The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 1, 1900, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1900 MISCELLANEOUS. THE HERO OF THE HOUR. : The hero in war is the man who can destroy the happiness of a mil- lion homes in the shortest possible time. The hero in peace is the man who can furnish as many homes at the least possible expense to the owner. What is the use Killing one an= other when we all have to join each other in silence in the hereafter? Our location, cheap rent and low running expenses enable us to save yvou from 15 to 20 per cent on your purchases. Car AL S ELLI) ¥ y one roof. the cost to manufacture. y ~ Per yard for the er yard for the‘ 4 1 { )L, tapestry Brus- QSC gl.zs 34 very best sels rar;dve:‘s, ? = welvet ‘stair car-| = per yar or the pets. L}» ) C 6sc all-wool extra per ingrain car- pets. per yard for the 75¢ 3% wery best tapestry stair car- pets. §O for $2.50 Dantsu o) Japanese mgs, pet rugs, size 3x6. for $12.00 Dant- prices. su Japanese rugs, e 9X12. pets, Oriental Rugs. e economical house furnisher. 00 gef yard for the ] . $1.15 velvet - car- | Hundreds ‘of made-up car- Intensely interesting | pets, borders match. to| —finest all qualities, any size wanted, at half the usual = Fish Nets. 1 O 00 or $15.00 AXMINSTER CARPETS. 10U Bromleys beautiful designsin light or / for 2o0c Smyma rugs, dark shades, borders to fl OCE s h- 6x9. match, $1.10, worth $1.25 | nets OO | —choicest d e - ¢ B for $25.00 Smyrna rugs, “Bromley’s,” size ox12.[signs made — heavy, elegant Wilton rugs — handsome exclusive designs—$20.00 for| quality — good Dining=Room Furniture. 11.75 P8 H 3 P tables, made of selected quarter-sawed oak—hand pol- ished 22.50 for $30.00 quarter- sawed oak sideboards, with shaped sides and French bevel ished 1.95 plate 24.00 finished. LEGANT CREATION IN A 3-I E PARLOR SUIT, a y i hogany polished class workmanship— damask or velour. 1posed of a large re- k ;b made in golden oak or and W QU750 B e et ol B 5 o §14,75 Sale Price... o | | Until 10 0'Ciack, - for $15.00 dining-room for $2.75 box seat din- ing-room chairs—extra well made and finished. for $35.00 extra china closets — double bent glass ends—nicely made and BEAUTIFUL PRO- DUCTION in a Dress- ing Case for your bed- room, lines are very ar- tistic, French swell front drawers, and | wearing. Parl i (R i mirror—hand pol- $9.75 for $14.00 COUCHES — designs and shape: 7.75 for $1150 large box cc $15.75 for $25.00 all-hair couches. Brass and Metal Beds. BEAUTIFUL tion co sightly has large oval bevel mirror. ber at Biz Furniture Exposition Building Block, Lace Cu G—Carpets, Oriental and domes- | hoicest, most exclusive, largest assortment to | 3 Hundreds of rolls of carpets. akes, purchased from the mills at prices cov-{ PRI e ularly sold at $20—Monday a lim- ited number at Brass beds with massivi elaborate ornamentations, finest quality of mate- rials and construction, with Turkish box spring 40-pound pure hair mattress of our own manufacture—regularly .00 — Monday a rtains, Fish Nets. for fine ~Brussels and = Battenberg effects—fine cord- | ed net, plain centers, with | 'dots -and ~figures—the = very newest styles—at a positive fi; saving of one-third. @x for fine Brussels, 5« real Battenberg, point de Calais and Irish point curtains—se- cured by a mere chance from | ‘a renowned maker at a frac- | tion of real worth, $7.50. Il @ 075 for $30 French handmade lace : . curtains, - Ara- bian, renaissance and Brussels goods—won derful value. A gigantic deal, involving the purchase of some 15,000 yards of the finest fishnets produced—ma- terials now so much in demand for both sash and long curtains. for 30c for 4oc 15cq % 20¢ &% nets, nets, 48 inches wide, the very finest large and small . nets produced, patterns — any elegant for cur- quantity desired. tains. F ° or Furniture. PARLOR _SUITS —ODD PARLOR PIECES — Latest styles and designs. 4,25 for 8675 corner chairs. 7.75 for $13.75 parlor divan $18.75 for $26.00 3-piece parlor suit. PARLOR AND DINING- ROOM -TABLES — Two im- mense carloads—furniture pur- chased at s0c on the dollar. g T f f i 1.25 for $2.25 parlor table. 