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6 . THEE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1900. @N OPPOSITION POLICY. ENATOR JONES, the Infallible Forecaster General of the Bryan Democracy, is again in evidence with a programme for the coming session of Congress. As was to be expected, it Is a policy of mere oppo- sition. The party indicates no policy of its own. It will merely oppose whatever the Republicans propose. Pretending opposition to imperialism, Senator Jones proposes to erect an empire within a foreign state by | asserting sovereignty over the isthmian ,canal, We de- | sire to know whether the constitution will follow the | flag in that case? He wants the canal and all its works under the flag. Will the people there, necessary to The S Call. P ————————————__ el TUESDAY. .NOVEMBER 27, 1900 o JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. D e ot O Address All Communications to W. S, LEAKE, Manager. MANAGER’S OFFICE. Telephone Press 201 PUBLICATION OFFICE...Market and Third, 8. F. Telephone Press 201. EDITORIAL ROO! ...217 to 221 Stevenson St. Telephone Press 202. Delivered by Oarriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Copies, 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage: | . DAILY CALL (imcluding Sunday), one year. 6.0 | the operation of the canal, be permitted consent of the DAILY CALL (including Sunday), ¢ months.. soo| = 5 & > DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 3 months. 1.0 | Eoverned? Will they be. erected into a Territory DAILY CALL—By Single Month 6c | Will they have a delegate in Congress? f\‘y:“ugrcé:t!'. o'o:- r;:r :w‘ Within a foreign jurisdiction, in an alien state, All postmasters are authorized to receive subscriptions. fpmpls coples will be forwarded when requested. Mail subscribers in ordering change of address should be pertioular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order to insure a prompt and correct compliance with their request. | Nicaragua Lake will be a part of the canal. Will M. | Jones have us own and control that large body of water? The only ownership and control must re- | late to its shores. We cannot embark in the owner- ship of a large water property that has no banks, no shores, ugder our control. Will Nicaragua consent to s R i) | our ownership of the lake, and will she and Costa Manager Foreign Advertising, Marquette Building. Chicago. | Rica consent to be cut in two by the canal, and be (Long Distance Telephone “Central 2619."") | divided by a strip of the United States laid across - — | them? Herald Square Upon this subject the Senator proposes to be ve- NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: bement. Jones is impressive in his calmer moods, STEPHEN B. SMITH.........30 Tribune Bullding | but when he rises to vehemence the spectacle is ap- w.m_«m-\‘w.“'n:?:‘m i\'n::q:‘fiwr:—“m e palling. He files notice of vehemence in opposing Murray Hul Hotel. g the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. That treaty is made CHICAGO necessary by the existence of the Clayton-Bulwer Sherman Fouse: P. treaty. Mr. Jones, who is opposed to an increase in B the army and to expenditures for the navy, with a mole-eyedness that is characteristic, proposes that we BRANCH OFFICES—37 Somtesmers, comer of G, open | SHAll build, 0wn, fortify and garrison the canal. This 2 o'clock. 3% Hayes, open antil 830 ootk es3 | Of course includes the fortifying and garrisoning of open unul 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until | the shores of Lake Nicaragua. ~ As to the measure to 41 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, open um.‘T, c'clock. 109 Valencia. open | T6-Create our merchant marine, the Senator proposes He declares that our r,x-;w; h, open until 8 o'clock. NW. cor- | to be “vigorous™ in opposition. 4 Kentucks, : % s e shipping interests should take care of themselves. He is not impressed by the fact that Japan is our equal on the Pacific in merchant tonnage. His policy is to have the United States build, own, fortify and garri- OAKLAND OFFICE..... +ssee:1118 Broadway NEW YORK CORRPSPO €. CARLTON. ... c. NEWS STA O. News Co.; Auditorium Hotel WASHINCTON (D, C.) OFFICE....1408 G St., MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. NDS: Great Northern Hotel; w. Die Walkuere.” Columb “Th, ;”'T"E‘G‘f’;f: | son the canal for the vse of foreign merchant ships. Tivoli—"'A Jolly Musketeer.” | He does not care that only o per cent of our deep Alhambra—Herrmann, the Great. California—Haverly's Minstre; Olympia, corner Mason and Chutes, Zoo and Theater—% wvering. Fischer's—Vaudeville