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AN INFLAMED VERMIFORM APPENDIX.
THE Examiner, a paper sometimes designated as the vermi
form appendix of the Journal, another paper which is in
itself a diseas?, is displeased at the excellence of the foreign
new-. service secured by The Call. This is a favor naturally to
be expected, and yet for tha frank expression of disapproval
some gratitude is due. To hove won anything in the natuie of
commendation from that sheet mnst have been reckoned a
calamity.
'J he Call, ns already am oincetl, to the dismay of the Dur
rnnie-e folk of Mission street, has the same cnble news that
hoids the New York Herald it the head of all American dailies
in leaped of printing f.esli and full every y-four hours
the happenings of the world. Other papers have tried to com
pete, but in vain. The elaborate snd perfected system of the
Herald has in each instance been too much for them. Espe
cially useful to the West is this system, as its ramifications
cover South and Central America, countries with which the
tra ie relations of California are yearly becoming more inti
mate.
The Herald foreign news is always accurate. It is not made
up of fake messages from Kings and emperors, nor is the Prince
of Wales on the staff. It does not send as fact rumors of
phantom war, does not send novelettes about the rescue of
oppressed maidens; is truthful, sane, complete. In these par
ticulars, as in many others, it has a great advantage over the
sort of "news" that is cabled the Journal and filtered through
its kindred yellow freak in San Francisco. When the Dur
rantese special sates that it discarded this service because the
service was out of date it does that which but for the restraint
imDOsed by courtesy, would be termed lying. When it says
that the Chronicle did the same thing and for the same reasons
it merely repeats the offense, an easy and natural thing for it
to do.
The Call will have the cream of foreign news. The Appen
dix cannot set it, and If it could would go on from choice
faking, as its habit is. While utterly scorning any opinion it
may hold, feeling for it the contempt that decency ever feels
for a sheel so disreputable and so dishonest, The Call is never
theless glad to have acquired its stated disregard. Every yelp
of the Hearst'incs shows that they are hurt. In their chosen
field of tilth they are still alone, but in the matter of news
getting they find that competition as left them behind.
A MONTH OF METEORS.
ACCORDING to the astronomers the present month will
probably be marked by meteoric displays of more than
ordinary brilliancy. On tbe nights of the 13th and 14;h
there is expected the advance guard of the Leonids, and about
the 27th we may look for the Andromedes. The effect of tbe
first display may be diminished by the moonlight, but the
second will have all the advantage of a dark background against
which lo show themselves.
The Leonids, so called from the fact that they seem to radi
ate from a point in the constellation of Leo, are due every
thirty-three years, and will not be seen in full force until 1899; i
but a sufficient number of them is expected this year to mas- I
it worth while for any one to look out for them who happens j
to have the pleasure of good company during the watch.
The most notable display of these meteors in this country
was that of 1333, when they were so brilliant and so numerous
that many people were frightened into the belief that the star-.
were falling from the sky, the world was coming to an end and
the firmament was to be rolled up like a scioll. In 1866 the dis
play in this hemisphere was not conspicuous, but in Europe it
lasted six or seven hours and was marked by considerable
vividness and brilliancy.
The Andromedes which are to come later in the month take
the name from the constellation of Andromeda, and are due in
unusual numbers every thirteenth year. As their last fraud
appearance was in 1885 they are not due in full force until next
year, but it is considered probable that a large number of them
will be seen this month.
If we miss the Leonids by reason of the moonlight we can
look for consolation to the coming bf the Andromedes, and if
they fail we can find satisfaction in the knowledge that neither
set was prepared to make a full showing until another date.
Extensive preparations have been made at various observa
tories to photograph them, and if there is any slip no one can
blame the astronomers, ior they will be more disappointed than
tbe general public
THE DISCRIMINATING DUTY AGAIN.
ALTHOUGH the prevailing sentiment of New England is
supposed to be adverse to the imposition of a discriminat
ing duty of 10 per cent on foreign goods carried to any
point in this country over the Canadian Pac. fie road, there are
many papers in that section ofthe Union warmly advocating
the duty as a measure beneficial to the nation as a who even
if it should prove to be injurious to some of the interests of
New England.
