The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 21, 1901, Page 6

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White. Richly endowed aculty that is essential to suc- o his personal d the general He sacrificed much of the service of the public, and will long be an incentive to lifdrnians can hardly render any reir State than by the erec- will impress upon the 1 all generations to come ) ected to great men are some- | than adornments to cities. They serve sing the eye and gratify- stand as object lessons in | 1ind men of the value of a life ived solely for self. They recall to stran- f great men to whose memory They attest the existence in rit that rightly appreciates | d genius, and thus tend not only to the | f the community itself but to an in- ‘ reputation abroad ator White's illustrious life is Death has cleared away | of partisanship, and men of all | ive the full proportions of his | ne will now question that in ths | te he gave to California a.prestige or to that of no other State in | r will it be denied that his service there was devoted to noble ends and animated by a genuine | inds 11 the cloud n now perce No | ™ ! being the case there is every reason to expect { the liberality of Californians a prompt response | he = scriptions to the give something it monument | will not be | y one to give much. Moreover, from e of the object of the movement it is | subscriptions come from the general | mass of the people and represent the popular senti t of the State rather than that of comparatively w men. It is in that spirit the movement for the erection of the monument” has been undertaken, and the public response should be prompt, cordial and liberal the very natu acsirable that A Russian diplomat has sneeringly advised Eng- Iznd to capture Dewet before she seeks trouble else- sere. This seems to be a reasonable indication that our British friends have tried to bluff with nothing in vheir-hands and have been called. The Council of Gilroy has legislated eleven saloons ovt of existence, and still the peopie of the town fec! that they are in no danger of thirst. Somebody must be distributing Carrie Nation tracts in the neighbor- hood. \ S S S, Husbands are very evidently a drug on the market in the State of Washington. A wife who killed one of them a short time ago has been sentenced 10" serve a term in prison jor only eighteen months. Germany is showing indications that she wants to get out of China. For the peace of the world it is sincerely to be hoped that this particular German wish will be gratified. | ef THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1901. A CANAL COUP. HE subtilty of the enemies of the isthmian T canal, the subserviency of certain Senators thereto and the unfortunate tendency of a por- tion of the people to be led off the main scent by the men who know how to draw a herring across the track have combined to bring in sight a possible coup by the administration which will paralyze all these devices and leave their originators in the lurch. It will be remembered that there was a brief but heated discussion last spring over the employment in i the Republican platiorm of the term “isthmian” in- stead of “Nicaragua” canal. It is evident now that the more general term was adopted and the more specific one omitted with the wise and deliberate pur- pose of providing for just the emergency that has arisen in the butchery of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty and the consequent arrest of proceedings under the protocols with Costa Rica and Nicaragua. The ad- ministration has it in its power to have two strings to its canal bow, and it will undoubtedly improve the opportunity by a coup that will bring the canal in sight by rendering further sinister and indirect oppo- sition impossible. The last Canal Commission examined the Panama route, estimated the value of the work accomplished and the cost of what remains. The result entirely justified the genius of De Lesseps and the economy | and feasibility of that route. The Panama canal is unaffected by the Clayton- Bulwer treaty, and is free from any possible Euro- ean complication. TIn its concession and construc- on only two soverzignties will be concerned, the United States and Colombia. There are indications that Colombia is willing, and President McKinley and Secretary Hay may shortly open communication with her upon the subject, with the view of negotiating a treaty giving this country 2 perpetual lease to the strip of land occupied, to be compensated by a royalty on the proceeds of the canal’s operation. The rights of the French com- | pany will be equitably extinguished, and for a sum vastly less than the actual cost and value of the work a'ready done. The cost of operating will be greatly less than that of the lockage system necessary on the Nicaragua route, and therefore the profits will be greater. Parallel with this plan runs the intention to negotiate, if possible, with Great Britain the abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. So that when Congress meets the desire of demagogues to twist the lion’s tzil will have to go unsatisfied. The administration can then