The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 7, 1902, Page 6

THE SA>N FRAN 'ISCO CALL, TUFSDAY, SUESDAY...... s A i JANUARY 7, 1002 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Adéress All Commeeieatioss lo W. S. LEAKE, Merzager. MANAGER'S OFFICE........Telephone Press 204 PUBLICATION OFFICE...Market and Third, §. F. Telephone Press 201. EDITORIAL ROOMS. ....217 to 221 Stevenson St. Telephone Press 202. Delivered by Carriers, 15 Centsx Per Week. Single Coples. § Cents. Terms by Mafl. Including Postage: DAILY CALL (including Sunday), cne yea $6.00 DAILY CALL (including Suiday), ¢ 1. onti 3.00 DAILY CALL (including Sunday), $ months. 1.5 DAILY CALL-By Single Month. .. 65 FUNDAY CALL, One Year. 1.50 WEEKLY CALL, One Year. 1.00 All postmasters are anthorized to receive subscriptions. Eample coples will be iorwarded when requested. Mafl subscribers in orderirg change of address should be perticular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order o insure & prompt and correct compliance with their request. OAKLAND OFFICE. . ...1118 Broadway €. 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Alcazar—*The Wife.” Columbia—"“Henry VIIL™ Orpheum—Vaudeville. Grand_Opera-house—“Cavalleria Rusticana” and “‘Com- and Tragedy." ely Whose Baby Are You?" Little Red Riding Hood.” “Lost in New York.” Zoo and Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon and evening. Fischer' s—Vaudeville. Oakland Racetrack—Races to-day. BEET SUGAR. ~~ ERMANY is far from being a tropical coun- ( try, but it is the largest sugar-producing J country in the world. The United States last year took from Europe, principally from Ger- , 400,000 tons of raw sugar. Even Russia since as produced beet sugar in excess of her do- iestic need and has become an exporter. The sugar t produced in the United States has a larger sac- ne content and value than any other, showing physical capacity to produce beyond our own demand and to add sugar to our exportable agricul- aral surplus. We are now paying nearly $100,000,- for foreign sugar, and that sum added to the profits of our own agriculture will perceptibly unprove the situation of the American farmer. of special interest to the West that the sugar mises to become a stable crop on the irri- gated lands of the arid region. The plant requires pening after its growth has ceased. ke the ripening of fruit It is the change which produces the sugar. arid countries if rain fall at this period in the e beet a renewal of growth is induced, which the development of sugar. Where moisture s supplied entirely by irrigation the water ex- Juded at this point and the ripening process is goes on all plans for irrigation of our arid ands their profitable use when brought into action nust not be lost sight of Already at Provo, in Ctah, and in the valley of the Arkansas, in Colo- zado, the sugar beet is domesticated as a regular :rop and the mills are in action to work it into sugar. At Greeley, Colo., another mill is proposed, and :here are lands in the Snake River Valley, Idaho, and r. Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico, which will be { iound suited to this crop when irrigated. The utility f the sugar beet as an addition to the farm crops of Zalifornia is an established demonstration, and the ime is not distant when the country will look to the iesert for its sweets. r With such a prospect no one need marvel that 4merican sugar interests stand inflexibly against the schemes of the Cuban junta for invasion of our mar- zet with the free raw sugar from that island. If such an attack were being made upon any American manufacturing industry the resentment would be or- zanized, quick, sharp and decisive. The proposition rests upen no economic argu- nent that does not apply with equal force to manu- “ctures. The sentimental argument, that we owe tlirs to Cuba, has no force worthy of the respect of Tongress. The production of American sugar up to the point of an exportable surplus is of as great importance to this country as the same production of iron, steel, machinery, meat and flour. ‘It concerns the welfare of millions of our own people, and has the advan- age of having economics and sentiment on its side. As far as possible The Call has ascertained the siews of our California members to be on the side of their own country, and certainly the West should stand with them as a unit. ——— It is reported that there has been invented at Dres- den a method of making malt from rice much cheaper taan from barley, and the time may come when the