Mechanies' Pavilion—Masquerade Ball Thanksgiving Even- water commerce is carried under our own flag. He \dy streets—Specialties | wants to invest hundreds of millions in building the udeville every afterncon and | canal, and other hundreds of millions uselessly in Protecting it, 2s a highway for the ships of other na- | tions carrying our commerce! Then, in the event of | war, the canal will be closed to ot | have no ships of our own to car As a practi Tanforan Park—Races to-day. AUCTION SALES ir trade because we it! al scheme this has had no equal since 7:45 November 27, at Howard street. it off between himself and the tree. If our merchart marine were “able to take care of itself,” as Senator Jones asserts, why has it fallen so low since 18612 Why is it now in deep water tonnage about where it was 100 years ago? If it is able to take care of it- | self, why does not Arkansas capital move to the sea- board and build ships? Why do not the maritime States of the South Atlantic coast and the Gulf, in the section represented by Senator Jones, proceed to Rt i # build and sailiships? The oPpor(unily to take care psisted upon several things precedent | ¢ themeelves in that respect is open to every South- were regarded by our Govern- | . seaport from the capes of Delaware to the Rio They should be put among the | Gronge. Why don't they do it? Why does the Gov- nd not treated as non-negotiable | ¢.nor of Georgia proclaim that Southern cotton finds ong these was the p““”h',“'"‘ f | 0 American bottoms in his own great harbor of ed with giving official coun- | gz vannah to transport it to its foreign market? ¢ outbrezk; the amount and | iy characteristic inability to see an improper fo be paid by Ch‘"_a; the per- | . nalogy, the Bryan leader links the revival of our mer- inese Government and its Jocation, | chant marine, to be general in its nature, with the line d destruction of the Ming tombs. | subsidy formerly given to the steamers of the Pacific It appears now that these matters have been aban- { \1.;) and the Collins Company. What is needed now 1 as precedent to negotiations, and the powers | ;. encouragement of American ship-building by ted upon only such matters precedent as the | American labor in American shipyards, just as the of the legations in the capital, the space | Government aided and encouraged the construction d them required for their defense and for quar- | ¢ . important American railway lines, to give to for their defenders, the legation guards, and the | 4 1 ,nca¢ and the whole Union its matchless system itation of the Chinese residence portion of the | of inland and overland transportation. ity in its relation to the legation compounds.. ) As for the army, Senator Jones is to be firm ‘in All other matters will be deferred for negotiation | o ocing its use in strikes and labor troubles, and with China. This reasonable result is a distinct tri- | i) therefore oppose any increase in its size, except umph for American d|p1rm}3q'. Qnr Government has | 5, use abroad. No one has ever asked an increa;e not for 2 moment rehxcc! its position in favor of right i he army for use in strikes and labor troubles. Ths and reason as essential elements of a final settlement. 25 law says for what the army may be used, and how. Some of the European powers have desired 0 |t yse in domestic disorders has been twice found throw right and reason to the winds. Remembering necessary, and neither time by the Republican party. the treaty forced out of China in 1860 by France and | For jts. use in the strike of 1894 we beg to refer Mr., England, when C,h,ma had been deprived of free Jones to his fellow Bryanite, Hon. Richard Olney of agency by their military IPOMWES, Samey Europeans were | \accachusetts, and for its presence in Idaho, at in favor of every exaction which power can force out | \yardner, to the Populist Governor of that State, of weakness. Having Chim in a pn_sxtmn where she Hon. Frank Steunenberg. could not offer resistance, they desired to take ad- s vantage of her desperate condition. The United | Perry Belmont has retired in high dudgeon from a States, however, has preferred to treat that empire | Democratic club because his name was used on a as we would any other under the same circumstances | bunch of flowers sent to Richard Croker. But Mr. of helplessness and misfortune, as having rights that | Belmont does not say that there are no occasions are not extinguished by weakness. | upon which he would not be happy to send flowers to That we have won in the policy preliminary to the { My, Croker. final negotiation is 2 promise that our reasonable and just views will prevail