THE LATEST BROKEN HEART.

YOU FOS is a Chinese laundryman of Pitts-burg and his Sunday school teacher promisedto marry him. It is a regrettable fact that to

make such promises seems to be a weakness of theSunday school teacher who snatches heathen brandsfrom the burning. No sooner does the rescued real-ize that he has been duly snatched than he wantsthe woman who has been instrumental in hissalvation to marry him. Probably, this is that havingbeen saved he may remain so. Often he is refused,whereupon he goes back to fan-tan and ways that aredark. In many instances he is accepted. Then de-cency blushes and pale yellow half-breeds begin topeople the thoroughfares.

But the woman who saved You Fos, and for thesake of keeping him saved was willing to become his•rife, has backed down. She had a lucid interval andbalked at the altar. It seems that the minister towhom the twain applied for the tying of the knotchanced to be neither fool nor knave, so he told thegirl to go home. She went, and the stricken YouFos has brought suit for damages for breach ofpromise. In Pittsburg he may get something moresubstantial than what is technically known as the"ha ha." In this State he would never get a centby the verdict of any jury. To be sure there wouldbe some satisfaction in cinching a woman who hadbeen so idiotic as to permit a Chinese to make loveto her, yet itmu<t be remembered that she reformed,and that in all probability a Chinese was her onlychance.

NO EXCUSE FOR BRUTALITY.

COMMON instincts of the human heart checkany impulse to speak illof the dead, and abreach of this rule can only be justified when

it has been made necessary in defense of the living.If the dead are to be protected, surely the unfortu-nate, groping mindless in the borderland, is entitledto at least equal consideration; in the name of de-cency is entitled to more. The dead are past allharming. At times the clouds hovering about thementality may be dissipated and the vacant eye, tak-ing on again the old light, look once more upon theworld, realizing what it sees. Why prepare for itan insult or why harrow up the feelings of friendswho mourn as for one who has been called away?Perhaps the Post will tell.

The statement that Sutro has not paid his share oftaxes comes with bad grace from the organ of theSouthern Pacific, a monopoly which pays no tax itcan wriggle out of. which tries to repudiate its debts,which preys upon the community it should serve;, anorganization so venal and corrupt as to be a reproachupon the nation itself. Let the Post look to thesource whence it draws pap.

When General Flagler, chief of ordnance of theWar Department, was informed that tests made at thePresidio showed that 50 per cent of the shrapne!shells supplied to the light artillery at this post wasdefective he dismissed the subject with the remark,"Itis of small importance, as the shells are used insmall caliber or field guns." This is the first timehigh military authority has taken the ground that theimportance of a swindling operation in ammunitionvaries with the size of the gun for which the ammuni-tion is intended. According to the Flagler scale ofestimates, if 50 per cent of the rifle cartridges fur-nished the infantry were defective it would be of noimportance whatever.

French politeness is a trait of wide renown. Zolahimself probably has a high regard for it. Yet inthis wild Western Hemisphere an eminent authorbrought to the bar would not be greeted by threatsof being spat upon. We even think in our uncouthway that there is impropriety involved in spittingupon the sidewalk.

Hundreds of people who collected in PlymouthChurch lecture-room to hear a debate concerningthe admission of Hawaii did not hear it. To conductan argument there must be a question with two sides,but after the opponents of annexation had spokenthere was nothing more to say.

Of course Blar.co's tour of Cuba was a failure.Everything that has been undertaken by Spain's rep-resentatives in the islands has been a failure. Theonly method by which that country can achieve anycredit will be through a masterly and dignified re-treat.

Delany's assertion that his accuser ija liar anda blackmailer seems direct enough, but it doesnot prove anything. The indignant captain shouldbe digging for corroborative evidence.

Whether a man who dies by gas poisoning goesthrough the ordeal voluntarilyi3possibly an impor-tant question, but it does not affect the reputation ofthe gas.

BLAINE'S HAWAIIAN POLICY.

SO much has been said about Blame's Hawaiianpolicy that it is well to see what it was.

Ithas been distorted into nameless shapes toconvert it into an argument for annexation, and thatsentiment in the country which followed the Mainestatesman to the close of his career has been ap-pealed to for a supply of post-mortem enthusiasm inbehalf of the pending treaty.

