The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 19, 1903, Page 33

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MRYOR APPEAS < T0THE WOME Asks That They Interest Themselves in the Aprii 18. appealed to t d him in keep- nd he has addressed adies, asking them toward movement street are kept clean, but ed and the streets -pair. He also ‘asks that of Oskiand patronize only keep the sidewalks and d f their stores clean an the part of the merchants ar . Oakland to keep the street in fron ir property c.ean and good condition. There is a city ordi- nance which prohibits sweeping dirt into b %, but it is generally ignored N r ney wishes first to peal to the 5 he people of Oakland be- pting Ara owing is the Mayor's le adies of Oakland—The new you that the streets kept clean i see to 1t that streets are and the to the Board of body and the 1t you must We shail iative If you and heip along. each one of you of organization, dependent fie: r a store to make pur- give an order, take c and st ere, go on t ess and civie apers 1 UNIVERSITY HAPPENING 18. —Professor ident Wheeler will udents in Hearst President ation of to the dents who t day are an- thew, Robert einhart Psi gave a ban- Francisco, whers % guests. Among former Go Just were reme ; secretary Shuman. —_———— Licensed to Marry. following ed to-day 24, and Lou- of Alameda; Cal- a Rosa, and Mattie t L. Kemp, lle M. Reid, Alameda: Fran Bonner, 40, ie Potter, 34, both of Sa e Dameral, 21, and Em- of Oakland; Edmund bet: of ¥ Lockout Affects 15,000 Men. CREFELD, Rhenish Prussia, April 18.— assgclation of employers of the tex- the lower Rhine has or f all its employes from the men on strike in one resume work a3 over 15,000 me —_—————— Winners of the Otis Medals. AMEDA, April 15.—Miss Olive Dillon and Jesse Rc were awarded the Otis medals ndividual debat- n the ann ic contest of t School ty b s » Church contestants were Miss Fred rie Kent the —_—— New Library Committees. OAKLAND, April 18.—President of the Board stees has announced th ees of his board as follow ex. . Evans an Fix Date of Examination. OAKLAND, April 18—The County aré of Education to-day set May June 6§ and June-8 as the days on which the examination of the puplls of the county shall be held. ————————— Charles A. Hoyt. PABADENA | 18.—Charjes A. Hoyt, a prominent business man of. New York City, died here to-d: aged 64 years. —_———— Morse, a citizen of Buffalo, has fifteen Democratic candidates H oted for for Dem &l e elections. baliot at sixty-three State Francisco Call, | the | improve- | who will not only was made because of a gen- | 3T10P3 TRAVELS { | | i \ Mrs. S. Cooyer Prevents' Husband Avoiding Sl Oakland #iice San Francisco Call, 118 Broadway, April 18. Believing hegfhusband was about to de- {camp to the finny island of Cuba, with | ! a snug bank fecount of $3500, Mrs. Sarah Ccoper, wifefof Frank P. Cooper, to-day obtained ay order restraining her spouse m sellif®. bartering or disposing of is goods./ Ske is suing him for a divorce 2 the grjund of extreme cruelty. re- Mrs. Meilvina Vanderwerke: who jcently yas compelled to make a kidnap- ing joufmey to the northern part of tk | State © get possession of her 5-year-ol son, Y-day brought suit against her hus- ! band for divorce on the ground of deser- | tion./ Each of the parents has now had |2 hgnd in kidnaping the child. INCREASING SPEED OF OCEAN LINERS Experiments Now Being Made With Expectation of Good Results. Although the idea of using a screw pro- on stea ps is at least a century he invention itself is even yet under- improvements. One of the newest the Drake, developed fine speed of twenty- offi 1 trial and was actors promised. Yet, on of new twin screws employed a galn of one was effected, which was | alent to an addition of 15 or 20 per | cent to her engine power. All of which | goes to show that perfection has not been re ed in this important device; or, at least, had not up to a year or two ago. The necessity for change does not | prove that the form of the propeller | hitherto in service was mnot admirably ited to the work performed a few vears | 1t grows out of new conditions. It is the result of the attempt to drive a ship through the water faster than was | customary a decade or so ago, and of rotating the screw more rapidly than he- One will readily perceive the dif- which has lately been encountered | if he will remember what takes place in | water when the shaft of a steam- revolv: Perhaps it will be easier { if the phenomefia in a rotary pump cylin- der Iy first considered. in/he latter apparatus the piston is a screw whose constant whirling sucks in fluid at one