The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 8, 1898, Page 4

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MONDAY.. iaisesess.ssas-AUGUST 8 188 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS.. .2I7 to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874 THE AN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carrlers In this city and surrounding towns for IS cents a week. By mall $6 per year; per month 65 cents. A — YTHE WEEKLY CALL. .One year, by mall, $1.58 OAKLAND OFFICE. eee..-908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE... Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. @WASHINGTON (@. C.) OFFICE.. .Rigge Houee C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE.....cccuaeen weeeesee.Marquette Buflding C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Represcntative. WRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until 930 o'closk. 621 McAllister street, open untll 9:30 | o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. | 1941 Mission street, open untll 10 o'clock. 299! Market | street, corner Sixteenth, open untll 9 o'clock. 2518 Misslon street, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open unth 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, opem untll 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana tucky streets, open until 9 o'clock, AMUSEMENTS Columbta—“His Absent Boy."” Alcazar le The Cherry Plokers” iudeville and Cannon, tbe 613-pound Man. Mason and Eddy streets, Specialties. Swimming. ancing.boating, fishing, every Sunday. nd Jones streets—Vaudeville. Opening TRADE CONDITIONS PROMISING. HERE was more steadiness to general trade 'Th:-! week. It was probably the premonitory mptoms of the closing of the midsummer stagnation and the opening of the fall trade. The b clearings, which showed a loss during the pre- cedt week, again exhibited a gain, which, though slight, being only 3.9 per cent, was still ‘better than a Joss. An unfavorable feature, however, was the in- ased number of cities and towns which showed a 1K c decline in these clearings. A significant feature was the increase in New York, the percentage being 23.9 per cent. This may be due to an improvement in the movement of general mer- chandise, or to more activity in the stock market. It is probably the latter, for there is a marked re- vival in Wall street, both in stocks and bonds, though the latter are prcicr?e«l. The railway shares are show- ing more movement and the “grangers” sold very well at the close of the week, indicating that the crop | prospects of the Great Weest are favorable and that the trade conditions of the interior of the country are | promising. The new issue of bonds has been in keen | and for investment, and railway bonds have also ‘ moving off well at hardening quotations. An | especially gratifying feature of Wall street during the | was the general indifference with which the be- | 1g of gold importations from Europe was re- ded, as there is such a plethora of money in New at the import of a few millions more or less t little figure. The fact is, the United States has more gold coin than it knows what to do with. All of which is gratifying to the average American citizen. As for Wall street, it is more interested in the size of the corn crop than the imports of gold from Europe. The grain situation was rather better last week. Although close observers estimate the American wheat crop this year at 700,000,000 bushels, the farm- ers are holding back their stocks to some extent, and | this, coupled with smaller deliveries to distributing | ‘points, put the market up 235 cents. The exports from Atlantic ports were larger again, being 3,641,- 000 bushels, against 2,530,000 for the same week in 1897. The wool market is exhibiting rather more animation, especially in the choicer grades, though | some manufacturers, here and there, are closing down | rather than pay the prices asked for wool. The de- | mand for staple cotton is reported better, but quota- ns for manufactured goods show no improvement | owing to the large present production. The iron tiade is rapidly working around into prime shape | and manufacture is once more about up to its full volume of output. Plates are reported in unpre- cedented demand, both East and West, and the struc- tural works are running full time with heavy orders coming in from all directions. Prices are naturally firm under these conditions, and manufacturers are exacting full figures. he country’s failures last week numbered 196, against 237 for the same week last year. The dis- tributive trade in staple goods shows an increase, notably in the West, Northwest and Southwest, owing largely to the fine crop prospects. The general ‘tendency in prices is upward, the record of the week being an advance in 32, or about one-third of all sstaples; a decline in 27, and unchanged quotations in . ‘44. Nothing is now heard of the war as a trade fac- Jtor, and it has apparently passed into the limbo of “back numbers. The local situation is not behind the West in firm- .ness of values. Farm products as a rule showed a general appreciation last week. There was a slight re- covery in wheat, the long slow decline being at last _varied by a fractional advance, which may be the pre- cursor of still better prices. Barley and corn also improved somewhat, and hay kept up fairly, in spite of very heavy arrivals. Canning fruits, such as pears, peaches and apricots, were strong, and pears rose to $45 per ton, though excessive receipts weak- ket somewhat toward the close. In dried