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THE SA The =5 - @all. MARCH 16, 1901 S \TL'Ri{AY JOHN D, SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communications te W.S. LEAEE, Manager. MANAGER'S OFFICE........Telephone Press 204 PUBLICATION OFFICE...Market and Third, S. F. Telephone Press 201. 217 to 221 Stevenson St. | 202. Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Weelk. Single Copies, 5 Cents. EDITORIAL ROOMS, Telephone Pre Terms by Mail, Including Postage: .$6.00 3.00 150 652 | Year 1.50 | . Ome Yea 10| All postmasters are authorized to receive subseriptions. Eample coples will be forwarded when requested. £e of address should be D ADDRESS in order compliance with their request. +v0s..1118 Broadway | : KROGNESS. | Marqusits Building, Chieago. ph e “Central 2619."') XEW ¥ €. €. CARLTON. PONDENT: -..Herald Squa; NTATIVE: ) "ribune Building STANDS: A. Brentano, 31 Unlon quare; | | STANDS: ‘ ews Co.; Great Northern Hotel: | 2 Hotel. WASHINGTON (. C.) OFFICE. ...1406 G St., N. 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NW. cor- | en us nd the World in rich Opera Comp hty Days.” March 18, ce. mance Thursday night, March 21 ne Girl.” son and Fddy streets—Specialties. —Vaudeville every efternoon and | MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP al ownership of public ng much encourage- of the London tive body at legisl iged to effect municipal ht supply and of street | is the ruling | y ject to political | al grant and holding | T L on can be broughr | to the public service industries t e brought into | il be a work of expect an immediate objec: by he center of the Anglo- 4 | sts and com- | who from sibilities upon government, are using the senti- baliot in London to propagate a The feeling in fa- ong been cherished r gained any im- policy in this county n Boston, New York rly appear- | ipply in those cities. ality of the supply omy of its storage, conduit | rded a quotable example. es of the system resort to | stitution. | 1 country, { 1 papers which promote this at London proposes, point to | d Glasgow have accomplished. to secure similar results there mus: 1 conditions must be closely workable in one place may n sther by reason of an irrecon- n water supply is abundant and hered in the Welsh hills and the ar its distribution and its administr: is ample and ece- on free from scandal, but | » consumer more than the Spring Valley s | S Francisco. will be seen that there must be a dom- ty of conditions, and it would be very the Birmingham ratepayer to assume a and rail at his municipal water supply be- ause it is not as cheap as that of San Francisco fur- nished by a corporation. In discussing the subject there has reappeared, in a number of American newspapers, a former error about Glasgow, in the assertion that that city derives from the profits of her water supply and operation of the street railways a sum that supports her entire | government and releases the people from taxation. As we have herctofore shown by the direct testimony of the Glasgow municipal rep-orts, that is not so. The taxation in that city is appreciably higher than in San | Francisco and Oakland Another matter must not be lost sight of. It is too | frequently the case in this country that municipal ownership is advocatzd from motives of revenge or & desire to injure invested capital. We recall no in- stance in which it has been proposed to take *over existing water and street railway systems at' a fair valuation, in order not to inflict the loss of the pri- vate capital they represent. But almost without ex- ception it is proposed to issue bonds for the installa- tion of new works, This is not good eccnomics. Existing systems pay taxes into the public treasury, and if obsoleted with- out compensation to the capital they represent it dies where it is and can no longer respond in taxa- tion. In every case within our knowledge in the B,‘itish Isles both water works and street railways were taken and paid for, thus keeping alive the capital they represented. Otherwise the taxpayer has upon him the burden of interest on the bond issue, and also is compelled to make good the tax lost upon the cap:- tal destroyed it the old works. nilarit | capital is a minor consideration. to put business duties and re- “ G than a pa THE MERCHANT PRINCES. OR the members of the Chicago Commercial [:Club and their guests who are now visiting the city San Francisco has that cordial welcome which is given to those in whose company we delight and whose works we honor. We are glad to have them with us even for the short time they purpose to stay, and we would be still more glad should some or all of them decide to make a home and devote to the upbuilding of San Francisco and California the ener- gies that have been so successiully applied to the promotion of the prosperity of Chicago and Illinois. It has been estimated that the members of the com- pany represent in the aggregate a capital of upward of $1,000,000,000. That is an immense sum, and