end of the cylinder and forces | it out at the other. Theresthe water is | confined on all sides for an instant. In | the open ocean the circumstances are a litle different, but the principle is the | same. In both situat a thrust is exerted against the water by the curved blades of the rotating screw. The effect in one case is to force the water tu move; in the other, while some water is sent astern, the machinery itself and the ship contatning it are driven forward. In eitber case the highest efficienc attained only when the real or imaginary column of water remains solid. Should the screw be driven so rapidly in the pump that the fluid emerges faster than it can come In, hollows will be formed in the cylinder and power will be wasted. So, 100, with th propeller. What engineers c cavitation” occurs in the | water when too high a speed is devel- ed. Eddies form between the blades and the ship, creating a suction which re tards the latter's progr The influence may be slight, but it is real. It prevents the engines from converung their energy | into the maximum possible progress. Par- | | sons observed this hindrance when he first | tried his steam turbine on an experimen- | tal boat several years ago. That type of | engine develops exceptionally rapid rota- | tion. He did not want to reduce this with | gearing. Instead, he adopted the plan of putting three screws on each of his threa | shafts, so that he divided up the work of | | propelling a vessel scarcely larger than a | steam yacht among nine screws! The | change increased the boat's speed from | about thirty to thirty-five knots. As vet | the old reciprochting engine is retained | for ocean liners and fast cruisers, but their shafts revolve faster than did those in use a few years ago. The same trouple | has been encountered, though in less de- gree, and, though met in a direct manner. The precize nature of the modifications | adopted by the British Admiralty for the Drake and three other warships of the same class has not been announced. Pos- sibly the blades were enfarged, or their pitch, or twist, altered. But it is apparent not only from this action, but also from the d sions of marine engineers else- where, that old formulas are being re- | sed to meet new requirements. Only a few weeks ago a well-known French ex- | pert, J. A. Normand, read a paper on the subject before the French Academy. No doubt the matter is being studied exten- ively elsewhere. While it is by no means n that the same conclusions will be ched by all authorities, 1t is clear that progress involves the creation, as well as the solution, of new problems.—Baltimore Ameri — e———— FLOW OF RIVERS. Tre following tables give a comparative statement for two years of the estimated flow of certain California rivers in cublo feet per econd, or second feet, one second foot equal- ng 50 California miner's inches. or about 40 orado miner's inches. The figures for the last year may be revised by later measure- ments. The figures are by J. B, Lippincott, hydrogra: dted States Geological Survey: TUOLUMNE RIVER AT LA GRANGE, Seound Feet. DATE. St S 1902. | 1903. Fooond®l ook Apri] 5. 1850 5200 Afirn I ! 3610 | 4630 . 2,630 | U850 s | 11,360 | 4360 | 2 9 6450 4910 April 10 4910 | 5500 { April 11 - 4360 | 4630 IVER AT RED MOUNTAIN. | | SACRAMENTO RIVER AT IRON CANYON. DATE. | April Aprii April April | Aprit April | less than than 10 per cent of them are natives o England, i | EACH HAS HIS INNINGS IN POLITICAL RIVALRY In Taylor-Tappan Feud, Which Has Beenan Alameda Election Feature for Years, Former Faction Has Highest Score, Though Suffering Latest Defeat — SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 1903. ' =S LAMEDA, April 18.—When Robert B. Tappan ascends the bench of City Recorder after next Mon- day, succeeding Stuart M. Taylor in that Judicial office, the scalp score in the famous Taylor-Tappan political vendetta, which has disturbed every campalign in this city for the Jast sixteen years, wiil read: Taylorites—Scaips taken from the Tappan- ites, 4; scalps lost to the Tappanites, 2. Tappanites—Scalps taken from the Taylor- ites, 2; scalps lost to the Taylorites, 4. Every voter who has wielded a ballot in Alameda for the last sixth of a cen- tury is familiar with the vitriolic feud existing between Bob Tappan and the Taylor brothers, Ed, Stuart and Harry. The merits and demerits of the warring | factions have been heralded from the s:ump in all campalgns, exploited through the press, explatned and amplified in cir- culars and even posted on the electric light poles and dead walls of the munie- ipality, along with bust pictures of the political warriors. ~ City, county and State conventions, boards of City Trus- tees, courts of justice from the lowest to the highest and Legislatures of the great State of Californfa have heard in detall the Taylor-Tappan differences times with- out number. “TAYLOR OR TAPPAN?” In local political struggl the upper- most question with citizens has often been not “Are you a Republican, Democrat, Prohibitionist or Socialist?”’ but *“Are you a Taylor or a Tappan man?’ The clans have divided the town against itself and the victories and defeats of the forces up to date are as 2 to 4, with the Taylorites as high men. After Monday, however. the Tappanites will hold the citadel and PR RS CHILDREN SEE ALAMEDA’S NEW CARNEGIE LIBRARY Young People View Building’s In- terior for First Time and Cel- ebrate the Occasion. ALAMEDA, April 18.—To-night the chil- dren of the city were afforded their first view of the interior of #he new- Anirew Carnegie Library building. The edifice was thrown open for their accommoda- tion and the young people visited the structure In great numbers. President George H. Mastick of the Board of Library Trustees addressed the children. 'atriotic songs were rendered by puplls o} the public schools under the direction of Miss Ida Fisher. Miss Ella Graves and Miss Winifred Mastick con- tributed piano solos. Recltations were delivered by Miss Dollle Chapman and Mrs. J. D. Spencer and graphophons se- lections were given by Miss Myrtle Max- well. —————— Will Repeat Easter Music. OAKLAND, April 18.—The music so splendidly executed by the large choir at the First Presbyterian Church last Sunday morning and evening warrants the granting of the many requests that it be repeated to-morrow. Mr. Clement Rowlands has therefore arranged the fol- lowing programme of musical numbers: Morning—Organ prelude, “‘Andanti,” first sanata (Bash); anthem, “Why Seek Ye the d (Peel); tenor solo, 4" (Adams); anthem, A ; contralto eolo, ‘“Thé Way of the Cross’ (Salman); organ postlude, “March for a Church Festival (Best), Evening—Prior to the church service Miss V, de Fremery, the organist, will give an organ recital, beginning at 7 o'clock. The following selections will be rende: ‘Fugue’ in G minor ‘Andante” in B, “‘Gigue” in G minor “Parl Heraigue,” by request (Franck); “Barcaroll” (Lemare). At the church service the choir will sing: Anthem, “As’Tt Began to Dawn Toward the First Day of the Week” (Lansing); soprano solo, ‘“The Resurrection” (Shelley); ' barytone solo and chorus, ‘‘The Resurrection Morn™ (Rodney chorus, “Unfold, Ye Portals Everlasting’ (*“The Redemption’) (Gounod ——— e Ball Player in Court, OAKLAND, April 18.—The injunction proceedings restraining Willlam O'Hara, the Oakland crack outfielder, from play- ing with McClosky’s oppesition S8an Fran- cisco Pacific League team came up be- fore Judge Melvin this afternoon, but was continued until Tuesday next. The ga [7Tefidency and cast a straight | 20000 foreign-born inhabitants, and more | first complaint was disposed of on de- murrer, but an amended complaint was immediately filed, for the first time in nearly sixteen years there will not be a Taylor in office. Ed Taylor, chief of the Taylorites, and Tappan were schoolboys here together. 1d was City Atorney for nearly fourteen years. During that period his old school- mate, Tappan, ran against him twice for the office and went down to defeat. Ten vears ago, when Alameda, by reason of increase in population became entitled to a City Justice, for the place and was elected. Ed Tay lor, then City Attorney, went to Sacra- mento and succeeded in having the popu- lation limit for City Justice increased, so that it would not apply to Alameda. This legislated Tappan out of office. TAPPAN WINS AGAIN. When Ed Taylor retired from the City Attorneyship two years ago his brother, Stuart, went up for the office of City Recorder. Tappan, bent on keeping on the trail of his volitical foes, got in the the Taylorites triumphed. Last Novem- ber Stuart and Ed Taylor beat Tappan at the county convention out of the nomina- tion for Clty Justice of Alameda, it going’ to Stuart. Tappan again came out of his trench, ran independent agalnst his vet- eran opponent, and buried Stuart Taylor under a big majority. The Taylorites then went before the City Trustees and | State Legislature in their endeavors to uave the office of City Justice abolished. They failed and when Stuart Taylor an- nounced that he would again go after the City Recordership, Tappan said that he would go after it also. When the re- turns were all in last Monday, Tappan had for the second time downed Stuart Taylor and is now entitled to hold bath t'he office of City Recorder and City Jus- tice. DAILY CALIFORNIAN University Publication Stockholders Elect Their Officers for the Current Term. BERKELEY, April 18.