The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 24, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WED: SDAY. MARCH 24, 1897 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postago Free: Dally and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier..80.18 Daily and Sunday CALL, oue year, by mall.... 6.00 Daily and Sunduy CALL, 8ix months, by mall.. 3.00 | Dally and Sundsy CaLi, three montls by mail 1.50 | Dally and Sunday CALL, one month, by mall.. .65 | Sunday Car1, one yesr, by ma. 80 W AXELY Call, o year, by m: BUSINESS OFFICI 710 Market Street, San Francisco, California. Telepbone, .Main—-1868 L ROOMS: EDITOR 7 Clay Street. 517 Telephone.. ... Main-1874 BRANCH OFFICES: | £27 Montromery street, corner Clay; open umtll :80 o'clock, : open until 9:50 o'clock. eet: open until 9:30 o'clock. xteenth and Mission streets; opes SW, corner & entil § o'clock. 2518 Mission street: ope: 167N trect 1305 Polk street: ops OAKLAND OFFICE: 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Dooms 31 and 82, 84 Park Row, New Yerk Clth DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. | until 9 o'clock, Put up money for the boulevard. Congress sees a surplus in sight. It may be free Cuba sure enough before the year closes. Of the minority report on the Dingley tariff it may oe truly said it is a platitude. The agitation for the Federal building will keep on until the building itself is started. The tariff debate is not drawing crowaed | houses at Waskington, but all the same it tends to prosperity. Let us promptly assure the completion of the boulevard and then We can go for- ward to other things. This kind of weather will put a fine bloom on the coming festivals and get | eversbody ready to enjoy them. The great powers are acting as agents for the Sultan, and will probably clean him out before they get through. The movement for a new constitution is one in which we can afford to make haste slowly. There is plenty of time. The new tanff promises to yield a sur- plus of revenue, and accordingly we can resume the zood Republicaa policy of pay- | ing off the National debt. The Democrats in Congress have re- | sumed the work of opposition in the old | way, and are once more busiiy engaged in denouncing the surplus. | The construction of the boulevard is the | most notable municipal enterprise now | before the vpeople, and every prosperous | citizen should ta ein assisting 1t. | Bryan’s gift of ons-half the income from his book to the Bimetallic Union sounds liversl, but was probably intended only as a contribution to a campaign fund for | his personal benefit. The Democratic charge that the Dingley tariff will raise an excessive revenue is | certainly onc which was never made against the Wilson tarff, and to that ex- tent we have a new issue. About the time the Bastern poet feels | inspired to sing, “Come, Gentle Spring,” | ti:e weather breaks loose with snowstorms, | floods and blizzards and the rapture of the | singer is frozen within him. The letter which Blanther had mailed from Atlanta to throw the police oft the track was one of the means by which he was traced, and thus we have another evi- dence of the folly of letter-writing. If the United States should inquire the | ceuse of the blockade of Crete European diplomatists would have so difficult a conundrum to answer that they would feel inclined to give up the whole thing. Reports from Georgia show that the Sunny South is as subject to cyclones as any other part of tne East: and once more the country is reminded that the only place to fina a pacific climate is on the Pacific Coas It is strange that & man of Blanther's knowledge of the world should have tried to hide himself in & village where every man is necessarily known to his neigh- bors. The only place where obscurity can be found is a large city. It is said that meny Spaniards favor the abandonment of further attempts to conquer Cuba, provided Spain is paid an indemnity for the island, and, perhaps, peace may yet be arranged on those terms, The indemnity, however, should not be large. The possession which Spain has of Cuba just now is not worth much of any- body’s money. The announcement from Washington that the blockade of Crete is not likely to affect our Govefnment because we have no merchant ships trading in that part of the world may be comforing, but it is not to our credit. Our merchant vessels should be known in every quarter of the globe and wherever we have commerce our ships should be. Americans imprisoned by Spanish au- thorities in Cuba are being rapidly re- leased, and before long all of them may be free again. In fact with the incoming of & pew administration at Washington General Weyler has adopted a new policy at Havana and there is reason to believe the occarrence of the two changes at the same time is something more than a coin- cidence. Tne banquet to be given to Senator Morghouse by his constituents in San Jose will be a well-deserved tribute to a legisia- tor whosa services have been distinguished by fidelity not only to bis own distriet, but to the whole State. It is aitogether right and fitting that some public testi- monial should be given of the esteem ot the people for such a representative, and the banquet therefore will be & most ap- propriate one in every respect. The ceremonies at the celebration of