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

6 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1898. t, the evolu- mfl THE CHINESE TRADE. THE CATTLE QUARANTINE: | J0%/0%060(00t 0 KRN R R 2 A2 X A2 UK KRR KRR NT | HE00, 1O80Ree §3° wiich the. Spanish, rule in the new world she ST : cal end. Finality c £‘ MERICAN energy and enterprise have long OVERNOR SADLER of Nevada has taken | % B okt o K s ot the undertaking. — : been comparatively indifferent to China. We an utterly indefensible position on the cattle g SHE SUPERINTENDS A LINE 0F RAlLWAY' g i shout be: ""fi‘;egsfiigx‘s :;flma!g(; WEDNESDAY....... St +..e...APRIL 6, 1898 | have sought to expand our trade with Europe, quarantine. He has announced that he Will DET- | 15 1 1 1 1 15 10 108 X 06 0 10 106 0 106 308 06 200 0K 6 16 10 30 306 0% 06 0% 1 106 10 36 3 K¢ X X6 335¢ | through all this worry, S“SPE;::{:;M one OHI Propri with South America and with Australia, but we | mit no cattle from California to be taken into Nevada ‘ gggul?iml;l:eakm(‘liev\l;:bl\eextc?sf or next year % JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. have made only few and hali-contemptuous efforts to { and has reiterated the declaration even after being | or in ten years, and leave us to TOD e s | our martial preparations and go U Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F- Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS..........2IT to 921 Stevenson Street Telephone Maln 1574, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) s served by carrlers In this city and surrounding towns for I5 cents a week. By mall $6 per year; per montb 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL.. OAKLAND OFFICE...... NEW YORK OFFICE..... DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE Riggs House C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE ... ...Marquette Bullding C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. One year, by mall, $1.50 BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open until 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 6I5 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open until 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street. corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 I n street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh strest, open untli 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. ————————————————————————————— AMUSEMENTS. Baldwin—“A Gay Decetver.” Columbia—“Shore Acres " Calfornia Jdy o New York." Alcazar—Jane " “Hands Across the Sea.” *The Bohemian Girl” —Vaudevill The Zoo, Vaudeville and Caniac’s Leopards. Eddy streets—Specialues. land—Races to-3ay. THE LAW AND THE RETAILERS. T appears that the decision rendered by Superior l]udgcs Wallace, D and Cook on Friday last in which it was declared that principals are not responsible for the criminal acts of their agents in selling and delivering adulterated food products is about to bring the entire pure food crusade to an un- timely conclusion. ials of the Health De- partment are very much discouraged over the out- look and it is reported that they are seriously con- templating the dismissal of a number of food spectors and other employes whose services will not be required unless the prosecutions for selling adul- terated food can be continued. Health Officer O'Brien regards the law as laid down by these Judges as extremely bad, and he adds that he would not be surprised if the milkmen were to now takeadvantage of the situation and resist pros- ecutions on the ground that their drivers sell and de- liver the watered milk and not themselves. Yet we do not see how the court co have taken a different view of the law. Certainly the contention that a principal is responsible for the voluntary criminal acts of his agent is entir ew and novel. As we understand i purpose of attempt- mg to e e the st the retailers of adul- to make it so disagree- uld abandon the business. led that they are not »d merchandise which they ngs know to be impure, of hod of warfare must be abandoned. er serve the purpose of frightening re- nor will the Health Department officials be in arresting any more dealers under in- terated food products wa L able for them that they w Now that the court res bonsible for se cannot in the na course t It will no I ture tailers, Jut it is still possible to make it sultry for the rers of adulterated food products. energy of the Health Department should be directed g those who place such products upon the market. If sanded sugar, wooden hams and pine nutmegs are shipped here from th= East it ought to be possible to inspect them upon their ar- rival and prevent their distribution among the re- tailers. We do not think, upon the whole, that the health offi should sit down and give up the fight. [hey are engaged in a business which is of prime im- portance to the community, and if they cannot reach | the dealers in impure food they can, to some extent, disturb the nefarious trade of the manufacturers. e ) It must be said in favor of the