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miral Dewey to become either an admiral admiral or vice-admiral. It would mean goou deal to that gallant officer, for the honors and emoluments would be s9 e9ns6derapIe nsd eeaTIe whether at sea, on shore duty or unem- ployed. As a vce-admiral the salary ,odS dS s900O at sea, ss000 on shore duty and S6oOV if unemployed. Rear-admirals receive only s6O06. $500O and s400O. according to ser vice. and commodores have to be sat1s- fed with salaries of s5oOo, s4ooO and ssoOC lsd 1t is only while at sea that the admiral. all other officers and crew receive a ration or it's equivalent in money of 50 cents a day.
 Naval officers in Great Britain are more highly honored and better paid, for ad- mirals of the fleet get as high as $19 l60; admirals. $14,600; vice-admfrals, Sl2H 5: rear-admirals, $11 45O and commodores of the first class $9125, the table money and other allowances, included in this list, be- ing in one case as much as the regular full pay. Tn this country salaries are not so prncely, but the honor of receiving country's vote of thanks and rank ere ated solely as a reward for distinguished conduct in battle is something which naval officers covet and appreciate.
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will be a much as the Terrible can do to steam straight along under 1S,000 horse power, and like period under full power would be simply to invite disaster or at least serious breakdowns to the machin- cry Hitherto four hours has been the utmost extent of the full power trial of any naval vessel.
 Contracts have been given out for four colossal armored cruisers. They will ex- built, except the Russia, of IF, ,130 tons and one building of IA 900 tons for the Russian navy. The British ships will be 40 feet in length, 69 feet inches beam and dis place 12,OO0 tons on draught of 26 feet 8 inches. The hulls will be wood sheathed and coppered. The side armor of 6-inch nickel steel is 230 feet in length, begin ming 120 feet from forward and extends to within 20 feet of the stern. The belt covers the hull for depth of 1112 feet, of which 615 feet above the water line and the protection deck extending for the whole length is inches on the slope and inches thick on the fiat The main bat tery consists of two 9.2-inch breech load CTS and twelve 6-inch quick-firers, all of which are carried in 6-inch nickel steel casemates and barbettes. Twenty thousand horse power engines will de- velop a speed of twenty-one knots. The normal coal supply is 500 tons and the es- timated cost of each vessel, exclusive of guns, is S3150,000. The weight of hull and armor Is 1860 tons, of machinery 1900 tons and steam will be supplied by thirty BelleyiIle boilers carrying 300 pounds.
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THO will write the new national
 { song that will inspire our men on
 w land or on sea to rousing deeds of
 patriotism; that will fire their
 hearts with valor, stir the noblest impulses of their natures in defense of their country and make them forget wounds in the deeper thrill of q patriotic melody charming them with foretastes of glory? Of such is the 'Star-spangled Banner ''The Battle Cry of Freedom,
 Dixie" and a host of others, called forth by the exigencies of war, but re- maining with us steadfast as the flag they indorse during the tranquil seasons of peace Some of these were as unex- pected and unpremeditated by the makers of the songs as by the public upon whose tender mercies they were dropped-and the question arises, were they inspired for the occasion by some occult power, an atom of genius that would out, or were they the result of hard brainwork, which Holmes declared to be only another name for genius 2
 Take for example that magnificent lyric '.The Star-spangied Banner" which Con- gress adopted as the national hymn, and which would seem sufficient to our wants for all ages, and look at its interesting even wonderful, history, since it was writ ten eighty-four years ago by a sleepless American at the bombardment of Fort McHenry when the British fleet was pre- pairing to attack Baltimore in the closing war scenes of 1874 Frances Scot Key, to-day unknown and unhonored save by a few Baltimoreans, wrote the song dur he was a prisoner on the Minden, with his friend Dr. Beanes, for whose release from the British he was .capitulating. All night the two men.with John J. guarded vessel, waiting for daylight, when they, could see if their flag had struck to the British troops. The song and completed during the night. Key first read 1t his uncle, Joseph H. Nichol- sen-a man of cultivated literary tastes of volunteer artillerists in the defense of Fort McHenry, a soldier full of patriotic 6E1g Am And ba he it wn9 gave 1t to the office of Captain Edes, and gave 1t to an apprentice in the absence of the captain, and ordered a certain number of the song published. It was done at once, printed on one side of neat sheet, with a deco rative border. and handed out to any one wild with excitement over the defeat of the British and business was suspended. Judge Lawrenson seventy years after re- called the circumstance "I stood in the crowd before the printing office and heard people say, Here's a song, but where is the tuner ;, It was boy Of 12 years who then called, Jimmy, Lawrenson;; It was Tn Heaven" He died at the age of 90, and shortly before his death said:
 "1 stood on printers high stool that day and was the first to sing, oh, say, can you see by the dawn's early light ? and have been singing 1t ever since all those eighty years and more, twice as zealously as I ever sung the doxology." And that single line is sculptured on the monument which is now ready to be erected over the grave of Francis Scott Key, its distinguished author.
 Liberty enlightening the world in the harbor of New York sings a splendid
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NEWS OF FOREIGN NAMES.

