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The morning call., 1891-03-15

| A dense Jungle now covers the site of the
| ancient city and scarcely trace survives to
| point out where it stood. The deadly eff
| fluvia of the mOraSs, and the swarms of
| yen0mOus reptiles aud insects made the con-
| querors of Peru curse the fatal hour which
| led them from the pleasant retreats of
| Castillo and AragOn to die beneath the hot
skies Of Darien.
Colon is situated upon one If the most IN
! sanitary spots in the world. 1t is built upon
the marshy, spOngy island of Manzanilo
| Organic matter, accumulated during many
| ages by the unceaSng action OF rain, wind,
| tides. and the presence Of aquatic birds, has
! supplied a soil from which the rankcst vege-
| tatiOn grows. Century-old forests, COM
| posed of manZanilla and mahogany trees,
| interlaced with an impenetrahle jungle of
creeping vines, once covered the island.
| sun and rain acting upon this rank growth,
| saturated with moisture and seethlug with
| heat kept up a continual process of rUttIng
| fermentation. In the course of time the soil
| became porous mold, emitting a poisonous
! effluyia which varies in intensity with the
| seasons. Bayard Taylor wrote in 1850: "A
| poisonous atmosphere hangs like pail of
death over this island, sitting the breath OF
human life"
A few unattractlve buildings and cluster
of negro hutS comprise the remains of
Aspinwall." 1t was partly destroyed by
fire n 1863, 1868 aud again in 1885, so that
the travellers who land here from the Pacific
na,i go, To-, sir'-e Eom PIN the esst
,Vi "a 3h Ponan, P,Ir7od II Sos
ca ~ in,norianna daniad IN il Inv
Go az a.
Tbera is a nnblic souore IN Colon once
l,id ont ,yith 6raaf nnnin ana ceremony nv
Az NV G'' S,evens and Chimney the lead
IN, rronInfaTs of the raiIroad when makes
lie nP1rG,nS the most uni0ne marx in the
~ wo ri n was designed TO accommodates
the fntpre ronnlaf;on If Colon. nv Attending
an y n9rtnnitv IN breathe the miasmutic
air ~ Darinn uninnadrd by windows or
doors Bntthe nonulation has cIanrei ana
diminished 10 s,,eh an extent that the square
is now the nnnnnoSei resort OF aIligators.
csntinpdeS scorpi0ns. moccasin Snakes
Iizards and millions of gnats and mos
nnitnes
Tie harbor Of Colon, like the health Of its
inhabitants. is extremely insecure. Fierce
gales spring up far away to the north and
sweep along tie Colombian coast with terri
bic suddenness ard power. Many ship
wrecks are reported, not few having
occurred in harbor. In 1852 the steamer
Illinois was saved from being stranded
upon her own dock by hasty flight out to
sea
The tides Of Darien are as extraordinary
AZ they are capricious. In the Bay OF
Panama the tide rises and falls from IS to "a
The morning call., 1891-03-15