in the final settlement. We have secured one thing of great value in all such mat- | ters, and that is time. It will soften the first asperi- ; ties that naturally had place when the Boxer out- | at a banquet of the Commercial Club of Chi- rages were fresh, and will put all parties to the settle- | cago on Sunday night. The principal speaker. ment in a better frame of mind. |was a gentleman from Boston, Henry W. Pea- There is now every prospect that we are to be the body, who set forth several objections to the Frye means of preserving the integrity of the Chinese em- ’ shipping bill which is now before the Senate and sug- pire, and of maintaining the open door for com- | gested how it should be amended. Then the Chicage merce. The usefulness of our late election in all men took up the subject and advocated a plan by these matters cannot be overestimated. Tt has as- which the shipyards of the lakes would have an equa! sured the rest of the world that President McKinley ' advantage with those on the seacoast in building ships has the substantial backing of the whole country, and | for ocean traffic. It was stated by one of the speakers that it will support his position to the last, even | that the linking of the lake trade, the coast trade and though a show of national power be required to ' the ocean trade could be attained by the construction demonstrate his ability to make good his position in | ©f the Nicaragua canal and the further construction | of a deep and wide canal from the lakes to the Mis- | sissippi, through which lake vessels could reach the The proceedings before Unitéd States Commis- | gulf and the ocean. sioner Heacock give reasonably clear evidence that | The discussion brings before the country a scheme the safest and most profitable way of locating a rich | the enterprising people of Chicago have been medi- claim at Cape Nome is to win the favor of the honor- | tating for a long time, and which it is now probable able United States District Judge in that city. | they will urge upon Congress. The scheme has for 3 ok % - | its beginning a notable act of liberality to the nation, Hoff has found time, it is said, during his incarcera- | Ay a cost of about $33,000,000 Chicago has constructed tion in San Quentin to convert several of the prisoners | 5 drainage canal carrying the waters of Lake, Michi- to the straight 3-"‘.‘ Barrow way. There -y be some- | gan back to the Illinois River. Chicago now offers thing in the suspicion that for lack of time he post- | 1o give that canal to the nation. It is to be a gift to poned consideration-of his own case. |pr'ove the national patriotism and liberality of her | people, and the rest of the country is expected to re- ceive it with gratitude and admiration. The gift, however, is to have a “string on it,” as the saying is. The canal is to be given only upon con- PROGRESS IN CHINA. e foreign Ministers in Pe- ed an agreement on all mattere negotiations with the represen- should be remembered that some at t f place. ues, 2 1 of the S dc A CHiCfiGO'S GREAT SCHEME. ERCHANT marine interests were discussed the Oriental question. It is to be hoped that the mysterious rascal who has been prowling the l?residio 2t night will remain | where he is. Uncle Sam’s soldiers have a most ex- | peditious and satisfactory way of dealing with of- 1diliun that the National Government convert it from e 3 | a drainage waterway to a ship canal of ample depth The Washington man who Jost an election bet and | and width to permit the passage from Chicago of then hanged himself possibly thought that a man who | Ships of sufficient tonnage to engage in ocean traffic was so thoroughly a fool as to bet the way he dig | through the Nlm canal. cught to remove himself from further temptatiod. In considering this scheme it is to be borne in mind i ( - Bes | that Chicago is also engaged in an effort to bring English sports have reached the conclusion that | about the construction of a deep waterway from the American jockeys use electrical appliances on their lakes to the Atlantic through the Erie canal or horses. The sports are mistaken; it was they who | through the St. Lawrence. Should both schemes be were jolted—not the Lorses successful Chicago would have an open waterway to LS SR . the man sat on a limb and killed himself by sawing | | hysterics.” ‘Both thie AURRHE bl tho Lok and would Hold s gotk [ =—m s mene s e e COLUMBUS WAS A LITTLE BIT SLOW. tion unrivaled in the country. Great plans of that kind are attractive to the Ameri- can people, and Chicago will lose nothing in prestige by making vigorous efforts to carry them out. There is no