The San Francisco Examiner from San Francisco, California • 6

(J 0 ana therefor never inouia have bad A ROMANCE OF THE STAGE. THE EXAMINER THE CORSET QUESTION. ANSWERS TO QUERIES. PLANS FOR A' NEW HOME. M.

D. Howell of Modesto was suspected ot boing the louder, lie was tried twice and each time the Jury disagreed. With tba new light socuruu in tbe othor rases tho rrosecutlon hopes to secure a conviction la loweli's case, which will be beard lo a few days. CHINESE FOR PERU. A Wear Move of tba Wily Oalaitlals af Cauton.

Advloes by the Pacific Mall teamer Cltf of Puking aro to the effect tbat the Chines are now abcut to couconlrato their etTorta to turniug part of thoir overflow populatloa luto Peru. This news is not oniolal, but cornet from a reliable private source. A oompany has boon formod at Canton. which lntenda fitting out an extensive expo. Hon to be composed exolusivoly of ChU nose, who will go to the land of tho Inoas ia aoarch of new gold mines aud copper deposits.

A Chinese named Lee Bin Yong, son of a wealthy mandarin, wlm hm Trt fAj Ktittftp at iKa JT iM will you please stale where and when the ei'plorer i.iruK'iuiia umur f. it mere sugar lu every vegetable plant? 3. Can not the Darwin theory be liuKI aa aa authority in questions 0i auiuiai rrom uinar cut agis? Yours. Kauih. Heuuoia Mills.

CaL II. Livingstone died Anrll SO or Mm 1. 1R73. at CM umbo's village on tbe Lulimala, near Lake Tanganyika, Africa. 3.

No. a Tbe Dar- wiuian theory, or at least tbe theory of tbe gradual evolution of sptclet, is now accepted DV koientlkt. WntlO the nrantlltAl vorlflnatfnn of the theory I still Incomplete, beoaute the iscts or tna nistory or the world and of the life on the world are but Imperfectly known, such foots at have been collenm.l fit in with tha the. ory and confirm tbe ground on which it rests.) 7' tht EMior of We A'xa aKwr Sim I. Can a cloud burst, or I It lust firtned of ipor and must dissolve? We bad latmv In uur inwn cloudburst, no A aigut-d, but li argued It wts not possible for a cloud to burt-that It wus oniy vapor massed togutbnr.

2. What wa tbe largest number of that attended any KxMosltlou. and was It not the 1'arU Expotl-tlou An I In what year wa It Da vou think thore will be litrgor number attend the World' Fair than tbat Hub Ashland, Ur. 1. A cloudburst, Improperly so oalled.

is merely a heavy rainstorm. When the preolpt-tatlon of tbe vapor In the clouds is more rapid than usual It may give rise to the conditions known at tbe cloudburst. A rain oioud is not a big bag ot water to be broken, but a body of vapor being oondensed Into drop of water. 2. The Parlt Exposition of 183S had a greater attendance than any other thut tar held.

Tbe total number ot visitors wai 28.U9.333. It is notnowexpeoted tbat tbe Chloago Exoosltlon will reaoa this figure. To tho SHtor of tht XzaminirSm: What was tbe bonded debt of tin United Htatea at the end of the war lo 1803. and what Is it at tue present time xours respectfully, rtania uosa, tai. u.

IL I1CDSO.T The debt at its highest point. August 31. 1803, was 56, tho lutereit-bearing debt boing about $2,40 j.oun'oo j. The bondod debt July 1, 181)3, was $333,037,100. Tit tht Ktltor of tht Bzmintr Sin: 1.

What State bas the most cattle? 2. Wbat State baa the most bovsf 3. Wbat State bas the most norsesr vt nat stale hat the most sheep? Aiuoeeue, icx. 1. Texas, 0.402,53(1 on January 1, 1893.

2. Iowa, G.181,628. 3. Illinois, 1,377,634, 4. Ohio, 4.378,723.

To tht Editor of the Examiner Sir: What Stains were formed from the traot ot land bought from the Frmcb an 1 known as Louisiana, and oblige an old subscriber. liJiilcla. July lJj. Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nobraika, part of Colorado, most ot Wyoming, most ot Minnesota, the Dakotat and tbe eastern half of Montana. To the Elilnr of the EnmnerHim 1.

What Is the full maiden name of Mrs. William Ewart Gladstone? 2. A young woman, llvina- alona. desires to learn on some musloal instrument for her own amusement simply. (Due consideration pall lo the ears of ber neighbors.) She Is not Inclined to stringed instruments, preferring wlud instruments.

Now, which wind instrument would you recommend as belnir tha simplest to learn on (taking Into consideration toe sweetness or tne lone ol the Instrument)? I I 1. Catherine Glynn, eldest daughter of Sir Stephen Glynn, Hart. 2. This Is a delicate question, the decision of which may involve the happiness of many families, and we approach It with rcluotance. If you insist on an answer as an unprotected female, we would suggest tbe flute.

To Hit Editor of the EramintrRta: Pl define (1) "pelngle sealing" as used in the Herlng-sea Arbitration. 2. Do tbe United States claim a proporty right In seals when outside of llenng aud (3) If so. within what iimnsr JAMES MCDOUGULL. Gold Hill, Or.

