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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1898. THE HOME AT DECOTO. NOBLE work, planned in loving charity for the widow and the fatherless, and munificently carried out in a spirit of broad liberality and JOHN D. SPRECKELS, O s Address All Communications to W, S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE Market and Third Sts., S. F. ‘Teleph Main 1868, EDITORIAL ROOMS..... .....21T to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carriers In this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents @ week. By mall $6 per year; per month 66 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL OAKLAND OFFICE. vesses.-.908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE. ..Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE... Riggs House C. €. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE. Marquette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. Proprietor. One year, by mall, $1.50 BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open until 9:30 o’'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 616 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 1981 Misslon street, open until 10 o'clock. 2991 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 25i8 Mission street, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh strect, open until 9 o'clock. 1506 Polk street, open unti! 9:30 o'cloc NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, open until 9 o’clock. Elizabeth, Quecn of England.” The Wife The Lights o London * Circus Queen.” Urpheum— Vaudeviile New Comedy Theater—* The Stenal of Liberty.” Alhambra, Eddy and Jones streets—Vaudeville Marino, Vaudeville and the Zoo. side Coursing Park. aturday and Sunday.om Glen Parks The sion Zoo. Opening Sunday, October 16 Rosenthal—Coming in February AUCTIO By G.H. Umbsen & Co—Monday, October 17, Real Estate &t 16 Mongomery street, at 12 o'clock. f MA@RS ON A JAMBOREE. AWAII be glad that it is a part of the United States. It must joy the heart of the islander to realize that the benign influence of a broadening civilization has taken him in, and that the ed men of'a great republic are on the spot to shield him from all harm. It is true that the armed men have not behayed | with absolute propriet; They have prodded the in- nocent thoughtlessly with a patriotic bayonet, have raided private grounds, and latterly have indulged in | e of magnitude. These incidents, however, are vision of enlarged and possibly distorted by an overplus of alcohol, who declared Honolulu un- der martial law, should have been thrown into the calaboose, and the next day fined as common drunks. A different code may prevail in the army. If the military authorities are at a loss as to how the offenders should be punished, let them consider the case reversed. Had a lot of citizens gone on a tear, insulted and assailed the troopers, clubbed them, used unseemly language having the distinct savor of vulgarity, indignation' would run riot. Generals would have had conniption fits, messages would have been hurried to the Secretary of War, and ser- ried ranks gone forth to belt manners into the criminals. With all respect for the soldiers, with a tendency to glory in their devotion and their worth, it must be admitted that there are times when their deportment incites to remarks not wholly laudatory. U the session of the Legislature begins in January, the appointment of a committee to investigate and re- port the whys and wherefores of the neglect of that body will be in order. The act authorizing the es- tablishment of a free. market was approved by the Governor on March 29, 1897, yet after eighteen months of preparation all the Harbor Commis- sioners have done is to declare their intention (July 13, 1808) of making provision for the arrival of produce by water. It is not difficult to discern the cause of the de- lays which have taken place in establishing this free market. The interests of a large number of business THé FREE ~ MARKET. concludes to do something toward establish- men now engaged in handling the farm produce con- | sumed by the people of this city are opposed to a change of system, and their influence has been ex- erted to nullify an act of the Legislature. Up to the present time the establishment of a free market has been thwarted by disputes as to where, how and whea | the innovation shall commence. The purpose is to delay matters until the Legislature meets, when a de- termined attempt will be made to shelve the whole project. This, however, can scarcely be done. The principle behind a free public market for San Francisco is too great to succumb to any such assault. The teamsters and hackmen of 1862-64 objected to the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad. They called it the “Dutch Flat swindle,” and on one occasion organized a mob and tore up its tracks. They understood merely that railroads were a menace to their busi- ness and they were therefore “against” them. So it will turn