The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 3, 1898, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 189S. MONDAY........--eerr---..OCTOBER 3, 1808 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All_Communioations to W. S, LEAKE, M 3 PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., 8. F Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS..........2(7 to 22| Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1574 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carriers In this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents @ week. By mail $6 per year; per month 65 cents. ..One year, by maft, $L.50 THE WEEKLY CALL........ OAKLAND OFFICE.....ccceveererreirenseesr-..908 Broadway e NEW YORK OFFICE Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Represontstive, WASHINGTON (. C.) OFFICE. ...Rigge House €. €. CARLTON, Corrospondent. CHICAGO OFFICE -Marqguotts Buflding C. GEORGE KROGNE S8, Advertising Reprosoutative. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Maptgomery street, corner Clay, open until 930 o'clock. 387 Hayas street, open until 920 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open yntll 9:30 o'clock. 6I5 Larkin street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mizslon street, open untlf 10 o’clock. 2991 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 285!8 Mission street, open until 9 o' k. 106 Eleventh street, open untd 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open untll 930 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, open untll 9 o'clock, AMUSEMENTS Paldwin— Columbla— Aleazar—*In Mizzoura. Moroeco's— “The Runaway Wife. ' Tivoli—* The Bohemian G3rL"” Vaudevilla dy Theater—* The Signal of Liberty.” Eddy and Jones streets—Vaudeville Alhambra, ke Chutes—Pletro Marino, Vaudeville and the Zoo. Ulympia—Oorner Mason and Eddy streeis—Specialties. an-Clay Hall-Hother Wismer, Violinist, Thursday r Central Park—Circus, Saturday, October 15. Rosenthal—Coming in February. AUCTION SALES, Ey Easton, Eldridge & Co. —Wednesday, October 8, Works of Art, at Maple Room, Patace Hotel, at 2.and 7:80 p-m. THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK. W thus far this year, as represented by the local bank clearings, is some $60,000,000 greater HILE the volume of trade in San Francisco than during the corresponding period in 1897, there 000. The clearings for September were $60,872,835, | against $74,0%0,18 in September, 1897, while for the | first nine months of the year they were $591,240,413, | against $530,052,414 during the corresponding period | last year. These bank clearings are accepted as the | most reliable indication of the state of business, | hence we must regard 1898 as being much better | from a commercial point of view than 1897. Of | course, there has been a lull of late, owing to the diminished farm production consequent upon the dry season, but there are now indications that this same dry season was a real blessing in disguise, and that it will result in even greater prosperity in 1809 than | we have enjoyed in 1898. ‘ In the first place, it is a well-known agricultural fact that dry years are great fertilizers of the soilfl Aside from the much-needed rest given to the soil, | droughts always bring to the surface fertilizing ele- ments which reinvigorate the earth. These are the two reasons why dry seasons are usually followed by bountiful harvests. A third benefit, and one of great importance, is that dry seasons result in the exhaustion of supplies, and thereby clean up the dif- 1 ferent markets of accumulated stocks, and leave them bare for the next harvest. This is now clearly shown in the case of hay, grain, wine and fruit. While hay will probably not bring as high prices next year as it has done this, still supplies will be so short next summer that the farmers will almost without doubt receive profitable returns for the crop of 1899. | The same result will also doubtless be seen in the | minor cereals. Wheat, being a universal product, will not be as much affected as the more local cereals. | As for fruits, unless all present signs fail, there will | be no dried nor canned fruit left in the California market by the time the next crop comes in, and | when there is no carry-over stock for the harvest to contend with high prices are quite apt to rule. | This condition is already manifesting itself in the wine trade, as it will with the other products later on. The crop of grapes is short all over the State, | and the vintage will be correspondingly diminished, | while the wine trade is gratified by a marked in- crease in consumption which has already caused an advance of 5 cents per gallon in the price of wine, and which promises to clean up the present stock of wine before another large crop