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T HE Briti They found themselves Andrew were poverty stricken. long on reputation, but on funds, apparatus, laboratories and the muniments which are needful to a modern university. The reputation of Adam Smith and Kit North is a valuable asset. A long line of Lords Rector, bejeweied with the names of Carlyle, Disraeli and Gladstone, is 2 good thing to have, but none of these supplied the place of the facilities de- manded for t#e teaching of modern science and the payment of adequate salaries to a faculty. Andrew Carnegie Lad the good luck, for Scotland, to be born in the land o’ cakes, and the good luck a for himself and the world, to be reared in the United States. He has made a fortune too large for his own use. Indeed he regards it as an incumbrance, and whether he is an agnostic, as charged, or a be- liever in the plan of salvation as counter-charged, he has scruples against dying rich. He has therefore a pardonable desire to indulge in the distribution of his estate ante-mortem, and a hope that the probate court may be left free to distribute the estates of poorer men so promptly that they will not go to the lawyers. Observing the distressed condition of the Scotch universities he produced his check book and prepared to draw one for the trifle of $10,000,000 of lucre, which those institutions require to put them on their scholastic legs again. The British press regards this as an insult to the whole nation and a bruising blow to Scottish pride. Therefore it advises the universities to refuse the gift, and reminds the Scottish lairds that their pride will not permit them to send their sons to drink of the Pierian spring made affluent by an “ironmonger’s purse.” The result is awaited with interest in the British Isles and also in this country. Scotland is not afraid of ironmongers or other people who have had to work for a living or acquire fortunes in trade. Scotch genius has not been born in the purple. Burns was a plowboy, and never knew any better way of getting bread than out of the soil. James Hogg was a sheep herder, and as for Carlyle, he was born to poverty, and had plenty of it in stock even after his pen had made him famous. MacQueen was a Paisley weaver, and Wilson was a country editor. But the London papers complain that the United States is becoming the owner of the world’s capital and is in danger of buying up the whole kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, universities and all. Per- haps that is the real rub. If Andrew Carnegie should use his money to stimulate general education in Great Britain Darby and Joan might take a notion to dis- press is just now busy at baiting The Scotch universities Carnegie. short place some of the existing ruling classes and change | places with them.* If this courtry is becoming the | owner of the world’s capital it must be because of the | opportunity furnished by our political institutions, Europe was a new country a long time back, and in the day of her adolescence probably roused the same feeling in the older East that she now feels toward the bumptious, rich and pushing New World. In the latest number of the Commoner, Bryan says: “The principal value of education lies in the fact that | it disciplines the mind, enlarges the horizon, and en- ables one to view men and things in their proper re- lations.” Since Bryan has such a clear perception of that truth, the wonder will be greater than ever that he doesn’t go somewhere and get an education. Tribune Building | DISCRIMINATING LOOT. NE has to read the files of Oriental news- papars to get the facts as to the devastation of Chfna and the views of the missionaries themselves on the ethics of looting. The North China Herald prints a communication from Rev. Gilbert Reid, a good missionary, who has been carrying the consolations of Christianity to the heathen who in his blindness bows down to wood and stone. We do not know what view the Rev. Mr. Ament and the Board of Foreign Missions will take of Rev. Mr. Reid’s frank admissions. That good man says: “I confess I looted, and in good company. We en- tered the palace of Prince Li and found there French soldiers and a French priest surrounded with vast wealth—iron ‘safes containing nearly 300,000 taels in silver, trunks laden with magnificent furs, silks and satins, and rooms adorned with the finest Chinese art. For-a moment I forgot the tenth commandment. I | had no house, no art, no books, no silver, no clothes except a suit made for me by missionary ladies while I lay in the hospital. The only trouble was the French were there; and were not kind enough