The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 27, 1902, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1902. _— SATURDAY...............SEPTEMBER 27, 1902 JOHN D, SPRECKELS, Proprietor, Aédress All Communications to W. 5. LEAKE, Manager. T e o s e TELEPHONE. Ask for THE CALL. The Operator Will Connect You With the Department You Wish. PURLICATION OFFICE...Market and Third, S. F. EDITORIAL ROOMS. .217 to 221 Stevemson St. Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Copies, 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postages DAILY CALL (including Sunday), One year. DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 6 months DAILY CALL (ncluding Sunday), 3 months DAILY CALL—By Single Month. FUNDAY CALL, One Year. WEEKLY CALL, One Year. All postmasters are authorized to receive subscriptions. Eample coples will be forwarded when requested. Ma!l subscribers in ordering change of address should be perticular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order to insure @ prompt and correct compliance with thelr request. Al LAND OFFICE... ....1118 Broadway C. 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NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open untll ® o'clock. 2200 Fillmore, cpen untll 9 p. m. — THE SEA LIONS. sea lions, the great seals which inhabit the Seal Rocks and the Farallones, are to be ex- because they feed on salmon it is pub- the run of salmon in the bay is the lar- t known in the history of the cannery at the The sea lions eat fish, of No scientific investigation was required to prove that. But before salmon canneries were built 21 on were canned the sea lions affected t and were in far greater numbers all along where salmon ran, and salmon were then than now. respect for animal life and sentiment in preserving these great seals as objects of in- 1 curiosity must give way in favor of pre- ood supply for man. But if they are to be shot for eating fish, let man be disciplined for wast- fish. Salmon enter the Golden Gate to run into ¢ San Joaquin to spawn. The nd live in those rivers, preyed Iy planted there by man, not Th catfish destroy probably ten 1 to one taken by the seals. They eat the spawn v small fish. If the catfish could be ex- nore salmon would be saved than by kill- als on the coast. 1s of destroying the young salmon in recently discovered. The Sacramento riads of young fish are now on the cramento killed by crude petroleum. re loaded with oil on the river, and steamers supplied with it for fuel from tanks on the bank. A great flows into the stream and coats the i scum which is fatal to the young Among the dead salmon predominate, and have young bass and perch, and also catfish. to the Bee an expert in Sacramento re- unless care is taken to prevent this oil the river wil! become barren of fish of all ts of Carquir course. 1 beic kage kinds. When the migratory fish are no longer spawned m a fresh water stream they cease to enter it. If the Sacramento is poisoned with crude oil mon will not return to it, and indeed will not enter the Golden Gate at all. The Fish and Game Commis- sion has led the crusade against the sea lions, and we find po fault with that. But if these animals are ex- terminated, and Sacramento River is polluted into barrenness, we will have lost a picturesque feature in imal life of the coast without gaining a single almon for the canneries. We hope that the war on the sea lions will stop short of extermination, any- way. This season’s increase in the salmon run be- vond all past experience proves that they leave us our share of the fish. A future decline in the run will be referable to this year’s pollution of the stream and not to the voracity of the seals. We lay stress on this because it will probably be found that killing the seals will be followed by a decrease in salmon due to the oil in the stream, and we desire that there shall be knowledge of the cause when the effect appears. The increasing use of oil, the crection of works for its distillation on the shores of the bay and of the rivers, will soon raise a large ques- tion that must be dealt with in some form by public thority. Probably this oily drain is discharged into the water because that is the easiest way to dispose of it. But if the most harmful way, as it probably is, e casiness of it should not prevail against the pub- interest in unpolluted waters. Once upon a time “Andover Theological Semi- nary” was one of the great institutions of New Eng- land, and its fame still lives, but the institution ap- pears to be rapidly declining. Seventy years ago it had 200 students. Last year there were only 16. This year there are 20, and the Boston Transcript rotes that the increase of four is regarded by the faculty as an evidence of a turn in the tide. A New Jersey jury gave a girl a verdict of six cents’ damages against a policeman who against her will caught her in his arms and kissed her; so it is evident kisses are held very cheap in New Jersey or clse the policeman ir: that State is 2 man who has eftraordinary privileges. SSUAAE G The Siamese have captured another Malay rajah. Perhaps it might not be unwise for