The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 22, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free Daily and Sunday CALL, e week, by carrier..§0.18 d Sunday CALY, One year,by mall..... 6.00 ¥ and Sunday CALL, six months, by mail.. 3.00 Daily and Sunday CALL, three months by mail 1.50 Dally and Sunday CALL, one month, by mail.. .85 Sunday CALL, one year, by mall M EEXLY CaLL, One year, by mall. BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisce, Californla. Telephone. EDITORIAL ROOMS: B17 Clay Street. Telephens. BRANCH OFFICES: 627 Montromery street, corner Clay: open uatll 9:30 o'clock. 839 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 618 Larkin street: open until 9:30 o'clock. SW. corner Sixteenih and Mission streets; opes antil § o'clock. ission street: open until 9 o'clock. Ninth strect; open until § 0'clock. £05 Polk street; open until 9:30 o'clocks OAKLAND OFFICE: 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: foowa 31 and 82, 84 Park Row, New York Clipe DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. The tariff debate opens to-day. Subscribe to the boulevard fund and help it along. Let us work together and get the Fed- eral building started. The next news from Europe may tella dreadful story of a war cloud burstand a deluge of gore. The people can afford to be amused by hocratic blundering on the tariff issue this time, It won't hurt anything. It is possible the Democrats in Con- gress may think it necessary to fight the Dingley bill just to let the country know they are still alive. Now that we have begun work on the boulevard let us furnish the money to complete it. There should be no half way job in a movement of that kind. According to the Toronto Globe a bureau f§r the employment of casual laborers is to be establisbed by that city, and the re- sult of the experiment will be worth We may learn something from General Weyler has begun to treat American citizens in Cuba with respect and perhaps will continue to do so now that-Cleveland is out of office, but all the same it will be worth while to keep a watch on him. A Louisville man has been held for per- jury for swearing he owned s lot worth $400 when it was shown that the lot was in & cemetery. It was regarded by the court as s grave offense and the man is now entombed in jail According to reports from New York the advertisers in that city are beginning 10 abandon the decadent journals of sen- sation and crime because decent people do not read them and advertisements published in them are of no value. One of the forlornest searches on record is'that now being made by Democratic newspapers for grounds on which to begin the opposition and attack on the adminis- n. The search for the north pole is g to it for frigidity and futility. If it be true as reported that Rudyard Kipling gets $12 a line for his poetry, he deserves credit for writing so little. Itis a very high artistic instinct that impels an author to cut his work short at the right place when he could make $120 by adding ten superfiuous lines. 1t was once the boast of New York that ber marriage laws made access to the matrimonial state more easy and egress from it more difficult than did the law of any other State in the Union, but now he people are weary of that condition of things and instead of boasting of the law are trying to get rid of i A French magistrate who has been studying the tramp question in that coun- try bas reached the conelmyion that tramps make good soldiers, but are not good for anything else. Tue discipline of thie army, he is better for vagrants thun the confinement of jails and he ad- vises that all tramps be enlizsted for life, It is believed that by the beginning of May there will be 2 Carlist uprising in Spain of such proportions that the Gov- ernment will be compelled to recall the troops from Cuba to protect the throne. The Cuban patriots have therefore brighter prospects than ever, and they may yet have the satisfaction of cele- brating the independence of their country before the year is over. An act of the Arkansas Legislature creates a Railroaa Commission with full rower to regulate railroad ratesand other- Wise supervise the transportation busine of the State, but enjoins the commission from doing anything to check railroad building. It will be interesting 10 see tiow the commission works and how it earns the salary of its members without offending snippers er checking railroads. Josiah Flynt, who claims to bave studied ¢riminaly “in the open” as well as in jail, states in & paper in the Forum that he has | failed to find insanity common among criminals or any lack of will power among them. These statements are in opposition to the prevailing view that the criminal is a degenerate and imply that the worst offender can be made to behave himself by simply teaching him that crime doesn’t pay. General Vassos, the Greek commander in Crete, is playing a very difficult role, - and thus far he has managed it with com- plete success. He has held his position in the island, protected the Greek citi- zens,- maintzined the prestige of his country and has given the allied forces no slightest opportunity for a just cause of"offense. It is evident that Vassos is a diplomatist as well as a solaier and is em- inently the right man in the right place at, this juneture. It is said tbat the cultivation of teasels, used m removing tbe. nap from fine woolen cloths, is confined in this country t6 'a small district around Skaneageles, New York. The farmers of no other sec- tion have thoughtit worth while to grow ihem, and yet it is said they yield an dverage.of 100,000 to the acre and sell from 50 cents to $2 & thousand. The profit is large and it would seem to be worth while for some Californian with land to spare to, try the crop for variety. THE