The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 25, 1896, Page 6

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"DNESDAY .. up the Nile may turn out after all to be another flying squadron The expedition The virtue of the Astors has received its . Coleman Drayton has got About this time the East ceases to refer “the beautiful” and begias to Democracy is the only contortionist on record that can get on to its own back h beth feet. e shape the Democratic party is now assuming looks like that of a big Rainey WOW waggir McNab tail, The reported discovery of a big cave in Maine m: true, but the old State will be as solid as ever on election day It has now become fully evident that nothing can cover the chasm between the Senate and the House except an appropria- tion bil ill. Boston is bragging that a new depot she proposes to build will be the finest in the world, just as if she had never heard of our new ferries depot. That the coming campaign will have its terrors is made evident by the report fro New York that Dr. Parkhurst is about to break loose again. If the Government is going to stop all kinds of Cuban filibustersit ought ‘to head off those Senators who are filibustering against the Cuban reselutions. There is something odd in the report that the President hunts with artificial decoy ducks. as he has been generally re- garded as a decoy duck himself. Mexico as well as ourseives has a Presi- dential election this year, and it is be- lieved Diaz will be re-elected there as easily as Cleveland will not ve re-elected here. 5 8 The thing that troubles the Spanish Gov- ernment now is not so much whether it can hold Cuba as whether it can hold Spain. There are signs of a break away at home. The entrance into a theater at Wash- ington of the Columbian Guards waving Cuban flags and shouting * Viva la Cuba!”’ was a very good piece of theatrical piay, but as for helping Cuba any it won’t work., The latest fad in Londor® society is violin-playing, and it is said that so many amateurs insist on show their skill in it at charity performances that itis becoming harder than ever to get anybody to attend them. In the debate in Parliament on theact excluding the importation of beef cattle into England tbe Conservatives vehe- mently denied that it meant protection, but they neglected to say what it did mean. Senator Peffer’'s motion to strike the Senate barber from the Government pay- rolls was rightly voted down, Since the Senate shaves the Government it is only right the Government should shave the Senators. Tt is worth noting that any motion in the Senate that favors the administration even in the slightest degree is always op- posed by Gorman, and what is more the opposition is always strong enongh to put a brake on the motion of vessels of the United States to be citi- zens of this country is a good one. In building up our merchant marine we should protect the American seaman as well as the American ship. The President has appointed Mr. Galla- gher of Idaho tothe office of Indian agent in Oregon, and now all the Oregonians who believe in the principle of local men for local offices will be rising up and advising Mr. Gallagher to let her go. The decision of the Supreme Court that railway officials must testify in interstate commerce cases gives new vigor to the in- terstate commerce act and raises it from the condition of a dead letter into the vitality of a living and potent law. The right of literary men to practice plagiarism to the extent of liberal stealing is well established by great precedents, but Mr. Stzelcki of Boston, who has gone so far as to take the wife of one man and the jewels of several others, has exceeded’ the limit. The mugwump Republicans in New York were able to bring. a crowd out through a snowstorm to protest against the action of the organized party inin- dorsing Morton for the Presidency, but the protest, like the snowstorm, won’t be 1n it at the June convention. The revived interest in the Monroe doc- trine has led to the introduction into Con- gress of a bill appropriatiug $50,000to erect a monument to the autnor, but it wontd seem that Fortress Monroe is a sufficient monument to him inasmuch as it not only commemorates his name, but helps the country to defend his doetrine. e B i 2t The arrest of a Chicago Alderman for xnocking down a woman saloon-keeper who was running ward politics a Jittle bit may be an illustration of what will happen when the new woman and the old man meet at every turn, and it ‘is an evideace of the enterprise of Chicago that she got there with the fzwt case ou record. LOCAL DEMOCRAOY. The condition of affairs in the Demo- cratic party in this City affords a striking example of the complete demoralization which affects the party throughout the Union. From what is going on here it can be seen