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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 13, 1897
JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor.
Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager.
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until 9 o'clock. 1-43 Mission street} open until 9 o'clock. 1505
Polk street; open until 9:30 o'clock. K\V. corner Twenty-second
and Kentucky sireets; open-till 9 o'clock.
OUR SHIP-BUILDING INDUSTRY.
DESPITE the decision of the Attorney-Genera! that sec
tion 22 of the new tariff does not have the effect of impos
ing a discriminating duty in favor of American vessels,
the ship-building industry of the country shares to some extent
in the return of prosperity; and as is pointed out in the local
columns of The Call, California ship-builders are not behind
their Eastern competitors in energy and enterprise.
The rapidly increasing export trade of the United States
calls for more ships, and under fair conditions our ship-build
ers would have a period of remarkable activity before them.
This i 8 particularly true of the Pacific Coa<t. The expansion of
Oriental and South American commerce, the approaching com
pletion of the Siberian Railroad, the development cf Australia
and the orobable opening of a considerable trade in Alaska,
will combine to make a lar^e demand for additional shipping
on the Pacific Ocean. The increase here will be much greater
proportionally than the increase on the Atlantic, and our ship
building yards ought to reap considerable prolits.
We will not obtain, however, the full benefit of the «n
--larged demand for I'aciho Ocean vessels unless American shio
owners are placed on even terms with their competitors. Tee
ships of Great Britain and Japan receive large subsidies, and
when the Siberian road is opened Russia will probably launch
a considerable merchant lleet from its I'acinc terminus and
enter into the contest for the ocean carrying trade. With all
these subsidized rivals to contend against the American shin
owner vill be heavily handicapped unless some protection is
afforded him by the Government.
Under these circumstances it is most unfortunate that the
discriminating duties imposed Dy the tariff should nave been
declared virtual iy of no effect. Fortunately a remedy can be
speedily provided. _Jhe present administration is bound by the
Republican pledge to restore "the early American policy of dis
criminating duties lor the upbuilding of our merchant marine
and the protection of our shipping in the foreign carrying
trade, so that American ships— the product of American labor
employed in American shipyards, s-aiiing under the Stars and
Stripe?, manned, officered ana owned by Americans— may re
gain the carrying of our loreign commerce."
That pledge Congress and the administration may be counted
on to keep. Since the clause in the tariff bill according to the
Attorney-General is inadequate to the purpase it was intended
to accjmplisb, a new law may be enacted this winter. Cer
tainly we cannot afford to neglect our shipping at this juncture.
Tiie struggle for commercial supremacy on the Pacinc Ocean
lias reached a critical stace, ami though we are great and rich
and powerful we will oe surpassed in that contest even by the
Japanese, if we do not L>ct with energy and with wisdom.
New York jail officials who have been dosing a woman's
food with the object of making; her sick and through her
stomach touching her conscience announce with pardonable
pride that she is ready to cenfess murder provided the deed te
raied as manslaughter. They are not willing to make this con
cession, but they have proved that their system works. A few
more doses and the woman will probably confess without con
dition and beg to be led to the electric chair. Justice is a great
thing when given a real chance to spread itself.
Durrant's attorneys claim that their present action is not
criminal but civil. At this point the public will take the lib
erty of entering an exception. In one »en6e the action may not
be criminal, for to deleat justice is apparently part of the legal
game, but, at any rate, it is not civ.l, but an incivility the people
of California resent.
Carter Harrison's announcement that he ia not a candidate
for the Presidency is almost superfluous. Nobody ever sup
posed that he was, nor that he would have a ghost of a show ii
he were. The cilice of President is one of some dienity, and
when it seeks an individual will not go chasing a citizen of
Carter's size.
THE CHORTLING FAKER.
IN chortling: over its latest alleged feat yellow journalism over
looks the fact that by many this feat is regarded as an abso
lute fake. In the pow-wow preliminary to the escape of Miss
Cisneros many prominent women were deceived and dragged
into a ridiculous position. Who. for instance, believes that the
Pope, acting at the behest of yeilow journalism, ever petitioned
in behalf of the prisoner? Who believe 3 that at a word from
him the gates of the jail would not have opened wide? Yet the
Examiner assumes that it can dictate to the Vatican. What rot
aim rubbish! However, the girl has escaped. To release her
was a bold deed. The persons actually performing it, unless
with Spanish official connivance, did so at the risk of Jife.
Naturally, in either case, they would seek immediate and pro
found seclusion. During their retirement yellow journalism
could step in, blare the horn and say, "We dii it! Ljok at us !
Aren't we just treat?" Perhaps yellow journalism has not
been guilty of this trick, but it has been guiliy of so many
others that the suggestion oi" its culpability in the present in
stance comes naturally tc the mind.