—Richard O'Con- nor was chosen without opposition to-day editor for the current term of the Dally Californian at a meeting of the stock- holders of that publicatlon. O'Connor's selection is a fortunate one. As managing editor of the paper he exhibdited consider- able skéll and administrative abllity, and his promotion is looked upon by his as- soclates as well earned. The election developed a lively contest between William Cavalier and Eugene R. Hallett for managing editor to take O'Connor’s place. Hallet did not announce himself until a few days ago, and at the last moment Cavalier found an opponent on his hands. Hallett turned out win- ner. The other officers elected by the Californifan Company are: President, Olin Welborn; vice president, W. L. Finley; secretary, W. T. Hale; treasurer, Robert Hoedel. —_———— Lady Teacher Under Arrest. ALAMEDA, April 18—Miss Ethel A. Randolph, a teacher of shorthand, whom Edward Heyn of this city accuses of de- frauding him out of $17 50 and of also fail- ing to return a dress suit case which he loaned her, has been served with a war- rant of arrest by the police of Santa Cruz. The warrant was sent from here at the request of Heyn. Miss Randolph has forwarded a bond to guarantee her appearance in Alameda if that be neces- sary. L e Chinatown Inspected. OAKLAND, April 18—-Dr. W, K. Fos- ter, secretary of the State Board of Health, in company with Dr. Edward von Adelung, Health Officer of this city; Sanitary Inspector Gemmel and Assistant Sanitafly -Inspector Barstow, yesterday inspec the Chinatown of Oakland. Dr, Foster commented on the cleanliness of the quarter. B SANTA CRUZ, April 18.—Extensive tions have been begun at Twin la.ke-“g;n; Sacramento company to extract gold from the black sand. Much machinery is on the ground. “That natural sleep Is due to the drug- ging effect of accumulated carbonic acid in the body is the view taken by a French physlologist, Dr. Raphael Dubols. Tappan made the race | fizht against Stuart Taylor and once more | GETS NEW EDITOR | z | hat, was The Girl From Paris; Miss Olga | TWO OF THE PRINCIPALS IN THE TAYLOR-TAPPAN POLITICAL | |Hockstein was a poster girl, and Miss FEUD, WHICH HAS FIGURED IN EVERY CAMPAIGN IN ALAMEDA | | Letty Barry. in blue skift and biack vel- ¥OR FIFTBEN YHARS, | “Misses Harrfet Austin and Mabel Toy | were twin bables, and Miss Dottle Ever- ——* | son was also a baby. | | | | \ GAY REVELERS AT BAL MASQUE Friday Night Cotillon Gives a Merry Affair. First Event of the Kind Held by Social Set of Oakland. i Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 118 Broadway, April 18. The bal masque and last assembly of | | tte Friday Night Cotillon was a brilliant | |affair and one of the most enjoyable events of the season. It took place last | evening in Reed Hall and the large danc- |ing rcom presented a gala appearunce, | ILnumerable red lanterns being added ef- | fectively to the usual decorations of ! palms and foliage. More than fifty cou- | ples were In mask and manv of .he ccs- | tumes were noticeably rich and attractive. Miss Flora MacDermot represented Cle- opatra and her gown of pale green =hif- fon was heavily embroiderel in pearls. Another very striking gown was tiat worn by Miss Marian Goodfellow as Sat- larita It was of red tarletan, the front |of the skirt being adorned with a big | black velvet devil. Smaller devils in black | velvet, with streaks of silver lightning | and a fetching cap with horns, completed a very bécoming costume. s l Miss lone Fore, as Queen of Hearts, . was charming in a close fitting blue chif- | fon with flaring red flounce and a large lred picture hat. The dress was trimmed | ] | { { with red hear Miss Pauline Fore's costume, that of a gypsy, was also uery pretty. It consist- | ed of red silk skirt and yellow waist with 1 a pale blue sash. | Misses Jacqueline Moore and Florence | Yates were attired as Folly in handsome | | black artd silver costumes. Miss May Coogan made a ‘“stunning” | Cermen, and Miss Isabelle Kendall as | Mald Marian recelved many compliments. | Miss Mae Sadler of Alameda wore the | | white costume of a Filipino lady of qual- !ity. Miss Gertrude Gould was a Spanish | dancer. Miss Edna Barry, as Queen of | Hearts, wore a white silk trimmed with | red hearts. Miss Florence White was a | blue and silver spangled Folly, and Miss | Ethel Crellin made a very stately colonial | | dame in a white and violet brocaded silk, | { with