any 'small body of men who controlled it would be no- table in the world. With these men, however, their The main point to be borne in mind in their welcome is that they rep- resent the energy, the sagacity, the enterprise and the | success which have created not only the vast wealth they control but the still vaster wealth which through | their efforts has been contributed in wages, salaries, profits and earnings to the community in which they live and work. Bulwer has very justly made Richelieu describe | trade as “the calm health of nations,” and boast with honest pride that having found France with trade roz- ting in her markets he had caused it to pour through all the veins of the kingdom “in strengthening tides.” The great captains of industry and the merchant princes of the United States have each in his own way helped to quicken these strengthening tides and to augment them, and as a result their labors have been for the benefit of all. It is difficult to measure the | debt which the people of the United States owe to men who have known how to convert cheap raw ma- | terial into valuable products and how to find in every part gf the globe the market that is most profitable for them. It is certain, however, that communities which do not possess such men remain always en- | gaged in little things and provide but scant wages | for labor and but little profits for industry. Fortunately the American people are not unappre- ciative of the merits of those who take the lead in great enterprises. There may be here and there heard the voice of envy or folly complaining of the | wealth that the leaders have obtained and trying to detract from their merits, but such voices have little influence upon the public mind. = The great mass of the people understand the worth to a community of a man who knows how to do business on a large scale. They are also conscious of the truth of the saying of Solomon that where there is an increase of substance there is an increase of those who consume it. The masters of industry and commerce do not work for themselves only. Their energies and their thoughts capnot be reserved for purely selfish ends. The struc- ture of society is so closely woven in warp and woof that whoever legitimately and honestly advances his own fortune advances at the same time the fortunes of his fellow men. America needs the men who can begin life' with nothing but pluck, health and brains and by the right use of them become millionaires. She needs the men who can exploit her mines, cultivate her fields, con struct railroads and Jaunch steamship lines, build up cities, furnish work and wages for her pecple and maintain in all her veins that flourishing trade which is the calm health of nations. Consequently when any company composed of such men visit an ‘American community they are iustly received with honor. Our guests of to-day are men who have been largely, instrumental in advancing American trade and industry until they have become the wonder of the world, and San Francisco, looking across the Pa- cific to the rich Orient, and through the years to the marvelous era that is to be, can hardly do too much in the way of welcome to men whose example reveals the way by which the possibilities of her trade with st and in the future are to be gloriously reai- POLYGAMY REVIVED. OVERNOR WELLS of Utah has acted ‘wisely in vetoing the Evans bill relating to com- plaints in criminal prosecutions. The issue is of interest to the whole country, and deserves more ing notice. 3 The admission of Utah as a State was deferred until she had long passed in population the num- ber that had been considered necessary to state- hood in the case of other Territories. Had not the Tucker-Edmunds law against polygamy passed, to be followed by the formal abandonment of plural mar- riage by the apostolic authority of the Mormon church, Utah would still be a Territory, with the firm hand of the Federal yower filling her prisons with the male parties to polygamous marriage. But the church, admonished by the stern enforce- ment of the law and by the adverse public opinion of the country, professedly cast off the offensive practice and ceased to follow it, either as a domestic regulation or a means of spirituai grace. After this act of self- abnegation and reform from the inside in response to pressure from withour, Utah presented herself as a reformed and repentant Magdalen, asking admission as an equal to the sisterhood of States. The penitent nl\\"ays commands sympathy, that great undoer of precaution. Mormons of age and dignity, of highly cultivated talents, who had made lasting friendships as delegates of the Territory in Congress, and others, whose business relations had brought them into favorable contact with the Gentile world, had suffered indictment, and manfully pleaded guilty to polygamous marriage, and in court had powerfully and pitifully defended the virtue of their wives and the legitimacy of their children. When the denunciation of the