The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 20, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FR ANCISCO CALL, WED SDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1897 WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 20, 1897 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propfiztor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. 710 Market street, 8an Francisco PUBLICATION OFFICE EDITORIAL ROOMS.. . ..517 Clay street Telephons 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 mail $6 per year; per month 63 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL... ++.One year, by mail, §1.50 OAKLAND OFFICE... 908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE. ....... ..Roows 31 and 32, 34 Park Row. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Monigomery street, corner Cls: open until 9:30 o’clock. 339 Hayes sireet; open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street; op:n until 9:30 o’clock. SW. eorner Sixteenth snd Mission streets; open untit 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street; open until 9 o’cleck. 1243 Mission street; open until 9 o'cleck. 1505 Polk street; open untii 9:30 o’clock. NW. corper Twenty-second and Kentvcky sirects; open 1iil 9 .'clock. BY WAY OF SUGGESTION. HERE is in history a legend, doubtless having its basis in Tf«cl. that one Pythias, having been condemned to death, ad a desire to visit his family and arrange hiy affairs be- fore going hence; that his friend, Damon, appreciating the situ- ation, offered himself as a substitute, agreeing, if Pythias failed to return in time, to undergo the unpleasant penalty of having incurred the wrath of Dionysius, which involved dying in some distressing fashion. But Pythias got back according to sched- ule, and the tyrantdid not have the nerve to execate him. So, 80 far as known, they lived happily ever after. Circumstances have changed, the original firm of Dumon & Pythias baving done the brotherly love business some period B. C.,, and yet analogous circumstancesarise. Here is a modern Sternberg, who for the nonce may be regarded as Pythias, and an up-to-date Mahoney, who is a most excellent material for a Damon. Pythias Sternberg is in jail, where he ought to be, and Damon Mahoney is outside, where, as some make bold to assert, he ought not to be. Yet does he rise to th: occasion? No. He stands weeping by the gate, his tears falling with a melancholy kerplunk, and instead of offering to suffer in place of his friend, | begs that Pythias be turned loose on the community. too much. Damon Mshoney has not studied his lines. To enact his role properly it is necessary for him not merely to wail dole- fuily, but to cffer him<eli as a substitute. Let him don the This is stripes, and then Pythias Sternberg may go free, and Diony- | sius, now represented by the public, wiil make noobjection. In fact there is a suspicion that Damon got the chestnuts, and Pythias, in raking them from the fire, was not only burned but vlayed for a sucker. If Damon was guilly of a trick 8o gross he vainly aseribes his wailing to friendship; conscience is pricking him. There 15 a petition for the setting free of Pythias. But if he be given his liberty, surelv Damon must be willing to take his place. Even the other Damon did not try to cheat justice, and justice then was a far more crude affair than that to which the present generation is accustomed. To drop all figures of speech, the fact is that Sternberg isa convict, and Mahoney, State Senator, by the grace of Stern- bergs, wants the prisoner released. Well and good. Gratitude is a humane emotion. If Mahoney will go to San Quenlin' offer to don the Sternberg suit and serve out the too short term—surely less rigorous than being executed—there will be no objection to clemency. If, on the other band, Mahoney wants his pal turned out to do more unclean work—alas! a sorry vrobability—then objection will be nigh unanimous. There will be a chorus of dissent in which the dual pipe of Mahoney and Sternberg will be utterly swallowed up. Anyhow the Damon and Pythias racket is played out. Damon is bogus, and Pythias a fraud. Their friendship is an alliance of rogues, and its attempt to touch the human heart is marked by a decided and deserved frost. Perbaps the old woman lound wandering the streets with | thousands of dollars hidden in her clothing is not insane. ' It is 1o be hoped not only that she 1s sane, but has all her wits in good working order, for now that ber secret is out there will be plenty of people whose wits work all right who will be glad to relieve her of the coin, and who make & specialty of doing this sort of missionary work so deftly that no jail has yet succeeded in corraling them. The people of this country like Prince Bismark, but the fact that he does not approve of the Monroe doetrine will in no measure disturb them. Toe truth is, and there can be no harm in saying so frankly, that the Monroe doctrine was not con- trived with a special view of pleasing even so admirable an old gentleman as Bismarck. It now becomes plain what the Supervisors were doing Quring that painiul period when they feared the title “ex’ was to be prefixed to the one they already had. They simply spent the interim of suspense in sharpening an ax apiece. 