The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 8, 1902, Page 6

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Call subseribers contemplating a change of residence duMpg the summer months can have their paper forwarded by mail to their mew addresses by notifying The Call Business Office. This paper will also be on sale at all summer resorts and is represented by a lecal agent in all towns on the coast. PLAIN TERMS NEEDED. HE infinite complexity of issues that are upon I us as a result of the Spanish war makes neces- the use of plain terms in their expression. The most important of these issues relates tp our commercial relations with Cuba. The proposition for free trade in the agricuitural products of that isl- and is openly advanced in the interests of our pro- | tected manufactures of various kinds. The manufac- tures of this country are highly and powerfully or- ganized. Agriculture is without organization, and will probably always remain so. But its power is great when it feels the pinch or thrill of a common interest. The President delivered an impressive address on the Fourth at Pittsburg, which was enthusiastically | received which 2 with Cuba. we beg of the President not to cherish any illusions t. Had he gone among the iron masters ern Pennsylvania to advocate such tariff would admit Cuban iron -free, in the in- terest of American agriculture, the farmer to take the benefit at the expense of the iron industry, his utter- ances would have been received in silence and the pol- icy they voiced would have been instantly recognized as an invasion of the principle of protection on which Pennsylvania has prospered more than any other State in the Union. In explanation of the policy under discussion the President said: “Cuba must, in the larger sense, be part of the political system in international affairs of which this republic stands at the head.” There is danger that generalities creep into dis- cussion and come to be stated as principles. Cuba is as foreign to us as Mexico or Brazil. They are just as much part of the international system referred to. A precedent established in the case of Cuba be- comes good for ihem. They are geographically nearer to us than Europe, otherwise they are just as remote and as completely outside of that com- mercial scheme by which we have preserved home product and consumption and made their might the motive power with which we have conquested the was especially true of that part of it 'med his devotion to the trade programme changes markets by the superior skill, excellence and economy of our production. An international political system consisting of Cuba alone and the United States would arouse de- rision. Such a system embracing other countries which are denied equality of treatment with Cuba would cause antagonisms which would destroy it. Therefore we plead for the use of plain terms which are explanatory and not rhetorical. Such a practice will much enlighten our own people and make it un- mecessary for other countrigs in the Monroe hemi- sphere to complain by and by that they have acted upon a misunderstanding. If a common international system is desifable and necessary it will be seen at once that it must depend upon the perfect equality of all parties embraced by it. We cannot give one of them free trade, or impor- tant tariff modifications, and deny the same to others, The protective policy has stimulated our production of domestic sugar. The horticulture of California has felt its benefit. The tillers of the soil have only re- cently realized that the system need not confine its benefits to manufactures, but they can be impartially bestowed upon other industries. These, again, com- prehend clearly that, if these benefitssare withdrawn, there is responsibility somewhere, and they will seek and find it and punish i — It is announced that President Roosevelt will at- tend the fair of the Massachusetts State Board of Horticulture next fall, but has given notice that he will not hold a general reception on the fair grounds nor shake bands with the crowd. The President is fond of the &trenuous life, but of course he must draw the line somewhere. There is now in prospect in this city the creation of a relief fund for exempt firemen. If there be a class of worthy men around whom cluster the ro- mances of early San Francisco it is the old firemen, who should be fittingly remembered. Such reception was to be expected, and | the mismanagement of the Home for the Fecble-Minded which seem to have been known to many people for a considerable time. The- institution was looted by the Governor’s push some time ago, and, to the astonishment and distress of many