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

) T St THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1S97. CNA){l;ES M. SHORTRIDUE, Editor and Proprictor. Postage Free: by carrier..80.15 anday CALL, one w “ anday CaLx, one year,by mall.... ¥ and Sunday CALL, six months, by mall.. 8.00 v snd Sundey CAr1, three months by mail 1.50 ue month, by mall. .68 r, by mal 150 W ELKLY CaLL, olie year, by mal 150 BUSINESS OFFICE: %10 Marke: Street £an ¥rancisco, California. Telephone... : .. Maln—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Bureet. Telephone... BRANC! 527 Montgomery sireet, coroer 9:30 o'clock. 9 Hayes strest; open until cet, open until 9:3 Sixteenth and Mission sweets, open 18 Mission street, open until 9 o'clock. 167 Ninth street, open until 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street; open until 9:80 o'clock. NW. corner Tweuty nd’ and Kentucky reets; open till 9 o'c ck. OAKLAND OFFICB: 98 Broadway. EASTERN OFFIC Park Row, New York Cltye stern Mansger. pacifying the them win all catisfying them. The Arizona editor who has started a vaper called The Daily Lyre has evidently de ned that no one shall accuse him of runn SuNpAY CALL, and in order to make sure of geiting it you had bett ve orders for 1t to-day. The complaint comes from Chicago that ihe newly elected Democratic Mayor is rpiving most of his patronage to the gold | men, al sitver men elected him, he conflict between the Greeks and the rks is not more complicated than the ean the dispatches. We shall which has the best of the il the end tells, 1el war is over and the s have buried their dead, question will probably be taken up owers exactly where it was when the t ing began. \ Fagle refers to a certain be New York Legislature After the Greeks afid 1 the Creta: The Brook measure befo as “‘the retic the phrase is so appropriate to Bryanism pity it was wasied on a local issue. The statement of King Humbert that the attempt to assassinate him was only an incident of bis trade shows that under his crowned head he carries enough sense | to understand his business and know how 1o meet its little episodes. The weather of Washington at season of the year the Senators would just as soon stay there and talk tariff as not, but when June sets in there will be heat enough to getup steam and set the most dilatory to moving. this he Russian Embassador who told the Bulgarian Government that this is not an opportune time to ask for reforms from Turkey has more than the usual allowance of di Ul Bulgaria has been waiting for just such &n opportunity for years. In demanding immediate reforms from the Sultan the Bulgarians have led a trump card, and now the people of Mace- donia and Monienegro must either follow suit or be guilty of a revoke. There is no question about their ability to play trumps if they wis As the resolutions of sympathy with Greece introduced into Congress are to be accompanied with the usual declaration of neutrality on our part they will not place the Greeks under any great obliga- tions to us. Such sympathy can be fully repaid by any old thing in the way of a yerfunctory vote of thanks, Interest in the coming pure-food con- gress is felt all over the State, and the gathering promises to be one of the most imvportant of the kind whicn has been held in many years. This, at any rate, is one San Francisco movement which the interior cordially supporls, and its results | can nardly fail to be widely beneficial. When the present administration in New York began its work the death rate of the aty for the first three months of the year was 25.34. In 1596 the rate fell to 22.96, and this year it has diminished to 20.31. The improved health is attributed to improved strect cleaning, and there 15 a Jesson in it for every city in America, and yarticularly for San Francisco. It is not likely that the tariff bill will be reporied to the Senate until the Re- publican members of the Finance Com- inittee have so revised it as to securea full party support when reported. After that debate on it will be perfunctory, as neitier the Democrats nor the Populists will undertake obstructive tactics. The interests of California, therefore, must be looked after in the commitiee-room, and now is the time to do The movement undertaken by the Chamber of Commerce to develop and promote our trade with South America is one which should have the support of all merchants and manufacturers in the State. We will have strong rivals in our efforts Lo get the South American markets for our products, but the rewards which will attend success make it worth while to enter the siruggle, and there is no better | time to begin it than right now. ‘The question of precedence between the Vice-President and the Embassadors to this country stirs Washington aimost as decply as it would London or Berlin. To the Western mind it does not seem to make much difference which of two men goes through a door first, so long as both get a front seat at theshow and a good place at the table, but to the East it is matter of vast importance. There are people who would be willing to abandon our seal fisheries to England, surrender to her claim on the Alaskan boundary, leave her afree hand in Venezvela and over- throw our protective system in the inter- est of her merchants, who would never- theless be eager to fight ber to a finish rather than compromise a claim of official precedence. There may not be much virtue in etiquette, but there is none the less a strength 1n it against which it is useless to preach, protest or kick, 6.00 | reading for your ed rot of humbug,” and | 1s very pleasant, and | THE TARIFF