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The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19
PRINTING AND STATIONERY.

HE gravest charge yet preferred agalnst Mayor Phelan Is found in Auditor Broderlck recent
 contribution to the epstolary war now raging in the finance department" of the municipa gov ernment Mr. Broderick alleges in terms that the Mayor does not know the difference between station cry and printing He declares that the trouble Tn the
 finance department has arisen out of his acton in auditing certain demands as stationery which the Mayor thinks should have been audited as printing. According to Mr. Broderick the Mayor regards a printed letter-head as ""prnting' and declines to recognize the distinction drawn between stationery and printing by the consolidation act
 Of course we have been aware all along that Mayor Phelan in more senses than one is verdant official We have known, for instance, that in statesmanship he Is vegetable of emerald hue, but until Auditor Broderick sprung his late letter upon us we never dreamed that he not possessed of sufficient dis cernnent to detect the difference between stationery and printing The merest tyro in municipal govern ment ought to know that when engaged in the pleas ing pastime of tearing up city stationery he IS not de stroying city printing According to the records of the Board of Supervisors the official paper performs the city printing for nothing We never heard of anybody doing the city stationery for nothing Even the tax eaters who "do'' 1t are paid fat salaries.
 We have no desire to interfere in the epistolary difficulty between the Mayor and the Auditor, but we would respectfully suggest to the former that Ii he expects to continue to the people he will have to clear himself of the charge of not being able to tell the difference between printing and stationery MT. Phelan should refer the at once to Coun seler Murphy, his legal adviser Colonel Sullivan. his political mentor. It is true Counselor Murphy does not know law from logic, Colonel Sullivan peace from war; but these gentlemen have involved the Mayor in this difficulty, and if there is legal distinction between printing and stationery, as MT. Broderck says there is, Messrs. Murphy and Sullivan should be compelled to collect their thoughts and define it without delay.
 It will do to send Mayor Phelan down to history a who tears up stationery under the impression that it is printing. If Counselor Murphy thinks printing IS stationery or stationery printing the Supreme Court should be asked for injunction Evidently mistake has been made in issuing him license practice law. If Colonel Sullivan Is in the same condition of mind militia court martial should be immediately summoned Evidently mistake has been made in issuing him coonePs commission In short, if Mayor Phean and his Cabinet do not know that stationery IS not printing they should be placed in padded cell at once. We have thought all along they were "of" but it has remained for the Auditor to discover to the world sign of their dis eased intelects.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19
TURQUOISE AND HIERoGLYPHIcs.

D Y men of science and by all who are interested h in historic lore the story published in The AD Call yesterday of the discovery of mines of turquoise and the relics of an ancient race that worked them in the desert of San Bernardno County will be regarded the most notable achievement of journalistic research i'll recent years As Dr. Gustav Eisen of the Academy of Sciences says, the finding of these turquoise mines, together with the relics of prehistoric people, is the most important archaeo- logical discovery ever made in California
 From the result of the explorations made by The Calls expedition under the direction of Dr. Eisen it appears the discovery will prove of double benefit In the first place the deposit of turquoise seems to be rich enough repay mining on an extensive scale and in this way prove valuable addition to the riches of the State In the second place the number of the glyphs and their excellent state of preserva- ton promise means of eventually acquiring through them vast increase in the sum of our knowledge of the who inhabited this country in bygone times and whose complete vanishment from the land is one of the mysteries of history
 No man better fitted for the work required of him by The Call in fitting out its expedition could have been found than Dr. Eisen and the manner in which he performed the task atests the wisdom of the se lection. In his report, published in The Call yester- day. he describes with scientific care and accuracy the condition of the mines and the nature of the mysterious glyph The sensation of the story is due entirely to the wonderful facts disclosed and not to any attempt at exaggeration forid language Dr. Eisen has presented the discovery in way to make 1t interesting to scientific people, and there can be question but what the event will engage the at tenton of every archaeoogist in this country and in Europe.
 That the race which worked the mines and carved the glyphs was of very considerable antiquity seems established beyond dispute by the character of the glyphs themselves and by the relics of the implements used in mining. The high state of preservation in which they found and the clearness of the carvings due not to any brevty in the time since the implements were used and the work done but to the hardness of the basalt rocks on which the cary ings were made and the conditions of the climate No heavy rains fall in that region to wash debris from the hills and loose earth into the comparatively shallow mines and cover them up In that dry region the face of the land does change much from year to year or even from century to century It appears to-day virtually 1t was thousand years ago. and all its records remain unb1urred for us to read as best we can.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19
NOT A MATTER OF CHOICE.

