The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 18, 1902, Page 6

THE ;SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, ANUARY 18, 1902 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. LEAKE, Marager. +ssssTelecphone Press 204 Acéress All Communications to W. 8. MANAGER'S OFFICE .Market and Third, 8. F. Terms by Mail. TAILY CALL (nciuding Sunday), one year. DATLY CALL (including Su.day), € 1 onths. DATLY CALL ¢ncluding Sunday), 3 months. TATLY CALL—By Single Month. hd FUXDAY CALL. One Year. 1.5 TEEKLY CALL, One Yesm: 1.0 All postmasters are authorized to receive subscriptions. Semple coples will be orwarded when requested. Mafl yubscribers in orferiig chanes of address should be rarticular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order o insure & prompt end correct compliance with their request. OAKLAND OFFICE. cese2...1118 Broadway €. GEORGE KROGNESS. E Yanager Foreign Advertising, Marguette Building, Chieags. (Long Distance Telephone “‘Central 2619.”) NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: €. C. CARLTON.. . «+ss..Herald Square NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH .30 Tribune Bullding NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, 31 Union Square: Morrmy HINl Hotel. CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: €berman House: P. O. News Cc.; Great Northern Hotel: ¥ rcmont House: Avditorium Hotel. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE. ...1408 G St. MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. .. N. WL BRANCH OFFICES-—3527 Montgomery, corner of Clar, oper untfl 9:30 o'clock. 300 Hayes, open until $:30 o'clock. 633 McAllister, open until 9:30 c'clock. €15 Larkin, open until #:30 o'clock. 1841 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, corner Sixteenth, cpen until § o'clock. 109 Valencia, open untll § o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until § o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, opea untll § o'clock. 2200 Fillmore, open until § 3. m. AMUSEMENTS. Orpheum—Vaudeville. Grand Opera-house—"‘Claire and the Forgemaster.” California—""Old Jed Prouty.” Central—""Under ‘the Gaslight.” Alcazar—*"For the White Rose.” Columbia—**Macbeth.” Chutes, Zoo and Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon and evening. Fischer's—Vaudeville. Central Park—Vasco Ball Game. Recreation Park—Baseball. Oakland Racetrack—Races to-day. b CHINESE EXCLUSION. N discussing the new bill to exclude Chinese Mr. l Loud of California makes a suggestion that may well be considered. He favors, personally, the re-enactment of the existing law for an indefinite period, giving as his reason that all of its provisions have been subjected to executive and judicial inter- pretation and are now being beneficially applied to the purpose for which the law was enacted. No fur- ther intérpretatigns remain to be made. The officers who are enforcing the law know just what it means, znd its administration is fiot hampered by -uncer- tainty as to its provisicns. That it is so administered as to effect its purpose is not questioned. The re- duction of our Chinese population under its opera- tion is the most efficient testimony to its usefulness. If any of the entirely new acts is passed it must undergo the same processes of judicial and execu- tive interpretation. Its enforcement will be impaired by doubts as to the meaning of its provisions. It must be construed by the terms of our treaty with China, as the presen: law has been, and also by its conformity to our own constitution and to inter- national law. This is a deliberate and costly process, and when it is finished there may well be doubt that we have secured any better exclusion measure than the existing one, which has already gone through the refining fires of interpretation. There are some obligations which are not nullified cven by the defensive and precautionary fervor of our people on the subject. Our Supreme Court has established the principle that our right to exclude derives from an international treaty with China. True, we can break that treaty and China cannot resist its violation, but it is not seriously argued that such an act conforms to the honor or dignity of this republic. As long, then, as we recognize the treaty we must keep faith according to its terms and not exceed them in any proposed legislation. Perhaps Mr. Loud’s proposition may be the best solution of the problem, for problem it is, though asa policy it seems so plain and proper to the people of this coast. The views of the East and South have to be consulted, and while we would cordially indorse violation of the treaty here, if necessary to secure protection against the coolie invasion, that sentiment evaporates in the ratio of distance from Pacific Coast sentiment. The present law has the right of way, and maybe, after all, we are safer if we travel with it in the middle of the road for another period. A curious illustration of the morbid fondness of some people for crime is reported from Paris. The police authorities recently offered for sale a number of jewels and trinkets which had been connected with criminal cases, and it was