PROGRAMME. According to well-informed correspondents at Washington the programme which | has been adopted by the Republican Jeaders in regard to the tariff bill is to thoroughly revise the tariff in committee, so as to make it fully acceptable to a majority of the | Senators before it is reported to tke Senate. Under this policy the real debate on the vill will be in the committee, and when it comes befofe the Senate only enough | time will be given to Democrats end to other opponents of the measure to make such | speeches as they desire, and then the bill will be pressed to an carly vote and the | controversy closed. | This being the programme, it becomes important for the people of California to give attention 1o the bl at once, while it 1s still in the hands of tne committee, for it 18 not Jikely that the majority wilt be willing to reopen the whele question by consid- ering amendments after it has once been reported. Attention has been sufiiciently called, perhaps, to the importance of increasing | the duty on citrus fruits, but there are other int ts in the State hardly less im- | portant to be looked at. We, in common with other sections of the West, have large interests in the wool industry, and our delegation in Congress snould be urged to | stand with the wool men in their efforts to obtain the full and complete protection | which they desire. | Itis hardly worth while to go over again on this subject the old controversy about free raw material. It is now well understood that what is the raw material of one industry is the finished product of another. To the Estern manufacturer low duties on wool may be an advantage, but to the peonle of those States where sheep- | herding is a great industry protection to wool is just as important as protection to woolen goods. We called attention yesterday to the fact that brandies, wines of all kinds, sugar and molasses have been placed by the Dingley bill in the list of articles on which the President is authorized to reduce dutics or remove them altogether in arranging reciprocity treaties. This, therefore, is another phase of the subject to whicn Cali- fornia must give consideration, and efforts should be made to 5o restrict that clause | as to prevent any possible reciprocity treaty which would expose the wine and sugar | industries of California to the competition of nations like France and Germany, which | produce those articles in large quantities for export. The situation in brief is one which calls for immediate vigilance and activity. The pian of having the tariff fully arranged in committee so as to assure it of a majority of votes before it is reported to the Senate is s0 £ood in itself that we hardly need the authority of so many Washington correspondents to assure us of its adop- tion. ltis, in fact, the best possible way for making progress in this kind of legisla- { tion. It1s as fair for us as for the rest f the Union, and imposes upon us no other | duty than that of presenting our claims at once while the bill isin committee, in- | stead of waiting for it to come before the Senate, and then trying to amend it. EXTENDING TRADE. number of the Literary Digest has a trans- ! s | lation of an editcrial from the Novoye Now that the Chamber of Commel‘coi Vremya, which reviews thoroughly the bas undertaken the work of organizing |situation at Constantinople. and, after | the merchants and manufscturers of this | pointing out the reasons why Russia | City and of the State for the purpose of | would not care to occupy that city either developing and promoting trade with the | by conquest, by consent of the Sultan, or west coast of South America, itistobe | by consent of the powers, concludes by hoped they will not abandan the task |saying: *Russia wants pesce and the until successful results bave been attained. | maintenance of the status quo, and it is Todo this it will be important to adopt | an error to suppose that she is insincere right methods at the beginning, and in de- | on account of her desizns with refsrence ciding what methods to employ much ean | o Constantinople. But she wishes one belearned by studying the experience of | thing understood—that, in the event of the merchants and manufactarers of the \ division, her claim to Constantinople is East. | superior to all other claims.’ A recent circular of information issued | It may be assumed, then, that the whole by the National Association of Manufac- | power of Russia will be exerted to main- turers, having its headquarters at Paila- | tain conditions as they are, and that the delphia, gives the experience of a num- | Balkan states and principalities will be ber of practical business men in various | given due notice that if they attempt to efforts to extend their foreign trade fn all | press for reforms at this time, they will parts of the world. One of the statements | have Russia as well as Turkey for a foe. | published is of particular importance, be- | Here, at any rate, seems to be a policy ; cause it deals with methods which vroved | definitely adopted which will be resolutely ‘succe:shll. and instead of describing what | enforced. The outlook for Greece, there- | is to be avoided in seeking foreign trade | fore, is not encouraging. Her friends in goes directly to the point and sets forth | England and France are wavering, while what should be done. the friends of Turkey are prepared to act The statement in question was made by | and act forcibly at ihe first emergency Alpbert Herbert of Boston, who says that | that requires it. | for the last fow yeurs one-third of the entire force of his house has been working | on foreign trade and has