The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 10, 1904, Page 8

FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1904 BY F. 1904, by know,” ty hours It's something Dooley on Travel. n go fr'm Chicago to New York little roost, I wud've made a cheerful | | grate fire an’ left a slight deposit iv | r-red ashes. Th’ mornin’ came too; soon. 1 called me illusthrees almost Booker Wash'nton an’ with th’ assist- ance iv th’ step laddher, th’ bel rope an’ th’ bald head iv th’ man in th’ law- { er berth, T bounded lightly out iv me| little nook an’ rose fr'm th' flure with| no injury worse thin a sprained ankle. I thin walked th’ long an’ splindid aisle flanked be gentlemen who were | writhin’ into their clothin’ an’ soon| found mesilf in th' superbly appointed | wash room. | { *“What hasn’'t American ingenuity' | done f'r th’ wurruld. Here® we were fairly flyin’ through space or stoppin’ f'r wather at Polo Illinye, an’' ye cud wash ye'ersilf as comfortably as ye |cud in th’' hydrant back iv th' gas house. There were three. handsome wash basins, wan piece 1v shy, evasive soap an’ towels galore—that is, almost enough to go round. In fromt iv each wash basin was a delicately nurtured child iv luxury cleansin’ himself an’ th’ surroundin’ furniture at wan blow.! Havin' injyed a very refreshin’ attimpt ‘1o | 3t & bath, I sauntered out into th’ car. It must be 1K |1y 1o51ed almost like th, pitchers in th® pamphlet, or wud’ve if all th’ boots had been removed. Th scene was rendered P. DUNNE McClure, Phillips & Co. said Mr. Hennessy, like flyin’,” said Mr. | Dogoley, “but it's also like fallin’ off & | more atthractive be th' prisince iv th’ roof or bein’ clubbed be a polisman.” | fair sect. Charmin’ woman is always “It's wondherful how luxuryous |charmin’ but niver more so thin on a modhren thravel is” sleepin’ car in th’ mornin’ after a hard nessy. “Oh, w “It's a at nigh still awake in Ch! Ye lave New Thursdah nost a dh ye ar- injve such com wud make th' Sh: if he heerd of th elled thousan’ fly through palace cars with Th' an’ thry is. palace Onarka an’ bein’ deepo to another. th »wn there I plunge. u fine cor ssenger agent e a faint idee pome sho how. th’ thrain | 2gain. Let thim that will bask in their ed to th' passenger agent. Ili-|comforts. 1 stay at home. Whiniver I} ; dhressed ladies an’ gintlemen | feel th’ desire to fly through space, I i th’ handsomely upholstered | throw four dollars out iv th’ window, | seats or sthrolled through th’ broad | put a cinder into me eye an’ go to be\il Pierpont Andhrew thaved. In th’ see a crowd iv jolly men playin’ poker; near by sat thres silf Here is i feet foremos! boundin’ down to th’ deepo. four dollars at th' whin which I surrinde: American citizen. in me hand I wint through a line iv dherful,” said Mr. Dooley. | in Kansas City an' ye ar-re | York to-day an’ can’t get back. An’ all th’ time ye | much since I hastily put four miles iv salt land between me an’ th’ con- . but I've always wanted tQ space on that names th’ Pullman cars pa-aper collars iv this coum- is our greatest pote, whoiver he I cud see mesilf steppin’ aboard a on wheels called Obulula or, towny iv mine in Saint Looey asked With th’ vitive article be th’ gin'ral | There was pitchers in this lit- d in a corner dictatin’ a letter to Carnaygie. shop Jawn D. Rockyfeller was bein’ while a naygur waither dashed ‘ fro an’ pushed mint juleps into | 1h’ fash'nable comp'ny. 2g me fr'm that rollin’ home iv | he had concluded some portant business with his nails an’ he slung back a yard iv green paper by id Mr. Hen- |5 2 | night's rest an’ forty miles fr'm a curl- | in' ir'n. With their pretty faces slightly | hreaked be th’ right iv way, the! eyes dancin’ with suppressed fury an’ their hair almost sthraight, they make a pitcher that few can f'rget—an’| they're lucky. But me eyes were not fr thim. To tell ye th' thruth, Hin- nissy, I was hungry. I thought to find a place among th' coal in me f'r wan iv thim sumchous meals I had hurred about an’ I summoned th’ black prince who was foldin’ up th’ beddin’ with his teeth. ‘I wud like a breakfast fr'm ve'er superbly equipped buffay, says I ‘I got ye,’ says he. ‘We have canned lobster, canned corn-beef, canned to- matoes, canned asparygus, an’ wather fresh fr'm th’ company’'s own spring at" th’ Chicago wather wurruks,’ he says. ‘Have ye annything to eat? says L ‘Sind me th' cook,’ I says. ‘T'm th'| cook,’ says he, wipin' a pair iv shoes with