The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 15, 1898, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1898. THURSDAY. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. ;i)\;LICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS..........217 to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carrlers In this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents a week. By mall $6 per year: per montb | 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL............. One year, by mall, $1.50 | OAKLAND OFFICE... teveeeers..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. 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 until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Misslon street, open untll 10 e'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 | Mission street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventl | street, open untll 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ang - Kentucky streets, epen untll 9 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS Columbia—*A Milk White Flag.” Baldwin—"Mary Stuart.” Alcazar, Tragedy and “The First Born." Morosco's—"The Land of the Living ‘tvoli—" La Traviata." Orpheum—Vaudeville. New Comedy Theater—* The Leading Man.” Alhambra, Eddy and Jones strects—Vaudeville. The Chutes—Zoo, Vaudeville and Spanish Bull Fight. Ulympia—Corner Mason and Eddy streets—Specialties. LOOK OUT FOR HIM. utro’s Baths—Swimming. HE Republican County Convention of Los TAngelcs, which met on Tuesday, adopted reso- | lutions declaring for a United States Senator to | come from south of Tehachapi, and recommended R. N. Bulla for the place. As Mr. De Young does not live south of Tehachapi and as, by no combina- | tion of circumstances, can he be taken for Mr. Bulla, this means that the Republicans of Los Angeles | County do not want the San Franciscan for Senator. | It is'well that -these resolutions have been adopted. Every other Republican County Convention in the State should imitate thé example of the Los Angeles convention in bringing Senatorial candidates upon | the track and grooming them for the race. It will | never do to leave the contest open for De Young. He says he is not a candidate; he has, in fact, writ- ten'a letter to that effect which he considers a flat | withdrawal. But this epistle is mere food for the | gudgeons. It is designed to throw the people off | their guard—to take them in, as it were, and do for .SEPTEMBER 15, 1898 | | cratically abroad. OUR TROPICAL COLONIES. F _the people of the American and Asiatic tropics, [ whom it is proposed to take in as colonists, are not fit for seli-government, we don’t want them. If they are, let them govern themselves. The United States has other business than opening a kindergarten in the tropics to train eighteen mil- lions of mongrels, Malays, pirates and.cutthroats in the ways of self-government. One reads the several propositions made by the imperialists with amazement. It is proposed that we take all these tropical islands and either trade them off or hold them as de- pendencies. This raises the question of what sort of government we have, what are its powers and whence their derivation? The constitution creates this government, and only one kind of government, and grants all of the powers and functions it can exercise. Our govern- ment cannot govern anywhere except in the exercise of the granted powers given to it by the constitution. It has no power given it to administer dependencies, to send civil and military Governors to conquered provinces, to hold them indefinitely subject to our government and without voice or representation. The constitution gives our government power to admit new States into the Union. It grants no other power to enlarge our borders, to hold distant dependencies or to trade them off to other countries regardless of the cries of the people. This is a republican govern- ment, which derives its powers, and all of its powers, from the consent of the governed, for which the con- stitution provides by giving the people the franchise. It cannot govern democratically at home and auto- It cannot exercise over seventy- eight millions of people the powers granted to itby. the constitution, and over fifteen or twenty millions of people in the tropics powers not granted to it by the constitution. ernment in one place and an unconstitutional govern- ment in another place. We are aware that a derivation of the powers pro- posed to be exercised is asserted in what is known as the “general welfare” clause of the constitution, which recites that Congress shall provide for paying the debts of the United States, dispose of its prop- erty and provide for the general welfare. But up to this time no latitudinarian in construction has ever pretended that these things may be done in’ any’ manner repugnant to the powers granted in the sub- sequent clauses. For instance, Congress can only pay ine debts of the United States by levying taxes on the people in the manner granted to it. It can- not pay