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The San Francisco call., 1896-05-01
Mysterious Disappearance OF a
Prominent Young Church
Member.
WHERE IS THOMAS BARNES
A Pathetic Air That 1t Is Thought
Made Him Tenn por ariiy
Insane.

The mysterious disappearance of Thomas
Barnes, bright and highly respected
young man, is causing the greatest alarm
among his friends and the congregation OF
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, Six
teenth and Noe streets, of which he was q
prominent mem ber.
Before coming here about a year ago
Barnes was a schoolteacher in Oregon and
had a first-class certificate. AS he failed
to get a position as teacher he had been
working for some time for A. Bonig, sc
Clipper street, who has cracker route foI
the American Biscuit Company. He lived
with the Bonig family. . :...:.
Aweek ago last Wednesday Bonig and
Barnes started together to go over the
route. Barnes was sent 10 the grocery or
Eighteenth and Capp streets for an order
and that was the last seen or heard of him
Mr.. and Mrs. Bonig waited patiently fol
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-01
SAN. MATEO HEIGHTS
Auction Sale TO-AIorrow of Choice Resi-
dence Lots and villa

Tomorrow the San Mateo Land Asso-
citation will offer at auction 255 choice
suburban residence lots and villa sites on
San Mateo Heights. These lots are To-
Gated in the most beautiful residence por-
ton of the growing city of San Mateo.
The streets are graded, the sidewalks laid
and palms planted. A modern sanitary
sewerage system has just been completed,
while water mains are being laid and cleo
trio light wires put up.
:: The lots have a frontage of from so to
2oo:feet each, and a depth of from 80 TO
225 feet. A special train will leave San
Francisco from the depot at Third and
Townsend streets at IL O'Clock tomorrow
morning. The fare for the round trip will
be 80 cents =: -.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-01
STEAM BAKERY PLANT.
An Eastern Firm Looking to the West
for Investment.

Secretary ], A. Filcher of the State
Board of Trade yesterday received letter
from firm in Indianapolis asking if there
are a sufficient number of steam bakeries
in this City to warrant the establishment
of a plant here for the manufacture OF
steam bakery machinery, etc.
Mr.. FIicher in reply said that there were
but few bakeries of that class in this City,
but that there were between 500 and 40C
bakeries of all kinds here. In conclusion
he said:
''Such factory as you contemplate
ought to supply the large bakeries of Port
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-01
VICTIM OF CRIPPLE CREEK.
Banker and Merchant Weinberg, Nov
Here, Has Large Losses.

Among the arrivals here is G. L. Vein
berg. senior partner in the Weinberg Shoe
and Clothing Company and the Weinberg
Banking and Brokerage Company, Cripple
Creek, recently burned. The gentleman
left the big mining camp before either of
the three fires occurred, which destroyed
il totally, including, of course, Mr.. Wein-
berg's two big business houses. He says
he thinks his losses will exceed S45, 900, the
amount stated in one OF the dispatches.
He thinks the town will be rebuilt, for
the mines are extensive and rich. and the
people of indom;table energy. About
10000 of them are homeless, and Mr.. Vein
berg fears there may temporarily be some
suffering.
The gentleman owns large orange
ranch near San Bernardino, and was e1-
pecting to go on there when the telegram 8
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-01
a BABY sCALDED TO DEATH.
Frances Meseini Dies Early Last Even
ing From Injuries Received on
SATURDAY..

Frances Meseini, the tiny infant daugh-
ter of Lorenzo Meseini, who resides at 702
Broadway, died last evening at o'clock,
the result OF scalds she received by the
accidental overturning of pot of boiling
water last Saturday evening. At the time
of the accident a bath was being prepared
for an older sister and the little child, who
was playing on the floor, overturned the
hot water. For few seconds the child
was completely enveloped in the scalding
fluid and wnen picked up from the floor
it was found that the flesh had been CON-
pletely cooked in several places on her
little body. A physician was hastily sum-
moned. but a cursory examination con-
vinced him that the child had been fatally
burned. She fingered along, however, un-
til last evening, when death ended her
misery
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-01
ELABORATE MEMORIAL MUSIC
Services to Be Held to the Memory
of Baron Hirsch.