criminal law and the renunciation of the church | were at one these men had selected each a wife from the many they had and made ample provision for the abandoned, and by these courses had filed a genuine claim to Gentile respect and confidence. So, finally, there was little opposition to the admis- sion of Utah under tl:e anti-polygamy guarantee re- quired by Congress to be put in her State constitu- tion. That guarantee was that there should be perfect religious toleration and that polygamy or plural mar- riage should be forever prohibited, and when it was put in her constitution Utah walked into the Union the equal of the oldest State and the complete mistress of the legislation by which her constitution should be made vital and find enforcement. The Tucker-Edmunds law applied only to the Ter- ritory and fell by automatic repeal when the Mormons entered the Union. Since then they have been appar- ently acquiescent in the guarantee of the constitution, though it has been more than suspected that under this superficial assent the flesh and the spirit were again in unison in the secret revival of polygamy as 2 part of their scheme of salvation. Within a few days the mask has been discarded. | The present Legislature has a large Mormon major- ity. The Evans bill, which Governor Wells has ve- toed, is professedly to enforce the anti-polygamy guarantee, but in reality to entirely nullify it. The FRANC1ISCO CALL, | charge against either. SATURDAY bill provides that prosecutions for polygamy shall lie MARCH 16, 1901. : PAPERS ON CURRENT TOPICS. only upon an information filed by a husband or wife wronged by the act, or by a relative within the sec- ond degree of consanguinity, Such a law would reopen every harem in Utah. The ineffable and ghostly but awful power of the church, which reaches its busy hand into the material concerns of its people, and passing the veil, binds or loosens 1 the spiritual worid, holding them in the unbreakabls bonds of fear and superstition from the moment they -are shirted in the holy robe consecrated in the mys- teries of the Temple to the moment of death and be- yond its pain, would see to it that none of its children complain. The bill has beean plausibly defended with that seeing hypocrisy and keen ingenuity which are always at the command of ecclesiastical tyranny. In a ma- jority of the States the statute of adultery provides that there shall be no prosecution except upon infor- mation filed by the wronged husband or wife. Such a statute is intended to protect the family, which may be destroyed by a designing outsider who for motives of revenge might separate husband and wife by a false There is no logical, moral or legal analogy between such a statute and the pro- polygamy law of Utah, But the church could set upa false analogy and defend it with plausibility and power. The remedy lies in an amendment to the Federal constitution forbidding polygamy as it forbids slavery, and putting its enforcement in the hands of the Fed- eral courts. We have heretofore advised such an amendment, and urge it now, for Mormon influence may soon corrupt the statutes of Idaho and Wyoming, and the harem will become a fixed domestic institu- tion in the three States. B —— THE ELECTION OF SENATORS. induce the various State Legislatures to call for a national convention for the purpose of so amending the Federal constitution as to provide for the election ‘of United States Senators by direct vote of the people may possibly fail, but, if so, the failure will be due to objections to that method of making the amendment and not to the amendment itself. That much is made certain by the fact that in recent years a large number of States have through their Legislatures declared in favor of abolishing the pres- ent system of Senatorial elections, and among the States that have so declared are some of the most con.- servative in the Union. The issue is as yet = non-partisan one and will doubtless remain so, but still it is worth noting that Republican States have been among the leaders in the demand for the amendment. Among the States whose Legislatures have at one time or another urged the amendment are Penasylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Michi- gan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana, Oregon, Kan- sas, Nebraska and Washington. The new States of Wyoming, Utah and North Dakota have also de- clared for it. Texas is, we believe, the only South- ern State that has thus far demanded the change, but in a majority of those States popular elections are very nearly a dead letter, and consequently an agita- tion of the question in that section is hardly to be expected. Should the issue be presented to them as one of practical politics their Legislatures would in all probability vote as the Democratic national plat- form dictates, and therefore they may be counted as reasonably sure to favor the change. The drift of popular sentiment on the subject is not the result of any temporary breeze of politics. Tha