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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1899 SMALLPOX CAMP AT THE PRESIDIO IS BROKEN UP Dr. Williams EEHis Faithful Men Retu[p to Civilization. All Escape Infection and Only One Patient Succumbs to the Dread Disease in a Siege of Nine Weeks. n the Wils Cavalry, been as- transport eld in a veen. broken ar Thirty-sixth In- ed to duty with idio pending his Twenty g 1 to the riermaster and qua for the e an fon of ar- s or the po. o of ord- is ¥, utenant Ar- ird 3 Artillery, ord- e board will examine e D and John y D, Artillery will sit at the Presidlo Sergeants Anton Peter- Y hn - Nix v ) Anira v sce officer. Three i nces have been ap- White, Company G, fantry, found gullty of ymrade with intent to do Iy harm, was senteénced . Battery O, Third of conduct to the and military dis- himself without per- party guarding the fon camp, of which he was 1ber, was sentenced to be confined or ‘under charge of the post wo months and to forfet $10 ith for the same period. usiclan Walter Pilkey, - Company I ioth Infantry, found gullty of refus- ing to obey a sentinel, sting him in the f being other- ntenced to be t 0f t hard labor under charge of wll there w the guard at the station of his company with drag for five' mouths to forfeit -$10 per month for the same period. A BIG STRIKE IN VIRGINIA CITY. was tract sur- p B. F. Shaw, the well-known druggist of Virginia City, Nevada, purchased for $1.00 the Octol quarter of ticket No. 9 er 28 drawing of the Lot fencia Publica Com Mexico, which n e being $15 mptly paid to him. ago J. J. Senecal, em- 1 C , 114 Kearny . was also the ,000.00 in the above was pr wnihs why the Lottery of the Publica Company {s cause S0 many capital n on this coast and the » san re so prompt. Lottery of the Bene- )f the City of Mexico, d of twen ient. public under ion of Federal ) supervising the Treasury Departmen body is assured of an T 1 this company, of which U. 1anager. —_—— Charged With Grand Larceny. John Koegh was ald and Gral arrested by ot Detect! the Mis disposing of his mself scarce abou: the Lt by the detec- x | © CHCHOICHO-CHORCHCROOE W’\ CRORORRORONHR g MAGAZINE |37 TE| | a A SECTION. | | | NOVEMBER 19. [ j . & With the Provost Guard |: | 5 +|+ A Sunday Call woman's experiences + |+ § gl'l"m":“s'é{i'rJi“.??fné“??flf&i?fi 8| “8 } : Ql men' : g 2| | LESSONS OF THE WAR % 3 | ; By GENERAL NELSON A MILES. B \ | OUR AMERICAN GIRLS |{ ) ‘ | B By MRS. NELSON A, MILES. 2 g [ [ | < g ADMIRAL DEWEY'S WIFE. § | i | Y By & San Franciscan who knows her. $ | ' G| THE SOCAL EVIL—ITS RENEDY. ¢l | Z| BOOKS OF THE WEEK. | Reviewed by PROF. H. B. LATHROP of Stanford” University. AS THE FRENCH VIEW OUR MILLIONAIRES, By GENEVIEVE GREEN. SO ORI , l | fed | The Latest Fashions in Furs. Dramatic Stars of the Week, Have you noted tha fact that the Sunday Cail Magazine Section for stories of intense interest, fine illustrations and artistic dress rivals any other Sunday paper in America 7 | man” was to carry his case uj | streets, | tween the lines) books ever written. FRAGLEY COULD SEE PROFIT IN A BAD DECISION A Little Graft That Did Not Work. HEAVY ASSESSMENT ORDERED | e HARD WINTER AHEAD OF THE STREET DEPARTMENT. S Superintendent Said He Would Carry Charter Case Up, but the Clerks Would Not Put Up the Stuff. D vithstanding carly rains and every | 8 of abundant feed there are | evide that the grass is getting short in the Sireet Depariment. In fact, it is said that Farmer Fragley, who conducts that end of the municipal ranch, has been s rly troubled timeé and again during - his administration’ and on each occasion has tided over by appealing for assistance on one plea or another to his over-generous help. That his employes | o, have cach time responded is a matter of | City Hall history and general knowledge. | They sidering jobs were scarce with plenty of takers. On this it latest occasion, however, Jooks as though Fragley were up against | tion resigned in favor of E. B, Willis ot Sacramento. Reports were recelved from the mem- rning the additions to the orig- the the real thing. word has g s lithe without a murmur, but that was fore the Supreme Court charter -dects- knocked him out of office and reduced hirlng - capacity an unprofitable unimum. I'wenty-five per cent or even more: of & month's salary was a mere nothing If it assured the well-touched pputy of the balance. Where Fragley goL Ol wrong, according to three or rour At other times when the