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THE FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1904. Castle for Sale. Special Correspondence. HEADQUARTERS OF TH HENRIETTA STREET. COVE " GARDEN, LONDON, July 21.—Norris | “astle, f the most picturesque mansions on th famous and | aristocratic of beauty spots | he Isle of Wight—is to be sold by | suction early in August. This will af- | | 1y figure and good looks. | a powerful wo RS IN Edward, the other day. It all came out right, however, and henceforth Margaret will be numbered among the | Smiths who Have done something to confer distinction on that most com- monplace of patronymics. When Margaret Smith was young she might have possessed both a shape- | But if ever | she had these charms middle age, tolli and family cares have robbed her of them. Evidently, i and troubles have not soured her nr; caused her to turn against the powers | that be. When the King pald a visit | to the city the other day to lay the| foundation-stone of the new buildings | of St. Bartholomew’'s Hospital, Mar- aret decidgl that she would take a few hours oif from her stand that she might get a good look at him. As an offe g to the shrine of royalty she made vp a big bunch of her choicest roses, which she might have sold for | a dollar, and took it with her. She is nd found little dif- | ficulty in elbow her way to a front place among the throng gathered at| the junction of Shaftesbury avenue and | New Oxford street to see the royal party drive by on their return journey. A great shout announced' their ap-| proach. Disregarding the injunction of | & | | | { | | | | | | + - — = SLE OF WIGHT, TO BE PLACED ON pr s ford first class chance for some miilionatre with social am- < to aequire a country gesidence * where fashionable folk abound and ebundant opportunities are afforded to milke- cash count. ! As the photograph here reproduced “shows, Norris Castle is a stately build ing and worthy of its beautiful setting. It oécupies 2 lofty position in a superb- Iy wooded park which, sloping to the ! Solent, possesses some three-quarters | - of -a mile of sea front and affords ex- | tensive views of those world-famed vachting waters over which the Ameri- | ca sailed when she won the trophy " that has long been regarded as the “blue riband of the seas.” As castles | £o it is not & particularly ancient che. It was built a little over one hundred | - years ago for Lord Henry Seymour, | but the architect, Henry Wyatt, was | the best of his day and designed Apsiey House, the Duke of Wellington's fa- mous London residence. Towered and : embattled, Norris Castle is a perfect | replica of a Norman castle and com- plete in every detail. It is not one of those: whopping big feudal piles, planned to accommodate an army of ‘rétainers and where a guide is needed to pilot one around, but it is amply large enough for modern requirements and entertainments, containing some thirty rooms and a lofty hall, forty-si by fourteen feet. The estate covers 150 acres and upon it are a couple of | picturesque lodges—one of them in the | | =AY the police to “stand back!” Margaret | and as the King's carriage whirléd by | she cried out at the top of her lungs, | “God bless your Majest. ” and threw | her bouquet into the vehicle. But stout | of arm as well as loyal of heart, Mar- | garet hurled it hard that she was | aware of and the floral tribute struck the King square between the eyes. It did no damage to the royal ph¥si- and the King, well under- z the good intention that had | prompted the blow, picked vp the bou- quet and smiled on the donor. London would never have heard of the inci- | dent, probably, had not a zealous con- | stable witnessed it. To him the act | ame within the official definition of | assault and battery and “lese majeste” | to boot. He promptly collared Margar- et and marched her off to Bow .Street Police Court. It was fortunate for Margaret that he did so, as otherwise | she would have still remained an in- | conspicuous Smith. The magistr.te remanded her to ascertain what action | the King wished taken in the mat-| ter. Margaret was not kept long waiting in durgnce vile to learn her | fate. Promptly came back the royal ! answer “Release her instantly.” And to Margaret herself was conveyed a! private message to the effect that the King appreciated her loyalty and treasured her gift. Now Margaret carries her head high among her flower-selling associates and declares that when she next gets a chance to see the King drive by she | will present him with two of the best T . tial year the pa I THE. SAN FRANCISCO CALL)] JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor . . . « « « + o . . Address All Communications to JOHN McNAUGHT, Manager PUbLiCAtOn OMCE .........oxsccccrsreses orsrssrosrsivsoroeresescreeses ovseesessssThird and Market Streets, S. F. RS 4 T 5 R