The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 5, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER [)ECF\M?.ER_;L 1597 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Marager. and Tuird streets, San Francisco 1863, Mar! Telephone Main EDITORIAL ROOMS...... i’UBLiCATION OFFICE cireee 917 Clay street THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) is served by rs in this city and su rding towns for 15 cents a week. nail §6 per year; per month 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL.. ..One year, by mail, $1.50 OAKLAND OFFICE ..908 Broadway Eastern Representative, DAVID ALLEN, NEW YORK OFFICE = sitn .Room 188, World Building WASHINGTON . C.) OFFICE Seat S Riggs House C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICE Montgomery street, corner Cl. open until ) Hayes s ; oven until 9:3) o'clock. 613 | until 9:30 o’clock. SW. corner Sixteenth and | open until 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street; open 143 Ninth street; open until 9 o'cleck. 1505 uniit 9:30 o’clock. ' NW. corner 1wenty-second reets; open till 9 o’clock. until Yolk £nd PROGRESSIVE SACRAMENTO. ACRAMENTO COUNTY has put herself in the van of the movement for good roads by voting to issue bonds for the construction of the Folsom boulevard. While in other communities road improvement remains a matter of talk and Sacramento it the form of action. Thie money has been voted znd tae work will soon begin. speculation, in has taken What has been accomplished in Sacramento may be ac- ted a victery for progre:s throughout the State. The irfluence of the work there will be felt in every community where zood roads are needed. The campaign for better high- ways will be carried forward with more hopefulness and in- creased ene will serve both as an incentive to similar enterprises elsewhere and as a'model for them to follow. From. the moment the proposed road was projected THE CaALL took & warm interest in it, and treated it as it deserved as one. of the most important movements of the time in the State. - Our reports from Sacramento foliowed closely all the proceedings of the canvass leading to the bond election, and our correspondent kept in close touch, not only with the leaders, but:with the masses, so that we were able to forecast the result & week ago and anrounce the coming victory for progress and enterprise. AsTHE Carr wes an earnest worker for the improvement and warmly advocated the bond issue, just as it advocates and works for improvements and enterprises in ail parts of the State, it ias a right to a share in the r:joicing over the victory. The ‘strujggle has been a hard one, but the success achieved is great enough io repay it. The bondage of silurianism has been broken in-the county, and now that the forward march has be- e it"is a sure thing that other improvements will ba under- taken and carried to a rapid completion. There can be no question that the boulevara will be of great benefitto Sacramento. It will be one of the noted highwaysofthe State. . Every visitor to the capital will bz enticed by it to drive through the rural districts and see the attractions they offer to investors and home-seekers. As soon as these benefits are felt good roads will be demanded in all paris of the county, and Lefore long even those who have been opposed to voting money for the boulevard will acknowledge that thanks are due tc the men of | nd leadership whose public spirit prompted them to undertake this project, and whose energy, tact and perse- verance enabled them to cvercome the sluggish tarpor of silur- | ianism and win the vict cou h v, and the construction of the Folsom boulevard ¥ of yesterds WHAT WILL THE COMMITTEE DO> EC ns’ Charter Committee of One Hundrea is in an unenviable situation. The nominees for freeholders of i:s charter convention are being supported by the furtive morning organ of the railroad. We are assured that this st port is being given in opposition to the wishes of a large ma- jority of the committee. That it s being rromoted by a few mousing politicians in i1he committee who, for scme unex- pleined, but probably sufficient reason, do not object to supply- ing the material upon which to base newspaper contracts with the Southern Pacific, is apparent from the way it is being car- ried on. These same frecholders, on the other hand, are being op- posed by the evening organ of the corporation, which, how- ever, claims to represent the Committee of One Hundred as a body. This ofgan gave conscioussevidence of its afliliation on Thursday evening by announcing with becoming gravity that the members of the committes “‘will present a ticket of free- holders.” And then it added: “This action is to be com- mended, not because it possesses the merit of being regular political metheds, or as iree from the charge of distrost of the people, but because the Committee of One Hundred will choose fifteen good men and aud to the list of tLose to whom an elec- tion is possible.’