TARIFF DEBATE The new tariff bill has been reported to the House and debate on it will begin. to- day. From the proceedings which fol- lowed the report it seems thers will be much stronger opposition made by the Democrats than has been expected. Nev~ ertheless it is more than probable that the plans of the Ways and Means Com- mittee will be carried out and the bill will be sent to the Senate by the first of Apnl. The argumenis for the bill are so famil- iar to the people that it is hardly worth while repeating them. For years there has been a continunous deficiency of reve- nue under the Democratic tariff. That deficiency now amounts to $203,811,729. More than that, the expenditures con- tinue to exceed the revenues, and until 2 new tariff is adopted we shell have a con- tinual increase in the deficiency and a further necessity for the issumng of bonds. Under these circumstances it is the plain duty of Congress to revise the tariil 80 as to secure a revenue ample for the needs of the Government. In addition to this, as was pointed out by Mr. Dingley, these duties must be so adjusted as to secure ample protection to the many in- dustries of the country which have so seriously suffered during the past three years from unfair foreign competition. It will only be another evidence of the capacity of the Democrats to blunder if at this time they make any factious attempt to delay the prompt passage of the bill If the new tariff can be put into effect by the first of May instead of the first of July it will save to the treasury $15,000,- 000 revenue. Ifthe delay takes place, that sum, and perbaps even a larger one, will be turned into the pockets of speculators, who will hasten to import foreign goods before the new tariff can be enforced. The element of time is therefore an im- portant one in the problem, and the Re- publicans of the House bave good reason to push the measure forward as rapidly as possible and to allow no concession what- ever to obsiructive tactics. It is reported from Washington that while Mr. Dingley is confident the bill will not be seriously obstrucied in either House, Speaker Reed is less sanguine. The Speaker has had a good deal of ex- perience with the Democrats in Congress. He isaware of their infinite capacity for doing the wrong thing, and, knowing that the best thing the Democratic leaders could do to restore the falien credit of their party would be to show a patriotic desire to increaso the revenues of the country, he foresees that they will do the opposite. The proceedings in the House when the bill was introduced show that Speaker Reed is not wholly wrong in his estimate of Democratic nature, and it is possibie, therefore, that the present session of Con- gress may prove to be a stormy one, There isa hope the Democrats of the Senate will be wiser than those of the House. Certain statements recently made by the ablest leaders of the party, such as Senators Gorman, Morgan and Jones, imply that they will not encour: obstructive tactics against the bill. If the counsels of thess men prevail there may yet be clear sailing for the bill despite the present unfavorable outlook. The Repub- licans of the House, under the leader- ship of Mr. Dingley and the speakérship of Mr. Reed, can be relied upon to make short work of the obstructives there, and if the wiser Democrats of the Senate can keep their followers in that body quiet we may yet bave tbe new tariff in time to celebrate it with the picnics and festivals of May day RAILWAY BUILDING. The expectation that this will be a year of extraordinary developments in railway building receives confirmation from all sides. In every section of the Union new enterprises are ander way for the opening of new lines or the extension of old ones. Even if a large allowance is made for ex- aggeration in the reports of these under- takings, there still remains enough to justify the belief that the railway building of the year will be one of the most marked features of the industrial revival. The Railway Age recently stated that if all the projected lines and lines now under construction are carried out the aggregate railway building of the year will amount to over 1700 miles. The greater portion of this will be west of the Mississippi, with the State of Texas and Oklahoma and In- disn Territories leading. Several of the projected lines it is known are designed to reach the Pacific Ocean, and Caliiornia has a fair chance of receiving her share cf the new work. Confirmation of the belief that many if not most of these projected lines will be undertaken is found in the largely in- creased orders for steel rails sent to the mills of the country. It has been stated that the records of the American Iron and Steel Association show that the total out- put of steel rails in this country in 1896 was 1,102,892 tons. Since the firstday of January of ihe present year, however, the mill-owners have received orders for steel rails aggregating 1,500,000 tons, or nearly 400,000 tons more than were made during thie whole twelve months preceding. This increase in the order for rails is a sure proof that many of the projected lines will be undertaken. Railway com- panies do not order steel rails unless they intend to lay them down. Since the or- ders for the first three months of the year have been so large, it 1s clear that exten- sive railway construction will soon begin, and will be carried forward with energy and dispatch. The large orders already given may be regarded as the forerunners of other large orders to come, and it is probable the output of steel rails from our mills for the year will exceed 2,000,000 tons. It is scarcely necessary to say that the effects of the new era of railway construc- tion will be feit by all industries in every section of the country, The large amount of money that