The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 24, 1903, Page 8

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EXTENDING OUR FRUIf MARKET. stituted by the State Board of California fruit is seeking a wider and Thi‘ is tin d the profits of this extension ter. turr sales to the consumer oducer the most profitable of rural icy herctofore has been to permit lingly paid by the con- i of the producer to heep him pr Of ndreds of fruit growers in this State w ave prospered exceedingly and whose ondit i be typical of all orchard and vine- pla al a. But these are men who in to ho al skill 2 high commercial faculty; ey are ren as well as producers. They know the wi the predatory middlemen and transact their ows ss and get the full value of their prod The Call desires that every fruit grower be as prosperous as these, who should be t¥pes of the entire industry. and can see no road to the one marked out by the The producers should inter- realization ex Tra ard of board proposes in their ply it with facts and inci- who has been deprived of proper n on his shipments has a keen recollection of the event and shos onfide it to the board. Out of board can frame a general the blanks on which can be filled by the fruit growers We promise that the aggregation of such reports ill show a state of facts that will rouse the fruit growers from one end of the State to the other. American market goes to far London a The inquiry of the board not be confined to the Our fruit in all forms v extending its range 1tly the possibility of it to Asia has been demonstrated. Fresh fruit has been shipped from Santa Clara to Manila, being five weeks in transit, with incomplete nor the n contin urope. exporting fresh f cold storage, and arrived in good condition with less n the usual percentage of loss. While the Manila market may not be able to absorb large quantities the prices are high for what it does take. The best lesson of this experimental shipment is in its proof of the keeping and shipping qualities of our fresh fruit. If it will bear that long voyage into the tropics the horizon of our fruit growers is indefinitely enlarged. It is‘a great, growing and permanent in- terest, justifying the prophecy of Horace Greeley that California’s future is in her capacity as a producer of greater variety of fruits than any other part of the arth. Let our fruit growers bestir themselves in chalf of the Board of Trade inquiry and let them member that they are something more than grow- < of the best fruit in the world, for they are inter- e and international merchants, with an interest in vy market in the world in which any form of their oduct finds a consumer. e San Jose has awakened to her splendid possibilities nd is vigorously bidding for tourist patronage. The Garden City, now on the main continental line, will oon possess another tremendous advantage in com- mon with every town between her and San Francisco. e bay shore route of the Southern Pacific will bring the farthest of these pretty towns as near to us as Dakland and the railroad people will probably rec- ognize the wisdom of 2 train schedule as fair as that now in force to the bay towns. 1 A. Filcher, one of California’s Commissioners to the St. Louis Exposition, has returned with the as- surance that the State will have all the space it seeds at the great fair. It remains with the people of the State, therefore, to fill that space worthily and completely to the credit of the vast interests of Cali- .nything that is not of the best. Governor Pardee has set loose upon the public, by official appointment, a new batch of colonels. This is good for the tradesmen, for the purveyors of gold iace, the glittering baubles of peace-nursing war- riors and the product of the professional photog- rapher. It is not altogether wrong that on occasion we permit our fellow citizens to be vain by due process and authority of law Address All Commaunications o JOHN McNAUGHT, Manager. We have no doubt | it will appear that fruit | ‘ornia. Not a foot should be spared to the display of votes to make him Mayor. On no ground is he en- titled to Republican votes. The Republican party has not controlled the government of this city for | many years, yet it is in the majority here. All of the | tales told about corruption and misgovernment im- | mediately beiore the adoption of the new charter and since it became the fundamental law of the city originate in public administrations of a mixed char- acter’or wholly controlied by