The Russian armored gunboat Kraby, of 1492 tons, has passed through her trials, which, however, did not apparently come up to requirements. With 2642 horse power the vessel made 14.04 knots, while the contract stipulated 15 knots with only 2000 horse power.
 The British cruiser Europa, built by Thomson al Glasgow. left that yard re- gently for Portsmouth to be fitted out, and averaged fifteen knots with 35OO horse power. She is 11,000 tons displacement and is to make a speed of 2o1a knots with 16.5OO horse power; and the indications are that the ship will exceed her contract speed.
 Three thousand workmen in the Yoko- suka dockyard are threatening to go on a strike Their wages are only four sevenths of those obtained in private es- tablishments, and the constant rise in the price of commodities makes 1t difficult to make a living. The workmen sent joint request to the authorities for an increase or wages, but no attention was paid to it.
 The Austrian Minister of Marine has asked the Legislature to sanction the building of five armorclads, five cruisers and sixty-eight torpedo boats. The pres ent modern navy consists of ten armored ships, seven cruisers, eleven tOrpeuO gun boats. sixty-five torpedo boats and four river monitors on the Danube. The old navy includes seven corvettes, six gun boats and four dispatch vessels, nearly all of which are built of wood.
 The Creusot establishment in France began in 1876 the manufacture of armor and has since then turned out 52,000 tons of arrnor and 960O heavy gun forgings. The armor-plate plant is contained in one building 1410 feet in length by 164 feet in width and another building 908 feet by s2 feet. It's 10O-ton steam hammer can be heard in operation at distance of seven miles. There are several other hammers of smaller size, and in addition two hy- draulic presses, one of 5000 tons and an other of 1200 tons, besides three forging presses of 5000. 2O00 and 1900 tons have been put up during the past five years.
 The Terrible, sister ship to the Power full, is now undergoing very exhaustive series of trials, which consist of seventy two hours continuous steaming under 10000, IA. 1000 and 900 horse power. These are more than the British admiralty has as yet demanded from any ship. and the London Times states that If this series of progressive trials are successful she will enter upon a seventy-two hours con- tinuous steaming with her full power of 25 900 horse power. The last reference to the ship Is undoubtedly mistake, for 1t
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meet with foreign commanders holding ranks higher than that of the American commander-in-chief.
 Farragut was the first American naval naval officer flying an admiraPs flag. in Euro pean waters and it has not been seen there since 1867. From TIT to 1858 the flag officers flags were cut to the shape ot that of the present commodore's hag-of blue red or white bunting, according to seniority of the officer, and they had thir-- teen white stars placed in three parallel rows with four, five and four stars in each row. In 1858 the flags were changed to plain blue, red orwhite of fparallelogram cut and were the same for commodores and rear-admirals, the distinction being made in that commodores carried 1t at the fore and rear-admirals wore it at the main. Farragut hoisted his flag as the first and senior rear-admiral in the United States navy on board the Hartford, Au- gust II, 1862. After the introduction in 1865 of the grades of admiral and vice-ad- miral the flag officers flags were made as shown in the accompanying Illustrations. that of the admiral and vice-admiral be- ing blue with four and three stars, re- spectively; that of rear-admiral being blue, white or red. according to seniority. and having two stars, while that of the
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COLLECTED IN
 THE CORRIDORS

