The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 28, 1901, Page 6

A REMEDY FOR THE WRONG. ESPITE the fact that the people of San Fran- cisco voted down a proposition to license poolrooms in this city, a majority of the Board Che > 25 @all. AY................FEBRUARY 28, 1901 THURSD. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. the evil at Ingleside racetrack. The vote of the board cn Monday is ominous of that result. It is true that a vote in favor of passing a resolution to print does not necessarily entai! a vote in favor of the measure when it comes up for final passage. It is reasonable tc presume that some of the men who voted with the majority on Monday may refuse in the end to ignore the will of the people as expressed at the last elec- tion, and consequently ‘men who have made the opan Ltéress All Commurications to W. 8, LEAKE, Manager. MANAGER' OFFICE. . Telephone Press 204 PUBLICATION OFFICE...Market and Third, S..F. Telephone Press 201, 217 to 221 Stevemsom St. Press 202, EDITORIAL ROOMS Telep] Delivered by Carriers. 15 Cents Per Week. Single Coples. 6 Cents. % :‘.’,"" : :“"('n:"’:u wtinioet _s0.00-| @ honest fight for morality have no cause £0\: x;:”\" r‘i 1. (incinding Sunday)’ § months 1.0 | abandoning their efforts. Until the threau.neu D e *'ae | wrong has been fully perpetrated the protests against SUNDAY CALL. One Year. 1.5 | it shotild continue to be vigorous and emphatic. WEEKLY CAld, One Year. 1.09 All postmasters are thorized to receive subscriptions. Sample copies will be forwarded when requested. vote of the people, the victory of the gamblers will not be complete. There remains a potent resource i the hands of the supporters of morality. They can by petition take an appeal from the Supervisors to the people at the ensuing election. The charter pro- vides for such an appeal, and if at the coming elec- tion the people once more vote down the scheme of the gamblers the prohibition will be established in the ordinances of the city beyond the power of Su- pervisors to repeal. T6 that end, therefore, the attention of the public must now be directed. If the Supervisors legalize pool-selling and bookmaking at Ingleside prepara- tions must at once be made for taking the appeal. The whole issue is in the hands of the people. They [ can crush the wrong despite all that the gamblers and their allies on the board can-do. In'this connection it is to be noted that when Ingle- side racetrack was in the hands of men of moderate means the Mayor was eager to suppress gambling at the track, and the Supervisors supported him, so that Matl subscribers in ordering change of address ‘should be r to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in orfer @ prompt and correct compliance with their request. OAKLAND OFFICE. v...1118 Broadway e 1o in: C. GEORGE KROGNESS. A Masager Torelgn Aévertising, Marqustts Building, Chicegs, (Long Distance Telephone “Central 2619.”") NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: C. CARLTON.... ++...Herald Square NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH.........30 Tribune Building G NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: ‘Weldort-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, fl Umnion Square; Morray Hill Hotel. CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Shermen Hogse: P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel: Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE....1406 G St., N. W. MORTON E. CRANE. Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES—i27 Montgomery, corner of Clay, open until £:30 o'clock. 300 Hayes, open until 9:30 o'clock. 655 N z McAllister open until $:3 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until | the present ordinance was enacted. Since then a few £:30 o'clock. 1841 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, rich men have bought the track at a reduced price. Permission to résume gambling at the track will vastly increase its value, and the rich owners desire that permission. That which was denied to poor men they think they can cbtain for themselves. In fact, tkey appear to have made their speculation in Ingle- | side track upon the zssumption that this is a rich | man’s government; and that they can have all they | ask for. Tt must be conceded that upon the face of the facts they do not appear to have made a mistake so far as 1the present city government is concerned. “Mayor Phelan, who was loud in denouncing gambling 30 Jong as the track was. in the hands of poor men, has -now declared a willingness to allow a season of what | he'called “pocket-picking” at the track. - Supervisors open until § o'clock. 109 Valeucla, dpen 106 Eleventh, open until § o'clock. NW. cor- econd and Kentucky, open until § o'clock. corner Sixteenth, o'clock AMUSEMENTS. house—*"A Husband's Hopor Happened to Jomes." of the Nile.” Girl 1 Left Behind Me."" The ‘Henschels' Recital this aftefnoon. | | w-Saturloy. 