The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 26, 1902, Page 6

. THE SAN CISCO CALL, WED SDAY, FEBRUARY 76, 1902. WEDNESDAY..... .FEBRUARY 26, 1902 JOHN D. SPRECKELS Froprietor. Addrese 211 Communications to W. 8. LEAKE, ¥anager. MANAGER'S OFFICE.......Telephone Press 204 PUBLICATION OFFI€] Market and Third, S. F. Telephone Press 201. EDITORIAL ROOMS. ..217 to 221 Stevenson St. Telephone P Deélivered by Carriers. 15 Uents Per Weel. Single Copies. 5 Cents. Terms by Mail. Including Postage: DAILY CALL (including Sunday), one year. DAILY CALL (inclnding Sunday), 6 months 2.00 DAILYACALL (including Sunday), 3 mo 1.50 ¥ CALL—By Single Month.... 85c DAY CALL. One Year...... 1.59 KLY CALL. One Year .00 All postmasters nre anuthorized to receive wabseriptions. Sample coples will srwarded when requested. ing change of address should be W AND OLD ADDRESS in order Mell subscribers in o particular to give both > tc insure a prompt and correct compliance with their request. OAKLAND OFFICE ..1118 Broadway c. GEOR = Manager Foreign Advertising, Marquette Building. Chidage (Long Distance Telephone *Central 2618.”) NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: €. €. CARLTON.... ...Herald Square NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH 30 Tribune Building Waldorf-Astoria 31 Union Square; rray Hill Hotel Brentano, 'S STANDS: ireat Northern Hotel: WASHINGTON (D. C.) O ..1406 G St.. N. W. MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery, correr of Clay, cpen until 9:30 o'clock. 300 Haves, open until 9:30 o'clock. 63! McAllister, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until $:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Marke:, corner Sixteenth, oven untii 9 o'clock. 1096 Va- lencie, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until 9 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open until ® o'clock. 2200 Fillms open until p. m. AMUSEMENTS. Columbia—*"Way Down East.” A Midnight Bell.” 'he French Maid.” g the Chutes.” nade.” ner Grocery.” Family.” vaudeville evers afternoon and Hall—Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Hall-Emma Nevada, March 3. rd’s Pavilion—Winter Circus. ana Racetrack—Races to-day. AUCTION SALES. Layng—Thursday, February 27, Horses, et n G h—Friday, Feb. Sutter street. o = = PROMOTING THE STATE. N and his asso- Francisco settlement of what is known as Northern California. It the , orchard and vineyard of San Francisco, the production, whose commercial drainage is is Francisco cannot do its duty to resources and possibilities and a potential greater than have been the boast of empires. e, irrigation, settlement, small holdings and en- ise are required ir their development. Southern ornia has resources peculiar to that region. Her ght wintet climate attract an increasing el, the profi erally diffused as the profits of land culti- in the north. At this moment the hotels, s and private houses of that part of the State are bulging with refugees from the harsh Eastern reso winter. Bankers are sleeping on billiard tables, their wi are swinging in hammocks, while earlier and lu comers nestle in beds. We are glad that 0. But we must make it known to the indus- and rural clas of the East that Northern Caliiornia winterless land, and while it makes of tourist travel the advantages > a ) speciaity of its climate run to the permanent settler and tiller of the soil. In region are thermal belts from Porterville to Oroville, where cititis fruits flourish untouched by ywhere the olive, fig, grape, 3 In the by the country roads where date seeds are s by eaters of the fruit the date palm springs yws, as oaks spring from acorns in the East. s a land flowing with milk and honey, and full waiting to be wrought upon by irost or pome i palm grow in a balmy air. of corn and wine human indvstry. It has been a region of large land holdings. In cre the great Mexican grants and the enormous plantations. But these, at first profitable as stock ranges and vast wheat fields, are no longer so, in the hands of holders who do not personally till them. So their subdivision into small holdings has become an economic and financial necessity, and is progress- What small holdings, well tilled, will do der the personal supervision of the owner may be seen in Tulare County, in Fresno and in that most beautiful foothill and mountain region in the world, Placer County. Up one side of the great valley of California, from PorterVille to Chico, and down the other from Red- ding to Vacaville, and on the level of the wide val- lies the best and richest part of the carth, the most various