The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 7, 1896, Page 22

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To those who find entertainment in good reading THE CALL is about as good a Sun- day resort as any that can be found. Read our sumrcer resort advertisements and you will see it is not necessary to go out of California to have a good time. We must have public improvements, we must have economy, and what is more, we must bave them both at the same time. Tre silence of McKinley is more inter- esting to Democrats just now than all the talk of all their candidates put together. When you reach your summering place you will wish THE CALL every day, so you had better leave orders for it before you start. No citizen of San Francisco ever has to 2o out of town to tind a changs of climate. He can do it almost any day by simply crossing the street. It seems the silver men can carry the | Democratic party easily enough, but they will never get to the White House as long as they are loaded with it. The St. Paul did not grind her keel on the Jersey coast for nothing. She sharp- ened it enough to break the reccrd for speedy time in crossing the Atlantic. Taking its pleasure grounds in connec- tion with the bay and the ocean Ban Fran- cisco has as varied an assortment of sum- mer resorts as any State in the Union. The Continental League is one of the big successes of the work of the campaign so fag, and it will do much to make the whole campaign a success from start to finish. The celebration of tie millennial of the kingdom of Hungary raises an instinctive conjecture of the sort of celebration we will have when our country is a thousand years old. It seems certain the refunding scheme has been beaten for this session, and we have thus a clear proof that the railroad is not half as powerful as represented by its superstitious votaries. One of the saddest things in connection with the eyclone disasters is that the peo- ple who live in those wind-blasted lands haveun’t sense enough to get out of them and come to California. Senator Mantell says the Eastern preju- dice against the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 will disappear in a few years. It ought, however, to disappear this year, and the West should vigorously push the campaign of education. The Continental League has been most fortunate in the selection of its mpetto, “Spirit of *76.”” This campaign is to be a contest for the independence of American industry, and it will be a campaign of patriotism all the way through. The coming of the yellow fever season in Cuba puts an end to any possibility of an aggressive campaign on the part of the Bpaniards. Ali that Spain can do now is to prolong the agony, and our Government would certainly be justified in interfering to prevent that. ¢ In the general interests of peace, quiet- ness and public welfare there should be appointed in Sacramento a permaneni board of arbitration to settle all contro- versies between the Bee and the various courts and Judges of that section of the commonwealth. That the assessments of the property of corporations in this City have been too low is beyond question, but the remedy for the evil is to be found notin dema- gogue denunciastions of the past -but in devising plans to make sure of honest, fair and equitable assessments in° the future. The seeds of the silver tree which have just been received at Washington have certainly arrived at a propitious time, It is said that all efforts heretofore to propa- gate the tree have failed, and if the silver eeed does mot sprout in this country this year the task of propagation might as well be abandoned altogether. It will be remembered thatsome time ago Dr. Morgan of New York was found to have plagiarized a sermon from a certain Dr. Putnam. A Boston man now claims that Putnam stole many of the best pas- sages of that same sermon from Rufus Choate, and before we are through with it the gist of the argument may be traced back to Melchisedek. | prompt to do it. Whilé the revelations made concerning the tax returns of Judge Wallace are the most conspicuous &and in some respects the most important features of the cases now in process of trial against Assessor Siebe, the people should not overlook the fact that the disclosures made show a de- gree of unfairness and falseness in the manner of assessing property for taxation in this City which is a serious injury to honest taxpayers. There is a certain amount of money needed every year by the municipal gov- ernment to pay current expenses and to carry out necessary improvements. If the wealth of the City is fairly assessed this sum can be raised at a comparatively low rate of taxation. 1f, however, the prop- erty of wealthy corporations and wealthy citizens is undervalued by the Assessor the rate of tazation must be raised and the burden unduly increased upon the citizen of ordinary means. g The trial of the two cases against Siebe has brought to light the facts that the Market-street Railway system is assessed for but $4,000,000, while it is bonded for $17,000,000, and the personal property of Judge Wallace is assessed for bnt $1900, while it is insured for $9060. 