feeling was particularly stiff, advances being -noted in apricots and prunes, both of which were in brisk demand for future delivery. Wool, hides and hops were unchanged and quiet. Hogs declined, as the lccal packers could not pay the quotations and come out even on the packed product. Provisions ruled dull. Dairy products all advanced, and sup- plies were rather under the requirements of the mar- ‘ket. Flour was marked down 25 cents per barrel in sympathy with the recent decline in wheat, which, fowever, immediately began to improve after flour had been reduced. Canned fruits were quéted firm and in brisk demand, both for domestic and foreign account. )The output will be smaller than usual this year owing to the light fruit crop, and every case -.packed will probably find a market at good prices. The wholesalers reported a good business on the whole, with few fluctuations in any line. The money market was undisturbed, there being plenty of available funds for solvent borrowers at the usual rates of interest ened the n fruits the It is to be hoped that England and Russia can get “enough fun out of our war without starting a fracas | that we shall cver be free from the sale | foods. FOR GOOD LEGISLATION. RELIMINARY steps have been taken by the Manufacturers’ Association to reorganize the Council of Associated Industries for the purpose of using its influence to promote good legislation for the general welfare at the coming session of the Leg- | islature. It is to be hoped the movement thus started | will be carried briskly forward. There 1 should be done at Sacramento during the coming | winter, and it is none too early to begin preparations | for it. g | The Council of Associated Industries is designed‘ to include representatives of all influential organiza- | tions of trade, commerce and industry in the State, and will be therefore well fitted to devise and support | measures calculated to advance the larger interests | of the people. It can in this way render effectual ser- vice to the commonwealth and demonstrate anew the advantage that accrues to a community when .its | more intelligent, more enterprising and more public- spirited men work together for a common object in- stead of relying upon individual and separate efforts. The full programme of legislationfo be sought for from the Legislature has of course not . yet been marked out. That cannot be done until the pro- posed council has had time to consider all the con- | ditions of the State and discover what evils exist and | is much that | what remedies should be applied. It is fairly certain, | however, that the pure food question will be taken up, and also the issues involved in the problems of | providing for highway improvement and the better protection of white labor from the ruinous compe- tition of coolie workers. These matters have been so long under discussion they are well understood, and there is a general | agreement among intelligent, progressive men con- | cerning them. It should not be difficult, thcrefcre,! to provide some means of solving the problems re- | lating to them. With respect to the pure food law, | indeed, it is questionable whether any really adequate | Jegislation on the subject can be provided by the | State. Until Congress makes a law covering the whole Union and the whole subject it is not likely of impure | | Nevertheless it is worth while for the State | to do what it can, and any well devised measure di- rected to the end of preventing food adulteration : will be generally supported. | It would be well for the proposed council to give | its attention also to the subject of forest preservation. The fires that have swept the woods and the ranches of the State since the beginning of the dry season, and that are even now raging in some localities, have given us impressive object lessons in the value and | need of such protection. What has been lost by such fires within the last month would alone more than defray the cost of protection for a whole year. The jssue is one of pressing importance, and some steps should be taken to provide a remedy at the coming | Legislature. | The council, it goes without saying, will find plenty | to do when it begins its proposed work. The only | danger is that in the muititude of things before it so many may be undertaken that the efforts of the | council will be scattered and weakened. This of course must be guarded against If a few measures | of great importance are taken up and all the energies of the industrial associations are directed solely to procuring their enactment, much good will be | surely accomplished for the people and for the com- 1 monwealth. A NEW MARVEL OF SCIENCE. CCORDING to the reports of the proceedings | of a recent meeting of the Royal Academy of f\ Science in England, a certain Dr. W. J. Rus- | sell is said to have exhibited and successiully oper- FLYING FROM THE FIELD. ROM New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio come reports that the Democrats of those States will make the campaign this fall on State is- sues only. All signs point to the conclusion that in California similar tactics will be followed. Of the greater States of the Union Illinois seems to be the only one where the Democratic party will go into the field carrying the banner of Bryanism and the Chi- cago platform, and even there the determination of the party to stand by its guns is due pot so much to the courage of the rank and file as to the indomitable will of Altgeld, who, with the fatalism of a Napoleon returning from Elba, has forced his