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JAMES McDONALD. | “‘TOAN OF ARC” Admission 50 cents, Tickets at Elder & Shep- bard’s. ' MAKES YOU STRO | affects the action of thy ¢ * : . . ‘ + B Q £3 + * * 3 L e e e SCnOOL BOARD'S SUBTERFUGE HAS BEEN UNMASKED | All Kinds of Craft Ready to Easy Way of Dismissing Teachers Declared to Be Illegal. e Although Classes May Be Abolished the Heads Must Be Given Em- ployment and Their Salaries. e R. H. Mitchell, recently teacher of physics in the Polytechnic High School, has won his suit against the Board of Education. A writ of mandate has been ordered i{ssued by Judge Hunt. On ‘the points involved the court has established a new precedent which will hereafter gov- ern the board in its efforts to reduce the force of teachers by declaring certain de- partments and classes abolished. Mitchell was appointed to the second- ary substitute list_and assigned to the Polytechnic High School in the capacit August 1897. On January 12, the Board of Education adopted a chell be elected to the nce department of the School. Subsequently lytechn: Mitchell was the science High School High transferred to the head of department of the Lowell This position he filled until March 21, 1565, when he was relegated to the unassigned list without pay. On May 10, 15%, in accordance with a resolution adopted by the board, the position of the head of the department of science of the Lowell High School was abolished. The Board of Education sought to de- d its action in removing Mitchell by ng a_resolution adopted May 10, 169, hat the rule of seniority intment should not apply to the re- al of teachers of high schools. rom facts adduced at the trial” Judge Hunt's opinion reads, “it appears that plaintiff's removal was not prompted by any considerations of economy, as the hool, so the ac- under the rule he eXCUSe WAS a ense, because after plaintiff was ischarged another te was selected in his place. In my op plaintiff was regular teacher in the department and a as such regular teacher the board had no power to dismise him except for insubor- or other causes, as prescribed in conclusion, therefore, is that ard of Education had author- ty to abolish the position of head of the artment of science of the eil High Sch right to remove the plaintiff from the department and deprive nim of both employment and salary. The plaintiff is therefore entitled to a writ re- storing him to the position of a regular teacher in the high schools of this city and county. AN ABSCONDER FROM ST. LOUIS ARRESTED ol it had no | Elmer L. Scheetz’s Trip to Cape Nome | Postponed to an Indefinite Period. Elmer L. Scheetz, alleged to be the ab- sconding manager of an employment agency In St. Louis, Mo., was arrested here vesterday by Detectives Whittaker and Crockett. He is wanted in St. Louls for grand larceny. He was known here as William A. Prince. A few days ago Captaln Seymour re- celved a dispatch from Chief Campbell of St. Louls to arrest Scheetz. He was taken into custody there last November and jumped his bonds. The detectives found that Scheetz had ~urchased a one-third interest in the schooner Louisa now lying at Mission street wharf, and was to sall for Cape Nome with her to-day. They arrested him as he was going into a frelght office at 632 Market street. Chief | street EDNESDAY, APRIL 25 1900. OCEAN HND THE WATER FRONT Join in the Rush to Cape Nome. B e N Yachts, Coasters, Ocean Steamers and ex-Transports Will All Carry Gold-Hunters to Frozen North Next Month. The time is drawing near for the exodus of the Cape Nome fleet, and every wharf from Meiggs to the Mail dock has one or more craft alongside fitting out. Every class of vessel ever seen In the bay of San Francisco will be represented in the rush to the goid fields. The ex-transports Zea- landia, St. Pau Senator, Ohio and Charles Nelson will be the contingent from the ocean-going fleet, several snips are on the berth and almost every bark, barkentine and brig that can be pressed into service will carry freight and pas- sengers. Joners are going north by dozens, and nalf a dozen yachts have been fitted out and some of them now on their way to the Alaskan ki Dorado. ‘I'he rush to Nome this year i1s going to rival the great stampede to the klondike in 137. At the present time it looks as though there will not be enough vessels in the trade to carry all the goid hunters who wish to reach the new treasure fleids. Ciose calculators say that o0 0w men will attempt h Nome this season, while there is transportation racilitnies for 20,040, ¥ then, that every vessel on the b inch of room taken aiready et two weeks ana more (0 sa ound about May 15 there s of gold hunters from this port has never been seen before in the history of California. Blowing