citizens interested in its work, was turned over to a management that had never had the least experience in such work as is required in caring for those of feeble and undeveloped minds. It has been settled by the experience of this coun- try and Europe that the management of that class of defectives is one of the highest specialties, and that it cannot be safely intrusted to any that have not made it a study supervening upon a decided natural taste for that kind of work. The stages of idiocy, ]crc&inism and atrophy of mind, the kinds and classes | of arrested cerebral cdevelopment, are greater in va- riety than the manias that are symptomatic of disease of the developed brain. Hardly any two cases are exactly alike. In their treatment there is, however, one common principle that applies to all. They must be treated with uniform kindness and gentleness, and must have sunshine, fiesh air and good nourishment. With this rule followed inflexibly. and invariably, study of the psychology of each case may discover the means of promoting brain growth and changing the driveling idiot into the trained and self-support- ing citizen. v The literature of the subject is esoteric. It has not attracted public attention nor become a part of the widely spread knowledge of the time. The great work done for the blind and the deaf mute classes has become of general interest, greatly because its litera- ture has been disseminated in the public press. With the feeble-minded it is different, possibly because parents feel keenly such a misfortune in the family, and that delicacy is so shared by all mankind that it is regarded as a subject that may well be confined to the experts and specialists who make it a study. Yet in these institutions some cures have been effected as notable and perhaps more remarkable than the overcoming of congenital blindness and total deaf- ness in Laura Bridgman and Helen Keller. But the history of such cases shows that the principle of kind- ness, nutrition, sunshine and fresh air has been ad- hered to as applicable to all cases and a necessity in the cure of any. Now, keeping this in view, what could be more destructive of the purpose of the Glen Ellen home than the “discipline” that the political superintendent and management are alleged to have introduced there? Even in dealing with the brute creation punishment is associated with the act for which it is adminis- tered. Any decent nian who drives a horse limits discipline to such cases as enable the animal instinct to so connect it with a cause as to render its repeti- tion unnecessary. But even this degree of wisdom is absent in the management of the defective minded when they are put under a discipline they do not un- | derstand, made subject to rules they do not com- prehend, and then are punished forsoffenses of which they are unaware. Such punishment means nothing to them, except the suffering it inflicts, and they do | not know how to avoid in the future, for they do not know why it is inflicted. Confinement in a dark room, diet of bread and water, straitjacketing, chaining to the floor and | other like features alleged to be in the discipline at Glen Ellen are simply hideous. They violate the | first principle of the proper management of such un- !ionunates, who know not why they are punished, and whose exclusion from sunshine and fresh air and denial of a proper diet rob them of the sole chance | to make their weak wits stronger. If these things have been done, as is alleged, they constitute an in- human policy that the people must insist shall cease. Obscure prenatal causes have visited upon these helpless human beings the ultimate of punishment. They are the helpless victims of that in which they had no hand, which they did not cause and which they cannot cure. Society recognizes this, and, shar- ing with their parents the burden, provides in such institutions as Glen Ellen a refuge for their weakness and opportunity for its cure. Of all institutions in the State, that should be out- side the brawling and shifting current of party poli- tics. To have thrown it into that current is a %grave public offense. To rail at a newspaper for exposing the results neither denies them nor rteforms their cause. The punishments instituted there are just as inhuman and as fiendish as to whip a cripple for limp- ing or scourge a blind man for groping his way in a darkness he cannot help. | THE Chronicle has made public facts in regard to i Many persons may have noted with surprise that Kipling’s name was not included among the men of letters on whom honors were conferred by King Ed- ward on what was to have been his coronation day. It is now announced by friends