Uncle Sam to hire a few Sl.mese znd let them loose among the Moros. We need a few sultans who are now at large and stupidly contemptuous of our offers of civiliza- tion, Rd ¥ | duction, and in leather and implements. THE PRESIDENT ON TRUSTS. RESIDENT ROOSEVELT has made a more P searching analysis of the trust question than any other who has discussed it. The free- traders and many Republicans—indeed, some Repub- lican State conventions—have put forward a Dr. San- grado cure for trusts in the form of free trade in all trust-made articles. ‘When the ordinary busy citizen starts to think his way through the trust problem the first objection he finds is the one that impresses everybody as the real crux of the question, and that is the power of the trust to abridge or destroy competition. This power is opposed to individual capital and its independent use. It transfers profits on trade formerly gained by numerous independent traders to the stockholders of the trust, obsoleting the business of individuals. This is the prevalent, ackncwledged and grievous evil. The free-traders propose to meet it by giving free admis- sion to our market of the manufactures concerned. In all the Democratic platforms this is the panacea proposed. The Sangrados of that party are owl-like in the wisdom they affect in recommending this uni- versal remedy. “Open the doors and let foreign goods come free,” they cry, “and then exult over the death struggles of the trust octopi.” But what benefit will result to the individual com- petitor? What will he gain by releasing him from the grasp of an American trust and throwing him into the jaws of a foreign trust? If free trade will destroy the business of the pow- erful American trusts, how can the individual manu- facturer stand against it? How can the weak resist a free trade flood that is guaranteed by Dr. Sangrado to drown the strong, who is a good swimmer? Upon examination it is obvious that the free trade remedy is no remedy at all. It will not restore com- petition; it will not revive individual enterprise that bas already been suspended by the domestic trusts, nor will it lift from trade any incubus for which trust methods are responsible. It will simply take our market away from American trusts and turn it over to foreign combinations, without at all restoring com- petition or helping the individual enterprise of the country. If the American trust is bad, still it pays American wages and uses American materialk But it destroys competition. If free trade end the Ameri- can trust it must be by admitting the products of the foreign trust, made by foreign labor, at a lower standard of wages and of foreign material, and all ¥ ! without benefiting the individual American and the the same time that it is announced that the | individual capital, hurt by being driven out of busi- ness. Of all the unwise propositions for curbing trusts and getting all the good out of them with the mini- mum of harm the free trade idea is the most unwise. It would not cure a single trust evil, but would simply substitute the foreign for the domestic trust, and so increase the evil tenfold. The free-traders are astute; the children of light. They know the value of a prejudice in politics. They know the admitted evils of the trust system. They feel the widespread preju- dice against it, and they know, also, that if the people can be induced to adopt free trade as a remedy it means the speedy realization of the free trade dream. Trusts are concerned in all our metal manufacture, including tin and glass, and also in our textile pro- Just look over the list and it will be seen that when we get free trade in trust articles we have universal free trade. Accepting the doctrine that protection pro- duces trusts, this condition of universal free trade must be permanent, lest the trusts revive. So this programme means the attainment of free trade by in- direction, but free trade all the same. So the doc- trinaires of that school are wise, and their tactics are admirable. They will give us free trade, not as a direct economic principle, but as a potion, a pre- scription, a medicine for the trust evil. they are wiser than Many pro- | tectionists, less wise than they, will accept as an anti- trust cholagogue that which they would reject in its proper aspect as free trade. The people must judge whether they prefer other remedies for the evils of American trusts rather than to suffer all those evils at the hands of foreign trusts, with the burden of free trade added. A New York hatter says the Americans of this generation wear much smaller sizes of hats than did those of a generation ago, but whether that means our brains are diminishing or only that we are not so swell-headed as our sires is a question for debating societies. The hatter goes no further than to state the fact. THE “LILY WHITE” PLAN. OR the first time since the reconstruction of F(he State after the Civil War, Alabama enters upon a political campaign in which the negro will virtually have no part nor hardly a voice. The new constitution of the State excludes him from the polls on election day and the Republican State con- vention