hi of his depulies, was in trying to make money on his adverse decisfon. Nol many days after that had been handed down an- he made semi-official founcement that he would carry his case on up to the United States Supreme Court. He was particular to inform his deputies | of his intention and, through his licuten- ant iu the department, spread before them glowing pictures of the absolute certainty of suceess and also gave them assurances that -they would be “when the old man wins out.” n if he should not win, was argued, the char- ter could mot go 'into effect until a de- cision was handed down and no one could ay how long that would be. IFragley nded these packages out for the better art of a fortnight, but made them so strong that the old hands lost interest in everything else and waited only for the inevitable touch. According to. one of the Superintend- ent's well-known clerks it came in the shape of a suggestion that as the. ‘old in the in- terests of all every one should share in the expense. “That kind of graft worked before, but we were waiting for it this time,”’ sald The Call’s informant yester- d “We had been given to understand 1at when we didn’t come to the front could begin working on our resigna- anted, but when stand for end of the year chip f think out th you woul yway.' however, TOg 1 his office and h t will_probably r his books at the end NIPPON MARU’S FOURTH OFFICER DIES AT SEA The sudden death of Fourth Officer Ishikawa of the Nippon Maru, who ex- pired suddenly in his stateroom while con- versing with a friend on November 14, caused the vessel to be detained in quar- antine for nearly six hours yesterday afternoon w! the body was taken ashore at Angei Island and an autopsy performed to satisfy the Federal quaran- tine officer, Dr. Matheson, that death was not caused by some infectious disease. The steamer arrived inside the heads shortly after 1 o'clock, but it was not until 6 o'clock p. m. that Dr. Matheson had convinced himself that Ishikawa died of h 1 fallure. The Maru was then al- lowed to procced to the Paclfic Mail dock, urri\ln( there at 7 p. m. The Nippon Maru left Hongkong on October 14 and Yokohama twelve days later. The run up from Honolulu was e In the remarkably fast time of five ys and eighteen hours, the time for the tire voyage being twenty-eight day: twelve hou and twenty-six minu Pleasant weather prevalled during th. whole trip and the only Incident that oc- curred to mar the pieasure of the voy- age was the untimely death of the Japan- ese officer. The Maru brings thirty-six cabin and elghty steerage passengers, the latter being mostly Chinese. ma The British shl;r- Montgomeryshire ar- rived yesterday from Newcastle, N. §. W Ou Novewmber 10 John Willlams, a saflor, died and was burled at sea. The steamer Columbla, which arrived sterday from Portland, reports that on ovember 14, when sixteen miles south- west of Yaquina Heads, she spoke the schooner Amethyst, two days out from Tillamook, short of provisions, and sup- piled her wants. ———e——— THE PATHETIC HUMORISTS. Howard Malecolm Ticknor Delights | Large Audience With Touch- ing Extracts From Humor- ous Authors. The last but one of Malcolm Ticknor's readings was glven by him at the First Unitarian Church, Franklin and Geary yesterday afternoon. The lec- turer took for his subject “The Pathetic Humorists.” In his introduction he In- stanced “David Harum” as one of the most pathetic (to those who read be- o represents the agonizing effort of a man who I8 struggling against sickness, who knows that bis death warrant is signed, | to hide his mental torture under the mask of comedy. And so in many of the great umorists there is a vein of sadne: pathos, all the more beautiful and touch- | ing for its unexpectedness.” Mr. Ticknor fllustrated this fact with extracts, grave and gay, from John Saxe, who he 'said was_once the equal of Holmes; from Barrie, and from Lamb, whose humorous = ess the ker contrasted with his terrible “Con- pe sions of a Drunkard.” Bret Harte, he was inclined to think, had fallen off since | the days when he wrote of the life of John Oakhurst, gambler, whose career, as } | told by Harte, embraced many eplsodes far more tragic than death itself, Fleld's humor was well fllustrated by the story of his suppressed book, “Culture’'s Gar- land,” in which an essay appeared on ““Hamlet,” In which photos of the legs of the various enactors of the role served as {llustrations, and the essayist treated the subject as