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The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08
THE PRESIDENT AND FINANCE.

THE friends of the single standard and sup porters of financial and currency reform have occasion to be pleased by the Presidents atti- tude toward these most necessary policies.
 In the message he says: "The importance of ade- ouate provision which will insure to our future a money standard related money standard now is to that of our commercial rivals is generally recog nized.
 "The companion proposition that our domestic paper shall be kept safe and yet be SO related to the needs of our industries and internal com merce to be adequate and responsive to such needs is a proposition scarcely less important.
 These declarations cover the conclusions reached by the Indianapolis money conference, formulated in the bills which already referred to the House Committee on Banking and Currency.
 Of course it is known that those bills cannot pass the Senate as at present constituted for in that body the sound money in minority But the next Senate, which goes into power on the 4th o March, 1899, will have good working majority Of sound money men, will the House which begins at the date.
 If there be any change the need of this financial re- form is more pressing than The country IS ad- monished by the result of the recent elections. The Republican party made its losses east of the Mssis- sipp River and its gains west of that line Cali fornia contributes two to the gains in the Senate ana SIX to the total majority III the house, or Wlti fraction of one-haf thereof.
 The party has been renewed in its power for specific reasons and we'll defined purposes, chief among which those related to the standard of value and the currency reform, to which the President refers
 As 1t is not expedient to attempt anything with the present Senate, it is highly expedent and necessary to bring the next Senate into action in coordination with the friendly majority in the House at the earliest possible day after the life of the Congress begins Then will be the first opportunity presented, since the financial agitation began, of President and House and Senate in accord upon the measures and method of reform An extra session should be held next spring to dispose finally of this subject. Then, if by some unforeseen accident the President and House chosen in 1900 should desire to disturb that adjust rent the Senate would stand in the way and could not be overridden
 It may be said, we believe, with confidence, that the safeguard against such accident will be found in the enactment of financial and currency form next spring, thus demonstrating the fidelity and good faith of the party in power and proving its right to further confidence by having merited 1t.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08
WELL-KNoWN PEOPLE.

Admiral Dewey has valuable collec- tion of butterflies, which is insured for $600O
 Professor Moses Colt Tylor of Cornell has been made a character in novel by Justin Mccarthy.
 The marble fountatin that Emperor Will liam purposes to erect in Constantinopie to commemorate his visit there Is to be Of his own design.
 George Julian Zolnaz, the sculptor has completed his bust of Edgar Allan Poe, and 1t will be placed in the library of the University of Virginia.
 George Hitchcock, the painter, is a grad uate of Brown University and a direct de- scendant of Roger Williams. When he left to study water-coloring in England his parting words were, ''If l succeed shall not return"
 It is announced from Leipsic that Herr Meyer, in acknowledgment of his grati- from captivity and safe return of his son, Hans Meyer, the African traveller, has given 1000 ,000 marks for the building of twenty-seven workmen's dwellings in Leipsic Lindenau.
 Caleb T. Row. who after service of for ty-four years, has resigned from the gen. eral management of the American Bible Society, is said to be the greatest author ity on the various editions of the Bible and their history in the United States. He owns one of the best private collec- tions in this country,
 vini says that the only time in his life he lied about his art was when he saw Bernhardt in Schiller's Maid of Or leans' He said the performance was poor, yet when the tragedienne asked his opinion he replied, You were superb '' him to her company as "the master of all Of l1So
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08
AROUND THE
 CORRIDORS.

