The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 9, 1898, Page 6

\ THE SAN 'FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, SEFTEMBER 9, 1898 FRIDAY... .......SEPTEMBER 9, 1808 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Matn 186, EDITORIAL ROOMS... 217 to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) ts served by carrlers In this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents o week. By mall $6 per year: per month 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL. .One year, by mall, $1.50 OAKLAND OFFICE. eseees...908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative, WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE. --Rigge House €. C. CARLTON, Correspondent, CHICAGO OFFICE... Marquette Bullding C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. BRANCH OFFICES—52T Montgomery street, corner Clay, open until 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open until 10 o'clock. 2991 Market street, corner Sixtaenth, open until 9 o'clock. 25I8 Mission street, open untll 9 o'clock. I06 Eleventh street, open untll 9 o'clock. 1506 Polk street, open until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ane Kentucky streets, open untH 9 o'clock. _— AMUSEMENTS. Columbia—*Lost—24 Honrs " Baldwin—*A Marriage of Convenience.” Alcazar—*The Firet Born” and “ Turned Up" - Morosco’s—“Shall We Forgive Mer. * ‘Tivoli—* Rigoletto.” Orpheum—Vaudevilla New Comedy Theater—* The Leading Man.” Alhambra, Eddy and Jones streets—Vaudeville. The Ohutes—Zoo, Vandeville and Spanish Bull Fight. Olympla—Corner Mason and Eddy streets—Specialties. Mechanics' Pavilion—The Irish Fair, Butro’s Bathe—Swimming. Eecreation Park—Baseball this afternoon. Coursing—At Union Coursing Park. 8an Jose Agricultural Park—Excursion and Barbecue, Sun- @ay, September 1L AUCTION SALES. By G. H. Umbsen & Co.—Monday, September 13, Real Estate st 14 Montomery sireet, at 12 o' clock. FORTY-EIGHT EVENTFUL YEARS. T San Jose to-day the Native Sons and f\ Daughters of this great State are celebrating the admission of California into the Union. This was forty-eight years ago. More than an aver- age lifetime has passed. Most of the pioneers are at rest. It is fitting that the day should be remem- bered by their children. Half a century ago California was an unknown land, a place of mystery and tradition. There were stories told of the gold it held, of the broad acres where the Spanish followed an ideal life, of the matchless climate, and yet the bold spirits who set sail for it or essayed to reach it by a trip across the almost endless plains did not know whither they were. coming. Upon arrival they found new and | strange conditions. They had left behind the matter- of-fact civilization, with its fixed forms, and the task was theirs to build up a new and abiding civilization. They did this. From the first, before statutes could be framed, they said that justice should rule. They were industrious, enterprising, and they became pros- perous. Of their labors the fruit is ours now. We hold them in high esteem, and whether they have been called or are still among us, the work they ac- complished is to their credit, and freely are they given honor. Since the admission of California progress has been something beyond description. The unknown State | has grown to be mighty. Its resources have been | sought out, its productiveness encouraged. It has added millions to the wealth of the world, and those who live within its bounds think themselves blessed that such is their privilege. ~Well may the Native Sons and Daughters make a gala day. As an incident of the occasion The Call will run a special train to San Jose. The young men and women who went from here yesterday with banners and. with song shall not miss their daily ‘paper. Bright and early this morning The Call will be in | their hands. They can read it before breakfast, and hardly realize that they are away from home. But a Californian is at home anywhere within the glorious State of his nativity. S people have attained a high degree of literary taste and general scholarship, but she will make but 2 poor showing for her wealth, her liberality or her culture if she permits the Mercantile Library to be forced to close its doors by reason of a lack of patronage and support. The Mercantile has many claims upon the people of San Francisco. It is one of the oldest institutions in the city organized for the public good, and its career of usefulness dates back to the days of the pioneers. It is therefore an object of historic inter- est as ‘well as of literary value, and appeals strongly to all who desire to perpetuate in the city the works of the founders of the commonwealth. During the period of its existence the library has been of incalculable benefit to thousands. Its hos- pitable reading-rooms and stores of books have been sources from which a strong intellectual impulse emanated and either directly or indirectly affected the whole community. Even under the