The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 19, 1898, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1898. Tall ..MARCH 19, 1808 Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. = e e A A A A~ et PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS..... .....2I7 to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Maln 1874. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is | served by carrlers In this city and surrounding towns for 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, Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, | open until 9:30 o'clock. 339 Hayes street, open untll | 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open until 9:30 | o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open untll 9:30 o'clock- 1941 Mission street, open until 10 o'clock. 2291 Market | street, corner Sixteenth, open untll 9 o'clock. 258 | Mission street, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh | street, open untll 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, oper | untll 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky streets, opgn untll 9 o'clock. .One year, by mall, $1.50 ..908 Broadway AMUSEMENTS. Baldwin—* Mysterious Mr. Bugle.” Columbia—Primrose and West’s Minstrels. California—* Town Topics.” Alcazar—“The District Attorney.” Morosco's—*“The English Rose." Tivoli—"The Geisha.” Orpheum—Vaudeville. Metropolitan Temple—Lecture on Phrenology. ¥. M. C. A. Audftorium—Violin Recital, this afternoon. Auditorium. Mason and Ellis streets—Recitals of Scottish Song and Story' Monday evening, March 3L | Olympa, corner Mason and Eddy streets—Specialties. The Chutes—Chiguita and Vaudeville. California Jockey Club, Oakland—Races to-day. Coursing—Ingleside Coursing Park, this afternoon. NOT A MATTER OF CHOICE. | T HAT the motive of the Supervisors of San | \\/ Diego County may have been in asking the Governor to appoint a sealer of weights and measures has not been announced. Probably the request was made with full knowledge that under the statutes it amounted to a command. That the Gov- ernor hoped he could find some way to avoid enfore- ing the law was made evident by his appeal to the Attorney-General for an official construing. While judgment was not passed upon the constitutionality | of the measure, the Attorney-General reply was | such as to leave the Governor no alternative unless | the San Diegans, experiencing a change of heart, might withdraw the request. | In all likelihood the people of the South did not | think of the burden their course was calculated to | fasten upon the people of the State, this burden | being particularly heavy in counties in which there are large cit In San Francisco, for instance, the | | proposed position would be more desirable from a ward, political and financial point of view than any public position there is now in the State. It would | be the center about which would revolve the crooks | of whatever party happened to be in power, and the more the sealer had to give to these the more the | people the law permits him to “hold up” would have | No wonder the Governor wanted to | California ob- | to give to him. find a pretext for declining to act. jects to the “sealing’ industry. THE LAW AND THE OPIUM DENS. fl of penalties upon any one who maintains a place where persons assemble for smoking opium or who resort to such a place for the purpose of using | This double menace of the | STATE law and a city ordinance in due terms | and formal phrases provide for the infliction or obtaining the drug. law ought to be a sufficient guard for San Francisco against the opium dens, but the only effect of the| duplication has been to leave the field open for them. | The State law overrides the city ordinance, according; to a decision of Judge Wallace, and then overleaps it- | self by its own terms and permits the dope fiends to | indulge their depravities before the very eyes of the | police. | It appears the city ordinance was found in every | way satisfactory to the officers of the law, and under it numerous convictions of persons keeping or re- | sorting to opium dens were obtained. Last Novem- ber, however, a Chinaman convicted in a police court for visiting an opium joint appealed to the | Superior Court, and Judge Wallace, who heard the | appeal, declared the ordinance invalid because there is a State law on the subject. Attempts have been made to procure convictions under the State law, | but all have failed because under its terms it must be | proven that the drug was obtained and smoked in the : place where it was obtained by the person accused. | Frank G. Drury, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney of | Police Court 3, who has had much experience in the | handling of cases arising under the ordinance, holds | the opinion that the Supreme Court would set aside | the judgment given by Judge Wallace, and in that case it would