The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 12, 1900, Page 4

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A POST-ELECTION BOOM. been HE feature of business last week was the im- he election of Presi- of all sorts, which yance for several f an adverse result of sdden bloom dent timor the apprehen months in into There was wce all along the line of stocks in ciest trading for a long ti securities was so sharp that it over- n commission brokers, who, though ir offices open all night, were obliged to ge lines of offered business. n market also became excited, and al om New York were immediately absorbed. an securities dominated everything. To 3y e language of the cabled report, “they were t, the rest were nowhere.” t the revival was not limited to stocks and bonds. ise felt the infusion ‘of the commercial tonic, and bankers and merchants reported 2 large increase business. Goods in Jarge amounts were shipped of CI g0 to country merchants who had made their orders subject to McKinley’s election, and an army of commercial travelers was sent out into the firm alone sent out fifty men, most of have stayed at home had Bryan been s more change in the condition of the lead- ing ter the election. The ante-election apathy was succeeded by a tendency to fluctuate. Sugar de- ol The Chicago packers made a flat advance of 1 cent per pound on beef, pork and mutton. Wheat partly under adverse reports from the Argen- tine, and partly owing to the spirit of improvement permeating the commercial atmosphere. Wool and cotton also did better, the latter owing to fears of amage, and the former under the stimulus ofa The iron trade seemed to acquire newed life, and Chicago reported the largest week’s ess this year. Birmingham, Pittsburg and Cin- also reported increased activity, with more n certain lines than for ngonths. The West re- ool ned. al " e er de ported dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes and | hardware moving off better, The East quoted an in- movement in leather, shoes, wool, tobacco Hides were quoted active and very firm al! r the country. Thus it will be seen that the tri- ph the sound-money party at the polls re- creasec and coal ov sulted in an immediate improvement in business, all y A8 intelligent business men knew it would It was in Wall strect. however, that the greatest vity iled. All through the week trading was heavy, and for three days aiter the election the figures ceded the million mark. Orders for securities came from ail sections of the country, and the feeling of gratification and relief over the result of the elec. tion was pronounced. A significant feature was ths advance in the price of seats in the Stock Exchange. On Thursday the business was next to the great rec- rd day of December 18, 1899, with the important dif- nce that the latter was a bear day, while lass was a great bull day. The country, from present indications, has four ve and prosperous years ahead of it. True, re. verses may come, for this country is so intimately bound up with the European nations in trade and | nce that any national disaster there is apt to affect | fir e United States in sympathy; but as far as this country is individually concerned there is nothing now it to indicate other than a period of long-con- nued prosperity. The Pacific Coast is not a whit behind the other sections of the land in commercial activity. We are still rolling up a great export record, while local trade was never better at this time of the year, except in 1809, when we were enjoying a boom over the out- fitting of troops and transports for the Philippines, Nor are we very far béhind 1899 as it is, Money is plentiful at easy rates, collections are as good as they cver are, and there are no large failures to cause dis- trust. In fact, the Pacific Coast has been the banner section of the country in a business way for months, ——— District Attorney Byington has found in the fre- quent delays in the trial of the poolroom cases an occasion for deep merriment. While no one wishes tc make the distinguished District Attorney less funny than he is, he might choose a subject less se- rious for his hilarity. - Nor was this | h to resume active trading confined to New York. | VALENTINE'S ROORBACK, F all the fakes which distinguished the last Bryan campaign, the one put out by the Ex- aminer just before the day of election, claim- ing that there was an attempt all over the country to boycott and overawe the president of Wells, Fargo | & Co., easily takes the first prize. A picture of Val- entine was run in connection with the letter of Banker Spitzer so there could be no mistake in the identity of the