them by confiscation, by seizure of the pub- lic property of:the States, nor by levying unequal taxes. As for the general welfare, suppose, under this new construction, Congress should decide that the gen- eral welfare required the erection of a monarchy, or annexation to Russia, or the division of the country into two or more nations, why can it not be done if that clause give to Congress powers not limited by the constitution itself? them. De Young is a candidate for Senator. His plan is to sneak up on the blind side of the office and sand- bag it. The people should be on their guard. Eter- nal vigilance is the price of keeping this cunning Southern Pacific retainer out of the Federal Senate. | We think the best method of preventing the con- summation of De Young's confidence operation is to smoke out legislative candidates all over the State. The dity of “Républicans should be to make these‘ aspirgnts declare their preference for Senator prior to | nontination. ' In this way the people may be apprised | in advance of the schemes of the journalistic candi- | date. The Republicans of California do not want | De Young for Senator, and if he get the office it | will be in opposition to the wishes of 95 per cent of the party. The peaple have a right to know how | their candidates for the Legislature, in the event of their election, are going to vote for Senator, and the way to find out is to make them declare themselves in advance. If they are for De Young they should | be repudiated. If they are non-committal they may‘v be’set down for De Young and defeated. Every as- | pirant should be put on record. That is the onlyl‘ way in which.the safety of the State can be assured. | In this city the people may be trusted to take carei of De Young’s absurd ambition. They know him | and are able to recognize his work. They will dis- | caverithe degislators who are proposed in his interest | and will see that they do not get to Sacramento. The stomach of the Republican party of San Francisco will assimilate almost anything, but it never can di- | gest De Young. No whale that ever existed would be able to keep him down. He is absolutely in- digestible. THE MEN FROM TENNESSEE. WING to wanton murder committed by a soldier of the Tennessee Regiment, fol]owingi a series of episodes not creditable, there is a | tendency te condemn as a body the men from ‘the | South. ‘That good men have to bear any share of the blame earned by the scamps among them is unfor- tunate. The regiment is made up for the most part of gentlemen.: It is officered by representatives of the best -blood and most substantial citizenship of the Stafe fram which it comes. Fot the Tennesseeans who have disgraced them- selves, and especially for the one who without cause committed murder, there is no impulse to frame ex- cuse. Neither the. officers nor the worthy class of privates attempt-to” palliate the offenses, but on the other hand deplore them more acutely than if they did not themselves feel that a portion of the disgrace fell over thé entire camp. Their State pride has been wotmded, and they feel the sting of a growing preju- dice which the unruly privates created and seem to desire to keep alive. : It is to be regretted deeply that the stay of the Tennessee men here should have resulted so un- happily. They were warmly welcomed, and made to feel that though far from home they were with friends. " Most of them appreciated this, and do still. A number have proved to have a-hoodlum instinct, resulting in many encounters and one assassination. Evyen since this tragedy some of them have been about the streets in such hurnor as to cause fear that thiere is not yet an end to violence. Certainly no soldier can reasonably find fault with California be- cause the Government failed to send him to the front. Perhaps the friction, through the counsel and exec- utive ability of Colonel Smith and his staff, will wear away. If such' prove not to be the case the sooner the Tennessee men shall be returned to their homes the better. There is an untamed element which canses uneasiness and mars the fraternity which has existed between the volunteers and the citizens. B — A public official at Sacramento paid $60 for the fun ‘of fast driving.. Not only had his speeding been in violation of the law, but he had run over an editor. Erim&ier General Otis seems still to have influence similar to that of a man who dies and leaves his es- The men who made the constitution had recently revolted against the exercise over them by the Eng- lish Government of powers not given to it by the unwritten constitution of England. That constitution consists of principles with their radix in Magna Charta, in the habeas corpus act and the other na- tional expressions which entrench the rights of man and limit the powers of government. Because the application of these principles to the American colo- nies was refused they took up arms and founded a nation based on the consent of the governed. Hay- ing endured the evils of colonial government, hav- ing