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6 33j t <a££l*Cl »U Friday: ........... •. • . • AUGUST 25. 1899 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address A!! Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE Market and Third Sts.. S. F Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS 217 to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874. DELIVERED BY CARRIERS. 16 CENTS PER WEEK. Single Copies, 5 cents. Terms by Mall. Including Postage: DAILY CALL, (incrtding Sunday Call), one year $6.00 DAILY CALL (including Sunday Call). 6 montha 3.00 DAILY CALL (including Sunday Call). 3 months — 1.50 DAILY CALL— By Single Month ." «*«c SUNDAY CALL ">nc Year 1.50 WEEKLY CALL One Year , 1 - iHi All postmasters are authorized to pecelv subscription!. Sample copies will be forwarded when requested. OAKLAND OFFICE 908 Broadway C. GEORGE KROGNESS, Manager Foreign Advertising, Marquette Bultdtnft, Chicago. NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT! C. C. CARLTON Herald 6quar« NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE! PERRY LI'KLNS JR 29 Tribune Bulldlnft CHICAGO NEWS STANDS. Pherman House; P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotels Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel. NEW YORK NEWS STANDS. Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. Br'-r.tano, 21 Union B<juapej Murray Hill Hotel. WASHINGTON (D. C.I OFFICE...' Wellington Hotel J. L. ENGLISH, Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES— S27 Montflom«ry street, corner Clay open untii 9:20 c'cio:*. 200 yes street. ODen until S:3O o'clock- 639 McAllister street open until 9:30 c"clock- -",5 LarKin street, open until 9:30 o'clock ;S4l Mission street, open uijttl 10 o'clock- 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street, open "until 9 o'clock- 106 Eleventh* itrcet, open until 9 o'clock- NW. corner Twenty second and Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock AMUSEMENTS. California— "A Baclieioi-s Honeymoon. •" Columbia— "A Southern Geatlercan." Orpheum— Vaudeville. Tivij'.i— '•Cava'.ltria Rastlcan*." and "ITagliacci." Alcazar "Komeo and Juliet." Grand Op^ra-house — •"Clo\er." Chutes, Zoo and Free Theater— Vaudeville every afternoon »nd evening. Olympia. corner Mason and Ellis streets— Specialties. Eutro Baths— Swimming Races, etc. Battie of Manila— Market street, near Eighth. Alhaxnbra Theater— Benefit to John '.'. . Slade. Saturday evening. September 2. California State Fair. Sacramento— September 4 to 16. - <^^^^^> - EEEEE WELCOME FOR THE BRAVE. ONCE more we express the voice ol the people r:iia in a welcome to our victorious teers. Yesterday, with the rinest marine witnessed on the Pacific Coast, they were • transport steamed up the bay. This morning, with the cheering of a proud i.nd rejoicing people, they will be welcomed as they h through the streets. The Governor would not ordain a single public holiday for the reception of the heroes, but the people know how to make holidays for themselves. How much business was done in San Francisco yester ilow much will be done to-day? The Gov ern'>r's pettiness will have no other effect than that of confusing the business of two days, and of keeping a large number of working men and women at their where they had little or nothing to do because all the patrons of trade had gone to welcome the vol ::e great throngs who line the streets and give their heart's voice in a roar of cheering, rolling in unbroken volume from the ferry depot to Van Ness avenue, the Governor's littleness will be of no mo • They will have ordained a holiday by the of the popular will, and it will be one of the : | ius in our annals. It is not worth while to urge anew that the wel come of the volunteers be accompanied by every manifestation of public rejoicing. The people can be counted on to look out for that. The elaborate decorations of the streets along the line of march will render that part of the city only a little more brilliant and adorned than other portions. All over town banners are living, and "Welcome" meets the eye on every side rtlay The Call blazoned upon the first page of its souvenir edition, "California's Glory Is Her Vic torious Returning Sons." It is in that sentiment the I-eople will receive them to-day. The heroic volun- Kcr^ have attested to the world the valor and the loy alty of Californians in war. and it is now for those who have remained at home to attest the admiration and the love with which the valiant and the loyal are regarded by their fel!ow-citi?ens. According to the press dispatches Emperor Wil liam, in refusing to allow the captain of the Meteor to sail Sir Thomas