The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 25, 1901, Page 6

WEDNESDAY .....DECEMBER 25, 1901 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Agéress All Communiestions to W. 8. LEAKE, Marager. MANAGER'S OFFICE........Telephone Press 204 .Market and Third, S. F. Press 201. EDITORIAL ROOMS 217 to 221 Stevenson St. Telep e Press 202. Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Coples, 5 Cen Terms by Mail, DAILY CALL (including Sunday), one year.. DAILY CALL (Including Su.day), ¢ 1onths. DAILY CALL (Including Sundsy), 3 months DAILY CALL—By Single Month. SUNDAY CALL, One Year. WEEKLY CALL, One Year. All postmasters are subscriptions. Sample coples will be iorwarded when requested. Mail subscribers in orderirg change of address chould be perticular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order to insure a prompt and correct compliance with their request. OAKLAND OFFICE 1118 Broadway C. GEORGE KROGNESS. Mansger Foreign Atvertising, Marquetts Building, Chieago. and of high resolve. of the season. (Long Distance Telephone *‘Central 261%.”) NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: C. C. CARLTON. ... ++..Herald Square NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH.. +.30 Tribune Building NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Weldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, 31 Union Square; Murrey Hill Hotel. CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Sherman House: P. O. News Cc.; Great Northern Hotel; Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE....1408 G St., N. W, MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES—S527 Montgomery, corner of Clay, open unttl 9:30 o'clock. 300 Hayes, open>until 9:30 o'clock. 633 McAllister, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until #:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, corner Sixteenth, open until § o'clock. 109 Valencia, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until 9 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open until 9 o'clock. e AMUSEMENTS. California—*'Devil's Auction.” ‘Charley’s Aunt."” Columbia—*"Janice Meredith.” Orpheum—Vaudeville. Grand Opera-house—"‘Carmen."” Chutes, Zoo and Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon and evening. Fischer's—Vaudeville. Oakland Racetrack—Races to-da: <> CHILE AND ARGENTINA. ESPITE the zeports that Argentina and Chile D are willing to submit their quarrel to the ar- bitration of King Edward, and the reassur- ing statements made from time to time by the rep- resentatives of the two Governments at Washing- ton, those who are most familiar with the situation assert that an outbreak of war is far more probable than the establishment of a lasting peace, no matter how wisely the controversy may be conducted. Be- | tween the people of the two nations there has long been a rivalry for supremacy, and it is believed that nothing short of a war ending in the virtual sub- jection of one of them can definitely settle it. The two nations have a common frontier running through the Andes Mountains for more than thirty degrees of latitude. In some places the boundary line is not clearly defined and consequently there are frequent occasions for dispute. The present contro- versy has arisen from such a conflict and turns upon the assumed right of Chile to construct roads over a strip of territory whose ownership is disputed. It is | said, however, that neither country cares very much about the district in guestion, which is of little value, and were the two peoples friendly the issue could be easily adjusted. The danger lies in the fact that each side is eager for war znd the Governments are find- | ing it difficult to arrange for a settlement which will | not be offensive to their people. It is therefore a popular antagonism rather than a question of state that is at issue, and it is upon that ground that doubts rest as to the possibility of maintaining peace even | by the arbitration of King Edward. The rivals are not unequally matched. Chile has a population of about 3,000,000, and Argentina has about 4,000,000, but to counterbalance the superior numbers of Argentina, Chile has the advantage in financial strength and in solidarity of institutions. The debts for which the Argentine Republic is re- sponsible have been recently estimated at $550,000,- 000, while the Chilean debt is but $125,000,000. The burden of taxation is much higher in Argentina than in Chile, and is made worse by the fact that in pro- portion to population the Chileans are wealthier than their rivals. 