The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 8, 1904, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO, CAKL which is now the scene of strife. The ! distance is about 400 miles. The train | stopped at all sorts of places to un- load material, going only by daylight. | All on board were untiring in their | efforts to make it pleasant for us. We specially owed much to a flaxen haired boy who as a saflor had visited New York, and so had picked up a few English words, which served as the principal means of communication with our traveling companions. He was the servant of the architect who was on the train inspecting and overseeing the construction of the stations along the line. His devotion to his master and his untiring patience in finally getting us started on our way after we left the railroad are remembered with the keen- est interest. Mr. Pocatelloff, whese name appears occasionally in the prominent reviews of the leaders of the East, was the leading manager of the Russe-Chinese Bank, with its headquarters in Peking. He, too, is a tall, well proportioned man in middle life, who'speaks English and various other languages readily, and takes you into his confidence re- specting matters In general while con- ducting his business with yon. The breaking out of the Boxer revolition | found him in Peking, where he nobly took his part with the common laborers | in their defense. Colonel Ghenche's name may not | often be seen in print, but you may be assured he is filling a most important post in the military ojerations that | are now in progress, for he is thie chief | manager of all the telegraphic lines of | the Rus. Manchuria and Siberia. Through the | Jearning of Construction of most of the telegraph weh Minister lines of the empire he has become fa- | hanpy 1o haya Miliar with everything connected with pon the follow- | ASlatic Russia. At the time we met | avod ofices 6F DRr him he made his headquarters at Tel- ; N to the! N8 which was !heu the terminus of | ¢ were most cor. 1he road. He, like Admiral Alexieff, preserved man \® & bachelor, his whole energies being | . who spoke 4€Voted to his country’s service. We | 5 3 found him boarding with a Cossack pressed great < Snd s Bl colonel, whose good wife showed a | upon this conti. MOtherly care for us while we were | st s waiting to be sent on through the 200 | entific investi- ¢ s “ | miles of country in which the railroad | Some Russian_Leaders. BY G. FREDERICK WRIGHT, A.M., LLD. Avthor af ssia,” -ph B. Bowles.) In the spring of 1900, in company with 1 set aut for a interest. of ] In the e of the season we were brought in with a consid- Russian leaders nt in the affairs ar between Russia rief description of our add something to the hich all are following vern in the Far EastL w weeks on our the ations. pleasant contact number of the e mOw ith Japan. A ns 1 ted w ay the pn While way Tress spend in the over by his plaus- oy r;‘:m‘.r::‘na was not constructed. Like all _the | 4 other great Russi w! 3 H In Amston. & ians whom we met, Colonel Ghenche was perfectly simple | in his manners and manifested great interest in all general matters outside | of his own special line of work. He was at the time studying the Chinese | language by using a book written by a | missionary and was reading in English | another book by a missionary describ- ing the character of the people. He | arranged to send telephone messages ahead of us, so that the civil engineers ! at their various stations would be pre- pared to receive us and help us on our way. We may be sure that tele- graphic communication between the different parts of the Russian army | will be maintained where Colonel Ghenche is if it be within the bounds > and willing- and it was ted an audi- all means not n track of explorations Manchuria road which ructing. To ed to write a » begin our » through Arthur and barovsk. This cordial and ffic and ishes for our haracteristi 3aron Rosen’s letter ilit i \I.' 0 _Sige 3 at popt . Of Possibility to do so. To illustrate : Sy ;‘ June, | s energy we would remark that on maxly Dare o br.;”i( one. morning .when we got up to a! e b “‘I ot (rather late breakfast we were won- ‘ o revo _“'h‘_ ;ll‘ dering why he delayed so long, when .y W WIth | \ve found that he had taken a ten-mile | Adn eff. He was then the & ik i < 4 horseback ride in attendance upon his ranking ler « 1 the foreign 2 . duties while we slept. d was giving gen- | For nearly a month we were enter- tained and forwarded on our way by | the civil engineers who were construct- whick Our s ob- g g ing the Ch Eastern Railroad in| B8 Do Manchuria. hP.'