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THE POET WOODWORTH He Did Not Write the "Old Oaken Bucket" in a Saloon. THE TRUE VERSION GIVEN. A Suggestion That a Monument to the Poet Be Placed In the Park. A family council of the Woodworths in Ban Francisco has definitely decided to I cremate the remains of their kin in the Woodworth Mausoleum in Lone Mountain Cemetery and a few days since the superin tendent of the San Francisco Crematory was invited to perfect the details. When the vault was built in 1865 by ! Frederick A. Woodworth, a well-known pioneer, he expressed a desire that the re mains of his own body should be cremated as soon as laws were enacted in California ; to authorize cremation. That time has j now arrived, and as there are ten crumbling forms in the Bepulcher cremation will be employed 10 dispose of all the bodies. The ashes or dust of the poet, Samuel Woodworth, will be preserved and a monu ment or obelisk raised to honor his mem ory. It is expected that literary societies , of California will join in the pleasant duty of perpetuating the memory of the illus- j trious poet. At one time John Van Yard agitated the ' subject or placing a bronze figure of the | •MOld Oaken Bucket" in Central Park, New "i ork, but his plans were never carried out. In Massachusetts there is considerable talk ; of purchasing the Bite of the Woodworth homestead at Scituate and dedicating the ground to public use as a park. Inasmuch as nearly all of the living descendants of the poet dwell in San Francisco it has been suggested that the monument be erected in Golden Gate Park and the suggestion se cures much favor. t Some years ago wide publicity was given to a newspaper paragraph stating that Samuel AN oodworth wrote in a drinking saloon the poem which made his name im mortal. Mrs. Mary J. W. Wethered of 2109 Pacific avenue, the youngest surviving daughter of the poet, asserts that the true version is given in George P. Morris' fourth edition of Samuel Woodworth's poems, ed ited by Frederick A. oodworth and pub lished by Charles Scribner, New York, 18G1. This version, the true one, was published in the Call day ' before yesterday. The story that he wrote the poem in a saloon is ' pure fabrication and in no sense authentic. The family would be pleased if all newspa pers commenting on the subject would give the true version. The only surviving children of the poet are Mrs. 'Georgiana Beebe of Fruitvale, Oakland; Mrs. Mary J. W. Wethered of 210 m Pacific avenue, San Francisco. The poet's eldest child, Samuel Haines Wood worth, died in 1841. The second child was the Harriet of whom Halieck wrote about 'Tis youth 'tis beauty asks ; the green A.nd growing leaves of seventeen Are 'round her; and, half hid, half seen, A violet flower KurseO by the virtues she hath "been From childhood's hour. Selim E. Woodworth, commander in the United States navy, was the third child of the poet. He died in the Union Club rooms of San Francisco of typhoid fever, January 29, 1871. He left four sons and one daughter, all of whom are living. Selim E. Woodwortli, 0. S. N.. Frederick \ A. Woodwortlj and Benjamin Woodworth live in San Francisco. William Wood worth, the youngest son, is instructor at j Cambridge. "Mass. The daughter also lives | there with her mother, Mrs. Denni gon. The other children of the poet, in the order of their birth, were: Frederick A., who died in this City in l W( r>; (iuorgiana (Mrs. Beebe) ; Carplinc M., who died here in 1885; Lydxa H. (Mrs. Locke), who died in Buffalo in 1858, leaving a son, j-ince deceased, and three daughters, of whom the two eldest married sons of Ad miral Belfridge, U. 8. N., and the young est, the son of the late General Bibley, T.s. A.; Julia M., daughter jqf the poet, married Licutena n (now Major) McAr tbur, U. 8. A. She died in Chicago in ]-'74. leaving four children. Mary Jose phine Woodworth (Mr-. Wethered), re liere. The youngest child of the was Benjamin Russell. He was lost a* sea in 1861, baying Bailed from a Chinese pert in a ship that' was never afterward beard of. The famous picture of the "Old Oaken iiucket," which was painted by Jerome Thompson in 1838, is owned in England. A QOPJf Oi the picture is owned by the Wethered family in this City, and from