out with the San Francisco free market. The commission men no doubt clearly dis- cern in it a menace to their business, and no doubt its establishment will force them to abandon the present system of receiving and disposing of farm produce in this city. But, nevertheless, the free mar- ket will ultimately overcome them, and the best they can do is to meet it half way. In granting the ap- peals for delay and magnifying the obstacles which stand in th®path of the enforcement of the act of March ' 29, 1897, the Harbor Commissioners are merely prolonging the agony of the commission men. | Their dissolution will'be all the harder the more vig- orously the attempts to save them are prosecuted. The enlightened course for all hands to pursue in the matter is to unite in the prompt launching of the market and its development as a permanent feature of the business life of the cit: According to the evening papers of Wednesday 100 men had been killed in a labor riot in Illinois. Ac- cording to the morning papers of the next day, ham- pered as they were by facts, this figure had shrunk to a mere eleven. It may thus be observed that an evening paper has advantages. 1 The Cuban Colonial Government is not only set- ting free the worst class of criminals, but it remains free itself. San Francisco has weighed Mayor Phelan. Per- haps had the city merely “hefted” him he would have passed. ) NLESS the Board of Harbor Commissioners | ing a free market upon the bay front before | | untiring energy, has been accomplished by the Ma- | sonic Order in the opening of the massive and beau- tiful home at Decoto. - The occasion was rightly | made one of grand ceremonial and celebration. It | marked the accomplishment of a work whose good | effects will continue from generation to generation | and increase in beneficence with the passing years. | It is significant of the energy with which the pro- | moters of the charity urged it forward that the men | who took the lead in beginning the movement had | the satisfaction of seeing its completion. Rabbi | Voorsanger, who had the privilege of delivering the | address at the laying of the cornerstone, had also the | honor of making the oration at the formal dedica- ! tion of the finished building to the work for which it was designed. In the spirit of the two addresses | there was something of the eloquence of action as | well as words, for Dr. Voorsanger was one of the | foremest and most earnest workers in the task of providing ways and means for the construction of the | edifice, and shares with his fellow trustees the honor | that is due for a great task greatly accomplished. Other of the early movers in the enterprise had the satisfaction of sharing with Dr. Voorsanger in the honors of the dedication day. Prothinent among | these were Past Grand Master Edward Meyers Pres- ton, who aided in the primary work of providing for its construction, and Thomas Flint Jr, who as | grand master of the order in California received it from Charles L. Patton,schairman of the board of trustees, who, like them, had shared the respon- sibilities of the undertaking from first to last. Nor is it to men only that praise for the home is due. The aid of benevolent and energetic women was cordially given to the work, and two of these, | Mrs. Frank Pierce and Dr. Edna Field, received | from the orator of the day the public commendation | which their services merited. | Thus, with every circumstance of good fortune | and of gratification, the work so splendidly planned and so nobly carried on has been brought to this | stage of completion. Out of the prospects that now | glow around it the brightest auguries can be drawn 50{ its growth and development. It takes its place | among the great benevolent institutions of which | California has a right to be proud, and which will stand to attest to future ages the quality of her civili- zation, her religion and her humanity of to-day. THE PARTY OF CONFUSION. W HILE the Democratic -conventions of nearly all States west of the Alleghenys have re- affirmed the declarations of the Chicago plat- form of two #years ago, and have declared their un- | shaken devotion to the cause of free silver and the | candidacy of Bryan, it is to be noted that in some of the larger States on the Atlantic coast a different course has been pursued. In New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut the silver plank has been ignored in Democratic platiorms, and the gifted | Bryan has received no indorsement. In this condition .of affairs it becomes the duty of intelligent voters to consider what would be the re- sult of the election of a Democratic majority to the | House of Representatives. What could such a body of divided factions accomplish in the way of | legislation? . What could it effect in the settlement | of any single one of the great problems the next Congress will be called upon to solve? A vote for a Democratic Congressman in this campaign is simply a vote for confusion. It cannot be regarded by intelligent men as a