This bit of wisdom comes from, China:"There are things which can never beImagined, but thera is nothing which maynot happen."

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A CHANCE TO SiMILE.Sad Havoc—"Western Man—"We had a

terrible conflagration in Dugout City lastweek. Only seventeen houses left stand-Ing.

Eastern Man—My goodness! How manywere there before the fire?

Western Man—Nineteen.— New YorkWeekly.

"Hello! Where are you going with thegun?" inquired Gasaway.

"Gunning. Where do you suppose?" re-plied Brightly.

"Perhaps not, but Icould hit a darnbore, and Imight be tempted to do Itanymoment."

—Philadelphia Press.

"Huh! You couldn't hit a barn door."

"No. sir," said Mr. Meekton, "Idon'twant any 'no seat, no. fare bill.'

""But you would like to see some ar-

rangement by which everybody who ridesin a street car can sit down?"

"Not a>bit of it. I'mtoo polite. Iwouldnot deprive a lady of the satisfaction shsgets In glaring a man out of his seat foranything in the world."—WashingtonStar.

The young pigcould reach the swill wellenough by putting its snout over the aid*of the trough, but it was not satisfiedwith that. It proceeded to get all fourof Its feet in the trough.

But the mother of tha pigs thrust th«greedy young monopolist to on» Bids.

"Get out of that, you selflsa, graspin*thing!" she said. "Ton remind me aomuch of human- beings!"

—Chicago Tri-

bune.

has been doing splendid work. The com-pany has been greatly strengthened byEarle Brown and Julius McVicker.

Sol Smith Russell's great comedy suc-cess, "A Bachelor's Romance," will bepresented at. the California Theater thisweek. The opening performance is sched-uled for this evening. The leading role isplayed by James Neill. and critics say itis the best thing he has ever attempted.

Maude Fealy, a clever actress, opens atthe Grand Opera-house to-morrow even-ing in her version of "The Little Minis-ter." She will be assisted by the thea-ter's excellent stock company. Miss Feaiycomes here highly recommended. Thi3willbe her initial appearance in this city.

WELL-KNOWN ACTRESS WHOWILL BEGIN AN ENGAGEMENTAT THE COLUMBIATO-MORROW.

McKinley was doubtless right in refusing even to consider Carnegie's offer.of $20,000,000for the Philippines, but if Mr. Carnegie will:make it again the people might now be found will-ing to make the bargain and give him a beavy discount for cash. >

The powers have decided that the Chinese indemnity must be paid in gold, and as a con-sequence oi the. decline in,silver the burden upon China willbe much' heavier than was expected.Still the powers are acting for China's good, and perhaps ,in the end China may be ableto reciprocate. . . "_¦ ¦ . \\ W:&:y ., Vt&MtfP ¦¦ . \ ¦

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A,New York dispatch of May 23 says: "There were four heat victims in this city to-day.A sudden rise in the temperatuie and' humidity from 70 to 76 caused the prostrations." If thatbe the kind of weather "gentle spring" distributes in that locality what will'the summer do whenshe turns her dog days loose? ..'••'-

The seventeen-year locust has returned to the East, and has been seen thus. far over a re-gion of country extending from -New Jersey to South Carolina and as far west as Michigan. Itisstated that as the pest appears at such long intervals the native birds do not seem to be awarethat he is good eating, but the English sparrow has got on to him and is devouring him ,at agreat rate. This js one case where the sparrow makes friends, and before the locust season „ isover the country may be advertising for more sparrows.

The Rev. H. P. Thorton of England,who is touring the coast for pleasure, ac-companied by his wife, is registered atthe Occidental.

J. N. McKlnley,attorney for the Hunt-ington streetcar systems at Los Angeles,is a guest at the Palace.

F. N. Chlttenden, a prominent residentof Fresno', is at the Grand, accompaniedby his daughter.

Dr. A. L. Tibbetts of Petaluma Is aguest at the Grand.

R. D. Hatch of Novato is^ spending afew days at the Lick.

I.Dannenbaum, a merchant of Vallejo,Is registered at the Grand.j H. B. Cline, an extensive grocer at LosAngeles, Is at the Palace.Dr. C. S. Sargent of Stockton is among

the arrivals at the California.J. W. Knox, a prominent attorney of

Merced, is a guest at the Palace.F. W. Miner, the well known young

turfman, leaves to-morrow for Chicago.