c. Hunsaker of Grass Valley Is at the Lick.
 Horace ". Day of New York is at the Palace.
 George B. Sperry and Mrs. Sperry are at the Palace.
 Colonel Rufus Truax of Abingdon, Va, is at the International.
 Eugene Blake Jr., well-known Balti- morean, is at the California;
 w. S. Kinney a well-known merchant of Astoria, Is at the Baldwin.
 Samuel W. Merchant. well-known citizen of Mobile, Is at the Grand.
 C. B. Irwin of Salem, Or, left the city yesterday for the purpose of starting the Daily Sentinel at Salem.
 Rev. William Jones of Richmond Mo-, arrived in the city yesterday for the pur- pose of studying California's climate.
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ADMlRALS AND
 THEIR FLAGS.
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The grades of admiral, vice-admiral. rear-admiral and commodore have only existed by law in our navy since July 16, 1862, and the first two, created especially for Farragut, Porter and Rowan. ceased to exist with the death of these officers. AS early as November 15, 1776, Congress established the relative rank between army and navy officers, namely: Admiral with general, vice-admiral with ieuten- ant-general rear-admiral with major general and commodore with brigadier- general. It failed. however, to commits sion any naval officers to those grades
 and the title Of commodore given to such officers as John Paul Jones, Hull, Bain- bridge, Decatur and other heroes of the early wars was merely complimentary
 and without warrant of law. The highest lawfully recognized title up to 1862 was that of captain, and our navy officers in command of sQuadrons abroad have been subjected to annoyanceS, which, to mili- tary men, are very serious when they
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WITH THE HUMoRISTS.

She-Yes, it is the province Of women to suffer in silence: .ee-....x indeed.-Cincinnat Enquirer
 The Colonel-Hey. waitah, whats been
 Waiter@Nuffn' sah. 'cept wattah.
 The Colonel-Wal, rinse it out-Truth'
 What is the difference between an op- timiSt and a pesSimiSt! . s'An optimist believes in mascots and pessimist in hoodoos. s.'-IndlanapoHs Jour nal.
 The horrors of war would be bad enough
 For any nation to brook, But, to add to our grievances Slepieh
 Crane
 Has published another book.
 Clara-Mr. Castleton asked me at what time you were likely to be alone, as ne wanted to call on you.
 Maud-What did you tell hlm
 Clara-I said any time.-Llfe.
 Johnnv-wot! You fit wit Mickey Du- gan? Wy dat feller don't know W wen iie eTommy@Mebbe he don't, but. by jocks. I'll bet I made him have susplclons.- Puck.
 Jobson-Just see how hard Dobson Is working at beating that carpet
 Mrs. Jobson-Yes. Mrs. DobSon sets him at work at something of the kind Just after he reads the war news III the paperS.-Brooklyn Life.
 "Mr. Fizzington is quite a linguist, isn't he?'
 "0h, yes; he talks three languages" What are they?
 ''Horse, baseball and golf"
 "McGuff1n thinks he has more bad luck than any man living.
 "Any special instance?
 'Yes; if he happens to have a counter felt half-dollar it is always the one his wife picks out to leave in his pocket. - Detroit Free Press.
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song through the patriotic lips Of Ed mund Clarence Steadman:

song through the patriotic lips Of Ed mund Clarence Steadman:
 My name Is Libertyi
 From out mighty land
 1 face the ancient sea,
 I lift to God my hand
 By day in Heavens light
 Pillar of fire by night,
 At oceans gate I stand
 Nor bend the knee
 Tn 1862 George F. Root wrote many memorable war songs, and whether they were inspired by genius or the demand of the public or the needs ot patriotism were united in them. His Just Before the Battle, Mother" was composed especially for Jules Lumbard, the famous war singer. who when patriotism laggeo and men refused to enlist reused them 70 the highest pitch of enthusiasm oy ms power of song. On the day that MT: Koot Mother he gave 1t to Lumbard m Ine grounds of the old courthouse It was during the enlisting of soldiers ana tn9u. I{. sands were assembled in the place. LnaII night he sang it there from the original manuscript-which he still haS-and lne bands took up the air and the cro"us joined in the chorus with him.
 Dixie" is one of the most fetching and inspiring melodies ever sung Tn any ldHo. It was considered during the war song Of the rebellion, but 1t was nothing or tne sort. The Southern people, with a me appreciation of its melodious catch me simply adopted it after 1t had been wrlt. s9-. ten by Northern man, Dan Emmett, TOT Bryants minstrels, two years before Ihe war and in the city of New York But Mrs. John Wood introduced it into New Orleans in 1884, when Susan Denin marched at the head of band of zouaVeS on the stage of the Varieties. singing "I Wish l Was in Dixie!" The audience went wild with enthusiasm. and rom that time Dixie" became to the South what the "Marseillaise' is to France IL was the Washington Artillery that had the time arranged to a quickstep. Carlo Patti was the leader of the first orchestra that played Dixie
 The new song will grow spontaneously, taking its author by surprise. It will not be the result of any fine meditative line Of thought. but an eruption of bottled-up en- thusiaSm that fills an atmosphere with the smoke of genius. When that has cleared the crystallzed poem with its att tendant music will be there. There are soldiers and soldiers-soldiers of peace and soldiers of war. He is a soldier who can make a song to quicken the pulse and nerve the heart that is going into battle who can help lift tagging feet by the march of his music.-M. L. Rayne in Chicago Times-Herald.
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Doodle and Bossisfn Too Much for Him-Socialism of Certain Sort More Suitable to His
 Fancy, Etc.

