The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 24, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1895. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: DAILY CALL—$6 per year by mail; by carrier, 15¢ St SUNDAY CALL—S$1.50 per year. WEERLY CALL—#1.50 per year. The Eastern office of the SAN FRANCISCO CALL ( and Weskly), Pacific States Adver- tising Burean, Rhinelander building, Rose and Duane strects, New York. THE SUMMER MONTHS. Are yon going to the country on a vacation ? If £0, it is no trouble for us 1o forward THE CALL to your address. Do not let it miss you for yon will T . Orders given to the carrier, or left at Oftice, 710 Murket street, will receive Every day is a picnic in this kind of weather. San Diego is organizing a local hello company. Santa Cruz takes 2 little water with her jubilation. Every home should be a home market for home goods. Enterprise in ¢ bright sky and fornia never lacks for a ertile fiel People who go to Europe for a change spend big money in getting it. his is the kind of weather that makes the heart sing and the pockets ring. Pulling together in all sections of the State has produced about as much taffy as a candy-pullin While the E ussing money theories the Pacific Coast is starting enter- prises to make money circulate, It is an encouraging sign that silurians have not only quit proclaiming themselves but have called off their apologists. Progress has taken to the road to such an extent that every county demands a railway and every city a boulevard. On June 11, when the water carnival opens, Santa Cruz will burn torches by the light of which the whole world may see its beauties. The climate of San Francisco is the fac- tory of feminine beauty, for after the sun- shine, which brings peaches, it sends fogs, which add the cream. ‘When one hears the goldbugs talk about “sound” money one cannot avoid the con- clusion that the adjective refers more to noise than substauce. The newspapers that are howling over the death of the income tax will howl worse when the people get a whack at the party that tried to establish it. There is only one Sacramento Valley and there can never be another, but the mem- bers of the newspaper league evidently in- tend to make it double up on progress. The satisfactory settlement of the China Basin lease is another evidence that Cali- fornians have learned how to put an end to differences, get together and go to work. The latest novelty in the way of an expo- sition has been started at Amsterdam ina proposal to hold an international exhibi- tion of appliances for hotel equipment and travel. As this is the last week of the exhibition at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art those who fail to see the pictures will con- fess {hemselves blind in more ways than one. There are some of the elements of tooth- pulling in the “extraction” tax which Mexico has imposed on the products of Mexican mines owned by residents of the United States. — There will be a grand row at Washing- ton when those who paid taxes under the income-tax law of 1864 demand a return of their money, and what will Grover do then, poor thing? For two weeks now the frost has been killing all kinds of crops in the Northwest and the Middle States, and hence it will be no fault of natural conditions if people prefer hard times there to an easy life in California. The action of Judge Stallcup of Tacoma in giving notice that by reason of a lack of funds in the county treasury no more jury trials shall be held discloses that peculiar sort of punctiliousness which invites felonies by avoiding misdemeanors. The increasing use of bicycles in Eng- land has led to a revival of highway rob- bery. and several instances have been re- ported recently of robberies by men on bicycles along the road where Dick Turpin and Claude Duval used to ply their trade. It is noted that while the number of naval reserve battalions is rapidly increas- ing in the seaboard States there has been no attempt to organize one in Maine, not- withstanding that State has perhaps a larger number of sailors in proportion to population than any other in the Union. Suisun is to have a new weekly, the Solano County Courier, which has just been established by D. H. McDonald, and judg- ing from the vigorous tone of the ably written salutatory, it will prove a potent assistance to the progressive elements of the county in every enterprise undertaken for the general good. After having enjoyed for many years the possession of one of the best opera-houses in the country, and after having seen it pass under a long lease as a theater be- |4 cause it was not supported as an opera- house, we are now grieving because we cannot adequately house such a company as Damrosch would bring. An English newspaper—the Manchester Courier—claims to have assurances that the next President of the United States will be a Republican and Chauncey De- pew will be Minister to the Court of St. James. If these statements had been made as guesses they would have been very good; but coming as assurances they bave aserious defect in not naming t President. The “traveling man” who informed the Baker City (Oregon) Democrat that the prevalence of bicycles in San Francisco bas so alarmed the streetcar companies as to induce them to sprinkle the streets “in order to make them muddy and impas- sable for wheelmen, has that sort of im- agination which may win admiration in Oregon, but which in California is spelt with only fous letters, LIBRARY CONSOLIDATION. The discussion concerning the consolida- tion of the Free Library with the Mer- cantile Library has reached a point where the project may be fairly considered one of practical importance. It is no longer & mere suggestion of something theoretically desirable. A feasible plan of consolida- tion has been proposed, valid arguments in favor of it have been put forward and a considerable public sentiment has been worked up to sustain it. That San Francisco needs a better library is beyond question. That which we have is far below the requirements of the people and is altogether incommensurate with the dignity of the City. American com- munities have become noted for their libraries, and among the larger cities there has been a generous and noble rivalry as to which should have the best. The result of this emulation has been to provide every community, of a size anything like equal to San Francisco, with a library far superior to ours, not only in the number of books, but in the accommodations afforded to patrons. We cannot be content to remain below the standard set up by our sister cities in this respect, and