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The San Francisco call., 1899-08-28
NEWS OF FOREIGN NAv1Es.

al 80 foreign ships of war III
Asiatic waters numbers 1Ol. ~ ,-1itad
Great Britain is represented py %, S.-,a,,,
States % Russia 10, France ~ 80 ope
8. italy and Austria and Portus0i
each.
An investigation is being made al ttie
Deyonport dockyard to discover "a
whereabouts of II 900 gallons of ollVe oIl'
which has mysteriously disappeareu -.
the storehouse The value OF the nilsels
oil is about s530O but the London 1lin
reports the shortage at n,0Oo TONS. ooo
this weight would represent about 3,2lsooo
SALONS which would be worth s1,60O.OOO,
1t is evident that the Times mas confuse"
the terms of gallons and tons.
The French torpedo gunboat Halleoaroe'
of 300 tons. recently made the trip from
Havre to Cherbourg at speed OIL t"eh'y
five knots an hour. The Halleparae Is
what would he denominated a TORPEDO
boat destroyer in any other navy Ct Gu
her speed while it falls snort Oh thllly
knots as British boats of that class are
claimed to make. has been intenuonaily
cut down to that lower ngure' ds INC
naval authorities prefer a renaOle speu
to the excessive speed when may VI ~ HIy
not be reached, owing TO the eAti -
| lightness of hull and machinery OIL INC
BRUSH deStroyerS.
The new British battleship Ocean expe-
rienced some difficulties before she was
able to proceed with her regular steam
trials. During a preliminary trlal her
bearings became overheated ana hdu "
be overhauled and then her steering gear
was discovered to be out of order. On
August 2 the ship passed through the
| first series Of trials, with the folloWlng
results: Thirty hours under one-n1tn
power-steam 210 pounds; revolutions
66.S; horsepower, 2767; speed, ia knots;
coal consumption at the rate Of 1.S4
pounds per horsepower per hour Inc
ship is fitted with twenty BellevilIe boilers
of the latest improvement. the tubes of
which are of solid drawn steel ranging
from AZ to 234 inches in diameter, and gal
yanized externally. The heating surface
is 81. .715 square feet and the CRATE surface
! 1895 square feet. Under full power the
machinery is to develop 1850 horsepoW-
er. giving a speed of 1SA knots. The steam
trials include: First a preliminary trial
ar sea: second, thirty hours continuous
steaming under one-fifth pressure; third,
thirty hours steaming under three-ffths
power; fourth, eight hours under fulI
power.
London Engineering compares the Brit
ish armored cruiser Cressy, in course OF
construction with the Asama, of similar
tvne built at EIswick for the japanese
navy. 1t would apear from comparison
of the data as if the Elswick builders
manage to design highly efficient ships
unon disbursements considerably less than
are required by the British admiralty The
relative dimensions and other data OF the
two ships are as follows:
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-28
A DEMOCRATIC ELI WANTED.

IHILE Bryan has been sweeping one Demo
M cratic State convention after another into the
~ old stampede for free silver the conservative
Democrats are still putting and painting in the race
after the wild crowd trying to get them back into the
old road They are making the with perslS-
ency worthy of their cause, and loud their shouts
to one another, Get there, Eli, and head them
steers
William F. Harrity who has been for some time at
Saratoga talking politics with arstocratic Democrats
from all parts of the country, declares the prevailing
feeling among them is desire to get rid OF Bryan
and bring about reunion OF the party. He says:
"The uppermost thought in the minds OF those whom
I casually met was the hope that the Democratic
National Convention of 1900 would pursue such a
conservative course that all Democrats and citizens
generally OF independent tendencies might cordially
and enthusiastically support the platform and the
ddate'
Similar expressions come from other sources The
Nashville American recently sad "Mr. Bryan has
unauestionaby lost strength with many thinking men
in the South not only because free coinage has lost
prestige but because of his indefinite position regard
ing expansion and his weak handling Of the trust
question"
The Philadelphia Times an independent Democratic
paper, says: MANY of the Democratic leaders be-
lieve or pretend believe, that Mr. Bryan will be
!
dent next year. but fearful and suicidal as have been
the Democratic foies OF the past there is little like
lhood that the next Democratic National Convention
will select candidate for President who would be
known from start to finish the leader of utterly
forlorn hope
From East and West and North and South come
reports of that kind. There is prevalent desire for
harmony among such Democrats as can afford to
spend the at Saratoga and talk politics over
$40 dinners, there is belief among sane Democrats
that the rank and file will not be foolish enough to re-
peat in 1000 the crazy stampede of 1906 and there is
a conviction among earnest Democrats that Bryan is
not equal to the demands of the new issues before the
country; but what do all these DESIRES beliefs and
convictions amount to? They serve but to engender
illusions in the minds OF those who cherish them The
wild steers following the wilder ass of the Platte
with much of rampage and recklessness ever and
the Eli who is expected to head them off is visible
on the prairie
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-28
The Last Straw Coming.

