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The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18
AN ANOMALY AMONG CONVENTIONS.

N BOUT the management of the Democratic \ convention thus far there have been several features almost inexplicable The lack of en- thusiasm is not to be regarded surprising. There is some stimulus even ill a ororn hope, but the ab- sence of hope means apathy Therefore the gathering is devoid of enthusiasm Even the comforting thought that the head of the ticket backed by the fragments of two parties might be saved and there be spells to divide has vanished. The Democrats do not like their temporary associates and they do not like each other. So the apathy Is natural
 But Democrats have right to be stirred by the impulse of patriotism. At the convention there has been not thrill The attempt n that direction yes ferdav was failure and had only been made in sponse to direct hints from outsiders. This strikes observen as odd, One day the Democrats denounce
 man as an instrument of the corporations and thrust him from promised position. Dockweier was to have been temporary chairman. Because he was charged with being Southern Pacific ally he was turned down. A few hours later he chairman of one of the most important committees, empowered to direct orpani4atietl, and not only to the permanent chairman but the permanent charnan's committees This also has queer look. Cassin after having been Dub1ished as Buckley follower, selected to pre- sif.l over convention whose principal inspiration
 rose from the privilege of expressing detestaton for Buckley Will somebody kindly clear away the con lectures which naturally arise the perpetraton of such freak?
 The long, meaningless speeches such as took up all the time yesterday may be forgiven, for if the Demo are the offenders they must be also the chief sui ferers But what is the in expenditure of words concerning subject, determination of which had all ready been arranged in caucus? We do not pause for reply We do not expect reply. There is none to make
 Democrats appear to be conducting their conven- ton as badly organized freak However, it is their own and this year of no importance.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18
PAVING OF MARKET STREET.

TT is announced that within the next forty days l Market street. between Second and Sixth will be paved with bitumnous rock "so that there will be smooth surface from curb curb, laid according to specifications requiring substantial pavement lhls utopan statement IS not made however, without some msgivings. It is accompanied by resolution passed by the Board of Supervisors which orders the Market-street Railway Company to pave between its tracks. No guarantee is offered that this order will be complied with nor is anything said about the poration and other vandals who will take possession of the street and it up the moment 1t is put in perfect repair.
 However good point will be gained when the bitumen is laid up the cable tracks if it gets further. The Market-street Company is sadly wanting in civic pride and desires nothing out of Market street than the nickels it pick up; hence 1t IS extremely probable that 1t will refuse to pave between tracks until the have directed 1t to do so But if the highway paved on each side of the tracks the spectacle of curmudgeon corpora tion in the center will do something than make politics for Mayor Phean and the ant-rail- road Democrats. It may shame of the directors of the Market-street Company into expendng few dollars for the general welfare
 At all events, whatever the result shall have an object lesson in bitunlous rock pavement under the very nose of the town, and the educational effect not fail to be good Heretofore streets paved with this material have been left to fall into ruin
 Third street is already wreck and California street. between Montgomery and Battery, has long been horrible example of municipal neglect In fact not only has the covering the latter street been permitted to into holes but the foun- dation has been allowed to follow its example In deed it is doubtful whether the latter be repaired without relayng large blocks of it
 On Market street, however, all the evils of munich pal neglect and the vandalism of the local burrowing corporations and contractors will become conspcu- The people will have chance every day to ob- how public thoroughfare in charge of the Street Department goes to ruin. If they stand the process without protest they will exhibit greater patience than they are believed to possess. So even if the Market-street Company persists in ex- hibitng its parsimony and lack of civic pride some thing will be gained by paving Market street from Second to Sixth Perhaps the lesson will be costly, but it will, nevertheless. be useful and valuable.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18
HUMoR A PRECIOUS GIFT.

