The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 4, 1901, Page 6

Che +Sodise Call. THURSDAY......................-APRIL 4, 1901 JOHN D, SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Adéress Al Communicstions to W. 8. LEAKE, Manager, MANAGER'S OFFICE. Telephone Press 204 PUBLICATION OFFICE. Telephone Pre .Market and Third, S. F. 201. TORIAL ROOMS. .. Telephone Press 202. Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cenis Per Week. Single Coples, 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage: DATLY CALL (including Sunday), one year. TAILY CALL dincluding Surday), § months. DALY CALL (Including Sundav), 3 months. DAILT CALL—By FUNDAY CALL. All postmasters are authorized to receive subscrirtions. | Eample copies will be forwarded when requested. | Mafl subserfbers In ordering chanee of nddress should b | narticulsr to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order %o insure & prompt and correct compliante with their request. OAKLAND OFFICE. B +..1118 Broadway C. GEORGE KROGNESS. Wamsger Foreign Advertising, Marqustts Building, Chiesgo. (lcng Distance Telephone “Central 2619."") NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: €. C. CARLTON Herald Square NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH. .. ...30 “ribune Bullding NEW YORK NI STANDS: ‘Waldort-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, 31 Union Square; Numray Hill Hotel. CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Eherman House; P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel: Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE. ...1406 G St., N. W. MORTON E. CRANE, Corrcspondent. | BRANCH OFFICES—=2] Montgomers, corner of Clay, open | until 8:30 o'clock. 300 Hayeh, open untll 9:30 o'clock. €3 McAllister, open unt!l 9:0 o'clock. €15 Larkin, open unt!l | :20 o'clock. 1941 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 109 Valencla, open uetil § o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until 9 o'clock. N'W. cor- ner Twenty-second Kentuckv. open until $ o' clock. AMUSEMENTS. Orpheum—Vaudeville. Alcazar—*"Tennessee's Pardner. Grand Opera-house—‘Cinderelia, Columbia—""The Little Ministe: Tivoli—"“The Weading Day.” Central—'“The Gladiator. Olympla, corner Mason and Eddy streets—Speciaitier. Chutes, Zoo and Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon and | evening. Fischer's—Vaudeville. Tanforan Park—Race Recreation Park—Baseball. " Saturday night. AUCTION SALES. By £. Watkins—This day, Horses and Buggies, at corner Tenth and Bryant streets By G. H. Umbsen—Thursds ness Property, at 14 Montgomes e 70 SUBSCRIBERS LEAVING TOWN FOR THE SUMMER. | Cai! subscribers contemplating a change of | rexidesce during the summer months can have | their paper forwarded by mail to thelr new nddresses by notifying The Caill Business Office. This paper will also be on sale at all summer resoris and is represcnted by a local agent in ali towss on the coast. rp<)rxaxux event which can now be foreseen for San Frantisco during the coming summer will be the gathering of the Epworth League at its fifth international convention. The Jeague is oue of the largest and most influential bodies of its kind in the world, and its conventions have been always largely v, April 18, at 12 o'clock, Busi- /' street. THE EPWORTH CONVENTION. ROM any and every point of view the most im- attended. Consequently we can ~ount upon having as the guests of the city a numerovs body of active | and progressive young men and women whose com- ing will be of as much benefit to us as to themselves. The league represents the creed and the work of Methodism, and it is said that special personal invi- tations have been issued to upward of 20,000 ministers of that faith in this country and in Canada. To the | members of the leagus generally there have been is- | sued 100,000 copies of an official circular containing | information concerning the convention and the city. | Other circulars will of course follow the first, and | by means of them the interest of the members of the ! league in the convention will be increased as the | time for the meeting approaches. . From the attendance noted at other international | conventions of the league it is assured that the num- | ber who will take part in the convention here will be | very large. It will be, in fact, one of the most | notable gatherings of the summer in any part of the | world, and will attract the attention of millions of | persons in all civilized countries. i San Francisco is thus confronted by a duty of hos- | pitality on a scale of great magnitude. It goes with- | out saying that her people will be equal to all the re- ]‘ quirements of the occasion, and that the resident i members of the league will have the cordial co- | operation of citizens of all classes and creeds in wel- | coming their g making their stay both pleas- | ant and profitable 1 H | | { i i In all matters of this kind the first consideration is le f money. Until am unds have been assured it will be impossible for the committee in charge to make preparations