The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 27, 1898, Page 6

Call OCTOBER 27, 1803 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. SR i it Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFIiCE......Market and Third Sts.. S. F. Telephone Main 1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS 217 to 221 Stevenson Street | Telephone Main 1574 | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carriers in this city and surrounding towns for I5 cents @ week. By mail $6 per year; per montb | 66 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL OAKLAND OFFICE NEW YORK OFFICE DAVID ALLEN, WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE... .Marquette Building | C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. _...One year, by mall. $1.50 .-908 Broadway ..Room 188, World Building ng Representative. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, ? open until 9:30 o'clock. 287 Hayes street. open until | 98:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open untll 9:30 o'clock- 615 Lorkin street, open untll 930 o'clock. | 1941 Mission street, open until 10 o'clock. 2291 Market | street. corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street. open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open untll 9 o'clock. [505 Polk street, open until 9:30 o'ciock. NW. corner Twenty-second en@ | Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. { Novem- ense tag, he decent citi- e such as do task he would re ed fee for the privilege, | Imly disregarding the | ag and taking the dog as if it had | grel, that citizen is | y put up as good a y but he will find | th e e approval of conscience, of the ob- | servers, probably of the courts—of everything and | save the flea-bitten catchers themselves. | og-catcher is a necessary evil, but there is no | for the aggravated form of him. His moral e is too low. He seems to be a ruffian, a cow- | ard and a thief. Surely he could lay aside these| characteristics, or at least modify them, and still be | capable of performing the duties of his degraded office. o) TOO MUCH BLAINE. AMES G. BLAINE is a striking illustration of the degeneracy which may be manifest in the | of a distinguished sire. He seems to have | the faculty of attracting attention through the Epcc-% tacular dis of bad qualities. If he has good quali- | have daeen kept in careful concealment. His | to the army was a mistake, which the army had a right to resent. He had been, as a civilian, an abject faiiure, and there was no reason to | suppose that in military life he would be different. The ected has happened, as occasionally it will, and Blaine goes out of the army, and, it is to be| hoped, into the obscurity which would best become | him. The history of the Blaine family is a sad one. The father died when his heart had been torn by dis- appointment. The two sons in whom he had con- fidence and paternal pride, on whom he had learned to lean, preceded him to the grave. There was left James G. Blaine Jr. Possibly the possession of an honored name would have ‘stimulated some men to earnest endeavor, but not so with this young sprig. Hg married a woman too good for him, neglected and deserted her. He essayed newspaper life, and demonstrated that all he had to commend him was the repute of his father. Finally he received an appoint- ment which brought him to this city. Here he dis- graced himself. In the islands he acted the part of a drunken boor, and he came back with fresh no- toriety. Now the telegraph states that he will be dismissed from the service. If the good of the service is being considered, there seems nq other course. There could be no finer weather than San Fran- cisco is having. Most of the recent days have been ideal Indian summer. The fact is peculiarly interest- ing when it is considered that the Middle West is trying to dig itself out of the snow and wondering | whether or 20( it has been blown into the next county. —_— Occasionally a Judge who has passed sentence on a malefactor hears himself denounced and his character painted in unlovely terms by the condemned. Hearst has had sentence passed upon himself, and seems to be even’as other criminals. Spain claims the right to sell the cannon which she has no longer the right to fire. Possibly a few can- non over which, she does not exercise dominion will be necessary in convincing her of error. “Wholly smoke!” exclaimed an observant citizen, noting the circulation of the Examiner through the chimney of the garbage crematory. Chaplain McIntyre’s sentence has been approved. The gentleman talked himself out of the navy, but he had lots of fun while doing it. Expressed in