Lipton'a yacht against the Co lumbia, assigned no reason. That is the beauty of majesty — you don't have to assign reasons. Though the municipal conventions have been al most lost to sight in the excitement of the reception, i: i^ to be hoped they will do nothing that will prove near to t'ne people in the end. OUR SOUVENIR EDITION. WITH more than ordinary satisfaction The Call directs attention this morning to the superb souvenir edition published yesterdiy in honor of the arrival of the volunteers. It is unquestionably the most artistic specimen of newspaper work on a large scale ever produced on the Pacific Coast, and lias had no superior anywhere. In preparing the souvenir designed to recount and to illustrate the deeds of our heroes in the Philip pines The Call determined to achieve a supplement which would need no resort to gaudy colors to render it attractive. Each picture is the work of a true art ist, and the mechanical reproduction is faultless. (Jreat care was taken with the portraits of the officers ; t nd of the brave men who died in the service, and in each case a good picture and a true likeness is given. The literary features of the number are not inferior to the illustrations. It constitutes a compendium of the regiment and its service during the war. A com plete roster of the regiment and of the two batteries, Battery A from this city and Battery D from Los Angeles, are given, as is also a complete list of those who fell in battle or died in hospitals. The story of the principal events connected with the service of the regiment is told with graphic fidelity, and the num ber as a whole will be accounted an important con tribution to the record of the war with Spain and the military history of California. It is worth noting in this connection that the pub lication of the souvenir was on time, notwithstanding the fact of the arrival of the transport a day sooner than was expected. The Call not. only does the right thing in the right way, but does it at the right time. IMPERIALISM NOT INDORSED. THE three-ringed circus in politics which Mr. Bryan is running has so occupied the amuse- , ment-loving public that due attention has not j | been paid to the exceeding conservatism of the Re- j j pubiican party on the issue of imperialism. Notwith- j I standing the somewhat frenzied utterances of Gov- j j ernor Roosevelt, who has gone in with all the youth ful enthusiasm of a freshman at a college rush, or the | unthinking muscular zeal of an amateur at football, j the Republicans have shown great calmness and self- i I control. The three leading State conventions of the i party already held, in Kentucky, Ohio and lowa, have 1 emitted entirely any indorsement of expansion and ' imperialism. They ail indorse any effort to establish civil stability in Porto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines, but there they stop. This position is entirely conser vative, and is, in effect, an attitude of waiting for the I action of Congress, which must at the next session , ! declare a policy on which the party will go into next ; j j ear's campaign. It is fortunate, because no member i i of Congress can plead imperial pressure from his party ' !at home. The members will meet in an impartial I mind to do their American duty and so solve the ' i?sue as not to impair our institutions and tarnish the true fame of the republic. One thing is significant in conventions— the name of Lincoln was invoked and conjured with to an extent unknown in recent j . years. This is a good indication. When a party is willing to sit quietly down with the memory and his- I tory of its founders and fathers, it is in a mood to rv new its natal inspirations and strive for the heights on which its builders stood. Just now Republican leaders can do their party and their country no better service than by studying and the profoundly patriotic and philo lical view? of Lincoln and his exegesis of the prin ciples of our government It is a wonderful testimony resight of the founders of the party that its first platform, in every expression of principle, ' might serve to-day as a statement upon which to go I into a campaign in defense of the institutions in whose : rescue from destruction and forgetfulness it was ! framed. As the party now and next year gets nearer to the cradle in which its mewling infancy so suddenly grew to manly strength, its chances for another lease of popular confidence improve. Our word goes to it.s representatives throughout the Union to stand by its primordial principles and refuse Ito accept greed as its motive, though it may be j wrapped in the flag and consecrated by the spume of : pseudo