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The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13
THE CHARTER "LoRD MAYOR. :"

N article which Is designed to further the adop-
 ton of the new charter morning contemporary declares that no Lord Mayor has been set up by that instrument Whatever may be said for against the Mayor who IS actually created by the proposed charter, there can be but one opinion as the inn propriety of making such statements as this It is utterly untrue that the charter does not set up
 Lord Mayor-that is to say, Mayor who in the event of his creation will exercise unparalleled powers III forming and controlling the government of this city,
 For instance, during his term of two years every Mayor elected under the proposed charter will ap point majority of the following commissions and boards: A Board of Public Works which will con- tro and supervise all work done upon the streets, sewers and public buildings of the municipality; Board of Education which will manage the schools; Police Commission, which will appoint and control semi military organization of about Goo men, Fire Commission, which will manage department consisting ot about 400 active young politicians; Election Commission, which will appoint and control all election olcers and which will the votes cast at all elections; Board of Heath which will manage the hospitals and almshouse; Park Com mission, which will control and improve Golden Gate Park
 No good purpose can be subserved by soemny affirming that the man who will direct the vast po- litlcal machine thus outlined will not be Lord Mayor" The people may want such Mayor. If they do they can get him by voting for the proposed charter. But under circumstances whatever should the fact be concealed that by voting they will enter upon an of one-man power fraught with momentous import
 It IS true that the charter collects in the hands of the Mayor powers which are now scattered in many hands, but this does not deprive him of the character described as Lord Mayor" Experience in govern ment has shown that while division of power weak its exercise, 1t also diminshes the evils which re- suit from the unrestraned play of pride and ambition The wisdom of such a division is now being illus trated at Washington Congress declares and the President wages it. The check of different minds is manifested by the deberaton and caution with which the President and Congress are considering the diff cuties with Spain
 Lord Mayor for San Francisco may be good thing If so the individual created by the proposed charter would certainly be an ideal potentate As master of the Fire and Police departments, and as master of the patronage controlled by every other de partment ot the government, he could easily swing 25ooo votes at any election except at which the people had been reused against him. We may have reached that stage of our existence when Mayor who can cast and count votes for us has become political necessity; If this be the fact we have him III the proposed charter, and should not at the outset of the campaign allow anybody to underrate hin,
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13
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verses with the rest. In short, Jean Brito was wrong. He came on the scene too late. The opinions of the world had already been formed.
 M. Gilliodts Van Sweren has published 8 large volume entitled 'The Works of Jean Brito,' making an appeal for justice, which gives strong proofs from newly discovered documents.
 He establishes the fact that the Brito family belong to the upper bourgeois class of Bruges, and that from 1893 to 1892 when this ''Venice of the north" was at the height of it's prosperity. one Jean Brito was succeSsively Counselor, BurSo- master. Sheriff and Treasurer of the city. He died poor, and one 6f his sons carry ing the fathers name to earn living be- came book writer. The most ancient register of the guild of librarians and book writers (boucscrivers) of Bruges mentions in the accounts for the year l454 the name of Jean Brito. and he thereafter figures with the title of meester until 1493, the date of his death
 Since there was at Bruges book writer named Jean Brito, and since we know of a book that this Jean Brito declares him. self to have printed, if 1t can be shown with movable type from a font" 1t will be incontestible that Jean Brito was a topographic printer.
 Now, the characters used in the Doc were printed by type cast In molds or matrices. All the as, the b's, the ads, the de's, all the isolated and combined letters, are identical in every point of found in two other books known to have been the works of Jean Brito. These type and the molds in which they were cast are the astonishing instruments" men, toned by Brito in the verse
 At the epoch when Brito lived Bruges was at the very apogee of its splendor. The sumptuous court of Philip the Good was there. One hundred and fifty foreign
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13
THE SAN JOSE ELECTIONS.

THILE the verdict of the election at San Jose \AJ IS not what the friends of good government
 had hoped 1t would be, they may still congrat- uate themselves that their efforts to do away with
 boss rule were not without salutary effect At least the bosses learned one thing. To win fight they must put up good men. They are forced to make this concession to the better element of the com munity The day has gone by when the politician defy public sentiment wholly and put up creatures known to be parts of his machine.
 The candidates elected at San Jose seem to be good men. But for the opposition to the Req gang of their standing would not have been nominated. On the contrary the ring would have selected creatures of its own and used its power to force them upon community which had confidence in them. By methods known to the professional politician such things are possible. But at San Jose so strong an opposition to the Req forces sprang up that there an absolute necessity for naming good men. Other wise defeat was inevitable. Req this and slrewd enough to profit by it. The outcome was victory for him, and yet victory, least absolute defeat for the people who fought him.
 The Call congratulates San Jose on having made the Req contingent name creditabe ticket This paper opposed Req and has no regrets; but had he put into the field the sort of nominees which would have been selected had he not feared the public timent The Call helped arouse Req victory would have been little less than a calamity We have not lost interest in San Jose and know that the efforts made on behalf of her political freedom have not been without benehcent result In the future the fight will be continued, and ultimately there be no other outcome than complete triumph for the people
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13
A SONG OF LIBERTY.

