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PROSPERITY AND POLITICS.
PRESIDENT McKINLEY has shown all of
that political tact and sound common sense
for which he is noted in making the prosperity
of the nation and the people the chief theme of his
addresses to the various audiences that greet him on
his tour through the Mississippi Valley. Prosperity
is indeed the issue of 1 mount interest in the poli
tics of the year, for after all is said and done the
question which the voters will ask themselves in
Ohio and lowa and Nebraska when they go to the
polls will be whether they shall vote for the party
of prosperity or the party of calamity.
The attempt of Bryan and his followers to revive
popular interest in the silver question has failed, and
in not a single State where campaigns are going on
does it hold a prominent place in the discussions of
the people or tnc press. An effort to make a vital
issue on the trust problem has also led, and im-
periah.-.m remains an affair oi individuals rather than •
of partes. In such a condition of politics the only
recourse cf the Democratic orators 1- to denounce
the administration generally and ask for its condem- :
nation upon its record as a whole and not upon any
particular feature, of its policy.
So far. then, as the State campaigns affect na
tional questions at all tin- issue is that of supporting
the administration or opposing it. That fact gives
pertinence to the President's references to the abun- |
dant prosperity which prevails under the operation of
Republican legislation. A protective tariff has
restored our industries, which were stricken ;
down by the Democratic tariff adopted during the ;
Cleveland administration, and the maintenance of ;
sound finance has given confidence to business of all
kinds. From years of panic and depression we have
passed to years of activity in all lines of effort and
every section of the country, and every class of the
people have been benefited.
In his speeches the President has put the issue
fairly before the people. At Vincennes he said: "We
have been blessed with good crops and fair prices.
Wages and employment have waited upon labor and,
differing from what it was a few years ago, labor is
not waiting on the outside for wages. Our financial
condition was never better than bow. We have good
money and. plenty of it circulating as our medium of
exchange. Banks may fail, fluctuation in prices come
and go, but the money of the country remains al
ways good, and when you have a dollar of it you
know that dollar is worth one hundred cents, because
b-ck'of it is the Government of the United States."
At Danville, 111., he treated the issue in another
way and illustrated the degree of our prosperity by
pointing out how easily the people carry an amount
of taxation which to any other people would be an
oppressive burden. "We are," he said, "collecting
just now $1,000,000 for every working day of the
month on our internal revenue taxes and you don't
seem to be very much oppressed here on that ac-
lint We are collecting about $650,000 every work
ing day of every month from the tariff that we put on
foreign products that come into the United States
from other countries and that does not seem to give
you any serious trouble here."
Against the party to whose legislation this prosper
ity is due. and against the administration under which
it has been attained, there is arrayed the party of free
trade, fiat money, class antagonisms and general dis
content. With such a choice before them the intel
ligent voters of the States where elections are to be
held will hardly hesitate. There may be local issues,
or faction fights,, or personal prejudices, or old party
ties which will incline men to vote the Democratic
ticket in those States this fall, but upon national ques
tions there is nothing on which Democracy can
rightly expect the suffrage of a single intelligent pa
triot
The testimony in the Hite divorce case indicates
somewhat clearly that the purchase of a man's honor
is one of the few things that is not -worth the price.
Several of the witnesses have admitted that they re
ceived money from both sides and now feel perfectly
free to be true to neither.
Under the new charter it may be possible to pass
a regulation that police detectives shall not be vac
cinated. In such a case they may be expected to
catch something.
MR. DAY'S EXPLANATION.
aUDGE DAY of Ohio, who was president of
,-,1 the American Peace Commission which nego
tiated with Spain the' Paris treaty, has written
; a letter, published yesterday, explaining the character
of our title to the Philippines.
In this he declares that we have no title by con
i quest. He says: "It must be remembered that we
were in possession only of the city, bay and harbor
of Manila under the protocol of August 12, 1898, pro
viding that the United States should occupy and hold
the same* pending the conclusion of the treaty of
peace."
