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5 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRI‘DAY; JUNE 6, 1902. The= orieinc Call. _...JUNE 6, 1902 FRIDAY JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. R I T S N e e G d Address All Communieations to W. LEAKE, Manager. TELEPHONE. Ask for THE CALL. The Operator Will Connect You With the Department You Wish. .Market and Third, S. F. 217 to 221 Stevenson St. PUBLICATION OFFICE. EDITORIAL ROOMS. Delivered by Carriers. 15 Cents Per Week. Single Copfes. 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage: DAILY CALL (including Sunday), one year $6.00 DAILY CALYL (including Sunday), 6 month 3.00 DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 3 month .. 1.5 DAILY CALL—By Single Month 65¢c SUNDAY CALL. One Yea: WEEKLY CALL, One Year, 83 All postmasters are authorized fo recelve subscriptions. Eample copies Will be forwarded when requested. Mail subscribers in ordering char—e of address should be particular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order to insure & prompt and correct compliance with thelr request. OAKLAND OFFICE. teress.1118 Broadway €. 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Call subseribers contemplating a change of residence during the summer months can have their paper forwarded by mail to their new sddresses by motifying The Call Business Office. This paper will also be on sale at all summer resorts and is represented by a loeal agent in =il towns on the coast. BOER AND BRITON. HE closing scenes of the conference at Ve- T reeniging are pleasanter reading than the world has had from South Africa for a long time. General Kitchener greatly redeemed his repu- tation by his conguct there and his praise of the great deeds of the Boers in defense of their homes and their independence. It is useless to say now that if such a spirit had been earlier shown the world would have been spared the pain of many things it will gladly forget. Great Britain may be sure of one thing: If her terms and engagements in the treaty be faitfifully observed she has gaired in the Boers a peaple of whom any country may be proud. The exchange of compliments after the treaty was much more than It had the heartiness of sincerity. The Boers would not be humiliated. During the con- ference they preserved their austere and distant and independent demeanor and gave the true impression of their reserve force and unexhausted capacity to fight for their rights knowledge on the a formality. s men and a community. The it of the British members of the conference that this was no pretense greatly aid- ed the conclusion of terms honorable to both parties. We desire to repeat that the result is of distinct benefit to the world. If Great Britain has been com- pelled by the emergencies of her situation to grant terms that lower her prestige it is a warning ‘to other powers to avoid adventures and aggressions which may put them under the same necessity. If the Boers have saved their honor, as they have, and at the same time secured terms favorable to their fu- ture, it is encouragement to all people who are at- tacked aggressively to sacrifice and endure until the aggressor respects their power and dare not humili- ate them. The scenes after the treaty was signed furnish that touch of nature without which the incident would make less powerful zppeal to the world’s imagina- tion. The Boers dropped their austerity and the British their reserve and there ensued a fraternal mingling that makes the combined future of the two more promising. There was no appearance of victor and vanquished. The conqueror and the conquered did not appear. It was a free and cordial mingling of men and equals. The pleasure was general and not partial. What the Bcers had lost in the field was gained by their diplomacy, and what the British lost in diplomacy they had gained in the field. There were no illusions and no pretenses; Delarey and the giant De Wet were the equals of Kitchener and Milner. There was no air of subjuga- tion about them. . Americans are interested in the fact that when the Boers and British broke out in song together they sought as 2 means of expressing their feelings two old American songs, “Hard Times Come Agzin No More” and “Old Folks at Home.” It is said that some of the Boers who have been exiled may elect to come to the United States and it is quite likely that many Cape Colonists who are iree to do =0 may seek an asylum here in preference to enduring disfranchisement there. If so they will be gladly welcomed. We cannot have too many im- migrants of their sort. — It will be_remcmbcred that some time ago it was announced that President Roosevelt would take the stump and make several speeches during the fall cam- paign, but the report comes from Washington that the President has denied the story. Perhaps he is not altogether satisfied with what Congress is doing and doesn’t know whether he will support it any than it supports him. —_— Now that the war is over in South Africa King Edward should make up with Salisbury. There ought 10 be peace in the palace as well as in the country, more There is one complaint of the rural delivery