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WITH almost unfailing periodicity some European statesman or sociologer discovers the "American peril" and loudly calls on all Europe to unite for self-defense. A few years ago Count Golochowski, the Austrian premier, had this bee in his bonnet and there was a -loud but ineffectual buzzing as a consequence. Xow it is Judge Schwarze of the German reichstag who has again discovered the peril and is greatly alarmed thereby. These absurd scares are a recrudescence of the ancient fallacy that your neighbor's prosperity is your injury, which is itself the unworthy offspring of a narrow jealousy. We find the same symptoms in that queer breed of thinkers who regard all trade with foreign nations as unprofitable and even harmful. Judge Schwarze speaks: The yellow peril is altogether secondary. Our imperial cousin in America is the greater .danger. The dollar is bigger and it will annihilate the shilling and the mark unless Europe sets up its Monroe doctrine of Europe for Europeans. This doctrine must eventually take the form of an economic alliance of all Europe, including Eng land: otherwise America will be the conqueror in the world' battle and * exhaust Lurope. In case of a European war America would be tertius gaudens for Lurope and Japan for Asia. The cause of this war will not be the recovery of Alsace-Lorraine, but the supremacy of the sea and the world markets. No matter who won, America would be mc eventual and supreme gainer. It is high time to explode the notion that England and Germany are the chief rivals for world trade and dominion and that .whichever defeated the other would attain to it. The competitors are not England and Germany. America is not only the competitor of England and Germany alone, but of both of them together. The progress of America in productive mercantile lines has become such that one can almost arithmetically figure out when it will be able to overthrow each of its rivals and when it will become master of both of them. The latter will at once become the case at the outbreak of a European war. Even the most for tunate, successful and quickest war will cripple the victor to such an extent that it will no longer be equal to the competition of War in Europe or elsewhere means a portentous waste of capital and consequently of purchasing power. The Boer war crippled England financially for a time and helped materially to bring on the panic of 1907. The San Francisco calamity contributed to the same result and injured business the world over. In its effects it Avas very much the same as war and every commercial nation suffered from its consequences. Because of the San Francisco fire and the Boer- war the purchasing power of America and Europe was greatly diminished and none' prdfited thereby. A European war would be infinitely worse in its consequences because every day that it lasted there would be destruction of purchasing power in the sum of incalculable millions. It is a strange perversion of reasoning that would persuade Europe to keep the peace, not because of injury to European nations, but lest it bring more business to the Ameri cans, all the more because the theory is not based on reasbn or sense.' A merchant does not make money by the ruin of his customers. The Trade in Imaginary "Perils" .T F the forthcoming -Pen-tola festival in San Francisco does nothing I else it will at least promote a wider and more informed study of Pacific coast history, which appears to be a sadly neglected branch of knowledge even among the people it most concerns. The heartrending contro versy over the pronunciation of the name; of the first governor of California is yet a recent memory, and indeed a few of the insurgents have taken to the brush, unsubdued and unterrified by the pronunciamento of San . Francisco's first citizen. Xow comes Charles F. Lummis/ the picturesque custodian, of the Los Angeles public library, and holds up to scorn another offender. Last year Mr. Lummis had an inflammatory passage at arms with the editor of the Century Dictionary of Names- because Portola's name and fame were ignored and omitted in that work of reference, and the lexicographer had altogether the worse of the controversy. Now. Mr. Lummis, who appears to have constituted- himself guardian of the estate and interests of the, defunct governor, writes to the New; York Post, and after mentioning the offense of the dictionary maker, goes on to say: Eut this is a trivial affair beside the recent contribution to "His- ' tory As She -Is- Wrote." by