will be put into circulation by the roads will afford wages for thou- sands of workingmen, and will add to the activity of trade in all circles. We may not see the accomplishment of the 1700 miles of road now projected, but we are fairly sure that most of them will be begun and a large proportion of them completed. EX-SENATOR HILL. The career of David B. Hill, who has just become an ex-Senator, is a promi- nent feature in the study of the second great wreck of tbhe Democratic party, which resulted even as the first one did, in obedience to the law that a house divided against itself shail not stand. He outdid his party in:the matter of disrup- tion, for when it separated into two or ganizations he segregated himself from both divisions. Then persisting in the historic declaration, I am a Democrat,” he left the world to infer that all other Democrats had vanished from the fhce of the earth. Practically they have done so, and now ex-Seuator Hill will vanish also. In leaving Washington Hill not only Roes out of office but he goes out from any further prominence in either National or Btate politics. His occupation leader of men is gone. After sixteen years of \political life, in which he achieved much success, he retires rom office to com para- tive obscurity, and the sum total of the sixteen years gives the impression of failure. When Hill was in Washington, pro- moted from the Governorsbip of the greatest State in the Union to the Senate, the opportunity was his in a way very open, opportune and large to develop into the foremost man in the Democratic party. He was au organizer, he compre- bended all the wags of the professional politician, be had prestige, precedent was in his favor for a passage from the leader- ship of New York to the Presidency, and he had the vast advantage thst men turned to him expectant of seeing the evo- lution of a leader. The one thing more needed was & broad comprehension of the situation—a clear conception of a remedy for the rapidly growing dissensions of the party the coun- try had intrusted with power. But tbi last facuity was wantiog. The man and the opportunity did not meet because the opportunity was higher than the man. Hill was clever, capable, and doubtless sincere, but to prevent faction from has- tening Democracy to its fall a quality of greatness was needed which he did not possess, and the people put their govern- ment into stronger hands. 1t is hard to tell waat the future holds for the man now so completely fallen. He is worse off than a statesman out of a job, He is a politician without a party. His following is gone. He is discredited both in National and in Siate politics. He ocould not lead and he would not foilow. He has been tested in a great crisis and found wanting. His retirement is for life. AN AMIABLE PRESIDENT. The Boston Herald, one of the free-trade papers of New England which supported McKinley only because it could not accept the Chicago platform nor approve of the nominees of the Democratic party in the last campaign, is now engaged in the task of trying to weaken the prestige of the adminiatration by representing President McKinley as a weak, pliant and unreliable man. It says of him that he is *‘an amiable gentleman,” and warns him that there is danger in paying too great deference to | men whose influence in the party is mis- chievous. “A velvet glove,” it says, ‘‘has its uses in dealing with politicians, but when a man reaches the Presidency there should be a strong hand inside it to in- sure the fullest success.” Although these words were used by the Boston Herald with the intent of siurring the President, the country will construe them otherwise. We have had'during the | administration of Grover Cleveland a sutfi- ciect experience with men who were not amiable, The country is well pleased to know that w2 have now a different kind of man at the head of our National affairs, An amisble President 1s exactly the kind of chief executive which we need at this juncture. It is everywhere recognized that the re- quirement of the time is a return to some- thing like that “era of gocd feeling” which | prevailed during the administration of President Monrce. We have had too | much in the way of a disturbance of bus | ness by antagonisms on economic ques- | tions. A return to prosperity can only be | fully assured by a restoration of a spirit of | harmony among the people, and to ac- complish thatitisessential that the Presi- dent should be a man sufficiently amiable, generous and conciliatory to set the ex- ample to Congress and to the country. McKinley fully deserves the title of an “‘amiable gentleman.” His courtesy and liberal spirit will unite not only all fac- tions of the Republican party, but will go far to put an end to the bitterness of strite in other parties, He has already shown a marged ability in the performance of this task of harmonizing conflicting interests. There was at one time grave danger that there might be serious divisions in the Republican ranks. That danger is now virtually past. Speaker Reed, Senator Platt and Senator Foraker, who were re- garded as possible leaders of a Republican revolt against the administration, have found such fair treatment from the hands of the new President as has confirmed their allegiance to him and made it cer- tain that they will act loyally in support of party meusure The influence of the amiable President will extend beyond Congress, 1t will be felt throughout the country. There will be nothing done by the administration to irritate any class of people, to annoy any | industry, or to aggravate any existing dissension, Every influence of the Presi- dent will tend (o restore public confidence and unite the people in a cordial co-opera- tion for the return of prosperity. We have good reason therefore to rejoice that a man