The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 9, 1901, Page 6

6 Che Sodose Call WEDNESDAY.................JANUARY 9, 1901 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Adéress All Oommunications to W. 5. LEAKE, Manager. MANAGIIR'S OFFICE. Telephone Press 204 PUBLICATION OFFICE Market and Third, S. F. Telephone Press 201, EDITORIAL ROOMS Teie: ..217 te 221 Stevemsom St. one Press 20Z. Deltvered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Coples, 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage: DATLY CALL (including Sunday), one year. 96.00 DAILY CALL (including Bunday), § months. 2.00 DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 3 months.. 1.5 3 1.50 1.00 All postmasters are authorized to receive subscript b Sampie coples will be forwarded when requested. Masl subscribers in ordering change of address should be particular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order % insure & prompt and correct compliance with their request. OAKLAND OFFICE... v ....1118 Broadway | €. GEORGE KROGNESS. Masager Foreign Advertising, Marqustte Building, Chicage, (Long Distance Telephone *Central 2619.") 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Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon and ~Vaudeville je—Benefit performance \" families of hursday, January 17 Rev. Peter C. Yorke, (Dakland)—Races. AUCTION SALES. By Frank W. Butterfie rkish Rugs. o'c roughbred Horses, ™ HARRISON'S ““H@AIL COLUMBIA.”’ E\LI‘RESII) NT HARRISON in replying to H Columbia,” at a recent banquet ambia Club occasion 1o j s utterances concerning the rela- tion of the © Rico, and in doing s he Philippines and Porto gave to captious Republicans and to exuberant Br humor and wisdom were pleasantly mingled. nites some advice in which Upon the issue rolved in our relations to the isl- ards he said: “I have no argument to make, here or anywhere, against territorial expansion, but I do io, look to expansion as the safest or most attractive avenue of national development. By the advantages abundant and cheap coal and iron, of an enormous surplus of food products and of in- wention and economy in production, we are now lead- ing by a nose the original and the greatest of the colonizing nations. Australia and New Zealand loy- ingents to South Africa, but Great Britain cannot hold the trade of its colonies agains: American offerings of a better or cheaper product. The Central and South American states, assured of* our purpose, not only to respect but to defend their autonomy, and finding the peace and social order which a closer and larger commercial intercourse with the world will bring, offer to our commerce a field the full development of which will realize the El Do- rado. Hail to Columbia, the home of the free, and from which only freedom can go out.” Having thus stated his views upon the main ques- tion he next turned his attention to the critics who have charged him with acting in a manner unworthy of an ex-President. These critics, it will be remem- bered, have asserted that a former President should not condemn the acts of an existing administration. Mr. Harrison met the charge with delightful banter by saying: “The decapitation of the ex-President when the oath of office has been administered to his successor would greatly vivify a somewhat tiresome ceremonial. And we may some time solve the news- paper problem what to do with our ex-Presidents ia that conclusive way. Until then I hope an ex-Presi- dent may be permitted to live somewhere midway be- tween the house of gossip and the crypt of | the mummy. He will know perhaps in an especial way how to show the highest honor to the Presidential office and the most courteous deference to the Presi- dent. Upon great questions, however, especially upon questions of constitutional law, you must give an ex-President his freedom or the ax, and it is too late to give me the ax.” In conclusion he referred to the claims made by some Democrats that his opposition to “imperialism” is leading him to Bryanism, and said: “To me the Democratic party has never been less attractive than now. No plan of reorganization suggests itself to me, except that suggested by a waggish lieutenant of my regiment to a captain whose platoons were in- verted. He said: ‘Captain, if I were in your place I would break ranks and have the orderly call the roll’ Perhaps even this hopeful Jprogramme may tai! for an inability to agree as to the roll and as to the oraerly.” Here is wit and wisdom combined. The touch upon each issue is light but effective. It is not likely any intelligent Republican will hereafter deny the right of a former President of the Unitgd Statss to speak upon the political questions of the day, and if he choose to dissent from the policy of his successor: nor will agny Bryanite regard Mr. Harrison as a prob- able convert to Democracy. To both classes of crit'cs he has given “Hail, Columbia,” in more senses than one the toast, in Indianapolis, took not, as s The woman preacher of San Jose, who has been thrown three times in jail for insisting upon creating scenes which block public thoroughfares, must have some curious notions of the correct way to carry the messages of the prince