of a defi te nature. The money, there- subscribed at once. It should be and promptly. It would not be t were to be taken out of the State, for there is no virtue that pays better than hos- pitality. However, it is not to be taken out of he State. ery dollar subscribed is to be expended her», and many more dollars besides. e California can afford to make something like a record-breaking display of liberality this year, for the people have been prosperous in all fines of trade, | and the prospects of the year promise an even greater prosperity to come. It will be to our advan- tage to make the best possible impressioa upon these visitors, for they will come from all the States of the Union and from all countries. They will carry back | to their homes reports of what they have seen here, and be among the best agents we could have in mak- ing known the advantages of California as a place of residence. Let us then give a hearty help to the local members of the league in all their arrangements for the convention and for the entertainment of their | visitors. Let us show that in matters of this kind all Californiaus stand togeth jore, should be given both liberaily moeney wasted even An item is going the rounds of the'press to the effect that President Hadley of Yale favors the organi- zation of som: thing jike an educational trust, to clude all the larger universities; but it will be just as well not to believe it foo fondly, for it is only a little wiiile since he was reported to have declared there may be an emperor in the United States within twenty-five years, and that report turned out to be a yellow misrepresentation. | public improvements. !to the United States. THE BOND ISSUE INVALID. INCE so large a number of citizens of San Fran- cisco voted in favor of issuing bonds to pro- vide for the panhandle extension, sewers and other public improvements, it is safe to say there is widespread disappointment over the decision of the Supreme Court declaring the issue of the bonds to be invalid. The improvements so much desired aqd in many cases so much needed cannot be made in the way proposed. Either they must be paid for out of current revenues or there must be a new election on the bond question. In the feeling of disappointment that prevails there will be among intelligent men no discontent with the Supreme Court. The Justices are charged with the solemn duty of upholding the law, and it would be a sad thing for the State if there should ever be a body of Supreme Justices willing to distort or ignore the law for the sake of complying even with the popular will. . We live under a government by law, and must with good will submit when the law is seemingly against us, for in no other way can we have well ordered government at all. There is no use crying over spilled milk. All the money and work expended in voting the bonds have been wasted. Complaint might be justly made of the city authorities whose ignorance of the law led to holding an election whose results are invalid. How- ever, it is not worth while now to make even those complaints. The evil has been done, and it remains to make the best of a bad situation. The Supreme Court points out that the charter pro- vides a method whereby bonds may be issued for If the people wish to provide for improvements in that way they have the right and the power to do so. Since an overwhelming majority voted for the bonds before it is but right and fair they be given at as early a date as possible che privilege of voting upon the question again, and this time bet- ter counsels should prevail in providing for the elec- tion so that there will be no further waste of moncy. As the matter stands the public has had just one | more illustration of the blundering methods of the | Phelan administration—one nrore evidence of its in- ability to carry on public affairs with success even when supported by the people. © The lessons of that kind have been many and costly. The people will doubtless profit by the experience. In the meantime | it suffices to say that San Francisco is bound to ad- | vance, and to make all improvements that are needed | | for her welfare. Let us, then, accept the decision of the Supreme Court as the law of the land should be accepted, and proceed to comply with the instruc- tions given to guide us in any future efforts in the way of issuing bonds. —_—— Some of the opponents of the policy adopted by the powers in dealing with China are directing the attention of the public to article 47 of the convention “with respect to laws and customs of war on land,” drawn up and agreed to by the famous peace confer- ence at The Hague. The article says: “Pillage is absolutely prohibited.” It is only fair to the powers ic say they have always insisted they are not at war with China, and consequently the action of thei: troops in looting the Chinese is not a violagtion of Thz Hague agreement. D Christian and the Crown Prince of Denmark, who have been opposed to the sale of. the Danish West Indies o the United States, have now changed their minds, and the King is