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FASTEST LAUNCH ON THE WATER The Crack Steam Craft Which Is Being Built for Dr. Buckley. SWIFT LITTLE SATELLITE. The Boat Will Make Eleven Knots an Hour— The Trial Trip. The steamer Farallon, which arrived a few days ago from Puget Sound ports, brought from Seattle the hull and frame of a launch for Dr. V. P. Buckley, the well known physician of this city. A few days ago the little craft was taken to the Union Qas-engine Company, where an engine is now being made for her. The Satellite is the name of the new launch, and before the season is over it is predicted that she will have passed everything in the bay. The vessel itself is a thing of beauty, but it is her lines which catch the yachtsman's eye. The graceful sweep of the white cedar hull, the sharp bow and overhanging stern give indications of what she can do, and, if the gas engine meets the require ments, the Satellite will be the fastest boat of her class on the bay. The designer of the novel craft, for she will be a novelty in these waters, is 11. T. Engelbrerht, now of Seattle, but formerly of this city. When only ten years old he was whittling models "of boats, and, al though his father's wealth and position were- such as to give him his choice of vocation.-;, he wanted nothing better than a boatshop. He became a crank on the subject, and has traveled all over the United States and studied the art of boat building in the best-known ship and navy yards. Last year Dr. Buckley owned the Hirondel. and Attorney George A. Knight tried in vain to brat him with the Arrow. The aquatic attorney vowed to build a launch that would beat everything the physician could produce, and he has now a great bay-sweeper in course of construc tion. Dr. Buckley heard of Engelbrecht, and decided to try him. He became inter ested in the boat-builder, and was aston ished when told what he could do. The result was that a contract was given for the Satellite, and L»r. Buckley is more than pleaded with his bargain. When completed the launch will be one of the most thorough little crafts afloat. She is 35 H feet in length over all, but so beautifully is she proportioned that she does not appear to be more than 25 feet. Her extreme beam is 6 feet 8 inches; depth at bow 5:1 feet, at the stern 6 feet and amidships 4 feet. She is copper -fastened throughout, and is the first vessel ever built on the coast in which plugs have been used in stead of putty. Her rails and stanchions are of ash and her deck is seven-eierhths inch fir, soaked in hot linseed oil. Her in terior is a gem of art as well as of utility, and when the furnishings are in place, trie Satellite will be a creditable little floating palace. There are three cabins, of which the bulkheads can be removed at will, throwing the entire vessel into one large apartment in curly maple and hardwood THE NEW LAUNCH SATELLITE, SHOWING A STERN AND FORWARD VIEW. [Sketched by a "Call " artist.] finish. The cabins will be lighted with incandescent lamps* and the vessel will curry a 32-candle power headlight. Two bunks are in the saloon and there are two others forward. The propeller will be a 30-inch screw with a 44-inch pitch, and the engine will he 12 horsepower with a speed of 11 knots an hour. The vessel can be steered from the side by the enpineer, or forward without him. One of the peculiarities of the en cine is that one lever starts, stops and backs the launch. The gearing is to be of buckskin, so that the craft will run almost without noise. A small dynamo and stor age bat tf-rits will rest forward of the en gine to opt rate the electric lights. The Satellite will make her trial trip in about three weeks. GRANTED FREE LICENSES. The Prayerg of Several Petitioner* Heard by the Supervisor)*. Numerous applicants for free licenses appeared before the License and Order Committee of the Board of Supervisors yesterday and presented their cases. The California Florists' and Growers* Association sent a communication re questing the board to refuse street flower venders free licenses on the ground that, by reason of their peculiar way of plying their calling, they were able to undersell the regular florists, and damaged those who had lanre sums invested in the business. Florence C. Walker, whose card de scribes her as a "woman editor" of a local weekly publication, appeared as the repre sentative of the street venders, and asked that the petition be passed until the next meeting of the board. This was granted, and the communication will come up as a special order of business on Wednesday next. Felix Steen wa» granted a free license for the unexpired portion of the present license term on the showing that he had been induced by a bogus license collector to pay $7 50 for an old license number. Thomas Hayes, an ex-member of the police force, was granted a free license on