the copy tiie sketch here presented In the Call was drawn. Robert Howe Fletcher, U. S. A., author of "The Johnstown Stage" and other books, was asked at the Bohemian Club ciay if he thought the "Oid Oaken Bucket" a gew ot sufficient merit to justify a monument in Golden Gate Park to the memory of the writer of the pastoral song. Replying to the question, be remarked that the Statue in honor of Francis Scott Key, who wrote the Star-spangled Banner." was appropriate, and the senti ment which inspired it highly creditable. He mentioned. Key, John Howard Payne (author of "Home, Bweet Home") and Samuel Woodworth (writer of the poem l.r-: referred to) as examples of men who had each achieved fame by the production of one popular piece. Mr. Fletcher said he could not speak for the Bohemian Club, but he was sure that many of the members would sympathize with an enterprise designed to commemorate a worthy literary achieve- I ruent. William Northup Cowles said lie had read the Call sketches reminiscent of the poet Samuel Wood worth with absorbing ! interest. The suggestion for a statue or monument in Golden Gate Park, he said. was eminently proper and should be carried out now while the subject was fresh in the minds of the people. He had no doubt • that a monument committee would receive i contributions from every part of the United ] States. The literary merits and the popu j laxity of the "Old * Oaken Bucket" were ; i beyond question. The literary judgment j of two continents and two generations had praised the lyric. Jere Lynch, author of " Egyptian Sketches" and a poem entitled ''Mount Shasta," did not regard the "Old Oaken Bucket" as a poem of sufficient merit as a literary production to entitle the writer to a statue in San Francisco. The author teas not personally identified with the eom | munity, and therefore local reason did not exist for honoring him. Mr. Lynch's judgment as to the literary excellence of the '-Old Oaken Bucket" is* not wholly in accord with opinions expressed many years ago by such writers as Washington Irving and Sir Walter Scott. Henry K. Field believes in erecting statues and monuments in honor of worthy men. In his opinion the sugges tion of a Woodworth statue in Golden I Gate Park is excellent. The "Old Oaken Bucket" is a lyric of superior merit. It I touches the popular heart. Mr. Field re marked that Samuel Woodworth's fame as a poet iiad been achieved and since the auMicr's mortal remains rest here it would be lining that a monument should be raised. Monuments mark the apprecia tion of a community and testify to the presence of civilizing influences. Judge J. A. Way in ire of Alameda enter tained opinions similar to those expressed by Mr. Field. He nvoirnized the simple natural merit of Woodworth's verses and knew that wherever the song of the "Old (taken Bucket" was sung the audience was i touched by tender recollections of ehild i hood. JUDGE CONLAN`S CLERK Ambrose Watson Is Adjudged Guilty of Contempt of Court. He Refuses to Yield Possession, and Applies for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. The legal battle for the position of clerk of Judge Conlan's court is getting more hii'! more mixed up, and how it will end it is difficult to conjecture. When Judge Conlan opened court yester day morning Ambrose Watson, the de posed clerk, was in his usual place, and his successor, Alfred Morgenstern, was also on hand, but he was not accompanied by his attorney, General Dickinson. The Judge a.-ked Watson to hand over the books, keys and records of the court to Morgenstern, and Watson refused. T. J . Roache, clerk in Henry E. High ton's, law office, then presented lvi affidavit that Mr. Highton was sick, and moved for a continuance of the contempt proceed ings against Watson till Tuesday next. The Judge denied the motion, and Watson rose to protest. He said he was not represented by counsel, as Mr. Highton was sick, and he thought it was only fair that no action should be taken in the absence of his counsel. The Judge said he would not consent to keeping his court closed any longer. It was necessary to go on with the business of the court and he did not propose to leave himself open to criticism by further delay. He reviewed at length the proceedings