The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 10, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1897 : SEPTEMBER 10, 1807 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propriztor. FRIDAY.. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, PUBLICATION OFFICE Manager. .710 Market street, San Francisco Telephons Main 1865. EDITORIAL RCOMS.............. Telephon THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) is served by carriers in this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents a week. By mail $6 per year; per month 65 cents. ves..517 Clay street THE WEEKLY CALL... .One year, by mail, $1.50 ‘ OAKLAND OFFICE... .908 Broadway ....Rooms 31 and NEW YORK OFFICE........ .. 32, 34 Park Row. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Monigomery street, corner Clay; open until 9:30 o’cloc 39 Haves street; open until 9:3) o'clock. 615 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o’clock. SW. corner Sixteenth and | Mission streets; open until 9 o’clock. 2518 Mission street; open | until 9 o’clock. 1243 Missfon sireet; openuntil 9 o’clock. 1505 NW. corner Twenty-second | lock. 9:30 o’clock. open till 9 ¢ nt Polk street; open and Kentucky siree TOLERATE NO MORE DELAYS. OW that the Board of Supervisors bas determined to make a thorough investigation into the cause of delay in the construction of the Hall of Justice, itis to be hoped that early action of a salutary kind in the premises will put an end to the scandalous disregard of duty which has aroused widespread indignation against the procrastinating contractors. Flimsy excuses can no longer be tolerated. The contractors have been proltfic of pretexts for deferring operations. At one time it was lack of iron, at another dearth of stone, then the walls needed underpinning, and next an old well on the site bad to be tilled in. Three months have thus been consumed, and’ the men who engaged to construct the municipal building now seek to shift tne blame to the shoulders of the architect. To-day the Hall of Justice siteis practically deserted. Property and business interests in the vicinity are damaged by the ex- isting condition of aftairs. The terms of the contract provids that, in case due dili- gence is not exercised in the construction ot the building the architect shall have power to assume charge ot the work, de- ducting the cost from the amount due on account of the con- tract. No further extension of time should be granted. If the contractors refuse to abide by their agreement the contract should he taken out of their hands. Too much leniency has Public patience has been exhausted already been shown them. in the matter. When so distinguished a visitor as *Pony” Moore pro nounces this country *‘no good’’ there are sevaral ways of receiv- One is to ignore it, another to bow in ing the infol escence, and a third to reach for the Moore jaw, ion. silent teaching him by the violence of the impact the lesson so well t ht the parrot by the monkey. 1t wouid seem that the third method is the popular one. At least it has been tried, and the | man who put it in force paid a fine so cheerfully as to indicate solid enjoyment on his part. | Chivalrous Virzinians have ascertained, to their manifest chagrin, that on a recent lynching excursion they hanged an | innocent man. Such accidents are to be deplored, but in a| region where exhibitions of mob-law are about as common as sunset of course must occasionally happen. Why don’t some of the remorseful lynchers hang themselves? They could do so | without danger of committing an error similar to that over they \ought he would live permanently in Eng- ne could not bear to remain away when | ons of a willingness to seek him. The hope he cherishes oi becoming Mayor of Greater New York is pleasing to b and he may as well get ail the joy he can of it while it lasts. 1tis strange that the attorneys of Luetgert, the Chicago sausage-maker, have not advanced on behalf of their client the piea of ins He has been mailing epistles of affection to one of the witnesses, and if the pictures of that woman are cor- rect, the man be anytbing worse than a dangerous lunatie, ity. cannot Judee de Haven’s decision that a laundry is not a nuisance will be geperally commendec. Itisthe man who persistently refuses to patronize a GERMANY’S TALKATIVE RULER. HE feelings of Eurcpe seem to have been wrought intoa tate bordering upon disquiet by the recent remarks of Em- peror William at Coblentz. On previous occasions they have been similariy disturbed, and yet not much has seemed to come of it. There has been formed a habii of giving undue weight to all the Emperor says. His speeches are analyzad, and acute correspondents find in them every element of dan- ger. The results of the anelyses are cabled to the United States, which promptly feels a few sympathetic thrills of appre- hension, takesa long-distance squint at the war cloud, observes that its condition is unchanged and falls to wondering what surprise the Emperor will spring next. He is not taken seri- ously here for more time than required to read a column of print. Emperor William is one of the world’s remarkable men. That he exalts his kingship unduly there is nodoubt. That he regards himself bigger than he isand his relations witn Omnip- otence