.helOngPd to aill the ekl e Russjlan nationalities. Some were Cir- cassian ie were Poles, some were = to have his To th But the pres- was such that hing daunted icial headquar- presented the officials nd we seem- object, when - moytoff of d just been trans- Arthur and on the letter to him we charge of a Cossack to the colonei’s quar- Little Russians, some were Great Rus- sians, some were Russian-Germans and scme were Russian-Armenians, but all were energetic, able, well educated men, living with their families in temporary isolation from the outsiGe world, while hundreds of thousands of Chinese cool- | ies were under their direction, making | the cuts and fills of the prospective | railroad. Among the most interesting | and typical of the engineers was A. A. | Ter-Ovakimoff, constructing 108 miles | of the road south of the Sungari Rivey. He is an Armenian, of dark complexion, black hair and black eyes, whose edu- | cation preparatory to the technical | schools had been of the most thorough classical order. He could quote the | | Latin and the Greek authors almost | te commended him was deeply inter- ot the Tmperial| Without limit, while French and Ger- T o we Pouna | man and Russian were as familiar to also spoke English MM as his native tongue, yet he was readily and entered into our plans| ™ REIng with the Chinese laborers and | | B zest, and offered to_bring | SUPerintendents on most familiar terms | our rs to the notice of the ad- | and Was succeeding in prosecuting the | miral, assuring us that if we would | WOTK With great energy. A year ago| go over to our hotel we should in due D€ Wrote me in good French that now that the railroad was completed he was remaining pehind to build a steam gristmill, ahd wished me to put him in communication wih some American firm which could supply him with the requisite machinery. time receive an invitation for an in- Jterview. In the course of a few hours a Cossack appeared with a polite note from Admiral Alexieff asking us to lhave a private interview with him at| 10 o'clock the next day. With as lit- . Six months ago tle “formality as possible he received ; D¢ Wrote me again in English, apologiz- us and chatted about affairs in|.DE for his poor style on the ground that he had been studying it for only two months, but the style was almost fauitless. We may be sure again that the Russians are amply supplied with able and efficient civil engineers and railroad superintendents to repair any temporary damages that may be in- flicted upon their lines of railroad com- | America and about the object of our| investigations, in which he appeared to have much interest. It is a strik-, ing commentary upon the failure of the Buropezn powers to understand the extent of the Boxer movement at that time that though the revoluion had then been going on for two weeks 4 [ Admiral Alexieff had no hesitation in | MUnication. sending us through Manchuria along | It Was our fortune to travel for many the line of the partially constructed | bundred miles with Colonel Dessino, the raflroad, where apparently he appre- | Russian military agent in Northern hended that there would be no danger.cmna‘ He was a tall, rather slender besetting us. | 1020 of pleasant personal appearance, Admiral Alexieff is of a little more |2ble to talk readily in English, than medium height, somewhat thick | 2nd not afraid to be communicative. f=et. but not portly, with a winning | The Russian system differs from that Russian face. He dispatches business | 0/ most nations in having its military with great rapidity and displays a | YePresentatives in foreign countries very wide knowledge of the world as entirely separated from the civil repre- well as of his own country. He has | Sentatives. Colonel Dessino’s business come up from humble position and|Was to watch the entire military situa- nwow so commands the confidence of | 1ion, and to report independently to the the Russian people and of the Czar | Minister of War at St. Petersburg. His that he is given unlimited authority | beadquarters were at Shanghai, but he in the conduct of negotiations with |V'as making a tour of Manchuria when Japan and of the war and of the gov- | we fell in with him. His family at the ernment of the provinces of Eastern | Ume, however, was in Japan. his ex- Siberia. | tensive and minute knowledge of af- In due time a Cossack armed with a | fuirc in the East must be of Inesti- letter from Admiral Alexieff took us | mable service in the present conflict, so in charge and conducted us to the | that it is not strange that he, with Mr. general superintendent of the railroad, | Pocatelloff, are frequently brovght into whom we had found it impossible to | <onterence with Admiral Alexicf® and approach the day before. But he now | the revresentatives of Baron Rosen. veceived us with great cordiality and| Long and intimate