Gradually from the most authoritative sources the
clouds and mists which have obscured our Philippine
situation are being cleared away. We were in
possession only of Manila city, bay and harbor. Who
held possession of the rest of the islands? Every
Spanish soldier in Luzon, Panay, Cebu and Negros
was a prisoner of war held by the Filipino army and
government. That government, organized by a
proclamation which our Consul Wildman officially
reports that he prepared for Aguinaldo, was engaged
in administration and, as Wildman reports, was exer
cising civil authority "with dignity and justice."
On December 21, .1898, President McKinley
through the Secretary of War, transmitted to General
Otis at Manila an order and proclamation in these
terms: "The destruction of the Spanish fleet in the
harbor of Manila by the United States naval squad
ron, commanded by Rear Admiral Dewey, followed
by the reduction of the city and surrender of the
Spanish forces, practically effected the conquest of
the Philippine Islands and the suspension of Spanish
sovereignty therein. With the signature of the treaty
of peace at Paris on the 10th inst., and as the result
of the victories of American arms, the future con
...
trol, disposition and government of the Philippine
Islands are ceded to the United States. In fulfillment
of the right of sovereignty thus acquired and the re
sponsible obligations of government thus assured,
the actual occupation and administration of the en
tire group of the Philippine Islands becomes imme
diately necessary, and the military government here
tofore maintained by the United States in the city,
harbor and bay of Manila is to be extended with all
possible dispatch to the whole of the ceded territory.
* * * All persons who, either by active aid or by
honest submission, co-operate with the Government
of the United States to give effect to these beneficent
purposes will receive the reward of its support and
protection. All others will be brought within the
lawful rule we have assumed, with firmness if need
be, but without severity so far as may be possible."
In President McKinley's address to the returned
Pennsylvania Volunteers two months ago he said:
"Until the treaty was ratified we had no authority
beyond Manila city, bay and harbor. We then had
no other title to defend, no authority beyond that to
maintain. Spain was still in possession of the re
mainder of the archipelago. Spain had sued for
peace. The truce and treaty were not concluded."
Now, as the treaty was not ratified until February
6, 1899, under the President's own declaration,
whence did he derive authority for his order of occu
pation of December 21, 1898?
At Pittsburg he said: "Until the treaty was rati
fied (February 6, 1899) we had no authority beyond
Manila city, bay and harbor. We then had no other
title to defend, no authority beyond that to main
tain." But on the 2i.-t of the preceding December
he had ordered Otis to "immediately extend the
military government of the United States to the
whole" of the Philippine Islands,!
In the same order he informed Otis that we had
"completed their conquest," while at Pittsburg he
declared that when that order was issued we had no
title nor authority over the islands beyond the city,
bay and harbor, for "Spain was still in possession of
the rest of the archipelago."
Now Judge Day says we had no title by conquest,
though the President asserted such title last Decem
ber. We beg to remind the President that his ad
ministration represents, in a large sense, the country,
and in an important sense the party which elected
him. Therefore the discrepancy between his Decem
ber proclamation and his Pittsburg speech becomes
of overshadowing importance. If, as he said at Pitts
burg, "Spain was still in possession of the rest of the
archipelago" until February 6, 1899, his December,
1898. order for its immediate military occupation by
the United States was a Presidential declaration of
war, a violation of the protocol of August 12, 1898,
and an exercise of authority that he dijj not possess.
If Spain were in possession until February 6, as he
declared at Pittsburg, the armed conflict of February
4. upon territory to which "we had no title to de
fend, no authority to maintain," was not an act of re
bellion against us nor in defiance of a title and au
thority which was not ours.
We are unable to reach any other conclusion, and
what the Republican party needs and the country will
require is an explanation of the order of December
21, 1898, in the light thrown upon it by the Presi
dent's speech and Judge Day's letter.
THE NEED OF THE STATE LIBRARY.
