The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 14, 1898, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1898. PTEMBER 14, 1808 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. dress All Communications to W. S. LEVAME/.J\A:i\ngey. Ad Sty PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS I7 to 291 Stevenson Street Telep Main 1874 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carriers 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 +eveeees..908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE ....Room 188, World Building | DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative, WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE. «....Riggs House C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE. -Marquette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. One year, by mall, $1.50 | BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open until 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open untll 9:30 e'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. 2518 | Mission street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open untll 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ane Kentucky streets, open untll 9 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS. Columbia—"A Milk White Flag.” Baldwin—‘"Macbeth." Alcazar—* A Tragedy ' and *The First Barn." Morogco's—*“The Land of the Living Tivoli—* Carmen.” Orpheum—Vaudevilla. New Comedy Theater—* Woman's Wit." Albambra, Eddy and Jones streets—Vaudeville. The Chutes—Zoo, Vaudeville and Spanish Bull Fight Olympia—Corner Mason and Eddy streets—Specialtios. tutro’s Ba m THE FOLLY OF PETTY MALICE. . o re has just been illustrated in the course taken by the Los Angeles Times with regard to the Republican State ticket. For the purpose of assailing one man on the ticket and two men on the State executive committee, that paper has permitted its blind rage to hurry it into a position where it is exposed to the de- HE extent of the folly to which men and news- risive applause of the enemies of Republicanism and | candidates. the contempt of Republicans themselves. The Times declares with much vehemence papers can be carried by a weak yielding to the | promptings of personal spite and petty jealousies | i that | should be turned down, also. THE LEGISLATIVE TICKET. DVICE upon political subjects now being the fl order of the day, we desire, as a newspaper entitled to be heard in the councils of the Re- publican party, to say a word concerning the legis- lative ticket. Undoubtedly it is desirable that the Legislature of 1899 should be Republican. A successor to United States Senator Stephen M. White is to be chosen by that body, and unless it is Republican the individual will be a Democrat. In fact, we know of no more important work to be done in this campaign by Republicans than the election of a Republican Legislature. A momentous question to be answered, therefore, is, How can this be done? Can the Republicans elect a Republican Legislature with M. H. de Young as the proposed beneficiary of the result? Can they pack that perennial candidate for the toga through the campaign and emerge with the Senatorship? Can they, in short, allow De Young to choke himself down the throats of the people and hope to install in office a Legislature which will choose a Republican for United States Senator? These, as we have said, are important questions, and should be answered. It is true that De Young has “declined” the Senatorial office. He has said that he is not a candidate and has no political bureau. No intelligent person, however, should be fooled by this campaign flap-doodle. De Young is a candidate and has a political bureau, as the Republicans will find to their cost if they are lulled into fancied se- curity by his siren “declination.” He knows that it is always dangerous for him to practice politics in the open. His unpopularity is so complete and over- whelming that to announce himself as a candidate for anything is equivalent to defeat. So he has decided to make a still hunt for the Senatorship. He will os- tensibly take no interest in the contest, but all the time his agents will be programming legislative dele- gations, nominating weak Democrats against De Young Republicans, and generally working to secure votes for their patron and employer. All this should be prevented. If De Young suc- ceeds in covertly programming the Legislature and the secret gets out—as it is bound to do—the entire legislative ticket will wind up in a smash, which, lik- ened to a Southern Pacific collision, will be as an Alaskan avalanche to a Potrero landslide. No Legislature can ever be elected in California pledged to choose De Young for United States Sen- ator. That is as certain as that the sun shines. What the Republicans should everywhere do is to ascertain in advance the Senatorial preferences of their legislative 1f they are for De Young they should If they are non-committal they De Young will prob- be turned down. Henry T. l%gxgc is an able, upright