contact with the many expressions of interest in our | personmel of these and many other success, and put us on board a con- | prominent Russian reprasentatives in struction train, where, crowded into a | the Far East makes one sure that the car, with numerous subordi- | Japanese have undertakea i far more mate officials and workmen, we spent | serious task in trying to @is.odg> Jas- four daye in going over the line from sia than they undertook in attacking Port Arthur -to Teling, near Mukden, ' China. - 5 TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1901, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL JOHN D. {PRECKELS, Froprietor . .. . ... ... Address Ali Communications to JOHN McNAUGHT, Manager Publication Office @ teeeeeessessess..Third and Market Streets, S. F. R R e T T THE THIRD TERM. TUESDAY . ... AMMANY again professes loyalty to Mr. Cleve- T land. Whether this is a shrewd move to put Judge _ Parker out of the race cannot mow be known. Tammany's alliance has always been with the South, and if the Southern politicians and members of Congress rep- resent the sentiment of their people Mr. Cleveland will not be accepted by that section. This makes the situa- tion look like offering to the South Cleveland or Hearst, as an alternative. The anti-third term tradition is very strong. Ameri- cans have always feared that an emergency would be used by a political party to make a breach in that tradi- tion, which would lead finally to continuous terms in the Presidency, giving the office a ‘monarchical character. With the custom once inaugurated the vast power of the President could be used in a variety of ways to secure a life tenure. We have seen this done in Mexico, where Diaz was strong enough to break a constitutional tenure and make himself a permanent dictator. The only organized attempt to secure a third term was that made for Grant in 1880. It was a powerful move- ment, headed by Conkling, then the strongest of leaders. Its purpose was stubbornly adhered to and Grant's 306 votes became historic. While this attempt was bein.g made the Democracy were alert at all points. The exam- ple of Washington was in daily use and the third term was denounced as the substance of imperialism. The greatest hit in the Democratic National Convention of that year, at Cincinnati, was the speech of Judge Hoadly. After denouncing the seating of Hayes, he said: “But we owe much to the fears of the Republican party. Only fear moved it to abandon the hope of following a usurp- er with a king.” Should the attempt be made now to se- | cure a third term in the Presidency, the campaign litera- ture of the subject lies in the copious expressions of the Democracy in 1880. Aside from this shifting of its sentiments by one party in the country, there is a well grounded and deep feeling against a third term. tenure of the Presidency, the feeling is rather in favor of giving the same President only one elected term, With the increase in the Federal officiary of the coun- try the personal power of the President has grown. Mr. Cleveland is patriotic. He reveres our institutions and desires their preservation, and it is very doubtful that he would lend himself to their weakening by consent- ing to extend the Presidential terms indefinitely. He ap- plauded Tilden's philosophic acceptance of his fate after the election of 1876. Tt was then in Tilden’s power to have started a revolution over the disputed Presidency. The air was heated by party passion and the issue was of such a nature that men would have justified them- selves in bringing on the most serious disorder. But Tilden was impressed by the vast evils that would follow even if he won the office by such means as many of his partisans were willing to use. Those evils were exactly the same, in their effect, as those that sober-minded men have seen in the third term, and it is hardly possible that Mr., Cleveland will ! be willing to undertake such a venture, as the candidate | of Tammany. His sound and creditable position in his country’s history is now assured, but it would be lost by a nomination for a third term, whether he win or Jlose at the polls. Tammany does not seem to understand that Mr. Cleveland’'s strength is exactly of that quality which is part of the anti-third term idea. His partisans are personal in their attachment, and look upon him as the leading exponent of the old and conservative idcas { and sentiments of the country. They would be shocked into opposition by such a violent wrench of those ideas as the third term. Of course Tammany represents a different element. It is the instrument of that class which wants to win, re- gardless of the methods used to that end;-or of the con- sequences to the future of the