sys- tem that no one looked for. It is said the birds have taken to building nests in the letter boxes. ey, It would be a graceful thing now for the British to invite Kruger to the coronation and give him a front seat. | > Beyers and Botha, | WAR DEPARTMENT SEQRETS. E hope that the Government at Washing- N} \/ ton will not spend too much time trying to find out how Private A. K. Weir’s charges against Lieutenant Arnold leaked out of the War Department, for that is a matter in which the coun- try feels but little interest: It is unfortunate that certain Senators and others, who seem to feel respon- sible for the safety of the administration, have met too many revelations of irregularity inthe Philippines’ by denial and counter accusation, and - their final proof, as most of them have been proved, by excuses and palliation.” The enemy that we fight in the Phil- ippines is distant. Events there are but little affected by what takes place here. There is no perceptible military reason for concealment of such reports as Major Gardiner's and“Private Weir's. Their con- cealment or publicity can have no effect on the Phil- | ippines, and it is a task of great difficulty to convince the American people that things done or alleged to be done under their flag and in their name must be hidden in the War Department_on the enemy’s ac- count. The long delay in making public the report of Major Gardiner had a bad effect on public opinion and the people do not care whether Weir’s report leaked out of the office of Miles or Corbin, but they do care to know why they are esteemed unfit to know all the facts, and the alleged facts, for which they are made responsible, or for which they are to be ex- cused. The President has frankly declared that violators of the rules of civilized warfare in the Philippines will be punished. It is openly admitted that our forces bave punished with great and extreme severity Fili- pinos who have been guilty of such acts, but how can we claim the right to do this if our own troaps, in even a single case, are guilty of the same acts and go unpunished? : The people of this country expect in the future to live at peace with the islanders as an impinged peo- ple, connected with us but not of us, or they expect to permit them to be independent and in friendly alli- ance with us. In either case it is necessary that we teach them that our civilization is not a fair weather article, but is warranted to stand every test and wear well under every provocation. It is already in evidence that we have shot prisoners. The excuses for General Smith’s order that all people over ten years of age be shot do not meet with popular ap- proval. The American people do not indorse the military policy of punishing the chief men of a vil- lage because others in the same village have turned to marauding. They will not vote against the admin- istration because they disapprove these things, but they will refuse support to any administration that conceals facts from them and treats them .as un- worthy -of its confidence. This is the great danger that lies in the whole matter. It will not be averted by proving that the Weir report leaked out of the office of General Miles. THe issue is, why should such a report have to leak out at all? Why was it not given out freely? It may be said, also, that the people were not favor- ably impressed by the appearance of anxiety on the part of some members of the Senate Philippine Com- mittee to suppress testimony. It is the judgment of the best friends of the administration that the mi- nority on that committee should have been just as free in calling witnesses as the majority. The many refusals of such freedom enable the Democrats to go before the people and accuse the Républicans of sup- pressing evidence upon the most important subject | that is now in focus. The very appearance of such suppression should be avoided. In the hands of art- ful men that which is suppressed takes on propor- tions that it would rot have if it were frankly re- vealed. Party leaders should not forget that senti- ment is a swinging pendulum. It may be at one en- treme of the arc to-day, but it does not rest there. All the forces on.earth cannot hold it still.' The War Department may prove that Miles went at midnight to the War Department, disguised in a 18ng coat and false whiskers, and opened a desk with a skeleton key to get the Weir report and ‘make it public, but that will only momentarily divert public attention from the main question: Is the Weir report true? Were men stripped naked and beaten with clubs; were they hung up by the thumbs; were 'they dragged after galloping horses by a rope tied around their necks; were these Apache tactics pursued by American officers, under the American flag, by authority held in the name of the American people? With Weir's report is also divulged the indorse- ment of Captain West, who, after investigation, says that the charges are true. Suppression of testimony is dlways resented. The people -demand- the confidence of those who serve them, and it is wise counsel to advise that all appear- ance of withholding it be avoided. THE ST. LOUIS ISSUE. UT of the investigation into