The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 6, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCI CO CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1897 APRIL 6, 1897 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDUE, Editor and Proprietor. TUESDAY...... = | SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Dally and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier. .$0.15 and Sunday CALL, one year, by mall..... 6.00 and Sunday CALL, six months, by mail.. 8.00 and Sundsy CALL, three months by mail 1.50 | #nd Sunday CALL, one month, by mall. .65 | v CALL, one year, by mall. 150 W ELKLY CALL, One year, by mall. ... 180 | | BUSINESS OFFICE: 310 Market Street, £an Francisco, California. Telephone -0 Maln—1868 | EDITORIAL ROOMS: | 517 Clay Streew. | 2eree Maln—1874 Telephone BRANCH OFFICES: | 527 Montgomery s:reet, corser Clay; open until 9:30 o'clock. 389 Hayes street; open until 615 Larkin street, open until £W. corner Sixteenta aud untl] 9 o'clock. 2518 Misslon street, open until 9 o'clock. 167 Ninth street, open until 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk sireet: open until 9:30 o'clock. corner Twe.ty-second and Kentucky | open U1l 8 0'clo o'clock. 50 o'clock. sion streets, open OAKLAND OFFICE: 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 81 and 32, #4 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL- Roll up the fund for the Balboa road. Read Tue CaLL advertisements and post yourself on spring bargains. The Senate will deliverate on the tariff, but promises not to obstruct it. Let us keep the unemployed at work | until the harvest fields are open for them. Everyboay should subseribe sometking | 1o the boulevard, for all will enjoy it when completed. | King George may not be relying on his relations, but all the same they seem to be helping him a good deal. | The sesslons of the Houso of Represent- atives in these days are beld mainly on the fishing grounds of the Potomac. A flutter of the carnival excitement is already in the air and before long w shall see the gay badges blooming alone the streets, As the French Government said to have a “‘mysterious plan’’ for settling the Cuban crisis it may be said truly that the Pplot thickens. | | | The Missouri River is rising to swell the | and the protection of our shipping in the | FUSH THE WORK. The issue which appeals most to the publiz spirit of the people of S8an Francisco at this time is the work of constructing the Balboa boulevard. Other issues arein the future. This is present. Others may be for a time postponed. This cannot be delayed now without throwing many men out of employment and without losing much of what has been already gained in the work. It is imperative that the money needed for completing the work should be speedily contribute something noone wounld have to be followed Lty all who can afford it. This work is doubly important to the City. employment possible for a large number of industrious men. which they are earning on the road, their f cases dependent on charity. It is nothing | forthcoming. The sum required 1s not large. If every well-to-do citizen would give much. There has been great liberal | ity displayed in raising money for the work so far, and the example thus set should In the first place, it provides the only Without the wages amilies would be destitute and in many more than a duty of common humanity that those who have means should contributea little to provide employment for their less fortunate fellow-men, who are willing to give good work for small wages. In this case, moreover, the employment given is one which will prove of vast benefit to the whole community. The opening of ths Balboa road means something more than a pleasure-drive for the rich. It will afford enjoyment to thousands, open up for settlement a large tract of land which will materially advance tbe growth of the City and, furthermore, will prepare the way for the eventual construction of a grand boulevard around the southern end of the bay, which will be one of the most noted driveways in the world, and a new attraction to bring people of wealth and means {o make their homes along its splendid roadway. It should require no reiterated appeals to the people to raise the money now needed to complete the work. Every citizen should take the matter into consideration for himself and see what he can do to aid it. Every contribution, however smail, will help. Let each man therefore give in proportien to his means. Let us roll up the fund rapidly, and see if we cannot provide before the week closes a sufficient sum to continue the employment of Iabor and assure the speedy compietion of the work, OUR MERCHANT MARINE | The aciion oi Senator Elkins in press- inz upon Congress an immediate consid- eration of a bill providing for the ad- vancement of our merchant marine is an- other evidence of the earnestness with which the Republican leaders have set about the task of fulfilling all the prom- ises and pledges made to the peoplein the St. Lonis platform. While it is true public 1nterests require that the tariff b_iu should be enactea before any other legis- lation is attempted, it is nevertheless de- sirable that preliminary steps for the protection of American shipping should be taken at once, and therefore the Elkins bill is decidedly opportune and timely. The St. Louis platform in dealing with the subject of our merchant marine de- clares: *“We favor restoring the esarly American policy of discriminating duties for the upbuilding of our merchant marine foreign carrying trade, so that Americen | ships—the product of American lavor em- | ployed in American shipyards, sailing under the stars and stripes, manned, offi- cered and owned by Americans—may re- gain the carrying of cur foreign com- merce.’” The bill advocated by Senator Elkins is | in acoordance with the principle declared in the National platform. It provides for | a 10 ver cent tax on all goods brought to | the United States in foreign ships. This, | Mississippi and very soon the Ohio wiil | join in, and then there will be a flood | worth talking about California, it seems, is to play a lone hand in the bicycie game for a while, and, fortunately, she holds good cards and has a chance to euchre the East, It id the recent frosts resulted in more of a scare to the orchardists than in- jury to the orchards, and the chances are Wwe are going to have a frait crop to brag dbout. The Eraminer suggests that the “Porte’” | ehould be referred to as “it'’ instead of | be, but inasmuch as the Porte is not neuter | in the present fight the suggestion is out | of order. Itis