IT is becoming to be a matter of gen
eral belief that there is a degree of prob
ability that an extra session of the Legis-
lature will be called for the purpose of
electing D. NJ Burns as the United States
Senator, although the ostensible object
in view will be the patching up Of the
Vrooman cat.
If the Legislature of the State of Cali
fornia is called into session for the pur-
pose of electing D. M. Burns United
States Senator and does elect him to that
office, the next Legislature will be a Dem
ocratic Legislature, and the next Gov
ernor of the State of California will be a
Democrat.
The people will stand great many
things, but they will not stand every
thing.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-28
2ressy. Asama
DATA.
"Quick firing.

"Quick firing
The Cressy has a water line belt SIX
inches thick. which, however, does not ex-
tend all around, while the Amasa's belt,
of seven-inch maximum thickness, ex-
tends from stem to stern, tapering to
three inches at the ends. The Cressy 8
citadel armor is six inches, the Amasa,
five inches. Thus on 600 tons ElsWlck
builds a faster and heavier armed snip
than the British admiralty produce on
70 900 tons. The discrepancy is so great
as TO be accounted for only in the possible
fact that the supply of ammunition is
much greater to each gun in the British
ship than that allotted to the Japanese.
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may be needed to regulate them and guard against
abuses. In fact if the antitrust Governors and At
torncys General who going to the convention ct
st. Louis are wise, they will attend the Chicago con-
ference first and learn something of both sides OF the
issue they purpose to deal with
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-28

The hide OF Holocaust, the French horse that Tod
Sloan rode to its death in the English Derby has been
tanned and will be made into boots for fashionable
London Ii goes without saying that purchasers will
be found in the fast set.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-28
Very Low Rates East.

On August % and 80. the popular sants p.
route will sell tickets to Philadelphia and "a.
turn at the very low rate of SSS IS. Occs
sion. National Encampment. @. A. r. Cali a.
6zS Market st. for full particulars
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-28

HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME-N.
N c.. City. The principal characters in
s.The Hunchback of Notre Dame" are
Ouassimodo and Esmeralda-
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WOMEN ARCHITECTS-L. c., City.
There are no women architects in San
Francisco. At the Mark Hopkins Insti-
tute of Art there is a school of architecture
where women if they feel so inclined, can
enter as students.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-28
"Mrs. Winslow,s soothine surnn,,

Has been used for fifty years by millions Of
mothers for their children while Teething with
perfect success. 1t soothes the child softens
the gums, allays Pain. cures Wind Collie regu-
lates the Bowels and is the best remedy for
Diarrheeas. whether arising from teething or
other causes. For sale by druggists in eyery
part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs.
Winslows Soothing Syrup, 25c a bottle
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-28

California boys needed just such an opportunity as
afforded them Thursday to prove that they
brought along with them from the Philippines the
appetites with which they were provided when they
left San Francisco. They didn't do thing to that
breakfast
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-28

Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), SO Mont
gomery street. Telephone Main 1042.
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Winnemucca Silver State.

