The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 6, 1900, Page 6

THE SAN The DNESDAY N D. SPRECKELS, Froprietor, ns to W. S, LEAKE, M. JOH Communica ddress A PUBLICATION OF Market and Third, 8. F. Telephone Main 1868, ROOMS. ...217 to 221 Stevem Telephone Main 1 Cents Per Week. ELITORIAL Delivered by Carriers. Sinzle Co Mail. Y CALX e Year : postmasters are anthorized to recelve Ail subseriptions. Sample © srded when requested. OAKLAND ..1118 Broadway KROGNESS, sette Buiding, Chicago. ! = Heraid Square ISENTATIVE: 2 30 Tribune Building STANDS: ; Great Northern Hotel: STANDS: | 51 Unica Square; | ic _Wellington Hote | CRANE, Correspondent. uoul ¢ Ber Twenty-s AMUSEMENTS. Twenty-one.” cets—Specialties. | oon and " AUCTION SALES. June scktor ANCE. ted up THE HIGH FENCE ORDIN N 1 six by which the Super 1 to pri ordinance tising purpo: the Whe dir htly of pub- es it unlaw- r other in- ance de nce of wood eding ten feet in height above without the permit of the | T second section pro- shall be granted for such fence ned as a windbreak | om injury from e uction or repair. ¢ built or main- public nuisance, of Police, under the Public Works, to abate section declares all iences exceeding ten feet in hei, to the supervision of the d requires them to be con- satisfaction of the oi Public Works, z ined to the st all that public interests re- ertising fences should have been ex- ipal business streets of the ci he prin i ted to a height of ten feet else- passage of the measure will never- 1otable public improvement. It will eless t be greeted, therefore, with general satisfaction, and a cordial approval be given to the action of those Supe whose fidelity to public interests has been their votes in favor of it. SHORT time 2go we directed attention to the reports from Kansas City concerning the excel- all which is being constructed in of the Democratic convention. lence o A / i city for th building is to dififer from most of the structures e been used for Presidential conventions in- t is to be constructed primarily for such Thes it will have nuch erings and not for expositions. better acoustic e in other ways more convenient for the work of the delegates. It is now reported from Philadelphia that equal care has been taken to provide for the Republican convention there and that the results are likely to be even superior to those s City building. \mination made of the hall by n Manley of the Republican National Com- Philadelpt Record says: Jete test of the acoustics a practical trial Select Councilman Harris took a decided upon w position on the stage near where the speakers’ table ! be, and the inspecting party posted themselves in ¥ t parts of t hali. A few seantences were ut- ly raised tone of voice by Councilman v word could be heard distinctly in part of the hall.” Henry C. Payne National Committee, who assisted in the ex- jon, is quoted zs saying: “Never in the history § the party has any city provided such a convention It is a marvel in every way and could not be up These improvements in the structures used for na- conventions arc by no means unimportant mat- It is in the highest degree desirable that every tered in a sl , and eve: note oved ters delegate in the convention should hear what is going and what is said by the speakers from the platiorm. Had the Democratic convention of 1896 been held in a hall where the voices of men like Russell of Massa- chusetts could have been heard the country would Sa o e been spared the nomination for the Presidency » man whose only distinction is the strength of his gs. This vear there is not likely to be much in the way of discussion in either convention, but in the coming years it will be different, and it-is therefore a matter of note that convention halls are hereafter to | ¢hat his su be something more than huge exhibition sheds. e e . There is one thing certain—if Tammany gets into the apple-cart with Bryan, it will take the ice trust alang with it. | or a Democratic victory is a foregone conclusion | voted against | been placed on the calendar of each House with a | relieve the country from the tribute it now pays to “In order o | THE STATE ELECTIONS. TATE elections gluring the summer and fall preceding Presidential elections are not so im- portant now from a national point of view as they were in former years when some of the larger and more doubtful States held elections at that time. | They no longer afford a safe means of forecasting the | coming result of the Presidential vote, and for