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law of those ages was the infection OF tor
ture to force accused persons to confess.
This practice prevailed all over Europe
down to a time comparatively recent.
Two men are conspicuous as leaders in
the reform movement that put an end to
these offenses against humanity. One OF
them, Beccaria, an Italian lawyer, at
tackled the system as the outcome OF
false philosophy. The other, John How
ard, dealt with it from practical point of
view and assaulted it because of its terrible
cruelty. Through the efforts OF these men
the enlightened intellect of Europe was
instructed to condemn the former practice,
and as a result all idea of revenge was ban
ished from Grim inal codes and punishment
was directed to the end of lettering men
by fear from committing crime.
In many of the civilized countries it is
still held as dogma by the masses that
the rightful object of punishment is to
prevent crime, but the leaders OF thought
on the subject are now fairly unanimous IN
declaring the only just aim of punishment
should be the reformation OF the criminal
if possible, and where that is impossible
the removal of the criminal from society.
According to this philosophy every erim-
inal should be sentenced to remain in con-
finement until he has attained certain
number of credit marks given for his con-
duct, work and study. The number of
marks required are. of course, to be pro-
portioned to the character of the criminal
and of the crime committed. Such sem
tence would leave it dependent upon the
prisoner himself how long he had to stay
in confinement, and it is believed the de-
sire for liberty would impel even the most
hardened natures to make such efforts in
study, work and conduct as would go far to
redeem them.
The general tenor of Mr.. Wines history
is decidedly encouraging to those who take
hopeful views of humanity. 1t is convinc-
ing, judicial and eminently practical.
There is probably no book in existence
which SO completely covers this special
field. The volume will be indispensable
to all who are in any way interested in
subject which is of such vital importance
to the welfare of our nation.
T"Punishment and Reformation" by DIR.
F. Wines. T. Y. Crowell & Co., Boston and
New York: 12mo., 81 rs, with illustrations
and indeX1
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tons, the agonies of contraction and I'M
co-ordinated movement that conyulsed her
face in the effort to laugh. Threw her the
shilling and fed.
There was a pause for minute. Each
one was contemplating his own mental
picture of the old woman. The Dilettante
broke the silence.
The Dilettante-I have long been puz-
zled for standard of art. We have a
standard of truth-but what is truths re-
lation to art? What part does realism bear
in art?
The Artist-Why, realism, my boy, is
the Interpretation of art to the people See
here-I paint picture of COW. 1t looks
like COW. The people recognize it and
the recognition f1atters their intelligence.
''See," they say, sit is COW. We see its
horns, its tail, its legs-how naturali"
What matchless art The fact is, It's not
art at all, but merely the painters power
of initiating nature. Art is something
more than an imitation of nature.
Kenneth Malcolm-I should say that art
is the Interpretation of nature. Mature
has the will but not the power to realize
perfection" says Aristotle. So it is the
high privilege of the artist to suggest to US
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

In April OF this year the New York
Independent published special Lincoln
nun Der, ;" in which were brought together
great many tributes to the martyr Presi-
dent. from his associates. The result is a
series of pictures, multiple presentation
of Lincoln's character by two score or
more men and women who knew him well
and loved and admired him. These pen
pictures have been gathered into a single
volume and will form genuine addition
to the growing literature of the period
covered. Among the writer's are Henry G.
Bowen, Daniel D. Bidwell and DR.. Henry
M. Field, the Hon. henry l.. Dawes,
Major-General Howard, Murat Halstead,
Grace Greenwood, and long list of others
whose names are we'll known. There are
many personal "reminiscences of Lincoln,
and some. new and thoroughly character
istic anecdotes. New York: T. Y. Crowell
& Co. For sale by William Doxey, San
Francisco
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BRAND NEW COOK BOOKS.