The following letter from Judge Mcguire to the California State Democratic Club may create thing of political breeze:
 SAN FRANCISCO, January 27 1887.
 TO the Officers and Members of the California State Democratic Club--Gentlemen: I hereby tender my resignation as a member of your club.
 Tn withdrawing permit me to return thanks to the officers past and present for many courtesies which they have extended during our long and pleasant association.
 Let me also assure the members, with whom my relations have always been most cordial that my withdrawal Is not prompted by any personal con- alterations that 1t is to painful act of duty to political principles and convictions with which the present policy the Democratic party is not in accord.
 my connection with the Democratic party, State and national 1t is but just to and to all others who have stood shoulder shoulder with in the poi- tical battles of the past that I should fully and frankly state the reasons which have moved me to this serious step.
 Early in life learned to reverence the name De-
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HYMN BEFORE ACTION.

The earth is full of anger, The seas are dark with wrath; The nations in their harness Go up against our pathi Ere yet we loose the legions-- Ere yet we draw the blade, Jehovah of the Thunders, Lord God of Battles, aidi From panic. pride and terror, Revenge that knows no rein Light haste and lawless error. Protect us yet again. Cloak Thou our undeserving. Make firm the shuddering breath, In silence and deserving To taste Thy lesser death! Fen now their vanguard gathers. Fen now we face the fray As Thou didst help our fathers, Help Thou our host to-day! Fulfilled of signs and wonders, In life, in death made clear Jehovah of the Thunders, Lord God of Battles, hear!
 -Rudyard Kipling
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ANUS SEMENTS.

Baldwin-"In Old Japan" Columbia-"Monbars California-"The Ensign" Alcazar-"Niobe Morosco' Prisoner Of Hlgters Tlvoli-"Snip Ahoy."
 Orpheum-Vaudevtle
 Mechanics Pavilion Masonic Festival Metropolitan Tempe-Testimonia Fritz schee Sunday aftern May Is.
 Golden Ha-Caforna State Floral Society, Thursday afternoon evening.
 Sherman Clay Hal-Kneisel Qua rte, Monday, May 16 The Chutes-Zoo African Lion Hunt" Olympia-Corner Mason and Eddy streets Specaltes Central Park-Dog and Pony Show Sutro Baths-Swtmmng.
 Fl ElCampo-Musc dancing boating. fishing Sunday, California Jockey Club Oakland Races todayI
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CORONADO-Atmosphere Is perfectly dry.
 soft and mild being entirely free from the msts common further north. Round trip tick cts. by steamship. including fifteen days board at the Hotel del Coronado. s65; longer stay. g 50 per day. Apply New Montgomery st.. S. F.. or A. W. Bailey, mgr. Hotel del Corona do. late of Htl Colorado, Glenwood Spgs. Colo.
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last week we received 67 new patterns of holdings for picture frames. Flemish . ord Old Dutch Oaks, Bone Ebony, Grays, Persian Greens, Seal Browns, Mahogany. f,Sarrv Natural Raw Woods and Fine Sniden Lacauers. These are now on sale. Sanborn, Vail & Co.,, 741 Market street. .
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Helen Gould is an American of whom the country has reason to be proud Probably if it were permissible she would be shouldering rifle herself As she can't do this she is buying rifles for other patriots to shoulder.
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JUDGE MAGUIRE'S REPUTATION OF
 DEMOCRACY.