Across the land-from strand to strand Loud ring the bugle notes, And Freedoms smile from isle to islo- Like Freedoms banner floats. The velvet wales sing 'Libertyrs To answering skies serene; The mountains, sloping to the sea. Wave all their flags of gren- The rivers, rushing to the deep. The joyful notes prolong, And all their waves in glory leap To that immortal song! One song of Liberty and life That was, and Is to be, Till tyrant flags are trampled rAGk, And all the world is free. It rises and an echo comes From chained and troubled isles, And roars, like oceans thunder drumA, Where glad Columbia smiles. Where, throned and great, she sits in stats Beneath her flags of stars. Her heroes blood the sacred flood That crimsoned all its barsi Hail to our countryl Strong she stands, Nor fear the war drums beat; The sword of Freedom in her hands- The tyrant at her feet
 Frank L. Stanton.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13
' HO invented printing?

K The honor has for a long time by w general accord been given to John
 Gutenberg of Mayence. though the Hollanders stoutly claim 1t for Laurent Coster of Haarlem. Now comes M. Gil- liodts Van Sweren, keeper of the archives of Paris, who asserts that neither of these is entitled to the honor, but that 1t be- longs to Jean Brito of Bruges, and pro- duces some strong and convincing proofs of his bold assertion
 M. Gilliodts will, however, hardly con vince the partisans of Gutenberg of this, nor the adherents of Coster, nor yet the innumerable crowd of those who in mat ters of history will listen to no proof whatever on a question that they consider already decided.
 Yet he seems to have right on his side.
 At the beginning of the fifteenth cen tury the discovery of printing was ''in the air." They had already begun in Europe to engrave writing in relief and reversed on plates of wood, and with the aid of a rudimentary press had multiplied many small books of general use, such as a, b., c books and Books of Hours" One of the processes consisted of engraving each line on a separate block, number of which together made up page. From that to engrave the letters separately was but a step, yet wonderful leap, full of great possibilities.
 The one who first thought of engraving in relief the die or punch with which to strike the matrices for cutting the char acters by the font was the real in- ventor of typography, the creator of book-printing.
 In the exhibition gallery of the Nation al Library of Paris, In the midst of ''in- cunables'' from the presses of Colard
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13

AN ALLIANCE-A. l.. J., City. The proposed so-called alliance between the United States and Great Britain was only a rumor.
 NOT PREMIUM COINS-Mrs. M. B., San Jose, Cal. None of the American coins described In your communication command premium.
 STAMPS FOR BABIES-G. R. w., City. The representatives of the Chinese Gov ernment in this city are not aware that any one in China will on the presenta- ton of number of postage stamps save the life of a Chinese girl baby.
 QUESTIONS IN ETIQUETTE-E. P. Y, City. If people that you are acquaint- ed with meet loss by death, and you think anything of such people, it would be proper for you to write a letter of condolence. You should confine yourself to few words of sympathy. If the life of the person just gone has been a beau- tiful one, some alluSion to that will be proper, but do not offer anything that would seem like preaching a sermon or deducting a moral. P. P. c. cards are not sent out when the party leaves the home for a short visit in the country. Such are used only when the person con- templates an absence from home for a Europe or visit to some other State which may be of six months duration or even longer. It is the duty of the person intending to absent himself or herself for prolonged period, to make a call of adieu on friends, and if such are not at home then the visitor leaves a pour prendre conge card.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13
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 he falls into evil companionship, is tempt ed to wander from his parents freside and go down town, whence he never re- turns until the fires of his exuberance have been quenched by liberal potations. This young gentleman's mother is lady of exceeding strictness and. when her son and heir fails to materialize at the proper hour, invariably asks for an explanation in the morning when the family meet at breakfast. She always receives the ex- planation she asks for and, being mother and credulous, accepts as facts tales that would cause Ananias to blush with envy and Munchausen to hang his head in shame.
 The other morning, however, the tale told her by her inventive offspring was in such direct conflict with some tangible evidence she had secured that her faith was considerably shattered.
 The young man appeared at the break fast table and had just seated himself when his mother said: Philip. my son, what time did you get in last night?" Eleven o'clock, mother he replied. Where were you until that time of night?" 'Well, you see. there was meeting of our Sunday School Guild and was there to read a little
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13
THE DARKER SIN"