1. Taking seals in the opon sea. 2. Yes. It Is the main ground put before the court of arbitration in behalf of the olaims of the United States to regulate the taking of seals.

3. The United States claimed property In the seals of tbe Prlblloff herd in their whole circuit from the Bering to Santa Barbara and return. To the Editor of the Examiner Sir: Wa there a bill passed by the last Legislature authorizing an election to vote on a Constitutional amendment roaulrioK an eduo atlonal qualification for voting? E. Leighion, reacauero, uau The last Legislature submitted suoh an amendment to the people, to be voted on at the next election. To tht Kdttor ot the Examiner SIR! Can any State a divorce be granted by the terms of wuicn one party can legally remarry and the other not be able to enter such contract? i'leasn answer in dally beaded to old subscriber.

Respectfully, W. W. BUItOHEB, Yes. In many of the Statos the guilty party the one giving ground tor the dlvoroe Is or- bidden to remarry. To the Editor of the Examiner Sir: 1.

Can a husband sell community property without the wife signing the deed would It be a legal Bale? Could he givo the parties buying a dear title? Supposing ho sold the property without her signing tbe could tho wife claim her share of said property? a. On what dav of tlm month was blaster Sunday in the year 18'JO? ltOKpectfully, Mns. I J. I Newark, cal. Tbe husband oan give a valid tltlo It he sells the proporty for a valuable consldoration.

Tbe wife could reclaim If she provjd that thore was no consideration. 2. April 2d. Tn lh Vriitn nf Ihs Pi-mHlnM Co. 1 nrn.

I 4, 111 vrnt 1lnrilv niA If Ihnpu nnw printed which treat of the raising and oaro of dogs? -'2. Also, whore is the best plaoa to pur- baa Francisco. II. Yes: manv. 2.

At anv of the stoma thnt. dual in animals unci supplies, There are sev eral In this city. To tht EWor or (A Examiner Sir: 1. Has a son born to Amer'con parents In a foreign country lo take out clli.onshlp papers to become a -cltizeu of the United States? 2. What revenue England draws from Canada.

If nny. 3. What is tbe salary of tbo Governor. General of Canada? A Subroiubek. nan rancisco.

11. No. 2. None. 3.

$50,000 a year. Ti lh Vtlilnr nf thm hrn.rinr Liu. wilt please inform me whether the words "ree'd payment" signed to a bill without the signature is valid, aud oblige a subscriber. W. 0.

Dunsmuir, Siskiyou Cal. They have no force without a signature. M. A. KI.MS, Dayton.

Wash. The salarv nf tho President of the United States was never liigncr man at present a year. Previous to 1S73 it was Ijr. 11. ivcmio, viti.

lllttjuuub JOU lnCl OS6 is not the sualtoweed; look for a low-growing, tilnnt lvfth Krunha. T. i. l' UU thn irmiml frmn ft rnnrrnl mnt SuBSCitiBKti, Vallejo, Cal. Tbe Examiner jniri'uu "i viiuu ia luuaLuu at oifl Nlrool N.

Washington, D. whore all inquiries In PAtrard tn nntentft nhnnlH hn fiflHv.Man.l V. P. Indepondenoe, Cal. Write to the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.

c. Mrs. G. Lagrange, Cal. There la no pension for sailors in the meroiiant service.

Some Definite Action Regarding the Mechanics' Institute Structure. TO COST ABOUT A MILLION. Tha Hayts-fttraet Lot tha Mtta-Magnllt. eat Library Hulldlog JaalcoU- Cbaagei la iba fott-itraat Property. The Building Committoe of tho Mocbanlca Institute bold a mooting TuosJay night wbon for tho first time soma definite action regarding tba oonttruction ot a now building for the uso of tho Iustituto was taken.

It the reoommoudatlon ot tho Uullding Committoe ia adopted by tho Bourd ot Directors there will be something like 000 expoudod In tho erection of the now building on tho Hayes-street lot, running tbe entire length, from Larkiu to Polk, tbo front of tbo building being on Hayes street. Plans for a now structure bavo been recommended from timo to time, but tbe present report of tho Building Committoe la tho first doflnlte effort looking toward tho construction of a now building for tha In stitute. Tho portion of tho proposed now struc ture devoted to tho library will bavo a length of 413 feet, with windows on all aides, besides skylights, Tbo cost of the building on tho plant pre pared by the architect, R. Swain, la es timated at between 800,000 and 1 1.000.- 000, but estimates ot a tuoro exact character will be called for by the Board ot Direotors after the roportof tho Building Committee has boon acted upon. It bas been calculated that It would require two years to erect such a structure as is proposed on tho Hayes street lot, and during suon period it would bo noccssnry to use tho building on Post street, betwoen Koarny and Montgomery, though extensive repairs and alterations in tbia building wolild also do necessary.

