The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 20, 1898, Page 6

/& HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1898 .AUGUST 20, 1898 Che SATURDAY. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propretor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager, PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. P Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL RCOMS... .217 to 221 Stevenson Strzaet Telephone Main 1874. THE AN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) served by carrlers In this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents a wesk. By mall $6 per year; per montp 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL OAKLAND OFFICE NEW YORK OFFICE. One year. by mall. $1.59 +ee-+..908 Brooadway ..Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE... ...Riggs House C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE. ..Marquette Bullding C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. WRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open until 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street. open until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Misslon street, open until 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open untli 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open unth 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, opem wntli 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS, Columbla—*Trilby." Alcazar— Yorick's Love Morosco's—“Work and Wages. Tivoli—+Lohengrin.” Orphenum—Vaudevilie. The Chutes—Zoo, Vaudeville and Cannon, the 613-pound Maa. Olympia—Corner Mason and Eddy streets, Specialtios. Mechanics' Pavilion—The Irish Fair, tutro's Baths—Swimming. Central Park—"The Battie of Manilla.” Recreation Park—Baseball this afternoon. Coursing—At Union Coursing Park. Coursipg—Ingleside Coursing Park. El Catipo—Musie, dancing.boating, fishing, every Sunday. State Fair—Sacramento, Septeuber 5. THE IRISH FAIR. ITH the opening of the Irish fair this evening there will be begun for our people and for visi- tors to the city a series of entertainments of more than ordinary beauty, brilliancy and pleasure. No people better understand the art of enjoying life than the Irish; none are more genial with friends or more hospitable to strangers that come with friendly | purposes. It is thereiore well assured that all who | attend the fair will receive a cordial welcome and find themselves in a joyous company. The object of the fair is to raise money for a fund | designed for the construction of a stately edifice to | be used as a common home for the various Irish so- | cieties of the city and to be known as Celtic Hall. It | is therefore one which appeals not only to persons of Irish birth or ancestry, but to all citizens who have | sufficient civic pride to feel an interest in its arcln-‘ téctural embellishment and the promotion of its social | | urganizations. The United States as a nation and every State and | | tect private property by injunction is denied, and the IMMORAL LAW. | LONG AS THE HE Democratic platform is great in its length. For the rest of its quality it may be said to be a It begins by affirming its “adherence to the time- honored principles of Democracy enunciated by cratic successors.” Then the instrument proceeds to demand the free Jefierson said the ratio of the two metals is a com- mercial problem entirely and cannot be controlled by and only honest standard of value. The platform says that “While we do not favor an aggressive policy of to Spain of any of the territory that has been acquired by American valor and the expenditure of the blood war is not territory taken by aggression, then war | has ceased to be an aggressive business. This is a sion. Jefferson said that we might acquire Cuba safely, for no addition to our navy would be needed our expansion; that we should acquire no soil requir- ing an aditional navy to defend it: more adherence The platform demands that the Government bid in, | | hold and operate the Central Pacific road. Jefferson in business, and that when it reached the limit of its police powers beyond that the people should be left talents. The principle of representative government is dis- manded, in the form of the referendum and mandate, without any provision for the rationalizing of such ernment. Jefferson said in his first inaugural that the will of the majority to be right must be reasonable, | T curjosity. Thomas Jefferson and grandly upheld by his Demo- and unlimited coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to I. statute, and Jackson said that gold is the universal territorial expansion we are opposed to the surrender and treasure of our people.” If territory acquired by plain and unequivocal indorsement of imperial expan- to hold it, and that herein should be the rule limiting to the time-honored principles of Jefferson. | believed that the Government had no business to