anti-Republican combi- nations. Republicans are now ambitious to assume whole control and undivided responsibility and Mr./ | Lane has no claim on their votes. But has he any better claim on the votes of the real Democrats? The declinatiop of Mr. Crittenden Thornton ms’ to iave answered that question. The Democracy r%bu‘eiited by him and by gentlemen like Mr. Creswell and all of the old and straight party I men is not the Democracy of Mr. Lane. He be- | longs to the neocracy of the party, to its recent and pin-feathered socialistic school, which stands for dif- | fusion of the powers of government and their enlist- ment in such a diversity of enterprises as to dilute their force, which should be concentrated and applied to the political objects of government only. Mr. Lane condemns his own school when he Zoints out the infinitude of ways in which the new charter invades individual liberty, to impair it or coerce it or blackmail it into submission to official bossism.’ | § 1 As he claims fatherhood of the charter and takes that | view of its possibilities as an instrument of oppression, | he can find no fault if his kind of Democracy is judged | by its creation of the charter which he impeaches of such potency for evil. Clearly he belongs to a politi- cal school that is neither Republican nor Democratic. | but must be classed with socialism and communism. | The old Democracy was a conservative party. Its jong lease of power in this country was due to its | stern defense of sound finance and personal liberty. Its purpose was to inculcate such a degree of inde- | pendence and such a high sense of the necessity of | public order and such respect for the law that but |little was left for the Government to do. Where man governs himself the most he needs government }kom any other source the least. But Mr. Lane's | school weakens that spirit of personal independence and righteous self-government and puts public au- thority and government agency in their place. His idea of government is that its hand shall be in all personal affairs and its “thou shalt” and “thou shalt not” shall be inscribed on the lintel of every man's door. His intense egomania is present in all of his speeches and runs to a declaration of his belief that | he is sent to lead men out of their individuality and linto the level paradise of socialism. His idea of De- | mocracy has no more resemblance to the Jeffersonian | idea than a can of garbage has to a ragout. Let any Democrat take the idea of Democracy ad- | vocated by Mr. Lane and project it upon the great | screen of national politics and then trace in it, if he | can, any likeness to the ideas of Jefferson. He will find that it New Zealand, where government is in charge of everything and a majority of the people are salaried public employes and only two or three occupations are left open to private en- terprise. Projecting the scheme still further he will see in a few generations the people deprived of per- sonal initiative, lost to all sense of personal responsi- bility and individual independence, weakened beyond the possibility of caring for themselves and looking | to the Government to feed and care for them and | pension them in old age. Mr. Jefferson scorned the |theory that the Government should take care of the | people and to it opposed the sturdy and manly dec- | laration that the people should take care of the Gov- | ernment. No man can tell how much of the spirit of Democ- racy is left in the party that still claims the name, but to the extent that it exists it has no sympathy with Mr. Lane and he no claim upon its support. There | is another element in his campaign that causes Demo- cratic solicitude. Confessedly it is collateral to Mr. Hearst's organization to secure the Democratic nomi- nation to the Presidency. This is shown in the Ex- aminer’s support of Lane. Heretofore they have been in personal antagonism though in strict political af- | finity. They both belong to the new school of De- mocracy, which stands for Government substitution | of all personal energy and enterprise. The working | plan of Mr. Hearst's Democracy would mean a nation | hybrid between Gronlund’s co-operative republic and Bellamy's dream of a lazy man's paradise. To the virile Democracy of Jefferson such a scheme is intol- erable. The free man created by the doctrine of Jef- ferson would either commit suicide to escape the Bellamyite system of Lane and Hearst or he would put his energy into a revolution to make of Govern- ment a scheme for red-blooded men to live under in- stead of a machine in which men are mere cogs in a wheel. 