white wig. Miss Marian Smith was | | aiso & colonial lady in pink silk and white | brocade overdress. Miss Leslle Wight wore the complete costume of a Hawallan girl. Miss Lucre- | tia Burnham was a dainty Dolly Varden | in white silk skirt with pink brocade pan- |ferswand a very becoming hat. The cos- | tume worn by Miss Charlotte Hall attract- | ed considerable attention. She represented Monte Carlo and her dress of white silk ! was covered with cigar ribbons. Miss | Myrtle Sims was “Night,” in a striking | black velvet gown spangled with silver stars. Miss Effie Wade, in a scarlet dress and Miss Claire Chabot was charming in the demure blue gown and white cap of a Fablola nurse. Miss Lita Schlessinger was a Chinese lady, Miss Edna Orr was a peasant girl and Miss Edith Gaskill was a Dutch peasant. Miss Marjorie Erwin, Miss Lucille Rus- sell-Webster and Miss Waterhouse were college girls in cap and gown. Miss Flor- ence Reeve, In purple and white brocade, was a colonial dame, and Miss Ruth Kales also wore a colonial costume of | pink silk with white overdress. Miss Ethel Stms was a balloon girl in red, and Miss Emily Chickering wore the rich garb of a Chinese lady. Misses Rhoda Howell and Elsie Ames were Mardl Gras girls in plcturesque dresses and hats made entirely of black paper trimmed with crimson. Miss Mol- lie Mathes was a sallor girl. Miss Alice Treanor, in red and white striped silk. was a poster girl, and Miss Helen Chase wore a very becoming Carmen costume. Miss Varina Morrow was an Egyptian dancer, Miss Tulfta Wolff was a colonlal lady, Miss Tulula Le Conte was an Hun- garian gypsy and Miss Isabelle Davies wore the costume of a Dutch peasant. Miss Winifred Burdge wore a striking gypsy dress. Many of the gentelmen wore handsome costumes, although the majority were in deminos. Lieutenants Stuart and Knox wore khaki suits. E. R. King was a red devil, Stanley Moore was atired as a vaquero. Edwin Jackson and Arthur Goodfellow were cowboys. Ed Hume and Will Hush were very faithful representatives of Kolb and Dill in their make-up. Willard and Aldrich Barton were pierrots, and Oscar Schles- stnger was Sunny Jim. Carleton Burke was a “biddy,” Louis MacDermott was the “Man From Mexico"” and Taylor Mec- Lean as Happy Hooligan made a hit with his electric nose. John Valentine was disguised as King Dodo. Shirley Houghton and Hugh Good- fellow wore quaint wizard costumes and W. E. Corder was dressed as a Chinese. Whipple Hall and George Chase each wore the velvet costumes of a Spanish student. Fred Conklin was a Spanish gentleman in white and red, and Roger Chickering was a Chinese mandarin. Others present were Harry Wlehe ana Duval Moore, students; Stuart Chisholm, University of California student; Philip Clay, domino; Arthur Kales, Dutchman; Arthur Geislen domino. After unmasking the dancers repaired to the Ebell rooms downstalrs, where sup- per was served. The patronesses of t# Friday Night, to whom much credit is due for the success of last night's assembly, are Mrs. Q. A. Chase, Mrs. T. C. Coogan, Mrs. W. H. Chickering, Mrs. W. 8. Goodfellow, Mrs. M. W. Kales, Mrs. Sims, Mrs. E. M. ‘Walsh and Mrs. D. H. Mathes, EDNA WALLACE HOPPER MAY PAY MOTHER’S DEBTS OAKLAND, April 18.—Edna Wallace Hopper, the actress, may have to pay a snug sum to Berry & Son of Philadeiphia, the bookdealers, for the expensive tastes of her mother, Mrs. Josephine Dunsmuir, who shortly before her death stocked her home with curios, books, rare etch- ings and paintings. In some instances as high as $1000 per copy was paid for a sin- gle book. Judge Ogden to-day overruled the con- tentlon of Charles H. Lovell, administra- tor of Mrs. Dunsmuir's estate, valued at $300,000, that Berry & Son's claim for $9453 was outlawed and ordered the case to proceed to trial. i Tt SO CP AU S Late Shipping Intelligence. SAILED. Saturday, Stmr Samoa, Madsen, Caspar. Stmr Aberdeen, Daniels, Astoria. Stmr Newburg, Anfindsen, Grays Harbor. DOMESTIC PORTS. PORT TOWNSEND—Passed in April 18— stmr Lyra, from Hongkong. TATOOSH—Passed in April 18—Stmr Leel naw, hence Avril 15, for Tacoma; bktn Maka- weli, hence April 10, for Vancouver, B C. SEATTLE—Arrived April 18—Stmr James Dollar, hence April 14. ABERDEEN—Sailed April 18—Stmrs Cheha- lis, Coronado and Centralia, for San 3 Arrived April 18—Schr Jas H Bruce, fro San Pedro; schr Jennle Wand, hence April 8. Apur:l. 17—8chr Andy Mahoney, from Santa no—l sl April 18. DEALING WITH A BI6 PROBLEM Curbing the Floods of Mighty Mississippi the Question. 