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PASSING AWAY TO
Her FINAL REST.
Mrs. Jane G.. Hunt, Well Known
in California and Nevada
History.
SURROUNDED BY RELATIVES.
A WOMAN WHO HAD AS HER
GUESTS MANY PROMINENT Pro
PIE OF Two STATES.

Mother is passing away, and before the
sun rises she will, the dear soul, probably
have passed to eternal rest, was the answer
of Catherine Holloway Ward of Visalia
when asked as to the health of Mrs. Jane
q. Hunt.
There are few oldsCalifornians, and but
few of the early residents of Virginia City,
10 whom the name of Mrs. Hunt is not
familiar. In the last-named city she was
the proprietress of the Williams and Blk
ley House, which was swept away by the
great fire. Among the many who were
guests at her house were Mark Twain, Joe
Goodman, Dennis Mccarthy, James G..
Fair, before he became a millionaire;
Theresa Rooney, before Fair took her to
wife; John W. Mackay, when he was a
aiming superintendent, and the widow
that married the only one of the quartet Of
bonanza kings now living, to say nothing
of the bankers, merchants and mining
men who had rooms there.
When fire reduced to ashes what Mrs.
Hunt had striyen hard TO save she for 8
time was housekeeper at the International
an that city, but this not being what she
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felt was her station, she came to this CITY
about fifteen years ago and became the
lessee of the Washington block, on Mont
gomery avenue and Washington street.
This house before the opening of the ave-
hue had a fronting on Washington street
that extended to the west line of Mont
gomery street, and was connected with the
upper floors of the building adjoining on
the west, in which Tom Mcguire had his
famous Opera-house. In this building was
the old Lyceum Theater that was de-
stroyed by fire in the early sixties When
the ruins were cleared away and the dam
age repaired that portion which had been
the Lycem was converted into the first San
Francisco Stock Exchange, of which J. B.
l.. Carallier was president.
After Mrs. Hunt took charge of the house
she had among her guests: Robert Louis
Stevenson, the novelist and his wife; Den
ms Mccarthy, Sam Davis of Carson, Am
brose BIerce, Arthur McEwen, II. r. Hax-
ton, who married Mrs. Thibault-all of lit
erary fame. Then among the artists who
had rooms and studios there were: Virgil
Williams and wife, Jules Tavernier, G. D.
Robinson, the marine artist, Henry Ro-
schen, Carl Won Purbant, Joe Strong and
wife and Lloyd Osbourne. Dr. Toland had
offices there and Carrie Milzner- Hamilton.
the singer, made her home in the block
The old building has probably sheltered
more artists and literary and performance
AMEN Of San Francisco than any other build
ing of the same size.
Mrs. Hunt was born in England seventy
three years ago and often remarked that
she was present at the coronation of Queen
Victoria. She married David Skidmore
Hunt, machinist, who, after his arrival
IN New York, became the best friend of
Morse, the inventor of the telegraph, and
assisted him in making the instruments
dor the first telegraph line ever constructed,
and this work was done in the old Bleck-
manstreet Church after it had been aban-
doned by the congregation for structure
more suited to its purpose. He also as
sisted in preparing the machinery for the
Clairmont, the first steamboat built and
by Robert Fulton placed ON the Hudson
River.
Yes said William Porter the scenic
prtist ''the dear old lady is as amiable,
kind and charitable a person as any one
could ever wish to meet. I first knew her
in Cincinnati in 1856, where she was living
with her husband and children.
''She has but two children living, her
daughter whose name has already been
given and son, Prentiss G. Hunt During
her illness she has been constantly attend
ed and nursed by her daughter, who has
watched her by day and by night. She has
been visited by many who have known her
and all these have sought to make her feel
that IN passing away she is not forsaken
One OF her sisters was Mrs. Sandy Bowers,
the Washoe seeress, who knew her in the
State of Nevada"
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THESE OUR ACTORS.
Their Folly in Sinking Themselves in
Their Parts.

