- burn, Agent General for South Australia, remarked that at one time he had some contempt for the question of women's suffrage, as some young people had at the present time, but in his wiser days he had taken an active part In carrying this great reform In outh Australia. [Applause.] Women's guffrage was un- doubtedly the great question of the cen- tury; in fact, he might say, it was the reat question of all time; it would ef- ect a great but very gradual change, and he thought they hardly realized what the change would mean. The ways of women ~%ere in the direction of peace, and If women had a volce in connection with the Czar's proposed peace conference there would be some chance of general disarmament being brought about. Wo- men suffered too much from both inter- national warfare and industrial troubles not to be in favot of such struggles be- ing brought to an end. He came from a | country where women had long enjoved | the Parliamentary franchise, and to him | it was ridiculous that such a right was | not enjoyed by the women of the mother country. It took ten years to win the Yictory in South Australia, and the lead- ers of the movement had to encounter | great opposition. Now, however, there | were few people In the colony who re- gretted the triumph of the women, who since their right to the exercise of the franchise had been established had been the means of intraducing very useful leg- islation. He did not think the women of the .United Kingdom woull have very Jong to wait for what was their right, and there were forces that were always pressing the movement on. The Victorian ‘Age has been a glorious one, and one which he hoped would be crowned by their endeavor succeeding and the act taking its place on the statute book dur- ing the reign of thelr beloved sovereign. Applause.] The report was adopted. — London Standard. —_— A Rather “Close” Kentuckian. I heard of a Louisville man who was pretty close. There died a preacher who Was, perhaps, the most popular man in Louisville. His friends undertook to rafsc a neat sum of money for his famtly, and did raise a goodly sum. Somehow they succeeded In getting a contribution from this man I am telling about burt instead of giving cash he gave his noteat ninety days. The committee tried to get him to pay cash,but he refused,and they left with the note. There were two or three other notes, but when the committee explained to the givers that they would like to make It a lump cash contribution, they all except this one took up the notes and | paid the money. When all had paid cash | except this one they went to him and ex- plained the situation. He declined to make It a cash subscription, but finally in answer to the committee’s repeated appeals, be agreed to pay it in cash if the committee would discount the note. This they did, deducting the bank discount for the time the note had to run. He was a very close man.—Nashville Banner. - HOW TO PAY CHRISTIAN SCIEN- TISTS’ FEES. There "is one little point, however, made by one of my correspondents which is too good to be missed. He re- marks that the principle of the denial of pain, and the other principles on which Christian Science is based, logic- ally apply to other evils besides mere bodily disease. You have an excruciat- ing pain in your big toe. Refuse to be- lieve in the pain, says the Christian Scientist, and the pain ceases to exist. Carry the argument a step further. You owe Jones £5 (a circumstance which may cause you quite as much annoy- ance as a pain in your big toe). Refuse to believe in it, and the debt ceases to exist. There are many people who would appear to adopt this principle in financial matters already, much to their comfort and advantage. It only re- mains for the Christian Science patient to apply this principle to the Christian Sclence healer. The latter charges a guinea a week for Christian Science treatment. Let her only by the power of faith believe that the guinea has been paid and there will be no necessity for handing over h.—London Truth. — e A President’s Letters. It has been estimated that the average number of letters received daily by the President of the French republic at the Elysee amounts to 700, classified as fol- lows: Begging letters, 250; petitlons on political affairs, 150; petitions from crimi- nals, 100; complaints against various func- tlonaries, 100; anonymous insulting letters, 80; threats of assassination, 20.—London News. —_—e————— It Is said that eating onions will pre- vent a mustache from coming on a woman'’s Hp. ADVERTISEMENTS. SENT 7REE TOMEN State Medical Institute Discovers a Re uarkable Remedy for Lost Vigor. The ARE SENDING FREE A TRIAL PACKAGE TO ALL WHO WRITE. Free samples of a most remarkable remedy are being distributed by the State Medical Institute, Fort Wayne, Ind. It cured so many men who had battled. for years against the mental and physical suffering of lost manhood that the“insti- tute has decided to distribute free trial packages to all who write. 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Any man who writes will be sent a free sample, carefully sealed a plain package 50 that {ts reciplent need have no fear of embarrassment or pubiicity. aders are | requested to write without delay. K DR. PIERCE’'S REMEDIES POSSIBILITIES OF THE POSTAL SISTEM Cheap Mail Facilities One of the Chief Fac- tors in Our Pros- perity and Pro- gress. “Common is the commonplace.” The most valiable of civil benefits is such a commonplace matter that we scarcely give it a thought. It would take a win- ter on a whaler nipped in an ice floe to make us truly appreciable of the worth of the postal service. What a wonder- ful thing it is! Wonderful in its organi- | zation, with its vast machinery for the collection and distribution of letters, its railway mail cars, its route riders, the unfailing order and precision of its methods. Wonderful it is, too, in its re- sults. It knits together families widely It carries across the gome tender lover’'s message or perhaps a little flower picked from the daisied grave of an English churchyard. Every | hour ¢f every day the commonplace mail bag is packed with the secrets of separated. gea life, words which waken- love and laughter, and words which deepen the furrow in the cheek and dim the failing sight with bitter tears. But with all this there is going on through the mail service a dissemina- | tion of human knowledge, a reaching ! cut of human help which is one of the | crowning blessings of our century. The correspondence schools led by Chautau- qua are sending to every village and hamlet the broader knowledge which is so eagerly craved by many who are shut in_to the homely duties of an humble life. Without the mail system this plan of education would be utterly non-existent. Every mail, too, carries from the great centers the advice of great phy- sicians, which it would be impossible for the distant public to obtain were it not for the mails. Few people realize how many thousand people depend on the mail service for medical treatment. Not long ago when some postal affairs were being discussed in connection with the erection of the new postoffice build- ing in Buffalo, N. Y., some light was | threwn on this subject by the state- | ment that the mail by Dr. R. V. Pierce amounted daily to something over 1500 pieces. Of course, this is not a common case, because Dr. Pierce’s relation as chief consulting physician to Buffalo's famous institution, The Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute, makes hisadvice and that of his staff of nearly a score of skilled and experienced specialists much sought after, especially by women, to the treatment and cure of whose special diseases Dr. Plerce has devoted over thirty years of almost constant labor. But though this ex- ample is out of the ordinary, it may serve as an evidence of the amazing benefits reaped by the public from the mail service. It puts every outlaying hamlet in touch with the most ad- vanced medical specialism of the day. It gives at the cost of a 2-cent stamp the skill and experience that it has taken years to acquire. Literally, at the cost of a 2-cent stamp, since Dr. Pierce invites sick women to consult him by letter without charge. And this would seem to be one of the most re- markable services rendered by the pos- tal system, perhaps the supreme service of all. 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