107 20 S Water From a Vast Area Permits Conditions Un- precedented. TSI LR It may convey some idea of the mag- nitude of this undertaking, says Harns Dickson, writing in Harper's Weekly on the question of how to control the Mis- sissippl by leves to remember that! water from Olean, in the State of New York, joins with the outlets of Lake Win- nipeg and the Yellowstone Park to de- stroy a plantation opposite Vicksburg, in the State of Mississipp. At Cairo alone | a million and a half cubic feet of water is estimated to pass every second. Twen- ty-seven States contribute to this gigantic volume, which formerly dispersed at will over the thirty-two thousand square miles of territory constituting the Mississippi Delta. To-day, when the same flood starts south from Cairo, instead of wan- dering untrammeled through this vast ba- sin, it is restricted by two narrow ridges | of earth, seeking to hold It In check and convey it harmlessly to the sea. And generally these ridges do their work. It is only in the years when all tributaries overflow simuitaneously the Mississippi becomes dangerous. Such floods sometimes break the levees. Or the natural contortions of the stream in changing its channel eat them away; they cave, slough off and slide into the river. But a shattered line is immediately re- paired; “run arounds” are constructed in a semicircle around the broken place, a spur of sacks is built to turn the current and another vear finds the levee stronger. In each succeeding year the disastrous crevasses have been fewer, the damage from them less and less. Throughout the | valley there has been a steady growth of confidence in ultimate immunity from overflow. THEN VICKSBURG TALKS. Vicksburg perches high upon her hills at the foot of the Yazoo-Mississippi Del- ta, with every Interest bound up In that of her lower lving neighbors. Here live | the planter wha owns the threatened fields, the factor who sells its cotton, the banker who holds his mortgage and the merchant who furnishes supplies to his plantation. ‘Therefore, when the river gauge climbs atove the forty-foot mark and the city front goes under, “highwater talk” ab- sorbs every other toplc of conversation upon her streets. The river continues to rise urtil the gauge registers about fifty feet, with every prospect of more. The Weather Bureau warns the planter to pre- | pare for extremely dangerous stages. | Boats begin to bring in loads of refugees | from plantations which are outside o(' levee protection. Negroes desert their cabins, making rafts to float out chick- ens, hogs, mules and every imaginable | species of plunder. They crowd upen the | levees, waiting for a boat to take them off. Cautlous planters send their stock away to safer pasturage. The river swarms with busy craft. Men are hired for emergency work along the levees; | lumber is shipped to build up. bulkheads | and prevent caving; sacks go forward by | the thousand to be fliled with earth and | raise the crown of the levee above the flood. VIEWING THE FLOOD. At the foot of Clay street the stanch little Belle of the Bends lies ready to per- form these services. With “Captain Gus” | on deck and “Uncle Bflly” at the wheel she casts loose her line and turns her head up the brimming stream. On her | decks are dozens of planters, levee board | officials and Government engineers, anx- | fous to see what changes a single day | has brought. | A man familiar with the river and river | methods would know from her cargo that an overflow is imminent. The Belle car- ries lumber, wheelbarrows, skiffs, sacks and material of every kind. Once launch- ed upon the broad and eddying river, the necessity for it all seems fully justified. The river gorges its channel to the very top between two long lines of levees. Cotton is stacked everywhere. The Belle | seems floating on a huge horse trough, twenty feet above the level on either side. Only the merest streak shows where the levee runs, and this thin bar- rier of dirt, sodded with Bermuda grass, looks ridiculously insufficient to fence out such a stupendous flood of water. The wave wash of the boat splashes over its top. A child with a pocket knife might cut the dike and then no human power could save it. Men on horses and men afoot patrol it night and day, watch- ing for signs of weakness and to guard against a cutting. For if the levee should | give way upon the Louistana side that would instant]y relieve the strain in Mis- sissippl. And it has happened in days | gone by that a man crouching behind his own levee and grown desperate with fear has taken his life in his hand paddied his silent dugout across the river a few swift strokes of a spade, a sud- Gen rush of water and the thing is done. And timber thieves, too, waiting