The committee rcoramends Improvements on the Post-street building to cost $15,000. These Improvements will be such as will materially aid in turning the Post-street structure Into an office building when tho library shall be removed to Hayes street. Tbo basement of the Post street building, which is not usud at all at present, will be fitted up for rental or for use as a reading-room. It will be lighted In the most im proved fashion. This bosoment Is reallv not underground, as the floor of It Is on tha street lovel of Market streot The use of It has not been determined on, but It will irooaoiy oe maao tue reading-room of tbe ibrary pending romoval to tbe Haves- stroot home of tho Institute.

An elevator of the latest improved design will bo constructed to give ready access to the upper floors, and then most Important of all as far as tbe preseht Post-street bulldinir is concerned tho library itself will be moved to mo top noor, which, with an elevator, will be easier reached than the uresnnt library floor Is now. Do Unite action on these proposed changes will be taken by the Board of Direotors at the next meeting. EXPENSIVE FUNDS. J. D.

etbbs Is Sorry He Ashed Letter- Carriers' for Money. It Is a risky thing for a Government em ployee to ask other Goverument employeea to contribute money for campaign purposes, aa J. LVGibbs, formerly Superintendent of Station A of tho PostoMce In this city, la loarning. GIbbs was arraigned In Judge Morrow'a court yesterday to answer to an indiotment presented by tho Grand Jury charging tbat the defendant did knowingly, will fully and unlawfully directly solicit, coun sel and advise one F. W.

Moyer, a letter- carrier then in the employ of tho United Statos, to make a contribution of nionoy for political purposes, to wit, for the pur pose oi aiding in defraying tbe expenses of tne Domocratto political campaign of the national and State election bold in tbe State of California on tho 6th day ot November, 1888, contrary to the form ot the statutes of the United States in such cases made and provided, and against the peace and diirnitv of the United States." Then follow several othor counts of sim ilar character, including a list of all the clerks and letter-carriers who were importuned on the subject by Gibbs. The following Jury was yesterday Impaneled to try the case: Ethan Allen, Samuol J. Mitchell, Lewis Gerstls, Henry S. Bridge, James II. Hoburg.

John Wooll, Cutlor I'aipe. J. T. Morrill, Joseph G. Geisting, John P.

Shep- para, oyanoy u. Jones. PACIFIC BANK TANGLES. The Receiver Seeks a Modification of the Writ of Prohibition. Dunne McPiko, acting as attorneys in bohnlf of 11.

II. McDonald Jr. and Receiver McDado of tbe Pacific Bank, applied yes terday afternoon to tbe Cbiof Justice of the Stato Supreme Court for a modification of the writ of prohibition recently Issued at the instance of Attornoy-Gonoral Hart and comuinnilinir Mr. McDado to refrain, pending an inquiry into the action of the Supe rior Court, from nil exercise of the authority conforrcJ by tho order appointing him receiver of tho crippled bank. The desires modilication would cive the receiver authority to take action in several cases lu which it is claimed that something should be dono forthwith in order to pro tect tho interests ot tho corporation cases, for instance, as lo which tho point is made that suits should be Immediately commenced to avoid tho outlawing of notos held bv tho bank.

Cliiof Justice Beatty declined to make tho modifications unless soma more specific showing as to the nature of these urirent cases were made, aud tho attorneys have agreed to make the requisite showing to-day. ALL EXCEPT HOWELL. The Modesto Man Not Vet Convtoted of Counterfeiting. That disposes of all the Howell gang of counterfeiters except Howell hlmsoif," said Deputy United States Attornoy Shurt-leff yesterday, when Giovanni Abattl pleaded guilty to making and passing spurious coins. A nest of counterfeiters were turned tip in this city several months nco, of which Sherman law nor the present panto, THE LAUNCH OF THE FAIR.

One more It has been proved that hops andfulihare the best business some. If the oroakert and Silurlaus had bad their way San Fraucisoo would still have been In the dumps, and tha winter would have loomed ahead of us, black and forbidding, with no ray of light anywhere visible, llut In spite of tbo pinch of fluanelal distress, and In spite of the sneers of the Silurians, who ridiculed tha project of "bringing the World's Fair from Chicago in a gripsack and dumping it lu Golden Gata Park," our pooplo bravely went ahead. They put thoir bands Into their depioted pockets and brought out the money which the unimaginative stupidity, known as "practical businoss sense" told them ought to bo kept for food and clothes, and with a revival of tho old vonturcsome spirit of '49 boldly staked it on the; success of the Midwinter Fair. When the substantial business men lagged behind, the wageworkers cama to the front, and with tho dollars, halves and dimes pushed the enterprise through. And now we are in sight of tha reward.

Was It silly in the Market-street oabla road to give 130,000 to the guaranty fundi It got back a quarter of tha whole amount yes terday, or rather It got It in advance, for the subscription has not yet been collected. and It will get the whole long before the gates are opened. If there are 3,000,000 admissions to the Fair, which Is a moderate estimate, tho street oar lines will made 1 200,000 out of the transportation of the people to tha grounds and back, allowing nothing for their increased business In the city Itself. No wonder they can afford to subscribe. They could Increase their subscriptions without doing themselves any in- Jury.