REPORTS from Sacramento are to the effect
that some very important changes may soon
be made in the arrangements of the interior of
the Capitol, inasmuch as the number of volumes in
the State library has increased so rapidly it will be
necessary to provide more space in the building for
storing them. It is said the librarian finds it impos
sible to make room for all the books, and the trus-
tees have applied for the use of the Supreme Court
room for use as a law library.
On that showing it will be conceded the first and
most pressing need of the State library is for more
room and more ample accommodations for its vol
umes. It would. be of little use to add to the num
ber of volumes it they cannot be placed in a position
where they will be convenient and accessible to the
readers. There remains, however, the question
whether the additional space can be better acquired in
the Capitol than elsewhere. If a considerable num
ber of the volumes were in continuous circulation
among the people of the State who are taxed to main
tain the library there would be ample space in the
present rooms to hold those which would remain on
the shelves. ' »
i The Call has repeatedly directed attention to the
' many advantages which have resulted from the travel
! ing library system wherever it has been extensively
| applied. The adoption of that system by our State
library would entail little or no additional expense,
i and would at once solve the problem of book storage.
Were it put in operation several thousands of vol
umes now unread and unused at Sacramento would
be circulated throughout the State for the benefit
j of the public and the usefulness of the library thereby
vastly increased.
Should it be found impossible for the trustees of
the library to adopt the traveling system without
authority given by an act of the Legislature, there
is another plan now under consideration in New Eng
land which might soon be undertaken here. with suc
cess. That plan, which was reviewed in The Call
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1899.
a few days ago, proposes to obtain from Congress an
act extending to libraries the right of sending out
books for general circulation through the mails at
the rate of second class mail matter. In other words,
the aim is to obtain for libraries the same mail facili
ties which are now given to publishing houses.
The movement has found such general and strong
support there is every reason to expect Congress- to
grant the desired privilege at the coming session. It
will then be possible, if the trustees see fit, to keep
a large number of the volumes of the State library
in use among the people instead of storing them
idly and unused on the shelves they have already
overcrowded. There will of course be no objection
to the proposed use of the Supreme Court room for a
law library if that course should be deemed advisable
by the Justices and others interested, but the point
to be borne in mind is that the chief need of the
State library is more readers and not more book
shelves. If the library were made to serve the liter
ary requirements of the taxpayers throughout the
State there would be no storage problem to fret the
minds of the trustees for years to come.
WE publish to-day nearly the full text of an
official report made to our Government by an
agent of the War Department upon affairs in
the Philippines. It is something that should instantly
enlist the attention of the American expansionists
and imperialists. The policy of the Government in
the Philippines is at this time dictated by them, and
they are responsible for everything that follows the
installation of that policy.
Time will prove that it would have been much
easier to begin right, with an upright, honest and
disciplined administration, than to reform and set
it tight after beginning wrong. Imperialists who are
moved by policy and not by impulse will see in this
report a verification of everything said and predicted
by the anti-imperialists. They will see also that un
less vigorous measures are taken to mend our man
ners and purify administration in the islands the
charge will stand that it is a war for the profit of army
followers and contractors.
The report makes an American feel as if he is in
a strange country. It reveals matters that two years
ago seemed so foreign to our scheme of government
and to the genius of our people that one is brought
face to face with a startling change. The unhappiest
of all revelations is that of the persistence of race
prejudice. In our administration abroad we are reap
in; the consequence of so long leaving that prejudice
unbridled at home. The contempt felt for the In
dian, negro and Chinese has been fostered rather than
suppressed. In the Philippines this prejudice flares
up against a people we must have always with us, if
we hold the islands, for none but the natives and the
Chinese can live there and work and produce a sur
plus of the articles of commerce. This prejudice
st; nds in the way, whether our motive in occupa
tion is merely commercial or really educative. A race
against which we feel that prejudice is not to be
educated and elevated by another race that holds it
in contempt and regard it as inferior. It may bet
ter be trusted to continue self-education, with self
government and independence as the prize for its
success.
The report conveys much information on the sub
ject of the indignation and hostility of the people,
and leaves no doubt that the Americans are hated,
if anything, more cordially than were the Spaniards.
