The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 9, 1898, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1898. TJOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE Market and Third Sts., S. F Telephone Main 1SGS. ROOMS..... 217 to 22! Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874, | EDITORIAL THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carrlers In this city and surrounding towns | for 15 cents a week. By mall $6 per year; per month | 65 rents. | THE WEEKLY CALL B OAKLAND OFFICE NEW YORK OFFICE DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE .........Riggs House | C. €. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. One year, by mall, $1.50 SRty 908 Broadway | Room 188, World Building | Marquette Building | BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay. open until 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 until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open until 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open until 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. ¥ Daceiver. Acres " iands Across the Sea.” Tivolt d The Sailor. 's Leopards. posiaities Sherm: 1, Wednesday after- noon. April 3. Central Park—Baseball to<lay. B 4 ,every Sundav, Coursing—Ingieside By K avenue and PRISONERS IN THE A@ARCTIC ICE. the whalers im- rctic could fail to be y, told with simple yet to present this morn- n who ussioned by these ca a mes- t he undertook a journey in- he brought news of impor- ause estigatio N Its way o such journey as was ever before un- ey Was ever com- he reached the civiliza- tic vely striven were sur- eroism, ported h his sole object was ned t he was e bore not what a gratification to ascer- 1 correct Tilton's attitude at he declared it to that new factor idea that his gree affected by of their Gov- however, have g in concert and our in th hat way for them to their address in the interests e way they would go te func and took good g that would have required plomatic nothing in reply. | entertained the v the concerted action in Iy have found them- g as they e contest between Greece t have come to us tion, powers seriously ssia is on the side of the princip while Austria Queen-Regent n house. In the mean- crown on support it is a Princess of the Austri time Great Britain, for many reasons, is decidedly sympathetic with the United States just now, and i.x- would be a very sure thin 1at she would not agree to any programme that would antagonize this country in the least. i Fortunately the affair in its considerable importance. The European concert has made its display and performed its function on the stage with just enough pomp and action to show that it till alive. In the future fhe precedent now set may lead to some more vigorous efforts of the kind. There may be an actual attempt the part of Furope to interfere in American affairs. It will then ! Be seen whether it would be possible to ally all Furope against us and whether we would be checked | on our course even if such an alliance should be| formed. l If the gentleman who says he found $18.000,000 oa! an island can produce the coin later to suhshntine! his story, the Klondike mining business might as well i drop out of the competition, True, there is gold in | the Kiondike, but the most ardent searcher aiter it | does zot expect to shovel it up ready minted cause tk not one of any is on | stituted preparation for war with resulting disaster | tage the country had been excited into war six or | entirely without preparation. i THE PRESIDENT'S COURSE. HE great issues of war and peace are too grave Tconcerns to be treated from a partisan or a per- sonal standpoint. They affect the national honor and the welfare of the whole people. In modern times no war has been either made or avoided by a nation without criticism, usually unjust, of those in authority, who sce and know all sides of every.contingency. France was convulsed with the war spirit in 1870, and her Emperor had the choice of domestic revolution or*martial enterprise abroad. Choosing the latter, he plunged into it without pre- paration and fate unrolled the record of disaster from the first skirmish to Sedan and the decheance. Greece wanted war, and forced the Government to it with an army that had nothing to fight with but the historic glories of Marathon, Salamis and Lepanto. History is full of instances in which zeal has sub- and humiliation. | In current history these incidents are in course | I for the purpose of partisan advan- of repetition. three months age the enterprise would have embarked | Yet some papers and some politicians were urgent for immediate war. If| they had had their way the opening would have been | disastrous. Of course, in the long run, the country would have equipped its army and navy and closed the struggle in honor and victory, but the expen- diture of life and treasure would have been doubled. Then the minority politicians, who are using patriot- ism as a campaign stalking horse, would have made | the welkin ring with accusation against the Prcsi-i dent for disaster they had caused by their unfeeling | prostitution of popular loyalty. During the Civil War President Lincoln had to | stand the bitter blame of every