One of these journals, the Lowell' (Mass.) Mail, puts to the
opponents of the proposed duty this pertinent inquiry:
"Would the New England Congressmen aid Senators who
are opposing section 22 oi the new tariff Jaw because it takes
away the special privileges enjoyed by the Canadian Pacific
Railway be in favor of a law admitting to our coastwise trade a
fleet of foreign vessels built by a foreign government as auxil
iary, cruisers, and aided in their operations by a foreign govern
ment?"
The question is a fair one. The case supposed is an exact
parallel to that under discussion. To permit a subsidized
foreign railroad to compete with cur own roads is as unjust to
the railroad industry of the country as it would be to permit a for
eign subsidized line of vessels to compete with our coast trade.
New England would object strongly to any measure designed
to open our coasting trade on the Atlantic to foreign competi
tion, and cannot with consistency advocate a policy that per
mits such competition with our transcontinental railways.
It is encouraging to note the vigor with which the contest
for the establishment of the proposed discriminating duty is
being waged in the very section of the Union supposed to be
mo strongly opposed to it. Although the clause in the tariff
referring to this duty has been adjudged invalid by the Attor
ney-General the issue has not been closed by any means, It is
certain to be brought up as soon as Congress meets, and will
have a support which seems to bo strong enough to assure its
enactment in a form covering not only goods brought into the
country over foreign railroads bat by foreign ships.
The Republican party is pledged by its platform to the im
position of discriminating duties -to protect American ship
ping, and the pledge will be fulfilled.
Fake --fights are bad enough, of course, bat tbey have
'st the moral advantage of not being carried on in the
"charity."
NEW YORK'S KINGLY MAYOR.
A MORNING journal asserts that Mayor-elect Van Wyck
of Greater New York will exercise more political power
in administering his office than is proposed to be con
ferred by our charter theorists upon the same official in this
city. It would give us pleasure to say that the paper in ques
tion is mistaken on this point. Indeed, we would say that did
we not know that its assertion was the result of dense ignor
ance of the new charter of the greater city and of the powers
to be exercised by the Mayor-elect under it.
It is true that New York is. a larger city than San Fran
cisco and that our municipal lordling will be a smaller man
than the individual whom Boss Croker has chosen to rule his
people. But it is understood by all intelligent persons that in I
speaking of mayoral powers in other places proportions are
meant to prevaii. We do not hesitate to reaffirm, therefore,
that in proportion to his sphere of activity the Mayor proposed
by our local theorists will, as a political despot, throw Judge
Van Wyck completely into the shade.
In the first place, the Mayor of Greater New York in the j
solidification of his power must overcome not only a Municipal |
Council of nearly 200 representatives of the people elected
from different sections of the city, but he will be compelled to
placate the Legislature of the State as well. Unlike the pro
posed charter of this city, the charter of Greater New York
may be altered, amended or repealed by an act of the General
Assembly. When the time comes to clip the wings of their
municipal kinglet, the people of that city need not appeal to
an election commission appointed by him, but they may make |
their grievances known to the Senate and Assembly and at
once have them redressed. In order to control the legislative
department of this city, and thereby the tax levy, our pro
posed Mayor will only have to take fifteen Supervisors into
camp. Would not that be easy compared with the task set
before Mayor-elect Van Wyck of placating a Council of nearly
; 200 and a Governor and Legislature?
Besides, the New York despot, at the threshold of his j
l career, will face a State civil service commission, organized j
under a constitutional amendment which the Court of Appeals j
has decided to be self-executing. When it is said that Mayor- j
elect Van Wyck will control 530,000,000 in patronage, it is
meant that he will dispense that amount under civil service
rules, in accordance with a State law and by direction of a
commission appointed by the Governor. True, our local
charter-makers propose a civil service commission for this 1
city, but they intend to invest the Mayor with its appointment.
How could a skillful politician be prevented from controlling
appointments to office in San Francisco when the power to j
create the body which is set up to enforce the law is placed in
his hands?
It is childish to talk about distributing political power in
cities upon national or State models. None but fools discuss !
municipal government from any such standpoint. The fact is, I
the advocates of a kingly Mayor have not one single sound 1
argument upon which to rest their empty heads. Good gov
ernment never emerged from prerogative. On the contrary,
the rights of the people have been trampled in the dust for
ages by political tyrants. The idea that by returning to >.
