The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 7, 1898, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1898. ; “No, I do not think she will marry .OCTOBER 7, 1808 | JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE Market and Third Sts.. S. F. Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROO! .....2IT to 991 Stevenson Street Telephone Matn 1874, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carriers In this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents a week. By mail $6 per year: per ment 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL One year, by mall, $1.50 OAKLAND OFFIKCE.. ..908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE... Room I88, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Rcpresentative. { WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE... ... Riggs House | C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE. .. s -Marquectte Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, ! open until o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 194i Mission street. open unti! 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street. open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open until 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana | Kentucky streets, open untlil 9 o'clock. ~MU Faldwin—"The Last Word." Columbia~ - Camilie r—*In Mizzour: 1he Bohemian GIrl" Vaudeville heater—* 1he Signal of Liberty.” Alhambra, Eddy and Jones sireets—Vaudeville “he Chutes—Pictro Marino, Vaudeville and the Zoo. Liyn on and Eady streets—Speclalilos. Sutro’s Baths- Coursing—ingl Central Park— Urpheum New Comedy CHARLES L. PATTON'S CAMPAIGN | HEN the Republican party demanded that | Charles L. Patton become its candidate for Mayor, the leaders of the organization were Every pass- dgment. | pted the certain they were making no mistake. ing day emphasizes the soundness of their j Mr. Patton was not an aspirant. He a nomination at a sacrifice, but, having accepted it, which have | brought into the fight the same quahti Honest, | carried him to su business life. nd enterprising, with no personal ambi- ess in energetic no factions to appease, no desire to pped tion to grat be a dictator, he entered the struggle unhandicz to win on merits alone. He is unpledged save to the principles of the platform. He is untrammeled, has no political record to explain away, no machine made Co ttee of One Hundred through which to 1 ir be tative citizen, only to find he has even more friends than he had hoped. There from merit of Patton’s ¢ an un an oper. e the people as vidual, a represe are circumstances aside the inherent which are throwing to it xpected support. The fact is being impressed upon voters that the present Mayor cunnin devised a system making him an unchecked boss, em- powered to select every name appearing on the ticket with his own. It is known that the present School Board, possibly the worst ever disgracing the city, 1e Mayor; that the Supervisors, many of them rascals, most of them be- ndal, were such as Phelan represents the personal choice of smirched with absolute sca desired to have in office as part of his local scheme of government. The Wi made through the Ma coin, is to him pai »ssible ber theft, yor's unique scheme of y obtrusive just now as penitentiary doors seem about to swing to let Wid- ber in Then the non-compos-mentis-Partisans out aided Patton and the whole Republican ticket by showin beyond doing the Mayor's bidding Its pretensg is a ry so palpable as to be laugh- able or irritating, according to the point of view From the first Patton has showed himself to have a high sense of honor accept the ion until the platformt had been made, his and then doing it. He refused to nomin opponent having accepted two nominations in the pl Mr. Patton stands for prin- Against him is one to whom office and power absence of any form ciple. having in the name of in the | n counsel of degenerate boodlers. candidate moves among the peo- His is an individuality | He is frank, affable, and yet | > degree the quality of mag- In small about him, | have proved sweet, and who, reform created a remorseless machine, has name of purity tak As the Republi ple his popularity commanding respect firm. He has in a la netism. He has the advantage of a large frame. there is nothi reases mind, as in bc Unless for something wholly unforeseen, Charles L. Patton will be the next Mayor. He has only to go forward in the manly way which has thus far acterized his course, relying on ability, his free- | rom alliances, and certain that the mistakes of Phelan and his adherents, too grave and too recent to be overlooked, will be no inconsiderable