The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 19, 1901, Page 6

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(Long Distance Telephone “‘Central 2615.”) NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: 3 €. C. CARLTON....ccvcveaeenssss.Herald Square NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH +80 Tril e Building NEW YORK NEWS ST, s Waldort-Astoria Hotel; A. Bren 31 Union Square; Murray Hill Hotel. CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: . Sherman House; P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel; Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE....1406 G St, N. W. MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES—iT Montgomery, corner of Clay, open untfl 9:30 o'clock. 300 Hayes, open until 9:30 o'clock. 633 MoAllister, open until $:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until $:30 o'clock. 1941 Mierion, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, corner Sixteenth, open until § o'clock. 109 Valencia, open until § o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until 9 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, 2200 Fillmore, open until § p. m. AMUSEMENTS. Columbia—"On the Quiet.” Orphéum—Vaudeville. California—Haverly’s Minstrels. Tivoli—"A Galety Girl. Central—King of the Opium Ring.” Grand Opera-house—"‘The Marriage of Figaro.” Alcazar—"Self and Lady.” Chutes, Zoo and Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon and evening. Fischer's—Vaudeville, Oakland Racetrack—Races to-day. AUCTION SALES. e By Wm. G. Layng—This day, at 13 o'clock, Carriage and Driving Horses, at 721 Howard street. P. J. Barth—This day, at 1 o'clock, er street - y, @t 11 o'clock, Second-hand Wagons, Carts, etc., m street. 3 G. Layng—Thursday evening, November 21, Thor- Furniture, at 414 By Wm. oughbred Horses, at 721 Howard street. = COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY. ASHINGTON forecasts of the President’s essage announce that he will recommend W the establishment of a Department of Com- merce and Industry with a Cabinet officer at its head. The report is not surprising, for the subject has been long under discussion. In fact the Republican. Na- tional Convention at Philadelphia put into the party platiorm the declaration: “In the interest of our ex- panding commerce we recommend that Congress cre- ate a Department of Commerce and Industries, in charge of a Secretary, with a seat in the Cabinet.” The President’s recommendation “therefore would be in line with the general policy of his party and would ure of receiving sirong support in both houses. he proposed new department would not lack for work. Our industries are growing and our commerce expanding at an extraordinary rate. At the present time our commercial dealings with foreign nations are largely promoted by our Consuls, who are under the control of the State Department. It is believed that y the whole of the consular work could be trans- to the Department of Commerce, though, of arse, the Consuls themselves would have to remain rs and agents of the State Department, because they are so often called upon to perform diplomatic duties. It has been suggested that the Consuls might remain officers of the State Department but all of their commercial reports be turned over for editing and publication by thg Department of Commerce, while any information that the Commerce Department wished from abroad could be obtained by request through the State Department. Whatever may be the division of work between the new department and the present ones which are now handling commercial zffairs, it is certain there would have to be an improvement in the consular service. For an understanding of the commercial relations of different countries and of the best means of promot- ing American trade, it will be necessary that the con- sular service be composed of men of commercial train- ing and of experience. The establishment of the De- partment of Commerce will probably lead to that re- form and should'it do so its beneficial effect upon the country will be noted at once. It is not to be o}-erlooked that the proposed new department is $6 have supervision of industries as well as commerce. It may be that the industries will in- clude mining as well as manufacturing, and should it be so the mining men instead of getting a department to themselves, as they have long desired, would have to be content with a bureau in the Department of Commerce and Industries. Even that would be bet- ter than the present system of governmental super- vision of mines and mihing, but it would not be any- thing like what the miners desire, nor what the mag- nitude and"importance of the industry demands. It is clear; however, that if the miners hope to obtain their Cabinet department they will have to set about the work of getting support for it at once. The task is not going to be an easy one, but it will probably be harder still in the future should mining be made a subordinate bureau in the new department. e e — Ii all the Congressmen who wish an appropriation for a