that | reason are not watched and studied with the intense interest that used to be felt. Still they foreshadow the future to some extent, and even where a Republican something may be learned of the temper of the peo- ple by noting how the vote of the successful party compares with its vote in former years. Oregon has led the way by giving the Republicans a victory that augurs well for the future. The resuit | of the contest was hardly regarded as doubtful at any | | time, for while it has-a large independent vote the | State is normally Republican, and this year the inde- pendents are on the side of the administration. There were some features, however, that made the The Democratic, Populist and Silver Republican fusion s arranged harmoniously and well organized, and was able to poll the full ength of the combination. On the other hani there were some diffcrences among the Republicans. It was noted that Representatives Tongue 2nd Moody and Senator McBride, whose successor to be elected by the new Legislature, voted for the Porto Rico bill, while Senator Simon, who is supposed to be the leader of the Republican party in the State, it. Under such circumstances the sweeping victory for the whole ticket on Monday is one upon which Republicans may reflect with no little atification. There remain to be held elections in North Caro- August Alabama, August 6; Arkansas, Sep- | . Vermont, Scptember 4: Maine, September , October 3. None of these can be tates, for although North Cardlina | est interesting is 2 and G called doubtful v a Republican Governor and one of its Sena- t the fusion which carried them , and the State is cratic fold. The t in the least un- , which have developed a wide- spread sentiment in favor of the Republican policies of protection and d money among former Demo- crats, and may cause a good many of them to refuse to vote with the Bryanites even in a State election. g g all things into consideration, the Oregon vote may be regarded the best basis for calculations as to the Presidential vote that will be given. It shows here are differences of opinion among Republic: upon some of the important issues now re the country, yvet the voters prefer to intrust the settlement of those issues to the Republican party rather than to the Democrats. PROSPECTS OF THE SHIPPING BILL. HILE there is just ground for dissatisfaction \. that the merchant marine bill was not enacted | at this session of Congress, there is some con- | solation in the reports from Washington that it has 1vorable recommendation froni the committee of the nate and of the House and will have early coa- | sideration at the coming session. The prospects are therciore promising, and this Congress may yet have the honor of enacting the law that wiil restore Amer- ican shipping to its former rank on the ocean and foreign ship-owners for carrying its commerce. It is not at all likely the bill will be forgotten dur- ing the summer. The pledge to enact legislation to | promote American shipping will have a prominent | place in the Republican platform of this year, as it has in former years, and will be one of the issues of the campaign. The people now understand the subject better than ever. The need of a merchant marine to carry our expanding and increasing commerce is more imperative than ever. Candidafes for Congress ia making the campaign of the fall will find everywhere | that from these needs there has grown up a sentiment in favor of legislation designed to augment our ocean hipping which cannot be ignored. In a recent interview on the subject Senator Frye set forth in a brief space the argument for the bill. He is quoted by the New York Sun as saying: “Few of our people realize that three-quarters of all of our exports go to Europe, and that two-thirds of our entire foreign trade is with Europe. Our dependence on foreign tonnage, especially British tonnage, em- phasizes the weakness and danger of our foreign trade, so long as its chief commercial and maritime rival is its largest carrier. * * * A rise in freights accompanies the withdrawal of any considerable por- tion of the tonnage upon which we are dependent fo: our foreign carrying, a situation much emphasized at | the present moment. There is another side to this | truth that is deserving of our thought, and it is that | the addition of a large amount of new tonnage is sure correspondingly to reduce freights. The shipping | bill in providing for a large increase in tonnage thus automatically provides for a reduction