a long stalk of purple 1eur-de-lis. The
other was dainty tOque in black lace, over
which quivered and balanced gold dragon
flies. Each had its turn upon her head and
then two and three turns. With the fleur-
de-lis she was quietly arstocratic; with the
dragon flies, herself a gauzy winged butter
fly Her hesitation was pr0tracted. She
ordered the purple and | wished she had
taken the gold. Then she changed her order,
and | began TO think how well she would
have looked in the purple. Finally she
bought them both, and | walked away with
mind at ease.
An unexpected visitor at one of this
weeks openings was Bernhard. The
Fren CHI actress came in unattended. Few
recognized her and she walked about quietly
making her observations. She wore a long,
straight frock in stripes Of soft brown and
gray that lay few inches on the floor.
The skirt and the bottom of the buttoned
coat were cut in batilements. Her bonnet
was brown, with little gray plume. In
her hand and not pinned to her fruck she
carried bunch of clear yellow tulips. At
her throat was n topaz.
At first she crcled the room rapidly. Then
she paused and looked to see what had at
tracted her attention. She was standing
over what her quick eyes had detected rs
the most notable bonnet on exhibition. 1t
was cap of gold lace to fit closely TO the
head like the one worn by Mrs. Edmund
Russell. The edge of it was bound with vel
vet of the clear, pale yellow Of the evening
primrose. In front was a dusky moth, head
downward, antenn;e about to mingle with the
hair. The moths eyes were strange blush
gold jewels. lis wings of black lace tapped
weirdly, overshadOwing the little cap on
either side. They shOne with buiSli-gold
scintiIations.
"Do you like it?" ventured to ask Bern
harit.
Yes, Mees," she answered; IL lake,
yes, l lake znse bonnet vaire much"
Bernhardt's English is fluent enough, but
very broken.
Looking closely for you at the spring
frocks, it appears to me that they accentu-
ate all the tendencies of the late winter.
They have the same dip at the back. and
they are trimmed with rows of narrow ruiz
fles. ruches or lace flOunces. Fashion has
arrived at the point where she is very
weary of large plain surfaces, and so she
INTRODUCES by little aud little more and more
draperes and skirt trimmings. Hip draper
les are very odd and worthy of much study.
When they do not appear. the skirt is some
times cut so tight that it would seem impos-
sible to take a step more than two inches
long. 1t is hard work 10 find bodice that
is not made with coat, and the coat vari-
etieS are endless.
The morning call., 1891-03-15

twenty months would obllterate II rs scr
yiceable railway.
The two seasons of the isthmus have been
very happily divided by the dean OF tue an
anna medical faculty, native COLONY plan
and qualified to pass Judgment upon bis own
climate. First you have the wet season.
lasting from April 10Th to December loth,
when people die of yellow fever III from
four to five days. Next you have the airy OF
healthy season from December 10Th 10 April
18th, when people die of perncious fever III
from twenty-four to forJy-eight hours.
After the arrival of De Lesseps' canal men
in 1881, during two seasons OF epidemic the
burals averaged forty per day, the tuherai
trains on the railroad being as Important
an institution as the passenger or frelsht
trains.
To resist the effects of miasmatic poison,
in the shape of fever germs contalhed III
both the water and air, the residents OF
Colon and Panama use the sulphaIe oi
quinne as q table salt and stomachlc
Qunine pills and powders are passed ABOUT
aud swallowed rs naturally as their daily
food. Qunine cocktails before breakfast
and Quinine bitters at frequent intervals
during the day are the regulation beverages
at Colon, which it would be fatal to neglect.
Passengers crossing the isthmus are oiteh
warned against the use of unbolieu water,
alcohol and fruit, and failure to observe TINS
precautiun has resulted in many unthney
deaths In 1919 and 1850 Asiatc cnoiera
caused great mortality.
A disease called labion appeared in 1870,
and destroyed thousands OF children. Vel
low fever is frequently epidemic, and pull
monary and throat diseases are common
and fatal.
Every tie on the Panama Railroad repre-
sents human grave. Before the railroad
was completed the route from Colon to
Panama was by canoe, up the Chagres
River to Cruz, and the remainder ef the
journey either or foot or upon mules. IL
the traveller could afford it he hired sllle-
70, who carried him in a kind of chair
dashed to his back. The journey occupied
five or six days Of toll and discomfort, While
the expense OF transporting baggage was IN
many instances enormous. The insects ap-,
peared to be 10 more yoraciOus Tor Dlo0d
than the Indians for money, and until the
railroad was i'll active operation robbery
and murder were of frequent occurrence:
The iron road shortened the time en- transit
from five days of peril and fatigue to four
hours of ease and enjoyment. To-day there
is no more agreeable experience for a tray-
eler than the journey between San Fran
cisco and Ne" York by the way OF Pan
anna. LOUIS f. PHILLIPS.
San Francisco, March II. 1894
The morning call., 1891-03-15
PANSIES And
SPRING OPENINGS.
II Is Now That Easter FrOCkS and GauZy
BOlnGtS Bloom.
Sarah Bernhard Inspects New York Millinery
Women Flock Like Blackbirds and Chat
as Busily-New Gowns.
Fashion Letter to THE SUNDAY CALL