Their PartS.
There is a good deal of folly talked about
actors sinking themselves in their parts.
"He is always Mr.. - himself" has been
said of more than one distinguished actor
of our time. Now, it is only the undis-
tinctive, the commonplace man who can
always cover up his artistic identity; he
has nothing to cover. But the artist who
has personality can deceive the eye only
when the dress, the disguise, the makeup
in itself-as, say, in s'King Lear, lis itself
disguise. But in a part like Hamlet, or
Malvolio, or Benedick, who can achieve
personal extinction save the colorless
fellow?
through the expression of his own physical
machine and artistic temperament, and
the part he plays is always colored by that.
Were ever two great Othellos alike? Two
great Hamlets? Two great Lears? Two
great Macbeths? Let US leave to the actor
the accent of his personality on the part
that he plays. 1t will be there whether
we do so or not / say these things be-
cause it has sometimes been urged against
Mr.. Tree, as against Mr.. Irving, that he
has mannerisms-that 'we always know
it's Tree
They want him to do the superhuman
thing in playing his exquisite Beau Austin
little palpable in his personality as in
playing the strong, weird, but not notable
lssachar or Falstaff, where he is stuffed
out of all emblance, and, naturally, adds
to the "stuffing'' by the force of his mag
ination and certain physical tricks in the
game of acting. [ say tricks as I would
speak of an artist using certain feint of
color to produce an illusion, a really diff
cult and meritorious thing-Lippincott's
MAGAZINE
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to kinder see the look of things, I went to
brulslng round among the cotton ware
houses. Some pretty clever fellows you'll
lind among the brokers. Good sleek, old
codgers in their shirtsleeves, who sit
out on the sidewalk in front of their
cayernous warehouses, whiting the knobs
OF their chairs and splitting tobacco juice
from boiling time till the last bale is
picked. They are plumb chock full of
good old 'befo' de war yarns, and are COM
fortably enough off nowadays to delight in
laughing over them with us Northerners
Yes, I've had some good old times, first
and last, iollying those keen old chaps, but
that hasn't kept me from seeing some eye
openers IN their bailiwicks Anybody who
is not himself in the business in the bust
ness Will tell you that good cotton man
is one who knows how to work the
weights, and that's about the size of it,
can give you pointer.
Its right there at the scales that the
money IS lost for the planter and made for
as sleek as creased oil and knows how to
gam a few pounds more or less of
the tieecy on every deal. I'll tell
you what l saw at Slowtown the other
day. l was sitting there at one of the
big cotton places when negro drove up
with one bale on an oX-cart. | dare say
the outfit represented his whole earthly
PNSSSSo4CAlc, anu llC l4dI dOuDblSoS Aclu tlic
cotton over waiting for a rise in prices.
Just as he dumped the bale off a little
shower came down and we had to hustle
into the warehouse to avoid sprinkle. 1t
was Just passing cloud, however, and was
gone in few minutes. The weigher waiting
very patiently till the last drop of rain had
fallen and then went out and set his high
legged scales across the old negro's cotton.
| followed him into the street, as he was
telling me a yarn, and, glancing over his
shoulder, saw the beam tip at half a thou
sand. "A clean five hundred, said, not
waiting for him to speak. Yes, but the
stuff's wet, he said, as he registered AIS in
his weight-book.
II ran my fist under the sample hole in
the bagging and pulled out handful of
cotton. 1t was as dry as bone, but the
weigher gave wink and the porters
gougeo their hooks into the bale and
rolled it into the warehouse, while the old
negro drove off in his rickety OK wagon,
scratching his head over that twenty-five
pound shortage. "-Philadelphia Times.
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HOW SARD0U WRITES A PLAY
"Gismonda Took Six Years to Map Out
and Three Months to Write.

