The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 8, 1899, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY. OCTOBER 8. 1899, SUNDAY.... OCTOBER 8, 1899 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprieter. nications to W, S. LEAKE, Manager. Address All Commu PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS 217 to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874. DELIVERED BY CARRIERS, 16 CENTS PER WEEK. Single Coples, 5 cents. < Mall, Including Postage: ng Sunday Cail), one year. ding Sunday Call), 6 months, ;ding Sunday Call), 3 months y Single Mol FINANCIAL LEGISLATION. —HE San Francisco Chronicle antagonizes, with "[ some asperity, the proposition to have any financial legislation at the coming session of Congress. Its first reason is that “what one Con- gress can do another can undo,” and, secondly, that long as we maintain our present tariff system we shall be all right.” As the existing tariff is nothing but legislation by one Congress nother undo it, it would seem that there is a flaw somewhere in the Chronicle 1 and may logic. The Republican party came into power in 1806 to do two things— the currency, establiish sound finance anc e tariff. The mem- ory of men runs easily back to the campaign of that orm One Year. uthorized to recelv: subscriptions. will be forwarded when roquested. OAKLAND OFFICE.. 908 Broadway } C. GEORGE KROGNESS, Manager Forcigs Advertising, Marquette Building, Chicago, NEW YORK €. C. CARLTON NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: PERRY LUKENS JR. 29 Tribune Building NT1 ..Herald Square CHICAGO NEWS 6TANDS. Eherman House; . O, News Co.; Great Northerm Motel; Fremont House: Auditorium Hotel. NEW YORK NEWS STANDS, ‘Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, §1 Union Bquare; Murrey Hill Hotel. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE.. Wellington Hotel L. ENGLISH, Corrcspondent. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open until 9:30 o'clock. 300 Hayes street. open unti! 9:30 o'clock. 639 McAllister street. open untll 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open until 10 o'clock. 22C' Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clack. 1098 Vclencla street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh | street, open until 9 o'clock. NW. corner Twemty< second and Kentucky streets, open untll 9 o'slock, AMUSEMENTS. Peg Wotfingt tel Topsy Turvy.' Van Winkle." vaudeville every afterncon and ever streets—Spectalties. n Park—Bi Coursing Park—Coursing To-day. % an-Clay Hall-Song Recital, Tuesday evening, Octo- AUCTION SALES. e governed + political makeshift anted posit nd never peop o or poli make- of Independence in be ; that they are these truths to self e created eq alienable and the t rights ng men, deriving their 1t of the governed.” or are | secure ed mse on of In the case of the k upon our past acqui pport its position Mexico by the treaty of Guadalupe cans resident in the ac- fed in the treaty they zenship in the United States, se and the protection which the government by consent. We to revolt against Mexico ary q government and cherish an ce. We at once bestowed a government by consent, or independ her protest nor resistance on their ne, who will be accepted by the Her- ican authority, said: “At this day, ht of people to govern themselves, the basis of republican institutions, is so widely recognized, nothing is more difficult or more e forced transfer of territory, car- gnant and hostile population. ment of the United States believes that I changes should be avoided as far as they should never be the result of xicans on this territory were neither indig- ile. The Herald will observ€ that Mr. vas guilty of using the same “demagogic hal- n and political makeshiit” as Mr. Short. swered Mr. Short so successfully, will it ine’s position? hole history of our Government confirms the hat Blaine took, that “such territorial changes should never be the result of mere force.” The rea- son is obvi Republican institutions can in the nature of things be propagated only by example and conse Monarchical and despotic institutions can- not be propagated by example and consent, and ;o have always depended upon force. Therefore it is difficult to differentiate a republic from a despotism when it abandons example and consent and resorts to iorce view e e —— A Fresno pre on Sunday, committee cher, who was accused of working has been duly exonerated by a special The accused probably proved to the n of his judges that for him at least preach- ing is only serious fun after all. satisfacti Information has been received here that all ar- rangements have been made for the opening of a new bank in the City of Mexico. iether it