the centenary of the birth of William I show an intent on the part of the Kaiser to impress upon the German people that his grandfather was the real founaer of the German empire and that Bismarck and Von Moltke were only subordinates. So far as monuments and imperial edicts can go William I will be exalted as the great- est man of his time, but history, litera- ture and the traditions of the people will tell another story. A NEW CONSTITUTION. * Among the closing acts of the Legislature which has recently adjourned is to be found a resolution submitting to the people of California the question whether they desire a new State constitusion framing such constitution. ana will vote to call a convention for the purpose of This is a subject so im portant to the State of California that neither its people nor its newspapers should decide the question of its advisability without a most careful deliberation over its advisabulity at the present time. It is now nearly eighteen years since the formation and adoption of our present constitution. It was born in a time of great political and industrial unrest, and its framers attempted to embrace within it many innovations and changes in the then existinz organic law of the State. The result was a much longer constitution than the former one. The system ot taxation was materially modified, the subject of railroads and of their regulation occupied much space, the judicial system of the State was practically revolutionized, as were also the rules affecting municipal charters and municipal law. So extensive were the changes in our laws made by the constitution of 1872 that it was years before the people of California were brought by the decisions of its courts to a reasonably clear understanding of their own organic law. In fact, there are yet not a few provisions of our present constitution which are awaiting judicial construc- tion. In the meantime the constitution of 1879 has been amended in a number of im- portant particulars, nd the process of amendment is still going on. The Legislature, which has just adjourned, in addition to the resolution upon the subject of an en- tirely new constitution, has submitted to amendments to the present one. the people a number of very important In view cf these facts it is & very serious question whether the people of Califor- ma ought to enter upon so radical and expensive a proceeding as that attending the formation of a new constitution. Upon this subject Tz CALL will not attempt thus early in its consideration to form or express an opinion. It will, bowever, open its columns to the widest, the most careful and the most intelligent discussion of the subject by the people of California and by those who are | best fitted to direct the public mind. As | upon this subject it will certainly be submitted to the decision of our citizens at There wilt be ample time during the next year and a half the next general election. | to discuss the subject fully. aresult of the action of the Legislature TuE CALL aims to excite and promote such public discussion of this important issue from all points of view. subject, but the true and practical wisdom When such a full consideration of the matter has | ripened into decision we shall endeavor to express not only the popular view of the which should guide the citizens of Cali- fornia in determining whether or not they will attempt the formation of a new con- stitution. THE BOULEVARD. | The new boulevard, with its double pur- pose of relieving distress and adding a fresh beauty to the City, is the most noted municipal enterpris- now going forward. It is engaging the attention and receiving the energetic support of some of our most benevolent and public-spirited citizens. It promises to be, in some measure at least, 2 solution of one of the most difficult problems of the age—that of the unem- ployed. It shows that by clear thinking and energetic acting a charity may be made profitable in a material as well as spiritual sense. Every prosperous citizen should con- tribute generously to the fund which has been so kindly started. The plan of res- cue for the unfortunate men out of work is now in full operation, and with results | 50 satisfactory no one need hesitate as to its practical wisdom. That great impedi: ment to perfect enjoyment in every un- selfish man—the thought of unattended suffering close at hand—is being in a large measure removed, and a new attraction is being added to the City which will add to the material wellare of every one either owning property or in -ny way earning money here. Those already abundantly rich will bave a driveway which will| greatly add to their pleasure by increas- | ing the variety of beautiful routes to travel over. | The work so well begun should be per- sistently prosecuted till complete. To e ter into a great undertaking like that and then stop disheartened wouid be absurdly weak and a great mistake. The good el- fect of what has aiready been done would thus be greatly diminished, and those who bave done so commendably in ini- tiating the work would be much disheart- ened and lose the inspiration and energy to help again in time of need. Those wro bave boldly put their money and time into the enterprise at the begin- | ning from love of humanity and pride in | the City should not be forcad to see their efforts