The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 19, 1902, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCIS CO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1902. SATURDAY JOHN b SPRECKELS, Proprietor. # Céress A1l Communiostions to W. 8. LEAKE, Manager. o TELEPHONE. Ask for THE CALL. The Operator Will Connect You With the Department You Wish. "Il BLICATION OFFICE...Market and Third, S. F. LDITORIAL ROOMS.....217 to 221 Stevenson St. Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Coples, 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Includins Postage: DAILY CALL (including Sunday), one year. DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 6 month DAILY CALL (ncluding Sunda; months. DAILY CALL—By Single Month. FUNDAY CALL, Opne Year. WEEKLY CALL, One Ye: All postmasters are authorized to receive subscriptions. Eample coples Will be forwarded when requested. Mall subscribers in ordering change of address shouid be perticular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order to ipsure & prompt end correct compliance with their request. VAKLAND OFFICE.. +...1118 Broadway €. 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HE world was greatly relieved when Professor T Koch announced that bovine tuberculosis could not be communicated to human beings. Sani- horities in the dairy countries had held the theory, and there was a campaign on against fected by tuberculosis. It had long been t cows showing fine physical conditions | rculosis. This was a complete reversal in Human beings afflicted by that awful scourge rapidly detoriate in condition. As the pul- sion increases nutrition is abridged and tissue sets in. Unless the disease is s progresses to the stage of ultimate emacia- nd the patient dies of inanition. tary oppc cows known had tu conditions. monary inv e of ar- & difference between the bovine and human forms of the disease would seem to indicate that the tubercular germ harmless to the cow. But the well known laws tk t govern change of environment | he possible transmission of the \‘ aless to the cow, to human beings to be- | truments of disease and death. The of Koch was combated by other emonstrate the matter, a physici admon germ come tk ian ced a young woman to submit to | bovine tuberculosis. This subject of | y suicide. At first it death was caused by the inocu- records that she left proved that her ed by a trouble that is older than con- | will be among the sons and | en world without end. It was a dis- An autopsy proved that she ysical condition, and no trace of the | 2s found. oes this seems to vindicate Professor | ter of such grave importance to the | ot be decided upon one experiment, and not be well to trust it to the extent of omit- | n love. tubercvlosis. It e that the attention of the medical world is centered upon consumption and intent upon finding way to stamp it out. The most whole- the world, resorted to on account of | are now being shunned by the healthy because they are sought by the ave ne some the charms clement climate, of a victims of consumption. The communication of the disease from the ctricken to the well is no longer regarded as problemztical, but as a demonstration. { Colorado las sounded the note of alarm because the disease, not indigenous there, is now located all over i the State zs the result of its being sought as a sani- 5 by thousands suffering from the malady. So far no concerted mears have been taken to isolate | i znd prevent the spread of the trouble. Be- such a2 movement must be additions to the code laws, that will treat consumption as that code docs the acute eruptive fevers, smallpox, scar- let fever and cholera and yellow fever. Consumption kills more than all of these com- bined, and yet it seems impossible to inspire the pub- Iic with the same fear of it that they excite. One case of smallpox, yellow fever or cholera will throw the whole community into a panic. But it is indifferent 1o the existence of hundreds of cases of consumption. tarium A curious variety of weather is reported to have re- cently occurred within a radius of twenty miles of New York City Hall. To the north there was a heavy hail- storm, on the west side of the city there was a deluge of rain while Brooklyn “was dry as a bone,” an in- e outburst of lightning and thunder disturbed and ghtened the people at Coney Island, while in the center of the city there were bright sunshine and eltering heat. It will be noted that notwithstand- 7 the variety of weather on display, there was none of it worth having; so there is no demand for a repe- tition of the show. The Manila Justicia is sanguine the Filipinos will soon adopt American ways, and by way of argument “Strikes and rumors of strikes are as common nowatays as in the United States. Those who have been saying these people are not and cannot be civil- ized will be forced to change their minds, for no people incapable of civilization will organize a union r 20 on a strike.” After seeking for months to decipher the meaning of certain hieroglyphics found on the adobe