The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 6, 1899, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6. 1899, Qs istssoisisiosiosisisisoiobeiotbessbobetesd WORK OF THE LAW DEPARTMENT Reportof Attorney Gen- eral Griggs. JUDGES’ PAY TOO SMALL| SR COMMENTS TPON ACTIONS AGAINST TRUSTS. e i Recommends That the Chief Justice’s | Salary Be $20,000 and the As- ! sociates’ §10,000 Yearly. Special Dispatch to The Call WASHINGTO! BES eviews Gen- al report to Con- the work of the Depart- Justice ¢ ar and then 1 is occasionally made > have legal proceed- the name of the United 15t corporations or combina- | panies that are alleged to be | ing or maintaining mo- | nts in restraint of | Upon the ;um«c\‘r »ec. b.—Attorney 1 his a tition. ined onl when | e of the F. e F be m y b Yed law this o eement or tat dissolve the | fenders by -| laries the | er | nd a lawy £ ina| ska | On the bar she met the bark N but was finally retired. During t} turn was turned into a lumber ves At are The report urges upon Congress the ne- cessity of providing for the appointm of an additional District Judge, an addi- tional United States District Attorney Marshal, and that the territory be an. divided into two districts. Ge recommends that the District Attc torne) iIf two $5000 a year. TO BRING BACK DEAD HEROES OF THE MAINE Bodies of the Sailors Will Be Ex- humed in Havana and Reburied at Arlington. WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—Assistant Sec- retary Allen has received a letter from Captain J. G. Greene, commandant of the naval station at Havana, saying that con- have been executed for exhuming mains of the d are aine, buried In Colon Cemete ¥ing also that they can be removed to e States at any time after the . The battl used for the transportation of the is now on her way from Brun to Hampton Roads, wher, and provision > remains are to be brought ed in the n with ful 5.—J. W. Kil- t and one of the the anty . miles west this widow two and IN CONFERENCE i R Annual Session Will Occur Here. MANY DELEGATES EXPECTED| REET LAWS ;;n WATER TO BE DEBATED. “alifornia tion in will devote its leading rect Im- ne, W. E arce of | 8. e, E Taylor of Alameda | N as of Los Angeles ¢ I to brin subject of Cities r srks.” This | number of speakers as- and dis s it. The arr of Nevada City, Rosa, Mayor Lamb r Druffel of SBanta | | there seven California an active part May are down to take edings, w of these being Oakland ton of Los Angeles, Capps , Sweet of Santa Rosa and a Crus. addition to the stated topics, many matters will come up. There will of fifteen-minute papers upon mentioned later. There will also be a long consideration of the work | of the e in the future., The by-laws f the will be amended in all prob- there is a “question box,” matters — POSTUM CEREAL. HARD ON TRAVELER. Nearly Killed by Coffee. “It §s hard to teach a traveling man that coffee don't agree with him. I had the fact forced on me pretty thor- oughly. I have been connected with an im- portant coffee house in New York and accustomed to drinking a great deal of coffee. ‘My stomach got so badly out of or- der that 1 thought for a time I would not live. The heart was also involvea and gave so much trouble that I was afrajd to drop off to sleep, fearing that 1 would never wake up. “The cause of the trouble was not known until my attention was callea 10 it by reading about Postum Food Coffee. 1 dropped the coffee at once, and have since been drinking nothing in that line but Postum. The results have truly surprised me. I am on the road traveling, and carry a package of. Postum wherever I go. Since using the Postum Food Coffee (eight months) my #tomach and heart seem to be in a per- fect state of health, and I have gained over twenty-five pounds. I have recom- mended it to a score of friends and have been thanked by them repeated- ly/'—R. E. Frear, Tunkhannock, Pa. | leagu which, conveniently, will offer a chance for the introduct of such conside tions as have h viously ovel The two day, the first at 2 p. m. Three sessions w mark each of the other two days of the season—morning, afternoon and ev A low transportation rate has been se- cured to