R e Fobgs b el D LSO o S ne 4 s MO G S o ke 1904 THE SENATORSHIP. —_— S HE campaign for the Senatorship is being carried on openly and aboveboard as is proper and credit- able to all the aspirants. The Call has no candidate to urge upon the people. - A choice made from the pres- ent field would satisfy the pride and the aspirations of the State and secure an honorable representative in the Senate. The Republican party is incapable of submis- sion to covert manipulation and will not permit the smell of smoke on the toga of a Senator. The position of the State has risen to a plane of too much importance to permit inferior representation or the selection of any man who has not a clear escutcheon. These being the circumstances, and the party prov’ing to be rich in material, its plain duty is to see that justice is done to itself and to the State by a proper and equit- able distribution of the honors and burdens of office and representation so as to give all of the people and ali sec- tions a fair share according to their merit and their ser- 1ce. - In the last State election the general majority was iarge, but the Governor had a narrow margin. Every member of the party appreciates the importance of his election and the benefit of the excellent administration he has given to the State. It has everywhere increased the vigor of the party and has strengthened its hold upon the people, This has not come of mere control of the patronage, but irom the character of the administration in its relation to all of the public interests. It is the duty of the party to remember this.and to be guided by | a policy of justice toward every scction of the State that abided by public duty and made the present inspiring situation possible. In Southern California cast ciose to 40,000 Republican votes out of a total of 146,332 cast for Governor in the whole State. We by no means base our whole argument for a Senator from Southern California on that vote, but it is a factor that weighs very appreciably This is a big State, nearly one thousand miles in length. It covers so much latitude that its two extremes may well have individual interests and aspira- tions to be served in the United States Senate. We all the last State election | know exactly how we would feel if Southern California had the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, one Senator and a member of the President’s Cabinet, and then should demand the other Senator also. We all know that such a demand would raise a storm that would bi- sect the party, turn it into two angry and rival camps and endanger its supremacy in the State. The appalling consequences, from a party standpoint, would not be overcome in a generation It is an excellent rule in politics to put yourself in the other man’s place and soberly determine how you would feel there. Tutting Northern California in the place of Southern California in this matter dgcides the question at once in favor of choosing the Senator from the South. It is a rapidly growing section of the State. As it has grown its Republican vote has grown. The immigration and the enterprisc it has domesticated there are largely Republican. Throughout that region are strong men in the party, and being strong they cannot be expected to submit to outlawry from their just rights. It is not saying too much to say that in this Presiden- ty vote will be greatly increased by the immediate, irank and friendly fellowshipping of South- ern California in the matter of the Senatorship. Noth- ing else can produce such a pleasant condition of good will in the whole party, and nothing else can more power- fully conduce to its symmetrical growth throughout the | State. Where justice is principles fiourish; where there is un- | stepped from the sidewaik to the streety selfishness and due regard for all rights the party that enforces that sentiment does not have to wait long for the vigor which it inspires. The material and political interests of Northern California do not require two Sen- ators. They are amply and well supplied now with rep- resentatives in the State and National governments. ery interest in Southern California does need the Sen- ator. To deny it is to injure them and affront the peo- ple. The Republican party cannot afford to do it, and we are persuaded that it will not do what it cannot afford to do. Two more of the plug-uglies that find with their fel- lows and hangers-on a2 mine of weaith in a gudgeon pub- lic are preparing for another “fight” in this city. The only preparation necessary for these bruisers is‘to in- | duce our sports to believe that the contest will be honest and nct unequal. While we have ample experience to prove that it will be neither, the box office receipts will not support either our experience or our beliefs. T nized as the leader of 130,000,000 people, ¢on- tinually deceived and comhpelied