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YORK REPRESENTATIVE: ENS JR 29 Tribume Building | WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFIC Wellington Hotel J. F. ENGLISH, Correspondent. NEW PERRY LUK BRANCH OFFICES—S Montgomery. corner of Clay, opem until 9:30 o'clock. 300 Haven. open until 9:30 o'clock. 639 McAllister, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Missio; open umtil 1¢ o'clock. 2261 Market, corner Sixteenth, open until ® o'clock. 1096 Valencia. open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until 9 o'clock. AW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open until § o'clock harkey Contest Pictures. nventional Honeymoon.” pecialties Night Races to-day AUCTION SALES. TERRITCRY OF HAwall Hawaii is to be ¢ purpose but for t it orward legi n the st: islands, Ha e rduct Americans 3000 some E .and a s e governme an mino: ty, by such y resort r business, speculation, in- 1 When mes possible. State a Ter- Do « as will be cre he principle t ed wher bor- »t thrive and receive American is the dation of re ald not exist in was there, s sacrifice of mc tropical communities to become t the major premise of erican bu aii can claim territorial invest- ultir de hood. what e to t} nd of 2 similar he Philippines and Porto Rico gress does will be a precede 1 the first step. t must not be forgotten that whatever this and enters into approaching campaign. 2 step in the dark? The free trade i ed are distinctly threaten- P hould be en ves becomes party polic If Congress had acted vernment for Hawaii at the last 1 be It should not be 4 made that its action then v the objections of Senator Morgan. ferent ke ct w rpose had that sordid partisan i w by pc ement? This is the time in which traps are set for the majority party. Its leaders should be wary. They at least should base no legislation on Ar at this critical ti e the Republican pos le of protection to American labor. e e he directing spirits of the Market Street Railway g the mouths loves they prevent the public from learn- f the disasters on their lines. ing Hospital and of the seem to think that by sea pany The records of Morgue are Recei c property. . r Phelan seems to think that Commissioner all stiil needs to be “defended” in the style Esola. 1f the Mayor doubts that Commis- er Newhall resented his Honor’s prevarication he carn something unpleasant by asking the Com adopted AL G T The crop of Carnegie free libraries is likely to be hort one this year. The steel king has quarreled with his partner, and dollars are dollars now in the Carnegie coffers. | the Trustees to guarantce the p. | proven their zeal by ur | revenues at their own | plished it in | Raphael and Mic Is it | rican labor in Hawaii, and should | CO-OPERATION FOR REFORM. ONE of the most interesting examples of | the recent years zffords is reported from Berkeley. city a number of earnest men and 1dertook to bring about the closing of all the In | that _ | saloons. The question was submitted to the peopie and a vote was given in favor of the reform, but the Trustees declined to adopt it because the rev- s derived from saloon licenses were regarded by Town essary to keep the income of the muni , the expenditures to work to overcome that objection, so devised an expedient which is not d effective but is in the highest degres 1e town needed the $1800 a year of income from he reformers resolved it should n licenses, r intention to reduce be forthe was not t the town t to p: to run it into debt, nor to impose a heavier burden of izens. There was, ther ¢ their object, and that ming sures, nor vernme: taxation upon their fellow ¢ t t one way in which to ac was by ng the money themselves and assuring the | town against loss. They sét about the task with | businesslike sagacity and energy. Two prominent | business men of the town entered into a contract with yment .of the $1800 a year if the saloons were closed, and a committee of d women undertook to raise the sum by vol- men a ntary contributions. of the issue to temperance people and to the parents of the university students ! throughout the State, and, it is gratifying to received generous responses. The first installment of the sum was paid to the town 1id there remains a balance tee on January 10, and it is for the next ment in the hands of the comn A work of this kir all who are interested in movements. The it cannot be charged refe of men and women who are ba with having only an idle interest in the issue, nor can cused of lacking a common sense apprec They have they be .