New YORK, March g. 1911 have often
wondered what is the subtle tie that links
the pansy and the spring opening. | do not
know that have been to an important
opening in years when somewhere about the
establishment there were not pansies.
The grave, beautiful flowers spread
their velvety petals in round beds in
the stone pavement right in the shop door
way, or they gaze about with quiet dsap-
prevail from vases In store-corridorS or bal
COMES. We wear valley lilies when we shop
on ordinary occasions, but when we 60 to an
opening we are sure by certain instinct TO
put on pansies. The flower that's for
thought seems not to belong of right with
the Easter bonnet, and yet, aud yet, the
Easter openings have set me thinking.
think the world is very busy turning on t
beautiful things. There is such softness
and delicacy of fabric, such blldness and
yet such perfect command of coloring, that
walk up and down as if had wishing-eap
to make myself invisible and smile to see
pretty women trying on pretty things
l stood about this morning gazing at slim
blonde in black until ain afraid was sus-
pected of being shOplifter. The blonde
had two hats between which she was trying
to decide. One was fiat shape of a lace
like open straw, in black; it came forward
over her eyes and had a fluted shel-like
brim. Standing loops Of black velvet ribbon
rose above il, and tied in with tue loops was
The morning call., 1891-03-15

Here Is frock that is thoroughly charac-
teristic of the openings. The material is a
soft, mushroom tinted cloth, grayer than
suede. The skirt is draped on the hips to
form panlerS, and is hemmed with deep
band Of green turned up on the outside.
The pointed bodice is green and is adorned
with flower scrolls in hand-wrOught EN-
broidery starting from the waist and curv-
ing boldly upward 10 inclose n plaStrOn of
mushroom tinted satin. The braided sleeves
are green aud the little capOte that matches
the dress has trimmings of jet and jonquils.
Here is a pretty frOck that was bought by
Lillian Russell. The pallid, gray-green of
the water rush most nearly suggests its col
ors, or you will see the same on the under
side of silver-mapie leaves in few weeks
time. The skirt sweeps the ground at the
back and is trimmed with two rows OF
darker green velvet ribbon. This trimming
also runs up tile side of the skirt. row of
buttons being set between the twc rows OF
braid. The buttons in themselves are nota-
BILE Each is a disk OF smoky pearl painted
with sprays of valley lilies. The smart
jacket with full, sewed-on basque, is
trimmed to correspond with the draperies.
Two frocks have been finished this week
Tor lenten jamestown ut the Ponce de
Leon. Both are exceptionally charming.
One is a delicate silver-coored crepe de
chine, with a delightfully."- original bodice
gathered to the left side of the waist and
caught with rose-colored ribbons. A rose
spray in natural colors is embroidered along
one edge of the bodice draperies, above
which a scarf like yoke of lace finishes the
cOrSage about the shoulders, lace epaulets
depending over the short sleeves. With
this toilet goes a long boa of large, pale pink
roses.
The second frock is cameo-tinted crepe,
figured with heliotrope blossoms in clusters.
About the throat is twisted necklet OF
heliotrope flowers, and from this necklet
! ruches OF heliotrope tinted gauze twined
| with the blossoms trail over the shoulders
TO the top of the low bodice draperies. A
The morning call., 1891-03-15
BLACK DRESS GOODS
DEPARTM EMIT.

Al 80 Gents.
30 pieces 37-INCR IRON FRAME AL.
PACA, worth regular soc, will be offered
at SOC per yard.
AT 40 Cents.
80 pieces 42-INCH ALL-WO0L FRENCH
BUNTING, worth regular 75c. will be
offered at Acc per yard.
At 45 Gents.
40 pieces FINE ALL-WO0L FRENCH
SERGE, worth regular 75c, will be Of
fered at 45c per yard.
Al SO Gents.
40 pieces 4O-INCH FINE ALL-W00L
FRENCH FOULE, worth regular s5c.
will be offered at soc per yard.
AT S5 Gents.
40 pieces 40-INCH EXTRA HEAVY
FRENCH CASHMERE, worth regular
81, will be offered at 65c per yard.
At rs Gents.
80 pieces SILK WARP HENRIETTA.
worth 81 %. will be offered at 75c per
yard.
AT rs Cents.
80 pieces 4s-INCH FINE ALL-WOOL
FRENCH CASHMERE, worth regular
81 %, will be offered at Zoe per yard.
200 pieces NUNS YELLING. with woven
border. will be offered atS5Oc, Toe, 81 up
to 81 per yard.
The morning call., 1891-03-15

