The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 29, 1901, Page 7

FIGPRUNE Made from the choicest BEST CEREAL COFFEE fruits and grains grown in California. The most wholesome and nutritious substitute for coffee and tea. Delicious flavor. Free samples can be ob- tained of any grocer in the city. Ask for one. * Boil from 5 to 10 minutes only. ALL GROCERS SELL Figprune Cereal. _ AMUSEMENTS. TREMENDOUS SUCCESS. NINGS at 8. MATINEE SATURDAY at 2 FENGING | The ; 1 By Physicians, | 4 for Gout and Rheuma- By the Authors of “Robin Hood™ A tism, Indigestion and | -Ef_{ Stomach Disorders. Beware of Cheap Substitutes. Viky 1 Gl tmporid ot « rrhene T NoT Hicay, The Only Geanine Vichy is sold ln Bottles like this cut, snd not in any other form. Genersl Agency, 2% Brosdway, N. Y. Next—Plan POPULAR PR and &0 cents BESREAR TO-NIGHT—FUN FOR ALL!| 31 s Comed ALL TH Bound J [hese hotels pos- COMFORTS Hu- |PALAGE | & wiviec OF HOME ! Siagh and that tourists and travelers appreciate —central location, liberal manage- ment, modern ap- pointments n perfect cuisine American and Eu- ropean plans. SATUF DAY AND SUNDAY. ek—Engagement of JO N KILGOUR, s suct HOTELS, San Francisco. CANDY CATHARTIC LE SHOW EVER IN NE NELSONS. 10e. ALY, FOY AND | 85e 50e. INTMAR- _praxci. Genuine stamped C. C. C. Never sold In bulk. iy Beware of the dealer who tries to sell somthing “just s good. SAM LOCKHART'S BA B\/ GELEPHANT Saturday and Sunday. COLUMBIA 5o SAN FRANCISCO'S KERK RIVER OIL LANDS Proven territory, on line of railroad, tor sale. Splendid chance for those about to form an ofl company. NEWTON, CAR- MEN & SOMES (8. C. MASON, agent), 101 Chroniele bldg., San Francisco. S. | op LEADING THEATRE EVERY NIGHT, INCLUDING SUNDAY. "THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1901. ANOTHER BAY MYSTERY IS BEING WORKED UP ON THE WATER FRONT Whitehall Containing‘ Bloody Shirt and Signs of Blood on the Gunwale Found Derelict by the Crew of the Ferry Steamer Tiburon Off the End of Alcatraz. HERE Is another mystery on the | water front. A whitehall boat with the painter coiled up and| | containing a demijohn of whisky and part of a bloody shirt, and with blood stains on the thwarts and other signs of a struggle, was picked up by the ferry steamer Tiburon yesterday. Captaln | White of the ferry. steamer has no theory to advance about the abandoned boat, but whoever can prove ownership can have her on application at the Tiburon ferry. The Tiburon left here on her usual morning run yesterday, and when just north of Alcatraz the derelict whitehall was sighted. Captain White at once stopped the ferry steamer and ordered one ©of the lifeboats cleared away. “There was plenty of whisky and con- siderable blood in the boat,” sail the cap- tain yvesterday. ‘‘There was a piece of a | bloody shirt lying in the bottom of the whitehall which looked to have been torn | from somebody’s back in a row. We took | the boat in tow and she is now at Tiburon | awaiting an owner. We do not know who owns her, but I think some of the boys along the water front will report a boat missing to-day. It looks to me as though | | somebody had gone out fishing and left the boat insecurely fastened 'She then i+ d riftad away. may e 8] blood, but there were no fish in the boat. FERRY STEAMER TIBURON PICKING UP A RERELICT WHITEHALL It lhvere was a row then the rest of the OFF/ALCATRAZ YESTERDAY. THERE WERE BLOOD STAINS AND story Is yet to be told.” | BLOODY GARMENTS IN THE ROWBOAT. PACIFIC MAIL STOCK. ES —— & Company Has a Joker Up Its Sleeve |paver. 8 pkgs raisins, 122 pkgs rallroad ma- day in the order of occurrence as to time of HOME STUDY CIRCLE FOR CALL READERS Night School Course, Showing Ready and - Reliable Methods of Figuring Taxes. e Copyright, 1801, by Seymour Eaten. XXXV. rapherhs lu\d corresponding clerks the par- Note—Tn general the arithmetic of taxes | 28TaPh !s a serious stumbling block. 