The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 2, 1898, Page 6

JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propristor. [COSSN Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Mariager. PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and ThirdSts., S. F. - Telephone Main 1868. 3 EDITORIAL ROOMS 217 to 291 Stevenson: Street Telep! Main 1874, : THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carrlers In this clty and surrounding towns for I5 cents a week. By mall $6 per year; per morith 65 cents. 2 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...... .--Riggs House C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. : BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open until 9:30 o'clock. 367 Hayes street, open until 8:30 o'clock. 621 McAlllster street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open untli 10 o'clock. 2991 Market street, corner Sixteenth, cpen until*9.o'clock. 2518 Misslon street, open until 9 o'clock.. |06 Eleventh street, open untll O o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. S AMUSE Baldwin—*A Gay Deceive Columbia—“A Naval Cade! Californla—*"A Jay in New York,” Sunday night: Algazar— The Mummy." Morosco's—“Ten Nights-In a Barroom.” Tiypli-— The Wid ow O'Brien.” Crpheum—Vaudeville. The Chutes—The Zoo, Vaudeville and Lion Hunt. Olympia, corner Mason and Eddy streets—Specialties. Emportum—Delorme’s - Sunlight ~Picture, - “ mterienr e. ENTS. de Coursing—Ingleside Coursing Park, this afternoon, Central Park—Baseball. Recreation Parik—Baseball. Pacific Coast Jockey Club, Ingiestde Track—Races togay. AUCTION SALES. By G. H, Umbsen--Monday, Apri} 4, Real Estats, at 14 Mont- gomery strect, 3t 12 0'Clock. THE EBBING OF THE TIDE. HAT travel toward Alaska is falling off.is ah Testabkished fact, and people are trying to ac- count for it. One reason given is the prospéc- tive war with Spain. It is far {from being acceptable; When a man becomes inoculated with the gold fever he is gt likely ‘to stay at'home for the purpose of. shouting for the old flag, nor:give up ‘tlie’ praspect of a fortune so as to be enabled to get:a slash fram an unfriendly machete. It iy not: difficult to under- stand, however, that the stories - of . death . along northern ftrails, of starvation and -frost, - and ‘the gloomy. reports of those who ‘vainly -spught to win glittering plenty there, nfight - easily-“tend to' check the' malady and at last clear the system entirely of the fever microbes. B — COMMISSIONERS "IN . LUNACY. ) Y reports from Sacramento it appears ‘that ithe State Commissioners in Luinacy; as a result.of their. consultation -in this city, ‘have decided upon a.series of economies in the asylums. o6f¢ the State which will result in saving, according to’.oné account, $14,000, and ‘according to anather $17,000, annually, A saving of such magnitude in State institutions voluntarily undertaken by the men who' have charge of them is something so unprecedented.that fo. prac- tical politicians it will seem like evidence that Com- missioners -in_Lunacy are ve luriatic Commissioners. on-the: surf; muich the: same as The- seeming, however,. s ce only. It appears from.the:details of the plan of economy proposed that as mirch cate hasi been taken of the big men in the ‘asylams and the Commissiotiers themselves: as the most: astute tix- eater could desire, and that the economies: areto be acconiplished solely at the expense -of -the men who receive. small salaries, and whose positions, being largely- under civil service regulations, aré not aviil- able for patronage. The reports state the Commissioners have agreed that ‘the’ medical superintendents and -assistant ‘phy- sicians, all of ‘whom ‘are now- receiving ‘good large salaries and -free board and lodging at the: asylams, are to get an increase of pay amounting: to $100. for each year's contintons service, and each of them ig | Mountain’ land el further allowed one ‘servant at $25 a month. Thus | far there is' no saving to the State, Something’ had to be done to make up for the increase of pay to the big men and for'the employmert of private servants at the expense of the commonwealth. The pruning- knife of cutting economy. was therefore dpplied to the wages of the subordinate officials, and: the thing was done. The Commissioriers in Lunacy have followed. the precedents. that- have - prevailed in- this world since ever man was first given power to pay Peter at the expense of Paul." The trick of showing gencro?iiy to one set of men