disaster, and yet | nearly every move that failed was hotly urged by the | very classes that abused and derided him when fol- lowing their demands brought defeat. President McKinley is no tyro in statesmanship or war. His patriotism and courage were put to a test that was not tried by most of the men who profess to see something covert and cowardly in his patient | preparation to avoid the worst by being ready for it. He followed and fought for the flag in many an action and won his promotion before he reached his majority. In considering strategy and preparation he is equipped with a full experience in practical war. He knows that battles are not won by perfervid oratory, that powder is needed and not periods, rams not rhetoric, and he knows that the beginning of ire is in underestimate of the enemy. Spain is | poor and in decadence, but when even such a nation goes to war it is to fight, and no other, no matter | how great its inherent strength, can go out to meet it unprepared In the last eight weeks we have put our strength on land and sea in equipment for military use. We have money, men and ships; we have guns and pow- der, an organized commissary, transportation in order and stand at attentian, ready for what is to come. Ii now diplomacy force Spain to see herself as she is, and she remove our cause for reprisal, this country will have a valuable experience, and in future nouth-valiant warrior will set his buccal squad- and invoke Mars to windy war in vain if the country feel either lack of cause or need | i | i | | of preparation. The eyes oi the people are on the men who will attempt to gain partisan advantage out of such a serious issue as slaughter, for if war come they will be the first to hamper and impede the President, and, as their kind have done before, keep a fire in the rear | more galling than that in front. | It is for Congress to declare war and for the Presi- | dent to wage it. He knows his responsibility and has prepared for it. No point has been lost while the torrid Ho s have found it difficult to restrain their desire to see somebody else fi The President is a soldier and knows his duty and will do it. He should not fail, however, to give due weight to the public impatience which has followed the an- cement that military preparations are complete. thereby deprive the political minority of the chance to make capital and embarrass him by even temporarily alienating the public eonfidence in his | course. In such a struggle as seems imminent the President must not permit any shadows between him | and the people, for the parti position in Con- | gress will make of them subs if pretentious statement can do it. Since the speech by Lentz of | Ohio it is evident that the minority intend to satis! the patriotic expectations of the people by voting | war budgets and make party capital by criticizing the | expenditure of the money. With a substantial frank- | ness of relation established between the President and | the people these misplaced manifestations of par- | tisanship will excite only disgust, for the people never | patiently endure the effort of politicians to turn battle-shed blood into office-secking advantage. THE CASE OF LIEUTENANT ADAMS. | O state the matter concisely, Lieutenant Adam: has been drunk again. As an individual his bibulous tendency might be of no general im- portance, but as a portion of the navy on a jag Adams | invites attention. The country has a right to demand | that the men who sail its ships shall be sober. Just at a time when the country seems on the verge of war | and any man or officer may be called to instant duty | there can be no excuse for keeping dipsomaniacs on i the roster. | But a short time ago Adams was tried for intoxi i cation. The court-martial found that the charge was | true, but it also found a technicality by which it could; protect the accused from any penalty, and it did so. | For this the tribunal was severely arraigned by the | Secretary of the Navy. The intimation was strong | that it had been wrongfully lenient toward an oL: fender deserving of punishment. It might have been | supposed that this narrow escape would have been a lesson to Adams, but hardly had he been restored to | duty before he got drunk again, gloriously full, and | was taken in disgrace to his quarters. Now if the court-martial whitewash him once more it will be | arraigned not only by disgusted officials, but by the | people at large. The personnel of the navy is up to a high standard. Citizens who pay for the navy, who pay for the train- | ing of its men, would have it kept so. They have a pride in it and a confidence which cannot be safely abused. In the capacity of a private person Adams would have peculiar facilities for indulging in his amusement of painting his environment, with nothing to interiere save the police. He should seize the op- portunity and resign. Failing to resign, he should be dismissed. There is in use at the penitentjary of Colorado what the Warden terms a “spanking chair.” The person occupying it gets automatically paddled, and with great rest, There is a fecling among the ultra-war- like that the Warden ought to lend the contrivance to the Speaker of the House, | tensive use about 188s. | uted