Up of Shag Rock. The work of removing Shag Rock from the bay ot San F sco Is nearing com- Kk will be four holes d one nich will aggregate cerin will be placed. ion that will follow the setting charge is expected to reduce to powder. ‘Ine contract calls Shag Roc! for thirty feet of water on the spot at low water, but the contractors say that when they are through with the job there will where be from thirty-five to forty feet Shag Rock now rears {ts ugly head. A Chapter of Accidents. Mary Denny, Berkeley, fell dc y and broke her right a upon clerk into the cellar, and m! ng her foo ing fell. The old woman a well knowa character in the college town. She is re- puted to be very weaithy. Gossip has it that she carries several thousand dollars in gold about her person. Yesterday she refused point blank to be undressed and put to bed. Her arm was set and then she started for home. P. Labaceat had his leg broken on Union- wharf and was attended by Dr. Hopper at the Harbor Hospital. He was trucking some merchandise from a ship's side and one of the cases fell on his leg, fracturing it. W. H, Hubbert, a painter, fell down the forward hatch of the steamer Irrawaddy and sustained a fracture of the back, be- sides internal injuries, from which he will robably die. Hubbert tripped over the Patch combing and pitched head foremost into the hold. He was attended to by Dr. Putnam at the Harbor Hospital and later was removed to the French Hospital. Water Front Notes. Governor Gage paid a visit to the water front vesterday. He was received by Com- missioners Kilburn, Harney and Herold, and with them inspected the many im- provements now going on. The Governor Campbell was notified of the arrest and | expressed his approval of all that was be- will send an officer for Sheet: e e Santa Cruz Bond Case Reopened. A dispatch was received from Washing- | ing done. f here is to be quite a shukmf up among the officers of the Pacific Mail Company. All those who hold an English certificate are to be seat to the Algoa, and that ton yesterday stating that the Supreme | means promotions for several others. The Court of the United States had granted a writ pf review in the case of Albert H. Walte against the city of Santa Cruz. The n‘un was brought to recover the value of city They were known a8 the water bonds, and the city repudiated them owing to irregu.- larities. The case was decided in favor of the plaintiff, but the decision was reversed by the United States Circuit Court of Ap- peals. — s Seriously Hurt by a Fall. Miss Mary MclIntyre, an elderly lady living at 120 Silver street, slipped on the sidewalk at Washington and Dupont treets yesterday afternoon and fell. She was_unable to rise, and when taken to the Receiving Hospital it was found that her left leg and kneecap were fractured. KNOCKS OUT PAIN. Every move- ment of the body, every ef- fort of the mind is a draw upon nerve power. Mental tension or wear and tear of life without corresponding recuperation will break down h e strength. hat tiring, low- ering back pain shows weakness of the central muscles. This e kidneys. Put on one of my ELECTRIC BELTS and it will save you a lifetime of suffering. You quickly feel the exhilaration, and the work goes on till the cure is complete. OLEANDER, Fresno Co., Cal., April 21, 1900. DR. M. A. McLAUGHLIN—Your Belt is all right asx a remedy. 1 have gained fifteen pounds since 1 put it on. I have no regrets that T got it, and shall certainly recommend it J. T. PUTNAM. to other people. McLAUGHLIN, DR. M. A. 702 Market 8t., Cor. Kearny, 8, I. bonds and coupons held by Waite. | l Algoa will be turned over to the Mall Company to-day or to-morrow, and her crew will then leave for England. The Lascars who now form the majority of the deckhands, firemen and ollers wiil be sent back to Singapore, their places being taken by Chinese. On her departure next week the Algoa will fly the Mail Com- pany’'s flag_and will have a set of Mail Company officers. The tug Richmond brought over the rails for the car line on Main-street wharf from Point Richmond yesterday. She made the run, towing a barge, in a few minutes over an hour—a splendid showing. —— LITERARY WOMEN MEET IN SOCIAL SESSION Pleasant Gathering Yesterday After- noon of Pacific Coast Women’s Press Association. The Pacific Coast Women's Press Asso- ciation held a social meeting at Century Hall yesterday afternoon. It was well at- tended. The programme was a very en- tertaining one. Mrs. Charlctte Perkins Stetson delivered an address. She told of her own literary efforts In this country, Canada and kngland and spoke also re- garding the matter that goes into the col- vmns_of the, ordinary daily newspaper. Miss May Thomas sang, Miss Edith An- s Barthyte recited, Mesdames