The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 2, 1901, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1901. A MORDAY ... oo s SEPTEMBER 2, 1901 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Commenicstions to W. 5. LEAEE, Mansger. MANAGER’S OFFICE. PUBLICATION OFFICE. Telephone Pre: EDITORIAL ROOMS.....217 to 221 Stevenson St. Telephone Press 202. next. 201. Deltvered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Coples. 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, cluding Postage: DAILY CALL (inciuding Sunday), one year.. DAILY CALL (ncluding Sunday), 6 months. DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 3 months. 299 | stands. DAILY CALL—By Single Moxth. 65c SUNDAY CALL One Year. 1.50 WEEKLY CALL One Year. 1.00 | All postmasters are authorized to receive subscriptions. Sample coples will be forwarded when requested. them. Mail eubscribers In ordering chanze of address should be particular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order | o insure a prompt and correct compliance with their request. OAKLAND OFFICE, 1118 Broadway €. GEORGE KROGNESS. Maseger Foreign Advertising. Yarguetts Building. Chicag. (Long Distance Telephone “Central 2613.”) NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: CARLTON. ......... ....Herald S c. c. NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH... +++30 Tribune Building NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel: A. Erentano, 31 Union Square; Morray Hill Hotel. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery, corner of Clay, open until $:30 o'clock. 300 Haves, open until 9:30 o'ciock. 633 McAllister, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Lar open untif 9:30 o'clock. 191 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, corner Eixteenth, open until % o'clock. 1086 Valencia, open untfl § o'clock. 108 Eleventh, open untl § o'clock. NW. rorner Twenty-second ard Kentucky, open until 9 o'clock. 2200 Fillmore, open untfl 9. a. m. ATTACKING THE TARIFF. MONG the many Democrats searching around after an issue upon which to make campaigns in the immediate future it is not strange that some of them should deem it possible to find one in the tariff. They remember that under the leadership of Cleveland they won a national victory on that question, but they have forgotten what happened Recalling that a free-trade agitation put the Gqvérnment in their hands and ignoring the fact that it also took work and wages from the hands of labor, they are ready again to revive the old contention in | the hope that once moreé the offices will be theirs. Such leaders have been prompt to take advantage of every rumor of the time that can be used for the purpose of fanning discontent with the tariff as it They not only make use of the rumors, but they sometimes resort to an abuse of them by exag- gerating them or placing wrong constructions upon Thus it seems not improbable that the elimi- nation from politics of Bryan and his free-silver craze | will mean a renewal of the assaults upon the tariff, and the country will be involved once more in a con- test over its fiscal policy, resulting in disturbances that will seriously interfere with business. Several of the leading Democratic papers in Demo- cratic States have already declared in favor of bring- ing the old issue to the front. Republic says: tective tariff threatens now to precipitate a trade war, waged against this country by a European trade alli- ance, which-would be of infinite costliness to Ameri- can trade. ther enriches the American trusts. It taxes the Amer- ican consumer for this sole purpose. abolish the high protective tariff.” Following along the same line the Atlanta Consti- tution recently said: been diverted from encouragement to American trade | at large, to the special enrichment of a few favored individuals, it is time to have a revision in favor of Thus the St. Louis “The perpetuation of the high pro- The high protective tariff now only fur- It is time to “When the tariff schedule has - (@ @,&A g | the people. As well allow a party of bandits to decide 10 SUBSCRIBERS LEAYING TOWX FOR THE SUMMER. Call subscribers contemplating = change of residence during the summer months can have | their paper forwarded by mail to their mew addresses by notifying The Call Business Ofii This paper will also be on sale at all summer resorts mud is represcnted by a local agemt im All towss on the coast. AMUSEMENTS. “Tivoli—**Norma." H California—""An Ideal Husband.” Orpheu 1 Columbis A Royal Family.” Alcazar—"ingemar.” ., Grand Opera-house—'‘Rosedale.” i Olympia, corner Mason and EAdy streets—Specialties. Chutes, Zoo and Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon and eveuing Fischer's—Vauvdeville. AUCTION SALES, By S. Watkins—Tuesday. gics, etc., at 1140 at 11 