that had taken place in the contest for the clerkship, and he ended by adjudging Wataon guilty of contempt and sentenced THE OI.D WOODWORTH HOMESTEAD AT SCITUATE. [From Ike painting by Jerome Thompson.] him to six hours in the County Jail. He read the commitment, and Under Sheriff <'lack, who was in court, tooK possession of Watson. The court was then adjourned until this morning. A writ of habeas corpus was imme diately applied for on behalf of Watson in Judge Wallace's court. The writ was granted and made returnable next Mon day morning, Watson being released on hi> own recognizance. Watson will continue to hold the posi tion till Judge Wallace disposes of the writ. If he should fail, Morgenstern would talre possession of the office, which would compel Watson«tb take proceedings to oust him. Meantime Morgenstern. hacked up by the people of the State of California, has a suit, pending in the Su perior Court to compel Watson to give up his oitice of clerk. The Prince of "Wales' Cigars. '•The most expensive cigars smoked regularly by one customer," said a travel ing man, "are those which are manufac tured expressly for the Prince- of Wales. I was in Havana some time ago, find became acquainted with a gentleman who was con uected with one of the large cigar manu facturing linns of that city, who told me the facts". The Prince pays $900 a thousand for his cigars, or 90 cents apiece at whole sale, and smokes no others. The tobacco is the product of a certain plantation growing a small quantity of leaf of a very superior variety, which is made up almost entirely for royal palates. I purchased one of those cigars just to be able to say that, I had Bmoked the Prince's brand. It was a larger cigar than those which are usually sold in i lie American market, and the flavor was fine, but I must confess I could not extract 90 cents' worth of satisfaction out of my investment. I have smoked cigars retailing at two for a quarter that pleased me just as well."-Washington Post. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1895. THE GRAND ARMY'S CHIEF Colonel T. G. Lawler Arrives Here on His Tour of In spection. i : RECEPTION BY LINCOLN POST. The Commander-In-Chlef on the Pension Laws and the Growth of Patriotism. The commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, Colonel Thomas G. Lawler of Kockford. 111., arrived here yes terday by the Oregon train on his tour of inspection of the different departments. The commander-in-chief, accompanied by i his adjutant-general, Cassius (.'lay Jones, und his special aid, George A. Bealy, was met on his arrival by a number of the heads of departments and escorted to the ! Occidental Hotel, where spacious head quarters were placed at the disposal of the THOMAS G. LAWLEK, CCLIi^ANDER -IN - CuIEF OF THE GRAND AhMY OF THE REPUBLIC. visitors by Major Hooper, commander of the Loyal Legion and a member of Lincoln Post. Colonel Lawler has made it a point to attend as many of the department encamp ments as possible this year, and has made a better record in that way than any of his predecessors, having met thirty-six de pariruent encampments in session. He will have vi.it xl forty-two of the forty-five departments when lie reaches i Salt Lake on his return home. Speaking yesterday of the work of the I Grand Army h aid: ''Enthusiasm in the I ranks of the Grand Army has never been I so great as during the past year. This is] largely due to the fact that there has been a revival of patriotism all over. The edu- I cation of the children in the public schools up to a love for their country and their flag has done much. Even in the Bouth the schools are taking a great, interest in tlie movement and in most of the .South ern cities you wii! find the stars and stripes floating over every schoolhouse. Several Southern States have passed State laws providing for this. Then the Ladies' Re lief Corps is doing good work and there is increased activity in the Revolutionary organizations, such as the Daughters of the Revolution." When asked whether it was proposed to ' urge any further pension legislation the colonel said: "The laws we have are sat isfactory enough, but we propose to take j some steps to prevent their being nullified ' by the rulings of the Pension Bureau. J