ought therefore to profit by every opportunity that offers to attain at least an equality with them. The proposed consolidation seems to afford a most excellent opportunity for such an improvement. There may be some legal difficulties in the way, but otherwise every aspect is favorable to the project. The Free Library has 80,000 volumes, badly accommodated in the City Hall, and the Mercantile Library has 70,000 volumes in a commodious building. To combine the two would be a benefit to the patrons of both. If this chance of ob- taining a large, bstantial, well-located edifice together with a noble collection of valuable books is lost, the City may have to go for years without a proper library. If advantage is taken of the present oppor- tunity, however, the results are sure to be good. There wiil develop a civic pride in the institution which will be helpful to 1t in many ways, and in the end will render it & not unworthy rival to the great Public Library in Bosto: J OUEfiALI_S—TIO AMENITIES. The reception which the Cary under its new management has received from the interior press of California has been so cordial and appreciative as to constitute one of its chief incentives to pursue the pian so happily begun and so full of prom- ise for the future. Knowing as we do the high character and earnest patriotism of the men who, through the interior press, represent all that is best in the spirit of progress which animates the State, we were not surprised, though none the less gratitied, at the heartiness of the com- mendation which the CarL has received. This generous reception was all the more pleasing because it was evidence of the fact that the interior press respects manli- ness and generosity, and that it has at heart the broad principle of Pacific Coast progress which the Cavry is laboring so earnestly to advance. So far as we have been able to observe, there has risen but one dissenting voice, and it comes from the Republican, pub- lished at Jackson, Amador County. Here is its attack in full: “The Carn has inaugurated a new de- parture in City journalism. Under its new management this daily seems to have con- tracted a bad case of mania for flattery. It is not only engaged in slobbering over it- self daily, but even bidding almost in every issue for a puff from some country paper on the if-you-tickle-me-I'll-tickle-you prin- ciple. Last Saturday’s issue contained nearly a half-column article puffatory of the Amador Record, the editorial clearly show- ing that the writer knows absolutely noth- ing concerning the subject on which he was endeavoring to enlighten his readers. Such crude methods to ingratiate itself into favor with the country districts are nauseating to the general reader. We do not believe the CarLr will forge ahead of its City contemporaries by such methods. Country folks take a metropolitan paper for news, not to be dosed with taffy and molasses.” The reference which the Cary made to the Record, published at Sutter Creek, Amador County, is quoted by that paper as follows: “The advancing prosperity of Amador County is manifest by the fact that the Amador Record has expanded to an eight- page quarto and records a bright and hope- ful outlook for Sutter Creek and all the mining interests.” This was merely a just recognition by the CaLL of the Record’s enterprise and prosperity in enlarging its size, and in re- garding this as an evidence of Amador County’s advancement the CALL saw an additional special reason for the small kindly notice of the Record. We shall be glad to pursue a similar course in the case of every one of our interior exchanges which gives so tangible proof of its own enterprise and of the prosperity of its com- munity. In other words, the CarL stands for the great issue that all the forces which can direct the advancement of California should work harmoniously to that end, and that if there are any among us who are moved by small jealousies they are in- imical to the cause. We have as kindly a feeling for the press of San Francisco as for that of the interior, and have not spared commendation where it was de- served. Our reward comes in the form of evidence that this spirit of progressand manliness abides among the editors of California, and that they agree with us on the broad proposition that harmony of purpose and a friendly co-operation offer the highest means for accomplishing the ends which we all desire, NAVAL CADETSHIPS, The policy of the American Government in recruiting its armed defenders is to pay no heed to the Nationality of men who pre- sent themselves for enlistment. This policy is of very general application, and one phase of it is seen in the fact that the par- entage of cadets admitted to the Govern- jnent academics at West Point and An- napolis is never taken into consideration. The sole recommendation of the applicant is his personal worth. These remarks have been suggested by a card published in the Santa Barbara Press of the 21st inst. It is signed by Lewis Alfred Kempf, an ensign of the navy, and James McDonald, a naval cadet. These gentlemen say in this card: *It is a great mistake to suppose that the parents of the candidates for admission to Annapolis Naval Academy must be citizens of the TUnited States. The candidate becomes an American citizen as soon as he receives the appointment to the academy, and this isall that is required by the Navy Department. Over one-third of the cadets at the Naval Academy are native-born Englishmen and Germans, and make quite as good ofticers as native-born Americans. We merely write this in behalf of young Lord, who has received the appointment as cadet to said Naval Academy, and who has been very badly treated since by a few persons in Banta Barbara.” ‘We know nothing of the facts beyond the | { mining and of manufacturing industries foregoing statement, but while the spirit of Americanism is admirable, there are different ways in which it may be mani- fested. One of the most interesting facts in the history of our army and navy is that foreigners adopted into the service are in- variably as reliable on the score of loyalty as native Americans. Whether this is ex- plainable on the ground that the simple matter of discipline transforms a man from an individual of any Nationality into a mere fighting machine, or there is some essential quality in the conduct of the ser- vice that makes a loyal American out of any foreigner who embraces it, is not pertinent to the issue. The fact alone is sufficient, and the amplitude of its dem- onstration leaves no ground for dispute. As the Government’s only consideration is the personal efficiency