8 IN THE STATE DAIRIES An Interesting Visit to the Fal lon Creamery in Marin County. WITH COMMISSIONER BURBANK. How the Babcock Test Appraises Milk and Interests the Ranchers. A representative of one of the largest separator companies in answer to the ques tion where is the largest creamery in the United States located, and how large is it, replied, in the little State of Vermont, and the company has $150,000 capital and in the height of the milking season receives the cream Irom the milk of 15,000 cows. It has separators at most of the railroad stations within seventy-five miles of the creamery, and the milk is delivered to the Bkimming station and the cream shipped in cans to the creamery every day. One of the California State Dairy Commissioners estimates that there are in this State 400,000 milch cows, and the Cm.l, which is always to the front and speaks for all, realizing the importance of this industry, proposes to give up some of its valuable space to the dairy interests of the State. Of course, these articles will be no fancy sketches, as there is nothing fancy about the hard, everyday life of the dairyman, whether he produces milk for the City market, the creamery, or whether to be into butter and cheese at the ranch. It is <[iiite pleasant to take the 8 a. m. ilito boat and tran>fer to the North Pacific Coast train for Tomales, fifty-five miles from San Francisco. It is a little over three hours' ride through beautiful Marin County, noted for its tine grazing lands, large dairies and large-hearted dairymen, and one feels well paid for the energy expended as he grasps the hand of one of the leading dairymen of Marin County, George W. Burbank, California Dairy Commissioner. Marin County Supervisor for over twelve consecutive rears, and also president and manager of the Fallon Creamery Company, the largest creamery in the county, located at Griflins, two and a half miles from Tomales, on the narrow-guage road. The last Legislature : an act prohibiting the coloring of .irgarine, and also providing, under m vere penalty, that it should not be sold as butter: also creating a State Dairy Com mission and making an appropriation for necessary expenses of the same ; and it is a fact that little, if any. oleo is now manufactured at Baden or any other place on the coast, and none has been on sale since May 1. at which time the law went into effect. No doubt the low price of butter has had something to do with driving this bogus butter out of the mar ket, as it cannot be manufactured at a profit and sold at less than 10 cents a pound, and as it is no better than inferior Butter consumers take the butter at a low price in preference to the bogus butter. The Fallon Creamery Company was organized and buildings erected in 1592. They commenced receiving milk May 30 of thai year and have continued every day since, except twenty days when they were closed down for repairs. No matter whether the patrons are going to church on Sunday or to a funeral or a wedding on a week day the milk must go to the cream fry lirst, and when this is kept up 365 days in a year the dairymen get so used to ifc that they feel lonesome if they have to si'ip. The creameij receives the milk from sixty patrons owning 2000 cows, and in the month of May they received over -ir>,oijO pounds of milk, which was manu factured either into butter or full cream cheese. The factory building is 40.\-»5.-> feet, two stories and basement, the latter having a cement floor. The buildings are complete in every way and admirably adapted for butter and cheese making. It will be well for dairy men erecting new creameries to inspect this one before deciding on plans. They \ise one large-size Alpha No. 1 separator and two No. 2's, the capacity of all of them being 70 pounds of milk an hour, but they are still short of separator capacity in the height of the milking season, and will put in another large one next year. They have a ten-horse power engine and twenty- Lorse power boiler, but another boiler must be added anotherseason. They have three milk-receiving vats of 600 gallons each; two rheesevats, same size; one Na tional butter-worker of 2.50 pounds ca pacity; one power trunk churn, 400 gal lons, and all the necessary outfitting to manufacture the milk into butter and cheese in first-class workmanlike manner, and there is no butter that stands higher in the market for quality or sells for a higher price than Fallon Creamery brand. They use the Babcock test for both butter and cheese, and credit the milk as tested. During the month of May their daily output was 1600 pounds of butter and forty cheese weighing twenty-five pounds each. The, butter is largely made into squares, sixty of them weighing a hundred pounds, and is consigned to one of the largest commission-houses in San Fran cisco. They have also packed considerable butter in spruce tubs for the Los Angeles and Eastern