The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 3, 1899, Page 6

HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY. MARCH 3 1899. . THB SN ERANOeO oA PR AR AMUSEMENTS. L MARCH 3,23 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. NESESTSSSSESS PO TAD Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. SOSOSSSBUSSBUSSRVE RS PUBLICATION OFFICE Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 1868 CDITORIAL ROOMS... ...2i7 to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874 DELIVERED BY CARRIERS, 15 CENTS PER WEEK. Single Copies, § cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage: DAILY CALL (including Sunday Call), one yea: DAILY CALL (including Sunday Call), 6 months. DAILY CALL (including Sunday Call), 3 months. 1.50 | it ). N . : el e @sc | crats. Every day’s 7xptnence since the Sena-tur}al SUNDAY CALL One Year.. 1.80 | fight began has made it clearer that the vast majority WEEKLY CALL, One Year. All postmasters are authoriz subscription: fample coples will be forwarded when requested. OAKLAND OFFICE 908 Broadway ...... Room 188, World Bullding NEW YORK OFFICE. DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFKE.. -Riggs Houso C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE ... Marquette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Represcntative. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open until 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open untl 930 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 6i5 Larkin street, open untll 9:36 o‘clock. 1941 Misslon street, opan until 10 o'clock. 2201 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open untll 9 o'clock. 2518 Misslon street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open untll 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ane Kentucky streets, ope~ until 9 o'clock. AMU-EMENTX Columbia The Sign of the Cross.” he Jewess.'"" Magic Kiss.” v lle. lcazar—"The Girl I Left Behind Me." Comedy—"A Trip Across the Ocean.’ i Opera House—Ellis Opera Company, 13 Monday even- and Zoo—Pianka, the ‘‘Lady of Lions.” a—Corner Mason and Ellis streets, Specialties. ceplechase. evening, March 4, ‘Thorough- ‘rack. at 12 m., ) & C aturday at Oaklan, d Race * THE GOLDEN POPPY. "ORNIA may rejoice. The poppy, gleam- r yellow on a thousand hills—perhaps on even to say nothing of the peaceful valleys has been vindicated. No executive veto icient to dim its splendor, nor did its 2s shrivel under the blast of official dis- ¢ Assembly says that the poppy shall lower. one thing California particularly needed State flower. At times there has been a or rain, for a rise in the price of prunes, for 1 ., amendments of the code, a n end to Burns. However, there all these subjects a lack of unanimity. ere might be to commend them, their ad- s been certain to provoke opposition. Not with the elevation of the poppy. With one ac- cord the public heart swelled big at the’thought and the State f s the roar of many s Strangely enough, Governor Gage did not perceive the p tumult. He may have mistaken it for the sound of wind escaping from a Senatorial Thus this act, so benign, so fraught with des- fi ed product of cultivated minds, It was not to be crushed. It gath- rport ¢ boom. ¢ to the veto, d athed in bloom as yellow as a Hearst s the procession. We congratulate every- the commonwealth which now realizes that its ture did not meet in vain, and the poppy it- aurel and with bay. changed. Laurel and bay aren’t in it now. The poppy holds the belt. In = book called “Yesterdays in the Philippines” “The American national policy and the American military system do not fit in with the administration of 1400 islands,, 8000 miles away from the American mainland, sweltering in the tropics, swept by typhoons and shaken by earthquakes and | harboring 8.000,000, mors than three-quarters wild | colored people, speaking a score of languages.” This i densely ignorant author evidently never heard of the | Journal-Examiner’s “national policy,” which is big- | ger than any typhoon or earthquake, and peculiarlyl adapted to savages. the writer says: One woman is accused of having recently caused | the death of four of her own sex by criminal nperaA’ tjons. While the facts are for the courts to determine, there is a marked absence of any reason for believing | her innocent, and the present would seem to be an | excellent time to express disapproval. Where are the health officials? That woman is equal to a malady. The Montana Legislature has passed over the veto of the Governor a biil to permit the big stockholders of a corporation to freeze the little ones out. There has been