If wa have 250.000 Individual visitors from outside of San Franolsoo a figure which tha Examiner's dispatches from the Mayors of otbor cities Indicate will be exceededana if the Southern Pacific collects on an average only 3 apleoe for transporting them each way, It will take In a million dollars. Was it foolishly sanguine in subscribing $50,000 to bring the Fair berel And now that the Exposition is to be aa assurod fact, let us not imagine that all that is necessary has been done. Wa are to have a Fair, but what shall it ba like! It would be bettor t3 have none at all than to have one of which we should be ashamed. Tha Mayor of Sacramento telegraohs to the Examinsr tbat he knows several persons who have given up visits to Chicago with the idea that they can soo everything worth seeing in San Francisco. Let ns not disappoint them.

We cannot reproduce the vast expanses of those mighty buildings In Jackson Park, which cost 110,000,000 and are now to be sold for old Junk, but we can furnish such a collection of exhibits as will satisfy any reasonable hunger for sightseeing. We can have our. choice of the displays at Chicago. The only limitation Is the amount of space we can give. Let ns make up our minis to give all that is needed.

Wo do not want rubbish, but let no really valuable display be kept out for lack of room. If our buildings are not lar ge enough let us raise more money and build more. It Is something unique, to open a World's Fair in six months from tha conception of the idoa, and that' without any Congressional or State assistance, but we should not be satisfied with the name of doing it we should accomplish something that would need no allowance for inadequate time and limited resources. IMPROVEMENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY. The State University, after pitting the hills with tunnels until they look like Vicks-burg during the siege, has given up its search for water and decided make a contract with tho Alameda Water Company for a supply.

It is to be hoped thai this means an approaching transformation of the desolate hayflold that ought to be one of the most charming parks in the State. There used to be lawns at Berkeley, but they all dried up and disappeared long ago. There are still trees and greenhouses there, but they are all that remain to surest tha possibil.tles of ay! van beautv that lie latRnt. in the University's nobiosite. Tho undulating slopes and broad expanses that ought to be as delightful to the eve as thn o-mnn.

sward of Golden Gate Park, are as un- Kemptanfl down at the heels as th hnrir 7ard of the husband of a female Farmers' Alliance stump The University has opportunities for im mense progress. It has lust secured aomn highly recommended professors of Greek, political economy and other minor depart ments, ana its football course oromisos tn bo stronger than ever beforo. Professor Heffolfinger will soon be here, and thnrn are even hopes of runninz Professor Mr. Clung in double harness with him. The projoct of bringing the Harvard team to play both Berkelev and Stanford I.

more thah a dream, and the rowing prospects ara roseate. All this promises to bring the State University up into national notice, and if in addition it can improve its grounds, so that a visitor will not be forced to contrast the gonerosity of nature with the shiftlessness of man, it will become more than ever an institution in which the whole State can take pride. AT FIRST GLANCE. New York anarchists dared the offioers to Interfere with them, and the hall that echood to the valiant sentimant was cleared in two minutes. The anarchist a chin nn hi.

should keep right on" telling bis griefs to th uiunuci unu not airect nis conversation to the police. Governor Boies of Iowa has had a surprise. He found that he was quite willing to run for a third term. In diagnosing his on case he had discovered and announced Incontrovertible symptoms of a determination to retire. As Alamedan killed himself because unable to meet a note.

If this method of avoiding financial embarrassments becomes general in these hard times the ensuing fatality will beat any cholera record. A Saw Francisco woman was reoently divorced and married again, all within fifteen minutes. Congratulations are evidently due, but exactly to whom it a question. Ir every Senator tnd Representative could be permitted to settle the financial question as he would like. It would be settled in several hundred different ways in half an hour.

Queex Victoria's second son hat struck a prontablajob holding down a little throne. It is the family pull again. BLir that jrou can "be cured Is a tymptom of djrspepala. Ttka Simmons Liver Regulator. Bihm TABULti atBiit dlgeatloni sweeten a soar stomach) eura llrer troubles.

W. II. IIKAIIST. Hrrstas vai rxwrorrice at ia vttsoitoo II 111 MATTIB. subscription rates-payable in advance.

Pttiar fr.t for the Caliad Siatca. Cauda tat Meiico, iiHimn potug. aauoq, pAUV A.a rT, ana ft III II ARB Ml'SUAV, I Bioaltll paiit aid fccinAV, oo month. frpniT, ana aaLi BiAHiaaa, on year Bailt InniTi delivered by etrrlor, ali par wtek, of teuts par month. Sraiataa Orrtna Trai Orrira 7(1(1 Markot Straet 7 World nulHIng The 44 F.

janilnrr'a Circulation. tai af California. City Bad Coonty ef Pan Frann.eo, F.r.on.ny aptw.r.d bafora ne, CUari.t M. I'tlmer, liaalnaa Manager of tbe k.a Kr.tieltca Kumxia, who, being duly vara. d.pn...

and llial the daily average elrrulatloa a( tha Kuaiiu fr Iba month of July we. H6.B0 eopte. and that tha aver.g circulation of tha fcund.y at-aaiaaa eopta. and tn.t iba ir-ana clrcuiailoa of tba 'mii Kiiaiati al 7 Ml eoplee. Cni.t M.

