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WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 24. 1&57
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THE SAN PEDRO APPROPRIATION.
SECRETARY ALGER'S statement that no money is av<ul
ab!e for work on San Pedro harbor durinj; the present lis
ra. year, so far from depressing the \ cople of Los Aiigeies
has only roused them to new efforts. The Harbor League is
esreciei to meet to-day to arrange to send a delegation to
■Washington to uree the matter upon the attention of Concress,
and a mass-meeting of cit zens has been called for Saturday
night to protest ac&ir.st the thieatened delay in beginning the
work.
All that Lo? Angeles desiens to advance the construction of
the harbor will have the support of the rest of the Stale. The
(.all has notified Secretary Aiger of its willingne.'s to advertise
for bids lor the work and notices to contractors at once, so that
tke contracts may be let and the work be besun as soon as the
appropriations become available at the Ctrumencement of the
i.seal year. Th:s would expedite the construction somewhat,
and it is 10 be hoped .he Secretary niil yet see his way clear to
accept the proposition of The Call and save that much time
in i.n issue where time is of so much importance.
California has repeatedly had cause for Ci mp'aint of the
neglect of the National Government of her int- rest?, and of delay
in undertaking public wcik for which Congress has made ap
propriations, fr'an Francisco is still waiting for a postoflice
building that should have been completed years ago. Several
other cities hays been treated almost as badly under similar cir-
cumstances, and now conies the delay at Pedro to add to
the public irritation at the manner in which California claims
are either ignored cr neglected a l . Washington.
Los Ange;es has just cause to hold a mass meeting of pro
test against further delay in a worlc which has bjen so thor
oughly considered, studied and restudied as that of tie pro
j osed harbor at Sin Peiro. After a long and arduous contest
tbe people believed ihe question was settled by the action of
Congress in appropriating money for a harbor and the decision
of the Government commission that the site of Ihe ha:bjr
should he at .S-n Pedro. The expectation wa?> that work would
brgin at once, ami it is aggravating to learn that a new appeal
must be taken to Congress and the old tight gone over again
almost from the besinning.
Every community in California should regard this issue as
a matter of concern to itself as well as to Los Angeles. The
wrong threatened to that section in th.s instance may have its
parallel in a similar wrong t<-> some other community later on.
California is a long way from Washington. Members of Con
press from the populous East Know little of its needs and its
just claims for public improvements. Wito that handicsp the
State wiil always De a loser unless all its people act together in
pressing (.very Cahfornbn claim to a successful conc.usion.
A CHANCE FOR THE LAW.
A CHANCE fortlie criminal law of California to show what
it can do in the way of promptly punishing criminals
when ttiere nre no perplexities or obstacles in the way is
afforded by the ki lin- and attempt at robbery at the Grand
Hotel nt Baden. That crime is involved in no semblance of
mystery, and no serious difficulties confront the progress
of justice. Of the two suspected offenders, one is in the hands
of ihe police, and has made a confession, while the other,
though at large, is an ex-convict well known to detectives anJ
therefore likely to bs easily captured.
In a case of thi-a character the law will probably be able to
proceed with precision and promptness. There are no sensa
tional features to arouse morbid sympathies with, or antipathies
against, the accused men. There will be no great notoriety to
be gained by either the lawyers who defend or those who prose
cute the prisoner?. Consequently when the case ccmes into
court there wi.J be no motive f»r any of those grand stand plays
with legal technicality s that delay justice always when they
are used and not infrequently defeat it.
By observing the history of this c.ise we rmv be able to de
termine wtiether the seeming paresis in out criminal courts is
inherent in the law itself or is caused by something peculiar to
s?nsational crime*. If the two mon charged with the crime at
Baden go swiitly to punishment, while other prisoners con
victed oi crimes even more offensive to humanity live in com
fort to die of oid age at ban Quentin, it will appear that the
delay of jist:c3 in these special cases is due to certain points in
the law to aliow advantages to rich or sensational criminals
Which the plain, ordinary offender does not have.
Impartial law should make no difference between the low
murderer of the normal criminal type and the extraoidinary
murder«r whose nature or position in society renders him a
psychological wonder and a nine days' sensation. Toe pro
cesses of trial in one case should be the same as in another. It
is of course impossible to place the man without money on an
equality with men vho have money, but in murder cases the
law should make an effort to do It.
At any rate. California law has apparently a plain case be
fore it in the Baden crime, and it is to be hoped will lake advan
tage'of it to mark out a path by which justice can move swiftly
to the punishment of crime hereafter, whether committed by a
plain criminal or by the so-called moral monster.
Yellow journalism was never busier than now. Not only
has it, after infinite labor, induced France to investigate the
guilt of a s:aie prisoner, and Mexico to send an expedition to
; unisti the i-eris lor eating people, but it must by its own un
selfish devotion keep both these great schemes under way.
Only the necessity of attending strictly to two republics so in
need of their guidance has prevented the yellow fellows from
assuming charge of the tides with a view to g.ving ths moon a
needed rest, a project they intended to take up as soon as they
htd forced Spain to retire Weyier.
