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

NOVEMBER 7, 1898 ‘MONDAY JOHN D. -SPRECKELS é’vopnelw. Address All Communications to W. S, i.EAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE. Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS..........2IT to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 18§74, THE 6AN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carrlers In this city and surrounding towns | for IS cents a week. By mail $6 per year; per montb J | | 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL.............One year, by mall. $1.50 OAKLAND OFFICE.. vessanss..908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE Riggs Houseo C. €. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE.... Marquette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. | | | 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 untll 9:30 | e'clock. 615 Larkin street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open untll i0 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open unt!l 9 o'clock. 25i8 | Mission street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open untll 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ens | Kentucky streets, open untll 9 o'clock. | | he Crust of Soclety.” Orp. Vaudeville. Native Sons' Hall—Benefit to Mr. Frank Mathieu, Wednes- | day evs Olympia, corner Mason and Eddy streets—Specialtles. ith, deville and the Zoo. The Chutes—Lillian Sutro's Baths— Oakland Rac Rosenthal—Com. TRADE FAIR AND FEATURELESS. T HE condition of trade throughout the country T at large remains about the same as previously reported—quiet, and characterized by conserva- tism and a disinclination to overbuy or speculate on the future. The elections have had less effect than an- ticipated, though they have exerted more or less in- fluence. The bank clearings last week were 20 per cent heavier than for the same week in 1897, and the failures were 183, again While these figures | show a better condition of business than at this time last year, there is no line exhibiting any especial ac- | tivity, and most of them are reported quiet. | There is no lack of funds in any quarter, however. he annual report of the Treasury Department to the Secretary shows that the net ordinary revenues of the Government during the past f 1 year were $405,- 321,000, an increase of $57,597,000 over the preceding year, while the expenditures were $443,368,000, an in- crease of $77,504,000. The war with added greatly to the expenditures, but in spite of this the assets of the country were cnly about $55,000,000 less on June 30 than on the corresponding date in 1897. 1t will be remembered that Congress voted $50,000,000 for war expenses, so the deficiency is easily accounted for. The statement adds that the tenders of gold to the department by banks and individuals in exchange for paper were more than it could accept. The same plethora of gold has characterized na- tional trade for over a year. Business may be quiet, but it certainly is not for the want of gold coin. The | country has more of it than it knows what to do with, | and, as previously mentioned, the banks have been | glad to ldan it to Europe. The cause of the com- | parative qnietness seems due to overproduction in a | number of staples, notably wool and cotton, and to a slackening in the foreign demand for wheat, owing to the more pacific political situation in the Far East. The distributive trade of the country seems to | be jogging along about as usual, and, in fact, is re- | ported even better than it has been in the South and | West, ow Spain ing to more favorable weather and the lift- | ing of different quarantines. Wool is showing more activity, as holders, having discovered that they | have been deceived in regard to the extent of the| supply, have begun to sell at concessions, and the | woolen manufacturers are looking forward to an in- | creased trade in consequence, and at prices which will | admit of a small profit. The iron and steel trades re- | port less business than for some weeks past, though the mills are still well supplied with orders. While grain has been duller, statistics show a fine foreign export movement, which, however, has been offset by increased receipts at Western points, so prices have not been able to improve. | In Wall street bonds have been active, while stocks | have sold at concessions, The feeling on the street | is steady enough, as the railroad earnings contintte to \ make a good showing, and a number of large indus- trial concerns have recently declared their usual dividends. Still, trading has been dull as a rule. On this coast conditions have not changed for | some time. In California the weather is now the | chief factor in the commercial situation. Rain is‘ needed, both on account of feed and farming opera- tions. While it is yet too early for any apprehension | regarding the coming season, it cannot be denied that a good soaking southeast storm would brighten things wonderfully. Still, with the exception of dried fruit and wool, the leading staples are moving off well. The season in dried fruit has been a disappoint- ment all around. With short crops all over the world nobody expected a stagnant market this fall, | but such has been the case, nobody knows why. The grain market, albeit quiet, is on a plane of prices at which the farmer can make money, and the minor cereals, such as barley and oats, have advanced ma- terially during the past week. Provisions still rule fiu!l. Hides are quiet, but the hop-growers are