The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 19, 1898, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1898 Tall .AUGUST 19, 1898 The FRIDAY. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. ‘Address All Communications to W. S, LEAKE, Manager. Cosds PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F Telephone Main 1868. 4 EDITORIAL ROOMS. .217 to 221 Stevenson Street Telepho! Maip 18574 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND S8UNDAY) ts served by carriers In this city and surrounding towns for I5 cents & week. By mall $6 per year; per month 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL. OAKLAND OFFICE. errereessencss.H08 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative, WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE...............Rigge Houss C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE.. .Marquette Bulldis, €.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. One year, by mall. $1.58 WRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open until 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until 9:30 o'clook. 621 McAllister street, epen untll 9:30 o'clock. 616 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open until 10 o'clock. 29291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open untll 9 o'clock. 2518 Misslon street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open unth 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, opem ! until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana tucky streets, o lock. AMUSEMENTS. ‘Lohengrin.” Orpheum— Vaudeville. The Chutes—Zoo, Vaudeville and Cannon, the 613-pound Man. Olympia—Corner Mason and Eddy streets, Specialties. Mechanics' Pavilion—The Irish Fair, Saturday August20. tutro’'s Baths—Swimming. Central Park—" The Battle of Manilla," Saturday, August 20. ki Campo—Muste, daneing,boating, fishing, every Sunday. State Fair—Sacramento, September 5. THE PINTO POPULIST PLATFORM. CJ UDGE MAGUIRE was invited to sit with the committee appointed to draw a platform for the Democratic State convention. The coy candidate sdid: “I would not presume to draft a platiorm. There is one thing I would say, however, and that is, that the platiorm shogld be so drawn that it will not conflict with the platform already drawn by one of the great reform parties.” Why, then, have a Democratic party at all? Why | not let the Populists, as “‘one of the reform parties,” | take the lead? ‘ Maguire’s opinion being that the platforms must | not conflict, of course théy must be identical. As he | is under orders to accept the Populist nomination | and platform, and the time for such acceptance isi nearly up, he is naturally anxious that the two | horses he is to ride shall be going in the same direc- | tion. His anxiety in the matter 1s proof that the | Democratic horse, leit to his sweet and equine will, | would go in the opposite direction to the Populist beast, thus endangering the little Judge's political anatomy. But the horse is not to have his will. He must canter in unison with the Populist pacer, | while the Judge, with well chalked buskins, vaults through the hoops. Verily it is a spectacle for gods and men, the latter being old-time Democrats, to see at the head of the | ticket a man who sprouted on the sand lot, bolted the Democratic party in 1886, and formally and per- manently withdrew from it in 1887, and now informs it that its principles are not in conflict with Popu- lism, which represents everything against which Democracy has arrayed itself for nearly a century. Looking over Maguire's record as an office holder under a Republican city administration, as a sand- Iotter, as a chronic bolter, as a permanent fugitive from the party by his own act, and as a Populist | nominee for Governor, the steadfast Democrat may | well ask himself, “What is the reward of party fidelity | and party work?” If by bolting the party year after year, and cursing | and quitting it, 2 man ‘can get three terms in Con- | gress and the nomination for Governor, what is the use of packing a torch, going aroand odorous of kerosene and shouting for the regular ticket? These questions are for the faithful to answer. Our advice to them is to bolt the bolter, to quit the | quitter, and by giving him a dose of his own medi- | cine perhaps win the same honors which now crown | his infidelity to every party obligation and his treason to every party principle. Some of General Wheeler's staff plucked a large number of leaves from the tree he climbed to get a | view of the field during the march on Santiago, and | ‘sent them to Alabama as campaign documents to | help the general in his fight for re-election. The idea was a pretty one and is bound to win. When the polls are closed it will be found that the general’s competitors are up a tree and he’s all right. “Lord Charles Beresford,” says the Philadelphia | Times, “is the eldest son of the Marquis of Water- | ford and belongs to a daring family. His second | brother, Lord William, married the widowed Duchess | of Marlborough.” Enough said. f While it may be a fact that Dewey encouraged | Augusti to run away, there is no probability that the | admiral had to give the captain general more than a | gentle hint. bl 8 Officers of the German warships hovering about | Manila are said to be extremely reticent. They will not even go so far as to state what business they had to be theve. 