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i THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 1 1904. for in the country, on_ car line ciose to city home preferred, where they have their own fruit orchard. chickens, cows, etc.: state ac- commodations and rates. Box 2939, Call. WANTED Boand and room in refined private family by single gentieman; civil engineer; prefer no other boarders; comforts of home n preference to luxury; references given. dress box 4385, Call office. 1 Ad WANTED—In refined American family resid- e n Barkeiry. board for boy of 12; state ne and full particulars; references. Box . 1008 Market et Southerner, desires REFINED young man, - room and board with Christian family eity; references. Box 4379, Call office. ROOMS WANTED. WANTED By lady with 4 or § unfurnisbed rooms in vicinity of Sut- end Van Ness: first-clase apartments; Box 4382, Call office. ter best references PALAISTRY. A WONDER—Lela he girl wonder; see her; gifted girl: she can prove r & child it was revealed sted by YVera, the Ken- The Orlental Parlors, 325 near Bush. German spoken MADAM DEVAS, PALMIST AND ASTROLOGIST. BUILDING, 139 POST ST. LIEBES ARD, located at 242 Phone James 1 . JEROME FOSELLL scientific palmist, 513 Taylor st.. near Geary. Phone Black 561 Post: hours asees. SPECIAL NOTICES. Ladies: Chichester's English Pennyroyal Pills ‘are best; safe, reliable; take no other. Send N " concret. LADIES, [ 3 e blocks. H. send yo valuable NOISES in EARS w methods; 1 week's treat- Cottingham, 204 Sutter st AND WAREHOUSES. PORIUM Storage & Van Co.: furnitu usehold goods stored, moved, sl Howard st. nr. THird; ph ZRCE-RODOLPH Storage & Moving Co., of- fice Post and Powell sts.; tel. Priv. Ex. 571 Furniture and merchan- Phone East 126 Storage; advances mude 840 Howard 941. F. W. Zehfuss. CONKLIN'S Storage- en Gate ave.: ng Com- 1 Furn rag Mo~ 320 Fillmore st.; phone Jackson 2 torage Co., 11 Montgomery Shipping at cut rates TYPEWRITERS AND SUPPLIES. 2 Remington, No. 1 other typewriters at als $2 50. The ia st. typewri L & M. ALEXANDE rs eold, rented, repaired. r Inspec. Co., 508 Market. r 3 years and shall con- ed on true merit and has n of reputable phy teaches & superior r ts. No wholesale class idual teaching daily d n the commen everywhere It MARRIAGE LICENSES. The following marriage licenses were issued yesterday gefald, 24, 512 Jones 18, 1661 Bush. sen, 24, 115 Grove street, and 22, 225 Franklin. Stromberg, 37, 1141 Silver street, erberg. 24, 609A Minna. o, 0 Bryant street, 19, 519 Union. m M. Thompson, 41, 113 Stockton and Mary L. Wade, 35, 462 Eddy. 38, city, and Flora A. Har- street, and 206 Steuart street, and Lizzie Fourth. 558 Potrero avenue, 1124 De Haro street. 21, 35 Belcher street, and , 16, 35 Belcher. 500 Seventh street, 23, 800 Seventh Fresno, and Thyra and and 728 Broadway, and BIRTHS—MARRIAGES—DEATHY Birt mail in at either of the publication offices and be indorsed with the name and residence of per- sons authorized to have the eame published. Notices restricted simply to the announcement arriage and death be inserted. They must be handed of the event are published once in this column | free of charge. BORN. city, March 11, 1904, to the m, a sont Ma; 5, 1904, to the Bohr (nee Morris), a daughter. a daughter. March 6, 1904, to the er, twin sons. ‘ o the wife of L. Ehrenberg, a LEWIN—In Alameda, Cal, March 3, 1004, to the wife of Robert A. Lewin, a daughter. LOWNEY March 8, 1904, to the a daughter. March 10, 1904, to the e, & son. March 10, 1004, to the . Preece, a daughter. bruary 23, 1904, to Skuce, 2 daughter. s H. Thoney, a son. = city, February 16, 1904, to ? Charles A. Zinkand, a daughte; MARRIED. RMAN—In San Rafael, Februa: Rev. E. Ulrich, Willtam A:yl man, both of S8an Francisco. ~ABBOTT—In this city, by the Rev of Brooklyn bott of Stent, MEYER—O'BRIEN—In this city, February 16, 1904, by the Rev Father John L. Colline o it. Joseph's Church, Willias . S Joseph'a C m C. Meyer and WEAVER-FILMER—In this city, M 1904, by the Rev. William Rader, Hatnmon eaver Jr of this city and C Filmer of Sacramento el WESTERLUND—WIESE—In this city, March 12, 1904, by the Rev. J. H. Schroeder, John Westeriund and Wilhelmina Wiese. WILSHUSFN —-HENDERSON—In this March 9. 1904, by the Rev. J. H. Schrosde Henry Wilshusen and Annie Henderson. DIED. Becbee, Georglana Kaneen, Wil Brooks, Patrick Edtoe, Lewrencs Brown, Martha Kidd, William H. Carter, Catherine E. Klipstein, Wm. E. E. Christensen, Hans Loughnane, James Currie, Frank P. Mclnerney, Hannah Dunn, Aflsa L. Read, Charles Fennesse; J. Greene, Daniel Grote, Frank C. laggi, Emile Johnson, Wm. Leslie Jovanovich, Stane BEEBEE—In Oakiand, Cal. March 11, 1604, Mrs. ana L. Beebee, beloved mother of Mrs. Henry A. Butters and Mrs, Georgiang, L. Scheli, a native of New York City, aged 83 years 11 months and 16 daye. (Eastern papers please copy.) Rodgers, Frank L. Ruef, Albert R, Ryan, Thomas E. Ryan, Angela C, Trieber, Rose Cal, March 12, 1 Brooks, beloved husband of the 1ors BROOKS—At Colma, Patrick late Brooks, father of Mrs. Whelan and Bridget Mrs. Thomas Spellman, and brother of John Brooks, @ native of Ireland, aged BROWN—In this city, March 12, 1904, Marthg beloved wife of James Brown, -n?tmo\;" of Mabel Brown, & native ofg\Norway, eof yeei Rl R CARTER—In Oskiand, Cal., March 12, 1904, at 614 Fifteenth street, E. 1 widow of George A.' Carter, a native of Honolulu, aged 63 years. 