The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 14, 1897, Page 22

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FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. < = — THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. — e .MARCH 14, 1897 Congress resumes business to-morrow. The new tariff is a genuine springtime There will be no bungling at Washing- ton this time. We may all rejoice in the fact thatat last we have an amiable President. There is prosperity in the air. The rain brought it and the sunshine confirms it. Having convicted the liar and exposed the bypocrite, we can now go forward to new things. England, France and Russia have made up their minds to agree, but they are un- able to find anything to agree about. The powers seem to have no more effect in coercing Greece than they had in coercing Turkey. It is a complete stand- off. Berkeley wishes to introduce the dor- mitory system, not so much for sleeping purposes as 10 wake up the university spirit. The cause of Cuba will claim attention in San Francisco this week and on Satur- day night the people will declare their sentiments. Protection to American industry should mean protection from the competition of convicts as well as from that of cheap foreign labor. McKinley need bardly say more in his message to Congress than be said in his inaugural, except to add something about Cuba ana Nicaragua. The mugwumps said of Cleveland, *“We Jove him for the enemies he has made.” Republicans say of McKinley, “We love him for his friends, for they are the people.” The snow hasn’t cleared away from the Eastern States yet, but already some of the enterpris papers have bezun to run snake stories. This is a great year for business of all kinds. According to reports from New York Tammany Hall is bad, but the bipartisan polic: board is worse. Tammany occa- sionally has a meeting without a row, but the board never does. The latest novelty in New York society isfor the guests at the Bradley Martin ball to appear in their ball costtmesat tableaux for charity. Every show of the kind draws and charit feeling rich. The new Congress means the enactment of a protective tariff, and that of course implies a revival of industry. Now, there- fore, is the time for Californians to work together for the upbuilding of the State. As a boy orator Kaiser William is even more obijectionable than Bryan. He doesn’t ta k so long at any one time, but then the Germans have no way of voting him down and dare not tell him to shut up. To the Turkish empire a national debt 15 decidedly a national blessing, for il is only by the bonds the empire has on the European stock exchanges that it manages to keep itself from being wiped off the map of Europe. The assertion of the convicted faker that good twine is not made by free labor in this market ought not to go unrebuked by the Manufacturers’ Association. That libel on home industries should be promptly refuted. The latest story of Russell Sage is that he took a mortzage on the home of an old {riend to secure a loan of $50. It will t' ns be seen that while the wealth of Mr. Sage does occasionally enter into the home of nis friends, it never goes without a desire to take possession. The Boston Herald refers to one of the last acts of the Cleveland regime as “a tinal proof that we have had a man of the Roman type in the Presidency,” ana it will be admitted he was something of a Roman. He made a desert even if he didn’t call it peace. The Chicago Inter Ocean asserts that Mrs. McKinley’s gowns are the hand- somest ever worn by the wife of a Pres dent of the United States. A slight shade of suspicion is cast on the report, how- ever, by the further statement that they were made in Chicago. ;. The Rev. Charles F. Hoffman, who re- cently died in New York leaving a fortune estimated at above $10,000.000, may not have taught the golden rule any better than some other clergymen, but he evi- dently knew how to work it both ways in practice better than most. A Connecticut legislator is accused of saying 1n a speech against a bill to protect eagles that the bird “hss its teeth into everything it can lay its hands on.” ~ And now there is doubt whether he shall be indicted for slandering the National bird or for mixing his metaphors. The employes of the California Cotton- milis have done well in calling the atten- tion of the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Association to the false assertion of the Ezominer that the twine made by free lavor in California is not as good as that which it gets from the prison mill at 8an Quentin. " A slander of that kind is a di- rect injury to home industries and ought 10 be refuted at once. B PROTECTION TO CITIZENS. “Ex-attache,” a correspondent of the New York Tribune, has contributed to that journal an elaborate review of the difference between British and American methods in dealing with foreign nations for the protection of citizens residing abroad. The article is pertinent to affairs in Cuba and deserves more than ordinary consideration. The keynote of British policy is well stated in an extract from a public saying of Lord Palmerston on a question of the right or wrongof the claim of a certain English- man against a foreign country. part of the question afterward,” he arguel. “There will ba time enough to straighten out that *But we have got to start on the hypoth- esis that an Englishman is necessarily in the right, and that his eause is deserving of our champ onship.” It will be seen that the British policy carries into foreign affairs the maxim of the common law that a man is assumed to be innocent until he has been proven to be guilty. A