The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 2, 1897, Page 6

TfiE" éA‘N _'FRANCISCO'CAEI‘, ifiAjTUBDv‘AY; OCTOBER 2, 1897 6 o | HAWALI, INDEFENDENT AND NEUTRAL. (-/‘!1]: Gall HE annexation of Hawaii is put upon two ‘grounds—the need of a strategic position in the Pacific, and a means of SATURDAY.... ..OCTOBER 2, 1807 getting commerce from Asia. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprictor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE. ...... o .710 Market street, Ban Francisco Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROGMS..... AR seawD17 Clay sireet Telephone Main 1874, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) is served by carriers in this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents a week. By mall $6 per year; per month 63 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL.... .One year, by mail, $1.50 OAKLAND OFFICE........ ++..808 Broadwsy NEW YORK OFFICE... Rooms 31 and 32, 34 Park Row. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open until 9:30 o’clock. 339 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'ciock. 615 Larkin et; 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. Polk street; ¢ Kent 1243 Mission street; open until 8 o'clock. 1505 open until 9:30 o’clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ky sireets; open il 9 o'clock. A DEGRADED SHEET. T must be confessed that when yellow journalism gets down 10 stealing newspapers which are sold on the streets for a nickel it has reached the very lowest depth of degradation. [ Ii there is anything more degraded than this we have yet to The struggle which yellow journalism makes in its effort to capture tie coin of the people is sufficiently despicable to enallenge the admiration of the most abandoned mercenary, but that is an honorable effort to s-cure money alongside of sending hired sneaks into the mailing-rooms of newspapers at hear of it. midnight to steal papers containing news. Purloining the pennies off the eves of dead men ishigh-minded and exalied robbery compared with this. But the exploit of the Ezaminer on Thursday morning in trying to secure some fresh news by stealing a copy of Tue CaLL shortly after 1t left the press, though in itself a very small and mean piece of business, is on a par with most of the work that has been done in this community for some time past by that d sreputable concern. When the Eraminer od up’' the Southern Pac.fic Company and extorted from it an “‘advertis- ing™ contrect, it adopted the same tactics which it adopted when itsenta man into THE CALL'S mailing-room to steal a paper containing the latest and freshest information of the day before. In both cases the purpose was to appropriate property which did not belong to it. The railroad contracted for “fair’” treatment, but it did not get i1, and repudiated its azreement. Whatever money the corporation paid the Eraminer under that contract was stolen outright. THE CALL was *‘stood up'’ for news instead of money, but every person who knows anything at all about a newspaper krows that news is money. The information contained in Thursday morning's CALy was worth to its owner a great deal. - It cost several thousanhd dollars 10 compiie and print it, - The Eramincr attempted to steal an ear.y paver and thereby get for no:hing information which another man had gathered for his patrons. This pro- ceeding isequivalent (0 highway robbery. THE CALL was prac- tically garroted and its properiy taken from it. The fact that its employes succezded in recovering the stolen goods belore they had fallen into the hands of the Mission-street thieves dia not affect the principle of the affair. - We were simply made the victim of a midnight robbery by the loud-mouthed *‘reformer’’ which engages in promoting political *'morality” and stealing at the same time. 1i justice were done the man who planned this enterprising quest jor news in the mailing-room of THE CALL on Thursday morning would be ferreted out and arrested for his offense. It might not, however, pay to pursue him; heis probably a moral idiot. For along time t.e Ezaminer has shown unmistakable ev.denc: that it does not know the difference between righd and wrong. Itsattempt to steal our news is proof positive that its lawlessness knows no bounds. —— It is not surprising that two footpads should have ted when a pipe was thrust under their noses by their intended victim, nor is there any evidence that they mistook the article for a pistol. A pipe well soaked with nicotine is not a thing to be trifled with, Patrons of Hamilton Grammar School are correct in objecting to having their children numbered after the