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THE Financial Chronicle, which speaks for Wall street, dis
courses solemnly, if not learnedly, concerning the duty on
wheat, which, as a tax on a prime necessary of life, should
at once be eliminated. The Chronicle's reason
ing would be valid if the tax were, operative
and not, as it is, merely a gold brick handed
to the farmer. Thus it seems to the Chronicle ;
There has been so little discussion of the
subject of the imposts on agricultural products,
. s « ¥HMV^w. and these inordinate duties have been, main
tained so long that we doubt if many persons know how high the tax
really is. Under existing law- no foreign wheat can enter this country
without paying a tax of 25 cents a bushel. Just think of taxing such a
necessary food article as wheat ;25 cents a bushel! As it takes about
four and a half bushels of wheat to make a barrel of flour, this y is
equal to a tax of $1.12 per barrel. Accordingly, all consumers in the"*
United States find that much added to the cost of their supplies.
All of which is simple and unadulterated bosh. The farmer
takes no benefit whatever from the duty on wheat. The price
of his product is fixed by the Liverpool market— that is, by the
price of the surplus available for export. The duty, of course,, has
no effect on foreign prices and it has none on home prices, because
no wheat is imported. It is no secret that this schedule "was made
to humbug the farmer into believing that he was getting his share
of the plunder.
To be sure, the Financial Chronicle knows all this, and the
object was merely to drag a red herring across the trail, as appears
from its conclusions, thus: -\ ,
Is it not evident, therefore, that the agricultural and food schedule
in the tariff bill i* more in need of attention than the schedules which
have been the subject of such acrimonious discussion on the part of
the president and the conferees of the two houses? Talk of a down
ward revision seems insincere, and professions of regard for consumers
have a hollow sound* so long as these high tariff taxes on articles of
food are permitted to remain on the statute books. ' \u25a0
The purpose, of course, was to distract attention from pro
posals to lower duties that are really operative to increase prices
of the necessaries of life.
In this relation an interesting story of political intrigue comes
from the northwest. Senator Aldrich is represented by the
Minneapolis Journalas having secured the support of Senator
McCumber of North Dakota as a member of the finance committee
[by. a promise of even higher duties on wheat. The Journal says : -
Once the senate boss had the North Dakotan securely caged he
felt reasonably safe. He had divided the opposition of the northwest
. to the stand^at policy. He had bought off the northwest's representative
on the finance committee with a mess of pottage. Honest downward
revision of the tariff, so earnestly desired by the people of North
Dakota, as well as by the people of tKfc entire northwest, had been
traded off for a bunch of brass rings and glass beads.
. Then. came the conference committee and wiped out altogether
the increase of the duty that had been promised for the beguile
ment of the North Dakotan.
One Form
Of
Tariff HumBug
SPEAKER CANNON'S absolute domination of the house of
representatives is demonstrated by the punishment which he
has dealt out to three of the leading members, whom he. has
deprived of their chairmanships of commit
tees and by that action reduced to the ranks.
The offense of these members is that they
fought Cannon last winter when there was
question of modifying .the house rules in
_ such fashion as to limit in a moderate way
the absolute power of the speaker.
The sufferers by this arbitrary exercise of power for the grati
fication of personal malice are Fowler of New Jersey, Gardner; of
Massachusetts and Cooper of . Wisconsin. They have lost the
chairmanships of important committees and ' are thus shorn- of
power beyond that exercised by ; any congressman. Apart from the
personal aspects of this shabby little exhibition of private malice
at public cost, the matter has another bearing of general significance.
Fowler was chairman of the committee on currency and is an
expert in this field. He is replaced byVreeland, who is merely a
pale shadow of Aldrich. The so called "reform" of the currency
is* slated as the leading matter for consideration by the coming
regular session of congress. Aldrich is understood to be engaged
in planning the measure and Vreeland will be expected to carry
™«t his orders in the house. The country should know what sort
of "reform" to expect from Aldrich. .'
