The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 4, 1898, Page 6

THE FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1898. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propristor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager, e O S S A | PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S | 3 Telephone Main 1888. EDITORIAL ROOMS... 217 to 221 Stevenson Strest Telephone Main 1574 | THE AN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carriers In this city and surrounding tow for I5 cents @ week. By mall $6 per year: per month | 66 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL. OAKLAND OFFICE..... wenen veeas.:.908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE.........Room 188, World Building | DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. i e | WASHINGTON (. C.) OFFICE .....RIgges House C. €. CARLTON, Corrcspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE.... Marguette Bullding C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. ..One year, by mall, $1.50 | | RANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, | epen untll 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until | 9:30 o'closk. 621 McAllister street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. | 1941 Mission street, open untll I0 o’clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. -25I8 Mission street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Elevent! street, open unth 9 o'clock, 1605 Polk strect, open untll 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, open untll 9 o'clock. | — ey e e AMUSEMENTS, bia—*The Maskea Ball cla ai Lammermoor.” Orpheum-— Vaudeville. The Chutes—Zoo, Vaudeville and Cannon, the 613-pound Man. | 1pia—Corner Mason and Eddy streets, Specialites. | cdonough Theater, Cakland—Columbian Mimstrels, Fri- | 5. »'s Baths—Swimming. El Campo—Musie, dancing,boating, fishtng, every Sunday. State Fair—Sacramento, Séptember5. AUCTION SALES. By Frank W. Butterfield—This day, August 4. Furniture, at California street, near Lyon, at 11 c clock. WELLS-FARGO CALLED DOWN. | VER since the imposition of the war tax, and | the effort of the Wells-Fargo people to evade | payment of their share of it, this paper has deemed it a plain duty to call the attention of the corporation to the fact that the evasion. was un- patriotic and illegal. It quoted the statute, cited the example of other less gree; press company some ¢om- corperations, and strove to awaken within the e indication of a desire punction of conscience; so to be honest. But all in vain. The. company claimed the right to make its cus- tomers pay for the stamp required to be affixed to bills of lading, and, to soothe any impulse toward protest, offered to help the customer cheat the Gov- ernment. For i t said that it would accept les to Constitute a wagon- g particularly to news- v and_firmly ma ointed. ot ested to the , but. it no corpc at and uge is to be permitted. , but the company was on the .ex issue, says y that no such subte everybody knew | over. | hoping_for delay until the cruel war should be Mr. Scott ‘says there must be a bill of lading for each bundle, and that a collection. of bundles having dif- | ferent destinations cannot be construed as one. | It will be recalled that Wells-Fargo had sought: to yance in order that the have the decis fast as such decision been taken to the Supreme Court; where there was a certainty the matter .would rest for'a term of years. | It seemed to have an influence sufficient to keep Dis- trict Attorn taking - any action, and | meantime it was escaping its just-sharé of the com- | mon burden From the Scott decision, however, there is no appeal. Wells-Fargo has an opportunity to show how gracefully it can come down from its | untenable position. It has been called -down. hard. tter kept ‘in abey ght be .handed down,_ that as handed down.an appeal had n of the court 1 vy Foote. from assurance of The public will be glad. ~ The a wealthy company, doing business under the protection of the Government, acquiring extra dividends by rea- son of the troubles of the country, yet refusing to pay any part of the expense, was an irritating insult. That Wells-Fargo will be ashamed of itself is too much to hope, but, like a burglar in the grip of a | policeman, it may lead a better life. STANDING BY OUR GUN. WICKED and ribald attempt has been made fl to class the cannon of The Call among | nuisances. - Of course everybody will recognize | in this effort the jealousy of the baffled = contem- poraries who neither have a gun, a place to put one nor the enterprise to buy ammunition. As a ‘matter of fact The Call cannon is a useful affair, nineteen stories high