present adverse conditions and with a heavy burden of debt upon it the library continues to be an institution of prime im- portance, one of the notable features of the city. If every person who has derived benefits from the library would contribute to it but a tithe of what those benefits have been worth the mortgage now resting upon it would be paid off and a handsome surplus remain as a permanent fund to stupport it. Nor should.it'be difficult to arouse all beneficiaries of the institution to contribute something to save it from the fate that riow threatens it. If ene or two liberal men of wealth ‘who have been long associated with it would lead in giving the required support it is more than likely that others would gladly follow. As 2 matter of fact if a well devised plan for re- lieving the library were put forward and directed by energetic men. the suppoft ‘given would not be con- fined to the -membership’ of the association, nor to those who haye been habitual readers of its books, There would be a generous response from the general public. . The association is one of which the com- munity at large is proud. It owns the best and most stately library building in the city, and presents the finest architectural monument that has yet . been raised in San Francisco to learning a.d literature. It is therefore an institution in which all persons of any civic pride take an interest, and if rightly appealed to that interest would undoubtedly be responsive in the way of nfaterial help. ¢ | actmrr——— Some of the dog-catchers ought to be' made to pay a license similar to that required for the four-footed canines they pursue. THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY. AN FRANCISCO is rich and generous, her JUDGE MAGUIRE'S JEFFERSONIANISM. N his speech made on the 4th of last February, l reported in No. 164, volume 31, of the Congres- sional Record, Judge Maguire quoted I‘fi"”“'s motto, “Equal rights for all, special privileges for none,” and proceeded to define what he considers special privileges to be. Among them he puts the private ownership of land, and seeks to spread abroad the idea that the principles of Jefferson require the confiscation of all lands so held. Maguire calls private land-owners “388“550"5': and “monopolists,” who, being “strong and cunning,” have robbed “the weak and undesigning.” This brings up again the discussion of what Jeffersonian Democ- racy means, and its definitions promise to be as various as those given to the Virginia and Ken- tucky resolutions of 1798 and 1799. : According to Judge Maguire, Jefferson’s principles demand that land-owners shall have their lands con- fiscated by the State without compensation. But is that what Jefferson meant? Did the author of the Declaration of Independence consider the pri- vate ownership of Jand a special privilege and there- fore to be prohibited? Can Judge Maguire reason- ably deduce from the Jeffersonian motto such a meaning? Adfter Jefferson had written and signed the Declara- tion of Independence he went home to Virginia and there set up what may be fairly considered a work- ing model of our system of constitutional govern- ment. He was the Governor of the colony of Vir- ginia, and instituted there all of the reforms and laid all the foundations which he considered necessary to the perpetuity of a representative republican govern- ment. He found in his native colony a union of church and state, by which the civil law protected the tith- ing of the people for the maintenance of an ecclesi- astical establishment. This he abolished, separating church and state and putting all creeds on an exact level, to be supported by the voluntary contributions of those who accepted them. He found in force the law of entail, by which the landed estate of a family was held in its possession from generation to generation, and by the twin law of primogeniture, descended to the oldest son, leav- ing the rest of the children without a landed estate; and he abolished entail and primogeniture. Now this not only gave children an equal in- heritance in the parental lands, but permitted the sale of all lands by lifting from such sale and transfer of title the paralyzing hand of entail which forbade the sale of landed estates. After these reforms were accomplished by Jefferson in Virginia the special privilege of the family in an entail of lands and of the oldest son in their descent to him exclusively had been abolished, and all men had the same equal right to property in land that they had to property in other things—the right to earn it by their labor. At the time he accomplished these reforms Mr. Jefferson could have gone further had he believed that private ownership of land was a monopoly and a special privilege. That he did not go further is the best evidence that in his philosophy real and personal property were equal and man had an equal right to either by paying for it. Judge Maguire can bring no testimony from Jeffer- son’s reorganization of the government