The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 30, 1897, Page 24

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EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 31 and 32, 34 Park Row, New York Clig DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. THE SUMMER MONTHS. Are you golng to the country ona vacation? It s no trouble for us to forward THE CALL to address. Do not let it miss you for you will 10 the carrier or left at ® prompt attention. Fifty cents per month Onders giver I re HA for summer months. Memorial day in the churches. Attend the solemn services in honor of | the brave. | Public school patriotism was made glo- riously manitest on Lincoln day. Crop prospects are brightening up Into | something like a guarantee as well as 8 | promise of prosperity. Prepare y elf to-day to take a patri- otic part to-morrow doing honor to the memory of the Nation’s heroic dead. ‘! Now that there are so many counterfeit | half-doliar and five-dollar pieces going the | round of trade the man who is receiving | no money is saved a lot of trouble. [ While the cut-rate war lasts it will be | about as cheap to go to Oregon as it is to stay at home, but it will be better to stay at home and enjoy the local picnics. The British Parliament bas been once | more reminded that the Irish problem will continue to be a aisturbing factor in | politics until it has been soived in the | Irish way. | If Senator Tillman continues to jab his vitchfork into the sngarscandal and make the muck fly the Senate will have to do romething to purify itself, even if it does no more than appoint a whitewashing committee. The assertion that McKinley follow Cleveland’s policy in regard to Cuba is the worst thing the Democratic organs a saying of the administration, and it is also the wickedest, for it isan unmitigated monerel slander begot by politics ont of fake journalism. General Barnes expressed the lesling of the people generally as well as of the vet- erans of the Grend Army when he said thaton witnessing the patriotic obsery- ances of the public schools he “felt grate- ful to whomsoever it was that first thought of celebrating Lincoln day.” Claus Spreckels has furnished another to the many recent exposures of the Ki- aminer fakes and, like several others, it was of the kind called “‘crushers.’’ Mr. Spreckels, it wiil be remembered, knows Low to handle beets and how to put them through a process that takes the sap out of them. The Sultan’s objection to Dr. Angell as an embassador to his court is verhaps an outcome of his newly acquired haughti- ness. He wishes to prove to the world that he can run his Government as well as his harem, and we happened to be the first Nation he has had a chance to show his style on. Labor organizations have united their voices to that of THE CALL in urging an immediate beginning of vigorous work on the Hall of Justice, and they are fully jus- tified in so doing, for while the work will be beneficial to the whole City it will be especially beneficial to men who are look- ing for work and wages. Chicago is desperately maintaining her reputation for versatility. On Wednes- day, three of her citizens died as the re- sultof a whisky-drinking contest; a jeal- ous woman of that city spoiled the beauty of her rival with a curry-comb, and a Chi- cago millionaire was tried and found guilty of stealing a penny from a news- boy. Those were golden words which Secre- tary Gage spoke at the commercial ban- quet in Cincinnati: * “Faith and courage lead to conquest and victory. Distrust paralyzes and destroys. Don’t let inertia, engendered by fear and distrust, creep over you. The future is not dark with fore- bodings. It is fllumined with rational hope.” The experiments in the cultivation of hemp in the vicinity of Gridley are re- ported to be very satisfactory. From 600 10 1000 pounds to the acre is produced, and it sells readily at $120 per ton. In Eng- land the average growth of hemp is four to six feet, while near Gridley it grows from eizht to twelve feet high, Itis be- lieved that the hemp industry there will prove very profitable. Itis=aid the inner circles of court soci- ety in London are criticizing very severely the Duchess of Marlborough for wearing a brizht blue dress on her recent visit to the Queen when all the court was in mourning for the victiins of the recent fire in Paris. It seems therefore that while our American girl has caught on to the court all right she hasn’tquite cauzht on to the way to swing it. Topolobampa co-operstive colony ash ended, like other Utopian schemes, in dis- tress and misery. Of the colonists who went down to the Pacific coast of Mexico in the hope of enjoying a terrestrial para- dise there, only those remain who are destitute and unable to get away. Thus bursts another Bellamy bubble. Major ‘Winchell’s sugar-beet colony, run on lib- eral and common-sense principles, is the kind of a colony best calculated to bring | PUT awAY DISTRUST. . The speech of Secretary Gage at the | commereial banquet in Uincinnati on Fri- | day evening was marked by the eloguence of right words fitly spoken. It gave utter- ance to sentiments of permanent value and yet having a particular relation to the conditions of the present time. It was therefore something more than an after- dinner address, and will have a beneficial effect in steadying the public mind and strengthening popular confidence in the administration and in Congress. The keynote of the speech was em- bodied in the words, *‘Faith and courage lead to conquest and victory. Distrust paralyzes and destroys.” The attacks which have been made upon both houses of Congress and upon the pending tariff bill bave had the effect of