PERSONAL MENTION.

And colonial styles of picture frames Ingold, some admire the quaint shapes inFlemish, old Dutch and ebony; but allwho have seen our stock agree that wehave the prettiest, most varied and mostreasonably priced picture frames everseen in San Francisco. Sanborn, Vail &Co.. 741 Market street. '.

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Some Prefer the Oval

"W. S. McColIough, a farmer, residing inRed Bluff, Tehama County, filed a peti-tion in insolvency yesterday in the UnitedStates District Court. He owes $22,045 andhas no assets. Nearly all the liabilitieswere contracted in the Eastern Statesprincipally Ohio.

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An Insolvent Farmer.Mrs. H. W." Hyers, a most charmingwoman of New York City, is esconsedfor the summer in a cottage on the hotelgrounds with her husband, a maid anda number of pets which she has broughtwith her. You can practically tell a Goth-amite by the way she wears her clothes.Mrs. Hyers is particularly striking in abatiste linen color, made -over green taf-feta. Skirt and bodice alike have ver-tical insertions of batiste lace, which iseffective over the green. A chou at one•Ide of the bodice is of white chiffon,ttfied in green velvet baby ribbon: it la

Urs. J. K. Armsby of Chicago Is onecf the most attractive women at thehotel. She Is always gowned In the bestcf taste. She has one unusually attrac-tive dinner waist that is unmistakablyParisian. It is of pale blue taffeta witha transparent yoke of white net on whichis appliqued leaves of blue silk, embroid-ered in white. The white net collar Istrimmed with tiny bands of blue velvet.

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Among the pretty things worn so wellby Mrs. Fred Jacobs is a pattern bodiceof richest blue silk, embroidered all overin white, with touches of gold. The vestis of handsome cream Escurial lace withcollar of the same with a few bands ofblack velvet baby ribbon to give Itchar-acter.

One of the prettiest girls at HotelMateo is unmistakably Miss Mary LeeHenry cf Kansas City. She is spendingthe summer at the hotel with the Jacobsfamily. Mrs. Fred Jacobs is her sisterend is also greatly admired. Miss Henryshould be classified as a wild rose sortof beauty. Bhe has hair like the 6un-

eblne and Itis of the fluffy sort so pleas-Ing to artists and everybody else, in fact.She has such good color, too, that shelooks as fresh as a rose every time yousee her. Her figure, too, and her gownsare stunning. Some girls who met herat a function given some time- ago at theJacobs' new home on Pacific avenue con-firm everything IBay.

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The Drews have come and gone, takingwith them the «best wishes of many

friends they left behind. John Drew washospitably entertained at Burlingame andby Mrs. Martin, and had many more in-vitations he was too busy to accept. Hisdaughter, Miss Louise Drew, who has re-cently Joined the. company, met a lot ofdear girls at Elsie Tallant's luncheon atthe University Club on Friday. The girlsexpressed different opinions on the wayhome. Some were completely carriedaway with the young actress and pro-nounced her perfectly dear. Others mar-veled at her Eummer gown and hat, lay-ing particular 6tress upon what it meantfrom a commercial point of view. Otherslamented her lack of beauty, but assuredeach other that her father's reputationwould be her saving grace. Everybodyagreed, however, that she arranged herhair beautifully. She wore itin a fluffypompadour effect about the face, and inthe back It was done low—very low. Thelow coiffure exactly suited Miss Drew'slines.

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AMONGa number ofdistinguished

guests at Mrs. Merrill's tea onFriday vas Mrs. Herman J.Hall of Chicago, who alwaystries t» avoid attention, but

cannot help attracting admiration. She ismost enthusiastic in the cause she repre-sents, and her attractive personalitydraws friends to the work she cham-pions. Mrs. Hall has been a patroness ofart for many years, but the outdoor sortoccupies most of her attention latterly.