1t is an easy inference from these facts that the prop- erty of other powerful corporations and of other rich men is also assessed far below the value that it has on the market. How far this system of false assessments has been carried is not known, but enough is known to show that the average property- owner is being heavily taxed in order that the rich taxshirker may escape. The fact that the suit against Siebe for making oath to a false assessment on the Market-street Railroad has been brought before a Democratic Judge by a Demo- cratic demagogue on the eve of an election for what seems the very evident object of making capital for partisan purposes ought not to prejudice the public mind against the element of truth that is brought to the surface during the turmoil. It is, of course, right enough to cendemn suits of this kind, and THE CALL bas been Nevertheless, we must not close our eyes to the revelations that nave been made. Nor must we forget that when the rich have been allowed to escape taxation the poor have been deliberately robbed. The only profit that can robably be drawn from the suits is a determination on the part of the people to devise ana put into force a remedy for the evils they bave disclosed. That remedy cannot be found in the sham lawsuits of a dema- gogue, nor in denouncing past offenses. It can be wisely sought only in some plan for preventing similar evils in the future. A taxpayers’ league should be organized to watch the coming assess- ment. If it is unfairly made a protest should be laid before the Supervisors. Tue way is open to take care of the future, but we can do nothing as regards the past. Let us, therefore, look to the future and see that justice is done. THE DANCE AND OUR DUTY. The time for the regular quadrennial dance of the National Democratic party is drawing near, and those who prefer the razor are nunting grindstones, and those who prefer the hip-pocket gun are in search of ammunition stores, politically speaking, of course The leaders appear to have given up all hope of preventing arow, and it is not expected that much effort will be made to persuade the com- batants to shake hands over the spot where the bloody chasm is to be dug. The leaders as well as the 1ank and file seem to have lost sight of the mission of the party on the earth, whica "hitherto has been to secure to the party oppor- tunity to “‘serve the people.”” A burning desire to dance the dance of death seems to have seized upon the several factions. Any kind of a flag is a red flag to buils already frothing with rage, and 1t looks now as if there would be red flags waving all over Chicago. But while there may be pleasure in see- ing the Democratic bulls going down be- fore a toreador of hatred, the Republican party must not conclude tHat it will have a quiet and easy walkover. O: course the 8¢. Louis nominee will be elected by an overwhelming majority, but the victory should be so complete and far-reaching in effect that the country will not be both- ered with Democracy for a decade or more. The only dsnger to the Republican party lies in the streak of human nature which prompts a man to feel that he is not needed; that there will be enough without him. There never was more need of thorough organization, for the National fizht is not the only one the party has on its hands. If there is lack of organization for the Presidential contest there will also be lack of organization for local work. Do not let the dance of the Demiocrats make us forget that we have work to do. IT MEANS MUCH. The opening of the San Joaquin Val- ley Railroad between Stockton and. Mer- ced last Thursday was an event full of meaning to the commercial interests of the San Joaquin Valley and to the whole of California as well. The additional transportation facilities which this road will give to the country tributary to.it were needed for the competition they af- ford with Huntington’s railway octopus. The people of the valley have suffered greatly in the past at the arbitrary and erabbing hands of the Southern Pacific, and itis a good deal to them to havea new outlet in the hands of men who will deal with them on_live and let live prin- ciples. € The corporatien owning the Valley roa will extend- the road southward and give still other communities facilities to reach the metropolis at fair and reasonable rates. But what is better still is that the company is almost sure to reach out in other dirzctions and eventually relieve the rural districts, more especially, of the oppressive traffic tariffs which the Hunt- ington system has imposed upon them for so long. It took nerve and money to build a railway to compete with the Southern Pacific, but the owners of the San Joaquin Valley Railroad have plenty of both. TO “START A PANIC.” 1f it is true that there is a Wall-street scheme to “start a panic’ to “influence the St. Louis and Chicago nominations,” the parties to the conspiracy should be ap- prehended and tried- for treason. Blind partisanship and sectional hatred, the harvest of seed sown by ambitious men, cansed Fort Sumter to be fired upon, and it is charitable to say that the dreadful consequences which followed the act were not foreseen by many of those who par- icipated in it, but it is very different with this Wall-street scheme. Here is a de- liberate plan of rich and powerful men to accomplish a fiendish vurpose. It is to create a money stringency and thereby clog the wheels of the Nation’s commerce to coerce the people into subjection to money-iending and bond-speculating syndicates. Such a scheme is the outcome of a de- | liberately laid plan to place never-ending mortgages upon all that the people now have or may acquire, to the end that the conspiraturs may hold the people in their iron grasp to squeeze them when they show signs of weaith accumulation. A more dastardly outrage upon the people could not be perpetrated, and if the con- ventions can be driven from their moor- ings, which is a purpose to furnish oppor- tunity for the widest possible distribution of the country’s wealth increases, there ‘will be little use hereafter for National or any other kinds of party conventions. If Wall street is allowed to paralyze the busi- ness operations of every mechanic, of every farmer, of- every merchant, of every mill, of every iactory, and of all other kinds of enterprise when its methods and policy are questioned, it were better to make Wall street the center of contral and authority for the whole country and thus relieve the people of the expense of main- taining a government at Washington. It need not be said, for it is well