though the essence of the part lay below the equator. During the reading of “Little Boy Biue” many fur- tive handkerchlefs bore witness to the reader’s skill in rendering the pathetic little fioemA At the opening of the lec- ture Mr. Ticknor contradicted the story in an Oakland paper to the effect that he had stated that “an actor and actress, separated by thelr professional duties, had a right to live their own lives irrespective of convention,” and sald it was a gratu- us misconstruction. The | speaking of the separation of Julis Mer: lowe and her husband, had said that “though to be regretted from a s int of view, a professional couple 35.':’. {:guflea in_severing their conjugal rela- fons in order to fulfill their professional engagements.” Next Thursday Mr. Tick- nor will speak of “Shakespeare a Dra- matic Constructor.’ Miss Katherine suvu, well known to local people by her tch and Irieh readings, wllfon on- day afternoon te scenes from tne LAt < "& o parlors of the could not well do otherwise con- | ehairman, ie down the line he has had ; retained in office | permanent or SAVERS OF THE FLOOD WATERS R Executive Committee Elected to Take Chafgfl the Work. All Sections of the State Are Represented and the Campaign of Education Is to Begin Without Delay. HE advisory council of the Cali-| fornia Water and Forest Assocla- | tion met at the Palace Hotel yes- ons. The election on se the pressing bu: of an execu- to conduct the campaign f the flood waters of the ne was needed for the atfon of all the questions before the size of the committee decided upon. F. W. Dohrmann ing to order. C. B. Boothe | s was elected temporary | T. C. Friedlander was the temporary secretary. H. A. McCraney, who was elected as a member of the council Wednesday night by the conven- St full e art bers conc inal numb follows: in counetl d Congresslonal Distrie r. Devlin, Judge Gray r as R. Gibbon, ms, Santa Cruz; R. n Luls Obispo; Thomas Francee, Sa- | T. Cosper, Ri ds 1. Fay Mordecal, Madera. was not represented. | nstitution of the asso- Cc H J. J. Stevenson, ange; D. W Fourth Distric Articles of the | cfatton sufficient to permit the election of | were immediately adopted -and the tien named to head the officer: follow were NE Dis Distric ¥ Timothy Hopkins, Skn | committee i | fill vacanctes in the couneil and will adopt EADY TO ACT Fitth District; T. J. Field, Monterey County, | Sixth District J. Daniels, Riverside, Sev- enth District etary, T. C. Friedlander; treasurer, W. F. Dohrmann. | An executive committee of seven, con- | sisting of Messrs. Thomas, Gibbon, Pills- | bury, Maxwell, Boothe, Dohrmann and Hopkins, was elected. After this had been donie ' W. H. Mills raised the question | whether the executive committee was | large enough. A lnng discussion followed, which resulted in the appointment of a of Messrs. Maxwell, Mills, Gleaves, Briggs and Buell to consider the matter and report, and a recess was taken until afternoon. This committee favored the election of an executive committee of twenty-nine members, of which the president, secre- tary and treasurer of the advisory coun- cil were ex-officio members. Chairman Maxwell of the sub-commit- tee cxplained that the executive commit- tee was intended to represent all sections and interests and recommended the elec- tion of the followi President, W h : drrigat “hipman, J. . mpanies—Major F. S. Rice, Judge John D. ks: electrical interests—Dr. W. R. Eckert; ropolitan_press—M. H. de Young, Harrison y Otis;_ S “rancisco Chamber of Com- merce—A. B, : Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce— bankers—Timothy W Hopkins, Phillp Lilienthal rnia Press Assoclation—Raleigh Bgrear; State Grange— 3 v. Montgomery: horticulture—M. J. Danlels; engineers—J. _B. Lippincott; public State University—Benja- H. n—J, M. Ide Wheeler; State Board of Trade i Mills: National Irrigation Association—George H. Maxwell. After the members had paid_their dues, the advisor: council adjourned. The af- association will be conducted committee, which will the executiv a complete constitution and. by-laws for the assoctation. N HENRY INVESTIGATED SWEPT FROM THE POOP DECK BY A WAVE. Seamen Spun Their Yarns at the In- quest Yesterday and Told of Blood on the Carpenter's Hammer. Saflors' yarns were spun yesterday in | I's office with the usual salt Coroner H sea elaboration by t bronzed tars w came to this port on the ill-fated ship Cyrus W, »field, whose master, Captain F. T. Henry, was killed while gong