The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 26, 1895, Page 6

CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. | CALL—$1.50 per year. stern office of the CALL (Dat! tising Bus N FRANCISCO and Weekly), Pacific States Adver- an, Rhinelander buil Napa is no napper on manufacturing, but wide awake for business. i ERiee | The Cuban ‘‘insurgents” are longing | painfully to smoke a Havana. Competitive railroads will be the most progressive feature of the new era. When capital is wedded to enterprise the offspring is an infant industry. Oakland has so many wheels that she has decided to tax them by the head. International bimetallism is only wait- ing for the United States to lead the way. | | | | i | Let us hope that Li Hung Chang will be more successful as a peacemaker than asa fightey. The German Reichstag evidently desires to see Bismarck get into history and leave politics. The Hon. over the f; James G. Maguire is unhappy ot that we are not made to pay March it is the rose that s from the East are of the blows that rose. Colusa may not get the sugar factory she desires, but the energy she is displaying is sure to be a benefit somehow. 1f all Californians would buy articles of home production the working capital of the State woula be quadrupled. Silver is becoming something more than the lining of clouds, and may be looked upon as the sunshine of the future. Already the assured prospect of the val- ley road has made an ir on on the real estate market of San Francisco. soon be as live an issne both Eureka and Santa itality into them, | Property-owners who object to compet- | ing roads are entering into a very un- necdssary competition with silurtans. | Coast roads wi as valley road Cruz are pumpi The Chinese tor of a racket at realize the Leg are making so much Sacramento it is hard to ature has adjourned. Estn | 1t would profit China very little to make | peace with Japan if she had to put herself in the hands of foreign bankers to do it. Exempting ships from taxation is one of | the best ways to promote commerce and | make a market for our surplus products. panish aurhorities in Cuba are dis- | a praiseworthy moderation in | 1g the natives who keep them fat. No one can grow fruit in California and not come to feel in time that people make a great mistake in being born in the East. It is not in California alone that business | is reviving, but our advantage is that no matter where it rev COIES our way. One of the best ways to begin the good work of patronizing home industries is to buy the products of the Napa manufacto- Ties. Those who are contemplating the buying of city property should reflect that in. creased prices will follow the advent of the | alley road. European dissatisfaction on the score of American securities is not discouraging to Jthose Americans who believe in keeping our money at Tt is a sad commentary on the fitness of things that the famous financial re- former of Oakland must now depend on charity for subsistence. It is hardly likely that the wound in the face received by Li Hung Chang will prove fatal, for it takes a great deal to overcome the cheek of a diplomatist. The millionaire who gives the Unive: asite for its building in San Francisco, will give himself the sight of a title deed to perpetual remembrance, Bismarck could enjoy his birthday with- | out the congratulations of the Reichstag i his physicians would allow him to put the | snub in his pipe and smoke it. The fecundity of Joaquin Miller's imagi- nation seems not to be appreciated for its true artistic wdrth by the sensitive resi- dents of the Hawaiian Islands. Santa Cruz, sitting with her feet in the surf, singing songs of the sea and twining roses in her hair, is holding out her arms beseechingly to San Francisco. As the King of Spain is only seven years old, he would probably prefer to settle his dispute with this country through the me- dium of popguns and tin soldiers. Before we mock at the Lodi farmer who paid some bunko men $2000 for a box of rocks we ought to consider how much we have been bunkoed out of for cobblestones. The silurian generally objects to “‘im- posing a burden upon posterity’’ by the creation of a debt from which both the liv- ing generation and posterity draw a bene- fit. There is evidently something wrong in the situation when miners are leaving the known gold fields of California to take chances of finding them in the wilds of Alaska. — While making her speech to-day in sup- port of her proposition that the valley road come her way, San Jose will be quietly rat- tling the money with which her pocket will be filled. The failure of the Lexow investigation to result in any improvement in New York City has stirred up the Salvation Army to see if it cannot solve the problem by con- verting the police. A New York man claims to have in- wvented a gas that can be delivered to con- sumers in cans, The material consists of lime and coal dust welded together by electricity, and the gas is generated by placing the mixture in water. Canned gas, therefore, will be the next improve- ment, and the gaspipe