Ccesarism we are going to secure pure politics and an honest \
administration of the laws is the result of loose thinking and j
a mere desire for a change. The ills we now endure are cer- I
tain to be aggravated by the adoption of any such system.
CANADA AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE.
SIR WILFRID LAURIER, Prime Minister of Canada, and
several high officials of his administration are at Wash
ington for the purpose of arranging, if possible, some set
tlement of the various controversies at issue between Canada
and the United States. These issues are numerous. Some of
them, like that of the fisheries off Newfoundland, are a century
old. Others, l i tc Q that raised by the gold discoveries in Alaska
and on the Klondike, are but of yesterday. All of them are
simple in their nature, and yet, by reason of the peculiar politi
cal situation of Canada, the solution of even the simplest is
perplexing and difficult
The position of Canada among the countries of the world is
an anomaly. It is a part of the American system by nature,
commerce and industry, but a part of a European empire by
politics and sentiment, -Vustralia can get along well enough
as a part of the British empire because Australia is not a minor
part of some other commercial system. Canada is not inde
pendent like her sister colony in the South Seas. Her indus
tries and her trade are powerfully affected by the United States,
Her real interests are American, and if she were a free Ameri
can republic these interests could be easily subserved either by
annexation to the United States or by treaties. She however
clings to Groat Britain in politics, and as a result her relations
to the United States are always becoming sources of irritation
instead of being mutually friendly and profitable.
To make the matter worse, even if any agreement should
be reached between the Government at Washington and that at
Ottawa, the terms arranged could not be carried into effect
until Great Britain bad been consulted and had given her approv
al. Thus questions which are purely American, which do not
in their nature concern Europe in any way, and over which
Europe should have no control whatever, have to be carried to a
European power for settlement, even though all Americans
should be agreed upon the way to settle them.
It is hardly to be doubted that the abler Canadian states
men see very clearly the handicap which the British connection
puts upon the progress and prestige of their country. As the
people, however, insist upon maintaining that connection, the
statesmen are forced to make the best they can of the situation.
Thus we see Sir Wilfrid Laurier and his colleagues on arriving
at Washington going first in due form to pay their respects to
the British Embassador and obtain from him a presentation to
the President. After that they will begin negotiations with the
State Department, and possibly something may be accom
plished, but it is not likely that any single controversy of im
portance will be definitely settled.
There is but one way for Canada to realize the high fortune
to which she has a right to aspire. She must break away from
her European bondage and become absolutely American in
politics and sentiment as well as in industry and trade. This
does not necessarily mean annexation to the Unit d States, but
it does mean that she shall be closer and more friendly to the
United States than she Is to Gret Britain.
One excellent basis for the belief that there is no bog on the
site of the new Postoffice is that yellow journalism still af
firms tbe existence of Mich a thing. Other evidence almost
equally good cm be obtained by the simple useof the eyes. No
body, however, need go to the trouble of securing this, as it
would merely be corroborative, and under the circumstances
hardly necessary. The wisdom of accepting whatever the Ex
aminer statts to be truth as being exactly the other thin**" is
well understood.
Judge Campbell's belief that a highbinder has a right to
carry all the arms he wants to is liable to sudden reversal. Let
the Judge run up against a Chinatown shooting scrape in full
blast and he will reverse himself so quickly that his venerated
whiskers will wrap around bis neck tighter than the hoop on a
beer barrel.
»
Perhaps an expedition to the island of the Seri Indians
having in view the wiping of those morose people off the face
of the earth would not be strictly lawful. However, If it were
to succeed, it would notably improve the moral tone down that
way, and the tendency to applaud would with difficulty be kept
in check.
— ♦ ■
If the doctors continue to expel members from their august
organization as fast as they threaten, tbe expelled can set up a
little society of tbeir own before long, and in point of numbers,
and perhaps some other things, be quite as impressive as the
original body.
» . .
Charles P. Bryan of Chicago, spoken of as Minister to
China, is a gentleman and scholar. Two distinct advantages to
one entering upon the field of diplomacy.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, if KID AY, EMBER 12, 1897.
PERSONAL.
Don Ray of Gait is at tbe Grand. •
M. Biggs Jr. of Oroville ls at the Grand.
R. G. Harvey, a merchant of Shasta, is at the
Russ.
Dr. B. M. Gill of Dunsmuir is visiting at the
Grand.
