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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-26

FRlEDRICHsRUHE, March 2G.-The only protest left in the power of Prince Bis marck friends in the roichstag against the insult of Saturday was made whom 392 members of that body and of the prus- sian diet iournCycd hithor from Berlin to congratulate tho Iron Chancellor upon his approaching cighticth birthday.
 The legislators were met at the station by Count Herbert Bismarck, Count Will liam Bismarck, Count von Rantzau, Prince Bismarck s son-in- flaw, and Count von
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-26

Jacob Lifts Swedish comedy drama with all the original scene and mechanical effects
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-26

MADE A RINGING SPEECH TO THEM
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-28
Sale of a shakesneare.

A second folio edition of Shakespeare in
the original calf binding, the largest and
finest copy known, was sold for $2700 at
the recent sale of the books of the late
Earl of Orford. 1t was sold in 1s4s for $40
and in 1864 for $40. The price is remarka-
bic, as the second is the least rare of the
four folio Shakespeares. A "Nouveau
Testament" Paris, 17l2, bound in red mo-
rocco, lnlaid in colors, by LIE Mounier,
broug SIPS. This was sold in 1878 for
$255. A Procius, "In Platonis Timaeon
Commentarium, Basel, 1884, sold in 1873
for $242, brought S725. LIE Pastissier
Francois" 1865, the rarest of all Elzevirs.
brought $500; Diego de Stella "Medita.
tions," 1886, the presentation copy to King
Henry III of France, SIPS; Ariosto. '.Or.
lando Furioso," Lyons, 1856, Catherine de
Medici's copy, $640; Horace Walpole's
.'Hieroglyphic Tales" $1S5; his copies of
Boswell's Journal OF Tour in the Hebri.
des, $2O5, and of the Earl of Chesterfeld's
Miscellaneous Works, $78. Both the latter
contained many amusing marginal notes
in his handwriting. The proof sheets OF
Sir Walter Scott's 1.-THE Pirates,' with
hundreds of emendations in the authors
hand, fetched S430.-NeW York Sun.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-28

could give the people of Oakland five more
carriers. Our revenue is only $91 900. An
increase of $25, 900 or $500 would induce
the department to grant our request. 1t is
no more than right these people who live
here and do business in San Francisco and
kick about the inadequate service should
divide their patronage. Their interests are
half here at least.
"While our income is only $91. 900, that
of station d is $130,000. 1t must nearly all
come from those who cross and recross the
bay daily, because there is no unusual
postal business in the immediate vicinity
of the ferry. Alameda and Berkeley suffer
in the same way; and it seems to me it is
only necessary to call the attention OF the
business and professional men to the cause
of our inadequate service to have it reme-
died. Our daily collections in the business
center are seven, and in the residence and
outside districts three and four. The de-
Iiveries downtown are four, outside two and
three.
''Some of the outside annexes we cannot
cover at all, so you can see how badly we
need an improvement in facilities. Five
thousand dollars year was recently cut
off from our revenue by an order made by
the authorities at Washington. Hereto
fore one could buy his stamped envelopes
here and have the San Francisco return no.
tice printed on them. Now man must
buy his stamped envelopes in the place
where his mail is to be returned in case
of non-delivery. Alameda has seven car
riers and Berkeley but two, with conditions
about the same. The revenue of the Berke-
ley office is almost as large as that OF Ala
media ~
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-28
BELIEVES IN MADST0NES.
The Good Record of a Stone That Cam
From the Far East.

