The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 21, 1902, Page 28

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY., D \‘Vh;n the Nicest One you know gets this dainty dressing table. ' Beauty and Grace Face to Face ; Next after you, and fine apparel, there’s nothing dearer to the 1 heart feminine than fine furniture for personal use. 1 tables in hand carved solid mahogany, dainty birdseye maple, Dressing and beautifully marked quartered golden oak. Furniture lovliness for feminine lovliness; fn)(m 9.50 w0 55.00 Give a Gift of a Gilt Chair It’ll make a holiday remembrance bright as the gold which covers it. They come in many designs, sizes and prices. This one, silk upholstered and a durable frame Por $375° O s S R Many Things at Little Cost— Parlor Tables. Pedestals. Hall Mirrors. Tabourettes. Onyx top < 235 25 Tables. Newest Sofa Cushions | Lots of Rockers and Chairs expressly For The Little Folks Cane, cane seated, daintily upholstered, And Cute Little Morris Chairs And Christmas Only Four Days Away Open Evenings Till Then | TS oedmon b, 5 237 Post Street. In the Drapery Department, ! SUNDAY AS OBSERVED IN OLD ENGLAND Was Formerly a7Day of Festivity Under the Sanction of the > 4 | For a considerable period prior to the English revolution Sunday was a day of | great festivity and high revelry in the old country. Incredible though it may appear, its observance was governed and ordered by a paradoxical royal declaration, issued | by King James This document is gen- erally known as “The Book of Sports.” In its preamble it recites a royal rebuke, ad- ministered to “some Puritanes and precise people” for “prohibiting o’ unlawful pun- ighing of Our good people for using their lawfull Recreations anG nonest exercises upon Sundayes and other holy day: the afternoone sermon or service,” and then he refers to “‘the generall complaint of our people, that they were barred from all lawful Recreation and exercise upon the Sundayes afternoone, which cannot but produce two e ; the one the hin- dering of the conversion of many, whom s will take occasion hereby to ding them that no honest ion is lawTully or toller- cannot but able in fter breed a great discontentment in our peo- | ple’s hearts; the other inconvenience Is that this prohibition barreth the common and meaner sort of people from using such exercises as may make their bodies more able for W ce hall have occa follows the roy Th | Belgium, 1.05; “that | no lawful Recreation shall be barred to | our good People,” and “The Bishop and all other inferior Churchmen and Church- dens” are enjoined to and diligent, both to instruct the ignorant and convince and reforme them that are misled in religion.” “Our pleasure like- wise is that the Bishop of the Diocese take the like straight order with all the Puritans and Precisians within the same, either constraining them to conforme themselves or to leave the country accord- ing to the Lawes of Our Kingdome and Canons of our Church.” The deciaration -eeds to défine “lawfull Recreation” “Dancing, either men or Wwomen. Archerie for men, leaping, vaulting or any other such harmlesse Recreation, includ- ing May games, Witsun-Ales and Morris- dances and the setting up of May poles end other sports therewith used. But withall “wee -doe here accompt still as prohibited all unlawfull games to be used upon Sundays onely, as Beare and Bull bajtings, Interludes, and at all times in the meaner sort of People by Law pro- hibited, Bowling.” A penalty was in- flicted upon those who did not join in the Sunday sports, and no one could take part in them without first having at- “bee carefull | | high-water mark of . 1072. THE WORLD’S MINERAL OUTPUT FOR 1900 United States Far in the Lead of the United Kingdom in Every- thing. The British Government has just issued a complete statement of the world’s min- eral output for 1900 prepared by Profes- sor C. LeN. Foster. The figures may be regarded as definitive. The records are given in metric tons. The TUnited United Product— _World. Kingdom. _ States. Coal . 