river, harbor or public building in their dis- tricts have their way, there will be no reduction of the war taxes this year, nor for 'many a year to come, Since he has been forced to pay the French claims in addition to those of the United States, the Sultan is doubtless well pleased that Thanksgiving and Christmas customs do not prevail in his dominions, San Francisco can be liberal to grand opera, but she never gets to be really hospitable until a prize- fight comes along. The new Prince of Wales will have to be a very lively sport if he expects to maintain the reputation of the title. LIMITED QUARANTINE. HE proposition for a quarantine against tuber- T culosis originated in California. Members of the State Board felt that the widespread knowl- edge of the clemency of our climate was working hardship to the State by making it a popular sani- tarium for the victims of consumption. That dis- ease was not indigenous here, but has been imported and planted, as it was in Minnesota and Colorado. The proposal to stamp it out by quarantine was widely discussed, but did not pass beyond the academic stage. It developed, however, that California is not the only sufferer. The rapid increase of the dreadful dis- ease is exciting widespread apprehension. Not only in this country but in Europe physicians and people are considering the way to preventive and remedial measures. It has been proposed to find an isolated spot wherg the climate is most favorable to treatment and recovery of patients and make that a sort of world’s reservation for consumptives, all the suffering nationg sharing in providing everything that sense and sciensy have suggested and discovered for their relief. It ia not generally known that a commission of French phy- sicians and experts has been exploring the world fot such a location. They examined the oases of the Sa- hara and some of the Asian deserts, and finally report that the best conditions are indicated at Las Cruces, in New Mexico, not far from El Paso, Texas. They say that for a radius of fifty miles from that point there are the requisites of dryness, purity of air, con- stancy of sunshine and all other physical conditions most favorable to a cure. P The principle of natural selection had already marked certain localities in Arizona and New Mexico as the best for consumptives, and great numbers of the unfortunate have sought these for a long time. But this has developed a new danger arising in con- tact on the trains. All the roads leading westward carry great numbers of consumptives at certain sea- sons of the year. They are in the Pullman cars, mixed with other passengers and with no method of disin- fecting their sputum. Their suffering excites sympa- thy, and the danger of contact with them arouses fear til 9 o'cle s : > £ = CBTE . in their fellow travelers, so that many a journey in- tended for pleasure is anything but pleasant. So marked has this feature of Western travel be- come that the Travelers’ Association has taken the® matter up and has requested the Western Passenger Associations to arrange for a limited railway Qquaran- tine, by providing cars for their patients exclusively, to which others are not admitted. We believe the railways have concluded that they have not the power under the law of common carriers to isolate one class of passengers. This is probably true, and if so, the movement must aim at reinforcement of the request for isolation by amendments to the interstate com- merce law which will relieve the railways of their legal liability tc passengers to whom they refuse access to any part of a train. If this is done, the roads may run on each train an invalid car, or on stated days a hos- pital train; in either case special provision may be made for the comfort of patients, and they may enjoy many advantages required by their condition which they do not have now. 2 Thousands of travelers appreciate the need of this limited quarantine. Tf would be well if the organiza- tion that has started it have some place in Chicago where travelers may join in signing a petition to Con- gress for the needed legislation. In that way a strong backing could be secured that will push the plan to a success, which will be highly appreciated by the general public, and will come to be just as popular with the patients who are its beneficiaries. e e e The London Review of Reviews says that if at this time there were to be a European coalition against the English-speaking nations, Great Britain could not furnish a man to lead and that she would have to ac- cept the leadership of Roosevelt, and Washington would become the virtual capital of the two nations. dt is a good saying as it stands, but the “if” at the head of it is too large to be swallowed by any cre- dulity. F been issued the final report which com- pletes the series of bulletins giving the population of the several States and Territories in 1900 with respect to sex, general nativity and color. The total population of the country after the final revision of the figures is given at 76,303,387. That sum includes not only