can be placed upon the market. From this the winemakers infer that prices will go still higher. Certainly, a good and growing demand for grapes is observable all over the State, and prices are very firm and somewhat better than they were expected to be a month ago. Raisins are to be included in this gratifying exhibit, for they have been very active at good prices thus far this season, and there are no present indications of any setback in either the demand or the prices. Short hop crops in different parts of the world have | given this product more tone, and quotations have recently advanced and are firm at the improvement. In short, with the exception of wool, which is ex- cessively dull, no matter where we look we find the prospects for California products exceptionally bright. If they are realized business ought to be excellent next year. This is generally understood in trade and financial circles, and a feeling of confidence is observable in consequence. It would not be at all surprising if we found ourselves rejoicing, in 1809, that the dry season of 1898 had given us such lively and profitable markets. The situation in the East shows no marked change. The bank clearings of the country made a slight gain last week, and the failures for the week were 195 against 104 for the same week last year, The month of September averaged up very well, with a record of the smallest number of failures for any month | since 1892, except August of this year, The changes in prices are all for the better, except in cotton, which | fell to the lowest point since 1848, a period of fifty | years. This staple has been dropping for some little time. The recent reduction in woolen goods has | caused an increased demand in this line. Iron and steel continue as active as ever, and business in boots and shoes is reported better. Money contin- ues to ease off and there are no longer any fears of stringency. While the European markets have shown considerable alarm over the political situation in France, China and Egypt, English investors have been looking after ‘our securities, and London bought freely of our railroad shares last week. The influx of gold into this country continues, both from Eu- rope and Australia, and additional imports of gold | coin from the latter country are -reported. Alto- gether the commercial and financial situation of the country is excellent. » This campaign will definitely settle the fact that Phefting” sacks is a poor-way.to count the-contents, 4 A falling off in September of a little over $3,000,- | GAGE IN SAN FRANCISCO. ROM the degree of earnestness displayed by [2 the vast audierice which assembled at the Pa- vilion. on Saturday evening to welcome the Republican candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor the brightest auguries may be drawn of the outlook for the party of sound money, prosperity and conservative government. It was made apparent by a thousand evidences that the intelligence of the city has been awakened to a realization of the menace which Maguire's can- didacy carries against property, industry and thrift, and that the people recognize in Mr. Gage the cham- pion not only of Republicanism but of Americanism in its fullest sense. It is now clear that in nominating Maguire Democ- racy committed its usual blunder. Since his record of vagaries and follies has been exposed, and his scheme of taxation that would rob the farmer of his fields and the miner of his claim has been made known, the sense of justice and the intelligence of the people have revolted against him. The expectations of his friends that he would carry | San Francisco by an overwhelming majority are | rapidly fading. Indeed from the impression made upon our citizens by Mr. Gage and from the warmth of the cheers that accompanied his speech and ap- proved his words at the close, it appears he is as | popular here as at his home in Los Angeles; and | that the single-taxer will not carry out of this city on election day any majority to offset the vote of the interior counties. A notable feature of Mr. Gage's speech was the tone of courtesy that pervaded every portion of it. His defense of the Republican convention from the slanders of the fusionists was manly, and his refer- ences to old line Democrats, the stalwart Populists and the Silver-Republicans were of a nature that proved a true liberality toward those who differ from him in politics. The same fine trait was revealed in the kindly manner with which he received an in- terruption from a Maguireite in the audience, while his ready wit enabled him to turn the interruption to his own advantage. The speeches of every speaker of the evening, from | the short and spirited addresses of Jacob Neff and Ir- ving M. Scott to the elaborate arguments of Mr. Gage and Senator