has excluded him from taking part in the councils of the party. Thus he is seemingly out of the fight altogether, und now we are to see what will come of the new programme. The organization of the “white” Republican party in Alabama is not in any way surprising. Long ago there was a movement in that direction in several of the Southern States and the promoters of it came to be known as “The Lily Whites.” For a time they were held in derision, but they had potent allies among the Democrats. Little by little the two seem- ing rivals but real friends worked together, until they brought about the suppression of the negro vote, and that having been accomplished by the Dem- ocrats, the Lily Whites came into control of the State machinery of the Republican party. Expectations of the result of the new movement are high. It is well known that a good many Southern Democrats are Democrats for State purposes only. They are not in favor of established Democratic prin- ciples or the prevalent Democratic policies. They are antagonistic to free trade and free silver, and moreover they do not like leaders of the Bryan stripe. It is expected that these men will now vote their con- victions and support the Republican party; that they { will ally themselves with the political organization that gave protection to their industries and sound money to their wage earners. So the thought runs that we shall have a new era in the South and a new era in national politics. There is to be no longer any sectionalism. The solid South is to vanish and disappear with the negro vote. Many sincere Republicans will seriously question whether a white Republican. party in the South will compensate for the wrong done to the negroes. Still, even among those men, the opinion prevails that it is best to leave each State free to regulate its suffrage laws as it deems best, so long as the regulation does o ‘not conflict with the constitution of the United | States. A suit has been already brought to test the validity of the suffrage laws of Alabama, and the peo- ple are willing to leave the arbitrament of the issue to the Supreme Court. It is not the desire of any considerable number of persons in the North or West to raise a sectional wrangle again. The general de- sire therefore is that the Lily White movement may demonstrate strength and result in immediate good of sufficient magnitude to convince fair-minded men that the suppression of the negro vote is not an un- mixed evil and a wrong. Should there be built up in the South a strong Republican party, it will not be long before that party will open a way for the better class of negroes to regain the right to vote. Even now if the suffrage laws of Alabama were fairly administered, a large number of negroes could prove their qualifications for the suffrage. We may look, therefore, for some- thing of justice to result in the end from that which now appears as a denial of justice. A division of the Southern people into two well-balanced parties will lead to discussion of every political issue and the result will be an enlarged liberality of thought and a greater toleration of differences of opinion. With that liberality will come the chance of the negro to obtain more liberal treatment, and the abler among them may be counted on to profit by it. At a dressmakers’ convention in Chicago one of the leading speakers complained that in her first year of business she ran up over $1200 worth of bad accounts, and now we understand how the dames of the Chicago smart set can swing such smashing gowns withoyt® hurting their husbands. A WORKMAN'S VIEW. . T a meeting of representatives of the Iron- A mclders’ Union at Toronto President Martin Fox delivered an address from which copious extracts have been published in the August numbes of the Metal Worker. The statements of the speaker are well worth the prominence given them by that im- portant trade journal, for they are of interest to a wide circle of readers as expressions of the judgment an experienced trade union leader has formed upon some of the problems which confront the public in the re- lations of labor and capital. After reviewing the increase of wages and other benefits obtained during the year by agreement be- tween the Irorimolders’ Union and the Stove Found- ers’ National Defense Association, President Fox said: “Our observations and experiences during the past term, when wage advances were so prominent a feature of our work, confirm me in the belief that wage agreements covering a specified period are de- sirable. They insure a period of peace for the prose- cution of the no less important work of the union, and introduce an element of certainty into the indus- try which is of positive value to both the molder and his employer.” In full harmony with that declaration in favor of making agreements for fixed periods and standing by them, President Fox declared his objections to sym- pathetic strikes and to any trade affiliations that would lead to them. A feature of the address of special interest is the statement made concerning the working of the refer- endum in the union. There has been much talk in our time of