be free in the exercise of their business and industrial carded and direct legislation by popular vote is de- direct legislation by the judicial branch of the Gov- and to rationalize that will the judicial branch of the Government was organized by the constitution. He | | also said in the Declaration of Independence that | man has certain inalienable rights, meaning those beyond the jurisdiction of a majority. This platform sweeps all such rights away and lays every personal | and property right of man open to the attack of a | popular majority, and then denies to the courts the | authority to judicially protect such rights when so | attacked! The courts are mentioned only to defame and treat | them as public enemies. The right of a court to pro- | demand of the Chicago platform in that matter is in- dorsed. To deny the defense of property rights by injunction is equivalent to denial of the defense of personal rights by habeas corpus. ' The writs are twins in law. If one fall no argument remains for the preservation of the other. The platform, having denied the authority of the | courts to protect property, demands the adoption of | the constitutional amendment giving to counties and | CANDIDATE MAGUIRE. HE marked characteristic of Judge Maguire has Tbeen the evanescent quality of his political con- victions. He has a keen eye for popular preju- dices and follows them with the energy of a devotee so0 long as they lead toward an office. This accounts for his advocacy of so many antagonistic things. He must be credited, however, with a steadfast devotion to the single tax. True, he lays it down or puts it behind his back when necessary to get an office, but he always goes fondly back to it, as a little girl does to her rag doll. By making himself the candidate of three political parties he has secured ample scope for the contents of his grab bag of political beliefs, and is able to appeal to the whole group of popula~ preju- dices. Of principles he has no thoughtful conception. A creature of impulse, yet even his impulses are safely bitted and controlled by his constant itch for office, which torments like an eczema. He has held more offices and longer than any other public man in Cali- fornia and has accomplished less for the public. His art has been to foil his inefficiency in securing per- manent results by pointing to what he prevented. The Examiner gave him the sobriquet of the “Little Giant,” borrowed from Stephen A. Douglas, be- cause of his supposed service in preventing the pass- age of the funding bill. But in the end he let it pass when uttering two words, “I object,” would have beaten it. So with his whole official history. It is strewn with words, words, words, thicker than autumn leaves on the creeks of Vallombrosa, and is as vacant of acts as a stone is of nutriment. He runs upon a mosaic platform, which attacks everything that is. Every institution founded on our constitutional system is antagonized by it. He holds out to growing manhood the lure of a coming Utopia, in which every man shall have what he wants by legislative enactment and without ‘Dersonal exertion. To him government is the creator of personal for- tune. Law can create value. There is nothing natural in nature. Everything is artificial. The distinctions in life and the differences in fortune and fate he de- clares to be artificial, to be changed by more artifice. His election and the elevation to power of the poli- tical rag and tag and bobtail he represents would be a calamity to California. His defeat has become a civic duty. In his speech in Congress on anarchy and nihilism he distinctly glorified assassination, and among his supporters are the prominent advocates | of murder as a proper public policy and means of reform. The line is drawn by his nomination, not between parties, but between order and anarchy. Let us see which will win. l!his city will not confirm the Republicans in the idea that this is their “year” and that nothing they can do will produce defeat. There has been a falling off of over 10,000 in the registrations, but a general effort to create the impression that this in some way is favorable to the Republican party because the de- STATISTICS OF REGISTRATION. T is to be hoped that the statistics of registration in munitipali’ties the right to adopt such system of taxa- crease is alleged to be heaviest in Democratic dis- city in her wide domain owe much to the Irish race. | tion as a majority of their people may elect to have. 4 Sl . 