edition of The San Francisco Call which issued
displayed
of
of
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THE LEGIsLATORS-E. B. NJ, City.
The Call of December g. 1885, has full
list of the members of the last held Legis-
lature, together with the postoftice ad-
dress of each.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-28
INTERIOR PRESS PRAISES THE
CALLS SOUVENIR EDITION
Visalia Times,

o in
all did themselves
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

DE YOUNG-N. N, City Charles de
Young was shot and killed in San Fran
cisco Aprfl 23 1880.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-28

A marriage license was recently is
sued in Kentucky to William Bird.
aged 70, and Mary Chaff, aged %. This
would indicate that an old bird may be
caught by chaff after all.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-28

At Vienna the other day rich banker having
failed, hanged himself by the neck until he dead
An uneeng telegraph editor labeled the story can
other Banker Suspends"
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-28

A sound like unto that made by drawing her
hoof out of the mud was heard plainly the other day
in Washington. Thomas Bracket Reed pulling
cut Of Congress.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-28
Renicia New Era.

all
of
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BACK DATES-W. ]. W., City. The
wear 1876 was a leap year. The 11th of
that year fell on Saturday
and the same date in 1878 fell on q Mon
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-28

POETS OF AMERICA-L. H. p. Han
ford, Cal THE Poets of America was
published by the American Publishing
Association. Thomas w. Herringshaw, a
publisher of Chicago, Ill, was the COM
niler He is still in that CITY.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-28

HOTEL DEL CORONADO-Take advantar.
OF the round trop tickets. Now only $50 hv
steamship. including fifteen days board at
hotel; longer stay. 81 so per day. Apply at {
New Montgomery street San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-28

Lyncfing may now be placed in the category of
luxuries in the South. 1t costs now according to the
dispatches $1,000 apiece to hang men without author
ity Of law.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-28

GERMAN MEN-OF-WAR-A S., City.
The German cruiser Geier is not the first
German man-of-war that has entered the
harbor of San Francisco. The Leipzig,
Dor in 1891, they having arrived on the
4th of June of that year.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-28

HIJDsON-N. C. c., City. The popula-
ton of Hudson, Mich, is estimated at
about 5000.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-28
Merced Sun.


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Japanese, morally and physically diseased, is to
be allowed to land at this port because he is mer-
chant. There is merchandise that San Francisco
does not want.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-28

Dom Paul apparently has taken for granted the truth
of the saying that the English are nation of shop
keepers, At least, he has snade them number of
counter propositions
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-28

FREEZE OUT POKER-E. B. M, City.
If A, B and sit down to game Of
freeze out, A goes it blind. B and c call
after the draw; B passes, as also does G.
A makes bet B calls and raises the
bet and A on calling finds that B has beat
him, throws up his hand. G has no right
to demand show of the hand.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-28

cal.glace fruit SOC per lb at Townsend's $. I.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-28

NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE,
PERRY LUKENS JR...............28 40 Tribune BuiIdin
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The fleet of foreign shlps a+ those
GEeat GSeaG Britain is represented by 35, United
stsfes peas B2fln a2 Russia 1s France 10, Germany
s go ItaIv and Austria and Portugal one
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CHICAGO NEWS STANDS.
Sherman House. P. O. Co.; Great Northern Hotel
Fremont House Auditorium Hotel
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WASHINGTON ID. c. OFFIcE......... wellington Hote
j, L. ENGLISH. Correspondent.
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NEW YORK NEWS STANDS.
Waldorf-Astora Hotel A. Brentano 81 Union squaI
Murray Hill
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NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT,
c. C. CARLTON Herald Square
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-12

passengers, not single misstatement
being discovered.
Our Philadelphia contemporary very
strongly protests against this system,
declaring it to be as discreditable TO the
government as it is annoying and dis
tresslng to the victims of it. Everyone
can understand the necessity of protect.
ing the government against possible
fraud and attempts to cheat the treas.
ury of customs duties are so numerous
that it Is not surprising the officials are
suspicious and are not disposed to be
satisfied with anything less than care.
full inspection of baggage But it GER
talnly seems that in this matter rcas-
enable degree of discretion might be ex-
erclsed, with very little danger that the
revenue would suffer in consequence.
The government must take care of its
interests, but it should do this with the
least possible hardship to people with
whom it deals.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-12
IMPERIALISTS DISAGREE.