A. W, F;r.eldrll 2nd Elizabeth Dohrmann read ms and Mrs. E. Reamer, the presi- ent, made a few arks. —————————— Harry Farrno was sent to the County Jail for six months by Judge Conlan yes- terday on a chlr% of battery. He had been importuning E. C. Ferguson, 48 Sev- enth street, for small sums of money, and wher. he met him Monday he asked an- other loan, Ferguson having flven him 50 cents a few days befcre. Ferguson re- fused and Farrno hit him on the jaw, cut- ting open his chee! Bench Warrant for Crooks. Robert L. Crooks, a beneficlary in the Crooks estate, falled to appear in Judge Cabaniss’ court yesterday and a bench warrant was issued for him. He was ar- rested in the beginning of last December on the charge of obtaining money py false retenses from Louis Joos, a u.looniaeper rn the Mission. He gave Joos a check for $20 on the First National Bank to cash, St o S0, el there. He o money, :\:tbunflodwdon. Yo st that will_uestroy | | ! WWW—W.+Q+HW¥ HEWS OF THE | in the remainder of | cept over their small immediats fol following_ the | | . SITUATION IN THE PHILIPPINES “WELL IN HAND" War Department Announces Organized Resistance at an End. e Secretary Root Regards as Favorable the Outlook for the Ultimate Pacification of the Islands. | SR 4 WASHINGTON, April 24.—The military situation in the Philippines, as shown by the latest mail advices received at the War Department, is summarized in lhE} following statement, which was made | public to-day at the department: | On the 1st of January, 1900, the insurrec- | tion In the part of Luzon embracing the pro- vince of Manila and the provinces to the north of it had collzpsed to the extent that or- ganized resistance to American control had virtually ceased. A different state of affairs existed in Cavite, Batangas, Languna and Tayabasa, the provinces Iying immediately south of Manila. In this territory, the richest | and most populous of the island, the birta- | place of Aguinaldo and the rebellion, the in- surgent troops were still intact and in fact had been strengthened by accessions from the north and as regards equipment, discipiine and cohesion were equal If not superior to any that had been raised in support of the insurgent | the task of cause. General Otls committed the destruction and dispersion of the forces within this district to two expeditionary brigades, commanded respectively by Briga- dier Generals Wheaton and Schwan. | In and about the two towns of Baccor and Imus, in northern Cavite, there were and long had been insurgent bodies of considerable , some of which had actuall garrigons in ] bodies General Wheaton's command and completely routed on January 7 last ai ther disintegration of the remnants ving It, so to speak, t suppressing insurgent troops ur provinces and c le, peace and order lot of General Schwan's it pra to the of restoring, rein, fell ade. enty-one n_Janu: ceased; on the contrary and still have frequent c bands that were formed from the disintegrated insurgent armies, and emerged periodically from their hiding places in mountain and thicket to pounce upon inadequately guarded wagon trains and small parties. But concert of action or co-operation, save on a very li ited scale. wa ded_on the latter dat contrcl exerclsed by ‘e Insurgent leade: flicts with the robber minimized and thelr power for mi rially reduced, if not wholly broken. principal towns or centers of trade and mu pal government, military forces, genei battalions, have been placed. The: crate within their spheres under for the most part energetic young officers ng lesser rank in the regulars, and when- ever mecessary to co-operate under their colo- nels fop the battalions of a regiment, are grouped’ in neighboring places. On' the whole, the outlook for the pacifica- tion of this district and other parts of Luzon is favorable. In their conflicts With our troops the Ladrones are universally worsted. Their defeats will become more serious as our troops galn the confidence of the inteliigent and property-owning class, and when the latter be- | come unwilling to submit to the robbers' ex- actions and become willing to gulde our troops to thelr retreats, their doom will be sealed. | To accomplish this object may take time and it is possible some of the robber bands may able to maintain themselves during the coming wet season, but their eventual de-true-‘ | tion is regarded as certain. WARREN TO TAKE | OFFICERS TO MANILA Headquarters Third Artillery to Bel Transferred From Angel Island | to the Presidio. H The Warren will be the next transport | to sail for Manila, and she will carry a number of officers returning from sick | leave and a corps of surgeons. Among | them will be: Major Charles L. Helz- | man, surgeon U. S. A.; Major Edwin F. | Gardner, surgeon