The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 16, 1898, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WED ......MARCH 16, 1808 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE. Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS 217 to 29I Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carriers In this city and surrounding towns | for 15 cents a week. By mall $6 per year; per month 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL One year, by mall, $1.50 OAKLAND OFFICE.. .908 Broadway Eastern Representative, DAVID ALLEN. NEW YORK OFFICE -Room 188, World Building WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE C. C. CARLTO! g ‘Riggs House respondent. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, | open until 9:30 o'clock. 339 Hayes street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open until 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 25i8 Misslon street, open untll 9 o'clock. I06 Eleventh street, open untll 9 o'clock. until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. AMU Baldwin—* Mysterious Mr Bugle." Columbia—Primrose and West's Minstrels. California—* Town Topics.” Alcazar—+The District Attorney."” Morosco's—“The English Rose " Tivoli—"“The Getsha.” Orpheum-—Vaudeville. Metropolitan Temple—Lecture on Phrenology. Golden Gate Hall—“Cupid in California.” A. Auditorium—Violin Recital. . corner Mason and Eddy streets—Specialties. The Chutes—Chiquita and Vaudeville. California Jockey Club, Oakland—Races to-day. =MENTS. AUCTION SALES. By Easton, Eldridge Wagon B; .. Ot 609 Battery street, at 12 o'clock. mil Cobn—This day, March 16, Furniture. at 923} Folsom street* at 11 o'clock. By Frank W. Butterfield—This day, March 15, Furniture, at 1723 Market street, at 11 o'clock. CANNOT SING THE OLD SONGS. \)\/ HEN the Rev. A. M. Elston of Berkeley read a paper attacking some of the best known and so radical as to cause best beloved of sacred songs he did a thing interest and surprise even out- side the field in which he labors. There are songs so long sung by the cradle, at the place of worship, the bed of the dying and the open grave that to eliminate them must require more than a clerical ex- pression of disesteem. Doubtless there are songs better never written, which through some chance merit of melody find room in the hymnal. But these do not last. That a song survives generations is evidence enough that it is worth keeping. Among those to which the rev- erend gentleman objects are a number not particu- larly familiar. But when he would set aside “Jesus, Lover of My Soul,” he will learn he has touched a chord that will not respond. That old song is com- mon property. Probably there is no land where the English tongue is spoken in which its familiar strain has not been heard, awakening tender memories, call- ing the wanderer home. Mr. Elston may not ap- prove, but he may as well accept. The quotation with which he fortifies his position is peculiar in that it will strike people as new. It fcllows: “Hide me, O my Savior, hide Till the storm of life is past; (Give me, Lord, a glorious ride)y And receive my soul at last.” This petition for a glorious ride was never in the | original, and it is not surprising that it should lack | indorsement. But no interpolation even in the hand- writing of a minister can mislead. It is not fair to mar a stanza and then abuse the whole hymn. Some more desperate assault than misquotation will be ne- cessary if people are to be educated out of a deep- seated regard for that which:they have long held to be reverent, appealing and mus Tmaking use of the money voted by Congress to provide for national defense, and already ne- gotiations have been completed for the purchase from Brazil of two cruisers constructed by one of the best ship-building firms of England. One of these cruisers, it is announced, is sufficiently equipped to put to sea and make the voyage to this side of the Atlantic at once. The other will be made ready as quickly as possible and sent over to join her mate and take her place in our navy. The purchases were made hastily of necessity. we are to have the use of the ships in the case of a war with Spain it was imperative that they be placed under the American flag before hostilities begin. al. THE PURCHASED CRUISERS. HE Naval Department has lost no time in The lesson of the damages which the British Govern- | ment had to pay for the destructive work of the Ala- bama made a deep and lasting impression on the minds of the statesmen of that country and they are not going to be caught in a similar case again. By the neutrality act passed by Parliament as a sequel to the payment of the Alabama damages pro- vision is made for just such emergencies as that which has now arisen. If either Spain or the United States buys an unfinished ship in England they must get it away from that country before war begins. The delivery, arming and fitting out of such vessels in any British port after war has begun is prohibited, and an attempt to violate the law would result in a for- feiture of the vessel to the British Government. It will be seen