The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 29, 1898, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1898. MONDAY... reeeeeeee.. AUBUST 29, 1808 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Tt U et it Address All Communications to W. S LEAKE, Manager, PUBLICATION OFFICE .Market and Third Sts., 8. . Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOM ...2I7 to 221 Stevenson Street Telep! Malin 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 DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE. Rigge House C. C. CARLTON, Corre‘wldent. CHICAGO OFFICE. Marquette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Represcntative. One year, by mall, $1.50 veve....008 Broadway Room 188, World Bullding BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open until 10 o’clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open untll 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open untll 9 o'clock. 1506 Polk street, open untii 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets. open until 9 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS oville and Cannon, the 618-pound Man. and Jones streets—Vaudeville. Opeaing nber 3. Corner Mason and Eddy streets—Specialties. Pavilion—The lrish Falr, s—Swimming. OUR STACKS OF TWENTIES. CAMPAIGN PROSPECTS. I ‘ FULL alignment of the contending parties iz the coming contest has not yet been effected, as a good many nominations for various offices are yet to be made, and it is yet to be determined on what ground the fusionists will assail the administra- tion; but even at this early stage it is already appar- ent that in the Republican ranks there will be har- mony, unity and ardor, while in the opposing barty there will be discord, lack of confidence and demoral- ization. . A striking illustration of the cordial warmth with which all classes of Republicans are united in the contest was given at the grand ratification meeting at Oakland on Saturday evening, when Dr. Pardee, speaking for the men of Alameda County, who had so loyally supported his efforts to obtain the nomi- nation for Governor, came upon the platiorm with his successful rival and pledged the full Republican vote of the county for Henry T. Gage and the whole ticket. It was an occasion to be remembered. The responsive cheers that rose from the vast audience sounded the keynote of Republican enthusiasm and attested that ardor in the rank and file which is a safe assurance of success at the polls. A marked contrast to the unity of sentiment and prevailing satisfaction among Republicans is to be seen in the coalition of the opposing parties. Al- though, as Mr. Ford wittily said at the Oakland meet- ing, the fusion candidate for Governor will go through | the campaign singing ‘“All platforms look alike to me,” it is evident that a good many Populists and not a few Democrats are not equally capable of going it blind where party principles are concerned. Men have begun to abandon the fusion camp on both sides. Proofs of dissatisfaction are to be found in every county. Protesting voices from stalwart | Democrats and from middle-of-the-road Populists[ are heard with too much frequency to be ignored, and | up to this time there has not been a single enthusi- astic Maguire ratification meeting anywhere in the State. Campaign prospects are in fact encouraging from every point of view. Republicans have nothing for 3 REQUENT mention has been made of late to r the commercial change which the United States | is now undergoing. It is not wholly due to the | panish war, for it began a year ago, though the re- | As | Its of the war have accelerated the transition. | early as last year we began to loan gold coin to Eu- rope and have kept it up ever since. Coincident with the broadening of the country’s commerce through our foreign conquests we find ourselves expanding creditor nation like England, with funds to | Up to a year ago we were known as a debtor b but it is doubtful whether this dubious dis- tinction will cling to us much longer.. For, in spite f ree loans to Europe, we find the inflowing f gold rather too voluminous for convenience. into a | of the Presidential contest of two years ago which to apologize, nothing to explain. The pledges have been gloriously fulfilled by the administration, pros- perity has returned, a war has been fought to a suc- cessful conclusion and the great principles of repub- licanism have been gloriously vindicated by the con- trast of conditions now with what they were during the Democratic administration. In California the nominations for State offices