The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 18, 1898, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1898. JO;{N D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE. ...Market qnd Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 1868, EDITORIAL ROOMS 2I7 to 221 Stevenson street Telephone Main 1§74 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carriers in this city and surrounding towns fof I5 cents a week. By mall $6 per year. per month €5 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL.... OAKLAND OFFICE Eastern Representative, DAVID ALLEN. NEW. YORK OFFICE.......... Room 188, World Building WASHINGTON (D. C. OFFICE C. C. CARLTON, Corresp ..One vear, by mall, $1.50 908 Broadway ... Riggs House | ent. BRANCH OFFICES--527 Montgomery street, eorner Clay open until 9:30 o'clock. 339 Hayes street: open untll $:30 o'clock. 62! MoAllister street; open untll 9:30 c'clock. €15 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o'clock £W. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets: open untii € o'clock. 9518 Misslon street: open until 9 o'clock 106 Eleventh st.. open until9 o'clock, 1506 Polk streat cpen until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second end Kentucky streets; open until 9 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS. Bostonians. tti Troubadours. Tivoll— Orpheum—Vaudeville. er Mason and Eddy streets—Specialties. son and Ellis streets—Song Recital. Cooper Medical College—Lane Lectures. es—Chiquita and Vaudeville. on—Mining Fair and Klondike Exposition. and Racetrack—Races to-day. 1g Park, 10-morrow afternoon. AUCTION SALES. eld—This day, February 18, Turkish | P H Ww. By Frank Rugs, at 116 5 By Frank W. Butterfield—This day, February 13, Furniture, at 11 0'clock. | . February 18, Statlonery Store, at | Emil Cohn—This da arkin stree Febrnary 19, Horses. at Oakland Von Rhetn & Co.—Th , February 24, Real Estate, at | t 12 0'clock ;'IFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD. 1 e of making a public exhibition — OR the g of our prodigality and in order that we may | urpc 1y present our readers with an item of some news which cannot be conveniently appropriated by our esteemed contemporary, the Mission Street Faker, we have decided to offer $30,000 reward for the detection of the man who struck Billy Patterson. 1 and in its day absorbed great flicult for some This event is historic: public attention. It ought not to be ¢ “detect” it to | than a possibility. The theory of accident has fewer la proposition concerning which there can be only one | opinion. Meantime final judgment will be held in {and that a squadron full panoplied for battle would | vessel of munitions properly there can suspicion be averted from Spain. | there was no secrst. |be there as the ship of any other nation. | only did the charts of the War Department show the THE SHIP AND THE NATION. THILE the senses recoil from accepting the be- V lief that the sinking of the Maine was the act of an enemy seething with hatred but too cowardly to raise the standard of war and flght in the open, they cannot refuse to recognize this as more followers than at first. That the most rigid ex:fmina'- tion must be made and every fact brought to light is abeyance. 4 If the battleship was wrecked through an accident purely the importance of establishing this cannot l::c overestimated. It will demonstrate that there is something wofully faulty in naval methods, that ves- Is go laden with material for their own destruction have more to fear from itself than from any foe. But only on the establishing beyond shadow of a doubt that the disaster was caused by an explosion inside the There are many reasons for distrusting that coun- try. Spanisi: hostility of late has taken the form of execrations shouted in the streets of Madrid against all Americans. The venom of De Lome, long known yet unrebuked, the lagging of the expected note of regret due for his slanderous letter, are recalled now with a new significance. The press of Spain has been clamoring for a chance to try our mettle and really scems to entertain the absurd idea that to whip the United States would be an easy and profitable task. It is true that to blow up a ship at anchor, the ship belonging to an officially friendly nation, would be contrary to all practice of civilized people. It is true that it would not be more markedly contrary than the conduct of Spain ever since she undertook the futile scheme of subduing Cuba. There men, women and children have been butchered or starved. The wounded have been- bayoneted in their beds, and nurses, fleeing from the burning hospitals, have found the red cross no protection. Moans coming from the dungeon of torture have stirred the heart of the world. Such are the generalizations. To be more specific, Captain Sigsbee