the inhabitants of the States and organized Territories, but also all persons enumerated at military and naval stations abroad and in Alaska, Hawaii, Indian Territory And the Indian reservations, The population for the equivalent area in 1890 was 63,060,756. The proportion of males to population in 1900 was 51.2 per cent and females 488. It is stated that from these percentages it would appear there has been no change in the proportion of sexes in 1900 as com- pared with 1800, but, as a matter of fact, there is a slightly larger proportion of females now than there were ten years ago; the percentage decimals if ex- tended to the hundredths, showing for females 48.81 per cent in 1900, as compared with 48.76 per cent in 1890. Considered with respect to general nativity there were in the-last census year 65,843,302 native born persons in the population and 10,460,085 foreign born, Thus the foreign element constituted 13.7 per cent of the total population in 1900, while it was 14.8 per cent ten years ago. The analysis according to color shows that at the last census there were 66,990,802 white persons and 09,312,585 colored persons, the latter including 8,840,789 persons of negro descent, 119,050 Chinese, 85,986 Jap-. anese and 266,760 Indians. The colored population constituted 12.2 per cent df the total population in 1900, as against 12.5 per cent in 1890. The white popu- latien shows an increase during the decade of 214 per cent, while the colored element as a whole shows an increase of but 17.8 per cent. It is to be noted, however, that while the negroes increased during the decade by 181 per cent and the Japanese by 497.2 per cent, the Chinese decreased by 6.1 per cent and the Indians by 2.5 per cent. Oune of the significant features of the report is the showing that persons of negro descent have not in- creased since 1890 relatively as fast as the whites. Whien the entire area of population is taken in con- sideration, the increase of whites has been 21.4, while that of the blacks is but 18.1. If an examination be made of the relative increases of the two elements in the South Atlantic and South Central divisions of the cotntry, in which nearly nine-tenths of all negroes are found, the same conditions are apparent. In the South Atlantic division there has been an increase of the white population of 19.9 per cent, as compared with an increase in the negro population of 14.3 per cent; while in the South Central division ‘the whitese have increased 20.1 per cent and the negro ele- ment 10.9 per cent. P As a result of these differences of increase Lousiaria S ———— SUMMARY OF POPULATION. ROM the Census Bureau there has just TiiE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY NOVEMBER 1 has ceased to be a black State, her white population now exceeding the black. At the present time Mis- sissippi and South Carolina are the only States in which the blacks outnumber the whites, agd as South Carolina is rapidly developing a manufacturing indus- try which will attract immigrants from the North, it is likely that within another decade her white popula- tion will exceed that of the negroes. It is to be noted finally that there is evidence of a migration of negroes from the South to several of the Northern +States, and this may eventually lead to such diffusion of the race as will go far toward ridding the South of the black problem. S ——— It appears the British War Office is too much for Lord Roberts and he is going to quit without waiting - to take part in the coronation ceremonies. It was believed that when he turned over the command in South Africa and went home Roberts was seeking an easy ‘job, but the event proves that Kitchener’s posi- tion is the more comicrtable of the two. CHILD LABOR IN THE SOUTH. ITH the increase of the manufacturing in- W dustry in the South the people of that sec- “tion of the Union have been called up}n to confront several labor problems which the people of the North and the West have settled long ago. One of these.is that of employing child labor in the newly established factories. Mill owners have ever been in- clined to take advantage of cheap child labor wherever | they could. - It was so in old England and in New England. It is therefore not strange that the 'same practice would have been introduced in the Southern States, and it is a foregone conclusion that the over- throw of the system will require a long and a hard fight. ; In two important respects the people who are fight- ing against child labor in the South have advantages over those who made the same fight in Great Britain and in ‘the Northern States. They have a body of public sentiment already formed to which they can appeal; and they have also strongly organized labor unions to help them in the contest. By reason of these advantages the struggle in the South may end in a victory for the children much more promptly than in the older manufacturing centers. In fact con- siderable progress has been already made in several States and it is not at all unlikely that legislation simi- lar to that in Northern States