When cable-car employes are summarily discharged that is
mostly an affair between them and the company. However
the pubhc interest is aroused by information that the dis
charees took place by reason of evidence secured from "spot
ters." There is a current belief based upon the records of this
class of parasites that they are wholly unworthy of belief, but
lor some reason yet to be explained, corporations keep right
on being infested by them and accepting their word.
Prize-fight Promoter Gibbs ought to be glad to be relieved from
the public duties which have heretofore hampered him in pur
suit of the noble calling of matching men to thump each other.
Now he can promote with no lingering qualm lest Uncle Sam
be neglected.
There are distressing indications that until the end of his
term Mayor Fhelan's diet will be a bird of somber plumage,
but, out of consideration for his feelings, nobody should go so
far as to actually call this bird crow.
Women are becoming aroused to the barbaric grotesqueness
of wearing the plumage of beautiful birds. In the meantime
roost of the birds have been slain or they might offer up a little
song of thanksgiving.
From the rapidity with which Chinese are pouring into this
country, there does not seem to be any necessity for "annexing
the thousands now in Hawaii.
When it is realized thst the Government spends $5000 to
export a single Chinese the utility of not having him here to
export becomes plain.
An evening paper asKs: "Will life's mystery be revealed?"
We will be entirely frank and acknowledge that we do not
know.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1597.
THE PROPOSED CITY HALL PARK.
WHEN the Grand Jury takes under advisement the pro
ject of acquiring the land on Market street necessary for
the creation of a City Hall park, it should incorporate
in its studies a history of the "deal" by which the land was
originally sold. Nothing so develops and strengthens the
understanding as a careful attention to history. Truthful his
tory is a record of triumphs and failures. It is by studying
the triumphs and understanding the failures that a man is en
abled to profit by the one and avoid the other. To our mind
the Grand Jury could present no more interesting report to the
public than a thorough exposure of this job and its conse
quences to the city. If the responsibility for the sale could be
determined, it would be well enough to send the men who de
vised it down to posterity with a dull thud.
Probably no greater crime was ever committed in San
Francisco than the disposal of these lots. Greater crimes have
been attempted. The bulkhead scheme, by which *he Legis
lature in 1859 proposed to grant to a private corporation the
right for fifty years to collect tolls from the commerce of this
port, was a more enormous proposition, but it was never car
ried into execution. The men who sold the Market-street por
tion of the Yerba Buena Cemetery will be remembered for all
time, even if the city shall finally correct their mistake and
repurchase the property. Nothing will ever extenuate their
offense. Placing the City Hall upon a back thoroughfare was
bad enough in itself, but creating business property on Market
street upon which tall buildings may be erected to exclude it
from the main artery of the city was much worse.
Had the location of the municipal edifice been merely a
mistake of judgment, it would only be necessary to draw the
veil of oblivion over the identity of the locators. But it was
not a mistake of judgment ; it was a job by whicn a few real
estate schemers made money and a few others hoped to. The
plot was laid in the original plan. An architect of reputa
tion was induced to make a picture of a City Hall which could
be constructed for $1,500,000. Upon this the land-grabbers
founded their proposal to sell off the Market-street portion of
the cemetery tract. They declared that the land, when divided
into lots, would bring $1,500,000, and they presented to a
credulous people ihe alluring portrait of a beautiful City Hall
which would cost nothing.
In this way the sober sense of the people was overcome.
What is more fascinating than the idea of getting something
for nothing? The taxpayers were not then hard up for money,
but they could scarcely be expected to reject the offer of the
real estate speculators to make them a present of a City Hail.
But as in all such cases they were duped. The lots were sold,
bringing £953,000. Immediately thereafter the plan for a
$1,500,000 City Hall was abandoned. That plan had done its
work, and the Legislature, which then controlled our local
affairs, proceeded, through its commissioners, to put up a
56,000,000 building. The money obtained from the sale of the
lots did not pay for the rubble stone in the foundation, nor is
there any evidence that it was ever intended that it should.
Even if the present generation does not repair the damage
done to the city by the sale of these lots the people of the
future will probably repair it. It will never be possible to ac
quire the land on more favorable |terms than at present The
improvements on the property are of the most primitive char
acter and within a short time will be worn out. An estimate
of the probabie cost of condemning the land and laying out
the proposed park would make interesting reading for all who
have taken an interest in the project. Such an estimate to be
of value should be compiled by an impartial person whose
opinion will be accepted as of value.
The blood ol a reader la stirred by the tale of how a fiend
with a razor attacked a schoolteacher in the southern part of
the State, sinking his blade "again ana again into her chin and
neck." But when by reading farther it is learned that the lady
taught school tne next day as usaal somehow the blood seethes
less madly, and a suspicion arises that a pedagogue, weary from
superintending the shooting of the young idea, may occasion
ally Oe subject to nightmare.