I regard a sense of humor as one of the most precious gifts that can be vouch- safed to a human being. He Is not neces- sarily a better man for having 1t, but he is happier one. It renders him indifferent to good or bad fortune It enables him to enjoy his own discontinue. Blessed with this sense he is never unduIy eiated or cast down. No one can ruffle his temper. No abuse disturbs his equanimity. Bores do not bore him. Humbugs do not hum bug him. Solemn airs do not impose on him. Sentimental gush does not influence him. The follies of the moment have no hold on him. Titles and decorations are but childish baubles, in his eyes. Preju- dice does not warp his judgment. He is never in conceit or out of conceit with himself. He abhors all dogmatism. The world is a stage on which actors strut and fret for his edifcation and amusement, and he pursues the even current of his way invulnerable, doing what is right and proper according to his lights, but utterly indifferent whether what he does finds approval or disapproyal from others. If Hamlet had had any sense of humor he would not have been nuisance to himself and to all surrounding him.-Lon- don Truth.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

the first and second class; North Dakota, 1000 or more; Ohio, 10000 or more; Maine, ali places having 800 or more votes; Ms souri, cities of 100 900 or more; Wisconsin, cities of 2000 or more and townships or 5000 or more; New York. in cities and VII lages containing upward or ooOO; nhoQe Island, non-taXpayerS are required to register; Texas, cities of 1O,OO0 or more; South Dakota, in cities, but not III coun- try precincts; Washington, in all young young precincts having a population or more than 250 voters There is no registration in Indiana, New Hampshire and oregon 1t is prohibited by constitutiona! pro- vision in Arkansas and West Virginia.
 ANNOUNCING CITIzENSHIP-A. B. H.. City, This correspondent says: Ten years ago I became an American citizen and voted at the election or 1oeS. then returned to Australia, resided there about three years. took some interest in the elections there and voted there. have now returned to California for good l wish to know if l could nave reSistereu for the coming elections? under the GIT cllmstances stated the correSpondent coIld not have been registered, as since his return he is as much an allen as 1T he had never been natura1Zed III the United States. A citizen of the Ohlted States who leaves the United States for a foreign country, takes up his residence there and takes part in the aHalrs or that foreign country, such as Vouns aI elections by his acts renounceS ms clll- ZenshiD as a citizen of the Unlteu StdleS and assumes the citizenship or the cou1- try in which he has taken up ms apoue and exercised the rights of an elector. TTnon his return to this country, wishing to be a citizen thereof, he must proceeu exactly as if he had never been here pe fore. The rule is that man caaIIOe ,,oe be a citizen of two nations at the same time, and he must elect which nation ne will be a citizen of. The moment ne makes that election he surrenders the citizenship of the nation he turneo ms hQn n
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18
THE URCHIN'S TALE.

Above the sound of the traffic that roared In the neighborhood of the bulletin board Came the lisping tones of seven-year-old, And the man gave heed to the tale he told; For the man was man of martial air. Though white the drift of his snowy hair; And his eyes grew bright and he smiled for At the warlike words of the little boy, Who spoke to his comrade. small. freckle- With a Cuban flag on his tattered waist. What stock" said the vet. when grim wars
 alarms
 Break out in the speech of the babes in arms! When the discourse of children is talk of guns And heroes praised by the little ones. '.Ay, what stock What a sturdy stockl What fighting chips of the fighting block! The seven-year-old by the bulletin board But went right on with his tale of strife ''De battery licked em, you betcher life! ..De battery done it; ah. don't forget Dat battery was onto it's job. you bet. .'De udder captain was sand clear t'roo. But he was 'fraid O dem cannon balls. too ''He cheered up his gang, you know-but nit; Dey tried deir best, but dey couldn't hit. An den''-and the old mans eyes grew
 moist,
 And deep in his loyal heart he rejoiced; And he bent his head and he proudly smiled At the epic sung by a little child, And his pulses throbbed and his being thrilled Then he gravely thought of the maimed and
 killed;
 For he had fought, and he knew no fun's Provoked by a charge on the enemy's guns. He fancied the carnage-the death and smoke Of the battery charge-then the wee boy spoke: ''De battery 1t did all O de work Me brudder pitched an wuz caught by Burke ''
 Chicago Record.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18
LESS WORK FOR THE cREMAToRY