sell- ing their product at profitable quotations, and the demand has lately been good. Cattle, sheep and | hogs are steady at satisfactory prices, and, except for the scarcity of feed, no complaints are heard from the stock men. Country credits have kept up well in spite of the dry year. Collections are no slower than usual, and there is at present no visible disposition on the part of the city houses to contract credits. The weekly record of failures continues very favorable, there be- ing no serious defaults in this direction. Money is plentiful at the ordinary rates of interest, and the agricultural parts of the Stats seem to be flourishing, despite the recent dry season. It is not easy to see why the American army should pay so much deference to the wishes of Blanco. The soldiers ought to land in Cuba irrespective of his wishes, and if he has not sense enough to get out of the way the result would be chiefly distressing to him- ; self. A girl who swore 2 man to prison now asserts that her testimony was totally false. The mildest that Justice can 41 is to permi’, her to change places with the man, 1 Call | open, honest, economical, efficient—useful to the com- | munity, beneficial to all classes, for the good of every | .....Market ond Third Sts.. S. P | | nor set of men, other than the great body of the | the legal profession and in all the circles of business | is high. | energy required to master the complex duties of the | rity that deserves success and the ability that com- mands it. | order to form even the semblance of an argument | has done his duty in office and | faithfully and well. | tions have caused voters to overlook city affairs | have to vote. | of the Phelan administration have been of a nature | entered office under the fairest auspices. A large body PATTON AND HIS PLATFORM. ATTON and his platiorm. That meatts for San p Francisco the right measures and the right man—a business administration on business principles, carried out by business methods, straight, citizen. : Charles L. Patton is not an office-seeker in the or- dinary meaning of the phrase. He accepted a nomi- nation in response to the call of his party and of con- servative taxpayers because he is a man of public spirit, of civic patriotism, ready to assume the burdens of office when the way is clear for him to fulfill the duties with honor to himself and with usefulness to his fellow-citizens. He did not accept the nomination blindly. He demanded a platform in accord with his views of the needs of the municipality before he would consent to become a candidate. He appears before the people pledged to nothing except the principles of his platform and fidelity to the responsibilities of office. He is bound to no man, people themselves. He did not obtain, he did not seek, the nomination by intrigue, by chicanery, by combinations with other office-seekers or by sub- servience to bosses. The record of his life attests the independence of his manhood and the sterling worth of his character. He is one of those native sons of whom the State has a right to be proud. His position in society, in He has the learning, the experience and the Mayoralty, and he will perform them with the integ- Mayor Patton will not confuse the affairs of the city by making mistakes of law. He will not entail losses upon the public treasury by heiting money which the law requires him to count. He will not use the patronage of the office to promote his ambi- tion for re-election or for the United States Senator- ship. He will not be a dealer in jobs for the benefit of a gang of hungry spoilsmen. The candidacy of Mr. Patton affords the citizens of San Francisco an opportunity to accomplish a true reform in municipal administration. Not the reform | of mouthing hypocrites, but a genuine business re- | form. He is the candidate of more than the Repub- | lican party. He stands for taxpayers, for property- | owners, for workingmen—for all whose interests are identical with the interests of the community. Work for him to-day. Vote for him to-morrow. Let us elect him by a majority that we can be proud of. THE M@AN FOR ‘@SSESSOR. OHN D. SIEBE, Republican nominee for As- QJ sessor, has made the campaign for re-election upon the record of his past services. To the bitter attacks made upon him, and to the many mis- representations ef his opponents, he has made no vin- dictive reply. His works speak for him. He has| served the people eight years in the office of Asses sor, and that service is all the vindication he needs from such charges as his opponents have put for- ward. The excellence of Mr. Siebe's official career proven by the fact that his opponents have had to | resort to the most elaborate misrepresentations in is against his re-election. Four years ago, at the con- clusion of his first term of office, even the Examiner conceded that his assessments had been fair, and his administration honest and efficient. This year, at the close of his second term, his work has won the ap- proval not only of Republicans, but of the Non- Partisans and the Populists, and he has the indorse- ment of the conventions of those parties for re- election. The canvass made by Mr. been straightforward, manly and clean. He does not seek re-election by aspersing the character of his opponents, but upon his own merits as an official who served the people The taxpayers know Mr. Siebe, and out of that knowledge they have given him the | popular title of “Honest John Siebe.” It is a title of honor, for it has been honorably earned by stanch in- tegrity