The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 29, 1898, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1898. The 1=l 'I:U} SD/ MARCH 29, 1 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. | ‘.} Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE Market and Third Sts., S. F. | Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS...... 217 to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carriers In this clty and surrounding towns for 15 cents a week. By mall $6 per year; per month €5 cents THE WEEKLY CALL Iy OAKLAND OFFICE.... Eastern Representative, DAVID ALLEN. NEW YORK OFFICE.........Room 188, World Building WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE Riggs House C. €. CARLTON, Correspondent. Address All One year, by mall, $1.50 e 908 Broadway BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open until 9:30 | o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. | 1941 Misslon street, open untll 10 o'clock. 2291 Market | street, corner Sixteenth, open untll 9 o'clock. 2518 | Misslon street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh | strect, open untll 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open | untll 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and | Kentucky streets, open untll 9 o'clock. e e AMUSEMENTS, Baldwin—“A Gay Decetver. Columbta—"A Naval Cadet” Aloazar— The Mummy- * Morosco's—“Ten Nights 1n a Barroom.” *The Widow O'Brien." Vaudeville. 5 Theater—Lecture by F. Marion Orawford. Chutes—The Zoo, Vaudeville and Lion Hunt. ason and Eddy streets—Speoialties. rme's Sunlight Picture, * Interieur deo o Coast Jockey Club, Ingleside Track—Races to-day. AUCTION SALES. arch 3, Hardware. at 1011 Broad- man—This 110" clock. Butterfield—This day, March 29, Furniture, at o'clock. This day, March 29, Horses, at 121 Howard Barih—Wednesday, March 80, Furniture, at 1305 avenue, at 11 o'clock iday, April 4, Real Estate, at 14 Mont- SAN MATEO HIGHWAYS. N address, prepared by Commissioner John R. Price, has just been issued by the Department people of San Mateo County on the condition of their roads and the pro- posed issue of bonds for the purpose of raising money | to improve them. The address is excellent in every respect, and will undoubtedly have good effect in con- vincing the voters of the advisability of supporting a movement of such importance to their welfare. ient of the address does not deal with the ‘ advantages of good roads generally. It is directed to the people of San Mateo, and confines itself closely | to the conditions of the roads there. Nevertheless it ought to have a wide circulation throughout the | for the lessons taught in San Mateo are worth ng elsewhere. In many other counties the con- | ns of the highways are essentially the same as in | ch the address is specifically directed, he reasons why San Mateo should vote bonds for road improvements would be just as valid with slight changes of statistics and names of localities if applied to them. One of the features of the address of general in- | terest is the explanation of the necessity of bond is- The law per- | mits Supervisors to levy a tax not exceeding 40 cents | on the $100 for road purposes, and an act passed at | the last session of the Legislature authorizes a levy | of a special tax of 20 cents on the $100 for the im- provement of main public highways within each dis- trict. can be expended in any district other than the one in which the property tax was levied. Under this system a rich district may improve its highways, but a poor district is entirely helpless s confined to small proportions by reason of a lack of money. of Highways to the The argu sues for extensive road improvements. None of t and its road wo ddress points out, it is this system that prevents the connection of important points by good roads. A poor and thinly settled district cannot afford grand highway through its territory, however advantageous such connection with richer districts might prove in the As the a to pay the cost of constructing a long run. There is no method now provided by law to overcome the difficulty except it be by a bond is- sue, and it is for that reason the work of road and hig 1y improvement in San Mateo is so largely de- | pendent upon the result of the vote which is to be | taken on the proposed issue. It is not to be denied that all sections of San Mateo will be benefited by the construction of the grand thoroughfare to connect the main high road system of San Francisco with that of Santa Clara, and also by the opening of a good wagon road from the San Francisco line to that of Santa Cruz. These benefits | being certain and the fact being clear that the only | way to obtain them is by bond issue, it can hardly need further argument to convince the voters of San | Mateo that good business sense is on the side of the bond proposition. At any rate, the address by reason | of its comprehensive study of road work and highway | conditions in San Mateo is a valuable contribution to | the sta literature of the State, and the Highway | Commissioners deserve commendation for the work | of preparing and publishing it. isti n a communi Thomas H. Kerr, tion to this paper, | printed yesterday morning, takes the position that if the Cubans do not like the way they are treated they | have only to demonstrate that they are loyal to Spain. | Mr. Kerr's philosophy is so convincing it is a wonder | it had not been sooner advanced. If the martyrs -of old found the process of being burned unpleasant they could have avoided it and died raw, of old age, by casting aside the faith for which they were willing to die. Furthermore, Mr. Kerr overlooks the really important truth that the people being starved in Cuba | are not insurgents nor the families of insurgents, but | “pacificos,” who have no desire to fight, and have been driven from their little farms to the towns lest | something they raised might go to the sustenance of‘ the native troops. There does not seem to be any occasion for the | a mediator between this country :md‘I Spain so far as the Maine is concerned. The matter has been left to the honor of Spain, and as Spain has filled a history while demonstrating that she has no | y be considered as laid on the table. Perhaps it is a mere superstition to look upon the battle-ship Texas as a hoodoo, and yet a country with | the interests of its navy at heart can but hope that sooner or later the Texas would conquer its inclina- tion to cut across lots. services of honor, it ma When the Duke of Veragua termed McKinley “an ignorant sutler” he breathed that sweet spirit of fra- ternity which seems about to result in peace with a | but this was afterward denied. - | boundary. SOME ALASKAN PROBLEMS. HERE are two features of the Alaskan situation Twhich require the immediate attention of the authorities at Washington. The first of these is the settlement of the dispute over the boundary line between Alaska and the Canadian territory, and the second ‘is the establishment of a postal route to the | Klondike country. The Canadian officials have not waited for the boundary line to be settled before fixing their cus- toms depots on the outermost line of their claims. Reports came from Juneau some time ago that Cana- dian customs officers had established themselves on the summit of the passes over the mountains behind Dyea, and these reports have now been amply con- firmed. Canada has taken an advanced position, and will hold it until the final settlement of the boundary dispute. Governor Brady of Alaska and Collector Ivey re- cently went over the trail from Dyea for the purpose of making an official investigation of the position taken by the Canadians, and found them located as had been reported. Ivey’s instructions from Wash- ington were to post two sub-collectors of the United States customs service at Lake Bennett, but Captain Belcher, who was in charge of the Canadian mounted police on the summit, informed them that they could not do so. He had assumed his station on the moun- tains by instructions from his superiors, and therefore could not consent to the establishment of an Ameri- can customs depot within the lines claimed by his Government. The point of controversy is one of growing import- ance by reason of the rapidly increasing trade and business of the Klondike country. It was announced a short time ago that arrangements for fixing the boundary had been agreed upon by the two nations, In view of the action of the Canadian Government it is clear that further delay in determining the boundary is likely to lead to a conflict that ma burning issue out of something which could now be settled with ease. This, therefore, is the time to deal with the matter and put an end to the dispute. The establishment of an adequate postal service is hardly less imperative than the settlement of the According to the latest reports no mail has been received at Dawson since last September. Complaints have been made that even at Dyea the postoffice officials have exacted a fee for delivering mails, and that the service has been used as a means of extorting money from the public. This condition of affairs is something of a Gov- ernmental disgrace. The trade of Alaska and the Klondike country demands mail facilities, and it will be a gross neglect on the part of the postal authorities if such facilities are not made equal to the true needs of the people at once. fl Agriculture says that at the present rate of destruction there will be hardly a forest tree left in this country in fifty years. We have already called