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18 THE S FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 1895. ; i CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: DAILY CALL—$6 per year by mail; by earrier, 15¢ Per week. NDAY CALL—#1.50 per year. KLY CALL—$1.50 per year. The Eastern office of the SAN FRANCISCO CALL (Daily and Weekly), Paclfic States Adver- tising Bureaa, Rhinelander building, Rose and Duane streets, New York. APRIL 7, 1885 Rest is for the restful. The climate never wearsout. Avarice is the first cousin of theft. To be happy requires as much asto be wise. Silurianism never made life happier for anybody. Male it a holiday for your wife as well as yourself. California is half way between New York 1 and heaven. | California is just beginning to ripen well { all the way through. | o e M | The man who opposes City improvement | opposes his own welfare. Nearly everything that happens in these days seems to happen right. Whatever is given from a great motive may be accounted a great giit. Human Laughter is the brand of cham- pagne that is drunk The measure of a man’s self-respect is his respect for humanity at large. A hollow tooth and an empty pocket both feel better with a gold filling. The loveliest things in Easter bonnets will not be on view until next Sunday. | are now referred to as bugh their millinery. Society gossipers people who talk No man can be prominent long who doesn’t help to make his city prominent. The society girl never considers her dress out of sight unless everybody looks at it. God will be in the open air and in the sunshine to-day, as well as in the churches. Good cheer is the negation of gravity, and that is why it lifts us above the earth. A good way to begin home improvement is to talk cheerfully at the breakfast-table. Progress at times may seem to be aggres- sive, but it is re means of self-defense. One of the most effective ways to develop taying qualities is to call on a pretty Our ambitions are like balloons—they are safer when anchored to something | solid. The good citizen never criticizes his ecity | except to point out how it can be made better. Venus is getting ready to shine in all her glory during the love-making month | of May. Happiness is a mental state which is | secured by cultivating the habit of con- | tentment. = = | The girl on a bicycle is the latest wheel | added to the complicated machine of | civilization. | Rather than take a single progressive step, the silurian would sit down on his | own interest. it will not be long before Memory will guard with solemn round the bivouac of dead silurians. It has never been recorded that the way of the righteous is cobblestoned unless the - wicked did the job. That man lifts himself a yard toward heaven who raises his lowly neighbor | herward an inch Some men who won't take the best of advice when given to them will eagerly steal a very po . The man who allows himself to be over- looked in this world is very apt to be run over at every crossing. One of the most distressing events of the day is the attempt of the cuckoo bird to utter the eagle scream. few San Franciscans have a suffi- quaintance with the City to know cien what The discovery of perpetual motion is not so important as the finding of a means for overcoming industrial inertia. No Californian can love God and at the same time neglect to reap the riches which He has sown in the soil of California. Itis grievous to observe that our con- “temporaries print our City with a small and our siluriang with a capital “8,” If the Grand Jury can strike up a tune that will make the affiliated eight dance lively, the public will regard it as a popular melody. Sunday is a good time for reflecting that one owes as much to one’s neighbor, to one’s community and to one’s country as to one’s self. Every man who encourages the develop- ment of public sentiment in favor of mu- nicipal improvement is doing good work - for the community. [ fNo man should abuse an AmericanZheir- ‘ess for marrying a foreign Count unless he has proposed to her himself and given her a chance to do the proper thing. The men of San Francisco deserve a great deal of credit for their self-possession in refraining from kissing the matinee girls whom they see hereabout these days. 1f the girls of Boston could only realize that the superb beauty of the San Fran- cisco girls is a product of the climate, they would exchange their spectacles and beans for sunshine in their souls and roses in their cheeks. The Almighty has‘a kindly way of re- warding with health, good looks and pros- perity those who show an appreciation of His generosity by accepting the use of the bounties with which He has so generously endowed Californi People who object to creating a munici- pal debt to carry out public impravements on the ground that it will be a burden on posterity overlook the fact that posterity will get all the improvements and will bave to pay very little ot the debt. A NEGLECTED LUXURY. The dwellers on the shores of San Fran- cisco Bay seem to have a wholly inade- quate perception of the opportunity for manifold pleasures which it presents. It is true that we have some beautiful private yachts and two or three flourishing yacht clubs; that Oakland has a canoe club; that in the vicinity of Sausalito and Belvedere many houseboats have delighted occupants in summer; that sometimes on Sundays a big ferry steamer makes a bay excursion, including a picnic at El Campo; that on rare occasions swelldom hires a tug or other inappropriate craft and enjoys a moonlight trip on the water, and thata few small naphtha launches are owned. Ali these are well so far as they go, but the scale on which they are conducted is utterly