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The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09
ZOLa IN COURT.
property.

D EFORE the officials of the French Government h entered upon the prosecution of Emile Zola D they would have done we'll to consider, the re- suits of similar prosecutions against of genius in times past. Had they done SO they probably would have decided to let the pass and left the novelist free to make of the Dreyfus incident TO- nance political sensation, as he pleased.
 In every single instance where Government has prosecuted man endowed with high order of lit erary ability 1t has suffered defeat and been marked through all history with stain that nothing can erase. It has mattered in the least whether the Government was right or wrong, whether the genius was saint rascal. The one important fact has been that the Government side of the case has been buried in dull official reports which nobody reads, while the writer has told his with vigor and grace that win way for them into the minds of all who love literature and delight in eloquence
 Plutarch tells us that King Minos of Crete who for so many ages has been remembered as the original of the Minotaur was really just and good sovereign He had the misfortune however to of fend the Athenans, and the brilliant wits and poets of that city of genius lampooned him and de- nounced him and fastened upon him for all time the charges and stories that have made his name a synonym of all that is most brutal and bestia in na- ture It IS not with impunity adds Putarch, that can offend the favortes of the muses.
 Daniel Detoe was not particularly good citizen, very great genius, but the British officials who sent him to the pilory remain pilloried to this day in history There IS reason to believe Dean Swift was not altogether perfect saint but all the same the who turned him from court and banished him to Ireland found little pleasure while living and increase of reputation since death from the pie lures he drew of them in "Gullivers Travels" Vol tare was not model in any respect but the Govern ment that sent him to the Bastle has never been membered with special favor by any class or genera ton of men from that day to this
 It is useless to multiply instances When law as- sails man who can write thoughts that breathe in words that burn" the right or wrong of the contest has effect on the result upon public opinion The world forgves genius that entertains it, and it never forgVes governments for being dull It reads the work of the poet and romancer and does not read the law documents.
 Zola may be condemned, and it may be proved he IS rightly condemned but 1t will avail his prosecutors nothing. When he turns away from the Government and the populace from the court and the crowd and in the seclusion of his library takes up his pen he will have in his hand weapon that will win the fight for him for all time. What he writes will be read, and the world interested and charmed by the forceul and vivid style of the great realist will know any side of the story except his.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09
THE SONG OF THE SEA.

Oh. the song of the Sea,
 The wonderful song of the Seal Like the far-off hum of a throbbing drum It steals through the night to me; And my fancy wanders free
 To a little seaport town, And spot I knew, where the roses grew, By a cottage small and brown, And a child strayed up and down Ger hillock and beach and lea, And crept at dark to his bed, to hark To the wonderful song of the Sea. Oh, the song of the Sea,
 The mystical song of the Sea! What strains of joy to a dreaming boy That music was wont to bel
 And the night-wind through the tree Was perfumed breath that told Of the spicy gales that filled the sails Where the tropic pillows rolled, And the rovers hid their gold By 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 Seal The mighty note from the oceans throat, The laugh of the wind in gleet And swift as the nipples flee
 With the surges down the shore. It bears me back, Der lifes long track, To home and it's love once more; I stand at the open door,
 Dear mother, again with thee, And hear afar on the booming bar The beautiful song of the Sea.
 Joe Lincoln in l.. A. w. Bulletin
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09
HUMAN TENDERS 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 lenders that I fear it may be presum- ing too much on your valuable space to ask the publication of my views in the matter. However, as I do not recollect any one suggesting the fender that is, in my opinion, the only practical and effi- cacious one, submit it for what 1t is worth. It Is simply the Human Fender, and consists in each street railroad com pany manning each car with a strictly No. motor man and strictly No. con- ductor, well paid for their services and not compelled to work more than eight, or at most ten hours per day, so that their attention can always be concentrat- ed on their work, with strict rules in re- gard to any accident that might happen on their car. I do not wish in the least to reflect on the present employees, as there are doubtless an army of superior men engaged, but by making the hours of labor as short as possible and the pay as large as possible it will act as an incen- tive to the very best class of labor to seek that employment and to retain their places by avoiding by their extra atten- ton to duty any accident occurring by the respective cars in their charge A simple rule making it a cause for dis charge for any motorman to propel his car at rate of more than eight miles an hour will speedily regulate the speed of the cars, so no danger can come from fast driving. By this means think. the raI- road company will save money by avoid ing annoying and expensive suits for damages, and all that they would be re- quired to furnish each car with would be a wire netting or slat arrangement flush with the front and sides of the car, as any fender rigged out several feet in front is an extra danger, and any scoop arrangement wich might be worked py the motorman only divides his attention probably preventing him from stopping his car as quickly as he otherwise would or in some cases probably inducing some romantic fellow to try to see how slick he could scoop up the subject. One more source of some danger lies in running two cars together, as the extra length some times causes person to cross the street after 1t passes, without noticing the car or team coming in an opposite direction Very respectfully, c. BRANAGAN,
 12S Chattanooga street.
 San Francisco, Feb s, 1S9S
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09
NO EXCUSE FOR BRUTALITY.

