The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 19, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1897. Cal TUESDAY.. OéTOBER 19, 1807 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. W. S. LEAKE, Manager. Address All Communications to PUBLICATION OFFICE ...710 Market street, S8an Francisco Telephone Main 1868, EDITORIAL ROOMS. 517 Clay street. Telephone Main 1874. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) is served by carriers in this city and sur-cunding towns for 15 cents & week. year; per month 65 ceats. THE WEEKLY CALL.. .One year, by mail, $1.50 OAKLAND OFFICE. ...908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE. BRANCH OFFICE 9:30 o’clock. 3 .Rooms 31 and 32, 34 Park Row. 27 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open until Hayes street; open untl 9:30 o'clock. 615 9:30 o'clock. SW. coruer Sixteenth and streets n uith 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission streei; open 1119 o’¢iock. 3 Mission street; openuntil 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk sireet; open unii: 9330 o’clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentvcky sireets; open till 9 o’clock. 1 PUNISHMENT AND REFORM. HIEF OF POLICE LLOYD of Oakland in an address on C of that city, on Sunday evening, sdvanced once more the old sentimental creed that the object of imprisoning eriminals is to reform them, not to punish them; and in the course of his argument : “I do not telieve that punishment for vrisoners lies in their treatment in jail. Ibelieve that with the great majority of first offenders the punishment of imprison- ment lies in the disgrace attached—tne cstracism from al!l good society.”’ Unquestionably this is the prevalent philosopby of the day amopg tnose who do most of the talking of the world. Itisa philosophy that in this State has grown sufficiently to bear fruit and we have seen the fruits of it. Our prisons, notably that at San Quentin, bave ceased to be a terror to evil-doers. The average criminal sent to one of them can be haraly said to be punished at all, sees his friends once a week and lives at his ease, The convict at San Quentin is depriveda of some of the | normal liberty of a citizen, it is true, but on the other hand he manages 10 enjoy a good deal of literty that isnot normal. He succeeds 1n getting opium and he finds frequent occasions to indulge himself in his favorite occupation of committing | crimes. He is permitted to frequently receive the visits of bis vals, and he poses before them not as a criminal in disgrace, but as one of the heroes of the yellow journal variety who has been caught and given the distinciion of notoriety and local fame. There being no punishment in this sort of thing we have & right, according to the current philosopby, to expect San Quentin to shine in the light of the reforms it has accom- | plished. It should be able to point with pride to its graduates, as does Berkeley or Stanford. Alas for such expectations! The fruits of the philosopny are not reformed criminals, for no criminal has been reformed by it. They ars to be found in the revolts against the prison management, in the repeated out- breaks of violence, in the lack of discipline and subordination and in the scornful contempt with which the criminal class regards San Quentin as a place of imprisonment. The reason the philosophy of the sentimentalists brings forth such bitter fruit is that it is planted error. tion which penologists should consider is not one of reform.” The ques- the oft-stated anishment or reform,’”’ but that of *‘punishment and Two forces rule the human heart—the fear of pun- ishment and the hope ¢f reward; and while with the normal man the latter is the more potent, it is the former that must be set to work to control the will of the abnormal or criminal eement. Nothing will so effectualiy aid the reform of a con- vict as a prison that will continually remind bim that society knows how to punish those who violate its laws. It is not desirable that a prison shouid be made a torture chamber, nor is it necessary to make it so in order to render it a place of genuine punishment. Crueity has been left behind with the barbari ms of the middle ages, and no one will con- sent io revive it even against the greatest criminal. That, how- ever, is no reason why civilization should not adopt proper punishments for crime. It no reason why the criminal should be better fed than many an honest man and woman who labors hard for a living, or snould be allowed while in prison privileges which esdmit of the smuggling of opium, an inter- course with outside criminals and conspiracies within that lead to dangers of a complete jali-break on the part of the whole convict company. Repeatedly old coffenders convicted in our courts have re- quested the Judge to send them to San Quentin ratner than Folsom. Thisis not because they wish to be reformed, but be- cause they wish to be near the city, where they can see their fellow-criminals who are stiil