man, well fitted to | ably play the non-committal game all over the State. hold the office of Governor of California, but it as- | At the outset, so far as the legislative ticket is con- serts that in appointing H. Z. Osborne and W. F. X. | cerned, the fact should be Parker members of the he has fluences; subservient to railroad that the two men named are creatures of shown himself recognized that De tate executive committee | Young’s Senatorial fight means defeat. If he is per- in- | mitted to identify himself with the Republican legis- lative ticket the candidates on that ticket from one the railroad; that their selection was a wrong of so | end of the State to the other will be damned. The grievous a character that the Times is justified in as- | people do not want De Young for Senator, and they sailing Mr. Gage for selecting them, with more bit- | terness than has been hitherto used in attacks upon him, even by the most vituperative of his political | opponents. i The course of the Times in this matter is one of stark madness and sheer lunacy. That the proprietor of the Times, Colonel Otis, has long been in personal antagonism to Mr. Osborne and My. Parker is well known. He has fought them about as fiercely as he has fought organized labor, and with about as much success; but up to this time there has been some | estimate $3,000,000. method even if no reason in his fighting. What has led the Times to run amuck at this juncture is not clear unless it be that the absence of its proprietor has left it totally without brains. The case is a curious one. Mr. Osborpe and Mr. Parker were members of the Republican State execu- tive committee two years ago, and assisted in the management of the canvass that carried California for McKinley despite the heavy defection of the silver element from the Republican party. Colonel Otis supported their work at that time. He has since accepted an office from the President whom they helped to elect, and is at this time wear- ing the shoulder straps that McKinley conferred on him. Still his paper now assails the very men who, as campaign managers, aided to elect the President who gave him the office. There is an even worse feature of the course taken by the Times. The Times proposed three men for membership on the executive committee. It was deemed more expedient, however, to retain the mem- bers of the former committee, and the nominees of | | will not have him. Nor will they permit him to | sneak up on the blind side of the office and sandbag it. If the Republicans want the Senatorship they must repudiate De Young everywhere. MISS FLOOD’S MUNIFICENCE. ) ISS CORA JANE FLOOD has given to the University of California, unattended by ham- pering conditions, property worth at moderate The donor provides only that the magnificent country sedt and the area immediately around it shall be kept in good order for fifty years and the income devoted to some form of commercial education. In the presence of such individual generosity there comes to the people of this State a sense of gratitude so profound as to be difficult of expression. Miss Flood could not have performed any act more certain to give her a lasting place in public esteem. There must be satisfaction in knowing that the benefits be- stowed will be immediate, and that they will extend on and on, past the lives of the present generation. That the University of California is destined to be one of the few great educational instftutions of this country is an assured fact. Already its standing is recognized, its influence widely felt, and in point of at- tendance it has attained dignity. Among its in- structors are educators whose fame is not bound by the limits of the Union. That money is necessary to the development of such a university is a plain proposition. The larger its funds the more will broaden its sphere of useful- the Times were rejected. It now acts as if it thought | ness. It can erect better buildings, obtain more per- it had a right to dictate who should and who should not be on the committee, and because its favorites were not named it assails everything in sight with the frenzy of a Bombastes Furioso. Colonel Otis, the proprietor of the paper, being ab- sent, it behooves those in charge to consider well the condition that confronts them. The Times is not a very influential paper, and its prestige is not great. The avowed antagonism of its proprietor to organized labor has long since made it something of an outcast in journalism. If it now attacks Republicanism for the gratification of personal spite, it will lose what support it now enjoys from Republican readers. Whether so raw a blunder as that already committed can be atoned for is doubtful, but it will be worth while for the Times' managers to try it. re e o e e Hunters complain that there is a certain deer in the hills this season who has a habit of horning the insides out of their valuable dogs. The hunters do not seem to reflect that the deer never invited their dogs to be there. The deer has a perfect right to assume