representing that he had several mother less children to support and was unabie to pay the fees. 6. Johnson, who was once a prosperous mechanic and did a large amount of sewer cleaning for the municipality by means of a mechanical device which failed to prove prontable. was granted a free license to peddle fruit. Henry Munter, an applicant for im munity from the importunities of the License Collector.created much amusement by his application. His petition stated that he was a severe sufferer from apoplexy and was unable to do hard work on that ground. "Ever had a stroke?" queried a member of the committee. "Oh, yes," replied the robust-looking petitioner, "I think the last one was the fourth or tifth." His application was denied amid roars of laughter. THE TURNER CASES. He Will Be Tried on Charges o f Grand I-arceny and Forgery. J. F. Turner, real estate agent, appeared in Judge Low's court yesterday afternoon for his preliminary examination on the charges preferred against him by J. P. Frenna, the Polk-street barber. Turner has been in the City Prison since his arrest, about three months ago. Turner was represented by Attorney George A. .Knight and Frenna by ex-Judge Dibble. About 'a week ago Judge Low dismissed a charge of obtaining money by false pre tenses in regard to the Fresno property. There were three other charges against Turner— one of obtaining money by false pretenses in connection with the Santa Cruz property, one of grand larceny and another of forgery in connection with the Fresno property. * The forgery is based upon the certificate of registration of the deed to Frenna, it being'alleged that the signature of the Re corder was forged. It is also alleged that Turner stole this deed from Frenna, hence the charge of grand larceny. Frenna says that although the deed cannot be found, he lias several witnesses who will swear to having seen the <vrtiticate of registration. There was a brief argument between counsel as to which case should be taken up tirst, and it was decided to take up the grand larceny charge. Then by niuttial consent the charge of obtaining money by false pretenses on the Santa Cruz property was dismissed. This leaves the irrand larceny and forgery cases to be disposed of, and on those At torney Knight secured a continuance till to-morrow. NOT WORRIED BY THREATS. The Mayor Has No Recollec tion of Receiving a Cranky Letter. He Did Not Neglect to Attend a Meeting Through Fear. Though Mayor Sutro himself claims to feel no apprehension regarding the threat ; ening letters alleged to have been sent him recently, his friends are fearful that I the strange publicity-given the matter will ' urge on some crank to commit an assault ; on him. "I have no recollection of seeing any such letter as has been mentioned," said the Mayor yesterday. "It may have been received and called to my attention, but if so, I have entirely forgotten it. We re ceive so many letters from citizens advis ing this or that course in regard to public matters or abusing me for my stand on some question or other that I have not time to attend to them and I have Mr. Rogers look them over, make a condensa tion and hand it tome. It frequently hap pens that his brief notes are all that I read and then if it does not strike me as impor tant I throw the whole business into the waste basket and think no more about it. I certainly did not fail to attend any meet ing of the Civic Federation on account of | threats against my life, as had I pursued i ' such a course I would have remembered ! the letters." Secretary Rogers said that a cranky let tei had been received, but that he doubted whether the Mayor had read it. "It came on a Friday," he said, "and ] was given to the Mayor on Monday. The j meeting was held on the Saturday pre- | ; vious. so he could not have been frightened j | out of attending. The letter has not been j ! returned to me, so that I presume that the I Mayor read my summary of its contents I and* then tossed it into the waste-basket. "The Mayor has not moved his desk into I I a dark corner to avoid being shot at dv cranks from the outside, and the only tiling we fear is that some crazy individual will be urged on to attack him by the I efforts that have been made in certain ! quarters to makjp this simple incident prominent. It is simply making a moun tain out of a mole hill." WILLIAMS IS GUARDIAN He Is Put In Charge of Sirs. Terry's Estate. Thomas H. Williams Jr. has been ap pointed guardian of the person and estate of Sarah' Althea Terry by Judge Sander son, who. in the absence of Judge Slack, held court in Department 10 of the Supe rior Court yesterday. H. M. McPike, who represented" Porter Ashe, the deposed guardian, was on hand with an objection. He did not Bee how Williams could be ap pointed until Mr. Ashe had been regularly removed, a proceeding, he contended, which had never taken place. The