- tion of the financial needs of their town. and rage similar efforts have accom- expe way that will ence Thus far, then, the Berkeley experiment has been be entitled to an hon- of the ity. Wit ¢ advantages which temper- the whole te in support of the d success, and v commu y towns s there will be a univer- he taxpayers to bear stration ntary con- adm )nger neces- moters of the reform meantime the to work to educate their ithout irritating them by ve gone the right way hbors on the subject, g of increased taxes. and have pr t in matters of reform as well as in business the winning system is that of co-operative effort. to run counter as he has done in the water inquiry to the ideas of the ged engincer may find that his remo his Hounor considers If Colonel Mendell continu Mayor, the is one of those incidents tha to the public inter “beneficial EDUCATION OR HE versity of IN ART. RY T. ARDLEY of the RO p U yrnia has reprinted from the “Proceedings of the National Educational As his paper on ““Art Instruction in the Un versity,” and has lhcreb_;' procured for it a wider cir- culation and a more general reading than it would d. The importance and the interest sociation otherwise h: | of the subject justify the republication of the paper, and should lead all who have authority in educa- | tional matters to give it careful attention. differ- ind of art work whatever Professor Ardley maintains that ion may exist as to the the course of instruction should be of an industrial and historical character. He points out that all the grea the world’s history were industrial decorative—not ences of opi best adapted to universiti art epochs of nd | pictorial—and goes on to say “Their art was adapted to use as well as beauty—to purpose, place, ay, mo- and material, in stone, wood, metal, glass, ¢ fabrics, etc thus liiting whole nations to a Even Angelo made designs for the potters and the weavers, the silversmiths and carvers, and the work of these. artist-artisans is highly 1T great mu- And the lustrial arts teaches our young people d of using their hands in producing Is it not too true that to-day many of cs, higher plane of civilization and prosperity. ael s0 prized that they are exhibited to-day in ¢ seums and treasured in the palaces of kings. study of the not to be asl something. industrial art pursuits, rather than to them? And yet we are sending millions of dollars to Europe every year to buy even though the raw material lies at our very doors awaiting development through a higher education of the hand and mind than the mechanic or the pictorial | artist can give, and our universities should be pre- pared to meet this important demand.” Passing from the consideration of art instruction | in the universities to that in the secondary schools, it almost everything we use in that line, | is explained that such instruction should embrace the | careful study of light and shade and linear perspective in drawing from objects of strong. bold and graceful outline, not in copying from the flat, where light and shade and perspective are ready-made. Of the kind of art education now given in the schools the professor says: “Too much of our school drawing is super- ficial, scattered and misleading, and young children are led to believe that they can draw, paint and de- sign when they can do no one of these correctly. They are allowed to play with paint before they can draw a place to put the paint, and to draw from magination before they can draw from the object imagined. They are supposed to ‘design’ before they can invent, and to adapt designs to art periods and materials of which they know nothing. from a high school told me that he could design stained-glass windows, but I, found that he had no | how the window was ‘leaded up,” or what ‘scale’ should be used in the design; another said she could make designs for wall-paperand carpets. I was very much astonished, but upon investigation discovered that she did not even know the limitations of either the printing-press or the loom, or how many colors she could use, or how they were blended in applica- tion.” 5 7 The subject of art education is one of notable im- portance to California, for the culture of our people is sufficiently