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EUREKA CUSTOM-HOUSE
Thoroughly Equipped for the
Transaction of a Big
Export Business.
HEAVY LUMBER SHIPMENTS.
Since Advent of Collector Murphy-
Twelve Vessels Have Cleared for
Foreign Ports.
f Special Correspondence of The Cali»|
EUREKA, Cai.., Dec. 12.— The Custom
house at Eureka has recently been re
modeled and refurnished, and is now
admirably equipped for the systematic
transaction of the important business of
the port. It has a library supplied with
all publications bearing upon customs laws
ami all matters pertaining to the duties of
the office, and tho interests of the port are
in the hands of the popular Collector,
Daniel Murphy, who is ably a<sjsted in the
clerical work of the oiiice by Deputy Col
■r D. B. .McDonald.
Eureka was made a port of entry* June
16, ISB'J, by an act of Congress designating
DAXIEL MURPHY, COLLECTOR OF THE PORT OF EUREKA, CAL.
From a recent photograph.]
its limits as comprising all the waters and
shores of the county oi Humboldt and Del
None. Crescent City in Del Norle County
is a port of delivery. Previous to this date
Eureka was a port of delivery in the cus
toms district of Ban Francisco, having a
re.-ident deputy collector. The f.rat Col
lector to be appointed here was John A.
Watson, now deceased, who served two
years. He was succeeded by ex-Surveyor-
General W. H. Pratt, and in cider men
tioned car.:e Thomas Cutler, Charles F.
Koberts and finally Mr. Murphy.
The present Collector has always taken
an active part in promoting the best in
terests of Humboldt County and lends his
co-operation to advance all worthy plans
for the betterment of our business in
terests. None were more active in work
ing for the harbor improvements in
progress here, which have been of incal
culable benefit to this section. He is
largely interested in business enterprises
in the county, being president of the
Samoa Land and Improvement Company
and its principal founder. He also con
ducts one of the leading hotels in thi? city.
Mr. Murnhy assumed the duties of the;
ortice April 1, 1895. Since his advent i
twelve vessels have cleared for foreign
ports, principally Australia and the Ha- |
waiian islands, carrying redwood lumber I
to the aggregate of about 5,000.000 feet,
valued at about $70,000. The coast ship
ments average . 8,000,000 feet per month, j
valued at |100,000. Mr. Murphy reports
the lumber business as very active at
present.
The demand for redwood lumber has
not been so brisk at any time for three
years. Some of the mills refuse to quote
prices, and the orders for lumber are con
tinually on the increase. Prices, how
ever, still remain at an unsatisfactorily
low figure, and there i 9 little hope of im
proving this condition unless the lumber
manufacturers unite upon a feasible
scheme of consolidation of their interests.
The high railroad rates preclude the ship
ment of any considerable quantity of lum
ber to the East, although there is quite a
demand for redwood shingles in that
market. Prices on shingles have advanced
from !)0 cents to $1. 10 per thousand in the
San Francisco market, and the shingle
mills are running day and night to supply
the demand. Every sign points to a very
bu?y season in the redwood belt during
the coming spring.
At present tliere are twenty-one vessels
in the lumber trade with an aggregate
carrying capacity of 5,000,000 feet. The
barkentine Amelia, 378 tons, has just re
ceived a cargo from the Humboldt Lumber
Manufacturers' Association and has sailed
for Honolulu and other Hawaiian ports,
and the four-masted schooner Muriel is
loading for La Libertad, Central America.
Her cargo will consist of 500,000 feet of
lumber from Humboldt mills. The Esther
Buhne is now loading for Honolulu, and
the steamers National City, Excelsior,
Pasadena and the regular fleet of lumber
Bchoonets and steamers are making regu
lar trips to coast ports. Two tugboats, the
Ranger and H. H. Buhne. owned by the
Humboldt Lumber Manufacturers' Asso
ciation, are kept busy towing vessels in
and out over the bar. There are ten
steamers plying regularly between this
and other coast ports, carrying freight and
passengers.
The largest one is the Pacific Coast
j Steamship Company's fast boat Pomona,
! which makes the round trip in four days,
carrying the mails. The Government has
also recently contracted with the owners
of the steamer Weeott to carry the mails
between San Francisco and Humboldt
j ports, instead of the steamer Humboldt,
recently .wrecked on Point Gorda. The
Alice Blanchard, plying between J3an
Francisco and Portland, also stops in here
on both up and down trips. An agent has
| been appointed, and a considerable
| amount ol freight and passenger tratiic
! built up between this and northern ports.