3.75 for $600 tea table. 4,25 for $6.75 parlor table. 6.75 ior $875 A library table. dining table: covered in shade desired—best and latest 10.50 for $15.00 fancy couches, ouches. WHITE ENAMEL BEDS, with elabor- ate lac- quered mountings and trim- mings— woven wire spring metal base— < combina: fton mattress—a most substantial outfit—full sized bed, reg- e 16.00 e two-inch pillars and y sold - at limited num- 49.75 Saturday Evenings Until 10 0’Clock. Corner Mission and Sixteenth Streets. AMUSEMENTS. COLUMBIA = ALL THIS and NEXT WEEK MATINEE BATURDAY, DENMAN THOMPSON Presenting His Original Creation of UNCLE JOSH in THE OLD HOMESTEAD. SEA 's NOW SELLING for Hemaining 11 Performances Wm. Gillette’s “Because She Loved Him So.” AMUSEMENTS, AMUSEMENTS. A COMEDY BILL OF UN- USUAL MERIT. FRANKS TRIO, TROVOLLO, PASSPARTS, PAULINE MORAN and her Pickaninnies, KATHRYN OSTERMAN AND COMPANY, CUSHMAN, HOLCOMBE AND CURTIS, HARRIS AND FIELDS, DE. WITT AND BURNS, AMERICAN BIOGRAPH. Reserved seats, 25c; - balcony, 10c; chairs and box seats, 5S0c. Mastinees Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. opera *TIVOLI~» ““HOOT MON, I've Captured Them, Sure !" 3rd TIME TO-NIGHT Of the Reeord-Breaking Comic Opera, The Idol’s Eye. enirgs st 8. Saturday Matines.at 2. POPULAR PRICES—25¢c and 50c. TELEPHONE—Bush 9. ALCAZAR THEATER. TO- A Story NIGHT, $5.aay. A DRAMATIC TRIUMPH. By Clay M. Greene and Joseph R. Grismer, e NEW SOUTH MATINEE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WHHK- The Sensational Farce. “NEVER AGAIN.” WINTER RESORT. SPECIAL ROUND-TRIP TICKETS T0 PASO ROBLES & T SULPHUR SPRINGS. Jiost noted Mineral Springs in United States. Marvelous cures of Rheumatism, Blood, Liver, Kidney, Stomach and other disorders. Apply FRANK W. ELY, City Agent, 640 Market st GRAND OPERA-HOUSE TBLEPHQNE MAIN 583, FOURTH AND LAST WEEK OF ALADDIN JR, Immense Success of the New Y criptive Singer, Y% D EDWARD B. ADAMS, And Our Fourth Edition. NEXT WEEK—"A GIRL FROM PARIS.” RUSL'AQIG' l;?‘l’L'lLAR PRICES. Good Reserv. t in Orch Saturday Matinee Zc. B Branch Ticket Office—Emportum. MECHANICS’ PAVILION NORRIS & ROWE'S BIG TRAINED ANIMAL SHOWS. 16——DAYS——16 Commencing SATURDAY, March 3 PERFORMANCES 2:30 and 8 P. M. DAILY. ILLUMINATED STREET PARADB FRIDAY NIGHT. 300-PERFORMING ANIMALS-300 YOU NEVER SAW ANYTHING GOOD. QUITS flo Don't mise the de; you'll be sorry if SEE THP ZEB; DRIVEN IN THE Pms%: PRICES—Adults, 35c; Children, 10e. WEEKLY CALL 81 per Yecar. ILD INDN URDERED FOp “HS MONEY Attacked in a Lonely Spot and Beaten to Death With a Club. —_— Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. CHICO, Feb. 28.—The body of “Billy"” Simpson, an Indian: who has for many years been - & resident of a rancheria on Rancho Chico, was found at about 6:30 o'clock this morning. That murder had been done was evi- dent at a glance, and that the motive which prompted cold-blooded murder of an inoffensive Indian was robbery was recognizable immediate- ly after the body and clothing were ex- amined. Some brutal thug or thugs had for a few dollars Simgsun might have in his flockets literally ‘beat the Indian to death, carried the body into the dense shadows of the trees near General Bid- well’'s mansion, and rifled the pockets. How. much the murderers secured - will robably never be known; but it is sure hey only left a couple of keys and a dime, the latter belng caught in a fold of the trousers pocket which had been turned tnside out., As to_who committed the murder there is very little for the officers to work upon, although there will be a search made for a stranger who appeared at the rear door of the Bidwell mansion at 8:30 o'clock and asked to see General Bidwell. The strang- er appeared to be somewhat under the in- fluence of lquor, and he was told that General Bidwell was busy but to call again and he could see rhe general. The man went away but did not return. About a half or three-quarters of an hour later one of the women employed there heard the dog growl fiercely and jump from the porch. 