The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 14, 1904, Page 32

CISCO CALL FEBRUARY 14, 1904 S5 ——— 3. Bowles.) the native and th n laws arly define enforce e, but they s sument e their end. The He can follow keeping all the 4, and weighing them he is fond of ept off his speech of it, but feet for the mo: an eloquent ad among he Ingimo on the Sanga er 1 hap- pened to ente ncipal villages as a was go- ing on, and the p d up their the advent «f the white finished. The | building ere eet f the village, 2 rt of clubhouse or « »afing place for the men. It f Jogs set in the ground and ng _each other in an artistic | ® was very strongly built, accused th cords like an d lay upon their b the judges. The woman under 1 was the wife of a prince named ko. Ingoko was the prosecutor. »nced his speech he held in ks about the size of an eloquent » people laughing teeth by turns he would pause and ask who seemed io b: scored a point. the judge »eople, who were the j pl i W times sestions of those d one of the sticks in a the last stick was de- basket the gan to } they knew that the t had gone against them. If the not been satisfied on any have permitted stick, and fewer than down understood that i six sticks had been deposited the pris- s 1 have been acquitted. | asked the pepole what they | . do with the prisoners, me « swered by drawing a kn his throat. Efforts were made to secure their release, but all that coul@ be done was to get a stay of proceedi On our return a few days efter we could hear nothing about ther hen at the village of Mbally, son angass I was eye witness to another al. It was about a woman, as nearly 1 African trials are. In this case there had been a love affs between a chief’s daughter and a man of low degree. The daughter had been given to Eayanzy small MSacklaw ck , @and her lover had followed her her new home. They were too ndly to suit the chief. He accused his wife of unfaithfulness; the poison was given to a chicken, and the chicken died; so it was the lover's turn to take the poison. , But the father of ths woman happened to be in favor with Aibally and got the case tried before him as Supreme Judge. All the people turned out to the trial in their best fig leaf dresses and were bent on hav- ing a holiday, although two lfves were at stake. They commenced the day by beating on a tom-tom drum, which ex- ercise was interrupted by copious togo dar ng. the revel was over Mbally took his seat in the judicial chair in a large open square. The friends of the accused ranged them- selves in separate groups and sat fac- ing one another. The discussion was opened by the outraged husband. e was of speech and sat when sprak He would utter a sentence then wait for a minute to gather His speech was not very "hen offective from an oratorical peint of When he was through Mbally ked and drank togo. The father of whom the chicken had 12 t spoke. He was tor and it was manifest from mative grunts which his speech that he carried his audience Mbally asked a few ques- er which the lover made his He knew that he was plead- life, and whether it w: fear that leosened his tongue, e After he had finished ked time to digest the arga- esented on both sides, which doybtless did when taking a nap f the effects of excessive togo promised to announce his ut it was. clear that his case was that of the ho said that he would points in the case, and cping over matter-woull the morning in fa his hi well ments y X ati Dutch ge to pic have They are divided mto nobles, a and slav One may be born ul caonot acquire this distine- Tom among the nobles is chosen een noble, an assembly of the chiefs and frecmen, | er which the King presides. The +fe of the different villages have a right 1o hold separate palavers, at which they have tom-tom dances and drink palm wine. These are great ocea- sions. A crier goes through the viliages bound from head to foot, | captives be- | or King. Tae palavey is | ives of the villages are assembled King or some one in whom th confidence presides over the senta i the King has | mecting. - the chiefs, assemble in com- D times the King opens. the debate in person: sometimes a friend of the King announces the object of the meeting. None dares to interrupt his speech. They then separate and talk over the matter in_hand. posing chiefs take the rostrum. The de- civilized assemble takes the victor: When the discussion is finished the sembly is treated to palm wine by the King, for which he taxes all his tribe. The native orator comes to these palavers without arms. An African verb /says, “Let the man say mouth out, one does not kill with the tongue “Never get mad at words” is | another rb, and an African sel- | dom does. They know, howeyer, that | palm wine deadens the senses, so they 1y hold their court before drinking. At the conclusion of the meeting they never permit any disputant to have the last word, but the whole assembly rises and pronounces it, and any one who does not respect this rule or forgets it | is chased out of the assembiy and aft- erward has no right to occupy himself with its affairs. . Cannibalism has been a universal | practice among the tribes of Africa. It is the outgrowth of the ancient ob- servance of ecating witches, or people | | supposed to possess magic power, a means of distributing the magic pow- | er equally and in homeopathic doses among the living.