7 Friends are invited o attend funeral services to-morrow (Monday), at 2 her late home, 614 Fifteen: street, Oakland. CHRISTENSEN—In this city, March 10, 1904, Hane Christensen, & native of Denmark, aged years. CURRIE—In this city, March 10, 1904, Frank Fhilllp, beiqged busand of Emma 'Ourrie, and iatber of ida, Robert and Elmer Currie, small country | meid, no children, | notices sent by . March 9, 1904, to the | 84 years. | the | th Livingston, & native of California, y 48 years 3 months and 10 days. A member | of Golden Gate Camo .0 No. 38, G. W.; Tem Totwe o1 100: 0, and Machinists’ Union. > | 7 ¥riends and acouaintances sre respect- | fully invited to attend the funeral mstyioss Sunday, March 13, at 1 o'clock, morial Hall, 0da Fellows’ building, corner Market and Seventh streets. Intermeat Cy- press Lawn Cemetery, by electric funeral car from Eighteenth and Guerrero streets, 2 o'clock. i a , o e BMncuter or B Eivioa: Elizabeth Greenham Duan, a na- n Franclsco, aged 1 year 10 months | and 26 davs. | at { | {7 Funeral services Sunday, March 13, at | 2 welock, at 88 Frederick street. Interment rese Lawn Cemetery, by 3:30 o'clock Third and Townsend streets. 1 In this city, March 12, 1904, | beloved husband of Della Fen- nessey, devoted father of Eddie and Gene- | vieve Fennessey, son of Edward and the late | Johanna Fennessey, and brother of Nonie | and 'Nie Fennessey, Sister Mary Stephanie | and Mig E. E. Bullene, a native of San| Francisco, aged 28 years 8 months and 5 days. ¥ >Friends and acquaintances are respect- Vited to attend the funeral to-morrow iay), at $:30 o'clock, from the resi- of his father, 1318% Florida street, between Twenty-Afth and Twenty-sixth, | thence to St, Peter's Church, where a sol- emn requiem high mass will be celebrated repose of his_soul, commencing at Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. this city, March 10, 1904, of Annie Greene, and omas, Annie Kate Delavan, and grandfather of Mazle and Edward F.| ! Greene, a native of County Donegal, Ireland, | years. A member of St. Patrick's Iliance. : o riends and acquaintances are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral Monday, , at 9 o'clock, from his late resi- 4 Greenwich street, thence to St. Church, where a eolemn requiem Francis mass will be celebrated for the repose of his soul, commencing at 9:30 o'clock. Inter- ment Holy Cross Cemetery. St. Patrick's Mutual _Alliance Associa- tion of California—The Funeral Committee will meet at 904 Greenwich street on Mon- day morning, March 14, at 9 o'clock, to ten- | der our last tribute of respect to our de- | ceased brother, Danlel Greene, thence to St. Francis gChurch. are invited to attend. THOM GI All members F. McGRATH, President. BONS, Cor. Sec. GROTE—In this city, March 10, 1904, Frank | beloved son of Mrs. and Grote, and - beloved C. A. Hill, Mrs. W. F. and the late Sophie a native of San Francisco, aged ars’ and 3 months. ¥ cquaintances are respect- attend the funeral Sunday, t 12:30 o'clock, from 1636 Golden nce to Holy Cross Church for services 2 . Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. A requiem high mass will be celebrated at Holy Cross Church on Mon- day, March 14, at 9:30 o'clock. IAGGI—In this city, March 10, 1904 Emile laggl, beloved husband of Mary laggi, and father of Jullus laggi, a native of Switzer- aged 37 vears 11 months and 9 days. | C. Gr dearly [ The funeral will take place to-day ! (Sunday) at 1 o'clock, from the parlors of Craig, Cochran & Co., 428 Golden Gate ave- | nue, under the auspices of Court Eclipse No. 14, F. of A. Interment Mount Olivet Cem- ON—In this city, March 12, 1904, Wil- | liam Leslie, beloved son of Charles and Mary nnson, and brother of Lawrence and Carl | hnson, a native of Santa Monica, Cal., aged | vears and 5 months. | H—In Fresno, March 9, 1904, anovich, dearly beloved wife of :E. and mother of Olga and arco " Z s! h, a native of Castel-Lastua, vears 1 month and 2 days. 7 Friends and acquaintances are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral Sunday, March 13, at 12 o'clock, from 160 Noe street, Austria, aged thence to the Russian Church. Interment Servian Cemetery. 3 San Rafael, Cal, March 12, | Liewelivn = Kaneen, beloved . and Julia A. Kaneen, and Shelton C., Percival K., Charles Maud Stella and Edward J. S. Kaneen Mrs. George A. Morgan, Mrs. Fred Smith, Mrs. Willlam Stroud and Mrs. George ¢. Turner, a native of Virginla City, Nev. igeles and Virginia City papers please neral and interment private. Please | omit flowers. { KEHOE—In Oakland, Cal.. March 11, 1904, | Lawrence, beloved husband of Annie Kehoc, | 1d_devoted father of Mary B., Louise M., | istopher C. and Margaret E. Kehoe, a native of County Kildare, Ireland, aged 51 years 11 months and 15 days. A member of Oakland Camp 94, W. O. W. Members | please take notice. | @ Friends and acquaintances are respect- fully to attend the funeral to-morrow | t 9:30 o'clock, from his late! 9 Twentieth street, thence to| ces de Sales Church, where a re- quiem high mass will be celebrated for the | repose of his soul, commencing at 10 o'clock. | Interment St. Mary's Cemetery. KIDDIn this city, March 10, 1004, William | H. Kidd, beloved husband of Sarah L. Kidd, and father of George V. Kidd of San Diego and nore Kidd, and grandfather of Vera ' €. and Joseph W. Kidd of San Diego, a na- | tive of Ohlo, aged 69 years 9 months and 28 | | days.” (ONio and San Diego papers piease | copy.) £ Fricnds and acquaintances are respect- | fuily invited to attend the funeral to-day | at 1 o'clock, from Pythian Castle, | . where services will be | | held under the auspices of Golden City Lodge | No. 63, K. of P. Interment Mount Olivet | via electric funeral car from h and Guerrero streets. Remains residence, 721 Shotwell street. March 10, 1904, m E. E., beloved husband of Mary E. pstein, father of Edith M. and Mary E. Klipstein, stepfather of Catherine