been taxed without representation, they did not confer upon the government they made the power to inflict the same wrongs upon others against which they had revolted. They avoided conferring upon the United States any power to hold dependencies under extraconstitutional authority. They limited the powers of this government by grant, not by de- nial; by affirmation, not by negation. Having in detail recited in the constitution the powers to be ex- ercised by the government, they made the system perfectly plain by the clause: “All powers not herein granted to the United States are reserved to the States or the people thereof.” These reserved powers in the possession of the States are then defined by negation, by prohibition. The constitution recites specifically what the States shall not do; so a system was created in which the United States shall not do what is not granted to it, and the States shall not do what is prohibited to them. Nowhere in it is there a line on which to base the proposed imperial colonial policy. Men are in the habit of pointing to the success of Great Britain in governing the crown colonies, con- sisting of many races. She can do this without viola- tion of the principles which compose 'her unwritten constitution. Our forefathers were born subjects of Great Britain, with a birthright in-the English con- stitution, upon which they based their demand for extension of its principles to them. The alien popula- tion of most of the crown colonies had: riot that birth= right, and the Dominion of Canada and the Australian and New Zealand, colonies make no contribution to the imperial budget. The difference betwe'en the English constitution and ours is organic, funda- mental, in that ours derives its principles from the Declaration of Independence and grants, specifically, the powers necessary .to carryithem into effect. . This statement of the principles of our constitution will be tolerated by our readers, since they are in- terested in government according to the constitu- tion, which is the only security of their rights of ‘per- son and property. s The application of this statement will follow, de- veloping the only way in which this government can govern in the proposed tropical colonies. SENTENCES HIMSELF TO DEFEAT. N ambition to be a member of the Assembly /E\ may be altogether worthy. No fault will be found with any gentleman who may entertain it and make modest declaration of his hopes. F. R. Porter of Oakland aspires to represent the Fiftieth District. He is frank in saying so and in giving his reasons for soliciting support. Mr. Porter affirms that if elected he will favor the candidacy of M. H. de Young for the Senate. For him-to say anything more is superfluous. The most respected individual in California could not be elected on this platform. Whatever his qualifications, let him declare in favor of the candidate mentioned and he kills any chance he might otherwise possess. This State will not tolerate the idea of De Young as Senator. It does not propose to have the editor who declares himself not in the fight carrying off a prize which is perhaps the highest gift California has to bestow. It does not propose to be made a laugh- ing stock, nor to select the most unpopular man within its borders to represent it at Washington, Editor de Young will stay at home—not that his presence here is particularly desired, but that it is better than his presence at the capital. Candidates for the Assembly, hoping for election for the reason that they will support this man for a place for which his yearning is a distinct impertinence, might as well It cannot be a constitutional gov-. retire. We condole with Mr. Porter. He has sen- tenced himself to defeat. For him to do so was use- less. Having declared himself for De Young, he may as well consider himself out of the race now as later. OUR FORTUNATE UNIVERSITY. HAT splendid good fortune which presided Tover the destinies of the University of Califor- nia at the hour of its birth, and which has at- tended every step in its progress from small begin= nings to great accomplishments, was never more con- spicuous, more bountiful or more active than at this time. The institution, already dowered with a thou- sand gifts, sees before it prospects of greater gifts to come, and faces a future more brilliant with glorious promise than any other seat of learning in the world. The increased endowments of the university within recent years have been in themselves sufficient to establish a great institution of arts and letters and sciences, even had there bgen no foundation already laid for them to build upon. Without counting smaller benefactions, which have been numerous, there have been lately given to the university the Hopkins Art Gallery and School of Arts, the Wil- merding School of Mechanic Arts, munificent gifts from Mrs. Phebe Hearst, and now the rich dona- tion from Miss Cora Jane Flood of lands, buildings and water stock whose aggregate value is estimated at $3,000,000. Vast as these gifts from