The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 8, 1898, Page 6

THURSDA SEPTEMBER 8, 1808 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. L AccrEse DI oAl L PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 186S. EDITORIAL ROOMS..........2IT to 22| Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carrlers In this city and surrounding towns for I5 cents a week. By mall $6 per year: per month 66 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL...... eeenans One year, by mall, $1.50 OAKLAND OFFICE................ veves. NEW YORK OFFICE. Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative, WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE. «ese...Riggs House C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE... ...Marquette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. «.....908 Broadway 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 untll 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open until 10 o'clock. 2991 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 25I8 Mission street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open until 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, epen until 9 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS. Columbia—"Lost—24 Honrs * Baldwin—"A Marriage of Convenience." Alcazar—*The First Born” and ** Turned Up." Morosco's—"Shall We Forgive Her. Tivoli—* Lucretia Borgia." Orphenm-— Vaudeville. New Comedy Theater—* The Leading Man.” Alhambra, Eddy and Jones streets—Vaudeville. The Chutes—Zoo, Vandeville and Spanish Bull Fight. Olympia—Corner Mason and FAdy streets—Specialties Mechanics’ Pavilion—The Irish Fair, tutro's Bathe—Swimming. Metropolitan Temple—Concert, San Jose Agricultural Park—Excursion and Barbecue, Sun- day, September 11. AUCTION SALES. gf Frank W. Butterfield—This day. September 8, Furniture. at 17l1 Turk street, at 2 oclock. Also, Picture Store,at 119 Fourth street. a: 11 6'clook. By G. H. Umbsen & (0.—Monday, September 12, Real Estate 8t 14 Monwomery street, at 12 0'clock. WHEN THE OREGON COMES HOME-: R international situation, or because of a desire of the administration to be prepared for emergen- cies, the battleships Oregon and Iowa will leave within the next ten days for the Pacific Coast. The two vessels are now at the Brooklyn Navy-yard, EPORTS from Washington are to the effect where they are being put into proper trim for the | long voyage. It appears uncertain as yet to what part of the Pa- cific the ships will proceed. Reports are in circula- tion that they will be ordered at once to Manila, but the prevailing opinion is that they will be attached to the Pacific station and ordered to some point from which they could defend the coast or hasten if needed to the Philippines. It is, therefore, probable the two may come to this port and be stationed here for some time. If the plans of the Navy Department are correctly outlined by these reports, and the Oregon and the Iowa are about to come to San Francisco, we shall have an opportunity for a war celebration and a tri- umph of victory of our own fully as enthusiastic as any witnessed in the Eastern States. Of course the coming of the two battleships through the Golden Gate will not be like the grand naval parade of all the fleet of Sampson at New York, but the occasion here can be made just as patriotic and as joyous as was that of the Eastern metropolis. It is estimated that the two ships will make the run from New York at about eleven knots an hour, and that they will reach their destination in the Pacific early in November. That would bring them to our harbor at the pleasantest season of the year, when the fogs have ceased to obscure the bay and before the rains have set in. It will be worth while, therefore, for our civic authorities and organizations to find out from Washington whether the ships are to come to San Francisco, and if so at what date they will be due, in order that we may prepare for them a grand re- ception. It is scarcely necessary to say that such a recep- tion as the one suggested would make as jubilant a fes- tival as San Francisco has ever seen. We are all proud of the victories achieved by our fleets during the war with Spain, and particularly so of the splendid record made by the great battleship built in our own ship- yards. There will be no need of earnest appeals to arouse enthusiasm at such a reception as that will be. All classes of our people, men, women and children, will join the throngs that shout applause when the Oregon comes hom THE OUTPOST. ESIDENTS of the Mission and all owners of R property in that section of the city are to be congratulated upon the appearance in the field of journalism of The Outpost, a weekly devoted mainly to making known to the general public the many advantages of that flourishing part of the com- munity, promoting its industries and advancing its interests. The new weekly is strongly edited, being under the charge of E. S. Harrison, one of the progressive and enterprising of the younger