known, that what Wall street is aiming at is the prevention of the adoption of a policy by the St. Louis ana Chicago conventions which would be likely to secure to the business interests of the country a volunme of circulating money equal to their re- quirements. Wall street wants that al- ways there shall be a scarcity of leanable money, so that it can not only control the volume in circulation, but control the val- ues of all products as well. This threat of ‘Wall street furnishes a good deal of food for thought, and the more the people think about it the bettér will they be pre- pered to stand up for their rights, among which 1s the right to -meet in convention and declare their choice of theories of gov- ernment without first being obliged to get Wall street’s permission. NAVAL ENGINEERS. : Until recently, comparatively speaking, there was no occasion for considering the engineer on board a warship of great con- sequence. Of course he was supposed to be a skilled mechanie, and capable of mak- ing any ordinary repairs, but to raise him to the dignity of “‘officer of the staff corps of the navy” was not thought of by him- self or any one else. In these days of all mackinery and no sails, however, the engineer is one of the leading factors in a ship’s crew. He is no longer a mere ma- chinist who has served his apprenticeship, but he is by education, practical expe- rience and observation as thorough in the science of mechanics as.-the Naval Acad- emy graduate is in navigation. Indeed, the Naval Academy.makes no distinction between the cadet who is fitting himself for the bridve and the cadet who is fitting himself for the engine-room. 3 We may say, further, that in the near future an officer will not be considered fully capable to command on deck if he cannot command with understanding in the machinery department. THE CALL 1s pleased to see that Congress, by the advice of the Navy Department, is favorably con- sidering a bill which shall give to the engineer the rank and position in the service to which he is entitled, The bill provides that the rank of the engineer corps shall be captain, commander, lien- tenant, junior lieutenant, -ensign and cadet. The engineer who is assigned to be the chief of the bureau of en- gineering shall Le known as director- general, with the rank of rear-admiral. He will have under him two inspector- generals with the rank of commodore, and the authority of the bureau will be extended greatly while ships are under constructién. The purpose of the proposed legislation is of course to increase the efficiency of the navy, but tbe Naval Committee of Con- gre<s is perfectly aware that the modern warship is dependent upon the skill, bravery and discipline of the machinery department to “‘get thar quick and get away quick,” as a certain general used to say. But to accomplish that and do justice to one of the most important de- partments of the navy the purpose is to raise the-standard of qualification to a parity in every respect with every other class of officers. In other words it will be as honorable to wear the epaulets of a naval engineer as the epaulets of any other kind of a naval officer with equal rank. A LUMINOUS STAR. The Star of yesterday shed a luminous ray upon the attitude of Judge Wallace in relation to his duties as a taxpayer and as an administrator of the law. The disclos- ures of the Star strengthen the position taken by Tue CALLin this controversy, and we are the more pleased since the Star is not a Republican journal and cannot be charged with having a political bias against either the Democratic Judge whose character is at stake or the Demo- cratic demagogue who first raised the issue by bringing a sham suit against Siebe. It not infrequently happens that we are called upon to commend the course of the Star, and we do so with pleasnre, for in our policy of speaking for all it is ever pleas- ing to give credit to a journal that main- tains the right against corruption and wrongdoin, THE STUDY OF OITIZENSHIP, Setting aside the question of thé en- franchisement of woman, the study of the philosophy of citizenship and the science of government is incumbent upon men and women alike, [t is not all of citizen- ship to participate in political campaigns and vote on election days, nor is it all of citizenship to be ready to take up arms in deiense of the country. These are dutigs, however, that devoive upon every citizén who has the right of suffrage, as occasion requires, but the performance of them, except in connection with all other duties of citizenship, weakens rather than strengthens the superstructure of the government. Tne foundation is, of course, the eternal law of right, liberty and jus- tice, but the foundation is to build upon. The character, beauty and stability of the edifice necessarily reflects the strength of character, moral beauty and stability of purpose of those who build, improve and maintain it. - In the buildingup of a political govern- ment every sociz |, ethical and commercial interest is involved, and if one is weak- ened by neglect or other cause there is weakness everywhere, for “‘every bridge is as strong as its weakest point.” Every citizen is some part of the bridge over whica his fellow-countrymen must pass from to-day to to-morrow. The study of citizenship—to know what good citizen- ship means and what it requires—is a task that is put upon every one without refer- ence to sex or social position. Certainly the foundation of good citizenship is first morality, and .second good will toward one’s neighbor, but unless the principles of morality be deep-rooted there is always danger that the weak spots in the bridge may become weaker. Superficial and tinsel-decked patriotism is diametrically opposed to and at war with true citizen- ship. But to whom does the Nation look to teach the principles of true citizenship and explain the meaning of