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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1895. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: DAILY CALL—$6 per vear by mail; by carrier, 15c per week. DAY CALL—$1.50 per year. KLY CALL—$1.50 per year. The Eastern office of the SAN FRANCISCO CALL (Daily and Weekly), Pacific States Adver- tising Bureau, Rbinelander building, Rose and Duane streets, New York. THE SUMMER MONTHS. Are you going to the country ona vacation? It £0, it is 10 trouble for us to forward THE CALL to your address. Do not let it miss you for yon will . Orders given to the carrier, or left at s Ofice, 710 Market street, will receive Everything goes well. The bitumen job won't stick, Perhaps Grover is writing his confes- sions. A civilized city ought at any rate to be clean. Money saved in May will make a June holiday. The Woman’s Congress is something of a festival itself. The Supreme Court is all right and the people are with it. Money saved for a rainy day is a kind of change for the worst. It will pay you to read the discussions at the Woman's Congress. Carlisle has told more about gold than he ever learned about silver. Every cobblestoned street in the City will be envying Folsom street to-night. This has certainly been a grand year for floral fetes, but next year will eclipse it. Men will soon be talking through straw hats, but there will be no difference in the talk. Cleveland’s slur will not hurt Admiral Meade, for the people will consider the source. England demanded a wide awake Pre- mier and has got one troubled with in- somnia. The San Diego and Salt Lake railroad project is rapidly taking a shape that looks like business. 5 The National Guard of California is pol- ishing its arms and preparing to add a new luster to its fame. The overthrow of the income tax re- moves another Democratic shackle from the arms of thrift. Day by day the Democratic blight upon the country grows less and Republican prosperity reappears. Now that Parnell, the man-killing lion, is dead, the heart of Texas turns yearn- ingly to the prize-ring. Ifit be true that ‘“‘beauty is goodness perfected,”” Nature has given San Fran- cisco a big start to the good. The garrison of Corinto marched up the hill on the landing of the British, and now has marched down again. Let us thank the fathers of the constitu- tion for making unjust and inquisitorial taxes impossible in this country. The overthrow of the income tax will re- quire a revision of the tariff. Fortunately this time it will be in safe hands. The rebuke that Harvard has given to Yale will probably tend to reduce the num- ber of broken college bones this year. For the people of the interior there is no other holiday resort that will be so pleas- ant or so profitable as San Francisco. If there is any town in California with no enterprise on hand, it is not only be- hind the times, but behind the scenes, g ne b The Cuban insurgents, after months of insurrectionary warfare, have .at last de- cided to publish some reasons for their playing hooky. There is plenty of room in Portsmouth Square for the erectlon of a whipping- post as a monument to perpetuate the memory of the old City Hall. The people who are struggling for land in the Kickapoo Reservation are separ- ated from happiness by the distance which lies between them and California. Four great games of Eastern football— at St. Louis, Cincinnati, Louisville and Cleveland—have telegraphed the foliow- ing: “No game. Wet grounds.” A Brooklyn woman fell four stories from 8 window and then calmly walked up- stairs, while a boy who fell only forty feet from a Seattle apple tree was killed. It is the height of folly for Democrats to talk of what they intend to do in regard to the money problem when they are going to have no chance to do anything. There are people in Chicago who assert & betief that by science, energy and the aid of the Government, they will be eventualiy able to furnish that city with a good climate. Texas is determined to secure the honor of being the battle-ground of the Corbett- Fitzsimmons prize-fight, probably prefer- ring to be the shadow rather than the torch of civilization. ‘We are having another revolution in Central America, this time in Ecuador, but it requires such diversions as these to remind us that the Monroe doctrine is not & North American fetish. American correspondents having been warned by the Spanish authorities not to visit the camp of the Cuban insurgents, the followers of Gomez can no longer lave in the gore of newspaper war. —_———— Under the poignant inspiration of her art Mrs. James Brown Potter sent a poniard between certain two of Kyrle Bellew’s ribs, rousing intercostal pains that have girdled the earth with a groan. It is not surprising that Rear-Admiral Meade should have preferred a court-mar- tial, with the opportunities of defense and vindication which it offered, to President Cleveland’s insulting recommendation that he be retired from the service. Folsom-street enterprise will wear a cockade and bear atorch this evening, when a grand parade of public spirit and bicycles will be held in protest of the pres- ent bad pavement and in favor of a smoother highway to pro:perity, THE UTAH CONSTITUTION. The Constitutional Convention of Utah has prepared and submitted to its people a form of State constitution to be ratified or rejected by their votes. It is in many respects an admirable document, and in some respects a remarkable one. Among its commendable