followers and votaries into line for a Waterloo campaign. This total abandonment of the field of national politics by one of the great historic parties of the country is one of the most striking features of the political situation. It is an incident unique in our records. Never before has there been among us a party ‘strong enough to form a national organization that was too weak to make a national fight. It is a final and convincing proof_of the complete demoral- ization of the opposition to the Republican policies | of protection and sound money, and gives assurance to the business interests of the country that here- aiter they will no longer be harassed by the incessant | agitations that have been so disturbing in the past. “The occurrence of the collapse of Democracy in the field of national politics at the same time with the return of prosperity is more than a mere coincidence. For years past Democracy has been a calamity party. | It has drifted so far from the traditions of its great days when led by Jackson, and even from those of the past generation under the leadership of Thurman, Hendricks and Tilden, that at present there is no place in its councils for wise statesmen, nor in its ranks for conservative citizens. It has now become a faction of discontent inflamed by agitators, and has found its way naturally and inevitably to the haven of Populism, where it oscillates between the extremes of socialism and anarchy. Under these circumstances it is mot strange that any effort at contesting national politics with vic- torious Republicanism has been abandoned. Even such leaders as those of the Maguire type no longer have the courage to face the people on national is- sues and have turned their longing eyes to State offices. In this crisis of the country, when all men | see that a new era has begun, when questions of for- | eign policy are pressing for solution, when the finances of the people are to be revised and reor- ganized, Democracy has no platform of principles or of policies to advocate. Its leaders will seek for pre- ferment and salary in such offices as colonel of volunteers, Governor of a Staté, or perhaps a County Clerk, but they will not presume to discuss national affairs or to risk an appeal to the people on them. It is- not likely that the tactics adopted will be fcund profitable. A flying foe never wins a victory. The patriotic instincts of the people are not to be deceived. They are aware that in our system of gov- ernment the politics of State and nation are too clcsely associated to be capable of arbitrary separa- tion. They know that any notable Democratic vic- tories in the States would be felt as a hampering in- fluence upon the Republican administration of the nation. For that reason the people will vote on local issues as on those of the country at large. The oppcsition that has abandoned the open and larger field will be driven from its hiding-place in the other. BUYING FOOD ABROAD. EPORTS from Washington are to the effect that our troops in the Philippines will probably be supplied with food from Australia. It is said the chief of the commissary department of the army has been negotiating with a London firm for the pur- ated a working model of a new camera which enables f | chase of beei and vegetables to be shipped from Aus- photographs to be taken in the dark, not a glim- - of their own. mer of light being necessary for acquiring a good negative. | Photography without light is of course a contra- | diction of terms, and probably when the new art is fully explained it will be found that the process by which the negative is taken is something altogether [ different from that which we know as photography. In the meantime we must accept the name as it | comes to us and discuss the scientific marvel under | that title. If the claims made for it be well founded it promises to be one the most interesting achievements of the year. The whole history of the development of pho- tography has been a striking illustration of the prov- | erb, “It it always the unexpected that happens.” For a long time past investigators have been seeking to | discover a means of photographing colors, and at any | time within the last twenty years experts in the art | would have been willing to predict that the next notable photographic advance would be that accom- plishment. Up to this time, however, color pho- tography remains impracticable, while a host of im- | provements have been made along lines utterly un- | expected and unforeseen. | The public has hardly startling sensation caused by the discovery of a means | of photographing the bones within the body of a | living man. Photography in the dark promises to be | even more startling. At first thought it will seem | something of a menace to society. Mrs. Grundy can | put aside with scorn the X ray instrument, for she | cares very little about bones, but what will she say | to a camera that enables pictures to be taken of all that goes on in the dark corners of summer resorts? The idea of a photographic instrument capable of | taking perfect negatives in the“dark, so that the’ operator does not have to disclose his presence by any flash or spark of light, is one that will lend ‘itself | readily to the uses of the romance writer. On that | theme there can be written as many stories as are | contained in the Thousand and One Nights of the | Arabian entertainments. Fortunately, however, the | matter is likely to be one of romance purely. While full particulars of the invention have not come to us, it is seli-evident that a negative