to leave. The French general came in and told us that | on that morning that section of the city had been | voted to the French. Seeing our downcast counte- | nances he magnanimously said, ‘I am very sorry, gen- tlemen; but each onc may take a memento.” I se- cured two elegant furs and moved on.” For weeks this gentle shepherd, whose life is lighted by wisdom from on high, says that he “was very | busy discriminating between the places that should be looted and those that should not. Now and then I branched out to loot from those who were our ene- mies, and I only regret that I did not have more time to loot from such despicable wretches, instead | of leaving so much to others. It has also grieved me that so many really good people think that my loot is good enough for them to want. The friends of | looters are beyond calculation.” | Let it be remembered that Rev. Mr. Reid has long | lived in China disseminating there the principles | of that Teacher who said, “Love your enemies; re- | turn not evil for evil, but overcome evil with good.” ‘ But to him his enemies are despicable wretches, and | ne regrets lack of time to steal all they had, and la- | ments that he had to leave much of their property to | be carried off by other thieves. | He is entitled to credit for entire frankness. He | does not even pretend that he was looting to :z<lieve | the distress of native Christians or anybody else. He | forgot one of the commandments when he found himself near unprotected property that did not be- long to him, and stole it. It is a dangerous example for a missionary to for- get one of the commandments. The brutal Euro- pean soldiery, from the standpoint of genuine Chris- tianity, were as justifiable in forgetting the other commandments when they committed the unspeak- | able crimes told by Sir Robert Hart, Dr. Dillon and other observers. - We submit to the Christian church at home, if it is worth while to continue missionary effort in a country where the missionaries themselves jocundly confess that they forget the commandments? The Christian nations, after all the innocent blood they have shed and the tens of millions of Chinese property they have stolen or destroyed, are demand- ing of distressed China a money indemnity in an amount that would have scared the conscience of | Timour. | To our credit be it remembered that the civil gov- ernment of this republic, the secular power of this | nation, does not forget the commandments, but | stands yet for justice, moderation and mercy. It | would- heal Christian self-respect and pride if the churches would cease defending missionary looters ‘long enough to commend the President and Secre- | tary of State for their high and honorable stand. | When one professor at Chicago University said that | Rockefeller is greater than Shakespeare, and another | said in his classroom that he had never kissed a girl in | his life, the offenses were pardonable; but now that i a third has declared no sensible man will marry a col- | lege-bred woman it is time for Harper to make a clean | | sweep. INDIA AND HER INDUSTRIES. W E have heard much of late concerning the | effect of American competition upon the in- dustries of Europe, and now British India | comes forward with complaints. It appears that our | enterprise has seriously interfered with several of the | greater industries of the East Indian people, and par- | ticularly with that of the tanners. Tanned skins and | hides have long constituted one of the chief exports | of Madras, but of late the raw skins and hides have ibeen shipped to the United States and the tanners was recently presented to the Indian Government asking that an export duty be imposed upon the raw material so as to check the effects of our competition. That complaint is the more interesting because there have been complaints in Great Britain of the disastrous effects of Indian competition upon British industries. In a recent lecture in London Sir Richard Temple, one of the leading authorities on India, said Indian manufactures of various goods are supplanting the products of British factories to a very large ex- tent, and that machinery is working a revolution in the industrial relations between Great Britain and the Indian empire. A summary of his address given by the London Chronicle reports him as having said that not many years ago most of the jute crop of Bengal was sent to Dundee and other manufacturing centers of the British Islands, but now capitalists have established factories in Bengal, and last .year they ex- ported manufactured jute goods to the value of more than $20,000,000. The progress of cot- ton