to contradict himself, confidently thanks and blesses the troops whom he calls his own for murdering in defense of lands which, with yet less right, he also calls his own.” Thus does Count Leo Tolstoy characterize his sov- - ereign, the Czar of Russia, in a recent issue of that TOLSTOY AND THE WAR. ‘6 HIS unfortunate, entangled young man, recog- | arch enemy of Russia, the London Times. , Nor does bunches of roses to be got if she has to | he halt at lese majeste in his fulminations against the “‘go broke” to doit. And the constable has received a wigging instead of the | promotion he had expected. i All Day With Tabbie. The forlorn condition of the cat is ; iniquity of the present war. A" judiciary much more | ienient than that of Russia would construe treason out | of the following utterance of the apostle of peace: | “So that to this question as to what is to be done , now, when war is commenced, for me, a man who under- stands his destination, whatever position I may occupy, ford of a round Norman tower—ang |31Tacting the attention of well-disposed there can berno other answer than this, whatever be several cottages, buildings. -of Osborne and was for a thmre the| stabling and farm persons in London, who recently held It adjoins the royal domain | @8 Well-attended meeting and unanim- | ously passed a resolution to invite the my circumstances, whether the war be commenced or wot, whether®thousands of Russians or Japanese be home of Queen Victoria, who occupied | Chancellor of the Exchequer to consid- | killed, whether not only Port Arthur be taken, but St. in. preference to her own Osborne | of view being superior. ! €r a proposition to tax cats as a meas- ise, the situation from many points | ure likely to promote the welfare of as God commands of me, the domestic pet and increase the as- sets of the British empire. One of the speakers urged that every argument Petersburg and Moscow—I cannot act etherwise than and that therefore I, as a man, can neither directly nor indirectly, neithet by direct- ing nor by helping, nor by inciting to it, participate in fhe During its regatia scason the Isle of Wight is the hub of the British Soch],i universe. The King is then always to be found there with his attendant sat- | racing and nobs of high degree .v'vu-ml all over the place. At such a time the | owner of a place like Norris Castle | higher social rank to offered against the time-honored dog War; 1 tax, which was first levied in 1796, could clites. The German Emperor general- | be brought against a cat tax. He es- ly turns up to take part in the yacht |timated that such a tax wouild produce £2,500,000 a year, and while it might eliminate the many it wou!d give “ would find himself “right in it.” i . Her Title to Fame. { HEADQUARFERS OF THE CALL, 5 _HENRIETTA § STREET, COVENT GARDEN, N, July 21.—It isn't every one who could hit a King square- 1y in the face and get off scot ree, but = certain athletic lady of London has done both things. She is Margaret Emith, the flower-seller who made such a mess of her attempt to -nyuhmuofitmbm the the few.” From his investigations it appeared that cat owners in the country favored a tax,| but an Essex farmer took the highly | economic view that a cat tax would add hundreds a year to-the burdens of agriculturists, as vermin would increase and multiply if the cat population were ! diminished to evade the tax gatherer. The movement seems to have substan- 1 cannot, I do not wish to, and I will not.” Tolstoy has said these things and not a hand has | been raised against him, no Cossack band has been sent | to drag him from his retreat into court and the final oblivion of Siberia. Had a student at Moscow or an artisan in the shops at Cronstadt but dared to whisper ! such a sentiment in the privacy of his own closet he would ere this be on his way across the Ural Mountains | to live the rest of his days as Number Such-and-Such in | Yakutsk or Verhoyansk. The secret is this-—the bu- | reaucracy in St. Petersburg™ dares not raise a finger against Tolstoy. An instructive sidelight upon despotic government is tial support, inasmuch as it is conduct- | this and a significant. Where journals may be sup- ed by the Church Society for the Pro-| pressed at the stroke of a pen and lettres de cachet ijs- motion of Kindnes to Animals. Austen Chamberlain will now determine whether the cat iax shall appear ams proposals budget. gk in the next sued against the highest ypon the mere voicing of a police suspicion, a man may send forth for the world’s « reading declarations verging on treason and remain un- scathed. This because that man has behind him sess. The indomitable old idealist from his Russian farm sways an influence greater than that of Nicholas on his throne. Tolstoy certainly speaks thus to the great hurt of his Government. His sentiments are the reflection of those