found that they brought prices far above their intrinsic value, owing to the rumber of bidders who were eager to have something associated with a famous murder or other crime. St. Louis purposes to make airship contests a marked feature of her exposition next year, and con- sequently the people of the Mississippi Valley will see queer things hovering in the air all summer. Even as far off as Chicago those who are careless in their drinks may frequently see sights that will lead them 10 believe they have got "em again. —_— The proposed establishment of a permanent census bureau is an attractive scheme on the face of it, but those who claim to be able to see through it declare it is only a trick to give employment to a lot of census bureau clerks for whom the Government has no fnrther use. According to one report Senator Platt is threat- ened with paralysis, and according to another Senator Quay is writing an autobiography; and it is now up to the debating societies to decide which of the two is in the more perilous condition. - Texas has several counties without oil wells and upward of forty without lawyers. Gushers and spout- ers, it seems, are not plentiful enough to go round in 2 State as big as that. THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE. ! T the close of the first day’s hearing given to A the Cuban junta by the House Committee of Ways and Mcans a member of the committee | said that a Senator had declared would settle the tariff as to Cuba, 3 { would have nothing to do with it. To this Mr. Dal ! zell of Pennsylvania replied: “He will find out dif- § ferently before he gets through.” | This raises an issue that is destined to figure very largely 'in Congress and the courts. The constitu- tion requires that revenue bills originate in the House, and from 1789 until within ‘the last few years that provision has been construed to give the House power over such legislation, at least equal to that of the Senate. The latter branch, however, has steadily en- croached upon this equality of the House. The first step taken was the placing in the hands of the Sen- ate and the Executive of the power to conclude treaties of reciprocity, which voided the rates of duty established in a tariff act. No one seems to have given expression to the effect of such a transfer of power. To illustrate: Congress may pass a tariff law establishing rates of duty and designed to. yield ire\'enue required for the support of the Government. The House may remain unchanged in its majority, favoring the continuance of such a tariff, but the Senate may change and with the Executive favor free trade. It is seen at once that the President and Sen- ate may in such case make and ratify commercial | treaties that repeal every paragraph of the tariff, re-/} move all protective features and practically establish free trade, compelling the Government to resort to . direct taxation and to increase the internal revenue taxes in order to secure the revenue required for its | support. If the President and Senate by treaty can reduce {a tariff 10 per cent they can reduce it 100 per cent, removing it altogether. This is perfectly plain. If that authority exist in the treaty-making power it | exists without limitation. If the constitution permit lit, then the constitution establishes a Government | | consisting of the President and the Senate. The | highest function of government is in its power of | taxation. Without that there is no government. 1 Our Federal constitution says that all legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress | of the United States, which shall consist in a Senate and House of Representatives, and that all bills for raising revenue shall criginate in the House of Rep- resentatives, but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments, as cn other bills. " It seems plain that this declares the enactment of revenue bills to be a legislative act, and among the powers deposited in the whole Congress. ,The Sen- ate is given only concurrent powers over such legiss | lation, and nothing seems clearer than that it was never intended that' the Senate shoulds € its treaty- | making power to nullify an act of the whole Congress relating to revenue. By parity of reasoning a tariff treaty becomes a revenue bill, and the constitution says that such bill | shall originate in the House. Yet this’modern inter- pretation cuts the House out of any and all jurisdic- tion over the revenue, removes the subject from pub- {lic discussion in the cpen Congress and takes it be- hind closed doors in executive sessions of the Sen- ate to be settled by that body and the President. Again, if the Senate and Executive by treaty may lower or remove duties, they may by the same means raise them. If such jurisdiction. exist at all, it applies both ways, and its use is without limitation. Therefore, it will be seen that, as government is | non-existent without the taxing power, and wherever that power is deposited is the actual government, if the Senate and the President hold that power exclu- sive of the House, they are the government, and we have a system consisting of an Executive and a legis- lative