adopting that plan as a part of our politi- cal system, and the demand for it appears to be in- creasing, for the Populists took it up from the social- ists, and in some State platférms the Democrats have | taken it up from the Populists. It appears, therefore, to be a probable issue in practical pelitics before results have followed its use where it has been tried. During the year 1901 there was submitted .to the Ironmolders’ Union a referendum on the question of fixing the ratio of apprentices to journeymen in the union shops. On that question only about two- fifths of the members voted. Another question sub- mitted was that of the abolition of piecework. that President Fox says: “Every effort was made to stimulate intelligent discussion in the Journal, but I regret to say our membership, both in this and the subsequent vete, displayed an apathy with the gravity of the question.” Upon the general subject of the referendum he says: “While the referendum is undoubtedly founded upon correct principles, the result of its use in labor organizations has not always been in har- mony with progressive thought. It is an unfortunate fact, but truth compels me to say it, that our mem- bers do not give important questions submitted to their decision the careful thought and intelligent study they should, but allow themselves to be swayed by their prejudices or their fears, or display by their indifference and their failure to record their opinion their lack of interest in the propositions submitted.” This statement will cause intelligent advocates of the referendum to pause and consider. If in a highly organized union men will not take sufficient interest in a question directly affecting their special trade to vote upon it when a referendum is submitted, what are we to expect of the voters of a whole community? inconsistent would be a farce or worse in a city. Throughout the whole of his address Fox shows himself a wise leader and counselor of his fellow workers, and it is on such men as he and his supporters the country can rely for genuine help in the solution of the new problems that perplex and sometimes disturb our industries. B e — Since the Arrow steamed a mile in about one minute and twenty seconds marine engineers are of the opinion that their science has reached a point where it is possible to construct a ship that will make the voyage from Liverpool to New York in three days. As such a ship, however, would consume so much oil fuel as to render the voyage unprofitable, she is not likely to be built until oil gets cheaper or freight rates higher. —_— One man says Henderson retired because he was afraid to meet Boies, another that he knew he was to be tarned down by his party in Congress, another that he feared the Democrats would spring a scan- dal about him, and still another that he was huffy be- cause Rocsevelt did not invite him to the Oyster Bay conference. The guessing contest is free. Try cone yourself. Since Mont Pelee insists on interrupting commu- nication by wire between Martinique and the outer world, the French Government has decided to install a wireless system of telegraphy from the island to Guadeloupe, and now we shall see what the volcano can do to stop that. Eastern people expect to-have to put up sixteen dollars for one ton of anthracite coal this winter, and the 16 to 1 idea is more unpopular than ever in that section. . long, and accordingly it is worth while to note what | Of | "Surely if the referendum be a failure in a union it | | President FUNSTON'’S VIEW OF ABOLITION OF CANTEENS ‘WASHINGTON, Sept. 2. — Brigadier General Frederick Funston, in his annual report for¥the Department of the Colo- rado, points out that the percentage of trials by court-martials of enlisted men has nearly doubled during the last year. He said: It is, therefore, plain that there has been & deplorable increase of offenses in general and of desertion in particular. In my opinion, there are two principal causes for this state of affairs: First, resentment of unaccustomed limitations and restrictions felt by men re- turning from fleld service to the monotony and routine work of garrison life; second, the abolition of the canteen feature of the post exchange. Since this action was taken saloons of the lowest Lype have been established just outside the boundaries of the various reserva- tlons; thelr proprietors in almost every case are unprincipled scoundrels who leave nothing undone to debauch the soldlers and obtain their money. Being In all cases outside the limits of any city, the proprietors of these resorts are sub- ject to no municipal police regulations and sell liquor regardless of hours and whether the buyer s niready intoxicated or not. Gam- bling is universal In these dives, and they are frequented by dissolute women. The soldier, whose desire for drink would ordinarily be satisfled by a few glasses of beer in the can- teen of the post exchange, goes to one of these resorts and does well if he escapes before he { has spent or gambled away all his money, over- stayed his leave or engaged in an altercation. As a rule the local authorities regard the existence of these places