will be faro or monte. It is not stated By the time the Boers and the British get ready for war each side will probably perceive the other to be so strong it will be willing to resume negotiations and noke the peace pipe. An Oakland youth, who wants to see the world, has started for Stockton. A great many other peo- ple who wanted to see very much less have started for the same place. The yellow Examiner probably displayed that “Macaroni” special on the international yacht race because it felt it was in the soup. | gold standard n year and recalls the pledge for sound mon: and th= v Re publican paper between the c Each pledge be redeemed by legislation, e on every stump and in ev ceans. ither should ronicle is that 1 m of the Ct but the posi have redeemed cause “what one Congress been can do another can undo. Therefore Congress, Re publican in both branc . should not do anything to | carry out edges and policy, because it will not be a finality and may be undone by another Congress. In this country parties struggle for supremacy and in the Government sole 1e purpose of power impressing their policy upon its legislation and ad- ministration. According to the Chronicle idea it is useless to add anything to the legislation of the first of 178 Congresses would undo it! The Chronicle says there is a growing feeling that “it is inexpedient to precipitate a debate on the sub- reform at a time when all of the best Cong because subsequent ject of moneta ls | of the contest and his own relation to it arguments of those who are advocating the necessity of an immediate recognition of the gold standard can | ilie a few facts.” presentation of be refuted by These facts are stated to be the bala trade in | our favor and plenty of gold in the country. The | Arkansas trav found a man with no roof on his | house who excused himself for not putting one on by the presentation of a few facts. These were that when 1"t put on a roof, and when it did It was raining from was on and it v of it rained he cou not rain no roof was needed. The p | to be impossible to secure the treasury nst the | depletion of the endless chain and to protect the pub lic credit by efficient recognition of the gold stan- | dard. The necessity for doing both was clearly seen, | could be done, and the result was the load- srden of an interest charge, 1803 to 1806, as found but neither ing the people with the bu illions greater than it should be, to prevent a1 a tendency to speculative in tens of r public ins: good The panic is over now. vency. mes are re is abrc flation, and the conditions are such as lead to pai The wise man in private business looks ahead and secures his crec t what may come. A wise Goves the same. To definitely ac- 1it in the law and her depleting run is uation the Chronicle ad- T Arl e and not precipitate a di sion of governmental wisdom! i anotl to e Republican party adopt nsas | s and fi sc Aside from its outstanding pledge the party owes it to the country to legislate well and wisely toward a | more sound, safe and scientific system of public finance, as it owes to the country good and wise gov- ernment in all thi No doubt the Republicans | ho were shouting for free silver up to the holding | of the National Convention, and who despaired of vhen T rt, Jones, i the | Republicans bolted at St. vet in their political veins the septic influence which induced hundreds of thousands like them to swell Mr. Bryan’s The victory of 1896 was Dubo , Stew Louis, vote. But there are others. a distinct triumph for the country. These are now sneered at by the Chronicle | as “alleged monetary reformers.” ) But in their x-Senator Higginson, H. H Gage, Governor States of are such eminent Republicans as Edmunds, Stuart Pa Hénna, Secret: and the terson, ¥ of t S t the Chronicle s; fact that a for non-action as far as it can sight of public opinion. country will elect a President who would sign a bill to substitute the silver basis for the gold standard. But under the declaratory resolution of the last Con- gress under existing law such basis would be reached when the strain on the treasury made it necessary to redeem public obligations in silver. Preventive legislation now wiil empower a Presi- dential veto to protect the public credit against any- thing but a two-thirds majority in Congress. The long list of celebrated Jacks, beginning with the Giant Killer and including the Ripper and the Kisser, has had a recent addition at Oakland in the person of Jack the Tree Chopper. They seem to be jacks of all trades. OHN BATE economy at Cc of the deleg ENCE. QJ CLARK, professor of political es to the Chicago Trust Confer- ence, has recently made public his opinion concerning the results accomplished