the secrets of the O past municipal ‘administration in " that city, | the St. Louis Grand Jury has brought to light facts which lead it to say: “While there may have been corruption in other cities as great as we have had here, yet at no place in the world ard at no time known to history has so much official corrup- tion been uncovered and the evidence shown so that all could see and understand. These revelations have been so appalling as to be almost beyond belief, and it will be years before the extent of the discoveries is fully réalized.” Those are strong words, but they are not the first of the kind that have come from St. Eouis since the first revelation was made of the bribery of city offi- railway iranchise. ‘It is time for St. Louis to do some- thing more than to publish a story of her official shame. The issue before her people is one of action, The country has been told often enough that the tax- payers have been robbed, that public franchises have been sold, that municipal money has been wasted and that the confidence and the interests of the people have been betrayed by their representatives in office. That which the country now wishes to know is what St. Louis is going to do about it. That some show of prosecution and some effort at bringing the rascals to judgment will be made is of 1 course certain, but will the prosecution be made thor- ough and comprehensive, or will it be directed to a scapegoat or. two who will be willing to bear the brunt of the storm for the sake of shielding the really guilty ones? When the revelations of corrup- tion were first made it was disclosed that the wrong was done not merely by a few cheap rascals in office, but by many very rich and potent rascals on the out- side who corrupted the officials and through that cor- ruption robbed the city. Some of the “best people,” many “prominent citizens,” not a few “captains of in- dustry,” quite a number of “enterprising business men” and a lot of “eminent financiers” were found in the woodpile when it was first overturned in search of the proverbial “nigger.” A good many of those gen- tlemen of light and leading left town as soon as the cials for the purpose of obtaining from them a street" disclosures were made; some went for health, some went for the coronation. It would be difficult and perhaps impossible to gather in all the scattered clan, of them to start a Penitentiary- Four Hundred and teach a better lesson than can ever be taught by Of course no other American city can point with scorn at St. Louis or revile the futility of her grand The issue is one on which she will have more of sym- pathy than of mockery. No other city in the country through the mire. If, then, it be true that St. Louis has suffered more than others, she has a chance to cessful in cleaning her skirts and punishing the guilty. e ————a 3 e —————— FORESTRY. I Arbor day, for the planting of trees. The present advance in-American forestry and wide- his work of a lifetime to convince men and Govern- ments of the influence of forests upon all the physical the International Forestry Association and was known all over the world as the foremost promoter of spread of .his ideas is now becoming apparent. Not long ago a scientific forester was regarded by prac- interfered with the conversion of trees into timber and lumber and ought to be suppressed. same scientific foresters to direct the cutting of their trees and to preserve the forest-producing capacity of Wisconsin and Minnesota in the complete destruc- tion of their pine forests, and conversion of the land lost even upon the men who profited by it. They are now compelled to resort to the forests of the South are rapidly falling into line with the policy of making the timber crop permanent by care in harvesting and Their example should be studied by our lawmakers. ‘When the owners of large timber tracts in this State of the growing crop from fire, those rules may well be enacted into law for the control and compulsion of be paid to preserving the seeds of our valuable forest trees for planting. It is not generally known _that tion in this.State which gathers the seeds of our valu- able conifers for sale in Europe, where they are used stock. California has the largest variety of valuable coni- On vast tracts in our mountains these have been ex- terminated by fire. There should be a large domes- been sacrificed to greed and carelessness. It is pleasant to read in this connection of the policy acquired a tract of 50,000 acres of timber in this State to be put under scientific forest management. That forest land in New England and by replanting it with pine has now fine forests growing where a few years who are taking over cur timber lands will administer. them so as to make their forests perpetual their in- with our permanent prosperity. EDISON’S NEW BATTERY. E his statement of a few days ago that he has achieved the construction of a storage battery that his invention will give the machines a running power which will enable them to make a long mile- care, will not depreciate in use and will not weigh more than the vehicle it propels. In short, he is turers of automobiles to provide a cheap carriage. 