country. The motive power of the minority in Congress is the cry against im- perialism. It has labored, ever since the close of the Spanish war, to rouse the fear that our institutions are in danger from something that the President may do. But that issue as they have put it has been repeatedly passed upon by the people, who have decided that it is a false The final consequences of the Spanish war were not foreseen when it began, nor are they now clearly discernible. The attitude of the administration has properly been tentative, and public sentiment has re- mained tolerant but unripe. The plight of the Democracy in a third-term campaign would be pitiable. It has always denounced a third term as the substance and essence of imperialism, and would be put at once upon the defensive. The campaign would not be long enough for it to regorge its own words and reverse its attitude. Surely Mr. Hearst could ask noth- ing better than to appear in the convention as the cham- pion and representative of Washington’s example, and the protagonist of the party’s position on the third term. As an alliance between him and Tammany is much more natural than one of Tammany and Cleveland, we are of opinion that the third-term proposition is in his interest. issue. Under the storm and stress ‘of «ar Russia, it is said, is threatened by the torch of revolution. It would be wise for the rebellious spirits to remember, however, that if the Bear is slow to avenge foreign aggression he is a wonder in preserving peace at home. Russian authority knows no compromise in the severity with which it punishes domestic unrest. A a grand reunion of veterans of the Union and Con- federate armies at St. Louis during the coming summer. The suggestion, which appears to have been first made by the Tribune of Middletown, Connecticut, was at once taken up by Rev. Henry Byrons of New Smyrna, Florida, and through his efforts considerable support has been brought to the enterprise. 4 In commenting on the movement Admiral Schley saft: “The.time came long since when the people everywhere appreciate the true men of 1861-65 on both sides, who in their struggle developed the highest and best manhood. The battlefields on which they contended are legacies of value to the nation and should be preserved as sacred places in our land” Senator Hawley, Senator Hoar, General H. V. Boynton and Colonel C. H. Upham are among the prominent geén who have given indorsement to the project. In a letter explaining the movement, Mr. Byrons says: “Let it be understood that this movement is not for po- litical effect. Tt is not in the interest of any one indi- o sy o BLUE AND GRAY REUNION. MOVEMENT has been started in the East to-hold vidual or party. Tt simply stands for what is due every | trouble and soldier of the Civil War—whether he fought under the | one { stars and stripes or the stars and bars—that is peace, Instead of extending the. happiness, fraternity. These blessings are due not only the soldiers of 1861-65, but the whole American peo- ‘ple. Therefore, this movement, as I have said, is not political (that is in the sense that the word to-day is used.) The movement is fraternal. Men of all creeds join in the sentiment.” t While the suggestion is an attractive one, there are of course many obvious objections, and it will be*for the veterans themselves to decide whether or no the ex- pected good will overbalance the difficulty of carrying it through harmoniously. At any rate, the issue is likely to be one of considerable interest to the public as well as to the veterans of both camps. Senator Hoar put the issue neatly when he said with his customary caution: “If, as 1 hope and believe, such a meeting would be a source of unalloyed pleasure to both sides, and would lead to a heartier love for the Union and a more cordial respect for each other, it gvould be an admirable thing to do.” The recently appojnted authorities of our emergency hgspitals have, most unexpectedly, decided to answer one of the most persistently asked questions of the com- munity. The city doctors declare that they will assume responsibility for the conduct of every case submitted to hospital treatment. We will be able to tell now at least who is to blame. GERMAN TRANSPORTATION. N the Prussian Diet a demand is made for lower I freight rates on the government roads. In the dis- cussion rates in the United States were used as an example. Freight rates in Germany are something more than twice the rates in this country, and in all Europe, including the British Isles, the average is twice our rate. Von Rheinbaben, the Finance Minister, replied to the interpellation on the' subject that where American roads had no competition their rates were higher, and that passenger rates in the United States are double the Prussian rate. An examination of conditions in this country would disclose to the Minister certain errors. Not much railway mileage in this country is non-com- petitive.