The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 20, 1898, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1898. _TUESDAY ... SEPTEMBER 20, 1808 JOHN D. S$PRECKELS, Proprietor. USSR Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. s sdodsbobisbisstoss Butiobe b us ICATION OFFICE.. .-..Market and Third Sts., S. F. pLien Telephowe Main 1868. RIAL ROOMS..........2I7 to 221 Stevenson Street b Telephom> Main 1874 THE 8AN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) s gerved by carrlers In this city and surrounding towns | for I5 cents @ week. Bysmall $6 per year; per month €5 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL............-One.year, by mall, $1.50 OAKLAND OFFICE. w.cevvnennnn P NEW YORK OFFICE.- Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE --Rigge House C. C. CARILTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE --Marquette Bullding C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. +=..908 Broadway BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgamery street, corner Clay, open until 9:30 o’clock. 387 Hayes street. open until 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAlMNster street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open until 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open untll 9 o'clock. 25i8 Misslon street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open untll 9 o'clock. 1506 Polk street, open until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ane Kentucky streets, open until 9 e'clock. AMUSEMENTS Baldwin—*“Mary S\uart.” A Lend Me Your Wife' and<"The Firet Born." Morosco's—The Coast Guard ' Tivoli—" Martha.” Urpheum-— Vaudevilla New Comedy Theater—* What Happered to Jones.” Alhambra, Eddy and Jones streets—Vaudeville. The Chutes—Zoo, Vaudeville and Spanish Bull Fight Uympia—Corner Mason and Eddy streets—Specialties. tuiro’s Baths—Swimming. JUDGE MAGUIRE’S Y, M. C. A. Auditorium—Concert, Weduesday. September 21. HE Pinto camdidate, in his opening speech of the campaign last Wednesday night, is reported as vindicating his views on the single tax, and as declaring that it is a policy that can be accom- ISSUE. plished only when a majority of the people of the | State ask for it. Judge Maguire probably knows that his statement is untrue, for he told The Call once, in a letter, that he is an educated and intelligent man. The single tax is in issue in this campaign in amendment No. 2 to the State constitution. That amendment was prepared and urged through the Legislature by Judge Maguire’s single tax junta. It is a very dishonest piece of business. It proposes that any county may erect a separate and special government of its own. Under it the single taxers propose to accomplish what they call “local option” in taxation, by putting it in the power of the majority of the people in any county under such special char- ter, to confiscate land and take it away from private owners without compensation. vised by the single tax propaganda, is peculiarly Maguirean and dishonest. It is intended, as Judge Maguire well knows, to make possible the confisca- tion of land and the robbery of its owners. If it is adopted that will be its effect. When Judge Maguire says that a majority of the people of the State must vote for robbery of the land-owners he must know that what he says is untrue. In adopting an amend- ment to the constitution it is only necessary that a majority of those who vote on that amendment shall vote for it. In this lies the extreme and degrading dishonesty of amendment No. 2. Every single-taxer in the State knows what it means. He knows that under it land can be stolen from its owners without a penny of compensation, and every single-taxer will therefore port amendment No. 2. They would rather adopt it than elect Maguire, for as Governor he could only feed his motley gang at the public crib for four years and then wrap the drapery of oblivion around him. But with this amendment adopted the levelers who make war against the accumulations of thrift and in- dustry can rob the land-holder of his property. Their motto, often affirmed by Maguire, is “Land owner- ship is robbery,” and their consciences do not revolt at robbing those whom they call robbers. The ordinary voter cares but little for the-consti- tutional amendments printed at the end of the long ballot. Nothing on the ballot tells what the amend- ment is for. Therefore the single tax amendment if carried at all will not carry, as Judge M guire knows, by the vote of a majority of the people, but by that of a minority, and the distress and the misery which will follow the robbery of the land-holder will be in- creased by the reflection that it was accomplished by a minority by methods void of honor and honesty. THE REWARDS OF HEROES. EPORTS from Great Britain are to the effect R that Parliament will probably reward General Kitchener for his campaign in the Soudan by a grant of $125,000, and that the Queen will add to that the bestowal of a peerage. The fortunate hero will, therefore, receive a high reward for the service he has rendered the empire, and in acecpting it will have the satisfaction of knowing that his advance- ment has done no wrong to any of his comrades in arms. He will not be promoted over any man’s head, will not cause any one to lose his comparative rank in the army, nor will interfere in any way with the standing of officers serving in other parts of the em- pire. This report, coming at the time when we are dis- cussing the vexed problem of promotions and re- wards