1057 s 4 | tricts is scarcely justifiable and exceedingly danger- Nine men of that race were among the signers of the | Declaration of Independence, and from that time to | the present day Irishmen have been conspicuous in | every field of American endeavor, whether in peace or war. They have been important factors in every | advance made in our industrial development, and | wherever under our battle flag the fortune of war has demanded a sacrifice or granted a triumph they have | been conspicuous for courage and patriotism. ‘} 1t is particularly pertinent now to recall that among | the salient characteristics of the Irish race is that of | generosity. Every movement of a public nature un- dertaken in the United States has been liberally aided by the Irish residents of the community where it was | carried forward. They have contributed freely to the | enterprises of other social and benevolent organiza- tions, and it is but just they should receive the re- ward of their friendly helpfulness. Reciprocity is always commendable, and in this in- stance those who now return the past favors received | from their Irish friends, by giving a liberal patronage to the fair, will find reward not only in the satisfaction of aiding a good cause, but in-the delight of doing | so under circumstances of social enjoyment perfected by every accessory of music, mirth and beauty. POLITICAL NEWS WITHOUT BIdAS. OREMOST among the purposes of this paper Fis that of publishing the news, setting it forth correctly, with no coloring of prejudice. At present political news is prominent, and to the prac- tical exclusion of ordinary topics interest centers about the action of the several parties. This action will be fully described to the end of the campaign just as it has up to the close of the Democratic conven- tion. The Call will support the Republican ticket, do all in its power to elect it, and has from.the first made its position known. But being a newspaper it will tell whatever may happen. Its reports of the Demo- cratic convention were the fullest and by far the best. This is a simplé matter of record, easy to verify by a glance at the files of all the city papers. Many con- gratulations have been received from people of all political faiths expressing pleasure that they are able to read the report of a convention and find it exhaus- sive, correct and fair, an exposition of what actually happened, unaccompanied by any effort to make black appear white. Tuesday the Republicans- meet at Sacramento to nominate a ticket which will, except for some con- tingency not discernible now, be elected. All the State wants to know without delay what that conven- tion does. It is the province of the newspapers to give the information, and The Call is a newspaper. There will be daily complete and reliable details sent by a corps of practical men who, while not “spe- cial commissioners,” know what news is, where to get it and how to present it to the people. 15 martialed for cowardice, and serve him right. soldier has any excuse for being the sort of coward to be court- No A captain of Ohio volunteers who runs away. He can get scared, probably will, and perhaps under the impulse of fright fight so as to win mention for bravery. A man who is made of such stuff that he will take to his legs at a critical moment ought to know it in advance and avoid the moment. For McNab to decline the nomination from the Fourth was a generous act. Fancy how the Fourth would have felt with a McNab representing it at Washington. McNab would have been defeated, un- less for the intervention of a miracle, and miracles are scarce, but somebody might have found out that he was running and have had a laugh on the Fourth. Without the slightest asperity toward Cassin we venture the prediction that his career as a convention chairman is at an end. 1 the south fail to get everything in sight it will not be for lack of the willingness to reach for it This amendment is the stalking horse of Judge | Maguire's single tax. The theory of the single tax is the denial of the right of private ownership of land. This local option in taxation is intended to put it inthe | hands of a majority to vote every man’s land away | from him. It is an invitation to those who have not | had the thrift to aequire land to take it by force from | those who have. It is a policy which leaves all other | forms of property, money, credits, manufacturing | plants, bonds, stocks and mortgages free from tax, | and compels the land to bear the whole public burden. | The foregoing are the platform declarations upon | issues of government and public policy. The rest of | its length is devoted to vote-begging propositions of | every conceivable kind. One of these is worthy of analysis. In proposing a | rule for fixing freights and fares the instrument de- | mands that these shall be adjusted “upon the actual | value of the railroad, measured by the cost of re- | producing it at any given time at which. the rates are to be fixed.” Railroads pay their debts out of their income. They are constructed by the sale of bonds. These have to be paid as a fixed charge out of the freights and fares received. If a railroad and its | equipment cost $20,000 a mile and before the maturity of its bonds can be duplicated for $10,000 a mile, its income, according to this platform, must be reduced I to a $10,000 a mile basis, and