of this character has been elected. After four years of Grover Cleveland an amiable President will be in the highest degree satisfactory to every citizen. COAST EX(HANGES. The Honcut Pendwlum hes ceased to swing. Its metal has been carried to Biggs, where it will be utilized to produce s better sound in the Biggs Notes. The Arc Light is the name of a mew weekly paper started at Angels Camp, Calaveras County. The Arc Light is turned on every Sat- urday and R. D. Harrison handies the carbons, Redlands already has a newspaper called Facts. An opposition publication is soon to be started there by B. A.Wrignt. Its title will be Truth. It will be a matter of novel in- terest to note the difference between Truth and Facts. The Chico Chronicle-Recorc. issued on March 19 & special edition, in which four pages, pro- fusely illustratzd, were devoted to & descrip- tion of Butte County’s metropolis. Chico is certain to be benefited through such enter- prise. The initial number of Highways, *‘the N tional organ of the good roads movement,” has been received. 1tis a handsomely printed journal of twenty pages in magazine form, | with illustrated cover. The editor is Charles Freeman Johnson, and Ernest McCullough is associate editor. The puper is issued monthiy, It contalns many valuable articies on the sub- ject of street and rosd improvements. The Bodle Miner-Tndez *“Iavors restoring the American policy of discriminating duties for the upbuilding of our merchant marine and the protection of our shipping in the foreign carrying trade, 50 that American ships—the product of American labor, employed in American shipyards, sailing under the stars und stripes, and manned, officered and owned | by Americans—may regain the carrying of our foreign commerce,” The reilway number of the Los Angeles Times, published under the suspices of the order of Raiiway Conductors, was a very cred- itable eaition of twenty pages, with beautiful colored cover. It contains a history of trans. poriation trom the time of Eurasius and Araxes, five thousana years ago, when the former ferried the latter on a log over & river in Asia Minor, and received in payment s hind quarter of deer, whereupon transporta- tion became a recognized vocation of man. The history is full of interest and well worth reading. The Palo Alto, publisned by the students of Stanford University, takes strong exceptions to the attempt by soxe writers to justify prize- fighting by & comparison with football and other legitimate sports, Says the Palo Alto; “Football and pugilism are mot atall in the same category; they are not engaged in for & like purpose; they are not supporied by same interests, nor do they appesl 1o the same class of people. There is-no snslogy whatever, and the effort to decry foothall ard boom pugilism by placing them on & level'is as futile as it i lndicron: The Pleasanton Times reports the brightest prospects for its community. it says: “The big hopyards northwest of town will be ex- tended this year, and everything points to an output never before equaled. This means em- ployment for hundreds of people and the con- sequent distribution of & very large amount of money. Sugar beets will be another factor in bringing about revival of business activity. The acreage thisyesr will be double that of 1896, snd the price has been advanced to 8 figure that will make the crop profitable to the producer.” According to the following - information from the Oroville Register there is no cxcuse for & man of industrious bent to remain pen- niless many hours in that locality: ‘Joe Welden Thursday showed us a handful of gold thathe had obtained mear this town. Joe id: ‘I don’t mean thats man can make big wages, but he can make s little money all about here—on the hills, in the lava beds and along the river. He may not make over 50 or 75 cents a day, but go where he will he can always find a little gold. Iputin time when I was out of regular work, when others would beloafing. I went out with my pick and pan and goi what you see. Anythingpays better than doing nothing et all.’ " Hanford is agitating the project of a cream- ery and the Hanford Sentinel ventures advice to farmers of that loeality who, it would ap- vear, have not been taking due advantage of certain rich opportunities that le at their | doors 11ke untouched placers: “Let’s have the creamery; but in order to have one the pasture lands of this county must be stocked with cows. You can’t run a fruit-canning establish- ment with an alfalfa field, neither will raisin- vines supply & Creamery with. milk. There is no reason why ail the butter consumeld bere could not be manufactured right at home. We have the land,and land that is better adspted to dairy farming than anything else. But it must be stocked, and the stock must be cared for and milked twice a day. It s hard work, but it pays.” NEWS OF FOREIGN NAVIES. The Russian Admiraity are offering valuable prizes to the corps of naval constructors for the best plans of warships. No more above-water torpedo tubes will be fitied on British ships. All discharge tubes sre in the future to be submorged. The Dreadnonght, Britian turret-ship of 10,820 tons, built in 1875 at a cost of $2,96 865, is to havea refitand overhauling at & total estimated cost of $650,000. Austrian naval estimates for 1897 amount to £6,739,000. The new construction pro- gramme embraces three const-defense vessels, one cruiser and six torpedo-boats. The trial trip of the British cruiser Is| 5600 tons, took place February 20, extending over four hours, and developed a speed of 21.2 knots with 9540 horsepower, or 240 lorse- power above the contract. The Japanese battle-ship Fuji, built at the Thames Ship-building Works,London, is ready for her trisl trip. Sbewas begun two years ago and launched March 31, 1896, and will be ready, if