have been so fortunately selected that the support of in- dependent voters will be confirmed to the party of protection and sound money. It is a sure victory, therefore, unless we should become too sanguine and relax our efforts before election day. sury statement just issued shows this plainly. to this statement the amount of gold in the States Treasury has been increasing rapidly of shown by the stock on hand, which was $203,- | 204 on August 20, against $163,474,057 on June 20. This is a gain of $40,000,000 in two months. The | gain for the past thirty days has been about $17,000,- | 000. The amount on hand August 20 was the largest since 1838, In March of that year it was $218,000,000, | but in the Cleveland administration of free trade it got dewn to $44,563,403 in February, 1896. The reason for this gradual accumulation of gold coin in the Government vaults is not obscure, nor does it require any profound financial acumen to per- ceive it. It is simply because we are selling more than we are buying. This is the whole thing in a nutshell. Commercial statisticians term it an excess | of exports over imports, which is the same thing. When a man sells more than he buys his bank ac- count increases in direct ratio, and this is what the United States is doing and has been doing ever since the Republican party resumed thereins of Government. A free trade policy reduced our stock of gold coin from an excess to a practical deficit, so that the Gov- ernment obliged under the Cleveland ad- ministration to issue bonds to make up the ncy. While the Republican party was in power. and the excess was pronounced the Democratic op- position raised a prolonged wail that a surplus was a menace. It did not take them long to dissipate it after they came into power, and the bond issues were the result. Now we have the surplus again, and like sensible people are lending it to Europe, and would like to lend more—on good security. Of course this condition has a beneficial effect on trade. It could not do otherwise. The weekly re- ports from the mercantile agencies call attention to the flattering state of business, and the leading finan- cial authorities are drawing roseate pictures of the future. On every hand there are abundant signs of prosperity and confidence was never greater nor more widely extended. The bank clearings last week showed a gain of 10.3 per cent over the corresponding - week last year, while the failures were 179, against 223. There is only one cloud on the commercial horizon, and it may be nothing but a cloud. This is the sud- den thirst to make heavy investments in our new colonial possessions. Speculators are going into it with such enthusiasm that conservative men are be- ginning to fear that it may be overdone, in which case there would be a reaction. It takes money and some years of waiting to develop plantation proper- ties, as those who embark in it will learn later on. However, as this apprehension is nothing more than an apprehension at present it may prove ungrounded. At any rate there is no use in crossing a bridge be- fore one gets to it. The fine state of trade, as mentioned last week, is general, not local; collective, not individual. Consid- ered individually the great staples, excepting iron and steel, with a few lines of merchandise, such as dry goods, boots and shoes, etc., are quiet. But the rail- road earnings are increasing and the farmer is re- 'pnncd in good condition all over the country, In fact, when the matter is looked into deeply, it is ‘found that to the current prosperity of the farmer the fine condition of business is due, as the manufacturing industry is not especially active. A gratifying feature of the situation is that the farmer is likely to con- tinue prosperous the remainder of the year, as the crop prospects are good and prices are considerably above the cost of production. With this condition practically assured it is no wonder that the mercan- {ile agencies report trade in satisfactory shape every- ‘where and that the leading financial authorities are amusing themselves by drawing rosy pictures of the future. was Only a little while ago a niece of Admiral Schley made a star-spangled galoot of herself by going to Madrid on an impertinent errand of peace, and now a-cousin of Admiral Dewey announces that she is going on the stage. These naval heroes have to achieve considerable to carry all their relatives. An unfortunate incident of the Dunning affair is | feasibility of making a practicable commercial water- that the handwriting expert is about to get a chance to air his