wife-murderer, Hill, who is scheduled to be hanged to-day, that he has since his condemnation deported himself in a decent and courageous fashion, has not viewed his crime as | an evidence of heroism, has not posed nor pleaded the baby act. While it would be neither possible nor seemly t6 entertain a high regard for him, it can be truly said that he is no Durrant. Yet for all Hill has.proved himself to be considerable of a man, clemency in his case would have had a bad effect. If sympathy were allowed to set aside the law there might as well be no law. There is considerable unnecessary fuss being made over young Pullman because he happened to marry the woman he chose to marry. As a matter of fact other men, some of them fully as important as this young chap, have done the same thing. Whether or not the choice be wise concerns them, and comes so near being nobody else’s business that the subject is elmost too delicate for discussion. Minister Bernabe may be obliged to quit the coun- try before long, but he will leave behind the impres- sion that he has conducted himself as a gentleman, in which particular his case will afford a violent con- trast to that of the late De Lome. Several new plans have been presented for securing peace in Cuba. They leave out of consideration the " fact that the United States owns the skeleton of a battle-ship in Havana harbor, and therefore they will not be considered. Gentlemen who have been engaged in outlining the President’s message would have been wise to have got together. Somehow the outlines seem to be those of about as many different messages as there are gentlemen in the business. According to a certain Spaniard, “America is mad with pride.” Possibly so. But even in the present heat of debate it must be remembered that America has something to be proud of, wherein it has a dis- tinct advantage of Spain. The rumor that Schofield is to be put in command over Miles could probably be traced to a lunatic asylum if it were worth while to take the trouble of tracing it anywhere. The substance of the Cleveland letter to Hearst seems to have been about this: “What do you take me for?” It was complete, final and emphatic. SECE D AR Americans may be hastening out of Cuba just now, but there is a probability that some of the same na- tion will soon be hastening back again, and not by askine anvbody's permission. " assevsebl 908 Broadway | Room 188, World Bulilding | the | All the | build up a trade with Asia. When we have thought of the Mongolian at all we have thought of him only whose presence was a nuisance. It has hardly oc- curred to us that in China there is a vast market for every form of American goods and that it is the greatest field for commercial expansion the earth affords. Long ago Seward declared that in the course of time the United States would have a larger trade with | Asia than with Europe. The prophecy was mocked at. It was considered to be on a par with Seward’s other prediction that Alaska would some day be a valuable portion of our territory. The day of the mocking is now over. Alaska is recognized as an im- | portant country, and there is a growing recognition | of the fact that the Chinese trade is also something which has golden possibilities in it for men of energy and enterprise. Great Britain, Germany and Russia are not making demonstrations along the Chinese coast merely for the purpose of territorial expansion. Neither of the three would care very much for an addition of a few millions of Chinese to the number of their people or a few thousand square miles of land to the extent of their dominions. Their interest in the Chinese ports is the trade they expect to carry on there, and certainly it must be a very large trade indeed that leads three great powers to the very verge of war to obtain it. Our natural interests in China are greater than those of either of the three powers that are talking of | dividing the empire. It is from the United States that the Chinese, now rapidly advancing in civiliza- tion, should obtain the produce of civilized men. Our natural advantages, however, will avail us but little unless our Government puts us in a position to make use of them. Against the subsidized ships of Europe our unpro- tected mercantile marine cannot compete, nor can in- dividual effort make head against the efforts of mighty Governments like those now struggling for the Chinese market. It is time that attention was given to this subject at Washington. Pro*ection and promotion to American shipping have long been | promised, and should be given now before the Chi- nese market is wholly captured by European aggres- sion. | | EASTERN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. HE results of the municipal elections in Ohio Tand Michigan show that the comparative strength of the two great parties has about re- turned to its normal equilibdum in local affairs. | Democracy has in the cities of those States recov- | ered to some extent from the crushing defeat of | Bryanism and has been able to hold its