The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 20, 1904, Page 8

CALL, TUESDAY,'D 1604, ECEMBER THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL «+....Proprietor JOHN D. SPRECKELS JOHN McNAUGHT FRANCISCO LICATION OFFICE . THIRD AND MARKET STREETS. SAN .DECEMBER 20, 1904 A NEW DEPARTURE. parent t hat there is a new tone and purpose in politics in The much derided civil service laws have begun ypinion and the old idea of the victors taking the less strength. The utterances and acts of President Roose- ven impetus to the new idea. to understand that-its duty is to give a proper-ad- her than to seize every official position in sight for “workers,” Roosevelt has in this matter been the f our Presidents, and his practice, as set forth in his resentative Gardner of Massachusetts, has set the pace old system, which seems happily to be passing away, pless classes have been the greatest sufferers. No other s as ample provision as ours for the defective and indi- 1 none is more attention given to the reform of the of the riunate. ver of public institutions, most of them under State municipa! control. These institutions for the in- he blind, the aged and the indigent, the incorrigible y and many salaried posi- interests of their 1 t 1i rates are taken into account, they re« also, the service of spec ts in a great many professional lines re has gone up in the past a sustained complaint by organi- s sted in charities and correction, in penology and in t there is a lack of such specialists as are needed in these he reason being that every change in political admin- cans a change in institutional staffs. Specialists not being of permanency going hand in hand with efficiency of service lisinclined to take service in places that had no security of where service, no matter how skillful and useful, was ection against removal for no other reason than that the place was wanted for some partisan favorite, as a reward for personal vice rendered to a politician who had the power to pay for it out of ublic pocket by giving a place in the public service. The in- nces are legion in which the appointees so rewarded had no train- fitness nor adaptability for the places they drew as prizes in tical lottery. In this system have originated the painful scan- als which are the odium of administration in this country. We have had them in California and they have offended the moral sense of the people in nearly every State in the Union. these changes occurred only when the partisan administration nged, they would not be as frequent or as bad. But they habit- ually occur when the same party remains in power, and chooses new men in the State administration, with friends who have aided their political ambition and hunger for pay. Parties ultimately feel the bad effect of this, for it is the fruitful cause of internal feuds and factions that disturb legitimate partisanship and impair the useful- ness of a party organization. Worse than all this, however, is the injury to the intended bene- ficiaries of public benevolence. Taxpayers found institutions through their representatives to supply the needs of humanity. Not to do so would subject civilization and Christianity to reproach. But the benevolent purpose is constantly nullified by treating the patronage of such institutions as part of the spoils of personal or party victory. In no part of the field of public activity has reform been as needed, and nowhere is its appearance more welcome, nor mgre promising of results gratifying to the humane instincts of the people. Ome of the States that has suffered most acutely from the spoils sys- tem applied to State institutions is Indiana. Time and again the in- stitutions of that State have been brought to high efficiency by faith- I administration, only to lose it, decline and become the instru- ents of distress rather than relief to their inmates, by vicious, par- tisan use of their patronage. All over the country the people who have right ideas on this subject will take heart and hope, upon seeing the light of better things appear in Indiana. A new Governor takes office there. The State institutions were preparing for their usual shakeup, and around them stood rings of politicians ready to break in when they got the word from the new Governor. They have got the word, but it is not what they expected. no p Governor Hanly has published a