1In- experienced stenogravhers fresh from Is the same throughout the country, al- | shorthand schools invariably chop up though 'the methods of “striking rates” | their typewritten letters into altogether and making collections differ considerabiy | too many paragraphs. The following gen- in different States and ecities. "]NN;";:S will be f""n-g T e Fropenty, Togigding ~ lenfs. Dulliings. | . - Se abe peragravk_of the fatradue. manufacturing plants and in some in-| :,‘fm;',,:,r:.a]fl‘r‘;;dflafi e d l‘;:';' b s stances personal effects, is valued by a| 2 Make one paragraph of the entire sub- board of assessors and upon this assessed | ject of the letter. 1If the letter should valuation a certain rate of taxation is | have two or more subjects, that is to say, fixed. The rate is always a per cent of if it ahouldbonm. for Instance, with a the valuation, but - it is generally ex- | SomPplaint about the quality of a case of Druggists. | MATINEE SATURDAY. "'LOUIS JAMES, KATHRYN KIDDER, y In a stupendous scenic A Miu.summrii’gfit’; Drea, ~——LAST WEEK OF—— MRS. FISKE In the Play in Four Acts, Entitled “BECKY SHARP.” (F ded on Thackeray's “Vanity Fair."") MOROSCO’S - “BECKY SHARP”’ MATINEE SAT- GRAND OPERA HOUSE . E EATURDAY | MRS FISKE in URDAY. & MA MONDAY, FEB. 4, VB OF THE DUBBERNLLES" AND SUNDAY. WEEK N VERNER, | 3 IRISH COMEDIA! us Irish Drama, t's Fem —N A Prop. and Manager SHT. Fast and Furious, ek is a jolly CARNI- IGHT unny Fellows. %-HANDSOME GIRLS-2%5. « o an mao- | IURRAY AND MACK hes 1 ket Office, F.mp:»rlurn. gl \"f("f’,'.r: J?r];]yn g A lrvf‘{ lrfr\m f“-l;gae:r\d BE£4SCO maTHALES o | «SHOOTING THE CHUTES” NUFF SAID. ENTRARSE T Fhone Soni e SV s, ainas TorRows “oF NOW T HLY HEATED WITH STEAM | SATAN. . =~ e e 1R RATED CASE LECTURE BY EATEST ROMANTIC | WRITTE: { [ Powetful | . REV. PETER C. YORKE THE SAN FRANCISCO JOGKEY CLUB, | (Rev. Father Brady, Rector.) 1901, TANFORAN PARK—THIRD MEETING. * | Thursday Evening, 75> | METROPOLITAN TEMPLE 7 At § 0'clock._ Monday, Januars February | Fifth and Jessio Streets. 6 » TICKETS £ SIX OR MORE RACES EACH WEEK DAY. | - Six Stake Events, Three Hurdle Races and | SALE OF SEAIS NOW OPEN Six Steeplechases. | FIRST R CE OF THE DAY AT 210 P. M. | 4 and Townsend streets for | 10:40, 1 . m., 1 | leave Tanforan Park for | Sen Fre at 415 p. m., followed after the Jast race at intervals of 4 few minutes by sev- speciale. Seats in rear cars reserved for At Sherman, Clay & Co’s New Store ——for the—— HENSCHEL Grasd Vocal and Musical Recitals. To be Given in February, At METROPOLITAN TEMPLE. | FISCHER’S CONCERT, HOUSE. Nero, Frances Hardl escorts. Admission to course, d fare, $1.%. MILTON 8. LATHAM, Secretary. " POWER, ing Secretary. ing, Fairbanks Brothers, Ida P Hanion and Singer, Howell, Waterman Eisters, Little Alma’ Wuthrich, Hal Conlett, Abern and Patrick and Hinrichs' Orchestra. . Tved Seats 25c. Matinee Sunday. Ready to Spring on Opposition. The Pacific Mail Steamship Company's | stock went up a point and a quarter yes- | terday. This in spite of the fact that the San Jose, San Juan, San Blas and City of Panama are laid up and the Barracouta | and Costa Rica are coming here from Cen- | tral America to take a rest. The Mail | Company is at outs with the Panama | Raflroad Company, and that concern is running_its own steamers, thus necessi- tating the withdrawal of six of the Mail Company's fleet. It is sald that all the | steamers named will be in operation again next month, and New York freights will | be carried across the continent by an- | other route, of which Guaymas will be the | Pacific Coast terminal. In spite of the fact that six steamers are tied up, how- ever, Pacific Mail stock went up $1 25 a share yesterday. e - | Opposition Will Cease. The Curacao arrived from Mexican ports ! yesterday, and the Mexico is scheduled to arrive to-morrow. Both vessels have been rynning opposition and a bitter warfare has been waged. The Pacific Coast Steam- ship Company finally cut the