The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 22, 1902, Page 6

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AMUSEMENTS. —“The Mountebank." he Toy Maker.” Central—"The Fire Patrol.” or the White Rose.” Columbla—*The Princess Chic."” Orpheum—Vaudeville. Grand Opera-house—*Don Caesar de Bazan. Chutes, Zoo and Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon and evening. Oskland Racetrack—Races to-day. SENATOR HOCAR’'S RESOLUTION. SET\'ATO}_{ HOAR'’S resolution calling for the appointment of = committee to inquire into the situation in the Philippines and to report the whole truth to the Senate gives promise that at last we shall have sufficient light upon the subject to un- derstand the contradictions that appear in the re- ports of the il authorities in the islands when com- pared with those of the military authorities. Accord- ing to one set of officials “the Filipinos are rapidly becoming reconciled to our government, while ac- cording to the other they are as hostile as ever and will require stringent military government for years to come. There is doubtless a means of determining which of these divergent views is the more accurate, and no better way of arriving at that determination can be devised than that which Senator Hoar pro- poses. As matters stand we know hardly as much about the situation in the Philippines as we do about that in the Transvaal. The islands are far away and the majority of Americans are more or less indifferent to the problems involved in their government. Con- sequently it is only when some notable disaster occurs to an American troop that we pay much at- tention to what is going on there. It appears, how- ever, from 2 report of General Bell, just published by the War Department, that the condition of affairs in Batangas province is decidedly serious, whatever it may be elsewhere. According to that report the General has found that lenient treatment of the na- tives produces no good results and has decided upon another plan, which includes a “reconcentration” policy and a drastic prosecution of war against all outside the “zones” in which the friendly inhabitants are to be gathered. The Hoar resolution was referred to the Philippine committee, of which Senator Lodge is chairman. That course was taken because Mr. Lodge declared that to deal with it otherwise would be a reflection upon himself and upon his commiittee. Under such circumstances the committee can hardly fail to take action and enter upon an investigatiop which will bring to light the whole truth of the situation. In urging his resolution Senator Hoar reverted to the statement of General Otis that 40,000 troops would have to be maintained in the Philippines for 2 considerable period, and noted that at the time it was received with incredulity by some members of the Senate. It proved, however, to be an under- estimate, for, as the Senator went on to say, we have now 70,000 men in the islands and are expending from $75,600,000 to $100,000,000 annually to maintain them there. He estimated the total cost of the.group to us up to this time at about $500,000,000, and rightly claimed that we ought to know what progress we have made during the years of our government and what we have gained for our money. Whatever differences of opinion may exist con- cerning the anti-imperialist opinions of Senator Hoar, there can be none with respect to his request for more light on the subject. There are many problems of Philippine legislation to be dealt with by this Congress, and it will be ‘able to deal with them more wisely by having before it the truth and the whole truth concerning the military situation. Reports that Senator Platt of New York is threat- ened with paralysis may not be strictly true, but the #act that New York politicians are discussing who shall be his successor is convincing proof that the old man is not as vigorous as he was. All the talk about New York's Four Hundred will have to stop, for according to reports there were 500 persons present at the latest Astor ball, and of course whoever Mrs. Astor entertains is part of the social cream. 9 Another striking illustration of the truth of the thought that the leading passion is strong in death has been given to the American public. William Jennings Bryan spoke a few days ago to.the students of Harvard. The Alameda County Jail would be an excellent place for a fellow to choose a habitation for the satis- faction of 2 life seatence. He would have to drop dead to fulfill the law’s commands, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1902. e ——e—— ' THE PRINCE'S VISIT. 