dirifty man can get two beers for a nickel. The new sentury opens with bright prospects. Now that the revolt against Castro in Venezuela 3as found a leader and obtained arms we may expect “2e news from the country to become as interesting as the reports of a football game, or as amusing' as “ae libretto of a new comic opera. Mr. Lawson has been moved by the attack of the sopper trust to define a*trust as ad “induStrial sky- raper With its base resting on water,” and the defini- “ion seems to be accurate enough to be accepted by he dictionaries. . Mr. Carnegic is said to have positively refused to -ontribute any of his millions to found 2n endowed heater, so the mation ¢wes thanks for what he doesn’t ‘0 as well as for what he does FEDERAL IRRIGATION. HE subjiect of irrigation has gained greatly in Tintcres! and influence in Congress. Each House has now a standing committee on Arid Lands and Irrigation, and an enlightening discussion of the subject has informed the East upon its importance and its relation to naticnal interests. There is a vol- untary committée on irrigation, consisting of seven- teen members of the House and Senate, from States west of the Missouri River. This volunteer committee has undertaken to con- struct an irrigation measure which will be a compo- site of the bills now offered. When constructed it will go to Congress tlirough the regular committees. All shades of opinion are represented in this com- mittee of seventeen. A strong party in the West has for years favored and striven for the cession of the public domain to the States, with a view to using it in some way for the production of income for irriga- tion: Against this has been opposed another party, which sought to secure irrigation by large appropria- tions in the river and harbor bill.. These have threshed out their differences in the committee of seventeen, and have compromised upon a proposition that the arid region shall be considered as a unit, that irrigation shall be applied, wherever pratticable, by the Federal Government, and that the public do- main shall be used to produce the funds for its own improvement, thus relieving the already burdened river and harbor bill of a new object of attention and expenditure. This plan is immediately popular with the Eastern members, who will support any measures to effectuate it upon which the West agrees. There are two such measures now before Congress, which may be merged in one bill. One issintroduced by Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota. It proposes that the proceeds of the sales of public lands shall go into the treasury as an irrigation fund. The other is introduced by Mr. Bowersock of Kansas in the House, and provides that the grazing lands on the public domain shall be leased to the stock-growers who now use them in commen without paying for such use. This bill requires that freeholders shall have first preference to lease public lands abutting upon their freeholds for use of their domestic stock and to protect them from being eaten out by wandering flocks and herds. After this first preference is taken what graz- ing lands remain shall be leased to stock-growers who were in actual use and occupancy of them dur- ing the year ending January 1, 1901. This last pro- vision is for the purpose of preventing the formation of syndicates to take such lands and crowd off the Western herdsmen. The rental is uniform at 2 cents per acre per year. As there are 400,000,000 acres of grazing lands, they wculd produce $8,000,000 a year, and the two bills together would provide a fund of about $11,000,000 annually for irrigation, which would immediately produce results and facilitate the rapid settlement of the West. To this end the Bowersock bill requires that all of the leased domain shall be cpen to homestead and mineral entry, and when so entered shall be canceled out of the lease. These two bills would seem to provide an ideal system. The grazing lands, now being rapidly dis- used by the extirpation of their forage caused by overstocking, would be protected and their carrying capacity increased, while their fitness for homestead settlement would be enhanced through the restora- tion: of moisture, which is now declining, as the land is stripped of its vegetable cover. The whole domain would yield income for irrigation while unsold, and when sold its price would go into a permanent re- volving fund for the same purpose. These measures are of such vast economic importance to the West as to seeml deserving of the support of all who