a hopeless project, before the affairs of the
canal company were placed in a receiver $
hands 1t is now very generally believed
by leading engineers that Captain Eads was
right when he declared that nature had in
terdicted waterway at Darien ages before
navigation was necessary to the happiness
of man.
Nicaragua will probably be the first
State TO enjoy the benefits Of an inter-
oceanic canal, and If it were not for the ad-
verse influence of one of the great overland
railroad lines of the United States, which
breads the competition of canal, and has
always resisted its com pletion. the United
States would have appropriated consider
able sum through the last Congress to for
ward the Nicaraguan project. The compile
ton of the canal would advance the entire
Pacific Coast in eyerv material interest.
After Ponce de Leon and Cortez had
abandoned their search for the secret strait,
Darien became a sort of Ell Dorado to every
adventurous spirit in Europe. Drake sought
renown and vengeance upon the SpaniardS
The morning call., 1891-03-15
waist ruche of embroidered gauze is a pretty
touch which makes the toilet quite irresist-

waist ruche of embroidered gauze is pretty
touch which makes the toilet quite irresist-
ible.
And what buzz of interest runs about
the city. From day to day fair women live
from opening to opening. They rise to look
on white lace over corn color and lie down
to dream of magnolia white India silk Dor
dered with small and brilliant palms.
Shoulder hounces of guipure mingle in their
thoughts with 'shirt suits" of nuns gray
and peach color. This morning there was
mob of half a hundred around an exquisite
little challie frock of roses shading from sea
shell pink to deep damask on a ground OF
pale primrose. They touched the guimpe OF
creamy lace and measured with their eyes
the long pale pink velvet ribbons. They
chartered over it like flock of blackblrds.
Pretty soon came a rosy little matron WHO
bought it and ordered it instantly taken OIL
the form and withdrawn from the vulgar
gaze.
Another gown that excited almost equal
interest was of laurel pink yelling. The
back of the skirt had a shawl drapery. the
right side plated, the left slit hall way up
and laced acro.s with inch-wide ribbon end
ing in aisuiettes; the front was braided in
ii deeper pink, the draperies drawn to one
The morning call., 1891-03-15

by selling their rich treasure-ships in the
waters Of the isthmus. Morgan, with his
savage buccaneers. captured the whole coun-
try, desolating towns and executing his cap
tives without mercy. His siege, capture
and destruction of old Panama. once the
pride of Spain and emporium of the New
World" reads more.like fiction than history
Few persons are aware that this ancient
city, which lay six miles north of the pres
ent town. was larger and richer than Car
thage in its best days. Here, the prevailing
winds being from the sea, greater health
fulness was found and the place grew in i'm
portance and wealth. When Morgan APP
peared before its walls to challenge the
Spanish troops TO combat, the city contained
5000 dwellings, 200 warehouses, eight mon
asteries, a chamber of commerce, hospital
and large cathedral, many of the structures
being built in massive and imposing style.
But three short weeks in 1911 sufliced to
The morning call., 1891-03-15

three centuries of growth and development.
Rents are high. living expensive, and fever
in one form or another ever present.
twenty-five thousand persons. chiefly. mu-
lattos and negroes, are the citizens of the
modern capital of Panama. Fire has de-
stroved the town eight times since the ad-
vent of the Morgan buccaneers, and the
loss of property in three great confiagrati0us
occurring in 1870, 1872 and 1878 exceeded
100000. Earthquakes in ITO, 1858. 1872
and 1882 caused immense damage to prop
eTty.
The Atlantic side of Darien is equally
Inflated. Old Porto Bello, eighteen miles
south of the CITY of Aspinwall." was
famous under the Spanish regime as the
only American city where an annual fair
was held. Tue Indians called it grave, Of
the Splniards," on account of the terrible
number of deaths which followed each i'm
partation of Spaniards. II the Spanish MS
torians of this epoch are to be believed,
Porto Belo rivaled old Panama in wealth
and population.
The morning call., 1891-03-15
COlOred Dress Goods
DEPARTM EMIT!
new SPRING NOVELTIES.

