The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 12, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRADX CISCO ALL, ¥RLD 1897 VEMBER 12 _NOVEMBER 12 1807 FRIDAY.. M1 " JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Prop rictor. ss All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. +eeer.....710 Morket sireet, San Francisco clephone Main 1863, PUBLICATION OFFICE EDITORIAL ROOMS +v00 517 Clay street Teicphone Main 1574. THE SAN FRAN this « AND SUNDAY) is served by T ling towns for 15 cents a week. carriers 3 h 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL. .Ona year, by mail, $1.50 OAKLAND OFFICE 908 Broadwsy n Reptesentative, DAVID ALLEN -Room 188, World Building Fas; NEW YORK OFiiv atil 9:30 o' clock. 11 9 o'cloek. V. corner Sixteer 518 Mission street; open until 9 o'clo corner Twenty. AN INFLAMED VERMIFORM APPENDIX. HI Ezaminer, a paper sometimes designated as the vermi- Journal, another paver which is in form appendiz of the uiself a diseas?, disy ured by THE Carr. This is a favor naturally expression of disapproval won anything in the nature of bave been reckoned a to news service se be expected, and vet for the To bave some ude 1s due. sheet m on from anrounced, to the dismay of the Dur- cable news that ie head of all American dailies and full every twen:y-four bours pers have tried to com- £ CaALL, ne alread K of Mission st New York Herald inting et, has the same fres espect of § enings of the world. Other p: pete, but in vain. The elnborate znd perfected system of the Herald bhas 1o each instance been 100 wuch for them. Espe- cis to the West is this system, as its ramiticaticns cover and Central America, couniries with which the trate relations of California are yearly becoming more iati- mate. Tue Herald foreign news is always accurate, It is not made up of fake messages from kings and emperors, nor is the Prince Wales on the It does not send as fact rumors of send noveleties about the rescue of In these par- of staff, phantom war, does rot oppressed maidens; is truthful, sane, compiete, others, it bas & great advantage over the cabled the Journal and filtered throngh its kindred ye freak When the Dur- ecial s'ates that it discarded this service because the but for the restraint When it says San Franci in rantese service was out of date it does that which imposed by courtesy wonid be termed lying. that the Chronicle dia the same thing and for the same reasons ly repeats the offense, an easy and natural thing for it itm to do. TsE CaLL will have the cream of foreign news. The Appen- go on from choice While utterly scorning any opinion it cannot and 1f it could woul ts habit is. zet it, 1 may ho'd, g for it the contempt that decency ever feeis for a shee disreputable and so ¢ less glad to have acquired its stated the Hearstlin of filth they g they f ing, as regard. Every yelp In their chosen but in the maiter of news- eft them behind. s shows that they are hurt. alone, are still that competition has A MONTH OF METEORS. fi CCORDING to the astronomers the present month will ¥ bably be marked by meteoric displays of more than ordinary brilliancy. On tbe nights of the 13th and 141k there is expected the zdvance guard of the Leonids, and sbout the 27th we may look for the Andromedes. The effect of the first display may be diminished by the moonlight, but the second will have all the advantage of a dark backzround against which 1o show themselves. The Leonids, so called from the fact that they seem to radi- ate from a point in the constellation ot Leo, are due every thirty-three years, and wil! not be seen in full force until 1899; but a sufficient number of them is expected this year to mak- it worth while for zny one to look out for them who happens to have the pleasure of good company during the watch. The most notable display of these meteors in this country was that of 1833, when they were so brilliant and so numerous v people were frightened into the belief that the star- were falling from the sky, the world was coming to an end and the firmament wae to be rollea up like a scroll. In 1866 the dis- o this hemisphere was not conspicuous, but in Europe it lasted six or seven hours and was marked by consideravle idness ana brillianc; The Andromedes whicn are to come later in the month take the name from the constellation of Andromeda, and are due in unusual