manner of a lot of convicts. A teacher who is too lazy to call Johnny Smith by name merits all the disapproval that John Smith 8r. can bestow. Invading the mailing-room of a contemporary with intent to steal a copy of a live paper is the latest feat of yellow jour- nalism. Yet we vainly scan the yellow columns for an account of an episode that was really interesting while it lasted. There is a disposition to object to craps as a form of amuse- ment for employes of the Custom-house, and probably it is well founded. Craps is understood to be a fascinating game and capable of being played with other people’s money. Many pugilists are leaving San Francisco for Los Angeles, and, while we are inclined to selfishly congratulate ourselves, still there 1s no assurance that they do not intend to come back. ‘While the Fair estate only amounts now to $15,000,000, it is believed tbat the beirs by a quick compromise with the lawyers can get something out of it even yet. Yellow journalism must be given credit for a certain sort of discretion. When it desires to steal news it sends its larcenous representatives over o THE CALL. RS When beef gets hizher than turkey, it is a sign that a good many people will eat salt pork. THE DISCRIMINATING DUTIES. DISPATCH from the Treasury Department to Collector Jackson instructing him to suspend cotlections of discrim. i\ suspena liquidation of entries until further orders has been generally construed to mean that the Secretary of the Treasury: is not satisfied with the ruling of the Attorney-General and wiil not liquidate entries of goods until the meaning of the disputed clause in the law has been passed upon by the courts, Itis to be hoped this interpretation of the treasury order is correct. The opinion of the Attorney-General virtually nulli- fying the clause imposing discriminating duties was a great disappointment to the public.. It was generally believed these duties wereintended by Congress asa fulfillment of the Repub- Jican pledge to restore discriminating duties for the protection of American commerce, and in this belief the clause w approved and:supported by the great massof the people. It was, therefore, felt that the new tariff was shorn of a consider- able part of its strength when the Attorney-General ruled that the clause had not the effect ascribed to ir. From statements made by Senator Elkins and others it is certain the view of the law taken by tHe Attorney-Generul is not that of at least a considerable number of members of Con- gress who voted for it. This being so, the question is one ot sufficient doubtfulness to make it worth while for a test case to be brought befare ihe courts to determine it. The late treasury order seems to open a way for bringing such test case, and it is possible, iberefore, we may have a decision on the lssue that will save Congress the trouble of amerding the law at the coming session. Nobody openly advocates lynch iaw, and yet there does not seem to be any particular necessity for bringing in any live stage-robbers. They are much more satisfactory when imme- diately available for the Coroner. Ifa few milkmen who persist in peddling liqnid poison happen to get killed by the inspectors they can die with the vroud consciousness of having taken more lives than they could possibly give up inating duties on goods imported via Canada and also to | There “is no _good - reason -behind - either. We fared very well -in two foreign wars on the Atlantic without a strategic point'teyond our own ‘coast.- The possession’ of the West Indies did England no: good in the war of 1812, and did us-no harm. “What possible protection can Hawaii be to the Pacific Coast? . We have harbors, docks and coaling facilities from Puget Sound to San Diego Bay:. Whv should we send ships 2000 miles to sea after coal to defend San Francisco? There is no.coal on the islands. This strategic argument, then, involves the'idea that to defend San Francisco we must first ship coal from here to Honoluly, 2000 miles, and then we must send our warships out thére after it and then bring them back within striking distance to defend . this city! Common- sense would say, supply the ships with coal here, Instead of putting it in midocean and making a round. voyage of 4000 miles after it. Hawaii in possession of ‘a European naval power would be valuable to it;-but it ‘is useless to us. The | possibility that the pious and freedom-loving Mr. Dole may offer his prize to Russia or England if we:don’t help him let go of it is given as a reason why we should take the stove that he finds too hot to hold. " Every intelligent American knows that no Government on earth wiil touch Hawaii