How Cannon
Punishes
His Enemies
THE GALL has no opinion one way or the other as to the
feasibility of the plans proposed by -certain depositors of the
California, safe deposit and trust company who think they
will be able to rehabilitate that concern, ft
is - that some 50 per cent of ;thc
depositors are in accord with these plans, and
they are entitled to a' hearing and considera
tion. Receiver Le Breton opposes the\ plan
as proposed anchdeclares it to be impracticable!
He asks an order of court to begin distribution at once of the funds
so far realized in liquidation of assets. The money in his hands
amounts to $900,000, which would > pay a - 10 per cent dividencl
to depositors. BMBB $M' '
When such a distribution begins there is an end to the bank
as an organized proposition and business. The
court to give them a postponement of this for .\u25a0\u25a0-. two
months, in which time; they hope to be able to. mature; plans for
reorganization that will command .confidence. v They- are; certaihly
entitled to that concession. It is two years "since" the failure and
no further loss can result from this delay and the request is pre
ierred; by responsible; people.
Depositors Are
Entitled to
Consideration
EDITORIAL PACE OF THE CALL
They Know Their
Master`s Voice
THE . corporation lawyers who makej a business of attending
national /conventions ; like that on how in
at Spokane, are eager in defense of Secretary .Ballinger. \u25a0 The
secretary of the linte'rior is unfortunate in his • f rierids. The support
of such men is more. damaging; thanytheir v enmity. -
, It is not without meanings that; expensive /corporation lawyers
at the Spokane congress and the.Chrbnicle in this city fly to the
defense of Ballinger. ;We all know. -what that "means and it. does
not help Ballinger's case. .. / , / ' •
What do these corporation lawyers and their employers want?
They want to make those seizures of national resources that Bal
linger is accused of permitting. They; Vwant; in a. ; word, to get
public property without being compelled to pay the price." Baliinger
is'accused of opening the way r for this form of/ public and
the corporations < immediately hasten ; to His defense. - •\u25a0 '- ; .>: \
It has been a settled policy with .corporations interested j in
exploiting the national resources to stuff conventions vlike : that fat
Spokane with lawyers and other advocates employed to /'work"
public sentiment in favor of these plans. Frank -Short of -Fresno
has been prominent at such gatherings. He is at Spokane now;
John P. Irish used to "be -active in the same field of usefulness to
these corporations. The national irrigation convention that was
held in -San Francisco a dozen years ago, was stuffed with corpora
tion lawyers and handy men. The business was then in its infancy
and the nature of the, employment of , these men . was not so well
understood by the public as it has since become. _ ,
It js,>therefore, a significant fact when we find these gentry
flying to the support of Secretary>Ballinger. X man is known by
the company he keeps, and Ballinger's friends do hot inspire con
fidence. Blanche, Tray and Sweetheart, the' whole corporation. pack,
are barking at the heels of Gifford Pinchot and fawning on Bal
linger... They know their. master's voice.
COMMISSIONER- FILCHER, apologizing 'in a Sacramento
paper for his 'absurd and ridiculous "report," The
Call's exposure of his ridiculous blunders to the personal
hostility of Rufus P. Jennings of the promo
tion committee, whom Filcher charges with
writing or inspiring the article. Mr. Filcher
may be reassured on this point. Mr. Jennings
never saw or heard of; the exposure until it
was published. The" responsibility belongs
wholly to The Gall, and, it was not inspired by hostility to Filcher
or by' any other sense except that public money was being wasted
in a discreditable way under Commissioner Filcher's direction.
j In further excuse Filcher blames the public printer for some
of the most egregious, errors in the report, as, for instance, the
statement that Alameda county apples sold for $1.50 per pound.
Unfortunately for Filcher's excuse similar errors are found "all
through the list of Alameda county products, and the report carries
and repeats the errors of the previous report of 1906. It is simply
an exhibition of slipshod laziness on the part of ; Filcher.