that the better element of ‘the party has so compietely lost hope as to feel no interest in the approaching cam- peign, and have abandoned th_o contrel of the party organizatiou to faction leaders, spoil hunters and ward bosses. Of San Francisco Democracy nothing is showing any activity this vear save two factions, one managed by office-holders and the other by fellows who wish to be office-holders. At the head of one faction Rainey is conspicnous, making a hard fight for a victory toat will leaye him the undisputed boss of his party in this City. Back of the other faction, hiding in such obscurity as he can find for himself, is the old boss, Buckley, seeking to retain power and hoping for the day when he can come from retirement and show himself again to his henchmen with all his old time prestige and swagger. The only choice before the Democrats of the City under these circumstances is to bolt the party or accept the domination of either Buckley or Rainey. To Democrats of independent minds the choice will be easy. They will serve neither of the bosses, nor will they vote for the men whom the bosses put up. To stalwart Democrats who stick to their party, even if it nomi- nates a yellow dog, the choice is not going to be so easy. Rainey has not the evil fame of Buckley, but then he served the old boss when the boss was in power and learned politics from him. Rainey evi- dently, therefore, is fighting Buckley only that he may practice Buckleyism himself. The difference between the two is a mere | matter of personalities, and there is no reason why even a ward politician should fight for one against the other unless he sees something in it for himself. The Rainey crowd began by shouting for reform and straight politics, but before the State Committee they got their work through by a series of juzgles that made even the adroit Buckleyites themselves gasp and stare in breathless surprise. Now that they have recovered breath they have begun to claw the sheep’s clothing off the Rainey gang and to reveal them to be wolves of the same breed as themselves. That is the condition of affairs at present, and the Democrats, confronted by Buckley on one side and Rainey on the other, are called upon to answer, *‘Under which king, Bezonian? Speak or die!” A STARTLING DECISION. The Supreme Court of the United States has at last placed the Interstate Commerce Commission in a positien to ascertain the trath with regard to the shady transac- tions of railroad companies by sustaining the act of 1893, which provides that a plea of seli-inerimination shall not be a bar to testimony and that persons so testifying shall not thereby come under the opera- tion of the criminal statutes. The decision marks so radical a modification of ancient precedents and in so doing recognizes so serious an evil that cannot be reached by ordinary processes that it deserves some at- tention. The theory of the act of 1893 was that a special order of crimes had come into ex- istence as the product of a new kind of re- lation between the perpetrator and the people, and that it was of greater impor- tance to ascertain the truth and stop the evil than to punish the perpetrator. The term “crimes’’is here used merely in a technical sense. The practices which the provisions of the interstate commerce act were intended to prevent by making them criminal were simply sharp business acts which operated injuriously betwgen per- sons or communities. In the extreme ap- plication of these practices it wag within the power of railroad companies to ruin one individual or community and upbuild another. Ina final analysis it'is evident that this power is exceedinzly dangerous as the people of California have abundant reason to know from bitter experience. This decision enlarges the power of the Interstate Commerce Commission to an amazing extent. It will be remembered that the investigations of the - Pattison committee into the condition of railway affairs in California were checked at the critical points where they began to uncover criminal practices, and that the whole story of how the Government had been swindled was never told, , That part of it which did come into existence was. bad enough, and, judging from. it, the entire truth must be darker. The precedent es- taplished by the act of 1893 and by the Supreme Court decision sustaining it will undoubtedly be extended. Its operation will not be confined to the Interstate Com- merce Commission. The whole tendency of -the National Government is to lay a firmer hand on the powerful corporations and associated cor- porations that are assuming to take the destiny of the country into their own hands. This is well, and considerably more may be safely done in that direction before sufficient is accomplished, The only danger is that the tendency may pro- ceed too