The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 29, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1895 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: DAILY CALL—$6 per year by mail; by carrier, 15¢ per week. SUNDAY CALL—$1.50 per year. WEEKLY CALL—#1.50 per year. The Eastern office of the SAN FRANCISCO CALL (Daily and Weekly), Pacific States Adver- tising Buresu, Rhinelander bullding, Rose and Duane streets, New York. APRIL 29, 1895 Enterpr! e isa form of morality. No sooner did the heavens begin to weep than the people began to smile. Every nmew improvement adds to the value of every previous improvement. An honest debt of the City must be paid and honest men will find a way to pay it. The Nicaraguans have made Dame Bri- tannia think that it is about time for her to sit down and comb the hayseed out of her hair. England may encounter a pin_if she sits on the chair which Nicaragua left at Co- rinto. There is no longer a Walker to straighten things out in Nicaragua, but Joaquin Mil- ler is still left to us. This is a State of marvels, for last Friday and Saturday the cloads rained millions of dollars upon the soil. Even those people who are not in favor of bimetallism are opposed to giving cur- rency to Clevelandism. Political thunder-clouds are already charging themselves with lightning for Presidential candidate: This week will see a further advance made in the San Joaquin road and new steps taken for progre: Eastern papers are making life miserable in that =section by interspersing spring poetry with baseball yel The two Santa Cruz boys who played with powder saved themselves the embar- rassment of a maternal blowing up. 1t is only those whose avarice prompts | them to get money without earning it that are swindled by lotteries and bucket-shops. While everybody knows that Grover's letter on the money question was vague, there is no desire for him to write another to explain it. The rain has put a gold pen into the hand of every citizen, who can benefit himself and tie State by signing for shares in the Valley road. Wisconsin is rejoicing over the fact that not a single bill passed by the Legislature this winter was bad enough to require a veto by the Governor. It is now fairly well assured that the re- ceipts from the income tax will fall below $15,000,000, and Carlisle’s anticipated sur- plus will drop and be lost in the deficit. The Monroe Doctrine has put spectacles on its ancient eyes, but it would require an unearthly telescope to reveal to its vision anything in the vicinity of Nicaragua. It is hard to understand how the Demo- crats of any State could invent a faction | fight unknown to the Democrats in thelate | Congress, but those in Illinois are doing it. A thorough-going newspaper will not only make the world known to the com: munity in which it is published, but will make the community known to the world. The outlook for crops in the Mississippi Valley is reported to be unusually good this vear, and as a consequence the belief in the Ccoming of better times is growing in every field. Eastern Republicans are rapidly getting into line with Western men on the silver question, and by the time of the next Presidential campaign, the party will be unanimous. The presence of so many angels at the churches and matinees of San Francisco ought to be sufficient to convince the most casual observer that we are not living very far from heaven. While the Democrats are casting an eye toward the sundown sea for a Presidential candidate, the Hon. Stephen M. White de- clares that he is not a candidate for the Vice-Presidency. The city resident who drops his money into bucket-shops has no right to laugh at the farmer who becomes the victim of the goldbrick swindle because he “does not read the papers.” England feels easy enough when she goes out to fight a European lion, but when a little Nicaraguan flea bites her she either has to bear the pain in silence or hurt her nails in scratching. * If the people who are brooding and “theorizing” over the Williams-Lamont niurders do not drive themselves to insan- ity or suicide it will be merely because they are lacking in brains. The best way for Japan to meet the pro- test sent to the Mikado by European pow- ers, is to give the Chinese a few lessons in the art of war and then unite with them to drive the Europeans out of Asia altogether. The latest caper of the advanced woman is reported from.London, where a Mrs. Beauclerk, who set up as a stockbroker, hired her husband as clerk and then un- dertook to discharge him for disobedience of orders. The Democrats are making a move to forestall the Republicans in the raising of the frée-coinage issue, but they will have to do a great deal of scrambling yet before they can emerge from the wide shadow which Grover ca Politics is redhot in Kentucky over an election which is not to take place until next fall, the present heat being due to a fight for the Democratic nomination for Governor and indorsement for Senator by the convention in June. If