C OPINION instincts of the human heart check | any impulse to speak i'll of the dead, and a
 breach of this rule only be justified when 1t has been made necessary in defense of the living Ii the dead to be protected, surely the unfortr- nate groping mindless in the borderland, Is entitled to at least equal consideration; in the name of de- cency is entitled to The dead are past all harming. At times the clouds lowering about the mentality may be dssipated and the vacant eye talk ing on again the old light, look upon the world, realizing what 1t sees. Why prepare for 1t an insult why harrow Up the feelings of friends who mourn as for one who has been called away? Perhaps the Post will tell.
 The statement that Sutro has not paid his share of taxes comes with bad grace from the organ of the Southern Pacific, monopoly which pays no tax it wrgge out of which tries to repudate its debts which preys upon the community 1t should serve; an organization venal and corrupt to be reproach upon the nation itself Let the Post look to the whence 1t draws pap.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09
THE LATEST BROKEN HEART.

\ /OU EOS Is a Chinese laundryman of Pitts
 burg and his Sunday school teacher promised
 to marry him. It Is regrettable fact that to make such promises seems to be a weakness of the Sunday school teacher who snatches heathen brands from the burning No sooner does the rescued real ize that he has been duly snatched than he wants the who has been instrumental in his salvation to marry him. Probably this is that having been saved he may remain so. Often he is refused, whereupon he goes back fan-tan and ways that dark. In many instances he is accepted. Then de- cency blushes and pale yellow half-breeds begin to people the thoroughfares.
 But the woman who saved You Eos, and for the sake of keeping him saved was willing to become his wife, has backed down. She had lucid interval and baked at the altar It seems that the minister to whom the twain applied for the tying of the knot chanced to be neither fool knave he told the girl to go home. She went and the stricken You Eos has brought suit for damages for breach of promise. In Pittsburg he may get something more substantial than what Is technically known as the "ha ha." In this State he would never get a cent by the verdict of any jury. To be sure there would be some satisfaction in cinching a woman who had been diotic to permit a Chinese to make love to her. yet it be remembered that she reformed and that in all probability Chinese was her only cIo
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09
NEWS OF FOREIGN NAMES.

Special gIlnnery and torpedo courses are to be given for retired captains, com manders and lieutenants of the British navy who are on the list of volunteers for further service, and those who attend the course will receive the full pay of their grade. The courses will begin March 2S and terminate June 24
 The total naval estimates of Denmark for 1S9S-99 amount to s ,251 ,1S0, or at the rate of S1 60 per capita of the population. This total includes $200 900 toward the con- struction of an armored ship to be named Herluf Trolle.
 Marquis de Villamayer and Marquis Courillas have offered S50,o00 and $1o0,0OO respectively to the Spanish Government as an aid to strengthen the navy.
 The IIsis and Hyane gunboats, to re- place old vessels under the same names in the German navy, have been nearly completed. They are very much like the British gunboats of that size, and are of S95 tons displacement, 1900 horse power and 12 knot speed. As they draw only ten feet they are well adapted for the service intended, on the African coast and on the rivers in the Orient.
 The British Admiralty is about to have tests made of cellulose made from corn stalk pith, an American invention which was 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 knots by over half knot. The vessel is 242 feet inches in length, 35 feet inches beam, and on a draught of IA feet aft, with 4l9 tons of coal, displaces 1862 tons. Her twin screw engines are of 40O0 horse power, with four single end boilers carrying 16O pounds steam, having a heating surface of SS23 square feet and 262 square feet of grate. During her six hours natural draught trial the engines developed 3lO0 horse power and gave a speed of +. knots. The forced draught trial gave 4030 horse power and 1894 knot speed. The coal consumption was exceptionally low, being only 145 pounds per horse power at 10 knots, and giving the ship a radius of action or endurance at 10 knots of SS96 miles.
 During the past year four battle-ships in the British navy have been completed and undergone the specified trials, which consist of continuous eight hours steam ing under natural draught, four under forced draught, and thirty hours under half boiler power to ascertain the coal consumption under ordinary cruising con- ditions. The following are the tabu- lated results of the trials in the order named above:
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

When General Flager, chief of ordnance of the War Department, informed that tests made at the Presidio showed that so per cent of the shrapnel shells supplied to the light artillery at this post was defective he dismissed the subject with the remark
 Tt is of small importance, the shells are used in small caliber field guns" This is the first time high military authority has taken the ground that the importance of swindling operation in ammunition varies with the size of the gun for which the anmuni- ton is intended. According to the Flagler scale of estimates, if 50 per cent of the rifle cartridges fur nished the infantry defective it would be of no importance whatever.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09
Time Reduced to Chicago.

