The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 8, 1898, Page 6

Call JUNE 8, 1808 CThe WEDNESDAY. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propnetor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. UBLICATION OFFICE Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS... ...2I7 to 22| Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1574 MHE 6AN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carriers In this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents a week. By mall $6 per year; per montl 66 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL One year, by mall, $1.50 OAKLAND OFFICE +..908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE. Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE...............Riggs Houss C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE.. Marquette Bullding 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 until 9:30 e'clock. 65 Larkin street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open until 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2618 Mission .street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open until 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. —— AMUSEMENTS. Baldwin—Ysaye, this afternoon. Columbta—* The New Domiion ” Alcazar—-The Master ot Ceremonies."® Morosco's—The Cotton King Tivoli—"“An Amer! Hero. Orpheum—Vaudevilia The Chutes—Zoo, Vandeville and Cannon, the 613-pound Man. Olympia—Corner Mason and Eddy streets, Specialties. Xecreation Park—Baseball to-morrow afternoon. Sutro Baths—Swimming, Kl Campo—Musie. dancing, boating, fishing, every Sunday, Press Clnb—Sale of sketches for the benefit of the Red Cross Soclety, Saturday, June 11. from2to5and 8 to 11 P. M. AUCTION SALES. P. J. Barth—This day, June 8, Furniture, at 1057 Post at.11 o'cl cck. By Btreet, MAYOR PHELAN'S DEMURRER. AYOR PHELAN has filed a demurrer. There is about the document no trace of the legal M verbiage which ordinarily enwraps and par- tially disguises such ideas as a demurrer may | contain. In fact, it is direct, and so brief that no pos- sibility of misunderstanding it e: s. Here it is: San Francisco, June 6, 1898. Bditor Morning Call, City—Dear Sir: The lan- guage attributed to me in your paper of June 5 is without foundation and is untrue. Neither the words quoted nor any such sentiments were ever spoken by me. Yours truly, JAMES D. PHELAN. This disclaimer had been provoked by the printing of information which had reached this paper, and | which seemed to be authentic and interesting. It was | that the Mayor recently said: “I have done politics | south of Market street long enough, and now I am going to do a little work on the other side, where the atmosphere is purer.” Of course Mr. Phelan knows whether or not he said this. If he did he would naturally regret it, and if he did not he would want the impression corrected. | But the demurrer so promptly filed will naturally be viewed in relation to circumstances to which no de- | murrer has yet been entered. It is a striking coincidence with the supposed ut- terance of the Mayor, that the committee of 100 pledged to get the factions into one corral and there | brand them as brothers, and the real Democratic ar- ticle, should have been so constituted as to be in ac- | cord with the scheme of giving the south of Market the royal snub. If the Mayor were to get this com- | mittee amended so as to demonstrate that he loves the south of Market with the same old love, the change in its make-up would be eonsiderable. For instance, of that noble band seventy-two come from the north side, leaving to the south side only twenty-eight. If human experience teaches anything it is that a majority of more than three to one has its way so completely that the minority might as well take a walk or a drink, whichever its perturbed spirits conceived to be more soothing. Even if the Mayor never said it, he might as well have said it. Denial will be no sop to the wounded pride of the slighted portion of the city. The factions may shout for unity, but if the dove of peace values its feathers it will keep away from there when the Mayor’s trusted seventy- two and his tolerated twenty-eight get together for business. But the Mayor declares frankly that he never said it. His letter is given publicity. An equal publicity, will be granted to any reason he may have for acting as though he had said that which a cruel report credited him with having said. IN MEMORIAM. T is not much the living can give the dead. The I!ondcst love, the deepest esteem, the mdst devoted loyalty can bestow no more than tears, words of honor and flowers, which are at once the tenderest gifts of love and the fairest emblems of honof. Of these poor gifts the giving should be full, generous and spontaneous. They are of no avail to the dead, but for the living to whom the dead was dear they have a value far beyond anything which can be meas- ured by any scale known to the cold calculations of reason. An occasion will soon be upon this city calling forth from its people the best manifestations they can give of their sorrow and honor of the heroic dead. The steamer Coptic is bearing home from the Orient all that is mortal of Captain Charles V. Gridley, the first American officer of high rank who has fallen in the war