be possible to return to the old practice and prosecute the opium joint keepers and their patrons under the city ordinance. It is worth while putting this opinion to trial. A test case should be made by the police as soon as possible and carried to the Supreme Court. The magnitude of the evil is sufficiently great to make it imperative that every resource of the law should be made use of to put an end to it. D S Why, in the name of common sensc should any at- tention be paid to the stuff sowed broadcast by Honore Laine concerning Cuban affairs? If there is any time Honore does not lie it is when he is in jail or asleep. Probably even then, in the first case, | he hurls his falsehoods at the naked walls just for the sake of ‘enjoying the echo, and there is eve:y proba- bility that he dreams in terms of mendacity, since he understands no other. ety Weyler is foolish in going to the trouble of deny- ing what the New York Journal says about him. It is true that most people in this country regard him as a butcher and a monster of cruelty, but they hold this opinion not by reason of denunciation from the Journal, but in spite of it. i People living across the bay are getting tired of the delay marking the work on the ferry building. They do not seem to realize that the longer the con- struction drags the more will be the.opportunities for juggling contracts. Don’t they want the worthy gentlemen in charge to make a cent? Whatever defense Architect Swain may make of his course as a public official he cannot claim that a man who has been mixed up with the jobs of the Harbor Commission has been keeping very good company. If Costa Rica and Nicaragua are bent upon at- taining newspaper notoriety they would be wise to postpone their fight. Accounts of it just at this time would be likely to be crowded out by more important maiter i | while they get a footing. | same time preserve our forests we have in them a | economy in our timber harvest. B | and in this way prove a valuable addition to the THE FORESTRY CONGRESS. HROUGH the exertions of Mr. Abbott Kinney Tthe officers of the American Forestry Congress have accepted an invitation to hold a summer session in California, probably in the Yosemite Val- ley. The application of the principles of forestry to the preservation of our forest lands has had the West for its field. Immense reservations of the public domain have been made this side the Missouri River, and frequently great popular discontent has arisen from denial of the right of free commons on the timber land of the Government within such reserva- tions. Perhaps there is hardly any other object of gov- ernmental concern of more importance than preser- vation of the forest-producing capacity of timber tracts. As presented to our people, however, in the reservations already made, it appears simply as a de- nial to them of the commercial use of the forests. Hence they have learned to decry the whole plan. Forestry, however, does not imply denial of the right to harvest timber, like any other crop, when it is ripe and ready. It means that all timber of com- mercial dimension and under shall not be wastefully sacrificed in the harvest. Land covered by forest bears trees of riany ages, sizes and kinds. California is the richest country in the world in .conifers. Dendrologists have not wearied in admiration of our redwoods, pines, spruces, cypress and other conifers. The soil ‘of the forest is full of the germs of these trees. It is a nur- sery set with growing trees coming on to make the commercial crop of the future. If, now, in using one tree that is ready for the ax and saw we destroy a hundred that are immature, and follow that by fires which deaden the latent germs in the soil, we are robbing our timber tracts of their reproductive ca- pacity and preparing for changes in our climate and our streams and water supply of the most serious and destructive nature. The process of eliminating a forest may be slow, but its restoration is slower. When the groves are destroyed the soil is washed away because no longer retained in place by the web of roots and fibers, and the surface, once humid and shaded, is exposed to direct evaporation. The conditions of reforestation present problems that are very costly. European Governments are now spending hundreds of millions in terracing mountain slopes to hold soil enough in which to plant seeds and nursery stock of trees, which often have to be irrigated or artificially shaded It has been observed that in no other place do the conifers, especially, grow as rapidly and renew the forests as soon as in California, provided the soil is permitted to remain in its natural condition. Here it is possible within one generation of men to illus- trate the benefits of proper treatment of forest soils | to secure a constant and unceasing succession of crops of timber. Eastern forests are rapidly disappearing. The pine lands of the