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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-07
SWEPT BY FOREST FIRES,
An Entire Town in Michigan
Thought to Have Been
Destroyed.
Telegraph Wires Are Down and the
Extent of the Damage Cannot
Be Learned.

CHICAGO, ILL, May GA special to
the Record from Bay City, says:
Greenwood, Ogewamo County, is be-
lieved to have been destroyed by forest
fires to-day. No information has come
from there since Z o'clock tonight the
wires having gone down. Partridge Bros.
lost large quantity of sawlogs, their mill
was about to be consumed, and there was
no telling where the flames would end.
There was no water. A steamer sent from
here in the afternoon was recalled on this
account.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-07
NEzoUALLY MISSION DECISION.
The Supreme Court Declares against the
Claim of the Church.

CCQtnb OF URe ChuTch.
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 6.-In the
case of the corporation of Catholic bishops
of Nezqually, Washington Territory, YER
sus John T. Gibon, R. T. Yeatman and the
United States, the decision of the United
States Court for the District of Washing
ton was affirmed to-day by the Supreme
Court.
The Supreme Court also rendered a de-
cision in the case of David B. Sayre, in
volving the constitutionality of court
martial law, appealed from the Circuit
Court of Virginia, which released Sayre on
a writ of habeas corpus. 1t reversed the
Judgment of the court below.
The action on the church case is par
ticularly interesting. A mission was es-
tablished in 1888, when the land was in
possession of the Hudson Bay Company,
and in 1850 Colonel Loring of the army
created by proclamation a military reser-
walton four miles square, which was after
| ward, by act of Congress, reduced to GAO
acres.
The church asserted its claim, but the
Secretary of the Interior in 1872 decided
that it was entitled to a small tract-less
than half an acre-upon which the build
ing stood.
Justice Brewer for the court said that
the decision of the Secretary was con-
elusive. Referring to the merits of the
controversy he said that the act creating
the Territory only conveyed land actually
occupied by the missionary societies in
their own right. The real occupant of the
land, he said, was the Hudson Bay Com.
pany, and the missionary station was only
there on suffrage.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-07
Fatally Shot at Los angeles.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, May 6.-Stewart
Comstock, sixteen-year-old boy, shot
James Bemis, aged IA, in the face with a
4O-caiber revolver this evening, iniicting
wound which may prove fatal. 1t is the
old story-"didn't know it was loaded. !"
The wounded boy exonerates Comstock.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-07

was followed by Assistant Attorney-Gen.
| eral Whitney on behalf of the Government,
| Mr.. whitney complained OF the brief time
given for preparing for the rehearlng. he
said the Government would not again pre-
| sent any argument on the question OF
municipal bonds. He did not suppose any
tax law had ever been enacted which made
express mention of all possible exemptions.
If such a requirement were to be applied
there would be very few valid laws.
AS to the question of exemptions OF
rentals from real estate, that was different.
The Government had hopes that this ques-
ton could be so presented as to oetam
reversal of the former opinion. He con-
tended that the bills in the case asked for
no special relief in cases OF rentals. he
announced the historical and detinitlye
argument would be handed to the court IN
the shape of brief. Mr.. Whitney said
the appellants relief was principally upon
the system of economies of John Stuart
Mills, which had not come into existence
at the time the constitution was adopted,
and he contended the distinctions between
direct and indirect taxes were so abstruse
that it was not possible to incorporate 1t IN
written constitution.
Mr.. Whitney, in criticizing the opposi'
ton for going so far back into history for
precedents, said he had not intended to go
back further than 1859, but as the appl-
lants had gone to 11S0 he would himself
give some presidents of that date.
"Can't you," asked the Chief Justice in
tone which appeared to contain a spirit
of banter, ''go back further than that?''
"I might" replied Mr.. Whitney, "but 1
should not tax the patience of the court to
that extent but for the precedent of my
learned friends on the other side"
He said he would agree to stop short OF
1850 if Mr.. Choate would, whereupon Mr..
Choate assured Mr.. Whitney and the
court that he would stop several centuries
short of that date.
Mr.. Whitney referred at some length to
the distinctions between the words tax
and duty in English legislation. He said
this distinction had been very sharp, and
the word tax had been applied only where
the word duty could not be made to cover
the case.
"If," he said, "the trainers of the con-
stitution were acquainted with Blackstone
they were familiar with the English clas-
sification."
A popularity of the English system since
1889 was that everything called tax was
laid by the rule of apportionment, whereas
everything called a duty was laid by the
rule of uniformity. The thorough under
standing of this principle by the Demo
Gratis of the convention explained the ap-
parent lack of interest in the discussion of
the distinction in these matters. The i'm
portant question with them appeared to be
that of the proper distribution of the taxes
to be made according to the apportion-
ment.
At this point Mr.. Whitney was inter.
rupted by the adjournment of court for the
day.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-07
Pudalers ON a Strike.