attention to this subject in noticing the summer session of the Forestry Con- gress to be held in this State next July. The Presi- dent has just proclaimed another great timber reser- vation in the San Bernardino mountains in Southern California. The reservations in this State are now so extensive as to demand the application to them, most actively, of the principles of forestry. We hope this will be discussed by the coming congress. It will not do to make a THE VALUE OF FORESTS. WRITER connected with the Department of reserve immense forest tracts and then let nature take | ing, coming as it does from a paper about which | stock increases the | there yet lingers a vanishing remnant of decency and | her course. The exclusion of amount of combustible material on the forest floor, while it is made necessary to preserve the sprouting timber which is to make the future crop. This crop, however, is equally sure of devastation by fire in the accumulation of duff and dried grasses. These reservations cannot be effectively protected | been active in laying bare the corruption of which | against fire by mere exclusion of shepherds, herds- | Rea is .lhc source 3“d_ ‘h_e center, and is pleased to | men and campers. It is known that forest fires occur | have stirred up much indignation among his follow- | in our mountains from lightning in the not infrequent thunderstorms that occur in the dry season. It will prove to be necessary that measures be taken to re- move the dead and fallen timber, the fallen leaves and resinous cones which drop after they have opened and spilled their seeds, and to penetrate and surround especially valuable timber tracts with wide roads, than which there is no better preventive of the spread of fire. In Europe all of these things are done by trained foresters, who graduate in special schools and con- stitute a branch of the regular civil service of the State. When we have advanced sufficiently in forestry and the open timber is so destroyed as to make | necessary the commercial use of timber within the reservations, its harvest under preservative regula- tions may be leased to mill men, who will pay stump- age for the privilege, and thus provide an income to meet the expense of preserving the timber and pro- moting its growth on these reservations. The manufacture of wood pulp is reaching im- mense proportions in the United States. A thousand plants are now engaged in this business. The very paper on which this article is printed was but recently a green tree. The wood used for pulp is generally of the sorts not favored for lumber or dimension timber. In securing pulping trees the same destruc- | tive methods are followed as in lumbering. The pulp | woods are being rapidly exhausted, while the demand for pulp is as rapidly increasing. Under these con- ditions forestry must be resorted to for information as to the propagation and preservation of the pulp woods. If properly treated the forests which furnish it can be kept producing, and soon the product will become z very valuable and important article of ex- port. The trees now used are spruce, poplar, pine, hem- lock, bass wood, balsam, cypress, birch, maple, beech, buckeye and gum. We have the most of them here. The buckeye especially abounds and has not here- tofore attracted attention for its economic possibili- It is a rapid grower, thrives in rocky and unpromising situations, has high resistance to aridity, bears nuts abundantly, and its propa- gation may become very interesting and profit- able. The spruce forests of the State are considerable, and, by reason of their winged seeds, are persistent and capable of spreading, pro- vided they are protected from fire. From this source, ties. | aso, revenue may be derived to maintair a system of forestry. The adaptation of such system to our laws, form of government and popular habits is a subject of the keenest interest, and its immediate discussion by foresters and lawyers is very necessary. ot e There appears to be reason for the statement sent by telegraph that the President will not waver. Spain seems to be in a mood to do all the wavering neces- sary. t . It was a fine little war cloud, but it seemed to lack whole lot of honor, 1 the element of stability. PROTECT THE UNWARY. OBSERVING persons cannot have failed to notice that there is a tinge of medievalism in the religious zealotry with which the police of many American cities is now occasionally com- pelled to deal. That this zeal is largely commercial no longer admits of doubt. The success of the Salva- tion Army, with its uniforms and military organiza- tion, its tambourine bands and marching women, has revived among a certain impressionable class of Americans some of the spirit which animated the Crusaders and which, even in the enlightened