and plumber will go. TIMELY SUPPORT. It is pleasing to observe that the Exam- iner, in its issue of yesterday, comes for- ‘ward in enconragement of home enterprises and in advocacy of the consumption of home-made products. From the earnest co-operation of all the agencies which might be employed to these worthy ends there undoubtedly will issue the most sat- isfactory results. The movement began with the inception of the San Joaquin Valley Railroad, and from that moment it became irresistible. The time was yipe for it. For many years our people had borne the heavy burden of a transportation monopoly that repressed development and chilled the aspirations of men. Up to the time when the valley road | was set afoot he was deemed a courageous soul who would even dare assail this bur- den that rests upon us, but now that the enterprise has swung forward with such vig- orous determination, all men who love the State and are willing to assist in its ad- vancement are coming cheerfully to the front under the animation of the spirit which that enterprise expresses. This un- dertaking stands for the principle of de- veloping the resources of the State, and carries with it the proposition that the consumption of home-produced articles is essential. It would surprise every Californian to reflect upon the articles of his common e that are made in California, and to ascertain for himself what proportion of those which he uses are made outside the State. Does he assure himself that the blankets which he buys are made in Cali- fornia, or the shoes, groceries and all things else that contribute to his physical well being? After he has done this, and probably ascertained that outof ten arti- cles produced in California, he is using only one, he may then make a rough cal- culation of the enormous amount of money that the people of the State are annually sending away, and may astonish himself with reflections upon the wonderful advan- tages that would accrue from the keeping of this money in the State. If his imagination is at ali adequate to the task he might picture the factories of Cali- fornia compelled to enlarge and multiply, and then observe how miraculously idle men shall have found employment, towns grown into ¢ , the rich valleys blos- somed out into thousands of new farms and orchards, and many fine industries made possible by the climate and as yet entirely untried brought forth into pros- perous activity. He might imagine how this accretion of population and wealth and strength and confidence would solve all the physical problems that now prove hamperi he fuel difficulty overcome by the uti ion of the natural forces that exist so abundantly all about us; railroads owned by the people and tapping every fertile corner of the State; extensive irriga- tion works, rendering the whole State free from the uncertainties of rain, and | innumerable other benefits accompanying them. Surely results so great, coming from a course of conduct so simple, are worthy of an effort to secure them. SAFE MEDIOCRITY. The bullet aimed at Li Hung Chang’s brain by a fanatical Japanese served only to modify the splendor of the great states- man's shining beauty; but now that the idea of making him serve as a target has been suggested, it is not unlikely that the attempt will be repeated if possible. For suggestion is a potent force. One weary person who yawns in church may set the whole unweary congregation yawning; and now that the example of assassinating con- spicuous personages in the Orient has been suggested, Li Hung Chang may mnot be tbe only one whose life is in danger. The assault upon him seems to have been 2s utterly wanton as the assassination of Garfield and Carnot. It was even more so, for Li Hung appeared in Japan as a whipped enemy suing for peace and offer- ing to pay handsomely for it. Every sen- timent of manly chivalry that the con- queror may feel for the enemy who has vielded after a courageous fight was due him from every man in Japan. The po- tency of this sentiment generally extends | even to the vicious and fanatical, and modifies more or less even a homicidal insanity. Aside from all these considerations is the old one that he who becomes conspicuous runs risks, and more generally, that the most prominent things attract the most at- tention. Nature has a fondness for aver- ages, and on every hand are seen formida- ble dangers attending a departure from the normal. Giantism is regarded by scientists as a disease, and giants rarely live to a ripe old age. If a mental giant happens to be free from inherent weakness he has yet to | run the gauntlet of extraneous dangers, and these are nearly as various in degree | and character as the forms which greatness assumes. They may range all the way from the cruel criticism which breaks the poet’s heart to the pistél which is loaded for the statesman. Whether these dangers may be a deliberate part of nature’s police scheme to warn men from overleaping the wall which confines mediocrity, is a thing for metaphysicians to ponder. Certainly we know that evolution is born of travail, but