The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 23, 1904, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1904 Michael.” Special Correspondence of The Cal HEADQUARTERS OF THE CALL, HENRIETTA STREET, g LONDON, April announcement lection to the the dissolu- that Parliament is about one of its few remaining great Salisbury is dead, that ¥ House mes ose igures of the has retired and when “Black * as the famous ex-Chancel- or of the Exchequer is known, de- serts ir Parliament in on one e other Though the titular “father of the House” by virtue of having occupied a seat in it continuously longer than member—forty years—s! w side and John Morley any 1 Michas cannot be regarded as an old man as old parliamentary hands go. He = only 67 n¢ entered Parliament when he was 27. Four years later that shrewd judge of men, Disraeli discovered” hi d m him Tt Home Deps political der ry the ment. Thereafter vancement was rapi 1878 he was Chief Secretary for Ire- land. Iv 8, two years after Cham- berlain had made his political debut, he was appointed Colonial Secretary. From 1885 to 1886 he was Chancellor of Exchequer, and president of ard of Trade from 1888 to 1892. he was again entrusted with purse strings, resigning has held office longer y of his Conservative col- Und ordinary conditions the man who had ved his party so abl faithfully and zealously would have waited for a fitting opportunity to make his exit from the Commons” by | wa of the House of Lords, with a peerage to console him in that region of innocuous calm for the loss of ac- tual political power - and the ap- proaching infirmities of age. But Sir Michael has put all this from him. With his fighting powers still undi- minish: he has decided to sheath his sword and retire from the field of battle to devote himself to those pas- toral pursuits for which his 4000 acres afford ample scope. It is Chamberlain—the masterful, pushful, resourceful man, a year older than himself, but much youn- ger in appearance and still more so i powers of adapt- ability® to 1tered conditions— who has sidetracked the Baronet. The Chamberlain gospel of commercial re- generation by means of protection, re- taliation and preferential colonial tar- iffs, which so many of his party have . he regards as blasphgmous against the one true inspired faith—{free trade—and is that it can lead only to political per- dition and the weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth that accompanies overwhelming defeat. Too loyal to Whig traditions of fealty to fight against his party, too true to his con- victions to follow it along the untried paths whither Chamberlain would lead it, Michzel has no other re- course than to become practically a Parliamentary nonentity non-combatant and or withdraw from the field. It will be generally thought that he has chosen the less ignoble part. There was a hot time in the Cabinet when, as Colonial Secretary, Chamber- Jain tried to boss Sir Michael. It ended in Sir Michael resigning the Chancel- lorship of the Exchequer. Subsequent- ly Chamberlain resigned his post. But nothing could illustrate more strikingly the essential difference between the two men than the fact that the Birming- ham member now bulks larger than ever in the nation’s eye, while the Bar- onet has almost dropped out of sight. And gall and wormwood it must have been to him to see Chamberlain’s son, young Austen, filling his place as the nation’s purseholder. ‘When a nickname sticks to a man it is generally because of its innate ap- propriateness. That is why the epithet which the turbulent Trish members be- stowed on him when he was Irish Sec- retary—"Black Michael”—has clung to him ever since. His stern expression of countenance seldom relaxes in Parlia- A frown is seen on it much r than a smile. He has always taken the game of politics very serious- ly. He has none of that exuberant joy in controversy which causes many men to seek refreshment in verbal warfare. His is the bulidog’s temperament. He has never gone around seeking trouble, but when attacked his eyes glow, he turns savagely on his assailant and generally manages to hurt him some- where, for to an irascible temper he unites & sharp and bitter tongue, and has a genius for discovering his op- ponent’s raw spot. Lord Randolph Churchill found this out when he start- ed in to “smash the old Consefvative gang,” and decided that Sir Michael was a good man to let alone. From 1874 to| convinced | — | been overheard expressing some very | candia and uncomplimentary opinions of his political contemporaries. On one occasion he punctuated an eloguent po- litical veroration by Mr. Chamberlain by g g vent to an ardent and sin- cere v that the gentleman might