The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 25, 1898, Page 6

FRANCISCO CALL, THUR DAY, AUGUST 25, 1898. THURSDAY.... JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Sl i uaiioao Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS.. ..2I1T to 221 Stevenson Street Relephone Main 1874 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carrlers in this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents a week. By mall $6 per year; per month 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL. OAKLAND OFFICE... - NEW YORK OFFICE .Room I88, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE.. Riggs House €. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE ..Marguette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street,.corner Clay, open until 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until 930 o'clock. 621 McAllister street. open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open until 930 o'clock. 1941 Misslon street, open untll I0 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixtcenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 Misslon street, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh itreet, open untll 9 oclock. 1505 Polk street, open until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS, Columbia—«On Probation Alcazar —+The Merchans of Venice" Morosco’s —“Ordeal of Two Sisters * Tivoli—La Gloconda.” Orpheum— Vaundeville. The Chutes—Zoo, Vaudeville and Cannon. the f13-pound Man. Clympla—Corner Mason and EAQy streets—Specialties. Mechanics' Pavilion—The Irish Fair, Central Park— The Battle of Manulla." tutrc’s Baths—Swimming. State Fal cramento. September 8. FUGITIVE WILLIE’'S GARBAGE. W HEN the fact was made known that the circu- lation of the Examiner in this city was carried on largely through the garbage crematory, it a drain upon the fast vanishing estate, which, small as it was, the fugitive Mr. Hearst would sooner or later have to cut down. Such of the people, there- fore, as take an interest in the capers of the faker waited to see what was going t.o happen. They did not have to wait long. It was soon noted that the Examiner circulation was diminishing. Ac- cording to the statements of the affidavit vear man” of the Examiner itself the circulation was reduced more than 5000 copies inside of two months. That was. something saved on the garbage bill of the con- cern, but it appears it was not enough. The Examiner now maintains that its should be burned at the expense of the public. an editorial it stated vesterday: “The cremation of garbage is a public function that should be performed by the municipal government. In the larger cities of the East and in Euvrope the refuse is collected from private houses and destroyed at public expense.” The meaning of the new movement of the faker is plain. The fugitive Hearst desires to impose upon the people the cost not only of the copies of the Examiner they may be deluded into buying, but also that of burning those he sends to the crematory. He would now like to have all his garbage unloaded upon the municipality, and eventually he will concoct a scheme to make the city buy his siren. The proposition as put forth by the faker will be opposed by all taxpayers, but if it were amended so as to include the whole issue of the paper with all the plant and the siren in the general term of garbage, the people would be well nigh unani- favor of the project. Let the fugitive Willie garbage In mous in make a clean sweep of his premises and send the en- | ure outfit to the crematory and the city will gladly pay the cost of the burning. D\)dduc: in September to consider the interests of the sugar-growers of the British West Indies a proposition will be submitted from Jamaica request- ing permission from Parliament for the people of that isl rally to arrange for annexation to the United State: It is stated the Jamaica people will endeavor at the conference to induce the other colonies to act with them in the proposed movement, but if they fail in that they will act alone. They have, it seems, ex- hausted all means of obtaining from Great Britain protection for their industry, have lost hope of ever getting such protection, and now are desirous of separating themselves from the empire and becoming a part of the great American republic. The movement is the result of brought about in the sugar industry by the enormous increase in the output occasioned by bounties in Ger- JAMAICAN PLEBISCITE. ISPATCHE that from Jamaica announce s. many and France and protection in the United States. | The sugar-planters of the British West Indies under free trade have found themselves ruined. Parliament has long had their claims under consideration, but | has not been able to find a way to remedy their evil plight. A duty on foreign sugar entering Great Britain would help the West Indian colonies, but all parties i ament are wedded to free trade and such a ion would be rejected at once. Equally futile have been all suggestions of subsidies. An attempt was made recently to induce France and Germany to abandon their bounty system, but nothing came of it. At present, therefore, the sugar-planters of Jamaica can see no escape from ruin except by annexation