in all the relations of life. That fact is now well understood, and all voters who desire an honest | and impartial Assessor, one who has been tried and found true, will vote for John D. Siebe. ebe and his friends has d GOOD LOCAL GOVERNMENT. NE of the gratifying features of this campaign O has been the earnest attention given to the local issue of good municipal government. It has been the rule that Congressional and State elec- to a great extent in past contests, and, accordingly, weak or vicious men have been chosen to city and county offices simply because the people were more or less indifferent to the comparative merits of candidates. It has not been so this year. The local campaign has been conducted as systematically and as zealously as that for State offices or for members of Congress. Every point involved-has been thoroughly discussed, the personal and political deserts of aspirants for office weighed and considered, and the people will go to the pells to-morrow well informed of every issue, whether of men or of measures, on which they will | It is not due to chance that this public interest in the municipal campaign has come about. The events that compel the attention cf citizens. The Mayor of independent citizens, representing industrial and property interests, voted for him and expected great things of him. To these men his career has been one of bitter disappointment. Instead of giving the city an honest administration he has used all its patron- age to further his political ambitions, and has been more unscrupulous and more domineering than any other official or boss in our political history. Mayor Phelan was largely responsible for the elec- tion of the majority of the Board of Supervisors, and that majority has been thoroughly corrupt. He was responsible for the election of the majority of the Board of Education, and the board has given rise to scandals involving frauds of almost all kinds from something like petty larceny to something like whole- sale plunder. The renomination of this incompetent Mayor and unscrupulous boss roused the citizens to a sense of their duty to the city. It was felt that a strong man would be needed to defeat Phelan, intrenched as he is in power, possessed of large wealth and surrounded by a band of intense partisans whose political ambi- tions are bound up with his own, and for a time many people believed he could not be beaten at all. The nomination of Charles L. Patton had the effect of rousing the hopes and energies of the taxpayers and of all citizens who desire good government. His candidacy aroused enthusiasm at the start. From the day of his nomination popular interest in the local | s | Y in danger, unless, indeed, the Phelanites sell it out for | canvass has been as keen as that in the State against Maguire and the single tax. For once it may be said our people have given heed to their home affairs, and the outcome is no longer doubtful. It must be borne in mind, however, by every voter that to assure a good local government Mayor Pat- ton should have the support:of a Republican Board of Supervisors and a Republican Board of Education. The overthrow of the Phelanites should be made com- plete. When we eliminate Phelan from our politics let us eliminate along with him all the gang of job- chasers whom he has brotight to the front and put forward as candidates for office. THE ISSUES BEFORE US. Y the votes to be cast to-morrow California will B declare her attitude toward the politics of the day and the destiny of the nation. She will be counted for McKinley or for Bryan; for the prin- ciples of protection, sound money and. conservative government; or for free trade, a ‘debased currency and the rule of the discontented, the improvident and the lawless. The distinction between constitutional government, stability and prosperity, as represented by the Repub- lican party, and that formless mass of anarchy and folly represented by the fusion of the extremists among Democrats and Populists, has been so clearly drawn during the canvass that no observing man can overlook it, no good one ignore it. So wide and deep is the difference between the two that the con- test is not so much a discussion between political par- ties as a struggle on the part of certain violent and more or less vicious elements in the community to overthrow the established order of society and gov- ernment and to reconstruct everything by wholesale confiscations of property and the destructtion. of vested rights. Throughout the nation it is everywhere recognized that the chief issue of the campaign is that of sus- taining the President. The people are to determine by their ballots whether Congress will uphold® the administration in dealing with our foreign relations and in settling the currency problem, or whether | there shall be at Washington a Congress to oppose the President, hamper him and thwart him. Were there no other issue in this State than that which is presented to the hation at large, California should go Republican. We have, however, a local issue which renders a Republican victory doubly necessary to the welfare and the dignity of the com- monwealth. the nomination of Maguire is more menacing than that which has been carried on in this campaign in any other State in the Union. We have here not only the incentive of patriotism to sustain the administra- | tion, but the dire danger of single tax, industrial dis- turbance and anarchy if we vote the other way. The issues have been fully presented the voters, the canvass is completed