The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 13, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1895. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ear by mail; by carrier, 15¢ ANCISCO Adver- | Rose and | Evers 2s under pro- t the iniquity. 1 example to | s with which | nia hesitated to fight | e monopoly she lost, but now th as begun the conte he is gaini 11 have the al is to raise | i try to keep in- who sees a way:to es- emploving the income that end will not be slow to self of the ity. 'a local morning journal” and the like are the t thoroughly effectual forms n journalism to While applauding the movement for good roads i country, San Francisco is content to shake her own bomes to , pieces on unspe pavements made of unthinkable cobblestones. So long as there are men in the East who talk of nominating Cleveland for a third term on a gold standard platform, it is useless to expect the National fool-killer to find time to come West. The bardest task before the people of California is that which confronts the men of the fiesta cities in selecs a queen beauty from a galaxy of beauties. Solving the tinancial problem is nothing to i No department of thé State government bas more important work before it than the Bureau of Highways, and while it wiil bave a hard road to travel for a time, the people will gladly help to make it easier. It is a significant fact that the demand for better roads and the consequent crea- tion of a Bureau of Highways came from the interior, whose residents have an in- viting field for missionary work in San Francisco. Even the ladies of Stockton are working bravely to secure subscriptions for the Val- ley road, and if those of Modesto and Merced do not quickly follow this example we are mistaken in our estimate of their patriotism. In order that all candidates for the Re- publican nomination for the Presidency in 1896 should have 2 fair and equal showing, the convention should be held in San Franciseo, where there are no local prefer- ences for any particular candidate. The Swiss-Italian Company, maker of famous California wines, has shown, by its generous present of ten cases of wine for the San Francisco festival, a pride in California and an interest in her prosperity that are as inspiring and’ wholesome as the excellent products of its wineries. If the mere happening of a thing, no matter how disgusting or_ demoralizing, is a sufficient reason for the publication of its revolting details, we are offered a standard of journalism which eliminates a news- paper's power for good and exaits its power for harm. That is not the Carr’s estizaate of its responsibility nor the rule by which it measures its force. | baving | ously mark the Sunday WHEN COURAGE IS NEEDED. 1t is reported from Merced the people there are anxious to serve the Valley road, but that fear of the Southern Pacific is restraining some of them. This is most extraordinary and seemingly incredible news. Itis as difficult to believe that the people are so timid as that the Sonthern Pacific is so unwise. In the days of its early enthusiasm the Southern Pacific did seek to make and un- make towns. It leit Visalia off its main line and created Tulare, but Visalia was not suppressed, and the company’s failure of its purpose was acknowledged not long ago when it removed its shops from Tu- lare. It determined to make Merced the great city of the San Joaquin Valley south of Stockton, and erected there a splendid hotel; but the hotel proved an elephant and Fresno took the lead. Evenin San Francisco it thought to move the business part of the City by establishing its head- quarters and freight sheds on Townsend street, but the business part of the City stayed and grew where it was born, in spite of the great inconvenience which it | was made to suffer by the remoteness of | the railroad terminus, and recently the | company confessed its failure by.abandon- ing the great brick house and meving its headguarters. into town. It sought to make a city of Sumner at thé expense of Bakersfield, but Bakersfield grew ,strong and voracious and swallowed Sumner. There are great forces which the people a | 38 & mass direct in spite of opposing inter- ests and efforts. The residents of Merced have no cause to fear, for if they are united and fearless no dangercan assail them. It s hardly possible to believe that they are imid now, for timidity would be their ruin and courage their salvation. If they keep out the people’s road they will be no better off than at present, and if they se- cure it their prosperity is assured. It is conceivably (though only barely so) t overzealous friends or agents of the Southern Pacific are anxious only that the | people of Merced shall not give substantial aid to the people’s road, for clearly all the aid so given will place the Southern Pacific disadvantage on the score of competi- Atthe same time it will enable the ’sroad to haul the products of Mer- and thus enable its producers e a reasonab! outhiern Pac d and irrigation intere: v Mereed City, and this and other rea- d to believe that the Southern Pacific not object to the increase of bu: ness settlementand land values that would ’s road into Merced. here are any waverer: Merced (and 1all not believe