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Fischer's—Vaudeville. Sutro Baths—Swimming. Emeryville Racetrack—Races to-day. leon.” treets—Specialties. lle every afternoon and AUCTION SALES. Auction Sale of Horses—At 11 o’clock, at 1140 Folsom street. | By Sullivan & Doyle—Wednesday, 5, Horses, at 327 Sixth street. By Wm G. Layng—Tuesday, May 14, at 10 o'clock, Ger- man Government Artillery Horses, at 721 Howard street T ———— May at 11 o'clock, 10 SUBSCRIBERS LEAYING TOWN FOR THE SUMKER. Call subscribers contemplating a change of residence during the summer months can have their paper forwarded by mail to their new mddresses by notifying The Call Business Office. This paper will also be on sale at all summer Fesorts and is represented by a local agent im CONGER ON CHINA. s expressed by Minister Con- his communication to a New York v the country will be pleased. The de- sire to impose no burden upon China that she cannot carry agrees with American sentiment, which would illingly a t ntees for the future, coupled with the oper the empire to the world, as far as is consistent with its necessary complement, the equal opening of the world to China, on exactly reciprocal terms. Minister Conger develops very clearly the mutual contentions and greeds of the European powers, and makes it evident that they sdek excuses for the stay in China of their military forces; pretending that con- tinued occupation is made necessary by a situation of Chinese creation, when they are really there to waich each other, every one intending to make a grab when the others are not looking. For such stay on bher soil, and for such purpose alone, they propose that China shall pay the bill! They see that such policy is 2 handy means for increasing the demand for money indemnity to a sum that the country can- not stand, and then making her physical incapacity to- respond an excuse for the seizure of territory and the partition of the empire. Those powers are making history, but they will not write it. It will not be written in line with their pre- tenses, but in line with the facts, and the future will judge them by what they do, not by what they profess and pretend. So far the United States has exerted a salutary, conservative influence in the question of settlement and has confused the other allies by taking their pro- fessions of justice to express their sole purpose. In this way we ended the Russo-Manchurian incident and averted war between Russia and Japan. That con- flict was not settled in St. Petersburg and Tokio, but in Washington. President McKinley and Secretary Hay put Russia in a position where she could not preiend one thing and do another. Left to deal with China zlone, or Japan alone, or with the other Euro- pean allies which have the same ulterior purpose that she cheri:n=d, Russia would have used the Manchu- rian convention as a sword to cut China in two. She cared nothing for its text or apparent purpose when dealing with her rivals or her intended victims; but when our Government said that we would take that convention to mean only what it said and to ambush no other than its professed purpose, she saw that she could not use it for its real purpose, and her interest in China’s signature at once abated. On our part this was diplomacy of the higher and better sort, and we were the only nation present and powerful that could indulge in the luxury of sincerity. The others would have secretly exulted in the accom- plishment of Russia’s ulterior purpose, because it gave them an excuse for doing just what she intended to do. Upon these strictly international subjects the views of Minister Conger are of value, for he took part in the things of which he speaks. His belief about things he did not see nor take part in is no better than that of any other who was not an eyewitness. What Dr. Dillon and Sir Robert Hart saw is ac- cepted as better testimony than the Minister’s opinion of what he did not see. In the reorganization and cleaning-up process in the Southern Pacific Company the gentle art of pass- ing the “buck” of responsibility is being practiced to the satisfaction of the most exacting. Heads appear to be dodging in all directions. GERMANY AND AMERICA. HE London press is sensational in its forecast | T of trouble between the United States and Ger-- many. it is pretended that the opportunities for German migrants in South America will furnish the issue to be joined and fought about by the two countries. The Saturday Reviéw says that the Kaiser, “like a wise ruler, prepares for the future, to be found in the strug- gle for partition and exploitation of the great South American continent.” Without any desire to impeach the judgment of the Review, we must be permitted to point out that its jedgment is misused. German migration carries with it affection for the fatherland, not joined to any desire to take also German imperial institutions. The United States has offered, and offers still, a most in- viting field for German immigration, and the immi- grants face hitherward to improve their condition in our wider and freer opportunities and to escape the | wilitary burdens and bureaucratic Government which bear heavily upon them at home. There is surely no evidence furnished by the German