The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 11, 1902, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL , TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1902. ..MARCH 11, 1002 TUESD.A\'.. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. W 1t . 8, LEAKE, Nanager. Address A1l Communieations MANAGER'S OFFICE, PUBLICATION (IFI";CE t ¥ DAILY CALL tincluding Bus one year. »” DAILY CALL (including Sunday), § mon! n.00 DAILY CALL (noluding Bunday), 8 momthe, 1.00 subrorip Bample coples will be forwarded “when requested. Mall subseribers in ordering change of addrece should te partioular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRISS in order % insure & prompt and correct compliaice with their request. OAKLAND OFFICE..............1118 Brondway €. GRORGE KROGNIESS, Mo nager Foreign Advertising, Marquetts Building, Chioago, (Long Distance Telephone “‘Central 2619.”') NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: €. ©. CARLTON.... Herald EW YORK REPRESENTATI 80 i STEPHEN B. SMITH...... Tribune Bullding NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, 81 Unlon BSquare; Murray Hill Hotel. CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Eherman House: P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel; Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE....1408 G St., N. W. MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery, corner of Clay, open until 9:30 o'clock. 300 Hayes, open until 9:80 o'clock. 033 McAllister, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until $:80 o'clock. 1951 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, corner Sixteenth, open until § o'clock. 1098 Va- Jencia, open until § o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until 9 <'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open until 9 o'clock. 2200 Fillmore. open untfl § p. m. AMUSEMENTS. Fischér's Theater—*"The French Maid.” —*“The White Slave.” he Serenade.’’ Miver Twist.” ‘A Coat of Many Colors.” “Arizona.” Orpheum- ‘audevyille. Grand Overa-house—*"The House That Jack Built."” Chutes, Zoo and Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon and evening Sherman-Clay Hall—Concert. Metropolitan Hall—Paderewski evening, to-morrow. Woodward's Pavilion—Winter Circus. Oskland Racetrack—Races to-day. AUCTION SALES. By Occldental Horse Exchange—This day, 150 Horses, at 721 Howard street Auction Sale—This day, Horses, at 721 Howard street, Auction Sale Friday, March 14, at 10 o'clock, trotters and st 100 Golden Gate avenue, pacers the presentation of a comprehensive bank- OURRENOY LEGISLATION, b B ing and currency bill to the House the issues involved in the reform of our monetary sys- teim are presented to the country in a definite shape, and there I8 a prospeet they will Be settled at this It ls not to be expected that the bill will satisfy everybody, but it deals so fairly with all the financial interests of the country that while it may undergo amendment if will doubtiess receive Republican support substantially as reported, The time is s0 opportune for legislation of this kind that Congress might well waive minor objec- tions for the sake of prompt action. The important matter is to put our monetary system upon a well orderell basis, and to get it out of the arena of party politics, so that there will be no political disturbances hereafter in the operations of our banking and cur- rency The old saying, “In time of peace prepate for war,” has ite application here. In times of financial security and business prosperity preparations should be made for meeting panics and hard times when they come. In his message to Congress President Roosevelt urged action upon this question, saying: “In many respects the national banking law fur- nishes sufficient liberty for the proper exercise of the banking functions, but there seems to be. need of better safeguards against the deranging influences of commercial crises and financial panics. Moreover, the currency of the country should be made respon- sive to the demands of our domestic trade and com- merce.” The banking bill reported to the House is designed 1o meet just the needs pointed out by the President. It purposes to transfer from the Government to the banks a large part of the responsibility of protecting the gold reserve of the country, to provide a cur- rency responsive to the needs . of trade that will cverywhere equalize the average interest rate and thus remedy one of the most serious drawbacks to industry and business in the West and South, and to remove every doubt concerning