business men of the State, and W. C. Morrow, whose reputation in litera- ture is international, and whose accomplishments in the journalism of the metropolis are familiar to all. The field which The Outpost has undertaken to fill is a broad one, and success in its enterprise will re- dound to_the benefit of the whole city. It is beyond all doubting that the Mission district is destined to become one of the greatest industrial localities of the United States. It has already far advanced in that direction. Moreover, it has a distinctive social as well as business life of its own, and can well afford to maintain a champion for itself among the newspapers of the State. TFor that reason The Outpost may be regarded as a venture wisely undertaken, and in the hands of its capable editors will achieve a speedy reputation for the excellence of its journalistic methods and the usefulness of its work. Middle-of-the-road Populists have already nomi- nated their choice for President in 1900. Their ob- ject is to head off fusion. Certain to be licked, they want the honor of being licked as Populists. It is rather a doubtful honor, but it is all the campaign promises them. President Dole refuses to call on the Hawaiian Commissioners because he thinks they should first call on him. This is a very important point. The world will please stand still while it is being settled. ‘When a report is sent out that volunteers ordered to Porto Rico will mutiny rather than obey, the coun- try simply takes the privilege of not believing the report. S5 that as a result of recent developments in the | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1898. A HINT TO WELLS-FARGO. EVERAL times there has been nef:essity for calling upon the Wells-Fargo I';xpress Co.m- pany to change its attitude. As it stands with all four feet in the trough, people are likely to accuse it of swinish proclivities. As this would doubt%css pain that good man, President Pecksniff Valentine, the counsel to reform is here repeated. There is in circulation a pamphlet of apology for the express company. Besides a plea for mercy, some fallacious reasoning and a few threats, it con- tains soothing and sustaining editorials from certain subsidized papers. We scan it vainly for a glimpse of a Call editorial bearing on the subject, and yet venture the expression of belief that even to the Wells-Fargo people these editorials have been inter- esting and instructive. ~ From this pamphlet we quote one paragraph: “4. It is certainly most economical for shippers_to furnish the stamp, as any revised express rates in- cluding it would, unavoidably, at least double the expense to them. It is hoped the people will con- sider this fact, and accept the action of the express companies as moderate and just, and not withhold their esteemed good will and patronage from the express.” Here is a flagrant and impertinent attempt at in- timidation. The company virtually acknowledges that it ought to pay the tax, but will not; that if forced to obey the law it will revise its rates so as to make the shipper more than pay the cost of the stamp. It is a rogue pleading guilty and impu- dently proclaiming intent to do worse if punished. Now why should this corporate monopoly be per- mitted to rise superior to the law? The Wells-Fargo Express Company is a common carrier, and as such subject to regulation by the Rail- road Commissioners. It will be their duty to bring it to its senses. This express,company charges from two to three times the rate charged by similar con- cerns in the East. It is an absolute monopoly, con- trolling every avenue leading to San Francisco. Last year it paid dividends of 10 per cent on a capitaliza- tion of $8,000,000, and of this capital $7,500,000 is fictitious. In other words, only half a million capi- tal has been paid into the concern. Seventy-five per cent of this dividend was derived from California and 00 per cent of the stock is held in the East. Such are a few of the facts tending to show that this State owes to Wells-Fargo no debt of gratitude. Once the company refused to carry the daily papers unless they would pay for the required stamps. This the papers refused to do, but they are being carried just the same, and are not paying for the stamps. The private citizen has every right of a daily paper. He can take his parcel to the office, advance the cus- tomary rate and decline to pay for the stamp. If the company proves obdurate in the case of any in- dividual, The Call will take up his fight for him and endeavor to force the company to obey the law. Not only is it just that Wells-Fargo be not permitted to escape its share of the war tax, but the shocking spirit of unpatriotism it has displayed merits rebuke. President Pecksniff Valentine may issue pamphlets to the delight of his soul, but they will not fool any- body. The concern of which he is the head is trying a despicable bunko game. There is comfort in know- ing that it is not beyond regulation by the Legisla- ture. Part of the duty of every voter