The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 12, 1897, Page 6

it CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Daily and Sundsy CALL, one week, by carrier..§0.18 Daily and Sundsy CALL, oxe year, by mail.... 6.00 Daily and Sunduy CALI, six months, by mail.. $.00 nd Sunday CALz, threc months by mail 1.60 and Sunday Cavx, one month, by mail. .65 | CALL, one year, by mal W SZKLY CaLL, One year, by mail. BUSINESS OFFICE: " 1 710 Morket Street, &an Francisco, California. Telephone. . Main—1868 EDITOR! Telephone..... BRANCH OFFICES | mery sireet, corner Clay: open uBtll | o'clock. o'clock. streets; open open until 9: et: open until 9:3 eench and Missio antil 9 0'c 2518 Mission street: open un! 167 Ninth t; open until 9 1305 Pol open until OAKLAND OFFICE: £08 Broadway. | EASTERN OFFICE tiooma 31 and 82, 34 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLT rn Manager. THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. FRIDAY MARCH During the week ending Sat- urday last THE CALL published | inches 4615 of advertisements, which is 24 inches more than was published by any other San Francisco newspaper during | the same time. The whines for ty. exposed hypocrite bill for convict twine,’ ‘was only a little one.” d of the workingman supports nd not home prisons. says the The iriel Lome industries The assertion of the Eraminer that it could not get twine in the open market is | her fake. Fake news twine constit dog journalis bound with prison-made tes the worst kind of yellow n. “Cheap and nasty” is the motto of the g. Cheap prison supplies and nasty news. r kennel ga Let us provide for the unemployed free | labor and good wages. It isonly the | amner which finds a profit in having men | sent to San Quentin. Great Britain continues to prophesy peace, but her action in getting an army corps ready for service shows that she is staking her money on tha proposition that w is com cr pleads that the amount of | e it uses is small, but the the saving only intensifies | the meanness of the transaction and the insufficiency of its defense. One ihe by the are excluding the yellow rom their reading-rooms. ion of the people has been ! slow in taking action, but it is doing the | good work at las | The diplomats of the great powers will | find before get through with the Cretan war that public opinion is after all the greatest of powers in these asys and will have to be consulted in the settl ment of the guestion. one country they McKinley evidently understands the ways of office-seekers too well to be dis- turbed by them. He offends nobody, but be yields 10 nobody, and is showing more clearly every day that he is eminently the right man in the right place at the right time. Whether Long Green Lawrence goes to jail or not in this instance the Senate has dicated itself from his slanders by boldly challenging the proof and showing the falseness of the slander. As for the juiling of the rascal, that is something which is bound to come in due time. In defense of its use of convict twine the Ezaminer said yesterday that it couid not obtain it “of as good quality anywhere else.” That is a case of Iying in aid of rascality. The local manufacturers make s good twine as is made in San Quentin, but they cannot sell it so cheap!y, and that is why Wasteful W patronizes the convicts. Never was a lie more utterly devoid of even a semblance of foundation than was the lie told by the Eraminer about the “thievery in aid of bribery.” Having been given every opportunity to prove the truth of its words the FEraminer could offer nothing whatever in the way of evidence. It has been forced to resor: to impudence to hide its confusion and, to use its own choice language, to “darken its retreat by excreting filth.” In the prevailing harmony of sentiment for the promotion of bhome industry and the advancement of the welfare of California, there is but one discordant voice among al! the papers of the State— one common slanderer, one maker of strife, one patron of convict labor, one sneerer at the products of free labor, but that one fortunately has now besn ex- posed, its slanders refuted, its vractices revealed and its manager confronted witn a jail. It was bad enough in the Eraminer to use prison-made goods instead of helping to build up the industries of free labor, but when it defended itself from pubiic indignation yesterday by the lying asser- tion that the product of free lavor is not equal in quaiity to that made in prisons it added insult 10 the original wrong and sought to discredit the product of our factories and the work of our people. It is the duty of every good citizen to aid in refuting the lie and in counteracting its effects on the trade of our home indus- tries, Governor Budd’s veto of Assembly bill 273 was bas:d on minor features of the measure and did not affect the general character of the bill atall. In factas the Governor pointed out in his messaga a similar bill is now before the Senate, and he implies that 1t is free from anything to which he objects and will therefore Teceive his signaturef it passes. There is nu need of taking up much time further on a measnre so generally supported, and the Senate would do well therefore to accept the new bill and go forward to other things. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1897. A CRIME COMMITTED. Trom the evidence which has been gaihered concerning the purchase of twine by Zraminer froth San Quentin prison it is evident that the statute of the State has ‘The Eraminer has been detected not merely in an act of hypocrisy, The law of the State in relation to the terms under which the been violated. but in a criminal cffense. prison-made jute goods can be sold says: Section 3. All orders for jute goods must be accompanied by an aflidavit setting forth that the amount of goods contained in the order are for individuel and personal use of applicant; said eflidavit to be subscribed and sworn to before some Notary Public or by a Justice of the Peace residing in the township in which the applicant resides; provided, that any applicant, as heretofore provided for, who falsely and fraudulently procures jute goods under the pro~ visions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. orders of the framiner for twine were not accompanied by the required affi- Warden Haie, in an interview with Tue Cavry publisted vesterday, acknowl- The violation of the law is therefore 1t will davits. edged that the sffidavits bad not been made. evident. The Eraminer asserted yesterday that its offense was a small thing. | be for the Jaw courts to decide how small it was, and whether the statutes of the State can be violated with impunity by persons who wish to use convict-made goods with- out observing the conditions under which the Legislaturs has provided for their sale. 1t may be a small thing to Willie Hearst and his managers to ignore free labor and violate the law of California, but the people do not think so., We publish this morning from all parts of the State dispatches showing the indignation of the people and tbeir condemation of the Eraminer's meanness toward free labor. The voice of the people is for home industry. It is opposed to the use of prison-made articles which come into competition with the products of free labor. The judgment of honest men is also azainst violators of Jaw. The crime and the criminal are now exposed, and it is for the courts and the people to deal with the offenders as they merit. SLANDERING FREE LAEOR. The Eraminer yesterday made its defense of the use of prison-made goods on two pleas. The first was that the amount of prison-mede goods used in the Eraminer and exposed by TuE CaLL is small. The second was that it could not get such articles ‘*of 2s gooa quality anywhere else,”’ The first of these pleas is clearly an attempt at eva- n; the second is a direct slander upon the products of free labor and an attempt to injure the trade of local manufacturers. The amount of prison-made goods traced to the Examiner by THE CALL can hardly be regarded as a complete summary of all such goods used in that office. A dragnet investigation and an examination of the books and telegrams of the Ezaminer would | probably show a much larger resort to prisons either in this State or in other States for Eraminer supplies. It is, therefore, mere trickery and cunning to attempt to escape from public indignation by alleging that the amount of the iniquity exposed is | comparatively slight. The second ples, that the Eraminer cannot obtain in the open market twine made | by free labor of as good a quality as that which is obtained in San Quentin, is a direct falsebood. Twine of a similar character and equally geod in every respect is made by local manufacturers of California and is sold in the open market. It caunot be soid, however, in competition with the products of prison labor, and, therefore, costs more than the Eraminer pays for the San Quentin article. Itis just as good but it is not as | cheap. The Eraminer, for some reason, whether of poverty or innate meanness is not | clear, prefers the cheaper article of San Quentin rather than to pay the higher price for goods made by free labor. For the sake of the difference in cost it supports the State prison rather than home industry. > Tbe nature of the defense made by the Eraminer shows the viciousnessof the managers of that paper toward the industries of California. Not content with ignor- | ing the work of free labor and using prison-made zoods, it now defends itself by sneer- ing at the products of our home factories. It seeks to spread abroad the belief that twine produced by free iabor is not of a good quality, is not worth the price for which 1t sells in the market and is not fitted for uce, The defense made by the faker, it will be seen, is as bad as the original offen-e. To the injury done to free labor by the use of prison-made goods, it now adds the insult of misrepresentation and slander. Noboay in San Francisco will be deceived by the statements made by the convicted hypocrite, and we trust that its lies will be equally harmless elsewhere. The growing good of California depends upon bnilding up home industry, on developing her resources, on expanding her manufacturing enterprises and on giving work to free men at good wages. If we permita lying news- paper to injure the repute of the articles produced in California, we will have our- selves largely to blame if our mills are closed, our workingmen unemployed and our industries languish, while fakers live on prison labor and profit by fakes, subsidies and blackmail. HONESTY VINDICATED. Whether Long Green Lawrence goes to jail in Sacramento to expiate the offense of slandering the State Legislature, or escapes by some technicality of the law, m: ters little. Tt is sufficient that he was called before the bar of the Senate, given an vublic libraries of | ample opportunity to prove his charges, or to