The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 28, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28 EDITORIAL RCOMS... 5 Telephone Main 1 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) is served by rs in this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents a week. il $6 per year; per month 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL....... ..One yeas, by mail, $1.50 OAKLAND OFFICE....... ...908 Broadweay NEW YORK OFFICE.... Roows 31 and 32, 34 Park Row. BRANCH OFFICES- 9:30 o'clock. & Montgomery street, corner Clay; open until open until 9:3) o'clock. 615 Larkin street; open until . SW. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open untii 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street; open until 9 o'c 1243 Mission street; openuntil 9 o’cleck. 1505 ) o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky streets; open till 9 ¢’clo AN IMPERILED FUBLIC. N the jam and crush of struggling men at the door of Wood- ward’s Pavilion on Thursday night there was something more than an illustration of a popular desire to see an exhibition of pugilism. It was an evidence of gross neglect on the part of those charged with the duty of supervising places of public en- tertainment and seeing to it that proper entrances and exits are provided. Itis fortunate the crowding at the narrow doorway of the pavilion ozcurred when the spectators were going in rather than when they were coming out. Even as it was, however, it is almost a miracle that no one was seriously injured in the strug- gle to gain admission. The police were utterly unable to keep the crowd in order, and in someof their efforts to do so actually added to the peril of the situation. A patrol wazon was driven through the packed masses of men, evidently with the intention of dispersing them, but with- out other effect than that of putting some of them in danger of being run over. As soon as the wagon passed the crowd rushed in behind it and the confusion was as great as ever. It was with no little difficulty that the Chief of Police himself was able to make his way through the mass of men and the narrow en- trance which admitted to the place of entertainment. It is scarcely necessary to point out that if for any reason an alarm had occurred while the great throng of veople was in- side the pavilion and a rush had been made for the doors there would have resulted a most appalling calamity. There were thousands of people at the exhibition, and had they become panic stricken hardly more than a few hundreds could have es- caped from death or serious injury. One warning is enough. For no reason whatever should another exhibition be allowed at Woodward’s Pavilion under the conditions which prevailed on Thursday evening. It was folly on the part of the authorities to permit it once. It will be almost criminal if they permit it again. Missouri officially charges a professor in the State Univer- sity with speaking slightingly of the State. If he can’t clear himself of course he can hunt another job. Tospeak lightly of & commonwealth that nurtured a Jesse James and then hired men to shoot him in the Back is no small offense. Aside from protests coming from the bereaved owners of dogs there will be little complaint as to the habit of stealing canines and shipping them north. As nearly as can be esti- mated San Francisco has about 2000 of these auimals the theft of which would be viewed with equanimity. Spain’s declaration that no interference from the United States will be tolerated- is not of especial moment. When the United States Government determines to interfere it will not be for the purpose of exciting the commendation of Spain. Greater New York is considerably agitated over the prospect of baving a good Mayor. While some citizens would rather Jike to try the experiment there is a feeling ‘that precedents ought not to be too violently thrown aside. Since the Australian murderer Batler has been hanged a question has arisen concerning the legality of his trial, a ques- tion much less serious now thap it would have been had it arisen before tbe drop feil. Evidently the West Indies have no strict quarantine law, for Princess Chimay has started on a journey there and no in- timation has been made that she will be stopped on the border. Most of the Eastern speculators who have made hundreds of thousands in wheat in the last few days started with but a few millions capital. The Board of Education will not goso far as to purchase back the useless books that schoolchildren have been forced to buy. Apparently the Californian murderer who objects to being executed has only to make his wishes known. TO REFORM THE COURSE OF STUDY. HILE it is fo be regretted that reform in the course of studies of the public schools was not undertaken in time to save parents the outlay for books which may now be eliminated from the curriculum, there 1s, nevertheles<, a degree of satisfaction in the recent action of the Board of Education in response, tardy though it be, to the popular demand vigorously expressed through the columns of THE CALL. Whatever the merits or demerits of the new books, it is now quite generally conceded that the number required to be purchased at the beginning of the present school term forthe use of the pupils was excessive, as the patrons of the school earnestly contended and as THE CALL convincingly showed. The course of study in question was too severe for the child- mind, according to the common opinion among teachers. It is claimed that it virtually crowded ten years' work into eight years’ time. The cramming process has been the bane of schools in many parts of