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The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31
<ARE MEETING WITH SUCCESS

Committees Working for the New Line
Filling Their subs criptiou Lists.
The com mittee of merchants which has
charge the movement TO esta blish line
of steamers on the coast which will not
charge such exorbitant rates that the
profits OF business will be eaten up paw
ing freight held another NEE ting yester-
day morning. Only routine business was
transacted. and ways and means of secur.
, ing han monious action were discussed.
While the sUb-com mittees of merchants
appointed to work among the men in their
respective lines of business have not as
vet made their official reports it is lnfor-
malIy known that they are meeting with
as much success as could be hoped for by
the most optimistic
All those who nave thus far signed the
agreement being circulated have sub
scribed themselves to give 500 month
for the term of three years. When the
committees find that they have secured
all of the 500 subscriptions possible those
for smaller amounts will be accepted.
The Portland merchants regard this
movement as an ATTEMPT on the part ot
the San Francisco merchants to Absorb
their trade. The movers IN the scheme
deny that there is any intention of thi.
kind. They say they are working to build
up I'M ters ate com merce on the coast, and
they claim that what will benefit San
Francisco will bring beneficial results lo
every CITY on the coast.
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Did NOT KNOW
HE WAS WANTED
Charles s. Aiken of the
Examiner Arrested for
Criminal Libel.
He Is Co-Defendant With Man
aging Editor Lawrence in
the Spreokels Case.
Was Sent to Seattle When the War
rants Were Issued to Be Kept
Out of the Way.

Charles s. Aiken OF the Examiner was
arrested yesterday morning at his resi-
dence, 715 Ellis street. and registered at
the City Prison on a charge of libel He
was almost imm ediately released on MS
own recognizance by Judge Cam pbelI.
Aiken was arrested on a warrant sworn
out by Claus Spreckeis some moths ago,
and is co-defendant with A. M. Lawrence,
managing editor OF the Examiner, who
has since then been fighting against hav-
ing his preliminary examination before
Judge Campbell.
1t was Aiken who clipped the libellous
article from the Petaluma paper and un-
der the instructions of his superiors re-
published it in the Examiner.
When MIR. Spreckels found that he
could not reach the absentee owner of the
yellow journal he was compelled to fall
back upon the managing editor and
Aiken. 1t was inconvenient for the for
mer to leave the city so as to evade serv-
ice of the warrant, but Aiken disap-
peared.
days ago, and yesterday morning the
man J. McAuliffe was sent with the war
rant to Aiken's residence and his arrest
followed.
Aiken denies that he left the city to
evade service of the warrant He was in
structed to 60 to Seattle TO represent the
paper there and was unaware before leav-
ing of the fact that there was warrant
out for his arrest otherwise he would
have surrendered himself.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31

parents who are otherwise thoughtful and
considerate OF the welfare of their chill
dren. and who are in many cases undergo
ing privations that their children may
secure an education. Do not be too ready
to judge these children as having a fad
for glasses or wishing to wear them be-
cause some of their playmates do. Better
be little overcautious in having the
child's eyes examined than to take too
much respons bility in this matter in your
own hands. We extend a special invita-
ton to those interested IN this subject to
bring your children to US if YOU think
their eyes are not perfect. We make a
speciality of children's eyes, and believe
We are better prepared to do this class of
work than any one else in this city. Do
not neglect this opportunity, as We offer
you this free of expense onlv for a short
time. DRS. SEYMOUR & CO.,
Opticians and Oculists,
Rooms 415-16-17. Emma Spreckels build
ing, 927 Market street.
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Cross Sisters, ana treasurer, Sister Mary
Alice, of the Sisters of Charity.
The rest OF the programme was espe-
cially interestln". Professor Ed H. Griggs'
paper on the Ethics of School Organ.zq-
ton and Discipline" was particularly well
received, and the theories he brought
forth were approved by ali.
The reading on THE Study of Nature
by Professor o. 2. jenkins of Stanford
was deemed the finest article in that line
that the sisters have had the pleasure
OF listening to-
The session yesterday convened at in
the morning, but did not adjourn until
hal.-past in the evening. 1t being the
last day of the institute, there was consid-
erable extra business to transact.
The meeting opened with the ''Veni
Creator" and ended with the chanting
OF the "Te Deum," in which all Joined
and there being over 175 sisters present, il
made very i'm pressiye scene.
The programme for yesterday was as
follows:
900 A. M.-Hymn, "veni Creator; "Uncon
scious Tuition Miss Mary Donnelly. 1000
A. M.-"My Idea of Teacher" Miss Katherine
Graydon. IL 200 A M.-Round-tapl confer
ence; cademic depar tment literature; gram.
mar department literh ture; primary depart
ment, arithmetic. l: 80 P. NJ Ethics Of
School Organization and Discipline" Pro
fessor Ed II. Griggs, Stanford University
$50 P. N.-"The study of Nature" Profe .s,,l
0. P. jenkins, Stanford University 3:3C
P. M--Closing hymn, "Te Deum"; election O
officers.
The convention ad diourned TO meet again
In October, 1898. The sessions this yea
have been better attended than during any
previous year, and the Catholic Sisters
Institute is now getting on a firm footing.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31