free. This privilege to receive visitors should be taken away. The convict should be made to uaderstand that-lie is not a distinguished guest of the State. It should be impressed upon him that he isa criminai, and that as an impulse to reform society is giving him some wholesom® punishment for his wisdeeds. SIGNS OF PROSPERITY. NE of the unmistakable signs of the revival of business throughout the country is the material reduction m rates of interest reported from some of the Western States. Governor Stevens of Missouri announces ihat be recently received an unsolicited offer from New York capital- ists to refund the entire debt of his State, amounting to $4,500,000, at 3 per cent per annum, instead of the 314 percent now being paid. It is also stated that the Buperintendent of Insurance of the same State recently ptaced $150,000 worth of county bonds belonging to his department at 4 per cent, and he has expressed the opinion that there is no reason why every county in the great West should rot refund its bonds at the sume rate of interest, instead of paying from 5 to 10 per cent, as in many cases. A New York loan company reports, according tcan Eastern financial authority, that the rates of interest on farm morigages are also rapidly declining. Heretofore Western farmers have been paying from 7 to 8 per cent. This company now offers to refund most of these securities at 6 per cent, and it is not dif- ficult to obtain an occasional gilt-edge loan at 534 per cent. The decline in the rates of interest throughout ths great West, like the increase in the price of wheat, has done much to overiurn the arguments of ti e advocates of the free coinage the subj-ct of penology, beflore the Starr King fraternity | He is well fed, warmly clothed and housed, | MIN.NG MEN AND THEIR INTERESTS. ALIFORNIA miners have in times past taken the lead C in fighting for the mining interests of the West, and it is still to them "the people look for ieadership in such contests. For that reason the convention of the California Mining Association now in session In this city will have an influence reaching beyond the boundaries of the State. What is done here will have a large effect in determining what shall be done elsewhere. It is no ordinary programms of work that has been marked for the convention. The interests of miners” have been affect:d by recent legislation in many ways, and much will have to be done to revis: that legislation so that the mining industry may be promoted by it rather than hindered, as in some instances is the case at present. The two issues of most imporiance of this character are the complete rehabili- by railroad grants. As a means of advancing the accomplishment of all that is needed to promote the welfare of the mining industry, the ‘i convention will renew the efforts that have been made to bring | about the creation of a department of mines and mining | by the General Government. It is in the highest degree desirable that the movement for the creation of such a depart- ment shouid be pushed forward with vigor. The industry is worthy of having a representative in the Cabinet. Almost every State in the Union has some sort of mining interest to be benefited by the proposed national supervision, and there- fore, if forcibly presented, the movement ought to be well | supported in Congr: While the work before the convention is complex and difficult, there is much in the situation to strengthen the hopes of the men who seek to accomplish it. The time is propitious | to forward movements of all kinds. All industries are reviv- | ing, and in the g industry the revival has been remark- able. The outlook for mediate future is sufficiently bright to encourage th all and to give them renewed | ardor in the contest slative reforms and protection | their i So f ly concerned in the work of interest will be in the measures taken eement between the people of the val- the mountains on the subject of g y there is every reason to believe t can e reached. It is now well understood s washed down by the rivers does not come , but largely from the tiiling of the soil. that the greater portion of the evil can onstruction of impounding dams. The governments of State and of the nation have begun the work of guarding the rivers against the debris that threatens them, and it is not to be doubted that as the work goes on the results will show themselves more and more beneficial with succeeding years. It is as true of our mountains to-day as it was in the past that there are millions in them. We have hardly done more than scratch the surface of our richest lodes. Improved meth- ods of mining will enabje men to take fortunes out of quartz that a few years ago was abandoned as too refractory to be worked. to solve the difficult problems of his industry, and now if our lawmakers will grant the aid legislation can give, it is fairly certain that what Is the miner’s hope to-day will be the fealiza- tion of to-morrow. | the conve t Some of the correspondents now in the Kiondike are send- ing down news that starvation and darkness threaten the miners there. 