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the tariff bill will be the best work.
If yon wish good reading for to-morrow
leave orders for The Suvbay Call to-day.
The men who cry "peace, peace,'*- when
there is no peace are regarded in Europe
as preat diplomatists.
The Federal building movement has got
as far as the beginning of another test and
that makes work for somebody.
The drawback to having a plantation on
the Mississippi is that there is no telling
when the Mississippi may be on the plan
tation.
As Canada will also undertake a revision
of her tariff the thing seems to be con
tagious, but possibly it may prove as
healthy for her as for ns.
The Senate seoms. to regard the arbitra
tion treaty with sufficient 'avor at any
rate to hold on to it with a grip that ap
pears determined never to let go.
Before long the storm center between
Greece and Turkey may be shifted from
Crete to Tbessaly and then the war cioud
will be driven forward by a cyclone.
Considering his fondness for posing as
the arbiter of the destinies of Europe
Kaiser William is playine a very small
second riddle in the grand concert at
Crete.
As the keynotes of the year so far have
been piiched at Canton, Carson, Crete,
Cuba and Constantinople, it seems as if
the whole world has a desire to get the
high C tone to its concert.
As there has been no declaration of war
in Crete all the fighting has been illegal
and some Jnstice of the Peace in the isl
aDd ought to get out a warrant and arrest
the whoie shooting match.
It is encouraging to note the public in
terest in tiie boulevard displayed by the
increasing list of subscriptions to the con
struction fund. The work is going to be
one in which many a good citizen can say :
"I did my share."
Tie proposed boulevard along the
chores of Lake Michigan to connect Chi
cago and Milwaukee Is making rapid
prozress and will be the finest driveway
in tie United States until we construct
one round the southern end of the bay.
The manner in which King George of
Greece has held his position in Crete
again«t the protests of the great powers
shows that he has brain as well as back
bone. He is evidently a King that knows
his business and understands his situ
ation.
The landing of 500 Highlanders at Crete
nearly roused the Moslems to madness,
and if they wore the regulation kilts the
rage of the populace is not to be wondered
at. The garo is fitted only to excite a
fight or a frolic and the Turk is not frolic
some just now.
It would be right endhgh to give mer
chants a chance to get rid of adulterated
foods which they may have on hand, pro
vided they get rid of them by returning
them to the wholesalers or manufacturers,
but they should not be permitted to un
load them on unsuspecting consumers.
Among the Congressmen from the
South who have spoken during the tariff
debate there have been almost as many in
favor of protection as against it. It will
be seen, therefore, that protection is
rapidly becoming a National sentiment as
well as a National policy and free trade is
fading out of sight.
Champ Clark of Missouri proposes to re
duce the expenditures of the country to
the revenues of the Wilson tariff by cut
ting the army down one-half and abolish
ing the diplomatic corps. The scheme i*
at any rate consistent from a Democratic
standpoint. If we are to have a deficit
tariff why not have a deficit Nation?
Th* duty levied on imported sugar by
the Dineley bill will be a tax upon the
people only so long as we import the
article. As fast as we advance in making
sugar for ourselves the tax will be light
ened and in the end it will be no tax at
all. In the meantime, moreover, it will
encourage American industry and give
our workingmen wages with which to pay
taxes.
Lord Salisbury has pone to France
ostensibly to attend the Queen, who is re
siding at Cimiez, but as he i% to stop at
Paris it is probable his real object is to ar
range a definite agreement with the
French Government as to joint action in
the Levant. The force of circumstances
is compelling the British and French to
act together whether they like It or not,
and on the other hand the much-talked-o;
Franco-Russian alliance seems to be ob
scured by the war cloud like sunshine by
a thunderstorm.
A new weekly has made its appearance
bearing the title The Yellow Dog, and is a
Ion;; way better than the title implies,
i >r it shows no snarling, nor any disposi
tion to be vicious. The tone of the wuoie
is humorous ami gives promise of avoid
ing that coarse satire which is the lait
refuse to decadent wit. The managers of
the new venture, N. J. Bowden and
Joseph Carll, have taken a path which
Jeads them into rivalry with no other
weekly in the City, and may possibly con
duct them to fortune.
SOUTHEM PROTECTIONISTS.
A conspicuous feature of the tariff de
bate in Congress lias been the course
taken by many Southern Democrats in
criticizing the bill, not because it is a
protective measure, but because it does
not give as much protection as they de
sire. Some of the most important speeches
in the debate thus far nave been of this
character, and they are sufficiently numer
ous to merit more than ordinary atten
tion.
In the debate on Tuesday, McLaurin of
South Carolina, a Democratic member of
the Ways and Means Committee, devoted
his speech on the bill almost exclusively
to a plea for protection for cotton-planters.
In the debate on Wednesday, Maddox of
Georgia asked for protection for alumi
num clay, which has been found in large
quantities in Georgia and Alabama. In
reply to a question as to whether he was
a protectionist, Maddox replied that he
was opposed to free raw material.
It is known that several of the ablest
Democrats from the South are strongly in
favor of protective duties not only upon
the articles stated by McLaurin and Mad
dox, but also upon iron, sugar, rice and
all other products ol the Southern States.
The intelligence of the South has at last
discerned the advantage cf protection to
industry, and while her leaders continue
to act with the Democratic party, they do
not permit their party discipline to go so
iar as to compel them to support a free
trade policy which has proven as disas
trous to the South as it has to the rest of
the country.