a. m., Horses, Wagons, Bug- I8 IT ANOTHER EXPANSION ? the country is entering upon another business on. It may be the beginning of another boom, though this is hardly probable, as J UDGING from the condition of trade last week, commerci: the Gutgoing Atlantic steamers report less call for ireigh room, and some have lately sailed with par- s, which would indicate a falling off in the export trade. In contradiction however, ocean freights on the other coast have lately hardened sufficient!y to check a budding advance in wheat. So the situztion in regard to the foreign trade of the country seems a little complicated. to this, | Do jrest. | ception of Massachusetts. the Government show that in the Southern States the capital invested in cotton mills has increased from [521.976.000 to $150,000,000; the cotton manufactured from 188,744 bales to 1,597,000 bales. { oil industry was in its infancy twenty years ago, only 1$3.500,000 being invested in the busines | cottonseed oil capitalization is $50,000,000. The yearly output of Southern pig iron in 1880 was 397,300 tons. ll_asr year it was 2,604,671 tons. | mined in that year was 6,049,471 tons. In 1900 the coal output had increased eightfold, amounting to 48,192,- 033 tons. twenty years from 20,612 to 53,000. Such is the record of progress made in the chief industries of the South under the protective system, upon the restoration oi booty as expect the Repub- lican party to free itself from the tariff looters of the ‘eonntry. Oanly through a political upheaval driving ! out the party in power can reform be brought about.” Since drowning men clutch at straws, it is not sur- i[)rising that Democratic leaders should grasp at any- | thing that even promises a means of escape | Bryan, but of all the follies committed in the name ‘; 6f party politics, none could exceed that of the people of the Southern States if they should now undertake to destroy the tariff under which they have attained | a degree of prosperity they have never before known Vaudeville. |and which, a few years ago, it seemed improbable from { they would ever attain. To no other part of the Union has the Dingley i tariff carried a greater benefit than to the South. Un- der its influence the | that section have gone forward by leaps and bounds. | South Carolina has now more cotton mills in opera- tion than any other State in the Union, with the ex- manufacturing enterprises of Official -figures issued by The cottonseed Now the The Southern coal The railway mileage increased during the But there is no complication in the domestic busi- { and the minor industries have kept pace with them, ness of the country, znd it is here where the current improvement lies. From all sources last week com- mercial reports pointed to a2 marked increase in the volume of business. Chicago reported very heavy purchasing of general stores, dry goods and clothing; Omaha a larger August business than in 1900; Kan- sas City, which is one of the leading distributing points to the great area lately parched by the heated term, all the jobbing business that its merchants can handle; and St. Louis an unusual demand among job- bers and an August dry goods trade beyond expecta- tions. All Western markets report a large call for hardware, and the East reports increasing shipments of boots and shoes, a marked improvement in -the demand for cotton goods and the woolen mills crowd- ed with orders, even the small concerns having all they can attend to. In the Middle West there is a very active hide market, with a tendepncy toward higher prices. Thus it will be seen that all over the country there is a pronounced expansion.in the jobbing trade. The bank clearings affirm this in a gain for the week of 54.1 per cent, every important R yet the political leaders of the w! section are again talking of assailing the fiscal system under which all that progress has been made. political folly go further without becoming outright gadness? Ethelbert Food Bureau of Chicago, is reported to have said recently: alter their mode of life and force them to adopt sub- stitutes for such vegetables as cabbage and beans.” That is certainly a hard outlook what is to prevent the people from coming to Cali- fornia and living on peaches and cream? THE VANITY Of STRIFE. EPORTS of the failing health of Rear Ad- miral Sampson, taken in connection with the struggle now going on between his partisans and those of Schley, afford another illustration of the folly and the vanity of human strife. in the navy is about over, for he is to retire in Octo- city in the country showing an-increase over last year except Milwaukee, and the loss in that city was merely nominal, being .6 per cent. The failures were 202, against 175 for the same week last year. Cereals and iron werc the only halting lines during Large available