36,204 228, 1,891,217 The products (iri kilograms) of fine gold and silver were: The United United Product— World. Kingdom. p Gold ...... _ 393,196 415 Silver 5,874,284 5,936 in The world, . United Kingdom, 908,412; United States, 506,80. The number of fatal ac- cidents in collieries per 1000 persons em- The number of persons employed mi! nd quarries was: ployed was: many, 2.1 Great Britain, 129; Ger- Austria, 1.08; France, United. States, 3.29. The rapid extension of machine mining in the United States is noteworthy. In 1891 only 6.7 per cent of its bituminous coal was obtained by the use of machinery; in 1900, the percentage was 2. e Enrcllment of Indian Students. reports that the enrollment of Indian stu- dents there this year has reached the The students are encouraged to earn money by hiring out during vacation, and they made $32,000 that way last year. ———————————— In haying time, a few years ago, Wil- liam Sale, a farmer of Arcade, N. Y., lost a pocketbook containing $750. A few days ago he sold a load of hay to Ira Parker of the same town and the purchaser found the money in the middle of the load. L e e S e i e e ] which was also enforced under pain of penalty. In those days the clergyman would, in obedience to the royal decree, publicly re- cite the “Book of Sports” from the pul- pit; after divine service he, with his church wardens, would proceeed with the congregation to the village green, there to indulge in all kinds of “lawfull Recrea- tion.” While the sports were going on it was the custom for the parson and his church wardens to retire to the adjoining tended divine service in the parish church, | inn.—Baltimore American. The FAVORITE CHAMPAGNE Moét &Chandon “WHITE SEAL” DRY, DELICATE, DELICIOUS., Used by the President of the United States at the banquet to H. R. H. Prince Henry of Prussia. Used by His Majesty King Edward VII of England at the Coronatiod Banquet. Used by His Majesty the German Emperor on his yacht the Hohenzol- lern at the banquet given to the President of the United States. Used by the President of France at the dinner given in \honor of the un- weiling of the Rochambeau Statue at the French Embassy. . | army’ and navy. MILES TO GIVE WAY TO YOUNG, THEN CHAFFEE 2 | o \ GENERAL A. R. CHAFFEE, WHO WILL BE COMMANDER IN CHIEF. - - X Two Prospective Changes in Leadership of the United States Army. . ASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—It is stated at the War Depart- ment that General Chaffee will succeed General Young as lleutenant general of the ermy upon the retirement of General Young, who will succeed General Miles. CLEVELAND, Dec. 20.—The annual din- { ner of the Cleveland Chamber of Com- | merce to-night was madd notable by the presence of many distinguished men, among them Generals Young and Chaffee, each of whom is to be ere long at the head of the United Stétes army. In the course of an address, General Young said: Foreign commerce will follow the flag if that flag i= backed by a sufficient military force. However advantageous the possession of the Philippines may be from a commercial point of. view, they will be a source of national weakness unless put in a proper state of de- fense, and protected by a sufficlently large A large army is not needed in the Philippines on account of the insur - tion, for happily, due to the efficlent work of the army, all armed insurrection is about over. and the administration of the affairs-of the islande !s in the hands of a civil commis- sion acting under instructions of the Sccretary | of War. If we wish to gain the supremacy in com- merce in the east, we must maintain such a | military force (army or navy) in the Philippine | Islands that It can act instantly and effectu- ally at any point in the Orient, and that fact must be well known and understood by all Oriental peoples. The larger and more ef- ficlent the force and the more widely its strength and efficiency are known, the longer will the inevitable conflict of arms be delayed. No one can foretell when it will come, nor what will be the pretended or real causes, but the time will come when we will have to fight to maintain the supremacy of our commerce. oHIP5 BELLS AND THEIR USES ‘ They Ring the Routine of Duty Which Makes for Safety. — e “Eight bells” does not mean that a ship has that number of bells, but it is a nau- tical term for the hour. The nautical day begins and ends at noon, when ‘“eight | bells” is struck, as it is also at 4 o'clock, | 8 o’clock and at midnight. The bell is | struck half-hourly, one stroke being added | for each half hour, again. And If one is asked the time on board of a navy ship | the response would be so many bells, not { the hour. The bell is of ordinary size only, but it has a sharp tone, and 1s hung Jjust forward or abaft the foremast. The captain’s orderly usually watches the | clock and reports to the officer of the deck what hour it is in number of bells,” who | then orders the bell struck. But at 8 | o'clock in the morning the rule is varied, | the orderly reporting to the officer of the | deck: “Eight bells, sir,” when the officer replies: “Report to the captain eight bells and chronometers wound.” The captain then responds: “Very well; make it so,” when the orderly reports to the officer of the deck, who commands the messenger boy of the watch: “‘Strike eight bells.” But if the captain should chance to remain mum and not