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TUESDAY .....SEPTEMBER 28, 1897
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WRONGS OF A NATION.
IN ALL history there is nothing more powerful nor more piti
ful than the plea and position of the native Hawaiians.
Under their constitutional kingdom they had the right of
suffrage, They -willingly gave it to the Americans domiciled
in their country without any form of naturalization or requir
ing that allegiance to the United States be abjured. The most
extreme demand they ever made was that these Americans,
who could vote one month in Honolulu and the next in San
Francisco, should take out certificates of "denization," avow
ing themselves den zens of Hawaii, without expatriation from
the United States. This most reasonable policy was the canse
of the revolution, which was aided by the naval presence ofthe
United Slates. When this was accomplished the amiable na
tives found themselves deprived of the suffrage by the very
men upon whom they had so prodigally conferred it, and their
voice in the government of their country silenced violently by
the strangers who bad fed and fattened on their hospitality.
At Washington and Lo the press of this country the story
runs of American holidays celebrated in Hawaii, of the reading
of the Declaration of Independence on the Fourth of July and the
observance of Thanksgiving. Nothing is more natural than
that the 2 per cent of Americans in that land who were never in
the right sense citizens, who are in temporary possession of it
for the purpose oi selling it, should show no Hawaiian patriot
ism. It is not their country. Its traditions do not appeal to
them. Its history is not their history. Its flag rouses no more
emotion in them than is found in the pirate who hauls down
the colors of his prize. But with the native Hawaiians it is
different. Though Senator Morgan marks official announce
ment that "it is notour policy- to consult the natives of any
country which we wish to annex" the natives offer to our Con
gressmen such humble hospitality as they can command, say
ing: "We have no wealth out of which to entertain, for what
was ours has been taken from us by the government." They
plead friendship for the United States and are sincere in it, but
they say: "We love cur own country and we want it left to us.
We are patriotic for Hawaii, while friendly to the United States."
It is possible that the cry of these people will not be heard
in the Senate, that it will not impress the country.
Already it is published to the world that the United States
will frown upon any expression of anti-annexation sentiment
among the natives, though they are 3*3 per cent of the popula
tion and the Americans only 2 per cent.
Instead of appearing as the suppressor of public opinion, it
should be the care of this Government and the pride of its
people to encourage and protect such expression in Hawaii.
The Dole Government exists by violence and denial to the ma
jority its rights, and this violence is solely the work of the
United Stales. President Dole has never submitted himself
even to tbe restricted suffrage his revolution created. He is
President of a so-called republic, but was never a candidate for
the office before the people, and there are evidences of such dis
cord among the 2000 people who are permitted to vote that if an
election for President Mere held he would be defeated even by
the machine he has co carefully created.
Metropolitan Temple recently rang with denunciations of
bessism in the politics of San Francisco. Now bossism in this
city rests and has always rested upon the criminal capacity of a
few men to practically disfranchise the majority by crimes
against the ballot. Li/this way a minority runs the city gov
ernment, but 50 far it has done no worse than sell us out to a
few corporations. It has not peddled us in the world's market
and put our sovereignty up for sale to ihe biggest and greedi
est bidder. In ibis respect Boss Dole is a long step ahead of our
various bosses, and yet his act is approved by the men who de
nounce bosses at home.
Notwithstanding the reports about Japan the world Is wait
ing passively for us to fix our own character among the powers.
We established this republic upon the firm thesis that all gov
ernments derive their just powers from the consent of the gov
erned. The world waits to see whether adhering to that at
home we seek extracontinental jurisdiction based upon its
violation.
As for Japan, she has people and treaty rights in Hawaii,
and if watchful of these her duty to herself is no menace to the
United States, though it serve, admirably as material for ap
peal to false patriotism.
The impulse to be liberal Thanksgiving is general and there
is no e_-/Cuse tor discouraging it. For this reason the scheme of
the Hearstlings is to be deplored. People want to give where
they know the gifts will do the most good. They do not lite to
put even so small a thing as a turkey in the hands of
an agent in whom they have no particular reason to have con
fidence. If the Hearstlings will name a committee to count the
turkeys perhaps public faith would be in a measure established.
But to ask people to turn over to the Examiner management,
without security, a fat Thanksgiving bird is asking 100 much.
There are several men at San Qtientin or Folsom on leave of
presence for twenty years for having engaged in the footpad
industry, but this city seems to have several more who could
be spared to swell the colony. Perhaps it would be a good plan
to offer a premium for the scalps of highwaymen. Certainly
the popular distaste for bein-? sandbagged at onu's own door is
founded on something more than mere prejudice.
NO BONDS FOR CURRENT EXPENSES.
