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6 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1901. Che oiee Call. .JULY 30, 1901 TUESDAY... p— JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. ‘&-mmh'.'.“m, Manager. MANAGER’S OFFICE.......Telephone Press 204 IUBLICATION OFFICE...Market and Third, S. F. Telephone Press 201. st. EDITORIAL ROOMS.....217 to 221 Stevens Telephone Press 202. 9% Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Copies, 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage: DAILY CALL (including Sunday), one year. DAILY CALL (including Sunday), ¢ months. DAILY CALL ¢ncluding Sunday), 3 months. All postmasters nre authorized to receive subscriptions. Bampls copies Will be forwarded when requested. Mafl subscribers in ordering change of address should be perticular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order to insure & prompt and correct compliance with their request. .1118 Broadway €. GEORGE KROGNESS. Mamager Foreign Advertising, Marquette Building, Ohissgs (Long Distance Telephone “‘Central 2619.”) NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: C.C. 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Chutes, Zoq and Theater—Vaudeville every aftermoon and evening Fischer's—Vaudeville. » Bathe—Swimming, AUCTION SALES. | & Co.—Monday, August 12, at 12 o'clock, Montzomery street By G. H Real Estate. Tm at | | States. 10 SUBSCRIBERS LEAVING TOWN FOR THE SUMMER. | Call subseribers contemplating = change of | residesce during the summer months can have their paper forwarded by mail to their mew addresses by mnotifying The Call Business Office. | This paper will alse be on sale at all summer | THE STRENUOUS PERIOD. ICE PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT made the V country familiar with his idea of the “strenu- ous life.” It has been held, even by some who claim the title of philosopher, that nations must have periods of contention, stress and warfare, lest their people become stale. It has been argued, too, that such periods are so fixed by natural law that they occfir, without conscious guidance or procurement, seeming to be a fixed factor in national and natural life. This country would seem to have had wars with sufficient frequency to keep our people in the proper condition. From 1776 to 188, one hundred and twenty-two years, we had the War of the Revolu- tion, of 1812, the Mexican War, the Civil War and that with Spain, averaging a conspicuous war every twenty-four years, so that each generation since the Declaration has had a smell of powder, to say ngthing of the minor wars with our own Indians, which filled in the gaps, and, in the case of the long struggle with the Seminoles, the tribes led by Tecumseh and the Sioux, were of sufficient importance to deserve‘a place in the record of military achievement. The strenuous school hailed with gratification, which the whole people came to share, the oppor- tunity of the Spanish War, and its results have made upon the world an impression beneficial to the United It has been put in sharp contrast with the unfortunate experience of Great Britain in South Africa, and its brevity and mighty consequences to an ancient kingdom and once powerful empire have assured to it a high place in history. But we are entering now upon the real strenuous period, which will test us as war cannot test a nation. The civil and social reorganization of about twelve millions of people in the Philippines, provision for their rights and prosperity without abridging our own, will call for the exercise of genius and manifestation of character to a degree far beyond any demand of war. In fact, war is easy compared to the demands of peace. England was less troubled by India when Hastings was setting the natives by the ears, bribing' or hanging them at will, as suited his purpose, and Clive was rising from unsuccessful attempts at suicide to be the victor at Plassy and the conqueror of an cmpire, than when the people of that empire lay help- less upon her conscience, and she was compelled to listen to the demands of humanity upon her steward- ship. Her reputation suffered less by the sharp practices of the “John Company” and the rough riding of her captains than by the faults and follies of her civil administration. A similar time is already upon us. The Filipino story of the war against the natives will never be told, unless some Kinglake shall appear among us to tell And if he do, it will not touch us as we will be touched by the incidents that are to come in the government of the islands. The character of the American people will therein be tested, and over the most righteous performance of duty will lie the shadow of man’s unrest under the government of any cne but himself. Thomas F. resorts and is represented by & local agent im Bayard, while Embassador to Great Britain, in an all towns on the coast. COMPROMISING SCHLEY'S CASE.