* We do not wish fo pry too deeply into the business of the Citizens' Committee. That body is composed of ntelligent men who ought to know what they are doing. But we respect- fally call the attention of its members to the fact that unless the committee takes some action {oward repudiating the assumed leadership of the Eraminer and the Evening Post, it is certain to lose its character. The latter declares its organship by making a formal announcement of what appears to be con- templated action by the committee. The latter openly sup- ports its nominees for freeholders, and in doing so, impugns the motives and assails the character of all other nominees. ‘Whet the public demands to know at the present moment isthis: Has the Committee of One Hunared reachea an under- standing with the fzaminer, the Post, the corporations and the Buckley D2mocrats? Ifit hes not, why does it permit them all to support its freenoider ticket, convey confidential informa- tion of its business to the public, “do' dirty politics under its protecting @zis, and earn corporation fees by masquernfling in its respectable name? We think the committee owes it to the people to either repudiate this corporation conspiracy to defeag a new charter, or come out boidly and say that bood'e journal. ism and Buckley politics accord with its reformatory ten- dencies. 1f the committee desires to see the Examiner's contract with the Southern Pacific, it can get a look at it by appiying to C. P. Huntington. 1f it desires to ascertain the business relations of the evening organ of the conspiracy to the corporations, it need only read it for afes. days. If it wishes to find out all about the Buckley Democrats—but that is a continued story in itselt. — An esteemed but erring contemporary declares that TrE CALL’S stoty exposing the methods of bunko men was a lake, a sensation, and that it was pricked by Chief Lees. On the con- trary, the story was truth. It may have been sbmelhing ola sensation, but it was not pricked by Chief Lees; it pricked the Chiel. There will be twen!y contests over seats in the House, and almost all of them between different brands of Democrats. ‘While these patriotic gentlemen are fighting over the spoiis the Republicans will have a chance to do some legisiation, to say nothing of the fun of watching the other side pulling hair. London is wondering 1f yellow journalism intends invad- : all] | merit than by the destruction of otbers who are ahead in the | ognizea as authorities in their lines of work. ing Cuba. - Let it be hoved that the implied poseibility rests upon nothing. Cuba has already experienced all she deserves of the horrors of war. One “'sure-thing’” man at Portland has killed another. In this circumstance 1s a suggestion of a way to solve a difficult problem. Bome of the opponents of McKéunl_do not seem 10 realize that they are subjecting their own ambitions to indecent ex- posure. l FEEDING AN OLD GRUDGE. HE revelations of the last twenty-four hours expose the origin of the attack on Judge McKenna. The malter started 1n the Poriland law office of ex-Senator and ex- Attorney-Genera! Georye H. Williams. General Williams had his day and approached ana vassed through his opportunity He was a SBenator of the United States for the State of Oregon’ He was appointed Aitorney-General by Grant and was nomi- nated for transfer to the Supreme bonch, but failed of confirma- tion. The circumstances were such as to plant a peculiar sting in the ambitions of the ex-Senator. Itis a rule of courtesy in the Senate that when a man who has been a member of that by is nominated foran cffice by the P:esident heis confirmed witbout reference of the nomination toa committee. When thisrule is not observed it is the most serious rebuke that can be given a public man. We need not enter into the reasons that influencea the Senate in the ease of General Williams. The affair permanently reuired bim from public life and left him with a grudze that seems to have grown old with him. In thisancient matter staris the fire that hus becomes | conflagration in the abundance of combustible material that is always ready for the match in the shape of the nascent or moribund ambitions which abound in thess Pacific States. The disappointment