The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 9, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1895. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: DAILY CALL—4$6 per year by mail; by carrier, 150 per week. NDAY CALL—$1.50 per year. Y CALL—$1.50 per ve: tern office of the FRANCISCO and Weekly), Pacific States Adver- tising Bureau, Rhinelander bullding, Rose and Duane streets, New York. Many fetes make leagues. Working in harmony means enjoyment in common. Our weather may be as changeable as a woman, but it is 0 as charming, The good roads of the future will owe a large debt of gratitude to bicyclists, It is not difficult to find small stones against which we may dash out our brains. The bicyclists are trying to get their wheels into the heads of the Half-million Ciub. _— It is impossible to give the competing road a good start without giving ita good terminal. Opposition to the bicycles has become so developed in some Eastern towns that it is now referred to as a disease and called “bicyclophobia.” We cannot remind you too often to do your share in making California a market for California goods. The comparatively dispirited appearance of the flowers of San Francisco may bear some occult relation to the splendor of the flower show at Santa Rosa. It may be true Dr. Buchanan “is moving heaven and earth” to escape the electric chair, but he might simplify matters a good deal by moving the chair. According to the latest reports paper hosiery is supplanting woven goods, arti- ficial cloth is made of wood pulp and wooden matches are made of leather. It is not surprising to learn that the lit- tle Queen of Holland enjoys the compara- tively large territorial freedom which the corridors of Buckingham Palace afford her. Among the striking features of the “la- dies’ edition” of the Omaha Bee was a vigor- ous editorial denouncing Cleveland’s letter on the money question as a violation of the Monroe doctrine. All that keeps California from maintain- ing a monopoly of the fruit-growing in- dustry of the country is the backwardness of her fruit-growers in exercising the vower which they hold. As a promoter offharmony among all the agencies which can be made useful in the advancement of the State, the Half- million Club is wisely abstaining from the breeding of contentions. The proper course for all good citizens to pursue is not to apologize for anything in the local government or in the conduct of private citizens that may seem inimical to progress and right conduct. The local press could not better forward the prosperity of all classes in California than by showing that whereas the Eastern States are hard hit by strikes, in California no man’s hand is raised against his bread. An Eastern book collector bought a rare edition of Poe’s “Tamerlane,” spent $300 in giving it a gorgeous binding, and then had to sell it for §1000 less than he gave for it because the fancy binding spoiled it as an antique. If Mr. Taubeneck, the leader of the Populists, should select either one of the three syllables of his name for a personal patronymic or a party shibbobeth, the complications of the political situation would be considerably reduced. In its editorial columns the Philadelphia Record notes the return to the East of “‘the breath of summer, the chirp of the robins and the golden smile of the dandelions,” but the telegraphic reports from that sec- tion are as full as usual of floods, cyclones and forest fires. Bicycle riding has become so common on the roads around Boston that complaint is made of their interference with the use of the roads for driving. It is said to be not unusual to find one set of riders on the right, another in the middle and a third on the left of the highways, and about as many of them going in one direction as in the other. The book just published, intended to prove that Marshal Ney was*not executed, as history tells us, but that he was spared by the soldiers and escaped to North Caro- lina, where he died as Peter S. Ney, re- minds us that no new Charley Ross has been discovered for along time, and that no recent accounts of John Wilkes Booth’s death in the Barbadoes have been pub- lished. An illustraticn of the way the Wilson tariff affects American industry was dis- closed at a recent convention of American potters at Pittsburg, where it was found that American potteries generally are run- ning two or three days a week, while the potteries of Staffordshire, England, are running day and night and their owners have all they can do to fill American orders. L e Progress in the effete East is of a grave character evidently, for the Buffalo Com- mercial recently said: “There- is one place where there is always noticed a steady growth of population and that is at the beautiful Forest Lawn. The graves are increasing at a startling rate. The part of the cemetery near to the main street entrance is now most attractive and the white tombstones are already numerous.” The accomplished editor of the Santa Clara Valley displays a commendable zeal - in insisting that the “amapola” (with the accent on the “‘po”) is what the gorgeous papaver of California should be called, and which some people give themselves profitable linguistic