Mr. Blame supported the independence of Hawaiiand considered only one emergency in which annex-ation could be justified, and that was imminence ofseizure by a foreign power. No such crisis has ap-peared. Its appearance has been often simulated,frequently pretended and many times prophesied,when it had no reality, present nor prospective. Thepoliticians of the Dole oligarchy and their allies inthis country have done their best to nag Japan intoa hostile demonstration, but without success. Infine there has been no evidence of the actual situationin which Blame proposed a step beyond maintenanceof the independence of the islands.

In 1881 England was suspected of an intention todemand consular jurisdiction over British cooliesfrom Hongkong. Blame, then Secretary of State,instructed our Minister at Honolulu to this effect:"The Government of the United States has, with un-varying consistency, manifested respect for the in-dependence of the Hawaiian kingdom and an earn-est desire for the welfare of its people. It has al-ways felt and acted on the conviction that the pos-session of those islands by a peaceful and prosperouspower, with which there was no possibility of con-troversy or collision, was most desirable, in refer-ence to its own large and rapidly increasing interestsinthe Pacific. Ithas declined even at the request ofthe Hawaiian people to assume over their affairs a

protectorate, which would be only a thinly disguiseddomination, and it has confined its efforts and in-fluence to strengthening their government and open-ing to their commerce the readiest and most profit-able connection with its own markets. But this pol-icy has been based upon our belief in the real andsubstantial independence of Hawaii. The Govern-ment of the United States has always avowed, andnow repeats, that under no circumstances willit per-mit the transfer of the territory or sovereignty ofthose islands to-any of the European powers. TheUnited States was one of the first among the great

nations to take an active interest in the upbuilding

of Hawaiian independence and the creation of a newpotential life for its people. It has consistently en-deavored, with success, to enlarge the material pros-perity of Hawaii on an independent basis."

He asserted over and over again that no departurefrom this policy could be justified by anything shortof an attempt to acquire jurisdiction by any otherpower.

Therefore, in the absence of such attempt, andnone is in sight or likely to be made, the Blamepolicy of neutrality and independence must stand.The threat of the Dole oligarchy to trade the coun-try off to some other nation does not constitute suchan attempt. It is nothing less than a confession thatthe oligarchy can no longer rest upon the supportof 2 per cent of the people, and that unless it can useits usurped and temporary authority to cede theislands to an outside power, the majority will installa. government in its place.

RESPECTFULLY DECLINED.

OUR valued contemporary, the Mission streetBoodler, asks us to assist it in getting an "ad-vertising" contract out of the Spring Valley

Water Company. We are compelled to refuse therequest. We are always ready to relieve the op-pressed and uplift the downtrodden in journalism,but we draw the line at corporation "advertising"contracts. We do not solicit such contracts our-selves, owing to the moral turpitude involved in exe-cuting them, and much as we might wish to relievethe financial difficulties of the Boodler, we are com-pelled to decline to assist it in blackmailing thewater company.

Perhaps in respect, to corporation "advertising"contracts The Call is a trifle youthful, but if it is wecannot help it. We take the same view of our dutyto our readers as was taken by the Supreme Court ofa newspaper's general duty to its readers in the cele-brated case of Fitch vs. De Young. The Boodlerwill remember that the defendant in that case, inorder to escape the penalty of libel, took the positionthat the owner of a newspaper, by virtue of his own-ership, had a right to sell its space and Its influence towhomsoever he wished, and that, therefore, it was notlibelous to say that he had sold it. A Superior Judgewas found who sustained this contention on the sa-cred ground that it is the privilege of a than to dowith his property as he pleases. But when the casewas taken to the Supreme Court that tribunal cameto the rescue of decency and morality. It declaredthat a newspaper's readers are its clients and that ithas no more right to sell them to corporations se-cretly than it would have to pick their pockets or robtheir houses.