that is a racial affair; and with equal certainty we know that if an individual de- velopment which lifts one man above his neighbors is a part of the scheme for the evolution of the whole race, it is also not a part of the scheme to assure the safety of the individual. Prince Li cannot outlive the disgrace which has fallen upon him for having | failed to lead the most ancient and pop- ulous of all the nations into those ways that, besides bringing great internal bene- fits, make successful resistance against out- side dangers possible. Had he died by this assassin’s hand he might have gone down in history with whatever patched and shredded fame such ‘‘martyrdom’ would have brought. If the spirit of a martyr abides in him he might yet acquire a pale halo and win the sympathy of the world for China if he would hire some Japanese to kill him. THE GLORY OF CHICAGO. A careful examination of the records of the Probate Court of Cook County made by the Chicago Inter Ocean has developed the fact that abont 5 per cent of the estates probated in that county is devoted to char- ity. This calculation is based upon a list of estates worth a million dollats or more which have been brought into the Probate Il Court during the past ten years for admin- istration. During the period named the estates of forty-six millionaiges have been probated in the county and the value as estimated by executors and administrators amounts in the aggregate to $91,490,000. Of this large sum $4,300,000 was devoted by will to various public institutions. When to these bequests are added the sums given by mil- lionaires during their lifetime, it will be seen that Chicago has good reason to re- member her millionaires and be proud of them, for they have remembered her and done much to meke hera city to be proud of. These munificent bequests and liberal donations furnish Chicago an unanswer- able argument against those who accuse her people of living only for money. The v THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1895." youngest of the great cities of the Union, Chicago surpasses them all in the number and extent of her foundations for letters, sciences and arts. Her leaders have had| a public spirit too broad to be confined to the channels of trade. It has expanded itself into every department of human en- deavor, and with a true civic patriotism has raised in that city institutions of light and learning so broadly based and so richly endowed that Chicago may w1§h reason look forward to a future that will give her rank as the intellectual center of the Union. . It is because of this civic patriotism among her citizens that the American people delight to refer to Chicago as the typical American city. Boston hasamore illustrious history, New York a greater splendor and Philadelphia a larger num- ber_of home-owners, but, none the less, these cities are considered inferior to Chi- cago as representatives of Americanism. It is clear, therefore, that our peoplt_z re- gard civic patriotism aboveall other things. The man who helps his town is the good citizen. He is the typical American, the antagonist of silurianism. This truth should be borne into the mind of every millionaire. There are men in San Fran- cisco who can ponder it with profit _nnd find a noble pleasure in putting it into practice. A BEAUTIFUL VALLEY. The description of Napa, published in yesterday’s CALL, was confined largely to an account of those industrial agencies on which rests so largely the commercial prosperity of the people and which so elo- quently speak for their pride and enter- prise. In so short an article it was impos- sible to include a mention of the gracious bounties which prodigal nature has lav- ished on the valley. The most conspicu- ous and permanently valuable feature of the valley is that it is so distinctively Cali- fornian—so richly provided with an as- semblage of charms of which California has a peculiar monopoly. It is a long, narrow valley, with the broad bay of San Francisco at its lower end, and the grim, gray old volcano of St. Helena at the upper. Threading its way from end to end is the Napa River, naviga- ble as far as the city of Napa, to which point there are regular lines of steamers from San Francisco. The casual traveler on the train which traverses the valley can easily believe that he has found a para- dise; for he swiftly flies past mile after mile of orchards and beautiful country homes and the daintiest of towns exquis- itely shaded with trees and embowered in roses. < But if he would see in all its glory one of the most bewitching of all the wonderful pictures that nature has painted in Cali- fornia, he should drive over one of the many pleasant roads that ascend the mountains on either side of the valley. Here will not be seen those awe-inspiring marvels that havé made the name of the Yosemite familiar throughout the world, but instead a scene so peaceful, so rich in charming details, that the desire to become atonce a part of the picture and a sharer of the bounties and beauties that it offers comes like a yearning for home. Far away