The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 27, 1900, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1900. AMUSEMENTS. MOROSCO'S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. MAURICE GRAU OPERA CO. FAREWELL WEEK. DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN, (Wagner). 7:45, “DIE WALKUERE" Schumenn-Heink, Scpeff, Olitzka, R . Van' Cauteren, Dyck, Blass and “BIEGFRIED"" Nordica; Dippel, nd EA de Reske. | Il “RING" Performances, | dr. Walter Damroseh.) | November 2, at 8:15 (by request) HEME —Melba. Schell, Satera Gil) ret. Dutriche.” Maslero and Campa r, Mr. Mancinelll, $0—"GOTTERDAEMMERUN( mann and Ed. de Reszke: Sus ann-He Scheff, Bridewell a ductor. Iter Damrosch 3 rday at 2, Farewell Matinee—* LA TRA- A”--Meiba, Van Cauteren, Bauerm Gilibert an TO-NIGHT _at —Gedeki, E MOROSCO’'S GRAND OPFRA HOUSF MONDAY EVENING NEXT, DE: X BNING of L ‘co. ESLIE ™™e | LEADING | THEATEE | COLUMBIA SPECIAL THANKSGIVING MATINEE THURSDAY. TREMENDOUS TRIDMPH | W ! THE FORIUNE TELLER | gl ? N sie %_d/](y/mnfl, HOUSE AGAIN WE WERE JAMMED! MAS HAVERLY’S ‘ TODON MINSTRELS Waltz Me Again WILSON, E A BIG HIT. HURS- | UT A FLAW! ULIUS P. WITMARK, DUPONT AND LOTHIAN, MA Y BROTHER HOT OL ny Than Ev LCARDBRT THEATR Eg R TO-NIGHT A} ENTIRE Fxtra Matinee Thanksyiving Day! Augustin Daly's Laughable Play, SEVEN-TWENTY-EIGHT R MATINEE Week—David Belasco's Charming Ja Stora, | ADAME BUTTERFLY.” Ne THE TALK OF THE TOWN! EAGLES’ MASQUERADE BALL! MECHANICS’ PAVILION THANKSGIVING EVE. . - ONE DOLLAR. ADmesmon - - o THE SAN Tifl!fl;fiflpflfl!fl CLUB, inital meeting Monday, Nov. 19, to Saturday, Dec. 1, inclasive, Six or more races each week day. Six stake events, one hurdle race and two steeplechares first two weeks. First race of the day at 2:10 p. m. Trains leave Third ind Townsend streets for Tanforan Park at 7, 3040, 1130 . m., 1, 1:30 end 2 p. m., foilow after the last race, at intervals of a’ few min- utes, by several specials. Reer cars res:rve’. tor ladies and their escorts. Admission t3 tue course, including raliroad fare, $1.25. D. LYNCH PRINGLE, Becretary. RALPH H. TOZER, Racing Secretary. Oakland Office—62 San Pablo Ave. | | Caltfornia WIill Attend—Special Programme. ADVERTISEMENTS. SPECIAL SALE —r— —— Found Dead in ing House. —_— Dresses. | For two days we offer Spe- eial Bargains in Fine Tailor- Made Dr:sses—this season’s best styles. Fine All-Wool Venztian Cloth Elouse Dress. Blouse all silk 1 has the new flare ekirt— selt through the head with a $2-calibe revolver., The stranger went to the lodging-hous 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, & good $20 value; | B 2 e with his face and head covered, with g | Plood. The door was forced open Und¥tha Speclal sale stranger was found alive but unconsclous, price, with a revolver by his side. He had shot himself back of the right ear. The Har- $12.50 bor Hospital ambulance was sent for, but | the man dled before the hospital was | reached. [ Fine Tailor- | The suicide wore a new sult of clothes. { and looked like a Cuban or a man of Madz Pebble Spanish extraction. There were found in \ his pockets three Spanish coins, one, a Chev ot Dresses Blouse or Jacket silver five peseta plece of 18 two reales plece and the t rd a silves R coin dated 1792. The revolver was a | Sk lned: PeW ||| small-sized weapon with a white bons sk o $3 ||| handle, and of Spanish _manufacture. value. || There were found also a check and pro- | sale ||| Eramme for the Orpheum of November 20 and a ticket of the Cafe Roval a Water Front Lodg- STRANGER about whose identity there appears to be some mys- tery committed suicide yesterday morning in the Dewey House, 82 East street, by shooting him- last Sunday night and took a room, giv- ing his name as K. Walsh. After he re- tired nothing more was seen of him until when a bed-maker named Parker looked through the keyhole and saw him lying on the bed another a “Social | Club,” “Gooa for one drink, sandwich or $22.50 | cigar.” On the left forearm of the dead | man were tattooed the initfals “J. W.' He was ebout thirty vears old. r o r —_— THIS MAN, WHO HAS “J. W.” TATTOOED ON HIS LEFT FOREARM, SHOT HIMSELF THROUGH THE HEAD LODGING-HOUSE WITH A SPANISH REVOLVER. STRANGER