FOURTH OF JULY PARADE.A Mammoth Display Is to Be

Made by the Butchersof This City.

NATIVE SONS IN UNIFORM.

A Drum Corps of Eight Boys InCon-

tinental Army Regimentals.

No Chinese.

The committees in charge of the mam- jmoth celebration for the Fourth of Julyare stillhard at work. Reports so far re-ceived seem to assure the success of thedemonstration, but these only stimulatethe committees to further efforts.

The butchers axe making extensive .preparations for the parade, and their con- :tribution to the procession willoccupy oneentire division, and perhaps two.

The wholesalers willhave inline soo menin uniform and twenty-six 6-horse teams.The horses are being carefully matched,and they willbe a feature of the parade.,

The retail butchers will have decorated |

wagons in the procession to the number ofhalf a hundred at least. There will besteers decorated with flowers aud garlands,Jifty vaqueros in costume, with somestartling effects not yet made public, andfloats without number.

Ameeting of the butchers' committeewas held at Masonic Hall in South SanFrancisco. John Livingston was chosenmarshal of- division, and reports of prog-ress were made. So far as known at thepresent time the floats and features to befurnished areas follows:

By the beef butchers— Float bearing fifty-twoyoung ladies, costumed to represent the'<;o<i-dc*s <if Lit>erty and the several t-taies and Ter-ritories; 100 men inuniform.

By Boyle, Lacoste A:l'o.—

Two wagons deco-rated \u25a0with tioweraand flags; sixty men inuni-form.

ByLegaller-Hellwig Tanning Company—

Onetypical float, decorated in fur,skins, etc.; oneteam decorated with .flowers, and f1ag5;..123men ii.uniform. ..--...-.,.\u25a0 By VLeviTanning -Company

—Q-net-eanywii-h

fancy decorations;. twenty•.fivemen inuniform..By A. B.Patrick d:Co.—One float and fifty

men inuniform. • :»\u25a0 \u25a0• • "-;\u25a0 \u25a0 . •-

Bythe California Tallow Works— team,handsomely decorated, and twenty uniformedmen. • ••.

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By the Franco- American Fertilizer Com-pany-One float, drawn bysix coal-blnck stal-lions, each weighing "2300 pounds. This is tobeat the float sent out by tbis firm two or threeyears ago.

By the sheep butchers— A mammoth floatbearing "Little Bopeei>" shepherdesses withcrooks and fifteen or twenty live- 6heep, snow-white and decorated with ribbons. Tne rlwatwillbe inclosed with wire gauze to keep thesheep from escaping.

By N. Ohlandt <fc Co.— Two decorated six-hor*e learns; 25 men inuniform.

By the Butchers' Board of Trade— Two floats,one bearing a live cow and a local adaptationfromCoin's Financial School ;othcers aua mem-bers incarriages."

By the Pacific Butchers Supply Company—

One Hoat bearing a model butcher-shop com-plete.

V.y Hoffman & Woene—

One float drawn bysix matched grays, bearing a representation of« racking-house and sausage manufactory infull operation. On this float a 315-poundbutcher will preside over a boiling caldron offrankfrutere which a tinywrchin. willdistrib-ute to the crowd by means oi a fork four feetlong.

The Butchers' Board of Trade hasoffered six prizes— two of $25, two of $15and two of $10— for the three best deco-rated wagons among the wholesalers andthe three best among the retailers. Cer-tain firms in each branch have announcedtheir determination to win the first prizeifitcosts them $250. The executive com-mittee has been made the judge withoutthe possibility of an appeal.

Grand Marshal Forster has been ques-tioned so often as to whether or not Chi-nese were to be permitted in the processionthat he wishes it stated once and for alltime "thai he deposes upon oath that noChinese willbe permitted to appear in theparade."

The grand marshal has experiencedconsiderable difficulty in securing a suit-able steed for the fourth. He complainedof the matter yesterday, but the sugges-tions he received were scarcely reassuring.Mr. Hammond of the Butchers' Board ofTrade suggested a tame steer of which heknew. One of the new women offered theloan of a bicycle and another agreed tofurnish the necessary bloomers. The diffi-culty is however a serious one, and Mr.Forster would like to hear of a superbsaddlehorse that can be secured.

The members of Pacific Parlor N*o. 10have decided to parade in distinctive uni-forms and they will be accompanied by adrum corps of eight boys in the apparel ofthe Continental army.

The final choice of a triumphal arch onMarket street rests with the executive com-mittee, which meets to-morrow afternoon,and the Call herewith presents another ofthe designs submitted.

Last evening the finance committee metand discussed the advisability of havingthe names of subscribers and the amount

of their subscriptions published in thedaily press. No action was taken in thematter. Some partial reports were re-ceived from merchants who had been outcollecting. They showed extremely goodresults for the time expended. A reportof allmoney received willbe made by thetreasurer at the meeting of the executivecommittee to-morrow afternoon.

