The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 23, 1898, Page 6

THE S FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 23, 1898 <l Che MONDAY.... Wall coe..MAY 23, 1808 | JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. s e e e T eraeee B Address Al Communications to W. S, LEAKE, Manager, _ PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market end Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS.. .2I7 to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carrlers In this city and surrounding towns for I5 cents a week. By mall $6 per year; per month 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL.... ..One yeer, by mall, $1.50 OAKLAND OFFICE... .....808 Broadway | NEW YORK OFFICE -Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE........... ....Riggs House C. €. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGC OFFICE.. ...Marquette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. 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 untll 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. | ig4l 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 untll 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open | untll 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. | e | AMUSEMENTS. Baldwin—Ysaye t0-morrow evening. Columbia—*A Secret Warrant” California—Hopkins Trans-Oceantc Star Spectalty Co. Alcazar—Yorick's Love Morosco's—Mrs. Partington and Her Son Ike.” Tiveli—"The Poster." Orpheum—Vaudeville. The Chutes—Zoo, Vaudeville, and “Visions of Art."* Olympia—Corner Mason and Eddy streeis, Speciaitles. Sutro Baths—Swimming, AUCTION SALES. By Bell & Co.—This day, May 23, Furniture, at 1125 Geary strreet, at 11 o'clocs. By D. A. Curtin—This day, May 25, Restaurant, at 109 Third | street, at3 o'clock. | COMMERCIAL CONDITIONS IMPROVING | TTENTION has already been called to the | fl curious fact that the country is disposed to | regard the war as an incident and to go along ! with business as if nothing out of the way were hap- | pening. The Eastern papers, too, are now comment- ing on this strange condition, which is an admirable | illustration of the complete confidence of the Ameri- | can people in their Government and their ability to cope with any power in the world. This confidence is said by the commercial agencies to be the base of the present fine condition of business throughout | the country. They tell us that “Western prosperity | has so greatly overbalanced the timidity of Eastern | capital that business is actually increasing; that rail- | road earnings promise better for May than they did | for April; that the nation’s bank clearings show a gain of 36 per cent over the same time last year, and | that the failures for the past week exhibit a decrease | of 34, being 211, against 245 for the corresponding | week in 1897. In addition, the immense balance of | trade already piled up in this country’s favor con- | stitutes an ment of strength, which in its effect on the money market cannot be exaggerated.” The Great West continues to lead in prosperity | and trade activity. It reports an unprecedented | marketing of breadstuffs, with fine backing in the form of good crop prospects, and also a sharp de- mand for rails, cars and car materials, boots and shoes, agricultural implements and textile goods. But the iron districts of the East and South are not far behind the West in this exhibit of prosperity. In spite of the enormous production, which is the great- | est ever known, the demand is so good that some descriptions have advanced slightly. The woolen | trade, too, has been stimulated by the war, and | numerous mills are being pushed to their fullest | capacity to supply Government orders. | Wall street has been rather slow of late, purely be- | cause the public have persisted in waiting for more | decisive war news before re-entering that market, which they so summarily abandoned at the outbreak of hostilities. It may be all right in the estimation of some great money powers, puffed up with an over- weening sense of their own importance, to say, “The public be d——d,” but when that same public with- draws from Wall street the professionals find them- selves with nothing to do but twiddle their thumbs and wait for that despised public to come back again and trade. A good victory of the American arms will send them ba enough. | California, too, is well up in front of the proces- sion, her dry year to the contrary notwithstanding. | During the past few days various markets have been | showing signs of increased activity. For some years The Call has pointed out that all transitions from trade dullness to activity have been preceded by a rise in provisions, accompanied by a pronounced increase in the demand for goods.” Thus, by watching the provison market, one may tell with reasonable definiteness how the commercial cat is going to jump. If hams, bacon and lard suddenly quiet down a gen- eral relaxation in trade throughout the country may be expected, and