our standard of valve. § That there will be purtisan opposition to the bill is of course to be expected, and yet it would seem that the Democrats of the South and the Populists of the West might well be plepsed with the measure since it is designed to give those sections a larger more eclastic currency than they now possess. It provides a means for putting into circulation the money now locked up in the treasury, and, moreover, it enables communities where capital is scarce to ob- tain currency without having to lock up capital in Government bonds. In short, it offers advantages to districts’ far removed from financial centers which they have not enjoyed before, and furnishes them an ecasy way of profiting by the capital of the whole country and having a currency circulation at all times responsive to the demands of their enterprises and at low rates of interest. Shortly before retiring from the office of Secretary of the Treasury Mr. Gage in an address to the American Bankers’ Association said: “Looked at from the standpoint of true statesmanship it would appear that the present is the most propitious hour in all our history, and as favorable as any period we may hope for in the future, to enter upon reasonable and judicious measures to eliminate all elements of financial weakness which experience has brought to light and to perfect our now faulty system of cur- vency.” With that statement intelligent men of all parties will agree, and while there will be of course differences of opinion concerning some of the de- tails of the bill reported by the House Committee on Banking and Currency, there will be a general grati- fication that the issue is to be met at once and that the necessary changes in our currency system are to be ymade while we are in the right condition for em. session of Congress and ROUGH RIDER BRYAN., R. BRYAN has concluded tb seek fame by M assaulting the Hill of New York, as a politi- cal ‘Rough Rider. The sadly inharmonious Democracy held a harmony service in the New York Manhattan Club on February 22. Governor Hill appeared there and made an adroit speech, a mixture of the methods of Martin Van Buren and Dean Richmond. It outlined the conditions of party harmony, held out the prospect of success by re- union of the ranks, smote Populism in the fifth rib, and altogether was an exceedingly ingenious attempt to pour glue on the cracked party and make it ser- viceable for the future, All this was so displeasing to Mr, Bryan that he daubed him with war paint and decked him with feathers and climbed Hill with a whoop, He ac- cuses the New Yorker of making a bid for the Presi- dency, of jumping on' the Populists when they were not looking and of having sulked and skulked in thedlagt two campaigns. He serves notice that if Hill is nominated he will bolt and injure him. It s evident that Mr. Bryan regards himself as a can- didate again, and proposes to permit no opposition, The place is up at auction, but there must be only one bidder, The country is amused. It would'rather see the Democratic organization in hands better and safer for the public interests than Mr. Bryan's. But he refuses to let go. He has made the organization a carcase, on which he crouches growling at all who approach. As long as he does this he leaves no course for seli-respecting Democrats except to snub the polls or support the Republican candidates who suit them best in their personal aspect. Hill is an intrepid politician, but his intrepidity is modified by caution. He evidently had no idea that his peaceful overtures would make Mr, Bryan turgid. He thought that when he offered that. distinguished agriculturist the olive branch, and the pruning-hook and plow, the milking-stool, husking-peg, scythe, hayrake and hoe, and all the other embiems of rural peace and plenty, he would not refuse. But instead of accepting these neighborly tokens. Mr. Bryan squirts vitriol, goes to his recrimination pigeon- hole and pulls out enough vengeance to equip a Kentucky vendetta and lets fly his stinger with all the venom of a bald-face hornet. The country is very busy, but will anticipate recreation”when the New Yorker is heard from again. Will he try confectionery or a club on Mr. Bryan? Will he soothe or irritate him? Will he make him yell some more, or will they sing toEelher “Blest be the tie that binds"? One significant thing is Mr. Bryan's defense of the grave of Populism, That body is deceased and interred. But he stands on its grave and eulogizes it, Does it all mean that he hopes for a resurrection with the intention of