sentiment, in fact, has been one of slow but con- tinuous growth. For a long series of years the coua- try has been disturbed by scandal after scandal in the clection of United States Senators. It is hardly ne- cessary to go over the dreary record. It suffices to say that so far from any improvement resulting from the exposure of the earlier scandals, affairs have be come steadily worse, until now two States of the Union are without representatives in the Senate, and several of them have representatives whose elections. are known to a moral certainty to have been brought about by every form of corruption that the cunning and the fraud of unscrupulous men can devise. Up to this time there have been twenty-seven States in all that have decla~ed for election by direct vote of the people. Should 21l of them indorse the Penn- sylvania plan there would be required but three more to make up the two-thirds necessary to carry tha amendment. That plan, however,.is so radically dif- ferent from the method urged by the States on for- mer occasions that it is by no means certain all oi them will support it. Men may be in favor of an amendment brought about through the action of Con- gress and State Legislatures who would not be in favor of a national cénvention to deal with the sub- ject. That fact gives a new interest to a movement which would otherwise attract comparatively little at- tention, and renders the result by no means a fore- gone conclusion. Erough in the way of approval has, however, already been gained to raise the Penn- sylvania plan to the rank of a live political issue, and since it appears to be the only feasible means of bring- ing about the reform it may attain success much more speedily than many people imagin EFFORTS now being made by Pennsylvania to Among other regalia there has just been presented to King Edward by the Australian Federation an opal which is said to be the largest and finest in the world. It is described as being two inches long, an inch and a half thick, weighs 250 karats, and is esti- mated to be worth $250,000. It will be remembered that opals are said to bring bad luck, but neither Ed- ward nor any one else would hesitate to take risks cn an opal of that value. The fellow who threatened the newly elected mil- lionaire Senator from Utah has opened up the pros- pect of an avenue of crime that would cause a division of sentiment among even the most law abiding peo- ple in the country. Suppose several conspicuous Sen- ators, who need not be named, were abducted and car- ried into retirement, would anybody hFowl? Would the country vote a ransom? ——— A man in Indiana sold his wife for $2. After the bargain the wife ran away from her purchaser and ob- tained a divorce from her husband. Now the pur- chaser wishes his money back and has brought suit to recover it. What sort of case is that to leave to the judgment of an ordinary Justice of tlte Peace? Late reports declare that the miners are now dredging for gold on the beach at Cape Nome. It is sincerely to be hoped that no new McKenzie will arise to claim a blanket patent on dredges and the right of discovery to the products of the sea. Oakland footpads gave an exposition in court a few days ago of the gentle art of sandbagging. They ought to be delegated for a long term to establish a post-graduate course in the art in the State peniten- tiary. " The King of Roumania has either lost his mentai balance or wants people to believe that he has. He has paid enormous expenses of state out of his private = X G o i e e | PREPARED BY EXPERTS AND SPECIALISTS FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL Regulations Which the Federal Government Has Established for Those Who Seek National Employment. By John R. Procter, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. (COPYRIGHT, 1%01.) V.—HOW TO TAKE A CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION. The fact that there are over 8,000 posi-| tions in the classified civil service of the | United States at the present time which are filled as the result of competitive ex-| aminations lends interest to the mode of taking them. Every year nearly 50,000 ap- | plicants compete in examinations to test | thelr fitness for public employment, and of thi§ number nearly 10,000, or approxi- mately one-fifth of all examined, secure appointment. Of those examined about T per cent are successful in securing rat- ings which make them eligible for ap- pointment, while the remainder fail. The positions for which the examina- tions are held are located throughout the United States and are of the most varied character, ranging from that of carpenter | or blacksmith at an Indian agency to that of supervising architect of the Treasury Department or assistant eth- nologist of the Smithsonian Institutiva. The salaries also vary greatly, ranging from a minimum of about $300 or $400 a year for some positions of the lowest grade, such as skilled laborers and messenger boys, to from $2000 to $4000 = year for a few