due to our military and naval heroes, will make clear the fact that there are some things the British do better than ourselves. The absurdity of our sys- tem of naval promotion by advancement on the regis- ter has been fully demonstrated by the results of its application during the war. The victory at Manila led to the advancement of all the captains in Dewey'’s fleet, and consequently when Captain Clark of the Oregon completed his record-breaking trip around the Horn he found himself lower in rank than he was when he left this coast. After the fight off Santiago be was in turn advanced, and then of course Dewey’s men went down. Peerages are unknown to our constitution, and are, moreover, impossible in a republic. Large grants of money would probably not be popular. Certainly such a thing would be unprecedented, on the part of the nation, though the States in early days made such grants, and were generous in gifts of landed estates, Still some means should be provided by which heroes of our army and navy can be rewarded in accordance with the desires of a grateful people without doing wrong to some other officer equally brave and faith- ful, but to whom the fortune of war has not granted an opportunity for distinction, The same oM item, “Repairs for the City and Coun- ty Hospital,” figures in municipal estimates as usual this year. So it will next year, and possibly the year after that, and about then the old thing will tumble down. E E The amendment, de- | BAKERSFIELD TO LOS ANGELES. | Y the filing of articles of incorporation B of the Bakersfield and Los Angeles Rail- way Company the first actual step is taken toward the accomplishment of the link which is to connect the Valley road with the railroad system of the southern part of the State. and thus procure for San Francisco and California | generally a competing transcontinental road which will break the Southern Pacific monopoly and liber- the | ate commerce and industry from the burdens monopoly has so long laid upon them. In accordance with the articles of incorporation the Bakersfield and Los Angeles railway starting from Bakersfield, where it will connect with the San Fran- cisco and San Joaquin, will connect with the present constructed line of the Southern California Railway Companyat Los Angeles. This virtually meansconnec- | tion with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe road, so | that the combination constitutes a grand through line | from San Francisco to the East. | The incorporators of the Bakersfield and Los An- geles railway are the men to whose energy and capital are mainly due the construction of the Valley road. | The rapidity with which they carried the one enter- | prise to success is a guarantee to the public that the | new line will be constructed without delay. The vigor of direction and movement so evident at every step in the work on the line from Stockton to Bakersfield | will be manifest in the work now undertaken, and in | a time comparatively short we shall see the era of monopoly transportation closed and the era of com- petition begun. It is hardly necessary to point out to the people of California the benefits sure to accrue to all industries from the work now under way. The whole subject has been thoroughly studied for years by the business men of the city and the State and is familiar to all. The new road will not be burdened with large debts at heavy interest rates, and will not have to pay divi- | dends on vast blocks of watered stock. Conducted from first to last on business principles by business men it will need only the income from legitimate .business to prove profitable. As a competitor to the | former monopoly, therefore, it will have great advan- { tages and may be confidently counted on to largely | reduce rates of transportation and materially ad- vance the welfare of every section of the State and | of every class of its people. | | NOT AMUSING AT ALL. ! UR esteemed contemporary, the Third-street O Boodler, pretends to be greatly amused over | our efforts to place the Senatorial candidacy | of Mr. M. H. de Young properly before the public. Evidently this adroit explorer of railroad treasuries 4: thinks that in some way our endeavor to compel De | Young to openly submit his claims to the people is | going to help it get another “advertising” contract | out of the Southern Pacific or aid in the election of | the sandlot State or municipal tickets which it is sup- | porting. The glee it affects, therefore, has a business- | office projection which is far from amusing to us. | The esteemed Boodler is mistaken in assuming that | our opposition to De Young's Senatorial aspirations | is based on anything less exalted than a desire to | force the perennial toga-chaser into the open field. | If the people want De Young we are perfectly willing | they should have him. It might disagree with us, but we are satisfied that if the State could survive a Sena- | torial term by him we would manage to pull through. | But we insist—and this is urged in the interest of | square politics—that the journalistic candidate shall | niot fool the people by posing before them as having no designs upon or aspirations for the Senatorship, while at the same time maintaining a political bureau | and packing legislative delegations pledged to vote for him for the office. Is there anything amusing about this? | We do not deprecate insincerity in others while ‘ practicing it ourselves. In this matter we are plead- | ing for an open and fair Senatorial contest. If The