of Virginia and his amendments of its Royal Charter to purge it of tithing, entail and primogeniture, to help out his pretense that the private owner of land is a monopo- list and a cunning aggressor. In his speech of last February Judge Maguire said: “Land is just as truly the common heritage of the people as are the air and the sunlight. * * * [t therefore the function of democratic government to prevent the interference of the unscrupulously aggres- sive with the equal rights of their fellows, * * * and to determine * * * by rules * * * the terms and conditions by which every citizen’s natural right ‘o the soil shall be exercised.” It will be observed that his idea that the land is incapable of private ownership is based on his anal- ogy between the land and the air and sunshine. With a strange lack of logic he fails to see that he is com- paring things incomparable. His .statement is: “Air and sunshine and land are alike the common heritage of the people. To part with the use of land as air and sunshine are used is fatal to the natural right of life. Therefore it is the function of -demo- cratic government to prevent private ownership of land.” Now let us redistribute the elements in that state- ment. “Land, air and sunshine are alike the common heri- tage of the people. To part with the use of sunshine as land and air are used is fatal to the natural rights of life. Therefore it is the function of democratic government to prevent the private ownership of sun- shine.”” It is at once seen that the Judge’s statement is nonsense because it treats as alike things that are not alike, But moonshine as it is, it serves his purpose. He believes that a majority of the voters of California have invested their means in personal instead of real property or have not earned either personal or real property, therefore he believes that if his amendment No. 2 is adopted the voters who have bought personal instead of real property and the voters who have not bought any property at all will join, and, being in a majority, will vote to rob the men who have bought land instead of personal property and will confiscate and equally divide all property in lands. This scheme he calls Jeffersonian Democracy, when it is far from anything taught by Jefferson as Governor of Virginia or President of the United States. One count in Jefferson’s indictment of George 111 in the Declaration of Independence was that he pre- vented the population ofithe colonies and discour- aged immigration by making.too difficult the appro- priation of land, meaning its subjection to private ownership. Any citizen who studies Judge Maguire’s fantastic definition of “special privilege” to mean private ownership and applies it to the material concerns of this State may well be alarmed at the effect of his election upon landed securities and, through them, upon the savings banks and their depositors, S ——— War has seemed to touch the Astors. One of them has contributed freely to the conduct of it and has concluded hereafter to pay his taxes. The other has given orders that tenants whose supporters have enlisted are not to be ejected for non-payment of rent. Yet there are people who profess to think the little misunderstanding with Spain has accomplished nothing. There is not much use in the health inspectors de- voting their time to finding filthy restaurants unless they have a way of making the proprietors clean the places. Anybody can find them. Aguinaldo will vainly be counseled to think twice before defying the United States, for he doues not seem to have the apparatus for thinking once. ‘When women have secured the right to vote tl;en are several fictitious widows who will never cast a 4 ballot for Judge Seawell, TWO NECESSARY CHANGES. l T is quite evident that a change ought to be made in the name of the Silver-Democratic-Populist combination which is now soliciting the suffrages of the people of this State for its kangaroo ticket. Unless this organization wishes to be indicted at the election in November for obtaining votes under false pretenses, it will be compelled to adopt a different designation. We therefore respectiully suggest as a precautionary measure that the fusion gang be called the Gallagher party. This is shorter than the regular name, it is more euphonious than the Popocratic party, and it is thoroughly expressive of the object and purposes of the fusion. The entire movement is designed to put the Gal- lagher family in office, and to call the fusionists the Gallagher party would be®at once appropriate and honest. There is another thing the Gallaghers must do if they desire to succeed in their sortie on the offices. They must immediately cut loose from Hearst's bcodling sheet. If the Gallaghers will jog their mem- oties a little they will recall the fact that Hearst once sold his paper to the Southern Pacific Company for a $30,000 “udvertisi_ng" contract. This money was madc payable in monthly installments of $1000, and therefore the contract extended