The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 25, 1902, Page 6

6 The- wifiac: Call, TUESDAY... ~....MARCH 23, 1902 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. " Atéress All Communicaticns to W, 5, LEAKF, Xenager. MANAGER'S OFFICE. . Telephone Press 204 l’lBiJCA/'i'll;i OFFICE. . .Market and Third, §. F. Telephone Press 201. EDITORIAL ROOMS.....217 to 221 Stevenson St. Telgphone Press 202. 15 Centx Per Week. Delivered by Carrier: Single Terms by Mail, In DAILY CALL (including Sunday), one year. DAILY CALL (!ncluding Sunda: DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 3 months. DAILY CALL—By Single Month SUNDAY CALL, One Year. WEEKLY CALL, One Year. All postmasters are suthorized to receive subscriptions. Sample copies will be forwarded when requested. i | Mail subscribers in ordering change of address should be particular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order | to insure a prompt and correct compliance with thelr reques:. OAKLAND OFFICE. ...1118 Broadway C. GEORGE KROGNESS. Yurager Toreign Advertising, Marquetts Buildia: (Long Distance Telephone ‘‘Central 261 Chicagy. NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: C. C. CARLTON. ....... -..He NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH. 30 Tribune Building | FESE——e | CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: | Sherman House; P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel; Fremont House; Auditortum Hotel. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE 1406 G St., N. W. MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: | Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, 31 Union Sguare Murray Hill Hotel. 1d Square BRANCH OFFICES—I27 Montgomery, corner of Clay, open until 9:30 o'clock. 300 Hayes, open until 9:30 o'clock. 637 McAllister, open until 9:30 ¢'clock. 615 Larkin, open until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, corner Sixteenth, cpen untll 9 o'clock. 1096 Va- lencia, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until 9 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, apen until 9 o'clock. 2300 Fillmore, open until $ p. m. | AMUSEMENTS. | Tivoli—""The Serenade.” | Central—NThe Man-o'-Warsman Alcazar—'On and Off.”" Columbs; he Christian.” Orpheum—Vaudeville. Grand Opera-house—"La Tosca.” Fischer's Theater—'‘Little Christopher.” California—'“The Denver Express." Mechanics' Pavilion—Norris & Rowe's Blg Shows. Oakland Racetrack—Races to-day. AUCTION SALES. Wm. G B ng—This day, at 11 o'clock—Horses, hicles, etc., at Ve- | 1 Howard street. FORCE IN LABOR DISPUTES. HE New York Times notes with surprise that Tlhc Massachusetts Legislature is giving elab- orate hearings on a bill to legalize the picketing of any plant or property by strikers, and to exclude irom legal restraint any acts of such pickets to pre- vent other laborers secking employment on the pick- eted plant or property. While the consideration of | such a bill may cause surprise, it must be accepted as an incident in the evolution of organization. The wise and forcible leaders of labor in this coun- try hiave given but little countenance to the pretense that a strike is a peacciul thing, to be won by bland and amicable means. The,rigl\!s they seek to main- tain and magnify are of that class which must be won and held by force, and to protect the means re- quired their use must be made free of legal restraint. When orgznization can control, absolutely, the labor supply, it will control the country and dictate its policy. This prospect may not please the thoughtful | citizen, but let him reflect that, given such oppor- tunity, with such a prize in reach, men who do and dare are sure to improve the one in order to ‘grasp | the other. The labor problem, as presented to organization for solution, has but few and simple features. The progressive increase in wages depends upon the power to make labor scarce. This can be done by limiting or denying apprenticeship, limiting the mem- bership of organization and denying the right of un- organized Jabor to work at all. -The proposed Massa- | chusetts statute accomplishes this completely. Tt af- | fects the great purpose of organization by removing | from property judicial protection through injunction. It elevates organization to the first place, legalizes its use of force and indeed makes it the sole, controlling industrial factor. | We have said, understandingly, that this'is the end sought by the wise leaders of organization, who real- ize that success