which puts the stone of stumbling Gelore the feet of others to biock success in the path where it failed, and the egotism of expectation which hopes to succeed less by line of preferment, seem to have joined hands to embarrass the administration and bring on a contest for the discomfiture of Judge McKenna. We do not hesitate to say that, considered in its origin and its mctive, the movement is unworthy and undeserving of con- sideration by the Presidentor the Senate. The latter body passed judgment once on General Williams, and his present method of securing a new triul by tha sacrifice of Judee McKenna is not likely to command its favor. Itis probable that the extent and limits of the attack are now known, as well as its motive. * Our public history furnishes many cases of such assault on men. Up to the middle of his carecer Grant’s military ability was contested. His re-entry into the service from civil life, the humble rank at first teken by him, all were used, and to this day there are men who will tell how differently and better they would have done, in some action, than Grant, bad they been there. 1f Judge McKenna were a stranger to the President, if his career -had been passed in a corner, if political intrigue had picked bim out of obscurity for this great elevation, we might lose sight of the motive of the opposition in the probabilities of its jnstification as against an unknown man. But these elemenis are absent. The President isalawyer, soundly trained, has had long public experience, is equipped completely for judgment of the ability of men. His familiarity with Judge McKenna's quslity and ability is of years' standing. The men are in that :ntimacy which comee of the progressive apprecia- | tion by one of the ability of the other. Under such circum- stances Judge McKenna's selection by tie President carries with it every high presumption against the sinister charge tha, | starts in a Poruland law office and spreads, like moral arson, along the path of combustible ambition and detraction into | this State. CALIFORNIA UP TO DATE. ALIFORNIA up to date wi'l be at once the subject and C the inspiration of the ‘“‘new era edition” of Tue CavrL. The whole paper will b2 devoted io the condiiions that are vital, to issues that are living, to men who have blood in them. There will be no old stories of the old missions of byszone days, but a bright new story of the everlasting mission of California and Ler people as made manifest by the activities of to-day. It is the design to make the edition worthy in every way of the greatness of the theme. Every feature will be attended to with painstaking care by men who are recognized masters of that department of the work. Neither energy, skiil nor ex- pense is to be spared in producing the best edition of a news- vpaper ever published, in order that it may fitly serve Loth as a guarantee of the promises ot the new era of Tue CarLLand an advertisement to the world of the prospects of the new era in California. Special articles on the resources and industries of the State are now being prepared for the edition by men who are rec- The list of con- tributors of these special articles inciudes most oi the famous names in the State. Among them are men eminent in the universities and in business, in practice and in theory. Their papers will repay not only carelul reading, but earnest study, for each of them will deal with spme subject of interest and profit to the people at this time. | The most striking feature of recent development in jour- nalism is the pictorial work, and particular attention will be ; paid to it in the grand edition. Beginning a comparatively | few years ago with crude sketones the newspapers of the | United States have so advaunced the art of pictorial reporting that to-day the artists of the daily papers are in some respects superior io the much-lauded artists of the magazines. Trr Cary has long enjoyed an enviable reputation for the excel- | lence of its work of this kind, and in the forthcoming edition | will accomplish resuits that will mark a new era in that at- tractive and valuable feaiure of journalism. One of the most artistic features of the edition will be the richly illuminated covers. In accordance with Tue CALL's set- tled policy of patronizing home industry and home talent these covers are to be made in San Francisco. The order for them is the largest ever placed oa this coast, and the artists and printers entrusted with the work will emulate the civic patriotism of Tue CaLL and make them masterpieces of their kind, fuliy eqaal to anything produced in the Bast, Reports that Colorado Uies are gathering with the intention of hunting indicate that the open season for Utes is approach- ing. When the noble red man goes on the chass over there he invariably finds himself at the wrong end of the guh, and game wardens are geiting quite expert in picking him off. = | There has been much commentexcited in New York by the | fact that a Rhinelander—o'd name, proud family, coat of arms, lots of money, has married a restaurant girl, However, any- body of discretion, having congratulations to bestow, will naturally forward them to the groom. Thomas Flannelly of 8an Mat2o0, having in cold blooa killed iwo men, tells the court that he is not guilty. 