is to see that men obedient to the orders of such corporations be not sent to Sacramento. Wells-Fargo people must be brought to their senses, and if shame fail to impel them to lead better lives, be forced into decent be- havior anyhow. ‘“HELLO, CENTRAL.” EXT to the Wells-Fargo Express Company, the N Telephone Company is perhaps the most ab- solute monopoly in California. Like the for- mer, it is trying to sneak out of payment of its por- tion of the war tax. Of course this is contempti- ble, but the company does not care so long as it can cinch its patrons, and the patrons make no plaint. When the tax was first imposed the Telephone Company announced, as though to obey the law were a shining virtue, that it would pay the tax. Even this was a pretense. It paid for the stamps, but by raising rates to non-subscribers could do this and have greater profits than before. The remedy for this is for customers to refuse to submit to the impo- sition. When a stranger desires to talk to an out- of-town point, he is not apt to stop to ascertain that the regular rate is 30 cents, but will pay 40 on de- mand and go away unaware that he has been robbed. For the sake of justice, he should first find the regu- lar rate as published and not yield a cent more. In calmly submitting he wrongs himself and the public, besides permitting the telephone monopoly to pose as a patriotic concern, which it is not. There are other things in common between the two corporations mentiongd. Both are subject to legislative regulation, and each considers that it is a law unto itself. Each pays large dividends on West- ern business, and pays them to Eastern stockholders. The Telephone Company, however, has had a warn- ing it would do well to heed. It was hoped the ex- perience of a Washington (D. C.) concern, disas- trous, but deserved, would serve to make clear to it the error of its ways, but evidently it must be given an individual lesson. The next Legislature will have to deal with it, and thereafter, while it may be no more patriotic, it may be more discreet. OUR BOYS AT MANILA. S accounts come in of the action of the Califor- f\ nia boys at Manila the people of this State feel a thrill for the bravery of the soldiers who represent them on a distant shore that has been alien, but where now the stars and stripes are flying. In the far-away Philippines the flag throws its shadow upon patriots as valiant as ever defended it. Some of these patriots are of California, and we glory in them. Our hearts swell with pride at reading of their cour- age, the unshrinking nerve with which they faced the foe in the darkness of a tropic night. No soldiers tried by long campaigning could have done more. For those who fell there is the tribute of a tear. Well may they rest. They died for the country which had sent them forth with blessings, and their memory shall be held sacred. They died gallantly. Soldiers, patriots and friends, California mourns for them and yet glories that when the nation is in peril men such as these rush to the rescue and offer their lives. There is nothing to be said about the unspeakable wretch who bored holes in the bow of a vessel about to put to sea with a load of passengers. The English language is barren of terms fitted to describe him. American doctors are not permitted to practice in Dawson, but the Canadian Government makes the concession of not fining the unfortunate people who die by reason of the consequent neglect. ot e e g Perhaps the soldiers have suffered unnecessarily, but there are no indications that anybody is coming forward to accept the blame. General Miles has reached this cofintxy, and ad- mits that he really said it AN EXPLANATION' NECESSARY. MONG local political organizations the Non- /\ Partisan, or Deacon Fitch party, looms up as the most unique known to municipal history. This party has a “convention,” which, we believe, consists of about fifty prominent citizens, mostly per- sonal friends of Mr. Fitch or relations of each other. How the “convention” originally came into being has long since been forgotten. It is sufficient to know that it was once appointed by somebody—probably Deacon Fitch—and that from year to year it con- tinues to exist without any other excuse than such as each one of its members has for living. Like the British House of Lords, it has no term of office. Its members are appointed for life. Va- cancies are created only by death or resignation. Removal from the city does not disqualify a person to serve as a member of the Non-Partisan convention, for it is said on reliable authority that several of its leading spirits reside in Oakland. When the cam- paign comes around all Deacon Fitch does is to blow a horn, and the Non-Partisans come trooping in from the suburbs, prepared to nominate a “reform” ticket to purify the local government. Mr. Fitch, like his party, is a unique politician. He does not care how reform is achieved so long as it gets there. Delegates from Siskiyou, San Diego, Hawaii or the Philippines would answer his