far and assail vested rights. That, though only a remote contingency at present, is something that cool-headed citizens would do well to keep in mind and be prepared to resist. THE POOLROOMS DEAD. Judge Low's decision that the pretense of the downtown poolrooms to serve as agents for outside bettors on horseraces was 2 mere evasion of the Ellert ordinance is a clear, simple and straightforward statement supported by, logic and an evident desire to be fair. This ruling trips the last prop upon which the poolrooms were supported. It is not easy to see how the managers, reading this decision along with the last one rendered by Judge Wal- lace, can hope to continue their business. With the Police Department, the law, ihe courts and the better sentiment of the community arrayed sgainst them their case seems to be hopeless. This is matter for sincere congratulstion, While the policy of the State is not to pro- hibit betting on horseracing, it is opposed to low forms of the practice, and the City ordinances carry out that idea by restrict- ing the betting to the racing-tracks. These are not in the heart-of the City. Entrance to them requires the payment of a fee and expense in reaching them. Under these circumstances they are the resort only of those who have leisure and money for the pastime. Thus eonducted horseracing is decorous and serves to encourage the breeding of fine horses. Under that stim- ulus the horse-breeding industry has be- come a leading one in California and has given the State a fame that operates to its benent. The Ellert ordinance was intended to perfect the scheme contemplated by the State laws. It expressly prohibited bet- ting establishments of the downtown pool- room order. These establishments were merely a lure for boys and clerks, as the smallest amounts were permitted to be staked, The effect was of the most de- grading kind. Tke establishmeuts were manufactories of young thieves and em- bezzlers, After the Jucetzack mamagers | i | | had resorted to every possible means for preventing the downtown rooms from securing information upon which bets might be posted, the poolrooms posted fictitious entries and odds and thus placed themselves on an exact level with the bucket-shops which have been tabooed in every city in the country. The termina- tion which they have finally reached in Judge Low’s court was inevitable, but meanwhile the hard fight that was neces- sary to secure that result has placed the City in an unpleasant light before the country. This will be obliterated in time if every tendency to a recarrence of the evil is promptly suppressed. EpEE—— OOLLECTING THE MAILS, First Assistant Postmaster-General Jones announces that San Francisco is one of twenty-five cities in which the experiment of making house-to-house collections of mail is to be tried. It is difficult to see why so many cities are chosen. One would seem sufficient. If the experiment prove -a failure a great deal of time and money will have been expended for nothing, for its success will depend on the number of collection boxes which residents may buy or rent, and this necessarily will be a mat- ter of slow growth. If outright purchas of the boxes is required and the experi- ment then abandoned the purchasers will have lost the money they invested. It is not to be denied that the opportunity for a possible inventor of boxes will be allur- ing, ft is difficult to see how the collections can be made from so greatly increased a number of boxes without increasing the force of postmen. This will entail an ad- ditional heavy expense on the Postoffice Department. It would seem to be much more advisable to reduce the rate of post- age and keep to the present facilities for distribution and collection than to make a continuance of the present rates neces- sary by increasing the expenses of the de- partment in experiments concerning which there is so much uncertainiy. The post- office authorities of Washington City, where the experiment is already on trial, declare that the scheme is a failure there. If so, it is hard to understand why it should pe tried elsewhere. The number of street collection boxes distributed throughout the cities is suffi- cient to afford great convenience. If this isnot the case the number might be in- creased without increasing the running expenses of the department, and thus pro- vide the convenience which house boxes are intended to serve, Asthe difficulty in the way of reducing the postal rate is the annual heavy deficit of the Postoffice De- partment, it seems a strange sort of busi- ness sense which prompts an increase of the deficit by furnishing a questionable convenience. RATES THAT WILL CINOH. In the proposition of the Yransconti- nental Traffic Association to pay to the carriers interested in the Panama route a subsidy of $72,500 per