his sleev: “What do ye do ye'er cookin’ with? says I. ‘With a can opener,’ says he, givin’ a hearty laugh. “An’ so we whiled th' time away till | Saint Looey was reached. O'Brien an’ hjs wife nursed me back to life. I ray-) turned on th’ canal boat an’ here I am| almost as well as befure I made me pleasure jaunt. I'm not goin’ to do it ream. Ye go to bed | icago in th’ mornin’. nex’ re in San Francisco orts an’ iligances as ah iv Persha invious im. I haven't thrav- wather an’ wan iv thim th’ beautiful names. fired fr'm wan union So las’ month whin detarmined to make invitation come | ndivrin’, Hinnissy, to | iv th’ glories iv th’| Morgan was dis- on a shelf in th’ closet.” In th' The Leak. Brigadier General George H. Harries of the District of Columbia militia was for many years an active newspaper worker at the capital. Some years ago, when a Senate investigating committee was trying to ascertain who gave the press information concerning their ex- ecutive sessions, George Harries en-| tered a committee room where Senator Faulkner of West Virginia and Senator | Bate of Tennessee were discussing the | question, and Senator Faulkner said: “Harries, I wish you would frankly tell | me how you newspaper fellows get in- | formation concerning the transactions | of our secret sessions.” After a moment of reflection Harries barber | smokin’ car ye ‘tud e wags tellin’ comic | Says I to me- They’ll have to | fe. An’ I wint I slung * prisidint iv th’ road im- t,’ says I. red me rights as an With this here deed- haughty gintlemen in uryform an’|replied: “I should have no objection to wan afther another looked at th’ | telling you if I knew you were author-) ticket an’ punched a hole in it. Whin | ized to receive the information.” ] got to th' thrain th' last iv these gr-reat men Says: ticket?” ‘I had,’ plasther was a ago!” ‘Get aboard,” says he, givin’ me “Then why don’t you tell the commit- tee?” inquired Senator Faulkner. “Is the committee properly consti- tuted and duly authorized to receive such information, Senator?” ‘Have ye got a says 1. ‘This porous ticket three minyits —THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL| JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor o « « « « « « + + o Address All Communications to JOHN McNAUGHT, Mamager Publication Ofice .........-- seseeserssescanisiosasesrniaases saanves oneos . Third and Markes Streeta, 8. F. Yeeisestertibishsiassaacassnesrinsscss AUGUST Y0, 1004 TAX REFORM. HE constitution of California requires that :the T State, county and local revenues shall be de'nv.ed from a general property tax. This of course is in- tended to include in one assessment all the realty and personalty of the State, whether in individual, p:_rtner- ship or corporate ownership. The inequality of this sys- tem has long been notorious. The burden r:-i taxation falls upon realty, and upon such forms of pérsonalty as live stock and farm implements. Experience of this inequality has led the State Grange to an examination of the subject, in quest of a remedy. A committee was appointed by that body te investigate and report a plan for tax reform. The committee had the assistance of Professor Plehn of the State Univer- sity, whose investigations and reports upon the economic features of taxation are accepted -as texts everywhere. His conclusion is that the general property tax is wrong in principle, for the reason that personal property is casily subject to.sequestration and evasion of assess- ment and the burden it should bear is put upon realty. To prove this progressive inequality, he shows that| the amount of personalty assessed in this State in 1806 was 16 per cent less than the amount assessed in 1872, while in the same period the assessment of realty in- creased two and a quarter fold! To state it in another form, in 1880 personal property was nearly 27 per cent of the total assessment of the State; in 1896 it was only a little more than 14 fler cent of the total. Omitting from the assessment of both years the railroad prop- erty, the assessed valuation of the personalty of the State was 21 per cent in-1880 and in 1896 only 12 per cent of the whole. In the seventeen years from 1880 to 1806 the increase in the assessment of realty was 125 per cent, while the increase in personalty was only 8 per cent. Not only does this inequality exist, but another ap-. pears in the assessment of realty in cities and in the country. The realty of a farmer is assessed