in occan freights. Through this natural law the American people will receive back in reduced freights much | more—fully three times as much, as I see it—than the | Government will pay out in aiding in the establish- ment of our shipping in the foreign trade.” Such, in a short space, is the argument for the bill, That argument is now becoming generally under- stood. All the old-time objections to the measure have been refuted over and over again. The Repub- | lican pledge of 1806 to enact legislation to promote American shipping remains as yet unfulfilled, but the | | fulfillment is evidently not far off. Before another | winter passes we may expect to see it carried out by the enactment of a law which will be gratifying to every patriot. s e oS The Boer Commissioners to the United States, it is said, intend to interject themselves into our Presi- dential campaign. The gentlemen ought to remem- | ber that if Uncle Sam has a reputation for not inter- | fering in the affairs of others he insists absolutely { upon his privilege to mind his own business and ad- just his own affairs, y S TR The police officer who refused the other night to permit Mayor Phelan to break into the Chinatown quarantine ought to be arrested for disturbing the peace. - If his Honor had only forced his way through the lines and remained there a dove-like peace would have settled on the City Hall. The drunken police officer who seeks to excuse his murderous escapade in the Western Addition on the ! ground that he was temporarily insane must think periors suffer from the same complaint. Ti the letters of W. W. Foote to his friends are any indication of his ability the State Commissioner to Paris might not unwisely try his hand at a new ver- sion of “Innocents Abroad.” : i and between States. | this year. ' a pest of any kind when by the exercise of due dili- | to hasten the passage of the national FRANCISCO CALL, WED e rounoces or rervecawsn | S IR, GRADUATES SHAKE A NE of the happy thoughts of the committee in O charge of the Republican National Convention was that of inviting the survivors of the first national -gathering of Republicans to meet with the convention at Philadelphia. So far as is known, only fourteen of the stalwart men who laid the founda- tions of the party are still among the living. The others who fought the good fight and kept the faith of the declaration of independence and maintained the cause of freedom have passed away. Small, how- ever, as is the band of survivors, it will be a con- spicuous group in the great hall, and be honored with | all the veneration due to illustrious old age. In the invitations the committee points out to the veterans the mighty changes which time and the up- ward trend of popular sentiment and the increase of population have made in the strength of the party they. founded. The committee says: “Nearly half a cen- tury has elapsed since you participated in laying the foundation of the Republican party. You have wit- | nessed its magnificent growth from a popular vote | of 1,341,264 and 114 clectoral votes cast for Fremont in 1856 to a popular vote of 7,104,779 and 271 electoral votes for McKinley in 1896, and therefore the Repub- licans of to-day, profoundly appreciating the work of yourself and other pioneers of our party, will feel honored by your distinguished presence, and we as- sure you a most cordial welcome.” Never was there a political gathering in the United States whose members are more deserving of the honor of the people than that which formed the Re- publican party in 1856. To attend that convention required courage of no mean order. The conservatism of the country was on the side of slavery, and while | the Whigs were perhaps not so subservient to the slave power as were the Democrats, they were never- theless very far from favoring any aggressive action tending toward its overthrow. The men who founded | the Republican party, notwithstanding the moderation of their speeches and the strictly constitutional nature | of the planks of their platiorm, were denounced s | abolitionists and incendiaries. It was said they de- sired to break up the Union. They had to face all manner of obloquy, and none but strong men as well as sincere men dared to face the antagonism of the time and take part in the formation of a party devoted | to humanity and pledged to the principle that so long asSlavery existed in the United States it should exist as a sectional institution only, and that freedom should be national. A