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"WHO DARES ASSERT as

Professor Thomas Davidson in the
May Forum" expresses the simple
truth when he says that there is but
one Just, benefcent and effective solu-
ton Of the Eastern question, and that
| is the restoration of the Greek En-
pire to Greece. and the placing of a
great civilizing power, such as neither
Turkey nor Russia can ever be, as
guardian of the bridge between Eu-
rope and Asia
Professor Davidson visited Greece
many years ago. He became interested
in her cause and entered upon the
study of it, her people and system.
and the whole Eastern question. and
has ever since watched the movement,
the current of thought, and the arts Of
diplomacy related thereto. He says of
the Greeks:
Despite all the vexations to which
their guardians have subjected them,
and all the obstacles they have thrown
in their way, despite also their own
natural shortcomings they have shown.
in both material and spiritual things,
| all the virtues Of a progressive and
! civilized people. Their country, left
| them a desert by the Turks, has be-
come. to a large extent. productive and
| beautiful The population, now 2,60O,-
! 600, has doubled in the last twenty
| years. In 1877 there were hardly a
| hundred miles Of carriage roads, and
only five miles Of railway in the whole
country To-day there are roads
! everywhere and hundreds OF miles of
railway In 1877 it was hardly posi-
BILE for the traveller to find a bed out
side Athens to-day there are numer-
Gus hotels, with all European convent
ences, in all the principal cities and
towns. But the true test and proof OF
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THE CUBAN MYSTERY.

That is a very significant remark OF
the President that the reason he has
not made public the reports of Consul
General Lee to the State Department,
and the reports of the Government s
private agent Of inquiry in Cuba, is
because such publicity would bring on
lamentable riots in Havana.
Now, who would do the rioting
Surely not Cubans, for there are few OF
them therew who are not in harmony with
the Spanish rule, and not enough of
any kind to create trouble. What the
President means, therefore, is that
Spanish residents of Havana might be
inspired to rise in revolt or riot against
the Government if the facts in his
possession were made known.
Or it may be that the President fears
that Spanish residents would rise in
| riot against the Americans in Havana
and against our Consular officers. But
this can hardly be, else he would dis
patch cruisers to the harbor of Ha-
vana at once to afford protection to our
people. 1t must be, then, that the
President means that the situation in
Cuba is more dismal for Spain than
| Weyler lets the Havanese know.
Assuming this to be the true inter-
probation of the remark of the Execu-
tive. we may very soon expect such &C
| ton on the part of Congress and the
| President as viii have important eff
! feet upon the Cuban situation, since
the President has given to the Foreign
| Relations Committee the facts which,
/ he says, it would be indiscreet to make
| public at present
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lecture to the bungling Moslem.

Professor Barnard at the Tennessee
Centennial Exposition grounds has
demonstrated that there is such thing
as an airship that can be controlled in
midair and directed even against strong
currents Of the wind. He made sue
cessful ascent there the other day and
sailed fifteen miles in given course
against the wind. He was then bafFled
by shifting currents of air and a broken
wheel and descended. However skep-
teal people may be concerning air.
ship stories. this one appears to be no
yarn, but sober fact.
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Weather Forecast.

Narthern California-Cloudy in northern
portion Sunday: fair in southern portion;
probably scattered showers early Sunday
morning in the northeastern portion;
southwesterly winds.
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Her Reply.