well to rejoice in new boulevards | and coming carnivals, but we must not overlock the Federal Luildine. Thatisa | movement which also needs a helping | push every now and then. Victoria will keep the peace of Europe this spring if she can possibly do it. She doesn’t intend to have the uniforms of her soldiers massed up on the eve of the grana parade of her diamond jubilee. The capture of Rivera has intensified American sympathy with Cuba without | in eny way weakening the courage of the | patriots, and the cause of the independ- ence of theisiand is as strong as ever. The trade revival goes slowly, but nevertheless it moves steadily. There is not much difference between one week | and another, but compared with last vear | at this season trade is now better in every way. Senator Hoar says the Senate represents the sober second thought of the American peorle, but all the same they do not seem sober when they talk, and their second | thoughts are very slow in coming some- times. It was hardly necessary for Gladstone to explain that he wrote his famous letter not more to save Greece from wrong than to save England from dishonor. That was the way in which the world under- stood it. The importers are rushing things. A single steamer from Germany, which ar- rived at New York on Sunday, brought 13,200 tons of eargo ifcluding 60,000 bags of sugar. The new tariff cannot be en- acted too soon. McKinley’s plan of sppointing a com- mission to consider the currency problem and make a report to Congress grows in favor with the country and it is to be hoped the commission will be appointed in time to submit a plan before the next elections, 50 that the people can have a ‘vote on it. An Eastern syndicate has purchased a large tract of land in Nebraska for the purpose of establishing a sugar-beet in- dustry, and notice is therefore given to California that if she wishes to securs her stiare of the sugar production of the coun- try she must begin work at once. We can produce all the sugar needed in the United Btates, but the East is not going tosit down and wait for us to do it. The report that the great operatic com- bine of Abbey, Schoeffel and Grau is in debt and unabie to meet its obligations will raise again the question why operatic stars shouid be paid larger salaries than they can earn. Every other class of work- ers in the world are satisfied with the profits of their industry, but the star singer demands not only the receipts of the house but a bunus besides. The President has hardly been as well advised in selecting a Minister to Japan 2s in making other foreign appomntments. The choice of a man from Georgia for that position instead of a resident of the Pacific Coast looks like a mistake. A Californian would have been thoroughly posted on many matters connected with our com- merce with Japan which the man chosen | about it will be scen, will give an advantage to |-merchants whose goods are shipped in | American vessels, and will have, there- fore a tendency 1o increase the profits of our ship-owners and materially advance all the industries engaged in our merchant marine. | The bill will meet with no little opposi- | tion, It has already been argued that dis- criminating duties imposed by our Gov- | ernment wili lead other nations to retali- ate by similar duties. Such arguments might be with equal force urged against the whole protective system. It will be remembered that in the early days of the Republic we practiced a policy exactly | similar to that now advocated, and it re- ulted in such a development of American ship-building ttat our flag was seen on every sea and the greater portion of our foreign trade was carried on in American vessels. Wnat was done once can be done again. Certainly it is time that some ef- fort should be made to build up our mer- chant marine, and the bill of Senator Elkins will be hailed as an important step in that direction. THE GLORY OF GREEOE. ‘Whatever may be the outcome of the Cretan crisis there can be no question the effect which the action of Greece will have upon its eventual solu- tion. King George, by his courage, has | taken the problem out of the domain of | diplomatic intrigues and made it a part of | that broad politics in which the people | play a part and have a potent voice in determining the result. Public opinion hes now veen aroused on tie subject and the issue will never be setiled untilit is settied in accordance with the judgment of liberal and enlightened men. In speaking of this phase of the situ- ation, Mr. Gladstone, in his recent letter to the Duke of Westminster, said: *It re- | mains to be recognized that at the present juncture Greece, whom some seem dis- | posed to treat as a criminal and disturber, | has by her bold action conferred a great | servic: upon Europe. She has made it | impossible to palter with this question as we paltered with the blood-stained ques- tion of Armenia. She has extricated it from the mesnes of diplomacy and placed it on the order of the day for definitive solution. I can remember no case in which so small a state has conferred so great a benefit.” These words of Mr. Gladstone in mno wise exaggerate what has been accom- plished by King George and the Greek people. The bold move of sending a Greek army to occupy Crete was in no sense rash or inconsiderate. It was in fact the most diplomatic step that could have been takan. It had the effect of tak- ing the appeal from the court of diplo- macy to the supreme tribunal of public sentiment. Before tbat tribunal the Greeks are now conducting their case with as much discretion as courage. They have not made a single mistake and have only to hold on in the way they bave began to accomplish the annexation oi Crete to the Greek kingdom and thus prepare the way for a final solution of the whole Turkish problem. LI The confusion which prevails in the councils of the great powers is the best possible evidence of the wisdom of the course adopted by the Greeks. All the alliances formed to maintain the Turkish empire have proven useless in the face of the new emergency raised by the courage and the wisdom of the government at Athens. At the present time neither of the great nations knows what course to pursue. They are at discord one with an- other, and as in the politics of this world a well-directed ahd resolute will never fails to dominate a hesitating, doubtful and irresolute mul!titude, so will it be seen in the end that the little nation of Greec by the mere fact of baving definite convic- tions and the courage to fight for them, will overcome the obstacles placed in her way by the great powers and achieve a victory as glorious as any recorded in he annals, not even excepting those that are associated with the field of Marathon and he mountain passes of Thermopyls. | | will haye to learn after he reaches his post, and it will go well with us if some costly mistakes are not made in the learning. Having obtained possession of Delagoa Bay Victoria is now in a position to ask President Kruger in firm tones what he meant by calling her “Een kwaje vrouw.’ THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE. The most noticeable article in the cur- rent number of the Forum is one by Sena- tor Hoar dealing with the oft-repeated charges that the Senate does not properly represent the people, that it obstructs pub- lic business and that it is inferior to the House as a legislative body. To all of these charges Senator Hoar enters a de- nial and cites evidence to show that they ‘are unfounded in every respect. The salient feature of the article is the contrast made between the method of pro- cedure in the House and that in the Sen- ate. Obstructive tactics in the House, he says, have become so common that it has been found necessary to almost entirely curtail discussion. ~Appropriation bills are passed as a whole because the majori of the House agree with the Speaker that ‘it is not sale or practicable to trust the Representatives of the people to deal with the items of expenditure one by one after full discussion.” This being the condition of the House, it is imperative accordinz to Senator Hoar that the Senate should allow ample time for debate on every feature of every bill. He says franxly: The promptuess with which tne House of Representatives deals with some important questions is & good thing; but its capacity for prompt action is purchased at the price of repudiation of public debts and the suppres- sion of the constitutional rights, personal dig- nity and official authority of the great ma of its members. Geatlemen occupy seats there who from the beginning to the end of their term of service are not permitted to make s motion or 10 utter a word to the assembly of which they are members. Perhaps wise legis- lation may be secured while one House is con- dueted on that principle; but I am afraid free government would not long endure if it were applied to both Houses. The debates in the Senate are said by the Senator te be by no means so often obstructed as 1s supposed. He defends the members of that body against the at- tacks made on them by the Exstern mug- wumps and is particularly strong in point- ing out that the Western members from the new States are not theignorant cranks which the Eastern papers represent them. The Senate as a whole he claims is better than ever before 1n our history, and he cites as a proof of it some of the outrages committed in the Senate in the old days when drunkenness was common and the slave power was supreme. While holding that the Senate is a bet- ter legislative body than the House and is better conducted than in former days, Senator Hoar does not regard it as perfect. He advocates the adoption of rules which will put a stop to the obstruction by mi- norities of the will of the people and of | majorities without sacrificing the right of reasonable debate and unlimited amend- ment. Healso declares we must devise some means for securing the honest elec- tion of Representatives and Senators, These reforms he does not despair of ac- complishing, and he sternly rebul those who ‘‘speak or think of these, the best days of the American Republic, as 1f they were the vorst.” PR ONAL William M. Ebner of Junean, Alasks, is here. Fred searles of Nevada City, 13 at the Palace. J. H. Peters, a merchant of Yreks, is in the City. F. G. McClelland of Woodbridge is on a visit here. R. 5. Taylor, an attorney of Yreks, is at the Grand. John Simpson of Tehama arrived here yes- terday. James Brown of Antioch is at the Cosmo- politan. John Bradbury and wife of Los Angeles are in town. A.A. Perry, a mining man of Nevads, ison a visit here. George D. and J. D. Adams of Boston are on a visit here, Peter Snider, a mining man of Hailey, Idaho, is at the Russ. Dr. C. E. Reed and Mrs. Reed of Portland are in the City. George D. McLean, the mining man of Grass Valley, is in town. - E. B. Sanford, a fnining man of Forest City, is a lato arrival here. General W, H. Pettit, a pioneer of Idaho, | has rooms at the Lick. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hawley of New York are among the arrivals here. Scott J. Anthony of Denver arrived here yes- terany. He lsat the Palace. F. P. Batterlie, a business man of Nevads City, 18 registered at the Russ. R. Garcia, an extensive miner of Olema, Cal. staying at the Cosmovolitan, Thomas D. Lane of Angels, superintendent of the Utica gold mine, is at the Palace. James Simpson, the wealthy and widely known lumberman of Eureka, is at the Lick. Rudolph Ybach, a business man of Guate- mals, arrived here on the Newport yesterday. Henry Chace, a wealthy resident of Buffalo, N. Y. 1sat the Palace, accompanied by Mrs, Chace. R.T. Owen isup from his home at Fresno and is at the Russ. He is sccompanied by his dsughter. Edwin Gaylord of Denver and H. A. Brown of Aspen were among the arrivals from Colo ado yesterday. John F. Moody, the mill-owner, lumberman &nd prominent politician of Truckee, is here on a business trip. Dr. 0. H. 8imons of Redding, who 1s inter- sted in several mining properties near that 0w, 13 at the Grand. N. N. Brown; formerly & general store owner of Eureks, now engsged in orange-growing near Tustin, {3 in the City. Dr. Arthur C. Collins, at one time resident physician at the City and County Hospital, died ¥riday at his home on Mission street. EA4 Bartheleney, C. G, Cano and Herbert G. Smith of Guatemala were among the arrivals on the stesmer Newport yesteraay. They are at the Grand. Bheriff George 8. McKenzie of Napa, candi- date for the United States marshalship of the Northern District o1 California, is amorg the errivals at the Grand. Miss Eleanor Cennell, teacher of vocal mu- 81, is on her way 1o Paris and London for the operatic season and the Queen's jubilee. Later she will g0 to Germany. Edwin H. Douglass of Mme. Urso’s company, 18 quite 111 at the French Hospital from appen- dicitls. All his relatives, including his wife and child, live at Cleveland, Ohio. CALIFORN/ANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N.Y., April 5.—At the Plaza, J. Platshek, M. J. Platshek, E. Wagner, L. Guuty; Hoiland, W. Herrin, B. Hecht; Wind- sor, Mrs. C. W. Howard; Cosmopolitan, F. A. Cornell; Bartholdi, Mrs. J. A. Doyle, Miss E. V. Doyle, R. A. Rose; St. Denis, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Friak, J, D. Meikle; Grand Union, C. L. Godderd; Imperial, G. A. Knight, R. 8 Moore; Hoftman, B. B. Thayer. ' THE LITILE RED STAMP. 