Perkins, were fair in terms and ‘ forcible in meaning. They set forth the high im- | portance of the issues, both State and national, which | are at stake in the canvass, and revealed plainly the | nature of the contest that has been forced upon the | business interests of the people by Maguireism and Bryanism. These issues are not to be mistaken, nor can the fact be ignored that their nature is such that they concern the welfare of individuals as well as of the community as a whole. This being so, Senator Per- kins was fully justified in saying: “There never was a better time for straying Re- publicans to come back into the familiar fold; there never was a better time for Populists to concede that the great principles of Republicanism are framed for the nation’s best interests; and there never was a better time for Democrats to purify their own party by abandoning it until it has settled back to some honest principles that do not threaten the integrity and very existence of our nation.” INSANITY’'S RIGHT TO SLAY. HE plea of insanity has been worked until such T merit as it may have possessed has gone from | it. Now it is used not to shield the lunatic, but to give the evil-minded and the pervert a right to kill. A man may plan a murder never so cun- ningly, carry out every detail, and intelligently en- deavor to escape, and all he has to do if caught is to demonstrate that at some time either himself or a great uncle or the second cousin of his grandmother had been known as eccentric. This washes him of all blood-guiltiness, makes a mock of justice and places a premium on assassination. It is foolish and wrong. Humanity revolts against the thought of putting a crazy man out of the way by the methods applic- able to the sane. There is no real difficulty in dis- tinguishing between the mentally sound and morally responsible, and the maniac who is not conscious of the mischief his unchecked passion may work. The difficulties are artificial, erected by experts, the effect of them to defeat the purpose of the law. When a man has sense enough to think out a murder he -should be held accountable for his deed no mat- ter whether or not there was proof that at times he had been addicted to oddities. Probably in ninety- | nine cases out of a hundred the plea of insanity is a | palpable and shameless fraud, worse because at the same time it is a plea of guilty and a defiance to society to do anything about it. The instance afforded by Cheeseman over in Qak- | land is a sample. He committed one unprovoked murder and attempted to commit two. That he de- serves hanging there can be no question. Yet he gets sent to an asylum there to stay until pronounced cured, then to be tried. All of which means simply that Cheeseman is to escape the penalty for his deed, By the time he shall be “cured” the witnesses will be scattered, interest in the matter dead, and Cheese- man will go free to kill whoever else may annoy him. With the valuable precedent of having been in an asylum he will be able to walk up and down the earth seeking whom he may devour. MORE LESSM FORESTRY. " T HE forest fires that are now sweeping over wide areas of Colorado and Wisconsin are furnish- ing the American people with additional dread object lessons on the subject of forest preservation. From instruction on this matter it seems there is to be no escape. If we do not learn and profit by what is taught by science and the experience of Europe, then we must learn from fire and our own calamities. The annual losses to the United States by fires in forest lands amount in the aggregate to many mil- lions. We could afford to expend vast sums for | policing and preservation of our woodlands and still | derive large profits from what such guardianship would save to us. That truth is impressed upon the public mind year after year with each returning sum- mer, and yet as soon as winter comes and the Legis- | latures meet, the lessons are forgotten, and the legis- | lation necessary to prevent similar disasters in the coming year are left unenacted. California has fortunately been spared this year such destructive fires as those which are now raging in our sister States, and yet our own have been so widely disastrous that the total loss is almost incalcul- able. Surely an intelligent people having a keen ap- preciation of the comparative values of the natural resources of their country will not sit idly by and | permit the richest of them to be wasted and destroyed by fires without making some effort to save it. Yet if any effort at forest preservation is to be made, the time has come for making it. The people should see to it that legislators to be elected this fall shall provide some form of protection for our woods at their coming session. e o s Mr. Phelan has acquired in