present the two plans, measuring one against the other, and the agitators who have toiled to put it in a false position will be disappointed oi their prey ¥ The set purpose of the administration to build an isthmian canal will be put out of reach of further mis- representation, and Congress will have nothing to 4o but pull one administration string or the other and go ahead with the work. ‘We do not hesitate to say that this bold and bene- ficial stroke is the equal of the great coup of Disraeli, when he bought for England a majority of the Suez canal stock and made her the chief owner in that waterway. Compared to the petty squabbling that has dis- gusted the nation this will be a stroke of statesman- ship on a scale of grandeur and usefulness to which this country has heretofore been a stranger. It will make the canal not only sure but its comple- tion speedy, and if President McKinley's last admin- istration do nothing else to imbed it in history as great, this coup will be sufficient. e CURIOSITIES OF LEGISLATION. HENEVER the Legislatures of the various States are in session the country gets the bene- w fit of something like a variety show on a large scale. In almost every State capital there arises some new statesman who has a plan for curing a social de fect by an act of legislation as simple as a patent pill This year we have not had such a brilliant display of legislative meteors as in the past, but still something has been done for instruction and amusement, and it will be worth while to give at least a casual attention to the more meritorious of the performances. In the shows of the year our own Legislature made almost no display. It was quiet. The reformers were not conspicuous in the proceedings of either house. Consequently we must look away from home to see | what might be done in the way of improvement if only it were possible to get it by statute. In Wisconsin the Legislature has been called upon | to consider a bill for the promotion of matrimony, but we regret to say the details of the bill have never been sent to this coast. The Wisconsin solons appear | to have kept it quiet as a local monopoly, and doubt- less intend to get it copyrighted if it works well, Dela- ware legislators were too much taken up with the Senatorial deadlock to do much, but they found time, vevertheless, to debate a question of admitting to the | whipping-post wives who beat their husbands, the object of the bill being to give to husbands the same protection against ill-treatment at home that is given to wives. Connecticut has discussed the advisability stablishing punishment at the whipping-post for wife-beaters and kidnapers, and the chief argument for it has been that if the punishment were provided it “ would never be necessary to put it into practice, as the class of people who would be liable to its penal- ties would leave the State and go to New York. In New Hampshire there has been an effort to bring about reform in judicial proceedings by abol- ishing the Supreme Court and establishing in place of it two courts of five Judges each, one to have final jurisdiction on questions of law and the other on questions of fact. Here again we miss details and are not aware what forces are back of the reform, what arguments have been given to sustain it, or what the Supreme Court has done to lead to the demand for its immediate suppression. It has indeed been suggested in a vague sort of way that the railroads are supporting it with the desire to clear a way for the reorganization of the Supreme Court in railroad interests, but that explanation must not be too eagerly accepted. It is to be remembered that in New Hamp- shire they attribute 1o railroad influences everything from the defeat of Senator Chandler to the condition of the weather. Before the New York Assembly there is a bill giv- | ing the State Board of Health full power to regulate the type and the leads of all publications from news- papers to books, the object being to prevent the pub- lication of anything in type so small or blurred as to cause injury to the eyes of readers. It is an interest- ing bill and we should like to see it tried out—in New York. The boss bill of the season is before the Legislature of Illinois. It requires that all advertisements shall tell the truth, and crates a State Advertising Censor to_carry out its provisions. If that bill be adopted the censor will be a bigger man and have a harder office than any other official in these United States, To settle the advertising of merchants who claim to | sell better goods for less money than any one else will be comparatively easy, but when the censor tackles a circus poster or the circular of a railroad his troubles would begin, B » Such are some of the schemes proposed by the American legislator in the way of reform. Fortunately there is no danger any of them will be adopted. Should there ever come a time when the freak legis- lators get control of any considerable number of States it will then be neces: to send for Mrs. Car- rie Nation and tell her to take her hatchet and clear: out the joints. O one another'in a situation that gives promise of the outbreak of that