It may be an evidence of our weakness, but wethink this is good law and good morals. We do not

believe the Boodler should be allowed to force thewater company to "advertise" unless it makes the en-tire business public at the time the sale takes place.The vice of the $30,000 contract with the SouthernPacific Company was its secrecy. The Boodlernever said a word about drawing $1000 a monthfrom the railroad treasury, nor that it had contractedto treat the monopoly with "justice" through twoLegislatures and a State campaign. In fact, it keptits readers entirely in the dark on the subject untilHuntingdon himself told a reporter in New Yorkthat the Boodler's enmity was due to the fact that hehad cut it off the railroad payroll.

We do not say that the rates of the Spring ValleyCompany should not be reduced. It seems to us aswell as to the Boodler that $778,000 is an enormoussum to pay in dividends in a single year. But howwould things be improved for the ratepayers if a por-tion of this $778,000 were turned over to the Boodlerfor "advertising"? That might contribute to the hap-piness of the sheet, but would it make the peopleany happier? The Boodler may think that when itis happy the people are happy, but we differ from iton that point. We think the converse is true. Whenthe Boodler is happy it is time for the people to lookout.

Even though the Boodler might put its request forassistance in this matter on personal grounds, wemust still decline to grant it. The Boodler electedthe present Board of Supervisors and should apply toits members 'for aid. It is reported that last year theboard got a contract and "dumped" the Boodler. Ifthis is true we have no hesitation in saying the boardwas ungenerous, if not ungrateful. What the Boodlershould do this year is to avoid being "dumped." Weknow of no other way in which it can get a contractout of the water company.

Even if the confession of the old Tammany chic/is in existence it is of less importance than a nicefresh confession from the present chief wouldbe.

THE LOS ANGELESWATER FIGHT.

BY action taken on Monday the Los AngelesCommon Council has given the water com-pany notice to file a complete inventory of its

property within two weeks in order that a basis maybe had for the settlement of the issue between the city

and the company.This is the most important step which has been

taken by the city government in the interest of thepeople since it first became clear that the water com-pany intended to hold on to the water supply of themunicipality after the lease had expired. If the ac-

tion is followed up with due vigor it cannot fail tosecure the rights of the city, and may therefore be ac-

counted an important victory of the people.The issue is one that never should have arisen.

The case of the people Is so strong both in law andin justice that the action of the water company inopposing it could have emanated only from a desireto plunder the public. By the terms of the lease un-der which the company has held the sources of water

supply in Los Angeles for thirty years the company

is bound to surrender possession of the property of

the city at the end of the term, and furthermore toconvey to the city all the improvements of the plantat a price to be fixed by arbitrators.

It is a matter for amazement that under these cir-

cumstances the company should have up to thistime declined to take any steps toward the fulfillmentof its obligations, while on the other hand showing a

thousand evidences of an intention#to hold on to the

plant at the expiration of the lease by postponing ar-

bitration to the indefinite future.At one time it appeared as if the scheme of the

company would be carried through with ease. Thethree leading papers of the city were silenced and the

Common Council induced to do nothing. Weeks andmonths passed, the time for the expiration of thelease was drawing near, and nothing had been doneto determine the price the city should pay for the im-provements, or even to arrange for arbitration. Thegame seemed to be in the hands of the water com-pany. It had only to keep quiet, lull the people torepose and postpone arbitration in order to be in astrong position to hold the water property of the city

for a long time to come.Fortunately Los Angeles had some citizens who

could not be induced to be silent in the presence ofthis scheme either by fear or favor, by bribes orbullying. They began a fight for the interests of thepeople which attracted attention throughout theState, notwithstanding the fact that the leading papers

of Los Angeles either ignored it or denounced thosewho led it.

At that juncture The Call discerned the importanceof the controversy and at once gave the advocatesof the rights of the city a chance to be heard. Thewhole scheme for retaining possession of the prop-erty of the city was exposed. Public sentiment was

aroused. Mass meetings were held. Popular indig-

nation made itself felt and the schemers of the watercompany were compelled to abandon their plan ofwinning by a still hunt. %

The action taken by the Common Council in call-ing for an inventory of the property of the watercompany within two weeks may under the circum-stances be regarded as the beginning of the end ofthe contest. Mayor Snyder is known to be stronglyon the side of the people, and now that he has theCouncil with him there can hardly be but one re-sult. A victory has been won for justice and law,

and The Call congratulates the people of Los An-geles upon the outlook for the recovery of theirproperty.