politics the proud dis- tinction of being known as a boss, MASSES AND CLASSES. UDGE MAGUIRE continues the repetition of QJ his speech in which he arrays the masses against the classes. He does not specify the classes further than that they are the owners of property, while the masses want to be, and he pro- poses to meet that want by taking from those who have and dividing with those who have not. It is the old cry of the French communist, “Property is rob- bery.” The Judge complains that people accumulate prop- erty in this country; but such accumulation was the purpose for which the republic was founded. Popu- lation flows to the country where the laws give the best and most equal protection to the rights of person and property. An analysis of the population of California Wil show a greater percentage of men who own property now, but had none when they began life here, than in any other Western State. Our immigrant popu- lation has fared better and gained property faster than almost anywhere else in the Union. German, Irish, Scotch, English, Portuguese and Italian im- migrants in California have in the last thirty years become property-holders, and are here probably the most comfortably placed members of their respective races. The American-born who have come to us from the Eastern and older States have, as a rule, prospered and gained property. If this be an evil, Maguire’s policy will correct it. If it be wrong for men to work and save and own their homes, and get on in the world, and have something to leave to their families, it can be stopped by removing legal protec- tion to the rights of property. Judge Maguire regards the ownership of land as an outrage upon society, a special privilege that must be abolished. The land-owners are one of the “classes” against which he has been infuriating the “masses” for many years. In his speech in favor of confiscating land to the Delaware Legislature, made in March, 1897, he said: “It may be said that the present owners purchased their lands upon the faith of existing laws maintained by the people, and that they were even encouraged to invest in lands by the manifest policy of the laws thus made and main- tained by the people.” Here is his own admission that the laws which protect the right of property in land have led to the ownership of such property. Men have toiled and earned and invested their earnings in land as one of the forms of property that is sanc- tioned by law. Proceeding in the same speech, Ma- guire said that land-owners claim that “having thus purchased under sanction of the public law, it would be a hardship to them and a wrong to them to change the law so as to destroy their investments.” But he declared that while it will be “a hardship, it will not be unjust to any.” That is the view taken of punishment of a man for crime. It is a hardship to hang a man, but it is not in Maguire’s view, is a guilty man, whose punishment by taking away his land is a hardship to him, but is But if it be wrong to own one kind of property, and Maguire’s election lead to its destruction and the them, how long will it be before another Maguire arises who will say that ownership of personal prop- against personal property is just as good as against real property. he declared that “all property is robbery,” and Ma- guire is not logical when he declares that only landed The issue is before the people of Californfa. If they feel that the interests of the State can stand the ownership, and the hardship which Maguire admits will follow to the present owners, they can forward this they must prepare to welcome the successor, who will surely follow him, seeking office by teaching that therefore be justly taken from those who own it, not- withstanding it may be a hardship to them. s XPERTS having pronounced Zola a degener- ate, other experts were kind enough to investi- Nevertheless Zola has no particular reason for grati- tude to them. Magnan says of him: diac spasms, thoracic cramps, false angina pectoris, sensory hyperaesthesia, obsessions and impulsive ideas are morbid; but all this is not sufficient to affect in any appreciable manner his intellectual processes. immunity; his intellect is not contaminated.” This, of course, is comforting to Zola and his observer might have been led to conclude some- thing serious the matter. The real truth seems to and will do so regardless that to common sense the views are generally ridiculous. state of degeneracy or near it, the other citizens of France would do well to study his constitutional such as Zola she would not now present the pitiful spectacle of a mock republic in which official con- ple trembling at the approach of a crisis which is to determine whether they are greater than the mili- ment supposed to be not an oligarchy nor a