in the estimation of the community. When_ it speaks from its lofty perch the noise is merely distinct, and in no sense distressing. It is a signal. At the boom of the gun people rush to their front doors, knowing ‘that something is | happening and desirous of seeing it. That faithful | gun has said “Hail” to the coming soldier, aid‘to the outward bound “Farewell” - As it sends a. puff of smoke into the sky there is no report shaking win- dows and denting the auricular. drum. There is merely sound enough to attract attention. People have learned the significance of it. They know the artillery is not turned loose on any. such fool impulse as miay actuate a siren. It means business every time. . It is as true as the ball which falls at noon, melodious as the peal of an organ, honest as the curfew bell:” Tt never gives false alarms, raisés bogus hopés nor booms a fake edition. ; Anybody who does not like that cannon, does not admire its frankness, acknowledge its probity, ‘either has dyspepsia or is lame in his patriotism. Ever since the Examiner “erected at Third and Market streets a building. of.lath and plaster it has boasted that-other improvements in the vicinity are due to the presence of its architectural.freak. The suspicion cannot be avoided that the Examiner occa- sionally has fun with itself." ¢ An Oakland man who Killed his wife in cold blood has been convicted of murder in the.second degree, whereupon a question naturally arises-as to what the jury would be convicted of were. it to be placed on trial. o S o If the chap who rejoices in the title “King of the Dudes” would grasp the conviction that he is a harm- less but rather tiresome ass he would have himself correctly sized up. H e People who received bribes from Hooley are busy explaining that they came as giits. Yes? THE M@N AND THE OFFICE. HE political situation in this State furnishes an Tobject lesson in the wide departure from primi- " tive and purer methods. Men pick themselves out for Governor, for Sen- ator, or for other office, and proceed to make organ- izations, combinations and programmes looking to personal success. A candidate for Governor insiAs(s upon naming the delegations to nominate him, which amounts to the nomination of himself by himself. Candidates for Senator desire the privilege of nom- inating candidates for the Senate and Assembly pre- pledged to vote for their nominator. The matter is not left to the people for decision. They are not per- mitted to sit in judgment upon the merit of men. That is passed upon by the men themselves. The only choice left to the people is on election day, and that is entirely between two sets of candidates who have, by these processes, practically nominated them- | selves and passed upon their own fitness for office. It is to be hoped, from the beginning already made, that the Republican party in California will exhibit a better method; that it will pay no heed to these various pretenders and self-seekers, and in a freely chosen convention freely select candidates who repre- sent, not merely. time-serving and temporary devo- tion to its principles, but abiding belief in them. Let it be established that in such a convention the office is to seek the man, not the man the office. Let the right of the people to select freely be restored to them. When a candidate has himself selected a delegation for himself, taking it into a convention to trade for votes for himself, let it be understood that such dele- gation, being personal property and in no party sense representative, has no more influence than the can- didate’s pocket-comb, penknife or other item of per- sonal property. When this. system of personal politics is destroyed we may expect a decided improvement in the atmos- phere of official life. The personnel of the public offi- ciary will undergo a change for the better. Public administration will cease to be a game of personal advantage and will appear in the interest of the peo- ple, who have instituted government as a means to the wise and economical transaction of the public business. When this freedom is restored to a party to select its representatives and command them instead of being commanded by them, merit may hope for recognition and men will seek preferment by deserv- ing it in the name of their talents and their virtues. For a long time such qualifications for office have been subordinated to the capacity for intrigue, and the faculty of making personal organizations and cabals strong enough to seize a nomination regardless of the wishes of the great masses, which make up parties: The system too long in vogue has been copied badily from that which prevailed in decadent Rome. The ‘political prizes offered