The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 4, 1901, Page 4

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The Black Flag.” “Faust.” Olympla, corner Mason and Eddy streets—Specialties. Chutes, Zoo and Theater—Vaudeville every afterncon and evening Fischer's—Vaudeville _ Mechanics’ Pavilion—Trained Animal Show. Cal nia Jockey Club (Osakland)—Races. 1 an Park—Races. AUCTION SALES. ction Co.—Tuesday, March 12, at 10 o'clock, Market street. Am By ricar, 3000 Ter:ts. etc e CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT IN TRADE | ten HE encouraging aspect of general trade T days ago has bLecome even more pronouncel during the past week. From all parts of the country commercial reports are bright. With the exception of the cotton and woolen industries almost all lines are reported in good and steadily improving condition, The activity in the iron and steel trades resembles the boom of 1899. The different mills are supplied with orders far ahead, prices are advancing, and those for some descriptions are actually over the, nominal card quotations. Ecuador, Africa and Aus tralia are in the market for rails and other rail- way material, and the demand for other forms of iron is said to be healthy and for actual consumption, and the operations of pools or combinations. The boot and shoe business is reported lively, though the rush buying for the West is on the wane. Leather is somewhat higher, but hides are depressed at Chicago, owing to large stocks. Lumber is very firm under a heavy demand for building, and Chicago reports the heaviest business ever done in yellow and white pine. The Northwest reports a large trade in farming implements, though cold weather in that sec- tion has interfered more or less with the general dis- tributive trade. The jobbing trade in groceries, hard ware and iron specialties is said to be enlarging. Th= sales of wool at the three chief Eastern markets are not due to of twice as large as they were at this time last year, though it is generally believed tHat the purchases are for speculative account, as the demand for woolen goods continues light. There is some improvement in the export demand for cottons, but it is far from heavy, and the domestic inquiry is moderate, while | the prospects are for liberal crops during the coming season. ‘While the merchandise situation makes this particu- lasly bright exhibit the statistical showing, while still favorable, is not as brilliant as for the past several weeks. The country’s bank clearings last week gained 18 per cent over the corresponding week in 1900, but the gain for the preceding week was 60 per cent. For several weeks every important city in the country showed an increase in these clearings, but last week the tendency was just the other way and of the twenty largest cities only seven gained. The failures, on the contrary, which have for some time been larger than for the preceding year, have turned the tables, and are now smaller, those for the week being 167, against 173 for the same week in 1900. The gigantic steel combine still keeps Wall street unsettied. It has not affected the money market to any marked extent, but has made prices for the differ- | ent stocks concerned more or less irregular and caused a good deal of cross buying and selling naturally to be expected during the adjustment of the stocks to their new conditions. Otherwise Wall street has de- veloped nothing new during the week. Here in San Francisco trade is running along nor- mally, without especial feature. The very warm weather of the past few days has given vegetation a remarkable start and plants are growing rapidly in a!! sections. The fruit trees are not generally in blossom yet, having been kept back by the cold weather of the first two months of the year, but the color of the bloom is beginning to show here and there. Fruit- growers expect a later season than last year, which is a good thing. for it is generally found that late sea- sons produce better and higher-priced fruit. The sea- son has thus far been ideal for crops, and the outlook in this respect could hardly be better. The desperate fraud perpetrated by Cooper, the ex- convict, upon a California girl is likely to make the road of unknown strangers with fictitious prospective fortunes somewhat hard to travel in this State. Con. victs can teach few lessons which women should care to Jearn. A visitor from the country has complained to the police that he has been robbed by a female footpad. He should cherish his experience as one of thse amenities of cosmopolitan life which few of us are wrivilewed to enjoy. ‘ THE GAMBLZRS’ ORDINANCE. | EFORE the Supervisors to-day the resolution B authorizing gambling at Ingleside race track will come up for final-passage. The gamblers | and their allies, flushed by the success attained in " rassing the resolution to print, are now sanguine of | | victory and will hardly seek to further