The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 25, 1899, Page 6

HE SAN AUGUST 23, 1899 | JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. ‘ Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. Market and Third Sts., S. F | Telep e Maln 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS. 217 to 221 Steve Telephone Main 1874. PUBLICATION OFFIC on Street | RS, 15 CENTS PER WEEK. | Coples, § cents. Including Postage: DELIVERED BY C# Call), one year. 86.00 day Call), § months, 00 | day Call), 3 months .50 6oe 1.50 1.00 subscriptions. quested. ALL sters are au coples will be forwarded d to recely when 1 OAKLAND OFFICE +....908 Broadway NESS. C. GEORGE KRO! > Marquette Bullding, | Manager Forelgn Adver Chicago. NEW YOR C. C. CARLTON... NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: PERRY LUKENS JR .....29 Tribune Bullding PONDENT ¢ K CORRE - . ..Herald Square CHICAGO NEWS STANDS. > P. O. News Co.; Great Northera Hotel) fotel WS STANDS. Brentano, 31 Union Square} i Auditorium NEW YORK NE A Welllngton Hotel rect, corner Clay es street, open until open until 9:30 open until 9:30 o'clock. ntil 10 o'clock. 2291 Market pen until 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street, 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open until k. NW. corner Twenty- sccond and Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. e s "AMUSEMENTS. BRANCH OF Fic street, corner Zo 03 | every afternoon | wnd | | e, Saturday | to—September 4 to 18. WELCOME FOR THE BRAVE. | 1e voice of the people to our victorious y we ific Coast, rt steamed up the ring of a proud y will be welcomed as they streets i not ordain a single public | ion of the heroes, but the people ke holidays for themselves. How | as done in San Francisco yester- How much will be done to-d The Gov- | will have no other efect than that of iness of two days, and of keeping a | and women at their | little or nothing to do because | ernor’s pettin y the b mber of working men had trade had gone to welcome the vol- [ | , where tt patrons of throngs who line the streets and give | heart’s voice in a roar of cheering, rolling in ferry depot to Van Ness e from the ernor’s littlene have ordained a holiday by the | , and it will be one of the 1V will be of no mo- the G They of t W e popular v mc ious in our an It is not to urge anew that the wel come of the volunteers be accompanied by every fi ion of public rejoicing. The people can | ed on to look out for that. The elaborate | ng the line of march will | worth whi s be c ions of the streets decora rer t part of the city only a little more brilliant and d than other portions. All over town | e flying, and “Welcome” meets the eye on banne: side- 1y The Call blazoned upon the first page of ir edition, “California’s Glory Is Her Vic- ious Returning Son It is in that sentiment the people will receive them to-day. The heroic volun- teers have attested to the world the valor and the loy- 3 lifornians in war, and it is now for those who have remained at home to attest the admiration and the love with which the valiant and the loyal are regarded by their fellow-citizens. According to the press dispatches Emperor Wil- Yam, in refusing to allow the captain of the Meteor to sail Sir Thomas Lipton's yacht against the Co- | lumbia, assigned no reason. That is the beauty of majesty—you don’t have to assign reasons. Though the municipal conventions have been al- most lost to sight in the excitement of the reception, it is to be hoped they will do nothing that will prove | | dear to the people in the end. \(\/ directs attention this morning to the superb souvenir edition published yesterday in honor of the arrival of the volunteers. It is unquestionably the most artistic specimen of newspaper work on a Jarge scale ever produced on the Pacific Coast, and has had no superior anywhere. In preparing the souvenir designed to recount and to illustrate the deeds of our heroes in the Philip- pines The Call determined to achieve a supplement which would need no resort to gaudy colors to render it attractive. Each picture is the work of a true art- ist, and the mechanical reproduction is faultless. (Gireat care was taken with the portraits of the officers and of the brave men who died in the service, and in each case a good picture and a true likeness is given. The literary features of the number are not inferior to the illustrations. It constitutes a compendium of the regiment and its