y
A French paper recently said nothing
pays big profits in Paris NOWADAYS but
music halls and Sardou, and no manager
remains on good terms with his share
holders unless he can promise them new
play by this gifted author"
The great French dramatist was inter-
viewed not long since on allow to write a.
successful play?" He took the public into
confidence and told the secret of his meth
DDS, although 1t gives but scanty encour-
asement TO the budding playwright
His first conception of plot is purely
abstract, dealing more with emotions and
forces than with persons and things
Having evolved the central idea of the
play to be written, he then opens sort of
ledger, and for months and often years
collects incidents and suggestions bearing
on the problem which he has set for HIM
self. Theodore, for instance, was
sketched twenty-five years, and the plot of
"Gismonda" formulated six wears before
those plays were written, and then they
were pigeon-holed until the necessary data
was collected.
The selection OF place, period and per-
Cons comes next in the constructive pro-
cess. When this is once decided, however.
Sardou searches every volume bearing on
the time and incidents of his piece, and
surrounds himself with maps and photo
graphs until he becomes impregnated with
the very spirit and atmosphere of the
chosen period. So great was his enthusi-
hsm after his research of Athenian history
while collecting information for "Gis-
nonda" that he penned for the Partisan
paper scathing denunciation OF Lord FL
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THE NEW GEAR.
His Policy Said to Be More Liberia.
Than His Fathers.

The new Gar is believed to be of more
liberal inclination than his predecessor.
The events preceding and surrounding his
accession have brought him into contact
with Western ideas and influences. When
Alexander III came to the throne he was
10 years older than his son now is. He
had been married fifteen years.
He had lived amid the agitation and tur-
mol which distinguished the stormy reign
of Alexander ii. His opinions and bent
had been formed He found himself EN-
peror through bloody assassination which
sent thrill of horror through the world
These things confirmed the predisposition
of his own mystic nature toward a reac-
tionary policy. The circumstances under
which the present Gar succeeds to the
crown are different. He is younger and
more plastic.
The associations of his suspicious mar
riage are calculated to broaden and liberal
lie his mind, and it will be strange if thew
do not make him more open to the spirit of
national progress. All Indications within
the few weeks of his reign point in that
direction.
The reports that orders have already
been given contemplating a general sys-
tenn of elementary education, the enlarge
ment OF the powers of local self-govern-
ment vested in the Zemstvos or provincial
assemblies, and the development of the
local representative system into a national
parliament, must be received with reserve.
These are too great changes-espec
the latter, which involves the vital ques-
tlon OF absolutism-to be undertaken with
out full generalization, and it would be
extraordinary if young monarch sud
denly thrust into the dazzling rulership of
more than 100000 of people should
Immediately venture upon such radical
reforms.
,, But the steps which are sure and known.
the modification of proscriptive measures
the recall! OF oppressive Governors-all are
hopeful indications. While his real char
acter and policy are yet to be tested. there
is much to encourage the belief that he
will aim at International pacification and
progress.-Charles Emory Smith in North
American Review. - W.
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CHANGE OF SEASON.
Summer and Winter See a Difference in
the Ethics of Courtship.

Summer and Winter See u Difference in
the Ethics of COurtship.
When the two girls met on Woodward
avenue the other morning there was a look
of recognition flashed back and forth,
which would convey to any but the most
obtuse the knowledge that there was some
thing of interest between them. 1t was
too public right there to go into details, so
they hurried along to a quieter place on
side street. Then the younger one gave
way to her curiosity.
odd Frank come up last night?" she
asked excitedly.
"Of course. Hasn't he been every night
for two weeks?"
'Did he propose?"
The other girl blushed.
Eyes" she answered.
"And did you accept him?"
Certainly"
The first one showed her disappoint-
ment.
ooh" she exclaimed, "what did you do
that for?''
What should I have doneP" asked the
other in establishment.
"Why, made him wait week and ask
again, of course
The older one actually whistled her sur
prise.
"Well, I guess not" she said. "This
isn't summer time'
Then they both laughed and came back
up to Woodward avenue and went chat
ting along volubly.-Detroit Free Press.
In1894 7,527 ,211 bales of cotton were raised
and packed.
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TeII From q Train.
ALAMEDA.