being the candidate of the Populists and Socialists in 10047 Those who know his narrowness and the spiteful streak in him believe that this is his plan, Of course it will be intended to defeat Hill or any other who may take his place in the somewhat frosty favor of the Democracy, Republicans care but little about the fight, except as a means of diversion, But not so with Mr, Bryan, He actually takes himself se riously, and estimates his size so generously that he seems to chafe againat the universe. New York has discovered another 'human frealk, This newly discovered curlosity was rveleased from the legal consequences of a jag the other day by a Gotham Judge who inflicted upon the enlprit the aw ful alternutive of reading a Journal editorial, It s safe to say that everybody else would have preferred to have gone to jail rather than accept the editorial dose. Such punishments should be placed in the category of those prohibited by law. ——————— RUSSIA i AND OHINA. EPORTS carried to Shanghai by Chinese mer- R chants to the cffect that they were ordered to remove their families from Port Arthur be- cause preparations are being made by the Russians there for a war with Japan are doubtless exagger- ated. It is probable, however, that there may be an element of truth in them. Russia will naturally un- dertake to strengthen her hold upon China and will fortify more strongly all her posts in that country by way of safeguarding her interests against the re- cently announced _con]i\ion of Great Britain and Japan. It is now well understood by the world at large that the advancing empire of the Czar secks domina- tion in China, and probably looks forward to even- tual annexation of the whole of it. The old Russian idea of the conquest of India seems for a time at least to be abandoned. - China is a far richer country than India. The resources to be developed are far greater. The commercial possibilities are vaster, The people are more industrious and more homo- geneous than those of India, and, finally, the chances of conquest are better, for India is well guarded, while China is comparatively open. Such being the case, the Russian expansionists naturally direct their present efforls mainly toward China and are resolved to hold fast to what they have gained. The current,number of Gunton's Magazine con- tains an article on “The Menace of Russia in China,” contributed by an American in China, which care- fully reviews the progress of the Russians in that country and shows the power they have already at- tained. The paper is timely and reveals how much has been accomplished by the Russians within a com- paratively few years, notwithstanding the repeated assurances of the Russian Government that no ag- gression upon China is intended or desired. The writer says: “In 1896 Russia arranged a treaty with China to build what is known as the Chinese eastern railways, ‘connecting the main Siberian railway with the Gulf of Pechili. In 1808 Russia ar ranged a treaty with China by which she secured a great naval station at Port Arthur and an open sea terminus for her Siberian railroad at Talienwan, where she has spent several millions of dollars to es- tablish a great commereial city. Under cover of a name known as the ‘Belgian syndicate’ Russia is building a railroad from Peking to Hankow and has acquired a concession to build from Hankow to Can- ton. She has taken possession of the railroad from Neuchang to Shanhaikuan, and from there it will be an easy matter to make connections with Peking, thus giving her railroad connection from St, Peters- burg to Peking and an extension through the heart of China to Canton, and, if followed closely with her army, as in Northern China, will give her control of all China,” ° These are some of the advances Russia has made toward.domination in China proper. Her position in Manchuria seems now so well assured that she will never be driven out of that territory, She has there- fore large interests at stake, and cannot afford to overlook the menace of the British alliance wigy Japin. It is not at all probable that she seeks war, !Indeed, her advance in times of peace has been so -great that” she could 'hai_rdly expect to accomplish more by the most successful war. Still, she puts her forts in order. Should war come the allied forces would find Russia ready with a warm welcome at Port Arthur, and it is probably the preparations for such a contingency that gave rise to the reports car- ried to Shanghai, 1t is stated that magazine publishers and the lec- ture bureaus have already opened