'm the 1ttle red stamp with George Washington's: plcture: T have the riznt of way: And the mali train thunders from under the stars And rattles into the day. Now clear tne rail for your Uncle Sam's mall; Ye freight trains stand aside! Spur you: f1ou-lunged horse 10 his fullest speed, For the litle red stamp would rige. So vomit your flame on the startied night, And yOUr smoxe in the face of the day: For the llitle red stamp with George Washington's pic.ure Must have the right of way. Thbe engine plows, when I start on my ride, Throug the drifted banks of snows But we LasLen 1o climes where the rivers melt And climes where he roses b.ow. First the pines of Maine, then the Kansas platn, Then whiffs from the W estern bay, Till 1 drop in the Lands that have reached for me A thousand leagues away. Pall open 1he throttle and 100se every brake, Aud aash through the night and the day: For the llite red stamp with George Wasnington's plciure Must bave the right of way. I'm the little red stamp with George Washington's picture, And I go wherever I may, To any spot in George Washington's land; And I gv br the shortest way. And the guns of wrath wotld clear my patn, A thousan. guns at need, Of the hands thet should dare to block my courss Or slacaen my onward s, and back! Hands off Un. le Sam's mall! and back, there! Back ! [ sa. Forthe I1.te Ted stamp with George Washington's picture Must have the richt of way. SAM WALTER Foss in New York Sun. WITH YOUR COFFEE. “Uncle James, what is a pessimist?” +Oh, he's any sort of an old thing that won’t enjoy his icecream to-day because he's afraid he won't have any to-morrow.”—Puck. Parent—How did you get along witn your geography lesson to-day, Johnny? Puptl—Bully! The teacher was 8o pleased that she had mestay after school and repeat it all over again only just to her.—Boston Tran- | script. It was & children’s party, and supper time. Little Tommy Tucker had eaten and wastilled, but he would not give in. “Have some more cake, Tommy,” said the *I think I could,’ —Pick-Me-Up. a4 Tommy, “if I stood | How does your new servant like the place?” asked the visitor. “@h,” replied the woman who had just moved, “‘the house pleases her very much. What she can’t understand is how such people &8 We are ever came to occupy it.”’ —Wasilng- ton Star. Artist—That is one of those peculiar pictures that one has 1o be far off to appreciste. She—And 'way off to paint, I imagine.—II: per’s Bazar. ‘How in the world, Mrs. Wisely, do you | manage to have ail of your thres daughters in £0 early when tney spend the evening out?” ve made a rule that the last one home has to get breakiast next morning,”—Detroit Free Press. MEN AND WOMEN. Nearly $15,000 has been subscribed so far for the Huxley memorial fand. Professor Josiah Royce of Harvard s deliver- ing a course of lectures in New Orleans on “The Social Factors of the Human Inteliect.” The successor of Du Bois-Raymond in the chair of physiology at the Berlin University will probably be either Professor Munk of Berlin or Professor Kuhne of Heidelberg. Statistics which have been compiled for the Yale News show that the graduates of Yale are now presidents of nineteen universitics and colleges in various parts of the country. The statement has been made on high au- thority that more poeiry has been written by the inhabitants ef Indiana than by those of any other State In the Union. A literary peri- odical finds an explanation for this curious | phenomenon in the fact that James Whitcomb Riley is a Hoosfer. The Swedish traveler, M. Sven Heddin, after succeeding in making his way across the still unexplored parts of Thibet, has arrived at Lian-Chaufu, whence he started for Peking. After a short stay there M. Sven Heddin pro- poses returning to Russia, and themce to sSweden by way of Siberia. The Emperor of Russia does not care much for the bicycle, but his sisters are devoted to it. He likes lawn tennis better, and devotes much time to it in summer at Peterhof. He is fond of art, and eminent Russian painters are frequently invited to bring their new pictures to his palace, where he gives much time to their fuspection. % CHARITIES IN CONFERENCE A Plan Adopted for the Relief of the Il Among the Poor. There was another conference yesterday at the Second Unitarian Church of the local charitable organizations, irrespec- tive of religious denomination, for the purpose of further considering plans for alleviating suffering among the poor. The conference decided to begin its con- certed work by first looking after the sick. President Woodward was authorized to apooint a committes to take charge of this matterat his earliest possible convenience. As doon as the committee is announced and is organized it will proceed to em- ploy a trained nurse who will be required to look into every case of sickness re- vorted among the deserving poor. This nurse will respond to calls coming from | every oreanization represented in_the conference—some twenty in all—and the glnu in the event that one is found to 3 insufficient, to employ more. After this matter had been settled by the conference, Lawyer Robbins read an interesting paper on the best method for helping the unempioyed. His advice was that every church in the City, mo matter what its denomination, should immediately establish a poor fung, and itself atteud to every case of want within its reach or hearing. A PABSION SERVIOE Special Programme at St. Stephen’s Church To-Day. A special service in commemoration of the passion of Jesun Christ will take place this eveningat St. Stephen’s Church. The order of services will be as follows an vol Liszt): bymn 348 (kneelt SR oot e 8 (e 103" (Allen): legson from the passion of our Lord, “TheAgons”: a' dante from sonats in A majo for the vi.lin (Bach): tenor solo, “Cvjus Animam’ (Rossini): hvmn 360: cornet 80l0, “Inflammatus’ Rossini): soprano solo, “Jerusalem, hou hat lilest” (Mendelssohn): lesson from the pas+ion of our ord, “The Betrayal”; trio, *Sanctus Domi- eatie (Rt ey oReeiar. viohn o una-&-wnny hymn 836: creed and coliecis; ‘ficat on of this dezree posiiude, orsan (Scotson Ciark). . The music of this service is rendered b the kindness of the following ladies an gentlemen, wno have consented 10 aid the choir of the church: . The Pacific Trio—<oprar Misses Clark and f."'