supplies and good crop prospects, with indications of a decrease in the ex- ports, softened the wheat market slightly, though foreign shipments from Atlantic ports were still very the week. large, amounting to 6,307,000 bushels, 2,804,000 for the same week last year. Corn also open- ed the week with some depression, but toward the close, with the stalwart bulls again in the The iron and steel trades were, of course, more or less affected by the strike, though it is estimated that not more than 20 per cent of the country’s capacity has thus far been affected, and the indications are that even this is being gradu- "ally decreased. The railroads report a gain in earn- ings in August of 12.1 per cent over August, 1900, and this in the face of a scarcity of freight cars, which has kept back a good deal of tonnage which otherwise Chicago market as buyers. would have swelled this increase. The above showing is flattering. spent its force. lican_party has been more than kept. time. Conditions in California remain as before. farm and orchard products are still enjoying an un- precedented demand, and prices for almost everything that the farmer and fruit-grower produce, except grain and hay, are higher than the normal and tending still ‘Were it not for the strike in this city and around the bay, the State would be enjoying a pro- nounced productive boom. Even as it is we are do- higher. ing a very large business. It exhibits a fine condition of business all over the country. Evidently the wave of prosperity which followed the election of McKinley five years ago, and which the Republican party promised the voters of the country, has not yet It has lasted longer than the most sanguine ones expected. The promise of the Repub- Never before has fie United States done such an immense busi- ness, both domestic and foreign, nor for such a long ite people of that Could Stewart, secretary of the Economical “The poor are facing a crisis which may for Chicago, but Schley’s career ber, while, according to the reports, Sampson is an utterly broken man, physically unable to appear be- fore the court to give testimony. any outcome of the controversy offer to either of these old men sufficient to compensate them for the vexation and ill feeling engendered to fret and em- bitter their declining years? The foolish partisans who by their prejudices and passions have forced on this controversy between the two old heroes have doubtless believed they were serving the cause of their favorite. deemed he was giving honor and satisfaction to his hero, Sampson, when he declared Schley to have been a coward at Santiago; and it is equally probable Schley’s friends and supporters thought they were acting in behalf of his future fame and his present gratification when they urged him to demand an in- vestigation, and began to assail Sampson and to hold him up to ridicule as a tea-party idler—a dangler at the apron strings of silly women. Alas for the vanity of human wishes. men will get out of this strife nothing but bitter feel- ings, for their future fame will show but slightly in American history. As the years roll on and the an- nals of our country, already crowded with illustrious names, become more crowded still, the space which even the most voluminous historian can afford for an account of the battle of Santiago will grow smaller and smaller, until it will almost vanish, and there will be neither space nor inclination for appraising the comparative merits or demerits of the commander of the fleet who was absent from the fight and of his second in command who actually conducted success. Very little profit then will Sampson and Schley obtain from the controversy while they yet live, and nothing at all after they are dead. The great majority of the American people honor both the old heroes for their long years of service in the cause of the re- public and watch with regret the progress of the strife Hetween them. For the foolish partisans who stirred it up the public has nothing but the contempt ‘What reward can Probably Maclay The two old it to which is ever visited upon strife-makers and tale- | bearers. The truest and firmest friends of Schley will read with regret of the breaking down of Samp- son’s health, and the true friends of Sampson can have nothing but condemnation for the fool who deemed he could write into American history that Schley is a coward. e — For a long time the fury of the public against a baseball umpire who decided against a favorite has been the subject of jesting, but at a recent game in Indiana an umpire was actually killed by a mob that objected to his decisions. Perhaps in a year or so more an umpire will be deemed fortunate if he isn’t burned at the stake. THE AMERICA'S CUP, HILE the American people have so often Wbeaten British challengers of the America’s cup that there has grown up among us a confident feeling that we can always win, there is none the less evident in the reports from New York a growing feeling of uncertainty as to the outcome this time. It is true that an English syndicate :ha raised ‘the sum of $150,000 to bet on Shamrock II had no difficulty in finding New Yorkers to put up $250,000 against it, but the rate of betting is not a sure sign of the real odds in the contest.