by the discussi rest of the world, he regards the work of the confer- ence as valuable only so far as it was educational, and inasmuch as it gave the public an opportunity to learn the best arguments current on the two sides of According to the professor, some of the most ear- rest students on the subject at the conference took RESULTS OF THE TRUST CONFER- umbiz University, who was one Like the notes that it deserves to be considered satisfactory, the great issue no part in the debates. saying, “I have been soaking in public opinion.” That was probably the condition of the professor himseli, for he has drawn from the discussion only ithc most conservative of views, and comments upon | the problem with no little caution { Judging from what was brought forth at the con- ference, Professor Clark says that as a rule the oppo- nents of trusts are the small capitalists and the agri- culturists. He notes that the small body of social- ists in the country look upon trusts with favor in the belief that their tendency will be to educate the gen- eral mass of men in the economic advantage of large combinations. Speaking for himself he says: *We | can crush trusts if we really decide to do it, but we | can do something that is better than that, for we can | study the natural forces that are already working i against true monopoly, and by removing the obstacles | that are in their way preserve, in spite of vast con- solidations of capital, the principle of competition and freedom.” Such a conclusion seems to be amply justified by all the facts thus far made known. Of course trusts H tes | e quotes one of them as | Hact: | the responsibility imposed upon the | voters of the city can learn the nature of the issue | | cipality in the office of Mayor. | interest in the larger affairs of the city, the State and | making the fight against it at home and in Congress. ound money men of the | ests of labor and the general welfare of all. Colonel | ex : Treasury | with a Board of Supervisors virtually selected by aders in all the | Mayor Phelan, and the result of the experience is still e Upper Mississippi Valley, who have re- | freshly remembered. The Democratic majority of the covered or held their States from Bryanarchy by de- [ body was so corrupt that even Phelan himself tried ‘s they should not | to oust them from office. Since that time a Repub- | lican board has been in office and the party can safely nge may occur in the par- | challenge an inspection of its record. majority, which the Chronicle admits when it ‘ licans of the board have fulfilled every pledge they} is a reason for action carried | made and have given the city as good a government | possibly go without getting out of | as is possible under a Democratic Mayor animated by It is hardly possible that the | ambitions for another term. | | | ! | United States, if individual enterprise be leit free to | that desire and can with justice claim the support not A | thorities on the subjects with which they will deal. being as yet in but an early stage of their development it is not possible to perceive clearly in what they will help and in what injure the world of industry and commerce. A careful supervision to remedy abuses is all that is needed at this time. There is nothing to afford a foundation for a fear that any possible combination of capital can ever effect a monopoly of a considerable industry in a nation so large as the | combat it. James W. Girvin, formerly of San Francisco, now of Hawaii, has a double whose affairs are constantly being mixed with his. This alter ego always turned up where the original James W. was expected, in- variably managing to get there first. The only satis- | faction the present sufferer has is the hope that the other fellow I answer the rollcall when his own time on earth is up. THE MUNICIPAL CAMPAIGN. ORACE DAVIS in addressing the convention upon his nomination for the office of Mayor 4 clearly set forth in a few words the issue His state- ment merits the attentive consideration of all voters, for it contains at once a declaration of the policies which should now be pursued by the municipal ad- | ristration, and a pledge to undertake them wi(h‘\ fidelity and zeal.