statement in the Indianapolis News, an independent paper which supported him, which deserves to rank with the highest influences for reform. The Governor says: “No person holding a position in any of the State institutions whose services have been and are efficient and satisfactory will be removed during my administration. T sought to make my position clear con- cerning this matter before the election, and the policy then outlined will not be departed from. I have little patience with the sugges- tion that faithful and efficient officials in the penal, correctional, char- itable or educational institutions of the State shall be removed to make places for others. This will not be done in any case, however great my personal obligations may be to the applicant, nor how- ever dear he may be to me.” That declaration should be printed in illuminated letters and hung on the walls of every executive office in the country. It should come, finally, to be demanded by every convention nominating a can- didate for Governor, that he appear before it and take a pledge to carry out that policy. Then, indeed, our politics would enter upon a Golden Age. The News, commenting, says: “Mr. Hanly is entitled to all the more credit for his attitude in view of the fact that no man in anv of the offices is under the protection of a civil service law. The Gov- ernor ‘could make a clean sweep if he wanted to. But he has the sense and the character to understand that the business of the State cannot be carried on along such lines. He realizes that he was elected not the Governor of the Republican party, but of the State of Indiana, that he is the servant of all the taxpayers, that it is their money and interests he must safeguard and that they have a right to insist upon efficient service. Further than this Mr, Hanly makes | it clear that he does not believe that the offices which belong to the people ought to be used to pay personal or political debts, or to dis- charge the obligations of friendship. We have not in many a day seen a more clear and honest statement of the great principle of civil service reform.” - Now let us hear from the other Governors-elect. Will they fol- low the old plan or the new? If they choose the old they will feel the hand of a rebuking public opinion, for we have entered a new and needed epoch. 4 A STUDY IN IMPOSTURE. Wn case which is sub judice, the revelations made as to the financial operations of Mrs. Chadwick suggest an inquiry into the causes which conducé to such criminal successes—causes which seem to lie somewhat beyond the normal experiences of the law. Madame Humbert was, perhaps, typical of the order of ad- venturesses of which America may possibly furnish the latest illus- tration. These artistic and astute individuals seek their prey not among the ordinarily credulous and inexperienced, but among the classes that should be peculiarly fortified both by instinct and by education against fraud. They spread their nets, not for the weak-minded nor for those unversed in the financial duplicities of the day, but rather for those whose position is supposed to be a guarantee of the hard- headed common sense essential to business life. And they do not ITHOUT any-desire or intention to unduly comment upon spread those nets in vain. They seem to find no difficulty in per- suading the great.financier to advance colossal sums upon the se- curity of an empty safe, or in coaxing the banker to accept a signa- ture that his own clerk would scornfully reject. Ry what strange and subtle means do they rob their victims of their prudence and reduce them to the commercial ineptitude of the village school girl? They are not usually endowed by nature The victorious party at an | This habit has given rise to| "= MISS WARING'S * | | +ESCORT shids l BY OTHO B SENGA. ! 1X shabbily-dressed men lounged | in front of the fashionable hotel. Five, evidently com- rades, conferred together in low tones, then one ap- { proached the sixth man, say- | ing guardedly: “Are you one of us?” | The man smiled half satirically. | !