creating discon- tent, uncertainty and fear. As the speaker said, these attacks are injurious and have sowed evil seeds in many direc- tions. They have engendered a sentiment of distrust “dividing classes, destroying unity and breeding hatreds.”” The result has been to retard the revival of trade and the restoration of prosperity. There is no justification for partisan at- tacks on the Government in any of its branches, nor any reasonable foundation for fears which may be felt by any class of citizens. Speaking for the administra- tion, the Becretary declared it would faithfully folfill all the pledges made to the peopie during the campaign, and added: “In good time and in proper or- | der affirmative evidence of my declaration will appear.” All assertions or suspicions of any forgetfulness of those promises were declared to be ‘‘unjust and un- founded.” The Secretary could not speak for Con- gress with the same authority he has in speaking for the administration, but he nevertheless bore testimony to the zeal and zood faith of those in both houses having the tariff bill in charge. His statement on this point at Cincinnati was confirmed by a remark made at Washing- ton almost at the same time by Senator Vest. At the close of the day’s debate on the tariff the Senator said: *More prog- ress has been made in the Senate on this bill in three days than was made on the existing tariff in three weeks.” There is indeed every reason for the | American people to be well content with the prospects before them as regards both individual industry and the Government. There has never been a tariff bill on which there has been less partisan fight- ing and a more earnest effort to provide for the welfare of the people and the Na- tion. Nothing is needed to hasten the coming of good times but a relief from the distrust that paralyzes and destroys and a return to the faith and courage that lead to conquest and victory. The Secretary’s words of counsel and cheer should be read and heeded by all. “In the meantime, my friends, do your part to help those charged with the legis- lative and administrative duties. Don’t let inertia, engendered by fear and dis- trust, creep over you. We have been pass- ing through a period of great trial and nobly we have endurea the strain. The future is not dark with forebodings. It is illumined with rational hope.” FOR FREE OUBA. The appeal issued by the Cuban League ot the United States for a National sub- scription of $1,000,000 to aid the cause of Cuban independence is an evideuce that the friends of the patriots in this country have not allowed their energies to be re- laxed by reason of the brightening pros- pect of success, but are as active as ever in speeding the struggle and hastening it to an early and victorious consummation. There is every reason to believe that if prompt aid is given to the Cubans now the long protracted war can be brought to a close before the end of the year. The Spaniards are despondent, while the Cu- bans are flushed with victory and san- guine of success. Every report from the island brings news of additional defeats for the Spaniard and triumphs for the patriots.. Weyler has ceased to make even a pretense of campaigning in the fisld and confines his efforts to maintain his garri- sons in the scattered fortresses with which the provinces are dotted. This is clearly significant of the approaching end. W hen an invading army abandons the aggres- sive and seeks only to defend itself its final surrender can only be a question of time. “‘There are tidesin the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, lead on to for- tune.”” That tide came in the American Revolution when Cornwallis stopped in his march from the southern to the north- ern colonies and intrenched himself at Yorktown to await aid from England. It was Washington’s opportunity, and for- tunately, by the aid of the French fleet and French munitions of war, he was able to take advantage of it and strike the de- cisive blow. The tide has come for Cuba now. If wecan give to her buta portion of the assistance France gave to us Cuba will be free. The appeal issued by the Cuban League 18 most timely and opportune. Money advanced for Cuban independence now will bring a sure and speedy return. With the amount asked the patriots will be able to arm themselves, and Garcia can assume the aggressive and force the Spaniards to take to their ships for safety. There ought, therefore, to be a prompt response to the appeal. Colonel Ethan Allen, pres- ident of the league, in'a dispatch to Mayor Phelan urging contributions in this City say! The country will follow. New York will do her part.’”” This is indeed no local movement. The independence of Cuba is an American cause, and all Amer- icans should give to it sympathy, encour- agement and help. THE MEERSOHAUM OENTENARY. To those who find soothing delight in the after-dinner pipe, or who, on care-free evenings, reclining in chairs of ease, love to court the fancies that rise and wave about in the wreathing smoke, and van- ish, only to be followed by troops of others with every succeeding puff, the present r unfolds a tale of interest; and this interest will be a hundred-fold greater if the smoker has once touched his lips to the silicate gathered on the vlains of Eski-shehr. This ysar, in fact, records the centenary of the meerschaum pipe. Ezs man who possesses a meerschaum pive deems himsel! blesse¢ beyond the common run of mortals. He guards it a: he would the choicest gem. When he has enjoyed its solace for a time, he carefally puts it away in a satin-lined case, and secures it in his treasure-house, perhaps, till the hour shall come again to welcome it to his lips and