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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY., AUGUST Rider Haggard's Dream. Special Correspondence. H!-.'AI'Q‘.'AY’.TERS‘OF THE CALL, 5 HENRIETTA STREET, COV: GARDEN, LONDON, July 28.—Al- though, when Rider Haggard wrote to the Times the other day about his queer dream concerning a dog and the m's surprising sequel, he said that be ridiculed he rather expected to about it, little disposition has been shown to treat the novelist's narrative | nor to deride his somewhat ng suggestion that it temds to prove that animals survive after death end may then communicate with hu- man beings. Indeed, the account has erally as opening up 1 for sclentific inves- n which may lead to an entire of the popular view which future life to dumb animals. riefly this is Mr. Haggard's story. went to bed at 12:30 one Saturday r recently and suffered from what e took to be a nightmare, from which e was awakened by his wife. As I awoke,” he says, “the night- mare eIf, which had been long and vivid, faded from my brain. All I could remember of it was a sense of awful oppression and of desperate and terri- fied struggling for life such as the act f drowning would probably involve. But between the time that I heard wife’s voice and the time that my consciousness answered to it, scemed to me, I had another dream. I dreamed that a black retriever dog, a amiable and intelligent st named Bob, which was the prop- rty of my eldest daughter, was lying n its side among brushwood, or rough growth of some kind, by water. denies a B F most My own personality in some myste- | May 14. |face of a country-bred gentleman— us way seemed to me to be arising m the body of the dog, which I knew quite surely to be Bob and no other, s0 much so that my head was against its head, which was lifted up an unnatural angle. “In my vision the dog was trying to speak to me in words and, failing, iransmitted to my mind in an unde- fined fashion the knowledge that it was dying? Then everything vanished and 1 awoke to hear my wife asking me why on earth I was making those horrible nc I replied that I had had a nightmare about a fearful struggle and that I had dreamed that Bob was in a dreadful way and was trying to talk to me and tell me about it.” Mr. Haggard told other members of his family of his dream at breakfast next morning, but it was not until that Sunday night he discovered the dog was missing. Inquiries were set on foot Monday morning to ascer- tain what had become of him. The results Mr. Haggard sets forth at great length in the form of signed state- ments by various witnesses. They seem to prove conclusively that the dog, while on an openwork railway bridge near the house was run over by a train, either at 10:25 or shortly after 11 o'clock on the Saturday night that the dream occurred and fell from the bridge to the brink of the water where the reeds grow. “Here,” continues Mr. Haggard in his narrative, “if it were still living and, although the veterinary thinks that death was practically instantane- ous, its life may perhaps have lingered for a few minutes, it must have suffo- cated and sunk, undergoing, I imagine, much the same sensations as I did in " my dream and in very simllar sur- “terrible position. roundings to those that I saw therein— namely, among & scrubby growth at the edge of the water. “Both in & judicial and a private capecity I have been aocustomed all my life to the investigation of evi- dence and, If we may put aside our familiar friend ‘the long arm of coln- cidence,” which in this case would surely be strained to dislocation, I confess that that available upon this matter forces me to the following con- clusions: ““The dog Bob, between whom and myself there existed a mutual attech- ment, either at the moment of his death, if his existence can concelvably have been prolonged till after 1 o'clock in the morning, or, as it seems more probable, about three hours after that event, did succeed in calling my atten- tion to its actual or recent plight by placing whatever portion of my being is capable of receiving such impulses when enchained by sleep into its own That subsequently as that chain of sieep was being broken by the voice of my wife calllng me back to a normal condition of our human existence with some last de- spairing effort, while that indefinable part of me was being withdrawn from it (it will be remembered that in the dGream I seemed to rice from the dog), it spoke to me, first trying to make use of my own tongue, and failing therein, by some subtle means of communica- © tion whereof I have no knowledge tell- v ing mwe that it was dying, for I saw no blood or wounds which would suggest iMis to my mind. “1 recogiized further that if its dis- | certain distinetion in story writing, as solution took place at the moment when | Charlie Barr, another Scotchman, and 1 dreamed, this communication mpst have been a form of that telepathy Vhich is now very generally acknowl- | most lavishly paid writers in the NT | | tion happened, as I believe, over three