® This view is con- | firmed by the interesting fact that when a leopard is killed not only is its ood used in making a sign upon the | of the children, but every | foreheads part of it is eaten, because they th that its h will impart strength and cunning. There are many instanc where the natives eat the flesh of an enimal because of some quality pe:u- liar to it, that in this way they may partake of its desirable traits. agility. Human flesh is supposed to | impart still higher qualities. used for fetishes, even to the last| | arop. | The more conservative tribes in Af- | rica at present eat only witches, and | from their mountain top of virtuosity regard the people who make a com- | is mon practice of men eating as Boobos. ! Many are the tribes who have learned | beating his gong and telling where the | ‘palaver is to be held. When the repre- | At a royal palaver the freemen, pre- | his | Then the op- | bate often runs high, but, as in higher | the best reasoner | | SUNDAY: THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprieto - . . . . ... . . . Address All Commonications to JOHN McNAUGHT, Manager Publication Office . ...‘\ = . @ eeeiereeerieeesv...Third and Market Streets, S. F. NEUTRALITY IN WAR. HE proclamation of neutrality issued by President T Roosevelt sets forth very fully the rights and limi- tations of neutrals in the present war between Japan and Russia. According to the principles stated, contraband articles may be sold in the United States to either of the belligerents, including arms and ammuni- tion, but thereafter they are at shipper’s risk. If found on a ncutral merchantman, they may be seized, but the neutral flag protects the ship, which may not be taken as prize. On the other hand, each belligerent may, of course, take as a prize the ship of the cther, whether it contain contraband or not. The warships of Japan and Russia may make the neu- tral ports of this country, but may not be permitted to A | repair, increase their armament, or otherwise augment | | | as | i | | | i | | | | i i | Thus | the flesh of the panther is supposed | to confer cunning, that of the monkey | The blond | | dies, to eat human flesh with the relish of | man-eating tigers. They may been driven to this extremity by wars | that have destroved their plantations, | and afterward kept it up from choice. However that may be, when once the | T has been acquired they are like | a chicken-eating dog, even carrying the practice so far as to eat their own tribe men. The Gombo, Bangalas and Jaundjeau of the lower Mobangi, and | the tract between the Mobangi and the | Mongala are the most pronounced can- nibals. The Bangalas do not eat wom- en, as they have too high a commer- cial value. These people are among { the most cruel of African tribes, and| the most horrible things take place | among them. They traffic in human | siaves, really to furnish flesh, and in i the interior they hunt their fellow men | as the animals most highly prized for food. One reason for the preferencs | for human flesh is said to be its slight | salty taste. The elephant’s foot is so | salty that there is no need to add any | salt for eating, and human flesh is said to be the same. | . Cannibalism is the greatest incentive { to 'murder; as is shown by one of t [ 1aws of the N’Sacklaws, which is to the | effect that any man guilty of killing a | eating purposes, or | flesh, may be killed b the murdered man and his flesh =old to pay damages. There are hundreds of partaking of his | of buying elaves from one tribe and | taking them to another to sell them as } well-fed stock. I have known these un- fortunates to be penned up and fed like hogs for the market. I once lb- |erated three who were fattening for the Dodo or light of the moon dance, {ar all-night festivity which is held in | celebration of the moon’s greatest bril- liancy. I could not discover that these men cox;dcmnod to die under civilized conditions. The fact of being eaten does not in ijtsélf add new horrors in their minds. They are often sold and | resold for this pyrpose, always know- { inz their fate, and uncertain how near |or how distant the end may be, yet | they are not in the least overcome by | fear. ‘ | The thrifty Banzirri at one time | marched a good live fat slave through | the M’Brue’s village and sold