Call had a candidate for the office it would not hesi- tate to name him. Certainly we would never permit himto crawl upon the blind side of the officeand throw a lariat over it when every back in the State was | turned. If we were the happy promoter of a Sena- torial ambition and hoped to succeed with it the very first thing we should do would be to place our man before the people, confident that the mere mention of his name would enthuse the masses and bring votes to | our standard. | This is the course we | demand that De Young should pursue—and it is the fair course. Gage, l Maguire and the others are compelled to ask the peo- | ple for votes. Why should De Young be permitted | to steal the office to which he aspires? Every Republican in California should oppose se- cret campaigns for the Senatorship. Not only are | they a fraud upon the people, but they imperil party success and place entire campaigns in jeopardy. Sup- pose, for instance, that De Young had been permitted | to prosecute his Senatorial schemes this year in | silence and had succeeded in pledging a majority of the Republican legislative nominees in the State to vote for him. What result would follow if, upon the | verge of the election, it should suddenly be developed | that Republican success meant the selection of De Young for Senator? Undoubtedly the legislative ticket would go to smash. But would not the State and every Republican county and municipal ticket west of the Rocky Mountains be endangered? It is for the purpose of averting such a calamity as this that we have uncovered De Young's Senatorial schemes. We do not care whether the Boodler credits us with sincerity or not. We intend that the Republi- cans of this State shall not be fooled into electing De Young, come what may. If they want him after a | fair contest that is their business. We would do what we could for the State while he was Senator. Several Frenchmen were ejected from an Havana theater for creating a disturbance when the play ex- ploited the Dreyfus case. Naturally their “honor” was touched, and the thud with which they struck the pavement outside may have been as efficacious in “satisfying” as a bluff but more picturesque duel. Taxpayers would like to know under what head luxurious quarters for the Superintendent of the County Hospital come. They can hardly be classed among repairs, and they must curtail the sums appro- priated for the purpose of caring for the poor and helpless. In making inquiries concerning hospital manage- ment Aiger prefers to trust his own powers of obser- vation. The simpler courseé of applying to New York’s yellowest editor for information does not seem to have occurred to him. e S It is pleasing to learn that trespassing sheepmen are being chased out of Yosemite, and nobody would re- gret to know that the soldiers had found it necessary tc prod a few of them in order to stimulate their going. Possibly some members of the Seventh California are wondering if they did not begin to kick a little soon, ? ON THE RIGHT TRACK. Y an interview with President Jordan of Stan- B ford, published this morning, it will be 'seen that at least some of the Regents of the Uni- versity of California have thought of offering to him the position of president. Mr. Jordan is not a candi- date for the office, and distinctly announces that he will not accept it. His life work is to be devoted to the upbuilding of Stanford, and he refers to his refusal to accept the high office of director of the National Museum at Washington as a proof that no offer of a position elsewhere can tempt him to swerve from it. While it is thus made certain that President Jor- dan cannot be induced to transfer his services from Palo Alto to Berkeley, the very fact that the Regents have tentatively discussed his selection for the presi- dency of the State University is gratifying. It is an unmistakable evidence that they are on the right track and are seeking the right kind of man for the place. It is in fact a man of President Jordan’s stamp and characteristics that is needed at Berkeley, and if such a man can be obtained the whole educational work of the State will be benefited. In his interview President Jordan names a goodly list of distinguished men who might be induced to accept the position. The office is certainly one that must be attractive to all who are interested in the higher departments of educational work. No univer- sity in the nation has at this time more brilliant pros- pects before it than that of California, and no other affords an equal field for the labors of a man of original force and scholarly aspirations. It ought to be possible, therefore, for the Regents to obtain the services of a man of the highest order of intellect and executive ability, and now that it is clear they are seeking for such a man the outlook of the university is brighter than ever. THE PRESS AND THE DREYFUS CASE. CCORDING to dispatches from London f\ Major Esterhazy, one of the notoricties of the Dreyfus affair, is living in hiding in that city, and has announced to his friends that he will soon make a full statement of all that he knows concerning the case. He is further reported as asserting that all he did in any part of the affair from beginning to end was done under orders from his superior officers, and that when he makes his confession he will tell the whole truth and spare none. These statements will be received with compara- tively little doubt by the public, because they are in line with what has long been suspected by all who