that if war is as imminent as now appears the Naval Department has acted none too hastily in the premises. It is a case of now or never so far as getting ships built in England is concerned. The Amazonas, being completed and ready for sea, is safe enough for us even if war should break out to- morrow, but the other, in that contingency, would be compelled to remain where she is, or at least to get away from England before she could be outfitted as a war vessel. Such is one of the results of making John Bull pay the piper for the merry sea dance of the Alabama. s e — Senator Mason’s refusal to consider the proposi- tion a Spaniard has made him to mortal combat will be a disappointment. As the challenged party he would have the right to name conditions, and in a battle with tongues at a distance of 500 miles over a telephone wire the Spaniard would surely get the worst of it. —_— Spain’s unwillingness to accept responsibility in the Maine matter may possibly be overcome. Honor is sometimes thrust upon people, and dishonor might have a similar experience. Three local pugilists by engaging in a barroom fight in which a knife was used demonstrated what manner of riff-raff adorns the calling of which they are exponents “Market and Third Sts, S. F. | 1505 Polk street, open | This day. March 16 Horses, | If | THE FERRY DEPOT SCANDAL —HE ferry depot scandal increases in magnitu‘de '] and scope with the progress of The Call's in- vestigation. Traces of crooked work are dis- covered in each department where the contracts are examined and the work and material comp;\\"ed with the specifications. It appears at present as if every item of construction might be more or less tainted with evidences of corruption of some sort. In fact the scandal seems to be about as big as the building itself and to pervade every section of it from turret to foundation-stone. From facts gathered by The Call it appears Fhe State pays for terra cotta arches to sustain the floor?ng pays for terra cotta arches to sustain the flooring but gets a flooring of expanded metal; pays for wainscoting of enameled brick, but gets marble slabs instead; pays to have the outer walls of the building of Roman pressed brick but gets common brick; pays for oak in the interior finish but gets pine; pays for No. 22 galvanized iron but gets No. 26. In each and all of these changes of material from what the contracts as let call for there has been money saved for somebody, but no evidence that any | of it has been saved for the State. i It is not alone by changes made in the material of the building that jobs have been apparently per- petrated for the enrichment of jobbers at the expense | of the people. It appears that where no alteration | was made in the quality or kind of the material called | for other means were devised to accomplish a profit ' for the thrifty. Thus it appears that for the doors, J which a contractor put in for $5570, the State paid | | | | | | | over $9000. Other schemes of a similar nature were carried out showing that the manipulators of the contracts knew more ways than one for “conveying” public money to pockets where they thought it would do most good. It must be borne in mind that the disclosures thus far made by The Call do not by any means represent the whole of the crookedness likely to be found in | the construction of the depot. We have published the facts from day to day as we have gathered them and will continue to do so, but only an official inyes- | ;(igmion conducted with the rigor of the law can | | fully search out the whole extent of the seeming | frauds. That investigation it is the duty of the Grand Jury to make and it should be made at once. BRITISH FRIENDLINESS. | T T did not need the declarations of London news- lpapers and the statements of members of Par- | 4 Jiament to assure us that the Government and the people of Great Britain would be on the side of the | United States with sympathy—and perhaps with ac- | tion if the need came—in case of war with Spain. | For years past evidences of a desire for friendly re- lations with the United States have been abundantly shown through all channels of communication in Great Britain, and we have long known that an al- liance with us is now the desire of British sentiment and the aim of British diplomacy. | Perhaps the most striking illustration of this wish for continued peace and friendly relations with the | United States on the part of the British that has vet | been given was in the striking contrast between the | manner in which the British Government received | the Venezuelan ultimatum from the United States | | and that with which it met the implied possibility of | German interference in the affairs of the Transvaal. To our peremptory demand that the Venezuelan | | boundary be fixed by arbitration Great Britain yielded promptly and as gracefully as she could. But the publication of the Kaiser's letter to Presi- dent Kruger was immediately followed by the hasty mustering of the famous flying squadron and a de- monstration in force of readiness of the empire to fight if fighting should be necessary. The