Nellie Urner Wellington, an attractive " book on "Historic Churches of America,", with an earnest introduction by Edward Everett Hale. It advises us (pages 106 et scq.) that Portola was a Jesuit priest; that "more than one hundred years before the establishment of any Protestant church on the eastern shores of our country^ * * * in his little frail boat he sailed vp 1 to the head "of the bay (Monterey), and selecting two stately^- oaks near the • shore he nailed to them a wooden cross, beneath which he said mass * * * Journeying on. Gaspar de Portola sought other and more r' populous sections were he might make converts; finally returning to Mexico, where'he made his elaborate report: to. the church. * * -\u2666 On the missionary Portola, "that journey up the bay of Monterey made no special impression, and as the years passed on the exact *ite of this bay could not.be located. In 1768, however, another member of the Jesuit brotherhood traveled over the first' portion of the route taken by Portola * * * Overjoyed, Padre Junipcrb Scrra, with ' his followers, knelt in thanksgiving beneath the wooden cross." 4 Portola a Jesuit missionary! Junipcro Serra a Jesuit missionary r and 168 -years later than Portola! The Call hopes that Mr. Lummis will continue with unabated fury- and a competent hammer on his crusade l against pretentious error. Nay, we may hope that when San Francisco in. the "fall undertakes to signalize some sense : qf California's obligation to Gaspar ...de Portola Mr. Lummis will be here to help and tell us things .that we ouirht to know. Discoveries About a Discoverer EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE CALL Senator Aldrich in An Awkward Position S ENA T OR A^PRICH finds himself in an awkward position. :By astute and unscrupulous trading ; and combinations he has been able to put through the senate a revision of the tariff which does nothing to relieve the burden on the necessaries of life, nothing to help the ultimate consumer, already oppressed by the excessive cost of living. It is revision upward, and not downward. Now, under threat of veto by the president, he sees himself compelled to make concessions and throw over some of his Of course, people in Washington do not whisper the awful word even below, their breath, but that fls what the statement issued by the president means""if the president's promises of down ward revision are not fulfilled. It means that if it ineaiis anything. Accordingly Aldrich finds that he,can not stand pat on his bargains, and the senators, from the mountain states who went into the com bination behind the bill see themselves likely to be "thrown over. Naturally their rage is extreme and their threats loud. The situa tion is quite unpleasant for Aldrich. Of course, lie can refuse to back down and stand by his bargains. It may come to that and already there is a growing sense among the standpatters that they wpuld lose little by a veto which would leave the Dingley tariff in force and throw the whole question over for future action and perhaps another congress. As an expression of this sense the words of Representative Douglas of Ohio may be regarded as significant when he said: ;; It certainly would be a lamentabie- thing if after four months of I consideration by the congress we should fail to pass a bill revising the tariff, and yet, for myself, I can say that I believe that worse things than that might happen. It happens that if this bill fails we have the Dingley law still behind us, a law under 1 which this country has prospered for twelve years as no country. on the face of the earth has prospered. -And so I simply -want! to say, as; a word of . warning, if need be, or of encouragement, as I hope, to the conferees - of the house, that they should constantly remember that fact. So far as I am individually concerned I would rather see the Dingley \ law stand as- it is today than to vote for. the bill that it now upon the speaker's table. I shall vote for the resolution offered by the gentle man from Pennsylvania because, as the gentleman who has just taken his seat has said, this resolution is, \\\ substance, a protest against these amendments, and I am unable to see how the gentlemen upon the other side, upon the same theory, can fail to vote for the reso lution. The words of Mr.