of thousands of peasants, who'see sons and fath- ers taken away to fight for a land they mayhap have never heard of and to die before the bullets of men they have never known. Tolstoy's philosophy is the peasants’ philosophy: it needs no great study for them to be admitted to his faith, for it is their faith. When, therefore, the great teacher of a Christ-like love and Christ-like life inveighs against the brutalities and insani- ties of the Czar’s war his words will carry a thrill to the very backbone of the country itseif. Alameda County has decided to arrest every tramp that has the temerity to venture within the lines. of county authority. The decision is a wise one from at least two important points of view. It will save Ala- meda the expense of future prosecution for violations of the ilaw and will protect the people from the hazard of injury and depredation. A tramp should bring his credentials, if not his provisions, with him. A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY. A Canal Commission. In addition to the task of constructing an interoceanic canal for the free passage of the commerce of the world by the short route between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, they will soon administer the Panama railway. This short road con- nects at both ehds with steamship lines, and the company GREAT responsibility rests upon the operating the sole line of steam vesssels between the | isthmus of Panama and the Pacific Coast of the United States has for many years been so managed as to be auxiliary to the plan; of the transcontinental railways. The interest of the latter has been and still is to carry all the transcontinental freights between the Atlantic and Pacific seaboards of the United States. To pre- vent any interference with their projects they have had practical control of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com- pany’s operations between the designated points. Rates by the sea line have been made such that they have not interfered with the railways. The latter has had the trans- portation of freights as a monopoly for the greater bulk and for nearly all classes, The people of the Coast have been compelled to accept their terms. The United States Government now owns sixty-nine seventieths of the .¢tock of the Panama Railway Com- | pany and has three out of thirteen directors. The ad- vantage to commerce that will follow the opening of the Panagma canal is the free use of the sea to all comers. The United States Government is about to control the Panama railway. This road, used in conjunction with all carriers by sea, and thrown open to all who wish to use it for|the movements of commerce, on even terms, and without discrimination in favor of or against any car- | rier, is the key to much that will relate to commerce in the immediate future. of the cana! until the latter is completed and opened. Freights in both directions, the products of California and general merchandise of all sorts, can be given a chance very soon to move to market at the lowest rates. The beon that the canal may confer is only greater than that residing in the proper use of the Panama railway by the Government. 5 President Roosevelt has addressed a communication to the members of the Panama Canal Commission, ev- pressing a desire that no contract between the Panama Railway Company and any transportation line against public policy shall be renewed. As the Canal can never be given over to the exclusive use of any transportation company as a matter of public policy, it is difficult to see how the present opportunity to encourage com- ‘merce and to promote the use of the vessels of the merchant marine of the United States can be set aside | for the benefit of any combination of railways and steamship lines as against free use by the people. It is, however, reported on good authority from Wash- ington that the Panama Canal Commission will decide, while they are on the isthmus, for which the Commis- sioners have recently set sail, what shall be done about the contract between the Panama railway and the Pa- cific Mail Steamship Company. The Commissioners representing the United States Government as directors of the Panama railway now number but three. There are thirteen directors altogether. How the ten who are not representative of the United States will act is uncertain. Hence the situation is very interesting. A grave responsibility exists. T disclosed is that of the Knickerbocker Steamboat Company in New York City. It overloaded the Slocum with an excursion when its fire hose and life pre- sérvers were rotten, its crew a lot of ignorant louts and its captain an incompetent, and sent a thousand people to a dreadful death. But what touched the whole world 13 the quick made no impression upon the greedy ghouls who owned the boat. They obstructed, as much as they A LESSON