knew he was in danger. On the arrival of the Maine at Havana there was rage among the royalists. They chose to regard the presence of the ship as little short of ag in- vasion, and that they looked upon it as an affront Yet it had as perfect a right to The harbor These Not was known to be studded . with torpedoes. were of course under control of the Spanish. location of ‘each one, but the appliance designed to re- | lease the fatal mechanism must have been familiar to but a trusted few. It does not appear that there | was any excuse for sending the Maine to anchor in : fancied security above one of these infernal machines, | | posits; loaned on real said of the United States if the guilt or criminal carelessness of Spain were to be demonstrated and, no step taken to humble her to the dust? That it was a nation of poltroons, without leaders, its patriotism a myth, its flag a target for sneers. This is not a jingo race or generation. We would have peace, but never at the cost of crowning Co]urh-_ bia with shame. ——— THE DRAWERS OF INTEREST.. HE three-headed free silver manifesto, summon- Ting to political fusion the Bryan Democrats, Populists and free silver Republicans, as we have shown, accuses the owners of money and advo- cates of the gold standard with plotting to get posses- sion of all the property of the country. We have said that this interest drawing loan fund of the country is very largely owned by laboring peo- ple, widows, orphans and estates, for whom the sav- ings banks and trust companies-are trustees. A glance at financial conditions in California will illustrate this situation. The savings bank deposits in California have run as follows: 1870 . . .$ 36,555,909 1880 . 51,864,003 oo SEREUCE ARSI L 103,882,064 1895 January ... 125,518,770 1805 November . 130,825,550 1806-Jdly *- L. .ok .. 131,653,634 Number of depositors in San - Francisco savings banks .. vees. 128,484 In interior banks . setecssraieaaneeses 31,372 Total depOSItors. ..coiiesvasassssssras 1591856 ....$823 57 This is from the report for 1896, before there was any revival from the panic. It appears then that in July, 1896, there were in this city 128,484 people who are denounced by these fu- sion manifestoes as drawers of interest and guilty of putting “bitter and hard bondage” on the country. That was something more than a third of the total population of San Francisco. They owned and loaned $131,653,634 of the capital used as a loan fund in this State. Taking some of the largest savings banks of this city for illustration we may find what proportion the real estate foreclosed on bears to the total amount loaned. The German Savings Bank had of deposits Average deposit ............. and real estate taken for debt $580,353, or about 2 per | cent on the amount of its loans. | The Hibernia Savings Bank had $33,748,832 in de- estate, $25,845,648, and ' had | foreclosed on real estate for debt to the amount of $108,188, or a fraction of 1 per cent! | | | again.” | DAY’S CALL s e R ] ) 5@E@[]A[L 5@1&?@@@5 s b ~ HE _ halr-raising experience of . having a mouse run down. your throat while you were asleep. and then play all sorts of pranks while You were upsetting furniture in a wild endeavor to discover what ‘was wrong within you is given to but few men. A man who has just had such an experience tells you all ;about it IN NEXT SUNDAY’S CALL. As a sort of moral there is appended the Wwily -way .in ‘which he’ circumvented that same mouse and free advice to the readers on how to keep out of similar trouble. Fancy being an every-day, gpod- looking telephone girl, idly dreaming of castles in the air between calls. Fancy the bell one day going brr-rrr-rr and somebody answering the “What number, please?” with the surprising rejoinder: “You're a countess, and there’s a big estate left you in Wales.” What a delightful ending that would be to your day dreams. You wouldn't answer back: “The line is busy; call Neither did the girl in this case. In a brief two minutes she found herself transformed from a regular “Hello” girl to a grand dame with a title and estate. What would you do if the good fairy transformed your for- tune that quickly? IN NEXT SUN- this particular young e lady will tell you what she intends do-| ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 3 ing in her new position. As a contrast there is a story of a lad born in San Francisco who rose to a title and estate, attained a world- wide reputation, proclaimed himself a | King, was hadgered by the big powers, and finally ended his meteoric career by his own hand. This dramatic, ro- mantic and intensely interesting life is described IN NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL, | i What is to become of the unem- ployed? That's a hard and knotty | problem. What is the reason so many | willing hands cannot find