the popular sentiment against a third term did not render Cleveland immune against a renomination, it is conceivable that the influence of Wall street in the ‘White House might not stand between free coinage and prosperity. Again we are to have a Government stir- ring up of the ugly contention between 8an Pedro and Santa Monica as to which shall be selected to receive the contem- plated harbor improvements, and this re- minds us that in ages past there was some talk about a new Postoffice at San Fran- cisco. A TIMELY BENEFIT. The rain of Friday and Saturday was re- markable not only for the fact that it cov- ered the State from end to end, but because it was justin sufficient quantity and came at a time when it could do the most good in all possible ways. Hay- cutting had begun in only a few advanced sections, and such hay as had been cut suffered no damage. All cereal crops were immensely benefited, and the orchards and vineyards were greatly improved. The CALL's reports from all parts of the State indicate that the crops of all kinds this year will be heavy, and that the rain has added millions of dollars to the wealth of the State. Two very important considerations are suggested by this condition. One is that the people are now enabled and encouraged to push the development of the State with all possible vigor. No conceivable danger, such as tornadoes, cyclones and the like, which are_always a menace to farmers east of the Sierra Ne- vada, can be expected in California, and the market conditions of the world indi- cate that profitable prices will be received for all our products, including even, wheat. The profits of wine-making and orange- growing have been assured and demon- strated by the organization of those en- gaged in these industries. The raisin- growers have made a similar organization with a like prospect of generous returns, and now the growers of deciduous fruits are preparing to follow the rule which has proved so beneficial in allied industries. In short, by reason of all these circum- stances, not counting others, the financial outlook for California this year is un- usually bright. This brings us to the sec- ond consideration—namely, that there is now every good reason why the spirit of progress which is stirring the people should be advanced with all the energy that intelligence and prosperity can com- mand. Everything lately has been hap- pening in just the right way in California. It seems almost providential that the splendid rain should have come to fill the measure into which alreaay had been poured the inauguration of the San Fran- cisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad, the wonderful festivals in various parts of the State and the cementing of State fel- lowship through the efforts of the Hali- million Club of San Francisco. Those parts of the San Joaquin Valley which | were feeling uncertain on the score of their | erop returns are now assured of an abund- | ance and are encouraged to come forward generously in aid of ti.e Valley road. Never in the history of the State have so many cheering conditions existed at one time. All that remains now to be done is the utilization of the resources and oppor- tunities which are at hand. The extent to | which this done will be the measure of our intelligence in their use and of our pride in the State. Centralization of ef- fort must be the means by which these at ends are to be achieved, and as the ley road is the most prominent under- taking now before the people it should re- ceive the first support. A DANGEROUS REPORT. From a scientific point of view there is nothing very surprising or extraordinary | in the report of the British royal commis | sion appointed to examine into the effects of opium-eating in India. The comm sion reports that ‘the temperate use of opium in India should be viewed in the | same light as the temperate use of alcohol in England,” and that “opium is harmful, | harmless or beneficial, according to the measure and direction with which it is used.” Although we are assured by the London telegram bringing this information | that the report “‘will much astonish many | people, especially in America,” there is | nothing about it that is astonishing to a well-informed person. The report means to say merely that the moderate use of qpium in a country where this is the national nerve-stimulant, is no | more harmful to its users than the moder- | ate use of alcohol to the people of alcohol- | | using countries. On its face this seems a rational and cientific view, but when we refiect on the history of India and China, the two great | opium-eaters of the world, we are not con- vinced that opium is less harmful to a people as a whole than alcohol. Nor can we keep out of mind the fact that while there is much in the dreamy philosophy of opium-eating countries that is profound and beantiful, the aggressive, rapidly evolv- ing and world-making countries are those in which alcohol is the national dissipa- tion. But aside from these considerations the