that Kipling could have had knighthood had he been willing to accept it, so Edward is not to blame for overlooking th | young man. 4 GOVERNMENTAL OPERATION, ENERAL GREELY, chief of the United ‘ i States Signal Service, has been interviewed at Tacoma concerning the installation of wireless telegraph stations in Alaska, and is reported to have said: “The first installation will be an all- sea route between Nome and St. Michael, over which the American, or Fessenden, system will be oper- ated. The length of this route is about 108 miles. The contract requires that the system shall be in full working order by October 1. The second route is to be installed by the American Marconi Wireless Company between Gibbon, on the Yukon, at the mouth of the Tanana, and Bates Rapids, a distance of quire an intermediate Tepeating station. This also is to be in working order by October 1.” That statement is interesting to the people of San Francisco. Since the time when the merchants of this city urged the Government to establish a wire- less telegraph service between San Francisco and the Farallones several years have elapsed. The petition was presented shortly after the success of The Call in reporting the arrival of the transport bringing home the California volunteers from the Philippines demonstrated the availability of wireless telegraphy for such service. As new demonstrations of the value of the system followed, the eagerness to profit by it in establishing communication between the city | and the outlyingslands increased. Promises were made by Government officials that the service shoul, be provided as soon as feasible. Years have gone by and we are still without the service.. Note the difference herein disclosed between goy- ernmental non-action and the action of private con- tractors. . The contracts for establishing wireless Not six months has passed since they were con- about 172 miles. It is possible this system may re-. telegraphy in Alaska were granted only last winter.- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1902. READY TO TEST VIOLET RAYS IN THE TREATMENT OF ceded, and yet the contractors expect to have the sys- tem in operation over large distances before October. The Government, on the other hand, has had the task of providing # short service between San Fran- cisco and the Farallones under consideration for years and still there is no définite date fixed for put- | ting it into operation, . In providing for wireless telegraphy in Alaska the Government has done well. The service there will be of benefit to many persons and to large in- terests. It will, however, be no more beneficial than would be a similar service at this port.. The argu- ments presented by merchants and ship-owners on that subject when petitioning for the service are un- answerable. Still we wait in vain for communication with the Farallones, while St. Michael is to have com- munication with Nome, more than 100 miles away, by October. The cause of the difference in the two cases is that the Government purposes to construct and to operate wireless telegraphy at this port as a part of govern- mental business, whereas in Alaska the Government avails itself of corporate enterprise. The corporation gets its stations up and puts its system into opera- tion as speedily as possible. The Government waits, delays, makes experiments, gets reports, revises re- ports, ma]’ce_s further experiments, asks expert ad- vice, refers the.matter from this board to that, and in the shuffle the papers get sidetracked in a pigeon- hole and are lost to sight. Then the whole project drops until the people manage by another petition to get it taken up again. Those who are inclined to think favorably of Government operation of public { vtilities will do well to study- this contrast between the establishment of wireless telegraphy at San Fran- cisco and at St. Michael and ponder its meaning. About one year ago Johns Hopkins University started out to raise $1,000,000 to increase the endow- ment fund and it has been announced that the money is in sight. The trick was done so easily it is now proposed to raise another million for buildings. It is getting to be so in the East that when a university wishes a million or two it just pushes the first button in sight and providence does the rest. THE TREASURY STATEMENT. Y the treasury statement for June there are B given statistics for the whole fiscal year which ended with the month, as well as for the month itself. These show that the estimates made by the officials of the treasury last December con- cerning the probable surplus for the year were ap- proximately accurate, the estimate being in round numbers $100,000,000, while the actual surplus on hand June 30 was $92,105,547. The comparative receipts from various sources for the year and the one preceding are given in tabular | form, thus: 1902, Customs ........s $254,456,927 Internal revenu; ,503,215 Miscellaneous ... 