month lies a threat to tax the shippers of the country to an inordinate extent, as will be readily seen by a little study of the present situation and certain figures in connection there- with. For the past three months the eastbound freight via Panama has not exceeded 1000 tons, and, at a liberal estimate -has aver- aged about $10 per ton. The westbound business has averaged about 1800 tons per month for the same period, or a total of 5400 tons, at about $15 a ton. Thus we have an aggregate of 6400 tons of freight moved in three months, which returned a gross revenue of $91,000. Under the pro- posed subsidy the carriers now engaged in the Panama route business—the Pacific Mail Steamship Company and the Panama Railroad Company—will receive for a simi- lar period, irrespective of what freight they may carry, $227,500, or just two and a half times as much as they have been earning. But the carrying out of this plan of the Transcontinental Association signifies much more than that the shippers are to be taxed to pay this subsidy to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company and the Panama Railroad Company. It means that every merchant who has need to ship a pound of freight over any of the transcontinental lines is to contribute much more largely to the revenues of these lines than hereto- fore, not only that this subsidy may be paid, but that the roads which are re. sponsible for it may make a profit that will justify them in its payment. In other words, it means that there will be a decided advance in rates all along the line, with a corresponding heavier burden upon com- merce. SUNSHINE LAND. They came in signt of & lovely shore, Yellow as gold in the morning light; The sun’s own color at noon it wore, And had faded not at the fall of night; Clear weather or cloudy—'twas all as one, The bappy hills seemed bathea witn the 1ts secret the sallors could not understas But they called the country Sunshine Lana, ‘What was the sedret? A simple thing— It will make you smile when once you know— Touched by the tender finger of spring, A million blossoms were all aglow ; £0 mapy, 80 many, 80 small bright, ‘They covered the hills with s mantle of light; And the wild bee hummed, and the glad breeze fanned ‘Through the honeyed fields of Sunshine Land., 11 over the sea we two were bound, v ‘What port, dear child, would we choose for ours? id sail and sail till at last we found This fairy gold of a million flowers; Yet, darling, we'd find, if at home w Of many small joys our pleasures are m: More near than we think—very close at hand, Lie the golden fields of Sunshine Land. EpiTH M. THOMAS. yed, ade; LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE, THE LEGISLATURE OF 1862. SoME MEMBERS WHO ARE STILLL LIVING IN THE STATE. To the Editor of the San Francisco Cail—SIR: In an article in'THE CALL of Sunaay last on the Legislature in’'San Francisco in 1862 you print the names of certain Senators and Assemblymen of that session now living, so far as ascertsined. In addition to that list may be named the following: s SENATORS. § E. H. Heacock, representing Sacramento Coun't(y. G. K. Porter, representing Santa Cruz and Monterey, ‘Van- Dyke, representing Humboldt Walter’ County, Heacock and Van Dykeare now United States Court Commissioners, the former in San Fran- cisco, the latter in Los Angeles, Mr. Porter is of the firm of Porter & Slessinger, at 9 Battery street, manufacturers of boots and shoes. ASSEMBLYMEN. Benjamin Dore, representing San Francisco Connty, now & fruit-grower in no. William Lowry, representing San Francisco County, was County Clerk from 1863 to 1867. Now an attorney-at-law in this City. J. G. McCullongh, representing Mi " Rw County. Now a prominent attorney in YN Yincnt s . N. Machin, representing Tuolumn Moio Gounties. " Elected Llentenant-Goverhor in 1363, Now resides in Alameda. 5 8. 8. Tulton, lnrfnunun. 8an Francisco in the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth sessions. Harbor Commissioner from 1863 to 1870. Now resides in this City and has been a resident since Agrl 1851 Your list has the name of J. W. Van Zandt as ;l-l.va b:.n: r:::;unfing San Mat E° County. He seven years. Was & repr sentative of San Franciseo. 