it excep: on the most cing evidence) they are lacking in irit which makes suécess in this P | world possible. Such a lack would be so contrary to the preval : nt manliness and independence of Californians that it can- not be accepted without stronger proof than we bave at present. We prefer to re- gard all the residents of Merced County as the er i pendence and o 3. . Bloss, vate land owners or their representa- have offered a clear right of way for ve miles through the richest sec- of the county. The people of Merced oul gentlemen an example which s| THE SUNDAY “CALL" The great mass of newspaper readers de- of the Sunda arecord of the news of the day. current events, a variety of in- st or entertaining reading, ex- pressed with an excellence of literary finish that is in itself a charm toevery intelligent and cultured mind. 2 These are the features that conspicu- Cari, which render it atiractive to the people and wel- come to their homes. In the issue of to- morrow, for example, will be found not y all the news of the day, but many es of more than transient value. The most striking of these is a compre- hensive account by Flora Haines Loug- head of the recent startling upheaval of the island of San Miguel. Several accounts of this extraordinary event have been given from time to time in telegrams, but no { complete and accurate description, by a correspondent who actually visited the island and gathered a full report of the course and the effects of the upheaval, has yet been published; the article in the Cary to-morrow, therefore, will have the value of news as well as that of scientificin- terest. Another notable article wiil be an ac- count by the Hon. Joseph Medill of his first interview with Lincoln. This is a graphic sketch of an incident in the life of the most attractive figure in American his- tory and will be sure to interest everybody. Captain Charles King’s story of ‘‘Fort Frayne” is continued snd grows in dra- matic force with each succeeding chapter. It may interest our readers to know that Captain King has been recently appointed adjutant-general of Minnesota, and con- tinues to concern himself with the military i life he describes so well in his novels. There remains a host of other excellent articles 100 numerous -to mention, but which the reader must not overlook. One of these, indeed, “Idyls of the Fields,” isa delightful sketch by a naturalist, which will open new avenues of pleasure to those who are able w get out in the fields in these days and study the varied life which goes on there: a life, some of whose most curious phases are .depicted in the sketch. A fol! day’s good reading, in fact, will be found in the CarL to-morrow and no one should miss it. A DEMAND FOR PRUNES. ‘We had occasion a few days ago to call attention to a citizen of Brooklyn who has declared an intention to sue the proprietors of a hotel in that city for not giving him stewed prunes at his meals. We know not what relief the law of New York affords for a wrong of this kind, but as there should certainly be some remedy for the sufierer and some punishment for the wrongdoer we commend the action of the hero who proposes to make the contest, put the law to the test and determine whether an American citizen can be arbitrarily de- prived of the luscious prune at the whim of 2 landlord. ‘We presume the plaintiff in the ease will base his claim for damages and redress upon the unassailable ground that the service of prunes is a prime duty of all American hotels and boarding-houses. A private family in the indulgence of whim, folly or ignorance may exciude the prune, but noone who keeps a public table of any kind should be permitted to do so. The unfortunate American who is com- pelled to board, if he sees upon the table no prunes, hardly knows if he is in his native land. In acertain sense he is ex- patriated by being robbed of the most familiar table mark of his country. The man who seeks to enforce the ser- vice of prunes in all hotels is,-moreover, a i ? 1 i f i | done in developing the State. interest | sanitary benefactor of his countrymen. | San Franecisco. There eould be no sccusa- No food is more healthful than the prune. | tion of favoring one at the expense of It is soothing, strengthening, !timuhtin; and invigorating. It aids digestion, puri- fies the blood, tones up the stomach, solidifies the fiesh, gives flexibility to the muscles, improves the complexion and in- troduces something of the glow of Califor- nia into the system. It is at once a luxury and & necessity, a delicious food for the poor and an exquisite medicine for the rich, who need its healthful juices to aid milation of their highly spiced viands. In addition to the benefit to individuals, the eating of prunes has a healthful effect on the Nationallife. Asthe pruneisgrown in California and is to be consumed in New York, it passes through the arteries of trade and puts into lively circulation the money thatis the life blood of business. In this way it helps the Nation to digest its affairs and brings all parts of the coun- try into a vigorous co-operation. The Brooklyn man, therefore, is a patriot as well as a philanthropist and deserves the protection of the laws of the country he so faithfully serves. THE