him piece by piece, marking him off with pre- ion as they sold him. The under- standing was that if they scld enough | oz him they would kill him. I was in {a M’'Bumu village once when the Bun- | zini brought in a Tockbo slave there and were selling him piece. by piece, {a leg to one person, a thigh to another. {1 asked them if they had him all soid; | they said, “Nearly.” When I offered { to buy him outright they told me they | made much more selling him piecemeal jthan in the bulk. This is the native iway of trading. .If a native has a | burhel of peanuts he wiil sell you oniy {a ouvart or two at a time. Sometimes everal men of a tribe wiil band to- gether, steal a free man or a slave and |sell him to a tribe¢” far away. What | becomes of the unfortunate is a blank. | After a time, perhaps, it leaks out and | thie culyrits are punished. K 8 Trite. H Laie * Tu the public reading roonr of the Alechanics’ Library a wag stuck up the following notice the other night jas a gentle hint to some leisurely | readers: ~ “Gentlemen. léarning -‘to lrpell are requested to use yesterday's | papers.” ' { free man or conspiring to kill him torl the relatives of | | black traders who carry on the traffic| slaves were more miserable than other have | i their fighting resources, and may take on only sufficient coal to carry them to their nearest home port, nor may they sail in chase of any ship of the enemy until twenty- four hours after it has left port, nor may they fight nor take prizes within the three mile limit of our coast. As to what is contraband of war there shouid be no mistake. Foodstuffs consigned to a besieged place are contraband. Otherwise they are not. Herses and mules are not con- traband consigned to a neutral port under a neutral flag. As ;San Francisco is the leading port of the United States, resorted to by both belligerents, it is important that our merchants and shippers should know that all contraband may be sold here, but the seller should avoid assuming the risk of delivery. That belongs to the buyer. - = Warships for either of the belligerents may be built, but must not be armed in an American shipyard, as that would be a violation of neutrality. If the war is pro- longed the text of the proclamation will be of continuing interest. It conforms to the law of nations, gnd is in iine with our treaties with both the belligerent partics. The greatest need of Russia will be for coal. Hereto- fore her supply has been drawn from Japan, but of course that is now cut off. The next nearest source is our Pacific Coast, British Columbia and Australia. But <he cannot draw on these. Her sale of Alaska may now be regretted, because the abundant coal there, which was not known to exist when we acquired the Territory, s | would now be a very available and necessary means of supply. It is coal that fights at sea, and the present war\will emphasize the abgolute need of coaling stations in all the seas, in order to make any navy effective. If one nation controlled the coal.of the world it would control the maritime nations absolutely. Our own Government has not been unmindful of this fact. It is so important in war that the acquisition of coaling facilities near our by a nation with which we may be at war is to be prevented if possible. It is this that invests with so much importance the ownership of the Danish West In- 1f acquired by Germany, or if that power took coaling privileges there, it would be as much a violation of the Mionroe doctrine as would be the acquisition by that empire g territorial dominion in this hemisphere. In case of prolonged war it may be expected that Rus- sia will make every effort to get coal from this coast. At the last report Russia’s domestic coal production was 12,862,033 tons, against 230,838.973 tons by the United States. Japan produced 3,647,751 toms. As a coal pro- ducer, the United States leads the world, England being ond. When the military as well as the industrial capacity of a country is considered, iron and coal are the chief factors. The United States leads in both. Russia’s iron product was only 4,000,000 tons, against our 25,000,- 800. These things show the importance of our position in case of war between other.countries. We have what they néed in foodstuffs, iron and coal, and are sure to be resorted to for non-contraband as well as contraband supplies. There are conflicting reports of the condition of Rus- sin’s war chest. But whether it be good or bad, it is evi- dent that Japan has made the more careful and elaborate preparations ior war, in armament, food and powder, and has her own coal. This being the case, the naval supre- macy of Japan, if it be established, will increase the risk taken by Russia in getting supplies from this country, since, to reach Port Arthur or Vladivéstok, the ships that carry them must enter Japanese waters.’ Sheer necessity will force Russia to take risks, but American sellers should confine themselves to getting money for the goods. ¢ The interesting question is, Did Joseph Chamberlain say to Campbell-Bannérman before the Boer war that the British Government was only bluffing and that the invasion of Britis}!/ troops into South Africa was to be simply a dress parade? The British Commons may pon- der on this controversy over dead issues, but the world wiil insist that if Chamberlain didn’t make the remark candor should have prompted him to do so. PULL TOGETHER. HE city officers and citizens of Oakland have én- T joyed an excursion to Southern California, and all come back crying, “Pull together.” That is good, and it is good, too, for every man to pull his best separ- ately for his town and locality, for in the end that means that all are pulling to the 3ame purpose. \ Los Angeles and Southern California have been singu- larly foftunate and skillful in advertising to catch the Eastern eye. Go where you will in the East, you are confronted by the results of this advertising genius. 1t is done by individuals, by firms, by organizations and by municipal governments. As a winter resort Southern California has fo'nght Florida to a standstill. “A winter scene in Southern California” is the legend over photo- graphs of all sizes, colored and unc d, and in every one the palm and bamboo appear, with banks of rose vines and fuchsias, to impress the shivering Eastern vie- tim of wintry blasts with the cleméncy of our climate, Tt goes without saying that if a winter month picture of a Southern California scenc had no trees in it but the leafless elm, sycamore and other deciduous trees it would zttract no attention at all. As a start at pulling together, we advise Oakland and all cities in this section of the State to pull up their deciduous trees on the streets and put in date and fan palms. These grow so quickly that Oakland may soon show winter scenes equal to any in the south, and so do a good stroke of business for herself and help all Northern California. The degree of individuality that has seemed to antag- onize community of action in some parts of the State has its origin in the excessive independence of Californians, an admirable trait in itsclf. but needful-of some disci- pline when the interests of community life are consid- ered. Tf all of that individual independence can presented ideal conditions of progress. * That is what e | fair, see what it is to transformed into a common public spirit, there ewill be amdfieacezl}lc. been done in Southern California, where fortune and misfortune are met with high courage and undaunted hope, until the spirit of the people has become incapable l of surrender to anything, but moves forward, conquesing all. When the same causes are combined everywhere in the State, our progress will be inyincible, and its results will astonish the world, for here is the land that will fuse all civilization into a new development, the richest and the highest that has been seen. The Mint of San Francisco is bustling with nervous activity under the command of Washington for the im- mediate coinage of forty million dollars in twenty- dojlar gold piecces. When Uncle Sam decides to make moncy there is nothing small about his orders. us hope, that the people of the country will need the coin and be able to use it for purposes of legitimate ex- change. I members of Congress from this State in regard to the bill granting to San Francisco the right to turn the Hetch Hetchy Valjey into a reservoir and to use Lake Eleanor for the same purpose. The water which has its source in the snow and glacier of Mount Lyell drains into the valley by the channel of the Tuolumne River. It is the dependence of the valley people for irrigation. From the inception of the plan to resort to that source for a potable supply for coast cities the valley has looked upon it with suspicion and aversion. Under the irrigation district system enormous sums have been expended to divert that water and apply it to the support of orchards, vineyards and crops in the in- terior. The members of Congress representing the dis- THE MOUNTAIN WATER SUPPLY. T is proper to explain the position of some of the tricts involved would be derelict in_their duty to their | immediate constituency if they did not reflect this feeling of uneasiness. Quite naturally the valley irrigators do not wish to share their water with these cities when a sufficient supply for potable uses is in sight elsewhere. The question of division and diversion of water is always to be of vital interest throughout this part of the conti- nent, where industries related to the soil must largely, and in places entirely, depend upon irrigation, A United States Senator from Utah has introduced a bill providing that the