- New York is full of rich men who are willing to bet on anything, and when their patriotism is aroused, as in this case, they would meet any bluff the British could put up and give odds at that. f It appears from the trials that while Shamrock II is decidedly a better boat than Shamrock I, it is by no means certain the Constitution is better than the Columbia, or at least but very little better. All ex- perts agree that Lipton has brought over this time the most dangerous challenger that ever came after the eup, but they do not by any means agree that the new defender is superior to her immediate predeces- sor. Accepting the statements of the experts as ap- proximately correct, it is evident that no matter what rate of odds New York money is able to put on the betting the outlook is by no meass satisfactory. The uncertainty of the situation gives new interest to the contention of T. W. Lawson that the New England yacht, Independence, should have a chance to enter the contest. He says:” “There is really no reason why the Independence should not be entered as a competitor in the cup races. It is an interna- tional, not a yacht club, race. Anybody having a yacht coming up to the requirements should be al- lowed to enter it. It should make no difference whether the boat hailed from Boston or San Fran- cisco.” The famous trophy, which has now become the greatest sporting prize in the world, was won by the America in 1851. It has been in our possession for fiity years without intermission. Never once has a challenger succeeded in wifining it away. Possibly a greater interest might be given to the contest if we should lose it, but we do not like to have the interest augmented in- that way. The struggle is enough as it is. One satisfactory feature of the situation is that Lip- ton, the owner of the challenger, is a true sportsman and has conducted the whole affair from first to last in a manner that has won the favor of the American people. If we are to be beaten it w.il be pleasing to know that the man who succeeded is one to whom we can yield without ill feeling. Still, it is always better to defeat a good opponent than to surrender to him, and it is to be hoped the defending yacht will make in the races a much’ better showing than she has ever made in her trial % exciting According to recently compiled statistics the aver- age length of life in this country in 1880 was but little over 33 years, but in 1900 it was more than 35 years, so perhaps by the end of the century the average man will live long enough to make it worth while being born. FOOD COUNTERFEITS. F all the exhibits made at the Buffalo expo- O sition it is said none attracts more attention from thoughtful visitors than the display made by the Agricultural Department of pure and of adulterated food products. The exhibit reveals to the public the extent to which the evil of food adultera- tion and sophistication has gone, by showing speci- mens of dyes, impurities, chemical preservatives and even poisons which arc offered for sale in alimentary articles purchased in the open markets of the country. With the sensation caused by the display there has come a renewed demand for an effective law to pro- tect the public against the frauds, and probably some- thing in that direction will be attempted by legisla- tion at the coming session of Congress.. There are of course many difficulties in the way of devising adequate laws on the subject and having them en- forced strictly and impartially. The people of the country naturally revolt at the thought of placing industry and commerce under the control of a po- lice censorship, and yet if the evil augment in the future as rapidly as it has in the past quarter of a century it would seem that something will have to be done to protect the producer of honest goods from the ruinous competiticn of fraudulent manufacturers, and the public from the effects of the untrammeled sale of deleterious substances masquerading in the form of foods. It is believed the Department of Agriculture might accomplish something by publishing the names of manufacturers whose goods are found to be adulter- ated. In that way the public would be at least put on guard against certain brands of goods, and thereby enabled to avoid them. As it is there is comparatively little benefit gained by the exhibit at Buffalo. The display is a warning