over a'period of thirty menths, covering a State campaign and two Legisla- tures. The Gallaghers ought also to recall the fact that after effecting this sale of its silence Hearst refused twenty-two months he broke the quiet he had main- tained and began to abuse the railroad. Various ex- conduct. The most tenable one is that Hearst had constituted himself a grievance committee and had he went on strike. This theory is supported by the fact that the railroad lockout of 1894 was then in would naturally adopt the absurd view that his silence was worth more to the Southern Pacific than $1000 a If the Gallaghers possess any sense they will per- ceive that the support of a sheet which has been con- fatal in the campaign. What these gentlemen should do is to call their State Committee together, resolve and then formally repudiate the support of the Ex- aminer. We assume that the Gallaghers are anxious if they are indifferent on that point they may proceed as they are. feated if they continue to accept the support of Hearst’s boodling sheet, and it is not less probable gested they will be apprehended after election for obtaining votes under false pretenses. The present lican-Populist party by a long shot, and to solicit votes under such a designation is a fraud on the THE SAMOAN PROBLEM. K ING MALIETOA of Samoa, we are told, main- a month derived from his subjects, and patron- ized the arts and pleasures of his capital out of such earned by doing the washing for the European and American residents of the place.” He was not a potent death threatens to disturb the world more seriously than that of the late Czar—the mighty autocrat of all While Malietoa lived he served as a sort of buffer against which American, British and ‘German rivals as passion prompted when they were angry, and thus were saved from fighting one another. Malietoa tentious traders find themselves standing face to face. Fist shaking has become dangerous, and head butting fore, is of more moment than-that of any other sov- ereign of recent years, Truly it might be said of him seems to have been in the truest sense of the phrase a peacemaker, for now that he is gone it looks as if Britain and Germany can avoid engaging in a tri- angular war would be to agree with one another to The proposition for spoliation is under discussion in Germany and is said to have found favor there. of the present system of governing the islands by a tripartite league, the Germans propose to divide the According to this plan the United States is to take Tutuila, the British Savaii, and the Germans Upo!{\, take in washing for a living as the great Malietoa did before them. merits. By what appears to be an equitable division of the spoils, it gives to each of the three great powers to provide there a coaling and naval depot of such magnitude as it chooses, It also relieves each from others, and thus puts an end to those irritating problems that have been continually arising ever The interests of all three of the powers in the islands are considerable. The foreign population is the wealthiest firms are German, and most of the ex- ports are to Germany; while we have treaty rights ship communication with the group. By the proposed division Germany will get the island containing the will obtain the one with the finest harbor, and Great Britain will have the most land. equitable division will be made among powers who have no equities at all in the matter. All of them and to break that agreement would be in a small way something similar to the partition of Poland. Alto- regretted that Malietoa is dead. ———— roll of the men who did not mail a mysterious pack- age at the request of some woman. They will be to stay “fixed.”» After serving Huntington for planations have been offered of this extraordinary applied for an increase of pay, failing to get which progress. At such a time Hearst, it is' presumed, month. victed of such an offense as this cannot fail to prove in favor of adopting the name of the Gallagher party, to get control of the State government. Of course It is quite certain, however, that they will be de- that unless they change their name as we have sug- Gallagher party is not the Democratic-Silver Repub- people. tained his royal state on a revenue of about $50 sums as his wife allowed him from. the income she nor a very august monarch in his life, and yet his the Russias. in the islands shook their fists or butted their heads dead, however, serves no such purpose. The con- would mean immediate war. The King’s death, there- that we could better have spared a better man. He the only way by which the United States, Great perpetrate a wholesale spnliati(')n of the islanders. Basing their conclusions upon the admitted failure group and apportion them among the three powers. while the Samoans are to take to the deep seas or The proposed plan, it will be conceded, has its a station in that part of the ocean and enables each any share of responsibility for the actions of the since the