rates in half and the owners of the Mexico could not call the hand. In consequence the Mexico will lie up for a few weeks, and as soon as the rates go up on the Curacao she will go back on the run. Then when rafes are again cut she will lie up once more. There is going to be lots of fun on the Mexican run for months to come. Both vessels have plenty of backing and the chances are that the war will be a long drawn out one. Millions of Herring. The Marin shore i8 the great attraction for the fishermen these days. The her- ring is making for the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers via Raccoon Straits and the fishermen's nets cannot contain all that come in on the tide. Nearly two hundred boats are always at work be- tween Sausalito and California Uity and some of the catches are phenomenal. load after boatload of the succulent alochi” "is unloaded at fisherman’s wharf and the canneries are now in fuil swing. The whiles are following the and “whale stories” are again in | s The Risdon in Luck. 4 One of the few men with an internation- al reputation as a shipbulilder arrived from the East yesterday. Years ago he was employed by Harlan & Wolff, the famous shipbuilders of Belfast, Ireland, and later inducements brought him to the Grea: Lakes. Now he comes fo California to su- perintend one of the greatest shipbuilding plants ever installed on this coast. Robert Curr, the new superintendent for the Risdon Iron Works shipvard, Is the man. He is well knowii among shipbuild- ers and shipowners on the lakes on ac- count of the large amount of work in- trusted to him by shipowners and under- writers, looking after their interests in lh!e construction and repair of steel ves- sels. For some vears he was manager of the Globe Shipbuilding Company on the Great Lakes. and latterly has been in charge of au of the steamers controlled by th2 Rockefeller interests. He is practical, in- dustrious and ambitious, a first-class na- val architect and practical shipbuilder at the same time. This is Mr. Curr's first visit to tha ast, and before leaving for San Fran- co’ he visited every shipyard in the | Eastern States. Mr. Curr says that the { shipbuilding tool§ for the new Risdon shipvard are ahead of anything he has | seen. L | Water Front Notes. The steam schooner Navarro with the | gasoline schooner Barbara Henster in tow | is on her way back to San Francisco. Tha Hernster went ashore at Point Arena and the Navarro and Polnt Arena'had a race north to get her off. The Navarro won the prize and §s now bringing the aban- doned vessel back to port. It will not take 31000 to put the Hernster in ship- shape and the Navarro will consequently secure a good towage bill. | | The steamer Oopack, under charter to the Government, will not get away on time. Two of her furnaces are down and the United States Inspectors of Hulls and Boilers will not grant her a license. It will only take a few davs to repair tha damage and then the vessel will begin to load mules for Manila. S Al 138 NEWS OF THE OCEAN. Matters of Interest to Mariners and . Shipping Merchants. The Helen N. Kimball and the A. Allen will load lumber at Eureka for Hilo; the Metha Nelson, merchan for Honmolulu. —— on Departure of the Panama Steamer. The steamer Acapulco sailed yesterday for Panama and way ports with a general cargo valued at $52,217, manifested as follows: For Mexico, $12,54 1. America, $34,268; ing were the principal shipments:, For Mexico—60 bxs apples, 4 plows, 8 cs am- | 6 cofl 4 cows, . 