SHOOTS HIMSELF WITH SPANISH REVOLVER | | | | | IN N EAST-STREET of th LACKMANN HAS N0 PREJUDICE $. Rainy-Day Dresses. blacks, tans, browns and navys; use or Eton styles; finest plaid back he kind that will not shrink in n: all sizes tally priced $13.50 to $22 50 Kelly & Liehes’ Cloak and Suit Fouse, 120 KEARNY ST. | | fi Venire at Request of Judge Seawell. I e | | \ { | | The opening gun in the suit brought b | ex-Judge William T. Drury Melone, to recover nearly $10,000 fo services rendered as attorney was fire in Judge Seawell's court ing, ir t for the | the imposing dome. | The case k but ow reverberated Hall and made interesting gossi| e City 5 to he court having a cas be: Friday. | interested was amusing who crowded the courtroom. The first meeting of the parties to the spectator: mitted that he had been misintormed. It appears that Judge | clated the tmportance of the case, ana h ordered a special venire to issue. 'He sen for Sheriff Lackmann and asked that offi clal to atte He also directed the Sheriff to secure th best men in the city and not to report th names to the court until the morning o the trial. ift not to inform any one | lected by him to appear in court. Counsel for the defendant care taken by Judge Seawel entered the courtroom ready t k that the venire be set aside upon th round that the Sheriff was based prejudiced agalnst Melone. When th e s called Judge Maguire stated hi fon, z Pillsbury, attorney fo Judge V said_he 1o the exami SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR giving day besides a good di “‘cheer” is an exquisite- . collar and cuffs that at fine domestic sh imac t the United States Laundry E our linen alwa it s done i n ss shirts u order it. UNITED STATES LAUNDRY Office 1004 Market Streat Telephone—South 420, h; ad bias or prejudice in the matter h anted the jury excused. Sneriff Lackmann &th by Jud asked th Wilness had on: Ited anybody about the jury, and. th Sheriff sald he had not. He stated tha | he had attended personaily | the nire. M the Sheriff whether he had shown names to anybody, and again the witnes replied in the negative. then told how Judge Seawell had sent foi him and LION OilCompany Just struck a tremendous flowing well. Holders of this stock or of any other com- pany in the Sunset District should send their address to this office and get our | errogated a he latte! he could find in the city, and he had car ried out the court's instructions to letter. Judge Maguire nn whether e Wallace. ext asked Sheriff Lack. acquainted He said_he was not; knew of him as a Judge of the Su in Sunset District. gracefully acknowledged t misinformed, nd Lackmann withdrew. e e e e e . e Friday morning. case is e amount in Judge Wal The testimony in cted to be sensational. After-Theater Refreshments. The completeness of the arrangemenis made for your entertainment in the Sup- per Rocm can be estimsted when it is known that the attributes responsible for the popularity of the Grill Rooms are in evidence here. Delightful music, prompt | lowing the issuance of a series of interest. bearing bon Henry S. Dibble. fervice, moderate charges. Open every ||indebtedness, and set up a counter claim evening (Sundays excepted) from 9:30 to of nearly $60,000. The defendant’s attor 12 o'clock. Entrance from the court and neys purpose showing that this sum was | main office. s the purpose of obtaining the approvi | the bond issue by the 1 comiature Palace Hotel Supper Room. AGHINST MELONE | Sheriff Declares He Drew a Wallace against erday morn- and the report of the initial proceed- own the corridors of | » employed within the shadow of been set for tria] yester- re it, the hearing was postponed until James G. Seawell appre- \d to the matter personaily. He further cautioned the Sner- as to those se- were not and i no objection | ation of Lackmann. He even went S0 far as to say that if the Sheriff to securing 1e’s counsel then asked the Sheriff Lackmann requested him to attend to the matter personally and select the best men | the with he he had been Judge Seawell then denied the motion to quash the venire, and set the case for the The dispute is alleged to be due lace for legal services rendered many years ago in