exercise is calling *‘eschscholtzia;” but in spite of papaver, amapola and eschscholtzia (very worthy things in their several ways) the pretty flower will be called a poppy and that is the end of it. —_— The off-hand way in which the dis- patches announce that the old feud be- tween the Fulghams and the Townsends of Tennessee has broken out afresh is apparently intended to make us feel small if we happened never to have heard of the Fulghams and Townsends of Tennessee and their terrible feud, extending over several generations of men and oceans of AN UNFORTUNATE LAPSE. The San Francisco and San Joaquin Val- ley Railroad has been all along regarded as a people’s railroad—a measure of relief which the people of California greatly de- sired. This idea found expression in the last Legislature, which took uncommon pains to recognize and encourage the enter- prise by providing for the leasing of State | lands on the water front of S8an Francisco for the terminal uses of the road. The Hibernia Bank, animated by a patri- otic desire to aid the people 'in the build- ing of an opposition road, and being pro- hibited by its articles of incorporation from subscribing for shares, made a direct donation of $30,000 to the enterprise. The construction of this road from its very in- ception has been aided and encouraged by the true friends of the people, and the leaders in its promotion have been re- garded as the truest frienas of California. + Hence any movement or act which now retards the speedy completion of the road is in direct violation of the will of the peo- ple, and will be construed as favoring the Bouthern Pacific Company in holding its grasp upon the industries of the State. ‘Whatever may be the explanation made by the members of the Harbor Commis- sion, the fact remains that the Board of Directors of the Valley road has decided that the lease under the present restrictions would be of no value. N s 3 & ! Capital is an imperious power, and can require that the terms under which it is invested are such as will giye it reasonable protection. In thisaspect of the case it is clear that under the terms of the lease now offered by the Harbor Commission it would be impossible to sell bonds on the road, and that the lease is violative of the wishes of the people, and should not for a moment stand. Men intrusted with the administration of affairs which bear so vital a relation to | the welfare of the people are charged by the very functions of their office with a broad knowledge of financial and indus- trial affairs. They should know the con ditions on which capital may be employed in the promotion of the public welfare | with reasonable protection to itself. The Harbor Commission might exhibit this proper understanding by correcting the terms of the lease so as to assist the promoters of the road in the floating of | bonds. The bonding of such a property, | as the merest tyro in finance is aware, is a mortgaging of the property, and the average citizen requires no enlightenment on the meaning of a mortgage. The safeguards already provided, with- out reference to the terms of the lease, and wholly independent of them, are sufficient to make it impossible that the property should fall into the hands of any enemy of the people. The lease should make it possible for bonds to be floated without leaving room for the smallest doubt on the score of their validity. Itis not sufficient to say that the Harbor Commissioners are favor- able to the Valley Railroad. to claim that the restrictions which they are seeking to impose are simply to pro- | tect the people and prevent the final trans- fer of the Valley road to the Southern Pacific Company. It is well known that the stock has been pooled for a period of ten years and that an agreement has been entered into where- by the freights and fares charged shall be no higher than will net a revenue of 6 per cent on the actual cost of the construction and equipment of the road. The fact cannot be overlooked that the moment the new road was given life by the generous subscription of Mr. Claus Spreck- els, quickly followed by the support of other brave and generous men, the people of the entire State sounded their praises on every hand, expressing thereby and other- wise a sentiment which those in authority could not do better than heed. THE DRIFTING SANDS. It happens that a considerable part of the City and County of San Francisco is represented by shifting acres of sand, which have been cast up by the Pacific and which disturb the stability of real estate in the acres fronting on the ocean. For many years the private owners of this property, in order to make an appearance of offering something reasonable for sale, have been trying to keep their lots from drifting away. To correct local aberra- tions such weeds as buffalo grass and others have been employed. But in spite of all the exertions of private land-owners it is a wise man who knows that his lot west of Central avenae, whether north or south of the park, will remain in place be- tween his going to sleep and his awaking. The latest report from the State Depart- ment of consular reports informs us of the following matters: “How do the Hol- landers prevent the blowing