any reliance be placed upon the statements | of the swearing sharp of the Examiner, that paper is rapidly decreasing the circulation of its fakes and falsehoods. 1t is not improving in quality, but the quantity of the stuff may be said be improving, for 1t is growing beautifully less.
 The latest of these "sworn to" statements shows that the circulation of the Examiner in the month of July 837 less than in the month of June. State ments of the same kind published last month showed decrease for June of 1850 copies compared with the circulation in May In the two months, there fore the diminution in the extent of the Examiner nuisance amounted to 5I87 copies.
 This falling off implies less work for the crematory. Mr. Hearst has fewer papers to burn and his patron age of the crematory is less prouse than has been There is no reason for believing it has wholly stop ped but that is side issue The point to be noted now the decline the circulation of the yellow gar bage sheet just as the political campaign is opening Up and newspaper reading among the people is ex- tending decrease of upward of 5000 copies of the Examiner circulation within the space of two months is clear proof that things becoming better and in fact 1t may be set down as municipal improve
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18
SECRETARY DAYS RETIREMENT.

H RESIDENT MCKINLEY, although notable D among public for the stability of his friendships and the steadfast conservatism of his character, has had remarkably unstable Cabinet He has been in office but little more than year, and already has made changes in the offices of Secretary of State, Attorney General and Postmaster General and is to make another in the State office
 None of these changes was the result of any caprciousness the part of the President of dis agreement among the Cabinet officials themselves All of them brought about by thoroughly understood, and of them took the public by prise. That which is about to be made in the office of Secretary of State is of the nature
 It was known at the time that MT. Day assumed the office cn the retirement of Sherman that his ap- pointment temporary merely. While Sherman nominally the chief of the office, Mir. Day had virtual control and carried all the negotiations with Spain that led up to the war. It was natural, therefore that the retirement of the former Secre tary Mr. Day should be chosen to fill the office until the Spanish business was settled and equally natural that with he close of the his temporary charge of its duties should terminate.
 The record achieved by Mir. Day in the high office to which he called is highly creditabe to him. He entered upon the work without having had any considerable experience in the conduct of public a fairs and at all in the department of diplomacy He confronted at the outset by a problem of great compleHty. mistake on his part might have led to commit the blunder of recognizing the Cuban insurgents of giving to some European power plausible excuse for interference between ourselves and Spain. He avoided all errors of such | nature and has been completely successful in his conduct of our foreign relations
 With such record of work accomplished under great difficulty MT. Day will go out Of office with a much higher reputation than he carried into it. When he went to Washington Assistant Secretary of State he unknown man, and the friendship of the President for him was generally assigned as the sole reason for his appointment. It is now recog- nized that he was in every way worthy of the high position to which he called and that his have been highly beneficial to the Government.
 This is not the first time in history that men comparatively unknown have proved themselves able to bear great responsibilities with honor to them selves and benefit to the nation. It Is from such ex- amples that learn the vast strength of the American people and prove fitness for segov- ernment and our ability to find in every emergency capable of mastering all its difficulties Secre- tary Day will not rank in history brilliant states man, but he has been safe and thoroughly patriotic official and will retire from office with the respect and esteem of the whole country.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18
AROUND THE
 CORRIDORS.

| J. J. Hebbron of Salinas is staying at the Grand. w N. McDougall of Placerville is at the California. H. B. Rice of Falbrook. Cal, is at the Occidental. Frank H. Webster, a rancher Of Min turn, is at the Grand. F. B. Ladd and wife of Placerville are guests at the Grand. Leon Carteri and daughter of Santa Barbara are at the Baldwin.
 Seymour Waterhouse of Placer County is registered at the California. F. K. Roberts, a Santa Cruz merchant will be at the Lick for few days. A. W. Fisher of New York and Erie A. Knudsen are staying at the Occidental.
 Mr. and Mrs. H. c. Perkins and family of New York are registered at the Pal ace.
 M Gilmacher, a prominent merchant of Santa Ana, is at the Baldwin for short stay.
 Dr. T. Jeff White, well-known den- tist of Los Angeles. is a guest at the Lick
 Bainbridge Reynolds and Reynolds Hayden of Washington, D. C., are at the Palace.
 E. H. Foote and wife of Grand Rapids. Mich. were among the arrivals at the Palace yesterday.
 c. H. Duell and wife of Washington. D. C.. and R. B. Messer of Hastings, Mich, are at the Palace. H. w. Jackson, a prominent redwood manufacturer of Blue Lake,, Humboldt County, is at the Lick
 Judge William R. Daingerfeld, who re- gently returned from the country, is con- fined to his room by illness. D. S. Combs and wife the Misses Nora and Lila Combs, and Miss Annie Brown of St. Marcos, Texas, are guests at the Grand
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18
SENSIBLE sELF-coNFIDENcE.