But Filcher's excuses are hot complete with this. Having
sought with what success we have noted to shoulder the blame
on Mr. Jennings and on the state printer, he seeks to shelter him
self behind the county statisticians, who are, he says, the real : parties
at fault and guilty of the blunders that make his report; ridiculous.
This excuse is neither more fior less than a confession of incom
petency ©n the part of Filcher. If he is incapable of detecting
errors in county reports/ like that] concerned with the prices of
Alameda county, products . and the 'statistics of dairying exposed
in these columns he is unfit for his" job and ought 'to-be " remdved
summarily. Filcher has been feeding at the public crib/for a dozen
years or more and this is the sort of service he gives. 'By his own
concession he is lazy and incompetent. We offer to the public
his unconscious appraisement of himself and his work. MW3&
Filcher's
Appraisement
Of Himself
IT is. a strange literature of despair that comes from Russia.
The universal sense of pessimism -thai it might readily
take form in bombs and dynamite 'as the easiest way' but of
"~~| a bad business. A* striking example of this
despairing, state of mind is found in an article
written by H. Stolypin/'brother of the Russian
premier, and . printed by the Novoe Vrernya
of St. Petersburg. This is the way he char-
acterizes the duma-:|B|
The party of the extreme left, the Black Hundred, represent a street
mob; they consist of selfish obscurantists and diseased lunatics. The :•/;
moderate right, the "corpses," are without political significance. • The
nationalists are would be bureaucrats, too late for the feasts The
Octdbrists are cadets of the second class— a' pack of bores, and paper
politicians. , The peace renovators are antiquated back numbers. ; The
; Kolo,_or Polish-, party, are mere 'negative elements, tending, however, .
to. disintegrate and" destroy. In this, respect they co-operate with the
Mohammedan party. The cadets are merely , political -Jesuits, and are
.: nicknamed "W. : W. W." B.,*' i. c., "Whichever way the wind blows."
.The group of labor attempted vajnlytoexpropriatethe land in the first
and second dumas and arib now dead wood.. The Essadees (social demo- 1
crats).and the.Essars (social revolutionists) have bathed Russia in blood
and are execrated. I believe this is all. • ', But what does it signify? Com
plete ruin? What have we to hope for?^ Where can we find support?
The past oflfe'rsjno consolation, J . for; we:; know the "gentlemen" of \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0the ''old
regime have brought Russia to the brink -of the abyss: A glance at the
present official world gives us the impression of universal .rotteriness,
of universal decay. "' ; : .lt is a terrible specter. There is no clean spot left
in Russia. What a country, what a people ! Demoralized, ungif ted,
criminal! \u25a0. ."',": \u25a0'"-'\u25a0 - '-'.'\u25a0'/ . -.'." '.'\u25a0\u25a0>'\u25a0\u25a0., '- '*'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 ' "\u25a0 " ""'
Perhaps this is an extreme example, but , very much the. same
bitter medicine- is offered by all the great Russian writers— Tolstoi;
Turgeneff, Gorky. -It is a veritable^ literature :bf ; despair, that sees
everything, black. The'lamehtatipns of Job'^are happy by compan
soh.< Terrorisr^ ; is the natural expression of such a frame of mind.
Hung are the heavens with ; black and there is no. good in anything.