markets, and at the present time have orders ahead for a large amount of butter. The cheese sells readily, and, being full-cream, is in demand "at the highest quotation. They have 30,000 pounds of cheese on the shelves, but recent orders will take it all. The sales of butter netted them for the month of May 13 cents a pound at the creamery, whether in squares or solid packed, but at the present time they are netting considerable advance on this" price, as butter has ad vaneeu in the San Francisco market. The company has an authorized capital of $20,000, the stock being held by the dairymen in the vicinity of the creamery. The directors manage the creamery through Charles C. Williams, superin tendent and cheesernaker, who learned his trade in Ohio and is a very competent man for the position. The entire plant cost about $12,500, the buildings being erected by day work and the outfitting purchased in the open market from different houses. On the coast and in Chicago. The company have never paid any dividend on the stock, but have used the profits to enlarge and increase their caj aeity, and as there are dairymen not in the combine who are anxious "to patronize them another year the creamery must be again enlarged or skimming stations thrown out to take the milk from another thousand cows. The larger the creamery the less the cost of manufacturing the product, and as the profits of dairying are small, they must watch every opportunity of increasing those profits, or go out of the bus;' This creamery is one of the few in the State Which makes a price on the lirst day of each month for all the milk delivered during that month. This price is based on th« San Francisco market, and the direc tors meet and make the price, which is duly posted on the creamery bulletin, and also based on milk yielding 4 per cent butter fat, Babcock test. During the year IBM the lowest price paid for milk was 75 (■••nt* per 100 and the highest $125; but as butter has sola lower this season the low est price has been 50 cents for 100 pounds of milk and the highest price will not probably be over $1 per 100. May and June of this year they paid 50 cents a hundred; July will probably be 75 cents, and the balance of the year about $1 per 100. The quantity of milk is less in these months, but never less than f*)O0 pounds at any time. This price is for all of the milk, the creamery company retaining the separated milk for hogs, unless the patrons purchase it for 5 cents for each ten-gallon can. The company feed their separated milk to hogs, and keep from 300 to 700 hogs on hand at all times. They have just sold 150 at 3% cents per pound bn cars at Griffins. Will sell from $5000 to $booo.worth of hogs for 1896, of which one-fifth will be gain cr profit for the company. They purchase them weighing from seventy-five to 100 pounds and sell them when they average from KJO to 170 pounds. They confess to having made the mistake of locating their hog corral too near the creamery, as no hog should be allowed to live within a half mile of any creamery. They have an t abandance of good, cold spring water, which is piped about one mile to a cement reservoir, with a twenty foot fall to the creamery, and claim no creamery can possibly be a success unless they have plenty. of cold water and good drainage, as it takes about twenty-five pounds of milk to make one pound of but ter, and the same will make at least two and a half pounds of cheese. The com pany have done better on cheese, as none is sold less than (i cents at the creamery, and this would be as good as 15 cents per pound net for butter. The cheese is mar keted at thirty days old. and the butter is shipped at 4 o'clock every morning and ar rives in San Francisco and is on sale at the Dairyman's Union before noon of each day. They use sixteen ounces of Ash ton salt to twenty pounds of butter if in squares, or eighteen ounces if solid packed. For cheese three pounds of Ashton s;;h fur 1000 pounds of milk. The milk is sepa rated at 72 deg. and the night's and morn ing's milk is mixed at the ranch. The cream generally ripens at twenty to twenty four hours. The company pays the patrons on the first day of each month for the previous month's milk, and it is quite interesting to see the faces of some of the ranchers when they ascertain that some neighbor with about the same number of cows as their own draws more money than they do by 10 to 15 per cent. The Babcock test is the best educator for the dairymen in the State. It is in fact a dairy college, located in every creamery which reports to owners the value of their miik, or if they take the trouble to test each cow in their dairy they can ascertain the value of each cow for profit. Of course if neighbor Jones' milk has more butter fat than neighbor Smith's, Jones gets more dividends, and Smith starts out on an investigation of his own and' does not stop until he ascertains