final grapple between them which the worid has so long expected. This time it is not on the old historic g‘round around Con- stantinople, but on the far off Eastern shores of China. It is not now a question of the sick Turk, but of the ELEPHANT AND WHALE. NCE more Russia and Great Britain are facing | Mongolian. To that extent the quarrel has changed, but otherwise it remains the same old question as to which power is to be dominant in Asia, Years ago, when Disraeli halted the Russian ad- vance on Constantinople and there was prospect of immediate war, Bismarck said the contest would not amount to much, for it would be like a fight between an elephant and a whale. Russia could not get at Britain nor could Britain get at Russia, and in com- parison with the gigantic wars of the nineteenth cen- tury between other nations the whale fight with the elephant would hardly be more than a circus. Since Bismarck made that mocking comment on the hereditary feud between the Saxon and the Slav times have changed and the relations of Great Biitain and Russia have changed with them. The two nations have so extended their empires that they are now al- most in contact. The British can strike at Russia in Siberia and Manchuria, and Russia can strike at the British in India. . Therefore if the fight should coma off it would very likely be a big one and would stretch farther than any other war in the history of the world, extending over almost the whole of Asia from the Persian Gulf to the Japan Sea. It would set the races and tribes moving from “the Ganges to the icebergs.” Russia does not take a census with anything like the accuracy that marks such work by other great na- tions. In fact, it would be impossible to do so. Con- sequently estimates of her population and wealth. are largely matters of guesswork. Something can be learned of the empire, however, from a recent pub- lication of the Russian Ministry of Finance, which | places the total population at 136,000,000, including 86,000,000 Russians, 9,000,000 Poles, 6,000,000 Finns, 6,000,000 Lithuanians, 4,000,000 Hebrews, 1,000,000 Germans and 11,000,900 of various tribes in the C:i- mea, the Volga, the Caucasus and Siberia. The fighting force, however, is by no means com- mensurate with the numbers. Most of the millions in Russia are ignorant and poor, They are not contented with their lot nor devoted to their Government. OF any army Russia mizht raise it would be necessary to keep most at home to prevent insurrections, Ir: fact, neither Great Britain nor Russia is at preseat ready for a struggle for Asian supremacy. There is friction at Tientsin, but we may be suré that at Lon- don and St. Petersburg there is champagne, dip- lomacy and best of good intentions to keep the peace. D e —— S one years in the British diplomatic service, has retired to lettered ease and is now engaged in writing his memoirs. The first volume, which has LINCOLN'S PERSONALITY. IR EDWARD MALET, after a career of forty- just been published, is of interest to Americans, for ! it deals with the period when Sir Edward was attached to the British Ministry at Washingfon and refers to many notable men of our country during the civil war, chief among them, of course, being Abraham Lincoln. i The love and veneration with which Americans re- gard the memory of Lincoln are so intense that our judgments of his personality are inevitably colored by them; consequently there is always something to bs gained by noting how the great President appeared to the representatives of other nations who watched him from a standpoint radically different from our own. It is gratifying to note that in _this instance the testimony of the foreign critic is in strict accord with the feelings of Americans. Speaking of Lincoln, Sir Edward Malet says: “Oi all the great men I have known he is the one who has left upon me the impression of a sterling son of God. Straightforward, unflinching, not loving the work he had to do, but facing it with a bold and true heart; mild whenever he had a chance; stern as iron when the public weal required it; following a bee- line to the goal which duty set before him. I can still feel the grip of his massive hand and the searching look of his kindly eye.” In considering the value of this tribute to Lincoln’s character it is to be borne in mind that Sir Edward Malet during his long career in the diplomatic service of his country came into contact with all the great men of the generation that is now passing away. He knew Gladstone, Bismarck, Thiers, Beaconsfield and, in short, all the statesmen, warriors and rulers of Europe and America. His tribute to Lincoln is there- fore worthy of remembrance. It is an evidence that the memory that Americans so dearly love and vener- ate is held in an almost equal reverence by the best minds of all nations. E——— It is known that-Sarah Bernhardt has a hard time with her pet dogs, as most of the hotels in this coun- try have regulations against admitting them; but now Sarah has a new one on the hotel-keepers. She has acquired at New Orleans a live alligator six feet long and is taking him along as a traveling companion and challenging hotel