The Good Record of a Stone That Came
From the Far East.
ssNo person who has seen madstones ap-
piled so often and so successfully as / have
can ever doubt the efficacy of these
articles"
So speaks ID. Pointer, a citizen of Mem
phis, whose whitened hair attests his ar
rival at an age of intelligence. Mr..
Pointers father was DR.. D. Pointer, who
practiced the healing art at Como, Miss,
for many years. being a native of Halifax
County, Virginia, where the grandfather,
Thomas Pointer, lived. This family is
widely connected and is well known in
Virginia, as well as in the Mississippi
Valley.
"When tell you that we have had a
maidstone in our family for over three
quarters of century, and that I myself
have positive knowledge of hundreds of
cures of bona fide cases of hydrophobia by
the stone, you will understand why l am
such a thorough believer in it, says Mr..
Pointer. "My grandfather, Tom Pointer
of Halifax County, Virginia, first came into
possession of the stone. | have in my
younger days often heard all about how he
got II, OUT nave IOTSOttcu iilOSI VI luc ue-
tails. / know that friend of my grand
father travelled in the East Indies, or
China, and came back with great many
of these stones. : / do not know how he got
them. He sold them to different people.
He did not sell this one to my grandfather,
but left it with him, saying my grand
father could have it, unless he returned and
claimed it. He was great traveller. He
made another trip after this and was never
heard of again. Hence, my grandfather
retained the stone. Later in its history it
was broken. One part is now in the pos
session of Joe Pointer and Green Williams
of Person County, North Carolina, and 1
and my sister Mrs. Stith of Dallas, Tex,
keep the other. At one time, when it was
necessary to sell this stone at auction to
settle an estate, it brought $3.50.
1.-THE stone we.have is quite ordinary in
appearance. It is black and might well be
taken for chunk of coal. One side,
that is applied to the bite, is rough. When
the stone is used it is laid on the spot
where the bite has scratched the skin. If
poison has been deposited there the mad
Stone will stick and absorb the poisonous
substance.
II recollect on one occasion when
member of our household had been bitten,
the doctor gave up the patient and said
that he could not live till morning. The
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-28
OAKLAND'S POSTOFF|CE,
The Service Suffers From Res
idents Dealing With the
Office Here.
MORE CARRIERS ARE NEEDED,
If the Patronage We're Divided an
Improvement Would
Follow.

Oakland residents and business men
want better postal and carrier service.
The same applies to Alameda and
Berkeley.
Oakland has thirty regular carriers, and
five or ten more are needed to bring the
service up to the requirements of a city of
its size. The only condition necessary to
the improvement needed in the carrier
service is that of an increased revenue
at the Oakland office. and the resi-
dents of Oakland who do business in San
Francisco are looked to by their neighbors
and fellow-townsmen to supply this needed
revenue.
Several thousand business and profess
sional men and others whose daily labor
is performed in this City have their homes
in Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley.
Many of them buy all their stamps and
other mail matter at station d in this City,
with the result that the revenues Of sta
ton D have been increased until they are
within $4,000 or $4,000 of the annual
revenue of Los Angeles postoffice.
Nearly all that revenue, if 1t is not Oak
lands by right of residence, properly be-
longs there. According to Postmaster
White, if station DIS revenue was cut in
half Oakland's postal business would be
increased sufficiently to warrant the de-
partment at Washington in improving the
carrier service. But those who buy their
stamps at Station d while waiting for a
boat or on their arrival from the other side
prior to proceeding to their places of busi-
ness do not think of this.
"If these men would buy half their
stamps of u.s." said Assistant Postmaster
A. L. Martin yesterday afternoon, "we
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-28
BOATHOUSE.
A New Building Just Com
pIeted for Students in
Sessions Basin.
The Sport Seems Likely to Assume
Prominent Place This
Season.

The University of California's new boat
house, which has been under course of con-
struction for the past six weeks, is ready
to be turned over to the board of club di-
rectors.
The new structure occupies the site OF
the old one which was burned last April,
in Sessions basin, on the Oakland Estuary.
The building is seventy feet long and
twenty-four feet wide, one story in height,
and will remain for the present with a
rough finish on the interior.
w. G. Morrow, treasurer of the club, said
that although the club realized $2400 from
insurance yet there was only $1700 left
with which to put up new building,
properly equip it and purchase new boats
and shells. The building alone, without
any interior fnishings or furniture, cost
$3.50, and by the time the new shells were
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-28

bite was on the arm and the swelling was
immense. The patient could not open his
eyes. There was no doubt about this being
case of rabies, for the doctor SO pro-
nounced it. The doctor. having given up
the case and declared that death would
ensue before morning, I asked him if l
could not try the efficacy of the maidstone.
He had no objection, stating that it would
do no good, but to appease my insistence
he said 1t could do no harm. So applied
the stone. 1t adhered. Presently it had
absorbed all it could contain of the poison
Gus substance and fell off.
"By that time the sufferer had been
benefited sufficiently to be able to open his
eyes. l placed the stone in bucket of
lukewarm water, the usual way of treating
it, and the poison at once exuded and rose
to the top of the water. forming a green
scum. When the stone had emptied itself
it was again applied to the sore, and be-
fore it had filled up again it fell off, all the
poison having been absorbed. The patient
recovered, though the doctor, a disbel;ever
in the maidstone, had given him less than
twelve hours to live.
There are many people in this city and
in Mississippi who can vouch for the effi-
cacy of this stone. | remember of a cure
before the war, in which Phelan Lucas,
who now lives at Holly Springs, was
BILE negro bitten by rattlesnake while
working in the field. The bite was in the
thumb. The negro came in from the field
with his hand and arm fearfully swollen,
suffering great pain. There was no cnance
for him to live long. Mr.. Lucas said after
ward that anybody could have bought that
negro for $40 then. But the maidstone was
got from my fathers and the negro was
cured.
Persons who have seen so many and
such positive cures as have cannot doubt
the efficacy of the maidstone. Memphis
Appeal,
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-28
LATE NEWS OF ALAMEDA.
Evangelist Henry VarIey Opens
a Series of Revival
Meetings.
The Yacht Ell Sueno Wins In a Race
Against Encinal Boats-The
Art League.