vice versa. Provisions, therefore, have become the barometer of business. In this con- nection it is interesting to note that during the past fortnight there has been a sudden boom in the three products mentioned above, and that following closely | upon the heels of this the markets for dried fruit, | hides and leather and numerous minor articles have | undergone a decided change for the better. Indeed, as far as the first named is concerned, local dealers calculate that if the present steady call for dried fruit keeps up a little longer there will be none left on the market by the time the new crop comes forward. They expect a fine dried fruit market this fall. The tendency in grain and feedstuffs has been downward during the past week, the decline in wheat being sharp and continuous, and the dependent grains falling in sympathy. Hay keeps up, though the new crop is arriving badly cured and wet, owing to the late rain, and has to go lower in consequence. The showers have materially improved the standing plant, and much that was intended for hay will now be al- lowed to grow for grain. This is especially true of the Sacramento Valley. Barring apricots, which are an admitted failure this year, the fruit crop bids fair to be ample, though the fruit in some districts will be small in size owing to the dry weather in the spring. Good large fruit will probably sell well this year. el Advices from Spain say the new Ministers ap- peared in full uniform. Their predecessors acted as though they, instead of their uniforms, were full. Perhaps the present Cabinet is a reform concern after all. There is only one thing to do with the San Jose policeman who declares that when the Maine got blown up it was rightly served. He should be given his passports, but no safe escort. , i AN EFFECTIVE WAR MEASURE. YMAN E. COOLEY, the well-known Chicago L engineer, who spent two months last winter in surveying the route of the proposed Nicaragua canal, has in a recent interview recalled to the pub- lic mind the importance of the canal to this country, not only as a commercial route in time of peace, but as a means of giving greater effectiveness to oun fleets in time of war. It is gratifying to have the subject treated from this point of view by one who speaks with the authority of an expert, and Mr. Cooley’s statement merits the consideration of the country and the particular attention of Congress. In pointing out the strategic value of the canal when completed Mr. Cooley said “by way of the Straits of Magellan steamers leaving New York are over 13,000 miles from San Francisco, and sailing vessels via Cape Horn 15,600 miles away. The canal would shorten one route 8267 miles and the other route 10,753 miles. A man-of-war sailing ten knots an hour, or 240 miles per day, would save in the one in- stance forty-four days and in the other thirty-four’ days’ time. Time in war is a factor of the highest potency. As a general rule the force which arrives first at the strategic point gains an advantage which is decisive of the result. The ability to transfer our fleets from the Atlantic to the Pacific through a canal across the isthmus while our opponents would have to make the long voyage around South America or through the Suez canal would render us virtual masters of the American side of the two oceans, and the enforcement | of the Monroe doctrine would then be an easy task, not only against any single power, but against any possible European coalition. As a means of making the best and fullest use of the advantage of the proposed canal Mr. Cooley says we could create a naval station at Lake Nicaragua sec- ond to none in the world, from which our ships could | pass for the protection of either of our coasts with a | rapidity that no other nation could rival. The posses- sion of such a point would give us an easy pre- eminence in commerce and in war, and we would be the supreme maritime power of the twentieth cen- tury. It is hardly likely that Congress will overlook con- siderations of this kind. The events of the war and the journey of the Oregon around South America to | join the Atlantic fleet are sufficient to impress the value of the canal upon the mind of even the most indifferent statesman. As The Call has pointed out some time ago, the needs of the Civil War led to the construction of a railway across the continent, and it is probable that this war will lead to the construction of the Nicaragua canal. Even if the cost amount to | $100,000,000 it will be cheap, because it will be in the first place a permanent war measure of use in all wars to come, and in the second place it will pay for itself commercially in times of peace IN @ MONTH AND A DAY. ONGRESS fixed the date of the outbreak of C hostilities on the part of Spain at April 21, and accordingly we have now been at war just a month and a day. In that time, despite the clamors of irresponsible critics and screaming yellow journals to the contrary, the nation has accomplished enough to justify