PITTSBURG, Pa, May 6.-The puddlers
in all the non-union mills except Clinton
are now on strike for the 81 rate. The
strikers number 1000 men. The strikers
have all been taken in by the Amalga-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-07
Hollister y1ect, a Mieed Ticket.

HOLLISTER, CAL, May Cat the
town election held to-day the following
officials were elected: Marshal, G. w.
Austin (R.); Treasurer, Will Townsend
O.); Assessor, Robert Shaw (Ro; Town
Trustees, M. G. Series (R.) and Charles
Wagner DO.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-07
FataI Accideut at Lo,npoc.

SANTA BARBARA, CAL, May Ga.
J. Nichols, prominent citizen of Lompoc,
was thrown from buggy at that place
Sunday morning and instantly killed.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-07

In baking powders it is safer to use the
Royal only, an article that many years ex-
perience has proved most efficient, and
which has been officially demonstrated
pure and wholesome.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-07

mated Association. All the employees of
the Monongahela Tin Plate Company also
went out to-day and made demand for an
advance of 10 to % cents day.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-07
Professor Kart Yoght Dead.

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, May 6.-Pro-
fessor Karl Voght, MD, the well-known
philosopher and author. died here to-day.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-07
COLONEL BERRY DIES.
His Command Gaze Birth to the Army
of tie Cumberland.

QUINCY, ILL, Nav 6.-Colonel William
Berry, department commander through
the war of the Louisville Legion, which
gave birth to the Army of the Cumberland,
died suddenly of apoplexy here to-day. He
was So years of age, prominent Republic
can politician and corporation lawyer.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-07
Death of a Hanford Citizen.

HANFoRD, CAL, May 6.-James E..
Hughes, well-known citizen of this city,
died this afternoon.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-07
The United States Government Chez

THE United States Government Chemist,
after an examination for the Indian De-
partment, made the emphatic statement
that "The Royal Baking Powder is the
of any baking powder of which have
| knowledge"
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-01-22

Exceptions prove the rule, and the
wrong conclusion which a dog may reach
from wrong premises may be the best
proof that he possesses reasoning power.
The following story shows plainly that
the dog in the case lacked information,
but not the faculty of reasoning:
When the Gloucester lifeboat was launch
ed in 1867, it was deemed necessary for
two men to throw themselves into the sea
in order to show the great utility of cork
jackets in keeping the upper part of their
bodies above water.
Among the thousands of spectators who
were watching the men floating about w" "a
a Newfoundland dog, who became muun
excited at what he no doubt considered to
be the perlous condition of the men.
The dog ran hither and thther, barking
furiously and in his best and most en-
phatic canine language trying his very
best to prevail upon some one in tho large
multitude of human beings to 60 to the
mems assistance.
Finding no one to Co. splash into the
water went the dog and swan directly 70
the men, one of whom he caught by the
sleeve, with the intention of helping him
out of danger
A struggle ensued. The man tried to
shake the dog off, but it was of no avail.
The dog would not give up his hold, and
finally two men in small boat were
obliged to go to the rescue. Youth Com.
panion.
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Will it be comfort to the lounger to
know that the empress of all the Indies
and high and mighty ruler of the British
empire abhors new clothes, tight shoes and
innovations of every description that
hamper ease? Well, it is a fact. If the
court shoemaker can be believed, the
queen gees about in the morning without
any corsets or crimps, wearing a loose
black silk wrapper and pair of slippers
that are run down at the heels Most peo-
pie give away their old clothes, but she
gives her new boots and new gowns TO
charity and hangs on to the tried and
comfortable pets Of her wardrobe She
takes breakfast at $50 O'Clock every morn
ing in the year, and when at BalmOral
two magnificent Scotch laddies, in plaids
and kits, play the bagpipes while she
takes her coffee and cake. Coffee and
cake for breakfast however, is quite Ger
man, and not Scotch. There are four pipers
in all, and they alternate when her males
TVS ear is tuned for the windy strains to
which she is very partial.-New York
Home Journal.
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SPLITTING SECONDS.
How Minute Intervals of Time Are Ac
curately Measured.