manufacturing has been yet more remark- able, for within the last twenty years the cot- ton spindles of India have increased 221 per cent and the looms 189 per cent. Last year they manufactured 1,641,000 bales of raw cotton. It is added: “India does not yet manufacture the finer grades of cotton goods, but her coarse fabrics are becoming more and more popular in markets where she has the special advantage of comparative proximity. Thus she is now | selling $15,000,000 worth of coarse cottons, most of | them in Mozambique, Zanzibar and Aden, whence they are distributed in East Africa. Her trade in these goods is also growing in Abyssinia, Ceylon, Turkey and the Strait Settlements. Her increasing product of cotton fabrics enables the home industry to keep pace with the growing demand both in India and foreign markets.” i The apparent conflict between the demand of the | Madras tanners for protection and the ability of the | Bengal jute and cotton manufacturers to defy | competition shows in what seemingly contrary ways the streams of trade and commerce run. The explanation is probably the-simple one | have been nearly driven out of business. A memorial | CALL, TUESDA that the tanners have not yet adopted up- to-date methods in their work. When they obtain machinery equal to American machinery they will doubtless be able to work up their raw material at home just as effectively as the people of Bengal. The subject is an interesting one, for it shows that Europe, and indeed the United States also, in their eagerness to exploit Asia may yet have to reckon with the de- velopment of an Asia that will do her own exploiting. : it L In his latest manifesto Count Tolstoi says the writ of excommunication issued against him by the Greek church is “illegal, arbitrary, unjustifiable, mendacious and libelous™; and under the circumstances it must be irritating for him to know he cannot bring an action for damages. ‘A NEW THING FOR MENAGERIES. OME time ago The Call directed attention to the S organization of an international society for the protection of the big game of Central and South Africa. All the European nations having any ex- tensive possessions in Africa are co-operating in the work of the society, an agreement for that purpose having been effected at a conference in London last year. In exploring the wilds of the interior of the conti- nent and gathering information concerning the big game it has been found that the quagga is either ex- tinct or else has become so scarce that one is not to be found in the districts they formerly frequented; several species of antelope have also been extermi- nated, zebras are very scarce, giraffes are disappearing and the rhinoceros and the hippopotamus are now comparatively few in number. As something of an offset to the animals that are disappearing, it is reported that in the recesses of Uganda there has been discovered alive an animal hitherto known only by fossil remains found in Greece. The newly found creature, known as the hella- dotherium, has been regarded as one of the oldest types of animal creation or evolution; and the surviv- ing specimens have the honor of belonging to a race that has withstood the- vicissitudes of at least two geological ages. The animal has a sufficient distinction to make up for the disappearance of the quagga and the zebra from the attractions of menageries. He appears to be almost as gay and gaudy as a tropical bird. A de- scription of him says: “The helladotherium is of the size of an ox; its neck is a little longer, proportionately, than that of a horse, the ears like those of the ass with silky black fringes, the head taper-like and the nostrils like those of the giraffe. The forehead is a vivid red, and the neck, shoulders, stomach and back a deep reddish brown, and the hindquarters and legs are boldly striped in purplish black and white.” From that description it would appear the hella- dotherium must have been the parent type of the Democratic donkey, but he should not be blamed for Bryanism, for no ancestor can be justly held respon- sible for the vagaries of degenerate descendants who have evoluted away from the original type by reason of a mixture of blood or the excesses of pure cussed- ness. That, however, is a side issue. The point of in- terest is that hunters are now seeking to capture one of the beasts alive to take him to London, and before long no menagerie will be complete without one. It will be perceived, then, that in protecting the big game of Africa the international association is doing much to add to the joy of some future San Francisco holiday. OUR FRUIT IN EUROPE. OICES from Europe