the proud claim of its people to be the most vigorous and enterprising on earth. Within the month we have gathered our regular army from thirty different stations throughout the Union and have them now massed and ready for descent upon Spanish islands, both in the West In- dies and in the Orient. We have re-enforced them with over 100,000 volunteers, forming an army which has not only been mobilized, but actually called into being within that time. A month ago the men of the Volunteer Army were engaged in their ordinary pursuits of industry, having no thought of war, and now they are organized and ready not only for de- fensive purposes, but to carry aggressive war to the other side of the globe. The work accomplished in our naval armament has been as rapid and as remarkable as that in the en- largement and mobilization of the army. We have put all our naval vessels of every class on a war foot- ing, have purchased large merchant ships and fitted them for war purposes, have reorganized and strengthened our Atlantic squadron, blockaded Cuba, compelled Spain to send her last fleet to this side of the ocean and risk the whole war on the outcome of a single battle, and in the Orient we have by one de- cisive blow destroyed her fleet in the Philippines and rendered her powerless in any part of the Pacific. These are the accomplishments of the month of war which are visible to all eyes. Back of them, how- ever, is an enormous work not seen nor noted. This is the work which has been done in the way of pro- viding equipments for the new army and enlarged navy. That task has involved the activities of thou- sands, and the results of it, if they could be made known in all their extent and variety, would amply attest the tremendous energy and exhaustless initiative of the nation. In the face of these splendid achievements such as no other people on earth could accomplish’ the rail~ ing of the yellow journals and their tirade against the President are as senseless as the baying of the moon by yellow curs. We have raised a mighty army, have formed a powerful navy, have mastered the Philip- pines, have closed all the Spanish ports in the West Indies, have demonstrated the superiofity of our ships and our gunners, have our armies ready to occupy Cuba at the moment we please to launch them on the island, and are now seeking through all the Caribbean Sea for the phantom fleet of Spain. What other people on the globe could ever have achieved so much in a month and a day? O ——— ROAD WORK IN MARIN. U NDISMAYED by the legal complications aris- Folsom boulevard and unafi'cgted by the adverse vote in San Mateo County for any kind of road im- provement, the progressive element among the people jsm for the purpose of bringing about the construc- tion of better highways in that county. The pro- moters of the progressive movement have organized of road improvement against bad roads begins again in a new field and with a new set of combatants on both sides. started in Marin at this time is an evidence of the courage of the men who are promoting it. It is well known that in years when crops are bad the prevail- improvements. At such seasons the tendency of men is to become despondent. This tendency had much to do with the defeat of highway improvement in San vard proposition in that county, and it will require hard work on the part of progressive men to bring about a different result in Marin. ing from the vote in Sacramento County for the of Marin have entered upon a contest with silurian- a league for carrying on the work, and the struggle The very fact that such. a movement has been ing sentiment of the people is opposed to extensive Mateo. It was the dry winter that beat the boule- With the exception that it is somewhat handicapped by the conditions of the dry season, the movement is promising. Thus far, at any rate, it has been at- tended with good success. The recent meeting of progressive citizens called to consider the proposition packed the Town Hall of San Rafael to overflowing. A county league was organized to work in conjunc- tion with the State Good Roads League, and a num- ber of men of known energy and public spirit were found to accept the duty of undertaking the work and pushing it forward. Thus the new enterprise is well launched, and despite the difficulties that confront it there are sufficient grounds for entertaining bright hopes of its success. There ought to be no need of a campaign of educa- tion in Marin on the subject of good roads in gen- eral, nor should it need much argument to prove to her citizens that the construction of the proposed Tiburon boulevard will be of benefit to them all. Marin should show herself wiser than San Mateo on a proposition of this kind. If she provides better roads she will certainly become the choicer place of suburban residence for the wealth and culture of the metropolis. Tc_nergy in the performance of duty and seli- sacrificing devotion to the cause of America and the welfare of the brave men who