that their presence is inimical to his wel- fare. The Examirer seems unduly excited over the find- ing of a human arm in the water. The grewsome remnant is not an indication of crime, but it does prove that a medical student can be indecently lazy when the time has come for disposing of a “subject.” Mrs. Botkin describes some of the people who visit her as “petticoated pests.” Concerning certain acts of the woman there may be question, but, as a judge of human nature and an adept at expression, she seems to be all right. et T Dr. Greth's scheme for the extinction of poverty is beautiful, touching, ancient and wholly impracti- cable. So long as there are men on earth, some of them will be poor. What the doctor is thinking of is heaven. et Several men have lately been guilty of driving horses to death. A man who will be guilty of such a crime is a brute or a fool. Happily there are still jails and asylums, not all of them overcrowded. Probably when Admiral Cervera reaches Spain with his good opinion of Americans he will have to recant or submit to court-martial. French Ministers are threatening to resign. If fect and complete appliances, and secure the best tal- ent. So a gift like that of Miss Flood cannot be measured in dollars. It is notable that the two greatest benefactors of the university in this material way should be women. The liberality of Mrs. Hearst has given promise that the university in the future shall be housed in a man- ner befitting a great university. To this she has freely dedicated millions, and now comes the sec- ond enormous gift, and from a woman. The death of Carl Smith is reported from Quebec and will cause regret. Smith was an able news- paper man, and while he lacked the faculty of making friends, the worth of his work was recognized. After the death of Eugene Field, Smith wrote a daily column for the Chicago Record, and though it was not equal to the “Sharps and Flats” so thoroughly identified with Field, it was able, readable and marked by touches more than mere talent. Smith was well known in Omaha, and for a brief season worked on a San Francisco paper, but in a department which did not permit him to display his ubility. With a companion he was drowned while on a vacation. That his place will be hard to fill is true, and this is more than can be said of most journalists. : The friends who are supporting Roosevelt for Governor in New York are just now paying him the doubtful compliment of saying that he is acting wisely in not talking politics. It is to be hoped the dis- tinguished Rough Rider is not the kind of candidate who has to keep his mouth shut to avoid putting his foot in it. The secretary of the State Board of Horticulture and an Under Sheriff at Sacramento have been ar- rested for fast driving. There is a fallacious theory that officials have certain privileges not accorded to mortals not privileged to draw a salary. The pres- ent is as good a time as any for knocking it out. i Ak, In all probability the slayer of the Empress of Aus- tria will live long enough in solitary confinement to wish more than once that the law had been kind enough to permit him to be hanged. The good work which Tirey L. Ford did in Wash- ington for the Miners' Association is Deing remem- bered in his favor now. Some of the soldiers who have been stationed-here their object is to strike genuine terror let them | for months are evidently beginning to- spoil for a threaten not to resign. fight, MAGUIRE’S LIVERY-STABLE PLAN. N his discussion of Government ownership of rail- l ways Judge Maguire omits any statement of the change that came in the cost of travel and trans- portation when they changed from wagon-ways to railways. The wagon-roads as public highways left travel and transportation to unlimited competition, and yet as population stretched westward from the Atlantic and increased, and the volume of transporta- tion rose with it, there was no lowering of rates. From the Atlantic States to the Cis-Missouri region, when every man could put a coach or wagon on the highway and haul freight or passengers, the rates were always and everywhere high. Sporadically a new opposition line would cut, like Extra-Billy Smi?h in Virginia and the Great Western Stage Company in the Northwest, when it put on opposition to Frink and Walker, but soon rates would rise to their former level again. Water transportation took the same course. When traffic went by lake and river sixty years ago it was carried at a rate that would appall the shipper now. Yet lake and river were open to any man or company that wanted to put on a boat, just as Judge Maguire wants his livery stable rail- roads open to any that has a locomotive and a car. Land rates and water rates, under his system of in- dividual competition, were so high that if reinstated they would be an actual embargo on commerce. The Judge avoids telling the whole truth, that the first abatement of rates came with the appearance of railways under corporate ownership and operation. There is room for warrantable doubt