bring the delegates to the city. or Phelan s the president of the He will make an address, sesslons will be held on Wedn viewin; first of the existence of league. An address will be made by President David arr Jordan of Stanford University Wednesday evening. cording to the of- ficers of the league, the expectation is entertained that between sixty and sev- enty municipalities will Several citles b ve already bidden for the e | ad of the battleship | nd | p Texas, which | | re- | the work of the past year, the ! be represented. | next annual session of the league, in- | cluding Santa Rosa, § 08 An- geles, San Jose and Fr % Much in- terest,” the officlal organ of the league, loped In the fixing of a programme for the future.” For that reason that will be the first matter c sidered after the address of the dent and the annual report of the offi- cers. 9 g All municipal officers are privileged to attend the convention and to participate in its proceedings, and no speciat pro- ceeding is necessary to elect them. Boards of Trustee nd City Councils are authorized by the league to elect one or more de ates. The officers of the league and the com- mittees ure as follows: President, James D. Phelan; vice presidents, J. W. Rich- ards of Berkeley and W. H. Turner of Merced; sccretary, H. A. Mason of Santa Clara; 'treasurer, M. L. Hanscom of Berkeley utive committee—James D. Phelan, James Hutchinson of Palo Alto, B. F. Lamborn of Alameda; improvement committee—D. O. Druffel of Santa_Clara, C. W. Agee of Merced, Charles Francee of Salinas; legislative committee—T, H, Carr of Nevada City, E. M. Burke of Santa Barbara, C. A." Jacobson of Peta- luma, C. N. Kirkbride of S8an Mat H. Albright of Red Bluff; judiclary mittee—Joseph Hutchinson of I B. A. Hayne of Berkeley, C. ri bride of San Mateo, R. F. Robertson of Los Gatos, E. K. Taylor of Alameda. UNITARIAN’S NEW PASTOR. Rev. E. Bradford Leavitt of Wash- ington to Arrive Here in January. The call that the members of the First Unitarian Church sent to the Rev. E. Bradford Leavitt of Washington to be- come their permanent minister has been accepted by him and on Sunday last his formal letter of acceptance was read to the congregation. Mr. Leavitt is expected to arrive here in January and will at once enter on his new dutles. Dr. Stebbins will, with occa- sional rellef, hold the services until the reverend gentleman's arrival. Latmer Exhibition of Paintings. The puplls of the Latmer School of Art held an exhibition in the Maple room of the Palace Hotel last evening. The place ‘was crowded with an Interested throng of relatives, work with the brush, who passed a thor- oughly enjoyable evening inspecting the many excellent paintings on exhibition and listening to the music that was ren- dered for thelr entertalnment. | Onyon, J. F. Rodg Rodgers. | Clement Dixon, Frederick Damara, P. P. | Chamberlain, Joseph Paradi Maggie J. rthern Light, bound in. present | | pecially In San friends and admirers of fine | Will be sold b, b o S -&MQWH”W*-’—H Two Old Whalers Meeting on the Bar. HE Okhotsk Sea whaling fleet is all ready for another cruise, and vesterday the first of the vessels went to sea. For years the latter vessel went regularly to the Aretic, Kotzebue Sound excitement she was fitted out to carry passenger: l. On this last trip she was on her beam ends and nearly went down. DECISION 1§ BIG LAND CASE Petition of James Dow Is Denied. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. REDWOOD CITY, Dec. 5.—Judge Buck to-day decided the petition of James J. Dow, wherein it was asked that peti- | tioner be declared the sole owner of what is known as the Dow property, embracing | land$ in San Mateo valued at $100,000. A | few months ago James J. Dow filed in the | Superior Court of this county a petition In which he alle that In August, 1849, William Dow and Elizabeth D. Dow In- termarried and remained husband and wife until the death of the latter in 1877; that said Elizabeth left surviving her the children, John Dow and James J. Dow, and her husband, Willlam Dow; that at the time of her death she and her hus- band upled the lands deseribed in the petition as