A FINE CHORUS.Three or Four Hundred Singers

Are Wanted for the

Fourth.The literary committee of the Fourth of

July wishes to make the chorus a markedfeature of the celebration. Two hundredvocalists have already volunteered theirservices, but it has been decided to raisethe number tofSOO or more.

Allvocalists desiring to take paTt in theexercises are requested to communicatewith the musical director, J. W. McKenzie,at 524 Eddy street, as soon as possible, andreceive the music for the firtt rehearsal.

CURTIS T0BE\»o DESIGN FOB A FOUETfI OF JULY ARCH.

THREE THOUSAND RELICSTwo Brother* in MjißHachugetts Make

the Collection.The Lincoln brothers livein a neat little

house on the west ?ide of the QuaboagRiver about half a mile from the center ofWest Brookiield, Mass. The parlor has beentransformed into an Indian museum.Tomahawks, war clubs and scalping knivesare everywhere. Alittle table fairlygroansunder the weight ot stone implementsof ail kinds, and the walls are hungwith pretty nearly everything usedby the red man in his principaltrade of killing, and his sub-sidiary occupation of cultivation. In fact,it is a very complete exhibit of the imple-ments of all kinds used by savages in boththe paleolithic and neolithic ages of thehunting and fishing stage. The collectionproper is arranged in a black walnut cabi-net fitted with shelves and having glass

«Os > s The relics are classified, and eachdie is numbered and given a full descrip-

< tion ina catalogue whichis carefully pre-| served by Mr. Lincoln. When he wasasked how many relics he and his brotherhad collected, David said he had long agolost count. He guessed, however, that the

1collection numbered somewhere in theIneighborhood of 3000 articles, and withaIvery few exceptions all of them were foundjby his brother and himself in the imme-|(llate vicinity of West Brookfield, says thejSprinptield Republican.

A large and interesting book might bewritten about this collection, and itwillbeimpossible in this article togive more thana general idea of some of the more con-

!snicuous articles. A corn hoe and an In-!dian hammer were the first specimensshown. The hoe was roughly fashionedfrom coarse-grained stone, and* grooves inits side showed where the handle had beenattached. A spheroidal piece of smoothand very hard stone was prortonnced 'ahumniui, ami a Bumberof indentations onone of the Hatter sheds were pointed outas evidence that ithad been good for thatpurpose. A number of elongated piecesuf stono, varying inlength from 2 inchesto 1 foot,

*were pronounced needless,

which were used by the Indiansin the weaving of nets from grassand strong twigs. There were fourteenpestles of all sizes and from two inches totwofeet in length, which has been used in

Erindingcorn, and in the dooryard of theouse Mr. Lincoln showed a tine large

mortar, whose hollowed top indicated thepurpose it had been used. Three pipes,two made of soapstone and the other ofsome harder material, were interesting re-minders of the use of tobacco among thered men. And then Mr.Lincoln displayeda very villainous-looking war club, and*re-marked that he would give itto his visitorif he could pronounce the name of thelake at Chester where the relic was found.This is the name:

Chaugogagognoncbangogogogogogunamung.

The instrument is still in the possessionof Mr. Lincoln. There are fifteen toma-hawks, all made of stone and all foundnear West Brookrield, and a very tinespearhead made of flint, which had beenchipped into the proper from with wonder-ful accuracy. This head Mr. Lincolnricked up one day ina gravel pit on theBoston and Albany road. Apiece of stoneshaped in the segment of a circle andsharpened on the curved edge was cajrnlyannounced to be a scalping-knife, andthe collector displayed eighteen notcheson the upper edge, which ne saidthere was the best reason to believeindicated the number of times ithad dis-charged the function. A round piece ofstone, oddly shaped, was declared to be anamulet or charm, but the rive notches onIthis are supposed by ethnologists to standfor the number of pappooses which itswearer has brought into the world.

A full set of Indian jewelry Mr. Lincolnconsiders very valuable, and he has one inhis collection. Itwas found near WestBrookrield and consists of a small amulet,upon which is roughly carved a bow andarrow and a chain, and two earrings,which are fashioned with considerableskill. The carving is psrticularly inter-esting, as the inscription probably meanssomething, and consequently illustratesone of the embryotic stages of the art ofwriting. Several copper arrow points,which were found on what is known xohave been the site of the camp of Snattoo-quis, the chief from whom the settlersbought the Quabqag country, indicatesthat before the Indians left the valley theyhad begun to emerge from the stone age.A piece of stone almost spherical in shapeand auout the size of a tennis ball Mr.Lincoln said was used by the Indians in