For several weeks past the principal parts
of the cargoes of the steamers National
City and Excelsior have been redwood
piles for the San Joaouin Valley road.
The Excelsior .Redwood Company has a
contract for furnishing a large number
and keep two steamers busy carrying
them.
A. Family Fatally Injured.
MILAN, Mo., Dec. 14.— A fatal accident
occurred near this city last night. William
Mendonhall. his wife and little daughter
Bessie, started to town, and while eoing
down a steep incline the team became un
manageable and ran away. A piece of the
tongue struck the little giri on the head,
completely tearing the skull a«ay. The
parents also received injuries which will
result fatally.
Kilted in a Wreck.
LEXINGTON. Ky., Dec. 14.— A freight
train on the Cincinnati Southern ran into
the caboose of a wrecking-train at the tun
nel this side of High Bridge this morning,
instantly killing L. J. Puvall and Michael
O'Day, both of this city. John "Wind of
Mason, Ga., and Henry Miller of this city
were injured, the former seriously.
Flotr Shops Burned.
MONMOUTH, 111., Dec. 14.— Fire has
completely destroyed the shops of
the Weis flow Company. Loss,
fully insured. Three hundred men are
thrown out of employment.
Tlir, Agreement Signed.
NEW YORK, N. Y v .Dec. 14.— 1t is an
nounced that the Pacific Mail-Panama
agreement has boen signed, and a meeting
ot the two boards has been called to ratify
the action.
Collecting Copper Coins.
It is a curious fact that most numismat
■ ists are partial to collections of copper
rather than gold or even silver. One of
j them told me recently that he would
scarcely turn round to look at a rare gold
| coin, while he would travel miles to see an
, equally rare copper one. This pe
| culiar phenomenon is explained in
I two ways. In the first place, copper
1 collections are much safer from theft than
those of gold or silver, as the latter, if
stolen, may be melted and disposed of in
bulk at a market price that is quite an
object to the burglar or thief. The mate
rial, however, in old copper, bronze or
brass coins of low face value is not worth
stealing, and the coins themselves cannot
be disposed of without melting, as they can
be identified and the thief thus detected.
In the second place, it is not a rare thing
to find a gold or silver coin, especially the
former, in a state of perfect preservation,
while the reverse is true of the copper
coin. The latter, being cheap and com
mon, are not hoarded and preserved
with the same care as the more
precious bits of metal, but are ex
posed to physical bruiser, to the wear of
the pocket, and to the corrosive action of
the atmosphere. This makes 8 perfect
copper coin an object of strong uesire en
the part of the numismatist, who preserves
such a find with greatest care. One collec
tor places his valuable collection of pence
and half pence in individual boxes, the
coins being wrapped in cotton, and the
whole stock is injured for a considerable
sum.
The Greatest Actress.
"Who is the greatest living actress— and
why?" The editor of the Idler has been
putting these posers to certain of the
dramatic critics, and in his November is
sue publishes their replies. J. F. Nisbet
"sees no satisfactory way" of answering
the questions, and suggests that perhaps
the best test to apply would be that of sal
ary — who receives the most money.
Clement Scott discusses a number of well
known artistes, and pronounces for none
in particular. In the spirit of irony Jesoph
Knight gives his vote for "that divinely
endowed exponent of the highest and most
popular form of English art— Miss Letty
Lind." Alfred E. '£. Watson and Daven
port Adams join in proclaiming Miss
Ellen Terry the greatest living English
actress, -.virile .lope Slade and Addison
Bright "plump" for Miss Marion Terry.
Who shall decide where critics disagree? —
Spare Moments.
• — «. — -
Burglars in China.
The Chinese burglar goes about his ne
farious business in ft very • : methodical
manner. He takes an ingredient of ; his
own, burns it and blows the smoke through
the keyhole : of the bedroom where the
master of the house is asleep. The fumes
dull the sense? of the victim just enough
to maKe: him helpless, while at the same
time ■ permitting him to . sea and ■ hear
everything that goes on in the room. The
only antidote against this charm is pure
water, and most of the wealthy Chinese
folk sleep with a basin of this near their
heads.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER, 15, 1895.
GUARD OFFICERS ROAR
New and Merry Row Over
the Election of a
Colonel.
LINE OFFICERS' RIGHTS.
Object to Voting by Lieutenant-
Colonels Who Are
Lost.
SHOULD ELECT MAJORS, TOO.
Ex-Colonel Sullivan Comes Into the
Fight and Changes the
Situation.
A new National Guard row began to
form yesterday, with a promise that it
will be bit; and fierce in a few minutes or
so, as a new thundercloud comes rushing
from a stormy sky.