huts of the Hop Indians the scientists have discovered they | tificially depress prices. | lington. were made by children in play when the adobes were fresh; and now the scientists are wondering why they did not perceive the fact at first sight. ’ AUTOCRAT, AND TRUSTS. VIDENTLY Russia is alarmed by the prospect E of a commercial alliance between the United States, England and Germany. It is of no small interest to this country that Mr. J. P. Morgan is sought by the Kaiser and the new Prime Minis- ter of Great Britain. When Germany desired to at- tract attention here « Prince of the royal house was sent. England invites special embassies to the coro- nation, ‘and Russia is sending to us a Grand Duke. But the 2ppearance in Europe of a plain, unofficial American citizen has made more stir and attracted more attention than zIl of these royal visits and pa- geants combined. Since the rise of the house of Rothschild and its appearance of financial eminence in London, Paris, Berlin and Vienna it has been taken for granted that the control of capital by that family gave it.the finan- cial primacy of the world. It could make war or peace by underwriting, or refusing to underwrite, a national loan, and it has extended its business opera- tions to all countries. Usually, however, its foreign investments have been made to control the output of special articles, such as quicksilver and copper. The rise of Morgan in the financial world is mar- velous. It has been on entirely original lines. The Rothschilds have operated within a limited horizon, but the American has chosen the whole industrial and commercial world for the theater of his opera- tions. In association with Mr. Rockefeller he has secured control of the largest associated capital that has ever been combined, and by its use he affects the largest industrial output and the most extended transportation facilities that have ever been subject to a single authority. His policy, of necessity, unites the commercial in- terests of this country and Great Britain by a stronger bond than any political treaty of defense and offense that the two ‘nations could make. Dur- ing his recent visit to Germany he was the recipient of almost royal honors. The Kaiser gave him the use of royal residences and showered upon him atten- tions of the most extraordinary character. The two had many and long private conferences, of which enough is known to make it probable that Morgan will, if he wish, have the control of German and British capital for use in his campaign for the dic- tatorship of most of the world’s commerce. It is a commercial age. The welfare of Govern- ments and the most intimate interests of the people no longer depend upon armies and navies. Public interest runs less and less to the strongest battalions and the greatest fleets, but more to the keenly intel- ligent use of vast capital in the field of finance, pro- duction and distribution. Given such a combination between three countries like the United States, Eng- land and Germany and it is easy to see that the rest | of the world may be forced out of competition. The Czar seems to see in this the danger to Rus- sia, and in the recent note addressed by his Govern- ment to the signatories of the sugar convention of Brussels deals with the danger of the power to ar- He sees now what has be- fore been apparent to others, that the law of immor- tality in the operation of a trust, the statute of per- manence by which it must abide, is the holding of prices at a reasonable plane. As has been often ex- plained, this is done by the economies of production and distribution which a trust can use. This discov- ery was not made by Morgan. It was found by that wonderful genius of Mammon, John D. Rockefeller. It was worked out by him in the operations of the Standard Oil Company, through the pipe line for transportation, the manufacture of everything it needs-to vse, and the economy of central administra- tion. In this way it was able to greatly reduce the price of its product o the consumer, raise the wages of labor in the various divisions of oil production, and yet make a profit that was impossible to the many rival companies which it absorbed, even at the much higher price they charged to the consumer. Rockefeller's scheme was full of daring and appar- ent adventure, but it seems to have been based upon natural law, for it succeeded. It invaded every field in the world where il is produced or consumed and compelled the surrender even of the oil kings of Rus- sia. It goes without saying that a gigantic trust which has equal control of the articles of necessity in which the world has commerce will produce equal results. - The organizing genius of Mr. Morgan has addressed itself to the formation of that larger com- bination. So it has come to pass that this plain American is exciting more solicitude in the world than did Caesar or Bonaparte, Marlborough or Wel- His conquests are more dreaded than those of any military congueror, and the Czar seeks to save Russia from an 1solation more dreadful than the