How Minute Intervals of Time Are Ac.
curately Measured.
The measurement of minute intervals
of time is one of the most difficult sub
jects met with in the laboratory, and this
is more especially the case as the appa-
ratus employed is often little adapted for
the use of those who lack experience in
the precision gained by years of expert
mental work in physics. A Frenchman
has recently devised photochronograph
which comprises a metallic disk, turning
freely on an axis passing through its CEN
ter. The free end of a spring carries u
needle point, which bears against the disk.
This spring is timed to give 500 vibrations
per second. This rate is determined by
timing the spring so that it vibrates be-
tween known vibrations Of 493 and 522
periods per second.
Any want of extreme accuracy in the
determination of the intermediate points is
not of great Importance, as it can be shown
that the difference only affects the fifth
place of decimals of a single second. OF
course any variation in speed of the disk
does not influence the number of vibr"
tions of the spring. BY means OF mag
nesium light traces of the path of the
spring are left upon a sensitive plate
mounted upon the disk. The apparatus is
certainly not new in principle, but the ar
rangement is one which has not been de-
scribed in this particular form.-Philadel-
phia Record.
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FISHING WAS EASY.
THE OLD KNICKERBOCKERS HAD THE
SPORT AT THEIR DOORS.

The Old4n Times When Manhattan Island
Had Its Ponds Filled With the Shining
Beauties of the Finny Tribe-How They
Captured Swapping Turtles.
A well to do fisherman who was satu-
rated with the angling craze built few
years ago on a lake not many miles from
this city palatial mansion with all the
appointments that wealth could devise or
support, but his hobby of fishing cropped
out when b-ilding the rear end of his
house, which was placed on piles and pro.
jected some 30 feet over the lake. Here,
on his back porch, this old angler fished
from morn to night until his lines were
cast on the waters of Lethe. Had this man
lived in the city of New York 80 years ago
he would have found more than one dwell
ing built to his liking and so constructed
that his hobby Of fishing could have had
full sway without spending a penny for
its indulgence. The old Knickerbockers
had daily fishing bouts at their back gates,
and fruitful ones they always turned out
to be.
A section Of this city which is now a
ter was in 1915 covered by large pond,
extending from Pearl street on the south
to Canal street on the north, and the pres
ent Center street passes from north to
south through the center of the old site of
this pond. 1t was called Collect pond, and
its outlet ran into the North river by way
of what is now known as Canal street.
Near its mouth and running southwest a
branch of the outlet made its way into the
North river, forming the eastern boundary
of large tract of salt meadows The river
side of these meadows gave, on the incom.
ing tide, great sport to the old timers who
went a-fshirg for weakfsh, striped bass
and white perch as they came in to feed on
the low lying flats when covered by the
flood tide, which, in the spring, overlooked
the meadows and came nearly up to Broad
way.
The water of Collect pond was fresh, it
being fed from springs. Perch, sunflsb,
cells and catfish, all of large size and Of
delicious flavor, lived in its waters, and
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A Fortune From Advertising.

The great fortune amassed by the late
DR., Helmbold was powerful testimonial
to the benefits of advertising. 1t is said
that he spent a million dollars in advertis.
ing his buchu, and the money came back
to him tenfold, but he could not stand
prosperity, and so his money went almost
as fast as it came. There are many star
Ting stories about his reckless expendi-
lures. He gave 500, 900 as campaign
fund and spent $50, 900 upon team of
white horses and n barouche in which he
took General Grant to the Monmouth race
course the day it was opened. He gave
500 10 a poor shoemaker for tapping the
heels Of his shoes, and to poor flower girl
in the lobby of hotel he paid $50 apiece
for all the bouquets she had on her tray. -
Boston Herald.
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T RILBY.
.


