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6 FfiD.A\T:_ E DECEMBER 21, 190 JOHN D, SPRECKELS, Proprietor Address All Communications to W. 8. LEAKE, Maxmager. MANAGER'S OFFICE .+ .Telephoue Press 204 PUBLICATION OFFICE...Market and Third, §. F. Telephone Press 201. EDITORIAL ROOMS. .... 217 to 221 Stevensomn St. Telephone Press 202. Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Coples, 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage: DAILY CALJ, (including Sunday), one yeer. DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 6 months... DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 3 months. $6.00 3. 1.50 1.00 tions. arded when requested. submer! Sample coptes will be Ma partic to imsure a prcmpt o ordering change of addre XEW AND OLD ADDRESE ance with their request OAKLAND OFFICE ORGE KROGNESS, ing, Marguette Building, Chieago, Telephone “Central 2619."') ...1118 Broadwnay C. G Kezager Poreign Adver! L. & Dis C. €. CARLT NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH. . 30 Tribune Building ¥ YORK NEWS STANDS: A. 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MONG the Englishmen who have discussed the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, and the attitude of our Government in the isthmian canal affair, Sir A Charles Dilke has appeared as speaking with some He has visited the United States and in his Greater Britain,” showed some study of our utions. Yet he says now that if President Mc- stand firm his appeal to the people will un- doubtedly afford him support against the Senate and nullify the attitude of that body! This is very crass. It shows such familiarity wi the English system as to lead to the belief that ours like it, of course. “ngland the executive, when defeated on a Gov- ernment measure in the House of Commons, may dis- zolve Parliament and appeal to the people in an elec- If the Government elect a majority in the new se of Commons its policy, expressed in the con- tested measure, prevails. If defeated, the opposition 2 new Ministry and takes the government. Here there is no such process. We elect a new ion H form House of Representatives every two years, but that Joes not change the executive policy. if the House to be elected in 1902 is for free trade P: ent McKinley would not send in a message ng to the repeal of the Dingley act. other hand. he would veto a free trade measure passec by the House and Senate. This is one of the checks in our system which for- eigners find it so difficult to understand. Professor Bryce in his “American Commonwealth” devoted muck space, very intelligently, to our system of checks and bzlances provided to protect the country against disastrous novelties and prevent a reversal of policy by kasty legislation. Each branch of our Congress check upon the other. The Presidential veto is a check-on both, and the Supreme Court is a final and independent check upon both the executive and legis- lative branches. The controversy over the canal treaty is in the Re- publican party. The President desires to abrogate the Clarton-Bulwer treaty by substituting for it the Hay-Pauncefote convention. Members of his party adopt the ideas of the late Senator Davis, who was chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, by im- porting into the treaty the principles of the treaty of Constantinople under which the Suez canal was built. Ir: that treaty England secured a clause reserving the right of Egypt to defend or fortify the canal. The cases are not parallel, for Egypt is a vassal of Turkey znd the canal is in her territory. Nicaragua and Costa Rica are not our vassals, but are independent sovereignties, and by the Davis amendment it is sought, not to authorize them, but to empower us to defend and monopolize the canal whenever our inter- ests may require it to be done. If we build the canal under such principles it is probable that the Panama project will be completed in order to secure a .canal that is absolutely neutral. The other commercial powers have an interest- sufficiently large to justify such a course. assen if During the campaign few people attached much im- portance to Senator Stewart’s return to the Republi- czn party, but since the meeting of Congress every- bedy has discovered that it means a good- deal, for there is now a fair assurance the Senate Will not be bored by another of those long-winded free silver speeches he has been in the habit of making. Andrew Jackson was not twins, but it looks now as if the Democratic annual feast in his honor would show such a division between the Bryanites and the conservatives as to justify the conclusion that either there were two of him or else he led a double life. —_— Talk about reorganizing the Democratic party does not trouble Bryan. He would just as soon make a speech on that subject as any other, and his tongue was not frozen wl day. . 1.8 &5 | Natoma and New Mont- i : | For instance, On the | hen the frost struck him on election | THE SAN FRANCISCO CAI;L. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1900. MR. CLEVELAND'S LETTER. HE ex-President’s recent brief interview in the TAtlanla Journal had no further effect than to ‘ call out some sneers and abuse from the pres- |ent Democratic leaders. They seem contented with the situation, and show no signs of intending to ad- mit that their Populistic experiment is a failure. Not | heeding the ill-success of his first essay at advising | his late party, Mr. Cleveland has’discussed the sub- | ject of Democratic rehabilitation at great length in the | Philadelphia Post. His case is stated with his usual frankness and clearness, but as those traits in him were the original cause of offense to his party, there is no present reason for believing that it will take another display of them with patience, or even polite- ness. The group of men who succeeded him and his last Cabinet in the party leadership are firmly deter- mined not to let go, and the country is content that | they shall hold on, since it is evident that their per- sistence means continued Republican supremacy. There is no sign in sight that the new Democracy by crawling into its old clothes, as Mr. Cleveland advises. After many struggles and a long existence it seems fated to go the way of the Federal and Whig parties, leaving its ruins to be quarried in by men in search of material to form an organized: opposition to Republicanism. If it dodge this fate, and continue its existence, it will take up other novelties besida which those complained of by Mr. Cleveland will seem | conservative and commonplace. In 1803, when Bryan and Maguire in the House and White and Vest in ths Senate reached the parting of the ways on the silver question, it was said that the course of those gentle- men led directly into Populism, and that if the party followed them it would arrive in due time and stand an the Ocala platiorm. If it refused to follow them, then, it was said, they would have to about face or g0 on until they personally landed in Populism. That {was at a time when but few foresaw what happened three years later. The party faced and marched toward Populism, has fought and lost two campaigns under that banner. 1t will not turn back. already plunged into state socialism and communism, ani will undoubtedly soon take its place with the great sccialist and communist parties of France and Ger- | many. | Governor Altgeld is an advanced communist, and his somber genius is the real inspiration of the party which Mr. Cleveland vainly calls back to Rag Fair to redeem its old clothes. Radicalism of pol and epithet in advocating it Fave a charm for weak minds that is irresistible to the | leading spirits of the Appeals to prejudice are so much easier to make than appeals to reason that the slothful in intellect and the violent in temper pre- fer them. They cannot reason, therefore they froth |and call hard names. The Republican party has attracted to it those who ‘know reason from prejudice and argument from epi- thet When the socialist seed now planted in Democ- tracy shall sprout and be watered and watched and | tended by those who believe that society must be re- constructed on the foundation of its diseases and fail- | ures, and that its health and success are crimes to be punished, what reason is left in the party will depart jand go over to Republicanism, meeting on the way a few who follow unreason into Democracy. Mr. Cleveland and the few who agree with him will be like Jo Daviess of Kentucky, who tried in vain for years to a living soul into the dead body of Federalism, and, failing, never cast another vote, and lived as a reciuse from politics. The hopelessness of Mr. Cleveland's plan will be presently made apparent by the abuse that will roar around him, coming from his former associates, Thoughtiul men in the country, even Republicans, will respect his motives and sympathize with his desire to re-create a constitutional opposition party that will | not march under a skull and crossbones, but, being thoughtiul, they will foresee the failure that is sure to come. Altgeld, Tillman, Jones and Stone will still tramp around in a circle, getting nowhere, ranting | and scolding, calling hard names and throwing mud, leading a "Bedlam and calling it a party; and | Cleveland, Carfisle and Buckner and their followers will be like the non-jurors who refused to swear alle- giance to William III, a sorrowful sect, decreasing ! and finally dying out Wriscu in the larger cities of the East a renewed | demand for the establishment of a parcels post | system in this country similar to those operated with so much benefit to the people in many European coun- tries. It will be remembered we have arranged for | a parcels post with several foreign nations, so that in | establishing the system for domestic use there would | be no radical innovation in our postoffice business. There is now a parcels post bill before the Senate which may possibly be taken up at this session. The | bill provides for the consolidation of the present third and fourth classes of mail matter, with free delivery | in cities and in the country where free delivery dis- | tricts have been established. The rates fixed by th~ bill are: On parcels of one pound or less, 3 cents; | over one pound and not more than five, 5 cents; over five pounds and not more than ten, 10 cents; over ten pounds and not more than thirty, 30 cents; over thirty pounds and up to sixty, 40 cents. The bill provides that these rates shall Le applied to bulk as well as to weight, in the same proportion, under arrangements {te be made by the Postoffice Department. The post- | age must