the country, and to avoid the dancer of overctowding delicate young minds should be a primary object with all in- structors of the young, and especially those instruetors who are employed in our free public schools. Tue great desire of parents, so far as it relates to our pubiic schools, is that their children shall receiye 'thorough tuition in the absolutely essential stydies. After a plain, substantial course in the public schools, there is time enough for the pupil’s educational adornment. Better a few studies weil learned, than many studies and a confused mind. The Board of Education wou!d have saved itself from much adverse criticism had it appointed a committee of experienced teachers to fix upon the course of study before the opening of the term; but 1t is something in 1ts favor that it has profited by the adviceof TuHE CaLL and taken steps to reform the course even at thislate day. Studies deemed superfluous will be dropped from the list, and the course simplitied to a considerable extent. No farther expense for books will be entailed, and the new order of things will, doubtless, benefit teachers and pupils alike, and conform with the wishes of all who are interested in the welfare of our public sehools. The yeliow kid is always ridiculous and could not well em- pbasize the fact by any new eccentricity, bat its latest spasm of silliness has unfortunately made a number of excellent women ridiculous, too. These women have been induced to shed tears over sins uncommitted and deeds never done. They need not expect an apology, but it is probable tnat the pestiferous kid will not annoy them again, though screecning untit black in the face instead of saffron. Oiiver W. Holmes, R. W. Emersen and Henry W, Longfel- low were once pretty wellknown to Boston, but none of them ip his prime ever met the auick and substantial reward of the prize-fighter. The pen may be mighiier than the sword, but neither implement it would seem is in it with the stuffeq glove. A HALF-FORGOTTEN SCHEME HE State Labor Commissioner for California not long T nce became an international figure, and suddenly rose to a prominence not before attained by any State officer in this country in that department of official toil and nervous exhaustion, nor indeed by the United States Commissioner himself. He was invited by the Hawailan Government to go down to the islands in a ship and tell them about their labor situation and instruct them therein from the standpoint of an expert. He needed but to look at one stalk of cane to divine the whole situation, and decided that what was needed on the sugar plantations was white labor from California, which he would immediately export in guantities to suit employers. It is be- lieved that there was some demurrer to his plan, for itis in evidence that he forced it upon President Dole by threatening to come right home and beat annexation. Whatever the incidents may have been, and like all inci- dents affecting the fate of nations they must be left to time and the prospecting-pick of history, it is sure that Commis- sioner Fitzgerald’s appearance in Hawaii was the most im- portant event since Liholiho tightened up his gee string and welcomed the first American missionaries with the kiss of peace and poi and roast dog and sent the Kahunas to the rear and their taro patches. The missionaries went to carry the gospel of a new re- ligion to the heathen in his blindness. The Commissionary went to upset the settled conclusion of ages, wipe out the tropics, nullify climate and veto physical facts as lightly as Governor Budd does an appropriation for the State Printing Office. Before he went to Hawaii it had been supposed that white men could not stand work in any country where the sugar cane will grow. From Port-au-Prince to Penang the cane fields have been always fatal to whites. Since the sugar supply came from Barbary until now only natives of the tropics or a high mixture of native blood with the Latin races or Asiatics have been able to stand the humid heat in which sugar is developed in the cane. The Scotch Darien Company found this out to Its sorrow a century and a half ago, and it is as well settled from the Teche sugaries of Louisiana to the malaria-smitten mills of Manila as any physical fact developed by human experience. Therefore, the greater the discovery made by our own Com- missioner that Hawailan cane plantations, now infested by Chinese and Japanese coolies to the number of about 40,000, re-enforced by innumerable half and quarter castes from the islands of the sea, can be worked successfully by white labor from California. But why is not the movement in motion? Desperate men, badly equipped, have been rushing to the embrace of boreal in- | hospitality, where the sun slants so feebly that life flickers even on the Klondike placers. Why has not the Commissioner sent them to the sweet islands, where ‘‘Aloha ” awaits them and ‘“ the maidens are soft as the roses they twine,” ins:ead of let- ting them rush to Dawson City, where the latest quotations in the marriage market are: *‘ Brides scarce, $40,000 to $50,000; but few offering.”” Why does not the Commissioner opsn his agency, make special rates to Honolulu, and stock the cane plantations with Californians and others who seek the work and wages to be had in the fand of the Kamehamehas? Various colonizing schemes are on foot here to take up the surplus and idle labor. The Salvation Army is busy with the problem. Various and numerous charities are thumping their skulls to find a way out of the difficulty. Why does not the Labor Commissioner end all this by marching the Salvation Army into the islands? Let the