The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 7, 1901, Page 6

T HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1901 - @ ....FEBRUARY 7, 1901 Address All Cnmnnmum t W, B, Llul Manager. MANAGER'S OFFICE Telephone Press 204 FUGLICATION OFFICE. .. Market and Third, S. F. Telephone Press Z0L. CDITORIAL ROOMS. ... .2 221 Stevemson St. Telephone 202. Deltvered mv Carriers. 15 Cants Per Week. Single Coples. 5 Cents. Terms by Matl, Incloding tng Sunday), ope year. " " ng Eunday), § months.. 3.0 uding Sunday), 3 months.. 1.5 LY CALL—By Eingle Month., L ® DAY CALL. One Year, 1.5 WEEKLY CALL, One Year. 1% 4All postmasters are nuthorized to recelve rubscriptions. Eampis coples will be forwarded wwhen requested. Mafl steeribesy tn erdering change of address should e o msure & prompt and correct compliance With their request. OAKLAND OFFICE .+111S Broadway €. GEORGE KROGNESS. Maseger Foreige Advertising, Marquetts Building, Chicags, (uong Distance Telephone “Central 2613.”) NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: < c cuuro‘(..... «ess.Herald Square YORE REPRESENTATIVE {TEPHEN I. SMITH. . 3v Tflb“! Build NEW YORKE NEWS STANDS: Waldort-Astoris Hotel; A. Brectano, N Unios Square: Marrey Eml Hotel CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Eberman House; P. 0. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel; Fremont House; Auditorinm Hotel WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE. MORTON E. CRAN ERANCH OFFICES—ST Montgomery, morner of Clay. opsn =xtil 920 o'clock. 3% Hayes, open untf! 9:30 o'clock. McAllister, open until $:30 o'clock. €15 Larkin, open un’ 820 o'clock. 1841 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Markst, h NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order | & | of | | be plai corner Sixteenth, cpen untll 9 o'clock. 109 Valencia. opea | until 8 o'clock. ner Twenty. 106 Eleventh, open until § o'clock. NW. cor- cond and Kentucky., open until § o'clock. AMUSEMEL TS. ‘Nell Gwynne. ter of the M! ? the d'Urbervi AUCTION SALES. \,\ F 1 expressi oper to O § a ictoria was the b g houting, “I told it s @ newspaper mbined associates rep: ostures as the pretended 11 all the columns of Both living and dead g media, and so had all Even d mate .’n.d inanimate, vhich Mr. Hearst hims n the National Bry irman Jones, bands blew brazenly “Hail to hile their veins stood out like whip- cold and clammy fact was that Mr. Hearst was not thefe at all, nor was Chairman Jones. sands, nor the shouts, nor the trombon- s all a gigantic fake. e with such a record the death of the Queea for advertising purposes. close of her long life focused the at- f the world. Any item that carried her name to be read. So the Examiner intruded it- n the scene, yelling its merits as a getter of g that it was the first to announce Associated Press has thought the mat- nportance to be exposed, and has is- plete refutation of the Examiner’s claim has proved it to have no foundation in truth, but d on a fake dispatch to the Archbishop from the death chamber, which was r received. The Associated Press and with the inten- y of inforntation and to cla eaterprise. exposure will not deter the same g the offense. Ty city are accustom Ii 2 mil priori ed to such procession, a funeral or close to its rear always goes a wagon, hooded isgd by the advertising faker, to call s floral fit preventer” ) or s patent parlor kidney golish.” by the Examiner. r pageant pass down the street while thousands | | coming convert: her la THE CHINESE TREATY. HE CALL is the only paper "in the United TStates that has developed the facts concerning the missionary clause in the Franco-Chinese treaty of 1860. The facts as we have stated them were admitted by our missionary correspondent recently, who only ob- jected to the use of the term forgery, which he re- | garded as a too harsh characterization of the act. Another correspondent from Berkeley, who must | have overlooked the admission of the fact, disputes it, or calls for proof. Our proof is in the English press { Shanghai and Hongkong, and in the knowledge that many American missionaries have of the transac- tion. Therefore it is not necessary that we restate it. We only ask that those who know thg interpolation of the missionary clause to be a fact, and admit that it was done, shall furnish us with another term than for- gery, in which to describe it. We have not objected to missionary work in China, or elsewhere. But we insist that such effort should be carried on without