The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 6, 1896, Page 6

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FEBRUARY 6, 1896 THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. ] The emergency is with us and the emer- gency tariff we must have. . The non-partisan always begins with fusion and ends with confusion. The St. Paul is free at last, but the ship of state is still stuck on the Senatorial bar. Up to date it has not been observed that Harrison’s retirement has caused a deficit anywhere. ' There may be still some money in Cuba for Spain if she will sell the island before she ruins it. Dunraven has consulted the Prince of Wales, and let us hope the Prince advised him to im itate the clam. The fact that the Standard Oil Company has been robbed is a proof that there isn’t always honor among thieves. There is a time for everything, and the Benators should take notice that this par- ticular time is for tariff reform. The Cuban army is said to be nearly barefooted, and perhaps that is the reason the war is so much like a footrace. If Congress intends to rake over the muck of the Cleveland bond deal it should begin now while the weather is cool. If Democracy expects to find a Moses it will have to look for him amid the bul- rushes at the head waters of Salt river. The statesman who demands money from Turkey by way of indemnity may get a feather in his cap, tut that is all. The only money question before this Congress is that of providing a revenue large enough to put an end to the deficit. The House and the Senate work to- gether about as harmoniously as a team made upof aracehorse and a stalled ox. One of the curiosities of politics at this time is the frequency with which the Ohio folks rise up and swear they are solid for McKinley. When the people of San Bernardino are not planning a festival they are haying a fight, and life down there seems one con- tinuous frolic. The silver bill and the tariff bill are two distinct things, and if the Senate tries to confound them it will be ihe Senate that is confounded. The East has had another earthquake and the next thing will be another bliz- zard. There is a2 monotony even in the variety of life over there, Senator Morrill was right in telling the Senators it is about time to follow the ex- ample of Massachusetts and pray ‘God save the commonwealth.” The movement for the construction of our new Postoflice building is still under way, but it is so far under that no one can see it anywhere on the way. It now appears that Huntington has never paid Kentucky for his license to run a freight train and has been doing an il- licit business all these years. From the way his speech has been con- demned Tillman can derive the consoling knowledge that it has been very widely read, and that it made an impression. Because some men are opposed to the Government ownership of railroads Mr. Huntington thinks they favor his refund- ing scheme, but he lies under a mistake. Gavin McNab was right in saying “A boss is the bridge over which the aristo- cratic evil-doer can reach and traffic with the criminal.” We must down the bosses. The fact that a man in Teanessee es- caped death by having a folded newspaper in his pocket hasa moral for everybody. Now is the time to subscribe for TEE CALL. ‘With the railroad fight, a Senatorial fight and 2 general reform movement on hand all at once, Kentucky is havinga regular carnival of legislation this winter. Every day’s record of trade and industry emphasizes the need of a return to the protective system, and until that is done it will remain the greatest issue in our politics. — Instead of borrowing so much money to maintain the gold reserve it might have been cheaper in the end to hire the Wall- street gang by the month to let the re- serve alone. 5 e Uit It is said as soon as Parliament meets the Liberals will challenge the foreign policy of the Salisbury government and then we shall know whether that policy has any fight in it.. e Ll If the San Jacinto volcano turns out to be the real thing we will have one more attraction for tourists. It will be great sport for the tenderfoot to press the bur- ton and see the lava flow. Colonel Morrison of Illinois is admitted by his Democratic admirers to lack the magnetism that rouses men to fight for victory, but they spy he is sufficiently sage to take defeat philosophically. Gavin McNab’s paradox of getting the Fire Department to participate in politics in order to keep out of politics is not easy of solution, but all the same any set of men that take part with Democracy this year will certainly be out of politics before the year closes. MISREPRESENTED CITIZENS. If any proof were needed of the wisdom of the opponents of the refunding scheme in keeping that contest separate and dis- tinct from any agitation for Government ownership of rairoads, that proof can be found in the eagerness.with which Mr, Huntington and his supporters are trying to confound them together. This eager- ness manifests itself in many ways, and is seen with particular clearness in the effort made by the railroad organs to represent every citizen who is not in favor of gov- ernmental railroads as an advocate of the refunding scheme. Many of those citizens whose names have been used by the railroad organs as representatives of a California sentiment in favor of refunding have publicly pro- tested against the wrong done them. Others who have