from 8 | 16 12 per cent higher, that is to say, nearer its true value, than realty in the city. The conclusion from these and other disclosures of a careful investigation shows that equality is impossible under a general property tax. The committee recom- mends that the derivation of revenue to support the State government be from another source than a general property tax. In this connection the well-known sys- tems, long followed, of Connecticut, New Jersey, Penn- sylvania and Wisconsin, are cited. In those States there is no property tax for the support of the State govern- ments. That support is derived entirely from a tax, or license upon corporations and franchises, which are exempted from taxation for county and local purposes. This leaves the general property of the State to respond only for the support of county and local government, re- lieving it from a State tax entirely. The report of the United States Industrial Commis- sion on the subject of taxation says that in Connecticut | these special taxes exceed the current expenditure of the State and leaye a surplus to liquidate the State debt. In New Jersey the report' says that the revenues derived from the special tax on railroad and canal corporations, riparian lands and the franchise tax on miscellaneous corporations, on interstate and collateral inheritance, is sufficient to defray all State expenses, and that the sys- tem of taxing corporations directly by the State is effi- cient, simple, certain and economical. In Pennsylvania the taxes for State purposes are almost wholly paid by corporations, leaving individuals subject to taxation for local purposes only, except that mortgages, bonds and other classes of personal property taxable under the Jaws of the State and owned by corporations pay a State tax, three-fourths of which is returned to the coun- ties. The Grange Committee concludes: “In those States de- riving their revenue by license or tax on corporations and exempting such corporations from county, district, township and local tax, the system gives good satisfac- tion to both State and corporations, as it requires them to deal in their assessments with the State alone. In our consideration of the subject we are fully satisfied that the system of raising the State revenue by a tax on corporations is the easiest, fairest and most equitable that has come under our consideration, and it also re- “Of course it is.” “How do you make a short, frindly kick, an’ in a minyit I found mesilf amid a scene iv oryental splendhor an’ no place to put me grip- sack. . “I shtud dhrinkin’ in th’ glories iv th’ scene ontil a proud mdn who cud qualify on color f'r all his meals at th’ White House come up an’ ordhered me to bed. Fond as I am iv th’ col- ored man, Hinnissy, I wud sometimes wish that th’ summer styles in Pull- man porters was more light an’ airy. It is thrue that th’ naygur porter more durable an’ doesn’t show th’ dirt, but on th’ other hand, he shows th’ heat more. “Where,’ says I, ‘do I sleep?’ ‘I don’ kn.’e:len ye sleep, cap,’ says he, ‘but r ticket reads f'r an upper ’ ‘I wud prefer a thrapeze,’ says I, “but if ye'll call out th' fire department, maybe they can bhelp me in’ says I. At that time he projooced a scalin’ laddher, an’ th’ thrain goin’ around a curve at that minyit I soon found mesilf on me hands an’ knees in wan iv th’ coziest little upstairs rooms ye iver saw. He dhrew th’ curtains an’ so will I. But some day whin I am downtown I am goin' to dhrop in on me frind th’ prisidint fv th’ Pullman Company an’ ask him to publish a few hints to th’ wayfarer. I wud like to know how a gintleman can take off his clothes while settin’ on thim. It wud help a ®ood deal to know what to do with th’ ate in the regular Dolph resolution,” Faulkner. Harries said: ing Post. that out?” way, Indian Politics. The effect of education upon the In- dian has been to revolutionize politics, and the Indian has taken up the white man’s method: the campaign commit- tee has taken the place of the barbe- cue and campaign literature the place of the stump speech. The Indian takes “Why it was constituted by the Sen- under the replied Senator | He then went on to give every detail of the manner in which the | Senate, in executive session, discussed | and adopted the resolution; committee was constituted, and that it was empowered to make the investiga- tion. When the Senator had concluded how the “Well, Senator Faulkner, that is the way we newspaper fellows get our in- formation concerning all of the detalls of the proceedings of the secret execu- tive sessions of the Senate.” Senator Faulkner did not catch the full significance of Harries’ remark un- til Senator Bate.quietly and good hu- moredly said: “Faulkner, if every Sen- ator were as easy to pump as you are we might as well hold our secret ses- sions on the portico.”