1 have solved the problem of an electric storage bat- which will wear two or three automobiles out before it succumbs itself.” a woman with a new baby. Mr. Edison is a man of eminence, and yet few people will put absolute re- ural he should deem it the greatest thing of the kind on earth, but the public will wish to subject it complete solution of the storage battery problem. Edison himself believes the tests made have been Fleiss, out on the road and told them to run the machine over some rough roads and tackle a few miles, took seventy-five hills, with grades ranging from 2 to 12 per cent, went through some big holés went out with and the voltage had only dropped seven volts from the original twenty-nine. That was go out again and they started on Monday, when the roads were heavy from the rain. My instructions and they did eighty-five miles before she slowed down.” takes more than one swallow to make a spring, so it takes more than one test to prove that a new ma- be made upon it. Edison is quoted as saying that in most of the storage batteries now in use lead is batteries are very heavy, weighing about 125 pounds for each horsepower produced. He gets rid of the can get one-horsepower for every 53.3 pounds of weight. He expects to get the weight down to is now constructing. His expectation is that with the lighter batteries it will be possible for an auto- The decrease in the weight of the battery will of itself be an immense gain, but another advantage is tery can be charged. Altogether the promise /is a most attractive one, for the success of such a battery automobiles, but also the'solution of the problem' of ! running electric cars under all conditions without for pleasure, some for business, and doubtless some but if St. Louis be in earnest she might catch enough Grand Jury reports. | juries with their reports that bewail but indict not. may have fared so badly, but all of them have been redeem herself by being more resolute and more suc- HE late J. Sterling Morton was the founder of spread public attention thereto are due directly to and material interests of man. He was president of forest planting and preservation. The beneficial tical lumbermen as a pernicious 'sort of crank, who Now the practical lumbermen are employing those their timber tracts. The experience of Michigan, where they grew into infertile desert, has not been and to this coast for timber and lumber, and they replanting. make Jintelligent rules for cutting and for protection the thoughtless and careless. More attention should there is a great and profitable industry long in opera- in creating the forests of the future, on American fers found grouped together anywhere in the world. tic market for seeds to, replace the forests that have of the Diamond Match Company, which has recently company has also bought great tracts of denuded rago the landscape was bare and forbidding. If others vestment in this State will be welcomed as in line DISON has repeated with additional details which will greatly improve automobiles. He asserts age without renewal, will not require expensive quoted as saying: “It is now up to the manufac- tery which can be used for long distance work and An inventor with a new machine is very much like liance upon his estimate of his invention. It is nat- to the test of actual work before accepting it as a sufficient. He says: “I sent my two men, Bee and bad hills. Well, they did it. They ran sixty-two and came back with 83 per cent of the speed they fairly good, but it didn’t satisfy me. I told ’em to were to run the blamed machine until she stopped, The showing is unquestionably good, but as it chine is equal to all the demands that are going to used in a solution of acid, and as a consequence the weight by using lighter metals than lead, and says he forty pounds per horsepower in another battery he mobile to make 100 miles without recharging. said to lie in the rapidity with which the new bat- means of course not only a great improvement in | the use of overhead wires. TR i ‘ Dunne, Mrs. M. P. Huntington, J. S. ARMY SURGEONS IN CONVENTION AT WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, June 5.—Before an as- semblage that crowded the National The- ater President Roosevelt to-day opened the eleventh annual convention of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States. On the stage with the President were Secretary Moody, Secre- tary Root, Secretary Shaw, General Sternberg of the army, Surgeon General Rixey of the navy, Surgeon General Wy- man of the Marine Hospital service; Pres- ident H. B. McFarland of the Board of Commissioners of District of Columbia; Rfzht Rev. Henry Satterlee, Bishop of the ‘Washington diocese of the Episcopal church; President S. S. Adams of the Medical Society 6f the District of Colum- bia, and Major George Henderson, sur- Zeneral of the National Guard of the Dis- trict of Columbia and chairman of the committee on arrangements. ‘When the President and party arrived the Marine Band, under Director Sentel- man, struck up “Hail to the Chlef,” and the audience responded with vigorous ap- plause. Bishop Satterlee delivered the invocation, and Major Henderson then in- troduced the President, who spoke as fol- lows: BIDS MEMBERS WELCOME. Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am 81ad to have the opportunity to bid welcome to the members of this assoclation and thelr | friends to-day. The men of this association combine two professions, ‘each of which is rightfully held in high honor by all capable of appreciating the real work of men—the pro- fession of the soldler and the profession of the doctor. Conditions In modern clvilization tend | more and more to make the average life of the community one of great softness, of great ease, compared to what has been the case in the past, and, gentlemen, together with all the ad- vantages that have come from this softening of life, this rendering it more easy, there are certain attendant disadvantages also. It is a | very necgssary thing that there should be some professions, some trades where the same de- mands are made now as have been made in the past upon the heroic qualities in a man, and those demands are made alike upon the | soldier and upon the doctor, and how much | more upon those who are both soldiers and | doctors; upori the men who have continually to face all the responsibilities and all the risk faced by their brothers in the clvilian branch | of the profession, and who also in time of war must face the same risks, often exactly the same risks, that are faced by their brothers in arms whose training Is to kill and not to cure. (Laughter and applause.) It has been my good fortune, gentlemen, to see your body at work in the field, to see them carrying the wounded and dying from the line, themselves as much exposed to danger as those they were rescuing, and to see them working day and night In_the field hospitals afterwards, when even the intensity of the | strain could hardly keep them awake, so fagged out were they by having each to do the work of ten. (Applause.) ONE WORD OF WARNING. I welcome you here. I am glad to have the | chance, of seelng you and wish to say a word of congratulation to you upon this association. All our modern iife we have found it absolutely indiepensable to supplement the work of the in- dividual by the work of individuals gathered into an assoclation. Without this work of the assoclation you cannmot give the highest ex- pression to the individual endeavor, and it would be a great misfortune If the military members of the surgical and medical profes- sions did not take every advantage of thelr opportunities in the same way that is taken by the membérs of the medical and curgical professions who are mnot in the army or the navy or the marine hos- pital service, but who are In civil life outside. 1 am glad to see you, gathered in this associa- tion, and just one word of warning. Perfect yourselves as sclentific men, able to work with the best and most delicate apparatus, and never for one moment forget especially the higher officers among you, that in time of need you will have to do your work with the scantiest posible apparatus (laughter and applause), and that then your usefulness will be propor- tioned; not upon the adequacy of the complaint that you did not have apparatus enough, but | upon the way you have done with what you | have. (Loud applause.) Remember that, and | remember also (this applies especially to the higher officers) that you have got to supple- ment in your calling the work of the surgeon with the work of the administrator. (Ap- plause.) You have got to be doctors and mili- tary men and able administrators. I thank you. When the President concluded he Te- | turned to the White House with his party, | the Marine Band playing “The Star- Spangled Banner” as they left the thea- ter.. Commissioner McFarland then made the formal address of welcome in behalf of the citizens of the capital, and Dr. Ad- ams delivered an address in behalf of the medical profession. Numerous other ad- dresses were made, interspersed with m! by the Marine Band. The pat- riotic airs of the band were heartily cheered by the audienc PERSONAL MENTION. ‘W. P. Lynch of Oroville is at the Lick. John J. Donnelly left for Nome yester- day. S. N. Griffith of Fresno is a guest at the Lick. Dr. A. M. Ritchie of Pacific Grove is at the Grand. W. H. Hatton, an attorney of Modesto. is at the Lick. 0. Y. Woodward of Woodward's Island is at the Grand. E. P. Colgan, State Controller, is regis- tered at the Lick. J. H. Edwards, a cattle man of New- mans, is at the Lick. Ben U. Steinman, ex-Mayor of Sacra- mento, is at the Palace. W. E. Gerber, Fish Commissioner and banker of Sacramento, is at the Palace. J. 8. Childs, a Redding mining man, is at the Palace acccmpanied by his wife. . F. A. Barr, who is interested in the erec- tion of a new hotel at Lake Tahoe, is at the Palace. € Col. John T. Harrington is down from the Soldiers’ Home at Colusa and has made his headquarters at the Palace. W. H. James, a merchant of Sacra- mento, is spending a few days in the city and has made liis headquarters at the Lick. 2 . Von Dermeder and Dr. Valentine, delegated by the German Government to study the labor situation }n this country, are at the Palace. ‘Willlam Hood of the Southern Pacific Company left last evening for an inspec- tion tour of the Central Pacific. He will be gone about three weeks. Californians in New York. ‘lEW YORK, June 5—The following Californians are in New York: From San Francisco—H. Meyers, at the Sturtevant; W. Polk, at the Holland; W. R. Burrell and L. Leonard, at the Cos- mopolitan; D. Dormadd, at the Hoffman; D. Stoney, at the Manhattan; F. W. Ten- wiclel, at the Herald Square. From Santa Barbara—Mrs. Daulton, Mrs. J. Daulton and Miss Burke at the Manhattan. i Californians in Washngton. WASHINGTON, June 5—The follow- ing Californians registered here to-day: At the Arlington—Mrs. Solita King of San Francisco. At the.Wlllard—Mrz.! Y 23 an- na, Dr. W. Anderson and Mrs. Anderson of San Francisco. Cal. glacr fruft 50c per Ib at Townsend's.