A novel. By GEORGE III MAURIER. author of
"Peter Ibhetson" With 100 illustrations by the
author. PIP. viii, 464. Post .Svo, coth orna-
mental, 35.
Mr.. Du Maurier has written his tale
with su1h originality, unconventionality.
and eloquence, such rollocklng humOr
and tender pathos, and delightful play of
every lively fancy, all running so briskly
in exquisite English and with such vivid
dramatic picturing, that it is only com
parable to the freshness and
beauty of spring morning at the end of
dragging winter, 1t is a thor
oughly unique story, and once begun it
is not put down until it is tinished.-N.
Y. Sun.
Certainly, if it were not for its prede-
Cessor, we should assign to "Trilby''
place in fiction absolutely companion
less. In "Trlby'' Mr.. Du Maurier
enchants us once again with series of
brilliant pictures of Paris and Partisan
society some forty years since. The ar
tistic world of painters and poets and
musicians in which he delights is re-cre-
ated in these pages with astonishing WV
idness and power. The characters pre-
Sented in this world are sketched with
admirable deicacy and sympathy. They
move us, as true portal ure ever must,
by the gift of life that is theirs, so full
and rich is the impression of vitality.
We have marked many vivaciOus and
characteristic passages in all three vol
umes, and find we have not space for re-
producing them. Where good things
abound, as in "Trilby," selection is not
an easy matter. 1t is one of the most
unconventional and charming of novels.
Saturday Review, London.
One aspect of the Paris of the sixties
has never had more vivid and atmos-
pheric portrayal than in "Trilby."
1t is the secret of the extraordinary
charm of this story that it does not APP
pear to be a story; it has almost no
marks of artifice; it hardly appears to
have been planned; it affects us as rec
ord, kept in the simplest and most in
formal way. of certain very interesting
events and persons. The simple.
ity, the complexity, the gayety, and the
pathos of life are in it.-OutloOk, n. Y.
'"Trilby" is very notable nOvel-as
notable as any that has appeared for
many long day; book that everyone
will like because it has the essential
qualities of wit, passion, character, and
human nature; book that has the grace
and charm of a finely artistic style all
through, and that is likely to rest on our
shelves long after most of the novels of
this year of grace shall have passed
away.-St. James's Gazette, London.
Sold at Banner Stationery Store.
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THE MODERN YOUNG MAN.
How He Appears In His Pleasant or I'm
pleasant Guises.

pleasant Guises.
We have so often discussed the modern
young woman in her varied and varying
phases that it seems right and proper that
we contemplate the modern young man,
for he appears in as many guises, which,
| If perhaps not quite as pleasing to study,
| are at least worth little time in being
dissected by the pen.
To begin with, there is the heavy crea-
ture of putty countenance who wishes to
pose as a litterateur. He writes abstruse ar
ticles that ere never published. He haunts
the society of those who have found
literary footing and to the circle where
he genuinely belongs he descants of upper
Bohemia and tries to be as mystifying and
dense as possible. AS a rule, he succeeds,
and by the truthful is dubbed tiresome,
by the sycophantic learned.
Then there is the bustling young bust
ness man, who is the direct opposite of the
owllike parsonage Just described. He blus-
tiers, he boasts, he talks shop, but he gener-
ally succeeds. Time tones him down, hut
in his first ef'usiveness he is wearisome to
all save his proud parents or an employer
that recognizes in the buster that real
energy that will bring more money into
his own pockets.
The cynical creature of "a who sneers at
all that is good, tries hard to appear basc
and is in reality not half bad is quite
amusing in his endeavor to impress the
world with his ovcrweening wickedncss.
If he were one-fourth as bad as he would
have you suppose, there would be no pa
rade of his misdeeds, but sincere desire to
hide rather than flaunt his peccadillos. 1t
is the pleasure that he takes in posing as
deep dyed villain that proves more than
all else that he is not what he would have
you think.
That distressing type, the ladylilo
young man, need not be dilated upon at
length He is too silly to be taken serious
ly and too serious to be treated frivolously
therefore we dismiss him with sigh that
such a type should exist But when all
others have passed in review there is ono
that comes under no certain type, is not
classed with any other man that ever
lived, and though he 3ls many faults he
is perfect in our eyes, Tor 1t is love that
makes us blind to his foibles and alive tc
his virtues. -Philadelphia Times.
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Her Qualification,