of peace. | difficult and slow. CHINESE INDEMNITY. HERE is a distinct line drawn between public Tindemnity demanded for itself by one nation of another and private indemnity to recoup a citi- zen, which his Government enforces against a nation which has despoiled bim as an individual. In the case of China the allies were compelled to send a joint military force to rescue their legations. The cost of this armed force and exemplary indemnity as a guarantee against future occurrence of the same form of trouble are properly urged as public, gov- ernmental concerns. But there is a complication novel to diplomacy. If the allies themselves, or a majority of them, are to dictate the amount of this indemnity, they may vse the opportunity to compel a partition of China. It is easily seen that if the amount demanded is beyond her ability to pay in cash, the allies must either abate it down to her capacity or they must move upon her territory and divide it among them in lieu of the money she is unable to pay. ; The keenest sighted statesmen in all the interested nations. are averse to the partition of China. They doubt the wisdom of such an enterprise and are averse to tésting the power of China to resist. That such policy could be accomplished only by a long and exhausting war, which to succeed must practically exterminate the able-bodied men in a population of | civil authorities alike. The world’s humanity turns its face away from the spectacle of such carnage. Commerce shrinks from it. While such a struggle goes on the trade with China will be suspended, and the devastations of war will so impair the fortunes and resources of the people as to make its restoration be affected, but the commercial nations, deprived of that demand, will more bitterly contest with each other for the placing of their surplus, largely increased | by the elimination of the Chinese market. This con- dition will react upon the cotton-g:owers of the United States and the producers of foodstuffs every- where. In the military field there will arise the risk of conflicts of ambition between the partitioning na- tions themselves, and the struggle may possibly lead | tc a breach of the peace of the world. With such appalling consequences impinged upan the issue, wisdom dictates that China have her day in court and that the final decision be in an arbitration that can calmly weigh all the humane, military and commercial considerations that are involved. Just such a case, of egqual magnitude, and involving such issues, has never before appeared in the world's history. The United States is in the affair by compulsion and not by the choice of our Goverpment or people Our legation was besieged, our Minister in peril, our honor at stake. We moved promptly to the rescue and wrought effectively in it. President McKinley was compelled by the circum- stances to act in conjunction with the allies. His policy has so far prevailed. He has compelled the other nations to conceal, if not to abandon, their ter- ritorial designs. po’icy of revenge, and in the joint note a fair basis of agreement has been presented to China and cepted by her as the protocol of a treaty of adjust- ment. It is now evident that our Government desires that China shall be treated fairly, that the sore issue shall be arbitrated, and the use of indemnity as an excuse for partition shall be denied to the other allies. All Americans, except some over-zealous mission- aries, will applaud and support this poli It necessary to its success that the other allies under- stand that the President has the powerful and un- troken support of the American people. Therefore by every avenue of expression it should be made known that he is backed by practical unanimity. In this way an inhuman war may be averted, a commer- cial struggle may be zvoided, and Christendom may have a chance to repair its somewhat damaged repu- tation. | RAILROAD COMBINATIONS. | UCH of the annual report of the Interstate \M Commerce Commission transmitted to Con- " gress on January 4 is devoted to a considera- tion of railroad combinations and the causes leading | to them. The synopsis given out to the press opens | with a summary of the statements of the commission concerning that phase of interstate commerce. It is the old story of the effort to evade the effects of com- petition and to escape the regulations of law. The commission reports, in the first place, that the anti-trust law is ineffective. The synopsis of the re- port says: “It is evident that railroad managers gen- | erally have made no attempt to conform their prac- tices to the spirit of this law. They may keep within its letter and succeed in avoiding its penalties, but they claim that they are virtually compelled to coun- teract its aim and evade its observance. Thus it hap- pens that some of the most important and useful in- cidents of railway service are maintained by methods which are believed to be inharmonious with if not in actual violation of a Federal statute.” It is pointed out that the competitive system is re- sponsible for many of the evasions and violations of the law, as the struggle for traffic leads the various | roads to resort to such practices to get business. The | report says: “The policy now pursued cannot and | will not prevent an cutcome of vicious discrimina- | tions, and, what is nfost unfortunate of all, those discriminations favor the few and place the many at | a disadvantage; they aid the strong, who have no | need of assistance, and handicap the weak with bur- dens which by comparison are always unjust and often destructive.” y Railroad managers are as eager to get rid of com- | petition as are persons in any other line of industry, and, as the report savs: “In no branch of industry | probably is the inducement to form combinations of this sort greater or the advantages to be hoped for | from them when formed more certain than in railway | operation.” Moreover, it is said the statutes them- eelves operate to produce combinations, since they forbid independent roads to form pooling contracts fodf legitimate self-protection. Coming then directly to the subject of railway combinations the synopsis continues: “The commis- | sion has no official knowledge of the extent of recent | rzilway combinations, but it has informed itself as well as possible from unofficial sources. Disregarding ' mere rumors, but taking account of well authenticated statements, there were absorbed in various ways be- | tween July 1, 1800, and November 1, 1900, 25,311 miles | of railroad. There are in the whole United States ;something less than 200,000 miles of railroad, and | i more than one-eighth of this entire mileage was. within the above period, brought, in one way and another, under the control of other lines. * * # | The commission goes on to say that when we con- | sider what has actually been done, what is undoubt- lqfly in contemplation, the entire feasibility of these schemes, the very great advantage which would re- four hundred millions, is apparent to military and | Not only will the Chinese trade | Germany has had to suspend her | sult to the owners of the properties involved, and the faet that a step once taken in that direction is seldom retraced, it becomes evident that in the immediate future the main transportation lines of this country will be thrown into great groups, controlling their own territory, and not subject, with respect to most of their traffic, to serions competition.” Many economic advantages will result from the combinations, but a danger lies in the fact that the only check upon the rates is thereby removed. The commission says: “Tt is idle to say that freight rates cannot be advanced. During the past year they have been, by concerted action upon a vast volume of traffic, advanced in every part of this country. It i3 equally idle to say that they will not be advanced. It is both human nature and the lesson of history that unlimited power induces misuse of that power. Rail- ways are not combining for the purpose of ‘extortion and abuse,’ but none the less should the people pro- vide some protection against that possible result of the combination.” Upon that showing of facts it is clear the commis- sion is justified in asking for greater powers. Unjust | freight discriminations between localities and indi- | viduals are becoming serious matters, and it is time something be done to guard the rights of the people against extortions that may be practiced. THE POLYCLINIC BULLETIN. ROM the San Francisco Polyclinic there has | | [:" to be published quarterly, for the announced | purpose of enlightening “the members of the medical ! profession concerning an institution of which most | have insufficient knowledge and many entertain erroneous impressions.” [ The number just issued contains sixty-two pages |and is attractively made up, being printed in good readable type on an excellent quality of paper. The | contents are divided into four parts—one containing | original communications concerning cases that have devoted to editorial work, the third to reviews of new | medical treatises, and the fourth is known as the “periscope section,” being subdivided periscope and surgical periscope. | It is announced that subsequent issues will contain statistical records showing the work done in differen: | departments, announcements of courses of post grad- | uate instruction, reports of changes in staff, and original articles embodying the results of experience acquired in the clinics. | The Bulletin will doubtless fill an important place in the field of medical work, and merits a cordial sup- rort from the profession. It is under the editorship oi Dr. J. Wilson Shiels and Dr. Frank B. Eaton, and consequently may be expected to take a high rank amiong the medical publications of the country. into medical THE OLD LIGHT AND THE NEW. HEN the old century was about to close it was a familiar saying, “It had come in with tallow w candles and gone out with the arc light.” The phrase and the fact impressed the popular imagina- | tion everywhere, and hardly a single glorification of the nineteenth century was written or uttered that did not make use of it. y | Philadelphia in preparing for the celebration of the | new century concluded to make a display of this con- | trast in lights. The great City Hall, of which Phila- | delphians are so proud, was illuminated by electricity | regardless of expenge. Every form of arc and of