various contests fol- for the city of Place; Melone 1s defended by Judge Masuire and They deny the alleged t at the direction of the plaintiff for RAILROAD CUTS FREIGHT RATES The Southern Pacfiic Wants to Compete With the Clipper Ships. BTl The Southern Pacific will attempt to compete with the clipper ships that | handle coke and cast iron pipe. Hereto- fore none of the railroads have catered to this particular commodity and the re- sult is that the Atlantic | profited to no small extent. By cutting rates the Southern Pacific hopes to be able to draw away at least a part of the freightage which is now handled almost | exclustvely by clippers. Beginning about the 15th of December a new rate will go into effect. In place of the commodity rate for coke, which was $11 per ton of 2000 pbunds from the Mis- | sissippi River, a special rate of $10 50 per ton has been fixed from all points in the Pocahontas district, West Virginia, to California terminals, such as San Fran- cisco, Sacramento, Stockton and Los An- #Srom y r d e s s the New River district to the | Maguire, attorney for Melone, placed | same points in Californfa a similar rate Bheriff L in on tne witness stand for | or $10 50 has been fixed, while from the the purp showing t the Sherift Durham, district to the same points Vi prejy againsc hu lient. Betore | in this State a special rate of ¥ 20 per ton e finished interrogating his witness, how- | has been fixed. ever, withdrew his charge and ad- The blanket rate of seventy-five cents per 100 pounds, or $15 per ton, for cast iron pipe from Chicago to California term- inals has been annulled and peclal rate for certain districts has been adopted. From St. Louis, Memphis and | New Orleans, Birminghai Gate City, the Platt mines and other Eastern points the new rate is sixty cents per 100 pounds. From the New York pier via the Gulf routes a rate of fifty cents per 100 pounds | has been fixed, which is a cut of twenty- | five cents, while from Pueblo, Coio., | thirty-seven cents and a small fraction Is charged, instead of fifty-six cents. Manager Sproule says the cuts are not brought about by any special condition or rivalry with any particular water line. The raflroad simply wants to get a share of the iron‘and coke freight traffic and in_order to attract buyers and consum- ers a very low rate is offere t e e f| 1, e s T | | POLICE RAID FARO GAME IN BURLINGTON HOUSE | Five Men Are Arrested and a Com- plete Layout Is Secured as Evidence. The police, as well as other people, have been aware of the fact for some time that faro games were being played in the city and every effort has been made to locate the place where the pastime of “bucking the tiger” was indulged in. Sunday morning Captain Seymour was | notified that a game was going on in room {14 at the Buriington House, 609 Market street, and he detalled Detectives Dillon, Crockett and Coleman to watch the place and make a rald if they found that the information was correct. The place was e | t r e t r nelr address | Hgrad 2 it | carefully watched all Sunday, b ¢ TEKL LETIN with full particu- | Perior Court. The witness was then | Carefully - ay, but there WEEKLY BULLETIN with full particu- | beFor SoMfl. (Ohe, WINGsS was then | s no evidence to warrant a raid, | 1ars of the development of this well and | 3359 RESIRCT, 1 B¢ ShY pArtiallty for | “yegterqay morning & young policeman all others in the district. We have an ex- | 3hokered i ihe negative HoC alniNeS% | was sent fo room 14 and the three detecs pert on the grounds constantly. + | he had never served as a juror in Judge | LVeS auletly followed him. After he had { D D mever entered the detectives knocked for admit- James R. T. Mershon, “Well,” said Maguire, “have you ever | §ance, but it was refused. They began to - 9 P Buildir | haa particular relations with Judge | f0rce open the door when it was unlocked 58 39 Parrott Building, | Waliacar {and they entered. 