The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 16, 1901, Page 6

1 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1901. The +Sodse Call FRIDAY..........0s00nn222e+.- AUGUST 16, 1901 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor, Address All Communications to W. 8. LEAKE, Manager. SIANAGER'S OFFICE.......Telepho: Press 204 FUBLICATION OFFICE...Market ri Third, S. F. 20; Telephone Pre: EDITORIAL ROOMS.....217 to 221 Stevenson St. Telephone Press 202. Deliverea hy Carriers. 15 Cents Per Week. Single Coples, 5 Centx. Terms by Mail, Including Postages DAILY CALL (including Sunday), obe year. DAILY CALL (including Sunday), ¢ months. DAILY CALL Gncluding Sunday), 3 months. DATLY CALL—By Single Month., FUNDAY CALL. Ope Year. WEEKLY CALL, One Year. All postmasters nre autaorized to recelve subscriptions. Eampts coples Will be forwarded when requested. Mefl subserfbers in orderiag change of address should be pesticular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order to ineure & prompt end correct compliance with their request. OAKLAND OFFICE.... ...1118 Broadway €. GEORGE KROGNF: ¥eveger Foreign Advertising, Marquetts Building, (Long Distance Telephone *Central 2613. XEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: C. C. CARLTOY.. Chieagr. ) NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: ETEPHEN B. SMITH........30 Tribune Building NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, 31 Union Square; Morray TN Hotel CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Fherman House: P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel; Fremont House; Auditorjum Hotel. ORANCH OFFICES—S3? Montgomery. corner nf (lav. open ©otil $:30 c'clock. 300 Hayes. open uatil 9:30 o'clock. 633 McAllister, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until 8 o'clock. 181 Miseion, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, corner Sixteenth, open until § o'clock. 196 Valencla, open oetil § o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open untfl $ o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open until $ o'clock. 2200 Fillmore, open until § p. m. B ——— e — AMUSEMENTS. Californta—*"The Royal Box. Orpheum—Vaudeville. Columbia—*Mrs. Dane’s Defence.” Aleazar—*Silver-Mounted Harness." Grand Opern-house—"The Liars.” Central—"“The Great Diamond Robbery,” Tivoll—*“La Favorita.” Olympia. corner Mason and Eddy streets—Specialties. Chutes, Zoo and Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon and evenine. Fischer's—Vaudeville. Recreation Park—Baseball. Sutro Baths—Swimming. State Fair and Exposition. Sacramento—Saptember 2 to 14 — 10 SUBSCRIBERS LEAYING TOWN FOR THE SUMMER. | Call subseribers -contemplating a change of residence durimg the summer months can have their paper forwarded by mail to their mew eddresses by notifying The Call Business Office. This paper will also be on sale at all summer resorts and is represented by a local agent im Il towss on the co N edge by rumors of a recrudescence of anti- foreign violence in China, it is a good time to consider the subject of making China behave like A BISHOP ON CHINA. OW that the world’s suspicion is being set on o nations by treating her as they treat each other. . We have heretofore shown that the disturbing presence of missionar outside the treaty ports, rests upon an infamous forgery in the French treaty 1860, the criminal act of a Christian missionary, d we have approved every expression from respon- sible authorities of different branches of the Chris- tian church that did justice to the Chinese and re- buked the chicanery of the Western powers. The latest testimony in that direction is by the Methodist Bishop, David H. Moore of Frankfort, Ind. He is in China as a representative of the Meth- odist church to study the causes that led up to the Boxer outbreak. He has traveled 5000 miles in the Chinese empire and made an exhaustive study of the conditions which preceded the disturbance. In a letter which foreshadows his report he defends China in the most forcible language. After stating in de- tail the infamous treatment to which the Western powers subjected that country for sixty years, he savs: “Great wrongs the Chinese have committed, but with a tenth part of the provocation we would have done a thousand times more and greater.” It is expected that Bishop Moore’s report to his church will make a sensation throughout Christen- dom, and will be more than the mere sensation of a day. It will sting the civilized conscience into demanding that the Governments of Christendom infuse justice and fairness into their relations with China. For the good of what we boast as our civili- zation nothing more desirable and useful can be done. It has been long apparent