stretch the shining sinuosities of the river, with here and there a white sail resting on its bosom; and stretching from the banks on either side are rectangular fields and orchards of every shade of green or russet or gorgeous bloom, clambering in places up the slopes of the mountains and steadily eating their way into the forests of oaks and madronas that blanket the moun- tains to the summits, or rolling gracefully aver the crestsof the lower hillsand descend- ing into the cool, still canyons beyond. In a group of ancient liveoaks here and there nestle the white or gray houses that shel- ter the contented tillers of the soil, with likely a drooning windmill turning lazily in the gentle breeze. At intervals of a few miles the houses are more numerous and are compactly massed in towns and vil- lages, whence may come softly the music of church bells; and radiating in all direc- tions are straight, broad roads, smoother and cleaner than the streets of San Fran- cisco. Upon all this scene of grace and beauty the yellow sunshine falls like a benedic- tion, and throughout all the year a balmy, benignant climate pours out its blessings upon all living things. What effect must such an environment as this have on the life of him who comes under its influence? The people of Napa Valley answer the question without using their tongues. It could not be expected that in the forma- tion of so large a population there should ‘e some mysterious gravitation thither of representatives of a special type. As factors in the processes that have made the settlers the embodiment of thrift, industry, intelligence and the other quali- ties of the highest ecitizenship, the fine character of their rural occupations and the charms and graces with which nature has enriched their environment cannot be left out of the account. EXPERIMENTS IN GAS. The subject of gas is now engaging a good deal of attention in the East, both : from scientists and from sanitary commis- sions. In Boston there has been a marked degree of zeal displayed in the matter by reason of an increasing number of deaths in that city resulting from the use of gas; while in other places considerable atten- tion is given to recent discoveries which it is believed will make the illuminating gas of the future both cheaper and healthier than that now in use. The increasing number of deaths from the use of gas in Boston is attributed by the Herald of that city to the use of water gas without due precautions, the claim be- ing made that water gas is more dangerous than that manufactured from coal. It is asserted that the effect of the inhalation of water gas is not a mere asphyxiation from which the sufferer might recover if taken soon enough into the open air, but is the same as taking a chemical poison. It is urged that some pungent odor should he introduced into the water gas that would give notice of its leakage into a room, as otherwise the increasing loss of life may force a return to the coal gas of former days, It appears probable, however, that science will rid us of the dangers of water gas without forcing cities that use it to return to expensive and maladorous coal gas. A new illuminant has recently been submitted for inspection in New York, which, it is said, can be delivered to con- sumers in cans. It is reported to consist of lime and coal dust4velded by electricity into a sort of dark-brownish porous sub- stance. The gas is generated by placing this substance in water. Another prominent experiment in. the same direction has been made by Profes- sor P. L. Wilson of North Carolina. His method consists in the reduction of certain compounds of aluminum and ¢calcium in an electric furnace, resulting in the pro- duction of a substance which on being thrown into water decomposes with the emersion of an inflammable gas. This gas in burning produces a bright flame and is suited for use as an illuminant. It is claimed that this process will enable gas- makers to sell gas at a profit at a price under 10 cents per 1000 feet, and its utility in enriching ordinary gas when deficient in illuminating properties is expected to be very great. *It would appear from these experiments that the contest between gasand electricity for illuminating purposes i about to enter upon a new phase. Electric power em- ployed either by the process reported from New York or that of North Carolina may result in the producing an illuminating gas too cheap for electric lighting to con- tend with. Certainly the experiments promise well, and Boston may- soon have her water gas problem solved without hay- ing to return to coal gas, A PLEASING SUGGESTION. In yesterday’s issue of the CALLappeared a most interesting suggestion from Arthur A. Taylor, the able editor of the Santa Cruz Surf. He urges that in the line of the movement to parallel existing railroads the possibilities of development that would attend the construction of a road down the coast from San Francisco to Santa Cruz would be very great. He points out the fact that between the ex- isting road and the coast there is a strip of territory forty miles