have studied the case. Of course a man with the rec- ord of Esterhazy will never be fully credited even when he tells the truth, for he who confesses to such lies and forgeries as, since the Henry suicide, are known to have been used against Dreyfus, will be open to the suspicion of lying even when he makes a confession. Whether Esterhazy confesses or not, however, it is now fairly certain that a rehearing, and this time a public one, will be given to the prisoner. That much of a victory has been already accomplished for jus- tice, and the prospect is that in the end the innocent will be acquitted and the guilty punished. For this good result of a great scandal and gross wrong the cause of justice is indebted to the press. It will be a triumph for trial in newspapers over trial in the courts. From the highest military tribunal of a mighty military nation, an appeal was taken to the press of France and the world. The hearing of that appeal has gone on for years. The civil courts came to the assistance of the military authorities and en- deavored to reduce to silence Zola, the most eloquent of the advocates of the condemned man among the writers for the press, but in that instance, as in the one of Dreyfus himself, an appeal from the court was carried to the people. The end is now approaching. The right of the press to criticize the decisions of courts has once more vin- dicated itseli. Once more it is proved that the su- preme tribunal of modern times is to be found at the bar of public opinion. In all nations as in this coun- try it is true that one cannot fool all the people all the time. Where freedom is given for an appeal to the judgments of the great mass of citizens justice sooner®or later establishes her cau FOR CURRENCY REFORM. ALIFORNIAN bankers, joining hands with C those of other States, have adopted resolutions declaring that the gold standard is the only proper and sole possible standard of value, and urging the importance of the passage of a currency reform bill at the coming session of Congress. Such resolutions were not unexpected. As a mat- ter of fact the bankers of all parts of the Union have for years been endeavoring to bring about some re- form in the tangled maze of our monetary legislation. They have worked faithfully at the task of popular education on financial problems, and have done far more than our statesmen to make it possible to es- tablish in this country a safe and rational currency system in place of the disordered lack of system that obtains now. The present demand for monetary reform fortu- nately coincides with conditions that augur well for good results from any well directed undertaking in that direction. The national treasury is overflowing, the banks are carrying abundant supplies of money for all purposes of trade and industry, interest rates are low, and the commerce of the country is sound and flourishing. Everything dependent upon finance is therefore in a condition of equilibrium sufficiently stable to meet such changes as may be made in the monetary system without suffering in any respect even temporarily. It is gratifying that a great majority of the busi- ness classes of the people are not only united in demanding a speedy reform of the existing evils in our monetary laws, but are virtually agreed as to the best means of effecting that reform. This harmony of views will go far toward making the adoption of reform possible at the coming session of Cong-}ess, and we may therefore reasonably hope to see the long disputed issue settled before next March. e — It seems a pity that the soldiers about to sail for Manila could not have had assurance of it weeks ago. This would have saved much discontent, and home- sick volunteers spoiling for a fight would have re- frained from working off their surplus energy in a manner annoying to the police. e Esterhazy says he will confess everything. As this must include a declaration that he is a perjurer he should have some corroborative evidence handy. Still, when Esterhazy proclaims himself a scoundrel to believe him will be con;paratively easy. : Judgec‘l from a distarice, the best course for France -is to get off the trail, if it happen to be the trail that man Kitchener happens to have chosen for his own use. ——— Americans would like to see affairs at Havana reach that stage at which Blanco shall have been eliminated. Germany seems anxious to adopt a Mike de Young lnxie of campaign at the Philippines. satisfied its own ideas in this respect help the industry. Besides a navy we require a fleet more transports will be required. It naval vessels. Our ocean merchant tonnage was pletely broken off and to compensate partake of that subsidy. the pockets of American citizens. As sailing vecsel or steamship is that Its every industry in the country. we will prove the old adage: than war.” A LESSON FOR CONGRESS: ‘When Congress convenes it will reveiw the lesson taught us by the war and it will find that one of the most important issues before it is the question of upbuilding our merchant marine, first, because in our expected commercial expansion the item of transportation is going to be of most pressing importance, and second, because we have been found wofully de- ficlent, when the crisis came, in means to transport troops, supplies and fuel, necessitating our purchasing over $7,000,000 worth of foreign tonnage in two months to enable us to keep our nawy at sea and move our troops to the assistance of the navy. All this had been predicted time and again by those who saw the