by practicing economy on another is one of the ‘accomplishments of men in authority which was reduced to a fine art. generations ago: Nevertheless it has never become popular, A Lon. don fishwife when reproved for swearing at an. eel Call i forest land-being about 6,000,000 acres. {.pér cent is stocked with spruce and fir, which is har- ' THE PRESIDENT AND THE QRISIS. ! LL reports fram Washington lead to the con- f\. clusion that.the President has given ample { . assurances to the leaders of both houses that there will be no delay, hesitation or weakness -on the | part of the administration in dealing with the Cuban crisis. The President has sent his demand to Spain and has been waiting only for the answer. ; ‘That ‘these assurances have been of the most ex- | plicit and definite kind is made evident by the effect | they have had upon the majority in both houses of Congrcss. In the Senate the Committee on Foreign Affairs has decided to make no -report on thé war | resolutions - introditced during the week until Mon- fday. having determined to wait ‘absolutely on the | President’s wishes. In the House thé speeches of Thursday, taken in connection with the vote of the "preccaing day on the Bailey resolution, show con- | clusively that the Republicans of that body are in full accord with the administration and are confident that the message will be satisfactory to the party, the péople, the nation and- the civilized world. This confidence on the part of the members .of both houses, many of whom are in daily communi- | cation with ‘the President, is sufficient 'to give an equal confidence to the people at large. Mr. Gros- venor, who is almost a personal representative of the administration on the floor of the House, stated on Thursday: “Cuba will be free, and Cuba will be | free by the. intervention of the United States. I | wonld not give one cent for a declaration of inde- .‘,pendcncc unaccompanied . by a further declaration. | What nonsense it would be to declare the island of | Cuba independent and then let her starve to death! The thing to do in the case of -Cuba is to exhaust | alt that diplomacy can do to achieve her liberty and independence, and, failing in that, stop not at the half-way. house the gentleman from Texas (Mr. | Bailey) is-talking about, but declare her indepen- | dent and accompany the declaration with an a-my |.and a navy to make our declaration worth some-| [-thing.” | After that speech there can be little doubt of what | the event will bring forth. Either.we are to have a |'message announcing Spanish acceptance of our terms, or.a message calling upon Congress to pre- | pare for war. In either case Cuba will be free. While ‘all this is.in-itself gratifying to the people | and is satisfactory as far as it goes, there is still want- ing one -thing, and that 'is a clearer .expression of what is to be donein regard to Spanish responsibility | for the destruction :of the Maine. . The majority of | the American people have noted with indignation | that both -the. President and Congress have shown | an inclination to subordinate the - Maine disaster. to the Cuban crisis. That should not be done. The | war spirit of the American people was aroused not | | by the reports of suffering in Cuba, but by the blood | of the victims of the Maine and by the treachery | and cowardly cruelty that caused their deaths. For ['that crime the cry of justice and of patriotism is for | vengeance, and -whatever may be done for Cuba the | message of the President will fall short of fully sat- | isfying’ the country if ‘it neglects this demand of the | popular heart. | THE PROFITS OF FORESTRY. E have referred to. the need of proper admin- “ istration of the Federal forest reserves. It is‘f not : unlikely “ that in the future these re- serves may yield a revenue needed by the treasury in | | excess of.the cost of, their administration. An ex- { ample of this is furmished by the small kingdom of | Bavaria, with 5,000,000 people in an area only one- fourth that of California. .