British subject claiming the protection of his Government in & land where justice is denied him is.accorded by Great be entitled in a British court. right. until full protection to his life, liberty and enter tpon t e question whether he w. Britain the same rights to which he would The Government acts upon the presumption that he is It stands forth as his champion. It demands for him a fair trial, and not property has been secured for him does it right or wrong. Our Government has too often acted differently. tion in its dealings with Americans imprisoned in Cuba for example. Take the Cleveland administra- Men claiming to be American citizens have been left in prison until the State Department could investigate the case and find out if their claims were right or wrong. quence many innocent citizens of this co imprisonment and great wrong while these investigations were going on. case, that of Dr. Ruiz, the investigation was continued until the man was dead. As a conse- untry, resident in Cuba, have suffered long Inone Ic is even believed that he was murderpd. Such proceedings make a farce of national protection, and it is not to be wondered that the prestige of Great Britain among rowers is much greater than our own. There can be no question as to the essential justice of the Yalmerston maxim. American law at home is the same as that of Great Britain. A man afrested here is assumed to be innocent. He must be proven gu ity before he can be punished. That law should be enforced in the interests of Americans everywhere. All civilized nations guarantee it. Itis only with some half-civilized people, or with some miii- tary despotism, we are likely to come nto conflict on the issue. to engage in many conflicts. United States will not tolerate injustice to Nor would we have Let us once make it known that the Government of the its citizens abroad any more than at home and ina comparatively short time even the Union Jack of Great Britain will not bs as potent a protection to its citizens as the Stars and Stripes. The issue is one which directly affests the true greatness of the Reépublic. It will engage the attention of the orators at the Cuban mass-meeting on Saturday and should find sufficient support from all patriotic citizens to insure a large, earnest and resolute audience. Let us declare our sym; pathy with Cuba and our determination that the Government at Washington shall protect American citizens wherever the flag can fly. COAST THEM OUT. The current number of the Arena con- tains an article upon the subject of 'Women in Gutter Journalism,” which isone of the most forcible of the many earnest protests now being made against that form of depravity. The article, more- over, is something more than a protest. Itis a realistic delineation of one of the worst features of decadent journa.ism and should be reaa by all who desire a clear insight into the modes and methods by which its so-called sensations are worked up. The career of women in gutter journal- ism asdepicted by the writer of the Arena article could be easily illustrated by ex- amples in this City. The Examiner, which has attained a shameful eminence among the decadent newspapers of the day, has furnished many such. The worst that the Journal could do in New York has been copied here, Mr. Hearst has been con- sistent. His two papersare as much alike as two garbage barrels and their contents differ only as the muck of San Francisco differs from that of New York. In the prevalence of this form of de- pravity the one consolation for good citi- zens is to be found in the fact that society has begun to protest, morality has begun todefend itselt and decency has entered upon a crusade to destroy the foal thinz. Already the Apprentices’ Library in New York, the Public Library of Newark, N. J., the Princeton Theological Lrbrary, and the Pablic Library of Portland, Or., bave excluded the vicious journals from their reading-rooms, amid universal ap- proval from all right-thinking citizens and with tbe warm commendations of legitimate newspapers. The Rev. Dr. William C. Roberts of Princeton in speaking of the exciusion of the decadent papers from the library of that institution says: ‘‘Princeton is ex- tremely conservative, and would not have taken this action without good and suf- ficient cause. I think the example will be productive of muck good, as other edu- cational institutions will now take the matter up.”’ These words are encourag- ing. The influence of Princeton will be felt everywhere, and eventually all the universities and public libraries in the country will be roused to exclude from their rooms the publications which tend to corrupt the manners and deprave the morals of their readers. Commenting upon “Women in Gutter Journalism’ the St. Louis Globe-Democrat says: “There is perhaps no mora disgust- ing phase of journalism than the employ- ment of women to delve in the slums, to dig into the sewers, to invade moral pest- houses, to climb ramparts of infamy, to explore conduits of crime, to attend prize- fights, dog-tights, hangings—not to de- scribe these horrors In esse, but to describe them as women observers.” The truth of that statement cannot be questioned. Nevertheless the foul work imposed on women is but one phase of a many-sided depravity on the part of the slum sheets. Men are required of these gutter journals to do tbings as offensive t0 self-respecting manhood as is the slum service to womanhood. From all these things society, morality and decency suf- fer. Such & paper as the Journal in New York or the Ezaminer in this City is a breeder of corruption, profligacy, im- morality and crime. It is the