good man sought to be unjustly intimidated. This paper at the time denounced the proceeding as a political roorback which was sprung at the last minute to give the closing scenes of the Bryan cam- ‘paign a dramatic effect and in the hope that some ; votes might be affected by it. We then asserted that Valentine must have had possession of this letter for nearly two months, and if he was honest about this scare, why did he not sooner appeal to the country for protection? In an interview published in his or- | gan the next day Valentine admitted that this threat- | ening letter had been in his hands several weeks be- ! fore he made this outery about intimidation. It is now reported that this play for sympathy had | also another motive behind it. That at the opening | of the campaign Valentine was taken into the Demo- cratic camp, and visions of high political office danced before him. That afterward great indignation was i expressed by many of the stockholders of Wells, | Fargo & Co. that the pr:sident of the company should | attempt to earn his $25000 salary by devoting his time and the facilities of the company in preparing | and disseminating his Bryan effusions. That appeals iwere made to the directors of the company to stop this abuse, and that toward the end of the campaign Valentine saw not only that Bryan's chances were | gone but that he was also in danger of losing his own head, and so set up this threat dodge as a cover and to save himself from deposition by indignant stock- | holders. Letters from some of these stockholders complain- ing of the abuse of his position by Valentine have come to our attenti This is not a matter with which the general public has to dead,and the stock- holders can do as they please, but if they are wise they will speedily rid themselves of this faker who | kas been without an cqual in this State since the days | of Dr. McDonald and his vinegar bitters. Ten years 2go Wells, Fargo & Co. was the most popular cor- poration in this State; to-day, by reason of resistance to the war tax and the political performance of Valen- tine, it is the most unpopular, the Southern Pacific always excepted. The Republican party has no grievance against | Valentine. His influence did it no harm. The em- | | ployes of the company understand the trick by which ‘Im kept up his own salary in 1804, though pretending to reduce it, while he cut the wages of the rest. We are advised that some of the Bryan documents which he sent out to the employes were returned with re- marks of disapproval and defiance. ested in the company are sati If those inter- fied to keep this Peck- sniff in his position the public can endure him. but we predict that he will soon be relegated to a position where he will have to pay c rges for the transporta- tion of his political documents e ——r e CALIFORNIA IN THE NAVY. —ROM the special correspondent of The Call ar Washington there was published yesterday a fu'l account of the plans adopted for the armored cruiser which is to bear the name “California.” Tt is expected that when completed she will be one of | the best ships of her class upon the ocean; and the | class will be a large one, for there are to be con- | structed for our own navy five other ‘cruisers of equai | dimensions, to bear the names West Virginia, Mary- | land, Nebraska, Colorado and South Dakota. | There will be something of gratification in knowing | that the ship that bears the name of California in our | navy will be as good as any of her class, but the | gratification will fall far short of satisfaction. Cali- fornia is entitled to representation in the navy by a battleship rather than by a cruiser. This is one of | the foremast States of the Union. It is in no sense | inferior to Maine, Oregon, Kentucky, Towa and | \c»(hers whose names in the navy are borne by battle- !shipsA On that score alone we have a right to claim | a battleship of the highest class for the State, and to | feel disappointment at the selection of “California” | |as the name for a cruiser when other ships of that | class are named after second-raté States. | There is, however, another claim that California can put forward. In the shipyards of this State have been constructed battleships that are the pride of the | mavy. At this time the war vessel which among all | the fleets on the ocean has achieved the greatest feat, and which bears the proud title “peerless,” is the Oregon; and she was constructed in our shipyards. Nor does that vessel stand alone as an evidence of what California shipyards can do in the way of battle- ship construction. By right of our achievements in | that line, therefore, we can with