features the one to be first noted is the brevity of the document as compared with other constitutions which the various States have during recent years adopted. It is much shorter than the constitution of California, for example, and in this re- spect at least is superior to it. In its essential articles, however, it iollows closely the arrangement and language of the constitution of this State, and to that extent its framers have acknowledged the influence which California exerts upon the laws and institutions of the States which are being formed west of the Rocky Moun- tains. In some particulars the Utah constitn- tion departs radically from the provisions of earlier organic laws. For example, it abolishes the office of Lieutenant-Gov- ernor, and provides that the Secretary of State shall perform his functions, and in the event of the death of the Governor shall occupy the chair of the chief execu- tive until the next general election. An important inroad is also made upon the jury system by the provision that in all save capital cases the jury shall consist of eight persons, three-fourths of which, in civil cases, may find a verdict. The result of this experiment in reducing the number of jurors will doubtless be watched with interest by those holding both sides of the contention that the jury system is out- worn. The remarkable features of the Utah constitution are those in which it boldly challenges the claim that its people are not ready for statehood because of the dominance in Utah of a pdrticular reli- gious sect. The declaration of rights in the | proposed constitution expressly provides that the rights of conscience shall never be infringed; that the State shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; that no religious test shall be required as a qualification for any office of public trust; that there shall be no union of church and state, nor shall any church dominate the state or interfere with its functions, and that no public money or property shall be appropriated for or applied to any re- ligious worship, exercises or instructions,or for the support of any ecclesiastical estab- lishment. These are bold words o be uttered in Utah, and the fact that a constitution which contains them is to be submitted to its people for adoption indicates the confi- dgnce of its makers that the day of reli- | glous prejudiceand discord is past in Utah, and that there, as well as elsewhere, the principles of American liberty of thought, speech and action and worship shall hence- forth prevail. There is another section of this constitu- tion which challenges admiration in a peculiar sense. It isthat which gives equal suffrage to women. It has been claimed by those who argue that Utah is unfit for statehood that a domestic condition ex- ists there which degrades its women and against which their spirit revolts, though their concurrence is compeiled by the laws which deny women the right of suffrage. The makers of the Utah constitution have been brave enough to offer the ballot to the women of Utah and at the same time to inhibit forever polygamy or plural mar- riages within the State. This privilege and this prohibition show that the people of Utah have an honest belief in their ability to solve every social problem which is presented to the new State through the ballots of its best citi- zens of both sexes, and this confidence the country at large can well afford to share. It is safe to predict that the Utah consti- tution will be adopted with an immense majority by the votes of its people, and that under its banner of broad and liberal privileges, of express and specific gnaran- tees, and of no less explicit prohibitions, the new State of Utah will enter the Na- tional sisterhood with every hope and prospect of becoming one of the most im- portant of the growing cluster of common- wealths whicn control the destinies of the ‘Western slope. THE DISSENTING OPINIONS. Considering the source from which they come, the dissenting opinions of Justices Harlan, White, Jackson and Brown on the income tax cases afford curious reading. One expects from the Supreme Court only declarations of the scope, meaning and in- tent of the law, but these Justices in dis- senting from the majority of the court have seen fit to give us politics. They ap- pear to have considered the question under any aspect rather than that of the law and to have written opinions not upon what the constitution affirms, but upon what in their judgraent it ought to affirm. Justice Harlan included among his ob- jections to the decision the fact that in de- claring the income tax to be void it would deprive the country of a large revenne and defeat the purpose of Congress in enacting the Wilson tariff. He also thought the de- cision would seriously hamper the Govern- ment hereaiter in case we should have a war, and moreover that it gives to certain kinds of property a position of favoritism. Justice Jackson objected that the decis- ion relieves citizens having the greatest ability, while the burdens of taxation fall most heavily and oppressively upon those having the least ability. Justice Brown asserted the decision involves the surren- der of the taxing power to the money class and expressed the hope that “it may not prove the first step toward submerging the liberties of the people in a sordid despot- ism of wealth.” Justice White expressed similar opinions and rested his objections to the decision on the same grounds as his dissenting colleagues. If these