transfer his pernicious activity to a re- gion where the wicked do not cease from troubling and neither are the weary at rest. Internal S (From the Lo The relations between the two | Grand Lamas of Tibet are of especial ) interest at the present moment. The history of the migration of Tibetan au- thority from Tashe-Lhunpo to Lhasa clearly known. The former Lama is \a perpetual reincarnation of Manju-sri Amitabha, the latter of Avaloskites- 2, the pupil of Amitabha. Spiritu- ally, therefore, the Tashe Lama., or tor | er'—as he named, is more is the superior of the Dalai | Lama of Lhasa. But the assistance of 4 | Kushi Khan, who was calledin by the | the community, Dalal Lama in 1642 to prevent the de- predations of a native lord, Tsang-po by name, of Shigatse, secured for Lha- | #a the undisputed sovereignty of cen- | tral Tibet, which is now roughly de- | fined by the province of U. The other, | province, that of Tsang, was indeed | poral authority over both provinces to il)(-(‘nme transferred gradually to Lha- | sa. Thus the spiritual superior of the i Dalai Lama became temporarily his inferior, and a somewhat anomalous rivalry between the two great heads of Lamaism was thus begun, which | continues to the present day. | There is no question that among the common people the Grand Lama of | Tashe-Lhunpo—which is a great mon- astery a mile or so from Shigatse, the town of second importance in Tibet— | is regarded with even greater awe than is the Dalai Lama. The Chinese Regent, when one exists, pays to the former greater respect, and Sarat Chundra Dass, in his exceedingly in- teresting record of his travels, men- tions a curious legend that the end of Lamaism and of Tibet will be marked by the withdrawal of the Tashe—not the Dalai—Lama to Shambala, the Utopia of the Buddhists. The balance of power is fairly even. | { T | and the Da-pens, or generals, are fair- |1y distributed between the two prov- inces. But the presence of the Chinese Amban and of the three populous mon- | asteries of Lhasa, with their annual Tashe-Lhunpo. the mission at Khambajong last yvear the friction between the two Lamas was repeatedly emphasized. Technical- ly speaking, the mission occupjed a position upon ground under the gov- ernment of the Tashe Lama. Ea#ly in the diplomatic contest Lhasa sent a peremptory order to Tashe-Lhunpo de- manding why the Plilings, as the Eng- lish are cailed in Tibet, had been per- mitted to intrude, and insisting upon | their immediate expulsion. The Tashe Lama, knowing as well, indeed, as Lhasa that the mission had proceeded to Khamba by direct permission of junction or annoy the British deputa- tion in any way. Every offensive ac- tion was the immediate work of the Lhasan authorities. By them the Eng- lish camp was placed out of bounds | to all under their government. Tashe-Lhunpo and Shigatse visitors, inquisitive and amused but always re- spectful, arrived daily. Two men at- tached to the mission, who were by birth Tibetan but by domicile inhabit- ants of La-chung, in Sikkim, were ar- rested, tortured and apparently, though this is not so certain, put to death by the Lhasans. The men of Tashe-Lhun- {po, as this outrage was perpetrated in their own capital of Shigatse, ex- pressly disowned to Mr. White all re- sponsibility for the event, for which satisfaction will uitimately be demand- | ed. The Abbot of Taghe-Lhunpo, the second in rank in t province of Tsang, paid a long and courtecus visit to the mission, and expressed himself in a very different mianner from that of the terrified Chinese representative Ho or the curt insglence of the Lhasan envoys. As a result the Dalai Lama, who had proposed to pay a vilit of ceremony to Tashe-Lhunpo in the course of the winter, countermanded his orders, and remains at Lhasa. It is not an exaggeration to say that, as the Grand Lama of Tashe-Lhunpo re- | gards the attempt of the Indian Gov- ernment to open up amicable relations with Tibet as in no way compromising either the religious or political inde- pendence of Tibet, he is not wholly displeased at the terror and anxiety which the ostrich-like policy of the | Dalai Lama betrays. It is the opinion |of every one who has been qualified to form an opinion that a wvery real friendliness is felt and, so/far as their present servience permits, is displayed by the men of Tashe-Lhunpo and Shi- gatse, Much, then, may be done by skillful diplomacy. Nothing would bring the authorities in Lhasa to a quicker per- ception of their duties than a fear that their persistent refusal to treat our Commissioners with respect may com- pel us to negotiate direct with and therefore, of course, greatly strengthen their rivals. If so the Dalai Lama will have himself