with indifference or approval, as it causes the soldier to spend his money in the community. The efficiency of the army or the ruin of a good soldier is nothing to them. There can be no reasonable doubt that most of the trials by general courts- martial and summary courts, at least so far as this' department i3 concerned, are directly traceable to this cause. Since I have had command here there has taken place the ruln and degradation of sev- eral non-commissioned officers of long service and fine record. In short, the recent legisla- tion by Congress on this question, so far as this department is concerned, has had no ef- fect except to lower the discipline of the army, ruin scores of good soldiers and fill the pockets of a lot of saloon-keepers, gamblers and pros- titutes. . The water supply at a number of posts in the Department of the Colorado, the report says, has caused much concern. General Funston says the controversy be- i tween the city of Cheyenne, Wyo., and | the authorities of Fort D. A. Russell re- garding certain water rights has reached a stage which renders it necessary for the | Government’s rights to be ascertained or the post abandoned. Considerable:trouble has been had at Fort Grant, Ariz., on ac- count of the water supply. On account of the establishment of other forts and the completion of the railroad to the San Carlos Agency, General Funston recom- mends that Fort Grant be abandoned. Regarding the proposed construction of a post at Albuquerque, N. M., General Funston recommends that a board be ap- pointed to visit that place and also Laa. Vegas and Santa Fe and observe care- fully the question of water supply, cli- mate, etc., before action is taken. Las Vegas will donate 20,000 acres near a limitless supply of water if a post is lo- cated there. The inspector general of the | department reports that as a general rule the quarters and barracks are in good condition. |ORAL METHOD BEST FOR DEAF AND DUMB CHILDREN Mutes From Mrs. Holden’s School Give Exhibition Before Board of Education. Sixteen little tots, members of Mrs. Holden’s school for mutes, on Grove street, between Polk and Larkin, demon- strated last night before the Board of Bducation and the Parents' Soclety for 4he education 'of deaf and dumb children, thé progress made by this school in teach- ing mutes by the oral method. The purpose of the exercises, which { consisted of practical demonstrations by the children of their ability to speak and understand the English language, al- though originally deaf and dumb, was to | secure the active co-operation of the Board of Education to get an appropria- tion from the State for the maintenance and establishment of similar schools ! throughout the State. Harry Walker, president of the Parents' Society, pre- sided. In a brief speech he succinetly | reviewed the work of the school during the last year. There were, he said, | about 400 mute children in the State who should be taught the oral system at the State's expense. President James Denman of the Board of Education made a few remarks, in which he pledged the support of the board in so far as it was possible to exert it in advancing the interest of oral educa- tion. He believed in the oral as against | the sign method in conversing and hoped it would be taught in the future. Alfred Roncovierl, Cecil Mark and Thomas Wood- ward, members of the board, spoke briefly along stmilar lines. All were in hearty accord with the oral system. Mrs. Holden, the teacher of the mutes, said that prac- tical tests had proved that mutes, if coached in the oral method at an early i age, can master the language before reaching their majority. Congressman Julius Kahn was present and expressed himeself as willing and an- xious to do anything he could to help the deaf and dumb. Light refreshments | were served during the evening. The tittle tots were treated to ice cream and cakes. e DRAFTS LAWS TO STOP USE OF PRESERVATIVES | Board of Supervisors Will Consider Three Bills to Prevent Adultera- tion of Food. The Supervisors’ Health Committee yes- terday decided to present to the board Supervisor d@’Ancona’s proposed ordinance to prevent the manufacture and sale of baneful or injurious food adulterants. The ordinance prohibits the sale, distri- bution or delivery of any injurious sub- stance intended to be used in the preser- vation of any article of food or drink for human consumption. Another proposed ordinance is designed to regulate the sale and delivery of food preservatives by requiring a certificate to be filed in the office of the Board of Health signed by the proper officers of the United States Government attesting that there are no baneful substances con- tained in the preservative. Unless such certificate is filed samples of the food preservatives must be deposited with the Health Board for examination by the City Chemist. A third ordinance provides for the la- beling of all packages of food containing a preservative or coloring or other for- eign matter. The three bills will be con- sidered by the joint Committee on Health and Judiciary next Friday afternoon. Frunes stuffed with ap;lcots. Townsend's.