disproportionate to the size of the population and the delightful pleasures which the bay could afferd. The steamer excursions on Sundays too often carry a roystering element, which cannot serve as an enticement to gentle- folk, and are no better than the rough Sunday excursions by rail. Now, there are many thousands of refined laborers, artisans, clerks, teachers, business men and others who love the bay, and who have only Sunday in which they may en- joy it. On a balmy Sunday twenty or thirty thousand of these visit the park, where an excellent band plays without charge to the visitors, and where there are many beautiful things. The cost of all this pleasure is streetcar fare, 10 cents. { The police patrol of the park is so admir- able that the danger of rowdyism does not exist to deter the most orderly and refined. Why are not these visitors given an op- portunity to enjoy inexpensive and well- mannered Sunday excursions round the bay? Sunday is not the only great day at the park. On Saturdays thousands of chil- dren are taken there by their parents, | nurses or elder brothers and sisters, and it isa treat to see them enjoying the day. | Why could not Saturday bay excursions be arranged for children, with a stop for a picnic and a clamber over the hills? And what could give them keener or whole- somer pleasure than that? On the western side of the bay, a few miles south of San Francisco, are extensive oyster beds, which are approached by long piers running out from the shore. These ought to serve as a hint for the erection of hotels, casinos and the like on piers over the water. The Alameda shore is particu- larly well adaptea for this. There used to be great swimming establishments at Ala- meda, and their failure to maintain their popularity was caused by lack of care in their management. How many of the young men and women of the city are there who know how to row or handle a sail? That they are lovers of wholesome, vigorous sport is shown in the eagerness with which they have adopted the bicycle, but fowing and sailing are in- finitely more elegant and peaceful than cycling. These are hints of but a few of the pleas- ures which the bay is offering. Of all graceful and soothing delights those of the water are the best. Under the spell of its pleasant song the rest which we seek from the broiling, moiling world falls like a precious gift from the richest stores of silence and peace; and its gentle touch upon heavy eyelids, and its droning croon into weary ears, bring down a slumber as sweet as that of a child whose soul has not been hardened and bent and riven by the agonies of the world. i The University of California has made a | successful beginning in a department of decorative and industrial art, which has been placed under the direction of Pro- fessor Henry I. Ardley, a man of wide | reputation for his attainments and his ability as a teacher. The university is to be congratulated on the step it took toward developing its usefulness along lines that had practically been overlooked. In this department alone it can add much to the renown attained in the fields of science and letters. All the great universities of the world are constantly leaning more and more to the practical side of education. Some years ago a classical education was the only object in view, and Greek and Latin were the main studies, but modern educators | said to themselves if this great and new country is ever to be conquered and civil- ized it must be through the arts and sciences rather than through the dead languages, and botany, zoology, miner- alogy, physics, etc., were added to the cur- riculum. Then came the more technical studies, such as civil and mechanical engi- neering, mining, electricity, the industrial arts, ornamental design, agriculture and the other branches, pursuit of which adorns human endeavor. The development has been in the right direction and given higher education an impetus never before experienced, while it has made education more popular among the masses and tended to develop both the resources of the State and the talent of its peopie. The trend of modern thought is de- cidedly favorable to the practical side of education. In the opening vistas of the future it is not difficult to see, along with a broader culture, necessities, growing out of exigenciesof civilization, for special knowledge in crafts and professions, which at present does not appear to be of much importance. As culture and knowledge develop and spread among the people a demand will grow for practical art in its application to those higher industries that are the natural outgrowth of civilization. And so in time industrial art will become a leading feature in all the universities. The work so well established at Berkeley has come none too soon, though not yet accorded all the ap- preciation it deserves. It is for the masses and is free to every boy or girl ambitious of acqniring a very pleasantand useful means of earning a livelihood. The students who can take advantage of such a boon as this need have no fears for ultimate success. They may find assur- ance of their usefulness and also encour- agement from men of eminence and prac- tical experience, one of whom said inan address on universities in connection with practical teaching: “The task of its pro- fessors is to fill every profession, every walk of life, with men and women who will be able to grapple with the problems they have to face, to invent and to pro- duce, as well as to learn and investigate. ‘We want useful citizens as well as educated ones.” Of the higher motive for study of technical art work Professor Felix Adler of New York says: “Technical training and artistic modeling are essential