2 ‘PmbaHy Congressman Hilborn, in his thoughtful moments, has doubts as to the beauty and integrity of the primary system. . There are methods by which the Tennessee boys might have more fun than by tearing down houses and paying for them. They will be making Hay in the State office as | soon as Day is past, but what kind of way is that to | keep the proverb? Democrzts can comfort themselves after election | by claiming that it was merely a Populistic defeat anyhow. ———s We shall not have a full measure of honor to whom honor is due in this country until Dewey is an ad- miral. The Populist pill was swa.llos‘ved, but there was no attempt on' the part of Democracy to conceal its wry face. i Maguire may straddle two platiorms in public, but as soon as he gets out of public sight he will sit down on one. Blanco -was for war to the “bitter end.” The end is here, and he still kicks. Isn’t it “bitter” enough? Fresno should not be discouraged. Chicago had a p BOSS McN@B’'S ‘“ARGUMENT.” THOSE who may be curious enough to examine political bossism in some of its phases should peruse the speech delivered at Sacramento on Tuesday by Gavin McNab of the “reunited” De- | mocracy of this city. The argument of thisldis~ | penser of new and undefiled Democracy was unique, original and persuasive, and we predict that when it has been thoroughly circulated it will take high rank among the forensic efforts of our time. It is certain to stand unrivaled until some orle can produce a more extraordinary specimen of logic, or a conven- tion can be found which will encourage the creation | of a bigger fool political scheme than has been con- ceived by the whispering boss. Mr. McNab declares that the arbitrary action of | the Democratic State Committee in wresting the !party organization in this city from the control of | the politicians who had won it by the usual methods | was justified by the alleged fact that the leaders of | the party had entered the employ of the Southern | Pacific Company and other corrupt and corrupting | corporations. In other words, according to this re- | markable boss, the time had arrived when, in order | to prevent the Democracy from falling into the | hands of Rainey and the railroad, the State Com- mittee was authorized to resort to any means, no matter how un-Democratic or despotic. The notable feature of this argument is found in | the hroad premises upon which it is based. Boss McNab starts off by assuming that Gould, Alford and himself are “honest”; that they may be trusted anywhere; that they are moved by patriotism only; that their motives cannot be questioned; that the people confide in them and have appointed them to rescue the Government from the hands of those who would corrupt and despoil it—in short, that they are the pure of the pure, and that they are com- missioned at all times to judge of the purity of others. Perhaps we need not remind Boss McNab that the argument he has used to bolster up his case at Sacramento has been used by every bloody tyrant who in all history has oppressed the world. Boss | McNab knows this as well as we do. He has studied | that argument in school, and in youthful debating | societies has doubtless railed against i He knows | that when once the right of a political leader to pass ;upon the motives of his opponents is conceded there is an end of civic liberty and tyranny supervenes. He knows that his assumption of purity is illogical and that his scheme for taking possession of a polit- ical party by force cannot be justified on any such ground. But it is probably useless to argue with Boss Mec- Nab. A man who will lay before an intelligent body of citizens such a case as he presented at Sacra- mento on Tuesday is beyond reason. Nor do we believe the convention accepted his argument as con- clusive, notwithstanding it indorsed his plans and agreed to divide the plunder of this city with him. Boss McNab wants to get control of the government of San Francisco, and he has succeeded in making the Democrats of the State believe that his scheme will work. It has been agreed to shut the Harney- ites out and divide the local plunder among the members of the State Committee. This is addition, division and silence, not logic. THE NAVAL PROMOTIONS. UBLIC opinion is by no means satisfied with the promotions thus far accorded to the naval heroes who have in this war so gloriously up- held the traditions of our flag upon the ocean. The press of all sections of the Union demand that further honors be bestowed, and in this popular sentiment is clearly reflected. Concerning the promotions granted Sampson and Schley there is, indeed, some difference of opinion. Prior to the outbreak of the war Schley stood higher on the naval register than Sampson. In promoting them recently the President advanced Sampson eight numbers and Schley six numbers. This has led to a good deal of adverse criticism in some quarters, the argument of the critics being that Schley, having chased Cervera into Santiago and being in actual command of the fleet at the time of the battle that destroyed the Spanish fleet, his promotion should at least have been equal to that accorded to Sampson, and the relative ranks of the two maintained as be- fore. Against the argument of the critics it is urged that the President has a fuller knowledge of the com- parative services of the two commanders than is possessed by the public, and it is therefore reasona- ble to assume he acted upon good and sufficient grounds when he gave the higher promotion to Sampson. Furthermore, it is pointed out that Samp- son directed the naval campaign in the West Indies, and although he was not in command on the day of battle, the victory is none the less his, since it resulted from his strategy and was won by tactics he had ordered. With the exception of this controversy concerning the relative deserts of Sampson and Schley, there is