any partnership with political government. Under treaties that have been forced out of China her subjects be- in the missions cease to be subject to ws. They have the right to protection from the country whose flag is over the mission tc which they are attached. It is notorious that this has caused Chinese lawbreakers to profess Christian conversion as a means of avoiding punishment for their offenses. Such treaties we regard as unwise. have been good, but their effect is extremely evil. ppose that the Procestant powers, taking advantage of Spain’s weakness, should force her, a Catholic power, to make the same agreement, putting her sub- jects beyond her control and giving them the protec- tion of the Governmant whose flag is over a Protes- tant mission when they profess Protestantism. ich case would not the evil and injustice of it be ctly plain to the Christian world? Would it not | seen that missionary progress under such an arrangement became a most dangerous subversion of the civil government where it was carried on? Yet the Chinese treaties just to that extent subvert civil government in China and grossly disturb the equilibrium of that people. 2 We i that the civil governments of Christen- dom have no governmental mission to evangelize the per! | world. Neither they nor the sects agree upon what is | sia say that, | gelical, evangelical. Once aém; the principle and the world enters upoa a turmoil that will never end. Shall Rus- as she regards the Greek rite only as evan. she may use her power to enforce it againsi the Latin rite, which is regarded as the sole evangeli- cal expression by Austria and Spain? Having d out of that phase of the relation of government to religion as between themselves, hav- ng drenched Europe in blood to assert it before it was abandoned, why should not Christendom apply the wisdom it reached to its dealings with China? We are glad that our Berkeley correspondent with- have perpetrated in China. stolen property, looted from its own- ers, have been sent out of Chinese ports. There have come into San Fraacisco hogsheads of costly finery, be g even to American ladies, consisting of silk ermine lined garments torn from the backs of Chinese ladies, who were certainly as gentle as their white sisters who are willing to wear them. Yet we have not been at war with China, and there is lacking the rude and brutal title written in warfare to the personal effects of non-combatants. Shiploads of the promoters of the plan an earnest support and it inconvenience to the public. e ———— A CURRENT TOPICS CLUB. l ’ now running in The Call there will begin an- other series, to be known as “The Current about the same length as those of the Home $tudy Circle, and, like them, will be furnished by writers of The change from the Home Study Circle to Cur- rent Topics is due to the demand for progress in all of readers and have carried entertainment and in- struction to thousands. The public appreciation of new series is therefore due to no lack of interest in the one now running, but solely to the fact that by will be accomplished without injury to any ‘trade or PON the close of the series of Home Studies Topics Club.” The papers of the new series will be eminence in their séveral lines of work. lines of work. The studies have found a large circle them has been highly gratifying. The change to a experience with the home study papers more has been | learned of the popular needs for reading of that kind | than was known at first, and accordingly the Cur- rent Topics Club has been undertaken for the pur- | pose of improving upon the former series and pro- viding a course of reading which will appeal to an even larger circle than the Hwme Studies while at | the same time proving equally interesting and in- | structive. Their motive may | The Current Topics Club will consist of a series of ‘papers giving information upon all sorts of matters | with “The Opportunity and the Man.” In | is JIV]MI'\'\I from the cruel outrages that the | | \\ estern arn | Years.” | of timely and general interest. ries will be as follows: The articles to be published on Mondays will deal The course is to be conducted under the editorship of President Draper of the University of Illinois, and will be con- ciuded by an article by Senator Hoar of Massachu- | setts. The series will prove of interest to all classes | of readers and will be of especial value to young men. The Tuesday articles will deal with “Colonial Gov- The plan of the se- ernments of To-day,™ and will be under the direction | of Professor Finley of Princeton. It hardly needs to be pointed out that the course is pertinent to per- haps the most important political issue now before the people of the United States—that of providing for the administration of affairs in the new possessions that have come to us from the war with Spain. . The Wednesday course will be “The Women's Club Movement,” and will be in charge of Ellen M. Hen- rotin, ex-president of the General Federation of Women'’s Clubs. Hardly any subject can be of more interest to women than this, for the movement means something more than a social en- terprise. In it is involved almost every important issue connected with the general subject of the im- provement of the condition of women and the pro- motion of all the great causes with which women are particularly identified. On Thursdays there will be a notable series of pa- pers and discussions on “The Art of Living 100 To that series a large number of emi- nent authorities on matters of health will contribute Among them will be such well-known men as D:. | George F. Shrady of New York, Dr. S. Weir Mitchell We rejoice that Bishop Potter has raised his voice | for justice, and that the English Cardinal, Vaughan, also pleaded for honor and justice in a matter which will long last as the odium of the Christian ha Ii the Iobby at Sacramento were as successful in its efforts to raid the treasury as it is various and motley in the interests it represents, taxpayers would have serious cause to look to their pocketbooks. EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT. A worki MONG the many movements going on in the community for the improvement of social con- ditions and the promotion of the welfare of ng men and women none is deserving of a more general sympathy and support than that known as “the early closing movement,” which has for its ob- ject the relief of employes in a large number of stores and shops from the excessively long hours. that are | now required of them at their posts of duty. ds shouted uml purple | There is nothing radical or revolutionary in the movement. It is in line with the efforts long agn made by mechanics and other bodies of organized la- | bor to reduce the length of the working day and ob- tain for each individual a portion of his time for re- | | creation and amusement. There is no reason why a reform which has been so beneficial to the members of the trades would not be equally beneficial to the | employes of shops and stores of nearly if not quite Her last days | all kinds. From immemorial time there has been a proverb in our language that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. The common sense of our ancestors rec- ognized the need of recreation to the human brain. The United States lost nothing in the efficiency of its factory labor when the length of the working day was reduced fram the long hours that prevailed when the factory system was first established. Neither will the | mgreantile activity of the city lose anything by short- ening the hours of labor required of those engaged | in it. Our needs are largely the result of our habits. We | are accustomed to have the shops open for a consid- we have that custom-weé believe the long hours are | necessary to public convenience. If, however, we should once succeed in bringing about a general prac- tice of earl}y closing public convenience would soon adapt itself to the new custom. Trade can be don=s in regularly fixed hours in retail stores just as easily as at Government offices, factories or any other busi- ress where an hour is.established for closing. As soon as the people know they must do their shopping “ within a given time it will be easy for them to do it. is the method followed and faithfully copied | Mayor Phela at least one satisfaction in the | revelations of failure which are now being made in | reference to local poiice administration. He said he | w ted to be responsible, and nobody wints to de- prive him now of the dubious honor. He ought tc write an essay on “How Not to Govern Municipali- ties, by One Who Tried. ~ B The head of the nation who chopped the joints of the chesry tree with an ax met with a somewhat bet- ter reception than the head of the Nation who chopped the joints of Kansas with the same instru- ments, One was received with moral suaslon, the other with a broomstick. In this, as in every other reform, there. will be of course considerable difficulty in getting the general agreement