TRIBUTES TO MR. SWETT.Reception Tendered Him by

the Teachers of SanFrancisco.

MEMORIAL ALBUM PRESENTED.

Presentation Speech by A. L.Mannand Address by Deputy Super-

intendent Babcock.

The public-school teachers of thi9 Citytendered a reception to ex-SuperintendentJohn Swett at the Girls' High School lastevening, when a handsome volume con-taining tributes from a committee selectedby the teachers, on his retiring from office,to represent them, was presented to him.An informal reception preceded the pre-sentation. Mr. Joseph O'Connor, princi-pal of the Horace Mann Grammar School,called the committee to order and invitedMr.Swett and the committee to the plat-form.

The orchestra from the Horace MannSchool, the mandolin club from the Poly-technic High School and a chorus fromthe Normal School provided music.

Owing to the enforced absence of CitySuperintendent A. J. Moulder owing toillness, Deputy Superintendent Babcockmade the address of welcome, in thecourse of which he said it would requirethe wisdom and eloquence of a Webster todo justice to the lifeand labors of the vet-eran educator, who had builded "betterthan he knew."

Inbehalf of the teachers, the pupils andthe School Board of San Francisco he de-sired to extend to him the heartiest of wel-comes. He read a letter from Superin-tendent Moulder indorsing the compli-ment to Mr. Swett in the reception, and re-ferred to him as "a man who had devoted

-the best energies of his life to the educa-tional interests of California for more thana generation and who had left his impresson the schools of the State."

A. L. Mann in a highly eulogistic speechpresented the memorial album to Mr.Swett. Referring to the monogram on thesilver embossed volume he said: "Theseletters stand for John Swett, a name thatstands in educational annals with those ofEmma Willard and Horace Mann, that isfound on the title page of that educationalclassic, \u25a0Methods of Teaching'; thatisseeningolden letters on the wall of one of ourfinest schools, and that is engraven on thehearts of the pupils and teachers as the'master builder of the school system ofCalifornia.'?"

In response Mr. Rwett expressed grati-tude for the sentiments uttered, saidthat the conscientious discharge of hisduties had brought blame as well as praiseinits waKe, and that fact made him appre-ciate recognition of his work the more. Inclosing, he made humorous allusion to hisprivileges as a private citizen at Martinez.The book was engrossed by Mr.Goldstein,teacher of drawing in the Girls' HighSchool, and contains an introduction byA.(.'. Mann, followed by monographs on Mr.Swett as a teacher by Miss Jean Parker,as State Superintendent by L. A.White,as City Superintendent by Miss AmeliaGriffiths, as" an author by Albert Leyser,as a benefactor by Miss Agnes Manningand Joseph O'Connor. Following are ex-tracts from each of these tributes:

John Swett's \u25a0work as a teacher has givenhim wide opportunity to exercise sympathyfor those who must win in an upwara waythrough struggle, and his heart always wentout to these children, old or young, who

needed a chance to work out of dark shadesIntn the lightof higher intelligence.

Eastern educators often speak of Hon. JohnSwett as the Horace Mann of California. Ourcitizens bless the man who laid the founda-tion of the free public school of California.

As City Superintendent Mr. Swett hasstamped our schools withhis own marked in-dividuality

—alert, progressive, active, practi-

cal.The literary worJt of John Swetr marks an

epoch in the creation of a literature of educa-tion in the United States. He was a path-finder to the hitherto undiscovered bourne ofan ideal American school system.

The schools and teachers of San FranciscoCounty never had a better friend thau Johnfcwett.

After all,Ibelieve the secret of John Swett's\u25a0 wondorful success ineducational endeavor isto be found inSwett, the man, rather than InSwett, the teacher.

The singing right heartily of "AuldLang Syne" was the close of an eveningthat willbe memorable.

Whenever the Government wants themost trustworthy article and the best inquality itprefers the Royal, as this brandwas found to be superior to all others inleavening power by the official chemicaltests, made at the instance of the Govern-ment, in the Agricultural Department atWashington.

TITLE PAGE OF THE RESOLUTIONS PRESENTED TO PROFESSORJOHN SWETT BY THE SAN FRANCISCO TEACHERS.