the vulgar and yet lucid language of the street, France seems to have come off the perch. EXPOSURE OF HEARST NECESSARY. HE CALL has met and fulfilled the duty of ex- Tpusmg two pretenders. The first was the so- ciety pretender, Williams. The second was the journalistic pretender, Hearst. - The newspaper situation in this city has been long clouded and corrupted by Hearst. Legitimate jour- nalism has suffered by it, and the educating function of the press, by which a sound public ‘opinion is | guided, has been vastly injured by the frauds, fakes | and offenses of this pretender, Hearst. We have now made his exposure complete. His agreement to cease unfair and malicious treatment of a corporation for a money consideration is now public property. The fact that, having sold himself, he sat down with Mr. Herrin and argued and insisted that he had stayed bought; the letter of his business man- ager complaining that the corporation had revealed the secret agreement for the sale of Hearst to Irving M. Scott, have been published. The case is complete. If Hearst desire to judicially test that contract we have offered him an open way. If he will bring suit upon it against the Southern Pacific Railroad The Call will pay any judgment he gets for the unpaid balance of $8000. It was treated by him and the First National Bank as a negotiable contract. It has not lost its ne- gotiable character. We enlarge our offer. If he will assign it to The Call we will bring suit on it, and bring the contract into court and secure a judicial decision upon it. If it were a simple contract for ad- vertising, judgment upon it will demonstrate that fact | and Hearst will be vindicated. The business and reading public now understand fully that in no other way than by suit for the balance due can Hearst prove that he did not agree to sell his silence to the corporation for thirty months for the sum of $30,000. His fury and abuse will this simple solution. But Hearst will not bring suit for the’balance due him. He will stand p: ed and convicted with the re-lock on his blackguardism in full view. pretenders that Williams of time. Business men are t Hearst has been stripped of his pretenses The not distract attention from from te newspaper criti- may now that an expo- corporations, individuals and ate and honest, and not a can be extorted. ethods deters his journal- - ded victims of blackmail at The Call wil em against it. Cor- vill walk more uprightly, for they cannot leg te criticism by purchase, and their r conduct yill get the credit to which propriety led, whether manifested by a corporation or an ir has been cleared and will be further puri- Hears driven out of the State, which is w too hot to hold him. THE CONTEST IN THE FOURTH. THILE the Fourth Congressional District has in times past been regarded as a Democratic stronghold, there are ample reasons for be- lieving it will be redeemed this year, and that its voters will send to Washington that stanch Repub- lican, Julius Kahn, to uphold the administration and the great policies of protection and sound money on which the prosperity of the country depends. In that district, as everywhere else, Democracy has been learning a good deal since the last election. The gold men who boited the Bryan movement are more determined than ever to rid their party of the fiat money cranks, and the great mass of Democratic workingmen, seeing the benefits accruing to them- selves from the Republican tariff, are not likely to vote for a man who would, if he could, break down the tariff as well as the gold standard. The Republicans of the district, on the other hand, were never more united or more resolute than now. They are aware they have the backing of conserva- tive Democrats and independents, and feel that they are making a winning fight. All their meetings in the district have been well attended, and the polling of the full party vote is assured on election day. Favorable as are the conditions in the district to Republican success, it is not upon those conditions only the party relies for success. The personality of the candidate is a potent factor in the canvass. No better man could have been chosen for the contest. He has youth, energy, eloquence, earnestness, a large experience in politics, a proven capacity for legislative work, and is well fitted in every way to carry to victory the Republican standard in a field where Democracy has for a long time been supreme. Julius Kahn was raised in Calaveras County, and at the age of eight years came to this city, where he re- ceived his education in the public schools, being a graduate of the Boys’ High School in the class of 1878. 