1t is legitimate politics to appeal to genuine' Demo- crats to begin now the discouragement of the politics of Lane and Hearst by refusing to support a ticket which represents such a stew of undemocratic ideas and policies. Mr. Lane has no claim upon their votes, as they have no wish to help create the iri- descent revery which he calls government. means a greater | | The Federal courts have decided that it is no crime to attempt to counterfeit the coin of the nation nor to seek to cheat the laws against smuggling. Somebody with Spartan ideas of right and wrong must have had much to do with the framing of our national penal laws. If getting caught only is an offense we will have to make some radical modifica- tions in our code of good and evil. GAINS FROM CONVENTIONS. ITENTION is editorially called by the Paso A Robles Record to the advantages which have arisen locally by reason of holding the Grand Encampment of Odd Fellows in Paso Robles. “A lasting gain,” declares the Record sagaciously, “will accrue to this community from the large assemblage. The guests went away well pleased with their visit. One visitor from Alameda said, ‘They told me that a big hotel is all there is to Paso Robles, but I find you have a nice town here.” That a resident of many years in Alameda should not know of this place speaks poorly of the advertising system of Paso Robles, but and hopes to add to it enough Republican |keenly in the last sixteen years. FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, Grand Army of the Republic has met twice in this city. This is mentioned particularly because it em- bodies a point that is well worth considering. The Grand Army men have felt the advance of age Nevertheless, older, fewer, feebler in body than when they first gathered at the Golden Gate, they were glad to make the sec- ond pilgrimage across the continent to enjoy the de- lights of this city while engaging in their annual de- liberations. Many other large national organizations have met here since the Knights Templar in 1883 led the way. The people of San Francisco and Los Angeles. like the shrewd observer of the Paso Robles Record, have learned to estimate the real value that underlies great conventions and assemblages. Paso Robles will cer- tainly profit by growth stimulated by knowledge. San Francisco and Los Angeles, that are the conven- tion cities of the State by reason of having the facili- ties for entertaining large numbers of visitors, have both grown in the past few years with exceptional speed. This is cause and effect exemplified. The Grand Army returned, the Knights Templar have decided to come again. This will be the com- mon experience to be duplicated in many other in- stances. The Paso Robles Record speaks axiomati- cally when it says, “A lasting gain' will accrue; the guests went away well pteased.” z The whole matter is epitomized herein. Please the people and they will come again. Paso Robles has succeeded in this, therefore she will be benefited be- yond doubt in the future. The seed has been sown; the harvest will be reaped later. J The wise men of the law in Hawaii have decided to place a contempt of court in the category of infa- mous crimes punishable only on indictment by a Grand Jury. This has all the carmarks of a deep- laid scheme to put all the justice-loving, peace- desiring citizens of Hawaii in jail. From what we have heard of some courts in the islands contempt of them is a sure sign of decency. — PUBLIC SPIRITED WOMEN. CONFERENCE recently took place in Sac- ramento between the official representatives of the Sacramento Valley Development Asso- ciation and delegates from the Federation oi Women's to discuss the improvement and beautifying of the towns and cities in the Sacramento Valley. There were 350 persons in attendance. The Sacramento Union, reviewing the proceedings, says that “as an assembly for consultation and exchange of views prefatory to decisive action expected to be taken be- fore the next meeting in January the gathering was a pronounced success. The belief was entertained all around that the gathering has set in motion agencies which will be fruitful of much good.” Men whose names are familiar in California when- ever any plan for the betterment of the State is under consideration were speakers at the conference. "The noteworthy fact, however, was the large partici- pation of women. Among the women