true patriotism to those who shall assume the respoansibility of carrying forward the great work for hu- manity which this Government has under- More than four-fifths of the teachers in the public schools of ihe United States are women, and it is upon them that the duty rests to prepare the youth of to-day to ad- minister the public affairs of thie people to-morrow. Do these women teachers know what the elements of true citizen- ship are? The evidence that they da is in their retention by common consent, and not only so, but by gracually supplanting men teachers, which they are doing by common consent. Indeed it would seem that parents would rather themr children should be taught the prineiples of patriot- ism, of citizenship and of ethics by women than by men. Itis not true, atall events not of all, that the glory of a woman is in her hair, LAUREATE OF THE DERBY. Come, Alfred Austin, tune your barp— Twang out—bestir yourselt: ‘The Derby’s won at Epsom Downs By royal Albert Guelph. The Queen, the Kaiser and the Czar Have telegraphed their praise! ‘Why, here’s & theme that knocks the spots Off all your Jameson Inys! Let Watson rage at Turkish crime; ‘The Russ let Swinburnescorch: Let bards like these direct the age With Wisdom'’s flaming torch. But thine are castles from the crown, And plaudits from the throne! . Let mocking, vulgar crowds 'go hang” And eritics’ blasts *be blown !” Then, Alfred, here's your theme “to hand.” 0, let thy harp twang loud ! Persimmon's plucked the poles, and done ‘The crown of England proud. And brand new title hath the Prince— *The sporting crack-a-jack ! O, baccarat’s a flimsy trick Beside the Derby track. Then, Alfreq, twang yonr harp, sing loud Persimmon’s winning plunge, And Briton's Derby-laureate be TiJl Time throws up the sponge. CHARLES D. SouTH, £an Francisco, June 6, 1896. PERSONAL. L. L. MeArthur of Portlandis in town. H. de Contella of Los Angeles is at the Bald- win. H. J. Krabbe of Fort Madison, Towa, is in the City. C. M. Ward, & mining man of Grub .Gulch, is at the Lick. W. F. Boyd, a merchant of Seattle,{s among the arrivals here. Dr. Guy L. Edin of the United States army is at the Occidental, John F. Coe, & wealthy business man of Phil- adelphia, s in the City. Dr. E. 8. Robinson and wife of Sacramento arez uests of the Ramona. P. B. Goss, pay clerk of the United Stutes ship Thetis, is in the City? Thomas Fox, the newly appointed Postmas- ter at Portland, is in the City. H. A. McCraney, editor of the Sacramento County Ledger, is at the Grand, A. M. Leuers, of Washington, D. C., arrived here yesterday and is at the Grand. E. B, Willis, managing editor of the Sacra- mento Record-Union, is in the City, B. M. Goldwater, a leading mining man and politician of Arizona, is at the Palace. J.J. Chisholm, who has large mining and other interests at Tucson, is at the Grand. Professor R. F. Pennell, superintendent of the Btate Normal School at Chico, is in the City. R. C. Stephens of Seattle, general Western passenger agent of the Great Northern Rail- road, is at the Occidental, William Israel and wife of New York are guest of the Ramona. Mr. Israel is here with view of making investments. C. C. Michener, who has had charge of the recent successful summer school for college men at Cazadero, is in town. Among the arrivals here yesterday was At- torney Samuel Jackson of Fresno, who came up to attend the big midsummer jinks at the Press Club. William H. Mead, a memberof the Portland City Council and general passenger agent of the Rock Island road in the Oregon metropo- lis, is in town. Mrs. G. W. Wilson, Mrs. Dr. Carpenter, Mr. and Mrs, Casseriy, Mr. and Mrs, H. L. Halladay and Miss Ferries, prominent society people of Vallejo, are at the Ramona. They comeas a theater party. Justice 8.J. Field of the United States Su- preme Court is expected to arrive here from Washington, D. Cs, next week and spend his vacation here. His family will be- with him. He has engaged rooms at the Palace, CALIFORNI—ANS IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, N. Y,, June 6.—At the Savoy— K. Klau; Morton—J. H. Richards and wife; Everett—G. R. Belden, Miss F. Belden; Cosmo- politan—A. Hayden, -Mrs. Heiman; West- minster—Misses Jones; Brunswick—G. H. Mor- rison; Astor—J. Suex, Sailed per steamship Berlin—Rev. H, C. Minton, Mr, Randolph, REASON TO BE GRATIFIED. Red Bluff Peorle’s Cause. THE CALL has reason to be gratified at the re- sult of its exposure of the Round Valley gang of cutthroats, which has led to the conviction of two of the murderers and to the arrest of others who. are believed to Tiave been accom. plices in the murder of Jack Litilefleld. ; SERIOUS ERROR. Woodland Mail. The Chronicle is making a serious error in copying atticles from the Monitor, hoping thereby to injure THE CarL. It will prove a boomersng. LADY'S WAIST WITH NOTCHED COLLAR \ A charming model for a house dress is shown here. It has a standing collar which flares rolling over at the top and separated in back as weil as in front. The notched revers or col- lar is & novel feature. The front of the waist is gathered at neck and waist, the back being also seamless and gathered at- the waist Jine. There is a fitted fining to waist and sleeve th. A plain white lawn had cuffs, collar, notched collar and belt of a dainty, flowered yellow ;‘l,lrxl,.-n zlns finished ..',?3.". 