The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 26, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26 JOEN D. SPRECKELS, Proprictor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE w......T10 Market siree’, S8an Francisco phone Main 1863, Tele; EDITORIAL RCOMS. ..517 Clay street Telephone Main 1874, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) is served by carriers in this ¢ and surrounding towns for 15 cents & week. By mail $6 per year; per month 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL. .One year, by mail, $1.50 OAKLAND OFFIC .908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE. BRANCH OFFICE:! 7 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open until 9:30 o'clock. 339 Hayes straet; open unul 9:3) o'clock. 615 Larkin sireet; open until 9:30 o’clock. SW. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open untii 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street; open until 9 o'clock. 143 Ninth street; open until 9 o'clock. 1503 Polk siteet; open unti 9:30 o’clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky sireets; open till 9 o'clock. .....Rooms 31 and 32, 34 Park Row. A FENCE FOR DOLE'S PLUNDER. O a very limited degree there is shown among our contem* T]mrmies a disposition to discuss molives in the matter of Hawaiian annexation. One puts it upon the necessity of having the islands in or- der to control the commerce of the North Pacific. Concur- rently with thi- comes the complaint from Great Britain that we are encroaching seriously upon her Central anda South American tiade, although we have not an island beyond the Flerida keys and she has spent millions in taking and holding 1slands and fortifyirg them and in maintaining herself on the Mosquito Coast and in British Guiana. Commerce comes finally to depend upon mercantile enterprise, upon study of the tastes and fancies of the markets we seek,and notupon a show of naval vower or an exhibit of appetite for more territory. The proposition to annex Hawati with the consent of only 2 percent of its people means a conquest and nothing else, and it1s very guestionsbie whether we can enlarge our trade in Asia by a conguest in midocean. Such a policy wiil rather ex- cite the apprehension and stimulate the antagonism of the countries with which we seek commerce. Iu the very nature of it annexation should be a friendly vroceeding with the practically unanimous consent of the peo- ple concerned. Such consent leaves no thorn to rankle in the nations that have treaties with the annexed countries and whatever profitable and pleasant relations we have with them are left undisturbed. The Sen Francisco Chronicle, which now favors annexation, put the case well 1n this editorial of July 25, 1895: That there is a strong annexation party 1n the Hawaiian Islands is not to be denied, but it takes two parties to make a bargain, and there has never been any general expression of opinion on the part of the United States as to the advisability of Hawailan annexation. It may be said without hesitation thetthe United States will not consent to see Hawaii pass under the domiuation of any foreign power, but that is an entireiy different question from snnexation. Should the bill in question (for annexation) be introduced it will afford ample room for discussion, and it is safe tosay that opinioa will not be all one way, N0 Matter NOW strong may be the desire among Repub- licans to rebuke Cleveland for his anti-American and monarghical leanings, The annexation party in Hawaii has less numbers now than it had then, as showa by .he decrease in the number of registered voters, whose suffrage depends on their support of the schemes of the Dole oligarcky. That policy has also less supporters in the United States than it had two years ago, when party spirit easily led men toantagonize President Cleve- land’s policies. Mr. Cleveland is out of office. His party is divided into two weak and mutually repellant factions. The strongest supporters of annexation are found in one of these Democratic factious, led by Senator Morgan. The Republican party is not the legatee of Democratic quarrels. It should not derive its ioreign policy from either wing of the defeated and discredited organization. It should stand for justice and international equity and morality, and cannot afford to take its texttrom the remarkable utterances of S8enator Morgan. The native Hawaiians demand autonomy, an independent government, working out its independent destiny within the Monroe hemisphere and under the interpretation of the Monroe doctrine, which now has the authority of international law. The constant threat of Dole that if we don’t act as a fence for his stolen swae he will peddle it to some other nation is an insult to the United States. Our answer should be that we wou’tlet nim peddle the islacds, and that if he cannot main- tain his oligarchy he must submit to the majority and let the peopie who had the suffrage before he robbed them of it decide what form of domestic government they wish. According to letters from the Klondike, people there now realize that they are threatened with starvation. If the case were otherwise it would be hard to understand. When a sack of flour can’t be bought