population in North or South America that they are anxious to bring their burdens with them. They are too tired of packing soldiers at home to bring them on their backs across the sea. Germans will continue to settle in South Amerjca. They will not go there as military colonists to o\scr— throw existing governments and plant the empire, but as peaceful citizens who will finally infuse German Icve of law and order into the Governments they fird already planted. In the United Statés we owe much to the German spirit. Our institutions have Ibecn strengthened by their influence. The republi- | can scheme of government had its germ in the Saxon idezs of order, which are the common heritage of the | German and Scandinavian races. Instead of being | jealous of the settlement of South America by those 1aces, we welcome it as a guarantee of the future stabilitge of Brazil, the Argentine and all the greater Governments of that continent. It means their closer approximation to our own development, and that | they will be better neighbors and better customers. Americans are not migratory. We have verge | enough at home. All state-building or state-strength- | ening immigration must be of the class that eats its | bread in the sweat of its face. It is manual labor that builds or strengthens all foundations. Our laboring | population governs at home and sees abroad no higher | opportunities than are at hand here. We could not | send them to colonize South American countries if we | should invade and conquer them, and without such colunization” the change won]d\not be productive of good, Since the promulgation of &he\\nroe doctrine this | country has had but one wish as to Central and South | America, and that is for the planting there of perma- nent self-government. To accomplish this we have | sent out no colonies, nor have we applied any force. ‘We have appreciated the racial peculiarities of the people and have expected that these would become less marked by infusion of the blood of Northera Zuepe by immigration. In this expectation and desire we have no stronger allies than the German and Scandinavian immigrants. Bur we have another expectation just as strongly founded. Tt is that these same immigrants, having Lealec their shoulders made raw by the burdens of cmpire, will turn to us and themselves invoke the | Monroe doctrine for protection against the re- imposition of the load they have laid off. We have no doubt that should the Kziser attempt to plant his warlike banner over the Germans who have passed from under its folds they would resent it as strongly as our fathers did the attempt to make the British flag | an emblem of their oppression. If the Kaiser have a dream of racial integration and believe that every German emigrant goes forth branded as the bondman of the empire he is mistaken. | The race was before the empire. It has impressed its | genius in Germanic institutions in England and the | United States, and its capacities are greater and its | aspirations freer than the artificial structure built in its name over the German states of the continent. The last straw which should break the back of offi- | cial incapacity has been flung at that wonder of mu- nicinal life, the Board of Public Works. Indignant citizens have appealed to the Grand Jury for redress | against the delinquencies of the derelict board. EDUCA;I'ION IN GERMANY. GERMANY has for so long a time been looked upon as the exemplar of national education that adverse criticism of her public schools an.! their results has rarely been heard. It is there- | fore worth noting that of late two writers on the sub- | ject, one American and one British, have taken that | critical attitude. In their judgment Germany gives | too much attention to universities and too little to the primary schools, with the result that while the empire ;has an oversupply of highly educated men, the in- | struction given to the mass of the people is inddequate | and ineffective. | One of the authorities, a correspondent of the Bos- | ton Transcript, says: “In Prussia alone, as was | shown in a recent Parliamentary debate, there are now | over 5000 vacancies among the teacHers of the public ;’schoals—this in a country which has an abnormally ; | large proportion of umversity trained men and where learning is a drug in the market.” He attributes the lack of teachers to the niggardly pay allotted to them ard to the scant courtesy they receive in society. A professor in a university is looked upon as a dignitary, | but a common school tcacher is held in but slight es- | teem, and it is added they have also a reason to com- plain of “the unworthy treatment to which they are often forced to submit at the hands of martinet offi- cials.” The writer goes on to say: “It is far from my purpose to say; anything in disparagement of the Prussian school system, for which I have the highest admiration. The point of these remarks is that now- adays Germany is doing its best work in education rather in spite of the present regime than by its aid.” It appears, then, that rnotwithstanding a system that so degrades the profession of school-teaching that more than 5000 schools in the kingdom remain without teachers, it is the belief of the writer that the