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Month of June. 1902 | June 1.. 71,020 | June 69,470 June 2. 60,550 | June 59,820 June 3. 60,230 | June June 4. 60,200 June June 5. 60,350 | June 6. 59,950 | June e T. June June S June June 9. June June June June June June June June June June Total. ETATE OF CALIFORNIA, CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO—ss On this 34 dey of July, 1902, personally appeared before me, William T. Hees, a Notary Public in and for the City and County aforesaid, V J. MARTI who being sworn according | 10 law. declares that he is the siness Menager of the San | Francisco CALL. a daily newspaper published in the City and | County of San Francisco, State of California, and that there | were printed and distributed during the month of June, 1902, | | one miilion eight hundred and seventy thousand one hundred | &nd sixty (1,870,100) copies of the said newspaper, which num- ber divided by thi (the number of days of issue) gives an average deily circulation of 62,338 coples. W. J. MARTIN. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3d day of July. 1802. W. T. HES! Notary Public in and for the City and County of San Fran- cisco, State of California, room 1018, Claus Spreckels bldg. ——— e TO SUBSCRIBERS LEAVING TOWN FOR THE SUMMER. Call subscribers contemplating a change of residence during the summer months can have their paper forwarded by mail to their mew mddresses by motifying The Call Business Office. This paper will also be on sale at all summer resorts d is represented by a local agent in =il towns on the coast. — &> BRYAN'S MANNERS. OLONEL BRYAN was invited to the Tilden ‘ Club harmony banquet, but did not appear. Governor Hill in his speech lamented the va- | cant chair and referred to the talented “Western ! leader” who was expected to pick his teeth with them | but preferred to stay home and grit them. It is a bit late, but Colonel Bryan just now makes public his letter of regret declining the invitation. He finds it necessary to explain that the letter was never sent, through the carelessness of a clerk, therefore the managers of the harmony event were not in posses- sion of it, and therefore could not read it among the i other regrets. The lovers of fun will also have regrets, for if the Jetter had been in hand and read it would have added to the gavety of nations. The Colonel proceeds in it to knock harmony with a hard and inharmonious fist, and to lay down the law to the harmonites with a rough tongue. His dudgeon rose as he wrote, and passing briefly over questions of policy and talking politics a little while only, he proceeded to impeach the list of guests, and when he reached Cleveland treated him to a shower of muck that has not often been exceeded in the history of American politics. He pelted the ex-Prasident with everything he could pick up in the lowways and highways of the lan- guage, and roasted him down one side and up the other and then down the back. If any further evidence were needed that Colonel Bryan proposes that there shall be no brand of har- mony on the market except his, this letter furnishes it. If he cannot run again himself he proposes to | nominate Tom Johnson in all his rotundity and com- pel the party to ratify the nomination. Looking to the other side of the party, it is evident that it will not take Bryan nor any man he names or favors, and Mr. Yonson need not apply to it for the yob with Bryan's certificate of character. The country is just getting at B'ryan's idea of good manners. In one aspect the Tilden Club dinner was a social function to which guests were invited. It seems to be Bryan's idea of good manners that an in- vited guest who declires may sénd with his regrets gross personal abuse of other invited guests. Just where in the canons of gentility he finds authority | for that kind of manners no one has found out. As @ feature in politics it is a mistake. If he saw the situation clearly it was his duty to appear at the ban- quet and there offset Mr. Cleveland’s views with his qwn, leaving the party to judge between them. But he does not propose that any other shall judge. He intends that his views and plans and policy shall be accepted or none shall be. We greatly hope that his next letter of regrets to 2 harmony dinner will get into the mails timely, and will not miscarry. | It costs $1 48 to bury an indigent dead person in this city. This is one way of translating into a dol- lar and some cents our boasted respect for our dead. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1902. FUTURE OF THE BOERS. STATEMENT is published recently to the ef- A fect that the Boers are accepting the treaty with a reservation. It is said that they are not surrendering their serviceable arms, but keep them concealed while giving up weapons that are worth- less. We do not credit this. Lament as one may that their brave struggle to preserve their independence did not fully succeed, no one may doubt the sincerity with which they accepted the liberal terms which concluded it. In a military sense the honors were en- tirely theirs. They held a powerful nation in check, though outnumbered in men and equipment more than ten to one, and in the face of the greatest provocation preserved their honor by observing hu- manity and moderation in their methods. The cessa- tion of the struggle was decided by them in a plebis- cite in which they were free to vote for its continu- ance, and, whoever else may violate the terms of the treaty, we believe they will observe them. There has been a provoking tendency to bumptiousness in cer- tain quarters in Great Britain by speaking of their “surrender,” which is not a truthful statement of their observance of the treaty. Any change in the existing’ status will occur, if at all, far in the future. After all is said and sung to the glory of universal or widely extended empire, it is a dream, a vision that will fade. Neither one coun- try nor cne race will ever overrun the world. The Boer blood predominates in Cape Colony and throughout South Afiica. In peace and prosperity that race will rapidly multiply, and its traditions and aspirations will be preserved and transmitted. It will have in hand the business enterprise, constructive un- dertakings and national development of South Africa, and there;may well follow that growth of individual- ity of character and interests which finally helps to separate all colonies from the parent government. It will be this deliberate process of growth that will, if at all, finally create an independent South African state, of which the Boer blood and genius will be the dominating influence. This process will be evolutionary, and the results that may follow will widely differ from anything that could originate in Boer infidelity to the recent treaty of peace. The most enthusiastic imperialist in Great Britain or the United States cannot find any comfort in the philosophy of history for the idea that a great racial trust may be formed for the government of the world. The ideas of a race, the projection of its in- | tellectual influence into the constitutions of alien peo- ple, may found an ineffable empire that will endure with civilization. But this must be by willing adop- tion and assimilation of those ideas, and cannot, be done by the sword nor occur as the fruit of conquest. For long years to come South Africa will be the cbject of the salicitude of British statesmanship. But no genius in government, no policy of colonial control, no matter how scrupulous, can forever hold together an empire that extends the same control over incongruous physical conditions and strives to cast the aspirations of widely separated people all in the same mold. The Victorian cra is closed with the passing of Salisbury. It bequeaths to the era now beginning the problems that were made by the sword in South Africa. Such problems have always been the diffi- culty of governments, though those who create. them seem always to have believed that their existence is their solution. The empires, from Babylon to Brit- ain, have assumed that their physical control is eternal, that they have a perpetual succession in the government of others; but history, illuminated with the glory of their rise and extension, is shadowed by the story of their decay and downfall. In the re- mote future England may see repeated in the history of South Africa the story of her experience in North America, and may herself come to be best known as the fecund mother of independent nations, which inherit her strength to defy her control. The Boers will soor: be busy in the construction | of their material fortunes and in repairing the rav- ages of war. Their campaign will be on such lines and not in actions at arms. When the three com- monwealths, Cape Colony, the Transvaal and Orange Free State, have grown to be great by development of the resources of the country, more history may be made. Two members of the local Board of Education are quarreling over the authority which goes with the chairmanship of the building committee. The public | has not forgotten that very serious trouble has been TEACHING THE FARMER,. created over that committee before. Y cvery State in the Union something has been B done to teach the science of agriculture, and the National Government has aided in the work of education by liberal grants of pypblic land for agricultural colleges. Each State has at least one institution designed and mgintained for the pur- pose of giving such instruction, some have more than one, and most of the great universities make pro- vision for a course of that kind. It would be reasonable to infer from the multi- plicity of schools and colleges devoted to the edu- cation of farmers that we are in no lack of scientific cultivators of the soil. The inference, however, would be incorrect, for Secretary Wilson of the Depart- ment of Agriculture in an address a few days ago to the National Educational Association stated that “the department is educating 260 young men and women in these sciences at the present time because the col- leges and uMiversities have not trained them in the sciences relating to agriculture.” In developing his statement the Secretary said: “We find in preparing scientists for our work in the Department of Agriculture that no one specialty is sufficient for him whose lifework is to study soils and their composition, climate and its effects, moisture and