One of the important results of the war is the development of a rational self confidence among the American people.
 When President Mckinley delivered the ultimatum of Congress to Spain vast number of business men throughout the United States regarded the future with gloomy forebodings. Spain's paper navy loomed large in their eyes The supposed possibility of the bombardment of sea- port towns created something like panic in Boston and other New England cities. Predictions that business would be pros
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18
cALIFoRNIANs IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Aug. 17.-H. T. Scott of San Francisco is at the Holland and J. Kelton and Frederick Markham of San Francisco are at. the Normandie
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18
ANU USEMENTS

Cofumoia-"Trilby" Acazar-"Frederck the Great " Morosco's-"ITork and Wages Tivon-"L ohengrin."
 Orpheum-Vaudeville
 The Chutes-zoo Vaudeville the 63pouud Man Olympia-Corner Mason and Eddy streets specialdeS The veldrome-" Battle Manila. Mechanics PaviionThe Irish Fair saturday August u Sutro's Baths-Swimmtng Central Park la," Saturday August 20 El Cappo-Ausc dancing boating, fishing every Sunday State Fair-Sacramen nto. September 5.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

Up at Sacramento the partisans of Phelan are claiming that the Mayor is responsible for every form made and the author of all things good. The world must have been dark and wicked world before he had the kindness to be born into it.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

Among the thousands of soldiers who have been quartered in San Francisco there has been only one murder, excepting those committed through the sanitary condition of Camp Merritt.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

According to advices from Washington an explana- ton may be demanded as to the conduct of Germany in the Philippines No explanation seems necessary. If anything is demanded it ought to be an apology.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

Some of the Democrats when asked concerning fusion make remarks which cannot be printed owing to certain restrictions placed upon the character of mailabe matter
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

Anybody who does not regard Gavin McNab as the flower of honesty has only to ask him about it.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

Jones-Why do you say she reminds YOU of brown sugar? ~ Brown-Because she's sweet. but unre- fined.-Judy
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

If is A fact that the English soldiers use pr. Siegert's Angostura Bitters as preventative of alI troubles of the digestive organs.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

MISS VAN NESS-M. c. G., City. This department is unable to find any record of Miss Van Ness, who recently shot her self, having used the expression: "Give me a soldier, or give me death."
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

Now that the Monterey has been in action the en- tire list of warships made in San Francisco has un- dergone the test of battle And each stood the test with honor.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

WOMAN sUFFRAGE-E City. Yes, In Kansas, women exercise the right of suf- frage in municipal elections.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

special information supplied daily to basiness houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's 510 Mont gomery street. Telephone Main lo4z.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

Give McNab his own virtues text and he will preach as long as there is audience.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

In 1s5O-"He's from somewhere down
 New England or the Philippines?"-
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

The electric fan at the Democratic convention went out of business yesterday. It day of oratory, and competition in the furnishing of wind was too fierce
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

RED ROCK, G. H. P, City. Red Rock is in 55.30 north and 20 west at the head of San Francisco Bay, but a short dis tance from the southern limit of San Pablo Ray
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18
AUCTION SALES

By ". day August 1s Machinery and Tools, 204 Mis- sion street at Il o clock.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

A story that con- cerns a certain
 major in this State, who is one of the leading spirits in Repub- lican councils. runs something
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

MIzPAH-H. B., City. The meaning of Mizpah Is ,7atch tower Read verse i9 of the thirty-first chapter of Genesis and you will understand the beautiful appro- priateness of Mizpah on an engagement vii
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