positions requiring spe: cial professional or scientific attainments and great executive ability. The salaries for much the larger proportion of the po- sitions, however, range from $600 or v to $1600 or §$I18W a year, appointments usually being made at the lower salaries and promotion made to the higher posi- tions on the basis of experience and effi- ciency in the service. Many Kinds of Examinations. The examinations required to test fit- ness for employment in the public service are as varied as the nature of the posi- tions themselves. During the last fiscal year the Civil Service Commission gave examinations under not less than 433 dif- ferent titles, and of this number fully 10 were entirely new, not having been given before. The fleld of knowledge, manual skill and scientific attalnment covered by the commission’s examinations is wider and far more intricate than that covered by the curriculum of any university, for it embraces not only the requirements of all the learned professions, except that of theology, but in addition to them the vast range of scientific attainments nec- essary to carry on much of the original work of the great executive departments and scientific bureaus of the Government. It is also necessary to furnish in the classified service a large force of well- equipped, practical men qualified to carry on the many important engineering and building operations which are undertaken at the public expense. Many positions in the engineer and . ordnance departments at large fall into this category, as well as superintendents of construction and architectural draughtsmen under the su- pervising architect’s office. There are also thousands of clerical and subordinate positions in the executive departments In ‘Washington requiring, in many cases, in addition to simple clerical ability, skill as stenographers, typewriters, bookkeepers, linguists, computers and draughtsmen Following these is the large number of positions in the custom-house service, many of which require expert examiners of all classes of merchandise or goo well as competent clerks and accountants. Positions Filled by the Commission. The railway malil service, with over $0% employes, traversing every State and nearly every Territory of the nation, re- quires the services of young men of phy- sical vigor, good memories and fair com- mon school education. The classified postoffice service, comprising all the fre. delivery postoffices of the country, over 850 in number, and employing over 37,008 clerks and carriers, imposes similar re- quirements to those for the raillway mall service, and constitutes the largest single class of positions in the classified civil ser- vice. Positions in the internal revenue ser- vice, with the exception of deputy collec- tors and storekeepers and gaugers whose average pay is less than $3 a day or $50) a year, are also ineluded in the classified service and are subject to competitive ex- amination. Many of these positions re- quire famillarity with revenue laws and of the methods of manufacture, gauging and storing spirituous and malt liquors. The Government printing service at ‘Washington comprises the employes (nearly 3000 in number) in the largest rrinting office in the world. All the trades ahd occupations of the printing business are represented, and qualifications are tested by competitive examination. Tha Indiaf service, including the superintend- ents, teachers and many of the other em- ployes of the various Indian schools throughout the country, is also embraced in the classified service and demands a'- talnments of the most varled character. In addition to the services already enumerated, the following also have many positions subject to competitive examina- tior: and requiring special technical and peculiar qualifications in many cases: Tha marine hospital service, the lighthouse service, the life-saving service, the several mints and assay offices, the revenue cut- ter service, the force emnloyed under the custodians of public buildings, the several sub-treasuries. There are also numerous other position in the classified civil service not here enumerated for which special technical or clerical abllity is required. Merit Is the Only Test. For carrying on its marvelously intri- cate and varied work the commission not only has a corps of trained examiners on its own force, but is authorized to call to its aid in preparing and rating examina- tions many experts in the public service outside its own office who are especially qualified in scientific, professional or tech- nical subjects. The peculiar value of the civil service system of examinations consists in the fact that It endeavors to determine the relative fitness or merit of the various competitors for the particular positions they seek. All political, religious and per- sonal preferences are entirel I' excluded Iu determining the character of suitable ex- aminations and in rating the papers of competitors, ' In_ the great _mefority of cases the identity of