1 ¥ ¥ f i of the will of the people, and as opponents of pool- { seliing, bookmaking and all kinds of track gambling, :hax'e suddenly becomie: converted into supporters of Filie rich fman's frack, 2nd it looks as if they had deter- [ mined,-in spite of all their past pledges and record, | to license gambling at Ingleside. 7 It is'a significant fact that upon the vote to pass-to print ‘evéry -fich man_on.the board voted with_)t_he gamblers,: and every.:ome who voted against it is a ran in tie gutters and plates | man of n\bdem@é ‘means,. Every memb.er of the board v pigeons by the marks- | who. represents money to any considerable extent aind her’ hatehet shé | voted to pass to ‘print. There -was.not -z single [-wealthy. member. of the board who stood by the' peo- ! and voted: against the resolution. Tht js the situation-the people have to face on this isee. : Mayor. Phelan’dand his allies appear to have “miade-up their minds that the rich may have the privi- Flege of “picking pockets” in.San Francisco, but that i paor then shall not. It remains for the people to' de- ¥ cide whether that péculiar government and miore: pe- &uliar morality -shall be permitted to flourish in ‘this CHy. . 4. out. to. .destroy ‘his ot in_which hé watchies ig that lire. 1 the She did a good busines e a‘cyclons hiigs in- her trait with that - bloweth - where it ceedings-a-farce.: ~But whea she Topeka a- rest-and atfacked a y xl:pur;:,’;:: mt,.m of i:m i::- |- No-form ol'_America\? government is a rich man's < himig, Cold . and. stark, with | Eovernment. - We hive in every city, county’and State inte silénce; and turkeys )and in_the ‘whale nation a governfntnt of the people 1215 b’ gobbled, shifa | ¥ the niéople for thie people. It is a government of o ‘,‘”.‘,J,]c‘m eat -them. | caual Tights imf all- and sp?cxa! pnv\'llege! to none. ation was ot s féatheriess hen nor a stuck 1126 dhe :Diperyisory £y, 3 rich.aman’s governmint if e had fio busi | they. like.: It will be voted down within six months <he: had. fofced her-way in | 3t the coming clection. : s e oforé she had: been drrested 2 3 A, . i ok - Pases” : K ‘Tabiast A bill; the purpose of which is to abolish poll tax i :,kle thit ome. who: went be.. | in Califorriia; has been introduced in the Legislature, ualified for his.| ¢ 20 3 ‘;0“ into -office, | €3%¢ the cohsciences-of those whose habit it has been i These cow. | 10 violate am obligation. missed -her- with i usually ‘with-a promise to person- But whea she broke into the 2ot on to thin ice, and upon District Judge Hazén. That upon her offense from. a tre- 1d wheri she tried on him the her* through the Justices’ ordéred to shut her too indus- < when spoken to by the court. o stiff a figure for her follow- omer, 1 2 weapo and taken beiore J swear fy=you_to fill oris. had di ] Some wise man should inform McKinley that an extra session of Congress is a thing that can be called at any time, but a spring trip to California is a luxury that should never be postponed. e e s FEDERAL. APPROPRIATIONS. I will arouse the attention of the country and put members of Congress upon their guard. and she was sent to jail, B‘m the subject is not new. . The tendency from t‘he ers-awake and mad ail night | begmn‘:ng of the Go.\'ernmem has been toward -an in- { ciease in the expenditures of the Federal Government, and the cost of government has increased in a farger percentage than the population. . 2 In-11791 the population of the Union was 3,924,214, d the expenses of the Federal Government were $3,707.436 78, or a little more than 96 cents per capita. Ha“ the rate per.capita remained and the: increase HE great increase in Federal appropriations n the novelty of jail life had worn off, how- r, she write Jetters to the Judge threatening that Taking he will gg to hell if she were not released. the cue from her, her disciples threatened Judge Hazen | 20 with tar and fedthers; which will certainly ‘make him e combustible when he reaches the torrid desti- r 1 to which Mrs. Nation tickets him. Up to this point the affair is-personal; it concerns indivi and may be taken as a joke. But beyond that it becomes serious, and affects classes. A female fury in Michigan, who is a follower-and disciple of Mrs. Nation, wrote the Judge to release her imme-: diately :or there would arise, under arms, “the great- est army -of women the ‘world ever saw and wipe man off the face of the earth.” f or a decrease to $1 87 per capita. 3 | This sanguinary threat is the last sad outcome of | The fourth decade fell in the Golden Age-of Mon- the Kansas crusade,. Man is to be exterminated, a | FO¢; the war of _18!__: had been fought and the coun- bounty put-or his séalp like he ‘was a coyote, and the | 7Y was. just beginning to feel certain of its footing. places that know him riow will- know him no more The population was 0,638,453, and the expenditures forever. ‘Woman is to rise armed with 2 besom and | ¥¢'® 559'0-90'572 O, or 3 Erifle over $1 Y0 o Gapiid: wipe him off the planet! Slie is to make a male soli- | The fiftly decade, 1831, showed a population of 130064 tude and call it prohibition. 