R. McGin- ness, son of Dr. Matiida T. Kiipstein and the late Ermest W. Klinstein, and brother of Robert E. F. and Matilda E. Klipstein, Mrs. Minnie K. Spexarth and Mrs. May K. McCammon, a native of Des Moines, Iowa, aged 29 years 7 months and 28 days, A member of Osceola Tribe No. 71, Improved | orn of Red Men, and Brotherhood of (San Jose, Cal.; Des Cemeter; r Teamsters No. 85. Moines, Iowa, and St. Louis papers please eopy.) | L Friends and acquaintances are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral to-day (Sunday). at 10 o'clock, from Pythian Castle, 909 Market street, where services will be held under the ausbices of Osceola Tribe No, 71, Improved Order of Red Men. Interment Cypress Lawn Cemetery. Remains at the parlors of the United Undertakers, 866 Mis- sion street. between Fourth and Fifth. LOUGHNANE—In this city, March 12, 1904, James, beloved father of Joseph, Harry and Helen ' Loughnane, a native of County Tip- | perary, Ireland, aged 72 vears. CFriends and acquaintances are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral to-morrow “Monday), at 8:30 o'clock, from his late | 926 Oak street, thence to Sacred Heart Church, where a solemn requiem mass | will be celebrated for the repose of his| soul, commencing at 9 o'clock. Interment | Cross Cemetery. ERNEY—In this city, March 11, 1904, Hannah B., beloved daughter of Michael J. and Delia McInerney, and sister of John, Ki Theresa, James and Eileen McIner- & native of San Francisco, aged 12 years | months and 17 days. READ—In this city, March 11, 1904, Charles Read, dearly beioved son of Charles and Mary Read, and brother of George W., Jen- nie L., Edward, May and Frank Read, a native ‘of San Francisco. E7Friends and acquaintances are - fully invited to attend the funeral to-day (Sunday), from his late residence, 1008 | Stockton street, thence to St. Francis Church. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. On Tues- | day, March 15, at 9 o'clock, there will be | @ requiem mass at St. Francis Church for | the rcpose of his soul. | RODGERS—In Shanghal, February 12, 1 Frank L. Rodgers, formerly of San Fr:’-ox:: clsco, aged 33 years. | RU In this city, March 11, 1904, Alf | Robert, veloved win of Emma and deores | Ruef, brother of Georgla % srand- son of R, and L. Hahn and Mre s o a native of San Francisco, Cal., 7 months and 9 days. U7 ¥riends and acquaintances are respect- | fully invited to attend the funeral to-day | (Sunday), at 2 o'clock, from the residence of his mother, 856 Ellls_street, near Van Ness avenue. Interment Mount Olivet Cem- eter; e ——— HENRY J. CALLACHER CO. (Buccessors to Flannagan & Gallagher. { 720 Fiten st.. oposite Lincoin: Seneor. ‘Telephone South 80. —_—— e e | UNITED UNDERTAKERS. ———Funeral Directors and_Embal | NOW aras MIBSION. Ta, pomole, | oo 167, Fourth and Fifth, near Fifth st Equipments at Moderate nfi:." | F. J. Monahan, Manager. ‘Tel. Mission 31. MONAHAN, O’HARA & CO. ‘Ban Fravcisco, oo | cago journalist, | livan, | created a precedent.” ) ] ed husband ot Mary C. Ryan, 3 Margery, Edith, Cecily, Thomas E. Jr. and Frances Ryan, and brother of John and Hannah Ryan, and son of tbe late Edward and Margaret R: native of San Francisco, axed 41 years. C¥ Friends and accuaintances are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral Monday, March 14. at 9 o'clock, from his late resi- dence, 409 Ashbury street, thence to St. Agnes' Church, where a requiem high mass will be celebrated for the repose of his soul, commencing at 9:30 o'clock. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery, by electric funeral car from Eighteenth and Guerrero streets. Stanford Parlor No. 76. N. 8. G. W.— Members ure requested to assemble at No. 409 Ashbury street to-morrow, (Monday) morning promptly at 9 o'clock to attend the funeral of our late member, Thomas E. Ryan. By order of the parlor. JOSEPH W. HARDIMAN, President. FRED H. JUNG, Secretary. i THE members of San Francisco Council No. 7, Y. M. I, are hereby notified to attend the funeral of our decvased brother, Thomas E. Ryan, from his late residence, 409 Ashbury #treet, Monday, at 9 o'clock,. By order of M. T. REILLY, Pres. G. M. KELLY, Sec. RYAN—An anniversary requiem mass will be celebrated for the repose of the soul of An- gela C. Ryan, wife of Daniel A. Ryan, on Tuesday, March 15, 1904, at 9 o'clock, at Holy Cross Church, Eddy and Devisadero streets. TRIEBER—Departed, in this city, March 11, 1904, Rose, beloved and devoted wife of J. W. Trieber, beloved mother of Josephine, Morris and Arnold Trieber, and beloved sister of Mrs. B. Cohen, Mrs. Tillie Morgen- stern, Mrs. Dora Sidloski and Mrs. M. Glaser, aged 40 vears and 11 months, a na’ tive of San Fran 3 CrFriends and acquaintances are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral to-day (Sunday), at 10:30 o'clock, from her late and father of residence, 820 Mason street, between Pine and Californfa. metery by c: interment Hills of Eternity arri; HOW MARGARET SULLIVAN WON OVER THE PREMIER Gave Him Some American Ideas on News Reporting and Created a Precedent. Perhaps the most splendid triumph of the late Margaret F. Sullivan, a De- troit girl who became a famous Chi- was won when she went to Paris in 1889 as correspondent of the Associated Press at the Exposi- tion Universelle. Up to that time no woman had ever been accorded official recognition as a journalist by the au- thorities of the French Government. She arrived in Paris a month before the opening and laid her credentials before Prime Minister Tirard. He received her cordially, but as to admitting her to the opening ceremony —""Mais, Mme. Sullivan, est une dame” —it was impossible—"‘Mrs. Sullivan