—Saturday Even- lieves the counties of a tax for State purposes. One very desirable object would be accomplished by it in Califor- nia; it would do away with equalization of property be- tween counties, which, under the system adopted by the State Board of Equalization, is notoriously unjust.” The report further proposes that the State derive the $3,000,000 now required for support of the public schools by indirect taxation. As the internal revenue tax of the Federal Government on beer, spirits and tobacco amounts to over three millibns a year, there is no rea- son why that form of property should not be relieved from local license and subjected to a State excise, ade- quate for the support of the schools. The Grange has made a good case, backed by a suf- ficiency of facts, and it should now formylate the neces- sary amendment to the constitution and get the sub- ject fairly before the people for action by the next Legis- lature. No longer may Philadelphia be sneered at as the: elowest and the sleepiest of American cities. A few days ago a highwayman, mounted on a motor cyele, halted an automobile on the highway near the City of Brotherly Love and compelled the affrighted occupants to disgorge one thousand dollars. If this is not up to date in the art of depredation one is puzzled to know what is. Philadelphia thieves at least are running a little ahead of the times. very hard. Their percent'age of proteins is from I3 to 18, against II in our common wheats. y The crop in this country is in demand for use in the macaroni factories. If it prove, however, that the gluten of these wheats can reinforce the common wheats with good results in the loaf, the product is surg to largely increase. Macaroni is made in the United States from common wheat flour, but it is not sfrong as a food arti- cle, for lack of gluten, having the same infirmity as bread made from flour that has an excess of starch. We hope that next se'pson will furnish manyl! experi- ments with macaroni wheat in California. There can be no loss on the crop, for our macaroni product is large and the factories will undoubtedly furnish a market for the flour or “semolina,” as it is called by the macaroni makers. Those who desire the seed for sowing can get all necessary information from Mr. ‘M. A. Carleton, the grain expert of the Department of Agriculture at Wash- ington. The teledattilograph has been added to the scientific triumphs of the new century, and one may now cheat “central” and all the other aggravations of the tele- phone with the chuckling assurance that the machine will take all messages and transcribe them upon a type- writer. - Admirable as is this invention, so conducive to the decline of profanity, it is reasonably certain that its name will prevent most of us from talking about it. I Review an article by Miss L. L. Stebbins is published with the caption “Eliniinating the San Francisco Hoodlum.” Miss Stebbins is the probation officer of the juvenile court that was instituted for the purpose of preventing the development of wayward children into confirmed criminals. To the" court are brought San Francisco boys and girls who are travéling the swift road to bad citizenship and who are charged with some in- fraction of law. Miss Stebbins undertakes to enlighten the public from the advantageous point of view of an _habitual and official observer concerning the practical working of the first attempt that has been made in San Francisco in this line. Before May, 1903, so writes Miss Stebbins, children under sixteen years of age were cast into jail with crim- inals, prostitutes and drunkards, to come up in a police court reeking with foul air and degradation. That has been stopped. Arresting officers now tell the stories of youthful delinquency to only the Judge, the parents and the probation officer. Judge is not the punishment to be meted out, but the treatment that will help the boy or girl to true manhood or womanhood. Before thé hearing the probation officer delves into the character of the child in detention and attempts to lo- cate