The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 5, 1902, Page 8

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NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH........30 Tribune Buildiag NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: K. C. CARLTON.... see.Herald NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldort-Astoris Hotel; A. Brentsns, 31 Urnion Square: Sfarray Hill Hotel CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Sherman House: P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel: Premont House; Auditorium Hotel. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE....1408 G St., N. W, MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. +..1118 Broadway ¥ | b BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery, corner of Clay, open unti] 9:30 o'clock. 300 Hayes, ‘open until 9:30 o’clock. 633 MeAllister, open until $:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until $:80 c'clock. 1941 Miesion, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, corner Sixteenth, opes until 9 o'clock. 1006 Va- lencia, open until § o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open untll 9 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kertucky, opem until ® o'clock. 2200 Fillmore, open untll # p. m. a—— NOW FOR THE FAIR. E have finished with politics for a time. The campaign documents will now be swept into the waste baskets, the political ban- be rolled up, the small boys on the streets no longer demand election cards, and men who W ners will have been contending with one another in opposing pa ties will now shake hands on the basis of majority set about reviving the old-time friendships. efore timely to get together in support of o It is the g movement for the advancement and promo- tion of the interests ot California. That movement is well nized and has been launched under good auspices. All that is needed to carry it to immediate success is a eral and enthusiastic support through- out the State The phase of the movement of most interest to Northern California at this juncture is the citrus fair to be held in the nave of the ferry building this i. The display will make a festival timely to the iving season, andstherefore will be pleasant for home folks as well as for the Eastern tourists, whom it is designed to gnlighten concerning this sec- e State. For the display there are needed large and varied exhibits of fruits and flowers. We cannot afford to make an uninteresting fair. It is de- signe® to show the autumnal and winter glories of Northern California and will be so interpreted by all who see it. Consequently it must be made thor- olughly representative or else it will make but a feeble impression upon our visitors. There is a glorious future ahead of California, and in that future the northern counties of the State ought 1o have z brilliant career. Their resources and their aftractions are not inferior to those of any other sec- tion of this wonderful State, but as yet they are little understood by the outside world. They have not been fully advertised and shown to the public. They have lacked display and exploitation. To make them known is the first duty of the time, and it is to that end the fair has been devised. There come to Caliiornia every year a large num- ber of pleasure-seekers in search of sport and enjoy- ment, tourists looking for winter sunshine and beau- capitalists seeking good opportunities for profitable inveéstment, and families looking for a place in which to establish new homes. The bulk of that travel goes to the southern portion of the State, and so many and so varied are the attractions of- fered there that a considerable portion of the annual throng of travelers is fully satisfied. Thousands of kome-seekers have settled there. Many capitalists have made large investments there, and a great host of tourists return there every winter to enjoy the mild climate znd the beauty of the various holiday resorts. Northern California shows winter attractions and resources different frcm those of Southern Califor- mia in numny respects, but equally varied and beau- tiful. Tourists whose tastes are not quite satisfied in the southern part of the State might find in the north- ern counties exactly what they desire. Thus by the exploitation of the nerth there would be no antag- onism to the south, but a generous rivalry in growth and progress. What helps one part of California helps al! California, and a spirit of true State patriotism as‘well as that of local pride inspires the movement now under way to bring the northern counties to the front and make their value and their beauty krown to every traveler who visits San Fran- cisco. It is to be hoped the people will cordially respond to the call for co-operation in gettmg up the fair. Fruits and flowers should be furnished in abundance, and in every variety known to our fields, our gardens, orchards and conservatories. The display shouid be made one of the bright successes of