Under those rules they are continually and i without any grounds or right cutting down pensions. Pensioners who have proved up their claims are being continually cited to prove them again and to show cause why they shouldn't be cut down from $12 to $8 or $(>. If they objecf f hey are ordered i to appear before an examining board that has its special instructions that enables them to cut down pensions that are just. "These cuts have been made without cause and without any reason being given. I believe that the bureau is influenced to this action by President Cleveland through j his Secretary, Hoke Smith. No, we are not asking for any additional legislation. We are only asking that the laws now ex isting be honestly carried out. I don't care to state what plan we propose to urge to carry this out, but the next encampment will certainly consider the matter." A large number of prominent Grand Army men called on the commander-in chief during the afternoon. In the even ing he was jjiven a reception by Lincoln Post. This evening a public reception will be given to him at the Metropolitan Tem ple. Saturday evening he will call with thn members of the Loyal Legion and I Grand Army of the Republic to pay his respects to General Schoiield at the Palace Hotel. It is probable that on Sunday he will be taken by officers of the department to San Jose and Monterey. He leaves for Salt Lake on Sunday evening. Last evening at the reception by Lincoln Post there was a full gathering of mem bers and a number of visitors. The post was opened by Commander Joseph Steele and after the opening ceremonies the com mander-in-chief retired and was then in troduced in his official capacity by Assist ant Inspector-General C. Mason Kinne, accompanied by Department Commander Charles E. Wilson and his assistant, Adju tant-General T. C. Masteller. The com mander-in-chief was accompanied by his adjutant-general, C. C. Jones, and special aid, George A. Scaly. Then followed the usual niuster-in ceremonies, which were very impressive. Lincoln Post was com plimented by the commander-in-chief for conducting the ceremonies as well as any post in the United States. Among the others present were Past De partment Commander Smedberg, E. J. I Buckle?, A. \V. Barrett, adjutant-general j of the National Guard, and Major VV. B. j Hooper. FOR RECEIVING OPIUM. Six Chinese Were Arreste<i Yesterday ami Gave Ball. The firm of Hang Wah & Co., composed of six Chinese, was arrested yesterday for "receiving and concealing opium.'' The complaint was sworn to by Deputy Sur veyor of tbe Port S. J. Ruddell, but as he <lid not know the names of the Chinese "John Doe" warrants were issued. The Tinted States Marshal could not find the men, but their attorney hearing they were wanted brought all of them into court and gave bonds for their appearance when wanted. Deputy Surveyor Kuddell intends to light the cases vigorously. BELVEDEREANS ARE BUSY. k+fi' m, * -■* r\ \- - .•=,■* • Progress of Their Preparations for "A Night in Venice." It Will Be an Invitation — The . Mayor of Santa Cruz to Be a Guest. The dwellers in beautiful Belvedere are hard at work in preparing for the aquatic fete to be giv»n at their island home j August 3. Two executive meetings were I held recently at which plans were formu lated which will be submitted to a general meeting on Tuesday evening. After that time the work will lie in the direction of executing rather than devising plans. Subscriptions have been liberal and the Belvedere Land Company has arranged for the illumination of unoccupied lots on the townsite, where the burning of red tire will add brilliancy to the scene. The Egyptian float used at Santa Cruz will be loaned for the occasion and Victor Duboce will take his illuminated float to the scene of the festivities. To the fourteen arks of the Belvedereans will be .added those of Mr. Bushnell and Frank Carton of Sausalito, and other additions will be i made. The officers of the various yacht clubs will be invited to participate. Prizes will be offered to the citizens who show the most ingenuity and taste in illuminating their houses and grounds. It has been decided that only those pro ducing invitations will be allowed to pass the guards who will be stationed at the old hotel