out of this it must pay its $20,000 a mile debt. It will be observed, too, that the platform does not propose to tax a railroad on an | assessment equal to the cost of duplicating it. Taxa- | tion is to remain on the basis of original cost. Then with characteristic demagogy the platform | says that liberal wages must be paid by railroads, and all railroads shall be compelled to pay them! | If we are to have this system of taxation of the | original cost and income on the basis of cost of re- production it will be seen that confiscation is the only result. No more capital can be secured to extend the rail- way systems of the State. No member of that con- vention with a dollar to invest would put it into mak- | ing needed additions to the transportation system of | California. Therefore it may be fairly charged that the so-called anti-railroad planks of this remarkable platform are without value, because they are not con- sistent and neutralize each other. The power to tax | is not authority to confiscate, and the plan of fixing | freights and fares is opposed to the decisions of the | United States Supreme Court in the Minnesota and | Texas cases, and would be held null and void if at- | | tempted. Hence as a means of reasonable and proper | public control of railways the platform plan is a snare | and delusion. But this platform is only half of the | platform on which the ticket is running. Judge | Maguire demanded that nothing in it should antago- | nize the Populist platform, and the committee of that party, which notified him that he is its candidate for | Governor, told him that the Democratic party, since the Populist party was organized, had entirely | changed its principles! So the ticket is riding on both platforms, and, | taken together, they antagonize at every point our | system of government provided by the constitution; they attack the safeguards of every right of person and property; they assail the public credit, and pro- pose the destruction of every political institution founded by the fathers and believed to be necessary to the happiness and prosperity of our people and the perpetuity of the republic. Spain shows an inclination to balk. She should remember that the Mayor says it is impossible to jump half-way down Niagara, and, having taken the leap, she would better land as gracefully as possible. It is without desire to intrude upon a neighbor’s grief we mention the fact that the yellow journal is not running the Popo-Demo two-ringed show. It is merely one of the exhibits. When there is a fatal collision on the water front it is worth while finding out who is to blame. Colli- | sions do not occur spontaneously. | do with this. 1 ous. It never seems to occur to the authors of this notion that perhaps the Republicans in these Demo- cratic districts have not registered. =~ With strange fatuity they stick to the idea that because the districts showing a decrease are Democratic the phenomenon must be in their favor. ¢ It is certain, however, that no one can explain ex- | actly why over 10,000 citizens of San Francisco have decided this year to refrain from voting. Perhaps they take no interest in the issues of the campaign; perhaps they think things will get along without their interference, and that it is easier to stay at home than to vote; perhaps the early closing of registration has caught them napping; perhaps—but perhapses could be multiplied indefinitely. No one on earth can ex- actly determine why these 10,000 citizens have not registered without personally interviewing each one and compiling his reasons. But why should the Republicans think that apathy, or carelessness, prove their chances of winning the election? That the decrease is heaviest in the Democratic districts signifies nothing politically. ~ Four years ago Budd and Sutro, the Democratic and Populist candidates for Governor and Mayor respectively, carried many of the strongest Republican precincts in the city. In all of them they defeated the Republican candidates from a party standpoint. Had Estee, for instance, run as well north as he ran south of Market street, from a party point of view, he would have been elect- ed. Why, then, talk about a decrease in registration benefiting anybody? 