The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 27, 1896, Page 20

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1896. BER 27, 1898 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Frees Paily and Eunday CALL, one week, by carrier..80.18 CALL, one year, by mal v CALL, six months, by mall | Dally and Sunday CALi, three months by mail 1.50 Daily and Sunday CALL, one month, by mail. .65 Bundsy CALL, one year, by mail 1.50 W kKKLY CALL, One year, by m: 1.50 BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, £an Francisco, Californta. Telephone... <.eeer.Maln—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Telephone.... Main—1874 | BRANCH OFFICES rontgomery sreet, corner Clay: open untll € cclock. £9 Hayes street: open un! %18 Larkin st open un! W _corner Sixteentu aud M 9:30 o'clock. 211116 o'clock. L1 Niission street: open nntil 9 0'clook 3L7 Al sireet; open untll 9 0'CloCK *aMIntl sireel, open nll @ O'ClocK. OAKLAND OFFICB: $US Eroadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Yooms ™1 and 32, 34 Park Row, DAVID M. FOLTZ{ Eastern Manager. JET Cultivate home joys. Rest, digest and be happy. Let us have an inspector of wires, THE CALL had a red hot Christmas. The comfort of Christmas lies in getting over with it. Tke ¢ ronicle and the Bulletin had | Christmas impulses that do them honor. | Yesterd: ally a holiday, snd‘; this gives us three in a row, so we are in | luck. It was a close call on Christmas, but | the closeness passed and THE CALL sur-| vives. Those who received most on Christmas are planning to receive again cn New Year's. Christmas CALL was great, but you see we had lots of plums left to make THE CALL to-da | WHERE PRAISE IS DUfi. The fire on Christmas day which came so near doing great damage to THE CaLL, even if it had not swept away the pre! composing and editorial rooms, gave oc- casion for the Fire Department to display not only its zeal and its energy in fighting the flanes, but also its care, skill and good management in protecting the adjoining property. Without a long description it would not be easy to make clear to our readers how near THE CALL building was to the danger of fire, nor how destructive to the compos- ing-rooms and the presses, as well as to the editorial-rooms, might have been any carelessness, recklessness or confusion on the part of the firemen. In order to fight the flames in the adjoining building it was necessary for them to carry their hose through almost all departments of THE Carr building, and to pass through the rooms back and forth during the whole time of fighting the fire. Had they been careless the damage must have been very great, and that THE CALL escaped with what, under the circumstances, was com- paratively little loss reflects the highest degree of credit upon the discipline of the Fire Department and the well-ordered manner in which the members perform their dangerous, exciting and confusing duties. The department clearly deserves the | hichest praise for its management of the fire. It succeeded in extinguishing flames that threatened to sweep away a large block of property, and thereby saved an immense amount of wealth to the city. If in doing this it had injured adjoining property by water no one would have thought of condemning men engaged in the difficult task. Praise is Gue all the more, therefore, when we remember that the protection to adjoining property was almost complete, and that scarcely any mjury was done worth noting under cir- cumstances of such peril. While praise and commendation from the general public is due to the Fire De- vartment, Tne CaLL for itself owes thanks to the Chronice and the Bulletin for kindly offers of assistance when the rumor spread through the City that THE CALL building bad been purned. Joseph B. Eliot, acting for the Chronicle, and Mr. Crothers of the Bulletin on hearihg the ramor hastened to offer the use of their presses and their offices to THE CALL in order that the paper might be brought out without interrup- tion. It is our good fortune that the as- sistance so generously offered was not needed, and we count it also as a good for- tune that had it been needed it would have beer so promptly and cordially forth- coming. It is to the honor of the profession of journalism that offers like those made to There is not much difference in these | days between the Weather Bureau and an | i on plant. i on New Year’s resolu- | d to make San | | In meditating up tions make up yvour mi Francisce a home mar T re are choice bargains left in all | kind of novelties as you can see by read- ing our advertising and show read in the homes of California. m the kind of paper that is | The City needs an inspector to see that | wires are not strung in such a manner as | to endanger the lives of firemen, | The legislative session will be lively even if the legislators attend strictly to business. There are several big issues be- fore them. Those who have been trring to roast| Trg Cars will now take notice that it can- | not be done even when the fire is started in the next building. With the closing of the Christmas fes- | tivities the glory of the old year is over| and now all the worla looks forward to the new and hopes for bettar things. The rejoicing of the Democrats over the | faet that they have carried the town of Lynn shows how small a crumb is needed to comfort those wbo have had a surfeit of crow. We shall not have a full prosverity in this country until a new protective tariff come into thorough operation. The ills of Democratic blundering cannot be over- come by the faith cure. California must battle in Congress not only for protection to her industries, but for encouragement to her commerce. The more we increase our products the more we must expand the markets for them. So great are the differences of opinion | among Congressmen on the Cuban ques- | tion the patriots can hardly expect 1o re- | ceive any more recognition this winter than will be necessary to hang a de-| | bate on. | Tne CaLn owes thanks to the Fire De- partment for the prompt work done in | saving the press, composing and editorial rooms on Christmas day, and gives them with a full appreciation of the merit of the service rendered. The report that the administration lsi United States. | was activély engaged in the vigorous up- taking steps to foreclose the mortgages of the Pacific roads is encouraging. 