days, may yet send armed men out to fight a less formid- able individual than the Turk. The basis of the Salvation Army is sound finance. Its officers are mostly paid and its credit is wellrecog- nized throughout the United States and Great Brit- ain. The contest for control which lately took place at New York between members of the Booth family resembled a dispute among Roman Bishops in the carly days of Christianity. The American wing of the army rebelled against the fiscal management of the British wing. The foreign Booths wanted to handle all the money. This was deemed to be un-American, and, in order to save the organization on this side of the water, the elder Booth was obliged to concede the establishment here of a Salvation Army military chest. It is not at all surprising that the success of the Salvationists should have given life to other religious “armies.” But it is a somewhat striking circum- stance that many of the imitators of the Salvation Army possess a fraudulent character. In this city it is of record that crime has actually been committed in the name of an organization called the “Army of Jesus Christ.”” That the men who were unearthed by the police in this case were animated by religious fer- vor is impossible. They were like the Roman wolves who adopted the hooded cloak and learned the secrets of the Christians, only to betray them to the bloody Cesars. There may be and probably are sincere people in all the semi-military societies now being organized throughout the country in imitation of the Salvation Army. But that many of them, like the “Army of Jesus Christ,” are being launched for purposes of plunder is extremely probable. One of these societies | is called the “Army of Heaven at Hand.” Its leaders promise immediate paradise at reduced rates; that is, ‘where it costs a couple of dollars a month to belong to other “armies,” and secure future salvation, bliss on the spot is guaranteed for four bits. Of course this is absurd. But proof that it is not too absurd to secure followers is not wanting. Under the constitution religious freedom is guaranteed. Every man may seek happiness and salvation by whatever means he pleases. But it cannot be denied that the efforts of designing men to prey upon the zealotry of the people ought to be regulated by some- body. No one believed that such an institution as the | Salvation Army could grow powerful in America un- | til the physical fact became apparent. Now that the | presence among us of large numbers of people who should have lived in the middle ages is established measures should be taken to protect them from irre- sponsible and insincere religionists. PUT DOWN BY PLAIN FACTS. S may be noted by a glance at the telegraphic /E\ columns this morning a San Jose paper in a fit of malign hysteria has been accusing The Call of an attempt to injure the material interests of | Santa Clara Valley. While under ordinary circum- | stances a charge so foolish would not be worth notic- | which still remembers the day when it had a measure | of respectability and influence, it might tend to give |a false impression. | The Mercury is the guilty sheet. | discreditable political boss named Rea. It is run by a The Call has | ers. It has even caused an impulse of anger t ruffle | the brow of Rea, and, as the truth wa the only weap- | on used against him, naturally he turned to falschood as his available instrument. tive, it was the one with which he was familiar. The paper which is the medium between Rea and a limited portion of the public also has grievances. has noted with pain that The Call has become a force in its territory. It has observed the pretenses of the Rea gang held up to the light, and its own power waning, as the true character of the forces be- hind it came to be understood. Hence the wild and silly attack upon The Call; an attack founded osten- sibly upon a dispatch sent out by the Associated Press, of which the agent in San Jose is city editor of the Mercury, but really founded on a malevolent hatred born of iniquity exposed. It was the wail of the enmeshed rascal, the expression of disregard made by the rogue who has begun to feel the halter draw. l mento that the restrictions of the national quaran- tine which have been so prejudicial to the cattle industry of the southern part of the State have, in a iarge measure, been set aside, and that it will now be possible for cattlemen to remove their stock from the districts where the drought prevails to points north of the quarantine line, where there is good pasture for them. The removal of the southern cattle northward will not in any way injure the northern industry, for the cattle from that section can be removed if desired across the State line. Thus the way is open to obtain abundant ‘cod