high to cause a wide demand for artistic work. and their wealth is sufficient to pay for it; but we are lacking as yet in the skill to produce it. Thus lve import thousands of dollars’ worth of artistic ob- Promptly the re- | One pupil | idea of the kind of glass or ‘jewels’ kept in stock, | § | | jects which might be better produced at home. What- ever tends to stimulate education in that direction is therefore beneficial, and whether there be a general success of the co-operation of individuals for | agreement with all of Professor Ardley’s conclusions purpose of municipal reform the record of | o not, he has at least rendered service of a high value in urging the issue upon the attention of those who have in charge the education of the State. [ it Already rumors have been put into circulation that Lieutenant Esola, alias Harrington, is a candidate for the office of captain of police. The same reasons that prevented his election as Chief of Police appeal with as much force against his selection as captain. THE DEBRIS COMMISSION’S REPORT. B agement is given to the expectation that we shall ere long see something in the way of per- manent work undertaken to solve the problem of hydraulic mining and the protection oi our rivers. The report is conservative in its nature, for it pro poses to make a thorough test of impounding dams on the Yuba River before entering upon similar Y the report of the Debris Commission encour- | works elsewhere, but at the same time it provides for making that test in a comprehensive manner and not |in a scant, temporary and unsatisfactory way. According to the summary of the report that comes to us from Washington, the project of 188, which | was founded upon the principle of the construction at They sent circulars stating the | Narrows of a stone dam, is abandoned by the com- mission for the reason that the amount of debris that could be restrained thereunder would not be com- mensurate ‘with the expenditure required to obtain | material results. The project of 1899 is the one ap- iberal support from | proved by the commission, chief of engineers and Secretary of War. It consists of a series of dams constituting restraining barriers and forming im- pounding reservoirs in and about and above and be- low De Guerre Point, to the extent of 2,000,000 acres of settling basin, with lateral outlets, and in the present project calculated to impouad 50,000,000 cubic vards of debris. The project likewise touches on the | confining of a portion of the Yuba River to a single 1dertaking to raise the license | channel so as to avoid to a great¥extent the flowing down the Yuba River of existing debris. The work outlined is confined to the Yuba River, and the commission states that when its feasibility and effectiveness have been demonstrated by the ex- perience of time the impounding of debris in other localities can be undertaken. It is estimated the work | proposed will cost $800,000. There is now to the credit of the commission $500,000, of which one-half s contributed by California. The commission is in doubt whether it has authority to use Federal money for the purchase of tracts of land required for the work, and has asked for authority to do so. Bills | are to be introduced in the Senate by Senator Per- ! kins and in the House by De Vries empowering the | Mzrgue. Secretary of War to make the desired purchases out of the money now available, for as there is to be no river and harbor bill at this session it will be impos- sible to obtain the full amount of the sum the work is estimated to cost until next winter. It is not likely there will be much if any opposi tion to the recommendations of the commission. We are therefore in sight at last of the beginning of per- manent works in the solution of this problem so im- portant to the State. Thus there is another bright prospect %f prosperity before us, for there can be no doubt that the settlement of the debris questiog will prove immensely beneficial to the mining counties and the valleys, and indirectly to the welfare of all. Tt is a dull day in San Francisco when the Market Street Railway Company cannot be relied upon to furnish a subject for the Receiving Hospital or th® Another collision has maimed and disfig- ROBERTS' VIEW OF W@AR. ured several of the company’s patrons for life. INCE Lord Roberts has become the hope of the S British empire