something queer about that Legislature from the first, but of course a Californian would feel delicacy in saying so while the one at éacramtnm‘ remains on exhibition, 1f Cubans get gay and order the United States to withdraw they will merely be setting far into the fu- ture the day when the stable government promised them might be theirs. And they may set it so far as never to be able to catch up with it. g Matrimony Promoter Bain is now employed in a jute mill across the bay. People who depen’d upon him to provide a partner of their joys and sorrows will be obliged to remain single for fifteen months. a If the question of holding the Philippines were left to the men who have done and are doing the actual fighting in those islands, it would be quickly settled in the negative by a vote probably of 98 per cent. Y One day the correspondents have the Kaiser mak- ing faces at Uncle Sam and the next giving him the glad hand. These correspondents ought to get to- gether and adopt a platform. Dewey declines to state why he desires the pres- ence of the Oregon, and Creelman refuses to en- lighten the world on the subject. At least half of the situation is surprising. Carlyle said “that man everywhere is the born enemy of lies,”. But he had not visited Sacramento when Dan Burns was a candidate for the Senate. 8q9 | \oring for fruition of the plan, | ran | took a run and jump and sailed to vic- | it can turn back and s: s its thistle, England its rose, Ireland its , and now California springs from obscur- | Once the great of a people were decorated with | That was long ago. Times have | | glad to be able to say something encouraging in the | These have at last been won over, and Mr. Hunting- NOW IS THE TIME TO ST@AND. HE sixty day limit of the Legislature has ex- pired. From that expiration to the end of the session the members serve without per diem. In the situation which early developed in the Burns campaign it is evident that his hopes for success were | projected to this very time. Personal reasons indis- pose many members to longer desert pressing private business, and they desire to get excused to go home. Under ordinary circumstances many such leaves of absence might be sought and granted without harm. | But now the case is different. The future of the party appeals to the patient loyalty of Republicans and the welfare of the State is a consideration affecting Demo- of the people of the State are opposed to making Burns Senator. His fight has lost popular strength from the beginning. Those who were disposed to tolerate it as one of the inevitable incidents of politics | Indif- have come to regard it with active aversion. ference has been turned into a keenly sensitive feeling that the State cannot afford to turn away from the spirit that is engendered in its universities and schools and by its many agencies of morality and refinement and select such a man for Senator. The State is en- | titled to the service of its best men, its most thought- ful, and by seeking such service it constantly advances its position and encourages young men to hope for recognition as a reward for trained intelligence and scrupulous fidelity to public trusts. What California | father can encourage his son in the path of culture | | and manliness, in expectation that the common- | wealth may recognize his quality and command his' | service, when the State’s highest prize in public life | has been given to a man like Burns! Now is the time of trial, and now is the time to stand. Let every member stay at his post. The ; Burns men will, as a part of their tactics, readily vote to excuse any man whom they cannot control. They i will be glad to reduce each House to a bare quorum. | 18 they can get a joint convention reduced to sixty- ! two members, a quorum of each House, they enter- | tain a desperate hope of offering such inducements : as to secure the thirty-two votes necessary to elect as | a majority of such a convention. But they have no | hope of securing enough to make a majority of a full convention. In this situation every member who | seeks a leave of absence and gets it brings Burns | nearer to the success of his scheme, and cannot evade | the responsibility of his action. The cry of the State to her legislators, therefore, is | to stand to their posts and their duty in ‘these last | da; It is plain now that if this is done a Senator can be elected who will be no discredit to the party | or the State, and the future of Republicanism in Cali- | fornia can be made safe. | 8. This is a crisis for the party and the State. If Burns succeed, when will party leadership be raised | eut of degradation? How many years