'They found Frank PROMOTER | rhe ¥ thing T can think of.” repliea | McDonald, a brother of Todd McDonald, “LION “MONAR( S. POTTS,” | Lackmann, “was the time he ousted the | {he Welltknown gambler, seated at a farg o s DO o g R »" | Board of Supervisors of which 1 was a | table with a complete layout in front of “PRUDENTIAL" “SUNSET CEN- | piiiier™ “The quiet reply created much | bim. including “phony” rolls of bills. Mc- T ESUVIUS” and the merriment, and Maguire decided not to |D0nald was arrested for conducting the “TIGER” Oil Companies, all | Interrogzate the witness any further. He | §ame and Ed Brooks, C. J. Stetson, Frank | Loud and Charles Davis were a; | visitors. McDonald had $535 in tl;f:!;-;gki!t when searched at the City Prison and he put up $100 ball for himself and $20 for | each of the other four. The layout was | booked as evidence against them. The table folded up and was contained in a valise specially made for the purpose, ——g— THE LUNDS RESUME MARITAL RELATIONS Serious Chugéfiferred Against the Wife Is Dismissed by Consent. William Lund, the aged capitalist, and his young wite have azain assumed mari- £ DR. CROSSMAN'S SPECIFIC MIXTURE For the cure of GONORRHOEA, GLEETS, STRICTURES and analogous compiaints of the Orgsns of Generation. ° Price 51 a bottle. For sale by druggists. AMUSEMENTS. +TIVOLIx T'LL HAVE A SPANISH GUNNER! THIS IS THE SECOND WEEK Of the Great Comic Opera Triumph, A JOLLY MUSKETEER! With Its Wealth of Melody and Mirth. SPECIAL MATINEE THANKSGIVING DAY, Evenings at £ Matineo Saturday at 2. POPULAR PRICES.. -.25c Telephone Bush 3. i Thursday Night Students of University of FREEDOM FROM BAGGY KNEES s and our Scotch friends who don’t Just come and examine our all-wool MADE TO ORDER .50, $5.00, $8.00, $7. K e s e NCERT HOUSE. FISCHER’S ©°© Weekly Call, $1.00 per Year. 1= enjoyed by the wearers of trousers made by wear any. trousers, tal relations at their home, 2716° Webster | street, and the charge brought by the hus- | band against the wife, which gave prom- | ise of being a cause celebre, was by con- | sent dismissed by Judge Cabaniss yester- | day. About 11 o'clock yesterday ex-Judge J. F. Sullivan, for_the husband, and Atto: | ney rothehild, for the wife, appeared be- | fore the Judge and the former made a | motion that the case be dismissed, as the | two_principals had agreed to live together again and no one was harmed. Attorney Rothchild remarked that he would have preferred to go on with the case, as he was satisfied that Mrs. Lund wouid have received a complete vindication, but ne was satisfied that the case be dismissed, The Judge, in dismissing the case, sald that he had placed no credence upon the | evidence of the “two shameless women. Mrs. Jeannette Peterson and Mrs. Mar- | garet Martinez”’—and if the other evi- dence of the prosecution had been of the same keyhole variety there would have been little chance of proving the allega- tions in the complaint The attorneys unofticially intimated that the divorce proceeumngs would also be withdrawn. ———————— He Has a Double. ‘Willlam Harris was acquitted by a jury in Judge Dunne's court yesterday on a charge of burglary in the second degree preferred against him by Mrs. Mary Hef- seaboard has | instead a | HOW RECENERS LOOTED WINES OF CHPE NOME Thieves Operated Under the Authority of the L.w and Court. A e R | Cape Nome and the trials and tribula- | | tions of its miners again occupied the at- | tention vesterday of United States Com- | missioner Heacock and opposing attor- | neys. The only witress of the day was 8. C. Houghton, who related in detail the | | tangled legal history of the Topkok mine, one of the rich properties over which Alexander McKeilzie obtained control by favor of Judge Noyes. The story told by | Mr. Houghton showed how fictitious claims were brought into court and with- | cut justification were recognized. Recelvers were appointed under absurd- | ly small bonds, macninery was shipped to | the mine and gold was taken out as quickly as possible. The plan of opera- tions aiffered in no essential respect from | that adopted in connection with other | mines. | | 5. C. Houghton reviewed the history, | troubles and litigation of the Topkok | mine anterior to the arrival of Judge Noyes. The witness outlined the various alleged attempts ot depredators to rob the | mine, operaung upon it even after orders had been given tu suspend all muning and troops had been stulivhed upon it Lo ea- force the command. All of these facts | Were