Via Rio Grande Western, Denver and Rio Grande and Burlington railways. Passengers leaving San Francisco p. m. train reach Chicago 2:15 D. m. the fourth day. and New York 6:30 D. m. following day. Through Pull man Palace Double Drawing Room Sleeping Cars to Denver with Union Depot change at e:30 a. m to similar cars of the Burlington Route for Chicago. Railroad and sleeping car tickets sold through and full information given at IA Montgomery st. W. H. Snedaker, General Agent.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

| de Guatemala She goes to visit her famt fly and assist at the marriage of her younger sister also to look after some business affairs, and will be absent about two months. While she Is away her ch1l- dren will remain at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Oakland.
 F. A. Miller, a lotel man of Riverside, is at the Palace, accompanied by George Toost, G. Rouse and E. A. Chase of the same place.
 w. Shillito, young Englishman, who is making tour of the United States, is at the Palace, en route to the Hawaiian Islands and the Orient.
 o o co "The followers of the races have q WAS NOT o pretty hard o ALTOGETHER o name, name oosdS ana + in in o BAD. well deserved. O O They lead life o o o o of almost com plete ostracization from all refining infiu- ences, and the nature of their business, which brings them in continual contact with the refuse of humanity, has tendency to give them but a poor opinion of their kind, while the many hard luck stories that they hear when the ponies are rum ming their way have the effect of making
 
 ward the woes of others. Yet even amid the debasing environment of the betting ring there are occasionally met with in- stances of charity and brotherly love that doubt are ever duplicated by those who look with scorn and aversion on the out casts of the tenderloin and who tell from pulpits of the evil done our city by the sporting fraternity that makes it's yearly visit to the coast" said a gentleman in the office of the Baldwin last night. "The reason l speak thus,'' continued he, 'is a little occurrence I just witnessed as I was standing in front of the cigar-store about half an hour ago. little fellow, who could not have been over 10 or 1a years of age, was standing near the curb, when along came tout, who know my self to be about as hard a character as any racetrack ever produced. He was walking very quickly, and his whole air was that of a man in the hardest kind of luck. Just as he came opposite the boy the little fellows sobbing attracted his attention, and stopping, he asked him what was the matter. I aint had nothin' to eat since mornin', cause I lost all m dough shootin craps replied the youth; an I was trun down when der evenin' I'm up against it myself so hard that there is only one case in m jeans; but when it comes to goin' hungry I guess am more used to the graft than you are. so you'd better take this And blessed if he didn't hand over to the urchin the whole dollar, which was every cent he had in the world.'
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09
THE
 REPORT COURTEOUS.

o o o o o dressed and that, under no circumstances, could he possibly be mistaken for anything else than swell. The other night he was standing in the lobby of the Baldwin Theater, attired in faultless evening costume, when couple, who had just entered, walked past him, and, stopping a few feet away, looked round for moment or two, as if in search of something. Finally the man, detaching himself from his pretty com panion, approached X. and said: Have you a programme, my man?" To say that x. was wild with offended dignity would be putting it mildly. But mad as he was, he rose to the occasion. Glanc- ing at his interrogator, with the most supercilious contempt, he answered, Yes, thank you The other fellow Just gave me one" The girl, who had listened to the whole dialogue, was the only one of the three who laughed.
 Rev. J. M Beard of Grace M. E. Church left yesterday on short visit to the southern part of the State.
 H. B. Adams of the Stockton Gas Works Is in the city on business trip. He is staying at the Grand.
 c. A. Carpenter, well-known member of Gotham,s society circles, Is one of yes- terday's arrivals at the Palace.
 Judge c. N. Sterry, the attorney for the Santa Fe at Los Angeles, Is stopping at the Palace while on a short visit to the city.
 Rev. John A. B. Wilson, pastor of tAe Howard-street M. E. Church, has left for Los Angeles County, where he will dedi- cate new church for his son next Sun- day.
 Mime. Josefa M. de Ezeta, wife of the ex-President of Salvador, was one of the passengers on the San Bias for San Jose
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

the Army and Navy Club. at Washington
 He had been asked to deliver these lec- lures in various other places, and was preparing to do so at the time of his final illness and subsequent death. Miss Meade, who was deeply interested in her fathers work, has taken up these lectures where he laid them down, and she is now arranging for series to be given throughout the country. All of the talks are illustrated by fine stereopticon views,
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

battle-ships are of 14,9OO tons and calcu- lated to make 17.5 knots under forced draught.
 The four battle-ships of the United States navy which have been completed and gone through a four hours forced draught trial are the Indiana, Massachu- setts and Oregon, each of 0,2SS tons and the Iowa of LAO tons. The steaming records of the American battle-ships are given in order to make comparisons with the latest productions, and considering the discrepancies in size and that all but the Iowa were designed eight years ago the American battleships' performance is very creditable:
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

cORONADO.-Atmosph Is perfectly dry. soft 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, s65: longer stay s2 50 per day. Apply New Montgomery street, San Francisco, or A. w. Bailey. mana ger, Hotel del Coronado, late of Hotel Coio- rado, Glenwood Springs. Colorado.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09
ANU SEMENTS.

