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6 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1897. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Dally and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier..0.18 i CaLL, one year, by mall.... 6.00 CALL, six months, by mall.. 3.00 Cax, three months by mail 1.50 .65 Dally and Sund Daily and Snnday CALL, one montb, by mall. Bunday CaLL, one year, by mal WREKLY CaLL, one year, by mail BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Maln—1874 BRANCH OFFICES 627 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open unmtl 9:80 o'clook. @ Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. eet: open untll o'clock. Sixteenth and Mission streets; open 111 9 o'clock. h strect; open until 9 o'clock. Polk street; open until 9:30 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICB: €08 Brosdway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms $1 and 3%, 34 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ “THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. The only way to suspend highbinding is with a rope. Little Pete made big money at it, but in the end it did not pay Why not proclaim Chinatown a public nuisance and clean it out? The Nicaragna canal bill may be dead, but it 1s far from speec! let Once more the powers have agreed to coerce Turkey. Ring, ring the chestnut bell. o It might pay to import Li Hung Chang for a while and give him the freedom of the City. The cold wuve struck everything from Montana to England at the first swoop, and is still going east. The plague in India seems to follow the famine, and if the famine is driven out the plague will go also. If abolishing commissions does not lead to economy the only resort left will be to abolish the Legislature. It is now time for the Legisiature to leave the payroll episode and go on to something that isn’t scandalous. The blizzards of Chicago seem to have been just about cold enough to warm the heart of charity and set it moving. Instead of four more years of Grover we have less than six weeks of his frozen clover. Time improves everything. There is a great deal of work before Con- gress, but Congress doesn’t care. Itisnot compelled to ish anything before it quits, It is reporied that the Kaiser intends to repress liberalism in Germany, and that means of course that he is going to sow anarch: If American sympathy were only ammu- nition fit for battle it would not take the Cubanslong to drive the Spaniards out of their island. The report of the State Controller is not easy reading, but as he had to deal with the extravagance of our taxmakers it must be admitted he had a tough subject. It would have been easier for McKinley if he bad accepted one of those ready- made Cabinets offered him immediately after the election and let it go at that. Since British law found a way to well nigh exterminate the thugs in India American law ought to be able to put a little decent restraint on the highbinder. Tt is regarded in Washington as certain that the next Senate will have a majority fora good protective tariff bill and thus another cloud rolls away from the hori- zon. Corbett declares, ‘‘Fitzsimmons is talk- ing a great deal and with a very poor ex- cuse,” and as Fitz has been talking of Cor- bett the public will agree to the proposi- tion. 5 It is reported the Popalists of Georgia are denouncing Tom Watson for not keep- ing in the middle of the road, just asif there were any road in sight for either him or his part; California cannot be called a jay coun- try when a local artist is able to earn $60,- 000 a yeer from the products of his easel. This fact speaks volumes for the advance- ment of refined taste in our community. Chancellor Yorke, after speaking at Oakland of the evil effects of the sensa- tional newspapers of the day, pointed the right moral in saying: *The antidote is with yourselves. Refuse to purchase such trash and it will soon be withdrawn from the market.” Kaiser William’s recent_statement that be knows nothing of a cabal in his court is the first acknowledgment of ignorance on any subject he ever made, and is a striking illustration of what happens even toa crowned head when it gets too big to read the papers. Ingalls has been lecturing in Atlanta and the people, aiter contrasting him with Bryan, have reached the conclusion that while the Kansas orator could not have stampeded a convention as Bryan did, he is far away the more entertaining lecturer to a cultured audience. If the Grester Republicof Central Amer- ica will not give consent for the United Btates fo build and control the Nicargua canal it«is pertinent to ask to whom it will give consent. They need the canal almost as much as we do, and certainly they cannot build it themselves. One of the measures before Congress that should by all means be passed at this session is the immigration bill. Every week’s delay in the establishment of needed restrictions adds just so many more to the number of undesirable per- sons who come to this country to compete with our labor and conflict with our laws. It is reported from the East that a Phil- adelphia publishing-house is trying to forestall Bryan’s book by issuing one with a similar title and a misleading title page to deceive the public, but if Bryan is the brilliant genius he is said to be it would be impossible to imitate him. You couldn’t deceive the public