objected to by Geary, as they had no bearing on Judge Noyes, who nad not yet arriyea in iome. Hougnton repiled | that he believed that direct application would be snown. He tnerefore deciared | that one of tne jurors wno had decided against the 10pKok mine was a saioon- Keeper and was appointed foreman of tue ! Grand Jury by Juage Noyes. i ‘Lnen_came the acuve participation of | Jugge Noyes and tne beginning ot the le- | gal nght for the appointment of a re- | ceiver. Several men made aemand of the court for possession of the mine and the appoinument of a teceiver. Houghton ae- ciared that these men had absowutely no rignt to their claims. ‘iney were acpre- autors, roboers ana perjurers, he saia. The ‘Topkok_people Tied tneir answer, but Juuge Noyes appointed a receiver, thus deciaring that tne piainuffs in tne case possessea a Strong probaviiuty of winmng the suit. { In reciting the incidents Mr. Houghton | gave very aetailed reasons for his pelief tnat Juage Noyes haa made a grievous error. But Willam 8. Cameron was ap- pointed receiver, the date of the order be- | ing August 8. “l have very reliable in- formation,” said Mr. Houghton, “that Mc- Kenzle asked Mr. Mcintyre to act under McKenzie as receiver. McIntyre refused and McKenzie then asked Attorney Grittin to accept the position. Griffin also de- | clined.” Houghton then produced a stenographic report of a_conversation which he had held with Griffin in reference to the effcrts made by Alexander McKenzie to induce Griffin to accept the minor position. This conversation lett no doubt that Mec- Kenzie was on terms of the greatest inti- macy with Noyes. When Recelver Came- ron was appointed he set to work to ex- tract from the mine the largest amount of gold in the smallest amount of time. This is_one of the most serious allega- tions which has been made ig connection with the appoirtment of receiverships for | the varioug claims. The case will be resumed this morning at 10 o'clock. FINAL APPEARANCE OF ROYAL MARINE BAND | Members Adjust Their Differences in Judge Cabaniss’ Court on Search Warrant. The final appearance of the Royal Ma- rine Band of Italy, which has been per- forming at the California Theater for the past two weeks with indifferent success, | was made in Judge Cabaniss’ court yes- terday morning, when the search warrant case of Chanming Ellery against C. Nor- della to secure possession of the music belonging to the band was heard. D. Glannini, the singer who accom- panied the band, testified that the music pelonged to him; Nordella was simply act- ing under his directions, and he produced a contract between him and Eilery, en- | {ered into in Philaaelphia, where thé band | was formed, whereby Ellery was appoint- | ed manager and was to receive 50 per cent | of the profits. The Judge decided that in view of the contract he would have to | award the music to Nordella as represent- | ing Glannini and he made an order to that | efect. | The band has now split, Ellery having ! eighteen musicians, with Signor Ninoliti | as leader, and Giannini twenty-four, with | Guiseppe’ Creatore as leader. Both will | start for Philadelphla at once —————— RICHARDSON SAYS BROKEN RAIL CAUSED ACCIDENT Denies Story That a Decayed Tie Was Responsible for the “Owl’s” Mishap. Master of Transportation Richardson | yesterday received an official report of the cause of the accident to the "Owl" pas. senger train near Cornwall Sunday. A rail was found to_have-been broken com- | in two. The sto: that the rall upon a decayed tle s denled by Mr. rest rdson, who took sj ns to in- ma.uhlmodtfitfigu . heavy iy ew - ona. ad act, & nNew 1o by the recent Trains and Admission o SUITS. ernan, who resides on Mission street, ooasnied Mme. Gabriel Stirval; Mac Eagerton Davis: | Cut in style. Guaranteed to ft, | heas Kinth, Thoush Mrs, Hefernan iden | som it I e et o (ram. leav- Corinne, in “Historical Antique’; Olive Vafl 3.50—840. tified the defendant at first as the man mfie claims rtment of the company and Argyle Tully; Irene Franklyn: Oubama, ekt | who entered her premises, she testified 1o | was busy all y endeavoring to offset the Jap and Harry H. Walton. 