“naw; I'm de real ting, see?” His questioner turned away in dis- laughed softly, the low, of one who appre-| man enjoyable laugh | crates. | A tall young woman, whose attire evidenced wealth and refinement, en- tered the hotel vestibule. One of the five groaned softly. “Who is she, Dyke?” eagerly ques- ticned another. - *“Miss Kate Waring of Denver. Worth half a million -and eccentric. Visiting Cousin Dorothy. And me in this beastly tramp's rig!"” He plucked viciously at the ravel- ings on the cuff of the shabby coat and gave an irritated kick at the curb- ing with his run-down, unpolished shoes. i Miss Waring's stately entrance into | the great dining-room was arrested { by the head waiter. | “This way, madam,” courteously; 1 “I will conduct you to the ladies’ din- g-room."” in | Miss Waring glanced about her. “It is not necessary,” calmly, “I will remain here.” “Pardon me, madam, but Iladies without escorts are served in the room at the right. I will conduct madam—"" | _ Miss Waring’s calm glance surveyed the small, crowded room at the right and then returned to the great cool room in which she stood, with palms and ferns in profusions. She noted the many vacant tables and the num- ber of ladies present. “I do not wish to go in there. prefer to have dinner served here,” making the statement tranquilly, with the air of one accustomed to have def- erence accorded her slightest wish. “The rule is imperative, madam,” with courteous firmness, “ladies with- out escort—" | “Reserve that table by the window | with the ferns beside it, the third on | the left,” and the graceful figure turn- ed to the outer door. There was no hesitancy in Miss Waring’s voice or manner as she ad- dressed the group of shabby men. “Will one of you gentlemen do me a favor?” clearly and unsmilingly. | Six shabby head-coverings were off in an instant, and six more or less manly forms bent low before her. “Thank you all,” gravely, “I want | one of you to act as my .escort and my guest, so that I may be accorded the privilege”—the scarlet lips curled | a trifle—" of having my dinner where I have chosen to have it. I will ask you, please,” turning abruptly to the one who had designated himself as “de real ting.” “Oh, but—" chosen eagerly. Miss Waring’'s face and gesture for- bade further Words. “I thank you all for your courtesy. If this gentleman accepts—" “It is a privilege, madam,” bowing gravely. “‘De real ting,’ is he?” cried Dyke vengefully, when they were out of hearing. ‘““Did you observe his speech and that bow? He's one of the fel- | lows set to watch us!"” “Nonesense, Dyke, there isn’'t a man in the class as old as he. He’s seen | actual tramping, I'll stake a thousand on it. Why didn’t you tell Miss War- ing who you are?” “Aren’t we under oath not to dis- close our identity?” demanded Dyke hotly. “Besides, look at me!” “1 ordered a table reserved,” Miss Waring to “‘de real ting.” “I see it—third on the left.” He led the way with easy grace, a light of amusement gleaming in his dark eyes at the evident consternation of the waiter who hesitated slightly before seating the serene young lady and her strange escort. Miss Waring ordered the dinner with precision and discrimination. “T hope,” she remarked pleasantly, when the walter had gone, “I hope | you approve my order.” There was not the slightest embar- rassment In her manner or condescen- sion in her speech—the man was her guest. ‘“The order is perfect, madam, and, permit me to say, admirably given.” Miss Waring smiled. | “Are all of Boston's”—she paused | for an instant in search of a word that might not embarrass her guest— | “submerged, such Chesterfields as the six to whom I spoke ?” | "“The others are Harvard students.” | “Harvard student: in momentagy | bewilderment. “Oh, T know; they are doing penance. “That is the meaning, madam, though not the term they use.” “Are you?” lightly yet with an anx- fous tone in the low ivoice. “T am a genuine hobo.” | She passed her card case to him. | “You should know who Is your | hostess,” graclously, “and I will ask | the name of my guest.” f on t to I began one of the un- said He took out two caras, writin, | the back of one and returning | her with the case. She glanced at the writing: - JOHN LESTER, HOBO. NO ADDRESS. BORN IN BOSTON. i sympathetically. | rig like this. “Thank you, Mr. Lester. I hope you are as genuinely hungry as—as your profession would’ indicate.” “I am, Miss Waring. I can do full justice to the dinner you have ordered. You might remind me if—if I forget anything. It's a long time since I have dined with ladies.” The tone was serious, but there was a dancing light in the fine eyes that Miss Waring caught, and she smiled There was but