employment | at living wages? IN NEXT SUN- DAY’S CALL wage-earners and wage- payers discuss the problem and ad- vance what they believe are satisfac- | tory solutions of the problem. Read | their articles and see if you agree with | them. | The recent sinking of the great bat- tleship Maine in the harbor of Havana | shows how vulnerable are those ar-| mored leviathans of the deep. Mnybe; you think one of those monarchs of the | air, a battle balloon, i similar sort of creature in the upperl deep. Perhaps any old duck-hunter | thinks that with a twelve-bore gun he can go out and bag any brand of war | balloon If it flies within range. A lot| of German sharpshooters tried the/ trick the cther day, and, as one of| them expressed it, the cheerful balloon simply sang “yodels” as it bobbed about | in the air. They banged that balloon | full of bullet holes, but the holes only" produced more ‘“yodels.” The balloon was finally bagged, but in a way that will surprise many people. If you want to entertain that surprise read the ar-| ticle on “Ballooning in War” IN NEXT | SUNDAY'S CALL. There are some very pretty songs in | “The Serenaders,” the latest gem in the | repertoire of the Bostonians, but any | lover of music will tell you that the; best song of them all' is “The Angelus.” | Jessie Bartlett Davis sings It, and when | a scng is given to Jessie Bartlett Davis | to sing it's always good, and always | becomes famous. The words and music | of “The Angelus” will be found IN NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL. Those are only some of the many good things you’ll find in the paper. To | fully appreciate them, and to read all | the other good things, BUY NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL. | RERRRARRBRRLRIRNRR $29,174,203 99; loaned on real estate, $23,578,260 02, | BOCENTRIC NAVAL MEDICOS. OME professions are conducive to eccentricity; but why the medical corps in the navy should contain An examination of the Savings Union and through ‘ the whole list shows a like condition. Let it be re- more odd characters than the other ' RYVUIRUIRRIRRINLIRLN corps is rather strange, for its func- tions are such as to keep the prain in active working order. Whatever the membered that the hard times had been pinching for | cause .may be, it cannot be denied, that pressing his willingness to extract the tooth at once. The commodore, however, preferred modern appliances, and the doc- tor put the string baek in his pocket and left the office. | This same individual some time after | called late one evening at the residence | of one of the yard officers, and after half an hour’s chat on general subjects arose | with the remark: *“Well, I suppose I g THE NAVY—0. S., City. At this timeé there is neither admiral nor \‘Ice-nqmlral in the United States navy. The highest rank is rear-admiral. AMY AND AIMELk—A. S., Tiburen, Cal. Amy is Latin and means beloved. Aimee is French and means the same. Being iny different languages accounts for the dif- ference in spelling. The Latin name is pronounced as if written Amee, while the Mrench one is pronounced as if written Aima. tA STORY—A. S., Tiburon, Cal. As to & story such as you suggest in your com- munication, you ought to submit it or the plot to some professional. If you will send a self-addressed stamped envelope this department will furnish you the de- sired information. CHRISTIANITY—D. H. L., City. Sta- tistics on the subject of religion are very unsatisfactory and there is considerable | variance in the figures furnished by those who have collected such, but from such figures it appears that Christianity has increased during the past ten years. RAINFALL-T. 8., Petaluma, Cal. A record of rainfall kept at Sacramento in the early days shows that in December, 1850, there was only a sprinklin; January, 1851, the rainfall was 0.65 in February following the fall w From January to August, 1851, t rainfall was 4.710. MEADOW LARKS AND DUCKS—H H. H., Elmhurst, Cal. The California lark is not protected at any season, but the English lark is. Some of these bird were recently liberated in Mill Valley. The close season for duck and quail is March 1 to October 1 of each year. TO DECLARE WAR-S. S. W., City. The power to declare war by the United States is vested in_Congress by_the pro- visions of section VIII, clause II, which reads as follows: “The Congress shall have power: To de- clare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning cap- tures on land and water.”” THE WAY UP. Another man s rising from the throng, Push him back! Why should he presume to wish to get along? Pu When, at last y h him back! 1 stand upon the lofty height, ‘Work against the wretch who tofls with honest might To emerge from nether darkness into light— : Push Lim back! Another man is crowding to the fore, Push him back! You're a