and on the arks. Director-General Hawkins says the number of invitations will probably reach 2500, if they do not ex ceed it; but the citizens desire to protect themselves from a greater crowd than can be accommodated. The ladies of Belvedere are discussing the feasibility of opening a Venetian cafe at the old hotel for the evening and of ap plying the proceeds to a fund for building a church. The citizens of Belvedere, whose popula tion scarcely amounts to 500 souls, claim the honor of having introduced Venetian festivities in California by their "Night in Venice" last year, and say Santa Cruz "stole their thunder" in the carnival. ; Nevertheless, the Mayor of Santa Cruz will : be one of the guests at the Belvedere fete. A special boat will be provided for guests from San Francisco. . , The completed list of officers and com mittees is as follows: Director-General, 'James S. Hawkins; secretary, Charles 11. Wood; executive committee — James S. Hawkins. Horace 'W. Ball, Colonel C. Mason, Kinne, T.D. Boardman, Robert E. McGill, J. D. Maxwell, Robert Tittle, C. E. Holmes, Eugene Davis, 11. L. Searlcs, Dr. B. W. Ha'tnes, Hugh Hume; transporta tion—Hugh Hume, Charles 11. Crocket, Arthur Page, C. 0. Perry ; finance — Horace W. Ball, J. D. Maxwell, Charles F. How land, W. O. Wayman, Robert E. McGill; J music— Colonel C. Mason Kinne, Cameron : Burns, G. H. Gardiner, P. C. Knapn; i printing — Robert E. McGill, Charles H. j Wood ; fireworks— D. Boardman, W. E. | Lichtenberg, Robert A. Dean, F. W. I Bridge; press— J. D. Maxwell, T. L. Miller, !H.: B. HouKhton,' Fred E. Harmon; launches— Robert Tittle, Charles E. Knight, T. D. Boardman; invitation— C. E. Holmes, J. W. Dorsey, V. J. A. Bey, 11. S. Wheeler; decoration and illumination — G. Davis, A. 8. Spence, J. B. Fusenot, C. T. Morrison, J. H. Keefe, Ed. Syaulding, T. V. O'Brien Jr., David McLaughlin; con veyance—H. L. Searles, John Copp, Dr. George K. Frink, J. A. Parsons, Edgar A. Wilson; reception— Dr. B. W. "Haines, Arthur C. Donncll, Dr. M. H. Logan, J. S. Mattson, Lieutenant I. W. Eaton, Dr. F. Pancoast, , Commodore J. W. Pew, Dr. L. L. Dunbar, Dr. F. J. Bazan. ; ". •' . . Assisting a Sufferer. Mrs. VYiddefield left a donation of $2 at the Call office yesterday for the little sufferer in a Broadway tenement, Maria Krnoticias. The money was given to the child's mother last evening. PRESS AGAINST LOTTERY. The Stand Taken by the "Call" Meets With Ap proval. COMMENTS OF NEWSPAPERS. Metropolitan Journals Should Be Above Taking Advantage of Statutory Flaws. THE FAINT HOPE. Bakersfield Califwnian. The Call is engaged in a crusade against lotteries. That is all rjght. As usually conducted, lotteries are nothing but cold blooded swindles, and many people wonder how it is that so many thousands of poor men and women regularly expend money for lottery tickets that they can ill afford to lose. The secret of the whole matter is explained by a writer in the Call, thus: "One day I asked a poor workingman how much he earne 1 a day. He told me. It was less than a dollar. Then I asked him if he could afford to buy a lottery ticket each month," said an otherwise very excellent woman who deals in lottery tic kets to a Call man yesterday. "Do you know what he told me? He said if it was not for the hope he got with each ticket he would give up the struggle and pass over the life line. He said he had no hope of being able to better his condition in any other way except by win ning in the lottery. He is a day laborer. "I know another case of an old woman who is a cripple. She picks up a living in some way — I hardly know how, but the living is very scant. She told me once she sat in her lonely garret so long that she knows every flower and figure on the wallpaper, even to the smallest scratch or blemish on it. 'I sit there all day and hope,' she says. 