wide, and that its re- sources, now undeveloped, are wonderfully rich; that therein is a virgin forest of 150,000 acres, from which inexhaustible supplies of tanbark and lumber could be drawn; that lime and bituminous rock in magnificent quantities could be secured; that all the milk, butter, vegetables and small fruit that San Francisco requires for its own consumption could be furnished from this source; that, handicapped as the farmers of that region are “with the ne- cessity of hauling their crops by team over the heavy mountain grades, this section has shipped 17,000,000 pounds of cabbage to the Chicago market and sold nearly as much in 8an Francisco in a single season,’’ in the face of the fact that “the freight rates from Halfmoon Bay to San Francisco are higher than from Liverpool to San Francisco.” These and other things to which Mr. Taylor refers make an astonishing show- ing, and are particularly valuable as prov- ing how rich is California, to what small extent her resources have been developed, and how splendid will be the results that will come from their development. All of us are familiar with the charms of Santa Cruz and the unsurpassed excellence of its climate and ocean-bathing. All of us have traveled over the narrow-gauge road that runs through the mountains, and have been delighted with the beauties which the trip brings into view. But how many of us have taken that wonderful drive on the wagon road from Halfmoon Bay to Santa Cruz, with the great Pacific on the right and @&he heavily forested Santa Cruz range of mountains on the left? The only stretch of coast road in California that is worthy of the name is that between the old San Luis Rey Mission and San Diego. The ocean there is beautiful, asit is everywhere, and the long stretch of sand beach on the one hand and the roll- ing mesa on the other make a strangely enticing picture. The one between San Francisco and Santa Cruz, with itssand beaches, alternating with rocky promon- tories, and its towering moutains cut at in- tervals with romantic canyons, would pre- sent a wholly different and altogether splendid picture. One of the most cheering indications readily drawn from Mr. Taylor's communi- cation is the roused spirit of the people of Santa Cruz and their commendable desire to share the benefits which this dawning era of development will bring. As the in- telligent people of that city are fully aware that no ship ever comes in that has not been first sent out, and are familiar with the fable of Hercules and the carter, they know that they must help themselves be- fore they ‘can expect help from others; and, knowing this of them, we are confident that when called upon to co-operate in any scheme which will develop the rich re- sources of their county they will respond with theliberality and enterprise that have already produced this paradise by the sea. GETTING ABOARD TO00 LATE. As the CALL has heretofore declared, an unfortunate accompaniment of every earnest and honest movement of the peo- ple to suppress abuse and free themselves from oppression is a swarm of enterprising individuals who swing themselves into the movement from anything but patriotic and unselfish motives. The Chronicle, in yesterday’s issue, while correctly showing that Judge Hebbard’s decision declaring the Bush-street railway franchise forfeited was good law, took the pains to say, possibly through an inadvertence, that ‘it is refreshing to find a Judge who does not take his law from the law department of the Southern Pacific of Kentucky, and would render his decisions in accordance therewith.”” We do not suppose that the Chronicle intended to set Judge Hebbard upon a pedestal of shining virtue or to create the impression that he is above the moving influence of personal considera- tions. It hardly matiers, however, for Judge Hebbard has made a record that the Chron- icle doubtless overlooked at the moment, and it is arecord so firmly established in the minds of men hereabouts that it is not likely to be forgotten. If in assuming this right attitude in the Bush-street franchise case Judge Hebbard imagines that it will counteract the effect of his con- duct in the past, he is paying a poor compliment to the manliness and in- telligence of San Francisco. And if he imagines that at this lJate day he can im- press this community with his importance as its friend, and can thereby secure the benefits which such a friendship will bring to worthy men, he has overestimated the credulity of those who have learned caution from experience. SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS, Eugene Field once in London took Mrs, Humphry Ward in to dinner. Mrs. Ward was monumental and impassive, and several courses passed in a decent and orderly silence, Finally she turned to Mr. Field and said: ““Tell us of Chicago, of your habits and cus- toms. Thavenever known any one who lived there.” And Mr. Field replied, beginning thus: “Well, Mrs. Ward, when I was caught I was living in a tree.”—Chap Book. ! It is the young woman with the new suit who first discovers that we are having an early spring.