J. W. Henderson, a banker of Eureka, is at
the Lick.
James F. Peck, a Merced lawyer, is registered
at the L'.ck.
C. C. Crow of Crows Landing is staying at
the Occidental.
William Steinbeck, a grain-dealer of Hollis
ter, is at the Grand.
Major R. M. Blair of Waterman arrived at
the Palace yesterday.
J. C. Erickson, a cattleman from Humboldt,
is registered at the Russ.
C. E. Tinkham, a lumberman of Chico, is
among the guest 3at the Grand.
B. H. Upham of Martinez, proprietor of the
Glorieta vineyard, Is at the Lick.
O. J. Woodward, a banker of Fresno, is
: among the late arrivals at the Lick.
E. Trudo of Big Pine, who owns big borax
I fields in Inyo County, is at the Russ.
G. Falkinburg, a real estate agent of Los An
i geles, is registered at the Cosmopolitan.
Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Hogan. from Placerville
and just married, are guests at the Russ.
Calvin H. Holmes, a big land-owner of Kel
logg, Sonoma County, is staying at the Russ.
H. F. Barnettand J. F. Bar. ett of Sonora,
stage-line proprietors, are guests at the Russ.
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Gardner of Morgan
Springs are at the Russ on their wedding tour.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Hale of Butte City ar
rived at the Russ yesterday on their bridal
' trip. BTffl
H. A.Preston of Jamestown, who runs the
ice works at Sonora, is making a short stay at
the Lick.
Sam Davis of Carson, Nev., journalist and
proprietor of the Carson Appeal, is at the Oc
cidental.
Captain A. B. Graham of Portland, Or., ar
rived here yesterday, and is registered at the
Occidental.
; Professor RE. Allardlce, head of the depig
ment of mathematics in Stanford, is a guest at
the California.
11. M. La Rue Jr., son of the Railroad Com
missioner, is ln town from Sacramento and is
staying at the Grand.
N. A. Unruh, manager of Baldwin's proper
ties in the south, is up from Los Angeles and
is registered at the Baldwin.
Professor Julius Goebel, head of the depart
ment oi German in Stanford University,
was a guest last night at the California.
Julius Paul Smith of Livermore, proprietor
of the Olivenia vineyard, is a late arrival at
the California. He is accomnanled by Mrs.
Smith. WTU
John R. Skinner, formerly manager of the
Dupont Powder Company, returned to the
Lick last night from Adams Springs, where he
spent the summer.
W. G. Drown, who is Interested in the Tracy
Mining Company near Angeis Camp, returned
yesterday from Boston, accompanied by his
wife, alter an absence of four months, during
which he visited thirty States.
CALIFORNIANS IN NE<V YORK.
NEW YORK, Nov. 11.— At the St. Denis-
Mrs. Cat ton; Brot.dway Central— T. A. Burns,
L. Stickles; Imperial Mrs. Allen, Mrs. M.
Greenwood, MUs J. Greenwood, E. W. Van
slycke; Marlborough -S. Caro, N. Goldtree,
Miss H. Gold ree. Jul Levy arrived lrom
Genoa on the Kaiser Wilhelm 11.
CALIFORNIANS iN CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Nov. 11.— At the Great Northern-
Edwin F. Dyert, wife aud child, San Fraucis
co. At the Auditorium— L. I). Sale and wile,
Los Angeles; Dr. W. A. Hendry, Los Angeles.
At the Auditorium Annex— Mr. and Mr**-. I). F.
Murphy an.l maid, Sau Francisco. At the
Saratoga- Wilbur F. Norman, San L'iego.
CALIFORN IN WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON .Nov. 11.— Attorney-General
Fitzgerald leu to-day for a short trip to New-
York. Colonel George A. Knight left lor Phila
delphia. '
A BALLADE Or CONFESSION
The dog-eared tomes of ancient saies
frown at me irom the she. Un there,
World iambus, a.v. for many yeurs,
Braving .he buffets of nine auit tare:
Yet though thy breathe Parnassian air,
Go hand in hy. .d with -Muse." nine,
1 pass iceni ail, here's one more rare—
The little book tha once was tn.'ie!
I know that Horace -scowls and rages.