^ Douglas were loudly applauded by his col leagues on the floor and express a strong body of opinion in the popular branch of congress, which sides with the president and is opposed to the senate bill jammed through by steam roller methods operated by Aldrich. The demand for free raw materials' voiced by' Mr. Taitis rea sonable enough from a protective point of view, but it does not meet or fulfill the wishes of the ultimate consumer except indirectly. Nothing is promised in the way of relief from the oppressive sched ules on woolen and cotton goods, which are among the prime necessaries of life. These have been advanced in a disastrous way l)y the Aldrich tariff, and the program as it is now formulated confines all the concessions to the west and leaves the greedy manufacturing interests of New England untouched. It is revision downward, but likewise onesided. The manufacturers of woolens, cottons and leather goods declare that they will , be able. to sell their goods cheaper if they get free raw materials, but if the tariff' permits them to. maintain higher prices the country would still be forced to rely on their self-denial for fulfillment of this "promise. It might be better on the whole should the entire matter be thrown over for future settlement. The people have been going through a process of ; education due; to the current '' discussion and much light has been thrown on the practices of tariff making^arid the vicious bargains by which the interests of the whole people are sold out for the profit of greedy and unconscionable interests. -It has become obvious that the present congress is not in touch -with popular sentiment on the tariff and, in fact, the Aldrich bill has been con demned without reserve by almost the whole press of the repub licah'party. THE case of "Typhoid Mary," mentioned in the dispatches printed Sunday, attracts national attention and is, in fact, without precedent in medical history; This is the cafe of Mary Mallon, a competent domestic and blameless woman, who appears Jikely to endure perpetual confinement and isolation because, althougl-r herself perfectly healthy, she appears to carry typhoid infection wherever she goes. In the/ New York supreme court Justice Jinanger Saturday ruled that the risk of discharging Mary Mallon from the Riverside hospital is too great for, the court to assume. It is believeil that she harbors typhoid germs in her: person and is consequently unsafe to be at large. Concerning this condition and medical conclusion some particulars are given : The latter condition constitutes the celebrated case of "Typhoid Mary," an honest, sturdy\ and efficient domestic servant, who has been isolated by the health authorities of the city of New York; for whose release a writ af habeas corpus is now invoked. The record shows that for some years past, wherever Mary has been employed \u25a0 in widely separated places, there has been an outbreak of typhoid fever. The \ coincidence is a matter of fact. The theory that Mary is a peregrinating source of typhoid infection , has been arrived at chiefly by a process of elimination of all other possible sources in the respective neighborhoods where: Mary has sojourned and the typhoid has appeared. v Thc health officials are convinced that if Mary would submit to bacteriological examination it could be proved beyond a reasonable doubt that she is liberally charged- with active ! typhoid The victim of this strange accusation and of the penalty imposed under arbitrary health regulations stands on her con stitutional rights in refusing to allow herself to be overhauled by the \ No - one will blame Mary Mallon for insisting on her' constitu tional rights. But if it is true, as- doctors declare,that she carries pestilence among the, people, there may l bc legal warrant for sus pending the right of habeas: corpus in her case. The medical authorities say that if she shouldgo to work -today in a populous center the result would be a devastatingepidemic; of typhoid. "Typhoid Mary's" Un happy Plight THp necessities, real or supposed, of the lighthouse keeper on Goat island appear to have assumed a more or, less national importance jand are 'matter for discussion, not always grave, ;in Washington. It appears that the light- Jiouse keeper on the island keeps a cow as well I "aiv a : beacon, and .- this important -i domestic requires^ a wide range of pasturage I for her ; sustenance. Therefore Mr. Keeper has interposed a veto on the' proposition to F .