* ———————— Prures stuffed with apricots. Towhsend's.” — HANNA FAVORS PANAMA ROUTE FOR THE CANAL WASHINGTON, June 5.—In further consideration of the isthmian canal pro- ject the Senate heard two speeches to- day, nelther of which was completed. Hanna of Ohio spoke in favor of .he Spooner amendment conferring on the President authority to purchase the rights of the Panama Canal Company .{ a title could be obtained, otherwise he shall decide upon the Nicaragua route. Mitch- ell of Oregon supported the Hepburn bill for the construction of the canal by the Nicaragua route. " Seldom has a Senator been accorded a more attentive hearing than that given to Hanna. The Panama route he consid- ered much to be preferred to the Nicar- agua, as it provided an interoceani¢ wa- terway much shorter, and one that could be traversed at a less expense than the Nicaragua route. Hanna referred to the seismic disturb- ances in the canal region, and suggested that those disturbances ought to cause the American Congress to pause and con- sider the suggested dangers seriously. He referred to the maps arranged around the walls of the'chamber showing the num- ber of active and inactive volcanoes in the canal region, estimating that there were more volcances in the neighborhood of | the Nicaragua route than that of the Panama route. He maintained that the | cost of the Nicaragua canal would be im- mensely greater in point of construction and operation than the Panama canal, and said he was prepared to demonstrale that the Nicaragua canal could not be op- érated at night. Mr. Hanna sald that in many respecfs the same conditions ap- plied to both the Nicaragua and Panama routes. Mitchell urged that unless the Nicar- agua route was determined upon def- initely by Congress it would mean the in- | definite postponement and perhaps the ul- timate defeat of any canal legislation. He insisted fhat the Nicaragua route was entirely feasible and practicable, while the Panama route involved difficulties which | were scarcely to be surmounted. The Senate passed the military acad- | emy appropriation bill providing for ex- tensive improvements at West Point. ANSWERS-TO QUERIES. A QUARTER—Daily Reader, City.| From the stand of the coin collector, a | quarter of 1856 is worth only its face value. PEOPLE’S BANK—A. O. 8., City. This department cannot ascertain when there | will be “another dividend to depositors of | the People’s Home Savings Bank.” CORRESPONDENCE COLLEGE—Sub- scriber, City. To communicate with the Corresponding Architect College of Phil- adelphia, Pa., address a letter ““to the sec- retary” of that institution. FRANCE'S GAIN—E. R. C., Oakdale, Cal. France's gain In sending a warship to Turkey when there was an attempt to evade the payment of a claim against that country was that the claim was settled. CITY HALL, PHILADELPHIA—C. M., City. The height of the tower of the City | Hall of Philadelphia is 547 feet, and this is surmounted by a statue of William Penn thirty-five feet high, making a total height_of 55 feet above the pavement. ULSTER COUNTY GAZETTE—Sub- scriber, City. The Ulster County Gazette of January 4, 1800, which you have had in | your possesion for twenty-two years is one of 2 million fac-similes of the original | issued in 1863 and sold at that time at 2 cents a copy. PRINCE HENRY—Dalsy, Auburn, Cal. | This department cannot give any other | details of information relative to Prince Henry's visit to this country and the dif- | ferent banquets that were tendered him than what appeared in the columns of The | Call during the months of February and March. b, POSITIONS FOR WOMEN-P., City. ‘Women are employed as clerks in the of- fice of the Surveyor General. They come under civil service rules. They must be proficient as stenographers and typewrit- ers. Women are employed as copyists in the office of the City and County Record- | er of San Francisco. Such are appointed by the Recorder. MANGE—R. R., Oakland. For mange on dogs or other animals, sulphur oint- ment, carbolic washes, corrosive subli- mate, in weak solution, or a decoction of tobaeco or the green leaves of Indian poke (Veratrum veride) are all useful applica- ticns. The afflicted animal should be kept alone, for the disease is contagious. After the mites have been destroyed by the use of any of the above remdies, the animal needs liberal feeding and some miid tonic, like iron. A little copperas | teur. dissolved in the