delegates who spoke were Mrs. William Beckman of Sacramento: Mrs. W, S. Green, president of the Valley Federated Clubs; Mrs. A. A. Goddard, president of the Tuesday Club; Mzgs. A. J. Johnston and Mrs. Dr. Wright of Sacramento; Mrs. Groves, president of the Town Im- provement Club of Redding, and Mrs. Albert Elkus, president of the Saturday Club of Sacramento. The rémarks of the ladies are reported in substance by the Union. From this account it is made plain that they entertain practical, shrewd ideas that can- not fail to assist in the advance of the imperial valley in which they dwell. How to beautiful the towns, cities, villages, rural homes and country sections of the Sacramento Valley as a means of making the val- ley more attractive and i' viting to desirable immi- grants and to improve local conditions in such man- ner' as_to stimulate the people to improve the advan- tages ‘that nature has bestowed was the keynote of their remarks, Mrs. William Beckman would have better roads in the valley, such as she has seen in Europe. Homes should be made beautiful. The adornment of French villages and hamlets, towns and cities furnished ex- amples that California might follow with profit. Mrs. Beckman said that the locations of schoolhouses should be carefully selected to give them picturesque surroundings. Parks, playgrounds and the cultiva- tion of flowers she found to be factors that would make Sacramento Valley attractive to new comers. Mrs. A. J. Johnston and Mrs. Albert Elkus spoke concerning methods of obtaining concerted action. Mrs. Johnston said that it would be well to follow the lead of the Women’s Councils in' the East, which em- brace all clubs of women. Together they are potent in instituting impravements, which may be guided by counsel and advice and promoted by good, hard work, Mrs! Dr. Wright desired to have existing and other clubs to be formed in Sacramento work for the im- provement of the section of Sacramento below Sixth street, while Mrs. W. S. Green maintained that the women's clubs of Sacramento could largely assist’ in the improvement of the entire Sacramento Valley. Mrs. Groves of Redding, from the far end of the valley, reported that the Woman's Town Improve- ment Club in that city has succeeded in having the grounds surrounding the new Carnegie library de- clared to be a park. The club is improving and beau- tifying this park. Mrs. Albert Elkus promised co-operation on the part of the Saturday Club. Mrs. A. A. Goddard said that while the Tuesday Club of Sacramento is purely a literary organization she had no doubt it would use its influence to aid in the improvement of the com- munities of the Sacramento Valley. Definite plans will possibly be reported in January. In the delibera- tions then to take place doubtless the women of the Sacramento Valley will be prominent and helpful. e — 1i Canadian excitement -over the Alaskan boundary decision continues we may expect to see the whole of British Coluthbia nervously prostrated, a most lamentable prospect to contemplate. Our northern neighbors seem to think now, so tinged are their thoughts with sarcasm, that while they won the case they lost their territory, and in consistency should seek annexation to the United States. They should reflect that Uncle Sam does not take kindly to sulk- ing children who have so long enjoyed the good things of life that, justly or not, they demand them. et The convention of the American Bankers' Asso- Clubs of the Sacramento Valley. The purpose was_ the Alameda citizen knows Paso Robles now—speaks | ciation in this city has afforded a conspicuous oppor- favorably of the place—and hundreds of others from |tunity for a comparison in newspaper work. Eleven all parts of California are likewise well acquainted |years ago the same association met in San Francisco with the town.” and its proceedings were given by the papers a daily This is all true. The lesson that Paso Robles has | report of a column or two, a mere skeleton of learned practically is the one that has become known |events, Now the proceedings lave been given to San Francisco and to Los Angeles especially in the | more pages than they were then given columns, larger way on the basis of national conventions. Both |and to this have been added illustrations worthy of San Francisco and Los Angeles have become noted | magazines and discussions as accurate as if by ex- convention cities. The Grand Encampment of the | perts on finance OCTOBER 24, 1903. QUITE ARTISTIC AFFAIR IS