numbers every thirteenth year. As their last erand appearance was in 1885 they are not due in fuil force until next year, but it is considered probable that a large number of them will be seen this month. b If we miss the Leonids by reason of the moonlight we can look for consolation to the coming of the Andromedes, and if they fail we can find satisfaction in the knowledge that neither sct was prepared to make a full showing until another date. Extensive preparations have been made at various observa- tories to photograph them, and if there is any slip no one can blame the astronomers, for they will be more disappointed than the gereral public. THE DISCRIMINATING DUTY AGAIN. LTHOUGH the prevailing sentiment of New England is supposed to be adverse to the impo-ition of a discrim:nat- ing duty of 10 per cent on foreign goods carried to any point in this country over the Canadian Pac fic road, there are many papers in that section of the Union warmly advocating the duty as a measure beneficial to the nation as a who.e even if it should prove to beinjurious to scme of the interests of New England. : One of these journals, the Lowell (Mass.) Mail, puts to the opponents of the proposed ¢:utv this pertinent inquiry : “‘Wouud the New England Congrescmen «1.d Senators who are opposing section 2 the new tariff law because it takes away the special privileges enjoyed by the Canadian Pacific tailway be in favor of a law admitting to our coastwise trade a fleet of ioreign vessels built by a forei ot government as auxil- iary cruisers, and aided in their operations by a foreign gcvern- ment?” The question is a fair one. Tke case supposed 15 an exacy varallel to that under discussion. To permit a subsidized foreign railroad to compete with cur own roads is as unjust to the railroad industry of the country as it would be to permit a for- eign subsidized line of vessels to compete with our coast trade. New England would object strongly to any measure designed to open our coasting trade on the Atlantic to foreign competi- tion, and cznnot with consistency advocate a policy that per- mits such competition with our transcontinental railways. It is encouraging to note the vigor with which the contest for the establishment of the proposea discriminating duty is being waged in the very section of the Union supposea to be most strongly opposed to it. Although the clause in the tariff referring to this duty has been adjudged invalid by the Attor- ney-General the issue has not been closed by any means, Itis certain to be brought up as soon as Congress meets, and will have a support which seemws to be strong enough to assure its enactment in a form covering not oniy goods brought into the country over foreizn raiiroads but by foreign ships. The Republican party is pledged by its platform to the im- position of discriminating duties -to protect American ship- ping, and the pledge will be fulfil ed. Fake prize-fights are bad enough, of course, but they have st the moral advantage of not being carried on in the *‘charity.” eexcellence of the foreign | onest, THE CALL 18 never- NEW YORK’S KINGLY MAYOR. MORNING journal asserts that Mayor-elect Van Wyck A of Greater New York will exercise more political power in administering his office than is proposed to be con- ferred by our charter theorists upon the same official in this city. It would give us pleasure to say that the paper in ques- tion is mistaken on this point. Indeed, we would say that did we not know that its assertion was the result of dense ignor- ance of the new charter of the greater city and of the powers to be exercised by the Mayor-elect under it. . It is true that New York is a larger city than San Fran- cisco and that our municipal lordling will be a smaller man than the individual whom Boss Croker has chosen to rule his people. But it is understood by all inteliigent persons that in speaking of mayoral powers in other places proportions are meant to preva We do not hesitate to reaffirm, therefore, that in proportion to his sphere of activity the Mayor proposed by our local theorists will, as a political despot, throw Judge | Van Wyck completely into the shade. In the first place, the Mayor of Greater New York in the | solidification of his power must overcome not only a Municipal | Council of nearly 200 representatives of the people elected from different