1t iooks as if Cleveland had come to the conclu- sion that the passage of the funding bill is a forlorn hopi Mrs. Hetty Green hasdistinguished her- self azain. She interrupted a political discussion in a streetcar the other day and asked the disputants to stop talking poli- tics as the election is over and they made ber nervous. They stopped. According to the Buffalo Commereial the regular Democratic organizations of that Btate cutside of New York City are dis- posed to stick to Bryanism, Populism and free silver. Itis in fact a clear case of be- ing dead stuck and staying there. The oid warhorsesof Democracy turned the party over to the wild colts during tte campaign and are now suffering the con- sequences. The colts are in the lead ana are kicking the old fellows as fast as they show any desire to come to the front again. The trade between Cuba and the United States under normal conditions is about $100,000,000 annually, but since the war it has fallen to almost nothing. It would pay, therefore, as a business proposition, to end the war even if we had to fight a little for it. The Chronicle and the Bulletin were prompt to offer to THE CALL the use of their presses when it was reported that Tae CALL building bad been burned, and while the assistance so kindly offered was not needed it was none the less valued and esteemed. It is by such generousacts the protession of journalism endears itself to those engaged in it and wins the honor of vutsiders. In the minds of ihe general public as well as in our own there will be something more than convention- ality in the phrase when the Chronicle and the Bulletin are referred to hereafter as | natures, and the same motives Tre CaLy by the Chronicle and the Bulletin are not rare under similar circumstances. In almost every case in the United States when a newspaper office has been so dam- aged that the publication of the paper would have to be suspended there has been some generous friend in the profes- sion to come forward and promptly ad- vance to it all the accommodaiions neces- sary to getout the paper until a new plant could be provided. The frequency with which instances of this kind have occurred attests the fact thatthere s in the field of journaiism more | of a genuine fraternal spir:t than isusually supposed to exi Rivalry among hororable newspapers ceases when any misfortune befalls either of the rivals. Then 1s shown the spirit of truly generous which prompt newspaper men to advocate help, aid and assistance to all who suff r from fire, flood, drought or accident prompts them to give assistance to their brother editors whenever needed. The people of San Francisco may be well pleased with the record of the expe- riences of THE CALL on Christmas day. | Since in the nature of things fires are well nigh inevitable, it is gratifying to know that we have a department so capable of dealing with them; and since the rival- ries and antagonisms of newspapers are so frequently in evidence bafore the pub- lic, it murt also be gratifying to have this proof that there exists in the journalism of San Francisco so much of real gener- osity and mutual helpfulness whenever misfortune fails upon any member of the profession., . CAPTAIN SWASEY. By the death of Captain William F. Swasey California loses one of the most eminent and useful of the rapidly thin- ning band of her pioneers. He was a man venerable for his years, honorable for his many services to the State and Nation and loved for his personal characteristics. His death will carry mourning into many a household and thousands wko have known him only by reputation will feel a sense of profound sorrow at his loss. The record of the life of Captain Swasey is an epitome of the historv of California as an American State. He crossed the plains in the days when such crossing was most adventurous and most danger- ous. He was here before the discovery of eold, and as secretary to Consul Larkin at Monterey had a part in the ceremony of raising the stars and stripes, by which Com- medore Sloat took possession of California and added 1t to the territory of the From that time on he building of the State. When the Civil War broke out he was one of the most earnest of those resolute spirits who kept Califoruia in the Union, and one of the earliest to enter the army to fight for the preservation of the Republic and the lib- eration of the slaves, Captain Swasey’s mind was as active as bis hands. He was a writer and a speaker as well as a pioneer, a scldier and a man of business. No man in the State has written more about the pioneers and the early days of California than he, 1ln a certain sense he was the historian of the Society of Pioneers, and by his written and spoken woras, as well as by his broad sympathies and untiring energies, helped to organize that association and maintain its present high prestige