that what is called. the sionary spirit” in its dealings with China has been governed by anything but justice and Christian ethics, and the Western powers have taken their cue from its savage aggressions. A change will benefit the Qccident more than the Orient. A musical society in Chicago wishes the police force of that city to be trained in chorus singing, but the Chief of Police says the scheme would have no other effect than that of disturbing the peace. It would appear, however. the singing might have two good results—first, it might scare thieves away, and, second, it might keep the police awake. There must be a considerable war going on between Colombia and Venezuela, for the reports state that in one battle the Colombians lost upward of 900 men, but somehow the rest of the world takes less interest in the affair than in a skirmish in South Africa where one man is killed and two mules captured. Notwithstanding the hot spell that injured the corn crop, Kansas is not howling calamity. Under the influences of protection and sound money her prosperity has mounted even higher than the ther- mometer. . 4 Estrada Palma, the. Cuban revolutionist, appears to be a most extraordinary sort of a person.. In all apparent sincerity he says he doesn’t want to be President of the liberated island. A New Yorker who enjoys a salary of $9000 a year testified in court the other day that he could not pay 2 bill of $200. He should hire a financial manager or consult a commission on idiocy. British tax collectors have reckoned the recent grant of $500,000 to Lord Roberts as a part of his income for the year and have made him pay $30,000 income CHEAP FREIGHTS. HE Railroad Commission is trying judicially a Tvery important _ question. ,While the specific issue is the rate charged by railroads on Cali- fornia petroleum, the trial has furnished the oppor- tunity to present expert testimony on the general subject of freight rates and their relation to the pro- ductive and industrial interests of the State. The railroads have presented their case system- atically and compactly. The trial court and the pub- lic will have no difficulty in comprehending it. The transportation companies have been commendably frank and seem to have held back nothing that will illuminate their defense. Their contention is that low rates are detrimental to the State. They insist that a low freight on wheat is ruinous to the farmer and a low rate onyoil is ruinous to the oil pro- ducer. They have backed this up by an expert show- ing that commands the respect of all men who ad- mire symmetry and consistency in argument and the presentation of facts. So far the other side of the controversy has not refuted this showing. No tes- timony equally expert, and well backed by theory, argument and facts, has been presented by the pro- ponents of low rates. The railroads are left at this time in possession of the field as the champions of the broad acres which produce wheat and of the humble holes in the ground which gush oil. Wheat has been represented as longing with an intense and cereal anxiety for high freights, while petroleum cries aloud from the ground, like the blood of the of getting it to market, and there you are! If the roads are wrong it is high time that the starch were taken out of their wheat argument, and that the petroleum of Kern and surrounding coun- ties proceeded to lubricate an opposing exhibit of the question of high 2rd low freights. Heretofore it has been believed by producers and shippers that a reduction in freights went into their pockets, and whenever those receptacles of wealth were attacked by sweeny, and have been stepped on by the elephant of adversity, a cry has risen and run through the State from Siskiyou to San Diego, and, in election years, from politic to politic, for a re- duction in railroad rates. To this end conventions have resolved, Legislatures have legislated, and Rail- road Commissions have been mobbed, and is it pos- sible that whens there is an opportunity to prove that high freights are an incubus imposed by the octopus to injure the rest of us no proof is forth- i A gentleman and statesman who achieved | the Presidency of the United States and much honor besides, and all well deserved, said, one time, that the argument of cheapness was a fallacy, and de- clared that “a cheap coat meant a cheap man inside of it.” | The California railroads seem to have applied this |formula to freights, rendering it in the form, | “cheap freights mean a cheap State.” | Live and learn. We have supposed that some- | body paid the freight. If the producer, and he un- | able to add it to his produce, if the price in the final | market did not bring enough to recoup him and | bring a profit, then