accomplished good results. His methods were these: SENATOR MORGAN'S ORUSADE. The persistence of Senator Morgan in | First, his house advertisea liberally in the | urging his Cuban resolution upon the countries where they wished to sell | Senate is more like the action of articles, and secondly, they sent over first- | an agitator than that of a states- class American salesmen and established | man. Senator seems to have offices in the principal cities. It was found that foreign people responded just as quickly to advertising as our own peo- ple, and that American salesmen were just as successful abroad as at home where the | | same methods were employed. | by making it irritating to the Senate, | As Mr, Herbert says: *‘The way to reach | rather than advanced it. | that trade over there is to advertise the | The agitator is not weicome to any class same thing that we advertise here, first- | of people who are either indifferent to his class advertising when it is required, and | cause or who, while interested in it, have back it up by first-class salesmen sent | other objects to attain which they regard from this side to start the tiing over as of more importance. The incessant | there.”” That method has proved success- | talker wears upon the patience of people, ful, and the results have been 50 good that [ and not infrequently forces those who Mr. Herbert adds: “I think that in two | were kindly disposed at first to oppose years from this time most of our business | him simply from a sense of antagonism will be done in Europe.’’ roused by too much persistence. To this There can be no question that business | extent the course of Senator Morgan has methods are pretty much the same all the | been hurtful to the Cuban cause. There world over and what is good in one coun- | can be no question that he has made the try will prove good in another. The mer- | Senators weary of the subject and pre- chants and manufacturers of San Fran- | vented many of them from speaking on it cisco have only to apply to the South |simply because they believed the talk has American market the same energy which | been overdone. | they have used in building up the trade | On the other hand, it must be remem- | at home to accomplish success. The first | bered that nearly everything that has cost of opening new markets and intro- | been accomplished in this world has been | ducing new goods will be large, ana there- | the result of untiring persistence. The fore it will be well to have some s.rt of | men who continually peg away at a sub- | organization that will permit of co-opera- | ject and keep eternally at it are the men | tion to begin with. It ought to be éasy to | Who win in the lonz run. Morgan may | effect such an association, and certainly | weary the patience of his colleagues, but | the reward which may be expected in ‘ he none the less keeps them continually | made himself a doctrinaire, a man of one idea; and it has been questioned ven by the friends of Cuba whether his incessant agitation and persistent speak- ing on the subject has not hurt the cause, South American trade is sufficiently large | thinking of Cuba and of the duties which to justify a considerable outlay to obtain | tnis Government owes to eivilization and it. The movement is a good one and the | humanity as well as to the independence | Chamber of Commerce should have tje | of all American peoples. In this way ho Reneral support of merchants and manu- | prevents the subject from being ignored lacturer 8 in advancing it as rapidly as | or overlooked, and makes every fresh in- possible. | stance of Spanish tyranny or cruelty in e p—— the island a new occasion for appeals 1o THE BULGARIAN DEMANDS. | the Senate for immediate action on behalf The demands made upon the Sultan of of the rights of the patriots. Turkey by the Bulgarian Governmeat are In the fong run the Senator is sure to win his fight. Such persistence as he has the first evidence which has been given of | a possibility of that uprising against the shown never completely fails of its object. Ottoman empire on the part of the peopls Over and over rgain it has been shown in parliamentary bodies that the man of of the Balkan Peninsula upon which it is evident the Greeks counted when they one idea is a fighting force equal to half a dozen men whose energies are scattered in ventured to defy all Europe and engage in what seemea on the face of it tobed various directions. The grim old Senator is therefore rendering a good service not rash and unequal war. | The demands, however, were no sooner only to Cuba but to the United States as | made by the Bulgarians than the Russian | well. We may all of us at times grow weary of his talk and demire some cessa- | Embassador at once intervened. He 1s | tion of his persistent crusade, but on the | reported to have said to the Bulgarian | whole we know that his cause is right, | representative that the time is inoppor- | and sooper or later the Senate and the tune to ask for reform. It isa pity he | House of Kepresentatives will have to could not have been photographed as he | adopt his policy and crown with complete said it. It requires something more than | success the crusade in which he has so the ordinary amount of diplomatic facility | vigorously encaged. in the use of language to assert that thas ——— is not an opportune time to ask a reform MEN AND WOMEN. when the Bulgarians have been waiting | O e ; 5 . ways had an almos: many years for just such an opportunity oRbi0 ATeRAGLH S, ania mf‘ e h:"“: | to offer itselt. e direct that all h 18] 1 | Itremains to be seen whether the peo- | gioect (A% &L Mot siage