resulis are 'still admirable. It is probable a more thorough examination might have led to a different conclu- justice done to the teaching body has had ill effects upon the pupils. The suspicion that the majority of the pupils of the common schools of Germany are inadequately educated, since the teachers are so badly paid, is con/ firmed by reports made by a correspondent of the Lcndon Telegraph, who has studied the subject from a point of view quite different from that taken by the American correspondert. In giving illustrations of the ignorance of the young men who have had no THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, sion, and that the critic would have noted that in- | other than a common school education he says: “A ern frontier put two questions to seventy-eight of his recruits a few days after they joined the regiment— western frontier are somewhat more enlightened than their compatriots of the March of Brandenburg and was Bismarck? ‘Whs was Windthorst? Twenty- one of these seventy-eight yokels declared they had been a great general; six thought he was a former Minister of War; and nine picfured him to their minds know that he was the first Chancellor of the empire, and nine indeed said, ‘Bismarck founded the German ‘Some of the answers.given by those who had heard of Bismarck and had some sort of notion concerning marck was the first German Emperor.” “Bismarck was a great poet.” “Bismarck was the instigator of Bible.” “Bismarck was the first company officer in the war.” The last answer was that of a reéruit who an excellent definition of Bismarck. It ran: “Bis- marck was the Kaiser's greatest enemy.” name of the founder of their nation can hardly be said tc have a good system of common school education. model in that form of irstruction. OPTIMISM AND PRUDENOCE. . P addresses along the route of his tour is doing something more than making complimentary something to say that affects the larger issues of the times, and consequently his words may be studied An illustration of the wisdom of his counsel is to be found in the brief references he has made from time and to the proper method of profiting by it. He is an optimist, but he is not blind to the dangers of that lead so many enterprising people, and has not failed to point out the importance of prudence and discre- At Roanoke he said: “We have never had so much to do in all our history as we have now. We never WWe never made so much and never sold so much as we shall sell this year. We are expanding our mar- that we are not only able to supply the home marker, but we require a foreign market for our surplus, and products of American soil and American labor.” Those were the words of the optimist, the utterance his country; but later on he said: “What we want to do now is to be prudent in our prosperity—save and they do come now and then. Whatever comes let us be fortified by the practice of economy while we It would be well if all Americans would heed those words. There is nothing in them of foreboding, or have uttered, nevertheless they constitute a warning against the wild speculation npw going on in Wall the coming of evil days. Every worker should save a portion of his earnings. thinks cheerfully and he talks cheerfully, but he knows Americans are the least prudent of pecple, that they he preaches thrift as well as enterprise. Optimism and prudence make a good combination, and it is to them with the sagacity the President advises. GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT. D subject of highway improvement which has been carried on with more or less earnestness plished to promote the work during the past winter. For one reason or arother the Legislatures of the jation on the subject, or else were unable to agree upon any measure of the kind submitted to them. ized movement to bring about the enactment of a mcasvre designed to stimulate road improvement, and result was to a considerable extent disappointing. The plan was to have the State issue bonds to the ments in co-operation with the counties. The best that was attained was an appropriation of $420,000 nothing, for in order to obtain any part of the State appropriation a county must guarantee in advance an amount asked for from the State. Thus if,all be called for there will be expended upon permanent State: Up to this time Massachusetts, New Jersey and Connecticut are the only States in the Union th: improvement and adopted a well devised system for solving it. It has been noted in those States that.the taking of another. The example is said to be infec- tious. We have not had that experience in California. maintained them for years without having had the eflect of rousing adjoining counties to imitate the The neglect of highways is the more strange be- cause good roads are about the most economical carry on. It has been estimated by the Department oi Agriculture that while it costs the American farmer existing roads, it costs a French farmer only 6.8 cents to haul one ton one mile on the highways of France. American county is taken into consideration it will be seen that the saving of something more than 17 very important rural economy. Sooner or later that economy will have to be undertaken and the sooner German lieutenant of