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New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
MONDAY LANrARY 2s.
SHIPPING NEWS.
PORT OF NEw-yoRK. SATURDAY. JAN. 26 1901.
ARRIVED.

PORT OF NEw-YoRK. SATURDAY. JAN. 20, 1901.
ARRIVED.
Steamer Mnnehaha (Br, Robinson. London January Il.
with mdse and the Atlantic Transport Co
steamer St Louis Pass9w. Southampton and Cherbourg
Navigation Co. on Fire Island at s:83 p m
Steamer Christine DAM larsen. Malmo January and
Shields in ballast 10 Philip Ruprecht Arrived al the
Steamer Bechuana CBrl. Renwicke Cardiff January 10,
in ballast TO Norton Son Arrived at the Bar at S;lo
Steamer wemar (GerD steenken. Bremen January u.
with mdse and passengers Oelrichs & Co. on Fire
Victoria C7r). McKeer. Dunkirk December IA
sne GO At ahS1g ab F Th sugar ~ & 70
Steamer Teresa (Aus) Herlich. FerTo January ]. via
Hampton Roads "a IN ballast to Funch Edye Co. Ar
steamer Dagery CNor) staubo Progress January i5
with hemp to James e Ward Co Arrived at the Bar
Steamer New-York Staples San Domingo City January
and Monte Crsti is ana Turks Island ~ with radse and
10 cabin passengers 10 W Clyde & Co Arrived the
Steamer Princess Anne Davis. Newport News and Nor
f0 TR Sss a saa ed to old 10pinon s Co
10 William P Clyde & Co.
william CLYDE Passed in SANDY HOOK afse af sS
sandy Hook J. 2s $50 m-wnd north
SAILED.
Steamer jefferson. for Norfolk and Newport News El
CBrl. Liverpool: olinda Matanzss etc; Saginaw wa
a ProSss al co3se S x Key & wsst
iandsfarne 9 sal,i1noSa YG, bSeneios T Baltimore
CITY Phiiadepha Philadeiphia Ncola II 2psn5 sfS
STPoP % P,; rI6t T1nSld a. E Bermuda PatTica HbuTe
dam via Boulogne: Hohenzollern 0Cier) Naples stc
Saracss Ponce Curacao. etc; Mexico. Havana; Aai Csr
Cruising Yacht IPnzessin Victoria Luise Ger. West
Yacht cruise IN West Indie. tpassee
! At 7:S0 u0 ~
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
NEW-YORK CITY.

Postmaster Van Cott announces that mails from
China Japan and Hawaii of the following dates:
Hong-Kong. December 2S; Shanghai. December 81.
Yokohama, January S, and Honolulu. January IS.
which reached san Francisco by the steamer
China and the mails from Australia which arrived
al Vancouver, are due in this city On Wednesday
morning
The annual dinner Of the Alumni OF Manhattan
College will he held at Sherry's on Wednesday
evening
The Rev. John P. Chadwick. formerly chaplain Of
the United States battleshp Maine. VIII give a
farewell lecture AT the Harlem Opera House on
Sunday. February 3. at SIS p. m. .or the benefit
of Almrante Council No. l34. knights Of Columbus.
concert will also be given by the list Regiment
Band. under the leadership Of Professor Fanciulli,
and Andrew Mack. the Irish comedian, and num-
ber Of prominent singers will appear.
The fOrty-eighth anniversary OF the Young Mems
Christian Association of this city will he cele-
brated 80 o'clock to-day, with appropriate ser
vices, i'm the Brick Presbyterian Church, Thirty
seyenth-st. and Fifth-aye.
The annual dinner of the New-York Alumni OF
Syracuse University viii be given at the ST Denis
Hotel Broadway and Eleventh-st.. Friday even
ing next. Bishop Fowler and other prominent mem
berS Of the alumni Of the university are expected
10 be present
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
cLoTHEERs, ASSOCIATION TO MEET

