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The advocate., 1897-09-22
Something About Glass.

An exchange remarks that the inven-
tiOn Of glass is so ancient that among
the Egyptians and Assyrians 1t was at
tributed to their gods. Pliny says that
it was the invention of the Phoenicans,
and that glass was made in Syria 400
years B. G. The excavations at Babylon
and Nineveh, however, together with re-
cent discoveries in the tOmbs of Egypt,
show that objects of glass were prob
ably made as early as 1000 to $500 years
before the Christian era. 1t is said that
in the recent Investigations among the
ruins Of Nippur, in Mesopotamia, one or
two objects Of glass have been discOv-
cred, and If these are contemporaneOu
with the ruins they date from 5000 to
1000 years B. G.. There were glass houses
at Tyre in the time of Alexander, who
destroyed the city 1872 B. G. In the ruins
of Pompeii have been found evidences
that houses of the better class possessed
glass windows. This was in A. d. 70,
the date Of the eruption Of Vesuvius.
The first glass house established in Eng
land Is said to have been at Criticized
friars in the Savoy, 1857. One historical
authority says that the earliest bottle
glass factory established in America was
established at Glassboro, N j., in IT'S.
In the tenth century the use Of glass for
window panes began to be general over
Europe, and in 1177 window glass for
private houses was imported into Eng
land.
The advocate., 1897-09-22
Hats Of Eminent Men.

A halter who has for some years past
been interesting himself in compiling
list of head sizes Of eminent men, re-
Gently wrote to Mr.. Gladstone: 81 send
you a cap which l think will prove o
good ft for your head (size 73s). II may
prove useful as travelling cap. AS a
halter I take an interest In collecting
sizes of heads Of eminent men. The fol-
lowing are a few sizes Of popular heads:
Lord Chelmsford, 6k; Duke of York,
69s Dean Stanley, 6%; Emperor of Ger
many, 6%; Prince Of Wales, z; Burns and
Dickens, 7h; Earl Russell, N; w. M.
Thackeray, 7%; DR.. Thomas Chalmers,
7%; Dan O'Connell, 8; DR.. Thomson
(Archbishop of York;, full; Joseph
Hume, M p. (the financier), Sh. This
gives you the whole scale, from the
smallest to the largest known. Your
favorite authors, Sir Walter Scott, head
was about z. Our sovereign, Queen Vic
toria's, head, from a close view once
got, take to be 67s size" Mr.. Glad
stone, in accepting the cap as gift,
sent the following reply; 81 thank you
very much for the handy cap you have
sent me- The sizes of the heads given
by you are full OF interest"
The advocate., 1897-09-22
Three Monster Locomotives.

The three largest locomotives in the
world have just been completed at the
Baldwin shops for the Southern Rail-
way Company. They are twice as strong
as the engines which haul the Empire
State express, of the New York Central
road, at the rate of a mile minute be-
tween New York and Buffalo, and three
times as strong as the famous locOmo-
tiyes which pull the fast-running trains
in England.
These monster engines will draw thir-
ty-three loaded Pullman cars, weighing
fcrty-twO tons each, at sixty miles an
hour. They have six driving wheels,
each six feet In diameter, boilers over
five feet in diameter, fire boxes ten feet
long, and with their tenders weigh lit
tons. The tenders have capacity OF
4,5OO gallons OF water and eight tons of
coal. Each engine will do as much work
as four ordinary passenger locomotives.
These magnificent and powerful addi-
tions to the fine equipment Of the South
ern railway will be used on the main line
between Washington and Atlanta.
The advocate., 1897-09-22

rests in Hollywood cemetery, Richmond,
Va; James Knox Polk is buried at the
corner of Vine and Union streets, Nash
vile, Tenn; Taylor was first buried in
the Congressional cemetery at Washing
ton, but the body was afterward removed
to the Taylor cemetery, near Louisville,
KY; FillmOre's body lies in Forest Lawn
cemetery few miles north of Buffalo,
N Y; Pierce's in Concord, N. H.. Bu-
chanan's in Lancaster, Pa; LincOln's in
Oak Ridge cemetery, Springfield ILL.,;
Johnson's in Greenvile, Tenn; Grants
remains were temporarily placed in a
specially-constructed vault in Riverside
park, on the banks of the Hudson river,
near 120th street, New York City; Gar
field is buried at Lake View cemetery,
Cleveland, o., and Arthur in Rural GEM
etery, at Albany, N Y.-Globe-D Democrat.
The advocate., 1897-09-22