alone to blame. At pres- ent it seems that the wisest course, whatever action is taken by Lhasa, may be to enter into a friendly treaty to mutual advantage with Tashe- Lhunpo. It lies with us to restore her to the position she once occupied, a position from which she was ousted only by the now dead and ridiculous suzerainty of China. She, far more than Lhasa, would guarantee the northern approaches to India. The Tsang-po, or Brahmaputra, forms an excellent natural boundary between Northern and Southern Tibet. We may be content to have guaranteed the in- dependence of Southern Tibet in return for a friendly neutralit$ and isolation which the examples of Nepal and Bhu- tan have already shown us to be the best reinforcement of the obstacles that nature has somewhat lavishly spread in the way of the invader of India from the north | China, took no steps to obey this in- | From ! 'THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL Panchen Rimpoche—"Glorious Teach- | ceremonially | | | his turn practically the only |left to the Tashe Lama, but Kushi | remaining members of the old guard | Khan, partly from indolence and part- | be Joseph Cham- (ly from favoritism, allowed the tem- | | | | | | | | he Kalons, or great Ministers of State, | i | JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprieto: . . . . . .. . .. Address All Communications to JOHN McNAUGHT, Manages —r .Third and Market Streets, S. F. casFhieei i APRIV 23, 1004 LET US HAVE PEACE. A cret ballot to be taken on Monday next. The import of the issue runs far beyond the railroad corporation and the carmen. | all the business and nearly all the homes in the city. There is scarcely a family in the community that | FTER prolonged discussions between the executive committee of the Carmen’s Union and a committee representing the directory of the United Railroads, the issue of strike or no strike has been left to the decision of the members of the union, that decision to be declared by a se- It reaches would not be more or less injuriously affected by a strike—more or less benefited by a ballot over- whelmingly on the side of an unbroken continuance of the streetcar service. On behalf of the community as a whole, and without taking sides in the controversy between the corporation and the union, The Call enters a plea for the maintenance of peaceful relations between "; them. The appeal goes directly to the 2000 men who compose "the Carmen’s Union and with: whom the | decision of the issue now rests. They are not asked to yield anything to which they are entitled, nor, | to surrender any aspirations toward bettering the terms of labor for themselves and for their fellow | They are asked to do no 'more than give due consideration to the interests of the cam- ! workers. munity in the issue and to vote in a way that will advance their own welfare by conserving the wel- }fare of all. No reflecting member of the union can be ignorant of the fact that the ballot on Monday will | determine whether or no we are to have a prolonged period of strife between two powerful forces in | roads or of the service for~a long time to come. just. and thaj as a result of such strife the transportation facilities of the city would be dis- | organized, there would be danger of scenes of riot and bloodshed similar to those which have recently disgraced Chicago and the beginning of an era of antagonism between the employers and the employes of the roads that would almost certainly prevent the attainment of any desired improvement of the The people of San Francisco, whether they sympathize with the carmen or the railroad, are on the side of peace in this issue. To the public at large the terms offered by the company séem fair and They constitute, at any rate, a good basis to continue work and afford no justification for a strike which would so seriously injure the whole community. Two years ago the carmen had a cause that was supported hy public opinion, and, as a consequence, they won. | nOW. They have no such support The well-nigh universal demand is for the continuance of business and the streetcar service unimpaired in every part of the city. The plea of the public is the plea of The Call—“Let us have peace.” THE SUNDAY CALL MAGAZINE. "RCHBISHOP MONTGOMERY, Jack London, Je- Arome K. Jerome, Frank H. Spearman, Archer Butler Hulbert, Albert Sonnichsen, Augusta Pres- cott, Professor de Witt C. Van Court, Mrs. Rosa Hooper Plotner, E. Spitzer—these names, standing for all that is best in literature, art and the world’s greatest work in general, will be found at the head of just a few of the leading articles in the Sunday Call to-mor- row, making the Magazine Section one of the most im- portant editions of the