by the rich resources of the mistress of the world caused politicians to organ- +ize bands of retainers, who opposed force to force and walked. over the rights of citizens. The choice of men for the great offices of the Roman common- wealth came finally to be made by hard knocks in the streets between bands of bravos. From these phy- sical .contests on the plane of a street riot the tran- sition to civil war was natural and easy, and each change in the great offices finally came to decision in widespread civil strife. In this way, for three cen- turies, Roman politicians had prepared the way for Caesar, and Caesarism remained after him, the per- marnent condition of Rome until her vast structure fell into ruin. From a candidate-for Governor naming the dele- gates who are to nominate him.to the enlistment of partisans-armed to fight for his elevation is a very short step indeed. The long stép is taken when his right ‘to practically’ nominate himself is conceded. Let it -be recorded to the glory of the Republican party of California that it denied the right fo take the first step and therefore destroyed the possibility that the second can ever be taken. THE ‘“HARNEY DEMOCRATS.” HE Maguire organ asks, “What sort of politi- Tcal species or thing is a Harney Democrat?” It says it has heard of Jacksonian or Jeffer- sonian Democrats, but it confesses to entire ignor- ance of the peculiar animal known to the press and people of this city as “Harney Democrats.” As the organ puts this question with considerable earnestness and is apparently as ignorant as it pro- fesses to be, we do not mind illuminating its intelli- gence. Perhaps we might be in better business—but let that pass. A conscientious view of one's duty often ‘compels the performance of disagreeable acts, and if we were to do only those things which pleased us we should fall far short of meeting the just expec- tations of the public. For instance, it is sometimes the awiul duty of a man'to argue with a polecat, but we know of no case in which the cat ever either ap- preciated or profited by the self-sacrifice of the per- son who attempted to enlighten it. On the contrary —but let that pass also. As we understand it, the Maguire organ grouped Jeftersonian, Jacksonian and Harney Democrats for the ‘purpose of making a comparison at once ridic- vlous and striking. The idea of the organ was to contrast the enduring principles represented by the Democrats comprised in the first two designations with the alleged selfish tendencies of those repre- sented by the last named.. Yet the Harney Democrat of to-day stands for principles as vital to the republic as any expressed by the phrases “Jeffersonian Dem- ocrat” or “Jacksonian Democrat.” What are these principles?. The organ is as familiar with them as we are.- They are the right of the people to a-voice in political party management and the inalienable privilege of Democrats to protest agalnst bossism and usurpation—in other words, the principles upon which political liberty-repose. R As the organ well knows, three members of the Democritic State Committee have taken forcible possession of the party machine in this city. They have appointed a committee to take charge of the local Democtacy and have authorized it to select dclegates to State and muricipal. conventions. They have arranged a cut and dried programme and par- celed out the nominations of both conventions among their friends. This has all been done by force and against the will of the people. Demands by Demo- crats for a .hearing on the merits of this policy of outrage and usurpation have been met with sneers and contumely. The three bosses haye laughed in the faces of those who have asked for open primaries and from their lofty attitude have looked down with scorn and contempt upon thé struggles of all in the party ‘who have attemptéd to maintain their political rights. ~ 5 The Harney Democrat of to-day represents oppo- sition to this method of conducting popular govern- ment. The Jeffersonian Democrat of 1708 stood for State’s rights and a simple government; the Jack- 5 T A It is a little strange that the Kaiser should.regard the Bismarck obsequies as dny of his funeral, sonian Democrat of 1832 stood for political equality land the spoils system; the Harney Democrat of 1898 stands for the right of the people to select their rulers: through the machinery of primaries and conventions. Of the three we regard the Harney Democrat with the greatest admiration. Jeffersonian and Jacksonian Democracy have been exploded by time. The former was disposed of at Appomattox Courthouse, and the civil service reformers are rapidly getting 3W3y,""ith the latter. But the Harney Democracy will live for- ever. When it expires the republic will expire, for upon its principles rest the very foundations of politi- cal liberty. 