Teport carries an element of danger, in that it might be accepted by the individ- uals of an alcohol-using country as a dictum that they may use opium in mod- | eration with as much safety as alcohol. We know from the very direct testimony which San Francisco can furnish that this cannot be done with any safety whatever. ‘We know that while a Chinese may indulge all through his life in a moderate use of the opium-pipe without apparent great harm to himself, the Americans who adopt the practice invariably become wretched slaves to the vice, sink lower and lower, lose every shred of strength, health and self- respect, become beggars, vagabonds and thieves, and finally suffer an early death of the most degraded and miserable kind. For asimilar reason—lack of inherited adaptability—alcohol has been the prime agency in the nearly complete extermina- tion of the North American Indians. The royal commission of England seems not to have taken a sufficiently broad and profound view of the case, and appears to have been derelict in warning alcohol- users of the terrible dangers which we have indicated. A METROPOLITAN DUTY. In an able editorial referring to a recent statement in the Ezaminer that ‘‘the City depends on the upbuilding of the coun- try’’—a statement which it declares to be a sign of a change of heart in metropolitan journalism—the Willows Journal says: “The CaLy, under its new management, was the first to announce that it would do all in its power for the country’s interest by publishing descriptive articles of all parts of our State. Had the press of San Francisco adopted this course years ago we would bave double the population in the great valleys of the San Joaquin and Sacra- mento.” After pointing out that the press of Los S prietor of the CaLy, and in entering upon the field of San Francisco journalism he determined to make the paper a heipful champion of every section of the Pacific Coast. That policy, adopted with the first issue under the new management, has been kept to the front in the GALL ever since, and we have now an able staff going about the State writing up the resources and in- dustries of one community after another, free of cost to the people in any way. ‘We are glad to see our work in this direc- tion recognized and appreciated. We agree with the Journal that if the metropolitan press had undertaken the work ten years ago, the country back of San Francisco would have had double its present popula- tion. It is not worth while, however, to discuss the mistakes of the past. The future is before us, and we assure our friends of the interior that they will always find the CALL ready to assist in everything that can advance their welfare or add to their prosperity. ARE WARS NECESSARY? Nothing is more obvious than that man is a fighting animal and that war has been a very important factor in his evolution. Those features of history which the ordi- nary reader most keenly enjoys are the de- scriptions of great battles, and the heroes whom our admiration has made most con- spicuous have been great soldiers. Let there be the faintest suggestion of a war and the newspapers of all Christendom blaze with flamboyant headlines and nery- ous discussions concerning it. Until the war between China and Japan occurred there had been no great armed conflict between powerful nations since that which involved Germany and France. The reader of Flaubert’s wonderful ro- mance, “Salambo,” may get from it an intelligent idea of the boundless ferocity which characterized warfare in the days of ancient Carthage. Then Hamilcar, the father of Hannibal, was the hero of the world, and later his son, who was thena child, was to foreshadow the matchless brilliancy of Napoleon. Since those days warfare has become what we are pleased to term “civilized’’—that is, the ancient methods of torture and butchery have been softened into as great respectability as it is possible for the killing of men to possess. There always have been wars; and in spite of the fact that the nobler minds of all the world are faithfully trying to erect a standard by which national differences may be adjusted without a resort to arms, there probably always will be wars. Just now there is a heavy vibration throughout all civilization, and if it does not indicate that at any moment a great war may be sprung, we have read history in vain. Just as lions are made ferocious by the smell of blood, just so the world is ex- cited over the struggle in the Orient. To be prepared for war means more than a willingness to tight—it means a desire that requires gratification; and all the great powers in late years have been arming themselves to the teeth. There seems to be no present danger of a war between the United States and Great Britain over the Nicaragua affair, or between Russia and England over the treaty in the Orient; but human beings are fighting animals, and causes for war even graver than the slight dispute over Korea, which drove China and Japan to war, may arise at any mo- ment. There