020, and’expenditures of $30,038,446 12, or more than In the face of this danger we hope.we are nos | $2 41 Per capita. o5 e hasty in advising our brother man that it is time for | 101841 the expenses had.fallen to $1 51 per capita, us to stand together and make a rush for the cyclorie antounting to w$65-§73» After rising to $2 71 per cellar. Yes, indeed, if 2 man cannot provide himself capita d.uring'the Mexican War, expenses fell in 1831 with 2 mouse -to- turn loose against this army of | 1© 31‘99; Ir 1854 expenditures struck the $a per avengers to_put them to flight he has only the chojce | C3Pit2 &2t and held that and above to the end of of suicide or a run for his life. _ 3 Buchanan's administration, being in 186 $2 08 .per This Michigan Moloch will shortly. go fee-faw. | <2PIt2. - Pl e e fumming through the countfy, sparing neither- the | 1hen came the C@vil War, and in 1862 the ‘expendi- fair-haired boy nor the bald-headed grandsire. After | tires were $14 52, in 1863 $21 42, in 1864 $25 42, in the method of Mrs. Nation they are ai to be con. | 1665 $37 34 in 1866 $14 68 per capita. . victed of sex, without evidence, and wiped out, By 1Ay they fad goac down 14.97.5 pet Sxpim, Then Judge Hazen will be sorry that he spoke. atd in 1881 were $5 0. In the years 1885-89, Cleve- S e — . B land’s first administration, they fell to the lowest France has done well in sending back the. loot | point since the Civil War, averaging for the whole taken from China, and it is to be hoped the other | term $4 46 per capita. Then the upward tendency be- Chrisfianmmwiupfofi,tb_ydnmmle.” “ 1 gan, and reacked ¥ts maximum in 1899, when the per tion our annual expenses now would-be $73,243,411 20. But they are.more than ten times that. 3 At the close of the next decade, 1801, the population had, risen to 5,308,483, and the expenditures were $12,273,376.94, an increase to $2 31 per capita. ° - The close of the third decade, 1811, found the popu- lation 7,239,881, and the expenditures $13,592,604 86, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, of Supervisors seem inchined to sanction a renewal of | Even should the board pass the ordinance over the | ' who posed as supparters of the charter, as upholders | Semebody probably feels that it is wise legislation to | in cost.of government followed jncrease in popula-‘{ sight. . capita was $8 14, as the result of the Spanish War. In 1900 another fall t& $6 39 took place.. The year 1901 will probably show another advance. Recapitulating the per capita of Federal expenses for each decade after the first census we have: 1781, Expense per 1801, Expense per 1811, Expense per 1821, Expense per 1831, Expense per 1841, Expense per 1851, Expense per 1861, Expense per 1871, Expense per 1581, Expense per It is not fair to our own times, however, to base | expenditures upon a per capita comparison. The rise of expenses has gone with extension of our national area. The objects of governmental care, even limit- ing Government to its police powers alone, have mul- | tiplied with the additions to our territory that have taken place since 1791. In that year the United States | covered an area of only 827,844 square miles. In 1803 we secured Louisiana, 1,171,031 square miles. In 1818 we added Florida, 50,268 square miles. In 1845 we admitted Texas, with 376,133 square miles. In 1848 we acquired from Mexico 545,783, and again in 1853 45,535 square iles, and from Russia in 1867 577,390 square miles, so that néw we have # area of 3,603,884 square miles, exclusive of Hawaii, Porto Rico and the Philippines. - '} Our area having increased more than fourfold since 1801, and its settlement by our people requiring gov- ernment over it all, we may felicitate ourselves that in 1000 we were paying less than four times as much per | capita as government cost a hundred years before, | when there was so much less to govern. | Tthe World for 1901, which The Call has the privilege of offering to six months’ sub- scribers at the low price of $1 50, will soon arrive. The maps and statistics have been carefully revisea and brought down to date. The tables relating to the United States contain the compilations of the census of last year, while those of other countries are the latest that have been compiled by their respective Governments. The reputation of George F. Cram as a publisher of maph and atlases is worldwide. He has been en- gaged for thirty-five years in the atlas-publishing busi- ness, and at the present time stands in the highest rank of the trade. The works issted by him are | recognized as being thoroughly accurate in every re- spect, and in the present work his efforts have been directed toward making such improvements upon all other works of the kind as to make his “Superior | Atlas” for.1901 the very best on the market. | The changes of recent years in political geography | call for a complete revision of old maps. Wars in | the Philippines, in China, in South Africa, develop- | ments in Alaska and Australia, and the rapid con- | struction of ‘the Siberian railroad, have interested in- telligent men and women the world over in lands that i-heretofore have been little understood. Cram's Su- | perior Atlas is especially designed to meet the demand i for. accurate maps of those countries, and conse- quently among the more interesting and complete of the.