INTHE MALAY PENINSULAMr. Wildman Lectures to the

Geographical Society ofCalifornia.

The Beauties of Johore and of theStraits of Malacca lllus-

trated.

Hon. Rounsevelle Wildman, ex-UnitedStates Consul-General at Singapore, atpresent editor of the Overland Monthly,delivered an illustrated lecture on "Johoreand the Malay Peninsula" at Golden GateHall last night. The lecture was underthe auspices of the Geographical Society ofCalifornia, and was the last of the course.About 200 invited guests of the societywere seated in the hall, and thoroughly en-joyed the descriptions given by Mr. Wild-man and the beautiful scenes shown on thecanvas.

The speaker was introduced by EliP.Sheppard, vice-president of the society,who took occasion to say that during thepast year a large addition in membershiphad been gained, San Francisco beinglargely represented. He also took pleas-ure instating that Lieutenant Jephson andDr. Voorsanger would sit as its represen-tatives at the meeting of the Royal Geo-graphical Society inLondon in July.

Mr. Wildman began his lecture by ashort review of the history of the Malaysfrom the time when that bold navigator,Sir Francis Drake, sailed into the Straitsof Malacca and found the Dutch and thePortuguese teaching them tricks of tradethey had not learned when Solomon'sships touched at their ports for the goldand peacocks and apes of Ophir. That wasin 1578, and it was not long before theMalays were ground between the upperand the nether millstones. Dutch andPortucuese trading methods and Britishencroachment forced them into the watersto become pirates to prey on every flagthat flew.

Following down, with a brief disserta-tion on the habits and dress of the natives,the lecturer took his hearers through thebustling city of Singapore, with its Mo-hammedan "mosques and Chinese templeson every corner, with its three brands ofpolicemen, each tended to keep the otherinline, to the native principality of Johore,where the Sultan, a handsome, progressiveman, lived in the most sumptuous state.The beautiful streets, the openwork archi-tecture in the land of daily rains, wherethe natives perch hieh and* keep dry andthe Chinese liveon the ground and wallowin mud, were all shown with fine effect.

Malay courts, Malay beauties, head-hurt-ing dyaks, intelligent-looking sices fromBorneo, were all shown and highly appre-ciated by the audience. Mr. Wildman'slecture took about an hour and a half inthe delivery, and to- judge from the ap-plause was highly interesting to the audi-ence.

THE MATTHEWS INQUEST.A Crowd of Witnesses Will Be Exam-

ined and a Verdict of MurderIsExpected.

The inquest into the cause of the deathof Mrs. Jennie Matthews willbegin beforeCoroner Hawkins this morning. In herante-mortem statement she accused O. W.Winthrop, assistant superintendent of theLaurel Hillcemetery, of having forced herto swallow a strychnine pill. In this sheis corroborated by her little daughter.The autopsy also showed that there was a

considerable quantity of the deadly poisonin her stomach.

The following will be witnesses beforethe Coroner to-day :Fanny Ruynor, 1403)^Folsom street; Dr. Griffiths, 1340 Hayesstreet; 0. W. Winthrop, John Benfrageand Howard Smith of Laurel Hillceme-tery; Kittie Burton, 2101 Hyde street;Mabel Bowen, 2107 Hyde; Mrs.C. Havden,502Broderick; Mrs. Gedge, 1222 Jackson;Edwin Matthews and Mi*s Matthews, 502Broderick; Miss Corbett, Dr. yon Buelow,C. L. Morgan and Mrs. J. C. Dolan, 312Hickory avenue.

The following jurors willsit on the case:L.Poznanovich, 23 Van Ness avenue; H.Mangels, 239 Hayes street; M. Moses, 305Hayes; John Elder, 315 Hayes; S. Mc-Faull, 341 Hayes; J. C. Owen, 401 Hayes;J. McEnroe, 443 Hayes; C. C. Rivers, 500Hayes, and T. H. Van Norden, 1215Steiner.Itis expected that on the advice of his

counsel Winthrop will refuse to testify.The police, however, seem confident thatenough testimony will be given at the in-quest to warrant a verdict of murder.