court held, however, that there was vacancy enough to warrant the appointment, and he made the necessary order. Williams was called to the stand during the hearing and testified that the estate is worth about $4<XK). Brought From Stockton. ■Mark Kelly, an ex-convie.t, broke into the residence of Max Ordenstein, 2111 Devisadero street, on December '20 last and stole the most of Mrs. Ordenstein's clothes. He fled to Stock ton and was arrested there for petty larceny. His sentence expired on Tuesday and yesterday he was brought from Stockton and locked up in the City Prison on a charge of grand lar ceny. .Detectives Bee and Harper have recov ered most of the stolen clothes. "Now, (Jen'ral, you're posted: come, cive us your views. In a brush at the front what's the powder to use?'' He winked at a star as he puffed his cigar, And slowly replied, "In a brush at the front, I never uae powder, but— SOZOJJONT." THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1895. BROAD OF BEAM IS THE WILNA The Sturdy Record - Breaking Bark That "Fools" Her Owners. SHE DOESN'T DRAG HER WAKE On Her Maiden Trip, Young and Inexperienced, She Was Fast. Favored by breeze and seas tne broad beamed bark Wilna goes in and out of port as regular as the tides. "She is not sharp at the bow, like some of the newer clippers," said William E. THE BROAD-BEAM BARK WILNA, A RECORD-BREAKER. [Sketched for the "Call" by W. A: Coulter.] Mighellj her owner, "but she is sharp on the quarterdeck and the seaweed never grows under her forefoot." In this nautical adaptation of the old saying about "grass" growing under some body's "feet" Captain Slater, her command er, receives a merited compliment, for the bark under his seamanship fractures her own record every voyage. The last round trip between this port and Nanaimo occu pied the sturdy vessel twenty-two tlays, with the mainsail and royals closely folded along the yards. The trip before was made in twenty-four days. The custom among the Pacific ship-owners of giving the offi cers of record-breakers silk hats, suits of clothes, watches, etc., keeps Captain John Slater in a new suit of rigging and the envy of every steamer skipper on the coast. The Wilna was built at Freeport, Me., in 1830 by Brigg & Gushing and was the last wooden vessel that ever dipped into the sea from that noted ship-building place. She is 200:4 feet long, 42:1 feet in width and 24 feet deep and registers 140 ft tons net. Her cost was $105,000, and she has been an inexhaustible mine to her owners. With beam a little less than one-fourth her length she was not built for speed, but she fooled Vm, and on her maiden voyage, young and inexperienced in the variable moods of the sea, she walked into Shanghai just 110 days after she left New York. Between Tesuga Straits, on the coast of Japan, and Cape Flattery she used only eighteen days. She has a remarkably clean run to her hull, and the peculiar lines of her bottom are such that she leaves the water smooth. In the free and easy vernacular of her call ing she "doesn't drag her wake." Captain Slater has made a slight change in two of the sails— in splitting the spanker, making it easier to handle, and increasing the size of the flying jib. BEAR'S NEST MINE. The Defendant* Invoke the Statute of Limitation. The suit of A. S. Renshaw against James and John Treadwell, James Carroll. M. W. Marry and N. A. Fuller, now pending in the United States Circuit Court, has taken a new turn. For over a year the trial has been delayed by means of demurrers that were overruled and motions to dismiss that were denied. While this was going on the defendants were not required to an swer. When all the legal means for caus ing delay were exhausted they, one and all, came into court yesterday and pleaded the statute of limitation. Several years ago the defendants owned the Bear's Nest mine on Douglas Island, Alaska. , They sold it to A. S. Renshaw, an English capitalist, and when he came to work it there were no returns. According to his complaint, he then made an exam ination and discovered that the mine had been salted. Ore from the Treadwell mine had been carted to the Bear's Nest, and it ; was from it the sample tests were taken. i Borings were also made, but Renshaw as serts in his complaint that the drill was put down in a portion of Treadwell mine which adjoins the Bear's Nest. Should I Judge McKenna hold that the statute of limitation bars the suit Mr. Renshaw will ! lose about $250,000. LOUIS STRASSMAN SENTENCED. Condemned to Seven Years' Imprison ment for Perjury. Judge Belcher denied a motion for a new trial made by counsel for Louis Strassman yesterday morning, and then proceeded to sentence the prisoner to seven years' im prisonment in San Quentin for the crime of perjury, of which he stood convicted. Strassman was a straw bondsman. He I was defended by Carroll Cook, who, when I