more intimate than they are no observer will question. Yet he has been several yearson the throne, and the throne is firm. The strength of character manifested in the retirement of Bismarck was enough to excite admiration, even though tinged with disapproval. He proposed to rule and not have the ‘‘fierce light”” to which a monarch is entitled dimmed by the shadow of a powerful Prince. He has sought notoriety, but his display of rhetoric is as innocent as the pride he takes in his uniforms—it isa part of his vanity. When the Em peror can- not be writing a play or poem, painting a picture or bestriding a charger on the field of review, be must be making a speech. He can’t heip it. The sound of his voice is music to him. German papers go the length of adversely criticizing some of his utterances, which but for this attention would be of no moment and quickly forgotten. They seem to accept the fal- lacious idea thatsomewhere within his sounding phrases he has swathed the fate of nations, and that at some war-lordly shriek the clash of arms will be heard. But to take this view is to join the Emperor in his own overestimate of ‘his powers. Germany is a strong country, well intrenched by constitutional limita- tions strictly defined. From these limitations the Emperor is not free. Hechooses to think he is, and the time may come for undeceiving him. The fact that the Emperor bares his mind with a frankness that would bring upon a Czar a shower of bombs, or drive a President of Francs from power, proves that while Germany does not necessarily indorse his words, that he has the respect the people have always paid their sovereign, that in their hearts there is a place for him; in fact that he possesses quali- ties such as cannot be discerned by reading one of his famous bursts of thought, even scanning it between'the lines. dry who is the nuisance. Objection has been made by members of a local Sunday- school that the assistant pastor kissed them in a ‘‘fatherly way.’”” The girls will be sustained in their objection. That is no way to kiss a Sunday-school maid who has approached any- where near the age of appreciation and discretion. An American woman who married a title has the onerous duty at present of remaining in a London jail for beating, that is to say, cheating, a fandlord. Yet she is probably not as one who will not be comforted. The title is right in jail with her. So much liquor is being confiscated and poured into Alas- kan waters that pretty soon a man cannot drink freely of a river without risk of jim-jams. Rockefeller’s ambition to be a gold king is likely to be real. ized. He has only to persist in investing in California mines. l NATIVES WERE NOT CONSULTED. HE Chronicle highly approves Senator Morgan’s declara- ion that it is not the policy of the United States to consult the natives of a country which we desire to annex. The reason given by the Senator is that “‘we give them good gov- ernment.” Both the Senator and our contemporary cite Alaska as an instance in which we annexed regardless of the views of the natives. We bought that country of Russia, which for more than a century had exercised jurisdiction over it. Russia’s reasons for giving it up were not shadowed in any mystery. Her seat of power is upon a continent. Her efforts at expansion on her European side have borne imma- terial results. Her extracontinental territory in Alaska added nothing to her strength, but its defense would tax her resources beyond the importance of the stake. Her expansion must be on the plane of least resistance and, therefore, followed the easier cleavage through Asia. That policy must bring her in condlict with other European powers, among them England, which are exploiting th: same region. Her wise policy may be profitably studied by the United States, as we are about to enter upon extracontinental expansion, and in the light of Senator Morgan’s statement of our policy we may go to Alaska to study the *“good government.,” which is his sweeping reason for annexation anywhere without consulting the natives. In the current number of the Ocerzand Monthiy is an article of reputable authorship on Alaska. THE CALL neither denies nor affirms the statements of Dr. Cothran, the author. The magazine in which they appear is recognized as standard In American periodical literature. Dr. Cothran says: ‘‘Since annexation more than half the natives of Alaska have per- ished of cold and starvation, . . . and a happy and prosperous people have been reduced to an extremity of destitution and misery unparalleled on this planet. Independ- ence and plenty have been exchanged for serfdom and squalor. In a few years the last food source of the natives, the saimon, will have been destroyed. 