PREPARING FOR COMING BATTLES.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA is once more setting a good
example to the other sections of the State. It ia an off
year in politics, but her wide-awake and far-seeing people
are making ready for the contests that are to come. In time of
peace prepare for war is a maxim they have well learned. In
other sections of the State members of the various parties may
wait for the day of battle to dawn before they cet into line, but
in Southern California they are organizing and arranging the
plan of campaign now.
A short time ago the silver forces held a convention in Los
Angeles and set about making a still hunt for voters during the
quiet of the off year, and now the watchful Republicans of that
section have begun active work in organizing league clubs to
counteract the efforts of the enemy and make certain of victory
when the struggle at the polis takes place.
"For unity, harmony and victory" is the motto of the Re
publican League of Southern California. It is a motto upon
whose principles the people of that section have long been in
the habit of acting. They apply it in business as well as in
politics, and experience has taught them its value in all
forms oi public endeavor. There can be no doubt the league
will live up to it, and that when politics begins to take
definite shape next year this organization in Southern Cali
fornia will have a potent influence in determining the parllc
lar shape it shall assume.
The movement thus begun at Los Angeles is in no sen«e
premature. In American politics no party can safely relax its
discipline or permit the arilor of its supporters lo weaken.
National issues are always with us, and the people can never
t>e too often confirmed In their adherence to Republican prin
ciples. The action taken by the Republicans of Southern Cali
fornia is therefore commendable, and it would be well if the
example given were followed with an equal vigor in all other
parts of the State.
Liliuokalani may be a remarkable woman, but she can't be
dying in St. Louis and robust at Washington at ihe same time,
veracious correspondents to the contrary notwithstanding.
THE OHIO SENATORIAL CONTEST.
JOHN R. McLEAN has announced that he is not a candi
date for the United States Senate from Ohio. Some skep
tics declare this means only that be is not a candidaie before
the people, but that if a Democratic Legislature should bo elected
this fall he would return to iho ring again ana do bia Debt to
show himself the smartest man in it.
Whether the skeptics are ripht or not, Mr. McLean is out of
the Senatorial fight so far as tne campaign goes. That much is
agreed; but straightway there arises another dispute: l>.d >j c .
Lean Lack outor was he forced out? There are people who say
he sees the coming disaster to the silver fanatics and has stepped
aside in order lo avoid involving his aspirations in the cata
clysm. There are others who say the silver men see that they
cannot win if they carry McLean and have unloaded him in
order to make a better race.
Forced out or backed out, McLean is certainly ont, and bis
place has been taken by General A. J. Warner, who is said to
have more political integrity than his predecessor in the light,
but less brains. The new candidate is more frank in advocat
ing the free coinage of silver than was McLean, and while this
may be accounted by some as proof of greater political honeitv
H is accepted everywhere as an evidence of less political sagaci
ty. Hence it is disputed whether Democracy has gained or lost
by the change in candidates.
One result of the retirement of McLean is the simultaneous
retirement from the forefront of the battle of the Cincinnati
Enquirer. The Bryanites are now without the support of a
single influential newspaper in tho State, for the Cleveland
Plain Dealer long since refused to advocute the revolutionary
platform adopted by tho Htaie convention. It is a bad bunele
all round, and there seems to be nothing left for Ohio Democ
racy but to crawl into a hole and pull the bole in too.
PERSONAL.
Dr. G. H. Flett of Sisson is at the Grand.
Mrs. Axtei of Fresno is at the Cosmopolitan.
bhemr George F. McKensle of Napa is at the
Graud.
Congressman Marion de Vries of Stockton is
at the Gran 1.
Can tain D. Y. Callinan. U. 8. A., is visiting
at ihe California.
A. Bettrus, manager of Byron Hot Springs,
is at the Baldwin.
George Lingo, a cattleman of Birds Land
ing, is at the Lick.
L. Rosenberg, a merchant of Ukiah, is regis
tered at the Grand.
Dwight Holiister, an orchardlst of Colton, is
a guest at the Grand.
W. R. Long of St. Paul, Minn., is registerei
at the Cosmopolitan.
w. A. Richmond and bride of Sacramento
are guests at the Graud.
J. H. Tapley, a Vallejj merchant, is among
the guests at tho Grand.
A. Herman, an insurance agent of Bpokane,
Wash., is at the California.
G. Bettle of Spokane, Wash., is among the
guests of the Cosmopolitan.
M. Becheras and fimily of Castle Crag are
itaying at the Cosmopolitan.
R. Gracey, the Merced banker, is in the city.
He has apartments at the Lick.
Arthur It. Jumes and bride of this city were
guests at the i'alacc last night.
M. H. Cleary Sr., a mining man of Stockton,
is nmons the late arrival* at the Lick.
John Rag^io, the stage-line proprietor of
San A:idreas, is registered at the Grand.
J. If. Jackson of Stockton, aooomnttaied by
his bride, arrived last night at the Russ.