that if railroad- ing had begun on his livery stable plan such a de- crease in rates would have followed. If the indi- vidual competition in vogue on the wagon-road had been merely transferred to another kind of highway it is very questionable whether we would have pro- gressed as rapidly in method and kind of railway con- struction. Many States formerly owned railroads and some tried to operate them. The result was that progress was slow, tracks were defective, and corporate enter- prise proved so much more progressive and satisfac- tory that State ownership ceased. With it the strap rail gave way to the T iron, and iron to steel, and construction enterprises were undertaken and ac- complished that would not yet be even proposed if left to the public inertia. The Government invents nothing and is slow to utilize the work of private individuals in that line. We fought the Mexican War with flintlock guns, though the percussion cap had been invented with the changed mechanism of the lock required for its use. Jeff Davis equipped his “Mississippi Tigers” not at the Government expense with rifles of the new pattern made in Connecticut, and that gave to the long rifle its name of “the Mississippi rifle.” It is exactly that “commercial instinct” to which Judge Maguire trusts the successful working of his livery stable scheme that outstripped anything the Government attempted in railroading, and made it the greatest business specialty of the century. All of the writers on the theory of Government entering into business agree that it would be unlikely to economically uti- lize the accumulation of individual experience or project along the line of progress from what is. It should be sufficient answer to his plan for Gov- ernment ownership of all public utilities that Gov- ernment never, anywhere, renders to the public like service as cheaply or as well as the individual. The Government operation of the postoffice is often cited as proof that it can successfully conduct a business. But the evidence is contradictory of the fact that it is intended to establish. The Government sends let- ters one mile or across the continent for 2 cents’ post- age, and it is called cheap. But it takes 125 letters, on the average, to make a pound, so that we pay $2 50 a pound for carrying letters, whether they go from San Francisco to Oakland or to New York, while the railroads carry the dried fruits of California to New York for 1 cent a pound and make some money, while the Government makes an annual postal deficiency, for which Congress has to appropriate out of the treasury. If the railroads charged as much for shipping rai- sins as the Government for shipping letters, not a raisin could ever leave the vineyard. Surely its ad- ministration of the postoffice justifies no hope that it can give a cheaper and better service in the adminis- tration of all public utilities? It cannot be claimed that there inheres in our Government any special bus- iness genius that can succeed where all other Govern- ments fail. Many European Governments own rail- ways, but not one gives as good or as cheap service as we get in this country under a railroad system evolved from the business instincts of our people. ST. MARY'S PARK. AGER as the people are in this year of small E crops and war taxes to avoid any increase of municipal taxation, there will be universal ap- proval of the action of the Board of Supervisors in appropriating $75,000 for the purpose of assisting in the work of transforming the haunt of vice bounded by California, Dupont, Pine street and St. Mary’s place into a public park. Indeed there would have been no serious objection had the appropriation been made for the entire $100,000, which is estimated to be the sum required for the accomplishment of the work. The proverbial feat of “making the desert blossom as the rose” is as nothing in comparison with the task now undertaken in so many cities of transforming slums into gardens, where the residents of the neigh- borhood can find pure air and sweet odors instead of vice and an atmosphere laden with germs of disease. It is fitting that San Francisco should follow the example of older cities in this respect, for young as it is there have already grown up within its confines many localities as subversive of public morals and as dangerous to public health as the worst purlieus of the great cities of the East. By reason of the location the dens of vice on the site of the proposed park have long been among the most offensive in the city. From that position the profligate men and women who resorted to it flaunted their debauchery and lubricity in the very eyes of so- ciety and of the churches. For a time it was almost impossible for any one to attend St. Mary’s Church without having the eyes insulted by the disgraceful scenes of the neighborhood on the opposite side of the street, and residents of the select distriet along the summit of California Hill were compelled to pass by the disreputable quarter on the way to and from their homes and the stores and