The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 24, 1899, Page 18

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1899. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Lddres: Commun cations to W. 5. LEAKE, Manager PUBLICATION OFFICE, Telephone Main 1SGS, EDITORIAL ROOMS. ... 17 to 221 Stevenson St. Teicphone Ma Deltvered hy Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. sin Coples, § Cen Terms by Mail, Including Postage: DATLY CALL (includ . one year..8§6.00 G months.. 3.00 ng Sunday DALY CALL (neluding Sunday), DALY CALL (Incinding Sunday), 3 months.. 1.50 DAILY CA bypnd SUADAY CA 1.50 WELKLY . 1.00 All postmastiers are antho subscriptions. sample copies will be forwarded when requested Manager Foreign Advertising, ing, Chicago. NEW YORK CORR CARLTON. ISPONDENT: . C. «..lerald Sq ENTATIVE: Tribune Bullding NEW YORK R PERRY LUKENS JR.. ITWS STANDS: News Co.: Great North- use; Anditorium Hotel. CHICAGO N¥ ¥ « ern Hotel; Fremont I NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldort-Astoria Hotel: A. Brentano, 31 Union Square; Murray Hill Hote WASHINGTON (D. €.) OFFICE. . We . ington Hotel J. F. ENGLISH, Correspond ent. BRANCH OFFICES—G ay, open until ) o'clock. en until H:30 o'clock. 200 Hayes reet, open unt 3 1 Mission reet, open until 10 o'clock. 51 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. open until H o'clock. open until ® o'clock. eccond and Kentucky » o'clock e A AMUSEMENTS. ; a Mouth > Caiifornia patn,’ Tecslay afters uber 3. deville every afternoon and street, THE BEGINNING OF THE CENTURY. EEN the worities who calculate that the century will begin with the first day 4 January, 1900, and those who assert it will g w Year's day of 1001 the con- iwched the point where each side to be little better than a set oi y on the subject has been I d determination of the Em- G any to recognize 1900 as the first year d to a decree of the Pope which b es confirms the decision of to oth s is capable of a “Therefore, in h is about to begin, and devoutly hoped will usher in a far , by the aid of God and of he passage: r 1900, wk H Savior, have an aus- I iay close after a prosperous c iness, Pope Leo XIII, gracious e qt aning of the phrase “Will usher re happy century.” One of our exchanges quotes Cardinal Martinelli as saying the pl g is the Pope recognizes that the twentieth cent begins on January 1, 1900. Another, however, says that when Cardinal Gibbons was asked for light on the point he replied: “To usher in is not necessarily to be a part of. The mid- night mass tended as a celebration ushering in the final year of the present céntury, which, begins, as all scholars know, with 1900.” A Bost mitted the presidents of t received conf received, eleven the next century is 1 paper sub question to the answers, Fourteen replies were ring for 1901 as the beginning of d three for 1900. It happens that of the three two are presidents of colleges for women, Wellesley and Sn which fact leads the New York Times to r k that the accuracy of the reply made by the ruler of Va is good evidence, if any were needed, that a tendency to ignore facts and logic is not a required characteristic in the occupants of the position of president of a woman’s college. From that remark it will be readily inferred that the Times of New York stands firmly for 1901. On the other side stands the Times-Herald of Chicago. In the speedy city by the lakes they cannot wait a whole year to begin a new century. They wish to whoop 1t up at once, cordingly the Chicago paper says: Some theo! January 1, 1901, while all prac- people an clists know that it begins at midnight December 31, 1800, where January 1, 1900, begins. As soon as we cease writing 18 in our date lines we will be through with the nineteenth century.” The cause of the dispute lies of course in the differ- ence of the point from which the parties begin to count distance we place the first mile- v from the point of departure, conse- quently the sccond mile begins with the first mile- post. A century run is made by a bicyclist the mo- ment he gets to the hundredth milepost, and the sec- nd century begins there, so when he gets to his nineteenth hundred milepost his twentieth century be- It is claimed by the other side, however, that we measure time ‘erently, and t In measuring post a mile aw gins the year “one” of our era was dated not from the end of the year, c at the end of the mile, but at the be- 1g of the year, conse: tly the century is not completed until the end of 1900, It is a question of history rather than of mathe- matics, for the dispute is over the point at which the count bega The argument in favor of beginning » twentieth century with 1901 has the weight of cholarly authority on its side, but the Pope, the Kaiser, Weilesley College, Chicago and the bicy- clists are a strong combination to go