glorious future awaited the party founded by such resolute and far-seeing men. The hour of their tri- umph soon came. Because of their triumph the slave-holders sought to destroy the Union, but under the guidance of the first Republican President the war was fought to a conclusion that abolished slavery, saved the Union, increased the prestige of the nation throughout the world, and then the Republican party adopted those wise measures of reconstruction that have made a united people, and gave to the. republic throughout all its wide domain a harmony of senti- ment never known before. With such a glorious history the party may well give honor to the founders who laid its foundations on principles so broad and so strong that to this day there has been no occasion to change or add to them. In its principles the party remains as the founders | made it, and the survivors of the first convention who are able to be at the Philadelphia convention will find themselves surrounded by a new generation, but greeted with the same spirit of devotion to the wel- fare of the Union and to human freedom which ani- mated the gathering of 1856. A REPORTED ORANGE PARASITE. ORANGF. orchardists are reported to be much alarmed over the northward movement of a parasite known as the “Mexican orange mag- got,” which is said to be extremely destructive and very difficult to exterminate. Although called “Mexi- can,” the pest is said to have made its first appearance | near the Isthmus of Panama. It has gradually worked its way through Central America to Mexico, and is now said to be approaching the American border. The orange-growers of California are not going to be caught napping by a threatening danger of that kind. Agricultural Quarantine Officer Craw has di- | rected the attention of the commission to the pest | and advised that radical measures be taken to pre- vent its entering the State. Our reports add that the i orchardists in Southern California have communi- cated with parties all over the State urging that the Western Representatives at Washington be asked to hasten at an early date the passage of the national horticultural quarantine bill, governing the importa- tion of fruits, trees and plants from forefgn countries Upon the request of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce the local chamber sent a dispaich to Senator Perkins urging him to in- terest his corepresentatives in the passage of the bill. In all matters of pests public panic exaggerates the danger, and it is probable the fear in this case is much greater than there is any reason for. The pest has not destroyed the orange industry of Mexico, for that country will have millions of oranges to ship Nevertheless it would be foolish to admit gence it can be kept out of the State and the coun- | try. For that reason it is to be hoped the efforts made horticultural quarantine bill will succeed. As Congress is about to close the session, however, it is hardly likely the measure can be passed at once. Such being the case, it will devolve upon California to stand guard for her- self. It is said that as the pest is of the same color as the | fruit it is very hard to detect, and there is danger it may be brought into the State with the oranges im- ported from Mexico or Central America. A close watch, of course, will have to be kept to prevent the | Forewarned is forearmed and now | their o¥a SOMBEON SPETal s ey e thréatened evil. that our people have had their attention directed to the danger it is to be hoped we shall be able to avert it. Certainly the orange-growers will have the cor- dial assistance of all officials having authority in the | | Japan and these four representatives have matter and of the people generally in whatever they undertake to save the State from a pest which would injure one of its largest and most profitable indus- tries. The youthful burglar who has been safely placed | behind the bars and who pleads for mercy on the score of inexperience probably thinks that a lenient public ought to permit him to perfect himself in his art be- fore he is sent to the penitentiary. Much in discredit of William Jennings Bryan has been justly said, but perhaps the most bitter arraign- ment of him has-been that he looks with favor upon Congressman Sulzer as his running mate in the Presidential race. e From the way the Clark and Daly feud is warming up the chances are that a man with a faculty for mix- ing this Montana this summer than forty men could do by zoing to Cape Nome. | ! gs