Federal Government shall divert the water of Snake River in Idaho, above St. Anthony, carry it out of the State and discharge it into Bear River in Utah for the purpose of raising the level of Salt Lake. As a matter of engineering the plan is feasible, but it would probably make barren the valley of the Snake, which is now extensively irrigated by canal diversion of the water of that river. The level of Salt Lake has de- clined because in Wyoming and Utah the water of Bear River and of the Weber, Ogden and Jordan rivers, all discharging in the lake, has been diverted for irrigation. The proposition is simply to usc the natural tributaries of the lake to irrigate their own lands and keep the lake from drying up by depriving the lands of Idaho of the means of irrigation. This project, like that of the Hetch Hetchy and Lake Eleanor, begins with the proposition to use only the storm waters. But irrigation in both cases will soon call for the use of the storm waters in order | to extend the arable area and make homes for the people. | It will be seen that in both cases there is an acpte di sion and conflict of interests, and the parties to each side | of the issuc may be expected to be alert from the begin- | ning and to fight the ground inch by inch. Invocation of Federal authority in each case by no means concludes the matter, as the resources of pre- existing law will no doubt be tested in the courts. T of the issues involved. ated Charities of San-Trancisco covers a wide field of usefulness and is becoming thoroughly organized. The work of this seciety in aiding and reclaiming de- pendent children, in keeping established the Juvenile Court for :youthful offenders, and, in conjunction with CONFERENCE OF CHARITIES. HE meectings and ence of Chari discussions of the State Confer- es this year arc likely to attract a the Merchants’ Association, in examining and indorsing |- all deserving charitable institutions, is of great and mani- {est value to the whole community, as well as to so many of its individual members. . On the list of speakers and writers who will appear at the conierence mectings are Dr. Smith of St. Paul and Judge Lindsey of Denver, besides many of our own citi- zens of prominence and ability. Dr. Smith and Judge Lindsey have acquired national reputations for the work they have accomplished and are noted as unusually forcible and eloquent speakers. ¢ To illustrate the importance of the work of reclaim- ing young offenders and criminals, Judge Lindsey has recently pointed out that there are from three to five times as many children in proportion to population ar- rested in our large cities each year as there arc adults. Seventeen thousand under 16 vears of age were arrested in Chicago alone the vear before the Juvenile Court law went into effect and did so much to improve conditions. Judge Lindsey has ascertained that in most cities one out-of every five mothers’ sons finds his way to jail be- tween the tenth and sixteenth years. Such figures are appalling, and lend the greatest interest and importance to the work of the Juvenile Court system and the results it has already accomplished. —_— Turkey believes that while the powers of Eur&c are busying their meddlesome brains trying to dodge things in the Orient the time is opportune for her to chastise Bulgaria and restore Macedonia to its sense of pro- vincial obedience. While the Sick Man of the East may be wrong in his belief, the rest of us won't object if he tries a little discipline in the Balkans. They certainly need it, and if he can’t administer it the lesson may do him some good. The pe?‘efinifl ‘question of the proper sanitation of | ?imtown is again agitating the faculties of the Board of Supervisors and of the Board of Health. The con- clusion of the affair will be the customary demand upon the municipal ‘treasury for more moneys How many :!n Let | great deal of attention by reason of the importance i Locally the work of the Associa- | Pitied the Insane. “Would vou please tell me, sir the Emergency Hospital as he was going through the corridor in the in- sane ward, {tors?” She was a very fine looking | woman, dressed in an up-to-date | manner and having about her evi- dences that the world had gone well witQ her. “Certainly,” said the steward. “They { The woman took the seat in the | matron’s room pointed out by the | steward. For several minutes she re- i mained there and then got up and began walking about the place. “The i steward advised her to keep away i from a certain cell for fear that she | might, by peering into it, excite the i eccupant, a particularly vicious spec- | imen of mental weakness. “Thank ! you,” courteously said the woman. {“Ill be very careful. You know I | am interested in insane people. That is what I want to see the doctors | about. Poor things, I pity them so. { I will