he must lose. If the freight fol- low the produce and is added to the price paid by the consumer, then the consumer must pay, and if I the freight put the price above his reach the market | ceases, to the injury of production. But all these jtheories are knocked out. They retire like defeated icandidates at a primary, and the contention that | high freights are necessary to general prosperity is | established, for the time being at least. ! This is in a case on -trial before a constitutional | commission. It is not vet closed, and we discuss it at all with extreme diffidence. We do not desire | to appear in the character of what is called in Indiana | an “amicus curio.” But we appeal to the two plain- | tiffs, wheat and oil, to get on their warpaint and | feathers. This is no time to call on the non- | producing and non-shipping experts who in cam- | paigns appear vicariously for shippers and pro- ‘\ducers. Party platfiorms don't go now. The | patriots who ride to conventions on passes and de- | nounce the railroad that carried them are not in it. | The refutation of the bold and remarkable position | taken by the roads can be accomplished only by | reasoning as close and logic as inexorable as the | foundation upon which it rests. Unless this is done the starch in every grain of wheat will stiffen, the peaches will blush with shame on the tree and grapes will drown their chagrin by getting drunk on their own juice at the insulting mention of cheap freights. IS regarded in the Senaté and out' of it as the ablest representative of the Bourbonism that for so long a time has dominated Southern politics and Southern society. He has never held liberal views on any subject, and upon the question of negro suf- | frage has been an extreme reactionist. Nevertheless, he has found the action of the Alabama constitutional convention in suppressing negro suffrage in that State too reactionary for him. Early in the proceedings ‘of the convention he uttered his protest against the proposed scheme of introducing into the constitution “a grandfather clause,” as it is called. He had no objection to depriving the negro of his vote while leaving the ballot in the hands of illiterate whites, but | he did object to that method of doing it. In an open letter Senator Morgan declares the American Revolution was not so much a battle for a redress of grievances as it was a struggle to abol- ish heredity in government. Our republic is founded upon the principle that the right to share in govern- ment “is personal, and can neither be sold nor dele- gated, nor transmitted by inheritance nor by will to any other person,” and he asserts that “to make blood the medium of transmitting the electoral power from father to son is to uproot from its foundations the whole system of democratic government and rein- state the system and the form of regal government.” The fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the constitution, says the Senator, have no more to do with the issue than any other part of the organic law. The grandfather clause is false to every principle of our politics. Moreover, every step taken toward es- tablishing a hereditary right to suffrage is a menace. ‘Warming to this phase of his subject he says: “The transmission of the clectoral power by the blood of inheritance from father to son would destroy all dis- tinction between regal government and democracy, and would throw the door wide open for a return to the system that the American Revolution abolished. The steps would be few and would be rapidly taken to the complete restoration of monarchy so soon as we give to any class of voters the power to qualify their sons as voters by inheritance. In this case it is the first step that tells with fatal and irrevocable effect. The argument is irresistible that offices should follow the blood if the power that creates them is the blood , of inheritance; and this is all that is meant in the . HEREDITARY PRIVILEGE. ENATOR MORGAN of Alabama has long been slain, for vengeance on all who would lower the cost’ 4 | tropical desert; | supply.” British system of titled nobility which alone legislates in the House of Lords and of regal blood and pre- rogative which upholds the throne.” Neither the Senator’s influence nor his argument was sufficient to check the convention in its deter- mination to follow the North Carolina plan, and ac- cordingly the provisions of the proposed constitution relating to suffrage contain the much debated clause. Certain residents of Alabama, whether illiterate or not, are to be permitted to vote because they are the de- scendants of certain other men, and if the people ratify the constitution Alabama will have revived the hereditary privilege for whose overthrow