around the Horn. The Coroner was holding an inquest to determine the cause of death, it having been gencrally rumored among the crew that he had been the victim of foul play. The person hinted at in these rumors is First Mate Frederick Willlamson, now on his way 0 this ity by rail to vindicate his reg n from the charge or insinua- tion, whatever it may be termed. Mr. Willlamson has begun suit in a New York court against the Associated Press for libel in having published rumors con- cting alm with the death of the cap- tain. All the witnesses agreed on the follow- ing state of facts: At 7 o'clock on the evening of June 14 of this year, while the ship was rounding Cape Horn, a heavy sea struck the vessel and caused her to lurch heavily. Members of the crew on deck were swept from their feet and washed from bulwark to bulwark until they were dashed against something of which they could take hoid.. Among the persons being tossed by the sea around the deck was Captain T. F. Heury. Sallor Frank gillow, who seemed to be an honest and truthful witness, had been at work on the pumps and was caught in the big wave and swept from one part of the deck to the other. While holding on to a part of the rig- ging he saw a black object which looked like the form of a man whirling past him in the water. He wailed until it returned with the next roll of the ship and caught hold of It, thinking that {t was the dcad body of Sailor Grant, who had been swept away with him from the pumps. It proved | however, to be the unconscious body of | the captatn. | b |ing | tfme, called up through the companion- | The unconscious form of the captain was Billow raised an alarm after tho ship ad been righted, the whole affair occupy- | robably half a minute, and the mate, Fred Willlamson, who was below at the way to put the body on the poop deck. taken down to the cabin, where the mate | forced some whiskey down the throat of | | the injured man. The captain dfed shortly | afterward. There was a crescent sha, | mark on the back of the head, just below | | the neck, looking llke the mark of a ham- | teature of the testimony. | two witnesses, Thomas Vi | pino steward, and Fremont | ject, as stated by him, being to nail up | filed in the United States District Court | upon the to | resuit | { Montgomery street and Broadway, suf- | great deal of persuasion mer. The hammer formed an important According to {gn, the Fili- the ap- sh, rentice hoy, the mate had borrowed (he’ ammer from Carpenter C. J. Carlesoen before the wave struck the ship, his ob- the shutter of his cabin to keep out the | water. When the witnesses saw the ham. | mer the next rrrlmmmg there was blood of It. | A1l the witnesses agreed that the mate | was not on deck twenty minutes before the wave struck the ship. They zald fur- ther that the captain was popular and the mate very unpopular. Captain Johnson, | the second officer of the ship, "thought | that the captain was killed by the sea | dashing him against some part of the deck, the deceased beinz on the elevated peop deck nt the time the big wave came. Te eaid also that the captain and Mate Williamson quarreled frequently and had hot ‘words, but never came to hlows. The mate, he said, wanted to sew the body in a sack and throw it overboard, but the witness and the remainder of the crew would not allow that disposition to be made of the body. An_ autopsy will be made to-day, and the jury will be summoned to hear the and to deliberate wupon their verdict. Milt Ned2ine is prevared at our brewery and is HneTiled 1n quality, DuRty and “mediime | virtue, ANHEUSER-BUSCH BREWING ASS'N. — e A Case of Smallpox. Yesterday morning Frank Rice was taken from the Golden Eagle Hotel, fering from confluent smallpox. Dr. Law. lor immediately ordered the afMict, 10 be removed to the Pesthouses T | Lawlor experienced considerable trouble in obtaining a physician nurs tend the sick man, and nnug Dr. . md;?! and Nurse George Davis volun- teered thelr servicés and were gladly ac- cepted. Martin Kelly, a cook, after a ARTE to pare the meals for the pn’ant- mdpm attendants. . : The sick man came down from Port- land a few 2go on the steamer Stat a st nger ane of Californ eerage passe; Dr. Lawlor i u.rlldl that a number of the ere e ers o '.bnnaonm. d all the 3 | Residents of the Mission Seek to BOWLDERS HURLED BY QUARRY BLASTS SUIT IS BROUGHT TO PROTECT | HOMES FROM RUIN. Enjoin Gray Bros. From Oper- ating Their Rock Crush- ing Plant. The Gray