aid. | e ck dom The young man guilty of train-wrecking near | Santa Rosa is said to laugh at his crime. While his | exuberant sense of humor may be something to ad- mire, his attention is called to the fact that train- wrecking is a capital offense, and consideration of this fact may serve to check his mirth. | Regardless of the decision of the Police Commis- | sioners, it may be stated frankly that the policemen accused of cowardice at the time of Lieutenat | Burke's murder were not, at least, guilty of con- | spicuous bravery then. e Alger is said to look upon Miles as a nonentity. Possibly the mind of the Secretary goes back to the troublous times of the Civil War, when certain gen- erals had occasion to look for him and couldn’t see a thing. There is an old Latin saw, “In vino verita: Chaplain McIntyre of the Oregon came near to il- lustrating the truth of it.. Only his stimulant truthfulness was brandy enforced by quinine. Perhaps the Pillager Indians have not been treated with that consideration naturally duc the wards of the nation. Even an Indian has rights, although this theory is seldom acted upon. Why should the “Non-Partisans” keep out of the | Democratie fold? There is room for them there, and | the painful necessity of being hypocrites would bmE obviated. to e o R Spanish papers are beginning to advocate the pol- | icy of giving up the Philippines. There is nothing | more sensible than bowing gracefully to the inevit- | able. ek Turkey receives more ultimatums and pays less attention to them than any other nation in the world. 1 She has ultimatums to burn | I HE Democratic sideshow which has been mas- | be analy A | amount of deposi MAYOR PHELAN'S SIDESHOW. querading for a month past under the name of the Non-Partisan party having completed its ticket and adjourned without day, its work may now ed with a view to placing it properly before the publi The Call has charged that the Non- Partisans have been bossed by Mayor Phelan and his brother-in-law, Frank J. Suilivan, and that these manipulators have succeeded in securing from Dea- con Fitch's marionettes practically an indorsement of their entire ticket. Proof of this will be found in the ticket itself. Here it is, the names of the Republicans indorsed being in black type: Ny ar James D. Phelan Auditor. . ..ASA R. WELLS Sheriff .. .Theodore F. Bonnet ...I. J. TRUMAN ..James N. Block Treasurer. .. Tax Collector....es Assessor ...JOEN D. SIEBE County Clerk.. ....John A. Brown Public Administrator.J. A. DRINKHOUSE District Attorney .Barclay Henley City and County Attorney.Franklin K. Lane Surveyor ..Bernard Bienfield Superintendent of Streets . P. Doolan Coroner WILLIAM J. HAWKINS Recorder .....Michael Meagher Superintendent of Schools.R. S. WEBSTER Superior Judges—]J. M. Seawell, William T. Wallace, Rhodes Borden, J. M. TROUTT. Police Judges—Finlay Cook, H. L. JOACHIMSEN, CHARLES A. LOW, Wil- liam G. Burke Justices of the Peace—FRANK H. KER- RIGAN, THOMAS F. DUNN, George Ca- Hull McClaughry, Alfred J. Fritz. bani S, Supervisors — First Ward: ED. HOL- LAND. Second Ward: Stewart Menzies. Third Ward: Louis F. Bartlett. Fourth Ward: Osgood Putnam. Fiith Ward: Isa- dor Gutte. Sixth Ward: JOHN LACK- MANN. Seventh Ward: Louis F. Bying- ton. Eighth Ward: Julius Platshek. Ninth Ward: ALBERT HEYER.. Tenth Ward: Jeremiah Deasy. Eleventh Ward: Charles Clinton. Twelith Ward: P. F. Butler. School Directors—Benjamin Armer, C. P. Eells, T. J. Lyons, A. Eichler, H. M. Bran- denstein, W. M. Cannon, VANDERLYNN STOW, H. M. HOLBROOK, W. G. STAF- FORD, E. L. HEAD, P. A. BERGEROT, J. M. THOMAS. It will be noted that upon the main ticket but six Republican candidates have been in- dorsed, namely, Wells for Auditor, Truman for Treasurer, Drinkhouse for Public Administrator. Siebe for Assessor, Hawkins for Coroner and | Webster for Superintendent of Schools. Ex-| cept Siebe none of these officials control patron- age. The Auditor appoints four or five clerks, the | Treasurer about the same number, while the Superin- | tendent of Schools, Public Administrator and Cor- any other country for the reason that so large a part of the South and West is too thinly populated to ad- mit of the operation of ordinary savings banks. With such a system maintained by the Government we would soon lead the world in the number of savings | bank depositors as well as in the aggregate amount of deposits. THE ALL-COMPREHENDING ISSUE. UMEROUS as are the questions, State and Na- N tional, which are presented to the voters of California in this campaign, ali of them are comprehended in the single one of preserving pros- perity by the continuance of conservative govern- | ment. The fused factions