vote for definite policy whatever. A party whose conventions in such great States as New York and Pennsylvania ilver could not be relied upon to provide for free er coinage even if it had a majority in | both houses of Congress and the Presidency as well. Neither can a party whose conventions in all the Western States declare for fiat money in one form or another be relied upon to settle the currency problem | either wisely or unwisely. A vote for a Democratic candidate for Congress | under such circumstances is something worse than a | vote thrown away. It is an evidence that the voter | has little or no regard for the national welfare, and | no fixed principle of political action. He can hardly be accounted a good citizen who at this juncture, | any [oreciacss | reject free | | | when so many grave problems are pressing for solu- | tion upon the statesmanship of the nation, would de- | vote for the candidates of the fused factions of Dem- i ocracy and Populism would mean nothing more than The Republican party can appeal to the voters in | this campaign for support not only upon the ground | of the country, but upon the further ground that it is the only party that has a policy at all. It is the action. It is, therefore, the only party which can possibly carry on the government. To vote against in the House of Representative: AN UNJUST PROVISION. N Judge de Haven. Therefore his decision that a postmaster must make good the stealings of | cision by the Circuit Court, will be accepted as in ac- cord with the law. There will also be at once an im- ciple unjust. If a postmaster had the appointing of his subor- responsibility would be upon him morally as now it seems to be legally. As a matter of fact, the post- lations of a rogue who may be an employe under him. He has to accept such mate;ial'as he finds, honest is baffled by civil service regulations. Many times an employer may properly be held cumstance supplies no analogy. An employer is not obliged to keep in his service any person he knows tains suspicions. When William J. Brygn was Post- master one of his clerks stole a sum which, with in- the ruling of the courts Mr. Bryan, who was in no manner culpable, and who had no power to prevent clerk in the postoffice should at least be required to give a sufficient bond and be held accountable for jail, but the same rule which mulcts the Postmaster would if consistently applied have sent the Post- liberately vote for chaos and confusion, and yet a | that. | that its policies are the better adapted to the needs only party capable of agreeing upon any plan of | it is to vote for something very much like anarchy O one will question the acumen and probity of | a subordinate, confirming as it does & previous de- pression that the law is bad in effect, and in prin- | dinates, the case would be far different. Then the master is helpless to shield himself against the pecu- and in the desire to weed out the worthless and dis- responsible for the acts of an employe, but this cir- to be unfit or concerning whose honesty he enter- terest, amounts now to about $10,000. According to the theft, will have to make good the deficit. A his own misdeeds. This particular clerk did go to master to jail along with the thief. In the matter of extraordinary suicides the Iofi woman who killed herself by eating spiders is easily entitled to whatever glory there may be in going to -« the head of the class. © | s METHODS OF TAXATION. OR several years there has been much discus-| l:sion, in the older Eastern States, of the methods | of taxation by which the public revenues are de- | rived for the support of the State and municipal gov- ernments. : In New York nearly thirty years ago an able com- mission was appointed to consider and report upon this subject. Its report is a discussion, from a purely scientific standpoint, of the different methods of tax- ation, and their relative economy in operation, Much space is given to a complete exposition of a | tax on realty as a substitute for all other forms of taxation. This exposition involves no denial of the | right of private ownership and no proposition to con- | fiscate land by seizing its total annual rental value by‘ the State. Land titles are not assailed and private ownership is respected and confirmed. The matter is again undergoing newspaper discussion in that| State, because of attempts to increase the tax burdens of personal property, which have caused the exodus | of much of that form of property to other States. The State of Pennsylvania has a venerable and wel! scasoned system of taxation, by which land and all| individual taxables escape the payment of State tax | entirely. Taxation for State purposes rests almost | wholly upon corporations, except mortgages and bonds held by individuals, but three-fourths of the tax derived by the State from these is re- turned to the counties to lighten tlie load of local taxation. In Pennsylvania the en- tire tax for the support of the State govern- ment rests upon a bonus on charters; the