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, 1890-09-13

Of distinguished appearance, thirty years of
age, handsome, and OF very polished manners
q woman whose real name Is unknown, but.
who has been representing herself in the
Champs-Elysees quarter as a member OF an
aristocratic family in England, has been ar
rested by the police for fraud, and it is alleg-
ed against her that she has carried on the
same operations in London; st. Petersburg
Brussels, and Vienna. She called upon q
rich American family in the Avenue; des
Champs lysees armed with numerous let
tiers of introduction from people IN London,
and soon succeeded IN getting into the good
graces Of the Americans, whom She actually
persuaded to believe that she had been sent
over to Paris on a secret mission by the
English Government. She even induced the
master Of the house to take charge 81 a port
folio, which she said contained papers and
documents Of great Importance, as she was
afraid 20 leave it IN her room at the hotel
where she was staying. Had the too trust
full American looked up his perrage ne would
have found that,the nam9she gave, was not
recorded in the authorised lists Of the British
aristocracv. A few days afterwards he had
to leave Paris for some days on business.
This was known to the adventures, who in
his absence wrote to his wife as follows.
''Dear Madame find myself rather erlbar-
raised. Pray send by Bearer the portfolio I
left with your husband, which contained Ell,
coo sterling, or rather, give him two bank
notes of l,0OOf each, as I want that sum
Immediately" The lady was aware that her
husband had received the portfolio, but did
not know where he had put it, SO she sent
the pretended female d%iplomadlst the eighty
pounds she asked for, No more calls were
received from the distinguished stranger, and
when the American returned home he wrote
to his friends in London from whom she
presented letters OF introduction. The answer
was that they were forgerles. Information
WAS given to the police here. who opened
the famous portfolio, and found it contained
nothing except a few cuttings from news
papers and two or three documents of no
value. For some days the detectives were
Unable to lay hands on the delinquent, but
they have now succeeded in arresting her in
he Avenue des Ternes.-Ddig Telegraph,
, 1890-09-13

planted as yet. Planters were so busy
getting Oft the standing canes that they
did not plant when they could, and when
they would have planted they could not on
account OF The drought. Potatoes, supply
ing cheap food for the multitude. play a
very important part in maintaining the
peace OF the land, and keeping up the good
order of Things. For their own interests,
as we'll as for the sake Of the toilerS, plan
tiers should See that it is wisdom to have on
hand AT all times "a supply of food. 1t IS
welt for us that our American supplies are
large, steady, and cheap. But foreign pro-
dnce should supplement, and not super
Sede, our W provisions. What does It
avail If we ship heavy crops of sugar, # we
are to spend the larger part of the profit on
the sale of 1t on imported -four, meal, bread,
and fish. 1t Is pleasant to be able to note
there las been shipped some 72,500 hogs
head of sugar and AZ 900 puncheonS OF mo-
~laSSeS, aud that there is still a good number
OF hOgsIeads and puncheOnS for. shipment,
though there may not be much now III first
hands. At this time last year the sugar
shipped was less than 10000 h0gSheadS,
and the molaSSes little more than $4,000
pdnchrOnS. The price of sugar i'll the
.ocal mlrketeis now from 2.25 to 2.3O dot
lars per hundr ed. MolasseS is II cents
per gallon Iae appearance OF the fields
Throughout the island is very different
from what it was u fortnight since.
, 1890-09-13
Barbados News.
Barbados GlObe.)

The steamer for England had not well
left the Harbour on the 16 h when the
longIdeSired rain set in to fall. On that
Saturday night there were welcome show
erS all over the island, which were cOn4iuu.
ed on Sunday, and since then there has
been RAIN, more or less, almost daily. The
rainfall HIS varied i'll different localities,
but there has been Il total OF .sGV draf inches
throughout the island. The heat has not
moderated, although we have had one or
Two thunder storms Of some severity dur
ing the fortnight, The wind has been
blowing from the West, andtSOuth-wpSu,
and OH Tuesdaythe barometer fell quickly
and low, giving rise TO tie frarthat Stormy
weather was approaching. 1t rose again
during The evening, and the night became
fine, as the moonlight nights have been for
most of the W elk, The heat, hGweveF, not
abdtlng to any appreelable>eXtenr. Last
night there were showers, and to-day the
clouds nave Indicated more ram. We hear
from the country that the rains have filled
the hearts of thousands with Joy and glad
ness, and that unwOnted activity has
followed the rains; a great amount OF
field work has been done. Several fields of
guinea corn, for folder, writes one CORE
s~p9ndent, have been. planted, and vans,
eddoeS; Indian corn are being put in. The
dry ira sh has been taken from the canes
that suffered most during The drought, and
efforts made in every objection to make the
most of the rains. In some few places the
early planted canes have persisted, but that
is exceptional. and if the rain continues to
fall So seasonably We may still ,yhPpe to
turn out a fair crop next year. Tho
dPgught, though very. trying, writes a cor
respondent, has not been without its uses.
V,emay not have learned anything new
yet some lessons that were known before
have been better accumulated iurlng these
weeks-lessols In planting and others like
wise.- Both first and second ratoOns bore
the drought better than the plant canes.
and amongst the latter those that were first
trashed suffered least. The Importance of
crashing quickly and early has been clearly
shewn at this time. There are other les
SONS that the observant planter is not like
Iy to overlook. Few potatoes have been
, 1890-09-13
Corporation in Jamaica.
ia m0ica Gleaner.l

