The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 20, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1896. FRIDAY... NOVEMBER 20, 1896 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Daily and Sunday CALI, one week, by carrie: Daily and Sunday CALL, one year, by mail Daily and Sunday CALL, six months, by mal Daily and Sunday CALw, three months by mail 1.50 Daily and Sunday CALL, one month, by mall. .65 Bunday CaLL, one year, by mail.. 1.50 WEEKLY CaLL, oue year, by mail. BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, California. Telephone. . Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS 517 Clay Street. Telephone........ e Main—1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 527 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open until 0 o'clock. 339 Hayes street; open until 9:50 o'clock. 718 Larkin street: open until 9:30 o'clock. £W. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open until 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street; open untll 9 o'clock. 116 Minth street; open until 9 0'clock. & Market street, open nil 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE: 808 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 51 and 32, 34 Park Row, New York Clty. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. = THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. e e e e Lottery fakers are getting bolder. The Sacramento airship may have been an illusion but all the same the airship is coming. ‘We cannot get back to prosperity all at once, but we are moving in that direction very rapidly. The flooded districts of the north have our sympathy, and if they need aid they can have that als The fight against lottery-dealers should not be relaxed until the unlawful traffic is suppressed altogether. ok The Wyoming vote was so equally divided it may be regarded as pie for all parties and pudding for none. *It is becoming more evident every day that those who wish to bring reforms into Turkey will have to carry them out. The surest way for the Santa Fe road to get into liquidation is to make a bee line for San Franci co and tap the ocean. If the resident Sacramentan can see an airship on a guiet night what sort of sights will the legislator see when he strikes the town? Cleveland seems to be naturally blind to everything except his monetary policy and obstinately determired to go it blind | on that. Maritime control of the Pacific is one of the grand destinies of the United States, and California should take the lead in its | realization. If a better revenue measure is to be enacted this winter it should provide for protective duties on sugar, as well as on 'wool and luraber. The Santa Fe system has the consolation of knowing it has receivers enough to re- ceive business if any of it should happen to come that way. Don’t expect prosperity to come back with a boom. After the long depression it will take the country some time to at- tain a full recovery. Don’t forget during the holidays to send California dainties ana novelties to your Eastern friends and help advertise the products of the State. Under the law Mr. Hanna and Mr. Bliss are not eligible for the office of Becretary of the T'reasury, and the Cabinet makers will have to guess again. The success of Spain in floating & new war loan among her own people shows that poor as they are they have money to burn when they get their mad up. Itis believed in New England that Sewall got enough advertising in business out of the campaign to pay him for his expenses in the canvass and is now willing to call it square. The charges against Inspector Dockery are such as every zealous officer must ex- pecttoface. Itisimpossible to go straight ahead in any direction without meeting op- position somewhere. The Populist candidate for Governor in Maine on the fusion ticket in the recent election has gone back to the middle of the road with a determination to make it a warpath for Democrats. The dangerous factor in the Cuban problem is the Spanish character. If Wey- ler should fail in his present attempt to hunt Maceo from the hills there is no tell- ing what desperate step may be taken next. One of the results of the war in Cuba has been the increase oi the sugar industry elsewhere, and when the Cubans return to work again they will find the market for their crops has been taken by other people, Lo Yt s Cabinet making by newspapers may do as a pastime for the holidays but some of our Eastern contemporaries are carrying it to the verge of a craze and might profit- ably turn their aitention to chrysanthe- mums for a while. The fight between San Pedro and Santa Monica will be fought to a finish this time, and the one consoling feature in it is that Do matter which wins the work of con- struction will begin at once and California will get a new harbor. All the larger cities in the South show Republican gains in the recent election, and the fact seems to farnish unmistak- able evidence that the centers of intelli- gence in that section are beginning to understand their welfare as well as that of tne rest of the country depends on Repub- lican legislation. B e The charge has been frequently made in politics that wheat speculators control the price of whest to the injury of the pro- ducer, but has hitherto been ridiculed. Now, however, it has been made the basis of a lawsuit, and we shall have evidence on the subject that will carry weight with fair minds, and perhaps the charge may be proven after all. * It should be remembered that the Ding- ley bill of last winter was killed by a vote of the Senate striking out all but the en- acting clause and substituting a silver measure in place of it. What is being advocated now is the passage of a measure gimilar to that bill, and designed, like it, to provide an adequate revenue for the Government until a