clerks to show any rules against alligators. Mr. Addicks of Delaware has his faults, but he is a stayer and, with the experience of Clark of Montana and Quay before our eyes, it is a pretty safe bet he will win out in the end and have the pleasure of taking his seat in the Senate and making speeches’ against corruption and chicanery. ——— An Oakland husband, defendant in a divorce suit, pleads that his wife should have found no fault with him because he aimed a revolver at her head. Per- haps the lady did not consider that an expert knowl- edge of the difference between malice and idiocy was one of her marital obligations. The merchant princes who have traveled half across the continent to be our guests marvel at our remark- able development. They must impress upon them- sclves the interesting fzct that we have only just be- gun to know, ourselves. Snall San Francisco erect for the public library a builcing worthy of the institution and the city, or shall we do something to attract Mr. Carnegie's at- tention to our needs, as has been done by New York 'and by St. Louis?. N Heredity in its broad sensé is the birth- right of assured longevity. It is what the oot is to the branch, the sap to the fruit. A sound tree has as many offshoots under ground'as above. The difference between the oak and the mullein stalk is in degree rather than kind. Each has a life law of its own, and the conditions are not con- vertible. The sturdy parent begets strong offspring as surely as the seed grows its kind. Everything depends upon the proper start; therein rests the chance of being on the right side. The only composition of conditions is in making the most of what we have. Man at best Is the mere exponent of the transient energy of the universe. A longer or shorter period he exercises his functions, and what is called life, vitality, endurance, strength, snuffs out as a candle. He feeds on just so much vital- ity and then is done. His stock in trade of life is given at his birth, and his foun- tain never rises higher than its source. Thus we have the strong and the weak constitutions with which to strike the | balance of chances either for long and | healthy lives or short and sickly ones. The seed produces its kind, and the en- vironment settles the question of soil. The how and the why are questions which | are already settled when the account is opened. The debit side is a score of taints and defects, and makes its dreadful and unerring count against otherwise reason-~ able expectations. The parents leave the debt to succeeding generations, and the taxes are simply collected when they be- | come due. Transmitted Vital Power. Oliver Wendell Holmes likens life to a )seventy-yeu clock, the key of which is given to the angel of the resurrection. It is simply a beautiful illustration of na- | ture’s law, with a timpiece havinfl a | glven number of years to run. It is the | Iimit of strain on the mainspring, and the | pulse-beat of the pendulum is the unerr- | ing indicator of short or long service, In | otner words, there is just so much fuél for | the fire, burn it as we will—the wood in i the beginning, ;the ashes in the end. | _The essence of model heredity, is trans- mitted vital power. _Every one whose at- tention has been directed to the subject | knows that certain families are long-lived | and others are not. 1 recollect in my student days my old preceptor used to give an illustration in | point by reference to an experience he had | with one of his earlier patients. There | was a severe railroad accident in a neigh- | boring town and he was hastily sum- | mened to aid the sufferers. While riding | thither the messenger was detailing the frightful nature of some of the injuries, but particularly those of the doctor's wait- ing patient. From all accounts the lat- | ter was apparently bevond hope of pos- | sible recovery. The doctor had so many | doubts on that score that he was wonder- | ing whether or not he would find the pa- tient alive. ‘‘Certainly,” responded informant. ‘“Why, he is one of the Swan family—belo: to long-lived stock— couldn’t kill him if you tried.” And the x}_)‘rsegtlctlon of the neighbor proved itself These resisting qualities against shock frem injury and collapse from sickness are for the most part inherited rather than acquired. It is the protecting power of the individual propagating itseif down | the line of successive generations. It is | the law of life limit, as immutable as the relation of cause and effect. Its proper understanding and its satisfactory expla- | nation impiies a knowledge of ancestry. | When the parents and grandparents live | to a great age ‘“‘the life expectation,” as { the insurance companies use the term, is i proportionately favorable. The physician always has this element of prognosis in mind when he inquires concerning the age | and the disease of the patient’s ancestors. “Who Shall Defend Us From Our Ancestors?” Brecders of thoroughbred animals have | learned the importance of selecting pure- | blooded stock on the same principle. Pedi- | gree is everything with them. is con- | viction is forced upon them by experi- | ments founded on the strictly sclentific | selection of parents. Unfortunately for | the human family, parallel conditions do | not exist in most of the up-to-date matri- | monial ventures. | , With the advance of civilization and the enervating influences which attend the | modern strain of living we seem to be alming at the survival of the unfittest ruther than at the true thing. In the long run, however, nature indicates her rights in’ favor of ‘the perfect individual and the preservation of the specles by crowding the weaklings to the wall. She is always on the side of luw.