Banker w. H. Kenzie is at the Lick. MT. and Mrs. John M. Godey are at the Lick.
 E. T. Beniamin, U. s. A, is at the Cali fornia-
 Fred Cowan of New York is at the Palace.
 A. Biffar of Germany Is a guest at the Palace.
 Judge J. M. Mannon of Ukiah is staying at the Lick.
 pr. P. N. Russell of Fresno is a guest at the Lick.
 F. P. Clifford merchant of Auburn, Is at the Lick.
 R. E. French of Bakersfield is staying at the Grand.
 pr. E. Everets, U. S. A., is guest at the Occidental.
 W. J. Canton, U. S. s. Olympia, is at the California.
 Frank Hurst and A. Long of Chicago are at the Russ.
 F. A. Lafferty and wife of Sacramento are at the Grand.
 Mrs R. w Nichols of San Diego Is a guest at the Lick.
 William M Sims of Sacramento is reg istered at the Palace.
 f. M. IOSSOll, lilc OA ei'O 4 NJoAA ranch, is at the Palace.
 E. W. Hale, a merchant of Sacramento Is a guest at the California
 l.. N. Parks, a miner of Lowden Ranch, is a guest at the Occidental.
 E. c. Langford, merchant of Littleton, N H., is a guest at the Palace.
 M. Seebey of Tacoma and R. F. Fletcher of Los Gatos are guests at the Palace
 w H. Babcock, a grain merchant or Walla Walla, is registered at the Lick.
 Ex-State Senator James McCudden of Vallejo is registered at the Occidental. A. M. Mcdonald is registered at the Lick. He is a prominent miner from So- nora. James M Hardman of Boston and c. M. Blnn of Chicago are registered at the Grand.
 F. $. Weston and E. H. Brocklehurst of London are registered at the Cali fornia.
 Miss Ada Gilmore, daughter of Superin- tendent Gilmore of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, Is at the Palace.
 Rev. I. Osborne of Honolulu and Rev. D. G. McKinnon of Stockton, both promi nent Episcopal ministers, are at the Occi- dental
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08
ANOTHER WAR STAMP DECISION

n DISPATCH from Lansing, Mich, brings the / \ intelligence that the State Supreme Court of that commonwealth has handed down a de- csion declaring that the express companies must pay for the stamps affixed to receipts issued to ship pers. No particulars are given, but since the Ameri can Express Company is mentioned of the litigants we may presume that the an appeal from the decision of one of the Michigan Circuit Courts, wherein it was held that writ of mandate would issue compelling the express companies to stamp their receipts.
 Up to the present time the express corporations, their selfish and unpariotc contention with reference to war taxation have said that until some court of last resort had decided against them they would con- tnue to believe their construction of the law to be correct Here, at last, IS opinion from court of final resort in great State. What these contu- macious tax-shirkers going to do now? Half dozen nis prius courts have ruled against them to the for them, and the latter an lll-considered rush decision rendered for the purpose of furthering an appeal. At last Supreme Court has upheld the former line of decisions and reaffirned the opinions of the United States Attorney General Commissioner of Internal Revenue and other officials who have ruled on the question. We repeat what are the express companies and especially Wells, Fargo & Co.,, going to do?
 If they do not now submit and pay their war taxes
 
 the Government and the law. They have refused to support the nation in time of war, its greatest peril they have set the courts at defiance and openly Haunted their arrogance; they have stamped the re- ceps of their big patrons and robbed their small and helpless ones in short, they have been guilty of duct which, were 1t proved against individual would render him liable to punishment as traitor and criminal Are these express monopolies going to be allowed to continue in this until the end?
 The attention of Congress ought to be called to the matter by the Boards of Trade and Chambers of Com merce of the country Something more than cari- hcation of the law should be undertaken. The ex- press companies should be brought under Govern ment supervision and made to feel that they owe at least obedience to the law. There is but one way to reach the hearts of the selfish and unpatriotic con- cerns and that is through their pockets. If the law is amended it should that intercommercia ex press shall not be increased beyond the figures now prevailing, and that the stamp tax shall be quadrupled. This might make the tratorous cor poratons sing different tune.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08
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The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08
MURDER AND INCENDIARISM.