king- dom, but the abode of free men GUINALDO, so far as known, is a unique character. In the wilds of Timbuctoo there or the Simian chattering in the umbrageous depths of the jungle may think in the same terms as Aguin- strongly as a monkey. It is easy to imagine him clad in a red suit passing a tin cup to the strains of Nobody at this stage of proceedings questions the wisdom of the President of the United States. He there would be wonder that he permits this freak to remain a factor in the Philippine question. The guard to catch him and tether him to a tent pole where he could devote himself to the chase of the The “Revolutionary President” is a nuisance and an impertinence. He is no more fit to be at the lead the german. Prancing about in a swallow-tail coat, decorating himself with gauds bestowed by figure save that the future of the Philippines is a problem, and that most every side of it presents a unjust, since he deserved hanging. The land-owner, not unjust. spoliation of its owners, in spite of the hardship to erty is also an outrage upon society? The argument The French communist was at least logical when property is robbery. confiscation of land, the total destruction of land- this policy by electing him Governor. Bat if they do personal property is robbery of the people, and must ZoLA IN A BAD WAY. E gate, and pronounce the other set mistaken. “It is true that Zola has orbicular contraction, car- ideas; his emotivity is defective, and certain of his His strong and harmonious constitution gives him friends. Upon reading the symptoms an impulsive be that an expert in any line likes to air his views, Zola has doubtless made mistakes, but if he is in a defects and copy them. If France had more citizens science is dead, justice stifled by crime and the peo- tary despotism which is the backbone of a Govern- A TRAINED MONKEY IN DIPLOMACY. may be chiefs of about his intellectual caliber. ,aldo. Indeed, the chap suggests nothing else so a perambulating organ. has proved himself a statesman. But for this fact natural impulse would be to send out a corporal’s elusive flea and the nibbling of cocoanuts. head of even a partly civilized people than a pig to himself in token of esteem, he would be a laughable serious. aspect, W l HOW WE' TOOK KHARTOUM. We went swin; For the Britis] ng through the desert, marching straight to right a wrong, vengeance tarries, but the British arm is long; And the Soudanese beside us, with our darkies from the Nile, s Marched behind their British sergeants, grinning sidelong, gleesome smile; For the; 0f the Scottish pipe and Mule and camel knew we sought the Dervish an Shalifa’s black emblem, where it floate: d theg- heard the muttered doom , o'er Khartoum. English band, Daci(. Marching _through a fiery land, On the Moslem track; Marching through the desert sand S d°"humonhjf€§'ch hand, ngland'’s onor o Sgldlers white and black! ‘We went swin, All avengers o ng through the desert, such a troo the hero_who drew tears from En Men of Warwickshire and Lincoln, with the Irish ‘Was never seen, and’s Queen, usileers, And the Camerons’ gay tartan flicking British Grenadiers; Old Northumberiand and Lancashire, a-swearing in their zeal, Lancers gleaming on their chargers, with their thews of British’steel. Tramping through the burning haze Far as eye coul ‘With our Maxims Hol scan, all ablaze, Eager, to a man! 5 ding, with a comrade's gaze, E t and Soudan; Thugsypwe l’;m:ed the Dervish ways Down by Omdurman. { God! But were they men or devils? Fiercer swordsmen never drew, As they swooped, a white-robed legion, shoutin Countless banners waved above them, shining Allah! where they flew; rass and copper drum Set the white man’'s heart a-beating with a new and savage thrum, When those cursing, flery demons met us in the serried shock— Met and fell, still shouting Allah! with black eyes that seemed to mock. In each cunning Falling, with a murder thought, brain; Shamming death, until we brought Succor to their pain; Then the dying arose Devil’s deeds agal Our British vengeance sought Bo! Victims 'mid the ‘and wrought n. slain. Satan’s hordes were loose upon us; but God’'s angels hovered round, Faith and Love's white Charging_through the infons quivered when our Lancers took the ground, ervish squadrons, hurling death, one man to four! Then, with thinner ranks, and serried, facing round to charge once more; Gathering our fallen heroes, hewed and hacked, from out.the fra; ‘With God’s glory on their foreheads—calm as on their drilling l:fay. Through our pulses pride and shame Coursed like wine of war; Black and white ll({)s spoke the name Of our great Sir ar, Swore the Moslem rage to fame, Moslem force to bar— Bwore to quench the Crescent flame In our Northern Star! With set teeth we fought and slaughtered, Dervishes