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WEDNESDAY -NOVEMBER 17 1807
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DANGEROUS BUSiNESS.
NO charge araon: the many serious ones which have lately
been preferred against Colonel Sam Riiney by the orjran
of the "reform" Democracy equals in gravity the pub
lished allegation that he has deliberately taken to wearing a
rJue hat and a pair of creased trouser?. It is safe to say that if
this charge can be estabish?d it is all up with the Democratic
party of Sin Francisco. Tue local unternfied will never follow
a political dude.
Notwithstanding the antipathy heretofore manifested in
his own party :o his leadership— based, we believe, upon noth
ing more substantial thsn the lact that he is a skilllul practi
cal politician who occasional. y wins a "fight" — Colonel Rainey
lias enjoyeJ the resp?ct and esteem of ail the district and pre
cinct bosses of beta the pni:c ; pal political organizations of this
c:ty. This respect and e^eem have been in a hieh degree attrib
utable to the circumstances tbat bam is a granger and prac
tices the ennobling art of agriculture. The well-known fact
that he conducts a poultry and vineyard ranch at Warm
Springs, Alimeda County, has given him the character of a
sage. He has been regarded as a good man because he is popu
lariy supposed to wear high-water troupers, a slouch hat and a
corduroy vest, and to be abe to hold a plow and stand an occa
s Oiial drink o; his own wine.
But we have no hesitation in predictins that if it can be
established tha: he has taken to wearing a plug hat and a pair
of creased panialoons his days as a boss in this town are num
bered. It has been increlitle that as an honest granger Sam
Kainey could do any of the bad things with which his enemies
have charged him. But as a dude t:.e worst will be believed.
Cato himself could not have survived a plug hat and a pair of
creased trousers.
It ought to be easy for the "reform" Democracy to authen
ticate this charge. If Colorel Rainey has appeared i:i the cor
ridors of the Palace Hotel arrayed as alleged, hundreds of wit
nesses should be available to prove the damning fact. No point
could ba made more fatal to the political supremacy of ths
colonel than proof that tie has actually abandoned his farm, his
grapes and his chickens and adopted ihe carb of a soc.ety
leader. It ought to be superfi ious to remind the Democrats of
tnis city that it is but a step from ulug hats and craa3ed trou
sers to the leadership of acotillion c!a-s on Nob Hill.
Moreover, there is reason to believe that if Colonel Rainey
h ~uihy of the charge in question, the Democratic party itself
is in danger. It will I c remembered that B bs Buckley's power
was never disputed until he bezan to wear a plug hat and
smoke two-bii cigars. He adopted this practice in the ca-ly
part of 1893. In the auiumn ot thatyear the Democracy ran
up against Senator Stanford's Senatorial boom, and was wiped
cut Possib }• there was no connection between Mr. Buckley's
plug hat and cigars and the boom, but the Democrats of to-jay
snould profit by experience. They should remember the old
adage that a stitch in time saves nine. Verbum sat tapiente.
RIVER IMPROVEMENT WORK.
ACTION taken by the auditing board of the Commission
< f Public Works at the meeting in Sacramento on Mon
day is conclusive cv. deuce of an earnest intention to have
the work of river improvement begin as scon as possible and
carried on with strict regard to economy. B;ds for some
of the work on boh rivers were accepted and contracts awarded
sucj ct to the approval of the Secretary of War, while all bids
for other portions of the proposed work were rej cted on the'
ground of excessive charges.
There can he no question of the importance of the pro
rosed ruprovements of the river*. The Sacraniemo and the
San Joaquin as highways of commerce ought to be worth more
to tiie State than many railroad?. They offer a cheap means
of transpoi tation to tiie people of the great interior valleys,
and the saving they will make in matters of commerce will
more than repay ten times over the cost of keeping the chan
nels cn-'ii for boats of coimdTable tonnage.
It is not, however, to commerce only that river improve
ment is important. Agriculture, in the whale region alone the
banKß, will be benefited by the opening c f the channel* so that
the Wdter may at all seasons flow freely to the sea instead of
oveiflowing the banks and flooding the country for miles
arm; d. The benetits to be derived in this way are not less im
portant than those expected :n the way of improved transpor
tation, and the two taken together wiil, by their results, amply
jus;i y the expenditure of every dollar the improvement may
cost the Stale or the nation.
It is to be regretted tbat the auditing Doard felt itself bound
to reject all bids for dredging Newtown shoal*, but as the re
jection was made in the interest of economy there will be no
complaint on the part of the public.' If contractors cannot be
found to undertake the work at a reasonable price, there will
remain to the State ihe recourse of purcbesing a dredger and
doing the work itself. Such a course, in any event, would
hardly be inexpedient, a- riv^-r work will be continuous year
niter year, and a State dredger wojld never lack 'for employ
ment.
In the meantime it is worth noting that in the opinion of
some experts a system of jetties alon.' the banks of the river
trill hiv tue effect of so increasing trie current that the New
town stioals will be -wept away by the force of the water.
This is in accordance with the results obtained by the jetties
constructed by Captain Eads to deepen a channel at the mouth
of the Mississippi. If the plan should prove effective, it would
put an end to a somewhat vexatious problem and be hailed as
a great relief by buth the eneineers and the taxpayers.