THE CAMERA CLUB.Some Beautiful Slides of Holland and

Belgium Shown in MetropolitanTemple.

Will Alsford, a member of the CaliforniaCamera Club, delivered a lecture, illustratedbyslides of his own mnko, in MetropolitanTemple last evening. While the brilliantviews wero presented, he told of his travelsin Belgium and Holland. The slides wereall covered and lacked nothing in eitherart or interest.

"The Old World of To-Day" was the sub-ject and it was an apt one. The views ofthe marshes of Holland, its windmills,lagoons, wooden shod and clumsily cladpeople, marshes, fishing smacks and quaintold-fashioned houses and streets were veryinteresting. Belgium with its cathedralsand public buildings, its seacoast andqueer vessels was also illustrated, as wasalso Holland's capital, Amsterdam.

Atone of the intermissions Miss E. H.Smith sang "Jessie's Dream," while viewsillustrating it were shown upon the screen.During the other intermission A. Shep-ard played upon the great organ of thetemple.

Nothing Succeeds LikeSuccess.The successes achieved by men and things are

not always based upon merit. But a success wellmerited and unprecedented in the annals of pro-prietary medicine, should these ever come to bewritten,isHostetter's Stomach Bitters, a botanicmedicine, discovered nearly half a century ago,and the leading remedy for and preventive ofmalarial, rheumatic and kidney complaints, dys-pepsia, constipation and biliousness.

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTSAnnual Camp- Meeting and

Conference at Bush rodPark, Oakland.

PROMINENT SPEAKERS HEARD.

Order, Neatness and Devotion Char-acteristics of the Small

Tented City.

Anactive little colony is encamped atBnsbrod Park, North Oakland, a smalltented city of 800 souls. Ithas a kind ofpatriarchal government with Elder N. C.McCiure at the head. Its characteristics

are order, neatness and devotion. Aprayer meeting at 5:30 in the morning.Think of it,ye godless and indolent! Yetthe Seventh Day Adventists, who are hold-ing their seventeenth annual conference atthe park, yoking and old, rise in time forprompt attendance at such meetings everyday. Surely it is a devout spirit thatwould prompt such an act. At 8 o'clockthere is another prayer meeting, this onecomposed of the residents of a certain por-tion, say six or eight of the canvas housesof the community. After these morningdevotions there are ministerial meetings,business meetings of representatives of thevarious institutions under t^ie jurisdictionof the California conference, and minis-terial meetings tillnoon.

There are children's meetings, youngpeople's meetings and three daily preach-ing services, two of the latter being at 2:30and 7:30 r.M. One of the tents of mostattractive interior is used for a kindergar-ten and there the youngest or" the childrenreceive instruction. The series of meet-ings willcontinue tillthe evening of June9. The personnel of this community, rep-resenting as itdoes the 3500 Adventists re-siding in California and Nevada, includesElders A.J. Breed ofMinneapolis, superin-tendent of the Pacific Conference; ElderN. C. McClure of the California Conference,Elder N. W. Kaubel, president of the Colo-rada Conference; Elder \V. W. Prescott,educational secretary of the general con-ference of Battle Creek, Mich.;Elder Wil-liam Healey, president of the North PacilicConference* of Portland.

Assurred by the legend, "Welcome toAll,"that appears above the entrance tothe camp that he is one of the invited avisitor strolls about the canvas village atwill.He sees one broad thoroughfare alongwhich the large tents for audiences, theheadquarters of the Pacific Press and thebig dining-hall are ranged. Diverging fromthis are narrower streets, along which areranged the temporary residences. He canbut remark the neatness of the tents,whichbeing open show a cozy interior. He no-tices also that except when the voice of apreacher^ is heard from the immense pa-vilion or the sound of congregational sing-ing floats out among the trees, almostperfect quiet prevails. He understandsthis partially when he sees the sign "Noplaying allowed on these grounds," forthe children are according to the adage,oft repeated and always trying to juvenilesouls, "seen but not heard."