with an imita- tion Webster, THE HIGHBINDERS. ‘While the notorious ‘‘Little Pete”’ was not a citizen of such character as to make his murder a loss to the commurity, he was, nevertheless, sufficiently prominent and powerful to make it an important event in the City and to call sharply to the public mind the growing evil of per- mitting highbinders to ply their murder- ous trade along our streets. Ever since the outbreak of the struggle between the See Yups and the Sam Yups professed murderers have plied their trade in the streets of Chinatown, and have re- peatedly slaughtered their victims under circumstances which show not only a dis- regard for human life, but an utter con- tempt for American law. “Little Pete” is only one of several victims who have fatlen in this struggle, and there is ample reason for believing that his death will be followed by many others unless drastic measures are taken by the police to pre- vent them. It has long ago been demonstrated that it is impossible to govern the Chinese com- munity by laws which are sufficient for Americans and Europeans. In the first place, the Chinese, as a people, have no abhorrence of murder, and make no effort to hunt out the perpetrators of such of- fenses. In the second place, they have no regard for the sanctity of an oath, and on the witness-stand commit such perjuries that, whether they tes for or against the accused, they invariably leave in the minds of the jury the suspicion which raises the doubt that, under our law, must be construed in favor of the pris- oner. To govern the population of Chinatown there is needed something of the strict and despotic law of China. The police force in the limits of the Chinese district should not only be increased in numbers, but sbould be given increased power. The volice should have authority to arrest any Chinaman whom they suspect of beinga highpinder and search him to see if he carries concealed weapons. They should not have to wait for the commission of a crime or to have reason for suspecting a man of committing it in order to be authorized to arrest him and make the search. They should have that authority and be instructed to exercise 1t at all times of the day or night. In the performance of their dutiesin Chinatown it is as easy for the polics officers to *‘spot” highbinders as it is for them to spot well-known crooks among gatherings of Americans. If they were authorized to arrest any person suspected of being & highbinder, to search him and to take away from him any weapons found on him, much might be dome to eradicate that murderous gang from the City. Certainly we have had an ample expe- rience of Chinatown to be well assured that the ordinary processes of our law are not equal to the task of holdiag in sub- jection the malignant nature of these Mongolian murderers. The highbinders constitute a profession that is public in its nature. They have their meetings al- most openly and many of them are well known to the police. They work for hire, and advertisements offering rewards for assassinations are posted in Chinatown as publicly as advertisements for any legiti- mate business. It is certainly not beyond the power of American law and justice to put & stop to such open offenses. The British Government by taking drastic measures exterminated the thugs in India, and while in doing 5o it committed many acts which shocked the senstbilities of the civilized world, the measures nevertheless proved efficacious and were justified by the results attained. California could well afford to imitate the British example in this regard. While stringent measures against highbinders might raisea cry in the East of injustice to the muld-man- nered yellow man they would at least save our City from the disgrace of tolerating professional murderers and in the end would justify themselves by the establish- ment of law and order and the preserva- tion of life. The bighbinders must be suppressed. They constitute a menace not only to the Chinese but to the white raee. It istrue that at present they rarely or never under- take to kill a white man, bat if they are permitted to grow bold in their infamous trade there is mno telling to what extent their violence may go. ‘Little Pete” has not been a credit to the City while he lived, but if his murder in a barber-shop on a public thoroughfare, in an hour of business activity, rouses the people toa sense of the evil which confronts them and determines'them 1o take resolute ac- tion to suppress it, then *‘Little Pete'’ will have become something of a public bene- factor and do enough by his death to counteract the evil he did in his life. THE NICARAGUA OANAL. A curious situation has been produced at Washington by the letter of Senor Rodriguez declaring that'the Greater Re- public of Central America will not con- sent to the construction of the Nicaragua canal under the terms of the bill now be- fore the Senate. The letter virtually kills the bill, but the advocates of the measure are resolved that it shall not die until they have thoroughly investigated the source from which the letter comes, and made clear the motive as well as the meaaing of it. Senator Morgan, who has given the sub- ject careful consideration, declares that the bill was drawn ®0 as to come within the terms of the concession granted by Nicaragua. He asserts there isnothing in it which justifies the Government of that country