leader, there must not be any more, Push him back! Stand together, ye that glitter in the van, Cry him down—the bold trespasser—if you can— If you fail—well, then “all hail the coming man’'— Clear the track! —S. E. KISER, in Cleveland Leader. UNPREVARICATED PROVERBS. Boston Home Journal. About one-half of what even the wisest man knows his wife told him. Betting $10 never yet proved how far a frog could jump, but it has proved who is a fool. The man who lives within his income is generally provided by fate with a female relative who spends the margin. The better a man understands himself the more curiosity he will feel regarding his outwardly respectable ancestors. The bride who thinks more of her wed- ding gown than of her husband’s heart is bound to be a happy wife—for gowns e £ f i i are easy to keep or to renew. shl oo s nes e The o0 | stance of such anchorage Spain must be held directly | was the opportunity, if ever, for the drawers of in- | odd, and there are yet some of them on | not be. i and that he shall bring it in some time during the | ecponsible. - If some enthusiast, fired by mistaken | terest to do the cormorant act of which they are ac- | the list. | m{]{:}m;:j: as little as despair, and navs twentieth cer No one is barred; it makes 10| ;ea1 has done this awful thing he drew his inspiration | One notable case was that of a medical | 8! cused by the fiatists. inspector retired in 1887, at the early age difference to us whether the person who undertakes THUNDERING SONS OF BUNCOMEE. official from Spanish sentiment, and, despite dis- | In 1894 the total mortgage i | of 51, the regular age for retirement being 2 S 5 4 2 ge indebtedness of the | Féed o & 2 A A the task is a humble reporter eking out a miserable | qyowal, to Spanish sentiment he will look, and not | State was S . K | 62. During the latter years of his service Hon. ’]hhnr;m. Brackett Reed sxstin:lg A “ . s B e : ¢ s > | State was $218,714,700, which represents the amount | he became more eccentric by degrees and among the foremost tyrants. 0 sa) existence as for yellow journals or a Cemon | yainly, for approval. The sinking of.the Maine caps | of such indebtedness that was caught in the panic of | enunclated some startling theories, one of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Another agi lotting by devilish means to occasionally tell the | gedy s seri 3 & which was his firm bellef that animals tated contemporary cries In choking ac- f\r,“h : B columns of- tha i Mibtion StEAMRaL with tragedy 2 long serjes of abuses: 1803. As nearly half of this was loaned by the sav- } could talk if they wished to, and would cents that he has “ignored and trampied There are international questions which may be subject to arbitration; the fixing of a boundary, the on the constitution of the country Isn’t it about time for the Democrati sons of thunder and - brothers of bun- ings banks, the very small percentage of foreclosures shown in ' 1806 exhibits the extent to which the | some day be made to talk. His notions of | what constituted delicacies were also to It is all the same to us. Our fifty thousand is ready | the moment the man who smote Mr. Patterson is dis- covered. a guarantee of good faith we have cabled our offer to Asia, Europe and Africa. We desire that the whole world shall compete. If there is anybody in Frypt or on the Yang-tse-Kiang who knows the pugi- Mr Patterson he is entitled to the re- in silver cents in the bullion market list that struc ward. We pay in.gold coin, not dollars which are worth but Our purpo ering this reward is not to make an ass of ourseli. There are other and more conve- nient ways of doing t We have already stated that cur purpose is to exhibit our prodigality and at the the Mission Street steal The Faker lies awake every morning to steal from an early copy of same time get an item which Faker cannot conveniently The Call. In this way it manages to print a fairly good newspaper. We are willing to pay $50,000 for an item which it will not be able to claim as its own. It may be objected that the discovery-of the man | who hit Billy Patterson is impossible. We trust those who may be tempted to earn this $50,000 will not be | deterred by any such prospect. The Government is about to undertake an inquiry which will have for its object the determination of the problem. It is for | that reason we have offered the $50,000. Any sneak- ing clerk or shorthand writer or army or naval offi- cer or soldier or sailor who may get possession of the information first can make $ 000 by giving us a | “scoop.” This is more money than any such person ‘ can earn in all his So far as the morality of the ; act is concerned, that is none of our affair. We will | accept the stolen goods and will pay $50,000 for them. | The person to whom we pay the money will have to fix