northern peninsula of Michigan and of Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota were sandy | soils, covered with a light loam produced by the de- caying duff. When stripped of their large timber these lands were usually ravaged by fire, which de- stroyed the young growth and burned the light top stratum. They are now bare, sandy stretches. Den- drologists under State patronage are trying to set them in the Norway sand grass that has been so ei- fective in holding the dunes in Golden Gate Park, but scores of years must go by before they will support any considerable forest growth. The region which drew its lumber supply from these spent forests must very soon look to the Pa- cific Coast for its supply of first-class lumber. If we learn in time how to harvest our lumber and at the mine of permanent wealth beyond computation. The quality of rapid growth will make this coast the source of supply not only for our own country, but for the greater part of Europe. We hope that the coming session of the Forestry Congress will teach our people, face to face, the value of preserving our forests and the ways of TURQUOISE Alg_}jLERO?JLYPHICS. Y men of science and by all who are interested in historic lore the story published in The Call yesterday of the discovery of mines of turquoise and the relics of an ancient race that worked them in the desert of San Bernardino County will be regarded as the most notable achievement of journalistic research in recent years. As Dr. Gustav Eisen of the Academy of Sciences says, “the finding of these turquoise mines, together with the relics of a prehistoric people, is the most important archaeo- logical discovery ever made in California.” From the result of the explorations made by The Call’s expedition under the direction of Dr. Eisen it appears the discovery will prove of double benefit. In the first place the deposit of turquoise seems to be rich enough to repay mining on an extensive scale riches of the State. In the second place the number of the glyphs and their excellent state of preserva- tion promise a means of eventually acquiring through them a yast increase in the sum of our knowledge of the races who inhabited this country in bygone times and whose complete vanishment from the land is one of the mysteries of history. No man better fitted for the work required of him by The Call in fitting out its expedition could have been found than Dr. Eisen, and the manner in which he performed the task attests the wisdom of the se- lection. In his report, published in The Call yester- day, he describes with scientific care and accuracy the condition of the mines and the nature of the mysterious glyphs. The sensation of the story is due entirely to the wonderful facts disclosed and not to any attempt at exaggeration or florid language. Dr. Eisen has presented the discovery in a way to make it interesting to scientific people, ana there can be no, question but what the event will engage the at- tention of every archaeologist in this country and in Europe. That the race which worked the mines and carved the glyphs was of a very considerable antiquity seems established beyond dispute by the character of the glyphs themselves and by the relics of the implements used in mining. The high state of preservation in which they are found and the clearness of the carvings are due not to any brevity in the time since the implements were used and the work done, but to the hardness of the basalt rocks on which the cary- ings were made and the conditions of the climate. No heavy rains fall in that region to wash debris from the hills and loose earth into the comparatively shallow mines and cover them up. In that dry region the face of the land does not change much from year to year, or even from century to century. It appears to-day virtually as it was a thousand years ago, and all its records remain unblurred for us to read as best we can. e —— The only way to prevent a lot of foolish women from playing pools is to send the sellers of the pools to jail. where they belong. Such a task ought to be not only pleasant, bu‘t easy | PRINTING AND STATIONERY. HE gravest charge yet preferred against Mayor TPhelan is found in Auditor Broderick’s recent contribution to the epistolary war now raging in the “finance department” of the municipal gov- ernment. Mr. Broderick alleges in terms that the Mayor does not know the difference between station- ery and printing. He declares that the trouble in tire “finance department” has arisen out of his action in auditing certain demands as stationery which the Mayor thinks should have been andited as printing. According to Mr. Broderick the Mayor regards a printed letter-head as “printing” and declines to recognize the distinction drawn between stationgry and printing by the consolidation act. Of course we have been aware all along that Mayor. Phelan in more senses than one is a verdant official. We