to the poor qua! | intendent did persuade the Super | compelled to go to worl l crimes and then getting ex THE ISSUE IN SAN JOSE. HE municipal campaign in San Jose virtually closes this evening. The great mass of citizens have taken their stand on one side or the other, and are lined up for the contest on election day. About all that can be advanced in the way of argu- ment has been set forth, and such voters as are still in doubt which cause to support at the polls are either persons of vacillating mind, whose actions are always determined by the latest influence brought to ‘bear upon them, or else persons who are habitually indifferent to public affairs and vote capriciously as the impulse directs when the time comes. A canvass of the citizens justifies the belief that the victory at the polls will be gained by the advocates of good government, even if all the vacillating and indifferent crowd should be herded by the boss and his gang between now and the election. Nevertheless, it is gratifying to note that the progressive and honest element of the people do not intend to take chances. They have warned the people against the machinations of the ring machine and put them on guard against | the slanders and lies that are pretty sure to be issued by the unscrupulous foe with which they have to deal. These warnings cannot fail to counteract to some extent the base methods resorted to by the gang candidates and their supporters, and the election morning canards will be less potent in determining votes than the boss expects. This address of warning issued by the Charter Club at its last mecting was a natural and necessary out- come of the campaign itself. In all political contests there is more or less of misrepresentation, falseness and calumny, against which the public has to -be put on guard in the interests of honorable men. In the San Jose campaign, however, that form of at- tack has been carried to a degree of lying almost be- vond precedent. An element of personal malice has been infused into the attacks made upon nearly all the candidates of the Charter Club, anc the lies cir-' culated about them have had all the poison that mean- ness and malignity can instill into the slander that un- scrupulous cunning invents and shameless mendacity utters. Eliminating the lies of the gang from consideration, the issue presented to the voters of San Jose in this clection is in the fullest sense a question of honest government and all the prosperity it implies against dishonest ring rule and all the plunder, waste and municipal stagnation that go with it. THE ACCEPTED STREETS. \V prising announcement that the Board of Super- visors has at last completed arrangements for the repair of the streetsand crossings of this city which E are enabled this morning to make the sur- | during the past thirteen years have been paved with bituminous rock. At a meeting of the Street Com- mittee on Thursday it was resolved to advertise for proposals with this end in view. The specifications submitted require the contractor within three months after the award to place all bituminous streets in per- fect order, and to thereaiter keep them in that con- dition. Upon forty-eight hours’ notice every break must be repaired. This movement is quite startling, for the reason that the Supervisors for over ten years have appar- ently assumed that bituminous rock pavements were going to last forever. The material came into ex- In that year several blocks were laid on Golden Gate avenue. Some of them immediately wore out; that is to say, no sooner had the contractors laid them than they cultivated a dis- position to generate “chuck” holes. This was attrib- y of the bitumen used, and orders were passed by the Supervisors boycotting the product of the offending depos But no one ever suggested that measures should be taken to keep other blocks of the material in re- pair. We believe that one over-zealous Street Super- sors that the city ought to have its own steam kettle and roller, but in purchasing the machines somebody blundered and got them so large it was found impossible to operate them. As we recall the incident, the roller was too heavy to be moved by the delicate muscles of the sensitive gentlemen who are employed by the Street Department to repair accepted streets. At the present time there are in the city over 13,000,000 square feet of bituminous rock pavement, | all of which is in a more or less bad state of repair. Especially on the downtown streets the material has shown its inability to sustain heavy traffic without constant attention. Although it is a nineteenth cen- tury marvel that for upward of thirteen years the Su- pervisors should have leit the bituminous streets of the city to care for themselves, the announcement that a repairing contract is about to be awarded comes, as we have said, in the nature of a surprise. The fact that the city’s business is always managed with marked imbecility is not the only ground for amazement. Heretofore repairing has been done by a force employed by the Superintendent of Streets. Of course this means that no repairing has been done t all. A public contract will displace these politi- cians. How it has been brought about, therefore, is a