purpose as well as delegates from Oakland, San Rafael or Menlo Park. We do not wish to be understood as disparaging the purpose for which the Non-Partisan “convention” exists. Perhaps it is well that it should continue to hold a club over the heads of the other parties and threaten them unless they nominate capable men it will try to defeat them. Some such influence is gen- erally necessary to produce good municipal results. But, nevertheless, the Non-Partisan party is an ex- ceedingly comical party. It rails at bossism, and yet Deacon Fitch, its leader, is a boss compared with whom Boss Croker, the New York potentate, is a mere pigmy. Croker is compelled to handle his in- struments tenderly and at all times placate them with offices. Mr. Fitch scorns any such methods. His marionettes dance without music. He does not even beat time for them. He merely toucfies the button and they do his bidding. The deacon must be a hypnotist. The Non-Partisan party, however, is not entirely without political standing. By virtue of votes given for its candidates two years ago it has a legal right to a place on the official ballot, and it could, if Deacon Fitch so desired, organize a very effective local fight. Why it confines itself to indorsing the candidates of other parties is therefore a mystery. Six years ago the Non-Partisans elected the Mayor. Two years ago they elected a Superior Judge by an overwhelm- ing majority. Presumably if Mr. Fitch should go in for everything he might, as they say at the race track. win out. Why he does not do so needs explanation. It is well known that the political bosses trade offices with each other. The deacon has resolved this year to indorse only. Can it be possible that he has made arrangements with McNab, Rainey, Kelly and the others by which they are to divide up the govern- ment and run it on the co-operative plan? We do not exactly suspect Boss Fitch, but he is such an ir- responsible political potentate—having a tighter con- vention than any of his colaborers in the domain of pure politics—that we think a public explanation of the springs which work his conscience would be ex- ceedingly appropriate. Let us have such an explana- tion. fl case, the annexation party in Hawaii is out for a continuance of Chinese labor and immigra- tion in that country. By late advices we learn that the points made are: First—The Hawaiian Chinese are much superior to their countrymen in California. Second—The exclusion laws of the United States were intended only for the continental territory of the United States, and to extend them to extracon- tinental territory since acquired will be going beyond the intentions of the last treaty with China. Third—Chinese labor is indispensable in Hawaii. It does not compete with white labor, which cannot live there. The industries of the islands will fail and the planters will be ruined unless Chinese labor is permitted. Fourth—The Chinese are orderly and law abiding, unlike the more truculent and uneasy Japanese, and therefore should not be discriminated against. A traverse of these grounds will convince our read- ers of the absolute correctness of The Call's position in opposing the annexation of Hawaii in the interest of the sugar production and labor of this coast. It is not true that white labor can be used as a sub- stitute for coolie labor in Hawaii, and President Dole knew it when he pretended to want such labor taken there. We have insisted that after this country was hoodwinked into annexation its Hawaiian promoters would have to secure lawful permission to use coolie labor or submit to the commercial decay of the islands. Of course they denied this, but the demands they are now making of the commission which is framing a government for them prove the insincerity of their denial. We desire to say that this is a bad time to bring home from Hawaii a code of coolie laws. It is not with any pleasure that we say this, not even with the feeling of satisfaction which goes with saying “I told you so.” But it is with profound regret that we contemplate the situation, and it will be with regret that we will continue to apprise the people of what is going on before the commission at Honolulu, where the ar- gument is being made that the United States must abandon its policy of equality before the law, its one system under one written constitution, and vary its legislation to fit various conditions, so that what are the rights of an American citizen under the flag in one place will be denied to him under the same flag _in another place. Such a change is so serious in its import and its far- stretching effects as to cause the ‘greatest disquiet even when only proposed. What will it cause when it is accomplished? THE CHINESE IN HAWAI. S The Call has ceaselessly insisted would be the English troops have been fighting valiantly, but their officers were not where the bullets flew thickest. Perhaps discretion is as valuable in war as courage. The {ieath-list of the American army shows that our officers sought the