1uis informa- tion is ‘important, if true, and a court, sitting for the purpose of finding out such things, ought to by grateful to Mr. Flan. nelly for his frankness. A bill that zot before a committee of the Board o! Educa- ion and was not aporoved by the members received at the hands of one of them the indorsement, “Ni.” Thusthe higher education is getting in its work right at the fountain head of instruction. —_— Railroad men who by being placed on the blacklist have been unable to secure work continue to file sui's against the offending corporations. And the public, from which juries must be drawn, keeps rignt on wishing thav the suits may be successful. e The new Captain-General in Cuba does not keep quite so effective u lot of typewriters in operation as his predecessor | did, but as to other operations they seem to be about equal. Both rise easlly to the magnificent ovportunity of doing | nothing. —_— ““Downfall of a pugilist’’ is the head over an item setting fortb the arrest of a prize-fighter caught in the act of burglary. Taere is a chance here for difference of opinion, and burglars generally, it may be supposed, would feel insulted at such a rating. ' 1t is strange that some Chicago officials have been arrested for crookedness. Not that there is anything surprising in their being crooked, but that any particular notice should have been taken of it. l T Of course Kentucky is proud to have a ship named after ner, but that a bottle of 1380 whisky Is to b2 sacrificed to the occasion naturally causes a shude of regret, I THE AUSTRIAN CRISIS. OUNT BADENI is doubtless rejoicing at his home in C Galicla that be is no longer Prime Minister of Austris, while his successor, Count Gautsch von Frankenthurm, in the ministerial palace at Vienna, is in all likelihood cursing the fate that has imposed upon him the tatk of setting right a nation out of joint, 3 The retirement of the former Ministry, so far from appeas- ing the angry factions of the Reichsrath, has only increased the excitements of the empire. The turbulent scenes in the Parliament-house have been followed by riots among the peo- pie, and in several parts of the country the aisturbances would | have zroken out into civil war but for the restraining power of the army, The issue on which Badeni went to pieces was a simple one in itsolf, being merely an arrangement with Hungery as to what part of the expenses of the duul empire should be borne | by Austria and what part by Huungary. Badeni was willing to accep: the terms proposed by Hungary, but in order to get them adopted by the Reichstath he had to grant certain favors to the Czechs of Bohemia in return for their votes, These favors to the Czechis roused the wrath of the Germans, and one antagonism leading to another, all the race hostilities ol Germans, Poles, Czechs and Slavs broke loose, and these in turn excited the religious parties, with the result of confusion worse confounded in the Government and pandemonium in the Reichsratn, Accorling to an analysis of the situation recently given from a German point of view by the Cclogne Times, there are in the Austrian Parliament no less than :ix parties dominated by race views, and each of these is divided into factions by con- siderations of Catholicism, Liberalism, Socialism, Semitism and Independentism. While 213 votes are necessary to constitute a bare majority in the Reichsrath, no ons of the parties or fac- tions has more than sixty votes, and only one of them, the Young Czechs, hes so many. An Austrian Prime Minister has to be, therefore, a great organizer of combinations. If he can- not get three or four hosiile groups to work together for the vurpose of throwing down three or four others equally hostile, he fails in his work and bas to retire to his estates. While the Austrian part of the empire has thus been torn by dissensions, Hungary has waited with exemplary patience for an acceptance or rejection ot