tripartite agreement was made. mainly British, and most of the imports are British; with the islanders and have frequent direct steam- capital and the largest population, the United States The chief objection to the scheme is that all this have agreed to maintain the independence of Samoa, gether the subject is an unpleasant one. It is to be Pretty soon there will be necessity for calling the easier to count than the other fellows. It is even now not too late for the Wells-Fargo Company to repent and be forgiven. It will be re- membered that the dying thief's contrition was effec= tive. Some qf the alleged witnesses who have sprung up in connection with the Botkin case ought at least have the excuse of having an’ interesting lie to tell,- AT THE IRISH FAIR. By ROBERT FERRAL Sure, there’s a real ofd jaunting car, Brought over for the air, *Twill take you ’round the little isle, And make you think you're there. - ‘With whip in hand the driver sits And rattles off his story, 'Bout every castle, town and spot, It's sorrows and its glory. Thank God for this one day of life on Irish soil again The tears that dim my To stand once more on oor old eyes are sweet as summer rain; rish earth, to press it to my heart, It makes me like a child again, and tears unbidden start. I hear the sound of Shandon bells, as in the days of yore, n playing at my mother’s feet around the cabin door; I see the dear ones, long since dead, yet young and fair to me, As when I lisped my evening prayer beside the River Lee. But Erin’s sod beneath our feet bdngs Beslde the loved ‘ones left behind, an: an, king of kings, beat back t Here's where great Bri other thoughts to-day, long since gused away; e Danish foe, And drove them headlong to the sea, at Clontarf long ago. And there, in all its glory bright, is Tara’s sacred hill Where Patrick preached the word of God that echoes The sweet notes of its silent ha Linger o'er the blessed spot wit "round it still; s, like incense in the air, melody of prayer. ‘And here is where O'Connell stood, and in the name of God Proclaimed religious libérty on Ireland’s hallowed sod; RoHed back the clouds of darkness and made the world to know That freedom only comes to those who dare to strike the blow. Old Limerick, too, is holy ground, it brings us Sarsfield’s name, Before me glares t) hat awful slege, its glory and its shame; e The Dead Sea fruit of treachéry, the outraged people's ery, \ The story of the treaty, broken ere the ink was dry. Wexford and Wicklow! It drank as rich, warm patriot blood as ever tempted reedom’s cause, thelr native land to save, They fought and’ fell for Bend the knee to dust of ninety-eight, ate; A hundred years have left undimmed the memory of the brave. But Wicklow brings a tender thought of beauty rich and rare, “The Meetin The Song o of the Waters,” enchanting spot, is there; Moore {s in our ears, so soulful and so sweet, eet, 'Tis like a glimpse of Paradise, where the glad, bright waters meet. And here is little Sligo, where Our heroes taught a lesson to old art of dear old Connaught, with its sorrows and its tears, A iwn hundred years ago reland’s ancient foe; Where the mother tongue is spoken and is sweet to Irish ears. Old Blarney Castle strikes the eye, just as it stands to-day, With a chance to kiss the famous stone, and drive dull care away; The Bank of Ireland, true to life, once rang_with freedom’s voice, When Grattan’s matchless eloquence made Erin's sons rejoice. Here's where the ‘‘man for Galway’ roared when ’lection day came round, There’'s where Kilkenny’'s wild gossoons a And yonder, just across the way, is nolsy rocess server drowned; onnybrook fair, Sure blackthorn sticks were busy when the boys had gathered there. And there’s the city of the north, Belfast, old Ulster's pride, Despite sad scenes of bigotry, her sons for freedom died; Through passion’s light shines clear and bright the name of Willlam Orr, First martyr of the noble band in the darkest days of yore. But of all the citles, great and small, brave Dublin leads the van, With words that b urn for berty and men that died for man; Heroes, patriots and orators, I hear the battle cry Of those who In their country’s cause left names not born to die. Grattan and Curran thrilled the world with eloquence sublime, They spoke for all humanity, for every age an Emmet and Tone, McCracken and Sheares, ‘We'll not forget our martyred dead while Irish skies time; cord Edward, brave and true, are blue. 