36,445,048 Total ..iverserannnne.. $567,685,337 $563,405,188 The statistics for June show that the cash balance | has grown beyond $208,000,000, perhaps the largest surplus ever held by the treasury. The increase since June 1 was $13,223,886, and the excess of receipts over expenditures during the month was nearly $16,000,000. The repeal of the war taxes went into effect July 1 and is expected to reduce the revenue for the pres- ent fiscal year by $78,000,000. The reduction will be to some extent offset by the increased. activity in trade resulting from that diminution of taxation. How far' the reduction in tdxes will be compensated by increased consumption cannot at this time be es- timated, but the treasury experts are quoted as say- ing that: “Assuming the reduction in the revenue shall be equal to the amount estimated when the re- peal bill was under consideration in Congress, there will still be a surplus of about $14,000,000 at the close of the fiscal year 1903, the calculation being based upon the operations of the year just closed.” It will be seen, then, that despite the clamor in some quarters concerning the extravagance of Con- gress, the surplus is still with us and is likely to stay with us. So long as the people are prospercus, so long will the revenues of the Government be ample even after the repeal of all the war taxes. The Ding- ley tariff is doing its work well. ‘It is hard to say—what is the record for hottest weather, but the recent announcement that in an Arizona town the other day the mercury stood at 106 “in the ice box” must come pretty close to mak- ing a new one. R that after all the great plans and expectations in regard to the conference on imperial federa- tion between the Ministry and the colonial Premiers will end in nothing more important than a banquet. It opened without enthusiasm and has been proceed- ing with such dullness that the dispat*es hardly note that it is going on. The first dispatch annouriced that Mr. Chamber- lain’s speech at the opening of the conference was a distinct disappointment to all. One of the wits of the clubs is reported to have said: “We knew Salis- bury would tie Chamberlain’s hands, but we did not expect that his tongue would be tied also.” It ap- pears that from first to last the Secretary, who was once so free of speech and manner as to be deemed bumptious, was on that occasion as mild as milk and water, and showed no sign of confidence in either himself or his cause. In the meantime Premiér Seddon of New Zealand is looming up as the big man of the conference. He is described as a self-made man, lacking education, but of considerable force of character and virility of thought. He has enough of personal magnetism and influence to make all London take note of him even amid the official dignitaries and the royalties that crowded the city for coronation week. A conception of the popular estimate of his character can be obtained from the story now going the rounds to the effect that upon his arrival he was given, like the other Premiers and visiting’ dignitaries, a guard of honor. It happened that the guard assigned to him was part of a New Zealand troop. A visitor from that colony in going about the city met one of the guard and recognizing him as an old acquaintance asked what he was doing. “I am guarding Joe Seddon,” said the trooper. “What's that for?” asked the aston- ished colonial. “T don’t know,” said the guard, “but I suppose Salisbury is afraid he will say something he pught not to, and we are keeping strangers away m him.” hat is the sort of man upon whom the fate of the great conference now appears to depend. The world waits to hear from him. Since Mr. Chamberlain 1 is tongue tied, Mr. Seddon should speak. e e COLONIAL CONFERENCE. EPORTS from London tend to the conclusion b, ACTINOLITE APPARATUS TABLE, SEARCHLIGHT FOR DISEASE, AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS IN FLOWER HOSPITAL FOR TREATING CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS, CANCER AND OTHER DISEASES. e — N ©ne of the apartments of the Flowe er Hospital, New York, there has Just been installed an expensive elec- trical apparatus, which resembles more than anything else, at a casual glance, the powerful searchlight of a man of war. It is known as an actinolite, and is said to be the first complete instrument of the kind permanently set up in an Ameri- can hospital. By its operation it