in- | candescent lamp was placed upon the structure along | all salient lines of roof and of column in order to | make as glorious a splendor as humanity can achieve For the purpose of adding to the brilliant effect by | comparison the unobtrusive old building, Indepen- dence Hall, was lighted with tallow candles. It wasa | Eappy thought. The people were to see the lights of our time and the lights of the fathers in contrast, and the triumph of the age was to be made manifest to the eyes of all. It is always the unexpected that happens, even in Philadelphia. The result of the happy thought was not happy. The Public Ledger in commenting next | morning upon what had happened during the night | said of that feature of the show: “It was a good idea in itself, but the fog came down and showed that the century had accomplished nothing in the way of over- coming fog by artificial lights; or, at all events, that under conditions of fog the incandescent electric lamp is no better than the candle of our. forefathers. Asa matter of fact, the candles seemed to have rather the best of it, the mass of light being more concentrated in the flame of the candle than in the filament of the electric light. - The twentieth century ought to do something in the way of dispelling fogs.” Here is a subject for a song and a parable for a sermon all in one. We are not so far ahead of our fathers as in our exultant vanity we have deemed our- selves. Those tallow candles in old Independencs Hall showing clear and steadily through the fog while the blazing arc lights failed is a very good symbol of many phases of contrast between the new age and the old. A great deal of modern life is like the electric light, very brilliant and showy so long as skies are clear, but of little value when the fogs of disaste- come. The old tallow candles were not far flaming even on the fairest of nights, but their light was con- centrated and was about as good in a fog as at any other time. Homely life like a candle is evidently not a thing to be despised, and there are times, as Phila- delphia has learned, when the old light is better than the new. D — When President McKinley visits us in May we ought to give him an object lesson in Californian gen- crosity which he will never forget. We should show him that we are as generous with other material things as we are with our votes, and that California is in all truth the golden State of Republican prosperity. —_— A clever and unusual project is well adfanced to construct a bicycle track more than 100 miles long around the island of Tahiti. Horsemen who have suffered from wild riders ought to suggest the pro- priety of exporting enough of them to the southern isle to give life to the track. LTI It is extremely significant that in the raids which the local police are making upon Chinese gambling houses where white men are supposed to gamble no white men are caught by the vigilant officers of the law. Perhaps the Chinese who have been raided can tell why. Vgt Seattle is making a swift pace in the race to be known as a town of most peculiar originality. It is contemplating with great complacency the start- ling fact that one of its citizens asserted his pre- rogatives and robbed a policeman. 5 —_— The British Columbian highwayman who robbed a woman of 10 cents the other day and then presented her with $5 may certainly be commended for two qualities which are not usually found in combination— gallantry and insolence : just been issued the first of a series of bulletins | | occurred in the practice of the writers, the sécond | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1901. CRAM’S SUPER IOR ATLAS State School Superintendefit Kirk Warmly ; Commends the Work. ¥. 8. Leake, Esq. Editor *Call,* 8an Francisco. Dear Sir:-- once predisposed me in its favor, ceivable subject. I consider the book of reference. Very N every hand pours in commenda- tlon of the new century Geo- graphical and Historical Atlas, which the San Francisco Call has secured for early distribution to its patrons. The above letter from State School Superintendent Thomas J. Kirk is only one of half a hundred similarly com- plimentary written by other educators in the State. “I have carefully examined The Call Atlas,” he says, “‘published by George F. Cram, the famous map and atlas maker. The name of Cram as the publisher at once predisposed me in its favor. * * * I consider the work equal to the ordinary encyclopedia of many volumes, and cer- tainly far more handy to the busy man as a book of reference.” Coming from such an eminent and dis- interested authority, no higher commend- ation could be asked. The Call relies upon e S o \ Dictateds — st Devartment of Gducation. Slartamond, Decesber 13, 1900; I have carefully examined the *Call® Atlas, published by Geo. P. | Crem the famous map and atlas maker. I turned the leaves and noticed the fine maps, comprehensive tables of statistics and the valuable and readsble reports upon almost every com= | of many volumes, and certainly far more handy to the busy man es & The name of Cram as the publisher at and my expectations wers fully met as | | work equal to the ordinary cyclopeedia truly your, the atlas itself to furnish the justice of