U. 8. A.; Major F. J. Combe, surgeon U. 8. V.; First Lieutenan G. A. Skinner, assistant surgeon U. 8. A. First Lieutenant Benjamin J. Edgar, as- sistant surgeon U. B. A.; Acting Assistan! Surgeons Frank R. Maura and Albert L. Millen; First Lieutenant Carl R. Darnall, assistant surgeon U. S. A, and Acting As- sistant Surgeon Randall C. Stoney. Sev. enty-five hos{pllnl corps men will make up i the medical feree on the Warren., Major Philiv Harvey, surgecn; Major L. H. Rucker, Sixth Cavalry; Captain West, Sixth Cavall and Captain ALff, Third Artillery, have been appointed a board to meet at the Presidio on May 3 for the pur- pose of examining & number of veterinary surgeons. Several changes in the trcops at ‘he Presidio I be made in the very near future. Two troops of the Sixth Cavalry will go to the Naticnai Park reservation, the headquarters of the Third Artillery will be changed from Angel Island to the Presidio and the home battalion of the Fiourteenth Infantry will arrive from Ma- nila. Yosemite Season Open. The Big Oak Flat and Yosemite Stage Company has established its office in San Francisco at 630 Market street and ap- pointed as agent William J. White, who has been associated with the Wabash and other lines for years. Mr. White states that the waterfalls are now at their high- est, the scenery most beautiful and the roads in excelient shape. The changes made in the Big Oak Flat toll road a very gratifying, the road now leading di- rectly through the Blg Trees, doing aw: with the necessity of extra side trips. Pas- sengers leaving here at 8:30 a. m. reach Yosemite at 5 p. m. the day following. ——— Ireland and the Irish. Dr. Clampett, the new rector of Trinity Church, will deliver an fllustrated lecture | next Friday eveng before the Young | Men's Christian Association on “Ireland | and the Irish.” One Mundred dissolving views will be thrown upon the canvas. This will be the first time Dr. Clampett Nl IS e 1 Hea Franiane —_————————— Camera Club Lecture. John P. Clum will lecture on Friday evening before the California Camera Club at Metropolitan Temple. “In the ‘Wake of the tting Sun’’ will be his subject. Metal rustic initials or name stamped in gold leaf free of ch: on_all leather mdl purchased at Sanborn & Vail's, 741 ket street. | ized country | the inveéntor of comed: | more concerned with A GOLDEN AGE IN FRENCH LITERATURE. Copyright, 1900, by Seymour Eaton. GOLDEN AGES OF LITERATURE. OF LOUIS XIV. BY MAURICE FRANCIS EGAN, LL. D, The name of Louls XIV, with whom the Caesarism of the Bourbons culminated recalls not only the splendor and ciousness of his court, the garish mag- nificence of his palace of Versailles, bravery of his generals, but several names of great men of letters whose fame would live even if the “sun king" were forgotten. These are “the prince of com- edy,” as Sir Walter Scott calls him; Ra- cine (1639-99), Corneille (1606-34), writers of tragedies not second to those of Euripides and Sophocles; Bossuet (1627-1704); Fene- lon (1651-1715), the most eloquent and cul- tivated men of their time, whose glory has not been dimmed by succeeding time; La Fontaine (162 “the flower of the French spirit, with the perfume of an- tiquity,” whose fables have become part of the household language in every civil- There are, too, Bolleau 36-1711), the master of exquisite satire and the mentor of stylists. and Descartes (1596-1650), whose influence as a philosoph- »r has been so powerful: al (1623-62), a scientist with an arder La Rochefoucauld (1513 ic Ps imagination; Qeoeiedeieieieie® ) . & rS - * * . S : 'S . * L 3 P . * L 4 ® * L 3 3 . + P %7 * .’ - 3 $ ! PY . P 3 & PIERRE CORNEILLE. é @ @eis i eieietesese® historian and brilliant maker of maxims, and Mme. de Bevigne (1627-96), whose let- smpathy power of drawing character. e many other names that add to £ epoch called the age of XIV @ age of Pericles,” “‘the age of Augus- “the age of Elizabeth.” But the spléndor of the flashing constellations dim by contrast stars that would be great aione. Moliere (Jean Baptiste Poquelin) must be classed among the constellations. He assumed the name of Moliere after he had become an author. Of his youth—and, in- deed, of his later life—all sorts of stories and calumnies were current, for his pen made him many enemies. He was born at Paris, January 15, 162 His father was an t at one time. Later he as- sum personal seyvice of the King. At the age of 14 Jean entered the Jesuit college of Clermont, in Paris—he owing, like Voltaire, who records this, his train- ing in rhetoric and philosophy to the dis- viples of St. Ignatius Loyola. Some time out the year 1641 he 100k to law. What- id between this date and 1559, he was a strolling actor snt. The Italian and Span- fes—to which Mollere owed