private citizens have been, the advancing wealth and prestige of the university have not depended on them alone. The University of California was ordained by the people for the ben-. efit of the people, and the people have never lost in- terest in it, nor have they ever been willing that its maintenance and growth should be dependent upon the liberality of the rich, no matter how generous the rich might be. Therefore at the last session of the Legislature there ‘was enacted with the cordial ap- proval of ‘all citizens a statute raising the revenues provided by taxation for the university from one cent to two cents on every $100 of assessed property in the State. Under that act the income of the institu- tion contributed by the people was doubled, and will increase as the commonwealth increases in population and in wealth. The development of the popular ideal of what the university should be has been as notable as the in- crease in benefactions from private hands and in revenues from the State. The time has gone by when the public had no further ambition for the university than that of housing it in buildings that would be fairly commodious and weather proof. The aspira- tion at present is for a group of edifices whose ar- chitectural dignity and beauty will give the university the most superb home ever possessed by any institu- tion of learning. That aspiration, seconded and sup- ported by the noble generosity of Mrs. Hearst, has found in the regents a sympathy whose ardor has prompted them to undertake its fulfillment. The ar- chitects of the world are now competing with one another in devising plans for the stately structures and the gardens that are to surround them amid the hills of Berkeley, and ere long the foundations of a part at least of the magnificent work may be laid. It is at this juncture and amid these circumstances of good fortune that the announced retirement President Kellogg next March imposes upon the re- gents the task of selecting a new executive for the institution. It is not necessary to say that upon the character of the man chosen for the office much of | the growing good of the university will depend. For the advancement of knowledge and for the attain- ment of art there is more in the teacher than in the building. That fact is well known to all Americans. There will be, therefore, a widespread public inter- est in the choice of the new president. The aspiration of Californians is to have the most inspiring and influential as well as the ‘most stately and richly adorned university in the world. The taxpayers have voted money: liberally and private generosity has been munificent, to accomplish that aspiration, and now if the right man be chosen as president the aspiration may be realized within the lives of men of this generation CLEAN UP THE SCHOOLS. LTHOUGH it is not likely that the Board of fl Education as now constituted will continue to exist for a longer period than one year after the 1st of January next, it is important that the moral forces of the city should get to work and rescue it from the hands of the Democratic politicians. The administration of the School Department by these gentlemen for many years past has been simply disgraceful. In fact, during a period of over twenty years we have scarcely had two School Boards which 'retired from office free from the taint of job- bery and scandal. The present aggregation of po- litical patriots has been more than usually offensive. Not only have they loaded the department down with useless schonl-teachers, appointed for no other pur- pose than to make places for political favorites, but they have actually engaged in transactions which have brought “down upon them the wrath of grand juries and called for the services of the law officers of the city. One Grand! Jury was recently dismissed because it got into a wrangle over jobbery in the School De- partment. dict two School Directors guilty of malfeasance in office, but they were thwarted in their efforts by the friends of the men on the jury. Being unable to indict anybody, the jury was dismissed by the pre- siding Judge of the Superior Court. But the affair disclosed plainly the method by which School Di- rectors who serve without salary are enabled to make money. . All this should be stopped. It is more than dis- graceful that a department of the municipal govern- ment which is devoted to instructing the young in the ways of learning and morality should be made the football of a lot of unscrupulous individuals in- tent only upan creating places for their favorites or promoting their own personal or political interests. It ought to be easy enough to form an organization which will take the School Department for one year at least out of politics. The municipal conventions of none of the local political parties would care to re- fuse to nominate candidates selected by an organi- zation of this kind. If they did so their candidates would be certain of defeat. Friends of the School Department should consider this subject without