10 be removed undering. A dress of bitie and white challls had trim. mings of white satii ith flat bands of yellg'mh i nkaesd] sayed vt The crepons that have just been deposed {rom their throne are utilized for house gowns to great advantage. One of gray, with trim- ety duint mings of white, was exquisi . The skirt is cit clrcular in front, with two gores i1t the back, which are gathered st the taken when their services are demanded? | top. COMPENSATION. The learned preacher may 1alk of the awful dangers which lurk in riches, and how wealth is likely to exertevil influences; the pious mendicant may tell of the virtues of poverty, and the big-hearted phuanthropist maydescant upon the good that comes ot giving, and al- though the first impulse of each oneof them would be to deny, if asked, that hope of per- sonal remuneration was the actuating force behind it all, the fact would remain that com- pensation was desired and expected. The deeper'meaning of “Love thy neighbor as thy- self” is not understood by many, nor is the humiliation which giving sometimes causes to settle upon the heart of the recip- ient always considered. Too often the giver gives because of the joy it affords himself, and with such a one thereis pleasure in seeing distress, because of the opportunity to do that which will comfort his own heart. Nevertheless, physical acts, be they good or bad, are not always a true reflex of what the heart aod mind are doing. There are those who do good wholly for good’s sake, s there are those who do evil for evil’s sake. Emerson says that “Mankird divides itself into two classes—benefactors and malefectors” —but that could not be true unless some men are assigned by destiny to the role of bene- factor and some to the role of maiefactor. No such assignment hag ever been made. On the contrary it is true thatat times all men are, at heart at least, would-be benefactors, and all men at times are, at heart at least, malefactors. It is not true that mankind is divided irrevocably into the always good and the always bad. It is true, however, that man- kind {s 5o divided for the moment. The bene- factor of to-day might bé the malefactor of to- morrow, but, in any event, it is true that the benefactor is almost always a benefactorbe- cause he expects compensation for so being, and the same holds good with the malefactor. As I have already said, physical acts are not always a true reflex of what the heart and mind are doing in secret. The benefactor might have a sinister motive bagk of the pro- Pposed act, which would be far more evil in - tent and infinitely worse in consequence than the worst injury the malefactor had 1n mind to inflict. But, as a matter. of fact, there is at best cruelty, more or less refined, in the nature of usall, and when welet ourna- tural selves, or rather our lower natures, fur- nish the compass for our sailing down the river of life we are malefactors very much oftener than we are benefactors—not that we commit physical acts that are open to condem- nation, out thought acts, which are far more destructive to “our neighbor” than the physi- cal acts of the majefactor. “Humanity wants and expects compensation for every exertion, and nothing so exasperates it as the failure of expectation. No one likes to admit it, but it is the fact, nevertheless, that when the fire alarm is sounded and we rush off to the supposed conflagration disap- pointment settles ppon our hearts if the fire proves to be of no consequence. It is our human nature to want to be re- munerated by witnessing the aestruction of property for the trouble to which the fire alarm put us. On the other hand, if the con- flagration assumes the dimensions of a great disaster the excitementof the occasion gives satisfaction, and however great the calamity the spectacle does not over-remunerate us for going from our eomfortable homes to stand about in cold winds. We do not like to admit it, but it is the fact that when we see a crowd hastily gathering on a street corner or before a drugstore, and we rush off and join the throng, there 1s more satisfaction when we are told that some one has been killed or terribly wounded than if the excitement proves to be the result of a trick of a street-gamin to startle the com- munity. Ttis remuneration we want for being enticed from our path, and if we expect to see a dead or wounded man we want no failure of expectation, That is human nature—lower human nature. It is true, also, that when we pick up a newspaper and the head-lines say, “A Great Battle Fought,” we turn away from itin disgust if the body of the dispatch says there was only a half-dozen or so killed. The hegd-lines excited great expectation; anda half-dozen dead men does notcompensate— does not satisfy expectation, Now, this characteristic of humanity runs through all expectation and effort, and it is nothing more nor less than an indwell- ing désire of the lower nature for re- muneration for mental or physical exertion; and it is this same characieristic which, in some persons, makes them malefactors be- cause they try to force collection of fancied remuneration due ad unpaid. For instance: “The world owes me a living, and I am going to have it one way or another.” “Phat court of oyerand terminer in which the law of ethical causation isthe only code and statute, makes no difference between the acts of the benefactor and the acts of the male- factor when desire for personal compensation is back of the act, except that when anotheris injured anadded punishment is meted out. The moral law takes into account the “why” of the benefactor as well as the “‘why” of the malefactor, realizing fully that the seed of the “why” was there, deep-rooted, before the act. But the law accepts no excuse if the fruits of the seed be thistles instead of figs. Buddha taught that no seed will die of its own accord, but the husbandman may root up and kill seed. The burden of the ecry of every Avatar hes been, “Kill out desire, kill out desire.” When the great Hindoo reformer was asked what he meant by “Kill out desire,” he said, that the avarice which the hope of reward for expended effort kindles is the essence of evil. Then he told that to be good and true one must consider only how his thought, his act, his purpose was likely to affect others. To walk in the Path one must first root out the seed of desire for reward, for to see ¢learly how to walk aright one must look through the eyes that are