there has been an ecarnest at- tempt to form some sort of an estimate of his military ideas. His career has been in India, where his wars have been conducted against badly armed and undisciplined foes, and hence it has been felt that no just understanding of his tactical skill could be ob- tained from a study of what he did there. Those who are trying to forecast his campaign against the Boers have therefore been forced to seek information from other sources than that of his past actions, and in default of any comprehensive expression of his views on the art of war have made a good deal of certain speeches of the General upon military topics. For one thing it is noted that years ago Roberts had reached the conclusion that improvements in fire- arms have necessitated a radical change in battle tactics. In an address before the Bengal Rifle Asso- ciation he said: The more I study the question of modern fire tactics and the latest inventions in weapons of war the more I become convinced that those troops who combine superior individual marks- | manship with a sound and thoroughly well mastered our university graduates are educated away from all | system of fire control and discipline will in future be the victors whenever armies meet.” From that statement it is clear the field marshal is rot going to underrate the military capabilities of the Boers, for in no army is there a higher grade of indi- vidual marksmanship than in those the two South Afri- can republics have put intothe field. Inother addresses, however, it is noted that Roberts has laid more stress upon the importance of discipline and military train- ing.than upon the ability to shoot straight. Thus he | is reported to have said in a speech at the Royal Ar- tillery camp at Secunderabad: “Intelligence must be | brought to bear upon the supervision of fire, and its cenduct must be regulated by method, otherwise, be- lieve me, your individual skill and gallantry, although these may be as conspicuous as in the past, will, nevertheless, fail to serve you effectually.” Up to this time the advantage of every battle in the South African war has been on the side of the individual marksman. Safely intrenched amid the rugged hills of the country, the Boers have been able by reason of the excellence of their rapid firing and far-reaching arms to overcome all the disciplined numbers the British could bring against them. In fact, their advantage has been so marked that unless Roberts can devise some strategy sufficient to over- come it, it is plain the Boers will crush every army Great Britain can send against them and hold their independence in South Africa as securely as the Swiss have held theirs in Europe. There is a chance that Roberts may yet prove the correctness of his Secunderabad speech by demon- strating that the fire of a disciplined army supervised by intelligence can oxercome the resistance of undis- ciplined marksmen, no matter how brave they may be. That chance, however, will depend upon his ability to draw, or force by maneuvering, the Boers from their safe strongholds in the hills to fields where his disciplined masses can be used effectively. As the fight has been going thus far, however, the Boers appear to have the superior intelligence as well as the superior marksmanship on their side, and thg world waits with keen interest to note how the field marshal will put his precepts into practice. l Bt o @-:@‘0 B A S B e L A S S S i SR SRR SO S | tion in removing a Police Commissioner 1 | Biggy will be believed by the public in THE LION TAMER. ! : + : ! : ; : : } : i : z ; —New York Herald. ; B 4000 00edtededtdededeiedeieiedeseoel® WILL WED IN WASHINGTON E. J. Ryan and Miss May Malone to Be Married on Tuesday. E. J. Ryan, well known in this city but now connected with the Goyernment printing office in Washington, D. C., will on the morning of Tuesday, February 27, become a benedict. The lady who is to make Mr. Ryan the happiest of men is Miss May Malone, niece of Miss L. A. Cratty and a capital city beauty and belle. - he ceremony which is to Take the young couple one will be celebrated in St. Patrick’s Church, Washington, D. (. Many invitations for the wedding have been received in this city, where the groom-to-be has hosts of friends. During his residence here Mr. Rvan was veil known in social circles, had an enviuble record as an athlete and had