. ot t:n"nh'é.fi:g Mand ?:-‘-( Senor soitish loys Werner: Armand Solomon; orgag: 1st and musical direcior, Koscoe Warren Lucy. “THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.” Letters From Our Readers on Topics of Current Interest. The Man [Fditor San Francisco Calt—Str: 1If it shall unacqu Dot merely to thiak he thinks. And the reach treats, while b ind with the facts set in place and in due proportion. ok Aptl Moo bators i, and T have just read Ridpath’s sixteen luminous pages The ,Arena for April lies before me, on “The Man in History.” What shail I say of s take why he has won the first place among the gifted few of all time who have made history ’ o o ¥ In the time and space I can take not much can be sald to © of the dark paths where strong men have lost their ‘as to the true place of man 1n | history. By man we do not mean the race or tribe, but the individual human being; by history we do not mean the puny record of events made o H e.l!ie‘;amgrass across the iandscaps of the wnlnd.“’ Leel o He goes to the heart of the question o(lhmlondc:l \‘ernv in saying at ¢ indisputable historical teaching in the world,” and tha " and j 1 t'once undisputed and philosophical,’”’ and justly f thinkers sssume that man, the Tank as the surest guide for the rece. show how he lets the light shine on ot way. “Great has been the e themselves in their n charges that sound. One clas course of events these end in the mists of assumption that men are noihing, and that general causation is eversthing; these end in the far, cold clonds of historicai fatalism.” He Buckle as striking examples of these two classes of thinkers, and says: *‘Both were bistorians of the first rank, and both must be clessed among the greatest thinkers of the age. Both were equally sincere.” The temptation is irresistible here to break into the paragraph and ask the reader to note 3 of wha' foilows. “The writings of each are equally exempt from tnat poisonous ulterior purpose which is the bane of so large a part of the nistorical literature As I see things, that “poisonous ulterior purpose” is insiduou ly infecting all the depth and incisivene: of our times.” our textbooks, 0o, in the higher schools of learning more especially, our country which few surmise and fewer still Iyle is, pernaps, the greatest example of a hero-worshiper,” he says, “among the hic Tects ol';he Eg!ll!h-spelkin: Tace. Buckle, on the other hand, knows no hero at '“'bfnf | rather tho exainple of that sclentiflc rationaliam which has affected, If it bas not conquered, | nearly all the historians of the Last half of the present centur: Taking up the modern view that “man 1s ‘but the result of historica: antecedence—the product of his own age,” Dr. Ridpath adduces some indisputable iacts. h 3 vidual at any time and in any country. Seect the man from sny situation whatsoever, and see whether he has determined even himself, to say nothing of the events of his epoch.” Did he before his coming mark the tume of his birth? Did he determine and cnosse his country? Did he reckon on the conditions of ciimate and scene into which he should be thrown, and the consequent limitations of his power? Did he fix his birthplace in river, valley, on mountain slope, in _populous city, on solitary sieppe, in moaning finite'sea?” Agein he paternity—his father, his mother, the physical ever make himself a Hindu, a Persian, a Greek, ever prepare beforehand to be & soldier, & poet, & priest? Could any fix | and will in Babylou, in Rome, in Peking, in London? * * * Could any be a Hun ora mis sionary, a Crusader or au inflael, & prince or & boor, ve or general, black. brown, of white, strong or weak, blind or seeing, dwarf or herculean, pable or incapable of action'and accomplishment? Has any man in any age or country to determined, the antecede life and activities? If he have nhotdone £o,then how can he be y dezree whatever influenced, not to history?” With equal falrness and force Dr. Ridpath Carlyle school, and made its defender cite “the manifest originating power and controlling Dhand of man over the incidents and events of history,” who “goes forwara from material facts and conditions to abstract and moral considerations, charging the sdverse view with absurd predestinarianism, with materialism, with every species of fatalistic philosophism invented by a blind and sbsolute science,” ciaiming that “such a view is against the evidence of the prescriptions of the mind and_the common testimony of the race,” and asking, “Who but man hes reclaimed and peoplea and civilized the domaius of the world? Did any or “Did any institution or event rise anywhere but by the up- city ever found itself 1" lifting hands of men? Did not Cecrovs fou: ramparts aroundjprimitive Rome 2" Jew, the Greek and the Roman?’ wired and pulled by 1ate 2" But I transcend my limits, one side s the man set forih maker of man. ous as the cords that bind our destinies, and as profound as the seabed of aimed to indicate the trend of thought in this masterly paper by Dr. Ridpath, in order to its profound scholarship, so simpty stated in lucid words, t survey of pivotal evenis and its transce dent faith in the future. induce the reader to get it and enjo: its v general scheme of history tends ever 1 want all men and women who have learned with the work of John Clark Ridpath. 855 Market street, April 2, 1897. ntea with John Clark Ridpath, the new editor of the Arena, to read what he writes my reward will be thanks of more worth than gold and gems. They will thereafter want to keep company with such & mind, for one learns to think on broad lines who reads Ridpath— ention of thinkers,” he says, “Did any man ever choose his race and blood? “Did not Moses and Solon and Numa make laws for the “Were Luther and Cromwell only the open and uncon- scious mouths of religious and democratic insurrections?” nd yet I have not fairly put the ‘‘cause” to the court. the author of history; ou the other is history set forth as the The couvention is as far-reaching as ‘the origin of the human race, as strenu- 10 the bettermeut and perfection of the human race.” 10 think for themselvs to become scquainted | in History. fall to my lot to lend a few bright minds yet of his thought bounds the theme of which he it? Tkat when you have read it you will know by seribe or chronicler, but the events here is no instruction in the science dual, is the creator of the whol Ty e other class begin with the hero worship. instances Thomas Carlyle and Henry Thomas and 1t conceals & per But, to resume our stors comprehend. p intel- But I must not linger. | “Look at the indi- Did orest, or by the beach of the in- Did any ever select hisown and moral union of their lives in him? Did any 18 fire-worshiper. a paga: hristian? Did any mself by preference