So long as no cotton was imported into
this country the cotton-planters were free
trader?. At the present time, however,
the importations of Egyptian cotton are
rapidly increasing and constitute a serious
menace to the product of the Southern
States in the American market. This
fact has taught the lesson of protection
against all the arguments of the free
traders, and the Southern cotton-planter
as well as the Southern manufacturer has
now joined the army of protection and
will assist in maintaining the protective
system as a permanent part of our indus
trial and commercial policy.
It is gratifying to note that the requests
of these Southern Democrats for protec
tion to Southern industries were well re
ceived by the Republicans of the House.
When Maddox objected to the Dingley
bill because the production of aluminum
clay wa3 not protected Dalzell of Pennsyl
vania said: "The gentleman from Georgia
should not be bo certain there will not be
a duty on that product. I favor it, and
we may yet place a duty on it." This
statement was greeted with applause from
the Republican side of the House. The
incident clearly showed the intent of thu
Republican party to provide protection
for all American industries, wittiout re
gard to section or to party. Southern
Democrats will find as cordial a welcome
in the temple ot protection as will men of
any other party or of any other section.
A QUEEN'S AMBITION.
It is brave news that Santa Cruz has
authorized The Call's correspondent to
flash before the gaza of the world. In a
two-column dispatch from there which
The Call published yesterday morning
the claim is valiantly asserted that the
people down that way are not content
with mereiy having one of the mosc de
lightful pleasure resorts in the world.
The fact that nature has endowed their
little dale by the sea with advantages
which nothing within the power ol the
world could duplicate or equal is duly ap
preciated by them, but it does not prove
to be a couch sufficiently soft to tempt
Ambition to lia down upon it and rest.
Past it, with merely a lingering glance of
satisfaction, it goes, and ultimately re
solves into a conviction that Santa Cruz
is fitted to be even more than nature has
fashioned her, notwithstanding that na
ture has adorned her so far above the
average of her sister cities.
Santa Cruz assens that she can be a self-.
reliant commercial factor as well as a
pleasure resort. Mani estly the office of
pleasure resort is by far superior to that of
commercial center. Certainly it is rarer,
more attractive and withal more bene
ficial to the higher elements of humanity.
Yet, holding a position which nearly
every other community ia the world
might envy, this energetic Santa Cruz
confidently assures us that a queen may
become a saleslady and still retain the
royal heritage and perquisites of her
birth !
It is a redoubtable declaration. It is
very rarely that one sees a particularly
favored spot for recreation made into a
successful commercial mart. Nor does it
often happen that the inhabitants of a
particularly favored pleasure resort desire
to exploit in other direction?, whereon
they commonly look down wit.i lofty
superiority and complacent security.
Whether one is wise in doing so remains
for Santa Cruz to determine. One thing
alone is clear to us less fortunate burgs :
if Providence had only been as kind to us
as it has been to Santa Cruz we should
hesitate to desire anything further, es
pecially anything less valuable than the
things which we already possessed.
For selfish reasons alone caution is nec
essary for our versatile little sister city to
observe. Will society, which now in
cludes Santa Cruz as one of its summer
pets and makes much of it every year,
continue to smile upon it if commerce,
in tho shape of hurrying drays, tram cars,
vegetable wagons and cattle trains, in
trudes upon the sylvan repose which now
prevails? Will commerce harmonize with
the beautiful cliff drive, the beach, the
quiet, pretty streets? Santa Cruz, yon
see, is all in a bunch, so to speak — is
right up next to the ocean, wheuce es
cape is rendered impossible by the encir
cling hills crowding up to the rear of it.
The area is too small to accommodate con
flicting pursuits. What the town is in
one place it is in all places, or all over.
And it is all over au ideal spot to drift
into for enjoyment.
If some friendly advice be permissible,
we would venture to suggest tbat Santa
Cruz eive not too much thought to com
mercial development. Rather expend her
surplus energies in adorning, with such
touches as man may add to nature's won
derwork, the rare features which make
her so attractive and so celebrated within
the pleasure-seeker's ken. In that lies her
province, and where could a more glorious
province be realized ?
WAR IN GBEEOE.
After the Servian war the Greet army
was increased and now is about the size of
our own. Universal liability to service
exists, though the regular army is re
cruited by lot.
By th- law of 1887 the regular army of
Greece has a total of 24.076 officers and
men, comprisinj; 16,136 infantry, 4377
cavalry and 30G3 artillery and engineers.
Th- total length of service is twelve years,
of which three are passed in the line,
three in the first reserve and ?ix in the
second, On a war footing the regular
army could be raised to 100,000 men. The
first reserve would give 104,500 men and
the second reserve, or territorial army.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY. MARCH 27, 1897.
aDout 145,000 more, making a grand total
of 350,000 men.
In considering the military situation of
Greece, her varied topography must be
taken into full account. The country is
much broken and divided by mountains
into a number of independent posts. Such
a country is, liKe Switzerland, best adapted
for a defensive warfare. History teems
with successful defenses of states so situ
ated. To become master of such a coun
try each separate post must be conquered
independently, so that a prolonged de
fense is easily made.