hours previously—what am I to say? Then it would seem that it must have been some non-bodily but surviving part of the life or spirit of the dog which, 50 soon as my deep sleep gave it an opportunity, reproduced those things in my mind, as they had al- ready occurred I presume, to advise me | of the manner of its end or to bid me farewell. “It does seem to suggest,” adds Mr. Haggard in conclusion, “that there is more intimate ghostly connection be- tween all members of the animal world, including man, than has hitherto been | believed, at any rate by Western peo- | ples, that they may be, in short, all of them different manifestations of some! | central informing life, though inhabit- | ing the universe in such various forms.” W. T. Stead, the editor of the Review | of Reviews, who is an authority on | ghosts and psychic phenomena, says | that he has never heard of an instance in which an animal, living or dead, has been able to communicate telepathic- lally with a human being, and puts | forth this theory to account for Mr. or so it | of an athlete. Haggard’s experience: “It seems more probable,” he say | “that while Mr. Haggard himself was | asleep his subconsciousness—his other | self, which never sleeps—found itself where the dog lay dying and was able | to impress its physical consciousness with a sense of suffocation or drowning | in connection with it.” | | ™ Campbell Praed, whose story, yria,” has created such a stir in the | psychical world, accepts Mr. Haggard's ‘narruli\“ and deductions without any reservation. She says that even as a | ¢hild when wandering among the gum [ trees in the Australian bush she was & firm bellever in an after-life for ani-| mals, and all she has learned and ob- served since has only strengthened that | view. | | “It seems to me,” she says, “that a| | love like that of a dog—a love That is| capable of sacrifice—must have its re-| ward in the achievement of an after- | life, possibly in reincarnation—who | knows? I feel that all life is intercom- | | municative—that even the trees and | | lowers have a life that is, -after all, | | never destroyed, and has its part, like | ours, in the scheme of the Creator.” Parker’s Personality. The Chief Judge of the Court of | | Appeals of New York is a man of im- | pressive stature and handsome ap- | pearance. He is six feet tall, weighs 19¢ pounds and has the proportions He was 52 years old on He has a large head and the | strong, fresh colored and unwrinkled. | There is a singular suggestion of, power, courage and good nature in| { his personality. The eyes are large, | | brown and luminous—sincere and di- | |rect. The nose is aquiline, the jaws | | large and curved, and the chin round | and massive. The teeth are big and | | white, the lower lip heavy and pro- | iding and the thick mustache | | coarse and tawny. The Judge has a | | wide, high forehead. The top head| lindiuawx penetration, energy, benevo- | lence, reverence and firmness. The | is reddish brown. It is a head | | devoid of eccentricity in its lines— | | full, even, symmetrical. There is a| simple unpretending dignity about the | man that fits his massive physique and easy, upright carriage. He is ber, sincere, unselfish, decent. Men | in every walk of life turn to him in- stinctively with confidence. There is neither exaggeration nor self-con-| sciousness in his speech or manner. He | does not boast. He has a hearty scorn for heroics. Firm in spirit, even tem- pered, charitable in his judgments of others, loyal in friendship, loving work for its own sake, seeing in law only the means of justice and order, he unites the virilities and the sobrieties in his strong, modest character. He has, too, a native sense of humor that | will never permit him to become pom- pous. Judge Parker may be said to be a man free from eccentricities, unless in- | tellectual integrity and a sound moral imagination are to be considered | abnormel in an age of weak demo- | goguery. He listens well, patiently searches for facts, makes up his mind slowly and aims at general and per- manent rather than particular or tem- porary results.—From “Alton B. Par- ker: A Character Sketch,” by James Creelman, in the American Menthly Review of Reviews for August. The War in Russia. The editor of the St. Petersburg Viedomost! recently created a national sensation by charging the ancient cap- ital of Russia, Moscow, with wholesale treason. The bankers and merchants there, he said, were not only indifferent | to the war, but were sordid, selfish, disloyal and shameless enough to make heavy investments in Japanese bonds. This information came to the editor from good patriots who didn't want their names used, but were considered by him to be trustworthy. The Mos- | cow press, which has a Viedomosti of its own, resented these imputations, | the latter with particular energy. Proofs of the St. Petersburg allegation were demanded. If these were not forthcoming the Government ought to act and put a stigma on such disloyal practices, if it could not punish them, So far no proof of the aliegation has