How old are your" the lawyer, gruff,
Found in her glance an icy sell;
Quoth she: I'm young, yet old enough
To know far better than to tell.
Washington Star.
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These publications are sent either by
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The best advertising mediums on the
Pacific Coast.
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The naval men who say that if the
Greek fleet of warshipsfs surrendered
to Turkey as one of the terms of peace,
inside of one year there will not be
boat of the lot worth last years chest
nut, pronounce sound judgment. The
Turks have no more idea of how to pre-
serve and manage a fleet of warships
than so MANY infants. AS has been sug-
gested. it would be pardonable If the
Greek commanders scuttled their ships
and sent them to the bottom before Civ
ing I'D such fine pieces of naval archi-
lecture to the bungling Moslem.
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From Germany we get the custom of
celebrating gold and silver weddings.
Calcutta is the hottest city in the
world.
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The news is that the Turks will de-
mand Thessaly Of Greece as one of the
terms Of peace. 1t is limited that Tur-
key would possibly cede Crete to Greece
in return This is amazingly impudent
on the part of Turkey. Thessaly is one
of the finest States Of Greece. Its east
and west line extends go miles from
the Gulf of Volo to the Gulf of Aria,
and the territory lies on the average
12O miles north of that line. 1t is clas-
sic ground, related to the most stirring
and heroic deeds of mankind in the
earlier history of the world. CiViliza-
ton as we have it traces some of its
tap roots to the soil of Thessaly. The
Turk is wholly foreign to the land.
Neither by history, sentiment, religion,
race or otherwise is the Moslem related
to Thessaly. If it is yielded to him it
will be a case of conquest pure and sim
pie. Such cession will outrage man.
kind, offend civilization and the march
of progress. We do not entertain the
belief for moment that the Powers
will consent to this robbery of Greece,
this stripping her of one-fourth OF ner
territory. 1t is simply unthinkable-
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Yesterdays dispatches told of Fro
fessor Barnard making another sue
cessful trip with his airship at Nash
Vile. He made twelve miles in forty
five minutes and says he easily guided
the vessel in whatever direction he de-
sired to go. On a calm day, in clear
sky with little wind prevailing, he may
be able to do so. But in a strong WIND
we do not believe that he could make
mile against the current. For his So
called air ship is simply balloon, pc
meath which he has a framework with
fan-like wheels operated by foot power
much as is the bicycle. That kind of
device is not new. 1t has been tried
many a time, and often with compare
tive success. When an airshlp is pulit
that is worthy of the name it will not be
a balloon. nor present the surface to the
air that the inflated sphere does. 1t is
likely that it will have some sustaining
power, but the principle of the areoplane
will be the chief essential in it, and It's
night Will De IluCn IKE llidl VI tAiC Cii -
which does not depend upon buoyancy
so much as upon the approaches at an
giles of its wings to the air and its cur
rents We have not much faith that any
practical airship will ever be produced
Navigating the air is likely to remain an
experiment, and such apparent sue
cesses as are achieved will not probably
pass beyond the realm of the toy and
the merely curious. 1t is common
to say that in this day and age of dis
covery and science we should be pre-
pared to expect anything. But
we think that navigation of the
air for practical purposes is not
to be excepted, since the air is
an element that is so unstable, varying
in its conditions, sudden in its changes
and fiuctuating in its motions, that it
would seem impossible to meet its shift
| ing conditions and the risks involved in
! rising in and passing through it without
contact with the earth.
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Ladies, these nobby hats you see on
the street come from Corwin's: GOT j. y
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Have you seen those beautiful, sweet
toned pianos selling for S2I5 at Pom
mer's Music Store corner Ninth and %
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Ladies don't judge our hats by the
price; it isn't fair. Corwin's, 60i j.
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enterprising localities an opportunity
to get out of the old rut of throwing
their money away every year in dirt
roads, which, at the most, last only
short time and then the work has TO be
done over and more money raked out
of the taxpayers pockets. If such
step could be taken in Hot Springs
Township, each ranch owner. and par
ticularly fruit growers, would save one
half or even more of the present road
taxes in the wear and tear of their Wag-
ons and the permitting of larger loads
being hauled with less feed to the
horses, to say nothing of the great saw
ing in time when fruit or vegetables
have to be rushed to the depot. Besides,
the tax rate each year would be grad
ually lessened as the bonds were paid
Off The same condition applies equally
in the town, yet there are those VINO
would rather go on year after year
practically throwing their money away
rather than enjoy or see others enjoy
what modern civilization has decreed
belongs to us if we have only the push
to
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EXPERIMENT SECTION.