‘maps are those of Alaska, Africa, Cuba, Okla- | hioma, the Hawaiian group and the colonies of the | new Australian commonwealth. : While it is a part of the work of The Call to pub- ' lich from time to time maps of various 'countries where important events occur, those maps in the very nature of things cannot supply the full demand of the public for complete information concerning the geo- graphical situation of places where important events t2ke place. That need can be met only by a compre- lLensive atlas containing maps of all parts of the savorld constructed by skillful map-makers and con- taining all the latest statistical information concern- ing population and trade. . So comprehensive is the information contained in | the work that it might with justice be called an | Encyclopedia of History, Politics, Commerce and | Geography. In a comparatively brief space is given | a compendium of the Jatest facts concerning the area, ‘popuhtion, physical features, government, religion, education, army and navy defenses, industries, cli- | mate, etc., of every State and Territory of the Union | and of every foreign country. Every subscriber to The Daily Call for a term of six months is entitled to the privilege of obtaining this superb and useful work for the sum of $1 30, that being the cost of expressage and delivery charges. The work itself is worth four times the amount. Tt g8282mB8yR OUR PREMIUM ATLAS. HE first carload of Cram’s Su'periorv Atlas “of Should Presideit McKinley be forced by the neces- | sity of an extra session of Congress to give up his expected visit to California this spring it will be the first time he has had bad luck during the whole course of his administration, and-the sympathy of the public will be with him. _ —_— The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has taken steps_to prevent the sale of cheap American wines | bottled” with expensive foreign labels. It’is unfortu- nate that mational lines prevent him from stopping | the sale of high-class American wines .under cheap foreign labels. : > : : g — Justice Brewer was right enough in saying the jury system is a “relic of barbarism”; but can he suggest any way by which ‘civilization could improve on it? There are some-of the customs of our ancestors we must hold on to because there is nothing better in . . — 9 Recent developments in Chi indicate that the English and Germans intend to have what seert to be unwarranted concessions éven if the world must know that the aggressors are thieves. Ra.cality wins for itself a certain dignity when shamelessly it is avowed. Kansas citizens in various communities have reached the conclusion that mob violence, whatever its inspiration, is unjustifiable. Mrs. Carrie Nation ought to be able in this to read an emphatic opinion_ that the end does not always justify the means, ‘Washington diplomats are complaining that Eng- FEBRUARY land is, suspiciously elow in ratifying our proposed new ‘treaty with her. They may have reason to re- flect some day that this was one of those leisurely acts which was followed by a hasty repentance. Congress ought to appoint a joint auditing commit- tee to report every day the appropriations of the day. before, so the members may know how much they are getting away with. A billion dollar session is a little too much of a white man's burden. ; According to London Truth the first thing the | British public asks of the new King is that he ‘shall at once exert his royal prerogative and appoint a new | Poet Laureate. . If California had now in operation a proper system of conserving the flood waters of the streams we ‘would not have any worry over the probability of a dry season for many years to come. - 28, 1901. PAPERS PREPARED BY Ex The. Study of F IL—Food in Its bealth of the individual has been recog- nized as the most important by physicians and hyglenists: from the remotest times. The disorders and diseases arising from impure food or pure food improperly ad- ministered do much to swell the sum of human allments and distress. We are all aware of the intimate rela- tions which food bears to growth and de- velopment. These relations are well un- derstood by the growers of farm animals. The sclence of feeding the animals of the farm has been o improved within the last fifty years as ‘o be almost exact. Different., types of animals afe developed for differ- ent purposes, ulmo-t'mlaly by varlations | of food. . Of all the valuable animals the feeding of man alone seems to have been neglect- ed. It is evident, in order to secure suc- cess in any profession of life, that not only should the child inherit from bis parents natural abilitles and aptitudes for is profession, but also should, fru%he time of infancy,-be subjected to a regimen of food, exereise and culture suited to the profession which he is to follow. The hlsturt % nations has shown that those which