sections of the city, but he will be compelled to placate the Legislature of the State as well. Unlike the pro- posed charter of this city, the charter of Greater New York | may be altered, amended or repealed by an act of the General Assembly. When the time comes to clip the wings of their municipal kinglet, the people of that city need not appeal to an election commission appointed by him, but they maymakeI their grievances known to the Senate and Assembly and at once have them redressed. In order to control the legislative department of this city, and thereby the tax levy, our pro- posed Mayor will only have to take fifteen Supervisors into camp. Would not that be easy compared with the task set before Mayor-elect Van Wyck of placating a Council of nearty 200 and a Governor and Legisiature? Besides, the New York despot, at the threshold of his | career, will face a State civil service commission, organized | under a constitutional amendment which the Court of Appeals has decided to be self-executing. When it is said that Mayor- | elect Van Wyck will control $30,000,000 in patronage, it is | meant that he will dispense that amount under civil service rules, in accordance with a State law and by direction of a commission -appointed by the Governor. True, our local charter-makers propose a civil service commission for this city, but they intend to invest the Mayor with its appointment. How could a skillful politician be prevented from controlling appointments to office in San Francisco when the power to| create the body which is set up to enforce the law is placed in | his hands? | It is childish to talk about distributing political power in | cities upon national or State models. None but fools discuss } municipal government from any such standpoint. The fact is, the advocates of a kingly Mavor have not one single sound | argument upon which to rest their empty heads. Good gov- | ernment never emerged from prerogative. On the contrary, the rights of the people have been trampled in the dust forx‘ ages by political tyrants. The idea that by returning to| C @sarism we are going to secure pure politics and an honest | administration of the laws is the result of loose thinking and a.mere desire for a change. The ills we now endure are cer- | tain to be aggravated by the adoption of any such system. T { CANADA AND TEE BRITISH EMPIRE. | IR WILFRID LAURIER, Prime Minister of Canada, and i S several high officials of his administratioa are at Wash- | ington for the purpose of arranging, if possible, some set- | tlement of the various controversies at issue between Canada and the United States. These issues are numerous. Some of them, like that of the fisheries off Newfoundland, are a century old. Otners, like that raised by the gold discoveries in Alaska and on the Kiondike, are but of yesteriay. Ail of them are simple in their nature, and yet, by reason of the peculiar politi- cal situation of Canada, the solution of even the simplestis perplexing and difiicult. 1 The position of Canada among the countries of the world is an anomaly. Itisa part of the American system by natare, commerce and industry, but a part of a European empire by politics ana sentiment. Australia can get along well enough as a part of the British empire because Australia is not a minor part of soine other commercial system. Canada is not inde- pendent like lLer sister colony in the South Seas. Her indus- tries and her irade are powerfully affected by the United States. Her reai interests are American, and if she were a free Ameri- can republic these interests could be easily subserved either by snnexstion to the United States or by treaties. She however clings to Great Bri ain in politics, and as a result her relations to the United States are always becoming sources of irritation instead of being mutually friendly and profitable. To make the matter worse, even if any agreement should be reached between the Government at Wasbington and that at Ottawa, the terms arranged could not be carried into effect until Great Britain had been consulted and had given Ler approv- al. Thus qnestions which are purely American, which do not in their nature concern Europe in any way, and over which Europe should have no control whatever, have to be carried to a European power for settlement, even though all Americans should be agreed upon the way to