is a lady.” Mrs. Sullivan modestly assent- ed, adding archly, “and is confident of finding the first Minister of France a | gentleman.” M. Tirard pointed out that there were but 1500 seats under the dome of the Fine Arts building, where the ceremo- nies were to be held, and that there al- | ready were 3000 applicants. ““Will it not be enough to report the ceremony a day later?” he asked. . Minister,” was the instant reply, here is no ‘day later’ in American journalism.” Finally the question was placed be- fore President Carnot, Mrs. Sullivan appearing to argue the matter. The President was in a quandary. “The French republic,” he said, “has ?edver given officlal recognition to a ady.” “Your Excellency,” replied Mrs. Sul- “it is time the Rrench republic The remark seemed to impress the President, and the order went forth that Mrs. Sullivan was to be admitted | to the ceremonials, and thenceforward afforded every courtesy. Her first dis- patch of 5000 words, analyzing the ex- hibition as a, whole and describing the | opening ceremonial, was duly written and hailed as one of the ablest and most comprehensive coming from the pen of any correspondent. Mrs. Sullivan remained throughout the exposition, and, in addition to her reports, wrote voluminously on Euro- pean subjects in general. Six articles in particular, which appeared in the New York Sun on the Irish landlord system, were models of style and re- markable for their comprehensive grasp of the subject.—Baltimore Sun. —_——— Two Kinds of Writers. Two types of the writing man have always been spoken of with scorn—the man who ‘“farms out” a literary job to a.“ghost,” publishing the result over his own name, and the man who is willing to play the “ghost.” But apparently one has only to acquire the right point of view in order to see good in everything in this world. Some one signing himself “Proxy” has | recently contributed to the Author a curious defense of “ghosting.” He puts the whole question on a practical basis. A popular author, he argues, must either content himself with a comparatively small amount of work, turning profitable offers away, or, hav- ing agreed to do more than he is able properly to do, he must ‘“scamp” things. Therefore he is justified in falling back upon a ‘“ghost.” Pro- ceeding from this beautiful assump- tion, “Proxy” relates some of his own experiences. “For the first long story I ‘ghosted,’” he says, “I received £2 15s a thousand words all the way through, one-third of the total amount being paid to me before I had written a line; one-third when I had com- pleted about one-half of the story; one-half on the day I delivered the MS. complete.” Are we touched by these figures? Perhaps not, but let “Proxy” continue his tale. “Now sup- posing,” he says, “that I had written that story on the chance of it being accepted by some newspaper or syndi- cate, what would have happened? In the first place I should have worked hard for four whole months without receiving a single shilling,” and so on and so on, his plaint leading up to a burst of enthusiasm over “the well- known writer who farms out his work,” that hero striking him ‘“as a sort of heaven-sent being, and not, as some appear to consider him, a specles of impostor.”—New York Tribune. A Fortune in Stamps. A remarkable exhibition of British and colonial stamps has recently been held at the Albemarle Gallery, Lon- don, where Mr. Field, the well-known dealer, shows for inspection, not for sale, 15,000 stamps, whose value amounts to more than £30,000. A blue triangular Cape of Good Hope stamp, which occupies a place of honor, is worth £200, and has gainmed several medals for being a perfect specimen. Only three other specimens exist. Early last year Mr. Field was called upon by a man with some stamps who offered to sell the lot for £16, includ- ing a triangular Cape, which was covered with gum and had been thumbed and carelessly treated. In such a condition it was impos- sible to say whether it had passed through the post or not. If it had passed through the post its value was only £8. Mr. Field, however, discov- ered, after the stamp had been prop- ‘erly cleaned, that it was free from the postmark and worth full value. Eighteen twopenny blue English stamps, which are also exhibited, ‘were, forty years ago, placed in an envelope by an old lady, and discov- ered only a year ago. Their face . J. E. Markley and Mrs. | RYAN—In this city, March 11, 1904, Thomas 2 l.f,.m brother of Mrs. J. E. i S { R IES Gl . W. 0. W, i . G . Templ Ly IN OLDEN TIMES Remarkable One Which Was Given at the White House Some Thirt, Five Years Ago —_— CHILDREN WERE GUESTS President Andrew Johnson's Host With Great Success So far as can be recollected there have been only three entertainments given at the White House of an en- tirely juvenile mark. These were the {fancy dress ball for children during the administration of John Tyler, the party given by the grandchildren of President Johnson on Tuesday, the 28th day of December, that being the sixtieth anniversary of the birth of Mr. Johnson, and the recent chil- dren’s festival given by President Roosevelt. This is, of course, fresh in every one's memory, the other two being far away In niches of the past. On a day of last week arepresent- ative of the Star was talking with that venerable attache of the White House staff, Doorkeeper Pendel, who has | been’ on duty at the inner portals al- | most “from that time when the mem- yory of man runneth not to the con- trary,” about the Johnson grandchil- dren’s festival. ‘There were not*so many chiildren present at that soiree,” said the old official, “‘as at the recent