taken by exposure in the dark must require hours of time, and that snap- | shot pictures with such a camera will be impossible. In fact the new invention, like the instrument em- played in the use of the X ray, will probably be of | advantage for scientific purposes only. Under any circumstances, however, the invention will be of no | small value in many ways, and it is to be hoped the ! report that comes to us has not exaggerated the de- | gree of success said to have been attained by the | working model. S —————— In settling the problem of the Philippines W. H. Mills seems inclined to think that he would be a po- tent factor. And if the matter is to be adjudicated through conversation zlone, perhaps he is right. of yet recovered from the Admiral Cervera has again proved his courage. He says he will go to Spain at the end of the war, and he must know there is no telling what may happen to him there. 3 People whom Hooley has charged with crooked- ness seem inclined to retort, “You're another.” 4 Which is probably not far from correct. tralian ports, and that the prospects are the con- tract will be awarded. As the American people produce every year far more food than they can consume, and for a genera- tion or more past have been shipping both meats and vegetables to other parts of the world, the proposed purchase of such supplies from Australia requires ex- planation. It is true that Australia is a good deal nearer the Philippines than is California, but the dif- ference in the distance is not sufficient to account for giving the contract for our army supplies to foreigners. There is no menace of immediate famine confronting the troops, and, other things being equal, it would be as easy to send the required beef and vegetables from San Francisco as from Melbourne or Sydney. It is possible that the explanation of the matter is to be found in the lack of American shipping. We may not have the merchant steamers ready for prompt use in carrying the supplies. It is well known that great difficulty was found in obtaining vessels to transport the soldiers themselves, and that the Government was compelled to grant American regis- try to a considerable number of foreign-built ships for that purpose. If this should prove to be the cause that impels the War Department to seel supplies from abroad instead of at home, another strong ar- gument will have been given why Congress should take immediate gteps to foster and promote our mer- chant marine. In any case it will be admitted that the purchase of food for. our troops at Manila from the Australians instead of from the Pacific Coast is mnot creditable. to us. The farmers of Cali- fornia, Oregon and Washington have all kinds of food products. to sell, and San Francisco has mer- chants fully capable of the task of delivering them in the Philippines. Tt is to be regretted, therefore, that the commissary general has found it necessary to ne- gotiate with a London firm for Australlan food. The instance is clearly one in which the Government should patronize home industr; There seems to be serious question as to the value of the military balloon. Tf, as one officer affirms, it merely served to show the enemy where to aim, the conclusion is inevitable that the General Wheeler | method of climbing a tree is superier. - NPT No sooner was the presence of the King of Dudes in San Francisco announced than Oakland pro- claimed possession of the King of Hoboes. Per- haps this is not jealousy, but it has the look of it. The plan of discouraging ballot-box stuffing at San Jose will probably be construed by Jim Rea into another of those direct affronts. R e Now, if the Market-street company has any other old rails it would like to have ripped up, it has only | to give the Mayor the wink. There is no occasion for surpirse at the snubbing of the Kaiser by the Bismarcks. The war lord got in an effective snub first. Garcia is said now to desire to be annexed, but the majority of people would prefer to have him elim- inated. 3 AUGUST 8, 1898. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Dr. Moore of Benicla is at the Grand. A. B. Herman of Dawson s at the Grand. ‘Willlam J. Bennie of Glasgow Is at the Occidental. Professor Keeler of Mount Hamilton 18 at the Palace. Senator E. C. Voorhels of Sutter Creek Is at the Palace. H. A Cohen, a merchant of New York, is at the Palace. W. J. Walker and wife of Honolulu are at the Occidental. George W. Crockett, a business man of Fresno, is at the Russ. RGOy Cum MacBrien, #% the hotel clerk, % CUM MAC 3 has a reputation % BRIEN GETS i in his calling that admits of nocom- gTHE PARROT. g perizons. He s an o nonparetl, gifatidaidn both his employ- ers’ and his own introspection have lm- pressed upon him implicit belief in his own greatness; yet at times his judg- ment errs and his Innate tact forsakes him. A few weeks ago a volatile parrot flitted from story to story in his hotel and despite the combined efforts of an army of bellboys, porters and clerks, It ‘was not captured. For a time this green- bedecked bird took to cover and some thought that it had escaped and forever disappeared from the sight of that small world confined to the four walls of the hotel. But this was all a mistake. It was in the late watches of the night—when Cum was roused from an inciplent sleep. A shriek coming from the third story seemed to drop into the court and churn the atmosphere into withering bits. The rest is told by Cum himself: *“When I came to I realized in a moment that something had happened to some one way up in the afr. I