2 A war between the two states would be quite a different affair from that which is threatened between Venezuela and Colombia. Both Chile and Argentina are occupied by descendants of Europeans with but @ small admixture of Indians. In all Argentina it is estimated there are not more than 30,000 Indians and the number in Chile is considerably less. A contest between them would therefore be a contest between | vigorous, highly civilized men and would be a war in earnest. If the two countries could unite in the formation of a federal republic, the result would be the estab- | lishment of a mation of continental importance, for while the joint population would not much exceed 7,000,000 it would unquestionably increase rapidly through immigration 2s well as by birth, and in a time comparatively short the power of the joint re- public would be formidable enough to make itself felt even in world politics. It appears, however, that the animosity existing between the two renders it im- possible to arrange a union, A long and costly war would probably convince them sooner than anything else that it is better to unite than to fight. At any rate so long as each believes itself to be invincible and looks upon the other with something of con- tempt as well as of hatred, there is no prospect of getting either to agree upon terms of union that would be fair to the other. It is to be noted that in each country there is a strong foreign population that desires peace, and moreover the holders of the bonds of the two Gov- | | i Such matters, however, are rare. COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON. AN measures life and time by anniversaries and events. In the calendars of all nations and races that have accomplished "civilizition, or have seen it in a vision, are periods counted as a time of reflection, retrospection, introspection In the Christian calendar that season is with us to-day, and will be moving the minds and hearts of men from this day, which marks the beginning of an efa, to the companion anniversary which emphasizes the commencement of a year. the time The Call hails all its readers and all men, everywhere, with the compliments In the spirit of The world is as right as it has ever been and has in it more people who are right, or desire to be, than ever before since it began turning on its axis and spinning thrcugh space in its orbit. That all things and all men are not as right as they ought to be in the light of these advanced days should furnish no excuse for pessimism. In all foretimes the world has had light in some degree, and there have been men and nations that have not lived in its luster. But this has not restrained humanity from investing its genius in a greater illumination, nor will that genius be restrained now by like causes. Man knows better how to live than ever before. Men are more generally enlight- ened. The space to be measured between the highly cultivated many and the less culti- vated few is growing less every year,and is narrower to-day than ever. Let us hope that the march of man onward will finally entirely pass it, and that all knowledge and wis- dom and power will be the endowment of all men. Let us hope, too, that in that day when a great light shall be upon all and within all, men will so comprehend equity and conduct that the time foretold in metaphor will be here, and swords will be beaten into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks, and the lion and the lamh will rest together, and the bear eat straw like an ox. It means that in the condition toward which the world moves, slowly sometimes, deviously sometimes, perhaps unwillingly sometimes, the traits of cruelty, injustice, savagery and selfishness, which man took from the brute in his long evolution to self-consciousness, are fading away. Every year there is in the world more charity to -the poor and less need for it; in the courts more justice, and in proportion to the world’s increase in men less call for it. The glacial ignorance which wrapped the human mind in the ice age of percepticn is thawed away, and the sun of enlightenment warms a soil every year richer in returns. In this season of high anniversaries the world is more profoundly shocked by less profound offenses against the rule of right than ever before. Men are restrained from offending by the mere dread of thé judgment of their fellows. they draw the blade, and sometimes smite with it. advance in the simple precepts of Christianity by following the flow, of blood with a dec- laration of the ultimate benevolence of their purpose. As some see in this the danger of associating Christianity with the relentless purposes of ambition, using it as the cloak to a sinister purpose, until cloak and what it covers come to seem identical, and the ser- mon on the mount and the beatitudes lose by the association, there are others, the true seers and prophets of the time, who rescue the panoply that is inscribed with peace on t toward men, and carry it back to the sanctuary. The fact that ambition tries to seem a virtue by putting