its potentialities, animals and theif uses, insect enemies and friends, the microscopic plants and ani- mals and their influences, the economic growth and, disposition of crops and the like. These are all spe- cialties, to the study of each of ‘which a scientist might devote a lifetime, but concerning which the farmer should have thorough information to manage his affairs intelligently.” After reading that array of sciences necessiry to the full knowledge of a farmer, one is tempted to exclaim “there can never-be a farmer.” It seems in- credible that one small head, or large head, could carry all that a farmer must know in order to have 3 comprehensive understanding of his work. How- ever, the Secretary probably did not mean that the farmer should have “thorough information” con- cerning all of them. A practical working knowledge is sufficient for the practical agriculturist, provided he be in reach of a specialjst who can give assistance when any unfamiliar problem arises for solution. It has been supposed that the agricultural colleges maintained the “specialists, and it is somewhat sur- prising to learn that the Government has to under- take to educate men to do its farmwork just as it has to educate its military and naval officers. The Secretary did not mean to discredit the col- leges and universities by his statement, for he went on to explain that they are doing the best they can. “The State colleges and experiment stations,” he said, “inquire for masters in agricultural science to teach and investigate. Every farm that is being robbed of plant food is crying aloud for better treat- ment. Five thousand students attend agricultural colleges, but these colleges are feeling their way in the dark, along untraveled paths. They are fitting and trying, as carpenters built barns in old times; they will at last forge out a system, by comparing notes, that will meet the requirements of producers, and be entirely new and suitable to our conditions as a people.” The process of working out a thoroughly scien- tific method of dealing with the soil and with all forms of plant life is being slowly but steadily wrought out in every civilized country on the globe. America leads the way, but she can learn something from each of the nations of Europe. In mo other industry is there such a wide field for applied science, nor one in which more substantial progress may be expected in the immediate future. A recent consular report states that the stuccess of the Germans in the department of manufactures has been due largely to the energy with which they make use of science to improve methods of working up raw material and utilizing what had hitherto been 1egarded as waste. Some of the larger manufactur- ifig establishments in Germany maintain a staff of chemists and other scientists and keep them at work continuously in making experiments calculated to im- prove the industry. Something of that kind will eventually be done by the owners of large landed es- tates, and then the advance will be rapid. While no accurate comparison can be made, it is still safe to say that speaking generally California leads the world in the extent to which science has been applied to agriculture. The men who are cul- tivating our fields, orchards and vineyards are more broadly educated than similar classes in any other part of the world. Still even here the industry waits the coming of a fuller science, and if the Department of Agriculture is educating men and women to supply it the country will never complain of the cost. | It is noted.that at Pittsburg, where he delivered the Fourth of July address, the President permitted no handshaking, did not hold a public reception, and none but the committee of the day were allowed to approach him. There was a time when such " a course would have aroused adverse criticism, but in this instance it seems to have met the approval of all. In fact, American crowds are becoming too big for | the old primitive handshaking custom of greeting a | President to be maintained, and the sooner we are rid of it the better. woman of such eminence at home that Bos- M ton papers give her a column when she talks. | She has receéntly been talking of the “young girl” and “strong drink,” and has said some things that are otable. She disapprcves of the girl and drink com- EASTERN BAD HABITS. ISS FLORETTA VINING is a Boston She is quoted as saying: “A woman of 4o is, I think, not so susceptible, or perhaps she has more power to control herself, if she would; but young girls un- der 21 years of age, and it is of these that I speak, may be cautioned before the ‘taste for strong drink has gained control ovgr them.” we have no comment to make. It has been intro- but has a large tolerance for the woman of 40 and her manner of quenching thirst. The notable pas- sage in the statement of the Bostonian lady is this: “I have spent much of my life in hotels, both in Bos- ton and in other cities, and I have seen such sights as almost paralyze me. I have just returned from a visit to San Francisco, and both on my outward journey and my return I was astounded at the ease with which young wemen drink the heavy liquors. It is a common thing to see in this city and in New