sumach bush, tied to the stick his pre-
ciOus canteen, and landed 1t In the suf-
ferer's trembling hands.
"You never heard such gratitude ia
your life. Perhaps there never was any
like it before. The officer was for tying
mis- gold watch on the stick and sending
it back as slight return for the disin-
terested act, but this the boy would not
allow. He only smiled happily, and re-
turned as he had gone, crawling among
hailstorm Of bullets. When he reached
the edge of the pit he called out to his
comrades to clear the way for him, and
with mighty leap he was among us
once more. He was not even scratched.
HE took our congratulations calmly.
We said it was the bravest deed we had
seen during the war. He did not an
swer His eyes had soft, musing look.
How could you do it?' / asked in
whisper later, when the crack of the
rifles ceased for a moment.
"It was something l thought Of ne
said simply. Something my mother
used to say to me. II was thirsty and
he gave me drink, she said.She read II
to me out of the Bible, and she taught
it to me until l never could forget t.
When I heard that man crying for wa
ter l remembered 1t. The words stood
still in my head l couldn't get rid OF
em. So l thought they meant me--and
] went. That's all
"This was the reason why the boy was
ready to sacrifice his life for an enemy.
And 1t was reason enough" added the
soldier, with quavering voice.-YOuth's
Companion.
The advocate., 1897-09-22
A Noble Confederate,

A group IF old soldiers, both COnfed-
crate and Federal, were recently swap
ping stories of the Civil war. At last
they fell to comparing the greatest acts
Of bravery that each had known, and q
SOutherner told the following story:
''It was a hot July day in 1864, and
General Grant was after us. Our men
had hurriedly dug rife pits to protect
themselves from the Federal sharpshOot-
ers, and dead and dying Feds were lying
up to the very edge Of those pits.
'In one of those pits was an ungainly,
raw, red-headed boy. He was a retiring
lad, green as grass, but a reliable fighter.
We never paid much attention to him,
one way or another.
"The wounded had been lying for
hours, unattended, before the pits, and
the sun was getting hotter and hotter.
They were suffering horribly from pain
and thirst Not fifteen feet away out
side the rifle pit, lay q mortally wounded
Federal officer.
"As the heat grew more intOlerable
this officers cries for water increased.
He was evidently dying hard, and his
appeals were Of the most piteous nature.
The red-headed boy found 1t hard to
bear them. He had just joined the regi-
ment and was not yet callous to suffer-
ing. At last, with tears flooding his
grimy face, he cried out:
"T can't stand it no longer, boys, I'm
gOin' to take that poor fellow my can
teen
For answer to this fOolhardy speech
one Of us stuck cap on a ramrOd and
hOisted it above the pit. Instantly 1t
was pierced by dozen bullets. To ven
ture outside was the maddest suicide.
And all the while he could hear the Of
flcer's m0ans:
water! water! Just one drop, for
Gods sake, somebody! Only one drop?
"The tender-hearted boy could stand
the appeal no longer. Once, twice, three
times, in spite of our utmost remOn-
STRANGE, he tried unsuccessfully to clear
the pit At last he gave desperate
leap over the embankment, and, once on
the other side, threw himself fat upon
the ground and crawled toward HIS dys
ing foe. He could not get close to him
bcauSe Of the terrible Age, but he broke
The advocate., 1897-09-22
Where the Presidents Are Buried.

The burial places of the Presidents
are widely scattered. Washington was
buried at Mount Vernon, the family es-
tate in Virginia; Adams beneath the por-
tico of the stone Temple" Unitarian
church, Quincy, Mass. JeffersOn's grave
is in thick growth Of woods near the
road leading from Charlottesville, Va,
up to Monticello; Madison was buried on
his own place near Montpelier, Va; Mon
roe in the Second avenue cemetery, New
York City; John Quincy Adams was
placed in the vault which he built for
his parents; Jackson's grave is at Her
mitage, on the Cumberland river, few
miles from Nashville, Tenn; Van Buren,
was laid to rest in the Reformed church
cemetery, at Undertook, N. Y; William
Henry Harrison was buried at Washing
ton In the Congressional burying ground,
but in July of the same year his remains
were taken to North Bend, o.; Tyler
The advocate., 1897-09-22
The Young People.