germ cen- ter of moral plague. It contaminates a community, and the oniy defense of society is to cast it out utterly from home and school and shop and library. OOERVING GREECE. The impending blockade of the Pirmus, with a threat of war, is something as if the great civilized powers had threatened to commit matric:de. That the wonderful revival of Athens shouid have the least blow given to it by the poweriul repre- sentatives of that civilization and cultore of which it is the mother, and that, too, for the purpose of hindering it in the championship of freedom, seems a sacri- lege. The many plausible reasons given for the bullying interference are born of the ina. bility to see that lesser laws are sacred only until a higher law comes in to make them null and void. Itis the lesser laws the combined powers are respecting now and ignoring the bigher one. England, who, with her forceful navy to back her, should be the leader for the cause of hu- wanity, is probably the greatest impedi- ment in the way of Greece. The duty of the British empire to safe- guard the investmentsof her citizens in Turkish securities, the dislike of giving offense tq her Moslem subjects in India, the decireto deal justly with the Sultan— these are all worthy motives until they come in conflict with the greater claim of & Christian people to be freed from a domi- nation of fanatic barbarians. . All the western world should hail with deligbt the efforts.of Greece to come back to her glory again. BShe is evidently act- ing conscientiously and with a courage in the face of such difficulty and danger as make such action heroism. The argu- ment that the Cretans have themselves been cruel in their dealings with the Turks on the island is not to be considered in the settlement of the question: Cruelty begets a cruelty of retaliation, which but doubles the debt the tyrant who initiated it suould pay to Nemesis, and the cardinal feature of the situation is that the Chris- tians of Crete are under an alien yoke which galls. It Is against enlightened prineiples of freedom that any people capable of self-government should be kept in subjection by a foreign power. Itisso evident that the Cretans sheuld be united to Greece that to oppose their union with the nation to which they naturally belong and with which they could dwell in peace and happiness is a blind injustice, un- worthy of the great civilized powers. ARE WE PREPAR:SD FOR WAR? ‘We nave now a respectable navy, rank- ing fiith in the world, and, thanks to an enlightened public opinion backed by lib- eral aporopriations, we have made a good beginning on & comprehensive system of coast defense by guns and boats. So far s0 good, but there still remains many important questions to be decided and many other things 1o be done bofore we can say we are fairly prepared for war. What provision has been made for organizing and even prac- tically training a force adequate to enable us to carry on & war of any considerable magni- tude? Common honesly compels us to admit what is apparentto other nations that, how- ever great our ultimate resources in men and material may be, we are not in a condition to make them available for war purposes in any in a word we are in the con- in 1866, of France in 1870 and of Chinain 1894. It is needless to more thau refer to the results of lack of prepara- tion in the cases cited. In fact lack of preparation for war may ba said to be a chronic state with us. Of military policy, properly speaking, we have none, un- less repugnance to standing armies and a blind belief in the strength of the “millions of strong arms” can be dignified by such an ap- pellation. We are, however, always ready lo 80 to war In defense of our honor or rights, and when that time comes but little thought will be taken of whether we are prepared or not. The outburst of military ardor which overspread the country at the time of Presi- dent Cleveland's message on the Venezuelan question sufficiently proves this. Unwilling to admit the possibility of war and neglecting the plainest precautions for such s contin- gency, still when war isupon us we sacrifice life and money with reckless prodigalliy, and mortgage the future to pay pensions. One of our best-informed military authori- ties estimates that the lack of warlike prepa- retions before our Civil War cost tne United States $6,000,000.000. Blinded by our final triumph and rejoicing in a reunited country, we heve been slow to appreciate and apply the lessons to be derived :rom taose terribie four years. True, the Clvil War was an exceptional case. Then boih sides wera equally unpre- pared. But how will 1t fare with us now 1if we are suddenly confronted by a modern well equipped and well crganized army? If the history of modern wariare leaches one thing more than another it is that mere numbers and resources will avail little against a well prepared adversary. The shory duration of 1nteliigent preparation play a much more im- PurLant part than persons: bravery. No: counting Indisn w: or domestic dis- turbances thirty years have been the longest period of peace we have e1joyed. During the century ending with 1875 one-sixth of our time nas beeu devoted 1o war. We must then 100k forward to war as a possible, if not prob- avle, coutingency, aud so considered a re: sonable degree ol preparation should be con- sidered as in the nature of an insurance. In- deed itis better than insurance, for i may actually prevent the losses feared. As we are a peace-loving nation we should be so prepared that on occasion we can com- mana peace effectually. if all signs are not amiss We are now enteriug upon an important period of our career, aud the future is big with possibilities. A simple enumeration of some important questions still unsettled, such as Hawali, the Nicaragua canal and Cuban independence, shows that if we are to fill the important piace in the western hemisphere and the wor.d to which we are clearly en- titied we must not shirk our responsibilities. Otherwise we shall fall of our nigh destiny, while our pretensions, combined with lack of action, would make us the laughing-stock of the world. The Broad Arrow of London,at the time of the Venezuela incident said pointedly of the United States *‘To live as she now does, free fiom any cost for armaments, she must behave as she hitherto done, and keep herself to herseif. She isa numerous and fairly wealtay Nation, but she is a great Nation—in the se.seof power in the world—on.y by suff :rance.’ So much for what other nations toink of us and what we may expect when commercial or | other interests ciash, “The nation which can the longer endure s state of war has a great advantage,’’ and hereln lies our military strength. No country 1s as self-contained as ours, and we could live in fair comfort for years even if every port were blockaded. We néed not fear subjuga- tion, but we must not be content merely to staud on the defe.sive. To gain any decided advantage over the enemy we must also be pre- pared to take the offensive and make the enemy feel the war. What, then, in view of the forces likely to be sent agaiust us, would constitute & reason. able preparation for war? It is evident that we are subject to a naval or combined naval andland attack. To meet the naval attack the navy and srtillery must co-operate. The navy must seek out and defeat the enemy on the high seas 1f possible. Ifnot, the fortifica- wars nowadays demonstrates that science and | tions shonld furnish asafe refoge. To rep3t an invasion we have an army of 25,000, sup- Plemented by the National Guard of 115,000. Itis doubtful if from these two forces more than 75,000 men would he available and we should have to call upon volunteers. The confusion resnling from mixing different kinds of troops may well be imagined. Our militla laws are in a chaotic state, and while the question seems settled that the President may call the Nationai Guard into the service of the United States it is still open to doubt whether he could order them on duty outside of the country. If these questions come up on the eve of Lattle defcat would be certain. When we come to the service of forts and guns the need of advance training of tHos Who are to supplment the reguiar forces even more evident. The militis, to effectually Co-operate with and re-eniorce the army, must have its definite stations assigned before- hand. Local artillery batterfes shouid be formed and have their drills st the very guns they are to serve in war. The size of the army to be sent aghinst us will devend on the question of ocean transport and effective conyoy. For any decisive effect other than naval a compact, weil-organized army of at least 100,000 men would be re- quired, and command of the sea would be the first requisite ‘to success. England holds at home some 75,000 troops in readiness for for- eigu service. With her powerful navy and with fortified bases and coaling statlons stretched along our coast from Quebec to the West Indies she would prove a furmidable foe. With her big fleet of torpedo boats shs could reconnoitre the coast, make & feint at oue point and then guddenly disembark ber iorces at some d!sun,polnl before we could hope to orgauize an effective resisiance. Her next step would be tor try to secure control of some good. harbor to be used as a base of fur- theroperations, The transportation of 100,000 men and their successiul descent on & coast is an operation of great difficulty and suthorities differ as to its feasibliity. Steam transport has, however, greatly. simplified the problem. In a discussion some years ago Lord Wolseley gave a calcujation he bad made to the effect that the transport of such a body of men would Tequire something like 300 large steamers, and it is easily seen that even England would find 1t hard to get that number at short notice. We have discussed ouly the matter of de- fense. When we cume to the question of our atiempting an invasion of & foreign country the difficulties on our side sre at once enor- mously increased. The whole question of an adequate reserve force for sudden military needs should be care- fully worked out by a body of officers, much as the German general siaff works out similar questions for the Fatberland. No considera- tions whatever should stand in the way of having on hand at all times an adequate body of men who would know their exact sta and position in the case of war. Until these questions are tinally determined we cannot be said to be adequately prepared. PrKSUNAL. 