infantry quartered on the west- and it should be remarked that the country folk on the of the eastern frontier. The questions were: ‘Who never heard of Bismarck; twenty-two said he had as a celebrated leader of'armies. Five of them did empire.” ” him are amusing. Among them were these: “Bis- the Kulturkampf.” “Bismarck was a translator of the thought he knew all about his country and was giving A country whose yourg recruits do not know the Evidently we can no longer look to Germany as a RESIDENT McKINLEY in the cotrse of his talks to the people. In almost every case he has had witn interest in all parts of the country. to time to the abounding prosperity of the country senguine speculation into which prosperity is apt to tion. had so much business at home, nor so much abroad. kets. Our productive capacity has become so great so we are seeking an open door in the Orient for the of the patriot statesman exulting in the prosperity of while we can, and be strong if the storms should come, are all so well employed.” any suggestion of coming disaster, such as some men street. In this time of prosperity we must prepare for The President is a cheerful man by nature; he are the most sanguine and ardent, and consequently Le hoped most Americans will be able to combine ESPITE the campaign of education on the for several years, comparatively little was accom- various States gave no heed to the demand for legis- Even in New York, where there was a well organ- where a definite plan was agreed upon in advance, the extent of $5,000,000 to be used in highway improve- for that purpose. Even that is decidedly better than expenditure for such improvements equal to the roads in New York this year the sum of $840,000. have seriously grappled with the problem of highwa construction of one good road leads to the under- Some of our counties have provided good roads and example. 3 money-saving and labor-saving works a county can an average of 25 cents to haul one ton one mile on When the amount of hauling that is done in an cents on every ton for every mile would constitute a the better. — On a single day last week over 1400 Americans sailed from New York for Europe, and as all of then are szid to be members of the wealthy class it is evi- dent the balance of trade account is going to be te- duced pretty heavily before the summer is over. TUESDAY, PAPERS ON CURRENT TOPICS. PREPARED BY EXPERTS AND SPECIALISTS FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. Interesting ‘and Remarkable Advancement Made in Civilization by the Maoris of New Zealand, MAY 7, 1901, XII—THE MAORIS Among the colored races with which the Anglo-Saxon people have come in contact there are few presenting so many features of interest and none showing such a re- markable advancement from savagery to civilization as the Maoris of New Zealand. white invader of their country, of their pacification and of how they were turned to the ways of civilization, though it ex- tends over but a brief period, is full of picturesque incident and may furnish some useful lessons for the United Btates in dealing with the people of the Philip- pines. - There 1s no record of the origin of the aoris. Tradition tells of their voyaging '|to New Zealand in canoes from some of the islands of the Pacific, and this tradi- tlon 1s accepted by students of the race, the time of their coming being about 500 ygars ago. When Tasman first sighted ew Zealand, in 1642, he found the na- tives numerous and flerce, and Captain Cook gave blood-curaling accounts of their warlike character and cannibalism as the result cf his visits from 1769 to 1774, In 1809 sixty-six white persons on board the ship Boyd, which called on her ‘way from Sydney to England, were killed and eaten by the Maoris, and in 1816 the crew of the American brig Agnes suffered a similar fate. However, the Rev. Sam uel Marsden took a band of missionaries to New Zealand in 1814. He secured the friendship of some of the chiefs, but was unable to prevent wars among the differ- ent Maori tribes. When the first orga- nized band of British. settlers arrived, ten years later, the majority of them were frightened from the country by the sight of a conquering tribe cutting up and eat- ing the bodies of its enemies. The Treaty of Waitangi. The missionaries, however, continued their work, and through their influence the active intervention of Great Britain was secured, and in 1840 the treaty of Waitangi was_signed, a great event for the Maoris, who to_this day regard that agreement as Lheir Magna Charta. It con- tained the Magris’ declaration of alle* glance to the Queen and Great Britain's recognition of the Maori ownership of the whole of New Zealand. This treaty led to a semblance of peace and the settle- ment of the coudtry proceeded, but the difficulty of dealing with the natives with respect to their lands was soon apparent, and the first bloodshed after the s!gmns of the treaty was caused by a dispute land transaction between the whites and the Maoris. The war lasted five years, peace being eventually restored by the ef- forts of Sir George Grey, who secured the confidence of the Maoris, dealing fairly with them, paying for their lands, set- ting up schools to éducate their_children and train them in