why Jones gets the most coin. Thus most of the ranchers' spare time is spent dis cussing and reading up on breeds of cows, grasses, feed and care" of the dairy. The boys and girls get interested and this en lightens the whole community. However, some patrons are so ignorant that they in sist that those fellows up there at the creamery with their Babcock taster are giving them the worst of it, and some hold out their milk for a time, but they soon come back. Creamery butter sells for from 4 cents to 5 cents per pound more than ordinary but ter, and ranchers cannot see why they shi.uld make their butter up at home anil sell it for 5 cents per pound less when they can deliver their milk at the creamery and get their cash every month. The tirst test in June showed the milk from the best dairy of thirty-two cows to be 4.7 butter fat and the poorest dairy 3.8 per cent. The former dairy were Jersey grades and the latter Durham grades, feed and^care about the same. The Jersey dairy would draw down 58? i cents for every 100 pounds de livered and the Durham dairy -IT 1 ;, cents. Mr. Burbank has sixty head of Jersey and grade Jersey cows" and for the year 1894 was paid in dividends $2940, and sol I about $300 worth of veal, making his cows average him about $.">4 each. Being asked the question if creameries had conic to stay, he gave it as his opinion that in three years no dairymen would ue found within a reasonable distance of a cream ery making up his own mi!k on the ranch. and that, dairymen should take steps at once to erect creameries in their neighbor hood. However, caution should be exer cised by parties contemplating organizing creameries. They should visit others already running and inform themselves fully so as to be able to build them to the best advantage, and at the least cost, and at much lower prices than have so far been paid. Certainly a day spent at the Fallon Creamery, with Superintendent Williams, will pay any one interested in the dairy in dustry, k. A. Rtjghboh. 1001 Jackson street, Oakland, Cal. REPORT ON COOLY LABOR. Immigration Commissioner Walter P. Stradley's Ob servations. He Officially Informs His Superior of the Late Japanese In vestigation. United States Immigration Commis sioner Walter P. Stradley yesterday ad dressed to Hon. Herman Stump, Commis sioner-General of Immigration at Wash ington, D. C, his report of the late Japanese cooly investigation held in con junction with Labor Commissioner E. L. Fitzgerald. His communication reads: I have been investigating nine alleged vio lations of the contract labor laws since the receipt of your telegram of the 3d inSt-, pursu ant to instructions therein contained. I have had In the investigation the hearty and efficient co-operation of K. L. Fit aid, the Commissioner of the State Labor Bureau. Under the State statute creating this bureau the Commissioner has the power to hiimmon before him any person or persons who, in his opinion, may throw any light upon the condition of labor. This makes it possible to secure the testimony of witnesses whom it would otherwise have been difficult to bring before me. Under these circumstances, in company with Immigrant Inspector Geffeney, Labor Commis sioner litzgerald, his deputy C. L. Dam, and Special Agent Greene, I held an investigation on the 4th and sth of this month in the town of Pleasanton, Alameda County, Cal., one of the centers of the beet and hop growing in dustries, and on the 17th and ISth in Yaca ville, Selano County, Cal., one of the impor tant fruit-growing communities. In I terim the investigation was held In this City. The results of these investigations arc about as follows: Ever since my incumbency of this office I have been exercised over the number of Japanese laborers who come to this port, and I have strained every nerve to ascertain ii they were coming under contract. Until this last investigation, i thought that a majority of them did. I had noticed a dose business con nection between the Japanese hotel-keeper* in this City nnd the proprietors of hotels in Yoko hamo#nd Kobe, and I naturally thought that they were engaged in the business of import ing Japanese laborers. Bat after a most thorougn investigation I must con<-nide that 1 was mistaken, and that, except In Isolated cases, Japanese laborers come here not under contract, but in response lo a strong demand for them. In the fruit orchards and in the beet and hop fields of this State, I ascertained Chat a Japanese farm laborer receives fron 70 cents to sj-1 per day wages in this State, and finds himseli, whereas the average farm laborer iri Japan receives only 40 sen (2<> cental and iinds himself. This readily explains why they are so eager to come to California. The Japanese work under contract with a Japanese boss, who in turn lias a contract with the ranch-owner, to harvest a certain number of tons of beets, acres of hops, or to pick so much