postpone the contest. The vote therefore may be expected to be taken to-day. The issuc is fairly before the Supervisors and before the people. It is to be shown to-day who stand for morality and who for gambling and all the | vices and crimes that attend upon gambling. While the vote on the motion to pass to print showed 2 strong majority on the side of the gamblers. it is reasonable to presume that some of those who | ! voted aye on that motion will vote no on the ques- ion of adopting the ordinance. Moreover it is dif- ficult to believe that Mayor Phelan after his many declarations concerning the evil of gambling can, when brought face to face with ‘the issue, so stultify himself as to approve of the ordinance permitting gambling even should it be passed by the Super- | visors. Consequently, despite the exultation of the ; gamblers, the passage of the ordinance is not yet sure. { There remains a chance for the advocates of morality | to win if they continue to resolutely make the fight | against the evil. Such being the situation, every good citizen who feels any responsibility to the community should | either in person or by petition and protest appear before the Supervisors to-day and oppose the passage of the ordinance. The position of those who support morality is strong. They have upon their side not only the arguments of reason and of experience but the assurances of the Mayor of his opposition to gambling, the vote of the people against a proposal | to legalize poolselling, and the pledges of the Super visors themselves that they would uphold and support the charter, including that provision which enables the people to have a voice in determining what shall be | permitted and what shall not be permitted unde: | municipal ordinances. It is true the utterances of the Mayor of late have | not been in strict accord with his emphatic declara- | | tions against the toleration of gambling made but a short time ago, and yet even his latest utterances have not been of a nature to win support for the gambling | scheme. He spoke of it as a license to permit “pocket- picking.” That phrase shows the attitude of the Mayor to the subject. He may be willing to permit the practice of gambling at Ingleside track in the hands of the few rich men who are now applying for the gambling permit, but he does not shut his eyes to the true nature of their scheme. He sees and he says it is a license to “pick pockets” that the schemers are after; and should he approve an ordi- nance granting the gambling privilege he would put himself on record by his own words of approving pocket-picking when practiced by men whom he | favors. Should the ordinance be passed and approved there will remain an opportunity to take an appeal to the | people at the coming election, but the ordinance | should not be passel. The Supervisors know that the scheme has been virtually rejected by the people | in the vote at the last election. They know that petition after petition from men representing , the business, the finance and the morality of the city has | been laid before them protesting against the threat- ened wrong. What excuse or even apology can they make for themselves if they enact such an ordinance in the face of such protests? Finally, had there been no protest at all the Super- visors should still oppose the ordinance because of | the lessons experience has taught. It was but a few days ago that a young man of good family committed | an assault upon a Chinaman and robbed him of money | for the purpose of getting means to make up his losses on the race track. The annals of the police court and of the Morgue abound with stories even 3 more horrible of the evil results of the curse of gambling. There can hardly be upon the Board of Supervisors a single man who has not had some friend or acquaintance brought to ruin and to crime by this | hideous vice. How then can any one of them vote to license it? PARLIAMENTARY LANGUAGE. URING a debate in the Commons a few days D ago Mr. O'Donnell of West Kerry obtained | the floor and began to make a speech in t old language of the people of that district. T| Speaker called him to order and insisted that he speak English. Thereupon arose a furious debate. It was asserted there is no law of the realm requiring | a member of Parliament to speak any particular lan- | guage. One member .pointed out that in bygonc‘ years the Commons had invited a number of Irish | chieftains to address +hem in Irish; another cited the fact that he had himself heard in the New Zealand Parliament a native member speak in the Maori lan- guage. All such arguments, however, were summar- ily set aside by the Speaker, who declared that not for 100 years had there been any other language | spoken in Parliament but English, and that thers- | fore the member from West Kerry must speak Eng- | lish or hold his peace. The incident gives a renewed interest to the per- | plexing problem of what