R X. Rust, manager of an insurance com
pany at Los Aagolos, is a guest at the Grand.
W. K. Follcck, a Chicago capitalist interested
in California mines, is a recent arrival at the
Grand.
Marion Biggs Jr. of Oroville, politician,
banter and orcbardLst, is registered at the
Grand.
P. B. Fairbftnksof Petaluma, colonel in the
National Guard of California, is registered at
the Lick.
Wiley J. Tinnin. a Frasno lawyer, formerly
Surveyor of the Tort, San Francisco, is a guest
at the Grand.
C. O. Clarke, who owns timber lands near
Mott, hi Northern California, is a recent arri
val at the liuss.
H. V. Panberg Jr., a cattleman and sheep
rulscr of Carson, New, is in town. He Is stay
ing at the Grand.
Professor ¥A ward Howard Griggs of the de
partment of ethics at Stanford, is a late ar
rival at the Grand.
George A. Smitu ot Courtland, who owns
land and orchards along the Sacramento
River, is at the Grand.
Dr. Edward Als worth Rqss, one of the pro
fessors of economics in Stanford University, is
a guest at the Caliiornia.
A. 11. Hart of New York, a member of the
firm of Cheney Bros. <fcCo., silk importers, v a
late arrival at the Grand.
W. H. Hatton, a lawyer of Modesto, Is up
from the S.-.n Joaquin Valley for a few days.
Hii headquarters are at the Lick.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Raymond of Placerville
arr.veJ at Hie Grand last night on their bridal
trip. Mr. Raymond is proprietor of the Hotel
Ohio at P.acerville.
W. 11. Clark of Stockton, one ot the Railroad
Commissioners, arrived at the Baldwin last
night. He came to town for the mestine of
the commission this afternoon.
Rev. a W. Hawkins, D.D.. of Indiana, is a
guest of Rev. W. B. Anderson, pastor of Bethel
A. M. K. Church. Ha will preach from Key.
Mr. Anderson's pulpit next Sunday.
Judge J. C. B. Hebbard of the Superior Court
lias been confined to his home (or several days
by a severe attack of neuralgia, but is now
abie to resume his duties oh the bench.
George H. Warfleld, cashier of the Healds
burg Bank and City Treasurer of Healdsburg
and Treasurer of Sonoma County, is at the
California visiting his father, General War-
Beld.
J. B. Port wood of Lculsrillp, Ky., who ovnr
a fruit farm near Kosevillo Junction, in tne
Sicramento Valiey. arrived yesterday at the
I'alace, accompanied by Mrs. Portwood. They
have come to California to live.
Caj.tain D. \v. Jenks of Alturas. of whom
years ago was written the rhyme beginning
"Captain Jenks of the horse marines, who
fed his horse on corn and beans," arrived at
the Lick yesterday for a short visit in this
city. He claims no relationship to Sun Fran
cisco's Captain Jenk« of tha trooper band,
who fed his nags ou posts and sand.
Mflj >r J. H. simpion, one of tha early ex
plorers of the Yukon, a companion of the Loyal
Legion, a comrade of the Grand Army and a
survivor of many noted battles and banquets,
has assumed the mnnogeniont of the Hotel
Mateo. San Mateo, and will keep that caravan
sary open winter ard summer. The mnjor
took command ot the establishment last Mon
day.
Among the arrivals on the Central overland
last night who took apartments at tho Palace
was a party traveling for pleasure in the
Union Pacific's "car 03." They were: Jonn
T. Bressler of Wayne, Nebr., one of the rive
men whom Preident McKinley appointed
directors of the Union Pacific; and with him
as his guests Dr. W. C. Wlghtman, a physician
<>i Wuyne, Nebr. ; 11. F. Wilson, cashier of the
First National Bans: of Wayne, Nebr., and
Mrs. Wilson; D. T. Oilman, president ol the
lowa State National Bank of S;oux City, lowa,
and Mrs. Oilman. They will remsin hero two
days, and then start homeward by way ol
Portland nnd the Northern Pacific.
Tho ranks of the insurance men of the Pacific
Const have been rc-en 4 'orccd by the arrival of
Henry C. Keller, who wns recently appointed
general agent of the Westclicstur Fire Insur
ance Company of Now York for five States of
this coast, with headquarters in San Fran
cisco. It is now understood that this institu
tion rill join the compact. Mr. Keller is a
man of high character and extended exper!
ence in business HfTairs and has achieved
marked success in banking and insurance cir
cles. He bear* commendatory letter* from
many prominent men of the Missouri Valley
U> leading citizens of San Francisco. Asa
clerk of the United States District Court he
served With Jmlge Brewer, now of the United
States Supreme Court, and he hears testimo
ninls from that eminent jurist. Mr. Keller
will remain in San Francisco for several
weeks ami will then return to Leavenworth to
liniilly adjust his affairs for a permanent resi
dence in California.
CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK
NKW TOSK, N. V., Oct. 12.-At the
liii/..: .!. W. l'almer; Netherland— J. Blood
fod, Miss IUoodgood; Manhattan— J. Malo
n<-y; Iterwick —R. V. Ashe; Continental— W.
H. I'.-iiiiiir; Astor— J. D. French; Vendome—
P. I'm, Mikh pßdgett; Grand Union-J. M.
Lively, J Liewellinjt; Imperial— H. Martin;
New Amsterdam— ft, D. Wilson, H. B. Wilsou;
.Savoy-J. M. Graham, E. M. rhilllps.
THE MAN IN THE CAB.
Safe and *nng In tho uleeplns-cnr
« ro father itnd mother and dreaming child.
Th<* night vutslde shows never a star. . ■ '
i- or ihc H'orm Is thick and tho wind is wild.
The irenziea tr.ln In its all-night race
iiolds many a sonl In Its fragile walls.
W inlo up in bis cal>, with a smoke-sialned face,
U the man lv the greasy overalls.
Through the firebox door the heat glows white,
'I h.i steum U his'inß nt all the cocks:
Tho p'stoni daDCf and I he drivewheels smite
'I i»« trernUln* raits till the whole earth rocks,
Hut never a searching eye could trace—
Tiio;i. the uinhi Is black and i peed appals—
A Hue ot fear In the smoke-statned face
Of the man in the greasy overalls.
No ha ting, wavering coward he,
As he lashes his engine around tho curve,
But a lieace-encompas-ied (irant or Lea
With a heart ot oak and an Iron nerve.
And so I «s» that you muKe a place
In the Temple of Heroes' sacred halls
\\ here I may hart* the smoke-stained face
Cf th<« man in tin* creasy overalls.
Mxon Wattkrman, In L. A, W. Bulletin.
"OUR LADY OF THE SNOW 3."
5-u Louis S;ar.
Tho value ot a kiss lias been decided by a
Canadiau court to be just 20 cents. A young
lady sued ior $2000 lor being kissed against
her will and the jury rendered r verdict for
the above amount. Either the luxuries of life
must be valued at a very low price over in
Canada or the quality oi the lips was not up
to the requirements,
LAJEST AND LIQJiJEST AUTOMOBILE.
The automobile carriage will most likely in the course of a few years be as familiar a
sight In its way on our streets and country roads as the bicycle now Is in its line. The
credit lor the latest and longest step In this direction must be given to the City of Mexico,
which last month turned out a practical, working automobile of such lightness and com*
parative cheapness as will at once give it great favor and put it within the reach of per
sons of even very moderate means; whereas before it was so expensive as to be looked
upon only as a mechanical curiosity and a luxury to be indulged in by the rich.
Tho evolution oi the automobile, iike the bicycle, has been gradual. For a good many
years the inventions in this line were confined to Western Europe, principally France,
where competitive road tests, with rich cash prizes to the best, have been held. Scores of
models have in this way been brought before the public, but out of general reach on ac
count of size, weight, first cost and running cost. Then Yankee invention tried its hand,
with great improvement on the French product, but up to date the lightest automooile
carriage built In the United States weighs 1500 pounds and costs from to $3000, ac
cording to style of finish, eta
The Mexican automobile, which is shown in the cut, weighs but 400 pounds and will
cost less lhau a quarter of the American. This machine was invented and manufactured
by a firm in the City of Mexico, and made its appearance on the streets the latter part of
September.
It it propelled by a gasoline motor of three horsepower, Ignited by an electric spark,
that is a marvel oi lightness and efficiency. Weieht is saved by having instead of a water
jacket steel riugs which surround the motor and conduct the neat away from the cylinder.
The power is applied from a motor-wheel to a friction-wheel that is in turn connected with
the axle shaft by cogs. The use of the friction-wheel In this connection Is an innovation
of many advantages. Any degree of speed can le obtained by changing the point of ap
plication of the power from the center to the circumference of the friction-wheel, while
by transferring it to the opposite side of the wheel the carriage is made to run backward.
The steering is as easy as with a bicycle and is done by means of a lever in the front of the
persou occupying tne right-hand seat of the carriage. The carriage has bicycle wheels
with ball bearings and is altogether a wonderful proof of what mechanical skiil and intel
ligent appltcattou of scientific principles can do.
NUGGETS OF HUMOR.
"Well. Mrs. Brown, shall we see you here
again on Saturday?"
"Yes. mum, D. V., and on Monday, anyhow."
Pick-Mc-Up.
"If I had known," sobbed young Mrs. Fltz,
"that you would be such a brute to poor Fido.
I would never have married you"
••My dear," replied Mr. Fitz. "the anticipa
tion of kicking that miserable little beast was
one of my chief reasons for proposing to you."
Tit-Bits.
Klsle— My husband is very hard to please.