the responsibility for acts, “which in nine cases out of ten rests with the parents.” She looks up the child’s school record or the record of work. When the court comes to consider the case the Judge has a*written his- tory of the culprit before him and the probation officer stands ready to represent the young person. Miss Stebbins reports that about one-half the boys ELIMINATING THE HOODLUM. . N the August number of the Merchants’ Association are dismissed. These are usually lads of good standing, | with fair homes, who have offended by jumping on cars and trains, throwing rocks wildly, playing handball in the street or in similar ways. When there is a conflict of evidence or when some new avenue of investigation is suggested that would much illumine the situation the case is held over for one, two or three weeks, the boy returning to his home or remaining in detention, to re- port again in court. There are one hundred boys on probation. Some of these are less than fourteen years of age. They are re- ceiving the attention of the truant officers and are get- ting aid from school . rincipals and teachers on the way to steadiness and honesty. Many of the truants are victims of the padrone system. The older boys, those more than fourteen years of age, are required to report to the probation officer every Friday evening. All but one or two of such boys are kept steadily at work and are reported to be “daily growing more responsible.” It is the aim of the juvenile court t® stimulate a desire in boys to learn a trade and then to find occupation. This last is not always easy. Employers balk at the mention of the juvenile court. Only with the co-operation of the school and the em- ployer is it possible to cheat the reform school, save the taxpayer arfd create good citizens. In these state- ments there is food for'thought. Miss Stebbins ex- presses surprise than any man or woman in San Fran- cisco should fail to take personal interest in the at- tempt to save boys. The fund for the probation of- ficer’s salary and incidentals, the expense of sending a sickly qhild to the country or money for a waif’s neces- sary change of clothing or for temporary board is pro- vided with the greatest difficulty by the juvenile court committee. pd —— The Opivm Commission appointed by Taft to suggest |° ways and means to restrict if not to destroy the in- fluence of the death-giving drug in the Philippinés sug- gests that the Government establish a ‘monopoly of sale for three years, issue smokers’ licenses to inveterate victims of the habit, and introduce ig the public schools a course of instruction designed to illustrate the hor- rors of opium-smoking. How wonderfully productive of good these rules would be if they were rigorously ap- plied much nearer home. ¢ The gambling fraternity, ever alert to protect the The question in the mind of the | A Thesis on Mary. Mary was a girl af platonic tenden- cles. She loved a little Lamb. Mary belonged jto the Band of Hope and was the original precursor of the S. P. C. A. Love, though, is cruel, ac- cording to the poets and therefore Mary was not a worthy philanthropist. If Mary had any brothers or sisters it was very selfish of her to love the Lamb so much. Maybe she didn't love her mother; maybe her mother was cruel to her and made her sweep down the kitchen steps every Thurs- day as near 12 o'clock as possible. That may account for the psycholog- ical truth of reasoning set up in Mary’s mind which ultimately result- ed in her affection for the Lamb. The only theory to explain in any satisfac- tory manner Mary's love for the Lamb is that she was a girl of Platonic ten- dencies. An English psychologist has en-/ deavored to arrive at a solution of the problem by advancing the theory of prenatal influences. At present, how- ever, no one is in a position to state authoritatively that the constant pres- pure of an angora goat rug in the front parlor of Mary's mother’s home would so work upon the subconscious self resident in Mary’'s mother’s mind as ‘to produce by its aura a love for the Lamb in Mary. Such casuistries belong to the domaln of pseudo-sci- ence rather than to pure reasoning. Since there is one link lacking In the chain and that the direct evidence of Mary herself we must lean to the most natural solution of this vexed problem, the one that first suggests itself to reason, the one that best | stands the test of every contradictory | hypothesis brought to bear upen