The prospect of an arbitration treaty between thi3 country
and England does not seem particularly bright, but it must be
a consolation to the thoughilul to reflect that the United States
does not have much to arbitrate. \S'i:ha fortitude and calm
ness that may or not be the envy of nations.it has a habit of
yielding anything that is in dispute.
The Supreme Couit lias won admiration by confirming the
sentence of a guilty man merely because he was guilty, and
had been proved so. There were severul imposing technicali
lies and some precedents in opposition to this course, too.
Notwithstanding that beef has gone up the man who has
just been fined $500 for biting a small piece, not pnrticularlv
pa atable, from a friend's cheek may look upon 20 cents a
pound lor touch steak as comparatively reasonable.
Weyler's reception in Spam was very cool, but any time he
wants one hot enough to brine the average 'way up he may get
it by visiting the United State;.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1897.
JUDGE LORIGAN'S CASE.
IN an endeavor to vindicate himself from th? charge of
having improperly influenced a Grcnd Jury to withhold an
indictment against one of his political friends Judge Lori
gan of the Superior Court or Santa Clara County has adopted
a line of evidence that is at once amazing and extraordinary.
When the statements of a grand juror who witnessed the al
leged impropriety were first published in THH CALL Judge
Lorigan was given an opportunity to explain and justify. In
stead of doing this he chose to fall back upon his judicial dig"
nity and treat the ch.-trge with contemptuous silence. Later
on he appears to have thought better of this determination.
Silence evidently did not meet the expectations of the public.
Therefore, in pursuance of his peculiar plan of vindication
he summoned the Grand Jury before him and asked each
member in regular order whether or not he had divulged the
"secrets" of the jury-room. He did not ask the jurors whether
it was true that they had attempted, in spite of his protests, to
indict a man for embezzling public money, nor whether the
charge lhat he had gone into the jury-room, misstated the law
and ordered them to drop the proceedings was true. He did
not refer in any manner to the charge made against him. He
merely wanted to know what member of the jury had been
giving him away.
Surely Judge Lorigan cannot expect the public to take
him seriously in this matter. Even the display of passion in
cident to the use of the unjuiicial words, "Judas," "scoun
drel" and "cur," cannot avail to clear him of the charge of
having entered the rcoms of the Grand Jury and ordered
that body to quash an indictment whuh had been properly
found against one of his political friends. It ought to be un
necessary to remind Judge Lorigan that no su:h evidence as
he has produced in his defense is competent to acquit him.
The charge against him was specific and unequivocal. Ex-
Justice of tht Peace Dwyer was indicted by the Grand Jury
for withholding public money. Judge Lorigan entered the
jury-room in violation of law and ordered the indictment
' quashed, notwithstanding a section of the Penal Code author
ized it to be found. He is charge! with having done this at
the behest of the political "gang" of San Jose.
The honest way to meet su:h a charge is by denial and
the introduction of exculpatory evidence. Judge Lorigan
seems to have an iJea that his judicial ermine ought In some
way to shield him. He evidently thinks there is something
ethereal arout a Superior Court Judge which renders it unnec
essary for him to explain any charge affecting his integrity.
This is a mistake. Superior Judges are only human, and
although the law guarantees them ample protection in prop
erly discharging their duties, it provides them with no security
against criticism when they are caught practicing machine
politics or shielding crime. If Judge Lorigan is an innocent
man he is pursuing a most extraordinary method of vindica-
tion. Certainly he cannot imagine the public will accept as
proof of his integrity that he has intimidated and discharged
the Grand Jury and "branded" the member who is suspected
of having given him away as a "scoundrel" and a "cur."
WHAT ARE ADMINISTRATION MEAS
URES?
AS a la«t resort the proponents of annexation are declaring
that the acquisition of Hawaii Is an administration meas
ure, and must, therefore, have united Republican support.
It is worth noting that this cry comes from many who will not \
support administration measures in domestic tolicy. It is un
derstood that the administration was committed in the in
augural address lo the plan of a currency commission, to report
a comprehensive reform o'" our banking and financial system.
Indeed, the President, In .1 special message lust July, asked
Congress to at once authoriza the appointment of such a com
mission. The bill in line with that purpose passed the House,
but when it reached the Senate was killed by a motion to ad
journ sine die, which was mpported by the very Senators who
now profess fuch awe for administration measures.
In a strict sense there onn be no administration measure,
international in diameter, in the sense of a measure of the
President as a party leader. It is a who'esome maxim that
partisanship stops at the seashore. Beyond that line every
party has nothing to consider except the welfare of the whole
country and the rip d observance Of constitutional require
ments. Beyond the seashore we present this republic to tho
observation of the family of nations and the scrutiny of their
people. Sell-respect requires that upon such a Held we stand
Etrictly by those profersions which made us a free nation. We
cannot play republic nt Lome and remorseless tyrant abroad.
Therefore, no party measure can be known in international
affairs, and hence there can b» no administration measure in
foreign policy.