up against, and therefore the safe way will ‘be to celebrate the in- coming of the twentieth century on New Year's day, 19o0. Then if it be found that a mistake has been made the error can be rectified by another celebra- tion in 1901. If, however, it be not celebrated now nd the 1000 date should prove to be correct it will be impossible to recall the occasion. It is always bet- ter to have two celebrations than none, and this looks like a good opportunity for having two. Montgomery street. cor- near ading universities of the East and WAR AND COMMERCE. HE Seattle Post-Intelligencer criticizes Andrew TCarnegie because he opposes the war upon the South African republics. That is all right. If an American newspaper choose to support the fan- tastic claims of Great Britain it has that privilege. But the Seattle paper sets up ‘a new apology for war in the abstract, which has, perhaps, the merit of ity. Mr. Carnegie having ascribed the posi- tion of England to a lust for dollars, his critic says: “Commerce is fostered by lust for dollars, and it has in its gratification wrought more misery and cost more lives in peace than all the wars.” Upon this statement we call l'or';\ bill of particulars. While it is true that in the pursuit of all vocations isk to health and therefore to life, it is also | | there is ! true that life may be abbreviated by doing nothing at all. Indeed, it is quite probable that the average length of life would be shorter if the race were en- tirely idle and never feit the wholesome impulse toward exertion for the betterment of its economic condition. | To us the impeachment of commerce reads like a | solemn warning against going to bed, because more { human beings die in bed than omt. Those who lose their lives in commerce voluntarily accept its risks and hazards for their own benefit, and it will be hard to prove that the fatalities anywhere near approach in number the victims of war. At a time when the world's commerce was carried by peaceful caravans and rude ships Genghis Khan made war, and, in a not long career as a commander, slew thirteen miilions of people. We doubt whether all the lities resulting from com- nierce, from the days of the nomads until now, can equal that slaugh dents and f T of one lifetime. It will not be admitted that commerce is a mere lust for dollars. It its origin in the physical neces- sities of man, as all value has its origin in human de- It belongs to the natural state of ma e. It does not imply slunder of one for the benefit of another. In its ge of the products of labor, in sense does it resemble warf: the 1 | essence it is an exct vhich both parties to the exchange make equal gains, or eac es an equal saving of tim?¥, which is money. In no moral code, written in any of the world re- ligions, is commerce denounced as wrong, while the them deplore | Ethics does not justif re | most of as unrighteous putting the two on a level. when they enter into partner- the ¢ y wrong A war urged b; fit of commerce is es- But such are cases in te path and seeks ate purposes. It f h to n unlawful entrar ighbor’s house; but the key is not therefore nly the use to which it is put. w ide its legiti is then as “[.v be denounced T & is justifiably called the calm health of nations, because when peace prevails it uses the tools rerce of prosperity for the benefit of all. War stimulates but by destruction, not by normakcon- We th strated that England is doing better for herself and the Boers by killing them and being ki then she would by enjoyi prosperous commerce. [ The Westminster Gazette, describing an eagle whose fossil remains are on exhibition at the Natural | History Museum at London, says the head is larger than that of an ox, and that when alive it could have killed and torn to pieces creatures larger than a lion. That reads like a description of our national eagle, but of course the bones of our bird will never be seen in a British museum. trade fitiully sumption. d by them ng with them a peaceful and URING the Dreyfus trial an enterprising news- | WORLD CONGRESSES AT PARIS. paper in Paris made an effort to change the | | D subject and relieve the tension of public ex- | citement by getting up a symposium of opinions from | eminent nchmen concerning the best means of making an exceptionally brilliant success of the com- ing exposition. Of the many men who responded | M. Jules Claretie is quoted as saying: “Insult one | another les: M. Georges Ohnet: “Don’t continue | calling everybody who may differ from you a bandit |and an assassin.” M. Antoine: “Rehabilitate Drey- fus.” M. Benjamin Constant: “On the opening day don’t shout in the faces of foreigners, ‘France for the French!” M. Hepp: “Find a means of reconciling | Frenchmen with one another.” M. Jules Lemaitre: | “Sincerely, I don’t know.” Each and all of those answers were