! HAT the motive of the Supervisors of San AAi Diego County may have been in asking the
 Governor to appoint sealer of weights and measures has not been announced. Probably the request was made with full knowledge that under the statutes 1t amounted to command That the Gov ernor hoped he could find way to avoid enforc- ing the law was made evident by his appeal to the Attorney-General for official construing. While judgment not passed upon the constitutlonality of the measure, the Attorney Generals reply was such as to leave the Governor alternative unless the San Diegans, experiencing change of heart, might withdraw the request.
 In all likelihood the people of the South did not think of the burden their course calculated to fasten upon the people of the State, this burden being particularly heavy in counties in which there are large cities In San Francisco, for instance, the proposed position would be more desirable from a ward, political and financial point of view than any public position there IS in the State. It would be the center about which would revove the crooks of whatever party happened to be in power, and the more the sealer had to give to these the more the people the law permits him to hold up would have to give to him. No wonder the Governor wanted to find pretext for declining to act. California ob- jects to the sealing" industry.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19
THE SEA SINGER.

in Paris and the newspapers have been giving excerpts from it.
 August Bungert, the composer, who has devoted himself to making Homer's he- roes famous in music, has retired to a village on the Rhine, where he is busily engaged in orchestrating his opera "Nau- sicaa which composes the third part of his cycle, "The Homeric World" Bun gert is not letting the grass grow beneath his feet, for in addition to volume of verse which he has just published, he is also putting the finishing touches to a grand musical drama entitled Luther" ;" In this work the Pope, as we'll as Dante, Tasso, Raphael, Faust and SaYonarola. figure on the stage.
 An audience at the French naval port of Cherbourg was treated the other night to very painful scene, the climax of a story of love and jealousy. It was at the Alcazar Theater and the popular lyric artist, Marthe Crimon. was singing when Sergeant Bertillon of the marines dashed on the stage and gave the vocalist three strokes with his bayonet, then he stabbed himself three times with the same weapon before any one had time to inter pose. The two unfortunates fell in pool of blood and were carried to the hospital in very critical condition.
 A grand musical exposition will be given in Berlin during the summer for the benefit of the fund to build a monu- ment to Richard Wagner. Special sec tions will be devoted to all the known epochs of music during the worlds his- tory and to the special music of different countries. The autographs of celebrated musicians will form special exhibit and considerable space will be devoted to mu- sical publications of all sorts, both an- cient and modern, including books of in- struction and musical literature. It is also intended to give historical concerts.
 The Minister of War for Austria Hun gary has just opened a competition for the composition of a military march in honor of Emperor Francis Joseph's
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19
THE LAW AND THE OPIUM DENS.