in this coun- try the American Revolution was fought. Whether the Supreme Court will sustain such a qualificgtion for sufirage remains to be seen. Should it be found that the law is valid, a new issue will con- front the American people. It will have to be deter- mined again whether or not hereditary governmental privileges are to be tolerated in any part of these United States, and that issue may become one of prac- tical politics much sooner than expected. ’ AGRICULTURE IN ARIZONA. ¥ the recently issued Census Bulletin relating B to agriculture in Arizona an excellent showing is made of the progress of the people in building up the rural industries of that Territory. It is stated that in 1800 agriculture in Arizona ranked second to mining in the proportion of one to seven, and that although the present value of the min- eral product of the Territory is not known, it is ob- served that the value of all agricultural products in 11899 equaled the value of all mineral products in 1880, and therefore .it is probahle the relative impor- tance and value of agricultural .products have in- creased in the decade. A The statistics of the bulletin show there are now 5809 farms in Arizona, with a total acreage of 1,035,~ 327 acres, of which 254,521 are improved. Of these farms 1769 are owned by Indians. In 1890 there were only 104,128 acres of improved lands in the Terri- tory. In 1890 the average size of farms was 910 acres, and in 1900 468 acres. The total value of the farm land, with improvements, implements and livestock, is placed at $20,060,875. The increase in farm wealth for the decade amounted to 162 per cent. A notable feature of the report is the showing of the extent to which irrigation is practiced. During the decade 543 miles of irrigation ditches were con- structed at a cost of $1,508,469, and the results jus- tify the prediction that there will be a much larger area of land brought under irrigation in the imme- diate’ future. Of a ccnsiderable portion of the Ter- ritory the .. ort says: “In many essentials it is not unlike certain districts on the southern and western shoic. .f the Mediterranean, where irrigation is older |than the history of the race that now inhabits it. Without irrigation thi: part of Arizona is a semi- with irrigation it is capable of sus- taining a densc population, limited only by the water | The great problem of Arizona is that of conserving the water of the rainfalls which now runs away in torrents. With that problem solved Arizona will literally blossom as the rose. e e KITCHENER'S PROCLAMATION. RECENTLY issued Parliamentary paper Acomaius the full text of the proclamation of Lord Kitchener on August 7 calling upon all Boer commanders and leaders to surrender their forces before September 15 under penalty of being permanently banished from South Africa when cap- tured. The proclamation contains the further an- nouncement: “The cost of the maintenance of the families of all burghers in the field who have not surrendered by September 15 shall be recoverable from such burghers and shall be a charge upon their property, removable and immovable, in the two colo- flie 4 . The proclamation is preceded by a long preamble setting forth reasons which in the judgment of Kitchener justify it. These, briefly stated, are: The Orange Free State and the South African republic have been annexed to his Majesty’s dominions; His Majesty's forces are in complete possession of all the seats of government of the two republics and of all towns and offices; a majority of the citizens of the republics, to the number of 35,000, exclusive of those who have fallen in war, are either prisoners or have submitted to British authority and are living peaceably in the towns of the colonies; the burgh- ers still in arms have lost nearly all their guns and are incapable of carrying on regular war; they con- tinue, however, to make isolated attacks upon out- posts and to disturb the country, thus checking the resumption of industry; his Majesty’s Government is determined to put an end “to a state of things which is aimlessly prolonging bloodshed and de- struction and inflicting ruin upon a great majority of the inhabitants.” The ,preamble closes with the assertion: “It is just to proceed against those still resisting, and es- pecially against those who, being in a position of authority, are responsible for the continuance of the present state of lawlessness.” Therefore the procla- mation is issued that the commandants, field cornets and other leaders of armed bands must surrender by the date named or be permanently banished. The design of the proclamation is of course to bring the war to a speedy end. Virtually it amounts to a warning that hereafter the Boers will not be treated as prisoners of war. It is an open declara- tion of a determination on the part of 2he'British to conquer at all hazards, and from the tenor of the discussion concerning the advisability of arming the blacks to help on the conquest it seems more than probable that if the Boers still continue the strug- gle they will have to face a fight conducted according to the severest methods known to the wars of any period. The burghers have already proven the truth of Kruger's statement that they could not be con- quered except at a cost that would “stagger human- ity.”