THERE is an issue between Governor Budd and Mayor
Phelan concerning the tax levy made by the latter. The
Governor says it was understood that the Fire and Health
departments should not be crippled in the levy. This is denied
by Mayor Phelan, who at the same time seems to admit the in
sufficiency of the levy and the prospect of a deficiency by say-
that it can be met by issuing bonds. Wnen a city issues
bonds to pay current expenses it raises a signal of distress
which denotes It among municipalities. The Call is not vitally
concerned in the partisan emergencies of that wing of the
Democracy which is now as wildly enthusiastic over the dis
graceful overthrow of its city government as it was over the
election of the same less than a year ago; but the people will
be quiet to see the hypocrisy of a dollar-limit levy and a bond
issue to pay the current expenses which It leaves deficient.
An evening paper speaKingof the yellow Examiner used the
expression: "When the turnkey stalks behind." The yellow
editor is said to have shuddered with horror upon seeing it.
Probahiy a hasty glance had made him read "turkey" for "turn
key." There are matters upon which a Hearstling can be sen
sitive, and this bird is one of them.
Bateman Brothers have been given thirty days in which to
formulate a reason for desiring thirty days more in which not
to push their contract on the Hall of Justice. They are very
good to consent to accept an extension of small doses.
Charity should request the police to keep an eye on some of
its self-appointed agents.
ruE SAX FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28," 1597.
A CHEEKY BOODLER.
THE charge that an opponent in controversy is always
governed by improper motives is the readiest "argument"
of the newspaper boodler. Misrepresentation, sophistry,
bluster, falsification and the other weapons with which jour
nalistic scallawags carry on their campaigns against public and
corporate treasuries are all subordinated to the vociferous allega
tion that their motives only are lofty and noble and that the
motives of every other person are corrupt and debased. No
brains are required to make such a charge ; in fact, the asser
tion that every man except the one who conducts a boodle
newspaper is degraded and dishonest naturally at all times
rises to the lips of those engaged in befuddling the public with
loud protestations of journalistic virtue.
The principal boodle newspaper in San Francisco is the
Examiner. Not long ago it was caught with a railroad con
tract in its pocket which called for 530.000 worth of "adver
tising" from the Southern Pacific Company. The contract
covered a political campaign and two sessions of the Legisla
ture, and contained a proviso that in consideration of the pay
ment of the money at the rate of $2000 a month for fifteen
months the railroad corporation was to receive "fair" treat
ment at the hands of the guerrillas who, during the period,
might happen to be holding up corporations with the Examiner.
Indisputable evidence that the contract was corrupt was found
in the fact that when the Southern Pacific Company refused
longer to be robbed and violated its obligation, notwithstand
ing 58000 was still due and unpaid, no attempt was ever made
to collect the money and no action was ever brought for the
breach.
Persons of delicate sensibilities may marvel that a convicted
boodler of this sort should hold up its hands before the world
and declare that it is a holy of holies. Yet this is exactly what
the Examiner has done for two days last past. It says that THE
CALL has "turned tail" on its previous policy toward the new
Board or Supervisors and has joined with other "professed
highwaymen of the press" in an effort to reinstate the old
board. The logic of this is in that supporting the appoint
ments of the new Supervisors and the effort to secure the good
government which those appointments represent the Mission
street boodler is alone in its moral glory, In other words, the
charge is that the other papers, not one of whom has been
convicted of signing $30,000 railroad contracts for "advertis
ing" with the Southern Pacific, are under the "lash" of tlie
corporations and are pursuing policies with respect to the new
Board of Supervisors which are paid for in coin.
If the Examiner were not a convicted as well as a yellow
journalistic garroter it might with some propriety claim the
possession of all the cardinal virtues and attribute all the car
dinal vices to its contemporaries ; in fact, it might without
offending anybody imitate the ordinary drab in protesting too
much ; but it is an insult to the intelligence of this community
for that degraded and foul-smelling newspaper boodler to
charge anybody with corruption or with "turning tail" when
it itself has been convicted of the most stupendous journalistic
crime known in the history of California, and when it is a
notorious fact that it itself always "turns tail" on its policy
the moment any person comes along to guarantee an '"adver
tising" or other contract.
THE CALL'S policy toward tne new Supervisors is plain
and undefiled. We indorsed the appointments of Governor
Budd and Mayor Phelan on moral grounds and we predicted
better government as a result. We have criticised in tem
perate phrase the leading feature of the policy of the new Su
pervisors and we have advanced what we consider sound
arguments to sustain that criticism. We believe a dollar
limit on taxation for a city like San Francisco to be a narrow
and Silurian policy, and we believe it to be especially narrow
and silurian now that we have twelve honest men as Super
visors, who would have expended increased appropriations
economically and judiciously. If all this is "turning tail,"
then we are proud to have presented our terminal appendage to
the horrified gaze of the Mission-street footpad.
The truth of the matter is the Examiner is now engaged in
an attempt to bulldose the Supreme Court. It fears that the
decision of that tribunal in the mandate proceedings argued
yesterday will restore the old Board of Supervisors to place
and power. Because all the newspapers which have hereto
fore commented upon Judge Wallace's ruling will not join
it in its wild endeavor to control the action of the higher
court it is charging them with being in the pay of corporations.
It is sufficient to say on our behalf that THE CALL is not
in the business of influencing the judgment of courts of
justice. Men are elected to those tribunals to render decisions
on the law as it is found in the statute* in cases that come
properly before them, and we expect them to do their duty.