capital stock of corperations; on interests in limited part- nerships and joint stock associations; on corporate, county and municipal loans; on the gross receipts of transportation, transmission, and electric light companies; on the stock of banks; on the gross premiums of domestic insurance companies having capital stock, and on premiums of foreign insur- ance companies; on the net earnings of brokers, pri- vate bankers, unincorporated banks and savings in- stitutions; on the matured stock of building and loan associations; an excise on the receipts of ex- press companies, and on escheats. Under this sys- tem land pays no State tax at all. County taxes are based oh a triennial assessment, and are levied wn all houses, lands, lots and ground rents, mills and manufactories of all descriptions, all furnaces, forges, bloomeries, distilleries, sugar and malt houses, breweries, tan yards and ferries; on personal property consisting of horses and cattle ex- ceeding four years of age; on all offices and posts of profit, professions, trades and occupations, and all freemen above 21 years of age who follow no pro- fession or calling. So much of the real estate of public corporations as may be necessary to the exer- cise of their corporate franchises is exempt from all county and local taxation. The tracks, depots and rolling stock of railroad companies are exempt from local taxation. Borough and municipal taxation in- cludes licénses on vendors. A very noteworthy fea- ture of the license system is a graduated license, which has been in successful operation since 1849. It provides: That no person shall hereaiter keep any beer house, eating house, restaurant or oyster | cellar, other than hotels now aunthorized by law to | be licensed and kept, wherein beer, ale or other malt liquor, or oysters, or other refreshments of any kind whatsoever are dressed, prepared or sold, without first applying for and obtaining a license from the County Treasurer of the proper city or county and for which the keepers thereof shall pay the sums an- nually hereinaiter provided, to wit: Class. Sales. License. | 8 $ 500 to $ 1,000.. .$ 5.00| 7 1,000 to 0 10.00 6 2,000 to 12.00 | 5 3,000 to 20.00 4 5.000 to 30.00 | 3 10,000 to 75.00 | 2 15,000 to 25. X .. 20,000 and over FA The brewers’ license is also graduated from an | annual production of 1000 barrels, $250, to 300,000 barrels, $6000. The distillers’ graduated license runs from 350 bar- rels, $100, to 20,000 barrels, $2000. The mercantile licenses run from sales of $5000, $10, to sales of $4,000,000, $1000. This system in Pennsylvania has proved so satis- factory that all attempts to change it have failed. There are no longer controversies over it. The cor- | porations make their returns and pay their State | taxes. Land and personal property and licenses sup- [ port the local governments. The question of taxa- tion is not in politics n that State. An examination of this system might well be made by the public authorities in California. It is a uni- form system, the same in all counties and municipali- ties of the same class, and is, therefore, desirable. The system proposed in this State by amendment No. 2 will dot the State with diverse and antagonistic systems of taxation, which will render equalization for the purposes of the State levy impossible. MARTIN F. FRAGLEY. ARTIN F. FRAGLEY, the Republican nom- M inee for Superintendent of Streets, is not an unknown man to the people whose suffrages he asks. As one of the leading contractors of the city, he has been brought into business relations with nearly all classes of citizens, and, moreover, the work | he accomplished while in charge of the House of | Correction made him known to all intelligent ob- servers of the conduct of our county affairs as one of the best and most successiul officials in our his- tory. The record of Mr. Fragley's administration of the House of Correction, with its attendant farm, is in- deed one of which any man might be proud. He displayed in that office not only an honest zeal for the welfare of the institution under his charge, but a degree of executive ability in the direction of its affairs that enabled him to accomplish results of vast benefit to the community. Under his management the farm became a fruitful and profitable property. He conducted it with a true economy, developed its worth to the full value, and, in short, proved himself to be a model administrator of municipal business. For the office to which he has now been nominated by the Republican party he is particularly well fitted both by natural disposition and by business training and experience. No man in San Francisco has a better understanding of street work, a greater ex- ecutive ability for the performance of it, or a more public spirited interest in the maintenance of the streets in good condition, where they are good, and improving them where improvements are needed. It will be conceded that we need for the work of Superintendent of Streets a practical man, one who knows something