are wise philosophers who argue that not only is the fighting instinct in men too strong to be repressed in a single generation or even many generations of the highest conceptions of the value of peace, but that a war purifies a nation, consolidates its people and develops patri- otism into its highest form, The argu- ments used in support of this assumption are very strong. One of them is that un- less war occurs to give concerted exercise to the destructive bent the tendency will find expression among the people in the form of private murders and ether per- sonal crimes and outrages, in a lowering of the ethical standards upon which all business and all material progress should be based, in the degradation of social mor- ality snd in political corruption. In other words if at any time we see a wide preva- lence of all these conditions at once we ay regard them as evidences that patri- otism is falling into decay, and may be sure that a war is both needful and de- sired. PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. Empress Eugenie has nearly completed her memoirs, which are not to be published till after her death. Captain Patrick de MacMahon, the son of the Marshal, is one of the volunteers for the Mada- gescar expedition. Mr. Stead is said to be writing a novel with the alarming title, “A Maiden’s Progress Through Modern Babylon.” Mrs. C. C. H. Stranahan, wife of J. 8. T. Stran- shan, known as Brooklyn's ““first citizen,” has given $25,000 to the University of Michigan to establish scholarships for lineal descendants of her father, Colonel Seth Harrison. The appointment of Frederick Wells Wil- liams, & son of the Chinese missionary and scholar who wrote “The Middle Kingdom,” to an instructorship in history in Yale is gen- erally praised by friends of Yale. A friend who recently dined with William E. Gladstone says that the Grand Old Man was in the best possible health and spirits, and con- versed with great animation upon many and varied topics. The late Captain Lauchlan McKay served on the old frigate Constitution with Farragut, who was then a young lieutenant. Captain McKay’s long naval career had furnished him with many reminiscences, one of the most in- teresting of which concerned Hawthorne. Soon after the novelist was appointed Consul at Liverpool, Captain McKey gave him a dinner on his vessel, the Great Republic, and Haw- thorne, a painfully shy man, made his first public speech, an act which gave him great embarrassment. PERSONAL. P. A. Buell of Stockton is registered attha Grand. John F. Kidder of Grass Valley is a guest at the Palace. F. A. Boole, a merchant of Red Bluft, is stop- ping at the Grand. Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Flint of S8an Juan are registered at the Grand. G.B.Koop, a hotel man of Gilsay Springs, ‘was among yesterday’s arrivals at the Grand. Dr. A. E. Osborne of Eldridge arrived in the City yesterday and is registered at the Grand. George Ellsworth Holmes, a well - known singer of Chicago, and his family are at the Palace. Angeles by writing up the resources of Southern California has drawn immigra- tion to that section, while the country north of Tehachapi has been neglected because it was not properly advertised, the Journal concludes by saying: ““We hope to see the San Francisco papers boom this part of the State. The City papers circulate all over the Union, while very few of our local papers circulate out- side of the county whére they are pub- lished, and all the booming ofthe local press does very little good if it is not backed by the great aailies of she City.” The statements contained in these words are not inaccurate. It is the duty of a metropolis to build up the country back of it, and the journals of the metropolis must be largely instrumental in the work. This truth has long been feit by the present pro- 'W. H. Burke, a newspaper man from Chicago, connected with the new Times-Herald, is a guest at the Palace. H. J. Small, superintendent of motive power and machinery of the Southern Pacific Com- pany, came down from Sacramento yesterday and is stopping at the Palace, Hoop’s Sarsaparilla, by purifying the blood creates anappetite, restores the wasted energies, overcomes exhaustion and that tired feeling, cures nervous- ness, dyspepsia and all diseases of the blood. ———————— “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup’” Has been used over fifty years by millions of moth- ers for their children while Testhing with perfect success. It soothes the child, softeus the gums, al- lays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrheeas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. 25¢ & bottle. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Yesterday afternoon two short gentlemen— one very fat and the other very thin—started toward the office of the Palace Hotel. The thin man came from the entrance to the cuartel and the fat man from the grillroom. The former was George S. Nixon, editor of the Winnemucca Silver State, and the latter was Charles Bosko- witz of Front street. “Hello, Nixon!” exclaimed the fat man, as they came together at the desk. ‘‘Whatare you doing down from the mountains? Here, have a fresh cigar, Anything new ?” “I dropped in to see if you fellows were pay- ing your income tax,” responded the news- paper man, with a bland smile. “Income tax?” almost shouted Boskowitz. “You don’t mean to tell me, Nixon, that you can mention that and smile at the same time? Come over here and take a chair while1 tell you the length, depth and width of the lunacy displayed in the passsge of that income-tax law. Here, take another cigar. Now, suppose vou sell & man $10,000 worth of goods in 1894. Your books will show that you have sold that amount of goods, and you will consequently have to pay the tax on the profit accruing from the sale of those goods. Well,so far all is well; but’—and Mr. Boskowitz brought his finger down with considerable force—*‘suppose CHARLIE BOSKOWITZ RE [Sketehed from lfe for the EWS THE INCOME TAX. Ol by Nankivell.] you sold those goods in December, 1894, on sixty days’ time, and the purchaser failed in January, 1895, where in the world would you get oft? You have not only lost on the sale of the goods, but you have paid the income tax on the profitwhich you never received. Is that a square deal? Answer me that, Mr. Nixon. Is it a matter that the people are forced to ac- cept as the law of the land? IHere, light an- other cigar. Did you ever hear of anything like that? Paying the taxes on profit you never received. Why, they might as well tax aman for the pleasure of waiking through the Mint, fearing the possibility that he might some day get his hands on some of the cash there. It would be just the same thing.” “Well, cannot the loss of 1594 be adjusted in 1895 when the tax collector comes around again?” inguired a gentleman who was very much interested in the conversation. “Now, there itis. That question touches on an important point. I am glad you made the inquiry. Let me explain the way they handle all such cases as that: To illustrate, we will suppose that you sold goods in 1894, paid your tax and the consignee failed in 1 y attempted to zet the loss adjusted in 188 collector informs you that the original business which occasioned the loss was done in 1894, that the Government has closed up all the business of that year and that nothing can be done in the matter. In other words, you have got to sell your goods and the buyer has got to ‘bust’ before you can pay your income tax, and it must all be done in one year. If he waits un- 1il the following year to fail you are gone and there is no hope for you. It seems as though wholesalers will begin to demand full settle- ments before income tax day in order to see where they stand. Do you smoke? Havea cigar.” Isidor Jacobs, who draws down a salary of £10,000 & year as manager of the California Canneries Company, was speaking yesterday at the Baldwin about the prospectsof the fruit- canming industry for the coming season: “The outlook is very good for a third larger output this year than iast,” he said. “The prices have gone down so low that consumers are purchas- ingmore of the better class of goods which is put up in California. Most of the inferior articles come from the East. One thing against their g0ods is that they do not use as much syrup as we do. Then another cause for a greater out- put this.year is the fact that during the hard times jobbersand retailers have let their stocks run low and must fill up again at the begin- ning of the season. Then the canners in this City alone will save $250,000 in tin used in making eans through the reduction in the tariff. Last year there was shipped out of this State $3,500,000 worth of canned goods. This year, I think, we shall send $4,500,000 worth. “The building of this new road is going to do agreat deal for the canning industry in the San Joaquin Valley by reducing ‘the rates on supplies shipped from here, and enabling the canners to get their stock for putting up to their factories more cheaply. That is why Stockton is being spoken of now so much as the place for a big cannery. Fresno, too, will be a %00d point as soon as they get more railroad facilities to move their material in and out cheaply. “The factories in San Francisco will start up now in a few days. We begin on asparagusand follow with cherries. There Will be employed in this city in this industry over 6000 people, mostly women and girls. In fact,in summer we take all the women we can get.” SUPPO;:D TO BE HUMOROUS. “Do you smoke cigarettes?’ asked the physt- cian who was examining a candidate for life insurance?”’ “Never.” “Do you drink to excess?” “Never. Ihave onlyone habit which tends to shorten life.” “What is that?"” “Iride on trolley cars.”—Washington Star. Colonel Gunnison—Has China & regular army? Colonel Morters—Yes, suh; keeps the same speed all day.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Applicant—I want to be a concert singer. Manager—Can you sing, sir? Applicant—Not a note, but have the most sudden and unaccountable fits of illness you ever saw.