The new trouble is about the officers,
the colonelcy, the right of three lieutenant
colonels and three majors to vote for the
new colonel and the legality and justice of
the coinmander-in-chief's appointing the
lieutenant-colonel and the three majors of
the new First Regiment Instead of allow
ing the line officers toelect them. All this
will be seen to be new food for trouble.
The campaign preceding the election of
a colonel for the big new City regiment
next Thursday evening developed various
things yesterday, including the more than
probable candidacy of ex-Colonel \V. P.
Snllivan who, with many officers, is for
Colonel McDonald first, W. P. Sullivan
second and against C. H. Crocker all the
time. The caucus arrangement of Tues
day night which assured Crocker's elec
tion, seemed to be going to pieces yester
day and all sorts of things may work ana
happen before next Thuisday night.
But while the merits of colonelcy mat
ters were of lively interest the fierce and
| threatening way in which a number of
, officers had begun to talk about the meth
i ods of the election and criticize the course
i of big military superiors promised another
i and perhaps greater trouble.
One has to 'take a short course in mili
; tary law and guard regulations and watch
I the" drop of general orders to get hold of
! the trouble.
The reorganization wiped out three regi
ments in 6an Francisco, then created three
independent battalions and then created a
new regiment. Daring this process three
lieutenant-colonels and three majors were
mixed up in the shuffle and apparently
dealt to the 'boneyard." Who, what,
where and how they are is uncertain but
pertinent. It has been decided by the
adjutant-general that they may vote for
the new colonel. A lot of oflicers and
others interested assert thac they should
have no vote. Six votes will cut a big
figure in the election.
Then it has been decided in Sacramento
to appoint one of the three lieutenant
colonels and throe of the majors to serve
with the new regiment. It is claimed thai
this is violating the military law of the
which gives the line officers — the
captains and lieutenants of companies —
the right to elect the held officers of the
regiment. Sue.i a state of affairs will be
scni to bo serious. The officers who are
starting the roar point first to section 1985
of the Political Code, which provides for
the election of field officers as follows:
Such oflicers are elected by the commissioned
officers of the different companies composing
the regiment or battulton, and when the regi
ment or battalion is already formed, by nil
the commissioned oflicers thereof, except the
staff officers.
This, it is said, clearly gives the line of
ficers the sole ri^ht to elect the field of
ficers when a regiment is not formed and
it vests in the line officers the right to
choose the field officers over them, a right
which the Governor cannot take away.
The succession of orders becomes perti
nent. General orders 17 of December 2
.'consolidated" the First and Third In
fantry and the Second Artillery regiments
;iito as many independent battalions
newly designated as the Fourth, Fifth and
Sixth, and assigned a lieutenant-colonel
and a major to each battalion, planing two
lieutenanr-colonels and three majors on
waiting orders. The consolidation was all
right and the "assignment" of field officers
to temporary commands was according to
Iloyle, for a captain may be assigned to
the temporary command of a company in
another regiment.
Bat then on the 9th came general orders
18, saying:
The twelve battalions now composing the
National Guard of California are hereby
orpanized into five regiments of infantry as
follows: * * *
The fourth, fifth and sixth battalions of the
Pecond Brigade are organized into one regi
ment, to be known as the First Infantry. * • •
The brigade commanders will immediately
call an election for colonels of the respective
regiments, as provided by section 1984 of the
Political Code.
The permanent n.ssignments of the lieuten
ant-colonels and majors to duty, with the re
spective regiments, will be announced in
future orders, as prescribed in paragraph 381
of the laws and regulations of the National
Guard of California.
It is pointed out that the regiments were
first destroyed as regiments and made in
dependent battalions. There was then no
First Regiment. Then these independent
battalions v:ere "organized," not "consoli
dated," into a now regiment— a new First;
not the old First. When this was done
the three lieutenant-colonels had no com
mand. If a new regiment was organized
to impose one of them on it would be a
violation of section 1985 of the Political
Code. The majors are in a similar lix.
Now then are the three lieutenant-colonels
connected with the new regiment newly
organized?
If they are, the regiment has three lieu
tenant-colonels, an impossibility and the
height of absurdity. Two and probably
three will be wholly out of the organiza
tion. Now, where does their right to vote
for a colonel of a new regiment, to which
they do not belong, come in? ask the
kickers. They say that if a captain were
assigned to duty for a few days in another
regiment he would have no right to vote
for a new colonel for that regiment. The
same points are made against the majors'
voting.