in the State. Altnough among the most energetic, most industrious and most sagacious pioneers of California, he did not gather the large wealth of which there was so many opportunities. In a half-humorous way he was accustomed to attribute this to what he once called “‘an ingenuity in devising unfortunate schemes and specula- tions which amounted almost to genius, This, hcwever, is hardly the correct view of the matter. If Captain Swasey did not become a rich man, it was because he was more of a patriot than a money-seeker, and because his mind was more occupied in advancing the welfare of Oalifornia and of his feliow-pioneers than in in- creasing his own riches. We have lost a man whom we can never replace. A link which connects Califor- nia of to-day with the pastora! age of the missions has been broken. One of the men whose patriotism drew it: inspira- tion from the hard struggles of the over- land passage, and from the glorious mem- ories of the days when the starry banner was first waved over California, has gone from us. There is left to us only his «‘esteemed contemporaries.” ! writings, some fragments of his speeches and his memory. These will we cherish for years to come, and from them Califor- nians yet to be born will draw inspiration which will add to their love of their na- tive land, their veneration for those who founded it as an American common- wealth, and their patriotism which em- braces it as a part of the American Union, AN INSPEOTOR OF WIRES. The dreadful accident which befell Fire- man McCabe while fighting the flames on Christmas day seems to have been due to a wire badly placed along the walls of the building, on the roof of wnich he was at work. Itisanother evidence of the great risks which firemen run in fulfilling the duties of their ealling, and of the im- portance of having a careful inspection of the roofs of ail buildings in the City, so that they may not be in danger of death by the carelessness of others. It has long been known that the multi- plication of wires along the streets and across the roofs of houses in American | cities is a source of great danger to fire- men. Over and over acain has the press had to record the fact that the life of some brave man has been sacrificed by the way in which the wires are placed. It would not be fair to put the whole blame of these accidents upon the companies which string the wires. It Is the duty of the City to see to it that they are put into position where they will be as much as possible out of the way of firemen, and until some thorough supsrvision of the kind is provided such accidents will con- tinue to be common. The City of San Francisco ought to have an inspector of wires. He ought to be a member of the Fire Department, or at least associated with that department. He should be provided with a sufficient corps of men to exercise general super- vision over the City. He should have an- thority tocompel all companies that stning wires, whether along the streets or over the roofs of buildings, to place them in a proper manner. Such an official, if he attended to his duty, would more thanrepay tothe people the cost of his salary. His services would save the City from many fires, and would aid in preventing the spreading of those which occur. What is most and greatest, however, is that he would spare to us the life of many a brave fireman, and save us from a repetition of such dreadful acei- dents as that of Christmas day. BANKING AND MANUFACTURING. In discussing the future prosperity of Des Moines, iows, a prominent citizen of the place recently declared that too many of its capitalists go into the banking and loaning business. Money-lenders, he said, live off other people instead of helping other people to make their living, asis the case with those who establish manufac- turing enterprises. He argued, thersiore, that until the capitalists of Des Moines turn their money from banks to manufac tures, the city would never have the full prosperity to which its many resources en- title it. Taking this as a test, the Towa State Register says tnat while the advice is good it by no means covers the whole subject. Banking does not siand in the way of manufacturing. There are other reasons wny Des Moines has not succeeded in making the best use of her opportunities, and these reasons the Register sums up by saying: Des Moines has tried to get manufactories. It has offered bonuses and other inducements, but they seem not to have thrived. They have not thrived because Des Moines people have a habit of buying goods made away from home, But the way to start factories is to begin at the beginning. The great factories of the world bave nearly all commencea small. From the rivulet has grown the river. A factory is not something that comes to a town full grown. But it comes as an infant and it grows into full stature. The successful manuiacturers are meun who have had the patience to build up gradually as they have piospered. Des lay many of these small indus- me day will be great concerns. All that is necessary for them is time. The discussion fits San Francisco as if it had been made for us. In this City asin Des Moines it bas been said that our capi- talists run too much to banking. It has been argued here as there that we want more men to develop our resources even if to obtazin them we had to reduce the number of men who loan money. In San Francisco, therefore, as well as in Des Moines, it is necessary to remind the people of the facts stated by the Register. The people of San Francisco nave not thrived as fully as they should because, like the people of Des Moines, they