‘rowtr. right, ustice, discipiine and soundness.’ Long e a;lna good health thus compass her es! s, This power of living s just as much an ! inherited right as the size of the body, the | shape of the nose, th | or the form of the skull. It is the ex- pression of consistency, of physical con- struction with functional ~adaptability. | Thus strong vital organs—sound lungs, healthy hearts, normal kidneys, active livers “and paihless stomachs—ail make the sum total of the most desirable con- ditions of longevity. When we admit this, it is easy to understand why the trans- missible "qualities of health or disease are obviously dependent upon the an- atomical or organic elements which neces- sarily “overn and direct them. Transmitted Features and Forces. The conclusion \e alko trresiatible that as an organ is origin: made, so must it work. This fact ex) mfl. {ly may have its weak spot in the brain, another in the liver,. ‘stomach, _kidney, heart or any other vital organ.’ In other words, these centers of vitality are in- capable/by faulty construction of resist- ing the diseases which are constantly, through climatic and other influences, awaliting opportunities for attack. When nature once delivers her goods there is no compromise. It is once and for all, and never on approval. The strictly structural culiarities which are born with the individual are | those which are in turn transmitted to the oflspnng. Logically this is as it should be, showing the direct influences of ancestry as nst those of merely ac- quired habits after birth. ‘When we look into matters of detall in connection with heredltx there are many ve! Intermln;nli:ctl fih crll.n be noted as ing on ner: Inciples al- Teady stated. Every one has noted sa- markable ama resemblances that have been proj ted through many genera- tions. e Bou 0se and Hapsburg lip are matters of history. Varlous other features have a likeg tendency toward propagation. In those familles in which old portraits are pi ‘we often hear it remarked that one d t has the nose of his great-grandfather, the eve of his mother or the ear of his mat al The same mw said regarding stature, cor- finlgncy. dness, l!uflof teeth, hape of imb, supernumerasi In; , moles other ph;:lc-.l pecul lu-lug:." - In s why one fam- Functional l:eeunmfiu are also gated in similar dacity, markable imm q y pro’ ‘encgn are in_pro an | i mod Eég Frahd ing t:xe:rt:!:l?d. ‘wom: 3 great ma- rity of whom consisted of murderers, {gle"’u. prostitutes and idiots. 'i’lhe ;:l"- S Ve R 1 a 5 Lve ?:_t’he: musf o ?.,f y of a Nature Jealous of Her Rights. we s this Themoz:. hu}:un aspect of the By Dr. George F. Shrady. —— COPYRIGHT, 1901 V.—HEREDITY. e color of the 'hair [ W! .-nplieéo u- t do not count g PAPERS ON CURRENT TOPICS. PREPARED BY EXPERTS AND SPECIALISTS FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. — . Tremendous Influence Exerted by Heredity Upon the Human Family in Its Struggle to Live. - ~ Dr. George F. Shrady of New York. * . 3 tions. Environment is the evolutionary force which always modifies the typical qualities. _Although type as such always prevails in the end, its accidental varia- tions are always present. These latter are really acquired habits, due to the casual stimulation of dormant or latent qualities which, save for favoring cir- cumstances df propagation, might prac- tically cease to exist. From what has been already intimated the estimation of the influences of hered- ity depends wholly upon what has gone before. When it is considered that both parents constitute the equation of chances or the offsprins it can be easily seen how much depends upon a proper selection of leading factors at the start. Thus the strong father oftentimes offsets a weak mother, and contrariwise a strong mother is negatived by a feeble father. There | a constant intarchange of leading qual ties which are mixed in due proportions by elective and halancing affinities. Some- times these attributes adapt themselves in such compensating ways that the re- sults make a happy culmination of desira- ble products, either in the direction of increased physical power, extra mental force or improved ' personal character. Darwin proved this to be possible by his exhaustive researches in evolution, and Galton in his admirable work on “Hered- itary Genfus” still further confirms the theory. Nature, when she has full sway, is al- ways on the side of perfection. The model man or model woman she seeks to pre- serve; it is the endurance of the specles at the expense of the individual, and the perpetuation of the type against its oc- casional variation. I-ience