1In 1892 he was elected to the State Legisla- ture, and the election was a striking proof of his per- sonal force and popularity, as in that year but one other Republican legislative candidate was elected from this city. The legislative record of Mr. Kahn shows him to have been a hard-working, faithful, honest and effi- cient representative of the people. Even his political opponents conceded, after a full review of the session, that his services had been of great value to the city and to the State. Among the bills with whose pas- sage he was prominently identified were those giving residents of Richmond District drainage for their sewer system; repealing the street extension com- mission, whereby the praperty-owners of the Potrero and the Mission were saved thousands of dollars; providing the naval battalion their first State appro- priation; requiring that in all street railway franchises a provision be made giving letter-carriers the right to ride free while in the discharge of their duties; ap- propriating $250,000 for the erection of the buildings of the affiliated colleges, and requiring the sale of public franchises to the highest bidder. In his private life Mr. Kahn has proven his devo- tion to the general welfare as well as in his official career. He is thoroughly representative of the pro- gressive element of the State. He can be counted on at Washington to advance every interest of Califor- nia, and the people of the Fourth District will have good reason to be proud of their Representative in Congress. Mrs. Botkin has more reason to congratulate her- self. She would not have been Queen of the Tanks and Empress of all the Hoboes if she had been taken back to Delaware. If Colonel Berry will take a word of friendly ad- vice he will let go that Red Cross money, and do his talking about it after he has a receipt. If Aguinaldo really wants to visit Pfis he should wait for the exposition of 1000 and go as an exhibit. Carpet-bagging and sandbagging need elimination from politics. people are benefited, | PHELAN'S POLITICAL TALE. EACON FITCH'S County Committee bave is- D sued a campaign paper called The Non- Partisan. which, although bound to have only a brief career, bids fair to become a feature in the journalism of San Francisco. The Deacon says his sheet is to be devoted to “good government,” and that it will appear three times before election day, each issue being placed in the hands of every voter. The Deacon has procured a list of the registered voters from Registrar Biggy, and he will include every name therein among his “constant readers” and “old subscribers.” The first issue of The Non-Partisan has a saluta- tory, editorials on the platform and the dollar limit, an article with the ominous head, “Warning,” which declares that unless the people look sharp the bosses, boodlers and push will overwhelm them, and a long list of the biographies of the Non-Partisan candi- dates. There are also a few flip-flap editorial notes, writ- ten in the Deacon's best style, none of which are of more than passing interest; but nowhere in his paper does Mr. Fitch make any reference to the fact that he and his party have become 2 tail to Mayor Phelan’s kite. In fact, the entire subject of Demo- cratic politics is ignored. When he conducted the late lamented Bulletin the Deacon was celebrated in controversy for the adroit- ness with which he closed up when cornered. He | was, in fact, throughout his newspaper career, known in connection with certain subjects as the journalistic oyster. Evidently he has adopted this policy in his new venture. The people are panting to know the details of the bargain by which the Non-Partisans were sold to the Phelan machine. Why will not Deacon Fitch discuss the subject? He can now en- tertain no fear of having his remarks garbled by an inattentive or hostile reporter. He can make his ex- planation over his own signature in his own paper. A review of the list of candidates published by | Deacon Fitch and indorsed by his paper shows that out of fifty-three nominees only sixteen are Republi- cans. How could this partiality in favor of Demo- crats have been shown in a convention composed al- most entirely of Republicans, representing a voting strength altogether Republican, unless a rank politi- cal bargain had been consummated? Deacon Fitch’s | ticket contains but one Republican candidate for a patronage office. The Sheriff, County Clerk, Super- intendent of Streets and the Board of Supervisors have all been given by the Non-Partisans to the Dem- ocrats. Is Deacon Fitch aware of the fact that every Dem- ocrat on his ticket has promised to give his patronage to Phelan, Fay, Popper, McNab