good, but-they | were unofficial. The men who have charge of the ;grcal exposition have decided to give eclat to the | exposition by making it the most comprehensive gathering of congresses that ever assembled. The | discussions that went at the Columbian Exposition “whcn Chicago invited talkers from everywhere were few and infrequent to the many conferences that are | to make Paris vocal with eloquent debate. So many controversial questions are to be discussed that if the | practice of calling all of differing opinions “bandits [:md assassins” should prevail there would be a time Iin Paris that would make Hades seem like a quiet "suhurb of Chicago. | For the uses of these congresses there has been erected a special auditorium 150 feet wide and 300 | feet long, with accommodations for 100 assemblies. 'The list of the proposed congresses has been pub- { lished, but it is too long to give in full. As an illus- | tration of the variety offered it may be said that in the | departments of science and of art there will be con- | gresses on botany, chemistry, mathematics, geology, | meteorology, electricity, psychology, ornithology, | photography, ethnography, anthropology, bibliog- raphy, library methods, philosophy and pharmacy. | The professions will meet in conventions to discuss | dentistry, dermatology, medicine, hypnotism and | maritime law. Educational congresses will be devote 1 { to the study of the methods of teaching agriculture, languages, geography, design, and to investigations | of school systems, social science in the schools, and | to technical, industrial and commercial education. i Political economists and sociologists will have con- ferences on co-operative unions, public and private charity, the condition of the blind, cheap dwellings, :h_\'gienc. peace, anti-slavery, provident organizations, | profit sharing, popular credit, life saving, woman’s | condition and rights, women'’s institutions and work, | and Sunday rest. Other congresses will consider ar- | chaeology, history, history of religions, colonial study, folk lore, Basque study, American study and Alpine study. There will be conferences on horticulture, | viticulture, bee culture, cattle feeding, pomology and | forestxy, and in the mechanical and constructive arts | congresses will discuss architecture, naval construc- | tion, automobiles, theatrical devices and mechanics. The business world will have an interest in the con- | ferences on insurance, commerce and industry, mining ;and metallurgy, navigation, newspapers, corporations, | street railways and commercial travelers. Finally there are to be a whole lot of congresses of a special sort, such as gatherings of firemen, bi- metallists, anti-tobacconists, deaf mutes, numis- In no | esire to exploit a people | it is not successfully demon- | matists, pisciculturists and aeronauts. Two omis- sions in the list will be noted. There are no arrange- ments made for pugilists nor for Mr. Bryan. It will be seen that Paris while opening the door knows when’to shut it. ‘ A movement has been started in North Carolina to induce the Nation:! Government to establish a great forest reserve of half a million acres in the mountains of that State, and it is probable it will be successful. Such a park will educate the South on the subject of forest preservation and more than repay the cost of its maintenance. — DWIGHT L. mOODY. Y the death of Dwight L. Moody we have lost the most noted evangelist of our time. He is said to have been heard by more people than any other oratorsthat ever lived, and it is easy to be- lieve it may be so, for he was traveling and preaching Lincessnml_v. and for many years his audiences were | among the largest that could gather within sound of | the human voice. ,While his exceptional gifts as an orator and his fervent zeal as a preacher were among his most con- spicuous characteristics, it was not solely to them he owed his splendid success in the work of his life. He possessed in a high degree the faculty of organ- izing and directing men. That faculty he made use of in his career as an evangelist, and the fruits of it are to be seen in the institutions at Chicago and Northfield, which survive him and will continue | his work and perpetuate his memory. It was because of his capacity for organization that | Mr. Moody became distinct irom revivalists gener- | ally who content themselves with exciting religious | fervor among the masses and leave it to other men to direct it to useful channels. His was a construc- tive nature. He delighted in building up the church | and was as earnest in the silent, hidden work required | to lay the foundations of some institution as he w: | in rousing the minds and stirring the hearts of a great I‘:mrlimwc by his eloquence. His work in the world has been done well and will ili\-r after him. He has not