service during the war. A com- plete roster of the regiment and of the two batteries, Battery A from this city and Battery D from Los Angeles, are given, as is also a complete list of those who fell in battle or died in hospitals. The story of the principal events connected with the service of the regiment is told with graphic fidelity, and the num- ber as a whole will be accounted an important con- tribution to the record of the war with Spain and the military history of California. It is worth noting in this connection that the pub- lication of the souvenir was on time, notwithstanding the fact of the arrival of the transport a day sooner than was expected. The Call not, only does the right thing in the right way, but does it at the right time. OUR SOUVENIR EDITION. ITH more than ordinary satisfaction The Call T | at home. INDORSED. HE three-ringed circus in politics which Mr. Bryan is running has so occupied the amuse- ment-loving public that due attention has not been paid to the exceeding conservatism of the Re- IMPERIALISM NOT publican party on the issue of imperialism. Notwith- | standing the somewhat frenzied utterances of Go ernor Roosevelt, who has gone in with all the youth- ful enthusiasm of a freshman at a college rush, or the unthinking muscular zeal of an amateur at football, the Republicans have shown great calmness and self- control. The three leading State conventions of the party already held, in Kentucky, Ohio and Iowa, have cmitted entirely any indorsement of expansion and imperialism. They all indorse any effort to establish civil stability in Porto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines, but there they stop. This position is entirely conser- vative, and is, in effect, an attitude of waiting for the action of Congress, which must at the next session declare a policy on which the party will go into next It is fortunate, because no member of Congress can plead imperial pressure from his party The members will meet in impartial mind to do their American duty and so solve the icsue as not to impair our institutions and tarnish the true fame of the republic. One thing is significant in these conventions—the name of Lincoln was invoked and conjured with to an extent unknown in recent vears. This is a good indication. When a party is ing to sit quietly down with the memory and his- tory of its founders and fathers, it is in a mood to rs- ions and strive for the heights year’s campaign. an new its natal in ich its builders stood. t now Republican leaders can do their party and ry no better service than by studying and dly patriotic and philo- his exeg he prin- It is a wonderful testimony resight of the founders of the party that in every expression of principle, a statement upon which to go in defense of the institutions in whose and forgetfulness it was onw their cc widely ¢ profoun | 1, rescue from destruction amed As the p: cradle in which its m to ; strength, its chances for another lease popular confidence improve. Our word goes t6 its representatives throughout the Union to stand by its primordial principles and refuse to accept greed its motive, though it may be nd next year gets nearer to the wling infancy so suddenly grew now a ts | wrapped in the flag and consecrated by the spume of seudo patriots P T an, government by consent of the he r c governed, the equ high legend written uponthebattle standardof Lincoln Republicanism. Let that legend shine out like the stars and the nation will turn to it, away from all the coun- d forged pretense of the crowd of mall tinkers who have no use for their terfeit enthusiasm grub-hunters and s s it can stuff purses. P e When Dr. Cohn, quarantine officer of the State Board of Health, was refused permission to board k the names of the Federal passage. The the steamer Doric he to inspectors who barred should be careful. aboard he mig his Had there been some fearful dis- have taken that. ht [ Tom Reed has a right of course to attend to pri- vate business for the next few years, or for the rest of his life, if he choose; but all the same his retire- ment from Congress will be very much like taking Hamlet out of the play and leaving the stage to the ghost and the supes. S Tt is said there was not a ian in the convention that nominated the anti- Goebel Democratic ticket in Kentucky, and if it be =0 | it is safe to say the revolt is truly that of the better 4 |element of the party. THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. HAIRMAN