elements of general culture. Leaving the direct ma- terial applications entirely out of account; supposing there ,were no factories in the world; suppose that -all the millions edu- cated in the public schools were to be gentlemen and ladies of leisure. I shoula in that case plead none the less strenu- ously for the introduction of technical art work as an indispensable feature of educa- tion. I should plead for it then as now, because of its broadening, humanizing effect; because it quickens into activity certain faculties of human nature which too commonly lie dermant; because it isa step further in the direction of thatall- sided development which is the ideal of education.”, VISALIA'S PROPOSITION. The offer which Visalia has prepared for submission to the directors of the San Joaquin Valley Railroad is original, straightforward and instructive, and should serve asa model for all the other county seats that desire the road to traverse their counties. It isthis: ‘“‘She will give a right of way entirely through Tulare County and through Visalia, with sufficient depot grounds in the city, and will subscribe $25,000 for shares in the road.’”” The offer of the right of way is eertainly very gener- ous, for the county is large. Whether, in view of certain considerations which we shall herein present, the subscription of $25,000 will serve asa sufficient inducement, is a question of great importance. The offer, however, evidently lacks one vital feature—it does not include a pledge on the part of the merchants, farmers and other shippers to give their freight and passenger business to the people's road, on the terms proposed in the CarL's pledge, and we earnestly urge that the offer be amended in that regard. In view of Visalia’s position with refer- ence to the Southern Pacific lines, such a pledge is clearly a vital element of her proposition. The city lies half way be- tween the main line of the Southern Pacific and its subsidiary line on the eastern side of the valley. This line leaves the main line at Fresno, swings round by way of Porterville, and re-enters the main line at Bakersfield. The shippers on the Porter- ville branch thus have all the advantages which a-main line offers, and can load cars for through transportation either north or south. Visalia lies in the centerof the long strip of fertile country included between the main line and this branch, and is only about eight miles distant from either at the nearest point. In order to reach Visalia the people’s road must cross the tracks of the Southern Pacific twice. If it should do this and run down the inclosed strip of something like eighty miles in length, so as to touch Visalia, and should keep as near to the center of the strip as possible, the greatest distance between it and either of the two lines of the Southern Pacific would be only about eight miles, and this would gradually dwindle to nothing at either end. Assuming that the new road would be in open competition with the Southern Paci- fic, the strip from which it could expect traffic would be very narrow. A pledge to give the business to the new road appears, therefore, to be a neces- sary part of Visalia’s offer; and as it could hardly be expected that shippers would cross the tracks of the Southern Pacific for any great distance in order to get within the strip traversed by the peo- ple’s road, it would seem that in addition to the pledge the subscriptions to shares ought to be on a generous scale. There are special reasons why Visalia should be one of the most important cities in California, but it is evident that a main- line railroad is requisite. The climate is excellent, the vast forest of oaks stretch- ing for miles all about is one of the noblest in the country, the fertile soil responds generously to cultivation, the fruits of the region are superb and the early fruits pro- duce a fine revenue, the great orange belt of the Sierra foothills is near at hand, and the city is the gateway to the most wonderful scenery on the continent. The aggregation of natural marvels includes the Kings River Canyon, which John Muir has pronounced ‘‘a greater than Yosemite,”” and the great forests of big trees, which have been included by the Federal Government in the Sequoia Na- tional Park. Besides this the mountains and foothillsabound in an unlimited supply of water, which has been already partly utilized for irrigation, and besides all these is the rich silver deposit in the Mineral King district. It would be difficult to find elsewhere so long and valuable a list of reasons why Visalia should have a main- line road, and it is clear that she should strain her resources to the furthest limit in order to secure one. DENIS KEARNEY IN PRINT. A contribution to this issue of the Cary discloses this well-known man in a role to which the public is not yet fully accus- tomed. Itis the relation of his strange personal experiences as a sailor on an immigrant ship to America thirty or forty yearsago,and besides having uncommon in- trinsic interest shows that its author’s vig- orous intellect has found in writing a con- genial occupation, OUR EXOHANGES. change-reading in these days is to note how fully the prevailing tone of harmony and mutual encouragement throughout the State is focused and radiated by the press. Here and there indeed is to be found a paper that continuesto jeer at other localities with flippancy or bitterness, as the case may be, but as a rule the whole tone of the journalism of the State is dis- tinctly friendly to every enterprise, no matter in what locality it may be started. A good example of this is found in a recent issue of the Selma Enterprise, which, in commenting on the course of the San Joaquin