a_homestead which had heen duly decla and recorded by the hus- band out of the community property in 1867, and that Willlam Dow died in 1882. | Petitioner prayed for a decree_of the court that upon th eath of Hlizabeth D. Dow id hcmestead property he de- clared vested absolutely in sald” Willlam | Dow. An order to show cause was made upon the 27th day of M 9. In obeas ence to this order R. Sulifvan, W.'M. C. Coldwell, Robert Lut- ton, May Coldwell and Hannah Jansen appeared and filed a demurrer and cons quently an answer with a petition. These latter parties claimed to be the owners of the property described In the petition, having derived their title thereto by con- veyances from Willlam Dow and by the statutes of limitation. The action was of considerable interest here and os- Mateo, for the lands de- are situated in the very heart of the latter city and are valued at not less than $100,000. The estate comprises some of the most valuable business property in San Matco, and large sums have beca spent by the present owners for improve- ments. The petition and answer were heard by the court and submitted some time ago. Church Bazaar Opens To-Night. The ladles of the Westminster Presby- terian Church will hold their annual ba- zaar and sale of fancy and staple articles in the church parlors, corner of Webster and Pnd‘e streets, commencing this even- ing and continuing Thursday and Friday afternoons and evenlnfn. Refreshments the ladies. An attractive rogramme of music, etc., will be ren- lered every evening. ———— Coeducation, says the Puritan, tends to discourage sentiment, -AT-TEMPTED T0 HANG and on her r HERSELF IN A CELL THE ACT OF ALMA HOWARD, A MORPHINE “FIEND.” She Was Sentenced to Five Months for Petty Larceny, but Said She Would Rather Die. Alma Howard, a morphine ‘“fiend,” at- | tempted to hang herself In a cell in the City Prison yesterday morning, and if a “trusty’” who had occasion to pass the cell had not discovered her she would have accomplished her purpose. She was in one of the women's cells, which are | entirely excluded from observation of any | of the prison officials. e had been talking with her attorney minutes before, and when a “trusty” took her back to her cell, of which she was the sole cecupant, he no- ticed that she was very much excited. It struck him a few minutes later that he would pass the cell and see how she was getting along, and he noticed her hanging by the neck. She had made a rope out of her petticoat, and, climbing on top of a bench, had tied the ends to a cross bar to thé entrance to the toflet. The other ends she tied around her neck and jumped off the bench. The “trusty” promptly opened the cell door and. taking hold of her body, gave it a ferk and broke the rope. He then notifled the prison officials and she was sent to the Recelving Hua ftal, where she soon recovered. She was ater sent to the Branch County Jail, She came into notice in August last, when she was sentenced to thirty dave for stealing a silk waist from a dry g« store_on Market street. On Wednesday last Judge Graham sentenced her to five months for stealing a gold pin belonging to her landlady, but she declared that Sh a f she would rather kill herself than serve the sentence. She was foolish enough (o concoct a story that she belonged to the aristocratic Fairfax family of Virsini but later admitted that she was a gr. yate of a girls' training home in ork. —_—— HAS WON FAME ABROAD. Orrin Peck, ?h; 7!:‘;moul Portrait Painter, Here for the Winter. San Francisco always takes pleasure | In welcoming back those of her sons and daughters who have by thelr talents and Industry spread abroad the fame of her | maternity. Therefore it was with genuine delight she recelved Orrin Peck, when he returned the other day after an absenee of many years spent in England and on the Continent. Mr. Peck, who here accompanied by his mother to sp the winter as the guest of his sister. Mrs. F. G. Sanborn, who has been so promi- nently identified with Red Cross work, has achleved for himself a reputation o on artist of which he may be Justly proud, Leaving here some twenty years ago he has ever since devoted himself to