in politics could do better by going 1o | greatly excited when he picked up the i graduates and the ‘‘specials” joined them DA-DA TO THEIR STUDIES P R i et B R e G AR SCRS SR SCS $| ITH ringing class yells and jolly songs the class of "00 of the Girls® ” | ¥ b [ R R e ] l High School made a pilgrimage 1 to the various departments of | W their alma mater yesterday atternoon.i sent telegrams to the professors, had a delightful luncheon in which the sub- and concluded their day with a dance to excellent music. It was *class day,” as| the faculty put it, and the “jinks’’ as the | graduates preferred it. But whichever way it was it was a jolly affair in which | a bunch of happy, pretty girls revéled to their hearts’ content. At 12:30 o’clock the girls assembled at | the school looking thelr beést in fetching | white shirt waists and washfabric skirts. They formed in line and in double file paid their last visit as pupils to the school | conservatory, Miss Hunt's sclence recita- | appointment by the President to the h Class Day Officers. tion room, Mrs. Wilson's Greek and Latin classroom, Miss Jewett's department of mathematiés, Mrs. Prag’s history class- room, Miss Thompson's English room and Mr. Goldstein’s art room. In each class room there were appropriate exercises | and although there was much laughter | here and there a tear was brushed away. | After the pilgrimage was completed the | school’s special messenger delivered tele- grams to the various heads of the depart- ments. These messages were filled to the Goldstein was declared winner in the con test for the Alameda Exposition of 2000 A. D.; Miss Wilson recejved word of h(’kl; post of American Consul to the Fiji ‘fs-‘ lands. The Secretary of the Interior sent Yfor the preparing of prospective Sena- tors.”” Professor George Otis Mitchell was informed that he had been chosen | president of the Western Union Telegrap: Company. Professor Brooks com- | brim with compliments to the instructors and timely topical hits. Professor Franz Mrs. Prag word that she was arpoln(ed president of the newly established college | plimented by Benjamin Ide Wheeler on the proficiencies of the gmduatrng class. Miss Jewett received a courteous demand for the solving of an intricate problam and Miss Helen Thompson was asked to take charge of a class in elocution. THe B B e B S R R S @roed e i ese et e telegrams were an entirely new feature of the jinks and were voted a great suc- cess unch followed by dancing brought the jinks to a close. The young ladies who had charge of the affair were as fol- lows: President, Miss Josephine Seavey: secretary. Miss Freda Beyhausen. Assistants—Miss Ethel Bennett, Miss Emma Burgren, Miss Adele Cag- leri, Miss Saida Dewitt, Miss Lillian Dow, Miss Edith Driscoll, Miss Eugenia Hoey, Miss Lillle Koch, Miss Ray Manasse, Miss Mary Martensteln, Miss Eva Nickelsburg, Miss Jessie Parks, Miss Floren age. The programme of exercises was as fol- lows: Opening address, Miss Josephine Seavey. class song, class of '00: recitation, Miss Eleanor Haber; valedictory, age. Pil- grimage farewells. Science, Miss Mary Marten- stein; classics, Miss. Marion Burness: mathe- matics, Mi dith Alexander: history, Miss Helen Boye: ss Josephine Hopkins, drawing, Miss ris. Engii Jessie Pa: B 33 8 0 S Colfege Women Best Fitted for Motherhood. i HE college woman is better fitted for erhood than they do and has 2 clearer e; T 1 other women because she knows more than ye and sounder consclence. By David Starr Jordan. Eplgrams from a recent contribution to Harper's Weekly by Professor Jordan wifehood and moth- of different men and r virtues in their 3 i WW+++WMW++MMW She has some clear and critical sense of the relative value actions. College life is not an unserving process, neither is it a course of professional training. | piness if their posses: Wisdom and sanity bring the othe: T he reddest lips that ever were kissed” pror i=e little hap- »r offers nothing e . higher ideals of life and makes d than the uncultured womnan. As But surely The college woman has greater demands on manho 2 result she may marry later or not marry at all. this is better than to be yoked unevenly. The higher .culture gives resources for joy and action. It gives worth and dignity to unmarried life, but it takes away none of the jo¥s of true marriage. .