show that he had at least some reason | for making them, and failed ntterly to do either. He has been publicly exposed as a iar and common slanderer and the honor and good repute of the Legislature of Cali- fornia have been vindicated. It goes without saying that Lawrence will make every effort his cunning can de- vise to extricate himself from the position in which he is placed. At the present time the law has taken him in its strong arm and holds him before the State, while the door of the jail stands open for him. In that position he alternatelv snarls at the men who have captured him and whines to tha public for sympathy. He seeks at one moment to defile the honorable men whom a sense of duty has impelled to grapple with his foul charge, and at the next he pleads before the public to be regarded as a “man of honor,” who exposes himself to jail rather than betray a confidence. It 1s the duty of the legitimate newspapers of California to set before their readers a clear statement of the case in order that legitimate journalism may not be made to stoop and bea pander to the vile and foul thing which Long Green represents in his person and illustrates in his paper. The issue is not one which involves in any way the liberty of the press. Long Green Lawrence made a slander- ous charge against the members of the Legislatur~. He was asked to prove it. He had no proof. He offered no evidence. He bore himself toward the Senate with im- pudence and shamelesseffrontery. He did not pretend to know anything, but claimed that if he were permitted to inquire into ail the private affairs of the members of the Legislature he conld fina some evidence of gnilt. Take tre story as told by Long Green himself. He says he was informed that bribery had been used in the Legislature. His informant gave him no facts, nor any evidence of the charze. He did not investigate it. He obtained no semblance of proof of He published it on the authority of his informant. In what position does this story place Lawrence? If he really bad an informant he betrayed the confi- dence of that informant by publish'ng what was told him confidentially. If now such an informant exists and does not come forward, then he mnst be a coward as well as a liar. If he were a man of any decency whatever he would not permit Law- rence to be sent 1o jail for the want of vindization. Itis clear that the informant, if he exists, is either a very vile coward indeed or else he believes that Lawrence by betrayinz the confidence imposed in him justly merits to be left to his fate. In either case Lawrence has nothing to boast of. If he published the story without authority then he betraved a confidence’and cannot claim to be acting as a man of honor. If, on the other hand, he had authority to publish the story and did so without gathering any facts or investigating it, he has clearly made himself responsible for the original lie. The issue is one with which legitimate journalism has nothing to do beyond the fact of pointing out the difference between the ethics of professional journalism and the sensational fakes of common scolds, Labitual liars and ssnsational sheets. The Senate has amply vindicatéd its own honesty by giving Lawrence the chance to prove his charges and showing by his own confession that he is a liar. It is now the duty of the pressto vindicate itself by showing that Lawrence does not represent legitimate journalism and is not acting in accordance with any cods of morals known to honorable journalists. THE CUBAN MASS-MEETING. The executive committee of the commit- tee of fifty-eight appointed by Mayor Phelan to co-opernte with similar com- mittees of otherciiies in aid of the Cuban canse have made arrangements for a mass- meeting to be held on the 20th. This will give an opvortunity to the people of San Francisco to show how truly they are in accord with their fellow-citizens in other parts of the Republic, and it goes without saying that the meeting will be thronged and enthusiastic. potism in Havana, but American citizens as well. The stories of insulis to our citi- zens residing in that city and of outrages committed on many of them have been frequentiy told and are weil known. It would be something less than manly in us to tamely submit to the wrongs dona to our fellow-countrymen, and we owe it to our own self-respect and National pride to protest against such offenses. The date fixed for the meeting gives ample opportunity for all arrangements to be made for its success. From this The executive committee has wisely ar- ranged o inake the meeting a truly repre- sentative one. They have chosen for the princival orators of the occasion W.S. Barnes, Samuel M. Shortridge, Colonel Eddy, Patrick Ready and W. W. Foote. The well-known elcquence of these orators gives assurance that the sentiment and sympathies of the City will be ably and forcibly expressed at the meeting, and every cilizen can attend therefore with the certainty that the voice of San Fran- cisco will be well and worthily uttered. It is hich time that San Francisco should have a mass-meeting of this kind. Ali other large cities in the Union have expressed their sentiments on this great cause and have organized committees. to co-operate for its advancement. It isa question which affects America in a thou- sand ways. It is not the Cuban patriots only who are suffering from Spanis des- time until it takes place the subject should occupy a large part of the attention of the