reported to have declared at a recent meeting ot his council that he would no longer interpose any objection to the trans- fer, as he believes it will be to the advantage of the islanders. The dispatch closed with the statement, “The matter will now probably be settled quickly.” The prompt settlement of the negotiations by the purchase of the islands is, however, by no means so certain as the London experts suppose. It takes more than King Christian to make a bargain of that kind. There is a considerable number of Americans who believe we have no need for the islands, since the acquisition of Porto Rico gives us a coaling sta- tion and a base of naval supplies in that part of the ocean. There are others who would willingly see +he islands pass under our control, but not on the terms proposed. Those two classes of objectors have strong representation in Congress and will have much to say before the bargain is made. It has been announced th:t the terms upon which Denmark offers to transfer the islands are these: 1. Four million dollars to be paid to Denmark. 2. The population to decide by vote whether to remain Danish or to be transferred to America. 3. If the vote is favorable to the United States than the inhabitants to become immediately not only American subjects but American citizens. 4. Products of the islands tc be admitted to the United States free of duty. Reports from Washington have disputed the accu- racy of that statement of terms. It has been said the terms do not include a submission of the issue to the vote of the people of the islands, nor a guarantee of American citizenship to them in case of annexation The reports, however, while denying the accuracy of the statement of terms, do not declare what t2rms have been offered, and it is therefore fair to assume that the whole subject is still vague and nothing definite has been proposed on cither side. The question of purchasing the islands has been be- fore this country a long time. A plan for acquiring them was put forward by Secretary Seward, but the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, of which Charles Sumner was then chairman, reported unani- mously against it. At that time the price asked by Denmark was $7.200,000. It will be seen that the THE DANISH WEST INDIES. | ISPATCHES from London state that King | terms now offered are much better than the old. The islands have evidently been placed on the bargain counter, and by waiting a little we may perhaps get them at a further reduction in price in case we shou!d deem it worth while to purchase them at all. e e e Tt is now stated that the apparent increase of 7,000.- 000 in population shown by the recent census of India as compared with that of a decade ago is deceptive, inasmuch as the population this year includes that of several districts that were not counted in the forme- census. The population, it seems, has been virtually stationary for ten years, and the Indian Governmen: has begun an investigation to find the reason why. As a decided sensation.is reported to. have been czused in Paris by the appearance of a Brazilian heiress driving two cows tandem to a swell cart in the Bois de Boulogne, it is evident the automobile ‘s going to have a rival in the smart set. ELECTION LESSONS. ARTER HARRISON has been for the third time elected Mayor by the Democrats of Chi- cago, and, moreover,|the Democrats have suc- ceeded in electing Wells, their candidate for Mayor in St. Louis, though that city is normally Republican by a large majority. These two Democratic victories in cities of the first classydeserve attention, for they contain political lessons of no little value. In the first place it is to be noted that in each case | it was a victory for conservative Democracy and not for the Bryanites. In Chicago Altgeld and his fol- lowing made a bitter fight against Harrison both be- fore the nomination and after it. Two yearsago Altgeld ran as an independent candidate and polled upward of 47,000 votes, but, failing to defeat Harrison in that way, he advised his supporters this time to vote the Republican ticket. It appears that his hostility helped rather than hurt the chances of the victor, for while Harrison’s plurality over his Republican competitor is hardly more than half of what it was in 1890, still his vote increased from 148,496 in that year to 156,952 this year. Altgeldism is therefore an utterly discred- ited factor in Chicago politics, and is hardly likely to have any potency hereafter. - ’ In St. Louis much the same condition .of affairs ap- pears. The Democrats, in spite of the personal pro- tests of Bryan, nominated Rolla Wells, who has been a consistent gold Democrat from the start. ‘He sup- ported Bryan neither in 1806 nor in 1900. When he was nominated Bryan fought him through the col- umns of the Commoner, and Altgeld went to St. Louis and took the stump against him. His success, therefore, is as strong a condemnation of Bryanism by the Democratic masses of St. Louis as the victory for Carter in Chicago. From the two elections the country can draw some- thing