HERE is method by which the crime of
 arson can be checked, and this is the simple one
 of punishing it. There is misdeed in the whole list unpardonabe, because it must of ne cessity be deliberate.
 When the setting fire to building results in inan- cia loss to innocent parties the guilty wretch should be held responsible, and if unable pay, be kept in confinement until the sum had been worked out at a credit of perhaps dollar day This might mean life sentence, and much the better. If the crime involves the destruction of ife it should be treated murder of the first degree.
 The people of one California town search ing for an incendiary, and catching him, he will be hanged He ought to be. It is pity the law does not prescribe this and the way to educate the law-maker is to give him few object lessons Surely the who applies the torch to structure in which people are sleeping is deserving of no consideration than the who wrecks train, and according to the code the wrecker is murderer, fit for the gallows
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08
A MEASURE OF URGENCY.

FOR long time the American people have | looked in vain to Congress for protective legis- lation favorable to the upbuildng of the mer- chant marine needed to carry commerce. The Republican party, faithful in the performance of its general pledges has been strangely neglectful of its pledge in this regard. Our ship-builders and ship owners are still struggling in vain to compete with the subsidized shipping of Europe, and imports and exports still mainly carried in foreign vessels, the expense to of heavy annual tribute to the foreign
 Now, at last there is fair prospect that justice will be done, and that speedily The expansion of our merchant marine has become urgent. The events and the results of the have combined to make clear the imperative necessity of legislation that will stimu late the building of American ships to be manned by American sailors to carry American produce to all parts of the world and to bring back shores the goods we import in exchange for them.
 The President set forth the urgency of the matter very clearly in his message. The annexation of Ha- vail he said, "and the changed relations of the United States to Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philip pines, resulting from the war; compel the prompt adoption of maritime policy by frequent steamship communication encouraged by the United States un- der the American flag with the newly acquired islands Spain furnished to its colonies, at annual cost of about two million dollars, steamship lines conlmun CdtnR With portion or WOIlQ HldIKetS as we'll as with trade centers of the home Government The United States will undertake to do less It is our duty to furnish the people of Hawaii with facilities under national control for their export and import trade It will be conceded that the present situation calls for legislation which shall be prompt, durable and liberal"
 Furthermore, the President added: "The part which the American merchant vessels and their seamen per- formed in the war with Spain demonstrates that this service furnishing both pickets and the second line of defense is national necessity and should be en- couraged in every constitutional way
 Short as the present session will be, the country has right to expect of Congress good and efec- tive shipping law before it closes The issue is broader than that of supplying the Philippines and the West Indian Islands with merchant lines It is one of supplying the United States with such lines Our commerce is expanding in every direction. Our tribute to foreign shp-owners is increasing annually Every argument which be justly drawn from the conditions of the present the prospects of the f- tends to strengthen the demand that the Govern ment adopt at once policy of fair play toward the American merchant marine.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08
A POOR LITTLE GIRL.

She never ran with hoop, nor blew Soap bubbles out of pipe, nor knew In all her days what a world of fun It was to scamper and jump and run; She was born to wealth and a house of
 pride, And must be proper and dignifed. Dear little girl! I am sad for you; They have filched your world of it's
 roseate hue; They have robbed the sweets of your
 childish play, And stolen your years and your dreams
 away; And you are little girl no more. Poor little martyr in pinaforel frankly own would shrink to face Your accusing eyes at the throne of grace. l tremble to think what the King may
 mete To the culprit couched at the Judgment
 seat, Who has taken child that was made to
 sing And stif1ed the song and deceived the
 King,
 Joseph Dana Miller, in The Criterion.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08
A DREADFUL ASSAULT.

MT. Justice Ball. an Irish Judge, was noted for his amusing manifestations of ignorance. but whether they were real or pretended has never been clearly estab- lished. He tried a case in which a man was indicted for robbery at the house of poor widow. me first witness was the fled the prisoner as the man who had en- tered the house and smashed her mother S chest. Do you say that the prisoner at the bar broke your mothers chest?' said the Judge, in astonishment. He did my lord" answered the girl; The jumped on 1t till he smashed 1t entirely" The Judge turned to the crown counsel and said indicted for murder? If he smashed this poor woman's chest in the way the wit ness has described he must surely have killed her" But, my lord" said the counsel, it was wooden chest Corn hill Magazine.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08
MICROBES IN MILK.