UNHEEDED. HE most appa]ling'instance of human greed ever dared, the disclosure of facts that would put responsi- | bility upon them, and tried to pass the slaughter as one of those incidents of risk on the water that foresight can- nof prevent and courage cannot mitigate. But this is not all. boat of the Slocum constantly in commission as an ex- cursion boat, carrying thousands of people on outings around the bay, and when the special Federal inspectors desired to overhaul her the company refused to lay her off for that purpose. The officials were compelled to oard her as passengers and conduct an inspection while ! he was loaded with human freight.. They found the life preservers and fire hose rotten, the life boats and rafts incapable of living a moment in the water, and the whole craft a death trap, even more dangerous than the | Slocum. When the captain was asked to sound the bell | for a fire drill of the crew he did not know what it meant nor did the crew. No man knew anything about a sta- tion or co-operation in time of peril. They were of the same class as manued the Slocum. This is something that almost passes belief, and it would not be credited were it not in an official report. ‘When the Iroquois Theater burned every theater owner in the country understood that his self-interest required that he make his place safe, and this feeling was not con- fined to Chicago, but was general in this country and in the cities of Europe. But this Knickerbocker Steamboat Company, with the blood of a thousand on its grasping hands, was not impressed by its awful crime, but went on in the way of committing another. The law should reach such wretches, and when its hand is lifted there should be left upon them the mark of Cain the ’ weight of a moral power such as few Governments pos- | Panama ! Pacific | It can be used practically in lieu The company has had the sister | How He Missed It. In the old days of excitement, when | mining stocks were on the jump and men became millionaires over one day’'s dabbling, an Incident occurred at the country residence of James C. Flood in Menlo, when a fairly well-to- do resident found himself without a { home in the short period of one weeic. | The man’s name was Hank, and, be- |ing a first-class gardener, he readily found employment about the residences of the wealthy owners of mansions. In this way he was employed at the Flood residence. Hank was loitering about the garden one Saturday even- ing as the proprietor, company with a visitor, was looking over the stock. Mr. Flood, who had just stepped out !of the hog corral, casually remarked ! to his friend that he would be willing to make a bet that “Con would go up | t0 «300 before Christmas.” Hank con- | structed ‘“‘con” to mean Consolidated Virginia, and, taking the tip which {he thought would make him a | millionaire, he disposed of his holding | of 250 acres of fine land, his stock and, !in brief, every thing he had on earth | except his wife and four bright little | Hanks. The proceeds he invested 4 i I | [} | | | | | best a fifteen | fifteen davs — — other day Mr. John Sain became int esteq In a conversation with Mr. Da Kern. His horse being thirsty beca interested in a little stream wh 1uns close by the roadside, and mad a dash for the same, and nearly caj sized the buggy. Fortunately Mr. Kern caught the buggy, preventing serious accident. We notice Mr. Fred Stiers driving through our vicinity very frequently. Several of the young ladies of this place had their photos taken recently while hoeing sweet potatoes. Mr. and Mrs. §. B. Warner of Loga gave an outing to their regular boar« ers Sunday, July 3. They went to Salt- peter,Cave, where a fine dinner was served, which co ed of roast chicken, roast pork, hard boiled eggs, pickles, olives, three kinds of cake, three kinds of pies, bread and butter, and jelly, hot coffee, lemonade and pop.—Logan (Ohio) Journal-Gazette. A Miner’s Inch. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. Editor Call—Dear Sir: Your ed torial in to-day’s issue upon “Irriga- tion Fancies” contains an error that I feel sure you will be glad to correct. This is as to the duty of water. “A miner’s inch to 500 acres land” is so absurd that I feel sure is & typographical error. The quantity of water capable of produc ing a crop in Calif. a is one miner 1 2 of t 3 s inch to ten acres, and that in oranze growing in Southern Califor: This is accomplished only by accumulat ing the water for delivery in a head of thirty inches once a month, or at inch head once every For alf: one miner's inch to | three acres is sufficient in the Los An- geles region. In large propositions like the Im- perial canals in the desert of Yuma the term miner's ineh is never used; instead the term is acre fe which means one foot of water covering each \ | * | HANK HEARD THAT CON WOULD | GO UP TO 300 BEFORE