8 ‘matinee 1110 and 1112 Market st., | the jury that on her way to the court possible suits for damages out Thanksgiving. Reserved seats by 201 and 208 Montgo: -, i yesterday morning she saw a man who | of the wreck. One settlement of ‘was Ban Francisco, | looked like the man who robbed her o for done to a passenger s 143 S. Spring st., | home. “And,” she said, “I am not sure m:m' 5 Py ]"'h'm“f thiet, 'the prisoner hera | fiy settied. 80 that the road E:n'al JOE POHEIM. THE TAILOR. | 5,18 83 §,38%,08, the street™ An ac- | escape being called upon to pay | eral rule, based on the prac 182 NIGHT SCHOOL: HOW TO DO THINGS. Copyright, 1800, by Seymour Eaton, NIGHT SCHOOL COURSE. —_— XIII. HOW TO AVOID COMMON BLUNDERS. In the Use of Nouns. It will be convenient in our discussion to group common grammatical blunders under the varous parts of speech. Nouns are words used as names. The first practical thing to be noted about them is that in the usage of good writers some nouns begin with capital letters while others do not. This distinction in practice is based upon the classification of nouns as common and proper. A common noun is a name common or applicable to all objects of the same kind —as house, boat, book, river, kingdom. Common nouns, when written, begin with small letters. A proper noun is the name of some particular object, to distinguisn that object from others ‘of its kind—as Gray Gables, Oceanle, Bible, Nile, Spain. Proper nouns, when written, always be- gln with capital letters, so also do words erived from them--as America, Ameri- can, Americanism. The next practicél observation to be made about nouns relates to the subject | of gender. Gender is a classification of nouns according to the sex of the objects for which they stand, a word denoting a male object being of the masculine gen- | der, a word denofing a female object be- | ing of the feminine render. In most cases gender in our use of language may be sald to take care of itself, most mascu- line nouns being unconsciously referred to by “he,” “hi feminine nouns by : cese of a few nouns, are frequent: therefore we give a list words of different genders that are times confounded or otherwise mis however, blunders Mascul'ne. Feminine. abbot abbess actor actress administrator administratric adventurer adverturess bach:lor spinster, maid buck doe (fallow Jeer) bullock heifer czar czarina drake duck duxe, ducness earl countess executor Francts gander god heir hero heroine host hostess idolator idoratress Jew lion marquis marcnioness monk nun prophet propnetess ram ewe stag, hart hind (red deer) sultan sultana tiger tigress waiter waltress wizard witeh The next practical subject relating to the correct use of nouns is number. Num- ber is a cifference in the form of a word to distinguish objects as one or more than one. The form of a word that de- notes one object is called the singular number. The form of a word that de- notes more than ore object is called the plural number. ant pract nouns, “these, * and * however, we confine ourselves to the question of how the plural form of a noun is made from the singular. The gen- e of the best ed follows: In ost nouns form the to the singular. The from this reguiar and At present writers, ‘m: modern’ English plural by adding following variations rule are important When the added sound of an additional syllable ‘“es church, churches. s'ending in “o0.”" If the final * is preceded by a vowel the plural formed regularly, 1, e.. by adding “s": cameo, cameos. 1f the final “o' is p ceded by nsonant, the tendency modern_usage is to form the plural by " makes used: as, as, a adding “es”: as, hero, heroes; potato, pe tatoes. The following common word however, seem still to form the piural b; adding ‘s alone: canto mements solo duodectmo octavo stiletto piano torso proviso tyro laseo quarto 3. Nouns ending in “y."" If the a vowel the plural is ley, valleys. If the is preceded by a consonant, v is changed to “I" and “es” is added to form the plural: as, lady. ladies: preceded by ular: as, v cities, 1. Plural of nowns ending in The following nou ending with the sound of “f"" change “f" or “fe" to * and add beet elf knife life self shelf wite calf half leaf loaf sheaf thief walf 5. Plural of proper nouns. Proper nouns when made plurai are not changed inter- nally: as, Henry, Henrys: Nero, Nero: Proper name: receded by titl as “Mr. Smith,” ss Smith,” ““Colonel Smith,” are treated in two different ways. We say “the Mr. Smiths,” “the Mrs. Smiths,” “the Miss Smiths,” “the Colo nel Smiths"; but we also say'’ the Messrs. Smith,” “the Misses Smith” and ‘“the Colonels Smith.” 