political and geographical limitations threatened by Napoleon when he sought to confine her beyond the Dneiper. The Rothschilds are for the time being eclipsed, and the American is consulted with greater deference than if he commagded an invading army and great fieets. No doubt we are soon to see the most inter- esting international activities in the attempt to stay his march, and the attention of the world will be averted from actions at arms to the insidious inva- sion and startling conquests of the almighty Ameri- can dollar. An anonymous contributor has donated to the American Bible Society a meerschaum pipe. It is up to the officers of the society to decide whether to sell it or keep it to smoke as a peace pipe the next time they harmonize any difference among the members of the board. DEMOCRATIC PROSPECTS, ENATOR VEST is an old man and is about S to retire from public service. The sunset of life gives him mystical lore, and he is using it for the benefit of his party. He has recently told them they have very little prospect of obtaining a majority in the next House of Representatives, and, moreover, that it would do them no good if they had it. Words of that kind have naturally found little ac- ceptance in the camp of young and ardent Demo- crats eager to be elected. Some have paid no heed to them at all, while cthers have been irritated rather than edified. The vencrable Senator has been mocked at as a “back number,” a “fossil” and.a “has been.” No one, however, has effectively refuted his state- ments; no one has presented any sufficient reason for Democratic hopes of controlling the next House, nor any intelligible statement of what use they would or could make of the control if they had it. The argument of Senator Vest is that if the House were Democratic it would be powerless to en- act legislation, for both the Senate and the President are Republican. According to his view it would be, in fact, a disadvantage to the Democrats to be in control of the next House. They could do nothing except obstruct Republican legislation, and would be Ib]amed for any misfcrtune that might come upon the country, while getting no credit for the continu- ance of prosperity. On the other hand, if the Re- publicans should remain in complete control of the Government until 1904, that party would be put upon the defensive in the Presidential election. Whether that view be the result of the wisdom of age or of the weakness of a declining intellect we must leave it for Democrats to decide. There can be no question, however, that from the standpoint of public welfare the statement of the Senator is de- serving of serious attention. The country could profit nothing by tha election of a Democratic ma- jority to the next House. Such a result would do no more than obstruct business. It would probably pre’vent the enactment of Republican measures de- signed to put into operation the great policies for which the party and the administration stand. Con- sequently those who vote for Democratic Represen- tatives this fall will be voting for a policy of mere obstruction and confusion. It is to a Republican House alone that the country can look for progress and p\rospcrity to be provided for by the next Con- gress. The independent voters of the country should bear in mind that phase of the political situation. To them the statement of Vest is instructive. To Democrats, themselves it is a matter deserving consideration. They should ponder the two statements; first, they kave no prospects, and, second, if they had success they could not use it. e It is announced that President Schwab is to build on Riverside a¥enue in New York the most magnifi- cent residence in America. It is to be modeled after the Grand Trianon at Versailles, but as that palace stands in a park, while the Schwab palace is to stand on a street, the effect is likely to be more sumptuous than artistic. S the appointment in New York City of a com- mittee of competent experts to examine the books and records of the municipality and report a uniform system of accounting that would be suffi- ciently accurate and intelligible to enable any fair accountant to determine at once the revenues and expenses of any branch of the administration. The committee has now miade its report, and, judging by the summary given in the press and by the comments upon it, the system proposed appears to be emi- nently satisfactory. At any rate its adoption would be a big improvement upon the present lack of sys- | tem in public accounting, and any defects discovered in practical operation could be readily cured. The issve involved in the adoption of such a sys- tem is of importance to every city in America, and is especially so at this time when so many communities have under consideration the advisability of under- taking municipal control of public utilities. Until it is accurately known what it costs to run each depart- ment of the municipal government and what are the financial results of municipal operation of public utili- ties it will be impossible for any one to form