The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 6, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1895. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor :mf Pm?rle SC:W%ION RATES—Postage Free: “ALL, One weck, by carrier.$0.15 Daily and A Teily and Sunday CALI, one year, by mall.. 6.00 T aily and Sun 'ALL, six months, by mall 3.00 ay CALL, three months, by mall 1.50 inday CALL, one month, by mall .65 Paily and Su Daily and Funday CaL1, one year, by mail. .. 150 WEEKLY CALL, One year, by mail. . 150 BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market t 9elephone. ..Main—1868 ....... Main-1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 0 Montgomery street, corner Clay: open nntil £:20 o’clock. 356 Hayes street: open until 930 o'clock. 737 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o'clock. SW. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open wntil 8 o'clock. 2518 Mission street; open until o'clock. 116 Ninth street; open until 9 o'clock. @elephone, OAKLAND OFFICE: €08 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Pacific States Advertising Bureau, Rhinelander tuilding, Rose and Duane streets, New York City. FRIDAY See the Mechanics’ Fair and then go to Sacramento. The Railroad Commissioners have begun 1o talk as if they meant business. So long as a newspaper advertises lotter- ies, it is useless for it to denounce frauds. Boston should take notice that she has been invited to San Francisco next year. Lottery advertising may be a good pusi- ness in one respect, but it is poor business in every other. As the bicycle brought in the bloomer perhaps the flying-machine will bring in the balloon skir Advertising home products in home papers is the surest way of manufacturing the market as well as the goods. The Spanish campaign in Cuba is re- ported to have cost $20,000,000 up to date and hasn’t even carried a precinct. New York newspapers are now accusing one another of publishing English jokes in order to please the Duke of Marlborough. If the Pennsylvania people will only hurry up and hang H. H. Holmes in time to choke off the book ‘he intends to write they will confer a benefit. It is an evidence of the dullness in the Democratic camp that David B. Hill has been lost to sight forever so leng and no one seems to be looking for him. Now that James Whitcomb Riley is re- ported to be learning to ride the bicycle there is hope for improvement in his dia- Ject or, at least, more vigor in his style. It is said that nearly 60,000 American itors registered in London during the t summer, and of course every one took some gold with him and sent home for more. According to some careful authorities, although it is moraliy certain that Holmes killed eight peop! there is not suf- ficient evidence known in a single case to convict him As Boston is now clamoring for both America, it is evident our champagne has had its usual effect. 1t is reported that ex-Postmaster-General Bissell has been offered the vacant position on the Supreme Bench and declined it be- e he had tried Washington and would r live in Buffalo. T8 The new Capitol of Georgia was built of Ohio bluestone, and now that Rhode Island has decided to build her Capitol of Georgia marble the Georgians do not know whether 1o be proud of her choice or ashomed of their own. Some good yachting authorities declare that both r. and that neither of them has any right to contest for the trophy won by the clipper sea-boat America. In honor of the opening of the broad- guage railway to that town, the Los Gatos News issued a special illustrated edition that gives an excellent review of the condi- tions and attractions of the town and de- serves a wide circulation. By iway of enterprise New York pro- poses to make the Erie canal big enough for the largest steamers on the lakes, o that grain can be bronght direct to the ocean at New York City, leaving Chicago in the rear and out of the race. A handsomely illustrated monthly, *“The Interior,” has been started at Fresno by T. 8. Price and J. W. Shanklin for the pur- pose of promoting the interests of the in- terior of the State, and the first number gives assurance of an able championship of all that it advocates. The latest K ansas freak is a man named Perkins, who, in the firm belief that Kansas air is more elastic than that of the rest of the country, has made arrange- ments for storing and shipping it, that it can be used for filling pneumatic bicycle tires for wheelmen who wish to achieve prodigies of success. Complaint is made in New York that the women members of the State Board of Education and board of members of the State Asylum on Long Island have at- tended none of the meetings this summer. Society says women of good form should take a holiday in the summer, and they took it. The Ukiah Republican Press of recent date said: “TuE CALL did an excellent thing for the taxpayers of the State when it exposed the manner in which the various State Boards of Equalization had continu- ously decreased the Southern Pacific assessment, Taxes would be much lighter were we to elect honest boards who would assess the holdings of the octopus at their full cash value.” gt Governor Altgeld of Illinois, in speaking recently of Cleveland, said: *It is an un- doubted fact that he was three times nom- inated for President by no one else than the Standard Oil Company. They did it in Chicago in 1884, they did it again in St. Louis in 1888, and then William C. Whit- ney, that company’s representative, came to Chicago and obtained for him another nomination in 1892 Perhaps Altgeld doesn’t always know what he is talking about, but there are times when he is .ntertaining. the Defender and Valkyrie are | ing-machines rather than real yachts | | | | | | { | WHO WILL OBJEOT? The attorney for the Civic Federa- tion, is preparing an ordinance for submission to the Board of Supervisors prohibiting the publication of lottery drawings, winning numbers and other similar information. This is intended to put a check to the evil custom of most of the leading daily City newspapers of ad- vertising lotteries in a manner not prohib- ited by existing