with Spain. He met his death heroically. Though a sick man at the time, he stood at his post of duty on the conning tower of the Olympia and fought his ship through the long drawn out battle in Manila Bay, which resulted in the glorious victory that has filled the nation with exultation and pride. When the arrival of the Coptic brings the body of the hero to our city it should be received with every demonstration of civic and military honor. Arrange- ments to that end should be made at once. The Gov- ernor, the Mayor, the heads of the great commercial and industrial organizations of the people, should take part in this memorial display. All who in any way represent the people of San Francisco and Cali- fornia should make it a part of their duty to show to the hero’s body all the funeral honors which are due to the illustrious dead. ’ Let us prepare, then, for an “in memoriam” day. Let us make it solemn, beautiful, revérent and pa- triotic. Let us show to the world the honor and the glory with which the American people regard those who give their lives that the nation may live. “Hobson’s choice” has not yet been specified by that gentleman, but whatever it may be the country will favor letting him have it. | brary. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1898 THE VICTORY IN OREGON. Y the Republican victory in Oregon another B landslide has buried deeper the corpse of free silver, another triumph has been achieved for the gold standard and sound money, and another evi- dence has been given that the popular sentiment which bore McKinley to the Presidency in 1896 has not any way diminished either in extent or intensity. The victory is a notable one and was gained ? a straight fight for protection and sound mcaey. he people of Oregon had around them proofs of the prosperity which comes from a protective tariff, and they could easily recall what different conditions pre- vailed in the years when the Wilson-Gorman tariff was on our statute books. They had convincing evi- dence that the maintenance of the gold standard did not prevent a return of good prices, good wages and abundant work for all, and with this evidence before them they were not to be misled by the vain clamors of calamity howlers demanding the overthrow of the existing monetary standard and a venturesome exper- iment with free silver, greenbacks or fiat money of any kind. The extent of the victory is as notable as the cause in which it was won. Rarely has any political success more justly deserved to be called a sweeping triumph. The Republicans carried almost everything in sight. They elected the Governor, the two Congressmen and a majority of the Legislature, thus assuring the return of a Republican gold standard man to the United States Senate. The last feature of the victory is of special value, for it will materially aid in giving the Republicans control of the Senate, thus putting an end to the deadlock in that body and facilitating the enactment of legislation necessary to the welfare of the nation. It is significant that the increased Republican vote of Monday was found largely in the counties which in 1896 had given majorities for Bryan. This shows that the free silver craze is waning even in its former strongholds. The voters who were deluded into sup- porting Bryanism during the hard times of the panic years have recovered their reason with the return of prosperity and are no longer to be counted among the supporters of the wild fallacies of the Chicago platform or of the erratic agitator who was the bene- ficiary of the craze. The result of the contest gives promise of a com- plete Republican victory throughout the country this fall. For years past our politics has been disturbed by incessant changes of majorities from one side to the other. A Republican victory in one campaign has been followed by Democratic success in the next. This has been going on for sixteen years, and as a consequence the affairs of the nation have been more or less disordered and its business interrupted by changes in tariff or other acts affecting trade and in- dustry. We now seem to have reached the end of these fluctuationg. The people have evidently made up their minds to maintain the gold standard and pro- tection, and from this time forth political contests will be waged on other issues. TOBE BARRED FROM THE CREMATORY HAT the New York Journal has been excluded T!rom many libraries is a fact which has been es- tablished about as long as the Hearst ownership of that daily uncleanliness. There has been no par- ticular necessity for barring the Examiner, because it has not progressed so far as the door of the li- Yet the Examiner has its troubles. There is a rumor that employes of the garbage crematory will insist on having it shut from that institution, where it is part of their onerous duty to feed it to the fur- nace. There can be no surprise at this. Even the handlers of garbage must draw the line somewhere. They are accustomed to dead animals, the offal of the street, waste material from the stable, but there is a limit to their endurance. If they carry out their reso- lution the Examiner’s circulation will diminish so that there will hardly be enough to swear to. It goes by way of the crematory fires now, and when thick, yellow smoke is observed pouring from