Bhe brings very practical -ideas to 'is

along those lines, and expresses surprisethat nature does not get up and run away

because people get up floral combina-tions that make their grounds look likecrazy quilts instead of arranging thegrounds in such taste that a house willnot look as if it were carried along anddropped somewhere by accident. Thewalks, flower platB and trees should con-form in color tnd shape with the "lay"of the grounds and the house as well, shesays. Mrs. Hall insists that Californiahas wonderful possibilities, as we haveeuch abundant working material, and be-fore going back East she will organize awoman's auxiliary of the American Parkand Outdoor Art Association in this city.Mrs. Hall is president of such an aux-iliary inChicago, and very practical workis being accomplished. The ladies of theCalifornia Club have offered their rooms,

in which a mass meeting will be held onWednesday afternoon of this week at3:30 o'clock, at which the Park Commis-Eioneri!, the Major, publicschool teachersand many others are expected. All are<nvited. Ibelieve Ossian C. Simonds, whofor twenty years has been laying outparks and streets, will make the plansfor San Francisco without expense here,as the main association in the East willassist the branch. Itwill be rememberedthat Mrs. Hall was one of the judges forthe Chicago Tribune when that paper of-fered prizes for the best amateur gardensand window boxes. The fact that shedrove over 800 miles to see them all Is thebest proof of her energetic perseverance.

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WITHstately ceremonies befitting the occasion, the statue of the Comte de RochanA

beau has been unveiled at Washington and dedicated as a memorial of the aid givenby France to the American colonies during the struggle for independence. By ahappy coincidence this monument, which reminds us of the time when we were weak

and needed foreign help, is dedicated almost simultaneously with the inauguration at Havana of afree government, called into being by our arms and inspired by our example. The torch of lib-erty which France helped us to keep aflame during the darkness of the War of the Revolutionhas no| burned for ourselvesf alone. France herself has been guided. by it in many a dark periodof her history, and now Cuba looks to it as-the beacon that has brought her after years cf des-potism and oppression to the full freedom of an independent, self-governing nation.' •

The man whose statue has been chosen to stand as a symbol of the great historic friend-ship between France and the United States is not unworthy of the honor. He has not filled theplace in song and story and in popular imagination and affection that Lafayette holds, but nonethe less his services both to France and to the United States were of the highest order. If hewas not so picturesque a figure as the rich young Marquis who at the age of 19 left his wealth andthe attractions of the most splendid capital in Europe to hasten to"America* and 'offer his swordto Washington, he was a much more useful ally in trie struggle. He brought with him a formid-able force, and was moreover a general of large experience, well fitted to command and to directhis force so as to render itmost helpful in the war.

Itis to be remembered that Rochambeau on one occasion showed a devotion to theAmerican cause that proved to be of *he highest value at a most critical time. When Washing-ton was on the point of moving southward for the purpose of intercepting Cornwallis, the armyhad been without pay for a long time and the colonial treasury was bare of money! In that emer-gency the Count advanced $20,000 invgold out of his private fortune, and means were thus pro-vided for the march which did not end until Cornwallis was shut up in Yorktown and forced tosurrender.

The chief credit of the support given by France during the Revolution belongs, however,not to one man nor set of men. Itis not to Rochambeau, Lafayette, the King nor his coun-selors that America owes the debt of gratitude for help in her hour of need. That credit is dueto the French people. Itwas the popular enthusiasm for the American cause that carried thecourt along with itand may be said to have forced the Ministers to ally themselves with thecolonies and become a partner in their struggle for independence. The Rochambeau monument,therefore, willbe a memorial of the union of two.great peoples in the cause of liberty, and it isgratifying to know that at last the French have secured a liberty for themselves, founded like ourown on universal suffrage and guarded by a republican form of, government.

THE ROCHAMBEAU MEMOiRlAXi.

held inplace by two short bands of whitevelvet ribbon, embroidered in gold.

A number of the fair sex went down toStanford a few days ago to see theirfriends "tread the boards" as full-fledgedCreeks. Iunderstand that some of themwho did not know a word of Greekworked like Trojans for weeks learningtheir lines and the choruses— all this be-sides the work of costuming and acting.But the girls were very proud of themand said they looked and acted just asthe Greeks did in days long past, and ofcourse the girls know. At any rate, weare glad it was an unqualified success.

The senior ball and promenade will bea delightful affair, as it is every year.Not only are the students and theirIriends present, but many old graduatesmake a large part of the brilliant assem-blage.

s The girls are" making up littleIarties to go down. Miss JacquelineMoore and Kathryn Robinson will gov.ith Mrs. Bert Stone. \ .-

Jack Spreckels entertained his frater-nity, the S. A. E., last evening by givinga banquet at a downtown restaurant.