Two of the most popular cookery books
are included in volume published by G..
w. Dillingham;, New York, entitled son
the Chafng-Dish" and New Things to
Eat and How to Cook Them" Harriet
P. Bailey, the authoress of the Chafing-
Dish series of articles, in her Introductory,
remarks that she has been successful in
making the informal Sunday night tea a
meal much to be desired, and the recipes
by her are primarily designed for such or
any meals prepared in a rush.
Mrs. de Sails is the compiler of the New
Things to Eat' formula, which consist
largely of dainty dishes suitable for en-
trees. and novel methods of preparing
vegetables and eggs. For the benefit of
those who prefer to employ fancy menus,
the French name of each dish is added.
New York: G. W. Dillingham;, publisher.
For sale at the Popular Bookstore.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
ROBERT LOUIS STEVBNsON'S LAST
NOVEL,

Robert Louis Stevenson's last story,
"St. Ives" was left at his death practically
completed. Many chapters had even re-
ceived the authors final revision. Steven
son had been at work upon this novel for
more than a year, and the first half of it
had been entirely rewritten several times.
The novel deals with the adventures of a
Frenchman captured in the Peninsular
War and shut up in Edinburgh Castle. A
love affair between him and Scottish
maiden, a duel on the maiden's account
between him and fellow-prisoner and his
escape from the prison are a few of the
episodes that promise a romance of as
absorbing interest as any Stevenson has
produced.
'St. Ives" will be published in McClure's
MAGAZINE
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
DEATH VALLEY IN '49.

"Death Valley in '49'' is the title given
by William Lewis Manly, one of the pio-
neers of the coast, to an interesting auto
biography. Manly was one of those in
trepid adventures who, starting out from
a New England home to seek fortune in
the West, did not stop until they reached
the Pacific Ocean. His career has been
full of vicissitudes and he has known how
to describe them so graphically that his
autobiography constitutes a genuine ro-
nance of pioneer days.
Mr.. Manly's first westward movement
began when, as boy 10 years of age. he
started with an uncle to 60 from Vermont
to Ohio Not finding land in that State to
suit him the uncle pushed on to Michigan,
where Manly's parents with the rest of the
family joined them later on. Farming in
Michigan in those days was hard work
with little profit for the farmers and poor
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
THOSE ANNOYING SYMPTOMS.
A Case Showing the Extension of Catarrh
to All Parts of the system.

The case of Mr. E. Nelson, who lives at 12S
Elite street, Oakland, aptly illustrates how
neglected catarrh viii invade the whole
system, also the resultof treatment at the Cope
land Medical Institute. Mr.. Nelson says:
ri suffered from chronic catarrh for more
than fifteen years. From neglected cold my
whole system became involved, and 1 suffered
all the symptoms. My ears, eyes, nose, throat
and stomach were all affected, and at one time
l was so bad that l went TO doctor for an
operation on my throat. The symptoms were
very annoying, particularly the hawking and
splitting, and it was impossible for me to re.
main with any company for any length of
time. 1 was troubled with torturing head
aches; my stomach was always out of order,
and anything l ate caused me great distress.
81 had read and heard so much about the
Copeland Medical Institute that determined
to make trial there. 1 did. and now feel like
another man. l can testify that the Immediate
relief after the first treatment was fully worth
the small fee charged for the full month, and
after short course ! was entirely cured. Any
one desiring any further information regard
ing my case will be cheerfully received ii they
will call on me,o
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
HOLIDAYS ON OLYMPUS.

Who were they, these holiday-makers2
That is for the world to learn for itself.
This world, so wholly given up to its mad
chase in pursuit of something that it can
get for nothing. shall at least give a guess
for the identity OF the guests who assem-
bled on Olympus that day.
They were old friends, however, well
known to readers of THE CALL. There was
Runuymede, earnest and serious, with
high ideals for art and life. There was
The Artist, with his Spanish face glowing
with inspiration and the delicious Scotch
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much. He asks the question that puzzled
Pontius PLATE. and wants to know what
truth is.
The Artist-We have scarcely made
beginning ON this subject and look where
the sum is.
In truth, art is long and time is fleeting.
The suns slant beams were already Grim
soning over Tamalpais, warning us that
even Olympian holidays come to an end.
This one was over; but, as the Dileutante
Justly and POLITICALLY remarked as we broke
up. 'iThere are Others
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
Recent Fiction.