little conversation. “It's a Privilege, Madam.” | * e Miss Warring was graciously courte- ous as became a hostess, but even a dull man in Lester’s place would »not have presumed upon the situation. @ “I thank you for your escort, Mr. Lester,” said the girl, dismissingly, as they passed out. “l am your debtor, Miss Waring,” earnestly, “if I were not a hobo would ask when and where I might pay my dinner call.” A sudden impulse prompted her re- ply. “To-morrow evening; my present address is on the card you have.” In all her twenty-five years Kate Waring had never before been so cu- rious or so anticipative. She smiled approval at the card he sent up— a slip of paper with “John Lester” boldly writte She was stM smiling when she en- tered the drawing room, but the smile vanished as she noted the fashion- able clothes he wore. He was quick to see the change. “You are sorry I came? It was taking an advantage—" “Pardon me, 1 am somewhat dis- appointed. It was a pleasure to find something genuine—I do not like im- itations, not even an imitation hobo.” “It is now that I am the imitation, Miss Waring; the clothes are hired for the occasion.” She held out her hand cordially. “Consider yourself welcomed, Mr. Lester, and allow me to say that the clothes are very becoming.” He flushed boyishly. “It's flve years since I've worn a I hardly knew how to put it on.” Miss Waring led the conversation to topics of interest to a man of edu- cation and refinement—books, musie, the drama, finding her companion conversant with the best. “Will you tell me something of yourself?” she asked presently, “why you are a—a wanderer, and how you live—even a traveler must eat, I sup- pose.” He hesitated but an instant. “I have tramped for five years. I work awhile in a place till the devil drives me on again—the devil of my consclence. T suppose it will drive me back to”—his face grew grave and his voice harsh, but he kept stoically on—*to Denver, where I am wanted for the murder of Manuel Laredo, a Mexican, who I killed on Starbright ranch.” She rose excitedly. “I bought Starbright ranch last year. Manuel Laredo is among the workmen there!” He sprang to his feet, his face aglow, his eyes filled with sudden joy. “‘He did not die, and I am not—" Then his face paled again. “I forgot,” hoarsely, “there may be a dozen Manuel Laredo's; those Mexi- can names—'"' “It is the same man,” she Inter- rupted positively. “I have heard the story, and seen the scar of the bul- let on his cheek.” She talked on, waiting for him to regain control of himself. “We should be friends, Mr. Lester. Royal Thornton is my stepbrother. I have often heard him speak of the trip abroad that you two made to- gether vears ago. I know now why your name seemed so famillar. Will you go back to Colorado?” He took her outstretched hand both his own. “As your escort, Miss Waring?"” - ?Ihe smiled assent, flushing beauti- ully. (Copyright, 1904, by Otho B. Senga.) in vet | with a superfluity of those physical charms to which men in all ages have notoriously succumbed, nor does it seem that they fasci- nate their victims by any brilliant conversational or social powers. They simply tell their transparently impossible story, formulate their impudent demands, and reap the golden harvest which is in- stantly spread at their feet. By what means they do it must be left to the student of human nature who is accustomed to wander into the domain Klfie wonderful, and the human mind. But are there There labor is degrading or belittling. -ing. Nan Patterson says that she will quit the stage if she is a;suuitted. And wonderful women? If so, where are they, and what are they doing? . A existed, and still exists to some extent, a false sentiment that The contrary is true. society can come only when every meml! | to exercise whatever skill or strength or city, not selfishly or for the sake of gain merely, but for his own happiness | and development and for the benefit of all. tion on any one, either legal or social or through assoclation, in regard to his labor or its fruits. If by patient application or natural endowment a man possesses more skill than his fellow or if he chooses to be more industrious he is entitled to the full benefit of it.—Cincinnati Enquirer. Governor Odell and Senator Platt now pass each other by without speak- Eoth are to be congratulated on having the courage to shake an ‘undesirable acquaintance.