patriots. The rights of man. government by consent of the j governed, the equality of all before the law. were the high legend written uponthebattle standard of Lincoln Republicanism. Let that legend shine out like the stars and the nation will turn to it, away from all the coun- ■■ ; tcrfeit enthusiasm and forged pretense of the crowd of ' grub-hunters and small tinkers who have no use for the party unless it can stuff their bellies or their ; ■ purses. When Dr. Cohn, quarantine officer of the State Board of Health, was refused permission to board j the steamer Doric he took the names of the Federal inspectors who barred his passage. The doctor j should be careful. Had there been some fearful dis ease aboard he might have taken that. Tom Reed has a right of course to attend to pri- I vate business for the next few years, or for the rest ' of his life, if he choose; but all the same his retire- j ment from Congress will be very much like taking ; ! Hamlet out of the play and leaving the stage to the ghost and the supes. It is said there was not a single professional poli tician in the convention that nominated the anti- Goebel Democratic ticket in Kentucky, and if it be =o it is safe to say the revolt is truly that of the better element of the party. THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. r~^ HAIRMAX KELLOGG, in his address to the. ( Republican municipal convention on Wedncs- day, clearly set forth the nature of the issues before the people in the campaign, and the respon sibilities which rest upon Republicans in confronting them. "In November," as the chairman said, "there will be held the most important municipal election which has ever taken place in this imperial city of San Fran cisco." Government under the new charter corre sponds in point of time with the opening of a new era in politics by the operation of a primary law which has at one sweep cleared the city of the domi nation of ward bosses, and a new era in municipal development caused by the double effect of commer cial expansion and the increased interest of progres sive citizens in public affairs. To meet this issue fairly and to assure Republican success at the polls the chairman said: "We must nominate this year a good ticket throughout. We have no right to .expect any weakness in our oppo nents. They/ have a representative convention and will doubtless nominate respectable candidates." The wisdom expressed in the words is doubtless fully ap preciated by the delegates to the convention. This is not to be a "yellow dog year" by any means. The party that wins in the election will do so by the merit of its platform and the personal worth of its candidates. The chairman laid due stress upon the importance of nominating able and public-spirited men for the office of Supervisor, as well as naming a leader of sterling worth for the mayoralty. On that point his words are impressive: "There should be no higher honor than membership in a body which shapes the course of a large and rapidly growing city of the United States. The citizen of London is almost as proud of a seat in his County Council as in the House of Commons, and scores of other European cities are celebrated for the business-like administration of their municipal affairs. Let us avail ourselves of our op portunity and make our Board of Supervisors worthy of the city in which we live, and worthy of the repub lican institutions, which, in spite of many disappoint ments, we yet know to be the best on earth." From the applause with which all snlient points of the address were greeted it is evident the convention is in full harmony with the aspirations expressed by the chairman. The spirit that animates the delegates is one of civic patriotism and of loyalty to the high est ideals of Republicanism. It remains to be seen how far they will be able to accomplish that which they design. In order that they may do so it will be necessary for business men to be willing to under take the severe duties of municipal offices. If men whom the party would delight to honor decline to become candidates, of course the convention will be compelled to have recourse to men of less leadership and eminence in the community, and no one will be to blame save the men who have shirked their po litical duty to the city. Fortunately, there is no reason visible at the pres ent outlook for fearing the result. The better class of citizens are now awake to the importance of the issues of the time and have shown at the primaries a THE SA:N TEAK CISCO CALL, ITJDAY, AI'UIST 25, 1899. willingness to attend to politics as well as to business.. The prospects are therefore good, and we may