'he woman was quite nervous after the visit of the drunken man and called the dog back to the poreh. This morning the tracks of the dog show that he had started stralght for the spot where Simpson's body was found and it is con- fidently believed that he was aroused by the scuffling of the two men. There are numerous theories regarding the murder. Some are of the opinon that the murderer was lying in wait for some other person and en Simpson came along attacked him believing him to be the intended victim. It seems to be genera]lfi known, however, that Simpson always had from $10 to $20 in his pockets and some thugs knowing this may have waited for him. Sheriff Wilson, with Deputy Sheriff Goe and Constable Potter | are making a thorough search of the grounds in the hope of finding the weapon used to commit the murder and In the meantime effort will be made to locate the man who called at the Bidwell mansion about 8:30 o'clock. Street Opening Decision. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28.—An important decisfon affecting street opening and | widening was received from the State Su- | preme Court by the City Attorney to-day, The court, sitting en banc, has decided that street openings should be done under the city charter and not in accord with | the provisions of the (foneml street law. The decision will render invalld a large number of deeds given by the city to| property that has been sold for delin- | quent assessments, and will affect all | street opening and widening proceedings instituted since 159, when the State con- | stitution was amended. —_—————— Aged Woman Found Dead. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. WOODLAND, Feb. 28.—Mrs. Ann Green, 9 years of age and a native of England, was found dead in a cabin near Cacheville Tuesday evening. The deceased has lived a lonely life for many vears. A physiclan testified that she died of hypertroph AMUSEMENTS. ((/ 112 ML+ ol /‘7( Dhriatlic v THE POPULAR FAVORITE, MAGGIE MOORE, MAKES AN “OLD-TIME” HIT In the Famous Musical Irish Comedy, MRS. QUINN'S TWINS. BXCRUCTIATINGLY FU! BUP; IC! CLEVER SPECIALTIES! ON FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. Bunday Afternoon—A Powerful Production of “DARKEST RUSSIA,”" the Great Play of the Czar's Realm. CALIFORNIA THEATER. | THE MUSICAL EV—EA? OF THE SEASON. SALEOF TICKETS FOR SINGLE PERFORM- ANGES COMMENGES T0-DAY, SIX GRAND OPERATIC CONCERTS on the WAGNER OPERAS AND MUSIC DRAMAS. MADAME GADSKI, Prima Donna. MR. DAVID BISPHAM, Barytone. MR. WALTER DAMROSCH, Composer and Conductor. Under the Direction of C. L. GRAFF. REPERTOIRE OF THE FIRST WEE Tuesday - Afternoon “TANNHAUSER' Thursday Afternoon tiireoursirees ' THE FLYING DUTCHMAN'' Friday Afternoon... THE MEISTERSINGER' Second Week—Evenings of March 12, 13, 14, Tickets for single performances, ®c, $1, §1 50, 2, $2 50, 3. SHERMAN, CLAY & CO.’S HALL. (Preliminary o the Concerts at the California cater. SALP OF TICKET8 FOR SINGLE PER- FORMANCES COMMENCES TO-DAY. Six Explanatory Reoitals at the Piano BY MR. WALTER DAMROSCH, Under the Direction of C. L. Graft, on’ the WAGNER OPERAS AND MUSIC DRAMAS, ‘At 11 o'clock 1n the Morning, Monday, March 5, ‘'DAS ‘Wednesday, March 7, “DIE WALK! Saturday, March 10, *SEIGFRIED" March 12, “GOTTERDAMMERUNG" day, March 14, “PARSIFAL"; Sa 11, “"TRISTAN AND 1SOLD! Reserved seats for single performances, $1 50, on sale at Sherman, Clay & Co.'s at § 'cloc] CHUTES AND 700. EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, TO-NT(—}-HT— THE LADY COOPERS AND AMATEUR SPECIALTY SHOW! Saturday Night, Cakewalk Comtest! Black Bartons vs. Stewarts, Reserve seats by phone, Park 23 RACING! RACING! RACING! 1900—CALIFORNIA JOOKEY CLUB—1900 Febru 2 to March 10, Inclusive. a?LAHD CK. RACE T Ract . Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs- aay; Friday Saturday, Rain or shine. B stase we $118 . . Ferry-boats leave San Francisco 12:30, 3. 180, 3. 