3 pree Stephen Tilton, father of 8. S. Tilton, repre. m;ad San Mateo County in the thmoinstn ;_u- “I’ve got & personal letter from the editor of the Houston Bugle,” remarked the editor of the Galveston Trombone, laughing heartily. ““What {s there funny about it?" inquired the manager. “He calls me an ass, and signs it “Yours iraternally,’ "—Texas Sifter AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Senator 8. R. Buford of Virginis City, Mont., the famous camp on Alder Creek, where the notorious border outlaw Slsde was hanged years ago, is at the Lick. Mark Twain, in “Roughing It,” has told in characteristic ‘way of the awful career and death of Slade, and how he first met him when.coming to Car- son on the overland stage. Virginia City (the one on Alder Cregk) was then 8 seething mael- strom of life. “In those days it had 20,000 people,” said Senator Buford yesterday, “and to-day it has no more than 1000, It is what you might cail a decayed camp. Yet no district on eartd, it is estimated, has produced so much .gold for its length. The length of Alder Gulch is only fif- teen miles, yet it has produced, from the time it was discovered until now, no less than $100,000,000 in gold. This is a fabulous pro- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1896 the good le who are ing to suppress the drin p‘:‘o&c will find iflu enforcement a fertile fiéld for their energies that will do as much _good if they succeed as if they suc- uodml!n closing the saloons. PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. Victor Hugo, who, like Lord Tennyson, &t- tained the age of 83 years, had personal estate in England to the amonnt of £5057. Matthew Arnold’s estate amounted to £1041. Robert Browning, of whose will A. Tennyson and F. T. Palgrave were the attesting witnesses, left personalty in England of the value of £16,777. It seems to be a mew fad among women artists to bate a certain city. Duse bates Chicago and Calve hates London. ‘No, no, no,” says the famous impersonator of Carmen, snot for the crown of England and all the wealth the country contains would I consent SENATOR S. R. BUFORD OF MONTANA. e duct. The amount cannot be determined ex- actly, for records were not always kept of the shipments. Butasnear as can be estimated the product has reached that sum. This is a greater quantity than any other region of the globe has produced. “I went to Virginia City in 1865. For along time I freighted goods from Fort Benton, the head of navigation on the Missouri River,to various places in Montana, and afterward I ireighted from Corinne, Utah, to different places. I'used oxen and mule teams, and sometimes had as many as three or four wagons fastened together. It wasa pretty stern life, and I'was giad when the railroads got closer and I finally quit it. “When Slade was hanged at Virginia City *Clubfoot’ George and three or four others were hanged with him. Shootings were fre- quent, and the camp was scarcely ever with- out its tragedy. It is entirely different now, being one of the most peaceable places in the country.” Virginia City is in Madison County, sixty miles from the junction of the Little Missourl, Madison and Jefferson rivers, and fifty miles from Dillon. Benator Buford is engaged ex- tensively in merchandising there and else- where. He isalso owner of extensive cattle interests, and is altogether one of the solld men of the new State. He was a member of the constitutional convention, and heas been elected twice as Senator. He is a very pleasant gentleman, and is an interesting talker. He says though little snow has fallen in Montana this winter, yet he thinks there will be an - abundance of water and grass, and conse- quently plenty of beef. “‘The March blizzard helped us out & great deal,” he said. *If it hadn’t been forthat we would have been in rather bad shape. As it is, ‘we will come out all right,” % Senator Buford has been troubled with rheumatism, and has been trying to getrid of 1t at Paso Robles. He says he has been much benefitted by the Californis climate and the springs combiged. AN ATTRACTIVE COSTUME. The belted pasque is the latest development of the blouse effect. This has a circular basque added and may be trimmed in & variety of ‘ways at the top. The sailor .collar with rever {ronts is shown here, being one of the best liked model: The new plaid, striped and embroidered be- tistes are being made up into such waists with very good results; 8s ope seen, which was worn with collar and l‘ narrow ribbon belt of turquoise blue satin ribbon, matching one of ulxe la.mm of several colors which made the ai P Mohairs are made in this . A plain TOWR one was worn with a narrow white leather belt, the crush collar being of Dresden ribbon with & white ground. wg:l.