Another pretty girlhas felt the fatigu-ing results of popularity. Miss AdelaideMurphy has been entertained nearly todeath and must now retire from every-thing mundane and take the rest cure.Since Miss Murphy's return from Wash-ington some weeks ago no function hasbeen complete without her presence.Sweet, lovely and thoughtful as she is,she did not have the heart to say nowhen invited by her girl friends who weredevoted, but did not think she was wear-ing herself out. Her pretty little informalt^a on Friday last^complimentary*to MissLouise Drew

#was the last entertainingshe is likely, to do for some time. Every-body hopes she will gain strength rap-idly. We willcertainly expect to see hersunny face at the fall festivities.

The Spinners' Club entertained yester-day afternoon for the last time this sea-son. The informal teas given now andthen by the literature, music and art sec-tions have been charming affairs, servingto bring the teagoing public nearer to thewell known artists who modestly callthemselves "Spinners."

SALLY SHARP.

CHICAGO PATRONESS OF ARTWHO IS VISITING IN SANFRAXCISCO. |

ONEof the distinctly notable

events of the present theatricalseason is the engagement ofKathryn Kidder, who will ap-pear in "The

'Country Girl"

at the Columbia to-morrow evening.

Miss Kidder has occupied a highplace in the hearts of local theater-goers since her unquestioned successin "Madame Sans Gene," several seasonsago, when she captivated the city by herinimitable impersonation of the humorousFrench laundry woman. No actress whohas visited this city has met with morepopular favor than Miss Kidder and thisfact should insure 'an audience of largeproportions when she comes here on Mon-day evening as the frolicsome Peggy inDavid Garrick's immortal English com-edy. "The Country Girl" is one of theoldest plays in existence, haying firstbeen produced over two centuries ago.

It is acknowledged by authorities to beone of the classics of the stage and en-titled to rank with such comedies as "SheStoops to Conquer," "A School for Scan-dal," "London Assurance" and "TheRivals," etc. So far as humor and mirth-provoking situations are concerned, "TheCountry Girl" is certainly at the headof her class. Whenever it has been re-vived It has met with much favor and

the announcement that so distinguished

an actress as Miss Kidder will producethe play this season has been receivedwith general approval. The actress hasnever before essayed the role of Peggy,

though her friends have always consid-ered she was eminently suited for the re-quirements of the character.

The characters in "The Country Girl,

to be satisfactorily played, require theset vices of actors of recognized merit, anda glance at the company associated withMiss Kidder proves that they are of thenecessary standard. Prominent on thelist is Norman Hackett, who for severalyears has been connected with leadingShakespearean productions. Anotherwell-established favorite Is Robert V.Ferguson, who has several times beenseen in San Francisco, and always to ex-cellent advantage. Mr. Ferguson has ahigh place among the legitimate comedi-ans of the present day. Other players

who will be associated with Miss Kidder

are: T. C. Hamilton, Seymour Stratton,

Munroe Salisbury, H. I*Davidson, T. C.O'Erien, Marion Ashworth, Olga Fllnckand Ellen Armond.

Peter F. Daily opens at the Orpheum

this afternoon. That- he will be accordeda warm reception is beyond question. Nocomedian ever gained more popularity-

with local audiences than versatile Peter.He has not been here In many a year.

When Jast here he was a member of May

Irwln's company. He made good then

and is sure to renew his previous success.Daily willpresent a comedy and willbeassisted by clever people. He will ba awhole show Inhimself, for as a funmakerhe stands supreme. The Orpheum has anumber of good acts in addition to someholdovers who scored heavily last week.

"The Singing Girl" continues on hermerry career for one week more atthe Tivoli Opera-housei She has beengreeted nightly by delighted audiences.Her confreres have also iassisted in amarked degree to furnish a delightful en-tertainment, and their efforts in this di-

rection have been amply, rewarded bypublic approval. The Herbert music hasbeen much admired, particularly the fineensemble numbers, and the' principals.chorus and orchestra have done them fulljustice. The topical numbers go fornumerous encores, interpreted by fun-makers Hartman, Webb and Cashman,

and much good singing is done by FrancesGraham, Arthur Cunningham and HaroldGordon. Annie Myers is delightful as thesinging girl. "The Toy Maker" comesnext with a. finer' cast than, ever, newsongs and new verses.