RoNBAR-A novel by R. s. Dement,, who
calls his narrative "a Counterfeit PRESENT.
ment." 1t is story of mint in a silver
mine, whose owners are coming their own
product and flooding the country with
bogus, although genuine silver, dollars.
He pictures this as a possibility in every
silver mine in the country, and hints at
the dire disasters that awaits the United
States under dual standard. The book
is entirely without literary merit.
New York: G. w. Dillingham;, publisher.
A TITLE, REJECTED-By Octavia Clous-
ton. A sensational tale of the adventures
of an American family abroad. There are
abductions, murders and sensations galore
and the characters dance to the liveliest
sort of tune from the first chapter to the
last. New York: G. W. Dillingham;
publisher.1
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

Manly, who is now resident of the
county, it is illustrated by Mrs. Eugene
Sawyer of San Jose, edited and published
by Fl. A. Brainard of the Pacific Tree and
Vine of San Jose. The excellence of the
book-making is a credit to the publishers,
and the volume will be found attractive in
appearance as well as interesting in its
contents
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

The French are experimenting with a
single-track temporary railroad that can
be laid on country road or across the
fields. They expect to use it in military
operations and harvesting crops. The bar
rows and cars used are on the bicycle
principle, and they can be operated either
by hand or horse power. The gain in the
use of the rail is the great diminution of
friction.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

THE CALL to-day introduces a novel feat
ure. 1t is glimpse into the liter
airy life of the Western Coast. Without
doubt it will prove interesting to writers
and readers of California Here may be
seen at play such notables as Ina Donatella
Coolbrith, William Greer Harrison, Ken
meth Malcolm (Markham), Adeline Knapp,
"The Chiel," and others.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

English and Spanish scenery by Pennell,
Blum and others. ('An Errant Wooing,'
by Mrs. Burton Harrison Century Com
pany, New York. Price, cloth covers, 81 30. J
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
ALL DISEASES.
The Treatment for All Chronic Diseases
La OnI " 90 O Month Med icinas

Is Only So Month, Medicines
Included.
Are YOU afflicted with DEAFNESS
Do you suffer from DYSPEPSIA ?
Have you severe BRONCHIAL trouble
Are you sufferer from ASTHMA?
Do you suffer from RHEUMATISM
Do you suffer from HEART troubles
Do you suffer from LIVER complaint
Do you suffer from NERVOUS troubles
Do you suffer from any CHRONIC DISEASE
Ii you do, the only cost for all treatment and
medicine is So month, and no better treat
ment is known than that OF the Copeland
system.
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HOME TnEATM ENT.

Every mail brings additional proof of the
success of the home or mail treatment
E. C. Peart, Colusa, Cal, writes: 81 am
pleased to say your treatment for throat and
catarrhal troubles proved beneficial to me.
You can refer any one TO me-"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

Scribner's Magazine for July sees the
conclusion of Mrs. Humphry Wards
"Story of Bessie Costrell." Just why Mrs.
Ward should have seen fit to take
drunken village wife and call upon the
world to witness her purposeless career of
chronic inepriation on stolen funds only
the devotees of realistic fiction will be able
to determine. Certainly if there is either
art or ethics in the "Story of Bessie Cos
trelI' the author has managed so effec-
tually to conceal both that the charge
usually laid against her work cannot be
brought against this. 1t has no purpose
whatever.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

Something new in words and music is
GLOW Love Came" brilliant composition
for the piano by Ruth Ward Kahn of Lead
vile, Colo. The music is by Warner
Crosby.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
The Magazines.