the trial is satisfactory, by July. The ship is 374 feet in length, 73 feet beam and has & mean draught of 26 feet 3 inches, dis- placing 12,450 tons. Herr Krupp has purchased the Germsnia shipyard at Kiel, and is negotiating with the town for additioral land. His machine-shops at Tegel will be removed to Kiel, aund the works will be complete to meet all modern re- quirements in navy building. The improve- ments are to be completed by the summer of 1898, and the German Government has al- ready ordered a cruiser. The Armstrong-Whitworth amalgamation has been completed. ‘The Elswick firm pays 5,250,000 [or the transfer of the Whitworth property in addition to an indebiedness of 1,300,000 and §57,500 Gue to the workmen who had invested their earnings in the funds of ‘the company. The Elswick directors think s0 highly of this latter arraugement that they wili adopt the system in the mew works. By this amalgamation the new Armstroug be- comes the second largest employer in Europe, Krupp, in Germany, being still far abead of any other firm, The British cruiser Biake, while mot quite 85 unlucky as our Texas, seems 1o be subject to many sccidents. Sowme months ago the water iu one of her boilers got t0o Jow and oue man was scalded to death. Last month, while leaving Portland for Porismouth, & steampipe burst and four men were in- jured, three of them severely scalded, Arriv- ing at Spithead one of the boat booms got adrift and, swinging back, kitled a seaman. These accidents, in connection with a large number of men on the sick list suftering from the mumps, are not calculated to make the Blake popular in the The several trials of the Jeaureguiberry, French battle-ship, have been satisiactorily concluded. On the speed trial of six hours she sveraged 17.6 knots with 13,819 horse- power. The jour hours' consumption trial gave 13,880 horsepower, 17.65 knot speed aud 1.85 pounds coal per horsepower per hour, The twenty-four hours’ endurance trial stiowed 10,511 horsepower, 1.5 knot. speed, and two subsequent six-hour runs under 8000 and 3400 horsepower indicated a coal consumption of 1.50 to 1.52 pounds per horse- power per hour. At the four hours’ consump- tion trial as high as thirty-two pounds of coal was burned for each square foot of grate FERSONAL. C. L. Donohoe of Sauta Barbara is at the Grand. 8. Anderson of Chicago isat the Coamopoli- tan Hotel. G. W, Mape, s cattleman from Reno, Nev., is at the Russ. District Attorney M. E. Sanborn of Yuba City is at the Lick. M. C. Zumwalt, an attorney of Tulare, is s guest at the Grand. Professor George Krelhn of Stanford Untver- sity is at the Palace. W.J. Atwater of New Haven, Conn., is atthe Palace with his wife. G. D, Platte, a merchant of Modesto, is a late arrival at the Grand. W. C. Swain, a resl-estate pgentof Marys. ville, is at the Grand. F. Dr. M. D. Smith of Middlebury, Vt., arrivea yesterday at the Grand, K. Mordatel of Poriland, Or,, is staying at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, F. J. Mason, & fruit buyer and packer of Los Angeles, is at the Grand, R. E. Jack, land-owner and banker of San Luis Obispo, is at the Palace. Joseph M. Kiuley, an attorney ofLos Angeles, arrived last night at the Grand. H. W. Stratton and wife of Lompoe are regis- tered at the Cosmopolitan Hotol Deputy Sheriff K. L. Paine of Mariposa ar- rived in town yesterdsy and registered at the Lick. Frank C. Carr of Redding and Thomas B. Dozier, an attorney and fellow-townsman, are at the Lick. Senator H. V. Morohouse of San Jose came down from Sacramento and registered last night at the Lick, W. 8. Morgan, s merchant of Japan, srrived on the steamship Coptic and is steying at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. . Dr. Thomas A. Keables of Bodie, & member of the State Assembly, s visiting at the Grand, accompanied by his wife, , W. H. Wheelock, Dan Stuart’s lieutenant in the recent extensiy2 finunclal fizzle ai Carson, 1s registered at the Baldwin. State Senators 8. N. Audrous of Pomens, J. H, Beawell of Ukiah and G. B, Baer of Clover- dale are guests atthe Grand. State Senator Thomas Flint Jr. of San Juan isatthe Grand with his wife. They are on their way homé from Sacramento. M. Becker of Louisville, Ky., traveling in California for pleasure, arrived at the Lick Inst pight, accompanied by his daughter. “Brick” Whitenouse, formerly of the Stan- ford football team, later of the Reliance foot- bail team and latterly Eastern mansger for the MARCH 22, 1897. “THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.” Letters From Our Readers on Topics of Current Interest. THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO. 7o the Editor of the San Francisco Cali—SI®: Strangers are struck with the magnificence of our harbor; but as soon as their feet come in contact with ourstreets they conclude that though nature has done so much for us, we have done but little for ourselves. What was said in 1532 of the streets of London, in the first act for paving and fmproving that city, can be said in 1897 of the streets ot San Francisco, The streets were described in the ute, as “very foul and full of pits and sloughs, so as to be mighty perilous simply worded and noyous for the King's subjects on horseback, as on foot and in carriages (litters description is no exaggeration of the condition of the streets in this City to-day. Other cities, such as London and Liverpeol, England; raris in France, Sydney and Mel- bourne, in Australia, have been experimenting and making large expenditures to ascertain which are the best pavements. They nave come {0 the conclusion that wood pavements, when properly constructed, are economical, noiseless aud dustless. Being & smooth pavement, it i i tl Wherever wooden pavements have gineers had begun to demonstrate t been highly successful in suc} Dest-paved