to the people that dangerous adulterations are in use, but it does not afford any man a means of easily identifying which are dangerous when they are offered to him in the market. The Government has authority to expose and to punish a counterfeiter of money; why should it not have power to expose the counterfeiter of foods? ~ It is stated that since the Supreme Court of Mis- souri has declared unconstitutional the law imposing a tax upon mortgages the rate of interest on real es- tate loans has fallen from 8 per cent to 5 per cent. It will be seen that while the law stood the borrower had to pay the tax in the form of interest and some- thing over besides. The daughter of Pierpont Morgan has been visit- ing Colorado on 2 hunting expedition, but instead of sending cut accounts of her riding and rifle shooting the natives' have started a story that she cannot make flapjacks, and it never seems to have occurred to them that she can buy the things. A college of heraldry has been incorporated at Al- bany, New York, and pretty soon it will be as easy in the East to buy a coat of arms as a degree of LL.D. ANKLES AND HOSIERY OF THE MEN PART OF THE SHOW AT DEL MONTE * BY SALLY SHARP. _HAVE just got back from Del Monte, knowing more about gentlemen’s calves and ankles and hoslery than I ever be- . lieved it possible for one woman to learn in the course of a well spent life. Since my return I have been rack- ing my brains to learn the cause of this generous exposure, and the only satisfactory conclusion that I have been able to arrive at is that the trend of the times demands that the word “leg” become once again a part of a well-bred lady’s vo- cabulary. Certainly no girl whose mother was a lady could calmly look on that wonderful display of underpinnings and then re- tire to her boudoir and discuss with her nearest and dearest “his lovely limbs.”” The girls told me that the fashionable knee breeches that our beaus affect have given them a keen insight into man’s life. For instance, they claim that they can understand just how a bald man feels when he occuples a front row seat at a.comic opera show and just why he wants to be there. . Of course, every girl had a favorite palr of legs. The Prince's dainty and well-turned ankles made many a mald's heart beat a tattoo, while again some preferred the robust Will Crocker calf, or, again, the chunky, bulging knee that goes with the Downey Harvey figure. As for myself, I must con- fess that if Mayor Phelan would join the ballet I would spend all my pin money for front row seats. There is something so aristocratic about the Mayor's legs. His ankles, I will admit, are a bit—knotty, his knees—knotty, but his firm, shapely calves plainly show to me that he is of a poetic temperament. But in this matter of legs there is no accounting for taste. I have seen girls stretch thelr necks way out of their high collars to watch, Greenway as he tripped along the ‘links. I should consider that the line from his knee to his ankle is too short for beauty, but many girls maintain that it is all in splendid proportion. T will have to admit, however, that I did not give my undivided attention to Greenway’s legs. I was al- ways too busy watching him draw in the sturdy strap that enriched his manly waist—an arrangement he always pre- ceded by the preliminary movements of a sailor about to dance a hornpive. I really felt sorry for Dick Tobin. I do not believe that he had onc solitary sincere admirer. It was so hard for us girls to make uap our minds concerfing him. His right one was not half bad, but the left one—well, no one was courageous enough to risk her arstitic reputation by speaking one word in its favor. That week of sports was about the dullest thing I ever expect to be iwfon. We all got bored to such an extent that we confided our tale of woe to one another. Over- at the club they =aid no one was spending any money. I heard continual bewailings because Peter Martin and Clarence Follis were not among those present. They, I was told, livened things up last year considerably. No matter what they said, however, I know some money was spent, because Major Rathbone could not get up in time to attend the pony races. When he did get to the track the Prince had taken charge of all the arrange- ments. “How is this?” said the mafor. “You are too late,”” said the Prince. And then Major Rathboné got huffy, packed his trunk and left. There was not even any gossip to keep us interested. Some- body in greatest secrecy went around telling how Frank Caro- lan took grand baths. But we all suspected as much, and are trying it ourselves. If it makes our sallow cheeks as pink as Carolan’s there won't be any complaint. o A e The only real fun I did have was when I went to the beach to watch the merry bathers. I will have to confess, however, that