founded a sect as Wesley | did, or as General Booth has done in our generation, { but none the less he has deeply impressed his convic- | tions and his personality upan the people, and the in- | fluence will long remain as one of those which tend | to the betterment of humanity | Bt One of the reasons why certain European nations do not side with the Boers in the fight is that if Oom | Paul succeed in driving the British out of South | Africa he might take a notion to drive the Germans and the Portuguese out also and make a clean sweep | of it. THE CONTEST IN KENTUCKY. | iy { OEBEL'S supporters have decided to continue | 6 the contest in Kentucky, and to that end have issued an address which is lurid enough to revive all the antagonisms of the most heated part of | the campaign. This document, which emanates from the chairman and the executive officers of the Demo- cratic State Central Committee and the State cam- paign committee, alleges as grounds for disputing the action of the Election Commissioners that the Repub- | licans used tisfue ballots in violation of law, that the | Republican Governor called out the National Guard on election day and by military force placed unlawful inspectors and challengers in the election booths, | that Federal and State Judges interfered with the ;vlcc(inns by issuing “every injunction and manda- | mus asked for by the Republican party,” and finally {tlmx the railroad corporations of the State furnished | the Republican party with an immense corruption | fund by which thousands of votes were bought and | cast for the Republican candidates. ‘t These are grave charges,.and since they have been | put forward by men holding responsible positions in | politics they should be investigated. There is no rea- | son why the Republican candidates should fear the | outcome of a judicial inquiry. The election was con- ducted under a law devised by Goebel himseli. The machinery was of his own construction and was de- signed by him to enable the Democratic party to count their men in no matter how the people votel. The methods made use of by Goebel to force his tion upon the party caused the better ele- | wnent among the Democrats to revolt, and it is o | that fact his defeat has been attributed. If now his supporters wish to go into the courts and have the tactics of the campaign exposed and reviewed the Republicans should certainly encourage the move- | ment. The action of the Election Commissioners satisfies the public that the Republican candidates were legally elected. The commission is Democratic in its make- up and was popularly regarded as a part of the Goe- bel machine. The fact that a majority of a board so composed was forced by the evidence submitted at the hearing to grant certificates of election to Repub- lican candidates is proof of the justice of the Repub- ican claim. An appeal to the Legislature may have the result of obtaining from that body a reversal of the action of the board, and Goebel by that means may succeed in getting possession of the governorship. It will re- quire, however, a good deal of partisan assurance *o induce the Legislature to overrule the action of the Election Board, and it is for that reason the support- ers of Goebel have set forth such extravagant reasogs for the proposed contest. Nothing less than a charge which combines allegations of ballot-box stuffing, government by injunction and military dictation at the polls will even in the minds of «Kentuckians flushed with Bourbon justify the unseating of Gov- ernor Taylor for the purpose of putting Goebel in the cffice. PP S own nomir The public meetings in favor of park extension are over, but between now and election day there will still be a good deal of time for progressive citizens to talk to their friends on the subject and get them in- terested on the side of progress. We are now promised that McKinley will come to California next summer, but when next summer comes the campaign will be raging and the trip will probably go over as it did last summer. LTSI Buller will not get his Christmas dinner in Pre- toria, and therefore he will not be likely to enjoy it. No matter how much pudding goes with it, the kind he expected won't be there. If you have not yet made your contribution toward providing a merry Christmas for the poor it will be well for you to remember it is not yet too late if you set about it at once. —_— About all the British have to say to the Dutch in Cape Colony is: “If you won't help us, don't help Kruger, and you will see the best lion and boar fight on record.” ¢ San Jose had such a great festival by way of intro- ducing the holidays that probably Christmas will be used as a time of rest instead of a frolic. % Rev.R.He e —— Rev. Richard Heber VER eighteen hundred times the Christmas bells have rung out their message of “Peace on