settle them. It is hardly to be doubted that the abler Canadian states- men see very clearly the handicap which the British connection puts upon the progress and prestige of their country. As the people, however, insist upon maintaining that connection, the | statesmen are forced to make the best they can of the situation. Thus we see Sir Wilfria Laurier and his colleagues on arriving at Washington going first in due form to pay their respects to the British Embassador and obtain from him a presentation to the President. Afier that they will begin negotiations with the State Department, and possibly something may be accom- plishea, but 1t is not likely that any single controversy of im- | portance will be definitely settled. S There is but one way for Canada to realize the high fortune to which she has a right to aspire. She must break away from | ber European bondage and become absolutely American in politics and sentiment as well as in industry and trade. This does not necessarily mean annexation to the Unit d States, but it does mean that she shall be closer and more friendly to the Unitea States than she is to Gre t Bri‘ain, One excellent basis for the beiief {hat there is no bog on the site of the new Postoffice is that yellow journa'ism still af- firms the existence of such a thing. Other evidence almost equally good cin be obtained by the simp.e of the eyes. No- body, however, need go to the irouble of securing this, as it would merely be corroborative, and under the circumstances hardly necessary. The wisdom of accepting whatever ihe Ez- aminer states to be truth as being exactly the other thing is well understood. Judge Campbeil’s belief that a highbinder has a right to carry all the arms he waunts to is liable to sudden reversal, Let the Judge run up against a Chinatown shooting scrape in full blast and he witl reverse himself so quickly that his venerated whiskers will wrap around his neck tighter than the hoop on a beer barrel. Perhaps an expedition to the island of the Seri Indians having in view the wiping of those morose peopld off the face of the earth would not be strictly lawful. However, if it were to succeed, it would notably improve the moral tone down that way, and the tendency to applaud would with difficuity be kept in check. —— 1f the doctors continue to expel members from their august organization as fast as they threaten, the expelled can set up a little society of their own before long, and in point of numbers, and perhaps some other things, be quite as impressive as the original body. ———— Charles P. Bryan of Chicago, spoken of as Minister to China, is a gentieman and scholar. Two distinct advantages to I one entering upon the fieid of diplomacy. PERS NAL. Don Ray of Galt is at the Grand. M. Biggs-Jr. of Oroville is at the Grand. R. G. Harvey, a merchant of Shesta, is at the Russ. Dr. B. M. Gill of Dunsmuir is visiting at the Grand. J. W. Henderson, a banker of Eureks, is at the Lick. James F. Peck, & Merced lawyer, 1s registerea at the Lick. C. C. Crow of Crows Landing is staying at the Occidental. William Steinbeck, a grain-dealer of Hollis- ter, is at the Grand. Major K. M. Blair of Waterman arrived at the Pa ace yesterday, J. C. Erickson, & cattleman from Humbolat, is regisiered at the Russ. C. E. Tinkham, a lumberman of Chico, is among the guests at the Grand. B. H. Upham of Martinez, proprietor of the Glorieta vineyard, is at the Lick. 0. J. Woodward, a bauker of Fresno, fs among the late arrivals at the Lick. E. Trudo of Big Pine, who owns big borax fields in Inyo County, is at the Russ. G. Falkinburg, a real estate agent of Los An- geles, is registered at the Cosmopolitan. Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Hogan, from Placerville and just marricd, are guests at the Russ. Caivin H. Holmes, a big land-owner of Kel- logg, Sonoma County, is staying at the Russ, H. F. Barnett and J. F. Bar ett of Sonora, stage-line proprietors, are guests at the Russ. Mr. and Mrs. H. 8. Gardner oi Morgan Bprings are at the Russ on their wedding tour. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Hale oi Butte City ar- rived at the Kuss yesterday on their bridal trip. H. A. Preston of Jamestown, who runs the ice works at Sonora, is making a short stay at the Lick. £am Davis of Carson, Nev., journalist and proprietor of the Carson Appeal, is at the Oc- cidental. Captain A. B. Graham of Portland, Or., ar- rived Lere yesterday, and is regisiered at the Occidental. Professor R E. Allardice, head of the depart- ment of mathematics in Stanford, 1s & guest at the California. H. M. La Rue Jr., son of the Railroad Com- missioner, is In town from Sacramento and is staying at the Grand. N. A. Unruh, manager of Baldwin’s proper- ties in the south, is up from'Los Angeles and is registered at the Baldwin. Professor Julius Goebel, head of the depart- ment of German in Stanford University, Was & guest last night at the Caiifornia, Julius Paul Smitn of Livermore, proprietor of the Olivenia vineyard, is a late arrivalat the Califoraia. He is accompanied by Mrs. Smith. John R. Skinner, formerly manager of the Dupont Powder Company, returned to the Lick last night from Adaws Springs, where he speat the summer. W. G. Drown. who is interested in the Tracy Mining Company nesr Angeis Camp, returned yesterday from Boston, sccompanied by his €, after an absence of four months, during which he visited thirty s CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Nov. 11.—At the St. Denis— Mrs. Carton: Brordway Central—T. A. Burns, L. Stickies; Imperial—Mrs. Allen, Mrs. M Greenwood, Miss J. Greenwood, E. W. Van- sl Marlborough —§. Caro, N. Goldtree, Miss H. Gold'ree. Jul Levy arrived from Genoa on the Keiser Wilheim L1 CALIFORNIANS IN CHICAGO. —Atthe Great Northern— Edwin F. Dyert, wife and child, San Francis- CHICAGO, Nov. 1 co. Atthe Auditorium—L. D. Sale and wile, Los Angeles; Dr. W. A. Hendry, Los Angele: | At the Auditorium Annex—Mr. and Mrs, D. Murphy #nd maid, saratoga- Wilbur F. an Francisco. the orman, San Liego. CALIFORN.ANS IN wASHINGTON WASHINGTON Attorney-General Fitzserald leit to-day for & short trip (0 New York. Colonel George A. Knight left jor Phila- deiphia. A BALLADE Or CONFE:zSION The dog-eared tomes of ancient saces Frowi at tue 1rom the she.ves un there, Woild ramous, ay, for many yeurs, Biaving - he buffecs of tine and care: Yetthough iy breathe Paruassian air, Go band In ba .d with Muses nine, 1 piss Loem aul, here's one more rare— The Live book thia once was taine! Tknow that Horace scowls and rages, Thit Tl mer writhes in vain despair, That i should seek thos - paturages Where mawhish - (ments rave «nd tear, Met a3 all nelicon doth star Forget. its hys op s.ceped iu wine, ‘Lo nink that I (o read suou.d dare The littie book that ouce was thine! "Tis ouly one of all the pages, The vihers, Horace, | wi | swear Know ousht of me, my pil:rimages Your ire, dear Homer. | lease for bear! Yun frisky cupid mivhi deciare The 1ewson for Lhis choice of mine, ror betly dear,’twas his affair, The little book that once was thige! L'ENVOL You sent it with a lock of hair Plunedtot e page’s sweet-st lino; Thai makes 1. far bey.ud compare, e iL.tle book that on e was thine! HAROLD MACSRATH, in the Chilistine. RELIEF 10 SHU . -IN WHALERS, a Register. The concentrated effort of the California Congressional delegation, seconded b~ the San . Fraucisco CALL, in behalf of the 300 or 400 whalers imprisoned in their vessels by an ice pack in the Arct.c, near Point Barrow, has resulted in prompt action at Washington. The urgent necd of a relief expedition hav- ing been brought to the attention of S cretary of the Navy Long and through that official to Prosident McKiuley, correspondence by wite between Wasiingion and Mare Island was in- sti'uted November 8, and the outcome will doubtiess by the seuding of the cuit r Bear nurth justas soon us she can be made ready. To ensure expeditious action the Sun Fran- cisco CALL hias agreed to outfit any ship the Governwent might furnish with provisions for the men in the ice who are now facing starvation, THE F.RoT N iHe FIELD, Alameda Argus. Relief is to be sent to the whalers impris- oued in the Arctic. The cutter Bear is to be loaded with provisions and proceed at ouce. This is pron.piness on the part of the Govern- ment that is commendsble. THE CALLsounded the aiarm and was first in the ficld demand- iug that the Gover: ment take steps It isen- it.ed to the chief croditand thy 300 men, it ishoped, will be rescu.d_without a frosbite, from their pertious predicament. It wiil ve no ch id-jlay 1o reach them, Lowever, and their Iricnds wili be apprehensive until word is brought o1 thelr res ne. THE LUM- . UM. Philadelpuia Record. “Dum-dum’ is