and Braunhart, or what Phelan calls the “organization”? Mr. Fitch is an experienced political boss and he knows what this means. Why will he not discuss it in the next issue of The Non-Partisan? Does he think that in aiding to build up a political machine with Phelan as boss he is contributing to the cause of “good government”’? These are important questions, and Mr. Fitch's Non-Partisan constituents, before they are delivered to the Phelan machine, want them answered. WHERE THE BRITISH BEAT US. STRANGE contrast exists between the apathy A on the part of the American Government toward merchant marine interests and the ac- tivity and energy displayed by the British in building up the merchant marine of their country. It seems as if the British believe they can never do too much to retain control of the sea in war and in commerce, for they are lavish in their expenditures for the ad- vancement of both their navy and their trade ship- ping. The present Parliament not only provided immense sums for warships, but adopted a measure offering a subsidy to ship-owners to take boys on their vessels and train them for able seamen. It is stated that this course was taken because the decline in the num- ber of sailors of British pirth has of late years be- come serious. In the five years between 1891 and 1896 the number of native-born sailors on British ships de- creased 15 per cent, while the number of foreign-born sailors increased 8 per cent. It is estimated by the advocates of the bill that if only half the number of ships that might take boys for training will do so the result will be to add 8ooo men annually to the merchant service, and incident- ally to the naval reserve force of the empire. Great Britain will thus at a comparatively small outlay in the way of subsidies convert a considerable part of her merchant fleet into training schools from which skilled seamen will graduate to man the commercial shipping or the war vessels of the nation, according to the needs of the time. ‘While the British are thus making every effort to maintain a commerce which is almost at a standstill, the United States, with a rapidly expanding foreign trade, is doing nothing in the way of legislation to provide a merchant marine for carrying it on. We are paying a heavy tribute to foreign ship-owners and are thus losing annually far greater sums than would be required to advance both our merchant marine and our ship-building industry. There is a growing demand for American goods in Europe, in South America and in Australia, and a vast field for commerce awaits us in the Orient. The great nations of Europe are alert and energetic in their efforts to obtain the whole of this trade. They understand the value of an adequate merchant marine to all the industries of a people. They know it is use- less to manufacture goods unless some means is pro- vided for carrying them to the markets where they can be sold. Moreover, they desire that the ships which carry their goods shall fly their flag and be manned by their sailors. Surely with such rivals in the field it is time for Congress to enact laws that will give the American a chance to compete on equal terms with them for the markets of the world. So long as the Chinese highbinders intent upon killing each other shoot straight there will be no par- ticular objection. They are not half so dangerous to the community as the Democratic spell-binders. If Spain did not so continually lose sight of the fact that in the recent war she had the experience of getting licked, there would be fewer hitches in the negotiations for peace. ‘With Maguire depending on anarchist votes and Henley looking to Mexican support, the outiook of the two cannot be said to be bright. Al e - Perhaps all these soldiers about to start for Manila are getting married as a delicate compliment to Gen- eral Merritts good taste. Rea’s followers seem to be manifesting many of the characteristics of rats who find themselves on a sink- ing ship. Perhaps it would be well for France to employ some of the sympathy expended on Spain for use right at home. 4 : Gl A - THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1898, ; ; row heads at date and without rays about THE PLUG HAT. NUMBER FIVE. Editor San Francisco Call: Our institutions are all calculated for patr,t’y government. The men who founded the republic had been raised on 4 b: party system. Their experience showed that in every nation ther:‘ x::dus‘ e differences of opinion. On the lines of these opinions the citizens div u:l n political parties. One party acts as a check on the other, Their mut em- ulation tends to the public weal. It is true that political