fool or a philosupher, ma: or woman, conditions of his own id to be the maker of stated the opposite view—that held by the nd Athens, and the twin robbers draw the *‘Was Richelieu only & puppet, tfe.”” "I have but In his view the JOSEPH ASBURY JOHNSON. FRATERNAL DEPARTMENT. Notes About the Native Sons of the Golden West—The EI Dorado Owls. The grand secretary received a large number of visitors last week, and, from what they say, & great deal of enthusiasm prevails in all the subor- dinate parlors. tequoia Parior was recently visited by Frank L Coombs, G. T., who witnessed a very credi- able exemplification of the ritualistic work. The visiting grand officers, R. W. Mardand, L M. Bannon and R. D. Barton, addressed the parior, after which the visitors and members were hos- pitably enter atned. Next Thursday Alcatraz Parlor will Initiate sev- eral candidates and confer the Carly Bear degree on several young cais who are willing to become tuil fleiged bears. Wiiiiam b, Shea, D. D. G. P.. installed L. C. Pls- tolesi, James O' Nellkand A. C. Uusselback as vice- presidents of ~equota Pa.lor on Monday night. Next Saturday, upon call of California Parlor, there will be a meeting Of Lhree delegates from each of the local paslors asd thise of Alamcda on Jolat committee to aiTange for the Admission aay ceiebration. The plenic of the Golden Dritl Corps will bs given on Sunday, the 25th, at Sunsct Park, in the Santa Cruz Mountains. = On the 21st it is expectea that California Camp No. 4 0. the Urder of Argonauts wiil have & re- hearsal 50 85 10 te able to Confer the new desree on & uumber of walting candidates. The grand vice-presiaent visited Columbla Parlor of this CLy last week and was cordiaily weicomed Grand Presiden: Gesford and Grand Secreiary Lunst:d wiil insiitute a new parior at Rio Vista on Saturday next. Edward Duna was instra- mental in organizing this parior. The officers ol San Jose Par.or exemplified the wora in & very satisfaciory manuer beiore Grand Lecturer Conjey on tue occasion of his officlal Vistt last week. e ambat of Santa Rosa, grand fnsido sctte nel, is the unanimous choice of Santa Hosa | arlor for’ marshal of the Admission day celebration which wili unquestionably be held in that city. During the past week Frank L. Coombs visited the pariors in X uba County. Jo-morrow Santa Cruz Parlor will initiate nine candidates, which will increase the membership 0 s 10 enlitle it to three de.egates to ihe Grand Parior. ‘Grand Orator Mattison will complete bis offictal tour of visitations by calling on_Palo Alto Parlor. Halcyon Parlor <f Aiameca will, on the ocea- sion o the visi: of Grand Vice-Fresident Clark to- morrow night, have seven candidates to initiate, and will give an entertalnment, to be foliowed by a banque.. Distriet Deputy John H. Mitchell visited Santa Cruz, Fremont and Watsonville pariors last week, and reports tuem as flourishing. Knights of the tiolden Eagle. To-morrow evening there will be & meet. ing of the officers of the Grand Castle for the purpose of canvassing the reiurns of the recent election for grand officers for the ensu- ing year. California Castle at its next meeting will confer the first degree on candidates for such. Goiden Gate Castle has amended its by-laws a8 to meetings. It will hereaiter meet in the Alcazar on the first and tuird Monday of each monib. At its next meeting it will conler the second degree. Assessments Nos. 154 and 155 hava been levied, and they will be_delinquent May 1. This fand was started 1 1891, and it has (o date issued 2672 cer'ificates ana paid in bene- fits the sum of $246,000. Knights in good standing between toe' ages of 18 and 50 ere eligible 10 membership. The K1 Dorado Owls. E1 Dorado Parior is keeping pace with the other parlors of the Native Sons in the line of progress. It has lately arranged and put nto operation a new side degree called ‘The Owis.” This was g0t up under the direction of & committee consist- ing of kd N. P. Phelan, Jos:ph Cumming, Dr. W. J. Hawkins, J. H. Schumacher and D. D. Lowney, which worked diligently un.il it got the degree under control, and now it I8 workiog most satisfactorily. The team that does the Work has perfecied 1gelf In all the detalis, and it creates & great deal of amusement when it transforms cap- didates who are deslgnatel “beasts of toil” into joily, wise owls. No part of the Work in the transformation is skimped. a fact Lbat can be veri fied by many who are wil ing to give ovidence th: Do vcurly bear,” ancient argonaut” or snin: compoup” has ever been 5o deeply impressed with everything Californiau as is a vicim who has beea In tue talons of ihe “great herned ow.” and his co-worcers. The new desree has stimulaied the Inembers of th parior to flud new candidates Who may be initiated. As & resuit of th umber of app bhave been received. Lincoln Post of theGrand Army, which occupl-s a ball adjolning the El Dorados, has been wondering wha: the my steriovs noises in the hall adjoluing were. and they wanted 10 know, but a- they are not Nailve Sous the could not b asked to come inand see,” bt it they were native sons the UWis would not only take the post but all the posts In tve Citv, snd taach the members how to fly from Olympus for the glory of California and Uncie Sum. \ Junlor American Mechanica. Monadnock Council No. 41 of the Junlor Order of the United American Mechanics was Iustituted In due formn by State Councilor H.-C. Schaertger and Natlonal Representatl D..S. Stanley at Vallejo last week. Twenty-six of the fitty who signed the pelition for organization were initiated and the remamder will be Initiated at the next meeting. Starr King Council has moved from Ehiels bullding to Native Sons’ -Hail on reventeenth i This council has Inaugurated, a series of pstructive lec ures to be given st lis meeting on Tuesday evenings for wembers onl. ‘The first of these was one by Dr. Fitch o0 ~“Woman Suffraze,” De taking the gronad that woman should ot be granted the baliot. The mext will be a brief lec; ture on goverumental affairs, followed by ade’ bate on the silver and tanff questions, Kepubii- , Democratic and Populist views be nz pre- ssnfed. On ‘I uesday, the st of May. Siate Coun- cil.or Schuertzer will lecture ou Imuigration. ‘The proceedin 8 0f the r cent State convention heid at Sacramento have been printed and re being dis ributed by State Sec:eiary Terry. He 18 algo sending ous the amendments to :he consti-J - Supreme | tutions that have been approved by the committee | on laws The board of officers of the State Councih are making arrangements to bave the subordinate council furnish it a list of Its unemployed