thorough system of protection can be put into effect. REED'S APPEAL. In a short address delivered to the Duluth Board of Trade on Wednesday Speaker Reed made an appeal Which snould find a response throughout the whole country. Spoken 1n a small city it nevertheless concerns the welfare of all the people and should receive the atten- tive consideration of Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce everywhere. Mr. Reed said: “There is one thing to which I wish to call your attention. With the revenues of the Nation rununing from $30,000,000 to $50,000,C00 annually below its expenses we can never expect to hold up our heads among the solvent nations. A bill was introcduced in Congress which did not affect the tariff issue at all, but was only to raise revenue. business men to investigate this matter and create a sentiment which will result in the passage of a similar bill.” The Chamber of Commerce of San Fran- cisco could well afford to give some atten- tion to this appeal. Interviews with Con- gressmen of all parties, published since the election, make it evident that it is still doubtful whether the revenue bill to which Mr. Reed referred can be'enacted at this session. Thé matter should *not be left wholly to politicians, Every intelli- gent man knows that we need a larger revenue, and there ought therefore to be a universal demand for it. Mr. Reed’s suggestion that boards of trade and business men generally shounid endeavor to create a popular sentiment in favor of the passage of the bill is in the truest sense of the word timely. The very fact that he made such an appeal shows that he believes it to be needed and hopes that it will be effective. Certainly the issue is of sufficient importance to make the attempt worth trying, and the Cham- ber of Commerce in this City could not direct its energies to a better purpose. It must be borne in mind that the Ding- ley bill spoken of was not a party measure. As Mr. Reed said, it did not affect the tariff question at all. That is to say, it did not affect the disputed point be- tween free trade and protection. It was purely and simply a revenue measure, designed for the sole purpose of putting an end to the deficit. To urge its passage, therefore, would not be carrying party politics into ommercial bodies. Moreover, it will be noted the speaker did not suggest the revival of the Dingley ill itself, but only the adoption of some measure of the kind. The former bill was | not perfect, and a new measure would undoubtedly improve on it to the extent, at least, of providing for the sugar indus- try as weil as for wool and lumber. Taking all things into consideration, | this appeal from the Speaker of the House ! ought to receive the well-nigh unanimous support of business men. It iscertainly a shameful condition of affairs that a country so rich as ours should be running into debt every year. Itis to be regretted that Congress cannot be relied upon to enact so necessary a measure without being pushed to it by popular demand, but it is useless to indulge ia such regrets. Bpeaker Reed evidently believes that the demand is necessary to obtain the act, and it should therefore be forthcoming from all the States in the Union, and from | every commercial body which under- stands the importance of the measure and represents the trade and industries of the people. THE OUBAN ORISIS The affairs of Cuba continne to be the most interesting feature of our foreign re- lations. It is evident that a crisis has been reached in the war, and there are not wanting signs that before long this coun- try may be drawn or forced into some | kind of interference in its conduct. Spain is putting forth what seems to be a final effort to crush the insurrection. She has recently sent large re-enforce- ments into Cuba, has raised 2 new war loan from her people, and shows in every way a determination to pring the war to a swift conclusion. If General Weyler succeeds in entrap- ping Maceo and crushing his force to pieces, the present war will be brought to a conclusion, and the island will then en- ter upon another period of sullen guies- cence which will last until the Cubans feel strong enough to renew the contest. In that case the United States would not be directly affected, and nothing more would be aroused than our sympathies with the conquered and oppressed people of the island. If, on the other hand, Weyler should fail, there would arise the serious question of what Spain would Go next. It is clear that the Ministry could not bold office for a moment if it should agree to make any terms for recognizing the independence / of Cuba. The temper of the Spanish peo- ple would not permit any wise, calm and statesmanlike policy to be pursued at such a juncture. The defeat of General Wegyler, therefore, would be almost sure to bring about some desperate action on the part of the Spanish Ministers, and there are serious reasons for believing that they would not hesitate to embroil the United States in war in ordér to find a means of excusing themselves for their failure in Cuba. It is this aspect of the war that makes the outlook serious for the United States. Our Government has certainly given Spain no just reason for complaint. The Cleve- land administration cannot be charged with any undue sympathy for the Cubans. It has, on the contrary, been so stern in enforcing the law against filibusters that there have been times when it seemed in- clined to aid Spain in suppressing Cuban independence. Therefore if the Spanish Government should make any claims or demands upon the United States it would find Congress in no mood nor humor to listen to them, and there might be.anout- break of hostilities in spite of the seeming improbability of such an event. It 1s for these reasons the American peo- ple take such great interest in the advance of General Weyler. 