OLAIMS OF EUMBOLDT. The people of Humbaldt County are de- manding a railroad asa result of the CALL's suggestion that they ought to have one, As the development of Humboldt's won- derful resources bears a vital relation to the general prablem of the development of California, it is well that some of the broader aspects of the ease be considered now. At the start there are clearly two things that the people of Humboldt might profit- ably keep in mind. First, that they them- selves should at the outset do all in their power to secure a railroad by uniting their forces, so that either they themselves might build a road to the bay of San Fran- cisco or raise an amount sufficient to in- duce outside aid for the enterprise; second, they might be wise to indulge at the be- ginning only those aspirations that pre- sent the most tangible hope of fulfillment, That is say, while their own efforts, backed by those of other Californians, might se- cure to them a railroad from Humboldt Bay to San Franeisco, the expenditure of | their energies on a gigantic scheme for a tran: ntinental road might result in their g noroad at all. Thatdevelopment urest .and most wholesome which comes from the utilization of resources available and under control, Although the country is mountainons, | it is a fortunate circumstance that ail the streams run northerly at an acute angle to the coa: After the middle of Mendocino County is reached there are no transverse mountain ranges to cross, but generally easy canyons lying in the line of traffic. The great barrier to the progress of the | Southern Pacific southwardly from Santa Margarita was the transverse mountain ranges, which make railroad building ex- tremely expensive. This trouble does not exist north of Forg Bragg, in Mendocino County, and, besides, there is an unlim- ited supply of lumber for railroad pur- Steven- | poses all along the route. A few years ago the Southern Pacific S. Peck, who, | Compeny was greatly exercised when the North Pacific Coast Railroad was pushed northward from Hopland to Ukiah. It was the general impression then that the line would be carried on to tap the splen- their collective capacity have from | did redwood region lying to the north of Ukiab, and hence the Southern Pacific cast about for a route for its main line in the Sacramento Valley to Humboldt Bay via the Round Valley Indian Reservation on Eel River in Northern Mendocino. The | concern of the Southern Pacific was aug- ¥ paper something | mented by rumors that the Great Northern intended to rnn down through Southeastern re, in addition to the informa»{ Oregon, cross the Sierra at Beckwith Pass, and run diagonally across California to Humboldt Bay, where there is an excellent harbor. This scheme amounted t nothing, the San Francisco and North Pacific road fell into difficulties and stopped perma- nently at Ukiah, and the Southern Pacific found no further occasion either for alarm or for a railroad into Humboldt County. And yet such a railroad would be one of the most important things that could be In all Cali- fornia there is not just such another aggre- gation of resources. The most important is the magnificent belt of redwood timber, which bas become valuable by reason of its scarcity elsewhere; and a remarkable thing about the redwood is that though it be cut down it will begin at once to repro- duce itself by new shoots from the root. Next, there are the highly fertile valleys scattered all through the county, covered the year round with grass for dairy and stock uses. Close at hand are the gold mines of the Trinity Range, which are most inadequately worked, and which may be regarded merely as indications of great mineral wealth in the region. There is every reason why Humboldt should have a raiiroad, and her own pro- gressive people can easily secure one by uniting and getting to work. FAIR FOR ALL The utter demoralization of the Demo- cratic party and the complete collapse of Populism has rendered it as near certain as anything in the future can be that the Republican convention in 1896 will fix in its platform the policy of the Government for the succeeding four years and name the President. > The greatness of the opportunity before the Republican party charges it with a gerious responsibility and threatens it with some dangers. The party has now such a vast preponderance of voters and such an overwhelming prestige in the country that all the great conflicting in- terésts in the Union will seek to obtain its support and win its favor. Moreover, every great leader of the party will justly be ambitious of the high honor of being chosen as the head of the ticketin the campaign and elected as the chief execu- tive of the Nation 1n carrying out its great policies. Evidences of possible conflicts arising from these varied forces are alreaay at hand, and in the Eastern Statesfrom the Missouri River to the Atlantic they are already engaging the supporters of Alli- son, McKinley, Reed and Clarkson in what seems to be an active canvass for the nomi- nation. ¥ . Under these circumstances, the managers can hardly overlook the im- portance of holding the convention in a city where there is no local preference for any particular candidate, nor can they be ignorant of