The Cosmopolitan has made another cut
in price and now appears at 10 cents, or
81 20 year. The best thing in the current
issue is story by Rudyard Kipling, Illus
trated by Frederic Remington, conjunc-
ton of forces amply fulfilling the promise
implied.
In THE CENTURY for July Edmund Gosse
gives US some personal "reminiscences Of
Robert Louis Stevenson. Sloan's Life Of
Napoleon continues to shape itself about
the series of wonderful and admirable pic
lures that are the chief charm of the pres
ent Napoleon craze, and Mrs. Burton
Harrison has an interesting article on
American Rural Festivities.
HARPER's-The best thing in the July
Harper's is a paper by Richard Harding
Davis on Americans in Paris'-the
most wholesome reading for Americans,
that is. Poultney Bigelow has an interest
ing study of "The German Struggle for
Liberty" and most of us out here will take
delight in Frederic Remington's account
of "Bear Chasing in the Rocky Noun
tains." The bear seems coming to the
front just now in our periodical literature.
MCCLURE's MAGAZINE, too, has reduced
its price to 10 cents. It announces the
publication, in the near future, of Robert
Louis Stevenson's last romance, the story
of French prisoner taken in the Spanish
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II you cannot come to this Office write
for a symptom blank.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-10-21
NEW MORNING JOURNAL COURIER MONDAY OCTOBER

injected into the system. The synli-
cate began by issuing capital stock to
the amount of $50 100000. Then it took
over the stock Of the constituent COM
panles, amounting in all to $57,S9l, 200,
and assumed their funded obligations,
aggregating $11,675,6OO To settle all
the claims Of these united bodies, bonds
to the amount of S29, 735OOO were IS
sued. Deductlng from the total Of this
aggregate capitalization $21,OO0,O 900
worth Of stock held in trust, there re-
mains Sos, SOL, 800 on which the
Union Traction company must make
return. Fixed charges of $5,SSO,4
must be put over against the earnings.
In addition to that, the Traction COM
pany sold its stock on a sub-rosa under
standing that it would yield seven per
cent, Thus we have the original capl-
talization Of the constituent companies
watered by stock and bonds amounting
to $780, 1855, 900.
"Watet" has cost the users Of steam
railroads in this country a great deal of
money That it is also going to be ex-
pensive to the users of electric roads is
already apparent.
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1t points out that If France could not
pride herself upon The friendship Of Rus
sia, she would occupy an isolated posi-
ton the grave disadvantages of which
he French plainly recognize. While
the republic remains hypnotized by the
idea Of recovering Alsace-Lorraine,
there is no other great power to which
it could turn for support. 1t is there
fore absolutely dependent on the good
will Of Russia however It may try to
conceal that fact, The interests of Rus
STA differ from those of France, for the
reason that the authorities in st. Pc
tersburg feel perfectly sure OF the as
sistance Of the republic, Up to the pres
ent France Is bound to take a certain
course, which is dictated by the general
situation, If definite treaty were en-
tered into, however, Russia would then
be bound, and the French would not
only make known the fact that Russia
was thus committed, but would hasten
to take advantage of 1t.
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HnbiLs of the Mann ee.