1t is everywhere felt that the critical moment has come. There is little prospect of Weyler's success, and it seems evident tbat the time is ap- proaching for Spain to make her last despairing stroke. Whether it will be at us or not is a question no man can answer. It is well, therefore, that the people watch thecourse of events with eagerness, and the Government should make every effort to put its harbors and navy in the best condition possible for the chance of sud- den war. SPECULATORS AND PRICES The charge has been frequently made in poiitics that speculators in the stock markets control the prices of staple prod- ucts to such an extent that they are able to depress them while the crops are still in the hands of the producer and raise them after the crops have passed into the hands of the dealers in the exchance. Notwithstanding the frequency with which these charges have been iterated, ihey have hitherto received comparatively little attention from the general public. It has been the prevailing belief that a stock exchange did no more than register the rise and fall of prices. This view seems 80 ly founded upon the estab- lished laws of commerce that no argument n I appeal to yon as | on the other side had any effect in dis- turbing it in the minds of the great mass of the peaple. The chgrge, however, has now been transferrea from politics to law and from the stump to the courts. In the elevator controversy now being tried before Judee Taley in Chicago, one of the attorneys | has advanced the proposition that the big elevator men of that city were responsible for the depression of the wheat market in the last few years, and he claims to have evidence to prove the charge. The case will be watched with consider- able interest to see what evidence is forth- coming on this point. On the face it hardly seems possible that any combina- tion of men could be powerful enough to affect the price of an article of which the output is o large as that of wheat. Nev- ertheless, when a reputable attorney comes into court with a claim that he can prove a certain state of things to be true, the incredulity of fair-minded men must give way to a determination to review the case on its merits and weigh the evidence with impartial justice. 1 the attorney comes anywhere near proving his charges, the result will have much to do with the determination of bills before Congress prohibiting the specula- tion in what are called “'futures” of staple products, We may be sure, therefore, that the question will rséeive close atten- tion from a large number of interested persbns, and it seems likely that this much-disputed point will soon be cleared up by the formation of a definite and well- grounded opinion on one side or the other. LOTTERIES REVIVING. The crusaae waged against lotteries in this City diminisked the evil butdid not crush it. For a time the dealers in that unlawful traffic were frightened 1nlo dropping it or forced to carry it on with a degree of caution which rendered it comparatively harmless. The fright, however, seems to have passed away to some extent, and the fakers are becoming bold again, So long as newspapers of general circu- lation publish the advertisements of these swindling schemes and announce the drawing of alleged prizes it will not be possible to eradicate the evil altogether; but if the efforts of the police be backed up by a resolute public opinion and well aided by the better class of citizens it can be reducea to conditions far less harmful than it is now. Tue CaivL appeals to all law-abiding | citizens to give an active aid to the police in the task of suppressing the swindlers, These fakers rob the people by their fraudulent schemes of large sums of money every year. The gold-brick swin- dle is as nothing to the lottery swindle in the extent of iis deception and the num- ber of its victims. It has been shown by the police over and over again that most of the so-called lottery companies whose tickets are sold bere have no drawings at all, and worse still, many of the so-called tickets are forgeries. This is reducing the practice of getting money under false pre- tenses to the extreme limit and a man would derive more profit from throwing his money into the sea than from buying lottery tickets with it. An evil so insidious as that of the lot- | tery sharpers cannot be effectually coped with by the police alone. The officers require the aid of citizens in getting evi- dence to convict offenders, and that aid should be cordially given. A further effort, moreover, should be made to pre- vent the publication of lottery advertising in the newspapers. If that reform could te effected the task of suppressing the evil altogether would be made much easier, since the enticements of the sharp- ers would no longer be spread before the public and in the home, and there would be too tittle profit in the trade for them to venture upon the risk of detection and punishment. THE MINERS' BATTLE. The statement published in THE CALv yesterday of J. ¥. Halloran, general man- ager of the Mining and Scientific Press of this City, was an able and lucid presenta- tion of the claims of the mining industry upon the National Government and its richt to a representative in the Cabinet. The statement has more than a transitory value and should be reproduced by the press throughout the mining States. Mr. Halloran points out that at the present time there is not to be found in ‘Washington even so much as a responsi- ble clerk to represent the mining industry, and as a consequence it is almost impossi- bie to get from the Government a reliable interpretation of the mining laws, The Becretary of the Interior will construea disputed point one way and the Land Commissioner will construe it another. The United States Government has done less for mining than for any other great