must pass be- | forec men who have the right to aspire to such How long | | a time must elapse before a Republican can vindicate the people? By standing firmly now and maintaining the high ideals {in which it has won, the party will vindicate itself and make its future sure by its record alone. But, if it fail now, to whom can it look for a vin- Will Burns undertake to go upon | stump next campaign and secure party success by the | display of his intellectual gifts? porters perform this office? Three men came to him after the first ballot. If he is successful they will naturally have eminence and leadership. Will the party listen to Wright, Jilson and Simpson? Will it accept them as examples to follow and samples of its f best intellect and morality? If Burns win, the party { will have no choice in the matter. These three will be held up to the people as the representatives of its | best, and there will Ye no escape. The State looks to every man in Sacramento who to do his duty and a | high office will be encouraged to appear? the honor of his party before | | | dication? the Will any of his sup- represents its best purposes stand. MR. HUNTINGTON'S PROMISE. OLLIS P. HUNTINGTON has written to | Edward Ivison of Santa Barbara a letter con- ! cerning the long delay of the Southern Pacific Company in closing the gap in the coast road be- tween Surf and Ellwood, the right of way for which was given by the residents along the route years ago. As the letter is characteristic of the writer and relates to a matter of public importance it merits more than a passing notice. Mr. Huntington began with the statement: “I am matter in which you and other residents of your sec- tion are so much interested.” He then went on to say: “We have succeeded in getting Mrs. Stanford | and Mr. George Crocker (who are now in New | York) to agree to go on and close this gap between | Surf and Ellwood as soon as it well can be, at least to work up to the economical point, and I hope the trains will be running through your city in about twelve months after we get fairly to work.” It appears from this that the delay in the work and the failure to keep faith with the property-owners who gave the right of way on the understanding that the line across the gap was to be completed at once have béen due not to Mr. Huntington, president of the road, but to his wicked and dilatory partners. ton now says the encouraging thing—which is that the road wil be running through Santa Barbara within twelve months zfter the company gets fairly to work. : The amotint of encouragement in the statement de- pends upon the answer to the question when the com- pany will begin work and get fairly started. A con- siderable number of years have passed since assur- ances were first given to the people between Ellwood and Surf that the road would be completed speedily when the company got to work. For all those years, however, the company has carefully abstained from getting to work, further than was required to take possession of the right of way and hold on to it. Mr. Huntington has just given $1000 to the Mer- cantile Library fund, and for that he deserves and will receive credit and praise. It is a generous deed well worthy of emulation. It will be scen, however, that his promise as regards the closing of the gap has to it a string strong enough to bind the leviathan or haul a freight train. Since a promise of that kind was first given the promoters of the Valley road have constructed a railway from Stockton to Bakersfield and have advanced far toward completing the con- nection between Stockton and this city. Still the short gap between Ellwood and Surf remains un- closed. The promise has now become venerable for s age, but the amount of encouragement in .it has lessened with the years. The people are waiting to hear when the company intends to get fairly to work. SUPREME COURT CONGESTIQN. EVERAL plans for the relief of the Supreme S Court have been placed before the Legislature and are receiving attentive consideration. For years that tribunal has been congested to a degree that has seriously obstructed the administration of justice in this State. It has had the aid of a competent ard industrious commission, latterly ~of five mem- bers, and yet the congestion is unrelieved, although to some extent reduced. When seven Justices, with five stants, are unable to cope with the appeals taken in a State with a million and a half of inhabi- tants there must be something wrong with the sys- tem. Upon this point all lawyers and citizens gen- erally will agree. There is no complaint of the court itself. It is always in session, and the work done