If the Supreme Court finds in the mandate proceedings that
the tax levy of the old Board of Supervisors is the legal levy,
we shall cheerfully abide by the ruling. The levy of the old
board is substantially like that of the new, and in any event
the silurians cannot be damaged by it. It is, indeed, better
that the law should prevail than that even honest Supervisors
should serve out the terms of the "Solid Eight." A govern
ment without law would be even worse than a government of*
newspaper boodlers.
If the yellow highwayman of Mission street did not have
some corrupt motive to subserve in the assaults it is now mak
ing on the Supreme Court it would subscribe to this principle
also, for it is the first and most frantic to appeal to the law
when it or any of its blackmailing crew tall into the clutches
of the courts.
When the people of X mucky have a pleasing duty to per
form it is hard to stop them. Recently while a revival was in
progress there necessity appeared for hanging a citizen. Im
mediately uprose the worshipers, brushed the dark and bloody
dust from their knees, and having hanged the citizen, returned
to the seemly attitude of thanksgiving and praise. Seldom has
there been an opportunity to observe business and pleasure so
picturesquely mixed.
. *.
The rlne supposed to have been formed for the purpose of
murdering the President of Mexico has tackled what might
technically be expressed as a hard game. Diaz doesn't want to
be murdered, and the fellow who tried it the other day has per
manently retired from business. Can't the members of the
ring try something mild, like suicide, and be satisfied? It is
far more difficult to reform the world than to get out of it.
The mourning widows who bob up every time a rich bache
lor dies may be aii right. Indeed, their grief may come from
the heart and their weeds not be a bluff. But they must excuse
people for withholding sympathy. "Weep and you weep
alone," is particularly apt in a case wherein the tears are sus
pected of being crocodile.
Many people who do not take much interest in prize-fights,
and only wish that the race of pugilists would hammer itself
into kingdom-come, wonder vaguely why Mitchell is coming
from England to California for the purpose of getting thumped.
Why can't be fall off a house and have his fun nearer home at
moderate expense?
♦_.
Weyler denies so emphatically that the town of Managua
has been captured as to confirm a general belief tbat tbe news
is true.
Even yet the Greeks chafe under the restraints of an ignoble
peace. They evidently think a running match in which the
long-distance record is shattered is something in which to
take pride.
Spain is advertising for help a.ainst the encroachments of
the United States, but responses have not begun to come in.
Apparently everybody has a better job. * -
Weyler's demand for more otficials shows his desire to
replace the type-writing corps, most of whom must have sue-
I cumbed to corns on the fingers.
PERSONAL.
XV. J. Esler of Brentwood is at the Russ.
F. Alexander of Napa is at the Cosmopolitan.
J. XV. Baird of Winnipeg, Manitoba, is at the
Lick.
Dr. J. P. E. Heintz of Monterey is at the Oc
cidental.
J. H. Martin, a rancher of Woodland, is at
the Kuss.
J. T. Smith, a mining man of Auburn, is at
the Grand.
L. F. Moulton, a large rancher of Colusa, is
at the Lick.
J. B. Baker ot Merced is registered at the
Cosmopolitan.
District Attorney E. A. Forbes of Marysville
is at the Grand.
Major J. H. Simpson, the Fresno hotel man,
is at the Palace.
J. C. Kemp Van Ec and M. Friend, of London,
are at the Palace.
J. D. Carr, the Salinas capitalist, is registered
at the Occidental.
Dr. J. T. Kiggins of Morgan Hill is regis
tered at the Baldwin.
F. L. Ransome of Washington, D. C, arrived
at the Lick last night.
Dr. Farreli and Mrs. Farreli of San Mateo
are guests at the Palace.
Colonel D. B. Fairbanks, N. G. C, of Peta
iuma, ls at the California. '
Dr. Robert Haynes is at the Occidental ac
companied by Mrs. Haynes.
C. E. S. Wood, a lawyer of Portland, Or., is at
the California with his two sons.
E. Wills of the Wills Cordage Company of
New York is registered at the Grand. .
Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. F. H. Seymour
of Sonora, Mexico, are guests at the Palace..
District Attorney E. A. Freeman of Amador
County is at the Grand registered from Jack
son.
J. M. Wilmans of Newman, who owns mines
in Tuolumne and Calaveras counties, is at the
Lick. ' - " -•-J* 1 '" •**
D. 11. Coles of New York, who has mining
interests in Tuolumne County, is at the Occi
dental. **•
Captain Thomas Couch, a mining man from
Montana, arrived at the Palace yesterday
evening.
Frank Southerland, a mining man with in
terests in the northern part of the State, is at
the Palace.
George XV. Hondley, a banker of Phcenix,
Ar 7.., Is at the Occidental accompanied by his
vie and child.
Miss Glen Byrne, a drummer from New York,
arrived at the Baldwin last night with as
many trunks as a Saratoga belle.