Then general orders No. 20 of the
ninth follows with more trouble. Itsaya:
Immediately after the election of colonel
officers are directed to express by ballot their
choice for lieutenant-colonel ai d majors in
their orders. The field officers selected, ns
provided in this paritgraph, will be recom
mended by the commander of this brigade to
the coiuniander-iu-chief for the positions indi
cated by said ballot.
Here the Wai right to elect the h"«ld offi
cers, besides the colonel, is denied, and it is
said that a selection as directed would
carry no guarantee of appointment the
way things might, turn out. The kickers
claim a right to elect anybody they please
as at any other election, or as on the or
ganization of a new regiment, which this
process is. They are jealous of this right,
and, of course, the kick is full of guard
politics.
No official order that the lieutenant
i colonels and majors are to vote for colonel
has been made or is needed, but it is semi
officially and reliably known have Lieu
j tenant-Colonel Giesting of General War
tiold's staff, who is to preside at the elec
tion, has been directed to rule that they
may vote.
I The "appointment" of a lieutenant
colonel and three majors is planned under
a guard regulation — not a law— that re
lates to "transfers and consolidations."
The new regiment is asserted to be clearly
no "consolidation," but an "organiza
tion." So the whole thing is hotly de
clared to be unjust, illegal, full of "pulls"
and politics and a piece of the general
asininity with which the meritorious plan
of reorganization has been carried out thus
far.
Before next Thursday quite a storm
promises to develop over these unlucky
rield officers, who are thus not only
dropped unceremoniously, but then picked
up and hauled with their sorrow into a
fierce mess over them and their successors.
It is already declared that if things go
through the way they are planned at Sac
ramento and do not suit when the battle is
over a writ of quo warranto may be got
out and some officers required to show by
what right they ere in authority.
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT AND PROGRESS
An Epitome of Sermons of the Week
Throughout the Land.
Following is a summary of the principal
sermons recently delivered in the United
States and Canada by the leading clergy
men, priests, prelates, religious teachers
and professors of the Christian faith. In
every instance the full text has been
carefully read and abbreviated:
Love cannot be Felf-centered. It must seek
the welfare of other?. The heart that truly
loves cannot be wholly selfish.— Rev. Harvey
llostetler, Sioux City. lowa.
BOCIAL BOSSES.
There are many social bosses as well as
political bosses. The social boss touches the
button and the rest of tlie community will
imitate her.— Key. Dr. l'ishburn, Presbyterian,
Columbus, Oh io.
THE rSE OF WEALTH.
The true Christian spirit will not win in
America till a man will count it a disgrace to
own a fortune and not be doing something for
the community in which ho lives while lie is
alive.— Rev. Lyman Abbott, P.rooklyn, >'. Y.
THE NEW WOMAN.
The new woman will have her day. She will
probably succeed in turning the heads of a few
foolish ones, but that i< all she will do. Sne
will then pass into history as the fool of the
century.— Rev. W. H. Allen, Methodist, Woon
aocket, R. I.
VEU IKYING THE BIBLE.
The Bible is not losing, bat gaining ground
by the investigations of to-day. Ancient mon
umeiits are yielding up their inscriptions to
testify to its "accuracy ; disentombed cities are
rising from the dead to confute the skeptic
and take all the venom from his sneer. Rev.
• Jeorge Combs, Christian Church, Kansas City,
Missouri.
THE TfRKS.
When we consider the horrible atrocities per
petrated on the Armenians, when we think
that Jerusalem itself is In the hands of this
people who despise Christianity, we are moved
to wish that a new crusade might Ive organized
to rescue the Holy City from those sacrilegious
hands. Bmv. Dr. Mace, Episcopalian, Pater
son, N. J.
PSOGBKBB.
Progress is the condition of life. When the
stream ceases to flow it becomes stagnant.
When men aud women cease to grow their
minds and hearts stand Mill and are stagnant
as the pools. When a church ceases to grow it
is ready for division and strife.— Rev. Thomas
F. Potts, Eaptlst, Memphis, Term.
OLD MEN.
A good man never dies till his work is done,
and a righteous old ano never lags superfluous
on the stage. It is worth noting that the three
most colossal figures in the world's statesman
ship to-day are old men — Gladstone in Eng
land, Bismarck in Germany, LI Hung Chang
in China.— Rev. James 1. Vance, Presbyterian,
Nashville, Term.
INTEMPERANCE.
An intemperance is a sin against God as well
as against man. The cure of it must be by re
pentance and returning to God. Let drinking
men get nil the help they can in other ways,
from pledgee, lodges, fraternities, medication,
atitntion and legislation, but their greatest
help is in God.— Rev. William Mclunley, Meth
odist, St. Paul, Minn.