. Kitchener's proclamation and the menace of an uprising of the blacks add additional blows to those that have already staggered the humanity of the civilized world. To many of the Boers the threat will of course be an idle one. They would prefer banishment to submission to British rule, and as their property has been already destroyed they can suffer no further loss in that way. They will, however, have to consider not themselves but others, and that consideration may make some of the bravest hesitate. The crisis in the war has been reached, and it remains to be seen how the valiant defenders of the liberties of South Africa will meet it. - In comparison with the popular interest excited by the yacht races of fornier years for the America’s cup the contest this year is noted with something of apathy. Should the Britisher manage to get away with the trophy. however, there would be thrill enough to stir the people of both countries. TO TAKE KING'S HEAD 3 FROM PLAYING CARDS A MOVEMENT IS ON FOOT IN FRANCE AGAINST CONTINUING TO PUT A KING'S HEAD ON PLAYING CARDS. THAT HEADS OF PRESIDENTS WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE. S5 IT IS SUGGESTED is being changed—even as regards a section of republican Frenchmen T allowing kings to reign even on playing cards. Why, they say, should not President Loubet's or the late M. appear on playing-cards where those of the familiar card kings now appear? Are they not far more worthy of the honor, and would not the innovation be good for the cause of republicanism; whereas, under present conditions, is not the idea of monarchical government being constantly fostered covertly? Or, even f latter-day men are not deemed worthy of such honor, why not re- place the familiar king’s head by pictures of such illustrious Frenchme1 as Mac- | Mahon, Thiers and Grevy, to name but three? The same argument, too, is applied in queen, whom it is proposed to depose in,favor of republican women who have fig- ured prominently in the past. This brilliant idea has already recelved a rude check, however, for the Parlia- mentary Commission which has been sitting on a petition on the subject, which was recently forwarded to the ‘Chamber, bud by replying that the change is impossible, inasmuch as it would ruin quite a How this could well be is hard to discern, for surely new dies must be cut some time or another; and when they are it would be Just as easy *o design heads of republicans as of monarchs. Moreover, if the new cards were introduced they would probably rapidly become fashlonable, in which case numbers of people who are at present quite contented with their packs would hasten to buy new ones in order to be up to date. number of playing card factories. the proposal at some future date. @ ot el el el el e oo @ | ANSWERS TO CO THE BUFFALO—E. M. T., City. The American buffalo is practically _extinct aside from those in the national parks and in private inclosures. UNCOLORED KIDS—Meta, City. Un- colored kids or leather may be cleaned by sponging with a weak solution of oxalic | acid dissolved in warm water. ZOOLOGICAL—O. G., City. Tt is not correct to pronounce zoological as if the first three letters were one syllable. The proper pronunciation is zo-o-loge-i-cal. COIN OF SARDINIA—H. T., Niles, Cal. The coin described is a five-lire plece issued during the reign of Carlos Felix, 1821-31. A firm in New York charges for such a coin from $2 to $2 50. STATE AID-C. 8., City. Asylums and other institutions that support orphans, half orphans, foundlings and abandoned children in California receive State aid. This is irrespective of denomination. WHEREABOUT—Fritz, City. The best authoritics agree that whereabout and whereabouts, meaning the place where one is, are the same and that it is cor- rect to say or write “his whereabouts is unknown.” CONSOLIDATED VIRGINIA-E. W, Golden Gate, Cal. The highest price paid for Consolidated Virginia was $750 per share. The record is: “I1 a. m. January 6, 1875, Jere Lynch to C. W. Bonynge, 100 Con. Virginia at $750, buyer 30." SCHUETZEN—A. F. M., City. 4 Ger- man Schuetzen who shoots for a money prize is not considered a professional. The Schuetzen recognize