the year, a'thing of beauty to be remembered long by all who see it. The object is to show Northern California as it is at this season. Tourists and other travelers are coming to us from the bleak East, where the blizzards have already begun to blow and where the landscape is cold and dreary. Let them find on reaching the ferry that they have come to a land where November blossoms like an Eastern May and where fresh fruits and blooming flowers can be gathered at all seasons. The inventor of the Gatling gun is now at work on a new motor plow whicli when perfected will plow, harrow, roll and seed the ground at one sweep and give the' plowboy a chance to go fishing next day. There is complaint of an advance in the whole- sale price of popcorn, and yet who ever heard of any- body buying popcorn by wholesale? - | F THE SHIPFING QUESTION. URING the campaign but little was said on D cither side -~oncerning the issue involved in the upbuilding of oir merchant marine. The lack of discussion of the subject was of course due to the fact that it is hardly a matter of contention. The Republican party is pledged to promote Ameri- can shipping and the Democratic party has not ven- tured to raise an issue on the point. There were, however, two notable utterances on the question in the course of the canvass. , One by Senator Hoar and the other by Secretary Shaw. Senator Hoar's statement was made in connection with a discussion of the trust problem and perhaps does not accurately present his opinion concerning the best means of promoting the merchant marine. Speaking of the trusts he said: “I would not destroy them. For myself I want to see the American flag flying again in every port in the world. I like to hear of Pierpont Morgan buying up foreign steam- ship companies. I do not object very much to hear of the consternation of English capitalists or of Ger- man Emperors when Pierpont Morgan's name is mentioned, or that the knees of the old lady on Threadneedle street tremble and strike together when she hears that ke is coming to England.” There is of course some gratification for all Amer- icans in the control of Atlantic shipping by an Amer- ican syndicate, but we believe a vast majority of our people would prefer to have that control attained not by purchasing ships built in Great Britain, but by the construction of American ships.: The purchase of foreign ships servés but one-half the objgct aimed at by those who are most eager to see our merchant marine extended. The desire is to promote Ameri- can ship-building as well as American commerce. The ships of the Morgan purchase do not fully repre- sent American enterprise. They are constructed abroad and they carry foreign flags. The.country de- Isires American ships constructed in American yards y American workmen, manned by Americans and carrying the American flag. Secretary Shaw’s speech was directly in favor of governmental aid to American shipping. He dis- cussed the subject with reference to South American trade and to the necessity of having American ships in which to carry.it on. The Secretary pointed out that by protecting our coasting vessels from foreign competition we have obtained along our coasts the cheapest transportation in'the world. Moreover, the experiment of giving governmental aid to railroads has resulted in giving us the cheapest land transpor- tation known to man. Hence he argues that while governmental aid to ocean vessels might seem ex- pensive at first, it would reésult in building up a mer- chant marine for the ocean trade that would soon distance competition and give our merchants a means of underselling foreigners throughout South America. We do not believe that Senator Hoar meant to im- ply in his speech that he is content to advance our ocean marine by means of purchasing British ships. Doubtless he meant no more than that he is willing to accept that as one of the good results of large combinatiens of capital. The true way to promote an American merchant marine is that proposed by Secretary Shaw. Let us give to our industries on the ocean something of the protection given to our industries on land, and we shall then have a merchant marine which will advance our commerce and open néw markets for our industries. Whatever cost such a policy may entail will be fully repaid by the cheaper transportation which, as Secretary Shaw says, will surely result from it. The Prince of Siam is not cutting as wide a swath’ in this-country as did Prince Henry, but he seems quite as friendly. He is reported to have said in a recent speech: “I can assure thegAmerican people | that if they will be good neighbors to Siam we will be good neighbors to them.” good. Now then, let us be THE PANAMA TITLE, ROM the opinicn given by Attorney General Knox on the validity of the Panama canal title it appears the way is free for the purchase of the French 1ight and the immediate beginning of the work of construction. We are therefore in sight at last of the achievement of the long desired