Christianity between it and the world’s condemnation is a tribute to the refuge it seeks as the mantle that may earth and good wi cover sin. weak In this season California felix, the happy, salutes the world. her store replete, her cup running over. Mercy and charity are abroad in her borders, seeking out the lame and halt and blind, the disinherited of fortune and those that be sick, to flood their days with a halcyon sunshine and make their ways pleasant, ease their pains {and lift sorrow from them. And mercy and charity, as they go hand in hand, bearing the horn of plenty, rejoice that its stores are greater than the needs they are to supply, and the ministers of humane help turn their ear to the cry that may come from beyond the border, and the need, no matter how distant, is supplied and the voice, no matter how , is heard like the call of a trumpet. Our wealth of sunshine, of tinted sky and land- scape, embowered and beautiful, are the outward and visible signs of the wealth of good | feeling, and spirit of unselfish sacrifice, that are the endowment of our great people. So to them and to theirs, and to the world because they are part of it, the compliments of Nations still play with the sword hilt, But they pay tribute to the world’s Her basket is full, SENATORIAL SECRECY. the season. LMOST every man of original force who A enters the United States Senate distinguishes his first term by some effort to reform the practices cof that ancient and venerable body. The | efforts of course are no more successful than that of the boy who tried to teach his grandmother to suck eggs, but they are none the less interesting, and sometimes instructive. . Senator Clapp, the new member from Minnesota, is the latest adventurer in the way of trying to in- duce the Senate to alter its ways. He seems to be a clever man, this Senator from Minnesota, for in- stead of making a grave or vehement argument for the reform he wishes, he sought to bring it about by irony and sarcasm. After reading in the morn: ing papers the first day’s reports of what had taken place in secret session with reference to the Hay- Pauncefote treaty, Senator Clapp introduced a reso- lution stating in effect that whereas the published reports upon the question of ratification were not as { full ¥s they ought to be, and whereas the speeches could be more fully reported if taken down by short hand, therefore further discussion of the treaty should be in open session. The logic of the resolution is indisputable. . The formality of holding an executive session on such a question was hardly more than a farce. There was no reason why the session should have been secret, and that fact was reccgnized by the Senators them- selves, who promptly gave out a summary of all that had happened. So far as secrecy is concerned the discussion of the treaty might as well have been open from start to finish. Of course there are some matters that should be discussed in secret and the secret should be kept. It is but seldom our country has to engage in a treaty whose terms may not just as well be known to all the world, and as a consequence there is not much use in hold- ing secret sessions tp consider ordinary treaties. Of course Senator Clapp’s resolution is not going to bring about a change in the Senate proceedings. It did not even disturb them for a single day. It was safely referred to a committee by which it has been put into a pigeon hole or a waste basket, and the Senate will never hear of it again. In fact the next time a new Senator comes forth to suggest im- provement Senator Clapp himself will be among the sages who “sit’on him.” There is a report in the East that the school teachers are -trying to get.themselves organized as a branch of the Federation of Labor for the purpose of getting protection against politicians, and should they do so and then strike for higher wages there will be lots of business on the hands of the great national arbitration committee. crnments will exert their utmost influence to prevent the outbreak of a war that might seriously impair the power of either Government to pay it6 debts. The hope for peace therefore is not altogether a forlorn one, notwithstanding the clamor for war from the masses on each side. The task of the arbitrators in fact will be difficult indeed, but not impossible. Sometimes money talk is more potent than war talk. If Carnegie will only watch closely how Congress deals with the surplus he will get a good pointer on how to avoid the disgrace of dying rich President Roosevelt is not Santa Claus, but all the same he has many a gift to bestow just now, and they run all the way from little sinecures up to Cabi- net positions; so it goes without saying there are a good many stockings hanging around the White House where he can see them. e The question that is probably