® Mr. Davis said: “The position of Mayor of Francisco is at all times one of responsibility, but | this year it is more responsible than ever. We have come to the parting of the ways, where the city shall cast off its swaddling clothes and come out into the | grace and majesty of civic maturity. Your platiorm ; sets forth the principles upon which you ask and have | a right to expect the support of the people. I accept ‘ nominee for | Mayor by that platiorm. I am in favor of and have ! ad some experience in the work of municipal re- form. 1 had the honor to preside over a preliminary | convention looking to the framing of the new charter, | and I participated in several ratification meetings, be- lieving that the charter opened to us a new era for municipal reform. T shall endeavor, if elected, to } carry out its provisions faithfully and honestly.” From that short but comprehensive statement the San before them. San Francisco under its new charter is about to enter upon a new era of progress, provided | 1ace has been in this instance, and bulle- | welcome to Dewey there has come some- | a fair degrec of truth, that we have pro- | such mockers hereafter. the incoming administration be one devoted to muni- cipal improvement on lines of true economy and be 1 in the hands of men in whom, the people have enough | of confidence to give warm and genuine support. | The character of the men who compose the tickets | of the rival parties constitutes, therefore, a putem; factor in the campaign. There cannot be a good | administration except in the hands of men who are | not only honest but who are upheld by the better | elements of the community, and are not in any way allied or in collusion with the old*bosses and their | gangs of tax-caters who in the past have been so per- | nicious to our politics. Mr. Davis is himself one of the most eminent men who has ever consented to serve an American muni- He has had a dis- tinguished career both in public and in private life At every period of his manhood he has taken a warm the nation, and in all disputed issues before the people has always been on the right side. He was one of the first to perceive the danger to California in unre- stricted immigration of Chinese, and was foremost in ; That is but one incident in a long career of public service, but it reveals the foresight and genuine pa- triotism of the man, his careful regard for the inter- . It is to be noted, moreover, that the whole ticket is strong. The candidates for the various judicial | positions and municipal and county offices are all cellent. The city has in the past had experience | | The Repub- | The issue is before the people. The desire of all is | for progress and improvement undertaken in hon- esty and carried out with economy. The Republican party presents a ticket which assures the fulfillment of only of all its own members but of all independent voters who have sufficient civic patriotism to seek the true welfare of the city. OUR HOME CIRCLE STUDIES® S the time draws near for beginning the publica- tion of the series of home studies which The Call has arranged for the fall and winter, popular interest in them increases. That much is made evident by the large number of inqu?rics con- cerning them and by the warm approval given to the plan by the foremost educators of the State. These studies, as has been pointed out, will appeal to every family and to every member of the family. The courses are so varied as to afford gratification to the different mental inclinations of the readers, and cach course is to be contributed by men or women who are everywhere recognized as established au- It is certainly to be accounted a gratifying fact that the readers of The Call are without additional cost to have the pleasure and the benefit of studying Shakespeare under the direction of swch teachers as | Professor Dowden of Dublin University, William J. Rolfe and others; American history in the form of life studies of its greatest men, by historians of the rank of John Bach McMaster and Albert Bushnell the great artists of the world and their mas- terpieces by critics of eminence like John C. Van Dyke and Russell Sturgis; home. science under the instruction of women like Mrs. Helen Campbell, Mrs. Margaret E. Sangster and their colleagues; and that the boys and girls of the family are to have the ad- vantage of weekly counsel and education in studies important to them in the practical affairs of life. Hardly any feature of the paper will be more im- portant than these studies, and those who look for- ward to them with most expectancy will be fully re- warded. Governor Rogers and United States Senators Fos- ter and Turner of Washington must not judge the manners of California by the lack of them Governor Gage continues to display in his avoidance of dis- tinguished officials of other States. It is said that the Filipinos are willing to accept a protectorate from the United States. The little brown men have proved thus far that they are rea- sonably well able to protect themselves, | get when you pay to work for the living. I {5 1 high, and just for that reason it conveys g § $ By all odds the most Interesting event | of the past week has been the triumph-| ant demonstration of the efficiency of the | wireless telegraphy. It appeals not only to the reason, but to the imagination. 