carried off | the championship honors in wrestling at the Olympic Club. e NO CHANCE FOR PHELAN. Alameda Argus. We may all reasonably conclude that the political prospects of San Francisco's Mayor, but yesterday the most promising of those of any member of his party, have pretty nearly gone a-glimmering. His ac- whom he had but just appointed and his | whole unfortunate experience in the Chief | of Police matter have stirred up enmity in his party that will surely disclose it- self whenever he makes effort for further political honors. It is one of the open secrets that the Mayor aspires to the Sen- ate. He would stand a great ¢hance with a Democratic Legislature installed at Sac- ramento and harmony in his party. But both these conditions were put farther off by the acrimonlous deadlock over the Chief of Police and the final breaking of it in the manner that was pursued. ———— PHELAN STANDS ACCUSED. Stockton Independent. Maycr James D. Phelan stands accused before the public by Hon. W. J. Biggy of having abdicated a portion of his sworn duties as Mayor to one Andy Lawrence of the San Francisco Examiner. Further- more, Mayor Phelan is accused by Biggy of deliberate falsehood in_an official com- munication to the Police Commission. Mr. general and Mayor Phelan should be for- mally charged by the Grand Jury and tried by the courts for misdemeanor in office. The facts in the case are easlly ascertained, and it is time to put a stop to such conspiracies as Phelan enterea into with Lawrence. —_———— GAGE BELIEVES IN “ME" A bon-mot going the rounds at the State Capitol—Q. What is the difference between Emperor Wilhelm and Governor Gage? A. Emperor Wilhelm belleves in '‘Ma und Gott,” Gage in ‘“‘Me.”—Sacramento Bee. AL I R WHERE BURNS GOT IT. The Los Angeles Times says: “Danny was sure he had it, and, by gracious, he ot it—w'ere de lnd{ wore de brooch.” a g,ikew(se where the lady wears her bus- tie.—Los Angeles Mining Review. ety i S R R R R R R RS Just think of it—a tunnel connecting San Francisco with Oakland! Trolley cars run- ning underneath the bay—a trip in fifteen minutes and for 5 cents. Not only possible but ‘probable. Read about it in next Sunday’s Call. R o o o e b o o —_——— ZANTE CURRANT DECISION. Affects Only an Importation Made in - New York in 1896. Further investigations by Custom-house officials into the matter of the decision hy the United States Circuit Court of Ap- peals in New York City apparently re- versing the principles laid down in re Wise in 1896 in the Circuit Court in this city show that the New York decision can have no effect upon present importations of dried currants, whether they be irom the island of Zante or elsewhere. It ap- pears.that Congress, recognizing the prin- ciple laid down by Judge Morrow, that the term ‘Zante currants’ was a commercial name describing a certain product regard- less of the place of origin, amended the tariff law in 1897 so that “currants, Zante or other,”” should be regulred to pay a duty of 2 cents per pound. 3 The New York decision was rendered under the tariff act of 1834, as was Judge Morrow’s decision, and affects only an im- portation made in 189 by the Hills Broth- ers Company of New York, + + + - + £ + 5 + + + rerr e to Dark Streets. The Federation of Mission Improvement Clubs has filed a protest with the Board of Supervisors against the plan of the Financg.Committee to shut off the m March 1 until July 1, in order to reduce the impending deficit in the municipal funds. It is claimed in the protest that such action will depre- ciate the property interests in the resi- dence and outlying districts. “If economy must be practiced.” con- cludes the petition, “your Finance Com- mittee, if it desires to save the city’s credit, should turn its attention to the extravagances in several of the munici- Dal departments, notably the Health and Police departments. The purchase of fancy furniture at exorbitant prices should also be rebuked. Two police sta- tions sre maintained at the park with an average arrest of one per week at each. Within a short distance of the park is the O'Farrell street station, where four, or five arrests are booked a month. Sta- tion keepers and rents eat up the tax- payers’ mone e BRAHMS ADMIRABLE; HE programme of the third phony concert of the season, which took place yesterday afternoon, be- overture, intimately characteristic of the composer. This