Louise— He mutt have changed considerably
lince he married you.— Tit-Bits.
Maud— Jack and I were out driTing last
night, and I had to drive all the way.
Clara— Why. what was the matter with Jack?
Mnud — Nothing. You don't suppose he could
drive with h:s feet, do you?— Chicago News.
Tommy— Paw, what was the light of other
days?
Mr. Daylight. Get —Indianap
olis Journal.
Forrester— Yon live la a quiet part ol the
town, do you not?
Lancaster — Not now.
Forrester— Moved?
Lancaster— Got twins.— Tit-Bits.
CHARACTER IN CIGARS.
I oorton Tit-Bits.
If a man smokes his c:gar only lone enough
to keep it lighted, and relishes taking it from
his mouth to cast a look at the curl of the
smoke in ihe air, set him down as an easy
going man. Beware of the man who never re
leases the grip on his cigar, and is indifferent
whetlur it burns or not; ha is cool, calculat
ing and exacting.
Ihe man that smokes a bit, rests a bit, and
fumbles tho cigar more or less, is easily af
fected by circumstances. If the cigar goes
out frequently, the smoker has a whoie-souled
disposition, is a "hail follow well met," with
a lively brain, a glib tongue, and generally a
fine fund ot anecdotes.
A nervous man who fumbles his cigar a
great deal is a sort of popinjay among men.
Holding the cig.ir constantly between the
teeth, chewing U occasionally, and not caring
if 11 li lighted at all, are the characteristics of
men who have tenacity ot bulidogs. The fob
stands his cigar on end, and an experienced
smoker points it straight ahead, or almost at
right angles with his course.
EDITOR WITH IMAGINATION.
This is how the editor of a country paper
described a recent fire: "The vrutcr seemed to
spur the fire to wilder deeds. The flame* and
the smoke rolled higher and higher, and the
scene beoame luridly, awfully magnificent be
yond tottering words' power to paint. It was
x canto of Dante's 'Inforno' acted In all its
ticry pomp and splendor. Bauuers of flame
would now be wared out by dark smoke
hands, then ten million little cur.iiie pen
nons of tho tire wouid hiss and flutter, then
vanish, and a great reeling tower of smoke,
whose darkness was slabbed ami spangled
with llnnies und ppttrk.s. would till the scene,
wnile all arouna the surrounding building,
trimly shot back from reflecting surfaces a
crimson greeting, and up in the far-off sky
the outglisteuoa st*n turned palo lor slmme
and the moon tnrough the drirted smoke
glowed like a bow. of biood."
PROTECTION OK THE COAST.
CiiUua Sun.
If we had the Hawaiian Islands it would
cust ten times as much to protect them as v
would San i'rdncisco. These annexation ad
vocates would have us believe that the islands
would just protect themselves and send out
ship after ship to the rescue of San Francisco,
miles away. Of course, it is presumed
thit we wouid keep the harbor out there mil
oi ironcla'is. and all for tho protection ol Bab
Francisco! A ship lying out there womd be
worth so much, more to the defense of San
Francisco than one in the bay at hnnd! 'Jnis
is. however, what they would have us believe,
and It Is what we must be.icva before we can
be an annexation. -t.
GROWING SUGAR INDUSTRY.
Globe- Democrat.
Nine years ago the worid'j production of
cane sugar was larger than that of bent sugar,
but for 1897 the estimate is 4,773,000 tons of
beet sugar and 2,132,000 ten* of cane sugar.
It will i>ay tho peop<e of the United States to
secure their .«haru oi this prcat industry.
BAROMETER OF BUSINESS.
Minneapolis Jourßal.
The fact that the average of liabilities of the
failures reported for the last quarter of the
year is the lowest la twenty-three years, nnd
the total of lailures is tho lowest since 1892
are pretty substantial proofs that the dawii of
better times is ueor.emng.
TIP FOR PKOCRES iVE FARMERS.
Globe- Democrat.
The United States imports 1,700,000 tons of
sugar and producos only 400,000 tons. This
is the one great item m which our farmers
and manufacturers are behind the times.
EGGS IN LAST YeAR'S NEST 3.
J'<i!sh.;rs I>i*p:itch. ■
Coin and Bryan's last yeai's speeches are in
the year of Brace the best campaign ammuni
tion that the heart of a Republicm cam
paigner could wish for.
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
The grandson of the late General Benjamin
F. liutler is a candidate for the Legislature lv
Lowell, Mass.
Palmer Cox is said to have found the origi
nals of his famous Brownies in some old
Scotch traditions which tell of little brown
folk, all of the male sex, whose great mission
was that of helping the human race.
The Duke of Fife often fiihes with the
Duchess, but his favorite sport is shooting.
Thuro is not a keeper on the estate who can
beat the Duke on a "shot." Thousands of
deer roam the hills about his estate, aad the
Duke is a famous "stalker."