1t | seems as if fancy itself could not set| bounds to the potences of the new mar- vel. To be able to direct electric currents through the alr with such certainty as to compel their services gives to humanity something of the attribute of a demigod. There exist recording instruments in the great observatories of the world of such Celicacy that whenever a spot appears on the surface of the sun the instruments re- cord a change in the magnetic equilibrium of the earth. If such records can be ob- taincd of what is golng on at the vast cistance of the sun, it is not unreasonable te believe that since we have now the power to direct electrical energy without wires we may yet be able to start a cur- rent at any given point on the globe which will ke recorded by instruments at any ther point. Tt Is even possible that here- after battles may be reported as the yacht tins be published every three minutes in- forming the public how the fight goes. Marconi has done something more than favent an improvement in telegraphy. He has rande a new world peopled with a race having hitherto unknown powers. 4 e e Out of the popular enthusiasm in the thing which promises to be of permanent and inestimable value to the republic. The grand triumphal arch erected in his honor in New York has been found to be s0 no- ble and so beautiful that with one accord | the rress, the people, the critics and the | artists urge its perpetuation in enduring | mirtle. We have accomplished In this country 0 little In tle way of pure art that the very promise ¢ a really fine monumental structure in the chief city of the country is pleasing. It might be said of us, with duced a milon books, but no lterature, | and achieved a thousand artisan suc- cesses without accomplishing art. There are scoffers who declare we cannot attain to genuine art, and the scoffing hurts a little because there is almost as much truth in the words as there is spleen in the men who utter them. The superb arch in New York holds out a hope that we shall have a monumental refutation of | If New York fail to carry out the in- spiration ¢f the time, we might get the models ard raise the arch in marble here. It wi'l be remembered we have a Dewey monument committee in San Fran- cisco. & el A story Is going the rounds which gaud- | iy illustrates how we live when we be- long to the Four Hundred, and how to be | happy though rich. By way of fitly cele- | brating a recent wedding in high life and | making good use of festal garments after | putting them on, a bachelor of means and manners invited half a dozen ladies and as many gentlemen to dine with him | after the celebration of the distinguished | nuptials. The most elaborate prepara- tions were made for the feast. The table was beautifully decorated with flowers of | pure gold in vases of deeply chased sil- | ver, and diamonds were sprinkled about to give a pleasing appearance of dewdrop | freshness to the petals. The hour came, | the dinner was ready, the wines were | cooled to the exact temperature that you most for it; but the guests did not come. The host, with one lone friend, a masculine friend at that, | | waited and waited. By and by he started | the telephone to going. The ladies re- | sponded promptiy. They were ready, they were waiting, but their escorts did not come. More telephones falled to rouse the escorts, but did bring responses from persons having theth in charge. The es- corts were all indisposed—suffering from | symptoms of blind drunk. About 10 o’clock | | the host and his faithful friend essayed to finish the dinner themselv They made but a stagger at the viands, but with the wines they got along swim- mingly, for a time that is, but in the end | were drowned in a sea of champagne and | want down under the table lamenting the | dpunkenness of their friends. Such is the | way you can live when you do not have | . A leader of Washington society is| quoted as having sald she knew Dewey | would become a great and famous man | because when a comparatively subordi- | nate ofiicer and stationed in that city he was never neglectful of socfal courtesies. Evideatly the pralse was intended to be an intimation that as a rule the naval | officer in Washington is not noted for | courtesy. It is probable that in their | cruising about the seas the gallant fel- | lows become indifferent to the observ- ances expected of educated men by the American woman. At any rate a lack of social courtesy so uniformly marks | them that a lady of light and leadership | discerns true genius in any one of them] who distinguishes himself by actions