Theatrical Manager-You say you want
an engagement to star in my theatcri
Your name is not familiar to me. Have
you ever starred?
Would Be Actress-Never.
where have you played"
II never played on the stage"
"Have you received any dramatic in.
struction?"
None whatever"
but you have at least studied the arti
You are familiar with the works of the
great dramatists, are you not9"
Never read play in my life"
Good heavens, madam, what prepare.
ton have you, then, for going on the stage
as starr"
II have had my photograph taken in
$40 different poses"
The manager fainted.-Liverpool Mer.
curry.
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One Thing Learned.

"The hardes. thing to acquire, miss,
said the dramatic teacher, lis the art of
laughing naturally without apparent eff
fort"
"Oh, I've got that down fine" said the
would be soubrette. II typewrote for three
years for a man who was always telling
me funny stories about his little boy. -
Indianapolis Journal.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-01-22

A novel. By GEORGE III MAURIER. author of
"Peter Ibhetson " With 100 illustrations by the
author. PIP. viii, 4S4. Post .Svo, cloth, orna-
mental 81 35,
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The Old4n Times When Manhattan Island
Had Its Ponds Filled with the Shining
Beauties of the Finny Tribe-How They
Captured Swapping Turtles.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-01-22

One thing that makes Senator Cor
man so mad is the increasing probability
that a Republican will be elected Govern
or of the State of Maryland this year.
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Business Dirrtturp.
DIR. B, G. JENNEY- Dentist.

SUCCESSOR TO DIR. j. N. SCRANTON.)
~ Is prepared to perform all operations in Dent
stry in thorough and workmanlike manner. Per-
ect satisfaction guaranteed in all cases submitted
o his care, and at reasonable prices. Gas or
Ether administered or extracting teeth when re
luired. Office. opposite Congregational Church
Main ST., Bennington.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-03-21
Oddities of Taxation.

Some queer things happen in Kan
sas but none Is more odd and utterly
without reason than the annual per-
Torrance known as assessment.
Every county in the state girds up its
loins on the first Of March and goes
forth to assess It's property. There is
no uniform system, no agreement, no
general plan Each county is law
unto itself and adjoining counties
may have 30 per cent. variance in
their assessment on given articles.
So far as local taxation is concerned
it perhaps does not matter much but
rs all are assessed on u state tax II
makes considerable difference. No
tlce how they vary:
Dickinson county assesses hogs at
$3 n hundred, cattle s6 to $50, sheep
II TO 81, horses II to $50, wheat 40,
oats 80, corn 40.
Douglass county values hogs at 81
per hundred, cattle S3 to ~ head,
sheep VI, horses IS to 70, corn 10
cents, wheat ID, oats 10.
Rice county has fixed So per hum
dred for hogs, 70 to $50 for cattle, 50
to $50 for horses, 81 to ~ for sheep,
so cents for corn, so for wheat, 80 for
oats.
Shawnee places hogs ut $3.50 per
hundred, cattle "a to $40, horses 10
to $40, sheep 80 cents, corn IS, wheat
20, oats ~.
Sumner county, hogs IS, cattle 20
TO SIS, horses W 10 *4O, sDeep ~,
corn SO cents, wheat 36, oats 80.
Anderson county makes hogs worth
~ hundred, cattle $40 to $50, horses
$40 to 800, sheep 81, corn 80 cents,
wheat 80, oats 20.
Reno assesses hogs sl.25 per hum
dred, cattle 80 to 81, horses So to $50
sheep 70 cents, corn 10, wheat u
oats 3.
The Legislature could not put in a
little Of its valuable time to better
advantage than in revising our taxa
ton laws to make them fairer and
more aquablc upon all the states citi-
ypus