be prepaid or the rate will be doubled; and ! the charge includes house to house collection and de- :li\'ery wherever a wagon or car collection and deliy- ery service has been or may be established. In towns where there is only foot service the postman is not | required to carry any parcel weighing more than five | pounds. | Of course the advocates of the system are not unanimous in favor of that particular bill. It might be amended and altered in minor details and still | prove satisfactory to the public demand. The essen- tial thing to be attained is to provide the people of the United States with a safe, speedy and convenient | means of dispatching small parcels from one part of the country to the other. < The lack of such a system imposes a heavy tax on very community. It is statgd that in Great Britain ! nearly all sorts of purchases are sent home by mail. {In this country our merchants have to maintain a ;conly system of delivery wagons, or submit to the | extortion of express companies. Persons living in the. suburbs out of reach of the delivery wagons are com- pelled to take their purchases home by hand, and as | a consequence make their home journeys at the end of a day’s work under conditions of great inconvenience. | The American people are past masters in the art | of labor saving machinery. They have devised means ; and systems for economy of time and toil in almost all | directions. It is strange that in this respect they should have lagged behind Europe. It is something of a national reproach that our postal administration should be less serviceable to the community than thar of other nations not so alert-as ourselves in any re- breathe THE PARCELS POST BILL. ITH the rise of the holiday trade there has It has | | | against the challenger, but there has arisen a prelim- |apply a second time under any circumstances. spect, and it is therefore not surprising there is a con- tinued agitation for improvement. Great as is the popular demand for the parcels post, it is not to be gained easily. There is a strong an- tagonist in the way. As the New York Press recently said: “When the public turns to Congress for reliei it will find that its relief has been withheld by the in- fluence of the same railroad companies which now seek to blackmail it with bundie regulations into patronizing their express cars.” So long as the ex- press companies and their allies of the railroads can centrol Congress we may have all the parcels post conveniences 'with foreign countries we choose, but | we can have none at home. The improvement can be brought about only by united effort _of the people, and now that the East has taken up the fight the West should cordially co-operate. ——— CUSTODY OF THE CUP. B Club and certain yachting men of Boston there has arisen a controversy concerning the | America’s cup which promises to raise a question of | interest to yachtsmen in all parts of the country. The New York Yacht Club holds the America’s cup, and is now engaged in having constriicted a | ydcht to defend it against Sir Thomas Lipton. At the same time a yachting man of Boston, Thomas W. Lawson, has announced a determination to build a boat tb beat the New York defender if he can. It has been the expectation that the New York yacht and that of Boston would have a trial race and that the winner would appear.as the American champion ETWEEN the members of the New York Yacht irary point to be settled which threatens to disturb the whole arrangement. - The New York men, it appears, have become some- what jealous of Boston, and have suspicions that the ittent of the Bostonian is to get the cup out of the hands of New York and take it to his own city. Con- sequently it is said to have been “unofficially” an- nounced that unless Boston give an absolute guaran- tee that no attempt will be made to get the trophy transferred to the Eastern or some other Massachu- setts yacht club, in the event of the Lawson boat being successful in the defense, the Boston craft will not be allowed to ¢ompete in the trial races. It was supposed at one time there might be an easy solution of the matter by having Mr. Lawson join the New York Yacht Club, but he has refused to con- sider the proposition. In a recent dispatch from Boston to the New York Mail and Express Mr. Law- son is quoted as saying: “After my name fiad been put up for membership in the New York Yacht Club | some friends of mine advised me to withdraw it, and T did so. They had reason to believe that certain men whose acquaintance 1 bad made in Wall street had ex- pressed their opposition to my candidacy. 