If the nickel-in-the-slot machine is a gambling device it
mny, according to law, lose this character by the offer to throw
in a non-sniokable cigar or a non-edible sandwich for every
coin deposited, mt according to common-sense it can't do
anything of Ihe sort.
Denial of the rumor that Huntingtoa is coming to Cali
fornia 10 live has arrived on schedu c time. It was hardly
necessary, for nobody believed ihe rumor, but we have grown
aecosti mcd to it, and its absence would have been noted with
regret."
It is strange tbat Weyler should be permitted to constitute
himself a disturbing influence in Spanish affairs. Take his
typewriter away from him and he would be helpless.
Captain Merry has had such a hard time getting a firm grip
on his job tbat the joy of final victory is probably keener than
that born of the fact that the salary is $10,000 v year.
Sometimes it is a little hard at tbn distance to tell what the
English are fighung about in India, but that they fight like
soldiers and heroes there can be no question.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1897.
ANNEXATION AND CLIMATE.
THE Chronicle, adhering to its theory that climate can be
changed by annexation, already sees in its mind's eye a
white population of several millions in Hawaii. It is
quite sure of this because the islands formerly supported sev
eral hundred thousand natives prior to their civilization. It
sees a great demand for white labor there and a rush of the
unemployed to the cane and coffee plantations. Now can the
Chromclt point to a spot on the globe where sugar cane is
raised by Anglo-Saxon labor? Can it cite a locality within
the tropics which supports a large Anglo-Saxon population?
Can it give any reason why such a population has not
already appeared in Hawaii, where for fifty years the laws
and policy of the Government have invited it and where there
has been no mdre restriction upon personal liberty than in the
United States, and the legal protection of person and property
have been as good as h?re ?
The prophecies of the Chronicle are a deliberately set lure,
a part of tb: plan to induce this country to shut its eyes to
the dangers that wait upon annexation.
Anglo-Saxon insti'.utions can be maintained only by Anglo-
Saxon people, and a state composed of them must depend not
upon alien or serviie labor, because a laboring population is
the fountain head from which spring the genius and the
strength of every such state. In climates where the An?!o-
Saxon cannot exist as a laborer there is no source from which
to recruit a population and maintain th: conditions of equality
between labor and its employer upon which free institutions
must depend. Where the climate forbids such equality the
relations of capital to labor are those of master to slave, and
you have a state founded on an aristocracy with labor under
its feet.
All this is demonstrated in Hawaii to-day. The Dole
Government is as far from being a free Anglo-Saxon state as
Russia. It rests upon the consent of a less percentage of the
governed than does the kingdom of Dahomey, or the rule of
any chief of the man-eating tribes of the Congo basin. Com
pared to it Persia is a primitive democracy and Swat a smiling
commune.
A FIGHT FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD.
MR. 0. T. SEWALL and his twenty-three fellow-passen
gers on the Jb'ul'man car San Vincente during its recent
west-bound trip from Denver to San Francisco deserve
the thanks of the community for the gallant fight they made
for the runts of the traveling public, and it is to be hoped the
example they set will be followed by all others who are treated
in a similar way by that or any other offending railroad.
According to the statements of the passengers they held
tickets from Denver to Francisco via the Denver and Rio
Grande and Rio Grande Western, and also tickets for passage
in the Pullman car San Vincente to this city. A broken axle
delayed the train lrom Denver, and on arriving at Grand
Junction it wa> found that the Rio Grande Western train with
which connection should have been made had pulieJ out, and the
passengers were thus compelled to wait for nnother train.
The delayed train arrived at Grand Junction at 3:23 a. m
and about 4 a m. the Pullman conductor aroused the passen
gerd of the San Vincente and informed them he had orders to
turn them all out, to wait in the station-house until the next
train came down. The passenger?, however, refused to leave
the car. They .held to their rights and, after much trouble, suc
ceeded In compelling the officials of the corporation to give
tnem the transuortation they had raid for. They finally ar
rived in this city, after having been delayed, accordine to a
statement of Mr. Sewa'.l, twenty-four hours by the Denver and
Rio Grano.e and Rio Grande Western and three and a hsflf hours
by the Central Pacific.
Whether the blame in this case lies with the Denver and
Rio Grande or with the Rio Grande Western is a minor matter.
It is ttie duty cf these companies to arrange their affairs that
tt.e traveling public shall not be subjected to inconvenience
and loss of lime. Too cemand made in this case, that passen
gers should leave their sleeping-car at 4 o'clock on a coid Novem
ber morning to wait for hours in a srnali, uncomfortable station
house, was a gross outrage, whose injustice is not lessened by
the fact that the passengers refused to obey it.
It has been frequently noted by otsttrv ml and fair-minded
travelers in the United Sates that the American people sub
mit too readily to the exactions of corporations. We area
good-natured people. Wa are accustomed t> roughing it. The
kicker is not popular. We will submit to almost anything
rather than take the trouble to make a tight. By reason of
these national characteristics the American traveling public is
imposed upon by almost every kind and class of railway ofli
ctals ironi the president of the road to the Pullman car porter.
The order given to the passengers of the San Vincente to
turn out before daylight in the morning is not an extraordi
nary casp by any means. Similar offenses are common. There
have been frequent complaints made of the roads involved in
tnis case and of delays at that p-rticulnr junction. Mr. Sewalt
and his fellow-passengers, therefore, rendered a service to the
traveling public when they made noc only a protest tut a fight
and won it. Ther deserve thanks for their pluck as well as
congratulations on their victory.