= The Bavarian forests cover 34 per cent of her area, and are owned one- third by- the kingdom, half by private. parties, and the rest by villages and - other corporations, the total Of this 46 [ vested at an average age of 120 years. Of pine there is 3jo per cent, mostly used for -firewood and har- | | vested at 80 years. The remainder -is ~ hardwood, | | mostly beech, harvested at 120 years,-and white oak | for tanbark; used at .25.years. The Forestér, to which we are indebted for these facts, notes the yield per acre. - Groves 100 years old | ciit 10,000 cubic feet per acre. The poor and rocky cubic feet. In the state forests the growth equals about sixty-one cubic feét per year, so-that they furnish an -annual | harvest of 120,000,000 cubic feet of timber and fire- wood.. The private forests, due to less exact care, grow at the rate of fifty-four cubic feet per acre per | year. | The effect of superior care of the state forests is | shown in the increase of annual growth. In 1829 the | cut was thirty-five cubic fcet of wood over five | inches. - In 1850 the cut was forty-four cubic feet, in | 1860 forty-eight, and in 1896 sixty cubic feet. In 1850 fully 84 per cerit of this cut was firewood, but: this inferior class was only 67 per cent in 1880, and the superior cut is steadily increasing. The net iricome ‘of the state forests in 1850 was only $1 per acre, but has increased to $1 02 per acre. This in- | come on the state’s forests of 2,091,030 acres amounts for squirming when she was skinning ‘it alive de- | NOW to nearly $4,000,000 annually over all expenses. fended herself by saying that as she had been skin| Of the cost.of administration only 10 cents per ning €els for twenty years it was time for them to | acre, or-8 per cent of the income, is required for re- get used to it and quit quirming. The eels, how- | Planting, while 50 per cent goes for supervision and ever, have never: got used-to'it. Neither has man- | 30 per cent for cutting and logging. kind got used to the ecoriomic plan: of skinning sub-| A steady supply of timber is furnished for hun- ordinates, which the Commissioners in' Lunacy have | dreds of mills and cheap firewood to all the people seenfit to follow. They are still squirming. A-few years ago Mr. Pullman tried the plan on an extensive scale at the town of Pulltran. In order to inaintm'n the large salaries paid to tlie heads of. de- partments -in ‘his business and at the same time save | enough'to enable him to give $100,000 to a church for the ‘worship_of the good God, he reduced the wages of every workingman in his employ. The re- sult was that memorable squirm ‘which. agitated the whole nation and led to' serious civil disturbance. It is .evident, ‘therefore,. that this method of prac- ticiug. econamy “is- mot acceptablz to. the ‘Amerjcan | peopte. - Californians will gladly .see a reduction of expenditiires in-the varions institutionis of the State, but they will not approve-a plan which provides big officials State and takes ‘thé eost:out of ‘the pockets of men who have been working for small wages- and -have neither servants nor perquisites, 5 4 oo s—— If the policemen accused of cowardice prove them- selves to be as brave as lions and retain their posi: tions, they owe it to the community at least to learn how to shoot.- As a sort -of preliminary practice they might go down to the beach, and, taking careful aim, see if they could not in time learn to hit the wide and smiling sea. 5 2 One day we hear ‘that the Kaiser is friendly to Spain, and the next that he intends pressing money claims against the country. In this uncertainty it is possible to escape being perturbed by reflecting that nobndy cares which story is true. ith private servants at-the expense of the | from these preserved forests. The net income at a 3 per cent rate makes the state forest property worth | $130,000,000, or $65 per acre, while the land without forest would not be worth $10 per acre. Measured by thid example we may estimate the | enormous mine of wealth there is in our American ‘forests. If they are properly preserved and cared for their area may be constantly increased, their crop be made permanent, and the supply of timber, lumber | and firewood made to increase every year to supply | the wants of a growing population. Unless we adopt this policy our forest area will annually diminish, the supply decrease as the need of it increases, and the date of the total disappearance of American for- ests can be definitely fixed According to a yellow paper McKinley will go “crashing down the ages.” There is no reason to be- lieve it. The good old fashion of thundering down has never been changed by legal enactment, and even | this fashion has not been generally followed. The | difficulty of either crashing or thundering, and keep- ing it up century after century, is apparent. New per- sons get born. Some of them grow up and develop a desire to thunder or crash themselves, and they won't let the bones of their