negotiations with Miss Stone, the ransomed missionary, but as the lady was sworn to secrecy by the bandits before they re- leased her, it is hard to see how she will be able to tell anything the public’ desires to know. After all, however, for a modern magazine or lecture bureau the name is the main thing, What is said is a matter of no importance, ——— WHAT HENRY MISSED, Wrccrp(loh given to Prince Henry of Prus- sia in this country The Call has no sym- pathy. In fact, most of them seem to have emanated from cranks, kickers, blatherskites and yellow jour- nals, and were lacking equally in reason and in mane ners. The Atlanta Constitution, however, has pre- sented a criticism that merits notice. It is based upon facts, and truth gleams from every sentence of it. It is not an expression of bad manners or bad feelings, but the tender utterance of a friend pointing out a grievous mistake and covering the thorn - of criticism with a rose of poetic imagery. The complaint of the Constitution is that the com- mittee having charge of what it calls “Henry's zig- zaggery” gave him too much bad weather and too little good weather. They took him where he saw ing that portion of it which at this season is sun- lighted and gemmed with flowers. They took him, says our contemporary, through “about the coldest succession of snow scenes and dissolving views of fog banks, floods and frost-bitten populations that the country affords. His chiefest ideas concerning the United States are bound to be that when we are not frozen up we are aflcat. The Board of Bumology whooped him around New York through snowdriits nine feet deep, whisked him about the national capi- tal in one of those Washington rains that make faith in the Noachian deluge dead easy, slammed him into a washout at Philadelphia, and caromed him into Chattanooga under conditions that made Lookout Mountain seem like a peak of salvation.” It is not necessary to follow the whole of this com- plaint. It is, alas! too true. Consider rather what Henry missed. The Constitution says he might have seen, among other things: “Charleston, with her famous fortresses>and her splendid West Indian ah{j Cotton States exposition, showing the wealth of resources of the most opulent domain under the sun; Savannah dnd her State-making memories; St. Augustine, with Spanish ruins and modern pal- aces that Aladdin might have envied; the climate of A regnant sun, of breezes saturated \lilh the perfumes of the orange, the magnolia and the jessamine; the ambient, wooing airs of the gulf stream; New Or- leans and her marvels of ancient and up-to-date en- terprises; Montgomery, the eradle of the Confeder- acy; and=Atlanta, the peerless phenix, sprung from the ash heaps of war to dazzle imagination and ehals lenge the dominion of a new and telumphant south- land|" It will be ndmitted that this eriticlm Is lovely and in fairly stated, end yet let s do the committee juy- tiee. - What would it have avalled to show Henry those things without showing him Califotnia? Since he had not time to come to this const and see the trie Tiden of Amerlea it was perhaps well that he was permitted to see none of it. He will now go home khowing that he was shown the best of our cities and realizing that he saw the worst of our cli mate, Some day he may wish to see the best of that also, and then he will come direct to Californip, e —— e e A Boston man of reputation has created some comment by asserting most positively that he has seen ghosts, The veracious correspondent does not ay with what brand of spirits the gentleman asso- ciated himself, ‘ ; recent review of the industrial and commer- cial situation of this country with refe-ence to future development, points out that three things are now essential to the expansion of our prosperity, These are an _increasc of‘the American merchant ma- rine to carry our productseto market, the establish- ment of a Department of Commerce to give an in- telligent supervision to our international trade, and the construction of an isthmian canal. Mr. Seabury speaks of these as “the constructive and reconstructive forces that are essential to main- tain American international and commercial pros- perity.”” He rightly assigns the first place to the up- building of our merchant marine. Without that the others would avail us little. Strangely enough, how- t 18 against that need that the strongest oppo- sition is arrayed. For years past the Republican party has been pledged to enact some measure to promote our industries on the sea, and bills for that purpose have been repeatedly