pleasure. Woe be to the wretch who would scratch or mar that pive, which smokers have haiied as a gift of the gods. Its owner watches, with a species of delight, its changing color, from snowy whiteness to a creamy tint, from which it then gradually takeson a hue of brown, until, after years of use, it reaches finally a brilliant, deep chestnut brown, nearly black. He waxes it all this time that it may color evenly, and is par ticular to bandle only the amber mouth. s members comfort and happiness, 1 piece when he smokes, But, of course, ST R AR TR all this refers to the genuine article—the real hydrated silicate of magnesium. The waxed egg-shells and other proaucts of meerschaum factories, known as the meerschaum of commerce, can never de- ceive the man who has once tasted the sweetness of the real meerschaum. The raw material was first brought to Prague just one hundred yearsago and was first conyerted into a pipe by a Mag- yar. Men bhave derived immeasurable comfort from the meerschaum pipe since 1797. It has been blessed by poet and painter, statesman and warrior. Enthusi- asts go so far as to say that history, with- outa doubt, has been diverted into new channels by the meerschaum; that be- cause of the cheer of the right pipeat the right time generals have won cam- paigus, and they quote the instance of General Lassalle, who always led his cavalry with a meerschaum between his teeth. The century will probably be celebrated in Vienna, the central point of the meer- schaum industry, and it is even suggested that a monument be built to the memory of Eduard Cardon, who made more good meerschaum pipes than any man of his day, thekind through whose heated bowls a needle can be passed without leaving a trace. To own one of Carcon’s pipes is to be a thirty-third degree member of the smokers’ order. Edwin Booth was the possessor of one, and he is said to have re- garded the genuine article as something productive of about the fullest measure of earthly bliss. If the meerschaum has contributed 30 largely to the comfort of mankind it is proper that the meerschaum centenary should not be allowed to pass unobserved. PATRIOTISM IN THE SCHOOLS. A fitting and beautiful prelude to Me- morial day was the Lincoln celebration by the myriads of school children of the City, assisted by veterans of the Grand Army. Nothing more inspiriting, in a patriotic sense, can well be imagined in this time of peace than the spectacle of white-haired soldiers, clad as of old in unitorms of blue, bending their aged forms to greet the shining faces of the little bovs and girls at school, and to the new generation — listening with eager- ness—breathing some recollections of the war 1n which the union of States was ce- mentad forever by the blood of the Re- public's loyal citizens. Our schools and their teachers merit a nhearty commendation in the premises. To their credit be it said that the Grand Army orators who were selected to tell the children something about Abraham Lincoln found to their surprise and de- light that even the smallest of the pupils knew almost as much as they about the great emancipator. Such was the story at every school, and not a single child could fail to be impressed by those exerci with a high sense of country pride ana love for the flag and all the flag means, The children of our schools are the hope of the Nation. Itsfuture depends upon their loyalty and devotion. Then it is not only right and just, but imperative, that lessons of patriotixm should be tanght in schools throughout the length and breadth of the land. We have a history as glorious as that of any nation that the sun shines on, and names that glow as brightly on the scroll | of fame &s any that Greece or Rome pro- duced. Our pride, as a Nation, should be | as strong as our own annals are glorious; and especially should we cherish those examples of moral worth, firm character, sublime courage and splendid heroism that adorn our country’'s story from the beginning. Lincoln day shonld be set apart on the calendar for like appropriate recognition and celebration in each succeeding year. In a score of years from now there will be no more Grand Army on the field of li but while our schools put forth pupils armed with such knowledge and appreci tion of their country’s history as the San Francisco public schools to-day assure there need bs no fear for the future. Then, it ever foe should assail us, no mat- ter whence or in what guise he comes, or how numerous his ships or great his armies, there will be no dearth of Lin- colns; there will be no dearth of Grants. Their spirits will be with us, and that means victory for our flag. SUMMER TRAVEL. The season of summer travel is almost upon us and soon there will be a multipli- city of life in our picturesque mountains and by the rollicking waves of our border- ing deep blue sea. And where on earth, we may ask, can the tourist find more to charm his vision, inspire his thoughts and rejuvenate his being than here on the Balboa shore? The remark is frequently made with re- gard to Californians that they do not as a rule sufficiently appreciate their own State. There is a large-sized grain of truth in this. We long to view the sights of Europe befors we have seen the wonders of California. The greal waterfalls of the Scandinavian Peninsula hardly com- pare in grandeur and sublimity with our Yosemite. We have Alpine splendors as well as Switzerland ; skies as blue as those of Italy, and which are more ba!my. Nature has been lavish with us in her bounties. From the Oregon boundary down to the Mexican line the observant traveler will be presented with a serles of the most varying scenic pictures to be found the world over. Our