apparent reasoa, however, why either of them should be made a part of the merchant marine bill, or why the Chicago people should antagonize the bill because it does not directly give aid to the Chicago scheme. The reports of the discussion at the Commercial Club banquet were too brief to give us any clear un- derstanding of the arguments by which the two measures were linked together. If the Chicago men deem the Frye bill to be adverse to their interests they are mistaken. At the present time the lake tonnage and the ocean tonnage of the country are separated by natural obstacles. and it would be folly to postpone building up our ocean marine until we can “link” the ocean and the lakes. Chicago should support the up- building of our ocean marine now, and if it be found feasible later on to furnish her with an open water- way to both the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico, the project will be considered on its merits. Californian contractors will, by authority of Wash- ington, have the privilege of competing to supply slate for the Fort Baker fortifications. When it comes to slate of any variety Californians insist upon A PARALLEL: CASE. PENTANT Democrats who, after gayly plan- being in on the deal. R ning a fusion of Democracy, Populism and Sil- ver Republicanism, are now trying to get their party separated from the mixture and straightened out, can perhaps find some comiort in a story, from Binghamton, New Yerk, of a case in private life having a misery parallel to their own. It is another warning of the folly of mixing things for the purpose of practical joking, and since misery loves company it may please the Democrats to hear of it. The story goes that a young wife in Binghamton, who had just given birth to her first baby, thought | the occasion a good one to play a merry joke on her | husband; and accordingly she borrowed two other new babies, placed them with her own, and on her | husband’s return home presented him with the triplets. The report continues: “The joke was a lovely one, but, as jokes sometimes will, turned itself inside out into an alarming tragedy when the mother discovered that the three babies, which had been dressed alike for the hilarious occa- | sion, had got their several identities inextricably en- tangled. Nobody could tell which from t'other, and the denouement threw three women and a nurse of the wusual comic opera intelligence into rapid There is one broad difference between the case of the Binghamton woman and that of Bryan. In the woman's case there is a certain element of pathos which will prevent unlimited hilarity, but in the Bryanite case there is nothing beyond the ridiculous pure and simple. With what eagerness did the astute Democrats of 1806 hasten and hurry the work of fusion. They tricked out Silver Republicanism and Populism in garments so much like those of Democ- racy itself that none could tell one from another, and they were delighted when their fusion brought about in the public mind a hopeless confusion. For them there can be no sympathy. They “mixed those babies up,” and now if they cannot tell one from another the public don’t care. It is a political farce of big proportions, and the laugh’is on the right side. Public officers who engage in saloon brawls do not have a tendency to increase the tone of our municipal administration. It is to be hoped that Tax Collector Scott has not started 2 fad in which local officials will seek to shine. fl reported to have recently written to Miss Helen Gould requesting her to advance money for 1 certain enterprise, and to have received by way of re- ply a circular announcing that in a single week she had received requests for $1,548,502, and scores of re- quests for sums not named. The total number of letters delivered to her in the six days of the week was 1303. Upon that showing it is clear that if Miss Gould should be responsive to all the requests made upon her she would scatter the family fortune at'a rate ex- ceeding even that of Comte Boni de Castellane. It would be more costly to meet the American demand for money for enterprises and other things than to buy all the bric-a-brac in Paris. It appears that in the single week to which the circular refers Miss Gould was asked to furnish' coin for church fairs, li- braries, trousseaus, air pillows for soldiers, steamship fares and peddlers’ wagons. Thus it will be seen there is no lack of variety in the American demand, and some of it is about as fanciful as anything that ever took the fancy of the Castellanes. It has been said that whenever a millionaire in this country becomes noted for generosity men and