| st. Louis Globe-DemoCrat: Happily, the
status of the United States in the Philip
| pines is now defined. We are there to stay
unless we choose to transfer the sovereignty,
which will happen at the same time we give
UP California and the Louisiana purchase.
hostile armed force will be crushed at
the outset and will get nowhere within
firing distance of our garrisons. The Filipino
flag, which Dewey, always vigorous and
patriotic refused to allow on any craft at
Manila, will be torn down wherever found.
Chicago Tribune: 1t is the intention of the
United States to administer the affairs in
the Philippines as England is doing in
Egypt. That country looks forward to the
distant day when the Egyptians will be able
to govern themselves. When that day comes
England will evacuate Egypt. The United
States can declare with perfect truth that
when the Fiipinos have progressed SO far
that they are able to govern themselves in
telligently and can maintain a stable gov
ernment, the United States will let them
do so if such is their desire.
Chicago Times Herald: So far as we know
his admiral Deweys) views on this subject
have never been published over his own sig
nature or by his authority. II, however, he
is reported correctly by correspondent at
Manila, he looks ultimately to the with
drawal of American troops after the insti-
tuition Of a stable government. This is a
plan which commends itself to many close
observers on the scene. There are certain
persistent elements OF antagonism between
Americans and Filipinos which are cropping
out daily in personal intercourse and which
do not augur we'll for permanent occupa-
ton. Numerous incidents have occurred
which show that our men despise the ma
tive, hot tIa latn T.,
government insists upon holding the islands
in perpetuity its representatives at Manila
will succeed to this heritage of contempt
and rancor. If, on the contrary, it follows
up a period Of necessary discipline with
genuine assurances that it does not aim at
annexation there will be an immediate
change for the better. The sentiment which
is ascribed to Admiral Dewey should be the
basis Of its policy.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-12
SECULAR SHOTS At THE PULPIT.

st. Louis Republic: II a few more agents
run away with the box ONCE receipts for
Ingersolls lecture the venerable agnostic
may be converted to the dogma Of future
punishment
Springfield Republican: The MethodIsts,
says lions Herald, are imperialists. That
is to say the Methodists are in politics.
Fancy the howl that would arise in the
offices of the Protestant religious editors II
Cardinal Gibbons should announce that
Roman Catholics are imperalsts or anti
imperialists, republicans or democrats,
Boston Transcript: The Presbyterians
have long despaired OF Prof Charles A..
Briggs of the Union Theological seminary
but he seems persona grata TO the authori-
ties Of that institution to which he has rem
dered valuable and devoted service A few
days ago he received an engrossed address
and a gold watch from the trustees and
fellow members of the faculty in cclebra-
tion of the twenty fifth anniversary of his
service with the seminary. silver tea set
was given Jointly to him and Mrs. Briggs
Chicago Tribune: The women of Webster
City, Ia, resent the action of the Protestant
ministers of that town in holding revival
meetings for men only. They are willing to
admit, probably, that the men are more in
need OF spiritual admonition and guidance
than themselves, but cannot conceive why
their presence should not be a helpful influ-
ence toward the growth OF grace in the
other sex. They should remember the innate
reluctance of a man to admit to a woman
that he is a wicked sinner, although he will
let another man tell him so without re-
sentiment
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-12
BLASTS FROM RAMS HORN.