justice ask that the | | name' California be reserved for the next great battle- | ship which the nation builds. | It is, of course, a sentimental issue merely, but sentiment is worth something. It will be worth while for California’s representatives in Congress to ask the Navy Department to reconsider the detet- mination to give the name of California to a cruiser. The name of California should be borne on the ocean not by a flying “commerce destroyer,” but by a fight- ing ship that flies from nothing and is able to win victory on the seas from anything that floais under ; an alien flag. o o 7 e THE DECLINE OF THE BICYCLE. OME time ago we directed attention to reports from Great- Britain concerning the decline in S the bicycle trade in that kingdom. The reports were to the effect that not only had the number of | machines sold during the year been smaller than in | any year for some time past, but that the machines in demand were of the cheaper grades. Those facts were regarded by British authorities as evidences that bicycling as an amusement for wealthy men and { women has about run its course, and the machine is now to be used mainly for purposes of utility by those who have occasion to cover considerable dj | tances either in the course of their work or in going to : and from their homes and their places of employment. It now appears there has been something of a simi- ! lar decline in bicycling in this country, although the "l information concerning it does not come from the trade, as did that of Great Britain. The signs of the | decline here have been noted on the streets and in the ' parks. Thus the Washington Post notes that society |in that city has well nigh given up the use of the wheel. The fact is the more notable because Wash- |ington is, of all American cities, best adapted fo, | cycling. It has miles of well,shaded streets, p:ve§ | with smooth asphaltum, and most of them are without heavy grades. Moreover, as is well krown, it is 3 city of magnificent distances,” and accordingly therg | are almost all kinds of inducements for using the ma- | chine both for pleasure and for business. Neverthe- less the Post notes that at present the wheel is hardly | ever used for pastime, and is now employed chiefly as | fame of them lives even to our day; and there is | | hardiy any American who has not heard of “Tippe- | what sort of appeals were most popular in each cam- | paign. The songs of 1868, for example, were all ap- | were marked differences between the songs of the two | lore, to demonstrate that the integrity of our local an article of utility to get clerks and workmen to and from their business, and occasionally to carry former bicycle devotees to the golf links. The New York Times notes in that city “it has been evident for some time that the ¢raze was over. The bicycle is still seen, and upon the boulevard, in considerable numbers, though not in the intermin- able lines that formerly made the wheel parade a Sun- day wonder.” In Philadelphia a similar condition of things 1Is noted. During the month of August of this year only 40,037 bicycles entered Fairmount Park, while the number for August last year was 91,968. Com- menting upon the situation the Record says: “This great diminution' is not due to any fault of the wheel, which has been improved with each year, but may Le traced to the fickleness of the pleasure-seeking Americans. The people of this country took to the bicycle like a starved dog to a bone. In his new en- thusiasm a preacher declared that the Creator had made a mistake in not bringing man into the world ready equioped with rubber-tire wheels. For a few vears the chief object of most earnest lives was to ac- quire a $100 bicycle or to master its eccentricities. From infants to centenarians, all the world was rolling along and clamoring for good roads.” The decline in cycling as an amusement does not in any way imply a deterioration.of the wheel as a useful machine. It was never so speedy or so con- venient as now. It will remain a valuable help to workingmen and to all persons who live at a distance from their places of business. To that extent labor is indebted to the fashion that made the fine and per- fected wheel a possibility, and thus the cycling fad is one that has not been without benefit to the whole community—which is much more than can be said for golfing. S dential campaigning has been ed by the ! liberal use of songs. There have been times ; indeed when the campaign song was more notable than the oratory. The election of William Heary Harrison was an instance of that kind. The Whigs in that contest had two songs of such force that the e s e