on the subject will be enacted ir some of the Southern States in the near future. A curious phase in the Southern fight against the abuse of child labor is the recent appeal made by Southern reformers to “the people and press of New England.” The appeal appears strange to those who are not familiar with the situation, for it is not ap- parent on the face of things how New England sen- timent could be influential in promoting legislation in the South. It happens, however, that so many South- ern mills are owned by New Englanders that the peo- ple have begun to classify the mills into what they call “Northern mills,” or those owned in the North, and “Southern mills,” or those owned by local capi- tal. Southern sentiment can work effectively upon the Southern owners, but New England sentiment is desired to influence the New England owners. The most significant paragraph in the appeal says: “While the proportion of children under 12 in our Northern and Southern mills is approximately the same, yet in the mills representing Northern invest- ments the number of such children employed is twice as great as the number found in the mills controlled by Southern capital.” As the appeal comes from Ala- bama and is signed exclusively by Alabama men, it may represent the condition of affairs in the mills of that State only. It is probable, however, that in other Southern States the situation is not essentially differ- ent, and it would seem, therefore, that in going South the Northern capitalists have been seeking not only a milder climate and cheaper raw material but also cheaper labor, even if they have to resort to children to get it. From all reports the evil has become a serious one. The wages paid to the children range from 25 and s0 cents a day and in some cases parents have been found living in idleness on the wages earned by children un- der 12 years of age. The profits to the mill owners from such labor seems to be considerable, and their opposition to any legislation on the subject has been persistent and strong. The issue affects Northern labor as well as Southern, for the New England fac- tory hand is forced to compete against the cheap labor of the South. It is therefore quite proper that the Southern reformers have appealed to Northern senti- ment for assistance in bringing about the enactment of laws that will put an end to the practice. T e e — THE GROWTH OF NATIONS. IR ROBERT GIFFEN, the British statistician, S has compiled a series of tables showing the growth and development of the principal na- tions of the world during the last century. Briefly summarized, the figures show that during the nine- teenth century the population of the United States in- creased from 5,000,000 to 76,000,000; that of the Brit- ish Empire (English speaking) from 15,000,000 to 55,~ 000,000; that of Germany from 20,000,000 to 55,000,000; that of France from 25,000,000 to 40,000,000; that of Russia from 40,000,000 to 135,000,000. The figures of population do not, of course, tell the whote story. From an economic point of view the enormous population of Russia counts for less than that of Germany or Great Britain and very much less than that of the United States. The century saw the United Stztes advance from a very low place among the nations to the foremost rank. We have now not only the largest civilized population on the globe but the producing and consuming power of that popula- tion is far in excess of any other. The prospects of the coming century show a clear field for an increa¥ing lead on the part of the United States, until in time this country will have attained a supremacy fuily equal to that enjoyed by Great Britain fifty years ago. Neither Great Britain nior Germany can greatly increase in population. In fact each has already gone beyond the limit that can be well supported by the home yizld of foodstuffs and both are dependent upon the import of food from abroad. In the United States, on the other hand, the popu- lation is far below the number that the soil is capable of maintaining. Moreover, we have abundant re- sources of iron, coal and other materials required by the industries of civilization, while the countries that to-day are our rivals are becoming deficient in all of them. The future, therefore, is ours. The gain we made in the nineteenth century will be as nothing to what we will make in the twentieth. There is some talk sbout Mrs. Bradley Martin ge-t- ting a tiara at a cost of more than $1,000,000 so that she can outshine the Queen of England at the corona- tion ceremonies, but the thing won't go. The Queen | could see the Bradley-Martin gems and put them out of sight by simply wearing the Kohinoor, 1 G i et ' What manner of men thesé ancient miners | Best Liver 1901. B NOME PLACERS MAY HAVE WORKED YEARS AGO ELICS were recently unearthed in Alaska which seem to prove b yond a doubt that the Nome placer flelds were worked by white men about the time the Spaniards were pursuing their discoveries and explorations on the Pacific Coast. ‘were or where thef"came from is a mat- ter of conjecture, but