3:30 and 8 p. With tragne stopping Track. "Last two cars on train reserved for la: e B B, Byt forry-tic I Mound, A trains’ via 0 direct to fifteen_minutes. 4:45 p. m. tely after R AR . WILLIAMS TR, t. WAIT A BIT IS FAST AND GAME AT UNION PARK / Wins the Midweek Stake After Having the Hard- est Coursing. e A Good Day’s Sport Is Provided by Greyhounds Which Are Not Considered in the First Class. F i R Frank McComb's greyhound Wait A Bit won the midweek reserve stake at Union Coursing Park yesterday after having harder running than any other dog in the stake. Her hardest course was in the second round, when she met and defeated | Pasha Kennels' Ready Answer by a score of 20 to 0. She also defeated Mercy May, May Hempstead, Random Aim, and in the final Nellle Bawn. This was a par- ticularly strong hare and took the brace of dogs nearly across the field to the es- cape. The hare favored Walit A Bit slight- | ly. That the greyhounds were well riatched is shown by the score, which | was 4 to 3. The stake was a small compact one and rovided good sport throughout the day. 'he dogs generally were evenly matched and there were few top heavy favorites. The warm weather loosened up the joints of the hares and they ran stronger than they have for some time. The results of the running, with Judge John Grace's offi- clal scores; follow: J. L. Ross’ Just Tip beat P. Rellly's Rich- mond Queen, 5—3; J. Horn's Bona Fide beat M. B. Kavanaugh's Hard Lines, 13—2; Ed Magnet beat J. Ronning's Dempsey Lass, 7—4; J. Mooney's Silent Treasure beat Pasha Kennels' Reannex, 4—0; F. A. McComb's Lit- tle Sister beat Pasha Kennels' Round About, 7—0; Curtis & Son's McKinley beat Al Austin's Firm Foe, 6—1; Maher & Reid’s Nellle Bawn beat Connell Bros.' Clover, ; P. Rellly's Master Mat beat J. M. Halton's Tic Tac, 8—2; M. Michalek's Old Glory J. Keénan's Royal Oak, : R. Strehl's Skylark beat P, Doyle's Wild Monarch, 5—4; Connell Bros.’ Good-By heat Pasha Kennels' Rude Awakening, ; P. J. Reilly’s Grafter beat Sterl & Knowles' O'Hara, $—2; M. Michalek’s Glen Roy beat J. Rogers' Sweet N A M Combs’ Miss Skyrocket dale drawn; & bye, Al Austin’s Los y_Attempt beat J. Keenan's Blacklock, $-3;" Maher & Reld’s Singleton beat J. D. Cardinell’s Thornhill Comet, ¢—3; P. Reilly’s Expense beat Kelly & Conroy's Magnolla, 6—0; D. Winders' Random Aim beat F. A. McComb's | One Spot, 3—2; Aeneld Kennels' Athena beat M. Halton's Said Pasha, 6—5; Pasha Ken- nels’ Ready Answer beat T. J." Harrington's Southern Girl, 6—0; F. A. McComb's Wait a F. Hobb's Mer reen Isle beat P Assured, 4—2; Pasha Kennels' May Hempstead beat E. Baumeister's Winning Ways, 4—3. Second round—Just Tip beat Bona Fide, 9—5; Silent Treasure beat Magnet, 3—0; McKinley beat_Little Sister, 3—1; Nellie Bawn beat Mas- ter Mat, 6-0; Old Glory beat Skylark, 21—; Grafter 'beat Good-By, “6—2; Miss Skyrocket beat Glen Roy, 3—1; Risky Attempt beat Los Angeles, 7—4; Singleton beat Expe 5—-3; Random Alm beat Athena 3—2; beat Ready Answer, 20—0; May beat Green Isle, 0. Third round—Silent Treasure beat Just Tip, vn beat McKinley, 5-0; Grafter 4-2; Risky Attempt beat Miss Skyrocket, 3—2; Random Aim beat Singleton, 4—1; Wait a Bit beat May Hempstead, 4—3. Fourth round—Nellle Bawn beat Silent Treas- ure, 4—C; Risky Attempt beat Grafter, 4—3; Wait a Bit beat Random Afm, 4—3. Fifth round—Nelile Bawn ‘beat Risky At-( tempt, 3—0; Walit a Bit, a bye. Final—Wait a Bit beat Nellie Bawn, 4—3. ~ , 3—1; Con- Kennels' Rest Wait a Bit Hempstead | i l | ANOTHER BIG STAKE. { The 'stake at Unfon Coursing Park | would be practically a rerunning of the John Grace challenge cup stake If Luxor, the winner, and Connemara, | the runner up, were among the entries. | Ninety-six dogs are entered, including nearly all those originally trained for the | big cup. - The prizes are: To the winner 3150, runner up $100, third $6), three at $3) each, six at $20, twelve at $15 and twenty- | four at $10. Courslni‘ will commence each | day at 10:15 a. m. The draw resulted as | follows: | T. J. Cronin's