water- way across the isthmus. It may be that most Amer- icans would have preferred the Nicaragua route, but their main desire is for a canal, and since expert au- thority is on the side of Panama we believe that even among the most earnest advocates of the Nicaragua canal all except an irreconcilable few will accept the Panama route without further controversy. The President, then, will have an overwhelming public sentiment to sustain him in going ahead with the work as rapidly as possible. . The Attorney General found four objections raised to the Panama title. First—That the new Panama Canal Company has not power to sell the canal and railway property. Second—That the liquidator of the old Panama Canal Company has not power to con- sent to such sale. Third—That the French courts have not power to authorize the liquidator or the new cémpany or either of them to enter into the sale Fourth—That at all events the United States would take the property as a trust fund subject to the total obligations to the stockholders, the bondhold- crs and the other creditors of both companies. In the opinion recently submitted to the President cach of the objections was elaborately reviewed and refuted. The new Panama company is found to be quite solvent 2nd to have ample power to sell to the United States. The liquidator of the old company has agreed to the sale and the French courts have approved his consent. Mr. Knox finds the conten- tion that the French courts have no power to authorize the liquidator or the new company to make the sale te be without foundation. The courts have ample authority under the French law. As to the proposition that the United States would be 'sub- ject to the debts and claims of the stockholders and bondholders and other creditors of both of the com- panies, the opinion says: . “As a general proposition it is not perceived how there could be any law or equity for subjecting a purchaser of an article sold as assets of a failing partnership (such as the old company) to the debts of the partnership. If such were the law, there would be no purchasers of such assets, and the creditors would receive no payment of their debts out of the proceeds nor stockholders any dividend of a residue.” For so long a time have the people of the United States worked for the attainment of an isthmian i canal that the prospect of a speedy beginning of ac- tual work on it can hardly fail to bring a deep feeling of satisfaction throughout the country. It will be another great national enterprise carried to success under a Republican zdministration, but one over which there has fortunately been no partisan con- troversy, President Roosevelt is npt‘hkely to be in- |'until they .were in antagonism to } Government. They refused to pay for their lands, re- sented' taxation and declared for a theocratic govern- | different to the fame which will attain to the memory of the President who sets in motion the work of con- struction, and since the way has been found clear we may look forward to a prompt undertaking of the giant enterprise. ——— In discussing the separation of the sexes at the Uni- versity of Chicago one of the advocates of segregation said “thoughtful women are in favor of it,” and an- other said “many of the finest girls on the campus are for it.” That ought to settle it. When the thought- ful women and the finest girls unite, there is danger to the opposition. S THE RUSSIAN FANATICS. EVERAL thousand Russians of the religious sect called Doukhobors settled in Northwestern Canada a few years ago. Their religious belief put them in opposition to the Russian Government, ! and they were the objects of much sympathy when they exiled themselves to Canada, where they secured large holdings of land and for a time showed the | same industrious quality that made their fellow ex- iles, the Russian Mennonites, acceptable citizens of | North Dakéta. They had not been long domesticated in Canada the Dominion ment, formed on their peculiar ideas. They rejected medication for the sick and refused to register births and deaths as required by Canada for the purpose of vital statistics. When attempts were made to get this information from them- they replied that “God knows who is born and who dies, and that is suffi- cient.” They also rejected compliance with the mar- riage laws, and put themselves at all points in pas- sive rebellion against civil government. This state of mind was followed by what appears to be a general condition of insane fanaticism, that affects several thousands of them. They refused to wear woolen clothing, or shoes, or any article made of leather or of animal origin, and rejected meat and refused to work animals on their farms. The women in harness pulled the plows to till their fields, and they dressed in cotton only and went barefooted. Now they have abandoned their farms and villages and have started wandering, as they - say, “to find Jesus.” They provide no commissary beyond raw potatoes and sour black bread. No