in its resources and in its productions. Collateral to it are Santa Maria, Salinas, Santa Clara, Russian River, Napa and the other full jeweled valieys of the Coast Range, pre- senting a majesty of scenery and maze of resources which confuse the mind with an embarrassment of riches. All is to be touched into life by a union of country improvement associations, the commercial bodies of San Francisco and the railroads, all pulling together with joint strength to convey to the outside world an adequate impression of Northern Cali- fornia 2 ing rapidly. ey between. A European dispatch says that of all the capitals of Europe this winter St. Petersburg is the gayest and brightest in a social way, and it may be the Czar hopes to be a leader of the swell set, and has given up his peace projects. Jerry Simpson has arisen in Kansas to advige the Populist party to diffuse itself into the ranks of De- | mocracy. That would be like joining the dead, and we may look upon the advice as a funeral sermon that holds out no hope of resurrection. - 28, High-class Water | from which are as legitimate | PRESIDENT AND SENATOR. HE President bad invited Senator Tillman to ! T dine at the White House with Henry of Prus- ia, and the Senator had’ accepted. ‘Between | the acceptance and the dinner—between the cup and the lip, 2s it were—the Senator, in pursuance of his | policy of aspersing the conduct and impugning the | motives of other Senators; accused his colleague of an offense the most serious of which a member of that body can be guilty. The icircumstances were such as, greatly to try the Senator who was accused, and he immediately declared the accusation to be a gross, deliberate and willful falsehood. man rose and smote kim on the ear, and was in turn | smitten on the nose. This occurred in the open session of the Senate. The combatants fought until they were separated by the officers of the Senate, and then were adjudged guilty of contempt and their Senatorial functions were suspended until the Senate chooses to restore {them. There have been high times and passionate | passages in the Senate before, but we believe no | blow was ever landed before by one Senator upon. the body .of another during a session of that body. The attack by Representative Brooks upen Sumner was in the chamber, but not during a session. Foote {walked down the aisle and drew a weapon on Ben- {ton, who cpened his coat and cried, “Let the assas- | sin fire!” but the trigger was not pulled. Clay and Randolph went to Bladensburg to fight, and the Sen- | ate in session has not before been the scene of actual | combat. | Say what one may about the United States Senate, lit has deserved its fame as the most dignified legis- | lative body in the world. To tarnish that fame is no §1ig11t matter. Tillman was the aggressor in the act | that has done this. If the President had disregarded his act and the resultipg suspension he would have s | improperly condoned the highest offense that has | been committed in our Senatorial history. If Till- | man had ‘more than 2 barbarian’s sense of the fitness of-things he would have voluntarily recalled his ac- ceptance of the dinner invitation, frankly giving as a reason that he was under suspension and did not de- sire to embarrass the President. But ~such. pro- | prieties do not occur to the South Carolina Senator, and he compelled ths President to recall the invita- | His conduct is consistent with his whole course | since he entered the Senate. His “pitchfork” speech, {the first he made in that chamber, was a coarse agd ! brutal and false attack upon President Cleveland and | Secretary Carlisle. It violated every rule of the Sen- |ate set up to preserve the decencies of debate. It | aspersed in the most outrageous manner the Presi- {dent of the United States, accused him falsely of crimes, the guilt of which should have subjected him not only to impeachment but to prosecution in the criminal courts and to punishment by imprisonment. From that beginning Senator Tillman has cease- | { | | | |lessly nagged, accused, aspersed and abused other iScnamrs in every discussion in which he has taken {part. He has at no time engaged in a philosophical | discussion of principles or measures. He has uttered {no word that becomes a statesman, and has con- | tributed nothing of merit to the political literature | of his time. His inconsistencies are well illustrated |in this last affair. He attacked McLaurin for voting ifor the Spanish trea Yet he supported Bryan in 11900, and Bryan boldly claimed the credit for in- | ducing Senators on his side to ratify the