If; we may believe the Russians life in that country Vis all tragedy^
Russia, the
Land of
Despair
THE Chronicle's plea that immunity, be given to Calhoun
because : its :. proprietor and some other "businessmen"' of the
same stripe are tired of the prosecution does not find much
" favor with interior, California or, indeed, any
where, outside the columns of; the Calhoun
press. Chronicle; the^Oakland Tribune
and -Calhoun's kept newspaper.; are vociferous
and \u25a0 abusive in ; support >of \u25a0 their demand that
_ 'no further notice be taken of the crime of
bnpery,^ but tneirv advocacy is perfectly) well understood; by the press
of the; state. : For instance, the Stockton: Press seesat in this wise:
' The^Chronicle came out: boldly the ; other day; and made an editorial
plea/ that; the n graft • prosecutions should stop ; on :„ the ground that San
Francisco ; was: tired ? of Uhem. ;; Sari Francisco^ indeed!- people i of
>; the, sovereign state ; of; California are^:plaintiffs~in those trials^ It. was the
state that was? disgraced by, the miscarriage -of J justice^ wlien^ the; Ford
jury;; brought: in ai verdict: of^acquittalj^it; was thefstate that was dis-
gfaced -wh en the Callioun '} j u ry, di sagr eed ; agai n Avh'en the supreme cour t
'.. turned Schmitz free.: The attorney^generaFof rthe^state-bught-tr the^state-bught-to 'have
the power to have tjie '| Calhoun case transferred to'\u25a0sorne-co'unty'in-.whiclv-'-
public sentiment; is, not; so cowardly 7 ; subservient' Vtq' and
.-: wealtli as it is in; Sair Francisco. ./: ; There: has : never ;been" any-question-
' about^Calhoun's guilt i and L there ought 'to .be no question about' proving
: himf guilty. A, San; Joaquin^jury;- for riristance.^wouldJ very:* likely 2 have
found him guilty^ ;orijth"etfirst^
The .-reasoning, is conclusive for honest men and : the demon
;stration,beco*mes i , comjplete . when \; we find Dargie, de Young ";'and
the; kept; hewspapers; taking tlie; other :side/-;It us Enough' to'-knbw
what..that-gaiigwants. There! is tio^
;of:an>r ;of:its; component; elements. •': \u25a0 •• \u25a0 \u25a0>;, • '- : m^
The Interior
Press on
Calhoun
SMART SET TALK
IS OF WEDDINGS
Brides Elect Are Planning
> For \u25a0 Autumn 'i V
'::. ' - Ceremonies:. ; .
THE, earliest^ weddings of the sea
son are already - a topic for. dls
; ; cusslon 'among the brides elect and
their friends— while - the selection of
bridesmaids Is one of the social .pro
cesses \ that : has begun with the 'other
considerations that -belong to a yed
ding in. autumn. -The color scheme is
a matter; of \u25a0 great 'moment to the -bride
and i her 'bevy, of attendants, -andy the
details of f - a ceremony with
the reception ; afterward make h quite
enough, material for worry amongthose
most concerned. in the arrangements.
, One- of the brides.to.be who is' deep
in -preparation' for- her 'wedding, next
month is Miss Helen, Wilson^ The date
of her -wedding with Paymaster Walter
A. Greer f ".U.;S. ; N., has been announced
for; September 29, to the -surprise of
her friends, who had anticipated that
the marriage would not take place un
til later in the season. \u25a0. The event is
to be on that date, however, and there
will -be several attendants, although the
exact{ number j and the personnel 'are
not:yet-ready.-for-'current gossip. . ;
The wedding will be an evening af
fair and .will take place at Trinity,
with' several hundred guests at , the
'church service -and. only the -closest
friends of the couple at the reception
afterward, which will be held; at the
horned of Mr. and Mrs. John Scott Wil
eoh in Washington street.
Another bride of the autumn will be
Miss Lydia- Gibbons, whose marriage
with Gustave Schaefer of Honolulu will
be an event of. this month and will
take place, in fact, Friday" evening,
August 27, at the First Presbyterian
church in this city.
The. bride elect is the attractive
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles P.
Gibbons, and had not made her formal
bow to society when her engagement
to the . prominent clubman of Hono
lulu" was announced several, months
ago. The brjde has selected green and
white for the color scheme at' her
wedding, and it is said that the gowns
and details of the decorations have^an
originality quite unusual in the chosen
effect.