—Detroit Tribune. Mrs. Goodheart—You have a bad cough, my poor man. Jogging Jerry—Yes, ma’am; durin’ the fine ‘weather of last week I bade de bistake of takin’ off me sanitary woolen flannels, an’ now I'm sufferin’ de consequences.—Brooklyn Eagle. ‘Wickwire—What a beautiful whine you use in asking for a dime. Youreallyought to have that voice cultivated. Dismal Dawson—Well, I don’t know but I might be willin’ to hev it cultivated—say under the irrigation system.—Indianapolis Journal, THE HEAVENS IN MAY. 0Of the many bright stars visible these even- ings none imvite attention more than the group of plandgs north of west, s0 conspicu- ously bright, so nearto each other and all mov- ing in the same eastward direction. Tt is not often that such a favorable oppor- tunity occurs for comparing their luster, color and rates of speed round the heavens, and the unusual object lesson will be of interest to every intelligent person gifted with fairly good sight. The upper section of the first diagram explains their relative positions at the begin- ning of the coming month, No. 1 being Venus, DIAGRAM 1. No. 2 Jupiter and the smallest Mars, which can be easily known by its reddish tint. Venus rapidly gains on the other planets, and having overtaken Jupiter the two are what is techni- cally called in conjunction on May 18. The lower section of the first diagram represents the positions at the end of May, when Mercury will have joined the group on the west side, thus forming a line of four planets within a few degrees of each other. It will soon become evident that the swiftest on the celestial racetrack is Mercury, in ancient lore the flying messenger of the gods. Next in speed is Venus, and next the god of war, while Jupiter advances only a few degrees during the month. As they will continue to outspeed each other for many weeks yet, it will be of interest to re- call some of the chief characteristics of the starry wanderers. . Notwithstanding its vast distance, Jupiter, being eleven times the diameter of the earth, is an interesting object, even in a small tele- scope, as its belts and four of its moons are dis- tinetly visible. Many eminent physicists are of opinion that it is an intensely heated body, and though shining chiefly by sunlight, also sends forth some faint gleams of its own. The silvery gleam of Venus is deceptive. It isa dark globe of the same size as the earth, and probably has an atmosphere of considerable depth glowing intensely in sunlight. On this account telescopie observation of its surface reveals little, though rone of the planets come 50 near to us as Venus. Mercury, still nearer to the sunlight and of smaller o, is also veiled in nearly impene- trable lusrer. Far different is the case of Mars, with its snowy poles and varied surface,only needing harmony of opinion among astrono- mers to render its topography a subject of widespread study; for while some enthusiastic observers see evidence of intelligentwork in its strange lines, others withhold assent until the evidence of intelligence becomes more intelli- gible. So far no astronomer maintains that Mars is uninhabitable, and this shou'd be remembered DIAGRAM 2. later on when the great telescopesof the future shed light and knowiledge on the unsettled subjeet. Mr. Crossley’s noble gift of & three- foot reflector to the Lick Observatory will no doubt be an aid in the solution, as it is especially suited for the photography of planetary detail. Though undoubtedly of superior construetion it is not, however, of un- usual size for a reflecting telescope, one of three feet in diameter having been used by Herschel 100 years ago, and one of double that size since 1844 by Lord Rosse. The constellation irgo represented in the second diagram can be more conveniently seen by the star-gazer in the month of May than at any time during the year as it is on the meridian after dusk. The intersecting lines show the apparent position of the sun when crossing below the equinoctial line September 21, on which date aay and night are equal throughout the world. Sphea, No. 1 in the diagram, is the only star of first magnitude that belongs to the constella- tion, as Saturn isonly a temporary sojourner. The planet Saturn, No. 2 in the diagram magnificent teiescopic obvject, with bright rings now known by the recent spectro- scople discoveries of Professor Keeler to be composed of & nost of small revolving moons. Probably the greater number are mere parti- cles rock size or less many miles apart, but shining by eunlight and each whirling inde- pendently in its own time round the planet. Besides this ring-shaped host eight moons of DIAGRAM 3. the ordinary type may be also seen, Titan, the Iargest, being 3000 miles in diameter, or equal in size to the planet Mercury. Though not fully as large as Jupiter, Saturn is nearly double the distance,and with slow and stately pace moves round the sun in twenty-nine and a half years. While we can