treaty. It | was ratified by one vote, and it is not denied that that | vote, cast by a Southern Senatér, was secured by 4| Mr. Bryan. Had he stayed away from Washington the ‘treaty would have been amended and made dis- tinctly declarative of our Philippine policy. After supporting Bryan in 1900, stumping Northern. States {in his interest and insisting even now that the party | shall continue under his leadership, Tillman turns Eupon McLaurin and makes a vile attack upon him for following Bryan’s leadership! He seems incapable of 'seeing any but a criminal | or improper motive for any act antagonistic to his views. He has declared over and over again in the Senate that those who oppose him are corrupt and dishonest, and at last his brutal and ungovernable | temper has led to an act which the Senate must pun- {ish and which the President cannot condone. We are aware that there are those in the country who will approve.his conduct. So no doubt there zre those who would like to see the Justices of the Supreme Court fall foul of each other and fight on the bench. But the vast majority of our people prize the decency and the dignity of official life and will support the Senate and the President in uphold- ing them. 5 S — It is worth noting that the Congressional Record recently illustrated a speech by Congressman Bell of Colorado with three pictures. By and by it will is- sue a colored supplement with gaudy views of Sena- torial knockouts, and then there will be a wild de- mand for it and the Government can raise the price. WA‘R TAX REPEAL, Wl’avor of the war tax repeal bill gives good reason for expecting at least a majority in favor of it in the Senate, dispatches from Washington indicate that it is by no means sure the bill will be accepted by the Senators in its entirety. It is already known the Senators will not deal with the subject hastily. It is said the Finance Committee of the Sen- ate, to whom the measure make a thorough inquiry into the sufficiericy. of the present income of the Government to meet the heavy appropriations which will be made at this ses- sion before reporting upon the bill, and that they may reach the conclusion that it is not expedient at this time tc repeal the whole of the war taxes. It is agreed, of course, that the revenues at present are excessive and that some reduction in taxes should be made, but it js by n6 means agreed that the coun- try can afford at this time a cut of upward of $80,000,- 000 in annual revenues as the total repeal of the war taxes would effect. It is pointed out that while the pacification of the Philippines has gone so far that the numerical strength of the army of occupation has HILE the unanimous vote in the House in mated the cost bf government in the islands this year will not fall short of $100,000,000, and, furthermore, some account will have to' be taken of probable exigencies, for rebellion may break out again at any time. - Another factor in the problem is the uncertainty that the revenues of the Government from other sources will continue to be so large in the c ming year as they were in the past. Senator Aldrich is quoted as having said recently: “The reduction made in taxation by the last Congress resulted in cutting down the internal revenue receipts since July 1 to this date upward of $19,000,000, but a° large and steadily growing increase in customs receipts +makes the aggregate reduction, compared with - the jto filibustering. « Ao . Then Till- | as been referred, will | been reduced and expenses cut down, still it is' estiz corresponding period of last year, less than $13,000,- 000. A decline in customs would make a scrious in- { road upon the revenues; and, should there be an in- | crease in expenditures as the result of an emergency that may be regarded as imminent now that the { United ‘States has acquired colonies in the East and | West Thdies, and of the voting of large sums to meet i‘thc requirements of pending legislation, the excess of reventie now enjoyed would be largely diminished, if not ‘ped out, and the treasury might be called | upon to actively disburse some of the accumulated surplus, | While these factors are matters of uncertainty, pru- dent financiering will require that they be given due consideration. The country of course will be well | pleased if the whole of the war taxes can be repealed. | The vote in the Hous¢ showed that there are no par- tisan differences on that subject. Still a surplus is | bettey than a deficiency and it is gratifying to know that the able financiers of the Senate are not going to indulge hasty legislation on the subject. There