“lo:' 'l’ In&.ha.flfl all (he‘;’ffl%’db{ , are charming made up sfter Blocel and will be nmch&u evidenoe as soon as guter wraps are laid aside. The first spring days ::lljlgaw- vast number of these becoming They are made over s fitted lining, the ont- gide being seamiess. The ue or peplurn is cut separate, in circolar duptm P~ e o e ag Should Be Enforced. ' There s 1aw Whih vhice i iscu Wi e promi lous selling of ha ‘morphine, bnsuumu-hmu-dmmw.';i should N rigorously enforced, and some of | Do yousupposs a mman who would persist in to live in London. Ten times rather would I be a peasant, with & little cottage on the slope of the Apennines end the beautiful sunshine of Italy all about me.” Mme. Jules Favre, widow of the French statesman who, in 1871, declared that France would not yield an inch of her territory, re- cently died at Sevres. For the past twenty years she had been at the head of the Normal Training School for Women in that town and had been very successiul [as a teacher and ex- ecative, PERSONAL. Dr. T. Rinaldo of San Jose is at the Palace, Thomas Fairhurst of China arrived here yes. terday. £ Judge S.F. Geil of Salinas is at the Occi- dental. J.F. Denuis, an attorney of Reno, is at the Palace. T. L. Albarda, & vineyardist of Vacaville, is in town. D. C. Stover of Freeport, TI1., 1s registered at the Graud. g Dr. and Mrs. Charles D. Poore of New York are at the Palace. L H. Newmark of Los Angeles, conspicuous in polities, is in town. C.L.Scheld, a wealthy brewer of Sacramento, is at the Occidental, : W. D. Johnson, a business man of Fresno, is at the Cosmopolitan. J. R. Fiddes, a hardware dealer of Martinez, is at the Cosmopolitan. 8. Rummelsburg, a merchant of Redding, is here on a business trip, Philip Herschfeld, a business man of Los Angeles, is at the Grand. George Beale, the newsdealer of Sonora, Tuelumne County, is in town. N. Westheimer of the Daily Financial News, New York, is at the Occidental. Dr. W. F. Hall of Los Augeles was among yes- terday’s arrivals at the Baldwin. Professor A.L. Colton of the Lick Observa- tory, Mount Hamilton, is in the City. James McGovern, an old and well-known resicgent of Butte, Mont., is at the Palace. C. F. Persons, assistant general manager of the American Press Association, ison a visitto this City and the coast. Henry Goodwin of Dixon is at the Russ. He owns an orchard of 500 or 600 acres of differ- ent’kinds of fruit in the vicinity of Dixon. J. B. Dutcher, director in the New York Cen- tral Railroad, who has been visiting Monterey with friends, has returned hereandis at the Palace, CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 24.—Among re- cent arrivals are: P. K, Brown, Westminster; J. B, Luther, Hoffman; Mr, and Mrs. W. Mc~ Intosh, Broadway Central; J. A. Mackenzie, Miss Sparks, Grand Union; L. 8. Sherman, Hoffman; H. H. Bancroft, Astor; B, Dinsen- berg, Windsor. ‘) CURRENT HUMOR. Mrs. Goldbug—Very old family, is it not? Mrs. Malaprop Newrocks—Very old, indeed! It goes back to the conquest of England by the Mormons.—Puck. ‘““Yes,” said the cornfed philosopher, *it 1s not so difficult to get something for nothing, but when one gets it it is not worth the price."—Indianapolis Journal. “How dg yoo. suppose the new woman will use her latch-key?"” “Precisely as the old man did. Sit on the steps and wait till the house comes round.”— Detroit Fress Press. Proud Pop (to old bachelor friend)—I tell you, Dawson, there’s no baby like my baby, Dawson—I'm glad you've waked up to that fact. Iknew mighty well there never was a ‘baby like the one you described,—Harper's Bazar, “‘A dollar,” she exclaimed when the clerk had told Ler the price. “Why, that's exorbi- tant.” ““We cau't afford to sell it for any less,” re- plied the clerk. “Well, I know where I can get it for less,” she returned, “and I am too good a business “woman to pay more than a thing is worth,” And then she marched out of the store and paid 10 cents for carfare to go to a place where she could get the same thing for 99 cents,— Chicago Post. “I tell you the time in which one lives hass greateffect on his career. Take Washington, for instance.” 3 “Well, what of him' telling the truth times m these days would ever get further in public life than no- tary publio?”—~Harper's Bazar. #]t 18 real mean of you to say that Mand is ridiculously thin,” #aid the Sweet Young Thing. “Though I must admit,” she continued, “that an X-ray photograph of her probably would be easily recognized.”— Indlanapolis Journal. Teacher—Thomas, I saw you laugh just now. What were yon laughing about? Tommy~I was just thinking about some- thing. Teacher—You have no business thinking during school hours. Don'tlet it occur again.— Philadelphia Inquirer. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS Tug Crry Hati—J. H. N, City. The total cost of the new Cl’;y Hall up to July 1,1895, was $5,221,243 17. . 