complaining of the effects VOf American competition have become com- monplaces, but none the less they are interest- ing. Each successive repetition is but another assur- ance of the expanding market for our products and another stimulus to further enterprise. It is there- fore worth noting that in addition to the complaints so frequently heard from Great Britain, France, Ger- many and Austria, there comes now a complaint from Spain, coupled with a warning to the Spanish people that they must improve in their methods of doing business or they will lose altogether a trade that in the past has been highly profitable to them. The Spanish complaint is of especial interest to Californians because it refers to the fruit trade in Europe, and notes our advance in markets which have hitherto relied largely upon Spanish gardens, orchards and vineyards for their supplies. It occurs in an article recently published in a Valencia paper, a translation of which has been furnished by Consul Bartleman of that city to the State Department. After pointing out that there has been a heavy diminution of Spanish exports of wines, oil, fruit and vegetables to France, Great Britain and Germany, and noting that the competing supplies are drawn from California, the paper says: “It is ridiculous to think that fruits and vegetables raised on the slopes of the distant Pacific should compete at the very doors of Spain with those produced in this country, yet the fact is undeniable. How is the mystery ex- plained? It is simply this: Spain sends her fruit and vegetables in the worst possible condition, so far as packing and transportation are concerned; piled on wretched railway cars, exposed to sun and rain, and reaching Paris from fourteen to seventeen days after their departure from Valencia; while the Califor- nians offer their fruit in the same fine condition in which it is picked from the trees. * * * Shall we live to see the American oranges competing with ours in the Valencia market itself?” From the tenor of the complaint it appears that American commercial competition may teach Spain as much in the way of advanced business methods as our navy taught her of the art of war. Moreover, in these days when Americans are so loud in complaints of the railway service of the country it is worth noting this evidence of its vast superiority over that of one at least of our European rivals. Evidently in our transportation facilities we have more to brag of than to complain of, since it is by mleans of them that we may yet succeed in selling California oranges in the markets of Valencia itself. 1 The Wisconsin Legislature has undertaken to im- pose a tax of 10 cents a ton on all ice taken from the lakes of the State and exported; and while the act is apparently unconstitutional, since it is a tax on interstate commerce, the enactment of it is an illus- tration of how important a product ice has become to the Eastern States and how eagerly each one is striving to conserve its supply for home use. New England is advertising abandoned farms and Kansas and Nebraska are advertising for farmhands, so people who wish land or wish work and cannot afford to come to California know just where to go. Mr. J. Ham Lewis says the Democratic ticket in 1904 will be Hill and Johnson; and now Mr. Bryan doesn't know whether to put the accent in Mr. Lewis’ name on the J or the Ham, 7, MAY 28, 1901. R o, T e @PAPE_RS ON CURRENT TOPICS. ' PREPARED BY EXPERTS AND SPECIALISTS FOR THE SAN FrANCISCO CALL. Ceylon is the largest, the most popu- lous and the most prosperous and pro- gressive of Great Britain's ‘‘crown colo- nies,” so called because the administra- tlon of their affairs is directly under the control of the British Colonial Office. Geographically Ceylon is an appendage of I’n‘dla, as Sicily is of Italy; but though it has roughly followed the fortunes of India in its history, it has never been an Indian province, but always a separate dependency. Its varied resources make it a land to be desired for its own sake by a commercial nation. The harbor of Trincomalee is sufficlent inducement to make a naval power with an interest in Eastern seas glad to possess it and eager to kee‘) it, holding as it does a singularly, central position as a place of call on the route from the west to the south and east. So great, indeed, from the first has been the value put upon_ Ceylon that at the general peace in 1815, after the conquest of Kandy, Great Britain elected rather to give up Java to the Dutch in order to re- tain in her own Mands the ‘‘key of India,” inferior though it was in area, in popula- tion and in natural resources. Resources of the Island. The island has large resources, mainly agricultural. Its_mountains are grouped in the center inst€ad of lying like barriers along the coast. There are variations of General Postoffice, Colombo, Ceylon. ’ 'Stor’y of Ceylon, the Largest, Most Populous and Most Progressive of Great Brit- ain’s Crown Colonies. By Walter Hodgson, M.A. COPYRIGHT, 190L XV.