Grant proposed the annexation of San Domingo. All of
the ai-cnnients now made for taking Hawaii were made in sup
port of that measure, but the highest and most revered leaders
of the Republican party in the Senate opposed it and defeated
i". Grant was a strong-willed man. The country was in the
v cry honeymot n of its gratitude to him as the military genius
who had saved the Union, but hia own party refused to pratify
him to the extent of snubbing the constiiution and changing
the time-honored policy of that Union he had preserved.
it is plain, then, that precedent and propriety Jimit ad
ministration measure.* to domestic policies. In the support of
these we will challenge the competition of the best Kepubli
enns, nnd we expect to see Senators who are now so subject to
what they insist is obedience to the administration on annexa
tion fly the track when the administration exploits its domes
tic policies.
The Kaiser is said to have made a threat to crush Norway
as he had "already crushed Greece." In this unpleasant inti
mation there is information not only for the two nations most
concerned, but for the world at large. DDiibtles-. Greece has
been crashed, and the author and instigator of the process in
thus coming to the front with a confession removes a load of
suspicion from various rulers, including the Sultan, who was
believed to be the bad man in the case. As to Norway, the peo
ple there are so constituted that rathe r than be crushed, even
by so dis inguished a crusher as the Kai-er, they would posi
tively act in bo disagreeable a manner that the war lord would
be pained.
James Duffy of Massachusetts is reported to have made
some wonderful discoveriei in the treatment of metal*. The
report is circumstantial, and might be accepted had not the
title "wizard" been tacjred to the gentle man's name. Edison
is the only known wizard who has accomplished anything; the
rest are all just on the point of it. Calling a man a wizard is
about as bad in effect rs dubbing him '"Honest John." Heat
once comes under suspicion.
Almost daily of late there has been printed Information
that some embezzling banker has gone to j iil for a long term.
But usually on the tame page is to bo found additional infor
mation that some other banker, who had been treated in a sim
ilar fashion, is rejoicing in a pardon. Thus news which ought
to be cheering is brought down to an unimpressive average.
A local article sets forth that it is very hard to induce men
to serve as subsiitutes in the Fire Department at $10 a month,
which is not only trie, but surely to the credit of the men. A
laborer ought not only to be worthy of his hire, but the hire
should be worthy of the laborer.
Mex'co has a way of treating criminals, and countries of
greater pretensions could raise their morai average by imitat.
ing it. It consists merely in punishing criminals 'Then their
guilt has been demonstrated, and seems to te a good thing.
When we read that a new wharf costing $250,000 has sunk
into the mud at Lislon we can understand that the fashion of
doing public work in the United States prevails in the older
civilizations.
Just as Judge Loricar. had made up his mind to scorch for
the Supreme bench he began with both hands to sow the path
with tacks, and v«r »« haid to hope to escape a puncture.
PERSONAL
I>. K. Minor, a merchant of Arcata, is at the
Grand.
T. S. Milton and wife of Belvedere are at the
Baldwin.
W. K. Gerber, a Sacramento backer, is at
the Grand.
E. L. Barkus, a merchant of Oakdale, is ct
the Grana.
Deputy Sheriff F. L. Borgwardtof Bakersfield
is at the Russ.
James G. Sandlelge, a mining man of Denver,
is at the Russ.
J. Copeiand, a mining man from Downie
viile, is at the Lick.
E. A. Churchill, a banker at Kara, is regis
tered at the Paiaci.
Colonel J. A. Hardin, a cattleman of Santa
Rosa, is at the Russ.
Dr. Georse C. Pryor, U. P. N., from Mare
Island, is a guest at the Palace.
John W. Mitchell, a prominent attorney
from Los Angeies, is registered at the Palace.
Thomas E. Johnson, a capitalist from San
Jo^e, is at the Lick. He w.ll return in a few
days.
F. W. Gorjreson, cashier of the Humboldt
County Bank at Eureka, is registered at the
Grain!.
J. J. Kimball, r capitalist, is here on a visit
from Red Bluff. He will remain at the Paiace
during Ms star.
11. T. Barnelt of Sonora, a brother of the Bar
nett who was recently shot by stage-robbers
at that place, is at the Bass.
Congressman Marion de Vries of Stockton
arrived lust evening on a business trip and
registered at the Occidental.
E. H. Cos, a banker, arrived in company
with his mother last evening from Madera.
They are guests of the Palace.
Georee A. Smith of Portland, an owner of
large tracts of 'and in the Sacramento Valley
and in Oregon, is at the Grand.
H. C. Brown and wile, the owner of Brown's
Hotel in Denver, arrived last evening
and will remain at the Occidental during
their vl«it.
W. R. Clark of Stockton arrived in this city
last evening for the purpose of attending a
meeting of Railroad Commissioners, which is
io be heid to day.
Reginald White nnd wife, who left for Mon
terev on their welding tour but a few days
&%o, have returned to this city and aro regis
tered at the Palcce.
James G. Sandidge, a wealthy mine-owner of
Denver, is at the Russ. He \v;ll be in town for
n few days attending to mining matters in
which he is interested.
CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Xov. 23.— At the St. Cloud, F.