year. Such notable names, in- deed, cannot be found at one time in any other news- paper in the West. Archbishop George Montgomery, Coadjutor of San Francisco, in a very virile arficle, tells of the Catholic { plans for the public schools and why religious train- Chinese subsidy, turns the scale against | DurMhg the sojourn of | ing should go hand in hand with secular education. Jack London has written for this edition one of the best full-page stories that ever came from his pen. is “The Scorn of Women.” It anaiyzes the primitive emotions that rise uppermost in both men and women when they come under the spell of the great frozen north, analyzes them in a way to make women’s hearts ache and men utter maledictions upon their own sex for their perfidy. In contrast to “The Scorn of Women,” Jerome K. Jerome has an illustrated article on “Unpainted Heroes” that is nothing short of side-splitting in its rare humor, while as for the next name on the list, it is one that every one knows. In ‘The Million-Dollar Freight Train,” Frank Spear- man begins a new series of railroad stories, more thrill- ing and stronger by far than any that have yet appeared in the Sunday Call from his pen. Once a reader of Spearman’s stories, always an ardent admirer. His tales cannot be equaled anywhere in the world. In the first section of the Sunday Call appears the third installment of Archer Butler Hulbert’s remark- able novel of Korean superstition and Russian secret intrigue in the Far East, “The Queen -of Quelparte,” which is something more than historically true. It has a love story that is fascinatingly absorbing. Next in line, Albert Sonnichsen presents “Colonel Lala’s Special Devil,” one of the weirdest but at the same time one of the most characteristic stories ever written of the American army in the Philippines. It is humorous and pathetic in turn, but at all times exciting. As a contrast most pleasing to the women is the full page of the latest fashions selected and described by Augusta Prescott, and illustrated with the best photo- graphs that ever appeared in the Sunday Call. In this connection there might also be mentioned the newly established page, edited by Madge Moore, entitled “What Women Want to Know,” which is designed par- ticularly to answer the multitude of questions that are always pouring in to the Sunday Call from women who cannot find a solution of difficuities in any other way. Following his article in the last Sunday Call on “How Fighters Break Their Own Bones,” Professor Van Court of the Olympic Club has written the most sweeping criticism that has ever been made against the modern boxers, under the title “Foul Fighting in the Ring,” and illustrated-it with the most striking set of photographs of pugilists in action ever reproduced in a newspaper. Perheps the most pleasing examples of up-to-date journalistic art will be found in the full-page picture of popular society women painted frome life by Mrs. Rosa Hooper Plotner and the full-page reproduction of one of the most striking paintings at the Spring Exhibition at the Hopkins Art Association, by E. Spitzer, entitled “Noontime in a Dressmaking Establishment.” In addition to all the foregoing there is much more of equal merit, notably “Migration and Matrimony”; “Spring Freshet of Fiction,” by Robert W. Ritchie; the “Scrap Book Page,” “Our Army Signal Skrvice Which the Japs Copy,” etc., etc, all making up a magazine of rare excellence. Our Oakland neighbors are anything but half-hearted in their efforts toward municipal bétterment. At the meeting of the Progress Federation of Oakland, Wednes- _day evening, held in.the interest of the proposed im- provement bonds, delegates were present from commer- cial and religious bodies, fraternal and labor organiza- tions, business associations and from improvement clubs. With such united work nothing can come but success. In voting an additional $25,000, or $60,000 in all, to the triennial conclave to be held in this city the Grand Com- mandery of the Knights Templar has more than upheld the splendid traditions of that body for generosity. The people of San Francisco should appreciate its efforts see that everything possible is done to make the con- clave a brilliant Success “: 4557y BEAUTIES OF SANTA CRUZ. OOD work has been performed by the Santa Cruz G Sentinel for Santa Cruz County by the publica- tion of a handsomely illustrated story of “Why I Moved West,” which is sent out in supplement form for handy distribution. photographic views of Santa Cruz County in its variety, which collectively make up a brave show. A glimpse at these is sure to prompt desire on the part of all to per- sonally visit the lqcalities. One picture presents Santa