was followed by Harry Holmes' “Fraternity” symphony, the and Wagner's “Tannhauser’” overture. The variations were by far the most in. teresting number of the afternoon and, HOLMES INCOHERENT gan with Beethoven's ‘*‘Corfolan™ Brahms variations on a theme by Haydn although read without the color, the in- | sight, the purpose they are susceptible of, they were not altogether robbed of their intrinsic merit and proved very agreeable. he composition is distinguished by ex- quisite workmanship and a skillful man- agement of musical media, such as is pos- sessed and evinced only by genius. An integrity of tone is preserved through- out, the voices tempering one another in carrying the song. This is in marked con- trast to a dominative intrusiveness of the oboes in the Holmes composition. 1 have already sald that Mr. Holmes flis&llnyed no great ability as a conductor, and his reading of the “Tannhauser’” over- ture agaln corroborates the statement. It was given without the Wagnerlan spi and the orchestra continually promis a volume that it never realized except in the finale, when the brass choir comes in tutta forza. The tempo was erratic and was governed entirely by the band | instead of by the conductor, who did no more than display a deep ignorance of the score. The “Fraternity” syvmphony is superfi- cial, Incoherent and lacking in melodic in- vention. nique and in the last movement a sound tonality that is agreeable. 'ORTER GARNETT. IN ISLAWS TEMPLE STRANGERS ENTERED BIG CELEBRATION IN GOLDEN GATE HALL LAST NIGHT. Many Who Wished to Learn of Ori- ental Customs Crossed the Salt-Covered Sill. There was a large gathering of fllus- trious nobles of the temple known as Is- lam in Golden Gate Hall Wednesday night to witness the ceremonies attendant upon the celebration in memory of Hafiz Mo- hammed Shean ed Deen, whose lyric poems have been praised for purity of style and excellent harmony, and of the feast of Eedool-Azra, held in great ven- eration by all good Moslems. As this is the Shawwal Hegira 1317, the month in which all orthodox Moslems lay salt on the doorsills to keep out the evil jirmees, this custom was observed with all due solemnity, for there was pertur- bation in the temple when it was an- nounced that & number of strangers had | declared their intention of viewing the mystic_shrine, These to the number of forty-three were after certain exactions and pledges permitted to pass through the outer portals of the temple, where they were prepared for their journey over the desert by the lively camel route to reach the shrine at which they were to worship. They were introduced into the mysteries of the order in all the Oriental splendor which marks the initiatory work, and they took part in the proces- sion of the Kisweh and of the Mahmeel and gained knowledge of the Sivain of Al-Mootazilah, the Zirk of the Owlad Enau and of the Enaneevah Dervishes, and above all were gratified with a view of the mirage of the .inverted fountain of Zem Zem. ter the ceremonies, which were con- ducted under the immediate supervision of that great prophet of Allah, Reuben P. Hurlburt, the illustrious potentate of the temple, the nobles sat down to a ban. quet. Besides the supper there was mu- sic and short addresses by R. P. Hurl- E‘]’r(. L“VL" PI:HS:' Samuel M. Short- ge, W. H. rnes, W. E. many others. Bllh ang There were present: R. P. Hurlburt, Charles L. Patt V. Baldwin, George W. Wittman, . W. Fitas Thomas Morton, Charles L. 'Field, H. 1 Graves, Henry Ascroft, H. J. Burns, K. H Mowbray, W. Edwards, Abner Weed H. 4p. Loveland, H. F. Emory, George H. Burnham, W. B. Lawson, George B. McKee, S. H. Wag- ner, George E. Ames, W. S. Miller, W Baile§, C. W. Taber, F. B. Schindler, W. . Campbell, . E. Maithews, J. B. McCullough, Joseph Knowland, George' E. Goodman Jr.. John Bennett, T. M. Henacy, C. 5. Beriedict, T Fampui. Richard W, H. Kent, " 3 L sen, S, R. B. rrlenfl(\_l. v. nt, L. (‘3L l?éf.m:'?!