GIVEN AT THE ALCAZAR A quite artistic little affair was the Bemberg ‘“Ballade du Desespere,” the chief feature of the musical and dramatic matinee given yesterday afternoon at the Alcazar. The “Ballade” was given with/| the compiete scenic settings by Miss Flor- ence Roberts as the poet (reader), Mrs. Birmingham as the singer, Wenzel Kop- ta, Theodore Mansfeldt and Miss Moroney in ghe violin, 'cello and pilano parts, re- speetively. So given, this Bemberg set- ting of the Henri Murger poem is new here, and proved charmingly effective. One vital mistake—in the placing of the number—was made, its coming at the close, when the Invisible ‘“voice” was identified with Mrs. Birmingham, in a re- markably fetching pink gown, the plano with the statuesque Moroney and the fid- dle and 'cello with their two players. This all mattered. Murger's poem s arranged as a duet between a speaking voice (poet) and a singing voice—variously fame, love, wealth, death, etc.—that is heard at his garret door. The conflict of picture is obvious. Miss Roberts charmed as the poet, and Mrs. Birmingham made a much prettier death to die than Mr. Crawley's well remembered “Everyman.” It was a decfdedly taking tableau at the close, where the gray and white robed Angel of Death bent over the dead poet. The whole performance was smooth and suf- ficient, showing evidence of thorough and thoughtful relearsal. The first half of the programme was given over to some songs by Mrs. Bir-| mingham and some delightful fiddling by Wenzel Kopta. Mr. Kopta might not have been in quite his best form at the beginning of his group, but later warm- ed up to his usual fiery eloquence. The ! Dvorak “Slavic Dance,” with its plain- tive merry-making, was played with deli- cate romanticism, arid the “Air Hongrois” of Ernst showed Mr. Kopta in brilliant mood. The Konstki “Cascade”—that al- ways reminds of a passing train—capped his performance, however. It is great fun, and gorgeously done by Mr. Kopta. Mrs. Birmingham's chief songs in her ten well-chosen numbers were the lovely “Tschaikowsky Nur wer die Schnsucht Kennt,” with ’cello obligato; two beauti- ful Gluck and Pergolesi numbers, the Strauss “Traum Durch die Dammerung’ and the exquisite “Geheimes” of Schu- bert. Mrs. Birmingham was in good voice and mood. Miss Moroney competently ac- companied. l BLANCHE PARTINGTON. —————— NEW PASTOR WILL BE WELCOMED BY FLOCK' Members of Fourth Congregational Church Plan Elaborate Series of Revivals and Meetings. The members of the parish of the Fourth Congregational Church, on Greep street, near Stockton, are planning the most elaborate and extensive reunion and series of religious revivals that has ever been given under the auspices of the church. The festivities will begin on Sunday morning and will continue till | November 10. The newly clected pastor | of the church, Rev. T. L. Walz of Ver-| mont, will be welcomed by the members | of his flock on Sunday, and he is to as- | sume charge of the religious exercises that will follow. There will.be special music on Sunday, and many of the prominent members of the congregation will deliver short ad- 1 i \ i dresses and take part in the exercises. In | the evening there will be a special meet- ing of the Junfor Christian Endeavor So- clety and several prominent speakers will the gathering on interesting top- Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday of next week special services of an im- portant nature will be held in the evening. On Thursday, November 5, the sixty-sev- enth quarterly convention of the Golden | Gate Union of Christian Endeavorers will meet. Much important werk will be taken | up and many of the most prominent | Christian Endeavor workers in the city | will deliver interesting speeches on the work of the society. ————— PERSONAL MENTION. Dr. R. Gross of Eureka is at the Lick. Dr. I. D. Ball of San Juan is at the Occidental, Dr. J. B. McAneny of Johnstown is at the Occidental. State Prison Director Don Ray of Galt is at the Lick. Postmaster W. G. Hawley of San Jose is 2t the Occidental. Rev. Charles E. Rice of Circle City, Alaska, is at the Occidental, Rev. J. P. McPhie of Picton, Scotla, is at the Occidental. Mrs. Custer, widow of the late General Custer, spent a few hours in the city yes- terday prior to her departure for the Orient. Channing Ellery, the well known band manager has arrived in the city to ar- range for a series of concerts to be given by his band, bemrznlnl November 1. Robert Brewster and John B. Adams, wealthy young men of New York, who have just returned from a hunting expe- | dition In Alaska, are registered at the Palace. Dr. Nelson Jackson of Burlington, Vt., who made a trip across the continent from this city in an automobile last year, arrived here vesterday with his wife and is staying at the Palace. Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Oct. 23.—The following Californians have arrived in New York: San Francisco—J. C. Astreda, at the St. George; Miss Davel, at the Grand Union; Nova Mrs. A. H. Jacksop, H. Jackson, Mrs. M. H. Jones, Mrs. H. M. Miiler, at the Manhattan; M. Siminoff, at the Broadway Mrs. J. Somers, at the Man- hattan; T. Waymats, at the Grand Unlon; R. Brown, at the Imperfal; Miss Pills- bury. Mrs. Van Sicklen, Mrs, D. Van Sick- len, F. D: Van Sicklen, at the Manhat- tan; S. H. Ackerman, at the Hoffman; W. G. Barrett and wife, at the New Amsterdam; E. Plerce, at the Broadway Central. Oakland—H. Childs, W. T. Knox, at the Broadway Central, Los Angeles—Miss Alexander, at Herald Square; F. L. Johnson, at Vendome; E. O. Simons and wife at the Union Saquare. e e——— Enjoins Bank Official Judge Murasky issued an injunction yesterday preventing the officials of the | International Bank and Trust Company, which was recently taken in hand by tHe Bank ~Commissioners, from continuing | business. The injunction was issued on complaint of Attorney General Webb, ‘who sued on request of the commissioners, * * COOK BOOK OFFER TO | _CLOSE OCTOBER 30. The Call’s Cook Book prem- jum offer will close on October 30, 1903, and all readers of this paper who desire a copy of this household treasure should not fail to place their order im- mediately. {in the San Fernando Valley, | capitalists for $§75,70. The syndicate is | CONSERVATISM OF THE BUYERS IS INCREASING NEW YORK, Oct. 23.—Bradstreet’s to- morrow will say: The week's developments have favored an increase in the conservatism which has ruled in many lines for some time. Buy- ing is not confident, and smaller quanti. ties are taken than a year ago at this time. Good reports combine to give an appearance of frregularity to the trade as a whole. Railroad gross carnings are more moderate than earlier in the vear. Season shutdowns of outside work on rallroad improvements, suspensions of iron furnaces and copper, coal and iron mines have rendered many thousands of persons idle. On the other hand the long- standing curtailment of cotton mills la1 becoming a thing of the past, and some shutdown steel mills have resumed. The grocery. trade is active the country over, with coffee showing most price| strength. The shoe trade is active. Holi-| day goods are opening well and the out- look is regarded as favorable. More Is doing in hardware, and the buflding trades are working into better condition. The iron and steel trades do not show much if any change. Prices are weak. Wheat (including flour) exports for the week aggregate 4,265,080 bushels, against 2,886,410 bushels last week and 7,069,137 bushels this week last year. Business failures in the United States | for the week ending with October 22 num- | ber 216, nst 203 last week and 1% In| the like week of 1902. In Canada the ures for the week number 2, as against 17 last week and 23 in this week a year ago. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade to-morrow will say: Numerous laber controversies have ap- peared and more furnaces and mills have closed, the tendency being to operate only the plants provided with the most modern equipment. There is no anxiety regarding legislation at the specfal session of Con- gress, and despite the curtailment of ac- tivity in many manufacturing lines a heavy volume of business is being transacted. Western traffic facilities are proving inadequate, the distribution of merchandise being enormous at the inte- rior, and taking. the country as a whole conditions may be considered fairly satis- factory, although there are indisputable evidences that an abnormal activity has received a check. The jobbing trade has become quiet with the advancing prices, and at many points the weather is not colculated to maintain the buying of wearing apparel at retail. The gross earnings of the railways thus far reported for October exceed last year's by 6.2 per cent. Another general reduc- tion in quotations of pig iron has occurred notwithstanding the restriction of the out- put, and a movement is on foot to further | reduce production unless business im- proves Failures number 279 in the United