Nights OF sorrow bring out the stars OF
promise.
Gods telephone needs no central to make
connections.
They only who live for others are alive
to themselves.
Nicodemus warns us against trying to sit
on two stools.
The height Of knowledge s to know what
you do not know,
Atheistic arguments are but the whistins
Of towards in the dark
The coward measures difficulties with a
telescope; the brave man with his feet.
Don't be overanXious to give some one
"a piece of your mind" the loss may be too
keenly felt.
The man who has made n fl2zle OF his own
business usually thinks he can arrange
Gods affairs.
When you find a man chuckling because
neighbor has been caught in evil, watch
him, and you'll catch him, next.
When man is very anxious to explain
that his conduct is all right depend on 1t
he is little suspicious of himself
long pastorate is sometimes as much an
evidence OF the patience OF the congrega-
ton as of the ability of the preacher.
1t isn't the amount, but the quality OF
talk that tells She who spoke to Baaam
wasn't given to talking much but when
she spoke IL was TO the pOint.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-12
DIGNITY OF LABOR.

In recent address Booker II. Wash
ington gave as his ideal for the cOlored
race a man with trained brain, skilled
hand and clear conscience who is
not afraid of manual labor. That the
Ideal realizes the paramount needs Of
the colored man Is evident, and it might
be extended to the white race with
equal truth and advantage.
The tendency of this age is, unfor-
tunately, away from the occupations
that require manual labor. The young
man who acquires any degree of edu-
cation is at once filled with the desire
to rush headlong into overcrowded pro,
fessions or other lines OF business
equally full, where he imagines wealth
and honor may be won without the dis
agreeable necessity of physical exertion
The result of this Is that cities are filled
by hundreds of young men who only
manage TO exc out precarious eX-
istence that could have attained to in
fiuence and success in their own To-
calities had they been satisfied to have
adapted themselves to prevailing con
ditions and gone to work.
Ambition is most laudable and its
manifestations should not be dampened
but there is false as well as true
ambition. Not every man can make a
successful lawyer, preacher or doctor
and when boy who would have made
most excellent farmer, blacksmith OF
carpenter foregoes one of these to iu-
hict long suffering world with n
fourth-rate professional man he is in
dulging false ambition that damages
both himself and society.
The reason that SO many boys are led
astray after this god of false ambition
Is that they have not been properly
taught the dignity of manual labor
They have grown up to regard it as
menial in its nature and IT'S performance
as drudgery, whereas exactly the con
verse Is true There is more honor in
performing well those duties requiring
manual labor than there could possibly
be in doing poorly any description of
professional work. If young men
would only bring themselves to realize
that manual labor requires brains, that
Its rewards are equal TO, II not in ex-
cess of, the emoluments TO be derived
from any profession, and that it is quite
as great an honor to be prosperous
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-12
REDUCE THE INTEREST RAT

Up to twenty years ago the legal rate
of interest in Nebraska was II per cent
In 1870 the rate wills reduced by law
TO 10 per cent, where it remains TO-
day. In the meantime the interest rate
has been reduced in nearly every state
in the union and money is loaned freely
now at rates varying from 4 to s per
cent.
In the adjoining state of Iowa the
legal rate of interest Is : per cent and in
the state of Illinois it is per cent, In
the southern states, where credits are,
If anything poorer than in the west,
the legal rate ranges from y to q per
cent. In Georgia, South Carolina and
Louisiana it is per cent, while in Nir-
ginia and North Carolina it is q per
cent. The present tendency in all these
states Is to reduce existing interest IN tes
and make the legal limit conform to
the general fall of prices and prevail.
ing interest rates.
In Nebraska the legislature four years
ago reduced the interest rate on state
warrants from Z to per cent and state
warrants are now quoted above par. In
1871 Omaha school bonds bearing 10
per cent interest were disposed of with
difficulty, while today 4 IL per cent
school bonds command n premium.
There Is no valid reason why the iudg-
ment debtor should not have the benefit
of the general reduction in interest rates
simply because the law fixing legal rates
has remained unchanged for twenty
years. SO long as that law remains
on the statute book the creditor will
exact the full rate of ali who cannot
pay their debts at maturity.
The time has come when the legal
rate should be reduced at least to y per
cent, which means more now than l. per
cent did twenty years ago.