—Boston Transeript. Judge—You have been arrested for beinga tramp. Then you have no employment? Tramp—I beg your Honor’s pardon, but you are mistaken. I do the blind man.—Texas Siftings. Bulkets—Don't you think your sister will be awfully sorry to marry and leave a nice little boy like you? . The Pet—Yes. She snidshe’'d 8’ gotmarried s dozen times over if it hadn’t been for me.— Smith, Gray & Co.’s Monthly. Mrs. Watts—So it was in the Chicago wheat market that you lost your all? Everett Wrest—Yes, mum, all save me honor— and an elegant thirst.—Indianapolis Journal. “We don’t see much of Gretchen since her marriage.” “Fact. Ilaid eyes on her yesterday for the first time since she became & Bride, and that's nearly & year ago, isn’t it?” 3 “Yes. Theydo say Tom is terribly jealous.” “Well, he has bought her twenty-two wrap- pers and only one street dress!”—Life, UP-TO-DATE IDEAS. The Herreshoff shops at Bristol, where the new cup-defender is building, are still locked and guarded, but the New York Sun says that she is by no means the unknown quantity that her builder hoped she would be when he signed the contract and agreed to build her in secret. Nor is specific information concerning her dimensions and deteils of construction lacking. The new cup-defender will be to all intents and purposes & big fin keel. She will indeed retain the ordinary form of construction in- stead of having a platefin, but her characteris- tics will be those of the fin keels which have Pproved so successiul in the smaller classes. She is the embodiment of her designer's experience with the Gloriana, Wasp, Colonia and the host ol fin keels,and looks to be & vastimprove- ment over anything he has yet turned out. In construction she will be of bronze plating on steel frames. Her principal dimensions are approximately 125 feet over all, 89 feet water line, 24 feet beam and 19 feet draugkt. This is about the Colonia’s beam, with four feet greater draught, showing a great increase in power to carry sail. The over-all length is less than the Colonia’s, because the forward over- hang has been shortened, and she will have a bow which will come closer to the water for- ward of the water line than in the other boats, and will be more like thatof the Val- kyrie II. The lead keel will be bolted on outside of the boat and will weigh about seventy tons. This keel is 34 feet 9 inches long on top, 5 feet 6 inches deep in the center and 23 inches wide on the top of its widest part, which is just for- ward of the center. On the top it narrows to a point forward and to a width of four inches aft. The keel rounds up at either end on the bot- tom, showing that quickness in stays is aimed atin the design. Toward the bottom the keel is bulbed to & thickness of thirty-seven inches, £0 that the shape of the cross section is not un- like that of an inverted keyhole. It is mot pear-shaped, for the top sides are straight and the bulb is in the lower half. The position of the big lump of lead shows that its top will not be parallel with the water line, but will be higher forward than aft. At the after end of the keel is a flat space about three feet long, which apparently gives the correct rake of the stern post, and shows that the rudder will drop that far down on the lead. Upon the lead keel has been placed the keel Plate or the backbone of the whole structure. It is & bronze plate one inch thick, but having three-inch webs cast across it so that its total resisting strength is four inches. It has suita- ble flanges to which floors, frames and the plates of the garboard streak will be riveted. It was cast in three pieces, which have been riveted together on projecting flanges, for which slots have been cut across the lead keel. The plates of the garboard streak will lap down upon the lead keel and be fastened by screws. The lead keel will be held to the keel plate by long and strong bolts of white metal passing clear through both and being set up with a nut on either end. This form of construction is strong, yet fairly light. It is also very expen- sive, but the pockets of the millionaires’ syndi- cate are very long. To prevent the lead keel from fouling it will be covered with Tobin bronze plates, which will be fastened with screws, and will make a close joint with the plates of the garboard streak. This, too, is ex- pensive. The frames are to be of steel, but as yet none of the floors which cross the keel and brace the MIDSHIP SECTION AND SAIL PLAN OF THE NEW CUP-DEFENDER. frames have arrived. They may be of bronze like the keel plates. More expense, but a justi- fiable one. The garboard and lower streaks of plating are to be of manganese bronze and the top sides of aluminum bronze. The two metals are much alike, except that manganese bronze has the greater tensile strength. Both have a smoother surface than the Tobin bronzs used on the Vigilant, and by their greater tensile strength allow the use of thinner plates and consequently save weight. Both bronzes are yellow in color. They will not corrode or foul in salt water, and need no painting to keep