mystery. We perceive in this chapter of municipal history two or three remarkable things. First, there is a reversal of the policy of letting the accepted streets go to the devil: second, there is a covert attempt to interfere with the leisure of the politicians employed by the Street Department, some of whom will now be third—and more surpris- ing than all—somebody is going to try to keep the accepted streets in repai We are scarcely able to comprehend 1ll this. We fear there is a job be- hind it. ) The proposition to have crazy criminals confined in a penitentiary building will not be approved of by the sane lunatics who make a specialty of committing cused on the plea of being peculiar. Where is the virtue of pleading insanity and then having to go to jail aiter all? Detailed accounts of the plans by which the ships of the navy are to be distributed in case of war lack in a measure the evidences of authenticity. As2 rule along. The Spanish Consul at Key West is said to con- template placing himself under the protection of the British Consul there. Such precaution will not be necessary. The residents of Florida have the honor to be civilized. A supposition that upon arrival in this country Lee would have something startling to tell grows weaker. It has even reached such a stage of incredibility that the New York Journal accepts and publishes it as 2 fact. Cranks are becuming thick at Washington, but hap- pily few of them are in public life. COLLECTED IN . THE CORRIDORS. J. B Grand. J. F. Moser, U. 8. N,, s a guest at the Occidental. R. J. Langford of San Jose is a guest at the Lick. L. Hartman of Washington, D. C., is a guest at the California. H. and M. de Barry of Antwerp are registered at the Palace. ‘W. P. Rice of Boston Is at the Palace with his wife and family. Dr. H. B. Lathrop of Malaga registered at the Grand yesterday. Supreme Judge Bartch of Salt Lake is in the city on a pleasure trip. George F. Ditzler of Biggs, Butte Coun- ty, is registered at the Grand. E. H. Cox, a well-known banker of Ma- dera, is stopping at the Palace. J. Field, a well-known banker of Monterey, is registered at the Palace. R. T. Devlin and W. F. George, both of Sacramento, are registered at the Grand. George R. Stewart, a prominent stock- man of Crows Landing, is stopping at the Grand. | Edward de la Cuesta, Supervisor of | Santa Barbara County, is staying at th Grand. United States Immigration Commis- | sioner Roberts of Philadelphia is visiting | friends in this city. | Harry Montefiore Goldberg, son of Ja- | cob Goluoerg, starts Saturday for a year's | travel and study in Europe. 1 Murphy of Stockton is at the Mr. and Mrs. F. Fitch of Stockton and C. F. Chandler of Boston are among last | night's arrivals at the California. 0000000000 o oEVEN HEAVEN o SEEMS A gentleman wished to have the fence around | his garden paint- ed the other day, O AGAINST HIM. © 5o he employed o X an artist of the 0ooo0oo00000 sort whose work is judged by its extent rather than by its artistic qualities, and telling him to go | ahead ard paint as his taste suggasted left the man of pots and brushes o work | his will while the owner of the property | started for the races. On his way to In- gleside he-met a beggar with a blue pate: | over his eve and gave, as he thought, a nickel. Later on he discovered it was a | five-dollar piece. Arriving at the track, | he bought a ticket of admission from a | fellow with a black and blue eye, and te- | ceived among his change a bad quarter. | He started down the line picking to win | five losers out of six races, and in the| sixth race he only played a horse to show; the dog was left at the post. Ev- ery one of the jockeys on the entire six horses wore blue colors. He left the track, and, after taking &in- ner down town, tried to retrieve himselr | at poker. He bought three stacks of blues in quick succession, and got rid of | them with even greater rapidity than he| acquired them. Then he went home and went to bed after a day’s sport that had cost him exactly $30 75. In the merning when he awoke and looked out of his win- | dow the first thing that met his eve was | his fence, clothed from pillar to post in | a bright new coat of light blue paint. The shock was something terrible, but| he has succeeded in recovering suffi-| ciently to promise a sensational murder when the artist presents his bill for col- lection. In the meantime he looks at the sky through smoked glasses. o [} -0 ° oo | | | E. H. Fontecilla, a weli-known journal- of Stockton, was a gus of Wells v at the Press Club yesterday. | Mr. and Mrs. Fred Beckwith and daugh- | ter of Cleveland, O., who are here on a | pleasure trip, registered at the California. | Captain of Police Robinson has been | granted a two weeks' leave of absence, during which he will visit relatives in| the East. | R. W. Richardson of Omaha, special| commissioner of the Trans-Mississippi In- | dustrial Exposition, arrived at the Palace | last night. | J. A. Munro, traffic manager of the| TUnion Pacific Railway at Omaha, re tered at the Occidental upon his arrival | yesterday. | R. A. Eady, a capitalist of Missoula, | Mont.,, and F. .. Orcutt, | a large fruit| man of Sacramento, are both guests at the Palace. F. Marion