the curious name of & new bulietof which the British Government has been making a test. Experiments seem to justify the title, for this small-arm missile produces a wound which is more fataland terrible than the old buliet of slower velocity. A bullet that makes a larger exit than en- trance, even aiter wreaking havoc within, would certainly strike a so.dier dumb-dumb. In America has recently been invented, how- ever, a secrel solution by which leaden bullets may be coated so as to render them superior to steei-cased buliets. At a distance of tnirty yards some of these coated balls plerced an ax blade and others bored through a flatiron. REFLECTIONS OF A bACHELOR. New York Press Convention is life’s iunny bone. Bubies probabiy cry about half the time just for 1un. No girl likes (0 kiss other girls unless she is very imaginative. Iwonder why, whenever a man talks with agiri he is airaid of, nis necktie works up in the back. Probably every man who doesn’t act decent to his friends bas an idea that he always tries to iove his enemfies. A woman will cry until hé reyes get all red and her nose snuft; and then goand kiss her husband, with tne dea that sbe looks beauti- ful “smiling through her tears.” STATUE OF GZAR ALEXANDER IIL [From 1’lliustration.] The eminent Russian Statuaire Mark Anlokolski, member of the Academy of Fine Arts, St Petersburg, and corresponding member of the French Ins:itute, has just finished in his work shop at Paris the stawie of Alexander III of Russia, which he was commenaed to make by. Niohoias 1. The dead monarch is represented as seated on his throne, draped in the imperial mantle, his forehead devoid of the crown, the scepter in his right hand and the globe in his left, aud seemiug to contemplate in tne security of the future the ideal of wisdom, concord and peace which he emulated while living. This is a work very remarkable in that it agnin demonstrates the geniusand mastership of hisertof the suthor of the statues of Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great—the one st the Hermitage and the other at Peterhofl, where it is destined to stand. THE NEW AUTOMATIG GVGLE BRAKE. [The itlustrations are from the Scientific American.] No. 1—Hub with sprocket off. No. 2—Coliar fitting on hubto recelve brake. No. 3—Sprocket with center cut away to fit collar. and collar. —Locking ring, taking piace of check . 6—Internal friction-faced drum. Nos. 7 and 8—Cross sections of the brake 4—Expansion ring, fitting into sprocket assembled. No.9—Plan of brake with cover cut away. The brake question is at present absorbing the niinds of the cycle inventors after the chainless wheel. weight. The great obj ction to the old-style brake was its unsightliness and its A brake that was concealed, light in weight and «ff -ctive, has been sought for jor a long while, and one in particular that has been placed on the market has met with much favor irom those who have tried it. The newest device is the inyisible, automatic brake, which requires no effort on the part of the rider to apuly or release it. Itis claimed that it gives complete control of the bicycle for slackening speed or short, suddeu stops n case of danger. The new brake is appiied to the rear hub betw:en sprocket and fork and consists of two parts—an expansion ring and internal friction-faced drum. They are brought into action when the rider buckpedals, bringing the parts into action and by friction retarding the action of the rear wneel. The theory of the new brake is simply that it increases the power of backpedaling many times. The resistance can be app'ied gradually or sudd 11y, 88 required., FLASHES OF FUN, Across the way but vesierday, When May’s sweet biooms were blown about, 1 watchea a malden kneeling low 70 set her summer flowers out. And now when autumn winds are chill— Since spring b r haud she’s let me win— 8he puts me culmly thron.h the mill, 1 kneel and take those flowers In. —Chicago Record. “Which reminds me,” said the Cheerful Idiot, as the suusage was brought on, “that 1 once owned a dog when I was & boy that coulu chase rabbits from sunrise to sunset and never turn a hare.”—Indians polis Journal, Raggs—That fellow Smiiey reminds me of a dog’s tail. Jaggs—How so? Raggs—He’s such & wag.