ere not included in the courses of suits, though the Latin comedies of ace and Plautus were not unknown names. Moliere studied the art of acting from the strolling players, who were then | looked upon as outcasts, and the science of constructing dramas from the Italians and Spanish. It was a similar combina- tion of genius and knowledge, with theat- rical experience, which made the plays of Shakespeare more than beautiful dramatic poems—in fact, acting dramas. Moliere was permitted bf‘ the favor of Louis XIV to establish himself and his company of players in Paris. Before the year 1625 there were no “‘stock companies’ In that eity. Plerre Corneille had, about 1630, written some farces which gave a theatrical troupe an opportunity. Cardinal Richelieu recognized the value of the drama as a_civilizing process and brought the play of manners—which is called in France a comedy—into fashion. The pic- ture of the disappointed tragedian in “Cy- rano de Bergerac” will give a clew to the condition of the drama in the time of Richelieu. Having employed his hand for some time in adapting from the Span- ish and Itallan farces, Moliere, in 1659, roduced ‘“Les Precleuses Ridicules.” he “‘precieuse”’ was what in England was later called a ‘“‘bluestocking.” As time went on the lovers of ultra-re- finement in letters and ullra-sen:lhfllrs' in life became more and more absu But when Moliere’s “Les Precieuses Rid- jcules’” (The Absurd Bluestockings)) ap- peared, ‘“‘precieuse’” became as ridiculous an epithet as ‘“‘esthetic” is now, and th meant about the same thing. ~All Paris laughed. A new master of comedy had arrived, but there were still touches of the farce. of distasteful exaggeration about Mollere. Comedy pure and simple without the farce element was demanded. The methods of Mollere continued to im. prove until they reached their height in “The Misanthrope,” “The Doctor in Spite of Himself' and “Le Tartuffe.”” These are true comedies of manners and the best of all his delightful plays, though there are critics who will raise their voices for “The Pretended Gentleman— how else shall 1 translate “Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme' ?—and still others for “The Hypochondriac” and “Le Maladie Imag- aire.” In 1665 Louis XIV, who had al- lowed his company to call itself ‘“‘the King's,” bestowed a pension upon Mollere. ‘While Cornellle and Racine were rivals and had rivals—Voltalre (1654-177%) later wrote tragedies—Moliere had no rival but himself. e stands alone; he was really pure and simple. Like Shakespeare, he borrowed his plots, and even some of his episodes, from the Ttaliane and Spanish; the dramatic move- ment, the presentment of character, the laughter, the tears, are entirely his. He saw deep into life and he drew pictures of what he saw, and those amusing trifles which seem exaggerated when presented bK him are even drawn from life. “The chief character in ‘“Le Bourgeols Gentil- homme" is astonished to find that he has been speaking prose all his life. A refer- ence in the letter of Mme. de Sevigne, dated June 12, 1680, shows that the orig- inal of this character was not a Dretesged gentleman, but a noble, the Count de Sols- sons. The letters and memoirs of the time are evidences of the appreciation in which Mollere was held and of his faculty of using the detaiis of daily life in his com- edies. “Tartuffe,” a satire upon religious hypocrisy, raised a storm only equaled by that which broke out after the produc- tion of “L’Ecole des Femmes” (The School for Women). It is difiicult to understand 'h‘ “Tartuffe’” should be considered a blow at religion, and only persons whose consciences were the externals of religion than the spirit could have thought it so. It was natural enough that the friends of the Abbe de Roquette. who it was supposed was the object of Moliere’s satire, should have resented the insinua- tion. But it was probably the enemies of Roquette, afterward Bishop of Autun, who pointed out where Moliere's arrow ought to have struck. whether it was aimed that way or not. “Tartuffe” is a comedy of character as well as manners. It ranks in this respect with “L'Avare” (The Miser) and “Le Misanthrope.” “L’Avare” |8 a reminiscence of Plautus, but an improvement on the Latin poet. It has been asserted that Moliere In “The Miser” shows too much tolerance for av- arice—he merely makes us laugh at it It is quite enough to be grateful that he has made us laugh with a harmless laughter which will t‘: on for a leng time to come, increasing the merriment of nations. The situations and even some of the lines in “L’'Avare” have been copied so often in modern farces and comedies that now, when we read the scene between Harpa- gon and his cook. It seems “full of quotA- tions.” ‘Les