is hoped to make a practical and thorough test of the theory now widely accepted by sclentists that the powerfully concentrat- ed chemical or actinic rays of violet col- ored light possess distinctly curative properties in cases of cancer, tubercu- losis and other diseases having their sup- posed origin in bacterfological germs or parasites. ‘W. B. Kunhardt, one of the trustees of the hospital, 18 the donor of the appa- ratus and has pald the entire cost of Its installation. Dr. Charles Hornby, super- intendent of .the hospital, says that Mr. Kunhardt had further agreed that if at the end of twelve months of careful ex- periment results should be shown which should warrant it he would defray the expense of erecting a special building, or a new wing of the hospital, perfectly equipped for the treatment of such cases as may be reached effectively by the new process. To test the newly intalled apparatus a private demonstration was made in the hospital a few days ago. The first sub- Ject selected was a boy, who is a pri- vate patient, suffering from what to all ordinary methods appears to be a hope- less case of tuberculosis of the hip. Dur- ing the exposure to the chemical rays of light the subject reclined upon a sort of divan not unlike an operating table and the diseased tissues were exposed to the rays directly focused upon them and con- centrated by means of a powerful lens. The electric current is obtained by a di- rect connection with the electric light cir- cuit of the Edison company and the illuminating medium is a strong arc light placed behind the lens: To the patient the operation is an en- tirely ‘painless one, and its advocates claim for it that it has none of the ob- Jectionable features that often attend the application of the Roentgen rays to sen- sitive portions of the human body, such as subsequent soreness of the cuticle or loss of hair from the head and face. In some of their properties the actinic rays are analogous to those of the Roentgen rays used in connection with the fluoro- scope. They have a highly penetrative power, and by their medium photographic negatives have been perfectly reproduced, despite the intervention of objects that are thick and opaque to ordinary light. It 1s, of course, too early to predict re- sults in the case of the lad who was the subject of the first experiments. Fur- ther demonstrations will be made in the presence of the resident and visiting staff of the hospital, to familiarize them with the operation of the apparatus. One of the subjects who will be treated is a man who underwent treatment un- successfully for a long time for cancer of the larynx. He finally left the hos- pital convinced that his case was hope- less and returned to his home in a neigh- boring city. He comes back now glad to selze what he regards as a last hope to save his life. In Vienna, Paris, Copenhagen and other cities of Europe treatment by means of the actinic rays has been systematically carried on for some months with results which its advocates belleve are highly en- couraging. According to the theory which the Flower Hospital staff expects to test im- * partially, the chemical or actinic rays of the more refrangible end of the spec- trum are the elements from which thera- peutic effects may be expected when those rays are systematically and per- sistently concentrated upon or projected through the diseased tissues. Similar results may be obtained by util- izing sunlight, but a powerful electric are light, being more constant, is regarded as the better medium. By the applica- tion of ordinary sunlight through a less perfect actinolite apparatus than that now in the Flower Hospital, Dr. John E. Richardson, a wealthy Brooklyn physi- clan, who is a member of the Kings County Medical Soclety and is himself a victim of a cancerous growth, has been for some time conducting experiments upon his own person with what he ze- gards as gratifying results, A no less eminent authority than Pro- fessor Roswell Park said not long ago that if the present death rates are main- tained during the next tem years, there will be more deaths from cancer alone than from consumption, smallpox and ty- phoid fever combined. L e e B R e R MR AR R R SRR IR RN PERSONAL MENTION. F. A. Dixon of San Jose is visiting in the city. Fred Cox, a Sacramento banker, is res- istered at the Grand. Dr. W. A. Hendey of Los Angeles is registered at the Palace. Marion Biggs, a capitalist of Oroville, is registered at the Grand. John Finnell, a wealthy land owner of Tehama, is registeréd at the Palace. ~ Walter L. Vail, a prominent business man of Los Angeles, is at the Palace, H. C. Cutting, a mining man of Tono- pah, Nev., is