1 make a plea for the helpless, whose natural rights are outraged. If President McKinley appoint a commission to investigate in Alaska its report would be the blackest and most sorrowful record that .has been written in modern times. Atthe end of along tale of unspeakable wrong and outrage it would tell of the decaying vestiges of hundreds of formerly prosperous villages, deserted now and marked only by Greek crosses above the graves.” This picture of the ‘good government” extended to Alaska, drawn by an intelligent American citizen, will hardly re- assure other natives upon whom we propose to confer similar blessings without consulting them. The contrast between Russian rule and ours but little flat- ters that kind of American pride to which Senator Morgan ap- peals with fervor and frequency. If the appalling picture of des- olation that has followed our presence in the north be true we may reconsider our criticism of the extraterritorial administra- tion of England in India, of France in Algiers, Cochin China and Madagascar, and of the Dutch in Java. But are such results exceptional? Are they riot common in history! They appeared in the Macedonian administration of Persia, in that of Rome in the conquered provinces, and of Spain in her distant colonies. ‘‘Good government” fades in the ratio of distance from its administrative center, and malad- ministration at the circumference is finally reactive upon the center. 3 But these are philosophical reflections derived from the experience of mankind and therefore inconsequential obstruc- tions in the path of glory in which our feet are set without ‘“‘consulting the natives.” Lady students st Berkeley have declared themselves op- posed to Some of the masculine students regard “rushes.” | this as presumpiion, yet a lady has a right to an opinion, and in this particular instance could not well have any other. Workmen seem to have altogether deserted the site of the Hall of Justice, but the difference in the progress of the work will not be material. There never have been enough laborers there to make even a respectable bluff. Golden Gate Park is pronmounced by travelers among the most beautiful in the world, and it belongs to the people of the Mission just as much as to those of any part of the City. ar is war still”” remarks the distingnished Weyler. From watcling that individual, however, we bad arrived at the conclusion that war was something else. A statement is afloat that the potato erop is one billion bushels short, the news being the first intimation that Mr, Pingree has been neglecting his duty this year. HON. THOMAS B. REED WILL REPLY. liam J. Bryan’s article on the “Return of Prosperity and the Future of Silver,’’ and the public generally will be gratified to learn that in THE CALL of next Sunday will appear a “Reply to the Statements of the Nebraskan Orator’ by Hon. Thomas B. Reed of Maine. No man in the Republic i3 more compstent to speak con- cerning the outlook for the white metal or upon the causes which have produced the healthful financial conditions now existing in America than the brainy speaker of the House of Reprsenta- tives. He annihilates the fallacies of pessimistic agitators by the sledge-hammer blows of his sound logic. WIDESPREAD comment was occasioned by Hon. Wil- His clear reasoning, his large mental grasp, his great knowledge of political and financial history and his perfect familiarity with the National issues of the perlod make him a most potent authority on the real value of the propositions advanced by Mr. Bryan in last Sunday’s CALL. Speaker Reed’s “Reply” will be deeply interesting to everv citizen, and it will constitute a strong and popular feature of THE SuNDAY CALL. 1t half told of Mrs. Nack, in a New York prison for murder, is true, she may be said to have the laugh on the law. It can electrocute her but once, and that would be only a bezln‘ning of what is justly her dues. L If Italy’s new rifle, shooting eighty times a minute, shall prove successful King Menelek may not have so much fun chasing Humbert’s troops out of Abyssinia next time. Congratulations to the girl in New York who has married a Chinese, and will she kindly forgive the natural suspicion that she has married above her station ? THE REVOLT OF THE WAITERS. PARISIAN waiters have appealed to the patrons of cafes nd restaurants to aid them in putting an end to the odious “tip” system. Itisa not uncommon idea that the piece of money we drop into the palm of the person who brings us the bill of fare purchases certain special favors, concerning which the proprietor is quite oblivious. it is assumed that the waiter is in league with the cook, and that the only way to make sure of a choice article of food, along with all the parnishments that round off a perfect meal, is to pay ample tribute to the cnef through the very accommodating agency of the knight of the napkin. We thus pay two prices for a dinner and imagine, perhaps, that the proprietor is getting the worst of the bargain with us, while the lord of the cafe is really tempted to laugh at our innocence. g The proprietor is fully acquainted with his job und knows what is going on. In Paris an association of waiters, in a set of reolutions urging patrons to give no fees, declare that tips benefit only the proprietors, who tell their employes, “We shali give you no salary ; the public will give you tips and you will pay usior the privilege of receiving those tips.’ The waiters have suffered from the scheme and they are hankering after salaries. When waiters rebel against it the tip system in eating-nouses is doomed. The Pullman car porters wiil doubt- less continue to endure the woes entailea by the tip business in their line, They have an erroneous impression that a mere salary means finaneial slavery. FPERSONAL. J. Monahan of Fresno is stopping st the Cos- mopolitan Hote!. Cnarles Rule, a stock-reiser of Duncans Milis, is at the Grand. Dr. D. R. Taggart, a physician of Bakersfield, is & guest of the Lick. Dr. George E. Goodman Jr., the Napa banker, is a guest nt ihe Palace. G. W. Boggs, grain merchant of Tracy, is at the Russ, accompanied by his son. Sumue! M. McMurtrie, eontractor of Port- land, Or., is registered at the Palace. L. M. Nage', wife and daughter ot San Jose are staying at the Cosmopolitén Hotel. C. C. Merriman, a vineyardist and winery man of Fresno, is registered at the Grand. M. E. Wise and wife of Lordsburg, Cal., are visiting the City, and are registered at the Cosmorolitan Hotel. C. Beckfort, an extensive cattleman of Williams, Anz,is aweng the guests at the Cosmopotitan Hotel. Dr. F. E. Gallison, s physician from Point Arena, arrived at tne Russ yesterday and will make this City his future residence. Baron A. de Senarclens of Liege, Belgium, arrived at the Palace yesterday, having come in on the morning overland from the Kast. George F. Becker, a member of the United States Geological Survey at work on this coast, arrived at the Palace last night for a few days’ stay, J. B. Fuller of Marysville, one of the State bank examiners, arrived yesierday at the Californie, accompanied by his wife and daughter. H. 0. Bax-Ironside, an attache of the British embassy at Washington, is at the Palace, ac- companied by his valet. He arrived yester- day from Panama on the City of Sydney and is westward bound on a pleasure tourof the world. State Senator John J. Boyce of Santa Bar- bara is at the Occidental. He is on his way home from a steamship trip to Alaska, which he took for a rest and a chunge advised by his physician. Among the arrivals yesterday at the Palace were: W. H. Palmer, wife and two children, end Mrs. 8. Taliaferro and two children, allof Houston, Tex., and on their way home from Ceatral America, Martin F. Sosa of Sonsanate, S8an Salvador, arrived at the Palace yesterday from Central America, accompanied by his daughter, and will remain here several days for pleasure and recreation. He is & prosperous hardware mer- chant at Sonsanate, a town about twelve miles inland from the Pacific. Leonard W. Coleman of Keswick, the seat of the big Iron Mountain copper mines, near Red- ding, is at the Palace. He issecretary of the company, which fs an English concern, em- ploying 350 men in the mines and 350 men in the smelters. Itisthe largestcopper property on the Pacific Siope and employs one of the biggest forces of miners in California. C. L. Bradiora, a former journalist and now a merchant and real estate dealer of Hilo, Ha- AN IMPORTANT FEATURE THOMAS WILLIAM L L A L R L R R R R R R L R R R R R A R R R R R LR R L SUNDAY CALL TO THE STATEMENTS OF Goncerning the “Return of Prosperity and the Future of Silver” No man is more competent to speak concerning the outlook for the white metal, or upon the causes which have produced the healthful financial condi- tions now existing in America, than the brainy Speaker of the House of Representatives. should miss this clashing of intellectual broad- swords in the battle of the political giants. WITH YOUR COFFEE. “Why,” asked Pat, ss he came hiccoughing into the Quippery, “is tne humble goat always held up as the synonym for intoxication, for instance—‘juil as a goat’?” “] cannotguess,” answered Tim, “unless’’— ana he paused meditatively and looked at Pat as if he expected an invitation—unless it is because he is always ready tothrow ahorn into anybody.”—Pittsburg News. Bleecker (at Asbury Park)—Did you ever try to get anything to drink here? Dey—Yes, I tried it once, but I'll never try it again, gBl.ecku-—Whn was the matter? Didn’t you succeed? Dey (with & wry face)—That is just what was the matter. 1did succeed.- Puck.. Minnie—Nellie is & regular genius. She puts her frizzes up in tin foil off champagne corks, Madge—And why off champagne corks? Miunie — Because it makes 'em tight.— Judge. “Johnnie, I hope you are mot beginning to swear?” “Oh, no, not till I am as big as papal’— This Witty World. Bhe—Mr. d'Auber is wedded to his art. He—Well, there's nothing mercenary about the union.—Life. He (trembling)—I have one last wi-wish to ask you before we part in anger foraver. She (sobbingly)—Wha-what is it, George? He—Wi-will you me meet me next Th- Thursday, as usual? Bhe—I wi-will, George.—Tit-Bits. Preachleigh—What do you expect on the day of judgment? + Speudthrift—Supplementary proceedings.— Trath. Nervous Philanthropist (on a slumming ex- cursion)—Can you tell me if this is Little Erebus street, my man? Suspicous-look ing Party—Yes. Nervous P—Er—Rather a rough sort of thoroughfare, isn’t it? Buspictous-looking P—Yus: 1t isa bit thick. The further yer goes down, the thicker it gits. Ilivesin the last house. TExit Philan- thropist].—Punch. She—1I know that I am not good-looking, but people forget my face when I sing. He—Won’tyousing now !—Fliegende Blatter SLAVE DAYsS IN ILLINOIS. “Iliinois was nominally a free State, ard yet there were a good many negroes held in bond- age there prior to 1844,” said C. W. Morris of Chicago to s Washington Post reporter. “My grandfather had about 100 slaves and my father possessed a small bunch. It wasdue to Lyman Trumbull that the system played out in Illinols. 