4~HE German Kaiser ‘wanted a yacht. He T wanted a good yacht, and naturally sent to this country to have it built. Since 1850 we have held the record for building the best yachts that float, and the Kaiser, being able to pay for the best, sought it where it is to be found. Now naturally a yacht has to be launched. Like a duck, a yacht is hatched on land, but must take to the water, and this imperial yacht is no exception. As the boat is built in this country its owner, who is himself a sailor, of course wants it to be launched with all the ceremony which the sons of Neptune as- sociate with the launching of a boat. A lady must officiate and she must break—not spill, but break— a bottle of wine on the bow of the gliding craft just as it leaves the land for the water. If the bottle is not broken it is a bad sign. It must be a bottle of wine, or the launching is a hoodoo. Our good tem- perance people have often tried to substitute water, or coffee, but sailors refuse to go.in a ship that had such a baptism. The bottle and its contents being settled, a lady must be found to break the one and spill the other. ‘What more natural than that the Kaiser, having the right to choose, selected the daughter of President Roosevelt? The occasion is one that celebrates and glorifies American ship-building, and the young lady of the Presidential family represents the country, and it is most proper that she do the christening. The Kaiger has a sailor brother, who is very nat- urally sent over to witness the launching as a rep- resentative of the owner of the yacht. He is'a Prince of the house of Hohenzollern. They are a respectable | family. They started as land-owners and tillers of the soil in the Black Forest. They kept out of stocks and speculation and kept on buying land, and be- came Landgraves and Herzogs, and finally went into granger politics and owned so much land that the head of the house became an Elector, and went down to Frankfort when a German Emperor had to be voted for and cast his ballot in the old Kaisersalle, and then banqueted with the other Electors and toasted the new Emperor in bumpers that no head in Germany to-day coculd stand.* The next step in the progress of this landed family was the erection of their estate into the kingdom of Prussia, and one became King. A hundred years _Ialer the family fur- nished an Emperor for Germany, and now his grand- son, this Prince Henry, is coming over to look at a country where every man is an elector. He will be treated with the courtesy due to the descendant of the owners of the highland of Zollern. He will compliment the daughter of our President when she christens his brother’s yacht, and the young lady’s father will have him over at the White House to dinner. He will lock down upon the two houses of Congress from the President's gallery and then will come as far West as Chicago and see them stick pigs in Armour’s slaughter-house. He will be treated with hospitable civility and will get some new ideas from his brief visit to the greatest country on earth. And that's all. European diplomats are seeing great - signs and portents in all this. It raises before them the vision of a German-American alliance, and assumes the dimensions of a master move in welt-politik. One of them gees so far as to say that no other European knew so well as the Kaiser “Low susceptible the American people are to royal notice and royal flat- tery. Nowhere will the condescension of a crowned head win such adulation as in the republic.” This diplomat does not know us at all. We wish our Government to be polite to the representatives of all Governments. Politeness, of the heartfelt sort, is our national characteristic. But the condescen- sion is on our part entirely. Prince Henry is a nice young German gentleman, but he is no curiosity. We are accustomed *o meet nice Germans here. We have long known Schurz and the late Dr. Otten- dorfer, and German gentlemen and scholars who by coming here became the equals of Prince Henry and his brother, and we like him the better because these were his countrymen. But this does not mean that we are going to jump into his lap, or fence in ground pressed by his foot or darkened by his shadow. His coming and his going will have soctal and not politi- cal significance. In his youth we entertained his royal uncle, now Edward VII of England, and danced with him and showed him our best, and remained Americans. We