body of one house only. Thi§ is the most serious question that has arisen since the constitutional perpetuity of the Government was questioned by the South before the Civil War. |1t so seriously affects American interests and domes- tic production, and the whole policy of protection, as to require re-argument in the courts, and if the power claimed be found in the constitution the neces- sity of amending that instrument will become an issue in our politics, i e e The canal route and rights which the Panama |company has put on the national bargain counter seems to have been too much for the Senators. They may not decide to take it, but they cannot pass it by without looking at it and feeling of it. K throne at the opening of Parliament, com- mended his troops in South Africa not only for their courage, but for “cheerfuiness in the en- durance of hardships incident to guerrilla warfare, and a humanity, even to their own detriment, in their treatment of the enemy, which are” worthy of the highest praise.” We are told that when the words were uttered the peers, peeresses and high officers of state broke out into a prolonged cheer, which was repeated ugain and again. e There can be no doubt that the utterance of the King and the cheers of the Lords were due to the controversy now raging between the British and their Continental critics concerning the conduct of British troops in the South African campaign. Cheering in the House of Lords during a speech from the throne is scmething like a breach of eti- | quette. Tt is so great a violation of ancient precedent that the officials of the House were dismayed by its j occurrence, and, ‘notwithstanding the evident satis- faction of the King, they signaled deprecations of the outburst. Evidently, then, the ‘peers have felt very acutely the attacks made upon the army and are in no mood to treat criticism with silent contempt. The incident is a striking illustration of the ' in- | creased force of public opinion and of the-great: de- gree to which the most powerful nations and states- men feel themselves responsible to the sentiments of mankind. At the beginning of the last century few people would have concerned themselves about the sufferings entailed by such a war as that in the Trans- vaal; and those who did concern themselves about the matter would have had but liftle response to their appeals for a larger humanity in the conduct of war. Their criticisms would have fallen upon deaf ears. No nation engaged in the Napoleonic con- tests of that time was sensitive to what other people said of its tactics in the struggle, and no statesman ! would *have thought of paying attention to foreign criticisms had they been uttered. Nothing more clearly marks the develol')ment of the spirit of humanity among civilized men than this increased sensitiveness to the sufferings of others HUMANITY IN WAR, ING EDWARD, in his speech from tHe M found an impression had been made upon the British people by the criticisms of Continental Europe upon Kitchener’s tactics that Chamberlain was stung to a sharp reply. His words had no other effect than that of increasing the intensity of the criticisms, especially in Germany; and now the King himself has found it | necessary in the most emphatic manner to meet the charge by commending his troops for humanity. War can never be made lenient. Its object is to destroy, to kill and to crush, Its methods must necessarily be harsh. It is evident, however, that civilization has come to look upon it with something of abhorrence and to insist that it be waged with some respect for life and property. Weyler's methods in_Cuba stirred Americans into a war for the libera- tion of Cuba, and yet they were nothing like so se- vere as the niethods pursued by the conquerors of times past; and it is safe to say that there is not a single nation in Europe whose troops have not com- mitted excesses far grosser than the worst that have been committed in South Africa. That sad truth was revealed in the conduct of the allies in putting down the Boxer uprising in China, and yet even in that far-off war there was a strong public sentiment that held to account the generals and the Governments that permitted the outrages. - Humanity, in fact, is no longer an unimportant feeling among civilized men. Slowly but surely it is working to put an end to war by developing an ab- horrence of the evils that attend wars. Public senti- ment on such subjects is no longer despised. Nations feel their responsibility to it and kings from their thrones appeal to it. If it be true, as reported, that Washington City has become the most attractive winter resort in America, it must be that the people in the East are so eager seeking office they haven’t time to hunt a good climate. THE RAILWAY PROBLEM. R. JAMES ]J. HILL, in a recent interview in which he once more repeated his often ex- pressed conviction that railway combinations are not only beneficial to the public, but are actually necessary to the welfare of industry and trade, went on to speak of the congested state of transportation throughout the country as presenting a problem whose solution will require