A feature that attracts many ladies notidentified vith the sect is the hygieniccooking school, and a device inthe kitchen,the product of Elder McClure's practicalgenius, is a barrel stove, which has advan-tages that delight every housewife whosees it. .Before bunday there willbe largeadditions to the little city, swelling thenumber of residents to upward of1000.Itwas an interesting audience that as-

sembled in the great tent yesterday after-noon. Not a fashionable audience cer-tainly, but a most attentive one. All car-ried their Bibles and follawed closely thelesson read, and only one man went tosleep during the sermon of one hour.There was not a more eager listener than amiddle-aged woman who lay propped upby pillows on a couch near the platform.Itwas Miss Jewett, an invalid who hasbeen a patient at the Saint Helena Sani-tarium for years.

Elder A. W. Bartlett of Pomona de-livered a sermon on the text: "Herebyperceive we the love of God, because helaiddown his life for us, and we ought tolay down our life for the brethren." Hesaid in part: "All nature is a rebuketo selfishness. The leaves fall to theground in winter. They seem to be doingthis inorder to preserve their own life andstrength, but in reality the tree is yieldingup its life for another. This is true of ani-mal as well as plant life. The motherguarding the eggs and afterward the bird-lings in the nests, the father attending tothe wants of the nestlings are in a se°nsegivingup their lives for those of the littleones. Even the babes are not droppedfrom heaven into our waiting arms. Thebeautiful new life comes into the world atthe hazard of the mother's, and as ittowsand develops the mother and father giveup rest ana exert their strength for theprotection and care of the child. We talkof the growth of a child, but that growth isat the expense of lives or the greatest andbest of lives. Thousands contribute to thegrowth and advancement of a young lifeEven the teacher, if she be a true teachergives up much of her life to her charges.

'"There is a cruel instinct still in the

hearts of many people, concealed only bya thin veneer of civilization. We seetraces of the instinct in the eagerness withwhich people throng to bufl-fights andpugilistic encounters. These modern bar-

barians wear clothes, it is true, and theyhave learned to smoke, but they arecloaked barbarians still,and not untiltherebe missionaries, willing to yield up theirlives for them, will there be prog-ress in the better way. We complainthat politics is a muddy pool, and so itis,but the tiouble is that few politicians arepatriots, few indeed who are willingto laydown their lives for their country.

"No wonder that many hearts are rest-less like the sea, for they are self-seeking.Selfishness is the bane of the church to-day, as itis the bane of the individual.We say we love, we caress the object ofour affection;but would we make a sacri-fice, even to a life,for that object? 'YetGod so loved the world that he gave hisonly begotten son.'

"Last evening M. C. Wilcox, editor of the

Signs of the Times, addressed a large con-gregation. Elder McCiure stated the creedof the sect in the words: "We observe theseventh instead of the first day of theweek. The Bible is our creed. We believethe signs of the times are that the worldwillsoon come to an end, but we are nottime-setters."

SERVICES IN THE TENT OF THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS.[Sketched yesterday by a "Call" artist.]

Silverberg Is Wanted.Chief of Police Crowley yesterday received

a communication from the Chief of Police

at Washington, D. C, asking for Informa-tion relative to the whereabouts of one DavidSilverberg, a former resident of that city,who left for the Pacific Coast in 1888, sincewhich time he lias notbeen heard from by hisrelatives at home. The Chief would be gliv<lofany intormation concerning the missing man.

PRESENTED TO THE PARK.The Museum Receives a Valu-

able Collection of Cali-fornia Onyx.

Stones That Show TranslucentPictures of Rare Beauty and

Natural Formation.

J. L.Davis, president of the State MiningBureau, yesterday gave to the Park museuma valuable collection of onyx from themines of San Luis Obispo.

These specimens which show translucentpictures of natural formation on the stone,were formerly owned by J. and F. Kesselerof this City, and by them wire exhibitedat the World's Fair, where the unique col-lection attracted a great deal of attention.Among the pictures are: "The SierraNevada Mountains," "Lake Tahoe,""Switzerland," "The Coast of Africa,""Atlantis Sinking Intothe Sea," "Face ofthe Moon," and "Regions of the NorthPole."