have been best fed have been, upon the whole, the and miost speedily developed. To appre- clate this it Is only necessary to compare those nations that have been well fed for centuries with those that have always had inferior or deficient nutrition. Among the older well-fed nations England stands pre-eminent. There is much, doubtless, in blood and her=dity. People arg at birth Wwhat their ancestors have made them, bt food, acting through thousands and thou- sands of years, made their ancestors what they were. So the English people, liihab- iting a group of small islands, insufficient in extent to produce food even for its own dwellers, are better fed than any of the other peoples of the werld. The desire for food, as much as for conquest, has sent out English shivs to all nations and to all | auarters of the world to gather in corn as well as coin. Chief Factor in Prolonging Life. The study of foods in their relation to national and inlividual development is in- timately assoclated with the study of longevity. It requires no argument to show_that the kind of food which is best | suited to the full development of all the powers of the individual, and thus to all the powers of the nation, is also the kind which dan prolong life. At the commence- ment of the twentieth century it is em- inently proper that the scientific relations of food to longevity should be briefly set forth. d I am of the opinion that every person will admit that among the factors which tend to prolong human life food Is. the most important. It is a well-known prin- ciple in epidemics and in contaglous dis- eases that they spread most rapidly and do thelr most deadly work among those portions of the community which are poorly nourished. When an epidemic or a contagious disease attacks a community which {s well nourished it discovers in- dividuals in whose systems the germs of disease do not readily find a lodgment, and if a lodgment be found the battle Which these disease germs wage with the vital forces usually ends in the victory of the latter. Therefore, first of all, good nutrition is requisite to secure a nalion as free as possible from the dangers of epi- demic and contaglous disease. The role of food in the development of the individual and ti: nation is, therefore, of incontestable value. In fact, it is the chief point of that environment whicn tends to the highes: evalution of the indi- vidual and nationai eharacter. Therefore the purity of food becomes of the most vital importance. 'That the individual $hould have his health placed in jeopardy by eating impure food is unpardonabie when it is possible to avoid it. For this reason the manufacture of and traffic in aduiterated foods are an offense against public morality as well as a danger to the public health. A Harmless Food Preservativhs, It is possible that there may be dome forms of adulterated foods which are mot jurious to health, but they are, never- theless, fraudulent, and thus injure the reputation for honesty and straightfor- wardness which {s so valuable both to the individual and the community, e best way, perhaps, to illustrate the danger of food aduiteration is to cite some of the common examples. The most objectionable and the most commonly practiced form of adulteration is the in- discriminate use of preservatives. Many of our common foods are of a perishable nature and require either to be used im- mediately after preparation or else to be preserved in some w: which will pre- vent notable decay. ere are perfectly harmless methods of preventing the de- cay of foods, because all decay is due to a species of fermentation, or, in other words, the action of certain minute or- ganisms which produce changes in the structure of foods. These changes belong to that class of metamorphoses which we designate by the eral term of fer- mentation. The excluslon of these organ- isms from an article of food or their de- struction when present will preserve the substance from decay. By faf the best method of destroying thege organisms is by the application of heat, a practice which is {llustrated on an immense scale, commercially, in the pro- duction of canned foods, consisting of fruits, vegetables and meats. The.prin- ciple upon which the destruction of these organisms Is based is a simple one and consists in exposing the material, after it is placed in the receptacle or can, to the action of heat at a temperature sufficient to destroy the vitality of the organisms which are present and also the spores which they may have produced. When this temperature is reached the package is hermetically sealed by solder or other- wise, which prevents the ingress of living ‘germs from the air. The old notion that the preservation of food was due to the exclusion air was an_erroneous one, since sterilized alr has no tendency to pro- duce decay. £ Unfortunately for the health of our peo- ple; this process Is somewhat expensive an‘% with some kinds of food products is difficult of application, as the tempera- ture required changes to a certain extent the texture and ap) nce of the