the “survival of the fittest” is the doctrine which she preaches to all creation. The influences of faulty environment are the only ones which tend to thwart her purposes. Therein oftentimes are many antagonisms to her fundamental laws. Natural- Selection in Take, for instance, the law of natural selection, in marriage, which is of such interest in connection with the particular subject under discussion. Clvilization, as at present cultivated, tends strongly, through loose marriage customs, to un- dermine the very foundations of many of our hopes for sirong men and women in future generations. The law of natural selection on the proper basis of health- ful, prosperous and happy matrimonial al- Hances is so often violated by custom, convenience, wealth and social position, | that the question seldom occurs as to the | physical or mental qualities of the par- tles to the awful contract. The breeder of dog, horse or cow is more careful on the question of healthful and suitable pedigree than the ever-watchful paren Wwho wish to mate their son or daughte: Wrong judgment in this particular is sure to tell on hereditary influences, and in its turn to militate against longevity in the offspring. Especially is this the case when by unsuitable matches disease ten- dencles are multiplied and their propaga- tion through successive generations is proportionately guaranteed. The inter- marriage among even distant members of the same family has always been fraught with disaster by accentuating undesirable traits. This hash beenr:lhown ‘over ?nd over again by the marriage of cousins, es] cinfi.y in lyloln!ed countr‘ districts, in infusion of new blood seldom e, e oaucual nutaber of mueciics and ‘“‘queer”. people in such localities is a matter of common observation. Such con- ditions always explain in certain strains of given families a marked predisposition to speclal diseases and a corresponding lowering of hereditary strength. It must be admitted that the influences of en- vironment must be good er bad in so far as they attempt to control. unfavorable heredity on the one hand, or allow evil tendencles to work their worst on the i be admitted that acquired it must be adml at acqul ot are. ot Strlctly. Beredtcaty: it must be likewise assumed on general prin- ciples that the vast majority of trans- mftted traits are due to distinct and in- herent qualities in the parents. Environ- ment thus has its influences in fostering or repressing such germinative elements as are born In the individual. Characteristics of Longevity. After glancing at heredity in a general way and appreciating the force of some. of its leading laws, we come more natu- rally the summing up of results as to such fortunate individuals as are born strong., have an unquestioned birthright of health and a reasonable as- surance of longevity. It must be natu- rajly expected that the long-lived individ- ual has certain physical characteristics which distinguish _him from his less for- tunate fellows. These peculiarities make themselves evident in different degrees and in varfous ways, and give him a cor- respondingly hopeful outlook for the fu- ture. The prime requisites would appear to be the ;o;:u':fion of strong and sound vital organs, with abundant room for their work. This would necessitate th lativel: N The Tong-boaied, stocky Individual has, them, the advantage over the lean and lank one whose limbs are long and whose chest and bdominal al cavities are cormggndln‘! re- e e the requirements of physical endurance ‘when he asked how a certain pretentious missionary was built. On being informed o meomash, Mr Besther Scantiy refaarked: “No stomach; then he cannot £ agnificent proportions do not count -fi.'cu in t! es. en-m:nd °'°!th &-‘ real mats for which they are con- structed. In the long run mere ht against q Y. developed at the Gxpense,of b:tn-.m f the heart, the ca ity of lu) Sigestt of the atomach® Ml ‘wear out early. D LY in his prim Muscles as such are noth- 1he more important Internal organer® 1ot the risk of touching the tender it is (.. aaflmwl coarse hair is longevity. So with heas Fproibirunt AR Ly A bt HEEE §§ # reaching power. The splay foot mnever belongs to a walker, 'hzo the arched instep is an lon of more t mere ty in b . The size of the is also an e ce of as well as intellectual vigor. It is as the crown to the oak which lifts the tree into the higher opportunites r 7% Senceally Iasge, and i t s ge: y large, and the cen lonably proud of his roomy hat. This testimony, strong as “proof of holy Writ.,” in favor of nerve power as an es- sential element of assured longevity. Moderation Must Rule. Nature in bestowing all these gifts exacts only the condition for their proper use. Her laws and her penalties balance each other. Nor are her exactions past the bility of fulfillment. It is the question of doing the best with what we ve: developing what is good and refus- ing ti ch is bad. In all things she merely_insists on compliance with her laws. M tion In all things Is her rule. 2 e If the fuel is lavishl; ;h;t uhz lpg;l; B ere is just sohmurh eft to be us uring longer or shorter The lon,-ll‘ved individuals al- glive a history