The entire collection, which comprisesten pieces, is valued at $5000, and is so rareand beautiful that it excites wonder inevery one who beholds it. Many of thepictures are as perfect as though workedout by the hand of an artist, being com-plete representations of the respective sub-jects, the like of which has never beforebeen found inany rock. There is no othercollection in existence that equals this fortransparency and perfection of detail.It is a most valuable addition to the

museum, for which Mr. Davis willreceivea special vote of thanks from the ParkCommissioners at their next meeting.

Curator Charles if. Wilcomb is havingthe collection set up in the Royal Pavilion,in which room of wonders the donation ofMr. Davis willhold first place.

Among other donations during the pastweek was a beautifully carved tray of woodmade by natives of the South Sea Islandsand presented by J. R. Stroud of this City.

Mrs. F. V. Hubbard has contributed abook printed in London in 1695 and a col-lection of about sixty curios gathered fromall quarters of the globe, ranging fromEgyptian earrings to Indian pottery andVenetian mosaics.

Mr. Wilcomb eaysthat the Commission-ers are much gratified at the manner inwhich the public is responding to their re-cent circular soliciting contributions to themuseum. From all parts of the Statedonations are coming in, and itis said thata year or so will suffice to build up an in-stitution of which California may well beproud.

"Ifind the Royal Baking Powder su-perior to all the others inevery respect. Itis entirely free from all adulteration andunwholesome impurity, and. in baking itgives offa greater volume of leavening gasthan any other powder.

"Walter S. Haines, M.D."Chemist to the Chicago Board of Health.

King's Daughters' Benefit.There willbe given for the benefit of the

King's Daughters' Home this evening a rosetea and concert at Beethoven Hall, on Poststreet, near Powell. A very interesting pro-gramme has been arranged. Among the well-known artists who will take part are: Mme.Emilia Tojetti, soprano; Miss Ella V. McClos-key, contralto; Mrs. Mabel Smith, soprano;Mrs. Lida Hickok, elocutionist; Miss LeolaStone, elocutionist; Mr. Frank Coffin, tenor;Miss Clara McConnell, violinist, and the follow-ingmembers of the Castilian Quintet: Profes-sor J. Lombardero, bandurria; Professor G.Stantisteban, guitar; P. Manzano, banaurria;C. K.USS, 'cello, and Eiuilio Cruells, pianist.

Thrown From a Buggy.Frank Williams, a rancher from Sacramento,

who is staying at the Russ House, was treatedlast night at the Receiving Hospital for lace-rated wounds of the face, received by beingthrown from a buggy at the corner of Post andMontgomery streets.^ During the afternoon hedrove out to the Cliff House, and returnedabout t> o'clock in a hilarious condition. AtPost and Montgomery his team was struck byastreetcar, with the result as stated in the fore-going,

UNIVEBSITIES OP EUROPE.They Number 170 With Nearly 200,000

Students.It is interesting to observe that as the

Dark Ages, as they were called, were pass-ing away, institutions of learning withmore or less light began to spring up in.Europe and to exert their beneficent influ-ence indiffusing knowledge and reformingthe world. During the twelfth centurythree universities were founded in Europe.The first of these was the University ofBologna, Italy, which was founded A. D.1119, 400 years before the beginning of theReformation. Itis said, indeed, that thisvenerable seat of learning was founded byTheodosius 11, in the fifth century, butif this were so it had probably fallen intodecay, and was restored or founded anewin the early part of the thirteenth century.By the middle of the thirteenth century theUniversity of Bologna had attained greatpopularity, and was attended by 10,000students, a larger number than any uni-versity of Europe can boast of to-day, saysa writer in the Christian Leader.

They came from allparts of the Christianworld, a circumstance which shows howintense was the desire for learning at thetime. And what is remarkable, this oldestand for centuries the most noted andpopular institution of learning in theworld, admitted women to its halls and'allowed them to hold professors' chairsand read lectures

—a thing whicftIventure

to predict willbe repeated in this countryand within less than half a century. Thereis really no reason why women should notbecome successful teachers, especially inthe languages, ancient and modern, forwhich, ifImistake not, they have a tasteand a facility in acquisition, and also inthe sciences, certainly some ofthem. Give

|women the same opportunities, set beforeI

them the same honors and rewards, andwhy should they not achieve success andwin fame as well as the other sex ?