uphold it in war, which have ever been characteristics of the genuine womanhood of the republic, have found a full and complete manifestation in the work undertaken and so nobly carried on by ladies of the Red Cross in this city. To them has been given unstintedly the thanks and the gratitude of the volunteers, for whom they have done so much, and to them in an even higher degree should be given the thanks of all San Fran- Cisco. It is difficult to see what we would have done with- out them in this emergency. They have lifted from our men the task of looking after the volunteers who bave mustered here for the invasion of the Philippines and have taken upon themselves all the arduous work of making for our young heroes every provision ne- THE RED CROSS. HOSE qualities of unselfish patriotism, tireless INTO LINE. cessity demands or patriotism suggests. The scope of their work has been as broad as the field of the emergency. They have overlooked no de- tail of duty, shirked no responsibility, nor shrunk from any labor required for the complete fulfiliment of the manifold wants of.the time and the occasion. They have not spared themselves in any way. From early morning until late at night they have worked with the ardor of patriotic zeal and have accomplished marvels in every department of thcir labor. For this work they have neither asked nor ex- pected any recompense other than that which a pa- triot woman derives from the consciousness of hav- ing well served the land she loves. Nor will they receive any other recompense. Men who distinguish themselves for public service of any kind have a re- ward in politics or in business from the popularity and esteem which such actions gain for them among the people. The women of the Red Cross have no political aspirations to serve, no business interests to advance. All that can be given them is honor and well merited praise. That much should be given through all the channels of public expression. One of the brightest chapters in the annals of our civic life will be that which records the deeds of these patriotic, self-sacrificing, noble women, and we should accord them due honor and cordial help now while the heavy task is still pressing upon them and not postpone it until the glow of the deed has gone and the deed itseli become a part of the his- tory of things past. GETTING S the time approaches for holding the State fl convention of Republican League clubs the activity of the various party organizations in- creases. Each club is animated by a desire to make a strong showin}; at a gathering where delegates from all parts of the State are to meet, and as a conse- quence effective work is being done to add to the number of the members and to rouse the ardor of both the veterans and the new recruits. To this extent the call for the convention has al- ready accomplished much good. It has started the party organizers to work and has brought into close relations with the preliminary discussions of the cam- paign a large number of Republicans who would otherwise have remained indifferent until election day is nearer and the contest has become exciting. These Republicans will aid in so directing the course of the party organizations that every step taken will be in accordance with the sentiments of the majority and not of a mere clique or faction. Such a result is to be desired by all well-wishers of the party, for in the contest before us it is important that not only the State convention, but 2all county conventions, shall thoroughly represent the rank and file of Repub- licanism, and that every nomination shall come from the voice of the party as a whole and not from pri- vate caucuses of a few bosses and their tools. In nearly all parts of the State the club activity is notable. Older members of the party who have gone through many campaigns have learned by experience the value of club organizations during closely con- tested conflicts, and young men, inspired by the ex- ample of their elders, are rapidly joining the ranks of such associations. Thanks to this work the party will be well prepared for the struggle with the fusion op- position. Nothing will be left to chance. There will be no over-confidence with its resulting indifference, but that wise confidence which srouses ardor and excites to vigorous work for the ticket and the prin- ciples of the party. Such Republicans as have not yet allied themselves with some club organization should do so and be prepared to exert their fullest influence .for sound money, protection and good nominations. 