\ Where no competition exists it will be found that the line is new, projected into partially developed country, and the rates are a reduction on the pre-exist- ing wagon hau} rate of freight. The history of American freight rates shows a pro- gressive decline as tonnage has increased with in- ereased production. When transportation has sufficient- ly stimulated production and the business has risen to a volume to invite competition, it has everywhere ap- peared, until we have the cheapest rail transportation in the world. During the discussion in the Diet this cheap- ness was recognized as 2 prime cause of our economical production, and representatives of the German manu- facturing interests demanded a like advantage. The German roads, however, are run for profit, and the Fi- nance Minister pointed out that 34 per cent of Ameri- ican roads pay no dividends, and that the average divi- dend of our roads is only 2 per cent per annum. As to passenger rates in this country, we are opinion that the Minister is mistaken. When speed and accommodations are taken into account it is not prob- | able that our passenger rate is twice that of Germany. He made use of it, however, by asking that the German rate be raised and made a decline in freight rate con- tingent on such raise. The discussion and its-comparisons and disclosures shed much light upon the proposition that the Govern- ment take over and operate American roads. If it do this for profit there must be such an increase in rates as will get dividends out of the 54 per cent of roads that pay none now, and as will raise the low dividend returned by ~the remaining 46 per If operating the roads “pay no direct dividend, but net a loss, it will have to be made up by the taxpayers, as in the case of the postoffice deficit. Under the German bureaucratic government the government roads are made to pay dividends by exacting rates nruch higher than ours, and when lower freights are asked they are offered only upon condition that the deficit in the freight department be put upon the passenger depart- ment, in higher rates for travel. It is plain that Americans would gain nothing by government ownership of transportation, while the Gov- ernment would lose in efficiency by assuming the new function. Already our Government is too much burdened and its business is getting beyond the possibility of that exact oversight that is. possible in private affairs. load it further will be a mistake, easy to make and hard to correct. On the score of economy the experting of municipal accounts designed to prevent fraud and detect any that has been committed will cease. There seems to be something of merit in this winter housing and muzzling of the municipal watchdog. < Wait until the racing sea- son has ended and then we can close the stable after the horses are gone. The summer trial balance has been very fruitful for the population of San Quenl'in prison, Jeffries and Monroe have decided that the people of San Francisco will pay at least $25,000 to see them fight, so the match is made, the terms settled and only the dol- lars of our gudgeons are to be paid. We would not raise that sum of money with which to insure an ex- hibit representative of the city at St. Louis. left to the bruising pluguglies of the prize ring to prove that you can fool all the people all the time. e L Once more ambitious woman has scored a triumph over domineering man, and another privilege of the sterner sex has passed into that limbo of lost oppor- tunities as dead things that never were. The divorce’ court has placed that historic excuse of the delinquents | “out with the boys” in the category of capital marital offenses. A few more such victories and the worm will R e One of our conviets, resourceful, impudent and im- portunate, demands release from the penitentiary be- |, cause the punishment inflicted upon him was not as se- vere as that provided for his offense by the law. He evidently thinks that he is one of those fellows that want but little here below and don’t want that little long. /Oregon medical experts. have discovered in Portiand a boy who possesses three distinct personalities ex- | pressed in as many diverse characters. What a terrible time he must hve‘;lnit. Most of us have stress and of | cent. | To | It has been | Laugh on the Chaplain. General Jubal Early, who holds a high place in the hearts of all former Confederate soldiers, was famous for his love of a good t, and many a witty thing said by him is retold when- ever Southern veterans get