utterances had come from stump speakers little or no attention would be paid to them. They cannot be overlooked, however, when they come from members of the Supreme Court, and they are sure to excite no little adverse comment from all citizens who believe our constitution is just and who are in favor of preserving it asitis. The assertions of an inequality in our system of taxation, of the exemptions of the rich from public burdens, of the power of wealth to control the .Govern- ment, and of danger to the liberties of the people through a defeat of the income tax, are more like the harangues of demagogues than the grave utterances of men whom the people delight to regard as the wise ?nd just guardians of the dignity of the aw. Even if it were true, as Justice Harlan said, that “if the decision is Justified by the fundamental law, the American people cannot t0o soon amend their constitution,” he would have done better to leave that consideration to the politicians. The Su- preme Court has nothing to do with amend- ing the constitution. The duty of the court is fulfilled when the intent of the constitution is declared and its effect upon the point at issue made known. The in- come tax has been an abomination in every way. It was an offense to the people from the start. It left an evil trail over every department of the Government that has had anything to do with it, and it now appears that even the dignity of the Su- preme Court could not altogether escape the traces of its pernicious influence. OARLISLE ON MONEY. The address delivered by Secreiary Car- lisle at Covington on Monday can be con- sidered only as another effort on the part of the administration to hold the Demo- cratic party to the present gold standard. Mr. Carlisle expressly stated at the begin- ning of his speech that he isnot a candi- date for any office in the gift of the people or their representatives, and is not in the State in the interest of any candidate. This puts an end to the report that he seeks an election to the Senateand renders it certain that he has taken the stump not in his own interest, but in thatof the ad- ministration. The speech has the merit of being clear and unequivocal in its terms. There are in it none of Cleveland’s vague and mean- ingless phrases about ‘‘honest money” and “sound currency.”” Mr. Carlisle defined ex- actly what was meant by these terms. He declared honest money to be the present gold standard money, and spoke of the ad- | vocates of “sound currency’’ as being op- posed to the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. These expressions put an end to the obscurity in which the Cleve- land letter had partially veiled the attitude of the administration, and render it certain that the policy of the White House and the policy of the so-called goldbugs are identical. The sum and substance of the whole ad- dress is found in the statement: “Iam in favor of the preservation of the existing standard of value, with such useof all legal tender silyer coins and paper con- vertible into coin on demand as can be maintained without impairing or endan- gering the credit of the Government or diminishing the purchasing or debt-pay- ing power of the money in the hands of the people.” To this statement the answer of those who seek a wider basis for our monetary system is that it is advisable to maintain not only the debt-paying power of money, but the debt-paying power of the produce of the people. It isonly by the products of their labor that men can obtain money to pay their debts. If the money of ulti- mate redemption be restricted to gold, and the hoarding of that metal in the war- chests of the Enropean nations so limits | the amount of it available for currency that the organized money powers of the world can practically control the supply and juggle with it between Europe and Amer- ica at their will, then certainly the debt- paying ability of the people is rendered hazardous and uncertain. By bonest money the people mean a money whose value practically remains steadfast. By sound currency they mean a currency founded upon a basis so broad and so strorg it cannot be shaken to and fro by any possible syndicate of capitalists. This basis for money can be found in bi- metallism. With the free use of both gold and silver industry and commerce would not be liable to disturbance and loss at every returning gold stringency. The debt- paying power of the products of industry would be fairly secure from year 1o year, and when thus secured there would be neither any fear about the debt-paying power of money nor about the ability of industrious men to get the money to pay the debta. ALIGNING THE GUARD. The interesting and instructive interview with Adjutant-General Barrett of the Cali- fornia National Guard, published in yes- terday’s CALL, gives an idea of the radical measures which are to be adopted for the reorganization of the body. The appoint- ment of this efficient officer, following so closely upon theselection of W. H. Dimond as Major-General, shows that Governor Budd had given very close attention to the needs of the National Guard and the proper measures to be taken for placing it upon an efficient footing. It is only within very recent years that a majority of the members of the National Guard have come to deem the organization a -serious matter. For young men who liked to wear a uniform, shoulder a rifle, march behind a band, win the admiration of their sweethearts and have a pleasant summer outing, all at the