extensive railway con- struction. It would appear, then, that the evil of which so much complaint has been heard all ¢hrough the fall is of much greater magnitude than has been supposed. Mr. Hill is quoted as saying: “A careful examina- tion of the railway problem from a national stand- point will, I believe, show beyond question that the business of the country has outgrown the facilities on most of the trunk lines, and that new facilities not now apparent will be necessary to relieve the situa- tion. * * * Conditions in this country change very rapidly. * * * To-day we find the volume of traffic so great east of Chicago that the railways are not able to move it under the present conditions. How will these conditions be changed, and at whose cost? Who will build new lines or increase old ones? These are the questions which I will not undertake to answer, further than to say that the West must have the facilities or suffer for the want of them. The public must bear in mind that a bankrupt road cannot furnish good service.” It is to be borne in mind of course that these statements of the inadequacy of the roads to handle the traffic of the country were made as parts of a showing in favor of big combinations and of the ab- sorption of small roads by larger ones. When ample allowance is made for that fact, however, there re- mains enough of force in the description given of the lack of facilities to excite interest in the problem set forth. Evidently My. Hill believes we are to have a new era of railroad construction as well as of rail- way consolidation. He gives no intimation of who will undettake the new enterprises, but it would seem he is quite sure they will be forthcoming. As he says, “the West must have them or suffer.” Such being the case, railroad developments will be watched more closely than ever. There is no telling what the great syndicates may have up their sleeves. o m——n e e Last year was a great year for the establishment of trusts and syndicates, and this year will probably be | noted for the way in which it thins out the weak ones and compels the strong to be conservative. P N, TEACHERS’' PENSIONS. Fus’ pension scheme undertaken there with such sanguine expectations a few years ago has proven to be a virtual failure. It appears that a large number of teachers who entered into it with high hopes have grown weary of paying assessments ROM Chicago comes a report that the teach- and have withdrawn. The consequence is the pen- | sions have been scaled down by degrees until they now amount to less than half what was at first prom- ised. Of course each reduction in the pension has in- creased the dissatisfaction, and the scheme is about to collapse. According to the reports that come to us the great- est discontent with the system is due to the fact that the withdrawal of so many members from the scheme has brought it about that even if the pensions were to be continued those who contributed most would re- ceive least. The younger teachers who entered the scheme when first undertaken have paid théir contri- butions into the fund right along, and thus provided pensions for the older teachers who resigned. Now, however, that the contributions have diminished, the younger teachers perceive that they cannot possibly receive .the same amount of pension as the older teachers have been getting, and, furthermore, that there is an increasing danger the entire fund may be exhausted long before it comes their turn to be pen- siotied, and so they may lose their money altogether. It is said by the advocates of the system that the failure is due wholly to the lack of a legal method of making contributions compulsory. They assert that if the contributions had been kept up there would, have been perpetually an ample sum to provide pen- sions for each in turn as the time came for retire- ment. Under the voluntary system, however, there is no means for maintaining the contributions up to the required amount. The failure, therefore, is said to be not so much a failure of the pension system as of the voluntary contribution system. At this distance we are not able to pronounce judgment upon the plan nor upon the manner in which it was managed, but in the East tl:s opinion seems to prevail that the scheme of providing pensions for retiring teachers by con- tributions from those remaining in the service is im- practicable under existing laws, — e If Prince Henry of Brussia takes in all the grand welcome thet New York is preparing for him he will and the angmented sense of a responsibility to public ' sentiment arising from that sensitiveness. Sa pro- return home with a head on him bigger than that of the Kaiser. i s i i JANUARY 18, 1902. SAYS LEFTY BANNON, “ CAN'T EAT MEAT S NC AY, thisguy Mahony can do more po- litical flip- flops in a holy minute than a high-priced cir- cus actor can toss off in a year,"” said Lefty Bannon _to his friend, “Pegleg” Daily, as he . stood warming his feet against i the heater in the corridor outside the County Clerk's office. “On_de square, dis dump around here is getting PRIZEPIS AT Womio's. | as cold as one FAIR... of those bows Herrin passes out o *“to an