mountain lakes are no- where surpassed for placid beanty, and our historic missions are replete with in- terest for the stranger. Big and small game are found in abundance in our nills and forests, and fish in plenty in our nu- merous streams. At our redwood giants, which were saplings somewhere back in Solomon’s time, and have been growing steadily ever since, the world will never cease marveling. Our citizens in general would acquirea deeper feeling of State pride if they would acquaint themsclves more thoroughly by means of travel with the State at large. It you delight in travel and sightseeing don’t leave California until you are able to describe to inquiring people of the less favored countries you may wish to visita few at least of the wonders of the land you call home. MEN ANG WOMEN. Havre has sent & bronze statue of Franels f, weighiug & ton, to Bt. Petersburg as a present from the town to the Cza Canon Gore, the well-known Anglican clergyman and theologian, has written tosay that he will attend the convention of the Episcopal Brotherhood of St. Andrew, which is to be held in Buffalo next October, Mrs. Mary Drew Peavey, who is believed to be the oldest resident of Boston, celebrated the 1024 anniversary of her birth on Monday last. Shesang songs and hymns four times during the day (o the fiiends who called to congratulate her. Miss Nellte Peffer, a daughter of ex-Senator Peffer of Kansas, is to be married to J. 8. Mc- Iihenny of Washington, at Topeks, Kans., on June 9. She has been of great sssistance to her father in his political career. She was the clerk of his committee while he was in the lsenna and acted as his private secretary. Since his return to Kansas she has assisted him in managing his paper. A WHY CHAUNCEY DEPEW DID NOT COMMIT SUICIDE. “People may say that happiness cannot coms at will, but I believe it can.” suncey Depew, and he w *I remember once when a young man I wason the point of suicide,” continued addressing a representative of the Pittsburg Mr. Depew. * I had lost all, including the savings of several years—not representing pri- vations, but money that had been put asiae instead of spending it on passing pleasures that Were tempting but not necessary to happiness; but worse than the loss of all my money wa tbe fact that I had managed to get into debt while trusting in the bad in- vestments from which I suffered. What galled most was the fear that creditors Would bring pressure to bear on my friends. It was bad enough to think that duns would s00n he convinced of the uselessness of trying 10 get anything out of me, but pride revolted most at the thought that others were likely to be squeezed in efforts to obtain a settlement. 1 brooded for days on_the thought of self-de- struction. Idiscussed the various means of taking off, until Ibecame an expert in poi pistols, drowning, asphyxiation and t of the kaffe, Iwént into details in selecting 8 weapon, and particularly specu on the best sort of pistol and point of aim for a man unused to firearms, “But gradually I awoke to the fact that man has a dual nature. My worse and better feel- ings argued the matter out. On the one hand 15aid to myself: ‘You've made a bad mess of things and you can’t improve them by staying here; you may as well give up the struggle and get out’ On the other side something within me said: ‘Chauncey, you’re & young man; you have had a good education; you have'a gooa head. Be s man; face the battle oflife; take up your burden and make up your mind to succeed.” So I iaced the battle of life, but on the heels of my decision to do &0 came another resolve. 1 realized for the first time it was necessary for me to extirpate the seeds of heredity. My grandfather’s death was dus to worry. Almost certainly my fath- er's had been {rom the same cause, and I had just seen how early I had allowed trouble lo tempt me to end my own life. 80 Iset myself to WOTk 10 extirpate the seeds of beredity and assiduously cultivate the lighter side of my nature. I determined to always look for the funny aspect of things and travel miles for & good joke or story, The result has been that I have boen able to face the battle of life with more cheerfuiness and work harder than most people; and what I prize still more is tnat I've teen able to heip many another poor devil along. “Another result has been that almost every newspaper in the country speaks of me as a “flippant cuss.’ and every now and then so oracle says, ‘What a pity it is that Cnauncey Depew cannot be serious always. His words and opinions then would carry some weight.’ But 1 have been so eminently satisfied by the Drightnees brought into my life by the course I a nave followed that if they were to guarantes me the Presidency of the United States and_the Chief Justicesnhip of its Supreme Court at the sama time on the condition that I would go around making heavy, “Times are hard an atitudinous speeches, I would refuse the offer. they have affected my interests as well as those of other folk. Thers is little in the material condition of property or things in general to encourage me in cheerful- ness. But I can at least find cause for happiness in McKinley's election, for I believe that, ike me, he believes that (o-morrow should always be beiter than to-day, and he has more power to make it so than I have, though he cannot be more inclined to try.” Then the newspaper man went away feeling that he had been given a glimpse of the inner nature of one which would #dd much {o the liking he had always had for him, and still more to his respect. The man who can achieve a reputation as & humorist by extirpating the dolor- ous seeds of heredity and assiduously cultivating the brighter side ot his