have a habit of buying goods made away from home. They have not learned the lesson that the best way to build up great manu- factures is to encourage small ones. A little shop will grow into a big plant if it is properly supported by the people. When Californians learn to give that sup- port to every small industry that is started within the borders of the State then they will bave begun the new era which will result in making this one of the great- est manufacturing commonwealths of America. It is full time the lesson should be learned, and our people, in preparing for the resolutions they will make on New Year’s day, should resolve now to make oue pledging them to patronize California i products. When we make San Francisco a home market we will have gone far toward making it a city of home industry. PARAGRAPHS ABOUI PEOPLE. Mr. Gladstone is disappointed at the small sale of his edition of Bishop Butler, only 2000 copies having been sold. The present Czar cultivates his tenor voice when he has time; his father played the trom- bone, and his great-grandiather whistled, 8ir Arthur Sullivan can now command $3500 down for one song, while from “The Lost Chord” alone it is said that he has realized over $50,000. Sir Arthur Sullivan can now command $3500 down for one song, while from “The Lost Chord,” alone it is said that he has realized over $50,000. Israel Zangwill, the English novelist and essayist, has just.concluded a successful lec- turing tour in England. He is said to be con- templating a visit to the United States next year. Thomas Jefferson, the actor’s son, has an autograph album that is unique in contain- ing the thumb prints of celebrities. Among them are those of the President and Mrs. Cleveland, Secretary Lamont and Francis Wil- son. < The Ameer of Afghanistan has become a victim of the cycling craze, but as he is averse 10 using the energy necessary to propel a bicycle, & London firm has built him & ma- chine on which he can ride in comfort, while two attendants work the pedais. At Dolhain, on the Belgian trontier towards Germany, the whole population went to the railroad station recently to hoot the Count of Flanders, with his son, Prinee Albert, and his son-in-law, the Duke of Vendome, becavse the count had employed Germans on his estate near by. Former Empress Eugenie, whose artistic tastes have been one of the causes of the life- long sympathy anda friendship between her- self and Queen Victoria, still at times, in spite of her advanced age and failing eye- signt, finds relaxation in’ a iittle water color drawing, formerly a favorite pastime of hers, AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Paul Meyer, a German,who with others is in- terested heavily in the cork growing and cut- ting industry near Catalonia, in northeastern Spain, Is at the Grand. He gives a lot of interesting information in regard to the raising of cork oaks and the har- vesting of the bark. Great areas in Catifornia he says are almost like the region in Cata- lonia, where the cork trees flourish toanua- precedented degree. But while there are cork trees in California that are doing well and bid fair to answer the expectation of tho growers, he thinks it may be some time beforo the cork business is profit- able. “Tho trees we have,” ho said, “are indigen- ous to the soil and thrive over the whole mountain reglon. The poorer the soilis the better it is for the cork trees. They are not a | T. Davis, Mrs. H. E. O'Neal, L. Dryfus. G. W. Short is here buying. NEWSPAP:R PLEASANTRY. Teacher—Name another great non-conductor of heat. Pupil—The steam pipes in our flat.—Puck. “You're not the only pebble on the beach,” sald the cracker to the bivalve, jocularly. “No,” replied the bivalve; ‘“but I am the only oyster in the stew.”’—Philadelphia North American. She—So he married her for her money? He—Yes. She (thoughtfully)—How awfully rich she must be,—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. The minister was a great hand-shaker—shut- ting down like & vise. One day he shook a PAUL MEYER, Who Is Interested in the Great Cork Forests of Spain. (Sketched from life b y a “Call” artist.] pretty tree to look at. Indeed, they are any- thing but that. “They are dwarfed in meny instances like the gnarled jack pinesof the lofty mountains in this country; are so generally unreliable as to shape that a tree may measuze two feet in one place, and the length of ycur arm away may not measure six inches. “For the same reason it is difficult tostate at what age we begin to cut the bark. Some trees will produce more when 6 years old than others at 10 or 20. We take the bark from trees all the way from 6 to 50 years old. “We do not take all the bark. A strip ayard wide is the average. If you were to begin raising cork trees now you wouldn’t have enough in California in 100 years to meet your | demands. A firm has been In the cork industry for over fifty years. Itisone of the leading firms | of the worid in this business. We raise and cut corks and buy cork material of other grow- ers. Nire-tenths of our corks are cut'by hand. “The cork-cutters are known as the kings of the cork men. Every other branch of the work incident to the business is performed without any difficulty, but the cork-cutters work by the pilece and are independent, so when we have a lotof work toget out we go to them and tell them about itand ask if they will help us out. “On what they say depends everything. “In Catalonia where we are people don’t talk anything else but corks. That is the en- | tire topic. You never hear anything else.” PERSONAL 8. P. Worden of New York 1s at the Russ. H. C. Nelson