for love nor money, and no more flour is in sight, the patural conclusion is that the chance of going bhungry is good enough to bet on. Any medical discovery that even promises to cure con- sumption will be respectfully receivea. Several have made the promise and failed of keeping it, yet until their iack of worth was demonstrated people were glad to have faith in them, * The policeman who arrested a small boy for playing ball iz a vacant lot may be conscientious, a good citizen and a kind father, but somebody ought to tell him that there are worse rascals out of jail than a lad with a tendency to play ball. While Mr. Depew is certain that the recent accident on his road was due to nature alone, he will find that none of the suits for damages will be directed against Providence. The State’s reform schools for children seem to make clear the necessity for a reform school devoted to the teachers who have been employed to reform the children, FREE-TRADERS IN CONGRESS. ONGRESSMAN HILBORN in an interview published in C Tre CALL yesterday directs attention to the incongruity existing between the needs of the people of all sections of California and the policy advocatel by the representatives which some districis have sent to Congress. California re- quires the fostering aid of a protective tariffl. The workers in all California industries understand the fact, ana yet a consid- erable number of free-traders are sent to the national capital to make laws ard shape poiicies for us. This incongruity resulted in producing some absurd situa- tions at Washington during the tariff debates last winter. Delegations from California wouid go to the capital asking for protection 4o their industries and would there be confronted by the iree-trader whom their district had elected to represent it. Each of the seven Congressional districts of the State desired protection, and yet four of them had free-trade Congressmen. There was something iunny in such a situation, but the fun was not enjoyed by those who were seeking legislation to guard the interests of the State. They were compelled to turn away from their own representatives and apply to the Republi- can members from California for assistance in winning back the opportunity they had thrown away at the polls. Although the tariff issue for the time is settled, the lesson taught by this absurdity should not be overlooked. National politics always affect industry and enterprise. In a very ex- tensive and stronz sense politics is businress. No man who has any of the responsibilities of providing work and wages for the people of a community should ever forget the practical issues at stake in every election. Where protection is nesded i is a gross blunder to elect a free-irade:. Where a stable financial system is needed it woald be foliy 1o elect a supporter of the monetary plank of the Chicazo platiorm. 1t is well to nave this lesson deeply impressed on the public mind as the moral of it will be needed for guidance in the future. A NON-PARTISAN CHARTER. OR the purpose of making the point that the charter framed by the Citizens’ Committee of One Hundred is non- partisan in character, J. Richard Freud, secretary of the committee, directs THE CALL’S attention to the fact that that body is composed of fifty-one Republicans, thirty-five Demo- crats, seven Populists and six Socialists. This, according to Mr. Freud, settles our demand for non-partisan action. Ap- parently he does not think it necessary to unite with the Democratic and Republican County Committees in selecting a non-partisan Board of Freeholders, because with its present organization the Committee of One Hundred is enabled to put before the public a strictly non-partisan charter framed by a non-partican committee of citizens. Nevertheless, we may be permitted to disagree with Mr. Freud on the basis of his own argument. A committee consist- ing of fifty-one Republicans, thirty-five Democrats, six Populists and six Socialists is not a non-partisan committee, even if we were to refrain from counting the Populists and S~cialists as Democrats, which they usually are. According to Mr. Freud’s figures, it seems to us thatthe Committee of One Hundred isa Republican body, which is just as bad for the non-partisan principle in . charter-making, for which THE CALL is contending, as though the committee were composed entirely of Democrats. The point we make is that no charter can be adopted which does not practically mect the approval of all parties. The history of charter-making in San Francisco proves this, and if Mr. Freud is not willing to accept the verdict of history there is but one way for him to convince himself, and that is by trying a partisan charter on the people once more. Moreover, it will never do for the Committes of One Hundred to accept the good offices of the Mission-street news- paper drab. That journal has already given a partisan flavor to the committee’s work by seeking to split the Democratic Comnmittee in the interest of a one-sided Board of Freeholders. In doing this it has denounced men as rascals and conspirators who have never dreamed of interesting themselves in the committee’s charter. e It is safe to say that no newspaper which has been con- victed of extorting