of street construction, and who can be relied upon to attend to the work with honesty and push it forward with vigor and energy. Mr. Fragley is that kind of man. What he has done in the past is a guarantee of the future. All who wish good streets and good work should vote for him. S The time seems to be near for the Paris Peace | Creelman,” resumed Commission to lay aside the olive branch and take up l'a club. o R v FABLES WITHOUT MORALS. — After hearing accusations that his neglect had resulted in the death of soldiers full many, a Secretary of War made defense. “If the soldiers had but fled away from perils and sought a hotel when their rations seemed not palatable they would have been alive vet. me.” Yet when the rabble looked it beheld nothing worth the trouble, and wonder grew that the Secretary had invited in- spection. I was a soldier once, and look at + o« "CERTAINLY You MAY SUGGESTss A female wearing a hat of great height sat in a theater, and the person behind made plaint. ‘“Madam,” he sald humbly, “your hat is beautiful and be- coming, and the combination most im- pressive, but may I suggest that Ican- not penetrate it with any such eye as heaven has been pleased to bestow?” “Certainly you may suggest,” an- swered the female, greatly flattered, “but I do not see why you should de- sire to see anything more than the hat. I will keep it on and you will be sure of the worth of your money.” Understanding that to argue would be a waste of time the Person sought the gallery and was joyed to find that from that vantage the hat could not quite block his view. Belng in possession of a pistol a youth playfully pointed the weapon at a friend, whereupon it exploded, to the dissolution of the mortal part of the target. Observing that he had wrought a great mischief the youth made such amends as lay in his power by employ- ing the same implement to blow out his own brains. Observers were S0 sur- prised to note that he had brains to blow that they refrained from caustie rebuke and gave the cuss a decent but tearless funeral. . P | "AGAS METER HAPPENING TO OYER HEAR , WAS S0 SWELLED) WITH.PRIDE, ETC. =~~~ “Industry,” said the lecturer, “is the secret of success. Work day and night.” A gas meter happening to overhear was so swelled with pride at this trib- ute that it immediately registered a thousand extra feet. . . * “What is the standing® of Richarding Creelman as to veracity?” inquired the Court. “Well, your Honor,” said the witness, “he was in Cuba as a war correspond- ent.” “As to the testimony of Richarding the- Court, “the jury will either regard it not given or as meaning just the thing it fails to say.” “You have been reading yellow jour- nals,” charged a fellow jurist at lunch. “Sir,” retorted the Judge, “perhaps I have and perhaps I haven’t. I do not propose to incriminate myself.” 5 YOUR MEANING % RETURNED, VALENTINE 1S CLEAR /> ENOUGH, ETC: A The president of & great express com- ipany, having shed his mortal covering, stood before an angel of austere as- pect. “No,” sald the angel, adjusting 2a disarranged pinion, “you can't get through the gate.” “But,” saild Valentine, “while on earth I quoted Scripture even in the circulars sent out in relation to hoss feed.” “You will, I know, pardon my seem- ing flippancy,” responded the angel, “when I remark that a man who quotes Seripture with one hand and swipes pennies from his patrons with the other to pay a tax he ought to pay himself cuts little ice with me. ~ Also, that where that man goes there will be no ice to cut. Do I make my meaning clear?” “Your meaning,” returned Valentine, “js clear enough, but the language you employ would never have been deemed worthy of a place in one of my monthly Jetters telling how to keep the public soothed while robbing it.” With an air of impressive dignity he went his way, and the angel hastened to open the gate to a penitent thief. I A School Director, having been ac- cused of being a rogue, made no denial. “I will be honest with you,” he said to his accuser, “although this is contrary to precedent. Finding upon my elec- tion to office that I did not have sense enough to perform the dutles, I decided to be useful in the capacity of & hor- rible example.” Such a light dawned upon the listener that he took to his heels, yelling for the police. RENTED FROM z u ; F { lsTHE ONLY SPECIMEN OF POLITICAL PURITY EXTANT s +° The Mayor of a great city, observ- ing that the end of his term was ap- proaching, made essay to succeed him- | self, and shouted appeal to the people. , “You observe in me,” he said modest- Iy, “the only specimen of political pur- ity extant; dlso am I a foe to boss- ism.” Hearing this the people looked one at the other and said: “Lo, our Mayor lacketh nothing of nerve, for surely he is the biggest boss of the lot.” Overhearing the murmur the Mayor made haste to explain, “My allusion to bossism,” he continued, ‘“has exclu- sive bearing on the bossism of the other fellow.” Yet was the disquiet of the multitude unappeased. “Did you not,” asked a man