The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 15, 1906, Page 12

DEATH NOTICES. Eleven. Continued from Page ¢ the late James and Ellen ¢ Mrs. Annie Kraeft, Mrs, e Murray and the tive of New York rest, January 18, wife of Wiliam Bran- em and James P. Mrs. J. Ne- Brannan, Mission thence 10 > by and 12, 1908, . & native Henry ces are respect- to-day are respect- era T 14, 1906, ames Mel- 58 years 10 12, 1906, ary and beloved Metzger and a native of and 12 serv k a m., avenue. anuary 13, Gustave MEYEF e city, J 1906, ances are respect- funeral Tuesday, a. m. from the Van Ness ave- Ellis streets, sary 11, 1906, Lewis Mary B. Moore, and funeral Tuesday, t . from the First tarien Church, corner Geary and Frank- Cremation at Odd Fellows' Cem- ds can view the remains at N. pariors, 612-614 Van Ness ave- of funeral. TY—A month's mind mass will be offered in St e e s Oakland, on Tuesday, Jamuary 16, o'clock, for the repose of the soul of Mrs. ‘Louis W. Moriarty. b gt y. Friends , : city, Janu T. O'Brien, beloved dau; er of Wil- tam and late Catherine O'Brien, and sister of Wjlliam, Charles, James and Lo retta O'Brien, a native of San Francisco, ears 10 months and 24 days. i ¥ Friends and acquaintances are respect. fully invited to attend the funeral to-morrow (Tuesdag), at 9 & m. from the parlors of the Unfed Undertakers, 866 Mission street, thence to St. Peter's Church for services st $:30 e m. Interaent Holy Cross Cemetery. O'CONNELL—In this city, January 13, 1906, Mary, beloved wife of the late John J. O'Connell, and mother of John J., Danjei E., Frank 1. Robert E., Annie M.. Ma: PORTER & WHITE, Funeral Directors and Embalmers 445 GOLDEN GATE A\:Em (Formerly 122 Eddy street.) Private residence accomme without extre charge. Trained lady sttendants. Per- 14, 1908, , 1906, Ellz- late Mary | t Caroline and | Frances de Sales | Elizabeth R. and Teresa O'Connell and Mrs. James B. Murray, a native of County Mayo, Ireland, aged €9 years 1 month and 10 days. £ Friends and acquaintances are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral to-day (Monday), at § o'clock, from her late resi- dence, 11i3 Post etreet, thence to St. Mary's Cathedral, where a requiem mass Will be celebrated for the repose of her soul, com: mencing at 9:80 o'clock. Interment private, O'SULLIVAN—In_this city, January 14, 1906, belovétl husband of Bridget O'Sul- James J. livan, snd devoted father of Joseph W., Edward J., Willlam_J., May and Annle O'Sullivan and Mrs. B Rielly, and brother of Mrs. J. Dunieavy and Jeremiah O'Sulli- van of Jersey City, a native of Castle Island, County Kerry, Ireland, aged 62 years. > Remains’_at pariors of Carew & English, 20 Van Ness avenue. Interment will take place at San Luis Obispo, Cal, on Wednesday morning, January 17, train leav- ing San Francisco Tuesday morning. | ROURKE—In this city, January 12, 1906, El- len, beloved wife of the late Peter Rourke, and early beloved mother of Joseph, Thomas and John V. Rourke, Mrs. J. R. OCounor, Mrs. O. E. McCarthy and Mrs. Willlam Wat- ®on and the late James Rourke, a native of Manchester, Engiand, aged 61 years and 20_aays. ¥ Friends and scquaintances are respect- ftylly invited to attend the funeral to-day (Mondey), January 15, 1808, at © o'clock a. m., from the residence of her daughter, 436 Lily avenue, thence to Sacred Heart Church, where & requiem high mass will be cele- brated for the repose of her soul, commenc- ing at 9:30 a. m. Interment Holy Cross Cem- etery. SEAWYER—In Oakland, Cal., January 14, 1808, Byron_Porter Sawyer, beloved husband of Mary D. Sawyer, and father of Mrs, George F. Hardy, Mrs. C, P. Hibbard and C. A Sawyer, aged 62 years 2 months and 10 & BCHMIDT—In this city, January 18, 1008, John Schmidt husband of Christina Schmidt, and father of Jacob, Henry, George, Frank, Herman, Rudoiph and erick Bchmidt, and brother of Henry Schmidt and Mrs. Mary Beck of Forbestown, Butte County, Cal., & native of Germany, sged 67 years 11 months and 7 days. A member of Verein Eintracht and Germania Stamm No. 83, U. 0. R M. 7 Friends and soquaintances are respect- invited to attend the funersl servicey m., the residence of his son, George Bepmid 716A Unlon street, between Powell an Mason. rment Greenlawn Cemetery, San Mateo County. EPENCER—In Oskland, January 14, 1908, 0. J ncer, dearly beloved husband of Elizabet Flelding Spencer, and father of William, George, J. F. and V. B, Spencer, Mrs. R. I Woods, Mrs. Willam H. Healy and Mrs. Harris Bishop, a native of Ireland, aged 76 years 7 months and 8 days, (Sacra- mento County. Placer County and Alameda to-morrow (Tuesday), at 2.o'clock p. C papers please copy.) 7 Funcral services under