if we declare it to be the policy of the United States that the islands shall be independent and neutral, Indeed, the -other nations would rather as a matter of mutual safety that the islands shall be neutral ground. This is evident from the course of both England and France. In 1842 England had a meddlesome representative at Honolulu, who compelled a cession of the islands to. Great Britain and hoisted the British flag. Immediately on learning of this Admiral Thomas, in command of the British Pacific fleet, sailed for the islands, repudiated the cession, hauled down the British flag and with impressive ceremonies restored that of Hawaii. All this he did without waiting for a protest from the United States or orders from his own Government, and his.action was sustained by Great Britain. In 1843 England and France bound “themselves by treaty to consider Hawaii an-independent neutrat state and never to take possession or assume a protectorate of its soil. From that time until now the other treaty powers have practically admitted our right to vetoupon any transfer of the sovereignty of the islands. In 1842 Mr. Webster, Secretary of State, said officially: ““The United States have regarded the existing authorities in the Sandwich Islands as a government suited to the:condir tion of the people and resting on their own choice, and the President is of the opinion that the interests of the commercia; nations require that that government: should not be interfered with by foreign powers. The President declares as the sense of the Government of the United States that the Government of the Sandwich Islands ought to be respected.” President Tyler’s message on the subject declared that the United States are content ‘with the independence of Hawaii and wish earnestly for its security-and prosperity. The Government of the islands, so characterized and rec- ognized in 1842, progressed, founded - schools and institutions and indeed created everything suggestive of civilization that has geneérated in public policy now to be found in the country. The impulse of it all was native. The money-grabbing ele- ment was foreign ; the garbing of the land in the vestments of civilization and the creation of a social standard to physical conditions was the work of natives solely. Yet it is said now that the natives are Incapable of self- government. ~Senator Morgan sends word back from the isl- ands that the “‘educated and moneyed classes desire annex- ation,” and that settles it. But the natives who oppose an- nexation have a less percentags ot illit:racy among them than is found in Senator Morgan’s State of Alabama. As to the commercial - view, who among our great mer- chants or real statesmen ever assumed that our billions of dol lats of trade with Europe depended upon holding islands or strategic points in the Atlantic? Our trade with Asia depends upon the enterprise of our merchants and the reciprocal needs of the two parties to the commerce. We can’t get trade with China by violating treaties with her, nor with Japan by insult- ing her Minister. While the Ezaminer is so fond of making pictures of things that do not occur, it onght tospare time to occasionally portray an actual event. The spectacle of one of its repurters running upstairs, a stolen CALL in his band and two CAri men in pur- suit; also the brief conflict, the recovery of the stolen paper, the grief of yellow journalism thereat, afford material for a spirited illustration. And, then, it was right under the nose of the Eraminer, and not even mentioned. To get the news it is necessary to bave THe CALL, but hardiy necessary to steal it. NO, THANK YOU. : HE Washington dispaiches represent Dr. Guzman, merly Nicaraguan Minister 1o this country, as saying: Under present conditions it is impossible to prevent recur- ring revolutions in Central America. I have long heartily adyocated the establishment of a profeciorate of the .United States over Nica- ragua and the other states, if not aclual annexation, and iu this yiaw 1am supporied by a majority of theeducated and moneyed classes of the Central Amerlean states. Isee no other means of insuring the benefits of peaceful republican government t6 Spanish America. The conditions of wnich he complains have been chronic in all those countries since they threw off *‘the yoke' of Spain, and will prevail probably -in Cuba when she gets rid of her yoke. We think, however, that confessed inability to govern themselves-is not a proper reason for a protectorate or annexa- tion, We are struggling pretty hard at home to assimilate a large alien population which comes to us every year untrained in sell-government, and are just