fo- all, and the menace of loss which confronted the cattiemen is overcome. The relief is timely and will result in an immense saving to one of the great interests of the commonwealth. The Cali directed attention to the importance of some sucn relief as this a few days ago, and at that time pointed out the need of a thorough revision of the whole quarantine system. What has been accom- plished now by the energies of Governor Bud4 and the Sec-e.ary of the State Board of Health in pressing the subject upon the consideration of the Secretary of Agriculiure provides relief which seems ample for the present emergency, but it is likely that even more could be sttamned by a persistent demand fot a refor:n | in the law as a whole, The drought of the season has brought the evil effects of the law as it stands clearly before the people, and, while the amornt of relief granted is most grati- fying, the issue should not be allowed to pass from public attention until all the arguments of the cattle- men have had a full hearing at Washington and all their rightful claims satisfied. THE CATTLE QUARANTINE. T is gratifying to learn by a dispatch from Sacra- The public would be glad to learn that Zola was to have a new trial. It is speaking mildly indeed to | say that the one he had was a farce. God of the universe, into whose fastnesses Searching for treasure we now betake us; God of the universe, who art our father, Guide us and guard us even as children On our long journey. Temper the boisterous winds of the Northland, Soften the road to our faltering footsteps, Teach -us to see in the.stars o’ the nighttime Beacons that shine o’er the heads of our loved ones Here in the Westland. Strengthen our faith lest the gloom and the silence Make us afraid in the days of our exile; Strengthen our hope that we bravely look forward Through our privations to loving reunions With wives or with sweethearts. Send us reminders of those who awalt us, Comfort and guard them during our absence; Let them not sorrow, but know that thou watchest Over the snow-covered mountains and deserts All the world over. Grant us good fortune and freedom from sickness, Grant us good-fellowship, strong and unselfish; Hasten the day of our hoped-for returning Home to the land of our pioneer fathers— Dear California. God of the universe, into whose fastnesses Searching for treasure we now betake us; God of the universe, who art our father, Guide us and guard us even as children THE BRITISH NAVAL ESTIMATES Great britatt, In its efforts to create and maintaln & navy €qual at least to the combined navies of two of the Cgn- tinental powers is put to such an ex. pense as to maBe it doubtful if the limit of expen. ures !n that directien has not been reached. The naval estimates arg now nearly §0 per cent larger than they were ten years ago, and the personne] has been increased over 70 per cent sinca 1888-89. The statement of the First Lorg of the Admiralty, explaining the navy estimates for 1898-99 was ®presented to Parliament on Maich 3, and contains in the briefest possible language the op tions for the past year and the pro- ing the estimates now . and those of ten years ago it should be re- membered that while the votes for 1sg were 50 per cent higher than in 18s8.sg, the total has now riser to $25.357,000 above that of 1895-96. Navy estimates of Great Britain, 1883-89 and 1898-99: 1 1588-89. Estimates. Officers and men...... Officers and men—wages. Victuals and_clothing. . Medical establishment. Royal Naval Reserves. Shipbuilding and Repairs. Naval Armaments. Miscellaneous .... 62,400 o0 _Total Other {tems increased, such as coal ex- penditures for ships from $1,870,000 to $3.- 025,000, show the increased cost of modern cruising ships, and the raise of workmen in the dockyards from 20,858, recelving $6,906,445 ten years since, to 25340 with a pay of $9,265,220, indicates that the dock- yards are being utilized better than a de- cade ago. The most notable part of the First Lord’s statement is that relating to new construction. It is proposed to com- mence three battleships, four armored crulsers and four sloops, all three of the battleships and two of the sloops to be built in the dockyards. Including these new orders the following vessels will be under construction or completion during 1898-99; namely: Twelve battleships, six- teen first-class crulsers, six secAnd-class cruisers, ten third-class cruisers, six sloops, four twin-screw gunboats, forty- one torpedo boat destroyers and one royal vacht, making ninety-six vessels In all, or nearly as many as there are in the United States navy, with a large pre- ponderance of tonnage for Great Britain. The labor troubles from July, 1897, up to February last were a great drawback to contractors and dockyards, and the naval programme