The Clothiers' Association OF New-York. which
Is the representative body in this city OF the Ma
tional Clothiers' Association has completed mr.
rangements for the annual convention and dinner
te be given at Slerry's on Wednesday. February
s. Delegates from all the important clothing man
lfacturing centres Will attend the convention, at
which matters Of vital Importance 10 the trade
VIII be discussed. Among those OF prominence in
the affairs Of state ano trads WHO have been in
N.tcd 20 attend as guests Governor Benjamin
Odell Of New-YOrk; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Tim
othy l. Woodruff OF New-York: Governor John
Walter Smith OF Maryland. c Congressman l. n
l-ttauer. STATE Senator Elsberg Asseublvnan n
Slater; Randolph Guggenheimer. president Of the
r King, president OF the Merchants AssorierIoT-
~ " Watson, president Of the Credit MsI's Assn,
cis ton. Samuel Rosenthai jr. president az fbe
National Clothiers Association, and Captain r
Norton Goddard. Positive acceptances have hser
received from ali these men. The oficers
ana directors Of the local ASSOCIATION are: Marcus
NJ Marks, president: Isaiah Joseph. vice-presi-
0ent. Benjamin Holman, treasurer; Samue
Fleischrnaa actuary; Max Ernst, William cold
man. Morris GoIland, solomon Heller. Ferdinand
Kuhn, Arthur z. Levi. Jacob Lppman and John s
McKeon.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
THE MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.
nnR EIGN PORTS

Queenstown Jan 26. 6:12 p m-Arrived, steamer
UJmbrla CI3rl Watt New-York for Liverpool tand pro
ceedeiJ; sailed steamer Cymrc tBr. Lindsay from Liv
eTpooD New-NoTk. --- .,-, ~.
NicoI New-York for Liverpool
Liverpool Jan 25-Sailed steamers Philadelphian tB).
NICK inney New-York; Goth. Lncania USrl. Dutton New
Southampton Jan 2s-saed. steamer New York. Mills.
New~York Cherbourg tand passed Hurst Castle 40
Hull Jan 25-sailed. steamer Congo tBr, Jones New
Lizard Jan 25--Passed, steamer Rotterdam Dutch.
Voege New-York for Rotterdam.
Isle Of Wight Jan 2e.Passed steamers Gharois
DUTCH. Peters New York for Amsterdam Buffalo (Br)
Loveridge. New-York for HUI - -
Havre. Jan %. 3 p m-sailed. steamer Bretasne
CFr1. AIix New-York
cherboGrg. Jan 2s. $50 p m-sailed. steamer New
York Mills from Southampton for New-York.
Antwerp, Jan 2s-sailed. steamer Kensington tBrl.
Gibraltar Jan 26-Passed steamer Bolivia tBr, Craig
Naples Jan 22-saiied steamer MassIia (Fr) Jaubert
New-York
Suez, Jan 2s-Arrived steamers Breconshre tBr)
Elliott Calcutta NewYork; .Genartney tBr), Raj
ferty New-York via st Mchsels. etc. for Singapore
Cape Point Jan i-Passed steamer Baron Eldon ,Br)
Gordon. NewYork via 81 Vincent. g V. for Melbourne
East London, Jan Arrived. steamer sandsend 'BrD
Clark. New-York via Cape Town.
81 Kits Jan 25-Arrfved, steamer Fontabele
4 Mckay New-York for
st Lucia. 2S-Sailed, CBr).
Harvey. from Psra for New-YorA
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
NEELY SAILS FOR CUBA.
DECLARES HIMSELF CONFIDENT OF AC
QUITTAL WHEN TRIED IN HAVANA.