3 The truth is, nothing in these days makes party success certain, except the nomination of strong, in- dependent and active candidates. If all the Demo- crats in San Francisco were to refrain from register- ing and the Republican municipal convention were to nominate for Mayor a man known to be the tool of the political bosses and corporations, the party would be buried under a shower of disapproving bal- lots. This is the lesson the Republicans must learn this if | they would secure political power and retain it. The Democrats have thoroughly mastered the proposi- tion. For twenty years they have been generally put- ting their strong and independent men to the front, and they have won three out of four Governors, nearly defeated a fourth and converted San Francisco into almqst a permanent Democratic town. The poli- tical character of the registration has had nothing to Party lines hang loosely on the people nowadays. Conventions and platforms serve to amuse the politicians and the newspapers, but the people look at the candidates. They know that the purest political principles may be subverted by cor- rupt officials and that no government can be econo- mical or honest when administered by the patronage bosses and the corporations. To succeed this year the Republican party of both city and State must look to its candidates and not to registration, war sentiment, convention ‘“combina- tions” or the favor of corporations and political bosses. There is nothing in the rumor that some of the Harney followers had to walk home from Sacra- mento. Most of them had return tickets, and more than a few made a successful appeal to the victorious crowd. b SR In Alford’s nominating speech he alluded to the present as “the midnight of industrial darkness.” The gentleman takes too gloomy a view. It is getting along toward morning now. If Sammy Braunhart believed himself a liar every tme some fellow-delegate tendered, the information he was kept busy adding to his store of knowledge. it St People who have returned from the warmth of Sacramento are now reaching for their topcoats and saying “There’s no place like home.” SEEGUS “I went, I seen, I got done up.”—A. M. Lo or whatever it is, will im- | i ffrite IR calthh )\ S \X\ = =S ALL ABOVT— GERVERAS DESTROYED FLEET SPECIAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEMN FOR THE CALL, —_— PECULIAR WOUNDS REGEIVEDIN THE LATE WAR BY CLEVELAND MOFFET]. A PAGIFIC COAST CITY RAZED TOMAKE ROOM FOR ONE OF THE STRONGEST FORTIFICATIONS | INTHE WORLD. _ AGROSH THE CONTINENT BY DOGTEAM BRET PARTE'S LATEST STORY PAGES OF OTHER SPECIAL PEATURE, AROUND THE CORRIDORS. R. C. Sargent, a capitalist of Stockton, is at the Russ. Frank S. Johnson and wife of San Ra- fael are guests at the Palace. Bank Commissioner John Markley making the Lick his headquarters. W. Wells, a prominent physician iboldt, is registered at the Grand. -wis Hamberger, a large paper manu- facturer of New York City, 1s-at the Cali- | fornta. J. M. Glass, Chiet of Police of Los An- geles, Is at the Baldwin, accompanied by his family. S. M. McGowan, superintendent of the Indian Reservation near Phoenix, Ariz., is at the Russ. James Campbell and family of Hono- lulu were among the arrivals at the Occl- dental yesterday. W. K. Guthrie and wife of Red Bluff | ana C. H. McKevett of Santa Paula are guests at the Palace. E. B. Willis, the proprietor of the Sac- ramento Record-Union, is at the Russ with his wife and son. Senator D. A. Ostrom of Yuba, C. Erick- on of Martinez and M. J. Wright of Sac- ramento are at the Grand. George B. Cole of San Bernardino, E. C. | Rust of Jackson and M. J. Byrnes of | Visalia are registered at the Lick. is “I was reading Qfiflfifi(flfiflfig =3 fn this column a & A GOOD ¥ few days ago about the singu- & SOLDIER ¥ tar S o IN PEACE ® placed over the o L grave of a man VUG OVLTVYE who wanted the earth and got it sald Thomas Sheldon, who Is registered at the | Palace from New Orleans, last night, “and it reminded me of one dedicated to an old man of my acquaintance, John Beaver by name, who died some time ago in the Crescent city. “The old fellow had been In the Civil | War and was drafted into the Confed- erate service much against his will, for his sympathies were at all times with the North. He made a very poor sol- dier for the rebel side, it Is said, and many times he was on the point of.de- serting, but wes restratned from so do- ing by his watchful companions. He was a listless participator in the few engagements in which he took part, and it was really a wonder that he was never dishonorably discharged. “However, the war at last came to an end, and after several years of idleness John eventually got a minor position in the custom-house In New Orleans. Act- ing on the principle that he had worked hard to get the place, John did not feel it incumbent on him to work any more after that, and he did as little as he pos- sibly could. He was addicted to the extremely bad habit, which some Gov~ ernment officers possess, of ‘soldiering,’ which has come to mean the shirking or avoidance of legitimate dutles. He was often known to fall fast asleep dur- ing official hours, but his ‘pull’ kept him in his place. ~He finally died in the harness and his epitaph, to which I have referred, was as follows: To John Beaver: Extinguished—the battle’'s red glare, The cannon’s loud belchings cease; e was a poor soldier in war, But made a good “‘soldier’” in peace. | | Lieutenant Commander Drake, Mrs. Drake and Mrs. W. W. Barry of the Navy Yard, Mare Island, are at the Occldental | for a’short stay. Irving H. Mulholland, a newspaper man of Independence, Inyo County, and John