necessary to its success, and doubtless some temporary disturbance of trade in carrying it out even after agreement has been attained. The dis-- srbance, however, will not be of long duration, and in the end the reform, like those which have preceded it, will be justified by the results. With the advancement made in all kinds of mechan- ism for facilitating trade there should comg a lessen- ing of the burdens npon all classes of working peo- ple. It is not right that any human being should be compelledfto pass nearly the whole of his wakeful hours in earning the means of subsistence. Where it is necessary for a business to be open nearly all the t'me there shfuld be a double set of employes. The early closing movement is therefore a reform that is quite feasible, despite the difficulties that seemingly stand in the way. Let the community as a whole give of Philadeiphia and Surgeon General Washington, D. C. The Friday papers will present “Pictures of Ameri- can Life a Century Ago.” best knofvn writers on American historical subjects will contribute, and for the general reader it will be | one of the most fascinating of the whole. The life of the people of this country a century ago was full of | picturesque features, and these will be depicted by | ernment Does for the People.” persons who are not cnly familiar with the subject by careful study but are skilled writers, capable of bring- ing out all that is interesting in the time. The Saturday papers will discuss “What the Gov- They will be under the supervision“of Dr. A. C. Trude, general director of Government Agricultural Experiment Stations. The papers will be worth a thorough study by all who wish to understand the dealings of the Government with the people. In fact, the course will be of in- terest for study in the higher grades of the public schools as lessons in American politics and adminis- tration. Fuller information will be given later on. In the meantime those who have followed the course of | Home Circle Studies may be assured that the change will mean progress and improvement, and the new series will be even better than the old. OUR GROW NG WINE TRADE F ROM a review of the wine trade of the pasc year given in the January number of the Pacific ‘Wine and Spirit Review it appears the year was marked by a considerable improvement in the trade | and that the prospects of the future are brighter than | they have been for a long time past. | The Review says the facts of the increasing trade are most strikingly noticeable in the records of the exports of both dry and sweet wines, ftot only to do- mestic but to foreign markets. The grand totals of shipment by sea were 7128 cases and 5,631,060 gal- lons. The figures do not include exports to Hawaii, in which market it is known the trade has increased handsomely. It is pointed out that one of the surprising features of the statistics is the great growth of shipments by rail. It appears that during the fiscal year ending | June 30, 1900, the total wine shipments from the State | by rail aggregated nearly 13,000,000 gallons and about 30,000 cases. Thus the shipments by rail and by sea | taken together were in the neighborhood of 19,000,- | 000 gallons; and, as it is estimated that the demand erable portion of the twenty-four hours, and because | for wine for consumption on the Pacific Coast is not less than 4,000,000 gallons annually, fully 23,000,000 gallons will be required to meet the demand each year even if no further increase in demand takes place. Coming to details concerning various markets it is noted that New York tuok an increase of more than 1,000,000 gallons by sea; . China, Japan, Manila, took double the number of cases and more than four times the amount of bulk wine taken in 1898. There was also a strong growth in the demand from Central ani South America, so that we scem at least to be getting something like our proper share of the wine trade of the countries to the south of us, The increase in the shipments by rail is particularly gratifying, since it implies an increased demand in the Eastern States for our wines. Those States ought to furnish the best market in the world for wine, and as soon as they are educated up to the use of table wines they will undoubtedly do so. Taking all things into consideration the outlook for the wine industry as a whole is distinctly good. There is a promise that the dark days of the vineyardist and the winemaket are about over, and that from this time on there will be a steady