most troublesome to Lord Kitchener just now is whether he can finish up the Boers in time to attend the coronation cere- monies in Lofidon, or whether he will have to send his regrets. | UNNATURAL SELECTION. OME . time ago an eccentric Frenchman left by S will a considerable estate, the income of which was to be employed by trustees in providing each year marriage portions for the handsomest couples who were wedded in the district. The object of the testator was to promote marriage and to as- sist in improving the French race by encouraging the wedding of young people who were most likely to produce strong and handsome children. The eccentricity of the will, taken in connection with the prolonged discussion concerning the alleged weakening of the French race, led to its being re- ceived with much more seriousness than it deserved. One of the effects, however, has been that of bring- ing to light a good deal of information concerning the resuits of marriages made for the definite pur- pose of improving the race. It appears that such marriages have been by no means successful, and that the law of natural selection which inclines men and women to marry solely because of a mutual love for one another is much better for the race than any system of matchmaking that has yet been devised by pure reason. In a letter on the subject to the London Times Mr. Harris, who was formerly British Consul for Denmark, contributes from the history of that coun- try an interesting illustration of the folly of thesc “improved marriages.” He states that serfdom was not abolished in Denmark until 1788 and that some years before that date a Danish soldier of fortune returned from the East Indies and purchased a large estate in Jutland. Having a desire to improve the race and believing he could achieve it in much the same way that breeds of cattle and of horses were then being improved, he made the handsomest young man in his parish marry the handsomest young woman, and paired the others according to their merits. The result was a complete failure. The Consul says the unhappiness of the marriages became a proverb throughout Denmark and the folly of the- experiment is sti|l remembered. Such marriages as may be made for the sake of getting portions of the annual revenue from the estate of the eccentric Frenchman may be more for- tunate than those imposed by the Danish reformer, for they will at least be voluntary, but it is safe to say they will not go far toward improving the race. There may not be many things in which natu- ral selection is better than reasonable selection, but the choice of a husband or a wife seems to be one of them. It is said that upward of 9,000,000 people are ex- pected to sign the petition now being circulated asking President Roosevelt to forbid the sale of horses to Great Britzin during the Boer war, but the estimate is doubtless exaggerated. There can hardly be that many people in this country who are opposed to a horse trade of any kind. A French military reformer wishes to teach every private to sing and to play upon any portable musi- cal instrument he takes a fancy to, and should the scheme be carried out the next war with France may fill the whole.world with discord. A New Jersey girl has applied to the courts for an injunction to prevent a yowng man from mar- rying another girl, so it would seem that govern- ment by injunction is really getting to be serious. 0 MILLIONAIRES’ WIVES TO SEND HER ABROAD e | ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION ek MISS EMMA BOWKER, A GIRL WITH A “HEAVENLY VOICE,” WHO OF MRS. SAGE AND MRS. KEENE, AND WILL RECEIVE A FOREIGN MUSICAL EDUCATION. MMA BOWKER is looked upon as the luckiest girl in all the Rock- aways, for in addition to the fine dress-that a millionaire’s wife gave she might sing at a social function she Is to be sent next month to Europe, where she is to be given a musical edu- cation, writes the Far Rockaway corre- spondent of the New York Herald. E her so Emma Bowker is still in her tecns and | is considered the prettiest girl in Inwood, the little hamlet that for a few short months was a part of Greater New York. the Episcopal church at Inwood, where her voice started her on what may prove a road to fortune. Dr. Edward Octavus Flagg, a close friend of Bishop Potter, had been spend- ing the summer here, and was invited to preach the McKinley memorial service. He had read the first scriptural lesson, when from the organ loft there came such a voice of sweetness and sympathy as he | had never heard before. | *Nearer, My God, to Thee,” was the solo, and before it was half finished the SOME ANSWERS TO QUERIES BY CALL READERS THE MUSIC STAND—A. 8., City. The musle stand in Golden Gate Park faces east by north. BLUE LAKES—B., Alameda, Cal. Th, three bodies of water called Blue Lakey are in