laws. In an interview with THE CALL the counsel for the federa- tion made this remarkable statement: “There is no doubt that there will be some opposition to this measure, but with the public sentiment which THE CALL has aroused against the dealers we have every hope that the Supervisors will bow to pub- lic opinion and pass the ordinance.” From whom would such opposition come? Surely not from any member of the Board of Supervisors, for if it should it would be taken as indubitable proof that such opposition is inspired by an in- terest in the perpetuation of the swindle which the lotteries represent. Opposition cannot be expected from the police, for Chief Crowley evidently is trying hard to break up the evil, and has repeatedly an- nounced that were it not for the aavertis- ing which the newspapers give the lotter- ies he would have no trouble in eradicating the evil. 1t could not come from the deal- ers in lottery tickets, for that would be a confession on their part of indulging in unlawful practices. Then who would op- pose the ordinance? We can imagine none left except the newspaper which draws a+ handsome revenue from the publication of the advertisements. If they should make any opposition it will be interesting to see in what manner they will proceed. Will they aitack the ordinance in their editorial columns? They can hardly do this without sustaining the principle of the lottery and supporting the swindles and the harm to the pockets and characters of lottery patrons which the lottery repre- sents. In order to be consistent, if they should attack this ordinance they would have to assail all the laws existing for the suppression of the infamous traffic. Under no system of assault upon the ordinance could they evade the necessity for advo- cating lotteries and their swindling and demoralizing methods on moral grounds. If, however, they should not deem editorial opposition expedient, they may think the bringing to bear of personal and political influence upon the members of the board the better plan. A considera- tion of some kind must be supposed ina procedure of that character. Should the large revenues which the newspapers re- ceive from the publication of these adver- tisements be regarded asa possible factor in the exercise of the expected opposition that would apparently mean an attempt to bribe the Supervisors. If not this, then it is conceivable that promises of benefits of a less material sort might be made. This could be put in the form either of a promise of support in some political am- bition in the future or a defense in case an attack is made in the courts on the integ- ! rity of the Supervisors as public officers. The matter is exceedingly interesting in all its aspects, and these preliminary observations are thrown out to serve asa possible guide to the forming of an intel- ligent opinion in case opposition to the adoption of this ordinance should appear in any quarter. A SPLENDID SHOWING. In its issue yesterday, THE CALL pre- sented an exhaustive review of the situa- | tion at Los Angeles with reference tc the | wonderful material progressof that city. The special value of the article is the les- son which it teaches to all other parts of the State. It shows what intelligence, | pride and industry can accomplish. The character of the population of Los . 0w : - both | Ay 5eles has been the determining factor National Conventions in 1896 and claiming | to be the best summer convention city in | in the city’s growth and prosperity. The region has enjoyed no monopoly of natural advantages. On the contrary, although the blandness of the climate and the fecundity of the soil present special con- ditions of the greatest value, they were made serviceable as agencies of prosperity only by the exercise of great industry and patience. For instance, the aridity of the southern section made it necessary to re- sort to artificial irrigation, and that meant the investment of beavy capital and the | employment of a high intelligence and abundant energy. To discuss the character of the popula- tion would require a chapter in itself. Most of the virile human forces which have operated there were brought from the Northern Atlantic Coast region, where a harsh climate and other rebellious condi- tions made an appreciation of more gener- ous circumstances exceedingly grateful. Further, the hard struggle for existence ingrained in the New Englander’s compo- sition had induced an instinct of energy and thrift which, when applied to the gen- erously yielding conditions discovered in California, produced a reward for surpass- ing experience and encouraging to further effort. One very eloquent phase of the character of the dominant residents is seen in the beauty of the city. Wherever there isa patch of ground it is luminous with flowers, and shade and ornamental trees embower the city. An accompaniment of this evidence of culture is smooth streets, beautiful drives, perfect cleanliness on every hand, and a fine taste in architec- ture. These conditions are observable in all the towns in Southern California where Eastern, and particularly New England, people predominate. An inference from all this is that residence in California does not tend to induce indolence, but rather to encourage greater effort by reason of the larger returns which reward it. ‘These matters were discovered and more or less enlarged upon by the Half-million Club upon the occasion of its excursion to Los Angeles several months ago, but they cannot be kept too assiduously before the attention of the State. Itis the people of Los Angeles that have made their city; they have not waiteqd for it to make them. Until that lesson is learned throughout all California our State will not have taken its proper position in the world. A (HANCE FOR EXPORTS. The Pacific Skandinav of August 30 con- tains an elaborate article on the advan- tages offered to American commerce by the free port of Copenhagen, which is worthy the attentive consideration of Cali- fornia merchants and shippers who desire to find a market for our products in the north of Europe. The article, which is based upon infor- mation given