Evangelist Henry Varley will COM
mence series of lectures in Linderman
Opera house to-day, which will continue
during the week. A meeting for men only
is announced for this afternoon. The SER
vice this evening is union meeting, in
which all the churches unite. Good music
has been secured and large audience is
promised. The. night meetings will be
held during the week at Linderman Opera
house and the afternoon Bible readings in
the churches as follows: Monday and
Tuesday, in the Baptist church; Wednes-
day and Thursday, in the Park-street
Church, and Friday in the Presbyterian
church.
Wilmerding Trades School.
The CITY Clerk sent out circular letter
Yesterday to a large number of citizens, in
viting them to meet the City Trustees
Thursday evening next at s o'clock to dis
cuss ways and means whereby the Wilmer
ding Trades and Mechanical School may
be secured for this city. Other localities
are exerting efforts for this institution.
Encina1 Club Races.
The class race of the Encinal Yacht Club
took place over the clubs course yesterday
afternoon. Interest was more centered in
the race between El Sueno and the En-
erald, as it was the impression that the
winner is to be chosen to defend the cup
against the Queen. AS was expected Ell
Sneno won. The Fawn, which held the
second-class pennant, was defeated by the
Little Annie. The Volante won the third
class pennant.
The Diamond CycIers.
The feet members of the Diamond
Cycling Club made run to San Jose yes
terday and will return to-day. The club
Will change its quarters from 1124 Railroad
avenue to 1929 Park street and will fit up
its quarters in comfortable style.
Art League to Reorganize.
Artist J. D. Jewett has just re-
turned from a months trip to Boulder
Creek, where be spent his vacation sketch
ing. The Alameda Art League classes will
be revived, and the first meeting of the
gentlemen's class has been called for the
18th of August. The ladies' class will be
formed week or two after that date.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-28
FOR ILLEGAL SEALING.

The Schooner Sophie Sutherland Has
Been Libeled by Uncle Sam.
Uncle Sam is after Captain Sutherland
of the schooner Sophie Sutherland and the
vessel is to be libeled for having taken
seals within the prohibited zone.
When the schooner left San Francisco she
went to Japanese waters and when the
tain Sutherland sailed for the Pribyloff
Islands The agents of the Government
assert that the crew of the schooner were
caught hunting in the vicinity of st. Pauls
Island and that fresh skins were found in
the boats. The libel will be tried in the
United States District Court.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-28
built the treasury would have been entirely
exhausted He said:

The last race was very disastrous to us, for
we had gone to the expense of erecting o grand
stand for our guests, and on the very night be-
fore the race with the Columbias the boathouse
was destroyed. AS q consequence our audi
ence was small and the gate receipts likewise
meager.
1t is our intention to expend about $500
more Oh the house later, in building balcony
all around it, and in furnishing ladies' and
gentlemen's dressing-rooms.
We are now having built two 40-foot four
oar gigs, two working boats. twenty feet long
by twenty-four inches wide, and single small
two-oar craft.
AS soon as il is possible for us to do so we
intend to build several pleasure boats, perhaps
two row and two sail.
The cost of maintaining the house will be
about $500 year, outside of furnishings,
which will be required from time to time.
When asked what the prospects were for
races during the coming season Mr.. Nor
row said that Stanford had informally
agreed to row against the university in
'97. but no definite conclusion had thus far
been arrived at. He said that from all
indications boating would form promi-
nent part of university athletics during the
coming year.
The present officers of the association
are: President, Samuel Colt Jr.; vice
president, Professor c. L. Cory secretary,
Morton r. Gibbons; treasurer, W. g.
Morrow.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-28
Equalization Comment.