same danger to which their men were exposed. L —— When humble citizens refuse to obey the law they go to jail. The express companies refuse to obey the faw and to people who indicate displeasure they say, “What are you going to do about it?” Tweed used to ask a similar question. Any person receiving an anonymous gift of food or drink by mail will be wise to try it on the dog, se- lecting a dog not held in high esteem. Seantg i The trouble with the poundkeeper’s deputies seems to be that they think a reputable citizen and a yellow cur merit exactly the same treatment RECENT WORK OF THE ARTISIS. Officers of the Bohemian Club have made arrangements in New York to pre- sent for hanging in the wardroom of the battleship Oregon, the masgnificent picture of the ship painted by Charles Rollo Peters. The picture represents night on the ocean and the Oregon steam- Ing at high speed to join Sampson’s fleet at Key West. The picture, framed in Wood from the famous frigate Hartford, the flagship of Admiral Farragut, was purchased by the members of the Bohe- mian Club for presentation to the Oregon. Irving M. Scott, Clay M. Greene and Jos- eph D. Redding, assisted by the sympa- thetic Lambs Club of New York, have been detailed by Major James A. Thomp- son, president of the Bohemian institu- tion, to direct the ceremonies of present- ing the picture to the ship. A letter has been recefved from Clay Greene in which the detalls of the proposed ceremony are outlined. The painting {tself is highly commended by New York artists. Alexander Harrison, who is well known in Europe as one of the first marine paint- ers of the day, is expected to arrive in this city to-night. Mr. Harrison is the founder of the school of pn.lnllnf nude fig- ures out of doors. Before he directed his attention to this form of painting artists were content to work indoors, with such effects as a fake landscape scene might suggest. Figures posed out of doors take on the color and reflection of the sur- roundings. The success attained by Mr. Harrison engaged the notice of other lead- ing artists in France and England and now outdoor i){ofimg is quite common. Alexander Harrison was in San Fran- cisco seventeen years ago. He was then connected with the Coast Survey but had time to make little excursions to inland and thus gained a delightful impression of the country. For many years he has entertained with delight the prospect of revisiting this region. Plans formed a year ago for a journey hither were set aside to meet engagements on the other side of the Atlandtic. Pictures from the studio of Mr. Har- rison are in every notable gallery of Eu- rope, including the Luxembourg of Paris. He is a chevaller of the Legion of Honor, a juror of the Champs de Mars Salon and a member of the leading assoclations of British painters. According to letters and telegrams received by Charles R. Peters from Mr. Harrison, the eminent artist will be in California for a month or six weeks. Monterey, which seems to pos- sess an irresistible fascination for artists, will be one of the first places visited by Mr. Harrison after resting from his trip across the continent. The artists who take an active interest in the amairs of the Bohemian Club will arrange a fitting function fn honor of Mr. Harrison some time during his sojourn in this city. The representatives of the painting fraternity in San Francisco are not roll- ing in wealth, but some of the painters are quite busy. Joseph D. Strong, is ex- hibiting industry, talent and portraits. His greatest success in portraits is the plcture of William Greer Harrison. Por-| traits of Colonel George W. Granniss and Ignatz Steinhart command attention. Mr. Strong is painting, for the Bohemian Club, a picture of William Sproule, and the portrait will grace the walls of the club room, as Mr. Sproule is an ex-presi- dent of the institution. According to a custom honored in the observance Space must be provided for the picture of | every ex-president of the club. Occasion- ally a man is re-elected, for the second term. In that event he gets two pictures of himself, one for each term. H. J. Breuer is painting the cartoon for | the midsummer high jinks this year. The are not allowed on the military road that leads from Sausalito around Lime Poing to Point Bonita, without a permit froms the commander of the reservation. There is a road from Sausalito via Wildwood Glen to the Summit that leads to the lighthouse. BURNING A HOUSE—L. M. C., Mount Olivet, Cal. A list of cases published in the Penal Code under the section devoted to arson has the following citations: “It is not arson to burn one's own property (8 2 Pic; 320, 12 Up. Can., C. P. 163,) unless it be accompanied by an in- tent or a design to injure some other per- son. SANTIAGO—D. T., Ci may pronounce Santiago as if written Santiwago, another may pronounce it Santi-a-go and_others may pronounce it as if written Santi-ah-go, as there is no law that prevents any one from pronounc- ing that e as he or she feels inclined; but the best