delay. Even though the time during which the present system will continue to exist is short, the end to be attained will justify the effort. Under the new charter there will probably be an improvement in the management of the depast- ment, the system having been entirely changed, but its friends need not wait for that. A year of clean administration would ‘be worth striving for at the present time. e Italians have become unpopular in many parts of Europe because . of the fact that the murderous anarchists lately in evidence have all been of that race. The only way to acquire standing again will be for Italy to catch and execute some of this class of outcasts, To express.approval of the death of the Empress of Austria ought to be a capital offense. of | Sgveral of its members attempted to in-. THE CALUMNY AGAINST VAN FLEET. It has been understood for some little time that the Demo-Pops Pro- posed to “whisper to death” Justice open may be met and repelled, but “bushwhacking” and “Injun fighting” present difficulties which an honorable enemy is not sc ready to meet. Just this difficulty was felt in the case of man knew that the Insidious whispe: ear did him a great wrong, but how to meet, stop, and silence them was the question. That stalwart Republican paper the San Francisco Call met the ques- tlon in its own way and answered it more of the calumnies against Justice Van Fleet anent the Fox case dur- ing the rest of this campaign.—Oakland Tribune. Van Fleet. An attack made In the Justice Van Fleet. rings which were passed from ear to Every intelligent fully and finally. We will have no AROUND THE ' CORRIDORS. Captaln Otto Petersen is at the Russ. Colongl ‘C. C. Royce of Chico Is at the California. Dr. Francis Kearns of, Pasadena, is at the Grand. R. B. Hyde, a banker of Visalla, is at the Palace. L. C. Ross and wife of Bakersfleld are at the Grand. J. J. Alken, a capitalist of Los Angeles, is at the Russ. Drury Melone of Oakdale 18 ace for a few days. P T. W. Gibbs, a mining man of Placer- ville, is at the Lick. ' John 8. Mosby Jr.; a son of Colonel Mos- by, is at the Occidental. '] Edgar, Battle and Robert Niven of Seat- tle arrived yesterday and aré at the Ocel- dental. > 7 e E. A. Cooper, traveling passenger agent of the Chicggo and Alton, is at the Occj- dental. * O G. W. Bibbs and. Oliver -Stark, well- known business' men-of Vacaville, are at the Russ. sa ‘ " Jay W. Adams, traveling - passenger agent of the Nickel Plate line, has return- ed from a trip fo the Sound country. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wetherington of Seattle registered at the California yester- day. Mr. Wetherington-is a lieutenant of the navy and was last on duty on the Marietta. % —e———————— CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Sept. 14—F. C. Billard of San Diego s at the Metropolitan; A. E. Sprague of San Francisco.is in Wash- ington. - * at the Pal- THE MAKING OF A SOLDIER. Joe Jerry hoed in a stony ‘field, Under a sweltefing sun. The boy and the rock and the native wee Fought for the life in a battered seed, And the struggle was just begun. “Get out of the mud and follow me,” Said the man with.the better clothes, “Against you are vermin and drouth and frost; You will anger nature with labor lost— Come where a fair wind blows.” But the boy digged on in the:stony.fleld, With the struggle -barely begun. “T put the seed in this ground,” said he; “I think I had better stay and see ‘Whatever may be done.” . . Joe Jerry quarried and placed the stones, And fitted the timbers true. Then his neighbors came, with fevered eyes! “Gold—pans of gold—just there it lies! Shall we walt a day for you?” R A soft voice rifted the evening calm, Singing the death of day. A lhiefi child came and went with a kiss. “I have a wife and a home—and this; I think I had better stay.” R T o e L e e . “War! On to war’—and the cry came near— N ® “There-is honor, or fame, for alll”” .. “I have a dying wife and these w ‘I shall stay with them if God so please. But he went at the second call. “it's death to “Come on!” they crled; wait!” His face was bleeding and grim! A He picked a rifle out of the dirt And answered simply, “The captain’s urt; I think I'll stay with him.” Frederick Brush in New York Sun. HUMOR OF THE DAY. “They say that Mrs. Bondly throws on a great deal of agony since they became suddenly rich.” “Well, rather. That woman used to walk in her sleep. .Now she gets up and rides a chainless bicyles, or orders a car- rlage.”—Detroit Free Press. Hungry Higgins—I don’t see how these proverb guys make it out that time is money. Weary Watkins—Jist listen at you! As if you'd never heard the Judge’make it so many dollars or so many days.—Indian- apolis Journal. “What are they going to shoot the man for?” “Worst case of Insubordination in the whole army.” s - “Who was he?” “A janitor in a New York flat”"—Cleve- lend Plain Dealer. T drove a golf ball in the air,. It fell to earth, I*know not where.. With patience and with skill,profound.., T searched the grass for rods around. ¢ No more that ball will soothe my, eye, The caddie got there first—that's :lh(y —Life. b \ About the form of woman There’s a halo of romance, And she never loves but once—unless er chance. She has anoth —Lite. “What did you do while you were away on your vacation?” #gat around while my wife was dressing for meals, most of the time.’