Brothers' Crushed Rock Com- must defeat an action brought to them before continuing the work of quarrying from the property of Mary Lynde Cralg and Samuel L. Foster, bounded by Douglass, Twenty-sixth, North Twenty-sixth streets and Hoffman avenue. Gray Brothers have been quar- rying on this property and operating a crushing plant at the corner of Clipper and Douglass streets for some time past, but residents of the district have joined in an action to close down the works. | The plaintiffs are: Katherine de Bluum- ford, 514 Clipper street; Isabella McKillop, 1003 Diamond street; Kathrine Herting, 1009 Diamond street ichoias Epting, % Diamond street X Popper, 11§ tro street; John Yung. 4273 fifth street; E. E. Fisher, 4712 Twenty strect; Joseph B. Niderost, 1016 Diamond street; Vincent Doud, 430 Clipper street Matilda Stranahan, 428 Clipper street Maggie Isham, 432 Clipper street; Cath rine Lowe. 1001 Diamond _street; John Baler, %5 Dlamond street; John D. Tobin, Twenty-fourth street; Patrick F.| X Douglass street Emma Clipper & -fifth street; Jo Ray. , and F. E. Hackney, 1028 | cause of action that s s are exploded at the quarry, which hurl large rocks and other debris on their properties. Windows have been broken in their homes. the concussion of the blasts has cracked the plastering of | thelr dwellings, thrown the sills and un- | derpinning out of plumb and hurled | bowlders on the roofs, endangering the ; lives of the occupants. The dust and soot created have ruined thelr carpets, cur- tains and furniture, the complaint con. tinues, the cesspools carrying the draln: age waters from the hills Into the sewers | have been fllled up, causing the streets to | overflow, and sewers have become foul | and stagnant, endangering the health of | all. Large amounts of stoné have been | placed on the walks and roads, ralsing | the grades two feet, rendering them unfit | | for_use. | The plaintiffs also allege that the de- | fendants are operating a steam plant without license or permission from the Supervisors, In conclusion the plaintiffs pray that the owners of the property be enjoined from leasing the same to Gray Brothers, and that they be forever en- | joined from operating the crushing plant and blasting in the quarry. —————— SUIT FOR SALVAGE. Property Valued at $470,000 Al- leged to Have Been Salved. P. C. Harrison and Alexander McGee yesterday a sult for salvage against the Alaska Commercial Company. The com- plaint recites that on August 1 of this year the defendant’s steamer Louise left St. Michael, Alaska, en route to Juneau, with three barges in tow laden with canned provisions, boots, shoes and cloth- ing, and that within twelve hours there- after a heavy storm arose and the barges were cut lodse from the steamer, which had sprung a leak and was stranded on | the island of St. Michael. One of the s was sunk by the violence of the | torm and a part of its cargo was cast hore. Most of this cargo as well as the vo other barges with their cargoes were saved by the libelants. After the barges and the cargoes had been in possession of the libelants for two days thirty employes of the defendant | forcibly seized and carried away the | harfics and their cargoes without giving the libelants any compensation whatever. The libelants ask for salvage, and fix the value of the two barges at $10,000 each and the value of the cargoes of the three | barges at $450,000. Plasterers Protest. At a recent meeting of the Plasterers’ Unlon held in this city a set of resolu- tions was adopted protesting against cer. tain statements made by Smith Brothers regarding the plaster of the Marine Ho: pital at Mare Island. Smith Brothers made the complaint that the material | used in the work was not good, for it is{ already in need of extensive repairs, and the hospital has only just been finished. The_ plasterers answer that the material is the same that is proving satisfactory here in San Francisco, and that the trouble lles in the fa that Smith Brothers emgloyed unskilled workmen. 'rhmwlll send a copy of thelr resolutions to Secretary of the Navy. —_——— Ten Jurors Secured. The work of securing a jury to try Joseph P. Frenna for the murder of James F. Turner Is progressing slowly before Judge Cook. About a week has- now consumed cure an unl_p;led Ju ";_,‘d“(:} Bave been' LV ’u.r;r{tmmlnh Py H. u) . Edward Cunafnno'"fi u- Flint s B, & poclinid 8 | as Parton say: | says nothing.” BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BY DR. SMITH OF YALE. Copyright, 1899, by Seymour Eaton. GREAT AMERICAN STATESMEN. V. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Benjamin Franklin was the fifteenth child of a New England family of seven- teen children. He was born in Boston in 1706, and when 10 years old assisted his father at his trade of a tallow chandler and soap bofler. At the age of 13 he was apprenticed to his brother and learned from him the printer. our years later he wer siphia, where his intelligence ron brought nim into notice. Following the urgent advice of the Governor of Pennsylvania, he went to London, where he remained a year and a half. But no more promising opening appeared for him there than that of a teacher of a swimming school, which he was urged by an Influential friend to ac- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, cept. Fortunately he had higher ideals for a life work, so he returned to Phila- delphia in 1726. Here he settled as a print- er, married and lived for nearly thirty years before making his first long sojourn abroad. It was during these years that he dis- played those qualities and achieved th results which have given him an knowledged place among the wisest ac- of mankind and the benefactors of the race. | In his business affairs he was shrewd and far-sighted and prospered, first in the con- duct of his printing office, then as editor and publisher of the Pennsylvania Ga- zette. In the latter he Introduced the novel feature of advertisements, and so, “originated the mode:rn " While always system of advertisin | thrifty, and with a keen eye for the profit he was never forgetful of the higher utilities, and evidently val- ued his personal successes for the oppor- tunities they breught him to be useful to others. The ruling motive of his life was to benefit mankind, and to this his efforts of an enterprise were chlefly directed. As a conspicuous illustration of this should be mentioned his publication of 8 Almanac.” This he com. menced in 2 and continued for about twenty-five years. Th distinguishing feature of it was the collection of short, pithy maxims which each number con- tained, and which were intended to com- mend the homely virtu such as indus- try, sobriety and econom A few speci- mens will show their flavor. “Tongue double brings trouble.” ‘“He that drink fast pays siow.” “Would you live with ease, do what you ought and not what you please.” y who was not “Poor Ric! “Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead makes “Early to bed and garly to rise, a man healthy, wealthy and wise. igence is the mother of good luck. helps them that help themselves. preaches bLetter than the ant, and she “The noblest question in the world is, What good can I do in it?" “Oh, lazy-bones! Dost thou think God would have given thee arms and legs If he ot designed thou shouldst use n empty bag cannot stand up- right. Well done is twice done.” T sleeping fox catches no poultry. U “Keep thou from the opportunit and God will keep thee from the sin.” . *He- ware of little expénses; a small leak wlil sink a great ship.” * 'Tis easler to pre- nt bad habits than to break them. “8ilks and satins put out d fire.” “A plowman on his legs is higner than a gentleman on his knees.” “Haste makes ste.” “Virtue and a trade are a child’'s best portion.” “Content {s the philosopher’s stone that turns all it touch- es into gold. Concerning this famous almanac, Mors: in his life of Franklin say; ‘The publication ranks as one of the most in- fluential In the world. Its “proverbial sen- tences, chiefly such as inculcated industry and frugality as the means of procuring wealth and thereby securing virtue,'’ were sown ltke seed all over the land. The almanac went year after year, for & quarter of a century, Into the hot of nearly every shopkeeper, planter and farmer in the American provinces. Its wit and humor, its practical tone, its shrewd maxims, its worldly honesty, its morality of common sense, its useful information, all chimed well with the national character. It formulated in homely phrase and with droll fllustration what the colonlsts more vaguely knew, felt and believed, upon @& thousand pointa of life and conduct. In so doing jt greatly trained and Invigorated the natural mental traits of the people. ‘‘Poor Richard" was the revered and popular schoolmaster of 4 young natlon during ita period of tutelage. His teachings are among the powerful forces which have gone to shaping the habits of Americans. It was not