industry, and, as Mr. Halloran points out, we are in this respect behind otter civilized nations. In Great Britain, France, Germany and Russia there are Government departments of mines and ministers of mining whose business it is to look out for the industry and promote its advancement. Our Government could well afford to foliow that examnle, for the United States owes more to mines and can expect more from them than any other nation on earth. Like every ome else who has given the subject serious consideration, Mr, Hal- loran sees that the appointment of a Sec- retary of Mines is not to be easily ob- tained. Nevertheless, as he says, the horizon of the future widens. The devel- opment of the United States requires an increasing governmental supervision. The Cabinet in the end must be enlarged, and it is none too early to enlarge it now for the promotion of miring. PARAGRAPHS A:OUT PEOPLE. Marcus A. Hanna owns a little pineapple paich in Dade Country, Florida, which he loves to visit. At Eton Lord Rosebery’s—then Dalmeny’s— favorite reading was composed o1 political re- ports and pamphlets, An effort is being made in Great Britain to raise $12,500 for D. L. Moody’s schooi for boys in Mount Hermon, Mass. ‘William Potter, ex-Minister from the Unitea States to Italy, has been elected president of Jefferson Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia. The London Daily Telegraph contradiets the rumor that Dr. Jameson and his companions in Holloway Prison are to be released owiag to failing health, Jules Verne is threatened {with a libel suit by a French gentleman, who thinks he recog- nizes his own portrait in one of Verne's vil- lainous characters, The Sultan bas decorated Sidney Whitman, correspondent of the New York Herald, with the second class of the Osmanlie order, and Mrs. Whitmat with the Chefekat order, A letter from his manager tells a correspon- dent that Sims Reeves has achieved great suc- cess in South Africa. The tour is consequently to be extended to Australia or New Zealand, and possibly to America. One of the younger Rothschilds, on her mar- riage to M. Maurice Epirussi, insisted on having her two terriers among the wedding party. They were both clad for the occasion in appropriate wedding garments, Letters From the People. FAIR’S PENCIL WILL. What It Showld Teach People About the Nature of Money. ! Editor San Francisco Call—S1® : It is with un- feigned satisfaction, but not with surprise, that Iread in the Jeading editorial of THE CaLL this morning on “Currency Reform” that ““it is evident that one of the issues which will be forced upon the attention of the next Congress will be that of reforming our system of curreney,” and that ‘‘the new issue will differ from that which was appealed to the people in the last campaign, inasmuch as it will affect paper money rather than coin”; also that “the chances are that it wili form the dominant issue in our politics for some time to come,” I desire to add thesingle com- ment that it was in fact the dominant but tion the candidates having a majority of the electoral votes for President and Vice-Presi- dent become entitled to those offices on the following 4:h of March. 1t was the intention of the framers of the constitution that the electors shouid have fuli power to elect whomscever they pleased, butsince the formation of parties, they have never exercised that discretion, but have Yoted for the candidates the people designated betorehand. The term “college,” as applied to the elec- tors, is not nsed in the constilution, but beiug convenient it first came into use to designate the State eiectors, us, for instance, the “elec- toral coilege” of lilinois. In recent years the term has been extended to mean the whole body of electors in all the States. Strictly speaking, there are forty-five electoral colleges, each independent of all the rest, and each vot- ing on the day appointed in its own State. PERSONAL. Faithfull Begg of London is in town. E. M. Murray of Los Angeles is in the City. David R. Kemp of Londoa is at the Palace. concealed issue on the partof the conserva- tive interests in the recent ecampaign, as I stated at the opening of the camp-gnnn “letter” on the “four money pllnk?” though the silver issue was #wuely. as believe, made paramount by the “reform forces.” Now, since paper money rather than coin is 10 be the issue in our polities for some time to come, would it not be a good thing for us all to try to get at a true and really scientific understanding of the nature of money, 5¢ as better to judge whether it should be issued b; the Government or by the so-called Nationa banks? I assume that we can allcome toa study of this now dominant issue as American citizens who desire the best form of money for the common good of ofir country and the general convenience of the public. I offer ihese suggestions in that non-partisan spirit, There are two fundamental conceptions now fixed in the public mind as to the nature of money. Our gold 85 piece has on it these words: ‘United States of America; Five D.” d the figure of the eagle. On 'he other face, rrounded by stars, is the symbolic head of ihen{.' #s indicated by words also on the brow, with the date below the head. Thatis all, and that plece of gold is $5. That s one conception of money, though but few people | in the whole Nation ever see the $5 piece. They are aceustomed to use the $5 ‘‘note,” as it is named, which is to be “redeemed” with the metal mouey ii desired, but as a matter of {act is never so redeemed in a lifetime by any one except those who deal in money as a trade or occupation, whom we call bankers. Now, did it ever occur to the reader that the paper money is just as good for all people ex- cept those Who deal in money as a tirade, a very small part of the whole population, as the metal money which the great mass of the people never handle during all thefr lives? 