to the United States, where they would have the bene- fits of protection. The proposed plebiscite may partake of the nature of a bluff in some respects and be put forward to force the hands of Parliament. It is probable, how- ever, the project is seriously entertained. A British precedent for the surrender of the West Indian colo- nies is to be found in the surrender of the British pos- sessions among the Tonian Islands to Greece some vears ago. The proposition therefore might find favor in England itself. It is consequently one that may become a question of practical politics with ourselves, and we may yet count the British as well as the Span- ish West Indies among our colonial possessions. [ ——— Announcements that a certain actress is near death’s door come with just the same regularity as the denials. Space rates are too high, too, but per- haps in this instance special rates are made by reason of the magnitude of the contract. g Possibly J. Aubrey Jones was less surprised at his nomination than he thinks he was. If the nomination really startled him election would shock him to death, and it behooves his friends to see him protected. If the Spanish Government is displeased with Blanco he may count himseli as without friends. Everybody else began to get displeased with him long | shall withdraw and which remain to be defeated in ago. _AUGUST 25, 1808 One year, by mall, SI.S(II 908 Broadway | s everywhere recognized that the practice entailed | when the sugar conference assembles at Bar- | nd and of the British West Indian colonies gene- | changes recently | THE CONVENTION’S HEAD. HE Republican convention showed a good head | Tin getting a good head when it chose Neff for president. No man commands in a higher measure the confi- dence and esteem of the State. He is an officer of the old guard, such a man as Parks of Yuba was in his prime. When Neff says a thing is so it is so, and that ends | it. With all the moral power of a clean record and the advantage of an acquaintance in numbers and quality second to none enjoyed by any public man in | the State, it was not in the power of the combined anti-Gage field to beat him for the chairmanship of the convention. It must be admitted, in all fairness, that it was the favor with which gentlemen like Neff looked upon Mr. Gage's candidacy that commended it to the con- vention. His record has been so perfectly independ- | ent, so free from that fever of ambition which dements | men and turn politics into typhoid, that others were | ready to take his judgment and follow where he was willing to lead. The convention could not possibly stray beyond public confidence with such a guide, and that it | | | | tation. If he had used “that” instead of “any” the last | | placed itself in a position where its good faith cannot be doubted is due to such expressions of its character and purpose as his election to the chairmanship. It is a most notable certificate for a candidate to carry the nomination and commission of a convention organized by Jake Neff, and the party is fortunate in the first formal act of its representative body. It causes a torrent of slanders to die in the throats of their utterers and withers such as have already be- fouled the air. If the pinto forces intend to make a personal campaign, as was indicated by their organ, they must revise their plans and go to judgment on the principles they profess. Having promulgated | platforms which attack every institution of society | and government and civilization, they must fight it out with those who believe in representative govern- ment, in the rights, of property and the necessity of their judicial protection. The Republican party and its candidate will sup- port the public credit, the international dignity of the republic and the fireside rights of the people. On these lines the campaign must be fought and | not on personal innuendo and misrepresentation, for the convention was so begun, conducted and closed as to make this impossible and impolitic. SOUTH' AMERICAN TRADE. TUDENTS of commercial statistics have noted | S that despite the vast increase in our exports of | recent years our trade with South American countries remains virtually at a standstill. The fact | would not be a surprising one if the commerce of | those countries showed no evidence of expansion in any direction, for it would then be in the natural or- der of things. It happens, however, that the trade of South America with European nations, and particu- larly with Germany, is growing rapidly. It is there- | fore clear that the stagnation of our business with those countries is largely if not mainly our own fault Several theories have been advanced to account for | this condition of affairs and several suggestions | made as to the best means of obtaining our rightful | share of South American business. A strong body of influential men are of the opinion that the chief ob- stacle in the way of our trade with those countries is the lack of proper banking facilities, and they pro- | | pose to establish an international bank with branches | |in the larger South American cities. Another classi hold that by proper reciprocity treaties we can gain | an increase of trade, and these are eager that