dresscs shail be of le of Macedonia and M ill ;E,,l,,, the lead of Bu,;:':;:_"“fi’ ‘Eey lm}{gnfi:le Scarlett, the elder sister of young lionld A5 a0; Rutela il recain ! | Lor nger, and daughter of the former s . reauire some- |y Magruder of the Unitea States, has begun thing more than a diplomatist at Con- | 1o sudy surgery at the Loudon Hospital, stantinople to maintain the Sultan and preserve the Ottoman empire. The re- cent request of permission for the passage of the Dardanellss by a Russian fleet ems to be significant of & knowledge on | the part of the Czar that the uprising of | all the Balkan States is a probability of the near future. The danger of the out- break may be much greater than appears | from this distance and the steps taken by the Turks and the Russians are an evi- dence that they regard it as a serious menace. While the Russian Government has not | made publicly anv ofiicial statement of its views upon the situation, or 1ts possible action under any contingencies that may arise, there have been expressions in the newspapers of St. Petersburg which afford some evidence upon which to base a judg- | mentof the Russian policy. The current Dr. Nausen has asked permission to name the Siberian Peninsula discovered by him after King Oscar of Syeden. The Kingand the Russian authorities have givea their con- sent. Dr. Benjamin Eddy Cotting has justresigned the place of curator of the Lowell Institute of Boston, ufter a continuous service of filty-five years. 'Although he is 85 yesrs old he is in full possession of all his facultie: Norway's Storthing has voted a lump sum of 4000 kromer, §1080, esch to Nansen's tweive companions, end 3000 kroner s year for five years to Captain Sverdrup, who is to command the rext expedition iu the Fram, vlanned for 1898, Emile Arton has admitted that he received 2,000,000 franes to use in lobbying for the Panama canal project, and has handed the books containing the aceount of his expendi- tures to M. Le Poiticvin, the Juge d'Instruction ase, | PFRSONAL 1. Jacobson of Gilroy is In town. T. K. Beard of Modesto is in the City. Granville Pullen of Cloverdale is at the Russ. Charles M. Coglan of Sacramento is in the Cit - A. Kelley of Lodi {g at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Dr. B. R. Gaber of Los Gatos 1s at the Occi- dental. L. L. Shannon, an attorney of Redding, is i town. Ex-Senator Eygene Aram of Sacramento is in town. W. E. Russell of Visalia is at the Cosmopoli- tan Hotel George A. Batley of Nevada City isa late ar- rival here. | C. M. Hawley, a'mining man of Angels, isat the Palace. D. Guidbault of Ogdensburgh, N. Y., is on & visit here. ZJ. Dwyer of Los Angeles is at the Cosmo- politan Hotel. Charles C. J. Flood of Los Angeles is at the Cosmopolitan. B. H. Upham of Martinez is smong the ar- rivalsat the Lick. N. L. Swaln ana Mrs. Swainof Calmalli, B. C., are in the City. Dr. J. N. Moore of the United States navy is at the Occidental. Professor E. H. Griggsof Stanford Univer sity is at the Grand. W. T. Porter, a business man of Fresno, ar- rived bere yesterday. Samuel Harding, a business man of Auburn, arrived here yesterday. Thomes Cairns, a merchant of Philadelphia, Pa., is at the Cosmopolitan. E. D. McCabe, late private secretary to Gov- ernor Budd, s at the Grand. Joseph Durkin of Sonors, Tuolumne County, 18 at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. A. J. Hammond of Tampe, Fla., 1s among those registered at the Palace. G. M. Beauchamp and Mrs. Beauchamp of Orangedale, Cal., are at the Russ. W. H. White, the king of Mendocino, is among the arrivals at the Baldwin, A. Derr, a general mercnant of Sacramento, 18 at the Russ, accompanicd by his wife. George L. Eastman, a business man of St. Augustine, Fla., is a recent arrival here. . Valentine, who is in the insurance and real-estate business at Fresno, is in the City. George B. Katzenstein, vice-president of the Earl Fruit Company, Sacramento, is at the Lick. W. T. Johrson of Washington, D. C., special agent of the Interior Department, is at the Grand. E. M. Manasse of Napa and one of the lead- ing owners in the extensive tanne:y there, is at the Grand. F. E. Taylor, a wealthy resident of Brooklyn, Y.,is at the Palace, accompanied by Mrs. ‘aylor, & nurse and valet. George Muirhead of Haddo House, Aberdeen, Scotland, who arrived here a few days ago, hes gone to Monterey for s brief stay. L. 8. Calkins, editor and one of the owners of the Nevada Transcript; W. F. Prisk, owner and editorof the Grass Valley Unfon anda member of the last Senate. and T. W. Sheehan, proprietor of the Sacramento News, are at the Occldental. Martin Cuddihy, owner of a store and hotel at Happy Camp, Siskiyou County, and inter- ested in mining property at the same place, is here on a business trip, and is registered at the Russ. Harry Wood, a business man also of Happy Camp, is with Mr. Cuddiny. J. D. Coghlin, one of the cattle kings of East- ern Oregon and Western Idano, who has his heedquarters at Paisley, Or., and who owns many thousand head of cattle, is among the arrivals here. Mir. Coughlin has been spend- ing 8 part of each yeur here for several years. J. G. and L N. Day, who for years have had the contracts for removing the rocks in the Columbia at Cascade Locks, are in the City. «The work at this point on the Columbia has cost several million doliars and will probably cost millions more before the rocks are blown up and chiseled ont as desired for navigation. . CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 22.