knowledge, and as a rule this knowledge is not worth airing. . RS el Eugene Debs has started a new party, but nobody seems to care who the other man is. DEFINITE PROPOSALS WANTED. ROM the coming convention which has been l:called to discuss the Nicaragua Canal project the public will expect something more than elaborate arguments on the importance of such a waterway and general resolutions favoring its con- struction. Enough of such things have been provided | in the past. The great mass of the American people are now convinced of the need of the canal. What | is desired at this time is some definite plan for at- taining it. On two points the people are virtually agreed. First, the canal should be constructed, and second, its construction and its operation when completed should be under the control of the United States. Wide differences of opinion exist, however, as to the way across Nicaragua, and the cost of such a canal if it be feasible. These differences exist because of the confusion and contradiction in the reports that | have been given out concerning the proposed route, and it is to be hoped that at the convention there | will be made public a sufficient mass of information to put an end to all honest doubts as to the possi- bility of making the enterprise successful at a cost not in excess of its usefulness. It has long been maintained by some opponents of the construction and control of the proposed canal by the United States Governmeent that the Clayton- Bulwer treaty stood in the way of such an undertak- ing. It is well known that by that treaty the United States and Great Britain mutually agreed with refer- ence to a ship canal across Nicaragua that neither government should obtain or maintain any exclusive control over such canal or colonize or exercise any dominion over any part of Central America; and fur- thermore that the two powers would jointly protect any parties having authority from the local govern- ment to construct the canal and would guarantee its neutrality. There can be no question that in times past this treaty has been a serious stumbling block in the way of the advocates of the construction of the canal by our Government, but it is no longer of great moment. It may be regarded as certain that Great Britain would raise no objection whatever to our assertion of supremacy over the waterway. In fact Sir Charles Dilke, one of the greatest authorities on the foreign affairs of Great Britain, has recently asserted in an article published in the Pall Mall Gazette: “By Lord Salisbury’s sudden change of front in the Venezuelan question we have accepted the leadership of the United States in matters American, and the policy of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty is dead and can never be revived.” To that extent then the pathway for the construc- tion of the canal by the Government and its opera- tion under Government control is made plain. All that remains now is to formulate some plan of action that will be acceptable to the country and to Con- hand it is simply going to discuss the issue theo- no further campaign®of education is necessary. What e r——————— TWO VIEWS OF ARMIES. fl tain that unless the United States should re- being that without a vast standing army, drilled and other power in the possession of such an army. situation nor ‘greatly add to our military strength. armies obeying one voice and moving as the wheels A contrary view of the subject is taken by a writer acquired by willing troops in a time so short that long service with the standards and years of drill are not necessary. According to this writer, if a nation is provided with a proper military staff and has a corps of well-trained officers to rely upon for the drilling of its raw recruits, it can put an effective army in the field within three months, and that such an army would be competent to fight great battles against the best-drilled regulars in the world. These views are each of them more or less biased. It is inevitable that a German should regard the mili- tary system of his nation as being well nigh perfect, for it has accomplished extraordinary triumphs on the field of battle. It is equally inevitable that the Brit- ish, who rely largely upon a volunteer system for the protection of their island against invasion, should have confidence in their ability to meet and match any nation that may come against them. There is no way of determining positively which of the two views is the true one. History affords pre- cedents to sustain both sides. Over and over again disciplined armies have routed large