railroad, does not content itself with praising its own county of Fresno and its own great valley, but gives ample credit to the energy and the claims of Santa Clara Valley, and says: ““No reasonable person doubts that San Jose will get a benefit from the road. San Jose is progressive, is blessed with active and energetic citizens, who believe in im- provement, in going forward and not back- ward, in continued improvement. San Jose is able, for this reason, to command the respectful attention of any enterprise.” These are right words, rightly spoken at the right time, and, we may add, in the right place. So long as this spirit of help- ing all sections of California prevails in every section, the State is bound to go for- ward. We are rapidly engendering a true State patriotism, apd such papers as the Enterprise are doing a great deal to make it the vital force of every California com- munity. S = Inan able and telling editorial urging the people of that city to act promptly in raising the bonus for the San Joaquin road the Stockton Independent says: ‘‘There is complaint that some who are to be bene- fited most by the new railroad will give nothing. That should not operate to pre- vent others doing so. No intelligent per- son will refuse to enter an enterprise by which he will be profited because some churl will gain without contributing to that enterprise.” No one can gainsay the accuracy of this tersely stated truth. Man in his folly hesitates to hang the churl and the silurian, and therefore progressive men can only go forward and ignore them. Fortunately, life has its compensations, and in the long run the progressive man never fails to get hisreward. Spite doesn’t pay, but liberality does. - o e In the general approval given by promi- nent business men and influential journals to the plan of the Cavry for securing pledges of business to the competing road, it was naturally te be expected there would be opposition somewhere, but we confess to a feeling of surprise that the Tulare Register should declare the proposed pledges to be superfluous and premature. Superfluous they are not, for ecapitalists are not going to put large sums of money into a great enterprise unless they can see an assur- ance of business ahead of it; nor are they vremature, for this is exactly the time when such pledges will be of most value and have the most weight. It Is a curious statement of the Register that *‘it might be awkward to have such pledges out and the coming of the road long delayed by unfore- seen contingencies.” This seems to imply a fear that the Southern Pacific may dis- criminate against men who give the pledges. Such a fear, however, is foolish, for the pledges may be given confidentially; and as for the suggested delay of the road by “unforeseen contingencies,” that is out of the question. The road will be con- structed all right, and the more business pledged to it, the more quickly will the construction go forward. —_——— The interest in home industries aroused by the meeting of the Manufacturers’ Con- vention in this City should not be permit- ted to die out, and it is satisfactory to note, therefore, that the Herald of Trade contin- ues to iterate the pleas and the arguments for a home market, for local goods. Itvery truly says: “The retail dealer who is send- ing his orders East should consider that every dollar so paid out is in a percentage at least totally lost to himself. It never gets back into his till. But if he buys an order from the local manufacturer, that money goes to the employe, who pays the same dollars over his counter for other goods.” This is one of the most important truths of the business, for the retail mer- chant practically holds the key to the sit- uation. Consumers as a rule look around them to see what they wish, and if the merchants of the State would display Cali- fornia goods conspicuously in their win- dows and on their counters and shelves, they would build up a trade for home articles that would keep in California thousands of dollais that now go East. e Commenting upon a recent editorial in the CarL directing attention to the im- portance and the value of a railroad from San Francisco to Eureka, where it would eventually form a connection with the Great Northern and thus open a continu- ous route to St. Paul and the East, the Healdsburg Enterprise very justly says: “Though there is no prospect of building the road immediately, the matter should be agitated and discussed that all the facts concerning the proposed route may be elicited.” Such discussions are, in fact, abour the most beneficial that newspapers can engage in, They serve to keep enter- prises in the public mind, and as men can never think of anything every day without some day trying to undertake it, the dis- cussions are sure to end in work, even though they appear for a long time to be only idle talk. There are a great many openings for the investment of capital in California that ought to be better known, and, as our Healdsburg contemporary says, now is the time to discuss them in order that the facts may be elicited. Gmrgat oo The most sanguine, cheerful, hopeful and optimistic journal of the day is tne Alturas Herals d as evidence thereof nothing more a;&etl than the citation of the recent gtatement to its readers: “Incorporate the town and then we will not be bothered with disreputable char- acters.”” If only communities could get rid of disreputable characters by incorpora- tion, what crossroads hamlet would exist without a charter? If there is any possi- bility of the experiment in this case reaiiz- ing the prediction of the Herald the good people of the community should change the name a little and incorporate as Altruria. PERSONAL. 