of reason for the hope that the Bryan craze iz dying out in the ranks of the party that so blindly followed him in two campaigns. Even in the Demo- cratic camp it appears impossible to foo! all the people all the time. The nation is returning to a condition of sane politics, and perhaps before the next Prasi- dential election we shall have got rid of Bryanism altogether. The failure of the Republicans in each city seems to have been the result of political blundering. Tn Chicago the candidate, while personally unobjection- able, entered the campaign under the odium of having been nominated by a boss whose methods have been offensive to the better element of the party. Thus was repeated a lesson which Republicans ought by this time to have learned thoroughly. The rank and file of Democracy can be counted on to support a boss- named ticket, but in the Republican party there are many men of independent minds who refuse to sup- port such nominations. Consequently the appearance of boss rule in a Republican convention is almost a sure forerunner of Republican defeat. The results of the two elections are therefore not in any way ominous of a Democratic revival und:r the leadership which has discredited it ever since 1896. In fact the defeat of the Bryan and Altgeld factions is an evidence that the people are over- whelmingly in favor of conservatism and good gov- ernment. Republicans have only to rid their party of local bosses in order to assure victory lYor their tickets. ] Representative Hatch of Hornellsville introduced into the New York Assembly a bill providing that towns and cities might pass curfew ordinances re- quiring children to be at home at a certain hour in the evening, but the committee to which it was re- ferred amended it so as to authorize Hornellsville to prescribe the hour of night after which it shall be un- lawful for Hyatt C. Hatch to be on the streets or ir public places unless accompanied by parents or guar- dians, and in that form it was passed amid “up- roarious laughter.” Truly legislative humor is very funny. There are times when it is almost equal to a vaudeville. /\/\ In the same issue he makes a bitter personal attack on Mr. Cleveland and announces edi- torially that no trust can get an advertisement in his columns at any price. He also declares himself dif- ferent from other newspaper proprietors because he reserves the right to censor all advertising offered and reject what he doesn't like. Here is Mr. Bryan's usual pretense. All newspaper proprietors do pre- cisely that thing. As for the trust advertising, the business combinations as one reason for their organization quote the neces- sity for advertising enforced by competition, which is done away with when competition disappears. So Mr. Bryan might as well advertise himself by saying that he will firmly refuse to swallow the Washington monument, or stand on his head on its apex, as by putting behind him Satan in the form of advertising that is seldom offered. His readers will gladly welcome some advertise- ments in the Commoner, for they may make the paper more readable. So far its text has been made up of a rehash of ‘Mr. Bryan's too well known speeches, and it is as lively as a dry hide hanging on a rail fence. Heretofore all such papers have had an evanescent vogue and success. During the Civil War the New York Daybook started out to fiddle the same tune weekly on one string and was soon fiddling a dirge over its own grave. Its editors, Horton and Van Evrie, were able and trained newspaper men, but their readers got weary of the same old tane. The samie fate was shared by the Demo Review, though it was conducted by Thomas Dunn English, author of “Ben Bolt,” and other men of literary skill. The readers of Mr. Bryan's paper note the difii- culty in assimilating what he writes, though when he declaimed the same things they were relished as pre- digested food. In cold type there is no eye in fine frenzy rolling, no tremolo stop to bring tears, no pre- arranged gestures that surround the “peerless one” with a glorious nimbus of outstretched arms and quivering fingers. In print all this is “dead beer,” the froth is gone, the effervescence has ceased, and it is cold and tasteless sloj THE COMMONER. R. BRYAN'S paper is out soliciting business. ~Discussing the Chinese indemnity question the Ber- lin Kreuz Zeitung sajy: “If the United States, with their 1600 troops in China, demand $25,000,000, then Germany, with almost 25,000 troops in the field, ought *+c get nearly $400,000,900.” But while the calculation is all right from the standpoint of arithmetic it is evi- dent the'man who made it did not-calculate at all upon China’s limited ability to pay. Since Tolstoi has been exiled from Russia he wiil find a welcome in this country even if he takes to the leciure field. The most satisfactory feature of the Manchurian situation is that no matter who is in it we are out of it. 2 facks * “ FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1901. | ease. d 1 as to allow for a ‘holiday of from one to { his health PAPERS ON