SONGS OF THE CAMPA'GN. INCE the carliest days of the republic Presi- | canoe and Tyler, Too,” and of “Poor Little Van Is a Used-up Man.” It appears, however, that the campaign just finished was comparatively songless. A correspondent of the New York Times who has gone over the campaign songs on file in the musical department of the Con- | gressional Library says that in comparison with other years “1900 makes a very slim showing.” He adds: “Of what songs there are about nine-tenths are Dem- ocratic. The Republican output is so slim that it is hard to find. The music department is full of Re- publican songs of past years, particularly of 1868 and 1896, which were great years for Republican songs, but it takes persistent search to find Republican songs of 1900.” From the beginning campaign songs have been ' crude as to language and not particularly loity in ! sentiment. They are frequently set, however, to well- known airs, so that the melodies are often popular and catchy. Crude as the words are, however, the songs serve, as the correspondent points out, to show peals to sustain the work of the Civil War on the Republican side and Greenback appeals and denun- ciations of the “Rads” on the Democratic side. It is noted that the chief characteristic of the cam- paign songs of this year is the frequency of their ap- peals to the memory of Jefferson and Lincoln, and it is also a characteristic of the time that both of those great memories were appealed to on both sides. Out- side of the appeals to the patriots of the past there | | | parties. As a rule, Republican songs were exultant, chants for prosperity and victory, while the Demo- cratic songs were characterized by references to pov- erty and promises of good times to come. A typical Republican song, “The Bugle Sounds Again,” has this chorus: The grand old party bugle is sounding far and wide, McKinley and Roosevelt on our clephant are astride, And straight to the White House in November they will_go, S While Bryan on the jackass will flounder in the snow. A Democratic lyric called “The Farmer's Cam- paign Song,” represents a farmer addressing his wife | and saying in one verse: T have riz up many a morning hour before the sun, And night has o'ertaken me before the task was done; VWhen weary with my labor, 'twas this that nerved my a: The Free Silver party will pay the mortgage on the farm. Another campaign song, which can hardly be classi- fied as to party, since it strikes at both McKinley and Bryan. and may be the production of a mugwump or a middle-of-the-road Populist, starts out in this Oh, have you heard sweet Willlam from the wild and woolly West, Who warbles, “Vote for silver now, the devil take the rest! “Twill bring us all prosperity in the sweet by and by!" | 1 wonder, while he warbles thus, does Willie wink his | eye? For it don't make any difference to either you or I, For it's big hog—or little hog— Root, hog, or die! Taken altogether, the songs of this year have heen | much below the level of campaign singing in former years, and we have no reasor to regret that it was | limited in quantity. It is worth noting in closing | that a Prohibition song tells how a Sunday-school man went about for a year denouncing a brewer for selling beer, but on ‘election day voted the regular | ticket; and the song closes: 1 The foxy old brewer was cheerful and mellow: | Said he: “I admire that Sunday school fellow: | He's true to his church—to his party he's truer, He talks for the Lord, but he votes for the brewer.” . | ‘It is announced that European nations will get | their first glimpse of an American warship when the | Kentucky visits the Old World. This is one way of saving that Spain didn’t have time to see while that little episode off the island of Cuba was in progress. ;‘ The lawyers who are trying, in the fog of legal | civil service rests upon a legal fiction should never forget that the Civil Service Commission, for most San Franciscans, is a most uncomfortable fact. —— The candor with which the local Civil Service Com- mission is announcing new examinations because those already given were unfair ought to suggest to the Commissioners the propriety of resigning in faver of men who know their business. From scores of sources—local, State and national— comes the assurance that with the re-election of Mc- Kinley is ushered a new reign of prosperity. Wil- liam Jennings Bryan is yet to be heard from on the subject. Sir Thomas Lipton is determined that the design of the new challenging yacht shall be kept a profound and inviolable secret. Perhaps he wants to save the reputation of the designers. - | wife. ! Klamath, Or.. i= at the