Only nighb from old to newt
Night and the healing balm Of Sleepl
Each morn Is New Years morn come true,
Morn OF festival to keep.
All nights are sacred nights TO make
Confession and resolve and prayer;
All days are sacred days to wake
New gladness In the sunny air.
Only night from old to new!
Only a sleep from night TO morn!
The new is but the old come true;
Each sunrise sees new year born.
Helen Hunt.
The advocate., 1897-09-22

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The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04

BERKELEY, CAL, March 3.-The we'd
ding OF J. S. Mills of Haste street to Miss
Rowena Robb took place this evening at
the residence of the brides mother on
Ellsworth street. Rev. George B. Hatch
performed the ceremony. The bride is
well known IN the university town, as is
also the groom, who has for some time
past held high position in musical
circles.
Gates on the Trains.
BERKELEY, CAL, March 3.-Tne gates
on the Berkeley trains will be put into
use. beginning with tomorrow morning.
They will be utilized to compel passengers
to get on and off the cars on the side
where the station building stands.
Congratulated Them.
BERKELEY, CAL, March 3.-President
Martin Kellogg of the State University has
written letter to the students congratu-
lating them upon the excellent showing
they made al drill last Saturday, durin g
the celebration over the passage of the
1.cent tax bill.
Peoples Party Convention.
BERKELEY, CAL, March 3.-The Peo-
pies party OF Berkeley will hold Its con-
ventlon one week from tonight at Sis
terna Hall, West Berkeley, to name q
ticket for the coming municipal election.
Death of Captain Gum.
BERKELEY, CAL, March 3.-Captain
Thomas Gum, a native of England and an
old resident of Berkeley, died at his home
in Lorin yesterday at the age Of S8.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04
1EAVITT ON SALARIES.
Declines to Raise the Proposed Schedule
of Pay for the County Asssssor

Declines to Raise the Proposed Schedule
of Pay for the County Assessor.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALI
908 Broadway, March 3. !
The inquiry into the salaries of county
officials by the Alameda legislative dele
CATION will not be reopened. An effort
has been made during the past few days
by many friends OF Assessor Dalton, ask
ing that raise of $1,000 be made on the
salary IL is proposed TO allow the next As
SCISSOR Assembly man Clark Iried toget
mem bers 10 sign a cali fo- a caucus, put
many refused to do so and the project was
abandoned.
Assemblyman Frank Leavitt sent
signed statement to Oakland to-day for
publication. He explained that the dele
cation has tried entirely to forget indi-
viluals and 10 do their work in rearrang-
ing salaries in q business-IIke manner. In
his statement Mr.. Leavitt makes the fol-
lowing pointed remarks:
It has been said l am antagonistics to Mr.
Dalton, the present Assessor On the con-
trary, have been very friend y with Mr.. Dali
ton in the past and l know OF no reason why l
should not be in the future.
1t seems some one has been asking the
friends OF the different members OF the dele
CATION 10 write pressing letters, urging upon
them th% necessity OF paying the next AS
SCISSOR, whoever he may De, S1OOO year more
tnen any other county officer shall receive
The matter already has been decided that
all county officers, with the exception OF The
Auditor, Tax Collector and County superin-
tendent of Schools shall be paid net sal ary
Of $4,000. This amount is $1,000 q year more
than the salary of State officials Can it be
said that the Office OF Assessor leaving out of
consideration entirely the person who may be
elected, is OF more Importance and has greater
responsb biIicies attached it than the office OF
Attornev-General OF The State OF Califl7nis?
Can il be said the Office OF Assessor is of
more Importance and has greater respons bill
ties attached than that of the Mavo and mem
ber OF the Board of Public Works OF the city OF
Oakland?
l submit to the consideration OF the. tax
payers OF the city OF Oakland that q net salary
of $4,000 is sufficient paw to any man who ma Y
be elected 10 any county office in the county Of
Alameda, or, for that matter, any county in
the State.
Were we to attempt to reduce the salaries of
the officers during their present term of Office
there might be good grounds for objections,
but under the present conditions, when a |
other business enterprises are undergoing
practical ideas Of retrenchment and reform.
county officers and county offices should not
be made ali exception to the rule.
Further, the Los Angeles delegation has
placed its Assessor, with nearly twice as m uch
property to assess, upon net salary OF $500.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04
A WHITE CHILD
WITH GYPS|ES
Answers the Description
of a Girl Missing
Up North.
Mrs. Prescott Has Set a Watch
on the Camp Pending In
vestlgation.
The Blue.Eyed Child Seems S rangely
Out of Place in the Wretched
Wagon.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,
QOS Broadway March 8

OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALI
909 Broadway, March 3.
Some excitement was caused this alter
noon by the presence of a handsome
white child among a crowd of low-caste
gYpsies.
-Four wagons, upon which were loaded
all kinds of what ordinary folks call rub
bsh, passed along Twelfth street toward
East Oakland to-day. To each wagon were
harnessed three nondescript beasts which
looked as though they had not seen hay
or hostler all their lives. A mass of
rain-soaked gunny sacks and old mat
B tresses was in each wagon, and out of it
there protruded a few poles which were
~Eidently used as supports for their tents.
On each WAGON was a family consisting
of man and wife and, on an average, half
dozen little urchins, with ragged clothes,
dirty faces, hatless, unkempt heads. The
little people looked surprised at every
thing they saw, and the wild horses
jumped every time sireetcar approached,
III some instances jumping right across
the tracks and exposing the family TO
danger.
AS they passed along Twelfth street
there was noticed in one of the wagons a
beautiful little blue-eyed white child. 1t
appeared 10 be out of place among its
dirty little companions and attracted
much attention. The fact was reported
to Mrs. Prescott of the Children's Society,
and she at once started out to investigate.
a few weeks ago Mrs. Prescott received
q letter from lady from one of The north
ern counties informing her that little
child had been stolen and that its disap-
pearance was simultaneous with the pass
Ing through the town of band of Mexi-
can gypsies.
Mrs. Prescott deemed it inadvisable to
take the child from the gypsies without
proper authority, and so she has placed a
watch over the gypsies so that the child
cannot be spirited away, and she is max
ing inquiry regarding its being in such
company.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04
UMBRELLAS ON HAND.
A Thief Hid Them Under the Bed of a
Curator.

A Thief Hid Them Under the Bed of a
Curator.
OAKLAND. CAL, March 3.-The keeper
of the free reading-room on Clay street,
between Seventh and Eighth. is anxious
to hear from the owners Of eight mbrel-
las which he has IN his keeping. This
morning when he woke he found the UNI
brellas under his bed. 1t is supposed that
some enterprising thief who had been out
on raid last night placed the stolen
articles under the bed before the curator
locked up for the evening. The thief
evidently thought that the curator would
not notice the um brellas, and that ne could
come for them some time to-day and take
them away without attracting attention.
When found the TN brellas were all wet,
so that the thief must have taken them
them from the anteroom of some hail.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04
PLAYED FOR EVIDENCE.
A Policeman's Experience With a
Nickel-in-the-Slot Machine and
SalOonkeeper.

Police Officer M. J. Hemenez made the
rounds OF saloons about Market street
yesterday, playing nickels in the slots of
milling machines. His success was not
until he strayed into the Art
Saloon" on Market street, near the City
Hall. He won 25 cents, according to the
dial, and when brass checks were offered
him, each check emitting him to cents
worth of refreshments. he asked for money
instead. He was given the coin, where
upon he showed his star, took the machine
in charge and arrested Thomas P. Dunn,
the proprietor OF the place, on charge OF
carrying on banking game.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04
Jubilant Over Their Park.

OAKLAND. Call, March 3.-The West
Oakland Improvement Club is taking the
preliminary steps to hold jubilee ex-
pressing their satisfaction at the park
which will soon take the place OF the
West Oakland marsh. 1t is the idea of
the committee to devote one afternoon
and evening to the jollitication. There
will be plenty OF music, all kinds of fire.
works, good speaking and. if the finance
committee so advise, a banquet.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04

officlated as pail bearers, namely: Major
Woodward, II. L. Longfellow, 2. w. Car
roll, William Rushmore, A. O. McMullen.
The ladies of Colonel John B. Wyman
Post, G. A R., present were: Past presi-
dent, Mrs. Stothard; vice presid mt, Mrs.
E. c. Sampson; Mrs. E. B. Thorne, Mrs.
Lynes, Mrs. John Purvis.
The interment took place in the soldiers
plat in Mountain View Cemetery.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04
AN ORATOR CONVICTED.
Spoke on the Street Corner in Violation
of an Ordinance.