THE EXPRESS AND LOS ANGELES.
££f"T^HIS Is Our Moving Day," is ihe caption of a striking
I cartoon on tho first page of a recent issue of the Lo-<
Ang?ies Express. It pictures an important step in the
progress of the paper. T/he move w«s nia'ie from an old office
to a new one, Irom small quarters to large, commodious offices,
from a worn plant to a fresh one. Under the nianacc-nient
which acquired contro' last sp-ing ihe Express has rapidly
advanced from one improvement to another, and now not only
renders a fuller service to the public but in its new location
ha* better means for doing so.
With the civic patriotism so characteristic of the press
and the people of Los Angeles, the Express makes its moving
day an occasion for celebrating, not only its own prosperity,
but that of the whole city. It g vos in a spec ai edition a
summary of the advance and growth of Los Angeles since
the foundation of the Express, and in doing so recalls a stor/
o progre-f, energy and enterprise of which all California may
be justly proud.
The Express was founded in the spring of 1871. At th;U
time Los Angeles had less than 6COO inhi b tants. There were
not more than half a dozen two-siory buildings in the city.
There were but four churches and four public schools, one of
which was exclusively for negroes. Only seven teachers weie
paid out of iho public schoo. fund. The only railroad was one
which ran to Wilmington. Three trips a month were made by
steamers to San Francisco. In respect to time Los Angeles was
twelve days distant from Chicago and the Express figures it out
that the number of tourists or prospectors seen on the streets
did not exceed two a month.
That was the condition of the city less than twenty-seven
years ago. Tc-day the tourists and prospectors in Los Angeles
are almoit too numerous to mention. The school property is
valued at more than $1,224,000. Ther • are fifty-two school
buildings, with 458 teachers and thirty kindergartens witb
seventy-one teachers. The exU nt of the trade and industry of
the city can hardly be fixed in figures, for the count of one day
isrende:eJ inadequate by the growth dur nz the next. A post
al census taken during the present year by the city authorities
gives a population of 103 000, and the Express estimates that
within six years it wi.l at the past rate of increase reach a total
exceeding 200,000.
We are no; among those who believe that Los Aneeles sounds
her trumpet too often or bras too much. We can never have
more of hopeful, cheerful, sanguine, buoyant words than the
world needs. It is only the calamity howler tbat irritates, and
only the waiter who depresses. Wehave, tnerefore, nothirgbut
compliments for the Express on the success it has attained, and
the best of good wishes for the continued prosperity of the en
terprising city which it serve*.
Mr. Sovereign's announcement tliat lie Is not traininj for
the Presidency of the United States does not come as a sur
prise. He is a busy man, and there does not appear any reason
why be should waste his time in any such fashion.
PER ONAL
E. F. Bernhard of Fresno is at the Lick.
C. A. Tillson, a lawyer of Modesto, is at the
Lick.
O. R Baker of Auburn is at the Cosmo
pol.tan.
Stutc? Senator J. M. Gleaves of Redding is at
the Grand.
F. C. Lusk, a Chico lawyer, is making a short
stiy at the Palace.
Miss V. Harms of Chicago, 111., Is at the
Cosmopolitan Hotel.
Dr. and Mrs. \v. S. £qu:ereof London arrived
at the Paiacj yesterday.
Colonel and Mrs. Babbitt of Mare Island are
guests at the Occ. dental.
I>t. J. Sutherland of A:buquerquc, N. M., is a
late arrival at the Grand.
M. Goldsmith, a merchant of Stockton, is
among the guests at the Grand.
J. \v. O'Donoghue, a mining man from Vir
ginia City, Nev., is at the Russ.
C Saideman, v merch int of EL Paso de
Roblerf, is registered at the Lick.
I). A. Peckinpaih and wiie of Port Susan,
Wash., are at ttie Cosmopolitan.
George E. Uoudman Jr., a b inker of Napa, is
at the Palace with Mrs. Goodman.
James McCudden, a contractor of Vallejo, is
at the Baldw.n with Miss McCudden.
S.ieriff George 8, McKenzle of Xnpa County
is at the Grand, registered from Napa.
Brigadier-General M. W. Mui.er, N. G. C, is
at the ("aliioriiia, registered from Fresno.
>V. I) Cleary Br. of Stockton, one of the own
ers oi the Shaep Raucn mine, is at the Lick.
Dr. 0. C. Gleayea of DonsmQir, a brother of
Senator Uieaves ol Ridding, is ai the G and.
F. J. Brenaon of San Jose, late clerk of the.
State Senate, arrived at the Grand yesterday.
Mrs. Frank C. Short of Fresno, wife of the
well-known Fresno attorney, is at the Palace.
E. E. Holbrook, Sn<T.ffofSan Beiilto County,
Js in town from liolliSier. ile lias a room at
the Grand.
T. B. Bassett, a mining man of Redwood
City, who recently found a turquoise mine, is
at the Grand.
Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Yancer of Newman are at
the Lick. Mr. Yancar is a lumber merchant
of Stanislaus County.
Attorney Frank McGownr. of this city left on
the steamer Pomona for Eureka, Cal., to at
tend to legal busnies-i.