—At the Plaza, C. 8 Merrill; Imperial, A. H. Castle, Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Clayburgh, Miss E. Clayburgn; Astor, F. Roth; Grand, Mrs. A. Eaton, A. Gold- berg; Gilsey, H. L. Van Winkle; Hoffman, P. H. Smith, 8 M. Relighson; Metropole, T. Kirscuoff: Albert, A. Carpy, Mr. and Mrs, C. Carpy; Californis, — Anbert, J. Levs. D(N'I KICK When (0 the telephoae You go And ring the bell And say: “Hello! “ Pleass give me number— %0 and 50" — And ceniral a swers, Soft ard low “They’re busy now, Dou't kick. When to the barber shop \ ou speed To get a shave You badly need, And on ihe curiained door You read ‘What the barbers’ unfon Huth decreed: “Closes 8 p..” Dow'kick. ‘When from your work At close of day Homeward you wearily Wend your way, And oo the couch Exhausted lie— Shouid lovingly wife then Sweetly “ The stove ne Don't kick. ng, John!" —Bostoa Globe. WIrih YOUR COFFER. ‘‘Willie is & remarkable poy,” said the lad's mother to the eminent musician, “He re- members every tune he hears.” “Indeed.” “Isu’t that a valuable faculty?'* “Well—it may enable him to become cessful composer.”’—Washington Siar. White—Did old Green recover from that ral road accident yet? Black—No; but his wife did—to the tune of ten thousand.—Twinkles. Tiffington—Boflington, your wife's Easter gown 15 very picturesque. Boflington—Picturesque? That gown cot more money than any picture you ever saw. Detroit Free Press. “'Sawyer seems to think a good deal of him- sell. should say so. He has hed a Moorish arch cut over his office doorway 5o he can get his head in and out.”—Chicago Record. t must be pretty tough to have a highway- man order you tostand, eh?” “1 suppose o, but it's nothing to having & policeman tell you to move on.”—Truth, ““What s your profession?” write—poems, novels, romances, plays, “And what do you live on?"—Fliegende Blsetter. “Quibble is a mean landiord.” “Why do you think so?” “He puts down fron pumps so his tenants can’t pull them up and use them for fuel.”— Chicago Record. WHAT PLEASES A WOMAN. Answers. It pleases her to be called s sensible little woman. It pleases her to be called s well-dressed woman. It pleases her 10 be told that she is fascinat- ing. It pleases her to be told that she improves aman by her companionship. It pleases her to depend on some man and pretend she is ruling him. It pleases her {0 be treated courtecusly snd with respect and to be taiked to reasonably. 1t pleases her to be treated sensibly and hon- estly, to be consulied and_questioned and not Lo be'treated as & butieifly, with no head nor eart. It pleases her to be loved and sdmired by & man who {s strong enough to rule and subdue herand make his way her way, to lead her and take care of her. FEARLESS, frank and free. Read to-day’sStar. JOAQUIN MILLER ON RILEY. Josquin Miller's jmpression of James Whitcomb Riley is as sweeping s most of the opinions which the Poet of the Slerrss sets his mind upon. Itisa very remarksble estimate that he makes in THE CALL for to-morrow. The article is entitled, “A Day With James Whitcomb Riley,” and the material for it was gathered on Mr. Miller's visit to Indiana on his Tecent lecturing tour. It will prove one ot the most striking contributions that have been made to contemporary reviewing of men and works of letters, A week from to-day will bs May day, ‘‘the gladdest of all the bright new year.” Of course it will not be observed in California as it was 1n O.d England many years ago, but it Wwill be equally interesting, and sll true lovers of nature will getall the pleasure out of it possible. There will be several unique features for its observance that will be described in to- MOrrow’s CALL. “‘Adventures With Fortune-Tellers” is an account of a visit toa number of these sooth- sayers not at all flattering to the prophets themselves. It tells of & time when the prophets didn’t “proph.” { The twenty-five centuries over which Constantinople spreads its history furnish the ma- terial for a brigat article particularly interesting at the present time. Some of the most thrilling incidents in the history of the beautiful eity by the Golden Hora are graphically described. Adeline Knapp teils how birds start housekeeping. Her article this week is unusually interesting, as it tells of many traits of birds not generally known. The X raysare always interesting, and this week there is an accountof the latest phase of Investigation in the mysterious field. In factall there is new about Roentgen's discovery will be told of in to-morrow's CALL. Amoug the other features there will bs a story of two small men of Tulare County. The smallest dog in the world wili also be described and his pictures given,so you can see just how small he really is. Besides ull these g0od things there is the children’s page, the fashion psge and the book page, which everybody knows is always interesting. But if you want to know of all there is to be in THE SUNDAY CALL you will have to get it and read it, as there will be too much to tell about, “THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.” Letters From Our Readers on Topics of Current Interest. English Law “Points” on Legal Tender. Editor of the San Francisco Call—S1m: Itisnow my purpose to give the “divers points” of law which “‘were coasidered and resolved” or decided by “the chief judges (being the privy council)” in the case of “Mixed Money” in England under gocd Queen Bess in 1601, of which I gave the decision of the court in a former paper, which “points” are good law in England to-day, after the lapse of 296 years, and I think the reader will prefer the phraseology of the privy council of that day toany modern terms into which I mightturnit. I present the matter in the order in which 1 find it in the report made of the case