'\u25a0 flaying a game which was formerlyknownby the homely name of "shinny," but|which isnow somewhat changed and re-j joices under the more artistic appellationjof "polo."| A "rubstone" was roughly fashionedfrom hard rock, and evidently had beenused to grind down and shape pestles andother implenients. A battle-ax, shapedsomewhat like an ordinary sledge andweighing seven pounds, "Mr. Lincolnwas especially proud of. He foundit near West Brooktield. There werethree medicine or drinking cups madeof stone, amulets of various sizes andshapes and about half a bushel of frag-ments of pottery, to say nothing of severalreceptacles made of clay and sun-baked*two skulls, which smiled cheerfully uponthe spectators and which, from their forma-tion, had evidently belonged to persons ofno very great intellectual attainments; astring of wampum-peage (small pieces ofshells strung tightly together and makinga rather pretty chain); stone gouges usedforhollowing out the logs and transform-ing them finally into canoes, and variousother articles, some of which Mr.Lincolnfrankly said he knew nothing about exceptthat he had found them and that appar-ently they were the workmanship of Indi-ans. As a matter of course arrow headsare Mr.Lincoln's best hold, and in thepast thirty-five years he has collectedenough to sink a good-sized ship, andmany are very finelymade and finished.

The woman of Morocco never celebratetheir birthdays, and few of them knowtheir ages.

Kngland's Oldest Colony.

Newfoundland was discovered in 1497by John and Sebastian Cabot (orCabotto),Italians settled and trading in Bristol—

foreigners prepared to do yeoman servicefor their adopted land. The Cabots wentout in the ship Matthew at their owncharges, and on St. John's day, June 124,lirst sighted the shore, to which they gavethe name of Prima Tierra Vista

—"first

seen land." Henry VIIgave the bold ma-rinera his "letters patent," which author-ized them to set up the royal standard,and secured the stingy King share in theirprolits without involvinghim in any shareof their expenditure. Selfishness andgreed prevented the speedy permanent set-tlement of th,e island, and have alwaysstood in the way of its development from abasis of sound prosperity.

—Chambers

Journal.

FOR PRACTICAL RELIGIONWhat the Institute of Applied

Christianity Seeks to Ac-complish.

ROUSING POPULAR INTEREST.

Lectures That Are to Be Deliveredon the Subject of Christian

Sociology.

A number of the people who lent a will-ing ear to the teachings of Professor GeorgeHerron when he was in San Francisco arebeginning to take a practical interest inthe Institute of Applied Christianity.whichwas recently founded in this City.

Although tire organization is only a fewweeks old, it already numbers over sixtymembers, and its first meeting, which tookplace last Tuesday in the Third Congrega-tional Church, attracted a large and inter-ested audience. It is expected soon thatthe meetings willbe iield at the Y.M.C. A.Hall on Mason street. ' •

Most of the promoters of the instituteare believers in the Herronic theory of ap-plied Christianity, and though the presi-dent. Rev. M. J. Fergubon, founded aninstitute of Christian sociology onsomething of the same lines abouta year ago, at the Christian Churchon Twelfth street, nothing was attemptedon so large a scale tillthe visit of ProfessorHerr on roused a number of his followersto attempt to sow applied Christianitybroadcast inall the walks of life.

"We want to reassert the right of Chris-tian law to rule inall departments of life,"said Rev. M. J. Ferguson yesterday, whenquestioned as to the aims "which the insti-tute is seeking to accomplish.

"We believe that Christ's teaching con-tains the solution of all social difficulties,and that it has not yet been applied to life.People have accepted things on the theorythat whatever is is right, and they havenot tested conditions by the ethics ofChrist.

"Fifteen hundred years ago the churchmade a compromise with the world andaccepted a small part of life as its domin-ion. To bring Christianity into politicsand social and industrial life is what weaim at accomplishing."

When asked whether the society wasoptimistic enough to hope to see Christian-itypractically applied to all the complexconditions of modern life, Rev.M. J. Fergusson promptly repliedthat Christianity was optimistic, and add-td: "The founder of our religion was anoptimist and he was also a revolutionist,as far as existing conditions were con-cerned. Our object is to induce Christiansto make a fresh, candid and fearless studyof Christianity as the practical rule ofevery department of life."

The following are the articles of the in-stitute:

The purpose shall be to study in commonhow to apply the principles of Christianity tothe modern problems of society.All persons who art- in accord with the pur-

pose of this institute and who are willingtopnt in practice the teachings of Christ willbeeligible to membership.

Allsuch applications shall be referred to theexecutive committee through the secretary,and those who are deemed eligible shall lac re-ported to the institute for action.

Any member whore opinions and conductare averse to the purpose of the institute shallcense to be a member.Itshall be the dulyof the executive commit-

tee to investigate all such cases and report tothe institute loraction.