own. The successes of one party in certain cities were about off- set by those of the opposing organizations in others, and the only notable triumph of the whole was the Republican victory in Cleveland, which showed a gain of 1000 votes, an increase which is far from com- mon in strictly municipal contests. The results of the elections of course afford no | basis for estimating the comparative strength of the parties on national issues. Municipal elections in these days are party contests in hardly more than name only. The old ties which bound voters in strict discipline to vote their party ticket for Justice | ! of the Peace or Common Councilman with as much regularity as for Congressman or President have been Broken or loosened in every direction. All| that can be learned, therefore, from the results in the two States is that Republicans cannot count on | maintaining in their local elections the splendid ma- | jorities of the tidal wave year of 1806. That lesson is worth the learning. Democracy, though divided, discomfited and demoralized on na- tional issues and having neither a platiorm nor a ieader to harmonize its factions, is still a strong and vigorous opposition party in local affairs. It must be reckoned with in every county or municipal contest, and, as the result has shown in a considerable num- | ber of cities in Ohio and Michigan, the reckoning is }apt to be disastrous to Republicans who are either | indifferent to local issues or are so over confident as | to venture upon “yellow dog” tickets. i Slight as were the elections of Monday, therefore, | they are not without their value to the Republicans | of California. The Call has repeatedly urged the | party leaders to begin at once the work of organizing the rank and file into clubs or otherwise so as to | have the party ready for decisive action as soon as | the campaign opens. There is no reason for believ- | ing that popular sentiment in California is widely | different from that which has just been disclosed in { Ohio and Michigan, and that being so it is evident | that if the Republicans of this State desire to hold % the strength gained in 1896 and carry it further so as ! to retire the silver men and free traders from Con- gress, they must make ready for a vigorous campaign | and organize without delay. There is little reason to fear that Hoff, the most { recently convicted murderer, will appeal to the Su- % preme Court. In the first place he must be impressed | by the fact that he is guilty and that everybody knows it, and in the second place an appeal costs money, and lawyers as a rule do not perform labor | for love. —_—— * Of Rey. C. A. Briggs, who has attained much 1notori:1y by being charged variously with heresy, | and who has just vaulted from one church into an- | other, it is said that he is a man who does not for- | get his enemies. We therefore draw the inference | that he has a long list of people whom it will now be his duty and pleasure to love. | —_— | While the populace of Havana shows a tendency | to shout, “Death to Americans!” there seems to be | an ignoring of the fact that Spain has no monopoly { of the death-dealing business. Really the Kaiser has no reason to be angry be- | cause somebody has dubbed him “Alarm Fritz.” Let him possess his soul in patience until he shall have i been called a “false alarm.” | It took Congress some time to grasp the notion that the blowing up of the Maine was not an act of | neighborly kindness, but it seems to have a firm grip | of the idea now. | So it seems that the torpedo fleet is not where Spain said it was. Evidently as a source of information a Spanish official is no more reliable than a yellow cor- respondent. Hayti and San Domingo have agreed to remain neutral. 'Tis well. Now let us have a definite state- ment as to the attitnde of Goat Island. as a coolie, whose custom was worth nothing and | assured that it is not desired on the part of Califor- nians to send to that State any cattle likely to infect the herds of Nevada. The Governor has informed him that “the cattle whose owners are now seeking to have them ad- mitted to the northern part of this State and into Nevada and the adjoining territories are in no wise inflicted with disease nor in any wise liable to con- taminate or infect other * herds with which they mingle.” For his further information it was added that “the present quarantine in California was or- dered upon information that the disease existed in some parts of the State. Pending investigation as to exact localities the line was placed very far north | of the suspected districts to be sure to include them | all.” The Secretary of Agriculture was equally explicit in his assurances of a careful watch over the interests of Nevada. He informed Governor Sadler that “this department will issue no permits allowing infected cattle to enter your State. Inspectors report the dis- tricts free from infection souyth of the recent Cali- fornia quarantine line. Permits may be granted from such uninfected districts by inspectors, but