'The bride will.be attended by her
sister, Mrs. J. Charles Green, as matron
of honor, while Miss Constance Cum
mings will attend as bridesmaid and
George Brown of Honolulu will act as
best man.
'. The wedding of Miss Cummings and
Ensign Joerns, U. S. X., by^the way,
will be. a later event of the' season
and another wedding is remembered in
connection with this event, since George
Brown, who fills the ofjlce of best man,
is Up fiance of 'Miss Minna Berger,
who Is visiting here from Honolulu
with popular Miss r Alice Macfarlane.
The Brown-Berger wedding will be an
event of ' December. The wedding re
ception of Miss Gibbons and Mr. Schae
fer.will take place at the Fairmont and
will be an elaborate affair. The young
couple will live in Honolulu. \u25a0 : : v;!
Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert Blackmer, who
was Miss Enid Cunningham, are estab
lished in an attractive home in Berke
ley and are receiving the felicitations
of their friends. Their wedding, which
took place July 31 in the Unitarian
church, was not announced with the
usual reception and congratulations,
but, was quietly celebrated with a wed
ding breakfast afterward at the home
of the bride's parents, Mr. and *nrs.
George Loring Cunningham.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hayes Smith are
leaving todayfor a motor trip to Del
Monte with a party of friends, but will
only 'remain for a weekend visit, as
they ; are % established at the Fairmont
for the season and will return to town
early next week. .
(Dr.; and Mrs. Ernest Dwight Chipman
are at their country_ nome, Skyacres,"
In Martn county.-where they will re
main during the late summer. They
have .just, returned to the attractive
place after an extended absence in the
east, where they ;have' : been traveling
since the early season.
Cyril Tobiri and John Gallois are at
Tahoe for a delightful outing, and will
_remain several days at least before
returning ;to town; and among others
at the same attractive place are : Mr.
and Mrs. E. J. Benedict. .
Dr. Millic6nt Cosgrave"; Is leaving
town V this / afternoon for a delightful
outing at : Ross, where she will be > the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Henry St. Goar
at./ One of the' weekend' parties that
have: been /an attraction this season
at the, hospitable "country home. ""/\u25a0
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: ;Mrs. \u25a0Wellington Gregg is at San Ma
teo.'and iis slowly; recovering after her
recent I serious -illness. v : Her friends are
anticipating \u0084t hatc sh'e ; will : be iable to
return • to c town ; shortly; where -she will
pass the winter w^lth: her family.
- "Mr.', and i Mrs. Walter ..A. Scott, ,wlth
Mrs.*; Scott's i mother,' Mrs." 5 : Frederick :J.
Amwegii will, leave ; in a' few days . for, a
summer outing at Ross; where they, have
taken > aJcottageTahd""willJ : remain I'dur
ing v- the ?. month v of »\u25a0 September.'^;; Since
their.' return' from; Honolulu < the; Scotts'
have^been i'.V at T ; the K^Amweg '.'\u25a0 home ' in
.Washington - street, ' and ' will return ' to
this! cltyif or 'the. winter.- '
.> :- Mrs., J. M. Driscoll . and " Miss ; Mary
.Verdori are in- San ' Mateo : and .will
probably : remairiif or; an J indefinite
Theyt are ; occupying (thel country* home
of "\u25a0: Mr. : \u25a0; and ; \u25a0\u25a0. Mrs. .^.Thomas 'J Driscoll,'
where7 they\ have "the ; directions of * the
household t while"; the, Tom <Driscolls are
in "Montana* on; a: hunting.' trip.'.;
'--:Mrs. James ;;Klng- Steele \u25a0: is '.--out; of
tbwn\ for 1 a tvislt *: in k f Mendocinq "county,
and, probably will? remain ; for several
days longer, oh the -delightful, outing. \u25a0
ifj Theodore^ Wores.V who ;returned re
cently.? after J aHirextended} absence in
the i«' southern-; part -ofithel state; ., where
he ;« has jbeen> passing: the? time: between
LbsrAngelesfandJotheriplaces of inter
est ) in ?. thelf artherjsduth;*. has .been ' giv.-'
ing? a;; series fi of >i In formal \u25a0"-_ teas ,at his
studio; lh; Calif ornia\street;*'and,linifact*