earth, good will among men.” If the angels ever grow weary they may well have tired of these repetitions of their ancient mes- sage and wondered at the slowness with which men received those glad tidings and have entered into them. Let us hope that the lu::n-enly beings, who “look with larger eyes than ours,” see through all our slowness of heart, our lagging hope and faith, and have patience with us as we ring and sing once more the old Christmas message—while we hunt the Boers in South Africa and chase the Tagalogs in Luzon. For with all the ground for discouragement there is no need for despair. Mr. Alfred Russell Wallace, in his “Won- derful Century,” sums the discoveries of our nineteenth century in a manner which ought to elate every thoughtiul mind. He shows that we have achieved, in the way of mas- tery over nature, not only more than any other century, but more than all previous centuries put together. The triumphs of physical science in our century are but the precursors of the triumphs of science in the twentieth century. No visions of the dreamers can equal the sober expectation of those who forecast the developments of science in another hun- dred years. The powers of nature are trooping to the feet of man. Man is the modern Aladdin, holding in his hand the lamp of knowledge, in rubbing which the Genii of earth and air and sky come forth to do his bidding. He is going to have power to do almost anything he wishes with the world before another century rolls round and the | Christmas bells ring out in 1990. There will be power ‘o make a new world out of the old world if man really wants to do it. It does not look altogether on the surface of things as though man wanted very heartily to do this. Selfishness seems rampant. Greed appears trinmphant. The brute force of money claims to rule everywhere. Below the surface, however, deep forces are making for something better. The dying year sees the awakening of a new social en- thusiasm, a new and deep passion for that true republic which Plato fong ago, in his sketch of the ideal city, said was synonymous with Justice. Ruskin in art, William Morris in poetry, Wagner in music, Mazzini in public affairs—these are but the prophets of the movement which through all realms of life is setting toward a better social order. Christian socialism is in the air. Churches are being leavened with & Think of the sale of that simple littie book, “In His Steps!”"—a sale running up into the hun- dreds of thousands—and ponder the significance of it. No more striking sign could be given of the reawakening of the social conscience. At last, after ages of theological The Christmas Chimes of By 1999 Newton, D. D., is the famous rector of All Souls’ Church, on Madison avenue. speculation and ecclesiastical organization. Christians are really beginning to find their religion in the effort to fol- low in the “blessed steps of His most holy life,” to act in their several vocations just as He would have done in them, At last the churches are coming to believe that the way to celebrate Christmas is to breathe the spirit of Christ into the world of business and politics. Sissie Jupes was right, after all, when she timidly answered the stentorian question of the school examiner: “What is the chief principle of political economy?” “To do unto others as we would have others do unto us.” Golden-Rule Jones is an auspicious sign of the times, with his enthusiastic following electing him Mayor of Toledo and re-electing him, and then polling 100,000 votes, without any party organization, to put him into the gubernatorial chair. Soon there may not be one Golden-Rule Jones alone, standing out as a shining mark, but a Golden-Rule Smith and Brown and Robinson in hosts of factories and multitudes of city halls. If we will but blieve it, the good time coming may come far more speedily than we think. It has taken Chris- tianity 1800 years to grow the conscience which is now turning in on our social problem. It has long been fore- seen that if once the ethical forces of Christianity serious! grappled with this problem there would be a social revo tion. That is the prospect which we face to-day at the ¢ of the century, full of hope and cheer. The powers of r ture, for the first time in human history coming into 1}, hand of man to do as he chooses with them, will maks« production of wealth sufficient to end the worst pover And now, as science gives him this mastery over nat conscience calling him to use his new dominion of God. All nature's movements show long, slow, d times of preparation for the creative action, which at | comes abruptly and as if by miracle. in—the weary days of March and the tantalizing days of April making ready for tne warm week in May, when the bushes leap into leafage and blossoming. 