a sure judgment on the expediency of municipal ownership. The Call has repeatedly pointed out that reports of various cities tend to the conclusion that the waste resulting from public ownership is greater than profits derived from public utilities in the hands of private corporations, and consequently that it is cheaper for the consumer to have such utilities sup- plied by private management. An accurate system of public accounting would show how much that waste amounts to, and consequently the adoption of such a system should be made a prerequisite to any scheme of operating public utilities under municipal control. While we have not seen the report made by the New York committee, the summary published by the press gives a fair idea of its essential features. These First, the arrangement of the statements of totals, followed by detailed statements of items down to the minutest account; second, the establishment of a distinction between “revenue and expense” ac- counts, which are statéments of the receipts and ex- penditures of the fiscal year, and the “balance sheet” accounts, which are statements of the city’s assets and liabilities at the end of the fiscal year; third, an emphatic distinction between ordinary revenue and expense and extraordinary revenue and expense; and, fourth, the arrangement of totals and details of the departmental accounts, not in alphabetical order, but in an order based upon the general purpose or function of each department of the municipal admin- istration. Concerning the latter feature of the system the re- port says. “This arrangement is applicable to every city and town. * * * Nearly all cities’ accounts state the individual facts correctly at present, but one trouble is that they state too many disconnected facts, while the main trouble is that the arrangement of these statements in the report is generally neither logical nor intelligible.” The need of some improved system of accounting for municipalities is felt throughout the Union. At its last session the Ohio Legislature enacted a law to establish such a system and to make it uniform for all municipalities. Thus that State and New York City are setting an example that all progressive communities should promptly follow. Accuracy and intelligibility of public accounting are among the pressing needs of the time. We can hardly hope to attain economy and efficiency in our municipal gov- ernments until some method has been adopted for showing clearly where waste takes place and how it occurs. PUBLIC ACCOUNTING. OME time ago The Call directed attention to are: e e A pretty illustration of Eastern ideas of Western distances is afforded in a recent issue of the Boston Globe. In giving an account of the Martin-Oelrichs engagement the reporter for that paper said: “Their birthplaces were very near together, as Mr. Martin gave his as San Francisco and Miss Oelrichs said hers was Cheyenne, Wyo.” Most of the schemes to erect monuments to Mec- Kinley seem to have been lost in the whirl of new things, and perhaps it is just as well. If every monu- ment scheme started in this country were carried out nearly the whole continental landscape would look like a national cemetery. It is announced that the Congressional committees of both parties are making arrangements for a vigor- ous fight this fall, but as yet neither side seems to know what is to be the issue or whether there will be any issue other than the office that happens to be at stake. SRR English statesmen have reached the conclusion that measures for imperial defense are matters of immediate necessity or there will be no empire to defend. And who will say now that the Boers sur- rendered? RAIDS ON THE FUND ~OF GLEN ELLEN HOM Money Received From Pay Patients Appropriated Draft of Lawlor Gang on Reserve Cash One Thousand a Month for Nearly a Year ORD comes from the south that Governor Gage has established machine headquarters Hollenbeck Hotel, the north that W. M. Lawlor and the push politicians of the Feeble-Minded Home are still on the State payroll. said that Lawlor is to draw the salary attaching to the ?flige of superintendent until his successor is selected, and it is hinted, further, that the trustees will make no haste in the for Salaries- at the Word comes from selection of Lawlor’s successor. storm of public remonstrance came. tives able to pay for the care repairs. other purposes. When Dr. Osborne SOME ANSWERS TO QUERIES BY CALL READERS MELTED SNOW—S., City. Snow when melted produces one-eighth of its volume in water. 