nature is a man of 100 much strength of character to be regarded as a “flippant cuss” and mere aiter-dinner orator. WAR AND CIVILIZATION The Greco-Turkish war again brings up the question whe ther war fs ever a necessity and whether modern war conditions are inimical to the highest interests of civilization as we understand them to-day. To be fully prepared for immediste war is now recognized as & first nmecessity by all the great Continental powers. - These conditions profoundly affect the entire policy of these states, both domestic as weil as foreign. This is & most remarkable feature of the present age of civilization and one worthy the full- est attention of the philosopher and states- man. So far-reaching & system cannot but have a marked effect for good or evil upon the nations concerned and through them uvon the whole civilized world. If the result of the extraordinary advances made In all departments of science during the past half century has been to enable nations 10 butcher one another on a scale hitherto un- known, it may well be thought, at first glance, that our boasted clvilization is 8 mere gloss, and that if the surface be but scratched all of the fighting and destroying tendencies of barbaric man will still be apparent. In the mindsof many extremists war s never justifiable; no possible good can ever come from it, and hence it should be avoided on all occasions and at any cost. Needless to say {f such views had always held full sway and had been carried to their logical conclusion we would not now be enjoying the bemefits and privileges which can only come from being cltizens of a greatand powerful country. To condemn war indiscriminately is thus tanta- mount to denying thé advantages flowing from those larger sggregations of peoples called nations. Evidently, and without entering into any spology for war for its own sake, occasions must often arise in the life of a nation when war is not only justifiable, but actually de- manded by every consideration. Not ail wars, unfortunately, fall into this category. Aslong a3 human nature remains unchanged we may expect the same conditions to repeat them- selves, and once the war spirit of a people 1s calm ning 1s at an end. If to Pprovoke unnecessary war s a crime, scarcely less 80 18 it for a nation to remain quiet under insult and fnjury. To be prepared atall times for war fs to lessen the probability of its oc- currence, and in this sense a reasonable con- dition ot preparedness is the duty even of the most peace-loving of nations. Nations have often been compared to indi- viduais, and in the main the comparison is exact. By war nations are born, by war they grow, and by war they finally perish &s or- ganized and separate communities. Peaco is enervating, while war develops many of the finest quslities both of nations ana of indi- viduals. If then the civilization of the present day has made war in many ways more terrible, on the other hand 1t has made it a thing not lightly to be undertaken. Great warsareno longer dynastical, but natioual. The whole manhood of the uation is involved, and the consequences of defeat or victory are therefore vastly more far reaching. Pubilc opinion and not the will of princes now controls the dogs of war. A constant state of readiness for war constitutes in itself the strongest guaranty of peace. The very scale on which modern war is waged causes a serious drain upon the richest country. The sinews of war sre still the same. Asaresultof all these conditions wars be- t civilized nations are becoming both less frequent and of shcrter duration, and will not probably be undertaken until every other re- source isexhausted. Who can say that this does not constitute a distinct advance for civ- ilization? It marks s decided change from by-gone times, when war was undertaken often upon the fiimsiest pretext and dragged its slow length along for years, with all the interruption to progress which that implies. Now, when war is finally decided upon the object will be to make it short, quick and de- clsive. It will be pushed to its legitimate conclusion as quickly as possible. In this way & lasting peace is assured with the least possi- ble interference with existing conditions and the cause of civilization correspondingly ad- ‘vanced. LIGHT ON A MYSTER!OUS WORD. There are any number of queer items in a tariff bill. Who can tell, at first thought or after a day of careful study for that matter, anything about pulu, or divi-divi, or styrax, or calamine, or osmium, or any other of the thousand-and-one curious names for still more curious articles that have to be enumer- ated? All ot which is preliminary to s story which & veteran member of Congress told to & Wash- ington Post reporter the other day. It seems that for & number of years there was in the tariff laws a duty of 60 per cent ad valorem imposed upon ‘‘alkakange.” There it stood in all its flury. duly assessed, resistini e foris to place it either on_tne iree or to teduce the duty. When Judge Kelley of Penn- ylvania was the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Meanssome tariff items had to be revised, and the suggestion was again made that perhaps & duty of 30 per cent upon “alkakange” would be sufficient. But all the members of the committee, Horace Maynard, and Schenck and Austin Blair, stood up in earnest protest. ‘What is ‘alkakange,’ anyhow?' asked Democratic_and inquiring member of the Wa, d Means Commitiee when the item ‘The idea of any one asking that question|” exclaimed Judge Kelley, and all his collesgues raised their hands in holy horror at such ignorance. B As these exclamations did not answer the question the Democratic free-trader sent for an unabridged