auspices of I O. O. F., to be announced later. TOOMBS—In this city, January 14, 1806, Izabel, beloved wife of Frederick B. Toombs, ve of California, aged 46 years 2 and 17 AVER—In _this as, day ty, January 12, 1008, her of Henry Weaver, usetts, aged 71 yel and scquaintances are respect- ed to attend the funeral to-morrow ), at 10 a. m. from the parlors of shr & Co., 1137 Mission street, be- nth and Eighth. Cremation 1. O. metery —In Alameda, January 14, 1906, Jose- e Welss, beloved wife of H. J. Welss, mother of Mrs. William Alfs, & native of Germany, aged 63 years 2 months and 2 days. [ Friends and acquaintances are respeot- invited to attend the funeral services January 16, at 2 o'clock p. m., sidence, corner Grove and Vi Alameda. Interment private. In this city, Jaruary 14, 1906, e residence, 5 Clementina etreet, h, beloved brother of Margaret tephen Lee a native of County land, aged 26 years thie city, Jasuary 14, 1006, Lydia beloyed mother of Mrs. George F. Allen, e L. Whits and the late Harlow H. and Mrs. George C. , & native of beloved b 1906, Mrs. ds and acquaintances are respect- ted to attend the funeral services (Tuesday), at 1 o'clock p. m., at v chapel of James Hagan & Co., Duboce avenue (formerly Thirteenth near Valencia street, under the aus- Britannia Lodge No. 7, Order hters of St. George. Interment Mount et Cemetery, by train from Third and Townsend streets. In this city, Jabuary 18, 1906, Clar- beloved child of Lewis and Anna rul brother of Vera Yulich, and grandchild of Mrs. Catherine Kimsman, a native of California, aged 3 years 3 mont! and 7 days. {7 Friends and acquaintances are respect- to attend the funeral to-day t 11 o'clock a. m., from the resi- parents, 50 Cénverse street. In- unt Olivet Cemetery, by funeral & Elghteenth and Guerrero streets m. WOODLAWN CEMETERY. San Mateo County. MASONIC CEMETERY ASSOCIATION, 586 James Flood Building, 8. F. REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, llam G. and Van Delia Hind to W. G. Hind Improvement Company, lot on E line of Broderick street, 50 N of Fell, N 25 by B 106:3; $10. an A. and Theresa Hankozy to O. C. nn, lot on NE line of West Mission 5 SW of Brady (263 NE of Hermann), 1% by NW 81:2, quitclaim deed; §10. e L. Firestine to same, same; §10. Lorenzo and Virginia Scatena, Arnadeo P. da A. Giannini to Michael Donahoe, ner of Pine and Battery streets, 45:10; $10. Page to Madge H. Fish, lot on 112:6 B of Leavenworth, SW ¢ :6 by SW ia F. ita M. Wynne corner_of Bush by $10. Ellaser to sami to Juliet J. Meyer, lot and Hyde streets, E Isaac lot on S line of Bush $10. | street, 30 E of Hyde, E 28:5% by 8 87 | Muriel A. and Albert B. Ruseell to orge C. Bargent, undivided one-half of lot on N corner of Harrison and Second streets, NW 6 by NE 125; also all interest in sult of Albert B. Russell vs. Percival . Belby 88,181 and certificate of sale on same, recorded De- 3 in'to John G, Sutton, lot on NW of Natoma street, 425 SW of Third, SW 80; $5. an & Sons to Robert P. Troy, lot Third street, 100 SE of Bran- 2 by SW 80; $10. John Brickell Company to Orion Brooks, lot { line of West Clay street, 80 E of Twen- | ty-seventh avenue, E 40 by N 100; $10. James and Sarah Elliott to James H. Dig- | nan, lot on W line of Fourth avenue, 200 8 of | Point Lobos avenue, § 25 by W 120; $10. Lynn C. and Elizabeth B. Simpson and A. §. Crawford to Annie Rhine, lot on W line | of Forty-eighth avenue, 225 S of I street, S 100 by W 120; $10, Bernard and Rose Getz and Albert M. Arm- strong, lot on E line of Forty-fourth avenue, 75 | 8 of J street, 8 25 by E 57:6; $10. William J. and Helen Locke to Charles W. | Pope, 1ot on N line of M street, 82:6 E of Thir- teenth avenue, E 25 by N 100; $10. City and County of San Franclsco to J. W. Wright & Sons Investment Company, lot on W line of Forty-sixth avenue, 100 8 of N street, 125 by W 120; also lot on W line of Forty- sixth avenve, 100 N of O stréet, N 50 by W 50 lot on NE corner of Forty-second ave- . N 100 by ¥ 240; also lot on E line of Forty-second avenue, [} street, N 75 by B 120, 75 'N of O street, N 25 by w1 also lot on E line of Forty-second ave- nue, 100 § of N street, § 50 by E 120; also lot on W line of Forty-first avenue, 226 N of O street, N 25 by W 120: also lot on B line of Fortysecond avenue, 260 § of N street, § 25 | by E 120: aleo‘lot on ‘W _line of Forty-first avenue, 225 8 of P street, § 75 by W 120; aiso Jot on S line of P street, 57:6 W of Forty- first avenue, W 50 by S'100; also lot on E line of Forty-second avenue, 175 § of R street, S 75 by B 120; also lot on SE corner of Twen. ty-ninth avenue and R E 120, § 65:8, E 120, § 100, W 120, N 158, , N 150, $—— Market end Stanyan Streets and Golden Gate Park Land and Improvement. Company and County of San Francisco, lot on S line of Twentieth street, and E of boundary line of tract owned the estate of Adolph Sutro, de- 8, B 11”%5]! 