10 cs dry goods, 27 cs drugs, 250 hs dried fruit, 30 cs electrical goods, 650 bbls flour, % pkgs groceries und provisions, 200 bales hay, 18,200 ft lumber, 32 pkgs machinery, 20 cs mineral water, 11 crs onlons, 126 crs po- tatoes, 7 bales paper, t, 40 cs sal- mon, 77 cs stationery, 1021 Ibs sago, 48 bdls | #hooks, 2200 Tbs soda ash, 15 cs soap, 13 bdls epices, 25,601 1bs tallow, 3 chests tea, 45 keg: white lead, 32 cs whisky, 2810 gals wine, 400 reels barbed wire. ) For Central America—45 bxs apples, 5 cs arms and ammunition, 10 gals brandy, 20 cs heer, 4542 s beans, 412 es coal oil, § cs candles, 59 cs dry goods, 2354 bbls flour, 3¢ pkgs a1d provisions, 7 rolls leather, 42,000 ft lumber, 1021 Ths milistiaffs, 5 pkgs machinery, $530 Tbos malt, 15 kegs nalls, 16 crs onions, 521 crs po- tatoes, 8 cs photo goods, 14 pkgs paste, 17 bales | Pears’ soap is not only the best in all the world for toilet and bath but also for shav- ing. Pears was the in- ventor of shaving ' stick soap. All sorts of of stores sell I rope nnl'm-up.mm Hind, | MAH | suelo, | Franet; terlal, 5 cs stationery, 3 cs shoes, 100 cs soap, 6 bdls spices, 4 crs sewing machines, 63,419 Ib§ tallow, 49 pkgs telephone material, 1 bbl 18 c8 whisky, 13 cs 1420 gals wine, 4 reels wire. In transit—7 cs silk, valued at $500. For Panama—7680 gals wine, 100 es salmon, 14 pkgs Chinese provisions, 5 cs Chinese wine, 18 cs dry goods, 2 half-Lbls sugar. In transit— 60 cs siik, valued at $500. For Cailao- bbls shrimps. An Additional Manifest. In addition to cargo previously reported the steamer State of California which salled Sat- urday for Victoria carried the following mer- chandise valued at $2686: 7 cs arms and am- munition, § cs phonograph goods, % bxs ralsins, 1051 1bs butter, 5 bbls cocoanut oil, 5 pkgs ma- chinery, 17 pkgs groceries and provisions, 2690 feet Spanish cedar, 122 pkgs vegetables, 13 Lxs oranges, 3 bbis baking powder, 700 Tbg dried fruit, 100 bxs paste, 535 crs potatoes, 26 bxs fruit, 10 bxs lemous. Slrolons Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVED. ' Monday, January 2. Stmr Curacao, Parsons, 11 days from Guay- mas, via Ensenada 45 hours. Stmr Geo Loomis, Ventura. Stmr_Scotia, Walvig, cent City. Stmr Westport, Ericseon, 37 hours from San Pedro. Stmr Washtenaw, Zolling, 8 hours from Ta- coma. Stmr Empire, Macgenn, § hours from Coos ay Stmr Progreso, Monroe, 82 hours from Ta- coma. dfi‘?hr Mary C, Campbell, 8 hours from Bo- ega. Schr S Danlelson, Stus law River. Bridgett, 23 hours from 39 hours from Cres- Hagerup, CLEARED. Monday, Shea, Eureka; 5 days from January 2. Stmr Pomona, Goodall, Per- kins & Co. Stmr Bonita, Nopander, San Pedro; Goodall, Perkins & Co. Stmr Acapuico, Russell, Panama and way ports; Pacific Mail § § Co. Br ship Crown of Scotland, Jenkins, Queens- town; Balfour, Guthrie & Co. Schr Jos Russ, Anderson, Salina Cruz; C A Hooper & Co. SAILED. Monday, January 2. Stmr Acapulco, Russell, Panama. Stmr Pomona, Shea, Eureka. Stmr Geo W Elder, Randall, Astorie. Stmr_Westoort, Ericsson, Br ship Osborne, Scott, London. TELEGRAPHIC. POINT LOBOS, Jan 2. 10 hazy; wind west, velocity § miles. DOMESTIC PORTS. GRAYS HARBOR—Arrived Jan 25—Stmr Let- titia, hence Jan 15. Jan 2—Stmr Coronado, hence Jan 24, POINT AREN@—Salled Jan 25—Stmr Navar- ro, with schr Barbara Hernster in tow, for San_Francisco. VENTURA--Arrived Jan 25—Tug Rescus, with barge Santa_Paula in tow, hence Jan 26. Safled Jan 28—Stmr Aberdeen, for ——; tug Rescue, with barge Santa Paula in tow, for San Francisco. CASPAR—Arrived Jan 2%—Stmr Luella, hence Jan 27, ASTORIA—Sailed Jan 28—Stmr Columbia, for San Francisco; schr Melancthon, for San Francisco. ved Ja;n ‘ZS—Br ship County of Dumfries, nzha DIEGO—Sailed Jan 28—Br stmr Milton, Nanaimo. SAN PEDRO—Arrived Jan 26—Schr Sadie, from Umpqua. Jan 27—Schr Louise, from Umpqua Arrived Jan 28—Schr Beulah, from Umpqua; schr F 8 Redfleld, from Tacoma. PORT LOS ANGELES—Arrived Jan 25—Br rfleld, from Nanaimo. 