1t was while he was a young law- yer in Bt. Clair County that the incident hap- pened that caused the abolition of the traffic in human property. *A client walked into his office in Belleville one day and said that he wanted to get Trum B. REED J. BRYAN Nobody 200992222992292929902222292222200020000200R02020002000020202002020R0R2088 Gumxuuumnxwwmmuxuuuuw&j wali, is at the Occidental. He has come here to conclude several dealsin coffee lands with men in this City and to invest capital in the formation of a joint stock company to engage in raising coffee on the island of Hawait, the largest and most productive of the Hawailan group. He will take some coffee machinery back withihim. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 9.—At the St Cloud—W. A. Clark, D. E. Wilber. Nether- land—E. H. Clark. Savoy—J. Wustacler. Hol- land—C. L. Fair. —_— A WOODLAND SUMMONS. Maiden frank and free, Leave the town with me; Leave the city for the woodlands, ¥or the fields of emerald corp, For the mends wih running streamlets Singing praises to the morn For 1he biils that bound the di Crowned with purpie diadem: For the sunshine on the dewdrops, Decking trees and plants with gems., Maiden sweet and falr, Youug and debonair; Leave the city’s smoke and hurry, Never-c2asing Lol and pain, Noisy sireets and noisome al evs, Love of gold and greed of gal Where the toul is cribbed and cabined, Where the heart has lack of room, ‘Where the ghos's of want and hunger Stalk around in robes of gioom. Malden dear and free, Nature here we see— Nature in her rob ‘s of beauty, Glowing in her summer dress, Free from artificial fetiers, Free trom sorrow and distress. Soothed by sound of running waters, Charmed by hummiig of the bees, Let us rest within the shadows nd primeval trees. ¢ KNGLISH, In the Indepsndent. MADE FRIENDS WITH BLOOD- HOUNDS. Mobile Register. Most people know that the “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” style of *bloodhounds” have no exist- ence outside of fiction. Hounds ara used to track escaping criminals, but they are mere trackers. They are not after the man’s biood. In Bullock County last week a negro detected in tne act of burgiary was pursued by & pack of dozs. When they caught up with him he patied them on the head and put them on the trail of another negro whom he had sean pass. ing. The would-be burgiar was captured by other means. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. New York Press. A baby is a little pink bunch of yell. ‘The more I think about getting married the oftener I make up my mind not to. 1f some folks were the devil on avisit to heaven they would ge: awfully homesick, A woman loves her husband for her chil- dren; a maa Joves his children for his wife. Every man reflects a_lot about women, but the married men’s reflections are generally not fitto print. Just becausea man won’t cheat a streetcar company out of a nickel is nmosign thathe won't Lie anout the smount of mouey his vaca- tion has cost him. bull to-help him out of a difficulty. He had been sued for non-payment of a debt amount- ing to $400. He owed the money and was will- ing to pay it, but it was absolutely out of his power to settle at once, and the creditor re- fused to give him more time. If alittle time were given he could earily square the debt. ~*‘What do you want the money for?’ asked Trumbull. ‘“*For a negro girl who helps my wife about the house.” “Then Trumbull, aftor reflecting a bit, told the man that if he didn’t want to pay his cred- itor couldn’t make bim. The eciient said it was a just obligation and ne would pay, but inasmuch as he couldn’t get any extension ne would have to get Trumbull to fight the case in the courts. Well, the case came up for trial and the court decided for Trumbull's man on the ground that there was no consid- eration. It was held that Illinois was a free Btate and had been ever since the Virginia ordinance of 1787, which sought to limit ;{llvef.‘ to the country south of the Ohio 1ver. *‘Whether the debt ever was settled after the decision in favor of the debtor I don’t know, but so far as further trade in darkies was con- cerned that decision ended things. Butitis curious to note that even after this the Illinois Lexislature passed a law forbidding negroes to come within the borders of the State, and a penalty provided that any who aid so :iboull‘d be arrested and sold at publicauc- 00, — HIS REVENGE. Spare Moments. “On, yes; I think I'm beginning to pick up the game, now,” chuckled thelittle man in the railway carriage, as he hugged his packages and smiled at his friend who sat next to him, “I don’t understand, my {riend.” “No? Well, you see, it's & kind of open question at home as to which of us, the wife or 1, ishead of the house. Last Christmas she had saved up enough of my own money to buy me some presents. What I got was a diamona Ting, so smali that she had to wear it; a lot of toilet accessories for the dressing-table, and a p‘-ir"ot kid gloves that happened to be her s ‘Wauldn’t it be well to assert yourself; just enough, you know ?” **Well, (o-morrow’s her birthday, and you see all these bundles ? All presents for her. There’s a pair of boots made to my messure- ments, three neckties, a half dozen big linen handkerchiefs, a briarwood pipe and four ounds of smoking