PaLaia. ksbtcrlb.d and to bafora ma Iblt tla 4ar sf Auta.l. 18 WIS. awL Ulnar C. Dao.ta.

Votary Pabllt, Kovm nib Boor, Mill I Btlldlaf. AN ACT a I art fa ts a Cod, fa numbtrtd 6S8. fating fa art prtst Manors at fa alrculatloa, at proprietor of Hamtpaptri ana parloticali, for aur. a( a obtaining patronaa. Tla rr' 0' CtoHromfa, repr.

arnbit la mor and JfMmMy, do raact ailoirr: Sictio 1. A ew Mellon It hereby added to iba ral Coda, lo ba known a. lection tv hundred and tblrty-atf hi, to read aa followc e.rllun B.H Kv.ry proprietor publitbtr of anynewp.pror periodical who aliail will-folly and knowingly mltrapreMnl af asrb aaatpapar or periodical, for Iba aurpoia af adv.ril.ini or oiber patronage, tball ba deemed guilty of a mltde-Br. nor. Ho.

t. Tbte Act (ball take effect and ba la force Immediately from and after lit pinix e. Approved March 10. 1H9J. THE STATE'S SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.

BANK TbeStatohas Just secured a llttlo windfall of f503 18 which the Savings and Loan Society ha been holding and might have kept forever but for a law passed by the last Legislature. Tbo money belonged to Ellen Moon when she was alive, thirty years ago. She was not conneoied, either by blood or marriage, with the bank, and left no will In Its favor, but as it had her money on doposlt and she never called for It after ber death it just held on to it and said nothing. All the savings banks In the city are believed to be doing the same thing in the cue of much more Important deposits than that of Ellen Moon. It has been a very pood thing for them.

In the early days of the State many pioneers made large deposits in the banks and then drifted out of human ken, leaving their coin to fructify for tbo benefit of the institutions that were caring for it By the time a bank has enjoyed the use of a deposit of 5.000 for thirty years It naturally comes to feel a sense of proprietorship in It, especially if the money has been rolling up compound interest all the time. But as a matter of fact these unclaimed deposits do not belong to the banks, but to the State, and the State ougbt to get the benefit of them. The great obstacle In the way of the recovery of their property by the people has been the unwillingness of the bank officials to give any information by which its existence could be discovered. In every session of the Legislature an attempt has been made to pass a bill requiring returns of unclaimed deposit to the proper officials, but the banks have always been able to defeat measures of this kind. Last winter, however, a bill was passed requiring sworn statements of all accounts rcmaiuing untouched for over ten years to be furnished every December to the Bank Commissioners for publication in the newspapers.

This will enable the Public Administrators to see how much belongs to peop'o who have died without heirs, and to secure it for the people. The publication of the first reports next December will be awaited with groat interest. It may disclose a source nf rpvo. nue to the State sufficient to meet tao cost of the coyote bounty and the biennial crop of new insane asylums. This lode should be worked for all it is worth.

THE END OF THE SEYD LEGEND. It is not very good policy for people engaged in a hotly contested struggle to spend their time in attacking their own friends. It Is to be hoped, therefore, that American bimetallists will not waste any more strength in assailing the memory of Ernest Seyd, who, when ho lived, was a consistent and earnest friend of silver. The legend that Seyd brought over $500,000 of British gola to secure the demonetization of silver In 1873, which was so improbable on its face that nobody in his sober senses ever believed it, in spite of the fabricated, quotations with which it has been sustained, was definitely disposed of in the Senate last week. Mr.

Hoar of Massachusetts made the interesting disclosure that Ernest Seyd was the first, and, so far as we know, the only man to protest against the demonetization feature of the Act of 1873, at a time when nobody else offered any objection to it. He said: 4 WM urity on all prae-ileal mechanical measures connected with coin Mr. Hooper wrote to England nskinif assistance In the matter Mr? Bevi "wrote 1873 'anS ih9" ir, na he then cane here. 1 Save t0 Mn HopPer- "be final discussion upon the bill which Mr. Hooper submitted, and, alter suggesting in that letter various practical reforms! which are of little no Importance In this connection, Mr.

Sevd ooes on with an able and elaborate argum-nt aealnst monometallism, and ays the Treat fiSft hi find, with Hooper bill iV th under ak4 to bring this country to the gold standard which he thinks would be dentrunt against which he had wrlttSS SoS and he urges upon him the free coinage of sllve at the rate of 400 grains to the dollar. Mr. Hoar promised to show Mr. Stewart the letter, which he said he had in his rooms at that moment, and added Mr. Seyd wrote it to Mr.

Hooper the bill lnghimnot to adopt monometallism and recommending that the standard of silver be 400 grains Instead of 415. 4W Thus, If Ernest Seyd's advice bad been followed we should have retained the double standard at the French rate of 15 to 1. In that case France might not have closed her mints to silver, and If the had she would have opened them again as soon as the found that we were keeping up the price. The experiment of free coinage would have had a thorough trial with us, and whether it had succeeded or failed we ahould never have bad a silver question, Lottie Alter, tha soubrette of The Girl I Left llohlnd Me" eomptny Is the heroine of a very pretty romanoe. tayt tba Chicago Tribunt.