1 NE 21.01, 100.41, NE 89. 100.990, NW 106.62, NE 100. 02.44, NE 79.27, . WHO INVENTED - THE TELEPHONE? German Newspaper* Claims That the Honor Belongs to a French Mathematician STORY TOLD IN FILES In 1854 a Frankfort Journal Printed a Description of the Remarkable Discovery A recent number of the Frankfurter (Gerriany) News, a copy of which is furnished to the Department of Com- merce and Labor by Consul General Guenther, contains an article intended to establish that neither Rels nor Bell was the inventor of the telephone. The Sclentific American, in July last, pub- lished an article written by W. H. Sharps in reference to the development of the telephone, in which Mr. Bharps expresses the opinion that Reis of Fried- ricksdorf had invented the telephone in 185.. Commenting on this statement the Frankfurter News say; “Mr. Sharps is in error in his presump- tions as well as in his ideas about .the facts, as neither Rels nor 11 18 the inventor of the telephone, hich al- ready in 1854 was described in all its parts and was probably also constructed by the French mathematician Charles Bourseul. The Didaskalla of Frankfort for Thursday, September 18, 1854, reports about the man and his invention, under the caption ‘Electric Telephony,’ the following: *“ ‘The wonders with which electricity has of late surprised us are, as it ap- pears, to be increased by & new one which will not only produce a great revolution in the present electric telegraphy, but which would also increase its utility in an incalculable manner. ‘It i{s nothing more nor less than an electric transmission and delivery of the spoken word. The | idea is from a young and well-informed | modest man, Charles Bourseul, who in 1848 was & soldler in the African army, where he attracted the attention of the Governor General through & mathemat- ical course of instruction which he gave to his comrades in the garrison of Al- glers, and who lives in Paris now. “ “The problem of Bourseul, of the prac- ticability of which he is convinced, may perhaps be one of those discoveries which afterward Is declared a very simple one by the scientific world, and which they then want to make us belleve would have been found long ago if they had deemed it worth while. * * * Electric teleg- raphy, at one time pronounced to be the utmost nonsense, travels now through the whole world as something to which we have almost become accustomed; if we consult the principles of physics with reference to these new ideas of a young physicist then they make no objections | to the possibility of their ~ accomplish- ment, but their success seems to be even more probable than that of electric teleg- raphy itself not long ago. If this_ds accomplished, then electric telegraphy would have become common property; no further machinery and knowledge ex- cept a galvanic column, two vibrating plates and a metalllc wire would be needed; without other preparation one would only have to talk against one of the metallic plates and another would have to hold his ear against the other plate; in this way they could converse with each other as if in private. The young inventor belleves in the practic- ability of nis invention and challenges scientists to prove that the laws of phy- sics are contradicted by the above prin- ciples and would therefore make the de- sired end impossible. Meanwhile the mat- ter certainly deserves the attention it re- celves in the highest degree.” — *+- NE to beginning of lots 1 to 7, block 33, Sunnyvale Homestead; $10, Joseph T. and Julla A. Roberts to Adella Cralg, same; $10. Henry, Catherine M. and Mathilda Oh- landt aha John A. and. Mary M. Buck to Nicholag Ohlandt, lot 8, block 1, lots 2, b, 6, block 37, University Mound: also lot 2 biock 45, lot 7, block 61, lot 4, block 64, Uni- versity Homestead: also block 70, University Extension Homestead, bounded by Silver, Uni- versity, Silliman and Princeton streets; also lot 5 block 76, lot 4, block 84, lots 1, 2, 7 and §, block 5, lot 8, block 88, lot 6, biock 93, jot b, block 95, lot 1, block 96, lots 1, 2, 5 to 8, block 87, University Homestead; ‘also lot 1, block 103, lots 2, 6 and 7, block 105, lot 7, Block 106, lot 6, biock 107, lote 3 to 6, block 119, University Hogpestead: also lot on E line of Amherst street, 125 S of Mansell, E 120, N 25, E 55:9, W 241, N 51:5, lots 20 Dlock 125, map 2, University Home- ! also lot on SE corner of Yale and Man- scll streets, 8 125:6, B 241, N 100, W 120, N 100, W 