threaten the State with the single tax and a large variety of socialistic experi- ments, and menace the nation with free trade, fiat money and a general policy of industrial and finan- cial disturbance. We have recently passed through a most disastrous experience with Democratic management of national affairs. We have learned what a Democratic tariff means for American workingmen, and what is the result of a threat to depreciate the value of our cur- rency. Even, therefore, if the country were not con- fronted by new problems, there would be sufficient cause why all intelligent, industrious and thrifty citi- zens should vote for the party which has brought or- der out of disorder, and replaced hard times by pros- | perity. We have had enough and more than enough in the way of political disturbances of business ai- | fairs, and it is time now to maintain something of | stability. Hardly ever before in our history was so much t legislation for the general good accomplished in so short a time as that which has been achieved by the present administration. When it came into office it found the national treasury at its lowest ebb, the debt | of the country increased by bond issues in a time of | peace, the manufacturing industries almost at a stand- un- B e i d g B S S S U U U U U still, commerce depressed. the financial system certain, and all classes of people oppressed with the ill effects of the Democratic panic. Already the administration these evils. It has restored protection and revived industry and commerce. It has provided profits for capital and wages for workingmen. It has carried on a war for the welfare of humanity and added to the glory of American arms. It has outlined and developed a | noble policy both at home and abroad, and has in every respect upheld a genuine Americanism. Out of what has been there Our protected industries has overcome accomplished have arisen new issues. have reached a point where a larger merchant marine is needed to carry their products to markets. | The establishment of the basis of value of our money upon the gold standard has opened the way for cur- rency reform and the reorganization of our paper Out of the war havé come many is- sues of foreign polic It would be folly to leave the settlement of these questions to a party hout policy and without leaders capable of formulating one. foreign money system. a oner are ciphers in the spoils department of politics. When it is considered that the indorsement of Siebe 1 was not according to programme, and that the Dem- | ocratic jobbers among the Non-Partisans exerted | all their strength, not only to defeat him, but to take | him off the ticket after indorsement, it will be seen that the original plans of Phelan and Sullivan con- templated scooping in the entire City Hall. As it is, the Mayor and his brother-in-law have secured the Sheriff, with ninety-five deputies; the Tax Collector, with thirty; the ‘C(:unty Clerk, with the Superintendent of Streets, with six- teen and an army of inspectors; the Recorder, with about t the civil and criminal law departments, with their retinue of lawyers, and nine Supervisors, | ast amount of patron- | eighty-five with the veto power and the age controlled by that body. Is any further proof necessary to establish the fact | that the Non-Partisan “convention” was a Demo- | cratic sideshow, and that its ticket has become a tail | to Mayor Phelan’s kite? What excuse have the Re- | publicans in this unholy alliance to offer for permit- ting the Mayor to pull their legs in this manner? Take George L. Center, for illustration. What is he | going to get for attempting to deliver Republican non-partisan votes to the office-scekers of Phelan’s | machine? If his reward shall be commensurate with | his party treachery and the service he has rendered Phelan in the Non-Partisan convention, he should, in case the plot succeeds, get at least a dozen depu- ties at the City Hall. SAVINGS BANKS OF THE WORLD. CCORDING to figures recently issued by the Treasury Bureau of Statistics, the number of savings bank depositors in the world reached in 1897 the notable aggregate of 45,796,767. The total deposits amounted to the colossal sum of $6,604,546,473, or an average of $144 21. The state- ment shows what has been accomplished by the insti- tution of savings banks, and is an evidence of the thrift that prevails among people where such banks st. In all comparisons regarding wages and savings the United States ought to be far in the lead of any other nation. In no other civilized country is there such a large body of intelligent and thriity working- men, and among no other people is the rate of wages so high. It will