'W. E. Peck of Santa Cruz is at the Palace. 7. D. Smiley, a merchant of Colusa, is at the Russ. Colonel E. D. Boyle of Nevada is at the Palace. Dr. E. 8. Bogertof the navy is stopping at the Palace. John Aiton, a merchant of Anderson,is at the Russ. Dr. Reich Hollander of Seattle is staying at the Grand. Dr. H. B. Butler of Los Gatos is stopping at the Grand. F. W. Willmans, & mining man of Newman, is at the Lick. John Bradbury of Los Angeles is registered at the Palace. R. C. McCreary, a miller of Sacramento, is a guest at the Grand. Judge J. H.Logan of Santa Cruzarrived at the Grand yesterday. John J. O’Connell of the army arrived at the California yesterday. W. F. Smith, & mining man of Nevada, is stopping at the Palace. Joseph Josephs, a mining man of Virginia City, is at the Baldwin. Dr. Robert Haynes of Los Angeles is regis- tered at the Occidental. ‘W. Hancock Clark, a capitalist of Detroit, Mich., is at the Baldwin. Dr. W. D. Rodgers of Watsonville is among the guests at the Occidental. 1IR. D. Davis, a merchant of Sacramento, is among the guests of the Palace. ‘Warden Charles Aull came down from Folsom yesterday and put up at the Grand. Charles Jenner, a prominent citizen of Scott ‘Valley, was among yesterday’s arrivals at the Grand. T. E. Langley, a prominent fruit-shipper of Los Angeles, came in yesterday and put up at the Grand. Congressman J. D. Coughran of Tacoma reg- istered at the Russ yesterday and left again in the evening for Washington. - Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Kummer of the First M. E. Church, Oakland, will leave on May 1 for a four months' tour of Europe. M. Wallheim, Charge d’Affaires and Consul- General of Mexico to Japan, arrived at the Cali- fornia on his way to his station. J. C. Calhain, a prominent lawyer of Spokane, ‘Wash., has come to San Francisco for the pur- pose of trying the climate and the law. SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS. The other day, when a prim, precise New England professor sat down to dinuer in a Southern hotel, three waiters in quick succes- sion asked him if he would have soup. A little annoyed, he said to the last waiter who asked, “Is it compulsory 7 “‘No, sah,” answered the waiter; “no, sah. I think it am mock turtle.” Mrs. Green Gates—I've just been reading of that Hetty Green, I think she must be crazy. Mr. Green Gates—Why, she’s worth forty mil- lions. Mrs. Green Gates—Is that so? Then she can’t be crazy; she’s only eccentric. — Brooklyn Eagle. Imp—That wave of reform which is sweeping over America has been a bad thing for us. Satan—That's all right, my boy. We’ll soon be ourselves again; I see by the papers that there will be a big revival of the roller-skating craze this spring.—New York Tribune. Alberta—I believe you call yourself an ad- vanced woman, dear? Alethea—Yes, love. Albertu—(sweetly)—Then you may tip the waiter, dear.—Judge. Grace—T wonder why the Indians were never baldheaded ? Robby—I guess it was because they took such good care of their scalps.—New York World. May—I wonder what the men do at the club? Pamelia—From what Jack says I guess they ]phy I:l'!"h the kitty the most of the time.—Har- lem fe. AROUND THE CORRIDORES. Colonel Jack Chinn of Kentucky believes in California for racehorses: «Tt is one of the grandest climates for horse- fiesh in the world,” said the colonel in the Baldwin billiard-room )';sl:rfl;y Lm answer to an inquiry touching on that poinf : “Doqyou’tmnk it compares with Kentucky?” “I most certainly do. In factI know it does. In point of development I believe the possi- bilities of California climate cannot be over- estimated. The best colt Iever saw was a Cali- fornia animal, and I bought him because of )'11! magnificent proportions. He is a two-year-old, 164 hands high and built from the ground up. He is by Surinam out of Fun. I have not named him yet, butI expeet great things of im."” 3 «What is there about the climate that makes it so healthful?” «] suppose it is the absence of extremes in heat and cold. In fact the same conditions which make it invigorating to human beings are equally beneficial to horses. The hay, the atmosphere and everything necessary are here. I would not hesitate to say that it is the best country in the world for horses. Your product proves that.” From the point of climate the conversation drifted to records and other track chat. “Colonel, do you believe the track record will ever get down to two minutes?” was asked. “Beyond a doubt. It will come very soon; but I will go deeper into it and say that I be- leve it will be the result of perfected appli- COLONEL JACK CHINN. [Sketched from life for the “Cail” by Nankivell.) ances in the way of sulkies and harness as much as it will be the horse. Of course there will always be an improvement in the animal, but the making of low records must be assisted by science and invention. Recollect, I am speaking now of trotters. Of runners 1 cannot predict such a reduction in records. It is down now to a low point and another second means a magnificent burstof speed. Ido not know that I have told you anything new, but never- theless Celifornia stands as good & chance of lowering the records as any other country under the sun.” M. Wallheim, the Charge d’Affaires and Consul-General of Mexico to Japan, is at the California on his way to his post of duty. He has been in Mexico for nearly a year on leave. “Our mines are being developed very fast,”” he sald last night, “in spite of the great fall in silver. In fact, there is much more silver being produced now, even while it is going down in price. However, it's going down has not hurt us at all, except in the payment of interest on bonds. We are on a silver basis there and do not feel the effect of the fall as we would on & gold basis. In fact all branches of industry are being developed very fast. Our export trade bas trebled in a few years. There have been great improvements made in agriculture, largely through the intro- duction of improved implements from this country. Lately a number of agents of European houses have come in and taken up large tracts of land for raising coffee and other products, and there is a great deal of rich land available at very low prices yet. 