are times when the slow-moving, long-debating Sen- .GOLD PRODUGTION. curately than the House; and this is one of them. OME time ago The Call directed attention to S an article by Professor Shaler of Harvard pre- | dicting a large increase in the outgut of gold by reason of the discovery of new gold fields and the increased facilities for working them brought about by the advancement of science and the applica- tion of new inventions for mining. That paper, by ¢reason of the emingnce of its author and the seem- ingly sound basis of its arguments and conclusions, naturally gave rise to a good deal of discussion. Gold is a-very important factor in the commerce and finance of the world, and anything likely to materially increase or diminish the supply inevitably arouses interest throughout the civilized world. While the arguments of Professor Shaler were strong they were to a large extent speculative. They proceeded upon the assumption that new gold fields in Alaska and Australia would add’to’ the annual out- put, that the production of South Africa would in- crease as soon as the mines could be again worked, and that the improved appliances for mining would augment the product of old mines, so that in the aggregate the product of the future would be con- siderably in excess of that of the past. Such argu- ments have an unquestioned validity, but the Finan- cial Chronicle of New York points out that the facts of gold production do not correspond to the theory. In fact, the output of gold under present conditions appears to have reached its climax and is now re- ceding. Taking official estimates of the world’s output for recent years the Chronicle presents statistics show- ing an increase up to 1899 and a decrease since | that time. Since 1896 the figures are tabulated thus: Fine Ounces. Value. - 9,820,075 $202,998 626 11,483,712 237,288,998 414,016,374 289,743,680 415,220,263 314,630,233 12,684,958 262,220,915 212,804,344 266,549,300 It will be seen that for a time the increase in the output of gold was very rapid, but of late years there has been a decrease. A similar condition of affairs occurred upon the discovery of gold in California and Australia. For a time there was an enormous advance in production, but lateg.on a decline set in. Basing conclusions upon the facts of history the esti- mate is made that the richest yield of the new mines, whether in Africa, Alaska or Australia, has been al- ready obtained and that we are not likely to have any further increase unless new gold discoveries are made. It will be perceived that the argument against Pro- fessor Shaler’s theory is hardly better than that of the professor himself. The subject is one upon which no certain forecast can be made. It may be that the decline in production since 1899 is due only to a tem- porary check, and that tHere will be another period of increase in the near future. It appears, howevér, that the output is too uncertain and too liable to checks for any one to be seriously afraid that we shall have such an enlarged production of gold as to dis- turb values and wreck the existing monetary &stem. ; A CHANGE OF SENTIMENT. NE of the significant features of political dis- cussion at this time is the general expression of disrespect for the House of Representa- tives as a legislative body. The press of all sections and of all parties discusses “the decline of the House,” and points out that the Representatives have virtually abdicated their functions as represen- tatives of the people and have turned their branch of Congress into something like a nullity. 4 It is easy to recall a time when very different opinions prevailed. It is not long ago that the House was commended because it shut off debate and promptly dealt with whatever measure came be- fore it. In those days popular condemnation rested upon the Senate. There were ¢lambrs for reform in the Senate. It was even suggested that it would be a good idea to elect Tom Reed to that body so that he cotld introduce the Reed rules, put an end to long-winded speeches and bring matters to a con- clusion. The explanation of the change of public sentiment is to be found in the changed nature of our political problems. The issues of tariff rates and of free silver had been argued until the people were tired. When it came for. Congress to act no one cared to hear fur- ther debate. The country needed and demanded ac- tion. The course of the House in shutting off de- bate was therefore approved, while the Senate, where the talk went on for weeks and months, was de- nounced as an obstruction and a nuisance. At thistime