If evidence We're required TO prove the
progress that has taken place III Janal-
ca during the past twenty-five years IT
facts were necessary to show the growing
wealth of the Inhabitants, there is album
dant evidence, in The advancement made
in the edu cation Of the people; in their
better homes III the great addition TO
their physical comforts all over the Is
land and in our societies and institutions
are to be found the undoubted traces OF
wealth. Cooperative Societies have done
a great deal for this country, and since ,he
passing OF the Limited Liability Act, pro
gress has been multiplied to an enormous
extent. The Limited Liability Act foSterpd
CO-Opera tive Societies and rendered works
of progress easy, inaSmuCi as II projected
the meanS,Of capitalists. Beyond The mere
limit Of their liability in the enterprise
they could suffer no loss. Thus a man
with limited resources could invest a small
amount OF his savings IN any company on
which he thought there was profit to be
derived, in no way jeopnrdizing his other
means. This Limited Liability Act has
done mo re to foster enterprises, to en-
courage thrift and to develope resources
than any other means that could nave been
devised and in consequence of these adj
FobbOECD OduldACd Il ONCA
amongst most small communities who have
made gigantic strides in the formation Of
Cooperative Societies that have, under
careful management, become prosperous to
the fullest extent, making handsome re-
turns for the capital invested. As a means
Of encouraging Thrift they have been
advantageou us as will be seen by reference
to the sharelist of nearly all the companies
doing business here, where w!ll be found
the names Of a great many OF the poorer
classes, who have saved sufficient to buy IL
few shares i'll almost every enterprise that
has been started and who are sharing III
common with our large capitalists the pro-
fits that are earned. Another Important
feature in the many enterprises that now
exist in Jamaica, is, that large sums OF
money are retained i'll the Island that used
to be sent away, and here Is the prime
cause of t lie increase and still increasing
wealth of the people of Jamaica, all to- be
attributed to the formation of Limited Liza
bility Companies. The many contribute
the, capital in small quotas so that should
failure ensue no one person is mate
rally injured. Even very large capita.
lists are often prevented from ~embark,ng
III a new enterprise, no matter how lucra.
tive the prospects ares from fear of failure,
and prudence dictates the abstaining from
alluring profits rather than risks ones all.
Of the number of Societies that have
been sta rted in Jamaica by Cooperative
Companies we do not now remember "a single
one that has been wound up in d bankrupt
court, but on the contrary there are strong
evidences of their success as published half
yearly or yearly as the case may be aud the
substantial diyidends declared.
AMONG the many that have been perma-
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-25
SNAKE BITES.

Baron Won Muller Claims to HIVE Dis
covered an Effective Cure.
The G0verDor-General of India has re-
ceved communication from Baron Won
Muller, an eminent scientific authority of
Melbourne, announcing that he has discov-
cred the real cause aud effective cure Of
snake poisoning.
Hitherto the MODE in which the venom OF
serpents produced fatal effects has been a
mystery. The elaborate series of expert,
ments carried out by the Victorian savant
have, he states, not only rendered it clear
how the poison operated in producing death,
but have pointed out Il remedy which, when
applied in time, will save the life of the
patient.
According to Herr Won Muller the venom
OF serpents does not destroy the tissue of the
body, but has merely a dynamic effect, sus-
pending the action of the motor and vase
motor nerve centerS. The discovery at once
Indicated that the proper kind of antidote
would be something that would stimulate
and increase the functional activity of these
nerve centers."
The remedy is supplied by strychnine,
which Is directly antagoniStic in its action TO
snake poison. Herr Won Muller has applied
Strychnine upon large number OF persons
bitten by tiger snakes and other venomous
serpents, and with inyarIabe success.
l he way III which lie employs it is to in
sert ten to twenty minims of the drug under
the skin of the patient, and repeat the oper-
alton every fifteen minutes until slight mus
GUAR spasns are produced. these being an
unfaillng sign that the patient is out of dam
ger. Large doses OF strychnine may be in
lected into the blood of a person who has
been bitten without producing any injury
until it has completely neutraliZed the eff
feet of the snake poison.
The importance Of this discovery, if con-
firmed, can hardly be overrated. In India,
where 10000 persons are killed by poisonous
serpents every year, Baron Won MuIlers
communication has naturally been received
with the deepest interesL-London Stand
nrl
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-25
MRS. ALLEN DISCHARGED.