come, therefore, to many persons as something of a surprise to learn that while the in savings banks in the United States is larger than that in any other land, the num- ber of depositors in some countries is far greater than in this. France heads the list in the number of savings bank depositors. No less than 8,986,631 of her econ- omical and thrifty population have a monetary stake in the savings banks. Great Britain and Ireland come next with 7,060,826 depositors, and Prussia comes third with 6,255,507. In the United States the number of such depositors was 5,201,132. While we are behind France, Great Britain and Prussia in the number of persons who have availed themselves of savings banks as a means of safe- guarding their carnings, we lead them all in the amount of the sums deposited. In France the total amount of deposits is $820,783,735; in the United Kingdom $815,686.750; in Prussia $939.757,555. In the United States the deposits reached the magnifi- cent sum of $1,039,376.035. The only explanation that can be offered for the superiority of France, Great Britain and Prussia over the United States in the number of savings bank de- positors is that in those countries the postal bank system has placed such banks within reach of nearly the whole population. But a very small and insigni- ficant fraction of the people live beyond easy access to a savings bank. In the United States, however, where postal banks are unknown, a considerable pro- portion of the people have no savings bank facilities within their reach. It is to be hoped that this lack in our banking sys- tem will soon be made up. The postal banks, which ex | every one is studying it to The all-comprehending issue of the time is the preservation of prosperity, the maintenance of the existing order of things. It is the duty of the people to uphold the administration of McKinley and to | have a State government in harmony with the Na- tional Government. “Our country as it is” is a good enough platform for any man to vote for in this cam paign. Q] York press, popular interest in the recent Dem- ocratic State Convention at Syracuse was due almost wholly to the evidence it gave of the relative importance in the party of the rival chieftains, Hill and Croker. No one expects the ticket to win, but whether it is a Hill HILL OR CROKER. UDGING from the comments of the New ticket or a Croker ticket. It is conceded that the nominee for Governor, Judge Van Wyck, is Croker’s man, and that Hill op- posed the nomination as long as he could. On the other hand, it is asserted that in order to obtain the | head of the ticket Croker had to surrender to Hill very nearly everything else, and it is stated that, with the exception of the candidate for State Engineer, | who is the property, as it were, of Senator Murphy, = all the rest of the ticket is Hill's. It appears, more- | over, that at the wind up of the convention Hill man- aged to get a majority of the State Committee, and‘ thus has control of the party machinery. | On this showing there exists a wide difference of opinion as to which boss carried off the larger share of the spoils. It is claimed by some that in getting the nomination for Governor Croker obtained the | oyster and left Hiil the shell; but others m:«inmiug it was a Hill convention throughout, and that the | head of the ticket was given to the Tammany man[ | | simply because Hill knew no Democrat cau be elected Governor of New York this year, and therefore he was not eager to put up one of his friends for the place. From this distance it appears the latter view of the situation is correct. Undoubtedly if Van Wyck should be elected Croker will have the better part of the bar- gain. With one of his supporters holding the office of Mayor of New York City and another as Governor of the State, the Tammany boss could run things very much in his own way, and Hill's friends at the | head of the Democratic machine would have to stand in and be thankful for small patronage If, however, Van Wyck should be defeated Croker will have noth- | ing, and Hill will be in a position to use the machin- | ery of the party for his own advantage in 1900. It is not at all improbable that Hill is much more concerned about the campaign of 1900 than about the | present one. He might profitably have conceded to | Tammany the whole State ticket this year in ex-} change for the State Committee and control of the | | | | party machinery. Bryanism is a rapidly fading issue, and with a sweeping Republican victory this fall it will cease to be a potent factor in our politics. Dem- | ocracy will then have to look for a new leader in the Presidential fight. If Hill has control of New