1f not, why not? The now celebrated *‘pencil will” of the late Benator Fair illustrates to my mind the true nature of paper money, as do also his “pencil deeds.” Somuch lead 'in & lerd pencil esis necessary to trace a few lines on a small piece of paper. both worth the hundreath gun of one cent, will convey the title to milllons of dollars 1n property or in money and upset all other wills :aade with all que formality. The law does it all. The law makes his will or wish so expressed all-powerful. His deed does | the same. The law makes 1tso. Adeed toa lot worth 85 or $5000 conveys that property just the same in either ca nd in the same way. In the same sense & $5 greenback con- | veys just that smount to the holder of all Uncle Sam'’s proverty, and his word is pledged, with his army end " pavy and the uuvlimited texing power of his Congress, to make his word good. In a word, the Government paper money is the will or deed of Uncle Sam which conveys all the gold and silver, all the mer- chandise, all the factories, ail the railroads, all the ships, all the farms, all the wheat and cot- ten, and the cattle upon a thousand hills, 1o the’ holder of that paper money, so far as the face value of that paper money ealls for it. A ®5 greenback is a title deed to an undi- vided interest in all the property protected by the stars and stripes, including the gold and silver of all the Shylocks in the land; just as a Government bond is 2 mortgage upon ali such property. In fact, s greenback is a bond bearing no interest and a bond is a greenback bearing interest, and both are made good by the same promise secured by the same prop- erty, the same army and navy, the same Con- gress and the same people with their valor and their lives. All that upholds the flag is committed to the defense of the greenback as well as to the bond. Bonds are better than gold, and all the gold itself, as well as all other property, is pledged to make the bond 20od, and just’ so, 100, tu make Government money good. JOSEPH ASBURY JOHNSON. San Francisco, v. 19, 1896. IF ONLY THE DREAMS ABIDE. If the things of earth must pass Like the dews upon the grass, Like the mists that break and run At the forward sweep of the sun, 1 shall be satisfied 1 ouly the dreams abide. Nay, T wonld not be shorn Of gold from the mises of morn; I would not be bereti Of the last biue iower in the cleft, 0Of the haze that baunta the hills, Of the moon that the midnight fills. Still would I know the grace ' On Jove's uplified face. And the slow, sweet joy-dawn there Under the dusk of h-r hair. 1 pray thee, spare me, Fate, The wotul, wearying weight Of & Leart that feels no pain At the sob 0f the autumn rain, ‘And takes 0o breath of giee From the organ-surge of the sea— 0f & miud where memory broods Over songless solitudes; . 1 shali be satisfied 1f only the dreams ablde. —Clinton Scollard in Century. AN AERIAL TORPEDO-BOAT. A new war machine has heen offered to the Cubans. The aerial torpedo boat has three immense cylinders filled with hydrogen gas, They support & car shaped like the hullof a George B. A. McNaire of Mexico is at the Palace. H. N. R. Vail of Santa Barbara is among the arrivals here. 'W. Ingersoll of New York was among yester- day’s arrivals. G. H. Van Houten, a business man of Port- land, is at the Grand. Philip J. Lonergan, a mining man ot Denver, Colo., is a late arrival here. Sidney Wekefiela of Fresno is at the Cosmo- Ppolitan Hotel on a short visit. Captain A. A. Polliemus, the old-time navi- galor, of San Diego, is at the Grand. Mark Foy, one of the great merchants of Sydaey, Australis, arrived here yesterday. E. W. Adams and wife are down from Sac- ramento and are at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. R. F. Davidson, Chico wheat-grower, is spending a few days at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. W.Davis, a wealthy resident of Victoria, Australia, is at the Californie, accompanied by Mrs. Davis. J. E. Heartly and wife, old residents of Win- ters, are among the latest arrivals at the Cos- mopolitan Hotel. J. Martin Delbridge of Sydney, Australia, manager of a refrizerated meat importirg company, is in the City. A. Goldwater, an attorney of New Zealand, who is en route to Los Angeles to try an im- portant case, is at the California. Professor A. P. W. Thomas of Auckland, N. Z., was among the arrivals by the steamer Ala. meda. He is on his way to the East 2nd Eu- rope. General H. L. Mills of the English army ar- rived on the Alameda yesterday. He is on his way to his home at Manchester, where & large fortune awaits him. 5 Captain Sterling of the American ship Patri- cian, which was abandoned as she was sinking on the Australian coast, is in the City. He was rescued from the ship with great danger. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Brewer returned here on the Alameda from Sydney vesterday. They have been visiting their son-in-law, Consul- General Muratta, and his family in Sydney. Mr. and Mrs. Brewer will putin the winter in Florida and return to their hcme in Boston in the spring. J. R. Colls, who is engaged extensively in merchandising at Yass, New Eouth Wales, where he owns large stores, is at the Califor- a1a. He is accompanied by Mrs. Colls. They came over expressly to spend two weeks or thereabouts in California end will return on the Alameda. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 19.—At the Plaza, C. Selden; Holland, D. K. Pischal; Gerlach, W.Hubbard; Belvedere, D. and 8. Livingstone. NEWSPAPER PLEASANTRY. “Duffington is not going into society this winter.”” “Why not?” “He had to sell bis dress suit to help out on his election bets.””—Chicago Record. Monkey—Why are all ot you fellows so down in the mouth ? Elephant—Well, you see, we were playing | football. The ostrich was fullback and kicked | our ball clean out of sight.