Vandal vs. Curtis & Son's McKinley; H. H. Gray's Rona vs. P. J. Reilly's Warship; D, Healey's Grenada vs. E. Baumeister's Warrior; C. B. Charlesworth Crawford Braes vs. Al Austin’s Los Angeles J. M. Halton's Lavender vs. Connell ros. Log Boy; Hall & Newell's Clara Barton vs Pasha Kennels’ Rec('rdln% Angel; M. Micha- lek's Old Glory vs. J. P. Thrift's Brutus; Cur- | tfs & _Sons’ Terronite Curtis & | Sons’ . L. Ross' Jessica vs. P. J. Reflly's Royal Union; J. P. Thrift's St. Michael vs. T. Logan's Miss Grizzle; Maher & Reld’s Uncle Fuller vs. Curtis & Sons’ Com- modore; J. McEnroe's Admiral Sampson vs. H. Lynch’s Lottle M; J. Healey's Lady | Clare vs. Aeneid Kennels' Agamemnon; Curtis | & Sons’ Cash vs. Curtis & Sons' Echo; J. P. | Thrift's Forget vs. Pasha Kennels' Royal Anne; | Sterl & Knowles' Sleety Mist vs. Russell, Allen & Wilson's Master Cla J. Cronin's Thorn- hill vs. Sterl & Knowles' For Glory; Aeneid Kennels' Maid of Erin vs. J. H. Perigo's Con- troller; Pasha Kennels' Roliicking Alrs va E. M. Kellogg’s Kid McCoy; J. Maher's Benicia | Boy vs. J. H. Perigo’s Lady Davenport; Cur- tis & Son’s Narcissus vs. M. Michalek's Glen | Roy: J. H. Harrison's Hot Haste H. Lynch's Lexington; Pasha Kennels' sured vs. Erwin & Lyons' May Queen; J. L. Ross' “Just Tip Gus Abercrombie’s Rock Island Boy; P. Reilly's Ploughboy vs, T. Logan's Honor Bright; D. O'Connell’s Satan ve. Aeneid Kennels' Aeneas;: H. A. Deckel- | | { man's Rocker vs. H, H. Gray's Terronette; Curtis & Sons’ Maud $ vs. J. McEnroe's Stone- henge; Maher & Reid’s Bad Boy vs. F. A. McComb's One Spot; Curtis & Sons’ Flying Fox | vs. P. Doyle's Wild Monarch; E. M. Kellogg's Sweet Emma vs. E. Geary's America; D. Win- ders’ Risky Attempt v E. de B. Lopes & ¢ Green Valley Maid; H. A. Deckelman's | Flyaway vs. R. E. de B. Lopez & Sons’ Won- | der: D. Winders' Random Aim vs. J. H. igo’s Bohe; Russell, Allen & W F. A. McComb's Royal Flush; ay Hempstead vs. J. L. Ros Vhitney's Theron vs. J. Sheridan J. O'Dowd’'s Shoot Over vs. J. Thornhill Comet; Connell Bros.’ Sterl & Knowles' Olita; Gus Aber- Forest King; Cardinell's nels’ Athena vs. Pasha Kenneis' Reannex SR, E. de B. Lopez & Sons’ Crawford Lad vs. Cur- tis & Sons' Terrona; R. L. Taylor's Beauty Spot vs, J. Sheridan's Forest Queen; R. L. Taylor's Mose vs. J. Carroll's_Columbi: J. Keenan’s Royal Oak vs. Connell Bros." Mas- ter Morse; Erwin & Lyons’ Silver Lyon vs. M. | London’s Magneto; Curtis & Sons’ Vanity Fair | vs, J. Keenan's Blacklock. i A thirty-six dog stake will be run off at ; Ingleside Coursing Park this afternoon, commencing at 1 o'clock. For a midweek the entries are of more than ordinary quality. NATIONAL MILITARY COLLEGE. | Memorial to Soldiers to Be Erected by Sons of Veterans. The several camps of the Sons of Vet- erans, U. 8. A, in California are now en- gaged in a practical work of patriotism the greatest ever undertaken by the or- der. For a number of years it has been ractically assured that this order would ?ound a ‘Iauonnl Military College as a memorial to the soldiers of the Union army in the Civil War and the brave women of war times. The work was de- layed by the Spanish-American war, but now -that the volunteers have returned the work which was commenced prior to that war has been taken up agaln with renewed vigor. The members: of Fair Oaks Camp of this city and of the other camps in the different parts of the State are waitin, upon patriotic citizens to obtain their ai in this work. In a general way this col- lege is to be like other first-class colle‘e. having the usual courses and admittin students of both sexes. Civics and triotism will be . to the new college wg:t creed is to denominational colleges. The | location for- the college will chosen | at the next annual meeting of the com mandery-in-chief, which will be held this year in Syracuse, N. Y. The committee having this matter in | charge and representing the national body is com ng of the following: A. L. Sortor Jr., Mason, Iowa; George E. Cox, Hartford, (':{on,ri\.: Willlam T. Church, Chi- 3 .'Cowdin, Rockford, Mich., | e L. Morrie. Reafield. 