120, lot 8 and agents' lots 33 to 36, block 126, same; also block 127, University Extenslon Homestead; alsa block 130, bounded by Silver avenue, Princeton, Amherst and | Silliman_ streets; also lots 2 and 7, block 152, Jot 7. block 155, lots 1, 2, 6 to 8. block 156, University Extension Homestead; ‘also lot on N lne of Bacon street and SE of La Grande, NB 79:9, § 64:3, W 45, block 1573, Tniversity Extension Homestead; also lots 6 and 7, block 159, lots 5 and 8, biock 162, lots 4 to 6, block 105, lots 2, 5 fo 7, block 106, lots 6 to 8, block 167, lots 2 and 3, Iots 4 and 5, block 109, lots 1 to 7, biock entire block 179, lots 1, 2, 4 to 8 block 181, lots 2 to 8,'biock 182, University Extension Homestead; also lots 1 to 8, 25 to 32, block D, lots 9 to 23, block K, lots 18 to 23, 28 to & block 480, 1ots 1 to 8, 41 to 48, block 502, Iof 13 and 36, block 503, Haley Purchase; $10. Dudley'.Cross to Jose F. Andrade, lot on NW corner of Mission stréet, 95 SW Valen- clz, SW 25 by NW 100 $10. Bullders’ Contracts. Alta Investment Company (owners) with Royal Heating Company (contractors), archi- tects J. E. Freeman and G. E. Remmel—Pip- ing, radiators, heaters, covering of pipes for a seven-story and basement brick building on E corner of Sherwood place and Third street, SE Y $5100. Willlam Cross (owner) with Henry Bohall and F. H. Miller (contractors), —— architect— All work for a two-story frame buflding (two Gats); $2400. B. Schapiro and J. H. Steln (owners) with Charles Monson (contractor), —— architect— All work for a 1l4-story frame cottage on S line of rwenam-evemh street, 160 E of Noe, Same ‘owners with same contractor, —— architect—Building on § line of Gl Sreet, 218:4 W of Castro, 208 by 114; $1650. Alameda County. SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, Sarah A. McKee (by S. B. McKee, attorney) to C. Fred Renz, lot 1, block 1, Santa Fe Tract No, 5, deed made to release second party from bullding restrictions contained in deed of July 26, 1904, recorded September 14, 1905, a; $—. Holmes and Ruth Beckwith to Amella B. Halr, lots 12 to 15, block C, Bay View Home- stead and proj N, conveys any interest vested in grantors, heirs of Carrle P, Beckwith, deceased, Oakland; keley: $10. PR LD L T ic] - 3 block 21, map 5, Shattuck Tract, 3 J. H. T. and Henrictta Watkinson 1 (wifa), lot on. John W. Havens (singla)- Oakland; $10. Ruth Baker and - Marjorie tenants, ot on W line of Seventeenth, N 85, W 125, The Realty (single), lot 17, bl ‘mont-avenue Same to feet Jenn! of lot 8. all of lots 9 teet of lot 11, block B; same, Same to Frank J. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1906 VOUCHES FOR PURITY OF TEA One Case Where Uncle Sam Gives Us Full Guarantee of Quality of the Product BAN ON ADULTERATIONS Board Made Up of Dealers Examines Closely Every Importation From Orient In these days when we hear so much of the adulteration of foods and beverages it is pleasant to know that there is one beverage in common dally use, the purity of which is absolutely guaranteed by the United States Government. Not an ounce of tea which does not come up to a cer- tain definite standard ot purity and qual- ity can be sold in this country, and in or- der to Insure this an expensive organiza- tion of examiners and experts is main- talned by Uncle Sam. It 18 natural, perhaps, that the Ameri- can Government should be interested in tea. It owes its existence to a certain his- toric tea party in Boston harbor, and it is only common gratitude that it should keep & kindly eye on the Interests of the tea trade. Its gratitude is the more strik- ing, as the entire cost is borne by the Government. Not a dollar of revenue ls collected from the tea. While due grati- tude 1s shown to the tea trade, however, the descendants of those old Boston mer- chants who brewed the big pot of tea in the harbor have hardly been falrly treat- ed. No tea can be imported at Boston. Tea is the only article or merchandise the quality of which is guaranteed by the Government. Every ounce of Imported tea must pass the inspection of experts before it is allowed to be landed, and that which fails to come up to the standard must be at once re-exported or is ruth- lessly destroyed. Secretary Bhaw has Just appointed the board of tea experts for 1905 and they have fixed the standards for the year. MERCHANTS MAKE UP BOARD. The members of this board are mer- chants and they are selected from all the princlpal tea markets of the country. They meet In New York each year, con- sider the changes in the trade during the last twelve months and fix a standard of samples, which do duty for the ensuing year. The members of the board this year are George