by its members is heavy and thorough. Each case de- mands and receives full consideration, and cannot be slighted because of the accumulation of records and the consequent delay. There can be no adequate re- lief without the establishment of an additional court or additional courts, and this necessarily involves amendments to the constitution that must satisfy the public or they will be beaten. There are rooted evils in the entire judicial system of the State as administered which affect the business of the Supreme Court and require drastic treatment. The real points on any: ordinary appeal were for- merly presented with precision and terseness in a few pages of print. Now, with rare exceptions, they have to be dug out by the Judges from literal trans- cripts of reporters’ notes, swelled to apsutd propor- tions through professional indolence or incom- petency at the expense of litigants. It often happens that the transcriptions of shorthand notes, without discrimination, and the printing bills are the largest items in the cost of a lawsuit, and thus the heaviest work is improperly transferred from the offices of the | lawyers to the chambers of the Judges. But this class of interferences with justice requires separate treatment. The immediate remedy, imperatively de- manded by t"2 exigencies of the situation, is a clean division of labor, so that the Supreme Court may not be buried under the conglomerated mass of jurisdic- tion by which it is now oppressed. One of the plans submitted to the Legislature pro- | poses the reduction of the number of Supreme Court Justices to five and the establishment of three inter- mediate courts of appeal, each with three Judges, and with authority in the Legislature to provide for additional courts of appeal as the business of the State may warrant. In many cases the decisions of these appellate tribunals would be final, but the direct appeals to the Supreme Court and the instances in which cases would find their way there from the in- termediate courts of appeal would still be so numer- ous that it is doubtiul whether the system would be ar improvement. however, is its cost, liable to be frequently increased | through the exercise of legislative discretion, which almost certainly would insure its defeat at the polls. A more practical and economical scheme, the sim- plicity and apparent effectiveness of which will prob- ably receivé the approbation of the bar and the bench and also attract the favorable consideration of the people, is the organization of a new court of ap- peals, to consist of three Justices, to which a large part of the appellate jurisdiction is to be finally and exclusively transferred. It is designed that this tribunal shall have sole charge of such appeals as may be taken in criminal cases, on questions of law alone, in actions not based upon though some of them may originate in contracts and, as the lawyers say, sounding in tort, which would include claims for un- liquidated damages, in divorce and alimony suits, and in “special cases,” such as forcible entry or detainer, insolvency proceedings where not superseded by the rational bankruptcy law, suits to prevent or to abate riuisances, contested election cases and cases of quo warranto to determine the legal title to public offices. This transfer of jurisdiction would not throw upon the new court of appeals an undue proportion of la- | bor and of responsibility, and, with an intelligible line of demarcation, would still leave the Supreme Court in the possession of appellate jurisdiction over all cases based upon contract, over all cases involving the titles or possession of real property, and, vexccpt as to the single instance of divorce, over all cases sounding in equity. Each court would possess aux- iliary and incidentd] powers essential to the full’ exer- cise of its jurisdiction, and, on the point of jurisdic- tion alone, the court of appeals would be under the control of the Supreme Court, and thus conflict and confusion would be prevented. In this connection, moreover, uniformity of decisions world be secured by a provision’ that the rulings of the Supreme Court heretofore and hereafter on all questions of practice and procedure, wherever applicable, shall be binding authority in the new tribunal. The effect of these suggested amendments to the constitution would be a great reduction of the volume of business in the Supreme Court, which would still retain the most important litigation, affecting com- mercial and financial interests, and, if the present commission should be continued for four years, it is confidently anticipated, would be abreast of its calendar. The