women from all parts of the Union take a special train and start for his home. Of course this demand from all sorts of persons and for all sorts of purposes im- poses a heavy burden upon the generous. Moreover it tends to dishearten them in their work. To a woman like Miss Gould receiving applications for coin at a rate exceeding $1,500,000 a week it must seem as if the whole American people were eager to “rake” every private fortune in sight. It is of course not likely the American people are worse than others in this respect, but it happens we have had a larger number of generous millionaires to stimulate the craze for applying to them on all sorts of petitions for coin; and so the evil is greater here than elsewhere. Perhaps the publication of the ex- tent to which Miss Gould has been made a victim may tend to check the beggars, and for that reason the story merits a wide circulation. TAXING THE GENz-ROUS. BUSINESS man in the city of New York is Canadian shippers are very much concerned over the success of San Framciscan ship-owners in the northern trade. The frightened merchants should re- member that we are their newly acknowledged cousins and that our success should be their congratu- lation. The utmost endeavors, vigorously prosecuted, have failed to locate Governor Gage, and public business, in consequence, is languishing. His Excellency is making every endeaver to demonstrate that he was born to be one of the crowd. —_— The good people of Berkeley are in the slough of despondency. Willing to be wicked they have been buying what they thought was whisky, and an analysis proves that the wickeder barkeepers were selling col- ored water. _One of our local preachers is firmly convinced that hell is a painted farce. He has probably not had oc- casion to run for office and be beaten by the other fellow. . 1 o ' SPIRIT OF CAL on Matters The Passing Pelican. A year ago the bay of San Diego was the pleasure ground of the pelican, but fashion's demands for the plumage of tais bird has resulted In its extermination In this locality. Not a single pelican is now to be seen on or near San Diego bay —SAN DIEGO TRIBUNE. Thanksgiving in Tulare. Tulare County people will have occasion to be grateful when Thanksgiving day ar- rives. “The splendid rains indicate a pros- perous harvest next season, and when the grain flelds, stock farms, citrus and de- clduous orchards yield bounteously there !is nothing more to be deflred, except a | llvmtémce for what we raise.—VISALIA TIMES. Wouldn’t It Jar You? 1f you were Colonel Griscom, our Charge d’Affaires In_Turkey, and you had been | dunning the Sultan regularly for a $100,000 bill, and finally you should recetve an in- vitation to dine with his Majesty and you 1 pecting to come home with them fuil, and then the Sultan, with a smirk, should hand you only a letter of congratulation for President McKinley—wouldn't it jar vou?—STOCKTON MAIL. Who's Afraid? I anything appears in this paper you do not like you are at liberty to reply to it over your own signature, so long as your language is that which the better eople can read with approval. If you wish to “burn the editor up,” fire away. He will print such matter as free- 1y and quickly as he will a personal puff | for office. We gugg no one. The Journal |is open to all for the free discussion of public matters that interest the people even if the editor himself is lambasted.— SANTA CLARA JOURNAL. 01d-Time Wheat Crops. With over five inches of rain before De- cember 1, we are sure of a good seasonal rainfall, no matter what happens for the rest of the winter, and if there is anythin, like an average rainfall, reasonably well distributed, we are sure of an old-time {had gone with both pockets empty, ex-| IFORNIA PRESS Editorial Opinion From All Parts of the State of Interest. { | crop on some of the wheat lands that| have raised little or nothing for years.— | | FRESNO REPUBLICAN. | | The People Choose. | | The endowed newspaper may have a fleld of its own wherein it may do some | good, but it is not likely that 1t will | ever’ exert much influence upon public | opinton at large, or that it will materiai- | Iy modify the 'character of American | | Journalism. After all the people will de- | | cide what they want and what is best for | themselves, whether in_government or | journalism/~SAN JOSE HERALD. | Farmer Is Kirg. The farmer is a royal personage. He I the king of the soil. the ruler of the world. Without him the scientist would soon be- | come a fiend, and the artisan throw Mis | skill and implements to the dogs. He i the bone and sinew of historical progress, | | and while he wields his hoe and tills the | | soil by the sweat of his brow he remains | | a prince of the realm. All of the local in- dustries of Healdsburg are founded upor s labors. The canneries, the pacmng-l | houses, cream-tartar works, wineries, lumber industri mercantile pursuits, | and all trades depend on ! the farmer.