streets in the worl tions and the manner in whi cities 1h; Becond—Sound and seasoned wood, be most suitable. Third—An impervious filling between the blocks, The question of cost is the one which usually interests the taxpayers and is probably the greatest stumbling-biock in the attsinment of good rosdways. The one which is truly the cheapest is the one which makes the most profitable returns in proportion to the amount ex- pended, and experience has proved thal where wood pavements have been properly con- structed the problem has been solved. Pavemenis productive of dust and mud, such s we have in San Francisco, are objection tail trade. d insufferable to nervous invalids, and much nervous sickness is attributed to bie, and under tr them. 1ly 50 on streets devoted to Smooth and noiseless pavements enhance the rental value of buildings. Rough and poor pavements do the reverse. Our municipality should endeavor to get abreast of the times and give us better streets, so that no longer it can be said that San Fraucisco has the worst-paved sireets in the world. Wood pavement has been 1aid on Market street in {ront of the Emporium, aiso on East street, foot of Market street, We have the very best wood—California redwood—for the purpose. We have no need of experimenting. Other cities have done that for us. All we have to do is to adopt their mode of Construction. At present we have cheap labor, as thousands of our citizens are out oi em- pioyment. what are we walting for? San Francisco, March 20, 1897. "CATHOLICS IN To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—DEAR SIR: You quote the other day from an Italian paper to the effect that Judge McKenna is the first Catholic to sit in the Cabinet of a President To go no further back, the Hon Augustus H. Garland, Attorney-General in Mr. Cleveland’s first term, was a Catholic. though the Catholic vote of the country was iniatuated with Mr. Blaine in 1884 and continued its hubit of opposing Mr. Cleveiand in 1888 he continued his habit of making no discrimina- tion ngaiust men ok account of their religion, for he appointed Justice White, a Catholic, to the United States Supreme Court, the first member ot that church to hold that oftice since of the United States. This is & mistake. Roger B. Taney. ‘March 20, 1897. uited for all kinds of traffic. other pavements. The lite of wood pavement, on au average, is from fifteen toiwenty years. According 10 a table of death rates by Colonel Haywood, Jingincer of the city of London, it hown that in those Cities in America where woud pavements have been used extensively death rate is less tinn in cities povod largely with een used they are popular. Albert Shaw, in “Municipa) Government in Continental Europe,” says: “The Parisian en- xcelléncies of the American Invention, wiih the conse- quence tnat the extent of smooth and noiseless wood-paved roadways, 56 much cheaper than asphait and s0 much safer for horses, has been rapidly increesing.’” Our Street Department, up o date, does not accept wooden pavements, though they have London, Liver| been in'tuose cities; looked over the several construe- ‘'wood pavements are laid, 1t 18 sufficlent for my purpose here to state that the essentials necessary to the construction of successtul wood pavements may be summed up as follows: Firet—An unyfelding and impervious foundation. ther in 1ts natural state or treated with & preserving compound (in the proper manner), and blocks of such dimensions as experience has proved Lo That, They are cleaner than sny one and other kinds of pavements, ol and Paris, which cilies have the Rough-surfaced pavements are noisy R. L RYFKOGEL, 1546 Howard street. THE CABINET. Inaeed it r:sy be said that JOH) P. TRISH. Royal Hawaiian Band, will leave to-morrow for Honolulu. «“Bob” Davis, journalist, formerly of Carson. Nev., subsequently of San Francisco and now of the New York Journal, is in town for a short visit. W. C. Peyton, powder-maker and superin- tendent of the California Powder Compazy’s black powder works at Sants Cruz, arrived last night at the Palace. George Rubenstein and H. E. Dickinson, two New York business men, are visiting friends in this City. They reached here from the prize-fight at Carson, Nev. G. W. Christman, a_large property-owner of Ventura and one of the founders of the little town of Montalvo, in the center of the besn counnty, is registered at the Lick with his wife. D. N. Cofiin, a mining operator of Grass Valley, and his son, O. L. Coflin, are at the Grand, having come here from Rendsburg to order machinery for the minc-owners in whose interests they went to Kandsburg sev- eral weeks ago. EMBASSADOR AND POET When Colonel Jon Hay goes o the Court of St. James as an Embassador his fame &s & poet will bave preceded him. Perbaps no two poems won for their author wider pepularity and “Little Breeches.” +«Jim Bludso” was first published in Boston in 1871, and is ss follows: Wall, no, I can’t tell w! Hecsuse he don’t live, vor Lensi he’s got out of tue habit ot ike you aud me. x ‘Whar have you been .or the last three year ‘That you haven't heard folks tell: How Jimmy Bludso passed in nis checks 1he night of the Prairie Belle? be lives, He weren't no saint—them engineers Is all jrotty much a.1Ke— One wife in Natohez-under-the-Hill ‘And another one here in Pike. A'keerless man in his talk was Jim, And an awkward hand in a row: But he never fluuked, aud he never lied— Lreckon he never knowed how. And this was ail the religion he had— To treat bis engine weil; ‘ver be passed on the river; "o mind the pilov’s bell: And if ever the . rairie Belle took fire, A thousand times he awore He'd hold her nczzie agin the bank “I11l the last sou, got ushote. A1l boats has their day on the Mississip, And h r d.y cowe at last; The Monastar was & better boat, But the £ elle