8128 O CuRA—Subscriber, San Jose, Cal. The fsland of Cuba is 6560 miles long from east to west. Iis greatest breadth, 110 miles, is at Cape Crus. Itsaverage width is between fifty R R T ey 0 miles 3 :o:‘n’l’lgeoe%( '1001{ miles and an area of 43.319 square miles. SETTING THE DAY ~—Ignorance, City. If & gendeman has received the consent of parents that he may marry thelr daughter, and he and the lady fix the day, 1t is proper for him to in- form the parents of his selection. In fact, it would be proper for both the young man and the young woman to go togeéther and make the announcement 1o the parents. HoBsoN's Crro1og—G. F., Centerville, Cal. In the time of Charlesl there was an individual named Hobson who lot horses to students at Cambridge, and he made it a rulé to let horses in rotation, & rule he never broke. A student who wanted s horse had to take the one whose turn it was to go out or else not have any. Anvd from that custom arose the ssylug, ‘‘Hobson’s choice—that or none.”" CIVIL Barvicr EXAMINATION—E. A, W., City. The civil service examinations for the Custom- house service will be held on the 7th of April; the 17th of March is the last day for applica- tions to be filed. The examinations for the Postoflice Department were held in February. Blanks giving full detalls as to qualifications of applicants m-‘y be had from the office of the secretary of the Postmaster or from the clerk to the Coilector of Customs. Krte FLYING—S. B., City. There is an ordi- nance of this City which declares that it is in- lawful to fly a kite within that portion of the City and County *bounded by Devisadero, Castro and Twenty-sixth streets; thence to Co- luse street; thence easterly along said Colusa street to the waters of the Bay of San Francis- co, and thence northwardly ana westwardly along the shore of said bay to the intersection o':; D‘evludgro street and the waters of the 5. HEIGHT OF MEN AND WoMEN—Native, City. There are 80 many different nationalities in California that the question, “How about the height of men and women in California?”’ is rather indefinite. If you refer to the netive sons and native daughters, it may said that they are, as a rule, above the average height, but whether the women are taller than the men is impossible to say, for the reason that there are no figures or sets of figures upon which to base an opinion. VOTING QUALIFICATION — Two Subscribers, City. Noone has a right to vote in the State of California unless he is a citizen by nativity, or & citizen by naturalization, or & citizen by the treaty of Queretaro. A man who received his first_papers only last August, and is by law required to wait for second papers, would not be entitled to vote in this State until aiter he had received such second or final papers, and that individual until he did receive such final papers would not be eligible for the office of Mayor or any other office in this City or State. Looks LIKE FALSE PRETENsE—Mon terey, Glen Ellen, Cal. If a man should obtain from & merchant e bill of goods on the representation that he would pay for the same just as soon as he reached s certain point, should fail to do so, and should ship the goods away, it “would come ver{ near being a case of obtaining goods by false pretenses. The facts of the case should be laid before the Dis- trict Attorney of the county and he will ad- vise as to the course to pursue aiter hearing all the facts of the case. CrrizexsurP—W., Ophir, Tooele County, Utah. Thelaw says-that an alien who two years before applying for final papers has made a declaration to become a citizen, upon proof that he has resided for five years contin- uously in the United States, shall be entitled 10 his papers, but it does not say at what time after making his declaration he shall make application for final papers. The law further says that the children of parents wao have been duly naturalized, being under the age of 21 years at the “mf of the nataralization of their parents, shall, if dwelling in the United States, be considered as citizens thereof. Two HarLs—T. W. F., City. The manager of the Native Sons’ new building gives the follow- ing as the dimensions of the main hall: Length, 99:6 feet; width, 64:2 feet; width of stage, 30.6 feet; depth, 16:6 feet. The janitor of the 0dd Fellows' Hall gives the following dimensions of that hall, having taken the messurements recently: Length, 98:6 feet; width, 63 feet; width of stage, 33 feet; depth, 17 feet. The floor space of ihat hall, he says, is 5-10 feet, that of the Native Sons s 5001 5-10; dancing floor of Odd Feilows’ Hall 4466 feet and Native Sons’ Hall 4385 feet, HARLEIN COLLECTION,—J. M., Sonora, Cal. Robert Harley was the first lord ot Oxford, born 1n London Dec. 5, 1661, died in the same city May 21, 1724. He was an English states- man, entered Parliament in 1689, was Speaker of the House of Commons, Secretary of State, Chancellor of the Exchequer, was raised to the peerage in 1711, was Lord Treasurer and Premier, and was impeached for high treason in 1715 and was acquitted two years later. He left & valuable collection of manuscripts ‘which was increased by his son Edward, and eventually acquired by the Government for the British Museum. A selection of rare pam- ph}jets,“‘e ‘.