by Charles J. Murphy, special representative of the United States Department of Agriculture, states that our products can be placed on the European markets at a lower rate of expense from Copenhagen than from any other port in the world. It is within easy reach of countries baving in the aggregate 80,- 000,000 people, a large proportion of whom are consumers of articles produced on this coast. Mr. Murphy reports among the Danes a good demand for California wines, brandy and fruit, and his statements suggest the possibility of finding a profitable market there. Certainly statements coming from an expert speaking under official responsi- bility are deserving attention. In seeking new markets for our rapidly increasing productions we cannot afford to overlook one that seems to promise so much and under such advantageous conditions, and if some of the more enterprising of our merchants should try the experiment they might find through the free port of Copen- hagen an opportunity to largely increase their exports and their profits. A SIGNIFICANT REMARK. In his talk the other day at Washington with W. C. Ralston, Secretary of the Cali- fornia Miners’ Association, Judge Best, Assistant Commissioner of the General Land Office, declared that in his opinion the best way to solve the problem of public lands in the far West was toturn them over to the States in which they were situated. This was said in connection with the com- plications which have arisen recently in the matter of the Central Pacific Railroad Company’s demand for lands under its grant, these being claimed by the company to be agricultural and by the Miners’ As- sociation, which represents the mining in- terests of California, to be mineral. The whole administration by the Gov- ernment of the public lands of the far ‘W est has been inadequate and very often tinctured wiih fraud. No Commissioner of the General Land Office has ever visited this part of the country or knows any- thing about the problems presented by the existence of a public domain. Practically the only Government lands now remain- ing in the country are in the far West, and the conditions which now affect them are wholly different from those under which the public lands in the Eastern States were disposed of to settlers, and hence pre- cedent is of no yalue whatever in their treatment. More than that, these condi- tions are constantly changing by reason of progress in discovery of natural resources and advancement in the methods of draw- ing wealth of various kinds from the soil. All these conditions are understood by the people of the States in which they ex- ist, and are not understood in any sense by the Federal authorities. They must depend for their knowledge on the investi- gations and reports of agents, who are gen- erally sent from Washington and who at the start are as ignorant as the Commis- sioner himself. As a consequence some of the most scandaious frauds that have ever tainted the administration of Federal affairs have grown out of public land mat- ters in the West, particularly in California, where the lands are so rich in one way or another and where the interests seeking their possession have been so powerful. A Federal agent is generally safe from ex- posure and punishment if he enters into any corrupt conspiracy with: private inter- ests to defraud the Government, as he can depend on a powerful influence for his pro- tection. The whole trouble is that he is too far removed from the oversight of his controlling authority and is practically free to yield to the temptations which lure him at every turn. Official peculations are rendered all the easier by the absence of more than one powerful influence in any particular scheme. Thus, a company may be formed for seizing a large body of valuable timber land. It furnishes dummies to make the entries, and the whole scheme is put through without much danger of a prose- cution. Until the Miners’ Association was organized there was practically no check upon the railroad company’s method of securing land under its National grant, and it is the creation of this check that has brought %o general notice the great dangers which threaten the public in- terests in this regard. In other cases im- mense pasturage areas have been secured by the use of dummy claimants. The abuses which have been practiced and made easy under the present system of handling the public lands have been ap- palling. In view of these considerations it might be well for the Western Senators and Rep- resentatives to bring this matter to an issue in Congress. Great public interests are involved in the proposition, not the least of them being irrigation. At the recent session of the Society of American Florists, President Lonsdale de- livered an address on the part which elec- tricity may be made to play in the cultiva- tion of plants. His predictions wasdoubt- less inspired by the alleged wonderful things which Professor Bailey has accom- plished in this direction. It is declared that this worthy gentleman has employed a 2000 candle-power arc light in producing the most astonishing and abrupt activities in plants, some of them taking the nor- mal course, as under sunlight, and others digressing into grotesque ventures of vari- ous sorts, including prodigious rapidity of growth, ripening of seeds before the ap- pearance of leaves, gaunt and ghostly elongations of trunks and frondsand other whimsical things. The interesting question which presents itself is, as plant life and animal life are governed by a single set of conditions with reference to light, it should be practically as easy to present animal as vegetable monsters under the influence of the arc light. This premise being accepted it is evident that the malevolence abiding in the human species may exercise its bent in such ways as to produce human beings and lower animals in exceedingly pictur- esque variety. his may give us pause. The elements of the spectra both of the sun and of the arc light are familiar to students. It is not necessary to discuss the radical differ- ences which exist between them. For that matter, a knowledge of them is insufficient