in withdrawing the concession, and 1nsists on keeping tbe Lill before tne Senate until all the Nicaragua corre- spondence with our State Department can be laid before the Senators for consider- ation. Of course the efforts of Senator Morgan will not help the bill directly. Since the Government of the Greater Republic, which now acts for Nicaragna, has de- clared its opposition to the measure the matter becomes one of diplomacy, and must be dealt with by the State Depart- ment rather than by Congress. The Sen- ate, neverthless, has an equal voice with the President in managing foreign affairs, and by bringing before it all the corre- spondence of the State Oflice on the sub- ject may discover some means by which to overcome the objections interposed and make clear to the. Government of the Greater Republic that it would do we!l to withdraw the opposition and make way for the construction of the work. The importance of a canal across the isthmus is 8o great that the United States cannot permit either the folly or the pride of the people of those countries to prevent its eventual coustruction. Sooner or later there must be such a canal and when com- pleted it must be under the viriual con- trol of the United States. We need the use of it for commerce and we would need the command of it in time of war. It must therefore be an American canal, and since the United States is the only power in America capable either of building it, maintaining it or defending it, it must be under our control. The action taken by the Government of the Greater Republic will have its effect n determining the action of the Senate on the proposed arpitration treaty with Great Britain. The canal is one of the subjects which we will not be willing to submit to the arbitration of any European power. Thus the complication which has been developed over the canal bill will affect the preat principle of arbitration, which but a short time ago was regarded so favorably throughout the country. The peonle will uphold Senator Morgan in his fight, even though it appears to be aforlorn one. The issue is not one which we can trust to the hidden processes of diplomagy. Itshould be discuased in the open Senate, and if the Greater Republic of Central America is to prevent the con- struction of the work, which will be of benefit to its country, simply because it will be controlled by the United States, the people ought to know the reason why. THE CONTROLLER'S REPORT. ‘The report of the State Controller for the two fiscal years ending June 30, 1896, forms a compact volume of statistics of 198 pages and will be found dry, tedious and heavy to those who by their duties are required to read, mark and inwardly digest it. The work nevertheless deserves to be studied, for as it deals with the finances of the State the recommendations contained in it are of concern to every taxpayer. The Controller calls attention to the in- crease in offices and commissions during the two fiscal years included in his report, and says that while in the last two State campaigns *‘everybody preached economy but few if anybody practiced it.”” He goes on to show that during the sessions of 1891, 1893 and 1895 the number of offices and commissions were largely increased, and says: “The monthly salaries paid in this office alone on the last day of each month have increased in round numbers from $36,590 in January, 1891, to $44,700 in November, 1896, an annual increase of nearly $95,000. These figures do not in- clude the payrolls of any of the State in- stitutions, nor do they convey an idea of the additional expense to the State, for the salaries paid ihese newly created offi- cers and commissions is the smallest part of the appropriations made for their ben- efit.” During the period of this increase two commissions have been abolished—the Forestry Commission and the State Board of Viticulture—whose work has been turned over to the State University and is now conducted at a comparatively small expense. The fact that there has been aa increase in the salariesand approvpriations for State officers and commissions despite the attempt at economy by abolishing the two named will be surprising to the tax- payers. ‘“Certainly,” as the Controller says, ‘‘this does not look like economy, nor even an approach to it.” The poor policy which prevents the magnificent water power owned by the State at Folsom prison from being util- ized in some manner to the pecuniary benefit of the taxpayers is pointed out and the Controller recommends that if it can- not be used for the purpose of manufac- turing articles of wearing apparel used in various State institutions because of competing with free labor it could be well employed in the gen- aration of electrical power which could be transmitted 1o Sacramento and used in the Cavitol, State Printing Office and agri- cultural pavilion. It is calculated the amount saved by this alone would pay a large return on the investment. The one cheering feature of the report is to be found in the statement that the total general fund estimate for the next two fiscal years is $6,027,164 16, a reduc- tion of about $1,050,000 from the estimate of two years ago. This reduction is caused by the elimination of items for the support of aged indigents, district agri- culitural societies, boards of horticulture and viticulture, debris commissioner, commissioner of public works, schoolbook