McGonigle, proprietor of the Ven- registered at the | tura Democrat, are | Lick. D. K. Trask, a Los Angeles attorney; Dr. C. W. Nutting of Etna, Cal., and J. B. McGonagle, a dry goods merchant of Ogden, are some of the arrivals at the Baldwin. Mayor M. P. Snyder of Los Angeles; Clio L. Lloyd, editor of the Santa. Bar- bara Morning Press, and Seipio Craig of Redlands, are registered at the Occidental for a short stay. Charles J. Harrah and family of Phila- delphia, J. E. Patton Jr. of Milwaukee, L. A. Lewis of Portland, and Andrew Mc- Clelland of Pueblo, Colo., are among the guests at the Palace. J. G. McCall, who for twenty-three years was Pacific Coast agent for the Erie road, has been appointed passenger and freight agent of the Burlington, with headquarters at Oakland. Judge Willlam B. Veuve of Los Gatos, H. K. White, a capitalist of Rochester, N. Y., J. W. Browning, a mining man of Denver, and Nathan Cole Jr. of Los An- geles are guests at the California. — ee——— AUGUSTI’S CAREER. Lieutenant General Bernardo Augusti, Governor General of the Philippines, gained his experience of war in the sup- pression of the last Carlist rebelllon in Spain. He took an active part in the campaigns which broke the power of the Carlist leaders, and won for himself the reputation of being an energetic soldier, 4devoted to his profession. He held sev- | the bullion, The charges for these opera- | eral important commands, and at the close of the war had attained to the rank of general of division. He was at time a comparat young man; to-day he is 58 years old. Tlhiree years ago he was appointed commander of the ' Eighth Army Corps, stationed at Corunna, and later was placed at. the head of the Sixtl Army Corps, at Burgos. He has not had much experience in Spanish colonial af- fairs, having been appointed Governor General of the Philippines only a few months’ ago. Santi-aw-go or Santi-a-go? Says Hobson to Sampson, “I can’t make a speech, For somehow I can’t make my jaw go; But I'll not be content Without your consent To grant me permission to close up the vent That leads to the ba— of Santi-aw-go.” Says Sampson, “Dear boy, it's & hazard- ous job, But I think on the whole you may go, So take an old boat That's not worth a groat And scuttle her safely just there in the X Oakland, C: ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. COMMODORE—A. §., City. The rank of commocdore in the United States navy was created in 1862. Tn July of that year the rank was conferred dn seventeen offi- cers who were on the retired list and on elghteen who were on the active list. You will have to write to_the Secretary of the Navy to ascertain which of the thir- ty-five received the first commission. SANDWICH ISLANDS—W. C. and oth- ers, Newville, Glenn County, Cal. It is not the province of the department of Answers to Correspondents to advise peo- Ple to go into this or that business, to in Vest money, or to go to this or that coun- try with a view to bettering condition. If it'1s your desire to go to the Sandwich Islands, now that they have become American territory. you must take your chances of becoming prosperous and ad- vancing, Just as you would in going to any other country. If you have energy, ability and pluck you will probably succeed wher- ever you desire to locate. TO KILL BLACK ANTS—R. R., City. Turpentine squirted by means of a sew- ing machine oiling can into cracks where the ants assemble will destroy them. Wormwood leaves scattered about their haunts will drive them away. Tt is said that houses infected with ants, red or black, may be disinfected by a lt- tle attention. ‘The remedy suggested -is as follows: “A sponge is the best thing. Sprinkle it with dry white sugar; the sponge being slightly moist it will adhere. The ants will go in large numbers into the cells of the sponge after the sugar, and they can be destroved in boiling water. The sponge can then be squeezed out, sugared again and returned to the infect- ed place for another haul and this kept up until all are caught. PEANUTS—W. M. H., San Diego, Cal. In the cuiture of peanuts the soil has to be taken into consideration. Light gray soil, without being too sandy, produces the most marketable crops, the light col- ored nut. The pods partake of the color of the soil. The nut will not fruft ex- cept In calcareous soil, which must be light and clean. Planting should be donc as soon as possible after all danger of frost is past, in ridges three feet apart one kernel being put every eight or ten inches jpn the ridge. The kernels before plantind} are carefully hulled, for if the skin covering them is broken the chances are against their growing. The cultiva- tion s such as will keep the soil mellow and the weeds down. The yield is from twenty-five to thirty bushels to the acre. TREASURY AND MINT—K. W., City. In the Postal De- partment the hours are eight for carrfers. For clerks the office hours are generally eight, but If occasion requires they must put In as many more hours as the servite requires. At the Treasury Department the hours are from 10 a. m. to 3 p.m., ex- cept Saturdays, when the office closes at 1p. m. The hours at the Mint are from 9 n.