Kx-Coneressman A. Camlnetti of Jackson,
lawyer aud member of tte State Code Com
mission, is at the Lick.
A Duvall of I.ivermore, one of the biggest
vineyardisls and \viiu-praduc?r:» ol Altmada
County, is at the Grand.
J. Mutidorf and wife of fonora, Tuolumne
County, accompanied by the Misses Kittie and
Marguerite Mundorf, are at the Cosmopolitan.
Colonel I. H. Polk of Los Angeles, supeiiii
tendent of the liradbury mine, and Mrs. I. 11.
Polu, formerly Miss Bradbury, are guests at
the Palace.
W. G. Curtis, engineer of the maintenance
of-WHy department of the southern Pacific, is
expected home to-day, after tin absence of
several days on a tour of Inspection.
G. Pacheco, a horseman and rancher of
Ignacio, Contra Costa County, is at the Grand
He is a descendant of the well-known I'acheco
family of that county, after whom the town of
Pac.heco was naineu.
Alfred Edwards, a Santa Bsrt.ira bank di
rec:or ond cashier, arrived ai the Occidental
yesterday, accompanied by tils slater, Hiai Ed
wards. He has corns here partly 10 witness on
Thanksgiving the playing of the Stanford
ieam, on which his brothat-iu-law, Jack Rxe,
it one of the lackiers.
CALIFORMANi IN Ni\V YORK.
NEW YORK, Nov. 16.— A*, the St. Cloud -H.
D. Hart. Vendome— H. \Y. Aldl?. Im;>erin.—
A. L. Pearse, B. Lathrop. Park Avenue— Mrs.
N. 11. B inn. Gilsey— Mr. and Mrs. C. A. La ton.
Bartholdi —F. A. Marriott St. Denis— M.
Bu'key. New Amsterdam — W. P. Chalmers.
Netherlands —C. F. Kohl, Mrs. C. F. Kohl.
Sinclair— N. Wells.
CALIFOnNiANS IN CHICAGO.;
CHICAGO. Nov. 10 —At the Great North
ern—John J. Meyers, John J. Gill, Herbert
Fleishacker, San Francisco; K. H. Kennedy,
Stotlcton. Victoria — H. K. Williar, San Fran
cisco: Auditorium Annex — C M. Hunter, Snn
Francisco. Palmer House— Benjamin Schloss,
San Fraucisco.
CALIFORNIANS N WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, November 1(1. - Samuel
Flint of .San Krnncl'co is at the National; C.
R. Dovan snd ivife of San Pleijo tire «t the
Wellington; Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Smith
of San Frunci-co are the puem of the former's
sister, Mrs. liiiyne, at 1029 Massschuse!t»
avenue.
FOREST LEAVEs IN AUTUMN.
Iteil e'er the forest pef-rn the setting sun,
The line of yellou il -bt dies fast away,
Tnat crow n'.l lue eastern copse, and rhlll and dun
iaiis on the ni^or Die brief -oveniber da • .
Now the tired hnrver winds a partlne note.
And cih bids good-nl(bl from everr K.ile:
Yei wait awi lie. r>nd see the calm leaves ll at
i--a< h to his nst bent a h their parent shade.
How like decaying life they seem to elide '
And ye: no second sprint; have they hi
Bin nh»rethey fall, forgotten toaoiUe
Is i.'i their portion, uritl they ask no more.
Soon o'er their headn b'lthe April firs shall sine.
A thou«unJ wild tijwers round them shall un
fold,
The en <•" buds glUen in ihe dews of spring,
And a!' be vernal raptur* as of old.
Inconii \a\ll they In waste oblivion lie,
1 1 all the wort lof i.ihv life around
No tbonghl «f them In nil rhe bounteous sky
Nodroi» for them of kindly lutiunce lound.
Man's pinion Is :o die and rise as»in.
Yet h • complains, while these unmurmuring
pan
With their swept Hve». an pure from sin aud st:.in
,\s his when Kdeu uuld his virgin Ueun.
And haply half unbalmed his murmuring voice
Might sound In h'-.-.vun were .ill his teeood life
Only the first renewed— heathen's • hoice,
A round of li*tl»Hi joy and weaay suite.
•For rtresrv were tills earth, if earth were all.
Though brightened oft by dear ffecllo:i'» kiss—
Who for the spangles wears the funeral pall?
But caich a gleam beyond It and 'its bliss
Heavy and dull this frame of limb* and heart
Whether glow erf. -pint; on rofd far h, or borne
On oity stoed, "r Ir.ftier prow. wt» dart
O'er wave or lie d : yet bieizea laugh to scorn
Cur puny speed, and b : rd» and clmUs In heaven
And fi h like living shrift itint pierc» the main
An.l siarr, that shoot through freezing air tit
even —
Who but would follow, misht he break his
ctlB1 "- Keble.
A NEW ANTI-SOPORIFIC.
Omaha Wor d- lerald.