are interested in the development of the country. It is probably true that they do not represent the views of all who are interested in the object they are intended to advance. But it is also true that no measure can be framed to meet such a variety of plans as have been proposed. If all differences can be merged in this easiest and most reasonable means for effecting the object which all have sought to pro- mote, these bills may be passed at the present session and the work of storing and distributing water may soon begin. It is a plain business proposition to use for such purpose the lands to be improved by it rather than resort to taxation for such purpose. e According to trade reports upward of 150,000 pianos were sold in this country last year, and as a vast number were rented it will be seen that the good times have not only made the people sing, but have enabled them to provide themselves with accompani- ment. M improvement are now under consideration. San Francisco starts the new year with big ideas of municipal betterment. Some of these in- volve bord issues, and some are to be undertaken largely by voluntary contributions, while others are expected through the regular methods of public work. In the aggregate they constitute an impressive scheme of improvement, and even if we see but a part of them attained or only undertaken during the year we shall have at the beginning of 1903 a much better San Francisco than we have to-day. The current number of the Merchants’ Association Review compiles the projected improvements involv- ing bond issues in this tabular form: 1—Sewer System 2—8chool Houses and Sites . PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. ANY propositions in the direction of public 3—New City and County Hospital 500,000 4—Children’s Playground 224,040 5—Mission Park .. 270,000 6—Addition to Lafayette Parl . 200,000 7—Park and Presidio Extension . . 268,000 8—St. Mary’s Park .............. . 125000 9—Library Site (Mechanics’ Pavilion).... 650,000 10—Telegraph Hill Improvements .... . 554,020 + Total $10,446,060 It is added that there is a further proposition ad- vanced to acquire about fifty-one acres for a public park, to include Twin Peaks. All of these various proposals for improvement have been studied by the directors of the Merchants’ Association, and the Review in summarizing the result. of their investiga- tions says: “Upon the question of the improvement of the sewers, schools, county hospital and provi- sion for an additional park in the Mission, a chil- dren’s playground in the thickly inhabited district neighboring Harrison and Bryant streets, as well as the necessary repavement of many streets, there can be no reasonable division of opinion. Upon the other propositions public sentiment does not appear to be unanimous, and our board of directors will hold further conferences with the Board of Supervisors.” In the direction of street work the directors of the association have obtained permission from the, Board of Public Werks for paving a crossing at Pine and Battery streets with vitrified brick. The brick fe- quired for the purpose is to be provided by the as- sociation, ahd the work is to be done under the dj- rection of the Board of Public Works. It is further announced by the Review that property-owners on Bush street between Taylor and Leavenworth have deposited with the association the sum of $1500 as their contribution toward the repavement of those two blocks with bituminous rock. It is expected that the repavement of those blocks will lead to a repav- ing of the balance of the street whefe such improve- ment is needed. Another improvement the association has under- | taken to bring about is one that should have been accomplished long ago—that of putting Third street into a condition worthy of its importance among the thoroughfares of the city. It is along that street pas- sengers arriving at the Third-street depot make their, way to the city, and from it they derive their first im- pressions of San Francisco, well-kept avenue of trade and traffic. is something like a disgrace. When the street im- provement begins there .should be a further effort made to get the railway company to build a decent depot. Since the coast line has been opened to Los Angeles a very large proportion of the tourist travel reaches San Francisco at that depot, and it ought to be made equal to the commodious depot buildings to which people are accustomed in the East. —— _It is said that both the King of England and the King of Italy have expressed a willingness to deco- rate Marconi with medals of honor, but the young inventor has been too busy to accept. However, as he was not too busy to win an American girl, there is no reason to fear he is overworking himself. 