mem- bers, whe .ever there are such, Lo enable the board 10 assist them, { The Odd 1Iellows. The cornerstone of the new home to be bullt for the orphans of Odd Fellows will be Iaid with im- | pressive ceremonies in Gliroy 0a the 10th of May | by Gran1 Master Warboys and Grand President Mrs. Marian Greenwood. Last Wednesday Oriental Rebekah Lodge gof up & splendid entertainment, musical and llter- ary, tn honor of & visit by Alta, Presidio and Spar- tan'lodges. On the 14th ins . this lodge will ten- der a recention to Grand er Warboys aud State President Mrs. Marian tireenwood. The new ball for hope Lodgeat Angels Camp will be dedieated on the 26th lust. On the same night & Lew hall wiil be dedicated at Tracs by Sumner Lodee. Unity Lodge will celebrate its anniyersary on the 16th fnst. 1o Mission Opera-hall. Grand Patriarch Doran wili visit Bakerstield on the :2d lost., Visalia on the 23d, *anta Panla on the 24 n and on the 26ta he will take par. in the Ce ebration in ~anta Barbara. Graud Master Warboys will visit Oanton No. 5 this evening. American Legion of Honor. At its special session ihe Grand Council of Mas- sachusetis indorsed the recent action of the Su- | prems Council in the matter of the change of laws, Reports trom the kast show that the order is re- | ceivlog many accessions, especially in the city of New York, under ihe leadership of Grand (om- mander McGowsn. one of the most enthusiastic members. In that city at a meeting of one of the counciis all the members decided to join class A. A like degree of sctivity is noiutced in other juris- Qictions. | From the annual reports it appears that during 1896 the amount pald by the order for death | claims was $2.810,500 on 998 deaths. The emer- geocy fund amounts to $539.700 76, which, the report says, Is invested “in good paying bonds and real estate.” I here are contingent assets amoant- ing to $i1,000. Onthe last day of the month there were claims adjusted awalting payment lz()funllug to $53,500, ieaving net assets $327,- 7 “The statement for March shows ninety deaths, carrying benefits amounty 10 3247,000. Ut this Bbumber of deaths California had six, with claims amounting to §9000. ~ince the lst of Janusrs there has veen pa d in this S.ate to beneficiaries of decessed members $55 000. L4 Young Men’s Institate. The commitee that has charge of the entertain- ment and sogjal 1o be given in Union-square Hall on the 20th inst. by Strossmayer Council is doing ta utmost ©o make It a succes), aod much inter- | est 1s manifested by the membership. This coun- cll was instizuted about three mouths ago and Is | moving atead rapidiy. The following named are its princlial officers: Amiose Plicovich. presi- | dent: Herey A. Burke, first, and Antone Zicovich, second vice-president; Thomas A. Jerich, record- Ing secretary: John Violich, financial secreiary; Vincent Mirko, treasurer: Dr. C. A. Glover, sur- geon. The new council organized by Anthony Schwamm in East Los Angeles was institutec on Mondsy evening. There is a prospect that the ‘councll will be s.arted with Sixty memters. .Next Thursday the Fourth Dis.rict Council meeting wiil be held in . ission _pers Hali. i ne councils in that district ars San Francisco, Igna tian, Phil Sheridan and i orromean. A mee:iug wili b heid Thursday night In Loyola Hail, ih streets, o complete the iization of the new council in St Joseph's parish. Past Grand President F. J. Kierce leaves to- | moriow on & business trip Enst, und while ab- seuthe wil, visit couucils where there are such in the places he shall be in. 5 I Lie reports for the first quarter of the year are due, and must be.in betors the close of the molith. J.J. Greany has been appointed deputy for Counell 29, vice James Henoessy, and P, O'Leary deputy for No. 48, vice L. F. Dorsey re- signed. Young Ladies’ Institut A petition has been received for a charter for St. Louis. Mo.; al30 one for a charter for Merced in this State . Branch No. 2 has inaugurated a series of lee- tures and enter.amments for members, to be given on the sccond Friday of every month, The nextone will be on Friday by irs. Lynch, and the subject is “General He 7Ihe éntertainment t6 be given o the evening of the 2ls: lnst. by local brauches at (| Feo lows' Hali_promises 1o be a grand affair, and i; 1y 10 be given in ald of the order’s fund foi care. of the sick. bl Improved Order of Red Men, Teka Tribe, at Yreka, will work In the adoption degree at ity next mecting, aud it has severa: ap- plications In prospect. teveu members of this tribe ook the haymakers' degree. The trive will celebrate Tammany day in fine style. About the middie of this month A new tribe, with & membership of abo » membership ut 100, will be instituted in Past ~achem M. W. White Unceorn e, wnd 8. 3 W et . and J. 3, Wi Tribe, 180 an {uvalls, Is bétag cates for by Sass Althomas Tribe, baviog moved to Frankiin Hall, on Flimore' stree:, will, on (he evening of ibe B0tk Inst, give a house-warming, and at the same time pregent its fi:8c enteriainment. ked Jackei Tribe is making arrangements for of Red Jacket Tribe, is being cared for by “On tha | will be in attendance at e Granq ‘x‘:‘;}:‘&’; ention In Han ori next mpnth. He Wil then o (0 Juneau, Ala ska, to {nstit@e (o per- son alasks Lodge No. 1, now being organized. Grand Chbancetlor C. F M Giasaan dirin ‘ Modesio Lodge o5 . op . Fowler Lodge No. 71 o G Matlers Lodge No 134 of Merced on March 2! Modesto on March 2 Fowler on Mafch .93 o March 3. N Faner s 'of Upward of thirty names nas been obiained a: Bouider Creek, Santa Cruz wx':x”;({i.oagn ‘0. 206 will be instituted at Blahop, Inyo Couny, by James G.enn of Eodig o April 15, u . 11s set aside a3 Pythian day &t the Ten- nesse centennial exposition. Valley Lodgs 0. 