now called to consider the anniexation of Hawaii because its Government can govern no lunger, and fo add to-our paternal cares the riots and ructions which affi’ct *‘the educated and moneyed classes” of Central America is asking too much. * ‘Why donot Dr. Guzman- and those classes try the effect of education upon their people, Which will train them in law and order and mutual respect for righits?. If wenndertake a protectorats will it mean that we are to suppress revolutions among them by keeping a navy on their coasts-andgarrisons intheir towns? . As we are advertised to supvress nafive protests’ against annexation in Hawaii, Senx ator Morgan will probably indorse the suppression of the natives of Central America, also in the interests of *‘the edu- cated and moneyed classes. L 3 for- Is it possible that becatise of his recent indecent letter from ‘the -Klondike the picture of:Joaquin Miller has been perma- nently barred from the pages of yellow journatism? The spec- tacle of bis whiskers being tossed by an Arctic breeze lias been denied the public for several days. DEMOCRATIC ' CONFUSION. OTHING illustrates the Democrétic confusion and break- N down as much as the situation in New York. The regu: lar party committee and’ organization having decided to make the State and city fight in- November without indorsing the Chicago platform, the rabid Bryanites provose to bolt and run Henry George for Mayor of Greater New York. Yet these are the same men who denounced the Indianapo- lis platform last year until the bad blood paled all other bad liquids in their angry front. Mr. Bryan demanded that no bolter who supported Paimer should ever come back except on his belly and frogally clad in ashes and sackeloth. If this thing goes on attorneys will have to b hired to find any Demo- crats who are not bolters and political chemists to decide what, they boited from. £ Sneak-thievery is a new branch of learning now taught in the sohool of yellow journalism. PERSONAL. W. H. Fergoaon of Tulare is st the Russ. A. Logan of Monterey is at the California. Dr. J. L. Zabala of Salinas is at the Cali- fernia. T. G. Yancey, a merchant of Newman, is at the Lick: L. M. iascell,a Martinez merchant, is st the Grand. 3 B.W. Townsend of Palo Alto isat the Cos- monpolitan. T. & Wensinger, a dairyman of Freestone, is &t the Oceidental. C. M. Ward of Grub Gulch is at the Lick ac- companied by Mrs, Ward. E. B. Stowe, a real estate dealer of Stockton, isa late arrival at the Grand, W.P. Lyon, & Fresno merchant, is among those registered at the Grand. Ex-Judge E. V. Spencer, now a lawyer of Su- sanville, is registered at the Russ. James Shaw Robiacon of Haniferd. orchard ist and horse-fancier, is at the Grand. M. L. Ell{ott of Santa Rose, formerly & mine- owwuer in South Africa, is at the Lick. Mr. and Mrs. Alphonso Wigmore have taken apartments at the California for the winter: Jesse Cope, & Santa Cruz mining man and ex-Shefiff,is among the late arrivals at the Grand. F. Mi'ler, president at Sacramento of the D. O. Milis National Bank; 1s a guest at the Occic | denial. John Howell, adjuster of the German Say- ings Bauk at Merced, returned to the Lick yesterday. Marion Biggs Jr. of Oroville, politician, cap- italist and son of ex-Congressman Biggs, is at the Grand. _E. S. Berison, connected with the Oregon Navigation Compauny at Portland, is at the California. Ex-Congressman A. Caminetul of Jackson Amador County, ene of the Code Commission- ers, is st the Lick. R. . MeGettigan, County and now & guest at the Russ, John L. Stuart, a missionary returning to Hangchow, China, is at the Occidental, accom- panied by Mrs, Stoart. H. G. Hamlet of the United States R. C, 8. re- turned bere yesterday from northern waters. He is at the California. A. J. Snyaer, the Oakland real estate dealer, will Jeave here on October 5 in the Australia on his bridal trip to Honoiulu. Ed Fay left -the city yesterday for a week’s outing and in guest of quaii shooting in the mountain region of the Carmel River. L L. Grent of Brookiyn, N. Y., who is inte- rested {u iron-works there, s in town. He and Mrs. Grant are stopping at tho Paiace. 