like snowflakes fell, While our black recruits—God ‘They were bless them—rushed the foe with savage yell. bent upon thelr vengeance—we were dreaming on our own. On the death for which no courage, no devotion could atone. But we slew a dastard’ Moslem for éach hair of Gordon's head— Slew a Moslem for each tear-drop by on the Trampin oslem g, To the M our sovereign lady shed! Moslem track, doom, Crashing, in our wild attack, On to dark Khartoum, Till we knelt, men white and black, In the sunset gloom Where our lady’s Unfon Jack ‘Waves o’er Gordon’s tomb! A. R. ROSE-SOLEY. S e AROUND THE CORRIDORS. C. E. Adams, a merchant of Boston, s at the Palace. J. M. Willlams, a rancher of Newman, is at the Lick. T. W. Kirkpatrick and wife of Dawson are at the Palace. Rev. Anthony Dashnevitch of Russia is at the Occidental. Charles Collins and R. L. Cato of Port- land are at the Grand. J. C. Mefford, the hotel man, of Bakers- fleld, is registered at the Lick. A. McGinnis, a politician of Los An- geles, is a guest at the Palace. F. Draz, the New York agent of the Pommeroy Sec, is at the Palace. Colonel L. S. Babbitt, W. 8. Haley and F. Porter, U. S. N., are at the Occldental. John Gill has returned from Sacra- mento, where he has been on business for the last few days. Robert Downing, erstwhile tragedian, now vaudeville artist, arrived yesterday and is at the Baldwin. Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Farnsworth, J. D. Van Vlick, V. Crowley and R. A. Thielen, of Los Angeles, arrived yesterday and are stopping at the Grand. Dr. Adolph G. Rosenthal, son of Adolph Rosenthal, the German Consul, has re- turned from a two years' trip abroad He spent most of his time studying in London, Paris, Berlin and Vienna. I C. Steele, the capitalist, accompanied by his son, L. C. Steele, Jr. and daughter, Miss C. Steele, came up from Pasadena yesterday and are registered at the Russ. The steamer San Blas brought the fol- lowing guests to the Occidental: H. Buck- ingham, Pacific Mail agent at Acapulco; Jose E. Ortega and Miss Ortega of Gua- temala; A. F. Willeard, auditor of the Central Guatemalan Railroad; T. B. Mal- donado of Guatemala; Fred H. Grosser of Boston; W. W. Richardson of Guate- mala; Herman A. Gudger of Panama, and ‘W. A. Allen; the purser of the San Blas. NEWS OF FOREIGN NAVIES. There are five hundred clerks employed under the accountant general of the Brit- ish navy. Russia is buflding two docks at Libau, the new naval station on the Baltic, and - the reconstruction of the dock at Port Arthur will also shortly be commenced. Two mishaps took place on the British crulser Blake, attached to the channel squadron. When leaving Milfordhaven an auxiliary steam pipe bursted, delaying the ship’s depar.ure twenty-four hours. During time evolutions she smashed her stream anchor, weighing over five tons, and which showed no weakness until it gave way. The two armored cruisers to be built by contract at Barow-in-Furness and at Glasgow will be 12,000 tons, 440 feet in length, 68 feet beam, 26 feet 5 inches mean draught and to have a speed of 21 knots, They have been named Euryalus and Ba- chante, the latest corvettes bearing these rfi:mu having been struck off the active t. A submarine boat, designed by M* Lau- beuf, is being bullt at Cherbourg for the French navy. She is cigar-shaped, about 100 feet long and 10 feet diameter, displac- ing 106 tons. e motive power is partly steam and electricity, the latter, of course, being used when under water, with which a speed of eight knots for three hours is anticipated, and five knots for a longer perfod. The boat will be surk and raised by hydrauliz power and its estimatel cost is $159,900. A good story is told of Lieutenant A. of the British navy, which condensed from the N. C. Dally News, runs as follows: *“Years ago when the said lieu- tenant was a middy his ship was sta- tioned at Vancouver, and A. being seized Wwith a sudden {llness, was invalided just before his ship sailed. The only other officer left at the port was the chief car- penter, also Invalided. The young middy had studied the Queen's regulations and the time for his examination having come around, he applied to the senior officer— the chief carpenter—to be examined for lleutenant, and he was accommodated, passing with flying colors. A. at once became the senior officer and his first act of authority was to order himself to England with dispatches, an order which he obeved with all haste possible, appre- hending his ship might return at ony mo- ment. In due time he arrived at Ports- mouth and found he would have to wait eight hours for a train to London, so he again perused the regulations bearing on his case and found that a bearer of dfs- patches should take every available means to expedite their arrival at