L. Levy; B irtlioldi— F. ShepanJ, Mrs. J.
Tbompsoa; Netherland, Mrs. Bianchnrd; St.
Dems, M. BuUley; Grand Union, H. \V. Grat
ley; Everett, T. W. Huntington ; Vendome—
11. Spear, William Bollwep. Ed X. P.isauale
loft the St. Cloud and sailt-d on the Kaiser
Wilticlm der Grosse for Bremc:i. K. Schultze
is here buy ing.
CALIFORNi*N=> IN CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Nov. 23.— At the Great Northern—
Henry Bohlo, San Francisco; tf. L. Wooster,
i-aa Francisco; Mrs. C. L. Lafe ana daughter,
San Beruaidino; S. 11. Bulcuer, tfan Fran
cisco; Napoleon We. ls, irau Francisco. At tne
Palmer— Robert F. Hnrrison, Grant, C'al. ; H.
Plummi-r, Sku lranci'Co.
BULLDOG j OF DAKCAI GAP.
The following lines were written bj Richard
Mansfield, the actor, after resiling the account
of the recapture of Dargai Kidgu by the Gor
don Highlanders:
Bulldogs, hark ! I > i< 1 your courage fall ?
Bulldofa hark! Did your glory pil '.'
m hat of the Blander ha; says "D caved!"
A. .1 (iono to the dojrs sine* the Us hi Brigade:"
For th» bio. d and borio that humbled Sap.
'Twas there ag.ii i, boys. In the Daryal (jap!
J)nl you h-ar t lie swisti of the flying sh I?
The ml if th" drum and the mule poi?
'Hie innate ill at rose <" ear uVr that yell
A nit ihr li-d throat h th» rank and «ttrred up hell!
Con p. Highland laddie beuii up, s:cp torth!
A crown of giorv ! "Cock- of the »orth!"'
You "Coctt or ths North," aye. pipe . way!
\\ ith bo h siuci ps g • ;.«, and you won the day:
"i on may lean your ba< ks against c mimloi now,
They'll ruoijien your lipi and they'll kiss your
brow.
For hey fought like men. and a man may weep
When hi lava a man .o his last. lon* a rep.
Hul.dOKS who .sle.-p on tlie Daricii R ,1 :•■.
K.i: In ! Quif k. mar<h! and over ihe bridge 1
The pip- r.i ahead, and the B»m>* ola air.
To pipe yen to Heaven and ve.eraas there
And you'il tell *.he bullies who liumblicl Nap,
The «lo.ious story of J».ir., r ai Uap.
1 II HARD MaXBFIKLD.
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THE CHARGE OF CLAN GORDON.
New York CumnierctiU Advertiser.
The charge of the Clau Gordon at Dargai
smacks of a more heroic age, when war was
picturesque and personal, and men fought as
individuals, uot as carefully fitted parts of
tactical units. The charge is an anachronism
in modern Lone-range riiles and
machine guns have abolished it, and the cal
culated advance by rushes oi a broken firing
line lias taken Us place. Tne fiery spirit of
the Can Gordon would hnve been vaporized
in the hotter breath oi a battery of maxims,
leivinK ihe regiment mere carrion ha.f a
mile in>m the object of attack. The trlttes
men hail no max.ms, of course, and the In
dian frontier war is not modern wiirfare.
Hut it in vastly more picturesque and a higner
school of iniiividuHi during. Tnis is what
makes the little wars ol England so valuabln
in tno training of her ariiiy. they Rive play
to the personal education. They ke p a cjr
ner of tne stage )or the hero. They tire the
imagination ot the soldier abroad and the
civilian at home, and the mutual reaction
precipitates a fine and hii;h national tpirlU
GEO. A. KNIGHT ON CALIFORNIA.
Washington l'od.
George A. Knight of San Francisco, Cal., is
at Willard's Hotel, He has stumped the State
in every national and gubernatorial campaign
in the interests of his party. lie expects to
remain here until Congress assembles, as he
hns business here with the Senators from his
Stme.
Mr. Knight, in speaking of the population
of tins country, .said to a Post reporter: "Of
the 70 000.000 of people In this country at
lea'-t 00,000 000 of them live east of the Mis
souri River. Why, in my State there are only
2.000.000, ana we have 800 miles of sea coast.
This only rock to show how large our country
is and how much room there is out. West for
the surplus population of the East. As tor
the climate we never have any winter. In
fuel, God could not make winter out in Cali
fornia if he wanted to without violating every
law of nature."
WHII TLIfsGS.
'1 he Iniependent.
In giving thanks for your blessings don't
forget the criticisms you have received.
Ho who knows the weHknesi of his own
wings is sure of successful flight.
Thy world U full of human milestones, since
it is more easy to point than 10 plod.
It is bett-r to say a liitle worse than you
menu than to mean a little worse than you
MY.
One song sung amid a storm is better than a
whole concert when the sun is shining.
hong before submitting to the Inevitable it
is wise to be sure it .s the inevitable.
People whose eloquence reveals rascality
are always said, by the rascals, to ''talk too
much."