8an Francisco policemen driil so well that there is reason to believe that a squad of them marching against a gambling game would have a tendency to break it up. THE VOICE OF THE HAWAIIANS. E publish this morning a memorial addressed by the WH-wnii-n: to the President, the Congress and the peo- ple of the United States. It |isa protest agains: wrong and an appeal for justice. It sets forth the true condition of affairs in the islands and invokes us by our devotion to the principles embodied in the Declaration of Independence not to impose upon Hawaii a government subversive of the rights of her people. The memorial declares that the great body of the people of Hawaii, both native and foreign born, is held now in subjection by the armed force of a so-called republican Government—a Government that derives none of its authority from tha con- seut of the people and has never been conducted in aceordance with the principles of popular government. It protests a ainst the right of this armed power to destroy Hawaii as a nation by surrendering its sovereignty; and appeals to the United States not to be & partner in this wrong threatened against a friendly prople. No'hing is asked except justice. No one can dispute the proposition stated in the words, “Your memorialists respect- fully submit that they, no less than citizens of any American commonwealth, are entitled to select, ordain and establish for themselves such forms of government as to them shall seem most likely to affect their safety an1 happiness.” On this in- disputable truth they base their claim to be heard on the great issue that conironts their country, and no American can deny the validity of the princip'e invoked or refuss the appeal basea upon it without doing violence to his own sense of right and his ideas of the true foundations of government. The conclusion of ihe memorial is & reqnest that nosteps shall be taken by the United States to absorb the islands and extinguish Hawaiian nationality until “the Hawaiian people as represented by those citizens and_ residents of the Hawatian Islands who, under the provisions of tte Hawaiian constitution promulgated July 7, 1887, would be qualiiied to vote for repre- sentatives in the Legislatare, suall have had the opportunity toexpress at the ballot-box their wishes as to whether such project of annexation shall be accepted or rejected.” Congress cannot deny an attentive hearing to this solemn memorial from people who have been always friendly to the Uaited States, who have been for fifty years accustomed to constitutional government, and who ask only that we concede to them the rients which we demand for ourselves. This pro- test against wrong, this appeal for justice, is none the less po- tent because made by the pen instead of the sword. A great and generous nation cannot ignore an appeal made to its jus- tice, its honor and its devotion to the principles on which all its liberties and grandeur are founded. | | | NO “COMBINES” WANTED. LOS ANGELES paper notes the inieresting fact that anumber of San Francisco Republican politicians have arrived in that city and will shortly hold a * conference with the southern leaders of their party. By what appears to bs authority, the same paper declares that these politicians have formed a ‘‘ combine ” for the purpose of dictating the choice for Governor and other State officers of the Republican State Convention next vear, and that the object of their journey to Los Angeles is to make connections with the southern Repub- lican machine, at the head of which is said to be_ex-Governor Henry H. Markham. The choice of this delectable *‘com- bine ” for Governor is alleged to be Hon. W. F. Fitzgerald, the present State Attorney-General. < There is no immediate occasion for interfering with the plans of these ambitious political machinists, and we do not intend to do so. If, like the three tailors of Tooley street (who imagin=d themselves the people of England), they think they constitute the Republican party of California, perhaps no | harm will be done by permitting them to continue thsir pleas- ing delusions. But, at this juncture, itis well to call atten- tion to the pertinent fact that there are upward of 150,000 Re- publican voters in this State, all of whom do more or less thinking for themselves. It is scarcely conceivable that these | voters are going to keep still while a small party of San Fran- cisco and Los Angeles politicians select for them a candidate for Governor and dispose of their United States senatorship. It seems to us that if there is a jobon foot to pack the next Repub- lican gubernatorial convention in the interest of Attorney-Gen- eral Fitzgerald, or any other man, it is quite certain that the would-be packers will come to grief before many days have dis- appeared behind the eternal hills. The truth is, political “‘combines” designed to control the | judgment of State conventions are no longer popular in Cali- fornia. The result of the last gubernatorial election established that fact beyond all question of a doubt. If there are any such “‘combines” now in existence or in process of formation they may as well cease from troubling,- The Republican masses will have none of th m. If they appear bzfore the convention with a candidate the chances are ten to one he will be rejected. If they succeed in putting up a job by which the choice of the convention can be controlled, their candidate will be defeated at the polls. The year 1898 promises to be a “‘yellow dog” year, We mean by this that the conditions indicate Republican success no matter who becomes the candidate for Governor. The Democratic party is discredited and disgraced, and rent with | internzcine feuds. Prosperity