of England 1s at the Palace. M. H. Manuel of Murphys is on & visit here. L. Brooke of Vancouver is paying a visit to thifCity. W. E. Duncan, a mine-owner ot Oroville, is in the City. Dr. H. L. Pace of Tulare County is on & visit to this City. | Dr. J. 8. Jackson of San Luis Obispo is visit- ing the City. F. E. Connor, a business man of Chicago, is at the Palace. H. Block, a hardware dealer of Los Angeles, is at the Grand. J. McLaughlin of Mariposa is among the a: rivals at the Russ. N. Wines, the stage-line owner of Santa Barbara, is in town. N. Delbanco, a merchant of Portland, Or., is here on a business trip. George Blake, a mine-owner of Caliente, is & late arrival in the City. C. B. Seeley, an attorney of Naps, is among the arrivals at the Lick. B. Bradley, with his wife and son, of Glen- dora, are at the Cosmopolitan. A. G. Schell, a business man of Wash., arrived here yesterday. W. 0. Reynolds and Mre. Reynolds of Baker City, Or., are at the Occidentai. G. W. Saurret, a prominent civil engineer of Los Angeles, is at the Baldwin. John A. Dougherty, a prominent resident of St. Louis, is at the Cosmopolitan. George M. Katzenstein, the wine-grower of Sacramento, arrived here yesterda; H. C. Fassett of the United Btates steamer Albatross 1s registered at the Occidental. J. L. Johnson of Ukiah, Sheriff and Tax Col- lector of Mendocino County, is at the Russ. Professor Robert 8. Pennell, principal of the State Normal School at Chico, is at the Grand, Dr. 0. H. Simons, a retired physician who 18 engaged in mining near Redding, is in the City. W. A. Howell of Bakersfield, Clerk of Kern County, was among yesterday’s arrivals at the Lick. Profeseor James J. Donovan and Professor John A. Waddell of Santa Clara College are at the Lick, T. Inrakami, & Japanese merchant of Phila- delphia, on his way to Japan, is stopping at the Cosmopolitan, Daniel J. Lyons, formerly clerk of the Bald- win Hotel and now room clerk of the Hotel Hollenbeck, Los Angeles, is spending the holi- days here. George B. Alley of Portland, Or., accompa- nied by his wife and mother, is here on his way to Boston, Mass., ana 1s registered atthe Cosmopolitan. James O'Brien ct J. J. O’Brien & Co., the dry- goods merchsnts, left yesterday for Los An- geleson a business trip to the firm’s branch House in that city. Among the arrivals here yesterday were: N. H. Carpenter of Chicago, H. C. Holmes of Boston and J. 8. Grable of Beatrice, Nebr. They are herc on & business trip. John and David Llewellyn of Llewellyn Bros., owners of the Eagle Fourdry, Los An- geles, are stopping at the Baldwin Hotel. They speak in glowing lsnguage of the prospects of the Orange City and say that businessis boom- ing down there. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 26.—At the Man- hattan—W. C. Ralston; Grand—Miss McClel- —M. Weiner; Holland—W. H. Everett boy’s hand and gave it an awful squeeze, as he said: “My little fellow, I hope you are well to-day.” With tears in his eyes the boy answered: “I was till you shook hands with me.”—Scottish-American. Professor Hypnit—Now, young lady, you will greatly assist the test by remaining passive. So—er—concentrate your mind on nothing. Ethel—Oh, Cholly, how fortunate you came with me! Proceed, professor.—Judge. He—Nature abnors a vacuum. She—Yes, but nature probably never sat up all night hoping every times he yawned that he would take the hint. Then he grabbed his hat and went.—Cleve- land Leader. Christmas In Greenland—“Say,” bellowed the manatee fiercely, “did you say that the walrus had given me the grand bounce?” “*No, indeed,” responded the barracout hur- riedly. “I—I merely said he had given youa seal’s kin sack!”—New York Press. Mrs. Larrabee—I thought your minister was to have a call to Minneapolis? Mrs. Fenwick—There was talk of it; but it's all off now. He went there to preach a trial sermon and absent-mindedly took his text from St. Paul.—Indianapolis Journal. Rialto Amenities—First Tragedian: I hear Dryleigh has a great scheme for going to Switz- erland and joining that Oberammergau troupe. Second Tregedian—He always was for mak- ing a holy show of himself.—New York Press. “And the captive?”’ asked the savage poten- tate. “'Sire,” answered the enthusiastic chef de cuisine, “she’s a bird.” “Very well, old man,” said his Majesty. that event don’t forgei the coid bottle,’ troit News-Tribune. “Skin,” said Davie, gravely contemplating his little sister, “is jus' an overcost for th’ bones; that's all.”—Judge. Betsy (the maid)—Half of the milk you leave every morning leaks out of the pail, Waterman (ths milkman)—You ought to have a waterproof pail. “Well, the pail is waterproof. I'm very sure i's not thz water that leaks out,”—Yonker’s Statesman. Wiggles—Hang it alll I'vegot a cold com- ing on. Waggles (sympathetically)—Yes; just think of all the advice you’ll have to take about it.— Somerville Journal. Tommy had been reprimanded by his mother for playing in the dirt with the children who live down the street. “When I’se a man,” he sobbed through his taars, “I'se going to be a politician.” “What put that into your head?” asked his mamma. ‘Uncle told me they are always throwing mud ateach other.”