'All our trade with Japan goes through this city, but it is mostly in silks or other valu- able merchandise that can stand the high rates of freight we have to pay on the railroads. As soon as the Tehuantepec Railway across Mexico is put in good shape we expect to have a line of steamers from the Orient to Acapulco or some other Mexican ports. . “There is very good feeling in Mexico toward your people, and most liberal concessions are being constantly granted to Americans. We are the only one of the two nations, I think, that is actively doing much to make our inter- course more friendly.” PEOPLE TALEKED ABOUT. H. Rider Haggard, the novelist, was elected to Parliament as a Conservative. No one who has read his stories will be astonished at Hag- gard’s political position. He needs rest from the radicalism that enabled him to tell the big- gest ““whoppers” of the generation. The late King Lobengula’s sons have been visiting Cecil Rhodes, at Cape Town. They are not promising youngsters, being averse to work or instruction, and much under the infiu- ence of their misfit divine right. General Armenkoff, constructor of the Rus- sial Central Asian Railway, has been appointed one of the vice-presidents of the International Congress of Geography, which will be held in London in July. Writers who have been wont to refer to the late Lord Randolph Churchill as a bankrupt in money and statesm nship will be surprised to hear that his personal estate has been valued at $500,000. Miss Bird, the traveler, is authority for the statement that Japan spends twice as much upon her elementary schools as she does upon her navy. Of course, no Chinaman will be- lieve this. The blind chaplain ot the United States Sen- ate, Rev. Dr. Milburn, is going to make an ex- tensive European tour. When he comes back he is going to lecture—on the wonders he has seen? 2 EASTER hats. Alma E. Keith, 24 Kearny st. mnnonxumownund’l.‘ Alma E. Km-fler week. Bacox Printing Company, 508 Clay street. * E.H. me;mn i RENTS wumntgonery! Alma E. Keith. Store open evgs Easter week. CArPETS and furniture. New goods, lowest prices at Mackay’s, 715 Market street. * P e S TowNsEND'S Cal. Glace Fruits, ‘our make,” 50c 1b. in Japanese baskets. 627 Market street. * T e —— GET your shoes made to order. Hand-sewed work, $5. at 1334 Market street. * SHERIDAN WANTED TO TURN COWBOY. “There’s one thing in General Sheridan’s career that has never found a place in his bio- graphies,” declared Jerry Holmes, one of East- ern Washington’s prominent citizens. It may be observed, by way.of introduction, that Jerry Holmes carries under his hat some precious bits of unwritten history of the pioneer days of the great Northwest. Back in the fh50's Jerry herded stock ¢ for the Government near Fort Walla Walla. He is the soul of honesty, and his friends would stake Jil their lives on the reliabil- ity of his word. “That particular thing,” he continued, “is that Sheridan seriously con- templated leaving the army, while he held the rank of second lieutenant, P. H. Sheridan as a - an? of going into the cow- Sccond Lieutenant. punching business. How doIknow it? I'm the very man he communi- cated this intention to. It was in 1855, or thereabouts, and young Sheridan was & second lieutenant in Colonel Wright's command at Walla Walla. To make plain how it came about I'll have to tell you how the dashing fellow came to be hauled over the coals by his commander for an exhibition of rash judgment. “Post life, with its daily repetition of routine duties, was rather irksome to the active Sheri- dan, and what made the situation more tire- some to him was the existence of an official set which was a sort of aristocracy of wealth, and this set affected to look down on Sheridan a8 one of the poorer class. This chafed the boy, and more than once I heard him railing against the fate that had led him into such discomfiture in the army. But the climax of Sheridan’s humiliation was reached when he met with a sharp and, in & sense, well-merited rebuke from his commanding officer, because of the second lieutenant’s somewhat peculiar and rather unfortunate method of conducting & certain military movement intrusted to him. ““You see, two rival tribes of Indians—the Yakimas and the Walla Wallas—had been en- gaged in a dispute over the occupancy of some bunting, fishing and pasturage grounds claimed by both tribés, and the contention bade fair to break out into open hostility. The Government wasn’t hankering after an Indian war, and means to prevent such a cul- mination were speedily adopted. “A detachment of troops consisting of both cavalry and infantry was accordingly sent to the seat of trouble, and with it went Sheridan in the capacity ot second in command. “A close'watch was kept on the quarreling hostiles for some days, and at length the scouts brought in the information that the contend- ing forces had everything in readiness for a hostile meeting that would probably result in much bloodshed. “The opposing bands were located upon op- posite sides of the Snake River, and the Walla ‘Wallas, the aggressors, were preparing to cross and drive back the Yakimas. The erossing of the stream was ordinarily effected by swim- ming the