of last year was greatly re- duced In its actuality. In the coming year all of the torpedo boat destroyers will be completed, and at least three bat- tleships and eight first-class cruisers will be placed in commission. Steady progress is being made in naval ordnance, improved quick-firing guns of six inches are under contract, and all tha breech-loaders of that caliber will have been converted into quick-firers six months hence. Corvite is gradually re- placing ordinary gunpowder, and new small arms have been provided, while earlier types of torpedoes have been with- drawn and replaced with modern ones. The British navy in its material and per- sonnel has undergone a complete trans- formation in the past ten years at a vast expense, but it has vet to prove its sup- posed superiority; perhaps even its utility. —_———— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. While never very effec- | It| On our long journey. HOWARD V. SUTHERLAND. | | COLLECTED IN i THE CORRIDORS. | fornia. | J. Lewison of Rocklin s at the Call- | fornla. O. W. Priest of Boston is at the Occi- dental. Lloyd England, U. S. A, Is at the Oceci- dental. | F. G. Ludlow of Los Angeles is at the | Grand. | W. G. Blatt of Detroit is a guest at the | Palace. A. C. Bryer of New York is at the | Palace. J. Dannheiser from Chicago is at the California. | John Markley of Geyserville is a guest at the Lick. H. E. Picket, a miner from Placerville, is at the Lick. Attorney H. T. Corbin of Cincinnati is at the Palace. E. Badger and wife of Boston are at the Occidental. W. A. Avery, a druggist from Detroit, is at the Palace. L. S. Alexander of Watsonville is stay- ing at the Occidental. George A. Kelly, a merchant of Pitts- burg, is at the Palace. U. S§. Grant Jr. is registered at the Palace from San Diego. J. G. Mott, the Los Angeles capitalist, 1s a guest at the Palace. Edward T. Tipton, a mining man of Anaconda, is at the Palace. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Brown are at the Palace from Pittsburg, Pa. T. M. Brown, a Denver capitalist, ar- rived at the Baldwin yesterday. Charles Robbins, a mining man from Spokane, is a guest at the Palace. O. H. P. Noyes, a merchant of YoKo- hama, is registered at the Palace, loooooooooo o o o WILLIAM “THE o o DISTINGUISHED” o “Swift Water Bill,” alias Gates, the Klondike mining and mat- rimonial expert, g ARRIVES. g has again graced San Francisco 00000000P 8 with: wa' g ence. The compliment was paid to the | municipality yesterday morning and came | through the medium of the eastern over- land. William s to be with us but a short time, as he is merely touching here on his way to the frozen waters of the Yukon where he has a few odd millions awaiting him on the dumps of El Dorado No. 13. Billy did not intend going north so soon, as he is not quite satiated with the connubial delights to be found In San Francisco as yet, But a few days ago he recelved word from the Dawson City Street Department that his accumulation of gold dust had become a nuisance and that unless he had it removed he would be arrested for misdemeanor and fined five dollars for obstructing the thorough- fare. ‘William says he does not know what has become of her, who for a few short, fleeting days was ‘the partner of his joys and sorrows, nor does he care, as his soul has turned from things romantic. Mrs. Will, since she remarked that hubby was a false alarm and could slide for all she cared, has been engaged in preparing for a divorce. Dr. F. W. Force, a prominent physician of Minneapolis, is at the Occidental. W. A. G. McKenzie, a raflroad man of Santa Maria, is a guest at the Grand. F. W. Covey, the superintendent of the Palo Alto stock farm, is at the Grand, Mr. and Mrs. Sanger Pullman left last L nignt for Chicago, where they expect to 1. Lewiston of Rocklin is at the Cull-] be received with open arms by Mamma Pullman, who will forgive them and kill the fatted calf. Willlam Alexander of Toronto, Canada, is one of the late arrivals at the Lick. Chief Justice Beatty has returned to the city after a month’s visit to Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. E. Barnett of Colorado Springs are registered at the Occidental. J. A. Strowbridge is a traveler from Portland, Or., who is staying at the Lick. J. M. Studebaker, a merchant from South Bend, Tr ., is a guest at the Palace. James J. Corbett arrived in the city yvesterday morning and went to the St. Nicholas. William Mead of Portland is at the Baldwin, where he arrived yesterday morning. State Senator D. A. Ostrom of Yuba County is at the Grand, accompanied by his wife. A. E. Bousfleld of Bay City, Mich., is at the Palace, accompanied by his wife and family. A. J. Lachman and family, who havé just returned from a year’s trip abread, are at the Lick. F. Marion