4 So the spring comes So it is with so- cial movements. These eighteen centuries of Chri fom have not been lost. They have been making ready for the springtime, which may be nearer now than we thi k. Henry George and Edward Bellamy and Lawrence Gron- lund desired to see the day, but died without the sight. Bug their children may see the dawning of it. “Reform ye.” then—so sounds the voice of the Eternal Spirit, the Power back of evolution Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.” So we selves to every task of reform with new hope and fres thusiasm, and ring our Christmas bells again, sure sooner or later—sooner than later, perhaps—we shall * out the old and ring in the pew.” “There was never a time on the face of the earth When love was s0 near its own.” Reform ye! for , the may gird our- h en- that, ‘ring FIRST AUTHENTIC RECORD OF [ e e I L ] v \ ! TWAS THE = NIGHT BEFGRE CHRISTMRS - L o e o o e SO G+ 0000000060 0040060+0+0-000006000-00ede FROM INSCRIPTIONS RECENTLY FOUND ON THE WALL OF A RUINED EGYPTIAN TEMPLE. —Baltimore American. | plant or fruit is 0 called from the fac that in all well cared for nurserfes zfli:" is placed around the plant, so that when the fruit appears it Is protected from the soil, as, unlike most fruits, it has no pro- tection' from t il on which it would generally otherwise rest. This neglect on the part of the California growers, judg- ing from the state I have seen the frult sent to market, compels the consumer to wash the frult before. placing it on the table. As a consequence, the full and de- liclous flavor is lost and the berry & comes insipid.” Some of the best writers, who have spent the better portion of their lives in tracing the origin of almost everything | and upon whose gments the answer | was based, will no doubt, as some of them are still alive, be pleased to ascertain that a correspondent of The Call knows what | they in many years of research have been | unable to discover. His communication is | | XMASTIDE. a glven for what It Is worth, —_——— Candy apples at Townsend's. . ——————— Small candy canes l5c doz. Townsend. ¢ ot e e (et | Fine plum pudding at Townsend's. —_————— Guillet's Ice Cream and Cakes. %6 Larkin st.; tel. East 19, . —_———— | Townsend's famous broken and mixed | candies—2 Ibs. 25c. 627 Palace Hotel. * | —_————— | | Candy canes and baskets, in boxes, so they will not break, at Townsend's, 627 Palace. s D e L o o o o o o o o o —_———— Time to d your Eastern friends Townsend’s California Glace Fruits; 50c Ib in fire-etched boxes. 627 Market; Palace.® No walting at Townsend's; plenty of help. Thousands of packages of California AROUND THE sion. Is at Willard Angeles Is v W. A. Gett, the Sacramento attorney, Is a guest at the Lick. J. W. B. Montgomery, the Chico capi- attend the sessions of the orge A. Knight of San Francisco Mrs. Allen Kelly of Los ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Glace Fruits and Candles packed all ready av. Postal Comm!s- | *© hand out. 627 Market street. ———— Special information suppiled dally to . business houses and public men by t iting friends in Washington. | Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 uflhl: —_——— gomery street. Telephone Main 143 ¢ Ordered to Vacate. talist, is at the Grand. Dr. H. S. Hill of Seattle is among the re- cent arrivals at the Grand. J. A. Bittel, a leading manufacturer of Chicago, is registered at the Palace. H. Lindsey, one of the lcading attorneys of Fresno, at the Lick with his wife. Dr. W. C. Wilcox, a well known medi-4 cal man of Stockton, is a guest at the Lick. J. Jerome Smith, a well-known insur- ance man of Stockton, is a guest at the Lick. ¢ Dr. J. D. Davidson, a prominent physi- clan of Fresno, is staying for a few days at the Palace. W. A. Veith and A. C. Eisen, two wealthy fruit men of Fresno, are regis- tered at the Grand. Frank Buck, the millionaire fruit man, of Vacaville, was among the arrivals yes- terday at the Palace. Mrs. S. M. Bradbury is at the Palace with her daughters. They arrived yester- day from Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs, Alfred Meyerstein have left for a trip to New York. They will be gone about a month. Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Grave have come down from their home in Modesto and are registered at the Occidental. Dr. W. H. G. Dawson has come down on a flying visit from his home In St. Helena and is staying at the Grand. Dr. and Mrs. Moore Graham have come up from San Mateo and are at the Ocel- dental, accompanied by their daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Mason W. Mather are at the Occidental. Mr. Mather is a wealthy mining man who 1s heavily interested in the plumbago properties. A. M. Dewey, a relative of the famous admiral and special agent of the United States Department of Labor, will deliver a free lecture at Union-square Hall this evening, his subject being “The Eleventh Commandment.” Hon. J. Lynch, ex-State Senator of Cal- ifornia, gave a supper in honor of Mrs. McDonald at the Cafe Royal last week, which was one of if not the choicest dinners of the-kind yet known in Dawson history. The menu was a most elegant work of art. A number of leading citi- zens participated in the pleasing event.