THE BIBLE.
The Bible is not a literary unit. It Js a
librp.ry, written by many authors, whose labors
stretch across fifteen centuries of time. It
presents us, not with the links of a chain, but
with a living record of a revelation that has
progressed from rudiments to the full-orbed
splendors of the Christian ape.— Rev. K. S.
Lewis, Methodist, Cleveland, Ohio.
PRAYER.
When chemistry shall devise something bet
ter suited to the lungs than air, when optics
shall discover something more adapted to the
eyes than light, then will it be time to cuu
sidcr a substitute for prayer. Kven the prayer
less man will pray in sudden emergency.— Rev.
D. 11. Martin, Newark, N. J.
FAITH.
They that believe shall triumph. They that
have faith shall conquer. Don't light In the
battle of life half-heartedly. Have faith in the
unfolding power of right and truth. Have
faith in your manhood and your womanhood.
If you are trying to do anything worth doing
and worth the living for. have faith In it. — Rev.
C. W. Ji. Chapin, Presbyterian, Utica, N. Y.
BUDDHISM.
Buddhism has no god. It has no name for
god. It recognizes no being higher than man
may become. Some of its devotees to-day seem
to speak of a first cause— but what that is they
know not. Buddhism gives no god. It makes
mnn a lonely traveler In a solitary desert witn
no sun by day and no stars by night.— Key.
Clarence A. Vincent. Presbyterian,
Ohio.
LIQUOR STATISTICS.
There is a vast amount of exaggeration as to
the number of people indulging in intoxicants,
and the number of people who die anunlly.
These statistics are grossly exaggerated. While
there is exaggeration on this side, there is more
on the part of the liquor men, who say that
liquor keeps you cool in summer, warm in win
ter and that it lias all sorts of efficacy.— Rev. T.
K. Busfield, Baptist, Utica, H. T.
CVBA.
The Cuban patriots of to-day are reddening
the island with their biood that their children
and ehildien's children forever may enjoy the
blessings ol liberty, and when the great cause
is won I believe tliat these victims of a willing
martyrdom will rejoice that they were permit
ted to sacrifice themselves for the cause of
truth and right. Great principles are estab
lished only through suffering and sacrifice. -
Key. Carl E. Henry, Universalist, Cleveland,
Ohio.
SWEAP.INCJ.
The habit of swearing is so easy to acquire
and so hard to break that by all means it
should not be formed. A petty vexation causes
a little slip of the tontrue. The habit grows.
It may be what is called a harmless swear word,
but by and by the words grow into phrases and
sentences of pin. Then, once formed, it is so
hard to break away.— Rev. DeWitt M. Benhain,
I'itlsburg, Pa.
CITY AND COVNTRY.
The city encourages servility instead of inde
pendence. Freedom is born and reared in the
country, and is often smothered under the
silks arid with the sweets of the city. The city
is an unmerciful creditor. It taxes the timo
and the faculties of man to the utmost. Life in
the city is lifo ut a high pitch; life whipped in
the foaming point; life under stimulants nnd
drugs— ambition, competition, desire and un
rest.—M. M. Mangasserin, Chicago, 111.
INGERSOLL.
Ingersoll is defective in spiritual vision. He
otters no remedy for sin. He offers no adequate
hope for life to come. The Salvatton Army,
with its hallelujahs and cymbals, can point j
to enough good deeds done to refute every
argument of Ingersollism. The rook on which
every argumeut'of Mr. Intjersoll goes to pieces
is a purified life that confessedly draws its in
spiration from tho greater master life, Jesus of
Nazareth.— Rev. Sydney Strong, Congregation
alist, Cincinnati, Obio."
JOURNALISM.
A princely highway is open in this land and
in this at;e to a high-minded, fair-minded and
incorruptible daiiy journal. God give us an
incorruptible, a pure, a Christian press; one
with a prophetic ear to hear the cry of the
people; one with a prophetic voice to proclaim
the rights of the people— to proclaim that
righteousness in broad in all the earth and
that God is on his throne.— Rev. J. K. Wheeler,
Chicago, 111.
COURTSHIP.
In true courtship the man is always the ap
parent aggressor. A true woman knows that a
true man loves nothing in woman more than
her beautiful modesty and her delicate coy
ness. Moreover a true woman is modest and
coy. Her modesty is her throne. On this
throne, with man suppliant at her feet, she is
at home. She will not reverse this position.
She cannot reverse this position. She cannot
reverse it without changing her nature.— Rev.