At rs Gents.
42-lNCH .ALL-WOOL FANCY DRESS
PLAIDS, Bourette effects, will be
offered at 75c per yard
AT rs Cents
42-INCH ALL-WOOL FRENCH PLAID
CHEVIOT SUITINGS, novel designs,
will be offered at 75c per yard.
At IS 100.
42-INCH ALL-WOOL AND SILK AND
WOOL NOVELTY DRESS PLAIDS,
will be offered at ST per yard.
AT S1.25.
42-INCH SILK AND WOOL HORTENSE
PLAIDS, elegant designs, will be offered
at 81 % per yard.
At IS as.
42-INCH SILK AND WOOL PLAID
AND STRIPE SUITINGS, in black
aud white, black and gold, and black
and cardinal, the latest novelty, will be
offered at 81 % per yard.
At SO.
54-INCH ALL-WOOL REDFERN SUIT
INGS, in checks. stripes ana plads, will
be offered at 81 90 per yard.
AT IS SO.
42-INCH AL w DOL VELTY
CAMELS-HAIR SUITINGS, in stripes,
plaids and figures, will be offered az
81 90 per yard.
At 5R. %.
54-INCH ALL-WOOL HIGH-NOVELTY
PLAIDS, in all the latest combinations
of coorings. VIII be offered at 50 per
yard.
The morning call., 1891-03-15
Silk Department!

At rs Gents.
BLACK STRIPED AND PLAID VEL
VET, former price 81, will be- offered at
75c per yard.
AT 100.
BLACK MORE AND VELVET STRIPE,
former price So, will be offered at ST
per yard.
AT 81. SO.
BLACK MANTILLA VELVET, 81 inches
wide, former price 81, will be offered at
81 80 per yard.
At B l.5O.
LIGHT BLUE BROCADED VELVET,
former price So. will be offered at 81 so
per yard.
At s. 1.5o.
CREAM BROCADED VELVET, former
price So, will be offered at 81 so per
yard.
At $500.
STRIPED SILVER-GRAY PLUSH. with
faille Franchise ground, former price So,
will be offered at 81 per yard.
At s. las.
BLACK FANCY STRIPED SILK, former
price 81. will be offered at 81 % per
yard.
AT IS 1.T5.
BLACK FANCY SPRIPED SILK, former
price 81 70. Will be offered at 81 10 per
yard.
At 35 Cents.
$50 yards Of FIGURED INDIA SILKS,
worth G0c, will be offered at Soc per
yard.
AT 40 Gents.
450 yards of FIGURED INDIA SILKS,
good value for 75c, will be offered at
40c per yard.
At SO Gents.
1900 yards of FIGURED INDIA SILKS,
elegant designs, and worth regular 81,
will be offered at SOC per yard.
At rs Cents.
1900 yards of FIGURED INDIA SILKS,
fine quality and latest designs for the
season, worth ST %, will be offered at
Zoe per yard.
At Sl.Oo.
1000 yards of FIGURED INDIA SILKS,
extra fine quality and beautiful patterns,
worth regular 81 80, will be offered at
81 per yard.
The morning call., 1891-03-15
With Eighty-four Plaintiffs.

Thomas E. Hughes of Fresno and eighty
three others. including many well-knOwn
firms, have sued E. S. Russell. Tax Collector
of the MADEIRA Irrigation District, alleging
that he willfully and Intentionally failed to
assess their lands in that district, to deduct
mortgages and liens upon them, aud wholly
disregarded the rights of the legal owners
thereof, thereby making the rate of taxation
burdensome and oppressive. A temporary
Injunction, pending proceeding, is asked aud
Judgment prayei declaring that the taxes so
levied are void and of no effect.
The morning call., 1891-03-15
Arrested for burglary.