dictionary, and looking it all through found no such word ss alkakange. He got 5o more instruction from an encyclo- He ask f Ure's dictionary & asked in vain o ‘ou Bco and arts. The members of the com- mittee began to grow worried. Finally they summoned a prominent chemist, for, of course, snid they, alkakange was a drug. ‘But the chemist said that to his knowledge there was no such thing as alkakange in all the pharmacovia. At this point some one suggested that they send over to the Government Printing Office and ask the proofreader who had revised the law. Certainly he would know. “Well,” said the employe, who at last ap- peared, “the fruth is that nineteen years ago, when we hsd 8 page of the tariff law on a “form.’ a part of the type dropped out, and it was fized up by one of the printers. The only thing he could make out of the combination of letters was the word ‘alkekange, ’ and I sup- Pose it has remained i~ the law ever since.’’ Perhaps pulu ard divi-divi and a few other of the unpronounceable and wonderful things in the present tariff bill got in through the same way. Who knows? A THINKER ON THINKERS. Our good ol’ Elder Hombieton he said he thought ought To 41" Scquainted with the lords an’ emperors of thought: He said I bad sich nateral capacities of mind That [ ought to glt familiar with the thinkers of ‘mankiud. An' 8o he fetched me Shakespeare’s plays, an’ Milton’s poems, too, An’ o’ George Ellot's novels next for me to waller through n, An'501 Wallered through ‘em all, read through the whole long shelf; An’ all the more I read their stuff the more I loved myseli. W'y, now, jest look at Shakespeare; poof! that fooling people praise, He made & terrible misiake to g0 to writin’ plays. The man couldn’t think, he rambles on and jump: from this to that, An' 1 dunno, an’ he dunno, jest w'at he's drivin’ at. I've thought more thoughts out here to work; 1've thought more in one aay, More genyuine thoughts than he could stick in one whole ramblin’ play. There might be good plays wriitin, sir; ola; number one an’ prime— But I must carry on my farm, time. an’ I hain't got the Now there's John Milion's poetry that makes sich huliaballoo "Taiu't senge, 'tain’t rhyme, ’tain’t argiment, an’ I don’t believe It's true. They call him great thinker, hey? His thoughts are great an’ high? nker, Lord allve! Good Gracious! m 17 ot some gift for words, I know, but he can’t Tiog em. see? Can't string’em so they’ll makea thought that holds up an idee. siz, chocktul of ‘There might be poetry writte thought sublime, But [ must carzy on my farm, an’ I hain’t got the time. Now, there's George Ellot’s novels, wall, I never saw the man, A’ I wouldn’t hurt his feelin’s, but the stuff he writ, I swan! He tries to tell stories, but he ain’t got none to tell; Wy, 1 counld tell 'em twice as quick, an’forty times as well. But I've jest wallered through ’em all, read through the whole 107g shelf, An’ ail the more I've read the stuff the more I've loved myself, But there might be novels written that would be first class »ud prime; But I must_carry on my farm, an’ I hain’t got the Ume. Sax WALTER Foss in New York sun. ANSWERS TO ‘ORRESPONDENTS. HALF-DOLLARS OF 1832—J. C., City. A half- dollar of 1832 does not command any pre- minm. DENTISTRY—C. F. S., City. There are no schools in San Francisco in which dentistry is taught in the evening. TrE WHITE HOUSE—M. J., City. President McKinley and his family now occupy the White House at Washington, D. C. surpING Fruit—J. H., Lompoc, Cal. Any commission-house will pack and ship fruit for yoato the point named in your communica- tion. INDEFINITE—Mrs. E. S.. City. No definite time has as yet been fixed for turning over to the owner the building you name in your communication. ‘WORDS OF A fONG—A. 8., City. For a very small sum you can obtain the words of “Then You'll Remember Me,” in any store where sheet music is sold. Nor 1N THE BiBLe—F. W., City. The quota- tion, “every tub,” etc., given in your com- munieation, is not in the Bible, nor is it to be found in any of the books of reference. FRENCH Crass—C. A. W., City. The French language is not taught in the free evenming schools of this City. At this time there is no proposition to establish & French class in the schoolsmamed. - UNITED STATES COURT CLERKS—Civil Service, City. Neither the clerks nor the deputy clerks in United States Districtand Circuit Courts are governed by the civil service rules. The Judges appoint the clerks and the clorks name their deputies. GRADUATES—H. M., City. This department cannot inform you ifalist of the graduates will be published at any time before the grad- uating exercises are held. The publication of such a list often depends upon the space st command. H SWORDS—E. A. L., City. Prior to the battle of Bunker Hiil, swords were made for the Ro- mans of tempered steel prepared by the Celti- berians, there were the iamous Damascus lades manufactured during the Midad Famous swords were also made at Mila. Germans also made good swords. BMALL COT1AGES—Subscriber, Angels Camp, Calaveras County, Cal. Tnere is no firm in San Francisco that makes a specialty of build- ing small cottages that can be packed in sec- tions and then put together at the point where it is desired to locate them. Any first- cllll‘c.;r')nnwr ought to be able to build such a cottage, ARTIFICIAL IcE—E. D. B., Hanford, Kings County, Cal. Various kinds of ice machines have been manufactured, but the only practi- cal successes have been those employing the expansion of 8 compressed gas, or of aliquified 5. The vapor ‘ which cools during compression. The gaseous amonic frigoric machines are ased most widely, being so-called because theyem- ploy anhydrous ammonia. In