York a young man and a young girl, each under 21 years of age, or parties of boys and girls, come into a hotel for a luncheon or a dinner and proceed to preface it with one or two cocktails, continuing through the dinner to drink whisky and de menthe, and conclude with champagne.” | We call the world to note that Miss Vining saw that sight in New York and in Boston, but not in San Francisco. We waive the question of morality involved in young peoplé€ starting dinner with cock- tails, drinking whisky and de menthe through the courses and ending with ghampagne. We wish, how- ever, to point out to thé®East the crude and painful barbarity of it. Can it be possible they permit their sons and daughters to mix dinner drinks in that way? Better would it be for the Eastern youth to eat pie with a knife. We suggest to the Eastern press that they conduct in their colummns through the silly sea- son a summer céurse of instruction on table wines and how to use them. Let them make known the su- periority of claret or white wine as a dinner drink to whisky and de menthe, and thus save the girls from forming such bad tastes in table liquors. If Miss Vining be right it is time to act Our new territory of Hawaii has given every possi- ble indication that she is eminently worthy of a place in the sisterhood of States and a position of distinc- tion on the floor of the Federal Senate. Every mail brings us news of some bitterly serious row in her public and political affairs. — The litigant who®fought bitterly in the courts for the victory of a verdict of one cent and now finds that the Supreme Court of this glorious State has re- versed the judgment possibly feels that it is better to put one’s thoughts into small coin, but not his hopes at law. 4 —_— The fascinating game of politics seems to have reached in Oakland a.very high degree of vicious perfection. The people of the State have reason to hope, in view of recent revelations, however, a fitting conclusion to the careers of the fighting politicians. Congress at the late session appropriated about $5,000,000 for the promotion of agriculture and something like $160,000,000 for the army and the navy; and still we are a peaceful people and believe the plow to be mightier than the Gatling gun. The people of England are either convulsed at their own readiness of thought and action in emer- gency or believe that all the world is a stage. Even in the preparations for the removal of the King to his i yacht a rehearsal was one of the necessities. bination if the girl be young and the drink strong.. Concerning that much of Miss Vining's remarks | duced solely to show that the lady is not a fanatic, | i from $15 to $25 if it has between the bust { loops the drapery on the bust must not | publish the fact that it is copyrighted | lisher should republish | might be prosecuted, and he would have | to show that he was not aware that the SOME ANSWERS TO QUERIES BY CALL READERS - MOUNT WASHINTGON—A. O. S., Ala- meda, Cal. Mount Washington is 6203 feet above sea level. SAN ANTONIO—A. B. C., City. The last census shows the population of San Antonio, Tex., to be 53,921. | FROZEN MEATS—Enq., City. Car- goes of frozen or refrigerated meats were | first sent from the United States to Eu- rope in 1875.. OLD STAMPS—O. S, City. Ordinary 2- cent stamps have no value from a col- lector’s point of view. It is only for a rare stamp that a fancy price is paid. VOTING—F., Berkeley, Cal. If the par- ties had proxies to vote the shares they sold they had the right to vote such, pro- Vviding the laws of the corporation permit proxies. TWO THOROUGHFARES-J. L. K. City. The direction of Market street in San Francisco is northeast by southwest. That of Van Ness avenue is north by west to south by west. NEVADA MARRIAGES—R., Willits, Cal. The legality of a marriage in the State of Nevada or elsewhere of a person diverced in California and married again v.":itl':n a year has not yet been finally de- cided. NOT QUOTED—E. 8., Jackson, Cal Two-dollar-and-a-half pleces of 1838 and 1868 are not quoted as premium coins. As the dates of the French coins asked about are not given it is impossible to answer the question asked. SELECT ACADEMY—A Reader, Ala- meda, Cal. The department of answers cannot advertise which is the most select academy or seminary for young ladies in San Francisco. If the correspondent will | send a self-addressed and stamped en- velope a list of the best academies and seminaries will be sent by malil. GEORGIE CAYVAN-A. C. C. R., City. Georgie Cayvan, the retired actress, is | now residing at 351 West One Hundred and | Twenty-second street. If you desire the | address of an institution, such as is| named in your letter of inquiry, send a | self-addressed and stamped envelope to | this department and it will be sent you. TWO POEMS—This department has re- ceived from a number of its friends the information desired relative to the poems entitled “Keep A-Goin' " and “St. Peter at the Gate,” and the same have been for- warded to the correspondents who wrote about them. This department thanks these friends for the interest they took in ‘wants of others. MARBLE—S. M. T., Sacramento, Cal. The following is given as a recipe for re- moving