made futile for lack uf enthusiastic | following. Many thousand dollars more | are required to finish the boulevard, ana many men are still in want and eager to cet & chance to earn a dollar a day. Therefore contributions should be made promptly. To give quickly and gener- ously now to help the gocd cause along will be a sort of striking while the iron is hot. To wait till the enthusiasm now aroused 1s cooled and the immense potency of wide co-operation can no loneer be availed of will be to miss a very valuable opportunity. PROTEQTION AND REVENUE. No portion of the able address of Mr. Dingley, In defense of the new tariff bill, was more perfect in its logic or more effective in its illustrations than thatin which he refuted the doctrine of the free- traders, that protection and revenue in the same taziff schedule are impossible. He contrasted the workine of the pro- tective wool and woolen duties of the tariff of 1890 with the resuits of the non- protective duties on the same articles in the tariff of 1894, and thereby demon- strated the falsity of the free-trade con- tention. The statistics given by Mr. Dingley are interesting. The importation of cloth- ing wool in 1893, under the tariff of 1890, was about 40,000,000 pounds and the man- ufactures of wool about 36,000,000. From these importations in 1893 the Govern- ment derived a revenue of about $44,500,- 000. The importations of clothing wnal in the fiscal year 1896 exceed 127,000,000 pounds, and of manufactures of wool more than twice ss many pounds in 1896 as in 1893, and yet the revenues derived by the Government from this enormous increase of the imports of wool and woolens in the fiscal year 1896 was only $22,000,000—a loss of $21,000,000 from that realized in 1893. 1t will be seen from these statistics that the protective duties not only provided the Government with a revenue of $21,000,- 000 more than was raised by the free-trade tariff, but furthermore saved for our farmers a market for 80,000,000 pounds of wool, as well as nearly 10 cents a pound in the price. Thus, as Mr. Dingley de- clared, on this one schedule alone there was a loss of revenue, a loss to farmers of $30,000,000 & year, and a loss to the manu- facturers and workingmen of the country of an even greater amount. A study of this single illustration will suffice to show the fallacy of the whole Democratic argument that a protective tariff cannot be a revenue tarift. If addi- tional illustrations were needed they couid be easily found by making other contrasts between similar schedules in the protectivé act of 1890 and the so-called revenue act of 1894, Protestion and reve- nue go hand in hand in the Dingley bill asin that of 1890, and the people can look forward, thercfore, for a return to the prosperity of the McKinley tariff period. Victoris having now had the, longest reign an record could well afford to abdi- cate, but she is hardly likely to do so. People of her age are easily persuaded that the world cannot get along without them and, besides, having reigned so long a time, she may have a fancy to make it longer still. Her abdication is, of course, possible, but itisnot a safe th:ng to bet on, OUR MERCHANT MARINE. 1t is reported from Washington that the blockade of Crete gives but little concern to our Government, by reason of the fact that we haye no shipping in the Levant to be affected by it. We have, therefore, the satisiaction of knowing that we are not likely to be involved in the contro- versy which row disturbs Europe, but the satisfaction is largely diminished by the nature of the conditions to which we owe immunity. Itis pleasant to be free from foreign complications, but it is not pleas- ant to owe that freedom to the absence of | ships sufficient to carry on our commerce, It is stated that so rare is the American flag in Levantine waters that in 1896 only one ship bearing the flag passed through the Suez canal, and that was a warship. In 1895 three vessels flying the stars and stripes entered the canal, but one of them Was a man-of-war and the two others were private yacots. Merchant vessels of the United Sates seem to be unknown in that important trading center of the world, The chances therefore of any American ship being interfered with by the block- ade are slight, and our Government rests easy at Washington by reason of the ab- sence of the American flag from that quarter of the globe. The incident is noteworthy only because it calls attention once more to the decay of American shipping and the extent. to wiich our flag has passed from the ocean. It iz a familiar and an unpleasant toplz, but it cannot be put aside. One of the urgent necessities of the time is that of building up our shipping industry and expanding our commerce in foreign lands through the medium of vessels construct- ed in the United States, manned by American sgilors and flying the American flag. The possibility that some of these ships might become involved in diplo- matic complications would not disturb us | balf 80 much as does tne fact that at present we have to carry on our commerce in foreign ships. Fortunately the condition of our com- merce in the Mediterranean, as declared by the reports of the absence of American shipsin the Levant, is not likely to con- tinue much longer. The present admin- istration is not only pledged by its