Baldwin-"Girl from Pars.' California Theater-BlacR Patfs Trouoadours. AlcaZar-"Charley's Aunt" Morosco s-'The Unknown" Tivol-'The Pearl of Pekin." Tlvoli-Concert Tomorrow afternoon. Orpheun1- Vaudeville. Bush-Thalia Germa-HebTew Opera Co., night Olympia, Mason Eddy streets-Speciaities. The Chutes-Chiquita Vaudeville Mechanics Pavtlon-Mining Fair and Klondike Exposition California Jockey Club, to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09
Forced Draft.
 4 Hours.

Under half power the Jupiter made Al knots with 1.51 pounds of coal per horse power per hour; Mars, 14.4 knots, using 1.93 pounds of coal; Hannibal, 14.6 knots on IFS pounds of coal, and Caesar AS knots with 1.93 pounds of coal. The mean horsepower developed by the four ships in the order named was. 619S, 60S9, 6124 and 63O9. A fifth battle-ship, the Illus trious, had only made her coal-consump- ton trial when the year ended. and de- veloped 6155 horsepower, H5 Knots speed and using TIT pounds of coal All these
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09
Mrs. winsIow's Soothing Syrup

Has been used over fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums allays Pain. cures Wind Collie. reg ulates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Dtarrhoeas whether arising from teething other causes For sale by Druggists in every mart of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. 25c bottle.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09
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 Miss Annie Paulding Meade has become lecturer. Miss Meade is the accom- phshed daughter of the late Admiral Rich
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

CALIFORNIANs IN WASHINGTON.
 WASHINGTON, Feb S.-Leroy Temple, Los Angeles, Riggs House; w. G. Hammer, Oakland, National Hotel.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

Train time between Chicago and Denver was nearly forty-eight hours but is now little than twenty eight California people would be glad to have MT. Huntington while in the East pick up few ideas as to how this sort of thing is accom- plished
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

Alexander Agassiz of Harvard is to spend several months among the Fiji Isl- ands studying the coral reefs.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

Even if the confession of the old Tammany chief is in existence it is of less importance than nice fresh confession from the present chief would be-
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

Mime Carnot, the widow of themartyred President of France, is living quietly In Paris. and no sovereign passes through that city without calling on her as mark of respect In one corner of her apartment she has arranged a chapel, and here she has placed around a DOT trait of Carnot innumerable souvenirs sent to her after the assassination.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

WHEN the hair is thin and gray PARKER's HAIR BAIsAM renews the growth and color.
 HINpERcoRNs, the best cure for corns. 15 cts
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09
AUCTION SALES.

& Eldridge-This February Turkish at 625 Sutter 230 r.
 By Frank ". Buterfeld-Ths day, February g. Turkish
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

French politeness is trait of wide renown Zoa himself probably has a high regard for it. Yet in this wild Western Hemisphere an eminent author brought to the bar would not be greeted by threats of being spat upon. We even think in our uncouth way that there IS improprety involved in splitting upon the sidewalk
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Mont gomery street. Telephone Main 1042
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

We think not" announces the Stockton Mail. It is only fair to say that this circumstance had not passed unnoticed.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

Whether man who dies by gas poisoning goes through the ordeal voluntarily is possibly impor tant question, but it does affect the reputation of the gas.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

Of course Blanco's tour of Cuba was failure Everything that has been undertaken by Spains rep resentatives in the islands has been a failure The only method by which that country can achieve any credit will be through masterly and digniied re- treat.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

Don't forget Waller Bros. Gift Day, Feb. 26 1898. 33 Grant avenue. corner Geary street.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

Hundreds of people who collected in Plymouth Church lecture-room to hear debate concerning the admission of Hawaii did not hear it. To conduct argument there must be question with two sides. but after the opponents of annexation had spoken there was nothing more to say
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

Delany's assertion that his j liar and a backmailer seems direct enough but it does not prove anything. The indignant captain should be digging for corroborative evidence.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

Prof. Fields worm powders sold on a guarantee. Try them. At druggists.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

ard Worsam Meade, U. s. N, and grand daughter of Commodore Richard Worsam Meade, U. S. N., and Admiral Hiram Paulding, U. s. N, who was Midshipman Pauldfng in Miss Sewell's engaging story. Several years since Admiral Meade wrote a number of lectures, to be read before the National Geographical Society and