con fidently expect of the convention a ticket and a county committee which will merit and have the sup port not only of all good Republicans but of inde pendent voters. We note that one of the enterprising (?) evening journals sent four of its reportorial staff out to the transport on a "fleet-footed" tug. This is evidently a new departure in tug-building. Yesterday the people on land shouted welcome for the boys in the transport, and to-day the people in transport will shout for the boys on land. THE WIRELESS TELEGRAPH AND THE SIREN. YESTERDAY the people of San Francisco had a striking illustration of the difference between the swift, silent, scientific methods of legiti mate journalism and the noisy and discordant pre tensions of yellow journalism. In obtaining by wire less telegraphy the first report of the arrival of the Sherman oft the Golden Gate The Call showed the people how enterprising journalism profits by every advance in science* to increase its facilities as a gath erer and disseminator of news; while in the screech of its siren the Examiner showed how a faker in journalism brings mechanism to aid its howling over discomfiture. The Call of course does not claim to have been the first to make use of wireless telegraphy. The system has been operated off the coast of England during the past summer, and similar experiments more or less successful have been made in many parts of Europe and in the Eastern States. The merit of the feat of The Call lies in the fact that it was the first use of wireless telegraphy in practical journalism; the first time the new marvel of science has enabled enter prise to accomplish a scoop over slow-going con temporaries. The result was not attained without much work in the way of preliminary experimenting. For six weeks expert electricians in the service of The Call were planning, testing and working patiently to devise a wireless telegraph system that could be relied on when the emergency called for its use. In the mean time yellow journalism was polishing up an old second-hand siren and putting new screech pipes into the throttle of it. At last the great day came. Through a thick haze upon the sea the Sherman, with California's heroes aboard, loomed upon the sight of the watchers, and instantly the wireless message of glad tidings was flashed to the Cliff House, and then to The Call office, and from there given to a rejoicing city. The system had proven to be of practical value to live journalism, and it was a happy coincidence that en abled its first service to be that of announcing the ar rival of the California Volunteers home from the war. In this contrast between the wireless telegraph and the siren the public has an epitome of all the thou sand contrasts between the journalism of enterprise and the journalism of fakes. The one gathers news, learns from science how to accomplish new marvels of success and applies the learning promptly to the exigencies of the day; while the other fakes some thing that ■will make a noise out of old junk shops and attracts attention to itself by making more racket than a pig under a gate. With the passing of the holiday the screeching of the Examiner's siren will cease for a time at least, but the wireless telegraphy of The Call will go on *o still greater accomplishments, for the noise of fakers is but for a day, while the enterprises of science are for all time. Bryan's opponents in the Democratic party may figure out in back rooms how to beat him, but when it comes before an open convention they are not in evidence, and he has everything his own way. Even the jingoes will admit it is better to have our heroes at home than to have them across the ocean holding down the Filipinos. THE CRISIS IN SAMSAH BASIN. I » ROM all parts of the Orient come reports oi i strife and strikes and disturbances because the * ancient and orderly ways of the people are bein^ disturbed by the introduction of the machinery of our Western civilization. The jinrikisha men are in re volt in Japan against electric cars, the punkah workers in India are bewailing the introduction of the electric fan, and in China the coolies are protesting against the opening of a new port in Samsah basin, north of Foochow, because it will enable ships to receive at that port a large quantity of freight now carried over land. According to the Hongkong Press the coolies em ployed in carrying the products of the Samsah dis trict to Foochow number, many thousands, and when the port was virtually opened by the arrival of the first steamer they feared their occupation would he gone, and in the old approved way went in for more or less violent obstruction. On