the fact that the best city in that respect is 8an Francisco. Hereon the shores of the Pacific all Republicans honor the leaders of the party with an equal loy- alty. To our people Qhio and Maine are both Eastern States, and there are no local preferences or prejudices to affect the choice of the tavored son of either of them as against the other. The Pacific Coast has no candidate of her own and no de- cided favorite among the Eastern candi- dates. Here, therefore, can be found the fairest and most equal terms for all. Here is the one great city in the Union where there will be no local feeling to affect the course of the great contest over the se- lection of the standard-bearer of the party. It would be an act of absolute impartiality between the rival candidates for the Na- tional Committee to call the convention to | expe | success. At others. All would be equally at home here, and every thought of dissension or animosity would be thrown away and be lost in the infinite petriotism of the great Pacific convention. e = ADMIRABLE WORK. In sending out a special train for the purpose of securing subscrintions to the shares of the San Francisco and San Joa- quin Valley Railroad, the Eraminer has displayed not only true journalistic enter- prise, but also an earnest and intelligent effort to assist in the great work of secur- jing a competing railroad. It is highly gratifying to observe that the Eraminer's ent is meeting with splendid Stockton the train was given an ovation, and similar enthusiasm will doubtless be exhibited all along the line. But the welcome which it receives is | not whally that which is expressed in cheers ; the people are coming forward and subscribing freely to shares, and that is the trae test of a popular desire for the people’s road. ' The Ezaminer is simplify- ing the work of the directors, earning the gratitude of the public and giving the well-wishers of the new road an opportun- ity to show their mettle. A curious feature of the regulations is- sued from Washington to govern collec- tions under the income tax law is that prizes won in lotteries are taxable. It would be justas well to tax the products of burglaries and robberies, for lotteries, no less than they, are outlawed, andl hence money secured through such prizes is an unlawful acquisition. A law providing for the confiscation of all prizes won in lot- teries would be more to the purpose. —_— UP-TO-DATE IDEAS. The discovery of a practical unicycle has more than once been announced. Boulanger, formerly of Springfield but now of Boston, at- tracted wide attention a few years ago with his invention in this line, but that particular | unicycle has yet to prove practicable. Mr. Boulanger, however, is satisfied that he will vet produce a wheel which willcreate a revolu- tion in the eycling world. While Boulanger has been working over his model, another men, Higley by name, has in- vented a unicycle that,in the opinion of ex- perts, is destined to prove successful. This unicycle is of a far different breed from that of Boulanger's, and has been ridden through the streets of Boston. In comparison with the | safety of to-day, the unicycle seems large and unwieldy, but those who have ridden it claim that it is as easy of manipulation as any safety, says the Boston Herald of a week ago. An inspeetion shows an immense wheel of sluminum, fitted with two-inch pneumatic tires. The spokes are of steel, but instead of running to & small hub, they run 10 an inner circumierence forty-two inches in diameter. In this inner circle is placed the seat, which moves backward or forward, according to the motion of the outer rim. The pedals are ar- ranged as on the Kangaroo bicycle of other days, while the chains run around wheels at- tached to the inner circumference to the sprocket wheel. The revolving of the two wheels on the inner circumference creates the friction by which the machine is propelled. The inner circumference perfectly smooth, while the seat rests on ball bearings located in the groove of the circumference. Aluminum has been used in all parts of the machine, but, it having eracked in the inner circumference through the friction, it has been decided to try wood. There are ninety-six steel spokes and sixteen wooden spokes on this machine and the number of the latter is to be inereased in the nextunicycles constructed, The wheel itself is 7 feet 3 inches in diameter, weighs 54 pounds and can be geared as de- sired. W. D. Wilmot, known everywhere as an ex- pert trick rider,was the first man to mount and ride this innovation and he did it successfully o iy YR THE HIGHLEY UNICYCLE. in the presence of a large number of spectators in the Back Bay Fens last Thursday morning. When turning he bent his body in the airection he desired to go and the wheel turned as easily as any of the lower wheels. The inventor, Mr, Higley, is a New Hamp- shire man, who bas tsken out some fifty pat- ents. Mr.Wilmot and his brother are having two of the wheels built and a race between them is among the probabilities of the near future. PERSONAL. Judge J. B. Campbell of Fresno is in town. Francis R. Appleton of New York is at the Palace. T. M. Lane, a mine-owner at Angels Camp, is at the Grand. Robert Effey, Mayor of Santa