—Chicago News. =2 w~ He—What is this, dear? She—Pound cake. He—Isn't it rather small for its weight? —Indianapolis Journal. “How did Bleanor announce her en- agement to the family? g"!She just. wiggled the. finger that had on the diamond ring.”’—Chicago Record. Smith—Yes, T saw your son in the city. He's making a name for himself. l‘e‘armér Slaughenhaupt—Sho! So the o]‘d name ain't good enuff? Wa-al,'I don’t know ez I kin blame him much,’ consid- erin*.—Judge. : #Blood,” sald the Anglomaniac, hicker than water. ‘ “So it 1s,” velled the imperialist. ‘“Let's wade in it.”—Tewn Toplcs. Tenor—At the first concert in which I sang four ladies were removed from the hall in a fainting condition. ? Friend—Ah! -Indeed? But you must re- member your voice has improved since then!—Fliegende Blatter. B First Girl—I was in front last night, dear, to see you play Juliet. Second Girl—Yes, I know you were. But you needn’t have talked so loud all through my best scenes. 3 First Girl—Oh, but you must be mis- taken, dear, it couldn’t possibly have been I. I never talk in my sleep!—Punch. FOUNTAIN HEAD OF EVILS; In.the case of the army almost all the considerable blunders seem to point to one man. Newspapers of both part; creeds are calmly and critically co ing the important nart pla; by Secre- tary of War Alger. go far we have yet to see affirmative evidence in any direc- tion of ability on his part at all commen- surate with his responsibilities. The con. servative journals are the ones that ar insisting on his removal. It is the f perate and discriminating criticism of press that Secretary of War. R e s called upon to meet.—Rochester (Dem.). R .| D., Berkeley, Cal. *| to join the naval militia of California,-if | ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. | MARIE CORRELI—C. M., City. The name of Marie Correll, the writer, is Marion Mackay. BATAVIA—A. S., Cit The name of the Governor. General of Batavia, Java, Is C. A. W. Van der Wyck. A COUNT IN CRIB—A. C. R., City. Three trays, one deuce and a four spot in crib count 17 in game of crib. NO THIRD TERM—G. M., City. No one has ever been elected to serve a third term as President of the United States. A HAMBURG SHILiING—O. 8, Mt Eden, Cal. A Hamburg shilling of 1797 has a selling value of from twenty-five to fifty cents. The deal B & bid foy conta.; The alers do not make a COAL CONSUMPTION—G. E., City. To | ascertaln the ecoal consumption of a| Steamer, figure on the basis of 2% pounds | of coal 'to each frdicated horse V' . power of | {he [machinery—that is, 2% pounds per | WHERE REALF IS BURIED—Elaine, City.” Richard Realf, the poet, @ native of England, 43 years of age, dled in Oak- land October 23, 1878. His remains were placed at rest in the Odd Fellows’ Ceme- | tery in this city. FOEET SUGAR—H. A. D.. San Jose, Cal. for information on the subject of the de- velopment of the beet sugar industry in California_there is no one who is be informed than . Cl reckels of San Informed | Claus Spreckels of San T}THtE f‘ASTEs’r YACHT—H. M., City. e fastest yacht of whi s depart- el which this depart found any record is on the Ellide, owned By B, D. Warren mon ?{u;;trtzy(ci D: Mosher at Newburg, N. Yi :cord is one nauti 3 B Hehmed R mone ! autical mile in'1 min: TOP AND BOTTOM—W. C. R., Stock- | ton, Cal. Whether a point on the top of a “wagom-wheel moving on a surface | They were predominantly of Scotch | of the and stripes with a view of bec'?mlni a citizen when he becomes of age?”’ is that no alien minor can enter into any such ar- rangement with the United States or State authoritles, PRESIDENT McKINLEY—G. M,, City. William McKinley, President of the United States, is descended of Irish-. Scotch stock.” According to family tradi- tions James and William McKinley, who founded the two branches of the McKin- ley family in this country, oneé in the South and the other in the North, came direct from the northern part of Ireland. scent as the family originally came from the west of Scotland. WOOLLY APHIS—W. H. D., Coulter- ville, Cal. From the description given in your communication it is apparent that the pest complained of is the woolly aphis. Many remedies have been tried with more or less suc It is said that the most successful is to graft on resist- ant stock. It is said that the following mixture has been found of value: *To one gallon of quicklime add a pound of flour of sulphur and a quarter of a pound of Jamp black. Mix to the consistency of whitewash with boiling water. Lay on the branches when about blood warm. This should be used when the winged insects spread from tree to tree POSTAGE STAMPS—W. R., City. The number of ideas that may be expressed by the peculiar placing of postage stamps on