expense of the State, enlistment in the Guard had its al- lurements. For years this pleasant order of things proceeded so smoothly that the wits and satirists of the country found the National Guard a delicious source of mer- riment. This was unfortunate; and with out considering the reasons for it or the proneness of the American mind to make light even of the gravest matters, the fact remains that so long as the fighting in- stinct exists asa characteristic of all the nations, there must be a body of men trained in the use of arms as a resource in the times of danger. Since the terrible days of the Molly Maguires the National Guard of many of the States has been called upon to face death and take life. These emergencies have arisen with increasing frequency in recent years. ‘‘Playing soldier” is no longer an idle pastime, and" there is not a member of the National Guard in all the country but now regards himself as a re- sponsible part of the armed defenses of the Nation. The time has about passed when the soldiers of the regular army may laugh at the Guard. However efficient as fighting machines the “regulars” may be, and how- ever high the esteem in which it is the pleasure of all good citizens to hold them, the fact remains that the motive for their bearing arms in defense of the country will not bear comparison with that of the men who wear the uniform of the National Guard. These young men of the Guard—all nec- essarily possessed of intelligence and in command of the respect of worthy citi- zens — occupy a singularly conspicuous position in the management of the Gov- ernment. They stand above, beyond and apart from politics and political parties, and represent the sole idea of Government support. They have renounced the right to decide, in their fighting capacity, upon any of the questions which may rend the people asunder. As citizens they may vote as they please, whether for or against the Government under which they serve, but when called to arms they must fight for the Government, whether it be good or bad. He who fails to see in this apparent anomaly the highest incentive urging them forward, as citizens, to accomplish all that, as soldiers, they may be called upon to defend, lacks the right under- standing required to regard the National @uerd as a double bulwark of liberty and peace. e —— A SAN DIEGO ROAD. The prospect for the building of a rail- road from Cedar City, Utah, to the Needles seems safe. It is a small affair thus far, even though it presents an opening for the iron of Iron County into the market of California; but it is in the promise that, instead of stopping at the Needles and then connecting with the Santa Fe system, it will be extended to San Diego southward and Salt Lake northward, that the brighter proapect lies. iy San Diego has suffered from being side- tracked under an agreement between the Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe that neither shall invade the territory of the other. The marvelous resources of this extreme southern end of California are. hardly dreamed of by those who have not inspected them. Had it not been for this agreement it is likely that the Southern Pacific long ago would have run a line from Salton, in the Colorado Desert, south- westwardly to San Diego. It would have had to traverse some sixty miles of desert before striking the old Fort Yuma stage- road to Los Angeles, at the eastern base of the Volcan range of mountains. Easy passes through the range could be found, and thence to San Diego the route passes through one of the richest stretches of country in the Btate. The Julian mining district, with its abundant auriferous slates, is on the route, together with vast resources of timber and an undeveloped empire of splendid fruitland. San Diego has no very kindly feeling for either the Southern Pacific or the Santa Fe, and no doubt would contribute gen- erously to any enterprise which would offer it an opportunity for development. It deserves far more than it has ever re- ceived. The facy that it has the best har- boron the coast south of San Francisco offers a special inducement for making it the western terminusof an independent overland road which would have the means to accept the advantages which the ocean affords, THE “ BULLETIN" MOVES. Although the Bulletin and the CALn parted company when the Carr passed under the present ownership, the sturdy old afternoon paper continued to occupy its quarters in the close neighborhood of the CaLv’s editorial and mechanical rooms on Clay street until Monday, when the Bulletin left its old associations and issued its first number from its new quarters on Bush street, near Kearny. Our old neigh- bor in the move has taken on a new dress and form and looks exceedingly attractive therein. In thus seeking a home in the direction of the City’s growth the Bulletin bas given but another evidence of its de- termination to keep in step with the march of recent events. It scemed to be suffi- ciently prosperous before, but if thischange should add to its prosperity and extend its usefulness, none of its friends could be found with better wishes for it than the Carn. PERSONAL. H.W.Wright of Chicago is at the Pleasanton. L. Gerlach of Stockton is a guest at the Grand. F. M. Murphy of Prescott, Ariz., is at the Palace. 8. G. Little, a banker of Dixon, is registered at the Russ. A. W. Riley, & Santa Rosa capitalist, is at the Lick House. Charles M. Dobson of New York is a guest at the Palace. E. J. Burke of Dublin is in San Francisco at the Palace. | Supervisor E. McGettigan of Solano County is | at the Russ. Colonel C. W. Griggs of Tacoma is registered at the Palace. 