only after other inspections to guard against infection.” In conclusion he added, “Assure your cattlemen that they will be fully protected.” After these assurances the attitude of persistent re- These assurances have been sent to Governor Sad- | ler by both Governor Budd and Secretary Wilson. | ISS ANNA MITCHENER, of New Philadelphia, O., is the only fe- male superintendent of a railroad in the world. She manages for her father, Major C. E. Mitch- ener, owner of the line, the Tus- | carowas Electric Road, running between Canal miles. During a recent bad storm of wind and snow the road was blockaded, and it was thought that all traffic would be brought to a standstill for a few days at least. Dover and Unionville, thirteen | But those who speculated in this wise were not counting on the energetic young woman, who was closely watching the af- fairs of her father's railroad. Miss Mitchener bundled herself up in an fusal taken by Governor Sadler is mor. like obstin- acy than firmness. It is his duty, of course, to guard the interests of his constituents, but after he has had ample guarantees from official sources that these in- terests will not be endangered in any way by the proposed shipment of cattle from this State, his op- position becomes pot so much a protection to Ne- vada as an antagonism to California. The issue is one that cannot be lightly passed by. Over wide areas of the State the cattle industry has | been seriously injured by the drought, and unless | pastures in other sections or other States can be | found many thousands of valuable cattle are likely to | die of starvation or thirst. Under these circum- stances the cattle quarantine becomes a matter of the greatest importance, and a grave injustice will | be done to cattlemen whose herds are not infected if;l they are made to suffer because of a mere unfounded | suspicion against them. It will be noted that Governor Budd states that the quarantine line was drawn far north of the districts where diseased cattle were suspected to exist and was designed solely for safety pending an investigation, | while Secretary Wilson states that inspectors report | the districts free from infection south of the quaran- | tine line. On this official showing it would seem to | be time to have the quarantine line changed. It is| an offensive law that gives nearly all California cattle | a bad name because a few are diseased. @ NEEDLESS PROTEST. Y reason, we suppose, of the repeated bids of | Blhe British for an alliance with the United States, and the favorable comment with which | these friendly expressions have been received by a | portion of the American press, some naturalized citizens of this country have thought it worth while to hold a mass-meeting in Chicago to protest against an alliance between the United States and any foreign power whatever. The protest was needless. Our Government has no intention of even considering such an alliance, | and our people, whether naturalized or native born, | have no sentiment in favor of one. It has been the" traditional policy of the United States to follow the | counsel of Washington and to avoid entangling al- liances, and if there had been ever a temptation to | do otherwise it would now be set aside by reason o(E the danger which such an entanglement would in- | volve. With all Europe taxed to the verge of ruin | to maintain armies and navies made necessary by the incessant menace of war, an alliance with any Euro- pean power is about the last thing an American ad- ministration would think of undertaking. Moreover, it is doubtful if there are half a dozen intelligent men in Great Britain who seriously sup- | pose that such a bond of union with this country could be accomplished at this time. Alliances, to be effective, must be based upon mutual interest of | some kind, and at present no such common interest1 exists between our people and the British. We have, indeed, a strong desire on both sides for the con- tinuance of trade and the peaceful development of industry, but that desire, being general among all nations, cannot be made the basis of a special al- liance between two. At present the mission of the American people is | the upbuilding of our own country and the protection of this hemisphere from foreign aggression. The | mission of the British people is quite different. | Theirs is a world-wide struggle and is carried on in every quarter of the globe. We have no concern in her quarrels nor her empire. If the supremacy of | the seas is ever wrested from her we may claim it | and set up as her successor in empire. When that timg comes we shall have foreign foes and may need | foreign friends, but at present we are neutrals. Mass- | meetings to protest against foreign alliances may be amusing, but they are not needed even for that pur- pose, and when the people of Chicago, whether natur- alized or native born, wish something to shout over and spout over they had better hunt a liver subject. —— The man who goes around pretending to inspect gas meters and really robbing the householders | whose premises he invades proves not to have any | connection with the companies. It is therefore plain that he has no right to steal. i o The gentleman who intends to start in a balloon for the Klondike cannot be viewed as having accom- plished much until he shall arrive there. Anybody with the price of a balloon can start. AUTHORITIES DIFFER. General Forsythe declares that war with Spain, if it should come, might last from fifteen months to two vears. A distinguished Senator has estimated that it might last fifteen minutes. The former esti- mate was based on military experience and knowl- edge of the situation; the latter presumably upon a knowledge of what' constitutes rhetorical effect.