{:' . . Decker, R. J. Van Vorhie Joseph Black, D. E. Hayes, Burr Noble, R. Emery. Robert Wieneke, ' P. D. Bernha Thomas H. Browne, R. P. Wi Wever, L." Osborne,” A. T. W Humphrey, Genrfi H. J. Vogel, G. W. Lippm Williams, M. J. James A. Wi ~ By ker, Omer Dyer. C. S. Wright, an, M. G. Mobens, J. Savage, Benjamin B. Dus . Wilson, J. K. Firth, J. A. M G. E. Bacon, George R. Armst ; S Mores, E. E. Drake, W. N. Pearce, w T Hamilton, P. T. Barclay, John Lee, B, éven- son, Jobn I Sabin, A. Mo € bell, C. H. Evans, ; Jr., A. Glocker: J. B A I R It has, however, form and tech- | y Sid B. Bariean, D. Ryan, A. C. Butier, Raiph M. H. Starr, J. Abrahams, L H. Nichols, J. F. W Good, inith, H. ms, R. B. Moore, G. W. Ben- vell, N. D. Platt, R. F. Carr. W. E. Smit X Schoenteld, W, Konold, W J. §. Ab . D. Ma: AROUND THE CORRIDORS W. J. Hall of Sacramenta is at the Cali- fornia. A. C. McLaughlin is registered at the Lick from Yuba City. Jessie D. Carr, the Salinas capitalist, s a guest at the Occidental. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Churchill of Napa are staying at the Palace. H. E. Henry of Dallas, Tex., is among | the arrivals of yesterday at the Lick. R. E. Jack, the San Luis Obispo banker, is at the Palace, where he arrived yes- terday. W. H. Soderberg, a mine owner of Sac- ramento, is among the recent arrivals at the Grand. - Surveyor-General J. Wright has come down from Sacramento and is & guest at the Grand. Dr. R. A. Anderson, U. 8. A., is at the Occidental, where he arrived yesterday from Coldwater, Miss. E. Durand, one of the leading mer- chants of Chicago, is among the recent arrivals at the Palace. E. Garrett, a well-known mining man of Seattle, is at the Palace while on a short business trip to this city. E. Y. Judd and L. D. Fick, prominent insurance men of Hartford, Conn., are staying for a few days at the Palace. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. C. Brant of Van- couver are in the city for a few days on pleasure bent. They will soon leave for New Orleans to attend the meeting of the National Editorial Assoclatfon. ST B e A T c.Amonmxs IN NEW YORE. NEW YORK, Feb. 15.—George W, Lentz of Los Angeles is at the Empire. Charles W. Willoughby and E. D. Markham of San Francisco are at the Savoy. ———————— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. ELECTRIC LIGHT BULBS—F. W. B., Oakland, Cal. Electric light bulbs are colored at the time the glass Is cast or blown. If you desire to color white bulbs for a specfal occasion you can wash them with a solution of ordinary white- wash tinted to any desired shade. TO REMOVE MOLES—G. E. B., City. The following is given as a method for the removal of moles, but as to fts merits this department does not know anything: “Croton oil under the form of e or ointment, and potassio tartrate of anti- mony (tartar emetic) under the form of paste or plaster bave each been success- fully employed for the removal of ordin- ary moles. The following is the mode of using the latter adopted by a French sur- geon: Take tartar emetic in impalpable powder, 15 grains; soap plaster. 1 dram; and beat to a paste. Apply the paste to nearly a line in thickness, not more, and cover the whole with strips of gummed paper. In four or five days eruption or suppuration will set in and in a few days after, leave a very slight scar in place of the mole. Croton ofl ointment effects the same, but less completely unless repeated, by producing a postular eruption, which, however, does not permanently mark the skin.” Persons who desire to get rid of such blemishes ought to consult a reput- able dermatologist, and not take chance in using substances with which they are not familiar. WIDE-TIRE LAW.—A. F., Oceidental, Cal. The wide-tire law passed by the Leg- islature of 1387 went into effect on the 1st of January, 199. The law is as follows: The width of tires for wheels upon wag- ons or other vehicies to be used upo the public highways of the State fornia shall be for the following s wagons as follows: Two and three-qu: thimble-skein axle, 17 or iron axle, not less than tire inch steel or iron axle, 2%-inch tubular er iron axle, not less than 3ls-inch tire: 3-inch steel or thimble-skein, 1%-inch or iron. 2%-inch tubular stésl or iron not less than 4-inch tire; Si-inch steel thimble-skein, 1% or 1% or iron, 2% tubular steel or Iron axie, not less than 4o-inch” tire; 3%-inch steel or_ thimble- skein, 2-inch steel or iron axle, 2%-inch bular steel or iron axle, not less than inch tire; 3%-inch steel or thimble-skein, 2% -inch steel or iron, 3 or 3% inch tubular steel or iron axle, not less than 5%-inch tire; 4-inch and larger steel or thimble- skein, 233-inch and larger steel or iron, 3%-inch and larger tubular steel or fron axle, not less than 6-inch tire. 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