the prosecution had finished its case, \ moved that the court instruct the jury to i acquit. The motion was denied, the court • giving reasons for the denial, and Cook took exception to the remarks of the Judge in i the presence of the jury, and in a great \ measure based his motion for a new trial upon the substance of that exception. In his opinion Judge Belcher claims it to be ! the inherent right of the court to pass upon matters of law submitted for judg ment, and this right necessarily includes i the power of giving reasons for the court's action. He scored Cook for the nature of his motion and denied it. Mr. Cook, after sentence had been passed, asked for a stay of execution and a writ of probable cause. Both were denied, but upon an appeal to the Supreme Court they were granted by Chief Justice Beatty. THE QUARANTINE OFFICER. To Be Appointed by the State or by the Federal Authorities. Two Bills on the Subject Are Now Before the Leg- ISLATURE. The appointment of a quarantine officer is causing considerable comment owing to the fight that is being made over the matter. Two bills are before the Legislature— one providing that the office shall be trans ferred to the United States authorities and the other that the appointing power shall be vested in the Board of Supervisors. The Governor is in favor of the former proposition. The bill abolishing the office of State Quarantine Officer was introduced by Timo thy Guy Phelps, ex-Collector of the Port. It re-enacted the old law relating to the Board of Health, but under the head of "retrenchment and public expenditure" the Quarantine Officer and his assistants were left out in the cold. Section 4of the bill provides that: The State Board of Examiners are hereby authorized and required to sell at public auc tion or at private sale, as they may deem best, the boarding steamer "Governor Perkins," un less in theii opinion it can be properly put to some other scrvirv of the State, and to' sell all other property of whatever kind belonging to the Slate, and heretofore used by the Quaran tine Oflicer and not needed by the State, and cover the money received therefrom into the State Treasury. This bill passed the Assembly and has gone to the Senate. Later on Phelps introduced a joint reso lution, which was passed, requesting the Federal Government to assume control of maritime quarantine matters at the port of San Francisco. In accordance with this Governor Budd hits telegraphed to the Sec retary of the Treasury requesting the Na tional Government to assume control. At Angel Island the United States has established a thoroughly equipped quaran tine station. A steamer with all the neces sary apparatus for fumigating infected ves sels was built and after a few months of service was laid up on account of there being no funds wherewith to pay the nec essary expenses. The State also supports a quarantine service which costs about $8000 a year. William M. Lawler. M.D., is the head of the office and the Governor Perkins is the steamer employed by him in boarding for eign ships and American vessels coming from foreign waters. His appointment lies with the Board of Health and the lat ter is appointed by the Governor. Conse quently when a bill was introduced in the Assembly, seeking to take the appointing power out of the hands of the board of Health and vest it in the Board of Super visors, fhere was considerable trouble. The latter body is strongly Republican, and naturally it would appoint a Republi can quarantine officer. The whole matter therefore stands thus: If the United States will take control of quarantine matters in San Francisco the State will retire and thus save $8000 a year. If Uncle Sam will not do anything in the premises then the State will have to carry on the service itself, either as an adjunct to the Board of Health or the Board of Supervisors. He Took Her Child. An affidavit telling of the stealing of his child was filed by J. S. Henderson, as attorney folsjfts. M. K. Lang, in Judge Troutt's court yesterday. Mrs. Long was divorced from her husband, M. H. Lang, formerly of O'Farreil & Lnng, because of her cruelty to him, and he was awarded the custody of "the two children. Later on, by an amicable* settlement, Mrs. Lanp was given the care of the younger child. Yes terday, in her absence, she says her ex-husband went to her house at 1208 Bush street and took away her little girl. She wants him compelled to restore her child, and heuce her appeal to the court. Unspeakably Miserable Isthe man or woman troubled with dyspepsia. Heart palpitations, sour stomach, heartburn, un easiness of the nerves, oppression or a sense of emptiness at tbe pit of the stomach, are among its symptoms. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters eradicates it, and entirely overcomes constipation, bilious ness, rheumatic, kidney and malarial complaints. Use this thorough remedy systematically and It will achieve permanent results. THE QUEER THINGS IN THE FAIR WILL A Provision in Its Body Heads Off a Possible Cod icil BIG MONEY FOR TRUSTEES. Counsel for Charles L. Fair Say the Children Could Be Left Penniless. "Playing for time? Now. don't go away with the notion that we are. not thoroughly in earnest," said George A. Knight, Speak ing about the Fair will case yesterday afternoon. "We are ready to file our con- test just the minute the other side lets us know what we have to contest. Let them put in their document— a produced will or a lost will — and we file our contest at once. And when we do so, I may just as well say here, every man, woman and child in San Francisco not prejudiced will admit our cause to be just. The provisions of this will are so monstrous when analyzed — that is to say when understood for what they are— that the will cannot stand. Reduced to its single principle this vast estate is handed over to the executors to do with as they wish. They may deny the nominal heirs everything, may turn them into the street. The will is so constructed as to invite the withholding of its benefits from the heirs. If the executors are honest men and do all that the heirs could expect in their behalf, still the will provides them" an ample fortune." "Then you don't agree with Mr. McEn erney that the undue influence that only provides $10,000 as a bequest for itself where the possibilities run into millions would make but a poor witness in court?" "I wouldn't think of disagreeing with Mr. McEnerney on such a matter if that were true, but the $10,000 is a mere drop in the bucket, and was put in there more for the appearance of the thing than the $10. --000. The fact is the will provides $50,000 to each of the executors the first year, ex clusive of bequests." "Let me show you," said Mr. Heggerty, taking up the story. "The code fixes as compensation for executors in the dis tribution of estates, 7 per cent for the first $1000, that is $70; 5 per cent for the next $9000. which is $450: 4 per cent for the next $10,000, which is $400; 3 per cent for the next $30,000, which is $900 ; 2 per cent for the next $50,000. which is $1000, and 1 per cent ror all above that. Now, for the sake of the estimate and to be certain to be within bounds, say the estate is worth $20,000,000. We have counted the fees on $100,000, which amount to $2820. The 1 per cent on the $19,900,000 remaining amounts to $ 19ft, (100, and foots up $201,820, to be divided between the executors the first year. "For the law provides that an estate may be distributed within a year. In this in stance the executors will distribute to themselves as trustees and will continue in that relation to the estate through the lives of the principal heirs. They will expect the court to name the same compensation for subsequent service as trustee as was nominated in the will, and the court would no doubt grant it, especially if the estate, having been estimated at $20,000,000 thoy report upon it as $25,000,000. And don't you see how it is to their interest to esti mate it as high as may be, getting the 1 per cent upon it, as they would? And don't you see how that very principle would cause them to go slow in making over any part of it to the children? Every dollar they give up reduces their dwu percentages. Nice arrangement, isn't it, for the children of a multimillionaire to be wholly dependent upon the good offices of their father's clerks?" "I have said that when we file our con test stating our grounds the public will open its eyes," said Mr. Knight. "We have no concealments to make or myste ries to create and might carry our case on our sleeve. We will leave the other side to do the mysterious. "Now, suppose that accidents or epidem ics should carry off the heirs. In five years winding up the business of these trustees in that time they would have rounded up a neat fortune of $252,295 each in these fees alone, exclusive of the commissions and other revenues which the will puts in their hands. "Now, how like James G. Fair it was— all these liberal provisions for his former clerks? Anybody who knew him knew that he considered himself as doing excel lently well when he paid once for any thing, but here he reiterates his desires and binds himself to pay these men, Angus and Bresse. first, their $10,000 bequest; next, the salary which they had received from him in his lifetime is to continue without regard to the other income, and in addition to these the will especially pro vides for commissions on all contracts to be let. etc. "Now, suppose that the trustees, exer cising the power which they undoubtedly" have under this will, feel called upon tb develop and improve the estate, and so un dertake to add seven stories to the Lick House, continue the work at North Beach and otherwise spend the entire