—HEALDS- | B | Sober Side of Victory, | | While voters are filling the alr with! | shouts_ of victory, the administration. | | which received as good as unanimous | | indorsement, and the Congressmen elect- | ed to back it, are doubtless considering | | the more sober side of the subject—the | | great responsibilities with which they are | charged. Order is to be restored in the | lippines: Porto Rican and Cuban !mer‘ | ests are to be looked after, and the Chin- e question is to find satisfactory solu- | tion. Fortunately for the country there | | 1s to be no changing of horses in crossing | the widening stream. The same cool head | with steady hand is to remain at the helm. | But the President must have the earnest, | | intelligent and patriotic support of Con- | gress and the people if the best ends are | most _speedily to be reached.—NAPA REGISTER. { PERSONAL_____MENTION. C. W. Pendleton of Los Angeles Is at the Grand. Dr. C. W. Kellogg of Lakeport Is at the Grand. W. P. Thomas, the Ukiah attorney, is registered at the Grand. V. A. Tapscott, attorney at Red Bluff, 1s stopping at the Grand. T. W. Hine, the well known Eureka min- ing man, is at the Palace. S. Rummelsburg, the well-known Colusa merchant, is at the Grand. ¥ George H. Whetford and wife of Walt- ham, Mass., are guests at the Palace. John Barrett, ex-Minister to Siam. is back at the Palace again for a short stay. P. M. Knehnrick, president of the Los Angeles Brewing Company,. s registered at the Palace. Dr. W. M. S. Beede, prominent as a sur- geon, Is here from Stockton and registered at the Palace. Carlton C. Crane, Pacific Coast agent of the passenger department of the New York Central, has returned from Seattle. William Singer of the Southern Pacific law department, and wife, have taken apartments at the Palace for the winter. Ross C. Cline, Pacific Coast passenger agent of the Wabash Railroad Company at Los Angelcs, is in town for a few days. Captain L. Dabretvorsky, commander of the gunboat Giliak of the Russian navy. was among yesterday's arrivals at the Palace. , Willlam T. St. Auburn and wife ef De- troft are at the Occidental. Mr. St. Au- burn has some valuable mining interests in this State. R. Moeler of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company and George H. Good of Portland, accompanied by their wives, are at the Palace for a few days. Custcms Surveyor Joseph S.-Spear Jr. and Mrs. Spear will leave to-day for the East, where they will spend the holidays, aividing their time between New York and ‘Washington. Mrs. George B. McClellan and cousins, Mrs, W. F. Fisher and Miss Alice H. Fisher of Callstoga, are at the Lick, and they will leave on the next steamer for Honolulu, Mrs. McClellan’s home. J. A. Fillmore, manager of the Southern Pacific, started for Syracuse, N. Y., yes- terday to visit his father, who is 84 years 0ld and In feeble health. Mrs. Fillmore, who has been East for some time, will accompany Mr. Fillmore on his return to the coast. v —_————————— CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTO:! WASHINGTON, Nov. 26—Mrs. E. R. Keelan of Los Angeles and Mrs. T. R. Patterson and Miss Kimsey Patterson of San Francisco are at the Ebbitt: A. M. Dollar is at the Metropolitan; W. H. Ho- ney and wife and Thomas P. Smith are at the Raleigh; Mrs. J. F. Clark is at the Normandy; W. R. Degruechy, J. J. Gott- San Francisco and W. L. Valentine of Los Angeles are at the Arlington. —————————— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. CROKER—G. H. B., City. The man ‘who was killed during an election row in New York City y{. it $iea for ‘murder, was Jobn SACRAMENTO ELECTIONS-E, W. 8., City. 1In 1860 the vote of Sacraments dential Electors was: uglas, 2686; m’m % lob, Joseph Gottlob and C. W. Buck of was charged, Rich- . for whose death he was McKenna. Breckin- ridge, 1605; Bell, 209. The vote of that | county in 1556 for Presidential Electors was: Fillmore, 3%6; Buchanan, 3438; Fre- | | mont, %41 i HOMING PIGEONS—J. S., City. There | | 1s @ paper devoted to homing pigeons that | is edited by M. McBain of this city. BIRTHS—A Reader, City. Tt s not only | a custom but it is a law in the State of | Californja that births shall {e regis- | tered. A record of such can befobtained | | at the office of the Recorder of the coun- | ty In which the birth occurred. | TWENTY-DOLLAR PIECE—W. Lindsay, Cal. A twenty-dollar piece is- sued out of a mint of the United States | has a total weight of 516 grains, of which 16440 grains are pure gold, the actual | which is $20. In other words = | dollar plece contains exactly $29| | worth' of pure gold. ELECTION OF 186—E. W. 8., City. | The general election In 160 at which | Abraham Lincoln was elected President | was heid Tuesday, November 6. The vote | o ifornia at that time was: Lincoln, | c.! a8, . 