been submitted, though it is generally thought to have some foundation in truth. The Journal de St. Petersburg, | the official organ, takes this view of the case, a fact which is looked on as more startling than the original asser- tion. The controversy is still going on, with no end of epithets on both sides and no visible sign of cessation, Profitable. Robert Barr, who has achieved a probably a distant cousin, has in sail- ing yachts, goes thus on record: “The cdged to occur between human beings | United States to-day are not the au- from time to time and under special circumstances, but which I had never heard of as occurring between a human being and one of the lower animals. “If, on the other hand, that dissolu- | tisement, L) thors of stories, but the originators of advertisements. Anybody can write a &tory and mostly everybody does, but it takes ek genius to compile an adver- | country is familiar with these general charges. ! ident, including Lincoln. | bemn adopted against all of his successors. | gressions there is 12, 1904. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL B et e R YR ST R Y BT L PR S e T JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor . « « « « o+ « « o Address All Communications to JOHN McNAUGHT, Manager Publication Office . eessscesemanaens cessees .. +ses..Third and Market Streets, 8. P. 4 eteetettanenaaiscicne bescsscascacsncsssncassess . AUGUST 12, 1904 JUDGE PARKER IS NOTIFIED. FRIDAY HE committee has notified Judge Parker that he is T 2 candidate for the Presidency. The information was conveyed in a speech by Champ Clark, who in- dulged in much unction and in some prophecy. The im- portant part of the ceremony was Judge Parker’s speech in reply. It was carefully prepared and read from man- uscript. Its keynote is the charge that the constitution is being violated by the Executive. This appears in every part of the speech as the prevailing theme. The cue for this is taken from the cry of the party in‘Con- gress and in its press. e It would have been more dignified and direct in Judge Parker had he indulged in a bill of particulars, giving specific instances of unconstitutional usurpation, and backing the charge with proof. From this, however, he carefully refrains, preferring to indulge in very general- ities, and to draw visions of the consequences of consti- tutional disobedience on the part of the President. The The De- mocracy has made them against every Republican Pres- In his case he was savagely and persistently attacked for destroying the constitution, ecause he was trying to preserve it as the organic law of an undivided Union. The same style of attack has Now, if the charge be true as against President Roosevelt, the mi- nority of the last Congress should have reported to the House a resolption for his impeachment. The constitution provides a way to test the conduct of a President in respect to his official limitations. Why was that way not acted upon by the minority? In de- fault of specifications, and in the absence of the authori- tative test by impeachment, provided by the constitu- tion itself, the country is warranted in assuming that the ation is partisan and false, used to impress the ties and affect the votes of the people, who are intelligently sensitive to the maintenance of their or- ganic law and observance of its wise distribution of the powers of government. While considering this matter, it is not forgotten that Democratic leaders made exactly the same charge against Mr. Cleveland, who was alleged by his own party to be a usurper and a tyrannical dic- tator. Impinged upon this part of his speech is Judge Par- ker’s rather fervid denunciation of a second term in the Presidency. It reads like a criticism of Mr. Cleveland, who was three times a candidate and twice elected, and accu sensib: { who was undoubtedly the choice of a large element for a fourth nomination and a third term in the Presidency. The reader of the speech is impressed with its gingerly treatment of issues that have been declared by the party to be burning questions. He puts the tariff foremost as the cause of trusts and suggests that tariff tinkering is the proper remedy, He affirms that against their ag- common law remedy of which any citizen can avail himself. Upon this point he says: “What is needed in addition to the passage of a statute revising the tariff duties to a reasonable basis is not so much other and different laws as officials having the disposition and courage to enforce existing laws.” We have to suggest to the Judge that on that point he inquire of his political friend and supporter, the Hon. Dan Lamont. vice president of the Northern Pacific and associate of Hill and Morgan in the formation of the railroad, trust. Mr. Lamont can inform him that he and his associates in that gigantic trust complain of too much disposition and courage on the part of President Roosevelt in the enforcement of existing law. If he will read the opinions of the Democratic Justices of the Su- preme Court of the United States, dissenting from the court in that