fruit. The boss agrees to secure tin necessary number ot men. If he cannot h'nd them in the community he eqmea or sends to one of the Japane.se boarding-houses, where there are always new arrivals waiting for work. Thus there is not, except in isolated cases, any necessity for the importation of laborer*, inasmuch as the laborer in Japan is morally certain he can secure work in this istau-, tuid therefore does not need the stimulus of an agreement to cause him to emigrate. However, I secured enough evidence during the investigation to convict one Japanese boss under section t> of the act of March 3, l^i'.n. <>i tin 1 ;, however, 1 will write you later. I also secured evidence of the existence in Jnpan of a company which guarantees laborers desiring to come to this country work fora period of three years. Concerning this com pany I write yon in a .separate communit mion of even date herewith, very respectfully yours, Wai.tkp. 11.I 1 . BnuOUtT, Commissioner. The matter referred, to in the conclusion of Mr. Stradlcy's letter is the contract or agreement of the Emigration Bureau in Japan that was published in the CAIX two weeks ago. The original document and the translation will be forwarded with this letter. Whatever Dumas, pere, may have thought of his own mother, he had a high opinion of motherhood. "Among all ani mals, from man to the dog, the heart of a mother is always a sublime thing." THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JUNE '27, 1895. IT WAS A BIG SURPRISE Professor Davidson's Removal From the Coast and Geodetic Survey. FIFTY YEARS IN THE SERVICE. Yet the% Government Had No Re spect for His Ability or His Faithfulness. According to the telegraphic dispatch published in yesterday's Call Professor i r< orge Davidson, the veteran of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, has been removed from office. With him will also go J. E. McGrath, who is so well known in connection with the surveys on the Porcupine River and other regions in Alaska. Professor Davidson will be suc ceeded by A. r. Rogers, who is at present chief assistant on this coast, and will thus receive an addition to his salary of $15C0 a year at one jump. To say that the friends of Professor Davidson — and their name is legion— are PROFESSOR GEORGE DAVIDSON. angry, is putting it mildly. "I never heard of a greater outrage in my life." said Louis Sloss Sr. "On the Ist inst. Professor Davidson had been fifty years in the united States Coast and Geodetic Survey and no more faithful or able servant was ever in the service of the Government, lie worked for Uncle Bam fur $800 a year when he could easily have got $200 a month from different companies who wanted a civil engineer. In the '50's be was sent to California, and in Alaska, British Colum bia and other places he worked like a beaver in order to serve his country. He is a Republican and one of the foremost men of the day in his line, but it remains for a Democratic administration to turn him out after fifty years of service. There ia nol a man in the service that is his peer, and I cannot lind words strong enough to express my indignation." "I am not in the habit of swearing," said Senator George C. Perkins, "but on this occasion I am forced to say it's a shame. That a man who easily stands head and shoulders over every man in his profession should be turned down after titty years of service is something that I cannot fathom. When the bill authoriz ing the dismissal of jour professors in order to reduce expenses was passed I went around to all the Senators present and Becured the si-natures of forty-seven out of forty-nine <>f them to a memorial asking the committee to retain Professor Davidson. Every ship-owner in Cali fornia and every master mariner in the country is under obligations to Professor Davidson for his work on this coast, and there will be a howl of indignation when the fact of hi;, dismissal is generally known. He began work in the United States Coast and Geodetic Sur vey on a salary of Iflo a week, anct during his term of service he has done work that could not be duplicated. I cannot express my indignation over the action of the Gov ernment in this matter." When Processor Davidson was seen he positively declined to discuss the situation BO far as it related to himself. "'I have nothing but words of commendation for my colleagues,"' said he, "and no hotter man for the place than Professor Rodpers could be found. The dismissal of Mr. Mc- Grath was, I think, uncalled for. He is an able man. and was among the tirst to volunteer when dangerous work in Alaska, near Mount Elias, was to be done. He was also on the Porcupine with Turner when the latter died from exposure. McGrath has time and again risked his life in the Government service, and now he is rewarded by being kicked out at a moment's notice." Professor < teorge Davidson, A.M. .Ph.D., Sc.D., was born in 1825, and