38,093; Breckinridge, 33.- | 97 The vote of San Francisco w Lincoln, 6819; Douglas, 060; Breck- inridge, 5 Bell, 744, C., Wolf, Nevada County, Cal. If you have a copy of “Bax- ter's Saints’ Rest,” published in 1649; also a copy of the Bible printed in 1788, “con- taining five books not included in the present Bible,” you would better offer them to either the State Library in Sacra- mento or any of the San Francisco libra- ries, and if they are of any value to either an offer wiil be made for them. MULTIPLEPOIN D I N G — Subscriber, | City. Multiplepoindin= (pronounced mul. ti-pl-pind-ing) is derived from the old French multiplie, manifold. It is a pro- cess In Scotch law by which a person pos- | sessed of money or effects claimed by, dif- ferent parties obtains from the court an authoritative arrangement for the equit- able division thereof among the different claimants. It corresponds to what in other legal systems is known as an order of interpleader. SEAL ROCK BRIDGE—Subscriber, City. In 1864 the proprietor of the old Seal Rock House constructed.a wooden bridge from the site on which the Seal Rock House stcod to one of the %seal rocks unfrequented by seals. On the fth of April, 188, while there were about fif- teen persons on the bridge some boys be- gan to sway it and it gave way under the stradn, precipitating all into the water, No one was killed or drowned. but severai were badly bruised. Since t | Ras been made to bridgs the romk® STOTE EDIBLE NESTS—Enquirer, Berkeiey, Cal. ' The edible birdsnest is an impor- | tant ‘article of commerce between the eastern islands and China, and of luxury in China. They are the nest of several species of swallow of the genus Colloca- Ha. The hest known of these birds, the Collocalia esculenta, is about four and 5 half inches in length, eleven inches In ex. | panse of wing, dusKy black abo ash color beneath. The nest Is like that of the common swallow and ad- | heres to a rock, vast numbers being found together, often in absolute contiguity. The nests themselves are formed of grass, seaweed fibers, small leaves, etc., and are attacked to the rock by a sort of bracket made of a gelatinous substance, which is really the part that is eaten. s was formerly thought to be made of sea: but is now known to eong;t of saliva, vary glands under the tongue. rhe s are collected by means of ladders and often by means of ropes, which enabi the gatherers to descend from the sum. mit of a precipice like the rock fowle es ateer e young e fedged, thrice n & year. In the markets the nests are nm&,n from $10 to $35 per pound, ac- OLD BOOKS—O. " Ehdped cor juality, and Sk A Sl ahous half an ounctv:ich > = | tinually brought | or; THE CARTOONIST OF THE ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS SEEMS TO | } THINK THAT HAD COLUMBUS STARTED EARLIER HE WOULD | HAVE FOUND A YELLOW PEBBLE ON THE AMERICAN BEACH. | this continent a people whose average p L S, Political Future of Cuba. The indications for the political futurs of Cuba are promising; and there never was a time in ths history of the island when the prospects were so bright for the prosperity of the people by the develop- ment of its industries and natural re- sources.—BUFFALO COMMERCIAL. Gradual Disarmament. The possibility of a gradual disarma- ment, which should finally unhorse the soldier whom the European workman now earries upon his back, was firmiy fixed fn the world's thought by the eon- ference at The Hague. Such beneficent ideas do not die. Some time that vision of peace and freedom will be reali: when that day comes the C: will stand high among benefactors.