5 NORMAL SCHOOL—S., City. The Nor- mal School in San Francisco will reopen Monday, July 21 THE ALTA—P. H. M., City. The Aita California of San Francisco ceased pub- lication on the 2d of June, 1891. VICE PRESIDENT—J. D. W., At- water, Cal. There is no Vice President of the United States at this time. TAXES—F. A., Kelseyville, Cal. Prop- erty on which taxes are not pald is in due time sold to the State, with right to redeem. WASHINGTON CITY—N., Dos Palos, Cal. The letters N. W. after the name of a street in the city of Washington means northwest. THE SOUTHERN CROSS—N., Dos Palos, Cal. The Southern Cross in as- tronomy is a constellation of five second and third magnitude stars. WATER—V. M. E., City.. A cubic foot of water weighs 62.4 pounds; a cubic inch .036 pounds; one gallon of water weighs ten pounds and is 0.16 cubic feet. CRIBBAGE—A., City. If in a game of cribbage the play as 4, jack, 4, 1, 5, 2, 3, there is a run of five, for after the jack was played the cards make a sequence of 1,28 4, 5 GOVERNMENT RESERVES-J, E. Lundy, Cal. No one can take up a min- ing ciaim and work the same on a Gov- erzment reserve that has been set aside as a natfonal park. SOUTHERN GATE.—L. L., City. It is Capricornus that is called “the southern gate of the sun,” so called because it is the most southern limit of the sun’'s course in the ecliptic. MARRYING A BRITISH SUBJECT— ‘Waverly, City. By the law of England an alien woman on her marriage with a sub- ject or citizen of England merges her citizenship into that of her husband. CHIEF JUSTICE—J. D. W., Atwater, Cal. Melville W. Fuller is the Chief Jus- tice of the Supreme Court of the United States. W. H, Beatty is the Chief Jus- tice of the Supreme Court of California. STATE COLOR—Subseriber, Oakland, Cal. No law has been passed in Califor- nia adopting any color as the State color, but by common consent gold is recogniz- ed as the color of California in the matter of decoration. ONE CENT PIECES—A Subscriber. City. One cent pieces are legal tender to the amount of twenty-five. No one can be compelled to accept more than twenty- five cents in one-cent pleces at one tender of payment. QUARTZ AND PLACER CLAIM—G. W. H., Vallecita, Cal. Lodes discovered within the limits of a placer claim after application for a patent for the placer claim was filed are no bar to issuance of patent for the same. ¢ MRS. LINCOLN'S RING—A. L. 8, San Pablo, Cal. This department has exam- ined a number of lives of Lincoln but finds no mention of the inscription that was ‘“‘engraved in the wedding ring of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln.” CAUSES FOR DIVORCE—A. L. P, ity. The legal causes for divorce in Cal- ifornia are: Adultery, extreme cruelty, willful desertion, willful neglect, habitual intemperance and conviction for felony. Insanity is not a cause for divorce. CONGRESS AND SENATORS—J. D. W., Atwater, Cal. There at this time seven Congressmen in California. Un- der the new apportionment there will be eight. The Senators from California are George C. Perkins and Thomas R. Bard. CALVES—C., Anada, Cal. If calves die while suckling it is probable that there is something wrong with the cows, and it would require the attention of some one versed in the diseases of cattle to examine the cows and provide a proper remedy. QUESTIONS ANSWERED—B. E. T., City, and J. A. B., Kern, City, Cal. These correspondents are informed that the an- swer in relation to $20 pleces was pub- lished in this department on July 8 and that in regard to fictitious names in mar- riage on July 12. ART DEPARTMENT-M. J. L, City. By addressing a letter of inquiry to the recorder of the Uniyersity of California you will be furnished all the information you desire about availing yourself of the advantages of the art department of the Unlversity of California. TO APPEASE HIS MANES-L. L., City. ““To appease his manes” is to do when a person is dead what would have pleased him or was due him when alive. The spirit or ghost of the dead was by the Romans called his manes which never slept quietly in the grave so long as sur- vivors left its wishes unfulfilled. THE THREE R'S—N., Dos Palos, Cal. In the long ago there was Down East a local politician who once stated that the fundamental principles of education were Revelations touching the mismanagement of the Ellen Home did not come a day too soon. drawing freely on the reserve or contingent fund when the Another year of his regime would have totally exhausted the fund, as he was drawing on the reserve to the extent of $1000 a month. The money in the contingent is received from rela- of patients. Osborne never drew on the fund for salaries, but only for Dr. Lawlcr has drawn on the fund for salaries and was displaced by Gage and Mackenzie, on August I, 1901, there was on hand in the contingent fund $19,144 89. During Lawlor’s term of office the sum of $5185 86 was received. $24,330 75, therefore, was turned into the possession of the Lawlor regime. The taxpayers have a right to know what T S e S e e e g S R Los Angeles. | $12,210. Dr. It is | mains in the fund. the next year. Glen Dr. Lawlor was Dr. A E. The sum of of management. POSTAL CLERKS RESENT UNJUST PUBLICATION Editor The Call: In this morning’s is- sue of the Examiner an article is pub- lished in which there is a great injustice dcne to many of the postal clerks. We have reference to the mention of the meeting of said clerks for the purpose of extending to Hon. Eugene F. Loud a reception upon his arrival home. Mr. Lcud has always been the friend of the clerks, and during the past three years has, through his own