by Sir John Davies. “First, it was considered that in every commonweslth it is necessary to have a certain standard of money, for no commonwealth can subsist without contracts, and no contracts without equality, and no equality in contracts without money. For, although in the first socieifes in the world permutation [exchenge or barter] of one thing for another was used, yet that was svon found cumbersome, aud the transportation and division of things was found difficult and impossible, and therefore money was invented, as well for the facility of com- merce as o reduce contracts to an equily. “Secondly, it was resolved that it uppertaineth only to the King of England to make or coin money within his dominions, so_that no person can do it without special license or com- mandment of the King, and if apy person presume to do itof his own head, it is treason aganst the person of the King by the common law, and this appears by the statutes of 25 Ed. 8¢ 2 (which isonly a declaration of the common law). “Thirdly, it was resolved that as the King by his prerogative may make money of whatever matter or form he plesseth, and establish the standard of it, so may he change his money in substence and impression, and enhance or debase the value of 1t, or_entirely decry and annul 1it, so that it shall be but bullion, at his pleasure. And that the King hath used ihis prerogative in England appears by several notorious changes of money, made in the times of the several kings since the Norman conquest. “Fourthly, it was resolved that the said mixed money having the fmpression and the in- scription of ine Queen of England, and being proclaimed for lawful and current money within the kingdom of Ireland, ought to be taken and accepted for sterling money; and on considera- tion of this point, the name and nature of sterling money were inquired and discovered. “Fiithly, it was resolved that although this mixed money was made to be current within this kingdom of Ireland only, yet it may well be said current and lawful money of Fngiand for two cuuses: (1) Because this kinedom is only a member of the imperial crown of England, and (2) It is called Iawful money of England in respect 1o the place of coinage, which was in Edgland, viz: in the tower of London. “sixthly, and lastiy, it was resolved that although at the time of the contract and obliga- tion made in the present case (Gilbert against Brett) pure money of gold and silver was cur. Tent within this kingdom where the place of payment was assigned (at the tomb of Earl Strongblow in Christ Church, Dublin); yet the mixed money being established in this King- dom before the day of payment, may well be tendered in discharge of the said obigation, and the oblizee is bound 1o accept it; and if he refuses it and walts unil the money be changed again, the obligor is not bound to pay other monay of better substance, but it is sufficient i1 he be always ready to pay his mixed moneys according to the rate for which they were current at the time of the iender. ‘And as (0 the circumstance of the pay place, it was resolved that although the contract was made in London, yet the place of judgment being appointed in Dublin, of necessity the obli- gor must make his {ender in the mixed money at the time of payment; for all other money was cried down and made bullion by the proclamation aforesaid and this money only estal. lishes 0 that if the obligee had refused this mixed money he had committed a contempt, for which he might be punished. Also the judges are not bound to take notice of auy money that, is not current by proclamation.” These, then, are tae six points of law on which the chief judges of the highest court in England based their famous decision in the ““mixed money” case of Gilbert against Brett in 1601, which was to the effect “that the tender of £100 1n mixed money, at the day and place uamed in the contract, was good and sufficient in law, and that said Brett should not be obliged at any time ailer o pay other money in discharge of the debt than this mixed money,” at i1s current rate, which was its iace value. As the decision and tie points by which it is sustained remsin to this day the law of Eng- land, & nation couceded Ly ali to be governed and inspired by high commercial and financial honor, I commend to certain of my fellow-citizens who prate so much of Populistic repudia- tion 'close study and mental assimilation of the English law laid down in the case just re- viewed of Gilbert against Brett in the hoye that they may clear their minds of bankers’ cant and learn how to use their reason when it is set free from sei{-degrading prejudice. Of course it is hard for me 10 forego a little caustic comment on some of the solemn-visaged dogmas of money-lenders, but honest readers of average intelligence need 10 spur to quicken the pace of 'heir wils when_ once they arein possession of the law and the facts concerning this vital issue which we call the money question; and, in spite of prejudice and insidious misinformation liberally dealt out to thein, a constantly {ncreasing number of deluded citizens are getting their eyes open and beginning to see things for themselves. Perhavs I ought not to close this communication without adding the single remark that a8 the mixed money was legal tender and performed all the functions of the former money tn use in that kingdom, but which had been demonetized by proclamation of the sovereign, Queen Bess, there was no wrong dove Gilbert when he was paid in mixed money, since the iutrinsic vaiue of the coins used cut no figure 1u discherging the debt. The debt was created by law, and it was paid