agriculture. Through- out the war a section of Maoris had re- K to the English and had em against the hostile mained friendl fought with ti tribes. During the twelve years of peace that followed the ever-indreasing number of white settlers in New Zealand had many friends among the Maoris. But the tribes inhabiting the heart of the north island continued hostile to, the British. They had been always averse to the Maoris’ selling their land, and they had noted with displeasure the increased power of the white men. Meetings were held and it was resclved that an attempt should be made to amalgamate all the Maori tribes under one king with a view to driv- ing the English out of the country. Te Whero Whero was thosen King and he hoisted the Maori flag, but the movement was unsuccessful and to this day there has not been any union of the tribes. There is still a Maori king but his authority is acknowledged by only a sec- tion of the Maoris and he uses his influ- ence not to drive the English out of the country, but to secure from the English representatives in Parllament the best legislation possible for his people. Pacification of the Maoris. The movement, however, was accom- panied by the formation of a land league and the old trouble in connection with the purchase of native lands led to war in the Taranaki district. No sooner had this rising been quelled than another sec- tion of the Maoris, the Warkatos, were in arms and a long -and costly war fol- lowed. Sir George Grey, who had been so_successful in the first war, arrived in 1861, but the Maoris were not subdued until 1866 and there were skirmishes up to 1871 Throughout the war Sir George Grey had done much to break down the native distrust of the English colonists and at a critical time Sir Donald McLean came on the scene as miniSter of native affairs. During his seven years of office all traces of enmity were wiped away. Sir Donald McLean understood the Maoris. He paid respect to their chiefs and showed great tact in the purchase of native lands. He employed a large number of Maoris on roadmaking, paying them liberally. Though obstinate and self-willed in op- position, the Maoris have always been easily handled when respectfully and kindly treated, and Sir Donald was ever their friend and counselor. They had learned the value of money long before the close of the war and the money spent among them in roadmaking did much to ANSWERS POULTRY JOURNALS-E. J., Olete, Or. There is a poultry journal published in San Jose and two in Los Angeles. AN AUTHOR WANTED-J. T. H., Val- lejo. This correspondent wants to know who 1s the author of ‘“Let me play thé fool with mirth and laughter.” \ BENJAMIN HARRISON-R. W. P, €ity. Benjamin Harrison was President of the United States at the time he vis- ited San Francisco, April 26, 1881. THE CALL BUILDING—G. E. D., For- dyce, Ark. The height of The Call build- ing, as the Claus Spreckels building is generally called, in stories is eighteen. RAILS—A. 8., Soldiers’ Home, Cal. The ‘weight of rails used by railroads vary. Generally they are 30 feet long and welgh 70, 90 and even 100 pounds to the yard. Steel rails six inches high -and with the same width of flange weigh 120 pounds to the yard. A FEATHER BOA—L. M. 8. If you 'have a feather boa that you value you will save time, money and the possibility of :‘mnlnx n“bv sending it tto :! professional leaner. ou attempt to it yours selt you runythe risk (?t dettrm 1{ and being out the cost of requisite material. BICYCLE RECORDS-E. A, City. There are several bicycle records for a mile. compeufi.t;n. ed, 1:342-5; against time, un?mod. 5 are professional rec- ords. Amngur—Anxmt gme‘ paced, 1:28; unpaced, 2:023-5. Under against time, special conditions—Motor lem paced, ‘wind shield attached, 1:19. all American recol The record is 1:27 4:5. 3 SANTA BARBARA COUNTY-—E. B. D., Bullard, Cal. The county of Santa Barbara, Cal,* contains seventy-nine townships. A few of these are not full to in adjacent eo%; ties. area of ti county o Yehirs. g, Comnty Clene. is or ‘ount w $2500;, Sh ; _Tax Collector, 3 ; Recorder, i District ~Attorney, The history of their encounters with the | (COPYRIGHT, 1%01.) e o e ] TO. CORRESPONDENTS. Against time, paced, 1:222-5; in | removai e above are | bare Best Engliah | i ot reach: Naw 1 N By Robkert M. Hacket. OF NEW ZEALAND. coneiliate them, Svhile the roads opened up the country for future settlement. Rapid Progress of the Natives. There has been one, and only one, real difficulty in dealing with them. The land question has always been a source of trouble. It was the cause of much of the bloodshed and has been the object of con- tinuous negotiation ever since, but suc- cesslve governments since 1870 have shown much patience and consideratfon with Maori land owners and gradually prejudice_has given place to confidence and the Maoris to their own benefit are now leasing and selling thelr lands freely to Europeans. The treaty of Waitangl gave to the Maoris, numbering at the time 60,000 or 70,000, an absolute title to 66,000,000 acres of valuable land and the validity of the treaty or the rights of the Matoegls to the land has never been dis- puted. ‘When the treaty was signed the private purchase of native lands was stopped, the