7 TURN @ABOUT IS FAIR PLAY. HEN a great strike imperiled the material in- w terests of the Southern Pacific the regular sol- diers were called out and the strike ended. For every mile these soldiers have been carried the company they rescued received full pay. Contempla- tion of this act was not pleasing. Yet it was the Gov- ernment and not the men who had to produce the money. Now the city is thronged with regular soldiers. When they ride on the street car lines of the South- ern Pacific they are asked for full fare. Uncle Sam does not pay the fare now. The soldiers have to reach into their own pockets for the necessary nickels. The presence of these soldiers is a stimulus to local travel. Daily many hundreds of citizens visit the camps of the men. To let the soldiers ride free would be a graceful concession on the part of the company. It would be an evidence of gratitude for service ren- dered and would add much to the comfort of the boys, for the promotion of which citizens of every class are striving. Indeed, it might be considered as standing in place of the considerable cash contribution which the corporation might reasonably be expected to give. | $100,000,000. COLLECTED. IN THE CORRIDORS George H. Murphy of Washington, D. C., is at the Occldental. E. Lang, a merchant of Portland, Or., is staylng at the Palace. F. D. Nicol, a Stockton attorney, will be at the Lick for a few days. Mrs. Alice Rice and daughter of Bakers- fleld are guests at the California. H. S. Allen, a mining man of Sonora, Is among the arrivals at the Grand. Célonel Van B. Lady, an army man from Omaha, Neb., is at the California. E. W. Knapp, well known in commer- cial circles in New York City, is at the Palace. Judge J. M. Mannon of Ukiah and Harry Postlehwaite of San Jose are at the Lick. D. H. Jackson, a mining man of Placer- ville, and John H. Geysellar of Bureka are stopping at the Grand. Colonel O. Summers of Portland and John C. Fisher, a theatrical man of San Diego, are staying at the Baldwin. | P. A. Buell, a Stockton lumber mer- | chant, and H. W. Crabb, a fruit-grower of Oakville, are among the arrivals at the Grand. L. Mebius, a prominent merchant of Sacramento, and F. T. Dulring, a busi- ness man of Sonoma, are registered at the Occidental. Willlam Van Slooten of New York, Grant G. Gape and H. T. Watson of Lon- don and Max G. Cahn of Cincinnati, O., are registered at the Palace. Mr. and Mrs. William P. Jones of Bos- ton, who have been residing at the Sand- wich Islands for a long period, are “em- porarily located at the Occidental. Arthur C. Johnson of the Denver Rocky Mountain News and Harry W. McCauley of the Denver Republican, who are with the Colorado volunteers, stopped at the Occidental preparatory to going to camp at the old Bay District track. J. H. Lee Holcomb, first lieutenant, U. S. N., who has been stationed at Phila- delphia, will leave on the City of Peking with the First Regiment of Volunteers in his offictal capacity. He has been stay- ing at the Palace since his arrival in this city. Hans J. Tauscher, the husband of Johanna Gadski, who is creating a furore with the Damrosch Opera Company of | New York, now filling an engagement at Covent Garden, is with the Ysaye party at the Baldwin. Herr Tauscher says that his wife will most likely visit San Fran- cisco before the end of the year. NEWS OF FOREIGN NAVIES. The Chilean battleship O'Higgins, bullt | at Elswick, passed through her final twen- | ty-four hours trial last month off the mouth of the Tyne, and should by this| time be on its way to Valparaiso. Don Carlos I, a protected cruiser of 4100 tons, built for Portugal, was launched at Elswick May 5. She is to have a speed of twenty-two knots under forced draught, and twenty knots under natural draught, and has a coal bunker capacity of 1000 tons. Ttaly has a good opportunity of keep- ing its navy up to date, for it has sold | several vessels to Spain and other coun- | tries as badly in need of ships as Italy | has been of cash. It is now proposed to | bulld three battleships of 13,000 tons em- | bodying all the latest improvements In warships. The British torpedo boat destroyer Hun- ter, while leaving Dover, collided with a | brig and returned to port to ascertain what damage had been sustained, and it was found that the stern had been bent to starboard, and that the forward com- partment was leaking. The damage was not considered serlous enough to delay her trip to Portsmouth dockyard, which distance—110 miles—she made in five and a half hours, a very creditable perform- ance under such unfavorable conditions. Furopean naval authorities have some doubts about the Russian naval estimated expenditures on the navy, and incline to the belief that the stated sum of $64,000,000 for shipbullding will actually reach nearer The ships at present under construction in Russia include seven bat- tleships, one armored cruiser, one coast defense vessel, four protected cruisers, three gunboats, seventeen torpedo boat destroyers and ten torpedo boats. The new programme covers three battleships of about 13,000 tons each, and twelve tor- pedo boat destroyers of the Lokol type, besides other vessels not yet made pub- lie. London papers allege that Spaln has leased a submarine vessel invented by Count Pozzo and built in France last year. It is described as a steel sphere of 9 feet 9 inches diameter, propelled by electricity at a speed of 8 to 9 knots an hour. She carries a supply of