to explain the mysterious process by which the light of the sun sustains life. We know something about it in a vague fashion, but that is. little, Many of us re- member the blue-glass craze which afflicted the civilized world about twenty vears ago. General Pleasanton claimed to have discovered that the blue rays of the solar spectrum have a more vital relation to life than the other rays, and hence announced that if+we should employ a medium which, in passing on the sun’s light, should intercept all but the blue, a mar- velous healing and developing agency would be the result. Of course this, like Brown-Sequard’s *‘elixir of life,” was found to be the useless toy of a dreamer. It might have been reasoned that whatever extraordinary power the blue rays of the spectrnm might possess, the separation of these rays from the others by the use of a prism was a very different thing from the straining of the sun’s light through blue glass. The fact that light possesses qualities other than color had been overlooked, and that was the vital essence of the whole matter. 1f the sun’s light, as has been ingeniously argued, is electric, we can readily imagine some correspondence of vital essences be- tween it and anarc light, and hence an- alogy would lead us to assume that if the temporary absence of sunlight should be compensated for by the substitution of an equally potent electric light, life might proceed without the diurnal rest to which it is accustomed. Although the subject might prove very interesting to novices, they are advised, before giving too much credence to stories of Professor Bailey’s exploits, to observe what, if any, effect the arc light has on the millions of human be- ings scattered all through Christendom who work constantly under its glare, Let us have nothing like a blue-glass insanity, MAKING UP THE RECORD. The Railroad Commissioners have now heard the witnesses for the railroad and have their evidence on record. Have the Commissioners the evidence of any wit- nesses for the people on record? If not they should certainly obtain such evidence given under oath and duly make it a part of the proceedings on which they are to base their decision in order that it may stand as a part of the record if an appeal should be taken by the railroad and the case be carried before the courts for review. Much evidence of unjust discrimina- tions in freight rates has been laid before the Commissioners during the present ses- sion, but a large part has been given in an irregular way, not under oath and possibly AN OPEN LETTER TO THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. In perusing a scientific article by Professor Robert Stevenson, published in last SUNDAY'S CALL, I noticed that the author had copied what eppears to be an invitation from the Smithsonian Institution for discussions on the problem ofgravity, to whicn was appended six rules to which the institution would confine the discussion. The preamble reads as follows: “Itis well to bear in mind that every hypo- thesis directed to the explanation of gravity is required in limine to give a satisfactory account of the phenomens as given in six specified characteristics of this mysterious influence.” By a close scrutiny of the six rules I notice that the institution confines the proposed dis- cussion within the narrow limits of the theory of gravitation, thereby confining the scope of the writer to mere speculation as to what the force of gravitation is and how it acts. This is certainly opposed to the broad and liberal spirit of scientific inquiry, since the very fact that there is a lively spirit of discussion not fully recorded. Such evidence will probably have weight with the Commis- sioners and may be influential in deter- mining their action, but the courts would pay no attention to it. The evidence for the people must be on the record as fully and as formally as that for the railroad. The Commissioners should see to this be- fore they conclude their sittings. If they have not now on record abundant evidence to sustain before the courts a reduction of rates, they should issue subpenas for wit- nesses and obtain it before proceeding fur- ther. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Judge Daly of the Code Commission, who has been in Sacramento for several months, isin town for a few days. Speaking yesterday atthe California about the work of the commission he said: “We shall all meet in Sacramento on Monday and be in session about & week. This will be really the first meeting of the commission of any consequence, Heretofore we have been working independently. After that we shall all be here for two or three weeks. We expect to get offices somewhere, and shall invite sug- gestions from both lawyers and laymen. What we desire particularly is suggestions from specialists. For instance, from those who are most familiar with the probate practice we should like to have their ideas about where it may be improved. “We are inclined to be very conservative, end do not want to make any radical dep: tures. The aim of the commission will be to take the laws as they exist and reconcile the differences and make them conform to the de- cisions of the Supreme Court. We do not aim to produce anything new. There are many inconsistencies in the law now, such asone act following another and abrogating it in part. This leaves the old act partly in existence and apparently in conflict with the new. Such differences will be reconciled as far as possible. “The present numbers of sections are referred to in the Supreme Court decisions, and any changes in that report would lead to confusion, s0 they will be disturbed as little as possible. “We have already received a number of sug- gestions, many of them valuable. Then, too, we get some very queer advice.” PERSONAL. W. B. Bayleyof the navy is at the Palace. Captain W. W, Gray of Merced is a guest at the Grand. D. Ray, a Galt hotel man, is staying at the Occidental. Dr. and Mrs. W. B. Woodward of San Diego are at the Grand. J. Levy, a merchant of Pescadero, and Mrs, Levy are at the Lick. Dr. Ross of Sacramento came down yesterday and put up at the Grand, Dr. Burdell, a big land-owner of Marin County, is staying at the Lick. Tusto Sol,a big coffee-planter of Salvador,and Mrs. Sol aze at tie'Occidental. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart P. Johnson of Pescadero registered at the Lick yesterday. W.G. Griffith and George Steiger, two well- known San Joseans, were in town yesterday on business. Charles M. Coglan, secretary of the State Board of Equalization, registered at the Lick yesterday. Allen B. Lemmon, editor of the Santa Rosa Republican, was one of yesterday’s arrivals at the Occidental. H. A. McCraney, deputy clerk of the Supreme Court, came down from Sacramento yesterday and registered at the Grand. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Bept. 5.—Californians registered at the hotels to-day: San Francisco— W. A. Foster, R. Dickson, Murray Hill; J. P. Frazer, M. Jones, L. M. Hoefler, C. W. Hodgson, Imperial; J. D. Maxwell, W. F. Smith, E. J. Baldwin, Hoffman; J. H. Kennedy, Union Square; J. C. Paine, New York Hotel; C. S. Frankenthal, Park Avenue; W. B.Smith Jr., Union Square. Los Angeles—Miss R. M. Kim- ball, Sturtevent; G. Sinsabaugh, Imperial; T. G. Barnard, Hoffman. San Diego—E. C. Hick- man, Hoffman; R. M. Powers, Murray Hill. Sacramento—Miss Wallace, Broadway Central. CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON, ‘WASHINGTON, D. Sept. 5.—Arrivals to- day were: H.H. Mohr, Otto Willroeber, San Francisco, Oxford Hotel; J. 8. Young and wife, Ban Francisco, Willard’s; 8. K. Lindley and wife, Los Angeles. PEOFLE TALKED ABOUT. Artist C. D. Gibson, the creator of the Amer1. can girl in Life, is engaged to marry Irene Langhorn of Richmond, Va. In noticing the interesting bit of news the papers have almost universally fallen into the error of speaking of the Virginia beauty as a brunette, and the exact opposite of Gibson’s artistic ide The truth is that she is tall and fair, with violet-blue eyes and & wealth of golden hair, She is a greater beauty than Gibson’s magazine girl,and a typical American beauty.~New York Feurth Estate. With the death of James Bunn the noble race of Shinnecock Indians ends. The old man died with his face to the sun, which, as he died, rose over the Shinnecock hills on Long Island, the ancient home of his once powerful race. Mrs. Richard King is one of the wealthiest women in Texas. Her landed estate.includes about two hundred square miles and a Con- THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD OF REPRODUCED FROM AN ORIGINAL DRAWING BY W. by the nurmundlng islands, Vinal Haven, au Haut, Swans Island and numerous smalier rocky islets. Like all the islanas of the main group it has raised a stock of men such as eroes are made of when opportunity offers. It was town-meeting day and he said to the people, “I want men from among you to sail the new cup defender!” Well! he owned the lace. 2 He set up his hendgunrtefl in a venerable mansion 106 years old, and now the leading boarding-house of the island. Here before a blazing log fire, the famous skipper of the (ireat South Bay, supported on either hand by two of the magnates of the place, Captain Weed and Cap- tain Conant, received the aspirants to fame and sport who lined up before him—the best blood of Deer Island—always ready for sport or struggle on the decp. The successful candi- dates were selected, with the advice of the local fathers, after much secret deliberation.—Out~ ing for September. OPINIONS OF EASTERN EDITORS. Lord Sholto’s Gem. Welcome awaits the Pacific Slope bride of Lord Sholto Douglas in his ancestral halls from all the Queensberry clan, unless current W. FELTS, ILLUSTRATING FORCE AND THE DIPPING NEEDLE. what the Smithsonian Institution is term a “mysterious influence” and known as gravitation evinces an unsettled state of the ll\eca}‘ in the leading scientific minds of the i world. The theory of gravitation has long been accepted as not only true but demon- strable. Ii so thoroughly settled why invite discussion, and more especially confine that discussion within the narrow limits of the theory? 5 May I be pardoned if I ask if it is not possi- ble that the whole theory of gravitation as iaught and understood is an error? We are aware thattheoriesantedating that of Sir Isaac Newton’s and longer-lived were proved to be erroneous, although supposed to be clearly demonstrable. Newton's theory of gravitation is but a stride in advance of the last preceding 11. ulr‘nd a stride 1n the direction of ultimate ruth. 1t is not tnelmrpou ot this letter to discuss the theory of gravitation. It is merely ini tended as an entering wedge to widen the di While there is abundant and undeniable evi- towazd its center, is there any such evidence that that force is universal in its action? Is not all the evidence that such is the case pre- sumptive? I ask for information: If a pianet is abso- lutely imponderable (which follows from the self-evident fact that matter is imponderable), can there be & reason or necessity for a hold- ing force to kaeg it in its orbit? If it isin- sisted that the oldlnF or central force is necessary to counterbalance the centrifugal I ask, can one conceive of the centrifugal where all resistance is remoyed? There is & pull or centrifugal action of a bodv whirled about the head at the end of a cord. If all resistance were suddenly removed would the centrifugal action remain the same? As a matter of fact would not that action altogether cease? And, turther, would not the whiriing body continue unaided to “move on forever” without the power to cease moving, change its direction or velocity? And the orbit of the body, whether elliptical or a circle, would re- main its orbit forever? Why not? The cord which was used to_propel and hold the body ‘would then be entirely useless, would it not? Well, the usefulness of that cord under the circumstances above mentioned illustrates the economic principle of gravitation. 