N STATE law and city ordinance in due terms / \ and formal phrases provide for the infction of penalties upon any who maintains place where persons assemble for smoking opium who to such place for the purpose of using or obtaining the drug. This double menace of the law ought be a sufficient guard for San Francisco against the opium dens, but the only effect of the duplication has been leave the field open for them The State law overrdes the city ordinance according to decision of Judge Wallace, and then overleaps it. self by its terms and permits the dope fends indulge their depravtes before the very eyes of the police.
 It appears the city ordinance was found in every way satisfactory to the officers of the law and under 1t numerous convictions of persons keeping sorting to opium dens obtained. Last Novem- Der, however, a Chinaman convicted in a police court for visiting an opium joint appealed to the Superior Court, and Judge Wallace, who heard the appeal declared the ordinance invalid because there is State law on the subject Attempts have been made to procure convictions under the State law but all have failed because under its 1t must be proven that the drug obtained and smoked in the place where it obtained by the person accused.
 Frank c. Drury, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney of Police Court 3, who has had much experience in the handling of cases arising under the ordinance holds the opinion that the Supreme Court would set aside the judgment given by Judge Wallace, and in that 1t would be possible to the old practice and prosecute the opium joint keepers and their patrons under the city ordinance It is worth while putting this opinion to trial A test case should be made by the police soon as possible and carried to the Supreme Court The magnitude of the evil is sufficiently great make it imperative that every of the law should be made use of to put an end to it.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

Why, in the name of common sense should any at tention be paid to the stuff sowed broadcast by Honore Laine concerning Cuban affairs? If there is any time Honore does not lie it is when he is in jail or asleep Probably then, in the first case he hurs his alsehood at the naked walls just for the sake of enjoying the echo and there is evey proba- bility that he dreams in terms of mendacity since he understands no other
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19
ADJUSTMENTS.

Baldwin" Mysterious MT Bugle." Columbia-Primrose and Vests Minstres California" Topics" Alcazar-''rhe District Attorney Morosco's-"The English Rose Tivoli-"The Geisha-"
 Orpheum-Vaudeviile.
 Metropolitan Temple-Lecture Phrenology. NJ. c. A Auditorum-Violn Recital this afternoon Ellis strees-Recttals Of scottish Song Story Monday evening. March 2l Olympia corner Mason Eddy streets-Specialties The Chutes-Chcuita and Vaudeville. California Jockey Club, Oakand-Races to-day. Coursng-Ingeside Coursing Park, this afternoon
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

Bougereaux, one of the most famous of living French painters, has in his stu- dio nothing of the unconventionality and luxury of the successful artist. There Is nothing in his workshop but the ma terials for work.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

DRAWING-H. D. G., City. Mechan icaI and architectural drawing is taugh in the Lincoln evening school. but draw ing and the art of illustration is no taught in any of the night schools of Sal Fra
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

STREET CARS-G. w, City. There are 593 cars used on the street car lines of San Francisco, daily. That includes cleo tric, cable steam and horse cars. There are about 550 electric and cable cars in daily use. The aggregate of street car tracks is 3261e miles. The majority of the routes over which one can ride on single fare, including transfer. is 713 miles.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

flagship 'Invincible Armada. isn't that is to sweep the Did ye ever hear tell of the "Ypiranga," A hot old craft she (Any old thing was she) . Whenever her million-ton gun went bang Star two dropped in the Right smack down into the
 To- hoi Yo, hi! Yo he! Straight down through hole in the The ensign of the "Ypiranga" Was yellow as 1t could be- CNo yelower it could be) And the black-iipped gale around 1t sang Hee-lftng, cayorting wild glee- A war-howling hot. sizzling glee.
 To- ho! Yo. hi! Yo, he! saffron-hued gogge-eyed glee. The yard that bulded the "Ypiranga" No mortal did (And woman could see) No heard the faintest of clang a. Coming out from Its factoree- Nor sound from its founderee.
 To- ho! Yo, hi! Yo, he! No screech from its The skipper fierce of the rYpiranaga" Mild of manner is he Namblike of soul is he) He let a word of slang a. Ripping loud over the Not word over the
 To- ho! To, hi! To, he! (Jack's usual talk to the seal When he mounted the bridge of the "Ypiranga" At home you better had be- Buried you better had bel Better nip from bulldogs fang a. Shore than glances from him at seq Than soft glances from him at sea-
 To. ho! Yo, hi! Yo, he! Than a glance of his eye at Look out look out for the '.Ypiranga' Hot blood and powder is she (Sky rockets and pinwheels is she) Whenever her million-ton batteries go ''bangp Hell-f1re breaks out the Red devils skip the sea,
 To, hoi To, hil Yo, he! Yellow fakers cavort OCT the
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