plat- form to promote the ship-building indus- try of the country, but is known to be earnestly in favor of taking immediate steps in that direction. As scon as the tariff bill is enacted and the country pro- vided with a sufficient revenue to meet its expenditures we may expect the atten- tion of the administration and of Cone gress to be turned promptly to considers- tions of the promotion of our merchant marine. It will not be many years before the American flag will be seen upon the ocean wherever commerce is carried on, and if we continue free from diplomatic complications it will be for some other reason than that of having no ships to be affected by anything foreign nations may do. THE OLD ORY. The report of the Democratic minority of the Ways and Means Committee at- tacks the Dingley tariff bill mainly upon the ground that it will entail excessive taxation upon the people, raise a larger revenue than the Government needs and thus produce—a surplus. The report says: An overflowing treasury is a constant temp- tation to enter upon expenditures that cor- rupt both the public mind and the public’s servants. Under a system of high taxes thero must be & surplus or there must be waste, anc both are serious evils. President Jackson hardly overstated the danger of & surplus when he statad that it was more dangero: than a standing army; and yet, dangerous asurplus ir, it s not so dangerous as the ex- travagance which is always resorted to in or- der to prevent its accumulation, It is not, however, against the surplus only that the minority protests. Democ- racy still objects to protection as vehem- ently as it did before it had a chance to try free trade. The report points out that the bill is framed with the avowed pur- pose of protecting the manufactures of the United States against foreign compe- tition, and goes on to say: *If it accom- plishes that purpose it must result in compelling the consumers of this country to pay more for their manufactured goods.” On that score, therafgre, as well as on that of causing a surplus the minor- ity protest. They are opposed to advanc- ing American industry, as well as to in. creasing the revenues of the country. This is the substance of the whole long report, and there is nothing in it of argument or of style to give any additional effective- ness to the old objections of the free- traders. Thus, after four years of deficit and dis- aster we return once more to the familiar cry that protection to American industry is a burden upon the people, and that a surplus in the treasury is a public calame ity. It is like the Cleveland campaign against the McKinley bill all over again, Times have changed, conditions have changed, but Democracy as not changed, True to its Bourbon nature it has learned nothing and forgotten nothing. The country has had its lesson on Demo- cratic tariffs. It has learned by experi- ence what happens when there is no pro- tection for industry and no. surpius in the treasury. The people are aware that there are worse things tban these, and that among them are revenue deficiency and industrial disaster. The charge that the Dingley bill will give us a surplus and thorough protection will not arouse a cru- sade this time. The cry is as loud as ever, but the people are wiser now. KAISER WILLIAM. a well-deserved honor the Ger- mans paid to their great Kaiser William in celebrating tne centenary of bis birth- day. It was under him thal Germany was united into a powerful empire well able 10 cope with any nation in Europe in case of war and in the enterprises of peace to rival great commercial and in- dustrial nations like England, which had Ppreviously far outstripped the unconsoli- dated states, The part which Bismarck and Von Moltke performed in this achievement Was 50 prominent as to link their names inseparably with it, and to give them the Tight to the title of creators of the empire, but nevertheless they would have been powerless 10 consummate that grand de- sign without the aid of a king who pos- sessed another sort of greatness to make a complement to theirs. It was the con- fidence the people reposed in their Kalser's magnanimity and the entbusi- astic patriotism his personality inspired which formed the broad and solid founda- tion without which Bismarck woula have found it impossible to build the mighty edifice of united Germany. To be recrowned in this way is Indeed one of the greatest honors. It proves that he is atill reigning over millions of loyal hearts and that the scepter has not passed from his grasp. Hehad tne test of a great opportunity and he strongly and nobly improved it. It isa great glory to have been a King like the first Kaiser of the united German empire, who builded up the greatness of his country, and the people of @Germany have good cause to commemorate his personality as well as his services in the council chamber and the battle-field. PERSONAL. Dr. V. Coudery of New York 1s at the Palace. P. B. Field of Pheuix, Ariz., is at the Grand. Herman Kabbe of New York is ona visit here. Senator J. M. Gleaves of Redding is a visitor here. Henry E. Miller of Red Hook, N. J., is at the Lick. W. H. Haton, the attorney, of Modesto, is in the City. H. M. Hobart, a mining man of Denver, is at the Russ, Edward Harrison, a business mon of Seattle, is in the City. J. J. Bogardus, a