things with the Government and his church: We are engaged in publishing a newspaper, not in dis- | seminating moral precepts or looking after the future | welfare of those who steal news for us: | Here is the proposition: Who struck Billy Pat- terson? The man who answers first exclusively gets $50,000 in gold. | A ——— i There will be no especial haste to shower congratu- ! lations upon “The King of Round Valley” and his bride. - Neither would there be good taste in extend- ing condolences. However, the marriages engineered by a spiritualist acting as guide and making a busi- ness of bringing affinities together have been known to turn out disastrousl Spanish newspapers express regret that an Ameri- can battle-ship should have been destroyed. It is natural to believe, however, that their regret that there are still a number battle-ships afioat is even more keen. of American Several people have been arrested when about to leave for the Klondike, and such is the short-sight- edness of human nature they have not in any instance showed the least indication of gratitude. | There surely ought to be some way of bringing the Blythe litigation to an end. It is strange if there is rot in all the system of court procedure some way of arriving at a final decision!. e Pellieux expresses ‘the opinion that France will soon be engaged in war. It would seem from this distance that war had already been déclared: against Zola and was in full swing. Waller seems to have made a mistake when he went into politics and to have kept right on making them | ever since. ; s R i R R 4 When Weyler planted torpedoes in the harbor of Havana he had no idea of the sort of crop they would 1aise. seizure of a poacher, the award of damages. In this catastrophe there is nothing which honor can submit to the adjudication of any tribunal. Either Spain is the victim of untoward circumstances which may be explained away, or she has so grossly violated every principle of comity, so-outraged a neutral people, so | wantonly added new murder to her long list of crimes, as to make the demand for war imperative. | There is no middle course. " Either the hypothesis of | accident must be accepted or that of deliberate and appalling assassination. If the latter prove correct no apology could do more than emphasize the enormity. of the offense, and an offer of indemnity would be unpardonable insult following an injury past all forgiving. If an unjust suspicion falls now upon Spain the fault is her own. A fading monarchy, rotten to the core, living on the traditions of a glory half forgotten, the memory of a strength which once set afloat the Armada, she has watched with bitterness and envy her possessions falling off and new peoples springing to greatness in lands where she once held sway. For treachery and for brutality Spain has become a by- word with all the world. The very fact that in the present instance she is charged even by insinuation with this unspeakable deed shows her standing. The sinking of the Maine may mean the sinking of a throne, and the bones of that gallant craft may bleach in a harbor belonging to free Cuba. Recollection harks back to other days when Span- ich cruelty was placing bloody stains on the pages of history. No Apache ever indulged in atrocities more horrible than were common in the long war with Cuba. It was during this war in 1873 that the affair of the Virginius occurred. That fiendish outbreak of savagery is still unpunished. The Virginius was cap- tured while on a filibustering expedition, but it was flying the American flag and was for the most part manned by Americans, many of whom did not know the object of the trip, a large proportion of them being under 20 years of age. When taken there was nothing incriminating on board, not even arms. Yet the prisoners were carried to Santiago-de Cuba and four Cubans among them shot without a trial. The next day the rest were given a mockery of a trial and twenty-four hours later Captain Fry and thirty-six of his men were shot. After the marines had fired one volley they rushed upon the writhing victims, blowing out their brains, rioting in butchery. After this the cavalry were ordered to charge again and again across the prone bodies and such life as remained to some was trampled out under the iron hoofs. Then the heads were paraded about the streets and the pop- ulace reviled them. It was planned to also kill the rest of the men—ro2—but a British ship, thé Niobe, trained its guns on the town and told the chief mur- derer to refrain. Spain had to surrender the-victims chosen for the shambles, but did it sullenly. The men all through their last night in the dungeons were made to believe that at daylight they would be exe- cuted, and when they started out to freedom they thought they were marching to death—such was the studied refinement of Spanish torture. In 1851 Colonel Crittenden, an American, was cap- tured on the high seas and with fifty comrades was shot to death.. They were prisoners of war. During ‘the administration of Pierce the Spanish, without warrant and without provocation, fired upon the Black” Warrior, an'American ship. All these things are remembered since the Maine went down, for they show the Spanish o be capable of any treachery, to exult in a shameless Just for blood, to be devoid alike of pity and of honor. They cannot make the plea that they were incapablé of this latest villainy. We have already borne too much. What would be drawers of interest had availed themselves of the op- portunity to ewn everything in sight. 