8 B e Petition of Master Horseshoers. The Master Horseshoers’ Protective As- soclation yesterday petitioned the Board of Suj rs to confiue the sh of horses under its con to the members of the association, whicl ts 95 the J&' represen cent of the master horseshoers of GOLDEN AGES Copyright, 1800, b V. HEBREW MANUSCRIPTS. BY CHARLES HORSWELL, PH. D. The oldest known manusecript of tha He- brew Bible is in the British Museum. It has no date upon it, but the original por- tion of it is supposed to have been writ- ten about $20-850 A. D. It is written on vellum. The page measures sixteen and a half inches in length and thirteen and | an eighth Inches in breadth. As the MS. now is, it consists of 186 pages, of three columns each, and twenty-one lines in the column. Of the 186 pages, 129 exhibit the original portion. The remaining ffty- seven leaves are a later addition, written on paper and dated 1540 A. D. The entire MS. contains the first five books of the Old | Testament. The original portion begins with Genesis xxxix, 20, and runs on con- tinuou: with the exception of two pages, to Deuteronomy i, 33. The hand- | writing is the Sephardic, the Spanish- Portuguese school. It is written in a large, clear letter and presents a beautiful ggf . The consonantal line is about one- f inch in breadth and the space be- OF LITERATURE. ¥ Seymour Eaton. | Pentateuch. A glance at a third MS. will show what artistic skill the copyist some- times displayed in the lettering, and var- ticularly in the arrangement of the mar- ginal notes. This MS. bears the date 1300 A The marginal notes are artisticaily arranged in the form of conventional fig- ures. of dragons and reptiles. The first word of each book is written n consplc- uously large letters. These three MSS. illustrate fairly well the form and character which the varying codices present. They are all reproduc tions of a single text. They have all pro- ceeded from one and the same original type. In the seventh and eighth centuries A. D. Jewish scholars, by a complete sys- | tem of vowel points and accent: reected | what they believed to be a definite and accurate edition of the text. Their addi- tions to the consonantal text are called the Massorah, or tradition. The scribes themselves who made the text are called the Massorites and their text is_known as the Massoretic text. All extant Hebrew MSS. are copies of this text. These re- productions have been collected from dif- ferent countries and are in the handwrit- ing of different schools of copyists—Ara- blan, Sephardic, Italian, Franco-Italian and German; and they present, naturally, many minor differences. But they are, one e CION KAAHTUDE JA¢H g*e’zenmno&rwm KAJOTEH KO YCOHTLE ) N KKAIENTOICo ity TOTOYLACIAECOC M ACIN KA ITOTEEf WWPOCTALMACYNH TIOPEYETAIITPOC XOHCAINTHNIIO TTONKACIANEAKAS Al NYNOXEIPATN KAIHXOHECOH P ALOCTAITTONYY ANKAT(ON T YNA e~ KA HPECEN NYTD TOKOPAC I ONISN) EYPENXAPINENW TTIONKNY TOY KA €ECNEYCEN ATTHEY 2 3 TAUOPACIAN SAAAE \CC oyer A mp 8 THE SINAITIC (One of the oldest manuscripts of th the sheets found by Dr. Tischendorf in 1 COEANEITTHTIAPA AQICENRNYTHNCY. N E€1C P RECOAVAY T!:bAflo‘ro‘[r NE KGO N OCEW CT W EACIAEDONAE ) AH CE)CTTOPEYE IN K AITTPOCH M EP A ATTOTPEXEIEIT? MANUSCRIPT. e Septuagint. Photographed from one of 844 in an old fuel basket at Mount Stnal.) tween the llnes about the same width. The consonants are supplied with vowel points and accents. At the top and bot- tom and on the right margin are smaller lines, whieh are the critical notes of the scribes. In one of these notes there evidence that this Massorétic annotation does not belong to the original MS.. but was added about a century later, %00-% A briet consideration of the next oldest codex will help us to understand the simi- larities and minor references which He- | brew MSS. present. This MS. is in the Imperial Public Library at St. Petersburg. It bears the date 916 A. D., and is there- fore the oldest dated