depends upon force and not persua- sion. We think that it is now apparent that their { wisdom will be justified by success. And what then? A power that so entirely cuts to the root of things | must profoundly affect industrial affairs. It will de- cide the fate of all investments, will revolutionize the law of common carriers, uiterly change the relations of employe and employer, extirpate productive com- petition and determine the cost of production. The power to do all this is not inherent in government. Those who exercise it will be above the restraint of the law. The only curb upon them will be economic principles. The final effect upon the country will be | determined by the degree of knowledge of those prin- ciples had by the men who lead. In all of its aspects such a departure is distinctly vevolutionary. It effectually transfers property from the protection of the law to that of organization which does not own it, but has the power to limit or 1 destroy s nse If the Massachusetts bill become a law its opera- tion will be keenly studied by economists, as the most interesting experiment that has ever been tried in any country Some enterprising athletic club that really wishes to give its patrons a genuine fight might easily ar- range one between Paderewski and Kubelik just now: Only a short time ago Paderewski insisted that an- vouncements of forthcoming recitals by Kubelik should not be displayed in the programmes or in any other way at music halls ‘during his performances, and Kubelik rgcently tore down a placard an- rouncing a recital by Paderewski to follow one of Kubelik's own. The match conld be made a good one provided violins and pianos were barred. The Mayor of Savannah is probably a very worthy person living out his existence according to his lights. Tt is therefore unnecessary for him to expose his ignorance of a subject with which Californians are thoroughly familiar—the Durrant case. Our local Board of Education has reached the con- clusion that the general fear of microbes is unwar- ranted. The worthy gentlemen might well grow in- , trospective in their investigations . THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1902. A ROAD TO RUIN. HILE the Republican members of Con- Wgress who have agreed in caucus to carry out the Cuban reciprocity scheme consti- tute a majority of the party in the House, they do not by any means represent the Republican majority of the country. In fact so far as this particular measure is concerned they do not represent Repub- Jicanism at all. Such reciprocity so called as they purpose toeenact is a Democratic policy—a. step in the direction of free trade. The Republican party under its great leaders has taught the American people that protection is a comprehensive, principle for the promotion of all American industries. If once a protective policy be applied to certain industries but denied to others, it will cease to be a matter of principle and become a mere affair of expedicncy. There will immediately follow a discussion as tc what intergsts should be pro- tected and what should be left to foreign competi- | tion; and it is easy to foresee what would be the re- sult of such a debate before the people. The sense of fairness among the voters would lead to a rejection of any such partial and unjust system. The voters who have sustained the Republican principle of com- prchensive protection could not be relied upon to sustain a protective policy that was dependent upon log rolling at Washington and not upon justice. In adopting the Cuban scheme the majority of Republicans in the House have in fact entered"upon a road that will lead to ruin. The most astute Demo- cratic ieaders could hardly wish Republicans to make a greater blunder than the one proposed. At the present time the demoralized Democrats are looking for an issue upon which to go before the people. They have been for some time busily engaged in dis- | cusging the advisability of reviving the fight against | the tariff. The National Free Trade League is urg- ing them to undertake it, and David Bennett Hill has already declared himself in favor of it. = This, therefore, is a bad time for Republican leaders to pre- cipitate a split in the 1anks of the party on the ques- tion. It would be like dividing the strength of an army at the strategic point of a field where battle is about to take place. The danger is all the greater because there are a | number of so called Republicans in the big cities of the East who are quite willing to betray