—Philadelphia Record. to explore the darker recesses of | any more of these strange and An {deal condition of T of it recognizes that he is bound culty he possesses to its full capa- And there should be no restric- most people have an idea that she will also quit the stage if she Is not ac- auitted.—Atlanta Journal | that sealskin sack I promised you—— Folks' Wogs Caused by [ntimate Friends, By Dorothy Fenlmore[ O sweetheart, flancee and wife' one bit of advice have I to offer | that sounds as cynical as I be- lieve it to be sensible—keep your | i “intimate friend” outside the paling of your happiness. For fully one-half of the foolishness in a love affair is the intimate friend responsible. For more than one-half of | the misery which comes from a broken engagement the intimate friend is to blame. And in many a divorce it was { the intimate friend, man or woman, ! who—wittingly or unwittingly—played | the serpent in the little private para- | dise of domestic happiness. | To an unmarried woman in love, or ‘to a wife, an intimate friend is the | dearest and most dangerous enemy, | both of herself and of her lover or hus- | band. She is a conspicuous invitation | written out on one's horizon to talk over things that are more sacred in the heart than on the lips. Rarely is she wise enough, even if she is gener- | ous enough, to tip the balance of confi- dence on the right side of the scale. A lady said to me the other day: “I never ‘run in’ at a neighbor's house to spend an afternoon. I know that I shall want to run in again the next morning to take back all I said the day before. The unwise things you say and don’t take back get such a deadly grip on you. Your indiscretions of speech are almost certain to become sooner or later indiscretions of conduct. I defy Satan to try any tricks on my idle hands. I have them in subjection., But I must admit that he has my busy tongue at his mercy.” She is right about it; the confidential | mood is the highroad to mischief. When | in your personal affairs you have com- mitted yourself to any course by an ill-considered opinion you have deliber- ately tied a handkerchief over your | eves; you can’t help falling over the things that get in your way. { Consistency, however trivial it may ' appear to the philosophic mind, is the skeleton in the closet of the ordinary mortal. What we have said and done 41s the implacable god in the car which rides down our sincerity. The past as we have lived it odt in word and deed is the heathen idol before which one’s unregenerate soul bows down in slavish ‘worship. i The intimate friend deserves to be| blackballed from Cupid’s club for an-| other offense. “ By her receptivity and sympathy | she breaks down one's self-reliance. One learns to depend upon her judg- [ment, to see with her eves, to think with her mind. She is likely to run| one’s courtship, and more than likely | | to run it into the ground. { Oh, lovers all, be self-reliant in your | {love. By any other course you cheapen | | vourself, and also the one to whom you give your devotion. Our unexpressed thoughts live as flowers do, without any further pur- | pose than just being flowers. And as we sit quietly in the sweet solitude of our little gardens there are me voices all about us which lift our souls ! and bear them upward on winged fan- cies fair. t " We are too hospitable when we open the garden gate and let outsiders in. For these same reasons married life has no room in it for intimate friend- ships. Married happiness must be a walled-in Eden. It is no wonder that man¥ a hus- | band regards with jealous dislike his wife’s intimate friend. He knows that | there are confided to this woman, who |is a stranger to himself, many Inci- dents which are sure to appear to her, and to the people to whom she in her | turn relates them in a careless mo- ment, as weather-cocks on the top of | his domestic edifice. The world does love a lover; but it loves him as a robin loves an apple, | for the savor which it means to apply | to its own palate. | If loyers are wise, thersfore, they ! play a tWwo-fold role upon the stage or‘ Fuman experience. Between them- selves they study out what love is in its purity and in its stronz simplicity. And the secrets of their spiritual re- search they keep inviolate as a con- sequence of nature. But bhefore tha eyes of the wide public