CURRENT TOPICS. PREPARED BY FXPERTS AND SPECIALISTS FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. How Toilers by Sleep, Recreation, Holidays and Pastimes May Gain Essential Rest and Win Health. By Dr. Charles K Mills (COPYRIGHT, 1901.) VIIL—REST—HOW TO GET IT. At least seven to nine hours of sleep should be had between sundown and 8 a. m. by those who expect to do good work. In addition much in the way of improving health, fitting for hard work and prolonging life could be accomplished by the busy man by breaking the day with a short rest. This would best be taken between the hours of 12 and 2:30. Half an hour would do; an hour is often better. Even fifteen minutes taken reg- ularly will do something for the tofler. If possible the rest should be taken in a quiet corner or partially darkened room, and should be in a reclining or recumbent position. Even if one does not sleep at this time one will find much benefit simply by the perfect relaxation which can be obtained in this way. Business and professional men who are hard werked through most of the year should have at least two periods of vaca- tion and rest. One of these should be at the time chosen by the majority of per- sons—mamely, in the summer months, and probably best from the middle of June un- til the middle of September. If three months cannot be had at this season, two months should be taken, preferably July and August; if only one month can be had, August is to be perferred to July, and in many cases it would be better to take frcm the middle of August to the middle of September rather than earlier, in order that the worker may not come back to his work in the city with the hot weather still persisting, as it not in- frequently does in some parts of our country until the middle of September. It is not necessary to go at length into a discussion of the necessity of a summer holiday. It is only a question whether or not the time can be taken. The same, however, is not true of the other period of rest, which is of the highest importance to those who would do the best work. Every observant physician and not a few laymen are aware that a tendency to the. occurrence or recurrence of serious ner ous disorders is present in the late win- ter or early spring months, and this is especially true if the winters have been long or severe. Diseases of the Spring. Chorea (St. Vitus' dance) is a disease ot the spring; at least many statistical stud- | les show, that the majority of cases occur in the spring months. Cases of hysteria, neurasthenia, melancholia and combina- tions of these disorders confront the neurologist in large numbers as the win- ter declines cr spring comes on. It is also well known that many infectious and toxic diseases abound or are more viru- lent at the same season. Wearied with his work, his vitality more or less sapped by celd and exposure, his spirits dulled and his system generally enervated by the poorer hygiene of the indoor season, the individual shows signs of exhaustion or breakdown, or develops some definite dis- If he would so arrange his affairs three weeks or more late in February or early in March, and whenever possible would take this'in the most congenial cli- mate accessible, he would find that this rest would do almost as much to maintain and increase his stores of cnergy as the longer rest of the summer vacation. Unfortunately, it is Jjust at this season that work increases. The student groans under his augmenting load and waits with worry for examina- | tion, while the professor ‘approaches the same period with almost equal anxiety. Both are unduly worked when they are least abie, because of season and increas- ing strain, to endure their tasks. The attorney and business man are in the full flow of their busiest time. Clergymen, judges, physicians—men and women of di- verse vocations and avocations—at this time are usually working at high tension, A week or two of rest might save them, and in many cases such rest could be ob- {ained if provision were made before- and. How to.Spend a Holiday. How to spend the long and the short holiday_are often questions of vital mo- ment. Frequentiy the rest and change do not result in good because the manner of spending the vacation' is not well con- sidered. A man thoroughly tired out in mind and body shculd not at once plunge into vigorous exercise. He should not begin by climbing mountains and ford- ing streams, by indulging in long hours of bathing and swimming, or by playing tennis and golf or @ther games to excess in glare or-heat. All these may be done in good time, but he should allow him- self a period of transition in which to bask in the sunlight, and to breathe pure air while resting and relaxing his mental and physical machinery; later he may in- crease his physical output. Every real dissipation should be avoided. Much might be said here about camp cure—about the rest and recuperation which result from life in the woods and mountains, by lake, stream, bay or sea. To*many such life brings health and re- stores energy which cannot be obtained jin any other way, and yet this mode of life does not answer for all of those who are advised or who are impelled to take it. In some cases it is necessary that one should be more or less trained to it; for | others it seems to be the natural method of renewing strength and health; while for still others more social and less primitive methods, such as abound in healthful resorts, are to be preferred. For almost all, however, the scent of the woods or of the sea will do something to strengthen or restore, if only the method of securing the biessing is well considered. One of the drawbacks is that which has always been indicated when speaking of other methods of recreation in connection with the long vacation. Too deep a plunge is taken at the start. 