the party on this i That was made evident by the adoption by the Republican Club of New York of a resolution declaring: “It is the opinion of this club that a moral and political obligation rests on this country to reduce the tariff on Cuban sugar and to- bacco, and to do so promptly.” The declaration is hardly better than a hypocritical sham. This coun- try has neither a political nor a moral obligation to reduce tariff rates imports from Cuba, and if it had the obligation would not require a reduction upon sugar and tobacco only. It would rest equally on the whole American people and require a reduc- tion on the whole array of protective duties. It is to be borne in mind that the minority Repub- licans of the House who are standing firmly for prin- ciple and party loyalty to public pledges have dis- closed no opposition to granting any relief to Cuba that may be honestly needed by the islands. It has been announced again and again that protectionists are willing to accept @ bill for the relief of Cuba pro- vided it be drawn so as to give relief where it is really needed, and does not involve a reduction of w on |the tarifi. If we owe anything to Cuba let it be be- stowed in the form of a bounty and be distributed among the needy. It is an injustice to impose the whole burden upon two American industries and be- stow the whole favor upon the speculators who have got possession of Cuban sugar plantations. There is in fact no valid argument to be made for the reciprocity scheme. It means the slaughter of the protective system. It is a step toward free trade. Tt will cause division in the Republican ranks on the very eve of battle and encourage the free traders to renew the contest that has always proven so disas- trous to American industries. The repeated rumors concerning the selection of a wife for the Crown Prince of Germany and the seeming difficulty of finding a proper one in Europe may throw some light on the recent visit of Prince Henry. It may be he came here to take a look at American girls. It will be remembered that he com- mended the feminine loveliness he saw in Milwaukee, and said afterward that the emblem of America to him hereaiter wouid be the American Beauty rose. OUR INFLUENCE IN CHINA. CCORDING the North China Herald. A American influence in China is' as potent to- day as that of the more aggressive nations, and promises to be more lasting. It is founded upon commerce and education instead of upon territorial domination, and is winning favor among all classes of progressive Chinese, so that in the end the com- petition for supremacy in the Chinese markets is like- Iy to terminate in our favor provided we can keep an open market and prevent the virtual conquest of the country by the advancing power of the Russian Empire. The Chinese are reported to have noted with satis- faction the difference between our methods and those of other nations. They perceive that our aim is to expand our trade with the empire not by the use of “guns and grab,” but by cultivating the good will of the people and supplying them with the merchandise they need. They quote with gratification the recent statement of an American official: “We seck trade, not territory; we do not mean to fight, but to foster friendliness. We mean to conquer China by mer- cantile, not by military means. Our merchants will exploit her markets, and without armies we shall win.” . Under the influence of this favorable fecling among the Chinese our trade is showing a handsome de- velopment. During tHe last few years' there has been a Jarge increase in the Chinese consumption of American iron, oil, calico and flour; and it is added: “The demand has exceeded the supply. Preparations are now being made for quicker transport, better storage and more supplies.” , Another factor in the situation that counts in our favor is said to be the manner in which our diplo- macy is carried on. The report says: “It is char- acteristic of the Minister and Consuls of the United States that they hold themselves in readiness to ex- tend their good offices with ungrudging magnanimity to the merchant, the missionary, the journalist, with- out distinction of class or country. In receiving or assisting their fellow countrymen there is no as- somption of lordly mannerism.” B 4 A further influence emanates from our philan- thropy. The famine fund which was raised in this country in 1901 and' to which President ‘McKinley and Secretary Hay were contributors, served not only to relieve suffering at the time, but