1 shall here give quotations from Dr. Fara- day that bear evidence of his skepticism con- cerning the existence of gravity acting as a distinct and separate force. After vainly striv- ing by experimenting to find the slightest trace of the existence of this so-called force, he said: “The case of a force simply removed or sus- pended, without transferred exertion in an- other direction, appears to me to be absolutely impossible.” Again: “The idea of grnvny appears to me to ignore entirely the principle of the conservation of force.” And again: “‘That there should be a power of gravitation existing by itself, having no respect to the law of the conservation of force is as little likely as that there should be a principle of levity an well as of gravity.” And gravity as a distinct force remains as unknown and imaginary quantity to this day. Suppose, however, that e assume the earth to be a vast electromagnet capable of attracting all magnetized matter, presumably all matter? Then we substitute terrestrial magnetism for gravity and the problem of reconciling the principle of terrestrial attraction with the prin- ciple of the conservation of force is solved. By the way, the scientific world already clai: that the earth is a vast magnet, yet denies that it is capable of attraction. How is this? A magnet and yet incapable ot attraction? The truth must be admitted, and the admission carries with it the further admission that that attraction is not universal. We must consider the extent and limit of that attraction as the earth’s magnetic field of force. That fleld of force, as shown by the dipping needle, is made up of lines of force which span the magnetic equator and diverge or converge ateither pole. The extreme limit of the earth’s magnetic field of force s the extreme limit of the earth’s at- traction. Upon this hypothesis I can “‘account equally for the incomparable actions of elas- ticity, magnetism, affinity, cohesion,” together with a ‘“comprehensive theory of molecular force.” Not only this, but I can elaborate the gress district. She employs an army of men to work on her property. General St. Mars, the successor of Boulanger as a French military jack-a-dandy, has, in order to popularize himself with the army, prescribed & two hours’ daily siesta for his troops. SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS. “I wonder why Cupid is always represented asalittle boy. A boy couldn’t be such an un- erring shot as Cu—" “Couldn’t he? Say, did you ever have a small boy and s catapult get a spite against one of your windows?” Hills—Do the waiters wear full dress here the same as the gentlemen guests? Mills—Yes. Hills—But how c¢an you tell them apart? ills—Oh, the waiters are obliged to keep sober.—New York World. Helen—If you could go away to college, where would you want to go? Louise—To Yale. Helen—Why, only men go there. Louise—I know that.—Truth. ‘Winkle—Great snakes! It's later than I thought! My wife will give me Hail Columbia when I get home. { Jinkle—There’s a great difference in women— a great difference. Besides, all couples are not well mated. Thank fortune I made no mis- take. My wife always meets me with a smile and a kiss, no matter how late it is, Winkle—Your wife? Ididn’t know you were married. Jinkle—Yes; married last week.—New York Weekly. principle of the conservation of force to cover the entire fleld of mechanies, including the philosophy of falling bodies, projectiles, and all conceivable movements of bodies, local and planetary. Belpecllnll{, W. W. FELTS, Member Philosophical Society of Great Bri- tain, author “Prineciples of Science,” etc., 2228 O street, Sacramento, Cal. THE CREW OF THE DEFENDER. Down on the coast of Maine are a race of American sailors whose grandfathers sailed all around the Englishmen in 1812, and before. When they chose to, they chased and over- hauled the fleetest of the enemy; when they thought it more prudent, they sailed a race for life, and generally won. These men have been sailing boats all their lives, just as the best English racing crews have done, as fishermen. The fisherman’s life is continued racing. It’s get out with your seines, make your haul and scurry to port before the increased supply has lowered the price of the catch. Never was keener racing than that between the fishermen of Wivenhoe, on the Clyde, or our own Glou- cester, The fishing schooners of the lattar place are built for s as well as carryin power, and some of Mr. Burgess' best worl was expended on them. d 80 Mr. Iselin sent Captain Haft down amon; e “‘thorofares” of the Main Islands to cast about to see what he could secure in the way of a brand-new Ameri- can crew. The captain found what he wanted and did not have to go far from Rockland to get it. And he didn’t have to ask twice. Would & coast of Maine man decline a chance to race an Englishman at sea? Would a coast of Maine boly refuse blueberry vle? t is quite likely that Captain Haff could have had_the whole male population of the islands. He wisely did not go around. He went to one place, Deer Island. This is a large island at the mouth of Penobscot Bay, sheltered somewhat from the ocean tempests cussion to one of liberal, scientific dimensions. | undoubtedly more solid than brilliant, but dence of & local force termed gravity, by which | bodies at or near the earth’s surface are drawn | action of & body moving in a circulinear path | springing up in soientific circles regarding | reports are misleading. She maysupply to the leased to | race that new strain of blood of which it has stood greatly in need for several generatious. The fact that she was a variety actress need not count against her, nor the !}uelflion be raised as to the maximum height of her performing icks or the general scope of her dramatic tulent. As the possible regenerator of the great ducal house and transmitter of new qualities to its descendants, the interest she possesses to its members is independent of any professional or gannlulc considerations. It is possible that Lord Sholto has picked up a genuine Cali- fornia diamond. There is a place for it on the fading Queensberry carcanet, and it may come 10 outsparkle the whole ancestrel regalia. The marriage for love may turn out better than some which otber less sentimental lordlings fefor money.