The manatee belongs to a mammalian
order called si-re-ni-a, or sea cows,
which contains only three species; our
manatee, that of West Africa, and the
dugong of Australia. AS it's clumsy
form suggests, it is an. animal Of quiet
and even sluggish habits, entirely
harmless, and easily taken when once
its haunts are known. When at home
its food consists of tender aquatic
plants and grasses, always eaten under
water, and it's presence Is generally re-
vealed by the bits of broken stems and
grass which escape and float to the sur
face above where it is feeding.
In captivity it feeds on cabbage, let
tuce, the leaves Of the Gamma, celery
tops, water-cress, spinach, and also GER
tain kinds of ocean seaweed In the st,
Lucie river, its favorite food is Iuxu-
RANT, trailing aquatic grass, called
manatee grass, in which the manatee
finds not only good food, but good hid
ing-places from its human enemies.
The bones of this animal are massive,
solid, and quite heavy (some hunters
will tell you its bones are "solid ivory'),
and its skin Is as thick and tough as
that of hippopotamus. l have seen
very good canes made Of strips of man
aztec skin, twisted like a lightning-rod,
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Your mammals got awfully little
hands, hasn't she Jimmie?" "How
do you know?" she shook hands
with me yesterday" "Well, you
never had EN- spank you!"-Chicago
Record,
A Observation-Disclosures daugh-
tan has consented to NAVY me and
er-Id like to know If there is any in
sanity In youah family? Old Gentle
man (emphatically)-There must be?-
Truth.
Il hear a good deal about double
taxation" said the stranger "May l
ask what it is?" Certainly" replied
the promoter. I'VE call it double taxa
ton when we had to pay both the city
and the Aldermen for franchise
Chicago Post.
Judge (gravely) 49, The prosecutor
sWears that you hit him twice upon the
nose. Have you any denial to make?
Defendant (stoutly)-Yis, yer haner; it's
false; OF hit him but wanst upon tn
nose. Tn slcond tonne OF hit him where
his nose hod bin.-Tit-Blts.
Chummy-What would you think of a
man that always went round talking to
himself? Grutly-I should say if he did
1t to listen to himself he was fool;
If he did it to avoid listening to his
friends he was a genius, and if he did it
to save his friends from l. tening to
him he was phllantnropist-T
as Mrs. Harklns at homer" asked
the caller, physically, madame" re-
turned the Educated Butler, "she is.
AS an abstract question the fact cannot
be denied; but in relation to your desire
to see her, l cannot say definitely until
have ascertained Mrs, Harkins's wish
es in the matter Pray be seated until
1 have received advices from above"
--Harper's Bazaar.
Quickly Pacified--IIusband curious
ly)-Here's my meerschaum pipe
broken! How in the name of sense did
that happen?
Wife--I don't know, except that when
I got up this morning l found your
meerschaum pipe in the front hall, and
your overshoes on the parlor mantel-
piece.
Husband (mildyD-Oh, well, accidents
will happen, presume there has been
an earthquake or something. New
York Weekly.
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many that are now acceptable beyond
that which is guided by individual
taste But here in this picture there Is
a thoroughly tasteful one which Is par
ticularly suitable for these goods. Its
full skirt of dark greenish tinge is un-
trimmed, and its blouse waist has a
square yoke OF cream guipure with
three points of the same falling over
the sleeves at the shoulders All around
the bottom it is trimmed with the same
points. The sleeves are edged with
tiny pleated chiffon ruffles and the
draped collar and rosettes are Of Liber-
ty satin A narrow belt Of twisted sat
in ribbon forms the bases of the lace
triangles at the waist and ends in a
bow with long ends at the back. This is
an accepted belt finish, for round belts
are little worn. They may be easily
made correct, however, by adding bow
with long ends. Another favorite and
even more becoming belt is fitted to
the figure, narrowing at the hips, WIDEN
ing at front and back and coming down
to a rounding point.
On the costumes that the swell stores
put at the very front of their show
windows there appears deal Of real
lace in collars and cuffs; or, IL it is not
real, it is web so delicate and arranged
in such a very dainty frillery that the
effects of real Is given. The fashion
is in good taste, for it gives the feminine
touch that is often lacking in the midst
of "smartness" and adds to the brand
new gown just the individuality that
only something not brand new, but
valued and in proper place, can give.
FIIORETTE.
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Cg1SpLY WATER.

Philadelphia, the birthplace of the
trolley party" is also the birthplace
of an unpleasant surprise to those who
make up the trolley parties. The street
railroad companies of Philadelphia have
been consolidated into the Union Trac-
ton company. The Union Traction
company wants more money from it's
business. Tt has found out that it can
not make money as fast as it wants 10,
while the roads are doing business on
their old basis. Accordingly, it being
necessary to remedy this state of af-
fairs, remedy has been devised and,
it is now formally announced, will soon
be applied, The earning capacity of
the roads is to be increased by stopping
the sale of transfer tickets No more
long rides with changes are to he allow
ed on the cars owned by the Union
Traction company. And to defend its
course in this matter, the directors of
the company make the statement that
"onIy thirty per cent" of their patrons
will be at all incommoded by the
change.
Thirty per cent. is only about third
of one hundred per cent, but more than
a third Of the users of the trolley cars
in Philadelphia are inquiring why the
transfer privileges must be curtailed.
They will discover, when they have got
at the root Of the matter, that it is be-
cause interest must be earned on the
water" which the new syndicate has