together. Early was a broad minded, reverent man at heart, but he could not resist the temptation sometimes to “josh" his friends about things they held most sacred. One of his intimates who had to suffer on this account was the cele- brated preacher and soldier, the Rev. Dr. Robert L. Dabney, well known in later years as a leader among the Southern Presbyterians and the author of many theological works. When the war began Mr. Dabney became chaplain to a Virginia regi- ment. Later the friendship of Stone- wall Jackson, who was a devout Pres- byterian, led to his appointment as Jackson's chief of staff. But he still continued to preach to the soldlers, and | being intensely patriotic and Scuthern in his sympathies his sermons were apt to be largely exhortations designed to fire the hearts of the Confederate rank and file. On one of the great battlefields of the war Early happened to ride up to Jackson’s position just as the Yankee cannon balls were beginning to be un- comfortably thick in the air overhead. The members of Jackson's staff nat- urally got down pretty close to their saddles when one of these missiles shot screaming through the air. Early saw the famous fighting parson hugging his horse's neck. “Well, doctor,” he said, with a sly chuckle, “you don’t seem to hanker after that starry crown you have been recommending so warmly to our boys in butternut. Ha, ha, ha Of coursge the laugh was on the chap- lain ever after. By Authority. There was quite a warm discussion in one of the parlors of the Native Daughters a few nights since, and, as there were two factions, each with a strong array of supporters, there was crimination and recrimination. Fin- ally one of the speakers called atten- tion to a decision that had been made by one of the grand presidents and made the assertion that in that order a decision by a grand president is the law until it is set aside by the Grand Parlor. Some one on the other side asked under what power the grand presi- dent had made such a ruling and the first speaker responded sententiously, “‘ex cathedra.” The one whorhad asked the ques- tion, before the first speaker could say | another word, sprang to her feet and in a loud voice exclaimed, “Worthy president, the sister ought to know that religious matters cannot be brought up in the parlor and I hope you will call her to order.” The first speaker continuing, said that her dear sister must have misun- derstood what she said, but that it was her way of briefly announcing that the grand president had acted by author- ity. The interrupter simply said, “Oh, I thought the sister was about to quote the law of some cathedral and I want- ed to stop it right at the beginning.” Conditions in Colorado. “SAN FRANCISCO, March 8, 1904 “Editor of The Call—Dear Sir: In The Call of the 4th is a communica- tion from W. H. Leonard regarding Mr. George and the Citizens’ Allidnce, in which He misrepresents the labor con- ditions in Colorado. What he says about industrial war, paralyzed indus- tries, the smelting and ore mining oc- cupations being tied up, business houses closing their doors, etc.,, would have been correct descriptions of con- ditions a few months ago, when the Western Federation of Miners ruled and came near ruining much of the State. They are not correct deserip- tions of the present conditions. “Cripple Creek, the storr: center of the late industrial war, was never more prosperous than at present. Its gold production in January is reported to have been greater than during any preceding month in the camp’s history. Its mines are working full handed, and the only stores which I have heard of closing their doors are those estab- lished by the Federation of Miners, “Telluride, the second gold produc- ing camp of the State, is in a more prosperous and peaceable condition than for years. It has long been ter- rorized by the federation. Somewhere near a score of men have been killed there solely because they were non- union men and others have disappeared never to be heard of again by family or friends. “The smelters have fired their idle furnaces and the mills, samplers and railroads are doing a good business. For the first time in years unionism is not being propagated with violence or fear. “This change is due to the Citizens’ Alliance, in which Mr. George was the | ‘earliest and most effective worker. “W. C. WYNKOOP.” Schools in Russia. In Russia altogether there are about 85,000 elementary schools, the total cost of their maintenance being 50,000,000 rubles, or about $27,000,000.