stains from marble: ‘“Turpentine, 2! tablespoonfuls; lye, 1% gills, ox gall, 12 ounces; add pipe clay to the mixture s0 as to form a paste; apply to the stains | and allow the same to remain for several days. Then remove and polish with a cloth, rubbing hard.” OLD COINS—C. E. M., San Leandro, Cal. No premium is offefed for half dol- lars of 1807 nor for those of 1326. A haif dollar of 1838 commands a premium of and date the letter O. The ornament that be mistaken for the letter O. A quarter of 1831 does not comand a premium. COPYRIGHT—A. K., City. If a paper purchases a cooyrighted article it must and by whom. If it does not the publisher is liable to get into trouble. If, however, such an article should be printed without the copyright notice and another pub- the article he | article had been copyrighted. PLASTER CASTS—W. J., City. The plaster casts that are so common are of plaster of paris dissolved in lime water, instead of pure water, to prevent shrink- age. A high polish on sfuch casts is pro- duced by warming the cast and dipping it several times in pure white wax, which hardens it, and it may be polished with a brush so as to imitate alabaster. One must have considerable practice to ac- complish good results. COMMUNITY PROPERTY—H., City. If a married man during marriage de- posits in a savings bank a part of his earnings and in time draws out the sameo and purchases a piece of property, that is community property, and he would not have the right to dispose of the same without the consent of his wife. In case of the death of the wife the surviving husband takes all community property without administration. OLD LADIES' HOMES—H. P., Marys- ville, Cal. There are several places where old ladies may find a home. There is the Old Pcople’s Home in this city at Pine and Pierce streets; the Mound University 0ld Ladies’ Home, this city, and the Protestant Episcopal Old Ladles’ Home, Golden Gate avenue, between Central and Masonic avenues. There is also the Al- tenire'm at Fruitvale, Alameda ( ountv. You can obtain full information as to terms, etc., by addressing a communiza- tion to the superintendent of each. HOLLAND—L. A, Campbells, Cal Holland, known as North and South Hol- land, forms part of the northern part of the Netherlands. These provinces are composed of land rescued from the sea and defended by immense dykes. Holland was inhabited by the Batvi in the time of Caesar, who made a league with them. It became part of Gallla Belgica, and aft- erward of the kingdom of Austria. From the tenth to the fifteenth century it was governed by Counts under the German Emperors. Holland was at one time a Duteh republic. It was created a kingdom in 1806, and Louis Bonaparte, father of Napoleon III, was declared King. EUCHRE—A Subscriber, City. In euchre, when the trump is turned, the first persen to the left of the dealer looks at his cards for the purpose of determining what he intends to do, whether to pass or order the trump up. If he holds cards of sufficlent value to secure three tricks he ! will order it up. If he orders it up and does not make three tricks he is euchred. | A player cannot play alone when he or | his partner is ordered up by an oppo- . nent. Only those can play alone who have | legally taken the responsibility of the trump may be euchred. THE PRESIDENT-ELECT.—W. A. F., City. This correspondent asks: “If the President-elect of the United States should be taken sick just before inauguration, so sick that he could not be inaugurated, what would be done in that case?”’ That is a question that'no one can.answer. The constitution is silent on that point. It does provide that in case the President is removed from office, dies, resigns or is un- .able to discharge the duties of his office, | then the Vice-President shall act in his place, but that applies to the President ' actually in office. There is no provision | in the constitution nor in the laws that the ! Vice-President or any one else shall as- sume the duties of President. This is a matter that can be settled only, it is said, | by an amendment to the constitution, to guard against such a contingency as sug- gested by the correspondent. In one instance in the history of the country a President-8lect was taken sick shortly be- fore the time of inauguration and he went ' to Cuba. By a special act of Congress he | ‘was permitted to take the oath of office in that country. I MINER REVEALS THE SECRET OF A RICH LEDGE After three years of vigorous searching for a mine of almost fabulous wealth, the Hobart estate, which owns eleven square miles of land in the Sierra Nevada foot- hills, conciuded to give “Bud” Barclay 20 per cent of all that the mine produced providing he would reveal the location of the ledge to the owners of the property. It is now nearly four years since Bas- clay created intense excitement in Carson and Virginia citles by exhibiting while under the influence of liquor specimens ot what was sald to be some of the richest gold-bearing quartz ever seen in those parts. Barcley claimed that while chas- ing a wounded deer he was led into 2 thicket, where he made his remarkable find. The assay proved to be so fabu- lously rich as to cause Carson people tu doubt the