business man of Seattle, is on a visit here, Albert Searl, a newspaper man of LosIAn- geles, is in the City. W. G. Rucker of Groesback, Tex., was one of yesterday’s arrivals. G. Dodge of Codar, in the timber regions of Arizona, is in the City. M. Gevers, a wealthy resident of The Hague, Holland, is 1n the City. Dr. Holf Koch of He!delberg University, Ger- many, is at the Palace. George H. Berry of Michigan is in the City, accompanied by his wife. William Vanderhurst, a prominent eiti- zen of Salines, {s in town. M. E. Ward, a weaithy pioneer cattleman of Reno, Nev., is at the Russ. James W. Portlan, a business man of De- | troit, is at the Occidental, J.D. Shine of Sonora, Tuolumne County, is at tne Cosmopolitan Hotel. Frank O'Connell, s mining man of Ana- conda, Mont., s af the Russ. R. J. Wardhange, a_capitalist of Baltimore, isat the Cosmopoiitan Hotel. P. Durkin and P. McInnis of Seattle, Wash., are at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. R. P. Hulbert. a contractor of Redwood City, is one of the iate arrivals here. F. M. Jennings, a Deputy Sheriff of San Di- ego, is at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Judge Jobn D. Bickwell of Los Angeles and Miss Bickwell got here yesterday. Ex-Senator J. H. Easterday of Tacoma, Wash., is registered at the Grand. The Rev. Mr. Smith. & Presbyterian minis- ter of San Mateo, is at the Occidental. M. Lamadsr, a merchant and mine-owner of Guadaloupe, Mexico, is registered at the Occi- dental. 8. Asano of Tokio and H. Kobayashi of Yoko- ham rominent Japanese, are among recent arrivals. Charles R. Hamilton, 8 mining man of Ross- land, B. C., arrived here yesterday and is at the Grand. William Sharwood, a prominent mining man of Soulsbyville, Tuotumne County, is & late arrival here. W. H. Norway, a well-known landholder, who formerly resided here, but who for some years has been living at Los Angeles, is at the Russ. Charles Diamond, sn old-time mining man of Virginia City, now foreman of the Norcross and formerly prominent in connection with other mines, is in the City. A prominent party of Detroit people, con- sisting of Mr. and Mrs. D. D, Cady, Miss Bes- sie Cady, Hal W.Cady and Miss Jennie L. Green, are at the Occidental. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Cutts of Minneapolis, Minn., are visiting Lieutenant and Mrs, Roudiez at the Pres.dio. Mr. Cutts is general passenger agent of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Ratlroad. Charles Bennett, a wealthy Iandholder and factory provrietor of Ensenada, Lower Caiifor- nis, is in the City. Mr. Bennett went to En- senada some ten years ago from San Bernar- dino County. He bought land, built s flour- iog-mill, & ffuit cannery and other institu- tions and became thoroughly identified with that part of the peninsula. He is heroona business trip. CALIFORNIANS N NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 23.—At the Plaza- Charles Dayton; Grand Union—R. Moore, 8. H. Waters, W. C. Waters; Gilsey—J. G. Mallo; Savoy—Mrs, Price; Hoffman—E. J. Gillette, THE CRETAN QUELTION. Greece grows warm, but she ia not the kind of grease that runs when it gets hot.—Boston Transeript. The agreement known as the European con- cert is liable to be ruptured by the overture of 1ts own guns.—Chicago Inter Ocean. The Sultan should be furnished with & scien- tific frontier in Asie and placed on his good behavior there.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat, The “sick man of Europe” seems to be the only monarch over there just now who is in & position to smile.—Cnicago Times-Herald. The indications are that before s great while Greece, her knee in suppliance bent, will tremble at the powers.—New York Advertiser. The six big European powers will combine and atiack little Greece, it is announced, with absolutely no fear or trepidation whateve Ohicago Record. Would that Greece nad an army and a navy that could defy the powers, and make both might and right do battle in a noble causel— Baltimore American, 2 Greece made a mistake. 1f King George had sent bis soldiers so some defenseless province and allowed them to slanghter women and children the great powers would have bowed recognition of the greatness of Greece.—Chl- ©oago Journal. e MEN AND WOMEN. A. A. Powell of Cincinnati, who s said to be the ‘tallest man in the world, weighs 272 pounds, wears a No. 19 glove, s 734 hat, & No. 123h0e, and is 7 feet 2% inches n height. | Queen Victoria gave him a gold watch when he wis in the show business. He is now asales- man, Mrs. John Biddulph Martin, better known in tnis country as Victoria Woodhull, is written up in very laudatory style by the London World as a “‘celebrity at home.’" There are persistent rumors in London of a 1upture between Sir Henry Irving and Ellen Terry, A detalled story is told of harsh words at rehearsal and Miss Terry withdrawing in tears, Mme. Saran Bernhardt has just informed the committee of dramatic artists forwed in Loo- don to organize performances next June in honor of the.Queen’s Jubilee that they can count upon her participation. A Brooklyn man is being sued tor breach of promise. His defense is that heis getting only $10 & week as clerk in a hardware-store, but Wwas promised a raise to $15 a week, which his employer failed to give him. Rome's Heralds’ College has discovered that the Marchese