the study of painting, with the result that comes most artists of his time. His first studies were made in Munlch, since which time he has studied and painted in nearly every capital in the world. His pictures and portraits have won for him gold medals at the exhibi- | tlons of Vienna, Munich and Berlin, and have received mention with the best at the Paris Salon whenever he has seen fit lohl”‘h]i"h"klh'm' r. Peck is a prominent membe Bohemian Club, and wil] kaPQOtQ:I);: " | place his headquarters until he can find rooms suitable for a studio fn which to accomplish the work he has mappe: for himself this winter, oot gt This is the third visit that Mr. Peck has made to his home since leaving twenty Eears ago. In all of his travels he has een accompanied by his mother, who with him on his present trip her ———— WILSON ON THE STAND. Gives Testimony During the Trial of “Straw Bond” Kelly. Thomas A. Kelly, now on trial before Judgé Lawlor on a charge of forging straw bonds for the release of Harry Wilson on three charges of petty larceny, is beginning to look as though he appr clated the doubtful position he occupies. Wilson took the stand yesterday and re- peated the story told at the preliminary examination as to how J. N."E. Wilson received $3%0 from him and told him that he was at liberty to go, as the case had been fixed. He d that he went down town after having been released, met Wil- son and they walked up town' together. There they met a smooth faced young man who resembled the defendant, but he could not say that it was he, neither could he say that it was not. The wit- ness then left them, believing that he wus free and left the city. Ricl Bldwell, William J. O'Connor, John F. Sevmour and Bond Expert C. D. Neuman also gave testimony in the case. The hearing will continue -day he stands among the very fore- | T HARD LUCK THE PORTION OF THE OVERDUE FLEET Several of Them Have Made Port. —— NORTHERN LIGHT'S DANGER WAS ON HER BEAM ENDS AND NEARLY WENT DOWN. vesterday. the vessels spoken by the revenue cutter McCulloch and supplied with provisions. Not a word has been heard from the ves- sels that are longest out. The fleet that got in yesterday was com- posed of the John D. Tallant, IS days from Port Gamble; Seven Sisters, 16 days from | Coos Bay; La Gironde, 22 days from | Grays Harbor for San Pedro; Lettitia, 23 days from Grays Harbor; Invincible, 21 days from Port Blakeley; Charles Han- son, 27 days from Coos Bay; Courtney Ford, 10 days from Port Ludlow; Coquille, 27 days from Coquille River, and Northern Light, 25 days from Port Blakeley. The La Gironde was among the first to get in. She was leaking badly and Cap- he had better run into S8an Francisco. He reports that on November 21, when off Cape Blanco, the vessel sprang a leak and ever since the men have been at the pumps. In spite of their best efforts the water gained on them, and when the ves- sel was headed for § was three feet of wat: The | schooner was run on the Mission mud | flats as soon as she came into_port. | The schooner Seven Sisters had a tem- | pestuous time coming from Coos Bay, but | was not damaged to any extent. She saw the Noonday rock buoy adrift. Another | buoy marked “*Noonday rock’ s place in_the position of the old one yesterday. The bark Northern Light had a very bad time of it. Captain Chi ports that for fourteen d. | nothing but southeast gales, which blew as hard as a typhoon. deckload shifted, the bark was thrown h . away and the channels 8! arboard waterways. Then the pumps choked, znd for a time it #eemed as though the old Northern Light was doomed. There was six feet of water in the hold, and no boat ever built could live in the sea that was running. When things were at their worst, the lashings broke and the deckload went by the board. The vessel was then got on the other tack, when she righted herself. The pumps were cleared and from then to port the NQ;‘(‘hern Light made fairly eather of it schooner Premler, 21 days from Olympia, had a succession of strong gales with a heavy cross sea all the way down the November 23, when off the coast of Va aver lIsland, the spanker boom broke. hen the deckload