to excite among the people a feeling of confidence in American friend- liness that has been kelpful in promoting our trade. to | recent The remission of a large part of the indemnity de- manded of Chitia for the injury done to Americans during the Boxer outbreak is another thing which has counted in our favor. Finally the Herald says: “There.is the significant fact that Americans practically control the colleges and so eventnally the mind of the Middle Kingdom. The Imperial and Peking universities in the capital, the Tientsin University, the St. John's Colle/ge, the Anglo-Chinese College, the Nanyang College—all are under Americans. Although the scholarship used to be on the side of Britons like Morrison and Med- hurst, Legge and Giles, it seems to be passing into the hands of Americans like Allen and Martin, Shef- field and Smith. Mind is the greatest of all power; the pen is mightier than the sword. There is no use disguising th'e fact that American intellect is giving an immense prestige to Amefican policy.” cludes by saying: “If there be no place for the Chinaman in America there is ample room for the American in China. Britishers at least will rejoice in the energy and enterprise of Brother Jonathan, for their interests are alike.” It is not agreeable to have to mcet so kindly a notice of ourselves with | anything in the way of criticism, but if the British in China feel that their interests are alike with those of the United States, they would do well to adopt the American policy of dealing with them. Since moral | suasion has been so effective on our part, John Bull would better follow the example. e ] The recent use of the phrase “a combine” in a de- cision handed down by the Supreme Court of the United States has stirred the defenders of pure Eng- ‘ilish to the depths. One of them says the word was | originally used in that sense by a boodle Alderman in New York, and he wishes to know if such men are to corrupt our language as well as our politics. ! GENERAL IMMIGRATION BUREAU. B mitted to the House an effort has been made to bring together in one act all the scattered legislation enacted on the subject from 1875 to 1894, reduce the whole to a consistent system and provide the country with a better method of immigrant regu- lation than we have hitherto put into practice. In a recent statement on the subject Chairman Shattuc of the Committee on Immigration and Natu- ralization said the new bill will increase the head tax on alien immigrants from the $1 now imposed to $t 30, so as to provide money to meet the additional expense of operating the new measure. An import- ant feature of the proposed plan for better restriction is that the bill provides not only for rejecting unde- sirable immigrants at the various ports of entry, but also for watching and keeping track of those ad- mitted, so that if they become criminals or paupers within five years after their arrival they may be re- turned to the country whence they came. In addition to excluding anarchists the new meas- ure provides for the examination of cabin passengers as well as stecrage passengers, so undesirable persons who happen to have money enough to travel first- class will be rejected as well as those who are poorer. Among the new classes of aliens who are to be ex- cluded are epileptics and persons who have bgen in- | sane within five years previous to coming here, and persons who have had two or more attacks of insan- ity at any time previous. The section relating to contract labor is made more stringent, and now in- cludes persons who have been induced to come to the United States by “offers, solicitations, promises or agreements,” and the section includes the words, “those who import or attempt to import,” which, it is claimed, will catch the contractor, even if the la- borers are not landed. The bill also provides that in- spectfon shall be made from time to time of all re- formatories, insane hospitals, charitable institutions, etc., and that all aliens who are there found.who have become public charges under the law are to be de- jported. The standard of qualifications of examining physicians is raised. ” The bill has been objected to in some quarters on !'the ground that it is too drastic, but there is reason to believe it will be approved by a majority of the thoughtful people of the country. 