Crawford, the novelist, who is out here on a lecturing tour, and J. B. Pond of New York, are at the Palace. J. R. Dwyer and wife of Los Angeles arrived in the city yesterday on a pleas- ure trip of a few days’ duration. D000000O0OG Manager Bowles 0 HOW BOWLES of the “Gay De- o MET WITH cefver” Company wanted a plicture © DISAPPOINT- of M. A. Kennedy MENT. the worst way o the cther day, but 0000000000 trouh he hunted high and low, he was unable to find one. Finally he bethought himself of the photograph gallery where they had been taken, and traveled down there to see If he could not have some struck. The gal- lery had been cleaning out its stock, and a large pile of old plates had been put out on the sidewalk, over which a number of street gamins were squabbling and fighting. As Mr. Bowles came along he stopped to watch the fun, and, approach- ing one of the boys, looked over his shoul- der and saw a plate in his hana which had “M. A. Kennedy” written on it. “Give me that plate, boy,” he sald, as he stretched out his hand toward the ur- chin. The boy turned, and, mistaking Bowles for a policeman, was so paralyzed with fright that the plate dropped from his nerveless hand and was shattered on the pavement. It was the only plate in the city, and Mr. Bowles returned from his errand fully persuaded that he was ;he victim of the hardest kind of a hoo- 0o. 00000 BORN AT SEA—M. K., City. A child born at sea is a native of the country, the flag of which is flown by the ship on which the child was born. It does not make any difference in which waters it is at the time. It is the flag, not the water, that governs. THE ALABAMA—H. F., City. The Confederate cruiser Alabama was & wood- en vessel. She was first known as the 29). She engaged the Kearsarge In com- bat fust outside the harbor of Cherbourg, France, on the 19th of June, 1864, and was sunk by the United States vessel. ONE OF 1834—B. K. F., Alameda, Cal. If you have a $ gold piece of 1834 with the motto “E Pluribus Unum” on the reverse, dealers will pay from $6 to $7 for the same. according to condition. If it is without the motto it does not command a premium. If you wish to buy one with ‘““,l{;““‘" you will have to pay from §£12 to $18. ST. GOTHARD TUNNEL—J. E. C., Mil- brae, Cal. The St. Gothard tunnel in Europe is nine and one-quarter miles in length, is twenty-six and one-half feet wide and eighteen feet ten inches from floor to crown of arch. It was commenced in October, 1872, and was completed in February, 1880. The first railway train passed through it early in 1881 PLACER MINING—A. 8., Presidio, Cal. There is at this time placer mining in California in Calaveras, -Placer, Trinity, Siskiyou and Shasta counties, but this department - is unable to advise you “which would be the best for two men to locate in.”” If you will call at the office of the California Mining Bureau you can obtain a copy of the latest report, which will give you considerable information about placer mining in this State. LIFTING LOG—DIGGING DITCH-S., Santa Cruz, and Mec., City. It is a fixed rule of this department not to answer roblems in arithmetic. If the answer be 'urnished in one instance answers would have to be furnished to every question of that character and soon every schoolboy and girl would flood the department with g‘roblems they would like to have solved. or that reason the questions asked are not answered. Finest eyeglasses, specs, 15¢ up, 33 4th.* ———— Choice present Eastern friends, Tow: send’s Cal. Glace Fruits 50c b Jap bskts. ————e—————— Special iaformation supplied dally to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042, * ———— Paul’'s Inks, non-spillable and non-evap- orating, small bottles, 10c; quarts, 60c. Paul's Mucilage, small bottles, 15 bottles, 75c. Once used always used Sanborn, Vail & Co., sole agents for the Pacific Coast. L4 - ON PROSPERITY'S HIGH ROAD. During February the United States ex- ported 15,500,000 mofe than in the same month last year, and imported $5,000,600 worth less. He who sells more than twice as much as he buys is on the high road to prosperity.—Philadelphia Record. —_————— “BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES ~ inall Bronchial Affections. A remedy. Avold imitations give relie! % and safe THE best appetizer and g tive organs 18 ANGOSTURA SITEEEs, prepa by DE. T. G. B. SIEGERT & S0 —_—— VERY PECULIAR. Bome of the crimina If the jury is mot @ the members are sccus &mper considerati s out for a 1 charged with coerc wyers are pecu- ng en\“;!“ ot giving \e evidence. It R the judge is it.—New York Sun. e ————————————————————————————————— ADVERTISEMENTS. s s rlp SRR ROYAL is the only Baking Powder that will keep fresh and of full strength in theclimate of the Yukon, ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.