from the railroad company $22,000, as the price of its editorial silence, can aid the Committee of One Hundred in securing the adoption of an honest organic law for San Francisco. It may be that our people are often blind to their welfare, but they will not be found so blind as to fail to discount the interest of such a sheet in any public measure. The connection of the Examiner with the charter framed by Mr. Freud’s committee should be repudiated, or the consequences are sure to be serious. We are aware of the fact that there is a strong sentiment throughout the city at the present time in favor of the new charter. It may be that the document framed by the Citizens’ Committee will, in its main features, be acceptable to the peo- ple. Butif Mr. Freud and his fellow-workers think the vot- ers are going to take anything for granted in this important | Unless perfect fairness prevails in | matter, they are mistaken. the selection of a Board of Freeholders, and unless the charter framed by the Citizens’ Committee is subjected to the closest scrutiny and the utmost liberty of amendment is allowed, it cannot be adopted. The voters of San Francisco will never fasten upon them- selves and their children a charter which sacrifices them to a theory of government. Four times charters providing for an autocratic Mayor have been defeated in this city—twice by overwhelming majorities. Does Mr. Freud think it wise to make a fifth experiment? THE CALL entertains no peculiar views on charter-mak- ing, but it has noted with interest the fact that the only char- ter which ever came near adoption in this city was one in which the power of government had been carefully distributed S0 as not to concentrate too much authority in the hands of one man. We refer to the so-called Swift charter of 1885. Pacific Grove is a moral and quiet spot; indeed, it goes a step beyond this end is known to be deeply and consistently , PAYINg ever an attention to the welfare of its soul, s 1s justly pointed out to other communities as a pattern and guide. Therefore one reads with surprise that a wicked footpad nhas been plying his calling there. Worse yet, he selected as victim a young lady who was on h way home from church, filled with the memory of an excellent sermon, and with her thoughts far above such earthly things as parses, There was another young lady along, and the second one, drawing a pistol, biczed away at the rascal, of course missing him, and yet administering a proper rebuke. Public interest has been aroused by the incident. Among other things people would like to kmow if young ladies of Pacitic Grove have a habit of carrying guns, and if they take them to church asa reguler thing? Because if they do, no doubt it is the proper caper, and young ladies elsewhere would do well to follow suit or confess that they are not keeping up with the procession. A man down in Southern California has just been freed from jail as innocent afier long confinement, the witness against him swearing that he swore falsely. This is very well =0 far as it goes, but what recompense is there to a man the victim of a wrong so gross? And wby should a lying witness be permitted 10 remain at large? CORNSTARCH IN MASQUERADE. NE of the first movements of the newly formed glucose O trust, according to the Philadelphia Record, was to send broadeast the following circular to millers, grocers and other dealers in wheat flour: Gentlemen: We tc-day mail you a sampleof cornstarch which we would like you lo cxamine closely. We have made many experi- ments, and find that about 10 per cent can be substituted with our 10 its benefit. We will be pleased to quote prices and terms, your station, on nearing irom you. Itis claimed by those who favor the use of cornstarch in the flour trade that the addition of twenty pounds of such starch to a barrel of flour improves the flour in several ways, giving it a better color and greater smootnness. It is also claimed that no harm results from the combination, starch is as healthy as wheat flour. Here, then, is & new food adulteration which threatens to become prevalent to a large extent in the flour trade. It is in it- self not pernicious, except that it will put upon the consumer wheat and corn instead of & purely wheat flour; but it is one of the innovations that are capable of pernicious developments. If the adulteration of flour once begins it is not easy to say where it will end. While the use of cornstarch in flour to the extent of 10 per cent is advocated by the glucose manufacturers on the ground that it will benefit the flour, it is not to be overlooked that the adulterant is considerably cheaperthan the pure article. Corn- starch flour can be marketed at a much lesser price than wheat flour. The dealer in pure goods will therefore have a ruinous competition vefore him 1f the public consents to accept the glucose mixture. Here, then, is another iliustration of the necessity of a vigilant supervision of the food supnly. Corn- starch is all right in its place, but let us keep it out of the flour barrel. corn- Some people @@ not seem 0 1n the least mind the fact that the law forvias the marriage of divorced persons within a year. Marriages directly contrary to the law continue, and