and shifting of sand in sandy districts? This question, put by an American citizen, I have care- fully investigated. Leading Dutch author- ities on the subject suggest three means— (1) planting a kind of broom (botanical name Arundo arenaria, or Psamma are- naria), which has for years been success- fully employed on the dunes (sand banks heaved up by the ocean)along the west coast of Holland; (2) planting Ammophila arundinace, or sea reed; (3) planting Ely- mus arenarius, or upright sea-line grass. These are used successfully on the dunes, and also along the sandy banks of rivers. The fact that the sand may be salty does not prevent them from flourishing. While all these means prevent thc blowing and shifting of sand in the damp climate of Holland, the authorities here are not yet certain that similar success will be ta- tained in a dry and hot climate.” While all this information is certainly interesting, and while we are all aware that the shifting sandlots lying west of the ridge of hills which traverse the penin- sula of San Francisco, the main problem which confronts us is to restrain the shift- ing of ‘sands by building homes upon the unstable areas. There is nothing so sure to keep a lot from traveling as a house erected on it. In the good time coming the whole of the peninsula of San Francisco will bea nest of homes. It may be the part of wisdom for those wno own the shifting areas to plant such grasses as will serve to define present ownership, and hence the suggestions here given may prove useful. But lying beyond all such considerations is the fact that the whole of the peninsula of San Francisco will in time be valuable for homes, and that the shifting sands should be limited to those who happen to own the property. Up to the present time the development of the various popular residence districts of San Francisco seems to have been more of a fad than a calm and educated expres- sion of a preference. It istrue that South Park and Rincon Hill may have lost their glory because of insufficient sewage; but against this easily avertible condition may be mentioned the fact that the residents of Pacific Heights, however beantiful the view which they command, have had to contend with a wind that required the wisest pre- cautions to avoid a shiver. The.residents of the Mission will say that they are free from fogs and have the blandest climate in blood, but this is a long way from Tennes- the State. And so it goes. There seems to see, and, so far as we can judge, about 3000 miles nearer to civilization. be less philosophy than fashion in the matter of our selection of home sites; and It will not do | if this is true, then the only persons who have need to worry about plants which will arrest the migratory tendency of sand are those whe have sandlots for sale and want to make them seem worth an invest- ment. TULARE AWAKENED. One of the most cheering evidences of | the spirit which is stirring the people of | California has been furnished by Tulare, whose more active citizens have organized an improvement association for the double purpose of making internal improvements and advertising abroad the desirability of this attractive city as a place for homes and successful business. Among the first things to be attended to are the making of excellent streets and the proper care of vacant lots. After that, no doubt, will come the making of attractive parks, the planting of trees along the country highways, the sprinkling of the roads in summer and all the other profita- ble improvements which have been of so great assistance to the prosperity of other | cities in the State. Tulare is to be con- | gratulated for having citizens who so well understand the first principles of success. A NATURAL UNION. the Populists will unite with the Demo- cratic free-silver advocates is not a sur- prise to those who have observed the ten- dency of the Populist movement. Chair- man Taubeneck of the National Commit- tee of Populists has made a refreshing declaration that the old political parties are breaking up, and that the contest next year will be between the silver advocates on the one hand and the gold men on the other. Mr. Taubeneck added this: “The contest will be one in which the South and West will be arrayed against the East., The battleground will be in Indiana, Illinois, Towa and Minnesota. If the South and | West stand together for free silver they | will win.” This shrewd politician seems to have left o ground whatever upon which might be based an assumption that the West and the South might prove unequal to the task of enforcing the issue of free-silver coinage. ‘When Mr. Taubeneck was asked if the | Populists would stand ready to unite with the “‘Democratic silver party’’ (whatever | under the sun that may be), he replied: | “We certainly do. If the party should }'win it would be a victory for the Popu- | lists.” Our Democratic friends may take what- | ever consolation is possible from such a declaration as this. They will understand from the notice which Mr. Taubeneck has | given that if, even as a party, they adopt free coinage of silver as a shibboleth, the Populists will take the credit of it. The zeal and earnestness which charac- | terize the workings of the Populists com- | mand the respect and admiration of all | good citizens. 