The romaoeet of women of tha stage have a sameness, as a rule, but this one Is out of the ordinary la the way of a stage aanaatbn. Mlat Alter may bare turned twenty, but It to the doet not look It She It handsome, and when It It ttated that she captured tha heart of a big and handsome Hrlt.m of Montreal there Is no ground for wonder, and therein ltos the romance. The Orltoa Is named Allen Hamilton, and is family Is of ancient and blue blood. It naturally follows that It Is a proud family that wttohes an alliance with lu sclont with Jealous eyes. And here begins the romance.

Last summer the New York Comedy Company played aa engagement In Montreal and the soubrette of the company wat Lottie Alter. The swell Mr. Hamilton saw the company and he Immediately set about to secure an Introduction to MUs Alter. To his Joy he found that bis lister's friend, Miss Marlon Kilby, was acquainted with Mist Alter and at onca volunteered to make thom kuown. Tbeoompany played In Montreal durlugjune.

July and August of last year and Mr. Hamilton ad many opporiunttlet to show bit devotion to the soubrette, and be took advantage or tbem. Ha wat at devoted as a man oan be and all of his friends knew of It. His devotion wot bo rn of a genuine pasttoa and be declared It, but Mist Alter was not retponstve. She did not love the Engllthmau and told hire to.

But be wat patient as well as Importunate. He de-olared his love time and again, only to bare It spurned. He urged the soubrette to marry hlm.ut she declined. At almost every performance beautiful bouquets were handtd over the footlights to her and they were all from him. The eourtlng went on until all of tht soolety people of Montreal knew of Mr.

Hamilton's Infatuation. Mr. Hamilton's family belongs to this tot. and bis family protested against bis Infatuation, as they called lu But be was In love with the little actrett and protested that be would marry her if she would have him. He kept up bit attention! throughout the ttay of the company In Montreal and followod It to Albany, N.

Y. He showed his devotion at every performance through floral offerings and between performances by persistent attentions. And now eomet the melodramatlo part of It About two weeks ago a man called on a well-known newspaper man of this city and intro duced himself as a member of a noted firm of New York lawyers. He tald that be bad been referred to the newspaper man as one well acquainted with theatrical people. His mission, be tald, was to look up the record of Mist Alter, who had been left a large fortune by her grandfather, who had recently died In Canada.

In the will a provision was made that the fortune should go to Miss Alter only on the con dition tbat she had led a pure and honorable Ufeoa the stage. The newspaper man Questioned the lawyer closely to satisfy himself that be was tlncore and honett He knew of the firm that tho lawyer claimed to represent, and wat finally convinced that the man wat what he claimed to be. He gave a verbal tketcb of the soubrette's life at he remembered It, and incidentally mentioned a scene that was alleged to have taken place In the Aoadomy of Muslo in New York last summer. -It was during the rehearsal of the "Country CIrous." Miss Alter wat doing the part of the bareback rider and Mr. Dumont, tbe ring master, was alleged to have insulted ber.

She resented tbe insult by slashing him across tbe face with her riding whip. The tale, which was circulated in the New York news papers, but which is denied by Miss Alter, teemed to interett the New York lawyer very much. In a day or two be returned to tbe newspaperman's office accompanied by a dis tinguished looking individual who was Intro- duoedas Mr. Hamilton, a lawyer of Montreal. CHe said tbat he represented tbe estate of the late grandfather of Miss Alter and was anxious to find out all he could of her career.

He was exceedingly nervous and apparently very deeply Interested, more so than la usual with the typical British barrister. He wat especially concerned with tbe story of the alleged horsewhipping In Now York. When the newspaper man explalued that It was not a case of horsewhipping, but that tbe young lady had cut a man across the faco with her rlding-whlp, Mr. Hamilton of Montreal was very much relieved. After anting some 'more questions at to MUs Alter's theatrical career he left with the assur ance that be was satisfied as to the honorable career of tbe aotress.

The New York lawyer presented to the news paper man a formidable list of questions, which were Jotted down by a typewriter. Hore are some of tbem: Was ber mother divorced or a widow when she married a second tlmef Did she adopt the stage through love or as a source of livelihood? Was she ever married, or Is she going to be married to an actor now with Rose Coghlan's company? What was ber mother's maiden name! What was her general reputation on and off the stage? Did tbe ever strike an actor In the face with a riding whip while rehearsing "A Country Circus" at the Academy of Music, New York? Does she use her real name on the stage? What Is her present address In Chicago and her domestic relations? When did sho go on the stage, at what theatre and in whoso company did the make her dubut? How old Is she nnd where born? Give tome of the companlos she has played with. Was she ever a pupil of the Chloago Conservatory? Where is her stepfather? Miss Alter Is always accompanied by her mother, and was with ber when seen after tho matineo. She was reluctant to talk ol Mr. Hamilton, but said that he had annoyed her in Montreal and bad kept up bis annoying attentions through her tours in this country.