Through this report and the declarations of Judge
Day and President Sehurman the people are getting
needed light upon the appalling problem which has
arisen in the East and promises to remain for many
a day to tax our resources and our patience.
THE CUBAN PROBLEM.
J\,\ ORE and more clearly do the imperialists as
/ \ sert their intention to violate all the profes
sions of the Government with regard to Cuba
and if possible bring about the annexation of the
island to our empire. They do not, indeed, refer to
the Cubans as "our subjects," that word being con
fined as yet to the Filipinos, but they are announcing
with no little assurance that the Cubans are unfit to
govern themselves and that any who show a desire
for independence are lacking in "patriotism."
For the purpose of convincing the American peo
ple of the imperative necessity of establishing a per
manent government in Cuba there is now going on
a campaign of education by the imperialist press. It
Is conducted with no little skill. The public is told
that the better class of Cubans do not wish indepen
dence. It is even said that those who fought for it
against Spain are now of the opinion it would be a
bad thing, and they would prefer not to have it.
Along with the imperialists the owners of the big
sugar and tobacco interests of the islands are work
ing for annexation. Admission to the Union even
as a Territory would mean admission to the full
freedom of trade which prevails throughout our do
main. There would then be vast profits for the men
who controlled the Cuban industries and worked
them with cheap labor.
The issue may have to be met at the coming ses
sion of Congress, and should therefore have the ear
nest attention of the people. Imperialism aims at
more than the conquest of the Philippines. It is sup
ported largely by men who desire to exploit the labor
of tropic islands for their own enrichment, careless
of the consequences to American labor or America
welfare. It is safe to say that at present a popular
vote on the subject would result in an overwhelming
majority against the annexation scheme. A cunning
campaign of education, however, worked up by an
occasional disturbance in Cuba, may have the effect
of converting a good many unreflecting persons tc
the imperial scheme. It is, therefore, well to watch
the movement closely, for there is no telling what
may happen next.
The issue, moreover, has its moral as well as its
material aspect. It is not merely a question* of
whether it be expedient to bring into competition
with the industries of our people those of the tropic
islands. There is the further consideration of na
tional good faith. As the "Boston Transcript says:
"in considering the ultimate destiny of Cuba the law
makers at the Capitol must deal not only with the
wishes of the United States but the desires of Cuba.
They must regard as more than a mere formula that
solemn declaration of President McKinley, reiterated
by Congress, that the United' States disclaims any
intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction or con
trol of Cuba except for the pacification thereof, and
that, when that is accomplished, it intends to leave
the government and the control of the island to its
people. He who runs may read and, reading, under
stand this plain statement. It is an outspoken decla
ration against annexation."
There are some things connected with the game of
cricket that the American mind fails to grasp." For
instance, in a match at Germantown between the Eng
lish eleven and the gentlemen of Philadelphia Prince
Ranjitsinjhi was unable to play owing to a sore
throat the Prince is no Lillian Russell, either.
AN OFFICIAL REPORT.
VICAR-GENERAL J. J. PRENDERGAST
Says
The Names Associated With
THE CALL'S "HOME CIRCLE STUDY"
ARE A GUARANTEE OF EXCELLENCE.
ST. MARY'S "CATHEDRAL
1100 FRANKLIN ST:
San Francisco, Oct. 10, 1899. .>-«>*,
Editor San Francisco Call — Dear Sgss&^K
Sir: The project of making the / IT a? A
newspaper the vehicle of education i t. R^B|ii
as well as of ephemeral information . - *SBr*^^ft|
will, I think, be universally com- \^^^^^^S
mended. The idea, however, is not il
everything. Much depends on the Wr
way it is real i but the courses vicar-cenerai
seem to me to be well chosen, and j-j-phendergast.
the names associated with them are a guarantee
of excellence. Respectfully,
MARCONI'S MOTHER IS IRISH.