income. While they are doing so the heirs are to be satisfied with explanations, while the trus tees reap handsome commissions and main tain their big percentages. "In our contest we will call attention to the peculiar construction of this document in some other respects than have been in dicated. For instance, Angus and Bresse are given $10,000, 'provided tney are in the employ of the testator at the time of his death. But in making them executors and trustees no such limitations are made. In other words, if they should be dis charged and sent to prison for embezzle ment in the meantime it would cut them out of the $10,000. but they would still be the executors. Now, do you suppose Wil liam M. Pierson drew a will like that, ex cept at the direct order of somebody ? That provision alone indicates to me that Pier son never sat down with Fair as his ad visor in this matter. He simply changed into his own handwriting something that was sent to him for that purpose. "Mr. Goodfellow was Fair's personal attorney and confidential man. Why did he not draw the will? It would not' have looked right. Mr. Goodfellow know that (this will would be closely inspected, and all these questions raised/and he must be in a. position to say 'I never saw the will; I did not draw it?"' "Did Fair himself write it? Is it likely? I can imagine his dictating to his secretary what he wanted incorporated in the will at different times and having it sent to Pier son, perhaps, to have it put in legal shape. And this could be done again and again, could it not? separate clauses being sent to Pierson until we have thos<- seven separate half sheets of legal cap, fourteen pages so oddly worded, calling for a signature at the foot of each of thirteen pages, but hav ing a signature at only one, the last of these thirteen and all of the lirst eleven pages, which were unsigned, handing over the estate to the trustees. "If Pierson had had a consultation with Fair, don't you suppose lie would have asked 'Do you wish to have these men serve as trustees even though they have left your service before death and you have cut them out of the $10,000 legacy?' If you were building a will and were de termined to have it just right, wouldn't yon expect your attorney to call your at tention to such a lapse as that ? No, Pier son never consulted with Fair directly; he did as he was directed and he did not get his words from Fair personally. "But the most significant thing in the whole document is the provision in the body of it that no codicil should change any of the stipulations as to the trust. Mow the idea of Jim Fair, if he was in his right and hard-headed mind, as they say he was, cutting himself off from the possi bility of changing the provisions of his last will, isn't it Levond reason and very sig nificant?"' SUNSHINE AND BLOSSOMS. Treasures From Flora's Do main That Give Delight in San Francisco. That Is What California Has While the East Is Troubled With Blizzards. While the people of the East are feeling the effects of snow and blizzards, those of the Golden State, the land of sunshine in winter, are at this season enjoying the lux uries that their Eastern cousins are de prived of until spring is far advanced. Not only is this the land of sunshine, but it is the land of flowers — not alone those that are nursed in the hothouses, but the hardy ones that bloom in the open air. The private gardens around many of the homes] on Pacific Heights, Nob Hill and the Western Addition, that are tilled with beautiful flowers that please the eye and fill the air with fragrance, are the envy of the people from the other side of the Sier ras who come here to escape the rigor of an Eastern winter. In Golden Gate Park, which is not far from the ocean, whence night winds blow pretty cold at times, there is a wealth of Flora's beauties in bloom. ''Have we many outdoor blossoms at this time?" repeated one of the gardeners yes terday. "We have so many that it would be im possible to call them off, but we have vio lets of every variety, pansies of every shade known, hyacinths of a dozen varieties, tulips of several shades, acacias in full Bower, the Australian flower known as the piper buglers, 'kiss mes,' Marguerites, pyrus iaponica, camellia japonicas (red and white), beautiful pink and white azaleas, cineraria, roses that are changing from bud to blossom, that pretty white flower called taurestina, cassiu in bud and flower, the cowslip or mayflower, pink and yellow oxalis, the sea pink — a striking flower in pink and greenish yellow — sweet peas that are ready to burst into flower. The heather is in full bloom and the prunis or wild prune is showing its beautiful white flowers on leafless branches. Then there is the sweet forget-me-not, the hydrangea and many more that I cannot call to mind just now, but that ought to be enough to make the people in the East