Though the country is fairly provided
with highways, the absence of any but
short local lines of railway will make the
problem of invasion a difficult one. Ade
quate railway facilities are absolutely
essential to the supply and moving of
large modern armies. This alone must
limit the force 3 which can be brought
against her. If Greece is forced to defend
herself we may confidently anticipate
that she will make a brave fisht, with the
chances in her favor. The stronjr local
patriotism and love of country, so marked
a characteristic of ancient Greece, she
s»ill possesses. Sue ia to-day tho most
democratic country in Europe.
Great battles require an adequate thea
ter of operations, for the battle itself is
but the culminating point of a long
series of operations. Such a theater
is lacking in Greece. If war comes
we may loo;; there for a partisan and
localized series of conflicts rather than
those grand operations which are possible
only in a comparatively open country
having ample communications.
SAN TfiANOISOO'S RAPID OEOWDS
A leisurely person with an observant
eye and a mind given over to rumination
may station himself on any one of San
Francisco's prominent thoroughfares nnd
be led into tome interesting reflections by
simply marking the speed with which the
passing throngs go by him.
There is a great deal in this speed. It
means more thau rapid traveling up and
down the street. And the significance of
it is confined to San Francisco no more
than is the habit of speed itself, which is
a pedestrianic characteristic of the entire
country, if not of the entire civilized
world.
One must at first experience mild won
der at ttie haste which his sisters and
brothers display in going by him as he
stands under the protection of a doorway
and gazes out upon them. Everybody ap
pears to be in a most important hurry.
Every face indicates a consuming deter
mination to "get there" in the shortest
possible space of time. So rigid are the
countenances set in this unalterable pur
pose, that even tha manners of their own
ers generally fail to assert themselves
when the exigencies of personal encoun
ters or collisions occur to warrant it; none
of the conventions of the drawing-room
prevail to divert our pedestrians from tha
one inveterate aim of annihilating space.
Jostling and crowding, albeit sp:ced with
smothered profanity or inaudible thoughts
which ill become brother travelers, are the
rule.
But after a moment's reflection one per
ceives that in this regardless expense of
speed lies the cause of the Nation's, or
mayhap of the human race's, progress.'
As moves the individual in his intention
to accomplish his certain little plan or bit
of business, so moves the composite man,
the community, the practical world. The
individual is always characteristic of the
multitude — his trays, in the average, are
always synonymous with the definite re
sults of his community's ways, as evi
denced in all the perfections and achieve
ments of what we call modern inventions,
or modern improvements. And in this
respect of speedy traveling along the
streets, the individual man's relation to
the age of progress in which he pursues
his way is strikingly brought out.
One might demand a reason for so much
haste, and deny that it is essentially char
acteristic of the Nation's advancement, on
the ground that a man might start earlier
for his plac? of business and walk slower.
Indeed he might. He might spend fewer
moments over his morning pipe, or cut
short his leisure time with baby in the
back parlor, or he might in a hundred
logical and convenient ways get started in
good lime, instead of always late, to his
office. And so, indeed, might the ducks
out in Golden Gate Park walk about on
the lawn all the while and never go into
the water.
Our San Francisco crowds are human,
and it is natural for a human individual
to set the pace for the progress of his race.
Hose sit by walking fast, and his race
corresponds with rapid strides in modern
advancement. Wherefore let no man
swear at the "madding crowds." They
verily are mad in their nights, but so is
civilization in its flight of invention, pene
tration and achievement.
LET IT BE COMMENCED.
The fact that the Federal authorities
have again suffered their attention to be
directed to San Francisco's postofflce site
is cheering, inasmuch as it foreshadows a
possible utilization thereof in the future,
and that would be a tolerably fair thing to
happen to it.
The Call arrived at this conclusion
some time ago, only a few days after the
general public had assured itself that It
had been mistaken in supposing that the
site was meant to have a building put up
on it, and our conviction found expression
In these columns several days since. The
result is that the authorities aforesaid are
again testing the famous ground, with an
encouraging significance.
Congressman Loud opines that work on
the new postoffice will be commenced dur
ing the coming summer. The money
necessary for an effective beginning nas
been duly appropriated and now lies in
the treasury awaiting the contractor's
call. Congress will appropriate adequate
sums as the work progresses, as provided
for in the original resolution. Only let us
get started, and that site will assume a
more real aspect in the eyes of a hitherto
baffled community.
PARAGRAPHS ABOUi PEOPLE
James Whitcomb Kiley says that he has left
the lecture platform for good.
Boehm's characteristic statue of Carlyle on
the Thames embankment at Chelsea is to
hare its replica in Edinburgh, which has
been somewhat slow in honoring the groat
Scot.
The ex-Empress Eugenic has arrived at
Nice and taken up her residence at her Villa
Cyrnos at Cap Martin. The Empress Eliza
beth of Austria Is also spending the winter
months at the same r> sort.
Representative Bellamy 8. Sutton has in
troduced a bill iv tha Indiana Legislature
compelling the hotel-keepers of tnat State to
print their bills of fare in English. "I object,"
he said In a speech supporting the bill, "to
having the only name down on the hotel bill
for goose livers to b? patty day for grassay."
The school children of New Orleans are
raising a fund of $(>JOO to erect a monument
to John MoD>nougb, who bequeathed more
than $1,000,000 to New Orleans for educa
tional purposes. The gift has resulted In the
erection of more than thirty public schoo.
buildings, in which 18,000 children are at
present enrolled.