when L'o years old he went into the service of the (J pi ted States Coast and Geodetic Survey. Before he was 25 years old lie was chosen for work on this coast and here his labors have been ever since. He is known from one end of the United States to the other, and works and researches have made him known to scientists all over the world. FOR ST. PAUL'S DAY. Father Connolly Making Preparations j for Its Fitting Observance. Rev. M. I). Connolly, the pastor of St. | Paul's Church, at Twentieth and Church streets, will celebrate the patronal feast of the. church on Sunday. Every morning for the past week a no vena preparatory to the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul lias been conducted. The exer cises consisted of mass, instructions and I devotions, and have been very largely at- j tended. These services will conclude San day, when solemn high mass will be cele brated by Father Connolly, assisted by Fathers Duffy and O'Grady. The altars and church will be elaborately decorated. Rev. P. E. Mulligan has been invited to deliver the sermon on the life of St. Paul. A largely augmented choir will render the music. "Giorza's First Mass" will be sting by the following choir under the direction of Miss Amelia P. Quinn, the organist: Sopranos, Mrs. McKec-W'iltz Miss M. F. Code, Miss May Keilly; altos, Mrs. Bruce. Miss Julia Whitney : tenors, Edward Torpi, M. Barkalew; bassos, J. Perron, M. Perron. At the offertory "Ee coraLux," a special hymn for St. Paul's day, will be sung as a duet. In the even ing there will be solemn vespers and bene diction. Rev. Father Connolly will preach the sermon. The male choir composed of the young men and boys of the church will sing. DISBANDED FORESTERS The Withdrawal of Alcatraz Circle From the Order. Alcatraz Circle, Companions of the Forest, is very much out of the Forestry business, and the great majority of the members of the late disbanded circle say they will not return to the Companion ship again. During the past few days some consultations have been had with a view of organizing a new order which shall have no feature of Forestry in its composition. The circle was 200 members strong, only 12 of whom were men. The ladies form a very determined body that did not propose to submit to every thing the Grand Circle might choose to do. They say they have disbanded and with drawn from the order. Mrs. E. R. Roy, supreme secretary of the State order, says the circle was suspended. MEYER WILL BE TRIED. Judge Murphy Molds Him to Answer the Perjury Charge. Julius Meyer, who has been under ex amination by Judge Murphy on a charge of perjury, was held to answer yesterday with bail fixed at $2000. Meyer was charged with giving false answers to ques tions propounded to him while he was being examined as to his qualifications to serve on the jury which tried Paulsell for the robbery of Carroll's faro bank on Market s-treet. In rendering his opinion in the case Judge Murphy said he had given the mat ter very careful consideration, and while he thought there was some merit in the points raised by defendant's counsel, still the case had been proved sufficiently te hold the accused for trial. Referring to Meyer's statement that he knew nothing at all about gambling places, the court considered the words clearly misleading and evidently spoken with a desire to establish a certain standing in the eyes of , the counsel engaged in the case, so that I they would allow him upon the jury. Mr. Clunie has allowed his client to go to jail in order that he may secure a writ of habeas corpus from the Supreme Court and bring the case before the Supreme ! Judges. TO TEST THE MINING LAW The Debris Commission Will Prosecute an Offending Mine-Owner. Two Other Mines Placed on the Suspension List for Delin > quer.cies. The California Debris Commission has thrown down the gauntlet to hydraulic miners who have attempted to operate mines without reference to the regulations or regard for the authority of the commis sion. The commission has determined to prose cute in the Federal courts the owner of a mine that has been operated without the sanction of the commission and in defiance of the Federal regulations appertaining to hydraulic mining. The owner is L. V. Tefft and his mine, known as the Concord ia placer, is located near Cromberg, in Plumas County. The case was considered at a session of the Commissioners held yesterday. It appears that Tefft some time ago filed with the commission an application to open the Concordia mine near Cromberg. He was directed to build a brush and log dam to prevent the exit of debris, but he failed to carry out the instructions of the commission and commenced mining. He was caught twice at work and yester day the Commissioners decided to crimin ally Drosecute him in the Federal courts. The case will occasion wide interest among hydraulic miners all over the State for several reasons. In