such | | treaties should be arranged as speedily as possible. | | Much can be said in favor of these views. Each of | | them has a solid basis of fact to rest upon. It is | doubtful, however, if both remedies combined would | be sufficient to advance our trade to any great ex- | tent unless another factor is added to them. Com- merce is carried on by ships, and to compete in for- | eign trade with the great nations of the world we | must have a merchant marine equal to that of any of | the great nations. A good deal of light is thrown upon the subject by | a recent report from eur Consul at Chemnitz, who, | after giving statistics showing the rapid growth of | | German commerce, says: “If we are to take part in | the trade with South America and with the East we | must emulate this empire in the matter of ships. Of | all the ships that came into and went out of German | ports in 1806, 72.4 per cent bore the empire’s flag. | Of the steamers 68.3 per cent were German.” Conceding all in the way of benefits that may be | derived from an international bank or from reci- procity treaties, the fact remains that we must have | American ships if we expect to have an extensive American commerce. We are now paying tribute to | foreign ship-owners to carry our exports to market i and to bring imports to our shores. It is a wasteful policy in a double respect, for it hampers our com- | | merce with many countries and compels us to pay | | heavily for such commerce as we carry on with | | others. | A large expansion and extension of our merchant marine is the imperative need of the country. Our industries are productive beyond our power to con- | sume. We must find for them new markets, and we | must provide ships to carry them to market. When f | that has been accomplished we need have no fear of German or British competition in South America. | When we have emulated the example of Great Britain | and Germany in promoting a merchant marine our | ships will carry our flag to every port in the world, | and trade will go with the flag. e e e — There was no real harm in the ovations extended to Cervera except the danger that the enthusiastic populace would.be charged with being a lot of asses, and some people are so constituted as not to mind a liztle thing like that. Mrs. Botkin's opinion that anonymous letters necessarily come from an underbred person stamps her as a woman of discernment, and will naturally create some sympathy for her.in her trouble. L T ‘When churches complain that the Salvation Army prevents their growth a counter charge that the churches hinder the growth of the army would be received with toleration. Cuba is not demonstrating a right to be free. On the contrary, the Cubans are trying to prove that they deserve about six months apiece for petty larceny. | PRSI Jim Rea's candidates will have to come to the front with some better backing than the fact that they are the property of the gentleman from San Jose. S A Everybody will give the Pardee mea credit for yell- ing with as much enthusiasm as a lot of college root- ers at a football game. RAG AT The fact has been established that a Californian Re- publican convention knows the stars and stripes when it sees them. BN Barry and Spelling might draw straws to see which regular form. % | fervently consecrates himself. | work in this direction, but nevertheless a great deal | facturers. | dustrial and commercial impulses, has | them. !'ing market. Commerce must keep pace with pro- MAGUIRE ACCEPTS. ITH an eye on the clock and mindful of the | lapse of time, Judge Maguire has accepted the Populist nomination and signed the Populist platform. The letter is a singular evidence of the Judge's mental and moral peculiarities. He says: “I take pleasure in advising you that I have accepted the platform adopted by the convention, and herewith return the same signed as requested by your com- mittee.” Of course this means that he accepts and adopts the principles of the Populist platform as his princi- ples. He accepts State communism, a limitless issue of irredeemable paper currency and all the fads and fancies that are the warp and woof of that platform. Having squared himself with the communists and the advocates of “a more and a fittener currency,” the Judge continues: “I am pleased to state that upon a careful reading of your platiorm and a com- parison of its terms with those of the plat- form adopted by the Democratic party, I find they substantially agree in all matters relating to the func- tions of the office of Governor, and that they are not in any respect inconsistent.” The first clause of that sentence is conceived in a feeling of solicitude for the scruples of old-time Democrats, who smart under the destruction of their party in Oregon and Washington and the disappear- ance of its name as a result of fusion. The Judge de- sired to so frame a sentence as to limit the agree- ment of the platforms to the functions of Governor. But before he finished fear of the wild Populist over- came him and he wrote, “And that they are not in any respect inconsistent.” His friends may try to comciliate scrupulous Demo- crats by insisting that this clause merely refers to their agreement as to the functions of the Governor. But