exertions and with- out any solicitation, succeeded in having the salaries of said clerks increased $30,- 000. The purpose of having a meeting last evening was on account of the feel- ing of gratitude toward Mr. Loud, and out of the hundred clerks present there was not a single one -who did not come veluntarily, and none were asked to sub- seribe toward the expense of any fund. If you could have been present and wit- nessed the strong enthusiasm of said clerks, I feel sure you would appreciate our feelings in the matter. Hoping you will give this space in your paper at the request of the postal clerks of this city, and thanking you in advance, I am re- spectfully yours. A. J. VINING, Chairman of Reception. City, July 18. @it @ learn was represented by the three R's, readin’, 'ritin and 'rithmetic. THE PREMIUM HALF-L. H., City. The half dollars of 1853 that command a premium are those that are without ar- row heads at the date or rays around the cagle. Such command from twenty to thirty dollars premium. HATCHING BIRDS-S., City. The hummingbird hatches its young in twelva days; canaries from fifteen to eighteen days; common fowl, twenty one days; duck, twenty-eight to thirty days; guinea fowl, from twenty-éight to twenty-nine days; turkey, thirty days, and swan from forty to forty-five days. POEM—Subscriber, Oakland. Cal. Tt is impossible to name any periodical that will accept and pay for a poem on a Cal- ifornia subject. Poetry that is paid for must be of unusual merit and its merit can be determined only upon a reading of the poem. This department does not know of any way to ascertain except Lo select some periodical and submit the copy. KAFIR CORN E., Pilot Hill. Cal Kafir or Indian millet is Sorghum vulgaris. It should be planted in sofl that is rich, warm, sandy and well pulverized and to a good depth. The soil should be stirred during growth. It is increased by divid- ing at the root or by seed. The ground should be scattered and the seeds raked over. SUMMONS—P., City. If a elvil action is commenced in San Francisco against & party residing in another county the Sheriff of the county in which the party resides or any one over-21 years of age not a party to the action can serve the summons and a copy of the complaint upon the defendant. The fee for such ser- vice is 50 cents, with an allowance of 13 cents per mile one way if there is travel by rail, and 2 cents per mile if other- wise, if such travel is necessary. FREE DELIVERY—P. E., City. In cities that have the free delivery system any article of malilable matter bearing a ten-cent special delivery stamp in ad- dition to the lawful postage is entitled to immediate delivery on its arrival at the office of address, between the hours of 7a. m. and 11 p. m. To entitle such a letter to immedfate delivery the residence or place of business of the addressee must be within the regular letter carrier limits of a free delivery office. ) A WILL—A. O. 8, Saratoga, Cal. A parent of sound disposing mind may make a will dividing property to two chil. dren and cutting out a third child on the ground that such has already received more than would be coming if the estate was divided share and share alike be- tween the three, and such would be legal. A person may write a will wholly in the hand of the testator, and such is known as a holographic will. It is perfectly legal. Such a will need not be witnessed. On such a will there must not be any printed matter, not even the date line, Every word upon its face must be in the handwriting of the party making the will. CLEARING HOUSE— Subseril The business facility offered b;,e ;nn?::- to their customers in collecting their bills. checks on other firms and like obligations early imposed the necessity for an or- ganized form of interchange of such se- curities, which would at once save labor and curtail the amount of floating cash requisite to meet the settlement of the bankers, if effected singly. This led to the forming of the firs: clearing house, which was founded in London I 176 The first clearing house was established in New York in 183, October 11. Each bank in the association daily sends to the clearing house two clerks, one the de- livery and the other the settling clerk. The former- distributes the bills, checks, drafts, etc., which he holds as creditor While Dr. Osborne was in charge of affairs Ellen he constantly added to this fund, and as far as pos- sible, in line with his desire for economy, kept it intact. The Lawlor regime dipped into the fund to meet mands, notwithstanding the fact that salaries and mainte- nance are provided for by an appropriation of public money. No doubt the draits on the contingent fund were thorized by the trustees and probably there was nothing ir- regular in the bills, but all the same the case presents a striking evidence of extravagance. ber of attaches from eighty-nine under the old regime ninety-two under the existing management accounts for some of the money expended. The expose of Glen Ellen ai- fairs did not come an hour too soon. The taxpayers will readily