case, he will find that they strongly insinu ate that President Roosevelt’s course in enforcing ex- isting law was one of his alleged violations of the con- stitution. In like manner, if the Judge will consult Mr. Eelmont and others of his supporters, he will find that in their opinion the President was a usurper for order- ing and winning the other six great suits against the trusts that have been won by the Government during his administration. President Roosevelt’s action in the enforcement of existing law stands in plain’ contrast to that of Mr, Cleveland, whose Attorney General, Mr. Olney, decided that the same laws which President Roosevelt has en- forced were a dead letter and it was useless to bring suits vnder them. President Roosexelt did not find any fur- ther legislation necgssary, but only “the disposition and courage to enforce existing law,” and he had both and used them, and for that was covertly accused by the Democratic members of the Supreme Court of usurpa- tion! The speech of Judge Parker adds no new element to the campaign. It is derived from the minority attacks made in the House, and as a whole is marked by great care not to tread upon the toes of the friendly interests represented by Messrs. Belmont, Lamont and J. J. Hill. The party misses in it the vigorous statement in which Mr. Cleveland asserted himself and achieved his leader- ship. Judge Parker leaves upon the country the im- pression that he is some other man’s man, while Cleve- land left no room in the focus for any personality but his own. As to the Philippines, there is no discernible difference between Judge Parker and the Republican platform. He admits that the islands came to us by the accident of war, that we cannot at present avoid their administration and that we must eventually permit to them self-govern- ment. As that is the purpose of the present probation- ary period, there is nothing upon which to hang an issue. The speech leaves the country not expectant of what Judge Parker may further do or say, but curious as to the subsequent proceedings of the man who runs him. W international law, says that if a prize be a neutral ship, no circumstances will justify the captor in destroying her before condemnation by a prize court, and if destroyed full compensation must be given her owner. Moreover, he lays down the rule that in- ability to put a prize crew on the captured neutral ship does not justify sinking her, since such inability is the belligerent’s misfortune and in no way affects the rights of the neutral. Ialt, another modern and very high authority, goes so far as to say that if for any reason a neutral prize can- not be taken to port for adjudication by a prize court, she must be released. Lord Stowell, who wrote into in- ternational law the most important of its principles touching the rights of neutrals, said: “When a ship is neutral the act of destruction cannot be justified to the neutral owner by the grave importance of such an act to the captor’s own state. To the neutral it can be justified under such circumstances only by a full restitution in value.” " There is no principle laid down in international law that contravenes this. If a meutral be destroyed at sea SINKING NEUTRAL SHIPS. HEATON, who is an accepted authority on - by a belligerent, no matter what the character of her cargo or any part of it, the belligerent assumes at once the responsibility of full restitution, and this responsibil- ity is mot voidable by a subsequent decision that there was contraband in the cargo, made by a prize court of the belligerent. Great Britain has a complete case against Russia for sinking the Knight Commander, and so has Germany for the Thea. They may enforce it or not. Their failure to do so will not change the law of the sea for other neu- trals. The nations must finally establish and enforce the rule that the high seas are free, and that belligerents must proclaim and sustain an actual and effective block- ade, and seize only such neutrals as approach the block- aded coast with the obvious purpose of running the blockade. An interesting foreigner, poor in everything except assurance, tried to borrow $100,000 from Reginald Van- derbilt recently and met refusal with the astounding re- quest for a gift of half the sum he asked in loan. How fertunate it is for this stranger to our customs that he is not a bank cashier. He would be either a prince of finance or a jail bird. t I to the publication of the Massachusetts Commissionl for International Justice, disarmament of the nations as the absolute prerequisite of international arbitration is urged upon the notice of the reader. Declaring that the | United States is best fitted, both by its potential strength and the aloofness of its position, to assume the lead in this movement, the writer endeavors to indicate how a reduction of our own army and navy would have the | salutary effect of good example. “Who could better lead,” queriés the author, “than a people whose power is recognized as matchless, whose resources are inexhaustible, whose readiness and