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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

tnct or ancient glaciers carried down by
them from unknown fountain heads and le1t
in the crevices. gulches or depressions found
on bedrock Therefore, the uncertainties or
the Yukon too great for the average
man 10 undertake mining UP there. Con-
sequently man can run through small
fortune in short time and If he is not
lucky IN MS first venture he finds himself
poor man in the most inhospitable coun-
try on earth for poor man
Such words from so capable q man as
Mr. de Varila should be considered as q
warning to the general public 1 know be-
yond reasonable doubt that the deliber-
ately misleading accounts published by
such newspapers as the Post-Int elligencer
of Seattle and the Examiner of San Fran
cisco about the rich Klondikers who have
returned and are TO return induced thou
sands of brave, earnest men all over the
country to go there-searching for a golden
phantomi The managing editors of these
sensational newspapers knew that these
stampedes were being started merely to en-
rich the outfitters and transportation COM
panies 1t was the most cruel and heart
less confidence game ever worked upon
While the Kiondike discovery developed
into an exceedingly rich find, nevertheless
1t Is confined to a small area. That this
may be understood, say that out OF the
1900 or 1900 claims worked in the hIondike
district not over forty on Ell Dorado ana
twenty on Bonanza paid one cent beyond
the working expenses. Fancy, therefore, the
vast amount of capital lost in working
claims which neither paid nor turned out q
single color The Klondike discovery has
cost the general public not less than S15,-
O00, 900, while the gold dust gathered there
from up to date, will scarcely exceed So
900, 000 Somebody, therefore, has been hurt
to the extent of $40, 600, 900.
Notwithstanding all statements to the
contrary, the eyes have been picked out OF
not only the Klondike basin, but also out
of every district in both Alaska and the
Northwest Territory. The country Is far
too broken for quartz veins. and therefore,
as there Is neither farming nor grazing
land in the Territory there is nothing to fall
back upon. When 1 left Dawson, wildcat
claims and claims that had been worked out
were selling from rs cents up.
AS one instance of the notorious misrep-
resentation of the Seattle papers Will
mention the case Of man who came from
Dawson to Seattle penniless. yet who
brought with him, according to the Seattle
Post-Inteligencer. $12, 900 in gold dust. 1
happened to know the man, and know that
he did not have cent. With some others
I made up a purse bought suit of clothes
for him and paid his fare from Seattle.
Another man of my acquaintance who had
not a dollar was reputed by the same paper
to be worth $50, 900.
l have see men crying like babies be-
cause they had sold their homes to raise
the means with which to get to Dawson and
were stranded there. They were ashamed
and afraid TO go home, because they had
TO assurance Of being employed when they
got there.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

Roman numerals-I for I, V for 5. x Tor
10, L for so, c for 100, D for 500 and NJ for
1000. ANY other numbers are expressed by
a combination of these letters on the gen.
eral principle that such a combination
represents the sum of the value of its
constituent letters these being arranged
from left TO right in the order Of value
and the use of same letter five times or
more being avoided by using letters of
greater value, but when in accordance
with this the same letter would occur
four times it is cuSto airy to employ the
sub-principle that whepever a letter pre-
cedes one of greater value the value of
the two is that of their difference instead
of their sum. Thus. III denotes 8, "
denotes 4, VI denotes 6, Tx CO. XC 90,
XIV II and MDCCLXXVI 1776. This svs-
tenn was superseded by the. Arabic, not
the Asiatic, system.
A RULE IN EUCHRE-w. F., City.
The law of euchre is that at four-hand-
ed game If a player has a very strong
hand he may play alone-that is, play
single-handed against his two adver-
saries. When a player announces that he
will play alone, his partner cannot OBJ
ject, but must place his cards, however
good they may be, face downward on the
table, and leave himself in the hands of
his partner A PLAYER can play alone
his partner assists; or, in the case of the
dealer, when he takes up the trump. A
player may also play alone when he
versary orders up, or assists or makes the
trump. On the subject of scoring the law
is that if q lone player wins all the tricks
he scores four. If he wins three he scores
one. If he fails to win three tricks the
adversaries score two.
In the case cited in the communication
it appears that the adversary ordered up,
consequently the player could not go 1t
alone, and further was not entitled to
four points.
ST. SWITHUN-Mrs. S. A M, Corn
wall, Cal There is an old saying to the
effect that If it rains on ST. Swithun's Cor
Swithin) day there will be rain for forty
days. The 18th of July is given as the
saints day. st. Swithun was an English
ecclesiastic of the ninth century, who was
chaplain to King Egbert ar tutor to his
son Ethelwulf; died S62. When Ethel
wulf came to the throne Swithun held the
office of Chancellor. In $50 he was Great
ed Bishop of Winchester. Accounts of
him are almost wholly legendary Ac-
cording to William of Malmesbury he was
"a rich treasury of all virtues, and those
in which he took most delight were hui
miltty and charity to the poor" He was
buried, according to his own orders, not
in the church, but in the churchyard. of
Winchester that the sweet rain of heaven
might fall upon his grave. A century later
he was canonized, and, according to
legend, the monks who exhumed his re-
mains to deposit them in Winchester Cath
edral July Is were delayed by violent rains
without intermiSSion for forty dayS
whence arose the belief that if it rains on
ST. Swtthin's day it will continue for time
stated. A Scotch rhyme says:
st. Swithins day, gif We do rain, for forty days
1t will remain;
st. Swithins day, and We be fair. for forty DAYS
will rain nae mair.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06
FOR MR.. MAGUIRE's INFORMATION