3. T. Sullivan of Santa Cruz, who is conya- lescing from a recent illuess, arrived at the Balawin yesterday accompanied by his wife, Lientenant-Commander Drake. U. 8. N., ar- rived at the California last night from New York City. Heisaccompanied by Mrs. Drake, Milton Whitney of Washington, D. C., chief ot the Bureau of Agricultural Soils in the De- partment of Agriculture, is registered at the Occidental. W. W. Squjers, Thomas Morton and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. A. Lyed, all of New Zealand and on their way homs, arrived at the Occidental yes- terday from the East. E. Black Ryan, tax agent of the Southern Pacific, 15 in Nevada adjusting taxes at the meetings of equalizers in Reno and Elko, He will return Mouday. George A. Higby, manager at Philadelphia of the Iuternationsl Navigation Company and representative of the Red Star line, 18 in town. He has a room at the Palace. R. Koehler, manager of the Southern Pacific lines in Gregon, ana C. H. Martin, the general freight and passenger agent for that territory, arrived here yesterday for a short visit. J. P. Blair, attorney-general for the South- ern Pacific and brother-n-law of General Manager J. Kruttschniit, will depart on October 5 in the steamship Australia for Honolulu. Heexpects 1o return in the next steamer. - CALIFORNIANS iN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 1.—At the Plaza, H. J. O'Neill; Murray Hili, B. Cornwall Stuart, G. L. Bockman; Astor, 8. C. Houghto: Bartholdi, H. Lathrop; Continental, J. H. Tediie. €ELF-LUERICAT NG BEARING. Quite an ingenious device has been con- trived by T. W. Haley, & well-known mechsn. iciau in Milford, Me., viz., & seii-luvricating bearing, which itis believed possesses superior qualiies to anything yet proposed in this line. it consists of a compound of metal and graphite combined in such a meanner as to hold the graphite in soiution, this latter teat- ure being the cnief point of criginality in the invention. All the metals tnat are used fuse at e much lower temperature than wilv trify glass, which requires 4000 deg. Fahrenheit. The metals employed are thoroughiy mixed ex-Supervisor of Solano liguor-dealer st Vaulejo, is FAMOUS GOPY OF THE PORJLAND VASE. What fortunate soul in the city, asks the | New York Herald, has a beautiful vase with a | biue body, with figures in white, representing the meeting of Thetis and Peleus on Mount Pelion in the presence of Poscidon and Eros, and with a remarkable bust of Atys on the | bottom?. If you have such e ceramic, do you | know that it may be a copy of the great Port- | 1and vase, executea by that wonderful potter, Josiah Wedewood, and worth anywhere from $10,000 ¢t $15,000? This Wedgwood tmitation is believed to be somewhere in the city, and its extraordinery value is vrobably not known by the pos- sessor. Remarkable to relate, connoisseurs were deceived in the value of the vase. It was soid for something like $2 to somebody— no one seems to know, except that the person lives or lived in this city twenty years ago. Within a few Weeks aftor the sale the value of the vase was discovered, but there was no ciew as 10 who was the possessor. For the first time the news of this most fortunate pur- chase is published. It has been kept a secret all these years, except toa few ceramic art connoisseuts, who have been hunting for it. The vase was ‘ound in a marble tomb near Rome more than 400 yearsago. For nearly three centuries it was treasured in the cele- brated palace of the Barberini. Its great value, aiter being unearthed, was appreciated at once, for it Is of rare beauty. It stands only ten iuches high.. In shape it is perfec- ton in symmetry—broad at the center and diminishing gr.dusliy at the base, but to a more marked degree at the neck. There it ex- prnds with & floweriike curve, The curve is repeated again in the handles. in subsiunce itis of giass of & rich but in- tensely deep b.ue, which throws into abso ute | reiiet the classical figures in opaque wnite glass. Noflaw can be detected by the micro- scope in the culting ot these groups, which, as stated ebove, are supposed to represent the meeting of Thetls and Peleus on Mount Pelion in the presence of Poseidon and Eros. A re- markable festure of the vase is the bust of Atys on the bottoni. The embeliishment has & strong connection with this story, ‘The Englisn-side of the history of the vase began in 1770. when Mr. Biser, an antiqua- rian, purcaased it. He sold it 1o Sir William THE FAMOUS PORTLAND VASE. 1f you happen to have bought an old piece like this for a couple of dollars you have a prize worth thousands. Hamilton. The latter disposed of it to the Duke of Portiand for about $9000. In course of ime a sale of the Portland property, in- cluding the precious property, was held. The Duchess of Poriland, a proud’ and imperious Wwoman, was present for the purpose of buying in the vase. Josiah Wedgwood, who revolutionized the pottery art by his transcendent genius, outbid the Duchess, who afterward regained posses- sion of it by a teacful appeal to Wedgwood, the latier reserving the sole right to reproduce ANSWERS TO CORRESPON DENTS. Hovsexorb FURNITURE—W. M., Oity. Hou hold furniture is