in the giving of good advice only that Franklin sought to benefit his fellow men, for his busy brain was ever suggesting practical devices for increas- ing the comfort of life or widening its outlook. One of his best known inven- tions was the stove which bears his name, which was a great improvement on the open fireplace. On this he refused to take out a patént, considering that whatever advantage might come to the public from its use was only part recompense for the many benefits conferred by society upon him. He devised and established the firet circulating library. He founded an acad- which later became the University o | of Pennsylvania. He reorganized the fire department of Philadelphia, with the re- suit that loss by fire was greatly dimin- ished. As Postmaster he made the post- office far more efficlent than it had ever seen before. He interested himself deeply in scientifie problems of vario kinds, brlnmni’ to bear upon them the penetra- tion of his keen, or;?nm mind. His most famous discovery was made when he es- tablished the ldenulz of atmospheric elec- tricity with that obtained artificlally in the laboratory. The kite which brought down lightning from the skies raised him in the llght of all the world to a place among the great scientific lights of the age, so that when he went to Europe he wr a famous man and the best known o 'l'hfln Atm f M:"t t i e first o 'wo most important missions abroad was in 1764, Thl?t” year °¥en“ a period momentous in the history of our country. The French and Indian war had been fought, and had ended with the expulsion of the French from the h American continent. The peace of Paris had closed one war, but it prepared the way for another, for It left the British Government free to turn Its attention to the eolonies as a source of revenue, and at the same ur:e made thedealonfes less than ever willing to submit to external &G a6 moxt IMDOrtant part ot B patis Aant an art of s pul ife was sl before him. Piblle ‘The coming storm pf the revolution was o mmntn::an, l.n'a 4 klin as Aagent of Ponn- sylvania to look after her Interests in a contest with the proprietor. He expected as glorious | the kitchen | |to return In a few months, but startling events soon came, , letely over. shadowing the original obj ill' mis- . and keeping him several years at a t which had grown to be one of na- tlonal importan First came the stamp act, and :n connection with it Franklin made one of the first blunders of his life. He mistook the course of public opinion in the colonles, believing that they would submit to *he tax, and accor ¥y recom- mended a person for appointment as selle er of the stamps in Philadelphia. Great v the wrath of his countrymen, who | led to believe that he had approved the tax and had even ad the first to d it. But he protested against it, point out the dangers h the Government was 16 attitude became bet- ter known his popularity returned. One of “he conspicuous Incidents of the | stamp-act controversy was the examina- tion of Franklin at had from and_continued of the takir the bar of the House of Commons. Friends and foes alike plied him with Guestions concerning the resources of the colonles, their attie tude toward the mother country, their robabla course |f Parllament continued to tax them. ~Never did Franklin show more plainly his wealth of Information, his mastery of clear statement, his_tact, and keenness. Burke #ald of the proceed- ing that It was Itke “an examination of & master by a par cel of schoolboy: An English ori- odical said: “Fro) this examination of Dr. Frankiin thae reader may form a clearer and more comprehensive _idea of the state and dis- position of America, of the expediency or inexpediency of the measure in question, and of the character and conduct of the Minister who pre- pared it, than from all that has been written upon the subject in newspa- P and pamphlets, under the titles of essays, letters, speeches and considera- tions, from the first moment of its be- coming the subject of public attention until now." The repeal of the stamp act, which fole lowed, was belleved In America to largely the result of Franklin's efforts, so that his popularity was greatly Increased. | During the years that immediately f; lowed the repeal he was appointed agent in England for New Jersey, Georgla and Massachusetts, so that he represented at the same time four colonles, two of them of the first importance. These appoint- bis thorough acquaintance with i