by law. The mixed money had the same value in law as a debt-paving agent that the former money rossessed. The debt wss paid and fuliy discharged, and Gilbers was in luck that he escaped prosecution for contempt of the law. 855 Market street, April 22, 1897. JOSEPH ASBURY JOHNSON. A NEW METHOD OF WALKING. A recent report made to the Academy of Sciences at Paris goes to show that the ordinary mauner of walking and running is far from being the best or the least fatiguing. This b been more toan suspected for some time, but scientific proof has hitherto been lacking. The efforts of raw recruits to acquire the “parade step” have always afforded endless amusement 10 the spectator. No doubt itadds greatiy to the “smartness” of a body of soldiers on a re- view to see every one ercct, each knee straightened and each foot striking the ground sharply, but like many other things it seems that this has only custom and tradition to recommend 1t least of all utility. The exhaustive experiments made in France by aid of the camera have proved conclusively that the natural and easiest mode of walking ana running is that which has been practiced from time immemorial by our own Indians and by other half-civilized tribes. The new method of walking was devised in 1872 by a French officer, Commandant de Raou!, and although it attracted but little attention at that time, the new experiments have brought it forward prominently, and it will probably be soon adapted practically in the French army. The characteristics of the pas de flexion, or “flexion step,”” are that the body is inclined forward and the knees bent. The center of gravity is thus slways on the point of being lost, and the only way to prevent falling is to keep in motion. The feet are raised only far enough to avoid auy inequalities in the surface of the ground, and tne trained walker or runner glides long with the suppleness and agility of & cat. The Singalese and Japanese runners, who cover 8ixty to seventy-five miles daily, month after montl, the couriers and postmen of Indis, all swing their 1imbs in exactly the same way. In the ordinary mode of walking the energy absorbed in raising the body is considerable. The photograph shows that the range of rise and fall is nearly two inches, while in the *'flex. fon step” it is less than one. In running a mile in the old way the wasted energy is equal to # 250-foot ciimb, but by the new it amounts to an ascent of only about 100 feet. As in & bicy- cle energy is economized by preventing the useless vibration of its parts. so in the Raonl method of walking fatigne is lessened by aliowing the foot to strike the ground glancingly, whereby the jars incident to the usual mode are avoided. It 1s stated that in this way & man's endurance depends on the strength of his legs, and he is ot *‘winded” quickly. The runner begins by making very short, quick steps, 160 to the minute. The length of the step is gradually lengthened. The results obtained in France ap- pear remarkable. The average man is able almost atthe start to do the first mile In eight minutes, the second in seven, third in six, and the sixth in fifteen seconds less. These recoscs have been made over and over again. A well-trained man Is able to cover his third mile infiveand ahalt minutes, and even when loaded down with the regulation arms and bag- gage he can easily make efght miles an hour. The matter has received great attention in France, where evervthing is put to practical use to increase the efficiency of her army. If the Raoul method is adopted n the French army her solders will be able to march half again as fast s those of the enemy using the ordinary step. Besides, what is of equal importance, they will reach the point of close fighting in a fresh condition and breathing easily. Many instances might be cited where soldiers made o forced march only to reach the batile-fleld in such an exhausted condition es to be of little use in the fighting line. FRATERNAL DEPARTMENT. Starr King’s Open Meeting—A Lecture on the Leper Colony of the Ha- waiian Islands. The open meeting of Starr King Council No. 6, Junior Order of American Mechanics, in Native Sons’ Hall, on Seventeenth street, last Tuesday night, was attended by a large num- berof persons, who were interested in and enlightened by the lecture delivered by Dr. G. L Fitch on the subject ot “Life in the Leper Colony of the Hawaiixn Islands.” The doctor for seven years was the Government surgeon on the isiand where the lepers are kept and being thoroughly familiar with tne subject gave & very imstructive account of the unm- fortunate people. Alter the lecture there was dedicated to Stanford Parlor whi i1l sung at the jinks. v o Definnce Circle. There wasa largo attendance of the mem- bership of Defiance Cirele, Companions of the Forest, F. 0. A., at its last held meeting, and there were present a large number of visitors. On that occasion the circle received an official | visit from Grand Chief Companion Mrs, M. A, | Duke and other grand officials. The circle during the evening elected Companions Levey and Aexander as delegates (o the Grand Cir- e. Deflance Circle is one of the ol United Sta tes, and 1t stands high in th -“;u'rlx': diction. Next Wednesaay the circle will giye An entertainment and social to its friends in Pythian Castle, and arrangements for a pleas antevening's recreation have been made, dancing. whicn continued until a late hour. The house of representatives, recently or- ganized by this council, Is proving a great suc- cess, and as an instructive feature is, as one of toe members remarked, “a great thing.” course of lectures 1t has inaugurated has