—New York Tribune. havemade hefe Brilliant Presidents. Is the Portland (Me.) Argus quite correct when it says that nc brilliant man even reached the Wkite House? Washington was may it not be said that Jefferson was both solid and brilliant? Passing over the intervening years, were not the younger Adams, with his | splendid attainments; Jackson, with his fre- quent inspirations upon questions like nullifi- cetion; Lincoln, the commanding genius of the greatest war of modern times, and the schoiarly Garfield—were these not men to whom this adjective might be applied in its highest and truest sense? And what is bril- lianey, after ali? Is it merely tospeak or write clever things, or by the combinations of many qualities to attract and hold the attention rather than to dazzle the minds of the mass of humanity.—Philadelphia Inquirer. Results on the Rush. Sir Francis Henry Jeune has defined “journalism’’ as “literature ina hurr It has to be ina hurry nowadays, because it is meant for the people who live and thinkina hurry; and to no part of e’oumulilm does the observing knight's definition apply more aptly than to advertising literatue. In olden times it could have' been slow and dignified. Now, its thoughts must strike the ublicmind in the morning, and register the orce of their stroke in substantial results before night, All good advertising does this, and does it day in‘and day out with the co- operation of the great constituency of the daily xlx‘ewspd-pexs of large circulation.—Philadelphia ecord. New Jersey to the Front. So New Jersey capital may be employed to finish the Panama canal. Those at the head of this project to connect the Atlantic and Pacific by cutting a waterway across the isthmus give the assurance that a mere $100,000,000 is all that is required to buy in and complete the en- terprise, and New Jersey capitalists are willing to invest. The Panama canal has been & costly undertaking and not only ruined De Leuerl. but came near wuckinf the French Republic; but the possibilities of New Jersey have not been fully tested.—Philadelphia Times. Advice to the Mikado. The attention of the advisers of his Imperial Majesty, the Mikado of Japan, is respectfully directed to the fact that American ship-build- ersare turning out s large and seasonable variety of naval vessels of unsurpassed quality, warranted not to fade or shrink in the bl!t{a or the breeze. Cash orders are earnestly so- licited, and for um‘r\es of the ’ood- ‘we refer to the New York and the Columbia,—New York Commercial Adverti: A Hard Road. The public isresponsible for the corporations, & fearful Frankenstein of its own creation are they, in which, beyond all telling, it has built worse than it knew or could have dreamed. What is the end to be? Perhaps it will keep on in the way it is going until 1t is filled heaping full of the fruit of its own doings. But to go to heaven by the way of hell isa might; rd road to travel.—Philadelphia City and Byuu. Advertising Will Do It. A satisfied customer is a good advertisement, but to secure the customers to be satisfied is the first problem. Advertisi — York Printers Ink. e eyl o Y clnl 1 ‘l M. Shortridge of the San Francisco CALL is in the joyous times of ne perity.—~New Qork Fourth Estuar"p.p" prow e ol ART IN MUNICH. It is well known that the city of Munich, in Bavaris, is a great art center. There are two leading associations of painters there, one called the Royal and the other composed most- ly of young artists who seceded from the {former. Both of these have had remarkably fine exhibitions this {alr. The seceders have done & good work in that they have caused the old society to be much more careful than here- tofore in the acceptance of pictures. The Royel exhibition has been far smaller this year than ‘om“fl;' while the quality of the Ppictures has been far better than for several ears past. The jury who decided what should o: Ifoe ";}c‘t". exgaedingly .\me;oo so that o\at ures e, , ‘were ad- mitted ahd 800 were! rejootad. T smaall specially attractive, one of them otes usively to Lenbach and the other ul::‘lremr, two ‘of Munich’s most honored Among the few glctm'el accepted for this ex- hibitfon, it will interest San Franciscans to learn, was one b{ Herman Schnabel entitled, “Beechwoods.” Tt was not large but it was re- markable for its fineness of tone and the deli- cacy of handling of the difficult reds and yeliows of autumn. This picture is to be re- oroduced in the German art magazine, ‘‘Kunst, fur Alle.”” A Ban Franciscan, now long resi- dent in Munich, is honored with a position on the jury—Mr. Orrin Peck, who also has s charming genre picture in the exhibition. JouN C. HOLBROOK, Oakland, Sept. 6, 1895. to ar THE FREE BUREAU. R. T. Ward Says There Is No Appro- priation for This Work. Editor of The Call—Ste: In an lrlicl? in this morning’s CALL, THE CALL seys R. T. Ward, an employment agent, threatens to protest to the State Board of Examiners against money being spent by the State for the State Free Employ- ment Bureau which Labor Commissioner Fitz- gerald has had in operation for some tm,m past. The article says “that in his (Ward's) : opinion the State has no right to spend money in this way.” What I object to is the portion of the article which says that “in his opinion the State has no right to spend money in this way.” And what I particularly and specially object to is being published as a blank idiot. Tknow the State has the right, and any msn who knows anything whatever of the laws of his country must know this, and I do not want to be held up to all who know me by THE CALL or any one else as a man so densely ignorant as Dot to know that the will of the people law= fully exercised is the supreme power of the State. What I did say, and what the statute bears me out in, is this, “That the State has not seen fit to make any appropriatior whatever for the running of an employment office, {ree or other- wise, and that the use of State funds for any such purpose is not authorized by law and is therefore illegal. The State has the mgnz, but an officer of the State, whose duties and powers are defined by statute, has no power outside thereof.” 