introduced, but ag yet nothing has been accomplished. Even now the Frye shipping bill is being opposed and assailed by every form of fault-finding that opposition can invent; and where opponents dare not avow an open hostility to the measure, they seek to defeat it by objecting to this or that clause of it, and demanding a bill that in every detail will satisfy everybody, even the most captious and most cranky. . The opposition, as described by Mr. Seabury, con- stitutes a formidable body. It includes, he says, “every foreign manufacturer, banker, shipowner, ship agent, . steamship line, marine insurance company, every foreign wage carner and skilled workman, every foreign manufacturing nation, exporters of for- eign goods, and also persons living in America but holding stock in foreign steamship lines, importers of foreign products, and every citizen who does not care to see the American flag flying at the topmast of an American built and owned steamship.” Such ‘is the nature of the antagonism that the friends' of American shipping must overcome, The fight has already been a long one, but there is reg- son to believe victory is now in sight. The expan- sion of our foreign trade has made it evident to all classes of people that we are paying too heavy a tribute to the foreign shipowner, It is not likely, therefore, that the lobby at Washington will be able to resist the public demand for the upbuilding of our merchant marine AMERICAN SHIPPING. EORGE J. SEABURY of New York, in a Rudyard Kipling has taken another fling at ys— this time for cur methods in subduing the Filipinos, One would think that Mr, Kipling had punished us i‘"""'h by persuading us to read his books. America at its worst, and denied him the joy of see- |, | THIS QUAKER CITY BABY 1S A MUSI CAL WONDER A JOHN McLAUGHLIN, WHO I8 ONLY TWO YEARS AND EIGHT MONTHS OLD, HAS A WONDERFUL SOPRANO VOICE AND CAN SING WITH EASE EVERY HYMN HE HEARS. J at the People's Bethel Mission in —p OHN McLAUGHLIN, a 2 years and 8 months old youngster of Philadel phia, 18 a prodigy in the world of music, him to be the youngest child singer in the world, His family and friends belleve He appears regularly the City of Brotherly Love, The boy 15 still in kilts, but proudly boasts that he will soon grow out of them and into trousers, with real pockets in them, His volce is a clear so- prano, and he sings with expression far beyond his years. The boy singer Nas been appearing at the mission concerts and other en- tertalnments since he was a year old, He sings hymns requiring a considerable compass of volce with the greatest ease, and at every concert he is obliged to respond to several encores, the church, he hears a melody once his memory ret paniment immediately afterwprd, The boy's talent was displayed when His reperto “I'll Be Ready When the Roll Ia Called,” melody in clear soprano tones, His pa songster, and soon he had mastered "H “Mother's Prayer' and other hymns, ry covers almost the complete hymnal of He has what musical eritics call a remarkable ear for musie, When alns it, and he can sing it without accoms= he was a year old, He heard the hymn, and later he was heard humming the rents at once began to train the small oly City,"” “Nearer, My God, to Thee," @ lvieiotsmprieilespriieepeldepteieepetsleledeledeboeeepoefeopoep e @ PERSONAL MENTION, Tohort Roberts of Banta Crus is at the Pulace, 1. 1 Waterman, a Bakersfield oll man, 18 at the Qrand, Jo Rummelsburg, n merchant of Wine ters, 1 at the Grand, A, Nowell, un extensive coffee grower of Gautemala, 18 at the Lick. L. . Hatfleld, a prominent attorney of Hacramento, 1s at the Occldental, Willlam Pollard, a mining man of Sut- ter Creek, Is a guest at the Lick. Dr, H. T. Woodward of Los Angeles {8 at the Grand, accompanied by his wife, W. B. Banister, n well known resident of I'resno, 18 among the arrivals at the Oceldental, D, A, Boeel, Manila, is at the Palace, to Burope. Thomas O. Toland, a member of the State Board of Equalization, is reglstered at the Lick. Customs Collector yesterday from a Bouthern Californfa. ¥. B, Chandler, a merchant of 11 Miro, is here on a short business trip. He has made his headquarters at the Lick. Rallroad Commissioner B. B. Bdson of Gazelle 18 at the Occldental. He Is ac- companied by his brother, J. R, Edson. —————e— Californians in Washington. WASHINGTON, March 10.