have known, for instance, that in statesmanship he is a vegetable of emerald hue, but until Auditor Broderick sprung his late letter upon us we never dreamed that he was not possessed of sufficient dis- cernment to detect the difference between stationery and printing. The merest tyro in municipal govern- ment ought to know that when engaged in the pleas- ing pastime of tearing up city stationery he is not de- stroying city printing. According to the records of the Board of Supervisors the official paper performs |’ the city printing for nothing. We never heard of anybody doing the city stationery for nothing. Even the tax eaters who “do” it are paid fat salaries. We have no desire to interfere in the epistolary difficulty between the Mayor and the Auditor, but we would respectfully suggest to the former that if he expects to continue to serve the people he will have to clear himself of the charge of not being able to tell the difference between printing and stationery. Mr. Phelan should refer the matter at once to Coun- seler Murphy, his legal adviser, or Colonel Sullivan, his political mentor. It is true Counselor Murphy does not know law from logie, nor Colonel Sullivan peace from war; but these gentlemen have involved the Mayor in this difficulty, and if there is a legal distinction between printing and stationery, as Mr. Broderick says there is, Messrs. Murphy and Sullivan should be compelled to collect their thoughts and define it without delay. It will never do to send Mayor Phelan down to history as a man who tears up stationery under the impression that it is printing. If Counselor Murphy thinks printing is stationery or stationery prifiting the Supreme Court should be asked for an injunction. Evidently a mistake has been made in issuing him a license to practice law. If Colonel Sullivan %5 in the same condition of mind a militia court martial should be immediately summoned. Evidently a mistake has been made in issuing him a colonel’s commission. In short, if Mayor Phelan and his Cabinet do not know that stationery is not printing they should be placed in a padded cell at once. We have thought all along they were “off,” but it has remained for the Auditor to discover to the world a sign of their dis- eased intellects. SENATOR PROCTOR'S STATEMENT. ENATOR PROCTOR'’S statement of the con- S dition of Cuba gives the people of the United States a clearer conception of the evils pro- duced in that unhappy island by the policy pursued by the Spaniards in their attempt to subjugate the Cubans than would have been furnished by a thou- sand pages of lurid and sensational rhetoric. It will be more potent in moving the country to take some decided action to put an end to the war than all the speeches of the jingoes from Mason to Tillman. The very moderation of the language addg to the -im- pressiveness of the story.. It is a statement in which the words are mild, but the meaning is terrible. The Senator describes Havana as a city where business and pleasure are carried on very much as in normal times. Quiet prevails and only the extra- ordinary number of troops seen about the streets reminds the visitor that it is the headquarters of an army and that it is girt round on every landward side by foes. In the interior, however, all is different. Of the condition of the four provinces which the Senator visited, out of the six into which the island is vided, he says: “It is not peace, nor is it war. It is desolation and distress, misery and starvation.” Each town or village is surrounded by a trocha, or trench of rifle pits, and is guarded by a troop of Spanish soldiers. Beyond the distance from these military stations which the troops can easily guard there are no domestic animals, no pastures nor cultivated fields, no harvests of any kind. The Spaniards hold in these four provinces just what their troops can encamp upon, and all beyond is laid waste and ruirted. In this situation the Senator found the people al- most unanimous for freedom and for the continuance of the war until freedom is secured. He met but few autonomists and these had little faith in that policy. Among all classes of the people the belief pr:(‘ails that the offer of autonomy has come too late. . Even the business men of the cities, who are most eager for peace, declare that it is now vain to expect peace under Spanish sovereignty. This being the situation of affairs in an American island so close to our Floridian shores that the sound of guns at Havana can almost be heard at Key West, it is for us to determine promptly what part we shall play in the drama. To do nothing is to take action on the side of Spain. Non-partisanship is partisan- ship in an issue of this kind. Senator Proctor did not include in his speech an appeal for interference on our part, nor did he make any suggestion of what should be done. Under the circumstances this silence is significant. Tt is known the