Palace. ! Yokohama. Japan, arrived here yvesterday | | stay, and registered at the Occidental. | evening for a tour of inspection of the | as far south as the Gulf of Mexico, and | Weekiy. ! where in this THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAf, NOVEMBER 12, 1900. SUCIETY: ™ ATURALLY we ars 3ll talking opera and feeling an unusually keen interest in Melba, for most of us hgve met her. I will never forgst that supper Peter Martin gave us In her homor. neither will I forget the indignation meet- ing our dear mammas held the day after. Every one of the girls asked went, with the full consent of their respective par- ents, yet the next day there was a howl, and the mammas, instead of shouldering the blame, put it all on poor Peter’s shoul- ders and sald he should have known bet- ter than to ask their poor innocents. Then, too, I remember all the talk about the wealth of gorgeous flowers dear Peter used to send to the prima donna. : He blew in—oh, I don't know how many dol- lars—and there were all sorts of deliclous stories afloat. What a pity, I say, that Peter is not in town this season. Poor boy, he is such an admirer of ert that I look upon his absence as quite a calamity. IR This was the flattest election I ever saw. I know any number of girls who stood ready to wager any number of gloves and boxes of candy on the result, but no one Wwould bet with them. The girls stood solld for McKinley and the boys, too—worse luck. But in spite of no betting, there was considerable excitement. Mrs. Max Sloss and Mrs. Jullus Kahn told me that last Tuesday was the most exciting day of thelr lives. Louis Sloss Sr. also put in some exciting hours and when the victory finally came to his baby boy I was told the dear old daddy was in a state of al- most complete collapse. ‘The prettiest story that I heard in con- nection with the election was told about dear old Sam Foorman, stanch Republi- can, who since '8 never has neglected to cast his ballot for the Republican candi- date. For the past few months Mr. Foor- man has been ill and the greater part {of the time confined to his bed. On Mon- day last the old gentleman celebrated his eighty-second birthday arfd on Tuesday, backed by his tremendous will power and the permission of his phvsician, he got out of bed, was assisted to his earriage and driven to the polls, where he cast his vote, a straight Republican one. Mr. Foorman was made a citizen in Ohio In '47, and in "4 cast his first ballot for President, voting for Taylor. ““Taylor was an Ohlo man. 8o is McKinley.” That is the argument Mr. Foorman used with Dr. Lane and that was the argument that made science yieild to sentiment - and patriotism. TR S Littla by little the Burlingamites are | getting back to town and settling down for the winter seas Last week brought pack Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Scott and Miss Mary Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Mountford { 8. Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Julius Krutt- schnitt. The Kruttshnitts will not enjoy the comforts of home, but will spend the season at the Richelicu. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Parrott have also decided not to keep house this winter, and, like the Kruttschnitts, will be located at the Richelieu, The Loughboroughs are about to give up thelr home on Franklin street and will go to Coronado beach for the winter months. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Josselyn have taken the house for the winter and | will entertain extensively there in honor of their charming daughter. b . Augustus Taylor (Helen Hopkins) is reveling in the luxurious pastime of furnishing her new home. She is attend- ing personally to the purchasing of every yard of carpet and plece of furniture that is to form part of the luxurious furnishings and Is eagly and late at the pleasant and expensive task. Helen has been reared in luxury. Her taste is good and as is to be expected, extravagant. In spite of it all, though, she knows the actual money value of things, and when her bills are all in she UT THE OPE BY SALLY SHARP. AND PETER M ARTIN \ BE CELEBRATED IN MANILA. + MISS RUTH McNUTT. WHO WILL BE MATD OF HONOR.AT THE WED- DING OF HER SISTER MAMIE AND LIEUTENANT POTTER, TO | won't find mistakes to sigh about. In all her purchasing Mrs. Taylor has had the assistance of her sister Edna’s rare go0d taste and l.ounc.! ju.dxmenl. I have been told that President Morris Meyerfeld Jr. of the Orpheum Amuse- ment Company is about to purchase the magnificent MecNutt lot on California street and that he will erect upon it a pa- latial home. Just at present the title Is