"Fiddle Dee Dee" continues at Fisch-er's. The burlesque has broken all rec-ords in this city and bids fair to estab-lish a precedent that other plays willhave bard work to equal. Kolb and Dillare irresistibly funny as German come-dians. Their dialect Is good and their"business" is funny. Barney Bernard im-personates a Hebrew without giving-of-fense. He causes laughter whenever he Ison the stage. His walk and mannerisms,coupled with.his bland smile and dialect,make him one of the best men Inhis linethat local theatergoers have ever seen.The balance of the cast Is very good.

"Hands Across the Sea" is the next of-fering at the Central Theater. Miss Fan-ny Mclntyre. the new leading lady, hasscored a brilliant success.' She gave evi-dence In "Woman Against Woman" thatshe

-possesses talent and versatility.

jfiecuqde Cooper, the popular soubrette,

THE MODOG VElSrDETTA.

fHEacquittal of the Modoc lynchers, who in a cowardly way murdered five human

beings, one of the victims being a helpless old man and the other a young boy, has beenfollowed by a vendetta against" the witnesses who refused to perjure themselves to shieldthe guilty slayers :-

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These witnesses have been compelled to flee the county and some of theni do not feelsafefar from the..scene of the crime, but keep in hiding wherever they are for fear that the venge-ance of the murderers m'av find them. • '

Some of these fugitives were of the party /of murderers when the crime was committed.They saw the killing of the gray, old mail and the young boy's gallant but ineffectual struggle forhis life. They saw law and justice perverted by the connivance of officers charged with the dutyof protecting life,and the) witnessed/the participation by such officers in five murders committedun^er the most cowardly and cruel circumstances. Some of these witnesses did not find theirconsciences quickened until long after • that night of horrors. Then they told the truth to escapethe further pursuit of remorse. But. they made a mistake. They thought the jury would appre-ciate their desire to purge their minds and memory of that night of crime and cowardice. Theynow know why the jury was unsympathetic. It.was because every member of itknew that a ver-dict of guilty meant death or exile for him; They, feared the vendetta, and no Sicilian or Cor-sican ever knew better than they the price which each must pay if he kept his oath. Had thatjury found a verdict of guilty it is probable that not a single member of it would be living inModoc County now. Those who would not go into exile would be in their graves. '.

What can California do about it? Nothing at all. !That county has deliberately writtenitself down as a place where murder is no crime and the law cannot be enforced. Men who per-jure themselves to protect murderers are honored as' representative citizens; while those who tellthe truth are compelled to flee for their'lives. Murder and perjury being at a premium andtruth at a discount in Modoc County, there will be a general regret that it was not left in thehands of the Indians to be governed from their stronghold in the lava beds. Captain Jack, Scon-chin and Scar-Faced Charley would have been only living up to their lights if they did,midnightmurder, and their crimes would not have disgraced the decent white people, nor have given Cali-fornia an illflavor abroad. . :

We have said the State can do nothing about it. That is not intended to mean that theState cannot make some provision against like affairs in the future. The Legislature may pro-vide that the State shall have a change of venue in criminal cases where fear of murder preventsor obstructs the administration of justice. We have not heretofore been inclined to favor such aradical change in our criminal statutes. . The right to a change of venue now rests with

#the party

accused of crime, when he cannot get a fair trial on account of prejudice against him in the com-munity in which his alleged offense was committed. Removal of the case is provided for in theinterest of innocence, or to give even guilt all its rights under the law.

Such a case as that of Modoc Count), does not often occur. It is .apparently a universalsympathy with crime, with the highest crime known to moral and statute law. In the eye of thelaw the people of that county are accessories to -the crime of murder, some of .them before andthe rest of them after the fact. There is no ,reason to believe that murder or any other 'majorcrime can ever be punished there. Ifpunishment be attempted it must depend upon evidence,and all who can testify have been in a common and general conspiracy v to conceal murder andprotect murderers from punishment. Is it likely that this unholy compact .will be broken? Wethink not. Ifwitnesses who testified to the truth were not being hunted out of the county likewild beasts, we would be inclined to let punishment come upon Modoc in the form of a crim-inal notoriety which would cause it to be avoided by all law-abiding people. But we are not surethat the future should not be provided for by giving the law a chance through permitting achange of venue to the State. There will be more murders and infamous crimes in ModocCounty and more juries there to consult personal safety by foiswearing themselves. More wit-nesses willbe compelled to sacrifice their property and save their lives by flight. The remedywillbe to bring some of Modoc's representative citizens and murderers down into some civilizedcounty and convict and hang them. . .

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUKDAY, MAY 25, 1902.

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