entertainment given by Mr. Roose- velt, but I think the crowd of boys and girls numbered at least 400, and they | had the finest fun ever had before in all their lives. Of course, they have all grown up to be men and women now, for that delightful event hap- pened thirty-five years ago. The re- membrance of it I will venture to say }llngera in the mind of every child who | was present and who is still on earth. Alas!” he said, “several of them have in the long lapse of time since then | passed into another world, and nearly all of the elder folk who were present are dead.” Mr. Pendel's two children, Frank and | Ida, were among the guests at this fes- | | tival, and the Star reporter was shown | the souvenirs they, in common with all | the children, were given before the par- ty ended. They were beautiful little | designs imported from France, and ' each conthined a bonbon of some de- | scription. One of them was a miniature | saflor’s hat of the style worn by young | ladies in that perfod, while the other | was /a pretty rosette. They had been carefully inclosed in a box and were in a remarkable condition of preservation. Danced in East Room. The carpet in the great East room had been covered with some sort of linen crash for the children to dance on, and this they did to their hearts’ content. The dancing arrangements | were under the management of Pro- | fessors Marinl and Bates, who prepared | the following programme: Promenade, ' quadrille, polka, lancers and gallop. | Then followed an intermission, after ' which the young masters and misses, refreshed and reinvigorated by the de- | lights of the repast that characterized the Intermission, happily and hastily lined up to again trip the “light fan- tastic toe” part of the dancing card. This began with a waltz and was followed in the order named by the basket, esmerald, ‘varsovienne, lancers, polka-redowa and galop. “The promenade,” said Mr. Pendel, “was really a beautiful scene, and the quadrille which followed it was abso- | lutely grand. All the children present | joined in it, and the elder folks, a great | many of whom were present, looked on | with rapture at the eyolutions of the little ones.” p The Grand Collation. There was a_grand collation served in the State dining-room, which was prepared by the old-time confectioner, Joseph H. Shaffield, and this, said Mr. Pendel, attracted much more attention from the grown folks than it did from the little ones, whose heads and hearts were turned with dancing and merry- making generally. “There were a num- ber of newspaper men present,” con- tinued the old gentleman, “and they were taken in charge by those two magnificent men, the late Colonel Wil- liam G. Moore and the late W. W. ‘Worden, both of the President's staff of secretaries. They took the reporters down in the basement somewhere. I don’t know how they treated them when they got them off by them- selves,” he continued, “but they kept them dcwn below for a long time.” At this long-gone-by festival, which was called “Andy Johnson's” party, because it was giver. by his grandchil- dren in honor of his birthday, one fea- ture attracted much attention. That was the appearance of Mrs. Johnson, the wife of the President, who was an invalid, and this was her third appear- ance at a public reception during the entire term of her husband's rather stormy administration of the Presi- dent’s office. The affair was also dig- nified by the presence of many foreign ministers, the members of the Cabinet, Senators and members of Congress and numerous private citizens.—Washing- ton Star., ————— A Queen as a Shopper. The Queen, the Princess of Wales, Princess Charles of Denmark and Princess Victoria walked from the castle into Windsor an afternoon re- cently and did some shopping. The Princesses filled their pockets with lovely things, ‘the royal party staying in the shops a considerable time. “They give as little trouble as possible,” said Mrs. Barber, “and it is a real pleasure to wait on them.” The Queen and the Princesses would not even trouble the shopkeepers to have some of the things wrapped in paper. They simply put the small purchases larger things to be sent on to the castle. Her Majesty and the Princesses did not pay for their purchases in - hard cash, but the Queen remarked to one tradesman, “You can trust me.” They seemed to make light of the unpropi- tious weather and the wet pavements, and tramped along quite gaily, hold- . ing an animated conversation and fre- | quently stopping to look in the shop windows at the wares displayed in the value is 3c, but their worth now is shop windows of the High street.— £300.—Paris Herald, London Mail, as directed in the second into their pockets and asked for the. Grandchildren Played the|. | FAMOUS HoST WAS CHANG The Onee Popular Minister From China to United States Is Well Remembered LIVED AT STEWART CASTLE Became Too Progressive for His Colleagues at Home and Finally Fell a Vietim ER e “Did you ever know what became of Minister Chang, who represented China here during Cleveland's administra- tion?” asked a well-known resident of a Star reporter the other day. “No? ‘Well, his career was a very unusual one. You remember, doubtless, that he resided in Stewart Castle, fronting on Dupont Circle, and his prodigal hospi- tality broke the record. He gave en- tertainments on the most lavish scale, and invited hundreds of people, some of whom fairly wallowed in champagne. Tried to Modernize China. “Chang was a very able man, and made many friends in this and other countries to which he was accredited. | He had very progressive ideas about the future China, and when he was re- called he carried