tinkle of the tambourine be heard under the tamarind tree. Surely it will be pleasanter to climb the palm for the bia’s nest than to climb the Chilcoot Pass and get chilblains for the trouble. Let the cry be “On to Kaoio, Kapunkaamani, Keahole and Ahole !” THE GRAND ARMY MUSTER. LORY and pathos mingle at the encampments of the G Grand Army. The ranks of the veterans of the Great Conflict are thinning rapidly now, and many vears will not pass away before the last of the boys who followed the starry banner in '61 will have stepped from time into history. Thirty-six years bave changed the Union survivors of the war from boys in blue to old men in gray. Every succeeding | together, as theyv are gathered at | year, when they gather Buffalo to-aay, the muster-call shows a greater host that fails to answer ** Here.” At the encampment of 1896 the roll of the Grand Army con- tained 240,610 names; in 1897 the number has dropped down to 319,456, a decrease of 21,154. Death is making big furrows in the ranks, but the heroes keep closing in and rallying around the flag they love just as they did when grapeshot and ¢anister deci- mated their columns in the days when the tread of their myriads shook theearth. Their number diminishes, but their patriotism, sublime as ever, is an inspiration to new generations of Ameri- cans. To those old soldiers we owe a debt that never can be paid. Not one of them should be allowed to suffer the pangs of want in bis life’s decline. There are so-called statesmen who never smelled battle-smoke, yet who have made attacks on pensions with such violence as to preciude any idea of gratitude in their i souls toward the men who offered their lives in order that the Republic might be preserved. It every survivor of the Grand Army were placed on the pen- sion roll it would be nothing more than simple justice. Tha Union owes its existence to their devotion and their prowess. It will not be long before the time shall bave gone by when it is possible to render disabled veterans any service in requite- ment for a tithe of the service they rendered the Nation. Columbia can well afford to be generous to tbe men who won her battles and made the United States truly one and insep- arable. ‘We are proud of the Grand Army, as we are proud of the best Nation under the sun. California would have rejoiced to pay honor 1o the veterans in her fair domain in 1898. The old beroes have a soft spot in their hearts for the Golden State, and we make bold to venture the prediction that we shall have an opportunity of showing our love and veneration for them in a Grand Army encampment in the city of the Golden Gate in 1899, The gallows is predicted for an Oakland lad who has a habit of threatening his comrades with a knife. However, this prophecy is not couched in correct terms. It means to say that the lad will do something that ought to send him to the galiows. Thoe prophet evidently forgets this is California. If every newiy discovered explosive were to revolutionize naval construction, as each in turn has threatened, every ship would go out of date during the process of building and slide down the ways antiquated and obsolete. While Australians are turning toward Klondike as eagerly as anybody it can be remembered that only a few months lg’o their own Coolgardie was sending out as big stories as are com- ing from the Northwest now. SUEEPtUA While the correspondents expelled from Cuba naturally feel resentful it must be remembered how they have made newspaper-read ers of the United States suffer, Colusa citizens might remember with profit that Urbana, Ohio, permitted itself to be ruled by a mob recently and got a stain on its reputation warranted fast color. Consul-General Lee appears to think that a lie well stuck to is not as good as the truth, but it was cruel of him to project coid facts into a sizzling climax of romance. Bpanish officers who are inspecting the coast of the United States will be likely to discover a number of aavantageous points at whick 6ot 10 land troops. 1897 FRANCO-RUSSIAN ALLIANCE. The parting speeches of Czar Nicholas and President Faure on board the French erniser Pothuzu have removed all doubt in regard to the existence of & dual alliance. It is of little congequence to know whether a formal treaty h5s been concludea just now or whether that was done years ago, though the fact that no previous public reference to it has ever been made leads us to suppose that the alliance is the result of the recent conference between Count Muravieff and M Hanotzux. The mere fact that the most absolute mon- archy in Europe bas formed an alliance with & republic is in i tself a matter of great impor- tance. At this moment it is impossible to con- jecture the motives which have induced the Russian Government to take this step, and we do not even know if it is a treaty for cffen- sive or defensive purposes, or for both. The motives of France are more apparent. That country has occupied an isolated position since 1871 Its p2ople know no greater desire than to re-esiablish its shattered military glory, the chief pride of every true French- man, by a victorious war with Germany for the purpose of reconquering Alsace-Lorraine, The words of the Czar, that the two.nations were allied for the maintenance of peace, can- not be taken too literslly, for monarchs ana diplemats are always very peaceful—in their toasts and speeches. Still it must not be sup- posed that Russia was led into this alliance by any ill-feeling against the Triple Alliance or any member thereof; on the contrary,the Cabinets of Berlin, St. Petersburg and Vienna seem to be on the best of terms with each