importance of promoting shipbuilding, but Congress are to a fleet what a pack train is to an army; and as our navy grows derive its first benefit from substantially subsidizing vessels that in time of peace can be used in ordinary vocations, and in time of war as auxiliary upon for Government service in many cases trade connections were com- of such tonnage were obliged to ask what appeared to be excessive rates of charter, whereas had American tonnage been more plentiful it would have been secured at much less figures. Had the $7,000,000 or more that the Government pald for forelgn vessels been paid in subsidies during the past few years the Government would not have been obliged to buy a single vessel from foreign sources and over $10,000,000 would have been spent in American shipyards in building vessels to In addition to this these American-built vessels would have earned from freight and passengers a gross amount of not less than $5,600,000 per annum, 80 per cent of which would have passed into the Government; the $10,000,000 is & loss to the shipyard and its kindred trades, and the $5,600,000 per annum is a loss to the shipowner and every one else, because one of the most peculiar features in connection with a Surely our eyes are open now and we are going to stop paying other countries to carry our goods to market, and when this country legislates liberally to the end that we may become a great sea power, commercially, “Peace hath her victorfes no less renowned by giving us laws totally unfitted to of colliers and supply ships, which is here where the Government would so small in quantity that when called for the disruption in trade the owners it turns out the $7,000,000 is a loss to career is interwoven directly with FREDERICK S. SAMUELS. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Dr. 8. J. Call of the revenue cutter Bear is at the Grand. Dr. Thomas H. Winslow is among the guests at the Grand. James Cass, a well-known merchant of | Cayucos, is at the Lick. N. Bullock, a business man of Eureka, 1s registered at the Lick. A. Ginocchio, a merchant of Jackson, Amador County, {8 at the Russ. J. C. Erickson, a big cattle-raiser of Humboldt County, is at the Russ. J. C. Mefford, proprietor of the South- ern Hotel, Bakersfield, was an arrival at the Lick yesterday. H. B. Stoddard, who owns the stage line between Merced and Mariposa, s | stopping at the Grand. Dr. and Mrs. Tirey H. Stice arrived yes- | terday from Napa and are at the Bald- | win. Dr. Stice is connected with the Napa State Hospital. H. B. Gillis, ex-District Attorney of Biskiyou County and a prominent factor in Democratic politics, registered yester- day at the Grand. Colonel J. B. Overton, superintendent of | the Gold Hill and Virginia (Nev.) Water Company, came down out of the Sierras | yesterday and is at the Russ. SHMNGHEAOY G. M. Richard- b3 & son, the might- ¥ G. M. RICHARD- ¥ lest man ‘without a mustache in| & SONGROWS & 1, yellow buid- | ¥ FACETIOUS. ¥ ing, and at the| ko4 & same time the | LY O WYY YOG E master of trans- portation of the Southern Pacific of Ken- tucky, is noted for his polish, his wit and delayed trains. A few days ago one of the officers of the company wrote to Rich- ardson for information regarding the dis- potition of a certain car. The letter was full of wailings, and the writer concluded his note of warning by saying that the| car would be exposed to the withering rays of a pitiless sun If it were run over the Sunset route, and unless the master of transportation showed some signs of pity there would be a blistered abomina~ tion instead of a car. The face of the tragedian—for so Mr. Richardson appears | to be, since the order of the Knights of | Ties and Wheels directed him to shave his handsome mustache—wreathed with | smiles when he read the letter. The fol- lowing was dictated to his stenographer: Dear Sir: I am sorry that you think that I have not the milk of human kindness within my breast, but if you are so solicitous about the welfare of that car you might give it a parasol for protection. I assure you, if you had notified me sooner, I would have had two rows of trees planted along the Sunset line to shelter the dear, sweet thing. Yours very truly, G. M. RICHARDSON. George C. Heard of Washington, D. C,, | and Dr. and Mrs. William M. Ely of | Rochester, N. Y., were among yesterday’s | arrivals at the Palace. ‘Walter Wenksy of Berlin arrived yes- terday from Seattle and is registered at the Baldwin. Mr. Wenksy has lately re- turned from Dawson City. Mr. and. Mrs. Brazard of Arcata were among yesterday’s arrivals at the Lick. Mr. Brazard {s prominently identifled with business interests of the northern town. J. D. Bradley arrived yesterday from Merced and is at the Grand. Mr. Bradley has been for years manager of the big Crocker cattle ranches in Merced County. Percy Alder of London, England, and Fred W. Lawrence, Trinity College, Cam- bridge, are resting at the Palace after a sight-seelng tour through the Western country. A party of prominent Eastern business men—H. H. Rodgers of New York, C. C. Rice of Fairhaven, Mus”eflnnd Cuba n of Chicago, arrived yvesterday &rg“afi'};tgt the Pe.lacge. Their trip into the ‘West Is purely one of pleasure and will take them to Del Monte and Los Angeles before their return East. ——————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Sept. 19.