A. W. Simpson, the Stockton 1 :mb**r-dea!er,
accompanied by Mrs. Simpson and Miss Simp
son, arrived at the Occidental yesterday.
O. W. Eaton, a former Staniord football man
ager, will leave here this morning on the Cen
tral overland for a three weeks' trip through
the East.
Mrs. D. M. Loring of Loring Club fame, ac
companied by Miss Loring, returned last night
from Boston and is at the Occidental, where
Mr. Loring has been staying lor some time.
Major Darling, U. S. A., retired, is at the Oc
cidental accompanied by Mrs. Darling and
Miss Darling. Tne party is in town for a few
days from the Hastings ranch at Rutherford.
Among the arrivals yesterday at the Lick
were Mr. and Mrs. James S. Braly, Miss El i
beth Bra'.y and Miss Bertha Braly of Fresno,
where Mr. Braly is interested. In the real estate
business.
S. F. Boyd of Chicago, assistant general
passenger agent of the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific Railroad, arrived here yesterday
and Is at the Occidental, where he will remAin
during a few days' visit.
Among the arrivals yesterday at the Califor
nia were James L. Wadham of San Diego and
hl» son James E. Wad ham, also of San Diego,
and accompanied by his wife and Miss Wad
ham. The younger Mr. Wadham is a lawyer.
XV. G. Curtis of the maintenance of Way de
partment of the Southern Pacific Company
departed from here on Sunday evening for
o*jden to meet Mrs. Curtis, who is returning
from Chicago and will ariive here Thursday
night. ' "• :-;
CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, N. V., Sept. j£7.— At the
St. Cloud— E. G. Starr. Ashland— A. a. Con.
Windsor— Mr. and Mrs. XV. H. Bremer. Hol
land—Miss M. Colman, Mr. and Mrs. M. A.
Gteast, H. P. Scott, T. G. Crotberi, R. B. M'.tch
ell. Giisey— J. B. Eldridge. Union Square-
Mrs. A. Goldsmith. Morton— C. L. Graves.
Netherlands— H.F. Mann. Continental— G. O.
Miller. Savoy— J. Vermau. New Amsterdam —
E.F.Brown, Cosmopolitan— H. Rickard.
CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, D. C , *spt 27.— 1*. H. Becker
of san Francisco is at the Wellington. J. N.
Horsey of Los Angeles is at the Rings House.
IT'S POLICY TO DO IT.
When a roan comes home quite late, In a rather
boozy stale,
How his wife will welt It lohlm with her tongue!
lie will sit there, calm and mule, while she tel. a
him de'a a brute-
Just the greatest fiend that ever went unhung.
Let him hint be has his eyes on a wheel about her
size.
Down her cheeks the damp, repentant tears will
flow:
ln her arms she'll clasp him tight, tell him he's
her heart's deliehi—
It is policy to ao it, don't you know.
In her home a pretty girl, one you'd hlnk a price
less pearl,
Will be spiteful, cross and surly as a b<»ar:
She will snap at her mama, scold her venerab'e pa.
Anil win pull her liii.c brother's loused hair.
But when Chaw ley comes to woo she wl.l smile
and bid and coo.
Not a trace of ugly temper will she show.
Sh-c'll be gentie as a dove, sweet as angel from
above —
It is policy to do it, don't yon know.
When a man meets with reverse and has nothing
in his pins*.
And he d I esse, in a worn and shabby suit.
All ihe friends he ever bad any b**'s going to the
bad.
And ihey help him on the journey wilh the
boot. *.•'.".
But slum d fortune light his track they will pat
him on me back.
Kvery evidence of love for him they'll show.
And will tell him how they b.t he would win the
battle yet —
It Is policy to do It, don't you know.
Many a man engaged in trade lays his scruples lv
the shad-*,
And wi 1 hem his follow In every deal.
lie will p ay his cards to win, even to the verge
of sin.
And ihes'ightest prick of conscience never feel.
Then upon the Sabbath day to the cnurch he'll
wend hii wav, •
And the praises from his pious Una will flow:
He wilt sing and lead in prayer with a humble
Cbrlttiau air- - ■ ■ •
It is poilty to do it, don't you know. .
Thus It is the wide world o'er, if you probe them
io the core.
Many innu you'll find who lead a dual life.
Yet ihey think they're doing right; ihat to win
l lie earthly light
They must use decep:lve weapons In tho strife.
When their final race Is run, when their mortal
work Is done.
And they hear the summons calling them to go.
It sbou.a he their last request in asbetos to be
dressed
•Twill be policy to do It. don't yon know.
> —Denver J*' veil lug Post.
HATS OF EMINENT MEN.
A hatter who has for some years past been
interesting himself in compiling a list of head
size, of eminent men, recently wrote to Mr.
Gladstone: "I send you a cap, which, I think,
will prove a good fit for your head (size i~%).
It may prove useful as a traveling cap. As a
hatter, I take Interest in collecting sizes of
heads ot eminent men. The following are a
few sizes of popular beads:- Lord Chelmsford
o**s, Duke of York *_a*j. Dean Stanley 6^, Em
peror of Germany ■_"•-_,. Prince of Wales 7.