4 — OUR TRADE PROBLEM. O magnitude that compels serious attention to the problem of transporting it. The value of our wealth is estimated to exceed that of any other nation by upward of $104,000,000,000. We have passed Germany and Great Britain in the value of our exports. We produce the great staples of trade, such as iron, coal, wheat, corn, meat, cotton and fruit, more abundantly than any other people. Our in- creasing export of manufactured goods has been the marvel and the despair of the nations of Europe. During the last fiscal ‘year the balance of trade in our favor was $664,000,000. In every line of industry the output is increasing.” Our shipments to foreign markets augment with each succeeding year, and we can look forward to an assured industrial and com- mercial supremacy over all competitors. UR international trade has now reached a With this increasing trade, however, there comes 1 an increasing demand for merchant steamers to handle it. At present we are in the main dependent upon foreign ships to carty our goods to market and to bring back such goods as we continue to import. The result is that every advance in our foreign trade imposes upon us the necessity of paying an increased tribute to foreign ship-owners. It also subjects our trade to heavy losses whenever for any reason there is a diminution in the supply of foreign ships. The far-off war in South Africa, for example, inflicted a loss upon the American people by withdrawing from the Atlantic trade a considerable number of British ships for use in transporting troops and supplies to the seat of war, and it is easy to foresee that should a great war break out in Europe, involving nations whose merchant marine is now an important factor in" ocean transportation, our trade would be seriously curtailed or hampered and every important industry in the country would be injured. No intelligent man can reflect upon those facts | without perceiving the well nigh imperative need of upbuilding the American merchant marine upon the ocean. The issue has been before the country for a long time and every year has found it more serious than the preceding year. At the present time it is something like an emergency issue, for we are now confronting a new era in the Orient. An immense market for manufactured goods and for wheat and fruit is opening in China. The nations of Europe are cager to obtain it. They have not hesitated to grant liberal subsidies to the merchant marine that is neces- sary to carry on the trade. If we stand idle at this juncture we will enable our European rivals to gain a prestige in the Chinése market which it will be difficult for us to overcome at a later time. Whether we consider the Atlantic or thg Pacific trade we find the same issue confronting us. We do not possess our rightful share of the trade even of the American states to the south of us because we have not the shipping facilities of our competitors. Great as has been our advarnce in industry and our success in the markets of the world, it would have been greate# still had we possessed adequate facilities for ocean transportation. In the future we shall be even more badly handicapped than in the past if we con- tinue to rely upon the merchant vessels of our rivals to carry our goods for us. The time, therefore, for upbuilding the American merchant marine has come. The shipping bill, which Congress has so often neg- lected, should be enacted at this session without fail. e Notwithstanding all the expressions of anti-British feeling on the Continent the London Times boldly declares there are no two nations among them who like one another any better than they like the British, and consequently there is no danger of any alliance to help the Boers. The statement is probably true, for, judging from all reports, the nations of Europe are so jealous they do not like even us, According to a report from ‘Washington the term “wireless telegraphy” is altogether unsatisfactory to the officials of the army signal corps, and they have decided to adopt the word ‘“aerogram” to signify a message sent by the Marconi system. It is dollars to doughnuts, however, that the thing will continue to be best known as “wireless.” ‘We may have been\unjust to the Turk after all. .