Lake County, in this State. GENERAL MELRITT—Soldler, City, It was on the 29th of July, 1898, that Gen. eral Merritt landed at Cavite, Manila har. bor. THE PROTET-F. M. City. The French cruiser Protet was in this harbor in April, 1900, having arrived on the of that month. ‘W. H. 8., Ala- SCHUMANN HEIN meda, Cal. The range of the voice of Madame Schumann Heink is that of a contralto. MUTILATING COIN—V. W. P, land, Cal. There is a Federal s which declares that it is a crime tilate United States coin. KITCHEN—Subscriber, City. The walls of a kitchen should be of vitrified tiles, as the same can be easily washed and the place always kept perfectly clean. NO SUCH REWARD-F. H. S, Red- ding, Cal. The United States Government kas not offered a reward for the discov- ery of platinum bearing rock or quartz. JAPAN AND KOREA—Subscriber, City. The question’ asked about Japan and Korea Is not clear enough to enable this department to know what information is wanted. INDIAN COLLEGE—K. B. J., Skyland, Cal. The list of colleges in the United States does not contain the name of “the Indian Treaty Association College, situ- ated on an island forty miles north of San Francisco.” LUMBER RAFT—S. and J., City. This department has not been able to find any record of a lumber raft having been brought to this port. There has been something in the line of log rafts, but no prepared lumber rafts. RELATIONSH City. It two men who are strangers to one si other marry sisters each hecnmf-s' brother-in-law of his wife's sister, there is no relation between the two m patural or created by law. VENUS DE MELO—A Subseriber, City. It is not known who was the sculptor | Venus de Melo, commonly called De M | It derives its name from the fact that it | was discovered on the island named, | of the Greek group, in 1820 by Admi | Dumont. | BRINE FOR OLIVES—H., St. Helena, She lives with her father, a painter, in a | entire congregation was sobbing. The aged | ¢q; * Brine for olives is made by using little frame house which shelters a family of nine. The Bowkers have not overblessed with this world’s goods, and, while one brother drives an ice wagon, the mother is not too proud to go out scrubbing to help educate and clothe her children. Emma went away about a vear ago to join the Salvation Army, believing that she would have her voice trained, but tambourine accompaniments in the open air were not wkat she had expected, and so she returned home and settled down to home life and a seat in the choir of 2 3030 32 e e e e e e el PERSONAL MENTION. Morris Hirsch, an attorney of Ukiah, is at the Lick. Oscar G. Rogers, a mining man of Ba- kersfleld, is at the Lick. Charles E. Swezey, a mining man of Marysville, is at the Grand. Oscar Meyerfield, an oil operator of Bakersfield, is visiting the city. Judge E. E. Gaddis and wife are at the Grand. They will spend the holiday sea- son here. Dr. Humphries of Honolulu, who re- cently went East, returned yesterday and is at the California. Naval Officer John P. Irish has returned from his recent visit to the East and has resumed his duties at the Custom-house. He says he is glad to be back again in the genial sunshine of a California Christmas. Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—The following Californians are in New York: From San Francisco—Mrs. Bond and J. F. Conway and wife, at the Bartholdi; Mrs. E. S. Gray, Mrs. V. D. Moody and Mrs. M. Robinson, at the Navarre; C. K. Jones and C. P. Ferry, at the Grand Union; F. | A. Lang, at the Rossmore: Mrs. S. G. Murphy and Miss Murphy, at the Ken- sington; Miss M. Vandusen, at the Im- perial; A. B. Blake and wife, at the Hol- land. From TLos Mrs. A. L. Square. FRANCO-GERMAN WARS. Field Marshal Count von Waldersee of the German army recently summed up the result of 700 year of fighting betwen France and Germany. “The figures prove to my mind not only the folly of war in general,” says Von Waldersee, “but like- wise that French and Germans are quits.” Here is the grand total of victories and Angeles—R. L. Bancroft, at the Herald defeats, with the number of men killed and wounded on the battle field for both countries: s Freachmen killed and wounded by i Germans ... ....1,100,520 Germans killed and wounded by Frenchmen +1,067,780 ‘Number of French victories over GOErMANS ..ovvoeniennncenn 3 235 Number of German victories over French .. L 210 The Germans, on the whole, have had five more victories than the French, and have kiiled 42,740 more of their antagonists than thelr antagonists have killed of them. The five extra victories, Count von Wal- dersee believes, may be accounted for by the fact that the French have nearly al- ways fought single handed, while the Germans have had from two to three al- lies. Both nations have lost about the same number of men in battle, but French mor- tality has been greater owing to fevers and epidemics. It seems a strange fact that the two countries have hammered away at each other for over seven cen- turles without any actual results, so far as statistics of siaughter are concerned. The French have gained exactly as many fortresses as the Germans have won sleges. Both nations have been forced to honovable surrender an equal number of times.