registered at the Palace. J. M. Gardiner, a railway contractor of Los Angeles, is registered at the Grand. C. B. Jilson, a well-known mining man and politician of Napa, is a guest at the Grand. D. S. Rosenbaum, a grain merchant of Stockton, is among yesterday’s arrivals at the Palace. Mrs. Carrie B. Ulrich and daughter Alice left yesterday for a week's visit with relatives at Healdsburg. Dr. C. A. Ruggles of Stockton is visit- ing the city and will make his headquar- ters at the Grand until his departure. Thomas Flint Jr. came up from Los Angeles yesterday to look after his politi- cal fences, and has made his headquar- ters at the Palace. —_———— ‘Wonderful Body of Soldiers. The most remarkable body of soldiers in the world is Company C, Third Regi- ment, the National Guards of Minnesota, stationed at Duluth. Every member of this fine company is thoroughly familiar with the military drills of every nation, and could fall into the ranks and fill all the requirements of a well-drilled and dis- ciplined soldier of any land. ‘When the company was stationed at Chattanooga during the Spanish-Ameri- can war it gained the well-earned reputa- tlon of being the best drilled company of all the 70,000 troops in camp. Since then the company has taken up the drills of other nations, both ancient and modern, and has become marvelously expert. All the various drills of the company are held in the uniforms of the soldiers of the country which the troops are supposed to represent, and to make these costumes historically correct, the company has ex- pended over $3000 dollars. Lieutenant C. Josten is the originator of the scheme, and he deserves great credit for the ad- mirable manner in which he has discl- plined his men. Each military number is preceded by a bugler and a standard bearer, carrying the flag or standard of the nation repre- sented and blowing the bugle call of the different nations as they fall in line. The costumes—they can hardly be called uni- forms—of many are rich silk and satin handsomely embroidered. Queen Runs an Automobile. The latest recruit to the ranks of the motor enthusiasts is a representative of BEuropean royalty. The Queen Regent of Spain has an automobile. She is fond of athletics, and a certain portion of her time each day is given up to recreation, It was not so very long ago that some one who knew her Majesty's love for sport called her attention to the new ve- hicle. At first she was little interested, but when she was finally induced to pur- chase an “‘auto” for herself she became devoted to it. Now she uses it contin- ually in place of her carriage and pair. Recently, however, the Queen discov- ered that her favorite conveyance has its limitations. While riding in the hilly part of France one day her “auto” came to | grief.” The motive power gave out and the journey had to be concluded in a wagon, the only other conveyance avail- able. —_——— A Spanish journal reports the discovery of a process of extracting from a shrub which grows wild in the province of Val- legrande an oil which resembles stearine and ? be used in the manufacture of i SOME ANSWERS TO QUERIES BY CALL READERS HALF-DOLLARS—A. A. B., City.Deal- ers in old coins do not offer premiums for half-dollars of 1845 and 1861 MIDWINTER FAIR—L. K., City. The midwinter fair in San Francisco was opened on the 27th of January, 18%4. COAL MINERS—A. L., City. The or- dinary coal miner in England is paid about $4350 a month, or $10 §7% a week. COIN LIST-M., Standish, Cal. The Call does not publish a list of rare coins and the value thereof, nor does it deal in old coins. WHEELER WILCOX POEMS.—Sub- scriber, City. You can find the poem ask- ed for in Ella Wheeler Wilcox’s works, to be seen at the Free Public Library. STREETCAR MEN—W. D., Sacramen- to, Cal. This department has no infor- mation as to the amount of wages paid to the streetcar men in Honolulu. CONSULT A HORSE DOCTOR—H. H. S., Brooks, City. Not knowing what the matter is with your horse, this depart- ment cannot tell you what remedy to ap- ply. You should consult a horse doctor. TURNER AND HEGERTY—J. D., Be- nicla, Cal. Rufus Turner and Tim Heg- erty met in Stockton about two months ago and fought seven rounds. Turner was the winner. FIRE INSURANCE-O. 0. Y. 8., City. If you desire to know the status of a fire insurance company doing business in California you should apply at the office of the Insurance Commissioner. MODERN SPELLING—A. C. R., City. Catalog and program is a modern idea of spelling catalogue and programme, ‘which was adopted some years ago, when there was a craze on spelling reform. FEES AND MILEAGE—A. S, Lynch, Cal. Witnesses for the Government in criminal cases