Senator is in close relations with the administra- tion, and it is likely he adopted a policy of silence on such a vital point in his theme because he is aware the President will soon speak -for himself and the people in terms that will settle the issue and redeem Cuba from the worst government ever practiced on this hemisphere si history has been recorded. Cubans still announce that they will accept only freedom from Spain. This being the case; their chance of accepting nothing would seem ‘to be ex- cellent. When they obtain freedom it may be . be- stowed by other than Spanish hands. & 7 i . Senator Proctor has won the regard of this coun- | & try. He did not 20 to Cuba with a blare: of Horns, and instead of writing for some yellow sheet the re- sult of his observations was calmly portrayed as a' gentleman addressing gentlemen. HE I Ui ; Evidence accumulates that the ferry depot was de- signed for the benefit of a few contractors and that none of the “good things” have been overlooked. [ Sl There have been lately enough murders #ollowed by the suicide of the murderer to go far toward re- storing belief in the orthodox hell. —_— 'Th.ere are evidences that Editor and Harbor Com- missioner Colnon is in danger of permitting = his angry. passions to rise. . 3 : Chiha’s'p_mspects of being civilized off the ] face of the earth seem to be improving every dav. [Ep Rt Dedicated to the Examiner’s flagship of tom. & myth, an fsn't, that is to sweep the Did ye ever hear tell of A hot old craft wa: (Any old thing wa * Whenever her million. Star or two droppe Right smack down Yo, ho! Yo, hi! Straight down throt The ensign of the “Yp! Was as yellow as i (No yellower it coul And the black-lipped g: Heel-lifting, cavort! A war-howling, hof Yo, ho! Yo, hi! A saffron-hued, go; The yard that builded No mortal man eve: (And no woman ev: o ear ever heard the Coming out from It: Nor sound from it Yo, ho! Yo, hi! No screech from ft: The skipper fierce of t! Mild of manner is he— (Lamblike of soul i He never let out a wo! Ripping loud over the sea— Not a cross-word o Yo, ho! Yo, hi! (Jack’s usual talk to ti When he mounted th At home you bette (Buried you bettes Better a nip from a bul Shore than glance: Than soft glances f: Yo, ho! Yo, hi! Than a glance of hi Look out, look out for the *“Ypiranga,” Hot blood and pow (Sky rockets and pinwheels is she) Whenever her million: Hell-fire breaks ou Red devils skip over the sea, Yo, ho! Yo, hi! Yellow fakers cav 9 PIRANGA. 3 | A | ¢/ , Spain’s new “Invincible Armada,” a phan- sea. f the “Ypiranga,” s she— s she) -ton gun went “bang” a d in the sea— into the sea. Yo he! ugh a hole in the sea. iranga’ t could be— 1d be) ale around it sang a ing, wild glee— t, sizzling glee. Yo, he! ggle-eyed glee. the “Ypiranga' r did see— er could see) faintest of clang a- s factoree— s founderee. Yo, he! s armoree. he “Ypiranaga" s he) rd of slang a- ver the sea. Yo, he! he sea.) e bridge of the “Ypiranga' r had be— r had be) lldog’s fang a- s from him at ses~ rom him at sea. Yo, he! is eye at sea. der is she— -ton batteries go “‘bang” a t on the sea— Yo, he! ort o'er the sea. —THE SEA SINGER. MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. There has been-a regular row in Vienna over the first Austrian production of Leoncavallo’s “La Boheme” at the Im- perial Opera-house. Van Dyck, a famous tenor, who began life as a reporter, was to have created the role of Marcel, but he was suffering from the grip. and begged to have the production put off for a day or two. Leoncavallo, who did not want to lose the services of such a good artist, sustained him in his request. The direct- or, Herr Mahler, gave no satisfaction to the singer or the composer, cpolly declar- ing that discipline must be maintained, and that to enforce it he would have the performance as originally arranged. Un- der these conditions, Van Dyck produced a doctor's certificate, declaring that he was unnt to sing, and Leoncavailo, in high dudgeon, kept away from the re- Hearsals and announced that he would | not be in the house on the first night. The autocratic Mahler, reluctantly released Van Dyck, confided the role of Marcel to another tenor and pushed forward the rehearsals. He gave the opera on .ie night originally announced, and its suc-| cess was immense. Leoncavallo, sulking in his tent, was sent for in haste, and | was greeted with such deafening ap- plause and recelved such masses of tow- ers and floral crowns that balm was poured on his wounded feelings, and he made peace with Mahler. The only crum- pled rose leaf that evening was the ab- sence of Van Dyck, which was comment- ed on in the foyer, as the public had been Jooking ferward to his creation of the principal role. Next winter Vienna will not wave Van Dyck, as he is already en- gaged by Grau for the New York Metro- politan Opera-house season. Prince Henri de Valori, one of the best- known amateurs of music in the