department of the State Printing Office, and the Supreme Court commission. It is pleasing to know that something was done in the past in the direction of econ- omy, and the present Legislature we trust will profit by the report to devise means for greater economy in the future. . TRUE ART APPRECIATED, California offers substantial encourage- ment to artists of merit. Thisis shown by the fact that those who devote their best efforts and talents to painting, sculp- ture or other branches of the plastic arts are rewarded by returns which if not al- together commensurate with their own ideas of their deserts are at least equal to the emoluments gained by persons of equal ability in the more prosaic walks of life. A gentleman connected with a promi- nent school of art and design has made extensive investizations touching this subject, and has ascertained that any properly educated artist who studies and works, and who, in short, does his duty by his profession, is able to maintain a respectable position in society and his financial returns are on the average as great as they would have been had he ap- pliea himself with like diligence to any other profession. Of course it is all ai variance with the accepted canons of what used to be known as Bohemia for disciples of the gentle arts to manifest an inclination for industry and providence, yet it is noted that the bril- iiancy and genius of those thus endowed is by no means clouded, but that on the other hand they shine all the more re- splendently because they are able to meet the proper and reasonable requirements of their station in society by the exercise of ordinary circumspection in the usual af- fairs of life. ‘While California does not put forward her artists as the most thrifty and frugal class of citizens, yet it is with no smail degree of satisfaction that this develop- ment of the new and trae spirit of the realm of Bohemia should be encountered here in sunny California, where the sway of easy and generous living has been almost universal. An additional subject for congratula- tion, though it may to & certain extent detract from our self-glorification in re- gard to the extent to which artists are vpatronized in our own State, is that there is beyond our borders an increasing de- mand for the creations of Californian art- ists. This fact is attested by the orders for paintings received almost constantly from New York and other Eastern citie: McCULLAGH'S LOVE ROM ANCE Pittsburg Dispatch. Henry Watterson, who for thirty years was a close friend of J. B. McCullagh, confirms the impression that there was alove romance in the dead editor’s early career in St. Louls. The young woman in the ‘case lived in Louis- ville for a while. She was & handsome and sccomplished girl, and was the adopted daughter of a present St. Louls official, who was Mayor of St. Louis in the early '70s, and almost & millionaire then. Her foster parents lived in the most aristocratic section of St. Louis, and broks off the match because McCul- lagh was poor. ““Why, he is only a reporter,” was the crushing reply, when she pleaded for permission. About twelve yearsago she mar- ried a rich doctor, and they moved to San Francisco. He cruelly abused her from the start, and 1n a few years she got a divorce and soon'after died of ‘s broken heart. The recol- Jection of the affair saddened McCullagh’s ther years, and helped to make him the cynic © Wes, PERSONAL. D. F. Warnoek of Chicago is in the City. Temple Godman of London 1s in the City. W. F. McNeill of Spokane is on & visit to the city. Dr. A. C. Henderson of Brooklyn, N. Y., fsin town. J. L. Pendleton of New Britain, Conn., is in the City. M. McNamara of East Clallam, Wash., 18 in the City. harles T. Lindsey of Visalia arrived here yesterday. W. E. Peck, & merchant of Santa Cruz, is at the Grand. G. B. Plato, a merchant of Modesto, is here on a business trip. Arnold Wood and Mrs, Wood of New York are at the Palace. George Stewart, a mining man of Wallace, Idaho, is at the Lick. Jonn F. Delap, a wealthy resident of Brook- 1yn, N. Y., is in town. Gustaf Palmgvist of Stockholm, Bweden, ar- rived here yesterday. q Wiltiam H. Baker, a merchant of Astoris, ar- rived here yesterday. O. A. Tilson, an attorney of Modesto, came to the Bay City yesterday. C. Werngen of Portland, a manufacturer of woodenware, is at tne Grand. Ben M. Rosenberg of Ukiah arrived here yesterday. He is at the Grand. Charles Kuox of Dryad, & recent arrival here, is siaying at the Cosmopolitan. John Combs, & mining and business man of Princeville, Oregon, is & late arrival here. A.F.and J. H. Cail and E. W. Freeman, all of Stoux City, Towa, sre at the Occidental. J.T. Fraueis and wife of Niles are on a visit to the City, and are guests &t the Cosmopoli- tan. Among recent arrivalsat the Cosmopolitan are L. G. Couture and J. Mackin of Prescott, Ariz. D. P. Durst, the extensive ranch owner of Wheatland, yas among yesterday's arrivals here. M. R. Engle of Hewley, Green & Engle, ex- tensive lace importers of New York, is in the City. Among the arrivals here is Dr. D. W. Riggs of Allegheny, Pa., who is here largely for pleasure. J. Thompson and wife arrived here from Sitka this morning, and are registered at the Cosmopolitan. L. W. Blinn, the wealthy resident of Los An- geles, is here, accompanied by his wife. They are at the Palace. J. N. Van Nuys of Los Angeles, who is erecting a large hotel