court of appeals, unincumbered when it started and with its labors held within reasonable| limits, would be enabled to insure prompt decisions of the appeals committed to its charge. It has been suggested that the constitution itself should provide for the oral argument of all appeals, and that when a limited number of cases are sub- mitted further business should be deferred until (hey‘ are decided. There are several valid objections to this detailed specification of methods, however meri- torious in itself. It is clearly an introduction' of special legislation into an instrument that ought to consist only of broad outlines. It is also an unwar- ranted interference with a discretion that should be vested in the Judges, and not even in the Legislature. They are trusted with specific duties, and it is for them to determine for themselves and through the rules their knowledge and experience - may enable them to formulate in what manner their work can be most expeditiously and effectively acomplished. The community will look to results and will not closely scrutinize mere preliminaries. e e e It is certainly strange that the Filipinos should have 600 American soldiers as prisoners without our commanding officers missing them at rollcall. SR e The peculiar form of wit which finds expression in mu_nlating the property of a university is something which should be attended to by the police. The country will be glad to learn that the packers of the suspected meat are so confident of its goodness as to freely swear to it. g . The po_lica have lately been reasonably successful in capturing burglarg, but there are still too many mashers at large. — The Examiner still maintains its reputation as a blunderer and an egotist. The main difficulty with this plan, | SHE SIGNED A DEED WITH HER LEFT HAND Carrie E. Sankey Tells Her Story. TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF WHILE IN THIS CONDITION. Charles S. Coggins Now Admits That He Never Gave His Ward Money From the Profits of Her Estate. After a brief hearing yesterday after- noon Judge Belcher continued the case of Carrie E. Sankey against her guardian, Charles 8. Coggins, and his wife, Mary E. Coggins, until the 14th inst. Though brief the hearing elicited facts of inter- est regarding the-peculiar transactions that took from the young plaintiff her rights and her property. Miss Sankey told the story on Wednes- day of how the profits from her éstate went to benefit her guardian's wife and furnish luxuries. Yesterday she was again.placed on the stand, and out of the-| tangle of questions and answers the fact was drawn that one of the deeds signed by the witness conveying property to her guardian was prepared and afterward signed by Miss Sankey when she was suf- fering from paralysis and weak in mind and body. She was deceived and led to sign this document, she says, and when she finally yielded and was about to af- fix her name the pen fell from her paral- yzed right hand and she was forced to use her left. The signature on the degd bears out her statement, as it -has a back- ward slant and the lines are in a trem- bling, broken hand. After reciting the story of the signing of the deed when she was partially par- | alyzed the young woman gave an ex- | planation of the matter in which her guardian led her to part with her estate. In addition to the threatened expose, as told on the stand the first day, Miss San- key said that her guardian and his wife told her that she had heart disease and that she might fall de: day, and in- sisted on always ompanying her whenever she left the house. not allow her to receive callers unless Mrs. Coggins w: present and took care that she never communicated with any one regarding her estate or her life with her guardian. We went shop, witness, *‘and alt ways ordered e | the bills.” Many . Coggins al- thing 1 always paid bills were introduced hold effec bric-a-brac and other things which had been paid by the witness. One was for the amount of $1047 for goods purchased, and outside of two iter amounting to about $30, Miss Sankey that she knew nothing. In conclusion the- witness, in order to show the attitude of her guardian and his wife toward her, sald that one night she went to see a lady friend and spent the night with her. The Mrs. Coggins called at the the lady friend resided and said that if Miss Sankey did not open the door she (Mrs. Coggins) would_get an ax and knock it down. Miss Sankey opened_the door and was roundiy abused by Mrs. yhen Miss Sankey left the stand a dep- osition signed by Charles S. Cogglins was offered and placed on record. This depo- sion brings out one important fact—Cog- G,} s acknowledges that 3fiss Sankey anv money out of her tate. Miss Sankey alleges that he ha drawn out several thousand dollars and now the proof as to what for and where it was expended is awaited with interest. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. . D. Scribner, a mine owner of Ari- zona, is a guest at the Russ. E. W. Stratton, a New York hotel man, is registered at the Occidental. aid Guich, near Fresno, is staying at the Grand. W. H. Baird, a sugar planter of Ho- by his wife. George E. Stayton, a mining man of Sonora, has returned from a visit to Gil- roy and is at the California. 1. Jacobs, a Portland merchant, and S. F. Ryan, a Spokane mining man, are two of the arrivals at the Palace. G. D. Plato, a Modesto merchant, John T. Moody, a Truckee lumberman, and E. Birch, a Hanford capitalist, are regls- tered at the Lick. The household | 46———————44 of a certain young married couple of HOW THE this city was made particularly hap- } BABIES R R v irs . by the advent of | NANED: twins. Now there is nothing re- markable _ ahout lthis plain announcement, but th twins, both boys, by the way, cami much as the other, the first tipping the scales at ten pounds and the second of the diminutive strangers at five pounds exactly. A few days after the happy parents were discussing the prospective christening of the little tots, and while they both agreed that the name of the heavy-weight should be John in honor of a wealthy grand- father, they could not come to any con- clusion with regard to the naming of the Jighter youngster. Each had mentioned nearly every cognomen in the dictionary, but none was thought suitable by the other. Their six-year-old boy, who had been a patient listener during the friendly dis- pute and had been watching the subjects | of the conversation with ‘feelings of mingled wonder and mistrus, finally sald, when his father and mother gave up the naming proposition as a bad job: “Say, that's easy. If you're going to call the big fellow John, why don’t you name the little one Demi-John?" H. E. Barher and wife of Stockton, James Berry and wife of Fresno and A. L. Begbie, a mining man of Mount Pleas- ant, California, are at the Grand. W. W. Shaw, a New York merchant, is at the Palace with his family. With them are R. W. Wakeman and Mrs. ‘Wakeman and daughter, the party hav- ing come to this coast on a pleasure trip. Chief Engineer Y. Wadagakli and his assistant, C. Nakayama, of the Japanese navy, who have been supervising the con- struction of the Chitose at the Union Iron Works, will leave for New York to- day en route to London to superintend the building of a battleship and a cruiser lately ordered by their Government. ————— CATIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, March 2.—C. H. Bentley of Sacramento Is at the Fifth Avenue. e Two Bankrupts. Thomas B. Potter of Oakland, an agent, filed a petition in bankruptcy yesterday in the United States District Court. His liabilities. are $327 and his assets noth- lnf. [ames M. Taylor, clerk. hee labilities Lof 36157 and no assts: : nd no AFFLICTéD WITH PARALYSIS| They wnuldi taken from a single chandelier of | meter and the | There'was no way of recording the candle in evidence showing purchases of house- | next morning | house where | he never paid | H. H. Harlow, a mining man of Gold| noluly, is at the Occldental, accompanied | into this world with the peculiar physical | coincidence of one weighing just half as | MAYOR PHELAN WATCHES THE NEW GAS BURN A Comparative Test of Illuminants. NEW F;RODUCT IS CHEAPER CLAIMS MADE BY THE EQUIT- ABLE COMPANY. It Will Try to Get the Contract for Lighting the Streets Along ‘Which Its Pipes Are Laid. An Interesting test showing the com- parative illuminating powers of the gaas furnished by the Equitable and the : 5l"l Francisco gas companies was made ).Cn; terday afternoon in the Pup restaurd(’t on Stockton street under the direction Dr. J. W. Chisholm, inventor of the ga; manufactured by the Equitable, a(r;lc Charles L. Ackerman, president of company. Th‘; new concern hopes to secure the contract for lighting the streets n.lorlxg' which its pipes are laid, and accordl’}lg ¥ invited*Mayor Phelan, Gas Inspector \;p- per and other city officials to judge 3:‘ themselves of the merits of the new prod- uct at a public test. Before the exberiments were made Dr. Chisholm said a few words in explana- tion. “Our gas,” he said, “is essentially a fuel gas, and while we do not claim that its illuminating powers are as Vgre’nt as that of the old gas, we say that we can furnish a good light far cheaper than (he' old company. This test will be made by What is known as the ‘test meter.” AS our gas will not burn with an open burner, We will use a Weisbach lamp for both tests.” els’l: then had the meter attached to one of the tips, regulated it for a_full light and let i? Fun for a minute. The result showed that it was burning 45 feet Another test made a few min- th the cock turned on full er hour as a maxi- per hour. n utes later wi registered 4.6 feet D mum. This gas was drawn from a chan- delier which had six other lights burn?ng on it. As the test of the San Francisco Company’s gas was to be made from a single chandelier another record v:?