she wouldi’'t be passed. Ad 50 she came tearng along that night— The oldest craft on the iine. With a nigzer squat on her safety valve And her fuinace crammed, rosin pine. The fire burst out as she cleared the bar, And burnt a hole in the night, And quick as a flash stie turned and made For the willer vank on the right. There was runain’ and cursiw, but Jim yelled out, ©ver all the infernai roar: “P'll hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last guloot's ashore Through the hot, black breath of the burniu’ boat Jim Bludso’s voice was heard, And all had (rust In his cussedness And kno~ed he'd keep his word. And, sure’s you're bor, they all Ko Off, ‘Atore the amokesiacks fail. And B udso’s ghost went up alone Tu the smoke of the Praifie Belle. He weren't no saint, but at Jedgment 1'd run my chance with Jim *Longslde of some p.ous gentlemen That wouldn't 8100k hunds with bim, He seen his duty. & dead-sure thiog, And went for it, thar aud theu, And Christ ain't i-zoing to be 100 hard On 2 man that dled for men. MEN AND WOMEN The Queen signs herseli to her sons and daughters-in-law, “Always your affectionate mother, V. R. L.” Iuisreported that the Duke of Manchester is engaged to the eldest daughter of William Waldorf Astor. The equestrian statue of General John A. Logan by Mr. 8t. Gaudens will be unveiled in the Lake Front Park, Chicago, on July 22, John M. Ward, the once renowned shortstop of the old New York baseball team, has been made claim agent of & Brookiyn trolley com. pany. The Budget Committee of the Norwegisn Storthing has unanimously nommated Dr. Nansen as professor of zoology at the Chris- tisnia University. Herr Gustav Eim, the Czech politician, writer and party leader, died rather suddenly in Florence while making a tour for the bene- fit of his health. Mr. Giadstone is making up a second series of books rom his occasional writings, and the first volume, it is expected, will be ready for publication in the spring. It is announced from St. Petersburg that the Emperor Francis Joseph will return the Czar's visit on April 27. The Emperor will be ac- companied by Cont Goluchowski, i Rome's Herald's College has discovered that the Marchese di Rudini, the Italian Premi has no right to his title, which belongs to an- other branch of his family. He is properly only Signor Antonio Sterabba. Mrs. Langtry’s daughter Jean will make her debui during the present season in Lonaon. She is & second edition of her mother, t.ough wller. A well-known academician has just completed her portrait, which will be shown at the coming academy exhibition. ‘While in Belfast Dr. Nansen discussed with the Marquis of Dufferin the possibility of using ~ . aerinl appliances to surmount the icepeaks which surround the pole, and he proposes to inspect the flying-machines in the United | States, which may Le considered sutable for this purpos SPECIAL FLAGS. ‘Those Prescribed for the President and the Secretaries of War and Navy. Among the special flags of the United States there is now for the first time one belonging 40 the Secretary of War. About eight years 280 a special flag was made for the Secretary of the Nuvy, and the President has had his private flag for many years longer than that. In addition the new flag for the Secretary of Flag of the Sceretary of War. War is of scarlet bunting, the fly measuring 12 feet and the hoist 6 feet 8 inches. In the center is an eagle with outstretched wings, bearing upon its breast a United States shield. ‘The eagle, which is the same ss that on the National arms, holds in its right talgn an olive branch with red berries, and in its left a bunch of arrows. In its beek s a scroll with the motto, “E Pluribus Unum.” In the fieid of the shield are two rows of stars, six in the upper and seven in the lower row. There is also a large white star in each of the four cor- ners of the flag itself. The special fiag of the President of the | United States is similar to the one just de- seribed and the newdesign isevidently « modi- fieation of the older one. The only differences belween the two are that the President’s flag | is of blue insiead of scarlet bunting and has, instead of the four white aTow of thirteen smuller end sbove the eagle, tars in the corners, | ars curving around The Secretary of the President’s Flag. Navy has a much simpler flag than either of the above. Upon the biue field there is an an- chor and the four white stars are in the cor« ners, as in the emblem of the Secrefary of War. With the exception of the flags of the admiral, vice-admiral, commodore and other officers of the navy, the three flags described above are the only special ones belonging 1o Government officials. The use of thiese special flags is, as a rule, confined strictiy to ceremontous oceasions, and the natural result’ of this is that they are unfamiliar to the general public.” Wierever the President's flag flies it aenotes his presence in the vessel or building over which it is hoisted. Its employment in the case of build- ings in which the Executive may happen to be staying is merely optionel, and the cere- Flag of the Secretary of the Navy. mony is more frequently omitte than ob- served. The naval regulations, however, give explicit ordera for the use of this flag when the President visits a ship of war. At the moment when he steps upon the deck the flag is dis- played at the main and is kept fiying there as long as heis on board. A National salute is | counted up. | is triends | want salute and the flag is hauled down at the firing of the last gun. Any snip of war flying the President’s flag is regarded as the senior ship present and her motions are followed accord- ingly, When she meets at ses or in harbor any other United States ships of war the latter fire the Narfonal salute in her honor, and the same ceremony is observed by all naval bat teries which she passes. WITH YOUR COFFEE. “Schymser's awfully afraid of germs." “Is he?” “Yes. He never writes a Jetter without first Doiling the ink.”