principlesuch machines consist of an evaporator or con- gealer,n whieh the evaporizaiion of the am- monia takes place; a pump for aspirating the gas as formed in the evaporator; & liquifer or condenser where the gas is compressed by the pump, the liquefaction belog aided by a con- ensing stream of cold water. This 1ast mmed portion of the apparatus serves slmply o re- store the ammonis to its original stale, 50 that it may be used over and over again, In order to utilize the low temperature objained by this apparatus for making ice, the usual practice is 1o run the ammonia into colls for evaporation. These colls being led in coils of brine, the evaporation robs the brine of its hest, and cans of water being set irto the brine The usual sizes f can- molds are for containing from 100 to 300 pounds of ice, but within a few yewrs ihe manufacture of plate ice has come to be pre- ferred in many ers. These plates of ice are about 8x16 feet 1n size and from 19 to 16 inches thick. From ht to twelvy days’ time is required to freezs them. Tne most recent ice machines built on_the principle described will produce abou thirty- iwo pounds ot ice per pound of coal corsumed, the proportion depending on the outsde tem- peraiure at the time. " PERSONAL. T. R. Johns of Balem, Or., is in town. Rothwell Hyde of St. Helena is in the City. F. M. Brown of Vallejo is at the Cosmopoli- tan. M. H. Livingston of New York is visiting this city. T. H. Greeley of Marysville is a law arrival here. R. C. Bargent of Stockton is spend.ng Sun- day here. General T. B. Bunting of Santa Cruz is in the City. J.W. McClymonds of Sacramento is at the Occidental. A. Peterson, adairyman of Point Arens, is at the Russ. W. A Rvan of Los Angeles is amcng recent arrivals here. F. D. Cabman of Portland, Me, is at the Cosmopolitan. Dr. Ernest E. Doble of Boston wis among last night's arrivals. Lieutenant B.W. Wells Jr. of the United States navy is at the Palace. Edgar T. Wallace, an old-time resident of Yreka, is on & visit to this City. C. L. Drummond of London was smong the arrivals at the Palace yesterday. Thomas G. Plerce, a wealthy ‘esident of West Chester, Pa., s at the Paiace. A. W. Gilman, a prominent miniag and busi- ness man of Denver, is s visitor hers. J. H. Lee of Chino, secretary of the Chino Beet Sugar Company, is at the Occidental. Edward R. Thompson, City Atiorney of Stockton, 1s spending a few days here and 1s at the Lick. Among the arrivalsat the Palace are Eliza- beth M. Deane of New York City and Mrs, Demonet of Brooklyn. Messrs. Harvey C. Warwick and Budd Sage leave Tuesdey for a trip into the wilds of Men- docino County in quest of big game. Colonel William Forsyth of Fresno, who is extensively engaged in the raisin business, arrived here yesterday and is at the Occi- dental. L Bird, who owns a large area of land near Merced and who this year has between 3000 and 4000 acres of wheat, is at the Russ, ac- are frozen. ! companied by his wife and two children. W. E. Baines, who formerly owned s large interest in the Joggins rafts, which have been floated from the Columbia, returned here from Portland yesterday after a month’s absence. A, H. Latimer of Boston, & noted smateur photographer, one of whose speciaitiés b been taking the pictures of famous yachts, is among the arrivals here. Yesterdey he left, with W. J. Btreet, Georze Jackson and Dr. Hip- pert of the Camera Club, for the Sonoma Val- ley and the Geysers to take pictures. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, Cloud—W. N. Y. Wetherer May 29.—At the Jr. 8t Warwick—C. H. . Bott; Broad- Mrs. A. J. Levy, L. A. Saulfield. Mr. and Mrs. G. Nerson and family left the St. Cloud snd sailed on the Spree for Bremen. Baron Xavier du Teil and valet also sailed for Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Blythe, W. S. Harrison and J. H. Rossiter sailed on the Umbria for Liverpool; also Miss Ducommun of Los An- geles. Hother Wismer arrived on the Fried- ricn der Grosse from Bremen. WITH YOUR COFEEE. The Editor—Who was that men making such & racket in here s little while ago? The Clerk—Oh, that was the fellow who lec- tured here last night. The foreman yot the notice of thedate of his lecture under the heading, “Gas Fixtures.'—YonkersStatesman. Goslin—In the papah heah is an account of fellaw who killed his wife and committed suicide, doncher knaw. Sappy—Which did he do fawst, aw? Goslin—The pspah doesn’t say. Vewy stupid, Aw'm sure.—Harlem Life. “‘Please dive me 10 cents’ worth of stamps,” Said she, with trepidstion; “All right, my child’’—the stamp clerk smiled— *Of what denomination ?” That great big word, the little miss But for a moment daunted— “My mamma is a Mefodis— Tdess ’at’s what she wanted —L. A. W. Bulletin. I nevar like to hear & woman spoken of as an indulgent mother.” “Why not?” “Indulgent mothers are the kind that never interfere when their children annoy other poople.”—Chicago Record. “I didn’t know there had been any death in Miss Wayter’s family.” “There hasn’t. Ehe’s wearing black as an experiment.” “An experiment?” “Yes; old Giltedge has proposed, and she wants to see how she would look in mourn- ing."