word, died suddenly the. other day at Nice of an attack of apoplexy. He was descend- ed from.a -ranch of one of the oldest families in Florence; which had for some generations been settied in France. The Prince, who was a perfect gentleman as well as an ardent musician, was for a number of years the French representa- tive of the Spanish pretender, Don Carlos. He was in the habit of writing, from time to time, newspaper articles relative to music, but though he showed a passion- ate love and appreciation for the art, it must be acknowledged that his ideas were a little behind the times, for he be- lieved firmly in the old style of Italian opera, and could see nothing good In| Wagner and his followers. He has left two published volumes of criticism, which from the standpoint of modernity leave something to be desired. The first is en- titled “La Muslie, le Bon Sens et les Deux Operas,” and the other Is named “Verdl et Son Oeuvre.’” Jeno Hubay, the Hungarian violinist, has left the land of the Magyars,to which his fame has hitherto been principally confined, and has goné to Paris, where he is soon to be heard at one of the Lamoureux concerts. It is expected that he will create a sensation, for Hubay is not only an instrumentalist of the highest order, but {s a composer of great promise. The Buda Pesth Opera-house recently ave the fiftieth performance of *‘The Violin Maker of Cremona,” a lyric drama in two acts which he composed on a retto by Henri Beauclair, after Fran- s Coppe’s well-known little. play. Hu- bay’'s music to this plece has ravished Hungarian ears and it is expected that Paris will soon mount the lyric drama. In all probability Hubay will be brought to America next season as a musical sen- sation. The text of “L’An Mil,” the new work by Gabriel Pierne that Colonne recently executed at one of the Chatelet concerts, ‘was borrowed by the composer from' the Neumatic singers of the Middle Ages. |- “L'An Mil” is a choral, symphonic poem, and instead of the usual movements of a symphony it is divided into three parts, symphonie, picturesque and decorative. Although the words are those used by the Neumatic singers, the music has not any of the monotony of Neumatic music. “I/An MIl" has made quite an impression | of Cherbourg was treated the other night in Parfs and the newspapers have been giving excerpts from it. August Bungert, the composer, who has devoted himself to making Homer’s he- roes famous in music, has retired to. a village on the Rhine, where he is busily | engaged in orchestrating his opera “Nau- sicaa,” which composes the third part of his cycle, “The Homeric World.” Bun- gert is not letting the grass grow beneath his feet, for in addition to a yolume of verse which he has just published, he js also putting the finishing touches to a grand musical drama entitled- “Luther."” In this work the Pope, as well as Dante, Tasso, Raphael, Faust and Savonarola. figure on the stage. An audience at the French naval port to a very painful scene, the climax of a story of love and jealousy. It was at the Alcazar Theater and the popular lyric: artist, Marthe Crimon, was singing when Sergeant Bertillon of the marines dashed on the stage and gave the vocalist three strokes with his bayonet, then he stabbed himself three times with the same weapon before any one had time to inter- pose. The two unfortunates fell in a pool of blood and were carrfed to the hospital in a very critical condition. A grand musical exposition will be given in Berlin during the summer for the benefit of the fund to build a monu- ment to Richard Wagner. Special sec- tions will be devoted to all the known epochs of music during the world's his- tory and to the special music of different countries. The autographs of celebrated musicians will form a special exhibit, and considerable space will be devoted to mu- sical publications of all sorts, both an- cient and modern, including books of in- struction and musical literature, It is also intended to give historical concerts. The Minister of War for Austria-Hun- gary has just opened a competition for the composition of a military march in honor of Emperor Francis Joseph's golden Jubilee. The successful march will be played on December 2 by ail the military bands of the empire. Oniy peo- ple of Austrian or Hungarian birth may compete and compositions must reach the Minister before July 1, 1898. 