— Philadelphia Record. ROSE FROM THE RANKS. in our navy in case of war, is the son of a day la- borer and won his own way to the foremost ranks He does not depend upon ancestry for his distinction —he 18, in fact, himself an ancestor.—Minneapolis Tribune. e ————— A CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCH, The Omaha Exposition has made arrangements | geles, 18 at the Palace with his wife. oc The clerk at| 30000000 O one of the prom- o inent down town o A CURIOUS o hotels was en- Q) OLD gaged In check- © CHARACTER. © ing up the regis- o G ter the other Captain Sampson, who will have a high command | outfit that was a good imitation of a Klondike miner’s, and sallied forth to the fray. She first employed all the idle men and teams in the city and the country surrounding, and then personally directed their attention to the mountalins of snow, which completely buried the line from view. She remained on duty from dawn until dusk, and she presented an inspir- ing sight to the army of workers under her direction, as she made her way from point to point over the drifts superintend- ing the removal of the snow piles. Before nightfall some of the cars were out an the line and running between the two towns, although necessarily the reg- ular schedule was not adhered to, and Miss Mitchener was being complimented on all sides for the energy she displayed in the undertaking. Since taking charge | of the road the young woman has won | the good will of all of her employes, which in itself speaks volumes. | “From the very beginning I have been | with the road,” she said recently. “In September of 1861, when the road was formally opened, I took my place in the office, doing almost all the clerical work, | and assisted generally as best I could. | At that time I had no intention of tak-j ing up the work seriously—it was a mere | diversion. But.as the days went by I| became more and more interested, until | last November, when my father told me that he had been called West to be gone | a number of months, and wanted me to | take charge of the road during his ab-| sence. I have not regretted my accept- | ance in the least, for I find it very pleas- | ant occupation, and if I cared for a life | work would certainly make it such. I have had no trouble at all with my work. | I have always been treated with the ut- | most respect and deference by the men in my employ, and others with whom I| have come in contact, finding them al- ways ready to accede to my wishes in| every regard. Of course, at times com- | plications have arisen which have called | for quick thought and quicker action, but at such times I bave always been suc- | cessful in finding the right way out. My duties are such that I am in the open | air a large part of the time, and, in con- | sequence, I have gained materially in health since November.” COLLECTED IN THE CORRIDORS. A. Anderson of Suisun is staying at the | California. | 8. U. Wible, a banker of Bakersfleld, is | at the Lick. H. P. Stabber of Yuba City is a guest at the Lick. Sam Rucker, the San Jose politician, is at the Palace. D. A. Madeira is registered at the Grand from Noyo, Cal. / Dr. A. Lukins of New York Is a guest at the Occidental. State Controller E. P. Colgan guest at the Lick. A. N. Butts is at the Occidental from his home in Angels. A. P. Johnson of San Jose arrived at the Baldwin yesterday. George T. Lorigan of New York Is reg- {stered at the California. E. A. Hochwalt of Dayton, Ohlo, staying at the California. F. H. Buckley-Johnson of London, Eng- land, is a guest at the Palace. A. P. Catlin, ex-Superior Judge of Sae- | ramento, is a guest at the Lick. R. H. Porter, a banker of Denver, ar- rived at the Palace last evening. Felix Cramer, the big piano manufac- turer of New York, Is at the Grand. W. W. Mather, superintendent of the Plumbago mine, is at the Occidental. L. A. Apple, a big fruit shipper of Los Angeles, is a guest at the California. R. J. Northam, a rancher of Los An- iIs =a is W. J. Hunsaker, an attorney of Los| Angeles, is staying at the Occidental. Willam Dunning, U. 8. N., attached to the Monterey, is registered at the Palace. Toney Everett of New York arrived here yesterday and went to the Califor- nia. 00000000O0Q gyening when a rather sad looking old gentleman came in and, after bidding the clerk good