rang every bell I could that hed a button in the office, T called for every boy on duty. Six there were In all—night watchmen, boys and porters and your honorable in command. I ex- plained the situation hurriedly to those who did not hear that awful sound. Mur- der it might have been, suicide, robbery or insanity—not a drunk, for I know the symptoms of that by a long and well- trained study of cases that have come under my observation. Cautiously we went up the stairs, myself in the lead. The first story was reached and we held & consultation. It was decided not to be too reckless. I then fell back and com- manded from the rear. Another consulta- tion at the next landing and our plan of campaign of offense was planned. With a skin of cold ‘sweat glistening on the heads of my company we reached the third floor and prepared for the battle. ‘We heard a low and pitiful moan and all of us dropped on the floor to listen—noise travels so much better along a hard sur- face, you know. Scared? No, not a bit. ‘Well, maybe, just a little. It came again and then & shriek full of hell-blasts. Two of the army deserted. Me? Not on your life. Very close the rest of us crawled to the place the cry came from and we were rewarded for our bravery and our trouble. What do you think the thing was? The parrot. That devil we thought had left us for good. It was caught in the grill work over the elevator and could not get aw: Will T keep it? Well, T guess yes! It's a bird. She curses like a sea captaln.” Lieutenant F. M. Compton of Council Bluffs is at the Grand. E. Dinkelspiel, a newspaper Sulsun, is at the Grand. R. E. Jack, a banker of Ban Luis Obispo, is at the Palace. Lieutenant Edward Kimmel of the Third Artillery is at the Occidental. J. 8. Hamilton, a merchant of Hollis- ter, wife and daughter are at the Russ. J. G. Cannon, Superfor Judge of Yuma, is visiting the city accompanied by his wife and daughter. Captaln Fdwards, United States steam- ship inspector, arrived yesterday from Portland and 1s at the Lick. NEWS OF FOREIGN NAVIES. Four vessels will be added to the Ger- man navy during the present year. The Gazelle, a cruiser of 2650 tons and 19% knots speed, 18 ready for launching at Krupp's yard, Klel; Vineta, a crulser of 5650 tons and 20 knots, wiil be launched | at Stettin during the present month, and in December a gunboat of 8% tons is to | be launched at Elbing. The battle-ship Kaiser Friederich IIT will be completed early In October. l The British torpedo boat destroyer Angler has passed through a twelve hours® consumption trial. The boat was drawing 6 feet 1 inch forward and 6 feet T4 Inches aft, or 10 inches less than nor- | mal load draught, and with 184 pounds of steam developed 460 horsepower with 160 | revolutions, making a speed of 13.15 knots, | and consumed 10,152 pounds of coal dur- ing the twelve hours’ run. The enormous incrense In power required to make high | speeds may be realized from the fact that | while it took only 4% horsepower to push | the boat along at 13.15 knots, she will re- quire 5400 horsepower to go 30 knots. man of | Portugal s rapidly acquiring a navy of | crulsers. The San Rafael is the latest addition, having been launched at Havre | July § from the same yards where a sis- ter ship, the San Gabriel, was launched | May 7. The two ships are sheathed and | of 1500 tons, with a speed of 15 knots. The armament are all French guns of the | Canet type, and consists of two 5.9-inch four 4.7-Inch, eight 3-pounders and two | machine guns. Portugal 18 having six| cruisers built, of which two of 1021 tons collectively at Lisbon, two of 4100 tons each at Elswick, and two of 1800 tons each at Havre, in addition to which another cruiser of 4100 tons is proposed to be built at Elswick before the end of the present year. M. Lockroy is again the Minister of Marine of France, this being his second term. As is customary in that country, radical changes follow with the change of Ministry, and it is to this fact that the French navy s always in an experimental stage. Mr. Lockroy has fixed notlons about the ships of war and believes speed to be the chief element of success in a battle. Admiral Fournier holds that the entire flest could be advantageously replaced by a hundred lightly armored | but swift cruisers. The diversity of opin- | fon by naval officers on the fundamental | requirements of ships is simply bewilder- | ing, and so-called lessons drawn from battles are construed to meet with the views of individual officers. ‘The Argentine armored cruiser Sau | Martino having completed her trinls at Leghorn, Italy, where she was bullt, is ready for dellvery. On a two hours’ forcea draught trial the engines worked up to 12,436 horsepower, giving a speed of 19.68 knots, slightly short of the contract speed of 20 knots, The ship was down to 23 feet 414 inches, or 7% inches less than the normal mean draught. The San Mar- tino’s battery consists of four 8-inch breech-loaders in turrcts only 4 Inches thick; ten é-inch quick-firers; six 4.7-incl twelve 6-pounders, and ten Maxim 1% pounders. The armor extends all around the ship, six feet below the water line and three feet above, and is barely six inches thick. The protective deck is only 1.46 inches thick, and the upper gun deck 1.58 inches. The armor is Harveyized and ‘was made in France. She is almost an ex- act counterpart of the late Spanish crufs- er Cristobal Colon, and for the lack of high speed and insufficient gun protec- tion is not a desirable specimen of the armored cruiser type to be followed by other navies. A signalman