Government has ever had just such a problem as their conduct presents to the authorities of Mani- toba. Their lands are fertile and would support them N | in comfort, but have been abandoned and the people have ceased to work. They have deserted the com- fortable and sufficient shelter of the houses they built before this craze overtook them, and many of them die in the rigors of their purposeless march to no- where. They are quite violent in their refusal of as- sistance even for their sick and dying, and show as much fanaticism as a starving Hindoo, who refuses food when offeréd by any one outside of his caste. They offer a study to those who are interested in psychology, but are the despair of the charitable who would relieve human suffering, but find these poor creatures insensible to the physical woes they have brought upon themselves. It is strange that Russia, the home of a very strict religious orthodoxy, where every impediment is | placed in the path of nonconformists and heretics, | should be the home of schismatics of all kinds, who | increase and multiply in the face of diseouragement and opposition. The Russian Jews number hundreds of thousands, and are the constant victims of official persecution, but seem to thrive. The Mennonites seem to have selected Russia in preference to any other country in Europe. They are not fanatics, how- ever, and. like the Jews, are industrious and thrifty. They much resemble their religious congeners, the Dunkards of this country, sometimes called “hook and eye Dutch” because it is an article of faith with | them not to use buttons to fasten their garments, substituting therefor the primitive hook and eye. The Russian Jews and Mennonites when they mi- grate to more tolerant governments make desirable people and members of the body politic, but there seems to be no place for the Doukhobors who desire to live in defiance of all civil govemment and ‘even in violation of those rules of life and conduct which are regarded by other Christians as having the sanc- tion of religion. Several American philanthropists not long ago proposed a movement to transfer the Doukhobors to this country, and it was thought they | would be desirable in California. It is fortunate that this movement did not succeed, for we would have now on hand the problem that is the despair of the Dominion. L e T — President Schurman is reported to have recently stated in an address before the Rockefeller Bible- class in New York: “You can’t permanently keep a people in any state of subjection after they have a taste of liberty. The aspirations of the Filipinos and the American training they have already had will make them demand rights equal to ours. They must become an integral part of this nation, as any State is, or they must have ifidependence.” That’s the sort of talk that makes more talk. A good many people would like to know just what kind of an American State the Philippines would make. —_——— The Census Bureau reports 1805 women who earn a living by fishing and 5382 who are barbers and hairdressers, so we perceive that while there are some. women who are willing to work at a trade where they have to hold their tengues, there are five times as many who seek a job where they can talk all the time. There have been for some time past reports of a business depression in Great Britain, Germany and Russia, but now it is said that the abounding pros- perity in the United States is affecting European conditions, and a belief is felt that the worst of the depression is over. o —_— The man who stole 2 redhot stove and the man who stole a grizzly have long been famous; so now let credit be given to the New York man who stole a wagonload of limburger cheese and got away without leaving so much as the smell behind. It is announced that Mary McLean is to go back to the mines of Buite. She has tried Boston and found it dull. Moreover, her sister, who stayed at lhome, has managed to catch a husbud and perhaps Mary desires the same luck. According to one story Miss Alice Roosevelt i is getting ‘ready to be married, and accurdmg to an- other she is embroidering handkerchiefs for charity | bazaars. You may believe elther story as you please. She don't care. " The Mad. Mullah appun to be having a great time with the British, but it is a sure predlctlon that the Lilarity won't last. g . i |[HOW THEY KEEP BOOKS IN _VESPERTERMINEN TO V great and unknown anuquity. tion. entitled to. ' use during the same pertod. which a strong, sweet wine is obtained. of all sorts and strung on cords. twice a year. interesting. GOSSIP FROM LONDON WORLD OF LETTERS What I have already said about the re- vival of the book trade in this country is more than justified by the situation to- l'day. The output has been even greater gthan was expected. Indeed, the season just begun is already showing a great re- | vival. During the past-fortnight hun- i dreds of new books have come out, as {'‘many as ninety-six appearing in one day. Kruger’s book, which is to be