‘s\ 0 Equitable Company. It showed practically | the same pressure and the same consump- tion. The product of the old company was then submitted to a test with the same same Welsbach lamp. | power, so the comparative brilliancy of the two lights had to be guessed at. When the register of the meter was taken there a difference of about 20 per cent, as it showed that the old company’s gas was running through the meter at a rate vary- ing from 5.8 to 5.5 feet per hour. President Ackerman was well pleased with the showing made by his product. ““This test does not show as great a dif- ference as some we have made,” he said. | “We made a test last Monday night which | 9 was 2 per cent in our favor, but this last one is very good. The record shows that urnish the same light with 20 per cent we fu less gas, and we only charge $1 per thou- and, against $175 charged by the other companies. Another feature is that our gas is cleaner. T have here a number of hottles containing sediment taken from | the pipes of the other company. Our gas | cuts’ this out_and leaves the pipes per- fectly clean. Why, you ean cook over our | gas with a silver pan and the bottom of it will not be discolored in the least.” | ANSWE™S TO CORRESPONDENTS. HERMANSUL—W. A. W, -City. Her- mansul was a Saxon deity, worshiped in Westphalia. Charlemange- destroved the idol and converted its temple into a Chris- tian church. The idol stood on column, holding a standard in one hand and a bal- ance in the other. On its breast was the figure of a bear and on its shield a lion. Probably it was a war god. | GEOMETRICAL FIGURE-E. N, City. | The geometrical figure asked about can- not be “drawn with a pencil without lift- { ing it from the paper or retracing a line” | In the ordinary way that would be implied by the quoted words, but it can be done by a trick; that is, fold the paper in such a manner that when the pencil is drawn across the paper to make one of the par- allel lines the side of the pencil will pro- duce another parallel line and the balance | of the drawing can be accomplished with- out removing the pencil from the paper or retracing a li THE NAVEL ORANGE-E. G., City. | The following is given in relation to the | origin of the seedless orange known as | the California navel: In 1873 the Depart- ment of Agriculture at Washington, D. C., received several orange trees from Bahia, Brazil, and they were sent to Riverside, Cal., where some were budded cn native trees. Nature attempted to produce twins, but one of the twins sur- vived merely as a protuberance in the blossom end of the fruit, forming a little kernel enveloped in the skin. In the. pro- cess the seeds were never fully developed. The horticu!tirists toog advantage of this accident to extend the culture of the seedless fruit. : BLUING GUN BARRELS-—S. S., Dan- ville, Cal. The following is given as the methods for bluing gun barrels: For bluing gun barrels by stalning, dissolv | 412 ounces of hyposulphite of soda in bne quart of water, also 1% ounces of acetate of lead in | one quart of*water. Mix the two solutions and | bring to a boll in a porcelain dish or stone pot. Clean the gun barrel free from grease, ofl or varnish, warm the barrel and smear with the hot solution, using a plece of sponge tied to a stick. When the color develops wash and wipe dry; finish with boiled linsced oil. The bluing of gun barrels is also effected by Heating evenly in a muffle until the desired blue color is raised, the barrel belng first made clean and bright with emery cioth, leay- ing no marks of grease or dirt upon the metal when the.bluing takes place, then allow to cool in the alr. It requires a great deal of experi- ence to obtaln an even clear blue. S S e Cal. glace fruit 50c per 1b at Townsends.