within. It isthe law of the universe that rewgrd follows acts, only that there should be no desire for compensation for good acts. Evil is its own rewarder and it is a most faithful paymaster. The rest of the night is the reward for the activities of the day, but if the night is longed for because it gives relief from hated burdens rather than for the renewed strength which it gives thet the duties of the new day may be met and mastered, the purpose of. that one's life is wholly selfish. Chance nor accident have no place in the economy of existence. ‘What men call “fate” is the execution of the verdict imposed by the law of Karma. “If we meet no gods it is because we harbor none.” ARMOND, PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. Richan-Young is the pleasingly suggestive combination of the names of a couple married in Camden, Me., a few days ago. ¢ Charlotte Bronte’s husband, the Rev. Arthur Bell Nicholls, is still alive, theugh it is more than forty years since Charlotte died. Oliver Caswell, nm end deaf mute to whom Dickens devoted several vages of his “American Notes,” died recently at Canonicut, R. L The late Baron Hirsch received an average of 400 begging letters a day and never read them, though he gave away in a single year as much as £15,000,000. One of the most famous painters of Sweden, Marten Eskil Winge, died a few daysagoin Stockolm. His studies were mostly historical, ‘Winge was 71 years old. Prince Christian of Denmark, eldest son of the Crown Prince and ultimate heir 10 the throne, is engaged to the Princess Pauline, only child of the King of Wurtemburg. The Hall of Science in London, which was so long associated with the Secularist movement, led by the late Mr. Bradiaugh and Mrs, Annie Besant, has now been taken by Mrs. Bramwell Booth to be utilized as a shelter and home for women. A horse dealer in West Wooastock, Vt., has owned 452 horses during hislife and hasnever told a lic about a horse. One man who has dealt with him 80 impressed with this re- markable fact that he recently gave him a batchet. Among some relics of Byron which Messrs. Foster sold recently was a very fine pzinted maniature of the poet ina gold bracelet with his hair and the hair of Sophia Maria Byron, Franees Leigh and Sir P. Paker. It brought 50 guineas. ¥ An amusing story 1s told of how the late Shah fell asleep when he should have been the chief guest at 8 reception. In Persia they be- lieve that an awakened person suffers grievous injury. Whatwas to be done? A band wis dispatched to the Shah’s resting place with cial instructions to the big drum. The re- sult was successful. A notary’s business, kept up since 1598 from father to son without interruption, is still to be found at Saint Sauvy, near the Pyrenees. Until M. Gaston Bossier, perpetual secretary of the French Academy, became a university teacher his family had kept & notary office at Nunes without a break, son succeeding father, since the reign of Francis I SAID 10 BE HUMOROUS. Author—Why do you depict her with court- plaster on her cheek ? Artist—Why, in the last chapter her face fell, didn’t it ?—Detroit Tribune. “I had & narrow escape from a woman foot- pad.” z “Indeed “Yes; butin the end I scared her worse than she scared me."” “How did youdo it 2" *“Told her that her hat wasn’t on straight.”— Chicago Record. College Youth—I would—aw—like to write B.A. aftah my name. His Father—What's the use? Every one knows you are & big ass anyhow.—New York Henrald. 4 “He is good-natured, is he 7" “Good-natured ? Why, I have known that men to wear a smiling fece when he was speaking of taking off a porous plaster.”’—Bos- ton Courier. Aunt—Oscar, what aress did your mother put on to go to the bal1? Oscar—A long, white, shori dress. Aunt—Nonsense; it could not have been both long and short. Oscar—Yes, auntie, it was long at the bottom snd short at the top.—Familienblatt. Young Doctor—Which do you consider the best-paying specialty ? 0ld Doctor—People who only think they are sick.—Puck, The man who isalways telling what he would do if he were President is the same one who says “Yes, ma’am.” when his wife speaks to him.—New York Commercial Advertiser. “Do you use condensed milk ?” asked the neighbor of Mrs. Eastsile. “Yes,” she repued. “l think the milkman must condense it. If he didn’t, I don’t see how on earth he could get so much water in it.”—Buffalo Times. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. May Day, 1845—J). 0. H., City. 1845, fell on a Thursday. May Day, CoxguL 10 MELBOURNE—J.D. A., City, The United States Consul to Melbourne, Austraiia, is Daniel W. Maratta of North Dakota. AryY RIFLES—J. R., Quincy, Plumas County, Cal. The KmsgJorgensen rifies, tho latast ndlopled by the United States army, are not for sale. C1vIL CAPACITY—A. 8., Baden, Cal. There ! are a number of colleges in California where boys may be brought up to any civil capacity, but these cannot be advertised in this depart- ment. NATIONAL HOLIDAY—C. T. D., Petalums, Cal. A National holiday is one that is declared such b'y law and observed by all the people of the Nation. Loriery—H. M., Subscriber. This depalt-l ment does not answer any questions relating to lotteries, consequently cannot give you the information you ask. Gorp Corn—C. E. R., \Vne_rloo. Cal. A five- dollar piece of the United States contains 116.1 grains of pure gold, while an English one-pound piece contains 113.001 grains, “COMPARTMENT STORES'" H., City. This department has not been able to learn of any State having passed a law prohibiting the establishment and maintaining of “‘compart- ment siores.” THE GREAT REPUBLIC—N. N., City. The steam- ship Great Republic that was running between this City and Portland ran aground near As- toria between 12 and 1 o’clock of the morning of August 18, 1879. LaTIN—F. J. H,, City. There is no evening public school in this City in which Latin is taught. There are