not protested have proba- bly thought it unnecessary to do so. as the very words attributed to them by the railroad publications show that they ex- pressed objections to Government owner- ship and not an approval of any refunding scheme. Some of the best and most pub- lic spirited men in the City and the State have been thus misrepresented, and, as a consequence, have had the mortification of seeing themselves advertised as sup- porters of the monopoly against the pub- lic welfare when they have been as true to the public weal as any of their neighbors. Cunning as has been this trick of the railroad to spread confusion in Congress, and if possivle to produce dissensions and divisions in California, the scheme will fail. The people have been sufficiently educated on all phases of the great contest to understand that opposition to Govern- ment ownership does not mean a subservi- ence to Mr. Huntington. It mesns that many men who doubt the wisdom or the constitutionality of the operation of rail roads by the National Government are still in favor of enforcing the law honestly and impartially against a great corporation ex- actly as it would be enforced against an individual of less wealth, power and skill in evading law. The publication of these misleading and often directly false reports of the senti- ments of prominent men in San Fran- cisco, whether dispatched from here or in- vented in Washington, have done great in- justice to those who have been misrepre- sented. It is only another evidence of the unscrupulous tactics which the managers. of the monopoly permit their agents to pursue. The effect in this City will not be great, for our people have learned by long experience to distrust everything that a railroad organ says. The danger point is in Washington. To that city our watch- fulness must be directed and every Con- gressman must be made to understand clearly that wbat California asks at this time is not the Government ownershipand operation of the railroad, but simply the enforcement of the law and a refusal on the part of Congress to condone frauds. NON-PARTISANS AGAIN. The announced intention of some of the leaders of the old Non-Partisan party to reorganize for the approaching municipal election id capable of analysis. F.J. Sul- livan justifies the movement with this statement: ‘‘Some may -think that this being a Presidential year we should not put a non- partisan ticket in the field. But with those I disagree. There is a necessity for such a party. Just look at the eight Supervisors who now govern the City. See the enormous taxation that the people are saddled with. There is no reduction in the water rates, but rather an increase, when the number of hydrants that have been put down during the year is consid- ered. * ¥ * We think that we will be able to elect a Board of Supervisors that will look after the interests of the people instead of after the interests of the cor- porations.” Mr. Sullivan declares thata firm stand must be made for good govern- ment and that we must elect men “who are not owned by corrupt bosses and grinding corporations.” Avart from the fact, sometimes well found and sometimes not, that ‘“non- partisan’’ parties commonly are sprung by leaders having political axes to grind which regular political organizations are unwilling to sharpen, is the fact that it is manifestly unfair to assume that the regu- lar parties are unwilling or incapable of providing a good government and unwise to deprive them of the virtuous influences which non-partisans profess to exercise. Itis far better to crush corrupt bosses by concentrating the decent elements in es- tablished parties than to perpetuate the existence of such bosses by abandoning the parties to their power. It is also manifestly unfair to propose an independent organization without having first submitted the names of desirable can- didates to the old parties and receiving ex- plicit statements as to whether these can- didates would be acceptable to them. More than tbat, it is difficult vo imagine any citizen loyal to the principles of one of the old parties who is willing to aban- don it in the hour of its need and deliber- ately turn it over to rogues. Itisa fact familiar to all who under- stand the political situation at present in San Francisco that while some of the offi- cers elected by the Republican party have disgraced the City the boss power which thrust them into office has been practically destroyed, and that this is now the time of all others for the decent elements of the City to support that party in its determina- tion to purify its organization and elect honest and competent officers. The Demo- cratic party is at present sadly divided, its better element making a hard struggle to keep Buckley from dominating it. A familiar ruse of corrupt bosses who see that their power is threatened by the con- centration of decency in one party is to in- stigate an independent movement for the purpose of dividing the best people and perpetuating the corrupt regime. Itis not meant to say that this is the case with the preseént proposed movement, but it is ea sy to understand that corrupt politics would be vastly strengthened by such a splitting up, and that the bosses must feel happy over the proposed non-partisan reorgan- ization, SILVER AND THE TARIFF, The refusal of the leading silver Repub- licans in the Senate (to support the Demo- crats and Populists in an effort