has overtaken the land and demagogy, buncombe and political claptrap arz"at a discount, But 1894 was a “yellow dog”’ year also, and yet some of the Republican yellow dogs nominated that year in State and city were rejected by the people. The difficulty with political “combines,”” like the one now alleged to be hatching at Los Angeles, is that they arrogate to themselves all the purity, judgment and good sense that exist in a party. They concede nothing to the party voters. only do they attempt to dictate nominations, but after election they claim to own the successful candidates, and if they can- not control their patronage and official action they threaten them with political ruin. If there is a Republican in California at the present time who thinks that with the Australian ballot in their hands the members of his party are not going to have something to say about the management of the next State con- vention he must possess a very immature judgment or lack largely of common-sense. didates—who can arouse the spirit of the party—and an entire absence of bossism will be the prices of Republican success in this State next year. better results than a ‘““conference’ among themselves, Durrant and everybody else living in California must be | congratulated on the approach of the time when the murderer shall be banged, The suspense has been longand unpleasant, particularly as there has never been the least excuse for it, The sense of Durrant’s guil: presses heavily upon the entire people, and to himself is doubtless a burden most grievous to be borne, | He ought to find in the prospect of being on the gallows soon a positive relief. What C. O. Brown intends to do is not clear, beyond the fact that, having been bereft of reputation, he wants to see others similarly deprived, Mr, Brown, instead of getting his back up in this unholy fashion, ought to seek oblivion. Ob- livion is not understood to be desirable on general principles, but compared with what Brown seoms likely to get it assumes much the aspect of a £na: CALIFORNIA AND COOLIE LABOR. OLLIS P. HUNTINGTON, in a notable speech at a ban- C quet given at his residence in this city, frankly declared bimse!f in favor of increasing the amount of Chinese labor in Culifornia. His argument was that the rapid upbuild- ing of our industries requires the service ot cheap labor, and as the coolies would furnish that he maintained they should not only be admitted to California but encouraged to come. The views of the master mind and dominant will of the great monopoly may be shared by others, but they are not so bolaly expressed. Nevertheless the organ of the company, the Evening Post, has ventured to express them with only a very thin veil of concealment. It declares that the opposition to the admission of some 20,000 Chinese to the privilege of coming to California is *'the most inconsiderable argument that has been used against the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands.” Inconsiderable! Perhaps if it were proposed to annex China and aamit all her swarming coolies to this land, the Hunting- ton organ would still insist that the danger even then would not be considerable. He has but a poor regard for the wellare of white working- men who deems tte danger of the admission of the Chiness in Hawaii to the freedom or California to be an ‘sinconsiderable argument’’ 2gainst annexation. Itis in fact the most consider- able objection that is urged to the scheme from a Californian standpoint. Easstern people may object that the annexation of the 1slands will involve great cost without compensating advan- tages, that the admission of the mixed races there to citizen- snip would entail evils that might prove of great magnitude in closely contested elections, that the annexation of a country without the consent of the naiives would be a violation of the fundamental principles of our law; but they would not feel as we do the evil of opening a gate to 20,000 Chinese. With them that might be an inconsiderable argument. With us itis the decisive issue. 1tis in vain the advocates of annexation attempt to evade this menace to California labor by deciaring the danger to be inconsiderable that the Chinese in Hawaii conld not come hero under the treaty, that they would not come if they could. The | common-sense of the people is superior to such sophistries. If Hawaii comes under the stars and stripes as a part of the United States, whether as a Territory or as a State, all the peo- ple living there will have s much right to pass freely through- out the Union as have those who reside anywhere else. We have repeatedly pointed out that the treaty under which an- nexation is proposed does not forbid coolies of Hawaii to come here after annexation. The danger is therefore a most serious one, and outside the offices where Huntington is a dominating influence, and possibly a supporting patron, the argument based upon it will not be regarded as inconsiderable. The reason for demanaing the release of 8.ernberg seems to be that he wants to get out and that there are other rascals who ought to be with him and are still on the outside, It fails to touch the popular heart. Perhaps tte fact that an English correspondent has starved to death in Cuba nnder the tender administration of Weyler will in a measure dull the edge of English sympathy for Spain. Not | Independent action, first-class can- | If the ““combine’” now incubating at Los | Angeles does not think that this is true, its members should , | immediately get out among the people and hear what they are | saying. A “‘conference” with their party voters will yield PERSONAL. P. Abels of Sacramento is at the Cosmo- politan. s F. V. Bartley of Chicago is at the Cosmo- politan. 