an envelope is unlimited. There is no fixed rule as to what stamps shall slg- nify, as that, like ‘a cryptogram, is ar- ranged between the parties who- intend to use the same. Some years ago an im- dividual in the Fast gave out that a stamp inverted on the righthand upper orner of the envelope means that the per- son wtitten to shall write no more; if in- verted on the upper lefthand corner then the writer declares affection for the re- ceiver of the letter (and the mail clerk declares that the party who placed tho stamp on the wrong corner is an idiot); : the stamp is in the center at the fop It means yes, and when at the bottom ‘it i if at aright ancle on the chths orner it means ‘‘does the re- e Che sender? similarly located on the upper lefthand corner it means that the writer h'\(PS_ !hL‘_ other; the stamp placed on the line with the surs name means_“Is my love accepted?’ It the party addressed is engaged the an- swer is made by placing the stamp In the same position, but reversed. —_— e ANCIENT ORDER FORESTERS. High Chief Ranger Boehm is still in the country visiting courts. On the occa- sion of his visit to Court Mount Rose in Reno, N , he was most cordially wel- comed, and tendered a fine banquet: A movement has been started to hold strict meetings, at which two members rd of deputies will address the present in the interest of membersaip thie cader. n}(’\"!es faster than a p o e same wheel is e ths a 8 discusses Shpieel one that has been Since the days of Diocles and it has never sfac Hy oot ever been satisfactor- :X‘HAT WAR: TAX-S,, Oakland; Cal Whether a corporation must affix the war ‘tax stamp. or whether it must be affixed by the party requiring the services of the: corporation is a matter that will be | shortly decided in a court of law. Thi department :cannot anticipate the ‘d ion of the court. oint on the bottom TO PORTO -RICO—§. F. C., Sacra- mento, Cal. This denartment is unable to | advise you as to what kind of-a piace | Porto Rico would be for a railroad man Who wants to go there to secure employ- | ment. For information of that character | you should address a letter of inquiry to the United States Consular Denartment, office of the Secretary of State, Washing- ton, D. C. MARRYING—R. H., Oakland, Cal. | There Is nothing wrong in a man carrying | a girl who does not belong to the same church as he does, provided that there is an understanding between the parties which will obviate any possible trouble on relfgious grounds. If each can respect the | religion of the other they will get along, | but if. they cannot they had better not marry. NEWSPAPERS—M. E. C., City. When | & subscriber to a mewspaper semt him | through the mail'destres to discontinue | such he must give notiee to the publisher. If after his subscription runs out he con- tinues to take it from the mail, -although he has made up his mind not to continue his subscription, he is responsible for ment, and the debt is the same as other debt, collectible as is any other debtedness. any | ip-| TO JOIN THE NA\'AL‘MILIT[A—P. L. } An individual desiring | resident of Berkeley, should present his | application at a meeting held on board of the Marion In San Francisco harbor any | Tuesday night. The matter will then be acted upon, and if ' favorable action is taken the individual can enlist. . The ap- plicant must be 18 years and over and un- der 45, sound in body and health. LIGHT HOUSE SERVICE—F. H., City. The gverage number of appointements in | the light house service in the district .in which’California is-included has been one in six months during the past three years. The list of-eligibles is kept at the head- quarterg, of the district in which the civil service €xamination is held; also at the | headqudgters of the Civil Service Commis- | slon in '/ Washington, D. C. The Light House xsbf;d makes the appointments. SLAVONJA—G. M., City. There is not an-indeperdent Slavonian Government at this time, for have the Slavonians .an in- dependent flag. ' There is now in Austria- Hungary what:is, known as Crotia-Sla- vonia, whicl possesses an autonomy. as Wi regards the iternal administration of re- | Tiglon, Instruction, justice and police. Itis part of the kingdom of Hungari-‘ and is | ruled by Francis Joseph L., since 1848, The | Emperor of Austria was crowned King of Hungary June 8, BUNCH GRASS—Mrs. J. C. P., City. The grass that Is growing on the sand dunes on the line of the electric cars be- ‘tween Stanyan street and the CIiff and commonly called” “bunch grass’” is not a native- of California. It was planted there for the purpose of preventing the sand from dflf(lng on, the railroad track. Its nameis ArmophiliajAundiacea,and it is also known as “sand reed.” It grows on the sand coasts of Kurope and in the At- lantic States of North America. Tt has been trapsplanted in this State and thrives. WORK _BY LOCATORS—Miner, Coul- terville, Cal. ‘The section 6f the State law In regard to work performed on veins or lodes is to be found in thelact of March 27, 1897. It provides that within sixty days after discovery of a vein ‘or g;de the dis- coverer must perform $50° ' wogth of work in developing his discovery and must file in the office of the Recorder of{the counrv in which’the vein or lode is locgted a cer- tificate of location contflnln&lhe name of the vein or lode, name of the locator or locators and'.theé date of location and posting of notice. 