the word “any” shuts out this desirable interpre- clause of the sentence would have plainly been limited to the functions of the Governor. As it stands he finds the Democratic platform to be expressive of Populist principles, and he is there- fore able to stand on the two as one platform. This being his judgment, what use is there in keep- ing up the appearance of two parties? If the princi- ples of Populism and Democracy are identical, why sail in two ships? Why duplicate organizations and headquarters? Why not accept Maguire’s judg- ment and go under one name and one organization? If the Populist principles of this year's Democratic platform are to be its principles next year and the next, why not say so? 1i, however, these principles are put on this year only, as a disguise, as Black Bart used a flour sack when he desired to rob a stage, the Populists are wise in remaining on guard and watching the treasure box. As his benediction and doxology the Judge says that he approves the purpose of the fusion, and will earnestly devote himself to its accomplishment. Now, as he finds the platiorms identical, we must go to them in search of the purpose to which thie Judge so Looking over the list, he will support the constitutional amendment for lo- cal option in taxation by which it is intended to put it in the power of a majority in any county in the State to take away the land from its owners without any compensation. In his discussion with the Duke of Argyle Henry George declared that the single tax meant the confiscation of all the. land in private ownership. Confiscation means taking the land with- out compensation. He will, inconsistently with his single tax ideas, support the income tax demanded by the Populists. He will support the free coinage of silver at 16 to 1, and also the unlimited issue of irredeemable paper currency, which would drive both silver and gold out of circulation under the Gresham law. He will support Government ownership of all public utilities, railroads, gas, water, telegraphs, tcle- phones, coal, gold and silver mines, and, of course, under land confiscation, of the land itself. That is to say, he adopts the cry of the French communist, “Property is robbery,” and proposes that there shall be no private property at all. As the campaign progresses the other purposes to which he dedicates himself by accepting these two platforms will be dis- cussed. Wnlly has been directed to the events of the war with Spain, the far-sighted Jeaders of our commerce and industry have not overlooked the need of preparing for a suit- able exhibit of our products at the coming exposition in Paris. There has not been much public talk of the PREPARING FOR PARIS. HILE the attention of the people gene- of work appears to have been accomplished. According to the latest reports more than 600 ap- plications from Americans have been made for space at the exposition. * The fear once prevalent in Paris that the United States might not make a full display has now been changed to a fear that the exposition authorities will not be able to grant the room needed for the exhibit we propose to make. It is said that in order to meet as far as possible the demand that has been made upon him Commissioner Peck is to ask from the French officials 500,000 square feet of space instead of the 150,000 originally set aside for American exhibits. The zeal displayed thus early in the work of prepar- ing for the exposition is another evidence of the cncrg’y and enterprise of our merchants and manu- The war, so far from weakening our in- stimulated The value and the variety of our exports of manufactured goods have been long increasing, and by the great nations of the earth we are now felt as the most potent of competitors in all lines of in- Custry. This has been the inevitable outcome of our rapid development in manufacturing arts. With an expand- ing output of products there is a need for an expand- ductive industry, or industry will cease to be profit- able. It is therefore a matter of great importance to us to make at Paris an exhibit of goods which will win the favor of consumers in all parts of the globe. It is certain the great mass of people who visit Paris during the exposition will pay more attention to the American exhibit than has been given to our exhibits at any previous display of the kind. We oc- cupy a larger place in the commercial and industrial world than ever before, and the war has given us more prestige in the domain of international politics. Our displays will no longer be overlooked at a uni- versal exposition by any class of people. In the Eastern States these things are understood, and the people of that section are preparing for the coming competition with the world at Paris. Cali- fornia should be equally alert. Theorizing against forest fires will be found, useful as it is, less effective than sending a few specimen arsonists to jail. “Our flag now waves proudly over Hiwafl" re- lmnrks an evening paper. Well, at least it waves. 