her proposals with respect to the imperial expvenses. This palience, so unusual to the fiery Huns, seems about to be exhausted. On Friday ¥ranz Kossuth asked the Prime Minister whether under certain circumstances he would not enforce the right of Hungary to act as a free agent in settling her economic relations with Austris, and the Prime Minister bas promised a reply on Monday. It is apparent, therefore, that the crisis is at hand. If the Hungarians break away at this juncture the end of Austria, the last vestige of the Holy Roman Empire, will be accomplished. GALLANTRY ON THE GARS. HE article on “Gallantry on the Cars” in last Sund CaLL recalls (o my mind similar experiences of my own during my traveis in and sround San Francisco, and I agres with the writer when she says that south of Market street “they do give up theirseats in the car.”” A few times 1 have been given a seat when on the cars north of Market street, but it hus always been by the man who is of “‘the masses,” and I generally find it the rule and 5! 1897, HERO OF TWENTY.ONE DUELS. Baron von Holleben, Germany’s new Embassador to the United States, bears on nis face the scars of twenty-one duels he fought while at Heidelberg. Dueling is much in tashion at the university, and the Baron being famous for his skill was constantly challenged, while he himseif lost no opportunity to fight. His face shows his record and great long gashes made by sword cuts disfigure his coun* tenance. KRIS KRINGLE AND THE EMPEROR. An interesting article in the December Ladies' Home Journal de- cribes a Christmas with the German Emperor and his family in the | palace at Potsdam. ‘“After the trees—one for each of the family— have been arranged, and all is in readiness,”” says the writer, Nagel von Brawe, “the little princess, accompanied by her nmext younger brother, opens the solemn procession into the Shell salon, which is ablaze with light. For a moment they halt; the flooding lightsare almost blinding, siace to the illumination of the Christmss trees is sdded the brilliance of the many ehandeliers with their multiplicity | of branches. Anotner short pause in the center of the room. Two of Ler brothers each take the little princess by the hand and gonduct her with gallantry to her special table before turning awey to their own. Whatdelight! What rejoicings! Verily, in the most perfect interpretation of the word this constitutes youihful joyfulness. The | Emperor, baving condacted the ladies and gentlemen of the court to | the wbles arranged for them, leads the Empress to their Majesties' tables, and the hearty demonsiralions of pleasure which they ex- change evince the loving care taken in their mutualselection of gifis. “But they do not linger long over their own gifts. Tnejoy of the children grows more a1 d more lively. The princes show one another their new treasures. Prince Eitel Friedrich invites the Crown Prince to visit bis fine water-tight tent, while the latter monnts a bicycle of COPPER PLATE ENGRAVIRE 227.228 POSTY o7 dont D.Spreckels Esq., Proprietor *Call®, San Francisco,Cal, Dear Sir:« 2 /f'azzadev/,‘_—,&““.__méf&.« B Your order for Thfee hundred thousand coleoreq covers for the "New.Era £41ti1on* of ‘the *Call® 2Nd=Your instructigns to be prepard to run-of £ Fifty -or:Sixuy sthousand-more ihave deen recelived,and we thank -you «for same The «oraer 4& the dargest <thatshas ever <teen .placed on this Coast and -we -have «no (nes1lancy IN<SAYING ‘that &he result will be the most artisticprodudtion of the ina ever <turnea wut Dy us Or any cther printing establishment Mes € of‘Chicago, We thoroughly appreciate«the ipirit of«gour order as true 4ne op @atroni2 Ing4home 4AiNAUStTy . &% {heTetorors gany _bteing the of these gobsmhave~sbeen sent «to-Easternthouses . Wewt rus b ‘thatwy our example w177 R dl1M0wea oy other large gon= ‘cerns ,as swehave-a-plant.capable 4 ¢Wning <ut as fine work 4nd AR asepreatequantities sas -any*Eastern -concern, ‘Yours qve rygrespectfully, L d not the exception that the laboring man is the one wh> respects the ‘;omln &nd not the aress In & crowded streetcar here in San Fran- cisco. Will the new woman arise to the occasion and proffer her seat in a crowded car to a man tired from his day's work? Very apropos are nl:e lollowing lines which I once clipped from the Brooklyn Eagle, vie.: Oue day in a crowded Fifth-avenue car A lady was standing. She had ridden quite far, Aud scemed much disposed to indulge in a frown As nobody offered to lat her sit down. Aud many there sat, to judge by their dress, Might a gentleman’s ural lustinct possess. But who, judged by their