| VER .since the controversy arose between the } E partisans of Admiral Sampson and Admiral Schley, the yellow journals have been doing their best to make the most of it and to gain some- thing of popularity for themselves by posing as the advocates of Schley. The call for a court of inquiry | to investigite and report upon ‘the charges made | against Schley has given these journals a new oppor- tunity for displaying their activity and making fools of hemselves and they have been prompt.to take | gd\'anugc of it. Already they have set to work urging their readers to “write to the President” demanding “protection” | for Schley. A more foolish proceeding could not well be devised. The President has no power over the court and if he had it would not be proper for him to interfere in its proceedings. The only stage at which he can interfere in such matters is that of | pardoning persons who have been convicted. There- | fore to write to the President now is tantamount to ; an expression of a belief that Schley has been guilty i of some wrong and ought to be pardoned. Such a misrepresentation of Schley's attitude does him gross wrong. He himself requested the court of inquiry. He goes before it to vindicate himself against aspersions that have been put upon him by his} enemies, and the persons who are persuaded to write i to the President will injure rather than help Schley, { for they will give his enemies an opportunity to assert | that he is afraid of the very investigation he asked for | and that his friends are trying to help him out by petitioning the President. Another freak in the way of support for Schley was that of publishing an alleged interview with Admiral Cervera of the Spanish navy, in which the Spaniard is reported to have said that Schley is “a gallant officer and a high minded gentleman;” and to : have added many other laudatory things. It is | doubtful if any such interview were ever had with ! Cervera, but, admitting it were so, what would such | testimony be worth? Does any sane man suppose | “that Cervera, in talking for publication about the | commander of the fleet which destroyed his own, | would say anything derogatory to his courage or his 1 skill? Would Cervera assert he had been conquered | by a coward? ¢ i Do the yellow journals or do any of their readers belicve that Admiral Schley needs petitions to the President or the testimony of Spaniards at this junc- ture? Has he not in the record of his glorious victory ample proof of his seamanship, his valor, his ability as a tactician and his loyalty? Of course there is no way of preventing the yellow | journals from making such use of the occasion as they deem most advantageous to themselves, but it is a shame that a gallant hero who has been assailed already in so mean a manner by slanderous foes should. now that he has summoned them to court, have his case compromised by sensational fakers. Schiley does not need nor do his friends ask for any such defense as the vellow journals have put forward for him. His case was well put by his son, Captain Schiey, in the recent stafement: “When the court of inquiry meets T would like to have the privilege of asking Admiral Sampson just one question—If the battle of Santiago had resulted in defeat, to whom would the blame have been at- tached?” This, T think, tells the situation in a nut- shell. If Admiral Schley had lost the battle he would have been blamed. He won it, and he should have the credit.” We believe there will be no disputing that proposi- tion. The hero of Santiago is the officer under whose command the battle was fought and won. That he has had powerful foes is now evident, but powerful | address to Edinburgh Universi | ernable by any power but themselves.” as they are and grievously as they have injured him it is doubtful if they have done him more harm than the yellow journals will do by their method of posing as his friends. A for which he was foolishly criticized, described the American people as so stubborn and determined, that “they are ungov- That is the our national finest ascription of character that has ever been uttered. It may be said with much justice that all men in some degree share that quality with us. That spirit description and |in a people may be destroyed by killing the people whom it inspires, or by wearing out their physical power of resistance. . But it is the spirit that has enfranchised man whérever he has risen from bond- age. It is with the forlorn Boer when night falls upon the veldt, and he sleeps on his rifle-stock