orators have a hal of the other party as-traitors who are unwo the flag. Sucph m’amboyant declarations are quite in order, and they do no harm because no one takes any stock in them. The plain citizen believes in his heart that the Republican and the Democrat and the Populist are equally citizens of this country—equally entitied to the protection of the laws. This was the belief of the fathers of the republic. They did not wish to repeat here the experiment so disastrously tried in other lands, where a dis- pute between parties meant the arbitrament of the sword and where the vic- tory of one side meant the exile or extinction of the other. They wished all parties to live under the law. They wished victory to be decided solely by the free votes of a free people, and they wished every man to have ac- cess to the ballot box so that his vote might have its own weight in de- ciding the fortunes of the battle. In the same way there are differences between the members of the va- rious parties. One group favors ome man or one policy, anothgr favors an- other man or another policy. These groups make up the party, and no one group has the right to cast out all the other groups and say, "I alone am the party.” If any man does not wish to act with others of the same party then that man SHOULD GO AND FORM A PARTY FOR HIMSELF. He does not belong under the American system to a party, because a party means the mutual tolerance of differing groups. He is the cuckoo’s egg laid in the strange bird’s nest. As the intruder grows to power he casts out the rightful occupiers to make room for himself. Now the plain citizen, like you and me, cares very little for one boss or another, All bosses look alike to us. Our chief concern is that no boss can get too much power and that is why we belleve In parties and in groups within parties. We cannot see why Rainey has not as much right in the Democratic party as Phelan or Lanigan or Graney or Buckley or the rest of them. It seems to us it rests entirely with the members of the party. Moreover, we cannot see for the life of us why Rainey should read Phelan out of the party or Phelan Rainey. They are both leaders of groups. One group may be larger than the other, or may occupy a better position. But both grouwps belong to the party. When Republicans win in an election they do not declare the Dem- ocrats outside the protection of American law. When one group in a party triumphs it has no right to cast the other group into the outer darkness. Of course the boss who is aiming at the complete control of the party will not subscribe to this doctrine. But I am arguing now not as the boss, but as the plain citizen argues—as you and I believe that things should be. We are all the time looking to our own Interest and our own interest em- phatically lies with the multitude of small bosses ever against the big boss that rules them all BUT MR. PHELAN DOES NOT BELIEVE In a party made up of groups. His policy is the policy of the politicians of ancient Rome in the days of its decline. When one party triumphed over the other there was a proscription. The faction on top published a list of the leaders of the faction underneath and every one on that list might be slain at sight. Mr. Phelan hardly ever makes a speech that he does not trot out Pericles or Cicero or some other ward heeler of Rome or Greece. No doubt he has studied their methods closely and he admires their thorough- ness. He will tolerate no groups or factions under him. His faction must be the Democratic party and every faction that will not, bow down before his statue of brass must go incontinently into the fiery furnace. His plug hat must shelter the whole Democratic party and on the rim of it there is writ in large letters, “Outside”of this there is no salvation.” This is a state of affairs which the Democratic party should consider as closely as the plain citizen. Shall all the avenues to promotion in that party be BLOCKED IN FUTURE BY THE PHELAN TURNSTILE. bit of denouncing the candidates rthy to enjoy the protection of Is the Democracy of San Francisco to be another Phelan building in which no one can obtain a room without paying rent to Mr. Phelan or to Deacon McElroy, his agent, or to Mr. Charles Fay? But the plain citizen can well leave the Democrats to attend He minds his business and he lets others mind thel:’: ufi:: duty now is to survey the situ@tlon};a]mly and see how his interests are e has nothing to ho or the other, but he has much to fear. e from one party boss who may become so strong as to control all the other and I have learned to beware of vaulting ambition, P S zens that we are, are satisfled with the devices employed b: %o prevent the power of the people from being used s foretatlides are committed to the principle of the division of power. suffrages is a man who comes to us as the open and avowed ‘“Make me a Mayor; a oo Give me officials who will support my policy; own affairs. affected by the coming election. that principle. Mr. Phelan says, but in reality. Above all things he has to fear the You and I, plain citi- against the people. We Looking for our the eagle, from $30 to $40. For such a coin dealers will y from 320 to $30. 