—V. L. Coulon of San Francisco is at the Manhattan, T. J. Kelly of San Francisco is at the Ven- dome. Chester Willlams of San Fran- cisco is at the Murray Hill. IN FAIR NATAL. Through the long tamboukie grass we rode at set of sun— Round -the hill, across the spruit, we fol- lowed, one by one— And the cattle, Iowll’r. ‘went before and, everwhere they trod, Crushed the perfume from the grass; it was breast high from the sod. In the swamp, away below us, flamed and blazed the pokers red And the many_ spiked orchid proudly raised her scented head. The grassbells rang pink and purple chime, The reeds bent low to hear it, and swung the birds’' nests to the rhyme. The spruit came gurgling down the kloof be- tween the arums gay, ‘Where the ferns grow in the crannies of the Focks pinic and gray. From out its dull dark follage the chestnut bloom was fair, The moss, like graybeards hanging, on its stem straight and bare. The setting sun was gllding all the Berg with flery light, The mist rose in the valley, dim and white. ‘We passed the big plantation where the wattle '~ “flowers smelt sweet, The red dust was rising from the red road ‘neath our feet. We were near the kraal at last, coo-ed, long and low— Cracked our whips, and, as the sun sank, the breeze began to blow— The dogs barked as the cattle through the open gateway passed, The ralls were shut behind them—our work was done at last. “Lobil s Spectator. DAUGHTERS OF JUDAH. The following named have been in- stalled as officers of Ruth Lodge, Daugh- ters of Judah, for the current year: Mrs. H. Gudstadt, 1.; Miss Pauline Aaron, V. H bfl en, H eyer, a warning in their and we | the address of the party addressed or | | the words | words Wwhic] e C. Harris, ustimdl:'nt.s' Mrs, M. Athen ag “The New. Bush ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. NO SUCH PAPER—E, 8., Seattle, Wasn. There is no paper published in California devoted exclusively to the blacksmith trade. LIFE OF A PATENT-J. D. H., City. A United States patent runs for seven- teen years from the date of issue. Exten- sions can be obtained only by special acts of Congress. BITUMEN ON MARKET STREET—H. 8., City. The reason that bitumen has not been laid in front of the property of Mayor Phelan on Market street, be- tween Grant avenue and Stockton streets, is because the Mayor has been given per- mission to place a newly invented wood- en pavement in front of his premises. POINTS FOR DEBATERS—A. A., City. This department has on a number of oc- casions announced that it does not fur- nish points or ideas for debaters who may wish to take the affirmative or the negative side of a question. The purpose | of a debate is to bring out the individual ideas of the debater, and if he uses those furnished by another they lose their value 80 far as he i8 concerned. LETTER—Subscriber, City. , *General delivery” is a term that is affixed upon a letter when the writer does not know desires that the Pmy for whom it is| intended shall call for it at the general | dellver{ department of the postoffice. There Is no Latin term used in place of | uoted, but there are French | are understood the rld over, and these are ‘‘poste restant CLIMATE OF SAMOA—Mrs. N., City. The climate of Samoa is tropical, it is fairly good and ranges from 80 to 93 de- grees Fahrenheit, but that is_ greatly | tempered by the trade winds. Strangers who wish to live in that country should | exercise the same care that the would? in any tropical clime, and if they will| follow the rules that are lald down by the local physicians, there will not much fear that the climate will be on them. INCIPIENT BALDNESS—C., Camp Merriam, City. There are any number of “infallible” remedies to be used in case of incipient baldness and to prevent the hair from falling out. The commonest and simplest is a mixture of equal parts of tincture of cantharides and olive or almond ofl simply agitated together, ana shaken before use. Another liquid is made by substituting proof spirit or good rum for the oil, and adding from one to one and a halt drams of glycerine to | each ounce of the mixture. This prepara- | tion, it 1is said, imparts moisture and gloss to the hair and is genial in its ac- tion on the scalp. These are given for what they are worth, but this department does not know anything of their worth. THE FOURTH FINGER—Mae, Ala- meda, Cal. Many years ago, in fact, many centuries, there was a belief among the Egyptians' that there was in the fourth finger of the left hand a small artery that proceeded directly to the heart and that for that reason it was the proper finger on which to place the wedding rlnf;. n the “‘Attick Nights'” appears the following in regard to that finger: ‘‘The motion of this artery may be felt by touching this finger to the pulse, it being an index ih case of sickness, or where persons are weary or overlabored, always informing when the heart is overburdened or offended. & This finger rarely hath gout on account of the sympathy and neighborhood it hath with the heart. It is the first finger that a new born babe is able to move, and the last of which a dying man loseth control. It is also the one last to swell when the vital heat is abating in one that is passing over.” MEAN LEVEL OF OCEANS—C. M. M., Veterans' Home, Cal. There is no differ- ence In the mean level of the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans. The idea that the one was higher than the other has no until March %, 1504, when the last pat- formance was again given, the Elay - ing “The Spider and the Fly.” (That muy groperly be desl%mted as thellast pqr- formance at.the Bush as a regular the- ater. In June, 1834, Percy | Huntirg brought out “Faust” for one weel frox the 3d to