in that city, is here, ac- companied by his wife. Dr. David N. Loose of Maquekets, Tows, is at the Occidental en route to Honolulu. He 15 ac- companied by Mrs. Loose. John Hendry and Z. Gordon Goldberg, sub- stantial business men of Vancouver, B. C., are among the arrivals at the Palace. M. H. Walker, a wealthy business man of Salt Lake, one of the pioneers of that city, is in town, accompanted by Mrs. Walker. Presiding Judge J. M. Seawell of the Supe- rior Court was able to hold court yesterday, though his health is anything but robust. J.0'Connell of Cincinnati, who is here in reference to taking the Eastern agency for & large manufacturing company, is at the Palace. Mrs. S. Bishop, wife of Dr. 8. Bishop of Reno, Nev., is in the City visiting relatives. She is accompanica by her daughter, Miss Minnie Bishop. Vice-President C. ¥. Crocker and Manager J. A. Fillmore returned yesterday from a trip over the Southern Pacific system as {ar as EL Paso, Tex. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 25.—At the St. Cloud, C. Bandman; Metropole, A. Agnew; Belvidere, 8. Well; Park Avenue, Mrs. Sher- wood; Imperial, W. A. Restenpart; Holland, C. R.Lloyd Jr., C. Bruguiere; Grand Union, B. H. Johnson, H. Lester; Plaza, C. A. Curtiss; Albert, J. Evans; Manhattan, J. 8. Foorman; Everett, T. Heilborn. CAL!FORNIANS IN WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 25.—F. W. Felhewliesen of San Franeisco is at the Wel- lington. C.C.Grove andJ. P. Montgomery of Los Angeles are registered at the Hotel John- son. THE TELL-TALE EYE. She tried to kill me with a glance, But I retused to die, Because 1 saw & twinkle in ©One corner of her eye. A wwinkle that she vainty tried— Poor maiden!—to conceal, Because she knew a secret hid ‘That twinkle would reveal. That secret was a secret sweet, Not e'en 1o self confessed: That I, the man she’d kill, was he She really loved the best. —CARLYLE SMITH, In Life, NEWSPAPER PLEASANTRY. Blobbs—There goes a man who is 60 years old, end is stll1 cutting teeth. Slobbs—Impossible. Blobbs—Fact. He's a dentist.—Philadelphia Record. She—Once you vowed that I was the sun- shine of your life. Now you stay out night after night, He—Er—why—I don’t expectsunshine after dark.—Doublin Freeman. Papa—So Emily stands st the head of her class in French? Mamma—Yes, she and another girl were exactly even in the written examination, but it was decided that Emily shrogged her shoulders more correctly.—Puck. “There,” said the managing editor, “goes the queerest man I ever saw.” “How’s that,” the city editor asked. “He came 1a here to submit an srticle for publication, and didn’t say that he hi been & steady reader of our paper. land Leader. “Man,” sald the youngest member of the Corner Grocery Entertainment Society, “man is much like acarpet. Assoon as he is down he gots walked on.” v “And aguin,” hastened to say the Cummins- ville sage, “he is unlike the article in ques- tion. For, the more dust he has,the less likely he is to get the shake. Overheard—Pa, you are only & imitation man? , child, why?” “Cause I heard sister Bell tell Mr. Padger in the hall lag' night ’at he wuz th’on'y real man in th’ world.”—Chicago Record, Jinks—There is a man who has 8 number of movements on foot for making money.” Blinks—Who is he? Jinks—I don’t know his name, buthe’s a dancing teacler.—New York Advertiser. BICYLLE EXFPORTS. Providence Journal. In the latest officisl returns of our export trade appears the handsome $3,408.612 as the value of the bicycles shipped abroad in eleven months. Probabl is'ely few wereaware of the existence of a forelgn trade of so large proportions in these goods, but it is a trade that is growing all the time. It would be in- teresting to know, however, at what price these exported machines are sold. 1EXAS ANGEL. Washington Post. Chief among the Populist candidates for the Benatorship in Idaho whom Senator Dubois has to fear is one bearing the euphonious name of Texas Angel. This is not & nickname and Mr. Angel is considered quite & big gun outinthe Gem of the Mountains State. He was a gallant soldier in the Union army and led & company in a desperate charge at the battle of Gaines’ Mill. An old friend ot his tells & story of this charge which would indi- cate that there is some connection between profanity and good fighting. This particular charge was s0 desperate that 175 men were killed out of a column of 400. The men wavered in the face of the storm of lead that [ met them, Angel sprang forward swinging } his sword and shouted fo them in language more forcible than elegant to “line up.” They did line up and carried the position that was the objective point of the charge. Some Of the men explained afierward that when they heard their captain, who had the reputation of being a very pious man, talk like that they were more afraid of him than they were of the enemy in front of them. { AMERICANITIS. A NEW NAME FOR THE DISEASE COMMONLY KNOWN As HUSTLE. Minneapolis Times. A German physician has discovered & mew disease. He calls it Americanitis. Upon coming to this country he was puzzled by find- ing among his patients ali manner of nervous disorders which seemed to have no organfk cause. He has made a study of the different varieties that come under his notice, and has named the mysterious malady Americanitis. In his opinion, the trouble arises in the hurry, excitement and intense appiication of life in