say ‘“make it so’ no one would hear the bell strike eight, and the nautical day would be thrown cut of joint. At noon the “eight bells” s not stfuck until the navigator has corrected the clock, either by his noonday sight for po- sition of the ship when at sea or from his chronometer. If with a fleet or at naval station, the bell must not be struck until that of the senior officer sounds, and the messenger stands by the bell with clapper in hand, and as soon as the flag officer's bell begins to strike the bells on the other vessels are struck. When there is a large fleet lying close together the effect is in- teresting and agreeable, and one might imagine that chimes were being rung. Every navy in the world except England follows the same custom, and England only varies at the “dog watch,” from 4 to 8 o'clock in the evening. Tn these hours the bell strikes cvery half hour till 6 o’clock, and then at 6:30 one bell is struck, and so on to three bells at 7:30 o'clock; but eight bells are sounded at 8 o'clock. Tradition gives this reason for this cus- tom: Before the British naval mutinies of 1797 the bells of the ships were struck as iy other navies, but in one of these mutinies the signal agreéd upon by the mutineers was the stroke of five bells (6:30 p. m.), and at that hour the muti- neers arose to slay their officers. Then when order was restored throughout the navy the dog watch system of bells was adopted to allay superstition. But the ship's bell has other duties than that of keeping time. It tolls on Sunday mornings for the services of the chaplain or his substitute; also a call “All hands to bury the dead,” and it is a fire signal when it is rung vigorously, and then the ship’'s crew take the positions to which they have been assigned on the first day each has been detailed to the ship. The gbell is not used as a fire signal in engage- ment, however, for the reasén that the crew might become panic-stricken and distracted from the fight. In such cases SOME ANSWERS TO QUERIES BY | CALL READERS BOOKS—J. E., City. The Call does not deal in books and for that reason cannot send ycu samples of the one asked for. NAMES—E. G. §,, Livermore, Cal. Mont Pelee and La Soufriere are French names. The first means Bald Mountain and the latter the sulphur mine. SOVEREIGN’'S SIGNATURE-H. E., City. The sovereign of England signs all | bil's passed by Parliament, if they meet with his approval. THE VIRTUES—Subscriber, Alameda, Cal. The seven'virtues are: faith, hope, ' charity, prudence, justice, fortitude and temperance. The first three are called the holy virtues. ECEMBER 21, 1902. ADVERTISEMENTS. Highest Award ‘Wherever Exhibited. foieieplete] Has No Equal. Philadelphia Centennial, 1876. - ‘The World’s Columbian ExX- position, Chicago, IllL, California Midwinter Inter- national Exposition, San PILGRIM FATHERS—Student, City. | In the Free Public Library you will find several books that will furnish you a complete list of the names of the pilgrim fathers who came over on the Mayflower. | UNITED RAILWAYS —R.,, Angels Camp, Cal. G. F. Chapman, manager of the United Raflroads in San Franeisco, is not the manager of the California-street Inaih'osd Company nor of the Presidio and Ferries line. FOPULAR SAYING—S,, City. Tha pop- ular saying, “First catch your hare, then | cook it,” Is credited to ‘‘Mrs. Glasse,” au- thor of a cookery book. ‘Mrs. Glasse” was the pen name of Dr. John Hill, who | 1ived 1716-1775. | _SOUTH PARK—Subscriber, City. South | Park, from Second to Third street, was | declared an open boulevard, the same not ‘\to be used by traffic vehicles, by order of the Board of Supervisors, approved February 25, 1895. | McKINLEY—H. E., City. At the time that President McKinley was assassinated | the assassin had his right hand covered | with a handkerchief and was approach- ing him with a movement that appeared as if he desired to shike hands with him. THE MILLER COMPANY—Subscriber, Rocklin, Cal. The Henry Miller Theatri- cal Company played for three seasons at the Columbia, in San Francisco, when the engagement lasted for a number of weeks. The last was this year, from June 8 to August 30. SPELLING BEES—A. S, City. Spell- ing bees, or meetings to test proficlency in correct spelling, are not of English origin. Such were first introduced into London, Eng., from the United States in the autunin of 187, the first beirg at Hol- way, London, North. This was followed by geographical, musical and other bees. REGENT DIAMOND—A. O. 8, City. The so-called Regent diamond is called such from the Regent Duke of Orleans. This diamond was purchased in Indla by a Governor of Madras, of whom the Re- gent purchased it for $400,000. It was first set in the crown of France