proper adjustment of lenses, which will
relieve the strained condition of the sight
To te sure, t is only within recent , ears
that 1t ha' been possible to fit glasses to a
small child, but with the methods now
emp. Dyed, children even as oung as 3
years OF a"e can he as accurately fitted as
a grown pc SON.. a. though the means used
are very different from tIe customary te t
given by the average oculi,t and optician.
Dr.. Seymour has given this particular
feature OF his speciality years of careful
study. and has teen employed by school
authorize in many Eastern ci les, where
he is considered an authority on chill
dTens eyes.
Nor dos this apply wholly to children.
There are grown persons in this city to-
day VINO have had their eyes operated on
for strabismus (or cross-eyes) and have
only succeeded in getting the use of 10th
eyes ard having them straight after are
full fit ng and Tetitting of glasses, made
with view of res oring all possible sight
to the weak eve
Proper treatment and scientifically fitted
glasses would have accomplished the
same results and avo ded the surgeon s
knife.
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] make the statement that nine out OF
every ten persons who are cross-eyed can
trace this condition to defect in their
sight.
1t Is very rare that child is torn cross
eyed. In the ma ajority of instances the
eyes become crossed between the ages of
l and years, and almost every mother
will tell you that tnis cond on dates
back to fall, a sudden fright or some
sickness.
But the real cause dates back farther
than this. The child was born with de-
feet We sight, and until weakened by sick
ness, thew were not obliged to cross them
in o der to see. But as a small chilQ, the
eyes are seldom crossed all the time. But
repeated strain is apt to leave them a little
more crossed each time, until eventually
the child is cross-eved. You are apt to
neglect this tate of affairs feeling certain
that as they grow oder he eyes will
straighten themselves, or that an opera
ton may De performed which Will restore
the eyes to normal condition; but here
Is where YOU make very grave mi stake.
In the first place the eye which becomes
GRO sed is more than likely to depreciate
in sight, and. in fact, if persistently neg
lected. it Is almost sure to be( ONE entire
ly useless. You are not aware OF this fact,
for the eye does not change in appearance
IN the least, and you only wait for Il con-
Veniei.t time to have it Strengthened by
the use OF the kn'-e. never dreaming that
this operation ls very apt to be entirely
use ess if TIE sight has left TIE eye, for
there is nothing ihen to keep the eye
fixed on the same object that the other
| eye sees. And if the operation is success
ful In improving the appearance, it does
| not restore the sight to the long neglected
| cross-eye
! How often we hear parents say that
they do not wish to take the esponsibl- j.
lily of having their chill drens eyes
| straigbte tened until the child is Old enough
! to express a wish in the matter itself
| Tor fear the operat on might injure
| the sight This view of the matter is
wholly unbecoming to parent who has
the real welfare of the child at heart, for
the chlid Is sure to learn in later lie tuat
this neglect has cost the sight of an eve.
Inc family ph vsican has b, en- to blame
ior many slghte>s eye, as he has ad-
Vlsed the PARENTS to let the matter go and
| perhaps the eye Will st aig Lite itsClf IN
time This does happen sometimes. but
| the occas. .ons are very rare, and it usually
| goes from ba TO worse
You ask why all these explanations
ana " hat is the proper step to be taken
when tendency to cross ewes is first no.
til ed III children? 1t is simply this: Take
them at once to a thoroughly competent
sp ocialisJ and have their ewes examined
with regard 10 the condition of the sigl t,
ana VIII promise You that you have
done the wise thing, for almost nyariably
the eyes can be very much relieved and
generally entirely Strengthened, by the
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31
sonnet HING ABOUT
CHILDREN'S EYES.
Disposition Sometimes Affected
by a Severe Straining Of
the Eyesight.
Parents and Teachers Are Apt to
Overlook Little Peouliarities
in the Way Children Hold
Their Books.