of | politeness. ‘The experience of the Washington lady | recalls an incident in this city. Not long | ago certain ladies went to visit the lowa, | bearing with them a letter of introduction | to the captain from an official of high | rank. The letter was duly taken by an | officer on déck and possibly conveyed to the captain, but probably to the petty officer who commands the apprentices, for an apprentice came up and showed them about the ship. Neither the captain nor | any officer received them, nor spoke to | them, nor sent word to them of excuse or | regret. The letter of introduction was | ignored as if it had not been. Judging by the standard set up by the experi- enced woman in the national capital there are no Deweys on the Iowa. The inci- dent is trifling and goes as it came, but it is likely the ladles of Washington may vet have to exert their influence to have | a professorship of manners established | at Annapolis. | e e e | A student and scholar who describes | himself as an ‘“‘adept in curing obses- | sfon,” but signs his name “Nemo,” writes | a long letter to inform me among other | AOXOXOROROAPAOAOXOXOXOXOXOHOXOROAOAOAOAIAOXOHOROXOXOXOXDY EDITORIAL VARIATIONS. BY JOHN McNAUGHT. QX OXOXOXPAOFOROADRONOOROXAKP¥PADAOAIXDHOAPHOXDXORDXOXS2D | sires” and reminded them, “The | Cheves said, | country. We may be sure he is not mak- | ground. | kansas that will merit a record: HOROKOAPHON things that ‘‘the appalling increase of so- called Insanity of late Is contemporaneous with the advent of the larger modern psycolical influences at work secretly behind all public meetings of an indis- criminate character, especially in old Ele- mental Saturated halls during fits of un- due mental excitement or other local | sources of sapping of nerve power by the | grosser in the audience drawing away by | induction the ‘magnetic’ or life forces from finer sensitive subjects (uneducated | Psychics), who are always more or less present in mixed meetings, in a partial | state of unfoldment, and so become thereby :o extremely nervous (polarized) | that they can too easily be seized upon by some of the many earthbound ‘unclean’ or sick spirits as of old; also who ‘be- foretime were disobedlent' and so un-| fledged Psychics still continue to supply | the genuine reason for the ever swelling | criminal calendar, the alleged moral lep- | rosy, and most notably adding to the al- | ready too long list of obsessed people | through ignorance of psychie law— It must nat be supposed I have given all of that sentence. There was some of It | preceding where I began, and some that | goes on beyond where I broke off. The | portion given serves as a sample. The writer in a note says, “I am in a position to say that the second coming, f. e, the spiritual knowledge will be greatly alded if you do jus- tice and give space to this article, one of many to follow.” Alas! that the | second coming should be delayed by my | Injustice, but it must be so. *“Nemo's” | article Is more than a thousand words long and there are but three periods in it. | To give space to it and the more to follow would be to hasten the spiritual illumina- | tion so rapidly there would be danger of something slopping over, W Atie The campaigns of off years are always dull and those of this particular one ari duller than ordinarily by reason of the | fact that the parties having no- distinct | {ssue to fight over are skirmishing for positions in a fog and are moving cau- tiously. All the more credit is therefore | due to Governor Stephens of Missouri | who, not being able to give us an issue, | has furnished our oratory with a new | phrase. Iie recently addressed a Missour! audience as “Saplent sons of sainted | s of | Yyour country are upon you to-day form of address could be that? sntgiie When Tom Reed in his farewell letter to his constituents wrote, “I h..ve never trlmmfd a sall to catch the passing breeze” he knew it sounded well and | doubtless thought it meant well, but | a landsman should ever be wary of nauti- | cal metaphors. There are many seafaring men In Maine and they have been great- ly disturbed by the expression. Some of | them have rushed Into print to declare that he who trims no sail to catch what- | ever breeze may blow is a very poor sea- | man; and they wish Mr. Reed to furnish | a diagram to explain what ne r-eant. It is now incumbent upon the retired states- man to inform them that when in poli- | tics he went ahead like a steamer with a screw propeller driven by the force of circumstances. Admiral Dewey is a most excellent ad- miral, an honor to his country, an ideal popular hero and an ornament to the Dewey family; but the way in which he is not acting on political issues