do not lose our heads about these royal visits, and our heads are in less danger of being lost than ever. e e e The New York Chamber of Commerce has de- clared for reciprocity, and it might as well have de- clared for free trade. The New Yorkers, in fact, are not particular about American industry. So long as they can bandle all imports they are all right. THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION. ENNSYLVANIA’S appeal to the States ‘to- | P unite in a call for a constitutional convention is being slowly responded to.” Michigan, Colo- | rado, Montana, Oregon, Idaho and Nevada are re- ported to have officially notified Congress through their Legislatures that they desire a convention called for the purpose of amending the constitution. A resolution to the like effect is pending in the Mas- sachusetts Legislature, while Louisiana has adopted a memorial asking Congress for the repeal of the fifteenth amendment. These applications to Congress are made under article V of the constitution, which provides ~that' Congress “on application of the Legislatures of two- thirds of the States shall call a convention for pro- posing amendments which * * * shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of this constitu- tion when ratified by the Legislatures of three- fourths of the several States, or by conventions in | three-fourths thercof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress.” The Pennsylvania movement for a national consti- tutional convention was undertaken because of the failure of every attempt to carry through the United States Senate a constitutional amendment providing for the election of United States Senators by direct | vote of the people. It will be remenibered that a few years ago there was a long series of scandals and deadlocks in connection with the election of United States Senators, and that out of them arose a clamor for reform. Every attempt to effect a reform was, however, defcated by the Senate itself, and there- upon the Pennsylvanian plan was undertaken. That only six States have thus far responded may be taken as good evidence that it will fail. It may be easier after all to get the Senate to consent to be reformed than to get two-thirds of the States to call for a national convention which might undertake a good deal more than is desired. : There is a strong feeling that the public welfare Lsuch as can be promoted by amending the constitution in many ways. .It is believed, for example, that a com- prehensive scheme of irrigation cannot be carried out wi}hout giving the General Government larger powers than it has at present, and there are other degired reforms, such as pure food laws; railroad reg- ulation and marriage and.divorce laws, that have sup- porters sufficiently earnest to favor a constitutional amendment to provide for them, The advocates of these various reforms taken in the aggregate un- doubtedly/form a considerable and influential por- tion of the people. .Consequently if they all acted to- gether the_ chances for the call of a national conven- tion would be good. It happens, however, that they are not at 2ll likely to act together, for while each set wishes to see its own amendment adopted it is not willing to trust, tlie’ whole scheme of federal gov- ernment to the hazard 6f'a convention clothed with sovereign power to- propose any number of amend- menfs-to the States for ratification. iy As a matter of fact.a constitutional convention ment to the-constitution they will be able t6 obtain a submission of it to the-States by%d two-thirds vote of Congress. That method of procuring amendments entails hard work and long ‘waiting, but it«is better than taking chances with a convention. - The recent winding up in Massachusetts of the affairs of the Berkshire Agricultural Society, which is said to be the oldest organization of the kind in the United States, is taken as proof that the decadence of agriculture in New England has reached a point where county fairs are o longer profitable unless accompanied by more vaudeville than rural exhibits. Thc majority of the people of that section take no interest now in even a prize pumpkin unless served in pie shape as a side sho PHILADELPHIA DEMOCRACY. E have directed attention to the activity of the Democrats of Boston and pointed out W how eagerly they are searching for.men" of culture and scholarship “to accept nominations for high office”; we have also cited the sentiments of the Democracy of Kentucky as expressed in Colonel Watterson's