1 will not The | fact is that since I have been considering the plan of taking an active interest in the construction of a Bos- | ton defender some good friends of mine have asked | for permission to put my name up for membership | in the club. In the event of the Boston defender | being the winning boat in the trial races I will have | the supreme management of her in the races with 3 Shamrock II without belonging to the New York | Yacht Club.” It will be seen the New' York men claim they have control of the famous cup against any American com- petitor whatever, and it is to be presumed they have | a right to make the claim upon the terms under ! which the cup is held. Nevertheless, they would make a mistake if they should insist upon that right, to the exclusion of yachts from other American ¢lubs iron. the trial races. If Massachusetts or any other State can build a better yacht than the New York men can obtain, and if in fair trial the New York boat be beaten, the winner should of right be the American champion against the foreigner, and if successfui should have the cup. The only value of the trophy is derived from being the symbol of victory in yacht racing against all | comiers, and if by technicality the right to compete is denied to any yachting club or yachtsman, the cup will no longer be a prize to boast of. In the contest against the British challenger America should put her best boat in the race, and if that happen to be a Bos- ton instead of a New York boat let Boston have the | trophy. Next time New York might have better | 4= : 4 fuck. FASHION HINT FROM PARIS. SEEKING STATEHOOD. ¥ Y the platform adopted at Philadelphia the Re- B publican party declared last summer: “We favor home rule for and the early admission to state- hood of the Territories of New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma.” In each of the Territories the people deem that an “early” admission should be admission at once, and accordingly there is to be a strong effort made to attain statehood as rapidly as the legal processes can be carried through. Of the three applicants Oklahoma haé much the best chance for eariy admission. A bill providing for her admittance is now in the hands of the Senate | Committee on Territories, and as Senator Shoup of Idaho, chairman of the committee, is known to be favorable to the ambitions of that as well as of other Westesn communities, it is expected the committee will promptly report ‘he measure and urge its adop- tion, The bill purposesto make Oklahoma a State of con- siderable importance by extending her boundaries so as to include Indian Territory. A double object is to be served by the extension, for in addition to aug- menting the domain and the population of the pro- posed new State it will eliminate any question of the later admission of Indian Territory as a separate State. This feature of the bill has met with no little approvai in the East, where the people seem to be indisposed to admit any more Western Senators than they can help. Oklahoma has good grounds upon which to claim statehood. Since its lands were opened to settlement ite growth and progress have been extraordinary even in this country of marvelous developments. It has now a population approaching 400,000, has built up cities and towns and laid the foundations of diversi- fied industries from which much in the way of wealth and prosperity can be assuredly looked for. Neithor Arizona nor New Mexico can make anything like an equal showing, and consequently the chances are they will have to wait some years after Oklahoma takes her place as the forty-sixth State of the Union and has her star blazoned upon the national banner. e ———— A good many Republican papers in the East are clamoring for an immediate ratification of the various reciprocity treaties now in the hands of the Senate, but they might almost as well ask for a repudiation of the protective system altogether. Most of the trea- ties promise something for the East, but have no reciprocal advantages for the West. It is reported that Senator Tillman has had his hair cut extra short, but whether that means pe has shorn oft his Populism or is getting ready for a fight is not | ern Hotel at Seattle, Is at the Grand. Tempevance Union, is a guest at the Pal- ace Hotel, having arrived from the scene of her Eastern labors jate on Wednesday | night. ands to-morrow on her way home. ANOTHER “PUNCH ” AT JOHN BULL. Bull, I must trouble you for somethi in it than I expected.—From London ng on account—there’s a lot more work Punch. s PERSONAL MENTION. Dr. Stephen J. Wise of Portland is at the Palace. T. J. Field, a Monterey banker, s stop- ping at the Palace. General W. W. Muller and wife of Fres- no are at the California. Dr. Herman Reamer and wife of Pitts-! burg are at the Grand. A. W. Maltby, a Concord rancher, is at the Grand with his wife. F. A. Hihn, banker at Santa Cruz, registered at the Palace. William McRae, is manager of the North-| W. A. Junker, manager of the Del| Monte Hotel, is registered at the Palace, William H. Hanson, an extensive lum. ber dealer at Redwood City, Is at the Pal ace. F. H. Smyth, superintendent of the Langtry farm, is at the Russ for a few | ays. Dr. and Mrs. L. E. Cofer of the United States marine hospital service are at the | Occidental. % W. J. Rothschild, a London capltalist, who has beep prospecting in Arizona, is at the California. | W. H. Hennage, who has extensive ol | interests in the Bakersfield district, is| among the recent arrivals at the Russ. | W. J. Shotweil. general agent of the | Denver and Rio Grande, leaves to-day for | Salt Lake City, where he will spend the | hlidays. | J. W. Adams, Pacific Coast passenger agent of the Nickel Plate Railroad, left | last evening for Buffalo, where he will at- | tend a meeting of railroad officials. I George W. Eaton and wife of Los An- geles have taken apartments at the Pal- ace for a few days. Mr. Eaton is a prom- inent caplitalist in the southern part of the State. Miss Ada Mercutt of Australia, interna- tional_lecturer