1f there were no other | ground upon which to base an estimate of their patriotism, we should still have that of a political policy which could have no present hope of reward in the shape of | spoils. And we are not ready to believe that the Populists, even if they should join with some wing of the Democratic party | are guarding the interests of such office- | seekers as may happen to be among them. | We believe that they are working earnestly | and conscientiously for the establishment of certain ideals which they believe will best serve the public good; and it is no re- proof to the conscience which animates them if we should say that we regard their | methods as falling far short of their aspira- tions. | The Populists, as well as all other good citizens, are aware of the fact that so far as the Democratic party is concerned the issue on the silver question is being made up at Chicago, and that by the action of the Illinois Democrats the Democratic party must stand or fall. Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Carlisle, with whatever backing they may receive from England and Wall street, may no longer be regarded as the leaders of the Democratic party on the coinage question. So faras the Democracy is concerned, the West and South have taken the lead in spite of the East, and henceforth will guide the policy of the | party on this, the leading political issue of the day. In this view of the case it must be interesting to the Pacific Coast Popu- lists to reflect that in following the silver wing of the Chicago Democracy it ignores the fact that millions of dollars have been recently staked at Chicago by friends of the Clevelana administration to employ daily journalism to defeat the end which the Populists hold dear. And all this leads us to conclude that the Populists might employ their strength to more profitable advantage either by withholding their sup- port from the weakest wing of the Democracy or by throwing their moral support to the great, broad party of the peoplg—the Republican party—and ascer- taming if it is not possible to find with that element a broad ground on which all American patriots may stand. THE EASTERN STRIKES. Just at the time when there seemed to be a promise of good times in this country as the result of an adjustment to the de- pressing industrial conditions which the Democratic National policy imposed, we are confronted with a series of labor strikes in the Eastern States that are almost suf- ficient to shake our confidence in that ex- pression of American wisdom which gives us confidence in the stability of our insti- tutions. The steel-workers of Chicago and the makers of clothes and shoes on the Atlantic seaboard, together with thousands of coal-miners of Pennsylvania, the Vir- ginias and the contiguous territory, are on a strike so formidable as almost to make us wonder if the people of the United States are either suffering for the necessary things of life or have a small regard for those principles of our Government upon which are based all that makes citizenship valuable. Those who are so inclined may put what- ever construction on these Eastern strikes that may seem most convenient for the purpose in view. The simplest of all tasks—chiefly depends on the point of view—would be to present convincing reasons for or against those outbreaks; it is somewhat a matter of partisanship as concerns the industrial matters at issue. That which concerns us most as Califor- nians is that there does not appear to be present among us those grave causes for dissatisfaction which lead employers and employes to be arrayed in opposing angry ranks. Indeed, when we look back over the past, the strictly local causes for these antagonisms have been extremely rare, Most of our fights of this kind have been the inspiration of Eastern disquietude. In tnis last'may be included the great rail- road strike which so disastrously affected California last year. The only inference which we may draw from a comparison of industrial conditions between California anc the Eastern States is that the people of the Pacific have less cause than their Eastern brothers to com- plain. Taking the whole American Pa- cific Coast, from the Straits of San Juan de Fuca to the Gulf of California, there have been so few strikes based on local causes of dissatisfaction that we may well inquire why the difference in this regard between our territory and that lying east of the Sierra Nevadas should be so prominent. In explanation of the fact might be cited such notorions things as that laborers re- ceive larger wages here than east of us; and while it is true that now and then the laborers among us have suffered for em- ployment, it is equally true that as our people learn to organize and extend their efforts, the available labor among us is found needful to develop those natural resources which are clamoring to be seen. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Judge Carpenter has placed himself on rec- ord as being opposed to the deep, deep sea. “I went out on the bay this morning,” said the Judge yesterday aiternoon in the billiard- room of the Occidental. “Senator Cullom, his wife and daughter were along. We went to Goat Islaud or some such place.” “Pleasant time, Judge ?”’ “Yes, yes. Delightful. Ifound the Senator & very well-informed man. Unusual political knowledge. Oh, there must have been fifty or sixty on board.”” “Do you like yachting as & regular thing, Judge ?” inquired & friend of the court-amicus ourlw, as it is sometimes phrased. “Well it depends altoge ther who and what is on the yacht. Now take it when thereare some ladies and gentlemen of an intellectual turn of mind, plenty of good weather, a supply JUDGE CARPENTER DISLIKES YACHTING, [Sketched from Ufe for the “Call” by Nankivell.] of eigars and plenty of good—" Somebody said something about pints here, but the Judge re- marked, “Quarts. That is oneof the times that the gently rolling billow is all right to mix up with, but as a regular thing I think this yacht- ing business is a little overprai I thought to-day that it could not always be as pleasant and enjoyable as it was then and that the man who is always singing, ‘A Life on the Ocean Wave’ ought to have ‘a home in the rolling deep.’ What in the name of the dead is there to commune with in a waste of waves, and what under the sun can aman find about a cold north wind to fall in love with?” “But while I don’t like the raging sea, I'll tell you what I do think about this Half-million Club proposition. I think it is a good thing. We ought to have & dozen such clubs in California.” Jack McCall of Gray Eagle Bar was out at the dog show last night and took a great deal of interest in the foxhounds, for up in the moun- tains of Placer Jack is known as a mighty deer-hunter. Sanderson, whose dog Paddy took the first prize in the challenge class, was talking of his dog’s merits. “Foxhounds.” he said, “seldom know much more than to follow scent, but Paddy is an exception. Ican drop my knife while out hunting, and, after going on & mile or more, send him back for it and he will bring it to me.” “You ought to see my dog, Quartz,” said McCall. “Thoroughbred?” asked Sanderson. “Oh yes, yes, he's a thoroughbred. One of the smartest dogs you ever saw. Fine deer dog, too. He's half hound and half Scotch terrier.” “I thought you said he was a thoroughbred,” said Judge W. P. Lawlor, who is the owner of & prize-winner. “Well, if you once saw him after deer you would say he was & thoroughbred,” replied Jack, who hasnot attended many dog shows. “One dayI was out prospecting and had no gun with me and we, Quartz and I, came upon a black bear sitting up on his haunches. Quartz had never seen a bear before, but had often had fun with the wild hogs that you may see sometimes in the mountains and he sup- posed he had a hog to deal with and rushed up to the bear and made a grab for him. “The bear just reached out with one paw and, taking Quartz on the side of the head, loosened one ear and sent Mr. Quartz rolling down hill. You should have seen the intelli- gent look of inquiry on that dog’s face when I came up to him. It asked as plainly as could be, ‘What kind of & hog was that, anyway?’ “I am glad to see that the CALL is setting the other San Francisco papers a good example,” said W. T. Brust, president of the First National Bank of Santa Rosa, at the Occidental yester- day. When questioned as to what respect he thought the CALL'S example was particularly ‘worthy of emulation, he replied: ‘“Because it is turning its attention to the country—to the small towns and the wider and more diversified interests of the State. Heretofore the San Francisco press has been too much for San Francisco. The papers have been giving too much space to San Francisco news to the ex- clusion of the more general news of the State. Iamon my return home from a trip down the east side of the San Joaquin Valley and I heard nothing but words of praise for the ‘New CALL,’ as they term it. The wisdom of the policy, I think, is conclusively indicated by the fact that the other papers are following in the CALL’s footsteps, The small cities like the attention which the metropolitan prees is able to give them. It is stimulating to their inter- ests and makes them feel that they are taking 8 more active part in the progressive march of the whole State. It also brings them in closer touch with San Francisco and insures their readier support of enterprises originated here for State advancement. In my own town I know the CALL has greatly strengthened its prestige and hold on the people. Santa Rosa is no different in respect to local pride and vanity to other small cities of the State, and 1 feel certdin the CaLu's attention to their in- terests has given that paper & ‘pull’ ahead of all others.” Captain G, 8. Hinsdale, who is & ploneer of ’49, was telling last evening at the Lick House ©f a resourceful lawyer they had up in Stock- 1 ton in early days. “They had a fire there in 749" he said. “It was before the great fire of '50. After the fire was over it waslearned that & man named Smith had been seen start- ing the blaze in a little alley. A barkeeper in passing by had glanced in and saw Smith cooking, as he supposed, at the time. Smith was arrested, and the case seemed Very clear against him. Jones, a reckless, erratic