Cruz, is visit- ing in the city, Ludwig Wolff of Chicago is at the Occidental ‘with his family J. F.Crank, a street railroad man of Los An- geles, is In town. P. A. Buell came down yesterday from Stock- ton with his wife. J. 8. Maude, a civil enginzer at Riverside, is staying at the Grand for a few days. Benator 8. B. Elkins of West Virginia arrived at the Palace yesterday from the East. Captain John J. Healy has arrived from Alaske with bis wife. They are guests at the Occidental. A. W. Simpson. the Stockton lumber mer- chant and capitalist, is Here with his family on a brief visit. Judge F. T. Baldwin came to the city from Stockton yesterday with his wife and put up at the Palace Hotel. James M. Quilter, United States Marshal at Seattle, Wash., is in the eity. His depnty, George W. Curtis, aceompanies him. 4 Captain Charles A. Abbey, general inspector of the life-saving stations, is here on s tour of inspection. He and Captain W. C. Coulson will start out next Mondayon a visit to the life-saving stations on the Pacific Coast. ——— BuY Saturday. ClosedSundays. Townsend's.* Low prices ior Easter eggs, Townsend’s. Bacox Printing Company, 508 Clay street. * Sorp Chocolate Cream Eggs, 5¢. Townsend's.” PLAIN mixed candies, 100 1. Townsend's® e — THE prettiest Easter novelties ever made, at Sanborn & Vail’s, 741 Market street. A > Sasiedlleo ool TaERe will be & special display of Easter bonnets and hats. Mrs. L. E. Conner, 36 Geary.* — g e JOURNALS, ledgers, cash and all other biank books at bottom prices. Sanborn, Vail & Co. * e e e Mixep end broken candy, 10c Ib.; extrs mn' Erhm;t:?dy 1.5; 1b.; eream m;xou} ap. kets, b.; choicest cream bon- bo lace fruits 50c 1b. Town- l@n:’l,‘m. Palace ;l.odulnb ding. i AROUND THE COBRIDORS. “Here, come over here,” said John M. Dor- mer, ex-Secretary of State of Neyada, to a CALL reporter yesterday in the Lick House, “and I'l give you & stdry.” The scribe sat down with the Nevada man, who used to be a journalist in Esmeralds JOHN M. DORMER TALKS OF RODENTS. [Sketched from iife for the “Call” by Nankivell.} County, and listened to the following pathetic but realistic yarn: “To begin with,” said John M., “‘do you see that little fellow standing over there by the counter? Well, his name is Shaw, and nine years ago he lived in Candelaria, Nev., where 1 ‘was running the True Fissure. However, to go on, Shaw suddenly got in sueh & financial con- dition that it was necessary to make a clever turn or walk out of town. He wandered around for several weeks thinking the plan over, and seemed to be waiting for something. Suddenly he disappeared for & few days, but re- turned looking a little bit happis He walked up the street and went into the grocery-stores, feed and grain yards and all the supply-houses on the thoroughfare, and told them that he was sorry that it had become ssary 1o call upon such gentlemen for assistance, but that he had to have $10 a head from each store or he would turn loose 1000 rats in the town—a locality where rats and mice are unknown even to this day. “‘Well,’ said the merchants, ‘why is it that you want us to pay this money ¥’ “«Yon see, said Shaw, ‘I was down to Wan- buska a few days ago and & cove what wanted to make a haul offered to bet dat he had a tar- rier dog what conld lick more rats danany oder tarrier in Neveds. Of course I was onto de game de minit T heard him speak and I sent down to de Bay for a thousand wharf rats, big as rabbits and wid longer tails. I gets around dis mug and makesa bet wid ’im. I bet’im datI would get a mess of rats up in dese dig- gins dat would do a whole family of tarriers, Well we closes de bet and names Bishop Creek as de place of meetin’. I have got de rats down to de aepot now, but say, boss, what do you tink Iheard dis morning from Bishop Creek. Well simply dis: De tarrier what was to do de fightin’ took & couple of long brefs and kicked de can. De match is off and I have got the rats on me hands. 1am dead strapped and de railroad company refuses to pack de an- imals any farder. i you give me ten a piece I goes out to-nightand drowns de whole batch in Walker Lake. Are you inon de play? “Whatever may have been their intention when Tommy began his request for the $10 & head, every merchant in town wer't down in his pockets and handed over the desired amount. Further than this they insisted that Shaw get out of town with his pets at once and not delay a moment, for fear some of them would escape. Aiter he got the money he went down to the depot and paid the' expressage on & box which he had ordered sent to his address while he was out of town a few days. It con- tained nothing bnt a few old rags and a variety of debris which Tommy had packed in to add weight. He hired an express wagon and drove out of town with his load. The next day he took the train for California and has never been back.” Judge Dennis Spencer ceme down from Naps yesterday end spent the evening at the Lick House. He declared that he has gone out of politics and settled down to farming and prac- ticing law. “Only two days ago,” said he, “I followed the plow on my place at Napa. I've planted out some nice corn patches and have the fruit trees doing quite well, and I do the ‘work myself. Some day, you know, Iexpect to