Now that the care of eyesight of the
pupils of our public schools has become
one of the duties of the teacher it may in
terest many to know the effect of eye
strain on different children. And always
having taken particular interest IN this
branch of my speciality quote an instance
from experience.
lady brought two Of her children to
me (boys aged and III to have their eyes
examined, wishing to know if glasses
would help them in their schoolwork.
In answer to questions about the gen.
eral health of the children, their disposi-
ton, complaints they made regarding
headache, eIc., she made the following
statement:
al really am puzzled to know what to
do with the older boy, he seems so irrita-
BILE and cross after few days at school,
and he always seems to be spelling for a
hight. His health seems very good, with
the exception of headache after study, but
he is not as far advanced in school for his
age as his younger brother"
Worked Change.
After making q careful examination
prescribed glasses fer the older one, but
told the mother that the younger boy aid
not need them at present. 1 did not see
them again for six months, when, upon
meeting the mother, she told me the
glasses had worked q marvellous change
in her son, that he wore them constantly,
and could not bear to be without them.
He was picking up in his schoolwork,
and was better natured than she had ever
known him to be.
This child is only one of many thou
sands in our schools to-day who are hav-
ing their dispositions ruined, and are
called dull and stupid by their parents
and teachers, through no fault of their
own. Being perhaps born with defect
in sight, they do not know of any differ
ent world than that which they see
through defective eyes, consequently can
not relate their troubles to their parents,
as they are entirely unconscious of their
defect. Therefore. l wish to emphasize
most emphatically that it is the duty of
all parents and teachers to mark very
closely any popularity that children may
have in looking at objects at long dis.
tance or close at hand, such as squirting
their eyes, frowning, looking sidewise
from partially closed eyes, and particular
ly regarding the distance at which they
hold their reading matter from their eyes,
for it is natural for child or for grown
person, for that matter, who has normal
sight, to hold clearly printed reading
matter about fifteen inches from their
eyes. Should this be varied to any extent,
such as drawing the reading quite close to
the eyes or holding it at arms length, it
is almost sure sign that there is some
thing wrong.
Little Sympathy.
People who have strong eyes usually
have but little sympathy for those who
are less fortunate in this respect.
The necessity of glasses to assist a
child in schoolwork, which will put
them on more even footing with the
other students, is not appreciated by many
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31
WERTHEIMER'S CREDITORS
Sickness Said to Be the Reason
why a Settlement Is
Sought.

Bert E. Wertheimer, wholesale and re-
tail cigar-dealer, with store at 115 Battery
street and 1912 Market, called meeting
of hi, creditors yesterday. The reason
assigned for this is said to be the illness
of the proprietor rather than q deficient
excheQuer.
Those in position to know state that he
is perfectly solvent and amply provided
with funds to pay dollar for dollar. But
mis- illness has prevented him from givin g
his personal attention to the straig hten-
ing out of his accounts, and rather than
placing his affairs in other hands he in
vited his creditors to meet and adjust
their claims.
The house had done an extensive East
ern business in the cigar line. There are
no local interests involved in the concern.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31
WRECKED ON A
Coral ISLAND
The American Ship Com
modore and Cargo a
Total Loss.
Ran Ashore on a. Small Rocky
Reef While on Her Way
to New York.
The Captain, His Wife, a Passenger
Named Smith and the Grew
All Saved.