of Baron Hirsch.
The memorial service in honor of the
late Baron de Hirsch will be held at the
Temple Emanuel on Friday evening at
7:45.
The music specially prepared and COM
posed by the cantor, e. ]. Stark, will be of
a high and elaborate character. Anumber
OF singers have been added to the regular
choir and Nine. Breitschuck. .Marquardt
(harp) and Henry Heyman (violin) will
play the obigatos in the various compost
tions.
The principal numbers are:
Opening hymn, blessed Are the Departed, /"
Spohr; Sabbath hymn, "Hcly Sabbath Rest
Z. J. Stark memorial hymn, ''Why art thou
cast down, E ]. Stark (for soil, double chorus,
with violin and harp obligatol; closing hymn,
40 Lord, what is man ?'' e. ]. Stark (for
soprano and barytone solo, with chorus an d
with violin and harp obligato).
/. The soprano, Miss Daisy Cohn, the con-
tralto, Miss J. Wilcox, and the barytone
Cantor Stark, will sing the solos in the
respective compositions. Daring the silent
devotion Nine. Breitschuck- Marquard,
win play ZabePs "Seraphic Sounds. u
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-01
nIission Mass-Meetinr.

The Mission Improvement Association will
hold a mass ting of residents OF the Mis-
sion tomorrow evening on the corner OF
Guerrero and Twentieth streets. The purpose
is to discuss the proposed new charter. F. W.
Dohrmann and ]. Richard Freud, president and
secretary Of the Merchants Association, will
address the meeting. The associations synop-
sis of the charter will be distribu 1t is
expected that between 500 and 900 Missionites
will attend the gathering.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-01
Condolences for Judge Campbe1

J. G. Jeffress, George W. Collins and H. B
Jennings, q committee from Mon tezuma Tribe
No. n, Independent Order of Red Men, waited
upon Judge Campbell in his chambers yester-
handsomely engrossed and framed set of
resolutions of coAdolence, passed by the tribe
men on the occasion OF the death of his moth er
tribe.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-01

fifty-five fishing boats were swept out to
sea and nothing is yet known as to the fate
OF their crews, numbering three hundred
and fifty men.
The men from the sailing schooner Alton
belonging to this port were lost in their
hunting boat, March 80, on the coast of
japan. There sufferings were intense be-
fore they were rescued by the natives
Tnev were Hans Isaacsen, Victor Carlson
and Fred Bartlett, all well known here.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-01
A Fraudulent so,;citor.

Word has reached the president of the San
Francisco Nursery for Homeless Children that
some person unknown to them is circulating
a petition asking contributions OF money for
the Nursery for Homeless Children. The presi-
dent wishes to warn the public against giving
authorized by the members of tne institution
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-01

New Mexico, and probably all of them
would be glad to give support to your en-
terprise, yet 1 would not have you estab-
lish it on our recommendation without in
Vestigating the subject further"
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-01
A Scheme to Centralize the
Working Forces at the
Water Front.
AIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
The New Building Will Be Used as a
General Delivery and for Ad-
m:nistration Purposes.

The establishment of a postofice at the
water front, where the different car lines
terminate at the foot of Market street, has
been finally agreed upon. 1t is the inten-
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-01

came announcing the fires. He feels like
a man with his abode wiped off the earth,
hut will go on TO San Bernardino. and ere
long will return to Cripple Creek. Heis
al the Grand.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-01
NORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD

tSia SausaI1tO Ferry.
From San Francisco, Commencin March 29, 1S9a
WEEKDAYS.
For MIL Valley and San Rafael = 7:oO, 1900
*9:lb lO:lo, II AS. A. n: *1:45, $40, AIS,
5:16 50 :0u. s:35 p. ".
Extra trips for San Rafael Mondays wedneo.
DAYS and Saturdays at IL 80 p. NJ.
SUNDAYS.
For NH Valley and Saa Rafael-*S 100, $500
*l0:Oo, II 30 a. NJ; *<l2:SJ 81 80, s2:lb, $500
S:50. o:4o, $3.50 P. M. Extra trip to sausalito al
IL 100 A. II.
Trains marked run to San Quentin. ssl2:so
Pm. does not run to Mill Valley
THROUGH TRAINS.
l:45 p. II. weekdayo-Cazadero and wav statfons
o :oO A. M Sundays-Cazadero aud way stations
o"o a. NJ. SundAys-Point Reyes ana way stAt,onA
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-01

SANTA FE EXPRESS
To ch;caoo via A. 6 p. Direct Line
:. : u NJ carrying Pullman
Palace sIeepers and Tourist sleepers 70 Cnicags s
via Il Kansas CITY without change. Annex eAls ie1
CHICAGO LIMITED,
From Los Angeles to Chicago.
.ndar Harvev,s management. Connecting traina
leave san Francisco at 9 A.. N. and 5 P. NJ daily.
Now rails new ties; no dust: interesting scenery3
and good meals in Harvey's dining-room or dining
Ticket OMce-644 Market Street,
ChrQQiclo Building.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-01
Atlantic
AND
Pacific
RAILROAD