All candidates *ha)l be declared membersafter receiving two-thirds of the votes of ilaosepresent and signing the constitution. . ,:

The expenses are met by voluntary-fcn-tributions.

' . ,"Atpresent the way in which the officers

and members are attempting to dissem-inate their views is by means of the weeklymeetings, where papers will be read ohChristianity and sociology." /

The programme for several weeks will-beus follows: "Christianity Applied to Em-ployers," "Christianity "Applied to Etn-ploy.es," "To Social Life, '. "To .Busi-ness," "To Citizenship." '.'To Property,""The Principle of Completion," "WhatConstitutes a Right in Property?" "TheRights and Duties of Property," "WhatCan We Do for the Unemployed," "Edu-cation," "The Wages System." A num-ber of able speakers have been selected todiscuss these subjects.

The officers of the institute are: Presi-dent, Rev. M. T. Ferguson; vice-presi-dents, Rev. J. C. Smith, Rev. F. Flawitli,Rev. J. E. Cross, D. Gilbert Dixon, theRev. Mr. Cruzan, Mrs. T. A.Nolte, Mrs.Rose French ;secretary, Rev. A. J. Dupuv;treasurer, W. W. Case.

WHISKERS AND WIND.AFurther Contribution tothe Literature

of an Interesting Affinity."That feller," said the man with the

ginger beard, as the smooth-shaven newsettler drove by, "that feller, when Iknowed him out in Kansas, had a set ofgoat trimmin's that woulddiscount Peffer.And he lost 'em in the funniest way."

"Got 'era shaved off?" asked the grocer,trying to be sarcastic.

Much to the surprise of the man fromPotato Creek the man with the gingerbeard replied :

"That's jest the way. Exactly."When the man with the ginger beard

had enjoyed the grocer's surprise, he con-tinued-: .

"'Course, he didn't have to have 'emshaved off, but after the -way they took toactin' he allowed that was the best thinghe could do. You see, they was a cyclonecome along acrrost his place. He seen 'era-comin', an' by the time he got the cowand the dog and his wife an' chillern inthecyclone pit they was so little room that hehad to leave his head stickin' out. Purtysoon along comes o' Si

""Old Si who?" asked the grocer."Itmight have been old SiHubbard,but

this time ithappened to be ole Si Clone.Well, that there wind took them flowin'whiskers and wrapped 'era round andround his neck, and durn nigh choked"im."

"Arid he 'lowed after that it would besafer to go smooth, Isuppose?" asked theman from Potato Creek.

"Hardly. Ketch any Kansas man takin'offhis whiskers fer any sich frivolous rea-son. But the ellicktncity, er something,had sot 'em so that they wouldn't grow noother way than jist round and round. Itried to persuade him to leave 'em thatway, seem' as how he had the finest neckcomforter ever a man had in them whis-kers, but he was too dadwormed high-minded, an' keeps 'em cut clean off now."

The' man from Potato Creek slowlygathered up the two burlap sacks thatserved him as a saddle, put them on hisyellow mule and rode homeward, ponder-ing, pondering.— lndianapolis Journal.

GLASS PAPER THE THING.That Would Be a More Accurate Desig-

nation Nowadays Than Sandpaper.Sandpaper as now made is false to its

name, for ithas no sand about it, the placeof that material being now taken usuallyby powdered glass, which does its workwith vastly greater effect.

One of the most important operations inthe fabrication of sandpaper is the pulver-ization of the glass into powder of the dif-ferent grades of iineness. Commonly aniron mortar is used for this purpose, aheavy iron pestle being the crushing in-strument. Stamping machinery is better.Itconsists of a stout box, whose iron sidewails serve as a base for the stamping ma-chinery. Iv the box, which can be closedby a wooden door to prevent waste of ma-terial and also injury to the workman, are

two iron cylinders in which play thestamps. These crush the glass, turningon their own axles as they work.

For grading the powder several shiftingcylinders are necessary, covered withgauze of different mesh. Beginning withthe coarsest the workman proceeds gradu-ally to the tincst, resitting each time thatwhich passes through the network.

The paper to be used in the manufacturemust be good. Strong, and rather long-fibered. Itmust also be free from knotsand irregularities, and if there be any suchthey must be planed off. If they shouldbe overlooked they would interfere withthe proper use of the sandpaper; the knotswould protrude through the glue, and lit-tle ridges and channels would result, mak-ing itimpossible to smooth off a surfaceevenly with the paper.