the first place, per sons opposed to the resumption 6f hydrau lic mining have frequently said that the Debris Commission was formed for no other purpose than to irrant applications for the reopening of closed-down mines without regard to the proper management of the mines. Moreover, the commission has heretofore inflicted no sorer penalty than the suspension of permits in cases where mines were not operated conform ably to Federal regulations. Now that the commission has decided to resort to criminal prosecution, it would seem that a radical method will be used to enforce obedience to regulations. The maximum penalty in the case of Tefft is a fine of $5000 or one year's imprisonment, or in the discretion of the court, both pun ishments. The punishing hand of the commission has also fallen heavily upon two other well known placer mine owners. The Cleveland mine in Sierra County, owned by James Bean, was ordered placed on the suspension list. Bean secured per mission to raise a dam near his mine, and subsequently raised it much higher than lie was authorized to do by the commis sion. The American House mine was also placed on the suspension list because its owner, W. 11. Reed of La Porte, Plunias County, failed to notify the commission of an accident to the impounding works. David Henriques' Heirs. The late David Ilenriques, the stockbroker, who died suddenly a few weeks ago leaving no will, was not known to have had any relatives. There hns arrived here from New Orleans a nephew, Nathaniel Melhado by name, accom panied by his attorney. F. B. Thomas, who will put in a claim for the whole estate, valued nt some $35,000, on behalf of his mother, who claims to be the only sister of the deceased. rney state that for a long time Henriques has been Bending remittance! to ids sister, but that until after his death tney had no idea that he was as well off in this world's goods as he was. I'm All Unstrung, Is the remark of many a. nervous Individual. He or she will soon cease to talk that way after begin ning and persisting in a course of Ho.«etter's Stom ach Hitters. Nothing like It to rtnew strength and appetite and good digestion. It checks the Inroads of malaria, and remedies liver complaint, consti pation, dyspepsia, rheumatism and kidney disorder. It Is in every sense a great household remedy. SOCIETY OUT OF TOWN A Number of Weddings Cele brated and Engagements Announced. THE O'CONNOR- COMTE NUPTIALS Mrs. Fry's Luncheon to Lady Hes keth—Distinguished Visitors Entertained. The wedding of Miss Pauline Juliette Comte and Robert Ernest O'Connor was celebrated last evening at the Church of Notre Dame dcs Victoires on Bush street. The bride is a daughter of A. Comte, the well-known attorney. The maid of honor was Miss Marguerite Williams and the bridesmaids Miss Madeline Rosseter of Alameda, Miss Harriet Sullivan, sister of Frank J. Sullivan, and Miss O'Toole of Santa Clara. Miss Edith Armer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Armer, and Morris Cohn, a wealthy merchant of Los Angeles, were married Tuesday evening at the residence of the bride's parents. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. Stark of Temple Emanu-El. The suit of drawing-rooms, the hallway and dining-room were massed with flowers for the wedding fete. Vases were filled with roses, sweet peas and heliotropp; the walls were frescoed with ferns and sprays of accacia foliage and growing plants. The bride was attended by Miss Bertha Nathan as maid of honor and her.sister. Miss Armer, as bridesmaid. The groom was assisted by his uncle, Hermann Cohn. The bridal procession was led by dainty little Miss Irene Armer, niece of the bride. Mr. and Mrs. Cohn left yesterday for a bridal trip through the southern part of the State. They have arranged to spend a couple of months at the Hotel Arcadia, Santa Monica, while waiting for the completion of the residence Mr. Cohn is building near West Lake Park, Los An geles, where they will make their home. At the residence of the bride, 832 Cali fornia street, last Monday, took place the wedding of Thomas E. Teegarden of Chi cago and Mr?. T. J. Bowman. The rooms were beautifully decorated with sweet peas, smiiax and roses. The groom is a prominent business man of Chicago, and has visited San Francisco frequently, as he represents an Eastern syndicate operating mines on the Pacific Coast and in the Southern States. The bride has resided on California street for a few years past, but is better known in Sonoma County, where she has a beautiful home. The ceremony was per formed by Rev. James Hulme, and the bride was accompanied by her daughter, Miss Hattie Bowman, while Percy and Robert Bowman assisted the groom. The bride was given away by Dr. C. T. Deane. Late in the afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Teegarden left for Los Angeles, where they will remain for a couple of weeks before proceeding