do so much for them when I return to Washington. I am Mrs. Roosevelt.” ! When the doctors came they per- | suaded the poor woman that she would be able to do a great deal for | the insane if she would go to an asy- lym and make a study of them for several months. She readily consent- ed and they sent her to Agnews. | The Wise Ones. A proprietor of one of the largest ; dry goods houses in Oakland was asked {if he did much business, being situ- ated as he was so close to San Fran- { elsco. ‘““Yes, we do a large business,” | said he. “You examine the receipts of | this firm for a day and compare them with a house of equal size in the city and you will be surprised to find that i we do as big a business as they do. ! “How do I account for it? Well, I'lIl {tell you,” said the proprietor. “You See women are very sensitive about the price of their clothes. Their main aim is to get something that no one can duplicate or even know the price of. ‘For that reason we do an extensive business with the women of San Fran- cisco. Every day they come over by { the score to purchase their goods and | how much their gown cost. They stand {less danger of seeing a duplicate of | dress. At least that's what they think. | our salvation. Of ccurse, they never know that the bulk of the goods we {sell them is purchased right in the { wholesale houses of San Francisco. But what they don’t know will never hurt them, as the old adage goes.” The “Beefsteak Club.” The recent untimely death of John | amusing trick that he and two of his Et‘riends in the BoRemian Club played | upon some of their fellow club mem- steak Club,” and then began opera- tions. Their plan was to approach a new and wealthy member, tell him of the - exclusive organization to which come a member upen payment of the initiation fee, which was-a beefsteak ; dinner at the Bohemian Club for all the “Beefsteakers,” followed by an {ters. The wealthy man usually ac- | cepted the invitation and enjoyed the affair so thorcughly that he assisted in getting the next member of the | “Beefsteak Club.” who would pay the | same sort of initiation. Then the three | original members would call a meet- ing, expel ‘the new members and be- gin operations anew. ] Reorganised Department. | After being installed in his new po- sition Secretary Taft's first official act was to summon the War Department carpenter and tell iim to make a new desk and chair, and be quick about it. Secretary Taft is 6 feet tall and weights 320 pounds. He found he could barely squeeze into the chair used by | Mr, Root. He could mot sit comfort- { ably in it, and there was great danger that the chair would go to pieces un- der him if he moved quickly. ‘When he tried to get up to the desk he discovercd that the opening was neither wide enough nor high enough to admit his legs. The best he could do was to pull out one of the small leaves of the desk and try to write on that. The desk and the chair that will be buiit far tke new Secretary will be of mammoth proportions. The chair will be very strong and will be braced. with | iron at every joint. It is probable that a special chair will have to be provided for Secretary Taft in the Cabinet room at the White House. The Cabinet chairs are very large, as ordinary sizes go, but they are a tight fit for Mr. Taft. Frighiful Heat. Humanity, which swelters in a heat {of 90 degrees and withers and dies, it the mercury runs up 10 or 15 degrees higher, finds it hard to realize a heat of 5400 degrees. Yet that is the heat { developed in the combustion of ther- mit, a heat which ‘welds together pieces of the most “ponderous ma- chinery, which makes it possible to mend iron castings weighing tons, which heretofore had to be replaced great expense of labor and time; ich can unite iron rails so perfectiy sins of official extravagance are hidden behind .the | that the joining can scarcely be seen hideous figire of our Chinese quarter? * Ecuador has decided that she will not participate offi- cially at the St. ‘Louis “Exposition. It is strange with | ered by what persistency these South American friends of ours | sen, civilizing agencies. Ecuador might come to the | D to be ‘ecent, prosperons, progressiv ‘a?dxo home at least reireshed if not or felt and a rail can be made miles ‘long instead of fifty or a hundred feet at the outside. This thermit is a tompound discov- vDr. Hans Goldschmidt of Es- Germany, who has been lecturing tHis country before chemical ang chem- full ot e:zdn'erln‘ associations on this ical discovery of his that is so enslneering possibilities; a she said as she stopped the steward of where I can find the doc- | avill be here at 11:30. It's now | i about 11. Just take a seat and wait {a few minutes.” | feel safe when they go to a party or| | ball that no other woman will know | | their goods made into a social rival's {and