shifted the deckhouse was started and again and again the cabin was flooded with water. The Charles Har Bay, had her fore blown away and the head torn off. The mal i1 split into the two boals were ribbons and stove §; n. the captains join in saying that er before In the history of the coast has such a succession of southeast gales raged for such a length of time. Since the change of wind, the coasters which have left northern ports during the k have been making good trips. tine Monitor left Eureka on the inst. and made port yesterday afternoon. The brig Courtney Ford also came in from Puget Sound, having made the run from Ludlow in 10 days. The mail amer Australia rived erday after a fair run Captain Houdlette 0 out in command of the vessel next trip. Chief Officer Captain Houdlette will take of the Mariposa on her arrival from Australia, and Cap n Hayward will go Ea bring out one of the new stes building by Cramps Steamship Company. 'he who came up {on the were: F. D. Beas ley, H. Mrs. J. T. McCros | son, Mrs. son,” A. A. Cros Miss A. T Miss L. Bolles. Mrs. W. 8. Ter m, Miss A. Wilson and maid, H. er, C. Johnson, Mrs. Tov-1 Grant, W. N. Armstrong, H. T. | Lamey, E. Lindsley, H. Dickerman, Mrs. T. Lucas and two children, A. H. Small, | B. F. Dillingham and Dr. R. W. Ander- | son Lieutenant E. P. Berthoff arrived from | Juneau yesterday and will join the rev- enue cutter Bear to-day as executive offi- cer The transport Sheridan arrived from Manila_via Nagasaki .d in getting o ¥ days after the Grant in getting | ;. She only brought up three pas- s rs, one of whom was Captain Dorris | of the wrecked transport Morgan City The vessel is still in_the stream, but will lace of the Sherman probably take the at Folsom strect wharf when that vessel sails for Manila to-day with a battalion of the Forty-ninth Regiment and 150 re- cruits. “The Grant will leave here about the 14th inst. for Seattle to load hay, grain and stores and she may be follow- ed by the Sheridan. If both vessels load at Seattle they will come back to San Francisco and take away th_ colored regiment now in quarantine o $*igel Isl- and. The Centennial took rg”ard a load of horses for Manila yesterday. She will probably get away early to-day and will stop at Honolulu on the road. The Master Mariners' Benevolent Asso- clation will give its annual ball iIn Odd Fellows' Hall next Saturday evening. A most enjoyable time Is anticipated. TRIED A SECOND TIME TO END HIS LIFE | Lannis McClaren Attempts to Jump Out of a Window, but Is Frustrated. Lannis McClaren, the merchant of Cres- | cent City, Del Norte County, who at- tempted to end his life Monday morning by stabbing himself twenty times in the region of the heart, tried to complete his efforts by attempting to jump out of a window at 645 Hayes street. Again he was unsuccessful, though but for the vigi- lance of two ladies he would now be past all earthly suffering. When McClaren's wounds were dressed on Monday he was taken to the residence of Mrs, McCarthy at 648 Hayes street and a careful watch was placed over the de- mented man. Taking advantage yester- day afternoon of the abeence of his | nurse McClaren proceeded to crawl | through the window of his bedroom, which is on the second floor. His evident intentlon was to throw himself to the street below, and he might have succceed- ed but for the return of his nurse, who, seeing her patlent’s perilous position rabbed him by the arms and attempted fo pull him into the room. Her screams for help attracted Mrs. McCarthy and a painter who was working on the outside of the house, and with thelr combined ef- forts they managed to drag him into the room. is condition became worse and he was removed to the Recelving Hospl- tal and was later taken to St. Mary's Hospital, where he is carefully watched. e M. LUBECK HONORED. Recelved a Medal and Certificate From the German Emperor. M. Lubeck, a resident of San Francisco for many years, received a distinction of honor yesterday in the way of a medal from Emperor Willlam of Germany. The badge of honor is of gun metal and was conferred upon the veterans of the Fran- co-Prussian war at the one hundredth