| while her mother cooks in the kitchen. he college woman has the association of some of the brightest, most devoted young women she will T meet The college 1s not the only means of securing education. But training and culture must be gained in some way if a woman is to reach her best possibilities or to make herself at- tractive to the best of men. The idea is prevalent that the educated woman is spoiled for humbler duties; that she will play the piano in the parlor As to this 1 can only say it is not the fact. A variety of delusions which/real knowledge would dissipate and which now add unprecedented terrors to matrimony derive their support from women who have leisure to read, but who The uncultured woman isldvxp‘oied to Vi randmothers could not know. B O eated mothers are too often fads—medical, literary and religious. It is among partly find their readiest sale. 1t is from among t! v, of “the highest foolishness’ The college woman is as vigorous in Joyal and loving when s ters it. She knows a mother did. educated women that worthless books hem that the societies for the promotion * draw their membership. he leaves the college as when she en- good deal better how to use her time than her many new dangers caught by passing of the parish. The victl women each year by 1f a girl is fitted health, as devoted, | “call” for its work. She will not gain success. have never heen trained to think. Wherever the college girl may go her interests will not be bounded by the range of neighborhood gossip nor the interests ims of fraud and quackery are numbered among the thousands. e college women fur- nish a very small part of this quota. for a profession she will distinctly feel a But this she must know, there is no gal- lantry in science or in art. success on any but the most exacting of terms, the same terms on which a man might win the same : — PERSONAL MENTION. Julius Cain, a merchant of Newman, is at the Lick. W. S. Porter, an attorney of Hanford, is at the Lick. W. H. Clary, a mining man of Stockton, is at the Lick. Dr. G. N. Wood of Silver City, N. Mex., is at the Russ. ¥. P. Primm, a merchant of Redding, is at the Grand. J. C. Campbell, a mining man of Nevada City, is at the Grand Dr. J. Alfred Asch Nev., i at the Grand. F. W. Macfarlane and wife are regis- tered at the California. J. McClish, a fruit grower of Sonoma County, is at the Russ. P. H. McDermott, a mining man of Los Angeles, is stopping at the Russ. J. A. Chanslor; a prominent young oil man of Los Angeles, is at the Palace. George W. Trimble and George E. Fris- bie of Leadville are guests at the Palace. James McCudden, the railroad contrac- tor of Vallejo, Is stopping at the Grand. Mrs. James Campbell and daughters ar- rived from Honolulu yesterday and are guests at the Occidental. S. S. Satchwell, a clerk in the War De- partment, and H. M. Harnist of the Sub- Treasury Department are registered at the Occidental. Among those who arrived from Hono- lulu vesterday and registered at the Occl- dental are Mrs. N. O. Bradley, Miss Bes- sie Bradley and H. T. Marsh. George A. Smith of Salt Lake City, ac- companied by his wife, is at the Palace on a pleasure trip. He is the Receiver of Public Moneys In the United States Land Office at his home city. F. W. Dohrmann, president of the Mer- chants’ Association, leaves to-day on the steamer Gaelic for the Hawalian Islands on a husiness trip. He will be absent about a month and will be accompanied by Mrs. Dohrmann. Naomich Kunagi, Hicogni Wada, Ken- kichi Tange and Halune Matoda, four Japanese in the Governmental service of of Cherry Creek, B e R e registered at the Occidental. They will make a thorough study of livestock in America and then go to Burope for the purchase of fine cattle for breeding pur- poses. 1t Is the intention of the Japanese Government to improve the livestock of been commissioned to make investigations on these lines. RARE SPECIMEN OF GOLD QUARTZ | 1 SILVER of Los Angeles, who is prominent both in the business and . political life of the south, has been for years a collector of rare coins and specimens of gold and silver ore. Every time he visits this city he brings with him some rare curio to exhibit to his friends. This time he has a speci- men of gold ore from South Africa so rare in composition that he has been offered all sorts of fancy prices for it. For years it lay in his cabinet unnoticed, its owner attaching no more value to it than he did to a hundred other pieces of rock. One day, recently, a friend who chanced to be something of a mineralogist was 100k- ing through the cabinet and became specimen in question. Since then the bit of ore has been in great demand among mineralogists. and