constitutes parliamentary | language. The Speaker of the Commons maintained | in the case before him that a member must speak the | | language that is understood by the .people, so that | | they may know what is being said in Parliament on | the issues of the time. The rule sounds well, but it was weakened somewhat by the emphatic statement of the man from West Kerry that his constituents understand Irish. About the time that dispute was occupying atten- tion in Great Britain the United States Senate was also engaged in consideration of problems of lan- guage. In the course of an address in favor of an ap- propriation for the distribution of seeds Senator Till- man stated that the measure is in the interests of “agriculture,” and he went on to inform the Senators that the word is derived from the Latin words “ager” ard “cultura,” whereupon Senator Beveridge of In- | diana asked him what the Latin words mean. To that question Tillman replied, “Whether the Senator is attempting to display my ignorance or to display his own, I prefer to iet him interpret. I would not have undertaken to give the derivation of agriculture | if I had not known something about the roots.” | Unplacated by that retort courteous and undismayed | by the icar of the Tillman pitchfork, the Senator from Indiana returned to the charge and insisted that the Senator from South Carolina translate the Latin words. He carried his point. Thus in the United States Senate as well as in the British House of Com- mons the precedent has been established that a mem- i ber must talk the language of the people. He who would orate in Irish or in Latin must hire a hall, It may be further noted that even English does not | always give satisfaction. In a recent debate on the postoffice bill Senator Mason could not find a docn- ment from which he desired to read. While he was looking fo.r it Wolcott moved that the Senate vote W on the subject. It was suggested by Chandler that out of courtesy for Mason the Senate should take fip other business until he found his document. There- upon Mason replied, “I do not ask for any courtesy. 1 have not received any and I do not expect any. I want nothing but justice.” To that retort Wolcott answered that the debate on the bill reminded him of a “continuous performance,” and Mason replied sthat the performance was due to the condition of Wol- cott. » Such are the troubles that fret the souls of presiding officers of the great councils of the nations. It would seem to an outsider to be better to permit Latin or even Irish than to allow a Senator to accuse another of a “continuous performance,” but outsiders evi- dently do not comprehend the full nature of the problem of parliamentary speech, and their opinion counts for nothing. McKINLEY’'S SECOND TERM. HEN Malibrax after the triumphs of her youth and early womanhood went to Paris in the maturity of her powers.to meet the critical | audiences of that gweat city, Alfred de Musset greeted her with a phrase whose paradoxical aptness has made it memorable. He said to her: “You have a splendid past to look forward'to.” One cannot look forward to the past, yet every ons understands what the brilliant French poet meant, and recognizes that he could not have expressed that meaning more clearly by any other form of speech. The various stages of human life are so closely linked together that one reasbnably expects to find the past repeated in the future. He who has had a successful career behind him has a right to look forward to a future equally successful. President McKinley as he takes the oath of office and enters upon the second term of his Presidency has a splendid past to look forward to. His who'e career in life has been fortunate to himself and profit. able to his country. He has had a splendid good luck | even in his defeats. Had he been chosen Speaker of the House at the time of his famous contest with Reed, he would not have made in that office anything like the great reputation he acquired as chairman ot the Ways and Means Committee in draughting the McKinley tariff bill. He was fortunate again when he was defeated for Congress in 1890, for that defeat removed him from the House during the wrangles over the silver question and enabled him to disclose in the office of Governor 6f Ohio those great admin- istrative abilities that convinced the country of his fit- ness for the Presidential office, His election to the Presidency was attended by an immediate revival of prosperity, and while that pros- perity was largely due to natural causes which brought good crops and to improved financial conditions in Europe which provided good markets, yet it has !’;ccn everywhere recognized that McKinley's personal influence added much to the general good because his position in the high office of President of the United States gave confidente to the people that no legislation adverse to business and sound finance or of a disturbing