to substi- tute a silver bill for the emergency tariif bill will have the full indorsement of Re- publicans in all paits of the country. We may say, even, that it has the approval of all business men, whether Republicans, Democrats or Populists. In substituting a silver bill for the bond bill all has been done for the canse of bimetallism that is possible in, this Congress. The time has now come to go forward to other things, and any further debate on silver coinage in the Senate at this session would be a mockery approaching the verge of down- right silliness. - It appears on the face of it, plain enough for all to see, that the proposed substitu- tion is but & Democratic trick to defeat the tariff bill. Itisthe hope of the adminis- tration Senators to so divide the Republi- cans that no measure of tariff revision can be enacted by Congress and sent to the THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1896 President. By this means they hope to spare Cleveland the dilemma of having to accept a new tariff, and thereby acknowl- edge the inadequacy of the present one, or to veto it and thus incur the odium of con- tinuing the deficit in the revenues after Congress had offered a means by which they could be made fully equal to the re- quirements of the Goyernment. It can be only through a partisanship carried tothe extent of absolute spiteful- ness that the Democratic Senators have been led to take the position they have assumed on this question. Their own tariff has been tried and founa wanting. Month after month the official reports of their own administration show an excess of imports over exports, a continued ship- ment of gold to settle adverse balances of trade and a deficit in the revenue. There can be no Jonger any possible delusion on the subject. A new tariff we must have or else we must go on piling up the in- crease in the public debt, which, with the latest bond issue, will already amount to $262,000,000. The bill which the Republicans offer for the relief of the treasury is in no sense a party measure. It is not and was not de- signed to be a protective tariff. It is purely 8 revenue tariff intended to meet an emergency, and could be supported by any well-meaning Democrat without the sur- render of his party principles. Such a measure, conceived for the patriotic pur- pose of enabling all parties to unite in the task of promptly providing revenues suffi- cient to overcome the ditficultias that con- front the administration, ought to have been accepted even by the most stalwart Democrats and promptly enacted. We find, however, on the part of the support- ers of the administration nothing but op- position and hostility. It would seem as if the deliberate intention is to afford Cleveland an opportunity for issuing even more bonds and increasing the already large amount of debt under which he has vlaced the Nation. Insuch a scheme, or anything that tends to the same result, no Republican should take any part upon any terms whatever. The tariff and the silver questions must be kept separate and nei- ther must be sacrificed to the other. POPULAR LECTURES. Dr. Jordan, the newly elected president of the Academy of Sciences, is redeeming his promise of instituting a series of pop- ular scientific lectures, which will be both interesting and instructive to the people at large. “We want to popularize the academy,” he says, “‘and yet we want to give thoroughly scientific information.” That goes directly to the point. In earnest of his intention he announces the follow- ing lectures: The Aztecs will be discussed by E. J. Molera; Dr. Rosenau of Wash- ington, D. C., will give greatly needed popular information concerning bacteria in milk; Dr. Angel will give an insight into the scientific basis of iliusions and hallucinations, and Professor Sanford of Stanford University will expose the absur- dities of rain-making efforts. That is the beginning of the new era in the academy. All this is perfectly in line with the tremendous movement of popular educa- tion outside the schools which has spruug up within recent yearsin the United States. It is a deplorable fact that while the younger generation of Americans are pro- vided with abundant facilities for acquir- ing knowledge, a large proportion of their elders were compelled to arrive at maturity in comparative ignorance. It is upon this wide ignorance that charlatanism of most kinds thrives, and in a measure lends a key to unnecessary conflicts hetween labor and capital. The Chautauqua represented the first great movement in this country to cure the prevalent evil of adult ignorance, Its scheme is excellent and complete. Thenext great organized move- ment was the university extension, which, though working on different lines, is achieving an equally valuable. result. Other plans in variety have come into existence, and all are in recognition of the great need of a better education as the foundation of correctliving and intelligent citizenship. It is a very interesting fact that women are far readier than men to take advantage of the opportunities, and that in con- sequence they are steadily advancing and leaving men behind. This is true par- ticularly of polite education as disun- guished from scientific and practical knowledge. A few years ago a movement was started for a series of lectures to or- ganized vodies of workingmen ou the Jines of citizenship and political economy, but as we have