3 3 | PUBLIC THOROUGHFARE-Tweltth street hetween Mission) and Howabd is an open public thoroughtare, and geither the police nor' any one"else ‘has right to obstruct.the . same " dnd ‘prevént ‘teams from passing or repassing, except on the occasion of a public parade, public funer. al, or the like, or when closed for re. galm The fact that the police use that lock for practicing tue goose step does not give them the right to prevent team- sters who may have business on that block from transacting such business. CONTINENTS—A. 8., City. The ques- tion of the number of continents that there are is one that has never been set- tled. There are those who hold that there are five great masses or divisions of land as continents—Europe, Asia, Africa, America and Australla. Modern {sage recognizes _four continents: Eurasia (Europe and Asia as one), Africa, North and South America, and is divided as to Australia, which is variously styled a con- tinent and a continental islahd. The title ‘Antarctic continent is given to a great body of land supposed to occupy the south polar region. TO BECOME A CITIZEN—F. M., Oak- nd, Cal. There is only one way for an fen t6 become a. citizen of the United Btates and that is to follow the provisions of the naturalization laws. The answer to the .question, "Can an alien minor who s been in this country more than five ars, speaks and writes the English lan- uage, draw up citizenship papers, if the B s hre whiing. and he 15 itkely to F:ave the or an indefinite period? cpuntry f not, is there any way that he can place glmnft under the protection of the stars | dred left yet in the State who think th Court Lincoln will give a social on the 5th of October in Washington Hall. The board of deputies will visit Court Onward cn the 20th inst., and Court Ade- inide cn the 26th. Court Occident, the kid glove court. of 3 isdiction, will give a smoker on ane it is expected that it will 12 ‘the finest affairs of the kind ever given by thai subordinate. Court Placer was instituted at Tuick Flat on the 30th of last month with 26 | members whose average age is 29 years. Charles Runckel is chef rangar, and .E allows financial secretary. —_—ee————— YOUNG )IES' INSTITUTE. The committee having cha affair has completed it the reception to be tendered this month nd offic the members of 10+ the by B. C., recently tendered shop Christie at that place. e Daamibe of the council of the Young Men's Institute at Merced gave a & io! 0 the Young Lac ns e b "elty Feni ince, and f that few evenir ;l‘f.r'\' y:;ll.\fl presented the iad a fine cab- inet, in which to keep their books and papers. —_———————— ONE GOVERNOR'S MAIL, overnor Stephens is not reposing on a b ot thues Since the declaration of war, Missouri has raised six regiments of troops up to date, and there is quite a eor- respondence bétween those In- the serwice and the Executive office . “For the last ninetly days I hav receiving at the rat v,” sald the Governor. wer them all, and it is a big tas aré not all from men in the : any means. There are a good many hu would make excellent majors, lleutenants, colonels, brigadier generals, ete., and they write to the Executive office and tell of their fitn to ‘win fame on the ‘battle- field. Of those in the field or camp many Wwho hold small offices think they should be advanced, and they write and tell me s0. Mothers and fathers who have a son in the service whom they want back home again send a letter to me asking for my influence in having him discharged, and, in fact, almost everything pertaining to the service of the Missouri troops is made_the ‘subject of communication with my office. So far I have managed to keep up with the correspondence, and will en- deavor to do so in the future. I find it imperatively necessary to be at my desk by 7 o'clock every morning and remain there until the shades of nightfall. On account of ‘had eyesight 1 do not dare to work after night, and hence try to make this up by starting early in the morning.” - —St. Louis Republic. e 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 Main 1042: ¢ ° —_——— Marcus Ward’'s aud Hurlburt's fine writing papers, all sizes, shapes and tints, Koh-i-noor péncils, Waterman pens, writ- ing tablets, papeteries, etc. Visiting cards and invitations a specialty In stationery department of Sanborn, Vail & Co., 11 Market street. —————————— “well,” said the city editor, “what dia you find out about that mysterious box at police headquarters?’” “There was nothing In it replied the reporter.—Philadelphia North American. o e B First- and Second Class rates again reduced via the Santa Fe| route. 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