DECLARES HIMSELF CONFIDENT OF AC-
oUITTAL WHEN TRIED IN HAVANA.
Charles F. ". Neely, who is charged with embez-
Zling the funds Of the Cuban postO1ce, sailed for
Havana yesterday the steamer Mexico In the
custody Of Deputy Marshals Frank DAILY and
Abram Adler. Nicely appeared to be in good
spirits when he left Ludlow Street Jail, where he
had been confined pending decision Of the United
States Supreme Court. which has ordered his ex-
tradition. May %. 1900. was the date of his in
carceratlon He chatted and laughed with the at
tendants. and shook hands with them heartily. At
the door Of the Jail he shook hands with Warden
Patrick II. Pickett and bade him cordial good
by. He said 10 Pickett
Il am glad going back to Cuba because
readily explain everything away, and ] will be
acquitted"
relative Of Neely was at the pier TO meet him.
His identity not disclosed, and he would not
talk to any one. The deputy marshals refused to
allow Nicely TO talk with reporters. The party occu-
marshals said that they would take turns in guard
ing Neely, day and night TO prevent any attempt
at suicide by jumping overheard All the meals
will be served in the stateroom.
Neely walked lightly up the gangplank, and did
not look though he all Respondent He
smiled and laughed with the officers of the vessel
who standing at the head Of the gangplank
marshals said that Neely constantly declares his
confidence that when the comes 10 trial in
Havana and all the facts are known he will be
quilted.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
Section lsi reads as follows:
TO STUDY INDIAN LIFE.
PROFESSOR JACKSON. OF COLUMBIA. TO MAKE
AN EXTENSIVE TOUR IN THE ORIENT.

A. Y. Williams Jackson, professor OF IndO-
1ranian languages at Columbia left yesterday for
London on his way the Orient study the diff
ferent phases OF Indian life in the interest OF the
university On his arrival in India he will devote
8 weeks TO the study of the Parsees, especially
IN relation to their religious ceremonies Professor
jackson expects 10 enjoy great advantages in
this research his book Zoroaster has made
him widely known among the Parsees.
Le9Ning Bombay, he will proceed north, visiting
the principal cities 10 observe the Hndoo custo'
After a considerable stay In the Punjab he may
60 into Afghanistan, OF he will proceed at once
the plain OF the Ganges. visiting Benares and
Calcutta. and theme TO Bombay n the way home
Professor Jackson expects TO collect number of
specimens for the university.
F. J. Agate. a Columbia sophomore will accom-
pany his uncle. Professor Jackson
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
TO RErIrE CRUSADE AGAINST SPLITTING

THE LAW FoRBIDDING IT IN PUBLIC PLACES To
BE ENFORCED.
The Board Of Health is showing renewed activity
In Its crusade against spitters I'm and ferry
boats and the floors Of public buildings Yes
terday morning President Michael G. Murphy di-
rected that a copy Of form Of notice. in respect
70 splitting IN public, be posted in a conspicuous
place in al public conveyances and buildings The
notice follows:
spirtng on the floor Of this car (or ferry boaO is
misdemeanor. 4 500 fine, Imprisonment, or
both may be the punishment therefor.-Section
ls4 of the SANITARY Code and Section j. OF the
Penal Code.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Section lSi reads follows:
Spi;ung on the floors OF public buildings and OF
r.iTcad and of ferryboats is hereby for
bidden and officers in charge Of all such buildings
and boats shall keep posted permanently in
each public building and in each railroad and
81 each ferrybOat sufficient number Of notices
forbidGng splitting upon the floors. and anitors of
buildings conductors Of and employees of
ferrybOats shall call the attention Of all YiOlators
OF this ordinance TO such notice
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
rBE RArNEs LAW IN WESrcHEsrER CO.

The annual report of the State Commissioner OF
Excise contains figures Of interest relative TO the
working OF the liquor law in Westchester County.
The total receipts under the Raines law are shown
10 he s2sl 7S0 r. Rebates cancelled certificates
ard fees for collection amount 10 s2OS7l S. making
the net receipts s2ll.3 q. or this amount the
cit2s and towns receive S40.s06 IS. and the State
30 0g The total number Of liquor licenses In
force in the county is $50, increase OF eighty
one since the Rafnes law went into effect, in 1886
The Increase in receipts over those OF The old
law, IN 1896 Is Gb2. 116 65.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
HOME NEWS.
FRoMINENr ARRIvALs AT THE HOTELS.