and the campaign is over. There remains only the duty of rousing the indiffer- ent among the people to a sense of their responsi- bility to the city, to the State and to the nation. This work should be undertaken by every public-spirited citizen. There should be a full vote to-morrow, and to-day each man should speak to his neighbor and remind him of his duty to vote right. A FALSE @LARM. O have resorted to a bugaboo for the purpose of frightening citizens into voting their ticket. The Examiner of yesterday in screaming type de- clared: “The new charter is in danger. It is again attacked by its same old enemies. They are not this time fighting boldly, brazenly and in the open, but | they are fighting just the same—sectetly, poisonously, malignantly.” All of that wild scream is the kind of barbaric up known as a false alarm. The new charter is not votes. All Republican candidates for the Legislature are pledged to vote for its ratification by that body this winter. The Republican candidate for Mayor, Charles L. Patton, is one of the truest and firmest | of its supporters. In his speech at the closing Republican rally of the campaign on Saturday evening Mr. Patton, in speak- ing of the Republican platform, which pledges legisla- tive candidates to support the charter, said: “I am in sympathy with every plank in the platform, and I pledge myself to support it. I believe in the new charter, which the Republican platform favors. No man and no party of men dare say us nay. It will become the organic law of this city, and I ask you to see to it that. Henry 1. Gage is the man who will sign it as Governor.” With such an ‘illustration of what the Phelanites and the Examiner are willing to do in the way of raising false issues to deceive the people, there is no telling what they may ‘attempt this morning. All voters should be on their guard. The desperate fac- tions of Maguire and Phelan are very sure to resort | to some trick to fool or frighten the unwary, and al- most anything in the way of a false alarm, a roor- back or a bold, audacious lie, may be looked for. Several papers have offered ‘condolences to the Nebraska girl who was deserted at the altar because her breath was tainted with the fumes of a cigarette. It is not pity she needs. Let the sympathizing edi- tors send lier congratulations and a package of cigar- ettes. Georgia boasts that a recent murder trial there, the prisoner a negro, consumed only an hour and forty- three minutes. This is really more time than is usually needed there, the ordinary delay being only such as necessary to find a tree with a convenient limb. A German editor has been sentenced to six months in jail for a lack of reverence toward the Kaiser. The increased circulation of his paper is hardly a com- pensation. He has a desire to circulate himself. America’s demands surprise the Spanish, although why they should is not clear. Had the Spanish been victors they would have had something to say con- cerning the terms of surrender. While the city will pay for the incineration of or- dinary garbage, the circulation of the Examiner by way of the crematory chimney will still be an item of expense to that paper. Some of the Spanish news coming by way of Ha- vana would be disquieting did anybody take the trouble to believe it. The same is true of Cuban news coming by way of Madrid. Spain seems to have a greater regard for the Philip- pines than would have been suspected by the way in which she treated them when her possession was un- disputed. Widber got off as cheaply as he could reasonably have hoped. When a man is caught in the act of stealing, the fewer excuses he has to offer the better for him. Poesy B st B The contest forced upon California by | NCE more the Phelanites in their desperation | AROUND THE_ CORRIDORS A. N. Butts, a mining man of Angels, is at the Oceidental. Fred Conn, a capitalist of Big Pine, is stopping at the Russ. A. Bernheim, a merchant of Sacra- mento, is at the Lick. J. Marion Brooks, a lawyer of Los An- geles, s a guest at the Grand. E. 8. Mainhart, a mining man of Grass Valley, is stopping at the Grand. Robert B. Canfield, ex-Superior Judge of Banta Barbara, is at the Palace. A.. N. Felix, a well known jeweler of New York City, is a guest at the Lick. Mortimer F. Taylor, the well known attorney, of Denver, arrived from Denver and is at the Palace. ¥ R. R. Lowe, Mrs. Ash and T. H. Mallory arrived frem Dawson yesterday and are stopping at the Grand. 7 Dr. S8immons of Sacramento, accom- panied by his wife and children, is a guest at the Occidental. P. Hirschfield, a merchant of San Jose, accompanied by his wife, registered at the Lick yesterday and will remain in town a few days. C. A. Williams, accompanied by Morti- mer F. Taylor, an attorney, arrived in this city from the East yesterday. He is now at the Palace. = 8. Woolner Jr., one of the owners of the great Peoria distillery, and wife are spending their honeymoon in this city. They are at the Palace. P. F. Morey, president of the Portland Electric Light Company, and H. W. Goode, president of the Bank of British Columbia, are at the Palace. QUITE IMPOSSIBLE. The Little Giant wavers, And his bass profundus quavers, As he works himself into a puerile rage; And in attitudes gymnastic, Gives the voters doses drastic, About himself and throwing down the gage. But his single tax oration Causes little perturbation, “Mongst the gallant cohorts of the G. O. P.; For, despite his awful thunder, He will have to stand from under; There's a Gage he can't throw down—that's Henry