hast entertained fa f coterie -of; f riends lal
most^everyi- Saturday -afternoon since
hisf returns to"; town.' \u25a0-\u25a0,-_-•\u25a0\u25a0
The Insider
Tells of the respect gained by Jane Addams frora an
classes by her settlement work in Chicago, and gives
an example of the practical help she gave unfortunates
I HOUGH Miss Jane Addam3 may not
reach, the White House in an executiye
capacity, as the woman suffragists de
sire, according; to ;-a recent dispatch, there are more women than the vote
desirers who think that a worse choice for president of the United States
might be made than this woman, who. made. as strong, a . fight for a city s
betterment as was ever made' by one of the sterner sex. When I first visted
Chicago, about 12 years' ago, the name "Jane Addams" was on every hp and
people were coming even from far away Europe to see Hull house and it 3
founder.- High and low knew and loved 1 Miss Addams. As one old chap
in the nineteenth ward expressed it: ."lf there be ony one 'ill hey respic* in
their buryins,. it's her, it is. Sure it's her that's great, great for a woman."
.Chicago'men approved of Miss Addams because she had such a moderate,
generous point of viewi She was not a fanatic, not rabid in any way. Her
modesof going to work to better the city, were sane and practical. So they
placed her on the school board. Then she made a bid for the contract to
remove the- garbage from the streets. She failed in this, but was made
garbage inspector, and she did her noble best to make Chicago a. dean' city.
That she did not succeed was not her fault, but of those who would not
second her courageous efforts.
A story that reveals the generous side of Mi3S Addams* character was
toldme by; one who knew her well. An Italian^moved to the Windy. City
from his sunny ; Italy and established himself .and family in a .ruinous wooden
hut near Halsted. street. He had been a carver of those wooden figures
with which San Franciscans are familiar as peddled by Italian*., The wooden
walls of his hut tempted the artist; and one Sunday he started in and covered
them with samples of his art. The real estate agent discovered the "mutila
tion" and made the man move out immediately. As he and hi 3 wife and
children sat in the road, in the midst of their -small pile of furniture. Mi3S
Addams came to the rescue. She had been summoned by one of the children,
who had once been- taught at Hull house. Miss 'Addams entered the house
with the wrathful agent, and examining the wall carvings saw that they were
really fine works of art. It did not take her long. to make thi3 plain to the
agent, who let the family move back again. Then Miss Addamj secured
the man work with an employer who could appreciate his talent. She is
always doing kind things like that, and though she is no longer actively
engaged, in settlement work she still keeps her eye on the part of it, at least,
that she started in- Chicago.
Madea Brave Fight
to Clean Widdy City
Collector of the PortStackable of Honolulu,
who has threatened to arrest the entire crew
of the protected 'cruiser St. Louis for the .
alleged smuggling of tapa cloth from Samoa, is well remembered by the
customs officials at this port for the embarrassment his wholesale hospitality
once caused them. \u25a0 \u25a0 . . .
Stackable was a passenger from Honolulu, a year or so ago, on the liner
Korea.- He devoted his six days on board ship to making friend 3, and-to
each new found acquaintance he extended an invitation to accompany him
ashore on the revenue cutter Golden Gate when the ship reached San Fran
cisco. As this meant avoiding the usual delay caused by the examination of
baggage on the wharf the invitations were accepted with alacrity.
"I'm collector of the port at Honolulu, you know," he told his friends,
"and the Golden Gate will be placed at my disposal. I. can save you a couple
of hours' delay. Leave it tome".
When Chief Boarding Officer Charles Stephens climbed over the Korea's
side Stackable was there to introduce himself.