it. Mary was a girl of Platonic tenden- cles, The Merchant Marine. * OAKLAND, Cal., Aug. 5. Editor Cgli—Dear Sir: Is Govern- ment aid what is needed to develop the | American merchant marine? As long as present conditions prevail Government aid, whether in the shape of subsidies, export or import bounties, will prevent rather than foster any de- velopment, because such assistance will only tend to give an additional asset to | such companies as exist to-day, which, | firmly established already, control the | trade of the east and of the south, and make rivalry out of the question. No Government ald or bounty what- ever could have given life to any of the steamship lines which attempted to ob- tain a share of the traffic of the south- ern countries. Freight rates have been cut down from $20 to $4 and the vic- tory has always been for the subsidized line. Nor have vessels sailing under foreign flags, British, Mexican, Chilean —vessels of cheaper construction, man- ned by sailors and officers earning one- third of the salaries paid to American officers and men—been able to over- come the conditions composed by estab- lished lines. Government has rightly fomented American industry and brought it up to a condition where it can flood Euro- | pean markets. It would seem about time to try and let such industries fight their own battles. Mr. George W. Dickie tells us that American industry makes Americans pay $56 per ton for steel and he is‘content to let European shipbuilders pay $35 per ton. i ‘Would it not be posible to foster new lines of vessels in such a way that there would be a chance of success? Permit me to offer a suggestion, crude enough no doubt, but which may perchance offer an opening. If it be lawful to limit the amount a transportation company may charge for freight and pasenger traffic in one direction, why not may it be lawful to impose certain restrictions in the con- trary sense? A certain company charges the high- est rate for its service. Another com- pany enters the field, at the same rate or perhaps a trifle less, the first imme- diately brings its charges down to a point where business can no longer be carried on by the opposition, and the subsidized line helps to “sweep the American flag from the ocean.” Now if the transportation company had to fix its rate for the year, like the ‘water comparfies, for instance, or make a declaration to the Government that it intended to reduce or increase its rate for a given reason and for a stated time, thus covering cases for legitimate reductions for excursions, etc., then there would be a possibility for other lines to venture into the fleld. It is but a few weeks since that we witnessed a war between steamship lings sailing on this coast, where one line was com- pelled to forego carrying passengers and confine itself to lumber. Why should = transportation companies be permitted to state that their rates shall be increaséd or diminished at their own will? If an established line charges $10, for example, a competing line would charge the e, or say $8; the first company would then declare its inten- tion of making tMe same rate or less, if 1t liked, but it would be compelled to stand by its new rate for one year. By that time If both companies were use- ful they would work in harmony and ' TALK OF THE TOWN — Chief Clerk Buckland of the Territo- rial Secretary’s office will attend to the correspondence in the matter, while the Tropic Fruit Company has under- taken to pay the express charges. Spe- cial orders to speed the package will be given to Wells-Fargo's express. “Mr. Henriques will send a man spe- cially to Wahiawa to-morrow to seleet the choicest fruit for the consign- ment. The case of pineapples will be forwarded In the steamship Ventura to San Francisco on Tuesday.” He Had No Chance. Ex-Congressman James D. Richard- son of Tennessee, who has given up politics for Masonic activities, delights to tell stories about the great Amer. fcan game. “I had a friend,” related the Congressman recently to a group of listeners, “who was a cotton planter near New Orleans. One evening he boarded a Mississippi River steamboat bound north. Becoming lonesome, my friend began looking for a little game of draw. He was not long In finding it, and sat in. He lost from the start, and as the game progressed the stakes kept getting higher. About 4 o’clock in the morning my friend began to realize that his chances of getting even with that game