* —_———— In 1900 France exported 3000 horses more than she imported, whereas Ger- many had to import 90,000 more than she exported. SOME ANSWERS TO QUERIES BY CALL READERS .. Iy QUOTATION—A. 0. 8., City. “We on! part to meet again” is from “Black-Eyed Susan,” by Gay, verse 4. LOTTA CRABTREE--W., City. Lotta Crabtree, the actress, popularly known as “Little Lotta,” is living in New York City at 59 West Fifty-first street. GENERAL BROCK—O. B., City. Sir Issac Brock, a general of the British ar- my during the war of 1§12, was killed at the battle of Queenstown, October 13, 1812, CHAUFFEUR—C. D., Haywards, Cal. Chauffeur, which Is the French term that is applied to one who operates an auto- mobile, is pronounced as if written in English, cho-fur. CANNOT ACQUIRE — S., Susanville, Cal. No person who is the owner of more than 160 acres of land in any State or Territory of the United States shall ac- quire any right under the homestead law. BOTANICAL SOCIETY—Dr. D. T. Mac- dougal, Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, New York City, is the secretary of the Botanical Soclety of America. Any let- ler addréssed to him will reach the so- clety. ADDRESSES—S., Alameda, Cal. The address of J. Plerpont Morgan is 219 Mad- ison avenue, New York City; that of Thomas F. Walsh, the mining engineer, is 1420 New York avenue, Washington, D. c. PING PONG—J. B., City. This depart- ment has not the space to publish the rules for playing ping pong. You can pur- chase the same from any first-class book seller or dealer in ping pong for a very small sum. VOTING FOR PRESIDENT-F. G., San Miguel, Cal. idential candidates direct, because the constitution, article II, section 1, proyides for that means of election. COFYRIGHT—A. C. H., Stockton, Cal Communicate with the librarlan of Con- gress at Washington, D. C., and you will be furrished a blank form for application for copyright that will give you all the information desired on that subject. TAMALPAIS—N. M. F., San Rafael, Cal. Tamalpais, the name given to a mountain in Marin County, Cal., is Span- ish and means country of the Tamales, the latter being the name of a tribe of In- dians who lived in that section of Cali- fornia in the very early days. BLACK BART-A. 8, City. Black Bart, the highwayman, went to either Ja- ran or China several years ago. Such be- ing the case there cannot be any truth in the statement that has been made to you that Bart is required to report twice daily at the office of Wells, Fargo & Co. THE QUAIL SEASON—Reader, Ala- meda, Cal. Quail may be legally killed in California between September 30 of one year and February 1 of the following year. No one is allowed to have more than twenty-five qualls in his possession on any one day. All sale and trapping of quail is prohibited. WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES — Sub- scriber, City. The following list gives the names applied to wedding anniver- saries: First anniversary, cotton; second, paper; third, leather; fifth, wooden; sev- enth, woolen; tenth, tin; twelfth, silk and fine linen; fifteenth, crystal; twentieth, china; twenty-fifth, silver; thirtieth, pearl; fortieth, ruby; fiftieth, golden, and seventy-fifth, dlamond. WIDOW AND ORPHANS—J. W., Kel- seyville, Cal. The widow or children of 2 homesteader (Government land) are not required to reside on their homestead after his death, but must continue cultivation by agent or otherwise. The widow can enter a homestead in her own right while cultivating that of her deceased husband, in which event she must actually reside on the land entered in her own name. PAU-PUK-KEEWIS—A. 8., Centerville, Cal. Pau-Puk-Keewis was a cunning mis- chief maker who taught the North Amer- ican Indians the game of hazard and stripped them by his winning of all their possessions. In a mad freak he entered the wigwam of Hiawatha and threw ev- erthing into confusion, so Hiawatha re- solved to slay him. He took to flight and prayed the beavers to make him a beaver ten times their own size, which they did. When the other beavers made their escape on the arrival of Hiawatha he, on account of his great size, could not get away, so Hiawatha slew him. His spirit, escaping, flew upward and he prayed the storm fools to make him a brant ten times their own size. This was done, and he was told never to look downward or he would lose his life, but when Hiawatha arrived the brant could not forbear looking down, so he fell to earth. Hiawatha transformed him into an eagle. Such is the legend of Pau-Puk- Keewis. The people of the United | States vote for electors and not for Pres- | GOSSIP FROM LONDON WORLD OF LETTERS M. J. J. Jusserand, who will before the close of the year present his credentials at Washington as Embassador of France, holds a high place in the literary world. There probably is no living Frenchman who has so wide and profound an ac- quaintance with English literature and English history. Perhaps his most im- portant work is his literary history of the English people, which is to be completed in three volumes. A translation of the first volume has been published by T. Fisher Unwin. The second volume is nearing completion. Translations