—CEYLON. ment, Colombo is also the largest town— having a population of over 100,000, the principal trade center, and since the con- struction of the breakwater works the chief port of the island. When the new harbor is finished three years hence Co- lombo will possess one of the largest and best-protected harbors in the world, hav- ing an inclosed area of 600 acres fully equipped with numerous shipping con- veniences. In the Pettah, or native set- tlement, are found congregated together in what has been described as *‘an ever- fascinating kaleldoscope,’” Cingalese, Moorsmen, Tamils, Parsees, Dutch, Portu- guese, Malays and Afghans; ‘“handi- craftsmen, working in their open sheds, wemen occupled in their domestic affairs and tiny children, clothed only in the rich tints of their own complexions, sporting among the traffic.” Characteristic of the People. The Cingalese have no poor laws, Tor do they need any: the weakest are tho most cared for. The rich help their poor relatives and do not disown them: ths poor assist those of their own families and live in great contentment with no dread of poverty in old age. The people of Ceylon are not only peace- able and law-abiding—they are intensely loyal. No colony is more attached to the British crown, as they showed by ihe en- | thusiastic welcome given to the different s climate and of rainfall; consequently the products also are various. But though the soil is rich there is no good natural water communication, the rivers of Cey- lon being of but little use for navigation or for storage. In olden days this want was partially met by canals and Treser- voirs constructed under the authority of the native Kimgs; but in later times of trouble and invasion these channels and tanks were allowed to go to ruin, and it is only in comparatively recent years that the Government has appliéd itself to the task of restoring them. Ceylon from time immemorial has been famed for its gems—catseyes, sapphires, rubles and other precious stones. The earl fishery, too, on the west coast, is rom time to time a valuable source of revenue; and the salt monopoly in the northwestern _and southern provinces vields a steady income to the Govern- ment. Plumbago is an important feature in its mineral products, being exported largely for the making of crucibles and lead-pencils. Attracted by the peculiarly healthful climate, the beauty of the country and the suitability of the soil, large numbers of colonists from Great Britain made their way to the up-country districts sixty years ago to take advantage of the great opportunities offered by the already | established coffee-planting industry, which, in spite of a speedy and serious check, soon recovered itself and for some years returned a rich reward for their in- vested capital and labor. But from 1880 onward first the ‘coffee bug” and then the “leaf mold” proved so disastrous that very many who had risked their fortunes on coffee abandoned its cultivation. With characteristic British ‘‘pluck,” they root- ed up acres upon acres of their planta- tions, preferring all the risk of a new en- terprise to what appeared to be inevitable ruin. Hence sprang that great cultiva- tion which has caused Ceylon tea to be- come a household word throughout the civilized world. Elements of the Population. Within an area of 25365 square miles dwells a populdtion of close upon. 3,500,000, of whom 2,500,000 are native Cingalese, 91 per cent being Buddhists and the re- mainder Christians. The Tamils number 900,000; the Moorsmen—half Arab, half Tamil—who are Mohammedans, and who are, as they always have been, the trad- ers of the island, number, together with the Malays, Veddahs and various other races, 200,000; the burghers, including those of pure Dutch descent, as well as Eurasians, who are almost all Christians, are only about 25,000, but their small numerical strength is no measure of their great importance as a class. Of European colonists there are barely 6500. The executive and administrative power is_in the hands of the Governor and six official members, all British; while the Legislative Council consists of the Gov- ernor with ten officlal and eight unofficial members, the latter being nominated by the Governor after consulting the various public bodies and