That 11. mer writhes In valu despair,
That . should si-*-* thus • pasturage**
Where mawkish -e.ciimi-nts rave and tear,
.Mi-mums all nellcoii doth stare, *
Forget, its hys op steeped in .*. me,
'to in ink thai 1 io read sc.ou.d dare
The lill.e book that ouce was mint!
'Tis only one of all the pages,
The others, Horace, lull swear
Know ■ im^hi of me, my pilgrimages:
Yonr ire, dear Homer. t lease foi bear!
Yon fri.Kv i up.d in lulu declare
The reason for this choice of mine,
or I. city dear, 'twas his affair,.
Tho little book that once wa» thine!
L'esvoi.
You sent It with a lock of hair
I'iuiied tote page's sweetest lino;
That makes it tar beyond compare.
i he 11. tie hook that one c was thine!
Haboi Mac .hath, in the l hilistine.
RELIEF TO SHU -IN WHALERS.
Napa Hecister.
The concentrated effort of the California
Congressional delegation, seconded b* the
San. Francisco Call, in behalf of the 300 or
400 whalers imprisoned In their vessels by an
Ice pack in the Arctic, near Point Barrow, has
resulted iv prompt action at Washington.
The urgent need of a relief expedition hav
ing been brought to tne attention of S cretary
of the Navy Long and through that official to
President McKmiey, correspondence by wne
between Washington and Mare Island was in
stituted November 8. and the outcome will
doubtless by the sending of the cuit.r Bear
n.,rth just as soon us she can be made ready.
To ensure expeditious action the San Fran
cisco Call has agreed to outfit any ship the
Government might furnish with provisions
for the men in the ice who are now facing
starvation.
THE F.RoT N iHt FIELD.
Alameda Argus. . ' ■ ;■
Relief is to be sent to the whalers Impris
oned in ihe Arctic. The cutter Bear is to be
loaded with provisions and proceed at ouce.
This is promptness on the part of the Govern
ment that is commendable. CxLLsounded
the alarm and was first in tne field demand
ing that tho Government take steps It is en
lit.ed to the chief credit and th y 300 meu, it
is hoped, will be reseu. d without a frostbite,
from their perilous predicament. It wiil be
no Id-play to reach th. m, however, and
their friends will be »ppreheusive until word
is brought 01 their r. ue.
IHt L.UM- UM.
Philadelphia Record.
"Dum-dum" is the curious name of a new
bullet of which the British - * Government has
been making a test Experiments seem
to justify the title, for this small-arm missile
produces a wound which is more fatal and
terrible than the old bullet of slower velocity.
A bullet that makes a larger exit than en
trance, even after wreaking havoc within,
would certainly strike a so.dier dumb-dumb.
In America has recently been Invented, how
ever, a secret solution by which leaden bullets
may be coated so as to render them superior
to steel-cased bullets. At a distance of thirty
yards some of . these coated balh pierced an
ax blade and others bored through a flatiron.
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
New York Pre*«s
Convention is life's tunny bone.
Babies probably cry about half the time just
for tun.
No girl likes to kiss other girls unless she is
very Imaginative.
I wonder why, whenever a man talks with
a girl he is alraid of. his necktie works up in
the back.
- Probably every man who doesn't act decent
to hi-* friends has an idea that he always tries
to love his enemies.
A woman will cry until he reyes get all red
and her nose snuff/ and then go and kiss her
hut-band, with the idea that she looks beauti
ful "smiling through her tears."
SJ/ITUE OF GZ/\p ALEXANDER 111.
The eminent Russian Statuaire Mark Anlokolski, member of the Academy of Fine Arts, St
Petersburg, and corresponding member of the French Institute, has just finished in his work
shop at Paris the statue of Alexander 111 of Russia, which he was Commanded to make by.
Nioholas U. The dead monarch Is represented as seated on his throne, draped ln the imperial
mantle, his forehead devoid of the crown, the scepter in his right hand and the globe in his
left, and seeming to contemplate in the security of the future the ideal of wisdom, concord
and peace which he emulated while living. This is a work very remarkable in that it agnin
demonstrates the genius and mastership of his art of the author of the statues of Ivan the
Terrible and Peter the Great— the one at the Hermitage and the other at Peterlioll, where it is
destined to stand.
THE NEW AUTOMAJIC CYCLE BRAKE.
[The illustrations are from the Scientific American.]