among them who was boldest, “se- lect a gang of rufilans to serve in su- pervising the affairs of the city. And did you not choose from the riffraff of the slums the men to direct the schools, even the schools where the ideas of our young are taught to shoot?” “As to that,” replied the Mayor gra- ciously, “it is rather in my favor. Hav- ing during my present term been sur- rounded by the worst set of pick- throats and cut-pockets the city af- fords I could not do so badly another time.” 2 Having pondered on these words the people sought the polls and there voted the Mayor into the joy of private citi- zenship. % Havine accomplished a great triumph the captains of an American fleet fell to wrangling as to whom belonged the credit. event was due to his individual prowess. great clamor arose. “I am sure,” sald one, “that had I and my valorous crew been absent the enemy would have escaped unscathed.” Fame listened with impatience but ill concealed and remarked: ‘Tush! tush! Wist ye not that I have laurels most plenteous to bestow and would fain give to each of you a sprig thereof?” Thereupon did the unseemly tumult cease. i G While a miser was counting his gold it befell that he was overcome of slum- ber, and sleeping he dreamed of the glittering store. But as he closed his lids a thief entered and bore away his gold. “Alas and alas,” the miser ex- claimed upon awakening, “that my life of sacrifice should have come to naught. For years have I slaved for this yellow coin and now another hath it. What ho? Police!” And after blowing a whistle lustily he expired of grief. ‘When the thief read of the calamity which had come upon his victim he was greatly comforted, for the prick of cons science had been manifest within him. “For,” said he, “the old duffer is just as rich now as had I never touched him.” Which being true, was great solace, and with the coin he made merry. H. J. AROUND THE CORRIDORS Dr. J. M. Mackey of Edinburgh is at the Baldwin. Dr. W. M. Storer, a prominent physician of Soledad, accompanied by his wife, 1s at the Palace. o A. C. Snyder, the well-known Santa %rukl- druggist, and family, are at the ! R. Anderson, a large ranch and mine owner of Chihuahua, Mex., accompanied by his wife, is at the Palace. F. D. Fraser, a prominent mining m: of Fort Jones, is at the Russ. % J. Lyman, a Portland capitalist, accom- panied by his wife and daughter, is regis- tered at the Palace. ‘W. E. Baines, a large grain grower of Sonoma, is stopping at the Lick. ‘W. Batcheller, a prominent Chicago mer- chant, is a recent arrival at the Palace. ‘W, Bully, a capitalist of Sydney, N. 8. ‘W., accompanied by his wife, is at the California, Commander E&win White, U. §. N., who Each one being certain the | is here to relleve Captain Wadleigh of the Philadelphia, is stopping at the Occiden- tal. ¢ Commodore A. Kautz and wife, Lieu- tenant W. G. Miller and wife and Miss McCalia, all of Washington, D. C., are guests at the Occidental. ~Commodore Kautz is here to take command of the Pacific station. Rease M. Wiley, editor and proprietor of the Arcata Union, Humboldt County, is on a visit to his brother, Walter J. Wiley, of the San Francisco Breweries, limited. The Union is one of the ploneer papers of the north. —_—————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Oct. 13.—C. Olmstcad and wife of San Francisco are at the Wind- sor. J. T. Riley of San Francisco Es at the Metropole. H. H. North of San Fran- cisco is at the Brevoort. WELLS IS LIKE BRODERICK To the Editor of The Call—Dear sir: Every true citizen of this common- wealth should, before exercising his privilege of suffrage, study the char- acter and reputatiomeef the respective candidates before “the people for office. The fact is well known and universally conceded that the office of Auditor of the city and county of San Francisco is the most important and trustworthy in the gift of the people. Through ’.he Auditor the demands for millions " of dollars are annually passed, and he could, by a stroke of his pen, open the door to the greatest of fraud. The Auditor skould possess the confidence of the entire community. In him should be found those sterling quall- ties of honesty and fearlessness in the discharge of his duties. The finger of scorn should have never been peinted at him. Qur pregent Auditor, William Broderick, is one of those few men whom fear or favor never swayed. He fulfilled his duties regardless of either, and to-day stands foremost in the ranks of those honest public officials who are an honor to any community in which they live. He was faithful to his pledges and promises and his retirement will be deeply felt by the municipality. He was the ideal of a man one of our most popular authors had in mind when he wrote: ‘“‘True aristocracy are the best men of the country. Those ought to govern and will govern some day, whether their patent of nobility be birth and titles or honesty and brains.” Asa R. Wells, the Republican nominee for Auditor, is such another man. He has ably as- sisted in building