«t.cj« t^ v.. uic. olasted island, using that word in its accepted Shakespearean^ sense,. and not aS a fornvof profanity. The people of San Francisco; and the ba£: cities, whose: tastes 'arc', offended by the sight -of-, barren and apparently : unproductive: slopes: would like to see something.green .and umbrageous on the island if the govern mentiinsists on retaining it for casual purposes that might better be - -" v^v!w? niC;Othcr^ itC - - lie^yernment is, hi; fact," maintaining a $10, 000,000 cow pasture and Mr. Keeper even asserts a /pfoprietarV* "ght in the disfigurement of ytlie^bayV -The fact is that : Goat 'island should: be over: by the government for) industrial juse as a joint .terminal site for the' transcontinental railroads, and ! not hold it as a reservation for^tlie lighthouse keeper's wide-ranging; cow. "^ . .Senator .Perkins sUggests^, by; way of -al^ruativer that if the nation owes a. living: to the.- lighthouse keeper's 'cow lie might profit ably ;transf erred d to: Point Arena and provided 'with a sea C ow 7 riherc is historical, authority for the enlistment of^orseimariries, but the demands pi the cow :. marines- arc new. ' The Light house Keeper And His Cow Answers to^Qyeries TIDE AT EUREKA— S.. Lincoln, Cal. What !\u25a0 \u25a0 the rise of the : high tide at San Francisco and Eureka? Does the tide hare any effect at any time on the v .rlyer, at Bseramento? ', Tour "question" was J referred to /the United States^ hydrographies office and the following is the 1 answer : V The : plane \of * ref erencei for the tides la the mean of the lowerj low. water. Mean height of higher . high : water above/plane of -reference Is San Fran cisco,; 5.8 feet. Mean -height of alllow waters above plane of reference is San Francisco 1# feet.- r \u25a0 ' _ ' v . . .', . Mean height of all low water aboye plane of reference is San Francisco, I*4 f«et.' \u25a0 ;: , •\u25a0v v ; . \u25a0 -. \u25a0 ; Mean height of all .low water above plane of . reference*" is Eureka,; 1.1 feet, v The. tides, are felt at Sacramento, high water occurring 8.03 hours after that of San Franciscb-and the ratio of the range of the tide at Sacramento to that at San Francisco Is 38-100. ;: .'\u25a0 • V • '•.-.•\u25a0«•-\u25a0 AREA OF-THE STATE— P.^ South Dos PaloV Gal. WUat is the area of the state of Califor nia In square miles and in acres?. ••' Professor E. W. Hllgard of , the Uni versity of California" is authority s for the statement that the area of /the state between the extreme northwest and southeast corners Is 775, miles. The maximum width (between Point Concepclon-and the north end of the Amargosa; river In Nevada) is 235 miles and the minimum widfh (between the Golden Gate and the southern end of .Lake Tahoe) 148 miles. The total area of the state is 158,360 square miles. Its land area is 155,980 square miles, being second only to Texas among the states and territories. The office of the United States surveyor general for California says the acre age of the state is ,113,393,747. * • * FLAG DAY— H. E. N.. East Oakland. Cal. What Is Flag day, and how Ion? has It been observed? ; It Is th«j observance, of -the anniver sary of the adoption: of 'the American flag by congress, June 14, 1777. The day -has been observed all-, over .the United States since 1898, at the in stance of the American Flag associa tion, organized February - 17, of that year. The object of the association is to secure national and state legisla latlon for the protection of the flag from degrading and desecrating uses and to secure a general observation of June 14 as Flag day. • • • INAUGURATION— C, Eureka. Cal. .Why was the 4th of March chosen an the day on which to Inaugurate the president of the United States? From the days of John Adams, the second president of the country, inaug urated March 4,' 1797, that date has been fixed as the day on which the presi dent elect should take the obligation of office. Then the twelfth amendment to the United States constitution fixes the date. It is appropriate that the inaug uration should take' place on the day that the president elect takes office. It has been the custom since the' date named and custom became the unwrit ten law. . . , TAPEWORM— W. A.. F..M.. and D. R., City. Please explain the tapovvorm Jn the human' hodr. the harm It does, and the way >to get rid of same. The space allowed to this department will pot -premit of giving an explana tion'of the tapeworm. At the free li brary in Hayes street near Franklin you can obtain medical books and encyclo pedias in. which you will find the matter fully, explained. As to the harm the worm does and how to get rid of it you will have to Seek the advice of a spe cialist or a reputable physician. •.