perfect unanimity of opinion on the whole subject of naval promotions. Eastern papers are as earnest as are those on this coast in urging that Captain Clark | of the Oregon be raised to the rank of commodore. He performed the greatest feat that has been accom- plished with a modern battleship, and by his skill displayed as a seaman in the long voyage around the Horn, as well as by his courage in the combat off Santiago, has merited a higher promotion than that of advancement on the list of captalns. As regards Dewey, there is but one voice, and that is expressed not only universally, but with ardor. The country demands that for him there shall be revived the rank of admiral, and that he be accorded every honor given to the illustrious Farragut. His services in the war have been greater than those of any other man. He has not only won battles for us and captured cities, but he has, by his skillful con- duct, maintained the prestige of the nation at Ma- nila under circumstances that required for the ac- complishment of that work diplomatic sagacity and firmness of a high order. Dewey has in truth proven himself to be one of the greatest naval commanders of all time. He has shown high administrative abilities as well as fighting qualities. He could govern the Philippines if called upon to do so, and achieve in that work as great a success as he did in taking them. He has fully merited the title of pdmiral, and the nation will not be satisfied if Congress does not revive the office and bestow it upon him in time for him to receive it as a Christmas gift. . People who have been predicting a war between Great Britain and Russia have only to keep on in order to make a record as prophets. The thing is bound to happen after a while. LR It is doubtful if there is any other such pay gravel on earth as that which is found in this city by those who get contracts for street improvements. The final proof-of prosperity is at hand. It is.an- fire ance, and look at Chicago now. | movnced that Kansas is out of debt. . l and got frostbitten. BLAND AND B@ILEY TURNED DOWN. URING the closing weeks of the recent session D of Congress abundant evidence was given that the Democratic leaders had determined to substitute a war issue for the money question-in the coming campaign. The vote in Oregon showed them that nothing could be expected of the iree silver cry this year. A new slogan was needed to rally the scattered clans, and, accordingly, they resolved to go to the country denouncing what they were pleased to call the “imperialism” of the Republican party. These tactics, adopted in a moment of desperation, have not been found adequate to the occasion. On the contrary, two conspicuous chiefs have been brought to grief by them already, and the campaign is yet young. Bailey raised the new cry in Texas and the State convention of his party turned him down. Bland raised it in” Missouri and met the same fate. The Democratic masses in those great States are too patriotic and too loyal to follow a fight against the administration on an issue that is clearly one of the war problems of the country. In those two States, at any rate, the coming contest will not be disturbed by clamors against a fictitious imperialism, and baseless denunciations of the foreign policy of the President. As a matter of fact, the cry of imperialism raised by the Democrats in Congress was one of the most foolish blunders ever committed even by that party of blunderers. It has no foundation upon which to‘rest. The administration has conducted the war with singular moderation, and the Republican party has taken no step that justifies even a suspicion of anything like imperialism. The President has moved slowly from point to point, as the emergencies of the war required, and has had the support of the great body of the people in every action from first to last. To no single deed or word of his can the Democratic leaders point” to justify a campaign of opposition. It is clear from what has taken place in Texas and Missouri that the Democratic masses are becoming impatient of the fatuous leadership of such men as Bailey and Bland. They know that the conduct of our foreign policy is in safe hands, and they are sufficiently patriotic to say so. Moreover, most of them have sense enough to know that for the Demo- cratic party te make the campaign this fall one of opposition to the war measures of the Government wotld be to invite destruction. No considerable number of people of any party will vote to hamper tite hands of the President in this emergency. It is reported that when, in his speech to the Mis- souri Democrats, Mr. Bland asked: to ratify a treaty here? Are you going to approve in advance a treaty the Republican party has yet to make? Are you ready to annex Porto Rico before you know anything about it?” a voice from the body of the convention shouted back, “You bet!” | The answer was sufficient, but it was made more eraphatic by the vote that turned Mr. Bland down when the question was put. The campaign against so-called “imperialism” has therefore collapsed at the start. Democracy. in Texas and in Missouri, as elsewhere, will make this fight on State issues only. NOW FOR @ MERCHANT MARINE. restoration of peace will be ‘followed by a fl marked increase of activity in our foreign commerce. This is not because the war impeded our trade and that a revival will come with the removal of the impediment, but because new channels of trade LL indications point to the conclusion that the | will be opened, new markets provided for our prod- ucts and new fields for our enterprise. For a long time past our commerce has been ex- panding, and recently