in the United States Dis- trict courts are allowed a per diem of $1 50 and mileage of 5 cents per mile each way. LAUNDRIES—O. O. Y. 8, City. The Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance on the 17th of October, 1887, prohibiting laurdries from being operated between the hours of 10 at night and 6 the follow- ing morning. TWENTY-DOLLAR PIECES-B. E. T., City. Dealers do not offer a premium for a twenty-dollar piece of 1851 and 1857. They offer to sell such at prices varying from $25 te $30, so that gives you what may be called the market price. ASBESTOS—H. 8. G, Bridgeville, Cal. There is a good demand in San Francisco for the best class of asbestos, and the price ranges from $50 to $400 a ton. There is, however, no demand for California asbestos, because the fiber is too short. LAKES OF KILLARNEY-H. D., City. The famous Killarney estate was on the market for a long time, and there was much talk of its purchase as a public property, but nothing came of it. It was disposed of by public auction and pur- chased by Lord Ardilaun in November, LONG AND SHORT DAYS—A. S, City. If you contended that the 22d of June is the longest day of the year and your friend contended that it was the 21st, you were both right, for the 2st, 224 and 234 A CHANCE TO SMILE. “Didn’t you tell me you went out West once on a train in which there was a man Who drilled the passengers in the proper tacties for repelling train robbers?”’ “Yoi” . = “And yet the train was held up and the passengers robbed before it reached its destination, wasn’'t it?"" * Yes” “How did that happen?” “The man that had drilled us was the first one who got scared, and of course we couldn’t do anything without the word of ccmmand.”—Chicago Tribune. “R. E. D.” asks for “some instructiom as to scoring in ping-pong.” 1. Knocking the ball through the win- dow counts three. 2. Breaking plate glass mirror counts two. 3. Striking next player with racket takes eight off your score. 4. Lodging ball in ear of fussy old gen- tleman who is looking on counts six all around. 5. Hitting self under chin with-handle of racket entitles you to another shot. 6. Knocking ball into opponent’s eye is game.—Baltimore American. The new Edward VII stamps bear the profile of his Majesty on a background of deep carmine. That’s appropriate. Ed- ward 1s popularly supposed to have painted his background about as deep a red as he could find.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Longest Suit on Record. One of the longest lawsuits on record, and one which involved millions of dol- lars, has just been decided in Germany, after thirty years of litigation. Strange to say, there is still something left of the estate fought over—it ‘was so large that the courts and the lawyers did not get It all in spite of the long time the case was in court. They got a good share, however, The family of Arenberg live in Relgium, but they own a snug little duchy in Germany. {The Duke of Arenberg used to impose a toll of 20 cents on every ton of coal mined by the Westphalia Coal Com- pany, whose mines were in his domains. In the general shake-up of the Franco- Prussian War, and the reformation of the German empife which followed, the Duke of Arenberg and his duchy got lost ia the shuffle, and the coal company ceased its tribute. Theh the Duke went to law. In the good old days the robber barom aneestors of the Duke would have called out their men-at-arms, swooped down om that coal company and hanged the presi- dent and board of directors-to the castle gates. But the coal baron having sue ceeded the robber baron in these days, the Duke went to law, and after thirtg years he has won his case. For once the coal baron has been down- ed by the descendant of the robber baron, and the Westphalia Coal Company wiil have to pay arrearages of Vgibute to the Duke amounting to $36,000,000." The annual income to the Arenbergs from the mines is about $1,200,000, so now they are rich; but if the suit had gone against them they would have been practically ruined. That lawsult was getting to be their principal S A e e R a “state ™ to arrange a compromise. oy " ————— Prunes stuffed with apricuts. Townsend's.* —_——— Townsend's California Glace fruit and cnndlea.A“:i a wund.‘m‘ artistic fire-etched bexes. ice present for East m €39 Market st., Palace Hotel bmu - —_— Special information supplied dally to W":&m and public men by the 2 . o Chemins e g —_————— length one minute per day and after m.a"ng‘ol December Increase one mmelmumuu—.v—umcmu s The Bedouin Arabs are small ters. Six or seven dates soaked in -uu.: but- fer serve u man & whole day, with a sm: uan coarss Bai-of rice. oGt Dr. Sanford’s Liver Indigestion,