A DOLLAR OF Subscriber. City No premium is offered by dealers in cid coins for dollars of 1870, but the dealers charge from g 50 to s for such coins is- sued out of the Carson City and Phila- delphia hints.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

BULLETIN-A S., City. A copy of the Bulletin of San Francisco issued Jan uary 30, 1865, has no market value. It is worth just whatever a person who would want it would be willing to give for 1t.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

DEALERSReader, Point Arena, Cal Had you sent a self-addressed an stamped envelope a list of such dealer as you wish to know about would hay been sent you.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

Watts-I tell you seeing is believing. Potts-I don't agree.
 Watts-Why not?
 Potts-welI. see you every day, but don't believe you.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

BALDNESS-H. B. S., City. This de- partment is unable to furnish the infor- nation desired about Dr. Sabouraud 5 badness microbe treatment
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

Weyler is foolish in going to the trouble of deny ing what the New York Journal says about him. It IS true that most people in this country regard him as butcher and monster of cruelty but they hold this opinion not by of denunciation from the Journal, but in spite of it
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

DIVORCE-A. S., Chico, Cal. If a man brings an action against his wife for di- vorce and she fails to make answer and he fails to appear to press the case, hav- ing left the State. the case will be strick- en from the docket.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 610 Mont gomery street. Telephone Main 1042.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

GRUBSTAKING-G F., City. What a person gets for "grubstaking another who is going to a mine" is matter Of contract between the individuals.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

To neglect the hair Is to lose youth and comeli- pess Save it with PARKER's HAIR BALsAM.
 PARKER's GINGER TONIC cures inward pain
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

DR- SIEGERT's ANGosTURA BITTERs, the world renowned appetizer and invigorator. is used over the whole civilized world. Beware of limitations.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

WEALTH OF NATIONS-N. J. G.. City. It is impossible to give the exact wealth of nations Only an approxima- ton can be furnished. The wealth of the United States is given at $4S, ATE, 900 900; that of Great Britain and Ireland at S43 500 GOO ,000 and that of France at $4O,- 300 GOO GOO
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

FOR BRONCHIAL AND AsFHMATIc COM PLANTS Brown's Bronchial Troches" have remarkable curati ve properties. Sold only in boxes.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

Emma Calve, recovered from her severe attack of the grippe, is again triumphing in Paris in Massenet's "Sapho."
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

A handsome present for your Eastern friends, Townsend's Cal. glace fruits, 50c ib. in fire etched boxes. 627 Palace Hotel.'
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

There are evidences that Editor and Harbor Com missioner Colnon is in danger of permitting his angry passions to rise
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

Jean La Salle, the celebrated barytone, has started on grand tour of Germany and Austria Hungary.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

"The Geisha" has just been translated into French, and Is being produced at the nee-Comique, Paris.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

There have been lately enough murders followed by the suicide of the murderer to go far toward storing belief in the orthodox hell.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

The only way to prevent lot of foolish women from playing pools is to send the sellers of the pools to jail. where they belong Such task ought to be not only pleasant, but easy
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

Chna's prospects of being civilized off the face of the earth seem to be improving every day.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

Anton Dvorak is writing an opera In three acts entitled. 'The Devil ana Catin.' His subject Is taken from an old Slav legend.s
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

People living across the bay are getting tired of the delay marking the work the ferry building They do not realize that the longer the con struction drags the will be the opportunities for juggling contracts. Don't they want the worthy gentlemen in charge to make cent?
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

Rackar-CrandahI. a new Norwegian composer. is following so brilliantly In Griegs footsteps that he bids fair to De- come as famous as the old master. HIS works are winning great vogue III EnrOpA
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

Evidence accun,ulates that the ferry depot was de signed tor the benefit of few contractors and that none ot the good things" have been overlooked
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

Genuine eyeglasses. specs; 15c up. ss 4th
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

Whatever defense Architect Swain may make of his course public official he cannot claim that man who has been mixed Up with the jobs of the Harbor Commission has been keeping very good company.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