opinions; three of them are Europeans, represefiting respectively the planters, the merchants and the gen- eral European community; of the remain- ing five two are Cingalese, one is a Tamil, the fourth represents the Moorsmen and the fifth is a burgher or Eurasian. Thus, while there is no pretense of a popular elective ‘rovernmcnt, an attempt is made to afford some degree of representation in the Legislature to all the different sec- tions and interests of the inhabitants. The administration of the law is vested in a Supreme Couyt, consisting of a chief Justice and two puisne judges, and by dis- trict judges and police magistrates, man: gt the natives holding lesser judicial of- ces. Sources of the Revenue. The revenue is derived mainly from the rallways, which are the property of the Government, customs, licenses and stamps, as well as from the duty on im- ported Tice and the salt monopoly, both of which directly touch the nalives. the Jast decade, consequent upon the rapid extension in the cuitivation by na- tives and Europeans of the cocoanut and other palms, additional activity in plum- bago, ete., and the striking development of the great planting enterprise, chiefly in the hands of the colonists, of cacao and cardamoms, but, abo 1, of tea, there has been a marked advance in the trade and revenue of the {sland. In the case of tea, the export trade, which began in 1873 with twenty-three pounds, as grown in_less than thhl-% ears to the fin.nue dimensions of ,000 pounds. n the early days of British rule the annual imports amounted to about §1,250,- 000; they are now about $22,500,000. - ing the same period the revenue has risen from $1,130,000 to about $7,500,000. The entered and cleared in the course tons, as against 75,000 tons in the early of the last century. The silver rupee is_current in the colony. For administrative ?urpolel Ceylon is divided into eight proyvinces, each under a Government agent. First in population comes the western province, in which Co- lombo is, and always has been, the chief locale of the Europeans on the island. In addition to b’in. the seat of govern- ship] of ‘glans year gmounts to nearly 6,000,000 members of the royal family who visited | the island in 1870, 1875 and 1881, and again | by their participation in the jubilee cele- { brations in 1887 and : while that none is more ready than the first of the crown colories to make sacrifices in any time of the empire’s need is proved rot only by recent offer of the Governor, Sir West Ridgeway of the British regiment quar- tered in Ceylon for service in South Af- rica, but still more bér their raising and equipping a native body of Ceylon horse. of the Victoria cross upon one of its little company. What the British Government has done in Ceylon, says John Ferguson, editor of the Ceylon Observer, perhaps the greatest living authority on the subjact—in medical treatment, hospitals, asylums and dispen- saries, in enforcing sanitary regulations, and by the provision of a water supply in the chief towns, is beyond all praise. No native ruler in Oriental history has any record of the kind to show and no feature of the British administration is more ac- ceptable to the natives than the generous provision thus made for the traatment of their sick and suffering. Moreover, to the prompt and effective measures taken by the Government, no doubt, may be traced the immunity of Ceylon from the plague. In Behalf of Education. As regards education the natives of Cey- various missionary bodies 1814, have been at work among them. It was they who gave the first impetus to the instruction of the people: it was not until the '70s that the Government, under Sir Hercules Robinson, gave any official encouragement to education. Now, in tion the Government of Cevlon pays spe- clal attention to technical and industrial training, one very noticeable resuit of which {s to be seen in the great improve- ment in appearance of the Cingalese youth, especially In the towns, under the influence of Western instruction ond ath- letic training, while the expenditure of public money in training and maintamgs a_volunteer infantry has not only provid- ed a valuable means of supplementary defense but has gone far to improve the physique and bearing of the young men of the country. As an illustration of the general policy of the Ceylon Government toward the na- last thirty years free grants of 40,000 acres of land have beeri made, quiry, to the people, while a large extent has been granted at half value and a still larger area of clearly ments’’ has been transferred at a moder- ate valpation. But while Ceylon undoubtedly owes v--rx much to the fostering care of the Britis| officials and to the enterprise of the Euro- pean community fene‘rllly. rhe “energy, ability and real " of the 3,000,000 native inhabitants of the island have proved be- vond all question that, whether it pe in the learned professions, in the civil ser- vice or in trade—in all ranks and In all classes—the native can “not only imitate but emulate the skill and the attainments of the European colonist.” A CHANCE TO SMILE. “Where did you first see the light of day?” inquired the city man of the farm- er. “In the East,” quietly replied the bu- colic citizen.