• • • GOLD— T. W.. City. Sew In print that the Japanese ROTernment had purchased 52.500.000 In gold from our gorernment: \u25a0 • Why did Japan want to' buy our gold?. Did the Japanese hare to pay a premium for:the same? - - •\u25a0• The purchase of that amount was not an unusual event;; It Is frequently done .by.'-' nations. The Japanese Ibought gold Ingots with American hioney for the purpose of converting the .same Into Japanese coin, it being preferable to coin from ingots than from coined money. \u25a0 . -, \u25a0 \u25a0 • ' • • CODFISH ARISTOCRACY— Subscriber, City. What Is the origin of the phrase "codnsh aris tocracy"? ;v" •' That was a term originally applied to certain Massachusetts families, grown wealthy from the cod fisheries. It is now generally applied. to denote people who make a vulgar display of recently acquired wealth, but who are lacking In intelligence and refinement. • \u25a0 •*' • -- yOI,"NG MEN'S IIALL-^G. H. F-. City. CaD you irlve snmedata as to the building for the Young Men's Christian association? It is being erected at Golden Gale avenue and Leavenworth street: will be nine storie3 In height and will cost about half a million of dollars. It is thought that it will be ready for occu pancy In April, 1910. --'.•-, ' i •'..'• • JOURNAM3M— W. F. G.. City.. What books that would be a help to one who aspires to be come a journalist are published ? There Is; according to the catalogues: Haven's"Modern Journalism," Shuman's "Practical Journalism," Allsop's "Twen ty Years in a Newspaper Office," and Hemstreet's "Reporting." GREASY SHOES— P. R.. City. Is there any way to remcTe grease stains from tan shoes? " The following is given as a method: "Coyer .the' spot with a. thick paste of fuller's' earth and _ ammonia. Leave the same on for 24. hours, then rub off, after which clean the shoe with a. cut ba nana." : »: -V '\u25a0 - - ..- \u25a0 j \u25a0\u25a0"\u25a0\u25a0- -*'.-^4* '• TWENTY DOLLAR PIECE— T. W.. City. A friend of mine says that a $20 gold- piece of the United States contains only about $16 gold, the rest' betn» alloy. Is this correct? ', The United States * branch mint is authority : f or } the ? statement that each $20 piece coined contains J2O gold of the fineness of 900-1000. • \u25a0 CONTENTS— L. H. R.. City. In answering a letter. : which Is proper: of the seme have been noted" or "contents has -been, noted?" The word; is plural in form and In sense and must have a: plural verb. In dase of doubt write: "Yours of — \u25a0 — re ceived, contents noted." HOLY : ROLLERS— L.. City. Where may I ob tain ; information in relation to a sect calllna; itself "holy rollers J" -\ . . - .In;- periodical there are a number.; of articles : on ' the sect. • Such literature; may. be consulted at the free public I library In Hayes street near Franklin: . , .'"\u25a0 ; . \ \u25a0:^»SttSßQai RUEF— S.'T.C.. Palo Alto, Cal. "Is Mr." Abe Ruef In the county jail," or on ball ?". \u25a0 "Mr." Abe ; Ruef ' is ; not : on bail.: ; He is in the county.' Jail awaiting the de termination; of the higher, court in his case ; on. appeal. '•.'... :'.' ".; "'- \u25a0\u25a0. r . PARMINO— Reader. Hay ward. Cal. D<V»s the United. States gorerntnent. publish any books on farming? \u25a0.'•. -. : The department of agriculture, Wash ington, D. \u25a0 C, , issues j many . bulletins on farming. :: That is the. nearest to - books S / AND ME— M. EVIL, Redwood City. Which Is correct:- ."Bring John and I a glass of water.'! or "Bring John . and- me a , glass . of ..The Matter. ' f - FLEAS— H.C.E... City. -How can fleas that breed In a basement be destroyed?. ' Stated the ;characteVfof ; the: basement and-a suggestion^wlll be r offered. -.'\u25a0COLLEENCBAWN"— Subscriber,- City. "iWhat fs_ the me*nlnft of colleen;: ha wn?.r. r . ?. f —°" •.;;( Colleen v Is : girl fand bawn ; Is blonde; consequently,'- blonde, girl: ;: U HERCULES^Subseriber, \u25a0 City. Saw ; « state ment .some l time lago I that / the * solar * system is steadily? traveling In' --the; direction- of the' con stellation: Hercules. How; long will ' it take the solar,, »yst«nii to. reach, thore? -J .;. " : -\u25a0-',• .