the 10th; in October, the 7th and the 24th, Martinez brought out ‘Che Bat- ber of Seville,” and on December22 Ho; and Lee reoliaened the theater with lian Beddard in “The White Voman and the place closed January 2, 1%, with “The Yellow Mask.” After that the place was opened occasionally for a oné or twg nights’ performance, but this depertmen has not the time to_ follow the ‘iles o the papers day by dn{ for nearly four years to discover “‘the last perfornance” prior to the recent reopening of the plan§ as a comedy theater. CLEANING A RUG—A. 8., Placervills, Cal. If you have a “fine Angora, goat rug” that needs cleaning or washing, the most economical and safest way to do it is to turn it over to a professional clegner, as an amateur, to say nothing of the labor and trouble, would be likely to spoil and render it unfit for future use. The following is sald to be the methot of washing such a rug: ‘Make a stron lather with hot water and let it stan until cold, wash the skin in it carefully squeezing out all the dirt from the Wndi wash it %n cold water until all the s is taken out. Then dissolve a pound each of salt and alum in two gallons of hot water. Put the skin in a tub with sufii- clent of this water to cover it. Let it remain for several hours, then hang it over a pole to drain. When well drained, stretch it carefully on a board to dry, and stretch several times while dryinz. Before it is quite dry, sprinkle on. the side on which there is no wool one ouncs each of pulverized alum and saltpeter, rubbing it in well. Try if the wool be firm, 15 not, let it remain a dady or two, then rub again with alum. Fold the flesh side together and hang In the shade for two or three days, turning over each day until quite drgfl Then rub the flesh s(d}s with pumice ston It takes experi- ence to manipulate a skin in the manner described. —e———————— LONG DISTANCE FIGHTING. “Unless they have had experience,” re- marked an army officer, ‘‘people are very liable to have a very imperfect idea as to distances in army and fleld operations, and as a result they get things consider- ably mixed. When they read that armies are engaging with each other at 2000 yards between them, they may think that they can see each other, but the reality is far different. At that distance, to the naked eye, a man or a horse does not lock.any larger than a speck. It is impossible to distinguish at that distance between a mean and a horse, and at 800 yards less, 1200 yards, especially where there is any dust, it requires the best kind of eyes to tell infartry from cavalry. At 900 vards the movements become clearer, though it is not until they get within 750 yards of each other that the heads of the columns C:l“ be made out with anything like cer- tainty. “Infantry can be seen in the sunlight much easfer than cavalry or artillery, for the reason that less dust is raised. Be- sides that, infantry can be dlslmguislgml by the glitter of their muskets. At 2000 yards, however, everything is unsatisfac- tory, even with the ‘aid of field glasses, for a marching column in dry weather raises a great deal of dust. At our recent engagements at Santiago, the heavy rains, of course, kept down the dust, but the falling rain shut out from view the op- posing forces as efl‘nrtuall&r as would the dust. Even a giass would not penetra'e it “There {s no doubt that the rifles of the present day do service at a much greater distance than those formerly used, but no general is going to waste ammunition at a greater distance than his men can ses to properly use it. Any first-class arm will shoot and do good service at a great- er distance than men can clearly see; but the chances are that no battles will be fought at such distances. The distance between the White House and the Capi- tol is about 1900 yards, and it would not te practicable to fight a battle at that distance 1f it could be avoided.”—Wash- ington Star —_—————— TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY. Interminable distances of monotonous Astatic geography will before long be speedily traversed in comparative com- fort, if undertaken in the typical corridor car of the first class, commonly met with on the Russian railways, and thereafter in the boats on the river route to Viadivo- stok. What a contrast such a trajet will Be to those who have laboriously covered the same ground under pre-exisi éconm- tions! Then, the seemingly endless jour- ney was undertaken with whatever un- comfortable primitive vehicle might be found at hand, appropriate either to sum- mer mud or Alctic winter snow. But soon the comfortable travel of the sleeping cars, with lelsurely walts at meal sta- tions, and, later, the easy-going advance of the river vessels, with full personal se- curity and polite attendance, may safely be reckone({) upon, thus acentuating the extraordinary triumphs over obstructive physical difficulties which may be accom- plished by persistent and intelligently di- rected human effort. According to an official Russian report, some of the goods bound from China or Siberia to Russia proper were formerly a vear on the road. he fur-clad, snow- Touna journey across the steppes, with 1ts frightful monotony, relieved onl{‘ by oc- caslonal stops for tea and for change of horses at the posting houses, is a familiar fcture In literature. It is another strik- ng contrast that pérhaps in the coming summer the new rail and river route may be open to any robust traveler who, equipped with home passport and with a special permit from the St. Petersburg authorities, is prepared to meet rough wagofl travel over a few hundred miles of uncompleted railroad between Lake Baikal and the Shilka River. Whatever he mray encounter, this much is certain, that if he is an American and properly vouched for, he will find extreme and un- failing sympathy and clvility from all the Russians—officials and others—as those of his countrymen who have met these gen- tlemen will Bladly testify.