with the vigor he showed in war is a caution to statesmen. Whenever any one has said anvthing to him about Presidential possi bilities he has smiled and put the ques. tion by. When told the other day that | the politiclans are planning to nominate him, he replied, “They don't know me.” To another questioner who asked him if he were a Democrat he said, “I am going to whisper a great secret—I don't think anybody knows my politics. All of which may mean nothing. In the | meantime it is to be remembered that in | the early days of the republic Langdon | ‘“The Presidency of the United States is an office which no citizen has a right to seek or to refuse.” Admiral | Dewey is about to undertake a tour of the ing it solely for the sake of receiving ova. | tlons and getting his hand shaken, Tt | looks as If the hero had his ear to the ety When lynching has ceased in the United | States and the history of it is to be writ- | ten, here is an item from a paper In Ar- ““The lynchers had forgotten to bring a rope with them, but the victim had 40 | cents in his pocket, and that was just enough to purchase a good, strong rope, which was soon produced from a store near by. The money, however, was con- | sidered as a loan, and was returned to | the victim’'s family after the ceremonies were over.” . . An invention likely to prove of value t the musical world is reported from Berlin, where it is said a certain Dr. Moser has devised a sounding-board for the piano which will improve with age like the body of a violin and be better after a hundred years than when first put together. The story as it comes from one who | was present at a test of the ‘“resonance plano,” as the inventor calls it, is interest- ing. In the course of his narrative he say: | “‘What is the first thing a master teaches you to-day? asked the genial doctor. ‘It is touch. Without touch you | might as well play the xylophone. The first time that you put a finger on my plano you will recognize that it is not the touch but the instrument that does the work. You can put your foot on the key- board, and beautifully round, full tone will ensue. Listen!” The doctor struck the middle C smartly with his whole hand, held like a hatchet, and it may be confessed at once that all present were surprised, to use no stronger expression, at the strength and beauty of the tone. The doctor folded his arms and looked on | triumphantly, while its tones reverberat- ed through the room as if they would never stop, and all the time the overtones were clearly and easily distinguished from First Lion—An; choice, old man? Second Lion—T'll bave a little of the dark meat, If you don’t mind. —Life. I | of Days,” volumes I and ! mint it does | four aces or four kings an the ground tome. A layman might (§e< scribe it by saving that he had mnever heard such a fuil, round, sweet tone hold out such a very long time. The doctor struck the common chord of C major, and the effect was certainly marvelous. He modulated into the minor and then struck in the bass a palpable discord; but lo and behold! it sounded actually pleasant. It was, in a word, orchestral, musical. The dissonances were like those of the orches- tra in a Wagner score; they seemgd to have their place, their raison d’etre. All of which is very fine and belongs to the category of things ‘important if true.” Of the construction of the instru- ment it is said: “The sounding-board of the modern plano is never thicker than three-eighths of an inch. Dr. Moser's is about two inches in diameter. Boards composed of several parts, joined together in one way or another, are nothing new in the history of planoforte manufacture, but have always been abandoned. Moser, however, held fast to the idea, and finally hit upon the right way of combining the several parts. His first piano was made in the vear 18%. Now any piano can be made over and furnished with a Moser apparatu —eee ANSWERS 10 CORRESPONDENTS. BARONESS DE HIRSCH—B. C., City. A communication intended for Maurice de Torres Bischoftheim sent to Brussels, care ;r the Baroness de Hirsch, will reach im. SOLDIERS' MAIL—A. S. §. Mall in- tended for soldiers who are to be returned to San Francisco for Manila is held at the postoffice from the time notice is received that the troops are to be sent home. TRANSFER OF PROPERTY—Frisco, City, A Wwill or documerit “‘making over certain property may be drawn up with out the ald of a solicitor” and be legal But the document should be explicit, s0 that there can be no misunderstanding of the wish of the party making over the property. GHOST STORTES L 3. X, Oty 3¢ you desire to have “a lot of ghtus[ uto:esi thrilling the better, for a ghos (;gert?grego to the Fl‘)'ceupmfucmb‘(' brar; y vill find a collection in the' o T 1t on consulting other the index, You can also obtain ghost stories. SPECIAL DELIVERY.