York at that time his position will be sufficiently elevated to attract Presidential lightning about convention | time, and it was, perhaps. that consideration which; led him to avoid a finish fight with Croker this year. | e If the steps being taken to make Corbett and Mc- Coy fight could be directed toward making them hold their respective jaws, a wave of gratitude would sweep from sea to sea. There is no need for worry over the report that Spanish troops are to be sent to the Philippines. Spain might as sensibly plan to send a few regiments to Washington. It is a wonder Chief Lees did not ship Mrs. Botkin to Delaware without bothering the Governor about | it, since he intimates that he intends to do so sooner or later. — e It will do no harm to inspect with a somewhat critical eye the Chinese bureau supposed to operate in have been so successful in Europe, would be equally successful here, and are more neceded here than in this city. The mechanism of it seems to be out of gear. R T T T T Y T PO UTU | time when plain | But at home y P et a st 2 S e iR PP SCURRILOUS AND SHAMELESS. John T, Dayle Denounces a "Bul- efin” Attack Upon the Valley Road. Menlo Park, Oct. 5. John D. Spreckels—My I write to you to say that I was in no way privy to the publication of my letter to the directors of the Valley road. not let a copy of it out, except those sent to the addressed. Dear Sir: gentlemen it. truly, wish to add, too, have no sympathy with the Bulletin’s attack on you, founded on I have never doubted the motives of the gentle- men who made the nego- tiations with the Atchison road, though I differ from them entirely in judgment on this question. \/—/P/*‘“’ DR R R O O O e R R R R R R e R aR S T SR SR SRS p + + + + I have + + + I that | ++ scurrilous Yours DE YOUNG’S CANDIDACY From the Oakland Enquirer. The E ing a large amount of space with spec- ulations and warnings concerning the candidacy for the United States Senate | of M. H. de Young, aithough it does not favor such candidacy. It recog- nizes that there is some force in what the San Francisco Post said in a recent article, in which it argued that in the event of Republicans having a major- ity in the Legislature the candidacy of De Young will have been helped by the reiteration of his name by the Demo- cratic papers. If the election of De Young as United States Senator is not desired, it is not advisable to keep talking about him all the time and giv- ing him a prominence which he does not deserve. And yet there is a time for all things, and if De Young is not a topic for breakfast, dinner and supper, neither should he be altogether ignored. One extreme may be as bad as another. If the Republicans elect the Legisla- ture, as we hope they may, and if De Young appears as a candidate, there will go up a shout of disapproval, and those members of the ature who then declare either for or against De Young will be accused of deception if they have Kept entirely silent during the campaign. All the pro-De Young men will be accused of having obtained votes under se pretenses, and those who declare against him will be likely to have their sincerity doubted unless they make their position manifest be- fore election. Mr. de Young has declared that he is making no fight for the Senatorship, and we are disposed to accord to him credit for sincerity in that utterance. But he has not said he will not become a candidate, and it is pretty well un- derstood that in the event of the elec- tion of a majority’ of Republicans to the Legislature he will become a very active candidate and will have some powerful influences backing him. It is impossible to ignore thi it would be foolish, merely for the sake of keeping peace in the Republican family for the time being, tu pursue a course which would be likely to create so large a store of serious trouble a little fur- ther on. Among the Republican candidates for the Legislature in Alameda County there are al who e stated frankly in private conversation that they are not for De Young, and we think they ought to make the same declaration in public. It would set them right before their constituents, who do not approve of the Senatorial candidacy of Mr. de Young and would increase their chances of election. And if there are any natorial or Assem- bly candidates who favor De Young they should say so, because they can- not afford to be elected under a mis- understanding d be accused after- ward of treacher In short, this is a eaking on the sub- hip would be very ject of the Senator much in order, VAS IST LOS MIT TEDDY? You have shown yourself a hero, And where deadly guns were flashin’. You were noticed to appear, oh! Tn a brave and fearless