other, Besides Kussia knows full well that the next general war is bound to change the map of Europe out of all recognition, and there is no certainty that Russia, even with the help of France, may come out of it conqueror. On the other hand, if Russia shoula be van- quished, the reign of ihe Romanoffs would surcly come toan end, and it is not at all likely that the imperial Government would jeopardize its very existence. But Russia and France have a mutual ir- terest in many other political questious, as, for instance, in the malntenance of the status quo on the Balkan and in Egypt. Both nations have valuable possessions in Asia, which are likely to lexd them into conflict with Great Britain, and in such a conflict neither Russia nor France could single-handed cope with England on account of the superior naval force of that country. Furthermoie both countries border either directly or through tributaries on the Mediterranean and are naturally very much opposea to the prelom- inance of England on thatsea. Itis, there- 1ore, probable that the referred-to alliance is pointed against England and the near future will make this point clear. As the dual alifance has now been officially | published the next steps will be taken by the Cabinets of Berlin and Vienna, which will require assurances from Russia and full in- formation in regard to the treaty clauses. That is always customary in such cases and Germany did the same to Russia when the Triple Alliance was concluded. In fact, it is aimost certain that such assurances and In- formation have already been given, but tne particulars may not become public property until they have been discussed in the German Reichstag. PER:ONAL. J. Adams of Los Gatos is at the Rus: G. C. Lyon of Catalina is at the Russ. Frank H. Buck, Palace. Rev. C. Ben-Ham of Nupa is at the Occi- dentel. James F. Peck, an attorney of Merced, is at the Lick. F. Barrett, a banker of Pacific Grove, is at the Lick. S. W. Newell, a Stockton banker, is at the Baldwin. H. Vandenhoff of Mount Eden is at the Cos- | mopolitan. H. Casey, a liquor-dealer of Sacramento, is | at the Grand. M. J. Curtin and wife of Sonora are at the Cosmopolitan. E. Younghams, of Bonits, Ariz, is at the | Cosmopolitan. L Kahn, a merchant of Plymouth, isa guest st the Baldwin. S. H. Rice, an attorney of Suisun, is regis- | tered at the Grand. | Mrs. Stanton and nephew of Arbuckle are at | the Cosmovpolitan. B. H. Upham of Martinez, proprietor at that place of the Gloriana Winery, is making a short stay at the Lick. H. N. McKenzie, a banker of Fresno, is a guest et the Lick. Henry Lavy, a merchant of Halfmoon Bay, 1s registered at the Lick. W. 1. $mith, a mining man from Elko., Nev., is registered at the Palace. J. D. Culp of San Felipe, the California to- bacco-grower, is at the L.ck. W. H. Dixon, railroad sgent at Oroville, ar- rived at the Grand last night. Charles 8weeney, a mining man of Spokane, Wash,. is a guest at the Palace. J. A. McAuslan of Nevada City is at the Russ, accompanied by his family. Dr. A, W. H. Lindsey of Halifax, Nova Seotis, is a guest at the Occidental. E. E. Bush, areal estate dealer of Hanford, is among the late arrivals at the Lick. M. L. Elliott of Nevada City, formerly a min- ing man in South Africa, is at the Lick. Superior Judge George H. Buck of Redwooa City arrived at the California last nignt. W. R. Radcliff, proprietor of the Pajaronian, published at Watsonville, is at the Grand. Willlam A. Chapman, a merchantof Cotati, Bonoma County, is registered at the Grand. Williem C. Clapton, a New York merchant, is among yesterday’s arrivals at the Palace. W. A. Bremer, one of the teachers at St. Mathew’s Hall, San Mateo, is at the Occldental. James H. Kinkead, ex-Governor of Nevada, is at the Palace, registered from Virginia, Nev. W. B. McDougall, an old mining man, now of Diamond Springs, is registered at the Bald- win, Dr. M. Valdes of Fresno is at the Baldwin, accompanied by Dr. P. E. Pellerie of the same place. Charles Rule, a8 lumberman and proprietor of a creamery at Duncans Mills, is at the Grand. Felix Loeb of New Orleans, accompanied by his wife and son, arrived at the Palace last night. William H. Hudson, associate professor of English of Stanford, is at the California with nis wife, Dan McKenzle, maneger of car No. 2, travel- ing in advance of Main’s circus, is at the Russ with twelve assistants, William Bedell, district passenger agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad, returned yester- day from a visit to Los Angeles, C. B. Moorman, a large whisky merchant of Louisviile, K., arrived fiom the East last night and registered at the Palace. E. A. Mudgett, city ticket agent of the Bur- lington routs, who has been in the Eastior the past month, will return to this City to- day. Astronomer A. L. Colton, formeriy of Mount | Hamilton but now of Ionia, Mich., is at the Lick, accompanied by h1s sister, Miss Mary A. Colton. Captain Charles Aull, Warden ot Folsom State Prison, Is in the City on ashort leave, occasioned by therecent death of his wife, to whom he was deeply attached. Vacaville banker, is at the | i | CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 27.