with him a firm de- termination to put them in force. He became one of the intimate advisers of the Emperor, and was one of that little band of Chinese statesmen who en- deavored to modernize China in the nineties, and who were making very good progress untjl the Empress Dow- ager assumed control and took all authority from the Emperor and made only a dummy of him. In order to do that she had to get rid of these liberals, who had held such influence over him. This she did by condemning all of them to death. Chang was among the num- ber condemned to be beheaded. Before the sentence was executed an effort was ;m‘lde to save him and it was success- ul. “It came about in this way: “Mr. John W. Foster, who knows other man in this country, and who was a personal friend of Chang, decided to save his life, if possible. He called on Secretary Hay and placed the facts in the case before him, and asked him to use his good offices in Chang's behalf and to ask the British Government to Join in the good work. Mr. Hay readily agreed to do so, and both the American and British representatives at Peking were at once directed to ask a com- mutation of sentence as a favor to their governments. Life Saved Once. “Their efforts were successful and Chang's life was saved, but he was banished for life. He wouldn’t have asked anything better than to live in one of the western countries that he ad- mired so much, but that, of course, was not allowed. He was sent two or three thousand miles into the province of Mongolia, and he was sentenced to hard labor for life. He had to make the trip in a crude Oriental cart, and it took him a long time to reach his des- tination. mission to take his cook, a good one, with him._ “The present Chinese Embassador was at that time Chang’s secretary, and he was allowed to accompany his mas- ter part of the way. The Governor of Mongolia, whose duty it was to see that Chang’s sentence was carried out, had at one time “een a protege of Chang, fortunately, and he saw to it that Chang was not compelled to labor. That much of his severe sentence was not carried out. But there he was in that distant province cut off from rela- tives and friends, living the life of an outcast. Final Execution. “Then came the uprising of the Box- ers, and the conservative element gained absolute control at Peking. Chang's enemies used their influence with the Empress Dowager to secure the execution of Chang's original sen- tence. A secret messenger was dis- patched to Mongolia, and on his ar- rival Chang was promptly beheaded. It was very unfortunate for China, for Chang'’s advice would have been inval- uable in the unsettled affairs at Peking which followed. “Now, here’s the sequel to the story: Not a great while ago Mr. Foster re- celved a pitiful letter from a young son of Chang, tellilng him that his father’s property had been confiscated and the family name had been de- graded. He begged Mr. Foster to use his influence to have his father’s good name restored, so that his descendants would not be disgraced forever. Mr. Foster was touched by the appeal. He promptly called upon Secretary Hay, told him the story and asked his as- sistance. It was promptly given, and his efforts proved successful. Chang's good name was restored, and I think some, if not all, of his estate was re- turned to his family. Curious country, that China, isn’t it?”—Washington Star. —_————————— Chatsworth’s Hollow Books. There are at Chatsworth two H- braries, the Great library and the ‘West library. The doors are decorat- ed with imitation book backs. These are furnished with imaginary titles reminiscent of the bygone love of punning. Here are some of the titles Tom Hood invented for the sham bookcases: ‘“Wren’s Voyage to the Canaries,” “Egg, by Shelley,” “Horn Took on Catching Cows,” “Esterhazy on Spring Fogs” “Macadam’s Rhodes,” “Inigo Jones on Secret En- trances,” “Minto’s Coins,” “Beveridge on the Beer Act.”” Those who know the treasures contained in the Chats- worth libraries, even while they smile at such fooling, cannot but marvel at Chronicle. —————— He was always fond of good | living, and succeeded in gaining per- | creation have been enumerated, which MUST REVISE OUR RECKONING Our New Year Made Its Ap- pearance This Time .Too Early by Twenty-Six Seconds — CORRECTIONS OF CALENDAR Why the Ten Days Be- tween October 5 and 135, 1582, Were Dropped Out Thirteen hundred and seventy-one years ago, although millions of the | world’s inhabitants had become Chris- tians, the expression Anno Domini was | as yet unheard of. It was not until the | date we now should term 532 A. D. that ;a monk named Dionysius Exiguus, a i Scythian by birth, suggested that all | Christians should adopt the epoch of | the birth of Christ as a starting point | for counting time. At that time the precise date of the birth of Christ had actually been for- gotten. Dionysius made researches and | eventually decided that it occurred on the 25th of December in the seven hun- dred and fifty-third year from the foun- | dation of Rome, and to this date the | Christian world has ever since adhered, though it is now well known to be in- correct. | THE YEAR A. U. C. 2656. | At first it was suggested that the Christian year should commence from | that day—December 25. But this was found inconvenient, and eventually the ordinary Roman usage of commencing the year on January 1 was adopted, so that our calendar dates from New Year day of the seven hundred and fifty- fourth year from the founding of Rome. If, therefore, we still dated our letters according to the usage at that time prevalent we should write, not A. . D. 1904, but A. U. C. 2657 (A. U. C. | stands for the Latin words “Ab Urbe | Condita,” meaning “from the founding | of the city™). { Astronomers and chronologists do not | China and the Chinese better than any ' find the epoch of our existing era suit- | able for technical purposes, the birth {of Christ belng, comparatively speak- | Ing, too recent an event. They have, | therefore, adopted the so-called Julian ' pericd. This period contains 7980 years, {and is reckoned as having begun on | January 1, 4713 years before our era commences. | The Julian veriod of 7980 years wnK | not chosen arbitrarily, but is formed | by multiplying together the lunar cycle | of nineteen years—the moon's changes occur at about the same time after each | nineteen years—the solar cycle of twen- | ty-eight years, and the Roman cycle of | fifteen years. The nearest date at | which all these cycles began ‘ogether was B. C. 4713. The present year is, therefore, 6616 of the Julian epoch. THREE SACRED RECKONINGS. Many have suggested that the date | should be counted from the year of the | foundation of the world—or, rather, from the time of Adam. Unfortunate- ly hardly any two authoritles agree. No fewer than 120 different epochs of range from 6984 B. C. to 3616 B. C. The usual date taken is 4000 B. C., making the present year Annus Mundi 5304. | Even the three sacred reckounings are very different. The following table makes clear the differences between the Jewlish, Samaritan and Septuagint reck- onings: Jew- Samari- !Q'ptul- Period— ish. tan. gint. Adam to Noah. 1656 1307 2242 Noah to Abraham... 202 942 42 | Abraham to Christ..2044 2044 2044 Creation to Christ...5992 4293 5228 Present date . 5896 6198 7132 Naae of these dates corresponds with that at present used by the Jewish na- tion. The Jewish year 566¢ began on October 2, 1903. Accordi=_ to this crealon was 3760 B. C. Curiously enough, the Freemasons use similar chronology, but put the creation 4000 B. C. Up to the fifteenth century of era, which dates from 311 B. C. Some of the Arabians still do so. The g.eater part of the Eastern world is, however, Mohammedan, and their era is that of the Hegira. This began A. D. 622. In th.t year Mo- afterward called Medina, and there was received as a prophet and a prince. The era of the Hegira dates from July {16, 622, but, owing to differences be- t een Mohammedan and Christian reckoning, the Mohammedan year 1321 cummences on April 10 of the present year. Thc Mohammedan year being strictly a lunar one, their calendar has to be adjusted from time io time. They, therefore, use cycles of thirty years, of whick nineteen have 354 days cnd the other eleven 355 days each. The Hindu chronology, as well as that of all the other Buddhists in the Eastern world, is fixed, like that of the Mohammedans, from the date -¢ their great founder Buddha. “his era com- n.ences B. C. 543. The present _ear 1s, therefore, 2447 with 2 the Buddhi world. WHAT EXCAVATION PROVED. The oldest epochs of accurate chronology are those of the Chinese and the Babylonians. This is because these two nations were the first to at- tain any accurate knowledge of astron- omy. Fairly accurate chronology in Babylonia begins with the reign of ! sargon I, King of Agade, 3800 B. C. About 554 B. C. there was dug up at Sippara the foundation stones of a temple to the sun god. The finder of the stone was Nabonidas, King of Babylon, and he has put it on record that Naram Sin reigned 3200 years before his time. In 1862 Sir Henry Rawlinson dug up the famous Assyrian Eponyn Canon, which fixes definitely chrono- C. Russia is the only European the incongruity of it.—London DM%:, of Assyria from 1330 B. C. to 620 The Indefatigable Kaiser. Thirty-three changes in the uniforms of the German army, especially those of the officers, have been ordered by the Kaiser within the last few years, the thirty-third being an order to wear shoulder straps on the cloak as well as on the uniform. The papers announce that a thirty-fourth change will soon be ordered, but what it will be is as yet unknown. The expense in- volved by these many changes (most of them absolutely useless) is estimat- ed at $3,750,000 bv a member of the Reichstag, who- will have a word to say about it when the War Office sub- mits its gstimates.—New York Globe, country besides Turkey whose calendar differs from ours. But the difference is not a matter of years—only of days. It exists because Russia uses the old style instead of the new. The old style calendar is that inaugurated by Julius Caesar in B. C. 47. By it the vear was taken as being 365% days. In order to work in the odd quarter, every fourth year was made a leap year. But the solar year being eleven minutes twelve seconds less than 365% days, the Julian calendar gradually became inaccurate. An easy sum will show that by A. D. 1582 the difference amounted to ten days. In that year Aloysius Lilius, an Ital. our era the Jews used the Macedonian | hammed fled from Mecca to Yathreb, | KING OF TONGA RESENTS INSULT South Sea Monarch Makes Objeetion to Unlawful Aet of a British Naval Officer —_— LAMP IS CAUSE Unauthorized Taking of Beacon to Furnish Illumination at a Dance Leads to Rupture R S OF ROW No ‘European monarch stands more | on his dignity than does his Majesty | King George of Tonga. Surrounded by | all the formal etiquette and ceremonial | of a royal court, with military and of- | ficlal uniforms and a superabundance | of gold lace and nodding plumes. he I‘ naturally considers himself a personage | of some importance and as such en- "mled to deference on the part of the l representatives of other powers, a fact unintentionally overlooked by Captain | Choates and the officers