the way Mrs. Henry Scott clutched the ropes while prac- ticing a step that on dry land would be calculated to damage the chandelier did make me hold my breath. I must not for- get to ask Greenway the very first opportunity I get whether that embroidered smoking cap he wore while swimming was the same Joe Tobin wore when playing polo. However, now that 1 think of it, I am convinced that it cannot be. Tobin's cap was fastened with an elastic, which was twisted around his ears and under his chin. Greenway's cap just stayed on naturally. Besides, with the pole cap Tobin always carried a brobdingnagain toothpick, which he called his stick. I never saw Greenway bring a stick lm.o zh.e water. ‘Wasn't it a surprise when Mrs. R. Gilman Brown was defeat- ed? I, for one, could hardly realize it. You should have seen her the morning of the famous game as she came on the links. She walked with an easy stride, and had a look that sald “It's hardly worth while playing for the champlonship, for, of course, I shall be the ‘winner.” And after—oh! oh! oh! But she is enthustastic about golf. She eame back to town with Dr. McMonagle, and during the entire trip, from 11:30 to 4;10, she never ceased talking golf. 1 considered it a real blessing when we got news that Princess Hatzfeldt had settled with the Huntingtons for six mnillions. There was something to gossip about. Some out- siders at Del Monte were saying that in elite circles they never talk. They must, not have been around when we were dis- cussing the affaifs of the Hatzfeldts. I heard so much that really I cannot remember half of what I was told. I recall a very sad part, though, of how fondly it was hoped that the stork would call upon the Princess and help her keep the mil- lon that, should she die without issue, was to return to the ntington estate. H’lll‘hen'lhere was another thrilling tale of the Prince snub- bing Mrs. H. E. Huntington and thereby causing the nephew to hate the adopted daughter with an undying hatred. But everything is all patched now. The six millions have no conditions attached to them. I would not be astonished if the Prince actually did snub Mrs. H. E. L e e P LJ ONE OF THE THREE NEW BATTLESHIPS TO BE BUILT FOR GREAT BRITAIN TO BE NAMED KING EDWARD VII In Addition to These Powerful Naval Engines of War, There Will Be Constructed Six Armored Cruisers of Ten Thousand Tons Each and Ten Improved Destroyers. Some quick work was recently done on board the British cruiser Hermione, at Hongkong. The incident is told in the Naval and Military Record, relating that the Hermione re- celved orders at 10 o’'clock in the evening to have steam up for full speed by 6 o’clock the following morning. Two of the beilers were empty and open; the fire bars were out of four of the furnaces; one boiler was in use for auxiliary purposes; five boilers were completely full of water; no fires were laid; the main condensers were empty and the important portions of the gear were In the yard-shop for repairs. By a quarter past 10 the full steaming watch for eight boilers had mustered be- jow, the missing gear was brought from the shop and fitted, and by midnight the center fires were lighted in all the boflers. At 5:15 a. m. the engines were moved with steam from all eight boilers, and thirty-five minutes later the ship was un- der way. An hour later she was making about 16% knots, and she covered 448 miles in twenty-five hours. The Her- mione's boilers are of the Scotch type, or box-boilers, so called. Sl e A naval expert, Arnold White, writes in the London Chron- icle about the necessity for fast and efficient crulsers, and pro- tests against continuing in service a fleet of 113 vessels more or less obsolete and valueless. Few coast defenders are in- cluded as worthless, namely: Glatton, Gorgon, Hecate, Cyclops, Magdala, Abyssinia, Wivern, Rupert, Hotspur and Orion. ' All four of the torpedo-boats of the Hazard class are useless; six sloops, two gunboats, two second-class gunboats, thirty-four torpedo gunboats, and all of the Goldfinch and Partridge gun- boat class are claimed to be useless. The writer does not exag- gerate the bad condition of the navy, but rather underrates; for there are a number of cruisers built prior to 189 which during recent naval maneuvers have demonstrated /their inability to maintain a decent sea speed and otherwise proved their in- ctficiency N 53 e i The United States naval coaling station in Japan is at Nagasaki, and is one of several parcels of land ceded to the principal naval powers in 1866. No actual title is vested, but a “permanent lease” is given at nominal yearly rental amount- ing to $60 for the two parcels occupied by the United States. As our navy had no use for the site it was turned over to the Pacific Mail Company and was occupied by the latter until the close