let tham play arcther drama, the preity passing show of love's fair affectations. MRS. CHADWICK. | If I were Mrs. Chadwick And Mrs. Chadwick I, Some folks of my acquaintance ‘Would lay them down and die. I know some wealthy people ‘With stocks and bonds and such Of whom I'd make to-morrow A million-dollar touch. TI'd open wine in magnums And live extremely high If I were Mrs. Chadwick And Mrs. Chadwick I If I were Mrs. Chadwick And Mrs. Chadwick I, T'd play 'em to the limit If the limit were the sky. My friends would dine at Sherry's And I would pay the checks; And millfonaires who knew me ‘Would get it in their necks. I'd keep the walters jumping And buy and buy and buy— If I were Mrs. Chadwick And Mrs. Chadwick L If I wers Mrs. Chadwick ‘With Mrs. Chadwick's eye, Dave Rose's lovely city ‘Would float in Extra Dry. Just now I'm not high-rolling, The which I do deplore; I spend it when I have it, A horse could do no more. Ach himmel! Just 1 The Christmas gifts I'd buy If T were Mrs. Chadwick And Mrs. Chadwick L —willlam F. Kirk in Milwaukes Senti- nel. NOT THAT SORiT. Mr, Kloseman—My dear, I'm afraid : i i | | | | ‘Mrs. Kloseman—That's enough, John, you promised it, and—— Mr. Kloseman—But we've got to economize. You must make some F;:;m and the expense of providing proper sacrifice. ilshlnc for him :“mmmo mfl: . the ruies ons of Mrs. Kloseman (determinediy)— | 5" the county or sits and onoy wheors ss Yes, but it won't be a sealskin sack- Lo . _Such _— lllclndo:’ the h‘n of rifice.—Philadelphia Press. 1L et the cnmsntmacr It E e HaIf of Lovers' and Married ! Howell ~THE SMART SET= BY SALLY SHARP. Miss Gertrude Dutton and Josiah will be married in Trinity Church on January 11. The ceremony taking place at 8:30 o’ciock, will be fol- the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- Ham J. Dutton, on Pacific avenue. At- lowed by a reception at the home of | tending the bride will be Miss Mollie | Dutton, maid of honor; Miss Edna Middleton, Miss Maylita Pease, Miss Pearl Landers and Miss Belle Harmes, | bridesmaids. The groom will be at- tended by Thomas Barbour, with Ed- ward Greenway, Harry Dutton, En- rique Grau and Lindsay Scrutton as ushers. . . A luncheon was given yesterday to Miss Marie Voorhies by Mrs. A. S. Baldwin. Miss Voorhies will be mar- ried on December 31, at 4 o'clock, to Captain H. P. Young, who is on his way to San Francisco now and will ar- rive this week. The wedding will be a large one, several hundred invitations having been issued. Recelving the guests will be Mrs. H. E. Huntington, Mrs. Emory Winship, Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Inez Shorb White, Mrs. Reginald Knight Smith, Mrs. Frank Sullivan, Mrs. Willlam F. Herrin, Miss | Phelan and Mrs. Alexander Garceau. oL S5 Mrs. Joseph Anderson Chanslor and Mrs. Frederick Wilson Kimball enter- tain to-day at an elaborate tea In the handsome home of Mrs. Chanslor, ‘Washington and Jones streets. This is one of the occasions when the hostesses | have been obliged—and their courage is commendable—to ask for replies to their offering of hospitality. Deplorable as it may seem to establish such a pre- cedent, the deterioration of manners in society must not be condoned, hence the heroic question, “Are you coming?" e a0 The fast-approaching date for the de- 1 parture of Miss Pearl Sabin and Miss Irene Sabin is bringing to them many hospitalities given by their friends, who would see much of them while here. Mrs. Redmond Payne will enter- tain in honor of Miss Irene Sabin in the near future, and several other events of indefinite date are on the tapis. * o . ® Miss Jessie Wopple of Los Angeles, who has been visiting in San Fran- cisco for the last fortnight, was the guest of honor yesterday at a five-hun- dred party given by Miss Gladys Deal. Among the players were Miss Wopple, Miss Marie Wells, Miss Amy Gunn, Malcolm | Miss Partridge, Miss Jessie Fillmore, Marriner, Mrs. Frede Mrs. Leonard Chene ek § er, dinand Stephenson, Mrs. Rs Har Mrs. Redmond Payne, Mrs exande Baldwin, Mrs. Sidney Partric William James ¢ hbert, Mrs, Je ¥ Wilson, Mrs. Burwell White, Mrs. E. White, Mrs. Thomas Benton Darrag! Mrs. Robert Greer, Mrs. Clifton Mac and Mrs. Frederick Clampett. e wie, @ The German Ladies General Benev- olent Soclety will hold a Christmna Festival in Golden Gate Hall on D cember 29 at 2 p. m. The board o managers will be at the hall