PROMINENT ARRIVALS At THE HOTELS
ASTOR-Colonel J. A Woodruff. L. 8 A. CAM
BRIDGE-Major c. c. MacCOnnell. I. :. A EN-
PIRE-Dr. George Munro Of London. FTFTH
AVENUE-Congressma Galusha A. Grow. OF
Pennsylvania, and ex-senator w. u Washburn.
of Minnesota. GILSEY-JudEe +. l.. Sheldon, Of
Binghamton Brigadier-Generll J. F.
Weston, L s. A. and Captains T. A. Adams and
G. 2. Schols L. s. A. IMPERIAL-ColonelF F. J.
Iuding1on, Of Waterbury. Conn. MANHATTAN
Martin A. Knapp. Interstate Commerce Commits
sioner NETHERLAND-M Hutin. Of the Pan
anna Canal Company WALDORF-P. A. B. Wild
ener. Of Philadelphia, and ex-senator ]. Sloat Fas-
Eett, OF Elmira
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
WHITE PLAINS.

The Rye Beach County Park Association has
Just been formed The officers are: William p.
Platt, president; Edwin l.. Thomas, vice-president;
David Cromwell. treasurer: Hail b. Waring. secre-
tary. and William r Moore recording secretary
The object OF the new association is to have pub
lie park Rye Beach and Oakland Beach, on the
Sound The new association VIII meet AT the IL
beron Hotel Monday morning
Martha Washington Council No s. Daughters of
America viii hold a social and reception on Tues
day evening.
The will OF Commodore Alexander henderson, OF
Yonkers, filed for probate to-day. The estate
consists 5000 which is all in personal property
son The witnesses 10 the will all live in Wash
ingtOn. d. &.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
MOUNT VERNON.

Company B. lst Regiment OF this city, will give
a dance AT the armory on Friday night.
The annual convention of the Christian Endeavor
societies Of Westchester County will be held in the
First Presbyterian Church on February -. Mrs.
Ballington Booth who is resident of Mount
Vernon viii he OF the speakers.
Invitations have been issued for the formal open
ing Of the $4,000 Turn Nerein Hail in this city
to- evening
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
NEW-ROCHELLE.

The fourth concert in New-Rochelle by the New
York University Glee Banjo and Mandolin clubs Is
10 be given in Trinity House the evening of
February 5 under the auspices Of the New-Rochelle
Hospital Association About fifty prominent New
Rochelle society women are named as patronesses
Of the affair.
The annual dinner Of the Choir Guild Of Trinity
Church will be held in the parish house Wednes-
day evening. February 6. About fifty viii be
laid, and magicians and jugglers Will amuse the
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
30 SELL c. P. HUNTINGTON'S SEAT.

The seat Of the late Coils P. Huntington on the
New-York Stock Exchange has been posted for
transfer To Eugene Meyer. jr. Other transfers
Benjamin F. Ham to Daniel A. Loring. jr.
Thomas p Hughes to Jesse L. Boskowitz and Sam
ueI McCord to Howard c. Foster.
The following resolution was adopted yesterday
by the Governing Committee:
That the employment Of a clerk clerks in a
nominal position because Of the business obtained
by such clerk or clerks for their employer. is
violation Of Articles NX%XII and XXXXIIT of the
constitution.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

MINIATURE ALMANAC
Sunrise Moon rises Moons age
HIGH WATER.
AM-Sandy Hook 40 Gov Island 1914 He'll Gate 3O3
P.M--Sandy Hook l2:5i Gov Island :26 Hell
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27

TO JOIN NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON.
The hattleship Alabama sailed for Pensac cola
Fla, Yesterday join the North Atlantic Squad
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
SAN FRANCISCO STOCKS

San Francisco. Jan. 26.-The official closing QUO
tations for mining stocks to-day were as foIISwa.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
PORT CHESTER

The Free Reading Room and Library Association.
which was founded and endowed by the late J. Y.
Peck. has elected the following officers: Herman
l. Marshall, president; John +. Mills. vice-presi-
dent. J. y. Wilcox, treasurer, and w. +. Peck,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-10-02

It's usually the head of the family
who foots the bill.
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rIr. McCauIlev Leaves.

r. R. McCaulley, who has kept the
west side racket store since the death
of his daughter, Mrs. Kivett, has
packed up his goods and left for Ar
kansas, where he has relatives in bus
mess. Mrs. Breakey purchased some
Of his stock and has moved her stock
from the east side over to the build
ing he vacated.
Mr.. McCaulley is nearly 80 years of
age and that he has earned a retire
ment, and will let his younger rela-
tives look after the business. He and
his grand daughter, Miss Winnie Xiv
EFT, have the best wishes of many
friends for pleasant surroundings in
their new location.
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Observation-Disclosures,
LOCAL MENTION
ssseOse0seesesoeseSSseese