4 What good citizen besides the Labor Commis- sioner would insist that such a use of public money can be justified? He must be aware of the fact that a bill providing for the establish- ‘ment of & labor bureau in connection with the State Bureau of Labor Statistics was presented to the Legislature in 1892 and also another in 1894 end both voted down. Shall we take the action of the State Legislature on those two oceasions as indicative of the fixed policy of the State in this matter, or the action of the Labor Commissioner in spending his time— which belongs to the State—in this way? The State has not seen fit yet ‘o adopt & olicy which would authorize its officers to go nto business on its own eccount with State funds in the management and conduct thereof. thereby creating & monopoly against which private enterprise cannot cope, taxing the Dbusiness of the citizen to run the State opoosie tion eoncern. R. T, WARD. San Francisco, September 5, 1895. — e IDEAS OF WESTERN EDITORS. California. There is no doubt that the people of Califor- nia will patronize the home manufacturers just as soon as they learn what the latter are making.—San Jose Mercury. ‘We have great faith in the future of Western Yolo County in general, and of Capay Valley in particular, and are firm in our belief that within a few fleeting genrs this favored locality will be famed throughout the land for its im- mense output ot early, high-grade fruits.— Espar to Press. The wise man reaches not afar For good when good is near, Nor searches heavenward for & star To light his candle here. This fragment is applicable to those who, overlooking the many good things of which California is so prolific, pay out more mox:g for Eastern or foreign goods than is requi; to buy better home products.~Stockton Inde- pendent. Oregon. One of the Portland papers says that nice, tender young colts are put up into cans in that city and labeled ‘boneless turkey.’—Salem Post. We will begin to fly more with our own wings when Salem truit is shipped in Salem boxes, under the Salem brand, in cars flying the Salem banner, and by trains heralding the fact that the cars composing them are filled with Oregon fruit—not Portland fruit, for Portland is not a& fruit-growing parish.—Salem States- man. One of the church notices in this paper bids for the attendance of cyclians and cycliennes by announcing that wheels ridden to that par- ticular sacred edifice will be weil taken care of during the services. Itisto be hoped that the clerical desire to cater to the prevailing craze will not lead some enterprising pulpiteer to declare that pedals have supplanted wings as means of celestial locomotion and that bloom- ers will bloom 1n heaven.—Portland Telegram. Washington. A farmer in North Carolina is troubled with some peculiar disease which forces him to sleep nearly all the time. He should be given a clerkship in a store which does not adver- tise.—Spokane Times. E Y The Japanese are about to begin the manu- facture of jute and expect to undersell the Calcutta mills. The Indian manufacturers have already taken away the profits of Dundee and_ the Walla Walla Penitentiary, and the Japanese are likely to complete the destruc- tion of the jute industry outside of Asia,—Se- attle Post-Intelligencer. Utah. Participation in pure politics is the acme of citizenship. A person who has no decided opinion in politics is an unimportant factor in tge affairs of government. All should be poli- ticlans in the sense of being interested in pube lic affairs, but all people in Utah should refrain from extreme partisanship. Politicians should be in the highest sense patriots.—Provo City Enquirer. New Mexico. It distresses a good many handsome and well-to-do bachelors in New Mexico to read that there are 60,000 more women than men in Massachusetts. The Territorial Bureau of Immigration should be in!tlnfi{.pot(lloned to issue a special illuminated circular on the sub- ject.—Santa Fe New Mexican. STRONG hoarhound candy,15¢1b. Townsend’s,* FEre e R o Bacox Printing Company, 508 Clay street. * ————————— ott!” murmured Dr. Reilly of Chicago, turning slightly pale, “I must have this letter from my wife sprinkled with ecarbolized rose water. She sent a kiss in it. How very im- prudent!” e ROBERTS, card headquarters, 220 Sutter, * ————— SEAVEY'S, 1382 Market street, is showing ele- gant fall millinery. Prices very low, L3 e Cass—But how do you know that was Bene- dick’s wife that sat beside him 1n the train? Bass—Why, didn’t you notice that he ad- dressed all his conversation to the lady in the next seat?—Boston Transcript. ————— GENUINE specs, 15¢ to 40c. 8134 Fourth st., nr, barber. Sundays, 738 Market (Kast'sshoestore.)* — e e —— Father—What do you mean, sir, by hugging my daughter? Jack Ford—TI was merely obeying the Biblical injunction to ‘hold fast to that which is good."—Harlem Life. FALL medicine is fully as important and as bene- ficial as Spring medicine, Hood's Sarsapariila should be taken at this season to keep the blood pure and the bodily health vigorous. —_—————— 4 Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used over fifty years by millions of moth- ers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, al- lays Pain, cures Wind Colle, regulates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhceas, whether arising from teething or other causes. ¥or sale by Druggists in every part of the world. Besureaad ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrip. 200 a bottle. R R S FUNERAL NOTIGE. Ax A OFFICE OF THE GRAND Smxnlr,} GRAND LODGE, F. AND A. M. oF CALIFORNIA. TheGrand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of California will hold a special communication in King Solomon’s Hall, at the Ma- sonlc Temple in this city, on SATURDAY, the 7th inst., at 2 o'clock P. M., for the purpose of con- ducting the funeral of our late esteemed and be- loved brother, M. W... WILLIAM CALDWELL BELCHER, - Past @rand Master of the Jurisdiotion. The Grand Officers, Past Grand Officers and ‘members thereof, and the officers and members of the several lodges {n this jurisdiction are hereby notified and requested to be in attend ance. By direction of the Grand Master. GEORGE JOHNSON, > Grand Secretary.