8. 8. Va! the Grand, Dr, C. W. Helm of Banger, Fresno County, is at the Grand. Daniel Healy, a politician of Sacramento, is at the Grand, Ex-Judge William P. Veuve of Los Gatos is at the Caiifornia. W.J. Burnett, s mining man of Redding, is staying at the Russ, A. W.Cole,a farmer from Grand Island, is visiting at the Russ. Dr. O. L. Barton of the Herman mine is & late arrival at the Grand. Martin Winch, a stock and cattle raiser of Portland, Or. t the Lick. F. Kenney, a mining man of Fort Jones, arrived at the Russ yesterday. Walter Tryon, a practics! miniog msn of Angels Camp, is at the Grand. | J.C. Stovall, a farmer from Willlams, is among the late arrivals at the Russ. E. C. Smith, an insorance and real-estate men of Pacific Grove, is at the Grand. George E. Willinms, the lawyer, trom Union Lsland, arrived last night at the Lick. Charles Francee, a furniture-desler Salinas, is at the Grand, with Mrs. Francee, J. P. Greeley of Santa Ana, Superintendent of Schools of Orange County, is a guest at the Lick. H. C, Schroeder, a mining man of Grass Vailey, came to tow2 yesterday. He is at the Russ, P. L. Flannegan, a merchant and stock- raiser from Reno, Nev.,1is registered at the Grand. C. E. Crowley, formerly a well-known rail- rond man of Los Angeles, is & guest at the Grand. H. Wrightson, manager of alarge vineyard in Napa Couunty, is registered at the Cails fornia. § V. 8. McClatehy, editor and proprietor of the Sacramento Bee, is in town, He has a room at the California. S.B. Nelson, a prominent merchant of St. Louis, arrived at the Palace last night accom- panied by Mrs. Nelson. Y. Matono and M. Isabe of Tokio, Japan, ar- rived here yesterday in the steamship Belgic apd are staving at the Palace. Madame L. M. Mountfora, the lecturer on India and the Orient, returned to this city last night. She is at the Palace. Among the members of the Order of the Eastern Star staying at the : aldwin is Mrs. B. F. Langford of Lodi, wife of state Senator Langiord. | Dr.Miss Kugler and Miss Hope Conrad of | Gun India, srrived here yesterday in the steamship Belgic. They have apartments at | the Occidental. H. Schroeder of Tientsin, China, arrived at the Palace yesierday from the Orient, He is at the Palace aud is accompanied by his child and Mrs. Bourne. Douglas 8. Cone, the banker and owner of extensive ianded estates, is in town from Red Bluffl. Mrs. Cone is with him. They havec | apartments at the Palace. President E. P. Ripley of the Santa Fe Rail- | way and his party of seven railroad officials | mining man of Rockland, is at of and friends, who have been with him at the Palace since last Friday, departed yesterday | evening on the overland train for New York. J. A. Filcher, gecretary and general manager of the California State Bosrd of Trade, left y. terday for Los Angeles to attend the Farmers' | Iustitute. At the meeting there Friday he is | to read @ paper on “European Markets for Dried Fruits. | Mrs. Carter of Omahastarted from her home | yesterduy for this city. She Is a sister of the | late George C. Flinck of Omaha, the delegate to the recent letter-carriers’ convention, who | was ill when he arrived here and who died ot | St. Mary’s Hospital last funday. Mrs. Carter will take her brother's remains East. James Treatcame to San Francisco yester- day from Gra-s Valley for the first time since h- left this city in 1852 and took up his resi- dence in the mining town whare ne has re- | mained continuousiy for forty-five years. Mr. | Treat is at the Grand. He facetiously re- marked last night that all he cares to see here is the United Sta:es Mint and the Fulton Iron | Works and then he will be contented togo hom E. Conde Jones of Los Angeles, the greatest punter Stanford University ever had and her football ido! in 1892, whose gridiron career terminated with a broken collar-bone, a broken rib and finally with two severe ankle sprains, returned to this city Monday from Guatemsala after just a year's absence. He is visiting his cousin, Dr.Jones, the X-ray ex- pert. He almost died of fever in Gustemal. and he declares that that country is the worst place & man would think of living in. —— CALIFORNIAN , IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—At the St. Cloud—R. ; Vendome—R. L. Knapp; Gilsey—E. B. Imperial—Mrs. E. H. Price rie- vant—W. Andrews; Murray Hill—Mrs, H. W. Senle; Windsor—Miss Barmore; Imperial—S. Peyton, J. Dieterich and Bernhard Paulsen left the St. Cloud and sailed on the Lahn for Bremen. CALIFORNIANS IN wASHINGTON WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 19.—Archbishop Riordan of San Fraucisco arrived iu Washing- ton to-day to attend the annual meeting of the board of directors of the Catholic Uni- versity, which meets to-morrow. He is at the Shoreham. Professor David Starr Joraan of the Stanford Uriversity is at the Arlington. He comes to Washington on the seal-fisneries matter. — POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Chicago News. ‘Where there’s a will there’s usually s con- testant. Snow comes down in the winter and ice goes up in the summer. Time flies. That's one advantage it has over flying machines, The wind has a great ‘deal to do with mak- ing the weather vane. When some men feel blue they get drunk and paint things red. The stronger the butter is in the tub the weaker it s in the market. One word always leads on to another—no matter whether you ars reading the Bibie ora dime novel. e IN SHAKE PEARE'S COUNTY. Under the significant heading, *In Shake- speare’s County,” “one who enjoyed i1’ sends to the Birmingham Post the iollowing ex- quisite little stor. At the close of the Taming of the Shrew” last night Miss Rehan led forth a gentiemsn inordinary attire to share with her the its of the audience. The foillowing was over- heard by the writer when leaving the theater; +Who was tnai came ont with her at the last? Was it the autnor?”’ —_— ———— IRELAND’S POrFULATION: St. Louls Globe-Democrat. Ireland’s popuiation continues to decline, The official figures for last year are 4,560,378, In 1845 they were 8,295,061, falliug below 7.000.000 in 1850, below 6,000,000 In 1856 and below 5,000,000 in 1884. Tae excess of births over deatns last year was 31.941, and the loss by immigration 38,995, Nearly all the emigranis weie in the prime of life, The extremely poor ciops this year will increase the emigration, aud the isiand will suffer a further decline pulatio JUDICIAL INEFrICIENCY. napo!ls Journal. It i3 a striking commentary on the ineffi- clency of American judicial metbods that the case of Durrant, the lifornia church murderer, should still be hanging in the Su- preme Court of the United States. It never should nave come before that tribunal. It should have been disi of loug ago b; the Cal:fornis courts, e ity GOLD MINE IN ITS GIZZARD. Sacramento Bee. A Sacramentan brought a wild duck home yesterday, and while in the act of preparing it for the roasting process discovered in its | gizzard ’1 50 in freegold. And still there are Pevple in this part of the couniry Who are wailing to go to the Klondike next spring. THE PARSEES AND THE GOLDEN PALAGE. The late jubilee was the occasion of showering upon England’s Queen testimo; s and rich and costly presents from all parts of the empire over which her scepter sways. realm. Beautifully encrossed addresses from ber loyal subjects still continue come salong with richly bejeweled works of art to ihe from the more remote Dpails O. This harvest of glits—probably the richest since the Queen of Sheba put in substantial form the expression of her regard and admiration for King Solomon— is now being exhibited to the British public. They have been collected at the Imperial Instis tute, arranged and catalogued in a very complete form. The number of gifts is about 600, aad it has been a matter of no smail care to collect them fgom the various paiaces t whick Amon N oA T TR O LT L P ¥ SRS they had been sent. The costiy gifis willall be shown. these one of the most unique and valuable is an Indian casket of rare workmanship, Casket Presented to Queen Victoria by the Parsees of Bombay. presented by the Parsces of Bombay. begums and rajahs of that wonderfui which was intrusied to Messrs. F. P. Boumgar: silver relief, an old Persian palace, nature. In s'ze the miiniature palacs is 20 inches long, 10 fnches wide and 10}{ inches high, and is supported at the four coruers by kneeling elephants. On the panecis of the casketare depicted Persian fizures in ancient costume, whiie the extreme corners ere formed of repro- ductions of the muce, surmounted by a ouil's head, waich was carried in war by the leaders of The top of the casket is occupied by three carefully modeled figures in :0.d, representing a fire ultar, at which s Parsee king is worshiping, the center figure the Persian armies. Bl g of Persinu conception. This exquisite specimen o1 native Indian art is a history without words, ana recalls events of the past uf the greatest interest. An ebony casket engraved with the inscription, “To Her Majesty Queen Vieioria, Empress of Indis,” forms an appropriate shrine for this artistic creation. It is a fine specimen of the high artistic skill of the native artisans of India, and one such ;linn: been rarely produced since the days of the and inter the design of which is of a historical and aliegorical inz This Co., represents in gw asket, the execution of mi work, in goid and MIXED PICKLES. “You are a nice little boy,” said the kindly old gen'ieman at the hotel. *‘Thank you,” said Tommie. “Have you any little brothers?"” *Yes,” said Tommie, “I've got brothers to bura: but I'm rather short on papas. We've only got one.” —Harper's Bazar. Bhe—Would you love me more if I haa a million dollars? He—01 course I would. I would have more time.—Indianapolis Journal. Nature is bountiful and wise: What would our summers be 1f flowers which delight our eyes Blossomes beneath the sea? And when the autumn leaves all sere Are bandied by the breeze, Think what the world would lose In cheer 1f oy sters grew on trees. —Wasnington Star. It herdly seems meet,” said the Cornfed Fhilosopher, ‘‘yet1t is undoubtedly true that many a young woman is willing to trust with her heart a young man that no butcher will trust for & pouna of liver.”—Iadianapolis Journal. Itis unfortunate that Khama's giraffe had a rough voyage to England. Seasickness must be a distressing ailment for a giraffe.—Pick Me Up. Wife—What a sweet smile there is on baby’s face, John? Husbana—Yes, he's probably dreaming that he's keeping me awake.—Tid-Bits, Choliy (with an air of adoration)—Ah, Miss Moneybags, how would you like a little bull | pupps ? Miss Moneybags—Oh, Cholly, this is 50 sud- aen.