there are new issues tc the front. Upon questions of legislation arising from our possession of the Philip- pines and our relations to Cuba, the public is not yet wearied of debate. Hence the House is now con- demned for being over hasty and the Senate wins golden opinions for permitting a full and free discus- sion of every isstte that arises. There can be no questioning the fact that the House has carried its obstruction to debate too far, 1t has passed a Nicaragua canal bill, not after full dis- cussion, but hurriedly, and has left it for the Senate to decide whether the canal shall be constructed by that route or another. It sent the Philippine tariff bill and the war tax bill up to the Senate in the same elaborately in the Senate because they have not been discussed at-all in the House. By its action in this respect the House has lost its prestige in legislation and its influence with the country. It will do well if it make a revision of its rules. The representatives of the people have no right to gag themselves for the mere sake of crushing a minority and putting an end ate represents the judgment of the people more ac- | hasty way. - These meastres will have to be discussed - | valuable claims in Mexico, 1 PRESIDENT OF A BANK AL THOUGH HE IS BLIND (O HERBERT L. PIERSON, WHO IS PRESIDENT OF THE SECOND NA- TIONAL BANK OF ORANGE, N. ING HIS INFIRMITY, CONDUCTS LARGE BUSINESS AFFAIRS. — e ¥ ROBABLY the only bank in the United States, if not in the world, which has a blind man for president is the Second National Bank of Orange, N. J., the directors of which recently elected Hubert L. Pierson its ex- ecutive head. Plerson has been‘a stockholder in the bank since its or- P PRI Y J., AND WHO, NOTWITHSTAND- ganization ten years ago, and during the greater part of that time.has been a member of the board of directors. He has always been punctual in his attendance at board meetings and his advice and counsel have been respécted by his associates. 1 Pierson is a man of wealth, ar‘fd. notwithstanding his infirmity, conducts a large business in South Orange, where his home Is. He owns two flour and feed mills and personally manages ‘them, besides attending to affairs in his office. He also is an investor in real estate and owns larga pieces of property in the town, and he makes and keeps tmack of investments in other lines. Pierson' has heen blind for fourteen years. He was always an active man and fond of outdoor exercise, and one day he determined that he would per- sonally undertake the blowing up of a tree stump on a piece of his property. He laid the powder and fuse and retreated to a safe position, but the expected explosion did not occur. Thinking the powder was damp, he went to and, bending over the fuse, peered closely at it, when the rectly in his face, destroying his sight. the tree, charge exploded di~ Except when he visits the barber’s and goes to the Lackawanna Raflroad station Pierson is always accompanied by an employe in going about South Orange. ‘When he visits Orange, where the bank of which he is president 1s situated, he sends word in advance and has a messenger boy g0 about with him. In his business transactions Plerson s represented by his wife, who has his power. of attorney. He is able to write legibly, is well informed on current events and enjoys a good cigar as much as he ever did. of age and was born in South Orange. PERSONAL MENTION. H. D. McCoy of Bakersfield Is at the Palace. C. R. Van. Osdel, a mining man of Tuo- lumne, is at the Grand. F.A. Hihn, the capitalist of Santa Cruz, is a guest at the Grand. Dr. Henry Abrahm has returned from a two years’ trip to Europe. A. R. Dentke, a merchant of San Jose, is among the arrivals at the California. Manager Agler of the Southern Pacific is out on the road on a tour of inspecion. ‘Wilbur Parker, a mining man, who owns is at the Grand. J. J. Hebbron, an extensive cattle raiser of Salinas, is among the arrivals at the Grand. 8. F. Stein, a merchant of Stockton, is down here on a short business trip. He has made his headquarters at the Cali- forgia. A¥ G. Mills, vice president of the Otis Elevator Company of New York, is tour- ing the coast. He registered yesterday at the Palace. A, W. Milligan, who holds the respon- sible position of buyer for the Union Iron ‘Works, is here from New York. He is at the Palace. John Willls Baer, general secretary of the United Society of Christian Endeavor, will arrive in this city Saturday. During his visit to the city he will be tendered a reception and banquet. ————— Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Feb. 2.