perfervid call for “Shockheads to the front”; we have discussed the true inwardness of the movement in New York to redeem Tammany from the inside by retiring Croker and putting Nixon in his place; and now it is time to give a casual notice | to ‘what the party is doing in Philadelphia. * The aim of Pennsylvania Democrats has been. a little different from that of their ‘fellow Democrats in Massachusetts, Kentucky and New York. They have had no search for culture, no call for shock- heads, neither have they had any tiger to put under cover for a year or two. The faction fight between the foes and the friends of ‘Quay among the Repub- licans of Pennsylvania, have given the Democrats of that State a fair prospect of victory in the Phila- delphia_elections, provided they ‘can” harmonize and, unite for reform, and consequently the songs and the slogans of the party leaders for months past have been all for harmony. and brotherly love. Last week the convention of the party was held to nominate “candidates for city magistrates. There were more than 1000 delegates and something like 7000 boomers present, for -the hall was a large one and arrangements had been made for a’ grand dem- onstration of Democratic civic patriotism. The tem- | porary chairman, we are told, “congratulated the Democracy upon - the: '. eatj\and truly representative gathering.” Then Cify €ompissione# Ryan compli= mented the tempdrary chairman upon his fairness in preparing the roll, and noted that it was the first regular ccnvention for years in which all the ele- ments of the party were represented. Then a per- manent chairman was nominated and elected unani- mously, and he made a speech expressing “his”grati- fication at the reunmion. ‘and harmonization of the Democracy, and hoped the conduct of the conven- tion would commend itself to the public, who looked to the united Democracy to make the fight for hon- est government.” The next step was the appointment of a commit- tee on resolutions, and when it was announced it was perceived that one faction had five representa- tives on the committee and the other faction had but two. Then the convention became Democratic. The Philadelphia Record says: “It became an ungovern- able, - yelling, roaring, pushing, riot-threatening mob.” The committec made a report, and an at- tempt was made to call the roll for a vote by wards, but the vote never got beyond the Fourth Ward. It was upon the announcement of the vote of that ward that “Constable Max Lieber disputed Michael Dona- | hue’s report to the chair; Donahue and Lieber glared at each other and clinched for a wrestle. Half the convention rushed toward them. In came nearly a dozen policemen.” i That ended the convention. ~First -the galleries were cleared, then the platform was cleared, then the floor was cleared, and then the lights were put out and further proceedings were postponed to another day and to a smaller hall. It seems a clear <case of the triumph of the Ken- tucky idea over the Boston idea. Culture tried to work a five to ‘two ccmmittee on the sheckheads, but the shockheads wouldn't stand for it. Harmony and unity are songs of yesterday, for npw thes Demo- crats of Philadelphia chant nothing jbut battle-cries and dance none but war dances. Rudyard Kipling has risen to say that the “flan- neled fools at the wickets and the muddled oafs at the goals,” of whom he made mention in his poem, are not the young athletes who are with the army in South Africa, but those who remain at home. All the same the common-sense of the world will refuse to admit the justice of giving such names to young men simply because they refuse to aid Chamberlain in carrying out a war which is at once wanton and costly. —_— It is said the cadet barracks at West Point have not been remodeled or improved since they were erected nearly a centory ago, and are so crowded that rooms de.signed for two cadets are now fre- quently cccupied by four. It is evident from that showing that new buildings must be provided, and thus we find another place to put some of the sur- plus that has been troubling the treasury. Fate seems to be ugkind ‘t‘o Admiral Schley, who appears to be destined to suffer new indignities. The Democrats in Congress, with an unkindsiess which is positive cruelty, threaten to make him a party issue. A farmerin the wilds of interior New York has agreed to swup his wife to a ‘friend in exchange for two cows and three dogs. This undoubtedly was an unusually severe hardship on the cows and the dogs. Another