it is their way of figuring that is | Reis brings to mind a harmless but | bers. The three organized the “Beef- | they belonged and invite him to be-| eveming in a box at one of the thea- | | i | o | eries, is not merely interesting to scientist, but commercially valuable to the industrial world. This is a mixture of finely granulated or | powdered aluminum with some metal- | lic oxide, most frequently oxide of liron. This mixture looks not t | gunpowder. or to a housewife wor | suggest mixed tea, the light gra | being aluminum and the dark | oxide of iron. In burning this mixturs | creates a temperature, as Dr. Gold- ‘ schmidt expressed it in a paper read at | the annual meeting of the American | | 1 s & Society of Mechanical Engineers, bout equal to that of the elec larc light.” i Protestant Cubans. ! Cubans are dividing upon religiou lines, and it predicted by expert observers just returned from there-that within a few years conditions there will | be almost precisely as they are here. |1t ‘s stated that the element that | backed the revolution and did most to throw off Spanish rule is reaching out ytoward the Episcopal church, and vol- | unteering to assist it“to erect in Ha- | vana a cathedral church that shall, for | the non-Roman population, take the | place of the new Christ Church Cathe- dral recently erected for ther Roman | Catholics. The latter was put up with | money ‘which the chureh obtained from ithe sale of properties to the United | States Government, supplemented by local gifts, and in it services precisely | like those maintained in America are | carried on, the young and popular | Bishop Broderick officiating most of the time. The Mascnic element, which is very strong in Cuba, is offering to work along Protestant lines. Presby- | terians, Congregationalists, Baptists and the Young Men's Christian A | clation are getting firm foothoid | attracting elements similar to t ianuc(ed in the United States. Bit- | terness has net yet developed in any quarter, it is stated, and all religious | leaders, Protestant and Roman ali are said to be working in harmony to the end that bitterness shall not be shown. is | Answers to Querics. ! L4 2l | PLACE OF DEATH—J. G., City. | ascertain if A. V. Buttowski died in | California it would be necessary to know in what part of California he lived. To | FERRY AND GOAT ISLAND, H. A. | G., City. The distance from the ferry | landing at the foot of Market street, to Goat Island is a | San Franeisco, mile and & half. | i WORLD'S FAIR—F. B. E., Aptos, Cal. To ascertain what possibility thers | is of earning money at the world’s fair | at St. Louis address a letter of inquiry | to Walter B. Stevens, secretary of the iexposltion‘ St. Louis, Mo. DEBTS OF NATIONS—Sanitarium, Cal. The debt of Russia, in United States valuation, is $3,167,320,000, inter- est on the same, 3-5; that of Japan fis $206,799,994, interest, 4-5. The debt of '\‘.he United States is $969,457,241. DEPTH OF WATER—An Old Sub- scriber, Berkeley, Cal. The depth of ‘water at the broad gauge ferry landing of the Southern Pacific Company on the Oakland side is, at various distances from the line of the ferry westward, 5, 7 and 13% fathoms. STORIES—An .Interested Reader, City. The person who writes storles and wishes to sell them should offer them to publishers of magazines or periodicals that publish the kind writ- ten. Not knowing the kind of stories the correspondent has reference to, it 1 is impossible to direct him to any par- ticular class of publishers. s PROTECTION—A. C. City. A man born in Germany who becomes a citizen of the United States may go back to the country of his birth -and claim the protection of the United States if at the time he became a ecit- izen of the United States he had dis- charged all obligations to his mother c;mntry, as for instance, military ser- vice. ! GERMAN EMPIRE—One Interested. City. The German empire is populated as follows: German emwpire in | rope, 58,549.000. The population the various Kkingdoms and prin | palities comorisng the-empire is: sia, 34,472,509; Bavaria, §,176,05: ony, 4,202.216; Wurttemberg, 2 169,450 Baden, 1,867,944; Alsace-Lorraine, 1,710 - 470; Hesse, 1,119,898; Mecklenburs Schwerin, 607,770; Hamburg, ) Brunswick, 464,333; Oldenburg, 399,180 Saxe-Weimar, 362373; Anhalt, 315 Saxe-Meiningen. 250.731; Saxe-Coburs Gotha, 198,717; Bremen, 130.443; Sax - Altenburg, 161.129: Livpe, 123,250; R (younger line), 112,118; Mecklenbur Strelitz, 98.371; Schwarzburs-| stadt, 85,939; Schwarzburg-Sohde sen, 73,623; Lubeck, 76,485: 56,565; Reuss (elder line). Schaumburg-Lippe, 57,204; Africa, 5,950,000, ———————————— Townsend's Californta glace frults 2 ““"'-'1 S0c a poi tn artist fl' ched boxek. A nl:e"‘p'mem’;.'.r T3 Markeg st.. above Ca Special information supplted daily Eu Puss mn‘ public men by ¢ m u (Allen's), 2 C4