The City Trustees will probably award
the contracts for the West-end School''and
the Porter School annex at their meeting
TINS evening. William Mcdonald is the
lowest bidder for the West-end School and
+. Maloney is the lowest bidder for the
annex to the Porter School. His figure
was $4,000, but as he has been awarded a
large contract for the interior work he will
ask the City Trustees to relieve him from
the former bid tonight. The next lowest
bidders were Maloney Bros, who offered to
do the work for $3.50.
Special Drive Closed.
The special drive was closed all day YES
terday on account of the soft condition of
the track since the late rains. A move
ment is on loot to erect stables at either
END OF the track to accommodate horses in
training. Much enthusiasm is exhibited
over the prospect of the special drive be-
coming the favorite training ground for
trotters.
To Elect the City Attorney.
The Legislature will be petitioned to pass
Senate bill "a for the election of City Attor-
neys in cities of the fifth class. They are
now appointed by the Trustees.
st. Agnes Guild at Home.
A social event of importance will be the
at-home of the ladies of st. Agnes guild
tomorrow afternoon at the residence of
Mrs. M. X. Field. The proceeds will 90 to
the Church.
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TRICKS IN THE COTTON TRADE
Weighers Who Know How to Gain a
Few Pounds on Every Deal.

0"IIN's OH IFeTy DeaI'
Speaking of highway robbery" said the
drummer, giving his chair hitch and set
ting back against the post, you want to
take wink into the cotton business to see
some record-breaking. There are tricks in
all trades, you know, and we fellows are
onto racket of our own, but for out-and-
out, ringtail, sharp lodges, those cotton
dealers have the softest snap this side of
straight-out burglary"
The crowd pricked up their ears, and
some of them even removed their cigars
for a brief interval, but none of them spoke
and the drummer went on.
eyes, sir, 1 was down South the other
day, left over in pretty good-sized town
to await train, which, by the by, are
constitutionally late in that region, and,
for lack of something better to do, and Just
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vantages and facilities offered by the saw
ings system. The fact that one person out
of every seven of the entire population of
Great Britain makes use of the postal
savings banks suggests that similar priv
ilege might well be offered to the people of
the United States.
The postoffices are used very largely by
social and mutual benefit societies through
out the country for the deposit of their
funds.-Evening Item, Philadelphia.
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"a DOLLAR SEEMS A GOOD DEAF. OF MONEY IN
these hard times" Yes, but IL you have a Couch
a Cold, Asthma, Bronchitis, or incipient consumn,
ton, dollar spent for bottle Of DR.. D. Jayne's
Expectorant may prove your cheapest OUTLAY. for
you viii then have the surest remedy ever known
for such diseases.
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Mime. Wagner, widow of the composer
has recovered So damages from news,
paper for printing without permission
some original verses she had tied to the
collars of her five pet dogs.
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DIR. MCNuLTY.

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He corrects the Secret Errors OF Youth and their
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he restores Lost Nigor and Manly Power re-
moves Determines and restores the Organs &c
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DR.. McNulty'S methods are regular and scien-
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preparations. but cures the disease by thorough
medical treatment His New Pamphlet on Pr
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Hours-9 to 8 daily; $50 to $50 evenings Sun.
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rs Beware Of strangers who try to talk to YOU
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A MISUNDERSTANDING,
Being an After-Dinner Episode Told I'm
Letters and kilograms.
Her letter to him.
MIDNIGHT.

MIDNIGHT.
DeGreSt-Do you know who is writing to YOU
the happiest woman in the world When
you left me an hour-or was it century ago,
life and the whole world had changed.
hope l said goodnight to my hostess-I
don't know. l am home now and only know
that you love me. never dared to hope for
such happiness. Beloved, to be loved by you'll
HOW pity other women who can never know
that blisS-poor other women!
Before sleep-I wonder shall I ever sleep
again. must, in justice to you, to myself, tell
you secret that has long been heavy on my
heart. When tonight you whispered that you
loved me and turned and told you had long
loved you, did you guess my secret2 You
were silent then; the flowers danced be-
fore my eyes = did you guess how
long I had loved you? Hopelessly,
passionately, sinfully? Let me confess
now. Long ago, when my husband lived ;
when 1 had no right TO have given you a
thought even, had given you my heart, my
soul. l hid it from you pride helped me. /
saw no sign that you cared for me. l thought
nothing OF the sin-only the shame to love
man who gave me no thought even-and then
he died and was free, but you cared nothing
for me. His friend, you came to comfort me-
l wept upon your ShouldeT-ah, those tears
burn yet! The rest you know-those sunny
days in Italy; those long, long afternoons by
the sea, when only you and 1 shared Gods
solitude, and now you love me!
You will never know, l can never tell how
much love you-there is beggary in the love
that can be reckoned, but come to me tomorrow
early, and read, perhaps, in my eyes what my
lips can never say. Goodnight, dearest. y.
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ASSESSMENT NOTICES.