for a pillow. It nerved Rizal and Aguinaldo in their defiance of Spanish power in 1896, and, to do them justice, was the motive of the Filipinos in the hopeless resistance to our arms, which made us indifferent to their fate, while it lasted. Now all this is changed. The notes of the war bugle are growing fainter. The rush of the charge at quickstep, the thrill of revenge, the thirst for glory, have but feeble influence, for they are passing, and as they pass the promptings of the conscience become vocal and call this nation to harder duties than war and to possible victories more glorious than are won in battle. Patience, probity, moral and physical courage, abstention from the Zordid use of power, respect for native simplicity and weakness. must all have place in our administration. Denying to them their aspiration for independence and self-government, we are about to give them what we believe is a better government than they can give themselves. Will they show kinship of spirit with us by being “ungovernable by any power but themselves?” If they do, what will we do? Will we treat it as treason and deserving punishment, | or will we have the self-control and sense of justice to salute it as vindication of their manhood? Ethics in | government is invaded by considerations of national prestige. Perhaps a majority of men believe with the German Emperor that the noblest instrument is the sword. But surely a strong minority believe that the noblest principle is justice. At last we have reached the line of departure beyond which there can be no division. The call to duty, is to the real strenuous life. All should answer it, each in his way, and there is a way for all. If we fail and say so manfully we lose no prestige. If we fail and deny it unmanfully we lose all. —_— The expense of trying Earl Russell for bigamy be- fore the House of Lords has been so large that there is talk in Parliament of abolishing the right of a nobleman to have such a trial, and so another old his- toric privilege of the British aristocracy is-about to perish because it does not suit an age where money counts for more than birth ANOTHER CHICAGO UTTERANCE, HICAGO University, under the’ potent spell ‘ of the Rockefeller millions, rose as rapidly to eminence as Aladdin’s enchanted palace, and it has been making reputation through the mouths of its professors about as rapidly as it rose. First came the annourcement of a theory of human valuations, which one of the professors set forth by way of prov- ing Rockefeller to be greater than Shakespeare. In quick succession followed manifestos from various members of the faculty declaring the feasibility of liv- ing on 10 cents a day, the folly of marrying a co-edu- cated woman, the necessity of a continuous stream of immigration from Europe to prevent the American people from reverting to the Indian type; and now comes the further assertion from the same learned source that college going has become a fad among young men and women in this country antd that a ma- jority of students havegno real ambition for learning and ought not to be at the universities. Doubtless the Chicago professors have so many students loafing around their class rooms, asking questions or submitting papers to be revised, that the professors cannot find time to go fishing or even to think some original thoughts and write addresses to, the multitude. So long as salaries remained the same the professors would be willing to dispense with half their students. By what process they would deter- mine who should go and who remain is not clear. Some seemingly dull boys have grown to be very learned men and some brilliant youths have done nothing more than marry rich. Moreover, the aver- age young man and young woman in this country have the notien that universities have been endowed for their benefit, and they are not far wrong in the opin- ion. Tt is their right to have a chance. ‘No one can tell whether the 50-cent boy is worth a $10 education until he has been tried. In a recent address before the Illinois Bar Associa- tion Judge Tuley of Chicago complained that the people of the country districts are opposed to the city and said that every man from the outside counties thinks himself “in duty bound to tie up Chicago.”