K. F. Osborn, Baptist, Watertown, N. Y.
ottuttsu.
The world is growing better. Never has the
averagelof character been so high. in ever has
genuine goodness commanded such splendid
market value. Never have the sterling quali
ties, of mnn hood been so much appreciated.
Never has it been so disgracelnl to be bad, so
honorable to be. good. Never have the lines
been so closely drawn between righteousness
and iniquity. Never has the battle been so
fierce between the forces of the devil and the
forces of the Lord ol Hosts.— Key. W. H.. Moore,
i Presbyterian, Doylestown, Pa.
A TIGHT-LACED GODDESS
Mathews Protests Against the
Pretensions of the Cali
fornia Venus.
NOT OF A CALIFORNIA TYPE.
He Considers the Comparisons With
Real Venuses 111 Timed and
Vulgar.
There is considerable criticism in local
art circles over the figure which Rupert
Bbhmld has called "The California
Venus." The sculptor has given his
handiwork to a syndicate, which intends
to take it abroad and exhibit it as the type
of California womanhood.
If such is the case the artists say that
the work will naturally be commented on
and perhaps criticized. They arc criticiz
ing it quite freely here, and in the follow
ing letter Arthur Mathcws gives his view
on the statue, ns well as on the way in
which the cicerone of the •'California
Venus" syndicate presents the statue to
the public.
Arthur ilathews says:
A noted physician has condemned one of the
classic Venuses (the Venus ue Medici, 1 be
lieve) in about the following: "She has no in
telligence, no chest and bears the stamp of a
faithless woman and bad mother. What would
one have? Was not Venus the deml-mondaine
of Olvmpia?
Why call this creation of the California
Venus Company a Venus? Why not a Mi
nerva? Or are we to understand that Venus
is the ideal type of California womanhood?
The representative of the company says nay;
that "sue is high-bred, intellectual, vigorous
n nd true." Good; then we will judge the in
terpretation from theirstandpolnt, and merely
treat the name as a mistake in identification.
Would I write a few lines about her and the
ideals of the California Venus Company? Well,
perhaps 1 might just tor the pleasure of prop
erly placing her before the public which pays.
1 had seen her before in plaster, but thought
it would be well to get a glimpse of her in
'flawless Carrara marble," to correct my im
pressions. You know the French have a" say
insr that "the clay is the birth of a statue, the
plaster the death and the marble the resurrec
tion," bo I hastened to the secluded work—
"sternly simple"— on Post street, and entered
on a press ticket. I ceased to be an artist in
name for her sake, for the circular of the com
puny intimated that I was to view a work of
the ethnologist.
I have always had the idea that a critic
should endeavor to place himself or herself
within the compass oi the creator before judg
ing his work. Creators would be more correct
in this case, I presume, as one constantly heard
the term "we" in the neighborhood of Tost
street.
I have been taught severely that one had no
right to criticize that which ne has made a pro
fessional study of. Understand me, I ara not an
ethnologist, and tried to lay aside all artistic
feelings and the attending "prejudices — though
one cannot forget in a moment, after once
learning, the principles sn alily set forth in
works of Greek sculpture. Which one? That a
figure should be well poised; that the supports
should be, in relation to the body, supported
not too high or too heavy; that it should be
equally developed in all parts; and that de
tails should be unobstructed so our perception
of the whole may uot be disturbed.
We have been taught that the subjectmatter
of a work is of but little consequence, provided
the creator has not lost sight of it. Again, we
understand that one's aim, however high, is
bad if he misses the mark.
The circular addressed to the press hy the
Venus Company fully supported me in the po
sition I was forced to take, which was that one
must not lay aside his own professional leel
ings entirely, for it distinctly states that the
ethnologist should look for nucuebsof quality
as well as proportion. Artists also do that.
I renamed the statue in order to harmonize
it with the company's ideals, and I adjusted
my sight, like the "we," t,o that I might rind
whether they shot above or below the mark.
The best-laid plans of man sometimes go astray.
Mine did the moment I met the effusive greet
ings of the company's representative in the in
closure on Post street. I was not prepared to
receive lessons in art from fin avowed ethnolo
gist, and I was shocked at the rude treatment
of the Venus of Milos and the way she was
mixed up in vulgar comparisons. I had always
looked upon her as a work of art, pure and sim
ple, and resented her dissectiou or any discus
sion of her character as I would that of my own
sister.