and then in the sword of state. o CHATTEL MORTGAGE—Enq.; City. No | release of a chattel mortgage is ordinar- ily required, as the lien expires by Its | own limitation or by limitation of law. | But where property so mortgaged is re- deemed prior to the maturity of the debt | or the legal limitation of the lien the mortgage may be discharged in the same mapner as a real estate mortgage. MILWAUKEE FIRE—R. E. L., You Bet, Cal. This department is willing to answer all questions to which an answer can be obtained, but correspondents ask- ing questions which involve a research for dates ougit to state about when the event occurred. The question asked, ben was that hotel in Milwaukee de- stroyed by fire?” is too indefinite. While ¢ is true that the hotel is named, it is impossible to determine from the ques- tion if the hotel was in existence in re- cent times or half a century ago. ICARIA—Subscriber, City. Tcaria is a settlement pear Corning, Iowa. It was founded in 1856 as a communistic settle- ment by followers of a Frenchman named Etienne Cabet. The latter in 1848 induced a number of people to settle with him in the Red River Country of Texas, but the colony failed because of Cabet's extrav- agant ideas. Two years later the colony moved to Nauvoo, Ill, a village that had been deserted by the Mormons and re- mained there until 1856, when the colo- nists moved to the present site and named it “lcaria Commune,” in honor of\ Cabet's book “Icarie.” Cabet died in New Orleans in 1856. TO COLOR PARAFFIN-D. F. D. B., Alameda, Cal.. The following sare used to dye paraffin: Blue, Prussian blue, indigo, ultramarine, copper sulphate, aniline; for red, carmine, Brazil wood, alkenet root, | minimum, vermillion, aniline reds; yellow, gamboge, chrome ‘yellow, naphthaline yel- low; green, mixture of blue and yellow colors; purple or violet, mixture of blue and red colors: neutral tints, oxides of iron, yellow ocher; Black, fruit of anacar- dium occidentale, aniline tblacks. In or- der to dye paraffin with an aniline base such as magenta, the dye is first dis- solved in stearin and a little of the resuit- ing stearate is added to the paraffin. ADVERSE POSSESSION—M. & H., Eu- reka, Cal. The law of California, which was approved April 1, 1578, in regard to | adverse possession, reads as follows: For the purpose of constituting adverse pos- | secsion by a person claiming title, not founded upon & written instrument, judgment or de- cree, land is deemed to have been possessed and occupied in the following cases only: First, where it has been protected by a substantiai fence; second, where it has been usuaily cul- tivated or improved. Provided, however, that in no case shall adverse possession be consid- ered established under the nrovisions of any section or sections of this code (Code of Civil Procedure) unless it be shown that the land has been occupied and claimed for the period of five years continuously, and the party or persons, “their predecessors and grantors, have paid all the taxes, State, county or municipal, Which have been levied dnd assessed upon said land. Britains Buried Town. Ttaly is not the only country that can boast of its buried towns and villages. In Scotland there are the Cuban Sands, cov- ering a large tract of country, under which many dwellings lie entombed; while in Ireland there is the ancient town of Bannon, situated in a once fertile tract between Wexford and Waterford, as ef- fectually covered with sand as ever Pom- peii was with redhot cinders or Her- culaneum with lava. . Some of the Indians in Mendocino Coun- ty, California, use clover as an article of food. They eat it, as animals do, leaves, stems, flower-heads and all. They can be seen in the clover fields eating the frag- rant grass by handfuls. They also make use of many plants, such as seaweeds, fungi, lichens, ferns and conifers, that white people neglect, employing some for their fibers, others for their medicinal properties and others for the nutritious value of their seeds. > @ it el @ the fire is reported to the captain, and he dispatches an officer with men to extin- guish it. The bell is also used in a fog, and when the ship is at anchor it is struck in threes, with a short interval be- tween each set of strokes. In the use of the bell for these several purposes no con- fusion is caused. The half-hour signals are struck in pairs, with a couple of sec- onds between each, and if an odd num- ber is to be sounded the single stroke comes last. The tolling for church is by slow process, while those for a fog are in sets of three, and for a fire they follow each other with great rapidity. ————————— Proper Papers in Pretty Boxes. An appropriate gift to any lady, a box of fine writing paper from 50c upward. Stationery Department, Sanborn, Vail | Co., Til Market strect. ‘Open evenings. s~ P Francisco, 18%4. Cotton dsum an International Exposition, Atlanta, Ga., 18%. Franklin Institute Medal, National Export Exposi- fl%‘ Philadelphia, Pa., Paris Exposition, 1800. Pan - American Exposition, Buffalo, N. Y., 1901, South _Carolina. 