KELLOGG, in his address to the C Republican municipal convention on Wednes- day, clearly set forth the nature of the issues before the people in the campaign, and the respon- sibilities which rest upon Republicans in confronting them. “In November,” as the chairman said, “there will | be held the most important municipal election which | has ever taken place in this imperial city of San Fran- cisco.” Government under the new charter corre- sponds in point of time with the opening of a new era in politics by the operation of a primary law which has at one sweep cleared the city of the domi- nation of ward bosses, and a new era in municipal development caused by the double effect of commer- | cial expansion and the increased interest of progres- sive citizens in public affairs. To meet this issue fairly and to assure Republican success at the polls the chairman said: “We must nominate this year a good ticket throughout. We have no right to expect any weakness in our oppo- nents. will doubtless nominate respectable candidates.” The wisdom expressed in the words is doubtless fully ap- preciated by the delegates to the convention. This is not to be a “‘yellow dog year” by any means. The party that wins in the election will do so by the merit of its platform and the personal worth of its candidates The chairman laid due stress upon the importance of nominating able and public-spirited men for the | “Dispatches for the steamship Hailan is to be post- office of Supervisor, as well as naming a leader u('! poned until further notice. sterling worth for the mayoralty. On that point his words are impressive: “There should be no higher honor than membership in a body which shapes the course of a large and rapidly growing city of the United States. The citizen of London is almost as proud of a seat in his County Council as in the House of Commons, and scores of other European cities are celebrated for the business-like administration of their municipal affairs. Let us avail ourselves oi our op- portunity and make our Board of Supervisors worthy of the city in which we live, and worthy of the repub- lican institutions, which, in spite of many disappoint- ments, we yet know to be the best on earth.” From the applause with which all salient points of the address were greeted it is evident the convention is in full harmony with the aspirations expressed by the chairman. The spirit that animates the delegates is one of civic patriotism and of loyalty to the high- | est ideals of Republicanism. It remains to be seen how far they will be able to accomplish that which they design. In order that they may do so it will be necessary for business men to be willing to under- take the severe duties of municipal offices. If men whom the party would delight to honor decline to become candidates, of course the convention will he compelled to have recourse to men of less leadership and eminence in the community, and no one will be to blame save the men who have shirked their po- litical duty to the city. Fortunately, there is no reason visible at the pres- ent outlook for fearing the result. The better class of citizens are now awake to the importance of the sstes of the time and have shown at the primaries a of | lity of all before the law, were the | bellies or their | doctor { They/ have a representative convention and | FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 189 : willingness to attend to politics as well as to business., | The prospects are therefore good, and we may con- | fidently expect of the convention a ticket and a | county committee which will merit and have the sup- port not only of all good Republicans but of inde- pendent voters. We note that one of the enterprising (?) evening journals sent four of its reportorial staff out to the ‘lransport on a “fleet-footed” tug. This is evidently a new departure in tug-building. Yesterday the people on land shouted welcome for the boys in the transport, and to-day the people in transport will shout for the boys on land. S S 'THE WIRELESS TELEGRAPH AND ; THE SIREN. ESTERDAY the people of San Francisco had 1 Y a striking illustration of the difference between the swiit, silent, scientific methods of legiti- mate journalism and the noisy and discordant pre- tensions of yellow journalism. In obtaining by wire- less telegraphy the first report of the arrival of the Sherman off the Golden Gate The Call showed the people how enterprising journalism profits by every advance in science to increase its facilities as a gath- erer and disseminator of news; while in the screech of its siren the Examiner showed how a faker in | journalism brings mechanism to aid its howling over discomfiture. The Call of course does not claim to have been the first to make use of wireless telegraphy. The system has been operated off the coast of England during the past summer, and similar experiménts more or less | successful have been made in many parts of Europe and in the Eastern States. The merit of the feat of The Call lies in the fact that it was the first use of wireless telegraphy in practical journalism; the first time the new marvel of science has enabled enter- prise to accomplish a scoop over slow-going con- temporaries. | The result was not attained without much work in the way of preliminary experimenting. For six weeks | expert electricians in the service of The Call were | planning, testing and working patiently to devise a wireless telegraph system that could be relied on | | when the emergency called for its use. In the mean- time yellow journalism was polishing up old second-hand siren and putting new screech pipes into the throttle of it. | At last the great day came. Through a thick haze | upon the sea the Sherman, with California’s heroes aboard, loomed upon the sight of the watchers, and | instantly the wireless message of glad tidings was flashed to the Cliff House, and then to The Call office, and from there given to a rejoicing city. system had proven to be of practical value to journalism, and it was a happy coincidence that en- | abled its first service to be that of announcing the ar- | rival of the California Volunteers home from the war. In this contrast between the wireless telegraph and the siren the public has an epitome of all the thou- sand contrasts between the journalism of enterprise | and the journalism of fakes. The one gathers news, | learns from science how to accomplish new marvels | ‘of success and applies the learning promptly to the | | exigencies of the day; while the other fakes some- | | thing that swill make a noise out of old junk-| | shops and attracts attention to itself by making more | | racket than a pig under a gate. With the passing of the holiday ‘the screeching of | the Examiner's; siren will cease for a time at ]cast,‘ | but the wireless telegraphy of The Call will go on to | | still greater accomplishments, for the noise of fakers | is but for a day, while the enterprises of science are | | for all time. an live | e Bryan’s opponents in the Democratic party may | figure out in back rooms how to beat him, but when { it comes before an open convention they are not in | evidence, and he has everything his own way. | e | Even the jingoes will admit it is better to have our | heroes at home than to have them across the ocean | holding down the Filipinos. THE CRISIS IN SAMSAH BASIN. ROM all parts of the Orient come reports oi trife and strikes and disturbances because the ancient and orderly ways of the people are being | disturbed by the introduction of the machinery of our | | Western civilization. The jinrikisha men are in re- | volt in Japan against electric cars, the punkah workers | |in India are bewailing the introduction of the electric | | fan, and in China the coolies are protesting against | | the opening of a new port in Samsah basin, north of | Foochow, because it will enable ships to receive at | that port a large quantity of freight now carried over- land. According to the Hongkong Press the coolies em- ployed in carrying the products of the Samsah dis- | trict to Foochow number many thousands, and when | the port was virtually opened by the arrival of the first steamer they feared their occupation would be | gone, and in the old approved way went in for more | or less.violent obstruction. On her first trip the | steamer came back empty and reported that coolies | could not be obtained to put the tea on board. Later on Mr. Commissioner Tanner visited the port, and on her next trip the steamer brought back cargo, and | everything appeared to be going on all right. Yester- ! day an “express” was sent out which stated, Kwong Shun Tsiang | Company, Chu Ting, agent.” Further inquiry elicited | the reply, “Have makee loosum too muchee. How can?” | So for the time being the port of Santy, in the | Samsah basin, is closed. Electric fans wave in the palaces of Indian Rajahs and electric cars carry pas- | sengers through romantic Japan, but in China the | coolie for a time holds his own, much to the regret not only of the European business men of that sec- tion, but of the pleasure-lovers, for the Hongkong | Press says sadly: “The Samsah basin is described as being a miniature inland Sea of Japan, and residents here were looking forward to a nice little steamer trip with shooting and fishing thrown in.” B —— Senator Tillman’s statement that Boston is the cen- Iter of all devilment and is the cause of all the strife between whites and blacks in South Carolina is not trye to the facts, but it is true to his reputation. A sad report comes from the East that one of the notable features of the camp-meetings in that section this summer has been the number of counterfeit half- dollars found in the contribution boxes. Croker’s declaration that Bryan is a great states- man may not have much effect on national politics, but the next time Tammany gives a $10 banquet the Platte River orator will be there. Gt Lo e If the “Half-Million Club” cansbe revived in time it could make a ten-strike now and close up its career brilliantly by taking a census of the city be- {ore Saturday night. |as a bat. The |1 ! =ot a pain in his stomach CANNON THAT GUARD AGAINST TORNADOES GUNS IN POSITION TO SHOOT CYCLONES. A straight wind of its destructive force. WESTERN man has devised the tornado guard, shown in the {llustration, which he asserts is full protection against such unwelcome visitors. conslsts of a wooden framework, covered with strips of copper and lightning rods. Insulated wires are run to the cannon placed in front of the guard, and they are discharged by means of electric sparks conveyed by lightning ar- resters. The discharge of the cannon stops the whirling motion and robs It Lafcadio Hearn’s Feat. “Twenty years ago Lafcadio Hearn was a reporter on the newspaper which 1 was directing. He came from—no man knew where. He was a tiny fellow physically, and as myopic He knew nothing about new but he could write a ‘story’ that was as polished and as full of color as if it had come from the pen of Gautier himself. Despite his physique, he was as coura- geous as a lion, and there was no as- signment of peril that he would not bid for avidly. I remember that one day & famous steeple climber was going to | scale the spire of the cathedral to repair the cross that topped the spire 200 feet above the sidewalk. It was a feat that all other steeple climbers had balked at, but this fellow was the master of his trade and accepted the contract. The afternoon he first scaled the spire thou- sands of people watched him breathlessly as he slowly made his way up the out- teeple, fixing his ropes and he went. Of course, he was and he said boastingly that s0 easy that he could just as well carry a man up on his back. That noon Hearn came to me and sald_timidly that he read of the steeple climber” offer, and he would be glad to ascend the spire on his back. I was amazed, and tried to point out to Hearn the peril of the thing. He would not listen. Finally, my desire to-get a ‘good story’ overcame my scruples, and I told Hearn I'd ar- range the matter with the steeple climber. I thought the latter was mak- ing a huge bluff_for business and adver- tising ends, but I was mistaken. He was as zealous as Hearn. Well, I brought the two together. They arranged their end of the feat, and 1 washed my hands of further responsibility for either the stee- ple climber's or Hearn's safety. “At the appointed time Hearn mounted the steeple climber’s shoulders, and the dizzy journ began. Tens of thousands of people watched the foolhardy pair. At last the cross was reached, and Hearn left his perch on the climber’s shoulders. The steeple Jack swarmed up the cross and stood on his head on the apex of it. The mob in the streets below cheered the daring fellow, but he was so high up in the air that the cheers were inaudible. The two men returned to the ground safely. Hearn came back to the office and sat down and wrote two columns of a story describing his sensations, and the glories of the view he had obtained from the steeple top. It was literature, this story, and it is regrettable that it has been lost in the obscurity of a forgotten newspaper. Such a glowing description of a city seen from a great heigat I never read before or since. The most Interesting thing about it to me was the fact that Hearn couldn’t see five feet beyond the tip of his nose, so myopic was he.”—The Verdict. —_—e————— Shall We Keep the Philippines? Visalla Times. The San Francisco Call is interviewing the soldlers who are now arriving from the Philippines and their testimony will be hard to overcome by the imperialists who are holding up the vast profits to be made by the alleged trade we are to have with that country when we whip the insurgents into a J\rnper regard for our particular brand of foreign libeily. It is asserted that white men cannot labor in the Philippines and that the work is nearly all done by Chinese coolies. The land is owned by the church and there is no opportunity to get hold of it at a price that will make it an object to American investors. The idea of this country making money trading with a people who are able to_earn_ only about 15 cents a day is absurd, and something else will have to be found to make the people here contented to pay the enor- mous war taxe: ————————— Yellow Journal Headquarters. One of the bravest. as well as one of the wittiest things that has been done lately, was the reply of the Rev. Dr. Newman Smyth of New Haven, when the represen- tative of one of the worst of modern newspapers asked him for “‘a bright, terse interview about hell,” for its Sunday edi- tion. Dr. Smyth very kindly complied with the request; his article was as fol- lows: *“Hell, in my opinion, is the place where the Sunday edition of vour paper should be published and circulated.”— News-Letter. Wit but Not Tact. A story comes from Oklahoma which shows that a clergyman may have a pretty wit and yet be a little lacking in tact. In the course of his sermon the Rev. Mr. Newby, new pastor of the Christian church at Guthrie, interjected the question, “How many of you have read the Bible?” Fifty hands went up. “Good!” sald the preacher. “Now, how many of you have read the second chap- ter of Jude?’ Twenty-five hands were staff of a Cincinnati | n smile overspread the min- “That’s good; but when you d that chapter again, and you rajsed. A w | ister's face. g0 _home rea will doubtless | interest.” Of course, they | there is no second chapter o | of course, no matter how they may at- tempt to laugh it off, the victims of the clerical pleasant heir pastor any the more because of the “rise’” he t Boston T “THE CALL"” PRIZE found nscript. The winner of the prize guessing contest as to the exact day, hour, minute and second when the trans- port Sherman would be sighted will be announced in next Sunday’s Call. AROUND THE CORRIDORS Joseph R. Ryland, the San Jose banker, is at the Occidental. Oscar J. Smith of Reno, Nev., i8 reg- istered at the Palace. late arrival at the Palace. F. G. Yancy, a mining man from New- man, is a guest at the Lick. George Myers, a prominent tobacconist of Fresno, is a guest of the Lick. H. Cornforth, a leading attorney of Marysville, is staying at the Lick. Under Sheriff J. L. Johnson of Ukiah arrived at the Russ House last night. U. S. Commissioner of Immigration H. H. North left for the East yesterday. George E. Goodman, a prominent bank- er of Napa, is registered at the Palace. Mark McDonald, a leading merchant of Grayson, is registered at the Occidental. J. P. Abbott, a well-known lawyer of Antioch, is registered at the Lick House. ‘W. T. Knox Jr., a prominent lumberman of Sacramento, is registered at the Grand. G. C. Turner, the chief engineer of the Stockton water works, is staying at the Grand. R. G. Morrison, a capitalist of Bakers- field, was an arrival yesterday at the Cal- ifornia. C. M. Cole, a wealthy farmer and stock raiser of Fresno, is registered at the Russ House, L. R. Spitzer of San Jose, Assessor of Santa Clara County, is registered at the Palace. Barney Murphy, the wealthy banker of San Jose, is staying at the Palace with his family. C. E. Downs, the mine owner and capi- talist of Sutter Creek, s an arrival at the Occidental. J. A. Forshay, County BSuperintendent of Schools of Los Angeles, was an arrival at the Lick yesterday. Judge J. K. Moore and Judge J. M. Miller, both of Los Angeles, are spend- ing a few days in this city. Thomas J. Kirk, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, is registered with his family at.the California. Judge and Mrs. J. A, Miner of Salt Lake City are the guests of the Occidental. They are accompanied by their daughter, Mayor Fred Eaton of Los Angeles regis- tered at the Palace last night. Mr. Eaton was accompanied by his