head- quarters. He therefore ordered a speclai train to London and presented himself before the First Lord. An explanation was requested and frankly given and he escaped without even a reprimand, as he had complied to the letter with the Queen’s regulations. The most part of the incident was that the dis- patches ho dellver_ud. contained but a narrative of his own illness and a glowing account of the manner in which he had passed his examination—the lat- ter account being written by himself.” It Is curious how naval experts differ. In the United States a practice ship is belng built for the use of the Naval Academy. This vessel is to be entirely dependent upon salls for its locomotion and the cadets will be thoroughly drilled in making, reefing and furling sans as well as all other work belonging to the passed age and usefulness of salling craft. The Aregntine Republic has Just had an auxiliary steam training vessel built in Scotland for the use of its cadets and apprentices. In France the Minister of Marine has come to the conclusion that as salls are obsolete in modern war- ships it is a waste of time for cadets to learn what is of no apparent usefulness and it has been decided to send cadets on board of the latest modern steamers to familiarize themselves with the kind of vessels in which future battles will be fought. The French scheme of educa- tion has the advantage of bringing the cadet at once in touch with officers and crew and to learn all about the routine, discipline and evolutions without the waste of preliminaries, for much as it grieves the old salts, sails are of the past on ships of war, and seamanship as it was taught in the old days is of little or no use on a modern battleship with mili- tary masts only and with no canvas whatever. Whatever sail practice is re- quired can be had in the boats with which the ships are well supplied. ANSWERS TO CERBESPONDMS. THE LITTLE MINISTER—X. Y. Z., Petaluma, Cal. “The Little Minister” has never been produced in a theater in San Francisco, but it is probable th: be produced in Aprflp next. & et STENOGRAPHY — Constant Reader, lClt_\i'. Stenog‘;nphy is taught in the fol- owing named evening schools of S: f;‘?nsvtl:c;:(h; P(:!)'techx}l.llc School at Bu‘:‘l’} ckton streets, and Humboldt School. SEoa Manmtehiool WHEAT PRODUCT OF 1897—J. F. §., Oakland, Cal. According to the reports of th: Agrlcl:illural Department the total Wheat product _of th - ing 1 was SM.M,SWU%“:geIE;:”e! I France during the same eriod, 248,000,000, and of Russia, including Poland, 232,000,000, to which must be ad Caucasus. 9 Mded, 000 fromy THAT SWYSS SETTLEMENT—L. B. W., Berkeley, Cal. The article in rela- Hon to a Swiss settlement appeared in ThetC‘all o{ January 6, 1897. The settle~ ment is not on the Oaklan but on 2000 acres of land on the San A tonio tract, twenty-five miles from Liv- ermore. It may be reached from the place named. Py vehigle FAIR, FAT AND FORTY-X. Y. 7, City. The expression, “falr, fat and (1771-1832) and Is in “St. Ronan's Well,” Chapter VII. Dryden (1631-1701) in ““The Maiden Queen” has the following which mlny have suggested the phrase to Scott: “I am resolved to grow fat young till forty.” ~ “St. Ronanu’.:ldwl:fig was written in 1823. Lady Wallace Mar- gate in 17% wrote a comedy entitled Whims,” and in the second act, scene one, Fag says to Nell: “Why, faith, Nell, jou have great fault'as timeés go.' You now ol women are quite the fashion. You are too oung. But egn.d{ I shall please myself, shall :}::rrg;; fii.fi{'fi sg'mmetry of Venus and o fat forties of !aehloyn EE S o sl (e TOBACCO—J. F. M., Napa Soda Can- yon, Cal. After the growing tobacco plant has been severed, if the stems are thick, they are divided to admit atr and dry quicker. Then the plants are laid genuy on the ground, so that the leaves e not damaged :nd’are allowed to re- main exposed to the sun throughout the day or until the leaves are entirely wilted. The leaves are then taken into drying houses, where there is plenty of free ven- tilation, and allowed to dry. The process Is one that requires considerable experi- ence; 2nd cannot be explained in a few ords. Good tobacco does not need licorice. The quantity that is used de- pends upon the poor quality of tobacco and the desire of the manufacturer to disguise the taste of the inferior weed. here are any number of books on the culture of tobacco, from which you can obtain the method of culture and curing. RAISING POULTRY—W. J., Pollasky, Cal. There are several parties engaged Wwithin a short distance of San Francisco in raising poultry on a large scale. There is one poultry ranch in Sonoma County on which there are not less than 10,000 chickens. Incubators have been success- fully used all the year round in Califor- nia. This department cannot advise any