at present see the true east- ward motion of the four first-named planets Saturn at this time seems to retrograde or move westward, as the earth is in reality out- speeding it in an eastward direction. It will be many years before all the primary planets, our earth included, are again found within an arc of 150 degrees of the celestial thoroughfare—the ecliptic. Though invisible to the naked eye, Neptune and Uranus are also in the evening sky at the opposite limits of the arc. Many think that this mass-meeting of worlds must have some effect on the sun, the earth or its atmosphere. Theoretically it has; but the effects may be regarded as imperceptible. No doubt, the vaporous sun, 1000 times the mass of all the planets combined, may have a few gentle ripples in addition to its usual state of tumultuous agitation; no doubt the planets sway slightly in their onward course, perhaps the ocean may add a demi-semi-quaver to its tidal song and the heaving atmosphere give an extra throb in recognition of planetary in- fluence, but, as before stated, such offects are all but imperceptible. ROSE O'HALLORAN. —e CrEAM mixed candies, 25¢ b, Townsend’s.* R GEO, W. MONTEITH, law offices, Crocker bldg.* — Bacox Printing Company, 508 Clay street. * .- 'WINE-DRINKING people are healthy. M. &. K. ‘wines, 5¢ & glass, Mohns & Kaltenbach. 29 Mkt~ THE VOICE OF THE PRESS, Praise for the “Call’s” Anti- Lottery Crusade Uni- versal. INTERIOR JOURNALS IN LINE They Warmly Commend the Broad- Gauge Anti-Fake Policy of the ° New “Call.” THE NEW ¢ CALL.” San Francisco Wasp. 3 Charles M. Shortridge, the new editor and proprietor of the CALL, is not allowing any grass to grow under his feet. Heis booming his journal in an energetic, and, at the same time, systematic manner, which is telling its story in a steadily in- creasing advertising patronage and sub- scription_list. During the past week the renovated Market-street business office of the CALL has been an object of considerable interest to the public. Carpenters and painters have been effacing the somewhat silurian character of that establishment and invested it with an appearance of up- to-date smartness that is in keeping with the new role of the staid but reliable old Carn. Evidently the San Francisco public is not slow to appreciate enterprise and is quick to discern it, for the couple of clerks in the ancient business office have been in- creased to a dozen in the newly renovated and reconstructed quarters, and tbe sleepy air of the bygone establishment has given place to a rush and bustle that tells its golden tale in the cashdrawer and the ad- vertising columns. 3 k) Htid Mr. Shortridge is 3'\me original in his methods, and his readiness to let the pub- lic have a look at him whenever it desires is a subject of comment among newspaper men. 'i‘he general rnle among San Fran- cisco publishers, personally, has been to dodge the public eye as much as possible. In some offices a visitor has to pass a cordon of janitors, clerks, etc., before he can obtain the favor of an interview with one of the reportorial staff. To see the managing editor is a task only equaled in difficult; gby trying to interview the Presi- dent of the United States. The proprie- tor’s sanctum is as inaccessible as the Win- ter Palace of the Czar of all the Russias. The new editor and Fmpnetor of the Cary has changed all this. His office is free 10 all who desire to see him. He has no fear of the public eye, for he evidently regards himself as a man engaged in the honorable task of building up a great news- paper on legitimate lines, and as such can pursue his vocation without being sur- rounded by body-guards or hedged in by iron shutters and strong walls. He has the correct idea of the true character of a newspaper publisher and his proper rela- tions to the public, and is bound to make his journal a_great success. It being already recognized as one of the best fam- ily advertising mediums in the country, his task is a comparatively easy one. . QUIETUS TO LOTTERIES. Galt Gazetle. Now that Wells, Fargo & Co. have issued a_peremptory order forbidding the em- ployes of the express to receive or forward any ticket or advertisement of a lottery, we may well conclude that the backbone of the lottery business js broken in this State. With the mails and express closed against the lottery frauds the business will be brought to a sudden close on this coast. The San Francisco CarL has done more in the past few months to put a ietus to the nefarious lottery business in California than any one other agency we know of. Al g FEARLESS AND WIDE AWAKE. Templeton Advance. The San Francisco CArr, since it has come into the hands of that live, wide- awake journalist, Charles M. Shortridge, is a fearless, conscientious exponent of the people’s cause, and is gaining friends wherever it goes. Give it a trial, and so well will you be pleased that you will not like to be without it. GIVES THE COU A Redding Free Press. The San Francisco CALL has wisely un- dertaken to give the