evening In a voice that was a sort of a cross between a sigh and a groan, helped himself to a toothpick and, leaning against the counter, became absorbed in the contemplation of the opposite wall. The clerk looked at him for a few mo- ments and then said; “What's new, Mr. X7?' “This evening—'" replied he of the toothpick, without the shadow of a smile. “What?' sald the clerk. “This even- ing—" replied the sorrowful lpoking in- dividual. “Oh, I see,” said the clerk, “very good. You're a warm josher.” “Why not?” said the sad one. “I'm next to a register.” “I don’t see the connec- tion,” replied the clerk. “It's under the floor,” answered the stranger. “Say, old man, you can't make a monkey out of me,” sald the clerk, as his temper com- menced .to rise. “That has already been accomplished by an all-wise Providence whose ways are inscrutable,” concluded the old gentleman, as he took another toothpick and drifted out before the now thoroughly angry clerk could think of somethink crushing enough to say. The old man is quite a wit and used to keep a bookstore, in front of which was a blackboard on which, every morn- ing, was a different sign telling in a truthful and witty manner what was to be had within. For instance, the passer- | field, Ohio. | morning on the continuation of their trip. | sketches of city life, for private circula- tion, that are excellent studies of what San Francisco is to-day. Among the late arrivals at the Occi- dental are W. A. Hall and wife of Spring- Mr. and Mrs. John 8. Lyle and Miss Newcomb of New York are registered at the Palace. A. L. Mohler, president of the Oregon Short Line, is registered at the Palace | from Portland. Martin S. White of New York and B. | Parker of London, are two of yesterday's | arrivals at the Palace. Railroad Commissioner H. M. La Rue is at the Occidental, where he arrived last night from Sacramento. | Earl H. Dagget, Sheriff of Tulare Coun- | ty, is at the Lick, where he arrived yes- | terday from Bakersfield, F. M. Rust, an insurance man of Chi- cago, and H. H. Blood, an attorney of Nevada, are both at the Grand. A. E. Paillard, the largest manufac- turer of musical instruments in the coun- try, is at the Palace from New York. F. A. Hihn, a hotel man of Santa Cruz and Dr. M. D. Smith of Middlebury, Vt. are two of yesterday's arrivals at th Grand. B. 8. Church, Charles H. Cook and P.| P. Bertholst are three expert mining men | from Bald Mountain, Nevada, who ar- | rived at the Palace last night on business connected with the Klondike. | John Foster Fraser, F. H. Lowe and S. E. Lamn, the three young English news- | paper men who are circling the globe on ! their wheels, and who arrived here some | time ago, left the Grand Hbtel yesterday | | | | | | | | They will go from here to New York, where they will take the steamer for their homes in England. | CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, April 5.—F. W. Quanz of| San Francisco is at the Imperial, Thomas L. Robson of Los Angeles is at the Astor | House. | DOESN'T LIKE THE CHARTER. Editor San Francisco Call—Sir: Al- though a great national crisis is and probably will engage our attention for some time, we should nevertheless devote a small share of our thoughts to a matter very close to our doors, especially now | when it appears in print before our gaze | every morning. I refer to what is sup-| posed to be a new charter for the city and county of San Francisco, but which, | if properly designated, might as well be | named a lot of stuff got together at the | taxpayers' expense for the perpetuation of the Mayoralty. Under that instrument | (which by the way will not see the light | of another day after election) the first | (lucky) born (according to street vernacu- lar) would not do a thing but perpetuate himself and all of his coterie in position or office for life, and then leave it to his| next of kin as an heirloom. I am sur- prised—no, we may as well expect almost | anything in future, when the men we voted for (thereby losing at least hour’s valuable time of every voter) to create a new charter, and this is the re- sult. Talk about Buckleyism, Crimmins and Kelly, Burns and all of our other gal- lant golmclanl; why, they had better go to school and learn to do politics accord- ing to the inventors of this new charter, or rather learn from its creators. Talk about raw work; I have never seen its equal; but does it not appear as though this was created as a sort of nightmare joke? Surely it was never seriously in- tended to be elected or voted chosen by any one with the exception perhaps of the creators thereof. J. H. GOLDMEYER, Green street. San Francisco, April 5. e by would be told The Yellow Aster went to seed While Dodo was out of sight, And the Heavenly Twins went to — On Ships That Pass in the Night. Some time ago he closed up his busi- to have a Chinese drama played during the exposi- tion season. It is thought that at least fvo acts of it can be given.