— Yukon Sun. —_—e—————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK. Dec. 22.—H. H. Scott of San Francisco and Francis E. Sampson of San Francisco are at the Holland; the Misses Dean of San Francisco are at the Netherland; Miss S. G. Plerce and Wal- lace Bradford of San Francisco are at the Manbatta & ———————————— CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—J. C. Board- man and wife of San Francisco are at tae Cochran. W. L. Saunders and wife of Qakland are at the St. James. Represent- ative Loud left to-night for New York to LIST OF NUMBERS—F. E. B., City. The list of numbers asked for wi pub- lished in The Call of October 21, 1599, CANADA AND MONTREAL-F. J. §,, City. The population of the Dominlon of Canada is 5,250,000, and that of the eity of Montreal is 216,650. WATCHES—Subscriber, City. This de- partment, not publishing free advertise- ments of people engaged in business, can- not inform you where you can buy “a nice lady’s gold watch on payment of, say, $3 to $ weekly.” CAPE TOWN—A. §., City. The popula- tion of Cape Town, South Africa, is 51,250, The mean temperature is 53.3 Fahrenheit for winter, 76.6 for summer and 61.3 for the year. For answers to the other questions ‘asked about the place address a_communication to James G. Stowe, United States Consul General resident there. “YOU” AND Subscriber, City. “You and me” and “You and I" are both correct under certain conditions. It depends altogether in the sense In which used. It would be proper to say ‘Let you and me.” not “Let you and 1,” and it- would Le proper to say “We wandered by the river, you and I* and not proper to say “We wandered by the river, you and me.” THE STRAWBERRY—A correspond- ent, J. H. P., commenting upon the as- sertion in an answer recently given that how and where the strawberry derived its name is not known, and that it is generally believed that the plant derives its name from Its wandering habit, and that strawberry was originally stray- | berry, writes: *“You are very much astray. Such an explanation is obviously absurd, as numbers of other plants have ‘Will remove in January to 735 Market street, Olsen grocery, and move back to Market street, Palace Hotel bullding, in February. Townsend Glace Fruit and Candy Factory, 627 Palace Hotel bldg. * —_————— Slashed With a Knife. E. P. Buckley appeared in Judge Tread- well’s court yesterday anc was Instruct- ed and arraigned on a charge of assault to commit murder. The case was con- tinued till Tuesday. He slashed Wilhelm Nyberg, at 1i8 Steuart street, with a knifa on Friday night and was arrested by Policeman Mullender. —_————— Personally Conducted Excursions In improved wide-vestibuled Pullman tourist sleeping cars via Santa Fe Route. Experfenced excursion conductors accompany these excur- sions to look after the weifare of passencers. To Chicago and Kansas City every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday. To Boston, Montreal and Toronto every Wednesday. To St. Louls every Sunday. To St. Paul every Sunday and Friday. Ticket office. 628 Market street. —————— The Fastest Train Across the Conti« nent. The California Limited, Santa Fe Route, Connecting train leaves § p. m., Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Finest equipped train and best track of any line to the East. Ticket office, i — e Crazy Man Cuts His Throat. Danjel Black, a laborer Mving at 92 Illinois street, while temporarily insane yesterday morning drew a jackknife across his throat. He was taken to the Receiving Hospital, where the wound, which was not dangerous, was stitched and dressed. He was then locked up in a padded ceil In the Insane ward. He has 623 the same peculiarities. The strawberry a wife and family in Ireland. STemung” sTocm : Wiy, MANKE A Feis VALUABLE PResen T © L OISTRIBYTE jppms DIRECTORS: W. 8. GAGE, President HAMPTON, N. K. MAST! G. H. BAIRD, Resident Agent, Box Kris Kringle never had a happler idea than the one which prompted him to act as distributor of stock for the Sterlis Ofl and Development Company, for he will bestow Eift that not only’ has a PRESENT VALUE, but one which has the possibliities for & FUTURE VALUE many times greater than now. ma: \amued by There I8 a guarantee of honest ment behind every share of stock this Ny e, Afe operating on PAT- ENTED D with OIL WELLS ADJOIN- ING—NOT MILI AWAY. Subscribed #tock held in escrow: only treasury stock for Al S phich & limited amount is offered for ¥0 CENTS per share. 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