David M.Uhieson, n sturdy Scotchmnn and
one of the mott leve:-lie«dea men in Buffalo
County, is the Populit candidnte for Register
oi Deeds. Mr. Maihie.<on is row euga^td in
hi> first campaign, and is winning nil kinds of
votes by his speeches. He never maue a pub
lic speech until a lew weeks ngo, when he at
tend, fi a meeting in a country precinct mid
was called upon to make a few remark*. The
speech was a short one, but it was to the point,
lie said:
"Laaie* an' Gentlemen: Am th' cindldet
on th' I'i'pullst tecket fur Register o 1 Deeds
A' suppo-e you want *ac know something
aboot ma qualifications. Well, A' wus fur
twelve years h buWekeep r in th' Druid kintry
afore A 1 ear,io toe Hies kintry. A' csm' tK«
the* kintry and seitied on a larm in HufTalo
Koontv. A' 1): mi o resident «' thes koonty nu
fur nbo .t fourieen years. Jii'in' a' Unit time
A* hue erijured an' suffered a' th' drawbacks
that ih 1 mi o 1 ye fHrmcrs haeen jurtrd. Wban
A 1 wus workin 1 in ih 1 avid kintry A" wu< fur a
tlniL- on a niclit shift an 1 A' used'tae net awful
sleepy along nboot th' enriy hours o' tti'
mornin'. Tae overcome this A'.uspd tnc eat
pepperraent, drenk coaft t\ an' ither thengs o'
tlioi kiud tne keep me nwake. A' wusna long
in tnese kiuirv wban A' had tae put a mor'
gW on ma farm, uu' whan A' used ta-- lay
awnk- liip.hts thenlcln' hoo A' wus goi ' ta<>
pay it off A* <hoc!it tae ma'sel' what n :ule A'
wus in tir auld kintry tae eat an' drenk tha'
stuff fur tti' purpose o' keeptn' awake nichts,
whan et cud bac ben done sac much asier by
sirapiy puUih' n mo'"Kßge on m«' property."
EXTRAORDINARY LENGTH OF A
GUN
FlnjrsUff (Ariz ) Su a- Democrat.
A 17-yeanold Doy oi Jerome killed a moun
tain lion a few days ago with a shotgun that
measured six feet aud two inches lrom tip to
tip.
CANJNOJ /\LWAYS BELIEVE YOUR EYES.
The old adage -'seeing 19 believing" does not
alwuys hold good. Besides the menta preju
dice ihnt msy give a bias to th_» mental per
ception of tiie image on the retina of the eye,
the physical formation of even a perfectly
normai eye is Mich as todiscredit in some re
spceis its accuracy as a macnin.- when com
pared with the camera. Seeing is so depend
ent on the mechanical conditions under
which it is exerci-ed as to render it anything
but infallible. Indeed, there are lew things
bo deceptive as the huinin vi-ion. Not so
mnny pairs of eves are perfect anyhow, and
even those fall !ar short of photographic accu
racy. Optical lllusiuns are the main depend
ence of the sleight-of-hand man and the magi
cian.
The comparison between the pvj and the
camera, as pointed out lately by Dr. L'ndsay
Johnson in the Strand, cannot be carried very
far. In fee., the resemblance really ceases when
it is said that the retina takes the place of the
sensitive plate. In tlie case of the camera tbe
intensity of the image increas-a with each
moment of exposure, while with the eye the
the reverse is the case, the retina som becom
ing :atigued if an object is regarded intently
for any length of time, and the ima?e be
comes more and more indistinct and even dis
torted.
There are many cases of optical delusion,
and new ones are constantly being discov
ered. A few of the best ara here illustrated.
J^echarwcal Foreshortening.
If vertical lines drawn on a piece of paper
are held nearly parallel to the line ofsipht
either horizontally vertically or between the
two, they »re immeasely foreshortened. Writ
ing; whose length is so out of proportion to its
width as to be almost entirely illegible, ex
cept with close scrutiny, can, by thus chang
ing the conditions under which it is viewed,
be made plainly legiDle, as evidenced by the
above cut.
False perspective.
One peculiar case of illusion is that ia
which a picture purposely drawu out of per
spective deceives the spectator and produces
in his mind an inversa effect Irom that whicn
would be obtained If the, drawing was cor
rectly made. The London Mall lately gave an
interesting example of this. Three silhouette
figures representing, respectively, Lord Ran
dolph Churcnill, Lord SUitsbiry and Mr.
METEOR. !ES.
The 'strife was long and bitter,
Yon couldn't call Ii less.
And still they c aim the football game
Was hard:]- a succesi.
For though some men on el. her side
Are in. ■. ■] tor life, 'tis &aid.
And several lost an eye beside,
.Not ODe was sent hoii:o deal.
— Chicago Record.
Fair Cyclist— Where doe* this road lead to?
Native— One on 'em leads to my 'ome, an'
t'other goes straight 01.— l'lck-Me-Up.
Old Harding— Well, I guess that youag
Dabaley'i determined to marry our Lib, in
spite of everything.
Mrs. Hardiug— Why do you think so, Jere
miah?
Old Harding— Why, you know, she sun? to
him and played the piano night before last,
and here he is again.— Tit-Bits.
Dills— lt is si late that 1 am almost afraid to
ask the landlady for breakfast.
Mills— Keep your nerve; none but the brave
deserves '.he fare.— Cornell Widow.
Miss Yonnely So you've otilv known him a
month? Don't yon think you're taking a
gieu many chances in marrying him'. 1
Miss Oldwaite (candidly)— Dear me, no. it's
the only chance I've had in ten years. — Judge.
There's no use crying over spilt milk.