change in the tone of British sentiment from what it was in times past is due to two causes. In | the first place the United States has now become one | of the greatest nations on the globe, and in the very | nature of things those who thought lightly of us in the days of our comparative weakness are disposed to have more respect for us now. In the second Yurcpean conditions have changed. place Confronted by the strong alliances recently formed | by the great military powers of the Continent Great | Britain no longer feels so safe as she did in her “splendid isolation.” Her commercial interests re- strain her from running the risk of war by joining ecither of the two Continental combinations, and yet she desires an ally somewhere. It is a matter of | carried so far as to give to Eastern firms contracts conrse, therefore, that she should turn to America. Friendship with us is to her almost a necessity of the situation. 7 It has not yet become to our interest to recipto- cate this desire for an alliance, and it may never be sn, notwithstanding the fact that the present British policy of maintaining the Chinese empire intact with ports open to trade with all nations on equal terms | | is one that will work for our benefit. At present we care very little about China, and, moreover, feel quite able to safeguard our interests there without Britain's help. In the meantime, however, the change in the tone of British sentiment and in the aim of British diplomacy is a notable factor in the inter- national relations of the world, and may be proved by results to come one of the most important devel- opments of the century. e e . COINAGE AND CURRENCY. INCE our answer to the free silver advocate S in explanation of Mr. Bryan's statements about Mexico many other inquirers have asked fur- ther about the relations of prosperity and per capita circulation. Mr. Bryan reported a condition of great prosperity n our sister republic. At home he points to defi- cient circulation per capita as a restraint upon pros- perity. Nine-tenths of the advocates of free silver are such because they are told that the country wants more money per capita and free silver will supply it. Again we ask in what free silver country is there a large circulation of money per capita? Mexico has a per capita circulation of gold 41 cents, silver $4 54, a total of $4 95. If her superior prosper- ity is related to her volume of currency the conclu- sion would be irresistible that prosperity is greatest where the volume of money is the least. The four gold standard nations, the United States, Great Britain, Germany and France, have an average per capita circulation of $14 43 in gold and $7 22 in silver, or a total of $21 65 of the two metals. Mexico, Central America, South America and China have an average per capita circulation of gold 41 cents, silver $2 30. This demonstrates that under free coinage gold is not appreciably present and silver has a very low circulation, less that half that of the gold standard countries. One is unable to comprehend how Mexico can be quoted to sustain Mr. Bryan's contention that a large per capita circulation is a2 necessary condition of prosperity, and that our per capita, being too small, can only be increased by free coinage. In every country in the world the gold standard is 4 now associated with a large volume of money. and free coinage with a small volume, of which gold is a scarcely perceptible fraction. ‘We do not intend to impeach Mr. Bryan's sincerity when he says: “My observation as well as my rea- son leads me to believe that the use of silver has been of material advantage to Mexico, and I am more than ever convinced that the best interests of our own people demand the immediate restoration of the free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at a ratio of 16 to 1 without waiting for the aid or concert of any other nation.” His premise is the condition of Mexico. By what logical process he draws therefrom his conclusion is a mystery. McINTOSH AND HAYMOND. O a casual observer it would seem that in the cases of Benjamin W, McIntosh and Edgar B. Haymond, attorneys and counselors-at-law, the Bar Association of this city has an opportunity to render the community a signal service. The first- named of these young men is associate counsel for Albert Hoff, the assassin of Mrs. Mary Clute; the other is his friend. According to statements made by them and the murderer himself they have at- tempted to sell a “confession” of the crime to the local papers for $2000. Although the admissions of Hoff and the two attorneys are now contradictory there is no doubt of the fact Iast stated. Aside from any question as to whether Hoff has actually confessed, or whether McIntosh was author- ized to sell his confession, or whether Haymond, who offered the document for sale, was acting for Mclntosh, the glaring fact remains conspicuous that | the.se men have been trafficking in the life of a human being. In so doing McIntosh especially has been guilty of an unpardonable offense, for which he should be disbarred and prosecuted. Certainly his conduct cannot