see that the contingent s process of rapid exhaustion under the political push system became of this money. Since August of last year Dr. Law- lor has expended from the contingent fund the sum of A balance of $12,120 55 remains to the credit of the fund. In round figures he received $19,000 from Dr. Os- borne and $5000 from pay patients, and now only $12,000 re- It is as plain as day that the extravagant pace set by Dr. Lawlor during his nine months’ incumbency will, if not checked. exhaust the entire contingent within at Glen salary de- au- An increase in the num- to fund was undergoing a GOSSIP FROM LONDON WORLD OF LETTERS My visits to the publishers this week found them, on the whole, a little more ckirrupy than they have been for quite a while. The announcement—though there is nothing really official in it—that the House of Parliament will rise on Au- gust 8, and that the coronation would, if the King still keeps doing as well as he has done, take place on Saturday, August 9, cheered them up. The summer trade has been very con= siderably upset by the happenings of the last few weeks, and the postponement of the coronation until October would have meant, as I have already mentioned, a serious dislocation of business. But the coronation in August, which is always a dull month, would be generally welcomed. As to prospective publicatiops, especial- ly of fiction, things remain about at a standstill. Publishers will really have to be more careful than ever as to what they do, if one publisher of high stand- ing in the business voices the views of his brethren. Out of every six novels published, he says, three are absolute failures. The finding of new authors is a gamble, and a very risky gamble, too, while half the known writers have a dwindling and. inconsiderable public. It is becoming more and more common for sums paid on account of royalties when the book is bought never to be earned. Poetry does not often succeed, but Wil= liam Watson's coronation ode.was an im— mense financial success, the circulation far exceeding that of an ordinary novel, A book from the pen of Julius Gabe, ertitled “Yachting—Historical Sketches of the Sport,” will shortly be published by John Macqueen. The origin and develop- ment of the principal yacht clubs are dealt with in chronelogical order, and several chapters are devoted to the growth of the sport on the Continent. The volume, which will be illustrated with full sized plates, is to be dedicated, by special permission, to Sir Thomas Lip- ton. A CHANCE TO SMILE. “Didn’t you shingle your house six op eight months ago?” “Tea™ “What are you shingling it again for?* “Well, I couldn’t think of anything else to do to the house and I've just got to do something.”"—Chicago Tribune. Being unused to the ways of business, Mr. Puggins, when he went to the sav- ings bank to deposit his first $500, was sutprised at the searching questions asked him by the young man behind the railing as to his ancestry. He answered them all, however, and then volunteered a little further information. “My mother,” he said, with dignity, “had a wart on the end of her nose and parted her hair a little on one side. My father had a squint in his left eye, and had lcst a front tooth. He was fond of horses, took snuff and walked with a slight limp and a large hickory cane—if anybody should ask you."—Chicago Trib- une. “I met Hargus in the ::ornlnx and he flicked my face. I'm writing to him now tell him what I think about. it.” o “Why didn't you tell him what you thought about it then?" ';“l;ecnuu I never can express any satisfaction extemporaneo e Chicago Tribune. i street: yesterday his clgar ashes A Lurid Orator—He—But you should hear him when he is really full of his subject. She—Carries his audience with him, does he? He—Right into it. Why, when he was preaching on “Hades” the cther night he had to stop till the ush- ers had distributed fans.—Brooklyn Life, “I understand that it is no longer fash- ionable to believe In the orthodox concep- tion of future punishment.” “Well,” answered the minister, “per- haps it is all for the best. I sincerely trust that we may be able to make the place so unfashionable that nobody will go there.”—Washington Star. $ Mr. Crimsonbeak—What did our daugh- ter learn at cooking school? Mrs. Crimsonbeak—That she’ll never know how to cook properly.—Yonkers Statesman. “It appears that an Eastern college professor has after a good deal of re- scarch found that there,are only twenty- five original jokes in the world.” +“Is that so? I wonder if he counted J. Ham Lewis and Emperor Willlam?'— Chicago Times-Herald. “I see you print your bills of fare in English in this restaurant,” said the “Oh, yes,” replied the waiter: “we al- hwayl call things by their right names ere.” “Oh, do you; well, bring me a little more oleomargarine, please.”—Yonkers Statesman. g —_———— Prunes stuffed with aprieuts. Townsend's.* —————— candles, ic a in artistic fire-etched A nice present Eastern friends. 9 Sacker ot Fatave Al plccnndbibuisr S Tt Special information supplied dally to e G e