envious." J. R. Sproule, a prominent florist, fur nishes the following list of flowers not in cluded in the park gardener's enumera tion: Daisies, wallflowers, primroses, abulitons, lilies, heliotropes, flowering quinces, flowering peaches, plums, seed almonds, geraniums, fuchsias, wistaria, daphne and magnolias. In the park there are sections in which the white and pink daisies show just above the grass and from a distance look like a gigantic mosaic in setting of deep green. The violet beds send out a delicious fra grance, almost overpowering, while in the valley where the pansies grow, these mod est flowers, each having on its leaves the imprint of the face of an old-fashioned grandmother, moved with a slight breeze and each seemed to nod a welcome to the onlooker. Sail Franciscans are also enjoying early vegetables, as the markets make a good display of green peas, asparagus and cu cumbers, to say nothing of potatoes. KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who live bet- ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world's best products to the needs of physical being, will attest the value to nealth of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas- ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax- ative; effectually cleansing the system dispelling colds, headaches and fevers and permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession because it acts on the Kid- neys, Liver and Bowels without weak- ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug* gists in 50c and SI bottles, but it is man- ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name. Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if offered. LOOK UP, NOT DOWN Spring Days Bring Good Cheer to the Weak. Paine's Celery Compound in Thousands of Homes. On Every Hand People Are Getting Well. The Great Spring Remedy Makes One Strong. Now Ordered by Physicians Everywhere in March. Oh ! what avail thp largest gifts of heaven When drooping health and spirits go amis*? How tas:eless, (hen, whatever can be given; Health is the vital principle of bliss. Weak, tired-out men and women with nerves "unstrung" and badly nourished need Paine's celery compound. They are especially urged to take it during these early spring days of March and April, when the body is most susceptible to its strengthening influence. Of the thousands of men and women with brains and hands all day actively en gaged, but whose physical powers are little need, who imagine themselves more dan gerously sick than they are, the vast ma jority are merely reduced in strength and spirits, and need nothing but a vigorous tonic in the spring to recuperate their tired nerves. They need nothing so much as Paine's celery compound. It exactly fills tin ir need. The iutirmities peculiar to the aged come from stagnating blood and the tardy, scanty production of nerve force. They should take Paine's celery compound there is no time so favorable as March. The rheumatism, neuralgia, sleepless ness and lack of strength that Paine's celery compound so rapidly dispels are thus found to be mere temporary condi tions to which their time of life is liable, and the cause of needless anxiety. Needless if they fully perceive the mean ing of these infirmities and take pains at once to correct the beginnings of weakness and debility, as it is so easy to do now in j the spring. Paine's celery compound is the great I spring medicine. It is prescribed by count i less physicians in cases of rheumatism, neuralgia, sleeplessness, and the many other results of starved nerves and de pleted blood. In every drugstore in the country, Paine's celery compound is always to be obtained. It is the world's great remedy for weak ness. Its use year by year through so large a part of the civilized world tells i something of the good it must be accom plishing. If men and women who feel the ; effects of too close application to work ■ would use Paine's celery compound, there I would be less insomnia, less pain in the back of the neck, fewer days of utter physi cal exhaustion and incapacity for anything | but suffering. Its extensive use to-day is the cause of a vast alleviation of human misery and despair. Its presence in the world' is a blessing. It has kept the family circle whole in thousands of homes that are happy and grateful to-day. Try it. "THE SPRING HAS COME, THE FLOWERS IN BLOOM," AND SOW IS THE TIME TO BUY FLOWERPOTS! Fancy Shapes, assorted colors 600 6-inch Fluted, assorted colors 70c 7- inch Orleans, Cupid decorations 80c 7V2-inch Berlin, spiral pattern 850 6-inch Harlem, blended colors 900 6-inch Rococo, scalloped top 90c 7-inch Pacific, shell pattern $1 00 9-inch Orleans, Cupid decoration $1 10 ' 7-Inch Rose, beautiful design $1,15 7-inch Blythe, new pattern $1 25 And many other styles and prices. 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