an- niversary of the birthday of Emperor ‘William I. Mr. Lubeck, who fought brave- ly and well in the war of 1864 with Den- | mark; In 1866-67 against Austria, and in 1870 against France. applied to Oar-‘ man vernment for one of the honorary medals. He received his reward of service yesterday. ———————— In Japan the bride gives the wedding presents to her parenta. - tain Hansen came to the conclusion that | DESK STUDIES FOR GIRLS: READING COURSES. Copyright, 1899, by Seymour Eaton. IIL—READING COURSES AND A GIRL’'S LIBRARY. BY JOHN MILLAR, M.A. ne-dng_cmxe-. The years of school life are short for | most persons. Fifty per cent of all chil-| dren who enter school leave before the A fresh northerly breeze brought quite | 88 of 12. Too often the love of reading a number of the overdue fleet into port |18 Dot created before the duties of Iife Among them were some of | &Te to be assumed. The girl who has no | taste for literature should seek, so far as she can, the environment which wiil | give her a love for good books. Parents | and friends may not be the best judges of proper reading matter. Not infrequentiy | | teachers suggest reading courses for ex- | puplls of their schools. It is a great ad- | vantage to young people when some per- | son In the community interests himself in | the formation of reading circles. The | young woman who joins a good literary | society or reading club has a chance of | getting above many of the petty cares | and the gossip of this life into a higher | realm—the realm of ideals. | Organizations of this kind embrace students attending educational institutions, but more frequently the membership is made up of persons who bave finished school life. When the last sometimes lesson 1s given children by the teacher of having s there should be some means the process of education continued. becoming more fully recognized that boys and girls who are “out of schooi deserve consideration. Public librarfes are not enough. Hence the many move- ments such as “university extension” of the present day. The need of “‘school ex- tension s more pressing. Perhaps no development in this direction has such marvelous success as the Chautau- qua lterary and scientific ecircle. The ‘Elan has paved the way for a system of | bome reading and study which has L¢ come widespread. It is often maintained that methods of this kind cannot furnish opportunities for getting the best traln- |ing, and that the knowledge gained Is | superficlal. There i{s some force in these objections. Attendance at college is to be preferred. Only a few have, however, the privilege of going to the higher seats of learning. It Is for the great body of young people that movements of the kind mentioned are intended. A demand for the education of the masses Is a sign of the Christian consclency Hence the or- ganization of literary associations in con- nection with many congregations. In obedience to the same demand, Christian Endeavor and Epworth League move- | ments have not overlooked the benefits | of good literature. Unfortunately, efforts of the kind have not reached many young persons. What needed very much is public school extension. Bome | plan is urgent for extending the usefil- ness of the school to the students who have at an early age been obliged to work In the home, the office, the store or the factory. Reading clubs may be formed wherever there is avallable some person able and wllllni'lu give advice re- garding the books to be taken up. It 1s not necessary that the club should be large, provided the few who constitute its membership are filled with the desire for self-improvement. The organization of a reading circle is a simple process. A dozen or a less number meet once a week to discuss matters pertaining to the book read by each of the members. Another book is read, and at the next meeting notes are again compared. Opinions are freely expressed. and mutual benefit re- sults from the interchange of opinion. No attempt at critical examination It is | should be to weak had | T/ | should be attempted. Too much time may e wasted If the ‘“‘niceties”” of diction, figures of rhetoric, etc., receive attention. An