'Every month I buy a two-bit ticket, and then the rest of the month I spend in picturing to myself the great prize I am going to win and in calculating what to do with the money when I get it. When the paper comes out and I see I have not won any thing then my spirits fall for a time, but even then I have the hope of another drawing to look forward to, and when I have bought the new ticket then I go on with my dream of riches. What would I do without those dreams?' " That is the whole thing in a nutshell. Nine-tenths of the people in this world have learned from tiara experience that life is for them but one continual grind of poorly paid drudgery. Strive though they may, economize never so closely, there is no hope for them. They can never get more than a bare subsistence. But in the lottery is the hope, faint though it be, seldom realized though it is, of sometime or other realizing a small fortune. That hone is all they have to cling to. II is" the only hope they can ever have of ever ob j taining more than the mere pittance that ;is earned by the severest of toil. It is I aptly phrased in the interviews quoted. ! The well-to-do opponents of lotteries may philosophize all they want to over it. They may point out the folly of such a hope. They may write columns about lot tery swindles. " But still the fact will remain that the little two bits or dollar spent every month for lottery tickets is the one ray of light across the patl way of j thousands of toilers. The hope of winning a prize sometime or other is the one thing that sustains them. A STARTLING RESULT. i 4 I Stockton i:< rord. If Rev. Mr. Palmer's proposition is to be accepted as correct, namely, that every one who purchases a lottery-ticket is at heart a thief, an enumerator would have a comparatively easy time in taking a census of the honest people who dwell in this city. The percentage of those who have never been finally interested in some form of lottery gambling, would be found to be a small one. The lottery furnishes abundant evidence of the fact that the propensity to gamble is deep-coated in human nature. It is the same old propo sition of the desire to get something for nothing. While agreeing with Mr. Palmer in the main that the lottery is an evil, the state ment that all who buy tickets are thieves |at heart is extreme; A combined effort should be mad« to crush out the lottery, for it is demoralizing in its nature and an exhaustive financial drain upon the com munity.. • It is hard to obtain figures, but if it could be ascertained just how much money is squandered in this city every month in the Louisiana lottery the result would ap pear startling. The lottery habit amounts almost to a disease. There is a fascination about the speculative pastime which seems to be well nigh irresistible. It makes no excep tions in favor of age, sex or poverty. Men, women and children buy the little scraps lOf colored paper. The lottery victim will suffer the pangs of hunger that he may have a chance at the capital prize. There is a law against buying lottery tickets, but the officers here make no at tempt to enforce it except in the case of the Chinese offenders. It the truth wore known many officers' are themselves "in vestors." If Rev. Mr. Palmer and his fellow-labor ers can eradicate the disease, they will Lave performed a service entitling them to the general thanks of the community, for the lottery victim himself would doubt less be glad ii" he were cured of the habit. THE LOTTERY DISEASE.* Oakland Enquirer. District Attorney Barnes of San Fran cisco in discussing the lottery evil seems to have the proper conception of the duties of the press in its relation to law and society. One of the provisions of the law against lotteries in California is a section prohibiting the advertising of them. For many years the law was strictly in forced, but in recent years, when -the Louisiana Lottery Company came into the field offer ing thousands of dollars per annum to newspapers of standing to advertise its drawings and prizes, many of the news papers fell from grace, especially when it was discovered that it was no offense against the law for a newspaper to publish; notices of lottery drawings after they had taken place. Attorney Barnes says: '"Un til the law is changed there can be no prosecution for such publications. Of course it ought, not to be necessary to change the laws. The newspapers should be public-spirited enough to follow the spirit of the ; law rather than its defective wording. So great a power as the news papers should be above taking advantage of a Maw in the statutes. If the example set by the Call were to be followed by the other newspapers