authorities hold that it should be pronounced San-te-a-go, with One person | the sound of a as in far, e as in mete and o as in note. jcture will join the collection in which | JAMES A. GARFIELD—P. L., City. Euch artists as Tavernier, Hill, Keith, | James A. Garfield, President of the United Stanton, Robinson, Latimer, Williams | States, was shot by Charles J. Guiteau, and Strong are represented. | This term John A. Stanton fs the prin- cipal teacher of the school of design, Mark Hopkins Institute of Art. Arthur Mathews is_in Europe pursuing favorite studie8, and Stanton is at the head of | the school. Chapel Judson is teacher of the night class. Under the progressive | administration of Joseph D. Grant, presi- | dent of the assoclation, the school is | prospering, while the affairs of the insti- | tute generally receive prompt attention, Mr. Stanton gets time to do a little out- side work. He is painting a drop curtain for Mayor r<helan’s theater at San Jose. The curtain ought to be a joy forever, as it is a thing of beauty. The scene rep- resents a wooded suburb of Paris when the empire was flourishing. Foliage en- chanting in color, women appropriately clothed and decently posed, are some of the original suggestions of the Mayor's curtain, The tented field incident to the war glves the artists opportunity to diversify their work. “The Camp at the Cross” is the title of a beautiful and strikingly ef- fective picture painted by Charles Rollo Peters. The figure of a sentinel near a camp fire, the light in a tent not far dis- tant and the Lone Mountain cross in bold outline attracts instant notice. The night scene in camp represents the best of much good work in this line recently | done by Mr. Peters. remain in San Francisco. Several Mon- terey night scenes painted by this artist have been purchased in England. C. D. Robinson, whose success as a marine painter cannot be disputed, has been working for some time on an am- bitlous painting to represent the sailing through the Golden Gate of the first ex- pedition for Manila. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. William H. Barton of Fresno is at the California. R. C. Terry, a vineyardist of Clayton, is at the Lick. N. E. de Yoe, a merchant of Modesto, is at the Lick. 0. McHenry, a banker of Modesto, is at the Occidental. ‘William 8. Green, the State Treasurer, is at the Grand. M. G. Yuma, a is at the Grand. Mr. and Mrs. E. are at the Palace. Ex-Judge Willlam P. Veuve of San Jose is at the California. ‘William Nichols, a banker of Dutch Flat, is at the Grand. Dr. William H. Cope and wife of Pleas- anton are at the Lick. John McGonigle, a journalist of Ven- tura, is at the Baldwin. Jesse Poundstone, a merchant Grimes, is at the Grand. hotel man of Arizona, ‘W. Runyon of Napa of Charles M. Cassin, a politician of Santa Cruz, is at the California. K. A. Erickson, a hotel man of Ba- kersfield, is at the Baldwin. Mr. and Mrs. William Bailey anu son of Los Angeles are at the Palace. Mrs. C. A. Spreckels has returned to the city and is registered at the Palace. Isidore B. Dockweiler, the Democratic politician, of Los Angeles, is at the Bald- win. ‘W. P. Fuller and wife and Willlam P. Fuller Jr. arrived here yesterday and are at the Palace. P. C. W. Macdonald, F. L. W. Macdon- ald, C. W. Macdonald and W. W. Mac- donald, the Misses Wageneaar and Scher- der, A. Van Tiener Jansen, H. Van Tiener Jansen and T. Van Tiener Jansen ar- rived yesterday from Aptos to attend a family celebration in this city. —_——— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Sept. 7.—William Man- ning of San Francisco is at the Hoffman. F. P. Perkins of Los Angeles is at the St. Denis. E. Williard of San Francisco, S. Sanborn and H. Phillips of Pasadena have gone to Paris. e TEMPLES MADE WITH HANDS. With reverent and unceasin, Striving to make divinely fair That house of God, the human thought, Scholars have tofled and saints have Wroug! ‘With passionate zeal, the centuries through, To shape man's mind and soul unto A certain form, a certain creed. Like some great minster-shrine, indeed, Clear-carven, stately, aisled, and dim. “Behhxold” God’s house! Come, worship m, They cry, “He dwelleth only here! Acknowledge him with holy fear.” care, Yet, lo! outside the temple walls God's sunshine just as sweetly falls; Beyond its outer gate still lies A world of pain and sacrifice; Beyond that world, a universe Not to be summed in prayer or verse. Omnipotence must still transcend The finite mind that knows no end, And still life’s questions, still life’s needs, Must overflow all human creeds; Nor is God's majesty so small That human hearts can hold it all. Always the temple which we raise Shuts out the sound of wider Pr&lse. Shuts out the glories of the light ‘Which streams from out the infinite; Always our bonds of time and space Limit our vision of God's face. We know in part—how then can we Make plain each heavenly mystery? Yet Stfll the Almighty understands Qur human hearts, our human hands, And, overarching all our creeds, Gives his wide presence to our needs. —Priscilla Leonard in The Outlook. PASSING PLEASANTRIES. Mistress (about to engage a new house- keeper)—Have you h: any eperience? Applicant—Oh, yes, mum. I've been in 'undreds of sitiwations!