—The following named Californians have arrived at the hotels: San Francisco—F. H. Blanding, J. Dur- kin and wife, at the Astor; W. H. Deming, at the Criterion; L. O. Levison and wife, at the Savoy; S. Mayer, at the Manhat- tan; W. White, at the Grand Union; C. Gray, I. M. Scott, at the Holland House; C. D. Porter, at the Imperial. San Jose—J. Ruff, at the Hoffman. -To Foil Bank Robbers.; Thomas Barnes, a bollermaker, residing in Anaconda, has invented and secured patents” upon an improved safety vault for the use of banks or mercantile houses, that will, so the inventor claims, do away with the wholesale robbing of banks and ‘business houses, postoffices, etc., of which there has been so much during the past season. The fundamental idea of the new vault is to have it built in a conspicuous place in the building, presumably in the front of the room next to the street. The vault is to be erected upon an up- right skeleton frame sufficiently elevated from the floor of a bullging or the ground to expose the lower side of the vault, the latter being built on a net work of hori- zontal floor beams, tied together and held engaged with their supports by ‘novel means. The vault is completely encompassed by a gallery that affords heavy plate glass sides that permit a free inspection of the exterlor of the vault from the outside. By a clever arrangement of mirrors the whole of the vault and the approaches to it are made visible to those, working on the inside of the building or to persons passing along the street. Thus there is no possible chance of tunneling to reach the vault and the mirrors arranged in the roof and on the sides of the vault will ex- pose any person approaching the vault. Another advantage that Mr. Barnes claims for his invention is that it may Pe erected on the second story of a build- ing as easily as tne first. In this manner ke rooms are available for banking purposes which would not otherwise be so. ——— e ‘Women dislike a -womanly man as much as they hate a manly woman. - ———————— HOTEL DEL CORONADO, cholcest Winter Resort in the world, offers best living, climate, boating, bathing, fishing- and most amuse- ments, E. S. Babcock, manager, Coronado, Cal. / Pierson s 53 years B o e e B e e T S e e ol A CHANCE TO SMILE. “No,” sald Brother Dickey, “I don’t keer fer no high seat in heaven, fer I might get dizzy an” tumble down on to de golden pavement, an’ h't myse’f. All I wants is des ter git on de inside er de gates.”—Atlanta Constitution. “Your work {s brutalizing,” sald the vegetarian to the butcher. “I don't see how you can have any heart in it.”” “I may have no heart,” replied the con- sclentious man of meats, “but I have some very choice liver.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Teacher—What is the meaning of the word ‘“excavate?’ Small Pupil—It means to hollow out. Teacher—Correct. Now form a sentence in which the word is properly used. Small Pupil—Stick a pin in a boy and he will excavate.—Chicago Tribune. “I suppose you realize that you are now at a critical period of your career,” said the friend. “I do," answered the new member of Congress. “I am kept awake wondering which of the old, old stories the people who get up anecdotes are going to make me the hero of.”—Washington Star. Sutton—I never could bear Hartley; there’s something about him I don’t like. ‘Wilson—That's queer; he always speaks well of you. Button—that's just it. How can you like a man who disguises his sentiments in that way?—Boston Transcript. ‘“Poor Pelican! He bought a costly Christmas present for another fellow's girl, and the other fellow came 'round in a towering rage and promised him a lick+ ing.” ) ‘What did the girl do?” “She kept the present.” “I wonder if anybody's as unlucky as I am,” grumbled the first pessimist. “I never have any luck at all.” “Huh!” snorted the other, ‘“you're lucky. It's better to never have any luck at all than to be always having bad luck like me.”—Philadelphia Press. Mrs. Hiram Offen—And do you think you could do the cobking for the family with a little help from me? Applicant—No, ma'am, I do not. Mrs. Hiram Offen—You don’t? ‘Applicanj—No, ma’am, but Om sure Of cud do it widout anny help from you.— Philadelphia Press. Bacon—What was the trouble between you and your wife? Egbert—Oh, only a little difference about some repairs to a hole in my trousers, Blcon—Well.row did it come out? Egbert—Oh, {t's all patched up naw.