horses. There were two points about two miles apart that were favorable to this purpose. The Walla Wallas made s feint as if to cross at the lower point and the Yakimas drew up and prepared, to receive them there. +Blinding the enemy to their real purpose, the Walla Wallas proposed to push up the river by a concealed path to the upper ford, and then, crossing, to take the foe in flank and rear and by a complete surprise rout their enemy in short order. “Only the interference of Government troops could stop the raid, and the troops were closely watched. The last quarter of amile of the route leading to the upper ford was along s flat sandy beach, flanked on the left by a high and almost perpendicular cliff, and washed on the right by the waters of the Snake. This beach was funnel-shaped, about 200 feet wide at the lower end, and by the course of the river it sloped off to a point, where the waters flowed along the foot of the cliff. “Now, it was the purpose of the commander of the troops to allow the Indians to enter that pocket, and then, by & sudden descent, close in and trap the red warriors before they could cross the river. “To Sheridan was intrusted the carrying out of this plan,and his head must have been filled with glorious anticipations as he received his orders. Here at last was active service, and perhaps good fighting. “The character of the ground and the nature of the task before him had been set forthin his orders, but the method of executing the duty was left to his own discretion, “With all the intrepidity for which he after- ‘ward became famous, he rode rapidly away at the head of his men, and soon neared the point where the meeting with the Indians was ex- pected to occur, when & scout rode up with the information that some of the Indians were at that moment entering the pocket. Sure that he had his game in the trap and fearful that it might escape him by swimming the river at the upper end of the funnel, the young officer, without stopping to consider carefully the nature of the work before him, at once ordered the bugles to sound the charge, and clapping spurs to his horse he plunged forward, yelling like a demon. His excitement instantly com- municated to the men, and they rushed after him at headlong speed, imitating his example Dby whooping to the full extent of their lung power. There Sheridan blundered. The In- dians who had been seen entering the pocket were only half & dozen, comprising the ad- vance guard of the Walla Wallas, the main body being still back in the hills making their way cautiously toward the river. “That was enough for the Indians. They scampered away and the expectant whites found no more glory than did the expectant Walla Wailas, for even the half dozen redskins in the pocket escaped by swimming their horses to the opposite shore. “Appreciating the depth of his mistake, chagrined and mortified, and disgusted with the world in general, he led his troop back to camp and reported. “The colonel listened to his report and then in the presence of all rebuked Sheridan for carelessness and lack of ordinary prudence and judgment, commenting upon the mental quali- ties of an officer who could hope to circumvent the wily warriors of the rolling prairies through the sounding of trumpets and the lu- nacy of yelling. He continued in this strain of censure and reprimand for some moments and then dismissed Sheridan to his routine duties. The young man left headquarters amid looks of pity and smiles of derision. “For several days I don’t think he spoke to a. person besides myself when he could avoid doing so. His humiliation was very deep, and it was evident the iron had entered his soul and that he was contemplating some step of a very serious nature. “He frequently visited my quarters and spent hours with me out among the stock, where my duties as foremen of the herders compelled me to spend much of my time. He was continually interrogating me as to the general character of ‘my employment; the ex- perience necessary; how much time was re- quired to be put in; whether my work was pleasant or otherwise; what wages I received, and so on. Tanswered the questions as best I could. I liked the young fellow and was anxious to divert his mind from his troubles, but my curiosity was finslly aroused as to hiy motive in questioning me so persistently on these points, and I finally asked him outright why he wanted that information? “Herding is entirely out of your line,’ I remarked, ‘and besidesit isa very humdrum and common- place occupation at best. What special interest can it have for you?' ‘“He looked at me queerly for & moment and then quietly asked, ‘What would you say .u I should tell you that I think seriously of re- signing my commission in the service and tak- ing up stock-handling as a life business?’ “‘Excuse my bluntness,’ I said, ‘but I am compelled to tell you that I should think you had taken leave of your senses. You cannot surely be contemplating such a step.” “ Yes,’ he returned, ‘my career as a soldier is over, i, indeed, it ever began. Iam clearly not fitted for the work. The life, as far as I have lived it out here at least, is disagreeable to me, and I have resolved to abandon it as soon as I can find other Work that will afford me a live- lihood. Your work seems suited to me. I be- lieve that I could succeed at it, and I ask you s & friend to secure for me, if you can, the po- sition of assistant herder under you. If you do 1 will serve you and the Government faithfully, ::3!0‘1 shall have no reason to regret your ion.” “I was astonished at his proposal, and argued with him for an hour upon the folly of it. T recalled all of the unpleasant features con- nected with my work; its