her first trip the steamer came back empty and reported that coolies could not be obtained to put the tea on board. Later on Mr. Commissioner Tanner visited the port, and on her next trip the steamer brought back cargo, and everything appeared to be going on all right. Yester day an "express" was sent out which stated. "Dispatches for the steamship Hailan is to be post poned until further notice. Kwong Shun Tsiang Company, CtlU Ting, agent." Further inquiry elicited the reply, "Have makee loosum too muchee. How can 5 " So for the time being the port of Santu, in the Samsah basin, is closed. Electric fans wave in the palaces of Indian Rajahs and electric cars carry pas sengers through romantic Japan, but in China the coolie for a time holds his own. much to the regret not only of the European business men of that sec tion, but of the pleasure-lovers, for the Hongkong Press says sadly: "The Samsah basin is described as being a miniature inland Sea of Japan, and residents here were looking forward to a nice little steamer trip with shooting and fishing thrown in." Senator Tillman's statement that Boston is the cen ter of all devilment and is the cause of all the strife between whites and blacks in South Carolina is not true to the facts, but it is true to his reputation. A. sad report comes from the East that one of the notable features of the camp-meetings in that section this summer has been the number of counterfeit half dollars found in the contribution boxes. . Croker's declaration that Bryan is a great states man may not have much effect on national politics, but the next time Tammany gives a $10 banquet the Platte River orator will be there. If the "Half-Million Club" can*be revived in time it could make a ten-strike now and close up its career brilliantly by taking a census of the city be fore Saturday night. CANNON THAT GUARD AGAINST TORNADOES GUNS IN POSITION TO SHOOT CYCLONES. A WESTERN man has devised the tornado guard, shown in the Illustration, which he asserts Is full protection against such unwelcome visitors. It consists of a wooden framework, covered with strips of copper and lightning rods. Insulated wires are run to the cannon placed in front of the guard, and they are discharged by means of electric sparks conveyed by lightning ar resters. The discharge of the cannon stops the whirling motion and robs a straight wind of its destructive force. Lafcadio Hearn's Feat. "Twenty years ago I.afeadio Hearn was a reporter "on the staff of a Cincinnati newspaper which I was directing. He came from— no man knew where. He was a tiny follow physically, and as myopic as a bat. He knew nothing about news, but he could write a 'story' that was as polished and as full of color as if it had come from the pen of Gautier himself. Despite his physique, he was as coura geous as a lion, and there was no as signment of peril that he would not bid for avidly. I remember that one day a famous steeple climber was going to scale the spire of the cathedral to repair the cross that topped the spire 200 feet above the sidewalk. It was a feat that all other steeple climbers had balked at, but this fellow was the master of his trade and accepted the contract. The afternoon he first scaled the spire thou sands of people watched him breathlessly as he slowly made his way up the out side of the "steeple, fixing his ropes and f.'uiholds as he went. Of course, he was in. rvlewed, and he said boastingly that the task was bo easy that he could just as well carry a man up on his back. That noon Hearn came to me and said timidly that he had read of the steeple climber's offer, and he would be glad to ascend the spire on his back. I was amazed, and tried to point out to Hearn the peril of the thing. He would not listen. Finally, my desire to -get a "good story' overcame my scruples, and I told Hearn I'd ar range the matter with the steeple climber. I thought the latter was mak ing a huge bluff f'>r business and adver tising ends, but I was mistaken. He was as zealous as Hearn. Well, 1 brought the two together. They arranged their end of the feat, and I washed my hands of further responsibility for either the stee ple climbers or Hearn's safety. "At the appointed time Hearn mounted the steeple climber's shoulders, and the dizzy journey began. Tens of thousands of people watched the foolhardy pair. At last the cross was reached, and Hearn Uft his p«reh on the climber's shoulders. The steeple .lark swarmed up the cross and stood on his head on the apex of it. The mob in the streets below cheered the daring fellow, but he was so high up in the air that the cheers were Inaudible. The two men returned to the ground safely. Hearn came back to the office and sat down and wrote two columns of a Btory describing his sensations, and the glories of the view he had obtained from the steeple top. It was literature, this Btory, and it is regrettable that it has been lost in the obscurity of a forgotten newspaper. Such a glowing description of a i-ity seen from a great heignt I never ;• ad before or sinco. The most interesting thing about it to me was the fact that Hearn couldn't see five feet beyond the tip "f his nose, so myopic was he."