—Cincinnati Enquirer. —_————— “I've horribly misjudged my new neigh- bor,” said Mrs. Van Sickle. “Really!” said Mrs. Jones. “Yes. The first day she hung out her washing. I sent liftle Bessic to peep through a hole in the fence to see what kind of clothes the family had.” “Well?” “Bessie reported that they were perfect- 1y lovely.” AR *And now it turns out that she does washing for other people.” And the good woman picked up a maga- zine and tried to seem absorbed in an ex- amination of the half-tone productions of “great paintings of the century.”—Cleve- land Plain Deale: e HOTEL DEL CORONADO, choicest Winter Resort in the world, offers best living, climate, ! ‘boating, bathing, fishing and most amuse- ments. E. S; Babeock, manager, Coronado, Cal. ~ Baker and | | divine was so impressed that he could not been , continue with the service for several min- | | utes, and then it was to offer a prayer of | praise for the inspiration received from the “heavenly voice.” After the service Dr. Flagg talked with | the singer, who was Miss Bowker, and | learned ,of ‘her ambitions, and the second ! day following she had sung for Mrs. ! James R. Keene, Mrs. Russell Sage, Mrs. | Danfel Lord and others. : It was decided =t once to give the girl a musical schoc Toad, and to that end she is now pr ¢ for the trip. A CHANCE TO SMILE. “And you will not smile upon me?” faltered the Man. “No,” answered Fortune, sadly. if I do I shall get myself disliked by the women who have refused to marry you.” —Detroit Free Press. Mrs. Crimsonbeak—I see by this paper { that in San Francisco the barbers are re- | quired to clean their razors with % per cent alcohol before and after being used on any person. Mr. Crimsonbeak—Blow their breath on it, T suppose.—Yonkers Statesman. has taken up the study of sun spots,” she exclaimed. “Indeed!” he returned, absentmindedly. “‘She must have a freckled boy.”—Chicago Post. Tn the courting days he held her On his lap an hour, may be; Now they're married, and he grumbles If he has to hold the baby. —Philadelphia Record. “Do you know, Miss Frisbie,” said the large-headed young author, “my most brilliant thoughts come to me in my a great pity that vou are troubled with insomnia,” added the pert young v.—Detroit Free Press. He—Don’t you think you should set written each other enough love letters yet to make a respectable volume.—Detroit Free Press. The Count—Sacr-r-r-re! The cashier of my fiancee's father has defaulted! The Baron—Parbleu! Shall you break off the engagement? The Count—Mille tonner-r-res! I can- not tell until I find out how much he took. —Puck. “But, mamma,” said the beautiful South American heiress, “do you belleve T wili have any trouble in being received in so- clety in the United States?’ ‘“You have plenty of money and you can change when it comes to being a daughter of the revolution.”—Indianapolis Sun. Bill-T took that dog lying over there for a log. - | Jm—Can’t see why: the bark Is not vis- | ible.—Yonkers Statesman. shire are accustomed to spending a por- tion of each week in the public house, in- stead of following thelr work regularly, and thus not having more than two or three days a week to draw for at pay day. The mother of one o:r these men, on being told of the recent 5 per cent ad- | vance in wages, asked her neighbor the meaning of 5 per cent. | Her friend replied: “Why, Mrs. Hobson, dost not krow? It means as every toime they gettin’ a peaund they'll-get 21 shillings for 1. “Oh, dear me,” Mrs. Hobson returned, “it'll mak’ no difference to our Jerry; he never gets a peaund!"—Spare Moments, —————— Choice candies, Townsend's, Palace Hotel,® —_— e Ex. strong hoarhound candy. Townsend's® —_———— Cal. Glace Fruit 5c per Ib at Townsend's, « —_———— Guillet's New Year's extra mince cream and cake. 905 Larkin: phone &Tfim{c: ————e i Done Frederick the Great was thinnest and most cad: man in Prussia. said to by averous lo:k::: “The Overiand Limiteq,” R. R., Is the only train maki; nnection Chicago with the fast E!men:"l'::lzl u‘-u': Chicago in the morring for N, ork. this Route you can remain in ':-’ L Franctsco until 10 a. m.. redching Chica, hours quicker than on any other u-lh'db 'l'r.:'ln. u;lnmmEvaulnmy.u. D. W. Hitcheock, Gen. Agt.. No. I Moutgomery st via Unicn Pacifie “For | “Here's something about a woman who | ‘T don’t see why,"” answered her mother. | make the best of them look like small | A large number of colliers in Lsnca-: | fourteen ounces of