prod- ucts and renders them less agreeable to "the eve and more difficult of sale: Action of Chemical Preservatives. - The food preserver in this case has had recourse to the of chemistry, and has demanded of it substances which prevent decay and at same time preserve the appearance and character of the food un- el ged. For this end a large number of servatives been prepared and used. e prineiple of the action chemical preservatives is practically the same x S present or so par- ihat of heat—they either destray th of the ori 4 t Seo strongest, bravest | PERTS AND SPECIALISTS FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. oods -in Their ‘Relation to National-and Individudl Development and of Longevity. ~ By Dr. H. W: Wiley, CHIEF OF DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. (COPYRIGHT, 1®01) ¢ Relations to Health and Longevity. ; The relation which food bears to the tives which when used in moderation do 1 | | | | | These- | fect chiefly because they tend to extract | stomachs which would not be able to bear | ON CURRENT TOPICS, exercige any injurious retard- T Steet spon agestion, and among these | may be mentioned the two which are most generally known—sugar and sait. %odleu exercise a preservative ef- water from-the bodies to which they are added, and thus reduce the maisture to a point which prevents the action of the fermentative process. There can be no objection urged to the use of such eondl- | mental _substances, and espec! o sugar, which is itself a food of the high- est value. tion. Dangers of Fodtl Adul While it is true that the healthy etom- ach may receive small quantities of al- most any °preserving substance with parent impunity, it is alse true that the weak or deranged digestive organs may be most seriousiy affected by even the smallest quantity of preserving substance. The use of preservatives in foods, there- fore, should be so regulated by law as to prevent the sale of any food product con- taining a preservative which is not plal 1y labeled in respect of both the charac- ter and amount of the agent employed. The general dissemination of facts in re- gard to preservatives will thus enable the intending purchaser to avoid those arti- cles of food ‘which contain preserving substances which are found injurious to his particulér case. I would even go 8o far as to say that certain preserving sub- stances should be prohibited altogether, inasmuch as their, sale, evenewhen prop- erly labeled, might result in their use by persons ignorant of their nature, who | Would thus suffer serious injury in’ their ealth. here are other forms of adulteration which are less reprehensible, perhaps,-in regard to their Injury to health and yet cannot’ be regarded as wholly innocuous. Among these may be mentioned the use of oleomargarine in the garb of butter and glucose in (he garb of horey. It can- not be said of either of those bodies, when | properly made, that they are not whole- | some, and yet they may prove injurious | when' eaten under the suppesition that | they are other substances. At any rate the fraudulent nature of such adultera- tion is so flagrant as to merit universal condemnation. Use of Coloring Matters. Less objectionable, from a hygienic golnt of view, but none the less repre- ensible, is the adulteration of condi- ments with inert substances, for instance, | the mixture of peppers and spices with fillers produced by grinding some organic matter to the consistency of the condi- ment and coloring it to imitate the con- dimental color. The use of coloring matters in foods must also be considered as an adultera- tion, and the use of poisonous colorin matters should be absolutely prohibited. Among thq coloring matters which are | usually employed is a large number of | coal tar dyes. In fact, it is hard to flnd' a sample of pure butter on the market to- | day, especially during the winter time. Almost every sample is colored with a coal tar dye, and usually to a degree far in excess of the natural tint of the genu- ine article. The plea which is often’urged by dairymen that butter is colored in or- der to secure a uniform tint is wholly i- logical, inasmuch as the samples of but- ter in our market remind one very much of Joseph's coat on account of their mul- titudinous colors. The natural tint of but- ter made from well-fcd cows is sufficient- iy attractive for all practical purposes, and it is as unfortunate that the habit of butter-coloring has gained such a vogue. Butter color itself, when taken in consid- erable quantities, deranges digestion, and | it is very probable that there are many | even the small quantities which ordinary | colored butter contains. ‘Well-Nourished Bodies Resist Dis- ease. ¢ | the Supreme Court. EDITORIAL UTTERANCE IN VARIETY The New British Dynasty. The co:rupondent who wrote to The Mail and Empire two weeks ago that with the death of the Queen the Guelpn dynasty has come to an end Js supported by several of the English papers. In tho Birmingham Gazette is the statement thut a dynasty ends when the head of the house is a female and that the heir opens a _new dynasty named after his father. With the accession of Edward VII it is held that the Wettin-Saxe-Coburg-Gotha dynasty commences.