Femmes Savantes” (The Learned Ladies) will always be a favorite, but probably of all the episodes introduced the | s plays that in which Orgon the p of Tartuffe repre- ! at its best lere was not a moralist or a reform- He took life as he saw it. He did not er. pretend to teac The mean or gross minc will find it easy to reflect itaert tn "¥ho School for Women or ir me of the arces of S elle,” ““Monsieur de Pource <" and “‘Les Fourberies ds Scapin” (The Rogueries of Scapin) are Only the nar the »w-minded or dis e of t is, the | other of the comedie intention to be akespeare as a oet is Immeasurably above Moliere as e is above Corneille and Racine. But as a writer of delicat medy, of ma rs | and character skillfully arranged, Moiiera is beyond all write: including even the ‘aulhur of “Much Ado About Nothing" and Lope de Vega himsel I the year after the performance {of “The School for Husbands,”~ Mollere married Mlle. Bejart. On_ February . 1673, while acting in “Le Malade Imagi naire,” he was taken ill. He hid his lliness from the audience; death was near hemorrhage cou not be stopped, that night he died The most briiliant of the contemporaries | of Moliere were Pierre Cc Ji | R They were not gre: te a clever comic They (The Pleaders) in, however, the greatest writers of tragedy been sufficient of Frenc Their names would itera. to ¥ | h of De produced in 1639; “Cinna, ing to the French The lesser work Corneille made comedy possible in France and revived tragedy. It h been truly tor of Rom rriters of tragedy that “his heroes demi-gods and his heroines, except Ch mene and Pauline, all Corneille and R rietta of ““Berenice. Cornetlle arried off the Rae the Greek : | chological strength w | ism. “He takes | by th “Mithridatus.” (“Iphigenie en Aulide”) and “Phaedro” (“Phédre””) he reached his most glorious height. The court circle was narrow in the reign of Louis XIV, and then even great poets | bloomed or drooped in the smile or frown | of the King. The King, led by a cabal | against Racine, frowned, gave up the stage, ret! e and childre y in which I the young lac - should have no part s of her school at St. On request, Racine wrote his great ces “Esther’” and “Athalie,” both su gested by the Old Testament. “Athalie e as e aa e ae as ] = MOLIERE. R R R R I R R R e L e e e e e S % > + > + & * » * % was founded on a tragedy of Euri- pides; but when Racine borrowed he re- turned the loan with more than compound interest to humanit Regarding the eff: of the performarnice of *“Esther” at St. Cyr, the charming Mme. de Sevigne says, in a letter to her daughter, written on February 21, 1689: “1 cannot tell you the extreme beauty of this plece. It is a performance not easy to represent and is inimitable. It is the union of music, poetry, singing and character so perfect and complete that there is nothing we wish to alter. The young ladies who represent kings and reat personages seemed to be born for it. Everyihing is simple, innocent, sublime and affecting. 1.”” continues Mme. de Se- vigne, “was deiighted and so was the Marshal de Bellefond, who left his seat to tell the King how glad he was to have a place near a lady so worthy of seeing “Esther.” The King approached our seat and, having turned around, addressed himseif to me. ‘I am told. madame, that the plece has pleased yo I_answered with_perfect self-posse ‘Sire, 1 am delighted; what I feel is beyond the power of words to describe.’ The King contin- ued: ‘Racine has great talents.’ ‘Sire, he has indeed, and so have these young B sons. They enter into the matter as if it were the sole employment.” °‘Ah, that is very true,’ he rejoined. And then he re- tired, leaving me the object of universal envy. "The great Louts had spoken, for in that golden age kings were more than men of genius; but now we remember the “sun king” principally because the men of gen- fus he reigned over help us to forget his arrogance and viclousness. e COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. Spring Term, 1900. Mondays—American Political Par- ties. Tuesdays — Twenty Lessons in French Conversation and Recent Seci- entific Discoveries. Wednesdays and Thursdays — Golden Ages of Literature. Fridays—Photography for Ama- teurs. Saturdays — Biographical Studies for Girls. These courses will continue until May 31, 1900. Examinations will be held at their close as a basis for the granting of certificates. Stanford Camp Delegates. The Leland Stanford Camp No. 2, Army and Navy Republican League, has elected the following named delegates to the convention of the California League of Republican Clubs whieh will meet at Los Angeles on April 27: Colonel M. S.Black- C. jAlberger, Adjutant . Hon. Frank Varfleld, Major J. H. 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