No. I— flub with' sprocket off. No. s— Locking ring, taking place of check
No. 2— Collar fitting on hubto receive brake, nut.
No. 3— Sprocket with center cut away to fit No. 6— lnternal friction-faced drum,
collar. Nos. 7 and B— Cross sections of the brake
No. 4— Expansion ring, fitting into sprocket assembled,
and collar. No. 9— Plan of brake with cover cut away.
i
The brake question is at present absorbing the minds of the cycle Inventors after the
chninless wheel. The great objection to the old-style brake was Us unsigh tliness and its
weight. A brake that was concealed, light in weight and --ff-etive, has been sought for for a
long while, and one in particular that has been placed on the market has met with much
favor irom those who have tried it.
The newest device is the invisible, automatic brake, which requires no effort on the part
of the rider to apply or release it. It is claimed that it gives complete control of the bicycle
for slackening speed or short, sudden stops In case of danger.
The new brake is applied to the rear hub between sprocket and fork and consists of two
parts— an expansion nugi.nd internal friction-faced drum. They are brought into action when
the rider backpedals, bringing the parts into action and oy friction retarding the action of
the rear wheel.
The theory of the new brake is simply that it increases the power of backpedaling many
times. The resistance can be applied gradually or suddenly, as required.
FLASHES OF FUN.
Across the way but yesterday.
When May's sweet blooms were blown about,
1 watched a maiden kneeling low
To set her summer flowers out.
And now when autumn winds are chill—
Siuce spring he r hand she's lei me win —
She puis me calmly tbron*,h the mill, '
1 kneel and take those flowers In.
—Chicago .Record.
•'Which reminds me," said the Cheerful
Idiot, as the si.usage was brought on, "that 1
once owned a dog when 1 was a boy that could
chase rabbits from sunrise to sunset and never
turn a hare." — Indian, polls Journal.
Ragijs— That fellow Smiley reminds me of a
dog's tail.
Jaggs— How so?
Raggs— He's such a wag.— Chicago News.
"Remember, my boy," said the middle-aged
gentleman, "tnat contentment is belter thau
riches."
"Yes," replied th • young man, who is some
thing of a philosopher himself, "that is to say,
it would be if there were any such tning." —
Washington Star.
Applicant— the truth I do be sayin', sor,
that I niver worked for any wan in me lolfe
that had the layst fault to find wid me.
Tradesman— And who, for instance, have
•you worked for?
Applicant— vs ell, er— faith, now, whin oi do
be t'inkin' It over, it's mostly mesilf , sor.—
Richmond Dispatch.
She — Don't you find journalism rather
thankless work?
lie— Oh, no. Almost everything I write is
returned with thanks.— Pick- Me- Up.
"Will you think of me when I am gone?" he
asked.
"I shall be glad to," she roplied with a sigh,
"ii you will make it possible."
Then he went.— Chicago Post. |
HARD TO ALLOW.
HiPHi ; Pittsburg Times.
The invention of at- indiaiubber oyster by
a French genius will soon place within our
reach the indestructible stew, and we can
loot with complacency upon the threatened
extinction ot the oyster beds.
[From l.'lllustration.J
NOTES ABOUT NOTABLES
Nine ex-Mayors of New York aro living. The
oldest one is Daniel F. Tieman. He is 92 ears
old and voted last Tuesday lor the Tiger.
Deacon Jonathan Hayes, who wound the
first wire rake ever made, lives at Middleton
Springs, Vt., at the age of 90, and is in perfect
healta and can read without glasses.
Mrs. Eunice Russ Davis of Ded ham, Mass.,
who has just cc ebraied her ninety-seventh
birthday, is .he daughter of Prince Ames, who
ought i:. the Revolutionaiy War, ami received
special recognition from General Washington
for bravery.
The memory of the late Major Lewis Ginter
of Richmond, Vs., is to be perpetuated by the
endowment of a mechanics' institute and
school of technology in that city. He did
much lor the town, and this project will con
tinue a good wor* in his name.
"Lovers of Defoe," says, the London Chron
icle, "will regret to hear that James Wil lam
Defoe— the last of the family and the great
great-grandson of the renowned author— is
still an outdoor pauper of the Chelmsford
Union, in receipt of the modest pittance of 3*
shillings a week."