bodies of irregu- lar troops, but on the other hand volunteers, when well organized and led by competent leaders, have just about as often forced regulars to retreat. Our military annals are full of instances of conflicts be- tween volunteers and regulars; and, if in one war it is true that disciplined British troops carried the heights of Bunker Hill, it is none the less true that in another war the American volunteers held the redoubts of New Orleans against troops who had been trained and practiced for years in the long campaigns against Napoleon. The issue is not one of any particular importanee to us, because whatever force we may need for protec- tion against a foreign foe we can easily raise, but to Europe it is a matter of great moment. If three months’ drill under the direction of a staff of capable officers can enable raw recruits to fight on equal terms against regular armies, it will be possible for the nations to put an end to the military system that is now crushing the people and effectually provide for national defense without having to resort to despotic militarism. ——— THE SHIP THAT STOOD BY. N the news of the world told by The Call yester- day there was no item more gratifying to the love of heroism instinctive in human hearts than that which briefly related the story of how Captain Ras- mussen of the San Francisco schooner Golden Shore stood by the British ship Crown of India during a storm and stayed with her until all danger to her crew was passed. The Crown of India had started from New South Wales for this port, but when about 150 miles off shore was caught by what is known in Australia as “the great Maitland storm,” one of the severest tem- pests that has swept that part of the ocean for a long time. By the fury of the winds the ship was partially | dismasted and was exposed to the imminent danger of becoming a total wreck. * While laboring in this way under disadvantages in | the terrific hurricane the crew of the Crown of India | saw many ships scud past them without making any effort to help them in their distress. Each captain and master was intent on saving his own vessel and gave no aid to save the Crown of India. It seemed that the terror of the storm had overcome the courage and humanity that are so common among seamen, and that in this instance the dismasted ship with her endangered crew would find no assistance whatever so long as the tempest raged. It was after many ships had passed and gone on their way before the winds and waves that the Golden Shore came in sight of the Crown of India and saw the plight in which she was struggling for life. Her captain was not of the kind that forsakes a fellow- seaman in distress. Despite the force of the tempest he stood by the laboring vessel and stayed with her until the storm was over and all danger past. The presence of this brave ship and the consciousness that | help would be given if necessity came cheered the men of the Crown of India and they brought their vessel safely through the storm and all was well. Having been towed back to Sydney after the tem- pest the Crown of India found the Golden Shore lying at Newcastle, and then the brave deed of the American captain was told by the grateful Britisher. The heroic nature of the deed was suitably recog- nized. Through the Mayor of Newcastle there was presented to Mrs. Rasmussen a diamond and to Cap- tain Rasmussen a locket of gold bearing the inscrip- tion: “From Captain Corkhill of the British ship Crown of India to Captain Rasmussen of the Ameri- can four-masted schooner Golden Shore—the ship that did stand by.” Deeds like that done by the Golden Shore can never be too often commemorated nor too much honored. They illustrate the nobility of which human nature is capable and prove how superior is the cour- age of a hero to any dangers that may confront him on land or sea. By his conduct Captain Rasmussen upheld the best traditions of American seamanship. He takes his place among those brave and faithful heroes unknown to fame who have made our mer- chant marine honored throughout the earth. Our flag in battle has not been more gloriously upheld by the Oregon itself than it was in that fierce hurri- cane of the southern seas by the Golden Shore—the ship that did stand by. ‘Without desiring to flatter the Post it may be re- marked that it can think of more fool guessing schemes than any other paper in the land, or at least that it has the temerity to spring a lot no other pub- lication would have the nerve to father. B Roosevelt’s friends seem to have every confidence that if their Teddy