lizble to seizure for non- paymeut of taxesdin this State. X The Rev. G. W. A Pastor—A. C. City. A e kland was the pastor of. the meeting of the conference £t Pacific Grove. city. The sailing dise To ST. MIcHAEL—A. B., City. e tance from Ssn Francisco to St. Michael is be- nd 3000 nautical miles. the dis- t:rfg: %2??1:5 in the course sailed over by vessels. Brevcir Ripers—J. F, City. Up to the lslt of February of this year ladies were not al- e i ioycles in the city of St lowed to. ride on bicycles i th S eston Petersburg, Russia. ince has been granted. CooxING—A. P., City. Not having any knowledge of the kind of pan you allude o in i ou in- our communication and the manner you in Jond 10 use the same it s impossible 10 give the answer asked for. SEvEx Up—H. J., City. In the game of:auc. tion-pitch seven up the count u. high, low, jack and game. If A and Bare playing, cach has one 10 go, B bids two and makes high and game and A makes low, A wins in the order which the cards are counted. Crmzesemp—A. S, City, A foreigner who comes to the United States and in due courze of time is naturalized becomes a natural zed citizen of the United States, and is by that term distinguished from a native-born or n ural-born citizen. In the resiricted or popuins sense a citizen' of the United States, whetier native-born, natursl-born or aaturslzed, is &n American. Hour oF DEATH—F. H. J. y. A writer for the British Quarterly Review made the state- ment in one of his articles that he h_ld inves- tigated 2880 cases of all ages and mixed pop- ulation during a period of several years and discovered that the maximum of geaths occur between the hours oi 5 anu 6 in the morniug and the minimum between the hours ot 9 aud 11 in the night. Fishermen say that tha ebb and flow ot the tidesis alwaysa critical one with invalids. HAWAIIA M. City. W. H. Smith, 1 coffee-grower on the Hawaiian Islands, gives the following information in regard to growing coffee there. Additional information can be obtained ut the office of the Consul for Hawaii, on Sansome street, near Pine. We will suppose that you take up a tract of 100 acres, 50 of which you wish 1o develop ac once, leaving the remaining 50 to be develoved later. perbaps out of the procecds of the profits of the firs. biock. Frst there is' the house, with the necessary outbulidings and laborers’ quarters, for which allow #1000 or 8 500. =econd, the cleariug of the land, at from $15 to $40 per acre, according to the density of the greatl growth. ‘Then comes the necessary h:ling or divbling, according to individual preference and the nature of (he soil. In the former case holes 18 inches deep avd 18 inchys square are dug and refilled with b ack sur- face soli the Jatter cese ihe sTouud is simply loosened with a pick fur about the same deptn and size. ‘The fOimer process costs abouc 86 per acre, the latier §3. This means for fifty acres an exp-nse of £300 or §150. Uniess you choose to Wait & yea: for plants Lo §row In & nursery of yoor ome large enough 0 set, Which is you will buy, if possible, from trom ' 50,000 to 50,000 plants, according to the number of trees to the acre, aL & probavie cost o: $5 per thousand. You will need «bout six laborers on the place from the start, engaged in weediug and general work, at $15 per month. amounting to $1080 per annum. Add $1500 for Incidentais. extras and |iving ex- penses, and you can thus estim te the first years outlay, (aking into considerstion the Varion: custs of ¢ curing aud the different modes of cultivation in each « ase. The Mark on the Bottom of the Portland Vase and on the Missing Copy of It. copiesof it, Less than fifty of these copies were made. When Wedgzwood’s collection of ceramics was auctioned off, 8 New Yorker paid $2 for a vase and brought it home with him. A couple of weeks after the sale it was discoy- :ud that the vase sold for $2 was worth a for- une Efforts were made to discover the purchaser, but they were utterly futile. The few persons whoknew about thé sale and the real value of thie vase lamented that they had not secured the prize. To all who may own vases answer- ing in mauy if not all details to the famous vase, there Is a cuance of discovering a rare and most valueble work of art, PEOPLE OF NOTE. While the general neal'h of Munkacsy, the famous painter, who 1s in an asylum at Bonn, is excellent, his brain is hopelessly gone. Sir Arthur Sullivan not long 2go expressed s desire for a Ifbretto. The newspapers printed a reference to it, and three days later 280 opera and operetta texts were lying on his table. M. Saint-Saens, the famous French com- poser, is in Sweden, where he is to zive a series of organ recitals. At Stockholm he THE SUNDAY GALL “&>TO-MO RROW-G» WILL CONTAIN SEVERAL NOTABLE ARTICLES. AMONG HISTORICAL CHURCHES O PERILS OF SMOKING C THEM: F THE NATIONAL CAPITAL HINESE MADE GIGARS. MORALS PROMOTED BY SURGERY. A STUDY OF FUNERAL FIENDS, FIRST BATTLE OF THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR. 