offices of Kearny and Montgomery streets. For the benefits to be derived from the, improve- ment of the locality the thanks of the public are due to the members of St. Mary’s Park Association, who, after having begun what was considered a forlorn hope, conducted the struggle with tireless energy, and after. much expense of time, labor and money, have now reached a point from which they can see victory in sight. In what remains of their work to be done they should have the earnest support of all good citi- zens, so that the desired end may be speedily attained and St. Mary’s Park take its place among the beauties and attractions of the city. Aguinaldo must think he is a Tammany Hall or 4 something. Tthe future will decide; iclsm. all receipts of $7514 77. $11,109. this slab we read: pist? effort would not be understood. side of the building? will_be lost forever. attention to the right to act and no I do not say the junior members upon the board of directors whollv responsible for the deficits and extravagance of last year, but when we surrender the government of the affairs of the society to the junior members we shall lose the prestige that should cluster around the memory of the old pioneer, and the dignity enshrined in the name of the Argonaut public does not appear to understand our distinct relations. I make any invidious distinction between the old and the new fogies. THE PLAINT OF A PIONEER. As Admission day returns memories of the exciting scenes of the early days In California are again revived with a degree of painful and the old pioneers realize they have passed the summit of manhood life and now look through their declining years with a philosophic composure to a solution of the mysteries which lie beyond. Yet many of them are jolly and at the age of 75 ready to enter into the terpsichorean amusements with the third and fourth generations, and are ever ready to give their quota of historical facts for future preservation. The report of Judge Cotton, the president of the society, peared in an evening paver of the 10th inst., is an epitome of the history of the different epochs of the early California life and furnishes a text for the future historian which should be preserved. word about the celebration of the Pioneers at El Campo, and nearly all the press of the city was os silent as the ancient sphinx in regard to the de- lightful time they enjoyed in their outing, except the Morning Call; while large headlines and cartoons, exhibiting the gayety and magnificent dis- play of the Native Sons, filled pages of the different papers. So rreat was the glamour of their holiday attire and so joyous their festive gatherings at San Jose that the old Argonaut, the true historic man, was wholly forgotien amid the scenes of gayety. ‘While it Is pleasant to know the descendants of the Ploneers are happy and earnest in celebrating the admission of California into the Un- jon of States, there steals a shadow of sadness over our souls as we are made to realize that we are forgotten and no longer an important factor in the social and commercial affairs of men. Our work is nearly finished, and if we built better than we planned but we have a conscious pride in belleving we shall leave monuments behind that will survive all decay—more enduring than the granite shaft or walls of masonry. Our universities, colleges, churches and all the schools of learning are our monuments, in which are embodied the spirit of the highest intelligence and noblest thought of the human mind. And the.various Industries fostered by our care, and the extensive com- merce of our State, ranking the fifth in the Union, make the spirit of en- ergy and enterprise of the old Argonauts. Yet In the management of our own affairs there is much room for crit- During the fiscal year ending July 7, 1898, the gross receipts of the societv were $27,068 73, and disbursements $34,583 50 or an excess over Salaries amounted to $7430. pleasure as it ap- But he failed to say a The relief fund was, It is believed by many that a larger amount could be appropriated to ‘“rellef” and yet leave sufficient in the treasury to meet all expenses of the society without drawing upon the reserve fund, which would soon be ex- hausted if the same management continues. $365 for a bronze slab, which not more than one person out of 10,000 will ever see, as it is in a consplcuously obscure place. . This was a useless and needless expense, and is more the expression of juvenile and senile imbecility and folly than the expression of gratitude for the great benefaction bestowed upon the society by James Lick. Yet the ex-president says “Director Kruse is deserving of great praise for the excellent taste and good judgment he has exhibited.” “This property (the slab of course) was donated to the Society of California Pioneers by James Lick.” How would a similar slab look upon the Lick Observatory, on the Acad- emy of Science and on all the other benefactions of the great philanthro- It would provoke a smile of derision in keeping with the