only as a professional one who is engaged in the sale of rifles and takes part in the shooting. MACHINE SHOPS—S. W. W., City. To enter an apprentice in a machine shop in San Francisco apply to the proprietor of the shop. You will find a list of such skeps in the classified portion of the n Francisco directory, in the back part thereof. PLACER MINES-W. P, New York City, N. Y. The records of bills passed by the Legislature of California fail to show that there ever was enacted a law “authorizing the issuance of bonds in the sum of $1,000,000 during the early days of the State to pay for Chinese placer claims.” HOMESTEAD—Subscriber, Sacramento, Cal. Entries under the United States homestead law can be completed after five vears actual residence. Final proof can be made after five years from date of entry or of actual residence on the land, and must be made before the expir- ation of seven years from date of entry. BREWERS' M/ 1KS—A. O. S, City. The marks on casks containing beer or ale signifies the degree of strength. X stands for the Latin word simplex or sin- gle, XX for duplex or double and XXX for triplex or triple strength. AK means | light bitter beer; AKK, lighter still, P. A., pale ale, and XL, extra strong, being 40 as compared with 30, XXX. WAGES—A. 8., City. Wages as a rule are paid by the month and are based on the rule of from the beginning to the last day of the month inclusive, at so much | per month. If a party works only half a month under that rule he is entitled to half a month’s pay, irrespective of the fact that a month is a long or a short one. TAKING UP LAND-J. J. V. City. The law governing taking up of United States Government land was published in The Call of July 24, 1901, in this depart- ment. For additional information apply to the United States Land Office, 610 Com- mercial street. For the information sought in relation to school lands in California apply to the United States Surveyor General in (ke same building. SHOOTING—O. S., City. Shooting at live birds or blue rocks and shooting at targets are not in the same class. In the one a fowling piece and scattering shot is used while in’the other a rifle with a single piece of lead is used. The bird or blue rock shooter has to be accurate and quick, while the target shooter has to be | firm, with steady nerve, and must calcu- | late distance, windage and load. It is held by target shooters that such shooting is the most skiliful. ARBOR DAY—U. K, S., Alameda, Cal. Arbor Day is a legal holiday in Arizona, Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, ‘Wyoming, Nebraska, Montana, Utah, Rhode Island, Florida. Georgia, Colorado and Idaho. The c-edit of Arbor Day is IME works wondrous effects, and gradually the accepted order of things * | ordinary playing cards. That is to say, have at last risen up in arms against Carnot's likeness the case of the modest looking card has endeavored to nip the notion in the ‘We shall probably hecr more of RRESPONDENTS, glven to J. Sterling Morton, who was 1 | has started again on a novel w | Messrs. Longmans. |GOSSIP FROM . LONDON WORLD ™ OF LETTERS It Is almost certain that the »“ene of Hall Caine’s next novel will be laid in the Isle of Man once more. At present he is at his beautiful residence, Greeba Castle. He has numerous ideas for his new book and abundance of data in Dumbell's bank catastrophe, with all its terrible conse- quences. He has been hard at work for someLtime past. The last parts of the | “Eternal City” have only just been hand- ed to the printers. | Charles Heber Clark, “Max Adeler.’ thor of *“Out of the Hurly-Burly, has been paying a short visit to London. He is about to publish a new humorous book, * au- | to be called “Captain Built.” That other humorist, Jercme K. Jerome, h he be- ¥ be expected It ma gan some years ago. late tkis autumn. The origin of the place names ‘Harr smith” and “Ladysmith” are known to the least instructed in South African his- tory, but even the better informed may not be aware that Whittlesea and Aliwal also derive their names from Sir Harry Smith, the former being named after His | English birthplace and Aliwal after his Indian victory in 1846, whic} won him his title. What is still more preclous Is the enthusiastic praise of his old commander in the Peninsula, the Duke of Wellington. Sir Harry Smith has been dead forty-o years. His autobiography, edited by G. C. Moore-Smith, with portraits and other {llustrations, is to be published in two volumes by Mr. Murray. The autobiog- raphy should be doubly interesting. In the first place, it is the record of a great fighting age by a distinguished soldier, who served in the retreat on Corunna and in the splendid advance from Torres Ved- ras and at some of the chief sieges