them in shape. The smooth- ness of the boat’s hull should be even greater than that of the Vigilant, which gave such an advantage in light airs. The deck beams of the boat will be of steel and the deck of pine, with fittings of mahog- any. She will have no interior fittings, as_tne entire crew will be berthed on an attendant steamer, which will be always at hand to tow her around and to carry all spare spars, sails and gear. Again expense is no object. In model the boat, as has been said, is of the fin keel type. The hull is shallower than that of the Colonia and the keel deeper. The floor is flatter, the bilge harder and the top sdes straighter than in that boat, while the dead Woods are much more cut away forward than aft. The Colonia’s keel is about forty-five feet long on the bottom. The one on the new boat is ten feet shorter, besides being curved at either end. The floor will be carried well for- word and aft, showing a boat fast down the wind, and she will have a “long side to sail on’ when she heels, a point in which all the old skippers particularly dote. She will have great stability, and will not roll out a high side to windward when she heels. All of her lines will be long, easy and sweeping. When she is built power and speed should show in every line. The bronze rudder will be hung on the stern post, and the post itselt will have more rake than the Colonia’s. The total dis- placement of the new boat should not reach 140 tons. Comparing her with the Colonia as a whole she shows greater power, less body, finer lines, and a better shape all around. She will carry more sail, make less fuss in going through the water, and will do something which the Colonia did not do, hang on properly to wind- ward as compared with the centerboards Jubilee and Vigilant. With four feet more draught than the Colonia, the ability of the new boat to hang on much better to windward can hardly be questioned. Above the hull will rise the largest sail plan ever yetput on an American racing vacht, The Vigilant's great mast of sixty-nine feet from deck to hounds will be increased by at least half a dozen feet, while the main boom will run to 104 feet. The mast will be set further forward than on the Vigilant, and the head sails will be smaller, like the Britishers. The sail area will be over 1000 feet greater than the Vigilant’s, which was 11,312 square fees under the New York rules, and it will take tremendous strong spars and rigging to keep it properly aloft. In looking for & reason for a keel instead of a centerboard boat being chosen, it is clear that Herreshoff thought he could build a much faster keel than a centerboard. In other words, he did not see how to improve the Vigilant up to the speed of & keel. In his design he must be pretty close to Fife and Watson. Keel ad- vocates like the nmew boat, but centerboard men shake their heads and think of the Ailsa, with no new centerboard being built to meet her. PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. King Humbert of Italy owns property in the little township of Rheme-Notre-Dame, in the Aosta Valley. As property-holder he is en- titled to vote for the municipal officers. The Mayor of the place has addressed a summons to “Mr. His Majesty Humbert I, King of Italy, ratepayer of the town,” in which the King is ordered to appear before the Board of Alder- men to prove that he is able to read and write, and therefore qualified to vote, The Grand Duke Vladimir, commander of the military district of St. Petersburg, has is- sued an order prohibiting the officers under his command from attending theatrical per- formances during Lent. No such interdiction was in force during the reign of Alexander I1I. M. Delyannis, the Greek Premier, has de- clared himself in favor of the re-establishment of the Greek legations at Paris, London and Berlin, where Greece is at present represented 1 only by Charges d’ Affaires, AROUND THE CORRIDORS. “A man never knows when he has & good thing,” said Capitalist Alfred E. Davis to a CaLL reporter in the Lick House yesterday. “Now, to show you what I mean. In May, 1849, I landed at San Francisco on the clipper ship Gray Eagle, having sailed around the Horn. “H'gh,” said Mr. Davis, clearing his throat, as he frequently does when conversing. “Well, I bad a partner named Thomas with me, and the first thing 1 did was to borrow a cart and harness and hire a mule frem & man named Tom Kittleman. Hanged if I know whatever become of him. H'gh. Anyhow, I agreed to feed the mule and give Tom half of the proceeds.” “What did you do with the cart and mule?”’ “Hauled anything and everything I could get my hands on. At that time the water came right up here to Montgomer—Well, that’s an old story. H'gh? But together we cleaned up & good deal of money.” “How much?” “Hundred dollars a day for four weeks. Made it hand over fist. Got $5 for hauling runk across thestreet. Beat anything you ever saw. H’gh? Now to continue. My partner got it PERSONAL. Dr. J. Clark of Gilroy is at the Grand. Senator Linder of Tulare was at the Lick last night. Leonard Coates, a nurseryman from Napa, is at the Grand. N. E. de Yoe and wife, of Modesto, are guests at the Palace. M. M. Gregg, a cattleman of Monterey, is & guest at the Lick. S. Rinaldo, & fruit-grower from San Jose, is & guest at the Palace. Ex-Sheriff E. W. Kay of Visalia registered at the Grand last night. Benjamin P. Barker, a wine-grower of Liver- more, is at the Occidental. Douglass 8. Cone of Red Bluff is registered at the Palace with his wife. Nelson Bennett, proprietor of the Tacoma Ledger, is in the city on a visit. C. F. Montgomery, editor of the Antioch Ledger, is registered at the Occidental. Nelson Bennett, provrietor of the Tacoma Ledger, arrived at the Palace yesterday. Allen B. Lammon, editor of the Santa Rosa Republican, was at the Occidental last night. CAPITALIST DAVIS, WHO BELIEVES IN KEEPING A GOOD THIN [Sketched from life for the “Call” by Nankivell.] into his head that mining was the thing for us o get at,so we sold olit the hauling business and took passage on the sloop Carolina for Sacramento with about £600 befween us. Paid twenty-five cents a pound for baggage, and the boat only moved when the wind blew. Hotter ’n blazes. Took seven days to make the trip. H'gh?” “What camp were you heading for?" “That's what I'm getting at. It was Coloma. After we got to Sacramento we paid some Span- iards five bits & pound to haul our baggage over there. Never saw such damnable roads in my life. Had to grab roots and limbs of trees to stayon the earth. Did you ever see that kind of roads? H’gh? We didn’t know a thing about mining, but we took up a claim and went to work."” Mr. Davis hesitated here a few seconds, and the reporter ventured to inquire whether or not the operations proved successful. “Did they prove successful? Well, we were making & hundred dollars & day hauling trunks and other things in San Francisco, and in Coloma we found thatwe had scraped up s dollar between us for each day of the week we stayed there. Thomas was the most disgusted man I ever saw, and we finally sold out all the sugar, tea and flour we had for $2 a pound and started to walk back to Sacramento. We had been living on flapjacks made of flour and water fried in & little bacon grease. H’gh? Then the thought of that one hundred-dollar- day job we had abandoned was about all we could stand.” “Couldn’t you get mules?"” “Wouldn’t spend "time hunting them up. We couldn’t get out of there fast enough to please ourselves. Hadn’t had a square meal or a decent sleep since we left San Francisco. Worst place I eversaw. H’gh. After we left Coloma we came upon a family camped in & green spot and they had some apple pie and s loat of home-made bread. Great blazes, how we loaded up on that pie! Pretty good? I believe it was about the best I ever saw. H'gh? Couldn’t hardly walk when we got through. I had & jager mus- ket, a pepper-box pistol, one pound of powder and a thousand percussion caps. A man of the party, who was afraid of the Digger Indians, offered me six ounces of gold- dust for it, and I sold out on the spot. Musket weighed fifteen pounds and only cost me $8. The next night we arrived at Sacramento, and I found some carpenters butlding a house. I crawled under the bench where I found some shavings and went ‘to sleep. Never slept so well in my life. Slept two days. H'gh? Thomas got sick and died. I went up to Sutterville, three miles above Sacramento, where ex-Governor McDougal and a man named Blackburn were trying to starta town and met some of the passengers of the Gray Eagle. Ithoughtaninvestment in land would pay, so I bought a block for $2800, pay- ing part down and giving my note for the rest. Ex-Governor Stoneman was there with about six soldiers and a doctor, the standing army of the West. I mention this because one evening 1 fell senseless with congestion of the brain and the doctor dosed me up with quinine and brought me out all right. H’gh. «I got very sick of the place and sold out my property to & man named Billy Kershaw. Then I went back to San Francisco. Never should have left it. Don’t ever leave a good thing. H'gh?” “Hello, Davis,” exclaimed B. F. Porter, a Santa Cruz eapitalist, who appeared on the scene. “Isee your old partner, Jim Fair, is still having lots of trouble.” “Yes; also lots of wives,” responded Davis. “He must have about 300 of them by this time, H'gh?” M. M. Foote has a queer theory that Dr. Gard- ner of Napa is the real person responsible for the bribing of the jury in the McDonald case. His method of reaching this conclusion is as involved as the problem of whether the hen or the egg was made first. “The other day,” he explains, “Hurley said tome: ‘Mr. Foote, I'm feeling dreadiul. See, T've lost nearly forty pounds.’ Then he showed how his waist had fallen away, and finally de- clared that the fault lay with Livernash. “«That fellow’s glance goes through me,’ he said. ‘Whenever he looks at me my flesh grows cold all over, and I don’t know what I'm going to do mext. Really, Mr. Foote, I think he’s hyp-not-issed me.’” Now, there’s where the point of the matter lies. 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