A sSESSMENT NoTICE-BULLIoN MINING
~ company. Location Of principal place OF bust
GINA Mining District, Storey County New
Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board OF Directors held on the 2Ist dav OF Janu-
airy, 1895, an assessment mo Az of ten cants nor
snare was levied upon the capital stock OF the
corporation, payable Immediately in United states
gold coin, to the secretary at the once OF the
company rooms 2O-21, No. S31 Pine street San
Francisco Cal.
Any STOCK, upon which this assessment shall re-
mani unpaid on the 26th day of February 1885,
VIII be delinquent and advertised for sale at pub-
nc auction; and unless payment is made before,
March, 1885, to pay the delinquent assessment
together with costs of advertising and expenses OF
r. r. GRAYSON, Secretary.
otice-Rooms 20-2l. 3;'l Pine. san Francisco Cal.
A SSESSMENT NoTICE-GoULD & CURRY
n Silver Company. Location of principal place
of business, San Francisco, Cal; location Of
works, Virginia, Storey County, New.
Board OF Directors, held on the 18th day Of Jan.
nary, 1885, an assessment no. 75) Of fifteen
capital stock Of the CORPORATION psvabIe irc,,ls
dlately in United States gold coin, to the secretary
at the office of the company, room So Nevada
block, 500 Montgomery street, San Francisco Cal
ANY stock upon which this assessment shall. re-
will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public
auction; and unless payment is made before will
be sold on TUESDAY, the 18th day of March, 1895.
70 pay the delinquent assessment, together Win
costs OF advertising and expenses OF sale BY order
of the Board of Directors
ALFRED X. DURBRow, Secretary
ofice-Room SO. Nevada block, 500 Mopf155,o.
cry ST., San Francisco, Cal.
GUERRA NEVADA SILVER MTNIN0 COW
- pany-Location Of principal place Of busin.Ss
san francisco, CAL; location Of works Viroinis,
Mining District Storey County, State o. Nevada
Notice IS hereby given that ut a meetfn9 81 -.
Board OF Trustees, held on the sixteenth d. y,
;ny 1898. an assessment (No. 1857 of
twenty-five cents per share was levied ,,non' ,hs
capital stock of the corporation pavShia ~, sne
oiaIely IA United States gold con to the seSetarv
, ~ sne o onn OF the company, room Is NeS~da
IL an
ANY stock upon which this assessment shan 70.
nam unpaid on wednesday, the twentieth dar q,
tsed for sale at public auction; and unless re1
Inent is made before, win be sold on MONDH%
9uent assessment together with costs OF al vsIti
ing and expenses Of sale. By order OF tbs RasrS
Of Trustees. r. L. PAREEpo "a = tne 5o@ro
ofice-Rcom Is, Nevada block. 500 Mn
gomery ST., San Francisco, CAL "' NSHN
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Berkeley, was taken to the Receiving Hos
pltal last night in badly battered condi-
ton. He was waylaid at Forty-sixth
street and Telegraph avenue by a couple of
footpads and beaten with a sandbag. They
were preparing to rob him when they were
frightened away.
Fell From "a Train.
CHARLES Dolan, a clerk IL years of age,
residing at S06 Jackson street, fell from the
platform OF narrow-gauge train at Sixth
ana Webster streets yesterday and suffered
dlslocatlon of an arm. DR.. Dunn at
tended his wants at the Receiving Hospital