tobacco. El’ney‘rs all for er.” And the little man laughed till be dropped most of his packnges. — THE TEXAS WATERMELON. €an Antonio Express Compare the watermelon crop of Texas with the Washington monument at Washington, D. C, The monument is 5525 feet high and 146}4 feet square at its bare. Bruild & monu- ment of Texas' 40,000,000 melons, pack them solid, and they would make & column 1223 feet high, 145)4 teet square at the base. In the bottom layer tere would be 24,528 melons, occupying 21,462 square feet. Tnis calcula: tion is based on the average size of the Texas melons—iourteen inches long and nine inches in dismeter. These 40,000,000 watermelons would weigh in the aggregate the enormous total of 800,000,000 pounds. It would require 30,000 freightcars and 1200 full trains of ::v.e‘:ly-e’v:h cn'g ughnio’ lnunpobr.t them. The S, not a foot of s; e L Wee) Would cover a distance of 170 mites o o HORE “YELLOW” OURNALISH Indignation Among Mem- bers of the Young Men’s Christian Association. Accuse the ‘ Examiner” of Faking in Order to Mis- represent Them, Persistent Unfairness on the Part of the Paper Toward the Organization, Considerable indignation is feit by some of the members of the Young Men’s Christian Association on account of what they term the ‘‘vellow dog’’ journalism practiced by the Examiner. That ‘“Prince of Fakers” has added another jewel to its crown by publishing in & recent issue what purported to be interviews with prominent citizens of this City in refer- ence to a-question which came up for dis- cussion at the recent conference of the Y. M. C. A. At least one of the interviews is a “fake’” pure and simple, for the gentle- man whose name is used was not inter- viewed by any representative of the yel- low journal, nor did he make the state- ments attributed to him to any one. The gentleman referred to is J. G. Daub, the physical director of the Mission branch of the Y, M. C. A. “The Examiner has sought by its cari- catures and the publication of ‘fake’ in- terviews to belittle our organization,” said Mr. Daub, “The matter of gym- nasium costume was hardly mentioned at the conference, yet the Examiner took occasion to make the ‘Morality of Tights’ the subject of extended imaginary inter- views with several prominent citizers. The only mention made of tights being used in Y. M. C. A. gymnasiums was when I sugguested that the use of turner costumes was thought by some of the friends and members of the organization would tend to increase the membership. “I merely mentioned the matter because some of our friends believed the turner cosiumes better. Idid not give my opinion on the subject, ss I am interested in thead- vancement of the association and simply wanted to find out what the majority of those at the conference thought would be to the best interests of the organi- zation. ‘The question of morality dia not enter into the discussion. Our members are supposed to be gentle- men in conduct as well as in dress. I don’t understand why the Examiner seeks to reflect discredit on its managers and work harm to an institution of most un- selfish character. “The reports in that paper of our con- ference were not at all fair, and in fact were distorted, it seems, for the purpose of ridiculing us.” Dr. Dietz, the physical director of the assoc'ation, who was misrepresented in the article, said : *It would have surprised me greatly to have seen such an articlein any of the other papers, but knowing the Examiner as I doand understanding its peculiar ideas of journalism 1 was not much amazed. That paper, for some reason or other, has never treated the Y. M. C. A. wilth as much fairness as it has some of the religious organizations. While THe CaLL has always given good reports of the proceedings of our organization the Ex- aminer has treated us very unfairly. Ifit had happenedronce or twice only I would be inclined to think that, perhaps, it was an oversight, but the slights have been so frequent that I cannot help arriving at the conclusion that it was done ueliber- ately, The report of our conference was terribly distorted, and I am satisfied in my mind that it wasdone deliberately. The other papers have always treated us well and I see noreason why the Exam. iner shopld not do so also.” Several other members of the associa- tion expressed themselves in about the same vein, but they considered the source of theardcle and would let the matter droo and treat it as one of the yvellow journal’s attempts at a joke. MEN AND WOMEN. Mrs, J. A, Hayes, the daughter of Jefferson Davis, lives at Colorado Springs. She has two sons, the elder of whom, by an act of the Mis- sissippi Legislature, 1s to bear the name of Jefferson Hayes Davis. Dr. W. L. Abbot of Philadelphia, who has made valuable donations to the Smithsonian Institution, has now given a collection of birds from the Malayan peninsula containing 1000 birds representing over 200 species. Queen Victoria, it is said, has traveled more miles than any other European ruler. Since 1842, the year she first eutered a railway car- riage, her record, according 1o an English au- thority, is 2,000,000 miles, The Prince of Wales has about 1,500,000 miles to his credit. It 13 reported in Atchison, Kans., thatJ. D, Harmon, the famous Missouri laugher, is dea Harmon had & guffaw which