the expansion has been one of the notable features of the world's development. In every nation on the globe the effects of our com- petition have been felt. Moreover our exports are no longer confined mainly to agricultural products or other forms of raw material. We are now among the great manufacturing peoples of the earth, and exports of our manufactured goods are increasing by leaps and bounds. In one respect only have we been lagging behind the most vigorous nations of the globe. We have not proyided the merchant marine needed to trans- port our goods abroad. Our expanding commerce is carried on chiefly through foreign ships. We still pay a tribute to European ship-owners for carrying our trade for us. Our products of farm and mine and factory are seen almost everywhere, but our flag is not conspicuous among the ships gathered in the sea- ports where the world's business is transacted. At the present time we are prepared in every way except one to advance in shipbuilding as rapidly as in other lines of industry. We have the enterprise, the money, the opportunity and the business necessary to provide for an expansion of our merchant marine on a grand scale. The one thing lacking is the legisla- tion requisite to place American merchant vessels on an equal footing with those of other nations. So long as European governments give potent aid to their merchant marine and our Government remains neg- lectful to the claims of our own, so long will the car- rying trade of America be in foreign hands and our commerce be forced to pay tribute to aliens. The war itself has to a large extent stimulated ship- building. The employment of a considerable number of merchant steamers by the Government for trans- ports diminished the tonnage available for commer- cial purposes, and as a consequence there has been an increased demand for new ships of almost all classes. This demand is in a fair way of being filled, for all the shipyards of the country are busy. If Govern- mental aid can now be provided to assist the activity already started the forward movement will attain great proportions, and in a comparatively few years will emancipate us from dependence on foreign ships and make our flag familiar in all parts of the world. It is pertinent to press this issue now. Time passes quickly, and Congress will soon be assembied for the winter session. At present the members of both houses are at home among their constituents with more or less earnestness studying the demands of the people. It should be made clear to them that the great mass of citizens are in favor of protection to the shipping interests as well as to other industries of the nation, and that a law fostering and promoting our merchant marine is one of the measures required and expected this winter. As soon as Congress meets there will be either an investigation of the conduct of the Santiago cam- paign, or else Congress itself will be condemned. There is a great deal of red hot music in the air on that subject, and somebody must dance to it. bR Th= svspicion naturally arises that many nominat- ing speeches were made yesterday simply because the orators had kept their eloquence bottled just as long as they could stand the pressure. B L It must be acknowledged that most of the adjec- tives used in the corivention yesterday were misfits, but some of them sounded well.” - Despite the heat, Montieth went to Sacramento “Are you going | MR. GAGE To the Editor of The Call: I dislike to discuss all of the details of the transac- tion concerning myself referred to In the Chronicle, reports of which It seems are being circulated by my political enemies. The controversy relates to affairs that arose more than twenty-one years ago and grew out of the partnership affalrs of George Hinds and D. W. Gage, owners of a band of sheep. D. W. Gage was my uncle. Both he and Hinds are dead, and most of the witnesses to the facts of the case are also deceased. I do not care, as I have said, to discuss all these de- tails. It s sufficient to say that, as an out- growth of the controversy, Hinds brought a civil suit against my uncle and myself to dis- solve the partnership, settle its affalrs, dispose of the property, divide the proceeds, etc. He also, through his attorney in this civil case, procured an indictment to be filed against me, charging my uncle and me with having en- tered into an unlawful conspiracy to defraud Hinds of his interest in the band of sheep. At the same time Hinds made complaint dgainst me Dbefore FPentalpha Lodge No. 207, of Free and Accepted Masons. of Los Angeles City, of which lodge I was not a member, but was'and ever since have been a member of a different Masonic lodge. The charges made against me in this complaint Involved this whole transaction, and the question was whether T had in an: gullty of conduct unbecoming a Mason, any wrong whatever. Mr. Hinds and his wit- nesses gave their testimony; I gave mine. The resuit was that the Masonic jury or commis- sion found a unanimous verdict in my favor, and which fully exonerated and vindicated me in every particular, as the affidavit of three surviving members of this jury, which I hand you, shows. The indictment was dismissed by the District Attorney who procured it (who was also Mr. Hinde' attorney), because he well knew that there was no evidence whatever to sustain the charge made. The civil suit never reached a final judgment. An interlocutory decision was rendered by the court in faver of Hinds, and this decision was mainly predicated upon the testimony of two witnesses who swore to a conversation which they alleged 1 had with my uncle, but which in truth and in fact