character of any kind would be enacted during his term. Thus the campaign description of him as the “advance agent of prosperity” was ful- filled to the letter, and the services of the President in promoting the general welfare have confi-med the confidence reposed in him, The war with Spain came unexpecicdly, but was conducted by the administration both in battle and in difflomacy with a patriotism and a sagacity which won as well as merited the approval and commendation of | the people. The great mass of intelligent Americans were gratified in that emergency by the knowledge thas the chief magistrate of the republic was one who would successfully uphold the best traditions of American atesmanship. The war was not a great one, nor did it impose any strain upon the American people, but it nevertheless served to enable McKinley to reveal | once more the genuineness of his character and his fit- ness for his high office. Consequently having been thus tried in war and in peace, in domestic and in foreign affairs, the vote of the people for the re-elec- tion of McKipley was overwhelming, and he has closed his first term with a record of which any states- man might be proud. Such has been the past from which the countrv draws auguries of the future. The President enters upon his second term assured of the confidence and support of his fellow counttymen, and under circum- stances that promise an even greater prosperity than that which has prevailed during his first term. The grand parades of the inaugural at Washington will but faintly express the satisfaction of the people in their President and in their prospects. country hails him and salutes him as he enters upon the second term of his high office, and feels good cheer in the knowledgze that the past will be tepeated and improved in the tutu According to the Philadelphia Press a recent “sup- per” in that city began with cut up oranges, pine- apples, bananas and cherries served in nests of spun candy: then came halibut cutlets with cream sauce served in cucumber baskets: French artichokes with butter sauce formed the third course; capon with po- tato balls and green peas followed; next came the salad course, which we are told “was a sight for the eye, the bright red tomatoes being surrounded by green leaves made from peppers”; stewed terrapin suc- ceeded the salad, and the supper was closed with bonne glace with chestnut sauce. And yet there are folks who say that Philadelphia is a slow town, and that the people there never eat hilarious suppers. The Pope celebrated his ninety-first birthday on Saturday, and reports from Rome announce that his heatth “is marvelous” and that he shows no signs of diminishing vigor. Such vitality in a man burdened with the care and the work of a great office is a strik- ing illustration of what can be accomplished by a tem- perate life, and the example is well worth any man's study. United States Attorney General Griggs is deeply concerned to accomplish the suppression of the Chi. nese slave trade in this city. He may be assured of a step in the right direction if he attempts to discover why Federal officers make the admission of these slaves so easy at this port. i ot S : The Board of Education and the Superintendent of Schools are again at war. This condition of affairs has happened so frequently that these interesting offi- cials really ought to be the directors of a military academy rather than of an educational institution purely peaceful. ekl —_— Late reports from England indicate that the British believe that the war in South Africa is over. If pre- cedents count for anything we may expect soon te read another of those “I regret to report” telegrams from some English general. . . . B 4 Prophets may predict quiet times in Kansas this week. Mrs. Carrie Nation has quit Peoria journalism and returned to jail. i The whole | MARCH 4, 1901 geline,” has been transformed within the last two decades from a wild waste of prairie into the center of. a thriving in- ‘dustry. It has been populated by pro- gressive men from Northern and Western States, and is now one of" the wealthiest sections of the country. Towns dot every parish, and the homeseekers who but a few years ago were practically without means* are now well-to-do or even wealthy. The development of this rich agricultural section Is the work of one man. - In 1880 Willlam W. Duson, native Louls- fanian of small means and Incomplete education; came to the conclusion that fortunes were to be made in growing rice in Southwest Louisiana. At that time he was a merchant. After a consultation with his elder brother, C. C. Duson, the two decided to invest In land and to ex- periment in rice culture. .The natives ofs that region, who were an easy-going, non- ambitious people, haa long engaged M rice-growing on a small scale, the cereal produced by them being irrigated only by natural rainfall. Men owning half a sec- tion of land planted