The American ship Commodore is a
total wreck in the southern seas. A dis.
patch from London to the Merchants Ex-
change says that she ran on Maiden
Island while on her way TO New York
from Honolulu, and went to pieces in a
few hours. The crew was saved and eigh
of them have been landed in Launcesion,
Australia. The vessel was valued at $780,
600, her cargo OF sugar was insured for
$3.50 600 and her charter money for $l7 .000
The vessel was owned by the following
business men of San francisco: w. a
Boole, George E. Middlemas, Captain
James Davidson, Charles &. Hug, 4. B.
Patrick, Isadore Burns and George H
Collins. There interests are also insured
The Commodore has been an unfortu-
nate ship of late. May last she was char
tered here to load sugar at Honolulu for
New York. She was fitted out at Folsom
street wharf and was all ready to 60 TO sea
when the wharf caught fire.
At great risk Captain John Siloyich
went to the assistance of the ship in the
tug Vigilant. He finally got her away,
but not until the vessels topsides had
been charred, her foremast and bowsprit
so badly burned that they were useless and
the standing rigging was ruined. The
captains wife was caught aboard the
burning ship and she had to be lowered to
a place OF safety aboard the Vigilant.
1t took nearly two months to get the
Commodore ready for sea again, and on
August 20 she sailed in command OF Cap-
tain Davidson. Mrs. Davidson again ac-
companied her husband and was with
him when the final disaster overlook the
snip. Another passenger was the son of
w. ID. Smith, the we'll known rigger. The
young man was making the voyage for
his health.
Maiden Island is one of the British pos
sessions and is in latitude 155 west, longi-
tude 4.3 south. 1t is low, circular island
at no place more than thirty feet above
the sea. 1t is only four miles across at its
widest part and is covered with guano.
The New Zealand Phosphate Com pany
has a station there anu it's schooners
trade regularly between Australia and
Maiden
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31

Local literary circles are TO have the
fond anticipations of many days realized.
General Lucius II. Foote's collection OF
poems Is to be given to the world this
week, and in token thereof the advance
copies have already reached the city.
The quality of General Foote's work in
the field of verse has led the lovers OF
poesy to expect much of the forthcoming
volume, and ii is not likely they will find
cause for disappointment
ION the Heights" the name borrowed
by the book from one of the most fas-
clnatlng short poems within its covers,
has much to thank its publishers for, tine
mechanical Quitting Of the collection
being In excellent taste. And bad print
ing has more TO do with some literary
failures than most folks think.
There is charm about General Foote S
4 verse which is at first hard to locate. Ger
4 talnly he has a clear and catchy knack in
i rhymlug, and while we are adInirins the
"a ,iaIc OF the lines a picture rises up be-
>tOre Us and we find that there bas been
more than "a search for words that
rhyme" The title poem, ION the
Heights, furnished a good example of
this in its opening verses:
He crawis along the mountain walls.
From hence the severed river falls:
Its seeth1ng waters rise and twist
Then leap and crumble into mist
In Tent Lie, the autnor mas struck
chord that should be popular in the city.
In smooth, pleasing rythm, he takes the
denizen of the town, "The toiling galley
slaves of cent per cent out to the free
dom of the hills. There is a vacation
joyousness about The verses which might
be either refreshing or tantalizing to the
aforesaid galley-slave, who, capable oi
feeling the things desert bed, must yet
continue his striving for the cent per cent.
Imagine, for instance, man surrounded
by the fore ebodlng tones of law office or
the equally uninteresting volumes of the
countlng-room, pausing to read this;
/ skirt along the mountains basky flank
And hnd pEimeval parks OF pines and frs,
BetWe u the shoulders OF projecting spurs
These lordly cones are marshaled rank.
In the Ambrosial gloom, dark sises of pines
Lead out to sunny gades angling WATERWAYS
Where moss enameled trunks and trailing vines
Hedge IN the bud and gloom of vernal days
II is not likely that the little volume oil
verse will escape the critics entirely
unscathed. Just once in a while the
author is guilty of using trite metaphors
and SMILES which have seen much SER
vice. Perhaps there are places where the
microscopic eye of the professional critic
- will see line too short or an illm ated
verse, but there IS so much that is charm
ing in the little book that the appreciative
. public is sure TO cry, Long life to On the
Heights
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THE new STYLE GLASSES
Don't Disfgure Your Face With
Ill-Fitting Glasses.
STYLE IN GLASSES AS IN DRESS.
Large Glasses Becoming Very Popular
Many Wearing Glasses Without Rims
Glasses Are Now Made Much Thin
Than Formerly.