the tall chim- ney it is known that. this circulation has had a boom, THE PITH OF THE THING. THE morning organ of the combination which ’_l is endeavoring to get control of the Democratic part of this city by unheard of methods persists in the idea that our criticisms of the action of the Democratic State Committee are born of a desire to throw the organization into the hands of Boss Rainey. This assumption is entirely gratuitous and not based upon the facts of the situation. No justi- fication is found for it in the arguments we have put forward opposing the course which is now being pur- sued by the so-called “leaders” of the Democratic State Committee. ‘Why should a newspaper supposed to be devoted to the cause of Republicanism desire that the Demo- cratic party be solidified under the leadership of a politician like Sam Rainey? Mr. Rainey is the most capable political boss in the Democratic party. Bosses McNab, Alford and Gould are children cém- pared with him. He is superior to Boss Buckley be- cause he is cooler and more scrupulous; he has been the guide and tutor of nearly every district and pre- cinct potentate in the city from Lanigan down, and many of the men who are now leading the Demo- cratic “reform” organization learned all they know about manipulation from him. The idea that we desire the Democratic party con- solidated under the leadership of Sam Rainey is simply unthinkable. It is directly to the interest of the Republican party that the Democracy should re- main in its present disheveled, broken and disorgan- ized condition. Rent with internecine feuds and split into “county committees” and committees on organi- zation, it will be easier to beat it than if it should be united under a capable leader. The point we have made against the action of the Democratic State Committee is one that intimately concerns the entire people. If country politicians can come to San Francisco and capture the patronage of the city through the State organization of the Demo- cratic party, they can do the same thing through the State organization of the Republican and Populist parties. Politicians in one respect resemble lawyers. They follow precedents and travel in beaten tracks, and for this reason it will never do to set a precedent of this kind. We have protested against the autocratic acts | of the present bosses of the Democratic party, Mec- Nab, Alford and Gould, because what they are doing is unDemocratic, unAmerican and outrageous. In any other place than boss-ridden San Francisco they would be tarred, feathered and run out of town for their audacious attempt to subvert the will of an en- tire political party in this manner. But if the rank and file Democrats can stand it we can. Under such leadership it will not be difficult in the coming cam- paign to effectually dispose of them. * Complaint is made at Madrid that Americans have While Cervera is on the wrong side, there are un- mistakable evidegces that he is a chivalrous gentle- man, furnished arms to an almost savage race. Doubtless the charge is well founded. However, it may be said in mitigation that this was to enable them to fight a race which often seems to be wholly savage. THE® NAVY PERSONNEL BILL. ONGRESS has taken a‘much longer time in C dealing with the navy personnel bill than was expected. The importance of the subject is great and much consideration is due to it, but at the same time it has been long under discussion, is well understood by all interested in the matter, and there is no reason apparent why the bill, which has been carefully drawn and received the approval of high authorities, should not have been promptly adopted by both houses. The .object of the measure is to remedy defects which have long been noted as evils in our naval system. It provides that the line officers and the en- gineers of the navy be amalgamated; that when the number of officers to be promoted is so far in excess of the vacancies as to cause stagnation in the service the requisite number of vacancies shall be caused by weeding out the men who are least fit to meet the heavy requirements of modern naval duty; that the enlisted men aboard ship shall be given the same reward of pension and retirement enjoyed by enlisted men in the army; that uppermost machin- ists shall be made warrant officers, to rank with gun- ners and carpenters, and that there shall be a rear- rangement of salaries by which the payment of offi- cers in the navy is made equal to that of other officers of the Government employed in equal duties. Each of these provisions effects a much-needed re- form. The amalgamation of the engineers with the line officers is essential to the best handling of mod- ern battle-ships. Under the present system we have in our navy two sets of officers, one to manage the machinery of the ship and the other to do the fight- ing. Under the proposed system, as is pointed out by Walter McFarland, one of the officers who drew up the bill, the American naval officer will be a fight- ing engineer, a man capable of managing his ship as well as of fighting her, just as Decatur, Perry and other sea captains of the days of old knew how to sail their vessels as well as to lead their men into action. In the navy of the future, says Mr. McFarland, every officer in command of a ship is to be “an en- gineer who is competent to care for and manipulate any of the engines on board ship, and who has been trained to command the men who actually handle these various engines. He is to be a specialist who has been given careful training for the particulat work he has to do, which is different from that com- ing on any other engineer; he is to be, in short, a fighting engineer.” The provision for the rearrangement of salaries proposes an act of justice which has becn already too long delayed. In his report on the bill Mr. Roosevelt, who was then Assistant Secretary of the Navy, di- rected attention to the fact that at present “the line of the navy is the most poorly paid branch of the Government in proportion to the duties performed and the responsibilities involved.” The bill proposes ‘to equalize matters in this regard by giving the line officers of the navy the pay now granted to officers of corresponding grades in the army. The remaining features of the measure are not less commendable than those referred to. The bill is not the work of any one man. Like every other measure affecting a large number of men, it is a compromise. Mr. McFarland attributes the solution of the controversy between the line and the engineers to Captain Robley D. Evans, while Mr. Roosevelt states in his report: “The board, with the exception of one member, reports unanimously in favor of every section of the bill but one.” Thus recommended the bill should have prompt adoption at the hands of Congress. At this crisis every step which tends to improve the navy and to do justice to its officers and men should be taken without delay. THE WORK OF THE RED CROSS. “HE CALL does not suggest the beginning nor T promote the maintenance of any public move- ment or exertion of mercy requiring an appeal to the gentler sentiments as an advertising scheme. Therefore it was not for such purpose that we called attention, first of all the press of this city, to the ne- cessity of organizing to carry on the needed work of the Red Cross. The suggestion was at once taken up and funds needed were not slack in coming. The result has been the extension, to soldiers from dis- tant States and our own, of most acceptable hos- pitality and comfort on their arrival, and the planting in the hearts of thousands of these men of most grate- ful memories of California and her patriotic men and women. Thousands of letters written home by these American soldiers havecarried backto the sadfiresides they left to serve their country the story of the wel- come which hailed them here, of the flowers and food and the kind words of greeting. No nobler work for men was ever done, and none of higher credit and usefulness to the State than this. The Red Cross Society has been given headquarter rooms in The Call building, and its activities are com- manded and directed from the spot where its organi- zation was first recommended. The motive of the suggestion was nothing more than the proper forelook of a newspaper to the need for relief of the sadness and sorrow, the suffering and misery which are the plaintive incidents of war, and not to turn to advertising uses the quality of mercy which inheres in all hearts and needs only to be shown the way to effectiveness and use. The Call has sought to treat the war, its news, its purpose and its necessary incidents in a spirit of fairness to its readers, believing that they deserve its respect and should not be made the victims of in- decent brag and bluster or be deceived by untruthful pretense. We have not claimed authorship of strategy and plans of campaign by land or sea, nor assumed credit for the victories won and sacrifices made by brave American soldiers and seamen. ‘We have been content with the proper function of a newspaper in gathering and publishing the day’s news and carrying to their anxious and appreciative coun- trymen the story of brave deeds well done. Among those to whom history will ascribe the credit of disinterested motives and work as needed and as necessary as clearness in command and cour- age in battle are the workers of the Red Cross. Every one who aids them, whether by the full purse of the millionaire or the widow’s mite or the school- child’s nickel, has done God's service in quenching that battle agony which follows an action at arms or the wasting miseries of the camp hospital. All such contributors are partakers in the glories and gains of war and earners of the blessings of peace, which are the final object of all civilized warfare, If the blackmailing scheme accredited to Editor Rush of San Rafael be confirmed the man is a dis- grace to journalism, and would be a disgrace to any jail. Yet there is no such occasion for protecting a jail as for protecting journalism. —_— France is going to useless trouble in drawing up articles of agreement for this country and Spain. She has the European instinct for getting a finger in every pie, regardless of the ownership of the pastry, so that - | there be a plum in it. COLLECTED IN THE CORRIDORS. N. 8. Nlmndmha Palace. Palsce. the Occidental. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert of Honolulu ere at the California. Mr. and Mrs. Oothout of New York are guests at the Palace. W. M. Odell of Bakersfleld is at the Russ House for a short visit. George A. Laud arrived from China yes- terday and is stopping at the Palace. Mrs. Charles Denby, the wife of the United States Minister to China, s at the Palace. A. Rodero was one of the passengers on the Belgic that came n yesterday. He will reside at the Palace while in this city. M. Carralt and R. Hunacco of Santlago, Chile, are stopping at the Palace, pre- paratory to their return home from an extended European tour. David S. Bachmann has taken up his residence at the Lick. He will remain in town a short time, looking out for his ex- tensive mining interests on the cpast. 000000000 O A story is going o O the rounds con- o RINGING A ¢ cerning Alfred Hickman, one of o JOKE () the Frawley Com- 2 ONHIMSELE- 0 fyjorry Rroind mit O ward M.Bellwere 0000000000 iy o5 for oc- cupation on Sunday afternoon, and a trip Fto the Richmond camp was suggested. A McAllister-street car was boarded and as it was just the time of day when seats are at a premium both Bell and Hick- man were forced to stand. At first things moved smoothly enough, but the riding soon told on the physical condition of Hickman and support was needed. Hick- man reached for the most convenient brace in the car and grabbed it. It was the bell rope that registers the fares, but in blissful unconsclousness he gave no heed to the ringing that followed his muscular rest. Every time he changed his position the bell would ring. While one beil was registering fares the other Bell recognized that trouble was brewing for his friend as soon as the conductor should awaxe from his lethargy. Slowly the numbers in the registering dial went round and round, for Hickman kept a-ringing. Just before the terminus of the road was reached the con- ductor made a comparison between the register and the money In cash. His breath came and went in quick pants. He was just 80 cents “shy” and, scratch his head as he would, no cause for the short- age was apparent. Suddenly he heard the fare bell ring and he made an investiga- tion. The evidence which he discovered was conclusive and he at once charged Hickman with the crime. A demand for the money was made and this nearly pre- cipitated a row. Five minutes’ cajoling on the part of Bell and the issuance of many rich oaths and threats from the tongue of the incensed conductor were effective in persuading Hickman to come to a settle- ment. He settled for the full shortage, but he avows revenge on Bell for allowing him to ring up a joke on himself to the size of seventeen car fares, and he also is patiently awalting an opportunity to re- turn the compliments the conductor in his wrath heaped upon him SONG OF KING COAL. I am the king of strife and calm— Now a whistle and now a moan— I have seized the scepter and torn the palm From the Wind on_his bauble throne. My pipe in his face I boldly puft 'T111 his rage my soul inspires, And I draw him down and his cries I drown In the glee of a billion fires! ©Oh, I am king of the land and sea, King of the field and foam, King of the mountain, vale and lea, King of the hearth and homet Heir of the lordly limbs and leaves— Now a whistle and now a moan— And my sires, up-garnered in mammoth sheaves, On the floors of the world were strown. Yet, up through the starless roofs I come, And the sentry breezes quail; And the furnace glow is the flag I throw In the teeth of the howling gale! Ob, Tam king of the land and sea, King of the fleld and foam, King of the mountain, vale and lea, King of the hearth and home! Tears for the straining sail and sheet— Now a whistle and now a moan— As the waves ride over the fated fleet At the whim of the wild Wind blown. But cheers for the million-muscled oars That 1 make from drops of rain; For as Coul I am king, and the song I sing Is a dirge to the fleet of Spain! Ob, I am king of the land and sea, King of the field and foam, King of the mountain, vale and'lea, King of the hearth and home! —Edward F. Burns in Boston Globe. PAWNING THEIR POSSESSIONS. In recent years Spain has tried all over Europe to borrow money, and its efforts have come to practically nothing., As Queen Isabella pawned the crown jewels to buy Columbus an outfit to discover a new world, so the present Queen Regent has offered about everything the Govern- ment owns as pledge for money to retain the small possessions that still remain to Spain out of Columbus’ discovery. Numerous proposals to borrow on rail- way securities and the Almaden mines have failed and various other securities offered have been rejected. In 1891 a $50,- 000,000 national loan was issued. This was followed by a series of hand-to-mouth treasury bill issues, which are now caus- ing runs on the banks at Madrid, Bar- celona and In other Spanish cities. In 1593 the Bank of Spain disposed of $12,500,- 000 of treasury bills. From 1894 to 1896 various propoditions for loans fell through, and in 1897 the Rothschilds re- fused a loan of $20,000,000, and they are sald to have refused twice that amount within the past two months. In 189 au- thority was given for an $80,000,000 inter- nal loan, and in 1897 the Philippine Islands ‘were mortgaged for $40, ). SCHOOL IN THE ARCTIC CIRCLE. During the short winter days it would often be noon before all the children put in an appearance; it would either be dark or brilliant moonlight. Smoke might be seen lazily rising from four