Not a Word of Evidence to Prove That
She Is Insane.
Mrs. Marian Allen, wife of Henry Allen
OF the Occidental Hotel, was before Judge
Coffey in chambers yesterday for further
examination as to her sanity, aud finally
discharged as sane. She was before the
Insanity Commissioners on Monday also,
having been arrested upon the complaint of
William B. Hooper and Gavin McNab, man.
ager and assistant manager of the Occidental.
She appeared then 10 be as sane as any
one present. though some queer things wer e
said of ner, bat wishing 10 be sure before
coming to any conclusion the Judge ordered
her examination continued for a day or two
meanwhile confning her in the Home Of
the IDebriates.
Accompanying Mrs. Allen to the New
City Hall was a letter from DR.. Jewell Of
the home. to the Commissioners, stating
that she is not insane nor addicted to the
use of morphine, but that she was suffering
from nervousness because of domestic
troubles.
Dr. George Houston. who has been Mrs.
Aliens family physician since 1881, testi-
ned that he had never heard of insanity in
her family. and had never observed it in
her; nor did he know of any disease from
which she suffered that could result In in
sanity. He did not believe a word of the &C
eusationS against her. The doctor knew
Mr.. Allen only slightly, but had not seen
him for years.
Drs, d. +. Raglan and Happersberg testi-
fed that they had made an examination of
Mrs. Allen, and were satisfied that she is
perfectly sound of mind and not dangerous
to herself or any other person. Two of the
Commissioners, Belinge and Phelan. said
they believed the woman sane, and Alice J.
Houston, Mrs. Aliens maid. said that she
had never known her mistress to use mar
cotics or stimulants in any folm.
This witness is the person about whom II
was said that she visited Mrs Allen on a
certain occasion and that afterward the lady
behaved strangely. She said she did moth
ing on the occasion referred to, or indeed at
any time, more severe than to apply alcohol
externally to the lady's knee. Katherine
Deane also testified that she had rubbed
Mrs. Aliens knee. She is magnetic healer,
and she never used any narcotics in her
treatment.
The Judge seemed satisfied that there was
no sufficient cause for holding Mrs. Allen
and ordered her discharged, intimating, by
the way, that repetition of the conduct
charged against her might result in her re-
arrest and punishment
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-25
CHAMELEONS,
Some of the Peculiarities of
These Queer Animals.

In the reptile house at the Zoo chameleons
Of one species or another can generally be
seen, it being rare event for the society to
be without one. But they attract but little
attention from visitors, and indeed are not
very interesting looking animals, as they
sit stolidly On the plants provided for
them in their cases, generally without mov-
ing. They cannot be kept constantly sup
piled with insects for food, and, speaking
from somewhat intimate knowledge of the
habits OF these animals in confinement
there is nothing in the world that will In
duce chameleon to take even the slightest
apparent interest in its surroundings unless
it be the sight Of what it considers TOOTH
SEINE insect.
Nevertheless they are by no means unin-
terestlng animals, and when allowed to wan
der at large and forage for themselves in
greenhouse they are constant source of
amusement. The chameleon's method OF
taking its prey is very curious, being
effected by shooting out an enormously long
worm-like tongue, the end of which is club
bed and covered with vscid secretion to
which the insects stick and are thus drawn
INTO Its mouth. The actual projection of
the tongue is made with marvellous rapidty,
but before striking the animal very slowly
opens its mouth, with all the appearance of
taking most deliberate aim. Its eyes arc
most noticeable; they are very large, but,
with the exception Of an extremely small
opening in the centre. are covered with skin ;
they are also entirely independent of each
other, with the result ENTHUSIASTICALLY the
creature is looking forward over It's nose
with one eye, while with the other it Is in-
tently watching something directly behind
it,
And, finally, its far-faiued power of
changing color-which Is also enjoyed by
other llzards-is perhaps the most notice
able OF the creatures many peculiarities. 1t
is partly dependent on the degree in which
the lungs are filled with air and different
layers If chromatophores (cells in the skin
in which the coloring pigment is deposited)
are pressed toward the outer surface Of the
the will OF the animal, and partly by
an involuntary habit which enables its
tints to correspond with the natural sub
stances on which it is placed. 1.-The Saturday
Revirw
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-25
TO ELSIE o. C.