the compliment. It is convenient in size, | 12x15 Inches, and complete in detail, its | 650 pages containing: A complete series of maps of modern geography. A chronological outline of American his- tory. A concise account of the political history of the United States. | An accurate compilation of facts and | figures from the latest United States cen- sus reports. | A complete gazetteer of cities, towns | and villages with the latest census. Maps of Alaska, Philippines, Cuba, Ha- | wall, all up to date. { One dollar and fifty cents in cash and six months’ subscription to the Daily Call | | will entitle you to this splendid book of reference. The atlas will be ready for dis- | tribution about March 1 PERSONAL MENTION. Judge Frank Short of Fresno is at the Palace. Dr. M. M. Shearer of Santa Rosa is at the Lick. James Ferguson, a Denver mining man, is at the Palace. Louis Kahn, an Oakdale banker, is reg- istered at the Lick. Charles G. Bonner, a prominent Fresno business man, is.at the Grand. Los Angeles, is registered at the Palace. James M. Meighan, a mining man of Groveland, is stopping at the Occidental. ers I% the St#te, is stopping at the Pal- ace. Major John F. Dickson and daughter of Houston, Tex., are late arrivals at the Grand. Dr. H. N. Winton and wife of Haywards have taken apartments at the Occidental for a few days. J. J. Hebbron, superintendent of the Pa- clfic Improvement Company’s property at Salinas, is stopping at the Grand for a few days. Rev. George Campbell, a Baptist mis- sionary, who has been located at Swatow, in the southern part of China, for the past thirteen years, arrived in this city yester- day and is stopping at the Russ House. T. S. Cunningham, editor of the Yukon Sun at Dawson, is spending the winter in this city. He brought with him a sack of { Klondike nuggets and several pounds in- crease of adipose tissue. Mr. Cunningham was formerly manager of the Postal Tele- graph office in this city. Among those who arrived here from China yesterday was Miss E. F. Bough- ton, a missionary who was at one time located at Wel Hien. She was one of the last refugees to escape the fury of the Boxers. She fled from her house with- out eaving anything except the clothes she wore. In company with Mr. Chalfant, another missionary, she walked to Kiao- chau, where the two were received and cared for by the Germans. Miss Bough- ton is on her way to Troy, N. Y., her home. ———— CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—G. Homage of Stockton is at the St. James; A. G. Mec- Finnis of Los Angeles is at the Raleigh; Mrs. H. H. Bancroft and Miss Lucy Ban- croft of San Francisco are at the Arling- ton; Mrs. F. Mears of San Francisco is at the Ebbitt. FASHION HINTS FROM PARIS. Edward Chambers, with the Santa Fe at | John Fennell, one of the largest ranch- ! {ANSWERS TO QUERIES. MANHATTAN ISLAND-J. F., Gilroy, | | Cal. Manhattan Island, New York, is | part of New York County. | KENTUCKY'S VOTE—Subscriber, City At the November election Kentucky went Republican by a plurality of 7975. CHICAGO—Curious, City. Chicago is an Indian name and was used by the tribes | to deslgmu the smell of a wild onlon or | & skun] COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO-P. 8., | City. The novel “The Count of Monte | Cristo,” by Alexandre Dumas, pere, s a work of pure flction. | MARIE CORELLI—S., City. The ad- dress of Marie Corelli, the authoress, may be obtained from the pubiishers of her works if they feel inclined to give it CHRISTADELPHIANS Subscriber, | City. Christadelphians is the name given | to a religious sect that originated in the | United States and which now exists in other countries. | | | Haywards, Cal. The total vote of New York State was 1547,912. McKinley's vote was 8§21,992; Bryan 678,3%. In the city of New York McKinley's vote was 153’,033., Bryan 181,799. | nothin | tion from McKINLEY IN*NEW YORK—A. C. s“; sess to make wedlock compulsory ? |EDITORIAL FOR CALL SUBSCRIBERS| UTTERANCE IN VARIETY Coal in British Columbia. The new century will see British Colum- bia one of the chief coal producing coun- tries in the world. The famous flelds of Vancouver Island and of the Crows Nest Pas: e already a continental reputa- = h’l":‘ exploitation of the Okanagan m. rove the center of the province to belzlpflch,ln black diamonds as the coast and the eastern section around Fernle.— Vancouver World. Secret of the Heart. M:. Rockefeller's t\mn{l tinues to contribute to the gayety of na- tions. The very latest discovery an- nounced by the Chicago professors is less than the secret of the heart. ave found out what makes the eart beat. It is simple when you know t. It is salt. Without salt the heart would be still and pulseless. Give it suf- ficlent salt and it will pulsate through the university con- They | ages,—Philadelphia Times. Pacific Coast Shipping. The pushing capitalists of the Pacific Coast are not waiting for the passage of the ship subsidy bill to help them in the establishment of new steamship lines. Not only the growing Asian frade will he assisted by new facilities of transporta- acific ports, but the long lected trade of the west coast of South America will be cultivated and expanded The practical European monopoly of South American commerce ought not to continue.