—Cnicago Jour “How far is it from hers to Brushburg?” asked a tourist of an old fellow who was hoe- ing waeds in & fleld of corn “down South.” “Is it far 7" “Waal, it hain't so very fer, nor it hain’t so vory nigh. If you go raound by the big road 1t's ferder nor 1t is nigh, butif you cut acrost country it’s nigher nor 1t is fer; an’ if you WEW TO-DAY. EACH DROP OF Blatz The Star MllwluknBee r Adds a minute to your life. The precious drops, otherwise called “Amer- ica’s most exquisite Beer,” will be delivered promptly if you drop us an order by postal or telephone. VAL BLATZ BREWING CO0. Milwaukee, Wis., U. S. A. LOUIS CAHEN & SON, Wholesale Dealers, | i Jese ok e Ak Ak 2 e e Ak Ak deke ok etk A Aok ok kool ek o 4 416-418 Sacramento St. W AR AR RAAR Ly 2 Ly g Fek ke e Ak Aok A Aok ok o ok ok ke ok Ak ok ok keep right straignt ahesd it's kinder betwixt nigh an’ fer; but i’s considerable of a from hyar no matter how you gt thar, Harper’s Bazar. Patient—Isn’t it & little dangerous to ad- minister snmsthetics? Must be terrible to have one die in your chair after you have given him ether. Dentist—Yes; it was for that reason that we sadopted a rule that whero an anamsthetic i given the patient must pay in advance.—Bos- ton Transeript. E. H. BLACK, panter, 120 Eddy street. e e e—— CALIFORNIA Glace Fruits; 50c1b., in elegant fire etched boxes. Townsend’s, Palace Hotel.* — ————— Colonel John S. Mosby has been taken from Charlottesville, Va., to his home in Warren. ton. He has peariy recovered from the in. juries received in the accident that iately be. Jell him, except that he has lost the sight of one eye. ———————— EPECTAL Information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Presy Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. NORMANN’S CAFE, Under Baldwin Hotel. If you wish to have your oysters well pre- pared call at this place. o Professor Douglass Archibald, who 18 con- sidered one of the most eminent meteorolo- glsts, forecasts another hot summer for the northern hemisphere, great masses of ice in the Atlantic indicating an_early polar spring. The Great Santa Fe System Leaves dally at 5 ». . Through cars to_Chicago, With Pullman palace, drawing-room and modern upholstered tourist sleepers now daily. Tickets also s0ld via Portland, Ogden, Los An- geles, Deming or EI Pasoto all points in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and s.eamship tickets to all points in Europe. See time-table in adver- tuing column, San Franclsco ticket ofhice, 644 Market street, Chronicle bullding, telephone Main 15631; Oakland, 1118 Broadway. AL A D A hacking cough is & weariness 10 tho flesh; but Ayers Cherry Pecioral is & cure that never falls. ————— Ir afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. 1saac Thomp- son’s Eye Water. Druggists sell it at 25 cents. —~——— Rev. Dr. David 8. Schaff of Jacksonville, Iil., who has been called to the chair of ancient history in Lane Theological Seminary, Cincin- nati, is known as the father of Rugby football in America. He was the captain of the first Yale football team when it played its match with Columbia in 1872—the first intercol- legiate football game in this country. NEW TO-DA GOLD o TREE Boys, Girls and Young Ladies e (ireat Amsrican [mporting Tea PURE FOOD STORES. EVERY WATCH is a perfect time- | piece ; 15-year guaranteed case. REAL GEMS. DON'T MISS Opportunity to secure one of these pretty. watches THIS. FREE. CALL AND ASK ABOUT IT. STORES EVERYWHERE. 100 IN OPERATION. AT AUCTION TUESDATY... - JUNE 1, 1897, | At 12 o’clock noon, AT OUR SALESROOM, 638 MARKET ST. Opposite Palace Hotel, San Franclsco. WESTERY ADDITION INCONE PROPERTY SE. cor. Jackeon and Buchanan Sts. An elegant Income-paying property. in the best part of the Western Addition. Improvements— | Store, flats and four dwellings. Lot on Jackson | street leased to church. Csn be further Improved to pay big. Present rents $2400 per annum. Lot 147:814x187:8. Terms—One-half cash; balance in 8 years at 614 per cent. DOWNTOWY RESIDRCE LOTS. Northwest cor. Ellis and Franklin Sts. Gilt-Edge Residence Property. Situated fn one of the choices: and most conves nient portions of the city, only a shor: distance fcom Market st., one block from Van Ness ave. boulevard. Kllis st. is bituminized. Cement side- walk. Land level and ready for bullding. Besuti- ful panoramic view of the city. WILL be soid as a ‘whole or in subdivisions. Terms—One-fourth cash; balance in 1, 2and 8 years; interest 614 per cent. PACIFIC HEIGHTS RESIDENCE. N. line (No. 1906) of Vallelo st.,, 83 feet W.of Octavia. Modern residence of 7 rooms and bath; sub- stantially bulit; good condition: elegant nelgh- borhood; grand marine view. Lot 27x 125 feel. WEBSTER-ST. IMPROVED PROPERTY SW. cor. Webster and Wildey sts, bet. Bush and Pie. 'wo flats on Webster st. and cotiage on Wilder fenis $384 per annum. Corner loh, 37:6x eet. ASHBURY HEIGHTS RESIDENCE LOT E.line Clayton st., 540:9 feet S. of Waller. A cholce ot overiooking the park. Tne sur- rounding properiy is well improved, and the dis- trict is very select and progressive. Lot 25x10813. MAGNIFICENT CORNER LOT. 8W. corner of Pacific and Jones sts. © All'ready to improve; would pay well with stores beiow and flats above: good locaion for business. Large corner lot. 60xbZ:4. CASTRO HEIGHTS RESIDENOCE. W. iine (No. 1020) of Castro st., 185 feet 8. of Twenty-third. Modern 2-story bay-window residence of 8 rooms and batn; in fine condition. Lot 21:5x90 feet. WESTERN ADDITION CORNER LOT. SE. cor. Laguna and O’ Farrel sts. A large. bandsome jot; & five site for an elegant home or flats; centrally iocated in & very choice neighborhood. Lot 50x9U. MISSION HOME. 8. line (No. 47) of Hill st.. 27 feet E. of Guerrero. A substantial, well-built | a’-window nouse of 7 rooms and batli, {n the Mission warm belt. 25x90 teet. RICHMOND LOTS. Part of Ogtside Land, Block 362, B st, Nine- teentn aud Twentieth aves. Seventeen cholce lots in prozressive Richmond ; wiil be s0ld as & whole or In subdivisions. EASTON, ELDEIDGE & CO., Office_and Salesroom, 638 Market st., opposite Palace Hotel. GROVE L. JOHNSON HASEEMOVED HIS LAW OFFICES FROM Sacramento t0 San rancisco and formed & Dbartnership with Waiter H. Linforth and George E. Whitaker, with oftices at 310 Ploe st