I was told that the Venus of Milo was a peas
ant girl; that her head was too small; that her
intelligence was little, as her hair jrrew low on
her brow. I don't acknowledge the truth of
tne imputations, but I will grant as true the
statement within a certain limit for the sake
of argument. Any ethnologist will tell us that
the j>ize of the brain is not calculated by
measuring the growth of hair above it, but by
comparison, of the line of the vertebrae with
the facial angle and a measurement of the
cranium. And, further, the quality of the
brain is of about M much value as its size.
As to the formation of the brow, the anatomists
have barred us from any discussion of that by
calling attention to iis doable formation in
the frontal bone structure. As to the bony
construction of the heads of the two ladles, I
should say that the California statue would
have a very weak voice and the Greek a round,
full one. This is merely a fancy of mine.
The general proportions— in length of parts—
of the California work are about the same as
the Greek, except that the forearm is long for
the upper part of the torso.
The type is not distinctively Californian.
I have seen it in the ateliers of Paris and it is
characterized by an abnormal development
of flesh on the hips and thighs and a lack of
full development in the torso from waist to
armpits — not a mark of beauty, but very in
teresting from the ethnologist's standpoint.
I once assisted an ethnologist while in Paris in
taking a series of photographs for the purpose
of studying the effect of corset-wearing on the
female branch. He called my attention to the
strlnginess of the muscles oetween the breast
and hips, the bunching of flesh just back of
the arms and over the hips and down the
thighs and the enlargement of the abdomen as
direct results of lacing.
For the representative of the California Venus
Company to insist that these characteristics
are typical of California women or a mark of
beauty seems to me to be an error. Would it
not have been wiser to have sought a model
whose growth had not been restricted? Or, if
it were. intended to create a lady of quality, in
the accepted meaning of the term, would it
not have been wiser to have shown her in full
harness?
1 nival, the eminent anatomist of the Ecole de
Beaux Arts, often called our attention to the
fact that nearly all tne differences in height
of people was in the legs and most of that from
the knee down. Also that the head was gener
ally in proportion to the weight of the torso,
or rather that we judge its size by comparative
weight with the torso and not by comparison
with the height of the figure. The Greek gave
his statues small heads andagooa length ot
limbs for the sake of grace and dignity, not
for the sake of sciences, bu t for art's sake.
Therefore any comparison between Greek
and California Venus Company creations I
consider ill timed and extremely vulear. This
is why 1 decline to discuss the artistic side of
the question at all.
1 don't care how much the surroundings of
the California Venus cost— slooo or less. I
don't care what they have been offered for it.
I object to having what may be a work of art
stnek under my nose ns a freak or curiosity. I
don't believe the sculptor so intended it. If it
is presented unpretentiously as a work of art
at some future time I will be pleased to so
receive it, and not before. A. F. Mathews.
A LODGING-HOUSE CASE.
Criminal Suit Brought by a Purchaser
for the Purpose of Canceling ■
a Mortgage.
Mrs. Maggie Godsball was acquitted in
Judge Wallace's court last Thursday after
a brief hearing. She was accused by Mrs.
Mary Johns, to whom she had sold a
lodging-house on the corner of Eddy and
Jones streets, of misrepresenting the prop
erty as to its value, and Drought a criminal
s uit for the purpose of canceling the
mortgage she had given on the premises.
Judge Wallace decided that the case was
nonsensical and discharged the accused.
CHILDREN DEDICATED.
Impressive Service in Connection With
the Mission at Sacred Heart
Church.
Sacred Heart Church was the scene of
the impressive and beautiful service of
dedicating children to the Virgin last
evening. . .
The ceremony was an incident of tne
Redemptorist mission being conducted for
women, and which will close Tuesday
next. .
More than 100 girls ranging from 6 to
16 years of age clad in the picturesque light
biue mantle and snowy veils used in such
ceremonials united their fresh young
voices in a "Hail Mary," and bowed most
reverent young heads in the prayer for in
tercession. . _
The music was in harmony with the
scene.
Monday evening there will be a dedica
tion of boys to the Sacred Heart, an equ
allyjimpressive ceremony.
Park Music.
Following is the programme for the music In
Golden Gate Park to-day:
•■Bavarian Veterans' March"..;...... Scfcreck
Overture, "Light Cavalry" Suppe
Selection. '-.Mi. dame Angot" ■(
"Segoviane, I>anse Kspagnol" .....:..:.. •'
"Hungarian Fantasie" .'. Burgmeln
Overture, Itosslni's "Stabat Mater," ..::
..::..;.:.■.. Arrayed by Mercadante
Trombone quartet, "Devotion in the Forest":.'. A bt
Messrs- 'i'obin. Pruefer, Schreiner and Bellman, i
Selection, "Macbeth" Verdi
"Postilion Waltz".... Fahrbach
"HochDcutschland", ..Schreck
THE POLICE APATHETIC
Afraid to Arrest the Gamblers
in the Ellis-Street
Dens.