—The Corneil Widow. “When does the fathers’ congress open ?” -“We've given it up—couldn’t get the women to stay at home and take care of the babies so we could get off.” —Chicago Record. IN THE Cl1Y OF THE ANGELS. You might talk of South Sea Islands and the com- Of your Zulu and your Hindoo from the kraal and jungle (air: But i.os Anceles outdoes them. when our “City Council” meet They'll_provide lifs-saving stations for the mael- siroms of the siree; Then how pleassnt In the evening 'neath the ’lec- tric Jights aglow To go gliding through the slush-poois while ths 1d zephyTs Diow. our baseba | wor’c be tnit. Two and fifty for a sea At our afternoon regatias 'mong the duckponds of the screet ! And Oh, then come, you pleasure seeksrs—all you merey-making souis: Come—you neroes and you gallants from the t10pics to the Doles; Now’s Lhe time to suOW your prowess—there is not a man y feat Equals extricating ladies from the mudholes of the street. T. D. 8 in Los Angees Herald, NOTEs ABOUT NOTABLES. Baroness Hirsch has given Baltimore's Rus- sian night school $2000. Since President McKinley’s return to the White House all mszil records have been broken. Every letter is answered. E. Ruggles Brice, director of the convict prisons of Great Britain, wili soon visit this country to study America’s penal institutions. The Rev. Father Philip Sheridan, & son of the late General Sheridan, celebrated his first mass in St. Paul’s Church, Washington, re- cently. A beautiful monument will soon mark the last resting-placo of Charles F. Crisp, in Oak Grpve Cemetery, Americus, Ga. The shaft, seventeen fzet in height, will be placed in position this week. Governor Lon V. Stevens o! Missourl re- cently attempted to get himself elected by the Southwestern Missouri Methodist Conference as a lay delegate to the Baltimore conference, but was rejected. The Emperor and Empress of Russia will spend neariy four weeks in the dominions of the Grand Duke of Hesse. It is highly proba- ble that the Empress will travel incognito from Darmstedt to London on a flying and strietly private visit to the Queen at Balmoral. Truth of London denies the statement of a Paris paper that the Princess of Wales has arranged to go through Father Kneipp's cure at Woerishofen, Bavaria, next summer. The Princess went to Woerishofen for a couple of asys when she left Bayreuth, in order to see her sister, the Duchess of Cumberland. The late Rear-Admiral John L. Worden en- joyed a distinction unique in the service. After twenty-one years of ses and twenty-four of shore duty he retired on his own applica- tion, to receive the highest sea pay. This he was enabled to do by special act of Congress, December, 1886, passed in recognition of his geliantry woen in command of the Monitor in ber fight with the Confederate ironclad Mer- rimac. HE BENEFITED HUMANITY. Jewish Messenger. There is an oriental story of two brothers, Ashmed and Omar. Both wished to perform & deed whose memory should not fail, but which might sound their name and praises. Omar, with wedge and rope, lified an obslisk ok its base, carving its fori in beautiinl devices and scnlpturing many a strauge inscription oo 1ts sides. He setitin the hot desert to cope with its gales. Ashmed, with deeper wisdom and truer though sadder heart, digged a well to cheer the sandy waste and planted about it all date palms to make cool shade tor the thirsty pilgrim and to shake down fruits for bis bunger. | though he | gusted with the statesmanship of the country THE FIRST TELEGRAPH. New York -un. “Of coursc,” remarked the ol telegraph operator, “I won’t swesr to the details of my story, but I got it pretty close from Proiessor Morse himself, and it ought to be true. Herc's how I have always understood it: Professor Morse, having returned from Europe, went at once to Washington, where he renewed his efforts to get his bill passed appropriating £30.000 for the purposes of his new telegraph. Toward the close of the session of 1844 the House took it up and passed it by a large majority and it only remusined for the action of the Senate. Its progress, as might be imagined, was awaited by Prolessor Morse with the most intense interestand anxiety. There were only two days before the close ol the sessfon, and it was tound, on examination of the calendar, that no less than 143 bills had precedence ove: it. The invenior had neariy reached the bottom of his purs his hard- earned savings were almost speut, and, ai- had struggied on with undying hope_for many years, it is hardly to be won- dered at that he fe!t discouraged and dis- as he had known it. “On the lasi night of the session he remained till 9 o’clock and then lert without the slight- est hope tha the bill would be passed. He re- turned to his hotel, counted his money and found that after paying his expenses to New York he would bave 75 cents left. That night he went to bed sad, but not entirely nopeless, for, notwithstanding all his_trials’ and disap- pointments, confidence in his uliimate sue- cess never deseried him. In other words, he knew a good thing when he saw it. The next morning as he was going to breakfastone of | the waiters informed him thata young lady | was in the parlor waiting to see him. He | went in immediately and found that the | young lady was Miss Eilsworth, daughter of | the Commissioner of Patents, who had been | bis most steadfast friend whiie in Washington. ++'I come to congratulate you, professor,’ shesaid, with sparkiing eves. “‘For’ what, my dear?” replied the pro- | fessor. “-On the passage of your bill. know? <*Oh, you must be mistaken,’ said he, ‘I stayed 1n the Senate ti.llate last nighiand came away because there wasn't any prospect of its passage.’ g *‘*Am I the first, then,’ she exclaimed joy- fully, ‘to tell you? “ ‘You are, if it is really so,' and FProfessor Morse scemed almost afraid to believe the 2004 news. ** ‘Well,’ she continued, ‘father remained until_after adjournment and heard it passed. He told me oniy a foew minutes ago, and I asked him if I could notrunoverand tell L ‘Annie,’ said the professor, his feelings nearly choking his utterance, ‘the first mes- sage that issent from Weshington to Balti- more shall be sent by you. o :;Vell, she replied, *Ishall keep you to your word.” While the line was in process of comple- tion Professor Morse was in New Bork, and upon receiving intelligence that it was in working order he wrote to those in charge telling them not to transmit any message over ituntil his arrival. He then came on to Washington and sent a note to Miss Ells. worth, informing her that he was now ready to fuliill his promise and asking her what message he should send. To this she replied, ‘What hath God wrought? words that I'm sure any young lady ought to be proud of. The message Was twice repeated and each time with the greatest success. Assoon as the result of the experiment was mude known Governor Seymour of Connecticut calied upon Professor Morse and claimed the first message for his State on the ground that Miss Eils- worth was a native of Hartford. Of course, his claim was aamitted, and I understand that the Historical Society of Connecticut has the legend displayed among its arcuives in letters of gold.” Didn’t you PITTSBURG RAISING CAIN. New York Mail and Express. It is to be hoped that the public spirit of the manufacturers and merchants of Pitts- burg will be equal to carrying to artistic com- pletion the suggestea colossal statue of Tubal Cain. It is provosed to erect a brouze figure of this_ironmaster of Scripture where the Ai- leghany and Monongahela rivers join to form ihe Ohio, typifying the leading industry of Pittsburg and hoiding a. beacon thatsihall blaze its light far over the waters and herald to the traveler his approach to this great center of iron and steel. This bold conception neecs the highest quality of art for its effec- tive success. HAWAII'S LOAD OF DEBT. Louisvlile Courler-Journal. The Dole government of Hawaii is young, but it has already increased the bonded debt from £2,000,000 10 $£4,000,000 and the floa: ing debt from $200,000 to $750,000. That, of course, is another resson for annexing Huwaii, for l; not a “natfonal debt a national bless- ing” RAN FAST ENOUGH TO LOSE. Bodie Miner-lndex. Henry George is running for Mayor of New York. Lony yearsago we nad a footrace with him, and he could run just fast enough to lose the drinks, which was whatwe ran for. He will run for M flyor in the same way. But he would maki ne official all the same. THE CLERGY AND FOOTBALL. Kew York Evening Sun. The clerical reformers have entered on a new crusade against football. And yet some of our divinity students have been the fiercest ana sturdiest of football players while fitting themseives to fight the devil. — FLATTERY OF IMITATION, Globe-Democrat. The counterfeiting of cerwain lines of Ameri- can manufactures is reported to be a new industry in Germ {. But as a rule American goods are like American girls, ana cannot be successfully imitated. e — BOUND TO HAVE A “BOY.” ‘Washington Post. Allanta has a boy preacher who is but 8 years of and quite eloguent. - teemed c:-f:mnunnq may nfieflglm 1:‘:: l‘l’a‘e Democratic Presidential nomination in 1900, ANSWERS TO CORRE-PONDEN IS, R P nable to ~—Millie, City. If you arew ‘epti u have been in- ~ud a reception to which yoi l:;“: simply send your card withfi;x;e:.g Yoeds of regret upon 1t, S0 that 1t w il reach Norlady giving the reception on the day for it or the day after. REGE! Hoostgr STATE—S. G., City. There 13‘;10:.1-: tainty as to how {ndiana came to be called the Hoosier State, but the following is given s to X e «s brought about: . how the nickname wus it about: In the v day ommon greeting w ;:;19\,’"1\?.\‘\5“:)1’\::"“") and that was corrupted into Hoosier. §22 Lok DECLINING AN INV rraTioN—Millie, City. If souwish to declino an invitation to dinner or n ontertainment. the cards to which bear the ters “R.S.V.P. are not required to ex- letters “R.S.V.P.." you are not featirel O ol hia remou‘ er that you can~ Y eih formal maner (hat ¥ simply state ¥ o party sending ouf the in- Vilation wants to know is how many are to be provided for. . ’(;i‘(m The late Gen- eral Winfleld Scottis eredited ‘\;»nn“z:lc:?{;:. i Vi iste ' to the © e t cation *wayward sisie states. S E c. When sec: Southern Confederacy. Union men who, rather thun $66 tne couiry 3 V. 