up our common- wealth. His business career is an open book. He is a candidate who can go before the public fearless of his past life being criticized. Can it be said so of John H. Grady, the nominee of the 100 job chasers, whose record as Tax Collector is too well known to make mention of it here. The people who placed him on the ticket did so know- ingly and it may be said with very lit- tle credit to themselves. The taxpay- ers on November 8, 1898, will resent the insult and maintain the safeguard that is at present stationed around the treasury, inthe person of William Bod- erick, by electing Asa R. Wells to the Auditorship. Let the voters picture to themselves . a business man on one eide, employing hundreds of men daily for the past forty years, and on the other a politician whose public career was the subject of investigation by the Grand Jury. The result will be an overwhelming victory for Asa R. Wells at the polls. JOHN P. MORRISEY, Ninth avenue. —————— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. BLUE CLAY-L. E. C., Oakland, Cal. Blue clay free from grit has a commerclal value of from 40 cents to 50 cents per ton delivered. It is used in tne manuiacture of clay goods. CASINO, I. C. D., Bolinas, Cal. If in the game of casino A had one to go and B had eight, and A should make two aces and B get cards, spades, big casino, little casino and two aces, B under thé rule | would count first and win out, as he would have nine points. Points cannot be counted until the deal is over. RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE—-D. M. P, City. The time for the examination of candidates for positions in the rallway mail service under the civil service is an- nounced through the newspapers and by posting in front of the office. That no- tice will give time and place and as those who wish to make application have to go to the office for an application blank, they can at the same time ascertain all about the examination and what has to be done. MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION — Igno- ramus, Oakland, Cal. In preparing sketches for magazine illustration india ink is preferred to pencil, still if the artist is so situated at the time of making the sketch that ink cannot be used, a pencil sketch will do. It will be drawn over, but there is danger in such a procedure that there may be some deviation from the original. Bristol board of the finest quality i1s that which is preferred for sketching. NATURALIZATION—G. E. H.,, City. | The naturalization laws are the same in all States of the Union. The alien must on applying for a certificate of naturali- zation establish the fact that for five con- secutive years prior to the application he was a resident of the United States and that two years prior to the time of the application he had made a declaration to become a citizen. In the Revised Statutes of the United States, to be found in the reference room of the Free Public Li- brary, you will find the law in full on the subject of naturalization. e et ‘Water Carnival at Lake Bohemia. The only smooth water on the Paclific Coast for shell 4nd skiff racing is at Lake Bohemia, to which there will be an ex. cursion Sunday, October 16, for the opon- ing of this new water course. Shell, skiff, barge, tub and canoe races. and a’ game Ofifl‘)lo n{li t‘he twate;r{. Aldl the rowing clubs Wil participate. Round trip, $i. Tiburon ferry 8 a. m. b e —_————— Cal. glace frult 5c per b at Townsend's,® e Special information supplied dally to business houscs and public men by the Press Cm:plng Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mon gomery street. Telephone Main 1042, —_—— Fair Maid (after the engage: —) ;’1{::‘!; name was Katherine—same as Widower—Yes, darling. Fair Maid—I suppose you loved her very g wer_Todeed T aid ower—Indees id—so0 much I want a dupli-Kate. et P “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used over fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It sootl-» the child, softens the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Cnllo, reg- ulates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhoens, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs, Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. 25c a bottle. —_———— Through Tourist Car to St. Paul, This car Is nicely upholstered in 1} leaves every Tuesday night, no chnmugl::; via Shasta route and Northern Pacific Rall- way. The scenic line of the continent. Tick- ets on gale to all Eastern citles at lowest rates, T. K. Stateler, general agent, 638 Mark: San Francisco. g s HOTEL DEL CGRONADO—Take advantage of the round-trip tickets. Now only $60 by steamship, Including fifteen days' board at hotel; longer stay #2580 per day. Apply at 4 New © >ntgomery street, San Francisco. —————— ACKER'S DYSPEPSIA TAB TS ARRB sold on a positive guarantes, Cures heartburs raising of the food, distress after cating or Any form of dys mediate vellef. .,‘t e little tablet gives im- No Percentage Pharmacy. “fi-.:azhlh-:.unz Among the Bar-