it would save the State a great deal of trouble and expense and go very far toward stamping out the lottery evil in this State." The Call is entitled to great credit for its stand in this matter. SHOULD BE PUBLIC-SPIRITED. Alameda JEncinal. Speaking of the prohibitory lottery law of this State, .District Attorney W. S. Barnes of San Francisco voices, the senti ment promulgated by the Call and in dorsed by all law-abiding papers in the State, in saying that "The newspapers should be public-spirited enough to follow the spirit of the law rather, than its de fective wording. - So great a power as the newspapers should be above taking advan tage of a flaw in the statutes. ,If the ex ample by the Call were to be followed by the other newspapers it would save the State a great deal of trouble and expense and go very far toward stamping out the lottery evil in this State." THE EXD IN VIEW. AUtmeda Argus. The Call is hammering away at the lot teries, and we should think it would make some of its contemporaries sick. We will bet the end will be that none of the lead ing papers will print advertisements of lottery drawings. LETTER-CARRIERS` OFFICERS A Hoard of IJlrectors Elected for This Year— The Picnic. The Pan Francisco Letter-carriers' Mutual Aid Association has elected officers as follows for the ensuing year: President, L. A. Stevens; first vice-president, J. C. Levey ; second vice-president, Thomas Nixon; third vice-president, Matt Lorigan; secretary, Conrad Trieber; financial secre tary, J. C. Gross; treasurer, R. D. Cuning ham ; board of directors— George O'Neill, K. M. Roche, J. C. Levey, Thomas Nixon, Matt Lorigan ; sergeant-at-arms, \Y. W. O'Neill; sentinel, W.ll. McNulty; physi cian. Dr. J. F. Dillon. The letter-carriers will hold their annual picnic at Schuetzen Park, San Rafael, July 4. As inanv as 250 valunble prizes have been received, including a stove, a violin, a rifle, two oak tables, mirrors and a suit of clothes. The committee has arranged with the Donahue Railway Company, through Passenger Manager R. X. Ryan, to have a special boat from Tiburon at 1:50 p. m. There will be prize bowling: and shooting for cash prizes, and everything points to a successful outing for the car riers and their friends. ENGLISH AT THE HEAD. Spoken l>y More People Than Any Other Language of Civilization. More people speak English than any other language now in use in the civilized world, and the increase in the use of Eng lish is so rapid that it may ultimately out strip all the European languages collec tively. At the beginning of the present century French stood at the head of lan guages" in general use. Then 20 per cent of the people of Europe and America Bpoke French. Then followed in the order named: Russian, 19 per cent; German, 18 percent; Spanish, 16 percent; English, 12 per cent; and Italian, 9 per cent. French was the language of treaties, of fashion, of international "correspondence and, to a considerable extent, of commerce. At the beginning of the present century twice as many people in Europe spoke French as English and twice as many spoke German as English. More persons in Europe spoke Italian than English, and, in fact, English had a subordinate rank. Colonization in America and Australia, and particularly the enormous increase of population in the United States, favored the extension of English. Colonization in South and Central America favored Spanish, and in Brazil, Portuguese. One reason of the rapid and general extension of the English language has been that colonization from Great Britain has been very much larger than from other coun tries, and tiie English have made their in fluence felt more decisively than have the people of other nations in colonies. Thus, tor instance, Holland has to-day extensive colonies in various parts of the world. The present population of Holland is 4,000,000, and of the Dutch colonies 24, --000,000. The area of Holland in square miles is 20,000, ana of the Dutch colonies 660,000. But the Dutch language has never been extended to any great extent by rea son of these colonies, the inhabitants of which have never learned Dutch. The French, Italian and Russian lan enag9B have not been extended greatly throughout colonization. As a conse quence of the