‘._t{ronl‘ hz;hlibxnryl, was published under the title of “The ueinAM;sc llany, 1744-46.” ad o THE ROTHSCHILDS—B. 8., Calistoga, Cal. The founder of the house of Rothschild was Meyer Amschel, or Anselm, who was born at 148 Judengasse (Jew Lane), in Frankfurt, in 1743. In 1772 he began business as & money-lender and dealer in old coins in the house in which e was born, and placed over the door as a sign a red shield (Rothschild), Having had business with the Landgrave (elector) of Hesse, that individual intrusted him with his treasure, 21,025,000, in 1806, when the French held that country. With this sum as a capital Meyer traded and made a large fortune. He restored the money to the Landgrave. Upon his death his five sons continuea the business 8s partners, and each of these was created a baron ot tgo empire of Austria. The elder, Mayer, who was born in 1773 and died in 1858 succeeded as the head of the firm. BELLIGERENT RIGHTS—L. C. M., Oakland, Cal. The occasion for the accordance of belligerent rights arises when a civil conflict exists within & foreign State. The reason which requires and can alone justify this step by the Govern- ment of another country is thatits own rights and interests are so far affected as to Tequire a Aefinition of its own relations to the parties. Where a parent Government is seeking to sub- due an insurrection by municipal force and the insurgents olaim & politica) nationality and helligerent rights, which the parent Govw. ernment does not concede, a recognition by s foreign State of full belligerent ghts, if not justitied bty necessity, is & gratuitous demon. stration of moral support to the rebellion and of censure of the parent Government. But the situation of a foreign State with reference to the contests and the "conditions of affairs Dbetween the contending parties may be such as to j\utfl{ this act, gf the United States accord full belligerent Tights to the Cubans it means that the power that is seeking to put down t! the C‘\‘:%cnnnu a bel’;igg\?e::mmon e jorce and’ accord-~ ing to the customs of war, and that States will see such righis enlt'u’fiod‘.‘I ° U"“:g knowledgment of the Southern Confederac foreign Governments as belligerents gave Eng Ufl’;‘f‘pfi xuot‘u :l‘;lellberlyw exercise against recognizing the right to visit and se: el <ig ing contrabands, and of blmk‘:{i‘;l:' FAte LAY lrrlng {rom the relation of neutral ang bel- ligerent and which neutral req izes by # knowledging the existence of that nh{lw The advantage utged e the exercise of such rights fall & disparity of force into the hand of the hts which 25 England and France Tights to the Confederate = ——— CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50¢ 1b. Townsend's,” gy information daily to manufacturers, v:mf houses and public men by the Presy Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * —e————— Notice to Physicians and Midwives. Your attention is respectfully called to the foliowing resolution adopted by the Board of Health, at their meeting held on the 18th day of March, 180% on and after the first day ot 6, all physicians and midwives not fio‘lfigiylx?.% wllhplh’; provisions of the law con- g Mtration 'of births will be imme- ditely prosecifed oiled to_register their Physicians havin, slgnnyturcsanne office of the Health Depart- ent will pi do so at once. mi!“‘o:n;‘e‘rp:(‘:fie Board of Health. Edmo:ul Godchaux, secretary. ———————— «John,’” said his frightenéd wife, at the dead of night, “there’s some one moving on the sec- ond floor of this flat.” “1t’s Dobson, I guess,” said he. “I know he told me the rent was due to-morrow.”—Adama Freeman. —_— GrOWTH in knowledge is the only cure for seif- conceit. Falth in Hood's Sarsaparilla 1s a sure cure for indigestion. loss of appetite and that tired feeling so prevalent in the spring. CoRONADO.—Almosphere is perfectly dry, sofs and mild, and fs entirely free from the mists com- mon further north. Round-trip tickets, by steam- ship, including fiteen days’ board at the Hotal dal Coronado, $60; longer stay $2 50 per day.- Apply 4 New Montgomery st., San Francisco. NEW TO-DAY. MONEY SAVING PRIGES Noney-Saving Dishes. 55 MONEY SAVERS. Lunch Buckets, Coffee Pots, Cream Pitchers, Oatmeal Bowls, Custara Cups, Spooners, Plates, Dairy Pans, Hand Basins, o¢ each or 6 tor 25¢. 1 OcC MONEY SAVERS. Berry Dishes, Milk Pails, Meat Dish, Dish Pans, Mustard Pots, Vegetable Dish, Salad Dish, 10c each or 3 for 25¢. TEA SETS. 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In alllengths and all widths, fitted perfect!ye This week we inaugurate our regulny;la of SUMMER TANS T or o B iew Tan, 2ut- 89 £0) ot T, st ot d voo o $1,50 $1. Children’s Russets, spring heels, s) to 8, 75¢; 84 to 1{. $1;1125t02 1346-1348 MARKET ST. OPP. ODD FELLOWS' BUILDING. Country orders receive prompt attention. . If you want relief limby, 300 Waat & sure Allcock’s BEaAR tions is as good as the genuine. IN MIND—Not. one of the for ~ains in the back, side, chest, or Porous Plaster host of counterfeits and imita- 2