5 Oneguine,” considered by Rui‘ll::: % to bge Tschaikowski's best opera, has just been translated and given in Italian for the first time in St. Peters- burg. The work has made as great a hit as when given in Russian. The chief in- terpretators were Mme. Sigrid Arnoldson, the tenor Masini, the barytone Batistini and the basso Rossi. Marchesi pupil has come to the frs::lh’f‘;e new star is a Hungarian, and rejoices in the somewhat difficult name of Mariska Kamaromi. Unlike most of the Marchesi pupils, she has ambitions to shine in operetta, and at pfesen( is charming Budapest in Massager’ "preuy comic opera, “Les Petites Michu. rand Norwegian musical festival w‘x‘l‘l faks place in July at Bergen, under the direction of Edward Grieg. A special building, contalning 3000 seats, will be erected for the concerts. The number of performers, including ‘choir and orchestra, will be over 500. The programmes are to consist exclusively of works by Nor- wegian composers. A new instrument, that is said to com- bine the qualities of the alto and of tha violin, has been heard in public in Paris. According to some writers, It is destined to play an important role in orchestras of the future. Altermann is the inventor of the new viol Backar-Grandahl, a new Norweglan composer, is following so brilllantly in Grieg’s footsteps that he bids falr to be- come as famous as tbe old master. His works are winning a great vogue in Europe. Anton Dvorak is writing an opera in three acts entitled, *“The Devil and Catin.” His subject s taken from an old Slav legend.s Emma Calve, recovered from her seyvera attack of the grippe, is again triumphing in Paris in Massenet's “Sapho.” > Jean La Salle, the celebrated barytone, has started on a grand tour of Germany and Austria-Hungary. “The Geisha” has fust been translated into French, and is being produced at the Athenee-Comique, Pari ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. BALDNESS—H. B. §., City. This de- partment is ‘unable to furnish the infor- mation desired about Dr. Sabouraud's baldness microbe treatment. GRUBSTAKING—G. F., City. What a person gets for ‘grubstaking another who is going to a_mine’ Is a matter of contract between the individuals. A BULLETIN—A. S, City. A copy of the Bulletin of San Francisco issued Jan- uary 30, 1865, has no market value. It is worth just whatever a person who would want it would be willing to give for it. DEALERS—Reader, Point Arena, Cal. Had you sent a self-addressed and stamped envelope a list of such dealers as you wish to know about would have been sent you. DRAWING—H. D. G., City. Mechan- ical and architectural drawing is taught in the Lincoln evening school, but “draw- ing and the art of illustration” is mnot taught in any of the night schools of San Francisco. A DOLLAR OF 1870—Subseriber, City. No premium is offered by dealers in cld coins for dollars of 1870, but the dealers charge from $2 50 to §3 for such coins is sued out of the Carson City and Phila- delphia mints. DIVORCE—A. 8., Chico, Cal. If a man brings an action against his wife for di- vorce and she fails to make answer and he fails to appear to press the case, hav- ing left the State, the case will be strick- en from the docket. WEALTH OF NATIONS—N. J. City. ~It is impossible to give the exact wealth of nations, Only an approxima- tion can be furnished. The wealth of the United States is given at $48,475,000,000; that of Great Britain and Ireland at $43,600,000,000, and that of France at $40,- 300,000,000. STREET CARS—G. W., City. There are 593 cars used on the street car lines of San Francisco, daily. That includes elec- tric, cable, steam and horse cars. There are about 630 electric and cable cars in daily use. The aggregate of street car tracks is 326% miles. The majority of the routes over which one can ride on a single fare, including transfer, is 7} miles. Genuine eyeglasses, specs; 15c up. 33 4th e A handsome present for your Eastern friends, Townsend's Cal. glace fruits, 60c 1b, in fire etched boxes. 627 Palace Hotel.* gl Special ' information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Cl!Dv|n§ Bureau (Allen's), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. * — Watts—I tell you seeing is belleving. Potts—I don’t ‘Watts—Why not? Potts—Well, I see you every day, but I don’t believe you. FOR BRONCHIAL AND ASTIMATIC COM PLAINTS “ Broun’s Bronehial Troches” have remarkable curative properties. Soid only in boxes. ——— DR. SIEGERT'S ANGOSTURA BITTERS, the world renowned appetizer and invigorator, is used over the whole civilized world. Beware of imitations. —_——————— To neglect thé hair Is to luse youth and comeli- Dess. Save it with PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM. PARKER'S GINGER TONIC cures inward pain. ——— Bougereaux, one of the most famous of living French painters, has in his stu- dio nothing of the unconventionality and luxury of the successful artist. There is nothing in his workshop but the ma- terials for work. e ] ADVERTISEMENTS. Joseph Ladue, the famous trapper and miner, and the present owner of Dawson City, and for many years the agent of Company, gives a hint to the Alaska Commercial persons going to Alaska, and pays great compliment to a well-known " article. He writes:— “I have always used the Royal Baking Powder in Alaska and Northwest Territory, as no other gave equal satisfaction in that harsh climate. I also found my customers always insisted on having that brand.” Feb. 18th, 1898.