1f the organ had a spark of patriotism left in its corrupt carcass it would laud the Harney Democrats instead of deriding them. THE HOOLEY SCANDAL. TATEMENTS made by Ernest T. Hooley, the S insolvent promoter of all sorts of enterprises, have given rise in London to what, taking all things into consideration, is the gravest financial scandal of the age. The extent of the corrupt oper- ations of Hooley is indeed inferior to that of the pro- moters of the Panama canal swindle in France, and the number of eminent persons involved in the scan- dal is less; but, on the other hand, the social posi- tion of the accused parties in London is so much higher than that of the men exposed in Paris that the British sensation is unquestionably the more startling of the two. Hooley's statements, though given in court and under oath, are of course not to be accepted with un- questioning credulity. The man by his own showing has been a swindler, a liar, a bribe-giver, and an all-round confidence man on a large scale. He has handled millions of money representing the invest- ments of nearly all classes of the British people, and has come out of his schemes bankrupt in purse, repu- tation and hope. He is now in his despair and malice fighting back against the society that condemns him, and seems determined to drag down with him as many others as he can. The testimony of such a man given in such a mood and under such circumstances must always be re- ceived with suspicion. No man accused”by Hooley ought to be condemned on that testimony alone. There are some rascals who would just as soon lie under oath for spite as to lie on the stock exchange for money, and Hooley may be one of them. That he is utterly unscrupulous is beyond question. More- over, according to his own evidence he is now try- ing to shift the burden of wrongdoing from his own shoulders to that of others, and that fact tends to weaken the force of what he says. It is known that so long as his operations were successful he took all the credit to himself, and now that failure has come upon him the public will not readily believe the blame must rest upon others. Briefly stated, Hooley’s claim is that his enterprises failed only because he had to pay such enormous tribute to blackmailing newspapers and such large sums to noblemen to induce them to act as directors of his various companies. The first plea is certainly not good. Newspapers are not so much given to blackmailing as certain rascals would like to have the public believe. Moreover, honest business men engaged in legitimate enterprises need not fear black- mailers either in England or in this country. If Hooley paid any London editors for silence it was only because he was engaged in something that would not bear investigation, and in that case the so-called | blackmail was only a division of plunder between l\\'o‘f rascals, one of whom was about as honest. as other. : The chief feature of the scandal 1s that relating to the nobility. It will be noted that whereas the Panama scandal involved a considerable number of French politicians and statesmen, the British case does not affect that class of men at all. The. dig- nitaries accused by Hooley of selling their names and patronage to worthless stock companies belong with- out exception to the so-called “smart set.” That is | to say, they are members of that fashionable clique that leads society and devotes itself, its wealth and its energies to high teas, fancy dress balls and general dissipation.” With that class of people few persons will have any sympathy. London will lose nothing if some of these gaudy birds are stripped of their peacock plumage. In fact, it will probably be a ben- efit not only for the British public, but for some of our own people in New York, if a few members of the London smart set should be sent to penitentiary and the ‘whole clique permanently retired to ob- scurity. 