people. It is not an issue which can be ignored. It affects our National welfare as well as our sympathies with the Cuban patriots. Inevery sense of the phrase it is an American cause and rightly de- mands the support of every American beart and the help of every American hand. THE GOVERNOR'S VETO. Governor Budd’s veto of Assembly bill 273 was accompanied by a statemeni which shows that he objects only to certain minor features not essential to the proposed measure.. The main object of the biil is to relieve a litigant from the necessity of having his case tried Ly a Judge who is biased or prejudiced against bim. The Governor exoressly states that | & proper bill designea for that object * | ing futerests, desirable and praiseworthy.” As a further evidence of his approval of the general principles of the meas- ure the Governor added in his mes- sage that he had conferred with the intro- ducer of the bill and other members of the Legislature and they hsd conciuded that a new bill could be passed which would be free from the objections to which bill 273 was, open, Such 4 bill has, in fact, been passed by the Assembly and is now before the Senate. As the new measure known as As- sembly bill 977 is not radically different from th: old, and as it provides suffi- ciently for the object desired, it is clearly advisable for the Senate to follow the lead of the Assembly in adopting it rather than to pass the original bill over the Gov- ernor’s veto, There is no usein prolong- ing the session in controversies over minor matters. There may be differences of opinion as to the construction placed by the Governor on the terms of bill 273, but these are not worth fighting over. What the people demand is a law which will give a litigant protection from a prejudiced Judge. The new bill satisties that de- mand and should be enacted without fur- ther controversy. PERSUNAL. R. Barnsly of England is st the Palace, Joha Ballard of Claremonts at the Lick. Mr. and Mrs. D, K. Feeney of Chicago are at the Palace, John Marshall Brown of Portland, Me., is at the Palace. G. McM. Ross, a mining man of Copperopolis, is in the City. R. Park von Wedelstaedt of St. Louis arrive here yesterday. S L. Sullivan of Washington, D. C., is one of the late arrivals. F. H. Mitchell of Fresno is staying at the Cosmorolitan Hotel. D. M. Inman and Mrs. Inman of Vermillion, 8. D., are in the City. Gay Lombard, a well-to-lo mining man of Mexico, is at the Palace. F. H. Duzham, & leading attorney of Port- 1and, is at the Oceidental. J. H. Cunerd, a mining man of North Bloom- field, is a late arrival Lere. N. B. Messler, a business and mining man of cson, Ariz., s at the Russ. J. R. Warren Jr. of Salt Lake is in the City, eccompanied by nis daughter. Thomas Adam of Santa Maria is here on a business trip aud is at the Russ. Thomas B. Wilcox, a well-known capitalist of Portland, arrived here yesteraay. E. B. Boynton and Mrs. Boynton of Eust Orange, X. J., arrived here yesterday, John Henderson, a business man of Fort Jones, is among the late arrivals here. H. Hartwell, a prominent business Stockton, 1s at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. E. S. Ward, a commercial traveler of San Jose, is registered at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. The Rev. and Mrs. Usborne of Toronto ar- rived here last nightand are at the Occidental. Senator I J. Pedlar of Fresno, who was for- merly Mayor of that city, is here from Sacra- mento. Mrs. T. H. Talmage, two children and maids, and Miss Ketchum of New York, are at the Palace. Matthew Gage, owner and builder of the Gage canal system at and near Riverside, is on a visit here, Ex-Sheriff D. H. Arnold of Colusa, who is in- terested in banking and other things there, is at the Occidental. J. E. Hostetter and Miss Lelia Hostetter of Janeville, Cal., have taken apartments at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. George H. Rallon, a merchant of San Diego, and brother of S. D. Baliou, Sheriff of San Luis Obispo County, is at the Grand. Thomas Kearus, one of the leading mining superintendents of Park City, Utah, wi among yesterday’s arrivals at, the Lick. | T. L. Reed, founder of the town of Reedity, and one of the most extensive grain-growers in that part of the country, is among the & rivals here. E. B, Edson, proprietor of & hotei and exten- sive store at Gazelle, is in the City. Heisone oitne wealthiest men in a large area of coun- try of which Gazelle is the center. Edgar Mizner last night set out on anovel expedition. It was to the wilds of the Yukon, and as speciai representative of the Alaska Commercial Company, to look after its min- Mr. Mizner took fifteen men with him. He expects to be gone a year. Major Winchell of the Salvation Army went yesterday to examine a tract of land near Guerneville, Sonoma County, on which it is proposed to establish a colony of the City’s unomployed. Itis expected seventy-five men will be chopping on the tract in a fewsda: Captain Murray Taylor, manager of the Hearst ranch, San Luis Obispo County, who has been very iil for some time at the Occi- dental Hotel with mountain fever contracted in Mexico, has recovered nearly nis usual heaith. He leit yesteraay for San Luis Obispo. J. Maurice Duke, the widely known banker and leading financier of Salvador, arrived here yesterduy, accompanied by Mrs. M. Duke and Miss Britten. Mr. Duke is very wealthy and spends a good dealof his time in New York and Paris. He {son his way home from the East. E. B. White, a well-known prospector, who headed a party of miners on & trip inio the Panamint disirict, near Death Valler, has re- turned here because of the deep >now in the district and will wait till it disappears. He says (here are already many prospectors in the Panamiut country, drawn there partly by the Randsburg excitement. Colonel W. B. Hooper of the Occidental Hotel, who has been confined most of the time to his rooms since his return from Southern Caiifornia several months ago, 18 again able to be on the street, at least fora short time. He 13 expected to be strong enough to resume his duties shortly. Overwork, superinducing nervousness, was the primary cause of his ll- ness. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, N. Y., March 11.—At the St. Cloud, J. 8. Wilkins; Bartholdi, F. Marriott; New York, W. D. Roatt; Marlborough, H. K. Alexander, Mrs. 8. 0. Alexander. NEWSPAPER PLEa>ANTRY He (furfously)—It's an outrage for tnat paper 10 publish such statements about me. She (weeping)—Ana such &- plcture of you! Oh, Heury! Such a picture of youl—Puck, She (coming up suddenly)—Where did that wave go? He (coughing snd strangling)—I swallowed it.—Dublin World. A Highland drover sold a horse to an Eng- lishman. A few days after the buyer returned him. “You seid that horse had no faults,” he complained. “Weel, no mair had he.” “He’s nearly blind,” said the indignant Eng- lishman. “Mon, that's no' bis fault—it's his misfor- tune.”'—Tit-Bits, “I will be remembercd,” said the poet, ‘when you are forgotten.” “Very likely,” said the plutocrat. “I always pay cash.”’—Cincianati Enquirer. Effete Notions of the East: Arizona Al— Wal, what do you think of that? Here's Jim goin’ an’ getrin’ married! Chloride Charley—Wal, that’s the way of the world! Arizona Al—Right enough; but look at this, ‘‘No cards.”” Thal's what comes of marryin’ inter a plous family.—Puck. an of Johuny—What is civilized warfare, papa? Papa—Well, Johuny, & great many people think there 1sn’t any such thing.—New York Tribune. HIS EPiTAck. Chicago Dispatch. Of Grover Cleyeland it may be said that he was first (10 hire a_substitute) in_war, thrifty in peace and lastin the hearts of his coou- CONFESSION FOLLOWS CONVICTION. The Gsaminer San Franciseo WARDEN HALE, March 2, 1897. San Quentin Prison-- Dear Sir: Kindly fill the enclosed order at your earliest convenience and oblige Yours truly, (Enclosure) W. R. HEARST. Editorial in Examiner March 11. The Examiner has paid the State of California $369 38 in a year and a half for a few bundles of prison-made twine of a particular size, which 1t could not get of as good quality anywhere else. The Examiner can afford to spend $25 month where it pleases for a few balls of twine without subjecting itself to any misunderstanding with intelligent work- ingmen. HERE'S A D\ASH FROM THE ROLLING BLUE. 014 ocean, in her many moods, is never so faithfully painted nowadays nor the life story or those who go down to the sea in ships more truly related than by that inimitable telier of sea tsles, Clark Russell, known to fame as the author of the “Wreck of the Grosvenor” and other stories. Clark Russell ranks as the greatest writer of sea tales ot the time. He brings to bear an intimate knowledge of the seadog and all phases of life on board ship, compined with the rare gift of vivid language and coloring. The youthful days of Clark Russell were spent upon the ocean; he wasa midshipman in the merchant service, and it is his boyhood experiences that have given the tonch of Tealism to all his tales and have helped to clevate his genius into the realm of the liter- ary kings. He writes of genuine skippers, whose general get-up is certainly opposed to the old lands- man notion of what & master mariner ought to resemble, as exploited by writers of another generation. His tales teem with glorious ad- venture, daring and heroism. “The sweet little cherub still sits up aloft,” the “bloody sun at noon” has not abated a single Tay, and the boatswain's pipe is as welcome as of yore to the weary wight whose siumbers they invade. The “Yo-heave-ho!” of the stout hearts around the capstan,as at eventide they drop anchor in the roads, tninking of swecthearts and wives soon to be clasped rapturously to manly breasts, or as they weigh anchor in fhe gray dawn, outward bound, in the teeth of half a gale, is not less bravely and cheerlly intoned than by the hearts of oak of old. You will have the pleasure of reading the opening chapiers of the latest of Clark Rus- seil’s romances in T Tt is entitled “The Last Entry.’” You should not fail to read it. It will be rare treat. All the other departments next Sunday will be up to the usual high standard. The book page will guide you unerringly in matters appertaining to current literature. The fashion page will post you on the latest styles from Paris, London and New York, and inform you as to what the great dames ap- Prove and wear, in color, style and texture, The children’s paze will contain a weaith of good things to delight the hearts of the little tots. To the many who are directly or indirectly interested in mines and mining THE SUNDAY CALL will be of inestimable value, containing the most reliable mining news of the coest, and much of personal interest to those who by their investments or the work of their hands expect to reap a golden haryest, Onue of the particularly fine features of THE SUNDAY CALL will be a series of anecdotes of Abrahem