H. Macy of Carter, Macy & Co., New York; George Hewlet of New York, A. P, Irwin of Philadelphia, Charles B. Platt of San Francisco, E. A. Schoyer and F. Hellyer of Chicago and Herbert G. ‘Woodworth of Boston. After the samples have been established packages of tea conforming to ihem are sent to the six ‘“tea ports.” They are New York, Chicago, San Francisco, St Paul, Tacoma and Honolulu. No tea can be imported which does not pass exam- inatien at one of these ports, and a tea expert is stationed as an examiner at each of them. If tea is imported at other ports the collector at the port of impor- tation must send samples of it for ex- amination to the nearest tea port and until the report of the tea examiner is re- celved he cannot allow the tea to pass out of his possession. This examination is for purity, quality and fitness for consumption. The propor- tion of dust also 1s noted and, while the allowance varies slightly, few teas which contain more than 10 per cent of dust are passed. Forelgn coloring matter is rigid- ly excluded. This can usually be detected by the presence of scum on top of the in- fusion, but in cases where the examiner's suspiclous are aroused chemical analyses are also made. The interior of a tea examiner’'s room resembles nothing more than a corner of the Orlent. Big brass kettles are used for bolling the water, for tea connoisseurs declare that for some unknown reason ‘water boiled in a brass kettle makes bet- ler tea than that, boiled in any other way. On a circular table in the center of the room is an array of handleless cups, much like those used by the Chin- ese, and all of a standard size. The tea is brewed In these cups, in accordance with the treasury regulations. In each cup a quantity of tea equal in weight to a half dime is placed, and the cup is then filled with bolling water. It is allowed to stand for exactly five min- utes and then the examiner begins his tests. The surface of each cup Is first examined carefully for scum, and if an undue amount of this is found the sam- ple Is rejected at once. If it passes the scum test the examiner then sniffs at it to test its aroma, carries it to the light to Inspect its color and then tastes it. The tasting is an interesting process. The tea expert never swallows the in- fusion. He takes the smallest portion possible, holds it in his mouthfor a few minutes, lets it flow back against the palate and then expels it. After each tasting he rinses his mouth carefully with warm water. This, it s explained, is necessary to preserve the sense of taste unimpaired. Without such precautions an examiner in a short time would be un- able to distinguish tea from whisky. NOTE FRESHNESS OF LEAVES. ‘When all this is finished the liquid is carefuly poured off and a careful inspec- tion s made of the leaves remaining in the cup. Search is made for any decayed or spent leaves and the ireshness of the leaves fs noted. Even if the infusion seems to come up to all the requirements the tea may be rejected because of something discovered in the final exam- ination of the leaves. All this care has placed the tea trade of the country on a much higher plane than before the passage Of| the tea law. Before this law was passed to protect the people of America they were the vic- tims of many a wily Oriental trick. It is alleged that much of the tea formerly sold In this country before the passage of the protective law had done dquty be- fore. John Chinaman had made one in- fusion from it jand had.then caretully dried the leaves, rolled them up again and shipped them to be consumed by the for- eign devil. Another common form of fraud was the shipment as good tea of qld leaves. Only the young, juicy leaves of the tea plant are fit for consumption, and 'the leaves which have matured too far are, of course, a dead loss to the grower unless HOW STOCKMEN CLASSIFY MULES K:msas. City Dealer Gives Some Interesting Facts Anent Useful Animals MINERS BAR THE WHITE Declaré That the Creatures. Look Like Ghosts in the Dark and Frighten Men “The Slassitication of Missouri's great product, the mule, is the hardest of all livestuck, ' suiu yulu urant of tne firm Of Walcott, beers & Grant at the stook- yards. “I'o most people the animal is simply a mule, wiiu a strong inclination to emplasize his presence with a kick. To mosL buyers ue 1§ good or bad, large or smali, smooth or rougn, will prob- ably bring a certain price on the mar- ket or wul not be wanted at ali, waile among dealers who supply tne different demands he is classined according to weight, bone, size, color, age, mouth, teeth, broken or unbroken, iength and breadth, and also in regard to the lo- cality