'THESE BEING BUT A FEW OF MANY. ‘whilein a powdered form and combine before the giass becomes liquid nud are then pressed 4nfo the journal. This makes a hard aud seii- | lupricating besring, and one which cannot be | melted out by any fricilon - that could occut, t will'stand & red heat, glass alone making 8 jurnal that will run with less oif than Bab- bitt metal, but it {s too-brittie. The Haley journal is made of. glass, lead: and graphite, Wwhich secures sell-lubtication ; for ilght shaft- iug s -litue antimony is used and for large shafting powdered aluminum. and brass.are added. 2 B REFLECTIONS .OF A BACHELOR. = New York Press. . - - When & man doesu’t know enough to have any opinions at all, he thinks he. fi_‘r‘o-d. ‘Every healthy girl- has a longing to hold a Tuan’s head in her arms as if it was & baby. A woman is so-contrary that if you tell ber todry up she will squeeze water out of her eyes. 2 ‘Every girl believes in her neart that she is better looking than other people think she thinks she is. When a woman thinks sho has convinced a A A A e e i ims will conduct twe .concerts composed of his works. - For the first time in its history the Uni. versity ‘of Durliam ‘is about to mark its ap- preciation of femirine erudition by confer- ring a degrée upon Miss Jane E. Harrison, the well-known' Greek: ‘scholar aud leGturer on Greek aty, especially on Greek vase painting. Miss Harrison has been a frequent contributor to magszine literature an. works on. Greek vase the language schela: has published Pai ting, ete.” She won ip at bridge. ROSES FOR [HE LIVING. The Bapiist Helper. Did you ever think of this? Many heap Toses upon a coffin when the form within is lifeless and knows nothing about it. Do you do lhl‘lf 'lll 50, you doubtless think of the opportunities 10 snow lov bolore death took. your {riena awas. Faey a3 not again kecp roses for the dead, whcn%fi is best Lo give them to the living. Give roses to beauify homes, to beautify mfl:dl‘ 10 beautify man that he was wrong she has gauerslly only tired him out. womean gets an jdea that her dress- more pains fitling her than she does other women. & —_— WOMEN AND HOMESTEADS, Ladies’ Home Jonrnal. The officials at the head of the National Pub- Lic Land Buresu do not adyisc women to take up Government lsnd with the id fliving d ishing homes thereon, both of whica conditions are imposed by the homestead act. The public lands are parceled out at from -!lfi 10 $2 50 per acre in tracts of from 40 to 60 acres. The good, well-located farm land tas, however, ail been taken and of the mliilions of acres remaining to disposed of but & small portion can be made productive, except through the aid of expeasive irrigation. hearts; roses of all colors, roses of knowledg roses of sympathy and roses of love. T) giadden Learts. They lessen trials, incre happiness and sweeten life in every way. Tuney help those who reccive them fo grow burer, nobler and more heavenly minded. Thes benefit you more than words can tell, Blessed is the cheerful giver—he who gives time, money, instruciion, kind words, sym- pathy or anything eise for the good and ep- nobling of others. Yes, strew roses of knowl- edge, roses of peace, roses of happiness and Toses of love. —_— e THE TAIL WAGS THE DOG. Philadeiphia Record. l‘:nudh;:unumn 3 per cent of the popu- on iwail, which, it is needless to say, is bybrid. Onlys % nry.mixed br‘:o" such would be anxious to be wagged compsaratively lml!.ltdl.. b h = FLASHES OF FUN. “T took a great deal of exercise yesterday,” remarked one Brooklyn papa to another, d you?"” “Yes,1did. When I reached home I founa that the cyclometer on my baby carriage reg- istered a fraction over ten miles.”—Harper’s Bazar, “This article, ‘How to Keep Well,’ is not completed,” said the editor-in-chief. “No, sir; the editor of the health column took some lobster last night and he hasn't been able to work to-day,’”’ replied his assist. ant.—Yonkers Statesman. She—Oh, James, how grand the sea is! How wonderfui!l Ido soliketo hear the ioar of the ocean. He—So do I, Elizabeth. Boston Traveler. “From the way my ears burned this morn. ingscme one must have been talking about me.” *Now, that is a strange coincidence. About 9 o’clock, was it not 2 “Yep.» “Well, &t that moment some one in the crowd I was in was saying that you had ears to burn.”