romance of the tireless European cor- respondent hgs sunk into the limbo of exposure. Charles Schwab, the steel magnate, won only $20 at Monte Carlo- GRS ot : has. been' proposed- by Pennsylvania. -a.nd called for by . the- six - States fiamed ” is - t0o tisky. Whenever the people really demand an amend- | |[FIRST DAGUE A VALUABLE HEIRLOOM| TO nISE DOROTHY CATHERINE DRAPER IN THE FIRST DAGUERREO- TYPE TAKEN IN AMERICA, AND AS SHE APPEARED IN A PHO- TOGRAPH WHEN IN HER NINETIETH YEAR. RREOTYPE g = IXTY years ago, when photography othy Catherine Draper, who died a the first daguerreotype taken in this announced his method of imprinting the graphic plate, which he perfected a year ject. popular. In describing his system Profe best effects, but later this was dispensed ing even the “buttons and buttonholes™ graphed, could be made. and on the ninetieth anniversary of her exhibition, and attracted much attention. PERSONAL MENTION. F. E. Mennel, an oil man of Hanford, is at the Lick. D. Cushman of Mission San Jose is at the California. G. A. Daugherty, an attorney of Sali- nas, is a guest at the Grand. Charles G. Bonner, an extensive raisin manufacturer of Fresno, s at the Grand. Charles King, an owner of several oil wells and an extensive cattle dealer, is at the Lick. J. W. R. Parker, a merchant of Salinas, is down here on a short business trip and has made his headquarters at the Lick. Ogden H. Feathers, supreme commander of the Knights of Pythias, returned from Honolulu yesterday and will shortly re- turn to his home in the East. A. B. C. Denniston, general Western passenger agent of the Great Northern Railway, with headquarters at Seattle, and C. E. Stone, assistant general passen- ger agent of the same road, with head- quarters at St. Paul, are at the Palace. Californians in Washington. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—The following Californians have arrived at the hotels: Raleigh—Francls J. Henry, A. Dernham and family; Arlington—A. Berner; Na- tional—Joseph McElroy; New Willard— S. Gillespy. All of San Francisco. e How the Finns Bathe. A primitive sort of Turkish bath is in- dulged in by some of the Finlanders of Northern Norway. In winter in this part | of the country the thermometer averages 40 degrees below zero and water bathing is not practicabie. These Finlanders, unlike the Lapps far- ther north, have an instinet for bodily cleanliness and manage to preserve it after the following fashion: Paul du Chaillu, who spoke from personal expe- rience, declared the method fine. Each hamlet has a bathhouse for common use. It is perhaps fifteen feet long by twelve wide. It boasts no windows, and only when the door is opened can air or light enter. In the middle of the interlor is an ovenlike structure of bowlders’plled one upon the other. Rows of seats constructed of the branches of trees run along the sides of the wall. There is no other furnishing. Bathing day comes once a week—Sat- urday. Larly in the morning of that day wood is brought and a fire started. When the stones become het the fire is | put out, the place cleaned, a large ves- sel of watcr and some slender birch twigs brought in and the preparations declared complete. As no dressing-room is provided toilets ore unmade and made in the various homes. - It is scarcely necessary to add that no time is lost in the progress from the home tc the bathhouse. No clothes and a temperature of 40 degrees below zero are incentives to haste. When all of the boys and men are in the bathhouse and the door closed water is thrown upon the hot stones until the place is filled with steam. Perspiration pours from the sweltering bodies, yet more active exercise is demanded and switches come into play. Bach bather lays on his neighbor with a will until “Enough!” is cried. Again water is thrown upon the stones, more steam raised and another switching indulged. in. As may be imagined the bodies are now as red as boiled lobsters and the blood circulating actively. A roll iu the snow completes this novel bath. —_————————— Duck Found in Fish. The remarkable discovery of a full- grown duck in the stomach of a halibut is reported by Captain Kilgore, of the Unitéd States revenue cutter Rush, now stationed at Sitka. The fish, an unusually large one, was caught by one of the Quarter- masters of the cutter November 13. In a letter to the Post-Intelligencer, dated No- vember 14, Captain Kilgore describes the landing of the fish and the discovery of the Lird as follows: “It has been the habit of the crew