Intelligent understanding of what is read should be the main object. If a play of Shakespeare is read iet the an- notated editions recetve but little favor. Discussions foreign to _the purposes of the club should " be discouraged. The books read should be the works that have had their value tested. It {s not neces- sary to have uniform coples of the texts taken up. One Rood effect of these eircles the everlasting habit of some young persons for reading trashy books. The leader in an organization of this kind may have discouragements. The successful teacher or the successful préacher must have a stout heart. Much of the success of the circle will depend on enthusiasm, personal magnetism, tact and good common-sense. Reading Courses. To make a list of books for which pref- erence should be given is not an easy task. Much depends upon the tast at= tainmer s of the reade Guidance and teache who have a g of literature will generally prove the best advisers. It is a common practice for schools to rescribe courses for supplementary read- ng. When convenient. a young woman will not make a mistake by taking up the books read by the students of the gram- mar or high school. In this way she may keep herseif in touch with the work of those who are more fortunate in not be- Ing obliged to leave school so soon. If a sirl has access to a public library tematic_course of reading y sued. To help girls who m: some one to guide them a series of read Ing courses is h not assumed t t a better cholce cannot A be made. It is hoped, however, the selec- tions wiil prove serviceabl First course—Hawthorne's ““Tanglewood ‘ales,”” Mrs. Stowe's “Queer Littie Peopie. Longtellow's ““Bullding of the Bhip.” Duny “Pligrim’s ress, Burne’ stter's Satur- day Night, “Little Women,™ Whittler's cott’'s “Lady 3 “Queechy, ™ of Wake- Dickens' “Old Curiosity Shop.’ Second course—Mrs. Stowe's “Uncle Tom's Cabin,” Irvin “Knickerbocker” stories, Longtellow's eline,” Shakespeare s “Merchant of Venl Tennyson's “Enoch Whittler's ‘‘Maud Mulle Deserted Vil “Dav Ey! th's “Traveler, h Tennyson's ‘L Thanatopsis,” f Letters), Dic ““Autocrat of the ge,"" Scot 1d Copperfleld,” Third course tellow's *‘Hiawat Hall,” Bryant's en. Fourth course—Curtis “Lay of the Last Minstrel," “Romeo and Jullet.” Mrs. Lowell's ““The Shakespeare’ Brownine’s ‘‘Cry “My Study Win- Tennyson's Coleridge’ The Longtellow’ Miles Standish,” Kingsiey's course—Emerson’s “‘Compensation,”* Tennyson's * “Hamlet “‘Searlet Wai ) Shakespeare’s ““Marmion,” Hawthorne's Thackeray's “The Newcom ving” (American Men of L “Wolfe and Montealm,' old,” Thoreau's ““Walden,” M (American Statesmen) Duchess,” Victor Hugo's Carlyle's “‘Burns,” Garnett’ (Great Writers ries) Note—Lessons in penmanship for girle will be commenced next week. JSHOP AND TRADE STUDIES FOR BOYS. Copyright, 1899, by Seymour Eaton. mers now | for the Oceanic | IL—ARITHMETIC OF THE OFFICE | | Lesson No. 3—Discount. A discount is a reduction from the face | value. When we say that a discount of 5 per cent is allowed on a bill or an account ve mean that $§ has been “thrown off” or every $100. When we s discounts our note at § per cent we mean that they charge us Interest at the rate of 6 per cent for cashing the note. the following illustrations: A dealer sells a bill of goods the gross amount of which Is $843 60; he allows a dis- count of 20 per cent; find the net amount of the bill. £843.60 20 fres7200 We find 20 per cent of $543 60 by multi- plying by 20 and dividing by 10. Twenty per cent of a number is 20 hundredths of the number. To divide by 100 we cut off the two additional decimal places. It isn’t necessary. however, to write down the 20 as a multiplier., We simply multi- ply by 2 and carry one place 843.60 f/ 872 P e $674-88 to the right. The discount is $168 72, and the net amount of the bill is $674 88. To find 30 per cent mulllpl% hl 3 and carry one place to the right. To find 40 per cent mulllpl;i_ by 4 and carry one EI.