— The Verdict. Shall We Keep the Philippines? VisaJia Times. The Snn Francisco Call is interviewing the soldiers who are now arriving from the Philippines and their testimony will be hard to overcome by the imperialists who are holding up the vast profits to i be made by the alleged trade we are to I have with that country when we whip the insurgents into a nroper regard for our < particular brand of foreign libei cy. It is asserted that white men cannot ■ labor In the Philippines and that the ■ work is nearly all done by Chinese coolies. The land is owned by the church and there is no opportunity to get hold of it at a prire that will make it an object to American Investors. The Idea of this country making money trading with a people who are able to earn only about K. cents a day is absurd, and something else will have to be found to make the p. <'Ple here contented to pay the enor mous war taxes. Yellow Journal Headquarters. One of the bravest, as well as one of the wittiest things that has been done lately, was the reply of the Rev. Dr. Newman Smyth of New Haven, when the represen tative of one of the worst of modern newspapers asked him for "a bright, terse Interview about hell," for Its Sunday edi tion. Dr. Smyth very kindly complied with the request; his article was as fol lows: "Hell, in my opinion. Is the place where the Sunday edition of your paper should be published and circulated."— News-Letter Wit but Not Tact. A story comes from Oklahoma which shows that a clergyman may have a pretty wit and yet be a little lacking in tact. In the course of his sermon the Rev. Mr. Newby, new pastor of the Christian church at Guthrie, interjected the question, "How many of you have read the Bible?" Fifty hands went up. "Good!" said the preacher. "Now, how many of you have read the second chap ter of Jude?" Twenty-five hands were AN EXPENSIVE DISEASE. Dr. Phil Graves-My patient is Buffering from acute appendicitis. Oh, by the way. is he Billions, the millionaire? Dr. TVoodbury Mann— Why, he hasn't got any money at all. Dr. Phil Graves-Pshaw: I have made a mistake in my diagnosis. He's only sat a. "'■ '" In l.:- Btamaeiv. raised. A wan smile overspread the min ister's face. "That's good; but when you go home read that chapter again, and you will doubtless learn something to your interest." Of course, they found that there is no second chapter of Jude, and, of course, no matter how they may at tempt to laugh it off. the victims of the clerical pleasantry are not likely to love their pastor any the more because of the "rise" he took out of them at that time. — Boston Transcript. . . ; . ■ « ♦ ■ "THE COLL" PRIZE GUESSING CONTEST The winner of the prize guessing contest as to the exact day, hour, minute and second when the trans port Sherman would be sighted will be announced in next Sunday's Call. AROUND THE CORRIDORS Joseph R. Ryland. the San Jos© banker, is at the Occidental. Oscar J. Smith of Reno, Nev., Is reg istered at the Palace. J. B. Lankershin of Los Angeles Is a late arrival at the Palace. F. G. Yan.cy, a mining man from New man, is a guest at the Lick- George Myers, a prominent tobacconist of Fresno, is a guest of the Lick. H. Cornforth, a leading attorney of ■ Marysville, is staying at the Lick. Under Sheriff J. L. Johnson of Uklah arrived at the Russ House last night. U. S. Commissioner of Immigration H. H. North left for the East yesterday. George E. Goodman, a prominent bank er of Napa, is registered at the Palace. Mark McDonald, a leading merchant of Grayson, is registered at the Occidental. J. P. Abbott, a well-known lawyer of i Antioch, is registered at the Lick House. : "W. T. Knox Jr., a prominent lumberman of Sacramento, is registered at the Grand. j G. C. Turner, the chief engineer of the Stockton water works, is staying at the Grand. R. G. Morrison, a capitalist of Bakers field, was an arrival yesterday at the Cal ifornia, C. M. Cole, a wealthy farmer end stock raiser of Fresno, is registered at the Russ House. L. R. Spltzer of San Jose, Assessor of Santa Clara County, is registered at the Palace. Barney Murphy, the wealthy banker of San Jose, is staying at the Palace