—Yonkers Statesman. “T think it safe to ug," observer of events and ti lnv. “that there will not be much change in the Spring style of hand organs.”"—Yonkers States- man. Patlence—What is the sign when a klnlelll zl{l ‘t’.n tll:’a forell:m? o . Patrice—I should say it was a he !wu' rattled.—Yonkers !ummfl.m“ acon—What are points on the races e T L e oo e ert— . the are the th! whl‘ch the l’.l{ow- get stuck on.—Yonkers Statesman. He (boldly)—Do o think two can live as _cheaply as one She (blushing)—Yes, I di “Let's not become one, Statesman. remarked the 0. then.”"—Yonkers — Bacon—Do you know anythin; the original shirt walst ny"t'h o e Egbert—Certainly, I do. I know he never wore one; he only sold them.—Yon- kers Statesman. “Your friend is no match for the Count when it comes to a duel.” “And why not, pray?”’ h: iame command of lan- : onkers Statesman. Binks—I see that In scme Swiss hotels a fixed charge of $200 is made in the case of_the d%u: of a guest. Dinks—Well, the question would natur- ally arise if, after a person be considered a 2 ¢ friends who are poorer still, so that they | making liberal grants for public instruc- | the o Cey ve spe- | found in Los Corriilos, New Mex.; in Tur- tives it is interesting to note that in the | | which has been honored by the bestowal | after due in- | PERSONAL MENTION. J. J. Hebbron, a cattle man of Salinas, is at the Grand. Fred G. King, a mining expert of Den- ver, is a guest at the Grand. John P. Farrish, a mining expert of Den- ver, is registered at the Palace. W. H. Hill, an extensive landowner of Pasadena, is a guest at the Palace. W. O. Bowers, proprietor of the Capitol Hotel, Sacramento, is at the Palace. W. E. Woolsey, a fruit grower of Santa Rosa, Is at the Occidental for a few days. J. F. Moore, a capitalist of Santa Bar- bara, is spending a few days at the Pal- ace. J. D. Bradly, an extensive landowner of Merced, registered at the California yes- terday. Chester H. Rowell, son of State Senator Rowell, is up here on business and has made the Grand his headquarters. Lewls Warfield of New York and W. E. Hatheote of Franklin, Pa.. well-known ofl men of the East, are at the Palace. Percy Schuman, a prominent Chicago attorney, is at the Palace. He is on the coast attending to his vast oil and mining interests in California. Gus Holmes, the well-known hotel man of Salt Lake, returned from Los Angeles yesterday, where he has been attending to the construction of his new hotel, the An- gelus. ——————————— CALIFORNTIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, May 27.—The following Californians arrived here to-day and reg- istered as follows: At the Arlington—W. W. Werden and wife, San Francisco; E. E. Manheim and Thomas Gooch, Fresno. At the Riggs—A. B. Bigeler, California. ANSWERS TO QUERIES EX-JUDGE TOOHY—Subscriber, City. D. J. Toohy, ex-Superior Judge, is still a resicent of this city. CURRENCY—A. 8., City. No premium is oftered for a $ note of 1776. It is worth what any one will give for it as a relic of that time. NORMAL SCHOOL—W. E., City. The San Francisco State Normal School is lo- cated on the cast side of Powell street between Sacramento and Clay streets. COPPER CENT—H. B., San Jose, Cal. Dealers in coins offer from $2 to $750 for ser cent of 1304, according to its con- Sitiom <A Copper cent of 1817 nor a flying eagle cent of 1357 does not command a premium. BIG TREES-T. M., City. The clubs that have interested themselves in the preservation of the big trees of California are the Siempre Vera and the California Club. Congress has not yet purchased the Calaveras big tree grove. WHITEWASH TO HOLD—Subscriber, Redding, Cal. The following is given as a method for preparing whitewash that will not rub off: “Use alum. It is one of the best additions to make whitewash of lime that will not rub off.” TRANSFER OF DEED—G. J., City. It you are heir to certain property in Mexico and wish to obtain your rights thereto You will have to proceed according to the laws of that country. The Consul for Mexico in this city ought to be able