when the cutter comes into the harbor to set a troll near the vessel for halibut, which are found in these waters weighing from 50 to 7 pounds. When Quartermaster Peder- sen, an enthusiastic fisherman, hauled in his line yesterday morning he was reward- ed with a fine halibut, weighing 170 pounds. The landing naturally produced quite a commotion on board. But the sur- prising feature occurred when the halibut was opened in the process of distribution to the messes. ‘A blue-bill duck as large ‘as a mallard was found in his stomach in a perfect state of preservation, its flar bill, feet and feathers all in place as in life. The fish, evidently not satisfied with his meal, feathers not being very digesti- ble, came along, took the hook, baited with salt herring, which resulted in his capture. I have seen thousands of fish opened, from smelt to shark, and knew that sea birds caught, fish, but this is the first instance in my e: lence when the ordered was reversed and a duck found in a fish.”” { " The letter-*1” is always in visible, it is never out of slxht." s ninety-fifth year, sat for her plcture, and that likeness, which is now pre- served as a valuable heirloom by members of her family in England, was coated copper plate, Miss Draper’s brother, Professor John William Draper, then a resident of New York, was experimenting with a collodion covered photo- There had been great drawbacks to Daguerre’s method because it required a sitting of at least half an hour’s duration, and when Professor Draper intro- duced his invention, which consumed about ninety seconds, it immediately became it was necessary to cover the sitter's face with a white powder to bring out the- Fifty-seven years after she had her first picture taken, tographed, by her nephew, Daniel Draper. The old daguerreotype was carefully preserved, and its original is now in possession of Sir William John Herschel's heirs in England. During the World’s Fair at Chicago, in 1883, it was placed on B i e e was in its experimental state, Miss Dor- few days ago at Hastings, N. Y., in her country. In 1839, when Daguerre first likeness of a human face on a silver later, and his sister was his first sub- ssor Draper relates in his memoirs that with, and ‘an excellent likeness, show- in the garments of the person photo- birthday, Miss Draper was again pho- A CHANCE TO SMILE. “He's quite a prominent politician here, | is he not?’ inquired the visiting Briton. *Oh, no, he's a statesman,” replied the native. > | ““Well, what's the difference?”” | “A statesman, my dear sir, is one who | is in politics becauge he has money. A politician is one who has money because he is in politics.”—Philadelphia Press. i “It’'s too bad about Biffers’ little boy, isn't it?" “What is?” “They say he was born without a pal- ate.” “Really? Well, say, he'll be just in time | for the coming period when everybody is | to take nourishment in the shape of com- | pressed capsules.”—Cleveland Plain | Dealer. Mr. Gaswell-How cheap can you bufld a colonial mansion if I conclude I want one? Architect—About $15 or less. Mr. Gaswell—I don’t understand you, sir. . Architect—When you spoke of cheap-| ness I took it for granted you meant Phil- | ippine colonial style.—Washington Star. Bobbs—How did .you like th& melo- drama? Was anybody killed? . } Slobbs—No; the audience yelled for ths | author, but he wouldn’'t come out.—Tit- Bits. “Charley, dear,” sald young Mrs. Tor- kins, “I saw a headline in the paper about events on the gridiron.” “Yes?” “Well, T wish you would read the arti- cle. I never heard of it before; but I| think that a cooking school contest must | be a perfectly lovely idea.—Washington Star. Great Quinine Consumption. Enormous quantities of quinine are con- ! sumed in this country. It is cheaper now than ever before. Many remember when | it cost from $230 to $3 an ounce, before the tariff was taken off. Now it costs about 50 cents an ounce. The New York Press puts it this way: The druggist on | the next corner charges 10 cents for a ! dozen two-grain capsules of quinine. The | one in the middle of the block charges 7 | cents. Both are “‘cut-rate” houses. Now, | let's see: An ounce of quinine costs the | dezaler 31 cents. Each ounce contains 450 | grains, sufficient for 240 two-grain cap- | sules, or twenty dozen, sold over ths counter for §1 40 to §2. Capsules cost 20 cents a pound and there are enough in a | pound to contain many ounces of quinine. The quinine the druggist sells for $2 costs him (capsules included) 32 cents. He