compressed alr sufficlent for three men in forty-eight hours. From the front of the vessel pro- trudes a strong grappling arm which is capable of severing anchor cables and connections of submarine mines. She can also lay mines and discharge them af- ter retiring to a safe distance. Further- more, this wonderful craft can be con- nected with the deck of a vessel and thus pilot a warship through mined waters. The probability is.strong that this for- midable prowler on the ocean bed exists only in the imagination of anactivebrain- ed writer of the Dan de Quille and Huil type. There is n® record in the scientific papers of this country of such an inven- tion, and the nearest approach to this submarine vessel are the boats of Peral in Spain, Goubet in France and the Hol- land boat in this country, none of which have as yet demonstrated thelr ability to do what their inventors claimed for these boats. A claim for a commission of $620,000 was instituted in London, April 27, by Henry Isaacs against Armstrong, Whit- worth & Co. of Elswick. Henry Isaacs had a contract with the Spanish Govern- ment by which he was to receive 5 per cent commission on the contracts for bat- tleships, gunboats, etc., to be bullt by the Armstrong Company, and also 5 per cent on the contract for the armamentof these vessels. Isaacs clalmed that he had per- formed his part of the agreement, and also that the Government of Spain was willing to pay, but that the Armstrong Company had prevented the contract be- ing entered Into on the terms arranged in the negotiations, and thereby deprived him of his commission. In fact, know- ing that the commission would be pay- able, they had purposely let the contract go off. Lords Justices Smith and Chitty dismissed the application with costs. The Armstrong Company were probably too shrewd business men to pay $640,000 cash for a $12,400,000 contract with a customer like Spain. Mr. Isaacs would have pock- eted his commission, but Armstrong's would have had a lot of warships and guns on their hands which they could not deliver, for the sentiment of the British Government has changed since 1862, and the Alabama awards of $15,000,000 paild by that country for the depredations of Con- federate cruisers, built and fitted out in England, was too costly an experiment to be repeated during tlie present war between the United States and Spain. —_— BRIEF NOTES O NOTABLES. Queen Victoria continues to refuse to talk to the phonograph, even when urged to preserve her voice to posterity. Sir William Turner, who is to succeed the late Sir Richard Quain as president of the General Medical Council of Great Britain, is well known as professor of an- atomy in the University of Edinburgh. ss Lillian Smith will probably not lunteer for war service for the reason promontory. She watches ships through a telescope and takes notes of flags and names. Princess Furstenberg, daughter of the late Duc de Sagan, is engaged to her cousin, the Comte de Castellane, who is much younger than herself. She gives up the rich dowry from her late hus- band, who died two years ago, in order to contract the marriage. The new Turkish Minister is an intelli- gent-looking Oriental, whose fez and slip- pers go badly enough with a monocle, which he manages awkwardly. He is young, say 34, Mohammedan In faith and has one Turkish wife in Constantinople. He was educated in Paris and has served there and in Londo: Mr. Balfour is generally credited with a rooted objection to newspaper reading. It may not, however, be generally known that for some time past his sister, through the medlum of a press-cutting agency, has carefully preserved in al- biflns every item—pictorial and otherwise —relating to_her brother. | WITH THE HUMORISTS. says: “Hall to Spain!” A German paper say Correct; good leaden hail.—Galveston News. “Dearest,’- she whispered, after telling him yes, “I am a graduate of a cooking | school.” The young man shuddered. “Never mind,” he satd. *“We can board.”—New York Evening Journal. “We don’t even have the same butter we had in my younger days,” sald the elder boarder with the querulousness of age. “It {s my impression,” said the younger boarder, “that we do—the very same.” “Yes, young man,” said the corn-fed philosopher, “it is a wise plan to be lavish with your money whem wooing a airl There is a fascination for her in the thought that she can curb yaur extrava- gance after you and she are married.”— Indianapolis Journal. UNITED ONCE AGAIN. ernment Marine Observer on a Cape Cod [ ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. MUSIC HALL—W. F., City. The n:ush: 1 which stood on Montgomery siree gr?