leave the plow and perform great deeds in shaping the nation’s destiny.” He said that all Napa needs is a direct line of railroed from San Francisco or rather Tiburon. “The Southern Pacific Company has been fighting every movement to open -a cana] to Napa for years, and with that opposition Napa is not the prosperous town it ought to be. With & straight canal to the bay a boat could go from bere to Napa in two hours, and with a direct line of railway branching off above San Rafzel from the Donahue road it would be only & matter of an hour to get down from Napa. Still, things are_in pretty good shape up there now. Within four weeks I made out deedson sales amounting to $50,000, el of which were immediately around the town.” L. R. Vance of Vallejo told an interesting story about his own life last night in the Grapd Hotel office. He said he was originally 8 ma- rine reporter on the Milwaukee Sentinel, then & captain of a steamer on the lakes before the war. He enlisted in the nevy, fought during the war under Ferragut and passed his ex- amination for promotion on boara the old Hartford. As a mark of appreciation he says he was eppointed commander of a gunboat at Mobile. But he still' looks at the Hartford’s hulk with strangely mingled feelings. Mrs. Edwards, & very lady-like and rather demure person, came here the other day from Boston. She is the sister of the late Dr. Plouff, who was shot on Market street about two weeks ago. Her visit was intended origini- ally to be quite different from what it came to be. Mrs. Edwards hoped to see her brother alive and to nurse him, but now she has to content herself with looking after his will and his estate. She said yesterday that she would gladly spend all her brother’s estats in prose- cuting the case against his murderer if she thought he would be hanged. Plouf used to be a familiar figure in the Palace Hotel office and court, where he would appear in elegant and costly clothes, with tremendous diamonds in his shirt bosom and on his fingers, and in- variably with three English mastiffs, to which he appeared to be more closely attached than to anybody in San Francisco. Assemblyman James H. Tibbitts, who repre- sented Amador County in the. last Legislature, is greatly pleased at the Governor signing his bill authorizing the appointment of alternate jurors. He explained last night how he came to introduce the measure. «It all came about through the shooting of Express Messenger Tovey by a highwayman,” said he. “#A man named Evans was arrested. The jury was chosen and the trial began. Firstone juror took sick and there was an adjournment. Then another became ill and the case was postponed further. At last, affer going to an expense of slmost $2500 in cash, Dot counting the time wasted, the jury was discharged,a new jury impaneled and the triel begun over sgain. “Under the new system, there will _be two extra jurors who will listen to the testimony. Should one of the active jurors become in- capacitated for duty, his place will be filled by one of the alternates, and the case be brought to completion. “‘By the way,’ added the Assemblyman, editatively, ‘they sent that man Evans to Zm Quentin for the shooting. I don’t think he’s guilty, though. “He confessed to the crime, but none of bis statements could be verified, and he is known to be mentally unsound. You need not be sur- prised if the real highwayman is arrested for that murder some day. {)1“Detective Hume of Wells, Fargo & Co. thinks as I do. He told me a short time ago that he had received some information that ‘would, he thought, eventuaily result in putting another man in the striped suit now worn by Evans.” SPIRIT OF THE FRESS. There is little doubt of an early revival of the mining industry in California. Prospectors will search the mountains of the State the coming summer more systematically and more thoroughly than has been done any previous season. This must result in new and important discoveries. Then, too, there are indications of renewed activity in the working of the old and well-known mines. Colorado pressed Cali- fornia closely last year in gold production, but our State bids fair to make a great deal better record this year.—Santa Rosa Republican. Talk np your town. Donm't run it down. If you do not like it leave it, but don’t stay here and abuse it. Aslong &s you choose to reside here you are & component part of the place, and are very foolish to seek your own dispar- agement. Talk up your town, write and spesk in its praise, and show yourself worthy of your kome and your friends.—Elko Free Press. Capital punishment for train robbery shonld be incorporated into the laws of every State in the Union. It is as much & crime as piracy and on the same level as robbery by banditti, and deserves the same prompt punishment as is meted ont to those who engage in either of the last-named.nefarious callings.—Sen Diego Union. Marriage by contract is & thing of the past in California, and hereafter the man and the woman who would enter wedlock must marry in the face of the world. Such & law ten years ago would have done much to check the black- mail that has swept over the State like a tidal- wave.