Texan, took up the case for the defense. All the evi- dence was against the prizoner at first. The barkeeper testified that he recog_mzed Smith Dby the light of the full moon, which, he said, was shining brightly. On the cross-examina- tion Jomes drew from Smith as much ashe could about the moon’s shining auda!hen handed him an almanac, which showed that the moon set on the date of the fire at 7 o'clock in the evening. This broke the witness all up, and the case was hurrie¢ to the jury anda verdict of not guilty brought in, and Smith cleared out. The barkeeper was taken down to the riverside by a crowd of indignant eiti- zens, given fifty lashes and ordered to leave town. A short while aiterward it was found that the almanac Jones had used was several years old, and that there was & full moon shining at the time of the fire.” “The distance from Oroville to Marysville,” said Mr. McMullin of Marysville at thg Grand Hotel last night, “is about eighteen miles, yet it takes an hour and thirty-five minutes to make the trip. Even then the chances are largely in favor of the train being half an hour ormore late. It seems to be purely & case of anything to kill time. The people in that sec- tion are entitled to a better service than this, though I hardly presume they will get it until some sort of competition is introduced. “The question of freight rates, however, is of far more importance to the people thana fast passenger service. Just think of it, grain costs $1 a ton for a distance of only eighteen miles. The people are compelled to pay it, because they can’t help themselves, but they are badly in need of a practical application of the ‘iong and short haul’ clause. “Personally, I am not hurt by these exorbi- tant rates, but there are hundreds of people who are.” PERSONALS. R. I Bently, an attorney of Sacramento, is at the Lick. DT.Elmore, & mining man of Arizons, is at the Grand. J. P. Smith, a capitalist of Santa Cruz, is a guest at the Palace. L. M. Lasell, a merchant of Martinez, 1s & guest at the Grand. J. L. Holland, a mining man of Nevada City, is stopping at the Lick. George Beck, a merchant of Livermore, and Mrs. Beck, are at the Grand. Isadore Alexander, a newspaper man of Sac- ramento, is at the Californi: C.E. Tinkham, a lumberman of Chico, reg- istered at the Grand yesterday. A. L. Levinsky, an sattorney of Stockton, was among yesterday’s arrivals at the Grand. Millard Teller, brother of Senator Henry M. Teller of Colorado, and a resident of Denver, is stopping at the Occidental. Homer Wilson, a prominent mining man of Nevada, came down from Carson and regis- tered yesterday at the Palace. Professor E. E. Barnard of the Lick Observa- tory came down from Mount Hamilton yester- day and is registered at the Lick. W. R. Kennard, representing the ‘‘known circulation” newspaper advertising agency of A. Frank Richardson of New York, who has been in the City for the past week looking up Pacific Coast business, leaves for the North- west this evening. Hang out the sign, “Home products for sale here.”—Tacoma Union. The shortage in cattle is now affecting shoes, and, like oil, water and other commodities, they are going up. Well, if worst comes to worst, we live in & mild climate.—Pasadena News. When one reads /of the terrible eyclones in the East and the devastation caused by the elements among the starved and famine- stricken farmers it makes him feel ashamed of himself for kicking.—Lodi Review-Budget. Just notice that smile on your neighbor’s face. He is feeling happy, because he knows that hard times are past and he is going to make money. Catch hold and pull with him and you will feel liks smiling too.—San Diegan- Sun. Sampson believed in advertising. He took two columns and brought down the house. Yet men will read this to-day who expect to “bring down the house” with an inch “ad.” when they ought to take two columns.—River- side Enterprise. It is all very well for a man to believe that the earth revolves on its axis, but when he be- comes thoroughly convinced that he is himself the axis the less you have to do with him the better. And the woods are full of just such men.—San Luis Obispo Breeze. The senile howl of the gold-bug for “honest money,” “an honest dollar,” is too silly to de- ceive intelligent people. It means & gold standard system, supported by hundreds of millions of interest bonds to sap production. It means ruin to debtors, producers and labor- ers.—Ventura Advocate. Did not Lincoln and Secretary Chase have a thousand times worse financial problem to deal with then the present? They did not look into history for & precedent, but simply made their own money. If they had been such mush-bags as Grover Cleveland this Union would have been rent asunder and England would have been dictating more completely than it is.— ‘Willows Review. If Mariposa County would expend enough money to put her roads in good condition, bridge the streams and make whatever im- provements the public interests demand the value of proverty would be increased and new enterprises would be created, so that the rate of taxation would be less than it bas been in years. It is a mistaken policy to retard de- velopment in order to keep down expenses. Prosperity is not won that way.