be defended on any rational theory regulating the relations of attorney and client un- less it can be established that it is the duty of coun- sel employed to defend a criminal to divulge his se- crets and send him to the gallows. | It is important that attorneys who betray their clients should be severely disciplined. If MecIntosh | and Haymond are guilty in this case disbarment is | too good for them. The law from motives of public pclicy protects an attorney in maintaining the secrets of all persons by whom he is employed, and there- fore the worst crime a lawyer can commit is the be- trayal of his client to the enemy. The question of Hoff's guilt cuts no figure in the case. The prin- ciple at stake is vital. If McIntosh and Haymond can betray a monster like Hoff for a fee they can put a rope around the neck of an innocent man from the same motive. In fact there is no limit to the mis- chief they can do. The community naturally looks to the Bar Associ- ation for action in cases like this. That body can pre- sent attorneys for disbarment with some prospect of success, for its motives cannot be assailed. It is com- posed of the honorable members of the profession and it must have a dispassionate interest in maintain- ing the character of the bar. Within the past month one attorney in this city has been arrested for ob- taining money by false pretenses, another for em- bezzling the funds of a client, and a third has been convicted of larceny. The Bar Assoctation has not in either case attempted to deprive the culprits of | their licenses to ‘practice. Can it be possible that the association’s commit- tee on professional conduct of members of the bar, or whatever the committee may be called, will over- look the cases of McIntosh and Haymond ? If it | does overlook them what is it good for? WAR CONTRACTS AND THE PACIFIC CO@asT. ENATOR PERKINS has rendered a timely | service to California and the Pacific Coast by making a formal protest to the authorities | at Washington agzinst the granting of all con:rzlc\s; for war supplies to Eastern manufacturers. It seems that this is what is being done in the expenditure of | the emergency fund recently appropriated for defen- | sive purposes, and according to reports it has been for constructing gun carriages to be used in the de- fenses on this coast. In discussing the issue with the special correspond- ent of The Call at Washington the Senator pointed | out that Californian manufacturers can supply the gun carriages desired and also smokeless powder ac- cording to the Government formula at prices as low if not lower than are now charged by the con- tractors in the East. By giving orders for such 1 supplies to local manufacturers the Government | would save at least the cost of transportation across the continent to California even if it saved nothing else. Over and above the cost and economy involved in the question of where the military supplies for this coast shall be manufactured there is the further mat- ter of military expediency which merits considera- tion. In case of war with a power strong enough to operate on both oceans—and all great nations are strong enough for that—there would be war on the Pacific as well as the Atlantic coast, and the Gov- ernment would need plants capable of furnishing war supplies on this as well as on the other side of the continent. It should therefore be the policy of the | nation to build up such plants here as well as there. | Pacific Coast factories should be made the supply | points of all war material, military and naval, nceded | for the defense of the Pacific Coast. It is evident from the vigor with which the Senator made his protest that he has reason to believe some favoritism is being shown to Eastern firms. If this be so he should be joined in his fight for fair play by the entire delegation from all the Western States. Our factories are as capable of producing good ma- terial as any of those in the East. None of them have been detected furnishing supplies as defective as the Eastern shrapnel recently tested at the Presidio. This being so, it is but right the Government should give them at least a fair chance to bid on contracts that are to be awarded. ———————— If any syndicate desires to buy Cuba and has the money and can strike a bargain with any one in a position to give clear title no great objection would be made. It is not easy to see, however, why the United States should make the purchase of damaged goods for the benefit of a syndicate. Uncle Sam is not in the realty business, and when he engages therein should hardly act in the capacity of an agent. S It is to be hoped that dismissal of the case against Dr. Ragan will not result in failure of the effort to rid the Board of Education of the rascals whose presence upon it destroys its wusefulness. Ragan should court the opportunity to show that he is not one of these. —_ Europe intimates that it does not wish to see war. Perhaps this is indicative of sound judgment, and yet when Europe plans a war of its own it does not send | destination | the construction of the ships. SDAY, MARCH 16, 1898 