seizure of Spanish merchant ships was nothing c more than piracy" and his admission that he said such seizure was mo better than piracy" sug gests further examination of the Judges somewhat tortuous political
 In 1887 he formally and forever withdrew from the Democratic party, State and national. His reasons were given in the following letter.
 From the San Francisco Bulletin, Friday,
 January 2S, 1SS71 JUDGE MAGUIRE ABANDONS THE DEM
 OCRACY.
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ACKERS DYSPEPSIA TABLETS ARE sold on positive guarantee. Cures heartburn. raising of the food. distress after eating or any form of dyspepsia One little tablet gives immediate relief. At No Percentage Phar- macy.
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"MrS. W1QSlOW SOOInluR syrup
 Has heen used over fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while Teething with nerfect success. It soothes the child. softens the gums, allays Pain cures Wind Collie. reg ulates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhoeas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup 25c a bottle.
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

THE NEW YORK-Canyon. Fl Dorado County. Cal. The United States vessel New York is an armored cruiser of the first class.
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MINT FENCES. A. M, City. The reason for the style of fence around the United States Branch Mint in this city is that according to those who had It placed in position, it is ornamental.
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Special Notice.

Those troubled with dandruff and itch- ,,,r scaIn mail this to Smith Bros. for free t,a5 sn 5B,nie pf Smiths Dandruff Pomade. For safe by all druggists.
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TEMPERATURE-S. T. w. Eureka. Cal. The difference in temperature in San Francisco in sun and shade, as shown by exposed thermometers, is about 27 degrees.
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Refusal to grant citizenship to Spanish resident whose home had been in San Francisco for at least dozen years may little harsh, but it was the only proper course to be taken by the court The man could not speak English, and anybody who would live here long and not have interest enough in the country to have learned its language IS unfit to be citizen
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The spectator of the future prize fight who shall neglect to have his life insured will be guilty of cr- ina1 disregard for his heirs.
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ROAD MAPS-Road Rider, Santa Cruz, Cal. Road maps of California and of Texas may be obtained from the United States Geological Survey in San fran-
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ADELINA PATTI-W. and N. N, City. The last time that Adelina Patti was in San Francisco was in 1890. She came here with the Italian Opera Company on the 10th of February of that year and nIayed a two weeks engagement.
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special information supplied daily to b1siness houses and public men by. the Press CIipping Bureau (Allen's). 510 Mont romery street. Telephone Nam IU4A
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"Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup

Tn Hungary whisky is distilled from tnrnips. maize, potatoes and molasses.
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It is true that San Francisco makes noise over bulletins from prize-hght than over those from the seats of war, but there is more thinking over the latter.
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AUCTION SALES.

By G. Oo.-Tnis day. May Estate. IA Montgomery street, F o'clock.
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MAILS FOR THE NORTH-H. C.. City. The next mail for Dawson will leave on the 18th inst, and then mails for that place will leave at intervals of month during the open season Newspapers and small packages of mailable matter not exceeding four pounds can go through the
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TO ENLIST-S, vina. Cal. If there is a body of men in your town who wish 10 volunteer for the war, let them make the offer to Captain F. l.. de Darlington, '. $. A., Presidio, of San Francisco, who is now mastering volunteers, or communI- IT q A Presidio. of San Francisco.
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PORTER HOUSE STEAK-J. B.. City. The porter house steak is a choice cut CT the beef between the sirloin and the ten derloin. the latter being the undercut. It is supposed that it derived its name from once popular porter house in the city of New York. where this particular cut of meat was first introduced.
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Cal. glace fruit 5Oc per ID at Townsend's.'
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WANTED-A NEW WAR SONG.

THO will write the new national
 N { song that will inspire our men on w land or on sea to rousing deeds of patriotism; that will fire their
 baortc with valOr stir the nObleSt
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Clara-Mr. Castleton asked me at what time you were likely to be alone as ne wanted to call you.
 Maud-What did you tell him?
 Clara-I said any time.-Ltfe.
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The horrors of war would be bad enough For any nation to brook, But, to add to our grievances, Stepneh
 Crane
 Has published another book.
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Liberty enlightening the world in the harbor of New York sings a splendid