wants anything he has only to ask for it. They have already elected him President in 1904 and given him a second term. S s The Czar of Russia asks for universal disarmament and peace. Incidentally the Czar also wants time to finish his Siberian railway and complete arrange- ments to grab everything in sight. An exchange expresses hope that during 1900 the monthly magazines will catch up with the end of the war. And what if they do? They will simply begin the whole thing over again. {1 According to the St. Louis Republic General Miles is “pulchritudinous.” We submit that this is no time to be calling the officers of the army names. Populists are credited with having caused a politi- cal muddle in Idaho. There is nothing of record to (S | tons. show that they ever caused anything else. vt This is a cosmopolitan town. The editor of the Dawson Digger has just been elected president of the San Francisco Press Club. Now that the blame for the tragic death of Mrs, Paxton has been fixed the matter will drop, if the usual course be followed. “No less a person than the Prince of Turin,” etc., gress. If the coming convention can put forward such a plan it will fulfill a useful purpose. If on the other retically it will be of no service to any one. This is one of the questions on which it may be safely said is wanted is some proposal so definite that it will prepare the way for action. WRITER for the London Times states that German authorities on military matters main- organize their army on the European model they will never rank as a great military power; the argument molded together into a spirit of absolute organic dis- cipline, the United States cannot successfully face any One German writer is quoted as saying that four millions of raw soldiers would not seriously alter the These millions, he says, must be drilled and taught the science of war if they are to be of use against of an engine with one motion, impelled by one force and directed against one end. for the London Spectator, who, while conceding the need of discipline in an army, asserts that it can be announces an evening paper. There is no less a per- son. A INVOLVES A LITTLE MENTAL CALCULA [From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.] s o om Vot 1o "y TION. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Willlam Lombard of" Wheatland Is at the Russ. J. L. McCoy, a rancher of Fresno, is at the Russ. C. J. Beloll, a merchant of San Jose, s at the Grand. Ellsworth Ingalls of Atchison, Kans., is at the Palace. A. S. Humphreys and wife of Honolulu are at the Palace. John H. Dale, a cattleman of Eden Val- ley, is at the Russ. C. M. Wheeler, an attorney of Eureka, 15 at the Occidental. Charles Harrah, a prominent Phila- delphian, is at the Palace. Fred Waterhouse and wife of Hono- lulu are at the Occldental. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Stimson of New Yorlk are at the Occidental. William W. Dodge and son of Wash- ington, D. C., are at the Palace. A. B. Erickson, J. Hansen and Sam Ly- tel of Humboldt are at the Russ. 8. H. Hamburger, a well-known attor- ney of New York, is at the Palace. G. N. Watson, F. R. Georgeson and W. Greenwald of Eureka are at the Grand. E. W. Thatcher, a hotel man, and Lu- clen Gaine of Hopland are at the Grand. NEWS OF FOREIGN NAVIES. The British Admiralty has selected black as the best and least distinguish- able color for torpedo boats. The new Chinese cruiser Hai-Yung of 2950 tons, bullt at Stettin, arrived at Shanghal July 22, manned by Germans and flying the German flag. The British cruiser Niobe of 11,000 tons has passed through her eight-hour trial under full power and developed 16,834 horse power—334 over the contract—and made a log speed of 20.5 knots, which tal- lies with the calculated speed. The ship ‘was somewhat light on a mean draught of 2 feet 3 inches, the intended load draught being 26 feet. New Foundland is to have a naval re- serve. Five hundred fishermen are to be drilled by special instructors from the royal navy, and as it is said that the men are to receive $50 a month while under in- struction, there should be no trouble about getting the requisite number of men and of the very best and hardiest of any seafaring population. The Brazillan torpedo crulser Tarnogo, 1038 tons, has been launched at the Ger- mania yard, Kiel. The vessel is 209 feet in length, 28 feet 10 inches and on a draught of 9 feet 10 Inches carries 100 tons of coal. The engines are 700 horse power and are to give a speed of 23 knots. Her armament consists of two 3.9 Inch, six 2.2 inch, two 3-pounders and two machine