~ II would tell thee, dearest one
Were language not too weak
y I'd tell thee OF love too great
For mortal lips TO speak:
By angel choir II ever might be sung
Bur not in words of any human tongueI
All, d ear If pleading prisons
Could have d feathers weight,
Ascending to the throne divine,
For joy TO be thy fate;
The prayer should be In every form EXPRESSED
That you are BLESSED and ever should be bIess'di
For aye thy pathway should be strewn
So thickiy Ger with flowers,
That long ana happy years when flown
Would seem like sunny hours;
And ever on thy brow no line OF care
Should Tor single ms tant lInger therei
Thy heart is like a branch OF flowers,
without single thorn
Thy face, ii is the ioyeliest
Man ever gazed upon;
Thy sweet brown eyes to me by Tar excel
The loving gIances Of the wild gazeIIeI
Thy breath is Ike the scented rose,
That tropic zephyrs WOO;
Thy lips are like the nesting pink
Scarlet aud fragrant, tool
But these all pale beside thy glorious form,
AS stars do by the holy light OF ttawnl
But Oft I've felt so desolate
When musing upon thee.
And thought how sad would be my fate
Shouldst thou be lost to me!
And gazed with anxious longing In thine eyes,
As the lost souls who gaze paradIseI
Thy love alone in this drear world
Is all care for now,
feel and KNOW that thy dear hand
Alone eau soothe my brow
could not, would not If could, control
This love that SO completely wraps my soulI
a love so firm no thought can faint.
No passion can deale-
Asnuns adore the marbled saint
Niched In cathedral aisle
As Herschel loved the ever distant star,
And worshipped. though he knelt away SO fart
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-25
MARkHAM'S THIRTEEN,
The Reported Chosen Military StaR O
the GOvernor-EIect.

The Reported Chosen Military STAR Of
the Governor Elect.
The report has been placed in circulation
that Governor-eiect Markham will make the
following appointments on his military staff.
John B. Wright OF Sacramento, Chief Eu.
gineef.
George H. knight, Judge Advocate General.
Frank w. Sumner, Faymaster- General, vice
himself
DR.. "A. E. MIntie OF San Jose. Surgeon Cen
eraf.
Daniel NJ. Burns. Inspector General of Rife
PRACTICALLY with the rank OF Colonel
Adcs-de CAMP with the rank OF Lieutenant
Colonel +. S. Cbadbourbe of San Francisco
Frank Mclaughlin of Oroville. FL. II. McCloskey
OF MERGED. John Young of Healdsburg Red
Jones OF Oakland, t. ID. Laidiaw OF San Fran
cisco. A. q. Gasson OF San Diego and W. Teal of
Los Angeles.
AS noted, there will be. if any credence
can be- placed in the report, only one re-
appointment and i'll the list of thirteen
names Colonel Sumner is also the one in
any wise connected with the National
Guard. Besides these military appoint
ments, the Governor a $50 has the selection
of. an Adjutant-Genpral with the rank of
Brigadier-General and the annual salary of
$4,000, practically the naming of an assistant
with the rank or Colonel and $500 salary.
and by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate the choice of one Major General
and six Brigadier-Ganerals, one for each of
the six brigadeS in the division
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-25