The paper is cut into large sheets, spreadon work-tables, fastened down and thenpainted by means of a large brush withathin, even coat of hot glue. If the glne istoo thin and the paper of bad quality, theglue soaks into the paper, so that whichremains is not of sufficient consistency tohold the glass. Thus results a sandpaperfrom which the glass easily rubs off,orwhich, in places, has no glass at all, ornotenough. This is notably the case with thecoarser varieties, in which the layer of gluemust be put on with exceeding carethat the relatively large fragments of glass,\u25a0which can in no manner be soaked withthe binding material, may be held fast init. On the other hand, if the layer of glueis too thick, or the consistence too viscous,the outer part hardens too quickly, so thatthe glass powder cannot embed itself in it.

When the glue has been spread on thepaper the powdered glass must be siftedon through an appropriate sieve. Thisoperation also requires considerable skill,though not so much as the spreading ofthe clue. For the glass must not be siftedmerely in such a manner as to use a givenquantity to a sheet, but so that each sheetmay be covered evenly. Even then all thepowder will not stick, and some of theparticles lie upon others without touchingthe glue; these can be shaken off by aslight movement of the paper. When thesuperfluous glass powder has been removeda wooden roller is passed lightlyover thepaper to press the particles of glass asfirmlyas possible into the glue and to forma perfectly even surface.— PhiladelphiaInquirer.

WAS A GOOD GUESSERBut a Sudden Light Had Broken in ou

the Old Man.He had several samples of the early

spring variety of New Jersey mud on hisboots, but it did not seem to interfere withthe interest he took in the sights on LowerBroadway as he gawked along.

Suddenly he bumped into a party andbacked off.

"Excuse me," said the patty, and hisface brightened. "Why, Mr. Johnson,"he exclaimed, extending his hand, "howare you?"

"My name ain't Johnson," replied theclaybank. "It's Plunkett— James F. Plun-kett of Plunkcttsville, N. J., and Iguessyou're mistaken."

"Yes," admitted the party, "Ithink Iam, but you are the very image of a friendof mine named Johnson. Ihope you willexcuse me."

"Of course; no harm done," and the twodrifted apart as people usually do in thegreat city when there's a crowd around.

Half an hour later a nice looking manextended his hand to Mr. Plunkett andsmiled all over.

"Why, Mr. Plunkett!" he exclaimed,"how do you do? How are the people athome,? Ihaven't seen you for so longthat Icame very near passing you withoutspeaking," and" he shook Air.Plunkett'shand so vigorously that his hat jostleddown over his eyes, but he shoved ft backand looked at his new friend curiously.

"Yon don't know me, I'llbet a dollar,"laughed the party. "ButIdon't want tovia your money," he hurried on. "I'mCharley Tucker, and Ihaven't been upyour way since Iwas a small boy, but Ire-member you very well."

Mr. Plunkett braced up and was ex-tremely cordial.

-"I don't exactly mind you," said he,

"but boys grow up so fast that we can'tkeep the run of them. But what are youdoing here?"

"Oh, I'min business, and doing tip-top.I'm inWall street, where a man makes hisfortune between meals. And, by the way,"he added, as if on a sudden bright thought,"I'vegot. a little snap that is just what youare looking for.""Iftuettps money in it I'm looking for

it," laughed Mr. Plunkett.•Well, there's a thousand in itto you

for a hundted," said Mr. Tucker with con-fidence.

They had turned into a side street wherethe crowd was small, and all at once Mr.Plunkett thought of the stories ofthe bunkoboomers he had read of and he looked Mr.Tucker over carefully.

"Lemme see." lie said halting, "didn'tyou say you had knowed me since youwas a little boy, say about 5 years old?"

"Jnst about that long.""Iguess that's twenty-five years, ain't

it?""You've guessed ittoa dot. I'm just 30

now.""I'm a right good guesser, ain't I?" said

Mr. l'lunkett withpride."Inever saw a better," frankly admitted

Mr. Tucker."Well, Charley," said Mr.Plunkctt with

emphasis, "Iguess if youain't around thatcorner in just ten seconds I'llkick youclean across the street and ten foot up thatwallon the other side!" and Mr. Tuckergot there withthree seconds to spare.

—New

York Sun. 0

Day and Night on Mercury.

Professor G. V. Schiaparelli, the astron-omer, gives some curious points concern-ing day and night, as exhibited to the peo-ple of Mercury, that is, of course, provid-ingthe torrid climate of that planet per-mits of the existence of organized beings.The professor says that on three-eichths ofthe planet thick and eternal night foreverreigns, except, perhaps, during an occa-sional exhibition of some phenomenonsimilar to the aurora borealis.

Another portion of the planet of similararea is continually exposed to the burningrays of the sun, and the inhabitants, pro-viding that there are any, know nothingwhatever of night, sunrise and sunsets."Night," says Scniaparelli, "on that three-eighths of the Mercurian world,is a physi-cal impossibility, and the only change thatcan take place is the varying obliquity ofthe sun's rays, whichshift according to thesun's position during the eighty-eight dayswhich go to make up the year."