T.! —C. F. D. It is time for California to take | her place among the solidly Re- | publican States. Let’s make | this victory a clean sweep. NEWS OF FOREIGN NAVIES. The torpedo boat destroyer Fawn, the seventh boat of that class built by Palmer's at Jarrow-on-Tyne, had her trial | on October 14. She Ueveloped a horse | ! power of 6581 and a speed of 30.462 knots, | | notwithstanding a heavy sea and high | wind. The contract calied for 6000 horse | | power and thirty knots. | Bulgara is now in the list of naval | powers, a torpedo gunboat named Nadie- | | ja, of 730 tons, has just been launched at | Bordeaux, and two armored gunboats are | building at Leghorn. The rest of the navy | consists of eleven small steamers and the | operations of the Bulgarian navy are al- | most entirely confined to service on the Danube. The Armstrong Company at Elswick | had on July last 1615 naval guns of vari- ous calibers under construction. The firm | | had during the year then ending fur-| | nished the armament for thirteen war-| | ships bullt at that yard, besides wholly | or partly equipping with guns sixteen ves- | sels built at other yards. Bight ships | were completed and seven were launched | ranging from 4500 to 12,500 tons. The Pedro d’Aragon, building at Sestri Ponente, Ttaly. for the Spanizh navy has never been paid for by Spain, and the | ship has been sold by the builders to the | | Argentine republic. The vessel is a dupli-| cate of the ill-fated Cristobal Colon, run | ashore and surrendered July 3 last off | Santiago to the American squadron. The | Argentine republic has now three sister | ships of this very desirable type of ar-| mored crulsers. 1 ..dvertisements recently appeared in | London and prov papers in England. | They ran thus: “Wanted—Flrst-class time- | | expired gunners for service abroad.” | After dltigent inquiry it was learned that | it was China who desired the services of | practical gunners and high wages were | offered for the shipment of three years, | together with free passage to and from China. They were wanted for the cruis- ers building in European yards, and the men who responded to the advertisements were told they would have sole charge | of gunnery batteries and were expected | to bring the natives up to a state of efli- | clency eghal to that of European soldiers | ! and sailors. hen the British Admiralty | learned of these tempting offers to its | marines and sailors the police were In- structed to prevent men leaving for China under such agreement with the Govern- ment, and each man of the reserves, mili- tary and naval, recelved a note of warning against breaking their oath of allegiance to her Mafesty the Queen. / Some doubt of the practical utility of high speed torpedo boat destroyers is ex- | pressed by the British journals. Atten- tion is called to the fact that the Griffon, when accepted, had averaged over thirty knots during three hours and developed 6000 horsepower, but when the boat was placed in commission and underwent the customary trial the horsépower reached only 5500 and the speed only twenty-four | knots. Later on the engineers managed to get up 5970 horcepower and a speed of twenty-six and a half knots. The ex- planation offered for the discrepancy be- tween thirty and twenty-six and a half knots Is that the boat, when ready for sea, was drawing one foot of water more than when she passed through her ac- ceptance. trial. The excuse offered is a very good one, but as all the thirty knot boats have been run on a light displace- ment the same difficulty of increased draught and weight operates against them reaching the credited high speeds under service conditions, and the alleged thirty knot boat becomes a twenty-four or twenty-five knot craft in actual prac- tice. HIS| DELICIOUS NERVE. As the young man entered the old man looked up and scowled. “Well?"” said the old man, shortly. “Your daughter,” began the young man, but the old man cut him off abruptly. “I've noticed that you've been hangin; around here a good deal,” he said. * suppose that you've come to tell me that you love her?” “No,” replied the young man calmly. “I've come to tell you that she loves me and wants to marry me." “What?" roared tne old man. “She says so herself,” persisted the young man. “I never heard of such an exhibition of egotistical impertinence,” sald the old man. 3 “Then you misunderstand me,” ex- plained wue young man, “My assertion ls dictated_by policy and not by imperti- nence. You see, it's just this way: What ant is nothing to you; now, is it?” ‘W hy—er—not exactly.” 1 might want a thousand pounds, but that wouldn't matter to you, would it?" “Certainly not.” “You're under no obligations _to supply me with what I want, are you?” “‘Hardly."” “Then what a foolish proposition it ‘would be for me to come to you and say: ‘Mr. Parkinson, 1 have been very favor- resged with 1,'yom' house and fur- or ‘I think ably imp: niture,’ d like your daugh- te;,' or l.nyéhm tdu in (ths! l:fi:fl i‘f‘ when your_daughter wants any! t's different. Now, isn’t it different?"” ‘ oIt certainly is different,” admitted the old_man cauti mlllfiy. % sely,” sald the young man. “‘She and I fi that all_out very carefully last it. You see, I have flm no_par- see 1| the Wednesday fo | husband. !'was painfully associated with the mem- | hired a Somali Arab to fan him to keep | spectacle of a large number of policemen ‘the workmen to make felt that it wouldn't be right to o to do anything for me, but I:’: fisrml in her case, as I remarked before. S0 I'm here merely as her agent to say that she wants me, and that she wants me ver{ much, and to ask you to please see that she gets me. She never has wanted anything so much as she wants me, and I am so favorably disposed toward her that if you care to make the investment, shall be quite willing to leave the terms entirely to you and her.” Naturally ‘she got him. No wideawake business ‘man js going to overlook & chance to get such a fine sample of nerve in the family.