Judge Jacob B. Blair, who was recently ap
pointed Purveyor-General of Utah, was at one
time Bill Njre'a most intimate friend, and
helped him start his famous paper, the Boom
erang. Judge Blair was twice elected to Con
grtss from West Virginia
Dr. Paul Mognes, one of the most noted
botanists in the world and the greatesc author
ity on systematic botany, is o guest of Fro
fessor \V. A. S-tcliell of the botanical depart
ment of the University of California. He is
on his way home to Germany, but will com
plete a tour of me. United States before return
ing.
Moscow, in honor of the medical congress
just held there, gave $1000 for a prize to be
awarded to some person %vho has dono emi
nent service to medical science during this
generation. On Professor Virchow's raotion
the prize was given by the congress to Henri
Dumant, founder of the Red Cross Society, who
is living in great poverty in Switzerland.
In 1847 a Lieutenant M"aclagan joined the
Madras division of the Indian army, and, in
1853, after applying himself diligently to the
duties of nis profession, studying languages
and eventually becoming the interpreter of
his regiment, retired. This Lieutenant Mac
iagan and the present Archbishop of York are
I one and the same person, and besides his nen-
I sion he now draws a salary of $50,000 a year.
THE AGITATOR.
When times areeood be agitates,
Ana says they should be better;
He tells his neighbor that he wears
"a plutocratic fetter":
"Arise! Arise!" lip loudly cries,
••The time to strike's at hand;
The Karons must be overcome
And driven from the land!"
When times are dull he agitates.
And tt-lis his idle neighbors
Of wicued plots to rob them of
The prc-dncts of th*ir labors.
"The millionaires." he tbeu declares,
••Have laid a wicked plan
To &hut np all theahopj and starve
The hapless worklngman!"
Dane plots he sees in everything;
To subsidize creation.
And everywhere and always there
Is m-ed of agitation.
Xo matter wtat may be the lot
<<f i.im whoioi!s away,
Aff..iis are wrong side up and should
lie uver.unieJ to-day.
He agitates and agitates,
For that's his earth . y mission—
To stir bis neighbor* up "to strike
Asaltjst their snd condition
ay, do not say tuat h>- should work.
For work would ai<l iiisestton,
Tbut> robbing him of power to keep
Alive the "labor question."
— X K. Kiser in Cleveland Leader.
HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION.
New York World.
According to Senator Lodge Hawaii Is to be
annexed by trick and device.
The constitution provides that the treaty of
annexation must be rallied by iwo-thirds of
the Senate before it can become effective. But
Senator LoJue suggests that if serious opposi
tion arises the job can be accomplished by
passing a joint resolution, already pending
which requires only a majority vote.
That is to say, tl: c jobbers and speculators
who want to annex leprosy, ignorance and de
pravity propose so sei aside lhe constitution
iiself in order to do it.
Why should there be even a majority in
Congress wilting to r.id this in qulty?
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
New York Press.
Rjing haughty hurts.
When n girl first falls in love, ihe begins to
doubt whether the augels have such a eood
time, after all. s v
Lots of men love women in spite of their
faults, ana a few women love men ia SDite ot
tbeir virtues. »»»•••
When a girl is In love with a big man it
always makes her feel fuiiuy toseehimeet
babied by his parents. *
When a girl begins to wonder what a certain
man will thint of her new hat, she Isn't far
from wondering what he will think of her
neart.
When a woman comes into collision with a
girl's ideel, something has got to smash If
1 she's young enougn it's the man; if she isn't
ii's tne girl.
BENEDICKS TO Be ENVIED.
San Bernardino Times-Index.
San Francisco is noted for her large, hand
some women and small, ugiy men. The city
dcilles, in printing photographic cuts of
newly married couples, picture the men as
about one-<juarter as large tts the women. We
>.-ould suegest that the little men be left out
If these handsome women cannot get men of
their size they should not be humiliated by
having iho fact illustrated in the pblic press
1 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Bicycle Record— a, City. J. W. Stocks
holds the world's record for bicycle riding,
one mile. Time, 1:35 2-5 made on the Crys
tal Palace tract, London, September, 1897.
Judge Wallace— m. 11., City. William T.
Wallace, now one of the Judges of the Superior
Court of San Francisco, was elected b Judge of
the Supreme Court of the State of California
ai the election held October 20, 186!). Ho
took ti in seat ou tho Supreme bench Jannnrv
10, 1870, and held office until January 1, 1380.
Two Dimes— M. J. A., Lakeport, Lake County,
Cnl. TniTO is no premium offered by dealers
on a dime coined in San Francisco in 1892.
L)ea>crs in coin* will pay a premium tor a
dime coined in San Francisco in 1894. There
were but twenty-lour coins of that denomina
tion coined in "that year, and as they are ail
accounted for it is not likely that any are in
circulation.