fashion. Frenzied fighting found you ready, But_the Spanish bullefs missed you; Yet. despite these facts, dear Teddy, Not a single girl has ed you— Vas ist Io If the Mausers did not hurt you "Twas no fault of yours, dear Teddy, 'Cause if you possess one virtue 'Tis the knack of standing steady. Oh, your record is a bea And no history can twist ‘ve shirked y For no blushing maid has Vas ist los? —George Hobart in Baltimore American. OLD KISSING COSTOM. Old-fashioned Hungerford is once more celebrating Hocktle with all its quaint customs and ancient ceremonies, says Notes and Queries. This interesting cere- mony began with the annual “‘macaroni supper,” and will be continued to-day, when the two managers of the rival banks, who have been elected “tuttimen’ | for the ensuing year, go around to the Juirer is not among those | official | newspapers which have been consum- |} houses of the tenants in the town and ex- ercise their #)rerogull\'v of kissing all the ladies in each house. Hungerford s one of the last remaining unreformed boroughs in England, and st.. retains its ancient {mmpn(‘laiurfl‘ electing to have in lace of Mayor and corporation a consta- le, a portreeve, a keeper of the coffers, & l}]ayward. two ale tasters and a bell. The tuttimen (who are also collectors of the poll tax) have from time immemorial called at every house in the borough and received from ea inh Litant, if a male, a penny, and in case of the ladies a kiss, the ceréemony being announced from the balcony of the town hall by a blast from the Hungerford horn blown by the hl“};lfl;(ln}‘ :\f:‘nrwa.rdr a dinner is heid, at which the officers for the ensuing y are elected. Eorese AROUND THE CORRIDORS. F. A. Hihn of Santa Cruz arrived in this city vesterday. Attorney J. L. Barham of Red Bluftf is registered at the Grand. Frank A. Cressey, a prominent banker of Modesto, is in town. F. W. Ely of the Hotel Paso Robles is in town for a few days. C. G. Debney is registered at the Occi- dental from Dawson City. John C. Catlin, the well-known Sacra- mento attorney, is at the Lick. E. L. Van Cleek, a prominent Santa Cruz architect, is at the Grand. Simpson Fennell, a prominent grower of Tehama, is at the Lick. Colonel F. C. Sanford came up from San Jose yesterday and is stopping at the Lick. Senator Willlam M. Stewart of Nevada arrived yesterday morning and is a guest at the Palace. John Markley of the Bank Commission is in the city from Geyserville. He is quartered at the Lick. John W. Mitchell, prominent in Demo- cratic politics at Los Angeles, is among the guests at the Palace. 'W. Leon Pepperman, United States Civil Service Examiner, has arrived from ‘Washington on an official tour. Wilifam: H. Husband, superintendent of the big Gopher Boulder mine, near Placer- wheat ville, El Dorado County, was.among yes- | I terday’s arrivals at the Grand. oMr. and Mrs. L. McDonald of French “amp, Shasta County, are guests at th Lick. Mr. McDonald is largel a in the mines of the French Camp district, A. C. Cleveland, who will oppose Sena- tor Willlam M. Stewart in the Nevada Senatorial fight. arrived in this city ve: terday and is among the guests at the Palace. Mr. and Mrs. J. Philip Smith are at the Palace, after a season spent at their sum. mer home, Sunshine Villa, in Santa Cruz. They intend taking a house In town for the winter. — e CALITORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Oct. 6.—J. Keiner of San Francisco and Louis T. Dreyfus of Santa Barbara are at the Imperial. Mrs. Julia E. Dunn of San Francisco s at the Neth- erland. A. Barnes and Mrs. McHutt of San Francisco have gone to Paris. —_———— PASSING PLEASANTRIES. ul;??e"‘"')' did you enjoy your European ’n“Ybes; dhlin't meet a Crrowing mone; Record. i ¥ Mrs. Noear—Do you think will be mu‘slcian)? A Coushie rofessor—I gant zay. She may. She dell me she gome of a long-lived varmily S New York Weekly. Yoty “Remember,” said wie good u lhv;le are sermons (n stongs am “that “Not in those that you run against wi your bike,” retorted the cynic. and. tha argument ' was necessarily at an end.— Cincinnati Commereial-Tribune. soul who succeeded of me.”"—Chicago Jones—Coyne was worth over a when he died and didn’t leave a wfll{?”"on Brown—I wonder why? Jones—I guess he wanted his heirs to get the benefit of his_wealth instead of the lawyers.—Chicago Record. Polly!” sald the visit h sf ‘Want a—" Sk nterrunted the parrot, R R R R R R LT R ¥ P PO + 4| R R R R She vowed on the day he was bur- ied e would not. “Ah! Thinking about it already, was she?"'—Cincinnati Enquirer. ] speaking slowly and distinetly, “‘is TIbsen, | an | | | | | | i | | drill interested | | again. d T want nothing. I am medllnllni “He's a queer bird,” explained the host- “He won't eat anything but b: ess. + | 1 think my husband got him somewhere + | in the East.’