office-hold- er who has lost his job. Say, the only warm thing in the vicinity of this part of the hall is the County Clerk himself. |It those newspaper guys keep after him much longeér about that slip of paper he made his mark on when he dealt the bunk to Billy Deane he’ll be throwing up the sponge and ducking out to Holy Cross to wear a stone chest protector for fear the # = LI NNY JULLIVAN IKE DE! A HOSEON IT.... - foKS HAD BEEN PLAYING Lo o ANSWERS TO QUERIES. NEW YORK FIRE DEPARTMENT— Manhattan, City. The New York paid fire department was organized May 2, 1865. THE ALAMEDA-S., City. The ferry- boat Alameda was built on the Potrero of San Francisco and launched on the 2d of December, 1865. RAILROAD COLLEGE-L, City. At one time the Pennsylvania Railroad had a railroad college in which instruction in railroading was given. STATUTE OF LIMITATION—W., Oak- land, Cal. In the case of a mortgage the statute of limitation commences to run from the date of maturity. CRIBBAGE—H. M., City. In the case cited B in the last play of four scores a run of five (1-2-3-4-5) and in addition to the run gets a point for last play. GASOLINE—Constant Reader, City. The placing of gasoline in an iron tank that had contained salt water would not pfoduce any deleterious effect upon it. QUOTATION—Subscriber, City. “To read and write comes by nature” is from | “Much Ado About Nothing,” act III, scene 3, spoken by Dogberry to the sec- ond watchman. JOE JEFFERSON—G. and T. L., Oak- {land, Cal. Joe Jefferson appeared in “Rip Van Winkle" at,the California Thea- ter from June 3 to 15, 1878, and in “The Rivals” at the Baldwin from March 7 to 20, 1892, DOUBLE PEDRO Constant Reader, City. The game of double pedro is gov- erned by the laws of the place in which the game is played. Generally a player canuot be made to throw down his cards after two or three rounds. He can play till be has no more cards. HIGH BAND COLLAR—A. O. S, City. A high band collar with black necktle is hardly etiquette at a strictly fashionable function. There is, however, no reason why a gentleman should not wear such when accompanying a lady to a ¢heater or while attending an ordinary function at which ladies are present. INDIAN TRIBE — Nimrod, City. The published list of Indian tribes of North America does not give the name of either Miscaleno or Miscalero. The nearest to either name is the Misalahs, who at one time inhabited the territory between Fort Ross and San Francisco Bay, and the Miskanas, who dwelt near the San Buena Ventura Mission. JAPANESE RELIGION—Nimrod, Cits, By the constitution of Japan absolute freedom of religious belief and practice is secured so long as it is not prejudicial to peace and order. The religion of the Jap- anese is the Shinto or Kami no Michi (the way of the gods), the indigenous faith with its twelve sects, and Buddhism with its twenty-five creeds, introduced from China, A. D. 652 THE RAILROAD—W. M., Santa Rosa, Cal. In Poor's Railroad Manual you will find an account of the Central Pacific Rallroad and the Southern Pacific Com- pany that will give you the history of both roads, the amount in which the Gov+ ernment assisted by finance and land, and the present condition of the finan- cial standing of each road. BASEBALL LINES—Twirler, San Mar- tin, Cal. In a baseball fleld the distance between home plate and first base Is ninety feet, the same between first and second base. The distance between the pitcher’s box and home plate is 63.945 feet and the backstop is ninety feet from the home plate. For 10 cents you can get a copy of an official baseball guide which will give you the rules for laying out a baseball field. BLIND GEORGE—M. F. C., City. This department has not been able to find any record of the doings+of the “Wolfen Ver- ein, a secret society that had for its pur- pose the reinstatement upon the throne of the Hanoverlan King ‘Blind George.’ " *“Blind George’ died in 1578; there was a soclety that wanted to sustain the claims of his son, Ernest Augustus, the Duke of Cumberland, but that individual in 1892 publicly renounced all claims to the throne. E MEERSCHAUM—A. L. G, Alameda, Cal. To color a meerschaum pipe the bowl is ordinarily boiled in a preparation of wax, which is absorbed, and a thin coat of the wax is held on the surface of the pipe and made to take a high polish. Under the wax md the oil of to- baceo which is al by the pipe, and its hue grows darker in proportion to the amount of tobacco used. A meerschaum pipe should at first be smoked very slow- ly and before a second bowlful is lighted the pipe should be allowed to cool off. This is to keep the wax as far as possi. L R R g AHONY E ELECTION:” | |2 SMES AT A MERT wGolt i LIKE A SKITTISH HORSE. Es - weight of his last earthly troubles wouldn’t be heavy enough to keep him where he belonged. “Every time the County Clerk stops to make one of thosé promises he loses about two pounds, wets three or four handker- chiefs and goes his joyless way leaving a puddle of tears and perspiration that will give the janitor a chance to make part of his trip around the hall in a gondola. Say, that office of his looks like Denny Sulli- van had been playing