Has Lived in Ireland a Great Deal and His First
Practical Experiments in Wireless Telegra
phy Were Conducted There.
WILLIAM MARCONI, whose wire
less telegraphic invention has
made him a peer of Edison and
Tesla in the scientific world, is
not altogether an Italian. His mother has
something to do with it, and she is Irish
of the Irish. Marconi himself betrays the
nativity of his mother in his Irish blue
eyes and his tone of "devilment."
It came about in this way: About a
half a century ago an Italian of the name
of Charles Bianconi settled in Ireland
He was thrifty and enterprising. He
located in Clonmel, the capital of Tip
perary. He established a stage line and
within a dozen years controlled nearly
all the usual routes of transportation in
the southern province of Ireland. In a
little while— this, it ought to be re
membered, was before the development
of railroads— Bianconi had the contract
for carrying nearly all the Irish mails.
He got "rich, bought an estate and a
castle, and his children are now number
ed among the Irish country gentry.
Bianconi had a nephew of the name of
Marconi, who went to Ireland as chief
veterinary surgeon for the Bianconi
stage routes. This Marconi was a civil
engineer as well as a veterinary surgeon.
He was also an all-around sportsman.
PRESS COMMENTS
Wireless Telegraphy in Practice.
Cincinnati! Commercial Tribune.
For the first time wireless telegraphy
was put to a practical test during the
races between the Shamrock and Co
lumbia. It was a success, though its
practicability under other conditions is
not absolutely assured.
Moving boats accompanied the yachts
on their course. From these dispatches
were sent to receiving stations along
th( shore. The messages were accurate
ly transmitted and easily read, In ad
dition, there was no loss of time, as
the relative positions of the yachts
were known in the news centers of
New York without the loss of more
than half a minute of time or a min
ute at the furthest. : = r
The system of wireless telegraphy is
explained in a novel way in a news
Item in the Public Ledger. It says "a
better understanding may be had by
illustrating the system by means of
tuning forks. Two forks of the same
key will respond sympathetically each
to the other, if either be set in motion.
Forks of dissimilar keys will not effect
each other, even though they be
brought almost into contact. • So it Is
with the Marconi instruments. Ar
ranged by the master's hand, a score
may be stationed about and each will
respond to any signal from any of the
others. But by a simple reversal the
apparatus may be individualized and
signals exchanged between the two. while
none of the other eighteen respond."
It may be said that this late test
was under favorable conditions, though
Sig. Marconi has sent messages across
the English Channel, and really believes
that he will yet send them across the
Atlantic, without the use of submarine
cables. It certainly seems possible.
Some of the best electrical talent in
the world is engaged upon the unsolved
problems of wireless telegraphy. Suc
cess in the widest way seems possible,
If not probable.
Success of Wireless Telegraphy.
Salinas Index.
Marconi's system of wireles teleg
graphy, tested under the auspices of
the New York Herald and San Fran
cisco Call at the i Columbia-Shamrock
race, proved a wonderful success. Like
telegraphing by wire, the phonograph,
telephone, electric light, and the X-ray.
all astonishing accomplishments at
first, wireless telegraphy will soon cease
to be a thing of wonder among the people.
Begins Its Mud Slinging.
Berkeley World-Gazette.
The evening edition of the Examiner,
erroneously earned Bulletin, is throwing
dirt with the scoop-shovel at the Repub
lican candidate for Mayor, Mr. Davis.
Perhaps the Pheian campaign is to be
conducted by mud machines and other
brickyard accoutrements.
"YOUNG GUARDIAN ANGELS."
School Children Banded Together to
Protect Dumb Animals.
The ladies of the Society for the Preven
tion of Cruelty to Animals are meeting
with gratifying success in their efforts to
present a meritorious entertainment to
raise funds to purchase badges for the
youthful members of the Bands of Mercy.
These youngsters, numbering over 50,000
pupils of the public schools, are being
carefully educated to be kind and mer
ciful to all dumb animals, and many have
actually entered the ffeld of active work.