—Chicago News. ‘ “Remember, my boy,” said the middle-aged gentleman, *‘that contentment is better than riches.” “Yes,” replied th- young man, who 1s some- thing of a philosopher himself, “that is to say, it would be if there were any such thing.”'— Washington Star. Applicant—Iv's the truth I do be sayin’, sor, that I niver worked for any wan in me loife that had the layst fault to find wid me. Tradesman—And who, for iustauce, have -you worked for? Applicant—Well, er—faith, now, whin oi do be tinkin’ it over, it's mostly mesilf, sor.— Richmond Dispatch. She — Don’t you find journalism rather thankless work? He—O0nb, no, Almost everything I write is returned with thanks —Pick- Me-Up. “Will you think of me when I am gone?” he asked. “Ishall be glad to," she roplied with a sigh, “if you will muke it possible.” Then he wont.—Chicago Post. pe e b HARD TO ALLOW, Pittsburg Times. The invention of av indiarubber oyster by a French genius will soon place within our reach the indestructible stew, and n look with compiacency upon the thresiened extinction of the oyster beds. NOTES ABOUT NOTAEBLES Nine ex-Mayors of New York are living. oldest one is Dunfel ¥. Tiernan. He is 92 old and voted last Tuesday for the Tiger. The sears Deacon Jonathan Hayes, who wound the first wire rake ever made, lives at Miadleton Springs, Vt., at the age 0f 90, and is in perfect healta and can read without glasses. Mrs. Eunice Russ Davis of Dedham, Mass. who has just ce.ebraied her niiety-seventh birthday, i3 the d:ughter of Prince Ames, who ‘ought in the Revolutionary War, and recetved special recognition from General Washington for bravery. The memory of the late Major Lewis Ginter of Richmond, Va., is to be perpetuated by the endowment of A mechanics’ institute and school of technology in thatcity. He dig much for the town, and this project will con- tinue & good wora in his name, “Lovers of Defoe,” says the Londoa Chron. icle, “wiil regret to hear that James Wil fam Defoe—the last of the family and the grea great-grandson of the renowned author—is still an outdoor psuper of the Cheimsiord,) Union, in receipt of the modest pittance of 3 shiilings & week.” Verdiis fond of farming, cattle and dogs. One of his pets is buried in his garden, under asmall monument ‘With the words, +Ad un vero amico’t (Toa true iriend). A favorite large dog mow in his possession listeus in. tently when his master is pluyiag, but runs away in distress woen any oue else touches the piano. Prince Krapotkine, known all over the world n advanced anarchist, has proved n sur- prise (0 New Yorkers, who had expected 1o find him of the loud-mouthed Johann Most brand. Instead they see a smail, benevolent- looking old man of retiring manuer and kindly eye, preaching ‘brotherly love and deprecaiing violence, Mrs. Annte C. Meyers, one of the best-known of Chicago society women, appeared beiore a Police Court a few days ago dressed in rags. She was charged with theit. Not long ago she was on Mrs. Potier Palmer’s visiting list, She dispensed charity with u lavish hand and was a leader in the Marshfieid-avenue Metho- dist Church. Cocaine had wrought the ruin, ANSWERSTO (O RE PONJENT: SIDEWALKS—S. U. b., City. The widest sid¢ walks in the city of New York are those ot Lenox and Seveith avenues, north of West 0 e Hundred and Tenih sireet. They sare thirty-five feet wide. Briry SwitH—E. J. B., Ciiy. Billy Smithof Australia never foughta urother of Joe God dard in this ¢ity, but «n August 28, 18-‘& fought Joe Godd.rd before the Califor ia A h- Jetic Club for a purse of $1250. The fight was stopp d by the polic PoPULATION—F. M., City. The estimated popie lation of New York City (not Greater New York) based on returns from the l(eul:hln th[lv;l‘:; t, is 57,24 ather was, 8 e Thas fe i dese” obtatned, i the early part of the year, The fizures {ir Chicagoat the same period wes 1,750,000 RoBERT EuMET—E. M., Salinas, Cal. There appears 10 be u question a8 to the birthplace and the date of the birth of Robert Emmet. Some piographers assert that ne was bori in Dublin, in 1778, others that he was born in that ci'y in 1780, and still others who deciare that he was born in Cork, in 1778. R. R. Madden in his “Life and Times of Robert Eur mett’ savs that he was born in Molesworth street, Dublin, 17 that shortly after his birth his faiher moved to 110 Sicphen’s Green, west corner of Lamb Laue. Itis gen- erally believed that his birth occurrcd on the 20th of Sep:ember, 1778, in the city of Dublin, Ire.and. Y TAXES—W.S. If a piece of property is as- sessed a: $1000, upon which there is a mort- gage of $500, the mortgagor pays the tax on $500 and the morigagee pays on $500. If the property is assessed at $1000 and the morigage 1s §1000, the mortgagee pays the whote of the taXx. Unaer our laws & mort- gage is an interest in the property affected, but the mortgsg: cannot be assessed for more than the assessed value of the property. 