Burns and Dickens 7} g , Earl Russell 7 1 *. W. M,
Thackeray 7%, Dr. Thomas Chalmers 7% Dan
O'Connell 8, Or Thompson (Archbishop of
York) 8 lull; Joseph Hume, M. P. (the
financier), .}_. This gives you the whole scale,
from the smallest to the largest known. Your
favorite author. Sir Walter Scott's, head was
about 7. Our sovereign, Queen Victoria's
head, from a close view I once got, I take to be
OJg size." Mr. Gladstone, in accepting the can
as a gift, sent the following reply: "1 thank
you very much for the handy cap you have
sent me. The sizes of the heads given by you
are full of Interest." .■.*•„ . . ..-
EVIDENTLY A CENTIPEDE.
Allegheny Record.
A Chicago man dropped thirty-five feet yes
terday and then picked himself up and walked
away. What a lot of feet that man must have.
.MACHINE J^IAKES jMAN TRANSPARENT.
The largest and most powerful apparatus in the world for generating the X ray has just
been completed, and is now on view in the laboratory of the College of the City of New York.
Dr. D. Ogden Doremus, assisted by several other well-known surgeons, gave the machine its
initial test and was enthusiastic over the results.
With this new apparatus says the New York Herald, the dreams of those skeptical gentle
men whodraw pictures for the comic papers have been fully realiz.-d. Man has been rendered
transparent. He can be seen through literally. The instrument which has thus aided the
onward flight of science is a Hoiz statical electric machine, and is the handiwork of Messrs.
Waite and Bartlett. electrical experts. The machine proper is a massive affair, inclosed in a
glass case eleven feet long, five feet wide and nine feet high. It is supplied with eight revolv
ing plates, winch are five feet in diameter. These revolve on a loui-inch steel axis.
Some idea of the power of this monstrous machine can be gained from the fact that tne
plates make 225 revolutions a minute. Relieved of their axis and revolving on a level basts
they would travel at a rate exceeding a mile a minute. The machine is owned by Dr. Uara
ner of Washington, D. C , and will be shipped to him this week. ,
Dr. Gardner, lor whom it was constructed, is a specialist in lung diseases. He not on i
purposes to locate the seat of a.i ills wine i MB is heir to by means of th*-* X ray, but he will
utilize the electricity generated by the machine to treat consumptive patients. A cage will
be erected between the positive and negative poles, and in tnis the patient will be sealed, lie
will first be rendered completely transparent through the powerful fluoroscope, and then he
will be subjected to an atmosphere heavily charged with electricity. Dr. Gardner has a strone
belief in the efficacy of ozane upon th'? lungs.
The effect of this was demonstrated experimentally upon a young man at the college, lie
was placed in a chair and the current was turned on, and although there was no cage to
THIS EX -RAY MACHINE MAKES MAN TRANSPARENT.
retain the ozone, the atmosphere, he said, experienced a decided change. Bolts of blue flame
sprang from pole to p de, exploding with loud reports. A half current subdued the explosions
and sen the flames zigzaging like streaks of foiked lightning, the particles of dust in the
air acting as stronger attractions than the opposite po.e and deflecting the current from
its course.
The air became heavy and charged with a peculiar, dusty odor, such as one experiences
duriug the progress oi a thundersiorm. only much more pronounced. As a lung tonic Dr.
Gardner c aims this possesses remarkable virtu-is.
It is, however, in its wonderful power* of penetration that the machine claims the greatest
attention. After the test it was announced that in addition to balnif the largest apparatus of
its kind ever constructed, it undoubtedly possesses greater power— in fact, its possibilities are
us yet only hinted at. The experiments were of a casual nature, and not by any means
calculated to show to what extent the machine can b_ used in surgery. But they did demon
strate that with an extraordinary tub?, such as wis then used, the human body, or any
opaque substance of not more than a foot in diarae can be rendered transparent.
After a few minor tests had been made, which were not neyo*id the possibilities of the or
dinary X-ray apparatus, Dr. rem us placed his assistant in front of tne machrie, with the
flu'iroscope at his back. The room was completely darkanei, and the rays nenetrated com
pletely through the young man's body. His organs were exposed and even the buttons on his
vest were cl earl*, distinguished.
He next placed his two hands, folded one over the other, on his braast, and the bines of
the outer hand were plainly visible through the body and tnrough the hand nearer the body.
All those present looked through the fluoroscope, and all pronounced it the best result irom
the X rays ever attained. " fflH^Jßi
PEOPLE OF NOTE.
A new Dutch pianist, named Zeldenrust, is
the rage in musical and society circies in
London.
The old elm tree in Anderson, Ind., under
which President Van Buren was dumped out
of the stage coach iuto the mud as a joke, has
been cut down to make room lor improve
ments.
Willis S. Moore, chief of the United States
Weather S?rvice, is a physician as well as a
meteorologist, lie studle and graduated in
boih sciences since he enlisted iv the signal
service.