judging from one Of the relics which the¥ left behind they were in all probability of the Catholic faith. While Charles Kennedy was recently working his claim on the Oregon Creek he unearthed a rocker of antiquated pat- tern. The rocker had been buried seven feet beneath the surface and had evi- dently remained there for many years. The ground about showed no indications of having recently been disturbed, neither was there any evidence forthcoming to show to what extent the mine had been ‘worked. : The rocker was not the only memento of these ancient gold seekers that Ken- nedy discovered. Alongside of the rocker, resting in a pan, he found a metallic sub- stance, black and circular and about the size of a half-dollar. After the dirt ac- cumulated in years had been scoured from its surface it proved to be a silver me- dallion. Engraved on one side was a rép- resentation of the Lord’s supper, while on the reverse side was depicted a figure kneeling devoutely before a crucifix with a dove, the emblem of purity, hovering in a cloud overhead. On the same side is an inscription, “Plus VII, P. M, XV.” Plus VII was the Pope who placed the crown on the head of Napoleon I and was subsequentiy made a virtual prisoner by that monarch. He undoubtedly conferred the medallion as a special mark of distinction on some Span- lard who was about to embark on a voy- age of exploration in the new world. Perhaps he was some missionary who was about to set forth to carry the Catholic faith to the Indians of America. But ho the former owner of these anthultz PERSONAL MENTION. John E. Lewis, a well-known merchant of Portland, Or., and owner of the famous Stanford mine, is at the FPalace. Mr. Lewis will spend a few days in the city, combining business with pleasure. H. Heidenreich, general manager of the Hamburg-American Steamship line, is at the Palace. Mr. Heidenreich spent some months in China on business for his com- pany and will leave for New York within a few days. re O 2L Califorians in New York. NEW YORK, Nov, 18.—The following Californians are in New York: From San Francisco—A. Volman and W. E. Gris- wold, at the Manhattan; Dr. F. W. Simp- son and Mrs. F. W. Simpson, at the Mur- ray Hill; J. Black, at the Imperial; J. Glack and S. Stern, at the Savoy; K. L Burke, at the Cadillac; €. O. Herman, at the Grand Union; J. Lessoynoky, at the Belvedere; C. M. Martin, at the Grand; J. C. Payne, at the Broadway Central; T. C. Woodworth, at the Hoffman. From San Jose—J. O. Hestwood, at tho Imperial; J. S. Noble, W. W. Noble and ‘W. N. Noble, at the Grand. From Los Angeles—Miss C. M. Lane, at the Albert; T, B. Merry and wife, at the Holland. Chinese Sarcasm. There are many people who regard an editor’'s position as a “soft thing,” and a certain number of these persons have made their appearance in unaccustomed China, where sthey are expending much time and labor in the correction and god- ly admonition of the editor of a native paper, whose robust reform proclivities are offending against the immutable laws of his land. Driven at length to defend himself, the harassed journalist addressed to his critics a brief editorial, of which the following translation gives an idea of the Chinese c8nception of sarcasm, erro- neously declared to be non-existent by many travelers. After a preliminary ac- knowledgment of fallibility the article proceeds: “In future nothing which may be de- scribed as new will appear in these col- umns, and thereby prevent people's un- derstandings., from being enlightened. None but bigoted members of the con- ceited lierati will ever be called to assist upon the editorial 8taff. We shall confine ourselves to the affairs of the last dynas- ty, carefully avoiding all reference to the family that now rules China. We shall glve our special attention to fortune tell- ing, witchcraft and kindred subjects of truth, of which ng one has any doubt. A place of supreme importance will be given to the revered teachings of geomancy, and we shall show that a man’'s good luck or misfortune is controlled by the stars. We shall respectfully beg his Majesty to ob- serve the old customs, and that the man- darins follow: their excellent and time- honored methods of transacting business. We shall resist with all our ' strength every attempt to Introduce reforms, and Jest we should be tempted to record any current events we resolve from this time forward to dispense with the services of all reporters as a useless waste of money. ‘We hope in this way to earn the good will and support of all our readers, firmly be- leving that if we faithfuly do according to this honest and admirable advice the benefit will be manifested to all.” PRI AN G “Come and take your bath now, Tick- lowell, like a good little boy,” urged the nurse. “You know I wouldn’t tell you to do it if it wasn’t necessary.’ “You touch now, Willlams,” said the little Boston boy, still hanging back, “upon one of the inscrutable mysteries. 1 do not object toithese frequent bath- ings, in themselves considered, but I do resent the evident necessity for them. It shows there is something inherently wrong in the constitution of things.”