—Chicago Tribune. He—Do you know that for the last hour T have been watching for a good chance to steal a kiss from vou? " She—Indeed! Don’t you think it might be well for you to consult an oculist?— Richmond Times. | —_————————— + , ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. VPla:n, the phil- PEATO; Ji"C:; Cltys reece, B. osopher, was born in Ather C., 427, and died B. C. 34T. MAIL BY T;{E GAELIC—Interested, Oakland, Cal. The steamer Gaelic on her recent trip to this port did not bring any mail from Manila. CANDIDATE'S RELIGION — Sub- scriber, Stockton, Cal. As the particular candidate has not made an open declar- ation of his religion this department can- not give you the desired information. POINT BONITA LIGHTHOUSE—L. C. S., City. Visitors are Point Bonita Lighthouse. are not permitted to cros: reservation to reach the I W out a permit from the military authori- ties. TARIFF—A. §., Crescent City, Cal. One portion of the Demo tic party favors a low tariff, or what is called “a tariff for revenue only another portion fa- vors absolute free trade. The average of difference between the present tariff and that under Democratic rule is about 3% per cent. e GRAYS AS AUTHORS—W. Miller, Men- docino County, Cal. There is a descriptive al on anatomy by work as well as surg Dr. Gray. There was a new edition In 18%6. Asa Gray, the b as_the Elements of arged into the Beok,” ‘“‘Lessons in Botan and Systematlc Botany” Young People.” i MAGUIRE AND THE POPE-J. B. K, Monterey, Cal. This department cannot devote the space to what James G. Ma- guire said about the Pope. For a small sum you can procure, through any book- seller, a_copy of Maguire’s book, and you will have the language in full, and in that manner settle the controversy in question. : & WHO WROTE IT?—N., Haywards, Cal. This correspondent wishes to know if any of the readers of this department can refer him to the author of the fol- author of | lowing: Never lose an opportunity of seeing any- beautiful. Beauty is God's handwriting, & wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, every fair flower, every falr sky, and thank Him for it, the author of all love- stly and with liness. Drink it in simply, eal all your eyes—tis a charmed draught, & cup of blessing. TABLE OF COINS—A. S. O. T. C., City. | This department is ready and willing at all times to furnish information to corres- pondents if the same is obtainable correspondents should make their ide clear as to enable one to understand what is desired. This department does not care to jump at conclusions. This department is at a loss to determine what is wanted. Is it a list of all the coins issued from the mints of the several countries named or the English value of the coins of such countries that is wanted? PASSPORT REGULATIONS—A. R. P., City. A naturalized citizen who wants to obtain a passport must communicate with the Department of State at Washington, D. C., if resident of the United States at the time of the applical forward a nal description and the certificate of uralization must be forwarded for in- spection. It will be returned. The appli- cation must be in the form of an afida- vit sworn to before a person authorized to administer oat, nd must be accom- panied by the certificate of a credible wit- ness, who knows that the apbifcant is the party he represents .imself in the appli- cation. WASH LEATHER, N., Haywards, Cal. A method for cleaning wash or polishing leather (chamots) is as follows: Wash ina weak solution of soda and warm water, then rub in a good deal of soap in the leather and let it soften for two hours. After that wash until perfectly clean and rinse in a_weak solution of warm water, soda and yellow soap. It should not bé washed in cold water, as it will become so hard that it cannot be used It is the smail quantity of soap remaining in the leather which permeates jts smallest particles and makes the leather as soft as silk. After the rinsing the leather is wrung out in a coarse towel and dried It is then pulled in every tion and well brushed, after which it is softer and bet- ter than most wash leather when first bought. If rough leather is used to finish on; | highly polished surfaces it w ill often be | observ | injured. t the surface is scratched or This is caused by particles of dust or even grains of hard rouge that were left in the leather. As soon as these are removed with a clean brush and rouge a perfectly bright and beautiful finish can be obtained. DRILL—J. T., Alameda, Cal. 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