 It will be readily granted that the in- spection of milk and its sources of supply is of even more importance from public health point of view than the inspection of meat, since milk is so largely used as the food of infants.
 Milk, immediately it Is taken from the healthy COW, contains no microbes Hardly has the milk settled in the pail than they abound, so many as 10000 in one-quarter cubic inch having been de- tected. The question which naturally presents itself is, Where do they come from?' From the soiled teats, from the soiled hands of the workers, from the at mosphere of the milking shed and from the pails themselves. They possess the property of propagating very rapidly
 Monsieur de Freudeurich of the Berne Laboratory asserts that milk just drawn containing in one-quarter cubic inch 5000 contain 60000. After period of twenty five hours had elapsed 5.0oo000 microbes
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08
EVHDING CIVIC DUTY.

\ HENEVER a trial results in miscarriage Of \A| justce-and that such results frequent will
 not be denied-there is an outcry against the ineiciency of the courts. The who make it first and oudest are themselves to blame They refuse to perform jury duty.
 Because citizen has large business interests IS no reason he should be able to whisper an excuse into the ear of the Judge and then permitted to go his way. He is as able to endure the tedium of trial another man. He far better afford the loss of time than can his neighbor who tolls for wages
 The opening of every notable is marked by a pitful exhibition of lack of regard for the public well fare Talesmen will plead all manner of pretexts for being allowed immunity from the jury-box. They have even been known to lie about it, in which in- stance instead of being fined for contempt of court, they have been given permission to go. Later 1t is their privilege to read of the trial and express dis appreciation of the verdict to rail against the jury system, opining loudly that 1t is failure. So, to certain extent, thanks largely to them it is.
 In minor cases 1t Is rare that representative citizens selected jurynnen. Apparently they not so much as expected to serve, for they not sum moned, and the panel is made up of the courtroom oafer the professional juror the ragtag and bobtail of the city, lacking in intelligence, principle and standing If the method of trial by jury IS to tinue, the time has for decided reform Re chosen, forced to act. The service rendered by an honest urynan is honorable far more honorable than his efforts to sneak out of 1t.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08
DISSATISFIED SCHOOL DIRECTORS

H IRECTORS Gallagher and Waller of the } Board of Education are said to be not satisfied with the report of the Grand Jury. Possibly the object of formulating report is not the satisfy ing of every rascal whom the report may adversely criticize. That the management of the board has been shameful there is denying. That of the members belong behind the bars is the common be- lief They have wasted the funds placed at their dis posal, have unbiushingly defed the public to do any thing about 1t, and have the unspeakable assur- to resent the mention of their dereliction by body organized for the avowed purpose of bringing lawbreakers to justice
 There could not well be better recommendation for the Grand Jury than the displeasure of Gallagher and Waller This might be strengthened by yelp from Ragan, and Drucler could add to its weight by ex- pressing disregard for the attitude of the jury The fact stands that the of the Board of Edu- cation has been from the first against all decency and that it has not been wanonly dishonest braces number of fools. At least 1t has been re- proach and disgrace to the community The more its leading spirits protest the they emphasize the certainty that the people led into electing important office lot of incompetent and conscience less
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08
THE WORD "GRoe.v

The word "grog' has a curious history II comes in roundabout way from the French gros-grain, of which our English
 grogram is corruption, meaning a stun of coarse and heavy texture. Bluff English navy just before our War of In dependence, wore brooches made of this material. and was nicknamed from that circumstance "Old Grog." He used to have his men mix water with rum that was always served to English sailors as part of their rations, and hence any dram mixed with water came to be called
 grog, and the places where such things are sold '.groggeries. St Nicholas.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08

were present in the same quantity of milk and if the temperature be raised to 95 degrees Fahrenheit the microbic popu- lation of the same milk, during the same time, would reach the enormous total of SIP 000
 Children appear particularly prone to contract consumption through the agency of milk containing tubercle bacilli- Chambers Journal
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08
cAL1FoRN1ANs IN WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-E. R. Dimond and wife of San Francisco are at the Shoreham. Hugh Craig, president of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. has taken quarters for the winter at the Cos mos Club He protests that he is not here to mix in politics or to interfere with any plans of the delegation, but to urge the passage of the Nicaragua canal bill. Mir and Mrs. Woods of Stockton are in the city
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08
ANU SEMENTS