being searched, but within a week, I be- lieve, the sale will be consummated. Mr. Meyerfeld has an only daughter— a beautiful and talented young miss— and the prospective new home will know many an entertalnment given In her honor. e The evening of the st instsis the date set for the donation party of the Forum Club. There will be a splendid musical programme and lots of more joy than that which will naturally result from the many packages of good things that the guests will hand to-the man at the door. While thetladies of the Forum Club are always having a good time among them- selves, it Is but seldom that they allow the gentlemfien to share these pleasures with them. On donation night the sterner sex are to be made welcome, and I"nnder: stand that there will be things “doing’ that will make the men wish that the Forum members would more frequently ble doors. open their hosvl"a » Have you seen Mollle Thomas in her swell new taflor gown and Continental hat? If you have not you want to pray to the gods that they favor you with a sight of her, for in them she is a picture that would make the original Gibson girl turn green with envy. Her gown Is of a rough blue serge and all the seams are stitched in white. Her hat is white and knows no trimming save a bunch of mag- nificent ostrich balls. When Mollie comes déwn town on her matutinal shopping ex- pedition the street is fllled with enough snowy ‘“peninsulas™ to put all the swan family to shame. All agree she !s stun- ning, although some admirers maist that she looks even better in her tan ulster than she does in her tallor suit. e Gertrude Lewis has again startled’ New York—this time with an entire Eatten- berg gown, to which Eastern newspapers have devoted columms in explanation and fllustration. I have heard that Ger- tie is about to bring her glorious ward- robe and Umited repertoire to this, her native town, and will give playgoers a sample of her art at the Alcazar. If half the number of people who have known the bounty of the Lewis family go to see Gertle act the Ceautiful girl will play for many nights to “standing room only.” Gertie's grandfather is 8. W. Levy, tha president of the Associated Charfties, and without exception the most bemevolent gentleman in town, while Gertle's mother has been a worthy aid to her father In his splend!d generostty. PERSONAL MENTION. C. C. Waite of Los Angeles is at the California. W. Darneal, a banker of Los Gatos, is at the Lick. Fred F. Burns, a banker of Vancouver, B. (., is at the Occidental with his wife. W. A. Morrissey, a merchant of Stock- ton, is one of the arrivals at the Lick. J. F. Dunne, an extensive rancher of San Felipe, is at the Palace with his wife. W. S. Carter. a merchant of Santa Rosa, is at the Occldental, accompanied by his | an iron manufacturer of late arrival at the D. C. Wilgus, Los Angeles, is a Grand. E. W. Hadley, a merchant of Santu} Barbaga, is registered at the Lick with his wife. H. W. Newby, a deputy in the United States Surveyor's office at Reno, Nev., is a guest at the Palace. i James MacMullen, managing editor of the San Diego Unlon, arrived in this city | yesterday for a brief stay. i Railroad Commissioners Edson and La Rue arrived in this city yesterday and | registered at the Occldental. | Hervey Lindley, the weli-known politl- clan, formerly of Los Angeles and now of Louise Homer, one of the members of | the Grau Grand Opera Company, has en- gaged apartments at the Occidental. James Walter, a prominent merchant of | with his wife and daughter for a brief Morris Meyerfeld Jr., president of the Orpheum Circuit Company, leaves this | | | | houses under his control. His trlp will take him from the Pacific to the Atlantic, wilt include all the principal cities of the United States. o A CHANCE TO SMILE. Visitor—Is this an old homestead or a itation of antiquity? e OB, iUs. rew, brand new. The | ror e s in | forty places.—New York | City Nephew—What do you think of Dr. B Sorest Sactar avrool t . s YEart of the county _near always off fichin' wheén he's wanted.— Judge. ¥ ns (out shopping)—I'm buy- e etkies for my husban mglrs. Buggins—Gracious! Wil he wear ] p e Muggins—No: but T will.—Phitadel- phia Record. Tady Assistant (iehind counter, to cab- man)—Pair of gloves? Cabman—Yes, miss. Tady Assistant—What s your number? Cabman— hundred” and ninety- three, mivs.—Tit-Bits. “Marle, did you bring me a present from Paris?’ ‘Of course, Harry, and I brought a lot of beautitul it for You to give me on i y and our ersary,”—In- &,nnwlh Journal. Browne—Mrs. Sharp has a dumb %her house now. wne—Don't you believe it. If it's the same one that waited on the I ed there not so dumb what he'll fe for her.. delphia Press. I — AN OPPORTUNITY.