| €Consul Norton, who is stationed at Harput, says that within his district there have been sold 32z Ameri- can sewing-machines and that the Briush and the German ‘machines have been driven out of the mar- ket. It will'be seen the old Mussulman has business sense after all The fight in New York between Perry Belmont and Boss Croker has now become so warm that Bel- mont has foufid it necessary to say that since Croker has had so much experience in the prize ring he ought to know how to fight fair. Evidently the Boss has been landing below the belt and there is need for a referee, . It is said that upward of 130 students of the Uni- versity of Moscow were recently dismissed because they demanded tcxtbaokls less than twenty years old. In that country the money of fond parents is not wasted in buying new books. —_— Since seats in the New York Stock Exchange which were sold for $500 some thirty years ago are now selling for $80,000, it might be wortlf while for aspiring young men to invest in three or four and grow up with thens It should be a stately, At present it JANUARY 7, 1902. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONERS DO HONOR TO A LATE ASSOCIATE (2 ©.Bicasro of Civil Service Commission- ers was held yesterday morn- ing to e action upon the death of thelr late assoclate, J. Richard Freud, who died suddenly of heart disease at 1:30 yesterday morning at his home, 1516 Jackson street. None suspected thgt Mr. Freud was afling and his death came as a great shock to the community. When the Commissioners met C. A. Murdock, who was appointed in his stead, present- ed his credentials and was sworn in. Then the Commissioners adopted the fol- lowing resolutions: ‘Whereas, By the sudden death of J. Richard Freud, president of the Civil Service Commis- sicn, San Francisco has lost one of its most ardent workers in the field of municipal reform. His life was devoted to the betterment of the conditions of his city and State, and he labored long und earnestly In the cause of good gov- | ernment. A good citizen, he participated in civic affalrs to the end that he might do his part in advancing the interests of the common- wealth. Resolved, By the removal of J. Richard Freu® from the scene of activity in which he was so PERSONAL MENTION, Judge E. C. Hart of Sacramento {s at the Grand. E. G. McPlke, a rancher of Wesley, is at the Russ. D. W. Graves, an Insurance man of San Jose, is at the Russ. Joseph Craig of Highland Springs s at the Grand with his family. Ben U. Steinman, formerly Mayor of Sacramento, is at the Palace. President David Starr Jordan of Stan- ford is a guest at the Occidental. Dr. D. E. Roberts, a physician of Mur- phys, is registered at the Grand. W. R. Castle Jr., a well-known resident of Honolulu, is a guest at the Palace. Walter J. Trask, a prominent attorney of Los Angeles, is registered at the Pal- ace. H. C. Norton, extensive manufacturer of ice cream, is here from New York with his wife and family. E. C. Berwick, an extensive land-owner and rancher of Monterey, is spending a few days at the Grand. Chris Stengel, a merchant of Fisher- mans Bay, Is in the city on a short busi- ness trip and has made his headquarters at the Russ. Surveyor of the Port Joseph S. Spear Jr. returned yesterday from an extended tour of the East, accompanied by his | wife. They have again taken rooms at the Palace. Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Jan. 6.—The following Californians registered at the hotels to- day: . From San Franeisco—H. Goldstone, at the Vendome; R. 8. Cox, at the Manhat- tan; C. W. Ames Jr., at the New Amster- dam; 1. P. Eisenbert, at the Herald ! Square; W. H. Hart, at the Holland; O. J. Humphrey and wife, at the Murray Hill; F. X. Johns, at the Normandie, and H. C. Hendleton, at the Mariborough. From Los Angeles—R. Vincent, at the Imperial; A. L. Johnson, at the Nor- mandie; N. C. Turner and wife and Mrs. L. Burnett, at the Murray HIilL From San Jose—T. D. Chittenden and wife and S. P. Hatcher and wife, at the Marlborough. BN O Californians in Washington. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6—The following Californians registered to-day at the ho- tels: At the Shoreham—N. Hutchinson of California. At the New Willard—George W. Ford Jr. of San Rafael and James Boyne of San Francisco. At the Raleigh— M. J. Humphrey and wife of San Fran- cisco and W. H. Workman of Los An- geles. At the Normandie—Senator Thom- as R. Bard. At the Metropolitan—H. P. Cary of Los Angeles. —_————— " Boats Beforé the Ark. 1t is popularly supposed that Noah's ark is the first ship of which we have any record, but Egypt, that land of mysteries and surprises, shows paintings of boats that were built and navigated at a far earlier period 'than 2840 B. C., which is the date usually assigned to the flood. It may have been one of her boats thus pic- tured that provided Noah and his three sons with a proper model for the ark, though the proportions must have been different or fewer animals must have ex- isted. J. de Morgan, the French Egyptologist, about six years ago discovered in brick vaults near Cairo a number of boats that are certainly as old as the date at which the ark was built, and perhaps a bit older. They are, it is true, but smail craft, measuring 33 feet long, 7 or 8 feet ‘wide and 30 to 36 inches deep. They re- semble in general form the pictures paint- by early Egyptian artists, which show what boats were used seventy and even ‘eighty centuries ago. And to-day, when the fellah steps aboard his small oar- prapelled , he uses a vessel the shape of which has been little improved during thé ages that have past since the shep- herd kings ruled the valley of the Nile. i —_——— Cholce candies. Townsend's, Palace Hotel.* ———————— Ex. strong hoarhound candy. Townsend's.* R G —— Cal. Glace Fruit 50c per Ib at Townund'vl ee—— Special information supplied daily to D R ipping Burcau Chllon om0 Mot - e -5 gomery at?een Telephone Main 1042. * —_— The Columbia River of Canada is 1400 miles in length; the stream of the same | name in Oregon is 600. SPECIAL meeting of the Board CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION- ER WHO DIED EARLY YES- TERDAY MORNING. long & prominent figure, the merit system has Jost a most ardent, active and conscientious ad- vocate. Resolved, That the Civil Service Commissior- ers hereby express their heartfeit sympathy with the bereaved family of the deceased. Resolved, That these resolutions be spread in full upon the minutes, and that an engrossed L e e e e T ANSWERS TO QUERIEDS. STEAMERS-D. B. E., City. The Hamburg-American, running a line of trans-Atlantic steamers, has the great- €st number of vessels. BALL PLAYER—B. B., City. If valued by his ability in the box, Iburg is the best pitcher; if judged as a fielding l';le(;:xer and batter, then Moskiman is the HER ADDRESSES—S. M., San Mateo, Cal. The addresses of Mrs. Phebe Hearst are: La Hacienda del Paso de Veano, San Francisco and 1400 New Hampshire copy be sent to the family of the late president of this commission. The commission ordered that the en- trance to its rooms b:d‘dupod in mourn- ing and then adjourn Mrs. Freud is serfously {ll at the French Hospital and has not as yet been ap- prised of the death of her husband. None suspected that Mr. Freud was {ll and the apnouncement of ‘his death in the mern- ing papers yesterday came as a great shock to the community. Mr. Freud was born in New York City in 1557 and came to San Franciseo in 1863. He graduated from the University of California in 1876, receiving the degree of bachelor of arts. Soon after gradu- ation he started a library in this city for the benefit of working people, which later developed into the present Free Library. At the age of 21 he was elected a dele- gate to the convention which framed the present constitution of the State. He rep- resented the Workingmen’s party and ad- vocated the sections which have pro- vided for the revenue of the university. Afterward he interested himself in muni- cipal affairs, gave up the b in which he was interested, took up the study of law and was admitted to prac- tice in 1804. He interested F. W. Dohrmann and a number of ‘other prominent merchants In the formation of a Merchants’ Associa- tion, was elected its secretary and soon took a guiding hand in its affairs, bring- ing it to its present satisfactory condi- tion. When the new charter was adopt- ed Freud was an earnest advocate of civil service and did much toward draft- ing the various sections governing that body. He was appointed a Commissioner by Mayor Pheldn when he assumed office under the new charter. Mr. Freud leaves a wife and two chil- dren, Robert and Harold, aged 12 and 9 years, and his mother. His mother is 78 years of age and resides in Santa Bar- bara. Arrangements for his funeral are now being made. @ i @ A CHANCE TO SMILE. She—Why don’t you have women on the professional ball nines? He—Oh, you know there is a rule that the players are mot allowed to talk back to the umpires!—Yonkers Statesman. “Well,” mused the Defeated Pugilist, “I have one consolation. The people who elevate the stage will have to spend nearly all their receipts in my saloon while they are telling what a hand they got after the third act.”