When one knows ihat he doesn't know
everything it is worth more to him than all
the rest that he dees know.
The world seems a nairow place when we
wish to avoiJ our encnies, but wide and vast
is it when we purl from those we love.
The number of things that men novelists
and critics don't know nbout women is ex
ceeded on;y by (he number of things that
they think the." know.
LO«D SALISBURY.
Wcstniins er Gazette.
In connection with the rumors of Lord Salis
bury's early retirement, it may be stated that
it is just over thirty years ago since his lord
ship first held office, having been appointed
Secretary of State for India in 18(i6. Here is a
summary of his official lite:
Secretary of Slate for India. 1866-67
Secretary of state for India 187 i- 7M
Foreign ereiary • 187S-feO
Premier and Foreign secretary 188J Bt>
I'lerulerand Mrm Lord of the Treasury. ..JHß6-87
Premier and Fun-i.-a Secretary 1887-9-'
Premier and Fore secretary..: 1H95
Lord Salisbury sat as M. P. for Stamford for
thirteen years before his first appointment as
a Secretary of Siatc.
Low's liorehound cough syrtiD for
hoarseness, price 10c, 417 Sansome Bt. ♦
THE EDITOR HIS OWN COMPOSITOR.
KEYBOARD OF THE MONOIYPE COMPOSING MACHINE.
Since the first printing machine, Koening's
single cylinder press, to which Mr. Walters of
the London Times applied sieam, made Its ap
pearance in 1811, that branch of tne art of
printing has kept lull stride with the progress
of inventive genius in other lines, and with
the aid of steam and electricity the printing
press of the present day leaves but little to be
desired.
In the matter of tpye-settinfr, however, there
was but tittle advance on the simple hand
labor methods of the days of Gutenberg and
Caxton, or, indeed, over those of the Chinese
of the eighth century, until a yery recent date.
It was not, however, f>r lack of attempt, for
beginning with the first type-composing ma
chine, made by Church in 18-22, one inventor
after another has tried to solve the problem of
macing a machine thnt wouid take the place
of the brain, eye and hand of the compositor,
THE BEST OF HUMOR.
In the South it is the eariy frost that catches
the germ.— Chicago Times-Herald.
Guest (in cheap rcstnurant)— Here, waiter;
tni» meal is simply vile. I won't pay for it.
Wbere's the proprietor I .'
Waiter— He's out at lunch, sir.— Philadel
phia Record.
' Ooce a friend of mine and I agreed that it
would be helpful for each of us to tell the
other his fau.ts."
"How did it work?"
"We haven't spoken for nine years."—
Chicago Record.
Brette — I never saw such ft co:d audience in
my life.
Light— Didn't they warm up a bit?
Brette— Well, when they spoke of bringing
out the author I believe some of the audiences
got hoL— Yonkers Btntcman.
"Barker prides hlmseli on never saying an
unkind word of ihe absent."
"Oft, tha 's it. is It?"
• Thai's wliai? What arc you getting at?"
"Why, I have been wondering for a long
time what It was about Barker's conversation
that rr.p.de it so hopelessly dull."— Cincinnati
Eafjuirer.
"What a wonderful linguist Mr. >firston is.
He speaks six languages."
'•I'm surprised. 1 didn't know that he could
talk at all."
"Oh. I ste you've never met him, except
when he hnppenei to be accompanied by Mrs.
Marston." — Cleveland Leader.
m
Mrs. I'orlcenhnin (of Chicago)— So you passed
right through 1,-indon an! never slopped to
Fee the Queeu?
Mrs. U raconstreet (of TJoston)— Yes.
Mrs. I'drkenhnm — (ioodness gracious! 1
should as soon thihk oi passing through Da
kota and not stopping for a divorce.— Judge.
"What was the richest tind you made ?"
And after long thought the returned gold
seeker answered, "A pound of c<'ft\?e In an
abandoned shanty."— Washington Star.
"After all," said tee college president, "ioot
ba. 1 has one good point."
"What is it ?" asked the preacher.
"People who play It get over the habit of
kicking at things."— Chicago News.
Bill— The term artist has a wide signifi
cance.
Jill— How so?
"Why, it is applied to men who draw well
either pictures or corks."— Youkers States
man.
"I never let my husband go to a church ba
zaar without me."
"Why noi?"
'■Because those other women would sell him
every useless an<i expensive thing in the
place."— Chicago RreorJ.
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
New York Tress.
Nowadays a man enn't go nown cellar with
out the snow-shovel's staring him in the face.
Wh "li < a?sar was stabbed his wife probably
said it was just cautehe didn't dre9!> warmly
enough. Bafl
All women know other women whom they
can't afford to know on earth, but expect to
meet in heaven.
A woman can never see a man with a mourn
ing band around his hat without feeling tl
most as if she knew him.
A woman that insists on kissing her husband
more than four times a day would put mo
lasses on her watermelon. '
It's a funny thing that the men who always
eat nothing but healthy tood never look any
healthier than the. men who don't.
THEMUNCHAUiEN CENTENNIAL
New York Sun.