of the buyer. ¥ “In the first place, green, unbroken mules are never wanted. Once in a while we receive a few and generally have to sell them at a sacrifice. The principal classes of mules known to the | market are: Cotton mules, lumber mules, railroad mules, sugar mules, | farm mules, levee mules, city mules and miners. Miners are classed as sur- face and pit mules. Cotton mules are the commonest kind in regard to numbers. They range from thirteen to sixteen hands, and from four to seven years old are the best ages. Thelr build makes little dif- ference so long as they are smooth. In price they range from $50 to $165. | Lumber mules are the largest, heavy- boned, rugged grades, 15.3 to 16.2 hands or better. They are used in the big lumber camps for logging and must have the weight for good heavy pull- ing. In price this class ranges up to $250. “Similar to the lumber mule is the railroader. Some lighter, but on the -good heavy order, and from $15 to $20 cheaper. They are used in grading, hauling and all the work that is known in the construction of railroads. Sugar mules belong to the faney class. They must be smooth, built rangy. small head and neck, small bones. In height from fifteenn to sixteen hands, and in price from $165 to $210. Farm mules vary in size, but are formed from the rejected ones of the foregoing classes. Their prices range from $10 to $15 lower. ‘The miners are the hardest class to supply. They must be either dark bay or black in color. White and sorrel mules are never used. When the mines have long shafts, in the Pennsylvania coal regions especially, they say a white mule resembles a ghost and frightens the other mules beyond con- trol. The pitters must be long !n body, heavy-boned and have good weight. They range from 12 to 15.2 hands and bring from $135 to $200, while for any other trade they would bring $50 less. Surface mules are used on the long hauls on top of ground. They are heavy, but taller, and have not such large bones. “Levee mules, as the word imples, are used near steamboats and dock for the heavy work. They are generally single workers and must be of the rugged class. Their looks matter little so long as they are sound and fit for hard work. A city mule includes the small, light grades, such as you see on de- livery and transfer wagons. The high prices in the last year have reduced the number greatly. “The Government buys all classes of mules, but that is done according to contract and prices hold a wide range. They never buy a low-priced animal and they are rigid in their examina- tions.”—Kansas City Star. STATISTICS OF THE. JNUMBER OF CHINESE WHO EMIGRATE All In America There Are Liess Than 4 Per Cent of the Total. In his book on Chinese emigration Gott- waldt gives the number of Chinese resi- dent abroad at 7,642,650, distributed as fol- lows: Formosa Siam Malaya Peninsula Sunda Islands . 2,600,000 Hongkong ... 274,543 All America ..... 272,829 Indo-China . 150,000 Philippines ... 80,000 Macao .. 74,568 Burmah 40,000 Australia o 80,000 Asiatic Russia . 25,000 Japan . 7,000 Korea . 3,710 It is seen by this table that if all the Chinese, 272,829, living in “All America,” were resident in the United States, we should then be harboring less than 4 per cent of the total number of that race living outside of China. As the popula- tion of Japan's Formosa is about 3,100,000, the Chinese living there form nearly 8 per cent of the population of the success- fully administered Japanese colony. The 80,000 Chinese resident in the ilippines are among the best people there, giving little or no trouble. This total Chinese emigration of 7,642,630 Is not 2 per cent of CHina's population, of 400,000,000. Hong- ng alone has 1714 more Chinese than ‘All America.”"—New York Commercial. e e S LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVED. Sunday, January 14. Br ship Andora, Richards, 160 days from Newcastle, Eng. ¢ 'd!;mr Iaqua, Johnson, 22 hours from Re- londo. Stmr Santa Cruz, Hall, 9 hours from Santa Cruz. DOMESTIC PORTS. ASTORIA—Arrived Jan 14—Stmr Senator, hence 12th;- schr Monterey from Monterey in tow Deflance. T ATSOSH . Passed in Jan 14—Brig Geneva, hence 10th for Townsend. OCEAN STEAMERS. NEW YORK—Arrived Jan 14—Stmr SPECULAT:ON ABOUT ;IT"AGI OF THE MOON Strong Pesemblance Between the Luna’s Craters and Those of Hawall. Prof. Willlam H. Pickering, 2 member of the Harvard astronomical staff, who has just returned to this country from Hawaii, has been impressed by the re- semblance which Mauna Loa and Kila- uea bear to certain ring-shaped ridges on the moon. He does not, it may be- assumed, intend that his interpretation of these lunar markings shall be