finnaafiunqnquanfififififiafiannafififinfi#flufigug S INGRAM'S « WHO FEARS TO SPEAK 0F "98?” g [S3=3-3-3-3-3 -2 -F-3-F- 3§33 =3 =3 -3 o2 =40 John Kells Ingram, author of “Who Fears to Speak of Ninety-eight,” was born in Donegal, Ireland, in 1823. The verses were written in the early forties, when he was a student at Trinity Col- lege, Dublin, He is now vice-provost of JOHN KELLS INGRAM. that college, and is said to be not at all proud of the poem. Other men have had f dignity fre- xperiences. Growth o m g\):eenflypdestroys the fine enthusiasm of y blunts. ’%‘&?.Px?:g:sor Ingram is a very learned hilologist and a man He 1s a Latn FoPRe, it political economy _that ted into eight European translated Mapanese. Dr. In- ks are as familiar to the stu- tinental Europe as to those languages ram’'s Worl §ents of Con of Trinity. Yy = to Speak of Ninety-eight; or, ';\;IX;OMF;;&:&Y of the Dead,” runs as fol- lows: ears i -elght? Vho f¢ to speak of Ninety- W e Tashes at the name? = When cowards mock the patriot’s fate, his head for siiauie? ‘s all a knave, or half a slave, He S slight his country thus; But a true man, like you, man, 'Will fill your glass with us. rink the memory of the brave, Ve faithful and the few, o5 Some lfe far off beyond the wave, Some sleep in Ireland, to0: AlL all are gone—but still lives on, The fame of those who died— All true men like you, men, Remember them with pride. n the shore of distant lands B hets weary hearts have laid, = And by the stranger’s heedless han Their lonely graves were made; But though their clay be far away, Beyond the Atlantic foam, In true men like you, men, Their spirit's still at home. The dust of some is Irish earth, eir own they rest, Andihe eome land that gave them birth ‘Has caught them to her breast; And we will pray that from their clay Full many 2 race may start Of true men like you, men, To act as brave a part. They rose in dark and evil days o tight their native land; They kindled there a living blaze That nothing can withstand. Alas, that might can vanquish right— They fell and passed away; But true men like you, men, Are plenty here to-day. Then here's their mem’ry! may it be For us a guiding iight, To cheer our strife for liverty nd teach us to unite! g Throash sood and 1ll, be Ireland’s still, Though sad as their's your fate; And true men be you, men, Like those of Ninety-eight! RGN REEENLRERRRRRRRRRRRRRRNRRRS A SUNSPOT VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE !88382392%8382538898382!2!3888383"28888838289!2895988&8!32232828233} £ & HE {dentification of a sun spot is a difficult matter, as it is founded on slight circumstantial evidence, and moreover, entire certainty is im- possible. The large group of _spots now visible on the center of the solar disk supplies an instance of the uncertainty that may arise from the effects of the atmospheres of both earth and sun. The rotations of those bodies on their axes hide from view about three-fourths of the career of a spot formation even if it should last four 11 AL M. SUNSPOTS MARCH 10, weeks; and while unseen, the conflicting currents of vapor on the solar surface may change its aspect beyond recogni- tion, or even change its position slightly, and thus baffle the chief clew to identi- fication. A group of spots of more than average size appeared inside the east edge or limb of the sun on the 14th of last January, and when central on the disk it was found to extend from about nine to thirteen degrees south of the solar equator. Its mossible return was looked for, and when the rotation was com- pleted, a group was observed nearly in the same tract of sun surface. Having s 8| e enlarged considerably, it was visible o the naked eye on February 12, and d!s-1 appeared near the west limb without | much decrease in size. On March 5, when | its return was again due, the sun's disk | was visible only through a layer of thin | cloud, and while a pair of small spots on | the very center of the disk (the best posi- | tion for visibility) were quite distinetly | seen, on the east edge where this group | was expected to reappear no marking of | any kind could be discerned. On the day following, however, the large group in the illustration was a day’s journey, ac-| cording to the rate of sun spot travel, in- side the east limb, ard just in the same area as the eruption visible in February. An uncertainty then exists as to whether the solar atmosphere, which always dims the spots near the limb, had rendered it undiscernible when aided by the effect of | foreshortening, and still more by the| cloudiness of the day, or whether the entire disturbance occurred be- tween the noons of March 5 and Mar-h 6. It is satisfactory to know that some of the institutions devoted to solar ob- servations are likely to possess the re- quired information, as such an extensive | eruption in twenty-four hours would be | very remarkable during this year of the solar cycle, when the sun storms are supposed to give place to a comparative | calm. The oval group in the illustration | is the chief subject of discussion, though | some of the single spots are also identi- | fiable