George L. Seyboit, Postofice Inspector
of the San Francisco Division, yesterday
received dispatch from Inspector Throll
at Portland, stating that five men, named
Frank Williams, Ed Swartz, John Derring,
James Darol and Charles johnson. had
been arrested at Blalock, Oregon, for burg
larry, and are held in the Jail at Portland to
await the action of the United States Court,
Although 1t is not stated in the dispatch, 1T
is supposed that the men broke into the
POstoffice at Blalock.
The morning call., 1891-03-15

annlhlIale the prosperous CITY aud declmate
its inhabitants. Amid rapine, murder and
conflagration the Spanish hopes of unin-
terrupted dominion on American soil re-
ceived a severe check and thousands of
women and children fell sacrifice to the
cowardce of their natural protectors and
the fury of savage invader. AT this time
a well-constructed road traversed the 18TH
mus from Porto Bello to old Panama, dis
lance Of fifiy-one miles. Along this we'll
paved highway the rich spells wrested from
the Peruvians were transported at inter-
walls for reshpment to Spain. Darkly buried
beneath forests of manErOves aud Jungle
vine, the old road is still traceable, a relic of
no more Importance than To indicate the
cause of Spain's decline. There are many
interesting ruins where the ancient city
stood, and some of them display the skill Of
the builder in erecting substantial masonry
The morning call., 1891-03-15

Articles of incorporation have been flied
by the Acme Building ard Loan Associa-
ton; Directors J. Aschheim, Charles j..
Simon, A. F. Otto, S. B. Schloss, Jacob
Heyman, David Davis ana r. B. Hurlbut.
OF the capital stock of S3.000,0QO, $40, 600
has been paid up.
Articles have also been filed by the Ven
Ness avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
for the purpose of conducting religious SER
vices; Directors-Charles +. Fowler,
Charles Goodall Andrew Nelson, Samuel
Hancock, Flames p. Mccarthy, Robert
j. Hancock, John ID. Hammond,
William Ii. Fowler and Freeman ID. Boy
The morning call., 1891-03-15
JUST RECEIVED.

At SO Gents.
200 pieces FINE FRENCH CHALLIES, in
all the newest tints, colorings, designs
and effects, with plain to match, will
be offered at 60c per yard.
At rs Cents.
100 pieces 40-INCH ALL-WOOL FRENCH
HENRIETTA CLOTH, silk finish, in
all the latest delicate shades of gray.
will be offered at 75c per yard.
AT s. 90.
100 pieces 46-INCH ALL-W00L FRENCH
HENRIETTA CLOTH, superior finish,
in all newest popular shades of gray,
will be offered at 81 per yard.
The morning call., 1891-03-15
A PEERLESS AGGREGATION
STYLES AND VALUES
- - - - -
= = - = = :
BLACK AND COL ORED
GOODS!

In submitting the following tempting quotations
take pleasure announcing the arrival of number of
special mportaons which enable place before this
weeks visitors collection of NEW SPRING STYLES
AND NOVELTIES IN DRESS MATERIALS that is
complete in every particular and represents the CHOICEST
PRODUCTIONS OF THE WORLDS MOST CELtE-
DRAFTED LOOMS.
In connection with these matchless attractions which
alone more than merit early Inspection GREAT
SPECIAL SALE OF SILKS, now in progress, makes
immediate visit almost imperative all who would consult
their best interests, the TREMENDOUS DISCOUNT
at which are closing out GIGANTIC PUR-
CHASE of Black and Coored Silks presents AN OPPOR-
TUNITY THAT CANNOT BE REPEATED.
The morning call., 1891-03-15
COLORED MORE SILKS.

At SO Gents.
20 pieces C0LORED MORE SILK, lead
ing shades. regular price 81 80, will be
offered at 60c per yard.
AT 30 Gents.
80 pieces COLORED MORE SILK, in
street and evening shades, regular price
81 50per yard, will be offered at 90 cents.
AT IS AS.
90 pieces COLORED MORE SILK, ele-
CANT shades and extra heavy quality,
regular price So per yard, will be offered
at 81 %.
The morning call., 1891-03-15
For Opening a Letter.

John C. Patricio, proprietor of the Lust
tano House, at 119 jackson street, had pre-
iminary examination before Commissioner
Sawyer yesterday morning on charge of
opening letter addressed TO one of the in
mates of the house, named Miss Mary Silva.
Patricio denied the charge, and the further
hearing of the case went over until to-mor-