her rags against her breast, where she felt
burning sensatiOn-a fire she wished to
quench.
Playrhings she had never had. Want
OF shoes had kept her from school, When
she was younger her mother had taken
her out in the sunshine, but that was a dim
remembrance of long ago. They were
forced to leave their home and since then
terrible cold had reigned in their house.
while she was always hungry.
Was everybody hungry? She asked her
self the question, but could not answer it.
In vain had she Striven to accustom herself
to hunger: She thought she would learn
why people had not enough to eat when she
got bigger. Her mother, of course. knew,
but it was hidden from children. Had she
dared she would have asked her who
brought people into the world to be fam
ished.
Everything in their room was SO wreched!
She looked at tha window. against which
the mattress ticking was beating, the bare
wallis. the broken furniture, all that
wretchedness of a garnet which lack of
work stains with its despair. She believed
In her ignorance that she had dreamed of
warm apartments, with beautiful, glittering
articles In them. She shut her eyes to see
them again, and through her emaciated eye
lids the glare of the candle grew to great
golden brightness into which she waEted to
go. But the wind roared and such draf.
came IN at the window that she began to
cough violently. Tears welled up in her
eyes.
She used to fear being left alone now she
did not mind 1t. They bad not eaten since
the previous day and she thought her mother
had gone for bread. Then she amused her
self with the idea of eating. She would cut
her bread into little bits and devour them
slowly, one by one. She would play with
her bread
Her mother came in; her father shut the
door. The child saw they brought nothing
and was greatly surprised. Then, as her
parents said not word, she whined:
- Pm hungry! I'm hungryv'
Her father sat sobbing in corner silently,
his face covered with his hands. Her
mother, forcing back her tears, put her to
bed again on the chest. After heaping all
the old garments in the room upon her. she
told her to be quiet and go to sleep. But
the child's teeth were chattering with cold
and the fire in her breast had grown more
intense; hence she grew very bold and, cast
ing her arms about her mothers neck, she
whispered Softly:
Why are We hungry? Tell me, MAN.
map EMILE lola.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.

James Mcwi1liams to Annie Mcwiiams lot
on W. line OF Ashbury ST., so $. of Waller.
Walter speyer 70 Thomas Linane. outside
Antoine Borei (6y Attorney to w. Madrid. sio
lot 235 y. OF brazil ST.. n. 25x10o....... 10
William F Wofner and wife to Dis.iiling
Cattle and Feeding Company, lots 10 and I,
Block 362. South san Francisco Home
stead and Railroad Association, and
Jacob Ross ana wife TO DlstiIiing, Cattle and
Feeding Company lot on wv: cor. of Scott
aud Lombard stS.. W. 126x215; also lot on
NV. cor. of Lombard and Pierce sts. W.
Nathan nong to David L. Nae. lot on SEE
cor OF B Sc aud Twenty-seventh ave-, s
Thomas E. Green ct al. to David Keii. lot on ~
81 line OF Jessie ST., 165 NE. of Fourth
W. j. Heney to Anna a. Heney. lot on w ~
line OF Vermont st.. 200 y. of Yolo, n. 25x
Joseph Cameo ct al TO Ricardo Govaan:tie GIT
lot on n side Of Vandewater ST., 1908 w.
julia II. Van Reed 10 D. 4. Baum. lot ON n ~
side of b ST., 81 IS W. of Thirty-third W. 20
Charles +. Rowland to Nj. 4 Rothschiid. 10; GIT
on NV cor. of Laekin and Lombard sts.,
eaiher ns NJ A buckley iSy attorney to x 10
ave. 1861 S. Of Lake ST., 5. Is:fI, W.
100 n. 6:9is, e 120:714. 10
Harriet c. Carney to Emma Doilenmayer.
lot on Sw. cor. OF China ave. and Madrid
Louis Lander to simon Wolf. lot on s. ine Of ~
Elizabeth ST., Isl L. of Douglass. E. 26xll4 10
Louis Lanuier 10 jacob w. Woif, lot on ). line
Of Elizabeth ST.. I25 L. OF Douglass L. 26x
Martin Bagcr to William j. Gum. lot onNw ~
cor of Point Lobos and Thirtieth ayes n
4s6:3 Sw. Ala, NV %, W. Isl S. 500,
Julius Weber to Alloys vonwyi. lot on 5. line ~
OF Sadowa ST.. 10 W. of Plymouth, w. 25x
l25........ ...........,......... 8
John ii. Genin (by administratorl TO Gertrude
h. Strachan. lot n. line OF Broadway
77;s VI Of baker St; "; - xls7 8: $3.50
John NJ. Da, toJ. NJ Richardson, lot Z. Block
-, sunny Vale Homestead. ................
John L. Adams to Walter ii. Adams ct AL I'M
divided "A oflot on MY. cor. of Futon and
Cough SITS, n. lSI 6xli0, ................-. 10
L. peutertre 10 X. o. Donnell, lot of N Z. line
OF Venezuela ST., 90 Sc. of II, Sc. 25x100... Grant