Although the University of Bologna nolonger enjoys the reputation it once had orattracts throngs of students as formerly, itstill, after so many centuries of service,holds a reputable place among the univer-sities of Europe and can boast of havingeducated several Popes of the Roman Cath-olic church and especially as having had,first as a student and afterward as a pro-fessor, the Cardinal Mezzofanti, amarvel oflinguists, said to have spoken more thanfifty languages— fifty-eight is, ifIrightlyremember, the exact number— but was re-markable, Ibelieve, for nothing else.

The University of Bologna was founded,as Isaid, in 1119 and stood alone in allEurope for more than half a century, wheninA. D.1180 the University of Montpelier,France, was founded, anil twenty yearslater, 1200, the University of Parisspranginto existence and began its career of per-ennial fame. Itis to-day, in the numberof its students, the largest university inEurope, having more than 9000.

The work of education so well begun inthe twelfth century was nobly carried for-ward in the thirteenth, during which tenother universities were founded, amongwhich were the two great English uni-versities, Oxford and Cambridge. It isdifficult to say definitely when these fa-mous institutions were founded. Theywere very small and unpretentious at thebeginning. They are both the growths oftime. But though so old and famous theyhave never been remarkable for the num-ber of their students. Oxfordis much thelarger of the two, and yet does not numberISOO students, while Cambridge, ifIre-member, has less than 1000. Many uni-versities much younger and withless repu-tation surpass them in the number ofstudents. Edinburgh, for'instance, thoughby no means so popular and famous aseither Oxford or Cambridge, has morestudents than both of them taken together,and that, too, while Scotland is muchsmaller than England and has fewer peo-ple. There are, indeed, more than twentyuniversities in Europe which are educat-ing more students than Oxford, and morethan fiftywhose number of students ex-ceed that of Cambridge.

Before the close of the fifteenth century,or, to mark the date more generally, be-fore the discovery of this western world byColumbus in 1492, and practically beforethe Reformation begun by Luther in theyear 1517, those two great events inhis-tory, separated by only a quarter of a cen-tury, more than fiftyuniversities had beencreated inEurope, a fact which shows thatthe Roman Catholic church was not un-friendly to the cause of education, as ithassometimes been represented. It is true,however, that that church has alwayswished to have the control of education,and see well to it that nothing shall betaught that might endanger its own in-terests, which itnaturally assumed werethe interests of truth and* the welfare ofmankind. This, however consistent withall its traditions, was certainly not alwayswise.

The Christian religion is in a world ofthought and action, and necessarily comesincontact withall kinds of adverse influ-ences and meets all forms of opposition,and if itis not strong enough to maintainitself and work itself in spite of all war-ring and resisting forces, there is nothingfor it but sooner or later to fall or perish.Bat whoever believes Christianity believesit to be of divine origin, and to announcethe ultimate truth inrelation to God andhuman duty and destiny, and hence it isindestructible.

The fiftyuniversities founded in Europeduring the four centuries prior to theachievements of Columbus and MartinLuther have, during the four centuriessince their time, been more than trebledin number and immensely augmented ineffective educational power. They num-ber at present about 170, and are scatteredall over Europe. And inall the better andeven more important of them, Ijudge,the custom which long bound them to theexclusive use of the Latin as "the learnedlanguage" has given way to the influencesof modern times, and the education isgiven in the language of the people whohave reared these institutions and usethem.Itwould be very interesting could we

know what all these universities originallycost and what their money value now is.Itwould show what an estimate Christen-dom puts upon education and how muchitis willingto pay to promote it. The ex-pense of this vast investment is still goin^on. These institutions must not only bekept up, but the}' must be improved. Newedifices must be built, libraries must beconstantly enlarged, scientific apparatusinmultiplied forms and never-ending im-provements must be provided, museumsmust be created and perpetually enlargedand money in a hundred ways is neededand must be expended in carrying forwardthe great and beneficent work.