'AROUND THE CORRIDORS. J. W. Evans of Phoenix, Arizona, is at the Occidental. O. Lippincott of New Haven, Connec- ticut, s staying at the Palace. Mrs. J. H. Flickinger and daughter of San Jose are guests at the California. Isaac Rambo, a prominent stock raiser of Red Bluff, is registered at the Russ. J. H. Harmes and wife of Sacramento are among the guests at the California. Otto Grumsky, City Treasurer of Stock- ton, is at the Grand, accompanied by his wife. George A. Smith, a Portland vineyard- ist, and Marion J. Biggs Jr., an Oroville capitalist, are at the Grand. Willlam H. Devlin, the well and favor- ably known attorney of Sacramento, is making the Lick his headquarters. 8. Migliavacca, who is largely engaged in the wine industry at Napa, is at the California with the Misses Migliavacca. J. M. Braly, a frult grower of Fresno, and W. F. Simpson and wife, also of Fresno, are registered at the Lick. R. G. Crichton of England, who is mak- ing an extended visit to this country with his wife and child, has taken apartments at the Occidental. Dr. G. L. Simmons, one of Sacramento’s leading physicians, and president of the Medical University of that city, is at the Palace with his wife. SRR HUAQ Hewas a young o & THOUGHT HE glad from the country who had & HAD REACHED g left the parental roof to seek his 5 HEAVEN. g fortune in the city. He spent SRRV DALELELE DS the first few days In looking for work, and after nearly losing his eyesight in the effort, he final- ly heard by chance that a boy was wanted to tend the office of the Weather Bureau, which is situated on the top floor of the Mills building, to which place he repaired forthwith. The youngster was in blissful ignorance of the swift run- ning elevators in the building which would have whisked him up to his des- tination in less than a Jiffy, and armed with his directions and In eager haste be bravely started to walk up the ten flights of stairs. He felt no fatigue un- til after he had climbed the sixth flight and his inovements of necessity became somewhat slower. At the eighth his courage commenced to fail him and he was on the point of turning back, but visions of that three-dollar-a-week posi- tion flashed through his mind and he stuck to his task like a little man. When he had passed the ninth flight he was obliged to sit down from sheer exhaus- tion, but the short rest having strength- ened him he went up the tenth and last flight in a hop, step and a jump. After locating the rooms of the weather offi- clals, he opened the door and putting in his head, he said in plaintive accents to Prophet Hammon, who was busy fixing up the weather for the next day, ‘‘Say, Mister, is God in?" Needless to state the youngster was engaged on the spot. Among the arrivals at the Occlidental are R. W. Skinner of Marysville, L. N. Breed, a Los Angeles capitalist, and J. R. Lewls and wife, of San Jose. Thomas Clark, a mine owner of Placer- ville, 8. E. Holden, a tanner of Napa, and Warren Sexton, an attorney of Oro- ville, are a few of the arrivals at the Grand. A. Kamp, a Fresno merchant, Z. T. George, a Los Angeles commission mer- |chant, and Thomas Reilly, advance agent for Modjeska, are among the arrivals at the Baldwin. Rev. John Roach and Rev. T. Dixon of Red Bluff, two Catholic clergymen who came up from Menlo Park, where they have been visiting the new Theological Seminary, are at the Baldwin. C. H. Platt, general superintendent, and F. H. Crane, manager of the parlor and sleeping car department of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, with headquarters at New York, reg- :a(ered at the Palace with their Yfami- les. George E. McLean, president of the Nebraska State University, is registered at the Palace and is accompanied by his wife. He intends to visit all the institu- tions of learning on the coast and yester- day was a guest cf President Jordan of the Stanford University at Palo Alto, LOVE'S DREAM WRECKED. They were swinging in e; Gentle winds were sweetly blowing O'er the lea. He was strong and brave and handsome, She was sweet, And he kept the hammock golng ‘With his feet. Would you know the tale he told her, As they swung? Ah, it was the sweet, old story— They were young. E'en the leaves, it seemed, were bending Down to hear Those fair words that he was pouring In her ear. E'en the birds and gentle breezes eemed to stay, Charmed by what that gallant lover ad to say. Unto her it seemed a lovely ‘Waking dream. But, at length, she left the hammock ‘With a scream. In a trice her alry castle Was a wreck— She had found a caterpillar On her neck. icago News. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. NOT IN THE CALL—F. L. W., Byron, Cal. The article in regard to a new light was not published in The Call. CUSTOM HOUSE INSPECTORS—S., City. Under the new rules Custom House inspectors stand {lght»hour watches. THE CHIEF ¢LERK—Subscriber, City. The chief clerk who accompanied Colonel 1. Moore when he left this coast for the East was J. J. Bliss. DIVIDEND-J. €., City. No time has yet been fixed for the declaration of an- other dividend by the California Savings and Loan Soclety, in liquidation. A NEW YORK ADDRESS—A. O. S, City. A letter addressed to the lad; named, in care of the publication wllg which she is connected, will reach her. BUSINESS LICENSE—A. O. 8., City. If you should advertise that you are en- gaged In business in the city of Oakland and that the goods you offer for sale are to be had at a certain