1t is not denied that good immigrants are a source of wealth to the { country and that much of the marvelous advance and progress of the republic isidue to the large num- bers of industrious and energetic men and women who have been coming ‘to our shores from Europe for years past. Still there has been of late such a i change in the character of the immigration® that it is time to subject it to a more careful supervision. Some years ago when this change in the immi- gration was first noted Dr. Francis A. Walker point- ed out that it threatened a congestion of the labor market and the larger cities with a class of people unfit for our standards of civilization and unequal to the requirements of American citizenship. Even then he said the time had come when “we’ should take a rest and give our social, political and industrial sys- tem some chance to recuperate. The problems which so sternly confront us to-day are serious enough, without being eomplicated and aggravated by the addition of some millions of Hungarians, Bohemians, Poles, South Italians and Russian Jews.” The evils that were then threatening have now in some localities been rcalized. A comprehensive and well devised restriction act is therefore a matter of ‘wtgency. Congress will do well to enact one at this session. Y the general immigration bill recently sub- e e e T In explaining why the German Government would not return to China the costly astronomical instru- ments looted from Peking Count von Bulow said that the Chinese Government attaches no sort of im- portance to the instruments, that if they were re- turned the Chinese would think it had been done by order of the Chinese Government and Germany would lose prestige, and, finally, “the instruments ought now to be placed in the categery of presents from Government to Government, as has been cus- tomary.” It will be seen from this that when once you have looted a man it is easy to convince your- self that the loot should be looked upon as a gift. It is reported' that Miss Stone has made a contract with a lecture bureau, by the terms of which no two lectures are to be delivered within 100 miles of one another, so either Oakland or San Francisco will es- cape—unless the lady should decide to make a sec- ond tour, Co-education has made another gigantic leap toward the usurpation of the traditional privileges of man. The women students of Northwestern Univer- sity have decided that on oceasions it is perfectly +proper for women to lie. There is a growing feeling in Great Britain that it would have been a great deal better to have settled the Boer war by arbitration and had the credit of being generous without having to spend so muchl | money. Summing up the whole subject the writer con- | | of Chicago, is at the Palace. INVENTS A CAMERA TO “TAKE” BURGLARS REPRODUCTION OF A PHOTOGRAPH, AUTOMATICALLY TAKEN, OF A BURGLAR ENTERING A HOUSE. THE CAMERA THAT CATCHES HOUSEBREAKERS IS THE INVENTION OF A CHICAGO MAN. L A It is C. Kearton, a clever animal and earned the heartfelt maledictions of the fraternity of the jimmy and dark lantern. A reporter was Invited by Kearton to his premises. The challenge was accepted. unlatched and an entrance obtained through it. All the lights were turned out as with stealthy tread the writer entered the garden. The window rose nolselessly as All that the writer's dark lantern revealed were a dark under the window ledge, a seat with an innocent looking cushion. Thinking him- self safe so far as the window seat was concerned, the burglar “for this occa- sion only” placed his foot inside the His preparations got no further. as suddenly as it flashed. For several minutes the amateur burglar could blackness, and even when Kearton turned up the gas nothing could be distin- guished in the room owing to the tremendously dazzling effect of the flashlight. The “burglar” having been duly trapped and photographed, Kearton went into Under the window had been lald two poised pieces of board. The lightest touch upon them brought two pieces of metal In contact, details with him. completed an electrical circuit. Apother camera in the garden recorded sifhouetted against the illuminated window.. « Though the inventor has applied his marily a naturalist. . He has used the apparatus to secure spread upon the balanced board and the rest.” Big game can be photographed by these means. through the jungle to his habitual drinking place may tread upon a large con- cealed board, and the next instant will find him trying to “look pleasant” un- der what would be most trying circumstances. In the near future, therefore, it is probable that both lawyers and naturalists may have more cause than ever to thank the