heard nothing of it lately, we fear that it has been abandoned. That is to-day the most inviting field that is offered for education of the people on subjects vital to their private and public lives. * The Academy of Sciences would hardly find such a line of lectures compatible with its purposes, but still its promised lectures so far should be regarded as excellent opportunities for acquiring valuable knowledge. It iseven possible to imagine the academy the inspiration of a purely vhilanthropic movement to provide for a comprehensive series of lectures on the practical problems of life. BALFOUR'S SUGGESTION. The Right Hon. Arthur J. Balfour, First Lord of the British treasury, has been hit- ting the English financial policy some sharp raps of late, but he has never made any suggestion so sensational as that which has just been meagerly reported as coming from him. It was that the high duty of England and the United Statesis to work together, “each in its own sphere,” to promote and extend the Anglo- Saxon ideas of liberty. Then he made this apparently inconsistent declaration: -If Great Britain were in alliance with the United States, she could fulfill the duties which Providence had intrusted to her and not fear a foreign foe or international diversions.” In the absence of the full textof this remarkable speech it may be deemed un- fair to criticize it, but a criticism can be made with the reservation thatits com- vlete presentation might change its ap- parent character. The people of the United States would be very glad to know in what respects the Anglo-Saxon ideas of liberty are alike in exposition in the two countries. 1t is not difficult to find a wide range of divergences, dence has entrusted io her” would cer- tainly be the crowning achievement of England’s ambition. To bridge the At~ lantic with a treaty of alliance for offense and defense would be a spectacle to strike terror to the heart of all the world. True enough, England 1n that event n'eed “fear no foe,’ not even its dearest friend, the United States; and she might even have cause to hope that she could see Ameri- can rifles led by English generals glis- tening in the sunshine of Calais and the Balkan range. But the Atlantic is too wide to bridee with American rifles and English greed for an extension of power. Whatever Mr. Baifour may mean by Anglo-Saxon ideas of liberty there are American ideas of lib- erty, and they are founded in justice and humanity. It is these ideas that Ameri- cans are pledged to all posterity to main- tain, and they are not the ideas of liberty that Great Britain cherishes. PERSONAL. Gilbert 8. Meem of Seattle s at the Palace. Dr. W. D. Rogers of Watsonville is in town. Judge Bartlett of Oroville is on a visit here. 0. J. Woodward, the banker of Fresno, is at the Lick. R. A. Bainbridge, & business man of ' Vancou. ver, is here. E. A. Forbes, the merchant of Marysville, is in the City. Carlos Escovar, a merchant of Mazatlan, is at the Grand. John L. McCammon of New York arrived here yesterday. Thomes Barton, & business man of Nevada City, isin town. J. H. Shimmell, a mining man of Cripple Creek, is at the Grand. Charles Grimes, owner of & large store in Ne- vada City, is at the Lick. Henry R. Ellis, the mining engineer, has re- turned from a visit to Utah. E. Jacobs, the wealthy old-time resident o Visalia, is at the Occidental. i Henry E. Hills, manager of the chapel-car Emmanuel, is at the Baldwin, Thomas R. Shepard, an extensive railroad contractor of Seattle, is at the Palace. W. H. Sebastian, who went to Arizona and New Mexico on & business trip, has returned. E. J. Dolbeer, one of the pioneers of Poca- tello, Idaho, is at the Grand, accompanied by his wife. Superior Judge C. V..Gottschalk of Calaveras County is at the Grand, accompanied by Mrs. Gottschalk. Francis Stewart, the vocalist, returned yes- terday from a trip to the fruitdistricts of Santa Clara County. Frederick Easton, the well-known railroad man of Port Costa, accompanied by his wife, 1s stopping at the Cosmopolitan. Ex-Judge H. S. Bond of Seattle is at the Palace. He interested in different enter- prises affecting the largest city of Puget Sound. H.Cramer Jr.,a prominent insurance man of Los Angeles, is registered at the Cosmopoli- tan. He is accompanied by his wife and child. C. M. Daggett, manager for Wells, Fargo & Co.in Chicago, who has been here, at Red- ding and other parts of California for the past two weeks, left for home last night. Mrs. G. C. Baker of Sonora, Cal., wife of ex- Supervisor Baker, formerly of Merced, and sis- ter of Henry Carter, Deputy Attorney-General, is & guest at the Cosmopolitan. Colonel John H. Harrington, who is interested in banking at Colusa, owns large areas of land near there and also a short-line railroad run- ning into town from the Southern Pacific, is at the Palace. Wiley J. Tinnin, ex-Surveyorof the Port here, formerly Secretary of State and vice-president of the Constitntional Convention, has come up from Fresno. where he has been living for some time, and is at the Grand. Dr. Willlam H. Furness, 84 years old, one of the most noted Unitarian divines in this eoun- try, who recently returned from Japan, is an- nounced to have died a day or two ago at his old home in Philadelphia. He and Dr. Miller, an associate, lately bought the ship Retriever, now at Yokohama, with which to make a dan- gerous voyage through theland of the head- hunters, or Dyeks, in Borneo. What will be- come of the expedition now is not known. wvr. Furness sitayed at the Occidental Hotel while here. L. M. Taylor, a wealthy resident of Washing- ton, D. C., who with several friends has been visiting the Carolinas and other Southern States for the past few weeks, is at the Grand. “Business is quiet in the South,” he said, “and probably will be for some time yet. AtEl Paso great preparations were being made when I was there for theforthcoming great fight, The railroads were arranging to bring in and side- track several trains of sleepers, as the hotéls were far too few to accommodate those who were expected.” CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 5.