The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 5, 1902, Page 6

9 The=godnzac-Call. WEDNESDAY............... FEBRUARY 5, 1902 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communiestions to MANAGER'S OFFICE PUBLICATION O W. 8. LEAKE, Manager. EDITORIAL ROOMS.....217 to 221 Stevemsom St. Telephone Press 202. Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Coples. 5 Cents. Terms by Mail. Including Postage: DAILY CALL (including Sunday), one, year. .$6.00 DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 6 months. .. . 8.00 DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 3 month: . 1.80 DAILY CALL—By Single Month. . 65 EUNDAY CALL, One Year. . 1.60 WERKLY CALL, One Year. . 1.00 All postmasterp are authorized to receive subscriptions. Sample copies will be forwarded when requested. Mail subscribers in_ ordering change of address should be particular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order to insure & prompt and correct compliance with their reques:. UAKLAND OFFICE ..1118 C. GEORGE KROGNESS, Mansger Foreign Advertising, Marguette Building. Ohicago. (Long Distance Telephone “‘Central 2619.") Broadwa: NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: C. C. CARLTON....c.csss0ss0es0s.Herald Square NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B, SMITH 30 Tribune Building NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, 31 Union Square; Murray Hill Hotel CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Sherman House; P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel; Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE....1406 G St., N. W. MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery, corner of Clay, open until $:30 o'clock. 300 Haves, open until 9:30 o'clock. 633 McAllister, open until 9:30 o'clock. 635 Larkin, open until clock. open until 10 o'clock. 2361 1941 Mission, corner Sixteenth, open imtil 9 o'clock. 1096 Va- open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until 9 corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open 2200 Fillmore, open until 9 p. m. AMUSEMENTS. Alcazar—'"The Danites.” Columbia—*In the Palace of the King.” Orpheum—Vaudeville. Orpreum—Benefit of the Charity Fund of the Theatrical Mechanical Association, to-morrow afternoon. Grand Opera California—""The Pride of Jennico.” Tivoli—"“The Ameer." ntral—‘Master and Man. utes, Zco and Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon and ng. Mecbanics' Pavi 3 —Juvenile Fairyland Carnival, Febru- acy Metropolitan Hall—Piano Recital February 12. Oakland Racetrack—Races to-day. AUCTION SALES. By W.H Horses, at 712 Broadway. @:‘:_ THREE MISSING LINKS. EORGE J. SEABURY of New York re- G cently addressed to Congress an earnest plea for the enactment of legislation which would supply what he callpd “three missing links” in the chain of our commecrcial prosperity. The first of these is an American built and owned merchant marine, the second the establishment of a Department of Commerce and Industries, and the third the con- : | struction of an isthmian canal affording the shortest route to the Orient. Of these three so-called links the first and last are imperative. The establishment of a Department the seems likely Congress will pro- it much sooner than for either of the others. icgislation in favor of the isthmian canal the promotion of the American merchant marine strong opposition is arrayed. That opposi- tion has always been able in the past 1o defeat the ectly or by indirection. The sition to the merchant marine bill is especially notwithstanding the fact that the Repub- in its national platiorms has repeatedly 1 liberal shipping policy, nothing vet been accomplished to put such a policy into operation. In his argument to Congress on this subject Mr. Seab says the enactment of a well devised ship- ping bill will insure orders and work for American Gers for years to come, will give employment » thousands of wage-earners, will create an exten- sive stry for the investment of capital, wiil make of Commerce is by no means so necessary as other two, and yet ide for Against and or two measures either d our commerce independent in time of peace, will | provide ampie transports in time of war, will give to | our industries rapid communication with all the ports of the world, and will assure to the American people over $200,000,000 annually, which is now paid out to foreign ship-owners transporting our exports and imports The importance of this link to the chain of com- mercial expansioa is too plain to be overlooked by any one who gives it anything like due consideration. Without adequate merchant marine it will be hardly worth while to