Inanother region on this planet there istwo-eighths of the entire surface whichhas alternations oflight and darkness. Inthese favorable sections' the period ofeighty-eight days is divided into two in-tervals, one characterized by continuallight and -the other by perpetual dark-ness.

Taken altogether we should be wellpleased with the conditions existing on ourworld, which are, perhaps, better suited tohuman beings than those of any of thesun's great train of planets.— St. LouisRepublic.

Forgot to Count .Absent-mindedness has been frequently

a characteristic of men of fame. Itis to besuDposed, no doubt, that their minds havebeen so wholly absorbed by great mattursthat the smaller, more trivial things oflife have been considered unworthy of theirattention. Among men of this atamp whohave suffered in this way was Leasing, afamous German writer of plays and booksof criticism. Lessing discovered at oneperiod of his life that he was being robbedbf his ready money by some person in hishome, and, unable to determine who theculprit was, he put the servants of hishousehold, to a test by leaving a handfulof gold upon bis breakfast table one morn-ing.

Meeting a friend he told him of what hehad done.

"That was risky," said his friend. "Howmuch did you leave there?"

"Dear mcl"cried Leasing. "Iquite for-got to count."— Harper's Magazine.

The English sparrow-hawk sometimesflies through space at a speed of 150 milesan hour.

GRAND GROVE OF DRUIDSIt Will Hold Its Thirty-First

Annual Session at St.Helena.

SOME OF THE NOTABLES.

Sketch of the Origin and Progress

of the Order InCali-fornia.

For the past two weeks the officers ofthe Grand Grove of California, IT. A. O. D.,have been busy making up their reportsand preparing generally for the thirty-first annual session of the Grand Grove,which will begin at St. Helena on Tuesdaymorning next.

The meeting will call together represen-tatives of the order from all parts of the

State, including a large delegation fromthis City. Among the notable memberswho willattend the convention is P. Rohr-bacher of this City, who holds the exaltedposition of deputy supreme arch, the sec-ond highest officer of the order in theUnited States, and who is also the Califor-nia representative to the Supreme Grove.At the next meeting of the Supreme GroveMr. Jtohrbacher will be advanced to thehonor of supreme arch.

Another personage ofnote, who has beenan active worker in the order, and whowill be found at St. Helena as hard at workas ever in the interests of Druidism, is E.Cavagnaro, past grand noble arch.

In the forthcoming June issue of theDruids' Journal, published in this City,will appear a comprehensive article on"Druidism inCalifornia," from which thefollowingis taken:

The sowing of the seeds of Druidism inCali-fornia thirty-five years ago was attended withdifficulty,and ifit were not for the Eeal andenertry of Brother Frederick Sieg the people ofthe I'aeitiu Coa.vt mighthave been deprived ofthe benefits of Druidisni for many years afterMay 7, 18(50, the date upon which the fir»tgrove of l>ruids was instituted.

The historic town of Placerville has thehonor to be the birthplace of Druidism inCali-fornia.

Herman Grove No. 2 was organized in thetown of Coloma, and San Francisco GroveNo. 3was established In this Oityon March 27, 18<54.

On May 1(3,18G5, the Grand Grove of Califor-nia, U. A. O. I).,was instituted, and as a recog-nition of his great work Brother Sieg was

chosen the firstN. G. A., the duties of whichhe filled withhonor to himself and to the en-tire satisfaction of the members throughoutthe State.

Since that time there have been 104 grovesestablished in California, 5 in Oregon, 4 inWashington mid 5 in British Columbia, all ofwhich have been instituted by the GrandGrove of California.

The order did not make very remarkableprogress until 1884, when Louis F. Dunandassumed the position of noble grand arch. ;Byhis energetic work he (rave an impetus to theonli?r whichithas retained ever since.

Since the establishment of the order inthisState the benefits paid have been as follows:For burialof deceased members, $73,575 ;forwidows and orphans, $43,054; forsick bene-fits, $3(59,756.

Brother Sieg, the founder of Druldism inCal-ifornia, was born inSaxony, Germany, in theyear 1815. He died on August14, 188"8. at theage of 73 years, universally respected and be-loved by all who knew him. In recognition ofhis great services tothejorder the Druids ofthis jurisdiction erected ahandsome monmentover his last resting place inPlacervllle.

F. Cavag-naro, Past Grand Noble Arch,IT. A. O. D.

Ph. Rohrbacker, Deputy Supreme Arch,U.A.O.D.