those who compete is not disclosed to the examiners until the papers have been rated, thus insuring absolute fairness in this feature of the work. It is difficult, however, to. convince the average applicant who 1s seeking em - ployment under the Government that it 1s not necessary to secure the ald of e resumably influential citizen to secure Pull information in regard o the require- ments of civil service examinations, or to have his examination papers properly A ol wnin cnagias impression, o and unfounded, the commission has Sought to overcome on_evt occasion. Absolute impartiality and justice to all are the fun- damental requirements of the civil ser- vice act and rules, and every citizen, no matter how humble his station, is entitled to every right and privilege which may be accorded to the most prominent and in- fluential. This fact makes the civil ser- Vice system absolutely democratic in ev- ery essential and not aristocratic. as some of its enemies have claimed. It throws open wide to every American citizen the doors of opportunity and says: shall best demonstrate his fitness to serve his country in a civil capacit: pointed to public office, sha tained so hmf as he renders faithful and efficient service. How to Get Preliminary Information. sistance of your Congress Ly A L g osting with the civil s onitatastor but to oy %ulmo fllm::ly !‘h“h m& commission ashington i ized agencles, its’ of xaminers in every e - fiee custom-house, mint and aseay ofc b and state clear i learly and y just what you want to know :fl ‘ou mfi' secure mp:.% l{ you desire to oum“ s pf Y E::.,;_"'ft (o Goverautent T the cite ok town in which mm—y‘: 873 Gt v make inquiries of the appropriate local board alteady mentioned for the neces- sary information as to the scope, char- acter and dates of examinations, appli- cation forms, etc. If, however, you seek information in relation to the department- al service in Washington or the rallway mail, Government printing, Indian or oth- er important branches of the service not local, you should make inquiry of the clvil 'service commission at Washington, D. C. A printed “Manual of Examina- tions,” giving full and complete informa- tion respecting the scope and character of all the mote important examinations, is | furnished on request without cost to all applicants. Having received this manual and read it carefully you should determine upon the kind cf examination you desire to take, being governed in this choice by your own qualifications and the needs of the public service or the classes of eligi- bles most in demand. In this connection it may be stated that the demand for sim- ple clerical ability which has not been spectalized in some way is relatively small at the present time. For instance, very few persons are appointed from the de- rtmental clerk register, while a much rger number is appointed from the reg- er of qualified stenographers and type- writers. Specialists in Public Service. The more highly specialized your quali- fications, if they are of a character de- sired in the Government service, the greater your prospécts of nplgolm.ment 14 Yyou pass an examination. ‘'or {llustra- tion, the commission frequently has diffi- culty in uring a sufficient number of well-qualified civil and electrical engl- neers, topographic and other classes of skilled draughtsmen to supply the needs of the service, while it has excessively large registers of clerks, messengers, watchmen and skilled laborers. It was formerly the policy of the de- partment to appoint many more persons 0 the grade of clerk or copyist than at the present time, and to train up from that grade those specialists required in the performance of many classes of cler- ical work. Now it is the desire of these departments to secure as far as possible persons who possess the necessary quali- fications for the performance of these special classes of work without requiring to be trained after appointment. This practice greatly increases the number of different kinds of examinations held and encourages those possessed of the de- sired qualifications to enter them. Many of these special examinations are not In- cluded in the ““Manual of Examinations,” but are announced and held from time to time as the need for them arises in con- sequence of vacancies in the departments. These special examinations for particu- lar vacancies pr classes of vacancies are usually announced through the press at least thirty days before being held. The commission also keeps lists of -the names of persons who wish to be informed of the announcements of examinations of a certain character, and such persons are advised if an examination of the kind they desire to enter is about to be held. Preparing for an Examination. Having received such information as you desire, and having selected the exam- nation you wish to take, the proper ap- plication form should be carefully exe- cuted, observing fully all the require- ments of the form, and should be filed either with the local board