Beloit is holding a Merchants Car
nival this week.
Chas. Dunn has returned from his
visit in the east.
The Kerkhof-Locke troupe are
playing in Belleyille this week.
Mr.. Garberson is building a barn on
his lots in the north part of town.
When some elderly women try to
look young they dye in the attempt.
Twill make reduction of five cents
sack on flour ordered with feed.
CARL LARUE.
a number of Marvin people attend
ed the theatre in this city Saturday
evening.
We have been having some very
damp and chilly weather the past
week.
The Northwest Teachers Associ-
alton meets in this city on Thanks
giving Day.
Hon. Webster Davis, the greatest
orator of to-day, spoke at Mankato
Monday night.
The Phillipsburg band furnished
some fine music for the Kerkhoff-
Locke company last week.
Norton county is to have $4,000
high school building. Why couldn't
Phillips county have the same.
We understand the mail route be-
tween Agra and Kirwin has been dis
continued, much to the dislike of both
towns.
Mrs. Max Fromuth, returned from
six weeks visit with her daughter,
Mrs. Nettie Linehan, at Kansas City,
Saturday night.
Mrs. Hanlon, formerly of this city,
but who now resides at Wamego this
state, is in the city on an extended
visit with friends.
If you have poultry to sell, don't
fail to see J. D. Couch, east side of the
square in this city. He can beat
them all on prices.
Col. W. E. Rowe, who used to run a
store in Kirwin in the early days, was
in the city Saturday. Mr.. Rowe is
now a tr aYelingman,
Another evidence of "total deprav-
ity" of the human heart, is the fact
that a man will continue to eat pea
nuts after being called down.
Now is the time to subscribe for the
HERALD. The largest and best paper
n the county. All the news all the
time. Try it and be convinced.
Theo. Lanman has retired from the
Smith Center Messenger. Mr.. VIM
Dannenberg, who has been employed
on the Messenger, succeeds him.
This is the latest going the rounds:
What is the difference between a faith
healer and slim girl? The healer is
a humbug and the slim girl is bum
hug.
Joe Lees restaurant and short order
house is the place to go to get first
class meal-give him trial. Fine
line of confectionery, cigars, tobac
Goes etc.
T. NJ. Burr, who is connected with
the Office of the 2nd-assistant post.
master general, was in the city OF
Monday. He was here in the inter.
est of the Star Route mail delivery in
Phillips county.
The quarterly meeting of the Phil
lipsburg circuit, will be held on Mon.
day and Tuesday, October 7-8, at La.
belle. Let all remember the dates
The elder will be present.
! D. E. FRENCH, Pastor
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-10-02
George Cox Insane.

Yesterday, George Cox, of Long IS
land, was brought to town and tried
beforeIudge Strain for insanity. The
testimony given went to show that
the young man had been mentally de-
ranged since he was a child. Although
not violent, it was thought best by
the judge to place him in the asylum,
and he will be taken there as soon as
arrangements can be made by the au-
thoritieS.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-10-02