with his family. C. E. Downs, the mine owner and capi talist of Sutter Creek, Is an arrival at the Occidental. J. A. Forshay, County Superintendent of Schools of Los Angeles, was an arrival at the Lick yesterday. Judge J. K. Moore and Judge J. M. Miller, both of* Los Angeles, are spend ing a few days in this city. Thomas J. Kirk. State' Superintendent of Public Instruction, is registered with his family at. the California. Judge and Mrs. J. A. Miner of Salt Lake City are the guests of the Occidental. They are accompanied by their daughter. Mayor Fred Eaton of Los Angeles regis tered at the Palace last night. Mr. Eaton was accompanied by his wife and daugh ter. T. Jones, one of the leading mining: men of Siskiyou County, arrived in the "city last night and registered at the Russ House. George "W. Pierce, Assemblyman from Yolo. left on the overland for his home at Davisville last night. He has been stay ing at the Palace. Walter Maxwell, a prominent politician and business man of Los Angeles. is spending a few days In this city. He is staying at the Palace. B. Cusick, the superintendent of the Sierra Mill and Lumber Company, is down from Chico for a few days. He Is the guest of the Grand. E. P. Rlpley, president of the Santa Fe system, left for the East last Wednesday night, having concluded his survey of the road and its necessities on this coast. He was accompanied by W. E. Hodfces, general purchasing agent of the Santa Ft Railroad Company. Dick Beamer, the well-known politician and member of the State Board of Equal ization, was about the corridors of me Lick yesterday evening. Commander Charles A. Adams of the Mare Island navy yard is staying at the Occidental during the festivities attend ing the home coming of the soldiers. L. P. St. Clair. the manager of the Bakersfield Gas and Electric Company, arrived in this city yesterday, to be pres ent at the welcoming of the soldiers. Joseph Scott, a prominent cattleman of Montana, is registered at the California. Mr. Scott is making his usual trip to this State in the interest of his largo business. State Controller Colgan, T. O. Toland, member of the State Board of Equaliza tion, and Postmaster Fox are down from Sacramento to assist in welcoming the returning veterans. A. K. Whittier of Pan Jose is an arrival at the California. Mr. Whittier was re cently appointed colonel of the Fifth Regiment and is in town to witness the reception to the First Regiment. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. NAVY YARD MESSENGERS— A. S., City. The duties of a messenger at th» navy yard are similar to those performed by a janitor. The pay varies from $1 86 to $2 per day. __ PANTRYMAN' — Transport, Alameda, Cal. There is no such position in the transports of the United States as "pan tryman" or "dishwasher." There are mess attendants, whose pay is $16 per month. THE NAVY— Recruit*, Olinda, Cal. There is no recruiting office for the navy in San Francisco. Applications to enter the United States navy in California must be presented at Mare Island. NO RUN— A. N., Point Reyes, Cal. If in a play at cribbage A plays a deuce, B an ace A a tray, A is entitled to a run of three: if B follows with an ace he can not claim a run of four, as there is an In tervening card. UNRULY BOY— L. M. D., City. If you have a boy who is unruly and beyond control consult the officers of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and they will be able to advise you as to what course you should follow. PIPER AND CLAYTON-M. S., City. At the election held November 5, 1872, Charles Clayton and W. A. Piper were candidates for Representatives to Con gress from the First District of Califor nia. The vote for Clayton was 11,938 and for Piper 10,882. TEMBLOR— G. S., City. Temblor, fre quently used in the newspapers printed in the" English language, is not an En glish word, which accounts for your in ability to find it in ancient or modern dic tionaries. It is Spanish and is used in the sense that trembling is. ' Temblor de tierra" is the Spanish for earthquake. CANADA— J. T. L., Oakland, Cal. The Government of Great Britain does not receive any revenue from the Dominion of Canada. The Dominion pays its Governor General and the salaries of all other of ficers. It also provides for military and naval defense. Canada is a colony of Great Britain the same as Australia. WHY NOT A LEAP YEAR— E. W. 8., Oity. The following explains why the year 1900 will not be a leap year: If a year were exactly 365 V* days long there would be a leap year every four years, but as there is an excess of 11 minutes 10 3 seconds each year this excess is com pensated for by dropping the leap year at the beginning of three out of four centu ries thus equalizing the time gained through the century. The length of time thus established makes an error of only one day in 3325 years. Of the years con cluding the centuries, and known as the hundredth year, such as 1800, 1900, on.y every fourth year is^.a leap year, com mencing with 20<jO, or such as are devis able d/ 400-that is to say. 2000, 2400, 2SOO and so on. THE PONY EXPRESS— Subscriber, City. The Pony Express was estab lished in April. I*6o. It was part of a mail line between San Francisco and New York, by way of Sacramento, Cal., and St. Joseph. Mo. Betwe.