Senator Proctor has won the regard of this coun- try; He did not 20 to Cuba with blares of horns and instead of writing for some yellow sheet the suit ot his observations calmly portrayed as gentleman addressing gentlemen.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

If Costa Rica and Nicaragua are bent upon at taining newspaper notoriety they would be wise to postpone their fight Accounts of it just at this time would be likely to be crowded out by important matter
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

A new instrument, that is said to com pine the qualities of the alto anu ol til violin, has been heard in puDlc II, ai I' Accordine to some writers, 1t is destinet to n1av an important role In orchestra of the future. Altermann is the invento of the new yioi.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

Cubans still announce that they will accept only freedom from Spain. This being the cases their chance of accepting nothing would seem to be ex- cellent When they obtain freedom it may be be- slowed by other than Spanish hands
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

in Paris and the newspapers have been
 giving excerpts from it.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19

golden jubilee. The successful march will be played on December by all the military bands of the empire. Only peo- ple of Austrian or Hungarian birth may compete and compositions must reach the Minister before July l, 1898.
 Eugene Oneguine." considered by Russians to be Tschaikowskfs best onera has just been translated and given in Italian for the first time in St. Peters burg. The work has made as great nit as when given in Russian. The chief in- terpretators were Mime. Sigrid Arnoldson, the tenor Masini, the barytone Batistini and the basso Rossi-
 Another Marchesi pupil has come to the front The new star Is Hungarian' anu reiotces in the somewhat difficult name of Mariska Kamaromi Unlike most or the Marchesi pupils. she has ambitions to shine in operetta, and at present IS charming Budapest In Massager pretty cornic opera. "Les Petites Michu"
 A grand Norwegian musicai lesrvai will take place in July at Bergen, unaer the direction of Edward Grfeg. A speclai building. containing 5000 seats, VIII De erected for the concerts. The number or performers. including choir and orcheslrd' will be over 800 The programmes are to consist exclusively of works Dy NOT Wegian composers.
Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1898-11-22
Masonic Auc SstorS.

A little girl was asked to write an essay
on the wise man and this is what she
produced:
king Solomon was man who lived
ever 50 many years ago. Ia the country
he governed he was the whole push. He
was an awful wise man and one day two
women went 10 him each holding onto
the leg Of baby and each claiming IT,.
The king was not feeling right, why
could not the brat have been twins and
saved all this bother. Solomon called
for his sword and was going to chop
the baby in two and give each one of
them piece of ii, when the one who WAS
he mother OF the baby said: stop Sol
omen. stay thy hand; il can't have the
whole baby | don't want any. Let the
old hag have it, Then King Solomon
told her 10 take the baby and 90 home
and wash its face for he knew II was hers.
lie told the other to go chase herself.
King Solomon built temple and was
the father of all Masons. lie had 700
wives and 300 lady friends and that's
why there are so many Masons in the
world. My papa says King Solomon was
a warm number and think he was hot
stuff myself That's all | know about
King Solomon. Tx.
Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1898-11-22
The Turkeys Lament.

I'm melancholy lurkey-sad am !,
For a reign of awful terror draweth nigh.
How dread the smell of pie,
And the cakes and tarts piled high,
For know that must die
Thanksgiving Day
What avail my sparkling eyes, just like
JET,
Or my slim and stately neck, proudly set
Though my glossy feathers shine,
On my flesh will people dine,
And pronounce me-luscious-fine
Thanksgiving Day.
How wish I had been hatched some
other bird,
Chicken, goose, duck or dove'd be pre-
ferred
Any fowl, but what / am,
In this land of Uncle Sam,
For I'm slaughtered like lamb
Thanksgiving Day.
How sympathize with Marie Antoinette,
How that dark and bloddy axe haunts
/ me yet
Soon on my neck twill descend.
Make Of me sudden end,
Was sadder verse ever penned,
Thanksgiving Day?
-Suzan Fl. Martin, in American Kitchen