eight or ten acres of the lowest ground, using the rest as a watershed. Mr. Duson revolutionized the industry by damming up the gullies, building reservoirs and pumping the water out of them on the flelds of growing rice. In this way it became practicable to plant the grain on every acre of land that he owned. His profits for the first year were so large that he bought vast tracts of land and extended his operations. Up to that time genuine prosperity had been an unknown quantity to the people of that section. He next determined to attract settlers to the country, and made a trip North and West in the interest of his plan. Since he started on that work over 2,000 north- ern and western men have become inhab- itants of the prairies of Southwest Louis- iana. To-day most of them are prosper- ous, their lands are irrigated by over 6000 .miles of canals, and millions of barrels of rice are shipped from their flelds to the markets of the country every year. Mr. Duson has established towns and fac- torles and enterprises of varfous Kkinds, and the people look upon him not alone as the leading spirit and master mind but as the benefactor of their country. ‘When Mr. Duson began to put intg ex- ecution his scheme to develop Southwest Loulstana he encountered conditions that Wwere pecullarly discouraging. Nearly ali the people inhabiting the country were poor and densely ignorant. They culti- vated small patches of cotton, weaving it _into cloth sufficient for their own use. They raised their own sweet potatoes, they had little fields of sugar cane and they produced rice enough for their own familfes, which they prepared for the ta- ble by pounding it in wooden mortars and pouring it from one dish to another to Winnow the chaff from the grain. This was only twenty years ago. These people paid no taxes and wanted no improve- ments. There were also cattlemen who owned thousands of cattle which occu- pled the prairies. It was not to be ex- pected that this class was anxious to see the ranges broken up and the land put under cuitivation. If a stranger stop- ped to look at the country not & man could be found to speak a good word for Southwest Louislana. He was told by the | cattlemen that the land was 8o poor that it would produce nothing. He was gruffly | informed by the shiftless and lawless ele- | ment that Northern men were not wanted. Hostility of the Native Acadians. The first Northern settlers brought to Acadie parish by Mr. Dusop were from Hillsdale, Mich. He was compelled to pay the freight on their household goods and to fyrnish the money with which to pay the &overnmem fee to enter their lands. These people to-day are among the most thrifty farmers in Southwest Loulsiana. They now cultivate 2000 acres of rice jand. g 2 Mr. Duson's headquarters, now at Crowley, were then at Rayne, the prin- cipal town of the section in those days. Tfie newspaper of that town was par- ticularly bitter against his efforts, and, having some old political scores to set- tle, squared matters by misrepresenting the country and discouraging strangers from coming to it. To get it out of the way Mr. Duson purchased the plant and locked up the office unt® he could find the right man to run it. ‘Atter he had advertised the advantages of the rice section for several years | settlers began to arrive. Lands that a short time before could not have been sold for 75 cents an acre brought $10 an acre, and the profits from the industry were piling up. The irrigation canals were being extended in all directions, towns and hamlets were fast dotting the once prairie waste, and prosperity was making itself apparent. These early set- tlers wrote glowing accounts of their surroundings to their friends at home, and- the work of the Dusons became easier. Tp fo that time there had been no large town_or city mearer than New Orleans. Ml;’!\)u.-on came to the conclusion that it s time to establish one. The parish of St. Landry was selected and the town of Crowley iald out. As an Inducement to secure the parish seat at Crowley Mr. Duson called the parish commis- sioners together and offered to donate a square of ground in the center of the new town ‘and $5000 in cash. This was refused, but the ground was nevertheless donated, and also the money on condi- tion that if it was not exnended on a courthouse it should he used by the com- missioners in buflding roads leading into Crowley. The settlement of the question was left to a vote of the people, and PERSONAL MENTION. J. H. Corcoran, a Mariposa attorney, is at the Lick. Frank Golden, a Nevada City jeweler, is at the Lick. C. H. Storke, an attorney of Santa Bar- bara, is at the Grand. 