Most people fancied that the material for
centenaries was pretty nearly exhausted.
They thought that the end of it was in sight
with the anniversay of tna battle of Trafalgar.
But no; the Germans have now broken the
record. They have just celebrated the cen
tenary of the f tr-fiimed Baron Munchausen.
Unenlightened mortals hereabouts used to
think that Munchausen was a legendary hero.
Tnere are lew people who have not read the
story of his exploit.-', and many have seen
them and enjoyed the spectacle hugely in the
old Kngtish pantomime. Bui the Baron was
by no means mi imaginary character. He
flourished in fle*h mid blood, and the panto
mime did not present anything more than v
mere sketch of nis adventures. He belonged, :
we lire to!d by the German newspapers, to
one of the most ancient lamilie» of Germany,
and his descendant cave to Hanover and
Brunswick many dUlingaished statesmen.
THE WORD OF AN INDIAN.
lowa State Register.
This incident recalls one of similar import
brought from the Indian Territory by Indian
Commissioner Pray and told by him to a com
pany of Dcs Moines friends. While he was at
one of the agencies a number of youug men
drank whisky and bceamo unruly. They dis
turbed the p.»ace. They were tried and con
victed ana sentenced to do a certain number
of days' work on the highways. The next
morning the Indians under sentence without
guard of any kind went to the place designated
and div their dHy's work. The next day they
did the same, and so on until trie terms of
th»ir sentences had been fulfilled. Tney never
smirked, nnd nothing was required from them
except their wora that they wouid fulfill the
conditions ol the sentence. Is the wora of hd
Indian worth more than the word of a white
man?
WHERE THE Xi X COMES IN.
s:. Louis Hepubllc.
Talking about the brutality of football, the
players of tnnt game are not kicking half as
uaidas tbe peopie who aro trying to Kill it.
the Mer^enthaler coming nearest the solution.
Tolbert Lanston has produced and placed in
operation in London a novel monotype ma
chine. The affair is in two parts, the key
bonrd, on which the operator performs the
mental part of the work, and the cantlnf
machiue, by which the type-ensting and set
ting In place, with proper spacing and justifi
cation of line*, is automatically performed.
The two parts may be in separate rooms,
thus relieving the brain-worker of the noise
and he.<t of the mere mechanical part of the
work. The first produces a perforated riSbon
of paper, with the spacing and justification of
the lines provided for. This ribbon is put Unto
the second machine, and working automati
cally by means of compressed air brings the
molds into contact with ihe melted metai, and
bright new type are molded, pressed, hard
ened, cooled and sent to take their proper
places in the printer's galley.
NOTES AfcOUT NOTABLES.
Mr. Cleveland'! boy was named Richßrd in
honor of Mr. Cleveland's father, Rev. Richard
Fally Cleveland.
William B. Howell, Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury, was a messenger-boy in the depart
ment fifteen years ago.
Henry Ward Beeclier always used to brenk
down when asked— as he was every Sunday
when a boy— to recite the catechism.
Miss Susan Randall, daughter of the late
Samuel J. RanduU of Pennsylvania, is a clerk
iv the Friends' Library in German town, Pa.
Chauncey M. Depew never drinks anything
nt a banquet except the driest kind of cham
pagne, and if he is to speak he drinks no wine
at all until after he has finished his speech.
| Two glasses of brut champagne are usually his
limit.
Mrs. Elizabeth Strang, who died recently in
Lamoni, lowa, «ai the widow o! the famous
| James Jesse ijtraug, who forty years ago be
[ rame the self-elected successor of Joseph
Smith, the Mormon prophet and kiag of
Beaver Island, Mich.
A bust of Charles Stewart Parnell hns Just
been added to the National Portrait Gallery,
London. It is the work of Miss Mary Grant,
and was hung in the great British gallery of
celebrities on the sixth anniversary of tho
ueatu of the great lush leader.
It is said that the Princess of Wales Is be
coming extremely sensitive to the effects of
music, and ihat thero is one air, irom an ora
torio, to which she can never listen without
shedding tears. As a young girl the Princess
tised to practice the piano a great deal, and
could spend many happy hours alone with
the instrument.
The great French sculptor, M. Falguiere, hes
just completed a gigantic statue of Ltlerty for
the Pantheon. The figure of the goddess holds
in her right hand a young poplar tree, which
sne is striking into the earth. Her left hand
is raised in admiration and, with her head
upturned, she is gazing at the leafy branches
above he\ Ou ihe ground behind, and clutch
ing at her robe, is an old woman symbolizing
Ignorance.
HARD ON AMERICAN WOMEN
Grace Atherton in the Cmtemporary Kevlew.
The fact th it 80 per cent of the actions for
divorce are brought by women would appear
to tell heavily against the men of the coun
try, but, as a matter of fact, a large percentr.go
of these divorces go by default, which implies
either collufion or indiffe enco on the Dart of
the delinquent. Many men, it is estimated,
permit the offending wife to bring the suit
rather than to disgrace her and her children.
Nevertheless, the divorce revonrtion has been
brought nbout and is maintained by women.