drinking water is gener- ally sufficient. GOSSIP FROM LONDON WORLD OF LETTERS Booksellers here report that the appall- ing disasters in the West Indies have caused a very great demand for .Bulwer Lytton's “Last Days of Pompeil.” Sev- eral publishing houses are racing each other to get out new issues to catch the sales before the interest begins to wane. A series of coronation Bibles, intended to commemorate the event, will be issued by the Oxford University Press. They will have portraits of the King and Queen and other illustrations, and will be very daintily got up. Nor will they be very expensive, and, In fact, are to be issued at prices to suit all purses, the expectation being that the Bibles will be largely used for presents at coronation time. Several years ago a great stir was made in soclety circles by the publication of an anonymous book entitled “The Silver Domiro.” This was partly because it treated of some English social and lit- erary lions with an air of intimate frank- pess. There is now to be a reissue of the book with new chapters, while the old ones will be brought up to date. Thus a popular writer, poet or society gentleman gets lively guidance as to the coats of arms he should adopt in case of his re- ceiving coronation honors. The author of “The Silver Domino” remains anonymous. Messrs. Lamley will publish a new edi- tion of Lord Ronaldshay's book of sport and politics, “Under an Eastern Sky.” It is now nearly- ready. = He is the eldest surviving son of the Marquis of Zetland. For his years—he is only 2%—he has trav- eied far. The journey here described took him across the Himalayas in winter, a most perilous undertaking. He shot ibex and other big game in the Highlands of Kashmir and came back to' England by the overland route. He writes of the scenery, men and maniers, and of Eng- land and Russia in South and Centrai Asia. It is often remarked and admitted in this country that England is far behind the United States In the quality of its art printing. It is therefore a treat to turn over the pages of a magazine like the Studio. It is a publication really beauti- fully got up—one might almost conclude, regardiess of expense, as the saying is. It is a work for lovers of art by artists for artists, both professional and ama- All the most recent developments In etching and art engraving upon copper plates have been utilized by the pro- ducers of the Studio. For its summer number it is going to make a greater ef- fort than ever and break all records in the matter of art printing. The current number contains some beautiful prints which would be hard to beat even in America. Take, for instance, the full page reproductions in various tints of ‘“‘Repairing the Scythe,” the painting by Robert Steel Amabilis,” from the painting by Edmond Theodore Van Hove; ‘‘Polish Peasants,” from the painting by Ferdinand Andri; “A Vision of Valhalla,” by Charles Rob- inson, and about half a -dozen others. They are all—the last named espeeially— delightfully done. Then, as specimens of American newspaper art work, the Studio devotes two full pages to reproductions of the portrait of Alphonse Daudet, from Carriere’s portrait, and “The Germanic in Drydock,” both from the New York Herald, as illustrating the excellence to which this branch of newspaper work has been brought by the Herald. Is the series of library form of publica- tion played out? Discussing this matter with particular regard to novels, the Publisher’s Circular comes to the conclusion that with a few exceptions the series of copyrighted books in uniform bindings is doing badly. How different from- what it used to be! There was a time, and that not so long ago, when a good addition to a good series, or even an indifferent -addition, could command a definite advance in sub- scription. Now a novel is published on its own account, and appears on the whole to stiand a better chance. The truth is be- lieved to be that the series was held out to the public as a bait. When the baits became too plentiful the public refused to be caught. “Wiston’s First Book” in Fisher Un- win's first novel serifes has been such a success that there has been a natural curfosity as to the authorship. “Miles Amber” was, of course, a ‘“nom de guerre.” I am now led to understand it stands for Mrs. Cobden Sickert, daugh- ter of Richard Cobden, whose mother, as John Morley says in his biography, bore the gracious name of Millicent Amber. There was also a “Miles” in the Cobden family. —_——— ?? Going to Thunder Mountain P? The Northern Pacific Rallway is the best, cheapest and quickest route. 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Best yet published, A San Franciscan Spends Onc Hundred and Two Days in a ‘South Alrican Jail The most interesting story of the Boer published. NEXT SUNDAY CALL THE SWELL LADIES WEAR PIC- TURE HATS WITH DECOLLETE GOWNS. Find out who they are in next Sunday's Call. THE OLDEST ADOBE HOUSE . HOW CELERY IS GROWN AND MARKETED IN CALIFORNIA. READ THE WOLFVILLE STORIES BY ALFRED HENRY LEWIS. FASHIONS, FICTION AND HUMAN INTEREST STORIES. THE SUNDAY CALL MAGAZINE SECTION CONTAINS MORE WESTERN STORIES THAN ALL OTHER SAN FRANCISCO SUNDAY PAPERS COMBINED