salt to a gallon of water. The water and the salt are boiled | together and one level teaspoonful of | powdered alum is added to every ten gal- | Tons of water. The liquid is then strained and ccoled. More than fourteen oun | of salt to-a gallon of water will shri the olives. [ UNCLE SA3T | the Revolutioner- | tractor name | nished suppli. the goods th the initials U those initials Government were for. and the reply was that they stood for Uncle Sam, for Wi | son was familiarly called uncle. F that time on all Government property was | said to be Uncle Sam’s. | A LEASE-J. P, City. Not knowing the conditions of the lease in question, th | not being stated in the letter of inquiry | it is impossible to give a definite ans | to the question asked. As a general thing a sub-lease is a contract made by a lessee to another party for a portion of the es- tate or property held by the lessee under | & lease from the owner, and the term is | the @uration of the lease, both the begin- | ning and ending being stipulated in the | contract. Where a person holds under a lessee from month to month the same { may be terminated at any time by giving | reasonable notice. H | LADY'S MAID—Subscriber, City. A | 1ady’s maid should be a fairly well edu- | cated person of taste and be neat. Her | principal duty is to attend to the personal | wants of her mistress in connection with | the toilet and the wardrobe. She should be | apt in the art of dressing hair, have good | jrdgment in the matter of contrast and | distribution of colors, be acquainted with | perfumery, cosmetics and all that is requi- | site for a lady's toilet, be ready with the | needle and expert in the art of millinery. She kas charge of her lady's wardrobe ard | should understand how to pack trunks and boxes for a journey. In fact, she must be a handy help, cheerful conpanion amt' | confidential but not too familiar friend of | her mistress. | ESPIRITO SANTO—Eugenia, City. The | flower called the Espirito Santo or Holy Ghost flower is said to be one of the most | extraordinary flowers that grows. It | blossoms in the conservatory of Golden, Gate Park. It is described in the follow- ing language: ‘“‘The blossoms are of ala- | baster whiteness, in form like the tulip, | with powertul perfume like the magnolia. | Resting within the cup of the flower, so | marvelously formed that no human skill, | be it ever so cunning, could excel the re- |-semblance, lies the prone image of a dove. | Its exquisitely molded pinions hang life | lessly from its side; the head bends gently forward; the tiny bill, tipped with a deli- cate carmine, almost touches its snow- | white breast, while the expression of the entire image seems the very Incarnation of meekness and ethereal innocence.” | THE PRESIDENCY—Subscriber, City. | There is nothing in the constitution of the | United States which says that the Vice- | President shall take the oath of office in | case of the death of the President. The conatitution says: “In case of the removal of the President from office, or of his death, resignation or inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, | the same shall devolve upon the Vice- President.” From this language it follows that should the President temporarily ;. Incapacitated the Vice-President would perform his duties, and he could not, while the President was living. take the oath of office as President; still he would dls- charge the dutles of th office. It is claimed that there is no necessity for the Vice-President to take the oath of office as President on succeeding the President after his death, but that it is done to avoid any question that might be raised. SAGO—A., Porterville, Cal. Sago is a variety of starch obtained from the pith of the stems of the sago palm, an East Indian tree which grows in lowlands in all the islands of that part of the world. It is a low tree with a thick trumk, of which the woody part is an inch or two inches only in, thickness, the whole cav- ity being filled at certain stages of its growth with the farinaceous pith. This is mixed with water, which is passed through sieves, and the starchy matter is allowed to settle. The water is then run off and the flour, after being dried, is put into little baskets made of sago leaves. The produce of a tree is 750 pounds of flour. A large quantity of sago flour is shipped annually to the markets, where it is purified and fitted for use as stax§ in calico and the other manufactures. In Berneo much of the starch is granulated and the Chinese of Malacca prepare pearl sago. The method of pearling and granu- lating sago is not known to Europeans. Sago not being entirely soluble in hot water, “it_can therefore be used in tho making of puddings, etc., and in that way forms a valuable article of food, cheap, light, nutritious and easy of digestion. f