An Ex-Confederate Ordeal.One of the distinguished Confederate

veterans who went with the delegation toChicago is full of interesting reminis-cences and instances, which he tells with aquizzical smile. Here are two unpublishedincidents:

During the ceremonies of the unveilingof the monument to the 6000 private Con-federate soldiers who died in prison, awild-eyed old man, in a towering rage,rushed up to the party in a high state ofexcitement; shook his fist at them andyelled:

"Youhave got no business here. Youought all to be hanged or skinned alive."He tixed his eyes upon 9enator Hunton,who sn>iled kindly at the infuriated oldperson, and said: "Oh, we're allright,myfriend, and don't you forget it." Thentwo or three Chicago citizens grabbed theelderly person and fired him to the rear.

Atthe grand banquet in Cincinnati theparty sat together. The band played''Hail Columbia." The Confederates nevermoved a muscle nor cracked a smile.Every eye went upon them instantly.Then "Yankee Doodle" was applied. Stiilthere was no response in the way of ap-plause. Then the band opened on themwith "Dixie,"but%till they sat silent anddignified, like so many Indian chiefs at aninterview with the Great Father in theWhite House. Then that band threw upthe sponge, and the real business of din-ing began. Good fellowship broke theice, ana the fraternization was complete.

—Washington Post.

Killed an Otter in His Yard.On Saturday last, as Alfred S. Babylon

of Frizzelburg, Carroll County, was sittingin the yard or his home, a large otter en-tered and immediately attacked bis dog,

which it whipped in a few seconds. Infighting the animal stood on its hind legs,bitingsavagely with its sharp teeth. Assoon as the dog was whipped the otterturned its attention to Mr. Babylon and Iattacked him, giving him a hard light, inwhich he found great difficultyin avoidingits teeth, but finally succeeded inkilling it.It weighed twenty-six pounds, and theskin, wnich is a fine one, willbe stuffedand kept as a trophy. No one had everseen an otter around Frizzdburg before.

—Baltimore Sun.

ARTESIANWELL FISHINGCurious Specimens Caught on a Hook in

the Bowels of Indiana.Thomas Mould and Editor E. L.Roys

are the heroes ofa fishing story beside whichthe stories of ordinary fishermen sink intoinsignificance. Both are known as ardentdevotees of Izaak Walton, and whenevertheir business permits they are usuallyfound in pursuit of the gamy black bassor the voracious pickerel. On (Saturdaythey visited Glenmore together. The fishwere not biting withany enthusiasm andabout 4 o'clock they started for home.

AtHowell's condensery they stopped to Jtalk witn some workmen who were repair- Iing the pump at the artesian well. Itwillibe remembered by readers of this paperthat at trie time this well was sunk an ac- Icount was given of the striking of a sub- jterranean stream at a depth of nearly 300 ifeet, the volume of which could not be as- !certained except that soundings showed it;to be of considerable depth. The stream jand its probable size were the subjects of jdiscussion among the little group at the

'well and somebody wondered ifit con- jtamed any fish.

A bright idea occurred to Messrs. Mouldand Roys. Each had in his basket a long jtroiling-line and by uniting them a line \u25a0<

long enough toreach easily to the bottom iof the well was formed. Amid the good- jnatured "jollying"of the bystanders thelines were rigged and a hook attached. Itiwas baited with a big "night-walker" fish- iworm and lowered 298 feet through the six- iinch hole. The distance had been care- ;fullymeasured off on the line, to whichja jheavy sinker had been attached, and the |hook fastened a short distance above to astout piece of line. Everybody laughedexoept Mr.Roys as Mr. Mould carefully jlowered the line and waited anxiously for !the little tug at the bait which brings joyto the heart of the fisherman.

After a few minutes the expression onTom's face became one of rapt attention."Ibelieve I've got a bite," he said. Amoment later he laegan to pull in the linerapidly hand over hand. "I've got some-thing," he said, and as everybody beganto gather about the wellhe drew out a fish.Itwaa about half a pound in weight andof th« eyeless species, which are some-times found in the waters of caverns. Thefish was nearly a foot long, shaped some-thing like a perch, and its struggles as itlay upon the ground showed that it wasgame to the backbone. Unlike fish whichdwell in waters on the earth's surface andwhich have dark back and light-colored orwhite bellies, this fish was of a uniformcolor of light gray. It had very smallscales, and where the eyes might be ex-pected to exist there were slight indenta-tions as of rudimentary eyes.

When the excitement attending the cap-ture had died away the hook was baitedagain and the line lowered. Editor Roystook charge this time, and after waitingfor about ten minutes, he drew to the sur-face another of the fish, a trifle larger thanthe first one. Five fish were caught alto-gether, the largest of which weighed aplump pound and a half. One fish wasbrought part of the way to the top, butloosened itself from the hook and escaped.Mr. Mould, who had hold of the lineat the time, says it was the largest byfar of any that fastened themselves on thehook, and he is positive that the reason hewas unable toland the fish was that itwastoo big to pass through the well, which isonly six inches indiameter.