1. W. Fawquier, an attorney of Yreka, is registered at the Grand. George Meyers, a tobacco merchant of Fresno, is registered at the Lick. Len Thomas of Wabash, Ind,, dealer in hardware and brick-making machinery, is registered at the Grand Hughes and wife, L. C. Wey- M;?::ld'.wlte‘rnfl J. A. Sill and wife, all of Colorado Springs, comprising an ad- vance guard of the visiting band of Mys- tic Shriners, are registered at the Russ House. Dr. James J. Murphy and Lieutenant W. M. Athinson of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey ‘steamer Path- finder have returned from an extended surveying trip and have taken apart- ments at the Russ House. J. H. Howard, a member of the Hal- leck-Howard Mercantile Company of Denver, arrived yesterday and registered at the California. He is about to make a trip to the Hawalian Islands, combin- ing business with pleasure. l ary st.. city, for speclal ticket. PAPERS ON CURRENT TOFICS. PREPARED BY EXPERTS AND SPECIALISTS FOR THE SAN FrRANcIsco CALL. Booming of Louisiana’s Rice Industry, Being the Third of the Series of “The Op- portunity and the Man.” ——— By Walter Parker. — COPYRIGHT, 1%L ‘ IIT.—William Wilton Duson. Southwest Loulsiana, the land of “Evan- | Crowley was declared the parish seat. throughout the Northern States many, A short time later Mr. Duson arrang a series of excursions from New Orleans and other places, with free transporta- tion. Auction sales of lots were held, and hundreds of lots were sold at prices ranging from $ to $2%5 each. Many of these lots have since brought from $5000 to_$10,000 each. To Induce the Southern Pacific railroad to build a depot at Crowley, C. C. Duson was compelled to go to New York, visit the late Collis P. Huntington. then the president of the raflroad, and agree to pay the expense of putting in the switches and siding and also to pay the salary of the raflroad agent. Vhen Mr. Duson moved his newspaper from Rayne to Crowley the bitter feeling of the natives broke out afresh, A band of sixty-two men organized themselves into a Geod-of-the-Community League and sixty of them voted to destroy the newspaper plant_and burn the home of . W. Duson. But Mr. Duson persisted in his policies and overcame all ignorant opposition. ince thcse days the growth and devel- opment of Crowley and the rice countr= around it has been marvelous. Emigrants from Kansas, the Dakotas, Nebraska, Minnesota and other States poured Into the new country. They are now growing rice. Until within the last few years there ‘were no manufacturing enterprises in that entlre section and nearly every .dollar se- cured by the people was derived from agriculture. the profits on rice culture so far exceeding thoss of cotton and sugar cane that the rice planter has grown wealthy, while the sugar and cotton planter has done well to hold his owa. There is now about to be put under way a plan whereby large tracts of swamp lands n the parishes of Rapldes, Avoyelies and St. Landry will be drained and the rich alluvial soil given over to the cultivation of rice. The Dusons are largely responsi ble for the enterprise. The levee board representing these parishes a few weeks ago sold honds to the amount of $250,000 for the purpose of excavating eighty-five miles of dralnage canals and carrying off | the water, which now covers a great por- tlon of the parishes during a considerable perfod of the vear, into the Red River and the island lakes. It is a peculiar fact that in the lowlands of Louisiana the ground is higher along the rivers than anywhere else and the slope is from the rivers to the lakes. Under the new plan the drainage will be in both directions by reason of a system of pumPlng stations such as those at present in successful operation at New Orleans. These pump- ing stations will be placed at intervals along the canals and the water lifted and | then precipitated down the succeedin, grade. Much of this land is covered wit! valuable timber which will be cleared out and marketed in New Orleans for export to Europe. Making a Poor.Country Rich. Some years ago W. W. Duson was asked where his profits would come from in his schemes of development. It seemed that many of his settlers were growing rich, while he remained in only moderate cir- cumstances. His reply was: “I will be worth many millions some of these days, but to make this possible I must first de- velop the rice lands, make the men around me rich, make a poor country wealthy and then draw tribute from ft. The work of development has proceeded rapidly since that day, and though Mr. Duson and his brother have srown com- paratively wealthy their successes are yet to bring them in the great returns they have long ago anticipated. Their scheme is a simple one, after all, and is made complex merely threugh the extensive na- ture of their operations. Both own vast tracts of undeveloped land, which to be- come profitable must first be made to pay a profit to the homesteader. They hold the key to the entire situation, through their ownership of many enterprises on which the country’s prosperity rests in large measure. ‘W. W. Duson, while all his interests are centered in_the rice-producing section of Loulsiana, has the active management