'or %ml‘fl% 1862 the selling price Is from $1 35 o~ b UNDERSCORED WORD—A. Z., City ‘When a word is written with a line under it it means that the writer desires to at tract attention to it. In a composition room it means that the word mus italicized. If the word is overscored : well as underseored it means that th writer is particularly anxious to that he has more in< than he has 1 mate use for. SYMBOLISM OF COLORS—Subscriber, Alameda, Cal. Red signifies martyrdom for faith, charity (in dresses), divine lov white—purity, temperance, innocer chastity, faith, (in dresses) innocence purlty; blue—hope, love of divine w (in dresses) divine contemplation sincerity: green—faith, gladnes: tality, the resurrection of the just, dresses) the gladness of the faithful; p —sgayety; yvellow—jealousy. RALSTON'S DEATH—O. Y. M. 8., City The Bank of California suspe: d Th day, August 26, 1875, at 2:30 p. m.. and th following day William C. Ralston. v for many years had been its presi went to the baths near Black Point while swimming in the open became u conscious. He was taken ashore and ¢ spite all efforts made to resuscitate he died shortly after 4 o'clock in afternoon. REPAIRS TO PREMISES—G. H., C Whether a landlord has to make cert repairs depends upon the exact word of the lease or in the absence of a I on the verbal understanding. If the derstanding is that the 1andlordu al make the repairs if the damage was result of ordfna.ry wear and tear and the carelessness of tenant. FERRY TO OAKLAND—G. B. and O G., City. The earliest record that this department has been able to find of a regular ferry between San Franecisco and Oakland is the line that was operated by Charles Minturn, as agent, in _the latter part of 1851 or the early part of 1852. The ferry-boat was the Red Jacket, which left Cunningham’s wharf, which was off Bat- tery street, between Broadway and Green street. She made three trips a day, 9:2) a. m., 1:30 p. m. and 5:30 g m., from this side, and 8 a. m., 12 m. and 3:30 p. m. from the Oakland side. SILK CULTURE—C. A. D, City. This department cannot advise an individual to invest his money in the culture of silk worms or any other business. Would suggest that you go to the reference room of the San Francisco Free ribrary and there consult & number of public docu- ments on the culture of silk. silk worms, mulberry trees, etc., in California, which will give you the informa: on the sub- ject, and you can also obtain some addi- tional “information by calling on John A. Filcher ,who is in charge of the State Board of Trade exhibit. CHINESE MISSION—M. M., Haywards, Cal. The old Chinese Mission at the northeast corner of Stockton and Sacra- mento streets, for many years under the superintendence of Rev. A. W. Loomis, is a thing of the past, though the building still stands. The mission was established by Rev. William Speer. The erection of the building was commenced in 1553, and the mission was dedicated Sunday, June 4, 1854. There was a chapel with seats for 300, a school and dispensary and the resi- dence of the super&etendent and pastor on the upper floor. The first board of and neglect the trustees . was composed of Thomas H. Selby, D. 8. Turner, T. Adams, Henry Channings Beales, E. Knight, Ira P. Ran- Kin, S. klin, J. B. Roberts and E. P. n WHITEWASH—K. 8. S., Salinas, Cal Mayor not in name, that is to say, Supervisors who will register my decrees; Judges who will ments; Auditors who will throw open the doors of the cl(ydfxl-:evn.es:gyg’t“ds- approach; Assessors who will, as I consider just, tax the property - of oy citizens, and incidentally my own not inconsiderable holdings—give pe Sheriff, County Clerk, Superintendent of Streets, School Diteetoss g1 m everything and I will give you a good government.” Ve me THE PLAIN CITIZEN GASPS IN ASTONISHMENT At such a proposal. and I know a thing or two. disrespect it with impunity. Phelan least of all. Yours truly, The plain citizen hears plain again about prominent personages. You and I know that the ma; not respect the moral law will not respect the civil law a Pl We have been trained to t; such power. Perhaps we may have our