—Tid-Bits. : ONCE EUGENIE'S HOME. At one gime it seemed probable that Camden ouse, Chislehurst, and the ground surbounding it would fall into the hands of the builders; but another and a more satisfactory fate awaits it. A syn- dicdate has been formed and £33,000 ralsed to purchase the mansion and the seventy acres of land in which it stands. Hence- forth, as has been the case for some time, the grounds will be used as golf links, and the building itself is to serve as a clubhouse. The residence takes its name from the fact that for some time William Camden, author of the famous “Britannia,” in whose honor the Camden Society was founded sixty years ago, lived here, and here died in 1623. So far -as I am aware, Camden was not a devotee of the royal and ancient game of golf, although for some years before he died the Blackheath Club was in existence. However this may be, it is probable that, could the father of English antiquaries be consulted, he would prefer the meta- morphosis which is now . to be carried out to the demolition of his old dwelling. In the early years of this century Mr. and Mrs. Thomson Bonnar were murdered by one of their men-servants in Camden House, a painful circumstance alluded to in the ‘Personal Recollections of Mary Somervill The house is also associated with sad incidents in the history of the Bonaparte family. After his release from German captivity, Napoleon III and the Empress Eugenie retired to this place of exile, and it was here, on January 9, 1873,- that the EmPeror dled. When on lowing he was burfed in the little Roman Catholic chapel of St. Mary, which lies on the south edge of the commion, the Prince Imperial, as chief mourner, followed immediately after the hearse. Six a’ears later the body of this Prince, killed, as all will remember, in Zululand while serving as a volunteer on & reconnoitering expedition, was borne from Camden House to be lald in a re- cess in the opposite side of the church to the remains of his father, Napoleon IIL Soon afterward the Empress removed from Chislehurst.—Glasgow Herald. THE ROMANCE OF A RING. At the close of the battle of the Tcher- naya I was riding from the bridge toward our camp when a zouave offered me a huge gold signet ring which he had taken off the finger of a Russian officer. I need not mention how he had obtained it, but 1 bgught it as a memento of the day. It bore a massive shield with a coat of arms and a coronet with the letter “Z.” I wore it occasionally on my forefinger as a signet ring, and the likeness of it is to be seen in an engraving from a pHoto- graph which adorns one of my books. When 1 attended the coronation of the Czar In 185 Ceunt —, adjoint of the Minister of Finland, to whom I told the story of the ring, took an impression of the “seal and discovered that the ring belonged to a colonel whose widow, an English lady who had been a Miss Hope of the Commandery of Worcester, was then living at her country seat some dis- tance from Moscow. I sent the lady the ring with a few lines to say how fortunate I esteemed myself to be the means of restoring her a souyvenir of her gallant Before I left Moscow my fair countrywoman brought me the ring, and with many thanks asked me to keep what ory of one whom she could never forget. | I was not destined to keep it long. The foliowing year 1 was on my way to Sir Colin Campbell’'s camp, and while the Nubia was coaling at Aden, Mr, Stew- art Muirhead of the Seventh Hussars and I were lodged in a sort of cave for | the night. It was intensely hot, and my companion, who was a confirmed sybarite, the mosquitoes away while he slept. I reposed on an adjoining couch, and when I woke in the morning the fl% which | I wore on my finger was gone. e hotel as turned inside out, the police were mmoned, all the Somall boys in Aden ere driven like a flock of “sheep into the yard, where their wool was closely searched and their scanty clothing min- nutely - examined; but. though 1 offered egregious ransom, the P. and O. Nubia safled that day with me Tfor Calcutta, disconsolate and ringgless!——Wilhlm How- ard Russell in The Spectator. AN AMUSING BURGLAR. The Parisian correspondent of the Lon- don Standard says a clever and daring burglar gave considerable amusement the other evening to a crowd of several thou- sand persons assembled on the Place de la Bastile, who were attracted wy the exploring the roofs of a block of houses in the square. The Standard correspond- ent states that on returning home at 6 o'clock in the evening Lieutenant Metay- er of the Republican Guard, discovered a burglar in his apartment at ¢ Place de la Bastile. The man was rummaging among the furniture for valuables. The lieuten- ant of gendarmes, not caring to tackle a burglar alone, sent the house porter for the police. After the lapse of ten minutes several officers appeared, and, with Lieutenant Metayer, they ascended to his apartment, which had been ransacked. 