Cruz, a modern city of 10,000 inhabitants. - Another shows a trainload of eigh- teen cars of apples leaving Watsonville in October for the East. ILands that yield 300 sacks of potatoes to the acre engage the camera. Pacific avenue, in the city of Santa Cruz, looking southward, and the drive that fol- lows close to the edge of the sandstone cliffs, with the strong line of white ocean foam on its verge, are de- picted. Various vistas of the bathing beach at Santa Cruz, the natural bridge on the cliff drive, Capitola, a typical Santa Cruz landscape, each has attention pic- torially. .. Then there are scenes that attract the attention and wonderment of all visitors that are given prominence. Not the least in interest of this series is a strawberry patch 150 acres in extent. Of course the big trees are used with effect. Santa Cruz is taking proper measures to become known better. No community in California can afford to do less. The area of this imperial State is so great and the lines of travel are so long that the casual visitor never sees more than a few of the beautiful cities and towns of California. It has been the purpose of The Call to give ample space to helping all sections of the State. The results have been gratifying. The papers of the in- terior necessarily must be relied upon to supply much local information. This they do well. When they ad- vance their own sections, the prosperity that they pro- mote brings rewards commensurate with the endeavor. This is true of sectional work and also of toil directed to the promotion of the welfare of the State as a whole. The welcome rain of the last few days has been gene- rously distributed from San Francisco to San Diego and has done a world of good. From all appearances California wili need a larger cornucopia than usuai this year to hold the gifts for her favored people. E of the Rockies. Snow, a foot of it, is in evidence from St. Paul to St. Louis, and on the Ohio River and in Kentucky. The temperature has fallen far APRIL IN THE EAST. THEREAL mildness has not yet appeared east toward zero and fruit and crops are in trouble. When“[‘m sleigh riding is compulsory on April 20'and railroads are blocked by snow over such a wide region in the East it is in order to invite the victims of such weather to California. On the same day the temperature here, in the same latitude as Chicago, was 54, and strawberries just ripen- ing. In the latitude of St. Louis it was 58, and at some points 65, and grain is heading. Some of the deciduous fruits are as big as marbles and cherries will be ripe in three weeks. The whole landscape is green and wild grass is 18 inches high. We may observe also that these temperatures are below our normal for this time of year. If Eastern people know when they are not well off and want to know where they can be well off they should shake the April snow from their shoes and head for California as soon as possible. This is the only winterless past of the continent, and if people want to live in an open-fire country, where shad and straw- berries are in the ‘market eleven months in the year, they must come to California. - There are many of our peoplq'now at St. Louis, in charge of our great exhibit at the exposition. They are The illustrations are confined to | He Knew. They were Eastern tourists, without a doubt. The exclamations of surprise that some of them vented when the ‘flut view of the rolling Pacifie Ocean gleamed upon them proved that to not a few in the party this was their intro- duction to the billowy waters of the sea. Among the crowd which stood sazing enraptured on the scene was one sharp-featured man, who had been very busy in explanations of the many points of interest within the spectators’ view. Prominent were the sharply defined Farallones, jutting in irregular outline above the western horizon. To the north the long, low line of Point Reyes ran out into the blue haze. ~Mr. by some who had heard him and were better informed, began his geograph- ical dissertation. “There is the Sandwich Islands,” he declared, confidently, pointing west- ward toward the jagged Farallones. “The what?”’ demanded a listener. “The Sandwich Islands,” was re- peated. “Surely, there must be a mistake,” laimed a doubting Thomas. No mistake; those are the Sand- wich Islands, sometimes known as the Hawaiian Islands,” again came the emphatic assertion. “All right,” acquiesced the doubtful one. “If those are the Sandwich Isi- ands, then that over there (indicating Point Reyes) must be Port Arthur.” e T A Confession. You h(&ld me in your arms, as none else are; All g;‘afi: you claim I yleld, as is your right, Even o iny minute-spending, day and night— Yet oft by secret panel, hidden