of examiners or the commission at Washington, as may be required. This Is a very important step in the taking of an examination, as errors in the filling out of application pa- pers often result in serious delays and great annoyance both to the commission nr;{l{lhe ;pnlk‘unt. ter having filed your application you should give close atiention to the Scope of the subjects of the examination you have selected in order that you may fa- miliarize yourself as far as possible with the requirements of the position you seek. You will observe that in examinations of a clerical nature, such” as those for de- partmental clerk, postoffice clerk and cus- tom-house clerk, for example, the ques- tions are largely of a practical or busi- nesslike character, and are designed to test your clerical ability rather than mere theoretical knowledge of textbooks. The problems in artithmetic in these examina- tions are usually along the lines of prac- tical business, or involve such principles as are in daily use in clerieal work for business firms or private corporations. The other tests of t s of examin- atlons, such as the subjects of letter writ- ing and copying, are designed to be prac- tical and businesslike, and are intended to determine your real capacity for cler- ical work rather than your mere schol- astic acquirements. You will find it will be of assistance to you to study carefully the rules for marking the different sub- jects of the examination. These are pub- lished in the *“Manual of Examinations’ already mentioned. By noting the classes of errors for which specific chufea are made under this system of marking you will be able to avoid many of them. Taking an Examination. On the day of the examination you should, if possible, arrive early at {ha rooms where the examination is held, in order to avoid any feeling of nervousness or discomfort from a sense of being hur- If possible, get a good night's rest before the examination. This is much more important than to spend the time in an endeavor to study or make special rrepnrltlon for the examination at that ate date. Having entered upon the ex- amination, carefully plan the disposition of your time so as to give sufficlent time to ‘the more important subjects. As a of the rule, ample time is allowed in all commlsalonl's '{an“}m’pfim the aver- age competitor to complete his worl - out being especiall g;l:rlfledfi e you are examined in the sa oF at the same tables with other com. petitors it is very important that you se- cure the absolute integrity of your own work. In order to do this you should use every possible means to prevent any fel. low competitors from observing your work or obtllninf any information from your sheets, and it is needless to say you should be equally careful in not attempt- ing to secure assistance from others. It not infrequently occurs that the examina- tion papers of competitors are canceled :lnd t! :Zc:? butrerdlm future examina- ons, b :; o ",. uré to observe these ~n receiving the examination read fully all the instructions whim printed on them for your information. You will thus be enabled to proceed much more tly with your work and will not ed to make any inquiries of the examiner in charge. Be sure that all the examination sheets belonging to your ex- amination are issued to you, and that you have completed them to the best of your abllity before turning them over to the examiner. And, finally, having completed your work, do not become nfinmflmt it You do not promptly receive a notice of t How Appointments Are M=ade. Having passed an examinatios name being entered upon 4 register o il can do flm the com: n el to hasten or retard an a t. Th m!mnwmmgp. = | 35553 {her certification, ! 1y selected for appointment. It s uselesy to imagine that gauucnl or personal infl ence will contribute to an early appot ment far as the work of the comm sion is concerned. No request from wha- ever source will secure the certification ¢ a name out of its order or induce the com- mission to modify in any way its regula- tions relative to the certification and se- lection of appointees. PERSONAL MENTION. ‘W. J. Lee of Bakersfleld is at the Palace, Dr. W. M. Sherman of Fresno is at tha Lick. H. E. Barber and wifs of Stockton ars at the Grand. E. J. Kendall, a mining man of Auburn, is at the Grand. E. S. Churchill of N: Palace yesterday. Hugh Price, a mining man of Loomis, {3 at the California. Ex-Senator H. C. Morehouse of San Joso is at the California. John L. Hudner, lister, is at the Lick. W. F. George, an attorney of Sacra- mento, is at the Lick. | R. D. Hatch, manager of the Novat, | ranch, is at the Lick. George Weir, a cattle raiser of Peta- luma, is at the Grand. L. W. Fulkerth, a lawyer of Modesto, i3 registered at the Lick. Ex-Senator B. F. Langford of Stockton is a guest at the Lick. Dr. R. Roca and wife of Hollister ars guests at the California. W. R. Spalding, a lumber man of Vi- salia, is registered at the Lick. George W. de Witt, a, mining man of Baker City, Ore., Is a guest at the Lick. ————————— CALIFORNIANS IN PARIS. PARIS, March 15.