— 'Times-Herald. s ness, since which time he has amused | himself by reading and writing little | at Bull Run as to turn back now. We e WE CANNOT TURN BACK. Spain must quit this continent. That is manifest destiny, and e hour has struck. There is no stopping place short of the abeolute independence of Cuba. ‘There is no peace short of that. It would have been as easy to end the war of the revolution at Bunker Hill or the civil war one | the loss again. v spense and the worry, suspense temporized and Time and again we have postponed. We were within & measur- able distance of war with Spain In T and again in 1575, We had a *Cul Rl'} war panic” in 18%, and McKinley’s £q emn words of warning last December brought the ultimate necessity of inter- vention and possible hostile action clears Iy_Into view. The ‘‘war_scare” O will end the series.—New York Times. THE WARRIOR OF THE Q. M. D. Back in the days of Sixty-one his automatic tongue In sharp demands for bloody war with energy was swung; He ached to amble to the front, a deadly gun in hand, And_ with the !D;ml.n‘l ruddy, gore baptize the Southern lan: 3 And when at last the summons came for men to do and die o He found his stack of courage chips was quite a number shy, But well he played his warlike hand—he had a pull, you see— And got a proud position mqmo M. D. All through the long and bloody war he stood right at his post. And dealt out clothi . battling host, 4 And though the roar of cannon from a dis- tance smote his ear, - His actions demonstrated that he never feit a ng and supplies unto the ear. He was a sinew of the war, a powerful one, too, 3 For it he gave not grub to them what could the eoldlers d And_thus he bat fideiity Right at his post 8¢ honor in the i %led for the cause with trus D. And when the bloody war was o'er back to Cpo‘xshf‘f"c]gmfifiu?ar;'brow the laurel wreath And sinet in every great parade he Dressed’in the finest uniform and on the tall- est_horse. is on | Upon_him every eye is bent with bright ad- miring glance As with the gleaming spurs he makes his charger snort and pranc ‘While in the rear the ys Sherman to the sea Keep step and guy the h!roqo! the M. :hc marched with D. Now once again his eager ears engulf sounds of war, And once again his fearless volce is crying out for gore, And once again he'd raise his arm with cour- age tried and true And dish up coffee, beans and things unto ths boys in blue. Amid the commissary stores, by patriot valor the swaved, He'd slice up bacon for the boys with trusty, gleaming blade, For that is war enough for him, just fits him toa T, 3 This non-blood-spilling wlra‘.or of the eI D. Denver Post. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. McKINLEY'S RELIGION—H. H. H., Clty? President McKinley is a Methodist. A DAY IN JULY—J. W. M., North Temescal, Cal. The 2th of July, 185, fell on Tuesday. NEW ORLEANS COIN—H. C., Evans- ville, Ind. A dime coined in New Orle: in 1894 does not command a premium, ZANGWILL—Reader, San Jose, Cal., A letter addressed to Zangwill, author of “The Master,” care of Harper Bros., New York city, will reach the author named. CODLIN MOTH—T. B. C., Hopland, Cal. The Government of the United States has not offered a reward for the discovery of a remedy for the ravages of the codlin moth. THE RULES—G., City. It was not thir- teen, but fifteen rules that King James laid down for the translators of the Bible, These are to be found in “The History of the English Bible,” by Rev. W. F. Moul- ton, M.A., D.D. RUBBER - TIRES—O. 8., Oakland, Cal. ‘Terrah Hooley's address is Birmingham, England. He does not control all the rub- ber tires of the world, but he does control all those made in England and Is at the head of what is known as “the Dunlop Syndicate.” ¥ VOCAL CORDS-B. A. R., City. This department Is not aware that “orofes- sional singers have some cord or some- thing to that effect cut in the throat in order to improve the voice.” Youdvrobn- bly have heard of cords of the hand being cut to enable piano players to span a cer- taln number of keys and have got the two mixed. DEPOSIT ON GAS—An Old Subscriber, City. If you will look at The Call of Saturday, March 12, fourteenth page, you will see a reproduction of a letter sent | out by the gas company and you can then compare that with the statement mada to you at the office and determine for your- self if you were told the truth. Solid cream Easter eggs, 5c. Townsend® —_———— Cream Klondikers, 10c. . Townsend's. —_———— For Easter noveities try Townsend's. * e 0 A choice present, Townsend's California Glace Fruits, 50c 1b, in fire-etched boxes, * —_——————— Special i:formation supplied dally to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Monge gomery street. 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Hotel del Corona- do, late of Htl Colorado, Glenwood Spes, Colo. The sudden changes of climate en- countered by soldiers when troops are moved from one quarter of the world to another are estimated as increasing the annual mortality of Europe by 50, 000 men. THE U. S. GOVERNMENT REPORT SHOWS R ’ l Baking Powder ! TO BE PURER AND STRONGER THAN ANY OTHER