the happy brides and grooms simply ask, ““What are you going to do about it?” which does seem (o be the question. While Boston continues to supp.y more pugilists than any other city, and has now added fo its output a set of bloomer girls who play bull, perhaps its cluim 10 being the sgat of cul- ture may as well be placed on the shell temporarily. There is nothing surprising in the rumor that Croker's fortune is vanisbing. The :urprise about that money is that while it was being accumulated Mr. Croker had the good luck to keep out of jail. 1897. PERSONAL. Dr. Thomas Ross of Sacramento 1s at the Graund. Colonel Lawson, U. 8. A., is at the Occi- dental. John W. Howell, a lawyer of Merced, is at the Lick, A. Weilheimer, & merchant of Fresno, 1s &t the Grand. E. E. Bush, & Hanford reai estate dealer, is at the Lick. E. N. Borg, a Popul is &t the Ru-s. Ex-Judge 8. M. Buck of Eureks is among the guests at the Lick. S. G. D xon, a banker of Dixon, arrived yes- terday at the Russ. Walter Hobart is doing well after his opera- tion for appendieitis. D:-. George H. Cnance of Portisnd, Or., is registered at the Lick. Dr. W. T. Sargent of Modesto is making a short siey at the Grand. J. Lindley, a wealthy resident of Enreka, is at the Russ with nis son. B. T. McCullongh, a cattieman of Crows Landing, is at the Grand E D. Bannister, a mining man of Montana, is registered at the Palace. Dr. A. M. Garduoer of the Statc Insane Asy- lumatN Dr. D. E. Osborne of St. Helena is at the Oc- cidental with Mrs. Osborne. A. Strickrath, & mining man from Ensenada, Baja Californis, is at the Russ. E. J. Power, a New York racchorse man, arrived at the Palace yesterday. J. K. Law, a lawyer of Merced, is at the Oc- cidontal, accompanied vy his wife. George F. Buck, an attorney-at-law of Stocke ton, is at the Lick, with T. B. Buck. James B. Ferguson, a racehorse man of Ken- tucky, arrived yesterday at the Palace. Fronk W. Covey, manager of the Stanford stock farm at Pulo Alto, is a guest at the Grand. Ross Eckardt of Vietoria, B. C., one of the early visitors to the Kiondike, is again at the Palace. Edward Kirwin and George Kirwin, mining men from Virginia City, Nev., are guests at the Russ. J. D. Adams and.his son, George D. Adams, boot and shoe men from Boston, are guests at the Palace. C. A. Stevenson, a railroad man from Vaca- ville, is registered at the Grand with Mrs. Stevenson. District Attorney A. J. MeGowan of Ormsby County, Nev., arrived at the Russ yesterday with his bride. K. Casper, secretary and part owner of the clectric light works of Vallejo, is making a sbort stay at the Lick. Jobn Sparks, the cattle king of Nevads, the Palace, registered from Reno. He is companied by Mrs. Sparks. W. D Keyser of Hopland, owner of several stage lines in that part of the State, is among the late arrivals at the Russ. S N. Androus of Pomona, State Senator and now president of the Ingleside racctrack, arrived here yesterday and is at the Grand. Captain J. S. Layton, master of the New Bedford bark Charles W. Morgan, the first of the Arctic whaling fleet to return here, is a guest at the Russ. Arthur H. Barendt, s well-known newspaper writer, was yesterday admitted 10 citizenship by Judge Belcher of the Superior Court. Mr. Barendt appears on the record as & native of Eogland. William H. Maloney, the well-known New York retired lawyer, interested in racchorse matters, is here for the winter, and has apart- ments at the Palace. He is sald to be the good angel of hard-up trackm m. General Thomas T. Eckert, president of the Western Union Telegraph Company; his son, Thaomas Eckert Jr.; Colonel J. C. Clary, vice- president and general manager of the Western Union, will arrive here this evening with & number of other perscns, members of the party. They wiil stay at the Palace, where apartments have already been engaged for them. Clay M. Greene of New York arrived in the city day before yesterday and will remain here several weeks. Mr. Greene is & well-known writer of plays, some of which are highly suc- cessful, some achieve moderate success ana others register & dead failure, bringing an early irost t o a temperate zone. All in all the playwright is happy, reflecting that the losses on his good work are overbalanced by the gains from work not as good as his best. Mr Greene !s an old-timer, one of the firstborn of San Franeisco, and is glad to be in the town. Billy McLeod, who has served very success- fully as rubber for the Multnomah Athletic Club of Portiand, Or., for over five years jus: past, srrived here yesterday from the North- west on his way to Stanford University, where be has been engaged by the football manage- ment to put the players in prime physical con- dition for the Thanksgiving game. He suc- ceeds Rubber Seymore, who retired after last Saturday’s mateh. McLeod was met here by Treasurer Pomeroy of the student body, who is & Portland man. It was largely tnrough Pomeroy’s efforts and the recommendations of the Stanford Ciub at Portiand that McLeod was chosen. Helen H. Gardener of New York, the suf- Iragist, lectarer and writer, and her husband, who is C. Selden Smart, arrived at the Ocol- dental yesterday from Southern California, where both have spent nearly six montns rus- ticating, recuperating