establish and maintain a De- for an partment of Commerce, nor would the isthmian canal | avail us much if we had no ships to make use of it. At present upward of 92 per cent of our exports and imports are carried by subsidized foreign steamship lines. We cannot compete with foreign ships which are more cheaply constructed than our own by work- men at low wages and are manned and officered for much smaller wages and salaries than are paid on American vessels. With a well supported merchant marine the people of the United States would profit immensely by the construction of the isthmian canal, and the commer- cial competitors of this country are well aware of it. Thus it happens that the opposition to the canal and to the shipping bill includes almost every foreign influence that can make itself felt at Washington. Foreign ship-owners, merchants, manufacturers, bankers and ship agents in American ports are all hostile to anything calculated to extend and to strengthen our growing supremacy on the world's markets. We need not find fault with them for making their opposition felt in every way they can. It is their right to take care of their own. Our duty is to take care of our own. L S — There have been frequent reports that Queen Alexandra would adopt the lily of the valley as the coronation flower, but the Gardeners’ Magazine of London says the honor will be given to the rose, partly, because it has been the national flower of Eng- land for generations and partly because it is the faverite of the Queen herself, who has one of the finest rose gardens in the world and is very fond of it. Gorman of Maryland will return to the Senate with a big Presidential boom, but after the conven- tion is held he will probably land back in the Sen- ate again with a dull thud, Hord—This day, at 11 o'clock, Driving and Work | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1902 TOWNE-WORDEN RECEPTION DAY IS ENJOYED BY MANY FRIENDS THE PHILIPPINE DEBATE, HE appearance of the Philippine tariff bill in Tthe Senate has been the signal for a prolonged and acrimonious debate, which has not been ad- dressed to the provisions of the bill at al} but has ranged, wildly and at will, all over the subject of our relations to the islands and the islanders. ) Reading it one is compelled to admit that it does not raise the statesmanship of the Senate in public estimation. Tillman has flung at Lodge and Spooner, accusing them of supporting in the islands 2 concentration policy worse than Weyler's, and they have retorted that Tillman’s people down South burn negroes at the stake, and he has countered by citing the cremation of negroes in Kansas and Colorado. Senator Dubois has boiled with indignation because army officers criticize the opinions of Senators and citizens, and upon that subject attacked General Wheaton, making the tactical mistake of describing Wheaton as “a charity boy sent to West Point by some Congressman.” In the next day's debate the | other side rose all along the line armed with the army register and flung it into the teeth of Dubois, for it proved that Wheaton was not a West Pointer, { but had entered the army from civil life, as a private, like Miles, Shafter and most of the general officers of recent prominence. It did not occur to Dubois | to say anything, and the discussion went off on the | Manila censorship of the press, and a cross fire be- ilwcen Hoar and Money about the number of troops | furnished by Massachusetts and the South in our Revolutionary War! Then Tillman broke out in a | pustular way to present the figures relating to the | slaughter of Filipinos by Spain in three centuries | and by us in three years, and so on, the jangle jarred | day after day. 3 The people hunt the text of the debate in vain for |any statesmanlike enlightenthent upon the subject. The net impression gained is that leaders like Lodge iand Depew and many others on that side are fearful of their first expressions and impressions, when they declared themselves cpposed to taking and holding any island or extracontinental territory, and the Southern members prefer to criticize methods rather | than policies, because of the expansion sentiment in the South. No issue is made on the main question j‘a! all, and policy drifts. | One not accustomed to American ways would nat- urally suppose that this means permanent aimlessness and opportunism in Congress, and that men go to sleep on the question, waking up only to pay the cost | of an army in the islands, get their change back, and | slumber again. One thread runs through all the dis- { cord of sound and opinion. This is the constant accu- ! sation that reference to Philippine independence