to their future home in Chicago. Mme. Ziska has sent to friends cards for mally announcing the marriage of her daughter, Miss Alice Beatrice Ziska, to Cassius Monroe Jennings. The wedding was solemnized on Friday, June 21, at the residence of the bride's mother on Van Ness avenue. The engagement is announced of H. Schwartz and Miss Li Hie Cohn. The engagement is announced of Miss Lena Mitkursky of Chicago to Max Bern stein of Chicago, formerly of this City. Mrs. Colonel J. I). Fry gave a lunch last Monday at her residence to Lady Hesketh. Among those present were Mrs. Robert Fry, Mrs. S. F. Them and Mrs. Bessie Dargie. Mrs. Donahue and Mrs. Martin enter tained at luncheon on Sunday a party of friends in honor of Genera! Schofield, Jus lice and Mrs. Field and Judge and Mrs. Ross. Among those invited to meet them were General Forsyth, John T. Doyle, James D. Phelan, Mrs. Eva J. Coleman, Miss Kilbourne, Miss Carrie Gwin, An drew D. Martin, Lieutenant Richard M. Schofield, W. B. Schotield, Peter J. Dona hue, Mrs. Clara Cathcrwood and Mrs. Harry Jerome of New YorK. Mrs. Field, wife of Judge Stephen J. Field, goes to Palo Alto as the guest of Mrs. Lelund Stanford. At the termination of her visit she will go south to Monterey, where she will make a sojourn before the return trip East with Judge Field. Mrs. Elliott has returned to town after a stay with Mrs. John Bell in Santa Barbara. She is occupying her apartments at the Occidental Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore H. Hittell con template spending midsummer in the vicinity of Lake Tahoe. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Preston have en gaged rooms at the Hotel Pleasanton for the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Tirey L. Ford are making a trip to Alaska. Mrs. A. A. Curtis and family are at the Holland House, New York City. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Dettelbach, who re cently left this City on a trip to Europe, arrived in Hamburg on the 16tn inst. They propose remaining abroad a year. Miss Esther S. Peckham of Newport, R. 1., is the guest of her brother in Oakland. Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Van Wyck and family are spending the summer "at Blue Lakes. Lieutenant and Mrs. Bertsch (nee Trip pier) have returned from their southern trip and have been staying a few days with Mrs. E. A. Trippler. They leave for Fort Sheridan, Chicago, to-day. Cadet Lyraan M. Welch of West Point is here on a furlough visiting his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Henry S. Welch, at the Hotel St. Nicholas. Dr. Benjamin Marshall is preparing to leave for a visit to Europe, where Mrs. Marshall has been spending the past year at the various spas and health resorts. Miss Clara Marshall will accompany the doctor lor a vacation stay abroad. She will return in a few months to resume her course of studies at Miss Lake's school. Consul and Mrs. J. Simpson are spend ing a month at the Blue Lakes in Lake County with their three daughters. Dr. and Mrs. Edwin S. Brpj'fogie have returned from the Hotel del Monte. Mr. and Mrs. 8. B. Livingston (nee Rose Rich) of New York arrived in San Fran cisco yesterday. They intend spending the summer here and "will not return to New York until about September 1. Dur ing their stay they intend visiting several of the summer resorts. In this City they will be the guests of Joseph Rich, 108 Oak street. Professor William W. Stone, principal of the South San Francisco Grammar School, and his wife and two daughters, Miss Jessie and Miss Mac Belie Stone, are at the St. Helena Sanitarium as guests of Dr. Lillie Bussenius. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Heyman (nee Salo mon) will receive their friends on Sunday next at their home, 2504^ Sutter street, from 2 to 6 r. m. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hinrichs and Mr. and Mrs. Botters have returned home after a short sojourn with Mrs. Captain Jepson in Santa Cruz. Mrs. Captain Jepson and children are spending the summer at Hawthorne Cot tage, Santa Cruz. Mrs. T. W. Collins and children are spending the summer with Mrs. J. M. Wil son at their mine hi Amador County. Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher L. Wooster and their daughter Jeannette, accompanied by Mrs. H. Howard and Gracie Howard, are spending the summer at Dillons Beach, near Tomales. Miss Kate J. Riley and Miss Lillie Simp son are spending their summer vacation at Cazadero. Mrs. S. Myrson and her son are sojourn ing at Santa Cruz for the summer. Among the guests at the Pixiey in Santa Cruz are : Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stone, Mrs. R. Holllngs NEW TO-DAY— DRY GOOD _^_^, w _ TO=DAY'S SPECIALS FROM OUR GREAT SiPRIFIPF PI FARANPF SWFI OnUhiriuL uLLmIHIiuL unLLi As samples of the attractions that are making our GREAT CLEARANCE SALE such an UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS we present a few of to-day's ASTOUNDING BARGAINS! LADIES' WAISTS! , ./^t. so Cents. LADIES' LAUNDRIED SHIRT WAIST, made of fine percale, in fancy shades of pink, blue, lavender and tan, regular price $1, will be offered at 50c each. A.t 75 Cents, LADIES' WHITE AND COLORED. SHIRT WAIST, full sleeves, made in the latest style, regular price $1 50, will be offered at 75c each. LACES I LACES I LACES ! A.t SB Cents a. "Y"a.rci. BLACK CHANTILLY LACE, all silk, 7, 8 and 9 inch, regular value 50c, reduced to 25c a yard. EMBROIDERIES! EMBROIDERIES ! A.