The typical woman cl the- United States to
day Is a mental anar:h:st. The reasons for
tills are several. She is a composite of all
the races of earth, if not in bluod in point
of view. Sho is ft product of experimental
<lemocrac ', and, like lief country, blindly
but fiercely striving for an ideal! Slie has
been thrown largely on her own resources:
unlike the women of the Old World, sbe
has done her own thinking. She lives in an
electrical atmosphere. She is a spoiled child.
She finds herself a component part of a life
that is ever changing, and changes with it.
Bhe has come to regimi herself us by far the
mo«t important element in that Hie. She is a
child oi'the hour, of the minute; she does not
strike roots. Her independence has begot an
abnormal amount of individuality.
Is it a matter for wonder that, finding the
man she has married unsatisfactory, she tosses
him aside and begins liieanew? ft rnifrht be
argued that many of tlie conditions enumer
ated apply equally to tr.e men; but it must be
remembered ihat the inner hnve less time to
reason and analyze. Tney are essentially a
race of nervous, Incessant workers; they neem
to be possessed by the i lea that if they pause
to take breath the imperfect structure of their
republic will lall to pieces. Even the rich
men die in harness.
THE DULI DARWIN.
Chambers' Journal.
Since the days of tiir Isaac Newton there has
not arisen a greater man of science than
Charles Oar win and yet he was considered by
his fattier and 'schoolmasters as "a very ordi
nary boy, rather below the common standard
in intellect." 'To my deep mortification,"
he tells us, "my father once said to me: 'Vo'u
care for nothing but shooting, dogs aud rat
catching and you will be a disgrace to your
self and all your family.' "
Young Darwin had "strong and diversified
tas en." Sj hus many a boy who is considered
dull and stupid becnuse h s tastes do not coin
cide with those ot his companions or are not
of the ki::d thai his parents and tenchers con
sider mist profitable. Tne boy Darwin was
called "Gas." becnuse with his "brother he eot
m> a small chemieiU laboratory in the tool
hnu-e oi tne school garden and spent his
leisure hours there making gases and com
pounds instead of joining the boys in their
sanies. He wns also pub icly rebuked by the
head master for wasting his time "on sicn
useless subjects." Darwin the philosopher
has tnught us that evo.ution is a slow process
and his teaching was exemplified In Darwin
AMERICAN fcKILL LEADS.
Chicago Tribune.
If orders for locomotives keep pouring in
upon the factories of the United States as they
have been doing lately, it will not oolong
before American railway engines will be
puffing in every corner of the elob- Tl.e
jaiest large order, which amounts to fifty-six
locomotives altogether, includes tw^ntv-one
lor the Government railway in Finland
nventy-f.ur heavy broad-gauge locomotives
or the ..overnmoiii of Brazil and ten iol the
Grand Trunk Railway of Canada. Thu In
connection w th the recent liiree orders Vrom
ore, S n countries f r American steel raiiT
indicates the superiority of American methl
ods in the iron and steel manufacturing busi
ness, a super otity wnich eventually will
drive foreign competitors out of business
AN WER3 TO CORRESPONDENTS.
c hooting Rabbits— T. J. City. There is
no law of this State that protects rabbits.
Cuba— R. C. D., City. None of the powers
have yet recognized the' Cubans as belliger
ents 1 .
Julian's Age— C. R.. City. Martin Julian^
who has figured in boxing contests, is abov^
4.0 years of age.
The Foundation— C. J. a., City. The founda
tion of tne bu.lding to which your inquiry Is
directed is sand.
Chicago's Population— E. J. c.. City. It li
estimated that the co.ored population of the
city of Chicago is about 25,000.
i HARKEY-FITZSIMMONS-M. G., City. The low
est price oi admission f> the Sharkey-Fitz'im
mons light was $3. Tnat was toe bos-uffice
price.
The Game Law— T. J. 8., City. The game
law of California say? thai it's lawful to shoot
qiiHil between the 15th of February and the
15th of August of each year.
Stanford and California— S.. City. Stan
ford and University of California did not play
a match came in 1891. The first game was
March 19, 1892. and that was followed by a
match December 17, of the same year.
Cuban League— F. McC, Visalia, Cnl. The
headquarters of the Cuban League In New
York City is at 115 Broadway, rooms 1-5.
Communications can te addressed to Colonel
E. Allen. . .
Swimming, City. There must be
some mistake about the swimming match re
ferred to la your communication, for Charks
Cavi 1, the Australian swimmer, whs drowned
in Stocxton last May.
Art Galleries— P., City. The galleries that
are open to the public in this city are the one
at the Hopkins Institute of Art and the one at
the museum. Tnere is no fee at the Ib>:
named, but a small fee is charged at tne firs
named.
Father Damien— L. H.-, City. The monti
ment to Joseph DamUjn de Veuster, populajA"
known as "Father Damien, the leper pr.^t7\
was, so this department is informed, erected
at Kalawawo, MoloKai, where he died, April
15, 1889.