THE SUNDAY PAPER FOR THE FAMILY CIRCLE.
Do you love to read about tha wild glacial mountains of the north, whose rugged beauty
and icy splendors huvc placed ihem among the wonders of the world?
Would you like to have a chat with one who has explored the glassy heights of Alaska
and .who now dwells, a rugged mountaineer, among the nlorles of the Yosemite?
Of course you would, and because you would, you will buy a copy of to-morrow's
issue of The Svnday Call and read the chat that one of the bright contributors of this
model Sunday paper has with John Mulr, the
legitimate successor of Thoreau, through the
merit of his own achievement. A striking
portrait of the scienUst, explorer and disco v
erer will be published with the article.
While the stories, the legends and traditions
of the California, poppy, with beautiful illus
trations, will ornament the page which The
Eunday Call serves to delight the little ones,
the exploitation df this gorgeous golden flower
that now decks all the sunny hillsides will bi
of equal interest to "chil-r-u of older
growth."
A new electric-moter "bike' 1 has been
invented, and it promises to cause a revolu-
Ri cycling world. The Sunday Call
>v all about it.
a railroad on the Pacifle Coast In
ration not a single car is used,
it pays dividends!
Ms improbable; but the mystery
:piained in to-morrow's Issue of
.V Call.
uteresting contribution concerning
if progress that prevails at the Unl-
California, whose prospects for the
as bright as those of any other edu
cational institutions in this country, will be a
feature of the paper.
A story of the stars, by Rose O'Halloran,
will be one of the striking articles ot this
edition of The Sunday Call. This California
astronomer has discovered many new things
concerning the heavenly bodies, and she tol ■
of her discoveries most charmingly in the
narrative she has written.
The next installment of Clark Russell's story
of the sea, "The Last Eatry," will encUain the interest of the reader from its beginning
unto Its end. It will make no difference if you haven't read the first Installments of the
tale, as a complete synopsis of the preceding chapters will be given with those published
to-morrow.
The tallest bird that was ever hatched has been discovered and Thb Sunday Call will
tell you all about it
Then there will bo an exploitation of a new use found for electricity; beautiful stories of
tho fields and the woods by Adeline Knapp, and the mining department full of matter of
lively import to those interested in mines, and the fashion page equally as interesting to
those who care for fashions. Tue book page will delight those who are fond of literature.
There will be many highly entertaining articles. In fact, the paper will be brimful ot
good things, and it will be a paper that will delight every member of the family and one
that can be safely taken it. to the home.
Place your order for The Svnoay Call with your newsdealer to-day.
"THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL."
Letters From Our Readers on Topics of Current
Interest.
Chauncey M. Depew on Trusts.
Editor San Francisco Call— Sir: Probably there is no eminent American who has to uni
vcrsally impressed his geniality upon his countrymen as Chauncey M. Depew. For many
yesrs I have admired his phenomenal versatility, his mastery of speech, his ever-ready wit, his
gyrating fancy, his shrewd penetration and his prodigious attainments. I rate him among
the ablest men of our times, and the position he has held over thirty years as counsel and
president of the Vanderbilt system of railroad*, and as counsel and attorney for the Vander
bilts, lends confirmation to my estimate. We may well luten when he speaks.
In a recent interview with the New York Herald on wealth. Inventions, trusts, and the
duties of wealthy men, he answered the question. "What is the danger of trusts?" I ask
readers of The Call to consider his words. Ho said: "Undoubtedly the combinations of
capital in what are commonly called trusts, so far as they crusn out competition and enable a
few men to fix the price of the necessaries of life, require the most careiul supervision by the
Government and the Siat*, and the most rigid legislation for their control ; but the dangers
anticipated from tne universal combination of every kind of business into trusts are greatly
exaggerated." When he speaks ot "the universal combination of every kind of business into
trusts," he points to a condition soon to be realized and regards it with complacency.
As a remedy for any possib c evils of a universal system of trusts which will "enable a few
men to fix the price of the necessaries of life," Mr. Depew proposes "rigid legislation for their
control." Let the reader rest easy on this plan and indulge in no misgivings as to "rigid leg
islation," for Mr. Depew assures us that "legislators grow belter all the while." "In other
wonis, the world is improving all the time," and "walth has infinitely leß3 influence in legis
lation, and a healthy public opinion and publicity have practicaUy destroyed corruption."
This will be gra Hying information for most reader?, certainly, since the impression seems to
prevail among all clxsses of people that wealth has great influence over legislation and that
"corruption" is not "practically destroyed."
While reading these views of Mr. Depew last evening I sat smoking my cigar by a cory
open fire and indulged in some reflections, which I thought it worth while to offer to the
readers ot The < all. but I have cnanged my purpose. On rending one of the morning news
papers to-day I was confronted in large headlines with the announcement of "Harrison's Vo:ce
Against Corporations," and further examination disclosed the information that "on Tuesday,
March 23, ex-President Hnrrison delivered before the Ann Arbor University, Michigan, a
remarkable address," in which, he declares exactly opposite views from those held by Mr.
Depew, couched, it is true, in very guarded phraseology, bat nevertheless decided and
emphatic.