Lincoln, hitherto unpublished, and now given to the world for tha first time through the columns of California’s favorite newspaver, The writer of the Lincoln stories is an old C Illinois tefore the great Civil War. THE SUNDAY CALL lifornian who lived near the Lincoln home in Everything new and true about the martyr President is valuable, and these anecdotes will be prized by the reading public. They will appear in THE SUNDAY CALL. Send in your orders early. THE NEW l’?EG'STERED MAIL LAW. New York Sun. With Mr. Cleveland’s signature, which was sffixed durine the present week, the bill pro- | viding a limited indemnity for the loss of reg- istered letters has become a law. That this legislation is wise there can be no doubt. Strictiy speaking, it is not experimen- tal, since toe system is in successful operation in other countries, and there is no resson why itshould not be equally successful here. As to its justice there can also hardly be two opinions. Registry is resorted to solely as a means of additional securiiy for the letter or package. The registration fee is paid as a sort of insurance; but if the Government fails to give that extra security, and perhaps furnishes even less safety than the ordinery mail woald have supplied, the loser seems fairly entitied to some indemnity. The exprcss companies do their business on a recognition of this prin- ciple, and find their profit in it. Ve hae little doubt that, apartfrom the question of equity involved, the Government will in like munner find the ‘new 1w profita- ble from & business point of view. The maxi- mum of indemnity on any single registry is fixed at $10. and presumably the regulations of the Post: flice will be so drawn as to pravent the payment of hat maximum, if possible, where 1t is not due. The registered mail is now known to be one of the most profitable parts of the service, yielding remarkably large net returns in proportion to the business done, where other parts are conducted either ata slight profit or at a decided loss. Again, the cases In waich Tegistered mail packages are lost and not recovered form only a minute iraction of the whole. It :s calculated that, even on the present basis of the registered mail service, indemnities could be paid, witn & great surplus of earnings. But there is every r2ason for supposing that the registered-mail busiuess will increase ns a direct consequence of this new law. The Gov- ernment will, perhaps, be expected 10 take ad- ditional precautions now that losses fn the registered mail will be expensive for it. Be- sides the insurance, up to $10, obtainable for a very small extra lee, may ailract some who have not used the registered mail at ali, be- cause it gave no such insurence. It would not be surprising to find the growth in the registered-mail business enough to pay for ll, or & grea. part, of the indemnities exacted. AN AQUARIAN XOMANCE. A sea bass sung in his own deep voice he new aquarium : “Oh, Lady Lobster ot my choice! To thee & song I hum— A song I sing of long ago, Ere we became, alas! Avpartof s ank druma show On the damp side of tue gluss. “Dost remember, love, how I sough thy hand, Or, rather, thy antaunze, As we wan tered about the orean's sand Ti those times 80 fur away ? Dost recall the dear oid cora. giove, So dark and cooi and wet. Whe in fin, we were wont to rove Wiih'never a though: of a net? “Ah, lady, wert thou but my summer girl I those d. ar days in the s Has turned thy love from me? Of the city's swains, dear one, beware! For their hear:s are filled with guile: Thoush they say tiey love thee, Iady fair, *Twill bs but in the Newbuig style.’” \ew Orleans Times-D2mocrat, PARAGRArH, A:OUT PEOPLE. Susan B. Anthony began to make speeches for abolition as early as 1853. Mr. Gladstone is now as hard at work on his «“Olympian Religions" as if the destiny of em- pires depended on it. Rudyard Kipling, says some one who is supposed to know, when visiting iriend spends most of his time in the nursery én his hanas and knees. J. Plerpont Morgan has purchased for $1000 the Boston terrier, His Nibs, which won first prize in the open class for heavy-weight dogs in the Westminster sho, The Missouri Senate has passed a bill appro- priating $1800 for the purpose of erecting a monument at the grave of Daniel Boone and wife, who are buried in Warren County, Mis- souri. Hon. Wilfrid Laurier, Premier of Canada, has consénted to attend the banquet which is to be given by the London Chamber of Com- merce to the Colonjal Prime Ministers ori the occasion of the Queen’s diamond jubilee in June, MANNERS OF REPUBLICAN PRESI- LENTS Chicago Recor. Chauncey M. Depew says that he has had personal experience in seeking office, not for | himself, but for others, from every Republican President. Mr, Lincoln would always listen attentively to what he had to say and then tell a funny story. On his way to his hotsl he would think over the story and finally see that it landed his candidate away ous of sight. General Grant always received an applica- tion for office as torsts o the memory of Washington are drunk: standing and in silence. Hayes listened for a while, then broke out into lamentations that the 'atiention of the President of the United States should be d’- verted from the great affairs of state to dis- tribute patronage. Then he would makesa memorandum in a little red book, which was to remind him not to do it. General Garfiea would put his arms around your neck, tell yon how much