= ANDIDATE MAGUIRE naturally desiring to
| reach the people, presented through The Call
of yesterday a long letter. Whatever of in
terest the letter may have contained, whatever fall
lacy there is no purpose of setting forth. But
the letter closed with question to which answer is
appropriate and easy:
Mr.. Gage will look to the columns of the San
Francisco Call of August "a, 1898 published early
that morning and long before the had
sdered candidate for office he will find the entire
ticket afterward nominated duly published. Where
did The Call get the ticket?
The Call got that particular information just as it
had obtained the knowledge in advance that Mcguire
to be the nominee of three parties, at least
of the fractions of three parties; just it is now
collecting data pointing to the inevitable conclusion
that Mcguire will be defeated For days before the
Democratic convention was held reporters for this
paper among the delegates and active politi-
clans. They made inquiries and weighed the an
swers. They ascertained the trend of party opinion
and when the declaration printed that Mcguire
would be the selected candidate no fdle guess was
made.
1t is true also that the Republican ticket was pub
lished before the convention had one its work
There nothing strange about this either it ndi-
Gated merely that the young of The Call were
active in gathering the ideas OF the delegates as soon
they began to arrive at Sacramento. They felt
the public pulse. That was their object in being
there Men from all parts of the State were in
erviewed. 1t possible thus to obtain the senti-
ment of every delegation Then what could be
more simple than the adducing from the aggregate
of expressions unreservedy given the certain out
Gomez This The Call did. Mcguire marvels Still,
in these days. there is why intelligent news
paper enterprise should create wonder
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06
MODEST UNCLE SAM.

NV name is Uncle Sam,
Hereafter folks'll know who I am,
Without compelling me to stand
Around and wait
Until somebody introduces me.
I'd hate
To be
Regarded as bumptious, but
Whenever there's a nut
That others find too hard TO crack,
Why
Let them pass it around, and I
VIII give 1t a whack!
Understand that I'm not
One of those who
Like to boast about what
They can do!
I don't care to stand
On the housetop and
/ prefer to let my actions tell
But, still,
! will
Say
That the world may
Notified that from to-day
II Will be we'll to consider me
When
Big things are to be done
With pen,
Or guni
l am naturally shy;
l don't like to boast,
But l guess most
Folks'll be willing to admit that I
Am not so
Slow
That I'd got
The big head, or
That having had taste Of war.
! am looking for
Other DULLES to
Subdue.
No,
l intend to go
My way
without a word to say!
I don't propose
To make any big talk
But l have a full set OF toes,
And 1t will not pay anybody to walA
On the samei
My name
Is Uncle Sam
/ guess most folks know who ami
Those who don't happen to be
On speaking terms with me
VIII do well to step forward now,
/ am modest, as 1 have said;
There's no
Blow
About me;
My head
is the same size 1t used to be!
/ don't want to stand
Around and
Tell folks about my own worth
But I will say,
BY the way,
That I'm on earth!
I'm as modest as 1 can be;
l blush like a sweet girl graduate
That's straight
But, say, amt I great?
Let's all hurrah for me!
Cleveland Leader
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06
ANU SEMENTS

Columba-"I.ost-24 Honrs
Baldwin-"A Marriage of Convenience"
Alcazar-"The First Born" and Turned Up"
Morosco's-"Shau We Forgive Her.
Tivol-" Lucretia Borgia."
Orpheum- Vaudeville
New Comedy Theater-; The Leading Man"
Alhanlbra, Eddy and Jones streets-Vaudeville.
The Chutes-Zoo, Vaudeville and Spanish Bull Fight
olympia-Corner Mason and EDDY streets-Specialties
Mechanics Pavilion-The Irish Fair,
kutros Baths-Swimming.
Metro politan Temple Concert Thursday September
State Fa1r-Sacramento September 8.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06
WAS 1T A SPECIAL PRovIDENcEq

Probably DIR. Parkhurst's people do
not feel complimented because light
ming struck their steeple, but they
ought to be thankful that they were hit
by lightning rather than Tammany. In
the latter case there wouldn't be a
stone left standing.-Brooklyn Stand
ard Union.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