1f they had been where they could have access to the daily papers of the last six weeks they would realize that this piece of information is not news, but very littie short of being a chestnut. Everybcdy knew in advance that starva- tion wouid be the portion of many adventurers, and vainly tried to make the adventurers pelieve it in advance. It is wrong for the British press to poke fun at the Prince of Wales. Not but that worthy gentleman, familierly and flippantly known as “his nobs,” deserves to have a little fun poked at him. The objection arises from the fact that American pavers in attending to this duty tind one of their oys, and they resent any attempt to enter the field as a specific invasion of their rights, The question whether or not San Francisco is a *‘wide open’’ city seems difficult to answer. Why not refer the entire matter to Messrs. Gunst and Lees with the stipulation that they settle it without resort to arms or further expression of the personal opinion each has the honor to hold concerning the other? of silver. It will be remembered that these theorists told the farmers last year that no matter how low the prices of farm produce might fall they would have to keep on paying a high rate of interest until silver was remonstized. Not only have events oroved this to be untrue, but the appreciation in the price of wheat has 8o increased the income of the farmers in the West that many of them this year will pay off their mort- gages and get entirely out of debt. As it is a rule for farmers who nave carried the burden of a mortgage for a few years to forever fight shy of similar involvement when once they a free from debt, it is extremely improbabie that the mortgage indebtedness, which for so long a time has been a terrible bur- den upon the industry of the West, will ever again resume its old proportions. Even low rates of interest will not tempt men to run in debt who have struggled for four or five years to get out of it. From a political standpoint the Rrowing prosperity of the West possesses great significance, The revival of business and confidence is generally attributed to the success of the Repub- licans in the last campaign. The elections this fall will likely show continued Republican gains, and next year that party will carry the country by an overwhelming majority, Probably in 1900 there will not be a shred of the silver Democracy left. One trace of good sense is always observable in the American reople. When they are prosperous they have littie use for political theories or the promises of the governmental *‘re- ormera.” . According to Police Chief Lloyd of Qakland the real pun. ishment of criminals lies in the disgrace—the disgrace of being sent to jail. However, after a man has served about three terms the keen realization of the disgrace may in a measure wear away. CONSUMING THE WOQL SUPPLY. URING the five months that preceded the enactment of D the Dingley tariff the imports of wool into this country were enormous, Being assured of at least four years of protection the dealers in wool made haste to lay a supply, bringing it in from abroad under the free wool tariff in such quantities that predictions were made the supply would be sufficient for two years. As some fears were felt at the time thav the largo imports would seriously interfere with a return of prosperity and good prices to the wool-producers of the country, it is gratifying to note that these predictions have been refuted by the facts. The New York Wool Record reports that the supply is so low «It is the opinion of the trade that prices will advance until the importing point is reached. Some well-informed men ex- pect importations nunder the new tariff very soon, while others who are more conservativa think this condition will be reached " hu‘}‘o understand what this means it must be borne in mind that in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897, the wool imports were nearly five times as great as in the preceding year. That we have aiready consumed pretty nearly the whole of this immense supply of wool is an evidencs of the extent to which the consumption has increased under the stimulus of protection. As the Wool Record puts it: “The wheels of trade began to move, American woolen-mills resumed operation and the ebsorption of stocks has become so rap d that the surplus of foreign wool must soon disappear.’’ Here, then, is a s riking evidence of the way in which the protective policy benefits the people as a whole. The large im- portations of wool seemed to interpose between the wool-pro_ ducer and the advantage the new tariff was designed to give him, and if the conzumption of woolen goods had remained low as it was under the Demoeratic tariff that result would have followed to a certainty. Protection, however, revived in- dustry of all kinds; workingmen began to get wages; mer- chants obtained customers; old stocks were used up and new ones ordered; mills set to work; and behold, the supplies of foreign wool brought in under the free-trade regime melted away like a snowbank in the sunshine., In the face of facts like this it will be in vain that the free- traders endeavor to excite discontent among the people by talking of the rise in prices. Such facts demonstrate that the rise is as beneficial to the consumer as to the producer, for the consumer is himself a producer. 