-n these two pli s the distance was traveled by fleet horsemen, each of whom rode sixty miles. The weight carried was not to exceed ten pounds, end the charge was $<"> gold tor letters nor exceeding ono-quarter of an ounce in weight The time between San Francisco and New York waa four teen days. The express was in operation about two years, going cut of existence when the overland telegraph was com pleted. PATENT LEATHER— Subscriber. City. There is nothing that will prevent patent leather shoes from cracking, but by care exercised with the shoes the cracking may be reduced to a minimum. That is when the shoes are removed at night they are warm and the leather is soft. During the nijrht the warmth is dispelled and the leather becomes stiffer than it was the night before. If the wearer will place the shoes where they can become warmed before putting them on the chances of cracking will not be so great. The follow ing is given as a polish for patent leather: Take one-quarter of a pound of molasses or sugar, half an ounce of gum arable and <>ne pound of ivory black, which boil well together. Then let the vessel stand until the contents are cooled and settled, after which bottle off. This is an excel lent reviver and may be used as a black ing in the ordinary way, no brushes for polishing being required. CONSULS— Constant Reader, Pleasan ton, Cal. The United States Consuls in Germany are: Frank M. Brundage, Aix la-Chapelle; John F. Winter, Annabergr; G. Obendorf, Augsburg; Louis Stern. Bamberg; Max Bouschein, Barmen; Frank H. Mason, Berlin; Louis Lange Jr., Bremen; Talbot J. Albert. Brunswick; Uustave C. Kothe. Cassel; James C. Mnnaghan, Chemnitz; Oliver J. D. Hughes. Coburg; John A. Barnes, Col ogne; Philip Albreeht. Dantzic; Charles L. Cole, Dresden; Richard Guenther, Frankfort-on-the-Main; Charles Never, Gera; George Pawter, Glauschau; Hugh Pltcalrn, Hamburg; William K. Ander son, Hanover; B. H. Warner Jr.. Leipsic: Henry W. Deidrioh, Magdeburg: Walter Shuman, Minnz: William J. Hoffman. Manbelm; Oscar Malmros, Markneukir ch«n; Otorgl »;. Plerie, Munich; Leopold Blum. Neustadt; G. C. E. Weber, Nurem berg. T. \V. IVters, Plauen; E. Z. Brow (1. ski. iSolingen; V. E. Joy, Sonnenberg; John K. Keh!. Stettin: E. H. Ozmun, Stuttgart; William K. Herzog, Zittau. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW -YORK. NEW YORK, Aug. 24.— George Uhl, San Francisco, at the Gilsey; D. L. Creamer, San Francisco, at the Cosmopolitan; E. I* Allen, San Francisco, at the Empire. • ♦ . Best eyeglasses. 10c to 40c, 81 Fourth »t , nr. 5c barber. (Also Sundays till noon.) • Treat your friends to Townsend's Call fornia glace fruits, 50c per lb, in fire etched boxes. 627 Market, Palace Hotel • ■ ♦ ■ __ Special Information supplied dally to buflinfcßs houses and public men by th« Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's^, 510 Moai goxutry street. Telephone Main 1042. * Divorce Suits Filed. Suits for divorce on the ground of failure to provide have been tiled by Susanna Reilly against John J. Reilly; Louisa Mehnert against Ernest Mehnert and Freda Ricks against James W. Ricks "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup" Has been used for fifty years by milUons of mothers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It soothes the child, soften*, the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regu lates the Bowels and la the best remedy for Diarrhoeas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by druggists in every part of the world. I3e sure and aak for lira. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, 25c a bottle. Very Low Bates East. On August 29 and 30, the popular Santo ?• route will sell tickets to Philadelphia and re turn at the very low rate of »8S 85. Occa sion, National Encampment, Q. A. R. Call at 62S Market st. for full particulars. HOTEL. DEL CORONADO— Take advantage of th<> round trop tickets. Now only $60 by steamship, Including fifteen days' board at hotel; longer stay, »2 BO per day. Apply at 4 New Montgomery strset, San Frtnclico.