"It is late and I would like," said Stackable, "to go ashore in. the cutter.
Could you arrange it for me?"
i:* 7 - Stephens surely cou^d. .
"And may I take a few friends with me?'* "*' .
"Yes, I guess we can "fix that," replied Stephens. "I'll let you know when
we're ready. Better have your friends get their baggage together so ,ais
to avoid "delay and save attracting too much attention."
a .Stackable passed the word and -10 minutes later the alleyway on the side
of the ship to which the Golden Gate was made fast was blocked with baggage
and waiting passengers. On every hand could be heard: : -
"Go and see Mr. Stackable. He'll fix.it for you, too."
"Ready now, -Mr. Stackable; get your friends together," said Stephens.
When Stephens found that Stackable's friends constituted about 75 per
cent of the liner's passengers he called a halt. Stackable escaped the storm
by boarding the Golden Gate, which took him away, and for two hours; after,
until the, liner was alongside the, wharf, Stephens and his. lieutenants were
kept busy explaining their inability to assume responsibility for the Hdnolnia
collector's^ impulsive hospitality.
"Yes/ said Stephens. yesterday, "we remember Mr. Stackable very well"
Collector Is Noted
For His Hospitality
ANSWERS TO QUERIES
MARU— A., City. What is the meaning of the
Japanese word "maru," used In connection with
vessels? • '\u25a0 BBS
It is a special suffix always attached
to the names of ships of the merchant
marine. Basil Hall Chamberlain, emer
itus, professor of Japanese and phil
ology in the imperial" university of
Tokyo, was once asked the same ques
tion, and , his reply was: "It is often
asked ' 'What does the word maru.; in
the names of ships as. Tokyo Marii, etc.,
mean?' -The origin of the term is ob
scure. The word 'maru' means 'round,*
but how came' ships by so inappro
priate a name? The first thing to note
is k that in former.times ships had not
the monopoly of the name maru.*- Musi
cal instruments of various. kinds, pieces
of armor, dogs,, hawks and the con
centric sections of castles were also
called maru. The projbability is that
two distinct words, 'maru' and'maro,'
have flowed Into: one .and go got con
fused. : To name the concentric sections
of a castle.maru (round) was but-natur
ral. The word maro, on"; the other hand;
is an archaic "term of \u25a0 endearment,
hence its use/ln such proper names
as Tamura maro, a great general who
subdued ' the Alnos; Abe-No-Naka maro,
an; eminent "scholar of .'the eighth* cen
tury. Oklna maro, a favorite dog of the
emperor -Ichi jo, and others. When the
ancient word, maro ceased to be under
stood.^itlwould "easlly ; slide Into' maru
by th* alliteration of the final vowels,
o : and . v ; being ; particularly apt to in
terchange in; the- Japanese language.
Maru Is .applied -to merchant vessels
only. •\u25a0', War \vessels ; take . kan instead,
as Maya . Kan, , Asama Kan, etc. " Kan
was originally Chinese, a word mean
ing- war vessel. .It is. now pronounced
lan In 'China, and Is no longer used
there in the same ; sense." *\u25a0['
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CONTESTS— B. F. S.. Eureka. Cal. How
are contests for lands in- Idaho and . Montana
conducted ? Is It necessary for : a person 'to-be
present at the; time ofthecontest."
The United. States ; land, office \n Eu
reka ought to "be able 'to give you that
information. - This department has not
the; rules governing* such" matters," but
as; the . same ; rules } govern in ; each ,-land
district, the office named can enlighten
you. •
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'DOUBLE "WEDDING— A.. Fetaluma. Cat 'In
a ' doubla. wedding 'in church Is each couple mar
ried, separately ?\u25a0.. ; v
\u25a0 : When, asked "this question Rev.. H. S.
Wllklhson/lpastor of .the Howard; street
Methodist Episcopal church. >ald: "The
rule: is "that^each^couplejis given ' the
vow '.'separately, and the rest of the
service '\u25a0 jointly."