'y t B e oo, Gno of thess was General Soott, whose 1osa1eY, A48, o Wilidam were never questioned. In £10 William H. Seward he wrote, “Say to ecede States, ‘Wayward sisters, depart in peace. WAYWARD SISTERS—S. Tng WorLp's CHanpion—J. H. 8., Al_'lg‘=ls Camp, Calaveras County, Cal. John L. Suili- van did at one time claim to be the champion of the world, but according to the law of pngilism he was not entitled to that gppfund- t Jackson was the champion of England and of Australia and Sullivaa never bosted him. When the Calitornia Club ‘Ufiex'ed $10,000 for a match between Sullivan an Juckson Sulliven cried “color,” and said that he would not fight a black man for any such amoun’, and when the ciubraised the amoant 5,000 Sullivan declined to meet the man of culor. B SR WEATHER BUREAU—W H., City. The weather buresu was first suggested by Josiah Meigs, Commissioner of the Land Office in 1817, and he established a system of meteorological reg- isters in connection with his office. In 1819 a co-onerative movement was begun by Surgeon Lovel of the United States army, who had weather reports mesds each month by the officers of different military posts, About S iate ;. eteor- twenty years iater the lake system Of mel ological observations was established by the Engiueer D: artment. In 1836 predictions of puenomena began to be made by the Smithsonian Institution, and the re- sult of these together with those of the Land Office and the War Department formed the basis_for a scientfic meteorological bureau. In 1870 Congress mhade an appropriation for the establishment of a weather buresu at Washington, D. C., and ordered arrangements to te made for telegraphis communications between posts of observation all over the country. Until 1891 the bureau was in charge of the War Department; in that year it was transferred to the Department of Agriculture. ENGLISH AS SHE 1S WRIT. The “classified ads” of a Chicago morning paper recently coutained the following, says the Times- Herald: “Wanted — A second-hand woman’s bicycle, 1895 make.” On the same day a State-street house adver- tised 2000 damaged ladies’ cloth capes at 5¢ each.” Wes the second-hand woman of the morning paper anything like the damaged ladies of the State-street siore? If not, why not? They would seem to belong to the “‘same family,” as the masquerading nephew in *'Olivette” wou & say. A Michigan-avenue advertiser several weeks &g0 announced that he had *‘two imvorted ladies’ handsome Easter jackets cheap.” Are these “‘imporied Indies” of the sort thatrule our kitchens nowadays? One of the ary-goods houses a few days ago advertised “$3 b.aack figured brilliantine ladies’ dress ' “$3 checked woolen ladies’ dress irts.” and 6 plaid ladies’ dress skirts.” Were those figured, checked and plaid ladies similar to the *tatiooed ladies” so frequently found in tbe dime mu- seums » few years ago ? One of the department stores recently ad- vertised *“all woo! boys’ sweaters,” “japanncd infants’ bathtubs,” and a *solid osk child's high chair.” An all-wool boy would certainly need a sweater, and possibly panned in- tant wouid need a bath quite much as a flesh and blood one. But, seriously, a “solid oak child” must be tough. If a boy, he is very aplto be a blockhead as well, and if a girl, she would scarcely expect to have a willowy form ou growing up to woman's estate. Auother dry-goods house sdvertised “5-cent ladies’ exira quality balbriggan siceveless vesis.”” Well, “S-cent ladies” are just ones who would wear *‘vests.” Tne word *'vest.”” when applied to a man's garment, ig almost es bad as that other vulgarism, “pants,” but applied to a woman’s garment it is still more vulgar. BODIE CROWS OVER STOCKTON. Bodie Miver-index. A Stockton poker player raked aown the pot with three kings and immediately died of heart disease. A Bodie gambler would sweep the table with alone aeuce and never sweat & bair. S CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50¢ 1b. Townsend’s,* ——— e The record of the largest number of notes struck by a musician in twelve bours is said to have been made by a well- known player, who struck 1,030,300 notes. ————— EPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, Dbusiness houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery, * —_—————— Mary Ann Lee.the mother of the Confed- erate general, is shortly to be honored by & monument at Alexandria, Va. Under the auspices of the Mary Ann Lee Memorial Asso- ciation a bazaar is to be held this autumn o secure funds for its erection. The monument will be at the intersection of two ol the prine cipal streets, near historic Christ Church, where General Lee and his mother worshiped. e e * Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup” Has been used over fiity years by millions of moth- ers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It soothes the child. softens the gums, al- lays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhoeas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and #8K 30 Mrs. W inslow’s Soothing Syrup. 26Caboiiia ————— CORONADO.—Atmosphere Is perfectly dry, sof: and mild, being entirely free from the mists com- mon further north. Round- trip tickets, by steam- ship, lucluding fifteen days board at the Hotellai Coronade, 860; longer stay 82 50 pecday. Appis 4 New Monigomery street. San Francisco, or A, W. Bailey, mauager Hotel del Coronado, late of Hotel Colorado, Glenwood Springs, Colorado. P —— NEGLECT your hair and you lose it. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM renews the growth and color. HINDERCORNS, the best cure for corns, 15 cts. —_—————— @‘‘Jackson has an advertisement in th, paper which reads: ‘Come back and I'll be good. " “Has bis wife left him?” *No; it's the cook.”—Chicago Record. NEW YO-DAY. ——————— . The germs of consump- tion are everywhere. There is no way but to fight them. If there is a history of weak lungs in the family, this fight must be constant and vigorous. You must strike the dis- ease, or it will strike you. At the very first sign of failing health take Scott’s” Emulsion of Cod-liver Qil with Hypophosphites. It gives the body power to resist the germs of consump- tion. soc. and $1.co, all d SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York,