She— Of course not. There's plenty more to
spill. — Brooklyn Life.
"Bird, the tobacconist, says the trust drove
him out of business."
"Yes, pretty much all his assets consisted
of book accounts.— Chicago Journal.
'•Aren't you taking Mr. Harvard at a dis
advantage by asking him to slay to dinner in
his business clothes?"
"No, auntie, Jack is one of the most ex
temporaneous dim lever Knew." — Judge.
The Wife — The baby has been jabberlnc
away there for about an hour, ana I can't un
derstand a thing she says.
The Husband— l've no:iced, dear, the littla
thing grow* more like you every day.—Yopk
ers Statesman. ■
"Did you see that a young couple are to be
married in a wi.d beast cage?"
"Poor man I He'll know he's caged to start
with."
"Poor woman! Tamely permitting her elf
to be linked with a ''—Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
"Don't tell me that the man who does the
biggest blowing always gets to the iront."
"Mention an instance in wnich this has not
been the case."
"Have you ever seen the tuba player leading
a brass band '"— Cleveland Leader.
HamlPt Mcßooth— Was the piece well done?
lago Wi»tello— ] guess so. Tue critics roasted
it.— Boston raid.
KANSAS EE.VI =a HERSELF
Kdllorial from the I.awrentv (Kans.) Journal,
November -i 1897
It is said men will sign any kind of a peti
tion without examining it. To ere is a man
down at X hsrs City who will n<<t do that in
ih" future, no matter wl.at hi* may liuve done
in the past. His name is Greenwood, and he
is Superintendent of PrhoolH. The other day
he signed b reronunotidation lor the New
York Journal, and gave an order to have ihe
paper p.ac.d in ail Hie >chools. To those who
have never seen the pßper, i\s Mr. Greenwood
never had, it way be necessary to say that it is
« daily paper tnut the bj*t people do not care
to have in their homes. The Superintendent i
awoke t c next morning to fl ud such h storm
riitriuK about his hesd as he had no. before ex
perienced in a lifetime. Ho w>is laagbed at.
jeered, abused and scorned. Tne patrons of
the hciioolg were Indignant aii'l demanded n
revocation oi the order, and the .'■uperintend
<>ut w.is oulv too elnd to otijv the ilenniid.
Tne story tenches that men suould know wnat
ihey are dome before they do it.
Coughs and colds cured with Low's
hore ound cough syrup, price 10c, 417 San
some at. *
Gladstone, were shown walking down a corri
dor In tne House of Commons, which whs
drawn in true vanishing perspective, while
the fleures were draw i in false. There'-u.t
was that, though all three figure* were of ex
actly tbe some height (f s can be demonsta'ed
by mgasureuu-nt on the übove illusiration)
they appeared to the eye to differ one irom
another very much.
JKe Qray and Black Lines.
It is not generally known, yet nevertheless
true, that the front ot the eye is never v por
tion of a perfect sphere, but has greater curv
ature in one direction than another, the direc
tion and degree of the curve? varying in dif
ferent eye*, somet in"s with the same person.
This causes the peculiar effect produced by
the two sets of lines in the nbove figure.
Viewed as the page stands one set appears
gray snd the other black. Hold the page
sluewnys and the colors change positions.
Jhe Triple Gubes.
The above figure shows how our conception
of an object can be interpreted in more than
one way. Our imagination can accept cither.
Tne figure at first glance is taken as one cube
resting on the edges of two lower cutes, the
top o each being white. By shifting the di
rection oMhe eye to one or the other of the
outside vortical edges of tha upper cube the
relative positions of all three are changed and
in the iransition from one group to the other
a distinct muscular movement is felt in tne
eye. Again, the group can assume the form
of two cubes, but not so readi:y as in the
otner case.
Lir\es cf Equal Length.
\ /
Two lines of equal length fitted at the center
and ends with V-shaped pieces can be made to
appear longeror shorter at will (as shown in
the diagram) by changing the relative posi
tions of the V pieces. The distances A B. BC,
a b and b c are all equal, as may be ascertained
by measuring the white dots to the points of
the Vs.
NOTES ABOUT NOTABLES.
Booker % Washington and the prominent
negro-s of the South have determined to hold
annual demonstrations on the anniversary of
the (.mancipation proclamation.
It Is more than fifteen years sinca the Em
press of Austria was last phoozraphed. She
has compleiely withdrawn herself from public
life and is fond of traveling incognito.
Thomas Arnold, iatl.er of Mr?. Humphry
Ward, the noveiist au«l social reformer, has
lived for many years in Dublin, where he^j_a
prnfpssor in the Catholic University p.ii^"a
fellow of the Royal University.
A ntnniimeit is to be erected in Paris, in
the Plate MaU>sherbe«. to Dumas llu' younger.
In the same square there is a statue to the
older Dnmas. and the name of the little park
will be cnanced to "l>umas."
A recent visitor to the home of the famous
autho-, Frank It. Stockton, says that the touch
of the Lady is shown in every room in the
house, except the study of the author, ana
here the Tiger holds undisputed sway.
The Czir of Russia mid the King of Slam are
oul friends. They met in Darmstadt a few
dnvs ago, where the Czar had been staying on
a brief visit, the Kine having reached the
neighboring resort of Baden Baden.