8. Greene of Pasadena is In the City. E. C. Harlan of San Ramon is in town. J. A. Bieth of Britisa Columbia s at the Lick. Henry Ayrion of Sydney arrived here yester- day. 3 W. Waterhouse of Passdena is on a visit here, Stephen White of Massachusetts is a visitor here. R. H. Willy, an sttorney of Monterey, is in the City. John T. Biake of Kansas City arrived here yesterday. John Davis of Calaveras is here for a few days’ stay. Howard Tilton, a business man of Seattle, 15 at the Grand. T. M. Snearer, a mining man of Bisbee, Aris., isat the Russ. Samuei Jones of Liverpool, England, is at the California. The Rey. Dr. Alexander of San Anselmy is at the Occidental. C. W. Jennings and Mrs. Jennings of Tacoma are at the Grand, R A. Fishburn, & merchant of Tiburon, is at the Cosmopolitan. D.E Lindsay of Wellington, New Zealand, is at the California. Charles K. Lippman, ramento, is at the Grand. C. H. Stickney, a wealthy resident of Dick- man, N. Dak., is at the Palace. George Buchanan, & business man of Mel- bourne, Ausiralia, isin town. B. T. McCullough, a livestock grower of Crows Landing, 1s at the Grand. General Manazer A. R. Little of the Pensyl- vania Raiircad, is at the Palace. Mrs. W. H. James and Mrs. Henry Head of Denver arrived here yesierday and are at the Palace. Herbert and Walter Austin, of Boston, are here afier & visit to different islands of the South Sea. A.F. Robinson and family of Sacramento arein the Cityon a visit and stayingat tne Cosmopolitan. R. H. Draper, & well-to-do resident of Hono- luly, arrived here yesterday, accompanied by nis wife nnd chiid. Among the arrivals here yesterday was L. Lerons of Paris and P. Multbe of Brussels. They are at the Palace, Mother M. Nativity and Sister Mary of the St. Stanisiaus, Sisters of the Good Shepherd of Seattle, Wash., ars at the Cosmopolitan. George R. Stuart, who has been for some time past buying and shippin: livestock to Hono- 1ulu} arrived here from the islands yesterday. Baron von Gutschmidt, the German Minister to Japan, is expected to arrive here from Yokohama on Fridsy next in the Coptic. His Government has sent for him to go to Berlin, Sleve O'Brien, formerly of tnis City, sfter- werd City Attorney of Tacoma and now prac- ticing his profession at Victoria, B, C., arrived here yesterday, accompanied by D, C. Camp- bell of Viictoria. Paul Duryes, manager of the Everett Land Company at Everett, Wash., and Gardoer Col- by, s very wealthy manufacturer of New York, Wwho is with John D. Rockefeller and others ex- tensively interesied at Everett, were among yesterday's arrivals here. They are at the. Palace. .ALIFORNiANS IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, N. Y., March 13.—At the Plazs, 8, Jacobs; Broadway Central, Mr. and Mrs. J. Madison; Astor, N. J. Thorp; Bartholdi, C. W. Pike; Mariborough, Mrs. R.J. Widney. James Wolfsobn left the Plaza and sailed on the Aurania for Liverpool. NEWSFarcR FLo .5ANTRY Primus—Didn’t Mr. Goodman say that Col- one! Blueblood had become a Prohibitionist? Secundus—Yes, and now the colonel is sulng him for libel.—Yale Record. - “My task in life,’” said the pastor, compla- cently, “‘consists in saving young men.” “Ab,” replied the meiden, with a soulful longing, “save & nice-looking one for me.”— Dublin World. “What do they mean by & ‘conference of the powers’ 7" » “That’s « meeting which each attends in the hope of being able to guess what the other is driving at.”—Chicago Journal. business man of Sac- Dakota Lawyer—What cause for divorce do you wish me to allege, madam? Client—I lenve that entirely to you, sir— Town Topies. “‘There’s no doubt about it, these foreign troubies are educational.” *In what way?” “They give children & chance %o pick their parenis up on geography.”—Chicago Record. Lady—Poor man! How did you lose the sight of your eye? Woary Raggles—Looking for work, mem.— Pick-Me-Up. “Pushpen is a ready writer, isn’t he?” “Yes; he writes readily enough; but the trouble 1she can’t think.”—Chicago Record. A young student lately presented himself for examination and ignominiously failed. To his {pmily, anxious to hear of his success, he telegraphed thus: “Examinations splendid; professors enthusiastic. They wish for & sec- ond in October.""—London Tit-Blis. SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 1897 AROUN. B CRRIDORS The burlesque “Don Juan,” which was pro- duced here many months ago and which took weil, has been rejuvenated and ithproved, and is to be put on in its new torm. John P. Wil- son, who is ‘the autnor of it, thiuks it is the best thing he ever has written. It is the favorite child of his brain, notwithstanding his songs and extravaganzas that under one name or another have been steadily catching on for the past year or two. He has writtena new negro song as one of the novel features of “Don Juan.” 1 met him in the comfortable rooms of the Press Club the other day and had a talk with him about the work he has recently been en- ged in. ‘Burlesque writing? Ob, yes, I have déne considerable of it lately. There is the short burlesque I constructed and staged for the Concordia Club which was produced February 27. The members of the club were greatly pleased with {1 and highly complimented Mr. Loraine and myself upon our work. It is worthy of & professional production, but is hardly long enough for an evening’s enter- tainment. “Perbaps you have heard that the Tivoll in- tends to reproduce my “Don Juan” in the near future. I consider this burlesque the best thing I have ever done, and the subject is certainly the best fitted for burlesque pur- poses. I will furtheradd some new material for this production in the way of'songs and topical hits, and with the ballet the manage- ment intend to pat in the third sct will' make & rattling show. It was first put on about two years and a half ago, and scored & five weeks’ Tun to enormous business. “I am engaged now in fixing up the new numbers, and will add a few jokes which I think are new. I have been doiug some work in thatline for Fanny Rice also, and Loraine and I have recently written a brand new negro song, and what is more to the point, have found & purchaser. Yes, burlesque writing peys fairly well, and I am greatiy pleased to have a house like the Tivoli repeat one of mine. Itshowsme there must be a drawing quality 1n it, and “Don Juan” ought to dupli= cate its previous busiuess, as it will be hana- somely mounted with new scenery and dress- ing. Ithink Easter week will