changes through coloniza tion and otherwise 110,000,000 people now speak English Instead of 20,000,000 as at the beginning of the century. German lias held its own without variance for nearly 100 years, and is still spoken by 18 percent of those speakinir any European language. Russian has fallen on a little, not in num bers but in ]>o ta>re, and so have all the Latin laneuaj The number of persons speaking French at the beginning of the century was 31,000,000, and now it is 51,000 --000. The number of persons speaking Spanish at the beginning of the century was 26;000,000, now it is 4r>.o(io,o(X). The number of those persons speaking Italian has increased from 15,000,000 to 30,000,000— just double. In Europe to-day German stands at the head. It is the language of 68,000,000 peo ple, Russian follows with 60,000,000, French with 45,000,000, English with 38,000,000, Italian with 31,000,000, and Spanish with 17,000,' 0. 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It's not the handsomest, not by any means— but it's graceful in design and as useful as the most expensive patterns, and then— well, the opst is probably its most attractive feature. Twenty dollars— and the best of French plate. Carpets . Rugs . Mattings CALIFORNIA FURNITURE COHPANY (N. P. Cole & Co.) 1 17- 123 Geary Street isr Starting on your camping tour we would I suggest to you to call on us and see what \ we have to offer in. the line of Footwear. j TAN SHOES in the latest shades and end- i less varieties, for ladies, men and children, . ■ at prices that are popular and within the : reach of the masses. SPECIALS FOII THIS. WEEK ! CHILDREN'S TAX OUTING SHOES, n XC sizes 6 to 8 I O CHILDREN'S TAN Ol I'ING SHOES, Qf\C sizes Sy to lOV2 V\J MISSES' TAN OUTING SHOES, sizes JJ; 1 .00 11 to ' 2 npi — . i LADIEH' WHITE CANVAS OXFORD £• 1 .75 TIES, latest lasts «35 i ! LAIBD, BCHOBEB A CO.'S WHITE CANVAS OXFORD TIES, the very (£0.50 best .". ».£) — BOYS' STRONGLY MADE CALF JJ; 1 .75 SHOES, 11 tO'J.... •Jpl BOYS' STRONGLY MADE CALFmjO.OO SHOES, '.'l/3 to 6 3D- — . We Sell the Best $3 Men's Tan Shoe in Town. SOMMER&HUFMHI "LEADERS OF FASHION." 28 Kearny Street — _ t£s~ A bootblack stand in our store for the accom- modation of ladies and gentlemen, free of charge. - HOME FOR THE CARE OF THE INEBRIATE (Incorporated 1863). 2000 Stockton St., S.F.,CaI. A HOSPITAL FOR THE TREATMENT OF inebriety, including Alcoholism and Drug Habit* and Nervous Diseases resulting therefrom; also for the temporary care and observation of j persons suspected of Insanity. Terms $10 to $25 j per week. Extracts from the report of the Grand Jury, Hied December 8, 1894: "While not a public institu- tion, in consequence of complaints made to us by the press and others, thorough examination was made of th« conduct of the Home of Inebriates, and as a result of our investigations we are satis- fied that the same has been and is being properly managed. The charges made to us of improper treatment of the patients were not sustained." Trustee*-!!. J. BURNS (Presidents. Wai. MARTIN (Secretary), K. D. SAW- YEK.W.M. G. BAHGEU, J. K. COOLER, JOHN DKNSMORE, J. W. BUXTKit- W'UIITH, ■ 1- or further information address The r intpndenf ami Resident Physician. Downtown office — Room 13, sixth floor, Mills building, 3 to 4:30 p. M. daily. TRY The San Francisco Laundry. 33 Geary street. Telephone Main 5135. IPS and GOUT V I Have been successfully ir. v . >vi uikny years in ■ Europe by the uouderiul remedies of the cele- : brated Dr. I.uville of Paris. Z,AVILLt.>S £10 < OR Quickly and thoroughly removes from the syttua all causes of acute attacks. '■ L .4 VI L L 'S I' ILLS Will permanently cure the most complicated and stubborn of chronic cases. Pamphlets Riving full , information sent free by the Agents of the United . States. K. IuCUEKA A CO., SO North William St., N. Y. /. ■ ■• ' . ■ . 1" fll ■■ II F% A laxative refreshing fox TnPJaftßl / fruUlozenw, " - I 111 nil very agreeable to take. - -■ - CONSTIPATION " • • _ ' hemorrhoids, bile, • I M Si I b II loss of appetite, gastric an* ■ IHa I I f la intestinal troubles sad I II If I Is II headache arising . from them. Anil I Aft! '■ ■ K. ORILLOX, Im X 3 - ■ i 1 N 3J Rue lle " Archives! Purl* •.I*Bl Ik Isi Vll Sold by «j i LruwlKi. 9