—Pittsburg News. MISSES’ FOUR-GOKED SKIRT. A graceful skirt for misses which will retain its shape is shown here. Ithas a front gore, one gore on either side and one gore in the back, which is gatherea at the top. All materials may be made up after this model, which 1s suitatle for separate skirtsor for costumes with waist or jacket to match. All the fullness is gathered at the bac the front and sides fitting smooth. A skirt of plaid is useful to wear with extra waists. One of blue and brown with narrow lines of black, yellow and pale green had a waist of pale brown cloth. made in Norfolk shape, having two box pleats back and front. A more dressy waist to be worn with the same skirt hed a short Bolero of dark blue velvet. Below this was & wide beit of pale green silk, with a folded collar of the same. At the open- ing in front of the Bolero was afull vest of blue eniffon over the green silk. The sleeves were of the piaid with a little cape-like top of the blue velvet. Mixed goods are the rage this season, and one cannot make a mistake in getting any fa- bric with a rough suriace and numberless bright colors iuterwoven. Plain skirts of serge, covert cloth and lady’s cluth are much used for skirts with jackets to mateh, being worn either with blouse fronts Allen; Stuart—Mrs, P. Cowles; Mariboro—J. ‘or with a sllk waist, . I ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. AN ADVANCE Date—S. K. M. O,, City. The 1st of January, 1900, will fall on & Monday. CALIFORNIA'S VoTE—F. H., Suisun, Cal. Me- Kinley’s plurality in the State of California over the fusion ticket is given as 1256. GAs—A. 0. 8, Oakland, Cal. A question in regard to weight of air, coal gas and hydrogen was auswered in this department in the issue of Christmas day. YoUNG MOTHER AND DAUGHTER—R. A. O.. City. Fannie Young has not yet renounced the stage. Her daughter is playing when she bas an engagement. CoxymANDS No PrEMuM—H. T., Irvington, Alnmeda County, Cal. A $5 piece of the United States coined in 1837 does not com- mand any premium. WEIGHT OF METALS—A. O. 8, Oakland, Cal. €ne cubic foot of aluminum (sheat) weighs 166.6 pounds; one cubic foot of lead weighs— cast 708.5 pounds, and in sheet 711.6 pounds. TARGET-SHOOTING—T. A. 8., City. Without knowing the size of the targets, distance be- tween rings and distance from the shooting- st-kng it is impossibie to answer the question asked. FLAG—L. J. M., San Leandro, Gal. There is no law to prevent a foreign society from rais- ing a flag of its nationality from a flagstaff over its headquarters on the death of a mem- ber or on a hoiiday. VoriNg—R. A., City. In voting for Presi- dential electors a voter may cast his vote for the electors of one party or he may vote for one or more electors on évery ticket, providing that he does not vote for more than the State 1s entitled to. CRIME—M. R, City. The published statistics of murders and executions in the leading countries of the world are so unsatisfactory that they cannot be relied upon for the pur- pose of making comparisons as to crime, 1n- crease or decrease, in those countries. ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING—A. J. 8., City. Rule No. 150, relating to evening schools, says: The studies pursued at these schools shail be reading, speiling, writing, arithmetic, grammar, | geographv, architectural drawing, mechanicai drawing, bookkeejing, aigebra and geometry. ‘The textbooks must be the same as In the day schools. RIvERSIDE—H. B. H., Loomis, Cal. River- side, in this State, does uot derive any revenue from the sale of liquors, and that has nothing to do with the low rate of taxation there. It has no saloons and the amount received from prosecutions for illicit selling of liquor does Lot quite cover the expense of prosecution. BOTTLES—A. C. P., City. Neither the United States Government nor any firm has of- fered a specific royalty for the invention ofa bottle that cannot be refilled after hav- ing once been used. The Government is not in the bottle business, but no aoubt firms weuld be willing 10 pay & good round sum or royalty for such an invention. GERMANY—)M., Chico, Butte County, Cal. Germany has never relinquished its right to call upon one of its subjects who has escaped military duty to perform that duty if after so escaping he returns to German soil, buto f courtesy to the United States it allows an indi- vidual Who has so escaped and in the mean- time has become a citiz n of the Unitea States, three months’ time to visit Germauny without molestation, but if e remaius over that time he becomes subject to military duty. NATURALIZATION—W. B., City. Any alien of the age of 21 years and upwerd, who has re- sided in the United States three years next preceding his arriving at that age and who has continued to reside therein to the time he may make application to be admitted a citizen thereof, mey, after he arrives at tne age of 21 years and niter he has resided five years with- in the United States, including the three years of his minority, be admitted a citizen; but he must make a deciaration on oath and prove to the satisfaction of the court that for two years next preceding it had been his bona-fide in tention to become a citizen. PENSIONERS—3. R., City. Statisties obtaina- ble in this City are not very complete as to the matter of *‘pensions and pensioners in the world.” In England the naval and marine pension list is £1,007,900; the civil pensions and gratuities amount to £317,300, and army pensions to £27,000. In Germany the pension fund amounts 10 55,034 marks. In Spain the indemnities and pensions amount to 55,01 400 pesetas. None of the statistics from which these figures were taken give the number of pensioners. The amount of pensions paid by the United States during the y: ar ending June 30, 1896, was §$139,334, 046. _Tne number of | pensioneis was: Invalids, 7 57; widows and orphans, 219,567; total, 970,524, STATE REPORTS—J. G. G., Haywards, Cal. When a person writes to & State officer asking for a copy of a report that person should always inclose the amount of postage required to