Verdi is fond of farming, cattle and doits
One of his pets is buried in his garden, under
a small monument with tho words, "Ad un
vero amico'" (To a true friend), a favorite
large dog now in his possession listens in
tently when his mister is playing, hut runs
away in distress when any one else touches the
piano.
Prince Krapotklne, known all over the world
as an advanced anarchist, has proved a sur
prise to New Yorkers, who had expected to
find him of loud-irouthtd Moat
brand. Instead they see a small, benevolent
look ng old man of retiring manner and
kindly eye, preaching brotherly love and
deprecating violence.
Mrs. Annie C. Meyers, one of the best-known
of Chicago society women, appeared beiore a
Police Court a few days ago dressed in rag*
She was charged with theft. Not long ago
she was on Mrs. Poller Palmer's visiting list
She dispensed charity with a lavish hand and
was a leader in the Marshfleld-avenue Metho
dist Church. Cocaine had wrought the ruin
ANSWER3TOCO RE PONjENTt
Sidewalks-?. U . 8., City. The widest side
walks in the city of New YorK are those ioij
Lsnox and Seveith avenues, north of West
o>e Hundred and Tenth street. They are
thirty-five feet wide.
Billy Smith-E. J. 8., City. illy Smithof \
Australia never fought a brother of Joe G ™*V
dard in this city, but .n August 28, 18»V^,
fought Joe Goddard before the California An
letie Club for a purse of $1250. The fight was
stopp d by the police.
Population- F.M., City. The estimated popu
lation of New York City (not Greater New York)
based on returns from the Health Depart
ment, is 1.957,284, or rather was. at the lime
those figures were obtained, iv the early part
of the year. The fi -.Mires L'l Chicago at the
same period was 1,750,000.
Robert Emmet— E. M., Salinas. Cal. There
appear- lo be a question as to the birthplace
and the date of 'he birth of Robert Emmet.
Some Diographers assert that ne was born in
Dublin, in 1778, others that lie was born in
that City in 1780, and still oihers who declare
that he whs born in Cork, in 1773. K. R.
Madden in his "Life and Times of Robert Em;
mett' says that he was born in Molesworlh
street, Dublin, 1778, and that shortly alter
his birth his lather moved to 110 Stephen s
Green, west corner Lamb Lane. It is gen
erally believed that his birth occurred on the
20ih of September, 1778, in the city of Dublin,
Ire. and.
Taxes— W. S. If a piece of property is as
sessed a- $1000, upon which there is a mort
gage of $500, the mortgagor pays the tax on
$500 and the mortgagee pays on $500.
lf the property is assessed at $1000
and the mortgage is $1000, the mortgagee pays
the whose of the tax. Unaer our laws a mort
gage is an interest in the property affected,
but the mortgage cannot be assessed for mure
than the assessed value of the property.
It therefore sometimes happens that a piece
of property is assessed for instance for $1500,
which is inortgagea for $2000; the mortgage
in such a case can only be assessed for $1000,
and the mortgagee pays the whole of the tax.
$500 escaping assessment. 1
Exempt From Execution— A. B. c.,Lydff\
ville, Cal. The law exempts lrom execution -
the necessary household, tables and kitchen
furniture belonging to the judgment debtor,
including one sewing-machine, stoves, stove
pipes and furniiure, wearing apparel, beds,
bedding and bedsteads, hanginsr pictures, oil
paintings, drawings and paintings drawn or
painted by any member of th's iamily, and
family portraits and necessary frames, pro
visions actually provided for iamily or indi
vidual use sufficient lor three months, and
three cows and their sucking calves, four hogs
wiih their sucking piss, and food for such cows
and hogs for one month; the farming utensil 3
or Implements of husbandry of the judgment
debtor; also two oxen, or two horses, or two
mules, or their harness, one cart or wagon,
and food ior such oxen, horses or mules for
one mouth; also all seed, grain or vegetables
actually provided, reserved or on haud for the
purpose of planting or sowing at any time
witnin the ensuing six months, not exceeding
In value the sum of $200, and seventy-five bee
hives, and one horse or vehicle belonging to
any person who is maimed or crippled if same
is necessary in his business. There are other
exemptions, but the above are those that apply
to one on a farm or cattle range.
"HOW DO YOU DO?"
London '111-Kits.
The Germans say "Wie betinden slesich?"