—A. J. Moseley, Mrs. Moseley, G. C. Perkins, Mrs. Perkins, Master Bernard St. G. Perkins and Master Louis §. Perkins were among the passengers who sailed on the steamship Paris for Southampton. H. A. Butler is at the Plaza; G. E. Cotts is at the Stewart; E. F. Murphy is at the Marl- borough. A STYLISH COSTUME. The jacket basque is made in two distinet ways—one with the skirt portion cut in one with the body, the other with skirt portion added. The waist shown here is of the latter cless. This form is easier to make than the other, and so recommends itself to home dress- makers. It is equally stylish; in fact, Is more seen in handsome waists and jackets than is the other. A gown of black, with blue boucle threads, had a vest of blue chiffon with revers, stock collar and bows of black satin. The narrow belt was also of black satin. A smooth cloth skirt of a deep reddish-violet shade had a waist of violet to match, The re- vers and full front were of creamy lace over )\ NY DRIV 4 \ il B but that is not what Mr. Balfour is discuss- |- ing. In defining Anglo-Saxon ideas of liberty, and thus presumably separating them from universal ideas of liberty, this able Englishman would be compelled to adopt either the American or the British standard. - If he should adopt the Ameri- can he would have to advocate the libera- tion of Ireland, abandon the Venezuelan controversy and abolish a free-trade tariff which makes England a nation of pauper laborers and millionaire usurers, If he would ask us to accept the British idea he would expect us to seize Canada, overrun the republics to the south of us and bring our laboring classes in competition with the pauper workers of Kurope and the Orient. An alliance between Great Britain and the United States which would ‘“enable England to fulfill the duties which Provi- white satin, this being one of the most-used combinations for vests and revers of handsome gowns. The lace is usually an open mesh with applique designs, or af sppliques above. A white satin stock collar, with alarge bow at the back aua a ruche of the same lace, finished the costume just described.. A skirt of black satin was worn with a waist of taffetas having a black ground liberally covered with flowers in shadowy tones of rose colors with foliage in naturel tints, and myrtle green strips of satin over all. The ve%t. ‘Was of black mousselin de sofe, With appliques of creamy luce over green satin. e revers were of green velvel. A white stock collar of ribbon finished the neck. A gown of tan cloth had vest and revers of white satin heavily embroidered in gold. A narrow belt of gold ribbon was worn. A gown of green zibeline had revers of green velvet, Wwith vest of creamy lace over white satin, The belt was of gold disks, - MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. Ellen Beach Yaw, the altitudinous soprano Who passed her school days in Los Angeles, hasg at last sung before a’ critical New York audience. For the last two years panegyrics of the fair singer have been waited from the wilds of Texas and from the studio of Alberto Ran- degger in London. Yaw’s voice was said to be the highest recorded in musical history, the sweetest, the purest, and the lady herself was declared to be possessed of a neck twice as long as any one else’s and to be moreover & girl of surpassing beauty. Miss Yaw’s recent New York concert shows, as in the case of Marsick, that the press agent occasionally overreaches himself. The Musical Courier, a paper which has “boomed” her extravegantly for tne last year and a half,says in the currentissue: “Yaw the interpretation following somewhat. in the steps of German. tradition. All through the concert, if the Belgian critics are to be be- lieved, Ysaye gave proof of as much intelli- gence as a chef d’orchestre as he has before shown as a violin virtuoso. His American ad- mirers, while feeling satisfaction at his suc- cess, will regret that his new departure ties Ysaye more to Brussels and makes the project of an Oakland conservatory seem further off than ever. Among the Italian ecities which make the greatest sacrifices for musical art, Turin is cer- tainly in the first rank. During the last year the municipal council of the old capital of Piedmont spent $8400 on its musical lyceum, $8400 toward maintaining the orchestra of the Royal Theater, $3600 to subsidize the same theater and $8120 to maintain the city band, ELLEN BEACH YAW, THE ALTITUDINOUS SOPRANO. [From an engraving.] jumped into fame in the first instance on the score of a sky-touching head register, which ran away into D in altisssimo, outdoing the Sandersons or Di Murskas of Eiffel Tower mnotoriety. Miss Yaw, however, has been Injudicious. With the evident desire to