or five cabins out of four or five hundred. I would iight one lamp and walt. By 10 o’clock a few children would stmggle eleesfly in, just as the day began to dawn. By 11 o'clock shortly after sunrise, the majority of the children were at school, some coming without their breakfasts. By half-past 12 all who were coming that day would have a&)peared. It was hard to get up before daylight on those cold, dark morn- ings. I often used to wish that I was one of the little girls, so that I, too, might sleep .until daylight. No one in camp pre- tended to get up early, unless there was some special work on hand, which must be done, As I was going home to my lunch at noon friends would sometimes call out to me: ‘‘Gooa morning! Come in and have some breakfast. We have fine moose steak and hot cakes.” On Satur- days and Sundays I lived and slept as did other people. Even when one did not sit up later at night than 10 or half-past it required an effort to rise before daylight. There is something in the air and in the manner_of life which makes one sleepy. As the days lengthened the children came earlier to school.—The Century. —_———— THE COMMERCE OF AUSTRALIA. According to the statement of the Gov- ernment statist, which we published re- cently, the commerce of the seven Aus- tralasian colonies for 1897 reached the enormous total of £137,810,000, the imports amounting to £65,600,000, and the exports to £72,210,000. These figures represent the trade intércourse between some four mil- lions of people, and between those people and the outside world. If the Austral- asian colonies were federated, and the custom house statistics embrgced only oversea commerce with other portions of the British empire and with forelgn coun- tries, the amounts we have stated would be largely reduced. And to arrive at a true conception of the extent of Austral- aslan commerce this reduction’ought to be made. For the metalllc productions of Erokeh HIll, Queensland " and Riverina wool, Western Australlan and Queensland Thomas A. Raymond, U. 8. A., s at the Rev. Dr. Wakefleld and daughter are at | gold, not to speak of other articles, should not be entered three times, when they pass through other colonies, but only once. The duplication of entries is rela- tively greatest of all in the case of South Australia, the next largest transhipping colonies being Victoria and New South ‘Wales. The returns of New Zealand and Tasmania, which are insular, and in o less degree those of Queensland and West- ern Australia, which are comparatively isolated colonles, are more reliable as uides to the true or what is called in rance and Germany the “‘special” com- merce of the country. Yet, supposing the returns to be reduced by the amount of the Intercolonial and transhipment move- ments, the commerce of Australasia would still be a splendid one, entitled to the admiration of the world. A purely oversea trade of between £80,000,000 and £90,000,000 per annum is a concrete fact of unquestionable magnitude and import- ance.—Melbourne Argus. B — HARMLESS SHRAPNEL. She—John, were you very greatly flus- tered when you proposed to me? He—Yes. To tell you the truth, I was| so rattled that night I didn’'t know what | 1 was doing. And yet he has not succeeded In getting her to listen to an explanation.—Rich- mond Times. “No, I do not love you,” she answered. “Why should I?"” He bent low until his breath swept her cheek, without stopping, however, to do the dusting. ‘“‘Because,” he whispered, intensely. It was the awful suddenness of the | thing that moved her, for although her | mind was acutely analytical, she h&di never thought of that.—Detrolt Journal. Inevitable Result—'I read the other day,” said Mr. Northside to his wife, “of a young cannibal who ate his father | and mother, and I can readily understand | what he became.” | “What did he become?” | *“An orphan.”—Pittsburg Chronicle. The Voice of Experience—Edith—Oh, | Ethel, what shall 1 do? Jack says he | supposes 1t's all over between us and that | he’ll send my presents back. | Ethel (experienced)—Tell him to bring thgm—Brooklyn Life. Whew!—First Immaculate Housekeeper | —Have you got your spring housecleaning | nation the here were tents set apart for the ::ret of the wounded. In the uinth century special corps for the care of the wounded in battle were organized by Em. peror Leo VI. The Red Cross Assocl. tion, the original of the Red Cross Soci- eties of the present day, had I(S_Orlg_in in a proposal made in February, 1863, by one Dunant at a meeting of ~the Societe ch he described the hor- lrars of the Italjan battlefields and asked if it would not'be possible in time of peace to form societies for the relief of the wounded, when war should break oué again. This led to a general congress a Geneva in August, 1864, at which s‘xleeg European powers were represented, and a treaty was arranged, which was signe by all. The terms of the treaty are that ambulances and military hospitals be ac- knowledged as neutral, with all persons employed in them, as also that all inhab- itants of the country who may bring help to the wounded be resgecled and protect- ed by belligerents, and that wounded or sick soldiers be taken care of, whatever belong to. May 21, 1881, Miss Clara Barton organized the Red Cross Soclety in Washington, and on March 16 