Crawford,” the well-known novelist, has returned from the south, where he has been delivering lectures, and is now staying at the Palace. J.C.Kemp Van Ee,whois the represent- ative of a large English mining syndicate, s at the Palace, where he arrived last| night from London. He may go to the Kilondike in’ the late spring. State Senator W. F. Prisk is at the Oc- cidental, where he arrived yesterday from Grass Valley. Senator Prisk is-a member of the committee appointed by | the last Legislature to investigate public institutions nad report to the Governor when the next Legislature convenes. He | is down here to meet the other members | of the comniittee, who will come to-| gether to-morow and proceed southward, | investigating the Whittier Reform School and other public institutions in the south- ern part of the State. i —_—————— | CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, April $—Dr. James W. Henry of San Francisco is ot the Wal-| dorf-Astoria. Mr. and Mrs. Banks, Mr. | and Mrs. Hunt and Miss Helen Lindley of Sacramento have gone to Paris. BATTLE OF THE BOOKS. ‘ your paper recently | under caption of “The Battle of the Books,” you say: “As a matter of fact the better part of all teaching co: the teacher and not from book: | 1s true, but 1 think there has been a ten- | dency of late years to carry the prlnclmei Editor Call: In | objects of the teacher. | great his capacity for imparting know! | 2dge directly from himself, he can give | express the situation and the sen too far. Too much importance has been laid upon the question of how much mere learning a pupil will acquire in school. It is true that a pupil will léarn more from a good teacher than from the best of books, and the knowledge of this fact tends to lead educators to attach too much impor- tance to the teacher as a source of in- struction independent of books, or at least to underestimate the value of books. If the true purpose of teaching were merely to cram the mind with knowledge, then that system that would impart the most knowledge in a given time would seem to be the best. But the gaining ofl knowledge is not the sole object. Of at least equal importance is the development of mental powers and the formation of good habits. The pupil cannot be a pupil always; cannot always have the help of a teacher. He should be taught to rely upon himself, to stand alone. When he leaves the school room his work is not done; he is only just entering upon the actual business and duty of life. He does not learn in.school all that he should learn, however excellent his teachers and their system. To succeed in life, to ac- complish anything of value, he must be progressive, must continue to learn; and he must do this without either the spur or the aid of a teacher. To this end his course of instruction.and training in school should be such as would not make him dependent upon his teachers. He should be taught to learn vynhout their aid. He shouild have de- Veloped in him a love for learning that hould cause him to desire it for its own | ake and his own good, and should have habits of industry and thoroughness and a feeling of self-reliance that would lead | him to active and_ persevering work on | his own account. His school should not be regarded as a place where his work is | completed, but as an apprenticeship in | v;|mm he learns to use the best tools in | l\_e best way for the work of his lifetime. No man ever accomplished anything or | ;‘nnelfil(m;;% to anything whose' improve- | eve v school Tife. opment ended with his Of 2ll means of improvement at com- mand the most valuable are books. These are storehouses of all knowledge, upon | | all subjects, always within our reach and | always at our service. Pupils in school should be taught to use them and be taught how to use them to the best ad- | vantage. This should be one of the main No matter how his pupils no instruction of equal value to that which teaches them to make the best use of books. The pupil who leaves school with a love for books, trained to | make the best use of them, and with the courage, industry and perseverance to dig | nto them and lay hold of their treasures has an education that is immenseiy valu able. which will lead him coniinually farther and higher in the ways of life; but, without this, no matter how high his standing in this, his acquirements are destitute of life and wvigor, temporary, | and of comparatively little value. He lacks the vitality essential to progress | and growth. One cannot stand still after leaving school; he must either grow or dwindie. The pupil at the beginning must of | necessity depend upon the teacher. As ke advances he should become more and more independent of Support. books, especially in the higher grades should contain substantially all that is required at the time to learn, and in such form that it can be learned from the hooks themselves. And, while it is true that there no royal road to learni yet the books should, as far as practic- | able, present their subjects in a clear ana attractive manner, so that the student should be led to regard books not as conundrums or task masters, but as friends and helpers. The teacher should guide and encourage e pupil, not so much with a view to giving