+. 2 5 Gents a- Yard. CAMBRIC, NAINSOOK AND SWISS GUIPURE EMBROIDERY, regular value 45c, reduced to 2sc a yard. LADIES' HANDKERCHIEFS! At 15 Cents Each. . WHITE SCALLOPED EMBROIDERED SHEER LAWN HANDKERCHIEFS, reg- ular value $3 a dozen, reduced to 15c each. . BLACK RIBBONS! DLnutV aIDDUINo 1 .At ISH Cent? 3. No. 12 2-INCH BLACK ALL-SILK, SATIN AND GROS-GRAIN RIBBON, value 20c, will be offered at 12}^'c a yard. At 1 5 Cents. No. 16 2K-INCH BLACK ALL-SILK, SATIN AND GROS-GRAIN RIBBON, value 25c, will be offered at 15c a yard. MEN'S FURNISHINGS! A.t 1C Cents. . 145 dozen MEN'S FULL-FINISHED MERINO SOCKS, in vicuna and undyed colors, regular price $2 50 a dozen, will be closed out at 10c a pair. At 35 Cents. k65 dozen MEN'S and BOYS' NEGLIGEE OVERSHIRTS, made extra large and of fine ■ quality fancy stripe duckings, extra good value for 65c, will be closed out at 35c each. M M/Mr^^ MURPHY BUILDINGS / (/(/ larKet Street, comer of Junes / worth find daughter, George E. Cremp, Miss Alice Enright, Miss Edith Bruce, of San Fran cisco; Mrs. Howard, New York; Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Crane, Chico; Mrs. George T. Mills, Tar son; Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Bulson, D. M. Jenison, Stockton; Mrs. J. H. O'Brien, Miss Myrah O'Brien, Oakland; Mrs. J. Rogers, Santa Bar bara, and Herbert Furrell, Smyrna, Del. A surprise party was given Miss Jennie Cook last Sunday evening by her parents in honor of lier birthday. Dancing and games were indulged in during the even ing. Miss Miriam Friedlander and Ed Allenberg gave some vocal selections, and Miss A. Cohn a skirt dance. At midnight a supper was served, at which numerous toasts were responded to, Mr. George Appel acting as toastmaster. Among those present were: The Misses Jennie Cook, Lizzie Silverstone, Annie Cohn, Lizzie Smith. Jennie Jacobs, Bertha Silverstone, Miriam Friedlander, Rose Hyrup, Theresa Frederick, and Messrs. Jesse Pl'att, Jake Meyer, Mose Stern, Louis liirnbaum, George Appel, Jake Nathan, Ruben Cohn, Ed die Allenberg, Max Asher, Gabriel Jacobs and R. J. Cohn. Pittsburg Circle No. 11, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, fiave an en tertainment and dance at Social Hall, Al cazar building, last Monday evening. DON'T GIVE UP. you OUGHT NOT TO LET YOURSELF BE- ■*■ come discouraged -and hopeless d* cure be- cause medicine lias failed to r>sror> yo\ir man- hood. Instead you ought tv study you^-'ase and decide that as "Nature !:as ft cure for every ill," she must have on* for you. That is the conclusion thousands of men have arrived at, ' and we have cured them. They are now strong, healthy men, and never tlre^of singing the praises of Dr. Sanden'a Electric Belt. .«'/ vkl^/> O^£>» "^ h. ft ve tried / '$F&tt r sr^y-f)£\y, many ■ remedies, ■^^Wfff^/MlAvM^mi but Dr - Sanden'3 ffi£WMt&&%^3'M*' lt ia lhe « reat - ffi/Sr^CRSRWDfiWS ;^s>* test ift to human- rcTisic B£lTi£?fr' ity ever Invented," 13?S**I!2S£^S^W WriteS Charles N*DV<»fV^^^vSCrS^^ Smith, . 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Pimples, UnfltncM to Marry, Exhausting Drains VaTJ?^ UUy H \ A V ConjtipaHon. 1 1 sto;n all lasst-M by day or lileht PrS?^ . .t'l? ffl N *-' nessof discliarire.whlchifnotchpckod leads tr cent t^.,n«< —i.v. Proataflt In. • CUPIDENE is the only known remedy to cure without a.iop^ratin^ sm?rifJrJT?i? *s. A written (ruarant.e given and money returned If six boxes does not elreS ]??« " I™ nU 11.00 a box, six fur $5.00, by mail. , Send for Viuek circular and testimonials. ct a permanent cur* Addreas BAVOL nJCDUME CO., P. O. Box 2078, Ban Francisco, CaL For Sale by BROOKS' PHARMACY, 119 Powell stre* Hnrrah for the 4th of July! FIREWORKS! CRACKERS AXD SKYROCKETS! FOR EVERYBODY. Largest Selection ! Best Quality! Lowest Prices! Torpedoes, Firecrackers, Pistols, Caps, Balloons, Cartridges, Cannon, Paper Caps, Gang, Pin-wheels, Roman Candles, Skyrockets, Lanterns, Banting. AND FLAGS km DECORATING MATERIAL OF ALL KINDS. ALSO ASSORTED CASES OF FIREWORKS, Put up expressly for family use, containing from 150 to 500 pieces, ; At From $1, $2, $:U0 and $5 per to. Note— Ooods delivered free of chnrsrr in Sausa- lito, Bllthedale, Mill Valley, Tlbnron. Antioch, San Aafad, Stockton, Hnywards, Vallrjo. Napa. Saa Lorenzo, Melrose, San Leundro, Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley.