The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 26, 1899, Page 6

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Sacrament AUCTION SALES. eld—This day, at 11°o' ninth and Sanchez stri News, which announces 1ing n of the Church of Jesus Saints, ttacks The Call for the serious of- y and folly We come with all ty to plead to the charge, in the presence of an Lorenzo Snow, such stupendous claims recent article in which we | nse cons in in the jurisdic- policy wit e inconsistency « f the U tion of nited States, which n es polygan a crime in Utah and gives it official recognition and pays ts chief exponent a salary in the S [he News, which is run t velation, reminds us that “the Congress of the United States is not the reter of the mind of the Lord,” and that the rity of the Mormon church for polygamy is not found in the Book of Mormon but in the Bible. For vired organ the News makes the odd mistake « 1sisting that we conceive polygamy to be pro- hibited by the Declaration of Independence. For an inter r of the mind of the Lord Lorenzo Snow incompatible with his wintry name. f in entation of what we conceive to be badinage which tone ¢ we pre sle inconsistency of policy in our Govera- us restate « th abli 1t position. organization of the Republican maintain and enforce abso- object of to re the law of all men within they ion of the constitution of the United States. itement of its principles and purpose was an- ized by the lave-holders. That issue was joined d upon it they offered battle. The challenge was wccepted, and the sanguinary contest raged for four | On 3 its battle-fields more men were led than the whole number enlisted in our present The result established the Re- | years military adventure publican contention for universal equality before the We insist upon that equality now. We regard gov- | ernment by consent of the governed and equality of rights to be the essential-germ and the vital prin- ciple of this republic. So believing, we insist that if this Government authorize and protect polygamy in the Sulus because it is taught by the Mahometan religion, it must authorize and protect polygamy in Utah and wherever there is a Stake of Zion, because it is taught by the Mormon religion. Mahometan- | ism accepts the Bible in both Testaments, and puts | Issa ben Miriam in its catalogue of ineffable person- alities. Mormonism does the same, and presents the Book of Mormon, like the Koran, as a later revela- | tion. Equality before the law requires that the be- | lievers in ‘either shall be treated alike. It is useless for the trustee-in-trust of the Mormon organ to mis- represent our position Or to evade the issue which it raises. We cited the case of Mr. Angus Cannon, member of the First Presidency of the Mormon church, who is awaiting sentence for polygamy, and contrasted the dolors of his position with the pleas- ant places in which are cast the lines of the Sulu Sultan. Mr. Snow says that Mr. Cannon has not been | married at all in the last year or two, and that he was not accused of polygamy or plural marriage when d. Grant that. He was, in the verbiage of the , accused of “unlawful cohabitation,” and his nse consisted in resuming conjugal relations with umber of wives to whom he Had been married be- | fore. There is no difference in the offense in the eye | of the law. The corpus delicti is the maintenance of the polygamous relation taught by the Mormon | religion; whether derived from the Bible or the Book.| of Mormon makes no difference. il The Government of the United States took high ground under the impetus of the moral sense of the people when it entered upon the extirpation of poly- | gamy in Utah. It is no answer to that position for Mr. Snow to say that there are seraglios in San Fran. | There are, and their existence is deplored by morality s a wicked vice, and is frowned upon by the Jaw. cisco. It has not the excuse of being the exercise of a | practice enjoined by religion and is not ‘countenanced | Mr. Snow stands for the | contention that a Gentile vice is transmuted into a | Mormon virtue by a.canon of the church. We merely | demand that if this position is recognized by our | Government in.the Sulus, the principle of equality | demands that it have equal recognition in Utah. | Finally, Mr. Snow is careful not to deny that poly- | gamy gain practiced in Utah. We make the | charge that plural marriages are by no means sin- gular in that State. Will he deny it? by statutory recognition. | imagination and make the heart beat faster. | Sherman to her anchorage. Squadrons of battleships beauty of decoration, precision of formationvand im- | pressive dignity that charmed every sense, as this | escort of banner-flying boats steamed from the Heads | down to the Golden Gate and into the center of the | tional colors, arranged in the most tasteful of pa- triotic devices, gave to and took from the scene a | illuminated by myriads of electric lights, has been { stinted in proportion, roofs of melancholy pitch, chill | B THE IDEAL FETE CLIMATE. i T il N FRANCISCO has had great parades and pageants before, but none has. half equa!cd the_ cariety and sumptuous spectacular quality of this fete in honor of our returned soldiers. Its ornate and majes features have presented everything that can please the eye, stimulate the ic On no other American water has appeared the equal in beauty of the marine procession which escorted the have steamed in line on New York Bay, and the | spectators have from either side viewed the scene from the decks of all kinds of crait, but no proc:ssi‘on has moved upon the water that had the impressive harbor. The processions in the city, marching be- tween lofty pine and palm, and past walls of the na- grace inexpressible. The night scene on the water and in the streets, more than grand. It has inspired a feeling of awe in man, standing in the presence of the works wrought by his own genius. And it has all been seen through day and night, on land and water, in perfect comfort by the hundreds of thousands. The spectators have had neither to swelter in the heat nor shiver in the cold. They have passed readily and comfortably from the scene of one | spectacle to another. The facilities of the city have been so ample that none have gone hungry for lack of a place to feed, nor tired for need of a place to | rest. No storms have disturbed the crowds and no gales have tugged at.the jsplendid decorations. The wide | streets and avenues have rendered a jam and panic impossible, and good order, good temper and un- bounded: patriotic enjoyment have marked the great function*from the beginning. To ‘our people it has been a needed revelation. San F; ancisco is the metropolis of the friendliest cli- the world. In no other great American city | could there have been such absolute guarantee of | h assurance of immun- | clemency in the elements, suc lity from storm and tempest, such absolute equability | ized discontent of the country and was in his day the of climate, as to make all these pleasures sure. In no capital of the Old World, not even in gay Paris | or Vienna or Rome, can be found such certainty ot the adaptation of weather to such a purpose. | In a high sense these facts and the line of thought | they promote are of the greatest material importance | to San Francisco. They not only teach our people to make more frequent use in this way of their climatic advantages, but they impress all with the need of making permanently the best use of those advan- tages.. They lead to a call for the best streets, for the | | in the Dreyfus case with the affrighted countenances more general joining of the beauties with the utilities Washington City has in Pennsyl- | vanfa avenue one of the noblest thoroughfares in the | world, but it is ensmalled by .the meanness of the | architecture of the buildings line it Tes| straight stretch has at one end the mighty Capitol | and at the other the classical building of the Treasury. | But betwéen, with few exceptions, are .only the cheap- | of architecture. which est and meanest of buildings. Sordid fronts, windows | the spirit that has been raised by the splendors of the | Capitol, the gorgeous art of the Congressional Li- | brary and the classic front of the Treasury. San Francisco has in Market street her grand thorough- | fare. It already far excels Pennsylvania avenue in the excellence of its architecture. Every year the | blunt-faced structures, snub-nosed and lantern- jawed, to meet the economy or the haste of the | pioneer builders, pass away and are replaced by mod- | ern buildings, in which the architect’s sense of ex- | terior beauty is given some scope and play. As the rebuilding of this street goes on let every property-owner remember the pageantry that is now | passing. Let him recall the perfect tone of the sky, | the softness “and lure of the weather, the bright | kaleidascopic effect of the well-dressed hundreds of | thousands, the charm of the decorations,~and remem- | ber how art can.come to the aid of nature in pro- ducing these effects, which are worth crossing the | continent to see, and when he builds see to it that he adds to the attractions of this great street, which is the first traveled by the thousands who come here to | this part of the highway around the world. S ———— Another steamer has come down from Alaska with a crowd of lucky gold-hunters, but their number, though considerable, is small in comparison with that of the crowds that went with them when they started on the search. The few who strike it rich | come home in the cabin and get their names in the pepers, but the others either stay in ‘the snow or come home in the steerage and say nothing. BRYAN’'S FAD. conventions in Nebraska, the New Democracy, the Silver Republicans and the Populists, and has dictated their platforms and their fusion nomina- | be any. predisposition on the part of the peasants of | tions. His laffguage in the Democratic platiorm is: “Our confidence in the principles set forth in the Chicago platform has been increased as those prin- ciples have been vindicated by events. The gold standard is less defensible now than it was in 1896. The ratio of 16 to I is the natural and. necessary ratio.” In lis speethes to the three parties to the fusion Colonel Bryan put free silver at 16 to 1.foremost, and his orders were implicitly obeyed.” At the same time that he was forcing this declaration one of his lead- ing supporters in California, Professor Ross, was de- claring that the silver issue has passed, and that “the demand of 16 to 1 has ceased to be admissible.” Asked why it is no longer admissible, the professor said: “For three reasons. In the first place the an- nua] output of gold has since 1896 shot up from $200,- 000,000 t0,$300,000,000. It relieves the monetary famine and-has tended. to, reduce if not entirely wipe ‘out the annual. appreciation of gold. In the second place, three or more years of debts have been con- tracted under the gold standard and a corresponding mass of old debt incurred under the bimetallic stan- dard has been wiped out. In the third place, there was a likelihood in 1806 that certain other nations would follow a bold step on the part of the United States, and thus independent action on our part might bring about international bimetallism. We have no longer any ground for such hope. For these three reasons a:proposal which was reasonable in 1806 be- comes extreme in 1809.” The professor has reduced his abandonment of the issue to an approximately scientific form. The value thereof is the admission that free coinage of silver at 16 to 1 was an expedient and not a scientific principle. The increase in the gold output since 1805, when it was §$200,406,000, has been at the rate of $25,000,000 a year in. order. to reach the volume for this year as | every time he received an inch. R OSS*BRYAN has just addressed three State | total 36,550,000 hectares contained in the province the years prior to 1805 at the rate of $21,455,600 per year. .1t is somewhat difficult to find any excuse existing how An hid crease of the annual gold product for abandoning 16 to I that did not also exist in the same cause in 1896. BT ‘The production of gold fell in 1873 to $06,000,000, and, according to the professor’s theory, being scarce, it should have been much higher than silver, while as a fact gold and silver were then closer together than they have been since. As the product of gold has risen, the distance between it and silver has in- creased instead of diminishing. If the market price’ of the two metals is to be taken as the measure of their annual appreciation or depreciation, gold is higher now than when the Bland act passed, for silver is lower. The great fact is'that the Bryan fad had no scientific foundation, and’therefore every prediction based upon it has failed. But while the professor is declaring that the issue has passed, that it is no longer reasonable and must be abandoned, the Colonel is proclaiming that it is more necessary now than in 1896! The professor was desirous of stability in the standard of value and hails its coming in the small increase in the average out- put of gold over that increase prior to 1806. But the Colonel is embarrassed by the multiplication of rea- sons for adhering to “the natural and necessary ratio of 16 to 1.” Whether the reasons given will bear investigation or not, there is no doubt that Professor Ross repre- sents the whole body of supporters of Bryan in 1896 who were at any time in danger of permitting them- selves to think about.the silver issue. The spell of that year and the spell-binding done by Bryaf and Coin Harvey, helped out by hard times, swept many a man off his feet who has recovered his reason and is now wondering that he”ever was ‘tripped by such an airy thread. The strength of Mr. Bryan was among the discon- tented. Their ranks are always recruited by a panic and hard times. What Colonel Bryan needs now is an untimely frost that will kill the crops in the Mis- sissippi Valley and a drought next spring that will leave the seed to dry in the ground. If to this an in- vasion of the bubonic plague could be added, or any epidemic pestilence,-he might - succeed in. polling nearly as many votes as before. Without these aids to his ambition all reasonable men see the hopeless- ness of his fight. He will go.as General Weaver did. He was twice the Presidential candidate of the organ- same oratorical wonder that Bryan is now. But the common sense of the country saw that government cannot be safely founded on failure and disease, and turned to the success and health that survived and built on them. So it will be now. Colonel Bryan will run and will be left on the backstretch, as he was before. It is said that some of the French generals testify of men who had just awakened from a terrifying nightmare. Perhaps it is the threat of a coming reality rather than a dream which stamps fear in their faces. Only three square inches on a two-foot map of Luzon has been conquered by the American troops. The military authorities might advantageously adopt the policy of the gentleman who demanded a foot RUSSIAN TACTICS IN FINLAND. USSTAN statesmen are past masters of the art of holding conquered peoples in subjection by exciting among them all forms of antagonism that craft can manage to foment, whether of race, or creed, or class. They are now applying such tac- tics in Finland. Recent rcports from the province announce that the suppression of the ancient constitu- tion, which guaranteed the sclf-government of the | Finns, has been followed by the appearance of Rus- | sian emissaries among the peasants seeking to stir up an agrarian agitation among the landless against the | land-owners. According to a recent issue of Finland, a journal | devoted to the cause of the Finnish people, the peasants have been told that under the Russian Gov- ernment their holdings will be considerably increased at the expense of the present proprietors. It is be- lieved, howeyer, the Finnish peasants will not be de- ceived by the promise to any great extent, as most of them are fairly well educated and are familiar with what befell the peasants of the Baltic provinces who believed similar tales from Russian officials when their liberties were- at stake, and who are now repenting their folly. It appears, moreover, that in Finland there is not a sufficiently large number of landholdings to excite the cupidity of the landless or to give rise to a widespread antagonism among the people. According to the latest official reports | there were in Finland 117,704 cultivated farms, and of these only 2004 contained more than | 100 hectares, or 247 acres, the great bulk consisting of small farms ranging from 20 to 100 acres. Out of the nobility own' but 364,437, or less than 1 per cent. On such a showing it appears unlikely there, will | Finland to the antagonjsms the Russian statesmen are trying to engender.# It is noted, furthermore, that the Finns are pretty well aware that about 25,000,000 | peasants are now on the verge of starvation because of heavy taxation and military burdens laid upon them. They will therefore have no great desire for a reorganization of Finland on the Russian system., The Finnish patriots in the meantime well under- stand the danger of such agitations as the Russians are trying to start, and are doing all in their power to prevent them. Large land-owners are co-operating to assist the non-proprietary peasants to acquire land, it being strongly felt that making every'Finfander a full proprietor in the soil will be the surest way of keeping the whole people stable and united in the struggle for the preservation of its ancient liberties and rights. General Bates has returned to Manila from his con- ference with the Moros and announces that the Sultan is friendly and recognizes our sovereignty, but as nothing is said of a pension for him there will be a dread suspicion the news has been censored. i The British community in South Africa entertains a very emphatic opinion that a permanent peace in the Transvaal may be won only by a disarmament of the Boers. The fellow with a gun always was con- sidered to be dangerous. The interchange of compliments between Secre- tary Root and General Miles may be only an official courtesy, but it is better than the heartfelt talk that went on between the general and the former Secre- tary of War. —_— - A bond of sympathy appears to have been estab- lished between the market women of Paris and the | porter and asked him the mean stated by the professor. But it was increasing in two | gogue probably won the good will of the ladies, AUGUST. 2 ‘BRONZE BADGER FOR THE WISCONSIN. The bronze badger, emblem of the State, and which is to be mounted on the: battleship Wisconsin, was cast in Chicago last week. by a delegation of Milwaukee citizens. The badger, which is in a crouching atti- tude, will surmount the bronze shield containing the coat-of-arms of Wisconsin. The entire welght of the casting will'be 1200 pounds. Spanish cannon after a design by Paul Kupper. mbunted either on the prow or forward-turret of the Wisconsin. The casting was witnessed * It is, made from capturéd The figure and shield will be | A BOORISH GOVERNOR ALIFORNTA has ample cause to feel It would seem as though he is lacking in about | present Governor. every essential visiting strangers. Francisco. That episode was teers. such distinguished visitors. something was due in the w essentials of politenes nent men from Pennsylvania. They ¢ and were entitled to some official greeting, but they were ignored entirely so far as the chief executive was concerned. Common monest kind of common courtesy, demanded that thé Governor fornia, in the name of the State, should extend some kind of a welcome to At the disposal of the Governor there is a public fund for There are State tugboats that could, without detri- ment to the public service, have been given over to the entertainment of He could at least have met them and shaken hands with these gentlemen. just such emergencies. those visitors. them. What did Governor Gage do? ing with political manipulators, sne. like a boorish clown to the everlasting discredit of California. that belongs to the gentleman. and uncivil and rides heedlessly over the feelings of the general run of people who come in business contact with him. He is allied with about all that is corrupt in politics and that is abominable in his advisers. | The people might bear in silence the shortcomings of boorishness and in | patience bide the next election, but his present ungraceful | tainly putting the State itself in an undesirable light with distinguished At the time of the launching of press had no criticism to make of the chief executive who appeared at the ‘Wisconsin banquet in a rough work coat and otherwise exhibited his police | court manners to the distinguished men of that State, then visiting San passed in silence. months three Governors and two committees from several Jjourneyed westward to greet on American soil their A Hottentot ruler would have extended some kind of a welcome to Certainly from a State noted v of acknowledging their presence. ernor of Oregon, the Governor of Nebraska and the Governor of Colorado will return home, however, without knowing that California has a chief ex- | ecutive, or, knowing, it will understand that he is lacking | On similar m thoroughly ashamed of her He is coarse, rude posture is cer- the Wisconsin, the | But within the past few States have | home-coming volun- for its hospitality The Gov- in the first ions came delegations of promi- came as representatives of their State | decency, the com- of Cali- He went into hid- | Simply nothing. ! his duty, and acted | ! ked away from LATEST STORIES of the FUNNY MAN. Couldn’t Solve the Puzzle. He was evidently unaccustomed-to rail- way travel and was keenly alert to the possibility of acquiring information as the train rolled along. Gazing at the flying landscape, his braln was puzzled by the little signposts beside the track bearing the single letter R or W. He stopped the ing of th signs. : “OH,” said he, “dem’s whistle and ring posts 'fer de engineer. The traveler pondered, and beeame only the more perplexed. In despair he repeat- ed his question to the conductor. “Those signs are for the information of the engineer,” replied the conductor; “he is to whistle or ring at certain points, as indicated by those initial letters. “Yes,” sald the traveler, “so T under- stood the porter; but I thought he must be mistaken. I know W stands for wring, but how in thunder do you spell whistle with an R?"—Argonaut Would Not Give Him the Chance. A well-known naval officer has a beau- tiful daughter. A young lieutenant, with no resources but his pay, fell in love with her, and asked the old gentleman for her hand. The father at once taxed him with the fact that he had only his pay—hardly enough to keep him in white gloves and burnish his brass buttons. “What you say is true, sir; but when you married you were only a midshipman, with even smaller pay than mine. How did you get along?” asked the lieutenant, who believed he had made the most dip- lomatic of defenses, But he was mis- taken. “I llved on first ten vears y father-in-law for the thundered forth the craf- ty old admiral, “but I'll be hanged if you are going to do it!”—The Verdict. e The Hint Cost a Cigar, Bluftkins is a good-hearted sort of a chap, fond of his uttle joke, but he is not remarkable for his %@nerosil)‘. and his friends always smile benevolently on this little failing. On the occasion in question Bluffkins was smoking a cigar. This was not in it- self remarkable; what surprised Webb was that the cigar was really good. Bluff- kins smoked with calm serenity. “I wonder if he has the mate?”’ thought ‘Webb. Then he said aloud: e “Fine cigar you're smoking, Bluffkins.' “Yes Webb waited for the hint to take effect, but his desire vas destined to remain un- gratified, so he aaueu: “Who gave it to you?'—Exchange, PR English as She Is Spoke. ‘When Max O'Rell, the French lecturer announced to his mother, good but i norant old French lady, t he was go- ing to America, she was shocked and hor- riged at his daring in adventuring so far into the uncivilized wilds. ‘‘What lan- guage do they speak?’ she demanded. “English, of course,” he replied, laugh- in “‘Why, Max,” she said, with deep seri- ousness, “I have heard several English gentlemen declare that no American spoke English.”—Exchange. ————————— Had His Wit About Him. A certain Irish member of Parliament, popular and a bachelor, had been very olite to the daughter of the house where Ee was visiting, When the time came for him to go, the too-anxious mamma called him in for a_serious talk. “I'm sure I don’t know what to say,” she went on; ‘’tis reported all around that you are to marry Letitla.” “Just say that she refused me,” %\lletly advised the parliamentarian.—Hxchange. N = Her First Attempt. Maud Muller on a summer day Through the meadow flufiher way. The turf flew high and Maud grew lame; Of golf it was her malden game. —Life. _— - “What do you think of the artist, Al- bino, who painted a spider web upon the celling so maturally that a chambermaid spent the whole morning trying to sweep it away?"” “There may be such an artist, but 1 do not believe In the existence of such a chambermaid.”—Exchange. French agitator, Guerin. _The invective of the dema- | _Scene—Rallway carriage on the Midlana Ranway. Enter a colonel with gamebag and case of guns. Colonel (t0 passengers, s a Witness Who Disobeyed “No; professional liar.”—Tit-Bits. —_————— “THE CALL” PRIZE GUESSING CONTEST The winner of the prize guessing contest as to the exact day, hour, minute and second when the trans- | 1port Sherman would be sighted will be announced in next Sunday’s Call. —e— Thanks for The Call. Editor_ Call-Dear Sir: Let me thank you on behalf of the officers and crew of the Concord for your kindness in sending us the files of your valued newspaper. Wherever the ship may be if a malil comes in we are sure to get our bundie of Calls, and they are eagerly read and passed around. I wish you could understand how | much dull monotony has been relieved by your thoughtful kindness. Sincerely yours, J. B. BRIGGS, Lieutenant Commander, Commanding. U. S. S. Concord, Lingayen Gulf, P. I, July 18, 18%9. | B | AROUND THE ‘ CORRIDORS | T. J. Field, a banker of Modesto, is at the Palace. F. Phiscator, a prominent Klondiker, is | at the Grand. H. ¢! Hills, Justice of the Peace at Oro- ville, is at the Russ. W. D, Tillotson, a mining man of Red- ding, iS at the Palace. A. W. Fox, a mining man of Grants | Pass, is at the Grand. C. L. Stilson, ex-County Clerk of Butte County, is at the Russ. ‘W. H. Workman, ex-Mayor of Los An- geles, is at the Palace. Richard Rule, a governmental agent of El Paso, s at the Lick, T. C. White and O. J. Woodward, bank- ers of Fresno, are at the Lick. ‘C. H. Fitch of the United States Geo- logical Survey is at the Occidental. R. S. Brown of the secret service is here from Los Angeles and is staying at the Oceidental. | Lieutenant Commander Guttner was one | of the passengers on the Alameda which arrived yesterday. He is stepping at the | California, 1 C. N. Sterry, the chief coynsel of the | Santa Fe Railroad and recently appointed i the successor' of E. F. Preston, counsel | of tha Valley Road, arrived last night with his family and‘is stopping at the | | Palace. i —_————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW fOEK.i NEW YORK, Aug. 2%.—George W. Van | Spiegel of Los Angeles is at the Hoft. | man. A, P. Patrick of San Francisco is at the Imperial. Colonel 8. Toplitz of Los | Angeles is at the Vendome. J..P. Hopkins of San Francisco is at the Martin, Charles Dunham of San Francisco is at the Cos- mopolitan. —————————— CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—J. D, Maxwell | of San Francisco is at the Riggs House. | H. A. Felton of San Francisco is at the St. James. —————— "NEW POINT DECIDED. I udgé Dunne GivesJ u'clgmentAgo.inst Summons. The first actjon, it is said, instituted for ! and exit unmourned. She s evidently be: | next personified uglines: cisco. | ble | on | or green pepper. ovides for the rec of dam. elghrrorm a person refusing to -obey a T failing to attend. a frial was decided by Justice ag, Subpena_and when summoned, U eace Dunne yesterday. ) %a]r;?:uf‘:l aw"Rs e plfxlntlr‘[ in an action | on trial in thW‘Yur T & urt.i ‘.\:«\?a sought to take epdbit o{ s L. | Meagher, but he lnflm} t_nlgh«-_\'fi[“\\l !:,“; | pena. Waldteufel filed su b;e i damages_for After -reviewing the gave judgment as to recover $72 obey the subpena. facts Judge Dunne prayed. “GLOVER "~ WINS WITH PRETTY WALTZ MUSIC 3R” helds one disappointment ie Fairbain.” To live up to a —Be ; reputation gained in’a night is to live breathlessly, and Bessie respires this week v gratefully she does one tame specialt s an intrusion—as part of the regular action she does not seém remarkable. It ble. But cannot be that her genius i “Clover” itself, with its merry and pa- thetic solos and fine ensemble work, makes amends for any frustrate hope. Little Marie Tempest, Marian Manola Mason and the ever to be mourned ()ulhf} made Gotham love the opera and “Stella’ became the tenor drawing-room ballad of the Four Hundred. The Grand Opera- house cast is entirely adequate to the de- mands of the pretty music and a_very even performance is the result. Waltz time is conspicuous in solo and chorus and simple waltz music always appeal Especially good are the quintet and chorus of the third act and the prayer at the close. In fact, that prayer is the only good drop in the ope The others are limp and_almost fc h in _their sim- plicity. The third act is also favored with ‘a most realistic battle effect and a bit of unintentional humor in the return of Rudolph, Mr. Persse, from the heat of that awful battle, spotless and exqui- as a walking court site ceremony. ut you srhould see the other man. What a fine subject for a medical student. He stands and sings, a dripping archery tar- get and no one binds up his wounds. Color harmony is generally well looked to with the chorus, but ar dressing is an accident with the principals—one week creations that the best costumer would not be ashamed to claim, and the A little thought- direction wouid lessen the <m and add nothing to the Be - these principals and sati ful esthetic chance of cri expense account. are uniformly cons tory in_their work these trimmed with reluctances, ming does not alter the foundation, as T should like it to stand. One of the maga- s very graciously and courteously (?) this month of critics out for good —ready to seize every opportunity for keen shafts of irony and broad stabs of ridicule; making their bread and butter, | or rather their cold bottle and cigars, in a purely business way. The truth is, that although _their vocation prompts the “looking for white stones to shy at,” they do not fly over the dramatic world like buzzards looking for car more sights than they Opera-house, when Jected, they see a taining, good performance, giving back in lave yment, and often with interest, nditure of time and money. Next Paul Jones” is the attraction. CHARLOTTE THOMPSON, —_—— LAI‘ISW}:‘JB.S TO CORRESPONDENTS. OLD BRASS—Su a solution of oxal It is said that acid makes the best | liquid for cleaning old brass. DEEP-SEA FISHING—W. 8., Occiden- tal. For information about positlons on Unlted States vessels aged in deep- sea sclentific fishing ma application on board the United States steamship Al- batross, now in the harbor of San Fran- A FENCE—Sub., N If you and your neighbor hav ion fence and vou want his hogs and sheep to keep off your grounds, you will ‘have to-maintain such a div on fence as will keep them enthusiastically): ‘‘Beautitul sport; sixty | out. 1f it were on cattle an ordinary | ds)—’ ixty hllrds two hours, and only | three-rail fence would be sufficient. | missed two shot A quiet gentleman RO — I sitting in the corner put down his paper, TO THE YELLOW. JOURNAL—N. O. r,'_:;h;;:!d 4 war‘rgf} pompartment 201 |s. City. The question you ask is one that Tow me to congratuiate you, sir; I am a | pplies directly to the Yellow Journal professionalmyself.” “Professional sports- | and it ought to be di d to the editor man?” of that sheet, but as it contains a sens is not editor of that sheet would pay any atten- suggestion it likely that the | tion to it. GERMAN EMPEROR—Q., City. It was announced at the time that the cause of the displeasure between the Emperor of Germany and his mother was on account of his feelings to the Englis! He did not imprison his mo time. The Prince of Wales vis T at the time of the ill-feeling, but what his pur- pose was was not made public property. 1 OFFERED—J. F. G., City. Dealers in coins do not offer any premium for any of the following coins: Half-dollars of 1849 ax ; dimes of 1549, 1850, 1851, 1852 and dimes of 1845, . 1872 ‘and nt piece of 1824. Tha E sell at an advance 187 and the cent at rying from 19 to 99 cents. DIVORCED PEOPLE—A Reader, Fall- brook, Cal. The law that prohibits per- sons divorced in California from re- marrying in State within a_year after the d y_th laturs that wa Marriages on land in which divorced persons were the principals prior to that date were valld and the marriage of such persons on “the deep sea” were only contract mmarriages, but such are recognized if the fact of the contract can be established. RIGHT OF WAY—W., North Branch, Cal. The questions of right of way through the property of another are such that they cannot be answered in an off- hand manner, as very much depends up- the conditions, As a general rule a person desiring right-of-way must mbke prices v | application to the Superior Court of the county for the condemnation of property and then viewers are appointed, and upon their report the court takes action. The other question as to a road through a ranch and the right to maintain a fence h a gate across that road is one that a court of lJaw would have to determine, PARROTS—Several subscribers, City. In order to take proper care of a parrot the first rule to be observed is cleanliness, then plenty of gravel in the bottom of the cage, feeding at regular and stated timies and feeding the most simple and plain or coarse food. A good food for parrots is cold boiled potatoes, stale bread or crack- ers, soaked, sometimes in water, some- times in milk and sometimes in coffee, us- ing the-coffee just as it is deached| or boiled; without the addition of either milk or sugar. The parrot.also likes. ca- nary seed, -unhulled rice, cracked [corn and.-hemp seed, but, of the latter two but very little should be given. Never give a parrot any greasy food from the table, nor sugar, cake or candy. 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