23 BAY—Passed in Jan 28—Br ship An- dromeda, from Shanghai. for Puget Sound. SEATTLE—Arrived Jan 21—Br stmr Arab, from Nagasaki: stmr Ruth, from Alaska; stmr Santa Ana, hence Jan 23. Sailed Jan 28—Ship Isaac, for San Fran- clsco. Jan Stmr Czarina, for San Fran- cigeo. KAHULUI-Arrived Jan 13—Schr Robert R from Port Gamble. UKONA—Arrived Jan 14—Brix Con- hence Dec 27. FORT BRAGG—Arrived Jan 25—Stmr Se- quoia, hence Jan 27. TACOMA--Arrived Jan 28—Bark Gatherer, hence Jan 19. Sailed- Jan 28—Schr clsco. COOS BAY—Sailed Jan %-Stmr Empire, for San Franclsco. Jan 2—Schr Gem, for San South Coast, m—Weather stmr Wa: Gem, for San Fran- Arrived Jan 25—Stmr hence lan_25. PORT TOWNSEND--Passed in Jan 28—8tmr Elihu Thomson, from Honolulu: stmr Dirigo, from Alaska; stmr Victorian, from Alaska. Arrived Jan 25—Br ship Drumburton, hence Jan 17. PORT HADLOCK—Sailed Jan 27—Stmr Rob- ert Dollar, for San Francisco. NEAH BAY—Passed in Jan 28—Br ship An- dromeda, from Shanghai, for Puget Sound. FOREIGN PORTS. NEWCASTLE, Aus—Saliled Jan 28—Chil bark Hawail, for Kihel. MAZATLAN—S: led Jan 25—Stmr City of Sydney. for San_Francisco. ENSENADA—Salled Jan 27—Mex stmr Mexi- co, tor San Francisco. CALLAO-Sailed Jan 26-—Schr W 1L Smith, ¢ Sourd. méog‘;"fmaott«mv. Jan 2{—Bktn Ruth E Godfrey, from New Whatco: m. SYDNEY—Arrived Jan 2—Bark Ger Falr- child, from Port Hadlock. COMOX—Sailed Jan 2{—Ship America, for s‘)’l‘Am‘;rl‘.cO—?Sqllnd Jan 25—Br stmr Algoa, for Port Los Angeles. OCEAN STEAMERS. BREMEN_Salled Jan %-Stmr Koenigen . for New York. L SRATTAR -Arrived Jan 25—Stmr Werra, troem New York, for Naples and Genoa, and eefled. P ONGKONG—Arrived Jan 2%-—Stmr Belgian King, rom San Franciseo, via Yokohams stmr Monmouth from Portland, Or, kohama. Y ERPOOL—Arrived Jan_2%-Stmrs Um- bria and Cevic, from New York; stmr Sax- Bo g ston. O PLPe Zalled Jan Z-Stmr Fuerst Bis N. marck, for New York. Sun, Moon and Tide. United States and Geodetic Survey— Times and_Helghts of High and Low Waters at Fort Point, entrance to San Francisco Bay. Published by official au- thority of the Superintendent. NOTE—The high and low waters occur at the city front (Misslon-street wharf) about twentv= five minutes later than at Fort Point; thq height of tide Is the same at both places. TUESDAY, JANUARY 2. shire, Vi day, the third time column gives the last tide of the day, except when thére are but three tides, as sometimes occurs. The heights given are in addition to the soundings on the United States Coast Survey charts, except when a minus sign (—) precedes the height, and then the number given is subtracted from the depth glven by the charts. The plane of referenco is the mean of the lower low waters. asban el Steamer Movements. TO ARRIVE. Steamer. From. iristol. Oyster Harbor. . 29 % Coos Bay.... |Jan: 23 Portland & Coos Bay..|Jan. 29 |Coquille River .2 .29 29| . 30 | D30 | 30 30 30 | 4 .| Puget Sound Ports...... Panama & Way Ports. Humboldt .......... 3 Seattle & N. Whatcom Feb. -|Seattie and_ Tacoma. |Feb. |Feb. . Elder. Crescent City. TO SAIL. Steamer. Destination. _ |Salls.| Pler. January 20. | Santa Barbar | Humboldt 10 am|[Pier 2 W. H. Kruger|Grays Harbor . 5 pm|Pler 13 N. Y. via Panamaj 2 pm Pier 34 - {Newport ... 9 am|Pler 11 January 30. San Diego Pler 11 -|Coos Bay . Pler 13 - | Humboldt Pler 2 - |Grays Harbor 5 pm|Pler 2 Coos Bay . 10 am|Pler 13 January 81. Walla Walla.|Puget Sound Ports. (11 Bm‘Fler 9 Alllance. > ‘Por(lnnd & Coos B.[10 am|Pler 20 .. Humboldt -| 9 am Pler 13 February 1. Newport . 9 am|Pler 11 China. China and pa 1 pm PMSS Mandalay. Ccigullle River ceee|Pler 2 ebruary 2. Mariposa..... |Honolulu 2 pm|Pler 7 Columbla.....| |11 am|Pler 24 Carlisle City. | o Femrein i Point Arena..; 2 pm|Pler 2 Pomona. 2 pm|Pler 9 | Santa Rosa...| 9 am|Pler 11 North Fork... Humboldt | 2 pm{Pter 2! Czarina -| 5 pm{Pier § | Ralinier. Seattle & Tacoma.|......|........ Time Ball. Branch Hydrographic Office, U. S. N., Mer- chants' Exchange, San Francisco, Cal., January 28, 1801 The time-ball on the tower of the new Ferry bullding was dropped at exactly noon to-day— 1. e., at noon of the 120th meridian, or at § o'clock p. m., Greenwich time. C. G. CALKINS, Lieutenant Commander, U. 8. N_, in charge. OUTLOOK FOR FREIGHT BUREAU IS EXCELLENT Merchants Favor Loveland’s Idea, and Meeting to Discuss It Is Probable. H. D. Loveland’s proposition for the or- ganization of a freight bureau in this city to keep track of all freight rates for the information of the business community and also to take up matters in which freights and transportation problems are concerned, bids fair to result in a meeting of prominent business men representing all lines of trade and manufactures in the city. Many merchants say that” the wonder is that the city has not aiready | something of the sort. There has been emergencies when transportation lines to the north of San Francisco have managed to get away a large share of the jobbing trade from San Francisco in their imme- diate territory. An organization of the merchants and manufacturers would have been ‘able, so the merchants say, to have saved much that has been lost. Mr. Loveland sald last evening that he had already talked with leading men since | an_interview with him appeared in The Call on Sunday morning and they were favorable to the idea. The merits of an organizaticn competent to deal with mat- ters that no single firm can cope with separately was so obvious that he did not nave to explain them to any one. Other clties have frelght bureaus and they have been of great benefit to those communi- tles. They were in a position to know all that was going on and were in touch with the business men and the transportation lines also. Mr. Loveland said that if he | found a sufficient number of the business men of the city in favor of the establish- ment of a freight bureau in this city he would call a_meeting to take the matter up and see what could, be done. e Phenomenal Champagne Imports. Not only maintaining its long years' leading position, but even beating its own highest record, is what G. H. MUMM'S Ei’l"RA DRY did in 1900, importing 119,441 cases. or 79, cases more than any other brand. . ———e——————— In the Divorce Court. A decree of divorce was granted yester- day to Charles Graeber. from Loulse Graeber on the ground of desertion. Suits for divorce were filed by Abraham Reiss feld against Gussie Relssfeld for deser- tion, Sarah _Schwalbe against _Paul Schwalbe for faflure to provide, John M. Adler against Mary E. Adler for deser- tion, Oliva Griffin against Henry Griffin for faflure to provide, Marie L.%ou(h.u against Thomas H. Douglass for deser- or cruelty; Hattle A. Brown tion, lalene Fisher against George H. mnf’ffl B against James H. Brown for desertion. —_————————— California Limited. | these directions are of value to us oniy pressed in mills on the dollar or in dollars on each $100 or on each $1000. A rate of 12 mills on the dollar is equal to a rate of $1 20 on each $100 or a rate of $12 on each $1000. The rate of taxation is found by di- viding the amount to be raised by the total valuation. For instance, if the total assessment of a city is $37,500,000 and the amount of money needed for a particular year is $487,500 the rate of taxation Is found by dlvldlng«)fls follows: 487, * 37,500,000=$0.013 on the dollar. The rate of taxation Is, therefore, 13 mills on each dollar, or $§1 30 on each $100 or 313 on each $1000. If a man has a house and lot assessed for $3000 his taxes will be 3x13, or $39. Tax collectors find it to their advantage to prepare a table similar to that shown in the accompanying student will note carefully how the table is made. The rate of 12% mills on the dol- lar is expressed by the degimal .0125 placed under the figure 1 in the second column. In the third column we have twice this amount, in the fourth three times this amount and so on to the extreme righ Running down the left column we ha ten times .0125, or .1250, following the 1: twenty times .0125, or .2500, following the 2; thirty times .0125, or .3750, following ;stl(_v | illustration. The ry goods received and should follow with a discussion of the wisdom of starting a branch store in the Phiiippines, the latter | might properly be considered a new sub- ject and should appear in a separate para- R ak h of the 1 . Make one para o conelu- sion, the "gao(r-by'gl?