is making, therefore, a profit of over 50 per cent on what is actually a household ne- cessity. It is no exaggeration to say that quinine is a staple. In numerous localities it is eaten as regularly as food. Men and women pour it into the palm of the hand and toss it down their throats. Ohio and Florida—my! my! The Government might regulate the price, as the English Gov- ernment does in India, where quinine is more necessary that meat. Quinine is sold | at every rural postoffice in India at the | rate of five grains for a farthing. That is ten grains for a cent, or 48 cents an | ounce, retail. In Bengal alone 1,440,000 | five-grain packets are sold apfually. The Goverfiment used to import ,000 worth of quinine every year, but Lieutenant Colonel King, superintendent of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Caicutta, has intro- duced its cultivation in India, and there are now 4,000,000 trees in Bengal. A Historic Mirror. When John Adams was Vice President of the United States more than 100 years ago he paid $40 for a little giit-framed mirror, and there has been trouble about it ever since. Several Senators. in the course of the debate over the payment for its purchase took occasion to censure Mr. Adams for having set an example of unwarranted extravagance. The mirror was purchased in New York, brought to ‘Washington and put in place in the room occupied by the Vice President, and for a great many years was pointed out to rural visitors, who were entertained with more or less accurate tales of its history. As years went on the Vice President's room grew in elegance and the little his- toric mirror seemed to grow smaller and less ornate. Finally, three years ago, it was sent ta the storeroom, whence it was resurrected and placed on the wall of the District of Columbia committee Toom by the clerk, Charles Moore, who had inteiligence enough to appreciate the beauty of its simple design and its value as a relic. , Shortly afterward Senator Hoar and some of his colleagues heard the story of the exiled mirror and grew indignant, so, with the consent of Senator Frye, the President of the Senate, it was brought back and given a place of honor on the wall of the Vice it’s beautiful chamber, which it is hoped will be fts final resting place. . | SOME ANSWERS QUERIES BY CALL READERS —_— ‘HAWAIIAN ISLANDS-I W. F., City. In 1890 the population of the Hawallan Islands was 89,990 and in 1900 it was 154,001 Ml B AL NO HELP FOR ANTAGbONIS'l;.—yP;'l:)"::: City. In the game of crib no pl call upon his antagonist to assist him in making his score. PR E B THE LAST DAY—A Regular Subscriber, Tracy, San Joaquin County, Cal. The evening of the last day of a year is prop- erly called New Year's eve. WALKER, THE FILIBUSTER-C. S. | L., Sonoma, Cal. You will find an inter- esting account of the career of Walker, the filibuster, in Hittell's History of Cali- fornia. AFRICAN BUILDINGS—A. O. 8., City. There are no frame or wooden buildings in South Africa. All buildings are of an inferior quality of brick laid in mud and cemented on the exterior. MECHANICAL TRADES—Subscriber, Santa Cruz, Cal. There are three schools | in San Francisco in which boys can learn mechanical trades, namely. the Lick School of Mechanical Arts, the Wilmer- ding School and the Cogswell School. AN OLD BOOK—$S., Valley Springs, Calaveras County, Cal. Without knowing | the title, of the book it is impossible to state if “a book published in the French language 250 years of age”” has any value. ICE—J M. W., Ukiah, Cal. The papers published in the United States that are devoted to ice and refrigerators are: Ice ‘World, Albany, N. Y.; Cold Storage, New York, N. x.; Ice Trade, Philadelphia, Pa. THE OREGON FAIR—J. P., City. The great fair in the city of Portiand, or., wl}l not be held in the year 1902, but in 1305, some time during the summer, it being the centennial of the Lewls and Clarke expedition. CHARITY-J. C. N., City. For informa- tion in relation to societies In San Fran- cisco that dispense charity to the sick destitute address a communication to the general secretary, Miss Virginia Fiteh, 3 Bush street. DANCING—W. F. I, Bethel, Contra Costa County, Cal. A number of churches, while not prohibiting dancing, frown down | such. This department has not been able to discover any edict to the effect “that dancing is unholy.” THE LORD'S PRAYER—A. R., City. In the Encyclopedia Britannica you will find under the heading of the Gospels a long account of the Lord's Prayer and the changes therein. This