this country. Itis true that as & nation, Americans lack Tepose. Yankee zealin well-doing is an un- deniable fact of bistory. It is proverbial among foreign chroniclers who have written us up and especially down. Threa-fourths of the population 15 afflicted with nervousness, which varies in intensity {rom triyial habits and mannerisms to_actual disease. We drum with our fingers. We pull flowers to bits. We twist and untwist scraps of paper. We tap the floor with our feet. We gesture wildly, and sway back and forth in rocking chairs.” Finally, we, collectively and individually, chew gum. All this occurs in ordinary conversation and passes for yivacity. It is regarded as not only perfectly innocent and nacural, but as a necessary form of work- ing off superfluous energy. As & matter of fact, it is a most unreasonable mode of expression and an unjustifiable waste of vital energy. It is a serfous indication of & wrong attitude of mind and an unwholsome mode of life. It is not work, but lack of revose, that s the cause of the nervous prostration and breaking down characteristic of modern society. We live too intensely. We throw our whole being into every trivial act. We talk with our hunds and our eyes and our shoulders as well as our voice. We push with our feet on the carriage floor as though to hurry the too slowly moving Wheels. We listen with tense musclesto an animated speaker and wonder At the close of the day why we are exhausthd inbody and mind. 4 Nature never intended that the whole body should work all the time. In accordance with the universal principle of rhythm she de- signed the different members to alternately work and rest, sparing each otner. When we disobey this law of repose there is a constaut {riction that must in time wear out the ma- chine. The result is chronic fatigue, not from overwork, but {rom unnecessary work. Wben we learn to use only those muscles which are needed for a particular act we will expeud but 8 small fraction of the vilal energy we now lavish on our work, and we will have a reserve force that will save us from premature break- downand tide us over disease. Students of physical culture are making a study of the laws of repose. They may one day evolve a science of rest which will prove the cure for that degeneracy which we mourn in modern societ; THE SEAT OF EMPIRE. Washington Post. The steady decline of the relative greatness and power of the East is very impressively shown by each succeeding decennial census and the reapportionment thereunder of seats in the National House of Representatives. One has no occasion to look at the big picture bung over the west staircase of the hall in which that House assembies in order torealize how surely and how fast the star of the empire tekes its way westwar A P:CULIAR PEOPLE. Chicago News. Above or below this whirling earth there is not a more interesting subject for study than the American people. They are blessed with more different kinds of contradictory natures, they are more consistently inconsistent, they are more harmoniously unharmonious than a0y other people thatever drew the breath of ife. THE WHEAT SURPLUS Kansas City Star, The United States continues to export wheat in such large quantities as to raise the ques- tion whether the farmers are still holding some wheat from the huge crops of 1891 and 1892. The supposed exportable surplus of the 1596 crop is already exhausted, vet the country goes on shipping about 3,000,000 bushels every week, ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Wh1ist CLuB—E. E. P, Los Gatos, Cal. The secretary of the San Francisco Whist Club is W. F. Blehdon. The clubrooms are at 326 Post street. Loses His Crrizexsure—Subseriber, Cfty. A man convicted of a crime that carrfes with it the penalty of fmprisonment in a State prison in the United States loses his citizenship, and it is not restored unless by pardon at ot before the expiratfon of sentence. MONEY 1IN BANK—G. B, City. If two brothers have money in bank and itisa joint deposit either can draw the money unless there is an agreement that neither shall draw more then a certain amount without the Ppresence or consent of the other. PETER JACKsON—J. C., City. The last time that Peter Jackson, the pugilist, was im San Francisco was in August, 1894. He left here to make a match with Corbett in New York, but it ended in wind. He then went to Eng- land and has been there ever since. THE YEAR 1900—A. C. R., City. It takes 100 years to complete a century. The year 100 closed the first century and the year 101 was in the second century. The year 1900 will ciose the eighteenth century so the year 1901 willbe the first in the nineteenth century. HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS—A. R. T. C., City, The height of the Palace Hotel above the level of the street 15 120 feet. The new buflding cor- ner Third and Market streets being erocted by Claus Spreckels will be sixteen stories high. To the top of the main cornice the height will Dbe 210 feet and to the top of the dome the hefgnt will be 300 feet. THE POPULAR VoTE—F. F., City. The popu- lar vote for Presidential electors at the last- held Presidential election was as follows: Me- Kinley (Republican), 7,105,959 ; Bryan (Demo- crat), 6,454,943; Palmer fiNAllonnl Democrat), 182,870; Levering (Probibitionist), 131,748 Bentley (National), 13,873; Matchett (Labor), 36,260; MoKinlev over Bryan, 651,016 