Tears may be ours. but proud for those who win
 Deaths royal purple in the foemen's lines: Peace too brings tears and amid the battle din,
 The wiser some text of God dtvtnes For the sheathed blade may rust with darker sin. God. give peace not such as Iuils to sIeen But sword on thigh. and brow with purpose knit And let ship of state to harbor sweep. Her ports all up, her battle lanterns lit And her leashed thunders gathering for their leapl
 James Russell Lowell
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13
STAINS HONOR AND HER LOST

It is rather amusing to hear this fine Spanish talk about the alleged necessity of resisting the loss of territory in order honor were dependent on territorial in tegrity 1t would have been lost long ago when Mexico. Louisiana, Florida, Guate- mala and long list of South American countries were surrendered under force or sold for cash or bartered away to pre- serve other threatened territory.-Prov- idence Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13

CORONADO-Atmosphere Is perfectly dry,
 soft and mild. being entirely free from the mists common further north. Round trip tick ets by steamship. including fifteen days board at the Hotel del Coronado. S65; longer stay, S2 50 per day. Apply New Montgomery st., do late of Htl Colorado Glenwood Spgs Colo.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13
ANU SEMENTS.

Baldw1n-"A Stranger in New York" Columbia-"Shore Acres
 Califoruia-"Od Lavender" Alcazar-'aThe Strange Adventures of Miss Brown" Morosco's-"Pavements of New York" 1ivon-"Sinbad the Sailor" T1voli-Concert tomorrow afternoon Orpheum-V Vaudeville Sherman & Clays Hal-Paloma Schramm. this afternoon Y. NJ c. A Hall-"The Passion Play The Chutes-Zoo Vaudeville Wallace "Untamabe Lion" Oympia-Corner Mas on and Eddy streets Speciates. California Jockey Cluo, Oakland-Races.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13
Mrs. winsIow's Soothing sxru,v

Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup
 Has been used over fifty years by millions oe mothers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It soothes the child soft.nr the gums. allays Pain. cures Wind Collie. reg uates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhoeas. whether arising from teethInR or other causes. For sale by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrx Winslow's Soothing Syrup 25c bottle.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13

Ladies pocket-books, belts, valises, tel escope bags, baskets and trunks. Mexican carved, alligator, grained calf and seal are the feathers most in use. Always the largest assortment and lowest prices at
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13
people.

The Japanese who is on trial for cold-blooded murder he is known to have committed depends upon plea of insanity to save his neck. He is behind the times The plea of insanity has been overworked and is recognized simply indirect way of declaring guilt and intention of bamboozling the public. The mortuary records of San Quentin will show that the public is not always to be worked by this game.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13

Policeman Orr swore that certain had been lettering about during certain period, and therefore vagrant in the eyes of the law The man able to vindicate himself by proving that at the time specified he in jail for petty larceny. This climax of course spoiled the case, but the policeman does not much disturbed by the fact of having been detected in the act of swearing falsely.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13

Special Information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allens), 510 Mont gomery street. Telephone Main 1O42
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13

Perhaps the police know why such notorious dive as Abbott's saloon Grant is permitted to run It is the resort of criminals There they meet for various evil purposes and there they occasionally shoot each other The last phase of the situation calls for interference. The shooters aggravate their offense by failing to shoot straight thus allowing jaibrds to escape who would better be the Morgue and endangering the lives of the chance and possibly worthy passer-by.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13

Spanish officials gravely that the of American ships will fly into panic the first sound of gun II this is what they are building hopes of victory is possible they are oversanguine Spain attained but naval victory worth mention ing and this when she wrecked the Maine His tory records that the sailors of the United States have won several.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13

The widow who to town with $4o,ooo and got into jail without much delay counseled to spend the money quickly. If she do not some of the con. assuredly be spending 1t for her.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13

Great sale fine eyeglasses, 15c, 33 Fourth (also Sundays), formerly Kast shoe stores
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13
AUCTION SALES.