The singular appearance of these rishand the remarkable manner in which theywere captured made them objects of curi-osity to the persons to whom they wereshown. Reference to the encyclopseda

shows that these fish are remarkable, asidefrom their appearance, in that they are

j viviparous, bringing forth their youngj alive and not depositing: eggs, after theImanner of most other fish. They haverudiments of eyes, butno optic nerve, andare, therefore, incapable of being affectedby the most intense lifrht. Those whotasted them say they are of excellent flavor,but rather too plentifully supplied withbones.— Goshen lndependenc llepuhlican.•—

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THOUGHT IT A BAD SIGN.The Boston Servant Judged by the

Baked Beans Test. ' ••\u25a0

The custom of having baked beans forsupper on Saturday nights and again onSunday mornings is so common insomeparts of New England that the servantwho has lived in New England familiescannot easily adapt herself to any change

!in this respect.This was amusingly illustrated in the

case of a domestic named Hannah, whowent to live with a family who had movedto New England from the West.

On the morning of the first Saturday inher new home Hannah came to her mis-tress and asked:

"Please, ma'am, where is the beanpot?""The beanpot, Hannah? We haven't

any.""No beanpot, ma'am?" said Hannah,

aghast."No, Hannah; we never eat baked

beans.""Don't eat baked beans? Why, ma'am,

what do you eat on a Saturday night?""About the same that we eat on any

other evening, but we never have beans.'

Hannah departed for the kitchen, .mut-tering something under her breath, and anhour or two later her mistress chanced tooverhear the following conversation be-sween Hannah and a friend who hadcalled to see her:

"How do you like your new place?''"Idon't think I'm going to like it at all.Ijust believe that these folks are—are-well,Ijust don't believe they are respect-able people."

"Why, Hannah?""Well, they never have baked beans of a

Saturday night, nor no other time, so howcan they be respectable?"— BurlingtonHawkeye.

A Stupid Butler.Spanish people seem to suffer from the

stupidity of some of their servants as muchas we do inAmerica, if the following story,which appeared in a Madrid journal, istrue. Itseems that a lady ordered herbutler one morning to tell all visitors thatshe was not at home. At night, whenenumerating the persons who had calledduring the day, he mentioned the lady'ssister, when his mistress exclaimed: "Itold you, man, that Iwas always at homefor my sister ! You ought to have her in."

Next day the lady went out to make afew calls, and during her absence bei sistercame to the house.

"Is your mistress at home?" she askedthe butler.

"Yes, madam," was the reply.The lady went upstairs and looked every-

where for her sister. On coming down-stairs she said to the butler, "My sistermust have gone out, for Icould not findher."

"Yes, madam, she has gone out, but shetold me last nightthat she was always athome for you.

—Harper's Round Table.

Was m Skepiic.

Lushforth— What is this Christian sci-ence?

Wickwlre —Ithink 1can make it clear.For instance, ifyou had the rheumatismyou would say to yourself that there washo such thing as rheumatism; therenever was any such thing a? rheumatism ;consequently, you couldn't have anyrheumatism, and first thing youknow thepain would be all gone.

Lushforth—Itwon't work. Many is the

time 1have said to myself that there wereno such things as crimson snakes withpea-green whiskers, and that Iknew theycould not exist, but the snakes stayedright in the room just the same.

—Indiau-

apolis Journal.

Double windows adorn the better class oihouses inRussia, to exclude the cold.

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 1895.11

NEW TO-DAY.

FOR THE SUMMER?

"That is a question that has not been decided yet. Thefact is times are so hard with us that Ireally don't

know where we can go. Ifeel as though Imusthave a change of air, and my wife and sister

are both run down, too. Wherever we goit must be quiet, sunny, and a long way

away frombusiness." Ifyoucan't af-ford to go at all we can help you,

and ifyou do go, 3'ou needsomething more than thethree requisites mention-

ed. You can get themfor the asking —

buthave allcare whereyou go. What

like in themiddle of July do

you think ? Youdonot propose to go there,

ofcourse not. But why gpaway at all ? Ifyou are worn

out, and feel as though if youdon't get a rest you will have to

give up, why in the name of commonsense don't you get some of Dr. Henley's

Cele^, Beef and Iron? After you have triedit for a few days you willfeel like a "resurrect-

ed" man, ina month you won't know yourself, sowell willyou be. And you willbe saved all worry of

going away. But you get Dr. Henley's, mind, and what is

GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOUWill be found to satisfy allthe cravings of both yourwife and your good sister.Let them take it, too. Itis agrand thing for women.

CELERY FOR THENERVES BEEF FOB THE STOMACH IRONFOR THE BLOOD