in the great French war—Salamanca, Vittoria, Toulouse and at Waterioo. Dr. H. O. Forbes’ forthcoming work on ‘“‘Australasia and Antarctica” deals very largely with the problem which the Dis- ccvery, now gone on a three years' voy age, may do much to solve. Dr. Forbes has summarized the whole history of tha | South Polar exploration from the time of Ross to the beginning of the new cen- tery. Dr. Forbes has himself been an ex plorer, though not in the Antarctic Ocean. As a naturalist he traveled much in ths Eastern Archipelago and in New Zealan He was for years director of the Christ- church Muséum and was afterward ap- pointed to a like post in Liverpool. Tha book is to be published by Mr. Heine- mann, A chatty volume, entitled “Women the Salcns and Other French Portral is being prepared for early publication by The writer, S. G. Tal- lentyre, refers at length to Mme. du Def- fand, Mlle. de Lespinasse, Mme. Geoffrin, Mme. d'Epinay, Mme. Necker, Mme. de Stael, Mme. Recamier, Mme. de Sevigne, Mme. Idges le Brun and a number of other notable beautiful ladies whose names are familiar to students of French history. The volume will be illustrated with photogravure portraits. . Governor of Nebraska and who later be- | came Secretary of Agriculture. He con- trived it as a means of raising up a bar- | rier of trees against the fierce blizzards | of the west and the scorching blasts o the south. The day was inaugurated by | the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture | in 1874, the second Wednesday in April | being the day. RESIDENCE-D. G. C., San Jose, Cal. | If a man was a resident of San Jose at | the time he enlisted in the United States | army he would not lose that residence | while in the service of Uncle Sam. had been a resident of Houston. Texas, | and a year before his discharge from the | army at expiration of term of service he | had sent his personal effects to San Jose, California, with the intention of making | that his home after leaving the army, the | sending to and keeping in San Jose of his goods for a year would not make him a resident of that place. He would be a citizen of the State he last lived in. HS | would not by the act described become a | citizen of California. NAVAL MILITTA—S. and O, 8., City. The books that are now used by the naval militia in addition to those on navigation are: Hand Book of Naval Gunnery; Ar- | tillery Drill Regulations, U. S. N.; Phy- | sical Drill, U. S. N.; Infantry and Artil- | lery, U. S. N.; Gun and Torpedo Drills, | U. 8. N.. and Luce’s Seamanship Reguia- | tions. These are furnished by the Navy | Department to the officers of the militia and by them imparted to the men behind the guns. To join the naval militia of California the party desiring to join mus( file an ap plication with the commanding officer the division he wishes to join. He mus! be not under 18 nor more than 45 years of age; must be in good physical condi tion and have a good moral character. If a minor he must have the consent of his parents or guardian. COPYRIGHT—W. H. N. G., City. In regard to obtaining copyrights of books on or before the day of publication of your book in this or any other country send a printed copy o? the title of the book, with your name. etc. (as on lhe prospective title page), to the Librarian | of Congress, Washington, D. C.. inclos- ing 50 cents for record'ng the copyright | claim and another 3 cents for a copy of this record if you wish to have one. Then, not later than the day of publication, in | this country or abroad (under pain of | losing your copyright and being mulcted ! to the extent of §25), send two of the most | perfect copies of your book to the Libra- rian aforesaid, and this will “perfect” the | copyright. For blanks apply to the Li- brarian of Congress as above. To protect your book send filled blank and two coples to fhe Librarian with $1 for registration | and certification fee. | THE COLD SHOULDER—H. D. = Sonora, Cal. This correspondent writes “Would it be a gross breach of etiquett for a lady to salute, shake hands with a | number of lady guests, with many apolo. gles; then turn, facing her affianced, and | with a formal bow say ‘excuse me,” and“ then go driving with her brother in the | same direction and over the same road | she had declined to ride with the cne she | is engaged to? Then again if at the next | meeting, in the presence of relatives and friends, she should, when asked by her affianced for an evening, say only ‘T will see you again,’” and offer no explanations, | would that be sufficient to break off the engagement?” This department does not care to give advice in love affairs. In the case mentioned it is possible that the lady | is testing the temper of her affianced, or she may be giving him the cold shoulder. In either case the afflanced should meet the lady and have an explanation. Her conduct certalnly warrents him in asking for ome. —_——— Cholce candies, Townserd’s, Palace Hotel® —_————— Cal. glace fruit 50c per l. a. Townsend's.