%h.to 3 11) ‘m e salaries at the Mint_range from 823 per day (o 8460 a vear. Tn the Treas- epartment the salaries are from $820 t0'$4000 a vear: and in the Postoffice from $1 a day to $6000 a year. To give the sal- ary list in detail would occupy about a column of room, and that amount of space this department cannot devote to one answer. If vou wish to know any particular salaries this department will furnish the amount paid. A TWENTY-DOLLAR PIECE—F. L. M., Salmon Falls, Cal. In the coinage of United States gold coin all geld is made 900 fine, and the value of this is per grain .03876. In every twenty-dollar’'piece there are 516 grains of 900 fine gold, so that the intrinsic value of gold in a double eagle is $20.00016. In other words, a twen- ty-dollnregiece issued fropt the mints of the Unite States contairs, exclusive of the alloy used to harden the coin, gold of the value of $20 and & small fraction. The_copper alloy used for the é)urpose of hardening coin is worth about 2 cents per ounce, and the value of the alloy in a twenty-dollar piece is so little that it can- not be stated in figures that any but a master in such would understand. In the mints standasd gold bullion ma; be deposited in any amount for the benefit of the depositor wittout charge for coin- age, but when othef than standard bul- lion is received for coinage a charge is made for parting, ¢r for refining, or for copper alloy, as th: case may be. Refin- ing is the eliminaton from the bullion of all base metal. Parting is the separation throat Of the strait to the bay of Santi-a o J. W. DUTTO. 1. of any silver whi¢h may be contained in that | tions vary, according to the actual ex- pense. The depositor receives in gold coin the full value of the gold in his bul- | lion, less such charges as indicated. _—e—e———— Cal. glace fruit 50c per lb at Townsend's.* —_————————— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042, * — e A SNAKE DEAL. Mayor Price of Macon has not yet heard the last of his snake deal. Some time ago he wanted rain. He advertised for secured several at a cost of $§ one or more dead ones in a p tree, and got his rain. He think fore, that the deal is complete he is not under any sort of obligation to anybody, and really it looks that way to ouisiders. Nevertheless, a negro who fur- nished the ct Mayor with the articular enake which it is alleged the rain thinks otherwi: e is trying to as a public benefa in recognition of Mayor should furnish hi He has the merit of being e however, and has sald that he w content to drive a city cart, if berth cannot be found for him. Mayor himself would be entitl office of Municipal Rainmaker, city of Macon fit to create fice, it is not re softer than a city cart could be given the snake catcher.—Savannah News - S THE LYCEUMS SYNDICATED. It seems that in the South the syndicate idea has found its way into the lyceums which engage lecturers. At present the Iyceums are working independently, and the result is that those which have not much ecapital have to put up with an in- ferior order of lecturers. The Augus Chronicle says: *“As we understand it, the total cost of maintaining an organiza- tions for all the lyceums (now about twenty in number) will not exceed $2500 pose tor, and thinks t i Since the ed to the per year. The total sum expended for lecture courses by these last year was in the neighborhoc It is safe to say that about sum could have been st year had cration been effective among the Every lyceum will grow, and in a few years will probably be expending in the neighborhood of 3200 each, which is now the appropriation of Augusta.”” The lecturers will undoubtedly profit by the arrangement. The novelists have cer- tainly made money out of the application of the syndicate system to the sale of thefr stories. The lecturer will, of course, not _obtain such large prices for his work as he gets now, but he will have many more engagements, and the labor of travel will be reduced by the establishment of connected routes. The only remarkable thing about the scheme is that it was not thought of before.—New York Times. First and Sscond Class rates again reduced via the Santa Fe route. Call at the new ticket office, 628 Market. e Volunteers leaving for the South—Provide yourselves with a bottle of Dr. Siegert's Angos- tura Bitters. Prevents il effects of bad water. SECRETARIES OF THE NAVY. New England has_furnished the Secre- tary of the Navy in each of the three wars in which the American navy has borne a conspicuous part. Benjamin W. Crownin-hield was Secretary during the war of 1812, Gideon Welles of Connecticut W the official head of the department through the rebellion. John . 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