-.An :slio\vn this uuestion The Insider Tells how the noted sun dance of the Ute Indians w« photo graphef by wlthoat molestation until one of ?the bucks stopped his operations by reflecting the sun's rays into the camera with a mirror EDWIN MILTON ROYLE. the New York playwright who cajne out to San Francisco with the expectation of coaching Florence Roberts and the Alcazar, company for the production of "The Struggle Everlasting," told me the other day of an interesting incident that shows how the Indians of the plains are becoming verted in modern tricks. ' "While in Utah last week I was fortunate enough to attend- a sun dance of the Ute Indians, and I availed myself of the opportunity of photographing the dancers until one buck put an effectual quietus to my activities," said Royle. "Formerly the Indians would not submit to being photographed, but now they .have grown accustomed to the camera. However, they still resent the photographing of their ceremonies. As the forty-iix 'dancers kept up their three day dance in \^»rship of the sun I secured my photographs. I noted that one buck among the spectators grew surlier each time he heard my camera click. Presently he returned with a mirror* and reflected the rays of the sun into the camera each time I got ready to take a picture* "The sun dance of the Utcs is still a wonderful exhibition in which the dancers seem to hypnotizes themselves for three days. Some of them are dancing all the "time during the three days, but none of them eats anything until the ceremonies are concluded. The dancers are no longer required to pierce their bodies, as was their custom before the wtute man's civilization was thrust upon them." Ute Indian Balks Worker with Camera "Come down to the door, captain; there's a bet of $100 and you are to decide it." ; In response to this hail Captain Thomas H. Barber, -port agent of- the bar pilots, went to his front door at 10 o'clock the other night, and was asked: "Was Tom Hyer ever in San Francisco?" f "Yes," replied the captain. "He arrived here in the New World on July 11 MM 1850.l 850. I brought him ashore at Clarks point (Broadway> at 11 o'clock at night. Country McCluskey, another prize fighter, was with him." The wager was paid without further parley. The incident inclined the seafaring men to talk of the New World and how the famous river boat on the Sacramento happened to come to the bay of San Francisco*. She was a brand new boat in New York, but was under attachment of some kind and in the keeping of a deputy United States marshal. It was represented to the authorities having charge of the vessel that the machinery of .the boat would not be serviceable unless it was turned over, hence" the owners were allowed to give the craft a spin, the deputy to remain aboard. At Staten island the owners said to the deputy United States marshal: "You can go ashore here, if you desire, and' go back to New York or stay with us and go to California." The deputy went ashore and the New World came here, coaling at Rio de Janeiro and Valparaiso. At Panama she took on many passengers, amon them Tom Hyer and Country McCluskey. The New World was one of the speediest boats on the Sacramento rtm and earned money galore for the owners. Other river boats that came, to San Francisco through the strait., of Magellan were the Confidence, Wlhon Ct. Hunt and the Antelope. The Senator was a sound boat. The Cornelia came out as a three master schooner. The New World was brought out by Fast Vessel Taken From U. S. Marshal Though it is understood that he lava claim to none of the blood of La Belle ... , France, DanieL M. Ryan was one of the principal speaker at the exercises commemorating the fall of the bastile, held at the Auditormm the other evening.- Ryan made a fervid and eloquent address, but on several occasion^ notwithstanding the 'warmth with which his remarks were greeted, the' able orator wa 5 "completely at a locs These occasions were the few perspiring moments immediately preceding and fol lowing his talk. -t-'V ,! . Orator Puzzlpd by Address in French Ryan confided to me before the exercises began that he did not under stand a word of t French, but it was noticed that during the progress of the speechesmade by Felix Santallier and Consul General Mcrou, both of which were entirely in French, Ryan applauded rapturously whenever the audience did so. Finally Santallier arose and presented Ryan in a few well chosen words— French words. The native son stepped up to the rostrum, and here San talher was with a desire to say more, and launched into a speech which lasted several minutes. Ryan stood puzzled and uncomfortable at one moment seriously trying to catch the drift of the introductory speech and at another smiling but in a- half hearted way. when the audience roared at what the speaker was saying **.-"•-.* It was, evidently, a humorous introduction, and when the words "Native Son of the Golden West" floated out from among the tangle of French phrases Ryan resumed his self-control, smiled broadly at the audience and started off m fine feather, for the listeners had noted the San Franciscan* predjeament and it had put them in good humor. 