improvement for at least some years to come. Ass'emb]yma’n Hourigan of San Francisco has con- tributed to the glories of Sacramento a new style of oratory. It seems to be a cross between prohmty and pngeon English. worhén's club | Wyman of | To that series many of the | NEW LIFEBOAT WILL , WASH ITSELF ASHORE | ' | SECTIONAL VIEWS OF THE NEW LIFEBOAT DESIGNED BY CAPTAIN | MAYO, SHOWING INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR. REPRODUCED FROM i PHOTOGRAPHS. ; 5 = N the Great Lakes, according to | glled \:,ith hen\}‘kplate glass, set In rub- the New York Press, has ap- | ber and steel gaskets. e s set in the peared s new style-af lifeboat, | ON two eides are manholes 892 1% 5| invented by Captain Mayo of|two portholes large enough to push an the life-saving service. He has|oar through. The ports are closed with | tested it himself and believes it to be a heavy doors of steel and every . Syeing ) v is closed and locked from the insi Success. e has Eone to Washington 1© | only unprotected openings are at the ends present the model of his invention for is a man- of the cone. The forward one a the consideration of the Government. Thn; hole large enough for a man to move | new lifeboat is really a sort of “life car,” | about in easHy, and at the other end is| the principles being much the same as|an opening designed for the lowering of | those embodied in the latter device. The life car is supposed to be hauled ashore an anchor. Inside there are accommoda- tions for fifty people and lockers larse | by lines, while the Mayo lifeboat is in- tended to be blown or rowed ashore, ac- encugh to stow the food necessary for| cording to circumstances. A line of their sustenance . for thirty days: also steamers sailing out of Chicago has been | water tanks with a supply of drinking w'x:_l;r sufficient to last for that time. equipped with the Mayvo boats, and the captain and his associates are hopeful. e seats are so arranged that they revolve completely around, no matter how The newly devised boat is a cone, round- ed at both ends. It is intended to be often the boat turns over, and the pas- senger is always kept upright. The in-| terior is fitted with two aluminum bulk- heads, which swing about with the mo- thirty feet long and seven feet in diame- | tion af the seats inside the boat, always | IS mf,emy round, there being | keeping the ventilators a safe distance ' s e ® | above the water. To avoid the danger | projecting fins, or bilge keels, to keep it from roiling. The shell is built of three- inch oak, covered with aluminum, or sheet steel, as the builder desires, and is shaped | on ‘strong oak ribs on the inside. ‘The | forward 4nd after end of the boat are air chambers, built in such a way that crushing or puncturing are practically im- | “possible. ~Around the shell are openings + of filling, the ends of the boat are fitted with water vents, and as the whole boat. loaded, draws less-than four inches there is enough of it always exposed to the in- fluence of the wind to allow of its being driven ashore. A device for locking th swinging seats in position keeps them se cure and allows rowing when rowing is practicable. | NARRATION reistion Ms NATIO‘J | She {s causing consternatior Dealing out much devastat ‘With occasional reci lon Of the wrongs done all creation By the dram-shop’s dispensation Of “liquid hell-fire and damnation.” ' When she gets off at a station * There ensues a great sensation; All the folks of that location Gaze with bated respiration \ While she makes the declaration That, without fear or hesitation, ' She will take up her vocation, Wield the ax of desolation, Walting not_for invitats Caring not for egg's gy (If they've had no incubation). Be he stranger or relation Her imitation She may think that clv Gazes on with approbation When. with but a single ration, She Of a vandal's vindication. To her female congregation She makes effort at oration; Then breaks up affiliation Of those seeking a potation, And compels the segregation Of the selling population Who dispense the distillation. £he may have an aspiration To prevent all liquidation By her work styled “‘inspiratiow. Thousands give their attestation That she missed her calculation, | And could check intoxication Far more by conciliation ‘And the proper presentation Of philosophical dissertation, Than by such intimidation, Open to the detestation Of those of peaceful inclination. Here's the truth of the situation: She's achieved a reputation; That's what pleases Mrs. Nation. H. BARTLETT LINDLEY, In Chicago Journal. 