the informa- His text- self application, ance, so that in the end the pupil may be perseverance and reli- As a re- t able and willing to walk alone. sult pupils, on leaving school, large a knowledge e be crammed into them, butthey 1d have strength, character and hab- | its of thought and action of infinitely more value. H."GOODCELL. | Oakiand IN THE NAME OF THE DEAD. To any one who looks about and listens, | says a Washington special, it becomes ap- | parent that the casus belli is shifting— | has, indeed, broken almost entirely from | its ancient moorings of a holy, humane{ and samaritan war. We do not hear a great deal now of the reconcentrado and his wrongs. There is not so much lofty humanity as there used to be in the war discourse. In a way, these lines seem to iment | as these now lie: | 1t 1s false, and we know it, but blandly pre | tending. | We move in a line that is never direct, | And tell of starvation and dream of its ending. | And ask that our motives Do man shall sus- e siy that our war must be noble and foly, | Nor rising from ire of our Own asainst Spain. | Go u-ll‘n our hearts it's revenge, and that | salely, We fight in the name of the dead of the | Maine. 1 Our pity is moved by the stories rehearsing ‘ The rule of the Spaniard, its rapine and | Wro; And warfare, persing 'rnel vultures who glut and who tarry — long: | Ah, yes, we are human; it fires us and grieves | us To think on their pain; But when we say our fight is for them, who | be! B | we say, 1s our means of dis-| the poor, starving wrecks in | eves us? It's_revenge we're seeking—revenge for the Maine. Make end of pretending. From seacoast to| prairie i The hearts of the free beat for *‘Cuba the | ree. But shall we be silent of dastards who bury | Our own loyal lads in the grave of the sea? This war is our war and its holiness never | Will seem to be shameful while stout hearts | remain | To pulse out their lives in an hamest endea: To pay off and cancel the debt of the Maine. —Chicago Regord. _———————— ALL TOGETHER. We ain't a-buntin’ trouble, But—bless you!—if it comes We'll answer to the roll call Of the i 1 ! ms Drums! Drums! { e won't be under weatner i At the pickin’ o' the plums;i { We'll answer all together ‘Alexander Goldenson was 14th of September, 1588, f Mamie Kelly. ON OF WAR—M. L., City. In the united States the power to declare de- Vi vested in Congress., and it may ?ll;;e‘sv::r despite the opposition of the President. City. hanged on the for the murder O McN., DECLARATI YERS—W. FESSIONAL BALLPLA’ A S.l.’rsitoockmn, Cal. A professional ball- lays for a salary or That answer Covers s asked. player is one who Pl for a money prize. all the other questio ns : THE RAILROAD HOUSE—G. W. R., City. If by your query you mean the nlfi Railroad House on Commercial street, near Front, then the answe r is that it was damaged by the earthquake of Octo- ber 21, 1865. A WAR PRIZE—S. A. M., City. If dur- ing a war a vessel of the United States navy should be captured l;ly lhi;‘:em’{l\l: 4 v: rize of the enemy. <Zhe vessel after a declaration of peace upless it was so stipulated in the treaty. ALPHA AND OMEGA—O. O. Y. 8, City. Alpha is the first letter 't')f the Greek alphabet, hence “the first. It is the sound of the is the last letter “the last. pronounced alf-a, with las[ha as in fa}—:hoygegah o of the same alphabet, henc Tt is_pronounced o-me-ga, With the o sounded as in o in move, € as is soundeZ e in ablegate and a as in far. DEFRAUDING AN INNKEEPER—A. S., Martinez, Cal. Any person Who ob- tains food or accommodation at an inn or boarding-house without paying there- for with intent to defraud the proprietor or manager thereof, or who obtains credit | at an inn or boarding-house by the usa of any false pretense, or who, having ob< tained credit or accommedation at an inn or boarding-house, absconds and surrep- titiously removes his baggage thererom without paying for his food o 2ccommos dation, is guilty of a misdemeanor. SLAVERY—G. W., Newville, Cal. I N. Casson in liss' Cyclopedia of Social Reform” says in the edition of 159 Tha principal centers from which slaves are now furnished to Egypt, Persia, Turkey and Arabia are three in number: (1) Tha Soudan, south of the Great Desert, seems to be as yet a vast hunting ground; 10.00 are annually marched to Fezzam. The number of slaves in Morocco is about 50,000. (2) The basin of the.Nile, extend« ing toward the Great Lakes. (3) Tha Portuguese possession on the East Afri- can coast. EXEMPT FROM ATTACHMENT—O. S., City. The law of the State of Califors nia says of various matters that are ex- empt from atiachment: “The earnings of the judgment debtor for his personal services rendered at any time within | thirty days next preceding the levy of ex- | ecution or atiachment, when it appears by the debtors’ affidavit, or otherwise, that such earnings are necessary for the use of his family residing in this State, supported in whole or in part by his la- bor, but where debts are incurred by any such person, or his wife or family, fof the common necessaries of life, .ne ones half of such earnings are, nevertheless, subject to exe n. garnishment or 2 tachment to satisfy d so incurred. 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