Government Land— A Reader. Diamond
Springs, C.U. You can obtain all tlie informa
tion you de.-ire about Government land by ap
plying to, or communicating with, the land
office of the district in which the land you de
sire to be informed about is located.
Thy Father's Bread— City. This depart
ment has found the quotation "Who made
thee master of thy father's bread?" in a poem
entitled 'An Eastern Legend," that was pub
lished in the press of this country some time
ago. It was published anonymously.
Mrs. Fitzsimmons— A. S., City. The wife of
Robert ruinous did not during the light
at arson, Nev., between her husband and
Corbett "step into the ring and encourage her
husband and abuse Corbett." Once during
the right she arose from her seat and ca led
out 10 her husband, "Remember, Bob, you're
fighting for me «nd the baby."
ANOIHER CALAMITY.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Railroad men everywhere are holding the
McKinley administration responsib'.o for the
calamitous car famine now prevailing all over
the country. It lias gone on booming busi
ness and manufactures regardless of Ihe
ability of the railroads to handle the increased
traffic, and as a consequence Innumerable
shippers are suffering unpleasant delays. An
administration Hint cim'i briii;; m inospenty
by degrees more suited to the railway mid car
building capacity ol tlie coui.try, instead of
in such unmanageable wave; , is declared to
be unworthy the tonrlJei.ce of conservative
interests.
Fine l>ispiay f Art (oi)di.
S. and G. Gump, 113 Geary sneet. are show
ing now their European :m;>Grtarious for the
holidays, and invite their patrons an 1 the
public to view the many rine and interesting
novelties received and unpacked so far. •
Mark Hopkins Insiitutu of Art.
The first week concerto! this season will ba j
given on this (Wednesday) evening end every 1
iollowing Thursday evening. Admission re- j
duced to 25 ■. Open daily, including Sundays' I
. Town9EKd'p plum pudding, finest in the
world, 3 lbs $1. 027 Market st., Palace bids. •
Ffecial information daily to manufacturer*,
business houses and public men by the Pros*
Clipping Bureau (Alien*.), 010 Montgomery. '
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'Golden PopriFS," « California calendar of
1898. Also "Chinese" calendars now r. ady
for mailing at Sanborn & Vail.-*, 741 Market. *
As a preventive of Bright's disease drink
Watson's Scotch Whisk}-. •
COULD NAME THE SECOND BEST.
In an article on the "Longest Reign,"
Justin McCarthy recalls ap anecdote of Lord
Brougham. At a c".iu'.ier party a lady ones
asked him who was the best speaker in the
House of Lords. Brougham was silent for a
moment ai.d then replied, "Lord Stanley,
madam, is the second bes:." But a similar
story is also told of Bismarck. At one of his
parliamentary Foirees the Chancellor was
asiced by one of the guests whiob plenipoten
tiary who had attended the Concress of Berlin
ho itemed to be the best. "I don't know
about the best," replied the I'rince, with a
humorous smile, "but 1 am quite certain that
Lord Beaconsticid was at least next best."
Loss of hair, which often nmrs the prettiest face,
prevented by I'abkke's Jlaiu Balsam.
llini>ercorns, the best cure for corns, 15 cents.
"Mrs. "Winslow's Soothing Syrno"
Has be* usfd over fifty years by millions of moth
ers for their children while Teething with perfect
success. It soothes the child, softens the gum3,ai
lays Fain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Boweli
and is the best remedy for JJiarrhcras, whether _ —
arißlng from teething or other causes. For sale t>r *7 M
lirugKfets in every part of the world. Be sure ami J
ebk lor Airs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. iiscaaocUj "
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roKnjrAT>o.— Atmosphere i* perfectly drr. soft
end mild, beins entirely free from tne mists com
mon further north. Hound- trip tickets, by steam
ship, including fifteen days' board at the Hotel ljl
Ccronado, *60; longer stay $2 50 per day. App;/
4 N«w iioutgomery street. s«n FrancUco, or A.
W. Bailey, manager Hotel del Coronado, late of
Hotel Colorado, QIeBWOOd Bprtnga, Colorado.
A TALtNTED INFANT.
A child composer, little Helen Montegriffo,
is only 11 years of age. but a year aeo she
composed a little ballad entitled "Christmas
the Happiest Day." She has set the words to
music without t tie slightest assistance from
any one, the melody fitting m ell into tlie
dainty sentiment of "the son?, nplete with
the joy < f a child's heart nt ( hristmas time.
Sne already plars difficult compositions, and
's now practicing on Liszt's -'RnapsoJie ilon
groise"
Little Helen has traveled with her parents
in nearly all European countries, and has
lived for'two years in tta y
NEW TO-DAT.
The Terms of consump-
tion are everywhere.
There is no way but to
fight them.
If there is a history of
weak lungs in the family,
this fight must be constant
and vigorous.
You must strike the dis-
ease, or it will strike you. 4
At the very first sign of '
failing health take Scott's
Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil
with Hypophosphites.
It gives the body power to
resist the germs of consump-
tion.
50c. and $1.00, all druggists.
SCOTT & BOWNE. Chemists, Ntw York. \