— Chicago Tribune. 3 —_— Walnut and Pecan Panoche. Towhsend. * s s e i Choice candies. iownund'a, Palace Hotel* Cal. Glace Fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend’s.* ¥ e SRR Ty g Special information supplied ' daily to ;,xdma% h&\;ug“lnd mlnc men by the DI reau len's), 510 - Romesy street Tolgphona Mo e oot —_——— P The people tell too much of themselves, considering that every one, at some time. .nga:n every phase of life, has a suc- cessor. Dr. Sanford’s Liver Invigorator. Medlcine, VegetableCurefor RELIC OF ANCIENT TIMES FOUND IN NOME PLACER FIELDS. 1—-—‘—"' relics came to reach the gold flelds of the far north and whither he went will probably forever remain a mystery. @ IRl et ® A CHANCE TO SMILE. Street Car Conductor—Smoking allowed on the three rear seats only, sir. Irritable Passenger (who has used up all his matches in trying to light his cigar)—Confound you,’ can’'t you see I'm not smoking?—Chicago Tribune. Floorwalker—Good morning! You wish to do some shopping, I presume? Bride (with hubby)—Y-e-s. Floorwalker—Step into the smoking- room and the boy there will give you a check for your husband.—New York ‘Weekly. Naggus (literary éditor)—Borus' last book is called “Blue’ Blood.” It's awful rot, but I don’'t want to hurt his feelings by saying so. Mrs. Naggus—Can't you say it is writ- ten in the author’s best vein?—Chicago Tribune. “‘Say, bliss?"” “Who told ye thot?” Tis in the book.” “T'row the book away."—Judge. pa! what's connub—connubial “No, we couldn’t have our usual ride on Sunday, and we were so disappoint- ed” ‘What was the trouble?” “Why, our horse got loose in the night and ate up his best bonnet."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. “I suppose your son graduated with high honors?” interrogated the. bosom friend. “‘Blamed high!"” replied the candid old man. “He had to pay some literary chap 325 to write his commencement speech.”— Chicago News. Church Settlement Young Lady (kind- 1y)—I hope you brush your teeth regu- larly, Maggie. Maggie (indignantly)—Brush me teet? ‘Wot would I do that fer? There ain’t no hair on me teet!—Brooklyn Eagle. Milkman—Say, do you know where the family” that used to live here have moved to? Policeman—No. What do you want to know for? Milkman—Because they have gone away without paying me $11 that they owed for milk. Policeman—Well, I suppose there was about $8 worth of water in that bill, any- way. Milkman—No, there wasn't; that's what makes me so blamed mad. They were new- customers, and I hadn’t begun to water the milk.—Boston Herald. \Roosgvelt Story. President Roosevelt was not always the mighty hunter he is now, says a writer In Harper'’s Weekly. He has had his day of being afrald of big game. But that ‘Wwas many years ago, when he was a wee little boy in short trousers, and used to play tag in Madison square in New York. Opposite the square, on the it side, stood a Presbyterian church; and the sexton, while airing the bullding one Sat- urday, noticed a small boy peering curi- ously in at the half-open door, but mak- ing no.move to enter. ome in, my little man, if you wish t0,” said the sexton. . “‘No, thank yau,” said the boy; “I know ‘what you've got in there.” “I haven't anything that little boys mayn't see. Come in.” “I'd rather not.” And the juvenile Theo- dore cast a sweeping ‘and somewhat ap- prehensive glance around the pews and galleries and bounded off to play again. Still the lad kept returning once In a while and peeping in. When he ‘went home that day he told his mother of the 'willingness sexton’s invitation and his un: to accept it. “But why didn’t you go in, m:; she asked. “It Is the house of w;:; there is no harm in entering it quietly and looking about.” ‘With some shyness the little fellow con- tesndthl!hemltrfldtowhg:“m the zeal might jump out at him from un- der a pew orrrnm “The zeal? What is the o ik mother inquired. T oo “Why,” explained Theodore, it is some big animal like a alligator. 1 went there to church Sunday with Uncle R—, and I heard “I suppose or an last the library shelf, and one after another i Iflilnt the word “:onl" ‘m.:‘ read to the child, whose eyes suddenly SOME ANSWERS TO QUERIES BY CALL:READERS GOLDEN GATE PARK-B. C. L., City, The proper place to file an application for employment In Golden Gate Park Is with the superintendent of the park. | NURSERY RHYMESlota, City. Ths nursery rhymes in which is the line “Pu | 8y cat, pussy eat, where have you been | are to be found in the Mother Goose Melo- | dtes. NOT A PREMIUM COIN—-E. A. P, City. According to dealers’ catalogues jdallars of 1860 do not command a pre- mium. Dealers chargc for such from 2% to 0. | ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN-Sub- | scriber. City. The news of the assass { nation of President Lincoln in April, 1565, was transmitted to London, England, by the' Atlantic cable. ASSISTANT CLERK-L. K. L. Cit There'is no fixed salary for an as!l!!? elerk in the United States Circuit Coul The clerk is allowed fees and he pays assistant whnat