from nervous exhaus- tion, enjoying climate, examining in detail the different counties atd their resources and improvements, and incidentaily storing up in- formation tnat, when dispensea in the East, will be the means oi atiracting a home-build- ing element to & country, as Mr. Smart styles it, “rich in soil, rich in climate, practically rich in its water supply, unequaled In the di- versity and abundance of its horticultural possibilities, but seriously lucking in popula- tion and public-spirited investors.” Helen Gardener has been in California since the Woman's Congress in May, but in a few weeks she and her husband will leave this city and return to their New York home. t Journalist of Eureka, e CALIFORNIAN . IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Oct. 25.—At the Gilsey—R. Dickson. Holiaud—D. Martin. 8. D.nis—B. Schloss. Murray Hill—Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Stanford. Hoffmar—D. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Salbot; A bert—Mrs. R. Battelle, Mrs. S. Horridge. Sturtevant—M. Costello, E. N, Doly. Imperial—u. Heynman, A. Roullier, 8. H. Saiem. Everett—Miss N. Lawrence. Bar- tholdi—F. A. Marriott. Belvedere—E. A. Op- venheimer. Cosmopolitan—Mr, and Mrs. L Ziegler. Astor—Miss D. Marouvey. L Lowen- berg and J. Mills are here buying. —_— CALIFORNIAN 5 IN wASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Oect. 25.— Captain C. L. Kooper of Oakland is at the Shoreham. War- den Charles Aullof Folsom penitentiary has left for hom-. John H. Foster of Sun Francisco is ut the St James. Warden Hale of San Quentin called on the President to-day. TELL THE TRUTH, Haraware, If you must lie do it artistically. A business lie may be a pretty thing to look a1, but unsafe 10 hand e. Is a business lie ever justifiable 7 I would like to hear trcm some of the experts. Iknow a lot of them. I you lie to a customer end the clerk knows it, has the clerk a warrant for falsitying to you? = I know a youngster who said: “Dad licks me when I teil a lie; I want tu grow up so I wiil have & right (o tell lies same as he does.” Can & man be a good deacon in achurchand atthe same time & good salesman ? Where does the lie come in between diplo- macy and outright talsehood ? A great deal may be said about the adv. tage of always telling the truth. Can -uy: thing be said ou the other side ? Rt henned risdhuies i THE TURKS’ PEAMANENT CAMP. Philadelphia Ktecord, Warm clothing for 60,000 men has been sent 10 Thessaly for distribution among the sol- Qicrs of the Turkish army of occupation. From present indications it would seem that #everai changes of clothing, suited to future chunges of seasons, will be required by the army of occupation before the sacred soil of Ggece shall be relieved of the polluting pres- € 01 the Turk. | WASHINGTON'S FAMOUS WHITE GHARIOT. A yellow-covered pamphlet, entitied the Road Coach Guide, bas just been issued il_l London and a portion of its contents is decidedly anti- American, according to the l'h_ilndelphm Ti mes, trom which we quote the following with reference to the British publication: It contaius descriptions, with illustrations, of the varicus swell coaching rout:s in England, with por- traits of weli-known gentlemen whips. To nad Inierest to its contents and to show the love the Englishman has for his American cousiu it is embeliished with a siugular picture, 8 re- production of which is herewith given and is marked cut 1. It will be seen that it repre- sents what is supposed to be George Washington's coach turned into a chicken roos:. ?el{emh it appears this declaration: ‘A coach with & record: The state coach of President W ;unh:u;- ton in which he rode to Congress, now used s! an old hen roost by his grateful ana apprecia- tive countrymen.’ If this were true tne British sneer would be deserved. It wasaecmed worthy of investigation. % FAMN U AERET N WY T e R ki e T X e e Smith D. Fry, the Times Washington correspondent, was requested to make inquiry, he not being informed of tue purpose of the investigation, as to what had become of George Washington's conchi that enrried him to Congress and to what use it wes being subjected. He was not informed of the Bridsh accusation. His official report to the Times is u most inter- esting contribution to the subject. x “What has become of George Washington's coach? Where is the famous ‘White Chariot which was tue pride of the Father of his Country? That Js 8 question which has puzzled many minds, and its answer has oceupicd the iime and nttention of practica: antiquarians for a uumberof years. It nes long been kaown that of all hig private possessions there was no w7/ NO. 1-A COACH WITH A RECORD. The state coach of President Washington, in which he rode to Congress, now used asan old hen-roost by his grateiul and appreciative countrymen. one thing of which George Washington was more proud than his ‘White Chariot.’ In that comfortable conveyance he spent many hours of leisure, free from care, and often in drowsy restfulness. Itis a matter of record that he once traveled a thousand miles and back iu the ‘White Chariot’ accompanted by his wife; and the vehicle was so strong that it afterward needed no repairs. “‘Ever since the home and tomb of Washington came into the nossession of the Lady Re- gents, who have preseryed and peautified them. there has baen a strong desire on their part to fing the famous coach. But the quest was a long time fruitless and constantly discouraging. For several vears past there has been seen T the mansion at Mouni Verno:u a small frame house labeled ‘Coach House,’ and in it visitors have beheld an ancient fumily carriage pla- carded ‘Owned and Used by Geo. Washingion.' Guides have made no aggressive claim tnat the ancient carriage was the genuine ‘Whaite Chariot, and visitors have notlooked upon the relic with veneration. It hes been regarded as an apocryphal coach. Nevertheless, it was really owned and used by George Washington; but it is not the vehicle in whica Washington rode to Congress.”” Further investigation revealed the fact that a “Washington coach” had been in he pos- session of one of the Forpaugh family. It had been purchased by s patriotie gentleman, and shipped to Washington, where 1t was found thas it was in reality ouly a form of carringe which Washington had used. ow, merk this!” says the Times. “That old relic—not Washington’s white chariot—has been photographed and copies of it can be procured from Bell in Washington. One was pro. cured by Mr. Fry. Acopy of it is herewith presented in cut No. 2. Now compare cut No. 1 with cut No. 2, and you will instantly discern that our dear, loving British cousins have taken one of Bell's photographs, coachhouse door and all, and simply. in & kind, fraternal spirit, added the chickensand the accompanying lie. That is British {air play. There never wasany British faiplay. The ierm is a misnomer. They Lave never forgiven tceir American T MmN No. 2—Washington’s Coach Without the Chickens. cousins for two sound beatings, and they never will. Make no mistake about that. They love us because they ¢ 10. Caa you imagine anything meaner? Again, compare those two pictures. Buteven as it is, they have wasted their ammunition on a poor old decrepit coach that posses ric value.” Lot 1. 1. , superintendent of Mount Ve & pictura of which is herewiti presented in cut No. “This conch, which is spoken of in history as the ‘white chariot,’ was, according to George Washington Park Custis’ ‘History of General Washington,’ theone'in which the Genersl and Mrs. Washington made a journey from Mount Vernon to Savannah, Ga., and return, and the construciion of the conch'is commented upon by Mr. Custis by saying that it must have been coustructed with great care to stand such » journey as that without the need of a sinzle repair. This is the coach | have at last found, and it is at the present time in the possession of Augustus Frey of New York City. It has, unfortunateiy, baen housed with insufficient care and it s much defacra. Neveriheloss, it has every mark of genuineness, and it is tne hope o f the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association thit they may eventually become possessed of if, although up to this :ime allovertures to the owner have been declined. I have been in cor- respondence with a number of the indies of the Mount Vernon Association in regird to this coach, but nothing conclusive hus been done. We hope, however, to soon be in possession of the “white cheriot’ and have it here, where 1t shouid remaln for all time." No. 3—The Real “White Chariot.” nou, continue the story of the white charlot, FLASHES OF FUN. NOTES ABOUT NOTABLES. Fuddy—Is Torman a man of good judg- ment? Duddy—He would be if he did not rely so much upon his own judgment.—Boston Trans- eript. “Will you let me h my autobiography ¥ struggling author. “Not on your lifel” replied the unfeeiing pawnbroker.—Chicago Tribune. R. A. Van Wyck, Tammany candidate for Mayor of Greater New York, is a hearty eater, and holds the prize for eating the most beef- steak—twents-six pieces—at the grand annual competition of the Beefsteak Club. e 25 cents on & copy of anxiously whispered the Mrs. Jerome Beecher of Chicago has given $45,000 10 the Chicago Orpham Asylum for a new main building, and William A. Fuller and Otio Young, also of Chieago, have added $10,- 000 cach for two cottages. Henrik Ibsen is going to Berlin next spring, on iuvitation, for the celebration of his sev- enty-first birthday. It is expected that this occasion will be made the opportunity for an important Ibsenite demonstration. Officer Duggan (rushing into police station). There’s another murther mystery, capiain. Captain—What now? Duggan—A reporter has jist towld me thot th’ trunkless body &v & mon, wid th’ head, arms an’ legs gone, has jist bin found in Lin- coln Park.—Up to Date. “You consider the gerbage question an im- portant one, do you no. 7"’ My dear sir, it's the burning question of the age.”—Chicago Post. According to the Westminster Gazette the reason no biography has ever been written of Mr. Deiane, the late editor of the London Times, is that the proprietors of the Times have always forbidden it Recently & fresh appeal was made to them, but, it is said, with- cut success. Parson Johnson—So dis little chile am & gal Do de udder one belong toe de contrary sex? Mrs. Jackson—Yais, pahson; dals a gai wo.