'Twas Dubiin, too, that later still gave other names to fame, ‘When “Young Ireland” of forty-eight rekindled freedom’s flame; Smith O’'Brien, Mitchell, Davis, and gallant Meagher, too, ‘Who 'neath the banner of the Stars so proudly wore the blue. And here’s Glasnevin’s holy ground, where Ireland's sons find rest From the cruel fate that walits upon the bravest and the best; Parnell sleeps in his humble grave, life’s fitful fever o’er, But his name and fame to Ireland are dear forever more. This {s a picture of Ireland, as shown in Irish clay, And many a tear has fallen for the old land far away; Father and mother, sister and brother, kneelin, Have kissed the earth that gave them birth an on the sod, breathed a prayertoGod. GAGE AND THE RAILROADS. This cry of the railroad in connection with Henry T. Gage is reminis- cent of but one thing—the bogie man. I have known Gage for twelve vears or more, and I write by the card when I'say that no man in the State has a more complete, consistent, anti-railway record than he. He made the first speech ever delivered in Southern Callfgmia in favor of San Pedro as a harbor, and his creed in regard to corporations is so radical that it might not be considered good politics for-me to go into it at this time. Mr. Gage, If he desired, could now be a rich man from the fees he could have gotten from the Southern Pacific Company alone, but he never could be induced to take a case for that company at any price, and more than that he has obtained more judgments against that corporation, I venture to say, than any half-dozen lawyers in the State. Mr. Gage has not talked much about his anti-railway record as has Mr. Maguire, it is true, but the latter gentleman as far as results are concerned has not one-half the showing to make. "Personally I do not believe that the Southern Pacific is any worse nor one-half as bad in its effects on the public weal as several other corporations that could be named, if naming were appropriate, but to try to fit a railway collar on Gage’s massive, free neck is nothing less than rank absurdity. I would like to add that to my personal knowledge Gage has what to my mind is the finest quality a man can possess, that is, his fidelity to his friends. one who was in that category, of this principle. He has never accepted a case against any and he has let thousands and thousands of dollars go by him that he could have had as fees from his strict regard ‘With all due seriousness and welghing of the assertion, I firmly believe that there is not enough money in the world to tempt him to swerve one halr's breadth from what he believes to be right and honest. He is a thoroughbred American, but it is no derogation from that proud appellation to say that he has all the virtues that once made the name of Roman the loftiest adjective that could be applied to a man.—Otheman Stevens, in Los Angeles Express. [ AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Dr. J. 1. Stephens of Petaluma is at the Baldwin. 8. Jewell, a lawyer of Bakersfleld, and the Occidental. 8. C. Page, a merchant of Vacaville, is at the Russ. Fred W. Ward, an attorney of Visalia, is at the Lick. . J. B. Larkin, a druggist of Stockton, is at the Baldwin. ‘W. P. Harkin, ex-Sheriff of Yuba Coun- ty, is at the Russ. Henry G. Turner, & merchant of Modes- to, is at the Grand. George B. Green, a land owner of Court- land, is at the Russ. Dante R. Prince, an attorney from Fres- no, is at the Grand. 8. Jewett, a lawyer of Bakersfield, and wife are at the Lick. gfiflfififi#flflg ;ies," sald Mr. rman the cap- & THE MANY ¥ italist of Port- 2 NIGHTS I xt;na yesterday in e lobby of the B HEWASTED. X pi o7y O e gfiflfifififiaflg was a confirmed non-sleeper until a certain thing happened a few nights ago which shook my faith in positive reasoning.’ Every physician of the North told e I was a victim of my own hallu- cinations, but I refused to believe them. I knew that I suffered from insomnia, and that they were powerless to relieve me. ‘The sleep that knits up the rav- eled sleeve of care’ never visited my eye- lids more than an hour out of twenty- four. I tell you it was an awful condition to be In. Why, I used to keep. friends up and buy them anything from lemon- ade and Welsh rarebits to small bottles and hot birds merely to know that some- body: else besides myself was not sleep- ing. I was resolved to allow my young life to dissolve itself away, and was already preparing myself for the fatal | Th; hour. I listened to the most desiccated sermons that were ever written or reaa, but it was of no avail. But I was cured ‘in a single night. “I remember every detail distinctly. I heard the cuckoo crow {ts damnable erows every hour, and I was certain that not one escaped me. When I arose in the morning I was quoting the words of Clar- ence, ‘I would not pass through such an- other night to buy a world of happy days.’ Without any exaggeration I tell _you that was the most gnawing night of insomnia I ever experienced. “The first thing I do when I get up in the morning is to reach for my watch to see the hour. I reached; but no watch. 1 became suspicious, and I looked on the bureau and in an instant I saw that I was robbed. My diamonds, money, silver ornaments and everything of value had disappeared. The door was locked, just as it'was when I retired the night before, but there was a square piece of glass out:of the window near the top where the lock is fastened. Did I sleep that night? Well, I guess I must have, and I have been sleeping ever since. It was all a delusion. That burglar taught me a lesson, and he is welcome to all he took, but please don't send him zround again.” C. A. Campbell, a merchant of Red Bluff, is at the Grand. Charles K. McClatchy and wife of Sac- ramento are at the Lick. S. F. Geil, a well-known land owner of Salinas, is at the Occidental. Dr. John W. Robertson and wife of Liv- ermore are at the Occidental. Lieutenant 8. 