carry it. A State official, in his generosity, mightsend such a report and pay the postage, but as a rule the amount of postage should be sent with the request for the report. The same rule applies in the case of a person ad- dressing a ietter to a stranger asking for infor- mation or advice in relation to a private matter. A self-addressed and stamped en- velope should always accompany the letter of inquiry. Itisenough for the person to give the information or advice asked for without being compelled to pay postage on the return letter. When letters are addressed to United States officials and the enswer demands an offi- cial reply there is no need to inclose postage. WASHING CLOTHES—R. A., City. In arrang- ing clothes for washing it is desirable to sort them into kinds most suitable for washing to- gether, such as laces, nets and fine muslin in one heap, wnite body linen into another, colored things in the nature of prints and ginghams into another, and so on. Previous to washing all white articles should be soaked for & night in cold water, in which a little soda has been added, as the steeping in alka- line water greatly aids in removing all dirt of a greasy nature. The clothes should then be washed twice in tepid water, with sufficient supply of soap. If the water is quite cold the dirt is taken off with difficulty, and if too hat it is apt to fix the dirt in the fiver of the cloth, The boiling of clothes is to remove whatever there remains of dirt that has not been re- moved by rubbing. It is asserted that clothes washed in tepid water are better washed tnan when submitted to the boiling process. PROHIBITION OF MARRIAGE —F. H. G., City. Prohibition of marriage in the United States 18 as follows: Marriaze between whites and per- sonsofnegro descent is prohibited in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, De!a- ware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississ- ippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Neyada, North Caro- lina, Oregon, South Carolins, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia. Mar- riage between white and Indian is void in Ari- zona, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon and South Carolina. Marriage between white and Chinese is void in Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon and Utah. The marriage of first cousins s forbidden in Arizona, Arkans: California, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Da- kota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Wash- ington and Wyoming and in some of these | States is declared incestuous and void, and marriage with step-relatives is forbidden within all the States except California, Colo- rodo, Fiorida, Georgia, idaho, Louisiane, Mip. nesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Utah and Wisconsin. There does not appear to be any State that prohibits a man from marrying his deceased wife’s sister. A BLANK BALLOT IS A VOTE—J. H., City. The general rule in 8 majority of fraternal organi. zations is that a majority of votes cast electa candldate. The Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows has held that “the constitution of the order requires a majority of all votes cast to elect, and a vote in blauk is as much a vote asthough it had the name of & candidate upon it, and tobe elected a candidate must have a majority of all the votes cast, including blanks.” Follow- ing in the line of this the Sovereign Grand Lodge in 1881 held that “when but one caudi- date is nominated for a given office he is not elected if the number of blank ballots exceed the number of votes given for the candidate.” The reason for this is that when there is but one candidete and a motion to have the secre- tary cast the ballot is not carried, tnere must be & ballot, and that every ballot cast is a vote and must pe counted, as it expresses the wish of the voter. His bla:k is an expression tnat he does not want the canaidate tofill the office. Writers on parliamentary law set down the general rule that where there is no special pro- vision in the constitution of an organization that when the time for an election comes can- didates for office are placed in momination and that it matters not if but one candidate is named at the proper time the announcement is made that nominations are closed. When the time for balloting comes the teliers collect all the ballots and count each one se; rately, but blank bailots are not counted. When there is but one candidate and the nomina- tions have been closed, and there isa demand counted. Without having read the constitu. tion and by-laws of the particular organiza- tion referred to in the communication of the correspondent this department cannot tell if t?e ;nnng cf the chair was correct in the case cited. WHEN SALLY SANG. When Sally sang her songs for me, in days whel yoa were young, The sun and stars about our path a lovelier glamor ung; And 1 was wont to smiling say, while looklng in her eyes, The melody was treacle spilled from realms of paradise. And o the hours went gliding by. as streamlets to the sea. When we were younger than to-day, and Sally sang to me. 1 see the old plain parlor now, wherein some after- Do 3 She warbled “Magzie” with wet eyes, then turned to “Bonny Doon;” And “Muily Darling” had its charms, and rather seemed divine, The while I longed to haye her put her “little hand in mige.” Ah, well! wou! Old age should cease to dream, but [ 1d like 10 see Her face once more, as in our sang 1o me. uth, when Sally —Nashville American, THE INODUSTRIAL REVIEW. Every department of the Indiana Iron Works at Muncie, Ind., has Tesumea