he loved you and then forget what you had asked of him, President Arthur would listen with polite atiention to all you had to say, and then reter you to some man in New York whom you were never eble to find. President Harrison would sink down into a chair until you had presented the claims of your candidate, and then change the sub- jeet. Major McKinley’s methods have not been deve.oped. SOME NE LAWS Only six members of the Arkansas Senate votea in favor of a 2 cents per mile passenger railroad fare bill. A proposition to vote a straight ticket with asingle X has the approval of a committee of the New Hampshire Legislature. The Alabama Legisiature has suthorized the Governor 10 fund the bonded debt of the State with an 1ssue of fifty-year bonds. The Idaho House has passed a bill permitting negroes and women to practice Iaw. The Sene ate rejected bill to impose u poll tax. In the South Carolina Senate a bill to permit the runni g of trains on Sunday with perigh- able freight during certain months of the year was rejected. Trai-wrecking has been made a cavital of- fense by the Alabama Legisiature. This action was suggested by the recent throwing of a train from o bridge at Cahava, The Nebraska Senate has passed a bill pro- viding for the greater saiety of depositors in State banks by assessing & tax of one-half of 1 per cont on all deposits, to be used as a sink- ing fund in o156 of fa nly one vote was cast against a vol labor arbitration bill in the indians Hoase Tr provides for two commissioners to act in con- junction with the Circui: judge of the county Where the troub.e exists. In the Oklahoma Senate a bill tv prohibit the employment of or contracting with reia- tives by public officials was defeated, every Populist aud threo Democrats voting sgainst it.” An anti-pass bill was adopted, —_— P —_—— ANSWERS 10 CORR:SPONDENTS GERMANY'S POPULATION—Subscriber, Gualala, Mendocino County, Cal. T Germany 1152.246)589“ ASumopniation ot JACK DEMPSEY—P., City, Jack Dempsey, the ugilist, died in Portland, Or., Falo: " iee died S conar gy Ox Novemper 1, T"BM’:‘K DA{TI)S’AA.T Alameds, J. T. 8., City. © 1st of March, 1845, fell on a Saturday. The 15th of Augusi, last year, fell on Saturdey. SHELLS—N. H., Oakland, Cal. There are sev- eral places in San Francisco where abslone shells are bought and sold, but this depart- meut cannot advertise them. _ A DINE OF 1850—R. §., Milpitas,’Santa Clara County, Cal. A dime of tne year 1850 is WOrth only its face value. Dealers in coins do not offer & premi 1846, Premium on dimes coined after PORT TOWNSEND PAPERS—A. S., City. The Dpapers that were published in Port Townsend, Wash., in 1891 were the Call, Key City Graphic, Leader aud Telegram, as appears from one of the newspaper directories, BEET SUGAR—Subscriber, Gualale, Mendoeino County, Cal. The United States imports su- gar. The figures of the Bureau of Navigation snd Commerce do mot show the amount of beet sugar imported from Germany. { ARCHITECT—J. T. 8., City. If you wish to be- come an architect you certainly must serve an apprenticeship. 1f you will call on any architect in this City you will te able to ob- tatu all tno information you desire on the sub- ject as to lengtn of time, terms and other mat- ters on the subject. THE ELECTORAL VOTE—L. A. D., City. The electors meet in their respective States and vote for President and Vice-President. The result is signed, certified and transmitted, sealed, to the seat of Government at Wash- mgton, directed to the President of the Sen- ste. ‘These certificates are opened by the President of the Seuatein the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives; the vote is then counted and the resnit an- nounced. This is done under the provisions of article X1I, amendments to the coustitution of the United States. AREA OF COUNTRIES—E. R., Oakland, Cal. According to American figures the area of the following-named countries is; United States, 02,990 square miles; Brazil, 3,219,000; Canade, 3,456,690, including British Co.um- bia (British Columbia, 383,300); Russian em- pire, including Russia iu Europe and Russia in 'Asia, 8,644,100 Engiish figures United S'atex, 2 939,000 square miles; Brazil, 3,209,878; Canads, inc.uding British’ Colum- bin, 3,315,647 (British Columbia, 382,300); Rnssign empire, 9,470, 282—Russia’ i Europe, 2,905,504 ; Russia in Asia, 6,564,778, A WEAPON—C. W., Berkeley, Cal. There is no State law that prohiblts the carrying ot concealed weapons, but there is a law which pronhibits the carrying of 8 weapon or weapons with intent to assault another. Some Judges have held in cities where the carrying ofa concealed deadly weapon is dzciared (0 be an off-ns > that an unloaded revolver is & weapon within the meaning of the law. They have held that a revolver is a deadly weapon, irre- speetive of the fact that it is not loaded. Others have hel1 that an unloaded revolver is no more than so_much steel, and being un- loaded is not & deadly weapon. THE NATIONAL GUARD—W. H. O.,City. The majority of the companies of the First Regt- ment, Second Brigade, N.G. C., formerly lo- cated in the armory corner Tenth and Market streets, are now located in the armory at 25 Page street. The companies that assemble in that armory are B, I, E, H, A, L, D and M. Cowmpacies C, G, F and K assembie in the Na- tionals’ armory, 815 Eliis street. The com- any drills are held as tollows: Monday, B, ¢ G, I; Tuesday, F, K; Wednesday, E, H; Thur !day, D, M. Companies D, E, A and I compose the First Battation; M, L. B aud H the Second, and Fand G the Third. MILITARY DRAFTS—P. C., East Oakiand, Cal. Draft 1 ethods were twice employed by the United States and twice by the Southern Con- federacy for raising ana incressing the armies. The first measure was introduced in Congress in 1814. The sccond was by an act of Ma 1863, which had no reference to the militfs, but called every able-bodied citizen of mili- tary age in (o the Federal service. A commuta- tion of 300 for exemption was permitted and persons reiusing obedience were t ted as serters, The unpopularity of the conseription caused the *“Draft Riots” in New York City July 13-16,1863. 