Healdsburg Tribune: The Southern
California Academy of Sciences has or
gained an agricultural experiment sec
ton at Los Angeles. 1t is the purpose
of this section to take up and study
such matters of interest as insect pests
and their remedies, the betterment OF
crops, ETC., and to issue free bulletins
to farmers giving the results of the
experiments. The Farmers Club OF
Healdsburg is working on much the
same line, with the exception of the
issuance of bulletins, and such organ
izations cannot fail to be of vast ben
eft to the agriculturists of California
if they are theoretically supported.
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Oakland Telegram: A paragrapher
declares that the X-ray has been used
by the Queen of Portugal to prove to the
ladies of her court how tiSht-lacing Is
distorting their bones and vital organs
1t is just as well to locate such an event
s.cnr y fct. cnr-cl
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Greece's indomitable spirit of culture is
her educational system. By that she
stands or falls. have visited Greek
schools throughout the length and
breadth of the land, from the infant
school kept by the peasant in the open
air. against a sunny hovel wall to the
Arsakeion, or girls academy, and the
noble university, with Zoo students,
which now grace and honor the city
of Athens. Any one who Will do the
same, and listen to the records or the
sacrifices made by rich and poor Tor
the sake of education and culture, Will
not doubt for moment that greece IS
amply able to govern and clVlllze the
lands now marred and wasted by TURK
ish misrule. The sums OF money given
by rich Greeks for schools, ana the
hardships undergone by the chlIdreIi
of the poor in remote districts TO avail
themselves of these, have no parallel
anywhere, save in the United states
and Scotland Who dares assert OF
such a people that it is not capable OF
ruling it's ancient patrimony-the arst
home of liberty-better than the par
barous Turk or the despotic Russian!
any accurate knowledge of the facts
or any fair and just idea of human
rights Of course those who beleVe
that to a victor belongs the spoil 10
those who see in the proWess OF
mighty host more than in the right
of a people to be free; those who per-
ceive in the Turk a mild-mannered
fellow who has the right to slit the
threats of all he can hold, no matter
how he comes into possession; those
who hold to the doctrine that conquest
gives an irrevocable title-these will
differ with you, Professor, and dare ~
assert that the barbarOus Turk has a
right to do pretty much as he pieases
in Continental Europe.
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RIGHT THING TO DO.

Antelope Valley Gazette: If President
Mckinley will appoint NJ. II. DeYoung
of the San Francisco Chronicle" Di-
rector-General of the American exhibit
at the Paris Exposition, he will be pay
ing a deserved compliment to man
best qualified to fill the position. AS
director at the Worlds Fair and as Di-
rector General of, the Midwinter Expo
sition he showed his entire fitness for
such work.
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FoREWARNED IS PROGRAMMED.

Weekly Calistogan: The wide tire law
which was passed by the Legislature
will not take effect until January l..
1900 In the meantime all persons buy
ing or owning vehicles will be able to
make the change without much extra
cost. for "forewarned is forearmed"
This is one of the first steps toward
permanent road improvements in which
every taxpayer of every county or COM
munitv should be deeply interested.
Another law should have been passed
which would have permitted townships
bonding for making permanent i'm
provements on the roads within its
boundaries This would give the more
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MEDICAL.