~Chicago Record. “The Snack Book is a fine magazine now.” “What makes you think so?'" «Tt gives three posters with every issue.”— Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. «“Loveliest of all,” he whispered. But her head was not turned. £0 it was the baffled tempter cursed her good sense; else, her high ruff collar with the but- terfy bow at the back.—Detroit Journal. The hired girl's name was Corinne, Her fate we were able to glinne, And & heory wove From some pleces of stove And ti odor of much kerosinne. —Detroit Journal. Sister—Why don’t you marry her? Brother—I'd like o, but vnfortunately she an impediment in her speech. Sister—What i8 it? Brother—She can’t say World. “Did you hear what Whimpton's lttle boy said when they showed him the twins?” ; what was it “He said: ‘There! Mamma's been gettin' bargains again.’ "—Puck. h “Yes,”—Dublin “What possible fascination can there be about Arctic exploration?” “Well, for one thing they have such a long night there no one can object to 8 man staying out occasionslly.” Philadelphia North Ameri- can. “It's a shame,” erfed the young wife; “not a thing in the house fit to eat. I'm going right homo to papa.” “If you don’t mind, dear,” said the husband, Teaching for his hat, “I'll go with you.”—Yon- kers Statesman. OROWDS AT THE PABK, Some Slight Casualties — Thousands Visit the Museum. The park museum was visited yeste day by a continuous stream of people, and the register at the gates showed one of the best records for attendance it has ever There were over 5000 visitors who sought pleasure and instruction in its twenty-two halls. The lockers in the basement of the boathouse are now ready for the saie keeping of the toy yachta of the Corinthian | Boat Clubor any others who wisa to leave them there. There are forty-four of them, and each one has a separate lock with a key to be kept by the owner of the yacht. Quite a number were ous boating on Stow Lake, and it seemed the favorite spot for the pleasure-seekers. One of the most eagerly interested spec- tators of the boats and swans was a hand- some black spaniel, who was seated on a fine carriage and wore a beautiful pink ribbon round his neck. From his appear- ance and his surroundings he was evi- dently a patrician, As might have been expected from tbe large crowd at the park, there were sey- eral accidents. James Smith of Alamada fell from his bicycle and got his face very badly abraded on the beach and was brought to the park ambulance station. R. P. Weymire of 719 Bixth street sprained his ankle getting off a car. Charies Cottrell of 33 Oak Grove was scorching on his bicycle when he took a header that knocked him dazed. Dr. «fford of the ambulance station dressed his wounds, which were not serious. There was no fly-casting yesterday, be- cause of the high wind, but it is expected there will be an interesting contest in this sport next Saturday and Sunday alter- noons. ———— Companions of the Forest. Minerva Circle, Companions of the Forest, | branchof the Friendly Society of the Ancient | Order of Foresters. initiated four candidates at its meeting last Monday, This clrcle will give party to-night. Mazzini Circle will give an entertainment to in Washington-square Haul this evening. Liverty Circle hias announced a party to be given next Wednesday evening in Maccabee Temple, on Mission street. Justice Circle isto_give a party 1o F ters’ Hull on Saturday next, and California Circle announces night. Supreme Grand Chief Lompanion Mrs Sarah Beverson and Supreme Grand Secreisry Mrs. Floreace N. Morruw visited Mizpah Circle iast week and witnessed the initiation of two candi. aates. Loyal Circle gave apother of its charming als In Soclal Hall, Foresters' building. last Saturday night, and the large number of persons present testified to the popuiarity of these affairs. There were many young and handsome ladi-s present, not to menifon the many gallant young who were there to participate in tha s fanction was under the supurvision of the following-named commiitee of arrange. meuta: Mra. Alice Wagner (chairman). Mrs. . Large, Mrs. A. J. Corwin, Mrs. Florence N. Mor. row, Mrs. L. Pritchard, Miss Belle Walker, Miss Eva Walker and AMiss Alice Probince. Mrs. Clara Timmins was the floor manager. — Tourists—Califoraia glace fruit, 50¢ pound, in elegant fire-eiched boxes. Justwhat you for Eastern friends. Townsend's, Palace. SESe ] Moy EPECTAL information dsily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * — Brown—Do you think you can judge a man Dby the kind of shoes he wears? De Fiypue—L always judge & eirl’s father that way.—Tows Topics. “Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup” Has been used over fit:y years by millions of ‘mothers for thelr chidren whije Teetbing with per- fect success. 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You need the combined food and tonic properties of Scott’s Emul- sion of Cod-liver Oil with Hypophosphites and Glycer- ine. It will give you flesh and strength, and tone up your nervous system in a manner that will almost sur- prise you. Ask your doctor about it, if you will, His fired immeaiately after the flag-raising. When the President leaves the ship there is another word will strengthen ours, | | i Ba| 101 Co A, Ty Win s T housd The alroad A o and I The hono Al clean| A p turne} mine ¥ ark fstron Dr. tured osoph The| and after The ganiz quin The much cause Rot the w tion a| The ing CI day s fire re ire qun the ire aud wi Many the ba with t allow from W seail McKin tecting explaic There un Cl Frank At the the str tinued streets March toat dis Liave bef in beu thirty sweepis clation when 4 tinued Near ve t