0. B. Barber and wife of Butte, Mont., are at the Russ House. L. T. Hatfield, a Bacramento lawyer, is stop- ping at the Lick. State Senator C. E. Locke of Colorado is reg- istered at the Russ. Jules Levy, the renowned cornet-player, is registered at the Lick. F. A. Kruse of Hesldsburg registered at the Russ House yesterday. James Jordan, Deputy Sheriff of Humboldt County, is stopping at the Russ. Charles F. Joy, wife and maid, of St. Louis, registered at the Palace yesterday. Colonel J. A. Hardin, a Sonoma County cattleman, is registered at the Russ. I. Kahn, & well-known merchant of Ply- mouth, Cal., is registered at the Grand. Mrs. Mary C. Havens, and maid, of New York, registered at the Palace yesterday. State Senator Frank McGowan of Humboldt County is sojourning at tho Russ House. Hugh Butler, a prominent citizen of Denver, is in Ban Francisco, registered at the Palace. Charles M. Hatcher of San Jose, a leading real estate and insnrance man, is in the City. George A. Smith, an orchardist of Sacra- mento County, was at the Grand last evening. J. L. Holland and wife of Nevada City are guests at the Lick. Mr. Holland is a mining man. F. A. West, vine-grower and wine-maker of 8San Joaquin County, is stopping at the Ocei- dental. J. A. Cooper of Ukiah, one of the best-known lawyers of Mendocino County, is registered at the Occidental. E. Cassleman, a memter of the Board of Su- pervisors of Yolo County, is & guest at the Hotel St. Nicholas. H. C. de Wolfe of the firm of De Wolfe & Co., manufacturers of clothing, New York, is a guest at the Pleasanton. H. E. Rice of Scranton, Pa., a retired capi- talist who acquired his riches in oil, is sojourn- ing at the California Hotel. H. L. Collier of the United States Surveyor- General’s office, Washingten, D. C., is registered at the Hotel 8t. Nicholas. Commodore 0.V, Matthews, U.8, N., regis- tered at the Palace yesterday forenoon, and, later in the day, went to Mare Island. Bol Runyon, one of the widest known fruit- growers of California, came down from Court- land yesterday and registered at the Grand. ‘William Freeborn of New York, who is well known in Californis, is visiting San Francisco after an absence of ten years. He is stopping at the Palace Hotel. : Lieutenant A. A. Morey, cashier of the Peo- ple’s Bank of Santa Cruz and commanding officer of the company of the Naval Reserve recently organized in that town, is at the Grand. Dr. D. Maclean, president of the California Medical College, left the City Sunday night to attend the Oregon State Convention of Eclec- tic Physicians and Surgeons, which convenes on Tuesday, May 21, at Salem, Or. Willlam Lyle, who is well known in mining circles as an expert, left this City for Mexico last SBunday. He expects to be away for two months or more, and during his absence to ex- amine several mining properties with a view of effecting a purchase in behalf of interested capitalists. SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS. Landsman (at yacht race)—What's that craft out yonder? Riverman—That’s the stakeboat. Landsman—Row me over toit. I'm hungry. New York Weekly. Turnpike Walker—Oh, Willle, Willie, what a hollow mockery you are! Willle Werk (with dignity)—Hollow, perhaps, Mr. Walker, but not the other.~Detroit Free Press. Miss Wellalong—I think I made quite & sen- sation in my antique costume at the levee last evening. Miss Marketmade—Oh, decidedly! Every- body exclaimed, “How appropriate!”—Boston ‘Transeript. x “Have you heard that the big sleeves are go- ing out, George, dear?"” ““Yes, my love, I haye, but I don’t believe it.” “Why not, pray?” “I don’t believe they can get through the door.”—Harper's Bazar. “You see I came bright and early this even- ing, Miss Pinkie,’’ smilingly observed Cholly, laying his cane and gloves on the center table. “Yes, I see you came early, Mr. Lightpayte g\lndedly replied Miss Pinkie.—Chicago Tri- une. Miss Antique—How dare you kiss me? Jack Gallant—I don’t know. Must have had & temporary fit of insanity.~New Rochelle AROUND THE CORRIDORS. The recent death of Frederic A.Worth, the man dresemaker of Paris, recalls the fact that nearly thirty years ago San Francisco hada man dressmaker. Carl Limaruty was the man who introduced the novelty of a man msking dresses for women to San Francisco. His place of busi- ness was on the south side of Washington street, between Dupont and Stockton, at a time when Washington street was the leading thoroughfare of the City. Mr. Limaruty’s establishment was a little shop, ana when the people who passed up and down the street first saw the sign announcing that he was o man dressmaker, they smiled. Then they stopped to look through the window at the man who fitted ladies’ dresses. Then some of the fair sex made bold to visit the man dressmaker w examine his work, and it was not long before Limaruty dresses and Limaruty suits, and Limeruty riding habits, became the craze. Mr. Limaruty is a small man with blonde mustache and light hair and light biue eyes. He 1s about 50 years old, and is still a resident of this City. When seen a few days ago he said: “To say that I was the Worth of San Francisco is putting it rather too strong. While it is true that mine was the first drees- making establishment conducted by & man in this City, I was not in it with Worth. His repu- tation was a universal one, mine only