—New York Herald. | Gezway—Speaking of the world being round, there’s one thing that bothers me, & Jizney—What's that ? Gazway—If it’s true that it’s round, how is it possible for it to come to an end ?—Roxbury Gazette. ; “Do you think that druggist is really de- rangea?”’ “Yes, crazy as a bicycle-rider. He sold me & nickel’s worth of peppermint and didn’t stick his own label over the one already on the bottle.””—Chicago Record. “Well,” remarked the wife of the man who has changed his mind about coming to Con- gress, “you have a clear conscience, anyhow.” “I know that” was the comfortless rep.y, “‘but a clear conscience isn’t what I was run- ning for.”—Washington Star. Bhe was an intensely romantic girl. Her soul was ever occupied with yearnings for the unattainabte. Why, she hadn’t been in the railway car ten minutes before she wanted /the window opened.—Detroit Tribune. Cresson—I thonght you were going to send | your boy to college? | Sportley—That was my intention; but I find | he is too weak physically to play football.— Philadelphia North American. “Now, Johnny, what is the meaning of the word ‘hypoerisy?’” asked a Texas Sunday- school teacher of her favorite pupil, Johnny | Chaeflie. “I can’t explain what it is, but I know just the same.” “Give me an example of hypoeris; *‘When a fellow says ne loves the Sunday- school teacher—that’s hypocrisy.”'—Texas Sift- ings. “Wonderful man.” ““What s there so wonderful sbout him 1" “‘Why, he has a prize dog.” *Yes 2 “‘And he has a record of talking about it for fifteen minutes without lying.”—Chicago Post. Mrs. Gushington—Ah, my poor dear. I'm o sorry for you. The news of your husband’s death shocked me terribly. Did he leave any- thing? Mrs. Snively—He had his life insured for The Aerial Torpedo-Boat in Action canoe. The cabin can contain several opera- tors, and will have a small engine, revolving two propeilors. The cylinders are telescopic, jothat their buoyancy can be reguiated. It is expected 10 attain & speed of 100 milesan hour. The cabin will be loaded with dynamite torpedoes, to be dropped on the enemy’s war- ships or camps. THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, AX EXPLANATION OF THE FINAL ACT IN THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. Chicago Times-Herald. Our Presidential electoral system is a great stumbliug block to thousands of voters who have never studied 1t, and it would probably surprise a great many people to teil them that neither Major McKinley nor any else is as yet elected President of the United States, Yet such is the fact. The actusl Presidential elec- tion will not take place until the second Mon- day of January next. Whom, then, did ths people vote for at the recent election? They voted for electors, who are State officers to whom is confided the duty of electing a President and Vice-President. These electors do not assemble together in one large National gathering and there cast their votes for the candidates of their choice, but each body of the State electors meets at its own State tll?ltl‘l on the second Monday of cceeding the Novem cat o e made, ted to the Governor og the State, another forwarded by mail to the Vice- dent of tne United States at Washin, gg flr.g:nothu sent by nmonu‘r 10 t.lu fl&“ L. On the following second Wednesday in Feb- Tuary the Vice-Presi e M rwg in the presence of a; Jointly - assembiod. of Representatives opens these certificates, and, teliers bein, y&omwl state 1 voteis l.nnonnue‘a.- ithout bor! wspors further declara- A Mirs. (‘;mhln:mn—oh. let me congratulate you.—Cleveland Leader. . BTRONG hoarhound candy, 15¢c. Townsend’s.* —————— EYEGLASSES, 15¢ up. (Sundays 740 Market, Kast's shoestore.) weekdays 65 4th,nxt bakery* ———— EPEcIAL information daily to manufacturery, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Alien’s), 510 Monigomery. * ————— HuseaND’'s Calcined Magnesia—Four first- premium medals awarded; more agreeable to the taste and smaller dose than other magne- sia. For sale only in bottles with registered trade-mark label. » —_————— State Mining Journal. James J. Robbins, editor, 628 Montgomery street. Reaches every mining camp in Cali- fornia. Contains: . “A Golden Age,” “The Miners’ Convention,” “Water for Spring Val- ley,” and other articles of 1nterest. ® ——————— “‘What is the weather prediction this morn- ing?’ inquired Mr. Chugwater. “ ‘Fair and warmer,’" replied Mrs, C. Mr. Chugwater hobbled to the back door as fastashis rheumatism would peymit and called mdnm carpenter who was waiting on the out- side: "Pu‘ the shiagles back in the woodshed, Hiram. We can’t put that new roof on the kit- chen to-day.” THE EUSINESS REVIVAL McKinley's election has been followed by an industrial tidal-wave throughout the Birming- ham (Ala.) aistrict.—Philadelphia Press. The evidence, daily multiplied, of the re- turning tide of prosperity is a source of deep discontent to many a free-siuiver howler in the land.—Kansas City Journal. The prospetity, the revival of trade and in- dustry which has come as a consequence of the election, is welcomed without any division made by the political eampaign. Its blessing is for everybody.—New York Sun. It is & good time mow to go to work and make money. The mills are running, trade flourishes, our exports are far beyond expec- tation, gold continues to come our way, money js plentiful and confidence is completely re- stored.—New York World. It was not at alla bad thing to call Major McKinley “Prosperity’s Advance Agent.” It seems, in fact, to have been an uncommonly good fit, if we may judge by the number of factories and works of all kinds that nave started up since the election.—New York Tribune. It would require a whole page of fine print to record the factories and workshops which have started up or gone on to longer working time since the election. The number of men thus gaining employment rises already well above 100,000, and is still mounting up.