In the third paragraph be says: "I take these two subjects — corporation and tax law
reform— a« illustrations of the inefficiency of the legislative methods. Corporations have
multiplied greatly. We now have them engaged in conducting no: only railroads and banks,
but almost every form of manufacturing or mercantile adventure. The investors, managers
an<l employes Interested are found everywhere. Th*y are individuals of more than the average
influence, especially when stirred into activity by a lar.-e personal interest. This influence will
clearly be thrown against any unjust or destructUe legislation, and very much of it against
anyjre'stricti vp legislation. In fighting unjust legislation they will have many ailies who are
disinterested."
On finding ex-President Harrison thus opposed to the roseate views of Mr. Depew I shall
let him speak for me. Referring to Mr. Depew's own State General Harrison avers that "sc
cordine to the last annual roport of Controller Roberts in the State of New York the equalized
taxable value of real esiate in 1895wasnearly$4,0OO.0O0,O0O; that of personal property lessthan
half a billion. And yet it is well known that tne personal property in New lork State is equal
to If not greater than the amount of real estate." From this nate of things lam led to infer
that wealth still has considerable influence and that "corruption" is not yet "practically de
stroyed" in New York.
It would seem that General Harrison has reached the same conclusion, for he immediately
asserts that "n way must be devised to place corporations under proper restraint and to bring
to the taxroll the vast aggregate of untaxed personal property. The executive and judicial
forces of the Government act quickly and directly. The legislative forces, hampered by the
conditions surrounding them and the greater complications of the questions before them, seem
to be inadequate." If "the legislative forces seem to be inadequate to place corporations
under proper restraiut," and I agree with General Harrison that they are inadequate, then I
fear that "the rigid legislation for their control" proposed by Dr. Depew maybe one of his
jokes after nil.
Indeed, General Harrison himself despairs of "the legislative forces" and proposes a resort
to a new method of procedure, which he states thus: "It seems to me that the great reform
laws must be framed by commissions composed of the brightest minds in the States. They
must h«vo time to study thoroughly the subject. Opportunity must be given to the interests
to be aff.-cted and to the public to present suggestions and objections. There shou<d bi no at
tempt 10 bring in tho millennium on the morrow. It would be too sudden." When the com
missions have framed the laws it is presumed that they will be presented to the Legislature for
enactment, and thus in the end we mußt deal with "the legislative forces," for 1 do not sus
pect General Harrison of the Populistic heresy of referring tneni directly to those who are to
be governed by these laws— the whole body of el'-ctors. If the new method proposed by the
ox-President i< little better than the present method — is in fact only traveling in a "vicious
circle"— ne h^s given a sufficient answer, at all events, to our genial optimist, Dr. Depew.
I fear that both General Harrison and Dr. Der>ew are unwittingly givinsr testimony to the
wisdom of the Populist contention that trusts Lave no right to exist and fix prices fnr a single
day. JOSEPH ASBURY JOHNSON.
855 Market street, March 25, 1897.
WITH YOUR COFFEE.
"What success did Senator Lexow have with
his investigation of the trusts in New York?"
asked Squlldlg.
"Well," replied McSwilTigen, "he failed to
pulverize the sugar trust, he found the lead
trust too heavy to handle and he did not suc
ceed in erasing the rubber tiust."— Pi ttsburg
Chronicle-Tulegraph.
"It was careless," mused the advertising
manager, "to put that prima donna's Indorse
ment of our cure lor a cold on the lame page
with the announcement that she has a sore
throat and cannot sing."— Washington Star.
"Old Skinflint is behind the times."
"Is that so? Well, I'm glad to know who
has been responsible for them of late."—Cin
cinnati Commercial Tribnne.
Hubby— Yes, dear, you look nice in that
dress, but it cost me a neap of money.
Wife— Freddie, dear, what do I care for
money when it it t question o-' pleasing you?
Tit-Bits.
"Do a.ny of these new-fangled substitute! for
coffee resemble the real article?"
"Can't tell. I live at a restaurant"— Chicago
Journal.
"Now," said the lectu-er on natural science
before a Kentucky audience, "we will sup
pose a region in which nothing existed but
water."
'No, no." replied a dozen Indignant voices
at once, "we will not suppose anything of the
kind."— Atlanta Constitution.
Country Parsou— Do you take this woman for
better or worse?
Rube Bridegroom— Wa-al, I awow, parson,
now you've got me. Her folks think I'm tak
in' her for better, an' my folks think I'm takin'
her for worse.— Puck.
"I am afraid it is all up between Jones ana
the rich widow."
"Made one of his ridiculous breaks, I pre
sume?"
'■Yes. He asked her if he was the only man
she ever loTed."— Cincinnati Enquirer.
THE DELI Aiß WAITER.
He deftly placed a heavy chair behind me at
I sat:
He handed me the carte, with kind advice on
tbis aud that;
He gently placed a snowy aervlette upon my
knee.
Ills swlf ness and his silence were wonderful
to me.
He seemed to read my wishes, which he gratified
with care.
Did I wish for any viand? Lo, that viand It waa
ther».
Last, of sliver and ot china he brought two dainty
rotg.
One of t he-e contained my coffee, and one, foraei
lue-uot* —Chicago Record. ,
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
The Daily Cost— E. G. C, Cotton wood,
Shasta County, Cai. The cost of running the
municipal government of San Francisco is
about $148,000 a day.