spurs the islanders to resist our rule and our arms. Sena- | tor Hoar's resolution for an investigation of condi- tions there has been stigmatized as encouragement of | disloyalty and resistance. But it appears that other | things said in Congress and in-the country have ex- !ztlly the same effect charged to Senator Hoar’s reso- | lution. Whenever it is advised that we hold on to | the islands because of their potential wealth, and for | what we can make out of them, it is eyident that the | most intelligent Filipinos share with the least intel- iligent an aversion to being treated as an orange, to | be squeezed for its juice. The proposition to hold | them in the colonial relation, import Chinese to pro- | duce a commercial surplus, and use the land and the | people as a means of material advantage to us, as their conquerors, is what rouses that spirit raised in them by Dr. Rizal, the patriot and martyr. An Ameri- can must concede the kinship of that spirit with our own aspirations and their realization wrought out in our scheme of self-government. While tactics are under discussion was it tactical for the American Superintendent of the Philippine i schools to order all the schools to celebrate Rizal's [birthday and read his appeals to his people for na- tional independence? Finally, let it be decided as the fact that Congress seems to drift because the people are drifting. Thé people started out in the belief that taking the islands meant the acquisition of more territory upon which American labor and enterprise would be exploited, |a new land to be settled by our race where it would perpetuate itself. The recoil from this unfounded | anticipation is taking place. The cry of the Ameri- {can Chamber of Commerce at Manila for removal of all restriction upon Chinese immigration, upon the plea that only Chinese coolies can work in that | tropical climate, is the raising of the first curtain to reveal a fact. When the people cease to drift Con- | gress will find its compass and rudder. The man who stole the redhot stove and the man who stole the grizzly were very good thieves in their day and generation, but Ohio thieves would make them journey far to rcarward and couch themselves, for a Cleveland dispatch says: “Two burglars paid {2 visit to Newburg Tuesday, and not only stole a | building from a man’s lot, but after they had entirely removed the structure tried to sell the lot itself to | people residing in the vicinity.” UT of the discussion which has followed in THE BINDING OF BOOKS. ! O Great Britain upon the arnouncement that { Mr. Carnegie has determined to supply his castle at Skibo with a library at a cost $50,000 | there has come a good deal of information concern- |ing what a rich man’s library should be according to | British standards. The Westminster Gazette, which has developed the subject by interviews with leading book dealers, re- ports that a considerable number of them discredit the statement that the cost of the library is fixed at the sum named. It is assumed by them that Mr. | Carnegie means to allow that sum for the acquisi- tion of books, but that it does not include the cost |.of binding them. Furthermore, it appears that in the judgment of the experts the binding is a matter of much more importance and of much more cost than the books themselves. ( One expert said that the entire $50,000 could be easily used up for binding alone, and even at that it would not furnish Mr. Carnegie with either a very big library or a very handsome one. When asked if a library could be choicely bound for $25000, he answered: “Undoubtedly, but its size would neces- carily have to be limited.” He cited a distinguished lady of London society who has spent more than §250,000 upon the binding of her library, and went on to say: “To-day in the auction marts of Europe books realize enormous prices on account of their binding. Volumes by no means rare or unique in themselves if offered for sale with a binding of Grolier or Canevari will excite the fiercest compe- tition among wealthy collectors. A copy of La Fontaine’s ‘Contes et Nouvelles en Vers,’ bound by Derome for Mme. de Pompadour, realized 17,000 francs. The purchaser paid at least 16,000 francs for the binding.” % 1 The same expert went on to say it is not infrequent of !nmong the rich people of London to have books bound at a cost of $500 each. The volume presented to- Victoria by the actors of Great Britain at her jubilee cost $1750, which was chiefly expended on the binding. \ -The demand for fine and durable bindings has of course stimulated the higher class of binders to make their trade a genuine fine art. They have not, how- ever, succeeded