following the United States gave its ad- hesion to_the international work of hu- manity. The uniform and distinctive flag bear a red cross on a_ white ground and Genovise, to_whi | a brassard or arm badge is provided for | all individuals neutralized for field and hospital service. Turkey diplays the cre cent instead of the cross. The American Red Cross Society provides for the miti- ?ntlon of suffering by war, pestilence, amine and other calamities. The organ- ization of a Red Cross Soclety in this State was brought about through } e San Francisco Call, and what it is ¢2ing is recorded daily TYPEWRITER—S. A. M., City. The earliest record that has been d!scoverfd of a typewriter is a patent issued in 1714 to Henry Mill, an engineer in London. In 178 a French patent was issued for a writer that produced raised or embossed letters for the use of the blind. In 1843 a resident of Worcester, Mass., obtained a atent, and two years later a second one, Eul neither of his machines was of prac- tical value. In 1856 a patent was issued to A. E. Beach of New York for a ma- chiné that embraced the basket-like dis- position of type bars now in use on stan- dard machines. T. W. Charles Latham Sholes of Milwaukee, Wis., in 1868 ob- tained a patent for a practical machine upon which a number of Improvements have been made. GAS BALLOO! Reader, City. In the memory of the oldest living resident of the city of Sacramento, and according to the files of the local journals, the first gas balloon ascension in that city was done yet? Second Housekeeper—I | never- do any spring housecleaning. 1 | keep my house clean all the year 'round. | | Immaculate —Somerville Journal. Attorney (sternly) — The witness will | please state if the prisoner was in the habit of whistling when alone. | by James H. Whitesides and F. F. Mar- tin, at Agricultural Park, on April 26, i87{. The gas was furnished by the Citi- zens' Gas Company, a corporation then in existence. It tapped its main and car- ried a pipe over Twentieth street to fur- nish the gas to fill the silken sphere. An attempt was made a few days prior to that date, but the balloon did not at that Witness—I don’t know. I was never with the prisoner when he was alone.— | Tit-Bits. | s AMERICAN NAVAL HEROES. But what American boy or girl does not remember the Alert, which, after an eight minutes’' fight with the Essex, took her without losing a man; the Constitution, | which, after a half-hour’s fight, forced the Guerrlere to surrender, and the Unit- | ed States, which took the Macedonian, and the Constitution, which destroyed the eva? The English papers are n claim ing Dewey as a successor to Drake, b we do not forget his more immediate kin- folk, Rodgers, Hull, Decatur, Bainbridge; Perry on Lake Erie; Downie and Stewart! Nor do we forget that our victories in 1812 are attributed to the better building of our boats, the superior skill of our gun- ners, the stricter discipline of our crews. What did we gain from this war? A bet- ter position as a nation, a stronger reli- | ance on a responsive, practical unity, and | the proof that ““Old Glory’ never suffered at sea.—Philadelphia Public Ledger. T ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. IN JULY, 18%'—J. F., Oakland, Cal. The Fourth of July, 1845, fell on a Friday. OUT OF THE STATES—W. C. 8., City. There is nothing in the Constitution of | the United States which says that the President of the United States shall not go outside of the limits of the . United States during his term of office. ~ There | is nothing in the United States statutes at large on that subject MARKET STREET—A. 8., City. The| line of Market street in San Francisco is from northeast by southwest, generally | speaking. All that portion of the city | between the line of the Potrero and Mar- ket street has by common usage been called ‘“south of Market street,” as that | is easler expressed than to adhere to the | strict lines as shown by the compass. SINGLE TAX~—Multi-taxpayer, City. The proposition of the single-tax payers | is to tax the ground in a sum sufficient to pay the running expenses of the Gov- ernment, and if there is need for public improvement the tax is to be raised in order to meet the extra expense, with the understanding that the taxation shaill not be oppressive. That is the explanation glven by prominent single-tax advocates. A COIN—A Subscriber, City. It is im- possible to answer so indefinite a ques- tion as “What is the value of a coin in| perfect condition of Charles II, date| 776?" Subscriber and all correspondents | ‘who want information about ceins should glve quality of the metal of which the coin is made, a full record of the inscrip- | tion thereon, size of the coin as compared with American coins, dates and a rubbed impression of the coin, both sides. MINERAL WOOL—J. D., Vallejo, Cal. Mineral cotton is a fiber formed by al- lowing a jet of steam to escape through a stream of liquid slag, by which the slag is blown into fine white threads. It is| a poor conductor of heat, and is, there- fore, suggested as a covering for steam | boilers and pipes. fiber, is_called mineral wool, and is used as a non-conductor of heat, a deafener of floors in buildings, and so forth. THE INSANE—A. O. §,, City. If an in- dividual in the State of California has been committed