—Pasadena News. From the way in which Spain treats Cuba that island must be in doubt whether the former is the mother country, the stepmother country or the foster-mother country.—Salt Lake Tribune. Ex-Secretary Whitney appears to be the only prominent Democrat whose blood is the kind that boils when the American flag is fired upon.—Marysville Appe: Let other countries go.to wer and we’ll fur- nish the supplies for both sides, Thatis the only use the United States has for war.—Han- ford Journal. Already there has been more slanghtering in the insurance war then in the Jspanese and Chinese affair.—Oakland Enquirer. PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. One of the most interesting figures in the stately procession in the Vatican during the present celebration of the anniversary of the the Pope’s coronation was young Prince Co- lonna. He walked close by the Papal chair on which the Pontiff was carried by his eight sturdy bearers, and he wore the decoration which the Pope had conferred on him the pre- vious day. Dressed in black, tall and hand- some and haughty, he was in effective eon- trast to the pale Pope in white. Mgr. Satolli has- been annoyed of late by re- ports from various parts of the country as to n alleged monk who goes about representing himself es & close confidsnt of the delegate. This has been sufficient to secure the impostor extended hospitalities as the guest of prelates throughout the country. Henry Herrick, who was the eldest living graduate of Yale, has just died st North Wood- stock, Conn. He was 92 years old, was gradu- ated in the class of 1822 and was a Congrega- tional minister. Despite his 0ld age he retained his faculties until a short time before his death. Dr. Herman Grote, one of the greatest numis- matic authorities in the world, died the other day in Hanover, aged 93. He was for many years an active journalist, having been editor of the Hanoverian Lendleaves. He was the founder of the Historical Society of Lower Saxony. 3 The important assertion is made in an Eng- lish newspaper that the Duke of Hamilton is the finest judge of claret in the world. SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS. When & man is in love he sometimes gets his symptoms mixed up with that tired feeling.— EFFECTS OF LOTTERIES. The Pastor of the New Jerusa- lem Church Writes a Let- ter to the Point. Misery That the- Efforts to Get Money by Chance Has Wrought. The following interesting letter from one of the ministers of this city shows the in- terest that the CALL'S movement to sup- press lotteries and lottery advertisements has awakened: APRIL 11, 1895. To the Editor San Prancisco Cali—DEAR SIR: Permit me to GX%!H-I to youmy thanks for the noble stand you havye taken in the suppression of the details of such corrupting news as the Wilde-Queensberry scandal and also on the lot- u{y qneldflt:g. Tegard the lottery as one of the most de- basing institutions in the country, for reasons which 1will presently state. And I wish to say at the outset that all raffies and other deal- ings in chance which private persons,and even churches, resort to at times for raising money are nothing less than incipient lotteries, which peve the way toa patronage of the larger con- cerns. And what thet means I have wit- nessed. Fortwo years I wasa resident of the State of Louisiana and saw the workings of the then existent “Louisiana State Lottery' at close range. Iwill pessover its terribly corruptin; influence upon politics, municipal, State an even nationa/, to speak only of iis effects upon some of its patrons, Besides its great semi-annual and monthly “drawings” advertised to the world, it held smaller drawings, which, if I mistake not, were daily and onlz locally patronized. And so popular did these become that there wers thousands of ple whose sole ambition it was to earn or the two bits necessary to buy one of the tickets for those daily drawings. Many & mother even, with children dependent upon her, would proeure a lottery-ticket with the money that ought to have purchased food for her little ones. : Thus, with the temptation constantly before them, the growth of the habit of Fu:chumg lottery tickets was like the growth of the opium or liquor habit, the greater the number of tickets purchased the stronger became the im- pulse to buy more, for the victim felt a con- stantly increasing desire to get back what had been lost. Each failure to win a prize only made him flatter himself that he must cer- tainly win some time, and then the adroit pub- lication of the lucky ticket-holder's name made him believe that his chance for the next prize was just as good as sny other ferson’s. And so, without stopping to refiect that to his one chance of winning, there were twenty thou- sand or more chances against winning, he would purchase another ticket. The demoral- izing effect upon the community was some- thing terrible. In the constant hope of getting sometiing for nothing or & great deal for very little, those patrons of the lottery lost all inter- est in their respective employments and trades. They were continually expecting to draw the coveted prize, which would make them inde- Fendent. Those able to buy the tickets for the arge monthly or semi-monthly drawings would often incur large debts. One instance of the many will sufice. A physician