now an eminent au- | In the specimen in question the body of thority on ores, who lives here, proposes | to make a special report on the specimen. | At first glance the piece of ore looks like an ordinary gold nugget, weighing about an ounce, but when closely inspected | shows crystallization that is very rare. | The formations of gold are fern-shaped. | Under an ordinary magnifying glass these | fern formations are very beautiful and va- ried, showing to the mineralogist the pe- | cullar conditions under which the gold | was deposited. Such are never found on this coast, but in much older countries. | the plece is quarts, almost entirely cov-| ered with a thick layer of gold. @ ¢S+ ¢S+ 0+ o+ o-e0+@Q FASHON EINT FROM PARIS | - @ e eI eb eI eoed P PP/ T U S SN SN S S S S S S S S R o o b L R e T ) PRETTY FOULARD DRESS. The dress represented is of white !I?:la.rd with a delicate green pattern. e collar, the trimming of the co 2] and bottom of skirt . are _white bercy silk. The girdle is of B Fegn.mnne velvet of a —_———— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. MARIE CORELLI—D. C. B., San Jose, Cal. Marie Corelli, authoress, is a resi- dent of London, England. s‘LmAdl‘; 'l'dE?'DER—R.. City. TUnited ates silver dollars are a legal tender i any sum, unless otherwise cos;lrrc't‘ea'f 5 A HUMORIST-F. M. 8, City. There is no school in San Francisco in which * n may learn to become a humorist. umorists are, like poets, born, not made to order. AN OLD NEWSPAPER-L, H. M., San Juan, Cal. A genufne copy of the Vir- ginia Gazette and Petersburg Intelligencer . published in 179 is a curiosity, which probably would be purchased by some of the libraries. THAT TWENTY MILLIONS—G. H. B., City. The reason the United States paid Spain $20,000,00 for the Philippines was that it was a provision of the treaty of peace. STANFORD UNIVERSITY—P. §., Pre- sidlo, Cal. For information about ad- mission to the Stanford University ad- | dress a letter of inquiry to the recorder of the university at Palo Alto} and he will mail you a circular of information. BICYCLE ROADS—E. F. H., Woodland, Cal., and Biker, City. The Big Oak Flat route, via Chinese Camp, Priests and Crocker, 118 miles, is fair for wheelmen who want to bike to the Yosemite. Many experienced cyclers say that the Yosemite trip is too hard to be taken on a wheel. To go to Los Angeles by wheel take the coast route, via San Jose. King City, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara. Roads good. Distance 425 miles. The California Assoclated Cycling Clubs' road book on such a trip is an invaluable guide. LATEST STORIES of the FUNNY MAN. ‘What Makes Popularity. From the Chicago Tribune. “This is one of the literary successes of the’ year,” the bookstore salesman said, handing out another volume. “H'm—is it suitable for young persons to read?" asked the customer. “Well. no, ma'am. Our most popular books, you know, seldom are.” —_————— Marriage Maxims. Culled from Conam Doyle's Books. Never both be cross at the same time. Wait your turn. You were gentleman and lady before you were husband and wife. Don't forget it Blind love Is a foolish love. Encourage the best. There is only one thing worse than quar- s, rels in public. That is caresses. The man who respects his wife does not turn her into a mendicant. Give her a purse of her own. The Modesty of Merit. Rev. E. J. Hardy, British Army Chaplain. 1 have known half a dozen Victoria Cross men, but never heard a battle yarn from one of them. I remember trying to draw from a friend who had distinguished himself in the baitle of the Alma, where he had two horses killed under him, some- | thing as to his feelings and experiences in | an AlL T could get from him w is a very disagreeable place to be in. Come and I'll show you my pigs.” ————— Side Lights of Life. From the Chicago Dally News. The man who loved and lost didn't get his presents back. en a woman has no troubles of her own the chances are she will go over to « neighbor's and borrow some. The man who never made a blunder Is a poor one to have in a responsible posi tion. Attend to trifles to-day. The more im- Bear a mpiatning that o a he is lllyed of life the chances are that he has never made an{ good use of it. A philosopher says that every failure is a step toward success. This explains why e richer every time they engagement. as: CA battie —_———— Cal. glacé fruit 5c per I at Townsend's,* —_—— Now ready, July styles Standard pat- terns. 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