—Punch. “What'is a decadent?”’ “A decadent? Well, he is a man who borrows money to pay his board while he writes morbid ;gnetry that he can’t sell.”: Detroit Free Press. Mrs. Eng:eck—'rhe philosophers tell us that blessings often come to us in dis- se. ‘“l*(n Enpeck (with a sudden show of spir- it)—Say, Maria, when are you going to unmask ?—Cléveland Leader. “Won’t you miss the news and bustle of war_in the country?” “No; I'm going to take Jimmy and Bob- by, and they have only one gun and drum between them.”’—Detroit Free Press. “I understand she went to the theater while she was away, in spite of the fact that she was in mourning,” said the neighborhood gossip. : ; she did,” answered the friend of the absent one. ‘‘And they say that of all things, she ‘went to see a comic opera.” ‘“‘That's so, too; but it's all right. She explained it all to me very carefully. The Elece ‘was the ‘Black Hussar.’ "—Chicago H;lrtue—so you and Jack quarreled, did you Ella—Yes; he said something that I didn’t like, and I told him we must be strangers hencefor l Ella—Not he. rth. Hattie—And did he fall on his knees and ask you to forgive him? g ou see—that is, his knees were Of led e b ccup at the time.—Chicago DOOM OF THE FIVE GEORGES The Fateful Handwriting on the Greenroom Wall and a Strange Prophecy. “The Handwriting on the Greenroom Wall; or, the Fate of the Five Georges,” would be a good title for a short story based on a simple incident connected with a dressing-room in the Alcazar Theater. Years ago, when that popular playhouse was new, it so happened that there were five Georges in the company during a cer- tain season, and they were all assigned to one dressing-room. Furthermore, they were jolly, congenial spirits, bravely struggling toward the heights of fame and emolument. These five Georges wtrei Osbourne, Webster, McCormick, Galloway and Newhall. Incidentally Webster wrote his name and those of his roommates upon the ceiling of the room, and in the fatality of the record it was a case of AL ast shall be first.” It was on a Saturday afternoon, and these young men had been at a jolly ..n- ner, and after the feast Webster in a sentimental mood wrote the names. He also made a prophecy, in which he stated that in the order in which the names were written so would the possessors succeed in their histrionic career, and that the black curtain would ring down on them in a reverse order—that the last named would be the first to go to celestial scenes of conquest. Notwithstanding the Jjest was made while under the mellowing influences of a big dinner and a persistent brand of wine, it is still something to marvel at. Days weeks, months and years were rolie back into the scroll of eternity, and natu- rally the inscriptions on the wall Tew dim and faded into illegibility. Out of the five tracings only a part of two remain— “Geo. Osh—"" and “George W—" and it appears to be only a matter of a short time when these lines will have been ob- literated. ‘The next peculiar and fatal phase of the written record is the fact that as the names faded from the last toward the first, the doomed actor passed from the mimic to the mystic world. McCormick fell from a defective platform in the Baldwin Theater, broke his collarbone, injured his lungs and died shortly of quick consumption. Galloway went about the same time, and only recently Mitchell dropped dead on the stage of an Eastern theater during a performance. Webster for some time was on the highway of rosperity with J. A. Brady, and is how leading a company on the coast circuit. In another way Webster's prophecy has been proved true, for Osbourne, whose name heads the list, has won the great- est prominence as an actor among the five Georges. He does not particularly admire the manner in which his name is fading from the ceiling, and, while he feels healthy and strong, under the prediction Webster should go next and the famous ‘creator of the character of “Indian Jack” in ‘‘Chis- p?"mls ldee;.ply cor‘xciernedhas totthe health of his last remaining chum o - tet—Webster. el “It is rather a weird story,” said Os- bourne the other day while talking of what had happened to the five Georges, “and the way the record on the wall is fading away_it will soon be my turn to go un- less Webster succeeds In dodging the hoodoo of the prophecy. However, I am not losing any sieep over the proposition that I will go before my time. My name still remains sufficiently plain to warrant the belief that I will be here long enough to. carry out much that I have under- taken before Fate erases the last letters from the wall and I read my closing lines.” —————— ANSWERS TO COREESPONDENTS. A SUNDAY IN MAY—S., City. The 10th of May, 1807, fell on a Sunday. TO GOTHENBURG—M. E., Oakland, Cal. The shortest route from San Fran- cisco to