Their membership in a measure makes
them a part of the parent society, and
feeling this not a few are on the lookout
for cases of cruelty, which are reported
to. the secretary or the organization for
investigation. A number iof cases have
been thus discovered and the culprits ar
rested and punished by the proper of
ficers of the law.
Thus the influence of the Bands of
Mercy, aside from the educational fea
tures, is being felt in the community, for
no person who is abusing his animals
knows who may be witnessing the abuse,
to become an Important factor in his pros
ecution. The badges of membership which
the ladies are arranging to purchase are
simply to be the evidence that the wear
ers belong to the organization. The public
is responding liberally to the call for
money for this worthy purpose.
Ample talent has volunteered for the
entertainment, which is to be held next
It takes a very daring rider to win dis
tinction in Ireland, a country of daring
riders, but Marconi accomplished that
feat. He did 'something else. He cap
tured the daughter of Power of Gurteen,
one of the haughtiest of the rural Irish
aristocracy, and took her to Italy on a
bridal tour.
The fruit of that union is the present
distinguished inventor of wireless teleg
raphy.
Marconi has lived a good deal in Ire
land among his mother's relations, but
he was born and educated in Italy. He
considers himself fully half Irish, and
many of his characteristics are more
Irish than Italian.
Marconi's first practical experiments
with wireless telegraphy were made in
Dublin Bay. The first wireless tele
graphic newspaper dispatch was printed
in the Dublin Independent, a not very en
terprising paper published at the Irish
capital.
Marconi has a relative living in this
city engaged in Government employment.
His name ls Power and he is a special
inspector, of the Treasury Department.
Marconi's Irish relatives are well off,
while his Italian relations are poor. His
education was at the expense of his Irish
kindred. If Marconi is not already en
gaged, he hopes to be, to marry a Miss
Fitzgerald, a not very distant relative of
the Irish Duke of Leinster.
month in the Metropolitan Temple. A
number of public spirited citizens have
donated from $5 to $100, so Mrs. C. B. Hul
brook reported at yesterday's meeting of
the ladies. Others reported the sale of a
large number of tickets, and the hall will
doubtless be crowded.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
WORTH TEN CENTS— Subscriber, City
A dime of 1838 is worth 10 cents, as it does
not command a premium.
ROENTGEN RATS— N.. Mare Island,
Cal. If a hand is held between the
Roentgen ray and the eye the location of
the bones becomes apparent.
OPPENHEIMER'S VICTIM— E. E. 1...
San Jose, Cal. James McDonald, who was
stabbed by Jacob Oppenheimer, a refrac
tory convict at San Quentln, did not die
from the effects of the wounds inflicted.
SAN FRANCISCO AND OAKLAND—
VI VI; Placerville, Cal. Any first-class
bookseller can procure for you a street
map of San Francisco and one of Oak
land.
A CONTINENTAL BILL— 8., North
Columbia Hill, Cal. A Continental bill of
the issue of 1876, face value of one-sixth
of a dollar, is not a sufficient description
to give an answer as to whether it is of
any value or not.
HALF DOLLAR-T. J. M.. Stockton,
Cal. A "gold half dollar of 1853" is not a
United States coin, but a charm that was
manufactured by an enterprising jeweler
in the early days of San Francisco. It
does not command a premium.
TRANS-ATLANTIC STEAMERS-E. L.,
City. TheVe are thirteen lines of steamers
that are known as trans-Atlantic steam
ers, and which ply between New York
City and Europe. The number of steam
ers owned by these companies aggregates
ninety-one. A full list of these can be
found in the "World Almanac for the cur
rent year. _
MOUNT HAMILTON OBSERVATORY
—Reader. City. The observatory on the
top of Mount Hamilton is by stage twen
ty-six miles from San Jose. Saturday
night, between the hours of 7 and 10, is
the only time when visitors are permitted
to look through the great telescope. The
observatory buildings are open every day
in the year during business hours.
CORPORATION— Subscriber, Vallejo.