of the Woman's Christian | } | | | } She will sail for the Hawallan Isl LEATHER CLOTH MANTLE. The mantle represented is of suede col- ored leather cioth. It is full behind and curved beneath the arms. It has two col- lars stitched and la) faced with red velvet. The mantle is stitched down (he front and round the bottom. to Explorers. The class of explorers whom the ungen- tle Thibetan turns out of his country with more asperity than any other s the nat- uralist. Before Sikkim was annexed a of science had been th h th mtry c:t\lml.n 8] ens of t! :'nlf mal and table fe of the litf % tle king- dom, and tl now are - vinced firmly that any man who collects moths Is to grab territ; It is safer to cri fil s bet with a drawn_sword in one's hand than with a butterfly net. ~ A GAY SEASON is promised at Hotel dei Coronads, Coronado, Cal., this winter with a ing of field trials club, hunting. fishing. boat- ing. dancing. ete. —_— ANSWERS TO QUERIES A DAY IN 1884P. 8. M., City. The 16th of November, 1884, fell on a Sunday. RAINFALL—A. 8., City. The rainfall in San Francisco during the season of 1888-90 was 45.85 inches. COMPRESSED ATR—P. H., City. Com- pressed air held in storage tanks is used to operate strect rallways and machinery. A DIME OF 14)—E. C. F., Oak'and, Cal. | A atme of 1840 is not one of those coins | for which dealers offer a premium. The | selling price of such is from 25 to 65 cents. OSTEOPATHY—O. 8., City. Osteopathy is the science of treating disease of the bone structure of the human body. There are several osteopathists in San Fran- | eisco. TONNAGE RATING—C., Jamestown, Cal. The paper on “Tonnage Rating of Locomotives,” read some time since by B. A. Worthington before the Pgelfic Coast Raflway Club, i# to be found in the print- €1 preceedings of that body. THE CUSTOM-HOUSE—W. T. L., City. | All positions in the Custom-house, except cashier, one chief clerk or principal dep- uty and one principal deputy collector, are under civil service rules. For application blanks apply to the secretary of the com- mission in that branch of the service. RATLWAY MILEAGE—W. R., City. The mileage of the San Francisco and North Pacifie Coast Rallroad, including 211 branches, is eighty-eight miles; that of the California and Northwestern Rail- way and branches is 165 miles of track. The gauge of the first named is three feet | and of the latter four feet eight and one- half inches. THE CENTURY-—R. B., Mare Island, Cal. As it takes one hundred years to complete a century, the first century did not close until the last day of the year 100, The second century commenced with the first day of the year 101. So on down the line. The 1900th yYear will close December 31, 1900, and the twentleth century will be- gin January 1, 1901 MILITARY SERVICE—Farmer, Modes- | service is compulsory | to, Cal. Military in Germany, Austria, France, Spain, Rus- #ia, Turkey, Servia, Italy, Holland, Den- mark, Sweden and Norw: The army of Roumania is recruited by general con- scription. Britain and in Belgium service in the army is by voluntary enlistment. COMMISSION MERCHANTS-H. C. Q.; Auburn, Tal. This department has time and again announced :hat it does not ad- vertise any business. By reason of that rule, it cannot answer the question, “Will vou publizh the fddress of ——, gam £nd poultry dealer in San Francisco”’ The correspondent shouid ha ent a self-ad dressed and stam; envelope and the In- formation would have been sent by mail. TRANSLATION—T. C., Dixon, Cal. A publication that is not protected by copy- | right may be translated and published by any one without permission of the author or original publisher. If copyrighted and the copyright has not expired a person wishing to translate the publication would have to obtaln permission from the one holding the copyright and make arrange- ments for publication in the translated ! language. PATENT—Subscriber, Berkeley, The best rule for an inventor to follow is to secure the services of a reputable pat- ent attorney to procure a patent for him. If the inventor is not prepared to submit Eis model and fears that some one might et a patent for a llke invention before e does, he can file a caveat. which pro- tects him for one y®ar. This costs ten dollars and may be renewed for another year. BEFORE AND AFTER MARRIAGE— 0. C. J., City. This correspondent asks: “If a man has known a lady for many years and has always called her by her lven name, and the lady marries, would t be proper for that man to continue a dressing the hdy:{ her given name?" When the lady marries conditions change, and the man who knew her before mar- riage called her by her given name shculd adapt himself fo the new condi- tions address her by her new title. The husband would have the right to ob- Ject to any man, unless a relative, ad- d ing his wife by Ler given name. GROWING TO WOOD—W. J., Coro- nado Beach, Cal. The question relative to fruit trees growing to wood and that are weak In frult was submitted to a rominent orchaydist, whe furnished the ollowlug answer: ‘Young trees on very rich ‘sofl sometimes do not come into bearing as soon as they should, because they are growing too Vigorousy. They cmt\ lome’t mer- be thrown lnlm fruit by not pruning for one year. If regul: pl;::ied they will go on S wood. In old trees the troubl, is owi: to the defective vnfiie‘e".lergill{ remedy is to graft over to some ol va- riety known to be a good bearer.” ARRESTS-J. E. J., King City, Cal. It a peace officer is armed with a warrant for the arrest of an individual charged with battery or any misdemeanor he is authorized to arrest him In his own house or any place in which he finds him, be- tween sunrise and sunset. If he should reet and the ny , the to enter the house ev. breaking in the shoul oor shut on'hlm and -tuuau: m Any citizen has the right to rest for any misdemeanor com: his presence. be T not committed armed with a wn:-'f un rant. he has reason to beli Rly\amn m.