Places Where Children and Women
Gamble Are Allowed to Re
main Open.
Chief Crowley cays he has exhausted
every means in his power to put an end to
'Wofs dc Winner?" the I'rchin Asked
of Supervisor Dimond.
the downtown poolrooms. He knows
better than that, and he is not doing him
self justice nor is he giving his department
credit for what it is able to do.
Years ago "Boston" Charlie, the king of
bunko men, offered Chief Crowley $10,000
per week to allow him to run his games in
this city. Crowley not only refused the
offer but ran "Boston" Charlie out of the
State.
What is the matter with^the Chief doing
with the games run by thepool'men like
he did with the games "Boston" Charlie
opened in this City. All he has to do is to
raid them. Let him send Captain Witt
man with a dozen policemen in the patrol
wagon to the "corner of Ellis and Market
streets to-morrow afternoon after 2
o'clock. Let a squad go in at 906
Market street and two others in
9 and 11 Ellis street. They will cap
ture fifty proprietors and employes of
gambling houses, and many hundreds of
players. Not one in the whole lot but
knows he is doing something contrary to
the law.
The Chief claims that he has already
arrested a dozen men in connection with
this poolroom proposition. So he has;
but the arresting officers have gone to the
very places where they should not have
gone to make arrests, if they had any
hooe of making their case stick.
The Wallace act grants commission
NEW TO-DAY.
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brokers the right to sell po,ols on races,
and some eight firms have * been' estab^
lished throughout the City, doing a com
mission business. They claim to be with
in the law, because they have paid their
commission as brokers, ancVthey char-Re 10
cents per order left with tfcem on each bet
made on races. On these claims the peo
pie who have been arrested in Corbett
& Co 's place and one or two others have
been acquitted. Now, Chief Crowley
should Know better than to make arrests
in cases where the constitutionality of the
law must be tested. Why not start in at
the foot of the ladder and arrest the vio
lators of the law who have absolutely no
claim for defense?
Attack the "Belfray," Mr. Crowley. The
Belfruv, for fear you might not know it, is
that house at the'gore of Market and Ellis
streets. The main entrances are at 9 and
11 Ellis, and the Market-street access is at
906. In that house more than 1000 men,
women and Brrtall boys gather daily break
ing the law, and they are not only doing
this, but disgracing the City and giving a
practical illustration of how feeble police
restrictions are in San Francisco.
Fieming A Co., one of the hrms doing
business at 906 Market street, will prob
ably not open their doors on Monday.
They have lost their patronage and can do
no more business, because The Call has
so thoroughly exposed their methods of
doin" business. They have on several oc
casions refused to pay wagers that they
had lost, and as soon as this Decame
known their customers dropped off, neces
sitating a cessation of business.
But then there are twenty-one other
houses of the Fieming & Co. kind in the
City. They are out-andrOUt gambling
dena, paying no license to ply their trade,
and their claim to be doing a commission
business is absolutely false. They make
their own odds, have no connection with
the racetrack and do not even make a pre
tense of charging a commission.
It is expected that Supervisor Dlmond s
visit to the Ellis-street dens on Friday will
be fruitful. He had a practical illustra
tion of the way boys and cirls of a tender
age, but brazen and advanced in crime,
vie with ex-convicts, beggars and the very
toughest element to bet their money on
the races. Could the individual members
of the Board of Supervisors and the Grand
Jury spend but a short half-hour around
Ellis and Market streets they would soon
exclaim, as Supervisor Dirnqnd did,
•'What an outrageous thing this is!"
It is worth almost the life of a woman,
child or invalid to try and walk along
Ellis street any afternoon, excepting Sun
day, on which day the poolrooms ara
closed. The touts and gamins, as well as
big burly men, take charge of the street,
How Ladies and Children Are Treated
on Ellis Street.
and knock down anyone not sprightly
enough to get out of the way of their rush.
If the police do not care to enforce the
Ellert ordinance against gambling, it
would not be too much of an effort, per
haps, to prevent injury being inflicted to
women and children, who innocently walk
along Ellis street not knowing that thor
oughfare to be given over to the gamblers.
The baited trap is an imitation of the
dionea or Venus fly trap. This singular
specimen of the plant world presents to
unsuspicious insects a drop of honey-like
jelly, and when the victim descends to sip
he rinds himself seized by the treacherous
leaves of the insectivorous plant, which
surround and strangle him on the spot.