existence of so rich a mineral discovery. The Hobart estate at the time offered Barcley 10 per cent of all the gold taken out if he would “show down” his mine. The land in question was taken up un- der the Congressional act in force prior to 1872, which allowed those taking up timber land to control all mineral found thereon. Thus prospectors were prevent- ed from working upon the estate, which was stealthily watched by numerous de- tectives employed by the Hobart people, with the hope of stumbling upon the dis- coverer somewhere in the vicinity of his reported gold discovery. Every movement of Barclay was closely watched by sleuths, although he always carried a rifle and threatened to shoot any one he caught dogging his footsteps. Barclay has at different times, so it is said, routed innocent people out of bed at all hours of the night and confronting them with a rifle made them swear they were not hunting for his mine. Carson people seem disinclined to be- lieve “Bud's” story of the discovery of the rich ledge. They say that Barclay's uncle knew of the mine and at his death disclosed its location to his nephew. The old man always seemed to have plenty of money without working for it. It is also claimed that the location of the mine has been a secret in the Barclay family for years, until its latest custodian gave the snap away. Had he kept his knowl- edge of, the ledge to himself the prop- erty upon which the mine is located could have been bought for $7000, which would have been readily subscribed by Carson people upon demand. Barclay, who has been “firing” on the Virginia and Truckee switch engine in the Carson yards for some time, has resigned his position and will now seek to take life easy on his income of 20 per cent of the output of the fabulous ledge. The owners of the mine will begin op- erations at once, while all Carson holds its breath in anticipation of a second “Con. Virginia.” PERSONAL MENTION. Preston Woods, a mining man of Fol- som, is at the Lick. O. M. McHenry, a banker of Modesto, is at the Occidental. ¥ Joseph Wefssbein, a banker of Grass Valley, is at the Lick. J. B. De Jarnatt, a fruit grower of Co— lusa, is at the Occidental. J. F. Rooney, ex-Superior Judge of So- nora, is at the Occidental. H. E. Adams, manager of the Stockton Gas Works, is at the Grand. H. A. Tochiana, a merchant of Watson- ville, is a guest at the Lick. / Frank A. Cressey, a banker of Modesto, is.ameng the arrivals at the Lick. W. E. Woolsey, an extensive fruit grower of Santa Rosa, is at the Occi- dental. F. W. Swanton, a merchant of Santa Cruz, is here on business, and has made his headquarters at the Grand. Henry E. Jarman, who has been con- nected for several months with the local office of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, has been appeinted Con- tracting Freight Agent of the Rock Isl- and in this city. A CHANCE TO SMILE. The caller had been descanting on the advantages of cork soles as a preventive of cclds in wet weather, and the expres- slon had caught ty's ear. “Mamma,” she id, after the visitor had gone away, “how can anybody with a cork soul ever go to heaven?’—Balti- more American. Little Dorothy is seven years old. She was naughty the other day, and her mother told her that she would have to ask God to forgive her. The penitent lit- tle girl got down on her knees by her mother’s side, and, after she had prayed in silence a short time, arose. “And did God forgive you?” asked the mother. “No,” replied Dorothy. *“He said he was bizzy and asked me to call again.”— Ohio State Journal. “Mr. Pat Sheedy sued to recover $28000 on a note he bought from a gambler. He lost the case, although he declared he was an innocent purchaser of the worth- less paper.” “I don't believe he will be quite so in- nocent next time, do you?"—Cleveland Plain Dealer. “Your Honor,” saild the prisoner, who had been brought in for a preliminary hearing after six weeks in the County Jail, “I want a change of menu.” “You mean,” said the Judge, kindly, ‘“that you want a change of venue. Now, the proper course of—"" “No, I don’t mean that. I want a change of menu, That Sheriff seems to have tried to corner the corned beef sup- ply of the world.”"—Baltimore American. “Well,” said the dissatisfied tenant, who had succeeded at last in getting the agent of the bullding to inspect the plumbing, “you find it's all right, don’t you?" “‘Yes,” admitted the agent. “It's all ‘wrong, all right.”"—Chicago Tribune. | APPROPRIATIONS FOR CALIFORNIA BY CONGRESS William M. Bunker, the Chamber of Commerce representative at Washington, D. C., has forwarded to President New- hall a summary of the measures passed during the recent session of Congress in reference to California, together with a statistical comparison of appropriations made for the various States and Territo- ries in proportion - to -population. This State is shown to have been benefited to a remarkable degree, and Mr. Bunker con- siders that its delegation deserves the whole credit therefor. Of the $55,107,602 in the river and harbor act allotted to forty-six States and the District of Columbia, California secures $3,48,500. New York, with a population more than five times as great, gets $3,522.