operations, giv- The puddling and finishing departments of the Akron Iron and Steel Company at Akron, The tinplate plant of the Alcania Tin and Terneplate Company at Youngstown, Ohio, is g00d supp.y of orders, The seven-miil tinplate plant of the St. Louis ported to be ruzning full in all departments, with good volume of business on hand. ton, Mass., reports that it is now turning out 800 kegs of wire nai.s a day and is running a The Buhl Steel Company (Limited) of Sharon, Pa., has recently placed an order 1or the erec- 1wo soaking pits and the necessary producers to run them. Cincinnati, Ohio, has received quite 2 number of good orders jrom various parts of ( tinues good. h;\ NEWS OF THE PATENTS. ington, Saws are filed by machinery. chine, Bicycle mittens, composed of & small Shoes with a detachable heel for use in muddy weather are in use. hole were recently patented. A Canadian has a lamp designed for Type-printing telegraph instruments write the message in type from type Expansion bolts have a sleeve with a cone at each end and a screw thread on expand the sieeve. Trotting sulkies are now built in such a use on the track and brought back to an upright position for road use. so that each rider can furnish his own wheel if desired. These are clamped into track. Tool bags for bicycles are now made thus preventing all rattling of the tools when traveling over rough surfaces. alarm operated by clock-work. The lock proper is a U-shaped fork, fitting tightly turn of the wheel starts the alarm ring- ing. in which a pin is placed havinga sharp oint to engage the fluted sides of the bolt. way to unscrew the nut. Bicycle bells to be attached to the end the rider to ring his bell without remov- ing his hands from the handles or leave A stone-hoisting and laying apparatus just patented consists of a network of runs, the frame having a crab and wind- lass for moving the stone ay desired. screen to cover one of the two destinations indicated, instead of turning the board by a small lever. _— ing empioyment to over 500 men. Ohio, were recently put in operation. in operation and the compauy is receiving a Stamping Company at St. Louis, Mo., is re- The Taunton Wire Nail Company of Taun- double turn of twenty-two hours daily. tion of six thirty-'on open-hearth furnaces, The Davis & Egan Machine Tool Company of United States and the foreign business c: Many New Ideas Registered at ‘Wash- Glass is blown by a new automatic ma- muff and a gauntlet, are new. Barrel bungs which screw into the bung- lighting, heating and cooking purposes. wheels. the bolt to draw the cones together and manner that they can be tilted when in Merry-go-rounds for bicyclists are built position on a frame and run on a circular with separate compartments for each tool, Bicycle locks are now made with an on the front wheel, so tuat the shghtest A new nutlock has one corner recessed, The pin can be sprung back out of the of the pedal-pin are new. They permit one hand free for carrying anything, right-angle tracks on which a truck-frame A new streetcar signboard has a sliding over. The screen 1s worked up and down E. H.BLACK, painter, 120 Eddy street. ———— MocHA, pistache & camelia cake. 905 Larkin,® - EPECIAL information daily to manufactursrs, business houses and public men by the Prasy Clipping Burenu (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery, * Colonel William E. Potter, who has just died at his home in Bridgeton, N. J., enlisted in the army in 1862, while he was a student in Princeton. Heserved till June 4, 1865, attain- ing his rank by gallant and meritorious cone duct. —_— Phillips’ Rock Island Kxcursions Leave San Franclsco every Wednesday, via Ris Grande and Rock Island Kailways. Through tourlst sleeping-cars to Chicago and Boston. Man- 8ger and poriers accompany thess excursions ta Boston. For tickets. sleeping-car accommodations and furtber information, address Clinton Jomes, General Agent Kook Istand Raflway, 30 Moot gOmery street. San Francisca St s Sl THE fashionable ladies’ corrective tonlc fs Dr. Siegert’s Angostura Bitters, the renowned South American invigorator. sl s gt A Y PHYSICIANS recommend Ayer's Pills for dyse pepsia and liver complamt, and for general family use. See Aver's Almanac. ———————— Ir afficted with sore eyes use Dr. Isass Thomp- son’s Eye Water. DLruggists sell It at 23 cents. “Doesn’t her singing appeal to you?” “Well, it does seem in need of help.”—Truth, A lady on entering the kitchen early one morning saw & plate and knife and fork, the former of which had evidently con:ained rabe bit-pie. The lady strongly suspected a certain policeman of heving supped off it, and the following conversation took place between her and the cook: Mistress—Jane—What's become ot the cold rabbit-pie that was left? Jane—Oh, I didn’t think it was wanted, mum, so I gave it to the dog. Mistress (sarcastically)—Does the dog use & knife and fork, then? Jane (unabashed)—Not very well yet, mum, but I'm teaching him to.—Tit-Bits. NEW TO-DAY. Anzmia means “want of blood,” a deficiency in the red corpuscles of the blood. Its cause is found in want of sufficient food, dyspepsia, lack of exercise or breathing impure air. With it is a natural repugnance to all fat foods. Scott’s Emulsion is an easy food to get fat from and the easiest way of taking fat. It makesthe blood rich in just those elements neces- sary to robust health, by supplying it with red cor- puscles. for a ballot, noother one can be piaced in nomi- uation, therefore votes cast for some one other than the candidate or cast blank are not For sale at 50 cents and $1.00 by all druggista, SCOTT & BOWNE, New York