genius dis- played, and fail to secure a solitary expression of approval This masterly (?) exhibition of forethought reminds one of the anecdote of the boy who wrote under his first drawing, “This is a hoss,” fearing his There was an appropriation of Well, cui boni! On Do not the massive walls and entablature tell the story, “This is one of the benefactions of James Lick,” better than any little placard upon the are ‘When all the old ploneers shall have gone to their final rest, then the right of inheritance and the right to control will become the legal claim of the junior members, and not before, for the constitution of the soclety makes no provision bv which such authority can be delegated to them. making this statement I am not questioning the integrity of the junior members, nor am I in any wise in@ging in personalities; but am calling In to the action of any individual, as the Nor would WASHINGTON AYER. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Colonel D. B. Fairbanks of Petaluma s at the Lick. B. J. Clark, a mining man of Virginia City, is at the Russ. D. S. Mainhart, a mining man of Grass Valley, is at the Grand. James M. Leonard, a mining man of Sutro, Nev., is at the Russ. C. A. Stork, the prominent attorney of Santa Barbara, is at the Grand. R. C. Pearson, proprietor of the Jackson Baths of Stockton, is at the Russ. | " B. T. McCullough, one of the big cattle men of the State, is at the Grand. Joseph Craig, proprietor of the High- land Springs Hotel, is at the Grand. George A. Goodman, the well-known banker of Stockton, is at the Palace. Professor Schroeter and Morris Pernod of Zurich, Switzerland, are at the Palace. W. 8. McCluskey and Willlam McClus- key, capitalists, of Healdsburg, are at the Russ. Binger Hermann, Commissioner of the General Land Office, registered at the Palace yesterday. John Gill will leave this afternoon for an extensive trip through the southern part of the State. Benjamin P. Tabor, the attorney, ar- rived yesterday and will stay at the Grand for a few days. James. Muir and J. C. Mulr, the con- tractors who are tunneling for the Valley Road, are at the Russ. well-known marches and waltz songs, re- turned yesterday from a two weeks' tour through the South. Thomas J. Kirk, County Superintendent of Schools for Fresno County and the Re- publican candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction, is at the Lick. Dr. Albert Osborn, superintendent of the Home for Feeble-Minded Children, and Dr. A. E. Osborn, an associate phy- slclan of the same institution, are at the Grand. A BIRD SONG. A ripple of rhythm trilling a tune Cadenced and caroled to colors of June, Shaded with vistas of shadowy dreams, Rhyming and timing to singing of streams. Sounding the tint and glint of the sky, Echoing, echoing ecstacy— Shining the sheen and the green of the sheaf, Sparkling and darkling the diamond- dewed leaf. Pumu‘r;g the grace and the face of the ower, Kissing the llg and the drip of the shower, Stea.}lm the breeze of the trees and the shades, Drinking the dews of the dells and the glades. Whistling the wind-voiced violin trill, Trebling the thread of a slender thrill; Twittering over the trembling strings Subtlest, sweetest and tenderest things. Pealing a passionate Jae&n of love, L{nca , limpid, wafted above— Bird hallelujahs, echoed afar, Chanted through nature's portals ajar. Running in rapture the scale of song- SCOope, s Wording and blrdlnf the rainbow of hope, Pulsing and throbbing and thrilling with une, Fashioning, passioning all to his tune. Praising in prisms of cadencing light, Soaring and soaring to ecstacy’s height; glwelllng h:ls I}J ca.lhlmgslc-mad t'ljiron . nging and winging his heavenward note! _n%églvt DAKIEL McConnell in the ahest. HUMOR OF THE DAY. “Please, sir, can't you help me?"” asked the seeming mendicant; "I am sick and in need of a few dimes.” *If you are sick, why don't you go to the hospital?”’ an- swered the substantial citizen. ‘‘Why do f"’“ need a few dimes?” ittle change would do me good,” plausible reply.—Kansas City Star. “When you go to heaven, grandma, will you play the s “1 suppose o, ar.”” LiThen” why don’t you take lessons?’— . The governess was s’lvin{ little Tommy a grammar lesson the other day. “An abstract noun,” she sald, *is the name of something which you can think of, but not touch. Can ?mu glve me an example?’ Tommy—A redhot poker!