alert- ness are an unfailing defense, making them completely secure against aggression from without so long as union and concord continue within?” “A small army may continue to be needed,” admits the writer, “to preserve the peace in case of local dis- order; a few war vessels may properly find occasional use in dealing with the less civilized foreign govern- ments; but for these purposes our demands are not large and should not be exploited as though they were.” | Now, truly, the United States by its recent foreign policy has demonstrated to the world, with sufficient conviction, that it is not an exponent of war; that in the | interests of peace it is willing to go to all lengths com- patible with its national dignity. Of recent years only has it been that this nation has risen to the place it now | holds in the respectful estimation of the other great powers. In questions of acute interest Washington is now heard with as great a deference as that paid to Berlin, Paris or London. If Mr. Farquhar would seek the reason, let it be apparent by the contrast offered be- tween the status held by our nation fully proteéted and our nation utterly unprotected. Let him review the for- cign relations of this country, say in the latter eighties and early nineties. When the efficient war fleet of the United States could be numbered on the fingers of one hand and we had a smaller standing army than Norway and Sweden, there occurred the Barrundia incident in the harbor of San Jose de Guatemala, when the right of asylum under the American flag was violated by a company of gringo soldiers. In 1801 we were the recipients of an ulti- matum from Italy, and the European nations looked to see New York blown out of existence by the ships of King Humbert. In the same year Chile flaunted us with the Baltimore incident. The Bering Sea disputes con- tinued to offer Great Rritain opportunity for persistent nagging and backbiting. Yet all of that time our re- sources were as inexhaustible as they are to-day and our readiness and alertness, which commend themselves to the notice of Mr. Farquahar, were certainly in active cperation. It has been the incorporation of this potential energy into something tangible, into a navy of power, an army of efficiency, which has brought the respect of the na- tions to our doors.” A nation armed is in a far better way of leading the way to international peace than one unarmed and open to insult from every bristling gov- ernment. The United States as an exponent of inter- national arbitration and disarmament in 180 would have been the scorn of Europe. To-day, not because she should not be armed, but for the very fact that armed she is, this country may lead the thought of the world toward a rational international peace programme. | ARMS AND ARBITRATION. | N an article recently contributed by A. B. Farquhar An Ttalian anarchist, who was an extremely unwel- come sojourner in this city, although in jail, has been deported to Italy, where he probably will receive his deserts. While we are thankful for the advantage to us involved in the fellow’s removal, ordinary humanity prompts a regret that our gain must mean Italy’s loss. —_— ADVICE THAT DOES NOT ADVISE. TThe league was organized to acquire and preserve the ancient landmarks of California, romantically and practically connected with its history. It had the sympathy of the Native Sons and Daughters, and of the Pioneers, and was successful in raising money to buy old missions and forts and restore and preserve them. When it got sufficient momentum to be in the public eye, Mr. Iearst appeared in the midst of it and took charge of the movement as a means of advertising him- seli and his business. He made himself the custodian of the money collected, and as fast as properties were bought took the deeds in his own name. The league and other organizations interested appointed an able Advis- ory Committee to advise Mr. Hearst. Now it appears that one of the most interesting of the old landmarks, one of the earliest mission buildings, needs a roof to pre- vent its destruction; and money is needed for the other purposes of the movement, and Mr. Hearst refuses to let it be devoted to the purpose for which it was collected, although advised by the Advisory Committee that its usc is vitally necessary. Hence the public complaint that the preservation of the ancient landmarks is at a standstill, and that property acquired is going to ruin for need of money that is on hand for use but can’t be used because Mr. Hearst objects. The various organizations concerned seem to have made a mistake. Their Advisory Committee is all right, but they omitted to provide that Mr. Hearst should take its advice. Thel committee is full of advice, and emits it like sparks from the fur of a cat. TIts advice seems to the public to be wise and timely. But it does not im- press the party who was to be advised. We can sug- gest no solution to the situation except that the Advis- ory Committee try to duplicate the collections and keep the money in its own custody, to improve and