27 of San Eernardino repor Dine new members durin: the month of March Red Bluff aad Chico will make an effrt (0 has the Grand Lodgs conventon of 1593 at one of those towns. An effort is being made to revive the defunc: lodge furmerly located st Cloverdale, Sonoma County. Sutter Creek will sbortly have a lodge, T. D. Catkins and i- H. Abramofsky of Jackson havisg a petition in circu ation. The Grand Chancelor will visit 83 follow April 7—~anta Barbara Lodge No. 25 and Cuatl Kock Lodge No. 151. in Lodge No. 25 ioint conven.ion wiih April 8—scaside Lodge No. 84, Apiil 8—Bueaa Loage No.120, niura (special): April 10—Gardiu Lodge No. 127, at Alhambra (special). ANSWERS 10 OarnkSrONDENTS, BECOND CovsiNs—B. H., City. The children of first cousins are second cousins. Two CAPITALS—B. McM., City. The capital of Peru is Lima and the capital of Venezuels i3 L. R., East Oskland, Cal It is proper 10 write “There is a rainy and a dry season.” THE SEATTLE FIRE—F. L., City. The great fire in Seattle, Wash., occurred on the 6th of Juue, 1839. SAEAH BERNHARDT — A. F., Oakland, Cal. Sarah Bernhardtis of Jewish descenton her motaer’s side. TEACHERS' BILL—A. B. H., Santa Monics, Los Angeles County, Cal. The teschers’ annu bill has become a law, the Governor having signed it. ARTISTS AND PENs—A. L. K. County, Cal. The artists on the San Fraucisco CALL, Who draw skziches in ink, use the finest lithograpbic pens. CUBAN HEADQUARTER Cal For information sbout Cuban matters address F. E. Maccnerini, 718 Greenwich street, Sau Francisco. . Woodland, Yolo Subscriber, Visalia, TEACHERS' CERTIFICATE—E. B., Oakland, Cal. hat was knowu as “the teachers’ certificate Dill'” died before it came tos final reading. Primary certificates have not been abolished. A MoOTED QUESTION—C. 8, City. The matter referred to in your communication is one that there has been a great deal of dispute abou, Tnis devartment refers you to any encyclo- pedia for an answer. CORBETT'S COLORS—A Reader, City. During | the fight between Fitzsimmons and Corbett in Carson City Corbatt did not display in his cor- | ner a separate Irish flag. He had a miniaturs Irish flag in his colors that were in his corner. MARRIAGE ON THE HigH SEAs—C. N. R., Grid- ley, Buite County, Cal. A couple desiring to be married ou the high seas by one authorized 1o do so do not apply for a license, nor is one | required, for the reason that there is no one | 1o whom'to apply. Captainsof vessels ass: the right to marry coupies on shipboard whea | on the high sea, but tkere is no law suthoriz- ing them to solemnize a marriage. unto themselv It isa law There are s great numter of masters of vessels who will not perform such a service. Asarule aship that isa ma. rine league off shore isoutof the territorisal jurisdiction of the Jand opposite which it may be. | Mmpew or Roses—J. B. S, Gem., Monterey County, Cal. Your guestion about the ai- fection of your roses and the specimen we:e submitted to William R. Dugley, professor of botany at Stanford University, and he has | kindly furnished the following answer: The fungus sutmitted is the rose mildew (Spbaero:heca pauno a). Its vegetating fllaments | are whitish and cobweb-like and run over the suriace of the leaf, as mold fiiaments run over preserved fruits. 1t can therefore be controlled, s it rarely penetrates the interior. Kemedy: Fumes of sulphur. Throw a canvas or sheet over each rosebush: piace under this and at the base of the bush a hot iron pau, iato which pour s few ounces of powdered sulpbur. The fumeswill kill the fangus and not injére the plant, although as ihe jumes sre confined it may be best 1ot to keep the sheet 0n 100 loug. The cause of the attack of this miidew 1s not clearly understood, but it is probabiy due to sud- den changes of temperature. some varieties are exempt and some are not. TouRIsTsS—California glace fruit, 50¢Ib., In el- egant fire-etched bxs. Justwhat you want for Eastern Iriends. Townsend's, Palace Hotel B'd~ EPECIA® information Gux,v to manufacturers, business nouses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Alleifs), 510 Montgomery. * ———————— “Dictionary Snyder,” long known es the gentus of the Latin Quarter in Yaris, is said to have livad through the siege of the city on 15 franes. Olive oil and bread mixed with water to torm a soup were his main articles of diet. Snyder is sredited with having sustained li o for a protractea period on 4 cents a day, and withal maiutained an outwsard sembiance of cheeriulness and content that was edliying to his companions. Santa Fe Limited From San Francisco Three and u Half Days to Chicago Via fanta Fe Route. To accommodate our Northern Califoraia pa- trons, on Mondays and Thuridays the first- class’ Pullman sleeping-car leaving San Fran- cisco at 5 P M. wil connect i Barstow with the Santa Fe vestibule train, carrying dining-car. buffet, smoking-car =nd Pullmsn pal- ace drawing-room sleeping-cars for both St. Louts and Chicago via Kansas City. This shortens tho ronning time twelve hours. Send for literaturs descriptive of our reute. San Francisco ticke: office, 644 Market street, Chronicle buliding; tele- phone main 1631 Oakland, 1118 Broadw, e Railroad Tickets to the East via Rio Grande Western and Denver and Rio Grande Railways, At lowes: possible rates, with through Pullman Duffet and tourist sleeplag car service evers day. Personally conducted excursions leaving Tuesda Wednesday and Thursday. Only line permitting stop-over at Sait Lake City on all classes of tickets Detailed Information and tickets furnished ac 14 Monsgomery strect, or 314 California siredta i e Change of Time. Taking effact March 25, (he Northern Pacifie overiand teain wiil leave Poriland at 1l A M. Ine stead of 1 P. 3., thusi making connection at Spo- kane for all points in the new Kootenal mining district. Tickets at lowest rates to Rosslan!, Northport and Trall T. K. Stateler, geaeral agent, 638 Market street, San Francisco. misi i o e A SuiemT Corp, 1¥ NEGLECTED, OFTEN AT TACKS THE Luxes. “ Brown's Broachial Troches™ give Immediate and effectual relief. et CoLDs, eaused by L he sudden changes of temper- ature at this season of the year, make Aver's Cherry Pectoral indispensable. A Vienna paper devotes & loug article to giving the blography of the wife of & needy linen-weaver who lives in Neuerchenfeld, a suburb of the Austrian capital. Her ciaim to fame rests on the fact thar, though now only 40 vears old, she has given Framcis Jos-ph thirty-two new subjects, all of whom are still alive, and twenty-s x of whom have been or will Be numbered among the armed defenders of the empire. ibe 8iprosch of the haymakers, who wi 1 shortly soharveuing. arata Councll gave an Interesting and enter- Laloiog erabbag sotial 1n W ashingtoa Hall on he evening of the x6ih Kuights of Pythias. The totalizing of the annual reports shows a et galn of over 200 members in Californta during the year 1896. Metropolitan Loage No. 24 of San Franelsco gave an entertalnment ou Wednesday evening lus:, called a fish pond party. Much merriment was caused by several novel features. Bay City Lodge No. 117 of San Francisco re- ports twenty-four ne: 200 e cng’uour new members since January 1, 'rtle Lodge No. 16 ferred kol L T et Kt vk on Chanceilor Phllip T, Colegrove of Hag:- 1 BajNG POWDER Absolutely Pure. Celebrated for it great feaves1n . healthfulness. Assures the 00d Asainst mris A0q all forms of adalierat.on common to (he chesy ‘brand. ROYAL BAKING POWDER Co. New Yors week last past vistted Yosem te Lodge So. 50 o ) | T S 3 e —— ) 1!