. If all Chicago be like the university the country people are nbt to be condemned. A sort of general tying up or muzzling would be beneficial, It is a bad wind that blows nobody good, and accordingly it is not surprising to learn that the suburban hotels around the big cities of the East have coined money out of the hot spell. It is said that &t Coney Island hotels the dining rooms, parlors, and even the bathrooms have been filled with cots for sleepers who would not go back to the city. PROFESSOR KOCH'S THEORY. INCE the discovery of a germ in cattle like the S tubercle in man it has been taken for granted that the two were identical, and that tubercu- losis is communicable from cattle to man. So fixed has this opinion become that physicians and veterin- aries regard it as an orthodox conclusion of science, and general efforts have been made to extirpate bovine tuberculosis by extermination of affected herds. Now comes Professor Koch, the most distinguished bacteriologist in thegworld, and declares to the Con- sumption Congress of physicians in London that bovine tuberculosis is incommunicable to man, and the precautions taken against it may be called off. There is a backing of probability to Professor Koch's opinion, aside from the scientific basis which a man of his eminence may be expected to have for a conclusion of such vast import to the world. There seem to be but few features in common between an epidemic and an epizootic. Man seems to be differentiated from his brethren of the lower orders in the animal kingdom. Animals do not have the eruptive fevers, such as smallpox, measles and scarlet fever, though these become epidemic among men. Nor do animals have the enteric fevers, which are also epidemic under certain conditions. They- are free also from the diseases of the alimentary tract which afflict man. While “colt distemper” in horses may be said to be the analogue of what are called the jngenile diseases in man, it is not truly so, since it is not common to all young horses, does not appear to leave immunity behind it, nor to be apt to occur in later life, if escaped in infancy. The epizootics seem to be distinct in character from epidemics. The presence of what has been called bovine tuberculosis is not accompanied by any of the phenomena which are present in consumption in man. There is no suspension of nutrition, no atrophy. The organic functions are not impaired. The cow is sleek, fat and alert. So far as symptoms go there is ground for going further than Koch, and declaring that the germ observed in cattle and called the tubercle is a benign parasite, innocuous and beneficial. Of course in a matter of such vast import to mankind, it is wrong to take any risks, and there should be no relaxation of milk inspection until wide experiment has made Professor Koch’s reassuring theory a scientific cer- tainty. Unfortunately he is limited for experiment to just one-half the field to be covered by the inquiry. He has found it impossible to infect cattle with human tuberculosis, but has not found any one willing to serve as the subject to the complementary experiment of transmission of the bovine tuberculosis to man. He is confident, however, of the curability of con- sumption, and if this be demonstrated it should not be difficult to find some one willing to take the risk of enlightening the world as to its origin, by sub- mitting to inoculation with the bovine variety. One such experiment would not settle the matter, since nearly all men are now equally exposed to inocula- tion with consumption through the germs that are spread broadcast by its victims, but only a percentage of those exposed acquire the disease. So, many cross inoculations will be required to prove that bovine tuberculosis is innocuous to man. At the same time a study of the points of difference between man and the lower animals gives probability to Professor Koch’'s theory. Some animals are lack- ing in the organic machinery required for some of the functions that are necessary to the life of man. Some animals have no gall, and some are immune to poisons that are fatal to man, while they succumb to doses of substances that are harmless to man. The smallest quantity of saltpeter destroys sheep as effectuajly as strychnine destroys man. There must be, thén, important physiological differences between man and his brother'animals, since there are actual anatomical differences. Animals have their materia medica. A cow will seck ribbon grass when her appetite is off, as will 'a sheep. All animals of the sheep kind eat tobacco when they can get it, and chew down a plug of the stronggst with an energy and appetite which show the craving of a natural need of it. A dog corrects his disordered digestion by eating grass, and all animals of the cat kind seek catnip. To the larger varieties of that family it seems to be more than a medicing, and is a luxury. Any one who has seen a big lion go into raptures over a package of catnip thrown into his cage can easily realize that it is to him what pipe and glass are to man. A btzzard is immune to arsenic and fattens on it. Many other facts may be quoted to show where man and brute part