bought alotof very fine furniture, stating that at s certain time he was to receive a large sum of money which would then be due him. The only fonndation on which he based his pledge to gfi}' was the lottery ticket he had in his pocket, as was proven later. The carcer of what may be termed the lottery-ticket fiend who had become addicted to the habit was demonstrated in Louisiana to be marked by three steps or degrees. First came the borrowing of meney to buy tickets, expecting of course to pay back out of the to- be-acquired fortune. Secondly, no longer able 1o borrow, he begs for & nis ere and a dime there with which to buy & ticket. And las when begging has ceased to yield the req amount for tickets and sustenance, he turns to pilfering to get it. _ One needed but to look into the Iy glar- ing eyes and haggard expectant faces of the roups of men and women gathered around the places of the daily drawings to be con- vinced of the soul-blighting effect of that fas- cinating evil. From what has been ssid I believe it will ap- ar that the man or woman who purchases ottery tickets is unwittingly being drawn into & maelistrom whose tendency is toward the prison or the gallows or a wretehed life of shame. I say the tendency is thither, and those who purchase lottery tickets who do not .. -And n | albeit unconsciousl | | Atchison Globe. ‘When the weather forecaster predicts & cold ‘wave that doesn’t come it may be referred to as a signal failure.—Philadelphia Record. Pipkin—I want money, and I want it bad. Potts—Then you'll bave to get it from a counterfeiter.—Smith, Gray & Co.’s Monthly. There is & growing belief that New York's common-law marriages do not make adequate provisions for the step-husband.—Chicago Dispatch. Straggler—Your father, being a& seaman, could box the compass pretty well when away from home? Boy—XNo better'n he could box me when he ‘was at home, I guess.—Boston Courier. Mrs. Wiggles—What did Mr. Waggles say when he proposed to you? Mrs. Waggles—Do you know, we both of us tried to remember that the very next day, and aeither of us could.—Somerville Journal. 01d Bach—If you were going to get married again what day of themonth would you select? Ben E. Dick—The 30th of February. 01d Bach—But there isn't any 30th of Febru- ary. Ben E. Dick—That’s the reason I'd select it.— Philadelphia Inquirer. Manager—There are only a dozen people in the house. Modern prima donna—I'll go on and sing. 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LTS POPULA reach those aestinations will have parted with something of their manhood and womanhood in their dishonest ambition o get something for Dothing. o & ow, Mr. Editor, if it is not going beyon bounds, let nie add that having Seen so Ev’mx? the blighting influence upon character of the untrammeled lottery in Louisians, I cannot Tegard it In any othér light then esan enemy, : ¥, to society and sn sccom- plice in the outrage ‘and crime committed by otteries againsi manhood and morals every newspaper that publishes the advertisements of lotteries or smuggles in amomg its news | columus reports of drawings and the winning numbers and the names of successful ticket- holders. They are cunningly devised to ecap- tivate those poor unfortunates (who are also numerous) who believe that fortune has singled them out for its favorites. Irejoice that the law of the land prohibits papers with such lottery advertisements from ing circulated by means of the mail or ex- press companies. But unforiunately we have Do law in our State which prevents their being printed and circulated by the private carriers. Would therefore that every moral citizen of San Francisco might become a law unto him- self and refuse to take any paper—now that we have one which does not do it—that brings into his home the gold-bought columns of allnre- ments held out by lottery companies, the ten- dency of whick is to undermine the integrity and uprightness of his sons and daughters. Let me also add that the CALL and its editor, having taken the initiative in cleaner journal: ism, are der;emng of m; mogfl support and patronage of every upright resident of the ci: and State. veryry:rm;’ ygnn, o F. L. HiceINs, Minister of the First New Jerusalem Church. —_— —_— Titled Kleptomaniacs. To believe a French writer, there are no fewer than 4000 women caught every year in stealing during shopping expeditions, a habit eu; honiougsly ftg'le kll:ptomanin. The number of titled ladies seized with this strange malady while examining the fashions in Paris, he tells us, is almost in- credible. Among the most recent culprits were a Russian Princess, a French Countess, an English Duchess and the daughter of a reigning sovereign. As a rule, these more distinguished offenders are let off on the payment of 8 round sum for the relief of the poor, and when the shoplifter is known to be rich the sum exacted rises to as much as 10,000 francs. The police authori consent to this sort of condonation.: York Commercial Advertiser. EAGLESON & CO.’S NEW SPRING 0003 Fancy Shirts, Negligee Shirts, Underwear, Neckwear, Etc. Latest NT)velties! R PRICES! 748 and 750 Market St., S. F. given | 242 Montgomery Street, S. F. HINDERCORNS, the best cure for corns, 15 cente. | 112 S. Spring St., Los Angeles.