—Toronto Mail. Russia Strikes Back. The Russian Goverament acts quickly. The receipt by it of the news that Russian beet sugar imported into this country must pay an additional duty of nearly three-quarters of & cent a pound to offset an alleged bounty has led to swift re- prisals. After March 1 the Russian duties on American machinery and steel and iron goods will be increased about 5 per cent. Such an increase will put an end to the profitable and expanding business in these goods which some American manu- facturers have been building up in Russia. They feared retaliation in the event of the imposttion of a countervailing duty on Russian beet sugar, and what they dread- ed has come to pass. An a%wnl Hes from the ruling of the Treasury Department to Should an appeal be taken that court may decide, in tae course of human events, that the department Is in error. In the event of such a decision the Russian Government will no doubt 18wer the dutles it has just raised. In the meantime there will be no shipments of American iron and steel goods to Russia. A controversy over a small g0 of beet sugar is going to kill, for a time at least, a promising trade. ' Chicago ~manufac- turers of farm machinery will be losers by the suppression of that trade. If the Supreme Court should reverse the rulin of the Treasury Department Russia wil be satisfled, but Germany, France or Aus- tria-Hungary will contend that its beet sugar should not pay higher taxes than that of Russia, and that it will be justified in adopting retaliatory measures. This beet sugar question may cause much trouble and close several foreign marKets to a number of American products before it is finally disposed of.—Chicago Tribune. The Destruction of the Maine. Americans In Havana celebrated the third anniversary of the destruction of the Maine on Friday, and it is prébable that the day will long attract pubilc no- tice in the chief, city of Cuba. Mean- while a Chicago company is getting ready to raise the wreck of the warship which was the immediate cause of a great change in the position and destinies of the United States. Before the physical evi- dences of the momentous event in_ the harbor of Havana on the night of Feb- ruary 15, 1898, shall be removed all possi- ble means ought to be employed to settle forever, not merely for Americans, but for all the world, including Spain, the mature of .the explosion which destroyed the Maine. hen the wreck is taken away, intact or in fragments, the last chance will pass for learning anything more re- garding the explosion which sunk a fine ship and destroyed nearly all of her crew. It Is a mistake to suppose that the find- ings of the American naval court were decisive as to the cause of the wreck of the Maine outside of the United States. The great majority of those European autharities who shape history for their countries and color the views of coming generations doubtless still adhere, as they did from the first, to the Spanish view that the Maine was blown up from with- in. They do not belleve that a Spanish mine wrecked the vessel or that a Span- ish torpedo struck the ship. That is why it is well that every possible opportunity for throwing more light on the question should be improved. It is not a matter of immediate practical importance whether the official and popular view of the disas- | ter which was taken in this country was correct, but it will be a subject of keen interest to future generations anxious to do justice to Spain and more eager to feel sure of the soundness of the position maintained by their own country. Let us get all the additional evidence possibia to obtain regarding the wreck of the Maine. No point should be . . No bit of proof can properly be ed. — Cleveland Leader. PERSONAL MENTION. A. D. Shaw of Hollister is & guest at the Grand. J. M. White, a Stockton merchant, is at the Lick. - John A. New, a Fresno megchant, 1s at | tha Ocecidental. question of food affects the health and longevity directly and indirectly. The di- rect influences has been :umalently[ pointed out.’ Indirectly, malnutrition ren- ders the ‘human organism lable to all | forms of disease. As is well known, a | great many uiseases are due to specific | germs or poisons which enter the system either through the skin, the lunfis or the intestinal organs. Cholera, smallpox and typhoid fever are types of such diseases. It is now known that malaria is a diseas. which arises from the bite of a mosquito, dand it is belleved that' yellow fever. i propagated in the same way. Since it is impossible wholly_to prevent the entrance of the germs of disease into | the system, it is important to have all the | vital organs in such a state of health and functional activity as to enable them to | resist the action of infection. A dozen per- ' sons, for instance, may be exposed to the | same infection and to the same degree. Of | these we may suppose one is