3 the THE SUBSIDENCE OF POLITICIANS. DDRESSING the Republicans of the First f\ Congressional District of Maine on the occa- sion of his renomination for Congress by acclamation, Speaker Reed is reported to have said: “All over the country there is a dearth of political feeling. I never knew less of it in all the years in which I have known of such things.” Of -course in making the statement the Speaker used the phrase “political feeling” to signify that condition of mind brought about among the people by differences of opinion concerning the greater is- sues before the country. In that sense the statement is as true of California as of Maine. Political divi- sions -have almost ceased to exist among us so far as national questions are concerned, and all that is left for this-campaign is to elect to office good men who will uphold the Republican administration at Wash- ington and faithfully perform such duties as their official positions require of them. All over the Union the same condition of affairs prevails. Even in Kansas and among the Populists there is for a time a subsidence of the calamity howls of agitation and discontent. Reports from that State announce that all the Populist candidates for Con- gress in thé commonwealth have agreed with the State ‘Central Committee that thc war will furnish the principal topic of discussion by them and their. supporters in the coming campaign, that the silver question and everything else is to be crowded into. the background, and that every speaker in the cam- paign will talk patriotism. 5 2 This extraordinary change in public sentiment .and | the political tone of the country from what prevailed in 1806 may seem strange, and yet it is but the in- evitable reaction from the excessive agitations of that year. Even had there been no war to distract popu- lar attention from home issues, the people would not have paid much attention to the Bryanites or to Bryan himself this year. Nations, like individuals, . occasionally get tired of certain things, and this na- | tion is tired of Populism, free silver, free trade, Alt- geldism and the whole band, gang and combination of howling reformers. 4 : The issués which now engage the minds of the in- telligent are those which are to grow up out of the war. These, as the Speaker said, will be trouble- some and will demand for their proper solution the highest wisdom and truest patriotism of all. On these issues, moreover, the great mass of the earnest conservative body of the people will join the Speaker in his wish—“For my part I hope that all these problems may be worked out consistently with our time honored and dearly bought institutions and with the traditions of our-wise forefathers, It befell that a certain corporation possessed sundry rails wherewith the street was sore encumbered so that the people made lament, which the Mayor hearing, pricked up the ears of him, and to the corporation said: ‘“Remove the rails and see that ye¢ delay not, lest I come with my men, lo! an army for number, and make a three-base hit by doing it in my capacity of high cocko- lorum.” Now it befell that the corporation had desired that the rails they be torn up, but its members said one to another: “Wist ye not that hege is a snap, even a Mayor who can be worked. Behold, we would that this rusty iron be yanked, and while we pause that the cost of the undertaking is great, he makes promise to essay the task for us.” Then did they laugh merrily, tak- ing many drinks betimes, and the Mayor did even as he had said. There- upon the corporation hirelings made much ado to be wroth, but only alone as to the Mayor was there a single man in the whole city whom they befooled. “Why do you walk backward?” asked a policeman of a distinguished looking citizen. “Pardon me,” answered the person addressed. “I was unaware that there was anything unusual in my method of locomotion. The truth is that I have been on the Supreme bench so long that reversal has become second nature to me. As a gentle corrective the policeman started the pedestrian along, still fac- ing to the rear, and as he speedily re- vefsed himself he proceeded on his way even as other men. Receiving back his manuscript a con- tributor drew himself up proudly. “I would have you understand, sir,” he remarked to the editor, “that I am a poet and that poets are born, not made.” the editor-kindly. “I hope'T am not so brutal as to blame you for having been born.” As the poet ambled thence he was no- ticed to wear an air of -unwonted thoughtfulness. ~ tax was levied, but with great cheer the people paid it, saying, “This is a just war and a righteous; surely each shall bear his part.” But a great corporation which had waxed strong under the protection and patronage of being pressed for explanation, frankly made known the ground of its demur. “In the first place,” explained the good man at the head of the corporation, “we don't want to pay, and in the sec- ond place we don’t have to pay. See?” Yet in their blindness the people could not see; on the contrary, pro- claiming aloud, “This is a bunko game. Get you a shell and pea outfit and make no further pretense of de- cency.” Hearing that the mortality’ .among the soldiers encamped awaiting a chance to go to:the front ‘was appall- ing; a lady ventured to speak with a general about the matter. g 2 “Since you remind me,” courteously