in surpassing their predecessors of the first period of printing, and the only explanation given for the failure is that of an expert who said: “It is urged that modern binders display a lack of originality in design and are but mere imitators of the old masters, but that observation is true of most decorative arts. The passion for reproducing old designs, in my opinion, is not due to lack of inven- tion or individuality on the part of the artist, but rather to the condition under which he works.” Dr. Metchlikoff of the Pasteur Institute of Paris is reported 1o have come to the conclusion that the whitening of human hair is due to the action of a microbe, and he is now trying to find a means of getting rid of the creature; so we may as well be on the lookout for the coming of a new tonic for the hair and be ready to take chances whether it will not kill the hair-as well as the wicked microbe. INTERSTATE COMMERCE. ALKER H. HINES, first vice president of W(h: Louisville and Nashville Railway Com- | pany, has issued a reply to the request of the Interstate Commerce Commission for a grant of larger powers to enforce the laws enacted to regulate railway rates. Referring to the report of the com- mission concerning the practice of the roads in making rebates to favored parties and making other | unfair discriminations in rates Mr. Hines says: | “The indisputable fact must be kept before the pub- lic that the prevalence of rate-cutting is an unanswer- able argument against giving the commission more power, because it is due principally to the commis- sion’s utter failure to perform its manifest duty.” The claim of Mr. Hines that his allegation is “in- disputable” is invalid on its face because it carries | with it the admission that the commission disputes it. There is raised an issue of fact between the con- | tending parties, and the country will have to decide between them. It is to be noted, however, in the first place that there is no dispute as to the practice of violating the law. Mr. Hines concedes that the violation takes place, and his only defense. is that railways are to be held guiltless because the com- mission does not do its duty. Mr. Hines says: “The paramount purpose of the law was to secure publicity and the maintenance of tariff rates. It is the express duty of the commission to keep advised and enforce the law. It has the widest possible powers of investigation, including the right to call for the production of all books, documents and papers, and it can require the District Attorneys of lhz United States to prosecute all vio- lators. These powers have been upheld by the courts. The commission, however, has not only failed to devote its time and energy to discovering and prosecuting violations of the law, but it has by its supineness®acquiesced in and encouraged them and has done all in its power to break down the force of the act and make it a dead letter by constantly pro- claiming that the courts have made its enforcement impossible, whereas not a single decision has im- paired the commission’s power to prevent rate cut- ting.” R The response to those charges can be found in the report recently submitted to Congress by the com- mission. Mr. Hines says the commission has the right to call for books and documents of the roads, but the report charges that the railway officials | “destroy vouchers and so manipulate bookkeeping as to obliterate evidence of the transactions.” -In another place, in referring to specific instances of the | violation of the law, the report says: “On some of | the lines the vouchers and other evidences of these | illegal rates were destroyed soon after the transac- tions were completed.” The assertion of Mr. Hines that the courts have | most every city of any importance in the not made a single decision which “has impaired the | commission’s power to prevent rate cutting” is met | by the statement in the report: “While it was un- | doubtedly the intent of the tenth section of the act | to impose a penalty upon the cofporation itself, un- der its peculiar phraseology it has, however, been judicially determined that .the corporation is not | liable. The agent alore can be punished.” In another | place it says: “The tenth section as construed by the courts does not punish otherwise than by a possibly nominal fine a departure from the published tariff unless there is actual discrimination = between shippers.” The report then goes on to say it is not practical to prove such discrimination because, in addition to showing that rebates have been granted in wiolation of law, it would also be necessary to show that similar rebates were not granted to other shippers at the