— Yonkers Statesman. & —— Can Make People Tall, The French women have long been eagerly anxious to be tall, like their Eng- lish sigters, and a Parislan doctor has lately come to their aid. He lengthens the limbs by stretching the joints through the application of electricity. He claims to be able to add two and one-half inches to the height in the short space of six months. % — e EX. Strong hoarnound candy. Townsend's.s —— e, Cal. glace fruit 50cper1bat Townsend's.s ——— e ;- Townsend's Californla glace fruits, 50c a T Jap. bas- 639 Market st., Palate Hotmn‘. s ————— Special information suppliea business houses and public me:‘;‘; u:o Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont.. Main 1042, « 9 All gomery street. Tu!eplu;m ———————eeee One bottle of Burnett's Vanilla better than three of doubtful kind. m":.: : Though ing a few cents more ‘bot mlmmnnlfion‘ww | Hehry C. Payne of Wisconsin, Postma "SOME ANSWERS TO QUERIES BY | CALL READERS I TIFICES—Self-Taught | | | | o is no plural to artifices, it being the pl of artifice. SYNONYMS—S. T., City. Ome of the all works on synomyms | most complete of is “Crabbe.” | NOT A RARE COIN-W. J. C., Palo | Alto, Cal. A twenty-dollar plece of 154 is sed by numismatist as a rare | CHRISTIAN SCIENCE — Subseriber, | City. The full name of Mrs. Eddy. the | founder of Christian Scien s Mary | Baker Glover Eddy. | DURRANT—Reader, Napa, Cal. Theo- dore Durrant, who tried for murder { and executed, had but one-trial. He took {zm appeal to the Supreme Court, but he | was refused a new trial OLOGY—Self-Taught, v. This de- partment has not the time to search the ! latést dictionary for list of all the | sclences ending in ology.” +0 STUDY HIST T.. City. One | of the best books to enable you to study history systematically Larned’s “His- | tory for Ready Reference and Topical | Reading.” PRESCRIPTIONS-D. J. C., ( | physician who wrote the pre | submitted is the one who can explain w they were preseribed for. This depart- ment cannot advise you. BIOGRAPHIES—S. T., City. If you will go to the reference-room of the Free Pub~ lic Library you, can corsult an Eng lish biography that will give you a de- tailed account of all the prominent fami- lies and people. NEGRO BLOOD—Subscriber, City. It is claimed it is possible to discover that a person has negro blood in the veins by an examination of the whites of the ‘eyes and the color of the nails. The idea is expressed in Boucicault's “Qctoroon. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR—D. S McK., City. If a man dies Intestate it be- | comes the duty of the Public Administra- tor to take charge of the estate, no matter how many relatives there may be. After | he has placed the case in eourt the parties interested may apply to have another ad- ministrator appointed. THE CABINET-—W. H. C., Redding, Cal. The Cabinet of President Rooseveit |on the 4th of February, 1%2, was com- | posed of John Hay of Ohio, Secretary of |-State; Leslie M. Shaw of Iowa, Secretary of the Treasury; Elthu Root of New York, Secretary of War; Philander C. Knox of Pennsylvania, Attorney Genera ter General; John D. Long of Massachu- setts, Secretary of the Navy; Ethaa A. Hitehcock of Missouri, Secretary of the Interior; James Wilson of Iowa, secretary of Agriculture. COWPUNCHER ARTIST—-W. H. H., Loleta, Cal. Ed Borein is called the “cowpuncher artist” because he was for a lofig time a cowpuneher or cowbo. While enagaged in that business he de- veloped considerable talent in sketching cowboy scenes. He offered his sketches to The Call and a number being accept- able they were published and in that manner his work was brought to the at- tention of the public. A number of the Eastern periodicals have reproduced pic- tures of his from The Call, and they are attracting much attention. A letter ad- dressed to him in care of the Sunday de- i partment of The Call will reach him. | STUDYING LAW-—M City. If it s yeur desire to study law and you wish to read up, you had better read Blackstone, Kent's Commentaries, works on law of evidence, United States constitution and copstitutional law, the codes of this State, works on contracts, and these will suggest others. After you have read a number of these books and familiarized yourself with the precepts laid down and the law of the State, you should them spend a year or two, according to your aptitude to acquire knowledge, with a | reputable attorney, in ovder to learn something of the rules of practice. By that time you will be able to apply for ad=- m’ssion to the bar. B.KATSCHINSKI PHILADELPHIA SHOE 0. 10 THIRD STREET, SAN FRANCISGD, 30 A Real Smart Style in Patent Leather. Military Heels. Why are we the leading shoe dealers? Because we give values that cannot be found elsewhere. 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