'he burglar had taken to the root, and he was followed during two hours. to the great entertain- ment of the crowd below. They explored every chimney stack and every nook of the roof of the buildings without discov- ering the thief. At length a policeman, Who had entered a lodging house by a window, discovered the tattered clothes of the burglar in a room on the top floor, but no other trace of the owner. It would appear that the man, with great self-possession, had taken off his ragged clothes and put on a quite new suit belonging to one of the lodgers. Thus dressed, he had descended the front stair- case, and bowing to the lodging house keeper at the door, mingled <with the crowd outside to watch the police on the roof. He is still at large. A CRITICI OF WORDSWORTH. He pours into his personages the strong life and moving breath of genius; but they have little of the air of the mart or the farmyard. ‘They have, indeed, all that which is so completely wanting in the heroes of Lord Byron, the absolute truth of being, the nature which is so uniform under so many varieties; they are made u{ of the elements of universal but want the accidents of social humanity. Words- worth appears to take no pleasure in watching the entangled threads of pas- sion which bind together crowds with such many colored, I¥at lmcel{ distin- guishable feelings. e retires from the conflict of mingled and heterogeneous in- terests. He loves to muse by winding rivers; but the tumultuous current of men’s ordinary motives has little for his contemplation. He delights to gaze unon cities; but it is when *all that mighty heart is lying still.” He diffuses his affections over every- thing around him, and lets'them be re- stricted by no arbitrary limits and con- fined within no sectarian inclosures. He looks around upon the world and upon man with eyes of serene rejoldnz", and traces all the workings of -that spirit of od of whose influence he is conscious in is own heart. Out of his want of that mastery over forms which was never pos- sessed so perfectly by any one as by Shakespeare, he cannot make so intelligi- ble to all men as he otherwise might the depth and value of his own feelings. Like those angels who are made a flame of fire, he burns with a caim and holy light, and the radiance which shows so strange amid the contrasted glare and blackness of the present will blend with the dawn- ng of a better time as with its native Maurice in the Ath- substance.—F. enaeum of 1828, MOUNT WASHINGTON SLIDE- d thus prevent it and its rider from flyln‘;au intopf;m, as it s s at afear- ful rate downward to the bottom of tho mountain. No one except ths workmen is permitted to use them, as it requires experience to manage them without dan- ger to the rider. Many years ago. not long after the road was constructed, an exper- jenced person connected with the signal station, while m: & a_descent, ran into a descending train and. was instantly killed. * The workmen come up with their slide- boards from the-base in the morning, on the first train, and they are left at aif- ferent points alurg the road, where they are engaged in aking repairs on the track. At night, at the close of work, they get on their boards and siide to the base station, and they can be usualily seen by those on the last train for the summit. As they come dashing down the track at a fearful speed it would seem impossible to stor them, but that is eas- ily done by applying the brakes, though it would be dangerous for an inexperienced person to attempt to manage them.— Among the_ Clouds. THE TEMPLES OF SIVA. The shape of the temples of Siva, the destroyer, does not differ from those of the other Indian gods. The chief entrance into the great temple, says a writer in the Architect, is by a high, massive pyramid, the top of which has generally the form of a crescent. It invariably faces tne east, Beyond the gate ther¢ is a large court, at the further extremity of which another gate leads through a.fpyrunld of less helght but of the same form. A smail yard separates it from the temple of the idol. In the middle of it there is either a huge bull or a linga carved in stone, ralsed on a pedestal or put under a canopy supported by four pillars. This door is the only passage for light and air, there being no windows. A lnmg, ‘which burns night and day, gives a tolerable light. The interior of the building is gen- erally divided into two parts, sometimes into three, the first of wuich is the most spacious, and is destined to receive the people; the second, or the adytum, in yt h_smaller which 'the idol resides, s muc tler Eht of entering this myaterious ;{mcl: }g: thge purpose of washing the im- ng offerings to age and dressing ard gfl:‘?flnsm:;hw ] - "This part is often ln’ vault, gut it is so low as to make a rlofi jonged stay in it rather oppressive.—! Mall Gazette. e, ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. FIRST CABLE CAR—A- B. C., City. trip of a cable car in San Fran- g’-‘:on?:- mpade over the Clay street lins on the 1st of August, 1873 'REY AND MONADNOCE~A. Bflgt'l %’lflty The Monterey sailed from San Francisco for Manila on the Tth of June, 18%8. = The Monadnock sailed from ihe same pbrt for the same point on the 23d of June. RUDYARD Rudyard Kipling, in Bombay, India, e LR KIPLING—N. N., City. the author, was born in 1865. His father, ckwood Kipling, was formerly of ffil‘“"on School of Industrial in. Young Kipling was sent to England, where he was educated. WAGON TO REDDING—W. M., Oak- land, Cal. The most femsible way to reach Redding, Shasta Caun;y. grontx ?nk- y on is to start by boat from 15‘:}:“ l‘;in:caifco. for Stockton, thence by the county road to Sacramento and from there by the county roads