local. When I was advancing to the age when it was Tnecessary to choose a trade or profession, it be- came my desire to become a tailor for men. My father suggested that at the same time it would be well to learn the art of making dresses for ladies, as in Austria, where I came from, it was very common for men to be cut- ters and fitters of ladies’ garments. Acting upon his advice I learned the two tradesin Wolisberg, my native place, and when told thatI had mastered both trades, started out for myself. Reaching San Francisco in the early part of the sixties I worked fora time for & closkmaker, and then started out on my own account. The man dressmaker was a novelty, and there was soon go mnch work that I had to engage a number of men and women to help me. Before going out of business these num- bered six men, and three women to help each man, the women being seamstresses. Then I bad a forewoman. ““Was there any delicacy on the part ot my customers? Well, at first there appeared to be; but when they understood my methods, which were the same that were followed by Mr. Worth, there was no trouble on that score. My forewoman, under my directions, took the measurements, which I noted, and during the time I offered suggestions as to what would suit the patron as to color, class of goods and style. When a suit was ready to be fitted the lady went into the dressing-room with the forewoman, and when it was on I passed judgment on it and decided whether changes or alterations had to be made. I want to tell you that in those days it required a great deal of material for a lady's dress, for it was the days of hoop skirts. “Prices? I charged bigh prices, but I never turned out any but first-class work. My price was from $40 to $75 for & suit. While Icharged bigh prices,I am proud to say thatI always paid my journeymen and women the highest wages. The men never earned less than $25 a week, while the women made from $9 to $18 a week. “Among my customers there were many of the leaders of soci nd you can well stand there were others who were not leaders, just the same as you will find them now. As the Chinese quarter increased in size and the City spread out toward the west, and new end more favored avenues were chosen, Washing- ton street b2gan to decline, so a change of loca- tion became necessary. I took the upper floor of a new house on Post street, near Kearny, which I fitted up at an expense of $2000, and, if 1 do say so, had the finest establishment in the whele City. Business was flourishing and 1 felt that I would make an independent for- tune, when suddenly sickness laid me low, and a man I trusted my business to let it run down so that when I recovered it was not what it had been. Then I debated whether I should resume the business or work at my other trade. It occurred to me that many had told me that it was wrong for me toengagein a business that specially belonged to women, and with increasing years I believe that I gained wisdom, so concluded that those who had urged this upon me were right. I gave up the idea of starting & new place and took up tailoring for men, and as you see I am still in that business.” A well-known newspaper man of this City has awife who is very sympathetic and whose feelings are hurt whenever she witnesses pain inflicted on human being or animal. One of the evenings during the early part of the month, when there was moisture in the air,the husband went home to his supper and during the evening meal was informed that ‘‘those people across the way are very cruel.” To the question, ow isthat?” the wife answered: “Why, during all the rain this afternoon iheir poor parrot hung out at the window, and with the rain coming down on it all the time it looked like or worse than a wet hen. I pitied the poor bird and at one time felt as if I ought to have gone over to notify them, but maybe it is just as well that I did not.”” The next evening when the husband was at his evening meal the wife said: I really do be- lieve that those people across the way have been imposed upon by whoever gave or sold them that parrot I spoke about last night. I happened to look across the street and there was the parrot at the usual place, but the beau- tiful green wings I noticed before were white. 1suppose that they had been dyed and when the rain fell on the bird all day yesterday the color was washed off, It was a mean trick, but it does not justify the people in leaving. poor polly out in the rain ali day.” The following morning the husband, while looking out one of the front windows, saw a sight that caused him to call his wife. When she appeared and asked what was wanted he simply pointed across the way,and she saw two cages at the window, each containing a parrot, one had dark green plumage without another shade of color and the other had dark green plumage and white wings. The wife retired without saying & word and now an allusion to parrots, particularly one ‘with dyed wings, makes her angry. William M. Houser, superintendent of the blood horses at the Vina ranch, is down with some horses belonging to the Stanford estate that are to be auctioned off this week here. The profits of the Vina ranch go toward the sup- port of the university at Palo Alto, and Mr. Houser thinks that a good sum will be realized this year—much more than ever before. “The profits until a year or two ago were very small,” he said last night at the Grand, “‘as so mich money was used in making improve- ments. Now everything is in good shape and the