company, physiologically, anatomically and path- ologically, and every such fact lends some support to the theory of Professor Koch. What is wanted now is a man to try it on. | One of our Epworth visitors, in expressing his de- light with the city, gave especial commendation to three things: the climate, the streetcar service and the cleanness of the streets. hat more could any one ask of a visitor with a Christian conscience? Having made such a good impression as Fourth of July orator at Philadelphia, Wu Ting-fang has now been invited to address a Jewish Chautauqua at At- lantic City, and we may yet hear of him taking the stump for the Salvation Army. Notwithstanding they put Bryan on the chutes, the Ohio Democracy still has troubles. With Tom John- son on one shoulder and McLean on the other, the | burden is almost as wobbly as it was before. RN ({3 PROPHET” DOWIE' GATHERS IN THOUSANDS FOR HIS ZION LOTS urban colony of his followers, to be 3 and another road very near it. The stretch of prairie land has been surveyed and laid off in- blocks, lots and parks, with streets and avenues between. the middle is a large square on which it is designed to place the Temple of Zion. All the streets in Zion have Biblical names. Sheridan road runs through a part of the town site, but the name of this to “Elijah avenue.” are Gabriel, Ezekiel, Elim, Elizabeth, Eden. appellations familiar in sacred history. HE land on which John Alexander Dowle, or Elijah III, as he now calls himself, proposes to establish the great lies on Lake Michigan, near Waukegan, Wis. cago and Northwestern Railroad passes through the site Among the other avenues . Ebenezer, Deborah, Bethany and Bethlehem. There are Bethel, Bethesda, Shiloh and Salem boulevards, and numerons other thoroughfares have known as Zion City, The Chi- appearance. to Dowle's - Inaugurated and expected to continue eight days. Two hundred thousand people were expected to attend, but not 2000 put in an Three hundred hands some $150,000. ‘The given the dupes in exchange for their cash are for 1100 years, were sold, giving iIn- leases which are lots but are hampered and surrounded by conditions which make it In if he se®®fit. Dowie has changed longin, a matter of option with Dowie to declare the leasehold vacated An added clause provides for a return of 50 per cent of the value in case of the lease being declared vacant. In price the lots ranged from $270 to $2700. gulded by the names of the streets rather than the location of lots.” The nearestfapproach to a rush for particular sites oc< curred when the advance guard discovered Gabriel avenue. Tha lots on that thoroughfare were soon taken. eyes on the choice locations along Elijah boulevard, but few selected lots there. The $2700 lots are located on this street. Some buyers went to Ezra avenue, others to Ezekiel avenue, while still others were satisfied with Enoch. The lowly follow- ers secured the cheapest Some buyers were Many looked with lots, which are on the numbered On the 15th inst. the great sale of lots, or rather leases, was streets. Biblical names came high. L B A e i w aea a a a ) PERSONAL MENTION. “Rev. T. G. Keating of Ottawa is stay- ing at the Grand. ‘W. H. McClintock, a mining man of So- nora, is at the Lick. Rev. Father Hugh McNamee of Santa Cruz is at the Lick. A. E. Waters, a banker of Baltimore, Mad., is at the Palace. Henry Sangster of the Fresno Democrat is a guest at the California. B. M. Glidden, a2 music publisher of Bos- ton, is staying at the Palace. Marion Biggs Jr., a capitalist of Ore- ville, is a guest at the Grand. C. W. Easton, a prominent attorney of | Modesto, is a guest at the Grand. Fred W. Graves of the Graves music house of Portland, Or., is in the city. Colonel W. Forsyth, the extensive raisin grower of Fresno, is at the Occidental. Drs.’ B. E. Wright and J. Hickey of Portland, Or., are registered at the Pal- ace. W. H. Dall of the United States Geoe logical Survey 1Is a guest at the Occi- dental. C. A. Dolph, nephew of the late Senator Dolph, of Portland, Or., is a guest at the California. R. Capenburg is down from Alaska pur- chasing merchandise for his four stores there and is staying at the Palace. Charles P. Brasson, a wealthy resident of San Jose and Interested in mining properties in Alaska, is staying at the | Palace. A. P. McGinnis of the Santa Fe Rail- road, who recently gained notoriety through a damage suit thatwas filed by | a colored porter who was put off a train | in Mexico, is at the Palace. —_—— Californians in New York. # NEW YORK, July 29.