Sullivan-Mitchell— J. E. F., Armona, Kings
County, Cal. John L. Sullivan and Charlie
Mitchell met in New York City May 14, 1883,
in a four-round contest. Sullivan won in three
rounds.
Pmith-Carboll— W. H., Seattle, Wash. The
fight between Anstralian Bi'.ly Smith and
Brooklyn Jimmy Carroll was fought in San
Francisco, April 23, 1890. before the Califor
nia Club, carrel knocked Smith out in four
teen rounds.
Cows — Subscriber, Michigan Bluff, Placer
County, Cal. The disesse you allude to as
affecting your cows is one that cannot be
parsed upon except by some one after an ex
amination of the animals. Your cows ougnt
to be examined by a veterinary.
Pugilistic Weights— B.. City. According to
the sporting fraternity ruled, the pugilistic
weights are: Bantams, 105 pounds; feather
105 to 118 pounds; light, 118 to 133 pounds;
welter, 135 to 154; middle, 140 to 160 pounds,
usually 150 pounds; heavy, over 154 pounds;
and catch is weight as discretion.
Gas fob Balloons— Subscriber, City. The
gas that is used for inflating toy balloons is
hydrogen, wbich may be obtained Dy pouring
slightly diluted muriatic acid uDon an equal
weight of zinc in a covered vessel having a
small tap or stopcock in the top for lining the
balloon. The vessel is made of lead to prevent
corrosion.
Political Complexion —G. R. L., Pacific
Grove, Monterey County, Cal. The present
Congress, the fifty-filth, is composed of Sena
tors: Republicans 44, Democrats 34, Populists
7, Silver Republicans 1, Silver Fusion ists 1;
in the House there are: Republicans 204,
Democrats 122, Fusionlsts 15, Popultsti 12,
Silver party 3.
Mortgage— Fo'som street, City. A man who
takes a mortgage on his real estate does not
need to record the same, but the one who
loans the money usually does for his own pro
tection. Tne Civil Code says: "Mortgages of
real property may be acknowledged or proved
and recorded in like manner and with like
effect as a grant thereof.
A Lapel Button— A correspondent is anxious
to know what organlzatii n a lapel button he
is possessed of represents. It is about the eizo
of a nickel. The face is teJ, has upon it a
white four-pointed star, ana on top of this
there is a blue four-pointed star, the points of
the latter between the points of the white one.
Outside of the red there is a rim of white, in
th-is rim at each point of the blue star is ah
initial— representing tie points of the com
pass—N. S. E. W. Within the points of the
while star are the Initials, in gilt, N. A. D. C.
Can any of the readers of this department tell
what the button represents ?
, The fOFULAB Votk-B. £. H., City. A can
didate for the office of President of the United
States may receive the highest popular vote,
yet not secure the o*ee. President* we not
elected by popular vote. Hayes and Harrison,
wit" the exception of John Quincy Adaras,
who was choseti by the House of Representa
tive- were tne only Presidents ever elected
who &W not have /majority -ove, -their jri£
over the President-elect.
International Relations-B. G. W., Angels
Camp, Calaveras Count , Cal. If the United
States bhould recognizJ the belligerency ot
Cuba it would not necessarily change interna
tional reations with Spain any more than"
did between theUnHed States and Great Britain
when the latter recogn.zed tne be.Hgerenc> of
theSonthern Confederacy. By such ivcogrn
non both the parent state and the belligere ins
would acquire certain rixbts. .For .benefits
see the answer "Belligerent Right*" in this
issue.
Newspapewh-H. C. M., City. Tn enterprise
and the presentation of news the newspapers
of the Un.ted States, as a rule, are far in ad
vance of those of European countries. In tne
make-up and typographical appearance the
leading newspapers are infinitely superior to
the foreign oues; and as to size and q" antl^
of matter, the leading newspapers 01 tne
United Btates, to use «n ordinary expression
"beat the world." As to literary merit, the
papers of the United States have asgood writ
ers, us a rule, as any to be found in foreign
countries.
The Devil and the Deep Sea— W. H. City.
The origin of tne phrase -'Between the devil
and the deep sea" is not certain. Ii has been
traced back to 1637 In a work printed in Lon
don bearing the title "Expedition With Mac
kay's Regiment." That regiment was with the
army of Uustav Adoipb, and c gaged m bat
tle with the Ausuians. The Swedish gunners
failed to elevate their guns proper iy. so their
snot fell into tne ranks of iheir ahies. The
Scotch regiment, with the enemy on one side
»nd the bundering gunners on the other, says
the writer of the oook. "were between the
devil and the deep sea." It is thought that
the expression had been uted before that
time. __
Belligerent Rights— C. C, Ross Valley, Ma
rin County, Cat. England did rec gnize tho
Southern Confederacy as a belligerent with
equal rights to supplies and hospitality guar
anteed by such recognition. That cave to the
Confederate States tacllitles and opportunities
which were energetically used. The question
of recognizing a body of people at war with
another is settled by a proclamation which
recognizes the belligerency of the people
claiming belligerent rights. This was the case
when England recognized the Southern Cen
federacv. Queen Victoria issued the procla
mation. The expediency of sucn an act must
be governed by the serioU!>ne>B of the strug
gle. The tesi is whether an absolute state oi
hostility exists— not tr.fl.ng or localized, but,
serious enough to affect the interests of the
other States. It bec< mes to a certain extent a
question of probability, while the recognition
of independence involves purely a question of
lact— whether the attempt ot the parent state
to coerce its rebellious member has ceasea.