r. NJ. A. FORTIER, N. d., CM. Gradu-
Canada. Surgeon to St. GabrieIs Hospital.
Office hours 8 to 10 a. M, and 2 to 4 p m.
Office at residence corner of First street
and First ave. N. E. '<''.- I.''S'f-
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table Californians will be kept busy en-.
terta;ning them.
San Francisco has long wanted . con-
vention, and there is no doubt that
the Endeayorers there will do their ut
most to help their eastern friends have
good time.
As for the convention itself, there are
no specially novel or interesting Tea
lures on the programme. There WILL 90
the usual reports Of the general society
officers, including probably one OF those
iuteresting little speeches BY General
Secretary Baer, who always seems to
have the faculty Of putting the conveD-
tion in good working bumor. There Will
be chorus aud congregational singing.
and as the Endeavorers are notably
good singers this will be one Of the
pleasing features of the gathering, as 1t
always is. While it is not expected that
the sessions will be neglected to any
great extent, il must Ie confessed that
the attractions of San Francisco VIII
prove far more tempting to the dele
gates than those of any other city In
which they have gathered. tS-
The sessions will be held in Mecban.
ics' pavilion, an immense structure, in
which it is expected the entire body of
delegates can be comfortably seated at
once. This will be the only convention
for years In which all the Epdeavorers
have been able to get together under
one roof. In Washington last summer
three big circus tents were filed, and
overflow meetings were held in various
halls.
The Endeavorers have been. given
generous rates by the railroads. The
round trip from Chicago will cost them
only $50, which is something less than
half the regular rate. This will bring
the average expense for transportation
alone up to about S75 for each delegate.
To this must be added at least e25
more for living expenses. ii
But 800 does not include the cost Of
r""t;'" any eve CT r." ,-""ry side ex-
cursic!is wE.yb will te IN Gle cf the
chief featu,.s os tho convention. It is
rot likely til; any casts rn delegate viii
want to 1rIh b tL,euth to the Pacific
coast and BIZ k again and leave unvisit-
ed all of the places which make the f.
western states the wonderland of the
continent. While they arc in California
they will want to see some Of the big
trees, and an excursion over a narrow
gauge road will be run for their bene-
fit. The round trip will be only So.
There are at least dozen other points
of interest within short distances of the
convention city, and the local Endeav-
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GENERAL SECRETARY JOHN WILLIS BAER.
orers have arranged excursions to all OF
them and have obtained greatly reduced
rates.
On the way out a stop over may
be made at Denver, where the local So
cieties plan to entertain their eastern
friends by taking them to the top Of
Pixies peak and in various other ways.
To take six days. trip to the Yosem-
ite valley from San Francisco will
cost the Endeavorers only $50 extra.
Then there will be Yellowstone park,
with all its wonders, which the dele
gates will miss if they>do not stop over
at Livingston, Mon. From there in
to the park is long distance, but the
whole trip may be made in less than
six days at a cost of $48. so. Fl
Trips have even been planned to Alas
ka and the Hawaiian Islands. The Alas
kan trip will be made on the steamer
Queen, which sails from Tacoma, Seat
tie and Victoria on July ~ and returns
on Aug. 8. The fare for the round trip
will be $50. The round trip to Honolu-
lu will occupy 20 days. and parties Of
15 or more will be carried for 800
each, the regular fare being $40.
Perhaps you wonder where all these
young people come from. II you do, you
forget that there are nearly $4,000
Christian Endeavor societies in the
United States alone. All through the
eastern, New England and middle states
you will find that the Endeavorers have
an active branch in every little town
and village. Sometimes these local 80
cieties constitute the only social organi-
sation Of any sort to be found In the
place, and they thrive where societies o4
any other sort would perish from any
one Of o. dozen causes. ills the sound
Christian Endesvor constitution, which
they inherit ready made, that keeps
them. 20 prosperous ..5.a .,,
Not all of these small societies have
sven one member who can afford to
make along and expensive journey each
summer, but il any member can pessibly
do 90 be or she is elected deleghte Ind
I Tie society 10 proud to know that tit ID
/ repre- scented a. tho convention and haa
J helped TO swell the state delegation. 4
Then the Christian Endeavor conven.
tions are probably the best advertised
affairs which are held anywhere IN the