The largest wild beast bounty payment
ever made in any State is now being made
at Helena Mont. 1t amounts to $50 096,
and represents the balance due on the
States payment on the skins of 1858
wolves and coyotes killed in 1897
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

Any contractor deliberately selling diseased meat
to soldiers to any else deserves the severest
punishment the law can mcte out. Unfortunately the
law does not go SO far to provide for hanging him
or sentencing him to death by diet on the meat
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

THE LIGHTSHIP-J. W., City. The
lightship is located II miles southwest
three-quarters west Of Fort Point Light
house.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

1t is not pleasing to read that eamsters and pack
ers who indispensable as soldiers at Santi-
ago, have been left there stranded. Uncle Sam
should send for them and pay them for the suffer
ing to which the stupidity of some official has sub
jected them Also he should direct few personal
remarks toward the official in question
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

WINDOW GLAss-w. K. A. City.
There is no window glass factory in this
State at this time, nor is any in process
of erection
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

There indications that if all the French officials
guilty of crime in establishing the guilt of Dreyfus
were to follow the example of Colonel Henry, who
had the grace to commit suicide the prisoner would
be tried by entirely set and have some show
of fair treatment.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

FLYING EAGLE CENT. G. M, Sac
ramento. An American one-cent piece of
1857, with flying eagle on one side, has a
numismatic value of just one cent.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE-A. B. F.,
| City. The baseball schedule of the Pa
f, cific Coast League was published in the
! San Francisco Call May 26, page IL.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

Sherman's ambition to become Governor of Ohio
will generally be taken as evidence that the charge
against him of growing childish is founded on more
than political prejudice.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

PACIFIC BANK-E C. K, City. The
Pacific Bank suspended on the 22d Of
June 1893
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

NOT SIXTY MILES AN HOUk-Read-
err, Terminus, San Joaquin County, Cal.
| No ship ever launched in England or any
where else has attained speed of sixty
miles an hour.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

young white jackdaw has been found
in the grounds of Claremont, Esther, the
residence of the Duchess of Albany The
Duchess has seen the bird, which has
become q favorite
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

Troubleis said to be in store for Premier Sagasta
The poor man hasn't had anything else since coming
into Office and ought to exhaust his personal supply
before long.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

1t is to be hoped that Colonel Berry will not carry
out his determination to divide the State. California
is willing to do anything reasonable to oblige the
Colonel but it does want to be cut in two merely
because he has been hurt in his feelings
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

Volunteers leaving for the South-Provide
yourselves with bottle of DR. Siegert's Angos-
tura Bitters Prevents Ill effects of bad water.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

TERRIERS-A. s., City. A Scotch ter
rier is good for rodents, but fox ter
rier Is better
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

Il done it with my little telegram" remarks the
managing editor of the Examiner and he swels to
frghtful proportions in contemplation of his prowess
director general of the War Department
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

The returned Kondiker who threw gold out of a
window at Seattle for the fun of seeing the crowd
scramble for it was merely illustrating the old adage
that that sort OF Klondiker and his money
parted
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

TAX ON MATCHES-A H c., City.
The department of Answers to Core
spondents is informed that the tax on
matches levied during the civil war was
| taken off in 1888
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's). $40 Mont
gomery street. Telephone Main 1042.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06
AUCTION SALES.

By G. H. I'm bsen Co.-Monday September H. Estate
at IA MONTGOMERY street, at u O. clock
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

MOKI TEA POSITIVELY CURES SICK
headache, indigestion and constipation. A de-
lishtful herb drink. Removes all eruptions of
the skin producing a perfect complexion, or
money refunded. AT No Percentage Pharmacy,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

There is satisfaction in learning that at least part
of the stories of neglect of soldiers are false. But
what awful liars will be exposed before the end of
the investigation!
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

Havana papers are not yet happy and excerpts from
them read though they had been taken from within
black borders.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

POPULATION OF CUBA-D. ]. T.,
City. The population of Cuba is given
as .631 ,697. Sixty-ive per cent Of the
number are of the white race and the re-
mainder of the negro race.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

An evening paper wants to know where Pando got
all that money. No matter. He got all there was
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

lola can now make those charges over again and
receive respectful audience
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06
First and Second

Class rates again reduced via the Santa Fe
route. Call at the ticket office. s2s Market.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

THE MERMAID. A. s., City The
latest information received in this city in
relation to the bark Mermaid that left
this port some time ago for Kotzebue
Sound is that she was in the sound on the
Oh IF AuQ1ISt 1903
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

Cal. glace fruit SOC per lb at rownseud,A.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

ROMAN NUMERALS-Elaine, City.
There are seven capitals to represent the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

PEACE RIvER-E. B. s., City. There
is no special work on the Peace River
district of British Columbia. You can
obtain information about that territory
by inquiry at the office of the British
Consulate in this city.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