—L. B, J., Port- wine, Cal. The denomination of & United tates special delivery stamp is 10 cents. St P ea only I the United States. | 1t Dlaced on a letter sent to a forelsn untry, even though in the postal union, ;:to would have no more effect, so far as hastening delivery, than if it was a piece of blank paper. “THE TOILS OF THE ROAD"—Mrs. H. G. Thompson of 651 Capp street kindly announces that she will 1ur:‘.ah to ::B « S| dent who asked for the same tha Swords of the poem in which ocour the “But the toils of the road will seem hing when I get to the end of the *7if the correspondent will send a dressed envelope. HARD WOOD AND INSTRUMENTS—~ C. M. B, San Rafael, Cal. There is no general ‘‘formula for polishirg hard- wood”’; there is a different methoi for different woods, the same as to the man- ner for finishing musical instruments; it depends on the kind of instrument. _f you will name the kind of wood you want to polish or the instrument you want to fin- sh, this department will endeavor to fur- nish the information MEXICAN AND AMERICAN—M. H., Lodi, Cal. The intrinsic value of a Mexi- can dollar, as fixed quarterly by the United States Government, is 48 1-10 cents. A dollar of the United States contains 71.25 grains of pure silver %0 fine. Reckon that by the market value of silver, and ip that way you will asceriain the exact value of the silver in a dollar on any day. Its value is affected by the market value of silver. The Mexican dollar contains 417.79 grains of silver. NOT FROM CARSON—Subscriber, Oak- land, Cal. The $ piece dated 1851 which vou possess was not coined in the Clurson City Mint for the reason that the mint in ik eity -was not established until 1363, 1f the picce was coined in a United States not command a premium Such a plece sells from dealers in coins. | for $7 50 to 38 §0. Quarter eagles were coined in that year in the mints at Phila- Qelphia, New Orleans, Dahlonega, Ga., ana Charlotte, N. C 3 ROYAL FLUSH AND STRAIGHT FLUSH—M. D., City. The American Hoyle gives the following definition of “royal flush” and “straight flush” in draw poker: *“A royal flush is a straight or se- quence, all of the same suit, as ace, two, three, four and five of diamonds.” “Stralght flush—the same as royal flush.” On the subject of straights, sequence or rotation, the same authority says: “These are five cards following in regular order of denomination, as ace, two, three, four and five, and the cards may be of differ- ent suits; a straight will beat triplets. In a straight the ace plays both ways, but its value is different. When with the king queen, knave and ten it makes the highest Straight; when with the two, three, four and five, the lowest. In some coteries a royal or straight flush outranks four cards of the same denomination, but this, like all other modifications not strictly legal, must be agreed upon before commencing the game. It is strongly urged by some players that the strongest hand at draw poker should be a straight or royal flush, for the reason that it is more difficult io get than four of a kind, and removes from the game the objectionable feature of an invincible hand. It is impossible to tie an ace, but it is possible for four straight flushes of Lhe ame value to be out in the same deal. No gentleman would care to bet on a sure thing, and we therefore think that the straight flush should be adopted when gentlemen play at the game.” A. Howard Gady, in a book on poker re- cently published, says: “The straight or roval flush is the highest of all hands. It must consist of a seglpence of five cards, all of the same suit. The value, of course, is determined after the same manner the straight is, the higher or highest cards winning."” Robert C. Schenck, in his world-re- nowned book on poker, says that the high- est hand in that game Is “a sequence flush—which is a sequence of five cards and all of the same suit.” ————— Cal. glace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's. % —_—— Specjal Information supplied dally to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Mont- gowery street. Telephone Main 1042, * ——————— Velunteer Council. Voluntzer Couvncil of the Order of Pendo will give a complimentary social enter- tainment to its friends in Albion Hall in the Alcazar building next Wednesday nig] A Telegram . Los Angeles, Oct. 4, 1899, 'Big Panoche Oil Co,, San Francisco. Placed order for rig with McAfie. H. E CORBETT. | Shares at $1.80 until the rg if on the ground, then price goes © $3 per share. Don't delay. BIG PANOCHE OIL CO0., Adams Building, 206 Kearny 8t., San Francisco. PROSPECTUS FREE.