* T e e T Special business houses and public men b; Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. —_———————— Suit for Skipper’s Wages. John Ross began suit in the United States District Court yesterday against George M. Perrine to recover $1040 alleged to be due him for wages as master of the schooner W. 8. Phelps and for money ex- pended by him for supplies and wages for the crew. . — e «“Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used for fifty vears by millions of mothers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It soothes the child. softens the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Colic, reg- ulates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhoeas, Whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Drugglsts in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. 25c a bottle. ———————— California Limited, Santa Fe Route. Leaves Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays. Elegant service. Vestbuled sleepers, observation cars. Harvey's Dining Cars through from California to Chicago wit out change. Get full particulars at company’ office, 625 Market st. . —_——————— HOTEL DEL @ORONADO—Take advantags of the round-trip tickets. Now only $0 by steamship, including fifteen days' board at hotel; longer stay, §3 per day. Apply at 4 New Montgomery street, San Francisco. podvebid o Nt Y SICK HEADACHE ABSOLUTELY AND permanently cured by using Moki Tea. A nt herb drink. Cures constipation and work and or money information supplied dally to the ont- . ndigestion, makes you eat, sleep, happy. Satisfaction guarant back. At Owl Drug Co. Th I.‘eadlng COLUMBIA. " LAST 2 NIGHTS. MATINEE SATURDAY. LAST PERFORMANCE SATURDAY NIGHT. Wilson Barret's Great Drama, THE SIGN OF THE CROSS, Presented by Willlam Greet's London Come pany, including CHARLES DALTON. EXTRA—NEXT MONDAY. Blanche Walsh and Melbourne MacDowell in LA TOSCA. @urma %5 The young American Tragedienne, 'NANCE O’NEIL, Adequately Supported. To-Night, “THE JEWESS.” Eaturday Matinee.. “CAMILLE"™ Baturday Evenin ER. TWIST® SUNDAY, repetition by request, MAGDA. ALHAMBRA "¢:7%5 FIVE POPULAR CONCERTS. TO-NIGHT, SAT. MAT. and EVE., SUN. MAT. and EVE, March 3, 4, 5. SOUSA. & ALHAMBRA THEATER. Under the management of Holden, MacDon- ald & Kilgo. Commencing MONDAY EVENING next, March 6. First production in this city of the patriotic naval drama, DEWEY THE HERO OF MANILA First appearance of our NEW YORK STOCK b COMPANY, Consisting of Laura Alberta, Florence Ross- land, De Witt Clinton, Joseph L. Tracy, Thom- as Doyle, Charles W. Swain -and numerous others. A SUPERB_PRODUCTION. _ Prices of admissfon, i0c, ¢ and 2e. Matinees Saturday and Sunday. Box office NOW open. THEATER, New York's Latest Comedy Hit, CORA TANNER AND LOUIS MASSEN In ‘MY HUSBAND’S MODEL.” EDDY FAMILY, European Acrobats. THE HULINES, Musical Grotesques J. K. MURRAY AND CLARA LANE, In New Repertoire of Operatic Selections. LEW BLOOM AND JANE COOPER, In “A Picture From Life.” Last Week of EDITH CRASKE, P. C. SHORTIS AND DE HAVEN AND MAIE. Reserved Seats, 25c; Balcony, 10c; Opera Chairs and Box Seats, 50c. MATINEES WEDNESDAY, SATURDAY AND UNDAY. ALCAZAR THEATER. LAST THREE NIGHTS. LAST MATINEE TO-MORROW. The Foremost Play of Indian War, THE GIRL |LEFT & BEHIND ME Monday Night—The Laughing Farce, A MAN WITH A PAST. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE. Mrs, Ernestine Kreling. Proprietor and Mgr. LAST NIGHTS—— The Fantastic Comic Opera, MADELEINE, Or, THE MAGIC KISS. MATINEE TO-MORROW AT 2. NEXT WEEK THE MYTHOLOGICAL WORK, “LA BELLE HELENE” (BEAUTIFUL HELEN.) Offenbach’s choicest opera. Popular Prices . ..%c and Sog . B.—A reserved seat for the matinee, Our Teiephone, THE SALE OF SEASON TICKETS AND BOXES FOR THE SAN FRANOISCO SEASON OF GRAND OPERA By the ELLIS OPERA COMPANY, NEW YORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, COMPLETE CHORUS AND BALLET, NOW IN PROGRESS at Sherman, Clay & Co.’s. Prices of seats, $50, $10, 20, accord- to location. Repertoire first Melba; Tuesday Wednesday, ‘'La Boheme," Meiba and De Lus- : Thursday, “Cavalleria R i Pagliaccl,” Gadski and alia; Friday, “Carmen,” De Lussan and Gadski; Saturday matinee, “Barber of Seville,”” Melba. CONCERTS AND RESORTS. 23,897 TICKETS SOLD IN 6 DAYS. Enormous Success of the AT CENTRAL PARK, The Greatest Novelty Ever Invented. Special Attractions Added Weekly, Ascensions by VOSMER, the Balloonist, Dally. Punchineliy Marjettes for the Children. World-Rénowned ANTMATOSCOPE Views. Moving Stairs, Blec- trical Theater, Band Concerts, Etc. “Admission Oaly 10c. Including ‘“Horses.” 000DOOO00ONOODDD u PALACE ** GRAND HorELs q q ° SAN FRANCISCO. Connected by & covered passageway. @ : 1400 Rooms~900 With Bath Attached. D 4All Under One Management. Correspo) JORN 0. KIRKPATRIOR, Mamagor. apgocoooacocoon W. T. HESS, RNOTARY PUBLIC AND ATTORNEY-AT rAw, Tenth Ficor, Room 1015, Claus §, sonee, Telephone” Brown e Residerce, ornta st., below Powéll, Ban Francisca. e