Chief Inspector Jarvis, the head of the Eng
lish detective department at Scotland Yard,
has resigned from the force after twenty-six
years' service. No British police officer is
better known in the United States, and he
served for a time on the New York force.
Mrs. Lucia O. Case of the Topeka bar, the
only Kansas woman in the active practice of
law, has announced her candidacy for Asso
ciate justice of the Supreme Court on the
Democratic-I'opulist ticket. Chief Justice
Doster is said to be friend. to her candidacy.
Next year the Emperor Francis Joseph's
jubilee is to be celebrated ln Vienna by a
great Austrian exhibition. The industrial
section is to contrast the present state of Aus
tria with that existing fifty years ago, and to
afford an Insight into the genesis of various
branches of * roduction.
Charles Moore, 73 years old, and his wife
have arrived at Annapolis, Mil., alter drive
of 2000 miies from Denver, which they left on
May 18. Mr. Moore desired to show his chil
dren that he was not too old to enjoy such a |
trip. Hi and his win* camped out along the I
way and prepared their own meals.
The royal oculist, Duke Cart of Bavaria, has
already perioral d nearly 3000 operations for
cataract, and ever/ one of these operations
has been performed between the morning
hours of 0 and 8 o'clock, as the Duke declares
his nerves are stronger at this early hour and
his hand most steady.
Basel, Switzerland, will celebrate the four
hundredth anniversary of Hans Holbein's
b rth by an exhibition of hi* paintings and
drawings, to which other Swiss museums will
contribute what pictures of his they possess.
So'.otliurn will not send its .Madonna, as the
risk is too gr.at. The exhibition will be
opened at the beginning ot October and will
last through the winter.
FAME OFFERED FOR MSS.
New York Sun.
A man who cheerful *y admits that he is un
known to fame received the following letter
lust week :
"DEAR Sir: Your name Is known to us
through a newspaper friend in the city, and it
occurred to u-i that you might have some un
published manuscript on hand. Jus; now we
could use a few short stories ami some Illus
trated descriptive article, if they were not of
the ordinary run.
"The Blank Magazine is issued as a supple
ment to the Sunday papers of must oi the
Eastern cities, and we are now pushing it
in the West. The present circulation is up
ward of 200,000 Der issue, and your name
would be brought before a large con
stituency of new people, In view of this
fact, 1 would i Bugles, that you furnish
a first-class article without cost to
us, future matter to be paid for at regular
newspaper rates. We trust that you will not
regard our proposition as an attempt to get
something for nothing, for we nre weekly pay
ing out large sums for manuscripts to those
whose work is better known to us than your
own yet. If your mattci suits us we coula use
considerable of it. We are sending you a sam
pi*- copy and hope to hear from you upon this
subject at an early date."
"ihat letter," said the man who received it,
"struck me as a very cheeky proposition, and
from curiosity I looked up a few back num
bers of the magazine. The names of the con
tributors were unknown to me, and from the
fact that none of them appeared a second
time in this gift magazine I concluded that
they only printed sample matter."
SALARIES OF SUPHEME JUSTICES
Washington Host.
"It seems to me absurd that in such a pow
erful and rich country as the United States
you should pay your Supreme Court Justices
such beggarly salaries," remarked Hugn
Childers, a London barrister, to a Post man.
"In England we have altogether about thirty
Judges of the Supreme Courts who draw an
nual salaries of $25,000. Lord Russell, Chief
Justice, is allowed $40.0*00 a year, ana trfe
Lord Chancellor's pay is $50,000, or just what
you give your President, but the Lord Chan
cellor comes Into office and goes out with his
p_riy, while all the others are tor life or dur
ing good behavior, which is about the same
thing. We do not consider that our Judges
are paid too much, and it is sun rising to
think that for equally high and responsible
places the salaries in America should be so
low. Men of sufficient legal aDi lty and repu
tation to be appointed to the Supreme Bench
in this country I should think could make five
times as much by the practice of their profes
sion, so that the acceptance of the otlice most
be a financial sacrifice." ."■:• *•-'
BEGONE, DULL CARE!
"Yes, sir," sail the chairman of the Dyea
Vigilance Committee, "the durn skunk hez
one wife here an' another at St. Michael."
"Down with monopoly "Bust the trusts!"
came the hoarse shout from hundreds of
throats.
It was generally conceded that hanging was
too good lor a bigamist ma country where
there were 153 men to every woman.— Chicago
Journal.
'•What this country wants to do," said the
reformer, "is to raise the requirements for
office-holders."
••Exactly so," rep'ied Senator Sorghum,
"and allow me to remind you that tho princi
pal requirement of the office-holder ls his
salary." — Washington Star.
"Good gracious, Gus! what's the. matter!"
"Don't, old chappie — don't ask me! It's too
howible! I've just wecollected that I've worn
the same collar-stud for two day s in succes
sion!"— Chicago Daily News.
Twenty long years had passed when he
crossed the parental threshold again.
"What a change Is here I" he exclaimed.
"'Tis the same old flat, to be sure, but what
an unfamiliar air there ia about everything!"