The Duchess of York has ordered a magnifi
cer.t embroidered dress from the Poor Ladies'
Work Society of Ireland. It will ba begun at
once, ns it can be divided and given to differ
ent embroiderers. It will be of rirh wrrite
siitlti, ornamented in diamond and silver. The
riu'ss will cost #500, ttnd will bo made up by a
Dublin firm.
Senator Foraker of Ohio is building one of
the lnrgest and finest residences in Washing
ton, tn the very midst of the new fashionable
residence quarter, at the corner of Sixteenth
street and Madison place. The house prom
ise* to be a beautiful specimen of architecture
fti:d Is large enough to fiepotumodate a con
si durable colony "f "he Senatni's friends.
TRAPS A.viD TRAPPING.
Harptr's KOuud Table.
The ways of trapping are as various as the
ingenuity of savage or civilized man can de
vise. I like best the traps that one can make.
They seem to give the animal a fairer show;
they develop our own constructive faculties;
and the nearer we tret to the .savage wav the
m re fun it always is. Steel traps have a place
that wooden traps can never fi;i; but give me
something that I can make with my own
hands, with the simplest tools, out of what
ever materials the spot affords where the ani
mal lives.
Of at! the animals in this country there is
none that affords less harmful sport than the
rabbit— moro properly hare— of which there
are several sptc es. Its wonderful powers of
increase enab c it to hold its own, as far too
many of our ben and mot valuable animals
no not. Furthermore, rabbits are very easily
trapped. < J *
Every one knows its little trail, as broad as
one's hand, through the bushes or broom
sedge, or its footprint* .a» it hop* over the
clear snow. Here, where the pitn goes unaer
a fence rail, it his stopped to gnaw. The rab
bit follows this path in season and out.
though in the far north, where the snow
keepspillng and piling up. Its little road nitty
cnange with each successive snowfall Trap
pern there put out a large number oisnans
setting them right in t c middle of the paths'
HORaEb N ri. STORY.
Memphis -cimlter.
Horses h live played no inconspicuous part
in history, in some instances being even del
tied "Saddle Whits Surrey for the field to
morrow," cried Richard 111 at the battle 01
Bosworth field. Black Agnes was the favorite
horse of Mary Queen of Scot*. BucepliHlus,
the favorite charger of Alexander the Great,
used 10 k •...«.; when the King mounted him.
He cost $10,500. and was 30 years old when he
di d. Chosro.-s II of i'erMa had a horse, Shib
diz, called the Persian Bucephalus. Orelio
was the favorite horse of King Roderick, and
Xantbos the famous charter ■» Acinlles.
Copenha 'oil, the horse of the Duke of Welling
ton, was 27 years old wheu lie died.
I ANSWERS TO « ORRESPO^DEN S
Wild wood, Cal. The name of
Yerkes. he of observatory slid telescope fam<j.
is g n^raily . jronoiinced. with the final ' c
silent, a* if written "YerKs."
Senator Hop.r— Wild noon, Cal. R. G. Horr,
who sat • .ul.- time United States Senator
from Michigan, and later financial writer for
the New York Tr.bun-, died in Plainneid, \
N. J. , December 18.1896. I
One of 1836— Collector, City.— Dealers \*r*
coins do no; offer onv premium for a $5 piece
oflß3t>, bu they olfer such for sale at from
$7 50 to $ S 50 eRCh, according to the condi
tion in wnich ihe pieces (tre.
A Settler's Rights— Wiidwood. Cal. if a
■ettler has obta ned a patent to the land he
pre-emDted it becomes his private properly,
and he is enti led to whatever th« land may
hold, be It timber, mineral or other valuables.
Mail Stages— Wild wood, Cal. The superin
tendent oi the railway mail service of the
Postcffice Department has charge of fixing the
time lor the arrival and departure of mall
stages that connect with railroad trains.
Coal and Gas— P. C, Oakland, CaL Th<s
diff renee in the use of a gas sieve and a coal
stove would depend very much upon 'lie con
dit'.ons. A gas stove will Rive- more rapid re
sults than a coi>l stove. The amount oi heat
in each would be governed by the supply.
Cracked Hands— P. C, Oakland, Cal. It is
stated that an ointment comr>' dof the fol
lowing ingredients : Camphor 6 ) :ins, boric
aci'l 30 grains, lanoline a ■■•! white vaseline of
eHch hall an ounce will prevent human Hands
from cracking from cold atmosphere. It is
also recommended as a remedy lor crackel
hands.
Stevenson Monument— A. S., Oakland, CaL
The following is the Inscription on the Stey
enson monument:
TO REMEMBER
ROBERT LOUIS bIEVENSON.
To dp him st. lo be kind, 10 earn a little, to
• pen;! a little less: to make upon the whole a
family hap, for for his presence; to renounce
wiieu that anatl be necessary and not be embit
tered; to Kt-ep a few friend*, but these without,
capitulation — above all, on the same grim condi-1
tlon. to keep friends with himself— here Is a ta»*k
lor all that a man tins of fortitude ami delicacy' /^\
Legal Tender— Wild wood, California. In
the United States, presumably your question
refers to the United States, gold coin, silver
dollars, subsiJiary silver coins, minor coins.