one to engage in the poultry or any other business; its gumou is to give informa- tion, not to advise people as to how they should invest their money. Such advice should be secured from some reliable firm or individual in the business in which the party seeks an investment. Anty first-class news or book dealer will inform you as to the best books and papers on poultry. This department can~ not advertise such. TO RELEASE A VOLUNTEER—O. A. R.l.aCltv. To o!;‘t:hnn the discharge of a :z ler now at a you will D. the name of ,&h:n Li.dli'nd ’ in" forty,” is credited to Sir Walter Scott | discharge you seek, the letter of the com- pany to which he’belongs, the regiment to which he is attached, and as near as possible the particular place where sta- tioned; also the reason why you demand his discharge from the service. 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 1043. * —— London has street lamps in operation which supply pedestrians with tea, coffee, cocoa and hot water on the penny-in-the- slot system. “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup» Has been used over fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It Soott~s the child, softens the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Collo, 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. 25 a bottle. e HOTEL DEL CORONADO—Take advantage of the round-trip tickets. Now only $§0 by steamship, including fifteen days’ board at hotel: longer stay $250 per day. Apply at 4 New > ontgomery street, San Francisco, ADVERTISEMENTS. Headquarters Union Campaign Committee, California Hotel, MAGUIRE - HUTCHISON! DEMONSTRATIONS FOR THE WEEK. TUESDAY EVENING, Oct. 4, METROFPOLITAN HALL, Hon. STEPHEN B. HOWARD, Orators: Hon. WALTER P. STRADLEY, Hon. JOAN J. BARRETT. MUSIO! CAMPAIGN SONGS! FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1. WOODWARD'S PAVILION. The students of the Maguire clubs at the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA and the LE- LAND STANFORD JR. UNIVERSITY will tender a reception to the next Governor: JUDGE MAGUIRE ‘Will have something to say to the es. thusia:tic students, and in his dis- course will force our adversaries to a discussion of the real issues befors the people. Bhort, snappy speeches by the students. Campaign songs by the quartets from the universities. COLLEGE YELLS. BAT. EVE., OCT. 8., METROPOLITAN HALL. HON. STEPHEN M. WHITE. WILLIAM P. LAWLOR, Chairman. ARE YOU GOING TO THE BALL THIS EVENING? or calling upon your best girl? Then you want a shirt front that is immacu- late in its snowr whiteness, and collar and cuffs without fray. It isn’t nec- essary to prov.de new ones for every particular occasion, if your laundry work is done up here, as e send them home at all times as fresh and fault- . lesss in eolor and finish a. when new. The United States Laundry, office 1004 Market street Telephone South 420. United States Branch. STATEMENT ——OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS —OF THE— Aachenand Munich Fire INSURANCE COMPANY F AIX LA CHAPELLE, ON THE $iST day of December, A. D. 1897, and for the year ending on that day, as made to the In- surance Commissioner of the State of Cali- fornia, pursuant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner. ASSETS. Interest due stocks and loans. Total ASSEtS ..oocovvecreorereemeases $829,608 13 LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and unpaid.. 95,608 53 Losses in process of adjustment in suspense ........ 19,00 37 Losses resisted, including expenses 4686 74 Gross premiums on fire risks run. ning one year or less, 523 47; reinsurance 50 per cent. i Gross premiums on fire ning more than one year, reinsurance pro rata.. 5 All other demands against the com- Total Mabilities INCOME. Net cash actually received for fire ' dividends premiums Received for interest and on bonds, stocks, loans and from all other sources.. Net amount aid for fire losses (in- cluding $15,768 57, losses of pre- vious years)... cees Paid or allowed for commission or brokerage .. Paid fnr‘lllm frfaie ana o chn-,u or officers, clerks, eto Paid for State, national and I taxes ... teeretenasianis 3,519 61 All other payments and expenditures 38,650 15 Total expenditures .....cocsssescaee ";‘l;:l n Losses incurred during the year.. $125,242 24 Risks and Premiums. [FireRisks./Premiums, Net amount of risks writ- = ten during the year....| $L914,462( 9529717 45 Net amount of risks ex- pired during the vear..| 20,651,891 245,566 5o Net amount in force De-! 5 35,295,399 47,800 18 SAM'L R WEED cember 31, 1897..... aeean Of Weed & United States Manager, ibscribed and sworn to before Tanuary, 158 - Sul day of s F. FISHBECK, Notary Public, PACIFIC COAST DEPARTNENT. CESAR BERTHEAU, MANAGHR, 423 California Street, saesbeish SAN- FRANCISOO: g iamt stominsss