place in that city you would have to pay a license. TO VISIT ALCATRAZ ISLAND-F. B, Oakland, Cal. Persons desiring to visit Alcatraz Island must make application for a permit at United States army head- unrtalrs. in the Phelan building, San g‘rn.nc 5Co. JECKYLL AND HYDE-T. 8., City. Lewis Morrison played “Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde.” He played the version ar- ranged by Eddie Stevens, nmfln‘ first in it at Portland, Or., and Belasco was in the cast. He appeared in the same plece in this State. A BIXPENCE—F. B., City. An Eng- lish sixpence of 1836 or 1837 of the reign of William IV, while in a measure rare, is not one for which dealers offer a pre- mium. They offer to sell such at prices varying from 35 to 60 cents, according to state of preservation. CORNS—T. M., City. If you are troubled with corns in the manner de- scribed the best remedy is to wear a large enough shoe so as to relleve the pressure. n unusual pressure on some portion of the foot Is what luces corns. If the rellef sought is not ob- tained consult a chiropodis! THE FIRST INFANTRY-E. G., St Helena, Cal. There {s no inf in this city as to whether the First United States Infantry has left Santiago de Cuba. Nor is there any certainty that that regi- ment will be ordered back to this coast or to the Presidio of San Francisco. That is a matter that the War Department will determine when it comes to distributing the regulars. A LONG WALK—May B, City. A person who walked from Jones and Chestnut streets, along Jones to Bush, to Fillmore, to Fell,.along Fell to Golden Gate Park, out the Park along the main drive to the CIliff and back over the drive down Fell street to Van Ness ave- nue, to Broadway, to Hyde to Chestnut, to the place of starting, walked 76,800 feet, or within 280 feet of sixteen miles. CONTRACT ON A HOLIDAY—H. P., City. The law of California declares that Sunday is a legal holiday. It has been held that a contract made on Sunday is not void unless completed on that day. Therefore, merely signing the paper con- taining the terms does not vitlate the contract. Until the paper is delivered the parties have a locus pententiae. —This rule is lald down in Moore vs. Clymer, 12th Mo.; Roberts vs. Moore, 107th Illinois and Twentieth American Law Reglster. AMERICAN REGIMENT OR CREW— Constant Reader, City. To answer the question, “Have we a regiment ol soldiers composed entirely of American born or a battle-ship's crew all American born?” would reqiulre an examination of the mus- ter roll of each company in each regiment of the United States army, regular and volunteer; the same with the navy's mus- ter roll of each battle-ship; and as this department has nefther the time nor the ogporlunlty to make such an examination, the answer cannot be furnished. TECHNICAL DESIGN—H. H. M., San Jose, Cal. The California School of Me- chanical Arts in San Francisco has a course of technical design, but it Is re- tricted at the school for lack of facilities for executing designs for oil cloths, fab- rics, stained glass, wall paper, mural dec- orations, etc., but this defect 18 corrected as far as possible by frequent visits to factories and by inquiry among manufac- turers. The school has means for execut- ing designs in wood, clay, terra cotta and iron, so the fundamental law of design is deduced from the work done in these ma- terials. THE NORTHERN LIGHT—Since the publication on August 18 that no informa- tion had been received of the Northern Light since her departure last May for Kotzebue Sound, F. D. Mize, postmaster at Cholame, advises this department that on the day of the publication of the an- swer there was_received at Cholame a letter from M. Lattin, S.nnaunclng the safe arrival of the vessel in the ound, and adding that all on board were well, also that the vessel was in the Sound, five miles off shore waiting for boats to be made ready to go up the river. THE NAVAL ACADEMY—S. S., Mon- terey, Cal. Those who have a desire to enter the Naval Academy at Annapolis do not make application to the academy direct. Appointments are made upon the recommendation of the representative of the Congressional district in which the candidate for naval honors resides. One anxious to go there should file his appli- cation with the representative of his dis- trict or the Secretary of the Navy, who will transmit it to the nxgper To resenta- tive, or it may be filed with the President of the United States, who has the naming of ten candldates at large. RATIONS TO SOLDIERS-J. I B, City. The following are the daily rations in the United States army: Garrison ration with usual proportion of tresh and salt meats and vegetables: canned salmon 16 oz, pork or bacon 12 oz or fresh beef 1 1b 4 0z, flour 1 Ib 2 oz, dry beans 22-6 oz, rice in lieu of beans 13-5 0z, potatoes 12 4-5 oz, onfons 3 1-5 oz, green coffee 13-5 oz, sugar 2 3-5 oz, vinegar §-25 gill, candles 6-25 oz, 200 16-25 oz, salt 16-25 oz, pepper (black) 1-25 oz. Field ration—Bacon 12 oz, hard bread 1 Ib, beans 2 2-25 .0z, potatoes 1 Ib, roasted coffee 17-25 oz, sugar, vinegar, candies, soap, sail and pepper same as above. Travel ration—Hard bread 1 Ib, corned beef | 12 0z, baked beans 1-3 Ib, roasted coffee 17-25 oz, sugar 2 2-5 oz. Emergency