6. Plural of compound nouns. Most com- pound nouns form the plural by adding the proper sign of the plural te the fun- damental part of the word—i. e., to the | part which is deseribed by the rest of the | Phrase; as, ox-cart, ox-carts: court-mar- | \lal, courts-martial; ald-de-camp, aids-de- camp. When no single word is fundamer | tel. =s in “‘forget-me-not,” the sign of the | plural is put at the end: as forget-me-nots Werds ltke “spoonful.” the compound na- ture of which has been almost forgotten, also take the sign of the plural at the end: as, spoonfuls. cupfuls. ‘‘Man-serv- ant,” “woman-servant” and “Knight Teupiar’ efien ana the plural sign to both words: as, men-servants. “Brahman,” and ‘“talisman ‘Mussulman,” are not com- Caution — ‘Ottoman pounds of “man.” They resemble “‘Ger- man” and “Norman.” and form the plural by adding “s.’ as Mussulmans. 7. Letters, figures and other symbols are made plural by adding an apostrophe and ('s): 28, “There are more e's than a's in this word”"; “Dot your i's and cross your t's."” S. Some nouns have two plurals which difter in meaning: brother brothers (by birth), brethren (of a die | nen fAshes (separate fish), fish (collective). index indexes (in books), indices (in alge- bra). penny pennies (separate coins), pence (sum of money). shot shots_(discharges), shot (balls). staff aves (poles), staffs (bodles of as- stants). 9. Some nouns of foreign origin in com- mon use have peculiar number forms: Stneular— Plural— alumnus (masculine) alumni alumna (feminine) alumnae analysis analyses animalculum animalcula antithesis antitheses bacterium bacter'a beau beaux (or beaus) cherub cherubim (or cherubs) crisis crises curriculum curricula datum data genus (meaning ‘“‘class’ Cenera genluses (persons of genlus great ability) genil (spirits) hypothesis hypotheses oasis parenthesis Dhenomenon , seraphim (or seraphs) strata bl tableaux thesis theses One of the most common blunders con+ nected with the use of nouns is the incor- rect writing of ‘what is called the - sive case—l. e., that form of noun that d notes possession: as, “This is Harry's bail.” The practice of the best writers is as follows: In the singular number the ve noun is formed. as a rule, by adging an apostrophe and = ¢ e boy's coat.” Often the pronunch of the added *“s” makes a new syllabl this additional syllable makes an unpleas- e (e tatued? m‘%:g'fm'“‘ — apostro] s retained: as. * J ke e 5" s sounded. It I always ‘written; and lnu it is written, it should mnoumfl M{g— The putting In o« foine cut st B R skl et ¢l 3 4= doubt it is well to add the In the | is | re of | Iia ciey, | “Horace's odes,” “Charles’s ball,” “Dicks ens’s ‘David Copperfield.” In the plural number, when the plural already ends in “s” (as it usually does), the possessive case is formed by adding an apostrophe alone ('): as, “Boys’ shoes. The possessive of those few nouns whose plural does not end is formed, as in the singular number, by adding an apostrophe and “s” (s): as, “Men's shoes.” 've case of compound notns and expressions used as compound noun is formed by adding the proper sign of the possessive to the end of the compound: a8, o That Is my sister-in-law's pony, his is the Prince of Wales's palace. When two or more persons Dossess a thing in common, the sign of :he posses- sive is attached to the last name caly: as, “John and Mary's home." Separate ownership is indicated by adl- ing the sign of possessive to each name: as, “Alice’s and Jessie's dresses.” In forming the possessive of “anybody else” and “who else”” usage is divided and inconsistent. The weight of good usags seems to incline to “anybody else’s™; but, on the other hand, we usually say “whoss It is sometimes a question whether to use the possessive case or a phrase be- ginning with whether to say Arnold’s treason” or “the treason of Ar- nold.” The tendency of the best