California Boy Wanted Just for Fun" Columbia-"Gayest Manhattan" Alcazar-"The Private Secretary" Tivo-"Cyrano Bergerac." s-"Blacklisted.' Orpheurn-Va The Chutes-Gorrlla man. vaudeville and the ZOO. Olympia-Corner Eddy streets, speciates Sutro's Baths-Swimming. Mechanics Pavilon-Charity Bazaar. Coumba-Press Club Entertainment this afternoon Sherman Clay Hal-Pano Recital Friday Evening, De- cember g
 Oakland Race Track-Races to-day. Igeside Coursng Park-Coursing Saturday and Sunday Rosenthal-Conlng December.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08
WILL DAMN THEMSELVES.
Clos Angeles Times).

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The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08
CAN'T TAKE IT SERIOUSLY
Influential Journals Look Upon Burns Candidacy Theme tor
 Laughter FIeers and Jeers.
BURNS A POLITICAL JOKE.
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The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08

Mrs. Mentel is said to have suffered considerable shock upon discovering that she was murderess Precisely what effect she thought the mpulsion of two bullets into the body of her husband would pro- duce is matter thus thrown into the field of specu lation.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08

It is pleasing to learn that the Examiners national policy is the guide of the administration The enter prisng Hearst not only made the war, but has die tsted the terms of settlement with Spain. However the administration has been too busy to set forth these facts and the Examiner has modestly saved it the trouble.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08

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The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08
CALIFoRNIANs IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, Dec 7-Arthur Rodgers of San Francisco is at the Netherland A: J. Beggs of San Francisco is at the Cosmo- politan. pr. l.. F. Wood of San Diego is at the Park Avenue.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08

Miss Ball is to be congratulated upon having de- feated the Board Of Education The merits of her contention are not widely known, but anybody en- gagged in controversy with the board is certain to be right.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08

Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (AlIen's), 510 Mont gomery street. Telephone Main 1042-
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08

"California wild flowers Chinese and "Indian;" AS styles. Christmas cards as usual Sanborn, Vail Sc Go.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08

No New Years table is complete without a bottle of pr. Siegert's Angostura Bitters. the great South American tonic of exquisite flavor.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08

He-Do you believe. Miss Faith, that an ass ever spoke?
 She-Yes; don't you?-Life.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08

Baldwin is not particularly beloved now but if he cover his property with a two-story row of cheap stores, he will be paned and surprised to realize that he has not reached the zenith of unpopularity
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08

For refusal to give aims to an impertnent beggar a citizen of Los Angeles recently stabbed. The problem of what to do with our beggars has long been puzzle but about the disposition of this par tcular one there should be difficulty while there is jail-room.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08

Chinese exclusion laws said to be in effect in Hawaii. By way of preventing the Chinese any un- necessary distress it may be added that the same laws arc said to be in effect here
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08

It may truly be said of the Earl who has welded the Colgate soap fortune that he has taken the cake
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08

The tugboat style of marriage seems to have been revived Nevertheless, opinion prevails that wedding which would be illegal ashore is nothing to brag of when performed at sea-
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08

When day passes without fresh revelation of crookedness somewhere in the City Hal that day is apt to be Sunday
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08

Our store will be open evenings until Christmas. Sanborn, Vail & Co.,, Al Mar ket street
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Figel may congratulate himself so far as the courts are concerned but to his conscience there is per haps different aspect.