REz;emptive Hght of purchase From the aoris passing to the British Govern- ment, an officer of the crown being ap4 pointed to determine the titles. This method obtained until 1862, evhen land courts, presided over by able Judges, were set up to determine titles and pri- vate purchases were allowed up to 1894, when the crown again took the sole right of dealing with the Maoris. The Maoris urged that they should have a greater voice in the disposal of their lands. After many consultations with the tribes the present Premier, the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, has recently brought into opera- tion the most promising land legislation yet provided fér the Maoris. The whole control of the lands is vested in a board partly appointed by the Governor and partly elected by the Maoris themselves, provision being made for the majority of the members being Maoris. The board Investigates titles and’ has power to sell or lease land either to private individuals | or to the crown, but prior to any sale the members of the board have to be satis- fled that the allenating Maori retains suf- ficlent land for his qwn support. Since the treaty of Waitangi much land | has passed out of the hands of the Maoris. | Since 1570 the Government has spent a sum equal to $10,000,000 In purchasing na- | tive lands in the north island and prior ! to that year the whole of the south isl- | and had been disposed of by the Maori | owners. There are still, however, over 10,000,000 acres owned by Maoris, of ‘which they cultivate only about 10,000 acres. Present Condition of the Maoris. The position of the Maoris to-day is in many respects in striking contrast to that of a quarter of a century ago. Unfortu- nately their numbers are decreasing. There were at the last census under 40,000, The half-caste population, now over 6000, is steadily increasing. To a considerable extent the Maoris still live in communis- tic fashion, each village cultivatng suffi- cient food for its own reduirements, while in their dealings with Europeans they fre- quently pool the proceeds for the bene- | fit of the community. There are, how- ever, many exceptions to this rule, and | as raillways are being pushed through | their country and the opportunities for earning and spending money In European fashion are increased the little communi- ties are being gradually broken up. Of the marks of improvement shown by | the Maorls there is none so distinctly | prominent as the anxlety they display for | the education of their children and their instruction in the English language. There are 4410 Maori_children now attend- | ing school, many of them are receiving higher education and a few have been graduated at the university. There are | several Maori lawyers in the colony apd the roll of the Supreme Court contains the name of at least one Maori barrister. ‘When well trained the Maoris make ex- cellent mechanics and they have always shown a wonderful capacity for making roads even without engineering assist- ance. Maoris in Government Offices. In the last thirty years the Maoris have returned four members to the New Zea- land House of Representatives and they | have at present two members of the race sitting in the Legislative Council. The resent Minister for Native Affairs, the on. James Carroll, is a half-caste, sit- ting for a European constituency. He is a persistent advocate of the cause of the Maoris. For the election of the four Maori members of the House of Repre- sentatives all Madris over 21 vears of age have a vote. At the last election there were twenty candidates for the four seats and of a total population of 39,854 (includ- ing children), 13,628 voted. The local gov- ernment of Maori villages has until re- cently been left In the control, of the chiefs, but an act passed during the last session of Parliament has created Maori councils with a sort of mixed authority comprising the functions of policeman, magistrate and local board of health. The Maoris are respected and admired for thelr sterling virtues and their brav- ery. Obstinate and self-willed in warfare, | proud and superstitious in their subse- quent dealings with the British, they have developed into a light-hearted, good-na- tured race, erratic and uncertain, it 1s true, and possessing none of the charac- teristics of a progressive people, yet with-, out doubt the best colored race in physi- que, in character and in history that could be found in the world-wide British empire. Assessor, $2000; Superintendent of In- struction, $1800; Coroner and Public Ad- ministrator, fees: Surveyors, fees: Su- perior Judge, $4000; Supervisors, $600 and 20 cents mileage one way. TENANT AND LANDLORD-C., City. If a landlord raises the rent on a month to month tenant and the tenant refuses to pay the increased rent the landlord may then give him notice to quit, the time not to be less than thirty days. If a land- lord entered into a verbal agreement with his tenant to do certain repairs during the tenancy he is bound to do so, and if he | shop does not the tenant has the lem to have repairs made to the value of not exceed. ing ohe month’s rent and deduct the same from the amount of the rent agreed upon. INAUGURATION DAY—J. M., City. THo following explains why the