ZOLAIN COURT.

BEFORE the officials of the French Governmententered upon the prosecution of Emile Zolathey would have done well to consider^ the re-

sults of similaT prosecutions against men 6i geniusin times past. Had they done so they probablywould have decided to let the case pass and left thenovelist free to make of the Dreyfus incident a ro-mance or a political sensation, as he pleased.

In every single instance where a Government hasprosecuted a man endowed with a high order of lit-erary ability it has suffered a defeat and been markedthrough all history with a stain that nothing canerase. It has not mattered in the least whether theGovernment was right or wrong, whether the geniuswas a saint or a rascal. The one important fact hasbeen that the Government side of the case has beenburied in dull official reports which nobody reads,while the writer has told his with a vigor and gracethat win a way for them into the minds of all wholove literature and delight in eloquence.

Plutarch tells us that King Minos of Crete, whofor so many ages has been remembered as theoriginal of the Minotaur, was really a just and goodsovereign. He had the misfortune, however, to of-fend the Athenians, and the brilliant wits and poets

of that city of genius at once lampooned him and de-nounced him and fastened upon him for all time thecharges and stories that have made his name asynonym of all that is most brutal and bestial in na-ture. Itis not with impunity, adds Plutarch, that onecan offend the favorites of the muses.

Daniel Defoe was not a particularly good citizen,nor a very great genius, but the British officials whosent him to the pillory remain pilloried to this dayin history. There is reason to believe Dean Swiftwas not altogether a perfect saint, but all the samethe men who turned him from court and banishedhim to Ireland found little pleasure while living, andno increase of reputation since death, from the pic-tures he drew of them in "Gulliver's Travels." Vol-taire was not a model in any respect, but the Govern-ment that sent him to the Bastille has never been re-membered with special favor by any class or genera-tion of men from that day to this.It is useless to multiply instances. When law as-

sails a man who can write "thoughts that breathe inwords that burn" the right or wrong of the contesthas no effect on the result upon public opinion. Theworld- forgives genius that entertains it, and it neverforgives governments for being dull. It reads thework of the poet and romancer and does not read thelaw documents.

Zola may be condemned, and it may be proved heis rightly condemned, but it willavail his prosecutorsnothing. When he turns away from the Governmentand the populace, from the court and the crowd, andin the seclusion of his library takes up his pen hewillhave in his hand a weapon that willwin the fightfor him for all time. What he writes willbe read,and the world, interested and charmed by the forcefuland vivid style of the great realist, willnever knowany side of the story except his.

Train time between Chicago and Denver was oncenearly forty-eight hours, but is now a littlemore thantwenty-eight. California people would be glad tohave Mr. Huntington while in the East pick up afew ideas as to how this sort of thing is accom-plished.

"We think not," announces the Stockton Mail. It1is only fair to say that this circumstance had notpassed unnoticed.

NATALHEROES HER ANCESTORS

Miss Annie Paulding Meade has becomea,(

Miss Meade is the accom-plished daughter of the late Admiral Rich-

ard Worsam Meade, U. S. N., and grand-daughter of Commodore Richard WorsamMeade, U. S. N., and Admiral HiramPaulding, U. S. N., who was MidshipmanPaulding in Miss Sewell's engaging story.Several years since Admiral Meade wrotea number of lectures, to be read beforethe National Geographical Society and

the Armyand Navy Club, at Washington.He had 'been asked to deliver these lec-tures In various other places, and waspreparing to do so at the time of hisfinal illness and subsequent death. MissMeade, who was deeply interested in herfather's work,has taken up these lectureswhere he laid them down, and she is rtowarranging for a series to be giventhroughout the country. All of the talksare illustrated by fine stereopticon views,

many of which were made from the ad-miral's own collection of photograpns.The subjects of the lectures are: "The Car-ibbean Sea, the Mediterranean of OurWestern World"; "A Winter VoyageThrough the Straits of Magellan," and"Commodore John -aul Jones, the Spon-sor of the Stars and Stripes on tneOcean."

MISS ANNIE PAULDINQ MEADE.

THE SONG OF THE SEA.