prospects are that there will be very good crops this year. Then the ranch is being man- aged very economically and undoubtedly the profits will be much larger than ever before, They have a new man at the head of the winery department, and more wine—dry wines princi- pally—will be made. “Yes, it isan immense ranch—some 56,000 acres. In the way of stock alone there are 2bout 40,000 sheep, 200 well-bred horses, about twice as many work horses and 1200 head of cattle, mostly Holsteins. “They raise more fine cattle of this breed than anywhere else in the State and they are of as fine stock as could be obtained. The herd ‘was started with premium winners from the East and Europe, some of whom cost $1500 or $2000 apiece. For those thatare sold the prices obtained vary from $100 to $300 or $400 each. The farmers, even the small farmers,all over the State are beginning to take a great interest in improving their cattle. The Holsteins they get from the ranch are used for crossing with the domestic animals and improving the breed. There is a good profit in well-bred cattle in this State.” ot b ‘“There are sixty members in the Santa Cruz company now applying for admission to the Naval Reserve of the National Guard of Cali- fornia,” said Lieutenant A. A. Morey at the Grand Hotel yesterday. “And we feel reason- 8bly sure that our application will receive favorable consideration.” Lieutenant Morey had been reading the interview with the adju- tant-general published in the CALL yesterday, and was wondering whether General Bar rett understood that uniforms for sixty men had been procured. “The people of Banta Cruz,” continued the lieutenant, “‘are deeply concerned in this enterprise. The sub- ject has been distussed with Governor Budd and Major-General Dimond,and it strikes us that the law was passed adding another com- pany to the navel battalion in order to admit the Santa Cruz organization. We cannot be- lieve that the claims of any other town can be considered, yet the Interview with Ad- jutant-Genersl Barrett leaves the ques- tion in doubt. Santa Cruz is not represented in the National Guard, but the people of the town desire that one com- pany should be accepted. Itis proper that our city, situated asitis on the bay of Monterey, should have a naval company. Our youngimen are earnest and enthusiastic in the enterprise. They manifested much spirit and progress in recruiting the companyf and being the first to 2pply in the regular manner for admission to the guard their application should receive the approval of the military authorities.” e PEOPLE TALEED ABOUT. The Chinese Emperor rises at 4 o’clock every morning and studies English and Manchu un- til 5, when he breakfasts. Victor Hugo sold his “Han d’Islande’ for 300 francs. The manuscript of “Rose et Blanche,”” by George Sand and Jules Sandeau, was sold to the publisher for 400 francs. Judge Howell E. Jackson of the Supreme Court is an admirer of *‘Coin’s Financial Bchool.” The youngest Deputy in the French Chamber isa Vendean, M. Marchegey, who is only 25 years old. He was elected as a Republican on April 28 by 9345 votes, against 7894 votes fo his opponent, M. Verger, Republican Catholic. Though the Empress of Austria can procure anything edible that & most fastidious palate might desire, she relies mainly for sustenance on milk. Her taste for that scems exacting | enough, for she will not take any kind but that | furnished by & cow from Corfu. The Order of the Annunziata, of which the decoration has been sent by King Umberto to the Duke d’Orleans, includes in its members Kings of S8axony, Belgium, Sweden, Greece and Roumania, the Shah of Persia, the Emperor of Japan, the Sultan and the Prince of Wales. The Queen of Italy has made an odd fad of collecting old shoes, slippers and boots that have some historic or romantic interest attach- ing to them. Thusshe has a pair of coarse, heavy shoes that are said to have belonged to Joan of Arc, & dainty pair of boots worn by Marie Stuart at her execution, and slippers that clad the dainty feet of Marie Antoinette and Ninon de ’Enclos, the French beauty. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. If the United States were to adopt the bi- metallic standard the rest of the world would get right in line.—Los Angeles Express. There will be an influx of people and capital | into the San Joaquin Valley with the advent of | the new road that will surprise the slow-moving people who have never looked for advance- ment.—Newman Tribune. It is an encouraging fact that the competing railroad desires & large tractof lend in this city for terminal facilities. It shows that its promoters expect a big future for Fresno and their business here—Fresno Republican. An Oregon paper says that “there are too many laws passed at each session of the Legis- lature.” That’s not the real cause of the trouble. The difficulty lies in the fact that the laws are drawn by the lobbyists instead of by the men whom the people eiect for that pur- pose.—Los Angeles Rec It would be, in the long run, worth while to have these hard times if they will only im- press on_Californians the superiority of old- fashioned farm ownership and farm living as compared with the speculative style of land cropping which we have been indulging in so freely for the lest twenty years in Celifornia.— Mendocino Beacon. The world is calling, lopdly calling for more and more young men and women who have a practical education, who know something prac- tical and know it well, who are temperate and reliable. Parents, it is your duty to lend every effort and give your children every possible opportunity to come up to the standard of this demand.