were slim, when just then the steamboat whistle blew loud and long. The planter pushed his chair back from the table and said: ‘Gentlemen, I have played in this hyar game all night. I have lost and have nothing to say on that account; but T'll bet $100 that I can holler louder than the whistle on this boat.” The stakes were put up and one af the gamblers hastened to the engimeer and bribed him to put on all the steam pos- sible. The party repaired to the deck. The whistle was blown. The planter yelled, but his voice was mot heard. ‘Gentlemen,” said the victim of the po- ker sharks, ‘in this hyar yellin’ contest I lost my money fa'r and squaF; but I had a better chance to win than I had in that pokah game I sat im all night.’ - His Crest. J. Plerpont Morgan is gifted with a great deal more of humor than is gen- erally known. Not long ago, while in London, he was introduced to a woman who made some pretemsions to peer- age. “Pardon me,” said the woman, haughtily, “to which Morgans do you belong?” “Oh, we are an independent replied Mr. Morgan, slyly, “but we rdate back to the Norman kings.” “Ah, then, you have a coat of arms?’ Mr. Morgan dug down into his pocket and brought forth a shining American $20 gold piece. “This,” he said, “is our coat of arms; a few other familles have adopted the same eém- blem. But,” he continued, confiden- tially, “we are gathering them in as fast as possible.” Answers to Queries. STEAMERS—R. J. R., Sacramento, Cal. There is no line of steamers, reg- ular or tramp, that runs between New York and San Francisco around the Hora. THE MAINE—S. and R. O. T. C., Kernville, Cal. The battleship Maine that was blown up in the harbor of Havana was a fifst-class vessel and so rated in the United States Naval Reg- ister. STEAMERS—F. 8. V. M., Eureka, Cal. The steamers Australia and the Zealandia are both laid up at Benlcia. Captain Bob Lawless, who was the commander of the first named, is also at Benicia, looking after both vessels. ROUND ROBIN—R. H., City. The round robin that was signed at Cuba during the Spanish-American war was in reference to Commissary BEagan, against whom a complaint was made to the War Department at Washing- ton, D. C. OLD-TIME POSTAGE—P. P. K., Sa- linas, Cal. During the year 1384 tran- sient newspapers were classed by the Postoffice Department as third-class matter and the postage was one cent for each two ounces or fractional part thereof, invariably prepaid by stamps. THE TIVOLI—Subscriber, City. The Tivoli on Eddy street, the old site, was clothes whin ye have squirmed out iv | to politics like a mosquito to a swamp. thim. duropped into th’ aisie? without throwin’ th' Ar-re they to be rolled up in @ ball an’ placed undher th’ head or Again, in th’ mernin’ how to get into th’ clothes thrain off th’ He can tell the effect of a policy upon his people quicker than a white man; and an Indian politician, if one can get him to tell the truth, can make an ac- curate estimate of the result of an elec- thrack? I will tell ye confidintial! Hinnissy, that not bein’ a contortian- ist, th’ on'y thing I took off was me hat. © “Th’ thrain sped on an’ on. I cud not sleep. Th’ luxury iv thravel kept me wide awake. Who wud coort slumber in such a little bower? There was som that it; I-herd thim coortin’. But not 1. T lay awake while we fiew on, I might say, bumped through space. It seemed hardly a minyit befure we were in Saint Looey. It seemed a of the Five Tribes. plenty of money. The Choctaw Indians have the old Indian campaign and" winning party wins on a basis would do credit to any political ma- chine in the States. A regular cam- paign committee is appointed. It has From the time it is tion long before it takes place. The Choctaws, while they do not show so much progressiveness in other lines as the Cherokees, are the best politicians pped e MACARONI WHEAT. AST year about a million bushels of macaroni L wheat was raised in this country, and the product this season will be much larger. This wheat is, botanically, the triticum durum, while our other wheats are triticum vulgare. The characteristic of the durum whegt is richness in gluten. There are many varieties of Russian origin, and those that have proved best in this country are the kubanka, yellow garnovka, black Don, beloturka and velvet Don. These wheats are extensivé- 1y grown in the Dakotas, and are mixed with 20 per cent of common wheat for gristing. i R As on the same soil they have less starch and