—Bangor News. Life to-day, with all its glory, Has its Imwbncks, to my mind; For the old time brought us pleasures Children now don’t seem to find. Ah, my boy’s a charming picture, Always in a tidy suit; B% he never licks the kettle hen his mother puts up fruit, Cklm;*mrfl‘ l Gus Merzbach, the composer of some | ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS BRET HARTE—E., City. Bret Harte severed his connection with the Overland %\g:;nthly in San Francisco to go East in 7. CHARLIE REED-J. B. P., City. Char- lie Reed, the minstrel, did for a time ap- pear at the Adelphia on California street, near Kearny. BUYING A DISCHARGE—Subscriber, City. Under certain conditions an enlisted man in the regular army ¢an purchase his discharge from the service. EXPLOSION—Anxious, City. The rec- ord of shipwrecks and of disasters fail to show that there was an explosion on the Senator-on the Mexican coast fifteen or twenty years ago. NOT HEBREWS—O. 8., City, and E. H., Los Olivos, Cal. The late Colonel Henry, who recently committed suicide in Paris, France, was not of the Hebrew race, nor is Colonel Plcquart of the French army. INGERSOLL—H. C. H., City. The speech delivered by Robert G. Ingersoll on sound money in opposition to the views of W. J. Bryan was reported in The Call on the 9th of October, 1896, first page, seventh column. THE WHISTLING BUOY—J. W., City. The whistling buoy which was located near the entrance to 8an Francisco har- bor was removed when the light ship was glaced in position. Since then a whistling uoy has been placed off Duxbury Reef. RIM AND HUB—C. B. D. G, City. If the hub of a wheel be one foot in circum- ference and the rim be twelve feet in cir- cumference, a point on the rim must trav- el twelve feet while a corresponding point on the hub travels one foot, therefore the rim must travel twelve times faster th the bub. e HEAD TO THE NORTH-S. O., City. The Hindoos do not sleep with the head to the north because they believe that by so doing their lives will be shortened. It is asserted that the Japanese never sle with the head to the north, the reason l:'ee!3 ing that the dead in thelr country are al- ways buried with the head in that direc- tion. The Russians also have a dread of the north position. TRAVELING LIBRARY-—Mr. B., Por- terville, Cal. In the February number of the Review of Reviews there is an ex- haustive article on traveling libraries. You might communicate with Melville Dewey, New York State Library, for in- formation on that subject. An effort will }zet madefntc ;iz’(; ne)x(t session of the Legis- ature o ornia to provide for libraries in the State. = pus COALING AT SEA-R. 8., Thermo- lito, Cal. To coal vessels at sea the :‘oall’ shlplls brought close to the vessel 0 be coaled. A yard is rigged t over the deck of the vessel o be conlod and from this with block, tackle and coal tubs the vessel is coaled in the same manner that coal vessels are unloaded when at a dock. In order to accomplish the work the sea must be v the wor comparatively A CONSUL'S DUTY—Subscriber, City. A Consul in a foreign country, when writ- ten to in regard to information as to the death of a person dying in the place in which he is located, will, upon proper re- quest, make Inquiry and report the result of his investigation, and that is all that a correspondent can expect of him. If such an official should refuse to furnish the de- 5‘1‘53" t(}rlxé:rfl‘mwn t?r gl}v"e falge informa- @ matter sho to the appointing power - "¢ reported LABOR DAY—Old Subscriber, Berke- ley, Cal. September 5 was set apart s Labor day by an act of Congress in 1 Fifty-third Congress for the District Columbia. The following States have se. apart a Labor day: Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Flor- ida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, lowa, Kan- sas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massa- chusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Caro- lina, South Dakota, Tennéssee, Texas fi,?h' Virginla, Washington and Wyom- BIG WIND IN IRELAND—Irish-Ameri- can, City. What is known as the “Big ‘Wind in Ireland” occurred on the night of the 6th to the 7th of January, 1839, There was an _awful hurricane on the ‘west coast of England and Ireland. The storm raged in Cheshire, Staffordshire and Warwickshire. Twenty persons were killed in Liverpool by the falling of build- ings, and 100 were drowned in the neigh- borhood. The coasts and harbors were covered with wrecks. In Limerick, Gal- way, Athlone and other places more than 200 houses were blown awuar and as many more were burned, the wind spreading the fire. London and its nelghborhood scarce- ly sustained any damage. FIFTEEN-MILE RANGE—J. W., Pre- sidio, Cal. The gun to which you refer is undoubtedly one that was manufact .d by the Reading, Pa., Iron Company in 1883, The ‘peculiarity of the gun was a series of large protuberances arranged in a line from under the rear end of the gun. Each of these was shaved like a cow’'s bag and communicated with the bore of the gun. These contained pockets for holding powder. The gun was charged with eighteen pounds of powder at the breech. Against that rested the projectile in the ordinary manner; in each pocket was d charge of twenty-eight pounds of powder. The breech charge was fired, and this ignited the powder in the pocket. each charge accelerated the projectils afresh and forced the projectile with great velocity. The range was from twelve to fifteen miles. This account is taken from a publication of about the date given. SHOOTING SEA GULLS—-F. A. C, City. There is no law that would prevent a person from killing sea gulls on the Bay of San Francisco, providing that fire- arms are not