never did oceur, nor had I.ever lald my eyes upon them until they appeared in court and testifled in that case. Their statement was bald per- jury. And from this dectetal order I took an appeal, but this appeal was dismissed by the Supreme Court because the interlocutory de- cision was not appealable. As I have sald no final decision was ever reached iIn the case, | and hence no opportunity was ever given to have the merits passed upon by the Supreme EXPLAINS. Court; but the Investigation had by the Ma- sonic lodge, where the whole trapsaction was fully investigated, not through tte technl . medium of legal procedure, but upon the equit able principles of Masonic justice, and in whicl a unanimous verdict was found in my favor, disposes of every criticism that could be made against my conduct in this matter. This Ma- sonic_verdict has been accepted and never questioned by the citizens of Los Angeles, ad no one who knows anything of the matter would eay aught against me because of any- thing connected with this transaction. My life among _these good people has been an opem | book; they know me, and I leave them to speak | of me and of all that I have ever done. HENRY T. GAGE. The affidayit by his Masonic brethren, referred to by Mr. Gage, follows: State_of California, County of Los Angeles, Ss. W. Robinson, S. Stoll and John D. Blek- | being each severally sworn, depose and | wW. nell, say: ‘That they are mow and were at all dates hereinafter mentioned, members of Pentalpha Lodge No. 202, F. and A. Masons, in Los An- geles, Cal., and are Past Masters thereof. That some time In the year a charge was preferred in said lodge against Brother | Henry T. Gege by Brother George Hinds, of | unmasonic conduct; that accompanying said | charge were several specifications, the gen- eral effect of which was that said Henry T. | Gage had attempted to defraud said Hinds | of an interest in a certain band or flock of | sheep in which a relative of sald Henry T. Gage, by the name of D. W. Gage. was inter- ested with sald Hinds. That id lodge pro- ceeded . according to Masonic usages to elect seven commissioners to Investigate said charges, and a regular trial was had; that the undersigned were members of sald commis- sion and participated in said trial. That said Hinds and said Henry T. Gage and other wit- nesses appeared before said commissioners, and | a full investigation was had thereon, and all matters mentioned in the said several specifi- cations were fully and duly considered by said commission; and after such full Investigation the unanimous verdict of the commissioners was that said Henry T. Gage was not guilty of any of the charges preferred against him, and he was thereupon exonerated, and there- after retained his good Masonic ‘standing as it 1o such charges had been made. NELL, . W. ROBIN: JOHN D. BICK §. STOLL. | Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12th v of August, 1898. Seal. JOHN C. BOWLEY, Notary Public in and for the County of Los ‘Angeles, State of California. | AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Willlam McKewen and wife of Los An- geles are at the Lick. | L. Coates of Napa is at the California | in company with his wife. Robert J. Nixon Jr., of the Yreka Jour- nal, is registered at the Grand. G. W. Scott, a wealthy land-owner of | Madison, Cal., is at the Grand. | Frank Buck, a banker of Vacaville, and | his wife are guests at the Palace. | J. T. Taylor, a prominent rancher of | Bakersfield, is making the Occidental his headquarters. | William Doyle Miner and wife will be | in this clty for a week and are stopping | at the Brooklyn. | | Ernest Hastings, the new leading man | | of the Alcazar, registered at the Califor- l | nta yesterday from New York. | o pH G MUET A litle incident | =3 occurred at the| | 5 NEARLY LOST g Columbia Thea- | HIS g ter last evening| | during the per- | T WHISKERS. ¥ Soems s sine [Sommmuomn [Triby. which had it not been | for the coolness and tact of Theodore Roberts, would have spolled the most solemn scene In the play and undoubt-| | edly have created unbounded amusement. | It happened when Roberts, who enacts | the role of Svengali, is about to leave | this earthly sphere, and just when Taffy | (John T. Burke) catches him violently by the throat. In doing so Svengali’s whis- kers became disarranged, and he came very near losing his hirsute appendage in full view of the audience. Roberts says: “I felt that my whiskers had be- come unloosened by the violence of Taf- fy's onslaught, and my only thought Fas | to conceal the fact from the apdigijte. | Of course 1 was obliged to go fhrotigh | my death struggle as faithfully§hs pos- | sible, but all the time I felt that those | infernal whiskers were slowly but surely | slipping away from their moorings, and the only question was how long would it | be before they would fall to the floor and turn the death scene Into a farce com- | edy. I assure you that I never before | had felt such an anxious desire to dle, | for death would have been a welcome | | rellef and saved me from ridicule. T | strained every nerve in my face in the fond hope that the whiskers would ad- here, and In falling backward on the ta- ble I could feel large beads of - per- spiration on my brow, for it seemed to me that they had at last fallen. My fears were {1l founded, however, for they clung to me, and when I had assumed my recumbent position and given up the ghost, my beloved whiskers gracefully fell back to their proper position and the scene was saved. That was one case at least wherein death brought a welcome relief, but it was a horrible death.” Hon. Phil Metchan, State Treasurer | of Oregon, is making a visit to this city in company with his wife, and has taken apartments at the Baldwin. Thomas J. Kirk, Superintendent of Pub- lic Instruction of Fresno, and L. McDon- ald, a mining man of French Gulch, are among the arrivals at the Lick. W. L. Hardison of Santa Paula, Lewis W. Andrews of Ventura and A. G. Gas- sin of San Diego put their names on the Palace register yesterday morning. W. C. Hawley of Salem, Or., who is a delegate to the convention of the Wood- men of the World, which meets in this city next week, Is registered at the Cal- ifornia. The judiciary are well represented at the Grand in the persons of Judge W. H. Clarke of Los Angeles, Judge John F. Ellison of Red Bluff and Judge J. S. Beard of Yrek ———————————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW ' YORK, Aug. 18.