ration—Hard bread 16 oz, bacon 10 0z, pea meal 4 0z, coffee (roasted and ground) 2 oz, sacharin 4 grains, salt .64 oz, black pep- per .04 oz, plug tobacco % oz. THE STANDARD THEATER—W.R. M., Los Angeles, Cal. The Standard The- ater, as the Standard, closed April 10, 1886, with a farewell performance given by Reed’s minstrels. It was reopened on the 29th ‘of May of the same year as Haverly's Theater, and performances were given until the 15th of June. On the 30th of August of that year it was re- opened as Emerson’s Standard, and re- mained open as such until the 13th of November, When Woods' and Ryan's minstrel troupe gave a variety show, con- cluding with ‘“Nana, or the Blonde Ve- nus.” It was announced that the “Hobes Rouge'’ were to be given on 3ionaay, the 15th of November, but the daily papers do not give any notice of the perform- ance, and there appears no advertisement of the place after the 13th. After that there were a few performances given in the place, but it wouid require a month’s search through the files of the papers to ascertain what were. —_———————— MUCH IN LITTLE. A curfous fact has been noted by the Arctic travelers—snow when at a very low temperature absorbs moisture and dries garments. Copenhagen's Round Tower, built in the eleventh century and 130 feet high, is to be moved bodily a distance of 150 feet to widen a business street. The most wonderful astronomical pho- tograph in the world is that which has recently been prepared by London, Ber- lin and Parisian astronomers. It shows at least 68,000,000 stars. It is re&oned that a Stockholm com- pany working the phosphorous ores of the Gellivara mines, in Sweden, has also adopted a magnetic ore separating sys- tem similar to that devised by Mr. Edi- son for treating low grade ores in this country. The interior of a gold bearing rock was inspected in an Oregon town by means of the Roentgen rays, and veins of au- riferous metal were as plainly visible as if they were on the surface. Russia has fewer newspapers in pro- portion to its inhabitants (only about nine hundred) than any other European country. Germany has seven times, France five times and England four times as many. The geologist of Missouri holds that the material wealth of that State is in diversi- fied soil, innumerable bodles of workable coal, Inexhaustible deposits of lead and zinc, clay, building stone, lime and ce- ment rock, iron and fine or gloss sand. St MEN AND WOMEN. Munkacsy, the painter, is still confined in an asylum at Endenich, but he is re- ported to be improving so rapidly in men- tal condition that it is hoped he will soon be able to return to Hungary. Isaac McLellan, of Greenport, L. 1., who is known as ‘“the sportsman poet,” - brated his nlne!{-second blflpgday cfi::t week. In early life he was a schoolmate of . Longfellow and of Whittier, and he claims the distinction of being America's oldest livi poet. McLellan is a de- scendant of Isaac Hull. 7 The new Turkish minister is an intelli- gent-looking official, whose fez and slip- pers go badly enough with a monocle, which he manages awkwardly. He is young, say thirty-four, Mohammedan in faith, and has ene Turkish wife in_Con- stantinople. He was educated in and has served there and in London. Helen Varacesco, the Roumanian woman whose love affair with the crown prince of that country created such a sen- sation in Europe a few years ago, lives in | Italy, dividing her time between Rome and Florence. She is not only a poet of real merit, but is thought one of the best authorities on old Latin manuscripts. —_———— The Earth’s Crust in Motion. John Milne, late professor of seismol- ogy at the University of Tokio, tells a writer in McClure’s Magazine that during an earthquake the earth's crust ises and falls just as the ocean does. ou see, the earth's crust is very elastic; it is con- siantly quivering and pulsatory, I might almost say breathing. The earth fre- quenty comes up three inches right under us and then goes down three Inches. We do not see or feel it because it moves so slowly and evenly; fifteen sefonds, per- haps, for the lift, and as many more for the descent. - And then the waves are so long—several miles between two crests— that everything about us rises and falls together: half of all London heaves up settles down with a single breathing. ‘These waves do not travel around the earth—they travel the earth; Meat or | those performances | | On August | Oakland celebrated its twenty-eighth an- that is one of the most important discov- eries we have made. If they were trans- mitted in the earth’s crust around the circumference we should get two records for every earthquake—one coming the shortest way round, the other coming the longest way; for, of course, these wave- movements would be propagated in-both directions. Waves through the air, for instance, from volcanic explosions, al- ways come to us both ways around the earth, the one being recorded after the other. We never get two records of earthquakes, we only get one; so we con- clude from this and other reasons that the transmission is straight through the ea;th." —_——— ‘Woman’s Relief Corps. General George G. Meade Corps, W. R. C., has adopted resolutions of respect to the memory of the late