witness its sec- ond presentation, and we all hope it will suspiciously open the post-Lenten season.” GR:ECE Not in the shade of darkening darts to fight, As thou wert eager ere ‘I hermopy @ But 'neath the frown of all the powers that be, Thou girdest on thine armor for the right. We walt to see thy battle beacons light The blazing pyre of Turkish tyranny; But thou, O mighty mistress of the sea! ‘Why dost thon with oppression’s hosts anite? Were it some fever jungle In debate— ~ome weaker country coveted—tby lust For new domlnion, with its gorging greed, Would urge thee even through perdi fon’s gate: But now (hou watchest fainung treedom bieed, Til all by vaunted valor we distrust. Louls A. ROBERTSON. San Francisco, March 13. s ANSWERS iu CURRESFONDENTS. THAD STEVENS—A. K. D., City. The last owner of Thad Stevens was a Mr. Clements of Alameda, Cal. IDLE—E. G. 8, Livermore, Cal. The Greek synonyms of the English word idle are “pure, clear,” as a spring. HORACE MANN ScmooL—D. K., City. Stenog- raphy and typewriting are taught in the high- 4011001 Giass {n the Horace Mann Ectiool of this ty. PosITos—E. G. §., Livermore, Cal. Positos is Spanish, and means & public granary whick lends grain to widows Or poor laborers with- out interest. PARLOR GAMES—K. J. C., City. Any book- store will furnish you a book containing many parlor games. You can also find such books at the Free Public Library. 5 DEMONETIZATION—E. G. 8, Livermore, Cal To demonetize either gold or silver is 10 take from it its standard vaiue and thus make ita commodity merely, subject to market fluctua- tion. Largest HoTEL—M. G, City, Of all the hotels in the United States the Palace of this City coversthe greatest area of ground space, and it also contains the greatest number of rooms for gucsts. DURRANT—M. O. H., ¥orest Hill, Placer County, Cal. Theodore Durrant, convicted of the murder of Bianche Lamont, s not & mem- berof the organization you named in your ‘communication. THE CHINESE—A. 8., City. There is no offi- clal record of the number of Chineze in the City of San Frencisco in the year 1852, but the Annals estimutes the number to have been about four thousand. BristLEs—J. C. H., Golden Gate, Alameda County, Cal. The duty on bristles 15 10 cents per pound. Itdoes not matter what foreign country they are imported from or whether the import is large or small. To RaNpseure—H. H. G., City. The way to reach Randsburz in Kern County. i¢ by rail to Mojave, 382 miles, aud them by team 51 miles. The fare is $11 85. There is a paper published at Randsburg called the Randsburg Miner. CLOSE OF THE CENTURY—N., Alameda, Cal. When the hand of the clock registers the hour of midnight on the 31stday of December in the year 1900, the nineteenth century will have terminnted, and immediately thereafter the twentieth century will commence. ' Kick—M. D,, City. “Kick” is set down in the dictionaries as slang to express a sudden or sirong objection, or an expected resisiance. “Kigk,” as_expressive of dissatisfaction, is used in the Bible: “But Jeshurun waxed fat and kicked.”—Deuteronomy, xxxii:15. LANGUAGE OF Frowers—K. J. C, City. In the language of flowers, the pansy means *thoughts’ and *‘think of me,” the blue vio- let means “faithfulness,” dame violet “‘wstch- '’ sweet violet ‘‘modesty,” yellow vio- and “white violet “purity” and “mode; PHRENOLOGY—E. G. 8., Livermore, Cal. Phre. nolog- s a science that is based on the condi- tion of the brain and observation of the effects on individuals who have the same characteris- tics of the head. There are those who do not believe in phrenology, but it does not follow that because there are disbelievers it is & humbug. HALF-TONE PICTURES—E. G. 8., Livermore, Cal. There is no very great secret about pro. ducing hali-tone prints, Any one who has acquired the art can make .zuch prints. The rocess is about assimple &5 photographing. %ne numerous cross lines in a haif-tone are the resuit of using a very fine screen in doin, the work. Without the screen the work wnls not be dore. ‘WHEN THE SMELT RUN—G. 8. 8, City. Smelt commence to run in the bay of San Franciseo in January. The best time for fishing for smelt is in the latter part of February. There is no particular time when the fish is larger than at another. Often fish of two or three seasons come into the bay at the same time, You throw in your line at any time and trust to luck to catch & big fish, PLEDGING CANDIDATES—J. M. 8., Chico, Butte County, Cal. D bble’s Assembly bill to prevent candidates from pledging themselves is very broad and means to cover every class of piedge that a candidate I'nl{ be asked to make pefore an election. It will not prevent a candidate from declaring himself in favor of or opposed to any particular subject, but it will not, it it becomes & law, allow nim to pledge himseif to work for or .?om“ a ular measure in case he should be elected. XMAs—E. G. 8., Livermore, Cal. Xmas {s the abbreviation for Christmas, X is the Greek {for Christ, and the coincidence of its cruciform shape led early to its adoption as a figure and symbol of Christ. In the catacombs X is fre- quently found to stand for Christ. The earliest Christian artists when making a rep. resentation of the Trinity would place either a cross or an X beside the Father and the Holy Ghost, but the cxtension of the srmbol 10 say and other words ¥l b;nhlflemllnn, wafch, though sanction ng usage, cannot be countenanced. ¥ CHILLED JRON—A. B, Needy, Clackamas County, Or. Chilled iron is a metal casting, the surface of which has been hardened efther by casting in an iron mold or by exposure while red hot to sudden cooling by air or a air when they are heated to red- ‘x;la'-'-',":xfg‘ chill-hardenea dnlis are thoso Which ate pioper.y strengihened by icmper- Ing for cuiting metal which has no sortencd by heatin, Hill, AROUND THE WORLD—] . H., Forest , Placer County, Cal. George Francis Train mede about the shortest .time around the world. Once he made the trip in sixty- '\‘!