‘.hflymnl' Telony committed. o g —_— SCULPTOR S-L-SB-RY (at work on a statue of Victory)—I'm afraid, Mr. In the United States, Great | Cal. | making more | extent of leve that » | el 'EDITORIAL UTTERANCE IN VARIETY | No Unfriendly Feeling. The German press and people should be {'the last in the world to charge Americans | with being “particularly veromous | against ?emuf:y.‘d‘ Tr.re Hu(hhls. '?'::a:: very little unfriend'y feeling here to: | G:’rna.ny, almost none at all.—INDIAN- | APOLIS JOURNAL. Why It’s a Good Thing. A Democratic minority in Congress is a good thing. It may occasionally render the nation a valuable service. But ‘he distance between the Democratic politi- cians ‘and the surpius can never be too great to fully satisfy the business inter- ests of the country.—CHICAGO TIMES- HERALD. | Basis of- National Prosperity. In no small degree national prosperity depends upon sound - financial conditions | | | and stable credit, and these have been put beyond peril or apprehension. With a fuller currency resting upon assured basis of gold, protecied by the command which our trade balance gives us over the world's supply of thé precious metal, our money Institutions are able to meet rery requirement without a strain | give capital_an unwonted freedom movemen Money i y to get for th of feg ands a while t its em- itimate ood uses prise, return from The theory that men over 35 should rest from their labors and endeavor to com- pose themselves in reclining chairs finds friends and advocates in unexpected quar- ters. Ome of the leading business men of New York says that he bas taken only one vacation in forty years, and that he still suffers from the exercise he indulged | in then. In his office he sits continually | end rever thinks of taking a walk after | busiress hours. Numerous cages are cited with a view to showing that the man who gets along with the least possible exer- cise 1s the man who lives the longest, has the best time and is generally the most successful. —CHICAGO INTER OCEAN. | What Would Wesley Say? ‘What would John Wesley, who preached | that ‘“cleaniiness is indeed next to godli- s, say to the Pittsburg magistrate who yesterday committed a tramp named | Worth for ssessing himself of a cake of soep? e culprit removed—we really | can’t write “stole”—the soap from the washroom of a police station in which he had lodged over night. It's altogether a | mysterious case—strange that a stationy | house should be selected as the theater | of such an exploit, stranger that Pltts- burg policemen should have soap in their | possession, strangest of all that a tramp | should thus lay hands upon ihe thing ab- horred of bis tribe.~NEW YORK HER~ | ALD. | Rough on Tramps. The Supreme Court of Ohlio has ex- amined the State’s new anti-tramp law | and does not find anything unconstitue tional in it. This law Is certalnly a tere ror to tramps. It says that any person | of the male sex. not afflicted with blind- ness, not a resident of the country, who is “found going about begging,” shall be deemed a tramp. Then it says further: “Any tramp who enters a dwelling-house or vard or inclosure about a dwelling- house, against the will or without the per- mission of the owner or occupant thereof, | or does not, when requested, immediate- Iy leave such place, shall be fmprisoned not more than three nor less than one ! year.” " ‘It was the fortune of one Tim- othy Hogan to furnish the test case and ve fame at the cost of the incar- on.—HARTFORD COURANT. | The Real American. In these days of growing trade relations between the two countries, when Eng- lishmen find it to their interest to in- vest so much of their capital in American industries, would not writers and corre- spondents do well to portray the real America and show how, in spite of its youthful love of grotesque fun, its so- cial, political and commercial life 1s re- { sponsive to what is best and most endur- ing in the civilization of the Old Wor! Were they to do this they would at first doubtless disappoint those who think America a nation of minstrel “end men,™ but in the end they would earn the grati. tude of all who belleve that the pro- gTess and prospertty of the world are best romoted by nations and men coming to ow _one another as they are.—NEW YORK TRIBUNE. Passion for Revenge. While our envoys at Peking are ne- gotiating with the authorized represen- tatives of China, why should Germany, | for instance, send a few regiments fifty or a hundred miles from Peking to burn lages on the slender pretext that cert Christians must be protected, who w not in any immediate danger? These peditions are unwarranted. 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