"The recognition of belligerency," says
Theodore a Woolsey. a well-known writer
on international law, "is by no means one
sided in its operation. It gives rights to both
combatants. To the insurgent it gives tho
right ol belligerents, the recognition of its flag,
a rignt to raise loans, s quasi political status
without diplomatic standing. On the other
hand the parent state can no longer be held
responsible tor the rebellious acts of its re
bellious subjects. It cau emp.oy the rights of
blockade, of capture for carrying contraband,
of search against its enemies, thus affecting
neutral commerce. In fact, all parties recog
nize as a fact that a war exists between two
combatants, the question of independence be
ing yet in aoeyance. Judged by these teits
the recognition ot the Southern Confederacy
by Great Britain and Frauce in 186 1 was
proper and necessary, but the recognition of
its independence was at no time justifiable."
England did not recognize tuts Independ
ence oi the Southern Confed racy. Unless
England had recognized the independence of
the States «he could not have sent "vessels
loaded with ammunition to the Southern Con
fedeiacy." Her proclamation of the belliger
ency gave the Uuiied States the right to
blockade Southern purls and to search neu
tral vessels. There were a number of English
vesse.s not under authority of the English
Government that carrk-d arms and supplies to
the Soutnern ports, and a number ot them
were captured lor Carrying contrabands of
war. Tne Confederate Government passed a
law directing all Englisn vessel* entering it*
lor is to bring arms and supplies, else they
would not be admitted. This deoartinent is
unable to discover how many British steam
ers tried to or made a lauding at Southern
ports during the war.
PERSONAL.
B. 11. Upham of Martinez Is at the Lick.
J. F. JI lesson of. Fresno is at the Grand.
Charlea M. Mannon of Ukiah is in the City.
James Bray, a merchant ot Sonora, is in the
City.
W. G. Dorsch, a mine-owner of Quincy, Is in
town.
Henry Eichoff, an attorney of S*n Rafael, is
in town.
G. T. Sparks, a mining; man of Sonora, is at
the Russ.
Senator J. C. Holloway of Cloverdaia is on a
Tint here.
The Rev. C. Ben Ham of Napa is a late ar
rival here.
Tha Rev. Dr. Wakefield of San Jose Is at the
Occidental.
Louis Janin, the mining expert, ii at the
Occidental.
N. E. Dawson of Washington, D. C, arrived
here yesterday.
W. B. Collins, a merchant of Sacramento, is
on a visit here.
Thomas B. Kay, a business man of Salem,
Or., is at the Lick.
\Y. D. To bey, a busineas man of Carson, ar
rived hero yesterday.
George T. Keyser, owner of a stage line at
Sisson, is in the City.
Assemblyman T. W. H. Shanahan of Shasta
County is at the Grand.
C. I. Hills of New York arrived here last
night and is at the I'alqcc.
F. F. Roby of Colorado Springs, is in town,
accompanied by Mrs. Roby.
Doane Merrill, a mining man of Jemu!,
Ariz., arrived here yesterday.
Leo Moore of the Fourth Royal Enniskillen
Fusiliers, Ireland, is at the Palace.
Phil Turner and wife, of New York, are
registered at the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
Mrs. H. C. Stockwell and family of Los
Angeles are at tne Cosmopolitan Hotel.
B. T. McCullough. a livestock-grower of
Crows Landing, is oae of the visitors here.
Warner Brucher, a mining man of Wardner,
Idaho, Is at the Russ, accompanied by his
wife.
Colonel J. W. Pender, a mining man of.
Randsburg, is on a visit to this City. He ar
rived last night.
£. M. Wingate and Fred \V. Wilson, business
men of Iho Dalle*, Or., have returned here
after a visit to Honolulu.
The Hon. R. J. M. Dawson of London was
among yesterday's arrivals here. He will
probably remain for some weeks.
W. H. Kingsley, one of the owners of the
widely known Continental Hotel, Phila
delphia, is here on a pleasure trip.
Mrs. L. Inch and child, of Sonora, Tuolumne
County, are down on a visit to tbe City aud
are staying at the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
Joseph Joseph, an extensive mining man of
Sonora, Tuolumne County, is in this City and
is registered at tbe Cosmopolitan Hotel.
Police Commissioner M. A. Gunst wiil in
about two weeks leave with his family for a
visit of several months' duration to Europa.
Major J. H. Whittock, owner of mining in
terests aud a general store at Quincy, Plumas
County, is at the Russ, accompanied by his
daughter.
Henry Windt, a ion ot Morris Windt, the
tanner, will be a passenger on the Coptic for
Japan, where he will introduce California
tanned leather into the Mikado's realm.
Charles Block, Van Olden ani J. Gevers, of
Hua c, Holland, are in the City, on tfcelr way
to Java to take official positions, to which they
have been appointed by the Holland Govern
ment. _^________
CALIFORNiANb .N YORK
NEW YORK. N. V., March 26-At the
P'aza, E. S, Wheeler; Metropolitan, D. M.
Beaton, A. L. Winner; Imperial, T. 11. Ry&n-
Broadway Central, P. Thomion.