modern usage is to confine the possessive case to nouns denoting living beings, and with them te use it cnly in instances of actual magined possession, as “Arnold’s d,” “the ireason of Arnmold.” Yet short phrases, llke “a week's | “a day’'s march,” *“a dollar's “at death’s door,” “for pi | ."" are supported by the best usage. With pronouns still greater latitude is al- lowed. No one hesitates to write “on vour account,”s “in my absence,” “to their credit,” “for my sake,” “in his defense.” HOW TO DO DOUBLE ENTRY. ote—This is a contin he_first 1ation of the series of Iment of which was November 13. The s to teach the princi of double entry to young people who have y some knowledge of accounts. Transactions. (Student) commenced bust goods, $025 § $136 10, and we ow 1 on hand cash $867 s having Charles Brown owe ame. Credit y There are three ite Brown. Charge with $567 7 | Brown wil will be credited 3 2. Bought goods involced at $576 4 from Karl Milier; gave in payment my promis- sory note for the full amount w 3578 40 same amount with aec with the we h: we would have cr tted harge him just the ing cash we unt balances. and we opened 1t at all w inst us for the full amount knowledge of bus! t Miller's . the bookkee: Thi t plete history bookkeeping. unt s fult not_in_cash, but ty which Is out aga ay sell at his plea: in Lesson No. en for borrowed ste in th tiable—that s, nnot be bough 3. Sold goods invoiced at $789 5 to Clar- ence Perkims: received in payment his promissory note for the full amount. Note—This transaction is the opposite to No. 2. “Hei receive a note in our own favor. called a bill receivable. The goods accrunt is credited with $789 30 and Perkins’ account Is edit Perkins with the full face value of the note receivable sccount. As charged. amount—that i and charge our We then ¢ bil in the last instance, Perkins’ account balances. | and the only pu king the entries s | to show_th t the transa tion. The bill nse paid. beeause wo may sell the r bank or in some other 4. Received from Charles Brown his | check for $17 to apply on account. Note—The check is considered cash: debit your cash sccount and credit Charles Brown 5. Gave James Parker our check for §200 to apply on account, Note—Consider the check as cash. It is really an order on the bank (that is, upon our £afe) to pay the cash. Charge Parker with 3200, 6. Bought goods invoiged at $723 35 from James Parker: g in payment our prom- {ssory note for $350; balance on accoumt. Note—You have already had a sale, with part pavment in cash. In this transaction t Jart mayment is by promissory note and the Bilis pavable account is credited instead of the cash account. Begin bv debiting the goods sccount and _crediting Parker with 3133 3 then charge Parker with 33 and credit Lills payable with the same amount 7. Sold _goods invoiced at $42% to Charles Brown; received in payment his promissory note for $275; balance on ac- count. Note—Credit moods mccount and _charge Brown with the full amount of the sale: then credit Brown with the amount of the nots and charge the same amount to bills receiv able. $. Received from Clarence Perkins his check In full payment of the promissory note (3759 50), which we accepted In pay- ment for goods. Note--Debit the cash aceount and credit bills receivable account. The student will note cara- fully that no entry is made here in Perkins' account. He really doesn't owe us gnything. but he owes & note which we hold. The note mizght have pased entirely out of our hands and have been wllec!ed from Perkins by some one else. “9. Gave our check to Karl Miller in full payment of the promissory note (3875 . whl;h he received from us in payment for goods. Note—Credit the cash accoupt for the amount of the check and charge bills payable with the same amount. There was an outstanding lla- bility in the form of & note and we have pa it in cash. It was of little consequence to us who held the note, so that no entry whatever is made In Miller's account. | ADVERTISEMENTS. Pears’ Soap in stick form; con- venience and economy in shaving. It is the best and chea; est shaving soap in all world. A sorts of people use Pears’ soap, all sorts of stores sell it especially druggists. ASHS