broaden her style and enlarge her volume she has forced and strained the lower and medium registers until the resultsare pain- fully false and diagreeable. There is a tone that sounds like ventriloquist bass, in the register above another stretch of voice that is torn with ruthless thickness from the throat, and then, with the result natural from the abuse of the registers, Miss Yaw’s extensive head voice has lost in purity and occasionally grazes on something that is a little like a squeak. This is a great pity, as the singer bas certainly the phenomenal compass written chove, and by native right a pure, light, limpid organ whkich might be made to do novel and brilliant duty under proper control.” The Musical Courier’s critic also advises Miss Yaw to submit her voice to medical treatment, and says if she fails to do so she will soon have no voice to sing with. And this is the result of press-agent booming and of studying with Alberto Randegger. Itis only another proof, however, that the famous London teacher, with his artificial method of fabricating contralto notes, is nothing but a grand old charlatan, News comes from Rome that, in order to cement the good feeling that exists between Englang and Italy, & grand international mu- sical festival is coutemplated, consisting of British works performed in a grandiose style in the Italian capital, at which the composers are to be invited to conduct their own compo- sitions. - Preliminary steps have already been taken, and Mr. Visetti, whose name, by the way, sounds quite Italian, has been sent from the Royal College of Music, London, as & mu- sical embassador to Rome to arrange the details of the plan. Itappears that a grave interna- tional importance is attachea to this festival; but the two countries would do well to con- sider beforehand the danger lurking in the scheme. Italy may take England very seriously as a great naval power, but would she take her composers seriously? Italian audiences are proverblally critical, aud composers, British or otherwise, are proverbially sensitive to crit- icism. If the musicians go home to London shaking the dust of Rome from tneir feet, the international consequences of the festival would be the reverse of what is contemplated. The Theater Royal of Budapest has solved to the satisfaction of the management the problem of how to prevent the husbands of the prima donnas from putting their fingers in the theatrical pie. A short time ago there wasa “‘scene,” arising out of some trifling dispute between one of the fair singers and her hus- band, which retarded the raising of the eur- tain by half an hour, to the great indignation of the andience. In spite of the fact that the husband in question was & member of the highest Hungarian aristocracy, Baron Noposa, the director of the Budapest Opera-house promptly caused the following circular to be printed and sent eopies to all the husbands of the prima donnas: “Sir—In congequence of recent incidents, which you are doubtless ac- quainted with, I find myself constrained to adopt the following measures: The husbands of prima donnas can only accompany their wives to the stage door before the commence- ment of the performance, and come to letch them when the opera is over.” A Budapest publishing-house, that of Rosza- volgyi & Co., has just undertaken a novel way of popularizing the young Huungarian com- posers whose works it publishes. The firm has started a series of gratuitous concerts, at which the best available talent renders the works of young musfeians. . The programme of the first concert contained no less'than thirty numbers, but the public, not deterred by this array of music, filled the big hall and stayed until the last note had sounded. Among the works which the critics consider remarkable were a prelude by Mihalovich to a new lyric drama, a sonata for violoncello, by Bator, and melodies by Jambor, Engel, Moore, Zimray and Kun. “The intelligent departure of the Hungarian publishing-house has al- ready procured popularity for several un- known young composers. Among the execu- tants at the concert were some of the best artists from the Royal Opera of Budapest. Le Menestrel says: *‘Sir Augustus Harris, director of the Covent Garden Opera-house, in a recent interview has expressed himself plainly respecting the right to smoke in the theater. ‘It is only when people can smoke, eat and drink in our theaters,’ he said, ‘that we shall cease to suffer from the competition of music halls and variety theaters. The Prince of Wales recently had supper served in his box, and I wish he could find many Imitators. How many people do not go to the theater when their day's work is finished because they find nothing to eat there. Those are the people who recruit the audiences of variety halls. Idonotbelieve in permitting smoking all over the house, but I think people snould be allowed to smoke 1n the gallery and boxes.” That would be the right thing,” adds Le Menestrel. “Music and roast beef and tobacco all combined, a thoroughly English concep- tion.” Eugene Ysaye’s new symphony society has made a brilliant debut at the Cirque Royal, Brussels. The orchestra, drawn for the most part from the ranks of Monnaic Theater musi- cians, played a Beethoven symphony in a wonderfully correct and vivacious manner, andthatin a country where a dollar (five francs) means & great deal more than 1t does in America. The “In Memoriam of Joseph