Oh, the song of the Sea,The wonderful song of the Sea!

Like the far-off hum of a throbbing drumIt steals through the night to me;And my fancy wanders freeTo a little seaport town,

And a spot Iknew, where the roses grew,By a cottage small and brown.And a child strayed up and downO'er hillock and beach and lea,

And crept at dark to his bed, to harkTo the wonderful eong of the Sea.Oh, the song of the Sea,The mystical song of the Soa!

"Chut strains of Joy to a dreaming boyThat music was wont to be!And the night-wtnd through the treeWas a perfumed breath that told

Of the spicy gales that filled the sailsWhere the tropic billows rolled,And the rovers hid their goldBy the lone palm on the key

—But the whispering wave their secret gave

In the mystical song of the Sea.Oh, the song of the Sea,The beautiful song of the Sea!

The mighty note from the ocean's throat.The laugh of the wind in glee!.And swift as the ripples fleeWith the surges down the shore.

Itbears me back, o'er life's long track,To home and Its love once more;

Istand at the open door.Dear mother, apain with thee,

And hear afar on the" booming baxThe beautiful song of the Sea.

—Joe Lincoln in L. A. W. Bulletin.

NEWS OF FOREIGN NAVIES.

Special gunnery and torpedo coursesare to be given for retired captains, com-manders and lieutenants of the Britishnavy who are on the list' of volunteersfor further service, and those who attendthe course will receive the full pay of

their grade. The courses willbegin March

28 and terminate June 24.

The total naval estimates of Denmarkfor 189S-99 amount to $3,251.ISO, or at therate of $1 CO per capita of the population.This total includes $200,000 toward the con-struction of an armored ship to be namedHerluf Trolle.

Marquis de Villamayer and Marquis

Courillas have offered $50,000 and $100,000respectively to the Spanish Governmentas an aid to strengthen the navy.

The JUIs and^Hyane gunboats, to re-place old vesels under the same namesin the German navy, have been nearlycompleted. They are very much like theBritish gunboats of that size, and are of895 tons displacement, 1300 horse powerand 12 knot speed. As they draw only tenfeet they are well adapted for the serviceintended, on the African coast and on therivers in the Orient.

The British Admiralty is about to havetests made of cellulose made from corn-stalk pith, an American invention whichwas tried in this country last year with

decided success.

The Portuguese cruiser Adamastor,built by Orlando Brothers, Leghorn,Italy, has had her final trials, and ex-ceeded her guaranteed speed of 17.5 knotsby over half a knot. The vessel is 242 feet2 Inches in length, 35 feet 2 inches beam,

and on a draught of 14 feet aft, with 419tons of coal, displaces 1902 tons. Her twinScrew engines are of 4000 horse power,with four single end boilers carrying 160pounds steam, having a heating Burfaceof 8823 square feet and 262 square feet ofgrate. During her six hours' naturaldraught trial the engines developed 3100horse power and gave a speed of 17.19knots. The forced draught trial gave4030 horse power and 18.04 knot speed.The coal consumption was exceptionallylow, being only 1.45 pounds per horsepower at 10 knots, anil giving the ship aradius of action or endurance at 10 knotsof 8596 miles.

During the past year four battle-shipsin the British navy have been completedand undergone the specified trials, whichconsist of a continuous eighthours' steam-ing under natural draught, four underforced draught, and thirty hours underhalf boiler power to ascertain the coalconsumption under ordinary cruising con-ditions. The following are the . tabu-lated results of the trials in the ordernamed above:

Natural Draft.8 Hours.

Horse-power. Knots.Jupiter 10,248 15.8Mars ; 10,209 16Hannibal 10,317 16.3Caesar 10.G38 16.7

Forced Draft.4 Hours.

Horse-power. Knots.Jupiter 12,475 15.4Mars 12.483 17.7Hannibal 12,138 17.GCaesar 12,653 18.7

Under half power the Jupiter made 14.1knots with 1.51 pounds of coal per horse-power per hour; Mars, 14.4 knots, using1.93 pounds of coal; Hannibal, 14.8 knotson 1.78 pounds of coal, and Caesar 14.8knots with 1.93 pounds of coal. The meanhorsepower developed by the four shipsin the order named was. 6198, 6039, 6124and 6309. A fifth battle-ship, the Illus-trious, had only made her coal-consump-tion trial when the year ended, and de-veloped 6155 horsepower, 14.5 Rnots speedand using 1.77 pounds of coal. All these

battle-ships are of 14,900 tons 'and calcu-lated to make 17.5 knots under forceddraught.