—At the St. Cloud, E.C. Dooley; Gilsey, E.W. Britt; Im- perial, E. R. Collins, Mrs. A. Ottinger; Mor- ton, F. Beckel'e. A PROPHECY THAT FAILED. New York Sua. Hon. William Jennings Bryan continues to revolve through the Western country, but the reports of his speeches do not reveal that he has ever mentioned the vresent striking veri- fications of his prophecy that wheat would fall to 25 cents if Mr. McKinley should be elected President. DINGLEY’S HENS. Baltimore Herald. Cheirman Dingley has the largest hennery in Maine, ana'he announces that under the in- spiring influenees of the tariff aet the lay of INVISIELE PAINT FOR WARSHIPS. France, it is admitted by naval authorities of other nations, is in possession now of the most mysierious but most potent agent yet devised by science for making terrible the naval warfare of the ruture. The new inven- tion will, it 1s claimed, multiply a hundred fola the power of a naval squadron and render useless the armaments of opposing fleets, no matter what their numbers or their strength, saysthe New York Journal. A Paris inventor has devised a chemical composition which, applied to any solid substance, will make it invisible at night, even under the glare of the most powerful electric searchlight. Navai circles in Europe are greatly agitated over the reports which, in spite of the efforts of the French war authorities to keep the matter secret, have beon published concarn- ing the results of experiments with this mar- velous discovery made a few days ago near Brest. Repeated trials wers had during the protracted naval maneuvers off that port of the working of the ‘‘invisible paint.” Torpedo-boat No.61, one of the most formid- able in the French torpedo fleet, was assigned 1o assume the roie of a hosiile crat endeayor- ing to make its way into the harbor past the vessels of the defending squedron, which in- cluded the most powerful men-of-war in the French service, nearly all of them equipped with tremendous sewrchlights. The fact that the new paint was to be employed—or, in AN ACCEPTABLE CHARTER. To the Editor of the San Franciseo Call— SIR: There are probably 3000 voters in San Francisco who are identifled with such cor- porations and bosses as 1ind big profits under present chaotic municipal conditions and who guite naturally will oppose a new char- ter, which wiil deprive them of these advan- tages. Thbere are about 70,000 other voters who have no share in these profits but are the victims of loose laws which force them, through high taxes, to put up the money which the bosses and corporations find 5o ac- ceptable. Shall the 3000 prove to be able once more to defent the movement to secure a charter for the 70.000 instead of the 3000, as they have repeatedly done heretotore? Ido not hesitate o say that the present movement to secure a new charter will cer- tainly fail, as the others fa‘led, unless ample safeguards arc wisely cons ructéd and placed in it which will efectually protect the public alike from the manipulations of the 3000 and the adverse decistons of the courts, for if ap- pears certain that the voters of San Francisco are intelligent enough not to vote for a char- ter, but rather remain as they are unlessitis such a charter as they want. The safeguaras which must be incorporated in the new charter are necessarily funda- mental and unassailable. In a word, they must underlieall other provisions, otherwise the 3000 will soon undermine the charter. THE INVISIBLE TORPEDO-BOAT. truth, that such a thing was in existence—was not made known to any save the command- ers. It was tried, however, with a success which, even in these wondér-working days, is startiing. The torpedo-boat succeeded in traversing the entire reach of water patrollea Dy the guarding warships, and, though cov- ered again and again by the glaring lignts of vessel alter vess:l, made iti way into port, and three hours after the beginning of the maneuver was safely at anchor off the tow1. JOKED WHILE HE GRIEVED. The Late Gov. Curtin’s Keminiscences of Linco!n in War Times. The Independent. We had been talking of the war, Governor broke out suddenly and said: *It was just after the battle of Fredericks- nd the burg. I had been down there and came up to | Washington by the night boat. I arrived at the foot of Seventh street a little after mid- night. Justas1landed a messencer met me, saying that the President wanted to see me at once at the White House. I took & carriage and went directly there. I sent in my card, and word came back that the President had | retired, but that he requested me to come up 10 his bedroom. entered the room he shook hands, and said: “‘Well, Governor; so you have been down to the battlefiela?” « ‘Battlefiela? S'aughter-pen! It wasa ter- rible sinughter, Mr. Lincoln,’ I was sorry in a moment that I had said it, for he grorned and began to wring his hands, and ook on with terrible agony of spirit. He sat up on the edge of the bed and mosned and groaned in anguish. He walked the floor of the room and uttered exclamations of grief, one after enotner, #nd I remember his saying over and over again: ‘What has God put me in this place for?” T tried to comfort him, and could nardly forgive myself for not being more care- ful aiid considerate of his feelings. “By and by I got him into bed again, and alter a long while succeeded in quieting’ bim down, until at last he told me astory, ana then I thought it would do to leave him. This was the story he told: « -Governor, I'll tell you just how I feel There was u farmer in Illinois who had & fine apple orchard; and_there was one yonng tree that was beering its first fruit, and he was anxious to know what sort of fruit it was. Well, he had two boys, littie imps, up to all sorts of mischief, and one day they were in the orchard sampling thisfruit for themselves. ‘The man had, also, 8 wila boar, imported, and this boar was in the orchard. Seeiug the boys he went for them. One of them saw him com- ing, and climbed up intoan apple tree; but the boar was oo quick for the other shaver, and was after him as he dodged around one of the apple trees. First the boar would snap at the boy's retreating legs, and then the boy, spurred o, would grab the boar’s tail, and 50 help himself to keep outof the reach of the boar's head. By and by he sang out to his brother: Bill, Bl down “*“What for?” says Bill. ¢ “To help me let this boar go,” says Jim. “ ‘Now, Governor, I am in the position of 1 found him inbed, and as I reached out hishand, come down here—come Jim, and I wish somebody would help me let this boar go.’ " Speaking of the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg and Mr. Lincoln’s famous address delivered on that occasion, November 19, 1863, Governor Curiin bezan by saying that there had been much discussion as to how and when that address was written, and he continued: “I can tell you all about that. Of course, I was there, and ihe President and his Cabinet had arrived acd were at the hotel. Soon after his arrival, as we were sitting around in the parlor, Mr. Lincoln lovked thoughtful for w moment or 1wo, and theu said: ‘I Lelieve, gentlemen, the committee are expecting me 1o say something here to-day. If you will ex- cuse me I will go into this room here and pre- pare it.’ After a time he returned, holding in his hand a large yellow Government envelope, on which he had written his address. “‘Here, gentlemen,’ he saia, ‘I want to read this to you to see if it will do'; and, sitting down, he read it to us, and then said: ‘Now for your criticisms. Will it do? Whatdo you say?, “'Stveral spoke in favor of i, and one or two commended it in strong terms. ‘Well,’ says the ¥resident, ‘haven’'t vou any criticisms? Whatdo you say, Seward? “Mr. Seward made one or two suggestions bearing on some slight verbal changes, which, I believe, Mr. Lincoln incorporated. *‘Now, if you will allow me, gentlemen,” continued the President, ‘I will copy this off’; and again withdrew and made a copy of the address.” MEN AND WOMEN. Charles Cramp, of the Philadelphia ship- building firm, is in Germany, engaged In in- vestigating the recent progress made there in shipbullding. The Paris Figaro denies that the adoption of an cfficial uniform for the President of the French republic has ever been mooted, and also contradicts the statement thatitis pro- posed to confer on M. Faure the colonelcy of a Russian regiment. It is & pretty well known fact that mostof the deaths that occur on tre field of battle re- fult from bleeding to death betore surgical aid arrives. The French Government has under consideration ascheme of tattooing the soldiers of the French army with a certain ruark over each artery, to that & wounded man would be able to staneh tie flow of blood himself and thus increase his chance of living. Spartan virtue survives in Pond Town, Me. A young miss on Skunk Hill is doing penance for carrying a bottle of cider to a sick neigh- bor. A cousin of hers, requested to go to the store for a plug of tobacco, resolutely declined t0 handle the weed for love or money. A few years ago the village restaurant was deprived of half its profits becanse the wife of the keeper 1e!used to serve customers with cigars. The Countess of Miranda, better known as Christine Nilsson, bas just made a trip to Sweden, her native country, where she visited the exposition at Stockholm. Her visit wasa constant succession of the proofs of public ad- miration, and crowds of people walited in the street for her to pass. She sang only once, at Upsala, the old university city, where the students came to serenade her. C. C. Cole, ex-Chief Justice of the Iowa Su- preme Court, and now dean of the Iowa Law College at Des Moines, says that institution has just turned out the youngest lawyerin the United States. The young man is Homer Millsap, a Californian, 16 years old. His standing was between 90 and 100 in the col- lege examinations. His youth, of course, pre- ©gzs 18 the finest on record. cludes his admission to practice, The 3000 are of one mind and are united. The 70,000 are of many minds, but they can be unitea in & common cause and will then be irresistible. The new charter must provide a way in which to unite them. Three things must be done by the charter- makers to insure the completeand permanent vietory of the 70,000 plundered victims over their wily and resourceful 3000 oppressors. The first condition 1s that the new charter shall be acceptuble to the 70,000, because it will not fail to protect them when adopted ; the second, that they can_at once understand it because it is honest.y plain and simple; the third, that it shall escape slow death by tor- tured construction in thie cour!s The new charter will never fail to protect the 70,000 and render the 3000 powerless to plunder them if ail authority snd_responsi- bility are vested in a large City Council or | Board of Supervisors,and all their ordinances, acts and orders are subject to veio by thf | 70,000. The 70,000 can a1 once undersiand a | syst'm so utterly plain and simple. The | courts cannot ‘‘construe” the life out of it if it | is maae to conform tothe State constitution. | It is not surprising that the veto by the | voters should seem somewhat difficult of nni- versal and ready application to the ordinsnces and acts of the Supervisors at first thought to those who have not made & study of this method of preventing the plundering of a city. Forexample, it has been objected tnat some orders are by their complex nature out- side the orders that voters can pass on wisely, finance orders being instanced as examples, Itis a surface objection. Finance orders are by nature simple. Au order fgr the payment of money can be und:rstood %by most voters, to say the least, and the<e orders n:ed not be | made compl-X. The Governor can legally velo some ltems in & bill passed by (he Legis- lature and let the others stand. The people can do 50 t00. And the Mayor can suspend | an order also, and he will do it too if he has a | chance. JOSEPH ASBURY JOHNSON. 