ancestors get in the way of it. Some of the stories about clever robberies per- petrated in Skaguay by “Soapy” Smith should break the monotony by an additional chapter detailing the Iynching of that enterprising person. That “Soapy” iis engaged in robbery wherever he is may safely be taken for granted. I ‘'THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1898. . FOREIGN OBJECTIONS TO AMERICAN PRODUCE. ONSULAR reports issued by the State De- partment in the March volume contaim an un- @ |to American imports into fareign countries. The most notable of these come from Scotland and Germany and disclose not only a present antagonism to the importation of goods from this country, but a feeling that is likely to lead to further and more extensive objections hereafter. 5 ; e The opposition in Scotland is to imports -of American beef. Our Consul at Edin- | burgh reports that.at a recent meeting'of the directors, of the Scottish Chamber of Agriculture a resolution was adopted asking the Town ‘Council of the city to ‘meat brought from Glasgow. It appears that Scot- tish butchers and co-operative stores - can obtain American beef at 9 cents a pound, which is equally as good as the home beef for which they have to pay 12 cents. There is a great profit therefore for the dealer in | handling the American product, and the local farmer is in danger of losing his home market and’ with it his industry. | Itis to be noted that the canny Scots do not ask Parliament for protectidn by a tariff duty on im- ported beef, but seek it through the medium of | municipal regulations. The same plan is practiced in Germany to escape the competition not only of our meats, but of our fruits. Thus in this velume of reports there is a statement from Berlin that the American Embassador, Mr. White, obtained a modi- fication of the recent decree of the Imperial Council forbidding the importation of American fruit, and that by this modification all dried fruit had been re- leased from the restrictions of the decree. - This report is essentially the same as that given to the public by telegraph at the time the affair oc- curred. It appears, however, from the report of our. Consul at Stuttgart that a municipal regulation has been adopted in that city which forbids the sale 0‘. dried fruit which contains traces of zinc, and gives | notice that dried fruit of American origin has been !found to be especially marked with such traces. There are, it is evident, more ways than one by which European producers can get rid of American competition without involving their Governments in a tariff war, and it remains to be seen what our ‘C'vm‘cmmcnt can do in the way of retaliation to emedy the wrong. ————— * Already it is said to be dangerous for Americans in Havana. There are Spanish in the United States in large number, but no peril threatens them. There is a difference between civilization and the lack of it, which difference this circumstance illustrates. s In defending his daughter’s honor a citizen recently shot five times at the villain in the case and never touched him. If the necessity for. continuing the brave defense of honor continue, it would be a good idea for the father to arm himself with a club. st s It is strange that the gamblers of Sacramento per- mit the police to remain in the city. However, the i police do not seem to have enough of a pull to se- riously promote public morals or interfere with the game. —_— Registrar Biggy announces that he intends to run his office on business principles. Perhaps this is all right. But where has he found a precedent? To have a Congress on his hands is a mere nothing to Tom Reed. But that same Congress may tread on his corns before he is through with it. SA@N MATEO AND THE BOULEVARD. MENLO PARK, April 1, 1898 To the Editor of The Call—Sir: There has been circulated in the County of San Mateo an address purporting to be approved by a committee of.citi- zens of that county, formed to investigate a report made by the County Surveyor and this commission upon the proposition to issue $310,000 in bonds to construct certain highways in said county. As said circular Is so misleading and contains so many erroneous stafements we believe it our duty to the people of San Mateo County to answer same through the public press. Those members of this committee we have had the pleasure of meeting— namely, Henry W. Brown of Colma, who presided at our meeting at that place; George C. Ross of Bel- mont, who has written articles for the press of this county In favor of the bond issue; Alex Moore 014 Pescadero, who publicly stated at our meeting on the] 30th ult. that, having had the subject properly pre- sented to him, he was heartily in favor therecf and would immediately go among his neighbors and ad- vocate the proposition; Percy W. Selby, who invited us to the county and has been in accord -with the movement from its inception—all deny giving their approval to this report. Through information received from other sources we are informed that other members of this commit- tee do not apvorove the report signed by John T Doyle, C. R.