suffering | from malnutrition, or has his digestive | organs weakened by impure food or by food poorly prepared. He alone of the twelve will fall a victim to the disease, while the others have vital organs strong enough to resist it. Therefore it is evi- dent that, other things being equal, the best method of protecting a community | against the spread of a disease is to | have it well fed by the purest food, pre- | pared in the most aprropriate way. Another way in which food affects health and 1dngevity is the relation which it bears to the particular functions which man is called upon to perform. Nature has indicated in many ways the proj food for man in certain conditions. e inhabitants of the trapics require quite a different kind of nourishment from the Eskimo. Where muscular exertion is the chief functional activity, as in hard la- bor, experience has shown that a food which is largely of a carbohydrate na- ture, such as starch, sugar and their al- led food. fat to a certain degree, is most ueeful. The people in the Orient, who live mainly on rice, with a little fish or beans, are capable of more physical exertion and have more endurance under labor than people who live largely on lean flesh. How to Gain a Vigorous 0ld Age. The sclentific study of foods will develop sy'stems of feeding man for specific pur- poses S0 as to secure the greatest amount of energy in the mos{ economical for and thus the health and the life of indfvidual will be protected. o e worth living at all its pro- longatlon In vigor and achievement is the most worthy purpose to which we can devote our efforts. If old age brings only burdens and suffering, and loss of mental ng, enfeebled vyitality From the foregoing it is seen that the} power, it would be an ,emo‘ ckm toml:nk u: secure and pr.o- " - tire man, with all g Ao the most precious years of .is usefulness. To ‘Seek out the great laws of longevity and to persuade ourselves and our friends to obey them are the great ob we should all have :n vi ¥ ‘g..;z':)];.- ity mu it as to render the action of the or- | Plish this end we m: to see ganisms ineffective. Unfortunstely, how- | Ously proposed .md:‘:nd n'r:'n..' ever, for the digestive system, these pre- |and _wholly irrelative and inadequate servatives have practls the ef- | means. The sober student of longevity fect upon the digestive hey _not be misl any of these isms. have upon the processes which ‘will keep his free aof bias and cull decay external to the stamach. what Js good from all . ers. He will W , the ?fl)\wfl of {8 really | eat and drink w eratior rhaps a of fermentation, and the even smoke a-g cigar. R.fif ence of these preservatives in food something® from the Christian Sci- '05 retards the dgnuvl S, Some | entist, from the vegetarfan and from the of the most commonly used tives be have the most:active influence in ‘re- | perate’ of s MO turn to the acid, | and m‘ may be uuwmmmw study of- lo; -tar product, | firm £ used as a con. |laid the ‘services of men P ind e vn:ccr | for enjoyment. . acid, or| The e of soda; | with e i, | e = The e | arice: In the even bal of his does not by any means exhaust the lst of preserving aggnts, but shows their plessness R character. . |come as a strugsgle, as " “There are certain condimental preserva- ' mation. £ D. H. Colls, a mining man of Auburn, is at the Occidental. Dr. P. K. Waiters of Watsonville is a guest at the Lick. . J. M. Engles of Quincy, Cal, is regis- tered at the Grand. Judge C. N. Storry of Los Angeles is a guest at the Palace. J. P. Diggs, a Woodland merchant, is staying at the Grand. H. A. Kohn, a merchant of Msdera, 13 registered at the Lick. E. Pinkelsplel and wife of Bakersfleld are guests at the Grand. Charles A. Shields and wife of San Jose are guests at the Palace. Phillp Fickert, a cattle man of Bakers- fleld, is a guest at the Lick. F. A. Hihn, a banker of Santa Cruz, reg- istered at the Grand yesterday. H: C. Davey, a mining man, residing at San Jose, is staying at the Lick. E. W. Hale of Hale Bros.” branch store in Sacramento is staying at the Palace. Thomas Clark, a mining man of Placer- ville, is staying at the Grand for a few days. C. 8. Reyrnolds, a merchant of Los An- geles, accompanied by his wife, is at the Palace. > ‘W. Murray, manager of the information bureau of the fouthern Pacific Railroad, in this city, is at present in Chicago. He has charge of the forestry, game and fish exhibit sent from this State. ———— e CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YQRK. Feb. 2.—The following Californfans are in New York: From San Francisco—E. H. Adams, at the Everett; ‘A. P. Tolbdot, at the Manhattan; A. H. Tenbrock, at the Sinclair; W. Van Musit, at the Astor; F. W. Everton, at the Stur- tevant; E. Lewis, at the Victorla; H. C. Lund, at the Continental; Mr. Paige and wife, at the Delavan; Misses Curley and E. B. Smith, at the Marlborough. plbeclraz CALIFORNTANS IN WASHINGTON “You Aldn’t seem to get on with that seady o ren SR o e R e tion in the dictionary.”—Chicago Record. _Mamma—Dear me! not. himseif ci The ‘!our brothef will