Barnby” per- formance of Chopin’s ‘‘Funeral March” at Grace Church last Sunday was a graceful trib- ute to the memory ot one of the foremost com- posers of Episcopal church music. It was the sixth monthly festival service that Grace Church has given under the direction of W. H. Holt, and the singing of the male choir showed marked improvement, The success of Xavier Leroux’ “Evangeline” at the Monnaie, Brussels, has caused the same theater to accept & new lyric drama by the same composer. The new work, which will not be produced till next season, is called “William Ratcliffe,”” and is based on Heinrich Heize’s poem. The libretto, however, is not identical with that of Mascagni's opera, ““Wil- liam Ratcliffe.”” The Carl Theater at Vienna is shortly to pro- duce a new operetta, “Sataliel,” the music of which is by Adolph Ferron, musical director of the Carl Theater. WHEN THE COWS COME ‘The light on the mountain falls aslant, ‘The birds in the bush are still; The cricket chirps in the pasture plant ‘When the cows come over the hill. HOME. The swallows circle about the eaves, A pale star mounts the.sky The squirre!s rustle the golden sheaves When the cows are passing by. Over the valley the shadows creep, Dark’ning the green of the pine; Down in the garden the honeybees sleep, Missing the breath of the kine. The tinkle of bells is sweet to my ear, But sweeter the words of a song _ That the singer 1s slowly bringing near As she follows the cows along. She sings of a lover whose faith is fast Wherever his footsteps roam; And her cheek grows red when we meet at last, As the cows are nearing home. SARAM M. H. GAERDNER, In the New Bohemian. CURRENT HUMOR. Checkerly—Poor Algy! He's so howwidly de- fawned.” Stripes—Defawned? Checkerly—Yaas, poor boy: his eyes are so pwominent that he cawn’t wear a monocle.— Truth, She—No, George; Ilike you, but I can never be your wife? He (haughtily) — Never mind: There are others. She—I know there are, George. I accepted one this morning.—Philadelphia Inquirer. Mr. Wickwire—How is it that Mrs. Finnegan isn’t here to do the washing? Mrs. Wickwire—Her husband looked in long enough to tell me that “the old leddy had a fall and broke her bike,” but he got away be- foreIcould ask him whether he meent her wheel or her spine.—Indianapolis Journal. Policeman (to young boy)—Your name? “Patrick Reilly.” “What is your father 2 *Dead.” “What was he pefore he died?” “Alive.”"—Texas Siftings. 2 Papa—Here's a nice little savings bank for you, Willie. Wiilie—Won’t you give mea quarter, papa? Papa—A quarter? What for? Willie—To put in my nice little savings bank. Truth. Mistress—Mary, how many {imes have I got to tell you to shut the check draft after your fire has come up? Mary—As many as ye please, mum; ye seem to enjoy it, an’ it makes no difference to me,— Boston Transcript. Ragson Tatters—I feel sure you will give me & good meal, lady. Lady—Why? ‘‘Because that deceitful 1ookin’ woman nex’ door said You was t00 stingy to even let me smell the cookin’.” “Come in, poor man. '—Philadeiphia Record. Mrs. Gadabout—! don’t believe that Dr. New- hand knows anything about medicine. Mrs. Nextdoor—Why? ] Mrs. Gadabout—He told my husband that all Ineeded was a rest in some quiet country place, when he knew that I was dying for & trip on the Continent.—Pearson’s Weekly. : “Mamma, said Edith in a whisper, as the bald-headed man with the full beard entered the room, “there’s & man whose hair is all growed down through his face.”—Judge, PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. Sardou is now 64 years old, wrinkled and half-bald, but in his elastic step and brilliant eye youthful as ever. George W. Walsh, said to be the oldest man in Kansas, was born near Schenectady, N. Y., in 1791. He is in good hedlth and his memory is unclonded. Dr. Caroline Hamilton, a medical mission- ary, is doing a noble work among the suffering Armenians of Asfatic Turkey. She is a grad- uate of Smith College. Mrs, Joy of Missouri is noted among the rep- resentatives’ wives in Washington for her ex- quisite taste in dress and her charming social accomplishments. Prince Edward of York, being now a year and a half 6ld, is to be reproduced in a life-size marble statue. President Clements R. Markham of the Royal Geographical Society has probably risked h life oftener than any other civillan in Great Britain. He is a great adventurer, and was trained in the navy with MeClintock, the illus trious Argtic explorer, a8 a comrade. Hon. H. D. Money, who has been elected to the Senate from Mississippi, will not take his seat until 1899. The reason he was elected so long ahead of the time of the beginning of the term is that under the new constitution of the State of Mississippi the Legislature will meet only once every four years. The next session of the Legislature will be held in 1899, — e ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, VAcANT Lanps—J. J. L., Redding, Cal. For informationyabout vacant public lands write to the United States land office of the district in which the land lies. A map showing vacant land can be obtained for $1. AT HoME—B., City. Whether you leave a card at an “at home” is purely a matter of in- dividua). taste, but is not necessary, for hostess in extending her invitations kno who is coming. A call eiter attending an home” should be made within a week. BLACKHEADS—D, J., City. There ares nums ber of so-called cures for blackheads, but