he desires. TWENTY-DOLLAR PIECE—A Sub- scriber, City. A twenty-dollar piece of 18 is not one of the coins for which dealers offer a premium. Dealers offer to sell such at prices varying from $25 to $30. COINS—M. Y. O., City. United States | 5-cent pleces were first coined in 1794 Some dealers in the East offer from §1 to $150 premium for such. There is no pre- mium for a half-dime of 1868, nor for a 3-cent viece of 1852. OILER ON STEAMER-P., Vallejo, Cal. Application for the position of ciler on a Government boat plying between this port and the new possessions should be made to the Transport Service Department, foot of Folsom-street whar?, San Franeisco. SOUTH SEA ISLANDS-R. H. B, City. This department does not know anything more about Kgefe, wLo was reported to have been King of u tribe of South Sea islanders, than what anpeared in the pub- lished article alluded to in your commu-~ nication. TRAINING SCHOOL—C. E. L, Den- mark, Or. The training school on Goat Island, in the bay of San Franeisco not a military, but a raval school munications should be addressed Training Station, Commandant's Ol San Franeisco, Cal.” DEPOSIT FOR GAS-—J. H., Oakland Cal. It is a rule of gas compusies | demand a deposit on a gas metes phaced in a house for one other than the owner. The cuestion as to the right of a com= pany to demand such a deposit not been finally decided by the courts) DRAWING A PrNSION-—Subscriber, Cal. If a man drawing a pension from the United States Government drinks to such an extent as to make him imcompe- tent, his wife may go before a court, es- tablish that fact, have herself appointed his guardian, and then she will be paid his pension, otherwise not. SILVER FOR PAPER—A. O. 8, City. The United States sub-treasury, on Com- mercial street, in this city, will give you a dollar bill for §1 in silver. A broker, in the kindness of heart, might make the same exchange for you, but it is more than likely that he would make a small charge. There is no fixed rate for such exchange by mcney brokers. ADMIRAL—R. J. F., City. The rank admiral in the United States navy be: comes extinct upon the deaily >f the in- dividual holding it. The grade was first established July 25, 1866, for Farragut. It was then conferred, after Farragut's death, on Porter and became extinct upon his death in 18%0. It was not revived until Congress created it for Dewey. CASINO—G., City. In playing casino, unless it is stipulated at the beginning of the game that points are to be counted as made, the rule is to allow the one on the last deal who has cards, and when there are no cards, who has spades to count first, and go out if he has eaough points. If on the last deal A has seven to make and B has two, and A should have cards, spades, big casino and three aces and B should have little casino and one ace, A would count first and ¥o out. DRAW PEDRO—A. D., City. When in a game of draw pedro (jack counting three) A wants two points te go out and makes high and game, B wauts three points and makes jack and C two points and has low and pedro, B wins, because he is the first to be able to count tl'e requisite number of points according to the rules of the game, the count being in the following order: High, low, jack. game and pedro. A could count only high, not having low or jack before coming to game; but B, having jack (three points), goes out. UNITED STATES STAMPS-W. JS Stockton, Cal. Stamps in prepayment of postage in the United States were the provisional issue of 1845 and 1346, issued in Baltimore, Md., and Battleboro, Vt. The denominations were 5 and 10 cents. In 1845 stamped envelopes of the denomi- nation of 5 and 10 cents were used. In that year stamps were issued in New York, Providence and St. Louis. The gen- eral issue of stamps for the United States Postoffice Department was made in 1847, They did not, however, come into gen- eral use until 1855, when letters were re- quired to be prepaid. United States stamped envelopes (embossed) were fur- nished in 1852, and postal cards were first furnished in 1872, ADVERTISEMENTS. This Is Good Proof of our claims for Walt Breakfast Food FROM A F00D BXP:E:Q secretary California Retail Grocers’ and Merchants’ Assoclation, writes as fol- lows: SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.,, Dec. 20, 1900. The Maited Cereals Co., Gentlemen—The truest thing in the ad- vertisements of Malt Breakfast Food which you have published is that “the firm starts the goods, and wry does the the rest.” \ Little children who tire of everything in the.cereal line will take up this food and cling to it with no desire for a change much longer than they will any other food. It is a fact that my own youngster, who passed by everything I insisting upon having it three times per day, and this condition has existed now for gfer six during which time [ question if a day has gone by without his having it for breakfast, lunch and ‘p- is p';acmouunlmm.& mwhl.tlflhh'fiknmnh.x. e s g, house hath eaten me ap. e o °f! and for that jaded that Sy'ie oirs aF DrekiRet e Very ooy ours, HOWARD K. JAMES. 5 A 4 [l