Miss Helen Black, who was recording secretary of the corps. These are expressive of the sorrow of the membership for the great loss it sus- talned by the removal from its ranks of one of the most active and patriotic mem- bers. A copy of the resolutions was en- grossed, framed and presented to the relatives of the deceased lady. She in- herited her feelings of patriotism from her uncle, at whose home she lived for many years before her sudden taking off, and not from her father, as was erron- eously stated at the time her death was noticed. Her father never took part in the war for the Union, but he‘l:' I:ncle,mc. fighting on the Union side. {"'hf:elltl'bde‘c%meg evident that there would he United States and e WAL D erk. I @ letter to this de- Spain Miss Black, in ced her intention to go PaTHm e At e @ hospital nurse if her to the fronf services would be accepted. That was he Red Cross Society was organ- l‘;eefd?.reBt\xtebe(Dre she could have an oppor- tunity to show her devotion to hel: cou‘r:- try she was called away. She “lns ll: first lady volume?rhlnm myl-‘mnc sco ause of humanity. (h'f‘h%s"ggr;fs has decide:i )t‘g g‘l)“'e a Samp- s nig %e’:dn?;sg in September for the benefit of the relref fund. There will bedn trl‘:gx; sical and llllt%r?‘ry programme, an ill follow. a%flgc:’lrmbers of .the corrs are makh‘;g arrangements to pay a visit to Lincoln and to Garfield corps ';)n thé‘x:gme night. as not yet been . T'i:xfl?;e/{‘. Garfield Corps will give a Hobson Hop next W ednesda; —_—— XKnights of Pythias. Last week Fidelity Lodge of Napa celebrated its silver anniversary by an entertainment and banquet at St. Helena. H. Schaffner, G. K. of R. and §., was the uest of honor at the affair. or 10 Live Oak Lodge of niversary by a reception and addresses, Among the speakers were Supreme Rep- resentatives A. J. %usckles and H. Schaff- , G. K. of R. and S. "Suring the past few days the Grand Chancellor visited the lodges at Yreka, Dunsmul‘li-.Mslssunf‘,l Redding, Red Bluff, nd Marysville. Crll-xfos%hafler, Yacting as chancellor com- mander, conferred rank of knight on threa candidates last Monday in California Lodge. The lodge was paid a fraternal visit by Golden City Lodge. ———————— The Juniors. 5 James K. Finlay, the brave California: who distinguished himself at Malate by taking ammunition to the men in the trenches and in rescuing Captain Richter and a wounded private, was the record- ing secretary of U. S. Grant Council No. 19 of the Junior Order of United Ameri- can Mechanics. The members of that council are so proud of his achievement that they propose to get up & medal for him, and send it to him. | During the past three months Lafayette Council of Watsonville has incréased its membership by one-fourth and Redlands Council in the same period added twenty- five new_members to the roll State Councilor M. H. Bellinger recently | visited the council at San Diego and re- | mained in that city four days. —_——————————— Order of Pendo. Golden Gate Council is showing a steady Increase. Ten candidates were in- itlated last Monday night and several names were proposed. New councils have been. organized at Nevada City, Buena Park and Nor- walk, in this State, and in_Solidad, Col., Jacksonville, Fla., and Walla: Walla, Wash. A new council Is being organized at_Eureka, Cal. Supreme Secretary Duden paid a visit to Delta Council at Visalia last week. —_———————— Cal. glace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's.* —_——— Speclal information supplied dafly to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. ¢ —_—e—————— All Aboard ! For Bohemia Grove Sunday, August 28, Fare for the round trip only $1. Last chance this season for wisiting this ro- mantic spot in the midst of the redwoods of Sonoma County, where the Bohemian Club holds its annual jinks. Bring your lunch. A seat on traln guaranhteed for each person. Special train lands passen- gers in the grove. Leave Tiburon ferry at 8 a. m.; returningweave the grove at 4 p.m. 4 ——————es Trunks and Vclises. The recent large shipments of trunks, valises and alligator bags, Mexican carved leather and seal pocketbooks and belts make ours the strongest leather oods line in the city. Mirrors, combs, rushes and toilet articles in this depart- ment at the lowest possible prices. San- born, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. * —_—— Races at Santa Rosa. Fare to Santa Rosa and return on Sat- urday, August 27, $225. Boat leaves Tib- uron ferry at 7:30 a. m. Speecial train will leave Santa Rosa at 7 p. m. same day. * —_—————— “T doesn’t reckon that yoh's gwinter git voh all's pay f'um dat ar’ concern,’” said the colored porter. “Why not?” asked the collector. “They have some assets “Yes, sah, dey has so but dey isn't equal to dah unreliabiiities.”—Washing- ton Star. —_————————— Northern Pacific Railwa; First-class rate as well as second class re- Auced T5 per cent to all points in Montana, Min- nesota and the Fastern States. Elegant serv- ice, dining cars on every train. Only line oper- ating through upholstered tourist cars. T. K. STATELER, G. A., 635 Market st., 8. F. —————————— * First and Sscond Claes rates again reduced via the Santa Fa te. 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