guns. Of the 190 vessels In actlve commisston in the British navy one-fifth are over %000 Twenty-two, including 20 battle- ships and 2 cruisers, are over 14,000 tons; 11 are between 12,000 and 14,000 tons, 7 of which are battleships; 10 are between 10,000 and 12,000 tons and include 2 bat- tleships. Forty-three are less than 1000 tons. These 1% ships do not include tor- pedo-boat destroyers. In Japan the navy Is very popular, more 50 than the army, partly owing tothe fact that the pay is better than in the army. A major in the {nfantry receives only $27 a month and has to keep a horse, while in the navy an officer of like rank gets a higher salary and dispenses with the horse. at the academy and 69 are to graduate this year. At the recent examination preparatory to entry tnere were 1093 ap- plicants present from which to fill vacan- cles numbering only 130. The British crulser Powerful on the China station appears at last to have got her machinery into working order. She made the trlp from Wel-Hai-Wei to Yokohama, leaving the former place at 7 p. m. July 27, and arriving at Yokohama July 30, at noon. Her first trial was 6f efght hours’ duration, the engines work- ing up to 18,562 horse power, giving a speed of 20.2 knots. The second trial lasted 2% hours, giving 21,043 horse power and 20.7 knots speed and the third trial of 13% hours resulted in 19 knots speed with 15756 horse power. The average speed of the trip was 17% knots. Accidents have been ratuer numerous of late in the French navy. The battle- ship Hoche ran on an uncharted rock in Quiberon Bay last month and had a nar- row escape from becoming a total wreck. She i1s now In dock undergoing extensive repairs. The keel will have to be re- moved for the entire length, 198 lineal feet of bottom plating on zach side was ripped open and the frames In wake of the rents have ben broken and twisted. Two hun- dred men are at work repairing damages and while the ship is in the hands of the dockyard men it has been determined to give her a new set of bolilers, all of which ‘will take her out of service for at least a year. E Jeanne d'Arc, the latest French ar- mored cruiser, is clalmed to be the best ship of that type In any navy and far superfor to the two monster cruisers of Gerat Britain. The Jeanne d'Arc is of 11,270 tons displacement and has a belt of Harveyized steel 3 to 6 inches thick, while the Terrible and FPowerful, nearly 2800 tons larger, have no hull protection. The speed of the French cruiser is to be 23 knots, the three engines to develop 28,000 horse power. The battery is rather light, consisting of two 7.6 inch, eight 5% inch and twelve 3.9 inch in the main arma- ment. On 2 feet 7 inches the ship will carry 1400 tons of coal, but the bunker capacity is 2100 tons. FREIGHTS TO CHINA. The Assoclation of Chambers of Com- merce recently memorialized the Board of Trade In reference to the comparative rates of freight from English and Ameri- can perts to China. This memorial was referred to the Liverpool Steamship Own- ers’ Assoclation for its observations. Mr. Norman Hill, the secretary, in reply, states that some time back the rate for a particular class of American goods arded to Li in transit to a port was, the voyage from There are now 295 naval cadets | | oK | ner for about twenty Liverpool to China, less than the rate uoted for some English goods sent from LIverpool direct to China, the reason be- u;]g that the American goods welghed less | than the & glish goods. This rate, how- W scontin vhe was aryss discontinued when attention o fact th i rate prejudiclal] T ¥ to manufac this country. " As a result, no Amesican 800ds of this class were now forwarded to China via Liverpool, as they could be | sent from New York direct at a less rate of frelght. Mr. Norman Hill states that his assoclation is well aware that the | Tates of frelght from certain ports In the adds that the service maintal, the United States and China. 16 not to g !Cr?;flpured with the service between | hePGits of this country and China, | Sither for regularity or for efficiency. The | New York freights are largely controlled v railway competition via San Fran- ¢lsco and Vancouver; and at the present | time the rallway companies in the Uni: | ted States are quoting for the carriage of | carloads of produce from Nem Bt and | other points in the States, on through | bills of lading to Hongkong, the same rates of freight as they are charging for the rallway carriage alone to San Fran clsco. These companies are therefors making absolutely no charge for the over sea carriage from San Francisco to the port of Hongkong.