pro- tect the landmarks which it has deeded to Mr. Hearst, 4 HE Landmarks League publicly files a complaint. McDowell's Surrender. It is not in United States history that General McDowell surrendered to a foe, yet it is so, and this, too, to an Emperor. The incident was one which the general himself loved to tell when confronted with the story, espe- cially at a banquet where a promiscu- ous gathering of civilians and military men might be congregated. . The surrender was to Norton I, Em- peror of all the United States and Pro- tector of Mexico. To the old time citizens Emperor Norton was one of the best known men that ever lived In San Francisco. He was a man of good education, refined and polite, and for that matter as courteous as any mon- arch might be. In his earlier career he was a prominent merchant on Front street. Without any known reason he suddenly became demented and imagined himself to be the Em- peror of these United States and pro- tector of the republic of Mexico. La- boring under this hobby he levied a tax on the downtown merchants, ranging ‘all the way from 25 cents to whatever they saw fit to give, but he never hoarded up any wealth and only applied when the exigency compelled him to collect for the bare mainte- nnce of life. Taking an advantage of his vaga- ries, the merchants conspired to de- cline to contribute to him on his next visit. This was In the nature of a joke to see what he would do when pinched for money, although every barroom in the city gave him free lunches. Yet his spirit was above “bumming” and money he needed and must have. The idea struck the Emperor that if his royalty was cut off he would de- clare war, which he did in this way: At the time that General McDow- ell was in command of the division of California the army headquarters was on Kearny street, where Emperor Norton hied himself one morning and, stationing himself at the entrance, he patiently waited the arrival of the general. When the genial command- {er was about to enter he received a | sharp command to halt. Norton had drawn his old crescent shaped saber and ordered a surrender there and then. General McDowell complied and on asking the terms he was informed of the rebellious char- acter of the Emperor's subjects and notified that the strong arm of the military must be used to enforce obe- dience. The Emperor was invited up- stairs and with a $5 piece a truce was declared. But that was not the end. For, as the courteous monarch was about to depart he spied a pair of gold epau- lets which the general had discarded. These he demanded and as a matter of course they were handed to him by order of McDowell. Displacing the old faded ones that he had on, Norton adorned himself with the bet- ter ones, which he wore with pride until the day of his death. This vie- tory he proclaimed to his subjects with considerable pride, after which he duly received his royalty and had no more trouble with. the government of Uncle Sam. The Highway. All day long on the highway The King's fleet courfers ride; You may hear the tread of their horses sped | Over the country side. They ride for life and they ride for death And they override who tarryeth. With show of color and flush of pride They stir the dust on the highway. Let them ride on the highway wide, Love walks in little paths aside. All day long on the highway Is_the tramp of an army’s feet: You may see them go in a marshaled row ‘With the tale of their arms complete; They march for war and they march for peace, For the lust of gold and fame's in- crease, For victories sadder than defeat They raise the dust on the highway. All the armies of earth defied, Love dwells in little paths aside. All day long on the highway Rushes an eager band, With straining eyes for a vorQfl:s. prize That slips from the grasp like sand, And men leave blood where their feet have stood And b:ov:l them down unfy brass and Wi Idols fashioned by their own hand— Blind In the dust of the highway. Power and gold and fame denied, Love laughs glad in the paths aside. —Louise Driscoll, in August Lippin- cott’'s Magazine. ‘Advised Millais. An artist in America has been tell- ing a story of Millais which is not new, but which will bear repetition: “Sir John Millais once showed me the original of ‘Chill October,” and at the same time told me a story about it. He said that as he sat painting one gray afternoon among the reeds and rushes of the Tay a voice from behind a hedge asked: ‘Man, did ye ever try photography?’ ‘No, never,’ said Sir John, and he continued to paint slowly. ‘It's a hantle quicker,” sald the voice. ‘Yes, I suppose so,” the painter agreed. Then the voice said bitingly: ‘An’ it's mair like the piace.”” No one could enjoy a remark of this kind more tifan Sir John Millais, and nothing pleased him better than to recall incidents which told against himself.