8. Graham and wife of Mare Island are at the Occidental, Governor Willlam P. Lord of Oregon and B. B. Tuttle, Adjutant General, O. N. G., are at the Palace. 3 W. H. Bacon, wife and child, arrived from Colorado Springs yesterday and are staying at the Palace. Mrs. John P. Jones and Georgina F. Jones, wife and daughter of Senator Jones of Nevada, are at the Palace. —_——— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Sept. 8.—Irving M. Scott and Lawrence I Scott, of San Franci are at the Holland; Samuel L. Rucker of San Jose is at the Hoffman, and R. S. Mc- le;gal of Los Angeles is at the Nether- and. —_——— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. NURSES—B. W, Bisbee, Ariz. There is a school for the education of nurses at the 0! City and County Hospital, é F C and one at the Children's Hospital o " THE AMERICAN EAGLE—R. S. C.s City. The American or bald eagle was adopted as the American emblem when it Wwas, by act of Congress, ordered placed on the great seal of the 1 3 at was on the 2th of June, 1. -0 ONLY IS SUPERFLUOUS—A. C. T Slty. In a notice in the following words, Positivel no admittance except to em- B Bt ot il ool b S . ‘woul e ‘eral 1 it read, “None but employes npdr;xitted.'e' PER CAPITA CIRCULATION=Berke- ley, Cal. The latest statistics as to the per capita circulation in the United States are for the year 1397. These, based on an SRl Iomien o0 B, Shov capita $54 %, In eirculation K40 1 7T MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE—Subscri- ber, City. The law of this State declaring that a divorced person cannot be mar- ried again until after the exniration of a ear from the date of the granting of the vorce 1ies o to ti - fts ‘oc the Biate Tr's men aricariel Uim- vorce in the State of California and Js tn great hurry to marry again he can go to another State and there he can get mar- ried if he complies with the laws of that State. LORD MAYOR—A. 8., City. In the kingdom of Creat Britain and Ireland there are three Lord Mayors, namely in London, York 'and Dublin. SMALL VESSELS—Inquirer, Cilty. Among the smallest vessels that pass in and out of the Golden Gate in the regular line of commerce at this time may be mentioned La Chilna, 11 tons; Nettie Low, % tons, and May C, 26 tons. Vessels of only seven tons have passed through the gate in going from one port to another. OWEN MEREDITH’S—Several readers of Answers to Correspondents have kind- ly furnished an answer to the inquiry for the author of the lines published in the issue of September 6. ‘hey are from “Changes,” by Owen Meredith, the first line of which is “Whom first we love, you know, we seldom wed.” TWO HORSES—Teamster, Lakeport, Cal. If two horses are attached to a wagon and on the road one gets in the lead and the other lags, the one that is in the lead does the most work. If the leader throw himself in the collar and the lagging one holds back without stretching the trace, then the leader is doing all the work. i TROUBLESOME CORNS—A. A., Stent, Cal. The best cure for troublesome corns is to have shoes made that will fit well, without undue pressure on any portion ot the foot. Hard leather continualiy pressing on soft portions of the feet is what produces corns. There are any num- ber of “sure cures'’ for bunions, but these should not be tried without the advice of some competent person who has made an examination and can tell just what should be done. STATE OFFICERS’ SALARIES—A. E. S., City. The salaries of State officers in California are: Chief Justice of the Su- preme Court, $6000; Associate Justices, $6000 each; Clerk of the Supreme Court, $3000; Governor, $6000; Lieutenant Gov- ernor, $10 per day while the Legislature is in session; Secretary of State, Con- troller, Treasurer, Attorney General, Sur- veyor General, Superintendent of Public Instruction and Superintendent of State Printing, $3000 each. DO AS ROMANS DO—A. D. F., City. The origin of “When in Rome do as Romans do”’ is credited to St. Ambrose (fourth century). It appears that in his time, in Milan Saturday was observed as a feast and in Rome as a fast. St. Am- brose, being asked what should be done in such a case, replied: ‘In matters of in- difference it is_better to be guided by general usage. When I am in Milan I do not fast on Saturdays; but when I am in . Rome I do as Roma do.” CITIZENSHIP—C. M. R., City. The statement made in the letter of inquiry relative to citizenship is not sufficiently clear to admit of an answer. In order to be able to furnish an answer it is neces- sary to know when the father came to the United States when he enlisted in the