to give you advice on a proper presentation of the facts to him. IN INDIANA—W. B., Newman, Cal. It a man dies Intestate in Indiana and he leaves a widow but no children, if neither father nor mother is living the entire es- tate goes to the widow; if the father or mother of the decedent or both of them are living, then only three-fourths of the estate goes to the widow. PATENTS—B., Stent, Cal. A patented article is one that the inventor, his heirs or assigns, have the use or control of for a limited time, A proprietary article is one that an individual has or individuals have the exclusive right to use, as, for instance, a proprietary medicine. Copy- right gives the holder of the copyright certain exclusive rights for a limited time. An individual cannot peddle anything that is patented, copyTighted or is a pro- prietary article in _California without having a peddler's license. If he Is a drummer, he may sell such goods by sam- ple without having to take out a license. A WILL—Subscriber, City. If an attor- ney draws up a will for a client and re- tains it in his possession at the request of aker of the will and by some chance e Mttorney and the maker of the will should die about the same time the will, in all probability, would be found among the papers of the lawyer and a proper dis- osition would be made of the same. The aw provides that any one having posses- sion of the will of another shall present the same to the probate department of the Superior Court within a stated time after death of the maker, and in such a lon owe 8 great debt of wratitade to the | 39 it would be preseuied hy the enect- which, since | tor of the estate of the attorney. TURQUOISE—A. 8. City. The tur- quoise, so far as known, was first dis- covered in the vicinity of Nishapoor, in the province of Khorassan, Persia, where for centuries it was found in small veins in a clay state. Large quantities have been found in Egypt. The gem is also quoise, in Mount Cohise County, Ariz.; in Mineral Park, Mohave County: near Columbus, Nev.; near Holy Cross Moun= tain, Colorado, and on Taylor's ranch, in Fresno County, California. Any reliabla jeweler can procure any of the gems you might desire. This department cannot give the names of those who deal in such at the pldces named. GERMAN MILITARY SERVICE-C. 0., City. The United States Jdoes not pro- tect any of its naturalized citizens as against an_obligation they owe to the country of birth. For instance, if a man leaves Germany before he has performed military duty he is bound, notwithstand- ing_the fact that after lea¥ng Germanv he became a citizen of the United Siates. roved ‘“encroach- | He, owes the service to the country of his birth and if he returns to that country he will have to perform that duty. Bv cour- tesy of the German Government, in time of peace any of its subjects who have not performed military duty and have become citizens of the United States may visit Germany for a perlod of not more than four months and be free from moiesta- tion, but if that limit of time is exceeded | the Government may come forward and claim the service in the army. —————————— Cholce candles, Townsend’s, Palace Hotel® Cal. glace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's.* Townsend's California glace fruits, 50c*a und, in_fire-etched boxes or Jap bas- ts. 639 Market, Palace Hotel bul?dlnl.' —_———— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. * Queensland, Australia, is twelve times rger than Ensllnd. with a population about equal to Birmingham. ———— e Low Rates and Fast Time to the Pan- American Exposition. Round-trip rate to Buffalo, $57. Time of the Union Pacific Raflroad, three and a half days, Tickets on sale at all offices of the Southern Pacific and Unlon Pacific Rallroad companies. D. W. Hitcheock, general agent, 1 Montgomery street, San Francisco. —_——————————— Reduced Rates to the East. The Santa Fe route will sell on June 3 and 4 round-trip tickets to St. Paul for $67 %, to Kan- sas City for 360, and to Buffalo for $87. Tickets Itmited to sixty days—stopover privileges. Full particulars can be obtained from Santa Fs agents, 641 Market street, and ferry depot. —_————— Shake Into Your Shoes Allen’sFoot-Ease,a powder. Itmakes tight or new shces feel easy. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Tired, Sweating, Aching feet. 10,000 testimontals. At_all druggists and shoestores, 25c. Ask to-day. Sample free. AddressAllenS.Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. e SROV.NLY. Dr. Sanford’s Liver Invigorator. BestLiver Medicine, VegetableCurefor Liver Ills, Biliousness, Indigestion. Constipation, Malaria.* —————