States, compared with 239 last year, and 26 in Cana against 22 a year ago. —_———— BENEFIT FOR FAMILY OF AERONAUT BEALS Coney Island Gardens Will Be Given Over to Cause of Charity on Sunday. The benefit for the widow and children of the unfortunate aeronaut, William Beals, that will be given at Coney Island Gardens at the ocean beach Sunday after- noon, promises to be well patronized. Beals was killed while making a balloon ascension and his family was-left in a destitute condition. The management de- cided to render financlal assistance and will give the receipts of Sunday's show to the charity. Among the artists who will contribute entertainment are Carter and- Mendell Fletcher and Douglas, Dalton and Lewi the great Lawson, Miss Nellie Bruce, Leo, Jack and Harry Maynard and Jim- mie Carroll. There will be three balloon ascensfons, one by Soldier Ware, another by Professor Fontaine and another by | Miss Madge Emerton, —_——— Invest a Half Million in Land. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23.—The George K. Porter ranch, comprising 15450 acres has been purchased by a syndicate of Los Angeles composed of E. H. Harriman, H. E. Hunt. | ington, A. B. Hammond, W. G. Kerck- | hoof, General H. G. Otis, J. F. Sartori, | George C. Hunt, E. T. Earl and George | K. Porter. | float upright. —_———— SOME ANSWERS TO QUERIES BY CALL READERS LONDON PAPERS-Subscriber, City. The regular London dailies do not print a Sunday edition. There are special Sun- day papers in that city. SOUTHERN HOTEL—Subseriber. City. The date of the destruction of the South- ern Hotel, 8t. Louis, by fire was April 11, 1577, It was rebuilt and reopened in IS%2 STILL HUNT-Subscriber, Oakland. Cal. In the political sense “still hynt” is applied to a politiclan who quietly works to secure support for himself without having openly avowed his candidacy. He 1= said to be on a still hunt. ELECTION—S., City. At the election for Governor held in November, 192, in California, Lane, Democrat, received in San Francisco 33,742 votes; Pardee, Re- publican, 24,106; Brewer, Socfalist, 1908, and Kanouse, Prohibition, 164. STRIKE—B. A. M., City. The first American strike of which there Is any record is the one that occurred in New York City in 1741, when the journeymen bakers, having had their demand for higher wages refused, left thefr work in a body. OLIVES—N., City. The horticultural bureau, Sacramento, can supply you with a pamphlet on olive culture and the man- ner of preparing the same for table use. This department has not the space to de- scribe the method of curing olives for the table and market. DICE SHAKING—S,, City. If A, B and C shake dice, each puts a similar amount in the pot and A shakes three aces, then B buys A's Interest, then shakes and sets three aces and C shakes three aces, If there Is no desire to shake off, then B is entitled to two-thirds of the pot. MEMBER OF CONGRESS—-W. B., City. A member of Congress cannot, outside of the Congressfonal hall, be called to ac- count for anything said in debate in the body of which he is a member. This 1s provided for in the first clause of articis 1, section 6 of the United States consti- tution. MASTERLY INACTIVITY — B. L. Jamestown, Cal. The words “masterly fnactivity” were first applied- to McClel- lan’s policy when in command of an army during the fall of 181 and the spring of 1862. The weather at the time seemed fa- vorable to a campaign and “Little Mac's" army was in excellent condition, yet no adyance was undertaken. His policy was then spoken of as a policy of masterly inactivity. PORTEOUS CLUB—A Subscriber, City The Porteous Club of San Francisco is a club for girls, wage earners, who work all day and who at night desire a place where they can find relaxation and once a week be instructed in much that is use- ful. For full details of the working of the club address a communieation to Mrs. Arthur Cornwall at the clubrooms, 35 Larkin street. DOUBLE PEDRO-—K. B, Los Banos. Cal. If in a game of double pedro A and partner want § to go out and B and part- ner want 1 to go out and A makes high. game, jack and right pedro and B makes low and the other pedro, B goes out. The game s counted according to the rule of high, low, game, jack and pedro, and in the case cited B having made a point which was the second one in the order of counting, he was entitled to go out. OVER NIAGARA—Subscriber, Alameda, Cal. On July 12, 1886, Carlisle D. Graham, a cooper of Buffalo, N. 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