—Philadelphia Record. ‘We Beat the World. We are selling shoes in Germany te such an exten: that the German factories are crippied. We furnish better shoes and Jor_less money than they can get home. The average earning of the Ger- man shoe worker is about $4 per week. The same employment in this country (by Massochusetts statistics) pays from $I1 to 315 a week, and even the female merchant hand is earning $10 a week, and yet we compete with Germany. Does this look | as if we needed a subsidized industry?— Buffalo Commercial. “Scientists” in Court. Christian Seientists contend there is no limit to their influence. They are now seeking to demonstrate the truthfulness of this assertion in a practical way. Be- fore one of the New York courts there is a contested will case pending, and every day the courtroom is thronged with Chris- tian Scientists. whose avowed object is to influence the Judge in rendering an opin- fon to their liking by the silent exercise on his mind of the psychical powers which the scientists belleve they possess.—Ar- kansas Gazette. | Cur Foreign Trade Record. The last year of the century closes with a new foreign trade record for the United | States. The 1899 total of exports and im- orts surpassed any previously attained— ,051,000.000. The total for 1900, estimating the business of December, will exceed that by $250,000,000. The foreign trade of the vear leaves a balance of about $620.- ,000 in favor of the United States. Last year it was $460,000,000. Little wonder that commercial Europe is taking counsel with itself as to what can be done to meet the wonderful trade expansion of the United States.—Utica Press. Royalty Invests With Us. A New York trade journal has discov- ered that Queen Victoria owns $5.000.000 worth of mortgages on New York real estate from which she derives an ann l‘ncomes of $250,000, The Prince of Wales also ow: $.000,000 worth of American securities, while Emperor Willtam has $3,000,000 in- vested in American raflroad stocks, and the Czar has 36,000.000 invested in a simi- lar manner. It is stated that even the roval family of Spain has $2,000,000 in American securities. All are jealous of America, yet all areVanxious to “get a finger in the pie.”—Iowa State Register. Imperialism at Red Top. Mnffl!ml? Strohreker. of Red Top, S. C., bids fair to acquire a wide reputation because of his order that all megroes liv- ing at that place shall marry. The com- munity is said to be notorfously lax In its moral code, and the magistrate thinks that there will he an Improvement if ther: is more matrimeny and less of the o order of things. This policy was fnstitute by Governor Leary in Guam, and presum ably worked well In that distant islan but it is a question whether or not it fitted for the latitude and longitude of South Carolina. And, by the way, what authority does Magistrate Strohreker pos- Mr. Bryan ought to investigate this seemmg infringement of the doctrine of the con- sent of the governed in a rabidly Demo- cratic State.—Providence Journal. | Australia Approves. I i is = | _The election of a President of the United POPULAR VOTE—J. E. B., City, and | gtates Is an event of profound interest to others. The following is the popular vote | the whole English speaking household. No for President at the election last Novem- | European succession—not that to the Dot nihefigures are subject to slight re- | throne of Germany or of Russia or of | viston. ~McKinley (R.), 7,233,715; Bryan | Austria—is of such Importance to us as D.), 6,265,688: Wooley (Pro.), 207,520 er | the succession to the White House. Thae Paop.&, 150,931; Debs (S. D.), §4,723; Mal- | Americans are our kinsfolk. The great om (& L), 39,966, Leonard (U.'CJ, 1069; | English _ speaking republic, 75000000 Ellis (U. R.}, 569%. | strong, divides with the British empire S —— | itself the hopes and the pride of Englis VARIOUS COINS—D., San Rafael, Cal. | speaking civilization. Ar?d t;leo cr—g tl"\’; the whole- Anglo-Saxon kin is involved in the manner in which our American kin- dred choose their sovereign. Mr. McKin- ley’'s re-election Is, of course, a welcome event for the British empire. Mr. Bryan's triumph would have disordered both the finances of the world and the foreign rela- tions of the British empire.—Melbourne Argus. No premium is offered for half dollars of 1827 or 1830, nor for a half cent of 1S07. | The copper coin described, bearing on one | face an eye surrounded by thirteen rays and having thirteen stars and the words Nova Constellatio, and on the other a mon of the United States in a| wreath with the words and figures Lib- | ertas and Justitia, 1755, is one of the ex- | perimental copper coins issued during | Continental times and is,not a rare one. | 5:3& may be procured from dealers for 35 LIBRARIES—B. F. T.,, City. If you have a complaint against the library you name in your communication you should | lay that complaint before the librarian for his investigation. In your com- plaint you say that you have to walt long | At one window for books on account of | the crush and that the clerks at other windows have hardly lny‘!hlni to do. 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