1If one untried in the ruder and yet healthful forms of out- door life will but take them up by easy stages one may soon be able to get those benefit* which come more readily to an- othrer better fitted by nature and training. Valus of a Change of Climate. The short hol‘day of late winter or early spring is usually best spent by going to some quiet but healthful resort in a climate less taxing than that in which the overweary man habitually dwells. The springs of Virginia or North arolina, the Southern seaside resorts, the Bermudas, Nassau, Cuba or Jamaka—one or another of these places offers to most that which is required. If a few weeks can be ob- tained a delightful rest may be secured by a trip to the Mediterranean resorts, al- though but few days of the time arc spent on land. No effort should be made to see sights or to scek after those objects Which 80 often hurry and wears hiva win is supposed to be seeking rest. Every one must learn for himself what is best to do through a study of his own neces- sities, aided perhaps by the advice and experfence of others who have found re- lief in rest and change. : Climate plays an important part even in the matter of 'short holidays. Those living in our Mjddle, New England, West- ern and Northwestern States who go to the South or the Southern Atlantic Coast, or to the West India Islands, fipd that they must perforce rest because of the changed conditions. The higher temper- ature, the balmy, non-stimuiating afr, the quiet, peaceful life which prevails af the laces most to be preferred, ourner_into a frame of mind and body in which nothing but rest is possible. He bhas been told that he must not do any- thing that will cause him wear or worry, and under the gentle and subduing i fluences of the new climate and now en- vironment he finds that he could not do anything that would wear or worry Lim if 'he should tiy, have beern told by mora 1har onc that even the mer= con- femplatior. of the lazy and satisted n tives of such Iocalities has brought a gense of rest and peace to troubled soul and body. Books That Afford Rest at Home. Often the problem is how best to rest at home in the evening or In the inter- vals of business. One not trained to hab- its of reading, so much a slave to work and care as never to have taken time for version or amusement, is often in_this Teenect bandicapnod Kergh 8 serfonsly. f lighten their hands and feet for the work may be, fatally. If he has been a reader, let him turn again to reading for relie let him cultivate a taste for good liter: ture. £00d book contains a wealth of comfort. Books afford a method of brain rest and recreation of which too little use is made. The idea seems to be prevalent that when the mind is weary and the body weak recreation is best attained by abso- lute physical and mental fallowness, in- cluding” the avoidance of all study, and even reading. This is true to only a lim- ited degree; now and then we meet with one who should indeed lift neither hand nor foot, should neither speak nor think or at least should come as near to th negative. state as possible; but even in such a case absolute physical and mental inertia should not be much prolonged. As regards reading, I have found most rest for myself and for those committed to my care not in the rapidly thrown-off productions of the modern writer but in the classical stories of all times. Seneca on “Tranquillity” is as good a mental dose for a tired muiti-millionaire of to-day as it was for Serenus in the days of Nero. Defoe and Sterne, Goldsmith and Cole- | ridge, Izaak Walton and Lamb, White of ! Selborne and Thoreau wiil serve a better purpose for the nervous invalid than much of the cutput of the modern press. | The doctor need not always fear that he will be insulting the inteiligence of even his wealthy and educated patients by sug- | gesting classical writers; strange to say, they are sometimes more familiar with the modern romancer of uncertain merit; or if perchance the classics are old-time friends they will be returned to with re- newed pleasure under the stimulus of an- other’s guldance. Not that all recent lit- erature should be disregarded, but a word against the neglect of the classic and nor- mal in literature may well be said. Games and Social Entertainments. The extent to which one should