stair, Steals forth a little ghost to trystings where Dear memory is making meadows white With !ru"h\*l and in spring's fullness of delight Sings adown May-sweet lanes some old- time air. Never or thought or deed shall wrong you, though Not mine to give you this best part of me; A happy child in dream of long ago, Dream whose fulfillment all is yet to Nor yours the soul at last my soul shall know. { When I come back no more from mem- ory! | —Marguerite the May Seribner's, Merington in Japan’s First War Vessel. Lord Elgin, the first British Minis- ter to Japan, presented to the Shogun on behalf of the Queen a small yacht | of 400 tons, named the Emperor, and this was the first steam vessel owned | by the Japanese Government. Shortly after the restoration the Mikado’'s Government purchased from the United States Government the Stonewall Jack- son, an ironclad ram of 1200 tons bur- den, and this was the first ironclad owned by the Japanese. In Septem- ber, 1867, the Shogun obtained from ! the British Government the services of Commander Tracy, R. N. (now Admiral Sir R. Tracy), and a small party of British naval officers and men, for the purpose of giving systematic instruc- tion in seamanship and gunnery to young Japanese officers; but five months later the revclution whick | drove the Shogun from his position broke out, and the Naval Mission, as 1t was termed, was withdrawn, first to Yokohama, and then home to Eng- land. In the year 1873, when the new Government had got somewhat settled, a secend naval mission, headed® by Commander Douglas, R. N. (now Ad- miral Douglas), consisting of about { thirty men and officers, was lent by the British Government, and during six years it did excellent service in training officers and laying the founda- tion of the Japanese navy. A naval college was built in Toklo, and a very complete ccurse of study and training was organized. The naval college was later on removed to Etajima, in the Inland Sea, an academy for senior offi- cers was established at'Tokio, and gun- nery and torpedo schools were also or- ganized. Yokusuka dockyard, which had been started under the Shegun by French engineers, was extended and is now a very large and important es- tablishment, and generally the organ- ization of the Naval Department was put on a basis which enabled it to i develop on right lines and lead up to present very important position. In 1877 the Japanese seriously entered on the acquisit®n ¢f modern fighting ships and in that year the first ship espe- cially built for them in England—a broadside central battery ship of 3700 tons—designed by Sir Edward Reed, was launched on the Thames. She was followed by several small but power- fully armed ironclads. Since the war with China a great expansion has tak- en place, and at the present time Japan has a navy which in offensive and de- fensive armor, i speed and steaming capacity, will hold its own with any in the world of equal size. ‘A Disappearing Genus. ‘What is thought to be the first and only group of flamingo nests ever seen in this country will soon be placed on exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History. This 18 expected to be one of the most attractive dis- plays in the museum, representing these beautiful and rare birds in their natural haunts and showing their char- acteristic appearance. Professor Frank M. Chapman of the department of orn- wading in a foot of snow in that part of “the sunny |ithology, to obtain the necessary ma- South,” and will no doubt have something warm to say about the weather there and at home. The only visitors terial for this purpose, made a recent visit to the Bahama Islands, which is a favorite resort of the flamingoes. now in St. Louis who will feel at home are the Pata- | This explorer has started again for gonians, who brave the bleak climate of Terra del |these islands to secure additional ma- Fuego dressed in a single guanaco skin and savage innocence. They will find St. Louis like another Pata- terfal and to collect if possible more detailed information, especially of their and breeding habits, which are gonia. But Californians will find in it only the oppor- | almost wholly unknown to naturalists. tunity to contrast cmg' th their home climate. A There was a contest of strength between the work of This, if obtained, will be a valuable scientific contribution, filling a present blank page in the history of bird life in America. - the little coral polyp and man, as shown in the damage | There are alout seven species of fla- suffered by the mammoth Mongolia off the Brazilian coast, and the polyp almost won. It isn't alivays the size mingoes inhcbiting the al parts of both hemispheres, three of which are in