photographer. o o e e e e S R S S R L ] PERSONAL MENTION. Ora J. Morris, an extensive pork packer | A. C. Hihn, a well-known capitalist of | Santa Cruz, is at the Grand. Dr. O. Stansbury, a medical practitioner of Chico, is a guest at the Lick. Frank Lyman, an attorney of Sacra- mento, is registered at the Grand. P. Johnson, a jeweler of Sonora, among the arrivals at the Grand. John A. Mclntire, a mining man, who | resides at Sacramento, is at the Lick. W. L. Cobb, a well-known resident of Redding, is a guest at the Occidental. Louis F. Breuner, the well-known fur- niture dealer of Sacramento, is a guest at the Palace. G. L. Simpson, a lumber dealer of Stockton, is at the Occidental, accompa- nied by his wife. R. Robertson, proprietcr of Gilroy | Springs, is spending a few days in this | city. He has made his headquarters at the Lick. ‘Willlam B. Plunke, accompanied by his wife, arrived here yesterday in a private car from Adams, Mass. They are guests at the Palace. Californians in New York. NEW YORK, March 24.—The following Californians are in New York: From San Francisco—C. Bahnman. at the Vendome; L. A. Bensom at the Hotel Imperial; J. Curtis and wife, at the Herald Square; Miss M. Darrell, at the Vendome; J. Felix and wife, at the Delavan Hotel; Mrs. H. M. Fortescue, at the Navarre; W. M. Graham, at the Holland: H. Gray, at the Hotel Imperial; J. O'B. Gunn, at the Manhattan; W. H..Hart, at the Holland; Miss Hawkins, at the Holland; R. H. Hugg, at the Park Avenue; C. Johnson, at the Herald Square; Dr. J. W. Kenney, at the Manhattan; W. A. Kirkpatrick, at the Holland: H. Lessen, at the Herald Square; H. J. Mahoney, at the Ashland; A. C. Moraghan, at the Tmperial; M. Mor- ton, at the Delavan Hotel; H. Wilson, at the Broadway Central. From Santa. Cruz—M. Abrams, at the Imperial. Californians in Washington. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 24—The following Californians arrived here to- day: At the St. James, F. J. Mahoney and E. J. Wren; at the Arlington, N. K. Davis; at the Shoreham, L. V., Rosen- berg—all of San Francisco. At the Ral- eigh, J. McCudden, Miss MecCudden, C. A. Parmelee and wife, Los Angeles; J. W. Erwin, Mrs. L. F. Beckwith and Sidney Beckwith, of San Francisco. is “Potter’s Crockery.” “Bishop Nichols, the head of the Cali- fornia Episcopal diocese,” says the New York Commercial, “tells a good story on Bishop Potter of New York. When Bish- op Fotter was in San Francisco at the re- cent Episconal convention he made his headquarters at the home of W. H. Crocker, on Nob Hill, the mansion having been rented by J. Pierpont Morgan for himself and guests. Two men, passing the house one mornlu‘ looked up at fit, and one said: “ ‘Here {8 Crocker's pottery.’ ‘Bishop Potter was just coming down NEW terror is added to the alreaady overwhelming difficulties of an ener- getic section of professional menm—burglars. By the mere act of entering a room the ‘unhappy housebreaker ecan now be made to photograph himself from two or three points of view. The moment X dy t a placed upon thedeceptive window seat a great flare of light leaped up and expired | thony guide the letter to destination safe- The current flowed along the wires that were fixed to a battery. Above the battery was an electrical cofl which discharged a half-inch spark. Round the sparkling terminals was a preparation of magnesium | powder, which was ignited by the spark itself. On the table facing the window stood the camera which took the photograph reproduced above, representing the reporter entering the roém from the front., | the steps. He heard the remark and, ad- N e e s Y, 3 leme] ul Potter's croclnry!"' N s ' . bird photographer of Chicago, who has g0 to his house and attempt to “burgle” A certain window was to be left he onened it with caution. interior, and, just room. the slightest pressure was | ‘“see” mothing but intense which the other photograph as he was idea to tha pictures of nocturnal animals. Food is weight of the bird or animal “does the interests of justice he is pri- An elephant moving down ACHANCE TO SMILE. | Getting Even—Artist—Miss _Brownle- Brown-Brown, who s to marry a Prince, won’t let us have her photograph for | publication. Editor—She won’t, eh? Tell the fore- man to use one of those cuts labeled “Before Taking.”"—New York Weekly. In a case heard recently in the Court | of Session, Edinburgh, an artist was glv- ing eviderice, when the opposing counsel asked: “Do you draw everything larger than it ought to be?” ! The reply came prompt: “Everything | except my salary.”