CHRIST- | MAS. & 5 iin Consolidated Virginia stock, which | was then selling at $76 a share. | Christmas came, but instead of “Con" going up to $300 it fell to $25. The man | was a pauver. In lamenting his loss he incidentally mentioned to a friend | of Flood's how he lost his all. Flood, | who was generous to a fault, sent for Hank and had him repeat his story. | When he learned of his chance re- mark about “Con going to 300 before | Christmas” he fairly shook with laugh- | ter, and explained what it meant. | It was in reference to the gift of af young sow, made a present to him by “Con” O'Connor, who, for the fun of |the thing, had called the pig “Con.” The bet alluded to the sow's increasing | in weight to 300 pounds befere Christ- | mas and not to Con. Virginia. | Having enjoyed the joke and ‘after | joshing Hank the noble-hearted Flood | bought back the ranch for Hank and | recompensed him for all his losses. The originality of the joke and the knowl- | edge of the penalty paid by an eaves- dropper was Flood's reward. | —_— t Dear Oid Cap'n: Pink. | Ol1d Capting Pink of the Peppermint, Though kindly at heart and good, Had a blunt, bluff way of a-gittin’ 'is say That we all of us understood. When he brained a man with a pingle epike, Or plastered a seaman flat, We should 'a been blowed, but we all of us knowed by that. That he didn't mean nothin’ Sometimes he'd stroll from the ostrich hateh | o Jest a-feelin’ a trifle rum, | Then he’d hang us tars to the masts and i spars By aheel or an ear or a thumb. | | When he had done like that, as he oft. times did, | We winked at each other and smole, And we snickered in glee and says, says we, “Ain’t that like the dear old soul!” 01d Capting Pink of the Peppermint, We all of us loved 'im so, That we waited one night till the tide was right s And the funnels was set for a blow, Then we hauled 'im out of ‘is feather bed, And hammered the dear old bloke; And he understood (as we knowed he would) . That we done what we did as a joke. g'rhen w‘ed roguishly tumbled 'im over the e side, And quickly reversin’ the screws, We hurried away to Mehitable Bay 0Old Capting Pink of the Peppermint— For a jolly piratical cruise. I'm shocked and I'm pained to say, rhat there's few you'll find of the cap. ting’s kind In this here deggnerate day. —Wallace Irwin, in Leslie's Monthly. H ustling. Modern Journalism. ’ Mr. Joseph Griner has surprised his buggy with a new coat of paint and also surprised his horse with a fine set of harness. New girls, watch out, Joseph will be around; don’t all pe ready at once. Mr. Will Myers has purchased a new buggy. Will says he would take the girls buggy-riding if he was old enough. Mr. Robert Patton of Carbonhill was in our vicinity last week on busi- n eSS, + While driving along the road the acre, Having no connection with any rigation project, but from_Jong prac- tical experience, familiar witlirriga- tion methods, I have presumed to rect the error in your editerial Yours truly, WILLIAM H. HOLABIRD, Moscow's Magic Grove. w The ' cvclone ch raged around Moscow on June 29, causing great loss of life and tremendous damage property, was a storm such as is dom seen in Russii. At intervals of unusual size fell—some stones large as a hen’s egg—and the blew with terrific force. Almost the first that suffered the historical Annenhoffsky which eye-witnesses say was ¢ to the ground as if by word of com- mand. This grove was called into be- ing bv the Empress Anna. Ome day from her balcony she remarked, “What a beautiful spot—if only thers was a grove here! Next morning on going to her win- dow she beheld a grove. The Duke of o as wind was Biron had given orders that in tha night all the trees in the neighbore hood should he transplanted there So, in a single night, the Annen< hoffsky Grove was planted. Last weel it was destroyed in a second.—London Mail. Answers to Querics. BLAKE THE ACTOR—E. T. S, City. Winfleid Blake, the actor, was a resident of San Francisco befors he appeared on the stage at Fischer's. CUB. PAPER—E. H., Oakland, Cal. There are published in the city of Havana, Cuba, a paper called the Havana Post and La Lucha (Enge lish-Spanish). SUPERFLUOUS HAIR—Calandria, Modesto, Cal. This, department docs not recommend any particular prepara- tion for the removal of superflucus hair. Any drugsist can do that. PLUMP NECK—Calandria, Modesto, Cal. The answer to the question: “How will one acquire a white, plump neck” is, if nature has not blessed you w a white, plump neck, you will have te be satisfled with what nature has given you. DEVELOPMENT—Calandria, Mo- desto, Cal. There are any number of books of physical culture obtainable at small cost from bookseilers that will describe exercise which, it i claimed, will “‘develop the bust and hips.” COMMANDER IN CHIEF—H. M. Oakland, Cal. 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