CALIFORNiAftb IN vv^SHINGTON
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 26-George A
Knight, San Francisco; Henry A. Lawler, Los
Angelea,
LABOR COUNCIL
HAS GOOD NEWS
Winning l!s Battles and
Fighting the Work
man's Enemies.
Unionism Finds New Champions
and Pushes Its Cause
With Vigor.
Breweries Come into the Fold and
Musicians Will Fight for Their
Principles.
At a meeting of ttie Labor Council last
nicnt at 1159 Mission street a number of
important communications were read *nd
some interesting facts came to light.
A letter from Congressman Jesse Over
street, Washington, D. C, stated that he
had filed with President McKinlev the
protest of the Typographical Union
against the appointment of Colonel H. G.
Otis of Los Angeles to any office, and that
the President had stated that no appoint
ments of the character at issue would be
made until the most thorough examina
tion possible.
The credentials of F. Fluhr, as the new
delegate lor the bookbinders, were l^f
sented.
A letter from Worden's attorneys
showed 5064 signatures to the petition for
pardon, besides 10.512 previously reported.
A report from tiie Typographical Union
showed great encouragement because of
the new ordinance requirine ail City
printing to be done by union printers.
Tne Musicians' Union reported that the
following places will be loujrht vigor
ously because they hire noh-union rau
ticians: fcpreckels Market, the California
Market, the Creamerie, 72j Market street,
and the Royal Butter Company, 753 Mar
ket street.
James Wood of New York made a vigor
ous speech in behalf of the International
Cipar-makers' Union and their attempt
to educate the public to the point of re
pudiating tenement-made goods.
It was reported that boln the Columbia
and the North Star breweries liave decided
to use union labels, for which reason the
brewers are feeling greatly encouraged.
AFFILIATED COLLEGES.
The Cornerstone to Be I,aH To-Day
With Appropriate Ceremonie*.
The cornerstone of the Affiliated Colleges
will be laid to-day wiih appropriate
ceremonies. The programme will com
prise:
Music; prayer, Right Reverend William F.
Nichols, Li.D. ; introductory remarks, Martin
Kellogg, LL.D., president of the university;
laying ot the cornerstone, Grand Lodge of Free
and Accepted Mason* of California; music;
address, Hon. James 11. Bud<i, Governor of the
State, president Board of Regents; song.
Uulversity Glee Ciub; address, lion. James I>.
Phelan, Mayor of the CHy and County of San
Francisco; music; address, Hon. Adolph Sutro;
song, University Glee Clul>; address, Arthur
Rudgers Esq.; music; benediction, Rev.
Lduard B. church, A.M., grand chaplain of
the Grand Lodge.
EOUTHEBN BOULEVARD.
Railroad Avenue W II Soon Be Opened
to the Five-Mile House. A
The southern side of the City is not go-' T
ing to Jet the park section have the only
boulevard in San Francisco. The work on
Railroad avenue.from Eighteenth to Twen
ty-fourth street, is beina carried on from
Twenty-founh to the San Bruno road, a
distance of one mile. This section will bo
finished in about three months, and when
done will nfford a superior boulevard di
rect from the foot of Fourth street to tha
Five-mile House, or the county line south.
In addition to the men employed in this
work the Potrero Land Improvement
Company has resumed operations on Blue
rock Hill with forty men who are engaged
in removing the ugly hump.
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Tourists— California glace fruit, 50c lb., In el
egant fire-etched bxß. Just what you want for
Eastern friends. Towusend's, Palace Hotel B"d w
• — ■♦ — ♦
In every 1000 men in the British army
only eighteen are over six feet in height.
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Fpecial information daily to manufacturers,
business houses and public men by the Press
Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Montgomery. *
The Dcs Moines Register believes that Miss
Uayward of Nebra ka, one of that Siate'a
delegates to the National Woman Suffrage
Association Convention, should be given tho
most promn-nt and influential position in
that organization on the strength of the
statemeut that she conducts the only millinery
store on earth in whic.'i birds' wings aad
bodies are not sold.
Santa Ke Limited From San Francisco.
Three and a Half Days to Chicago
■y'i Via >anta Fe Koitte. jj
To accommodate our Northern California pa
trons, on April 2 and esch succeedinz Monday and
Friday the flrst-class Pullman sleeping-car leav
ing San i-"ia:icisco at B r. it- will connect, at Bar
stow with the (-anta Fe vestibule train, carry in?
dini-ig-car. buffet, smokin?-, ar =nd In lm»n pnl
ace drawing-room s'.eepins-ears for both St. Louis
and Chicago via Kansas City. This shortens the
running time twelve hours. Send for liter*: ure
descriptive of our route. Pan Francisco ticket .
office, 641 Market street, Chronicle buildin ;; tc.e-1
phoue main 1531. Oakland. 1118 Broadway. m
. * .
Throat Piskases rnmmence with a Cough.
Cold or Sore Throat. "Hrou-n's Bronchial Troches"
give immediate and sure relief,
; » ♦ •
The agreeable flavor of Ayer's Cherry Pectonl
makes it easy to administer to childre.i. Its great
merUs confirm Us popularity.
Thy English governess of Alfonso XIII,
King of Spain, is responsible for this story
about her royal charge : His Majesty evinced
one day at luncheon a decided preference for
fingers In place of forks. After he had offended
several times in this way his governess re
monstrated gently, "Sire, Kings do not eat
w.th their fingers." "This King does!" came
the gleeful reply.
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