‘e.n days, and subsequently made 1t in sixts-five days. On his first tr p he lur:;e:' lrol‘::li\::i nt to Yokohams, China, Ceslon, A part said, Taly, France, Englapd and New York. The time required ‘1o make the trip around the world. it u person does £0 w“ & view to sce sighis and scenes i the :o\xnmz he visits, depends_ very “much upon the route taken d the places visited. If you e name any particular route this deparimeit Will endeavor to give the desired information. SESSIONS OF CONGRES—C. J. G., South San th the Francisco. The Congress that closed wit termination of Grover Cleveland’s term of office was the Fifty-fourth, and the Congress that has been called in special session by President McKinley is the new Congres:. lC.O"'l; sequently the Fiity-fiftn. A Congres l,w%: yenrz, from March 4 to March4. To qnd the number of & Congress sitiing in any given year substract the year 1789, when the first Congress met, and if the resuitis an even num. ber balf that number will give the Cgugress, O which the year in question will be the closing year. If the result 18 an 0dd number add one 10 it and half the result.will give the Congress, of which the year in question will be the first year. CrviL SErvicE—H. 8., City. The sct of May 6, 1896, extending the civil service rules brought the United States Mint within its pro- visions, and a3 no examination has been ordered it is presumed that those who hold wiil remain, except those whose appointment requires confirmation by the Senate and labor- ers. The civil service law which governs tie Mint is the same that governs the Postoffice, Custom-house, revenue department and other branches that are numed in the order of ex- tension, The law aoes uot declare that be- cause there is not sufficient work in the de- partment in which & party is employed he shail be retained on the payroll. He nay be suspended. The law means that when an em- ploye is in a position he shall not be removed excep for cause. The incoming administra- tion is not opposed to the civil service law. BOUGAINVILLE—E. J. C., City. The island of Bougainville is one of the group of the folo- mon Islands in the Pacific near to latitude 52 south and longitude 155 east. In the group there are Bougainvilie, Choiseul, San Isabel, Guadalcana, the Arcides, Maylata, New Georgia, Renel snd San Cristoval. The surface of the islands is elevated, the land is fertile and well wooded. The shores are precipitous with fringing reefs. The islands are of vol- canic origin. There is some level land at Bougainvi.le and & good harbor. This island has been extolled by travelers for its beauty and fruitfulness. It possesses an active voi- cano. The climate is very damp and debili- tating; fever and ague prevail on the sea cosst. The dry season, with northwest winds, is from Decembar to May. The natives are of the Malay Tace aud of the Papuan negro race. They are intelligent, quick and neryous, craity aud revengeful, yet quite amenable to good treatment and they make good servants. Germany owns the most northerly part of the Solomon _Islands, including Bougainvilie, Choiseul, 8an Jsabel and several of the smaller islands. 'Tne aggregate area under the Ger- man flag is 9000 -quare miles on which there is a population of 80,000. Sandal wood and tortoise shell are the chief commercial pro- ducts. The islands are under the government of the officials of Kaiser Wilhelms Land. A CARD FROM A GEORGIA WICOW Grifin Call. Mr. Editor: 1 desire to thank the friends and neighbors most heartily in this manner for their co-operation during the iliness and death ofmy latc husband, who escaped from me by the hand of deatn on last Friday while eating break- fast. To my friends and all who contributed 50 willingly toward making the last moments and the funeral of my husband a success, 1 desire to remember most kindly, hoping these lines will find them enjoying the same bless- ings. Thave also & good milch cow and roan geiding horse, 8 years old, which I will sell cheap. *God moves In & mysterious way, his wonde: to perform. He plants his footsteps on the sea and rides upon the storm.” Also a black and white shoat very low. BITTERNE.S OF A SOUiH CARO- LINA EDIIOR. Hariwell Sun. The Lord Joves s cneerful giver, He'll take s the necessary steps 1o secure tj rty or tue chidren. Benton is described as 28 vears of age, 5 fret 6 inchies tall, slim built, red curly hair, pale blue eyes, chin, thin iaceand small nose and mo 4 ——— pro; Mollie Hagan Charged. Mollie Hagen, who stabbed her hust, John Hagan, in the breast about two ago, was yesierday booked at the City on the charge of assault to commit The police 100k this step because ler att Wa$ threatening to sWear out a writof hy corpus. Hagan is improving at tne Rece Hospital, but he s not vet out of dang ———— Sued by the Government. The United States has begun suit in (pe United States District Court against Willjay and John Rushing and Alfred Hiatr 1o cover $2019, the value of 202,665 7 low pine and 28,447 feet of sugar pine lumi ¢ 1t is alieged i1 the complaint tuat the lum| was cut from Governmeut lafid in Tuolum: County. ————— E. H. BLACK, punter, 120 Eddy strass. e e 17 ALwAYS closed on Sunday, Townsends, pal ace Hotel b'dg. Buy Ca.. glace fruit to-mozroy ——————— SurTS cleaned and pressed $1; repairing ang dyeing. 181 Montgomery street or 112 V. lencia. 