of the late Spanish-American war, when the Navy De- partment again took possession, and construction of store- houses for 18,000 tons of coal is being proceeded with. PR Eleven accidents to water-tube bollers have occurred in the British navy, involving loss of life and injuries since Septem- Der, 1894, enumerated and classified as follows: ; Belleville boilers—Four accidents; two killed; seven Injured. Thornyeroft boilers—-Two accidents; three killed; five injured. Babeock and Wilcox boilers—One accident; one killed; five injured. Yarrow bollers—One accident; one injured. Blechynden boilers—Two accidents; two killed; several injured. Normand boflers—One accident; several injured. i g Five of the accidents occurred at contractors’ works before delivery, namely: Blechynden, 2, in 1894, aboard torpedo-boat destroyer Sturgeon; Normand, 1, 1894, aboard the Shark; Bab- cock and Wilcox, 1, 18, experimental on shore, and Belleville, 1, 1898, on board the cruiser Argonaut. The mishap to a Yar- row boiler on the Hornet in 189 took place before acceptance. Three accidents to the Belleville boiler occurred on the Ter- rible, Mutine and Hyacinth, and those to the Thornycroft were on the Aerfal and Daring. = A Stamese warship is to be built in Japan. A first request to the latter Government was refused, owing to certain regula- tions governing such matters, but the request having been repeated the order will probably be placed with the Bishi Ship-building Company. The Slamese navy consists of about ten vessels of 500 to 600 tons each, and the new ship, intended for the defense of the Menam River, will equal the tonnage of the other vessels collectively. . . e The Armstrong Company at Elswick is to bulld a cruiser for the Turkish navy. The vessel is to be of 3250 tons dis- placement, 330 feet in length, 42 feet beam, 12,000 horse- power and 22 knots speed. The armament will consist of two 6-inch, eight 4.72-Inch and six 6-pounders. There is no doubt about Elswick being able to fulfill its part of the contract, but the Turk’s promise to pay must have some reputable indorser. PR Three Russian torpedo-boat destrovers, Kit, Delphin and Som, have at last arrived at Port Arthur after a lengthy passage from St. Petersburg. They arrived in good condi- tion. Twelve additional boats of 247 tonms displacement are building at St. Petersburg and will be shipped out in sections to Port Arthur, where a Chinese contractor, under Russian naval supervision, will put up, launch and complete the boats, e . The new shipbuilding programme of the British navy em- braces three battleships of 16,500 tons each and 18% knots speed, to cost $6,500,000 and to be completed in 194. They have been named King Edward VII, Dominion and Commonwealth. Six armored cruisers of 10,000 tons and 23 knots speed, to cost $3,500,000 each, will also be laid down, besides ten improved de- stroyers with large coal capacity. o e ). The steam trial of the new Russian torpedo-boat ship Jenissel has proved -unsatisfactory. The average measured mile speed was only 16.64 knots, and the horsepower fell short 500 on the contract for 4700 horsepower. The failure is laid to the alleged poor quality of coal. s . ., A school for practical and theoretical work for engine-room mechanics has been established at the French dockyard at L’Orient, and there were 2000 applicants for the 300 places ta te filied. s oo l’l‘he Italian :‘Aval expedition to China is estimated to In- volve an expenditure of $5,000,000, of wh 930, rged by the War Department. T @ el e i ih @ ANSWERS TO QUERIES.| PERSONAL MENTION. A CHANCE TO SMILE. DIME OF 1845—W. J. G., Monterey, Cal. Railroad Commissioner N. Blackstock of | « No premium is offered for a dime of 1845. EDISON—A. C. S, City. Thomas Edi- son was.born in Milan, Ohio, February 1, 1847, THE CIVIL WAR—Mrs. F. M. S., Ala- meda, Cal. There are no figures which show the living survivors of the Civil ‘War. MINING LAND LAWS—E. B. D., Bal- lards, Cal. You can procure the mining laws, national and that of the different States, in book form through any first class bookseller. PENSIONS—Mrs. F. M. 8., Alameda, Cal. The United States grants pensions to those who were injured or wounded in actual service or who become incapaci- ated by reason of sickness contracted while in the service. ELECTRIC LIGHT—A. C. 8., City. Ap- paratus for producing electric light was devised in 1846 and shown by Staite and Petrie in 1848 and by Focault soon there- after. Jules Dubosq’s electric lamp, the most perfect of the kind, was shown at the Paris Exposition of 1855. LICENSE AND WEDDING—Subscriber, City. In California a marriage license is valid only in the county in which it is issued. Whether “the officlating clergy- man should be invited to the wedding supper at which there are to be only the groom, bride and immediate