SHOOTING STAR-A. L. F., City. There
is superstition that when a shooting
star, commonly called a falling star,
passes, it denotes the death of some
prominent person, but it is only a super
Stition and is not founded on fact.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-14

A MISTAKE frequently made is to
cohfound our national currency with
our national currency system, and to
conclude that because the one is good
the other must be also. Nothing could
thanks to the republican party, is one
hundred per cent fine. Our currency
system is full OF crudities, totally I'M
suitable to the greatly expanded COM
mercial activity of the nation, and SO
lacking in the very necessary element
of elasticity that certain sections are
even now compelled to resort to the
ancient methods Of barter during GER
tain rush periods OF the year. Cur
rency reform is one of the vital
problems of the day.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-14

IT ia significant that the report
of the Hawaiian commission on the
best form of government for the is
lands prescribes property qualidca-
ton for voters. OF course it has been
already determined that the whites in
Hawaii must rule. and this means is
taken as the best to assure this sup
remacy. The same means is being
used in some southern states, and
when such law is honestly admin
istered it is one of the best possible
ways of purifying the ballot box. But
in the south, while we think it good
plan to disfranchise the ignorant and
vicious voter, so it be done in an
honest and strictly legal way, at the
same time the law should work upon
all alike, and should operate to dis
franchise whites who are unfit to ex-
ercise the voting franchise as well as
negroes. And right here comes up
the question of the representation in
congress OF those states which volun-
tsrily reduce their voting population.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-14

The habit of appointing commissions
for everything under the sun has be-
come 80 common that nobody wants to
undertake anything on his own &C.
count In Boston they have just ap-
pointed commission to pass ON all ap-
plications for licenses to play hand or
gans or crank pianos on the streets.
The commission is empowered to reject
out of tune. What a boon 1t would be
if there were commission empowered
to suppress all the people in the world
who are out of tune.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-14
Dlsreputable Attorneys
Minneapolis Times.

DIST&puldUlC nllOIhOySs
Minneapolis Times.
Why is it that SO many scurvy
knaves are allowed to hang on the
outskirts of so honorable a profession
as that of the law, and even to push
themselves into prominence and some
responsibility at the bar? Every city
swarms with these pestiferous shysters,
and the firm of Quirk, Cannon &
Snap has an Office in every town.
These men study law as professional
murderer would study chemistry or
medicine-because knowledge OF law
is necessary to the success OF their
nefarious business.
Probably the worst and most
dangerous class of attorneys is COM
posed OF those practitioners who are
crowd the court calendars with
cases which have no merit nor founda-
ton in justice and which they under
take to ''work up'' and work
through" on q percentage.
They are responsible for
an immense amount of liti-
CATION which congests the courts and
doubles. the costs, of running them.
They suborn witnesses and Elk" jurles
defeat the administration of justice,
prey upon respectable citizens and res
POaoAOAO SOi PoA ooAoAos oho oSR o0S VIZ
profession to which they ought never
to have been admitted, and out of which
they cannot be kicked too soon.
This horde OF unprincipled shysters
living by their petty wits, many of
them utterly ignorant of the law, with
no skill to conduct case in court and
with neither the ability or the honesty
to advise q client as to his rights upon
a given state of facts, hunt up damage
and libel cases which they con-
duct ION shares and which in
the majority of cases are mere
Matchmaking schemes which they are
willing to compromise and 'settle" out
of court for less than the costs would
amount to the defendant. They are
the bunco men of the law and make
their living by fleeing both the OBJ
jects of their attacks and their clients.
But they are licensed to practice law
and have right to stand before the
most august tribunals of the state.
Yet--in theory man must be of q
good moral character and learned in
the law before he can enter the pro-
fession. In practice neither ignorance
nor bad character is any bar. 1t is
time for the bar asso Citations to rise up
and shake themselves, and get rid of
those blood-suckers who prey upon the
community, and bring the practice of
law into diSrepute.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-14
ADVERTISING RATES.

Rates of advertising in the Daily or Weekly
HERALD will be- made known upon applica-
tion at the business Office. Those who pre-
fer can have a representative of the business
department. call upon them, who will quote
prices and make contracts for space. Gall
telephone No. I15.
Classified advertisements or locals, ten
(l0cents per line for first insertion gand five
GO cents for each additional insertion
Special rates upon five hundred 5000 or one
thousand QOO0) lines OF local, to be used in
one month. will be furnished upon applica-
ton.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-14
Mexican Mineral Belt.

The only direct route to the rich
mining regions of Eastern Sonora
and Western chihuahua is via the
Sierra Madre line, and Casas Gran
des. Trains leave Ciudad Juarez at
1925 daily except Sundays.
j. T. LOGAN,
Genl. Traffic Agt.