Gothenburg, Sweden, is via New York and London; distance 8005 miles. THE REGENTS—A. 0. S., Alameda, Cal. The board of regents of the Uni- ;‘gr:slg; of :Ca.ut%rma x:::etsl on the second y of each month. time for adjourning. hgis bk CLAUS SPRECKELS—Subscriber, City. Claus Spreckels was born in Lamstedt, Kingdom of Hanover, July 9, 1us. Hg camé iremen to L and to San Franclaco in July, 185~ 29 LIME POINT ROAD—S., City. Civilians The painting may |V in the waiting-room of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad, in Washington, D. C., July 2, 1551. He died at Elberon, N. J., September 19, the same year, from the effects of thé wound inflicted, and was buried on the 2th of the same month Guiteau was tried, convicted and on the 30th of June, 1882, was executed. PAWNBROKER'S CHARGES—G. L. A., City. In this State if a pawnbroker charges more than 2 per' cvn(‘u;; :1::::;{ on a pledge he is guilty of a misde] r. N(-‘llhp(r Erc pawnbrokers allowed to rI\- ceive more than 2 per cent mteresl(. ‘n case a party has an article in pledge In the regular way and then wants to re- deem it, offering the principal and inter- est at the rate of 2 per cent, and :%e pawnbroker refuses to surrr‘nde:r 3 same, the party can have him arrested. PROJECTILES—J. B. K., City. The question asked in regard to projectiles is one that cannot be answered in a gen- eral way. It involves the theory of pro- jectiles; the scientific statement of the path or trajectory, as it is called, of a Pady projected into space in a direction inclined to that of gravitation, and re- quires such a technical definition that it ould not be given in the limited space allotted to this department. Would ad- se you to go to the free public library and there consult works on modern g hery, rified ordnance, the theory of pro- jectiles and other works of that char- acter. BAGGAGE—W. P. 8., City. The law of this State says that “Whenever any trunk, carpet bag, valise, box, bundle or ther baggage has come into the p slon of ngny hotel, inn, boarding hous lodging house keeper as 3uch a rt’rfinlned or shall remain u six months, such keeper ms sell the same at public auc of the proceeds retaln the storage, if any, and advert Saler fhe sale cannot be made until ter four weeks after publication of first notice. Lodging house keepers have 4 lien on the property of guests or lodg- ers, and may hold such until all charges are paid. GARNISHMENT—Subscriber, Visalla, Cal. The law of California is that ‘“the earnings of the judgment debtor for his personal services rendered at any time within thirty days next preceeding the levy of execution or attachment, when it appears by the debtor's affidavit, or oth- erwise, that such earnings are necessary for the use of his family residing in this State, supported in whole or in part by his labor, are exempt from ion, but where debts are incurred by person, or wife or family, common nece of such earnings above mentioned ar nevertheless, subject to execution, gar- nishment or attachment to satisfy debts so_incurred.” ; A bill for professional service is due the moment the service has been rendered, and the individual rendering such service can present It at once and demand pay- ment. BILLS OF FARE IN FRENCH—K. M. 0., City. Bills of fare for formal dinners, especially for official and semi-official banquets, are printed in French as a mat- ter of fashion derfved from European customs. For a long time French was the court language in European countries, and is still more generally used than any other language as a medium of corre- spondence and of conversation, not only in the various courts and in polite soci- ety, among peoples of different nationali- ties, but at hotels, on railway cars, other public conveyances and In restaurants, also between travelers and guides. Time" was when it was the custom among dip- lomatic officers of all nations to conduct diplomatic correspondence 'in French, but that is pa ng away and each diplomatic or consular officer is at liberty to use his own language to write official documents, but the French, for the other purpose: the sarfes of life, the one-half for is still almost a necessity for travelers. This, together with the fact that French cooks still have the reputation of being the best in the world, and that many of the finest dishes receive their names from French inventors, will help to account for the fact that at grand dinners the bills of fare are printed in French. “Potage 2 la reine” would sound very common- place if given on the bill of fare as “Queen soup,” as also would a great many other dishes that go to make up a French dinner. ——— Cal. glace fruit 50c per 1b 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 Maln 1042, * —_—————— Old Flemish, Old Dutch and Gray Oaks, Mahogany, Cherry, Bone Ebony, Mat Gilts and Fine Bronze are the finishes in picture frames this fall, and they go well with platinotypes, plain and colored photographs, ~etchings, engravings and water colors. 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