2 How is it that our peopls have bought more woolen goods under the new tariff tnan they were doing under the old? How is 1t that our mills have been set to running so rapidly that already we have come in sight of the ead of the wool stock 9 hand, noiwithstanding the imports made to supply the year's demand were five times larger than those made for use under the iree-trade tariff? - These questions are pertinent to any issue the free-traders may dare to raise on the subject of high prices. They show ‘that advancing prices mean the prosperity of ail. . Science and mechanical skill are helping the miner | tation of hycraulic mining and the enactment of a measure by Congress segregating mineral lands from other lands covered | sWay 10 S PERSONAL. State Senator J. M. Gleaves of Reddingisin the city. E. J. Cahill, a civil engineer of £an Martin, is in town. S.8. Freeman of Portland, Or., is at the Cos- mopolitan Hotel. J. Huffman of Ukish is regislered at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Mrs. J. Nicholson of Forest Hill is atthe Cosmopolitan Hotel. Dr. J. W. Hudson of Ukish registered at the Gra d yesteraiy. Sidaey Coe of England is in the eity, stop- ping at the Palace Hotel. B. C. Frencn. & merchaut of Davisville, is & guestat the Lick House. F. C, Lusk, lawyer of Chico, is in town stop- piug at the Palace Hotol. J. B. Dennis, a lawyer of Reno, registered at the Palace Hotel yesterday. Judge J. Ai Logan of Santa Cruz is in the eit”, stoppiug at the Grand. R. 3. Selizer, a merchant of Redding, ar- ived iu this city yesterday. . . White, a bauker of Fresno, registered atihe Lick House yesterday. R. C. Waller, a mining man of Nevada City, is stopping at the Lick House. E. § Churchill, a banker of Naps, is 1n the citly a guest at the Patace Hoiel Captain John Irving, Victoria, B. C., regis- tered at the Palace Hotel yesterday. Dr. George W. Littie of New York arrived yesterday and :egistered at the Palace. Frank L. Coombs of Napa arrived yesterday and issiopping at the Grand Hotel. Congressman Marion de Vries of Stockton registered at the Grand Hotel last evening. Colonel George B. Sperry and famiiy of Stockton registered at the Palace Hotel yester- day. C. L. Kennedy and E. F. Miller of San Jose are among the receut arrivalsat the Cosmo- volitan Hotel. John A. MclIntire, & mining man of Sacra- mento, arrived last evening and registered at the Grand Hotel. ~ J. A. Fillmore, manager of the Southern Pacific, retured last evening irom & visit to New York and Chicago. Dr. A. E. Osborne, superintendent of the Home for Feeb.e-minded, arrived in the city yesterday aud registered at the Grand. W. A. Clark, who is largely iuterested In Montana copper mines, arr.ved in the city on the Central overiand last night and registered at the Paiace Hotel. Captain James M. McDonald has returned from & tour of the Northwestern country, He had a deligntful visit in Yeilowstone Park with Colonel S. B. M. Young, U. 8 A, superin- tendent of the National Reservation. R. 8. Soarks wund W. R. Kelly, who have been guests at the Baldwin for several months, de- yarted yesterday on the steamship City of Para for Gustemala, where both have exten- sive private intercsts and where both are gen- eral agents for two large American firms, G. B, Benham, a member of the Typograph- ical Union and a delegate of the County Branch of the Socialist Lubor party, spuke last night in Turk-sireet Temple on nalf of the Labor Alliance and in favor of labor unions exerting & political influence. He had issued a chal- lenge to debate the question with labor union men opposed to political action, but none ap- peared to combat his views, Colonel Alexander G. Hawes of London registered at the Occidental Hotel yesterday. He leit San Francisco less than two years ago to take charge of the affairs of the New York Life Insurance Company in England. Prior to his departure for London Colonel Hawes lived in 8an Franecisco for twenty-five years: He ‘was president of the San Francisco Art Association ana the Bohem:an Ciub. He was #lso an active spirit in the Loyul Legion, Com- mandery of California. €. C. Smith, editor of the Bakersfield Echo and the eloquent S:nator from Kern in the State Senate, arrived in the city yesterday. The Senator bas in his possession the last deed to the right of way necessary for the exten- ston of the Valley road from Visalia to Bakers- fleld. He expects the road to be completed to the Kern River about Christmas, and it wonla not surprise him if the people of that region held one of the greatest celebrations on record to commemorate the event of the Valley road’s completion to that point. The fact that the capitalists of Ean Francisco took tne entire issue of £6,000,000 of bonds icr the extension of the line from Stockton to San Franeisco and the further extension to Bakersfield was hailed with delight by the people of Kern County. The subscription signified to the Senator a disposition on the part of the rich men of the metropolis to invest their means in enterprises for the development oi the State. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 18.—At the Plaza— R. B. Phillips. Grand—J. Bonesteli, Mr.and Mrs. A. 1. Hitz. Windsor—C. F. Buckley. Holland—T. G. Crothers, R. B. Mitchell, F. W. Van Sicklen. St Denis—Miss T. McCarthy, Broadway Central—J. Franklin. Belvedere- Mr. and Mrs. A, Hinrichs, the Misses Hinrichs, Imperial—J. C. Iler. Netherlana—Mrs. M. Levy. Hoffman—Mr. and Mrs, J. Swinnerton. W. H. Cameron 1s here buying. CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 18.—Thomas Kirkpatrick and wife and George Kirkpatriex of San Franeisco, and C. N. Sterry of Los An- geles are at the Shoreham. Lieutemant- Colonel J. F. Randlett is in Washington on his Diego and isat the Ebbitt. J. M. Peelter, M.D., of San Diego is also; at tire Eb- bitt. J. W. Hill and wife of San Francisco are in Washington. Charles Ault of San Fran- ciscoisatthe Raleigh. Lieutenant Charles P. Elliott, Fourth Cavalry, bas had his I of absence extended six months. McK/NLEY IN BRONZE. Philadeiphia Times. The officials at the mint are working on the McKinley medals. Itis customary after cach Presidential clection to have the successful candidate struck off in bronze, and these med- The McKinley Mecdal—Obverse. als are of especial value 1o collectors, many of Wwhom nave a compiete collection of the Presi- dentssince Washingion's time. Superintendent Kretz shipped fiiteen of these bronze medals to Washington mnui for the President, his private secretary an The McKinley Medal—Reverse. members of the Cabinet. They are of copper 1 file of the President an !%n the reverse side 1s the guration. The are $oid for the benefit of the mint earnin, A big rush of ord s nuxpemuuavu';-. A NOVEL IDEA OF ILLUMINATION. The new library of Columbia University, New York, is illuminated by an artificial moon, which diffuses oft radiance grateful to the eyes and uot blinding like the glare of an electric arc light. Electricity, however, is the source of these rays, which are produced by powerful are lights focused through strong leuses on the great white sphere suspended from the dome. The Herald describes this artificial moon as s hollow sphere, seven feet in diameter, con- structed of wood and painted a dull white. Itissuspended thirty fest from the dome by & LIGHTED BY AN ARTIFICIAL MOON, wire cable, and hangs just above the four great arches of the liorary, so that when the light is ihrown on it the arches are in shadow. On the second floor of the library, in the recess below every one of the four great windows, is stationed a row of book shelves, In the corners of every row stands an unobirusive box of finished oak about five feet nizgh. There is no covering to these boxes, gach burns & power(ul arc light, whose rays are directed through a iens d in the depth of ward the wooden B The strong electriclights are entirely hidden, even from one walking about the floor upon which they are stationed. Every one of the eight rays is about seventy-five feet long and their combined radiance covers about three-fourths of the ball. fuses & light which is similar 10 moonbeams. The wooden sphere is intensely illuminated and dif- The idea of this novel illumination originated with Charles McKim, an architect, and ex- periments with it were made by Wiliam Hallock, professor of phys adopted. The idea of & globe sus: ception of the architect’s plans, , before tue plan was nded from the center of the dome was embodied in the ine ut it was originally intended to construct a metal sphere to represent the globe and surround it with a circle of incandescent lights. WWWQ THE HAWAIIAN PROBLEM. Boston Herald. offset by the adoption of this policy Brought down 10 & final analy tionists is, if the U get it. and in favor of anaexation; but this is it would be equ; with them, for they appear to be respect of the protecting power, We have received from the Hon. Lorin A. Thurston, ex-Minister from Hawaiis the advaiced sheet summary of a handbook on the annexation of Hawaii. which he has prepared, consisting of reasonsin favor of annexation, and answers to various objections that have been raised. this case, prepared ss it has been by a gentleman who has made, as special advocate of thissubject, a close study of the question, we cannot find 1n the points which he has raised or the arguments that he endeavors to confute any reason for altering our often expressed opinion that annexation is unnecessary, and would invoive our country in greater liability and possible loss than can be s his argument