resort to games and social and other entertain- ments can be determined only by each one studying his own conditions and limita- tions. Some men and women obtain great rellef and recreation from cards or chess, or games like numero, halma and the like. It needs only to be sald that such games should not be made a business but a pleas- ure. It is the change and the social in- tercourse which do the most good. The tendency of some to resort to diversions that cail into play the same faculties re- quired at their “daily work should be avolded. A man who is compelled during the day to ccncentrate his attention close- ly upon problems of finance, of law or of medicine would better resort to euchre or other easily played games of cards than to whist or to chess. Long sticking at the card table should be avoided, or the attempt at diversion may be worse than business itself. Concert and theater go- ing, public readings and ures, and even the tea, the reception and the ball may play a useful part in resting from business; but, unhappily, too often such diversions teke from sléep and rest. The claims made upon young men in basiness and in professions by such diversions sometimes add to their already heavy loads rather than to clear their heads and of the next day. A word might be said here of the spe- clal dangers which wait upon the scien- tific worker. He, like the business man in some respects,’ although unlike him in others, is in greatest danger from too in- tense and prolonged work in a single di- rection. If he is not careful he will make his life a terrible monotone. With his eyes fixed upon a single, and it may be an important and noble object, he turns neither to the right nor to the left, but strives without resting day or night to reach this goal. He is often the objéct of admiration, and sometimes of envy; he accomplishes much, but sooner or later he pays the penalty of his misdirected zeal. Often a man of general capacity and varled resources, spurred by his de- sire to achieve the high place in his chosen vocation, gives up one after another every means of amusement and diversion until he finds that the summit of success which he ..as reached is barren for him of every- thing that wlll}flve him personal comfort and pleasure. He has done the great work for others, but in doing it he finds him- self, when most in need of relief, isolated ana often unhappy, plagued by the demon of unrest. About the Rest Cure. It may be well to close this article with a few words about the so-called rest treatment or rest cure. Many mistaken notions are afloat regarding this subject, although the factors which make up this treatment have become well known to some members of the profession, and to not a few in the community at large. The mistakes generally have reference to the manner in which the treatment is carried out and to the range of its appli- cability. Some seem to think that all that it is necessary to do is to put a pa- tient in bed in charge of a well paid nurse and to give a few directions as to feed- ing and the use of medicines. But, as long ago emphasized by Dr. Weir Mitch- ell, to whom we are indebted for the o gabization of this therapeutic method, its successful use requires unusual skili, a special temperament on the part of the physician and a_thorougll knowledge of the scientific principles on which it is founded. Rest, physical and mental, is the Keynote of the treatment, but in or- der that this may be obtained with be: efit other elements must enter. The pa. tent is not only put to bed, but he or she must be excluded from family, friends and business assoclates in order to secure the most perfect mental repose; must be given massage, Swedish movements and electrical treatment, both for the sake of the passive exercise -and for their espe- cial influence on digestion, circulation and the nervous system, and must be fed by a carefully regulated and increasing meth- od, in order to improve impaired nutri. . tion and supply the energy which has been lost through overwork or disease. Properly used, it may be a means of ghys- ical salvation; but, on the other haM¥, is may not only fail of success, but, worse than this, it may do harm. As summarized by the writer in an- other place, ‘“‘this treatment -is most valuable in nsurasthenia and hysterfa, but it mdy be used with advantage in other affections, as chorea, cxophthalmig goitre neuritis and myelitis, in some cases of melancholia and mania, and even in loco- motor ataxia for the rciief of pain and to improve the general nutrition. e opium, chiloral, alcohol or other drug nabit can also sometimes be advautageously treated by this method.” Periods of Absolute Rest. In a few cases patienis should be kepc absolutely at rest for one, two or three months; in other cases a treatment by rtial rest in bed is more applicabl.. metimes the period of absolute rost’ should be shortzned and should be applied only for a week or :wo at the nning of ihe treatment. At times it s best used mply for the purpose of preparing for mgtgods of systematized exéreise or