on board the Gu;‘u at Dev- onport dockyard was court-martialed last month for having stolen a signal book and make his defense submitted a written statement confessing to the theft of the signal book, which Qe professed to have burned. The statement, which has made the British admiraity very uneasy—on account of the person alleged to have tempted the sailor to steal the book for a large money consideration—and its con- tents, has been kept very quiet. The book was stolen at about the time when the war between the United States and Spain began. Some of the sensational British journals have Intimated that Lieutenant Colwell, naval attache to the United States Legation in London, has been a party to the transaction, and the leu- tenant has written to the admiralty re- futing the implied charge and requesting that it take steps to suppress the false reports in the newspapers. The signai man was sentenced to eighteen months’ imprisonment with hard labor and to be dismissed from the service with dls- grace. THE YANKEE DUDE'LL DO. When Cholly swung his golf stick, on the links, Or knocked the tennis ball across the net, With his bangs done u; i e p in cunning little TWhen he wore the tallest collar b On, It wes the Tashion then” T o0 &t po 1O, mpale him on the pen o Al m as a bein me “through and thiough.s 000 °f puty But his racquet’s laid away, He is roughing it to-day, And Berolcally proving that the Yankee qude'tl When Algy, as some knight of old arrayed, ‘Was the leading figure at the “‘fawncy bail, We loathed him for the silly part he playe He was set down as a_monkey—that was alll O, we looked upon him then MA: unflthlo class with men, one whose heart was putty, an brains wers made of gho "o Tho% But he's thrown his cane away, And he grasps a gun to-d. i While the world beholds tho Yankee dude’ll do. m, knowing that ‘When Clarence cruised about upon his ht, Or drove out with his footman through the 10 22 s mamma, it was generally thought, Ought to have him in her keeping aft ] Oh, we ridiculed him then o s Lo dark! We impaled him on the pen, We thought he was effeminate, we dubbed him “*Sissy,” too— But he nobly marched away— He 18 eating pork to-day, And heroically proving that the Yankee dule'll 5 s How they hurled themeelves against the angry o€, In the Jungle and the trenches on the hill! ‘When the word to charge was given, every - dude nwu ‘ull "hl’ go— e was there to dle, to capture or ©Oh, he struck his level x‘:hen S Mt Men were called upon again To preserve the anclent glory of the old red, white and blue! He has thrown his spats away, He is wearing spurs io-day. And the world will please take notice that Yankeé dude’ll 4. stiolin E. K in Cleveland Leader. |WHY WARSHIPS SHOULD BE SHEATHED. Dry Dock No. 3 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard is at last reported fit for. use and our battle ships will at last be able to | dock and have thelr bottoms cleaned and painted after a delay of more than one year. There are only three drydocks in this country capable of admitting our large battle ships, but only one—that at Port Orchard—has been serviceable, while the | Port Royal dock appears to be somewhat | shaky, besides having insufficient depth | of water, and the Brooklyn dock has been | undergoing rebuilding since May last | year at a cost of nearly $170,000 to make it fit for use. Luck or Providence has favored our navy during the present war, for a chance shot from the enemy might have made any one of our battle ships usel for further service until the one dock, ruined by criminal neglect of duty on the part of Government officlals, could be put in condition to take in the disabled crafi As it is, the ships have been in tropical Wwaters for months and the damage, through pitting of the plates from corro- sion, is a serious matter, besides their inability to move about with anywhere near their calculated speed, notwithstand- ing the vast quantities of coal consumed. The experiences gained through the present war furnishes many lessons, not- ably to Congress in both houses, some members of which have hitherto opposed recommendations of the Navy Depart- ment officials in the lines of increased | efficiency of the navy. One of the most fmportant recommendations ignored has | been that of sheathing certain vessels, | the great speeds of which depended | mainly upon the clean condition of their bottoms. In 1884 when the increase of the navy received serious attention from Con- gress it was recommended that some of the new ships should be sheathed for pro- tection to the ships, as a measure of econ- omy In the use of coal and as necessary to malntain the speeds indefinitely. Chandler, then Secretary of the Navy, vigorously opposed this recommendation, claiming that with our docking facilities there was no need of sheathed vessols and that “no holes would be bored in the bottoms of the new ships by his orders, except by direction of an act of Con- gress.”” At the time this subject was so summarlly disposed of, Great Britain and other navies had already a number of sheathed ships afloat, notwithstanding the Qocking facilities they possessed all over the world, and the naval powers have one on and “bored the bottoms of ships £ of holes”'—that is, sheathed thousands of tons and thereby maintained the speed of the ships and saved vast sums In coal bills. In 1890 an act was passed by Con- gress which, in an equivocal way, per- Eitted the sheathing of two new gun- boats, but there was some doubt . the mind of the Secretary as to the meaning of sald act, and the ~gunboats were mnot sheathed. It%is only during the past two years, h the pe through Heonstructor that SiX composite Funboats of 1000 tons each have been built and these constitute all the vessels we Pave in the navy which need not dock twloe or oftener vearly in order to keep up thelr spced at a reasonable expend- e of fuel. fture, 0% Chiet Constructor Hichborn sub- mitted @ report to the Navy Department Bpon the importance and need of sheathed Ships. He enumerated vessels of forelgn havies thus protected against fouling and osion, able S rising all over the world If nec- AMary and always competent to get up to their original speeds. The list was a long one, but since then the number has vastly increased, and it now appears to be the fixed policy of foreign naval powers to Theathe all vessels intended for foret stations. The following table shows the Sumber and tonnage of sheathed vessels in the several navies built or in course of construction at the beginning of 198: SHEATHED NAVAL VESSELS. Great Britaln France - Russia Holland . United States.... the armored fleet of Great Britain nlzl‘:l%)sesl?ed 76 ships of 576,300 tons, of which 11 ships of 74,070 tons were sheathed, mak- Ing @ percentage of sheathed vessels of 128 per cent. mored fleet_consists of 93 sw tons, of which 15 of 141 tons are sheathed, giving a percentage of 16 per cent and a tonnage increase in nine years of_66,730. Nine vears ago the unarmored effective vessels of Great Britain numbered 191 of 325,085 tons, of which 22 vessels of 72,040 tons were sheathed. or a percentage of 22. The unarmored fleet now numbers 222 vessels of 655,253 tons, and of these 69 of It is evident that sheathing, notwith- standing its first cost, has found favor in Great Britain and by other naval powers who send squadrons abroad. Ships thus protected against fouling and_corrosfon are the best and cheapest in that they economize fuel, maintain their speed and require docking only at long intervals. As for the cost, that varies, of course, in pro- ortion to the size of ships, and in the arge vessels of 11,000 tons does probably not add more than 10 per cent to the cost of an ordinary steel vessel. In the six cruisers of the Grafton class of 7350 tons, not sheathed. the cost per ton of displace- ment was for the hulls, while three others of the same class which were sheathed cost at the rate of $160 per ton. These prices were those paid to the con- tractors, and show 10.8 per cent increased cost of the sheathed ships. A fleet of twenty-one crulsers was built in 1890-92 of afterward deserted. ° He subsequently surrendered, and when called upon to 2400 toms. Of these ten were sheathed, thereby increasing their displacement to - rsistent efforts of the pres- | and independent of docks, cap- | At the present time the ar- | s of 895.090 | 847.920 tons, or 53 per cent. are sheathed. | 3600, of which 200 tons was the weight of the sheathing. The vessels ‘which W:fi? not sheathed averaged for the hulls per ton of displacement, an were sheathed cost at the rate s ton. or an increased cost of 10.T Per cents The cost of repairs s practically the same for both classes of vessels, the difs ference being rather in favor of sheathed | ships, but the economy is experienced in the_ engine and boiler room, where less coal is consumed by at least 20 per cent in the bottom-protected ships, which has a further advantage in not requiring fre- | quent dockage and thereby incurring the | risk of straining the hull and getting the | engfnes a fts out of line. The ad | ditional cost is covered by the expense | which the unsheathed ship is put to twice | or oftener in a yvear by docking, cleanins and painting, and the sheathed ship is al- ways ready to steam at its original speed, where the other, if unable to dock, may not be able to cover more than two-thirds of its intended speed. The squadrons of - the United States and Germany hovering about Manila are an example of the im- ortance of sheathing. The German ships aiserin Augusta, Kormoran and Arcoha are sheathed and thus limited to at the most one docking yearly, while all of our vessels, with unprotected bottoms must gm‘}( ot least three times durnig the same eriod. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. A QUOTATION—M. M., Oakland, Cal The lines asked about: I could lie down like a tired child And weep away the life of care Which I have borne and yet mustbear- Are from “Stanzas Written in Dejection Near Naples,” by Percy Bysshe Shelley. MAIL FROM THE NORTH—A. R. S, City. The postal authorities have done all that can be done to arrange mail ser~ vice from the extreme north, buf the means of transmission from Dawson and other points are so uncertain that there can be no certainty of the recetpt of mall matter. EXPOSITION STAMPS—J. B. T., San Jose, Cal. As in the case of the stamps issued during the World's Fair at Chi- cago, stamps will be issued by the Postal Department during the continuance of the Transmississippi Bxposition, and what- ever remains after the close of the ex- position will be disposed of until the sup- ply is exhausted. STREET INTRODUCTIONS—E1la, City. Street introductions, according to writers on etiquette, are superfiuous. You may be with friends and stop to shake hands with people not seen for some time, but if there is no special desire on your part for these people to meet it 1s much :n‘::;r:- and more polite not te Imtroduce NAVAL of ORDNANCE—E. P. A., City. The largest naval ordnance in the British navy is the breech-loading riffie that ecarrles a seventeen-inch projectile weighing 2000 pounds, The cal- iber of the largest ordnance of other na- tions is: Austria, 12.01; Denmark, 13.98; Dutch_navy, 11; Franc 16.54: Germany, 12.01; Ttaly, 17. Russia, 12.60; Sweden and . 