5 3 In 1804 of 'the total value of real kstate in California | as assessed one-fifth only was under mortgage. These statistics seem to prove that the drawers of interest are sleepy and slow in availing themselves of the op- portunity to swallow up the substance “of those en- | gaged in active business.” As cormorants they seem to be such a melancholy failure as not to deserve the sinister, dark and midnight character ascribed to them by the three croakers who have ‘croaked these political pronunciamentos. /E\ B. Thurber of New York, president of the Ex- port Association of the United States, by J. D. Connolly, late United States Consul at Auckland, fur- 1ishes very good reasons for believing that if more energy and enterprise were shown in pushing Amer- ican goods in that portion of the world a much larger and more profitable trade might be built up than we now enjoy there. Mr. Connolly points out that the duties of a Consul are so numerous that the information he can give of the prospects of trade in the country to which he is accredited are of too general a nature to be of much real value to the commercial world. He has no time to make investigations into particular branches of trade, and; moreover, is generally too inexperienced in business to draw right conclusions from the facts gathered even if he had time to study any particular subject comprehensively and exhaustively. Under these circumstances the pressing need of American commerce in Australian lands, and prob- ably throughout the world, is a system of commercial agencies free from the exactions of State duties and from the incessant changes in officials to which the consular service is subjected. There are many oppor- tunities to increase our trade with the various Aus- tralian states, but it will require a watchful eye and an energetic hand to take advantage of them. The es- tablishment of such agencies is strongly recom- mended, and it is probable the Export Association wmay undertake the work. It would be well for the merchants of San Fran- cisco to give consideration to this advice sent to the merchants of the East. The Australian trade with the United States should of right come to this city, but it will not do so if we are idle while others are busy. The days when trade followed the nearest geographi- cal route have gone by. To-day business goes out of its way to find the man who advertises his wares and makes their value known to the consumer. Such in- crease of trade as the United States may gain with ‘Australia will go to New York if New York is the only American city that wisely bids and actively works for it. There are many claims just now upon the attention and the energies of San Francisco merchants. The Alaska boom calls for activity in the north, and at the same time the reviving business in South America attracts trade to those countries. China also is be- ginning to open up as a profitable field for commerce on a larger seale than ever, and now comes this voice calling from Australia for American activity there. Fortunately the abundance and variety of the re- sources of the State are sufficient to enable us to en- ter each of these fields without neglecting any of the others. It will be worth while, therefore, for our] merchants to watch affairs in Australia and see if they cannot divide with the New York Export Associa- THE AUSTRALIAN TR@ADE. COMMUNICATION:eceme addressed to F. tion any business that may be’ waiting American en- | ergy in that portion of the world. | somewhat startling, for he professed enjoy rodents crisply roasted, and alleged that snakes were good eating: There was The Doctor Enjoyed a Rare, Juicy Snake. no complaint made against him in his professional capacity, but his odd actions and talk hastened his retirement, and he went down to tne southern part of the State, where he purchased a small tract of land, built a house in a treetop and lived in almost absolute seclusion until about two years ago, when he died. There is In this city another retired member of the medical corps, wnose present appearance would never lead any one to suspect that he