wife and daugh- ter. T. Jones, one of the leading mining men of Siskiyou County, arrived in the ‘city last night and registered at the Russ House. George W. Pierce, Assemblyman from Yolo, left on the overland for his home at | Davisville last night. ing at the Palace. Walter Maxwell, a prominent politician and business man of Los Angeles, is spending a few days In this city. He is staying at the Palace. B. Cusick, the superintendent of the Sierra Mill and Lumber Company, is down trom Chico for a few days. He is the guest of the Grand. E. P. Ripley, president of the Santa Fe system, left for the East last Wednesday night, having concluded his survey of He has been stay- AN EXPENSIVE DISEASE. Dr. Phil Graves—My patient is suffering from acute appendicitis. ‘way, is he Billions, the millionaire? Oh, by the Dr. Woodbury Mann—Why, he hasn’t got any money at all, Dr. Phil Grayes—Pshaw! I have made a mistake in my diagnos! He's only learn something to your | that 4 t Jude, and, | have v are not likely to love | and ook out of them at that time.— GUESSING CONTEST J. B. Lankershin of Los Angeles is a | the road and its necessities on this coast. He was accompanied by W. E. Hodge general purchasing agent of the Santa Fe Railroad Company. Dick Beamer, the well-known politician and member of the State Board of Equal- ization, was about the corridors of tae Lick yesterday evening. Commander Charles A. Adams of the Mare Island navy vard is staying at the Occidental during the festivities attend- ing the home coming of the soldiers. L. P. St. Clair, the manager of the Bakersfield Gas and Electric Company, arrived in this city yvesterday, to be pres- ent at the welcoming of the soldiers. Joseph Scott, a prominent cattleman of Montana, is registered at the Californi Mr. Scott is making his usual trip to th State in the interest of his large business. State Controller Colgan, T. O. Toland, member of the State Board of Equali tion, and Postmaster Fox are down from Sacramento to assist in welcoming the returning veterans. A. K. Whittier of San Jose is an arrival at the California. Mr. Whittier wa: cently appointed colonel of the Fift Regiment and is in town to witness the reception to the First Regiment. —_—— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. City. The duties of a messenger at the navy yard are similar to those performed by a janitor. The pay varies from $1 86 to $2 per day. PANTRYMAN — Transport, Alameda, Cal. There is no such position in the transports of the United States as “‘pan- tryman” or “‘dishwasher.”” There are mess attendants, whose pay is $16 per month. THE NAVY—Recruits, Olinda, Cal. There is no recruiting office for the navy in San Francisco. Applications to enter the United States navy in California must be presented at Mare Island. NO RUN—A. N., Point Reyes, Cal. If in a play at cribbage A plays a deuce, B an ace, A a tray, A is entitled to a Tun of three: if B follows with an ace he can- not clalm a run of four, as there is an in- tervening card. UNRULY BOY—L. M. D,, City. If you a boy who is unruly and beyond control consult the officers of the Soclety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, they will be able to advise you as to what course you should follow. PIPER AND CLAYTON—M. 8, City. At the election held November 5, 1872, Charles Clayton and W. A. Piper were candidates for Representatives to Con- gress from the First District of Califor- nia. The vote for Clayton was 11,938 and for Piper 10,882. | TEMBLOR—G. S., City. Temblor, fre- | quently used in the newspapers printed in the English language, is not an En- glish word, which accounts for your in- ability to find it in ancient or modern dic- | tionaries. It is Spanish and is used in the sense that trembling is. ‘*‘Temblor | de tlerra” is the Spanish for earthquake. CANADA—J. T. L., Oakland, Cal. The | Government of Great Britain does not receive any revenue from the Dominion of Canada., The Dominion pays its Governor | General and the salaries of all other of- | ficers. It also provides for military and naval defense. Canada is a colony of | Great Britain the same as Australia: WHY NOT A LEAP YEAR—E. W. 8, Oity. The following explains why the year 1900 will not be a leap year: If a year were exactly 365% days long there Wwould be a leap year every four years, but as there is an excess of 11 minutes 10.3 seconds each year this excess is com- pensated for by dropping the leap year at the beginning