guilty to a charge OF battery, for which he is
imprisoned in the County Jail. His trial
is set for Tuesday.
Equalization Comment.
The great battle between the corpora
tions and the people is over and the rail-
road and corporations have won. Never
before in the history OF this county was
there such interest in corporation assess
ments as at the present meeting Of the
County Board of Equalization. The
lnited attack on Dalton's assessments by
the corporations was met with an equal
strong showing by the County Assessor.
In fact our County Assessor defended his
assessments most completely, and all
honor to him for the gallant fight made.
he stood by the people from first to last.
The cut IN his assessment-roll will amount
to about 81, ,000, ,000.-Hayward Journal.
Cost of Education.
The report of the County Superintendent
OF Schools shows that the Haywards Gram
mar School Is the most economically man
aged OF any in the county. In the Liver
more district, with an enrolment of 519
and an average attendance of 371. the cost
per month for teachers was $3.50, or an aver
age OF 81 SO for each pupil enrolled. In San
Leandro the enrolment was 5S5, with an
average attendance OF 451. The cost for
teachers was $795, or an average of 81 81 per
pupil. In Haywards the enrolment was
500 and the cost of teachers $657 so per
month, being an average of 81 Is for each
pupil.
Institute for Deaf Mutes.
There are already several pupils at the
Deaf and Dumb Institute at North Temes-
cal, opened a few days ago by the Sisters of
st. Joseph and work has been commenced
IN earnest. Its curriculum is similar to that
OF the New York institution, and as it is
the first private school of the kind started
in the State, its progress is being watched
by those interested in the education of deaf
mutes.
Deputy jerome Injured.
E. B. Jerome, the customs official, met
with a serious accident FRIDAY night, and
will be confined to his home for couple of
weeks. He was riding wheel on Twelfth
street, near Jefferson, when the driver OF a
team ran him down and drove Off without
endeavoring to see how much Jerome was
injured. Mr.. Jerome is badly bruised and
cut, but there are no internal injuries.
General Kelley Heard From.
General Kelley. his wife and two chill
dren, who left Oakland three months ago
in bakery wagon converted into prairie
schooner with the intention of going to
Washington, have been heard from at Ne
vada City. Kelley has petition to Con-
gress, asking that Government work be
found for all the unemployed.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-28
HEALTH AND POLICE.

The Market-Street Railway Company's
Fender Models to Be Inspected.
At the meeting of the Health and Police
Committee of the Supervisors yesterday,
Monday, August S, at i0:30 o'clock A. NJ,
was set for the inspection of the models of
car tenders exhibited by the Market-street
Railway Company, on West Mission street
A petition was read from the Holly Park
Improvement Club asking for an extension
south along Mission road to Islais Creek,
thence along the creek to the San Bruno
road. The matter was laid over for week.
Permission was granted to j. w. Ham
ilton and L. f. Herrick to construct
private hospital on Mission street, between
Eleventh and Twelfth.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-28
LATEST BERKELEY NEWS,
A Sanitary Inspector Makes
important Discoveries
on His Rounds.
Crescent Club Wheelmen Adopt a
Handsome Uniform-Pro-
fessor Blackmar.

Sanitary Inspector Thompson has COM
pleted the inspection of the First Ward
and about one-half of the Second, and re-
ports total of thirty EIGHT places ordered
connected with the sewer.
Recently there has been much complaint
brought against the sale of impure milk in
and about Berkeley, and it is the intention
of the Health Officer and his assistants to
make thorough investigation of this
matter during the month of August.
viticuItural Report.
George E. Colby, instructor at the uni
verslty and official reporter on fermented
liquors for the Association of Agricultural
Chemists, has Just completed very i'm
portant report on methods of analysis of
fermented liquors. Samples were sent to
all the members of the association, and
the various methods of analysis are to be
compared. The association meets in Wash
ington, D. c., on September to compare
these reports.
An Old Landmark Gone.
Workmen are engaged in tearing down
the old Columbia Gymnasium, on Ban
croft way. This building was erected
many years ago and has been put to vari-
Gus uses, such as dance hall, skating rink
and drill hall.
Crescent Wheelmen's Uniform.
The newly organized wheelmen's annex
to the Crescent Athletic Club has adopted
a uniform which consists of black cap.
white sweater, blue trousers and black
stockings. To-day a club run will be
made to Haywards to witness the Acme
ten-mile road race.
Professor BIackmar will Preach.
Professor F. w. Blackmar, Ph.D., q
graduate of Johns Hopkins University and
who now holds the chair of sociology at
the University of Kansas, will preach this
morning at the Trinity Methodist Church
on the subject OF "Christ and the Social
Problem"
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-28

flyer Furst Bismarck, for instance, left New
York June 27, at IL A. NJ, passed over the bar
at :o4 P. NJ, and arrived at Cherbourg July 4,
at noon. The passengers were transferred at
and arrived in Paris the same evening By
this new arrangement the disagreeable Channel
crossing is avoided. The passengers reached
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-28
No Fear of Escape.