. MARRIAGE— M. M., City. Hare Just been
granted an > Interlocutory divorce.' -v. Can I co
out ' on \u25a0 the , high ' seas and , be legally,! married be
fore, the; final decree is granted. \
You i can \u25a0'. hot. A person is not di
vorced' in' thls;statejuntil the final de
cree*, is^entered,; and;any
before such ,a : decree "is entered com
mits '-bigamy. v"-. r . -_\u25a0 -'
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-^ADDRESSES— A. I G., City." TheVad
dresses- of -the \u25a0 persons asked
for are:;. Philip* Sousa,. Arbor Court
building, 'New : York city. William
Keith.- Berkeley, >Cal.; Florence Night
lnsrale.vParJs^Lane.lr'W./ London, En z.i
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AUGUST 14, 1909
former Empress Eugenic, Farnborough
Hill, England; .Wilhelmina,-The Hasue.
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MOURNING— F. S, R., Cltj. How lons
should a husband or wife wear mourning after
the death of the one or the other ?; How • tons
shonld children wear mournlag for « parent? '
; Those who wish to -.'conform "to the
old style' of mourning, wear. It -for a
year, but. In -recent years the- outward
show of .'mourning la" discarded, tt be-
Ingr the belief that no one has the right
to thrust the emblems of Individual
sorrow upon the gaze of every one he
knows, but that Borrow should be In
the heart and mind.
' EMBLEMS— F.^C. Cltr. When did th» f*f
eral anthorlt!** declare It nnlawfnl to one the
American eagle or the emblem of the United
States «f or trademark purposes?
By the act of congress. February 20,
1905, It is made unlawful to use for
such, purpose anything that consists of
or comprises the flag. or coat of arms
bf^the United States or, any simulation
thereof, or of any municipality or of
any - f ore! gn nation.
REVENUE CUTTER SBRVTCE^Sabacriber.
Palo, Alto, Cal. To whom Bhall'l apply for te
fonsatioa »n the tutiject nt entering U>« United
States reTenne cutter wnrice?- Is it necessary
to hare political Influence? :
Appointments ,are made after com
petitive examination of the applicants,
who must be not less than 21 nor more
than 2« years of age. Write to the
revenue- cutter "service. Washington,
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MUSICIAN— H. M. H.. atj. If a person has
a m^le t a^ n -,&? OnS - WIU -" .«*• W&«.
Just . as long as it will take the
student to learn all that there is to be
learned in the particular chosen line.
There is no set time In which one may
become a proficient musician.
A little nitric acid is applied and It
m m* 1 -^ ; tO eat lnto tne metal a
little; .the latter will then be covered
witha ftlnvof oxide." The barrel is then
cleaned, oiled and burnished.
CARTOONIST— A* S.. City. As there
has never been a' meeting of the news
paper editors for the purpose of dis
cussing'the ability of the party you
name,. as^ cartoonist and Illustrator.
It is impossible to state what the "gen
eral opinion Is as to him." X'
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WATER—NY N..- Oaklam!. Cal- How murt»
water Is there on the San Francisco- bar when it
is rain las on Mount Shasta?
Just enough to drown the "smart", in
dividual who propounds such a ques-
STEWARDESS— Mrs. , M.. San Jose. Cal
Where * shall I . apply . for a position « as? stew
ardess on any; of the steamers?
Send your application to the company
you may select.' — •>' - •
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CARNEGIE INSTITUTE— F.. Palo Alto. Ca*.
1* *»?** *ny representatire In San FrancUco ot
the . Carnegie institute 1 ,; . .- . v r .r.f ,
- Yes * Judge' W./w.. Morrow.
'il,^ l^-' 81 V..'t^»; Anseles. C.I.
When did the steamer Martha W««hlnsron. wnlca
wiled from New; York Jane 23. reach- Naples 1
During the" &ss% .W«ifc'ia Jvjfr