could be heard for many blocks, and it was so contagious that he was & great attraction when he visited Atchison to sell the productsof his farm, Harmon lived a few miles across the Missouri live. A Birmingham book-seller was interviewed the other day respeciing the ways of some of his distinguished customers. Asked how Mr. Gladstone orders books he replied: “He re- turns the catalogue marked, with the instruc- tions, ‘Send these.”” *“And whoelse?” “Mr. Chamberlain.” “Well?” *Ob, he buys books of reference—useful books. I have sold him many such, Then Mr. Ruskin is another oid customer of mine.” ’*Aud what was his pe- culiarity?” *‘Well, if he bought £9 16s worth of books, he would send me a check ior £10, and say, ‘Give the change to the packer.”” Henry O. Tanner, the negro artist, one of whose paintings has been purchased by the French Government for the Luxembourg gal- lery, was born in Phiiadelphia about thirty- five years ago. He1sthe son of Bishop Tan- ner, formerly of Pailadeiphia, but now of Kan- sas City, Mo. When voung Tanner was still in the twenties he became drawing instruetor in Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. Later he went to Paris and there became a pupil of Benjamin Constant. He exhibited in the sa- lons of 1895 and 1896, his pictures then at- tracting favorable criticism. WHAT MARK HANNA HAS DONE. &t. Mary's Graphic. A Democrat remarked 10 the Graphic the other day that Mark Henna is going to be the ruination of this country. This remark in- spired the following summary of what Mark Hanne has been accused of by Democrats and through the commission of which scts he has incurred their displeasure: * « * He sent evil spirits across the ocean with instructions to blight the crops of Europe and create a demand for American wheat in foreign markets. 1he blight came, aud the foreign demand followed cioselv upon iis heels, and American wheat went up to a dollar & bushel, He sent another evil spirit to Japan and in- spired the people of that country to go on a gold basis. He also gave this same evit spirit paramount instructions to turn its atrention to Peru and Salvador, and those two countries have since re adopting a gol by preparing to go to a gold basis. This is What as cansed Si%ver to go to 1ts lowest ebb and destroved the alleged perity between the white meial and wheat. Last spring, even aiter McKinlev was in- augurated and Congress was engaged in extra- ordiuary session, Mark Hanna held back the geason, and until Tate in June it seemed there was going Lo be no summer. This backward- ness of the season gave promise of a failure of crops and consequent famine and distress in this country about election time. Relving upon this condition tor success, the Ohio Democracy met in convention and declared for calamity and free silver, and kicked the Populists cut of the camp. * = * Mark Hanna is to blam2 for the wave of prosperity tuat is spreading over the Nation and totally burying in the ses of forg:tiul- ness the &wful panic that bung like a pall over this country throughout the tenure of Demo- cratic_supremacy. Remarkable man, this Mark Hanna! FRATERNAL DEPARTMENT. Sherwood Council, C. 0. F., Gives an interesting Entertainment to Its Friends. The entertainment and social that was given recenily by the members of Sher- wood Circle, Companions of the Forest, to its friends in the circle’s hall, Foresters’ build- ing, was one of those pleasant social gather- ings for which this circle Is noted. As usual there was a zood altendance and the pro- gramme that was presented was decidedly en- tertaining. This affair, which had been arranged by Mrs. Sarah Charpiot, Mrs. Kate Howard and Mrs. Joscphine Hartiey, include. a few select numbers, “the dressing of the new woman,” a collation and dancing. There was abanjo ana guiar duet by Messrs. Milesand Marion, & recitation by Miss Emily Berger. vocal solo by M. Abrahamson, “the pet of Sherwood Circle,”a guitar duet by the Misses Minnie and Tilile Patterson, a vocal solo by Mrs, Dr. Brackett and short addresseson the order by Mrs. Sarah Beverson, supreme grand chief companion; George Berger, supremo grand left guide, and Miss Lena Schweitzer, supreme grand inner guide. Then came the dressing of the new woman. There was on one of the walls a figure of a woman in bicycle costume. Ten individuals were selected to dress her, and each, biind- folded, was given a garment to pin to the fig- ure. There was fun watching these individ. uals place the several garmente where they did not belong. Those who came neares placing & garment_where it did_belong wer awarded a prize. Tnere was & fine collatio and then followed dancing. The Chosen Friends. West Berkeley Council of Berkeley gave an entertainment and dance in its hall recent'y at which there were present a number of visit- ors. During the evening there was a banquet at which the following-named were guests: Dr. H. M. Jackson, W. E. Parry, M. Paulson, A. Charoux and D. D.G.C. Mrs. Jacksoa from Unity Council No.179, Dr. D. Marconay, Miss Berdick, Mrs. Beebe, Mrs. Strubm ate ing, Mrs. Kelly from Charies H. Ranaall coun cil No. 201. Last Wednesday Mrs. Mary Buell of Forest Hill, a district deputy, was married to W. Clark of Forest Grove Council. Their many friends wish them all happiness. Grand Councilor Boehm arrived in New York City August 28 after a pleasant trip. The representatives of the Grand Council that is to meet in Louisville, Ky., on the 20th inst. will leave this City on the 14th inst. Last Wednesday Sacramento Couuc:l gave a very pleasing entertainment to its friends, who turned outin great numbers. Thero was a fine time, and the event of the evening was a bean party. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. THE WATER SUPPLY—“A Friend in Need,” cabled the spirit 1o try its hand in Mex:co, and now the land of the greaser is trying to emerge from the slough of financial despond City. Toreach San Francisco’s water supply awheel go out Folsom street to Twenty-third, along that street to Potrero avenue, down the avenue to the San Bruno or Bay-shore road, passing Sierra Point and San Bruno, thirteen miles from the City. At Uncle Tom’s Cabin, one mile farther on, turn totle right along the road which leads over one long grade to Lake £an Andreas, four miles distant. It you are & strong rider you can ride over two steep grades to Lake Pilarcitos, returning the same way. At Pilarcitos you can have lunch. You can, if you wish, after crossing the San An- dreas dam, turn to the left and follow the road, which will lead to Crystal Springs dam, jour miles distant, and from there to San Mateo, three miles. To reach Crystal Springs direct from San Francisco iollow the same route as described to San Bruno, thirteen mites, Mill- brae seventeen miles and San Mateo twenty miles. On the county road just outside of San Mateo there is a sieel bridge; turn to the right at that point and ride three miles to Crystal Springs. ALIEN MINE HOLDERS—W. B. A., Naps, Cal. The following decisions have been rendered by courts and the land office under the min- eral laws: Proof—A foreigner may make a mining loca- cation, provided be becomes a citizen before dis- posing of the mine.—Minera: Lands, p. 172 (154). Location, possession—Aliens cannot locate or hold mining ciaims. An alien who has never de- clared his {utention to become = citizen, s not & qualified locator of mining gronnd. he cannot hold a mining claim efther by actual possession, or by locaiion, against one who connects bimaelt with the Government title, by compliance with the mi.ing laws.—Mineral Lands, p. 409 (491). Right to locate—Uon declaring bis intention to become a citizen an siien may haveihe advantsge of work previously dome, and of a record pre- viousiy made by him iu locating & mining cluim onthe jublic mineral lands.—Landowner, vol 1L p. 78. Location, eale—If, in the attempt by an alien to locate a Claim, he performs all the acts neces- sary to a ¥alld location by a cltizen, and they con- vey's such claim to a citizen, Who Lakes possession and continues to perform all (he conditions re- quired by law to hold such claim, such ciiizen thereby acquires and holds a valid title to the claim so located by the a fen, as against all per- sons having acquired no right 'therein before such conveyance by the alien. Patent—Applicants for patent to mininglsnds must file aflidavits when and where born: 1f n uralized. or intenton declared, the date, place and court must be named.—Mineral Lauds, j 321 (194). “HoMe, SwegET Home” —E. W. L, City. “Home, Sweet Home,” the scng that can never die, was writien by John Howard Payne, who was born in New York June 9, 1792, and died in Tanis April 19, 1852. There is no founda- tiou for the assertion that the words of the song were inspired by Payne, but written by Ohver Wendell Holmes. The original manu- seript in the handwriting of Payne was witbin a fow years ago in the possession of an elderly lady living in Athens, Ga. The words as first wrliten are much interlined, with Lere and there an endearing expression from the writer to the lady who owned the manuscript. To her Payne was devotedly attached. She had marty of his letters, and she refused a large sum of money for the manuscript of the world- famed song. When Charles Kemble was manager of Co- vent Garden in 1832 he bought a quantiiy of Payne's writings. Among them was & play entitled *Clerj, the Maid of Milan.” Payne was almost starving in &n attic in the Palsis Royal, Paris, when, at Kemble's request, he aitered the play into an opera and introduced into it the words of ‘“Home, Sweet Home.”" Originally it contained but two stanzas. Miss M. Trse, eldest sister o1 Mrs. Charles Kean, \was the prima donna and she sang the song that won her & wealthy husband and en- riched all who handled it except the auther, who did not even receive $125, which he reckoned as the share thet tne opera should count in the $1150 for which he sold his writ~ ings. At the request of an American lady in Lon- don Payne wrote two additionsl stanzas to the song, but these were dropped. Tuey are as follows: ‘To us, In despite of t! e absence of years, How sweet the remembrance of home appears ; the 18fied heart turns and says with asigh: Home, sweet home, atc. Your exile is blest with all fate can bestow; . Bat mine has been checkered with many a woel Yet, tho' different our fortunes, our tho'ts are the same, And botn, 88 we think of Columbis, exclaim: Home, sweet home, etc. CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50c1b. 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