and that of almost all annexa- nited States does not take Hawaii some other foreign nation will, and hence, as its possession by a foreign nation might be detrimental to our iuterests, prudence requires that weshould take it now thal we can easily It seems to us that there is no sironger ground for urging this plea than there was forty-three years ago, when in 1854 the same problem, as Mr. Thurston admits, confronted President Pierce and Secretary Marey. the fears then expressed we should have made these distant islands in the Pacific & part of our national domain, s line of action which i’ taken at that time wou!d probably have resulted long before this in the attempted acquisition by the United States of other distant colonial possessions. We are well aware tnat the situation is complicated at the present time by the incoming of the Japanese &s an international seems to us that the establishment of a proteciorate would easilv secure Hawaii from undue influence on the part of the Japanese, and that under such a form of control we snould not be mada politically responsible for the upholding of an oligarchy, which is the only form of government under which Hawail can be properly controlled. Mr TAurston says that this problem came before President Harrison and Secretary Foster in 1893, and before President McKinley and Secre- tary Sherman in 1897, and in each case the decision was against & protectorats y pertinent tosay that President Cleveland aud Secretaries Gresham and Oiney took a different view of the situation. Mr. Thurston says that under a protectorate the United States wil “assume the responsibilities incident to ownership without the power of control,” and that Hawsii would still continue to remain ‘‘an incubator of international fric. tion.” As to the first of these two assumptions.we shou!d say that the Americen people are quite prepared to permit the control of Hawaii to rcst in the hands of those who are now governing the country. Tnere is no reason for interfering to carry on the affairs of the islands in an eminently satisfactory manner. We could not logically enter into complete con- trol without dispossessing them, as their poiitical ystem is antagonistic to the American democratic theory, and with their dispossession the governmentof Ha- waii would be less efficient than it is to-day. Our responsibility would end in securing them against foréign interference—a guarantee that wou!d afford us the right, which we fancy could be readily excrcised, of preventing the Hawaiian Government from acting in a manner calculated 1o affront other nations. Tais statement covers the second assumption, because, if Hawaii under a protectorate continued to pe ‘‘an incubator of international friction,” it would simply be because the government of the ixlands disregarded the wisaes in this nd we imagine that if {he issue presented itself in this way our Government would easily find the means of bringing thoughtless and obstinate local rulers into a more complscent frame of mind, Thurston maintains, it is necessary that the United States should own Hawali in order to protect its western coast from naval attack, then it would also be neces- sary for this country o establish a strongly defended naval station at Hawai, In tact, the line of policy that he suggests is but the first step toward making of this country a great military nation with an army and navy somewhat similar After reading over the presentation of If we had listened to ctor, but at the same time it tstement of fact and not a reason, and 1f, as Mr. 22928222999 9909922222290222229292292922922292222222292922282282R2802298 to those maintained by the great war powers of the Old World. Some of our fellow-citizens appear to desire this, but we do not, and we see in this Hawaiian project the germsof a policy which, when full grown, would be found to ba destructive of American liberty. 229992 999299922229292299 22222292222222295) A HALF-DOZEN LAUGHS. “Would you like a halt-tone porirait of yourseli?” inquired the interyiewer. “Certainly not,” replied Mrs. Cumrox. don’t desire o look asif the question of ex- pense was considered in the slightest. Letit be a whole tone or nothing. Washington “Perkins, your wife seems very devoted to her flowers.” “Devoted! Well, sir, many an October night thet woman has dragged the blankets off my bed to keep those weazened little geraniums from getting frostbitten.”’—Detroit Free Press. Ephraim Geehaw of Hay Corners (compla- cently)—I know how the feller must have felt that bust the bank at Monte Carlo! 81 Otecake (shocked)—You nain’t been play- in’ checkers fer money, hev you, Eph? Ephraim Geehaw—No; but b’ gosn! I put pennies in a slot machine when I was in tew town yisterday, till the go! darn shebang wouldn’t give down no more gum!