—~The follow- ing Californiuns arrived here to-day: At the Ruleigh, W. Green of San Francisco; at the St, James, J, P, Sinhow of Santa Rosa. 3 ——— e Treasury of Abdul Hamad. Turkey may be poor and oppressed, but the Bultan has in his treasury a collection which even at a forced sale would pay the entire debt of the country. The treas- ury consiets of three large halls full of all gorts of- preclous articles, but, unfortu- nately, the light is so bad that,a close in- spection is almost impossible. At the en- trance a splendid throne, captured from the Persians, is the first object seen. It I8 one mass of pearls, and Is studded all over with preclous stones. The first hall is filled with a vast collection of gold and silver cups and plates, ancient stones, jeweled daggers, swords, knives and Suits of armor. From the top of a second throne hangs a huge emerald, which looks too large to be 1gal. Cases around the room contain necklaces, brooches and rings by hundreds. A dressing table cov- ered with pearls is exceedingly beautiful, Among this mass of treasures it is rather surprising to find such articles as modern sllver-mounted dressing bags, telescopes, photographic cameras and even a case of razors. The next hall is given up to gold and sflver ornaments and blue china, and Jovely sets of coffee cup holders worked in gold and silver and preclous stones, with a magnificent collection of enameled copper bowls. Among the ornaments were many toys made out of the most precious material. The body of one little doll was formed out of a single pearl. The third hall contains quantities of colns. No at- tempt has been made to classify them, but they are beautifully nged in large cases., No one in the treasury, not even the guardians, seems to know anything about the history of the articles confided to their care. et Ex. strong hoarhound candy, Townsend's,* —————————— a theatrical manager of He 1s en route Stratton returned two weeks' trip to Cal, glace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's.* —————— Look out for 81 4th st., front barber and grocer; hest eyeglasses, specs, 100 to 40c, * ————— Tawnsend's California glace fruits, soe a e e V-:I“L‘in’l“'l mh, Palace fienl buuuln.,m!" Epecial mtcrmnll»n-" supplied daily ¢ ACHANCE TO SMILE. 1o looked despnliringly Into vacaney, 1 have had my misgivings,” he sald, in a dull, passtonless voloe, “but now 1 am Bure. Your laugh shows me you are ut- terly heartioss, " Bhe turned pale, "Heavens!" whe orled, in terror, “Did 1 open my mouth as wide as that? < /fit. Hitw, Color Work.—*It wasn't Criteek's cons demnation of my ploture that made me 80 mad," sald the artist, “but his man ner was so insulting. He lsn't Intallibl “No," sald his friend, “but he certalnly has a good eye for color." “That's right, for it didn't take me long to do a little impressionistic work in black and blue on it."~Philadelphia Press. “And T want to say, “To my husband,’ in an appropriate place,” satd the widow, In conclusion, to 8lab, the gravestone man. “Yessum," sald Slab. And the Inserip- tion went on: “To my husband. In an Appropriate place.”—Tid-Bits, “How 1g your wife now, Smithers “'All right now—able to go out.” “I cengratulate you." “Hum. Well, I dunno; she goes to the dressmakers' every time.”—Tit-Bits, Once more the youthful statesman comes, Tor fame's falr prize he reaches; Once more we find him full of hope, And also full of speeches. ~Washington Sgar. “Henry, how is the plot of that novel running?"* “Well, just at this chapter there fs o terrible storm and the passengers are afrald the boat will go to the t ou mean to the bottom." 'No; this is a submarine boat."— delphia Record. 3 sea ‘“Will ‘there be any honor for the man who discovers the north pole?* “Certainly! He will be a great life- saver." lite-saver?" 'Yes; explorers will cease golng then.” —Chicago News. Mrs. Rangle—1've advertised for a ser- vant for a whole week with no result. Mrs. Cumso—Well, I advertised for a {ood-lookm‘ lady-help and had_thirty- ‘our to select from the first day.—Tit-Bits. SOME ANSWERS TO QUERIES BY CALL READERS ——— NOT IN BOOK FORM—R. G., City. The racing charts asked about are not issued in book form. LA TOURAINE—Subseriber, City, The transatlantic steamer La Touralne was launched in 1590, PUGILISTS—R. G., City. There are a number of records of pugilists that may be obtained from booksellers. BWALM-H. T, City. A, was appointed United States Co Montevideo by MeKinley during his frst term, PROBLEMS—F. A., Cupertine, Cal. Thia department does not solve problems nor M upon the correctness of Uncorrect- P ness of any submitted. VETOES-R, C. #§., Stanford, Cal "I'lellnv' during his first administration vetosd 901 billa, mostly privata renston bills, and during his second administra- tlon two. OF