di Rudini, the Italian Premier, has 1o right to his titie, which belongs to an- other branch of his family. He is properly only Siznor Antonio Starabba. The Cameron family of Penusylvania no longer is represented among the office-holders at Washington. When Embassador Bayard Teturns to America the Bayard family will also be unrepresented in the Government service. The manuscript of Wagner's early operatic fregment, “Die Hochzeit,” written by him for periormancein Wurzburg during his residence in that city, but never pubiished, has recently been bought by an English enthusiast, Miss Burrel, for 2000 marks. Professor Karl Weierstrass, who recently died in Berlin, and was accounted one of the greatest mathematicians of the time, was, not withstanding his fame, a man of great mod- esty. Noted mathematicians of other coun- tries not seldom came to Berlin for the express purpose of discussing abstruse questions of science with him, and among his special ad- mirers was the Kiug ot Sweden, who is an in- terested student of mathematics. NEW JOURNALS KICKED OUT. More Clubs and Reading-Rooms Exclude the New York World and Journal. New York sun. The Young Men’s Hebrew Association, at 107 East Fifty-ninth street, has excluded the Journal from its files. Urica, March 17.—The Fort Schuyler Club of this city, the leading organization of its kind in Central New York, has exciuded the New York World and Journal fom_the clubhouse. RocHESTER, March 17.—The World and the Journal have been barred from the reading- room of the Young Men’s Christian Associa- tion of this city and from the Keynolds Li- brary. POUGHKEEPSIE. March 17.—Tha Grinnell Li- brary aL Wappingers Falls has excluded the New York World from its reading-room. The Poughkeepsie.Young Men’s Christian Assocla- tion dropped out the World and the Journal on January 1. Nyack, March 17.—The directors of the Young Men’s Christian Association have or- dered the exclusion of the New York World and the New York Journel from the reading- room. They have aso ordered the removal of the old files. The Nyack Froe Library also ex- cluded these papers.. CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Mass!, March 17.—The Linden Ciub has voted to exclude the Worla and the Journal from its reading-room. 8ARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y., March 17.—The library of the local Young Men’s Christian As- sociation hasexcluded from its table the New York World. PRINCETON, N. J., March 17.—At the weekly meeting of the house committee of the Uni- versity Cottage Clubof Princeton University to-day it was unanimously decided to exclude the New York World from its reading-room. THE ANGEL .’ SeRENADE. A weight was lifted from my lite Of anguish aud of pain: Swiet peace succeeded 10 the strife, And all was c.lm again; t strains of music stole er rosy <lude, Outside the windows of my soul T heard the sereuade. I saw no angels In the gloom— I only heard ther strain— Nor did the loved withia (he room Hear what to me was piun: None can mistake the signs of mirth Eor melody thav's given By sugel lips to souis on earth, ‘A serenade of heaven. Ab. now I know that in the filght ¥rom earih to heaven above. The spirit sees the (onvo.s bright, And hears their hymus of love: The fair forms face nto che blue, The mel ow music dies, And then there bursts upon the view The glory of the skies REV. J. P. HUTCHINSOX In Chicago Record. WIIrk YUUR COFFEE. He—Nature {s a great teacher. She—Yes; isn’t it queer that corn pops !—Up to Dute. No President's foot, we dare to say, WIll ever have & twinge of gout, 1t exercised once every day In kicklng office-seeiers out. ‘hicago Tribune. She—I can sympathize with you. I was mar- ried once myself. He—But you weren’t married to & woman.— Tit-Bits. Judge—What leads you to think that the prisoner aid not get much money ? Officer—He offered to divide it with me if ’a turn him loose.—Puck. “Gripsack has got his appetite back again.” «“How did he do 1t?'" «Got caught in a washout and the railroad had to pay his board for a week.”—Chicago Record. “I hear thatyou are in business for yourself T thought I was, but from the little I getout of it, it appears that 'm in business for other people.’—Black and White. Tragesman—You want a pair of slippers for your mother, eh? Do you know what size slippers she wears? Boy—Smallest ye got, boss; she wears’em out on me.—Richmond Dispatch, “Belore a girl {s married she says she 1s will- jog to liveon a desert island with her loved one.” ‘0f course; any real woman would feel that “Yes; and after she is married she has to heve her mother and sisters with her all the FORESTS AND FLOODS. Chicago Times-Herald. Every spring the people have ‘an object les- son of the most serious and impressive kind admonishing them of the wanton wsste in the past of the great f¥ests of the north. The sudden freshets and fioods that burst over the Dbanks of the rivers, carrylng devastation and death jn their frightful progress, are in a great degree tho result of the clearing away of the motintain forests and the breaking down of all protection ircm the water. Those immense spaces covered with trees hold back the water supplies and distribute them gent y and grad. ually, thus permitiing their most bountiful uses. Remove the trees and the mountain brooks and streams become torrents, and