published next month by Fisher Unwin, a romance | attributed to Milton, an illustrated life ! ot Queen Victoria by ‘Sidney Lee and a bunch of beautiful fine art productions are among the chief features of the sea- | son. Since October 1.no fewer than eighty ! new 6-shilling novels have been published. | “Thousands of books are being launched lon the great sea of publicity,” says R. { B. Marston of Sampson Low, Marston & { Co., “a sea, by the way, which is by no imeans a Pacific Ocean. Not that there lare any exceptionally great books in view, though there are many important ones, Airships will receive special atten- tion. Andrew Lang is throwing a new light on the old Cowrie mystery of King | James 1. Rider Haggard is going to take | us back to his rural England. A work on | Newgate is to come out as the grim old | London landmark is about to vanish. No | fewer than 130,000 copies of a recent book { have been sold, and it is still selling.” Fisher Unwin says there are indications that we are to have a good season. Trav- elers and booksellers report improvement !all around. Of course, novels still sell ! and lead the way, but there are signs of interest in perhaps more serlous work. One indication of this is that biographical works are popular. Messrs. Jarrold state that they are experiencing a decided in- crease in the demand for educational ! works. Messrs. Methuen, Sotheran and I many other well-known publishers tell | the same tale—that the British public, i newly free from war’s alarms, is sitting down to read in peace. Many well-known writers who con- | tribute to the first number of King and | Country, which appropriately makes its | first monthly appearance to-day—the day of King Edward’s pageant through the city—give the new half-crown monthly a brilliant start. They include the Duke of Argyll, Miss Marie Corelli, Sir Frederick Young, J. Henniker Heaton and Edward Garnett. Miss Marie Corelli writes on {the “Vulgarity of Wealth,” Henniker Heaton on “The Coming Career of Aus- ten Chamberlain as an Imperial Postmas- ter General,” and brief expressions of their | opinions of imperialism are given by Lord i Curzon, James Bryce, Sir Edmund Bar- ton and Professor Beare. In addition to these miscellaneous articles there are forty pages of romance, making in all 20 | pages. Though the publisher has his times and seasons, the author has not, but must stick to his desk independently of spring and autumn. H. G. Wells is now engaged on two pleces of fiction of very diverse character. One is in the line of so many of his previous works and deals with a | strange, fantastic . conception, whereas the other follows more after the mood of ““The Wheels of Chance,” or *“Love and Mr. Lewisham.” One is the impossible | rationalized, as in ““The Invisible Man"; the other relates to the experience of a poor man who becomes suddenly rich. Neither book will be ready for some time. Andrew Lang, the veteran versatile au- thor, whom many consider to be the most graceful and facile journalist at present writing, has not ventured much into the realms of fiction, but a novel by him which has been running in Longmans’ is to be published in book form before very long. It is about twelve years since his previous novel appeared. That was a real "‘shnling shocker,” called “The Mark of Cain." As I mentioned in a previous letter, many people, considering Miss Marie Co- relli’s hitherto viten expressed horrer of the idea of her picture appearing in any public prln‘f‘, ‘wondered how her photo-: NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. STERILIZED BARBER SHOP. A Famous Shop in the Carrollton Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland. The barber shop in the Carrollton Hotel, Baltimore, sterilizes everything it uses in the shop. The sterilizing is done by heat. The towels, the razors, | the strops, the soap, the combs and brushes are all sterilized before being on a customer. ‘Where there is no “'d" : e o M, e THE VILLAGERS OF VESPERTERMINEN, SWITZERLAND, HAVE A PECULIAR METHOD OF KEEPING ACCOUNTS, WHICH ARE NOT | WRITTEN ON PAPER, BUT ARE CARVED ON WOODEN TABLETS. I e s estny by g 5 ERY peculiar and little known to the outside world is the village of Ves- perterminen, situated on a high plateau which overhangs the Visp-Zer- matt Mountain Railway, in Canton Wallis, Switzerland. One of the most striking peculiarities of these villagers is their method of keeping ac- counts, which are never written on paper, but always carved on wooden tabletz. Another specialty of the place is the communal system of irrigation, which is of ustration shows the front and back of two tablets relating to irriga- Therlxuthe face are initials and private marks, which indicate the possessor of the water right, while the marks on the back show how much water he is A groove cut entirely across the tablet denotes the right to turn on the water four hours daily for three weeks. A groove half way across au- thorizes two hours, a circle lwenty minutes and a