of H. M. | Sparrow during some festivities at Nu- kualofa, the Tongan capital and prin- cipal seaport. The Tongan people are | exceedingly hospitable, as is the Ton- | gan monarch, and when Hamilton | Hume, the British Consul. gave a se- ries of evening dances and entertain- ments in celebration of the vessel's ar- rival the Invitations were eagerly ac- cepted by those to whom they were addressed, and followed by numerous presents and invitations to both the officers and crew of the Sparrow, who for several days had a somewhat lively time of it. Of course, the compliment had to be returned, and accordingly the captain and officers of the Spar- row arranged for a dance on board their vessel, which was brought along- side the landing wharf for that pur- pose. -The deck was tastefully decor- ated with bunting and foliage and bril- liantly lighted by means of a dynamo. The guests were punctual to time, but just as the dancing was about to begin something went wrong with the dy- namo and the place became plunged in darkness. There was plenty of oil light in the fore part of the vessel, but it was cut off by the decorations and the screens put up for coaling on the following day. There was great consternation among the guests. which was relieved by Thomas Roberts, Assistant Collector of Customs under the Tongan Govern- ment, and who was one of the guests, suggesting that the light from the lighthouse protecting the approach to | the wharf should be obtained for a | short time. Captain Coates, it is asserted, i thought this a good idea and as the Tongan officlal, who had charge of the key, could not be found one of the staples in the door was drawn, the door opened and the hanging kerosene lantern taken out for a short time to replace the light that failed. The dy- namo was speedily put in working or- lder and when this was accomplished {the lantern was taken back to the | lighthouse, the remainder of the even- ing passing off in a most pleasant manner. The Tongan authorities did not appear to have taken any notice of the incident, but their silence was i merely the calm before the storm, for a week later the unlucky Assistant Collector of Customs received an of- ficial letter to the effect that his ser- | vices under the Tongan Government | were no longer required and instruct- ing him to deliver up his keys to his 1 successor. This was an unexpected | bolt from the blue. Captain Coates and his officers expressed great Indig- | nation at the arbitrary action of the | Tongan Government and forwarded to | the King a letter, in which the cap- | tain, after stating the facts of the case, manfully took all the responsibility on his own shoulders and asked that the matter, might be reconsidered. The King lost no time in replying, but the tone of his letter was anything but favorable. He justified the action of his Government and stated that hae gathered from the contents of the cap- | tain’s letter that it was Mr. Roberts who had removed the lantern from the lighthouse, which was an {llegal act. Captain Coates, in reply, said that he regarded the King’s attitude as unsatisfactory and thus the matter ends for the present. Accounts of the affair have been forwarded by Captaln Coates to his senior officer, the captain of H. M. 8. Pylades, to his Excellency the High Commissioner at Fiji, and Hamilton Hume, G. M. C., the British Consul in Tonga. Mr. Macauley, harbor-: er and recelving officer at the port, has succeeded Mr. Roberts, his own place being taken by Mr. Denny, formerly purser on board one of the large Aus- tralasian interstate vessels. According to several leading Tongans, the whols trouble might have been avoided had an apology for removing the light been forwarded to the authoritles on the morning following the dance. It was neglect in this respect which moved the ire of the Tongan King, who regarded the action of Captain Coates as insulting, but at the same time did not care to become involved in a dispute with him. The Tongans furthermore assert that in dismissing Mr. Roberts the King’s officers merely did what those of any European power would have done in similar circum- stances and that the British Govern- ment has no right to interfere in the matter.—London Globe. —_——— Praised the Kaiser. A good story is being told at the court at Berlin respecting the Kaiser's well known tendency to take an inter- est even in the smallest detail. The other day he was walking in the neighborhood of the new palace when he stopped to watch a number of workmen busy repairing the facade of the building. His Majesty drew near and immediately became an ob- Ject of much interest to the men, es- pecially to one of them, who was ex- periencing great difficulty in fixing the particular part of the facade allotted to him. The Kaiser suggested to the mun a way out of his difficulty, and to his advice the man replied in a friendly tone. “Thanks, your Majesty. That's not half a bad idea.” The Kaiser laughed and resumed his interrupted walk.—London Daily Mall. —_— ian astronomer, suggested to Pope Gregory XIII that the mistake should be rectified. The Gregorian calendar was drawn up. The ten days between October 5 and 15, 1382, were dropped, and it was ordained that the central years should be leap years only once in four centuries. That is why 1900 was not a leap year. The last year of the present century, however, will be a leap year. It may be news to some that even the Gregorian calendar is not perfect. There is an error of twenty- amounts to one day in 3323 years. Thi six seconds in each year, whic! country adopted the new style in 1752, 170 years after its institution.—~Leadon Answers, | |