portion of the He- brew scriptures which has come to ight. The page is not quite so large as the earlier codex, and there are but two col-| ‘There are twenty-one ‘The consonantal ust con- certalin umns to the page. lines In each column. features are identical with those sidered. The peculiar forms o consonants are repeatéd here. less scribal annotation, and with the one column less the page looks freer and cleaner.. This codex is also from the Sephardic school. the Hebrew text would discover any ticeable difference. Such a differen there is, however, for in this codex the supralinear vowel punctuation is em- ployed. There were rival systems of punctuation among the scribes, one school Writing the vowel points below. the ofher above the consonantal text. The suprali- near is the Babylonian style. It is the more complex, and although it maintained itself until the seventeenth century it was destined to give WaY to the simpler in- fralinear system, which the printed Bible employs. This codex contains the later prophets, 1. e., Isafah, Jeremfah, Ezekiel and the twelve minor prophets, It is for the critical study of the prophets wlhat the earlier codex is for the study of the | is | There is | Only one familiar with | | and all, simply reproductions of the orig- inal Massoretic text. Some MSS. have the supralinear, others the infralinear system of vowel punctuation. Some MSS. have the Chaldee in alternate lines with the Hebrew text. There are pecullarities in the shape of one or more of the conso- nants that have their significance to the scholar. The marginal notes present a great variety of minor differences, but these variations afford but little help in the correction of errors and throw but little light upon the obscurities of the text. In the Massoretic text we have an exact reproduction of the Hebrew scrip- tures as they were in the seventh and eighth centurfes A. D. To get back of | this text it is necessary to make use of the different versions, and especially the different editions of the Greek version. | This Greek translation was compieted about 150 B. C., and repeatedly gives evi- dence that it has underlying it a different text. The great majority of Hebrew MSS. be- long to a period between the twelfth and the sixteenth centuries. They are for the most part fragments. That they should be so late, so few and so fragmentary finds ready explanation. The revival of learning in Italy, that secured and pre- served for us the classic text, was a re- vival outside of the church. and at heart antagonistic to it. By its discovery and scquisition of the originals of the Greek and - Roman classics it reveals what might have been done for the Jewish literature as well. Then, too, the blind hatred and persecu- tion of the Jews by the Gentiles tended directly to the destruction of the Hebrew MSS.; the Jews were compelled to conceal | them in order to keep them, and they pre- ferred to burn them rather than see them | in the hands of their deadly foes. | CHARLES HORSWELL, Northwestern University. MAGGIE MOORE’S IRISH COMEDY HEN In the course of theatrical | shine in the form of a good, wholesome, honest, modest com- edy we may be thankful for the small vor. “Ofo such are the first two acts of Maggie Moore’ Irish farce, *“Mrs. Quinn's Twins.” It is not dazzling, but there Is something very refreshing in the atmo- sphere of those Irish yesterdays that Boucicault used to serve us in his com- | edies and of which we now get so lttle. This being true, Maggie Moore's reap- pearance last night was not a disappoint- ment, except to her, perhfi%!.h (l)rbethe was not what it shoul ave been. }l:u::! a mistake to open with “The Si- lence of Dean Maitland,” in which she did not appear and in which the company, in- cluding Mr. Roberts, was variously defi- Glent. “But to err is managerial, and I can 3o no more than say that a very poor show has been succeeded by a very good “Uhe third act of “Mrs. Quinn's Twins" is weak or worse, and would be bettcred by the omission of - lot of mediocre