re- garded as in any sense original, for the theory that they are the product of | volcanic activity is a good deal older than he is. It has had a formidable rival, to be sure, in another supposition. ir, while the lunar mass was yet soft, it was struck by solid objects flying through space, they presumably im- bedded themselves, and in doing so formed circular elevations, looking ex- actly lke craters. Hut that the effect was produced by forces acting from without has seemed less credibleyto tronomers than that the action came primarily from within, and this is now the favorite hypethesis. For a long time the volcanic theory was beset with a difficulty which of late has not seemed to be a serious one. The diameters of the so-called lunar craters are vastly larger than those still ob- served on the earth. Some of them are twenty miles or more across. It must be remembered, however, that the at- traction of gravitation operates more feebly on the moon than on the earth. Explosions might, therefore, open much wider apertures in the one case than in the other, and the tendency of the holes to close might be corresponding: ly less conspicuous; The moon con- taine only one-eightieth as much material as the earth, and the same ra- tio ought to exist betwen the welght of a given object on the surface of the satellite and that which it would have on the globe. Referring to the famillar doctrine «hat these two bodies were once united, Professor Pickering suggests perhaps the basin of the Pacific Ocean is a pro- duct of the process of separation. Such a conjecture does not Instantly com- mend itself to approval. In an address before the Darwin Assoclation for the Advancement of Science Professor George H. Darwin, the president of the organization, said that the lowest esti- mate of the time which has elapsed since the moon was detached was sixty millon years, and he was inclined to think that the interval was even great- er. Professor Darwin is deemed a particu- larly high authority on the age of the earth’'s satellite. 1If, then, his compu- tation be accepted, it seems doubtful whether any trace of the division could now be discernible on the surface of | elther body. Many influences have been at work to change the face of the globe ‘)since it ceased to be plastic. and there | 18 certainly as much reason to suspect | that the point of separation would be | marked by a bulge in the crust as that {a cavity would be left there.—New | York Tribune. e | A Close North Carolinan. “I know an old fellow down in North Carolina who was a hard-fisted citl- zen.” sa!d N. B. Turner of Wilmington. “He was a well-to-do farmer, but his meanness was proverbial. One of his customs was to have breakfast before | it was daylight in order to get his hands out to the fields by dawn of day. When the breakfast was put on the table a solitary candle gave the only {llumination, and even this was but for a second. ‘You all see where the victuals is,’ remarked the head of the family, and, puff, out wemt the flickering candle light. It was an ex- travagance in his eves to waste even a fraction of a candle when people could easily feel how to help them- selves.—Washington Post. RAILWAY TRAVEL. CALIFORNIA NGRTHWESTERN RY. CO. Tiburon Ferry. Foot of Market Street. SAN FRANCISCO TO SAN RAFAEL. ¥ 30, 9:00 a. m.; 12:35, 3:30, :36, 3:30, 5:10, SAN RAFAEL TO SAN FRANCISCO. wss:é DAYS—6:05, 7:35, 7:50, 9:20 a m.; Oct. 8, 1905. | San Fran. Week | Sun- | Destina- Sun- | Week Daye. | days. | tion. 3 1Y S 832 Toew gz Wing Healdsburg, |10:40a) T:30 p' 6:20p Hopland 10:40 a/10:25 & and Ukiah | 7:30p| 6:20p Willits and l | Sherwood. 7:30 p| 6:20p llo:fl)l 10:25 a Guerneville. | 7:30 p| 6:20 p Sonoma, 9:10a| 8:40 e Glen Ellen. | 6:00p! 6:20p 10:40 a(10:28 & 3:30p| 3:30 p| Sebastopol. 7:30p| 8:20p 5:10p| 5:10 p) STAGES connect at Green Brae for San Quentin; at Santa Rosa for White Sulphur Springs and Mark West Springs; at Lytton fer Lytton Springs: at Geyserville for Skaggs Springs; at Cloverdale for the Ge: Boon- ville and_Greenwood; at Hopland for Duncan Springs, Highland Springs, Kelseyville, Carls- bad Springs. Soda Bay, ' Lakeport, Bartlett Springs and Lake County Hot Springs; Ukiah for Vichy Si Sarat Upper Lake, Pom Lierly's, Hullville, Comptche, Fms Belv's Sprives. Harls. Huobard: mings, ‘s Ings, Harrls, Hul . Fruit- iand, Dyer, E?,‘"""'"'- Camp 5, Pepperwood, and Mcnday round-trip tickets at reduced rates. On Sunday—Round-trip tickets to all points ond San Rafael at half rates. 