Mo- Kinley over all, 336,265; 1otal popular vote of 1896, 13,875,653. The official vote of each State is announced by the Secretary of State. THEATER ON KEARNY STREET—C. F., City. There was a variety theater in the upper part of the building on the northeast corner of Clay and Kearny streets, opened in 1864 by Ferdinand Gilbert as “The Olympic.” It was subsequently known as “Gilbert’s Melodeon, ” and afterward as “Bert’s Melodeon,” E. G. Bert being then the proprietor. It wis closed in the latter part of 1869 or early part of 1870, Joe Murphy, the comedian, played in the Olympic, appearing thero {n minsirel speclal- ties, one of his grentest hits being his per- formance on the “combonicum,” At the same time there were among the petformers at the Olympic Lotta Crahtree (Little Lotta), the Worrell Sisters, Ben Cotton, Magg(e Moore aud others. PUBLISHING AND TRANSLATING—A Reader, Oity. If you wish to write and publish a book either in the English or a foreign language, and wish to protect 1t, you must comply with the copyright laws. Write to the librarian of Congress at Washington, D. C,, and he will furnish you with a copy of the laws. If you wish to translate a book, and that book has been copyrighted, you, if it is your desire to print such transiation, must confer with the Author, as the law gives the author the exclu. sive right to translate or dramatize his book. in the United States copyright runs for twenty- eight years and mav be renewed for fourteen years. After o copyright has expired any one can publish a translation of the work. FREEMASONRY—A. T. D., Los Angeles, Cal. There is no certainty as to the date of the ori- gin ot Freemasonry. The difficulty of arriving at the precise time, place or circumstance in which Masonary or its true prototype began has been encountered by every writer on_the subject. It is claimed that recent explora- tions in Egypt accord with the tradition that the order was in existence when the pyramids were built, Modern Freemasonry began in London June 24,1717, “high noon of the year, the day of light and of roses,” when the four London Im"'{ having created themselvi into a grand lodge, named tneir first gra; master. nd there is a claim that the order was established in York in the year 926. This is a subject that cennot be answered in the space allotted to this department. It isan interesting one, and the writings of Anderson and of ;r;mnh?mn go deep into a:l origin er, will give you & great e Tormadion, ” " ETSYOU 8 rew i THE PARK WILL GROW IN BEAUTY The Superintendent Speaks of Proposed Improve- ments. He Recalls Some of the More Notable Achievements of the Past. The Acreage of Wood and Water Will B> Increased — Reclaiming the Wilderness. If the augnries are not falsified the pres- ent year will witness a number of improve- ments in Golden Gate Park calculated to add greatly toits attractiveness as a pleas- ure resort for the public of San Francisco. 1t was while in a retrospective and pro- photic mood yesterday that Superintend- very well and other varieties from Central America and the East Indies seem to thrive. The zoological collection will from time to time receive additions in the shape of those animals and birds which may be. allowed (o enjoy a certain measure of freedom. The "present park staff com- prises 160 men. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. Jean de Reszke declares that last summer all his servants performed their labors to the energetic rhythm and melody of Siegfried’s smithy songs, which they heard him practic- ing 50 often, A. Bjolstad, the editor of Folkebladet, or People’s Paper, of Christiania, Norway, 1S vis- iting Minnesota for the purpose of promoting the circulation of his journal among the Scane dinavians of that § Francis Datwin makes the anpouncement that he is preparing a supplementary volume of his father's letters, These will comprise many of purely scientific interest, which could not be used in the “Life and Letters, " together with some fresh material that has come to his hands.' Queen’s Home in Chelses, which is now in the market, is famous as the supposed resi- dence of Charles II's neglected Queen, Kath- erine of Braganza, but more famous latterly as the house where Rossetti, George Meredith and Swinburne 100k Up their residence to- gether in 1862. Princess Beatrice, as Governor of the Isle of Wight, will unveil the local memurial to Lord Tennyson next summer. It is & monument of Aberdeen granite, which will be erected on the Verge of the cliffs near Farringford. so that it will be a landmark for all ships passing up or down the caannel. With the avowed object of commemorating the great benefits which the late Baron de z //,/,/,« 27\ 7 2 R\, 7 / 7 JOHN McLAREN, Who Has Acted as Superintendent of Golden | Gate Park for the 7 Past Ten Years. ent McLaren recalled some of the things that have been accomplished during his tenure of office, as also a few other projects which are seriously contemplated by the Park Commissioners. ““The construction of Stow Lake and the waterfall,” he said, ‘‘was certainly one of the most extensive and noteworthy acdi- tions to the attractions of the park during the last ten years. 1t fulfills a twofold ob- ject. An elevation of 300 feet above the tide level helps to maintain the purity of the water, which is both attractive to the eye and useful for irrigation purposes. “'The reclamation and cultivation of the sand dunes have involved an enormous amount of labor. Sea bent grass must first of all be planted ana allowed to remain for two years, at the end of which the sand is usually tied down pretty firmly and available for the growth of primroses, California poppies and the lupin shrub, No less than 850,000 trees were planted west of Strawberry Hill during oae of our heaviest years. &'‘Many miles of roacsand waiks have been constructed and about 300 acres of lawns and open glades have been added 1n recent years. The object of the Oommis- sioners is to reproduce as faithfully as pos- sible the more pleasing aspects of untram- meled nature as represented both by wood and water. With respect to the last- named feature we can extend the surface of such improvements in a westerly di- rection at a comparatively small cost, ow- ing to the numerous springs which are to be found near the surface of the soil. There is & good deal of sand, bat when thisis removed the water level can be reached without much difficulty. The eucalyptus, pine aud cypress form the best preliminary growth I know, for the reason that they can stand our ever- lasting winds better than any other shrubs and form a protecting shelter for plants not as robust in character. “The three-mile drive along the beach was finished last year and the three bridges already constructed together with the fourth now in course of construction, represent a large outlay of time and ex ense. The new bridze, when completed will be 160 feet long by 132 wide and will provide an ample drive for horses, a foot- path and a bicycle path. tween the Authors’ Club and the Pre: London almost by himseif, making 101 runs to 82 by the whole opposite side. J. M. Barrie mor Frankfort Moore, who were on his side, was called upon to Hair Vigor—the best hair-dressing. druggist for Ayer noblemen and men eminent in literatu science and art, including Mr. Gladstone, Her- bert Spencer has consented that a fund shall be opened to paint his portrait for the British natton. Huvert Herkomer, R.A., has been chosen as the arti: Hirsch conferred on the settlers in his Argen- tine colonies the heads of the families there have decided togive the name of Moses Hirsch to every male child born until the first anni- versary of his death. Rhes, the actress, was turned away from two St. Louis hotels because they would not toler- ate her Skye terrier. Lady Arran is managing & hand-knitting fn- stitution in County Mayo, Ireland. Althougn designed to give work to such of her husband’s tenants as needed employment the venture has proved profitable financially, 7000 pairs of stockings having been knitted last year and $3000 paid in wages. TOWNSEND'S famonus broken candy, 21bs25.* sl SPECTAL information daily to manufacturars, business houses and public men by the Prosy Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * HUsBAND'S Calcined Magnesia—Four first premium medals awarded. Mora sgreeabls to the taste and smaller dose than other mag- nesia. trademerk label, For sale only in bottles with registered S e SOE WILL E. FISHER'S creditors will find it to their advantage to place their claims with Coftey’s Collection Company, 314 Montgomery street. vhone Black 2795. Reliable. _energetic and prompt. Tels- —————— A. Conan Doyle won the ericket match be- Clubin Neither IRRITATION OF THE THROAT AND FOARSENESS are immediately relieved by “ Brown's Bronchia Troches.” H ve them always ready. s No ToILET Is complete withont & bottle of Ayer's Ask your Almeanae. - BoRNETT'S Corn Cure. 327 Montgomery. 25c. —————— In response to a letter signed by over eighiy t. “‘The children’s shelter and ladies’ cot- tage were built last year, and Mr, Sweeney’s generous donation of the Straw- berry Hill kiosk is among the most at- tractive of recent additigns. “We expect to add tiventy acres to the lawn surface this year, and “we are intro- ducing new species of seeds right along. Tne Commissioners seek to make our col- lection of California trees, plants and flowers, as also suitable specimens from Washington, Oregon and Arizona, as per- fect as possible. rhe Orient and Europe have likewise furnished many flourishing varieties. “There is no other park in the United States that can boast of so comprehensive a collection. Hundreds ofdelicate species which can be raised without daifficulty bere would perish in a night in the Eact. ‘The area of sixty acres formerly occu- pied by the Midwinter Fair is being rap- idly restored to its original condition. Water-pipes have been laid down in twenty-five acrag, the snrface of the soil has been covered with a foot of loam, and the whole area has been regraded. "It is hardly necessary to enumerate such improvements as the musenm iron apnex ana the park lodge itself. The latter is, ’“'"’fi? not the largest, but cer- tainly one of thé handsomest and most suitable buildings of the kind in America. Donations to the museum continue in :‘e'r:n;‘oui lg‘undam:, m}.‘ Daggett's recent ndian curios mfi‘ ".‘hx::: . eing among the r. McLaren intimated that there probability of the park being ulnmln‘::o: with eiectricity at an early date, more particularly along the vurfous drives. The cultivation of orchids is an impor- tant pars of the superintendent’s duties, The Vandas and Cattleyas are doing 1 NEW TO-DAY. In Jrophy biscuits and muffins you do not taste or smell the bak-‘ ing powder. Tillmara & Bendel, Mfra, | |