United States notes, Treasury notes and Na
tional Bank notes are Li al tender. Gold is a
legal tender in any amount, silver dollars also,
except when specified in the contract: United
S ales notes, unlimited unless otherwise RDeci
lled in the contract; Treasury notes, unlimited
unless specified: subsidiary silver coins, not
to exceed $10, and minor coins, not to exceed
25 cents, foreign coins are not legal tender
in tee United States.
SHAKESPEARE IN LONDON.
John FUBe in Novtmber Atlantic.
Shakespeare's London was a small city of
tfom 150 000 to '-'00,000 souls, or about th«»
size of Providence or Minneapolis at the pres
ent time. In cities oi suca size everybody of
the slightest eminence is known all over town,
and such persous are sure to be more or less
acquainted with one another. It is a very rare
exception when it is not so.
B^iore his thirtieth year Shakespeare was
well known in London as an actor, a writer of
plays ana the manager of a prominent theater.
In ihnt year Spenser, in his "Colin Coin's
Come Home Again," alluding to Shakespeare
under tne i.tine of Aeiion, or "eagie-hke,"
paid h:m this compliment:
And there, though I It, not least. i« Aetlon:
A gentler the. herd may nowhere b- lo'.;n<3;
Whose muse m.l of iiii.li th inrni'i Inventijp
Jjo:ti, like hiiiiself, heroically so.md.
Four years after this in 1593. Francis Merei
published his book entitled "Palladia Tamiu,"
a very interesting contribution to literary his
tory. The auih r, who had been a literary in
structor in the University ot Oxford, was then
living in London, near tne Globe Theater. In
this book Meres tells bis readers thMt "the
sweet, witty soul of Ovid live* in melifluom
and honey-tongued Shakes<pen it ; witness hit
'Venus and Ad on s,' his 'Lucrece, 1 his sugared
sotiiiets amcuig his private friends," etc
To suppose thut surh a man as this in a
town the size of Minneapolis, connected with
a principal theater, writer or the most popu
lar plays of the day. a poet whom men were
already coupling wan Homer and Pindai —to
suppo-e that such n man was not knowi' to all
the educated people of the town is simply ab
surd. Tnere were probably very Jew men.
women or children in London, between 15!)5
and 1(>1O, who d d not know who Shakespeare
I whs when ne pab«cd them in tiiosiroo:; and
[ as for such wits as drank a.-' ana sack at the
Mermaid, as for Ra'eigh and Bacon ana beldi :'
and the rest, to MipDOsc tnat t>hhkespe»re did
not know them well — nay, to suppose lhat he
was not the lcaaiuK spirit and brightest wit of
those ambrosial nights— is about as sensible as
to suppose that he uever saw a maypole.
California gince iruits,soc lb. Townsend's.*
As a preventive of Height's disease drink
Watson's Scoich Whisky. *
"California Pomra" is the nicest calendar
published lor 181)8. All other calendars and
Christmas cards nil ready for mailing. Sau
born, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. *
FrFCiAL Information davy to manufacturer!,
business houses and public men by tha Presi
Clipping Bureau (Alien**), 510 Montgomery. *
Fine IM-pay of Art Goodi.
S. and ti. Gump, 113 Geary stieet, are show
ing now the.r European importations for the
holidays, and invite their patrons and the
public to view the many iine and interesting
novelties received and uirp&ckeu so far, •
"BLOOD MONEY."
Pittsburg Times.
A French critic has seriously wounded a
dramatist in a duel brought about by the
former's strictures on the latter's work, which
now outrlu to get such an advertisement as
will compensate the playwright for his loss of
blood.
"Mrs. Wln*low*« Soothing Syrnp"
Has been usfd over fifty years by millions Of moth
ers for their children while Teething with perfect
success. It soothes the child, softens the gums,
lays Fain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowois
and is the best remedy for Diarrhoeas, whether
arising from teething or other causes. For sale by w
Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and T
atkioriirs.Winslow's Soothing Syrup. SiScaoottU
• — ♦- — •
ffiRONABO.- Atmosphere Is perfectly dry. soft
and mild, being entirely free from me mists com*
mon further north. Bound- trip tickets, by steam
ship, including fifteen day:* board at the HoiaUM
Coronado, $60: longer stay $2 50 per day. Appi/
4 .Nt» -Mouigomery street. ban Francisco, or A.
W. Bailey, manager Hotel del Coronado, lai« of
Hotel Colorado, Glen wood Springs, Colorado.
— m w »
M. Mounet-SuUy, th» famous tragedian of
Paris. Is having built for himself a splendid
bouse near Bergeroe. The construction is of.
a commingled Roman and Byzantine char
acter architecturally, and is described as a
veritable, palace. The actor intends to dwell
there permanently when he shall have retired
from the stage. He is a native of the Peri
gord district, and wants to end his days near
the scot where h«» was bora, end far from the
tumuli of Purs.
SEW TO-DAT.
Coughs and colds need not
he endured; they can be
cured, and that quickly.
Many mixtures are tem-
porary in effect, but Scott's
Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil
with Hypophosphitcs is a
permanent remedy.
The oil feeds the blood
and warms the body ; the v
hypophosphites tone up the/
nerves; the glycerine soothes
the inflamed throat and lungs.
The combination cures.
This may prevent serious
lung troubles.
50c. and $1.00; ill druggists.
SCOTT Si BQWNE, Owmirts, New YoA