5 __+ | A CHANCE TO SMLE meHow did Eleanor.announce her engage- | “Just wiggled the finger that wore diamond ring."—Puck. bsnt ANSWERS TO QUERIES. COINS—J. W. H.,, City. Five-dollar | pieces coined in 183 d6 not command a premium_ from dealers; neither do half- dollars of 1835. Dealers will sell the former for §750 and the latter for 75 cents. WHITE HOUSE-O. S.. City. As you do not designate which White House this department is unable to determine which one your query has reference to—the one in Washington. D. C., or the one of that name in this ci AT HOMES—J. A. 8., City. who receives aw at home card from a | newly married couple and cannot atterid f diftance incloses his or her nd sends it by mail. No other for- mauty is requisite. > 4 “‘Auntie, I've just been readin na. Did you come from there ““Why, no, John. What put that in your | bout | head? “Because I heard Uncle Billum tell pop[ you were a Tartar.”—Philadelphia Times, | Gothamite—T suppose you may think we | New Yorkers are rather severe on your | Boston girls when we speak of their cold- | bloodedness ? | Hubbite—Not at all. So many of your | fellows have been frozen out by them, you ’ A person know.—Boston Transcript. | in the cu; of the German mon | effect that in .discovered a EDITORIAL '; UTTERANCE | IN VARIETY | Why English Yachts Lose. Watson, the English yacht designer, thinks he has discovered the reason America has always beaten that country p races. The new challenger has thp bulk of the hull much further forward Heretofora sh_ hylls have always Tiles 06 far in the rear. been about thre —Cmaha ‘Bee. What Tramps Cost. It is estimated that the support of tramps in the United States costs over ,000,000 annually, which is contributed benevolent people or people from ifer. If the there would et to work, xmps could be be some quid pro quo for this expenditure, and the tramps on the whole would be mueh happier, for the ority of them d a truly miserable exist T B expend and the hardship they endure in dodging dogs, men, officers of the law and irate mers and housekeepers would. if prop- yport them all in compar- v —Mimeapolis Tribune, will Keep the Whipping Post. A writer in Ainslee’s Magazine finds public opinion in Delaware divided on the subject of the whipping-post. Those who egard the lash as degradihg to the crim- inal and demoralizing to the public are in the minority, though nearly all admit that the § is too indiseriminately inflicted. all grades of crime, in- cluding bank robbery and arson, are pun- ishable by whipping in addition to con- finement in jail. The practice is supported by some on the plea of economy. It short- ens jall sentences, and in some eases does away with them entirely, thus reileving the county of the expense of supporting as many prisoners as it would otherwisa be called upon to feed and lodge. It is in- teresting to know that the people of Dela- ware are satisfied with the old-fashioned deterrent, but it is hardly probable that other States will take it up, except possi- bly as a pun t for wife-beaters and classes of criminals. —Minneapolis Times. For Peace or War? It may be true, as M. Lockroy, former rench Minister of Marine, says, that the ath of Victoria removes a reak-and tive element of peace from Burope but the accompanying belief that s reason to fear the “war lord™ , proclivities of King Edward is not sub- stan l!d!-‘ll The closeness erman Emperor ]i natural in the circumstances of. the moment, but it does not necessarily nor " de 1 poiitic: | even probably mean that the British sov- ereign is dominated by the truculent spirit rch. By all argument from antecedent cumstances, indeed, Edward should be a peace loving king, though at the same time he may be safely counted on to stand firm for his people’s interests when he thinks they are threat- ened. By temperament and training he should be now, at &0 years of age, a very reasonable, sagacious and peaceful ruler. —Providence Journal. A Primal Immorality. One of the discoveries from the lately unearthed Babylonian records is to the 0 B. C. King Hammurabi ase of official bribery and lered both the briber, the bribed and money taken into custody and brought ore him. Another record discloses a mn for which the niskment of the 0 as a peculiar standing of these ing evidence of the the res and inter way justice deal = be surprising, although a eyni- view of it'may be drawn from the further statement t while the King refused to touch