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Up and down the Snake Valley roam herds of wild horses— beauties, too, which most persons would highly prize—that have never known a closer acquaintance with man than was possible at the distance of a league or more; for these herds, always under the command of a majestic stallion, disap- pear into the mountain fastnesses with the slightest sign of interruption or dan- ger. Cowboys frequently surprise these animals, shoot the stallion and stampede and capture the mares and colts. Many a blooded sire of tremendous prowess has thus been sacrificed, \experience having taught the utter futility of the attempt to capture him. Speaking of herds reminds me of the un- remitting warfare—not always with guns, though the Winchester frequently as- sumes an important rote—between the cattlemen and the sheepmen. Old cattle> men recall with signs of deep regret the *days when all these sage-brush plains were covered with luxuriant grasses knee high. Palmy days those for the cattle- men. Then came the sheep herds. Cattle refused to graze upon lands which sheep frequented. Furthermore, and worst of all, the grass itself’/perished under the tread of the sheep hoof. It has now dis- appeared altogether, and perhaps for- ever, since the rainfall seems inadequate to revive it. Hatred? Well, that's put- ting it mildly. Pitched battles and anni- hilation of vast flocks in former days oc- cuired—do even yet occur, though rarely. In the “mix-ups” that follow a meeting of the herders of these rival interests usually the sheepman pays dearly for any courageous manifestation. A twenty-four- hour warning is given him to lead his flock out of the cattle country. If he heed it, well; If he decline, “you know the rest in the books you have read.” To use the words of a cowpuncher: “You bet your life we don’t eat cow steak for two | fidelity. weeks after the five-shooter is pulles And he laid stress upon the word cow. Certain it is that thousands of sheep in this Western country have perished In consequence of the estranged feeling be- tween these otherwise remarkably peace- able men. There seems little doubt that Tlives and herds are still occasionally jeop- ardized. In passing, it may be remarked few men sustain more nheroic existences than do these same herders. In almost absolute isolation, far up the meuntain gorges or against the mountainside, now skirting the desert, now following well- known mountain streams, companionless for days, chivalrous always, and strongly unselfish, they deserve well of their em- ployers, whom they serve with marked Fidelity? With these men it is not enough that the ninety and nine be safely corraled—it must be one hundred. Pity that feuds exist, but they do. ———— There are now living in the Royal Agquarium in Russia, several carp that are known to be over 600 years old, and it has been ascertained ifn a number of cases that whales live to be over 200 years old. | AS stated last Friday we They are made from Oxford gray cheviot material—the style is the latest; length 50 inches, perpendicular pockets, broad shoulder effect, loose fitting back, with heavy ribbed serge, black velvet collar. We pronounce it among the best values we ever offered in overcoats; considering the style, material, workmanship and other points of superiority, we doubt town at $12.50 that is one whit better. But come and see for yourself. need to buy; why, you don’t even have to keep the coat after you do buy, if you would rather have your money back. You will find here counter after-counter piled high with the swellest of overcoats in a great number of materials and styles at a range of prices from $10.00, $12.50, $14.00 up to $35.00. We suppose it is useless to tell you of our immense stock of winter suits and pants. The suits range from $9 to $30 and the trousers from $2.50 to $8.00. ’ Mail orders fil.ed—write for anything in men’s or boys’ clothes, hats or furnishings. Santa Claus 1s holding a reception daily on our second floor—he has candy for Iitile boys and girls. The Store for from our workshops at a fartunate time a shipment of long overcoats for $10.00 The garments are like the accompanying picture, which is a sketch from life, and it shows just how the coat fits. 00D5 (D 718 Market Street have just received lined throughout if there is a coat in You don’t Qwerc Overcoats -