General Sherman— S. W., Parkfield, Monte.
rey County, Cal. The late General William T.
Siierman camo to California and landed in
Momercy January 20, 1847. In July of that
year he was In xerba liuuna (now Ban Fran
cisco); iv 181S he was in business in Bacra
menio; in 18.V3 ne opened a bank in Sa:i
Francisco; in 1850 waa major-geiieral of
militia, ami in 1857 lie closed up his business
and weut to New York City.
Naval Academy— W. A. A., Campbell, Cal.
Cadets for the uaval academy ai Annapolis
are named by tho Representatives and Terri
torial Delegates, one by each, and ten by thj
President. The t-'ecretary of ths Nevy, as soon
as possible after March 5 of each year, notifies
toe Representative or Delegate of a vacancy
occurring in his district, and if the vacancy is
not filled by the Ist of July following ihe
Secretary of the Navy appoints. The time
that a vacancy occurs is not made public ex
cept througa the Representative or Delegate.
Applications for appointments should De
made to tue Representative or Delegate in
whose district the applicant resides, and when
there is a vacancy ilao applicant will be
notified.
TRIALS OF A CENTENARIAN.
New York .Press. '"'^i
When a man takes the trenble to live lOaV
years and goes right ahead holding his job,
supporting his family and asking odds of
none, It must make his soul rankle to be re
garded as a fibbing old fraud when he tells hU
age. Bernard Morris, a laborer in Prospect
Park, Brooklyn, declares that he was born in
1792 and carries a copy of the record of his
birtn in his inside pocket to prove tne fact.
The public in geueral accept his statements as
true, even though his appearance does not
bear out the assertion, but his own relatives
and intimate acquaintances regard him with
mild pity and say he is mistaken. Morris says
he has toiled steadily almost 100 year.-, and
at the present time covers two or turee miles a
day, as he makes his rounds, gathering the
bits of "taste paper and refuse thrown on the
park lawns, lie has married three times and
is now contributing his share toward the sup
port of his third family. Yet one of his
nephews asserts that the old man is not
much over 87; a son dodges by, sayiug he
does not know how old his father is, and men
who have worked with Morris for years hold
that he is not as old as he thinks he is.
"Let them say what they please," Morris re
marks in a sad tone, "I have records to prove
all my statements. I v; ls h I was not so old,"
he adds with a sigh.
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IMPORTED GOLDEN SAUSAGES.
New York Woria.
The sold which Australia has been sending
to San Francisco iv payment for wheat ship
ments is coining by registered mail to this
city in canvas bags or rolls containing fifty
$20 pieces each. They might be mistaken for
a peculiarly fine brand of sausages.
These rolls are made of canvas with a
leather strip containing a cardboard slip
bearing the address ot the consignee and the
postage-stamps.
Specie is ordinarily transferred by express
bags of £5000 packed in kegs or boxes. Tlie
Government having refusea to transfer this
void at the usual express rate or to pay out
currency for it here on te'egraphic transfer,
the importers were compelled to use the regis
ured mail.
So lar $500,000 has been forwarded iv this
fashion.
SO LITTLE LEFT.
Chicago Post. <*
Poor Barney Barnato! It has been discov- \
ered that when ho died he left "only $5,000,- »
000." While we were looking upon him as ■
little short of a Croesus there was really "only
$5. 000, 000" between him and starvation.
When we talked about his diamonds and rev
eled in pictures of him in the marvelous snioli
inc jacket that became so familiar we little
knew that if he should lose a few million of
doll rs some dny he would be nothing but a
millionaire. Poor Barney! And yet he was
not alone. There have been several others
who have had to worry along on "only
$5,000,000" or even less. 4
ANCIENT HISTORY.
Boston Herald.
It looks as if Cnulalongkorn, King of Siam,
had worn out his welcome in London. That
is the danger to which these roving monarchs
from the far East frequently expose them
selves. A little ot them goes a great way.
Califorkia place lruits, sOclb. Xownsaad'v*
Special information daily to manufacturers,
business houses and public men by the Presi
Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Montgomery. *
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The engagement of Professor Marcella I.
O'Grady of Va*sar College to Psofessor Bovary
of Wurzburg. Germany, is announced. She is
a biologist and created the det>artment of
biology Vassar. She went to Europe last
year to study her subject under distir.guisned
authorities there, one of whom happened to
be Professor Bovary. Miss O'Grady has re
signed her post at Vassar, and will be suc
ceeded by Leila Childe Bean, A.B.
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W. S. Gilbert, the famom humorist, is tho
proud possessor of one of the most beautilul
houses near London. Grim's Dyke was orig.
inally built by the well-known architect Xor
man Sh«w, tor Mr. Goodall. the landscape
artist. The author of the "Bad Ballads" al
ways works in his library seated not at adeak,
but lv a comfortable armchair, with a writ
ing-pad on his knee. i
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