The father sighed. \
"Yes," he sadly rejoined, reminded thus of
th* 9wift lapse of time, "the air has been
changed twice since you were here."— Puck.
"Meet me in the kej of G," said a musician
to a friend.
"What time will that be?" asked the friend.
"At 1 sharp," replied the musician; and he
went out alone into the deep, dark night. —
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"No," said the gentleman in the bald wig,
"I ain't much of a bass singer, but you ought
to hear my brother."
"Wa-^ he much?" asked the gentleman with
the pea-sreen whiskers.
"Much? His voice was so heavy that it
made him bow-legged to carry Indian
apolis Journal.
After trying for half a day to learn to ride
his new bicycle the slim-legged bookkeeper
carried it up to the attic and thrust lt in
among the coowebs.
"I shall nave to charge that machine up to
profit and loss" he said, with a dismal sigh.
"I never can make it balance." — Chicago
Tribune. '
GLORY AND GRIEF.
Steep hill, hot sun, ana thorny path,
Of fame no single sign:
our word* of cheer and then a change—
Your band no more in mine,
Alo* c, I toiled 'mid pain and tears;
My golden morning came.
A censor rose: '•The victor Is "
1 heard him call my name.
But, 100-ting through the surging crowd,
I wep . O l oved. v Best !
1 with my laurel wreath, and you
With violets on your br.agt!
Cußtsc- Übmy. lv Utiober l.ippincotl's.
YANKEE GASTRONOMY.
Washington Post.
"I anticipated a pleasant trip to the United
States, but so far my visit has been even more
agreeable than I had thought possible," said
Henry Law of Manchester, England. "I wont
to confess, moreover, that one of my chief
pleasures has been in the gastronomic line.
What has gratified me more than anything
else has been the prolusion of fruit on the
table. I have fallen in love with the Yank.c
way of beginning breakfast with fruit, and
shall miss the custom sadly on going back
home, ior we do not have this luxury in E •«
land on anything like so liberal a* .ate _*i_7t
is too expensive with us to be indulged as a
regu. ar part of the menu.
"And then, though the season has hardly
opened, I have been reveling In your delicious
oysters, the like of which cannot Le found in
Europe, in fact, alongside of yours the
European bivalve looks like an imitation of
the genuine article. I do not wonder that
gourmands on our side of the Atlantic are im
pelled to cross the ocean at intervals for the
sole purpose of tickling their palates
SOUVENIR CARDS FOR MAILING.
New York Sun.
For some years there have been in use in
Germany souvenir cards, something like postal
cards in size and shape, upon the backs ol
which are printed pictures of scenery or
buildings, or designs commemorative of some
event, as a fair or exposition. These cards are
made In great variety, the pictures beine
prettily colored. There is room on the picture
side for some writing. On the address side *
place is indicated for the stamp, letter postage
ber.iir required. »*"*>iaso
•these cards with written messages thereon
are sent to friends at home or abroad "fr tb,.
sake of the pictorial information which they
contain, or. it may be. as pleasant reminders
of scones which they have visited. R.tumin ,«
travelers note that such cards with Am" r"cau
scenes can now be bought in this country
A HREHEKENCE.
Kansas City Times.
The British Government gave out not lone
ago that it intended to give Ireland » Prince
Ireland would appreciate a full supply 0 no
tatoes more than a Prince at this time. P
BOSNIAN SOLDIERS.
The reports to the effect that Emperor Fran,
cis Joseph severely idamed a general and I
colonel in command of the Bosnian troops at
the recent parade fir the bad presentation
of their soldiers is somewhat surprising. As
good-natured Francis Joseph is not in tha
habit of passing an unfavorable criticism in
public, the conduct of the Bosnians must have
been very bad indeed.
Bosnia Is the latest acquisition of Austria
and was assigned to that country by the Ber
lin congress of 1878. The revolts ln Bosnia
and Herzegovina in 1376 had furnished Russia
with a pretense for her last war with Turkey.
The treaty of St. Stefauo compelled the Sultan
to cede a part of the two provinces to Servia
and another part to Montenegro. Austria,
England and Turkey were not satisfied with
such an arrangement, ana it was for that rea
son that the congress or Berlin was called.
Disraeli and Count Andrassy threatened to
leave the congress unless Count Schuwaloff,
the Russian representative, agreed t.i annul
that part of the treaty, ami to this he was
nolens voleus forced by a decision of th*.
United States representative, Mr. Kassun,
who had temporarily relieve! A. A. Sargent,
as Minister to Berlin.
That the decision of such an Important mat
ter was left to the representative of a countrj
that had no interest in the matter happened
in this way: When the representatives of Eng
land, Austria and Russia could not come to an
understanding Schuwaloff called on Bis
marck, who presided at the congress, to de
cide the matter. Bismarck, who was a great
personal friend of Schuwalofl', as well as of
A ndrassy, refused to give a decision and pro
posed that Mr. Kasson should do mi, and that
gentleman decided in favor of England and
Austria. This settled the matter as fur as Ser
via and Montenegro were concerned, but did
not settle what was to become of Bosnia, and
it took four more days vi wrangling, till it was
finally settled by the congress ask. Auuria
to annex the disputed province.