of more different kinds of business on his | hands than any other man in the South, the details of which he looks after cgre- fully. Duson is the diplomat. "He it 15 who in Washington has secured the tariff protection from the Government which makes the production of rice 80 | highly profitable to the Loulsiana planter. The securing of favorable freight rates, helpful legislation and similar benefits has been left to C. C. Duson, and In nearly every instance his labors have been suc- | cessful. W. W. Duson, however, controls the whole or¥unllallon. The brothers Tork together In perfect harmony and for the common good. W. W. Duson s now the owner of tha | Crowley Canal Company. president of tae Roller Canal Compary (limited), vice president of the Ferre Canal Company (limited), vice president of the Abbotf- Duson Canal Company, president of the Midland Canal Company, vice president of the Miller-Morris Canal Company and president of the Star Rice Milling Com- pany (limited). He is the _controlling power in dozens of commercial and finan- cial enterprises of various kinds. His Jat- est undertaking I8 the organization of a £16.000,000 company to control the rice market of the United States. Thé capital is understood to be available whenever Mr. Duson is ready for operations to be- gin. A number of New York capitalists and financlers are associated with Mr. Duson in this enterprise, which is know: as the American Rice-growers’ Distribu- | tion Company (limited). Mr. Duson is | the general manager. C. C. Duson, through his wide acquaint- ance'with men of means and prominence throughout the North and Bast, has aided largely in the work of development and investment. He is the president of tha American Rice-growers’ Distribution Com- pany. He is also president of the Acadie Canal Company and vice president of the Midland Canal Company. He is State Senator from the Tweifth Senatorial Dis- trict of Loulsiana, composed of St. Lan- dry and Acadie parishes. on the Mermentau River, glfllh. August 31, 1346. W. orn a few years later. ANSWERS TO QUERIES. WOOLEN GOODS—J. S. P., Gonzales, | o The duty on_foreign “woolen or | ed clothing 1s 44 cents and 60 per cent ad valorem. e DIME OF 1841—R. L. C., Relfef Hill, Ne- vada County, Cal. A d;m of 1841 "does not command a premium from dealers. Such a coin for 30 ecoin may be obtained from dealers DIFFERENCE IN TIME-A 8., Cit. The difference in time between San Fran- clsco and New York fs 3 hours 13 minutes 39 seconds; between San Francisco and don it is § hours § minutes 48 seconds. *BILLIARDS—C. E. V., San Pablo, Cal Hoyle lays down the rule that playing ;‘r?l :h:ngro?h. ball at b;lllard; is a foul | 3 “‘the penalty for a is that the plAyerp:mnoyt count ::ylv .xgl‘:\kt: i { many WORLD’S NAVAL NEWS Of all the ships-of-war gathered in the Solent to pay the last honors to the dead Queen, the Japanese battleship Hatsuse was described in the London Chronicle as “far and away the finest vessel present. B The German armored cruiser “B,” build- ing at Kiel, Is to have a battery other than that first intended. The two 9.4-inch guns will be replaced by four S8.25-inch. and the remainder of the battery will be ten 5.9-inch and twelve 3.4-inch rapid- s. firer: g The forelgn vessels of war In Astatle waters numbered 132 on January 19 last. not including Japanese ships. The several navles represented were as follows: G Britain, 5; United States. 26; Russia. 207 Germany, 19; France, 18; Italy, 5; Austria. 4; Holland, 3, and Portugal 2. Included in these totals Russia leads with ten ar- mored ships. Great Britain, elght; Ger- and United States, four each: France, three; Holland, two; Austria and Italy one each. N . The armor plant of the Beardmore Com- pany, near Glasgow, Is a part of the con= cern which has taken the shipyard of the late firm of Napfer & Son. Little ha: been sald about the development of the’ enter- prise of this company and its armor plant comes as a surprise. It has a 12.000-ton press and two smaller ones, and thus far six finishing shops have been completed. The output of armor averages from 30 to 600 tons a month, and the shipyard is full of work, a considerable tonnage being ships for the British navy. Two formidable battleships for the It fan navy are shortly to be laid down, ona the Regina Elena at Spezia, and the Vie- tor Emmanuel at Castellamara. They are of moderate tonnage, but are to have great speed and heavy batteries. The Regina Elena has a length of 475.75 feet over all, 436.35 feet length on water line, 5.46 feet breadth and 12.000 tons displace- ment. .The engines, of 20,000 horsepower, are to give a speed of twenty-two knots, and the coal bunker capacity of 2000 tons will give a cruising radius of 10,000 knots. The armament consists of three 12-inch. twelve 8-inch, twelve l4-pounders, twelve ¢-pounders and four torpedo tubes. The armor will be 9.84-inch Krupp. maximum thickness. The Victor Emmanuel is 435 feet length on water line, 73.32 feet beam and a displacement of 12,625 tons, her speed, armor and armament being identical with the Regina Elan:. e A Board of Trade return issued on Feb- ruary 8 gives some interesting figures on naval expenditures of the seven principal countries, their revenues. mercantile ton- nage, imports and exports by sea. The figures are for 1599, except the United States and Italy, and are as follows: T Miiiod Dotlars:| -3 FE-A z? COUNTRY. & 5 %-? |2 i-l'8 ;’:3’ H $ It ] k. Great Britain | 130.7] 600 |4476 19,164,343 France .. 