—Take adventage of the nmmzmmmu No- ‘vember, fifteen days’ board el Coronado, the {deal rummer and re- sort. Apply at 4 New Montgomery st., city, aiter wal Mrs. | yards. | serving no good purpose, WORLD’S NAVAL NEWS All the wood work in the French crulser Isly is to be taken out, to be replaced with iron and steel bulkheads, etc. B A steampipe on board the new Frenc gunboat Décides burst on September 7 last while the vessel lay off Wethal-Wel, Kkilling one man and Injuring another. S S The Cronstadtske Vestnik, official organ of the Russian favy, states in a recent jssue that no more orders for ships are to be placed abroad, and intimates that it is desirabls to enco and develop home eté e Three British fronclads have been struck off the effective list, namely, the Invin- cible, Swiftsure and Hydra. h'fheyrnre‘:. e, worthless as ships of war, good riddane oo s o source of expense. 1t is alleged that the Argentine Republic has received a gentle hint from Germany that future naval contracts must, like those of Turkey, be piaced in Germany. This intimation of Emperor William's wish is said te have been brought about through the large number of Germans re- e Argentine. siding in the peatine. The British armored cruiser Undaunted, at present on the China statlon, is to be ordered home, where she will be fitted out to serve as a seagoing tender to the gun- nery ship Cambridge. The refit, ordnance, etc., is estimated to cost $§237500. The Cambridge is stationed at Devonport and serves as a school of .u:\nzr)'. e The American sixteen-inch rified gun completion will be located on T.E’l’"::;l’l'.‘f. fordfications of New York and it will be hazardous for any armored veseel to approach within ten miles ®f its range. This gun will reach farther and hit harder than any ordnance hitherto built. its range is calculated at 20.573 miles, in making which distance the tra- jectory or highest altitude of the missle reaches a height of 30,516 feet. The shot welghs 2370 pounds and the powder charge 576 pounds. e Flag officers in foreign navies are much vounger men than in our navy, and not- 2bly so in the British, Russian and Ger- man navies, where the rank of rear ad miral is reached at the age of about Vice Admiral Rawson, commander-in- chief of the British fleet in Chinese only 57 years of age and became a rear admiral at 49 and a vice admiral at 8. Vice Admiral Alexiff of the Russian navy is also 57 years old, was a rear ad- miral at 49 and promoted to his present rank three years ago. States navy Admiral Dewey is nearly 63 years old and the average age of the eighteen rear admirals Is 36z years. ‘Three are 61 years old, f« 60, four 359, four 58 and three are §7 years old. Five of them attained their present rank in 1888, ten In 189 and three during the present vear. It will not be until about 1916 that the rank of rear admira! will be reached at the age of 52 or 52, unless there is 3 large exodus among the captains and up- per numbers of commanders within the mext few years. The United States armored cruiser New York has been in contlnuous commission since August 1, 1853, and Is now to be laid up for necessary extensive repairs. She has proved herself run from New York to Newport, ode Island, averaged 17.2 knots under n.:taura.i draught for six i In the United | under the most favorable conditfons— selected coal, expert firemen and a small army of skilled engineers attending the machinery. Her recent performance indi- cates that the ship has not deteriorated, but on the contrary could probably exceed her run of seven years ago under as favorable conditions as She earned a speed bonus of $200,000 to her bufiders, exclusive of which the shdp cost $4,146.- $42 39, including armament. Her repairs up to July 1, 1589, foot up to $241,519, which 18 six per cent of the first cost, excluding the guns. An average cost of repairs of one per cent per annum is phemomenally low—there is no record so low in any other navy of a ship's repalrs during six years and winding up with so brilNamt a run. [ The Bear Worshipers. The curious Alnu race, which oflftnfi!v occupled the whole of the island Yeazo, is rapidly vanishing befors the influx of Japanese immigration. Aeccordh to re— cent investigations they now only num- ber some 16,000, and in a few more decades they will probably be totally absorbed. They are the hairiest race in the warid, are filthily dirty in their habits and ter- ribly addicted to drunkenness. They wor- ship bears and enakes, and in some cases live in caves like the troglodytes of the Red Sea. 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