for treatment by travel, camp cure or change of climate. This is especially true in some of the forms of real or threatened mentaj | disorder and particulariy those in wheh the patient has been rapidly worn oyt through mental distress or excitement. The patient, in a_word. needs to be re- ifeved for a time from fources of menig: frritation and his physicar chergies in part restored before cfforts are undertaken to bring about a more complete cure by chsnfie of place and surroundings and by introduction to new features of interes into his life. It is a not infrecuent euo: tom, for instance. of pkysicians who make use of this method of treatment 1o first resort to a full or vartial rest treatmert in fown; then to move the patient to the seashore, the counfry or the mountains and later to advise 2 lonzer period of travel with a carefully chosen companion or ‘attendant. B Now and fliu:nen the physician finds it al- most as difficult to stop o1 chan, Eramme of rest indoots as ooy e or carry on treatmeat. g, con- versation and well selacted Vgrlbm of indoo tre nt and the oo tinuously exerted by (. e most important agents in bringine have their part in the s e physician Is one of th PERSONAL MENTIO Daniel R. Hall of Sebastopol is at the Palace. Gnvorn::h Gage mento to-day. W. C. Ralston and wife of Robertsons are at the Palace. Z. McCauley, a capitalist of Nome, is registered at the Lick. N. R. Regan, a Bakersfleld ofl man, is a guest at tHe Grand. J. B. Hamilton of uI- Angeles is regis- tered at the Occidental. J. C. Thompson and wife of Stockton are at the Occidental. Robert W. Boyd of Marysville is a guest at the California. 0. Stearns, a merchant of Sacramento, is registered at the Palace. Judge E. C. Hart i down from Sacra- mento and is at the Grand. D. Coughlin, a mining man of Oregon, is spending a few days at the Liek. 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Belknap of Louisiana, Alphomso Taft of Ohio and James Don Cameron of Penn- sylvania, DISASTERS—S., City. This department cannot give “the exact number of lives lost in the Johnstown, St. Louls and Gal- veston disasters,” for the reason that there is no record of “exact”” losses. The best figures obtainable are Johnstown 2280, St. Louis 6000 and Galveston more than 6000. POETS—L. W., City. Poets are bornm, not self-educated. There are many per- sons who write verses or Iines that jin- gle, but that does not constitute poetry. The lines that were submitted with the letter of Inquiry serve simply to show that whoever wrote them is only wasting time in a vain endeavor to write poetry. MILITARY DUTY—E., Alcatraz, City. A man bern in a foreign country, who be- fore leaving that country performs mili- tary duty, as required by its laws, then comes to the United States and in time becomes a citizen thereof, may at any time return to his native country and not fear molestation from the authorities. In such a case the United States Government will afford him the same protection that it does to one of its citizens born on United States soil. DIVORCE IN HAWAII-L. W. H., California. The grounds for divorce in the Hawallan Islands are adultery, ex- treme eruelty, desertion, Chinese lep- rosy and failure to provide. If a party “has good grounds for a divorce in Cali- fornia, has not lived with the other y for more than a year and neither party had resided in the Hawaifan Islands, the party who has grounds for a divorce' could not go to Honolulu and commence an action for divorce, for the law of that country says: “No divorce shall be granted for any cause if the parties to the action have not lived as man and wife within the republic of Hawail.' STRENGTH OF MAN—Subsecriber, San Jose, Cal. It is not easy to assert posi- tively at what age a man s strongest. Physical strength in man increases up to a certain age and then decreases. From tests made of several thousands of the male sex by means of a dynometer, or strength measurer, the following is given as the average of the white race: The lifting power at 17 is 280 pounds, at 20 it increases to fl)jmunds. at 30t reaches iti helgh!, 356 pounds. At the end of the thir- ty-first year strength commences to fafl, - at 40 it ‘has decreased eight pounds and at 50 the lifting power is pounds. From then on the strength faus until the weak- ness of old age is reached. Strength va- ries in different individuals of the same age as a result of occupation. VOTING QUALIFICATIONS-J. A. K., City. The amendments to the constitu- tions of certain Southern States, while they deprive some colored men of the right tc vote by reason of not being pos- of certain qualifications to entitle them to the franchise, nave the same effect on all residents of the State irrespective of color. The fifteenth amendment to the United States consiitution, while it de- clares that no one shall be deprived of voing “on account of race, coior or previ- ous condition of servitude,” does not take away from the several Stites the right to define the qualification of those who would vote. 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