-? “write soon” of your letter, if it has any. XXXIX.—HOW TO RECKON COM- MISSION. Produce bought in quantities or sent to cities for sale is usuaily bought or sold through commission merchants or brok- | ers. Commission merchants usually have | the goods consigned to them and sell | them in_their own name. For this servico they charge a fixed rate of commission. | Brokers do not usually recetve the goods | but sell for their customers and allow the 0ods to be shipped direct to the buye Fhey also buy for their customers. T charge for this service is called brok age. Commission and brokerage are re oned at a certain rate per cent on amount of money actually handied—that is, of the amount paid in buying or real ized in selling. The rate is often a -'h.rr. by the bushel, or pound, or ton. as the case may be, rather than at a fixed per cent. The exercises given hers refer par- ticularly to commission merchants and 3, an(g%so L5 ;l;hes‘;uugg R brnkehrs ;l'h\) deal in produce and other on §10° (found in_the first perpendicu- | TTUUTRIC Lo ook Practice lar column) is .8750, or 87%; that 1s, | - 5 %1% cents. Now suppose we desire to| 1 At 215 per cent what is the brokerags — : - :l;‘ 0250 | 0875 | 0300 TAX TABLE—12% MILLS ON THE ¥ } 0625 | 0750 g e DOLLAR. ! — find the tax on $45. We look along the fourth line—tnat is, the 40 line—until we | reach the 5 column, and we find .5625. The tax, then, s .56%, or 56% cents. Again, if | we desire to find the tax on $3763 we look | along the third line of the 7 column and | find .4525 the tax for 337, or $i5 25, the tax | for $3700; then we look along the sixth line | to the 3 column for .77, or 78% cents, the | tax on $63. The total tax, them, Is| $45 25-+78% cents, or $46 08%. i Exercises for Practice. 1. From the table shown in this lesson find the tax on properties assessed as fol- | for selling 42.000 bushels of potatoes at 33 cents a bushel? = 2. A commission merchant sells 62 bushels of onfons at % cents a bushel and remits the proceeds esfter deducting his commission of 43 per cent. What was the amount remitted? 3. A broker buys flour for a customer at 2 a barrel, charging 2 per cent: the bill, including commissions, is $3078 . How many barrels are bought? 4. What is the net troceeds of a sale of | 3121 pounds of butter it 1813 cents, com mission 2 per cent and expenses §23 197 5. A commercial traveler sells goods on VS 924, (b 6, (c! , (d) 39649, | a eommi on of 3 per cent. What must i?,?i‘mif" e b his yearly sales amount to that he may 2. The property of a certain city is as- | have a salary of $2400? sessed for $45.800,000. The tax to be raised | ARSuS is $1,832,000. Find the tax rate per $1000. | 3. Prepare a complete tax table for a | rate of 14% mills on the dollar. 4 Find from your table the tax on each of the following properties: (a) $45,600, (b) $75,000, (c) 39864, (d) $18,640. 5. The assessed valuation of a district Is | $894,600. What is the rate of taxation nec- | essary to raise $16,0002 XXXVI.—HOW TO FORM THE POSSESSIVE CASE. | The general rule for forming the pos-| sessive is to add an apostrophe and “'s (s): The boy's hat; the children’s play ground: the lady’s dress; Dickens's nov- els; Burns's birthplace. The adding of the “s” in the last two illustrations is wholly a matter of taste. When the additional syllable makes an unpleasant sound it is customary to drop the “s”” and Indicate the possessive by the apostrophe alone. Note the following: | The ladles’ waiting-room; the boys’ play- round. s'rne apostrophe and “s” are always add- | ed to the complete word. The complete | word in the first of the foregoing illus- trations is ladies, not ladie; and in the second, boys, not boy. The extra “a” s dropped in each instance because of tHe fact that it would be unpleasant to the | ear to sound it. In names, such as “the Mechanics Bank,” there should be no apostrophe. | The