—Theodore C. Marceau and A. J. Bowie of San Fran- cisco are at the Waldorf-Astoria, Charles L. Asher and J. Baumgarten of San Francisco are at the Hoffman and J. O. Haynes of San Jose is at the Bucking- ham. MY LEEDLE FRITZ. Der day is done und der shadows play Vare he sleeps—my lcedle Fritz! Ind der curious moonbeams sofdly sdray Vare he sleeps—my leedle Fritz! His vite vooly dog lies on his breast, | Und der monkey on a stick vot hé luffs der best chubby hants his small, ressed — TUnd he sleeps—my leedle Fritz! Der night vinds call bud he doan’s reply, For he sleeps—my leedle Fritz! Den dey vander avay mit a mournful sigh, Bud he sleeps—my leedle Fritz! His blue Noah's Ark stants on der floor, Und Shem und Ham keeb vatch in der | m is closely door, Bud he doan’d come und talk mit dem no more, For he sleeps—my leedle Fritz! Der vorld is a dark und lonely blace Ven he sleeps—my leedle Fritz! For der light uf der sun vas in his face, TUnd he sleeps—my leedle Fritz! His toys dey are stanting all in a row, Und his leedle rocky-horse id vispers low, “Der angels vanted him back, und so He sleeps—our leedle Fritz!” —Baltimore News. AGAINST TORPEDOES IN FIGHT- ING SHIPS. One of the recommendations of the board of officers appointed to examine the four Spanish cruisers sunk off San- tlago will, we believe, commend itself to almost all students of the art of making warships. The experts, who report that the Maria Teresa and Cristobal Colon may be saved, if dealt with promptly, advise that hereafter no torpuroeo shall | order of sea fighting, the superior marl be carrfed on fighting vessels. The Viz- caya, it appears, was blown up by one of her own torpedoes, very probably not with the intention of her crew. Torpedoes on modern battleships repre- sent, in addition to very great danger to the ship itself, through the possibility of being exploded by an enemy’s gun fire, the complicated plant and the croys of half a dozen tubes. There is mac‘inery to charge them with air, with pipes run- ning to every station, together with the | lines of communication with tae cap- | tain. It all makes a costly arrangement for which, of course, other interests of | the ship are sacrificed; and in the light | of marine warfare as it has been revealed by our recent encounters, its chances of | usefulness are extremely remote. Long range will hereafter be the usual man preferring to deal out destruction from a distance to coming so near that hits would be scored by his antagonist even if most inferior in gunnery. A com- mander probably will not close, except in desperation, In which case his more hope- ful opponent will keep away. The battle will virtually be over. with one side prac- tically defeated, before the winner will incline to come within torpedo range. The certainty with which torpedo boats will be sunk by well-trained gunners, il- lustrated at San Juan and at Santiago, may change the general opinion as to the value of torpedo boats pure and simple; but in genuine fighting-ships - torpedoes | seem plainly out of place and full of vast- | ly greater danger to their ‘own side than to the other. Probably it will be well to take out the torpedo tubes on the fight- ing craft we have, leaving them out, of gnurse, on ships yet to come.—New York un. e ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. SKIN FOOD—J. H., City. This depart- ment cannot prescribe skin food, for what might be good for one might be harmful for another. You should consult a rep- utable: dermatologist. ARTILLERY CONDUCTORS—S., City. Those artillerymen in the Royal artillery ‘who, in the field, have charge of the am- munition wagons, are those who are known as the conductors. ELECTRICITY—Reader, City. If you will go to the San Francisco Free Public Library you will find there a long list of books on electricity which will give you | all the knowledg: RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM— H. Sebastopol, Cal. The pronunciation of Rubaivat is as if written rue-bay-vat, and that of Khayyam is Ki-yam, with the sound of i-as i in pine and the sound of a as a in far. 3 . GOPHERS—S. If gophersare not too nu- merous, the best means to gét rid of them is by trap. If plentiful, one of the best methods is to procure from a drugstore a compound tnat can be used to suffocate them in their holes. THE CHICAGO FAIR—X. P., City. At the World's Fair in Chicago, May 1 to Oc- tober 30, 1893, the number of pald admis- sfons _were: Adults 20,224 58%7; children, 1.225,554; total, 21,480,141; free admissions, 6,069,3%] grand total, 27,550,521 THE PRESIDENCY—F. O. Z., City. It is not necessary that the parents of a man should have been born in the United States to make him eligible for the office of President of the United States. The constitution says ‘No person except a naturai-born citizen or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption | of this constitution shall be eligible to the office of President.” \ A SIMILE—J. S., San Jose, fal. In the first three lines of the following queta- tion from the “Prisoner of Chillon” there is a metaphor, and in the last two a simile: A sunbeam which hath lost its way, And_through the crevice and the cleft Of the thick wall is fallen and left, Creeping o'er the floor so damp, Like a marsh’s meteor lamp. PROVINCE—J. L., City. The definition of province as applied to country has al- ready been given in this department and | there is nothing to be added to what has already been given. The province of Po- sen is one of the component parts of the kingdom of Prussia and the name of that territory, by the law and the custom of the country, is province. There is nothing in the world to prevent your friend, if he does not like the designation, to call that | territory a. State or a county or anything | he pleases. A QUESTION IN CRIBBAGE—Inq., City. The questior “Four persons play n“ game of cribbage. Can each player hold twenty-four points and have twenty-four in the crib?” was submitted to an expert, Who gives the following answer: A holds two fours and two fives. B holds two fours and two fies. C holds two sevens and two eights. D holds two sevens and two eights. The crib has three sixes and one thre Six turned up. MAIL FOR MANILA—One of the sol- diers, City. Mail for Manila is taken by | every steamer that sails for China. The latest that mail should be deposited is on the evening before the departure of the vessel “announced to sail. It will be re- ceived on board the vessel up to within a few minutes of sailing if the same is en- closed in a Government stamped envelope. An envelope to which a stamp has been affixed will not be received. Watch the advertisements in The Call for the de- parture of steamers for that point. GRAHAM BISCUIT—J. H., City. It is said the only ingredients that ought to be used in the preparation of graham flour in the shape of biscuits or crackers are graham flour, boiling water and salt, in the proportion of one pint of flour to nearly a quart of water anu a_teaspoon- ful of salt. This should be rolled to the thickness of a ?uarter of an inch, cut in round cakes, placed on a buttered pan and baked in a very hot oven. This is glven for what it is worth, and it is said to be the only way to obtain the full nu- tritive value of the graham flour. WOMAN’S FEDERATION—A. 8., City. The Woman's Federation, which holds meetings every Monday afternoon in the Red Men's building, on Post street, is or- ganized for the purpose of improving the condition of woman in every way that it can be done. The federation has special committees that look after prisons, ou ay desire. tals, morality and almost everything that suggests itself for the betterment of woman. The officers are Mrs. Eva E. Bates, 2203 Steiner street. president; Mrs. Lilia May Kimball, 1714 Mason street, sec- retary; Mrs. L. H. Rinner, treasuret, and Mrs. E. Phillips, financial secretary. The meetings are open to ladies. BRIGADIER GENERAL WRIGHT— Silver Heights, City. The body of Brig- adier General Wright, U. S. A., and that of his wife, who were drowned by the foundering of the Brother Jonathan July 31, 1865, was not recovered until October of that year. The remains were brouht to San Francisco October 12, funeral ser- vices were held in Calvary Church on the 21st, and then the remains were taken | to Sacramento, where they were laid at rest on the 22d. RIFLE AND RUST-D. C. V., City. If the Interior of a rifle Is rusted and the rifle is one that is commonly used for target practice send it to a factory a d have it rebored. If i is any other kind of a rifle throw it away where it will do no harm to you or anybody else. A rifle that is rusted on the inside of the barre is a dangerous weapon. It is said that an ointment made up of corrosive sublimate and lard is a good prevenfive of rust in uns, especlally at the seashore. It is also said that .’ll‘l1 %!c(:l ‘;I‘X‘H;h;? l:;"r‘r:‘p hI; fectly preserved by putuin, . Peranty “burned lime in a_drawer where the article is kept. If it ¥s to be moved about, as, for instance, a gun in its case, the lime should be put in a musiin bag. The lime absorbs all the moisture. IN THE NAVY—L. de M., City. The rank in the United States navy, from cap- tain down, is as follows: Captain, com- mander, lieutenant-commander, lleuten- ant, lleutenant junior grade, ensign, na- val cadet, mate, medical and pay direct or, chief engineer, fleet surgeon, fleet pay- master, fleet engineer, passed assistant surgeon, passed assistant paymaster, passed assistant engineer, assistant sur- geon, assistant paymaster, assistant en- gineer, naval constructor, assistant con- structor, chaplain, professor of mathe- matics and clvil engineering, boatswain, gunner, carpenter, sailmaker, secretary, clerk, chief petty officers, petty officers of the first class, of the second class and of the third class, seamen of the first, second -and third class. i The pay of chief quartermaster is $30 per month. COUSINS—F. §., City. The children of brothers and sisters are called cousins, cousins german, first cousins or full cous- in Often, however, the term second cousin is loosely applied to the son or daughter of a cousin german, more prop- erly called a first cousin once removed. A first cousin once removed is the child’s first cousin; a first cousin twice removed is the grandchild of one's first cousin; & second cousin once removed is the child of one’s second cousin. A first cousin once removed is sometimes called a sec- ond cousin, followed by a third, etc. The relation of an