The four battle-ships of the UnitedStates navy which have been completedand gone through a four hours' forceddraught trial are the Indiana, Massachu-setts and Oregon, each of 10.25S tons andthe lowa of 11,410 tons. The steamingrecords of the American battle-ships aregiven in order to make comparisons withthe latest productions, and consideringthe discrepancies in size and that all butthe lowa were designed eight years agothe American battleships' performance isvery creditable:_ „ Horse-power. Knots.Indiana... 9,73g 15.55Massachusetts .......10 16 21Oregon 11,111 16.79lowa 12,105 • 17.09

The American speed data are derivedfrom a measured course, while the Britishare from patent log and overrated.

The German navy comprises the follow-ing officers of the line on the active list:Two admirals, three vice-admirals, ninerear admirals: forty-seven captains;eighty-two commanders, of whom sixteenof superior rank; 171 first liteutenants,264 second lieutenants and 179 sublieuten-ants, making a total of 749. The linepersonnel of United States navy has noneof the two first grades of the Germannavy, but the total number slightly ex-ceeds the Kaiser's navy, being 775, includ-ing naval cadets graduated last year.

HUMAN FENDERS FOR CARS.-Editor of The Call: The Call has de-

voted so much time and labor in explain-ing the many devices submitted for street-car fenders that Ifear it may be presum-ing too much on your valuable space to

ask the publication of my views in thematter. However, as Ido not recollectany one suggesting the fender that is, inmy opinion, the only practical and effi-cacious one. Isubmit it for what it isworth. It is simply the Human Fender,and consists in each street railroad com-pany manning each car with a strictlyNo. 1motor man and a strictly No. 1con-ductor, well paid for their services andnot compelled to work more than eight,or at most ten hours per day, so thattheir attention can always be concentrat-ed on their work, with strict rules in re-gard to any accident that might happenon their car. Ido not wish in the leastto reflect on the present employes, asthere are doubtless an army of superiormen engaged, but by making the hours ofLabor as short as possible and the pay -aslarge as possible it will act as an incen-tive to the very best class of labor to

"seek that employment and to retain theirplaces by avoiding by their extra atten-tion to duty any accident occurring bythe respective cars in their charge. Asimple rule making it a cause for dis-charge for any motorman to propel hiscar at a rate of more than eight miles anhour will speedily regulate the 'speed ofthe cars, so no danger can come from fastdriving. By this means Ithink the rail-road company will save money by .avoid-ing annoying and expensive suits fordamages, and all that they would be re-quired to furnish each car with would' bea wire netting or slat arrangement flushwith the front and sides of the car, asany fender rigged out several feet infront is an extra danger, and any scooparrangement wich might be worked oythe motorman only divides his attention,probably preventing him from stoppinghis car as quickly as he otherwise would,or in some cases probably inducing somaromantic fellow to try to see how slick hecould scoop up the subject. One moresource of some danger lies inrunning1 twocars together, as the extra length some-times causes a person to cross the streetafter it passes, without noticing the caror team coming in an opposite direction.Very respectfully, C. BRANAGAN,

128 Chattanooga street.San Francisco, Feb. 8, 189S.

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Alexander Agassiz of Harvard is tospend several months among the FijiIsl-ands studying the coral reefs.

Time Reduced to Chicago.Via Rio Grande Western, Denver and Rio

Grande and Burlington railways. Passengersleaving San Francisco on 6 p. m. train reachChicago 2:15 p. m. the fourth day, and NewYork 6:30 p. m. following day. Through Pull-man Palace Double Drawing Room SleepingCars to Denver with Union Depot change at9:30 a. m. to similar cars of the BurlingtonRoute for Chicago. Railroad and Bleeping cartickets sold through and full information given

at 14 Montgomery st. W. H. Suedaker, GeneralAgent.