1051, and United States, 13, | also | DECORATIONS—M. E. P., City.. Thse | colors of the United States are red, white | and blue; those of France are blue, white | and red. If you wish to decorate with | United States colors you must place the red at the top; that is, make it the lead- | Ing color. Should_you use the blue as | the leading color, Yhen the decoration | would be French. In draping a doorway, 1:\'0 leading color should be in the cen- er. REVENUE STAMPS—Stamp- Flend, | Cit The denominations of the docu- | mentary stamps under the war revenue |are half a cent, one, two, three, four, five, ten, twenty-five and fifty cents, one, | three, five, ten and fifty dollars. The proprietary stamps under the same act are: One-eighth, one-quarter, three- cighths of a cent, one, one and a quarter, two, two and a half, four and five cents. amite rifies. | | ICE AND SALT-E. H, City. An in- | tense degree of cold is produced by a mix- | ture of pounded ice and salt in equal | parts. The salt causes the ice to melt in consequence of the attraction which it has for water, even in the frozen state, | and as they both unite the ice is dis- solved Into water and the water dissolves | the salt, so that both become liquid. The | cold so generated is no less than 32 de- | €rees below the freezing point. SEATING CAPACITY—M. A. 8., City. | The following is the seating capacity of | the several pla inquired about: St. | Peter’s, Rome, 54000; Milan Cathedral, 37,000; St. Pau Rome, 32,000; St. Paul's, London, 25,000; Florence Cathedral, 24,308; Antwerp Cathedral, 24,000; St. Sophia, | Constantinople. 23.000; Notre Dame, | 21.000; Pisa Cathedral, 13,000; St. Stephen’ | Vienna, 12,400: St. Dominic, Bologna, 12, | 000; Tabernacle, London, 7000; 8t. Mark's, Venice, 7000; Tabernacle, Brooklyn, 5500. RED CROSS SOCIETY—N. N., City. The Red Cross societies of the world are the organizations growing out of the In- ternational Red Cross treaty arranged at the Geneva convention of 188. The red cross on a white field Is the distinct- ive flag. By this badge are known all | hospitals, field or permanent, ambu- | lances, persons, materials and appliances employed in the relief service, and wher- ever the flag s displayed accompanied by the natfonal flag to which the hospital ete., belongs, it is treated, respected and protected_as neutral. Under the treaty | soldiers disabled by wounds or sickness who have fallen into the hands of the enemy and are incapable of bearing arms must be delivered to the outposts; to be sent to their homes on condition of not bearing arms again during the war. The Red Cross movement is civil In its origin and the various organizations that carry out the treaty are purely eivil. MONTE CARLO—S. L. J., City of Mexico, Mex. Monte Carlo Is a small town in the territory of Monaco, the | smallest of the sovereign principalities of | Europe. It has an area of 5% square miles. It is on the coast of the Mediter- ranean, nine miles east of Nice, in tha Alpes Maritimes, a department of France. Monaco is the possession of the Prince of Monaco, who is called “his Serene Highness,” and the territory is under French protection. The Casino at Monte Carlo, notorious for its gambling places, is run by a joint stock company, having a capital of 15,000,000 francs. None of the inhabitants of Monaco have access to the gambling tables, and their interest in maintaining the status quo Is secured by complete exemption from taxation and the large price paid for their lands, Gambling tables were established at Monte Carlo in 1856, but it was not until 1860, when M. Blanc, expelled from Hom- borg, took became notorious. The company that runs the games at that place has a lease until 1913. It takes in about 6,000,000 frapcs a year, and it pays out about’one and a half millions for the maintenance of the rincipality and its 4000 to annual vis- tors. The percentage in favor of ‘the bank is said to be about 75. The players | are from all parts of the world and from | all ranks of society. No nationality pré- dominates. Gamblers are, as a rule, very superstitious, and there are many who believe In mascots. One popular belfef i% that If a player while on his way to | play_accidentally meets a_hunchback and Potiches his hump he will win at the game. Cal. glace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's.® —_—— 'aris, Special information supplied dally te business houses and public ‘men Press Cipping Bureau (Allen'sy. B0 Moats gomery street. Telephone Main 1042, * —_———— One Chicago thief's specialty is steal- ing clocks. The police want tg'la.y their hands on him and make him do time, gut have not vet been able to run him | down. Has been used over fifty years by mi mothers for their children while geun‘nr:.‘:n;g perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Colic, reg- ulates the Bowels and {s the best remedy for Diarrhoeas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mra Winslow's Soothing Syrup. %c a bottle. —_— CORONADO—Atmosphere 1is perfectly dry, Soft and mild, being entirely fres from the mists common further north. Round-trip tick- ets, by steamship, including fifteen days’ board at the Hotel del Coronado, 30; longer stay, $2 50 per day. Apply 4 New Montgomery st., 8. F., or E. 8. BABCOCK, Manager Hotel del Coronado, Coronado, Cal. 3 B d those that per possession of the place, that ity