replied the general, “‘the men have been dying off rather fast. But may I ask you, madam, what soldiers are for?” As the lady had not given this phase of the subject consideration she-..was obliged to retreat leaving the query unanswered. . S 3 A Spanish warrior reached the gate of Heaven and was stopped by the guardian, who queried of him what was in the package under his arm. “That,” said Blanco, “is my type- writer.” * § Z “You 11 have to leave it outside,” replied the guardian, firmly. % ‘With haughty mien the Spanish war- rior strode through the gate, but as he saw an attendant carelessly throw aside the beloved machirie he mur- mured “This is hell,” and though they gave him a harp he refused to play. After having conquered a city a Shafter was invited by a Garcla to turn it over to him, but responded that he did not see his way clear to do so. “Then I understand,” said the Garcia, with evident feeling, “that you think more of your own flag than you do of mine. Such in- -titude appalls me. Sir, I shall decline to eat more of your ra- tions urless so be my men can lift a I few after dark.” : To emphasize his disgust he straight- FABLES WITHOUT MORALS. “No apology is necessary,” returned | ‘War having come upon the land, a the people refused to contribute, and, | | MISREPRESENT: ¢y = THE i ~EXAMINER, - To the Editor of ‘the -San i'rancisco way permitted a Spanish general to knock the st}xfllng out of him. A Barry being smitten of ambition desired greatly to go to-Congress. “What claim have you,” demanded the voters, “upon the suffrages of the people?” “Claim enough,” averred the Barry, with confidence. “I would lighten the burden of taxation.” “But how?”. they continued, thinking to have found a good thing. “Well,” said Barry, “I never pay taxes myself, and in the position of Congressman would have an oppor- tunity to benefit many others by my example.” And he marveled greatly that later they voted for the other man. I A correspondent havir~ been ex- pelled from Cuba paused at the border | to make protest. | “Why am I, a Special Commissioner, | treated thus with indignity?” he ex- claimed bitterly. “I did not know you were a Special Commissioner,” replied the Command- ing General. “It-is my ambition to stamp out disease, and I mistook you for a yellow fever germ.” Notwithstanding this frank apology the correspondent refused to stay, be- ing strengthened in this resolve by -a prod from a bayonet. z Having told the multitude whals should be done with the islands taken from Spain an orator paused that the.| listeners might ply him with questions| for the enlightening of their ignorance. “Sir,” said a Voice from the audience, “do-you regard the holding of the Phil- ippines as in accord with the constitu- tion?” “In discoursing of affairs of state,” replied the orator, “I am proud to be unhampered’ by any knowledge of the.| constitution. All the information I | have concerning it is that it is out of | date.” Straightway the Voice- was observed | to slink away. | One whose whiskers wagged to his knees entered the office of a physician and made complaint. to the healer. As-| certaining by inquiry the symptoms of the visitor the physician told him he was merely suffering from indigestion, and asked him. what he had been eat- | ing. ¢ “I have to confess,” replied the ailing stranger, “to hdaving been a delegate to the convention which swallowed the Democratic party.” it 3 | “In that case;” responded the healer, | “I advise you to consult an undertaker. This is no miracle shop.” So the Populist went his way, be- moaning fate. Once upon a time a Republic had a Monarchy by the throat, and with gasping breath the Moriarchy sued for | peace, begging the. Republic to name the terms. g “My terms,” responded the Repyblic, | “are simplicity- itself.- They are that you acknowledge yourself licked. As to any return of the booty we can:talk ‘about that after you have caught. your, wind.” 3 ;i > ‘BY Call—Sir: -Through the' columns. of your paper permit me .to say that the statement in the Examinér in which I am quoted as saying that Major Owen told me that.