the waters that would pe & whole summer finding their way to the ses, carrying beneficence ‘with them, are dispersed in & few weeks, caus- ing the most fearful destruction. With such lessons in plain view, two thin; ought to be impressed on the people. One is that the forests must be replaced as fasi as de- stroyed and that no wanton havoc should be made with the great forests that remain, HE ENO. > LOW IT IS Lewiston Journal. “Does the young woman who rides to the theater in a $5 carriage, sits in $3 seats and looks at the stage from behind & 4 bouguet, while sitting beside a $10 a week clerk, never ask herself 1f she is doing right?” asks the Macon News. Presumably not, but the young man whose pocket-book stands the racket is painfully conscious that she is doing him right up brown, IN FAVOR OF THE PENSION BILL Teachers Express Their Sentiments in the : Matter. Big Meeting at the Rooms of th: Board of Education Yesterday. Pedagogues From All of the Public Schools Appeal to the Governor. By a vote of 700 to 40 the public-school teachers of San Francisco yesterday in- dorsed the pension bill recently passed by both houses of the Legislature, and now in the hands of the Governor. The bill measure contemplates the payment of the vensions of broken-down and superannu- ated teachers out of the public-school funds insteaa oi out of the pockels of the pedagogues by means of regular sube scriptions. The principals of the schools were called together by President Barrington of the Board of Education, to give expression to the sentiments of the teachers in the mat- ter, the Governor having been asked to defer action on the bill until they could be heard from. The meeting was held at the rooms of the Board of Education, President Barrington presiding and Super- intendent of Schools Webster acting as secretary. The gathering was addressed by Prin- cipals McCarthy and Lyser, and at the conclusion of their remarks & vote was taken, with the resuit mentioned. Eaci principal cast the yote for the teachers in his or her school. The schools represented and principals prosent were: Adams _ Cosmopolitan__ School — Adolph Herbst, privcipal; Miss Katherine T. McCol- fon vicbprintipal; Luther M. Shuok, vice- rincipal. P assiz Primary School—MissSarah J. Jones, principal. Bernal Primary School—Miss Mary E. Keat- ing, principal. Broadway Grammar School—Miss Jean Par- ker, principa(; Miss Amy G. Campbell, vice- principal. Buena Vista Primary School—Miss Amella G. Catlin, principal. A ‘Burnett Primary School—William W. Stone, prineipal. Chiness Primary School—aiss Rose Thayer, principal. Clement Grammar School—Miss Mary E, Cal- laban, principsl; Miss N, F. McFarland, vice- Drineipal. Cleveland Primary School—Miss Annie E. Slavin, prineipal. Cooper Primary School—Mrs. Celine R. Pechin, principal. Columbia Grammar Sobool—Mrs. Lizzie K. Burke, prineipal; Miss N. O'Loughlen, vice- prineipal. Crocker Grammer School—William H. Ed- wards, principal; Mrs, H. J. Bain, vice-princi- sl Donman Grammer School—Azro L. Mann, principal; Mrs. Etia M. Baumgardaer, vice. principal Dougls's Primary School—Miss Winifred L. Tarpy, principal. Dudley Stone Primary School—Miss 8. H. Earle, principal. Edison Primary School—Miss Anna B. Chal- mers, principal. Emerson Primary School—Miss Sarah M. Wilson, principal. Everett Grammar School—Mrs, Frances A. Baunuing, principal; Cecil W. Mark, vice: principai. Fairmount Primery School—Miss Clara M. Johuson, principal. Franklin Grammar Sehool—R. D. Faulkner, principal; Muss Kate MacDonald, vice-prin- cipal. Fremont Primary School—Miss Rose Gold- smith, principal. Gmfield Primary School — Miss Mary A. Scherer, prineipal. Giris’ High School—Elisha Brooks, princi- pal; George O. Mitchell, vice-principal. Golden Gate Primary School—Mrs. Aurelia Gniffith, principal. Grant Primary Schooi—Miss Ida E. Shaw, principal. Haight Primary School—Miss Mary A, Has- well, principa Hemilton Grammar School—Willlam A. Rob- ertson, principal; Miss Ella J. Morton. vice- principai; Miss Ida R, Strauss, vice-principal Hancock Grammar School—3Miss M. McKen- zte, principal; Charles W. Moores, vice-prin- cipal. arrison Primary School—Miss Lizzie McEl- Toy, principal. Hawthorne Primary School—Mrs. Serah J. Maqn, principal. Hearst Grammar School—Mrs. Nettie A. Wood, principal; Miss Mary E. Donnely, vice- rincipal. Bienry Durant Primary Sehool—Mrs. Georgla Wasniurn, principal. Horace Mann Grammar School--Joseph 0’Con- nor, principal; Miss Caroline E. Beckwith, vicé-principal; Selden Sturges, vice-principal. Humboldt Primary School—Miss Mary A. Castlehun, principal. Hunters Foint School—Levi Bowman, prin- cipal. Irving Primary Bchool—Miss Caroline B. Barlow, principal. Irving Scott Primary School—Miss H. M. Fairchid, principal. 