What the total number of students in allthe universities of Europe now is, is notaccurately known, since all are not prop-erly reported. The number of those re-ported, however, is very near 170,000, andwere they all reported the grand resultwould be an army of from 170,000 to 200,---000 men. And this vast host of youngmen, many of them of the best blood andbest brains of all the nations of Europe,are being educated and trained, not in thenoble art of war, bntin the farnobler arts ofpeace, and so fitted for the performance ofthe highest duties of citizenship, and thusalso for advancing the intelligence, the vir-tue and the welfare of mankind.

Fob thirty years the Royal has been thestandard for purity and strength inbakingpowders, and has -been placed at the headby every board of official examinerswhether State or National.

ACrow's Kare Colors.The peculiarly colored crow that has

been seen about Lyme for the past twoyears, of which mention was made inTuesday's Times, was captured there. Forthe past two weeks every hunter there andevery boy who could borrow a gun haspursued that bird, but without success.Recently Melville Billof Sterling City dis-trict (Hamburg), saw the much-covetedbird flyingabout near his home. Finallyitsettled down a short distance away, andbegan an attack upon a hen's nest, contain-ingat least a half dozen eggs. Mr. Billgot his srun, and before the bird fullyrealized its danger he had itbagged.

The birdis a trifle larger than the ordi-nary crow, with heavy feathers, whichgrow with almost regular alternation be-tween straw and light chocolate colors.John Page of Portland, one of the best in-formed ornithologist in New England, hasnever seen such colors of feathers,although crows not entirely black havebeen seen. When the article descriptiveof the birdappeared Tuesday, Middletownscribes pronounced ita fake, but when thebird was shown Thursday evening theywere obliged to "eat crow."

ALLARE STILL IN DOUBT.Governor Budd May Not Ap-

point the Board of Healthfor Weeks.

THERE ARE MANYCANDIDATES

Dr. Levlngston Approves This andTells Why He Hopes the

Governor Will Delay.

Governor Budd is expected here thismorning. The office-seekers know this,and itis all they know.

Some say that the Governor willcome toappoint the Board of Health in the next

few days. Others assert \u25a0with equal posi-tiveness that he intends to start for theYosemite Valley shortly and willmake doappointments tillhe returns.

Dr. Marc Levingston says lie hopes therumors that the Governor intends post-poning the appointment of the Board ofHealth tillafter his trip to the Yosemiteare true. He bases his desires on the factthat the liscal year is close at hand andthat a report is expected from each countyofficial.

The report of the Board of Health is avoluminous one. Itmust review the workaccomplished during the past twelvemonths and suggest improvements andchanges which experience has taught arenecessary.

"Were the Governor to appoint theBoard of Health to-morrow, said Dr.Levingston yesterday, "they would havelittle over two weeks in which to preparetheir report, for 1 believe reports are dueabout the middle of June. Tnis would re-sult in the loss of many valuable sugges-tions and the overlooking of much valua-ble data, itis not to be expected that inafew days a set of men can become con-versant with the year's workof their prede-cessors. Itwould be wiser then, Ithink,to let the appointments wait till the be-ginning of the fiscal year."

Dr. Levingston has a number of im-provements that he thinks should be madeinthe sanitary arrangement of the City.These he says he will suggest in orderthat they may be inculcated in the reportof the Board of Health without regard towhether he receives the appointment asHealth Officer or not.

That there are numerous candidates forplaces on the Board of Health is wellknown, and every day starts fresh rumojsupon the streets that the Governor hasselected this or that candidate. Yester-day word went along the line that thelucky ones were Dr.H. H.Hart of 114Powell street, Dr. John F. Morse of 200Stockton street, Dr. John M. Williamsonand Dr. G. J. Fitzgerald, whose offices areat 21 Powell street. All of these medicalgentlemen deny tnat they have heard any-thing definite from the Governor inregardto their appointment. They have allheard the rumor, but they seem to be asmuch in doubt as any one.

The cook should examine carefully thelabel of the baking powder and see that sheis not imposed upon. If the grocer sendsanything but the Royal send itback, asone cook did live times until she got theRoyal. The only safe way is for the cookto have the finest things to work with, anathe Royal is not only the finest but themost economical to use, because itgoes somuch further.

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1895.5

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