—Mariposa Gazette. % It is a very fortuitious combination of circum- stances just now, when flower shows have ac- quired the dignity of a popular fad and when every California town is vieing with the others in floral entertainments, that Santa Cruz is conditioned so as to be able to add an exhibi- tion to the list that will be novel, unique and *lead all the rest” in originality of design, in beauty of execution, and in that indirect but essential feature—profit to the people.—~Santa Cruz Surf. e e e FEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. The Mikado of Japan is fond of footvall and can kick a good game. - The latest description of the Chinese Em- peror portrays him as *‘looking about 17, a thin-shouldered, narrow-chested, frail, worn- out boy.” The early ambition of William Black, the novelist, was to be a portrait painter. He reached the goal of his ambition, but by the skillful use of his pen and not by his brush. The last time R. L.Stevenson was in Edin- burgh he was attending the funeral of his father, but he was in bad health then, and only & few intimate friends saw him. Queen iVcioria's daily menn is written in French, with the exception of the single item, “roast beef,” which is loyally and uncompro- misingly English, as befits a national dish. John Davidson, the poet, says he ‘got his first chance in London,” where he took up his abode in 1890, from Sir Wemyss Reid, who em- ployed him to do reviews for the Speaker. Paul Fenimore Cooper, son of the famous novelist, died at Albany, N. Y., on Sunday evening, aged 71 years. He leaves a widow, three daughters and one son. Mr. Cooper was & lawyer by profession, but had devoted him- self largely to educational work. 1t was when Henry Harland, editor of the Yellow Book, was & young lawyer that he made his first attempts at literature. In order to gain time for this work he fell into the curious habit of going to bed immediately after dinner and rising at 2 o’clock in the morning. Then, fortified by & oup of black coffee, he would work assiduously with his pen uutil office time. In that way he wrote his first novel, “As It Was Written.” Music and Musicians. Considering how well English opera, with really good performers, pays, both in America and England, it is extraordinary that managers do not giye it oftener. Manager Pratt, whose only real star was Thea Dorrs, has notwith- standing closed his season with $25,000 to the good, and Sir Augustus Harris' experiment of English opera at’ Drury Lane, which began on Easter Monday, has already proved immensely remunerative. Harris has a good cast of pop- ular favorites, foremost among whom are Fanny Moody; Manners, the well-known basso, and the young Irish tenor, Joseph O'Mara. The latter was a fellow-student in Milan of Mme. Dorra, but unlike all the other British and American students who were working for lyric JOSEPH F. O'MARA. honors, he refused to Italianize his name. “In spite of all temptations to belong to other na- tions, I remain an Irishman,” he used to say, when reminded that Signor Giuseppe Marino would be more high-sounding for a playbill than Joseph O'Mara. For one reason he belonged to a good family and sald he was not disgracing his name by becoming a singer. On the completion of his studies O’Mara went to London, where he was at once engaged by Sir Arthur Sullivan to create the title-role of ‘“Ivanhoe” simulta- neously with Ben Devis, the tenor who had such a success in the East last year. That is less than four years ago. but the young tenor is already solidly established in the affections of the British public. Padelewski has at last found more than his match in a new Polish pianist, Raoul Koczal- ski. They have been trying their powers simultaneously in Paris, and while Pader- ewski’s concerts have received good notices the critics have gone into extravagancies over young Koczalski’s, As a composer, too, the younger man seems to have come out ahead, for Paderewski has played his “Polish” Fan- tasia s0 often that it has palled upon the public taste in Europe, and now Koczalski has just produced a “Polish” symphonic poem for grand orchestra which has sdded immensely to his popularity in Paris. The work describes events in the lives of Boselas the Hardy, King of Poland, and Bishop Stanilas the Holy. The opening movement gives an impression of the happiness of Poland in the early vears of King Boselas’ reign. Then the King's warlike nature begins to as- sert itself, he assembles his troops and marches to Kiew to help Isiaslaw against his brother, the Duke of Russia. The movement of the King toward Kiew is described in a warlike mearch, followed by music which gives an im- pression of the anarchy and revelry of his sojourn in Kiew. The King’s subjects forced him at last to re- turn to Poland. and the last part of the sym- phonic poem describes Bishop Stanilas re- proaching him for his excesses and being in- stantly murdercd by Boselas in the cathedral of Cracow, 1079. A number of French as well as new Italian operas have been produced in Italy lately, and it makes amusing reading to compare the re- ports of the receptions given to the works in the newspapers of the two countries. Forin- stance, “Lakme,” by