In the swamps for water to float out their rafts. have been known to cut the levees. But the guard asks no question of the man with the spade; he shoots, shoots to kill, | and no questions are ever asked of him. WATCHING THE LEVEES. There is a guard—generally a volunteer —pacing every half mile of levee on “oth sides of the river. His horse stands hitched at the quarter-boat ready for instant use. And with a fatuous confi- dence every man of them will answer your query, “We're going to hold this levee, sure; there's no danger here.” For God never made a more buoyant spirited and braver people than these whose wives and children sleep with that thin green line between them and destruction. The man of confldence stands on a crumbling foothold scarce six inches above the rising river. At his back and twenty feet below him, le the level fields of a country richer than the fabled valley of theNile—that granary and treasure house of the anclent world. THere stand his home and household gods; a sweet faced woman sits upon his gallery; his children sail their mimic boats in the seepage water trickling through the levee. Yet the man smiles and waves his hand to friends upbn the Beile, “We'll hold this levee—sure.” At eveny landing place the steamer puts off a skiff or two, some sacks and a bundle of oars. A hundred negroes crowd upon the levees to laugh and cheer her on. The warehouse at Lake Providence is almost gone, while the huge seawall lifts itself eight feet yet above the flood. Five miles farther on the levee is low, and men are working like beavers build- ing it up with sacks. The exciting fight goes on between the monster and the men —a race to see whether the levee or the water can rise the faster. its | that | | An interesting marriage of yesterday was that of Mrs. Alice Elizabeth Rey- nolds to John Blackett Whitney, who were married at noon by the Rev. Dr. Clampett of Trinity Episcopal Church. The bride was elegantly dressed. Mrs. E. L. Mills of Oakland was the bride's at- tendant. Charles Mills gave the bride away. After the honeymoon, which—will be spent at a fashionable resort and a trip through the Eastern States, they will return to San Franclsco, w! ‘Whitney is established. {cold "type cannot be made | ground. On the other hand, type can be here Mr. l MODERN METHOD OF ADVERTISING Merchants Must Be Up- to-Date to Gain Business. o 2V N Artistic Illustrations Are Necessary in Commercial Publicity. The extraordinarily keen competition in all lines of trade throughout the country demands every possible effort and effect that may be given to retail advertising ond there is nothing stronger than the illustration, provided it be properly exe- cuted. A faithful picture of what you have for sale is just as essential as a good window display, and it is better when its circulation is considered. What does the term “display advertising” mean if it Coes not contemplate a portrayal of the merchandise or article you offer for sale” How can it in reality be called “display™ unless accompanied by one of the most necessary elements? Display means to “show,” to “exhibit,” to “portray,” and to cover the decetve and misrepre- sent, but a picture cannot. People do not believe everything they see in print. But good fllustrations tell their story so well that they leave no room for doubt or dis- credit. “SHOW THE GOODS.” Good illustrations are second only in im- portance to an actual view of the goods, to say nothipg of the tone, the strength, the charactef and beauty they impart to an ad. They serve as the introduction to your wares. Whether you are a retailer or a manufacturer the illustration Is just as necessary as the rest of your adver- tisement. Bear In mind that yours is not the only ad. There are others in your line who want part of the trade. You do not have the advertising mediums to yourself. Therefore it is incumbent upon you to make your ad so distinctive, so strikin; sc original and so attractive that no mat- ter if it be surrounded by numerous others of the same kind and size it will stand out in bold relief and do its work. Here is where the illustration does its best and no money is wasted in the oper- atlon. Every good illustration of a prac- tical character is worth far more than its cost price. It affords you opportunity to skow precisely what you have for sale. It will draw people to your place of busi- ness for whom cold type has no attrac- tions. If you are a dry goods merchant you must show your gowns; if a clothier you must show your suits and overcoats; if hatter your hats; if a butcher your s; If a florist your roses; if a hard- ware