of moderation in all their methods and habits. It is that of a simple life in its widest meanings. The broad flelds, the fresh air. in food, healthful appetites, restful sieep, temmr ance in all things, hard work, vallant spirit, strong arm and clear brain—all tend to make the perfect progenitor, and for- tunate must he be who can rightfully en- Me benediction of such a glorious 2 S PERSONAL MENTION. Dr. A. G. Balley of Sulsun is at the Grand. A R. Denike of San Jose s at the California. ' Dr. L. B. Cross of Stockton 1 registered at the Grand. John Sparks, a cattle ralser of Reno, is at the Palace. Dr. F. W. Gibson of Oroville is regis- tered at the Grand. W. A. Rouledge, a mining man of Oleta, is a guest at the Lick. Senator W. J. La Roche of New York s a guest at the Palace. O. Y. Woodward, a rancher of Wood- wards Island, is at the Grand. A. B. Rodman, a mining man at Woodland, Is at the Oeccidental. J. Cralg, proprietor of the Highland Springs, accompanied by his wife, is at the Grand. proprietor of the burned the quicker W. H. Mathews, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, is at the California with his wife. Commander. D. D. V. Stuart, U. 8. N, accompanied by his wife and son, are at the Palace. He leaves on the steamship Peking for Manila, where he will report for duty at the Cavite Naval Yard. Com- mander Stuart during the Spanish war saw service in the blockade of Santiaga in command of the United States naval tender Mhngrove. ——— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, March 20.—The following Californians are in New York: From San Francisco—J. J. Bullman, at the Herald Square; Miss F. Chase, at the Arlington: R. W. Edgren and wife, at the St. Denis- Mrs. J. Halnes, at the Earlington; Mrs. R. P. Maroener, at the St. Denfs; J. Por- teous and wife at the Herald Square; J. M. Wilson and wife, at the Holland; G. Grimaux, L. V. Leveson, J. J. Mack and wife, at the Savoy; J. Wiman, at the St. Nicholas; A. Rolofson, at the Imperal: F. C. Vanschaeffer and wife, at the St. Denis. —_—— CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON ‘WASHINGTON, March 20.—The follow- ing Californians are at the hotsls: Nor- mandle—David L. Withington, San Diego; Charles Monroe, Los Angeles. Metropoli- tan—George H. Vickery and wife, San Francisco. ————— ANSWERS TO QUERIES. WORTH TEN CENTS-R. G. A., City. A dime of 1861 is worth its face value. It has no premium value. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-H., Murphys, Cal. For such information as is desired about the University of Cali- fornia as to tuition, time of admisston, etc., write to the recorder at the univer- sity, Berkeley. M., BOWING—E. City. If a lady on lum -tlx;ee; Saw & minister with whom she s well acquainted it would be perfect! g!;sper if she should bow to him flnt’: e rule I8 that when persons geet on the street either may bow first as soon as their eyes meet. STOCK—C. F., City. “Common stock” is that part of the shares of a corporation that is issued with any qualification, is subject to all assessments and is the jast to be allowed dividends. “Preferred” stock are the shares on which dividenids original are pald before any is pald on the or common stock. COST OF COPYRIGHT—Anxlety, City. To secure copyright the fee is 50 cents: to obtain a copy of the certificate of copyright an additional fee of 50 cents 's charged. Write to the Librarian of Con- gress, Washington, D. C., who will send a circular of information as to mode of ure to secure copyright. WITHOUT WILL—L. E. B, City. If a party dles in California without will and leaves property the Public Administrator akes ch ? th E eSS e, Sutssment o erested issued to that officer the parties in may apply for a specla) administrator. PAINT STAINS—M. G., City. If paint stains on clothes are fresh they may be successfully removed by the use of either turpentine or alcohol. If dry, chlorofor: is the most effective fluid to remove Lhn: It will remove stains of that char. acter that have resisted the action of ether, benzole or bisulphide of carbon. BLACK AND WHITE—Inquisitive, Oakland, Cal. This correspondent writes: “I noticed in a yasd in East Oakland sev- eral hundred chickens. Four-fifths white and the others black. Every n:: I bave seen them 1 bf the reld:.ri of th fltp":v.g“tn’ o e Answers to Correspondents mm-“ l:: o correspondent? DUELLING IN GERMANY-=Subscri- ber, City. There Is a girong sentiment in Germany against . At a congress of nobles held on the 1ith of April, 159, & resolution was it no dishonor for & nobleman not to fight a duel if he can refuse on rable grounds; it was also afresd to ap- point a court of honor to settle differences Wwithout resort to duelling. The congress, after a | y debate, ; ength: te, \In:fimluly. MEASURING RAIN—W. H., Petaluma. Cal. Rainfall is measured by means of the rain gauge, which i3 an instrument for ascertaining the amount of rain which falls at any place. Rain are of various est 13 "lt‘t’hln at the top, to t lon el BER The e tered and that ulhatlh. amount Special dally to houses ‘men by the n":-firu’mm' B0 Monte gomery ‘elephone o The regular army of 1 Eede uD Gf B per cont of faoigmtes