al affairs and his great personal | prestige caused him to be regarded in gland as the representative of all | America. He continued to labor for & friendly ‘adjustment of difficulties on & basis satisfactory to_the colonfes until it became evident, In 1774, that no such set« tiement was possible. Then he returned | to Philadeiphia, after an absence of ten years. | Events followed each other in rapld sucs culminating in _the declaration of ndence in 1776. Franklin was now | ; and might well have claimed | exemption from further servi But the | new nation needed her greatest and wis- | est citizen to represent her at the friend- Iy court of Louls XVI Frankiin cheers fully undertook the task, and so entered upon what proved to be the most diffie cult and perplexing period of his life. The importance of his mission was clearly een. Lord Rockingham declered that the presence of Franklin in Paris much more than offset the victory of the Eng- lish on Long Island and the capture of New York." The people of Paris were | greatly moved by the arrival of this vene erable man, whom they knew by reputa- | tlon as one'of the world's sages, and fol- | lowed him about with reverent admira- tion, much as if Solon or Socrates had suddenly appeared in their midst. Frank- lin shrewdly made the most of this and * | turned it all to account for helping his country’s cause. For nine years he re+ mained in France, doing a work thera which in importance was little if at all | behind that of Washington himself “hflnglng the revolution to a successful ssue. Among the greatest difficulties of the war were the lack of money and of credit by which money could be obtained. | France was well disposed, but what se- curity could the young and struggling nation give for loans? At this juncture Franklin's tact and persuasiveness, his rwn‘nm\l prefltlre and the confidence he nspired actually supolied the place of credit and drew forth those generous sup- plies of money which were essential to the prosecution of the war. This con- #titutes Franklin's unique contribution to the success of the American cause, for we must believe that a task which even he accomplished with difficulty would have been impossible for any one eise. Of the | constant harassment to which he was subjected by the jealousy of coll ues and the Inconsiderate demands of Con- !(reu there is not room here to speak. ellef c in 1783, when the treaty of ‘fi'n" was signed, and two years later e was permitted to return home. Surel;; now the aged man would be al- lowed his well-earned rest. But his fel- low-citizens could not yet deny the: Ives the benefit of his services. He was elect- | ed chief executive of Pennsylvania, and in | 1787 was sent as a delegate to the conven- tion which gave us our constitution. He was the Nestor of that famous body, but aside from exerting his influence for har- mony took little part in its proceedings. His work was done, yet he lived until 17%, long enough to see ‘the establishment of firm government under Washington In the country he loved so well and to whose welfare he had devoted the best energles of his long and wonderful life. . ST Yale University. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. Autumn-Winter Term, 1899-1900. MONDAYS and THURSDAYS: Popular Studies in Shakespeare. TUESDAYS: The World's Great Artists. WEDNESDAYS: Desk Studies for Girls and Shop and Trade Studies for Boys. FRIDAYS: Great American States- men. SATURDAYS: Home Science and Household Economy. These courses will continue until February 15, 1900. Examinations will be held at their close as a basis for the granting of certificates. WILLIE HAHN'S PICNIC PRIZE. Attorney Schilling Defends a Boy Arrested for Petty Larceny. ‘Willle Hahn, a boy, appeared in Judge Conlan's court yesterday on a charge of petty larceny. He was accused by John A. Meagher, 2 Bounce place, by whom he was employed, with stealing 1000 trading stamps valued at Attorney Carl Schil- ling re nted Wil In answer to the Jns‘c Nlle said: ‘‘Mr. Schilling is my attorney, becausa last summer I was af Father Scanlan's picnic at El Campo drew a gate prize of $30 legal services do- . OPA-—-—% nated by Mr. Schiiling. When [ got ar- 1ested T sent for Mr. Schilling and he saild he would dcliver part of the glr!:e." Willle denled _stealing ,the trading stamps, asd at the request of his attor- ney the case was continued till Tues- day. —————————— The. more successful some people are th; m:’n“fim they have for being