on De cember 28 to receive the annual do- nations of clothing, food and necess: ries for the needy and destitute. The following are members of the board Mrs. Caroline Koster, president; Mrs. F. Fehleisen, Mrs. A. M. Buck, Mrs. M. S. Grinbaum, Mrs. I. Hecht, Mrs. T. C. Muessdorffer, Mrs. M. Esberg. Mrs. L. Gottig, Mrs. B. Brommel, Mrs. F. Habenicht, Mrs. H. Kreutzmann, Mrs. F. D. Stadtmuller and Mrs. E. Schild. To-morrow night the charity bdall takes place at the St. Francis for the benefit of the Nursery for Homeless Children. Aside from the interest shown in the building of a new nur- sery at Fourteenth and Lake streets the affair will be a soclety event. It is undér the efficlent management of Edward Greenway and these well known society women: Mesdames Ja- cob Bertz, W. 8. Leake, Frank V. Wright, William L. Gerstle, J. J. The- obald, Guy E. Manning, James L. Gould, Pelham Ames, Eugene Bresse, O. B. Burns, Albert Dernham, Henry Dernham, James KElder, Herbert E. Law, A. H. Martin, Homer E. Os- borne, Edgar F. Preston, George B. Sperry, J. J. Spleker, Willlam Thomus |and W. W. Van Arsdale, Misses Maud O'Connor and Adelaide Pollock. & 31 A Several supper parties followed the Eleanor Haber recital at the St. Fran- cis last week. Among the entertain- ers were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sulli- van. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Gerstle had as guests Mr. and Mrs. R. Spen Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Gerstle Miss Ha ber. Mrs. T. Rinaldo and Mrs. Leo- pold Michels were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Stern. - IT NEARLY FRIGHTENED | HIM TO DEATH ! Young Jones (an amateur at the black arts)~Now, Miss Smiff, will you please look through this crystal and tell me what you see? Miss Smiff—1 see a young man about to propose.—From The Tatler. - | ANSWERS TO QUERIES. A CONTRACT—Z, City. If a person purchases a piece of property under certain conditions, the purchaser is bound by the terms of the contract. OFFICIAL VOTE—S., Santa Crusz, Cal. The official vote for candidates sought to be committes 1§ Dot & poor or indi- gent person the cost of the proceedings aze a porsca 1ogalty Nable for bis ¥ A egally liable for his mafnt E less otherwise orderod by the Judge. oy THAT PICTURE—A Subscriber, City. The explanation of the picture “Laying the Foundation of the Kremlin,” issued for Congress at the recent election in those parts of the Fifth Congressional District lying in San Francisco was as follows: Hayes (R.) 14,775, Wynn (D.) 12,138, Whitney (8.) 1760, Willlams (U. L.) 840 and Pratt (P.) 110. | NAIL HAMMERS—N. D. S, City. Nail hammers are tempered in large with The Call of December 11 and re- produced from the work of Dijenyeef, the well-known Russian artist, is the following: “Many years ago there ex- isted in Russia a heathenish custom of immuring alive a human being under the cornerstone of a great building, the | 1 quantities at a time in the hammer factories. They are heated in a large, slow-burning fire or muffle oven and then dipped, either singly or in nests, strung on rods through the eyes. The grinding is done on large grindstones as to the plane parts. Angles and cor- ners are ground on emery wheels. The ficish is made on flne emery wheels and polishing belts of leather. INSANE PATJENTS—T. R. O. C., ‘Watsonville, Cal. The following, from the Political Code of California regu- lates the matter of payment for the keeping of patients in asylums for the insane: 2175—The cost incurred in termining the insanity of a poor or indigent n and securing his admission into a State bellef being that such a sacrifice would insure its successful completion. The picture shows the laying of the cornerstone of the Kremlin at Mos- cow. The workmen-have seized the young and beautiful wife of a merchant and are proceeding to force her under the cornerstone. The artist has depict- €d in the most striking manner the ter- Tor of the victim, as well as the stern determination of the men.” I Time to send Townsend' by Express for Christmas. R B TR 1 ket and Wakelee's Drug !lo-;-. ‘g ‘This week best gold eyeglasses, specs, 20c to 50c (sold in store $3-54), at 79 4th, front of celebrated Oyster Restaurant. * ————— Special information supplied a.gy to business houses and public men tae Preas Clipping Burea ,.m o 307G fornia m".h » s Glace Fruits . f f street,