Ho bad not pressed his attentions on her al Chicago, she said, but if he did she would appeal to her guardian, William A. Plnkerton, for protection. The New York lawyer before leaving Chicago the other day for home said that he and several detectives had been Investigating the life of Miss Alter at the Instigation of Mr. Hamilton's aristocratic family for the purpoe of finding out whether she was a proper consort for tbat gentleman. As it stands they had their labor for love, as Miss Alter will have "nono of him." Miss Alter's father died in this city In 18S3.

Al that time she was sent to the Washington Heights Convent, where she was educated. William A. Plnkerton, tho detective, wa appointed ber guardian. Duriag the winter of 1880-87 she studied for the at the Chicago Conservatory. During the season of 188S the was with Jarboau, In 1889 she was the leading soubrelte with the "Lost in New York" company, in 1892-0'J season tbe was the leading soubrette with the "Country Circus company, and now she is the soubrette in "The Girl I Left Behind Me" oompany.

What has become of Mr. Hamilton and hit flowers It not known. Four Small ISusiiieta Failures. Four tmall failures have been filed in the Insolvents' court. Tbey are Frank Williams, carponter, liabilities 11,443, no assets; William E.

Zander, botel-keepor, liabilities 3,077, no assets; T. S.Benjamin, clerk, liabilities $1,135, no ass ets, and Thomas Lytle, weather-strip maker at 821 Turk street Lytle says that overtrading and mining stock speculation were too much for him. His liabilities are $5,489, no asset. The hoaviost creditor is Otis atock brokers. $3,300.

To tht Silitor of fa JTMafarr-SiB: "Indlg' naut Mother" probably represents the Ideas of a large majority of bar in la tbe determina tion to Insist upon her daughter wearing cor seta, even though ber doing to may prevent the girl from deriving any benefit from beroalli tnenio exercises. It really It a pity tbat these mothers should Da so Ignorant of the vital principles of pbynl ology, and It is one more Illustration of the truelstn (for truelsin it Is. although it may sound heterodox!) that almost any woman can bring up a child better than It" own mother. AMuinlng that tbla Indignant Mother hat a ngnt to urem hnrch lJu ana piuaiat, aoea not that rmbt Invulva the dutvof dressing ber lu tucli away at to Insure a healthy and vigor ous aeveiopmant of the child bouyr Hue does not hull. mi in lacinir.

but does be. llevo In loruilni a girl's figure and does not in nor naugntor to grow up inicK-waiatea and awkward. She think all this talk againt corsit it a ltd and that the talkers are e.l craiiks. And yet tbla Is the closing decade of the nine teentu century when we certainly ougbt to know aoiuothiog of tbe law governing our Domes i Kcl' tioe teaches that corsets, even when not laced tightly, usurp tun functions or the buck and tide muaolea, which by long disuse eventually become atronhle J. AUo that oortut.

with their usual concomitant tight lacing, displace teveraioi the important by crowding tome down into tbo Ddvlt wuilo forcing other aud that female troubles, whose name it legion, are due to tbo same cauts. A tenet of experiment recently made by the Uovorn. mem wun a oias of Indian gin proved mat abdominal respiration, without wuleh real health 1 an luipotNiblllty, soon oeased when tbe dusky maidens donned the garb of their more enlightened ol villi id slstera. It may be arirucd that a mature woman hai the right to contract her waist and adjutt ber figure aooorUing to her own tweet will, but It Is turrlblo to think thut our growing girls who tr Just budding Into womanhood and who are to be the mother of the coming generation inotild ba distorted, disfigured, and have thoir health marred by iucb devloos as the one In question. My wife I over thirty, and has not worn a corset tor nve yoart.

My daughter it nineteen, and has never worn one. Their figure will compare very favorably with any tbat I know of, and Ihev both reiolce In robust health. Let nature alone Hod she will produoe form anu ngures of ravishing beauty, that will be tbe outward manifestation of that "corpora suno" without which the "men tana" I an impossibility. iA.fi, San Franoiseo, August 24. Conelt Are Benaflolal, Not Injurlom.

To Editor of the Examiner Bmi I have read with Interest your editorial of to-day on tbe corset question and admire both tbe energy of tht writer and bis fiery independence of the facts. If he will loosen bis mental stays a trifle and relax into a condition that will permit some Investigation he may bjcorae as ardent an advocate as he Is now an antagonist of the corset Some years ago I enjoyed tbe ac quaintance of Dr. Marlon Sims, tbe most eminent gynaecologist of his time. There happened Just then to be rnging In England a furious anti corsot crusade, led by a few intolerant elderly gentlemen of tbe gender of your editorial writer. Dr.

Sims wus aiked at an authority whether he considered tbe corset injurious. His answer was emphatic. With very rare exceptions," be said, the oorsut as worn bv American and English, women Is a healthful 'and desirable article of dress. It compels an erect posture both In standing and sitting. Watch a company of passengers In any public conveyance.

Tho niou are almost Invar ably stooped even lo the point of imminent spinal curvature, while tho corset-wearing tex tit upright and maintain a proper expansion of the chest Besides, the corset Is Invaluable as a preventive of the tlaeeldity of breast which distinguishes the Hottentot woman of middle aite Irom her civilized alater. Of course the eorset may be abused to tbe point of becoming decidedly Injurious, but at used by the majority of Anglo-Saxon women it It beneficial aud dexlrubla" I thluk it will be found that mott medical men of experience will agree with Dr. Sims in this matter. It is a pity to see tbe Kxamiskh, usually so excellent and accurate In lis Judgment go astray upon a question in whloh tbe aggregate of oivilizad women are in a sensible aud overwhelming majority. K.