President of the United States is inaugura the 4th of March: “refing In September, 1783, the requisite number States having ratified the nl':g e:m:tll:lltlan, LI;.! ary, 17%, for the cholice of President| tors, the first Wednesday In February for gos electoral_choice of & President and the flos Wednesday in March for inaugurating the nee government. The first Wedn: in March, 1789, happened to be l?a 4th of the month. whether the old new one alive. and te quorum was made uj mmmu ok : £ g i T A e PERSONAL MENTION. ‘W. P. Thomas, a prominent attorney of Ukiah, is at the Grand. D. M. Brogan, a mining man of Seattls, is a guest at the Lick. L. T. Hatfleld {s down from Sacramento and is staying at the Occidental. J. B. Biddle, an extensive ofl man of Hanford, registered at the Grand yester- day. Joseph H. Call, a prominent attcrney of Los Angeles, Is a guest Occidental. E. H. Vance, a business man of is down here on business and is staying at the Grand. C. H. Markham, general freight and passenger agent of the Southern Pacifig Company at Portland, Or., is in the city. W. G. Oberteuffer, chief clerk of the quartermaster’s department at Portland, Or., is down here on his vacation, and Is staying at the Occidental. Mrs. G. M. Pullman, Mr. and Mrs| Sanger Pullman and Mrs. H. O. Stone ar- rived In this city yesterday in a spectal car. They are staying at the Palace. W. R| Bascom, assistant general freight agent of the Illinois Central, arrived in the city yesterday. He is visiting the coast to attend the Transcontinental Freight Bureau meeting at Del Monte. Mrs. Francis J. Carolan is now rapidly recovering. The physictans who have her case in charge are satisfled that she has passed the danger point and will, within a reasonable time, be able to resume her place in society. ¥ CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, May 6—The following Californians are in New York: From San Miss M. C. , at Imperial; T. E. Greene, C. E. Hole, t St. Cloud; R. J. Hayes, at Criterion; A. H. Johnson, at Grand Union; L. Kohman, at Herald Square; M. L. Levy, at Normandie; F. Lindsay, at Broadway Central; W. S. Lowry and wife, at Park Avenue; J. R. Wilkens, at Herald Square; F. S. Miner, at Bartholdi; J. F. Myers, at Astor: R. W. Osborne, at Earlington; J. 8. V. Pletts, Mrs. M. J. Thomas, at Marlbordugh, Mrs. L. Warde, at Vendgme; M. Felnfuch, at Herald Square. From San Jose—Miss M. ‘kenzle, at Herald Square. ’ — —e———— CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, May 6.—The following Californians are in Washington: At the Arlington—Dr. George Rothgang- er, Miss Emily Rothganger, San Fran- cisco. At the Metropolitan—F. Qunle, San Francisco. CHANCE TO SMILE. “T see the barbers in some towns in Ger- many are compelled by law to cleanse and disinfect their combs arid brushes Imme- diately after use and before they are ap- plied to the hair or head of another cus- tomer,” said the customer in the -barber after an operation. ‘“Vel,” replied the bushy-haired tonsori- al artist, “you see I always runs my comb and brush through my hair before attend- ing to another customer.”—Yonkers Statesman. “So you're going to marry the police- man, Bridget?” “Yes, mum.” “I suppose you'll have the same trouble with him I've had with my husband.” “Shure, what's that, mum?"” *Oh, he won't give up his club.,”"—Yonk- ers Statesman. lon at the “Did you say that young man in the parlor tried to kiss you, dear?” said the | Young stepmother. Yes, he did,” replled the daughter. ‘And did you tell him you would call m “No, I didn’t; do you think no one in the house wants to be kissed but you?'— Yonkers Statesman. The Playwright—My drama is very re- alistie, don’t you think so? The Critic—Yes, you have a real barn- yard, a real pump that gives real water, and the people dance a Virginia reel. It's funny to me you dom’t go a little further and get some real actors and pay them real money.—New Orleans Daily States. It was at a fashionzble boarding-house, and they had calves’ brains for lunch. She spoke to the gentieman next to her: “And do you like calves’ brains, Mr. mo 2" 1 content with what “I always try to ime to laugh, even in fash- I have, madam. ‘There is a ti fonable boarding-houses.—Yonkers States- man. About this time there came a smallpox scare in the land of Uz, and the physi- cians were sent around to vaccinate the pecple. In due course they came to the house of Jeb. Now, Job was the riost patient man in the whole seftlemert, and instead of pleading that he had troubles of his own— as indeed he had at that time—he gave or- ders that they be admitted. “Job,” they said, stepping up to his bed- side, ““we have come to vaccinate you.” “Go ahead, gentlemen.” he groaned, “if you can find'a place.”—Chicago Journal. ———— Choice candies, Townsend's, Palace Hotel* —_—— Cal. glace fruit 50c per 1b at Townsend's.® e i Townsend's California glace fruits, 5dc a ound, in_ fire-etched boxes or Jap bas- ets. 639 Market, Palace Hotel building.* —_— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042, « \ —————— An Atchison man who sells whi strongly prejudiced against it (h:tkr{e“wi.fl not use it even on the advice of a physi- cian. ———— The President’s Good Judgment. 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