to an asylum for the in- sane and it appears that the malady is not of a dagerous type, the relatives or| friends can apply to the authorities of the asylum for permission to take charge of such individual and give proper treat- ment and care. The authorities will then decide if it would be for the best to allow the patient to be discharged conditionally. | FROM FERRY TO DEPOT-D. J. M., Sebastopol, Cal. A stranger at the Tibu- ron ferry wishing to walk to the San Jose depot of the Southern Pacific “with- out inquiring his way at every other crossing,” should walk up Market street until he reaches the Claus Spreckels building at Third, turn down Third and walk to the end of it. There he will find the depot on the right d "“OLp ight hand side of the OFFICER'S PAY—X. X. X., Clty. The pay of volunteers in the volunteer service of the United States is the same as that of officers of the regular army for like service. The amount that is pald to each officer, commissioned or non-commis- sioned and that paid to enusted men can be found in the back part of the army register to be found in the Free Public Library. This department has not the space to devote to the publication of the pay roll of the many grades. FIRE DEPARTMENT DRIVERS—E. C. F., City. A driver of the Fire Depart- ment is not liable to arrest and prosecu- tion for fast driving if on the way in ve- sponse to an alarm of fire. It is his duty to get his apparatus to the place of alarm as quickly as possible. 'The fire ordinance of this city and county de- clares that all steam engines and other movable npfilratun of the Fire Depart- ment, Fire Marshal and Fire Patrol shall have the paramount right-of-way through all streets, lanes, alleys, places gl:gl courts when running’ or going to a NAVAL MILITIA-B. M. L., City. There is no such organization in the State of California as the Naval Reserves, but there is the Naval Militla which is a part of the National Guard. When the Naval Militia is called out in the service of the State the &ay of the enlisted men is $3 per day. hen_the militia goes into the service of the United States as volunters the pay is the same as that of men in the '}Jgneridisggten !fi;{)&‘ acording to rank. e o enlist man' he month.ry ed seaman’s pay is §24 RED CROSS ASSOCIATION—Miss P. 8., East Oakland, Cal. The care of the wounded in battle dates back as far as history itself. In the time of Adri- | inflated with gas, time rise. The gas balloon ascension by which a boy was carried up in the air and remained there a long time was not from Sacramento, but from San Francis- co. It was in the latter part of the fifties that a balloon ascension was an- nounced, and after the balloon had been a Yablonsky, who was pla caugat in the netting when suddenly the balloon broke from its moorings, and ris- ing rapidly carried the boy with it. He clung to the netting for many hours, and s carried in a northeasterly direction. Finding that the balloon would not down, he made a slit in it to allow the gas to escape, and he reached the ground near Sacramento in safety. ND'S FLAG-D. C., City. Account of Their History and Use: ays: ““What has come to be called the ‘flag of Ireland’ Is a red saltire (or St. Andrew's { cross) on a white field. But Ireland, strictly speaking, never had, until latel a national flag. The Kings of Ireland previous to 1172 were not hereditary, but elective, and each g brought with him | and continued to use his own standard, | After the invasion of 1172 the standard of Ireland bore three golden crowns on a blue fleld, and the three crowns appeared | on ancient Irish coins. Henry VIII re- | linquished this device for the harp, from an apprehension, it s said, that the three crowns might be taken for the triple crown of the Pope, but the harp did not appear in the royal standard till it was placed there by James L' According to tradition one of the early Kings of Ire- land was named David, and this King took for arms the harp of Ireland's sweet psalmist. It is thought that the harp has its rise from the triangle designed in the reign of John to distinguish the Irish coins from the English. The reason why a trlangle was chosen may have been in allusion to . Patrick’s explanation of the Trinity, or possibly to signify that he was King of three countries. Henry VIII was the first to assume the harp positive as the Irish device. The green flag is sald to be emblematic of the green isle, the harp being the device of the isle. If any reader of this department can furnish an account of the origin of the green flag this department will be pleased to pub- lish the same. — e Finest eyeglasses, 15¢, at 66 Fourth st. ® —_————————— Special information supplied dally to business houses and public men by the Press Cllppm§ Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. ¢ Ten per cent discount to soldiers in un- iform. Send your absent friends a basket of California Glace Fruits, 50c ™. Town- send’s, 627 Palace Hotel building. . — e Caleb Wright, who died aged 87 years and who was a member of Parliament during the decade 1885-95, began work at the age of 9 years. For twenty-one vears he worked in the same mill, beginning as a piller and going through, the stages of romotion until he was at 18 a spinner. 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