—The following C fornians are in Paris: From San Fr cisco—E. Baker, at Hotel Continent Mrs. A. C. Baumgartner, Hotel Louvre; Mrs. W. and Misses Chabot, F- tel de la Tremoille: M. C. Harrison anl wife, Hotel de I'Athence; W. H. Parks, Hotel du Louvre: Edward Solly, Hotcl Binda. WASHINGTON, March 15.—The follow- ing persons are at the hotels: Raleigh, ‘Willlam H. Hall; Ebbitt, C. B. Platt; Gor- don, Dr. George F. Shields; all of San Franclsc a registered at tho an attorney of Hol- ANSWERS TO QUERIES. AILEEN—R., Vallambrosa, Cal. The Irish Allene or Efleen is another form of the given name Helen. TWO DATES—A. 8., City. d'rh. zzh"ot March, 1572, fell on a Thursday an he 10th of Jantary, 1852, fell on a Tuesday. TIDE AT ST. JOHN B. C., City. The tides at St. Jokin, N. B., are: Mean spring, 27 feet; neap mean, 23, and neap range, 19. MATRIMONTAL PAPER—S., City. Tha directories of newspapers published in the United States fail to show that any mat- rimonial paper § published in California. THE CARSON MINT-T. S. A. D, Sa~- ramento, Cal. The Unrited States mint at Carson, Nev., is now ouly an assay office. Bullion is received there, but not minted. Such is shipped to San Francisco for coinage. allambrosa, Cal. ESCHSCHOLTZ—R., The primary accent is on the first syllable of the name Eschscholtz, the German botanist. The name is pronounced as if written Esh-sholts. ‘Thi A POEM—F. D., City. correspond- ent is anxious to know in wlat Stockton paper, and the date thereof, there was ublished a poem entitled “The Broken ell.”” Can any of the readers of this de partment inform him? A SHILLING—R. H, Agnews, Cal. A shilling of the time of Queen Elizabeth (1558-1603). such as is deseribed In the let- v is not considered by numis- Toatiats o Faxe coin. Such are offered by dealers at prices varying from 3l to $2 50, according to state of preservation. HERALD ISLAND-R., Vallambrosa, Cal. Herald Island is the name of a | sman island in the Arctic discovered in 1848 by an English captain named Keller. The oes not give the name of The dlscaverer O Bennett Island, which % north of the the Arctic, Siberian in Island. TO LOCATE A POEM—L J. M., City. In order to locate a poem it is necessary to have either the first line or the title. It is somewhat difficult to locate a poem by the following: “I want to know whera I can find a poem about two men, one ma- ture and dark and the other young and fair; they charge together to the top of the hill and each gives the other a mes sage to deliver in case of survival. Both are killed.” Maybe some of the readers of this department have a recollection of the Incident. COMMUNITY PROPERTY—A. and B., City. The husband in California has the management and control of the commu- nity property, with like absolute power of disposition, except testamentary, as he has of his separate rroperty. Upen the death of the wife, the entire community property, without administration, belongs to the surviving husband, except such portion thereof as mav_ Hhave been set a to the wife by judicial decree for her support and maiptenance, which por- tion is subject to her testamentary dis- position, and in the absence of such dis- position’ goes to her descendants or heirs, exclusive of her husband. KLAMATH COUNTY-R., Vallambrosa, Cal. By the act of February 18, 1550, Cali- fornia was first divided into counties. The entire northwest corner of the State, be- tween parallels 40-42 north latitude and west of the summit of the Coast Range of mountains, was declared to be Trinity County. in 1861 the northern portion was declared to be Klamath County. In 1853 Humbeldt County was created out of the western part of Trinity County. In 1857 Del Norte County . was carved out of Klamath County and in 1574 all that was left of Klamath County was divided be- tween Humboldt and Siskiyou countles. CALIFORNTA COUNTIES—R., Vallam- brosa, Cal. The counties of California asked about were organized or created on the dates given: Glenn County, March 11, 1881, m_from Colusa County:; Kings County, March 22, 1883, from _Tulars County; Madera County, March 11, 189, from o County; Modde County, Feb- T 17, 1874, out of the eastern portion of Siskiyou County: Orange County, March 11, out of Los Angeles County; River- side County, March 11, 188, out of San Bernardino C}lmty: San Benito County, Fel 12, 1574, out of Monterey County, north of the Gabilan of mountains #na Ventura County. March 5. 155 feom al ounty, arc 3 'om the eastern half of §um Barbara County. Peanut crisps. Townsend's. Splendid Cal. glace cherries. Townsend's.* Ex strong hoarhound candy. Townsend's.® —_———— Cholce candies, Townsend's, Palace Hotel * Cal. glace frult 50c per 1b at Townsend's.* i Special information supplied dally to business ard public men Lhe i 's). 510 - e A setback Is a dhe&l:luml or a stim e .‘m“mu to mettle of the ing the winter. The great tonic. Luxuriant hatr with its youthul color assured by using Parker's Hair Balsam.