acts, make us firmly believe That eppearances will oiten sadly deceive. There were some most intentiy devouring the news, And some through the windows enjoging the views; And others indulged in & make-believe nap, While the lady still stood holding on to the strap. At last a young Irishman, fresh from the “sod,” Arose with a smile and a most comlcal nod, Which said quie as plain a3 in words couid be 8 That the Iady should sit in the place he'd vacated. “Excuse me,” snid Pat, “that I caused you to watt So long bafore offerin’ to give you a sate. Butin truth I was only just waiting to st 1f there wasn’t more gintlemin here pesides me.” San Franeisco, Dac. 1, 1897. AppIE F. BARTLEY. Miles—I see your friend Hawkins has another “selling out at cost” sigu_tacked on the front of his store. Giles—Yes. Do you know I think Hawkins missed his yocation? He should have been a political campaign manager. Miles—Why so? Giles—He is continually nailing lies.—~Chicngo News. German manufacture. which he woula greatly him his younger br Prince Adalbert puts on his new snowshoes, like to try at once in the purk; aad beside other, Prince August, turns the leaves of gn illus- trated book of the Berlin Exnibition of Industrial Arts, to whieh he made a visit. Prince Oscar mounts the tin soldiers over the strongly fortified citadel of papler mache which Prince Joachim is preparing toattack with his splendid artillery and 1ts nickel cannon; the dried eas already rattle azainst the leaden gutes of the fortress. Victoria Ouise is happily scated amid her miniature doil's household, in- £pecting the numerous toilettes of the blonde doll which can say ‘Fapa’ and ‘Mama’ with great precision. Repeatedly the imperial mother is called ugon by her youngest child to examine and admire treasures she had herself selected with so much care.” HE IS A-MER-I-CAN. New York World. 1t Colonel John Hay’s poetry had not already proved that he is an American the speech of Embassador Joha Hay on Thanksgiving day in London would settle the muatter beyond question. 1n that speech Mr. Hay glorified thres distinciively American in- stitations in a manuer that would be impossible in any aristocracy- aping, tult-hunting toadyinx Auglomaniac. He indorsed Ben Frank- lin's iCea that the proud, handsonfe, altruisiic, delicous turkey should nave been sdopted as ihe national embiém instead of the piratical and predatory eagle. He also paid an eloquent tribute to ‘‘the unknown, nameiess artist who, in the days cf early New Eng- land. first brought to perfection the pumpkio pie.” If there is any- thing at once more democratic and more Amer:, pie history has faled 1o describe tt, . cr:ctn (han the pumpkin Not content with the-e proofs of his Embassador Hay went further and said: ¢ s boasting, alk Unite v e tes, which answers equally as well In championing the turkey, pumpkin pie and his native tongue John Huy has furnisied conclusive proof that, though *he might i have peeu s Rooshau’’ or an imitation Britisher, he is A-mer-i-can. nuspoiled native spirit, e are thankful that we side of the dcean think that PERSONAL. Rev. M. Brady is in town from Fresno. €. H. Clark, a Baltimore hotel man, is at the Grand. Judge R.J. Hudson of Lakeport is at the Grand. " J. H.de Bolt of Santa Rosa is at ths Cosmo- politan. R. W. Shockley of Merced is atthe Cosmo- politan. G C. Aligott of Hanford is at the Cosmo- politan. E Bush, a real-estate man of Hanford, is at the Lick. Miss. M. Coucanuon of Livermore is at the Cosmopolitan, Enoch Emery, a merchant of Siberis, is reg- istered at the Palace. Jonn Stexuff of Moscow !s among the recent arrivals at the Palace. H. 8 Blood, a mining bish 61 Angels, arrived at the Lick yesterday T. B. von Holy of Ps#iesarrived here vester- day and fs stopplug st ths Falsce Martin Winch, a thores A-liorse owner and breeder, is hers from & or. N: Batmeoi. and . two mer- cliants of Russla, urs ¢6% 4 At tho Ca fornis. G. Pacheco, ths ws) Ignsclo, came bere yeslorany at the Grand, Robert M. Hemmingway 6f Tacoma (s at tho Grand. He is -the owner-of & wavdenwato works at Tacoms. Lieutenant- Luei Young of the U States navy {s spendfng & few days berewliii his wife and children: Frank Sharp of the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphilu arrived here yesterday andis staying at the Russ. Deputy Secretary of State W. T. Sesnon cams #n Borseman of registered no tered at the Caiiforiia Hotel Paymaster William Jackson: Littie, T. & and . R. Godfrey Erodericke, -United steamer Concord, &re at the Caltfornia. CALIFORN/ANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Dec.. 4.