11 Essex street, Augus 1897, WOULDN'T IT BE NICE? Now, wouldn’t it be nice On a plunging ship of ice To sall away where Arctic waters roll? T'o fare and fare away here it's freez ng »very day., And hang our summer straw hais ou the pole? To present our tickets there Where the dancing polar bear Glves the only entertainment—without price? To shake hi; | Ana to give him our applause, i In a comfortable theater of ice? | —atlanta Constitution, | | AN INTERESTING EXHIBIT. Philadelpnia Times. The caterer’s bill jor the legislative trip to the dedication of the Grant monument is worth reading. It is an interesting exhibit for the taxpayers to study and think about. Here it is: Table supp!ies. . 7¢ Wines and Iiquors. 5,026 60 6190 Supper at Philade! Clgars z Hire Services Stoves. Freight Bullding kitchen Carfare of walters.., are of waiters. Total.. To liquoss returned To sale OF SLOVeS... Net amount .$6,911 18 In addition a boat was chartered at a cost of | $500, and expensive badges costing several | nundred doliars were ordered. The entire bill as passed by the Senate was $7500, or at the rate of $30 for each of the 250 denators and Representatives, which probably in- cluded véry little for raflway fare. OLD IRONSIDES. New York Sun. There has been some discussion in Congress and in various societ es of the uses to which | 01d Ironsides should pe put. A favorite pro- ject has been to have her :owed 10 Washing- ton, and there held as a floating museum, filled with various maval relies, or illustrations of naval progress. It has also been proposed | that she should be assigned to the instruction | ot naval militia, the view biing that her very | carcer would be INspiriug 1or this purpose. But whatever the ment in such object.ons, the important poiut is that Oid Ironsides needs no further utilization. Sheis a monu- ment to the great deeds and naval herces of the war of 1812. Simply to preserve her is to make her of sufficient use, and the employ- ment most suitable for her is that which will slter her least, and make her surest to escape the wear of time and the danger of the seas. In the case of the Kearsarge we had a bitter experience of the false economy of utilizing a historic ship for routine druagery, although incompetency in those who hud charge of her was the real cause ot her sad fate. There is no danger that the Coustitution, older and still dearer to the couniry as a whole, will ba sent to face any such periis as those of Ron- cador Reef; but we must make aslittle change in her as possible, and_her final resting-place should be chosen with a view to keeping the centenarian ship for the admiration ofxenem- tions Lo come. WITH YOUR COFFEE, “Every man needs a wife to brighten up the place.” “Yes; but suppose he hasn’t any place,”— Chicago Record. Wilton—Do you agree with David, that all men ars liars? Wilby—How can I tell? Just think of the number of men that I never saw!—Boston Transeript. Sprockett—I was proposing to her when she told me that her father had failed. Wheeler—What did you do? Sprockett—I back-pedaled.—Truth. Wickwire—That is a rocky-looking umbrella you are carrying, Mudge. Is it the best you could buy ? Mudge—It is the best I could Record. Trivvet—Miss Cahokia has become a mew woman. Dicer—She isn’t as old as that, is she?— Judge. Scribbler—Does your wife laugh at your jokes in the paper? Punster—Yes; butonly on payday.—Pick- Me-Up. Mrs. Youngish—Oh, Bob, what shall I do? Baby is crying because 1 won’t let him pull all the fur off my new muft. get.—Chicago | erument. | Court Aurora” ANSWER 3 TO CORRESPONDENTS. For THE UNIVERSiTY—N. N.,Cal. The de- partment cannot adveriise the school you in- quire about &s to whether it prepares students for the university or not. You should write to the principal of that school. )| FOURTH-CLASS Posmrasier—A. €. The bonds of a fourth-class Postmaster are regulated by the amcunt of business transacted in the office. The tonds are not less than $1000. Tne ponds of a security company are accepted if the compauy is satisfactory to the Govern- ment. BuTTER ASD EGGs—B., Santa Rosa, Cal. Un- der the McKinley bil the tariff on putter was 6 cents, under the Wilson bill 4 cents and un- der the Dingley bill, the one now in force, the duty has bean raised 10 6 c-nis. The duty on eggs under the McKinley bill was 5 cents, un- der the Wilson bill 3 cenisand under the Ding- ley bill 5 cents. FIVE-DOLLAR PIECE—A. §., Cily. The ques- tion, there any premium on a $5 gold piece?” is not definite—no date is given; but this department will announce that the oniy $5 pieces of United States mintage that com- mand a premium are those which bear date of 1795 to 1800 inciusive, 1802 to 1815 in- clusive; 1818 to 1834 inclusive. T miums on these vars irom 25 cents to $45. HEIGHT OF A TREE—G. A., Oakiand, Cal. The simplest way to determine the height of a tree is to adopt the Indian method, which is to walk away from the tree uutil a sufficient dis- tance has been reached by the individuai to enable him to bend down and jorward and see the top of the tree by looking through the upper point of the triangle formed by spread- ing his legs slightly apart and then pacing back the distance to the tree. This will ap- proximateiy give the heightof the tree. STATES AND TERRITORIE: E. M., City. There were thirteen States in the original union of the United States. Since March 4, 1791, thirty-two States have been admitted into the Union, making