—Baltimore Amer- ican. We were speaking of the sagacity of dogs. The conventional story of the pointer which pointed upon the near approach of a man by the name of Partridge had just been told. “That reminds me,” Smithson remarked, ‘“of a dog I once owned. Ome day when I had the dog with me I met a man by the name of Vogel, but the dog didw't do a thing!" “And why was this?" we clamored eagerly. ‘‘Because,” replied Smithson, “the dog was an Irish setter and didn’t understand Duteh!™ Here the house stood for a round.—De- troit Journal. Willis—What makes you so blue, Wal- | 1ace? Wallace—Why shouldn't T be blue? A fellow offered 3100 for a case of catarrh avenue, Washington. D. C. MUSIC—-S. M., San Mateo, Cal. Com- munications intended for the Comserva- tory of Music in Beigium should be di- rected to the “Secretary of the Royal Conservatory of Musle, Antwerp, Bel- gium.” WEST POINT—W. R., Santa Rosa, Cal. Applicants for admission to the United States Military Academy at West Point are examined in reading, writing, orthog- raphy, arithmetic, grammar, geography and history of the United States. COBURN-McCOOL — Subscriber, City. The great fight between Joe Coburn and Mike McCool for 32000 and the champion- ship of America occurred May 5, 1863, at Charlestown, Md. Coburn was the win- ner in 67 rounds in 1 hour and 10 minutes, BORRIOBOOLA-GHA—M., City. Bor- rioboola-Gha is an imaginary place on the left bank of the Niger, in Africa, selected by Mrs. Jellyby (in Dickens’ “Bleak House™) as a fleld for her missionary and philanthropic exertions, to the neglect of all home duties. WHAT CAN BE COLLECTED-S., City. If a laborer has a clalm against a firm that has been attached for wages due him, and there is an execution, he is entitled to receive from the proceeds a sum in liquidation of his claim not ex- ceeding $100. COIN QUESTIONS—T. M. G., Modes- to, and Subscriber, City. A half-dollar of 1829 is not a premium coin. - Coins of that date can be purchased for 7 cents, A 320 piece of 187 is not classed as a pre- mium coin. Nor is a 3-cent plece of 1883 or a cent piece of 1559, MICHAEL—M. 8., City. The meaning of Michael is God's power. Michael is classed as the protector and guardian of the Jews and messenger of peace and plenty. That he was their protector and guardian angel appears from a reading of Daniel, x:13-21 and xfi:1. COMMUNITY—Subscriber, Bakersfieid, Cal. The law of California says that the husband has the right to dispose of the community property just as he has the right to dispose of his separate property, having absolute control of the same, and may dispose of it as he pleases, except as to testamentary disposition. STAMPS—W. R., Santa Rosa, Cal. A stamp cut from an embossed envelope is not a stamp that the United States postal authorities receive in payment of postage. ‘When such a stamp is pasted on an en- “velope the letter is delivered, but the in- dividual to whom it is addressed has to pay the postage. PRIVY COUNCIL—Pioneer, City. The privy council of England Is a body of per- sons nominated by the sovereign without any patent or grant, and who, upon tak- ing the oath of office, are at once quali- fled members. A privy councilor must be a British subject, and as he is created by the sovereign, so he can be removed from the list at his pleasure. It is customary 6 include In this body the royal Princes and the Archbishops; several of the prin- cipal officers of state and of the house- hold beeome privy councilors by virtue of their office; the principal Secretaries of State are, of course, sworn of the couneil before they can take part in the delib- erations of the select body which is known as the Cabinet Council; the Judge Advocate General is always included, and the rank is bestowed upon Embassadors and the principal Colonial Governeors, and frequently upon respected politicians who ! have never been in office as an distinction. It is composed of about 200 members. Its administrative functions are exercised chiefly by committees, as the Board of Trade, the Local Govern: ment Board, ete. The Judicial Cqmmittiee of the Privy Council is composed of the Lord President, Lord and others; has appellate jurisdiction; politi- cally the importance of the Council has by a committee of Min- it, called'the e:bhnt. ors have the title of “Right and rank immediately aft of the Garter. s he couldn’t cure and I let him try his hand on_me. 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