- 593. The items named in the appropria- tion bill for this State are §75,000 for im- proving San Diego harbor, $250,000 for im- proving Wilmington harbor, $50,000 for im- proving San Luis Obispo harbor, $100,000 for improving San Pablo Bay, $100,000 for improving Oakland harbor, $6000 for im- proving Petaluma Creek and Napa River, 38400 for improving Redwood Creek, $50,000 for the rectification of Stockton and Mor- mon channels, $15,000 for the improvement of the San Joaquin River, $25,000 for im- proving Sacramento and Feather rivers, and $150,000 for restralning or impounding mining debris. In addition the Secretary of War is di- rected to cause preliminary surveys to be made of the Colorado River from Yuma to the Mexican boundary line: Santa Cruz Bay, with a view toward Inc:casing the harbor facilities therein; Napa River. with a view toward straightening the channel in that portion above Mare Isi- and, and Belvedere harbor in San Fran- cisco Bay. Of the appropriations for publie build- ings California secures $1,850,000, which is a trifle less than 10 per cent of the whole. The new Custom-house will cost $1,000.000. The rest of the appropriation goes to Los Angeles and will be used for the purpose of enlarging the public building in that eity. Of the sundry civil expenses appropria- tion this State will get $25,000 for the Cus- tom-house; $25,000 for postoffice, court- house and revenue office at Fresno; $i(0) for a fog signal at Fort Point, $13,000 for a lighthouse at the entrance of Oakland harbor and $100,000 for a light and fog sis- nal on one of the Mile rocks. Other miscellaneous appropriations in behalf of this State aggregate nearly $2.- 000,000 more. Mr. Bunker closes his report with a discussion of the Importance of measures providing for the irrigation of arid lands and the prospect of legislation on this subject. Sensitiveness of Gems. The decoloration of precious stones when they have been exposed to the air for a long time is considered one of the most. frequent maladies. Emeralds, ru- bies and sapphires are those which re- main intact best. Nevertheless, they are not exemnt from changes. Two rubies of the same size and shade were kept for two years—one in a showcase and the other away from all light. At the end of this term a comparison revealed that the first bad become somewhat lighter in color. The influence of light makes itself felt more plainly on topazes and garnets. The garnet turns much paler in a short time, while the topaz assumes a darker shade, and even loses the brilliancy possessed by it when freshly cut. L The most sensitive stone in this respect is the opal. This stone draws its marvel- ous rainbow reflections from numerous Iittle clefts, which allow the light to pass, 4nd reflect it {n° different directfons. n the opal stands the manipulations of cut- ting and polishing well, and all of a sudden it splits. Pearls deteriorate very easily. In the fire they are transformed into a piece of lime. Placed in contact with an acid, they behave as lime or marble would under the same conditions. Diamonds are less semsitive; still, it is not prudent to take them too near the fire. % Tattooing Dogs the Latest. A decidedly novel occupation which has of late been noticed is that of tattooing the names of their owners upon dogs. Several months ago there appeared in Northwest Baltimore a young man who is engaged in that pursuit, and during the time he remained there did a good busi- ness. Among the dogs which underwent the operation is a pretty little fox terrie which rejoices in the name of “Booze," and a fine bred bull terrier pup, the prop- erty of the Chesapeake Brewing Com- pany. Both animals bear upon their | breasts, where the hair is thinnest, the names of their respective owners. Contrary to the belief of some, that the cperation is a painful one, those who have seen it performed declare that the animals apparently experienced very liftle paid. The operation lasts about fifteen minutes. The animal is usually held by two men, one having hold of the hind legs, while the other holds the front paws. With a set of very fine needles, the operator then goes to work, deftly pricking the letters into the skin, just deep enough to draw a few drops of blood. Then he pours the India ink over the wounds, or rathcy scratches, and the operation is over. In . few weeks the sores are completeir healed, and the animal bears during. the remainder of its existence an unmistak, able mark of identification. The price of the operation is fifty cents. { Prunes stuffed with apricuts. Townsend's.® } Townsend’s California Glace fruit and candies, 50c a pound, in artistic fire-etched bcxes. A nice present for Eastern €39 Market st., Palace Hotel building. = information supplied dally to business houses and public men by the Press Clip) Bureau (Allen’s), 230" Cali~ lornia street. Telephone Main 1042 - In Moscow a money lender, of several houses and stables. was sen-. tanc:d'recel nt‘;‘y to four months' imprison- ment for lending money at the en rate of 182 per cent. areasd the owner % service and beautiful fortable and " ALLYOU COULD ASK FOR cuisine in America,most scenery in the world. com- m;?&j;ravel. = City Ticket Office 641 Market St. ~ =