—Cloverdale Reveille. We would like to see the watersof the Merced River dammed up at Merced Falls and wires run from there to Merced. Electric currents are making rapid progress everywhere and the power is being used to run all kinds of ma- chinery. Merced has natural advantages for the accumulation of this new power, and if we wish to keep up with progress it is about time that we are taking advantage of the power which is within our reach.—Merced Express. Bacox Printing Company, 508 Clay street. * e STRONG hoarhound candy,15¢1b. Townsend’s.* Serciagegs Thir 5 - WINE-DRINKING people are healthy. M. & K. wines, 5ca glass. Mohns & Kaltenbach. 29 Mkt.* - PALACE sea baths, 715 Filbert street, now open for summer swimming season. - ———— PICTURE FRAMES with ornamented corners look far prettier than the plain miter joints. See Sanborn, Vail & Co. about them. it P Several Egyptian harps have been recov- ered from tombs. Insome the strings are intact, and give forth distinct sounds after a silence of 3000 years. Hoow's Sarsaparilla makes pure blood; conse quently it cures disease. It is the ideal and stand- ard spring medicine. It1s impossible to estimate its Importance to the health of the community. s e “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup’ Has been used over fifty years by millions of moth- ers for their children while Te thing with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, al- Iays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhoss, 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¢ a bottle. ——————— PARKER'S GINGER TONIC Tevives the strength, expels pain and gives restful sleep. PARKER'S HATR BAISAM Is life to the halr. —_——————— In some parts of Japan at a wedding the bride, asa sign of her subjection, kneels and washes the feet of the bridegcoom after he has trodden upon raw eggs. A PICNIC FOR BUYERS OF TEAS, COFFEES, SPIGES, ETC. ——AT ALL—— Great American Tmporting Tea Co’s STORES. EXTRAORDINARY EXTRA LARGE PREMIUMS GIVEN AWAY To Purchasers of Fifty Cts. or One Dollar's Worth of Our Celebrated Teas, Coffees, Spices, Ete. BEST QUALITY. LOWEST PRICES. COME SEE US. £~ Our Very Liberal Inducements will SURPRISE YOU. Buying af First Hand..An Immense Saving Aa~ No Peddler's Profits to Pay. Goods Delivered Free. 52 Market Street 140 Sixth Street 1419 Polk Street 521 Montgomery Ave. 2008 Fillmore Street 3006 Sixteenth Street 617 Kearny Street 865 Market Street 833 Ha(eu Street 218 Third Street 104 Second Street 146 Ninth Street 2410 Mission Street 8259 Mission Street 917 Broadway 151 San Pablo Avenue 616 E. Twelfth Street } oaklallfl Park Street and Ala- } Mamm San Francisco meda Avenus DRY GOODS. o CALICO DEPARTMENT. The Largest Assortment of the Newest WASH FABRICS, SUCH As CREPONS (shirred e 125° = Yard DUCK SUITINGS (i 3 3 305, 86 ccererermeenn A0°, 1349, 450 Yard LAWNS (choice d ), at. 3 ARC VNS (choice designs), a 12L°, 15¢ Yard 16°, 20¢ SR Yard Fmfig}!{l)f:n (varied assort- ZGC, 98¢ Yard 22 80°, 36° Yard TCH ZEPHYRS (s ; ar A big lot of GINGHAMS to be closed out at 10 CENTS A YARD. REMNANTS BELOW COST. SUMMER SKIRTS, RANGING FROM T5° * Upward SHIRT WAISTS. LATE: 'VELTIES, from 15¢ Upward FULL ASSORTMENT OF TENNIS BELTS. G.VERDIER & 00, S. E Cor. Geary St and Grant Ave,, S F. VILLE“PAR BRANCH HOUSE, 223 SOUTH BROADWAY, LOS ANGELES. FURNITURE 4 Rggl‘ls Parlor—Silk Brocatelle, 6-plece sult, plush trimmed. Bedroom—7-plece Solld Oak Suit, French Bevel- plate Glass, bed, bureau, washstand. two chairs. Tocker and tablé; pillows, woven-wire and top mattress. ining-Room—6-foot Extension Table, four D Solid Oak Chalrs. Kitchen—No. 7 Range, Patent Kitchen Table and two chairs. EASY PAYMENTS. Houses furnished complete, clty or country, any- where on the coast. Open evenings. M. FRIEDMAN & CO., 224 to 230 and 306 Stockton and 237 Post Street. Free packing and delivery across the bay. HOME FOR THE CARE OF THE INEBRIATE (Incorporated 1863). 2000 Stoekton St., 8. F., Cal. HOSPITAL FOR THE TREATMENT OF inebriety, including Alcoholism and Drug Habita and Nervous Diseases resulting therefromy also for the temporary cere and observation pemne:ksmpecledpgl Insanity. Terms $10 o835 W Extracts from the December 8, 1894 tion, In consequence of compiaints made to us by the ‘press and others, thorough examination was made of the conduct of the Home of Inebriates, and as a result of our investigations we are satis- fied that the same has been and is being properly managed. The charges mado (0 us of improper treatment of the patients were not sustained.” Trustees—H. J. BURNS (President), WM. MARTIN (Secretary), E. D. SA W~ YER, WM. G. BAOGER, J. K. COOVER, JOHN DENSMORE, J. W. BUTTER- WORTH. ¥or further information address 'll‘)l:’a .‘lnp'riutfl-lmlen;l and Resident Physician. wntown office— Room 13, % building, 3 to 4:30 ¥, s daily, * - 800% Mills REDUCTION A GAS. The Pacific Gas lmfiement Co. will Re- duce the Price of Gas to Consumers, BEGINNING WITH JULY For flluminating purposes to..$1 75 per M cu. ft. For heating, cooking snd all 1 60 per Mcu. ft. ecretary pro tem. _ COAL ! COAL! Wellington Southfield 9 50 7 00—falt ton Genuine C 3750 Seattle. . 850—Halt ton 425 Black Diamo: 8 50—Half ton 435 Seven Sacks of Redwood, $1 00. ENICKERBOCKER COAL CO., 522 Howard Street, Near First. ' 2 » A ~ hJ rt of the Grand Jury, filed AWhile not & pubiio Tstita » »