individual to his father's cousin is thdt of a first cousin, once re- moved, or second cousin, and his relation to his father's cousin’s’ child is that of first cousin twice removed, or third cousin. The communication relative to A, B, C and D does not state the relation of the principals clearly enough to admit of an answer. The above rule as to con- sanguinity will, no doubt, help you in solving the problem you want answered. If the parties do not come within the rule quoted, then the children are not cousins. DENSITY OF WATER—T. S. M., Fort | Point, City. In view of the fact that the depth of the ocean has never been fath- | omed, it is impossible to tell if a solid | pleceof iron would go to the bottom. Close | to the east coast of Japan the current | flows through a marine valley, Which in | 1875 was sounded from the United States | steamer Tuscarora to a depth of five and | @ quarter miles. . The heavy sounding weight took more than an hour to sink to | the bottom. A trial was made of a chasm still deeper where the lead did not fetch up bottom and that is id to be the only | ocean depth that remains unfathomed. As to how far a solld piece of iron will sink depends upon the size of the piece, | the depth of the water and its density. Scientists assert that at a depth of 6000 | feet in the ocean the water is so dense | that each square inch will weight of 2648 pounds. If that is true a one thou- sand pound projectile wouid not go to the bottom where the depth is in excess of 6000 feet. T MERCIFUL WAR. . The Star is under the impression tha&¢ | it was General P. G. T. Beauregard who, preparatory to the bloody battle of Sh loh, in general orders, cautioned his sol- diers to shoot low—to strike the lower limbs of the enemy—to wound rather than’ to kill, for the reason that a wound- €d man almost invariably took from the field two able-bodied attendants, while iie dead body was left to be cared for at « more cohvenient time. The ordery Lowever, whoever may have issued it was based upon sound reasoning, and if acted upon on every battlefleld would much more quickly put one side or the cther hors de combat than where (e sole aim was to kill. Evidently the inventor of the Mauseg builet, used by the Spaniards at San tiago, had this idea in view, and the re- sult has demonstrated the correctness of nis theory. Major Lagarde, in charge of the hospitals at Siboney, states that the number of wounded in proportion to the killed is very materially increased, aud further, that the victims of the lat= est missile 'show few of the injuries suf- fered from the old leaden bullet of larger caliber, such as s.”” It is shown, aiso, if such a thing is possible, to be a merci- ful bullet, for the major reports, that while *the number of wounded is in- creased the dangerous nature of ‘the wounds has been wonderfully diminished, and owing to the reduced caliber of the projectiles amputation and resection has been rarely necessary,” and then, again, he says, aside from wounds in organs wiin_fluid contents, the injuries inflicted are “trivial, and seldom serious enough to compel the wounded men to keep to tneir beds unless the bullets should be lodged.” Even then the wounded merely show ‘“slight localized pneumonia.” We have heard much during our long term of peace of an attempt to Intro- duce more humane projectiles into the cruel business of war, and if the re- ports of Major Lagarde prove to be well founged many a wounded American sol- dler from in front of Santiaro will have reason to be thankful that the effort has proved successful.—St. Louis Post-Dis- patch. —_— e Cal. glace fruit 50c per 1b at Townsend’s.® —_—————————— Going out of business; best eyeglasses, specs, 15¢ to 40c. 65 Fourth, near barber. * —— e o———— Speelal information supplied dally to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Maln 1042. - —— Ukiah and Return $2. There will be a special excursion to Ukiah Sunday, August 21, leaving Tibu- ron Ferry at 8 a. m., and for which the fare for the round trip will be only $2. The time for departure from Ukiah will be 4:30 p. m., giving four hours there, and affording plenty of time to visit the fish hatchery of the San Francisco and North Pacific Railway, Vichy Springs, and the many other points of interest. * _—————— Turkey, partly from necessity and part- 1y from choice, is the most warlike of the Furopean nations. Her record from the beginning of the century to the end of-1596 was thirty-seven years of war to Sixty- five of peace; Spain, with thirty-one vears of war to sixty-five of peace, has second place; then comes. France, with twenty- seven years of war and sixty-nine of peace. Russia during the ninety-six years ad twenty-four vears of war; Italy, twenty-three; England, twenty-one; Aus- tria-Hungary, seventeen; the Netherlands, fourteen; Germany (exclusive of Prussia), thirteen; Prussia, twelve; Sweden, ten: Portugal, twelve, and Denmark, nine. There was peace for European powers if the periods of 1816-18, 1841-47, 1879-81, and from 1886 up to the war between Turkey and Greece.—Philadelphia Ledger. —_— “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used over fifty years by mlllions of mothers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays Pain, eures Wind Colle, reg- ulates the Bg'ell and is 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. 2c a bottle. —_————— First and Sacond Class rates again reduced via the Santa Fe route. Call at the mew ticket office, 628 Market. ——————————— HOTEL DEL CORONADO—Take advantage of the round-trip tickets. Now only $60 by stéamship, including fifteen days' board at ho- tel; longer stay $2 50 per day. “Apply at 4 New