° Of this | amount the Zemstvos, or provineial as- semblies, which contain representatives of the peasantry, contribute 23 per cent, and they exist and operate in less than half the provinces of the empire. The imperial treasury contributes 20 per mntmdmarmhm_d-wby.p. 1 andien, Goe * elementary schools, and they come un- der the direction of nine different de- partments. Some are secular and some religious, but none are equipped as they should be and as they might be under more efficient agministration; though there is not money enough availabla from public or private sources to carry on the business as it ought to be care ried on. Her Teeth. The Russian Railway Company from which Mme. Larkisowa, an operatic singer of St. Petersburg, has recovered damages for the loss of five front teeth, has by now discovered that it enter- tained an angel unawares. The song- stress was in a slight collision, and, being thrown against the deor of the carriage, lost the aforesaid teeth. Her misfortune impaired the quality of her voice, and she claimed £20.000 damages. The railway company, with a fidelity to the traditions of the service, offered her £20, and the courts have awarded her £10,000. That the company should be appealing surprises mo one more than that the lady should have scorned their suggested solatium as an insult added to injury. Singers’ teeth are valuable property, and railway com- panies must take their chance when carrying such precious freight. But whether an insurance coupon should not be purchased by travelers of this valuable kind seems a moot point in equity, If not in law. It might be worth the companies’ while to register them, like “letters containing coin,” and so forth.—London St. James Ga- zette. London Vulnerable. A London paper publishes the start- ling word of a military expert to the effect that an enemy could walk into London as easily as rolling off a log. “Admiral Close,” says the Times, “who took part in the subsequent dis- cussion, said he was astonished. at the want of proper defenses in the Thames. If- Germany declared war on Monday they could have a couple of gunboats up the river to the middle of Lon- don by the next night. London would never be safe until they had a couple of gunboats stationed in the river. Any gunboat could get past Sheerness, and there would be nothing to stop them except a few police boats. These in- vading vessels could inflict any amount cf damage. They might destroy the houses of Parliament and the Tower and they would play havoe with the shipping. The danger was not realized by the public and until it was London would never be safe.” Answers to Queries. CABLE AND ELECTRIC—A. 8§, Centerville, Cal. There are ten cable lines of street cars in San Francisco and thirty-one different electric lines. HOLIDAY—T. M., City. The answer given to another correspondent in this department February 22 and headed “National Holiday"” is a complete an- swer to your question on the same subject. CIVIL SERVICE—S., San Jose, Cal. The civil service rules of the United States do not contemplate that any of- ficer having the power of appointment shall jump one in the second place over those in first place. DRAW POKER—A. and B, City. In the game of draw poker before the draw a player may pass, and afterward come in again provided no bet has been made; but one who passes after a bet has been made or a blind put up passes out altogether. CRIBBAGE—Constant Reader, City. If in a game of cribbage the play is: A, 7; B, 8; A, 9 A has a sequence of three; if B plays a six he has a se- quence of four and one for last play. If the play is 7, 8, 6, there is a run of three. It makes no difference how the cards fall so long in the play they count in sequence. CASINO—A. T. Y. S, City. In play- ing the game of casino persons playing should always agree as to the manner of counting before the game com- mences. Players may agree to count as they make points, or may agree to count at the end of the play. If on the last play the count is according to the first suggestion, a player goes out as soon as he has made the necessary points to complete the game, which ac- cording to the letter of imquiry was twenty-one. If the count is at the end of the game the same is in the follow- ing order: Cards, big casino, little ca- sino, spades, aces and sweeps: the one holding cards having the right to count first; if cards are equal, then the one holding big casino counts first. If a game is twenty-one and the player, say A, has sixteen and five Yo go, makes cards, spades and one ace, and B has seventeen and four to go, and he makes big and little casino and three aces, which would give him twenty-three points to his opponent’s twenty-one, his opponent wins, because he has the first count by reasom of cards and has enoygh points to make him go out. S t— :hm‘r-m-m pound, artistic flre- A nice presen Baster: friends. 715 Market st above Calt o ? —ee Information supplied daily to T .