semicircle ten minutes’ daily The water comes from glaclers and, like that of the Nile, contains a fructify- ing alluvium. It fertilizes not only pasture and meadow, but vlneyards. prob- ably the most elevated in Europe—four thousand feet above sea' But these little tablets, which are about three inches long, are used for records There are bake tablets, order in which families may use the village oven, Tithes, rents, interest and many other things are recorded on separate tab- lets, or “tesslen,” as they are called. Some of them are kept by their respective owners, others are filed away in the communal archives. stitions, manners and customs of this iSolated community are very singular and The place has just been “discovered’ has described it in the annual of the Swiss Alpine Club. L o e A S e e e R R SRR R R R Y { level—from which mark the for each family bakes only The legends, super- by a Zurich professor, who PERSONAL MENTION, M. Hirsch, a merchant of Ukiah, Is reg- istered at the Lick. 0. Y. Woodward of Woodwards Island is a guest at the Grand. Dr. R. L. Wilbur of Stanford University is among the arrivals at the Grand. K. Inouye, Japanese Minister to Ger- many, is at the Palace, accompanied by his wife. Dr. Eugene Zeile has returned trom Europe after spending several years visit- ing many of the most important hospitals. C. A. Srouffe, superintendent of the Tucson division of the Southern Pacific, is at the Occidental, accompanied by his wife. Emil Pohli, stenographer for Coroner Leland, who has been ill for several months, is again confined to his home, having suffered a relapse. ———— A CHANCE TO SMILE. “I see that Weatherman Moore has pat- ented an invenuon to keep houses cool in summer,” said the man who reads the papers. . “S0?” queried the man who reasons by induction. *“It must be something on the same order as the furnace I threw so much coal into last winter.”—Baltimore Sun. “It is claimed that an Eastern girl of a prominent family will not be married on the date set for the wedding because her finace objects to her craze for ping- | pong and she refuses to give up the | game.” “‘Oh, I sec. He thinks she cannot serve two masters.”"—Cleveland Plain Dealer. At once a wild cry arose. “A young woman has fallen overboara!” shouted a dozen voices. “If I let her drown,” reflected Captain Hobson, “they will say I am a coward. I plunge in and rescue her the knock- ers will say I am seeking more notoriety. Of two evils I will choose neither.” So he sullenly grabbed a boathook and succeeded in fishing the young woman out of the water with it.—Chicago Trib- une. @ ittt @ graph found its way into *“Pap,” other- wise “Points’ About People.” Now the murder is out. It is explained by an ad- vertisement which has been appearing in the papers in which a firm of engravers make the most abject apology, for the p‘;%lication was evidently quite unauthor- 1zed. — The glow worm lays eggs which are themselves luminous. However, - the young hatched. from them are not pos- - o %4 BY CALL «RBA,DE RS CALIFORNIA'S POPULATION—J, E. B., City. California’s population at this time is estimated at 1, CALIFORNIA—G. M. B, Safta Cruz, Cal. The Call in 188§ published “Califor- nia As It Is,” but it has not published any since. JENNY LIND-C. F. J., City. Jenny Lind Goldsmith, the Swedish nightingale, died at her home in Malvern, England, November 2, 1887. DEBRIS DAMS—A. C. R., Lathrop, Cal. The United States and the State of Cali- fornia both assisted in the construction of debris dams in this State. WHERE THERE'S A WILL—A friend of this department writes that “Where there's a will there’s a way™ is an Anglo- Saxcn proverb several hundred years old. LELAND STANFORD-G. S. M., City. If you will go to the Free Public Library you will find there a number of biogra- rhies of the late Senator Leland Stan- ford. AGE BEFORE BEAUTY — A corre- spondent of this department wants to know the name &f the author of the old- time saying, ‘“Age before beauty.” Can any of the readers inform him? BILLS—J. E. S., Alameda, Cal. The ‘question asked in regard to bills is too in- definite to admit of an answer. You should include in the question the State you desire information about, also the characters of bills. CORNERS—D. B., City. For all practi- cal purposes the two cormers of Folsom and Eighth streets on the left hand side of Folsom street walking in from Six- teenth and going to the ferry are the northeast and northwest corners. OLD NEWSPAPER—A Subscriber, City. A copy of the Rochester (N. Y.) Daily Ad~ vertiser, October 25, 1828, is worth what- ever a person who would desire such as a curiosity would be willing to give for it. There is no market value for such papers. EASTERN ELECTIONS-M. S, City. The following is the number of votes cast by the successful candidate for Governor in each of the following named States: New York, 1900, Odell 693,783; Pennsylva- nia, 1898, Stone 358,300; Michigan, 1900, Bliss 305,612, CHINESE ETIQUETTE-M. A. C, City. When a Chinese girl is married she must wait four months before etiquette allows her to pay her first visit to her mother, but after this initlatory she may go to the home of her parents whenever she pleases. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-H. B, City. The total vote cast in the United States at the last held Presidential elec- tion was: The total popular vote for all candidates and scattering votes, 13,961,565, The scattering amounted to 1979. The to- tal vote of California at that time was 303,793, TORTOISE SHELL—H. Y., City. Tor- toise shell may be softened by soaking it for several days in water, then boiling in water. When so heated it may be formed into any desired shape. On cooling it hardens. It requires some practice to know just when to take the shell out of the boiling water, as some may have to remain in the water longer than others. NEWSPAPERS—M. W. S., Santa Crus, Cal. If a person subscribes for a news- paper for a stated period and at the end of that period does not notify the pub- lishers to discontinue, but continues to receive the paper, he is liable for the sub- scription price, so it has been held. The duty of a subscriber who no longer wants the paper is to refuse to receive it from the postoffice and to send word to the publisher of his desire to discontinue his subscription. CUBA—M. G., Pentz, Cal. Cuba never was annexed to the United States. The Government of the United States freed Cuba from Spain, and in accordance with the promise made to the people of the island it gave them a free and independ- ent government, but the Government of the United States has entered into a treaty with the people of Cuba to main- tain that independence, and to that end bas the right to mainain coaling or naval stations at certain points on the island. SPANISH NAMES—A. McC., Alameda, Cal. Tamalpais, Marin and Alameda are Spanish. The first named means “Coun- try of the Tamal,” so named from the fact that it was the reservation of the Tamal Indians. The second is an ab-° breviation of marinero, “sailor,” and is said to have been given as a name to the county of Marin because sailors made landings near the Bolinas shore in the very early days of navigation. “Ala- meda” means a grove of poplars, also ap= plied to a grove of shade trees and to & public walk. —_—— Prunes stuffed with apricots. Townsend's.* —_——— Townsend’s California Glace fruit and candles, 50c a pound, in artistic fire-etched boxes. A nice present for Eastern friends. 629 Market st., Palace Hotel bullding. * ———— Special information supplied sessed of those peculiar properties until after the first transformation. dany business houses and publ!c men_ by m Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 230 c-n. fornia ltrnt. Telwhom Main 1042, | his astounding trilogy of the epic come. It deals with the long bitter growers of Mussel Slough and the and its young author as the great The other two books were: “The Wolf, a Story of Famine for all of which reasons hgulmlnflan. “The Octopus” will begin in The nbdmlynu. lhynudbh Walch for “The Oclopus,” Frank Norris’ Maslerpiece, in The Sunday Call. HEN Frank Norris gave “The Octopus” to the public he startled the whole world with the strength, the virility, the unexpected power, the keen, merciless analysis of men and things of to-day, shown in the stupendous scope of this, the first of in the literary fold. It needed no advertising, for “The Octopus” tells of the grim realities of life, in a way that they have never been told before, and never will be told again for many a long year to of the San Joaquin. It is thoroughly Californian, and from the very first it was hailed as the long looked for, the great American novel, that was doubly strengthened by his sudden death in this city re- cently, leaving the great trilogy uncompleted. “T'he Pit, a Story of Chicago,” and Stricken Europe,” which will never be written now—certainly not as Frank Norris would have “The Octopus’” has risen to greater fame and popularity, to a more exalted literary im Recognizing this fact and notwithstanding that “The is now the highest priced book in the market, The lumhyfin fol- lowing out its new literary policy of giving its readers latest novels by the very best writers in the world complete—abso- lutely free—set about the very diifficult task of securing “The Octo- pus” at any price for lmmdhh and exclusive publication in the mhuw that we have MM ber 9, instead of “The Leopard’s Spots,” which has beci exten- sively advertised to appear on that date. “The lmm therefore, will be postponed till further notice. Just think of what this means. Frank Norris’ great California, and the men and women who have made this the est State in America, the most talked of book in the world of the wheat. It fell like a bomb death struggle between the wheat railroad trust ip the broad valley American novelist, a distinction written it, ce than ever before. the very Sunday Call next Sunday, Novem- Spots,” ‘book great- w B told to watch for The LA