After filling the post of prison warder for
ten years, Braschini adopted the profession
of grave digger.
''What led you to change your occupa-
tion ?" inquired friend.
1.-THE circumstance that, in my new en-
ployment, l have no escape to fear.'-I
Papagallo.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-28
DR. WOOLSEY IN A BRAWL,
The Oakland Physician AS
SaultS a Constable on
the Street.
His Refusal to Accept a Cancelled
Insurance Policy Leads to
Trouble.

An attempt to serve civil paper on DR..
E. H. Woolsey by Deputy Constable pro-
voked an encounter on Oakland's main
business street.
During the past week an agent of the
Hartford Insurance Company has made
several attempts to serve DR.. Woolsey with
a Cancelled policy on his hospital. DR..
Woolsey refused to receive the Cancelled
policy and Agent Strong of the insurance
company made another attempt yesterday
afternoon. He was unsuccessful, and then
he transferred the paper to Deputy Con-
stable Ed Wider, who went to Woolsey' s
office with it.
Wider was refused admittance, and took
his stand at the entrance leading into the
building from Broadway. DIR. Woolsey
was walking toward his carriage when
Wider held out the paper. Woolsey told
him that if he placed his hand on him
(Woolsey) there would be trouble. Wider
placed the document on Woolsey's arm,
and at the same instant put his other hand
toward his hip pocket.
Woolsey struck at Widler's head with a
heavy cane, and gave him blow at the
back of the ear. The doctor then dropped
llie Cdue anu plaCeQ Ills arms aTOuuu w Iu-
Ter, who was faint from the blow Wider
did not have time TO raise his hand before
bystanders took away his pistol.
About month ago the insurance on the
hospital, amounting to $4,000. was trans
ferred by DR.. Woolsey from the Sun Com
pany to the Hartford. On July 2, about a
week after the transfer, there was fire in
the hospital, and considerable damage was
done. The company concluded that the
large wooden building was bad risk, and
they decided to cancel the policy. Attor-
ney George de Cola advised DIR. Woolsey
that the paper was not legal document,
and that he had a right to refuse to re-
ceive it.
This trouble dates back fifteen years."
said DR.. Woolsey. "At that time / and
George Dornin were fellow-members of the
directorate of the Blind Home. We were
not the best of friends, and now Dornin is
the manager of some insurance companies
in San Francisco. He evidently heard
that there had been fire in my hospital
just after transfer of the policy, and so
he is trying to play even by having my
policy Cancelled"
Widler's friends deny that there was an
attempt made by him to draw his pistol,
and say the assault was unwarranted.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-28

Fastest Time From New York to Paris.
The new steamship enterprise of the Ham,
burg-American line from New York via Cher
bourg to Paris has already achieved its laurels
for speed on the New York-Paris route, out
stripping all other lines. The tWin-screw
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-28

Termagant was formerly aquarrelsome
person of either sex, and only the lack OF
gallantry Of men has limited the word to
its presence significance.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-28

To loiter originally meant nothing more
than to- walk slowly.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-28

AN INVENTION IN PAPER-MAKINe.-A new
form of dandy" roll has been invented
for producing water marks in paper. The
matchmaking of paper is ordinarily ac-
complished by means of light revolving
wire cylinder. upon the surface of which
the lettering or designs are fixed. This
necessitates the use of separate
dandy" roll for every water-mark.
The new invention obviates this ne
cessity, inasmuch as the water-mark-
ing letters or designs are made inter
changeable, thus avoiding the removal OF
the roll itself. The saving in the number
of rolls will be appreciated by paper-mak-
ers. A further advantage is that 1t will be
possible to execute small orders with any
special water mark at small cost
simply the cost for the lettering or design.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-28

Neighbor was originally nigh boor. or the
nearest residing farmer.