dealer your axes and saws. All these things are susceptible of good illus- tration. No matter what you make or what you sell it may be pictured and pie- tured well. It may be a cake of soap, a bottle of perfume, a tooth brush, a curry- comb, a carpet, a table, a saddle or a ce- 1eal food package; but no matter what it is, with the good artists and processes now at your command, you may illustrate it in such form that it will tell its own story even without the aid of type. This is commercial illustration. It adds value to your publicity—a distinct value that can be obtained in no other way. Yet, unfortunately there are merchants throughout the country who do not ap- preclate the value of good illustrations. However, the best merchants in America do. John Wanamaker considers them the life of his advertisements. Marshall Field, the merchant prince of Chicago, says that without high class illustrations the retail advertisement lacks the spice and character so necessary to arouse public interest and appreciation. A GOOD EXAMPLE. As an evidence of what illustrations will do we refer to the case of a West- made to lie and | ern advertising writer who went to Chi- cago several years ago and took charge of the advertising for a famous retail clothing house. This firm at the time of his arrival used few cuts of any deserip- tion and these were abominable in con- ception and execution. They were stock affairs supposed to represent the kind of clothing sold by the firm, but as a mat- ter of fact they didn’t represent anything but dummy figures with ponderous feet, impossible legs and misshapen bodies in ridiculous attitudes. The store was sell- ing cheap trash at this time in conform- ity with the cuts, and the proprietor was ambitious to secure the patronage of a better trade. The advertiser very prompt- ly told him that his illustrations alone were sufficient to keap this class of peo- ple away. With the utmost reluctance he was permitted to cast out the old cuts and send for an artist. He did this im- medlately and instead of buying stock cuts at 30, 40 and 60 cents he invested 315, $20, $25, $30 and often as high as $#0 n a single drawing. These illustrations were made directly from the goods worn by a genteel model and from then on the | ads of this concern were the talk of the retail world. People were attracted by the pictures and soon a better class of people began to visit the store, gradual- ly displacing the cheaper class. The $4, $ and $7 sults became a thing of the past and those at 315, $20, 325 and 330 were substituted. Naturally the profits were greater and the whole general character of the store was changed. Of course, there were other things that aided—the goods, the prices and likewise the method of doing business; but the good work was begun with illustrations and illustrations to this day are the leading feature in the firm's advertising. This experience is typical with that of numerous other houses. Five years ago, although illus- trations were used by many, they were not accorded one-third the standing they are given to-day. No advertisement is complete without them. Indeed, the ad- vertisement that does not bear a good illustration must be a marvel in the way of typographical embellishment if its or- iginator expects results.—Milwaukee Sen- tinel. Love of Spiders for Music. An elderly lady who lives In her own house at Buttes Chaumont, Paris, and who is the daughter of one of the func- tionaries under the late empire, has dis- covered that spiders are peculiarly appre- clative of music. She has made great pets of them, and her house is full of spiders of all kinds, on which she spends her time and fortune. Her proteges are lodged in a large, airy room, where she has provided every ne- cessary support for their different webs. Her great favorites are immense black spiders, which, with their hairy legs and great bodies, look very repulsive to others. ‘When she is inclined to show off their capabilities for music she surrounds her- self with a circle of water to keep off their too delicate attentions and plays slowly, softly, and in a minor key on the barp. From all corners of the room the spiders run toward her, listening with evident pleasure, but should she strike up a noisy, gay, inharmonious strain the. scamper back to their holes as though clsgusted. A curious fact in connection with this story is that the lady bears the birthmark of a spider.—London Express. ————— Belfast has since 1397 made total profits of £158,140 from its gas, electric light. rkets and tramways, and of this sum £152,511 has been contributed toward the relief of rates.