—Juige. S *‘I can’t stand Hobbs; hels the most offcn- sive Anclomaniee I know.” *‘How does he show i1?" “He laughs at English jokes'— Chicago Record. Bobby—Paw, what is a statesman? Mr. Ferry—A statesman is & misguided per- son who tries to usurp the rights of the news- Ppapers to run the country.—Cincinnatl En- quirer. The Government of India and Lord George Hamilton have offered hearty congratulations 1o Sir Joseph Heoker on the occasion of the completion of the *Fiora of British Iudia,” on which he has been engaged for twenty-five vears. Sir Joseph will now undertake to com- plete the “Flora of Ceylon,” left unpublished | by the death of Dr. Trimen. Maurus Jokal has gifts of the tongue as well asof the yen. He wis introduced to Kaiser Wilhelm when the latter visited Budapest, but wes cailled away to spesk to the Arch. duchess Maria Josef. Returning he said in apology: “Your Majesty must excuse me, but my allegiance to ladies comes even before my aliegiance to monarehs.” “George Garcia, Q. C., who has just resigned the Attorney-Generalship of Trinidad,” says the St. James Gazetie, “was one of the very few gentiemen of color who held = position of iegai authority under the crown. Mr. Garein, | whose resignation is due to 1'l health, is said tobeamen of cousiderable academic distine. tion, and bas n fine forensie st Ella—How do you like the fit of my new jacket? Hattie—Fit! Why, it's more like a convulson.—1it-Biis. AN IRISH LOVE-SONG. In the years abont twenty LWhen kisses are plenty ) The 10ve of un irish luss fe'l to my fate— So winsvme aud sizbtly, So sauc and spright. The prie t was a prophes cuat oh ened her Kate. Soft yrar of the dawuing, Briaht boue of the moraing, The sweet or nothiug to mate; Py 78 AN AUTHORITY ON EVOLUTION. A cheek L chercy’'s, —_— And a .mfle;ml}‘{x::.r smile was Lke—nothing | Tpere 15 a sketch of “A Great Naturaiist,” the late Edward Driuker Cope, in the Novery. Tosee her was passion, ver Century. Itis written by Henry Fairfield 10 ove her, the fasnion: What wonder my hea't was nuwhiing to wait And, daring to love her, 1 +00n diu uiscover A Katharine massing in mischievous Kate. Osborn. Professor O-born says: “His pioneer exploration came early in the age of Darwi. .. ism, when missing 1inks, not ou's in the hu. man auncestry, but in the greater chain of No Katy unraly. backboned animals, were at the highest pre- - lnu. riney troty— mium. Thus he was jortunate in recording i 3 N e N aad; aucionagimctear; s the discovery in Northwestern New Mexico o That banishes sxdnes, Yet stay | Should 1 credit the sunshine to Kate? Love cannot out'ive ft, ith eannot v'ergive it— rend: r she made at che gate. by far the oidest quadrup.ds known, in fina. ing amoug these the most venerable monkey, in describing to the world hundreas ot livks— in fact whole ciains—of descent beiween the most ancient quadrupeds and what we please 1o call the higher types, especial y the horses, camels. tapirs, dogs and eats. He labored suc. cessfuliy to counect the repliles with tne a, phibians und the latter with the fisues, was as guick as a flash t0 dctect in the paper of another wuthor the oversight of some long- sought link which he had been awaiting, Thus in losing him we have lost our ablest and most discerning critic. No one has made such profuse and overwhelming demonstration of the wctual historical working of the laws of evolution, his popular reguuth)n perhaps resting most widely upon his practical and speculative studies in evolution,” Spare the xicl in (he woman! Yougave me my Kuthariie— aave me my Kate! ~[Kobert Underwood Juhnson, in (he Novewber Ceutury. RAZE THE IGNOGSLE S1RUCTURES Oakland Echoes. The plan, sturdily advocated by the San Fraucisco CALL, to raze the ignobie structures facing that town's monster City Hall, “dl have a park there instead, ought to go through guilopiug. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENIS, o I. Bovd A Svpervisor—J. K., City. Colin M. was & meraberof the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 1887 to 1890, inclusive. . City. There is ¢d States quar- coined in CorNg—W. H. J. and A. € no preminm offered for a Un ter of 1831, nor for a half-dollar 1809, nor for one enine 53 fer quarters of 1831 for 50 ce of 1809 for 85 cents and haive: centu The steamer v0 WRECKS—D. R. THO N apo camship line Golden Gate of the Pacifi i was burned at sea fifteen iles irq:n A‘I‘n x'- zanilio and four miles off shore July 27. 1862. I'wo hundred liv; lost. The steamer solden Ciiy line was stranded at B e e Towes Callfornis, February 22,1870, The stexmer Goldeu Age wasnot burned. HawAl—H. M., Bodiv, Cal. The Hawalian Islands are in the North Pacific Ocean. Ina strict sense, th belong to the Polynesian eroup, which embraces the Tonga or Friendly Islands, Samonn or Navigator Islauds, Savage the Eilice and Union i:lands, Cooks or ¥s Islnnds, the Socicty Islards (with Ta- hiny. the Austral Isles. the Lower ,\n‘m. pelago (Prumoto or Tuamoto; called also Pearl or Dangerous Islands), Piicairn and Easter isiands, the Marquesas, Manihiki or Penrhyn, the American and Plieaix groups, and firthest north Hawail or ne Sandwich Islands. IMPORTANT QUESTIONS—C. K, City. The most important questions now before the people of the United States and which are the most dis cussed are the Cuban question and the an- nexation