1t therefore sometimes Lappens that a piece of property is asse-sed for instance for $1500, which is mortgaged for $2000; the moOTigugs in such a case cun on'y be ussessed for $1500, and the mortgagee pays the wiole of the tax $500 escaping assessment i Exespr FroyM EX ecurtion—A. B. C., Ly viile, Cal. The law exempis irom execution the necessary household, tables and kitchen furnitare belonging to the judgment debtor, inciuding one sewing-machine, stoves, stove pipes and furniiure, wearing apparel, beds bedding and brdsteads, hanging pictures, oil paintings, drawings and paintings drawn ot painted by wny member of the Iamily, and fumily poriraits and necessery frames, pro- visions sciunlly provided for iamily or’ fuai- vidual use sufficient for three months, and ihree cows and their sucking calves, four hogs with their sucking pigs, and food for such cows and hogs for one month; the farming utensils or impiements of busbandry of the judgment debtor; also two 0Xen, OF 1wO hOTS's, 0T (WO mules, or their harness, one cart or wagon, and food for such oxen, horses or mules for one month; also all seed, grain or vegetables actunily provided, reserved or on haud for the purpose of planting or sowing at any time witnin the ensuing Six months, not exceeding lue the sum of $200, and sévents-five bee- and one horse or vehicle belonging to any person who is maimed or crippled if same s necessary in hls Lusiness. There are other exemptions, but the above are those that apply to one on a farm or cattle rauge. “HOw DO YOU DO?” London '1it-Bits. The Germans say “Wie befinden siesich?” (How do you find yoursel:?; or “Wie geht-? (How goes it?); the Dutch “Hoe vaart gij?" (How do you fure?) the Italians, “Come state?” (How do you stand?); the French “Comment vous poriez-vous?” (How doyou carry your- seli?). The Greeks say “Ti kamete?” (What do you do?), while in China ihe expression fs, 1 eaten your rice?” in Russia, > and “How do you live'on?” and in Arabia, “May your morning be good " “God grant thec his favors.” The Turk’s greeting is, ““Be under the care of G.d,” and thatof (he Persians, *Is thy exaited condition good?’ “May tiy shadow never be jess!” ete. HOW DO YOU LAUGH? Answers. “It's curious what a good index to & man’s character his laugh is—that is, 10 a scientific and aceurate observer,” said a well-known mental specialist. “For instance, the p who laugns thus: ‘Har, Lar, har!’ is almost 1 ways fickie and prone 'to excitement, thougn generally frank and honest. ““‘Her, her, her!' is ihe laugh of the cynic, more Iike 'a sluggish jeer than a jiyous chuckle, while those who laugh thus, ‘He, hel are naturaily timid; butif you bear ‘Ho, ho, hol coming irom some one A sireet or 8o aWway he is, you may be sure,a devil-may-gare lei- rson A MUTE’S RE OVERY OF SPEECH A mute who is able to sveak nas shown him- self at Cremeaux, in the arrondissement of Roane, on the Loire, to the great astonishe ment of his neizhbors. He is25 years of age, and, owing to an 1liuess, hus been mute since his second year. but recovercd his specch by an accident a few weeks ago. The young mavi, whose name is Gaudar.i, was trying in vain to make his sister understand that he wanted a smoke, and suddenly excluimed ‘tabacl’ Since then he bas spoken regulacly. Gauuard, it seems, was only a mute, not a deaf-mute, and had been at school, though he could not respond to any questious put to him. His muiism_was probably the result of partial paralysis, which disappeared with age. CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50¢ 1b. Townsend's.” TN R R v EPECIAL Information daily o manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Prost Clipping Bureau (Alien’s), 510 Montgomery. - It For throat and lung troubles use Low's horehound cough syrup, price 10c, 417 Sansome st. - —————— FOLITICAL OPTIMISM, Chicigo News. Nothing begets optimism like an election. 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