— Springfield Republican. The opponents of sound money found no difficulty in proving to their own satisfaction that the hard times of the past three years ‘were due to the demonetization of silver. But the suaden revival of business afier the defeat of the silverites is & puzaler for their twistiest casuists.—Philadelphia Record. The starting up of the great workshops is of course only one thing necessary to the solu- tion of the country’s difficulties. Butit isa very important thing, and who shall say that, with such & beginning, the sound money triumph will not bring about everything that has been promised in its name?—Washington Star. LADY’'S TEA GOWN. An exquisitely dainty gown of yellow crepon was made with front and sleeve capes of pleated Liberty silk of the same shade, trimmed with bands of white lace. A gown of white challis having violets strewn over it had the front of violet crepe de chine trimmed with bands of white lace. A wise woman who invested in a silk of | good quality but which was reduced in price on account of the passe patiern, had an ele- gant gown at small expense, 1. was a Per- sian siik, wita front and pipings of red silk | creve. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. ENGLISH AND AMERICAN JUSTICE—F. H. M., City. It is generally admitted that the ad- ministration of criminal justice in England is much severer than it is in the United States, and that the magistrates are stricter in the administration of criminal law. The statement that ‘‘cruelty to seamen is practiced _solely on board of Brit- ish vessels by British officers” is a very wide siatement that is not borne out by the record. Itisto be regretted that cruelty has been practiced on board of American ships by American officers. REVENUE—Reader, City. During the first six months of the operation of the Wilson- Gorman law the receipts were 134,854,969, and during the first six months of the McKin- ley bil! the receipts were $199,120,977. Dur- ing the first nineteen months of the operation of the Wilson-Gorman tariff the receipts were $481,423,501, while under tae McKinley tarift, during the first nineteen months the receipts were $556,914,004. The McKinley nineteen months showed & surplus of £24,983,221 over the expenses, while the Wijson-Gorman nine- teen months showed a deficit of $76,157,884. AN ALIEN'S WIFE—A. W,, Ophir, Utah. The laws of the United States declare that the wife of an slien (she being an alien) becomes ean American citizen when her husband, by naturalization, becomes a citizen of the United States. The fact that her husband dles and she subsequently marries a foreigner does not, so long as she resides in the United States, alter her status as & citizen. A woman of English birth, who became a citizen by virtue of her husband's naturalization, if she married again, and the second time 1o a foreigner, would be entitled, were she living in a State where women are entitled to vote, 10 register and cast a ballot. To PoLisH SpAsHELL—P. B, City. The sur- face of the shell should be first cleaned by rub- bing it with a rag dipped in hydrochloric acid until the outer dull covering of the shell is removed. It must then be washed'in warm er, dried in hot sawdust and polished with :h‘:mo!s leather. Those shells which are des- titute of a natural polished surface may be either varnished or rubbed with a mixture of tripoli powder and turpentine applied b{' means of a piece of wash leather, after whic] fine tripoli should be used and then a little olive oil well rubbed in, and finally the surface should be well rubbed with a piece oi chamois leather. The hands should be protected from contact with the acid. HYDE PARK Rrors—L. B. and H.,, City. The riots in Hyde Park, London, Eng., oecun;‘c on the 18th and 19th of October, 1887. ere had been considerable trouble with the unem- ployed in London for some time prior to the dates named, and there had been a riotof some magnitudd at Trafalgar square. On the 18th of October a large number of un- employed gathered in Hyde Park for a demonstration, and the authorities believing tnat mischief was meant, ordered the police to clear the park. The mounted lice rode into the crowd, when a collision oc- curred, and after a sharp conflict the police attack would be made on the shops in the vicinity of the_park, closed the gates, locking the crowd in. In the wild scramble to get out & large number of people were trampled under foot and injured. MILr™A — Connts’ Precinet, Mendocino County, Cal. “Militia” emhraces the whole body of men declared by law amenable to military service without enlistment, whether srmed anddrilled or not; also® body of men enrolled and drilled according to military law as an armed force, but not as regular soldiers, and called out in emergency for actual service and periodically for drill and exercise; mili- tia is a name given to organized soldiery of some parts of the United States. In Cali- fornia ~ the militia is called the Na- tional Guard. Every able-bodied inhabi- tant ot this State &Cduomll between the ages of 18 and 45, not exempt by law, is sub- ject to military Ju!y: but no alien is obliged 1o serve or bear arms against the State to which his ailegiancg is due. Those exempt from such duty are: Ministers, clvil and mili- tary, officers of the Uni! States, officers of foreign States, civil officers of the State of “Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup" California and sall persons exempt from mili- tary duty by the laws of the United States. Every person between the agzes of 18 and 45 joining the National Guard must take an oath to support the constitution of the United States and that of the State of California. QUEEN ELIZABETH AND RALEIGH —E. B., Berkeley, Cal. This correspondent asks: “Can you inform me as to the verse said to have been written by Queen Elizabeth of England to Sir Walter Raleigh? The tradition runs that she scratched it on a window-pane with a dismond during the time of Raleigh’s confine- were driven back. The police, iearing that “\l ment in prison. It is alsosaid that he made answer, Can you inform me what his answer was?’ The correspondent is a little mixed in his history, It was not until aiter the death of Elizebeth that Raleigh was thrown into prison, It was he who scratched a lineon a Pane of glass and it was the Queen who com- pleted the couplet. The narration is found in chapter xvif of “Kenilworth,” by Sir Walter Scott, as follows: The Queen approached the window on which Raleigh had used her gift to inscribe the followlog ‘;¥ain would I elimb, but that I fear to fall.”” | The Queen smiled and read it twice over, once rith deifberation to Lady Paget and once again to herself. “Ivis a pretty beginning,” she said after toe conslderation of a moment Or two; “but me thinks the muse hath deseried the young wit, at the very outset of his task. It were good natured, Swere It not, Lady Paet, to complete it for him? Try your rhyming facuities.” ady Paget, prosaic from her cradle upward, as :F.{r"i.;'#e&f“‘ffl o1 ihe bedchamber before her ot 5 disclaimes p 3 Hheyomk pock possibliity of assisting & en, we mu - Selt a1 K ceraust sacrifice to the muses our. ‘The incense ot able,” sald_Lady P: impose such obliga sus.” 1O ome can be more accept. ‘aget, “and your highness will tion on the ladies of Parnas- «Hush, Paget,” said the Queen, *you speak sac- rilege agalust the immorial nine. Yer virgina themselves, they should not be exorable to & vir- gln Queen, and therefore—iet me see how runs his verse— “Faln would I climb, but that T fear to fall.” | Jight not the answer, for faul of & better, run thus: £f thy mind fail thee, do not ctimb at all.” The maid of honor uttered an exclamation of Joy and surprise at 80 happy a terminavion: and certainly a worse has been applauded, even when coming from a less distinguished anthor. The Que-n, thus encourazed, 100k off 4 dlamond ving, and saying, “We will eive this gallant some cause of marvel when he finds his conplet pex fected withont his own interference,” sne wrote ber own line beneath that of Raleigh. BAD BLAOK GOVERNORS, A Ofirious Piece of Connecticut History Known to Few People. A book little known even to collectors of Americana is a volume entitied *“Hart- ford in the Olden Time; Its First Thirty Years,”” by Scaeva, which was edited by W. M. B. Hartley and published at Hart< ford in1853. There is a chapter in this book entitled “The Black Governors of Connecticut,” the very title of which will excite the surprise of most intelligent people, even in Cornmnecticut, who have never heard of any black Governors in the Nutmeg State—except the Governors of an opposite political faith, who were, of course, poliucl“g black. The title, how- ever, is explained and justitied by a little explanation. \ Before the revolution and down to a period as late as 1820, it was the custom Tor the negroes living in the State to hold an election on the Saturday succeeding the regular election day, choosing one of their number as Governor. Sometimes, however, no election was held, the retir- ing Governor assigning his office to another. The man chosen in either case was . usnally “of imposing presence, strength, firmness and volubility, quick to decide, ready to command ana quick to flog.” He appointed a staff of military and judicial officers who executed his orders in all matters pertaining to colored people, especially questions pertaining to morals, manners and ceremonies. The fact that he had no legal status in the province or State did not at all trouble him or his subjects, and he appears to have exercised a very real power, nearly afi:\-ugs on the side of morality and justice. The Justices of the Peace appointed by these black Governors were, as a rule, ex- tremely severe in punishing people of their own color who transgressed the law. 8o generally was this recognized by the whites in colonial times that when a slave committed some cffense it was the custom to turn him cver to the black Justice for punishment. Such 2 culprit always fared much worse than if he had been tried by the regular courts. Among the more notable colored men who held the office of Governor were Quaw, a negro belonging to Colonel George Wyllys; Peleg Nott, who belonged to Col- onei Jeremiah Wadsworth: Boston, be- donging to Mr. Nichols; John Anderson and Cuff, who held the office for ten yeurs. After the abolition of siavery in Connecti- cut the custom began to pass into disuse, and at the present time even many intelli- gent negroes of tite State know nothing of 1t.—New York Tribune. —————— Mixed Metaphors. The Irish have no exclusive property in mixtures of metaphor, though their reater imaginativeness malkes them more figurative in speech than the common run of Englishmen,and their impetuosity tencs to confusion. The following passage is from the carefully written memoirs of one of the greatest Engiish scholars of the century, Mark Pattison. * Even at this day a country squire or rector, on land- ing with his cub under his wing in Ox- ford, finds himself much at sea as to the respective advantages or demerits of the various colleges'’ (page 16); and, of course, Shakespeare mixes his metaphors freely. —Cornhill Magazine. Tr there are house- keepers not using ROYAL BAKING POWDER, its great qualities war- tant them in making a trial of it. The Royal Baking Powder takes the place of soda and cream of tartar, is motre cgnvenient, more economical, and makes the biscuit, cake, pudding and dumpling lighter, sweeter, more - deli- cious and wholesome. 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