—The following Californians are in New York: From San Francisco—T. F. Bonnet, N. Jacobs, F. C. Kelley, H. Lindley, R. E. Reid, at the Imperial; W. H. Dundas, J. Flannagan, at Gerard; J. J. Gildea, J. M. Kilgarif, at Herald Square; Miss G. Johnson, at St. Denis; Misses Koster, Mrs. J. Luddon, J. | ‘W. Wood, Misses Wood, at Manhattan; S. Livingston, at Cadillac: D. Porter, at Holland. From Los Angeles—Mrs. Brayton, W. A. Clement, at Grand Union; Misses Clark, Mrs. J. C. Paulson, at Murray Hill; H. Laughlin Jr., at Imperial; E. Fullerton, €. F. Miles, at Manhattan. From Pasadena—Miss Dowling, at Mur- ray Hill —_— Californians in Washington. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 20.—The fol~ lowing Californians reported to-day at the Raleigh—R. A. Thomas of Los Angeles; at the Shoreham—Francis J. Heney: of San Francisco; at the National—G. A. Dorsey and R. O. Lincoln of San Fran- cisco. . THE WHIST FACE. In the whist face you will see the far- away look, accompanied by arched lines on the forehead, suddenly-changing to an expression of inward contemplation, as- sociated with a tightening of the lips. These expressions come from an acrobatic mind under training that consists in leap- ing from the first lead, jump by.jump, over each successive play that must be made, while keeping the mental eye on the accepted rules, not neglecting to ob- serve and respond to signals. Nature can recover from this sort of thing when occasionally imdulged in, but when it becomes a habit, practiced almost daily, and sometimes for two or more ses- sions a day, the expression becomes fixed and follows the wearer, no matter what her thought or occupation may be at the time. ‘We have all sorts of faces, all varieties of countenances, that get their recognized expressions from close application to some variety of straining employment. Now we have “the whist face” to add to the list. It is showing itseif among the women, and comes from the whist club habit, which is rapidly growing, showing its strength not only at night, but in the afterncons and even in the mornings, associated with tea and wafers, chocolates and bonbons. € One expression of the whist face, though it is sad, and is told with an effort, is age. The women may shudder at the thought, but the fact remains. Intense thought and daily racking the memory to remember what cards have been played cannot but decpen the lines and hasten what hereto- fore the women have left for time to ac- complish without their permission. —e————— Her lover was a bank teller. When she ‘was down town one morning she ran into the bank and found him counting money. “‘Oh, George!” she cried, ‘‘comec here a minute.” ‘“Excuse me, my dear,” he replied, “but I cannot. I have my hands in the dough.” —Philadelphia Bulletin. ANSWERS TO QUERIES. ONE OF 1843—N. N., City. A five-dol- lar piece of 1843 does not command a pre- | mium. LOUD'S TERM—J. J. K., City. The term of Congressman Loud will expire March 4, 1903. THE AMERICA CUP—C. G., City. The America cup is in the care of the New York Yacht Club. THE BUNKER CASE—Subscriber, Cal- istoga, Cal. The case of Bunker, who was charged with the murder of a ycung woman by malpractice, was dismissed on examination before the committing magis- trate. MACHINISTS—A. S., City. At the time the machinists went out their demand wad ten hours’ pay for nine hours’ work and a rate for overtime, namely, one and one- half rate until midnight and double rate after midnight. THREE-HANDED EUCHRE-F. 1., City. Hoyle lays down the rule in a three-handed game of euchre, commonly called , ‘“‘cut-throat euchre,” that if two players go out together in consequence of a euckre the leader hand of the two wins. OBSTRUCTED LIGHT—S., City. The following is given as the obstruction there is to light by the use of glass of different kinds: Common window glass, 9 per cent; clear glass globe, 12 per cent; clear glass globe with slightly ground flowers, 24 per cent; glass globe of the usual pattern, 35 per cent; globe of ground glass, 40 per cent; opal globes, 60 per cent; pointed opal globe, 64 per cent. TO ATHENS—Subscriber, Calistoga, Cal. The schedule time for the transmis- sion of a letter from San Francisco to Athens, Greece, is sixteen days; that is the actual time occupied in transporta- tion. If the letter leaving San Francisco arrives in New York in time to make con- nrection with one of the Atlantic liners carrying mail to that destination it will reach Athens within the time stated. MAZUZA—F. R. H, City. The little roll of parchment sent to this department for. examination is a Mazuza, which s a prayer used to a very-great extent by the European Jews to ward off evil. It is placed in a small tin tube having a small opening in it and bearing on its face the word Shaddal (Almighty). It is then nailed at the upper part of the left side of the main door of a dwelling. MOLLY MAGUIRES-B., City. The or- iginal Molly