department has not the space to give the explanation. WAR VESSELS—R. S. and E. T., City. The latest tabulated report of war ves- sels shows that the United States had ninety-seven commissior..d vessels, twen- ty-nine auxiliary and twenty-nine con- verted vessels. Germany had ninety-six vessels and ten auxiliaries. REDUCING WEIGHT—D. M. F., City. If you have followed the directions In physical culture for reduction of welght and have reduced yourself to a satisfac- tory point you should discontinue the same, only to resume the course should you find that you are again gaining flesh. FROM VIRGIL—City Subscriber. “Tros tyriusque mihi nullo discrimine agetur” is from the Latin of Virgil and means ““Tro- jan and Tyrian shall be treated by me without difference.” The modern applica- tion is: *“Both parties are equally indif- ferent to mie and I shall act impartially between them.” ~ OPERA—Palm Springs, Riverside Coun- ty, Cal. ' The statement of your friend that “San Francisco is too poor to have a number of operatic celebritles at one time” is not in accordance with the facts. During the last season of opera In this city there was in one cast the followirg named celebrities: Eames, Sembrich, De Reszke, Tavecchia, Fritzl Scheff, Du- friche, Reuce, M. Sestri and Campanari. ARTICLES OF DIET—Curlous, City. It is said that certain articles of diet are beneficial in certain allments, as follows: Celery, for rheumatism and nervousness: lettuce, for insomnia; peanuts, for indiges- tion and diabetes in the corpulent; onions, for neuralgia; spinach, for gravel; ripe fruit as a blood purifier; watermelon, for epilepsy; cranberries, for erysipelas, and tomatoes, for the liver. HEMATITE—Laytonville, Mendocino County, Cal. Hematite or specular iron ore is one of the most common ores of iron designated by its color Into red and brown rematite. It does not attract the magnet. These ores are composed chiefly of peroxide of iron and are a very im- portant solirce of metallic iron. They oec- cur largely in metamorphic strata and are found sometimes crystallized in vari- ous forms. MOUNT SHASTA—W. C.., Weaverville, Trinity Co., Cal. The height of Mt. Shas- ta, 14511 feet, is sufficlent to admit of the peak being seen from a vessel going north or south of San Francisco. To see it, how- ever, it would have to be a very clear day. The range of vision is one hundred and eighty miles and the mount is but 156 from the shore line. On a clear day the mount is visible north of the Humboldt county line. Between it and the ocean there is a peak 8000 feet high. PIN MAKING—Subscriber, City. In the United States no effort at pin making was made until the wat of 1512, when the ia- terruption of commerce had raised th: price of these useful articles to $1 per paper. At the old State prison in whgt was then called Greenwich village, now a part of New York City, the first attempts at pin making were tried, and similar at- tempts were made in the Bellevue Alms- house in 1829, but both trials were given up as failures. Meanwhile Lemuel W. ‘Wright of Masachusetts jnvented machin- ery to cheapen and improve the manufac- ture of pins. He did not succeed in in- troducing the machines in this country, 80 he went to London, England, and there obtained a patent in 1824. The first ma- chines aid not succeed, but by improve- ments success was achleved, and solid- headed pins were placed on the market in 1833. In 1832 machines were made by John 1. Howe of New York and were patented in the Urited States. These were the first self-acting machines that really succeed- ed. At first they made the wire head, but by improvement they made the solid head. The Howe Pin Company was established in Birmingham, Conn., In 1838. Another large company was established about the same time at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and that was finally consolidated with the American Pin Company of Waterbury, Mass. Ex. mnm:' Cal. Giace Fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's.® pound, n ire-stched boxes or Jup. pan: 9 Staket St Patace Hotel bunane d daily. Special information, to houses and public men the Clipping Bu (Allen" i‘p gomery street. T:l:r‘.;uu !w':’.‘ lnu‘!. . 4 —_—— Nearly 1,000,000 women the fleld éom d-y'l:brev':; 000 "women fhey work for- thelr food " may 14 There is no such class anywhere els: 3 ———— The saving of a few cents on a. bottle of V: nilla Extract will not atone for annoyance of having dessert “just a little off” in flaver. Always buy Burnett's, the standard quality.