4 St FPECTAL informauion daily to manufscty business houses and public men by the Chipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgo, roel o Princess Marie Beatrice, the of Don Carlus, pretender throne, has become engaged to Massimo, whose family claims to be q from the Fubii of ancient Rome. great-grandson of the Duchesse de Berry mother of the Conite de Chambord, who; day had an adventure similar to Princess Elvira, auother daughter o eloped. Don Carlos, who recent Ir your hairis harsh, dr; and wiry, you wil find Ayer's Hair Vigor of essential service ln ren- dering it soft, pliant and glossy. s B Ir afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isasc Thomp- son’s Eye Water. Druggis's sell It at 25 cents. —_————— The socialists of Leek, Stuffordshire, En: land, have contributed a unique and fittid memorial to Willlam Morris. They have pur- chased an old Queker meeting-house and turned it into a labor church. The edifice is two centuries old and stands in a well-turied inclosure, surrounded by tall 0ld trees, whers open-air meetings will be held in summer, Designs for wall decorations have been con- tributed by Walter Crane. NEW TO-DAY HANDSOME PRESENTS. PRETTY PRESENTS. DAINTY PRESENTS. USEFUL PRESENTS. "FREE WITH YOUR Teas, Coffees, Spices. Wi 50C PURCHASE. WITH Your Choice of the Following: 1 Meat Platter, white. 3 Plates, decorated. 1 Coffee Cup and Saucer. 1 Majolica Pitcher. 1 Yeilow Mixing Bowl. 1 Chrysanthemum Egg Cup. 1 Windflower Cup and Saucer. care of the editor. He has a charter from the State to act as a doormat for the community, He will get the paper out somehow, and stand up for the town, and whoop it up for you when you run for office, and lie about your plgeon-toed daughter's tackey wedding, and blow about your b g-footed son whan he gets a four-dollar-a-week job, and weep over your shriveled soul when it is released from its gasping body, aua smile at your wife’s second marriage. Don’t worry about the editor; he'lj, get aloug. The Lord only knows how—but somehow. PARAGRAIH :EOUT PEOPLE. George I of England never learned the Eng- lish language. Canon Owen, the newly appointed Bishop of St. David’s, is & Welsbespeaking Welshman, A general chapter of the Christian Brothers, ‘will soon be held in Paris to elect a successor to the late Brother Joseph, superior-general of the order. Delyannis, the Greek Premier, began his po- litical career as a copyist in the Greek civil service. He is now some years pest70, buta man of great vigor. Joseph Murdock of Scott County, Virginis, who was supposed to have been murdered twenty-five years ago, and for which crime “Bud” Lindsay served twenty-one years in the Virginia penitentiary, has returned to his for- mer home. Lindsay died recently. M. Wilson, the son-in-law of Jules Grevy ‘who by his corrunt practices caused the retire- ment of his father-in-law, and_came near put. ting an end to the French Presidency, now threatens to publish his reveiations. They will cause more scandat than even the Papama affair. Mrs. Teresa Fernandez Savage, widow of the late Colonal Edward Savage, and s daughter of the lats Marquis de la Esperanza of St Johns, Porto Rico, died a few days ago in New York. Blhie was70 yearsold. Being the eidest dauvghter she inherited her father's title, and was widely known as Marquesa de la Esper- anza, even since her marriage. George Brandes, the noted Scandinavian literary critic, has recently receivea the Cross of the Legion of Honor, Itis said that hisin. terest in and sympathy with French litératura was the immediate ground for the conferring of this honor. Several volumes of his work on the “Great Literary Currents of the Nineteenth Century” treat of French subjects. Colonel Richard Malcolm Johnston, the nov listof Georgia dialect, is bereaved by the death of his wife, Frances Mansfield Johnaton in her 68th year. They were married when she was 15 and Mr Johnston 22, and their golden wedding, not three yeas ago, was cele- brated by a public reception at the Lyceum Theater in Baltimore, where both resid soon after the war. e The late Count Ernest von Doern! whose death the town of Rzgenfl:;rr et varia, came into a legacy of 15,000,000 marks, wasa briliiant soidier and a gay gallant in his youth, but very suddenly, for unknown reasons, he dropped entirely out of sceiety. His castle went to rack and ruin, and the soli- tary gardener retained about the place used tosee his master wander with haggard teat- ures about the forlorn domain. One day re- cently h‘elrpoka for the first time in months s solitary attendant House died" soon afier of hears Alsceast 0 e vty BENTON'S PREDIOCAMENT. A Motorman Would Like to Know if i Ho Is a Widower. A. W. Benton, a motorman for the Mar ket-street Cable Company, living at 5 Bona street, has requested Ciie! Crowley to assist him in nscerteining whether or not he is a widower. . He and his wife, Ella Benton, have not been living to- zetber for four years. She was in the habit of visiting their children, and since her last visit on December 8 nothing has been seen or heard of her. Benton savs that his wife had been sick for some years and was attended by a physician, " bat does not know his name, She owns some property in the interior, and if she1s dead Benton wants 1 Crystal Glass Jelly Dish. 1 Crystal Glass Spoon Holder. 1 Crystal Glass Cream Pitcher. 2 White Cups and Saucers. 1 Bohemian Bud Vase. 1 Chrysanthemum Oyster Bowl. 1 White Scalloped Bowl. 1 White Table Bowl. 3 Table Tumblers. 2 Harvest Dessert Plates. 2 Table Goblets. 1 Fancy Fruit Plate. 1 Fancy Cup and Saucer. 6 Fancy Bisque Hatching Eggs. 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