name ‘“Mechanics™ is simply part of | the complete name of the bank and does | not denote possession in any sense. | XXXVIL—HOW TO ACQUIRE A | VOCABULARY. The only way to learn to write.is to write, just as the only way to learn to swim is to plunge into the water and strike out. Of course, until we know how to swim it 'will be safer to keep in shal- low water, and we may find it of value to have a swimming teacher give us di- rections as to our movements and per-| haps to hold our chin up for a little; but | when we are actually in the water. So | it is with the wrifing of English. We | may understand thoroughly all the rules | of syntax and the derivatien and the use of words, but these are of no more prac- {ical value until we are actually writing than are the rules of swimming until we are actually in the water. Our own orig- | nal thought bears the same relation to writing that the water does to swimming. We must be almost wholly wrapped up in it. The directions as to correct expres- sion are simply incidental. Note the fol- lowing: 1. Read. There is no better way to gather new words and grow familiar with their use. Kead aloud as m as possi- In this way you will become accus- tomed to the musical rhythm of words. 2. Talk. Listen closely to the conversa- tion of good talkers and never talk your- If below your very best. S ay. Look up new words. Use your 3. Study. dictionary freely. Never allow yourself to hear a new word spoken without jotting it down for reference, and when you know it use it yourself. 4. Write. Take every possible opportun- Wm‘yo of“ e he !tlt')dk:y lnrng your tho best writers :’ to write through their social correspond- i v:rd preserve it !r‘y b com- memory. The thought and rize. ce. 5. Memo: tiful thought Lesson No. XXXV. 1. (a) 34905, (b) $62 20, (c) $100, (d) $120 61, (e)™$24 80. 2. $40. 4. (a) $672 60, (b) $1106 25, () 3146 49, (d) $274 94 5. 17 4-5 mills. Lesson No. XXXIX. 1 $§204 2 3560 4. 3. 2400 barrels. 4. $551 35. 5. $30,000. GIRL WHO SCALDED RATS IS TO MARRY Miss Alice Caranza Will Become Wife Alice J. Caranza of 287 Geary street, who will be remembered as the young lady who was arrested on a cruelty charge because she scalded trapped rats to death, was yesterday licensed to wed Miguel J. Molera, a swarthy young Span- iard of Merced. ' Molera's years number nearly 30, while his bride-elect is only 16, but she is a young lady of determination and her mamma, who accompanied the lovers and watched “Cupid” Danforth prepare the license, Interposed mo_objec- tion to her daughter’s union with Molera. 1 have known Alice for some time,” said Molera, ‘‘and the recent trouble she has passed through made me only the more anxious to wed her. We will live in Mer- ced, where there are plenty of rats, and so my bride will never feel lonesome.” ———— ENOWS ABOUT JUTE BAGS IN SAN QUENTIN William Howard, an Ex-Convict, ‘Will Make a Statement to Di- rector Fitzgerald. Willlam Howard, allas Harry Davis, an ex-convict who has twice done time at San Quentin for burglary, called yester- day afternoon at the store of Joseph Levy, who purchased the jute bags from C. J. Walden, the defaulting bookkeeper at San Quentin. He scared Levy by telling him that he knew all about Walden’s jute-bag transactions. Levy ordered Howard out of his store and toid his son to follow him till he met a policeman and them, have him arrested. Howard was taken by an officer to Cap- tain Seymour. who closely questioned him as to what he knew about Walden's deai- ings, but the ex-convict declined to sa; anything, remarking that he would ca: upon Director Fitzgerald and tell him all about it. As Howard had not committed any offense he was released. Keep Your Blankets Washing Powder am.llng it to e own parden: XXXVIIL.—HOW TO PARAGRAPH A TYPEWRITTEN LETTER. e will each be seed In your In the general arrangement and punctu- :.’ot: :afl sentences students will gather than m’ any set of rules. mmm