Maguires were an association formed in Ireland more than fifty years ago, “to protect Irish renters against heartless and Cruel landlords.” It is said that the organization - took its name fromd a woman named Molly Maguire, who had taken her cause into her own hands when a process of eviction was served upon her, and that she successfully resisted the bai- liffs who had been sent to evict her. The young men who composed the soclety used to dress in women's clothing when en- gaged in resisting a bailiff or other offi- cers emplgyed by landlords. GODWIN'S OATH—Subscriber, Los Ga- tos, Cal. ““Take care you are not swear- ing Godwin's oath” is an old English cau- tion to any one taking a voluntary and in- temperate oath or making violent pr: testations. It had its rise in the follow: ing circumstance related by old-time ra- conteurs: “Godwin, Earl of Kent, was tried for the murder of Prince Adfred, brother of Edward the Confessor, and he was pardoned. He died at the King’s dgn- ner table while protesting with oaths his innocence of the murder. He is supposed to have been choked with a plece of bread, as a judgment from Heaven, having prayed it might stick in his throat if he were guilty of the murder. This occurred in 1053.” CIVIL SERVICE APPOINTMENTS— M. M., City. “The Civil Service rules pro- vide that no person in the Executive Civil Service shall dismiss, or cause to be dis- missed, or make any attempt to Pprocure the dismissal of or in any manner change the official rank or compensation of any other person therein, because of his political or religious opinions or af- filiations; that no removal shall be made from any position subject to competitive examination except for just cause and upon written charges filed with the head of the department or other appointing of- ficer, and of which the accused shall have full notice and an opportunity to make defence; and that no person in the Execu- tive Civil Service shall use his official au- thority or official influence for the puf- pose of interfering with an election or controlling the result thereof. Such rules also provide that any person in the Executive Civil Service who shall wil- fully violate any provision of the Civil Service act or rules shall be dismissed from office.” | A CHANCE TO SMILE. See the man! Has the man broken his brassie? The man has broken his brassle, or cleek, as the case may be. Is the man using improper language? The man is using extremely improper language. Indeed, his language is no more Scot- tish than as if he had pounded his finger or received a plugged nickel in the course of business.—Detroit Journal. Mr. Simpson (showing agitation)—Miss Lucia, there is a communication—that is —I may say—there are words which I feel compelled to utter. Miss Lucia—Oh—don’t let me interrupt you, Mr. Simpson—but wait till I put poo- dle out—he gets awfully mad if anybody —that is—he’s so excitable.—Chicago Rec- ord-Herald. Johnny (in the garden)—Father! father! | 1ook out of the window. Father (putting out his head)—What a nuisance you children are. What do you want now? Johnny (with a trfumphant glance at his playfellow)—Tommy Brooks wouldn't believe you'd got no hair on the top of your head.—Tit-Bits. ““We've got poets in this nelghborhood," sald an uptown druggist to ome of his regulars. “Why?" “Hired girl from some place came in here this morning and asked for “glory of rhyme." " “What did you give her?” “A chance to go back and find out what she wanted.” “And what was 1t?" “Chloride of lime. Detroit Free Press, A cabman rang Dittenhoeffer's doorbell repeatedly at 3 a. gn. until a head finally appeared at an upstairs window and asked: “What do you want down there?” Cabby—This where Dittenhoeffer lives? Head at Window—Yes. “Much obliged. They's a feller two doors above Dittenhoeffer’s as wants to make a train.”—Judge. Uncle Jeremiah Haycraft had returned from a visit of a week with his relatives in the great city, and was at his custom-~ ary place in the village grocery store. “Well, Uncle Jerry,” asked one of the loungers, “how does livin’ in the city com- pare with livin’ in the country?" “Wal,” he said, reflectively, “In the country, ye know, we wash our necks and years every day, 'cause hit's the right an’ proper thing to do, but in the big city, b George, ve've jist got to do it! An’ that,” added Uncle Jerry, shifting his quid to the other cheek, “is differ’'nt.”—Chicago Tribune. An old gentlemah walked into the prose- cutor’s office recently with an air of se- rious impoffance and consulted the As- sistant Prosecutor about a young man who persisted in making love to his daughter. “That’s no crime,” said the prosécutor. “Well, maybe not. 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