proposition as 10 Hawaii. PusLIc BuiLpixgs—C. K., City. Of the pub_llc buildings iu San Francisco the largest 1n size rank us follows: City Hail, Appraiser’s build- ing, the Branch Mint, the new ferry depot, the Custom-house and the Sub-Treasury building. Tue HAWATIAN QUESTION—C. O. K., City. The files of THE CALL for reveral months past, the Public Library and “A Handbook on Annexal tion of Hawaii,” by L. A. Thurston, will give you a great deal of inlormation on tne subjec leading perlodicals to be seen at the Free of annexation. JAPAN'S NEXT EMPEROR. Pail Mall Gazette. The Temps has an interesting articie on the succession 1o the throne of Japan. His Im- perial Hizhness Yoshihite Jhinno Harouno- mya is suffering from lung disease and cannot recover. Prince “‘Spring,” to give bim a more manageable title, which is the translation of Harou, is only 18. He is the sou, uot of the Empress (who 1s childless), but one of her ladies in waiting; and he was proclaimed heir by an article in the coustitution granted by the Emperor in 1889. He is the last male de- scendant in crder of primogeniture of a dyn which has reigned for 2600 years, and traces iis orizin to & female Incarnation of the sun—the Goddess Amatera. Tnisgene- alogy 18 accepted without difficul'y in a coun- try which knows nll the latest improvements in eleciriciiy and representative government. The nearest epproach to & serious religion which the Japanese have would seem 10 be their cult for the imperial personage as em- bodying in some sort the traditions and the spirit of Japan. Consequenily, there is not likely to be any trouble over his srrangements for ihe succession. which. according o the constitution of 1889, passes, in detault of his own direct desceavants, to the heirs ma'e of Prince Arisugava Tarubito, who died iu 1895 during the siege of Wei-ha-wei His son, Prince Trk:hito, who was made vice-admiral during the war, is, therefore, at present the most likely person to succeed to the throne whaich poor Prinee Spring wiil hardly live to oceupy. Chicago News, Don’t judge the picture by the frame around 1t. Don’t try to kill two birds with oae stone. Use a shotgan. Don’t send for & doctor if you prefer to die & naiural death. Don’t waste your time disputing figures, They seldom ife, eXcept in gas moters. Don’t kick a straave dog just to find out waetner he is good-natured or not. Dan't got 109 self-important. You may be as wise ag'an owl—and just as stupid. Don’t expect too much of a seif-made man. It is probably his first atcempt in the creative line. Don’t think that every sad-eved woman you meet has loved and lost. Perhaps she has loved and got him. Don’t leave kind words unsaid. To-morrow the undertaker may find it necessary to put you in his icebo: AMERICAN ARMS IN EUROPE. Minneagolis Tribune. Oue of the most striking facts noticed by General Miles in his recent trip abroad was the large use made by the European armies of American weapons, particularly of machine, rapid-fire and small guns. At A.dershot every one of the British regiments that swept past in review was followed by a machine gun of American invention. The entire British army isarmed with a r fle desianed by an Ameri- can, and the Germans have begun the pur- chase of & number of American machine guns. Russia also uses American 1deas in her army, aud the French are only deterred by the expeuse irom throwing away their present outfit aud sdopting Americsii machine and tapid-fire guns. — 1A glace fruits, 50¢ ib. Townsend's." et sl EPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, busivess houses snd public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * s e Ex-President Harrison is well on toward the end of the much-talked-of book, and expects to have 1t in the printer's hanas carly in the winter. SIS MCE packages and pretty boties of per- fumery 1n ail the standard brands and all the leading odors. Also combs, brushes and hand miriors. Sanborn, Vaii & Co., 741 Market st.* ————— “I hear you are going o move, old man.” “‘Going to move! Whover told you that ruboish?" “Your landlord " —Boston G —— A CHOICE assortment of sterling mounted pocketbooks, photo frames, dressing-cases, music rols, cardeases, chatelaine bags, sta- tionery sets end Mexican hand-carved lesther goods Iar the fall and holiday trade on exhib - tlon and sa.e at the store of Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Merket street. » —— “Dere ain’t no use o’ trying to disguise d» truth,” suid Meandering Mike, “Prosperity’s a-comiu’ an’ we may as well make up our minds to §t.” ep,” replied Plodding Pete. “I'm gittin’ tired of seein’ shops opened alreads.”—Wash- ington star. —————— WE have a line of bunquet and reception lamps that eclipses all previous eff ris; new 8ud original designs, new and elegant fin- ished, und not to be seen eisewhere. Also gilt and 05yX tables, vases, pitchers, eic. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Macket sireet. W —————— BUT IT'S ONLY A STARTER. be. Pasadena Ne THE CALL has a picture of five war vessels, product of this const’s shipyards. That looks like home manuftneture. Royal makes the food pure, wholesome and delicious. Absolutely Pure ROVAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. A