—BROOK1 Hurtful Fads in Schools. ves shall have rec- the Until parents them: ognized the fact th minds of their children are weake rather than | strengthened by fr s efforts to | achieve the Impossible t e will be no re- form. ing. On the contrary, the evil is grow- The influence of faddists is con- to bear the sehool boards and the Legislature the addi- tion of some new branch of study to the overburdened list. W, all never have the best resuits of common school edu tion until there shall be a powerfnl mov ment for a reduetion of the number of studies and study ~hour HILADEL- PHIA RECORD. The Southern View. We deny that the spirit of the Southent people which makes them seek to place the grand old Democratic party on the nal basis that made It great from the days of Jefferson to days ef Cleve- land, and to clear its skirts of the taint of Populism and silver Republicanism, is a recrudesence_of secession. here is nc imbued with the nat There is no part of t to-day which more earnestly d sires the welfare of all than the Sou and it s from the very catholicity of the views, a_catholicity and wideness which is probably caused by the proximity of the disturbing element of the negro vote, that they are able to appreciate the ne- cessity for the keeping alive of true Dem- ocratie principles.—RICHMOND TIMES. Trans-Pacific Cable. The feasibility of a direct trans-Pacific cable is now assured. Last year the con- tention was made with much cire stance that because of the Challenger. Tuscarora and other “deeps” it was im possible to lay a direct cable connec the United States with its various pos: sions, but a roundabout route, by W Russian and Japanese territory, woul have to be adopted. We exposed at th time the fallacy of this contention, In ft contidence of the result of the survey the=ocean bed, and that confidence vindicated. The official survey practicability of laying a cable fornia to Hawall, and tkence to ) to the Philippines, thus connecting all our Pacific possessions with a cable exclu- sively under our own flag.—NEW YORK TRIBUNE. Protection of Forests. The decision of a Federal Judge tha the act authorizing the Secretary of t Interior to make regu jons for th T al spir tection of forest reserves is unc | tional, because, in effect, it delegates lex- islative power to an administra cer, may be good law, but it out common sense and Is mise consequences. It throws t serves open to the sheep ms the very purpose for w were made. Unless regu fon of forests can ¥ be destroyed, and calamity come to the agricultural regions a If the decisfon stands, Congress mu: islate directly and adequately servation of the forests, and do it p V. 'HILADELPHIA NORTH AME CAN. American Mastery. The United States by its limitless rials and boundless epportunities f dustry had for more than three gentur been drawing from FEurope its k and strongest spirits. In sue tests with nature, in pushing aside weak er races, in struggles fow freedom ar tional unity, there has been develop energy was the highest in the wor Having expanded aver their own cor nent, the American people began unce sclously to prepare for the economic m tery of the globe. America-has for m than twenty years been the granary fre which Britain has been fed. Now e can manufactures are competing w British, not only in all neutral marke but also in British markets. It now r mains only for America’s merchant ma | rine to spread its sails once more, and tt deed is done.—CHICAGO INTER OCEAN. A CHANC: TO SMILE. “There's no use mincing matters, my deal he fact is, you are not an exper: €00] | She—I think the trouble is that you do not know what good cocking ls. He—And evidently you do not intend I shall ever become any wiser.—Boston Transcript. Mrs. Maternal—I am sorry you are go- ing back to Germany. Ha not better get another music teacher for my daugh- lr’l"olessnr Von Note—Id ees nod neces- sary. She knows emough museek to get married on.—New York Weekly. Teacher—Johnny, what happened to Samson after Delllah cut his hair? Johm He got fired from the footbail team.—Baltimore American. Mrs. Flannigan—O1i hear thot sthrappin’ Mrs. O'Rourke rules her husband wid a me hersilf thot all is a rollin’-pin.—B: “De ou think it will take, doctor ™ ked the fair young bud who was beinzg vacelnated. "enf“’ replied the gallant doctor, “if it doesn’t take on such a pretty arm as that T'll have no respect for vaccine here- after.”—Chicago Record. Art Amateur_What Raphael you have there! Aprt Collector—Not bad; but you want to see my Murillo, by the same artist.— L'Tlustration. “I hope my explanation Is satisfactory.” sald Mr. Younghusband, as he concluded a long narrative as to why he had been delayed down town until 1 a. m. Well,” yawned Mrs. Younshusband, “your excuse is fairly good. but it's not as good as father used to make.”—Boston Courler. a magnificent ¥ Cholce candies, Townsend's, Palace Hotel.* P —— Townsent's California glace frults. She a und, in fire-etched boxes or Ja) ::u. 639 Market, Palace Hotel bullding. —_———————— Spectal information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Alfen's). 510 Mont- gomery st. 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