—London Times. e JOSEPH R. DRAKE'S GRAVE. Joseph Rodman Drake, author of ““Thy 3 e American Flag,” lies burfed in a curious and neglected little cemetery in Morris- anfa, in the borough of the Bronx. The ;Isl:gr "‘E’,“‘ Manhattan should taks a outhern Boulevard car at Harlem Bridge and get off at Hunts Point road. Go!gg aloni this road—the pilgrim should re- member to keep to his left—he will find himself on a beautiful and well-kept rural avenue, overarched with magnificent shade trees and lined on either side with massive stone fences inclosing splendid estates. After going along this lovely sylvan thoroughfare in a leisurely man- minutes a sha turn in the road to the left will nppr!‘;g :'}119 \'lslfu:l;' that 1hflt is within a stone’'s row of the patriotic young poet's grave. Skirting the roadside l! o e H notice a clump of thickly clustering trees of perhaps an acre in extent. In the heait of this copse the ancient burying ground lies. But so densely huddled to- 0 feet away he wiil | Roman days, was first in fashion and ex- cellence in Henry VIII's time. His fruit- erer, Richard Haines, who seems to have been one of the fortunate members of his humbler entsurage, who preserved his fa- vor—the loftler ones mostly found thefr way ultimately to Tower Hill—introduced new sorts from Flanders, and these were planted in Keat, whence grew the fame of Kentish cherries, still flourisning. There is an account (f a cherry orchard {n Kent in 1640 of thirty-two acres which pro- duced fruit that sold in those early days for £1000, an esormous sum, as land at that time let at a shilling per acre.—From the Gentlemen's Magazine. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. PREMIUM--O. 8., City. No prem- (ul:10]s oftered for quarters of the United States minted Ia er than 1834. - H., h ON MOLTK . H., City. Hellmut vo‘:x Moltke, who in 1871 was raised tcElhe 1d marskh of the German Em- r?:“ek qvgaf;ebofl’l in Mecklenburg, October 5. oo XPENCE—Subscriber, B Snglish sixpence of unol Glen, Cal. An Englis s tshe reign of Victorla, bearing date of 1859, has, according to voin dealers, a sell- ing value of from 25 to 40 cents. N N E NVAVY—S. H. NLISTING IN THE NAVY- 5 M!(?;\esln, Cal. The naval rendezvous in San Francisco, ‘where ;ppllc_u;lnlg ade by those who wish to :r‘:fi:gdbg?s ?’x’l the United States navy, is at 10 California s! The NOTARY PUBLIC—E. M. F., City. Governor of the State of C: lifornia ap- points all netaries, as many as the law allows for each county. Such'omce}x;. hold office for two years and have to be recommissioned every two years. A.hmx:éx who wishes to be a notary public s_oul have a general knowledge of the law, but it does not follow that he should be a lawyer, admitted to the bar. DR. ORD—In answer to a correspond- ent a few days ago it was stated that when last heard of Dr. J. L. Ord, former. Iy surgeon, U. S. A., was a residents Monterey. A correspondent kindly in- forms this department that some time since the doctor removed from Pacific Grove, which is adjacent to Monterey, and took up his residence in Washing- ton, D. C., at the home of his daughe ter. MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE—C. B, Vallejo, Cal. If a man obtains a divorce in the State of California, he cannot marry again in this Stave until a year after the issuance of the decrée. If he wants to marry again he may go to an- other State and marry. In all the States and Territories, except New Mexico, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota and Ok- iahoma a marriage license is required. MAIL FOR HONOLULU—Reader, Hay- wards, Cal. Mall for Honolulu will leave San Francisco at 10 o'clock in the morn- ing of the following dates: September 8 and 17, October 1 and November 11 and 20. Via Vancouver, B. C., it will leave at 7 o’clock in the morning on the following dates: September 22, October 20, Novem- ber 17 and December 15. It is possible that there will be Intermediate dates, but as to that threre is no certainty. DARK DAYS—G. E., Pacheco, Contra Costa County, Cal. There have been a great meny dark days in the past hun- dred years or more. On the 19th of May, A VICTORIA SI | 1780, there was the dark day of New Eng- land. It extended from Maine into New York and New Jersey, but was most in- tense in Massachusetts and the lower por- tion of New Hampshire. It lasted from 10 o’clock in the forenoon till midnight, and during its prevalence it was impossi- ble to read ordinary print. Candles had to be lighted within doors, and animals, mis- taking the hour, went to slep. January 1, 1816, was