—Puck. The Baron (strolling in the cemetery)—Ah, my good Zephir; young as ever, I see! Gravedigger (obsequlously)—Your Jordship’s very kind. I hope to have the plessure of making your lordship's grave. —Journai Amusant. *‘You know that saying, ‘Let me make the songs of a nation and I care not who makes its laws?' " “Yes; what of {t?” *“Itought tobe amended to read: ‘Let me make the laws of a nation aud I'll putin jail half the people who makes its songs.’” Chicago Record. “Ican tell ycu,” said he, “how much water runs over Niagara Falls 1o a quart.” ‘How much?” replied she. “Two pints.”—Pittsburg - Chronicle Tele- graph. RECONCILIATION. ‘When Spring with all Its promise came To bid faint hope take hear. awd live, My soul rejused the proffersc oheer, Deémanding of the new-born year ‘Une promise that it could no: give Itold 1 no magle lay The bighied roee of o e yone, « s OF balut akain 1t petals sere’ With bopeful hus of joys to be. My heart was ot of ‘with 5 et A 8 ot T oo S Sors Of winiry winds can make me sad. wDetroit News. ap | WHEN BLANCO COMES TO CUBA. ‘When Blanco comes to Cuba will he fol! Vey- ler's conrse? S A The-y“ny ne':m. e scorn ceful meas cruei force? e ot e They say he wilL, ©Oh, Blanco, Kamon Blanco, 1t you do so you' gret it 1f you dou't behave your uncle don’t forget it— Yes he will! il re- will step in, and When you get to Cuba, Blanco, you wii Highters there— St o Yes you willt And the bugaboos 'l get you If you do not have a care, Yes they witl! 1t will pay You Lo be decent, for your Uncle Sam’il £pot you, And the minute you get ugly he will saunter down and swat you, Yes he will. Cleveland Leader. PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. Miss Edna Whitney, the beautiful factory- girl of Chillicothe, Mo., Who was rejected as queen of the Kansas City carnival and mc- cepted by Topeka, will be queen of the Kansas City chrysanthemum show in Novemuer. Zola is proposing to lecturs in Amerlca, and arrangements have been put on foot for s tour. It couid scarcely be a successful trip if extended through the country, as he cannot speak English. In the cities he might draw large audiences from among the French read- ing snd speaking people, and also a large number moved by curiosity. David D. Dans, & brother of tLe !ate Charles A. Dana of the New York Sun, is liviag quietly onafarm in West Lubec, Me., at the advanced ageof 70. Strange 10 say, David was not.on good germs with his brother Charles and would not read the Sun. The famous Quincys, father and son, of Mas- sachusetis were so much alike at one time, in spite of their difference in years, that it was hard to tell them apurt. Once, at a public dinner, where Loth father and son were pres- ent, a toast was giveu to the father. Instintly the youuger Quiney rose to his feei and, pointing to his venerable father, said, ‘‘My son will respond.’* lAlgernon Charles Swinburne, the poet, is one ot the most eccentric individuais in Eung- land. He is a periect master of Greek and Freneb, but it is his delight to pretend to be entirely llliterate, and though he left Oxford with a great reputation he never took his degree. Mr. Swinburne lives near London, but he is raraly seen in society. Oue of the most plassing traits in his charscter is his devotion to childrem. ANSWERS TO CORRESFONDENTS. LiGuT AND ELECTRICITY—G. T., City. The velocity of 11ght is 186,300 miles per m‘:nd: that of electricity varies on d.fferen! wires, but it is ssserted that its veloci.y is 194,000 miles per second. MARRIAGES AT SEA—L G. R., Vallejo, Cal. It has been aunou .ced several times in this de- partment that there is no law that authorizes the master of a vessel to marry a coupie at sea. 1fan action based upon such a marriage should be brought into court there is nodoubt but that the court wou d d:ciare the marriage, so-cailed, null aud void. A person divorced in California desiring 10 remar: in this State must wait one ye.r; it aesiring to marry in an- other State or Territory mu-t wait toe 1ime preseribed by the law of the pariicular piace in which the party goes, (0 acquire a rej dence to enabls sueh parly to marry, Cali. fornia hes no jurisdiction Over marriages, «o- cnlled, at sea when performed outside of the three-mile limit. W MILITARY ACADEMY—J. course ef iustruetion #t the at West Point is largely math protessional. The principal subj are mathemstics. French, drawing, drill regu- iations (of all arms of the serv., 1 experunental philosophy, ehemisiry, chemica puysics, mineralogs, geology, ¢lectric ty, h tory (international and constitutionsi); alsc military law, Spanish, ¢ivil and miitary ineering, the art and’ seience of war and srt and science of gulimery and ordnan Tae discipline is very sirict, even more so than in the army. The enforcement of pen alties for cffenses is infizxible rather than severe. Academic daties commence Sept ber 1 and coniinue until June 1. Examins tions are held in January and June. DraMATIC CoPYRIGHT—H. W. D., Berkeley,Cal, In order to copyright a drama & printed copy of the title of the drama for which copyright is desierd, together with tbe nmame of ciaim- ant for copyr.ght, must be delivered to the Librarian ot Cougress or deposited in the mail within