forty-five in all at this time. Utah, the last of the States admitted, came into the Union Jenuary 4, 1896. The Territories at this time are New Mexico, Ari- re- | zona, Indian, District of Columbia, Alaska and Oklahoma. The House of Representatives July 28, 1894, passed a bill admitting New Mexico nto the Union as a State. In tho Senate no action was iaken. The House of Representatives, December 15, 1893, passed n bill admitting Arizona. In theSeunate the bitl was referred to the Commitice on Territories and no further sction was 1a Indian Ter tory has as yct no organized territorial gove - FRATERNAL DcPARTMENT. Court Aurora, Foresters of America, Celebrates Jts Nineteenth Anni- versary in Style. Court Aurora No. 2 of the Foresters of Amer- ica, one of the very much slive courls of the jurisdiction of California, celebrated its nine- teenth anniversary last Wednesday nignt 10 grand style. There was,eerly in the evening, in the court’s hall in the Alcazar building, which was dec- orated with American flags, garlands of ferns and with colorea lanterns, & reception by the officers of the court aud members to a large number of ladies who had been invited to par- | ticipate in the festivities of the evening. “While we are waliting for the coming of the hour when we are to adjourn to another plece,” said one of the committeemen, “we will inaugurate a_danc: And then the or- chestra struck up a waltz. That was followed by several dances, interspersed by voeal tal- ent. At 8 given signal a grand march was formed and 205 individuals, at least one-half ladies, marched to the Mason-street Germain, where they were by John J. Cordy and J Label of the committee escorted to seats pre: served for each at a banquet-table. There was presented to each a souvenir menu, which contained notonly the names of the delica- cies that had been prepared by the chef tor them, but under each the name of some prom- inent member of the court and a line expres- sive of his characteristics. After the disposition of the good thingsleid before those assembled had been made, John J. Cordy, who is the grand secretary of the order, assumed the duties of toastmaster and discharged them in a manner that caused many to remark that the line on the menu under his name, “The Only One,” was all right. Ina few well-chosen words he introduced each toast and §cnker, and the first called upon was Dr. G. V. Daywalt, a member of the court, who responded to ihe teast of “The Court Aurora.” Then followed *“The Forest- ers of America,” response by Hugo K. Ashe “The Ledies,”” response in a neat humorous speech by J. Lavel; *“The Companions of the Forest” was responded to by Ira W. Coburn, grand_sut-chiei _companion of that orde “The Press,” by E. C. Stock; a comic song w sung by Thomas Crouch, ana “The Guests of was responded to by John Heenan. The responses were all brief, but to the point, and they were well received. The toastmaster then expressed the hope that not only all who were at the festive board would be present atthe next anniversary of Court Aurora, but that the number would pe iucreased. With three cheers for the court and good wishes for its continued prosperity, the party separated, the orchestra, which during the dinner played sweet music, rendering an appropriate good-by selection. Ivanhoe Circle, C. 0. F. This evening Ivanhoe Circle of the Compan- ions of the Forest will give an entertainment and ball in the sccial hallof the Foresters’ building, and from the preparations that the committee of arrangements has made for the oceasion it is certain that the enteriainment to be provided will equal any heretofore given by this circle. Prosperi'y Lodge Entertaint. Prosperity Lodge No. 309 gave an entertain- ment and ball last Friday night in the Alcazar building to a large number of members of the lodge and their friends. The &ffair was under the direction of the following named: Pro- fessor Martin, Dr. Fredericks, G. Riding, R. P McPherson and L. Leonard. The programme presented included the fullowing numbers: Overture, mus cal selection, A. Bohm; special- ties by M. Brown, the colored champion cake- walker; violin solo, Dr. M. W. Freder.cks} wonderful one-legged dance by Miss Gerurd; musical tam-tam by R. Waish and Miss A. Le zone; com'c songs, William Hyne danc'ng, Miss Sadié Reino ds; mu: tions by Professor Graber's pupils, aud a dance by Proiessor Martin. This was iollowed by dancing and there wes enjoyment until mide night, CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50 Ib. Townsend'ss SaLiTE R IST SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. = ———————— The Paris Figaro denies that the adoption of an official uniform for the President of the French Republic has ever been mooted, and also coutradicts ihe statement that it is proposed to confer upon M. Faure the colonelcy of & Russian regiment. The President will be escorted to Russia by iwo warships only, and will embark at Dunkirk, Nostoppage will be made at Copenhagen or Stockholm on the outward or return voysge. MANY causes induce gray hair, but PARKER'S Ha1s Barsax brings back the youthful color. HINDERCORNS, the best cure for corns. 16 cis. —_—— The Viscount de la Rochefoucanld hasac- cepted the offer made to him by the president of the International Olympian Committee to direct the organization of the Olymplc garies in 1900. Those of last year at Athens were directed by the Crown Prince of Greece. The next games are to be held in Paris. NEW TO-DAY. Royal makes the food pure, wholesome and delicious. Absolutely Pure Mr. Youngish—Well, that all righ the cat.—Tit-bits, i 5y Sy ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEV/ YORK.