proved another fcature and the means of tracting & full house at every meeting. Next Tuesday M. G. McClinton, past counciior, will lecture on the “Art of Printing,” and on the eveuing of May 18 State Counci.or Schaertzer will lecture on “Immigration.” On the 25th of May the council will hold memorial ser- vices. The council hes a set of officers who nnderstand the art of making council meet- ines interesting. s The council intends soon to organize & coun- it of the Daughters of Liberty iu the Mission strict. Stanford Parlor’s High Jinks. The high jinks to be given te-night to the delegates to the Grand Parlor of the Native Sonsof the Golden West by Stanford Parlor No. 76 promises to be one of ihe greatest of the many at high jinks that have been 1 given by this order. From the demand for in- | 1. vitatfons it is estimated that at least 1000 persors will be present. Eugene A. Beduce, the taiented composer, has Wrilted a song business of the circle was over i ere wi imprompiu enteriainment of music and song, Acme Circle, F. 0. A. At the last held mecting of Acme Circle, Companions of the Forest, F. 0. A., two bene. ficlary members were init S ated in the presence ull representation of the members and visitors from Live Oak, Excelsior, Golden G, Golden Ers, Inter Nos and Viilage Delis iilage Belle circles. The presence of representatiyes of sg light refreshments were served. The New Rebekah Lodge. Mrs. J. W. Williston of 5 Elgin place writes to state that she Is not organizing & new Re. bekah Lodge in the Mission aistrict. The iady is given the benefit of her statement, but this department did not annomnce that the pew Rebekan Lodge was being organized by Mrs. J. W. Williston of 5 Elgin place. S Indian Territory Oda Fellows. e fifth annual session of the Grand Lod 0.0. F., of Indian Territory adjourned ui Muskogee April 14, to meetat South Meales. ter, LT, April 12, 1898, Th ficers were elected -n%s AR O R installed: Wiliam Noble, P. G. M., fouth McAlester, grand repre- N oiive: . K. Mason, Ardmore, grand mas: 3 N. Turk, Checotah, deputy T O en: Willlam' Clardy, Purcell, grand Warden; C. W. Hatfieid, Wagoner, grand se retary; A. Frank Ross, Hartshorne, grand treasure! New Circle of the G. A. E. MONTEREY, CAL, Apri) 23.—A ladies’ aux- iliary to the Lucius Fairenild l‘m!, G. A. R, at Pacific Grove has been organized in Monterey, under the title of Fairchild Circle "No.nllg. Ladies of the G.A. R. There were twentys two charter members, and it was determined that the circle meetings be held alternately at Monterey and Pacific Grove, as the member- ship list includes ladies of both towns. Mrs. Belle 8. Hurr, depariment president, was pres- eut to superintend the institution of the cir- cie, and under her direction tie following officers were elected and installed: President, Miss M. senior vice-president, Mrs. president, Mrs. J. R. Pat- , Mrs. Edith Anthony; treas- Mrs. W. Michaelis; conductress, Miss Lottie Michaelis; chapiain, Mrs. A. R. FPen- nington; guard, Mrs. Hurr. Pacific Grove, G. A. K. Men. PACIFIC GROVE, CAL., April 23.—Post Com- mander I M. King of Lucius Fairenild Post No.170, G. A. ., recelved to-day from Now York a life-sized portrait of General Lucius Fairchild, for whom the post at this place iy called. The portrais is the gift of the widow and family of the dead general to U e post which memorializes his name. COL, SMITH IN COMMAND. He Takes the Oath of Office aud Is Now at the Head of the First Regiment. James F. Smith, colonel-elect of the First Regiment, Second Brigade, National Guard of California, was present at the regimental armory on Page streetThursday night, and in the presence of the officers of the regiment took the oath of office, after which the command of the regi- ment was turned over to him by Lieu- tenent-Colonel Duboce. i There were also present: Major-General N. T. James and staff, Colonel H. P. Bush, Colonel Sullivan, Colonel O’Conuor, Lieutenant-Colonel Geary, Major Huber, Captain D. A. Emith of the Fifth In- fantry, Captain Delaney and Captain 0'Connell, U. 8. A. X After the lormal ceremonies were over, those present to the number of eighty were invited by Colonel Smith, and par- took of a sumptuous collation. During the progress of the evening Cap- tain Fiimer, on behalf of the officers of the regiment, presented to Lieutenani- Colonel Duboce a handsome solitaire, mounted so as 1o be worn either as a stud or a scarfpin, as a token of their apprecia- tion of his services. ] 4 Colonel Smith briefly outlined his pol- icy, declaring that he would do his utmost to equal the efforts of his predecessors, Colonel Macdonald and the lieutenant- colonel, and asked for the earnest support ofall the officers of the regiment. He also asked a> & personal favor that none of the staff officers tender their resignations, as he desired everything to remain as it is at present, for a time at least. he following toasts were then proposed and responded to: “The Commander-in-Chief, Governor Budd,” Major Boxton; “The Division Commander, Major-General James; ““The Retired Coloneis,” Colonels Suilivan, Bush aid O'Connor; ‘“‘The Regular Army,” Captain O’Connell, U. 8. 4.3 “The Medical Department,” Colonel Gall: wey and Major McCarthy;' “The Fifth In- fantry,” Captiin D. A. £miih; **The Brigadier- General of the Second Brigade,” Major Sime; “The Field and Siaff Officers,” Lieutenant Colonel Deboce. e John Bradbury’s Heirs. Mayor Phelan has received a communica- tion from N. S. Wood, a solicitor of High Wycombe, England, asking particulars of John Bradbury, an aged man who died here some time ago. 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