F. G. On tha Shoo 'Hera ot Oanka. From Via Evening Putt. An "Indignant Mother writes to the EXAMINER.

She wants to know where public school teachers get their authority to dlotate to pupils in tbe matter of dress and why her child should not wear corsets if she wants to. She complains of a publlo school teacher who has advised pupils that they should not woar tight corsets, stating that the laced evil Interferes with physical exercises given in glass lessons. "Mother" regards this advloe as pernicious aud calculated to undermine borne lnllnenops and authority by casting a slur on the maternal judgment. tike alBo wants to know if nil this talk against corsets is not a fad, anyway, like tbe bird's wing, crusade, for example; If anti-corset leuguct are not made up of cranks; If reasonable people pretend to bellove thut corsets are en Injury; if a moderately snug corset" can possibly injure a girl aixtoen years ot age, and If she cannot dress her own children as she likes, she wants to know why. "Mother's" thirst for information is as mighty as ber indignation, and ignoring the facts that she might with propriety have put some of these qncstlons to her pbysioian, and thut she did put all of them to another paper, the Evening I'ott, humoring her anxiety to rush into print with her private grievances, hastens to assure her that there Is no written law to prevent mothers from dressing children according to tbe Individual, maternal taste, no matter how much of an tho mother may be, Just as there Is no stututn which compels the public school teacher to advise or lniluence In tha right direction any pupil whose physical education Is neglcctod or perverted at home.

This kind of teacher acts entirely on her own responsibility, and In so departing from ber appointed duties as to tako a real inlerest in tho health and welfare of hor pupils Indubitably deserves tbe indignation and contempt of all thoughtful parents. We enn think of no panacea for your outraged feelings in this matter beyond the "llrst aud simplest to suggest ltsolf to any sane mlnfl. You minht remove your daughter from that school and have her educated nhero the cult of the corset Is in the curriculum. Of course, the anti-corset people ars cranks, mother dear. All persons who ngulnst existing evils are cranks.

All ntliiisiasts who beat out thoir brnin ngninst that stono wall wiilci protects conservatism from tho Inroads of progress nro crirtiks. everybody with Rn ideaoranlmpul.se is a crank. Christopher Columbus, who iuslsted on discovering your country; 1'adre Junipero who laid the corner stone of Californlan education, and the Master he nerved, who on a cross that men might live after him. werj vrauks. The progress of c1vili7.ni ton bus been carried forward on tbe shoulders of cranks.

And In such goodly company as this you would not mind being called a crank yourself, would mother CURRENT NEWSPAPER WIT, Yabsley-Dld Rings apologize for kloklng you yet? Mudge No. Ho said he knew l.uowed mo an apology, but times wore so bard that he could not think of paying ll.Jit'lianapotii Journal. "Do you know," said Mrs. Globe Trotter, "I actually think tho grass Is greener In Franco tunn anywhere else 1 have been." "Quito lllcoly," replied her stay-at home friend. I hav.

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Do you want to be strong? David Nichol son's Liquid Bread will build you up. It has ueipcu tnousanas. "A circus was rxhibltlng at Chicago while was there," said Squlldig. Ynu went, of course?" asked MoSwllligen. rvo; out I attended a meeting of the Hoard! oi lauy ninnagers or the Columbian Exhlbi.

Hon." Pan burgh Chronicle. Tbe Fire Ball. A $150 Are in D. MoDevltt's saloon and grocery, at 935 Howard street, occasioned an alarm from box 158 at 6 :05 o'clock yesterday morn Ine. orgoid mining for a number of years, was ui L.IIUU ui see wnat tne prospect are In tbe Peruvian republic for those of his country men who Intend Jolulug future South American expeditious from the Orient There are on the Peking four Chinese who are waiting ta hn Peru, but what line of business they Intend luiiuwiug wuuu mey arrive aitaoir destination Is not known.

Since the Chinese have been excluded from the United Statna nnmhara nt have found their way to Central aud South, America, i'oru lor a number or years haa boon a favorite country with tbem. Not Withstanding tha rhnannnii nt n.llii. I.V.... It Is said that the Chineso ore biore valul aoie as workers In the mlnea for the reason that thov are Slaadv lnhnrnra anil ara mn.a reliable than the peones of the South. Tbo latter are abif tless and lazy, and especially in mo im ga uiiuua wuere ruauninerv is used they are of little value to the Peruvian mine-owners.

The l'oklnor hronirht twAntv Phlniua tn different parts of this State, sixty for this city and twenty for Havana, in addition to vun tuur lur i'oru, a total 01 lU-a. Th Divorce Court. Dorla Kenny has been granted a dlvoroe from John Kenny on tho ground of fall, ure to provide. Mary Galzln bas beon granted a separa tion from Edward Galzln on account of hi aoseruon. Manraret Parker has beirun autt fna dlvoroe from William H.

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