—The Forum. ———————————— SELECT KNIGHTS. Fearless Leglon No. 2 of the Select Knights of America has installed the fol- Jowing named for the current term: P. Col, commander; B. F. Case, vice com- mander; Z. T. Whitten, lieutenant com- mander; Willlam Irelan, captain; D. W. M. Park, recorder; Charles Schwerin, treasurer; J. B. Knudson,recording treas- urer; H. Puckhaber, standard-bearer; S. doubt arisen from a statement that was . 'Mussen, sentinel; Frank Irelan, published in the papers some years ago | guard; Dr. W. M. Park, surgeon; and L. to the effect that the ocean level was| Paviso, past commander. The cere- higher at Colon on the Atlantic side of the proposed Panama_ canal than it was at Panama on tne Pacific side. That statement was not correct, and must have been the result of insufficlent observa- tions; or perhaps the party who made the statement on which the article was based was misunderstood by the writer, and the one who made the statement re- ferred to the levels of high or low water. There is very little range of tio~ at Colon —not more_ than eighteen or twenty inches. At Panama the range of spring tide is from eighteen to twenty-two feet, and of neap tide from six to ten feet. SAN FRANCISCO POLICE—Subserib- er, City. To be appointed on the police force of San Francisco the applicant must present a petition signed bv twelve free- holders and qualified voters of the city and county. He must come within the following standard adopted by the Board of Police Commissioners: Age, not under 25 nor over 35 years; neignt, not less than 5 feet 8 Inches (in' Stockings); that his chest exceeds 31 inches; that he has the free use of all his limbs; that his hear- ing, vision and speech are perfect; th: he has no tumors or ulcerated or bxaint sively cicatrized legs or rupture or cuta- neous affection; he must state if he has had smalipox and if he has been vacci- nated; and he has received no contusion or wound of the head that would impair his faculties; that he is not a drunkard; that he is not Subect to fits or convul’ : e has no in - A e e ection or disor- sess a fair English education. The exam- ining ph{ulclnn must report in respect to the applicant’s condition as to heart and lungs; if he has any predisposition, hered- itary or acquired, to any constitutional malady, as phthisis, scrofula, rheuma- tism, or other disease that might unfit him for the position of policeman. THE BUSH STREET THEATER—W. R. M., Los Angeles, Cal. “What was the last performance at the Bush Street Theater, San Francisco, Cal?” is a ques- tion that cannot be satisfactorily an- swered without a precise knowledge of under what management the questioner would like to know. The last perform- ance In “The Bush Street Theater” this department, however, will announce was on the night of January 6, 1889, with Leavitt's Grand European Novelties. On the 26th of that '‘month it reopened as monies were conducted in a very impres- give manner by J. W. Sutherland, grand commander, and other grand officers. —_————————— LADIES OF THE MACCABEES. There is considerable activity in this order at this time. San Francisco Hive at its last held meeting had an initiation and received four applications. Mission Hive has made arrangements for a social to be given in its hall to- morrow night. California Hive at its meeting last week received three propositions for member- ship, added one candidate to the roll of members and is making arrangements for an ‘‘at home” on the night of the 28th of October. —————————— 3 PROFESSOR WEISEL'S RETURN. Professor Charles Weisel, a well-known- fraternal man who is the organist for a number of subordinate bodies of which he is a member, returned a few days ago from a two months’ visit to Germany. Since his return he has visited the sev- eral organizations to which he belongs and has been most cordially welcomed home again. In each he has been urged to tell of his observations in the land across the ocean. —_—— Cal. glace fruit 50c per 1b at Townsend’s.® —_—— Bpecial information supplied dally to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. * —_—— Artists’ materials and draughtsmen's supplies of every description. Paints, brushes, pencils, instruments, tracing cloth, canvas and everything used by ar- (clhlte‘cts. m—dum:l and amfl.teurr'!’ ";,,-fc:: rawing and painting line at fair to all. ganborrlx,, Vallz& Co., 41 Market. * —_— e Retired chief gunners in the British navy who have received advantageous offers of service in the Argentine fleet have been forbidden by the Admiralty to accept the positions. —_——————— First and Second Class rates again reduced via the Santa Fa route. Call at the new ticket office, 623 Market, It 18 a fact that the English soldlers use Dr. Slegert's Angostura Bitters as a preventaiive of all troubles of the digestive organs. “The New Bush|Street Theater,” with the Lydia Thompsbs & sich septentier Compeny, and cloged “The Bur{lu." t Bush Street Theater” for a time, and Street Theater”. —_———————— ACKER'S ENGLISH REMEDY WILL STOP 2 cough at any time, and will cure the worst cold in twelve hours or money Na Pergentege Pharmacys