The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

nation of neutrality recognized the Sou.nern
Confederacy on the 18th of May, 1861. France
did the same on the 10th of June, spain on i Inc
7th of June and Portugal on the I9tn OF 9uIy;
Russia expressed the hope "that the North ana
South would show their high political nroc.
by making peace soon." Brazil issued ptU;d LA
every important nation, but none In uirect
terms declared the Southern States IS peiilsei-
ents.
EYELAsHFs-V. C. s., City. Nature has In
tended that each person should have certain
number of hairs to form eyelashes ana you
should be satisfied with what nature mas en-
dowed you and not endeayor to increase the
growth. There are preparations that II Is
Claimed will dye eyefashes. but Answers to
Correspondents cannot recommend any, nor
will an expression be given OF the value of the
soap you name for the complexion
PAsspoRTs-s s.. City. If you desire pass
port to 90 to Russia or Siberia. address COM
munication to the Department OF State, Pass
port Division, Washington, D. c., inelosing 81
in currency, postal money order or postal note.
Passports are issued only TO citizens OF the
United States, and they are good for two years
mus must tn make i afidavit before notary public OF
justice of the peace, and forward IL Win tne
application; if citizen by virtue Oh iatneas h rs
companied by the affidavit OF the apppcant
and that of one other citizen who knows the
fact that the applicant is a eltizen Dy ErrsHe "a
citizen his papers must be sent on, ana they
will be returned with the passport. Inc ap,
picant is required to state ms - au de
place of permanent legal residence. and 10 de-
clare that he goes abroad for temporary
sojourn and in tends to return TO the OhIleu
states with the purpose or resldlng anu ann pei
blank form, to be filed out by the applicant,
can be obtained from the Department OF STATE
by writing for it, II the aRpncacbei cbiIdreu d N or
servant it viii be sufficient to state the names
and ages OF such persons and their relatlon-
ship to the applicant when single passport
for the whole will suffice.
THE BEAR-J R., City. The screw propeller
Bear, now in the revenue service of the United
States Government, was purchased in 1854
from Greive & Co. of Greenock for the purpose
of sending her nortn in search for A. W.
Greedy, the Arctic explorer, and his party IL
was the Alert that was presented TO the Gov
ernment to be one of the vessels on the expedi-
ton. The Bear was built in Dundee, Scotiano.
by A. stephen & Son for r. Steele In 1S|4;
Her length is 100 feet, breadth 29:9 feet and
depth 1873 feet. Her tonnage is 114 tons.
She is now rated as frst,class YES
SELL carries four guns and was transferred from
the United States navy to the revenue service
in the latter part OF 1885 and reached this
coast IN 1856 She carries eight officers ano 10
send a relief expedition after Greedy the
Secretary of the Navy made arrangements for
the purchase of the Bear and the Thetis, both
whaling business in the Arctic seas and con-
structed to meet ice foes and run into ice. At
the same time the British Government offered
the Alert without conditions as gift TO the
United States, it being understood that
she was to be used as one OF the yes
sells of the expedition. The Bear was
on the voyage from Greenock to ST.
Johns, Newfoundland, when the offer to pur-
chase her was made. She was the sister ship
of the Proteus that carried the Mares expedi-
ton in search of the north pole. She was pur-
chased for $100, 900, was delivered in New
to the Brooklyn Navy-yard, where she wss
strengthened. Captain Ash, who brought her
from st. Johns, was named her ice pilot. She
was the first of the vessels of the expedition to
leave. She sailed April % with Lieutenant
W. H. Emery as commander and with crew of
thirty-four. She reached the spot near where
Greedy and the other six survivors were dis
covered and rescued by the party that was on
board OF her. After the return of the Bear she
was turned over by the Secretary of the Navy
to the Revenue Department and she has been
in that service ever since.