the hose on it for a week. “The day the old push packed up their carpet bags, lead pencils, cuspidors, ink wells, and every other old thing that be- longéd to the city and done a side step into the cold world so the other bunch of tax-eaters could get to the public trough, Mahony was strutting around here like a prize pig at the World's Fair. I got a gap at his nobs this morning and he comes through with a front that looks like an imitation of Patsy the Macer making a touch. All that swell front and the en- larged skyplece is missing. “It must have been an awful blow. One of those wallops that makes a guy stay PERSONAL MENTION. J. Grover of Colusa is at the Grand. G. W. Hudson of New York is at the Palace. Y G. W. Patterson, a banker of Fresno, is at the Lick. % 8. S. Bradford, a capltalist of Sonora, is at the Russ. C. B. Jellson, a ‘mining man of Napa, is at the Grand, ‘Thomas Clark, a mining man of Placer- ville, is at the Grand. ‘W. W. Douglas, an attorney of Sacra- mento, is at the Grand. ‘W. W. Campbell of the Lick Observa- tory is at the California. R. M. Green, a druggist and mine- owner of Oroville, is at the Lick. James Steward, a cattleman of Butte, Mont., is at the Russ, accompanied by his wife. J. C. Kirkpatrick, Harbor Commissioner and manager of the Palace Hotel, has re- turned to the city: Edward Chambers, freight manager of the Santa Fe, with headquarters at Los Angeles, is at the Palace. Jacob Eppinger, the well-known grain broker of this city, who has been danger- ously ill at the Palace Hotel for several ‘weeks, is now convalescent. Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Jan. 17.—The following Californians have arrived: San Francisco—A. Neuman, J. Brew- ster, at the Herald Square; A. R. Patrick, at the Earlington; J. Kahn, at the Hoff- man; W. S. Martin, at the Holland." Los Angeles—R. Sharp, at the Continen- tal. @ it ieielelelelelel @ ble upon the pipe, as rapid smoking will overheat, driving the wax off. A new pipe should never be smoked out of doors except in extremely cold weather. Fill the pipe and smoke down about one-third or to the height to which you wish to| color the pipe; leave the remainder of the tobacco in the pipe and do not disturb it for several weeks or until the desired color is obtained. When smoking put fresh tobacco in the bowl, that is, on the residue, and smoke down to that level. NITRO-GLYCERIN—J. E. S., Aromas, Monterey County, Cal. Nitro-glycerin is an oily, colorless liquid, with a specific gravity of 1.60. It has no smell, has a taste that at first is sweet, but soon be- comes pungent, like pepper. It is made by mixing 100 parts of fuming nitric acid at 50 degrees Baume with 200 parts of sul- phuric acid; when cool thirty-eight parts of glycerin are added, allowing it to trickle slowly down the sides of the ves- sel. The glycerin remains on the surface for hours without mixing. The glycerin and acid are stirred with a glass rod for ten seconds and poured into twenty times its volume of water, when the nitro-gly- cerin will instantly be precipitated to the extent of seventy-six parts, or double the amount of glycerin employed. It is re- peatedly washed with water and then sat- urated with bicarbonate of soda or lime. It has been found that pure nitro-glycerin dropped on a thoroughly redhot iron as- sumes a spheroidal shape and flashes off into vapor in the same way as gunpow- der; but if the iron is not redhot—only hot enough to cause the nitro-glycerin to boll suddenly, an explosion takes place. Nitro-glycerin will explode by concussion. BREAKING OFF AN ENGAGE- MENT-T. C. W,, City. The giving of u ring known as an engagement ring is customary, but not absolutely necessary. If the lady for reasons which seem good to her breaks off the engagement she should do so by letter and at the same time return to the gentleman with the letter anything she may have received from him in the way of photographs, letters or gifts which she may have re- ceived during the engagement. When the letter is acknowledged by the gentleman he should send to her any picture, letter or presents he received from the lady. A lady would n;; care to have any re- minder of the.man she was once en- gaged to if she felt that if she did not break off the engagement her happiness would be compromised, and therefore would not hesitate to give him thass | presents back; yet there is this to say, that a present freely given is the pmp:' erty of the one who received it and the recipient would be justified in retaining the same. The gentleman might ask tha: “she give those presents back,” and it she did not he might commence an ae- tion for the recovery of the same, because there is no law to prevent a man from commencing an action, no matter In what ridiculous light he might by such 2 course place himself. 