'The Merry Widow/ they tell me. has struck its note in the heart of Chinatown. Captain , . Ma >° in his service one of the brightest - young Chinese, cooks on the coast. The other day, after some unusual piece I ce ™ t ™.™* cX *™*? s y*«> * »«!»ber of the household asked him what he would hke best of all as a reward and was amazed and amused to be toM|hat a "ticket to "The Merry Widow" would best suit the oriental fancy The ticket was bought and sooner than subject the celestial to the usual jokes and .witticisms at his expense that might result from a seat- in the gallery a place was found for him in the bald headed row. Next morning a trip to Chinatown was the result and a gorgeous new robe of brilliant hue was purchased, trimmed with yards and yards of Chinese •* mourning bra.d. Gayly attired in his garments of festivity Gun attended the evening performance of "The Merry Widow." The next day as the captain seated himself at the breakfast table the door burst open and his cook sailed into the room, waltzing giddily around the table. . '.Why, what's the matter, Gun?" asked the captain. '•Oh." Gun ejaculated, "you go see 'Merry Widow*! Him fine-hip fine!" "The Merry Widow* Affects Chinatown said: 'The sun and his planets, though moving toward. a point In Hercules at the velocity of 20.000 miles an hour, must travel at this . rate for 1.000,000 years to reach the frontiers of the dis tant' constellation it is heading for." -.CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR— E; H.. San Luis ObUpo. .C*\. How man Christian ErnlesTorers are there In the world? . 'The -latest figures are up to Novem ber, 1908. At that time there^were 70. 761 societies with .a. membership of 3,500,000/ chiefly in the United States and -< Canada and In Australia. Great Britain,. -China. India, Japan, and In all missionary lands. "It Is found in about the same proportions in all' the great evangelical/ denominations and In all their -subdivisions. . ' ".-.-\u25a0 WHEN" A FOUL WlNS— Player, City- In an ordinary pot (pokrr) all the players throw up their hands, when one of the plajers raises it to dra w . cards. When . he picks up . his cards he finds that he has six. ; Does he win the pot? • > An authority, on cards, when shown this question, 'answers: "A foul hand is '\u25a0•; better ; than ( no ; hand at • all. Who Is to dispute the pot with" him? 1 ' STAMPS— Subscriber. City/,, Please publish a list or persons In San Francisco who deal in stamps. \u25a0\u25a0 \ _ -: \u25a0 - -This department idoes not advertise any business. v Consult N the . classified part of the .i city dfr«ctory ;- under the head of stamp dealers and you will obtain the - names : and ; addresses. \u25a0 PATENTS— Subscribers Oailand. CaL Wh«re can I obtain a list : of person* wn© deal In Dat ents In San Francisco? -. \u25a0- --: lthe ; classifled part' of the San Francisco directory.* and there you will find a list "of They attend; to such matters. TRACT OF UXD-J. <\. Cit.r.' If . a tar?* tract : of* land., trblrb is \u25a0 coramunitj ', property.' ls donatad to an iastitutioni Is the title TaJUd with JULY 19, 1909 mt the signature of the son? <2> Caa th# he!r« can the record* be found It not burned' Not knowing the conditions, an an- IZV C Tm u Ot be Brlven ' (2> T" 1 * tlon will have to be submitted to an attorney as this department does not £j e le « al K » dvlc *- <3) If th » ™°™* were not burned they will probably VS iound where such are v usually kept. kZ R F2£}J REVOLUTION'-Sabseriber. City. to£ \??*?t *«."** Of XK<>ia **«* Scribe the hi^ wry of th« French rerolntlon ? The one who wants to study the his tory of that revolution, must read many books, among them: Hlstolre de» Glrondlns. by Lamartlne: The Ufa of Maximlllen Robespierre;, The Reign of Terror, and many other books alons? the same lines, the names of which yon can obtain in the reference room of tha free Horary in Hayes street, near Franklin. « • • COUNTIES— C. P. C. Punta Arena. Cal Where can I obtain a list of all the counties la the different atates of the union? -" Consult a modern atlas and In tha descriptive part of each state you Twill find a list of every county In the par ticular state. Letters From, the People SUGGESTION FOR WOJIEX Editor t Call: We will have thousands of. visiting Elks In the city during tile next; few days and all next week I beg ltoj suggest that every woman In town be urged to wear purple and whit© ribbons, just to, show the Best People on Earth that they are wel come.^ JOHN A. JORDW San. Francicao. July li •