reasons for refusin, ‘Were Mr. Phelan an angel from h gin to consider well whether he might be trusted with such oom, TIERt be- Phelan is by no means an angel, at least not tha th such power. But M: t kind of an angel. Yol;i talk now anq s long as he can Tust no man with g to trust Mr, A PLAIN CITIZEN. AROUND THE CORRIDORS Hon. S. N. Laughlin has returned to Moss Landing. Judge Frank Short and wife, of Fresno, are at the Palace. E. §. Churchill, a prominent banker of Napa, is at the Palace. H. E. Barber, a well known Stockton capitalist, is at the Grand. G. W. Crystal, a weil known merchant of Vacaville, is stopping at the Grand. Mark R. Plaisted, the well known news- paper man, is a guest at the California. H. D. Haslan, cashier of the First Na- tional Bank of Santa Cruz, Is at the Cali- fornia. P. G. de L'Estoille, one of the owners of the Ralston mine at Summit, is at the Grand. A. L. Barber, the New York asphaltum magnate, accompanied by his wife, is at the Palace. W. R. King. of New Bedford, Mass., largely interested in whaling, is a guest at the California. A. B. Peakes, proprietor of the Sea- beach Hotel at Santa Cruz, has regis- tered at the Palace. V. S. McClatchy, editor of the Sacra- mento Bee, accompanied by Mrs. Me- Clatchy, is at the California. ‘W. R. Townsend, formerly of this city, where he has many friends, has regis- tered at the Occidental, from Los Angeles. Warren J. Lynch, assistant general passenger agent of the Big Four Road, accompanied by Mrs. Lynch, is here on a business trip. Reuben H. Lloyd, the newly elected Grand Master of the National Encamp- ment of Knights Templar, has returned home. Mr. Lioyd is the first Grand Mas- ter of the Natlonal Conclave elected from any State west of the Mississippi. Hon. Eugene F. Ware and wife, of To- peka, Kansas, are guests at the Palace. Under the nom de plume of “Ironquill” Colonel Ware has made a name for him-. self as a poet of no mean ability. He has al achieved much distinction as a jurist, being known all over Kansas as the poet lawyer. e JUST FOR A SMILE. ‘“Young man,” said the young woman's father, “you have boasted several times that you possess an honored name.” sir,” replied the foreign suitor, ughtily. ‘VEeH. may I Inquire what bank it will be honored at and for how much?'— ‘Washington Star. First Stranger (on railway train)—So you are selling Prof. Blank's new book, gie you? Strange coincidence. I am Prof. ank. s Second Stranger—That so? Then you wrote the very book I am agent for? “Yes. The lurdu'z’n work I ever did was wrmnf that ““Well, well! That’s another str: coincidence. The hardest I ever was trying to sell it.” -m-fifl “Sir,” began the seedy lool indivia- ual as he approached the r in a downtown office, “'I have seen bétterdays, and if you will kindly render me a littie "Il.t:: 5&7 :on'y ' interrupted the casa- fer, “_l‘but I can do i:othtlng’ ;'o: you to-day; Chai shoul befln al , you know."” “Thsz sir,” replied the menadl- hno‘= ‘apparel. t is your home address, please, and what time shall I 2"—Chi- cago Daily News. “Do .y.q bauev:“t::%_ll really nu;n‘ a - ,” said the man who had to eat flmm%;flu a iur LONDON. Haunted b Of many 7 ;:le_l:he historic smil, es and tears Tomb of prides, soul vanished into space, . aims and passions, pure Fet theater where life loudr: The following is given as a first class whitewash for walls or ceilings: “Soak one-quarter of a pound of glue over night in tepid water. The next day put it into a tin vessel with a quart of water, set the vessel in a kettle of water over a fire, keep it there till it boils, and then stir untll the glue is dissolved. Next put from six to eight pounds of parie white aud hot water and stir un it has the appearance of milk of lime. Add the sizing, stir well and ap- ly in the ordinary way while still warm.™ Except on very dark anu smoky walls and ceilin; a single coat is sufficlent. It is said that this is nearly equal in brilliancy to zinc white. Paris white is sulphate of baryta, which may be found in drug or paint stores. BASEBALL THROWING—R., Miller, California. The following is the record of longest baseball throwing: Ed Crane is credited with having thrown a ball 135 yards 1 foot and % inch October 12, 1884, in Cincinnati, Ohio, and 135 yards and 3§ inches October 19, 1884 in St. Louis, Mo. In a match with J. O'Rourke at Buffalo, info another vesser. el § e ¥ dom; N. Y., June 23, 1890, H. Vaugn threw a m fabulous epochs through o e ball 134 yards 23 inches; L. Twichell at e &h a thousand | Macon, Ga., on July 29, 1893, In a contest ml:l:e and dear-bought peace your an-| fOF & Prize of §25 threw a ball 135 vards Till ‘mow en ; 2°inches. John