The permission so graciously given by the
congress caused Austria a dilemma, out if
which she had some trouble in extricating
herself, as the Bosnians were not satis with
being incorporated in Austria, while that jA
country did not care much for this new a > *%
quisition to her extensive dominion, sail
the orders of the congress had to be executed
and nearly two Austrian army corps were sent
out against the rebellious Bo. mans, who'dc
fended themselves so bravely In their almost
inaccessible mountains that the Austrians
had to suffer several severe defeat. before
they became masters of the situation.
The Bosnians, who form a part of the Slr.vic
race, have now become quite reconciled to the
conditions forced upon them, notwithstan g
that they are more prosperous under Austrian
rue than they ever were before or would have
been ii incorporated in Servia or Monte
ANSWER Id TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Bank.-- E. R.. City. There are nine commer
cial and six savings banks in this city thet
have been in business for more than twenty
years consecutively.
Flying Jib's Record— W. J. A., City. The rec
ord of Flying Jib (pacer) is one mile with run
ning mate at Chiiiicotne, Ohio, kite-shaped
track, October *1. 1894. I :sß'*£.
Murders and Suicides— T. 8., City. The offi
cial records show that during tbo fiscal year
ending June 30, 1394, there were 33 murders
In San Francisco and 125 suicides; in tfie year
ending June 30. 1895, 25 murders and ll'J
suicides; m the rear ending June 30, 1896, 3.i
murders and 14*" suicides, and during '.he
year ending June "JO, 1397, 28 murders and
178 suicides.
SCHOOL Certificate— SubscriLer, City. A
high school certificate authorizes the holder
to teach only in the district in which such
school is located. A person desiring a position
as teacher Ina school in the country should
address either the County Superintendent or
ihe County Board of Education or trustees of
ihe district. The pay is regulated by the
authorities and varies in each county.
Drawing Cards—.., City. If in a game of
poker the dealer bt-fo.re helping hands dis
cards one card, and in dealing to himself after
helping the others deals him-ctf three cards
instead of one. be is guilty of a misdeal, ln
some countries, if under the circumstances
named the dealer attempted to mice Hit- three
cards he would meet witn summary treatment
locjuvtnce him that he was not playing a
square game.
The Raines Liquor Law— W. G. F., City. The
Raines liquor law of New York was signed on
the 23d of March, 1896. Its provisions are
complex and multitudinous. One claim for it
was that ii removed the liquor trade from
local pontics. Uuder its provisions the
annual tax on an ordinary liquor
shop in New York city i* #800 per
annum; Brooklyn, $050; all cities witn por
ulations between 500.000 and 50,000, $500;
between 50,000 and 10,000. $350; between 10.
--000 and 5000, 9300; beiwe-n 5000 and 1200,
$200; all o met places, $100. There is no dis
crimination in the tax between the sale of
spirits and the sale of wine ana beer. Sunday
opening is forbidden. No liquor-shop is to be
within 200 feet of a church or
schoo'house. No new liquor-shop is to
be allowed in a residence district without
consent of two-thirds of the property-owners.
There are restraints on groceries and on clubs.
Local option as to the sale of liquor is forbid
den to cities but is granted to towns. The
Stale Commis«i«. n_*r has four deputies
and sixty inspectors. One-third of the
liquor "tax (net proceeds) goes to the
State treasury, and two-thirds to the cities,
counties and towns where levied. The law
has, as a tax-law raising revenue, been a suc
cess, but as a law restricting the sale of liquor
it has not met expectation. A presentment by
the Grand Jury of New York declared that the
law was so drawn 'as to invite evasion.''
ENGLISH CONSERVATISM.
Washington Bost.
"I am pretty well acquainted in London,
ami I do not know of but three hotels there
where one can procure the help ot a type
writer," said W. R. Sargent of New York at
Chamberlain's, "aud these are hostelnes that
are largely patronized by Americans. For
some reason our English brethren do not take
to the writing machine, and though at soma
period they will utilize it extensively, its in
troduction will be very gradual as compared
with its career in the United States. I was in
the Bant*, of Eng. and last winter, engaged In
conversation with a leading official, and no
ticed that quite a corps of clerKs were em
ployed, bui not a typewriter in the lot. On
remarking at the absence cf these my bank
friend said that the old-fashioned ideas of the
me*: that controlled the great financial insi
tutlon wouid not permit the innovation.
Everything must be written out in orthodox
longhand, according to the custom of centu
ries. 1 thought this a notable illustration oi
the conservatism of the British character."
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FOR WEAL OR WOE.
Indianapo'.l. News.
The hard times certainly illustrated the fact
that all sections ot the country sufi'*.* red to
gether, nnd returning prosperity Is demon
strating that we nil prosper together. No sec
tion can long be bench at the expense of
anotner. *-,;*.. , v - V •'*;
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