The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-16

are advertised for and the work is let out to
gangs OF laborers who have banded themselves
together for this purpose. Thus, instead OF
giving contractor the work IL goes to the
wOfklngmen OF colony, who receive the same
rate per yard OF rock or earth that would be
palu 10 a contractor. The Government mas
also established labor bureaus throughout the
colony where information can always be had as
10 where employment can be found"
Recently published reports regarding pau
perlsm In England are just at this time "a her
interesting read ING, as they give us an oppor-
tunlty to compare the results of conditions
prevailing there with those existing here,
SAID George A. Lawrence OF Boston at the Pal
ace yesterday. ut has been shown that
throughout the whole of England and Wales
there were at the end Of last year twenty-fOur
paupers existing on Government charity in
every thousand OF the population. There was
great increase of pauperism during the year,
many thousands OF PEG lie. owing TO the general
business depression, being driven to ask for re-
llei Tor the first time In their lives. The pro-
portion was smallest In 1891. when 1t was
little over % TO the 1000 of population. One
curious fact in connection with this matter is
that the proportion OF paupers to popu-
lation ls smaller In London than through
out the rest OF England and Wales. But there
has been a great Increase and continual
growth Of pauperlsm in the metropolis in recent
years which Is causing great deal OF anxiety
In the second week OF last December, so the
statistics show, there were 106, 376 paupevs In
London, which was equivalent TO proportion
of little over "a per 1000 of population. This
was an increase OF about 5000 paupeTs over
the number receiving aid during The same
period OF the preceding year. PaupeTIsm In
London reached its highest development in the
wears 1867 so when IN between At and Az
TO the 1000 OF population. But these were
years OF exceptional depression. and the figures
have never been reached since the Inaugural
ton of the present system of statistics These
figures. OF course, are OF the pauperiSm only
which comes 10 official notice, and the record
takes no account of he vast amount OF poverty
that is relieved bypriVate charity and through
other than Government sources"
w. j. Crittenden, present Vice-Consul-Gen-
eral to Mexico. is IL the Palace. He is a son OF
Ex-Governor Thomas CrtIenden of Missouri
and has held bis present position about nine
months. social life in Mexico" SAID he last
evening, DIFFERS entirely from the phases
which are noticeable here. Calls are made
there from to O'clock in the evening on re-
ception days, and you are not expected on any
other occasions. With the primitive customs
which are followed there you are doubtless IA
mlar. One only has 10 go a few miles from
the City of Mexico, which has a population of
100000 souls, TO see the slow going oxen with
the cumbersome yoke used almost exclusively
in preference TO. horses or mules. The peO-
pie are exceptionally bospitable upon the
reception days OF which l speak, but
are decidedly the opposite on other
occasions. Those days are about the
only opportunities which young ladies possess
for meeting the men, as much less social free
dom Is given them than in this country. Mex
leo is not favored section for the bicycle
rider, as | noticed just before l left that a tax
is to be levied upOn each machine OF 81 per
month. This action is In keeping with the
present disposition Of the Government 10 tax
everything possible in order 10 raise money
the decrease In the price of silver Of 30 per
cent IN the past year rendering some such step
necessary. Americans have not yet adopted
the German and English custom Of sending
representatives OF large business Interests
there 10 solicit trade and for that reason they
fall TO secure large proportion of a business
which they otherwise could secure.P
II notice that The fad for wearing the tooth
ickpOiuted shoes had made It's appearance
again." said an ooserVant physician at the CALI
f0rnia yesterday. Throughout the East il has
been demonstrated that the practice OF wearing
these unnaturay compressed articles of foot
gear Is responsible for painful curvature of
the Toes, from which great number OF people
are at present suffering. The great toe is bent
In and pushes one or more of the smaller toes
out OF position, raising them on one joint IN
form which has caused the doctors TO call
them hammer toes.' Surgeons have provld ed
for this an apparatus which is to be
worn all night. and, II possible, during the
hours OF leisure in the daytime. This consists
Of splint resembling sandal, which fits along
the base OF the foot and is provided with tapes
passed under and over the toes 10 such man.
ner as 10 bind down tile Joint which has become
raised. The cure is almost painless one, and,
II taken in time and persevered in. may avert
what is an extremely painful operation, that OF
cutting the tendOns underneath the toe"
Not many people are aware that tons of
artificial coffee are being made and sold for the
purpose Of mixing with and adulteraling
cOtieee," said S. q. Carer, who Is connected
with large Chicago wholesale grocery house,
at the Occidental yesterday. "But such is
fact and the grains are stamped ont, coIored
and roasted so as TO look exactly like the genil.
Inc article. The fact that the color of The arti-
fetal does not usually match that OF the genu-
Inc is one Of the methods of detection. and the
extreme hardness OF the fraudulent article is
another"
Rev. William Louis Dye, secretary to his lord.
ship. the Bishop of Monterey and Los Angeles,
is staying at tue residence OF his parents on
California street.