same time on the same class of freight | and under similar conditions. | Finally, the commission directs attention to the | fact that even where the courts have sustained the law | the railways continue to violate it, paying no, more attention to the courts than to the commission. Thus the report says: “We simply call attention to the fact that the decisions of the United States Supreme | Court have produced no practical effect upon the railway operations of the country.” Unfair and illegal railway discrimination is one of the greatest evils that now afflict the industries and the commerce of the people. By means of such | violations of the law monopolies are built up, indus- tries are injured, and in some cases whole communi- ties are made to suffer by reason of unfair advan- tages given by the railways to competing points. Such are the facts, which Mr. Hines himself does | not deny. Some method must be devised for pro- tecting the industries of the country from such evils, and no better plan is at present in sight than that of strengthening the power of the commission and hold- ing it responsible for the enforcement of the law. Professor Hewett of London told the British Chemical Society the other day that a process has been discovered by which whisky can be distilled in a drinkable and matured condition, and that as a con- sequence the “finest possible whisky” could soon be sold profitably at retail for two shillings a bottle. This is surely going to be a hilariops century, g VA Ny : The people of New York have received almost providentially a warning to be on guard for their political rights and privileges. They have learned that David B. Hill and Lewis Nixon have reached a thorough understanding and that trouble i ahead. Goycn_!or Taft_ has given the alluring assurance that it will take time to establish a stable government in the Philippines. He probably forgot to suggest also that the effort will require something in the na- ture of money. . { ments. E. S. Babcock, manager, Coronado, Cal. | sided in Dresba ! | will be able to furnish you a list of such ! lahans, | money orders came into use in the United | | when_ the constitution came up for con- RS. A. M. TOWNE and Mrs. C. E. Worden were “at home’ yes- terday at 1101 California street and several hundred callers thronged the beautiful drawing-rooms. It was the last reception day of this fam- ily for the present, owing to the ill-health of Mrs. Towne, who is about to leave for Santa Barbara. There was something of a crush during the afternoon, as all those who enjoyed the delightful hospitality of these hostesses at their recent tea were among the number, as were also many who were concerned about Mrs. Towne's physical condition and wished to offer her parting good wishes for a speedy recovery. The decorations were not elaborate, as the elegance of the roois left little to be desired. A number of vases of cut flow- ers and foliage were in evidence and the artistic touch of the hostess was appar- @ i e @ ANSWERS TO QUERIES. RINGS—J. B. M., City. Rings for car- | rier pigeon's feet may be procured from | jewelers or dealers In sporting goods. ONE-CENT PIECE—G. B. H. City. | The coin you have is a 1-cent plece of | the coinage of 1798 and may be obtained | from dealers for 5 cents aplece. JACK LOWLER-B. K. City. The Call's index for three years past does not contain the name of any one by the name | of “Jack Lowler dying in Nome last sum- | mer or thereabouts.” | ISTHMUS COMMISSION-—M., Oleander, Fresno County, Cal. The Congressman of the district in which you live will on application furnish you printed reports of the work of the Isthmus Commission. MUSEUMS—C. G. F., Dayton, Nev. Al- United Statés has a museum. The Smith- sonian Institution, Washington, D. C., as make a specialty of fossils and of min- | eral collections. J POSTAL MONEY ORDERS-Rex, Cal-| Siskiyou County, Cal. Postal | States in 1864. Possibly the postoffice au- thorities at Washington, D. C., might be | able to tell you the date of the issuance of the first money order. i CLEANING SHELLS—K. P. B., Fol-| som, Cal. To clean shells make a lye by | boiling strong ashes, allow the same to settle, pour the lye upon the shells and boil them six or seven hours, or longer if the shells are large; then soak and wash them often in fresh water. HORSE LICE—§. T. F., Black Bear, Siskiyou County, Cal. It is said that the pest known as “horse lice” that attacks horses may be destroyed by rubbing ints | the roots of the animal's hair white pre- | cipitate, taking care to avoid sweating the animal for several days after the ap- | plication. PRIZE MONEY—O. 8. Molino, San Ber- nardino County, Cal. When