If San Francisco learns to view ynching with favor it must first be understood that the victim is guilty of something worse than dark complexion
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

First and Second Class rates again reduced via the Santa Fe route. Call at the new ticket office, 62S Market.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

Madrid mourns over the result of the war and every other nation earth has the privilege of saying We told you so."
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

The Cuban who shot while trying to steal from the American commissary stores deserved what he got for being too lazy to ask for rations
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

Those who did not register wondering what they have gained by losing the privilege of voting.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

Perhaps Germany forgot to put immediate de livery stamp her congratulations the return
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

Cal glace fruit soc per lb at Townsend's.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

CORBETT- -SHARKEY FIGHT-H w K, City. In the fight between Corbett and Sharkey at the Pavilion on the 24th of June, 1896, in the fourth round Corbett nodded to Captain Whitman of the police force. He jumped into the ring and pulled Sharkey away.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

H TSPATCHES of yesterday from London an- | } nounce 1t Is understood there that an ex-
 - change of views is going between the
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

KINGDOMS. NJ, City. The reason that Great Britain is not called queen dom" is because the term is not recog- nized. There is no essential difference between the titles of King and Emperor but in ancient times the latter ranked above the former. The term Emperor is of Roman origin, while King is of Teu- tonic origin.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

MEDICAL JOURNALS, A. G., City. Medical journals that are generally read in the United States by the profession are the Medical Times and the Medical Review of Reviews of New York, and the Medical Bulletin of Philadelphia
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-10-01
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

WANTS.
Judge Edwin Hore of Waialua
is in town.
See WANTS for places to let
and things for sale.
There is a ship off port as the
BULLETIN goes to press.
w. NJ. Thompson returned from
Hamakua on the Keauhou this
morning.
There will very probably be a
game of baseball in Kapiolani
park this afternoon.
There will be meeting of the
Board of Directors of the Y. M.
G. A. at the usual hour this even.
ing
Mrs. w. p. Fenell of Kau, who
has been SO i'll, is just recovering
now at the Rose home on Bereta-
MIA street.
Received by Australia bell flow
err, Spitzenberg and Greening ap-
pies, tokay and muscat grapes,
navel oranges, lemons, nuts, etc.
Edgar Henriques, Masonic Tenn
pie,
Chas. II. Frazier of the Berg
strom Music Co. was surprised by
a visit from his old instructor,
Professor Eames of Oakland, Cal,
who arrived on the Australia this
morning.
Miss Mary Alexander, a Kin
dergarten teacher, has been trans
ferred from Emma hall to the
Mission chapel in Magoonville
where she will carry on Kinder
garten work.
The city editor of the BULLETIN
for himself and friends designated
in letter of advice heartily thanks
J. J. Vanderveer of the U. S. s.
Baltimore for Spanish military
buttons from Manila.
Bishop & Co.'S savings bank
opened this morning in the Friend
building, Bethel street. Deposits
came in early and often. The car
penters had not got through with
the fixtures, which when done will
be convenient.
At meeting of the Mission
Children's Society last evening
Mrs. McCully- Higgins read a
sketch of the judges of Hawai-,
Mr.. p. l.. Weaver read a short
story and Rev. S. f. Bishop told
of his visit to the States.
The total rainfall for September
at the Punehou station, kept by
G. Lyons, clerk of the weather
bureau, was % inches. This is
0.37 inches less than the normal,
The average temperature was I'll,
Just or less than normal.
In the police court this forenoon,
All Hoy, the Chinese boy who
stole jewelry from Ii. +. Wich.
mans store, was sentenced to a
years Imprisonment at hard labor
All 10y was fined $50 and costs
on the charge of unlawful posses.
sion OF opium. The case of M. S,
Freitas for selling liquor without
license was out for October.
There are no new developments
in the Xxi Ringer case, a least
for the public. The police are
keeping quiet about the matter
and are examining various natives
ia regard to the affair. If there
has been any foul play, it is be
lieved by the police that some
thing will come to light very soon