Trains leave from and arrive
ct Market-Street Ferry.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-01

NOTE-These goods placed
tables this they insured QUICK SALE
tending purchasers will find it profitable
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-09-04
"Pair Of Bulls. /"

Two rather good "bulls" are attrib-
uted to the late Sir George Campbell.
On one occasion he had been calling
attention in the House of Commons to
some abuse i'll Indian administration
and proceeded to observe that he had
further revelations to make concern
ing other scandals in comparison with
which this one was ga mere flea bite
in the ocean" Auothcr time, when
speaking about military affairs in In.
dia, he declared that "thc pale face of
the British soldier was the backbone of
our IaIan Army. The Queen.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-09-04

other. with Il space between OF about
eight feet III the bottom and graduating
to four ut the top. where the funnel
meets the water line. This annular
chamber is to he filed with masonry,
of which enough to ballast the struc-
.ture and keep it in an upright position
is to he built in before starting for the
sea. steel cOmposcs the greater part of
the structure. the framing and planting
OF The sides of the funnel being similar
to the construction of n war ship. When
the structure has been comnl"t"d and
towcd out 10 sen and sunk. Il is ;:ropos-
cd to fill in the space between the inner
and outer chambers with sand and
stones. and thus weigh down The great
inverted funnel TO n firm hril on the
hOl tom.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-09-04

tie white one or brown ono would do"
That COW has got over the dead line
I'll bet and some farmer has taken her
up, and it will cost me dollar to get
her back. Now, if 1 had boy could
send him after her, but they all de-
serted us long ago. If we had life to
live over again we wouldent raise boys.
They go too for away. would like q
little grandson to run about aud wait on
me, but there is mono within reach. Our
grandsons are mostly girls, and they
are good children and comfort us all
they can. I've planted some popcorn
for them, and we will have some fun
this winter. I was reading the other
day about happiness, and the writer
said there was no such thing as pres
eDt happiness, that when we are young
it is just ahead of us, and when we arc
old it is behind us. There is a good
deal of melancholy truth in that, but
it is not wholly true. 1t depends on
how a man schools himself to bear the
ills of life. He can be happy if he
will or he can make himself miserable
by brooding over little troubles. The
world is bright and beautiful and full
of blessings to those who try to see it
so. So let Mrs. Minis stay away if
she wants to and let tho old COW keep
on hunting for q calf and we will still
be calm and serene.-BILL ARP in At
lanta Constitution,
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-09-04

ture said, 'To the right, Mons,.ur. .s
the end of the vestibule, and falling
bach upon his chair, continued: 'Ah,
but that is good! Oh, but it is rich =
IL rushed to tho door aud entered.
at last, there he is ciied my father
in.law on seeing me.
'As advanced step or two woo
met with roar Of laughter. Hand
kerchiefs came ont of pockets aud !lew
to mouths as by magic. 1 beard the
'ohs, 'abs, dear me but it is comic H.
etc. The mayor almost strangled in
his armchair. stood still, not know
ing what to do, aud saying to myself,
what in the world is every one laugh
ing at?'
'Geuevievo hid her face in hoy
hands. My monther in-luw, almost
s,nothercd, was making frantic
gestures OF Indignation. My father
ln-law came to me and W tn Ell air
that brookcd no contradiction said.
Monsieur, all is ended between u.s.
"'But what is the matter? Explain
to me-, I begged.
Monsieur, marriage is a sacred
affair and we are not nj carnival
but do not understand
"'Then look in tho slnss.'
81 went to tho mautel, and q cry of
surprise and horror escaped my lips.
The entire right side of my mustncbc
had been burned OF. I asked moth
ing more and rushed out of the room.
Do you understand now why do not
smoke?"
HIs that olIoD NO osled EHos tbe
story no ending?"
'No, it has none. But made one.
Six months afterwnrd met Genevieve.
My mustache had grown ont again.
We explained. I was eloquent"
''And she forgnve you?"
''Yes, Monsieur, she forgave hir. !"
said woman, still young and very
prepossessing. who WAS sitting oppo-
site me. From the French, III Path
finder
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-09-04
THE EElS LIGHTHOUSE.
Novel Invention of a New England
Sea Captain.