the court of claims at Washington, D. C., shall have fully decided who is entitled to prize money for those who were in the battle | of Santiago due notice will be sent to all | parties interested. No public announce- ment of the date of distribution of the | prize money has vet been made. THE LETTER “M" ON COINS—J. M. 0., City. The $20 and $3 gold pleces and the Bland silver dollar are the only United States coins perpetuating the designer's | name. Underneath the lower line of the medallion of the gold pleces is “J. B. L." (James B. Langacre). In nearly the same position on the Bland dollar is the letter | “M.” It appears on the reverse upon the fold of the ribbon, uniting the wreath, | and is the initial of the last name of the designer, George J. Morgan. THE FEDERAL CONVENTION—His- tory, Lodi; Cal. At the convention of 1757, sideration, New Hampshire had 4 dele- gates, Massachusetts 5, Connecticut 3, New York 3, New Jersey 7, Pennsylvania 8, Delaware 5, Maryland 10, Virginia 10, North_Carolina 7, South Carolina 5 and Georgfa 6. Of this number 18 did not at- tend, 16 attended, but did not sign, and 39 signed. From this record it is apparent that the votes of the individual delegates counted. THE SCATTERING VOTE-L. D. P. City, M. D., St. Helena, and A. B. Vallejo, Cal. The following was the scat. tering vote cast for candidates for Gov- ernor outside of the Democratic and Re- publican candidates in the States of Mas- sachusetts, Ohio and Towa: Massachusetts—George H. Wrenn (D. S.), 10,67; Michael T. Berry (S. L.), 808; John B. Lewis Jr. (Pro.), 4780. Ohio—Pinney (Pro.), 978; Richardson (U. R.), 2718; Jurgens (S. L.), 299¢; Thompson i e » Towa—A. U. Coates (Pro.), 15, 3 Baxter (8. #85; L. H. Weller(béorr B HOTEL DEL CORONADO, chofcest \Vh\te.r' Resort in the world, offers best living, climate, boating, bathing, fishing and most amuse. ent in the arrangement of every detail. Very dainty and appetizing refreshments were served. Mrs. Towne and Mrs. Worden received the guests with their usual charming cor- diality. They were assisted by Mrs. H. E. Huntington, Mrs. J. L. Frasier, Mra. Chauncey Winslow, Mrs. M. W. Long- street of Los Angeles, Mrs. Alfred 8. Tubbs, Mrs. William H. McKittrick, Mrs, C. J. Baylle, Mrs. Fletcher Ryer, Mrs. Frank Johnson of San Rafael and Mrs. Benton Stevens of Harvard, Ill. Mrs. L. H. Bryan of 2422 Buchanan street, is preparing to leave on Saturday of this week for Mexico. Miss Rowena Burns and Miss Mabel Toy, two of so- clety’s most popular girls, will accompany her for the pleasure of the six weeks' trip. The two baby Bryans will complete the party. Mrs. Bryan expects to spend the time at her mother's artistic home in Mazatlan. Several young ladies are be- sieging Mrs. Bryan to take them as well and it looks as though the party will be conslde‘rnbly larger by Saturday morning. .8 e Mrs. Austin 8. Tubbs gave a pleasant luncheon yesterday at her residence, 2128 Broadway. Twelve guests were Invited The decorations were yellow. FEE Mrs. Worthington Ames (nee Preston) entertained in her new home for the first time yesterday afternoon. Her sister, Miss Edith Preston, was guest of honer. More than eighty friends were received. The drawing-rooms were decorated in a most artistic manner, red being the prevailing color. Those who assisted Mrs. Ames were: The Misses Spreckels, Mrs. Preston, Mrs. Len D. Owens, Miss Tiny O'Connor, Miss Hopkins, Miss Cadwallader, Mrs. McNutt, Miss Ames and Mrs. B."G. La- throp. » STy A dance was to have been given at the home of Mrs. W. H. Crocker last evening, but owing to the death of her uncle, Mr. Sperry, the invitations were canceled. Great sympathy is felt for the family. g e & riiplis A TWO MEMBERS OF THE SMART SET WHO WILL DEPART ON A | PLEASURE TRIP TO MEXICO THE LATTER PART OF THE PRES- | ENT WEEK. PERSONAL MENTION. 'W. H. Hatton, an attorney of Modesto, is at the Lick. Senator E. C. Voorhels of Sutter Creek is at the Palace. A. B. Corey, a rallroad contractor of Ogden, is at the Lick. Louis T. Wright, a mining engineer of Keswick, is at the Palace. A. D. Gassaway, a mining man of North Bloomfield, is staying at the Lick. George J. Coty, a vinegar manufacturer of St. Louls, is a guest at the Palace. J. J. Gorman, national organizer of the Knights of Columbus, is a guest at the Grand. Murray M. Harris, the well-known or- gan builder of Los Angeles, s at Lhe Grand. James McCudden, the well-known naval L contractor of Vallejo, is among the ar- rivals at the Grand. George L. Paine, a manufacturing jew- eler of Attleboro, Mass., is among the ar- rivals at the Palace. Dudley Evans, acting president of Wells, Fargo & Co., arrived from New York yesterday. He