nox of these should be used without first consu; ing a bhysician, as the articlées recommended are good for some persons and not o good for others. Blackheads are caused by the clogging up of tho pores and are an affection that should be treated under the advice of & competeng physician, { Host AND GUEST-—D. J., City. If you hn‘e; lady friend who is to be your guest for som time, it would be proper, if visitors call or§ you, for you to introduce her. If the v know that the lady isa guest at yourh and she did not happen to be present in room in which you received them, they tainly should inquire after her, and if she not in the house leave cards for her, your guest has callers, it would be her du call you and present you to them, if they L. pened to be strangers to you; if they we friends or acquaintances of yours you coun without impropriety, enter the room Wher. they were. If her triends invited her to lunc: it would be the ?roper thing for them to inviig you, ber host, also. NAVY-YARD WAGES—T. Y. S, City. The fole lowing table shows the amount of wages paid at the navy-yard, Mare Island, to the different classes employed there: o] 2] 3] 5 ex|e3|eE|eg SCHEDULE B. B> | BS | BZ | BS & | 82| 8% é5 Blacksmiths. _|8876(83 44 $2 80 Blockmakers. (a1 376 288 Boatbuilders. 416| 876/ 288 Boiler-makers . 376 344 | 280 Cabinet-makers.. 376| 344 280 Catkers, wood. 27| 04| 448 344 Calkers and chippers, iron| 376 3 44| 280 Carpenters, house........| 344| 812 298| 280 Coopers. 844 312| 296/ 280 Coppers 876| 344| 312 250 Coremakers.. 320 288| 256/ 224 550 450/ 304 256 820| 288 256 224 i 304| 272| 240| 208 Engine-tenders. . 376| 344| 312| 280 Engine-tenders, fire......| 432| 384 344| 312 Engine - tenders, locomo- tive g -.....| 400/ 360 320/ 280 Enxine-tenders, station- | ary. -| 876| 344/ 312| 280 Fasteners. 296 264| 232 208 Finishers, brass. 876 344| 312| 280 Finishers, iron. 376| 344 312) 280 Firemen. 256 233| 200 168 Flagmalker: 200| 176 160 144 Flangeturn, 416! 376| 328 288 Forgers, heav 400 360 320 280 Furnace men. 820 288] 256 224 Galvanizer 804| 272| 240| 208 Gasfitters. 376| 344| 312| 280 Harness-makers, 320| 2681 2:6| 224 Hostlers. 248 224 200/ 168 Joiners, house. 376| 344/ 312/ 280 Joiners. ship 376 344/ 312| 280 Letterers and grainers....| 4 48| 400| 360| 313 Carvers. 416 876/ 328| 288 Machinists. 876/ 344 313| 280 Machinists, electrical...| 496| 4 48| 4 00| 3 60 Masons, brick. 544 496 448 4100 Masons, stone. 448| 400| 360/ 312 Millmen.. 876| 344/ 312/ 280 448[ 400 380/ 312 376| 344| 312 280 Molders, loam. 116/ 376/ 328 a8y Oakum-spinners 248| 324 200 168 Ordnance men. B20| 288| 258 2ft Painters. 852| 420 280| 210 Pattern-maker 876| 344 312| 2'80 Pavers. 378 312| 280 Pipefitiers. 352| 8 280 240 Plasterers 505 400| 344 Plumbers, honse. 400 320( 280 Plumbers, ship. 378 | 312 280 Printers. .. 52| | 280 240 296 284 23| 208 296 264| 2 08 400 360/ $20| 280 376| 344| 312| 280 400 360 320/ 280 400/ 360 B20| 280 376| 344 312| 280 200 176| 160| 144 1 400| 360/ 320| 280 Shipwrights. 448 400 0| 312 Slaters. 400 360 320/ 380 Sparmakers - 448 100|860 312 Stonecutters.. 400| 360 320| 280 Tinners.. 352/ 820| 280| 240 Tin-roofers 376| 334/ 313 280 Tooimakers. 400 360| 320/ 280 "Tool-sharpeners . 300| 360| 320| 280 Turners...... 844| 312| 280/ 240 Upholstérers 400| 360/ 320/ 280 Wharfbuilder: 352/ 3 | 280| 240 Wheelwrights 352/ 8 ‘ 280| 240 Wiremen. 304| 2 240| 208 - SCHEDULE A. ‘ oS .. ... 2| 9 Helpers, gencral 00| 108 +t Blacksmith: 200/ 168 “ Boat-builders', | 200/ 168 « Hoilermakers’ | 200/ 168 “ Brass-finishers’. . 200/ 168 “ Carpenters’ (house). 178 160 “ Coppersmiths’ s 200/ 168 Galvanizers 200( 168 Iron-finishers’ | 200 168 Joinersh... 200 168 Machinists’. 200 168 Molders’ 200/ 168 Painters | 176| 160 | 200| 168 178( 160 | 200/ 168 | 200 168 1768/ 160 240/ 208 200| 168 79| 160 120/ 104 200! 168 200 N g 5 s & EPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, business heuses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * ——————— Where - Counterfeit Notes Are Printed. The Government secret service agents have for' some time been trylng to loeate the place where_the numerous counterfeit bank notes have been printed. At 636 Clay street is dis- played & sign which reads ‘J. C. Howe, Com- mercial Printer.” A visit to the establishment Teveals the fact that this is the place where a great deal of fine commercial job printing is furned out every day at exceedingly low prices. Write or call us up, telephone 5989. Our prices will astonish and our styles please you. — ‘What Uncle Sam Can Do. Fresno Populist. The British ships may not have “blow holes” in them, but there is one thing sure if the Monroe duetrine is not respected Uncle Sam can blo ¥ holes in them. REEUMATISM i3 overcome by Hood’s Sarsapa- rilla, because the latter makes pure, rich, red blood, neutralizing the lactic acid, which causes the com- plaint, Hundreds tell of rematkable cures. i s i o DR. SIEGERT's Angostura Bitters are the best remedy for removing indigestion aud all diseases of the digestive organs. o el S e BroNcmiTis. Sudden changes of the weather cause Bronchial Troubles. * Brown's Bronchial Troches " will give effective relief. NEW TO-DAY. Thursday, Feb. 6th. To-day only, Buckingham & Hecht’s celebrated seamless Shoe —$4 and $5 grades—fash- 19nable toe, button, .all sizes, $2 to-day. Many moriey suvers in o Gent’s Furnishing Dep'L" SMITHS' Casi SToRE, 414,416, 418 FRonT ST S. P,