rural districts proper attention, noticing leading events in each community. This is a new departure for a San Francisco paper and will interest the country press and people and help the CarL’s subscription list. —_— - FOR UNITED CALIFORNIA. Redlands Fucts. In taking up the battle for united Cali- fornia, the San Francisco CarL has set a Eace for its contemporaries, which they ave readily accepted, and the fact that the Tehachapi Mountains exist seems to have been very generally forgotten. D NTRY SHOW. GOOD ANTI-LOTTERY RESULTS. Livermore Herald. The CaLL’s agitation against the l_ot_teries has been productive of many beneficial re- sults thus far. Wells, Fargo & Co. has given orders to its agents not to handle Tottery tickets. This comes near beinga death blow to the business. - A FIRST-CLASS PAPER. Red Biug’ News. Mr. Shubert, the agent for the Daily Cavr, informs us that the circulation of that paper is increasing very rapidly. We are not surprised to hear it, as the CarL has become a first-class newspaper. PERFEGT GEWMS. THOSE LOVELY DINNER SETS, Selling for a Mere Song. DINNER SETS COMPLETE. Pure White Set complete. Rich Brown Decorated Set complete Dainty Harvest Decorated Set compl Decorated Gold Enamel and Wild Flower Set complete. .. ik Gold Tluminated Decorated Set complete, exquisite...... 25 Decorated Toilet Set. . 165 Decorated Toilet Set, 266 Newest and Richest Shapes, designs and decorations. Gems of beauty. A Revelation in Prices- —AT— . (Great American Importing Tea Co.s Don’t fail to see them. New Features. NEW TO-DA TO-DAY, TO-MORROW, ’ WEDNESDAY, OUR 3 LASTDAYS] HICAGD CLOTHING COMPARYS Great Retiring Sale Drawing " to aClose!’ STORE to BE VAGATED Thursday, May 2, 1893. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Our 38 Last Business Days! CLOTHING ——FOR—— Actually Nothing! YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS THIS SALE. CHICAGO CLOTHING COMPANY, 34, 36, 38 and 40 Kearny Street. WILL & FINCK €0, HEADQUARTERS ——FOR— BARBER SUPPLIES! 818-820 Market Street PHELAN BUILDING. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION AND AFFAIRS OF THE Standard Marine Insurance Company (LIMITED), F LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, ON THE 31ST day ot December, A. D. 1894, and for the year ending on that day. a8 made to the Insurance Com- missioner of the ate of California, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 610 and 811 of the Polit- ical Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner. CAPITAL. Amount of Capital Stoc! cash. ASSE Cash market value of all § Bonds owned by Company Amount of Loans secured by of Bonds, Stocks, and_other mar- ketable securities as collateral. Cash in Banks. 8,000 00 16,159 00 Premiums in di 132.031 00 Bills Receivable. not matured, taken for Fire and Marine risk z 2.730 00 Policy Stamps on hand. 912 00 Total Assets.... LIABILITIES. Losses in process of adjustment or in suspens i $146,625 00 Gross premi arine and Tn- land Navigation risks (reinsurance 100 per cent)......... easesssasss 77,550 00 All other demands against the Com- pany.. sl s 186,942 00 Total Liabilities... ciiieeieees $359,117 00 INCOME. Net cash actually received for Ma- = rine premiums......... $ $387,673 00 Recelved for_Interest and dividends ‘on Bonds, Stocks, Loans, and fro all other sources iieeeeeees 38,684 00 ‘Total Income. .. o enee $426,357 00 EXPENDITURE Ne ¢ paid for Marine Losses. $3¢5,587 00 Do e o Stockholders e | D0.000 00 [} alaries, fees, and other P earges for off clerks, etc..... 40,908 00 Paid for State, National and local BAXOBES (oL naichico i ey 1,345 00 her payments and expendi- b 7,015 00 Total expenditures. & v $444,855 00 ine losses incurre M;; .. $392,802 00 RISKS AND PREMIUMS. MARINE | | PREMIUMS. Net amount of Risks | i itten during the | $52,555,945 | $387,673 00 ve Net . expired during me{ amount of Ri year .. 51,777,790 | 891,770 00 Net amount 1 rce December 31, 1894. 5,433,635 | 77,550 00 JAMES G. NICHOLSON, President. JOHN GICK, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 6th day of February, 1895. AMES E. NEAL, J. rsean] | U. 8. Consul, Liverpnol. STORES. 52 Market Street 140 Sixth Street 1419 Polk Street 521 Montgomery Ave. 2008 Fillmore Street 3006 Sixteenth Street 617 Kearny Street 965 Market Street 333 Hayes Street 218 Third Street 104 Second Street 146 Ninth Street 2510 Mission Street 3259 Mission Street 917 Broadway 131 San Pablo Avenue 616 E. Twelfth Street Park Street and Ala- meda Avenue San Francisco { Oakland + Alameda J. D. SPRECKELS & BROS. CO., General Agents. J.B. F. 40 70008 Montgammer Siear Telephone 1842. A LADIES' GRILL ROON . Has been established in the Palace Hotel N ACCOUNT OF REPEATED DEMANDS made on the management. It takes Lhe piace of the cliy restaurant, with direct ernirance from Market ol. Ladies shopping will find this a most desirable place to lunch. Prompt service and m erate charges, such as have given the gentiemen’s Grillroom an international reputation, will preval in this aew department.