teachers who for pay have evening classes at which Letin is taught, but this department cannot advertise such. THE PRESIDENTS DAUGHTERS—A. 8., City. Ruth, the eldest of President Cleveland's daughters, was born November 3, 1891; Esther, the second one, was born Septémber 9, iggs. and the third, Marion, was bornJuly 7, CHRISTIAN CO-OPERATION—J, S.. Alameds, Cal. This correspondent is anxious to know about “The World’s Christian Co-operative Bociety” that was mentioned about a year ago and who its officers are, Can any of the read- ers of this department inform him? Two StEAMERS—H. D., City. The steamer Persia of the Hamburg-American line meas- ures: ullsgth 445.5 feet, breadth 50.2 inches, depth 29.8. Her tonnage is 5857. The Palatia of the same line is, length 460 feet, breaath 56 ‘l7e1eotonnd depth 31,16 feet. Her tonnage is COLUMBIAN HALF—J. H., City. There is no fixed premium on Columbian half dollars be- cause they have not yet become so scarce as to be considered from a numismatic point of view rare coins, Dealers who have them for sale charge from $1 to 1 25 for them. TRAINING ScHOOL—M. M. P., Oakland, Cal. For information about the qualifications for entering the United States Nautical School ship 8t. Marysat New York address a commu- nication to the executive officer of the vessel, Lieutenan:-Commander Wells L. Field. SveARr CANE—A Constant Reader, City. Sugar cane will grow anywhere in the State of Cali- fornia where there is irrigation and a warm climate. It will not thrive where it may be | touched by heavy frosts, It has been grown successfully, but not in sufficient quantities for sugar making, in Merced, Tulare, Fresno and adjacent counties, - MAILS POR ALASKA-—Mrs. S., Oakland, Cal. Mails. will leave Seattle for Sitka, Alaska, and intermediate Alaskan points June 16, July 1, 16 and,31, and for Fort Wrangle, Mary Island, Juneau and Sitka June 16 and 21 and July 1, , 16, 21 and 31. For points west of Sitka July 1. Mail irom the north will arrive in San Francisco about June 18 and July 1,18 and 31. AMERICAN STAMPS—Reader, Lathrop, Cal. On the current issue of United States stamps there are the following portraits: 1-cent Franklin, 2 cents Washington, 3 cents Jackson, 4 cents Lincoln, 5 cents Grant, 6 cents Garfield, 8 cents W. T. Sherman, 10 cents Webster, 15 cents Clay, 50 cents Jefferson, $1 Perry, $2 Madison add $5 Marshall. The engravings are repro- ductions of paintings in the Government buildings at Washington, D. C. 3 Licesse ReQuigep—W. D., Guenoc, Lake County, Cal. A man who holds & copyright for a work, and offers ‘to sell the work from house to house, must have a county license as a peddler, and if he ! person hired to sell that work in an adjoining county to the one in which he is seiling, he must have a li- cense for his agent. An {linérant watchmaker, optician and tinsmith, who carries on his trades, is alio required to have a county Ii- cense. ‘WEST . 0INT CADETS—Subscriber, Mendocino City,Cal. A cadet to the military academy at West Point is appointed by a Congressman when he is notified that there is & vacancy in his district. It is impossible to state when the next vacancy will occur, or what Con- essman shall haye the right to fill it, until e notice is sent to_the Congressman by the War Department, Write to Colonel 'O. H. Ernet, superintendent of the academy, for in- formation as to the quaiifications for adinis- sion and examinations, physical and mental. ELECTRIC CARS—W. 8. G, City. The firstelec- tri¢ rallway was constructed by Siemens & Halske 1p Berlin in 1879. The first electric ullwuyd Lx; Ff:i:o United .States was one con- structe n & Field ana in operation in Chicago at the exposition of nu-.?“. P~ ances, June 1883. The first electric mfi in California was the one from Oakland to Tem- escal. Siugle track measurement there is at present about Mul.{-two miles of electric rail- way in San Francisco and about forty-six miles of cable railway. There are eleven cable-car houses and six electric-car nouses in this City. SILVER PrODUCT—A. M., Agnews, Cal. The following shows the produetion of silver for one year (1894): United States, $64.000,000; Australasia, $28,867,700; Mexico, §60,817,- 300; Russia, $356,600; Germanv, $8,240.100; Austrig-Huligary, $2,648,400; Swedén, 119, 200; Norway, $195,500; Italy, $1, $: 00; Greeee, B1 472,700; Turkey, ; Great Britain, - France, $4.070 (00 entine Raé Spain, $2 3,000 Colombia, 700 i f 182,400; ublic, $1,551,600; C 152,400, Tivia, $28,444,400; Ecuador, $10,000; Chile, %.535'.5%0; beru, $4,474,800; Central’ Amer: ca, $2, 5 Japan, $2,529,700. Total, i ,000,000; $215,404,600. ANSWERS.—To ali readers: This department cannot undertake to furnish ananswer at & particular time. Apswers will be furnished 1o questions asked, to which answers can be obtained, just as soon as possible. and such will be printed in the order in 'MCS\‘M: n:r'a d in as 1apidly as space W 13 . ;g'u‘:eelimel a qnel:don that. takes only five words to ask requires weeks to obtain_the an- swer. For instance, last week a corresponc- ent asked a question and wanted an snswer ot the following day. That question mvoh‘: 1 s search of more than 20.000 pages of official records, each page containing fity entriet, to be serutinized separately. The information could not be obtained within the time mm‘i‘ Correspondents must not feel dlnpromgedh k the answer they expect does not appear within 8 week. MARINES AND SEAMEN—U. 8. N., City. There is & recruiting office at 20 Ellis street where men are enlisted in the marive corps Df the United States and where all information in re- lation to the service may be obtained. The ap- plicant must not be more than 6 feet in height nor less than 5 feet 5 inches, must be unmar- ried, of good character, not sddicted to the use of liquor snd must ve able to read au write, as well as speak the English language properly. The pay of a private is $13, drom- mer and fifer $13, corporal 15, Frsennll}l )y first sergeant #25, drum major $22 guarier master-sergeant $23, sergeant-msjor \,3.