‘the site now ocupied by the Occidental Hotel was destroyed by fire September 2, 1860. TWO AND A HALF—C. C. W., S}n(‘lp ton, Cal. A $2 50 gold piece of the lr,'lited dated 1846 does not command a Stl"aé'l":?umf," ?)u( the same sells for $ 50. hat is the value dealers place on such a coin. THE NAVAL ACADEMY—vA, 8., City. 1f a boy wants to enter the United States Naval Academy he must file an applica- tion with the United States Representa- tive of the Congressional district in which he lives. HEART TROUBLES—R. R., Napa, Cal. Stout and thin people are all h;lble to certain kinds of heart trouble. ersons of stout build . are more likely to be oubled with fatty degeneration of the heart than thin ones. DE FOE—R. R., Ci a man here about two year: Paresis is the ago who claimed to be a nephew of Daniel De Foe of Robinson Crusoe fame. It said that he died in one of the hospitals, and there being no one to look after h gemmns they were interred in potter's MAIL TO CHINA—Reader, City. The war with Spain will not interfere with the forwarding of mail to Japan, unless some of the Spanish privateers should seize the vessels carrying such, and if they did there is no telling what they would do with the mail. BRIGHT'S DISEASE AND DIABETES —R. R., Napa. Bright’s disease of the kidneys and diabetes are two different diseases, but both affections of the kid- neys. 1In the former disease coffee and all indigestible articles of food, such as rich pastries, new bread, highly seasoned meats and fats, must be avoided. POSTAGE—Landsman, City. Postage in the United States was reduced from three to two cents October 1, 1883. Prior to the establishment of the free delivery system in San Francisco the postage on drop or city letters was one cent. The law is that in cities or towns where there is no free delivery the post- age on such letters shall be one cent, but where there is a free delivery it shall be two cents. JEWS IN THE WAR—S., Brentwood, Cal. Simon Wolf in “The American Jew War is no laughin’ matter, as the Parson sald | last night, | But the sight of them boys marching jest made | my old eves bright. | Of course, ‘taint like the sixties, when we fit | with one another, Father ag'in his own shootin’ brother. That was war, sure as you're born, and words | can never tell | How bravely both sides fought it out with bay’- | net, shot and shell. But this seems like & frolle, jest polishin’ oft old Spain, And the roar of Yankee guns will wake the he- brave son, and brother | as Patriot, Soldler and Citizen,” says that disclose there were S : Staff officers in the Confederate nav, ber of classified men in the Confederate armies, 7038; unclas Of this number of classified men 5953 in the Union army LARGEST SHIPS—A. O. S, City. It has been asserted and published that the largest warship afloat is the Italian ves- sel L'Italia, and the next largest the Le- Uni ion and fied were roes of the Maine; With our country all united, *neath the dear old flag once miore, | Backed up by untold millions, and strong on | sea and shore, i With Old Glory proudly waving, to make the | Cubans free, *Pears like a reg’lar picnic to the vets of Grant | and Lee. | Well, it set my blood a-jumpin’ when I saw | ‘them boys to-day, | The children, sons and brothers of both the Blue and Gray; Forgittin’ all but duty to the land that gave them birth, Herolc sons of patriot sires, the fighting stock | of earth, Now rallying in thelr manhood's prime, to- gether side by side, In the sacred cause of freedom, our glory and our pride. Lord bless me, when the band struck up “‘At- oughter hear the crowd hurrah and wave their hats in glee; But “Way Down South In Dixie’" falrly set the people wild And one old chap, blubbered like a child. You with both legs gone, just ry day; I saw him bid the boy good-by, and sobbing turn away. Now stop_your_ snivelin’, mother, ‘cause John has donned the blue, | If I were ten year younger I'd be among ‘em | he'lt i 00; I tell you there’ never coine to h: arm. Wan't T in twenty battles, and only lost an arm? Confound it, you're a soldler’s wife; you had to small danger; et me go, And John was born amid the strife; he gets it straight, you know. Cheer up, and bless our noble boys, and bless the Union, too, That Banner of the Stars will win, and bring them safely through; A few short months of tramping, With a scrim- mage now and then, Wil see a new Republic in the hands of gallant | | men; Then Uncle Sam will rest a while, but keep his flag unfurled, The Battle-Flag of Liberty, that guards the Western World. ROBERT FERRAL. UTILITY OF MUSIOC. Henry T. Finck, the critic, has an ar- ticle, “The Utllity of Music,” in this month’s Forum. Music is almost invari- ably considered from the artistic side alone, and for this reason, Mr. Finck’s peint of view is at least novel. The showing he makes Is surprising. Regard- ed merely as a means of livelihood, music is useful, for it supports millions of peo- ple. The Parls Grand Opera employs nearly 700 persons, to whom it pays about $500,000 annually. In Germany and Aus- tria there are about seventy opera houses, come of which have almost as many em- plcyes as the Paris Opera House. The aris estimate includes, of course, besides the artists, the costumers, carpenters, scene-shifters, and all others directly con- cerned with the performances. It is cal- culated that Great Britaln