No, the frames are not what trouble
people who find it necessary to wear
glasses. 1t is the proper lenses they
want. But at the same time there are
manv who appreciate being fitted with
glasses which do not disfigure their ap-
pearance any more than necessary. Yes,
l often NEE: people whose appearance is
improved by glasses. But contrary to
what many think 1 find very, very few
people but that feel very badly to be
obliged to wear them at all. This talk
about people wearing glasses for style is
pure nonsense. In the first place, people
who did not need them would find wearing
even plain glass very disagreeable and
would very soon lay them aside even if
foolish enough to buy them in the first
place.
Speaking about style in glasses, the
change has been mostly in the size of the
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31

considerably damaged. Wednesday last
the carpenters and riggers went to work
on her and have put in a new mainmast
and main boom, repaired the companion
way and skylight, and now she is ready
for sea. The schooner Is crowded in at
the bulkhead between the British ships
the Hahnemann and William Tell, and
will have 10 be taken into the stream be-
fore her main boom is put in place.
Captain Saunders, who brought in the
Mail Company's steamer Peru yesterday,
will go out as master of the steamer New
port The latter vessel has been thor
oughly overhauled anu modernized, and is
now one of the finest steamers in the Mail
Company's fleet. Captain Friele, who has
been away on vacation, will go out as
master of the Peru.
The ferry steamers Piedmont and Oak
land are both laid up Tor repairs. They
broke down last Friday, and the Newark
and Encinal ere now running in their
places. The Bay City and FL Captain are
running on the narrow-gauge route.
The steamer Humbo dt which did the
fastest and best work of the entire Klon-
dixie fleet, is back in port again. and will
resume running to Eureka on Novem Der
.. Out of all the passengers carried to
and from St. Michael on this steamer,
there was not one that registered a kickf
against vessel or crew. The Hum boldt
brought from Seattle full cargo of coa.,
salmon and oats and a Jew passengers.
Among the latter was L. Stevenson, the
florist. who has returned from an attem ut
at reaching Dawson; r. B. Handy, who
for four years has been Collector of Gus
toms at Unalaska, and A. l.. Hawley,
partner OF Mayor Wood of Seattle in his
KloDdke venture.
The Mail Companv's steamer Peru ar
rived from Hongkong. via Yokohama and
Honolulu, yesterday. The voyage was an
uneventful one and everything was quiet
in both Japan and Hawaii.
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The explanation of this strange m after
lies In the fact that there exist very few
perfect eyes. The errors are by no means
always betrayed by detective vision. The
human brain is q marvelously skillfuI ad-
juster and adapts itself to circumstances
whenever possible, and in many cases
persons will 60 on straining their ewes for
years before they actually begin to lose
their sight, when, If this matter had been
given attention with the first symptoms
OF headache, or nervousness caused bv
little extra use of the eyes a great deal of
trouble and disco m fort could be prevented.
1t is the brain which counteracts and
adapts itself to the defects of the eve that
is in danger. The effort made by the
nervous sys EN- to accommodate the de-
mands made upon it by deficien cies in the
eye may be enough to rob half the rest of
the body of its necessary nerve force and
vet 1t is but recently that our physicians
have begun TO recognize these facts
DR.. Seymour, who m axes this a speciality,
invites those who have tried all remedies
in vain for nervous headaches 10 cali on
him. This opportunity should not be
allowed to pass IL you think there is a
possibility that your headaches NAV be
caused by poor eyes.
One week, commencing November 1
for services which you pay Others from *
up for, we offer you without charge. not
because it is not well worth what Won
usually pay your Ocu!ist, but because We
wish 10 make your acquaintance, and if
glasses are needed we will furnish them
10 you at the prices charged by the retail
opticians
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31

vmptoms-Prominent eyes and large
pupils. Distant vision improved by
squirting. Vision for distant objects
poor. Vision good at very close point
prosres ssive in early life. Handwrit ng is
small Persons with this diff Guilty see
perfectly whe objects are held near the
eyes, but d stani obje Is are dim an often
invisible. For In tanoe, person NAV e
able to read perfectly and yet be unable to
see the time on large dial few ieet lis
tant Nearsighted children often in jure
their eyes en- eavoring to see during black
hoard exercises. 1t is the duty OF a
teacher to report all such cases to parents
and TO see that the child IS it,e tn
spectacles. Great care should be taken in
the selection of glasses for the near
sighted, as too strong glasses cause pro-
gressive myopia, which Is not unlikely to
terminate in blindness.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31

A nervous little woman who had been
going through the process of having her
ewes tested concluded the recital of her
ills by saying: II am SO irritable, too.
don't mean to be, but little things sggra.
vate me. and l am so cross l am ashamed
Of myself"
"Any woman would be cross with such
eyes In her head" replied the doctor.
You can never be anything else but cross
while your eyes are strained as they are
now."