- Splivalo and George H. Rice. We are informed that Mr. Rice did not sign the report, al- though his name is appended thereto. We desire to say that this committee has re- fused to meet the Department of Highways before making thelr report, although requested so to do by some members of said committee. In the circular referred to an estimate is made by the sub-commit- tee, Messrs, John T. Doyle, C. R. Splivalo and George H. Rice, giving their views by items upon the cost of constructing said highways, as follows: Cost of road per mile, eastern branch—2933 yards of broken rock dumped on road at $3, $3800. Coast road, mountain part—39,111 yards of exca- vation at 20 cents, $7822; 1760 yards broken rock, $5280; per mile, $13, Coast road, level part—1760 yards broken rock at $3, $5280; grading to receive same, $220; per mile, $5500. Twenty-eight miles at $8800, $246,400; 35 miles at $13,102, $458,570; -30 miles at $5500, $165,000; total of these itemns, $869,970. With regard to the cost of broken stone laid on the road on the “‘east branch” we desire to say that not one pound of it will cost more than $150 per cu- bic yard and much of it not more than 50 cents; that we can contract to have all of this rock brought from Folscm Prison rock-crusher to any point on the rail- road along the east branch for $171 per cubic yard. But this is not necessary, as San Mateo County will supply rock for this purpose at a much less cost. As to rock for the coast road this department does not propese in its revort to rock said road except where the material is easily obtainable. The most glaring, false statement in this report is in placing the cost of the moving of the earth at 20 cents ver cubic yard. There is very little of this country that cannot be plowed with a common road plow, and any contractor knows that material that can be plowed can be moved with scrapers. If the statement made In this circular is true, namely, that it will cost 20 cents to move the earth, then, according to all experience, four horses and one man will move not less than seventy cubic yards per day, which would mean $14 per day for a team, scraper and man. We leave our readers to infer the absurdity of the proposition. These gentiemen, who have constituted themselves civil engineers, had better make some estimates for earth work, for railroads or private parties, and gee how long the title of civil engineer will remain after their names. In justice to ourselves we desire to point to these glaring errors in order that the people may judge for themselves. We can -only infer that this report, as it is named, has been framed by a mind totally igno- usually large number of reports of opposition |° directed 3 méin]y ] take steps to check or regulate the sale -of foreign | - s queer - powders - the tremendous. point where expert: simply a case of “t heron. A man ha best and brightest SPECIAL FEATURES tures and the big scale o . That greatest mechanical genius of the century, 2 tributes a masterly article on “How to Succeed as an Inventor.” Read it if you want to learn of the great problems. he has grappled with, and how he delved through almost insurmountable obstacles till he fairly compelled suc- cess. - His story i a great lesson to thosé whose hearts fail them when it is These are enly a few IN ~ THE SUNDAY CALL. UPPOSE war should be ‘deciared next week. What about the men who will lead the- ‘American -army? What about. the men who will do the tramping and the fighting? . READ NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL And find out. Incidentally you will also learn something of the very d n The old duck-shooting powder was a very dangerous explosive to touch a match to. Read about the new powders that you can burn Hke punk, and yet their explosive effects are army ‘and navy usé nowadays. The telegraph brings you messages thousands of miles in a few short minutes, and the phonograh carries