had been for many years one of the wardroom oudcers on a man-of-war. His wig is of variegated col- ors, and seems to be made of oakum; the whiskers are purple, black and gray; and the eyebrows jet black. Hisclothing is shabby and {ll-fitting. This man’'s chief source of trouble is the imaginary want of money, a fear that he will not be able to buy a meal, and he stints and adds to his already considerable hoard. But he does not practice medicine or surgery. About ten years ago there was a sur- geon attached to the Mare Island Navy- yard whose eccentricities became at times quite uncomfortable to others. On board He Pulled Teeth in the Good 01d Way. ship and on shore his only library con- sisted of a pocket-size vade mecum on the art of healing. It was a very old book, and might account for the doctor’s some- what antiquated methods in his practice. One day, while calling on the command- ant, the latter complained of. suffering from a bad tooth, and remarked that he ‘would call at the dispensary next day to have the tooth pulled. The doctor quietly said that he would do it then and there, and when the commodore observed that there were no instruments, the doctor lpulled a string from his vest pocket, ex- 1 Pills for Every Iil—Even for Broken Limbs. must go now; I was ealled up from the Marine Barracks, where they said a man had fallen in a fit, and T'll go up and see what I can do for him.” It has never transpired whether that man in a fit re- covered before the doctor arrived or died under subsequent treatment. It was one of the marines who, while in sick quarters, refused to take the med- icine prescribed by a navy doctor, and | for this refusal was subsequently tried before a naval court and sentenced to ten days’ solitary confinement. Whatever the medicine mighthave been it could have been no worse than the “black draught” and other horse reme- dies prescribed by a surgeon with the prefix of “Bug” to his name who was stationed at an Eastern navy yard some four years ago. Officers and men were in dread of his treatment. Besides, he had a way of discouraging his patients to such a degree as to almost cause relapses, and his salutation to a convalescent, “Well, I didn’t expect to see you again, T surely thought you would die, and you Fate of the Sailor Who Wouldn’t Take His Medicine." had better go home again and stay in bed for a week, for you are not out of the woods yet,” ‘had a depressing effect on the sick subject, and did send him home to bed. But “Bug” was after all a good doctor, and it was only his eccentric talk and manners with which fault could be found. On board -ship or at a naval station surgeons in the navy do not, of course, meet with the variety of diseases which city doctors have to wrestle with. They practice medicine and surgery as occa- slons require, and when any one of them gets up a reputation for unusual skill it goes through the entire navy as that of || a specialist. In the large majority of cases the diseases are such as give way to simple remedies, but some doctors hve become so accustomed to prescrib- ink pills that they will administer this remedy to a man with a broken limb. It 1s told of a surgeon on a ‘vessel of the navy that he never issued any other pre- || scription during the-trip of more than a year from New York to San Francisco, and yet when the ship arrived here the | stock of tonfes, including “three Martel,” was entirely. exhausted. Thege eccentricities are, of course, dfs-. couraged. as much as possible by the au- thorities, and now few of those indulging in them remaln on the active list. star | geniuses whom he has “ignore combe to propose to abolish this foremost tyrant and trampler? There can be no doubt that he has a habit of being fore- Tost, and the number of lfiea"t e as they struggled to catch his eye, must amount to hundreds. Can’t he be abolished by means of a joint resolution? If not, why not try -a constitutional .= amenament against him.—New York Sun. —_———— A CONSTITUTIONAL WEAKNESS. Gentlemen in the House at Washington who denied that there is any proseprity in this country because of the gold stan- dard ought to be able to explain why so many free silver organs are giving pro- fuse statistics showing the great im- provement in business and industrial ac- tivity. In the South especially leading silver organs boast of the large number of industries which have come into ex- istence during the last year and are profitably conducted. Of course, the fact of great improvement cannot be denied without lying, and if Congressmen like to wear that brand they can do so.—Min- neapolis Journal. e PILING UP THE RESERVE. The $165,000000 mark has now been crossed in the upward movement of the gold reserve. Almost every week a new score is made by this fund. 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