8.9/ 710 |1648.7} 967, United 49.3 626.42076.7 842,24 Russia . 41.5) 9295/ 422.1' 554,14 Germany | 33| 3815 2900 3 1, €358 apan E3 10 004 ks Teay 3| 0.9 3615|818, Maximite is the name of a new high explosive invented by Hudson Maxim. At a recent trial its absolute safety under certain conditions was demonstrated, a 1000-pound shell of 12-inch dfameter be'ng filled with seventy pounds of maximite; the shell was fired through.a T'%-inch ar- mor plate without exploding the chargs, proving itself equal to wet cotton In this respect. Subsequently when the shell waa fired at a velocity calculated to penetrate heavy armor the shell was broken into thousands of fragments. $ 0.9 As prognosticated in The Call's naval notes under date of February 2. no addi- tional battleships nor armored cruisers have been voted for, instead of which tha Secretary Is requested “to prepare plans and specifications of two sea-going battle- skips and two armored cruisers, carrying the most suitable armor and armament for vessels of their class, and to submit > Congress a general description of. such ships on the first Monday in December next; and the Secretary * * * shall re- view and further consider the question whether such ships shall be sheathed or unsheathed, weight and extent of armor, form and location of turrets; whether any changes should be made In the num- ber and kind of guns of thé various sizes heretofore used in similar ships: what, if any, torpedo tubes should be built int> large ships: extent to which- electricity should be used for auxiliary purposes, and all other questions which havé arisen and are now pending among naval -arhitects and ordnance experts concerning the. con- struction of battleships under modern con~ ditions. And the Secretary shall report to Cengress his opinion to such an extent as he may deem expedient upon the fore- going questions.” It is a pretty large contract with which the Seeretary is cone fronted and will* involve much time, thought and labor on the part of the sev~ eral experts to be called in to settle the varfous questions involved. But the most difficult task will devolve upon Mr. Long to reconcile the divergent views and re- Port upon what constitiites a perfect ahip- of-war. } Choice candies, Townsend’s, Palace Hotel.* } Cal. glace frult 50c per 1b at Townsend's* Special information supplied dafly to business houses and ic men the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s). 310 Mont: somery st. Teiephone Main 1043 - “Waterman,” “Stanly,” “Marshall” and “Falcon™ Fountain. Pens are the best in the world for the money. -Sanborn, Vail Co., Stationery Department, selling agents for San Francisco. - China's beverage is not confined entirely to tea. During 183 shé imported fro: many beer to the amount of $258,000. Cheap to Bakersfield. The Santa Fe will sell you a ticket to Bakers. fleld and return at the very low rate of $1. Good to leave San Francisco March Sth. Side riles to the Kern County oil wells at very low rates. Secure your sleeping car reservations and make all arrangements at the company's office, 641 Market street, or at Ferry. depot. ——e——— Secretary Long keeps on his desk an alarm clock to remind him -of appoint- ments, regarding which he is very partic- ular. . P — ADVERTISEMENTS. THIN CHILD . If a child is thin, let him take a little of Scott’s emulsion of cod-liver oil. - Some children like it too well; begin with a little. A he may have made by such stroke his adgersary is entitled to the next pl.-ny'? HIS NOBS AND HIS HEELS-D. Alviso, Cal. definitions of “his nobs” and “his heels” » in cribbage: His nobs—The knave of the | turned up suit; in_counting in hand og | erib it marks one point. Is heels—The | knave when turned up; it reckons for two | holes, but is only once counted. ‘ A SOLDIER'S WIDOW—A. C. R, Marysville, Cal. The widow of a soldier of the War of the Rebellion is entitled | n to a pension. When she marries her pension ceases, but if the second man | ma had Il”“beflllm a ac.lflle'l‘ of Hoyle gives the following | half- or quarter-teaspoonful is enough at first, if the stomach is weak; but .increase, as you find the stomach will bear. - The effect is: the little one takes on stréngth; gets hungry;- eats and is happy; gets fat—he ought to be fat—and" gets healthy. gy We'll send youa litle to try it you ke, SCOTT & BOWNE, .03 Pearl street, New York, \ T s