the United States, prepaid, addressed “Librarian of Congress, Weshingion, D. C.,” and this must be accompanied with the fee ior recording, which is 50 cents. This must be done on or before the day of publication this or any foreign country. Tne titie mus be printed on a sheet of paper not smalle than commercial note. The print of a type-, writer will be accepied. Not later than the day of publication two complete copies of tue best edition of the work must be delivered to the Librarian of Congress or deposited prepaid in the mail atdressed 10 bim, 10 complete the copyright. Without tiie deposit of copies as r.quired the copyright is void and a penally of $25 is incurred. MANAGING ELEC: IONS IN JA PAN. According to news received in Europe from Tokio & good deal of uneasiness prevails in Japan with regard to the general election, which is to take place immediately after the new year. Lively times are expected, and the Soshi, or Samural, as the former two-sworded petly nobies and iheir retainers are calied, have salready begun, as usual, to advertise their services at the usual fixed rates, their charges being regulated according to whether a Parliamentary candidate merely wishes his opponents annoyed and husiled or desires sheir biood to be spilied. At the last geperal election there were twenty-five people killed around the hustingsin the Tochi-Ken alone. Politics in Japan.s difficult to follow. Parties are in a nebulous state, uniting, dividing and forming new sections witn a facility and s fre- queney quite bewildering to the American mind.” lu the seven years that have elapsed since the last general election there have been no less than seventy new parties formed, most of which have private rather than public ends in view, while it is notorious that a judi- cious distribution of the coin of the realm wiil purchass ihe votes of any section in Parlise ment. OPIUM HABIT IN SOUTH AFRICA. The attention of the powerful Aborigines’ Protection Society in London has been culled 10 & new curse thatis now being forced upon the natives in South Africa. Liquorof ihe most fiery and poisonous description, specially distiiled for native consumption. haslong cox ‘tutea : bstacie in the way of ize the kaffir, and i s of Africa, morall as pnysically. Europeans have now initiated the bleck man to the charms of opium, the nefarious traffic of which is carried on opénly in the Transvasl, where white people keep dens in which kaffic men and womern pay sixpence a smoke. The hideous effects o1 the opium on the semi- savage kaflirs who work &t the mines area.- ready showing themselves in & very marked degree, and the mine mansgers are unani- mous 14 declaring that the carse is many times greater than that of alcohol. THE TABLE> TURNED, Ths Gentlewoman. Not very long ago the Queeu, staying at Bal- moral, paid & Visit, as she often does, to & cottager living upon her estate. The olu boav with whom her Majesty converced was a strict Sabbatarian, anit actualiy took it upon herseli to lecture the Queen on the subject of taking out her horses upon tne sacred day. The Queen replied geutly ithat the New Testa- ment was our authority for knowing that “man was not m T the Ssbbath.” “Yes, yes,” was the reply. “and I think nane tue mair of the Ne ent for that!” A PERTINENT INQUIRY. Chicago Chronicle. _During the late season of protracted drouth itdid not apparently oceur to any one to in- quire what had become of the professional rainmakers. What has become of them? Where are the mysterious, scientific-looking rsons who invaded Kansas and Texas in 1892 and 1893, traveling 1n cars loaded witn apparatus warranted to produce & deluge within twenty-iour hours? | MODERN RUINS, Globe-Democrat. Within ninety days the town of Skaguay was born, reached a population of several thousand and pelered out. Europe should revise its u{‘lninn that we have no icteresting ruins in this country. | SOBER SECOND THOUGHT. G'obe-Democrat. Ex-Governor Boies of Iowa says the Chicago platform is “at variance with the whole the- ory of our form of Government” The Gov- ernor hits 1t exactly on second thought. FALLACY OF THE FATUOUS. Milwaukee Sentinel. The Mad Mullah of the Valley of the Swat seems to be able 10 arouse more enthusiasm among his followers than the Sad Fellah of the Valley of the Platte ean, EXTREMELY LACHRYMOSE., Boston Herald. What with famine in India and bad crops in Ireland Jobn Bull may be said to have te in both his I's. y a8 i RS CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50¢ Ib, Townsend's.” ——————— EPECIAL Information daily to manufacturery, business houses and public men by the Prass Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery, « — - — GRANDILOQUENT. New Orieans 1 imes-Democra The full name of the smallest State in the Unton 1s “the State ot Ruode Isiand and Provie dence plantations,”” and the legal title of its chief ufficer is “Governor, Capiain-General and Commander-in-chi —— e NEW TO-DATY. 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