more desperate game it is permitted by mistaken law to play upon a gullible public, has blown another hole in the local ordinance that serves as a sop to public opinion. Foreign races are exempt from pool-elling restrictions and the weak and criminal have a.new field in which to be trapped. The tricksters should be wise enough to reflect that greed sometimes overreaches itself. < — e A New Jersey genius says he has invented a process for the fabrication of asbestos cloth that may be used comfortably and stylishly as garments. The discovery might be used to distinct advantage by some of the chorus girls thet wander this way from New York. The p of the safety of these young ladies and the fascinated male members of their the public would profit and new flelds would have to be developed. B E. H. COFFEY. Pineapples for Roosevelt. The steamship Ventura, which ar- rived in port on Mong » carried pre- clous freight, as the llowing from the Honolulu Pacific Commercial Ad- vertiser attests: “President Roosevelt will, igside of two weeks, have reason to be ‘de- lighted’—that is, if he has a tooth for pineapples. No doubt the President never saw such fine pineapples as are grown in Hawali, and a plot has been matured to give him both sight and opened in the spring of 1879. The light opera “Pinafore,” the first of the operas produced at that place of amusement, was put on July 3 of that year and had a run ef sixty-three nights. PANAMA HATS—F. 0. M., City. If Panama hats are only soiled and not greasy they may be cleaned by wash- ing with castile soap and water and a brush. If greasy it is cheaper to turn them over te a professional cleaner and safer, as an amateur may ruin a very good hat. ILLUSTRATORS—A. A, * Forest Ranch, Cal. Illustrators for newspa- pers, like poets, are born. Some can appointed until the campaign is over it devotes its entire time to the cam- paign.’ The greater part of its work is compiling and distributing campaign literature. Every issue that is involved in the election is_gone over thoroughly and every argument is answered. This lirerature is printed in English IM‘ Choetaw. The party that has adopted the new method has won every elec- audiences has Ic s ‘h e I9n¢ taste of the finest pines that Hawaii gluten than the common wheats, they should be the sub- produces. ject of experiment in California, where we must restore gluten to hold our oWn as a wheat State. The statement | is made that our millers import Dakota wheat for ad- mixture in gristing, and it is of interest to know wheth- er any of the imported stock is macaroni wheat. These wheats have long straw, and broad, smooth leaves with | heavily bearded heads, having much the appearance of year. On an’ iver on we fic past for- est, river an’ plain. Th’ lights burned brightly just over me left ear, th’ win- dows. was open an’ let in th' hoarse, exultant shriek iv th’ locymotive, th' conversation iv th’' baggage man to th’ heavy thrunk, th’ bammy night air an® gr-reat purple clouds iv Tllinye coal #moke. I took in enough iv this splin- been a disturbing one. be educated, the same as peets may . be, but the inspiration is heaven born. “Acting Governor Atkinson, upon There are illustrators who have pro- reading about the arrival at New | juced’ work that has won fame for York in good condition of pineapples them, as well as a good conrpensation, forwarded hence by Edgar Henriques, | who never went to an art sehool. was struck with the idea of giving S B President Roosevelt and Cabinet a| Townsend's California Glate fruits in treat of the Hawaiian delectable fruit. | artistic fire-etched boxes. 715 Market st.* ——.— Accordingly he sent for Mr. Henriques Local saloon-keepers gre still insistent upon. their demand that theBoard of Supervisors be constituted an | appellate court for the granting of liquor licensés which have been frefused by the Police Commissioniers. It is probable that the/matter will be submitted to electors as a charter améndment. When that is done the saloon did product iv our prairie soil to qualify | tion in the Choctaw nation. The j n £ i ae 2 coal yard. Be G time th' sun | that clings (o the old Indian .!KS, barley. The heads are very large and vary in color [ men should be taught the significant lesson that it is xumkgm:mm i i g veeked or, I may ll!..m into melis —-xu-.uu Journal. from yellow oov-b-ruuh fn‘m hm-u sometimes wise to let well enough alone. R T tamily, | Erets Clipping u (Allews). 230 Cal-