FOREIGN BIRTH-Inquirer, Benl. ela, Cal. An allen who comes to the United States and becomes a citizen thereof Is not “a foreigner,” but a for- elgn-born citizen NOT EXEMPT-J. 8., City. A resident of California who is over 21 and under 60 is not exempt from the payment of poll tax because he is either a discharged sol- dier or a married man. PALMISTRY—N. B., City. The query relative to hands, fingers and joints de- pends much upon their condition. and as the description Is so meager it is Impos- sible to give an answer. ENTERTAINMENTS-D. F., Bowman. Placer County, Cal. There are a number of books on the subject of evening enter- tainments and home parties. Such can be obtained from any first-class book- seller. ELLA WHEELER WILCOX—A. S, Napa, Cal. Ella Wheeler Wilcox was born in Johnstown Center, Wis., in 1855, Her residence is “The Bungalow,” Short Beach, Conn. In 1884 she was married to Robert M. Wilcox. ALCATRAZ—Call Reader, City. Alca- traz Island in the bay of San Francisco was never used as a military prison by the Spanish. The fortifications were erect- ed by the United States and a prison was erected at that time. BATHTUBS —H., City. A poreelain bathtub that has not been used for a long time and resists soap and hot water in cleaning may be cleaned with oxalie acid and water or with lye and then washed with hot water and soap. VINCENNES—A. 8, City, Vincennes, rame of a French town, 1s pronounced as {f written Vang-senn, with a as in fat and e in met. Vincennes, a city in Knox County, Ind., is pronounced as If written Vin-sens, with 1 as in pin and e as In met, NO PREMIUM--D, 8 H, City, There {s no premium offered for five dollas pleces colned after 1836, Dealers in old colng offer to sell 95 pleces of 1448 for §7 3, #o that gives you the market price of the goln of that date which you have, A LEAKY ROOF-=L, City, If a cons tractor put up a house and agread to keep the roof in perfect condition and repair for one year and has not complied with the contract and the roof s not raine tight, the owper of the bullding has, no doubt, grounds for an action to recover damnges, A BOLDIGR'S LITTHR-<K, M., Glvoy, I If you do not know whers the oo pany of the United States army in loen and wish to communicate with an eniis man of that company direct the letter to his name, letter of his company, regiment, and send It to Washington, D. C., War Department, with request to forward. CALIFORNIA'S REPRESENTATIVES «~W. A. W,, Boquel, Cal. The following named are the Representatives from Cal. Itornia In the United States Congre First District, . L. Coombs; Second Dis triet 8. D. Woods; Third Disteiet, V. H. Metealf; Fourth District, Jullus Kahn: Fifth District, K. ¥. Loud; Sixth Districy, James McLachlan, and Seventh Districs, James C. Needham. AMERICAN CITIZEN-Inquirer, Cal. The children of persons who are citizens of the United States are, though born out of the limits and jurisdic- tion of the United States, considered as citizens thereof. For instance, If a child 18 born to American parents while tempo- rarily in a forelgn country, that child is a native of the country In which born, but a citizen of the United States. NATIONAL HOLIDAY—N., City. There i¢ no national hollday In the United States. Congress has at various times appointed special holldays. The several States decided through thelr lawmaking bodies what are legal holidays. Washing- ton's birthday is a holiday in all the States (Including the District of Colum- bla and Arizona), except Mississippl, where it is observed by exercises in the public schools only. LAND FOR SAILORS—A. B. J., Val- lejo, Cal. A sallor who served not less than ninety days in the United States navy may take up Government land and have deducted from the time required to prove up the time he enlisted for in the Spanish-American war without reference to the length of time he may have served. Write to_the General Land Office, Wash- ington, D. C., for Information relative to Jand open to settlement States. in the several —_——— Dr. Sanford’s Liver Invigorator. Best LiverMedicine, Vegetable Cure forLiverlils, Biligusress, Indigestion, Constipation, Malaris.* Assisted by MISS GRACE FREEMAN, Viofinist. METROPOLITANHALL WEDNESDAY, MARGH 121, at 8:15, The last and best. of the “Great Pianists’** series of PIANOLA Concerts. marvelons (nstrument, All seats free on urpllnl\on to street, Where seats will be reserved tions and f; fac !Am -nd‘#m'mzu :\u“b-r: ewsk! will be rendered empanied by means of lhl:’u::: m'l{:ll & CHASE 2 O'Farrell auest, “"l'lu Planola Is Perfection "~ PADEREWSKI, -