Members OF the United States light
house board are considering an invcn-
ton made by CaptHi2 Eels. i New En-
gland mariner, and are inclined to re-
gard it as the best design ever present
ed for building lighthouses ia the opcn
ocean.
For three years engineers and scica-
lists have been working on Il mammoth
design fOr Il lighthouse on t:le outer
Shoa! Off Cape Ilattcras. and ut last
they believe they have perfected Il plan.
1t Is estimated that il will cost al least
T,00O.OO0 to carry it out. The design
of the New England man provides for
light structure rs high and Us capable
of displaying Il light of the first order
rs any in the world, ut cost probably
not exceeding 100000.
In general appearance the lighthouse
looks like an inverted funnel, and when
In place the big end will be on the bor-
tom. several feet in the sand. and the
Spigot end is to rise 100 feet. If ueccs-
ssary, to support the light. The draw
ing of the design submitted to the
treasury department represents a light
house ut least 1h0 feet high from The
top or the lens to the hOttou, Of the
water. In" height above tie water ,:Ir
TO he about 100 feet. The most re-
markable feature of the scheme is tie
great diameter of the cylinder Mt The
bottom and its comparative slender
ness at the water line The base repro
sents n circle whose diameter is ut least
seventy feet. while Il few feet above
the water the structure is scarcely more
than thirty feet through the center. and
from that to the top of the light II coll
tinues to diminish until ut the extreme.
top it is not more than twelve feet
through. The big end of the funnel
consists of two walls. one inside tho
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-09-04
Globe or salt Larger Than the Noon.

"AVDt "! ~att LII wi lHlE tHc .hoon.
According to the computations o.
NJ. Marlborough, of the Geographical
and Statistical Society of Paris. the
amount OF salt contained in the waters
of the various oceans and salt seas of
the globe would be greater in mass
than the land. SO far as it extends
above the surface Of the waters. The
seas cover seventy three per cent. of
the earth's sur face, estimated at 9, 2G0,-
600 square miles. The percentage OF
salt is the same At oil depths. Assum.
ing that the average depth OF all seas
and oceans is but a half mile lit is
probably more than twice that then
there are not less than 3, 400, 600 cubic
miles of sea water on tho globe.
Thousands Of tests Of sea water huve
recently been made, and rs n result of
these different analyses it is now posi-.
lively known that u cubic mile OF sea
water contains mt least twenty .fvo
Kilograms of salt. This being tho
case, we find that the total amount o.
salt contained IN 3, 400, coo cubic miles
OF sen waters on the globe would be
equal to 5000 cubic miles Cf pure
distilled salt. Years ago Baron Hum
boldt declared that the salt IN the
waters OF our oceans, could it be eX.
tracted, would make globe larger
than the moon.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-09-04

A thread of witty sarcasm runs
through the remark of medical
writer in the New Orleans Medical
md Surgical Journal when in speak
ing of the gratitude of the patient for
the physician he explains that the
feeling of gratitude is part OF the dis.
ease. 'It comes on with the fever.
1T improves during convalescence, and
Is cured by return to health"
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-09-04

The latest long distance trip has
been undertaken by an Englishman
with good American name. He is
one Jefferson, and has already started
on bicycle iaunt to Irkutsk, which is
in Siberia. The start was made from
England, and the distance tho rider
will cover will be GO0O miles. His
total equipment, Including the wheel,
weighed sixty pounds.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-09-04

An annual interest charge of S397.-
442, 1872 accompanied the mortgage
debt in force in the United States dur
ing the decade 1SSO>'9O. This was at
the rate OF GO per cent upon the
principal, or 36 per cent. for acre
mortgages and GIG per cent for lots.
Interest charges on mortgages incum-
bering acres were Sl62, ,944, and
on lots 1924, 1884 Regarding tho
annual product Of wealth as approx
mating ST.. 200, 900, 600, not including
increase of land value, the total an
hdal interest cha-go on rsll estate
mortgages was 3.3l per cent.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-09-04
The Dancing Mania.