hag 11,000 music teachers, while this country has 62,000 or more. Of the latter, 34000 are women. Mr. Finck himself believes that the real number is much greater than this. Mr. Finck's reference to the 10,000 musi- cians in the German army brings their importance home afresh. He points_out the fact that these men are able-bodied, and had the Government chosen, they might have shouldered guns instead of glnylng cornets and flutes or beating rums. One of the more recent uses of music is in the treatment of the insane. It has beer: found that insane persons are soothed and benefited by frequently hear- ing it. A French physician, who has a hospital for the insane, employs a baand tor _this especial purpose. “Would any one say,” concludes Mr. Finck, “that tailors, cobblers and bakers are useful, and that Bach, Chopin and Wagner are useless? Strictly speaking, the only necessary things in the worid are food and drink. Everything else we have in the world is superfluous; and fhat being the case, the question is miere- 1y as the choice of our luxuries, which is a matter of taste and culture.” THESE ARE EXTRA LARGE. The largest history ever published is he War of the Rebellion,” issued by ‘Uncle Sam” in 120 huge octavo volumes of 1000 pages each, with a gigantic atlas in thirty parts. The books occupy thirty feet of shelf room and weigh one quarter of a ton. The series cost $25,000,000, is limited to 11,000 sets, and has been in course of publication for over twenty years. The largest flower in the world is the Rafflesia Arnoldi of Sumatra. Its size is fully three feet in diameter—about the size of a c: age wheel. The five petals of this immense flower are oval and creamy white, growing round a center filled with countless long, violet-hued stamens. The flower weighs about fifteen pounds and is capable n§ containing two gallons of water. The buds are like gigan- tic brown cabbage heads. The largest painting in the world, ex- clusive of panoramas and cycloramas, is Paradise,” by Tintoretto, in_the grand salon of the Doge's palace at Venice. ''he ainting is eighty-four feet wide by thir- v-four feet high. If we consider the dec- oration of walls and ceilings, Tintoretto’s work has been exceeded by Sir James Thornhill’s fine painting on the celling of the great hall at Greenwich hospital, 112 feet by fifty-six feet, representing the founders, William Tif and Queen Mary surrounded by the attributes of nationa prospcrity. The largest city in the world is London, lying In four counties and having a popu- lation of 4,250,000, equaling the combined gopuhtlons of Paris, Berlin, St. Peters- urg and Rome. To walk through all the streets, avenues, lanes and alleys of the cltir. never traversing the same one twice, would require a ten-mile walk day for nine years. The streets, placed in a row, would reach round the that she already holds the post of Gov- world and leave a remnant that would stretch from London to San Francisco. lanta to the Sea, | | For, poor old soul, his only son had joined that | ve panto, also belonging to the Italian fleet. Brassey in his “Naval Annual”, looked upon as an authority of the first class on such matters, g the displacement of these two vessels at 14,357 and 14,400 tons respectively, and gives the measurement of each, as length 400.6, breadth 74 and depth I The same authority in the list of British vessels gives the displace- ment of the Jupiter, Magnificent, Majes- tic, Mars and Prince George at 14,900 tons and the measurement of the three vessels at length 39, breadth and depth 27.6. FORMING REGIMENTS — Veteran, City. Evidently you have not been watching the columns of The Call very closely of late. Congress authorized the increase of the regular army and men for the new regiments are enlisted in all parts of the Union. When Congress authorizes the President to call for vol- | unteers the number required from each State is designated, and then the War | Department selects mustering officers for ieach State. Recruiting offices are then opened and elizible volunteers are ac- cepted. The Governors of States have nothing to do with the matter except to furnish the quota from the National Guard, if the members of the guard wish to volunteer. MILITARY RESOURCES OF EUROPE —E., City. The following is the estimate of the population of the countries named capable of bearing arms: Austria, 9,800,- 000; -Belgium, 1,460.000; Denmark, 490,000 France, 9,500,000; Germany, 12,000,600; Great Britain, not including India or Colonies outside of Australia and Canada, 12,000,000 Greece, 495,000; Italy, 7,500,000; Nethe: lands, 1,030,000; Portugal, 1170,000; Russia, not including ‘Tartary and Central Asi £22.000,000; Spain, 4,200,000; Sweden and No way, 1600000, and’ Switzerland, 720,000. These estimates include persons engaged in the general and local civil administra- tion, railroad, necessary tillers of the sofl,’ who would not be spared from the fleld except as a last resort. 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