country. AZ soon % city 10 decided
upon the local committees get to work
/ and for the next IL months keep the
3, 800, 600 members fully informed about
all the details Of the coming trip. En-.
thusiasm is worked up BY local secreta'
ries, and SO when the time comes for the
little band Of home delegates to starr
there are many left behind who deter.
mine that next year they will be among
the fortunate ones to join the singing,
lhouting, travelling Endeavor hosts.
@. =. BAXTER
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TIE CONv ENTION FLAG.
ably there are none held III any part Of
the world which equal the Endeavor
conventions in point Of numbers. Usu-
ally they are attended by about $4,000
delegates.
But mere numbers Go not fully con-
vey the true idea of the magnitude of
these gatherings, for along with the
delegates come vast army of friends
and associate members who tn adv42-
tage of the cheap rates and TIE cc:-gen-
ial company to make Il summer pleasure
tour. Only the largest Of our cities can
accommodate the crowds. It took the
hotel men some little time to realize
how numerous the Endeavorers really
are Five years ago, when the conven-
tion was held in New York, asked the
manager of big Broadway hotel, a
week before the opening day, if he did
not expect to have crowded house.
ooh, nol'' he said carelessly. 'Those
religious conventions never amount to
much. New York could have half a
dozen at once, and we could handle
them without any trouble at all. -
A week later, when the town was
fairly running over with Endeavorers,
I cianced to see him again, and asked
if he had many delegates at his hotel.
II should say I hadl They nearly
swamped me the first day, and we've
been turning them away in droves ever
since. All the other Broadway hotels
are in the came fix. Say, I didn't think
there could be such lot of them.''
Boston had even a worse experience
two years ago. The state officers Of the
society tried to impress on tho local
transportation men that big crowd
was coming The latter evidently did
not believe it,. They did not make suffi-
cient preparation, and consequently the
street car lines were choked up for two
or three days.
In Washington last year it seemed as
if there was better understanding Of
this matter, and preparations were made
accordingly. The national capital can
accommodate lot Of people at one
time, but If it had not been for the
thoroughness with which the local En-
deavor committees did their work the
experiences Of New York and Boston
would have been repeated. The job Of
Eheltering tho 30, 900 delegates and their
Crmy Of friends was not left to the no.
tells. Had it been there would be more
gray haired landlords in Washington
than there are now. When I saw the
long trains emptying their thousands
into the streets, asked Washingto-
nian:
"Where are you going to put them
all?"
"Most Of them will be assigned to
private houses and boarding houses. A
few will go to the hotels," he said.
r And that is the way San Francisco
will take care Of the crowds this sum-
mer. It will be necessary, although
there are dozen good sized hotels in
the city, and the crowd will be much
smaller. In fact, the attendance will be
less than at any Christian Endeavor
convention which has been held for sew
eral years. It is the distance and the
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REv. FRANCIS E. CLARK, FOUNDER AND PRE-
I IDENT OF THE cHR1sTIAN ENDE4voR. u
railroad fares which will keep the dele.
gates at home. Pennsylvania, New York
and Ohio are the banner Endeavor
States, and few Of the delegates will be
aes than flve days on the road, while
most of them will take q much longer
time 20 cross the continent. t{
Most Of the delegates will 60 out on
one route and return by another. The
lfavorite summer route is over the north
iern lines, and the majority will return
|Ehat way. although the expense will be
u few q f.ars more. It cannot be acou-
Irately estimated as yet how many dele
gates will attend, but it Is thought that
Che number will be about 5000, or
labous half the usual number. Still, this
VII 1ssno small crowd. md the hospi-
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u PlOus PILGRIMAGE. /
Christian Endcavorers Will Jour-
33 ney TO San Francisco.
CROSS CONTINENT TRIP TOR MANY.

Side Excavations to Various Points In the
Western Wonderland 7" BE- . ~ Feature
Of tho Convention-E Expense OF the Ofer-
Land Trip. %5aQ 'sr,t
The sixteenth annnal convention OF
the international Young Peoples socl-
ETY. Of Christian Endesvor will be held
In San Francisco from July : to ~. 1t
will be one Of the largest gatherings OF
the year, in spite Of the fact that it Is to
be held at point SO far distant from
the center Of population. We have no
conventions in this country, and prob