2 James Lick Grammar Echool—Philip Prior, principal; Miss A. J. Ciark, vice-principal. John Sweti Grammar School—Aibert Lyser, principal; W. D. Kingsbury, vice-principal; Mrs. Clara J. Bigelow, viee-prineipai. Jefferson Primary School — Miss Pauline Hart, principal. Lafayette Primary School—Mrs, M. L. O'N principal. . Laguna Honds School—Miss Katherine F. Casey, principal. Le Conte Primary School—Miss Mary M. Murphy, principa Lincoln Grammar School—James T. Hamil- ton, prinetpal; Ebenezer Knowlton, vice-prin- oipals Willlam A. Logget, vice-prinéipal, Longlellow Primary School— Miss Jennie Smith, principal, Lowel] High Sehool—Frank Morton, princi- pal; A. E. Kellog, vice-principal. Mudison Primary School—Miss Elizabeth F. Bardett, principai, Marshail Primary School—Mrs. Margaret H. Walker, principal. Mission Grammar School—Miss N. F. Suili- van, acting princival; Miss N. G. Suilivan, actiue vice-principal. Monroe Primary School—Miss Annie M. Hag- arty, principal. Mculder Primary School—Mra, Katheride E, Brogan, principal. Noe Valley Primary School—Miss Ada Mar- tin, principal. Normal ohool—Miss LeuraT. Fowlet, prin. clpal. cean House Primary S8chool—Daniel J. De- lay, principal. Pacific Heights Grammar School—Mi; M. Stincen, principai; Miss Augu erison, vice principal. Park Primary School—Miss 8. B. Jenkins, principal. Peabody Primary School—Miss Gertrude H. Cahalin, principal. Polytechnic Hl}!h School—Walter N. Bush, vflnflx- ; H. Ham, vice-principal. Redding Primary School—Miss Mary Deane, prineipa Richmond Primary School—Mrs. Anna E. Tiernan, principal. Rincon Grami School—Miss Elizabeth A. hristine Hart, Cleveland, principal; Miss Sheridan Primary School—Mrs. Sarah A, vice-principal. Miles, principal. Sherman Primary School—Miss Jennie M. A. Hurley, prir.cy pal South End Primary School—Miss Ids E. Coles, principal. Spring Valley Grammar School—Silas A, ;vrx‘::nce‘. principal; Mrs. Agnes C. Taylor, vice- Stanford Primary School—Edith H. Crowley, principal Starr King Primary School—Miss Kate Conk- Iin, principal. - o Sannyside School—Miss C. F. Riordan, prin- Sunny Vale School—] AL Mrs. R. F. Greanan, Sutro Primary School-Miss Mary Magner, princioal. ashington Grammar School—Thomas B. cipal; Thomas H. McCarty, vice White, pi PP Pris Scho ebster Primi = gy ster Erimary School—Miss Agnes M. Man- st End School—Miss Ella L. McCarthy, principal. % Whittier Primary Stincen, principal, Winfleld Scott Primary Schcol—Miss Enma 8. Code, principal Evening Schonls, Business Evening School—FElbert C. Kil. patrick, principal; G. H. Foulks, vice-princ. 1 P franklin Evening School—R. D, Faulkner, principal, < Faitmount Evening School—Miss M. W. P tead, principal. 4 Hamilton Evening Schoo!—T. 3. W. Lela’ principal. Horace Mann Evening School—Miss K. I, Crowley, priucipal. Irving Scott Evening School—Andrew J, Freese, principat. Lincoin Evening School—Alexander H. Mc. Doueld, principal; Lawrence Tuaffe, assistant principal. Washington Evening School—)iss mena M. Nolan, principal; Miss. A. M. Fials, vice-principal. There were also present a number of teachers and the ntmost enthusiasm pre. vailed. It is believed that the Governor will listen to the appeal of the teachers and sign the bill. The result of (he meeting was teleeraphed to the chief ex. ecative of the State at once. FRATERNAL FELLOWSHIP, An Entertainment Given by Mazzini, the Italian Circle of the Com- panions of the Forest. Mazzini Circle No. 106, Companions of tha Forest, branch of the A. 0. F. Friendly Soci the Italian circle of the order, gave an ente tainment and ball on Mondsy night to is friends, in Washington-square Hall, place was crowded to such an extent that many were forced to find room in~the gallery from which they could view the performers snd watch the many dancers. Under the direction of the committee of arrangements, composed of Mrs, Virginia Cervelll, Mrs. Mary Soller, Mrs. Julia Aiveriz, Mrs. Sophie Gio- vannoni and Mrs, Isabel Raynand, there was resented an interesting programme. Mrs, abel Raynaud, who presided at the p played an overiure, then Charles P. Kin and Jobn P. Martin presented Irish spec tes, which were productive of much merr ment. Master Quilici gave a violin solo, «: was followed by a solo on the mandolin by Master Garibaldi. Then litile Miss Tryphint Pritchard gave a skirt dance and, being so loudly encored, favored with the Saflor’ Hornpipe. The audience not satisfied, tor Der to return, and she gave a recitation. Ty followed dancing to music furnished by ¥ Golden Gate Orchestra, and this was kept u, until a late hour. Miss Rosie Peters acted as floor manager. Excelstor Circle, C. 0. F. Excelsior Circle No. 2, Companions of ths Forest, F. of A., is preparing for an anniversary ball to be given in Union Square Hall on the evening of the Lst of May, aud the [olio named committee has charge of the function Mrs. J. Wishman, Mrs. N. E. Smith, C. H, French. Miss L. Wishman, 3rs. Rasmu: Mrs. Shumacher and Mrs. C. Magnus. T circle, it 18 well known among members of order, always arranges enteriainments thay are of the most pleasing character. s o Woodmen of the World, Western Addition Camp at its meeting last Monday night received three candidates, who were initiated, and there were presented teen applications that were received at open meeting that was held at the cam. Franklin Hall on the Monday previous. | fail are accepled they will be Initiated on Monday, April 5. 2 Oro Fino’s At Home: The committtee of Oro Fino Parlor, N.D.G.W., has completed all the arrange- ments for the “At Home,” to be given by the members. of the Parlor in Yosemite Hall, ive Sons’ building, on the evening of aturday, April 3. There are good prospects for an evening’s enjoyable entertainment. Official V sit. Mrs. M. A. Duke, grand chief companion ot the Companions of the Forest, F. 0. A., sccom- panied by J. J. 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