1OGdOG6S p1.ZD d DdS4C4.
Oats forty cents a bushei.
Cabbage two cents pound.
Eggs fifteen cents dozen.
Butter fifteen cents a pound.
Wheat fifty-two cents a bushel.
Apples sre ninety cents a bushel.
PrairieShay is worth from SIS to IS
a ton.
Protected meetings at the NJ. E.
church.
Frank Mellin, of Goode, was in town
yesterdays
Mrs. J. n. McIlvain has returned
from Superior, Nebraska.
G. ". Beckman was pleasant call
er at this office yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Jensen. of Agra,
were in the city on Monday.
Charley Donelan. of Colby, was a
PhiliipSburg visitor yesterday.
New canvass cover for hay or grain
for sale by Phillips County Bank.
Miss Nora Martin, of Denver "a
niece of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Bradley is
in the city visiting them.
Mrs. L. A. Read and sister, Miss
Mabel Cheadle, went to Woodruff yes
terday to visit old friends, it being
their former home.
The school board have recently built
new flue for the recitation room of
the high school, and otherwise i'm
proved the building.
n. B. Mccormick is having the Hill
property southeast of the BisSell
hotel repaired and enlarged. 1t will
be a snug little cottage when COM
pleted.
Frank Gray, who makes his head
quarters at Omaha at present, is in
the city for weeks visit with par
ents a friends. Frank has a good po-
sition as general agent for Stereoscopic
View Company.
David Goddard brought in sample
Of green wheat Saturday, which was
twenty-eight inches in height. It
grew on A. w. RobertSon'S farm
where Mr.. Goddard is herding his
cattle. Who can beat that for wheat
this fall?
Eddie Lynch left last night for
Kansas City to attend the Kansas
City School Of Pharmacy. Eddie is a
bright boy, having been graduated
from the high schools of this city last
year. He has also spent some time in
the drug store of George James &
Company. and is well prepared to pur-
sue his studies further in his chosen
line.
The Northwest Kansas Teachers
association meets in this city Thanks
giving and the two days following
Let everybody take hold of the mat
ter and see that the visiting teachers
are well taken care of. There is no
better way to advertise a city than to
give it equation as good conven-
tiOn city-a firSt-class entertainment.
Let the commercial club, as well as
the local teachers interest themselves
in the matter and make it a grand
success,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-10-02
Hunters Take NoticeI

Notice, is hereby given that no
hunting or treSpassing of any kind
will be permitted On my farm, the
southeast quarter of section three,
Solomon township. Any violation of
this notice will be prosecuted.
NJ. BRoLLIAR.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-10-02
Draw Line.

I am in the dray and delivery bus
ness, and do all kinds Of dray work
and will be obliged by calls.
ELMER WOLF.
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; c. L & P. Time Gard. >

y C. R. l. & P. Time Gard. =
ARRIVAL DEPARTURE
Mountain Time. EAST. Ce atrial Time
IL 80 D. m No. 10 Passenger 1855 a. m
6:55 m. No. Passenger Sos a m
No. IS Passenger TBS a m.
IL. 30 8. m O. 81 Fast Freight n:45 u m.
$50 D. m 30. 81 Local Freight
o 81 Ii Cal Freight 5:45 9. N
Central Tiue VEST Mount sin Tine
2:30 IA. M Passenger lisa m
g:thI . IN No II Passenger
9:2O D m. M Pas leug $50 m,
2:30 D. n. No 81 Fast Pre- ght ! IS a..
No 81 Lriczl Freight $50 a. IA
z 10 p. m. No 53 Local Freight
Freight traips Nos 50 54 81, 50. AIRY passen-
gers; trains Nos so and o. do not carly passen-
g5rs without permit
Missouri Pacific at Marvin.
';a8 m Passenger East j. Freight 4;07 ?. m
6:G7 p. m Passenger. Freight 9:3s a
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-10-02

Did he dry the sand?
Mrs. c. NJ. Poe is or the sick list.
This damp weather is hard on
thrashers.
The National tribune., 1901-07-04

musicians, regale the old soldiers with
patriotic music occasionally. A Catholic
priest attends for mass every Sunday, and
a Protestant minister holds Sabbath serv-
ices. There is no church at present, but
one is projected and about to be built In
the vicinity of the Home is a meeting
house, where those religiously inclined can
attend what are called union services"
to which members Of all denominations
assemble.
There is a reading room for the vet
Grams, containing the current papers and
magazines.
Except just around the large buildings
and the beautifully y-ornamented grounds
Of the Governors mansion, the same bar
ren, mud-colored surface appears as in
the vicinity for miles in every direction,
for water is rather too precious at this
period of the growth of California to afford
to have very much of this portion of the
desert blossom as rose. And yet, vast,
lonely and desolate as this aggregation
is, it is, indeed, "a very present help In
time of trouble" to these 1000 gray-head-
ed patriots, who now meander around its
environs like ghosts of former greatness;
are fed at the bountiful board, and sleep
in the matchless climate of Southern Cali
fornia, famed both night and day by the
ever-balmy breezes of the gentle Pacific,
Just five miles away.