—Tid-Bits. “There was only one of my Christmas | presents that I felt I must exchange.” 1 “What was that?” | “The box of clgars my wife gave me. I | made the dealer take it back.” “What did he give you for it “Three good cigars."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. “I suppose you realize that ycu are now | at a critical perfod in your career,” said | the friend. “I do,” answered the new member of Congress. “I am kept awake ‘wondering which of the old, old storles the people Who get up anecdotes are going to make me the hero of.”—Washington Star. “Wasn't it a terrible feeling,” they | asked him, “after you had denme your | ‘work at the bottom of the lake apd had neariy reached the surface of the water again to realize that the ice had closed over the spot where you went down?’ “Yes,” sald the professional diver, “for a little while I was up against it good and hard.”—Chicago Tribune. Mrs. Selldom-Holme—I wonder if you ! couldn’t run down with me into the coun- | try for a few days. Mrs. Jenner Lee Onflego—Not now. This | is the week of praver, and I am observing it falthfully. Next week, though, I shal] not have anything whatever to do, and I can go with yow—Chicago Tribune. ' Jokesmith—I hope my wife will buy me | some of those bargain counter cigars this Christmas. Friend—I hope you don't smoke those things? Jokesmith—No; but I might 4 enough salable jokes on them to buy T::: good ones.—Philadelphia Record, ———— intend to Ex. strong hoarhound candy. Townsend's,» ———— Cai. glace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's,« —_——— Look out for &1 4th st., front bari grocer; best eyeglasses, ber anq specs, 10¢ to 4oc.s —_——— Special information supplied datly business houses and public men by Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 23y fornia street. Telephone Main 1043 to the Cali- . Townsend's California glace f; pound, in fire-etched boxes or r.‘l'r‘ ‘rm: s. A nice present for Eastern &lemls. Market st.. Palace Hotel bullding. * —_—— ““The thief who broke into 1 shop last night got away w‘:’x‘z‘:n:o::dh"' t}?lg bogti," vhrrov.e the rural editor—and e next day he was take; Nkl N to the insane —_——— Dr. Sanford’s Liver Invigoras Best LiverMedicine, Vegetable Cure toru?:.nh Biliov @pess, Indigestion, Constipation, Malaria.s |is 5 West Fifty-first street, | Mining and Assayini SOME ANSWERS TO QUERIES BY 4 CALL READERS —— THE PLAY “1492'—Subscriber, City. The play “1492" was written by Rice. POSTAL CARDS—A. O. 8., City—Postal cards were first sold in San Francisco on May 23, 1873. THE NEPTUNE—A. Oy 8., City. The schooner Neptune was wrecked om the beach below the Cliff House on the 10th of August, 1900. MARE ISLAND—A. 8. Somora, Cal The pay of helperg at the Mare Island Navy Yard varies according to class. It runs from $1.52 to $2.2% per day. JOHN SWETT SCHOOL—A. §.. City The John Swett School, as a night school, is closed for the present. It is impossible to state when it will be reopened. FOGS—Sub., Santa Rosa, Cal. The Rio de Janeiro and the San Rafael each sank during ocean fcgs. Santa Rosa is liable to have ocean as well as land fogs in spring and summer. CARNEGIE AND GOCLD—H; R C., City. The address of Andrew Carnegie 3 New York City; that of Helen M. Gould is Irving- ton-on-the-Hudson and 579 Fifth avenu New York City. PREPAID POSTAGE.—B. L., City. The law requiring all mail matter passing through the United States postoffice to be prepaid was passed June 3, 1872. The text of that law is: “Postage on all matter must be prepaid by stamps at the time of mailing.” SNOWSTORM—W. H. M., Tesla, gal. The question, “Can you inform me wien we had a large snowstorm?” is rather in- | defintte. Do you mean the heaviest snow- storm in San Francisco, in California, in any particular county of the State or in some Eastern eity, county or State? EQUINOCTIAL STORMS—M. J W, Rohnerville, Cal. What are called equi- noctial storms are those that sometimes occur at or near the time of an equinox, but there is no particular reason for such The same conditions that pro- storms. duce other storms produce these. CHEST WEIGHTS—M., San Martin, Cal. Possibly you mean by the question “how are chest welghts produced?’ how chest expansion is produced. The modern method is by the use of exercisers that may be obtained from any dealer in sporting goods and from many dealers in hardware. THE CANALS—S. G., City. If you will §0sto the periodical yoom of the Free Library you will find a number of articles for and against the Panama and the Nicaragua canals and from the reading of both sides of the subject you can form your own ideas. This department does not publish essays to help out debaters. ABBREVIATION—A. E. M, City. A friend of this department writes to the effect that the letters 8. A. G. are used on letters as an abbreviation of St. An- thony guide, being a request that St. An- ly. Neither the letters nor the explana- tion appear in the long list of abbrevia- tions, ancient or modern. BASEBALL—M., San Martin, Cal. One who has been a manager of a baseball team says that the only way “to bind the players to mind the manager” is to make the players put up a certaln amount at the time of the signing cf the contract so that fines imposed may be taken out. The manager has the contrelof the busi- ness end for the team and thé'captain the field end. INITIALS—6. L. A, City. When a woman marries she assumes her hus- band's name, and except in the case of lagal documents, where she must sign her given name as well as her name by mar- riage. For instance, a woman has the given name of Mary and marries Charles Willam Smitt, she would use Mrs. Charles Willlam Smitt, not Mrs. Mary Smitt, on her cards: so in using a seal to seal letters it would be right to use the initials C. W. S. BURIAL—Enq., City. There is no data that will show when human bodies were first buried in the earth. Abraham buried Sarah at Macpelah, 1360 B. C. Places of burial were consecrated -under Pope Calixtus I in 210 A. D. The ancient Greeks had burial places remote from towns; the Romans had them near the highways. The first Christian burial was, it is said, in 596; burial in cities in 742; in consecrated places in T in church- yards, T38. LAND OFFICE RULINGS—J. B, City. A citizen who is already the owner of & number of acres of farming lagd may use his homestead rights to take up 168 acres of land, providing the amount al- ready held does not exceed 160 acres; a settler who has filed on forty acres of land may, at a later p;;led, file on 120 more to make up 160 acres; a town- ey the bou‘- | site cannot be taken up under stead law. ASSAYING—L., City. The following are text books on assaying which may be ob- tained from dealers in books: “Assaying.” by C. H. Aaron; “Text Book of Assay- ing,” by C. and J. J. Bernige; “Practical Assaying,! by A. C. Hirons; “Practical by F. M. J “Assayer's Manual,” by B. Ker tical Assayer,” by J. Mitchell; “Assay- ing,” by O. North, and “Assaying and Assaying Schemes,” by P. de P. Rickerts. COMMUNITY PROPERTY—F. C., City. Under the laws of California if the hus- band dies without a will and leaves sur- | viving him a wife, but no children, she takes one half of all the property. The other half goes to his legal heirs; if there are none such, the entire property goes to the surviving wife. As the husband has the absolute control of the commu- nity property, he can dispose of the same as he can of his separate property. He does not need the signature of the wife té sell or mortgage real estate that Is community property. POSTAGE ON DROP LETTERS-E quirer, City. Many persons are under the impression that an unsealed letter dr in the Postoffice for delivery in this needs but a 1 cent stamp. Such is no the case, no matter whether «the letter is sealed or unsealed. The law is that: ‘Letters commonly known as drop or cal letters delivered through postofil carriers shall be charged with postage at the rate of 2 cents where the system of free delivery is established and 1 cent where such is not established for each half ounce or fraction thereof.” TO PRESERVE FLOWERS—Reader. Oakland, Cal. The following method for preserving the natural color of flowers is recommended by R. Hegler in th “Deutsche Botanische Monatsnefte.” It consists in dusting salicylic acid on the flowers as they lle in the press, and re- moving it again with a brush when the flowers are dry. Red colors In particular are well preserved by this agent. An- other method of applying the same pre- servative is to use a solution of one part of salicylic acid to fourteen of alcohol by means of blotting paper or cotton wool placed below and above the flowers. Pow- dered boracic acld ylelds nearly as good resuits. Dr. Schonland in the Gardener's Chronicle recommends as an improvement in the method of using sulphurous ac'd for preserving the color that In the case of delicate flowers they might be placed loosely between sheets of vegetable pareh- ment before immersion in the lquid, so to preserve their natural form. 4 A -