00 April 16, 1862, and Jui 18,1863, the Confedernte Congress passed con- scription laws levying on all persous between the ages of 18 and 45. PRINTERS' ROLI F. B,, City. There are different methods of making printers’ rolle Some are made by using an equal quantity of good glue and concentrated glycerine, the glue being softened by soaking in cold water, after which it is melted over a warm water bath, the glycerine being added graaually. ‘Lne heat is continued until the excess of water is driven off. During the process the mass is continually stirred. It is tieu cast in bronzs or brass molds that have been well oiled. An- other method is to make a mixture of 1034 pounds of the best giue, 214 gulions of black moiasses or honey, I pouna of purified india- rubier dissolved in turpentine, 2 ounces of Venice turpentine, 12 ounces of giycerine and and 4 ounces of vinegar. BALLADS OF A NATION—B., City. The expres- sion, “Let me make the ballads and 1 care not who makes the laws of the natioa,” has often been credited to Andrew Fleteher of Saltoun, & Scoutish patriot and politician, who way born in 1653 and died in 1716. In a letter to the Marquis of Montrose written in 1703 Flateher wrot Kuew a very wise man wno believed that if a man were permitted to make he ballads he need not care who sheuld the laws.” The author of the expres- sion is not kuown, but_as Fleicher in ihc le ter quoted says, “I knew & very wise man, it is presumed he rejerred to John Selden, an 1dustrious English scholar and lawyer, saye reviewerof the life uf Fetcher, but that ean- not bz so, for the reason that Selden died the year after Fletcher was born, consequently he could not have known him ss “‘a very wise wan.'” SpRCTAL irformation daily to manufactura-y, business houses and public men by the ¥rasy Chpping Burean (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * Todagrs NE eyegiasses, specs, 150 to40¢, Sun- 740 Market st, Kost's shoe-store; week 5] astchance for 12 weeks.* e - HUSBAND'S Calcined Magnesia—Four first premium medals awarded. More agreeable to the taste and smuller dose than other mag. nesia. For sale only in bottles with reg; tered trade-mark Iabel. —— Emi‘e Erckmann, the noted coilaborator with Chatrian in many novels and plays, is not dead, as is generaily supposed, but is living in retirement in the village of Lune- ville, near his native place. His sixty-fifth birthday was celebrated recently by the municipality. He is snid to have a volume in press on a psychological subject. “The Overland Limited.” Commencing Sorday, March 7, the Union Pa- clfic will carry both first and secon.! class passen- gers on the “Overlad Limited,” leaving San Francisco every day in the week at 6 p. M., through to Chicazo withou: change, and all Eastern citles via Niagsra Falls Pittsburz, Washington and Philadelphia, in tweive hours quicker time than any other line from California. Tickets and sleeper reservations at 1 Montgomery street. D W. HI1CHCOCK, General Agent. gt gt “Mrs. Winalow's Soothing Syrup"” Has been used over fiy years by millions of mothers for their children whise Teething with per- fect success. it soo:hesthe child, softens hegums. allays Pain, cuares Wind Colic, reguiates:he Bow. and s the best remedy for Diarri eas, whether aris- ipg from tec.hing or other causes. kor ssle by drug I8t In every pari of the world. Bs sure and asg 108 Mrs. W ins ow’s ~oou: ing Syrup. 25¢ & botile . CORONADO.—Almosphere is pertectly dry, sof end mild, belng entirely free from the misty com- mon furtber north. Round-trip tickets, by steam- ship, Including fifteen days’ board he Hocal el Coronado, $63: longer stay $2 50 per day. Apps 4 New Mouigomer) . =an Francisco. — s e AN effective cure for corns that gives comfort to the feet is HINDERCORNS. 15 cen! PARKER'S HATR BAaLsam will save your hair. ———————— ANY one troutled at might h a persisten: cough can procure much-needed res: by taking a dose of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. M SEs S A country minister, talking to an old lady about hisson who had emigrated, was very pathetic over the dangers of the deep. “Hoot, minister,’ quoth Janet, “ye needna haversee muckle aboot it. IUll nee be sae awin’ deep; iU's been an unco' dry year.”— London Tit-Bits. NEW TO-DAY. You may get over that slight cold all right, but it hasleft its mark on the mem- branes lining gour throat. You are liable to takeanother cold and the second one will {hang on longer than the first. Scott’s Emulsion is not an ordinary cough specific, but it is ““the ounce of preven- tion.” It builds up the system, checks inflammation and heals inflamed mem- branes. “Slight” colds never bring serious results when it is promptly taken. Book on the subject free. $COTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York. !‘