used. There is an ordinance of the city which says that “no person shall discharge any firearms of any de- scription in that portion of the city and county bounded by Devisadero, Stanyan Fifteenth, C; apa streets forming the ground set q house. that a s manent the Ba territorial limi of San Francis could shoot sea_gulls within 300 vards any ship, If such a ship is inhabited, {it has aiso been held that the track | ferry and river boats is a highy fore it would be unlawful to within 300 yards of any cou se us traversed by ferry and river boats. T department is of the opinion that there | 1s not much chance for one to shoot gulls on the Bay of San Francisco without flanger of coming in conflict with the aw. FOR THE PRESIDENCY—Fred and ‘W. E. 8, City. One of these correspond- ents asks: “In order to be eligible for the Presidency of the United States is it requisite that the parents of the individ- ual seeking the nomination should have been born in the United Sta 7" and tha other asks: “If the United States Min- ister to China or any other foreign coun- try should have a son born in that for- eign country while he was in the service of the United States would that son, if brought up and educated in the United - States, be eligible to the Presidency?"” The answer to the first question is no. The constitution says that ‘‘no person | except a natural born citizen or a citi- zen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this constitution shall be | eligible to the office of President.” The | matter of parentage does not cut any fig- ure in the qu on of eligibility. As to the second question, it been brought tc the test o {cision in a Fede:al court, h garded as still open to algui.cu. constitution goes further and sa) “Neither shall any person be eligible that office who shall not have attained to the age of 35 vears and been fourteen years a _resident within the United tates.”” It is evident from tk of the constitution that the p the birth of an American citi his parents were without the jurisdiction of the United States or his temporary residence in another country for educs tional or other purposes w thought of, otherwise the stipulation for a fourteen years’ residence would not have been in-. serted. By the act of March 20, 1790, known as the naturalization act, there js | a definition of “natural born,” for it says: “The children of citizens of the United States that may be born beyond the seas or out of the limits of the United States shall be held as natural-born citizens.” ce i — e — Cal. glace fruit §0c per b at Townsend’s.® e Bpecial information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. * —_—— You will find the latest things in wall paper at Clark’s, 663 Market street. . e Trunks, valises, ladies’ pocketbooks, let- ter and card cases, alligator bags, travel- ing sets, lap tablets and Mexican carved leather goods for fall trade have arrived and are now on sale. Playing cards, combs, brushes, mirrors, perfumery and toilet articles in this department at the lowest prices. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. B —_—— To bleach clothes white as snow, the best agent is sunshine, and the most effi- cient drying ground a grass lawn. —_— “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used over fifty vears by millions of mothers for theit children while Teething with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens | the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Colic, reg- | ulates the Bowels and is 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. 25c a bottle. —_—— First and Second Class rotes again reduced via the Sants Fe route. Call at the new ticket office, 623 Market, —— HOTEL DEL CORONADO—Take advantage of the round-trip tickets. Now only $80 by steamship, including fifteen days' board at- hotel; longer stay $250 per day. Apply at 4 New Montgomery street, San Francisco, —————— EXFERIENCE 1S THE BEST TEACHER. Use Acker's English Remedy in any case of coughs, colds or croup. Should it fail to give immediate relief money refunded. At No Per- centage Pharmacy. R e e THOSE Who seek relief from pain and weakness should use PARKER'S GINGER TONIC. PARKER'S HATR BALSAM never falls to please. —_————— - Only the best for the best only. Among the Barrels, 863 Market st. ——— e At Bath a commercial traveler named Lock has been fined £1 and costs for employing two men to cut off the tall of his fox terrier pup. ADVERTISEMENTS. Ever Drink Coffee? Americans’ Best THAT’S THE Cofiee try it YOU SAVE § e Coffee. W 1. AND GET A 2 Beautiful Present with Each Pound FrEE (Great American Tmporting Tea Co.’s MONEY-SAVING STORES 861 Market st., ©oppo- 705 Larkin st. site Powell. 1419 Polk st C 140 Sixth st. 1819 Devisadero st 218 Third st. 2008 Fillmore st. 508 Kearny st. 521 Montgomery ave. 146 Ninth st. 115 Kentucky st. 2510 Mission st. 3285 Mission st. 3006 Sixteenth st. 52 Market st. 355 Hayes st. OAKLAND STORES 1068 Washington st. 131 San_Pablo ave 917 Broadway. 516 B. 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