of three out of four centu- | ries, thus equalizing the time gained through the century. The length of time thus established makes an error of only one day in 3325 years. Of the years con- cluding the centuries, and known as the hundredth year, such as 1500, 1500, only every fourth vear is.a leap year,’ com- mencing with 2000, or such as are deyis- able by 400—that is to say, 2000, 2400, 2500 and so on. THE PONY | city. The Pony EXPRESS—Subscriber, Express was estab- | lished in April, 1860. It was part of a | mail line between San Francisco and | New York, by W of Sacramento, Cal.; | and St Joseph, M Between these two | pla cs the distance was traveled by fleet | horsemen, each of whom rode sixty miles. The weight carried was not to exceed ten pounds, and the charge was $5 gold | for letters not exceeding one-quarter of | an ounce In weight The time between San Francisco and New York was four- teen days. The express was in operation about two years, geing cut of existencs when_the overland telegraph was com- pleted. | PATENT LEATHER—Subscriber, City. There is nothing that will prevent patent leather shoes from cracking, but by care exercised with the shoes the cracking may be reduced to a minimum. That is when the shoes are removed at night they are | warm and the leather is soft. During the night the warmth is dispelled and the | leather becomes stiffer than it was the | night before. If the wearer will place the shoes where they can become warmed | before putting them on the chances of | cracking will not be so great. The follow- | ing is given as a polish for patent leather: | Take one-quarter of a pound of molasses or sugar, half an ounce of gum arabic and one pound of ivory black, which boil | well together. Then let the vessel stand | until the contents are cooled and settled, | after which bottle off. This is an excel- lent reviver and may be used as a black- | lmf in the ordinary way, no brushes for polishing being required. CONSULS—Constant Reader, Pleasan- ton, Cal. The United States Consuls in | Germany are: Frank M. Brundage, Aix- la-Chapelle; John F. Winter, Annabers; G. Obendorf, Augsburg; Louis Stern, Bamberg; Max Bouschein, Barmen; Frank H. Mason, Berlin; Louls Lange Jr., Bremen; Talbot J. Albert, Brunswick; Gustave C. Kotne, Cassel; James Monaghan, Chemnitz; Oliver J. D. Hughes, Coburg; John Barnes, Col- ogne; Philip Albrecht, Dantzic; Charles L. Cole, Dresden; Richard Guenther, | Frankfort-on-the-Main; Charles Neuer, Gera; George Sawter, Glauscha | Pitcairn, Hamburg; {William . Lei W | son, Hafiover: B. . Warner Jr. | Henry . eidric! agdeburg; alter Shuman, Mianz; William J. & offman, Manheim; Oscar Malmros, Markneukir- | chen; George G. Plerie, Munich; Leopold | Blum, Neustadt: G. C, B. Weber, Nurem- berg:'T. W. Pefers. Flaye . Z. Brow- doski, «Solingen; V. E. Joy, Sonnenberg; John E. Kehl,' Stfettin; E. Ozmun, Stuttgart; Willlam K. Herzog, Zittau. —_———————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW .YORK. NEW YORK, Aug. 24.—George Uhl, San Francisco, at the Gilsey; D. L. Creamer, San Francisco, at the Cosmopolitan; E. L. Allen, San Francisco, at the Empire. e e Best eyeglasses, 1c to 40c, 81 Fourth st , nr. bc barber. (Also Sundays till noon.) * — . psic: g Treat your friends to Townsend's Cali- fornia glace fruits, 50c per 1b, In fire- etched boxes. 627 Market, Palace Hotel.* Bpecial information supplied dally to ;unneu houses and public men by the TEsS Cupmnfi Bureau (Allen’s), 510 ian gomery street. Telephone Maln 1042 —_——— Divorce Suits Filed. Suits for divorce on the ground of failure to provide have been filed by Susanna Reilly against John J. Reilly; Mehnert agains: Ernest Mehnert, and Freda Ricks against James W. Ricks. ———— “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used for fitty years by millions of mothers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regu- lates the Bowels and is 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 Mre, Winslow's Soothing Syrup, %c a bottle. ———— Very Low Rates East. On August 29 and 30, the popular Sants Fe route will sell tickets to Philadelphia and re- turn at the very low rate of $8885. Occa- sion, National Encampment, G. A. R. Call at 628 Market st. for full partieulars. —_————— HOTEL DEL CORONADO-—Take advantage of the round trop tickets. Now only $60 by steamship, Including fifteen days’ board at hotel; longer stay, $2 50 per day. Apply at 4 4 New Montgomery street, San Francieco.