—Indianapalis Journal. Mistress—Bridget, what business has tha: policeman in my kitchen every night . Bridget—Sure, mum, he’s & sarjint and He says ne has come in to see if any common cop is sneaking off his bate.—~Town Topies, “I'm in & quandary,” remarked the fire-eat- ing cltizen.” “Of what nature 2" “Ichallenged that magezine editor.” “What did he doabout it 7’ “Sent me a printed slip ying that my manuscript had peen received and would be read a8 s00n as it could be reached i e Washington Star. s, —— e e BECAUSE. T1ove Fou not boasuse your eyes Blue ns (ho bius skies ars, Nor yet because your chesk -outvies The summer ro es far. The locks of gold that cling and curl yArousd your forehead talr. Our ruby lips and teeth of pearl Did'ne'er my heart usnare, Please keep quict.— *Fis trie the b'ackbirds n t. _ .rees, The arss iu ether clear, Will often cease tieir melodies And List your voice 10 ueat. To waich Your hands no lilies grow p.I“n ;!'Mno raen nlofll.: L f0r wlite Dands and accents low, Sweetheart, I 10ve you not. g But s because that voice so soft Has kind'y words for all; Becaus the tears of Ppity oft From your brignt eyes down fall: Because your hauds are strong 10 do 1:00d 10r (116 poor and 10; Because your heart Is brave and troe My hears s all yourowa. —Chambers' Journal, —— S DRYDOCK AT GOAT ISLAND. Alameda Argus. 3 Ifadrydock is built at Goat Island by the Government that will be a great thing for all the region about, not excepting Alameda and Oakland. Thedock will cost millions, will be the center of inmence acuvity in ship repair- ing and will meke the contiguous shores the favorite abiding place jor n great Army of workmen. The Government neeas a dock and there is no other place so fit for its loeation, Goat Island is now useless and there has for years been an opinfon that it was a mistake Dot 1o turn it over to the railroads as a termi. nus; but if it is now ne ded for a dock the omission to give it away was very fortunate, —_— e e CARING FORrR THE TEETH, Ladies’ Home Journal. Do not eat, or do not feed your children on, white bread, which is deficient in phosphates and causes the ieetn 10 crumble. A littie herd food requiring thorough mastication should be takeu at every meal. Tne teeth shonld be brus both night and morning. Avoiq eweels. Drink st least two quartsof ‘waier g day—a glass the first thing in the morning, another the last thing befors go:ng to th remaining quantity 0 = good dentist about every six months, The second year count $1500 for living ex- penses aud sundries, and the same as the fl yenr for labor, and you have aout $z500 for ex- penditures and 1o ¢ turn. 1 he third year living expenses and Incidentals the sane, tane $1500; expenses of ‘he machinery for cleaning and dyeinz the malden crop, witn extra help in packing season, about $:000 aito- gether, half or twe-thirds of which wili be cov- ered by the crop, perhaps. However, it is best to aliow $300 for the third year. The fourth year reckon from 5000 to 86000 for outlay, and he same for income. From the fifuh year 7ou can count on an average of oae puund 10 che iree, or 60,000 pounds alto- gether. PATRIOTS AS FIC1ION HEROES. “Patriotism of the right sort will be the master passion of the coming hero,” writes Droch of *Heroes m Ficiion” in the October Ladies’ Home Journal. “It jurnishes an end- less scope for the highest kind of courage combined with that mastery of men that is leadership. Aud yet how seldom does it creep into currenct fiction, except in the spurious | garb of rhetorical bluster or the melo- dramatic account of physical heroism in bat- tlel There bave been many attempts in American stories to depict the perversion of petriotism that shows itsslf in ring politics and corruption—but the plain citizen, doing his duiy simply and at a sacrifice, is hardly alinded to. Aud yet the country is filled with him, as hes been shown in every supreme test of {is temper on & moral issie. As Lincoin often said, you can always count on the *plain people.’” Perhaps if more ideals of citizenship were depicted in popu.ar fiction there would De more of the real thing in sctual life.” FEVER-PROOF. New Oricans Picayune. There is oneman in Louisiana, living oute side of New Orleans, who is not afraid of yel- low fever, white fever, red fever, black fever or any other kind of fever; bacilli of all kinds (young and old), bacilli with the bicycle habit, bacteria with the cigarette habit, cocei, proto. plasms and infinitesimal animalculm of every descrivtion have Do terrors for him now. The gentleman is H. J. Landers, the most promi. nent man in Crowley, who is now At the Grunewald. 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