—At the Bt Cloud—J. A. Bisck; Astor—E. Campbell, 8, Symon. Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Lincoln and Ethel Lincoln left the Bt. Cloud aud seiled on the Fulda for Genoa. ANSWERé TO CORRESPONDENTS. < AND NBEW YORK—M. R.A;, City. ‘New ity, termerly New Amsterdam, was sets the Dutch in 1623, and Bostou by John Winthrop and his company in 1630, axcisco--M. R. A, C As there has not been any census of the population of the city ot San Francisco since 1890, it is impossi- ble to assert with exactitnde the city’s popu- Iation. . In the census year the population was 268,997, At this lime it i3 estimated thatitis 335,000. Tue Porato—M. R. A, City. The potatoisa native of elevated distzicts in subiropical America. 1t has been found growing wiid in the Andes of South America, Mexico and the Rocky Mouatain region of ' North America. | Except that the tubers are much smailer and of interior quality, the wild plant difiers but little from tie cultivated. The potatowes cul- tivated in Americaand its tubers used ior food long snterior to the discovery ol America by Europeans. PLAYBILLS—G. M., City. There is no rec- ords of the time when playbills were first used, but in the register of the Stationer’s Company, London, Eng., under date oi Octo- ber 30, 1587, is an entry in the folloWing words: “Joux Charlewood, Iycenced to him by the whole consent of thussisiantes (the. as- sistants), the onelye ymprintinge of all man- rer of bilis for playere, jis.vid.”” Payne Col- lier, the antiquarian, is of the opinion that playbills must have been printed before that date, but that is the firsi entry in regard to them found. 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BLACK, painter, 120 Eddy strass S e General: Sir William Lockhart, the British commander in Northwest India, is a brother to that Captain Lockhart who. attalned a high renk as a novelist before his untimely death, ten years ago. . Low's horehound cough syrup cures bronchitis, price 10c, 417 Sansome st. * —— The memoranaum that Bishop Walsingham How of Loundou left to be opened aiter his death discloses the fact that he always dedi- cated ome-tenth of his income annually to “God in charify,” that after he became a Bishop he gave away & thousand a year, as well as the large sums ne regeived from his books, and that he resolved that his children should never profit by his episcopal income. It should be added that-he had a private tortune. NEW TO-DAY! THEY RIDICULE IT. Many Pecple Ridicule the Idea of an Absolute Cure for Dys=- pepsia and Stomach Troubles. Ridicule, 2and Facts Are Stubborn Things. Stomach troubles are so common and in many cases so obstinate to cure that peo- ple are apt to look with suspicion on any remedy claiming to be a radical, per- | manent cure for dyspepsia and indiges- tion. Muny such pride thémselves on their acuteness in never being humbugged, especially on medicines. 2 This fear of being humbugged may be carried too far; sc far, in fact, that many persons stffer for years with weak diges- tion rather than risk a little time and money in faithfully testing the claims of o preparation so rcliabe and universally used as Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets, > Now Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets are vastly different in one important respect frcm ordinary proprieiary medicines for the reason that they are not a secret patent medicine, no secret is made of theiringredients, but analysisshows them 10 contain the natural dige-tive ferments, pure aseptic pepsin, the digestive acids, Golden Seal, bismuth, hydrastus and nux. They arc not cathartic, neither do they aet powerfully on any organ, but'-they cure indigestion on the commion sénse plan of digesting the food eaten promptly, thoroughly before it has time to- ferment, - sour and cause the mischief. This is the only secret ot their success. 3 Cathartic pills never have and never ¢an cure indigestion and stomach troubles be- ceuse they act entirely uvon the bowels; wiereas the whole trouble is reallyv in “the stomach. Lorsia Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets taken after - meals digest the food. That is all there is to it. Food not digested or half digested is poison as it creates gas, acidity, heal achies, palpiiation of the heart, loss of tlesh and appeiite, and ‘many other troubles which are often cailed by some oxh;:lr name, L Ak .- They are sol y druggists everywhere at 50 cents per package, Addr,e:lyszuah' Co., Marshall, Mich., for book on stomach diseasés or ask your druggist for it, . - However, Is Not Argument down from Sacramenio Iast night andregis- P N