1If neither party should consent to breaking off the en- gagement then the probab! o itties are that 1 on the floor the fimit aint a marker the joit Mahony got when they sprung that unredecmed -pledge on him. Say, it's a four dollar dog against a brick watch that Bert wont promise himself a clean shirt for fear his shadow will hot foot him around till he makes good. “Two or three of them Butchertown beef killers have promised to hand Ma- hony a bunch of fives the first time they collide on the path and they swear they'll be Johnny on the Spot with the goods, just to show Mahony they don’t go back on their word. Say, it's funny. Ome - of these guys has an arm on him like a bar- Tel and a mit as big as a Dupee ham. Ever since he went into office Mahony has become a vegetarian. He can’t eaf meat because it brings up memories of Butchertown. H shies at a meat wagon like a skittish hoise at a man in a shirt waist. “Well, I guess I'll have to choke off this spiel now. Here comes Abe Ruef, and me and Abe got to have a heart to heart talk about getting Jim MecElroy a job in the Sheriff’s office. Jim has a bad habit of sfnging ‘Oh Promise Me’ every time he gets a little skate on and he can't sing that song and hold down a job in the County Clerk’s office.” L ¢ i AAVE PROMISED T® HAND MARONY A BUNCH oF FIVE). - L J - A CHANCE TO SMILE. “I was out to Langley’s yesterday. He's added quite an improvement to his home."” “Wings?” “No, twins.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. “Isn’t that a brigantine that’s just com~ ing up?” inquired the first passenger. “I think not,” replied the seasick man near by. “I don’t remember having eaten a brigantine.”—Philadelphia Press. “Pa, why do they call this railroad =2 nk line?" “Oh, I suppose some woman traveled over it on her way to a summer resort along about the time they were trying to think up a name for it.”—Chicago Record- Herald. “I understand that you were very much shocked by the discovery of vice in your eity.” No,” answered the pelitical reformer; *“1 have suspected the existence of vice for a long time. What shocked me was the discovery that an old political enemy of mine was drawing the profits.”"— ‘Washington Star. . Church—Do you think thing in environment? Gotham—My, yes! I know a man who wears an 18 collar who resides at Great Neck, L. I.—Yonkers Statesman. there is any- “Er—what kind of cigars do you smoke, Henry?” asked Mrs. Newed, cautiously, little suspecting that Henry knew that Christmas was in her mind. “Six for a nickel. my de: “Any grocery keeps them.’ He was determined she should waste as little money as possible.—Columbus Jour- nal. The King smiled. When the King smiles the courtlers look pleasant. “Well,” he said, “‘there’s one royal offi- clal whose presence we can dispense with at the coronation.” “Kindly name him, your Majesty,” said the commandant of the Beefeaters. “It is the grand weather prognosticaa- tor,” replied the monarch and his smile deepened. “And why will he be omitted?” quired the royal mace bearer. “Because,” said the King as he gave them the merry ha, ha, “because the crown is the only Old Probabilities that we need. Just as soon as it goes on. i indicates the beginning of a lively reign! Then they all laughed together.—Cleve=~ land Plain Dealer. Rabbit Wh ps Snakes. A story of a remarkable fight comes from the jackrabbit cormers of West Vir- ginia. It is a well-known fact that the black- snake, when hungry, will prey upon birds or any animal which it can overpower in its deadly coils. A jackrabbit is, how- ever, considered a tough proposition, and for a pair of snakes to develop an ambi- tion to conquer ome ipt the full vigor of health is rather an exhibition of valor. G. Henry Hosack, of Keyser, W. Va., in describing an encounter of this kind, which he says was witnessed by himself and several friends a few years ago, sald: “I live near New Creek, a branch of the Potomac River. One day I and seve: friends were sitting on the banks of the river, fishing, when we were startled by the noise of breaking branches behind us and up the wooded hillside. Suddenly there came into view a rapldiv revolving ball of gray and black, which was spring- ing high into the air. “As the thing reached the base of the hill it paused a minute, and we saw a large jackrabbit completely encircled about the body by two blacksnakes, which must have measured five feet at least. The rabbit was tearing at the snakes with his teeth in a frantic effort to free him- self. The three rolled over and over upon the ground until they were within a few feet of the water's edge. Suddenly the jack must have got a lucky tooth jab into some part of the snakes’ anatomy, for one of the reptiles sprang through the air and landed out into the water. The ' other, realizing that it had to battle all alone with the ferocious jack. after holding on a moment quickly unwound itself and we; up the hillside, with the rabbit in hot u?s =8t Prhe " he replied. in- 3 ey were soon lost to view. snake which had been thrown into the river swam to the opposite bank and also disappeared. —_——— . Ex. strong hoarhound candy. Townsend's.* ————— Cal. Glace Fruit 50c per ib at Townsend's.* —_—— Townsend's California glace fruits, ¢ a agund.“!ntfire-etched boxes or Jap. bas- ts. A nice present for Eastern friends. 699 Market st.. Palace Hotel building. * ———— Special {nformation supplied daily to business houses and public men the Press Clipping Bureaa (Allen's), 510 Mant~ Zomery street. Teleohone Malp 106 *