is at !he Palace. J. A. Brent of New York, who has min- ing properties in California, is here on a short trip.. He is a guest at the Palace. The Rev. Dr. Henry Moéttet, rector of the Church of the Holy Communion of New York, is at the Palace with his wife. ‘W. A. Rule, wife and family, arrived vesterday from Kansas City in a private car and are staying at the Palace. Mr. Rule is cashier of the National Bank of Commerce of Kansps City. He was joined in this city by F. K. Rule of Los Angeles, an official of the new Clark road. —_— Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Feb. 4—The following Californians have arrived at the hotels: San Francisco—R. H. Hugg, at the Ash- land; Miss N. P. Murry, at the Victoria; Mrs. L. Schwabacher, at the Savoy; Mrs. Berath, C. Cushing, Mrs. R. E. Miller, at the Grand; Mrs. L. Jones, at the Astor; H. L. Johnson’and wife, C. J. Squire, at the Herald Square; Mrs. Bruguiere, at the Gilsey; S. H. Friedlander, at the Delavan; J. P. MeCarthy. at the Holland. Los Angeles—C. H. Field, at the Cadil- lac; W. H. Pettibone, at the Imperial; F. A. Pollock, at the Broadway Central. San Jose—W. H. Alexander, at the Nor- mandie. - —_———e—— F.nge:'s and Toe- to Spare. Unique in the history of freaks is the six-fingered family of Dresbach, Minn, The family now consists of Mrs. Gaskill and ten children. The peculiarity belongs to the mother’s side. - Mrs. Gaskill's maiden name was Olive Cooper. She doesn’t know where she was born, but the family is probably of New York origin. She remembers only that she was a wanderer with the Cooper fam- ily at an early age, and that the Cooper family were basketmakers and vender: they led gypsy lives and crossed the co: tinent from New York to San Franeisco L e'?t‘:em("';gim family th n ere were children. Five of them had six fingers and five of them had not. The greatest peculiarity is that every alternate child in point of age, has the extra finger, and those who are not six-fingered are blessed with an extra toe, and those who have six toes have webs between their toes.. The extra fingers and toes have well-developed nails. Exactly the same conditions are fo)u‘nd la thlemG:'!km family. 1s. Gasl as married to Zaccheus Gaskill thirty-two yea and Xbach Since then 2nd has re- ten 1 riguez, o : A CHANCE TO SMILE. Rivers (exhibiting it)—This is a necktle my wife gave me. Brooks—What are you going to do with 134 Rivers (heroically putting it on)—I am going to try to live it down.—Washington Star. “Lady,” sald Meandering Mike, “have you any coffee or mince pie or—"" “Haven’t you been here twice before?"” “Lady, I have. I'm too good a judge of cookin’ to let such performances as yours 8o without an encore.”"—Washington Star. Farmer Honk—What sort of people are your city relatives that are visitin' up at your heuse, 'Gustus? Farmer Bentback (grimly)—Aw! They're the kind that when they pay ye a visit act like they wanted a receipt for it.— North American. “I suppose if you had your way,” said | the temperance man, “you'd abolish water altogether.” “Not at all,” replied the candid saloon- keeper; “‘there wouldn't be much profit in whisky if we couldn’t get any water to put in it."—Philadeiphia Record. - “I see that some of the British nobs are | getting quite excited over the awarding of the distinguished posts of grand carver and grand butler and a lot of other coro- nation jobs.” “I wonder who will be grand garbage bearer?”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. “Oh, Horace!” wailed his young wife, “I have just found out that ‘Ajax, our beautiful Angora cat, has been leading a double life!” “That makes eighteen, I suppoge,” said Horace. “What has he been doing?" “You know, I let him out every morn- ing, because he seems to want to go and play out of doors. Well, I have discov- ered that he goes’over to the Robinsons and Jets them feed_him apd pet him."— Chicago Tribune. “Mr. Meekton's wife sald yesterday that she was never going to speak to him again,” said the woman. “You don’t say so!" exclaimed her hus- band. “Is she angry, or trying to be con- siderate?’—Washington Star. Citiman—I hear your fellow townsman, Mr. Backlotz is quarantined at home on account of smallpox. Subbubs—Yes, there's smallpox in his house; one of the children sick. But it ain’t as bad as it might be. Citiman—No? Subbubs—No. The servant antined there, too.—Philadeiphia. Leeliar" a Press. Ex. strong hoarhound candy.Townsend’s.* ———————— Cal. Glace Fruit 3¢ per Ib at Townsend's.* Townsend's California glace fruits, Sc pound, in fire-etched boxes or Jap. bas- kets. A nice present for Eastern friends 639 Market st.. 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