—Westminster Gazette. A New Torpedo-Boat. In a torpedo beat recently con- structed in England ‘a striking inno- vation has been made in combining steam turbines with an ordinary recip- rocating engine, the object being to secure enconomy at low speeds, and high efficiecy when-the maximum speed is demanded. In the vessel, which is of the ordinary design otherwise, there are three shafts, to each of -vhich one propeller is fitted. The reciprocating engine, which has an indicated horse- power of 250, .drives the center shaft at a speed of about 450 revolutions per minute, 'a rate sufficient to obtain a speed of about ten knot~ per hour. i R - The two side shafts are driven by the turbines, which consume about 1750 horsepower, and make about 1200 rev- olutions per minute, so that a speed of twenty-five knots per hour is ob- tained. The arrangement is considered to represent the most efficient method of using the steam turbine om a tor- pedo boat designed for high speed, but it is thought to be an open question whether the superiority of the turbine over the usual machinery in such ves- sels has been demonstrated. Further tests of the arrangement are expected on the trial of a new French torpedo boat, with engines somewhat similar, and, by comparison with those where turbines alone, and reciprocating en- gines, have been used, should show just what kind of engines are most useful for this important class of war vessel.—Harper's Weekly. Lese Majeste. At a children’s party at Buckingham Palace the other day a little incident occurred which furnished Queen Alex- andra, who is very fond of children, with considerable amusement. One of the small people present, & 3-year-old son of Lady Lurgan’s, has a passion for soldiers and was show= ing his appreciation for the scarlet- coated military bandsmen who were playing in the garden by picking dai- sies and presenting them to the musi- clans. Presently the Queen chanced to pass by and graciously asked the small boy to give her a daisy. The youngster looked her Majesty over and compared her quiet gown with the gay uniforms he admired, then firmly replied: “No. Grass for you,” and handed the Queen a tiny handful of grass. The Queen went off laughing at the little boy, who was honest enough to show that he preferred bandsmen in red coats to royalty.—New York Times. Born Soldiers. Colonel Grandprey, once French military attache in Peking, gives some very interesting information regard- ing the Chinese army in the Revue de Paris. He says that few countries have such excellent material as China for an army, where the whole popu- lation of 420,000,000 consists, so to speak, of one people, displaying the same racial qualities. The Chinese is long lived and tenacious of life; he thrives in every climate, in spite of the heat or cold. He is extremely thrifty and therefore easily supported. He has nerves of steel; he can sleep in any position and in any place, and can do with a minimum of sieep. He seldom needs a docter and bears pain with the greatest stoicism. The Chi- nese is very teachable and what he has once been taught he never forgets, Davts Barred. A Wichita (Kans.) Democrat re fuses to vote for Henry G. Davis for Vice President since learning that he is an “octogenarian.” He says he will never vote for a man who is even one-eighth negro. Answers to Queries. i FERNANDO WOOD—A. O. 8, City. At the time of the breaking out of the Civil War the Mayor of New York was Fernando Wood. SWIMMING—Constant Reader, Clity. It is highly injudicious for any one to “go in swimming immediately after meals.” No one should do so until at least an hour and a half after a meal. FOREIGN BORN—A Subscriber, City. A child born to American parents who are traveling through or tempor- arily residing in a foreign country is a native of the country in which borm, but an American citizen. DEATH VALLEY—A Constant Read- er, City. The famous Death Valley of California is in Inyo County, between the Panamint Mountains and the Amargosa Range. It is forty miles long by about eight broad. In its deepest part its bed is 159 feet below the level of the sea. Its rocky sides rise from 1300 to 3000 feet above its bed. ARMY PAY—P., Watsonville, Cal. The pay of non-commissioned officers in the United States army is from $18 to $45 a month, and that of privates $13 a month upon first enlistment. It in- creases with edch subsequent enlist- ment. For service in Porto Rico, the Philippines, Hawaii and Alaska there is 10 per cent additional for officers and 20 per cent for enlisted men. | FREEZING—Subscriber, Isleton, jCal. Water in ordinary cases freezes at the degree of 32 Fahrenheit, or 0 Centigrade or Reaumur, but if kept perfectly still it may be cooled to nearly 22 Fahrenheit below freezing. and still remain liquid. The least shake, however, or the throwing in of a solid body makes a portion of it freege instantly, and its temperature | rises immediately to 32. Still water. jif the temperature remained below freezing for three successive wecks, would probably freeze solid, but the depth to which water freezes depends upon conditions. ————— ‘Townsend's California Glace fruits in artistic fire-etched boxes. 715 Market st.* Speclal information suppiied to Press Clippine Buseass ¢Alsacror car ifornia street. Telephone Main 1048, ®