America, frequenting the Bahamas, #Florida and Cuba. In height the bird “Know-it-all,” as he had been dubbed}."um about five feet, and if its curved neck were stretched to its full length would tower above the head of an ordinary man. They breed in May and June. At this period their bright colored plumage is faded. It assumes its most radiant hues in winter. When first hatched the young have a straight bill, which after a time develops into one of bent shape. Their first plu- mage is graylsh white and passes through various tints of pink, rose, car- mine or vermilion to the full searlet of the adult, which reaches its deepest shade on the wings. Several years are necessary to perfect the final gaudy plumage. Clinical Prejudices. A famous physician, once, going through the hosvital wards told a new patient to “put out his tongue.” It was pointed, with a streak down the center. “You see here, gentlemen, an infallible sign of gastritis.” ‘“Have you any appetite?” “I could eat a horse,” said the patient. “It is gas- tritis, nevertheless. Any thirst?” “No, no thirst.” “Gastritis, notwithstand- ing. Any pain in your stomach?” “None at all, sir!” “Well, you see the pointed tongue, gentlemen; it is gas- tritis! Fifty leeches to the stomach!™ The anecdote suggests many lessons, and perhaps to every reader it will re- call memories of similar experiences. “Make a snap diagnosis and stick !o’ it,” was the advice of another well known teacher. But we are nowa- days fast learning better than that— if not a Metter science, at least a bet- ter policy. The mystery of disease bears too heavily upon the conscience of the modern physician to permit him to judge hastily from insufficient data and from single symptoms. The in- dividuality of each case of disease, when closely studied, demonstrates that none is like another and that the best rule in diagnosis and treatment is to have no rule.—American Medicine. An Ancient Secret. A manufacturer of pyrotechnics in Nagasaki, Japan, makes a rocket from which, when it explodes in the air, there flies away a large bird which resembles a homing bi in its move- ments. It is said thal e secret of this wonderful production has been in the possession of the eldest child of the family for more than 400 years. Answers to Queries. 4 DRUNKARD GULCH—Subscriber, City. Drunkard Gulch in Mariposa County, Cal., is distant 188 miles from San Francisco, and is reached by rail to Merced, 152 miles. thence by stage thirty-six miles. PACKAGES—B. M., Petaluma, Cal. There are several places in Oakland that for a compensation receive pack- ages for safe keeping, but these are pri- vate concerns and this department can= not advertise them. RAILROAD SITUATION—W. J. W, Alcatraz, Cal. To obtain a situation on one of the railroads, select the road and then address an application to the head of the department in which you would like to work. TATTOO MARKS—G. R. N, City. The Chemical Ne is authority for the statement that “tattoo marks will disappear if first well rubbed with s, salve of pure acetic acid, then with a solution of potash and finally with hydrochloric acid.” CALIFORNIA RAILROADS-X. Y. Z., City. The first railroad in Califor- nia was the Sacramentd Valley road, which placed platform cars on its track on the 17th of August, 1855, con- veying thereon a party to a point ten miles out of Sacramento. The road was opened to Folsom February 22, 1856. The road was oveped to Shingle Springs, twelve miles from Placerville, June 20, 1865. The San Jose road was opened to Mayfield in Oectober. 1863, and on January 16, 1864, it was opened to San Jose. In 1369 it was extended to Gilroy. ZEBRULA—C. A. H., Contact, Nev. Richard Guenther, United States Con- sul General at Frankfort, Germany, in consular renorts for October 1903, has an interesting article on the Zebrula, a cross between the horse and zebra. which, according to the German pa- pers, will in the twentieth century, re- place the mule. Professor Cossar Ew- arts, he states, has since 1895 been try- Ing to produce crosses between horses ud-?m with a view to developing an mal superior in every respect to the mule. A full grown zebrula is 14 hands high and the girdle circum- ference is about 63 inches. On account of the hardness of the hoofs it is es- pecially adapted for all transport work heretofore performed by mules. A letter addressed to the Consul General will no doubt bring you a reply giving all the information you desire about the new beast of burden. : ———— week good eyeglassés. specs, 25c- 50c. 79 4th (front Key's Cel. Oys. House).* ; ——— ‘Townsend's California Glace iruits and In artistic fire-etched boxes. A nice present for ds. DT5 Siarkot strect: ~bove Call bullding. * Ry g e to ol |