She danced and she danced, alone or
with her friend, or her friends friend,
or strange girl, and when they were
all tired out she picked up baby and
kept up the step. Her shoes we're
broken and torn; the sole of one held
only at tho heel. But it did not hinder
her light step, for she had leaned or
knew by instinct how to toss her foot
so as to bring down the sole and the
stocking together without an awkward
flop.
1t was Joyous sight to see her, and
Mulberry street filled to watch. The
Slum police officer who hates hand.
organs came to his window to order
the Italian away, but he paused Sec
ond too long and ended by tossing ont
a nickel to protract amusement. Out
of their houses came the people. They
meant to dance. too. but they simply
stood and looked on. Why?
The girl was dancing for herself
alone. There was not trace Of vanity
at the admiration she attracted. There
was nothing but the sensuous enjoy
ment of motion. She did not seem to
care for the music except rs a time
ll.!!:s>r--her eyes-was tnr-axay
look, aud it Was just little sad. One
spectator found it very sad. The
spectacle. from being one OF exhilara.
tion, became one for pity, and as the
organ-grinder finally moved OF and
the girl followed him down the street,
the man who did not applaud turned
to one Of Cat Alleys mothers and
asked:
"Who is that poor little girl:"
The woman answered with an Irish
name and then added:
'She'll get a licking for that. Her
mother gives it to her every day, bu.
she can't help it. She's got the
craze
1t cost very littio further inquiry to
ascertain that there is what has some
of the symptoms Of nervous disease
among the children of the poor. They
cannot help dancing when they hear
music and they dance till their clothes
are torn aud their shoes arc worn ont
and at night they are sick AMI ex.
haustcd. After n runaway day with
the organ-gtindcr, they have crying
fits and are mentally affected in q
curious way. But licking will no5
cure them. York Post.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-09-04

The street car company In Toronto,
Canada, paid the city last year $780,
900 in rentals and taxes, ard had O
fair margin of profit. while selling six
tickets for twenty-five cents, and Civ
Ing further concessions to school
children and workingmen. The oper-
ating expenses were 81 cents per
mile, and the receipts Is! cents per
cor mile.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-09-04
Little Lessons in the Kitchen.

There, don't burn yourself Better
let cook fix The fire But | know You
like orange cream. Here il Il very
reliable recip" for it. Try it. It's easily
made and delicious Into Il half pint
OF cold milk put half an ounce Of gcia-,
tine. When this mas quite dissolved,
which it will do best If placed near but
not on the fire, add four tah!rSpoOnflI!s
OF thick cream AMI one of sugar. Stir
this up well. and when almost cold add
gradually the juice OF four good or
ange1. When perfectly cold this cream
will be soli,i enough to turn nicely out
Of q small mold, although IL remains
Giill soft. PETITE COOKIE.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-09-04

The Rio News, of Brazil, says that
"one of the most singular appoint
ments we have thus far seen is that of
DR.. Americo des Campos Sobrinho by
the st. PHulo State Government as In
spector of immigration in Canada and
Porto Rico" The place hunter seems
to be in clover in Brazil; in fact, the
positions seem ~ be made to order.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-09-04

China is said to be suffering from a
dearth OF small copper coins or "cash,"
as they are termed. The chief cause
of the deficiency is tho continuous
growth of trade anil po pulation, and
the cessation of the coinage of copper
coins in the citics, in consequence of
the TAPPING rebellion having stopped
tho supply of copper from Yunnan.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-09-04

There has been in the Southern
States steady diversi6cation of
farming in the South and, according
to Home and Farm, it is this change
for the better which is pulling the
Southern farmer through the hard
times. The zone crop" idea is injur-
ious to any section, for the soil re.
volts and demands rest through
change.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-09-04

That Japanese licking was the best
thing that ever happened to China,
maintains the Chicago Times Herald.
Now for the first time open to railway
building and other modern engines,
China will make more material pro-
gress during fifty years to come than
IN the fifty centuries last past.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-09-04

The net cost of pensions in France
lis only $40, 900, 900 less than one.third
what we pay fo- a war ten years earlier
thon that which France waged in 1870.
Besides, the French Government pen.
sions civil servants.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-09-04

Excluding warships, Cleveland,
Ohio, is the second shipbuilding CEN
tre in the world, the Clyde, below
Glasgow, alone surprising it. Cleve-
lands lake commerce is 10. 900, 900
tons, New York's ocean commerce
only IL, 900, 600 tons.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-09-04

The recent census of Boston shows
that the city has lost population in
those portions which were once resi-
dental centers, but which arc now DO.
ing rapidly converted into business
localities.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-09-04

IL suppoS" when you w"r" ~ tn"
White Mountains last Siimh4,.' yrl, ri:.
jOycd the echoes very much:" 'Nu.
didn't. | went {" hear t#"m ";ih Char
lie Bullard. ana when they repeated
what ne said they r,ai!y h,rrh y" ,r..y
much. !iarp"T's HaZ#".
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-09-04

The italian Government is contem-
plating the creation of port for
Rome at the mouth Of the Tiber. Tho
works are estimated to cost $40, ,GOO,.
600.