relatives of each,” is a matter of taste. There is no law of society governing such matter. LATIN PALINDROME—C. H. J., Fort Bragg, Cal. The transiatfon of the Latin palindrome, “Roma tibi subito, motibus amor,” is, “Rome, upon thee suddenly, love with its commotion shall come.” This is a specimen of the palindrome or stadoic verse, a trfling composition which reads the same beginning from either end cf the line. This line has been attributed to Aldhelm. PATENTED ARTICLES-C. H. 7., Fresno, Cal. A person may ‘“make for his own use” an article that has been pat- ented, but in doing so he takes the chances of being prosecuted for infringe- ment of patent. Every patent issued from the Urited States Patent Office contains & grant to the patentee, his heirs or as- signs for the period of seventeen years, Ventura is at the Grand. M. P. Stein, a prominent merchant of Stockton, is a guest at the California. J. H. Morton, an extensive fruit-grower of Tulare, is spending a few days at the California. R. P. Quinn, one of the leading orchard- ists of the State, is spending a few days at the Grand. W. M. Muller, adjutant general of the Fifth Brigade of the National Guard of California, is staying at the California. Samuel M. Shortridge, accompanied By his wife, returned from Sausalito Satur- day, where they have been residing for the summer months. They have taken permanent quartérs at the Palace. L e e e e . of the exclusive right to make, use and vend the invention or discovery through- out the United States and the Territories, referring to the specification for the par- ticulars thereof. COIN QUESTIONS—Subscriber, Tibu- ron; Mrs. M. S., Oakland, and H. B., City. The piece desetribed in communica- tion is a dos reales of the time of Charles III of Spain. It has no numismatic value, but is worth about 22 cents. A half-dollar of 1853, if it is without ar- rows at the date and without rays around the eagle, commands a premium of from $20 to $30, but with rays and arrows it does not commahd a premium. A half- dime of 1855 does not command a pre- mium. There is no premium for a quarter of 1853 that has rays around the eagle. LOTTERY—A., City. A lottery is de- fined by the law of California to be: ‘‘Any scheme for the disposal or distri- bution of property by chance among per- sons who have pald or promised to pay any valuable consideration for the pur- pose of obtalning any portion of it, or for any share or interest in such property, upon any agreement, understanding or expectation that it is to be distributed by lot_or chance, whether called a lottery, raffle or gift enterprise or by whatever name the same may be known.” You can apely, s law to the scheme you have and determin Zomes Within the law. A —————— SUMMER RATES at Hotel del Coronado, Coronado Beach, Cal., effective after April $60 for round trip, iIncluding 15 days at hotel. Pacific Coast 8. S. Co., 4 New Montgomery st. rs. Wabash looks like such a lovable Wo..an.” “Lovable! I should say she was lovable! That's her long suit. She’s had five hus bands in seven years!"—Ck e Cleveland Plain Mrs. Snaggs—I could never understand why the Russians call their rule; ‘White Czar. ¥ Mr. Snaggs—I suppose that the numer- ous plots against his life keep him pale all the time.—Pittsburg Chronicle. “I see that the cup defender Constitu- tion takes trial trips on Sunday. Is it right to indulge in sport on the day of rest?” “Trips in a cup defender don’t come un- der the head of sport. They are classed as dangerous scientific experiments.”— Cleveland Plain Dealer. De Witt—Yes, my son follows t! - ical profession. e . Gabbil—With his black clothes and white lawn tie he iooks more like a min- ister than a doctor. De Witt—I didn’t say he was a_doctor 2 r. He’s an undertaker.—Philadelphfa Press, Louise (In surprise)—You don’t mean to say Grace Pretty married a millionaire old enough to be her father? Good gracious! ‘Why did she do such a thing? Muriel—Why, she couldn’t catch one ofd enough to be her grandfather.—Brooklyn Life. th"Jos!ar.'l'unld Mrs. Corntossel, “what Is ese neglijay shirts I the bargain sales?” et “Well, they ain’'t quite so prim an’ scratchy as a b'iled shirt—that is to say, a reg’lar hard-b'iled shirt. I reckon a neglijay is what you might call a soft- b'iled shirt.”—Washington Star. Maud—Has Mr. Goodketch come to call on you yet? Mabel—No. He asked me several weeks ago if he might call, too. Maud—What did you say in reply? Mabel—I told him mamma would be glad to see him. Maud—Well, that's where you swallowed your gum.—Chicago Tribune. —————— Cholce candles. Townsand's. Palace Hotel® e —— Cal. glace fruit §lc per Ib at Townsend's.” —_—— Spectal information supplied daily to bulneamh’g:m and public men by the Press g Bureau (Allen's), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Maln 1042, * e 1