your voice as swiftly, but what dq you think of a new invention that will convey pictures as quickly? Fancy sitting in a theater in San Francisco and seeing a picture thrown on a screen that is a fac-simile of one.on exhibition in Paris at the same time. That is ex- actly what ,the inventor promises to-d0. s do not question his success. NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL. ry, try again.” Spain has played some ingenious tricks on the Americans during the gast half-dozen. decades, but-if you want to learn how some of her shrewd traders used the stars and stripes to earn tremendous profits in the slave business READ NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL. IN NEXT SUNDAY’'S CALL. s. just ‘réturned. from Central Read all about them IN NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL. news of the day, READ NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL. COLLECTED IN THE CORRIDORS. E. E. Gaddis of Woodland is at the Lick. 4 g E. Sickles of New York is a guest at the Palace. i Dr. C. A. Devlin -of Vallejo is a guest at the California. | Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Whitney ot Boston | are at the Palace. - Charles Maderia of New .York ‘is guest at the Grand. George T. Lorigan, an attorney of New York, is at the California. H. F. Sexton, a Montana cattle king, is registered at the California. H. W. Crabb, a vineyardist of Oakville, is registered at the Grand. W. E. Gerber, a banker of Sacramento, is registered at the Grand. James K. Clark, 2 mining man of Butte, Montana, is at the Palace. E. D. McCabe has come down from Sac- ramento and is at the Lick. E. B. Stope of Stockton is one of the late arrivals at the Occidental. Theo. and 8. F. Davis of Honolulu ar- rived at the Palace yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. J.-G. Woodworth of Port- land, Ore., are staying at the Palace. J. F. Casey and H. Rodgers, both of Boston, are staying at the Occidental. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heywood and daughter, of Gardner, Mass., are at the Palace. 1 H. C. Brown of Denver is at the Occi- | | dental. Mrs. Brown accompanies her husband. 00D00DO0OO0O0O0OO Because a man o ©O happens to be ¢ PREFERRED ¢ fond of soclrenlr it does _mnot follow 4 (elllsny $ that he must o HOME. O necessarily be a milk-sop. Many | o o 0000000000 pf the beaus who lead cotillions and play the exquisite at afternoon teas have been record-holders | in their college days and carry, under the soft texture of broadcloth and fine linen, muscles that would be the admi- ration of an audience at a prizefight. Many of these young fellows still keep up their interest in athletics, and some of them, who have the opportunity and means, maintain regular gymnasfums at their homes, which are often a source of greater pleasure to the host than to the visitor. > The other day a gentleman, who lives at a prominent down-town hotel, got into a Sutter-street car and there met the sister of a friend who has the reputation of be- ing one of the best and most enthusiastic | athletes ever turned out by a large east- | ern college which is noted for its devo- tion to all sorts of legitimate sport. The gentleman took a seat next to the young lady and, after a few preliminary re- marks, said: “How is Will gétting along with that gymnasium he was to construct in the house?’ “Oh, it is finished and he is simply delighted with it, but mamma and I don't like it at all. You see, it is in the cellar directly under the sitting room, and when Will takes his friends down there after dinner we can hear them strike against the brick wall and some- times we can even hear their groans. It is lots of fun for Will, but it is not so nice for us, particularly if we are enter- taining any one. It is not as bad as it was, however, because he don't seem to have as many friends come to dinner as he used to.” Later in the day the gentleman met William and was asked to come up and | dine that evening. Strange to say, he de- clined. H. H. Benedict of New York, accom- panied by his wife and daughter, is stay- ing at the Palace. i R. R. Hoge of Portland, Ore., and J. B. Peabody of Los Angeles are two of yes- rant of the subject, and should receive no credence -at the hands of the voters of San Mateo County. Very respectfully, MARSDEN MANSON, J. R. PRICE, ‘W. L. ASHE, Department of Highways Commissioners. terday's arrivals at the Grand. T. H. Wallace, the politician, and Dis- trict Attorney Frank A. Ryan are two prominent *“Sacramentonians” who reg- istered at the Grand yesterday. J. W. Bertello, Mrs. J. G. James, M. B. Newton and I D. Newton are a party | Monday | Pall Mall Magazine. of Philadelphians. who arrived in the city last night and went to the Occidental. Among those who arrived yesterday on the Zealandia and registered at the Occi- dental are C. du -Reve and James Steimer. The. latter gentleman is accompanied by his wife and family. A ‘large party of rallroad men, who have been attending the meeting of the Transcontinental Freight Bureau at Del Monte and San Jose, are at the Palace, where they arrived yesterday. S. T. Mushimarena, a Japanese ~mer- chant of Yokohama, and Way Kong, a Chinese’ merchant from Shanghai, are two Orientdls who came in on the Zea- landia. yesterday and went to the Palace. Rev. M. M. Gibson, whose pastorate has continued with the same congregation for thirty-one years and six months, has been granted - by his people a three months’ leave of absence.in which' to -rest. On next he, accompanied by his wife, will leave for Pittsburg. The following party of naval officers, who have been serving on the Baltimore | at Honolulu,arrived onsthe Zealandia yes- terday ‘én route for. Washingfon, where they have been ordered to report as quickly as possible: D. W. Wartsburgh, F. A. Kearney, C. P. Burt, Arthur Mc- Arthur, Charles M. Tozer and.IL- C. ‘Wellengel. They were registered at the Occidencal, but left for the East on last night's overland. 5 APRIL.. - | T come, like a hope to a gloomy breast, With' comforting smiles, and tears Of sympathy for the earth's urirest; And news that summer nears, : For the feet of the young year every day Patter and patter and patter away. I thrill the world with a strange delight; The birds sing out with a will, | And_ the herb-lorn lea is swift bedight With the cowslip and.daffodil; While the rain for an hour or two every day Patters and patters and patters away. 1 sing of love, and my strains console The wish of the wak'ning mind, And their echoes roll from soul to soul, And grow on my murmirous wind; And hearts with a true love every day Patter and patter a* * patter away. —BERNARD MALCOM RAMSAY in the April IT WAS NOT HYDRO_PHOBIA. KNIGHTS FERRY, Cal., Ma¥ch 2. To the Editor of The Call—Dear Sir: I wish to make the following statement in regard to the article on hydrophobia in California, which appeared in the Ex- aminer of the 20th: Willle Willls was never bitten by any dog at Knights Ferry, where he 'has resided nearly two years. Dr. F. P. Ciarke, to whom he was His experiments have reached the How he transmits tl}e pic- n which the work is being pushed is fully described in Thomas A. ..dison, con- of the goad things you will find in the columns. you want to get them in a bunch, all capitally illustrated, together with the Very recently an Easier_n sclentist proved that he could graft butterflies, beetles, bees and other -insects, and raise .hybrids that would startle Dame Nature herself. Living beétles with two bodies and butterflies with half a dozen wings were turned out by this: genius as fast as he could wax them to- gether. A California genius has.accomplished something just as wonderful in the vegetable line. He can grow you sweet potatoes at one end of a vine and sweet peas at the other. The other marvels he can accomplish in this line are told in detail Every one knows the value and beauty of the plumes of the egret and America .who has up a snug fortune hunting them. "Duck shooting, quail shooting or any other kind of bird shooting is gentle, cheerful work compared with egret shooting, according to his story, but the profits are great if you can capture the plumes. Then, again, the aQventures the hunter experiences in the semi-tropical coun- tries rival anything in the Klondike. laid If taken in Stockton, in consultation with two other prominent specialists of that city declared emphatically that there were no symptoms of hydrophobia. Dr. Clarke assured me it was but a form of hysteria, and that all the boy needed was rest and quiet. As to his present condi- tion, I quote from a letter of the 2ist inst., just received from_ T. W. Boalt, manager of Dr. Clarke’s hospital, where my brother has been for some six weeks: “Willie is quite well; is doing splendidly. The dector thinks you can without dan- ger remove him at any time. He appre- hends no further trouble.” I inclose also the statement of our local physician for further reference. 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