-his nursés’ were incom-- petent is absolutely false. Major Owen never made any such statement, nor did I ever say he did. I khoW nothing | whatever about the matter, and it was a gross injustice to both Major Owen and myself that such ‘a report should” appear in any .paper unless it ‘be one “like the Examiner,” whese unreliable-- ness is sufficient guaranteée. that the victims of its -carelessness will not suf- fer censure. Yours respectfully. MARIE L. McDERMOT, ° R C Society, Oakland. —_—— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. | _ MARRYING AGAIN—B., City. The fact that a woman has ben deserted by her husband. and that she. has not heard from him for three years would not authorize:| her to marry again.without having ob- tained a divorce. If she does not: hear from him for a period of seven .consécu- tive years, it is considered a ver: presumption that he' is dead, ‘and f;g'ggg €hould marry again, and the dead husband’ should suhseque:‘tllr;'p":;d- ;;ear the fact that the wife had not heard rom him for seven years would bé a good ggsnse n case of a prosecution ‘for big= PHILIPPINE—A. L., City. The pro< nunciation of Philippine appears ewprx: very much a matter of taste by different Bef-$-3-3=3-2=%=3-3] | soling, and suggested a sure | tell him that he never won — 3} h t sound of the last i -as in pin. x{m‘d still another authority gives it as Phit-ip-pen, with the e in tne last part of the word long, which gives. it the sound of peen. AROUND T HE CORRIDORS* J. W. Mapes, a capitalist of Reno, is at the Russ. J. J. Morey, a banker of at the Grand. = Drury Melone of Oak Knoll is registered at the Palace. < B. M. Jacebs, a mérchant of Tucson, is at the Grand. -° George E. Goodman Jr., . the banker, of Napa, is at the Palace. Marion Biggs Jr., of Oroville, registeréd at the Grand yesterday. ¥. C. Poisson and Sydney A. Mussen of London are at the Palace. B. M. Lelong, secretary of the Boasd of Horticulture, is at the Grand. J. B. Peakes, manager of the Sea Beach Hotel of Santa Cruz, is at the Palace. Watsonville, is GODCN NP There Isayoung f=d & man who fre- o A SCHEME o quents the vari- 9 ous hotels of this = EHaT fod city seven days 2 pID NOT WORK. & in the week. He o % is an inveterate cigar smoker and has other habits. The bloom of .youth still mantles his cheels and, strive as he will to furrow his brow in order to show to the world that he is advancing .in vears, he has not effected a change in his looks during the last decade. He is a man with a family which, due to a late addition, now numbers three. Three years ago the physicians told him he. was the father of as pretty a.baby girl as this world ever looked upon. Of course he was happy, but he could not account for the suddén upheaval of .things. In his ¢ of looking at the workings of nature, his wishes and -desires must at all times be’ fulfilled. ‘Therefore, he was somewhat disappointed. The pictures that he painted for the future President of the Unitedl States who would bear his name. were’ obliterateds But this accident might happen once. Twice in success would never do. At least that frame of mind when he met a friend in whom he could pour the full current of his disappointment. The friend was con- plan of at- advised the the morrow during that that month va, taining the desideratum. He young father to start out on and bet every- friend he met day apd for every day of th: that his next child would bé a gi Dm"ne Fortune would certainly not favor him to the winning of all those bets, and thus ali would be satisfactory at the time of the reckoning. 'Acting on this advice the father started fo do the “line.” When he retired. that night he had placed w ers for at ledst ten hats, as. many pal of gloves, for. canés, for boxes of cigars, in fact for every description of portable apparel. Those bets: were held in the e for three years. . They were set- sterday. Just as before the physi- announced a.daughter, and now tha father is sitting on a fence, for he does not k ce or weep. But what ‘grieves:him most is to have each “one of the ame friends who lost a bet in his life, and that they ought to have known better than to bet with such a ‘“‘jonah.” cian: James F. Fawaher, wife and- ehildren arrived from Yreka and.are guests at'the Palace. George. W. Patrick, superintendent of the. Indian reservation at Covelo, is 'zt the Russ P. Ruhlman, a big buyer and shipper of dried and green fruits, arrived from New “York last night and is at:the Grand. The Japanese naval officers assigned to the Kasagi left for Philadelphia ‘yester- They will go over the Philadelphia lines James- Kearney and James Thompson arrived last night from Liverpool to fill the positions of first and second officers on. the Doric. Frank W. Blackmiar, professor of soci- ology in the Kansas State University, is the -guest of his brother-in-law, Dr. J. | ¥°. Ballard of 610 Hyde street. William Postlephwaite has returned from Highland Springs and will remain at the Occidental for a few days and then return to-his home in Saratoga. —_—————————— Cal. glace fruit 59c per Ib at Townsend's.* —_————————— Speclal information supplied dally to business houses and public meh by tha Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mon gomery street. 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