Cal. If a corporation is formed to work a
mine, and out of 100,000 shares a certain
number is placed on the market to secure
a working capital, the remainder of the
shares belong to the stockholders. Dis
honest trustees might, in the event of the
venture becoming valuable, resort to
methods by which small stockholders
could be "frozen out."
VACCINATION— N., City. There is no
law in California which compels an in
dividual to be vaccinated every seven
years, but there is a law that directs the
governing school authorities to exclude
from the benefits of the common schools
any child or person -who has not been
successfully vaccinated, excepting such
child or person . whom a prac
ticing and licensed physician shall
certify has used due diligence
and cannot be vaccinated so as to pro
duce a successful vaccination. • All appli
cants for admission to the common
schools are required to show they have
been vaccinated within seven years.
CIVIL SERVICE RULES-AY. T.. Su
sanville, Cal. The Civil Service Commis
sion says the institutions or individuals
that announce that they have special fa
cilities for preparing applicants for civil
service examination are guilty of misrep
resentations, as they have not any in
formation which cannot be had by an ap
plicant without cost upon writing to the
United States Civil Service Commission,
Washington, D. C. The commission also
says "Letters in regard to examinations
and other business of this commission
should not be addressed to members of
Congress or other persons not connected
with the commission, as this only causes
delay and does not in any way assist the
applicant." ■ •
BUILDING IN CASINO —Y. O. S.,
Taylor, Cal. One of the laws governing
the game of casino says: "Should a
player build up a card to a certain de
nomination, and his opponent decline to
build it up higher, he, the first player,
may not alter his build, but must take
it with a card of the same denomina
tion; he is, however, at liberty to make
another build, either of the same or of
any other denomination, or he may pair
or combine any other cards before tak
ing up his first build, but he must comply
with one of these conditions before play
ing a card which will not do either. A
player cannot "build on his own hand
and another at the same time.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY-
Enq.. City. The headquarters of the
National Geographic Society, which has
for its purpose the "increase and dif
fusion of geographic knowledge, are in
the city of Washington, D. C.
MULTIPLICATION-J. C. 8., Martinez,
Cal. If your friend insists that in multi
plication cr.ce one Is two, do not attempt
to convince him to the contrary, as you
will only waste your time, for he evi
dently has not sufficient mental caliber
to appreciate the difference between
multiplication and addition.
NORTH GERMAN LLOYD SHIPS-
H. D., City. The vessels that are now be
ing built for the North German Lloyd
Company are the Groser Kurfurst, 12,500
tors: Rheln. Main, Konig Albert and
Princess Irene, 10,000 each; Koln Frank
furt and Hanover, 7500 tons each; the
Strassburg and Wurzburg, 5000 tons each,
Freidburg, Marburg Dell and Neckar, ton
nage not given: Also a fast express
steamer of 16.500 tons, to be 700 feet long
and to have a speed of 23 . knots. The
other vessels named are from 550 to -90
feet In length.
"WORTH A JEW'S EYE"— Subscriber,
Berkeley, Cal. The origin of the expres
sion, "Worth a Jew's eye," is uncertain,
but it was used in the time of Shakes
peare. That writer in the "Merchant of
Venice" has:
There will come a Christian by
Will be worth a Jewess' eye.
In Nares' "Glossary** there is the fol
lowing: "The exactions to which the
Jews were subject in the thirteenth cen
tury and the period both before and after
exposed them to the most cruel and tyran
nical mutilations if they refused to pay
the sums demanded of them. The threat
of losing an eye would have a powerful
effect, hence the high value of a Jew's
eye." The expression is a popular one,
used as a simile for anything that is val
uable.
AROUND THE
CORRIDORS
C. D. Wright of San Jose is at the Lick.
General Fred Funston is registered at
the Occidental.
George L. Hoxie, an attorney of Fresno,
is a guest at the Lick.
Paul H. Blades, a journalist of Los An
geles, is at the Palace.
J. Craig, proprietor of Highland Springs,
Is staying at the Grand.