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CORONADO.— Atmosphere Is perfectly dry.

eoft and mild! being entirely free from the

mists common further north. Round trip

tickets, by steamship. Including fifteen days'

board at the Hotel del Coronado, $65: longerstay. $2 50 ncr day. Apply 4 New Montgomery

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When the hair is thinan>l gray Parker's HaibBalaam renews the growth miii color.

IllNDKßtoßxs. the best cure for corns. 15 eta.

Don't forget Waller Bros. Gift Day, Feb. 26,189S, 33 Grant avenue, corner Geary street.

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Mme. Carnot.the widow of themartyrcd

President of France, is livingquietly inParis, and no sovereign passes throughthat city without calling on her as amark of respect. In one corner of herapartment she has arranged a chapel,and here she has placed around a por-trait of Carnot innumerable souvenirssent to her after the assassination.

COLLECTED INTHE CORRIDORS

Dr. H. A. Smith of Astoria is at theGrand.

Robert 11. Barclay of Salt Lake is at thePalace.

T. D. Mott Jr. or Los Angeles is at tTiePalace.

E. H. Winship of Napa is a guest atthe Grand.

C. A. Henry of Ogden Is a guest at theOccidental.

E. F. Seymour of New York is at theOccidental.

Rudolph Oxman of San Pedro is regis-tered at the Palace.

"W. H. Clearey, a mining man of Stock-ton, is staying at the Lick.

George S. Grant of Seattle is registeredat the Occidental with his wife.

Joseph R. Ryland, the San Jose capital-ist, is at the California with his wife.

W. J. Spenser of St. Paul arrived in thecity last evening and went to the Occi-dental.

Stephen W. Roach, a shipbuilder of NewYork, Is among last night's arrivals at theCalifornia.

Dr.L. Brecheman of Philadelphia is atthe Occidental on a short pleasure tripto the coast.

E. A. Warren, a mining man amd vine-yardist of Chico. is at the Lick, accom-panied by Mrs. Warren.

THERETORT

COURTEOUS.

under no circumstances, could he possiblybe mistaken for anything else than aswefl. The other night he was standing inthe lobby of the Baldwin Theater, attiredin faultless evening costume, when acouple, who had just entered, walked pasthim, and, stopping a few feet away,looked round for a moment or two, as ifin search of something. Finally the man,detaching himself from his pretty com-panion, approached X. and said: "Haveyou a programme, my man?" To saythat X. was wild with offended dignitywould be putting it mildly. But*mad ashe was, he rose to the occasion. Glanc-ing at his interrogator, with the mostsupercilious contempt, he answered, "Yes,

thank you. The other fellow Just gaveme one." The girl, who had listened tothe whole dialogue, was the only one ofthe three who laughed.

Rev. J. M.Beard of Grace M. E. Churchleft yesterday on a short visit to thesouthern part of the State.

H. E. Adams of the Stockton GasWorks Is in the city on a business trip.He is staying at the Grand.

C. A. Carpenter, a well-known memberof Gotham's society circles, Is one of yes-terday's arrivals at the Palace.

Judge C. N. Sterry, the attorney for theSanta Fe at Los Angeles, is stopping atthe Palace while on a short visit to thecity.

Rev. John A. B. Wilson, pastor of t.ieHoward-street M.E. Church, has left forLos Angeles County, where he will dedi-cate a new church for his son next Sun-day.

Mme. Josefa M. de Ezeta, wife of theex-President of Salvador, was one of thepassengers on the San Bias for San Jose

Mr. X. is a gen-tleman living ata Bush-street ho-tel, who prideshimself on thefact that he isalways correctlydressed and that,

de Guatemala. She goes to visit her tam\ily and assist at the marriage t>f hetfyounger sister, also to look after somebusiness affairs, and willbe absent abouttwo months. While she is away her chil-dren will remain at the Convent of theSacred Heart in Oakland.

F. A. Miller,a uotel man of Riverside,

Is at the Palace, accompanied by GeorgeToost, G. Rouse and E. A. Chase of thesame place.

TV. Shillito, a young Englishman, whois making a tour of the United States,is at the Palace, en route to the HawaiianIslands and the Orient.