hardships, monotony, wearisomeness, humble character and the utter hopelessness of looking for any important pro- motion in connection with it, but all in vain at time at least. lo"‘l‘)':y after day I argued the matter with him, but without avail. I could not shake his reso- lution and I knew that he only waited an opportunity to carry it into effect; and he was continuously in this frame of mind until a sue- cessful move against the hostile Indians on the Columbia River, in which he took a brilliant part and won honorable and conspicuous mention in general orders, influenced him to forget his late determination and retain his eonnection with the army. “And this,” said Jerry Holmes in conclusion, «{s the narrow margin by which the brave and gallant Phil Sheridan—the same Sheridan ‘whose deeds in war ultimately secured for him the stars of the lieutenant-generalship—es- caped becoming & cowboy—I might say by acci- dent—an accident that saved to our country one of the most brilliant soldiers who ever drew sword in her service.” GLIMPSES OF THE STAGE BY A TIVOLI FAVORITE. The kindly interest the CALL has shown in the struggling aspirants for theatrical and op- eratic fame among the locar members of the profession must be quite pleasing toall. I will just write in my own imperfect way a few of my ideas of the stage and tell you of my ex- periences, as requested. As Iam still too young in the profession to have seen or experienced anything to set the world on fire still I may say something that may benefit those situated as Taxm. 1 was born in Tennessee, though my father was & Dane and my mother was Irish-Ameri- Miss Neilson. can. When a child my parents located in Kan- sas City, where I received my education. I early imbibed a love for music, and endowed with a soprano voice I inclined toward the op- eratic stage. I think I must have been stage- struck in my cradle. When but a little girl I sang in the Chicago Church Choir Concert Company. Later on, when reverses were star- ing my dear family in the face I thought I ‘would put my shoulder to the wheel and see what I could do with the gifts that nature had given me and avail myself of the opportunity to do my duty to my family. Icame to the Pa- cific Coast in the latter part of 1892. Ihave been in the profession about two years and a half. Imademydebut at the Auditorium, in Oakland, as Yum Yum in the ‘“Mikado.” My engagement at the Tivoli began in Feb- ruary, 1894, opening in ‘Nanon,” and since then I have sung in most of the recert popular comic operas, All the members of my family are in the profession, except my mother, who lives with me at the Langham Hotel. I have two sisters, who are now with Pike’s Opera Company, playing the northern circuit, and my only brother, Erasmus Nielsen, is & profes- sional musician at Morosco’s theater. I prefer light comedy or juvenile parts, such as Yum Yum, Patience, Josephine in “Pina- fore,” Cora in ‘“‘Gasparone,” and such like parts. Ireally devote but little time to study, butof late I have given more attention to it than ever. Singing cannot be taught, but, of course, the voice can be improved, and you can e taught to give the proper expression to your voice. My view is that one owes much to the conductor; and here I wish to pay a debt of gratitude to Mr. Hirshbach. One who has not taken part in a comic opera or musical play cannot realize how all-important a role is played by the leader of the orchestra, whose duty it is to sustain the voice of the singer. He can either make or mar the song. Like all singers I suffer from stage fright, especially on first nights. No one will ever know what agonies I go through except the leader, not mentioning the possible agonies the audience goes through. I like to watch the sudience as I play, and cast my eye row after Tow to see the effect of the piece. The audi- ence little knows how we are affected by any little inattention and how thankful we are for any consideration paid us by its entire engross- ment and attention. Encores are the sweets of 8 professional life; we must have the apprecia- tion of the audience tosing well. No matter how good the song may be, unless it isap- plauded we never sing it as well the second time. A cold and cheerless audience can make the brightest gem fall flat. We must have the applause; it strengthens our ambition and generally sends us home happy with our dsy’s or rather night's work. The road to success is arugged one and has many pitfalls; it is up- hill work, and we are often sidetracked. If a girl is willing to work hard and conscien- tiously there is no reason why this profession is not as desirable a calling for & lady ss any other she may choose. Her success or failure is due entirely to her own exertions. 'Tis true there are many temptations she has to resist, but in whatever walk of life are we as a sex not assailed by them? 1f a girl who has a fine voice and has been especially endowed with a graceful figure thinks she can advance into popiilarity before the footlights she is much mistaken. It must take years of hard work, ups and downs, heart-burnings, disappoint- ments and sacrifices. And even then she may never pass beyond an understudy. It depends much on the manager if a girl is to succeed. If he discovers that she can draw she will be put forward. There are plenty of girls right here in San Francisco with fine flexible voices who have a future before them, but they must await their turn. Kissing on the stage is & mere matter of form to me, much the same as the shake of the hand, and s to kissing off the stage—well we won't speak about it. To use the “Chimmie Fadden” language, it’s ten to one off than on. See? 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