1 ‘Ticket-office, 650 Market st., butid- ng. JAS. AGLER, R. X. RYAN, Gen. Manager. © Gen. Pase. Ast. Scotia and Saturday AUCTION SAL AUCTION SALE 135-—HORSES-—135 consignment of the bunch of 400 Horses (part of which we sold om THURS- DAY last, and which are thoroughly broken, and weigh from 1100 to 1600 pounds) Will be s0ld, rain or shine, in J. B. HORAN'S NEW 'PAVILION, TENTH AND BRYANT STREETS, 8. F. .............. JANUARY 18, 1008 AT Rk Horses first class and the e o~ lute. Stock will be at yards two days prior to sale. We invite {nspection. HORD & SMITH, 628 Clay st.. S. . Livestock Auctioneers poY ~ AT AUCTION. On MONDAY, January 15, at 11 o'clock, at the Grove-Street Stabl 122 Grove street, [ will eell 65 head of weil broken horses and mares suitable for all purposes. This stock must and will be sold without reserve or Iimit. Al Rorses guarantsed to be as repre- sented. ~ Also 2 epan of good young mules. S, WATKINS, Auctioneer. £ AUCTION SALE oy WEDNESDAY, Jan. 17, at 11 A. M. ARCADE HORSE MARKET, 327 SIXTH ST. I will sell a carload of young horses welghing from 1250 to 1400 Ibs., consigned to me by J. Lynn of Mendocino County. Thess horses sre all sound, well broke horses right out of hard work and in good condition: also a num- ber of other horses, buggies, wagons and har- ness, one pony cart and phaston. e JOHN J. DOYLE, Auctioneer. Lo M AT AUCTION AY, JAN. 16, 11 a m.. at 1140 Folsom st., I will sell a lot of chéap horses and mares: also wagons, surries, buggies, carts and all kinds of harness. WM. H. Auctioneer. RAILWAY TRAVEL. Tralus leave and are dw to arrive at [\ SAN FRANCISCO. Frou Dxczxszs 26, 1908 Feany Duror (Foot of Market Street.) Tmave — _ MAIN LINE. _— Axscvs 00A Elnirw, Vacaville, Winters, Rumsey 7.482 Richmond, Benicla, Sacramento, Suisun and Way sln’mou dasa 7.28» 740aValicjo, Naps, Calistoga. ¢ . 7280 Hoss, Martiacz, Say Remon | 40A Nlle 1sasanton, v 3 'l'r:'cy. Lathrop, !locklnln) Red sta ‘Express— (Vs Willlams, Willows, tPruto, Bluff, Portland, Tacoma, Seattle. 8.00ADavls, Woodland, Knights Landing, xMnry-vm‘:. gm;.m;.. wacpese 8.20a Martinez, Ansioch, Byron, Tracy, Btockton, Newman, Los Banos, Armona, Hsaford, i, 8.20aPort Costa, Lathrop, Merced, Mo- desto, Fresno, Hanford, Visails, B.40A NTiok Gap Jous, Liverimore, Blook: Nlles; San v ore, ton (tMilton), Valle: Spring. Ione. "Secrumupen. Hlaceryiie, Coltax. Marysville, Red Biuft 8.40a0aisie; Chincse, Jamesiow Sonora, Tuolumne an: . Atlantic Ex| East. Richmond, and Way Statione (*Concord). I 'lflflifl, glll]A Napa, Sunday only Los Angeles Passengor— Costa, Martines, !y‘fl)’h‘rll o Lathrop, Stockton, eree Taymond, Freano, Goshea Junc: tion, Hanford. Lemoore, Visalis, Bakersfield, Los Angeles. . s 10.20AE! Paso, Kanass City, S¢. Louts aad .00AThe Overland Limit aha, ‘;l Chicago, Denver, Kansas Clty .. 7.43» 748> 148 4.08» 2 7.08» endot orterville 1 JA Niies, Ssa Jose and Way Stations. P to fn Hayward, Niles, and Way vono!g- Sopa, Cuisiogs A T n are Kitos. rvimgton. dun i 5000 imited- Stations Ramon, ose, Liv nicago . Niies and San Jose._. ... oy Fore Coats, Benicia, Sal- sun, Sacramento 8.00P Bastern Express—Omaba, Chicago, uv ansas City, St. Louls, Martines, kton, Sacram Reno, Sparks, Montell: Owd-w' 0, lon! o, len .. Hayward, Niies and San Jose....... Reno Padsenger—Port Be- 8.000 A%T‘ LINE (Narrow n.-.. qu“mln’.fl.) - ‘ 818 Newark, Centerville, San ‘ Felton, Boulder Croek, 8 Crus and Way Statton 12.18eN o wark. Centerville, New Alnaden. Los Gatos, Feiton, Boulder Creck, S8anta Crus and Prineipal Way Stations 4.16p Newark, San Jose, Los Gatos 9.45p Hunters Train— (Saturday oniy) - San Jose sud Way Stations.. . 17599 10A San Juse aud Way Stations. .00A 8an Jose and Way Stati: New Almaden (Tues., The Coaster—San J lnas, San_ Ardo, Paso Robles, Sants Margarita, San Lais Obispo, Guadaiupe, Gaviots, Santa Bag: Dars. San Hue Burbaak, Los A‘F 8.00A6HIroy, Hollister, ville, Del Munte, oc. 182 .. 10.48a Gilroy. Holllster, Tres Pinos.. 1 San Jose and Way Stations ; Clars, 8an J 00A he can dispose of them to some unsus: pecting customer. Even decayed leaves were formerly found in large qmmuu in what professed to be first-class'““chops” of tea. The Orlental grower, however, has not lost all of his market for this' inferior stuff. Very little tea that is rejected by the United States examiners is destroyed. Practically all of it goes to Canada or England. There, it is said, there is an unlimited market for anything that mas- querades under the name of tea, provided it is cheap enough. In fact, it is said that much of the ‘‘tea” that pared again for method.—New . or] —Arrived Jan 14—Stmr St. Louts, from New York. > WNH.IJ;G Jan 14—Stmr ¢ ot 30, 5,30, B30 7., " 00 11.00 A8 ouiy, 7.30.9.00. 1303 0. 4508 ST for —{Dailr. and stops st sl stations o Sundey. Daily. and stops st all stations on