, Spoke on the Street Corner in Violation
of an Ordinance.
OAKLAND, CAL, March 3.-F. A. Ham
NAton, the youth who spoke in the street in
order to test the ordinance, was found
guilty this morning by a jury in the Po'
lice Court.
This afternoon Attorney Majors discov-
cred that writ of habeas corpus had been
issued by the Superior Court in the case oi
one Sherwood, Salvation Army worker
who was convicted, but the matter was
allowed to slumber. This afternoon AT
torney Gibson appeared before Judge Og-
deh and called mp the Sherwood writ. 1t
was denied and Sherwood was remanded.
An appeal TO the Supreme Court Will be
taken at once. Tomorrow is the time set
for passing sentence on Hamilton. Sher-
wood is now far away an0 no one knows
where he is.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04
FINES WERE PROVIDED.
Mr.. King Testified in the Case Against
the Chinese Consul.


the Chinese Consul.
Both Fong Yuen Hing, the Chinese
Consul, and King Ow Yang, the Vice
Consul, were on the witness-stand in
United States Com missioner Heacock' s
court yesterday in the case OF the See Yup
Society again st the Consul.
Nothing particular beyond a few unim-
portant details of the trouble between the
See Yups and Sam Yups was drawn out of
the Consul.
Mr.. King. as the Vice-Consul is called,
identified some translations OF the consti-
tIiion and bylaws OF the See Yup Society,
which he said provided for fines on M m
bers who should patronize Sam Yup
stores.
As the Consul for the See Yups wanted
his own translations the matter went over
until this morning.
Fong Yuen Hing was, as usual, accom-
panied by his bodyguard-mem M bers of the
Woey Leong. the Chinese police of the
Chinese quarter.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04
SIX MONTHS FOR A KISS.

The Penalty Imposed Upon a Heathen
Who Embraced Mrs. Holmes.
An Jim. the Chinaman who waited for
Mrs. Holmes every morning as she passed
Sixth and Market streets and then saluted
her with a kiss, has been sentenced to
serve six months. Imprisonment in the
County Jail.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04
The Judgment Affirmed.
Nc Farland's Concurring Opinion.

have signed the opinion of Mr.. Justice Hen
shaw, and thereby concurred in his opinion,
and in the judgment of afirmance. But,
while can see no legal ground for a reversal
of the judgment, desire TO say that the con-
viction of appellant would have been much
moro satisfactory if he had been tried in some
county far beyond the reach of the threatening
atmosphere which surrounded him at the
place of his trial; and where the active and
long G IN inued attempts to forestall judicial
inquiry, and compel hostile decision, could
not possibly have had much force. As the case
stands, it is somewhat difficult TO feel surfi-
ciently assured that outside adverse pressure
did not have some jnsensibe influence.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04
DEATH OF MRS. SWIFT.
She Had Lived Here Since Pioneer
Times.

OAKLAND. CAL, March 3.-Adelia P.
Swift, widow of the late Judge G. III.
Swift, died this morning at her home on
Filbert street. at the advanced age OF IS.
The immediate cause of death was the
grip.
Mrs. Swift resided in this State for the
greater portion of the time since 1852.
Her hus band, Judge Swift, was for many
years president of the Sacramento Bank
and was Mayor of that city for several
terms. He came to this coast in 1S49. in
the same party with f. d. Mcdonald.
She leaves two daughters, Mrs. +. H.
Lehman and Mrs. Z. A. Towne. A third
daughter. formerly the vile of the late
Edgar Mills, brother of D. o. Mills, died
some years ao1.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04
INAUGURATION BALL
Will Be Given by the Ladies' Repub
can League.

can LeAgue.
OAKLAND, CAL, March 3.-The Ladies'
Republican League of Oakland has ar
ranged for q grand entertainment and
inaugural ball Thursday evening in honor
OF the accession to the White House Of
Major Mckinley.
Mrs DR.. Derrick, the president of the
league, and committee OF ladies have
made preparations for very successful
gathering. and there will be very large
attendance. Handsome little souvenirs
have been prepa red and will be distribu
to every person present. Ex-Mayor w. H..
Davie will make little speech on Presi-
dent Mckinley.
The ball will take place in the audito-
rum of Grand Army Hail on Thirteenth
street