spe- clalties. one’s enjoyment would not suffer. Her is capital, and her characterization | I o at it is. never broad | is sound and sincere; and always humorous. I do not know of a woman on the stage who can do an Irish | character in the same straightforward natural way without exaggeration or vul- | garity. ‘A !’»;Hure is a serious handicap and Mr. Roberts has that to contend with. He was negligible as the cleric in “The Silence of Dean Maitlapd,” but as an Irish lad with honesty in his heart and wit on his tongue he is something of a revelation. In the part of a_schoolmaster he is humorous and intelligent ‘and his tmt:flniI is_well poised, reserved and effective. His dance Wwith Maggle Moore is one of the pleas- ant episodes of the play and goes a great way to make one forget his meretriclous Maitland. The company redeems itself in the male department, Mr. Ward doing particularly good work as Quinn, the fiddler, and Mr. Cochrane, separated from his impossible Sydney-made clothes, s in good charac- ter as Squire O'Donnell. “Mrs. Quinn's Twins”" is not a preten- tious comedy, but it has a quality that reaches out over the footlights and keeps one pleasantly interested found it quite. mfoylble. children and wll PORTER GARNETT. { TEACHERS SIGN RELEASE OF UNION TRUST FUNDS Those Who Do Not Will Be Cited to Appear in Court. The teachers of the public school de- partment have almost unanimously agreed to sign the release to the Union. Trust Company of the funds being held to meet the joint demands of teachers and mer- chants against the city. Out of 1100 teach- ers, 1000 have signed, and the remalnler wili probably sign fo avold citation in court. The schools not heard from so far are the Bergerot Primary, Richmond Primary, Rincon Grammar and Washin, ton evening. Those who sign will pro: ably recelve a proportion of $1500 to be distributed immediately. To avoid being summoned into court any who desire to sign the release may do so before Monday at L. de F. Bartlett's office, 530 California street. The unanimity of the teachers will re- lease $24,524 held by the Union Trust Cem. pany. — e For tan, freckles and blackheads Anyvo Theatrical Cold Cream has no equal. * And if Miss Moore did not sing | ]HIDWEEK NOTES AT THE THEATERS THE Old Homestead,” with Denman Thompson in the role of Tncle Josh,” is having its customary suc- cess at the Columbia. It will be con- | tinued for one more week. After Maggie Moore and R. H. Roberts | the California Theater will present “In | Darkest Russia,” a melodrama, beginning | Sunday afternoon. - i ““The ‘New South” is the bill at the Al- azar. It will be changed next week to Never Again,” an hilarious farce French. “Aladdin Jr.” is In its last week at the Grand. Next Monday will be the first night of Rice’s “The Girl From Paris. | t is impossible to say when “The ldol's Eye” will be withdrawn from the Tivoll. It will enter its eighth week next Monday night. | ghe Orpheum is doing its usual big busi- ness. . Some excellent attractions are promised for the coming week. There will be a symphony concert at the Grand Opera-house this afternoon, at 3:15 o'elock.. The orchestra under Henry | Holmes will play: Overture, “Fingal's Cave’ Symphony in C, op, 61. Symphonic poem, Saens 3 Weber The series of concerts to be given next | week at the California Theater are at- tracting great attention. . and Messrs. Damrosch and Bispham will be assisted by Herr Anton it Mr. Damrosch’s lectures with illustrations om the plano will take place at 11 a. m. at | Sherman & Clay Hall. The first lecture will be on Monday and the first vocal re- cital at the California: Theater will take place Tuesday afternoon at 2:15. Seats will be on sale to-day at Sherman, Clay Co.’s store to-day. Mayor Arrested. TACOMA, Feb. 28.—George H. Mayor, who has “ictimized many persons from | San Franeisco to Vietoria by of bogus drafts drawn on his father, H. N. Mayor of San Francisco, was arrested to- day and admits his guilt. 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