* —_——— Selling out. Best eyeglasses, specs, 10e to 40c. 81 4th st., front of barber and grocery.» Special information surplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Eureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. * —_———— In the truly happy marriage, the wi always allows her husband to attend tfg the selection of his own necklies and socks. B S — CORONADO TENT CITY, Coronado Beach, Cal.. will be the popular summer resort this season. It became famous last year for com- George Allen will publish In October the | opening volumes of a series of books for beys on entirely new lines. “The Young England Library,” as it is to be called, will be edited by G. A. B. Dewar. who 1 tends to make it primarily a library of relaxation, but the many opportunities which occur for pastime books directing boys’ thoughts and ambitions into the right channel will not be neglected. In the bocks on games stress will be laid on the rightness of playing in an unselfish spirit and striving for one's own side rather than for personal distinction. The velumes of naval and military achieve- ment will deal with facts only, and sen sational fiction is to have no place In th series. Trke first volumes will be “The Open Air Bo; by the Rev. G. M. A. Hewe:t of Winchester College, and “Sea Fights and Adventures,” by Professor Knox Laughton. Both will contain a large num- ber of illustrations. This attempt to pro- vide healthy reading for lads has been the cause of numerous letters being sent to Mr. Allen, among those sympathizing with his object being the head master of Eton, the Bishops of Ripon and St. Asaph, Sir John Colomb, M. P., and Dean Hole. “The Collected Poems of Mary Robin- sen” is the simple title given by Mme. Duoclaux to a new volume which Fisher Urwin will publish. This event is of mors than ordinary interest, for it is some years since the gifted poetess published anything in English, her more recent writings having been printed in French. The dedication is to the memory of the writer’'s first husband, Professor James Darmesteter. PERSONAL MENTION. Charles Snow of Fresno is at the Ocecl- dental. Dr. T. D. Blodgett of Tulare is at the Grand. Captain W. W. Mead, U. S. N, is at the Palace. J. D. Milton, a Texas mining man, is at the Grand. Dr. F. E. Lumis of Marcus, Towa, is a guest at the Grand. Joseph R. Ryland, the San Jose banker, is at the Occidental. F. J. Hamilton, a fruit grower of Hol- lister, is at the Lick. Dr. James W. Hammond of Byron was in the city vesterday. State Senator W. F. Maggard is at the Grand from Corning. O. J. Woodward, a banker of Fresno, is registered at the Lick. Sam Matthews, a cattleman of Salinas, is a guest at the Russ. W. A. Farish. a wealthy mining man of Denver, is at the Palace. Thomas A. Lewis, a prominent resident \ of Los Angeles, is at the Lick. Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Ball are registered at the Palace from New York. Among the recent naval arrivals at the ccidental is Dr. J. W. Backus. C. W. Easton, a prominent attorney of Modesto, is a guest at the Grand. Professor W. W. Campbell of the Lick Observatory is at the Occidental. B. Cussick, a lumberman and capitalist of Chico, is a guest at the Grand. Dr. C. L. Gregory, a leading physician O | of Yreka, is a guest at the Grand. Thomas Flint Jr. has come up from his ome in San Juan and s at the Palace. Mrs. Thomas R, Bard, wife of United States Senator Bard, is at the Occidental. C. H. Scheverley, the Oroville banker, is at the Grand, accompanied by his wife. Mortimer F. Taylor of New York, ac- companied by his daughter, the Baroness R. Avegana, is at the Palace, en route to Peking. Arthur T. Goldbough of Washington, D. C., is among the arrivals of vesterday at the Palace. He is in. the hands of his friend, Orrin Peck. Dr. Albert W. Kirk, tke well-known ocplist and member of the Berteling Com- pany, will leave to-morrow for an ex- tensive tour of investigation of the lead- ing ophthalmological institutions of the East and Europe. _—e—e—————— Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Aug. 15—The following Californians are I New York: From San Francisco—R. G. Brown, at the Murray Hill; C. E. Gergan. at the Morton; E. Kal- {sher, at the Imperial; F. C. Morgan and wife, at the Manhattan; M. Shaughnessy, at the Grand. From Sacramento—E. E. Condo, at the Albert. hy fort, entertainment and health. Its splendid cafe was a wonder, the fishing unexecelled. From San Jose—W. Reynaet, at Grand Union