Hatfield of the Mutuals g place) earth man's mightiest meet- | threw the ball 133 yards 1 foot 7% inches Your vastness this columnar fame uprears! In fogs of noonday ni; In yellow and stlver Or” violet “alps of 'ght, in rains and siects, mists, or suns cloud, et S gh your monstrous maze of ‘With steps unechoing, waik your Deathless ad, O city of ghosts, that can so E ghostly be! —Edgar Fawcett in Literature, see. deep charm For always throu ts, —_— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. COPPER CE: 8 4 Sovper cent S e aiimss, | Cal of 1557 sells for 50 cenits to TO EXTERMINATE FLEAS—M. It Is =aid that fleas wil mot R a bed on which h e fiow‘:n.c as been sprinkled cham- SIGNATURE TO MORTGAGE—A. G. G, 8. Arrovo Grande, Cal. In the State of fornia a mortgage d | quire the signature of tge w‘i)tea!. b A WIFE IN PORTUGAL—S., City. In Portugal it is the duty of a married Wwoman to accompany her husband every- Where except to a foreign country. TIGHT ROPE AT THE CLIFF—W. Gty Cooke;. the. -Helit: yine. walkne, walked on a tight rope from the oid gllfl House to the Seal Rocks September BRIGID AND BRIDGET-M. K., CIRV. Brigid is only another form of Bridget. Bridget is Celtic, Brigitte is French, Brigida is Itali panish and 3 BEeR 5 e and ool B ALLEGORIES, XXXCV, Oakland, Cal. It you will consuit the Century diction- ary, or in fact any English diction: you will find a full defn ego"ry' myths, fables and leegenli(til:.n Sralesioe. SPARKLING WINES—D. R. S., Morro, San Luis Obispo Co., Cal. The tax on sparkling wines, commoniy known as the war_ taxX, is one cent on pint bottles or smaller, and two ce ihan & Sint nts on bottles larger NO CHANCE FOR OLD MAIDS—S., City. Tt is true that old malds have nof the same chance in Russia that they have In other countries. The law there prohib- its persons over 80 years of age from mar- rying in the territory of the Czar. FREE LIBRARIES—L. E. N., Los Ga- | tos, Cal. By an act passed in 1880 (Stat- utes of California 1830, page 231), cities ' and towns have a right to levy a tax not | ::mnpg '1_92111! otn each lnhx::y usgmment : urpose of establis! and main- taining « free public thry?s | | WILHELM DER GROSSE—S. Jr., City. The speed of the largest steamer afloat, the Wilhelm der Grosse, is 2256 knots, the same as that of the Kaiser Frederich. The highest speed of any of the English- :‘tm(.‘haor mth‘lfic‘éni‘mn is glt\ Campania e Lucania, H is, for these vessels, 21.22 knots. o chl THE CITY OF PARA—E. J. H,, City. This department has no advices as to when the transport City of Para will re- turn to this city. As soon as the Govern- | ment decides to have her return to this post the fact will be made known to the | agents here, and if Will w s shipping eolmn’“;lflyl 3 wb: o e unn!vmeh“tolrflvq}‘ i 2he sm.x.ngg’mcnovcoml—cmt Reader, . The selling price of a half dolla o 185 1a from 7o to 80 eents: R R ot ):-:y gold watches for 3 at the Union grounds, Brookiyn, October 15, 1572. Ed lliamson of Chicago threw a ball 132 yards and 1 foot at the Chicago gmunds September 9, , and he won the incinnati comPeflflfln in 1888 by a throw of 133 yards 11 Inches. Cal. glace fruit 50c per I at Townsend's* ———————— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. ¢ —_——— Onyx Tables and Lamps. Beautiful new lamps, pretty globes, stylish shades and elegant brass tables make the nicest and most _acceptsble wed presents. Sanborn, Vail Co. T41 Market street. * = —_—— She—They say that a little learni: dangerous thing. i He—Yes, I guess it is. I found it so once. I stopped investigating when I found out how much property my first wife’s father :ha.s supposed to own, his and making ine debts. But I'll never get taken in that way again—Cleveland Leader. Pawnbroker—Well, my son, what can I do for you? Youthful Customer—My father told me to come here and offer vou $25 for a gold watch, and raise it to $30 if I couldn’t get it for less. ———— Through Tourist Car to St. Paul This car is nicely upholstered in leather, leaves every Tuesday night, no change. Goes via Shasta route and Northern Pacific Ratl- way. The scenic line of the continent. Tick- ets on sale to all'Eastern cities at lowest rates. T. K. Stateler, general agent, 85 Market st., San Francisco. —_—— Dr. Siegert's Angostura Bitters, the remowned appetizer, is used over the whole civilized world; it is imported from South America. —_————— Pawnbroker—My young friend, I haven't but I've t me for $30 that are worth a uund Youthful Customer—I'm glad of that, .use I was to offer you if I couldn’t get one for $30. t me see them, please. Pawnbroker retires behind the big safe for. :n moment to Kick hlmxeu,—cglcm e : ADVERTISEMENTS.