the 400 ounces of gold offered as a bribe and ordered it_returned to the briber, he cannily direated that 298 ounces be first taken for legal expenses | and two ounces for fees to the servants. But that in a primal stage bribery and extortion were pract i neither new flor surprising —Pittsburg Dispateh. PE RSONAL MENTION. David Starr Jordan is a guest at the Palace. J. H. Efnhorn, a8 a merchant of Santa | Rosa, is registered at the California., Joe Terry of Sacramento and Jackson Hatch of San Jose are at the Palace. J. B. de Jarnett, a mining man of Colusa, is a guest at the Occidental. G. Gallet, Governor of Tahiti, arrived on Mp Australia and is at the S. M. Anspacher, a commls-lnn man of Livermore, accompanied by his wife, is at the California. —_————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. YORK, Feb. 6.—The following Californians are iIn New York: From San riaetecn IY- Moore, at Grand; Miss Baumgarten, at Kensington; J. E. Cottle, at Sinclair: H. Olson, at Hoffman; A. L. Amberger, at Holland. pFiom San Diego—U. S, Grant Jr.. Miss , at Manhattan. l-rnm Los Angeles—B. Duncan, at St. George. —_—— Choice candies, Townsend's. Palace Hotel® —_—————— Cal. glace frvit 50c per b at Townsend’s.® —_—— Special information supplied dally to business houses and public men_b; Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 nte gomery st. Telephone Main 1043, STREET CARS AND DOGS-M. H., City. Seats in street cars, as well as seats in all other vehicles of transportation for the public, are intended for the use of human beings. A conductor would be jus- tified in refusing a passenger a seat for | his dog; even though he offered to pay for | a seat for the dog. CHURCH RULES—Rigorist, City. If a party should go to the church in which he is a communicant and that should not recognize the right vorcee to marry again, and that should override the declsion of his ¢hurch and be married in a church of another | dencmination, he would have to suffer the | penalties imposed by the churel PATE\IT ATTOR\EYS—INBUfiANCE N., City, and L. A. H., Sacramento, This ‘department has on a number of occasions announced that it does not vouch for the relfability of any one en- gaged in business, as it has not the op- portunity to investigate the standing of business men or firms. There are mer- cantile agencfes in this city thgt furnis! that cluss of information. | VINEGAR TEST—A. H. B, Oakland, Cal. The methods of testing the strength of vinegar will be found in books to be ob- tained in the Oakland libraries under the head of acetimetry and acidimetry. This department has pot the space to give the various methods. To test pure vinegar a method is to write on or smear a piece of | paper with the vinegar to be fested. If the paper is not charred when held before a fire it is pure;-if it is charred, it contains fully 2 per cent of sulphuric acid. BANANAS—J. A. S, City. There is no particular “approved -way to eat bananas at present” except the good old way of masticating the same. If, however, you mean how they should be prepared for the table, there are several ways. One is to cut thém in round slices, cover them with sugar and put a little sherry or white wine over them; another is, slice them and put them in gelatin seasoned wita lemon, and still alxulllel’ is to slice and serve them with shredded cocoanut. WINE STAINS ON LINEN-D. wW., City. The following are methods used to remove wine stains from linen: If the stain be from claret or port wine, apply table salt to the spot stained and moisten with sherry. After washing no trace of the stain will be seen. The ncid contained in claret decomgnses the salt and sets free chicrine (bleaching gas), which removes the vegetable coloring of the wine. I the stain is from vort the addition of sherry to the salt is essential. If the stain be of long standing the spot should be rubbed on each side with yellow foap, after which FOR MY SON. SAN FRANCISCO’S | Ca, ST. PLCK’ water. This should be rubbed in well and :ll;:td&t!zmpt o to the l\;:;l .¥ ::: fofl MY DM’GI"[R. the ltlin it is said, will £: A THE KIND OF A WIFE | WOULD CHOOSE By General 0. O. Bishop Vincent, Parker and Will R. M ard, Rev. T. Spurgeon, pdeook Rev. Jaseph 00 T“' TWENTIETH CEN- TURY WITCH. ARE VEILS INJURIOUS TO THE EYE- SIGHT ? BAD BOY AND GROCERYMAN CELEBRATE VALENTINE DAY, A DAY WITH THE LIFE-SAVERS. HOW TO COSTUME FOR A MAS- QUERADE BALL. THE KIND OF A HUSBAND. 1 WOULD CHOOSE By lcmsm Harland, Harrlet Spofford, and Countess Schimmelmann.