provided they have not been formed since March 5. If such be the case, the reported auroral display in Eastern skies on the night of March 7 will gain renewed interest, as it is well established now that | magnetic disturbance, auroral displ and sun storms often occur simultaneou: ly. In .ae illustration the entire group is represented on a scale suitable to a solar disk one foot in diameter, the oval group being more than 50,000 miles in length, and the disturbed area, which ex- | tends north and south of the sun's equa- tor, being nearly one-fourth of the sun's diameter in length. ROSE O'HALLORA | 0000000000006 060000! @ @ ® § NEWS OF FOREIGN NAVIES. (4 @ 0060000000006 00060 The torpedo boats ordered at Schichau by ananp are one torpedo boat 150 feet length, 125 tons displacement, twin screw and 20 knots speed; also, eight boats, single screw, 128 feet length, §2 tons dis- placement and of 25 knots speed. The cruiser Terrible, sistership to the Powerful, is about to be sent to China; the battleships Revenge, Victorious and Barfleur of 14,150, 14,90 and 10500 tons have already passed Suez toward their to re-enforce the British squadron in China waters. Ttallan ship builders are making good records as to expedition to work. ‘Ansaldo, at Sestri Ponente, on the Bay of Naples, 1aid the keel of the armored cruiser Gari- baldi No. 1 on July 25, 1893, had the launch on June 27. 189, and the ship was fin- ished April 14, 1896. The Cristobal Colon now owned by Spaln—was begun Sep- tember 25, 1895, launched September 16, 1896, and had her final trial April 27, 1807, making only 19 months of construction. Orlando Bros. at Leghorn began the St. Martin November 23, 1893, launched her May 25, 1897, and are now completing the trials. Failure of the Government delayed The three ships are identical in all details and are of 6840 tcns displacement. The French Ministry of Marine gives the following figures of the personnel of the principal navies: Germany, 9% officers, 20,615 sailors; Great Britain, 3019 officers, 60,155 sailors; Austria, 795 officers, 11,087 sailors; Spain, 1345 officers, 14,000 sailos TUnited States, 1218 officers, 12,000 sailors; France, 2329 officers, 39,336 sailors; Italy, 1058 officers, 23,500 sailors; Japan, 698 offi- cers, 9421 sailors; Russia, 1542 officers, 38,- 000 sailors. This list is somewhat inac- curate so far as the United States is con- cerned, where the number of seagoing commissioned officers on the active list is 1267, not including 61 naval cadets who Lave graduated. The Japanese navy has 1180 sailor officers alone, and in the Ger- man navy about €000 men classed In the French list as sailors are In reality dock- yard mechanies. Steam trials of the British cruiser Dia- dem are still in progress, and about seven have taken place up to February 10 under different conditions. The full power trial under maximum power took place Janu- ary 2, and lasted eight hours. The fol- lowing chief data of this trial interesting to naval officials and marine engineers are given: Total heating surface of boil- ers, 40,555 square feet; total grate surface, 1440 square feet; steam in boilers, 245 pounds; air pressure in stoke hold, none; horse-power developed, 17,188; coal in pounds, per horse-power per hour, LT7. The weights of machinery, etc., are: Pro- pelling machinery, 57 tons; shafts and propellers, 112 tons; boiler room weights, 750 tons; auxiliary machinery, 83 tons; total weight, 1520 tons. The contract horse-power, 16,500, was exceeded by 63S. Tests of smokeless powder in the Rus- over to see whether the Uuited States wishes to see war or not. | sian navyhaveproved highly satisfactory, and shells fired with this powder reached the following great velocities. A | 12-inch 710-pound shell, 2749 feet per sec- ond; an $-inch shell, weighing 192 pounds was fired with a velocity of 2547 feet per second, ‘passed through a steel plate 10 inches thick, and the shell had still a velocity of 700 feet remaining after pass- ing through the target. A 6-inch shell of 88 pounds attained a velocity of 2880 feet, and a 4.7 inch of 45 pounds reached 2398 | feet. The weight of the new powder | charges is approximately about one-half that of the usual weight of ordinary | brown powder, but its efficiency is such | as to increase the initial velocity of the | shot 20 to 30 per cent. The advantage de- | rived from this smokeless powder, besides | that which its name conveys, is greater | power and ability to store double the quantity hitherto carried in the magazine, and thus materially increasing the effi- clency of the ship's battery. It is further claimed for the Russlan smokeless pow- | der that it is absolutely smoleless, and its combustion regular and slow. COLLECTED IN THE CORRIDORS. 8. G. Magill, U. 8. N, is at the Palace. J. D. Bradley of Merced is at the Lick. H. Z. Osborne is at the Palace from .os Angeles. C. C. Royce of Lhico is a guest at the California. Dr. 8. P. Paul of Petaluma is staying at the Grand. R. M. Brown of Woodland is a guest at the Baldwin. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Bates of Boston are at the Palace. B. F. Griscom of New York is a guest at the Palace. A. W. Forbes of St. Louls is at the Pal- ace with his wife. L. R. Payne is at the Occidental from his home in Fresno. F. Wolft, a ship builder of Portland, Or., is a guest at the Grand. C. D. Smalley of Findlay, Ohlo, is at the Occidental with his wife, ‘W. 8. Tinning, an attorney of Martinez, is a guest at the Grand. The Ancient Qoco0o0000COOO o © Mariner Club had 0 THE ANCIENT O assembled in the o MARINERS o r‘:oom of t:e hotel ar at the reg- O ARE WORKED. Q wlar Rour, ana 0000000000 (i apated to first installment of ballast, when they were interrupted in the midst of what promised to be a good yarn from a long- absent member who had just arrived fresh from the gale-swept latitudes of the Horn, by a knock at the door. “Come in!” sang out one of the old barnacle- sides, in tones that he is accustomed to use when remonstrating with a Dutch- man on the royal yard. The door opened, in response to the invitation, and a rather seedy-looking individual, with a preter- naturally solemn countenance, entered, and, removing his hat politely, stated that he wanted to speak to some one capable of taking command of ‘a vessel destined for a six months’ cruise to the Gulf of California. He was told that all | None of th | mer of 1868. of the party were sea captains and capa- ble of commanding anything from a scow to a three skysail-yarder, and that several were without commands at pres- ent, and if everything was satisfactory would not be averse to making the trip. He was, furthermore, invited to take something hot, which invitation he ac- cepted with alacrity. The stranger stayed for some time explaining the size, char- acter and general arrangements of the vessel he proposed to charter, and ac- cepted numerous drinks as the old sea dogs, with pencil and paper, laboriously figured out the probable cost of the ex- pedition and traced the course to the dif- ferent points at which the stranger said the ship would likely touch. Finally, af- ter the visitor had consumed about an hour’s time and many drinks at the ex- pense of his sailor hosts, he announced that he had an engagement with James L. Flood, Lloyd Tevis and Louis Sloss that would not brook delay, and he there- fore had to go, but would return on the morrow and talk further on the matter. Just as he was about to pass through the door one of the captains said: “By the way, you did not tell us what the ject of the expedition is, .ir. Hanen.” said the stranger, as he paused on the threshold; “‘well, don’t repeat it, as it is a profound t, but I Intend to diamond-back turtles, which I w on the vessel to the interior of Nevada, where they will be set on egs plant to hatch out mock turtles for soup pur- poses.” Then he vanished. The ancient mariners sat in complete silence for a few moments, then each man quietly picked up his hat and took his departure. The feeling engendered by the voluble stranger’s Vvisit was too deep for expres- sion. John W. Young of Clinton, Towa, 18 at the Palace with his wite. ‘W. T. Taylor and wife are registered at the Lick from Bakersfield. E. W. Surbush of 3oston is one of yes- \ terday’s arrivals at the Palace. A. N. Butts, a mining man of Angels, is registered at the Occidental. Colonel W. rorsyth, the Fresno cap- italist, is staying at the Occidental. W. F. Draper is at the California, where he arrived yesterday from San Jose. L. W. Bonney, a prominent merchant of Seattle, is registerea at the Baldwin. 1. W. Cameron, a mining man of Haw- thorne, Nev., Is registered at the Palace. H. M. Reive, a large rancher of Tulare, is at the Lick, where he arrived yester- aay. H. Gyrnsey, a well-known mining man of Golconda, Nev., is registered at the Lick. William M. Noyes of Livermore 1s af the Occidental, where he arrived last night. . F. Prisk of Grass Valley arrived in the city last evening and went to the Oc- cidental. — ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. SUPERFLUOUS HAIR—F. g, Cits. Su- s hair can be removed by the use D iatories or by the use of electricity. EXPERIMENT STATION—F. L., Mo- desto, Cal. The agricultural experiment station of Arizona is at the University of Arizona, Tucson. BITTER MEDICINE—F. M. G., City. e of bitter medicine is obviated | to the patient by placing it in capsules specially prepared for the purpose. BARREL POSTOFFICES—J. Z., Sacra- mento, Cal. What are known as barrel postoffices are barrels placed on rocks in the ocean into which passing vessels drop letters to be taken up by another vessel and delivered to the nearest port. There s one of these off Terra del Fuegd, an- other off the coast of Brazil and one in the Arctic Ocean. THE BEST RECORD—W. L. M., Clo- verdale, Cal. In the list of best records is found the following on the subject of trips from New York to San Francisco: Sidewheel steamer Golden Gate, New York to San Francisco, 1851, landing at Panama, 14549 miles, 64 days 9_hours; clipper ship’ Flying Cloud, New York to San Francisco, 1851, 13,610 ‘miles, 89 days, safled 374 miles in one da OLD COINS—E. F. 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