Delibes, a Frenchman, was given in Milan the other day at the Lyric Theater. The following morning the Parisian pepers contained telegrams: “Immense en- thusiasm over both the opera of ‘Lakme’ and the executants. Mlle. Huguet in the title role got an ovstion and was forced to repeat the beautiful ‘Bell Song’ six times.” The summary of the Italian papers on the other hand ruus: “The success was not an enthusiastic one, either for the score or the executants, though we can conscientiously afirm that the opera gave satisfaction.”” Things were reversed when Mascagni, who is an Italian, produced his «Silyano.” The French papers then read: «Silvano’ scarcely achieved a success of es- teem at the Scala. The public was so disap- pointed that it refrained almost entirely from applause.” While the Italian papers said: “Mascagni_has added another laurel to his wreath. The exquisite music of ‘Silvanc’ brought him ovation after ovation.” A Bach festival has just been given in Lon- don by the Bach Choir, conducted by Professor Stanford. Its performances of the great mas- ter’s works have been very severely criticized, and the Saturday Review suggests that John Sebastian would have been more honored by flaming posters announcing “Bach is the greatest of musicians” than by butchering his compositions on a big scale. “Many a city man who takes his faith with regard to pills and medicines from the hoardings might have taken his faith with regard to Bach in the same way, whereas, failing the posters, he may have gone to the festival and come away murmuring that if this were Bach, and Bach the greatest of musicians, then he preferred a lesser man. The ghost of Bach, 5o to speak, may be evoked by a piano without violence, for we have then merely a serles of sugges. tions, which the mmegination idealizes into a perfect performance. Buta bad rendering on a big scale is doubly odious; it is painful, and one is denied the pleasure of idealizing.” Herr Siegtried Wagner is not quite satisfied with the warmth of his reception in London and other towns he has visited, and according to the Frankfort General Anzeiger it is only in Brussels and Buda-Pesth that he met with the enthusiasm which he thinks he had the right to expect as the son of Richard Wagner. The diminutive Siegfried was particularly dis- satisfied with his receptiom at the Hoch Con- servatory at Frankfort, and the director, Dr. Bernhard Scholz, has given the young gentle- man a facer in reply. The doctor states that he introduced young Wagner to the chiefs of the institution, and he cynically regrets that he did not think it necessary to turn out the pupils “to line the passage in honor of the heir to the name.” Mozart will not have to wait till the twentieth. century to have a statue in Vienna. It is an- nounced that the sculptor, Tilgner, has al- ready finished the work, which he was com- missioned to do some time ago, and that the statue will be unveiled mext October. Itwill be placed behind the new Imperial Opera- house between four crossroads that the feet of the celebrated musician must often have trod, for the old opera-house, where “Don Giovanni” was played after its memorable representations in Prague, was situated close to these cross- roads. The directors of the Imperial Opera and the Society of the Friends of Music are organizing grand musical fetes for the inaugu- ration of Mozart’s monument. Smetana’s opera, “The Bartered Bride,” ‘which has been so much talked of and admired in Germany during the last year, is to be pro- duced in London in July. The music is con- structed from Bohemian mational melodies, and the story is out of the common. One of the personages is supposed to stammer while he sings, while another, for the sake of his ladylove, disguises himself as a performing bear in a circus. The maestro, Leoncavallo, has just presented the Queen of Italy with a copy of his new opera, “Thomas Chatterton.” There seems to exist some doubt, however, as to whether the work has recently been composed, or whether it is notone that Leoncavallo wrote when un- der contract with Ricardi, and which caused him to quarrel with that publisher, because it was refused. Considering the nature of amusement carried onat Monte Carlo, the following programme recently rendered at the Casino makes strange reading: Rossini's “Crucifix,” “Moses’ Prayer” and the “Stabat Mater,” the overture to Joseph” (Mehu ), Gounod’s meditation on Buch’s “Prelude” and a ortion of Men sohn’s “Atalie,” 2 o A new Italian philharmonie society has been formed in this city, directed by Signor Panizzi. Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” is under rehearsal and will shortly be performed. The latest Iyricstar in Paris is Mlle. Lafargue, who went straight onto the stage of the Grand Opera from the Conservatory. She made her debut in Verdi's “Otello.” For the first time in Paris some fragments of Wagner's “‘Rheingold” have just been played at one of the Colonne concerts, Mme. Albani is contemplating another pro- fessional tour through the United States and Canada next winter. An unpublished opera_by Offenbach 1s going tobe produced at the Varietes in Paris. 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