‘ e pay of seamen of the first class is $24, or;l] ns;‘)i $19, landsmen $16, The marines are allows an increase of $1 after the third year, $2 al I" the fourth year and $3 after the fifth year. In either branch of the service one who enters in the lower grade has en opportunity to rise to any of the non-commissioned ofices. GARRISONED Posts—Reader, Lathrop, _L-L The following is a list of posts in the United States that are at this time garrisoned by regu: lars: Fort Adams, R. I.; Alcatraz Island, Cal.; Angel Island, Cal.; Fort Apache, Ariz.; Atmy and Navy General Hospital, Ark.; Fort Assin- niboine, Mont.; Fort Barrancas, Fla.; Fort Bayard, N. sfex.; Fort Bliss, Tex. : Boise Bar. racks, Idaho; Fort Brady, Mich.; Fort Brown, Tex.; Fort Canby, Wash.; Fort Clark, Tex.; Columbus Barracks, O) Fort Columbus, N.Y.; Fort Crook, Nebr.: Fort Custer, Mont. Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo.; Fort Douglass, U ah’ Fort du Chesne, Util Camp Eagle Pass, Tex.; Fort Ethan Allen, Vt.; Fort Grant., Ariz.; Fort Hamiltop, N. Y Hancock, ¥ort Harrison, Mont. Huachuca, Ari Jackson Barracks, La. Keogh, Mont.; Key West Barracks, Fla. Leavenworth, Kans.; Fort Logan, Col ison Barracks, Y.; Fort Mason. Cal.; McHenry, Md.; Fort McIntosh, Tex.; Fort Me- Pherson, Ga.; Fort Meade, 8. Dak.; Camp Mer. ritt, Mont, ; Fort Missoula, Mont.; Fort M Va.; Fort Mver, Va.; Fort Niagara, N. ¥ Niobrara, Nebr.; Fort Omaha, Nebr. Pilot, Butte, Wy Plattsburg Barracks, : Fort Porter, N Fort Preble, Me.; Fresidio of San Francisco, Cal.; Fort Reno, O. Fort Riley, Kaus.; Fort Ringold, Tex Robinson, 'Nebr.: Fort Sam Houston, sub-post of Fort Grant, San Carlos, Ari Diego barracks, Cal.; Fort Schuyler, Fort Sheridan, I11.; Fort Sherman, Idah 8ill, O. Fort Snelling, Minn. ; Fort Spokane, Francis barraeks, Fla. ; Fort Thomas, Ky.; Fort Trumbull, Conn.; Vancouver bar- racks, Wash,; Fort Wadsworth, N. Y.; Fort Walla Walla, Wash.; Fort Warren, Mass.; Fort Washakie, Wyo.; Washington barracks, D. C.;Fort Wayne, Mich.: West Point, N. Whipple barracks, Ariz’; Willets Point, N. Fort Wingate, N. Mex.; Fort Wood, N. Y.; For Yates, N, Dak.; Fort Yellowstone, Wyo. E. H. Buack, puter, 120 Eddy street. * ———————————— ANIcE present for Eastern friends—Town- send’s Cal. glace fruits, 50c1b. 627 Marketst. * ———————— EpECIAL information dafly to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * e AL classes and conditions of society will be gratified to learn that Putzman & Schurman have the exclusive coastagency of the famous “Golden Gate” brand of Kentucky whisky, Their Prussian Stomach Bitters cure all stom- ach and nervous troubles. 341 Pine, corner Montgomery, telephone, red, 391. . i aitskasgiohs i A Prince Hemry of Battenberg's estate, for which letters of administration bave just been granted to Princess Beatrice, amounted o $5145in all. Low Rates to Cleveland. The Noblesof the Mystic Shrine wili meet at Cleveland, June 28 and 24. For this eccesion the B. & O. X. R. Co. will sell tickets st reduced rates from afl points on Its lines west of the Obio River, for all trains of June 21 and 29, valid for return passege until Jupe 325. The fare from Chicago will be $8 50 and corre- spondingly 10w rates from all other points. Tickets will als¢ be on sale at all points throughout the West. . The B. &£0. is the only line running Pullman Sleeping Cars between Chicago and Cleveland. For full information write to L. S. ALLEN, A, G. P. A., Grand Uentral Passenger Station, Chi- cago, Il —————————— $67.50—Special Train—867.50. Repub- lican Convention at St. Louis. Leaves San ¥rancisco Thursday, June 11, at 10 A. M. via Salt Lake City-Denver, thence Burling- ton route. The entire California and Nevada dele- gations have accommodations on this tr in. Rate to St. Louis and return, $67 50. Bertns for this train must be secured at office of Burli ngton route, 32 Montgomery st. St. Louis Convention. Parties taking advantage of the cheap rates to the Republican Convention can secure tickets re- turning via St. Pavl and the Nor:hern Pacific Railroad. T. K. Stateler, general agent, 638 Mar- ket street, San Franclsco. . LapiEs take Dr. Siegert's Angostura Bitters gen- erally when they feel low spirited. It brightens them up immediately. e Ir afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp- son's Eye Water. Druggists sell it as 25 cents. —————— The bronze memorial bust of Commodore George W. Melville, which was unveiled the other evening in the parlorsof the United Service Club, of Philadelphis, is life size, and ghows the commodora in his uniform with his medals on his coat. It will be presented to t War Library Museum, which is to be formed in Philadelphia by the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. R o e NEW TO-DAY. 16 TER HOUS SELLS China Warg AT MONEY-SAVING PRICES. Cups, Saucers and Plates, decorated, 7)o each. Decorated Pitchers, Porcelain—15c, 20c, 25¢ each. v Cry;al Glass Berry Sets, per set, 25c, 35c, Table Tumblers, per set, 20c, 25¢, 30c. Decorated Dinner Set, complete, 80 pieces, $4 65 and $5 25. Decorated Toilet Set, complete, $165. Genuine Carisbad China, exquisitely decora- ted, Dinner Set, 100 pieces, $15 00. The kind and quality others charge $%5. ———AT: (ireqt American [mporting Tea (. MOE‘EV SAVING STORES: 1344 MarRet st. 146 Ninth st. 2510 _Mission st. 218 Third st. Egma efie e f.'-’o Polk st. 3006 Sixteenth st. ol 52 Market st. (Headquarters), S. F. 1053 Washington st. 616 E. Twelfth st. 131 San Pablo ave. 9.'-, Broadway, 1355 Park st., Alameda. & “There it is, in a Nutsbell,” You need an engine, we have one to sell; you take no chances. because we guarantee ithe HERCULES GAS AND GASOLINE EN- arnx:x.nok:’n.u as steadily r!!: m&n& ern- oy no_engineer. thiogue and Prico u:':t‘w‘d m merican 405-407 mg &