to the point of destination. MONEY MARKET-F. B, Ban Rafael, Cal. London is the leading money market of the world. Frankfort on the Main for a long time held second place, but it lost much by the removal of a great part of the business to Berlin. At this time New York stands second and with prospects of becoming the leading market as to money. NOT A COIN—W. T. B., City. The plece of metal of which you furnish a pencil proof and inscription is of English make, but is not a coin, for there is none such described in the history of English coinage. It is probably a medal issued about the time of James the First. If you will forward a self-addressed and stamped envelope, this department will furnish the address of a stamp and medal collector. THE UNION JACK—A. O. 8., City: The Union Jack is the natlonal emblem of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. formed by the union of the cross of St. George (red on a white ground), the diagonal cross or saltier of St. Andrew (white on a blue ground) and the diagonal cross or saltier of St. Pat- rick (re% on a white ground.) The term Union Jack is also applied to a small flag containing only the union, without the fly, and usually hoisted at the bowsprit. For instance, the blue flag, with the white stars representing the States of the Union, which {s seen at the bo'}lfpflt of Ameri- can ships, is called the Union Jack: MISS AND MRS.—M. E., City. Miss is a title prefixed to the name of any un married woman or girl. Mrs. is an ab- breviation of mistress or missis. Mis- tress, written in the abbreviaied form of Mrs., is applied chiefly and specifically toa married woman. When a court grants a woman a divorce and allows her the privilege of resuming her maiden name, it does not give her a legal right to adopt the prefix Miss or Mrs. The law does not recognize either Mistress (Mrs.) or .uiss, but simply recognizes a woman by her ven and family name. For instance, n the case of a woman whose family name is Johnson and whose given name is Mary and not married, the law would recognize her as Mary Johnson. It she should marry John illiam_Jones, the faw would recognize her as Mary Jones, and not as Mrs. John Willlam Jones. SAN FRANCISCO AND MANILA-J. R. A., Berryessa, Santa Clara County, Cal. San Francisco is in latitude 37 de- grees 47 minutes north, and 122 degrees 23 minutes longitude west. Manila, P. 1., is in latitude 14 degrees 35 minutes north, and 120 degrees 57 minutes east longitude. These are the flgures furnished by the hydrographic office. San Francisco is in the western hemisphere and Manila in the eastern. The sailing course from San Francisco to Manila is, generally speak- ing, west by south, so that in general maritime terms Manila Is west by south of San Francisco. Looking north every- thing that is on the left is west though it may be In the eastern hemisphere, and everything on the right is east, that is from a sailor’s standpoint. Geographic- ally, draw an imaginary perpendicular line’ through the earth, commencing at San Francisco, and you will find when the lower end reaches the eastern hemis- here, that Manila is east and south of hat line. Beware of roorbacks and scur= rilous stories started by the fused factions, who are now des- perate. Vote the straight Re- publican ticket and you will vote right. Cal. glace fruit 50c per Id at Townsend's® et Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont« gomery street. Telephone Main 1042, * ——————— Some characters are like some bodies . in chemistry; very good perhaps in themselves, yet fly off and refuse the least conjunction with each other. 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 Rall- way. The scenic line of the continent. Tick- ets on sale to all Eastern cities at lowest rates. T. K. Stateler, general agent, (33 Market st., San Francisco. BOARDS. The slideboards used by the. workmen on the Mount Washington Railway are at interest to Wisitors. They originated in necessity and are used by the descent of. the mo\mu.;fi‘ after the close of each day's work. e best riders have been known to from the summit to the base, three miles, in three minutes. About 1 o'clock each day one of the w n makes the descent to examine the track, and see that it is in d condition—always preced ‘the dowhward_ rain. e ticular prospects, and we could bo const e ¢ that there wasn't one chance in & hunc m’{h& of hcog ru‘l-“cgdh:: two L dred that you would give hrr to me. ing arms, one on each side. A pl of she suggested that you never yet re- | iron projects from these arms to a point fused anything that she wanted, no mat- | undernsath the rail, which !l‘l:gh!l! pro- mwl;:lmogu;:xglrhtbe. .egh-tqu L‘;u from the timber on c'llm it rests. haps it woul good change u e handles, or grms, the usual order somew! ‘e sort olltho wtot &. eboard can be check- T S e e L B AT AT < { D ———— “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used over fifty years by millions of mothers for their children While Teething with perfect success. It soothes the childy softens the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Collc, reg- ulates the Bowels and s the best remedy for Diarrhoeas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs, ‘Winslow's Soothing Syrup. %c a bottle. —_—— HOTEL DEL CORONADO-Take advantage of the round-trip tickets. Now only $80 by steamship, including fifteen days’ board at ; longer stay $§2 §0 per day. Apply at hotel. g 4 New Montgomery street, San Francisco. —_——— ACKER'S ENGLISH xsMEDY WILL STOP a at an; 3 ?flg’h !um:rnnwmmmw fivml No