Bishop Nichols has come up from San
Mateo and is at the Occidental.
Edwin T. Earl, the Sacramento fruit
man, is registered at the Palace.
Alfred Kernents, a tourist from Ger
many, Is a guest at the Palace.
R. J. Northam, a wealthy fruit grower
of Riverside, is registered at the Palace.
Dr. H. E. Reid. one of the leading phy
sicians of Sacramento, is a guest at the
Grand.
A. W. Jones, one of the prominent capi
talists of Monterey County, is a guest at
the Lick.
Among the arrivals of yesterday at the
Lick was C. L. Merrill, an oil man of
Coalinga.
A. F. Slander, one of the lucky miners
from Dawson, is registered at the Lick
with his wife.
J. H. Gardiner, one of the leading mer
chants of Rio Vista, is among the recent
arrivals at the Grand.
L. A. Spitzer, Assessor of Santa Clara
County, is at the Grand, where he ar
rived yesterday from San Jose. He is ac
companied by his wife.
James F. Peck, one of the leading law
yers of Merced, is staying at the Lick
while on a short trip to this city.
Mrs. Henry Glass, wife of the com
mander of the naval training ship, is reg
istered with her daughter at the Palace
from Yerba Buena Island.
W. H. Malkin, a mine owner of Van
couver, and S. Heath, who is interested in
mines in the Northwest and whose home
is in Spokane, are at the Palace.
Dr.- A. "White, a prominent medical man
of Palmyra, Mo., is at the Occidental, ac
companied by his family and a party of
friends. He comes on a pleasure tour of
the coast.
CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Oct. 12.-Mrs. I. C. Moore,
Misses Pauline and Clara Moore and Sam
Moore of San Francisco are at the Grand.
David Kline of San Francisco is at the
Holland. E. J. Whitenherg of San Fran
cisco is at the Gilsey. T. T. Williams and
wife and B. Hayden of San Francisco are
at the Netherlands.
CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.— James A.
Newbold and wife of San Francisco are
at the Raleigh. Henry C. Rayles of San
Francisco is at the Wellington, and J A.
Marino of Oakland is at the St. James.
Cal. glace fruit 50c per lb at Townsend's. •
Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Mont
gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. * ■
California Oil Exchange.
The California Oil Exchange will open
for business at 10:40 next Wednesday.
There will be two daily sessions of the
oil board. William Edwards will act a3
caller. A book will be kept open for the
public containing facta about the oil com
panies listed, and every one will be at
liberty to Inspect it. Emile Kahn, secre
tary, will have the book in charge.
"Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup'
Has been Used tor fifty an by millions of
mothers for their children while Teething with
perfect success. It soothes the child, softens
the gums, allays pain, cures Wind Colic, regu
lates the Bowels and is the best remedy far
Diarrhoeas, whether arising from teething or
other causes. For sale by druggists in every
part of the world Be sure and ask ,for Mis.
Winslow's toothing Pyrup, 25c a bottle.
HOTEL DEL CORO.VADO— advantage
of the round-trip tickets. Now only $60 by
steamship, including fifteen days' board at Ho
tel; longer stay, $2 50 tier day. Apply at 4 New
Montgomery street. San Francisco.
Yesterday's Insolvents.
E. C. Winchell. attorney at law. Oak
land; liabilities, $10,977 97; assets, $10. The
liabilities are on borrowed money and
promissory notes executed in Fresno.
G. Principiano. farmer, Agnews, Santa
Clara County; liabilities, $176175; no as
sets.
ADVERTISEMENT S.
uOIOS the ullfiSl
When your cold has
settled down deep in your
chest, cough syrups will not
relieve you. The system
must be given strength and
force to throw off the
disease.
does just this. It enables
you to conquer the inflam-
mation. The lungs soon heal,
and all danger is passed. Do
not let the disease become
chronic because of neglect.
Soe. »nd $i.oo, all druggists.
SCOTT & BOW.NE, Chemists, New York.