Kip aay, April R Horses. Van Ness and Market at lO o'clock.
 By E. Cark-This day, April 12, Turkish Rugs ranta me at O'c lock
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13

There some reasons for fearing that the stonng of American Consuates may become popular amusement among the Latin nations But it really is not polite
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13

where he has been staying with hi. bride, for San Diego.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13

An Oakland woman who sports imposing title has been arrested the charge of insanity. Comes forth her lawyer indignant to explain that the lady was merely drunk And he seems to have an idea that he has mended matters.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13
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The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13

Cal. glace fruit soc per ID at Townsend's.. :.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13

The statement that Spain is standing by her de- clarations does not that she can make them good The most fervd asseyeration that black white must be wholly without practical result.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13

There Is, in the city, a certain young gentleman " h o, generally speaking, is a model of domes- ticity, but who oc-
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13

City Engineer Clement of Oakland has been elected president of the Police and Fire Commission, partly by virtue of his vote. Mir. Clement Is not man whose modesty will ever ba1 his natural impulse to recognize good man.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

AN ALLIANCE-A. L. J., City. The proposed so-called alliance between the United States and Great Britain was only a rumOr.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13

"Has Lee left Madrid?" asks an evening paper with show of anxiety. We think it perfectly safe to say that he has and that he doesn't in- tend to do so
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13

It is pity there is no law to cover the case of the man Doggett, arrested for the abduction of girl B years old: To send the to jail would be
 slur the other prisoners, and to hang him would disgrace the gaows.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13

Testimony is beginning to show that the officers who away from the murderer of Lieutenant Burke were not only brave but generous. Each was anxious to retire to permit the others to make a reputation.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13

Banco's men refuse to allow American naval off what is left of the Maine. Let this be as- cribed to genuine solicitude. They are afraid the wreck may careen and some of Uncle Sam's men get hurt.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13

Nevada is not acting in very neghborly way in excluding cattle. If California to exclude the Nevada hog of the sagebrush cattle gentle would have to go to the Atlantic to catch a glimpse of the sea.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13
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The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13

~ ONGRESS and the people may learn much from the comments of the foreign press on the
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13

Don Carlos kindly intimates that he will ho aloof As he has nothing else to hold perhaps hi plan is indicative of wisdom.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13

Now it is reported that the wicked insurgents in tend to attack Havana. And that beautiful armstice warranted to wash and to stand any climate in ful force The course of the insurgents is nothing es than shocking
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13

Rev. Thomas Dixon of New York says that if thi country is unwilling to avenge the murder of its sea men it ought to go to hades. Perhaps this is no sound theology, but it will be accepted.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13

An evening paper with every appear of solennity that the morning paper is doomed It's really too bad, too.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13

A Madrid paper has something to say about tn "sef-respect due to ourselves" Ii the Spanish cou but see themselves they are there would be grea difficulty in collecting the debt.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13

The honor has for long time by general accord been given to John Gutenberg of Mayence. though the
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-13

Even yet there times when people wonder wh Consul General Lee was ordered out of Havana
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-07
Very Near the Single Tax.

The rural districts are approaching
a practical single tax condition The
treasurer Of Lac qui ParIe county in
forms the Madison Guard that that
theory is already very nearly in prac-
teal operation in that county Out of
a total tax levy Of $50, 46S for the pres
ent year, $69,23 will be paid by real
estate, leaving but IA per cent of the
levy to be paid by personal property.
OF this the villages pay nearly so Der
cent, leaving the personal property of
the farms to pay but per cent.
Many Of the rural papers have been
printing lists Of personal property tax
payers, and this condition in Lac qui
Parle appears to be quite general. In
one county in the southwestern mart
OF the state the largest tax on this
class of property in the country towns
was less than $40, while. the great bulk
ranged below S..
Towns containing villages showed
much larger figures, and average
double those of the farming sections.
The summary Of taxation and yalua
ton made by the state auditor indi-
Gates the same tendency, the village
realty paying taxes on a valuation in
1897, Of $243, 606,277 a little more than
the valuation of acre land. which is
$241 1858 3S7. making a total of s4S4 974
664, as compared with $50, 623. S12 for all
the taxed personal property of the
state. The latter is not separateJv
stated so as to show what share be-
longs to cities and villages and what
to farms: but, If the proportion ba-
tween village lots and acre lands an
plies to personal estate, that of the
cities and towns pays the larger share
of this tax. A conservative estimate
of the relative actual values Of real
and personal estate would make the
latter equal to the former, taking the
state as whole, while the ratio of the
tax lists is 81 OF personal to $50 of
real estate The only conclusions to
be drawn from this condition are the
uselessness of trying to catch all per-
sonal property for taxation, and the
injustice Of levying taxes upon that
which is caught while so large a pro-
portion escapes.
Apropos of this evasion of taxation