a close, dark day, and the 2ist of October of the same year was another | dark day. Thomas Roble, who took ob- | servations at Cambridge, Mass., wrote: @1st) wvas so dark that people w to light candles to eat their dinners by.” This could not be from an ether are the trees, and so wild and {angled Is the vegetation with walch it i8 overrun, that the wayfarer would be lnl:leelg' to pass it by oblivious of its char- The stone steps which once invited en- trance to the gravevard are falll; into ruin. The old wooden gate is still intact, and swings outward on its rusty iron hinges; but a formidable barrier of prickly vines and scrubby unde: wth on the other side repels the intruder. No gateway, however, is now necessary, A narrow path leads from Hunts Point road, up a slight incline, direct to Drake’s | tomb. And as the pilgrim pushes aside the bushes and brambles that beset him and clambers up, the first monument that greets his sight will be that of the author of ““The American Flag,” which ng inscription bears the follow! SACRED to the memory of JOSEPH R. DRAKE, M. D,, who died Sept. 2ist, aged 25 years. None knew him but to love him, Nor named him but to pralse. Renovated by the BROWNSON LITERARY UNION, July 25th, 1891 Brownson Literary Unioa has The sought to protect it by surrounding it with a fence of iron railings. But the handiwork of the vandal is nevertheless manifest, for an appreciable chunk of marble has been hammered away from the monument. Several withered wreaths —relics of Memorial day—hang over the ghaft and over the spikes of the railings. The stump of a hewn g(a.gt lies molder- in the earth close to the grave. part from the literary interest attach- ing to fit, this little cemetery is a quaint o: placem'l‘here !“xe perhaps flturt tomb- stones still remaining, many of which are dedicated to* the Hunt family. A two- foot brownstone slab. from which a frag- ment is missing, but which is otherwise ‘wonderfully well preserved, is inscribed as follow: Here lyes the Bo &g 1 of ELIZTH HUNT wife of Capt. Thomas Hunt Aged 67 yea Dec'd Aprit 27, 1729, Near by stands a rough and worn granite stone of thg same u:;::;l:;: tious &mexlmons, ll;e&rmg these words, which the elements have rend 3 Indecipherabie: oo AN t Here : H of TH § : a; : $ ctober : i 1739 H $ : Another Thomas Hunt was interred 1808 and his wife Hannah in ioee ard while the stones over their remains are mark the graves of the first couple, are still simple, notably so when = com- pared with a marble monument near b. y conirastd A dateless inscription carved lows: ‘whose perfect condition strangely with_th munflni‘. e 1 {ldness of thereon in bold relief reads as fol SARAH, MAKRGARET, ELIZA L L AN DAUGHTERS OF TH: E © T THOMAS HUNT, “ATE The following ad the fombstone. of Eilzaberh Wi died June 19, 1772 led fro; .Ellllbeth Willett, '1:2 Behold and see as you As i/ou are Now so”Oncc was As I am Now you Soon will be Prepare for Death and Follow me. Among the names of the dead a: hy of Leayecraft, Van Ranst, Barwl;:,t'l‘os:lS man and Winship. Drake's nearest heigh- bor is Caroline tilda Tillow, who died in ; and the visitor regretted that he could not decl&her the yoaucal tribute to » the grave is overgrown with A street crossing Hunts Point road been named after Drake, and others zt’:.e: Longfellow, Bryant, Whittler, Halleck and Payne. But most of them have mere- g.‘ 31'2! omatgsl %xistence!on t:xe municipal ave not yet been through.—New .ork Sun. £ S It would seem that th tree, though Introduced into England In the e}:ll se, the solar ec.pse being on the 4th of that month, seventeen days before. On the 29th of November, 1816, the day was so dark in London, England, thaf it is recorded that ‘“in the neighborhood of Camberwell and Walwort] it was so completely dark that men driving stages were obliged to dismount and by the light of a lantern lead their horses.”” On the famous dark day in New England many thought that the day of judgment had come. Professor F. A. P. Barnard accounts for the dark days simply by the presence of ordinary clouds of "unusual volume and intensity. Superstitious per- sons associate such days with the day of final judgment. 2 THE SIMPLE TH. The San Francisco Call is to be con- gratulated on its splendid account of the Republican State Convention at Sacra- mento. Its account of the proceedings was exactly as stated in the caption— “‘complete.””—Vallejo Chronicle. — Cal. glace fruit 60c per Ib at Townsend's.® —_———— wall paper and window shades at Clark’s, 653 Market street. 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