navy, when discharged, whether he re- mained in the United States, or whether he went back.to the land of his birth; when and where the son was born, and whether the father returned to the United States. INVENTOR AND LAWYER — Sub- scriber, City. If an inventor wishes to secure a patent on an invention he can go to Washington, D. C., and make per- sonal application, but he will not be.able to do so withou. a great deal of trouble and expense. If he places the matter in the hands of an attorney who has a good reputation he will have but little trouble in securing his patent if entitled to it. He would run danger of being betrayed if he placed the matter in the hands of some party who has no reputation at stake. WATER—Inquirer, Fort Ross, Cal. There is some doubt as to whether water that contains sodium or magnesium unwholesome, experts being divided on that point. Water that there is any doubt about can be made fit for human use by boiling and it may also be ren- dered fit for use by filtering, care being taken that the filtering material, coarse gravel, fine gravel and sand, is thorough- ly cleansed at short intervals to keep the water free from bacteria. The simplest way to use hard water for washing is to use it with what {S'known as “hard water soap,” It is impossible to give a general answer as to what should be done with water that leaves a deposit in boilers and kettles. The safest way to act is to have the water analyzed and ascertain what its properties are. The chemist will be the best to advise as to how the water is should be treated to render it fit for human use. WEDDING DRESSES—L., Stockton, Cal. The department of Answers to Cor- respondents is ready at all times to an- swer any reasonable question, but it is not ready to devote the time and labor of gearching over the flles of newspapers for an unlimited period, turning over the pages of the daily papers of this city as printed day after day and those of publi- cations of other places for the purnose of publishing ‘‘the names of as many San Francisco brides as you can find out about whose wedding dresses were made of light gray material, or as many fasn- jonable soclety women of the world who wore light gray on their wedding day.” This department wishes it understood that the information can be obtained by any one who would be willing to devote two or three years or more time to searching the recoras since the time when soclety reporters commenced publishing the attire of brid: THE WOMEN WHO WAIT. He went to the war in the morning— The roll of the drums could be heard, But he paused at the gate with his mother, For a kiss and a comforting word, He was full of the dreams and ambitions That youth is so ready to weave, And proud of the clang of his saber And the chevrons of gold on his sleeve. He came from the war in the evening— The meadows were sprinkled with snow, The drums and the bugles were silent, And the steps of the soldiers were slow, He was wrapped in the flag of his country When they laid him away in the mold, With the glittering stars of a captain Replacing the chevrons of gold. With the heroes who sleep on the hillside He lies with a flag at his head, But, blind with the years of her weeping, His mother yet mourns for her dead. The soldiers who fall in the battle May feel but a moment of pain, But the women who wait in the homesteads Must dwell with the ghosts of the slain, —Criterion. Make your friends in San Jose glad by taking some of Townsend’s candies in fire- etched boxes. 627 Market st., Palace. * Special information supplied dally to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. * —_——e————— Marcus Ward’s and Hurlbut’s fine writ- ing papers, all sizes, shapes and tints; Koh-i-noor pencils, Waterman pens, writing tablets, papéteries, etc. Visiting cards and invitations a specialty in sta- tionery department of Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. . —_—e————— fter the officers of the medical e the British army will. ba- o nominated lieutenants, with the interme- diate army grades up to the rank of coi- onel. On reaching the last named rank, instead of major general the officer -will be promoted to surgeon general. ——— “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup» Has been used over fifty years by millions of mothers for thelr children while Teething with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Collc, reg- ulates the Bowels and s the best remedy for Diarrhoeas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup. 2c a bottle. ———— First and Second Class rates again reduced via the Santa Fe route. Call at the new ticket office, 628 Market, HOTEL DEL CORONADO—Take advantage of the round-trip tickets. Now only $0 by steamship, including fifteen days’ board at ho- tel; longer stay §2 50 per day. Apply at 4 New Montgomery street, San Francisco. —_—— $ Only the best for the best only. Among the Barrels, $63 Market st. ————— A California girl writes about her visit to the Pope in next Sunday’s Call,