“ to the . To find 5 per cent take one-half; 25 per cent take one-fourth; to find 12% per cent take one-elghth. To find 10 per cent of a number we simply take one-tenth of it—that is, remove the decimal point one place to the left; 10 per cent of $4%6 50 is $4965. In the same way we can deduct two or three discounts, | as in the followlnrhexumple: . A dealer allows 20, 10 and 2 off a bill of $720; find the net amount. #720.00 | 4 4.000 576.00 | 3. A merchant allows a customer a dis- count of 10 and 5 off a bill of $532 20; what is the net charge? Note—The student must bear in mind | that a discount of 10 and 5 off is not the v that a bank | | allow 10 and Note | same as a discount of 15 off. A discount of 10 off $100 leaves $%, and § per cent from $90 leaves $55 50, while 15 per cent off $100 leaves $%5. It is better for the seller to off than to allow 15 off. 1. Take a discount of 30, 10 and 24 from a bill of $1200. Ni:le~zh, oft is one-quarter of 10 per cent. 5. The gross amount of a bill is 3693 what {s the net amount after a discouut of 40, 20 and 2 per cent has been allowed? 6. The gross amount of a bill is $%4 2; what is the net amount after a discount of 25 and 121 has been allowed? 7. Deduct a_discount of 60, 5 and % per cent from a bill of § 400, 8. What is the difference between a dis- count of 2, 10 and 5 per cent and a dis- count of 35 per cent on a bill of $%007 9. On January 1, 18, a merchant sells g00ds catalogued at $17¢4 at a discount of 30 and 10 per cent. The bill is not patd un- til November 15, 1599. If interest at the rate of 6 rer cent is charged how much | should the merchant receive? 10. Goods listed at 3900 are bought at a discount cf 30 and 12} per cent. They ad- vanced In value 20 per cent on the list price and are sold at a discount of 2w per cent. Find the profit. Note—The discounting of notes will be taken up next week. 57.60 r— 5/8.40 /0.3680 ——————— #508.032 ‘The net amount of the bill is $508 03. To deduct 2 per cent multiply by 2 and carry two places to the right: 3 per cent, 4 per cent, 6 per cent, 7 per cent, etc., are ducted {n the same way; § per cent is one- half of 10 per cent; 1 per cent is the same number with the decimal point removed two places to the left; 1 per cent is one- It s not necessary to o Bo Fight oF the dechmar nmee Pinces e of e decim t. Sol thf {ollnwlnl -lxzrdm“ xood m sells s catalogued at 3676 40 at a discount of 20 per ulfll; llnd‘ the net amount of the bill 2. The catalogue price of a particutar article is $2750. If a di it Gent Is allowed, what 1s the seiling prises e- Hints and Answers. Lesson 2) 31680, D $540 53. (4 ) 26 36. (6) $551 3¥. () $1512 40. (%) $27 20. (5) $1236 3 (twenty= two and a half mo 10) 3501 75. 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 MIBIDA“. Great American States- men. SATURDAYS: Home Science and Hcusehold Economy. These courses will continue until February 15, 1900. Examinations will be held at their close as a basis for the granting of certificates. TYSON INQUEST. The Girl's Dying Statement Was In. formal and Not Admissible Court. Coroner-elect . R. Beverley Cole at- tended the Inquest held yesterday morning by Coroner Hill upon the body of Su-Ella Tyson, who died of septie peritonitis at 614A Powell street on December 1. Tha Coroner-elect appeared to be much edified at the judiciul manner in which Coroner Hill conducted the examination. Dr. Newman, who is accused of hav- ing caused the death of Miss Tyson, and John Vaccari, her lover, were present, but did not take the stand. It dgve&a‘nd from the testimony that the girl's dying statement would not be admissible in a court of law, because Drs. Mather and McNutt, who took her statement. did not advise her that she was In a dying con- dition. Her statement was that ew- man had been guilty of grou malpractice and that Vaceari was the author of her trouble. Surgical Instruments found on Dr. New- man’'s operating table at the time of his arrest were produced at the Iinquest, and Dr. Leland testified that If they had been used in the dirty condition in which they were lollu;’dlo‘l)g:r-l 'ol]lld Y:O:nll::l & cer- nty of sonin, ulA rug el::lkp;:-medfi -ln-nn‘ nfl:rumb I a prescription written fhat le. 2 presented bu-mr{ Dr. Newman had ted Dfilon and Egan that he had never seen the dead girl and did not know her. The inquest will be resumed this morms