of his other books, “English Wayfaring Life in the Middle Ages,” “An English Novel in | the Time of Shakespeare,” “Romance of a King’s Life,” “English Essays From a French Pen,” “Shakespeare in France and “A French Embassador at the Court of Charles 11, have also been published. Readers of these works do not need to be reminded that while his writings show traces of deep :atudyfl and pe;:e(faflng judgment, M. Jusserand wears his learn- {ngdallghtly. His style is distinguished by a peculiarly French vivacity nnq charm. “Love and the Soul Hunters,” the new novel on which John Oliver Hobbes has been engaged for the last three years, is to be published next week. The book is spoken of as a piece of brilliant mun- danity, the sphere in which the story moves being the world of high aristocracy and high finance. In it royalty of the Old World figures side by side with the millionaire of the New. “Love of Sisters,” by Katharine Tynan, which will be published next week, i3, as usual with this author, & tale of Ireland and Irish characters. It is a love story with a double thread, the same motive, one sister's sacrifice of love and marriage for the sake of the other’s happiness, re- curring in the elder and younger gemera- tions. The Academy, which has been making investigations to ascertain the kind of reading most popular with the traveling publie, bublishes the result of a long jour- ney in a first class carriage. The occu~ pants were six men. For the first por- tion of the journey all read newspapers. The schedule of the literature they pro- duced from their bags and read when they had finished the newspapers was as follows: One—he was a clergyman—read Shel- ley’s “Queen Mab,” another "Pem}mnl.l. another Headlam’'s ‘‘Nuremburg.” The fourth and sixth read sixpenny magazines and the sixth read nothing when he had finished his paper. The reader of “Queen Mab” succumbed first. In half an hour he was fast asleep. The eyes of one of the magazine readers were still intent on the pages when the train stopped at the terminus. PERSONAL MENTION. Dr. F. O. Chamberlain of Bakersfleld is a guest at the California. T. W. Mathew, a well-known resident of Napa, is at the California. M. F. Schidler, 2 mining man who re- sides at Eureka, is at the Lick. M. H. McCord, a Deputy United States Marshal of Phoenix, is at the Lick. ‘Walter Randell, 2 mining man of Hum- boldt County, is among the arrivals at the Lick. Warren Conlin, son of James Conlin, is slowly recovering at St. Mary's Hospital from an attack of appendicitis. A. Caminetti, a prominent member of the Democratic party, is here from Jack- son and is registered at the California. J. E. Stubbs, president of the Nevada University and brother of Traffic Director J. C. Stubs of the Harriman roads, is at the Occidental. C. D. Holman has resigned his position as ticket agent with the Union Pacific and will, on the first of next month, en- ter into the employ of a local insurance company. ‘W. L. Johnstone, a popular young rail- road man, who has been connected with the passenger department of the South- ern Pacific Company for several years, has been appointed to a responsible posi- tion with the general passenger Copart- ment of the Pacific Coast Steamship Com- pany. —— e Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Sept. 25.—The following Californians have arrived: San Francisco —R. W. Dennis, at the Gerard; P. L. 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EXT Sunday’s Call will give the completed story of “The Mys- tery Box.” If you read last Sunday’s Call you know what thrillingly interesting book this is; but if by any chance have not read the first half of this story, which appeared in issue of The Call published on September 21, GET A COPY OF THAT PAPER AT ONCE, for with the issues of The Call of Septem- ber 21 md%nthudmvfllh-veoncofthemutud:hgm you the pragtically no cost at all, The Call’s new departure in publishing standard rovels of the period in two, or, at the most, three issues of the paper, marks one of the greatest successes of modern journalism. Everybody who reads at all is familiar with the names of such literary geniuses as Maurice Thompson, Booth Tarkington, Charles Major, Thomas Dixon Jr. and Charles K. Lush. These are only a few of the authors whose writings have already been arranged for, to appear exclusively, on the Pacific Coast, in The Sunday Call, The next book that will appear, immediately after the completion of “The Mystery Box,” is “The Autocrats,” by Mr. Charles K. Lush. The first half of this splendid novel of present-day life will be published in The Sunday Call of October 5, and on the following Sunday (October 12) the rest of the book will appear. m-mum-nqumnottheuhnuphmo!w.nmnm- prise and energy, making a dramatic incident of a combination of politicians and capitalists to secure a street-railway franchise in a ‘Western city. A prominent character in the book is a powerful and capable man who is a master-hand at the manipulation of city councils. But the game he is playing for is not only the coveted charter, but the United States Senate. 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