WAS NOT cALTOGETHER c

BAD. c<.

plete ostracization from all refining influ-ences, and the nature of their business,which brings them in continual contactwith therefuseof humanity,has a tendencyto give them but a poor opinion of theirkind, while the many hard luck storiesthat they hear when the ponies are run-ning their way have the effect of makingthem more than skeptical and hard to-ward the woes of others. Yet even amidthe debasing environment of the bettingring there are occasionally met with in-stances of charity and brotherly love thatIdoubt are ever duplicated by those wholook with scorn and aversion on the out-casts of the tenderloin and who tell frompulpits of the evil done our city by thesporting fraternity that makes its yearlyvisit to the coast," said a gentleman inthe office of the Baldwin last night. "Thereason Ispeak thus," continued he, "iaa little occurrence Ijust witnessed as Iwas standing in front of the cigar-storaabout half an hour ago. A little fellow,who could not have been over 10 or 1Jyears of age, was standing near the curb.When along came a tout, who Iknow my-self to be about as hard a character asany racetrack ever produced. He waswalking very quickly, and his whole airwas that of a man in the hardest kindof luck. Just as he came opposite the boythe little fellow's sobbing attracted hisattention, and, stopping, he asked himwhat was the matter. 'Iain't had nothin*to eat since mornin', 'cause Ilost all m'dough shootin' craps,' replied the youtn:'an' Iwas trun down when der eveninpoipers cum out." 'Well,' said the tout.'I'm up against it myself so hard thatthere is only one case in m' jeans; butwhen it comes to goin' hungry 1 guess Iam more used to the graft than you are,so you'd better take this.' And blessedif he didn't hand over to the urchin thowhole dollar, which was every rent hohad in the world."

"The followersof the races havea pretty hardname, and inmany cases it iswell deserved.They lead a lifeof almost corn-

©be <^!§l*^(£&UWEDNESDAY ..................FEBRUARY 9,-1898

JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor.

Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager.

PUBLICATION OFFICE .Market and Third Sts.. S. F.Telephone Main 1568.

EDITORIAL ROOMS 217 to 221 Stevenson straatTelephone Main 1874.

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY! Isserved by carriers in this city and surrounding towns

\u25a0 for 15 cents a week- Bymall $6 per year; per month«35 cents. .

THE WEEKLY CALL .....One year, by njall. $1.53

OAKLAND OFFICE ::"...;r/.:V. 908 Broadway

Eastern Representative. DAVID ALLEN.NEW YORK OFFICE Room 188, World Building

WASHINGTON (D. C. OFFICE Rifcfts HouseC. C. CARLTON. Correspondent.

BRANCH OFFICES— S27 Montgomery street. corner Clay'

open until 9:30 o'clock- 339 Hayes street: open until9:30 o'clock- 621 MoAlllster street: ;open until 9:30o'clock. 615 Larkln street: open until 9:30 o'clock£W. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open until

o'clock- 2518 Mission street: open until 9 o'clockiC6 Eleventh St.; open until9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street .open until 9:30 o'clock- NW. corner Twenty-secondend Kentucky streets; open until 9 o'clock-

THE SAX FRAXCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, '1898.6

Baldwin— "Girlfrom Paris."California Theater— Blac* Pattl'B Troubadours.Alcazar— "Charley's Aunt"Morosco's— "The Unknown

"Tlvoll—"The Pearl of Pekln."Tlvoll—Concert To-morrow afternoon.Orptieuin— Vaudeville.Bu6h— ThaliaGerman-Hebrew Opera Co., to-morrow nlffht.Olympia, corner Mason and Eddy streets— Specialties.The Chutes— Chiquita and VaudevilleMechanics' Pavilion—Mining- Fair and Klondike Exposition,Calllornla Jockey Club, Oakland Racetrack— Races to-day.

AUCTION SALES.

By Eastern &.Eldridge—This day, February 9, Turkish Bugs,at 626 Sutter street at 2:30 and 8 P. m.

By Frank W. Butterfield— This day, February 8, TurkishKugh. at 116 Minerstreet, at 11 a. m. and 2 and 8 P. M.

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