(How do you find yourseli?) or "Wie geht-?'
(How goes it?); the Dutch "Hoe vaart gij?"
(How do you fare?) the Italians, "Come state?"
(How do yon stand?); the French "Comment
vous portcz-vous?" (How do you carry your
seli?). The Greeks say "Ti kamete?"" (What
do you do?), while in China the expression is,
"Have y.u eaten your rice?'; In Russia,
"i;.- well!" and "How do you live on?" and in
Arabia, "May your morning bo good 1" '-'God
grant thee his favors." The Turk's greeting is,
"Be under the care of G. d," and that of ihe
Persians, "Is thy exalted condition good?"
"May thy Shadow never be .ess!" etc.
HOW DO YOU LAUGH?
Answers.
"It's curious what a go. d index to a man's
character his laugh is— that is, to a scientific
and accurate observer," said a well-known
mental specialist. "For instance, the person
who laughs thus: 'Har, har, harl' is almost I I
ways tickle and prone to excitement, though
generally frank and honest.
"'Her. her, her!' is ihe laugh of the cynic,
more like "a sluggish jeer than a j >yous
chuckle, while those who laugh thus, "He, hei*
are naturally timid; but if you bear -Ho, ho,
ho! coming from some one a street or so away
he is. you may be sure, a devil-may -Care fel
low." .■ "', - ;
A MUTE'S RECOVERY OF SPEECH
A mute who is able to srjeak nas shown him
self at Cremeaux, in the arrondissement of
Roane, on the Loire, to the great astonish
ment of his neighbors. lie is 25 years of age,
and, owing to an illness, has been mute since
his second year, but recovered his speech by
an accident a few weeks ago. The young man,
whose name is Gaudari, was trying in vain to
make his sister understand that he wanted a
smoke, and suddenly exelnlmed "tabucl"
Since then he has spoken regularly. Gauoard,
it seems, was only a mute, not a deaf-mute,
and had teen at school, though he could not
respond to any questions put to him. His
mutism was probably the result oi partial
paralysis, which disappeared with age.
California glace iruiis,soc lb. Townsend's.*
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Special Information daUy to manufacturer*,
business houses and public men by the Prasi
Clipping Bureau (Alien's), 510 Montgomery. ■
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Fob throat and lung troubles use Low's
borehoand cough syrup, price 10c, 417
bansome st. ' •
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FOLITICAL OPTIMISM.
Chic.go News.
Nothing begets optimism like an election.
The fellows who win are of course satisfied
with the outlook and the fellows who dou't
win are invariably certain that they will win
next time.
"Mrs. IVinslow's Soothing Hyrni"
Has been tisrd over fifty years by millions of rr.ot,^
ers for their children while Teething with perfect
Fiiccess. It toothes the child, softens the gums.ai
lays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowel]
nnd is the best remedy for luarrh ins. whether
arising from teething or other causes. Por sale by
Druggists in every part of the world. lie sure ani
iori irs.\Vinßlow'b Boothia**-** Syrup. •-.'scaoo;u<»
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crn-RON-AT**!.— Atmosphere is perfectly rtrv *<■>••
■tic! mild, being entirely free from the mists com
mon lurther nonh. Mound- trip llctcata. by steam
ship, lt.ciudlng fifteen days' board at the Hole. I*.
I oronado. *b(); conger slay $2 oil per day. A^p*./
4 -*>•-> &U>ut go niery s ree:. Isan 1* lanct »jj, or A.
VV. Bailey, manager Hotel del IVr-Jimio. late of
Hotel Colorado, Ulenwood Springs, i olorado.
COLD LOMi-OR i FOR POPOCRACY
Globe- nemocrat.
Democrats speak of a diminished majority
in lowa. The demand of the period is a vic
lm of great expectations in regard to adverse
majorities. He tr llj in triumph unless
sn. w d und r b*- 150.000.
NEW TO-DAY.
Fat is absolutely neces-
sary as an article of "diet.
If it is not of the right kind
it may not be digested. Then
the body will not get enough
of it. In this event there
is fat-starvation.
Scott's Emulsion supplies
this needed fat, of the right
kind, in the right quantity,
and in the form already
partly digested.
As a result all the organs
and tissues take on activity,
soc. and $1.00, all druggists.
SCOTT & BOWNE. Chemist*. New York.