of the men, without reference to their Nationality, Americans can do nothing more graceful than accept the situation through an understynding of the wisdom which is behind it. A CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION. In a communication to the Carn Mr. Ray of the W. S. Ray Manufacturing Company makes an earnest plea for an exposition of California goods exclusively, and supports it with arguments which merit the careful consideration of the directors of the Mechanics’ Fair. The suggestion is directly in line with the ef- forts now being made to foster California industries, and if it were carried out would doubtless be of great assistance in making known the full extent and variety of our manufactured products. Mr. Ray says such an exhibit at the present time would be not only a curiosity to old residents of the State, but would be instructive to the masses, as not more than one in five know what is made in California. He is sanguine that State ex- hibitors could completely fill the Pavilion with a good display and that it would be remunerative. He goes further and sug- gests that such an exposition should be held once every five years as an encourage- ment to local development and a stimulus to new enterprises. The proposal is made, of course, solely for the purpose of ad- vancing California interests and in no spirit of antagonism to Eastern manufac- turers, though, as Mr. Ray says, a large portion of the goods now coming to us from Eastern prisons and from Oregon prisons might as well be consumed in the States that make them. Whether it would be advisable to have an exposition confined exclusively to Cali- fornia goods this year is a question which must be left, of course, to the decision of the directors of the coming fair. It would seem, however, to be desirable under any circumstances to put a special emphasis on the California exhibitions. Earnest efforts should be made to obtain as large, varied and complete a display of State industries as possible, and where these are placed side by side with the exhibits from the East particular attention should be called to them so that the most casual observer might be impressed with the number and excellence of our home goods. The sug- gestion of an exclusively California exposi- tion every five years certainly deserves con- sideration. Even if it is not found desira- ble this year it would be worth undertak- ing later on. Mr. Ray is right in saying such expositions every fifth year would materially encourage our industries and that in itself is a sufficient reason for un- dertaking them. RETURNING PROSIEBITY. While we are watching the development of new enterprises in all parts of the State as evidences of the coming of better times, Eastern people are finding similar evi- dences in the upward tendency of the stock market and the increasing invest- ments of European capital in American securities. Of the two kinds of evidence ours is much the best, but both are good, and taken in combination they afford an almost complete assurance that the de- pression is over and a renewal of prosperity is at hand. ‘With this revival it is not too much for us to expect that the Pacific Coast will enter upon a decade of progress unparal- leled in its history. We do not look for- ward to a renewal of the booms of the southern part of the State and of Puget Sound. We anticipate a development of rather than of land speculations. Instead of trying to found a metropolis by laying out a town site in a desert, the enterprise of the coming decade will content itself’] in founding new industries by establishing factories in some advantageous center of population, We may look forward also to considerable activity in reilroad building. The San Joaquin road is not the only addi- tional line needed in the State, nor the only project of the kind that would yield good profits. Los Angeles and San Diego are looking forward to the completion of a line to Salt Lake City, and Northern Cali- fornia may, before the decade is half over, find itself enjoying the advantages of com- peting lines toward the north, If these prospects are not deceptive the system of advertising most effective in at- tracting settlers and capital to California during the coming decade will be that which is devoted mainly to making known the advantages it offers for manufactures of various kinds. Building boom towns is not so attractive as it was, and planting orchards on a speculation will not yield the big profits it did of old. There are, however, big opportunities for profit in working up the raw material with which every county abounds, and it is in the task of making that fact known to the world that outside advertising can be best em- ployed. Of one thing we may be certain, California now offers investment for cap- ital more numerous and more promising than any other section in the Union, and it will not be long before enterprising men find it out. HIGEWAYMEN IN ENGLAND. English papers are noting with a pained surprise that the increasing use of the bicycle for long journeys has brought about in that country a revival of the old trade of Dick Turpin and Jack Shepard. The road from London to York, along which the highwaymen of old held up stagecoaches, has been the scene of two or three robberies of late, the victims being bicycle-tourists who were riding after dark, and the robbers being also knights of the wheel. In one of the instances, the tourist, having confidence in his “‘safety,” under- took to outrun the robbers, but they reached for him successfully with a re- volver, and got him with a bullet in the hip. This enterprise of British highwaymen is, of course, far below the level of the California cyclers who held up a railway train, but in consideration that they have only an island to operate in, and are therefore subject to insular influences, it is not to be overlooked. Indeed, the British rural police are looking after it with great care, being vigorously urged thereto by the press of the country, which sees in the apparent ease of such robberies a great danger to the pleasant custom of cycling. It is known, of course, that where there is an opportunity for thieves there will be thieves, and as there have never been since the days of stagecoaches such oppor- tunities for highwaymen as are now afforded by the cyclers, it is easy to under- stand why the profession has revived. Indeed, the only strange feature is that the revival has been so long in coming. One would have supposed that some keen- minded robber would have seen the possi- bilities of the bike and taken to the road before this. Fortunately the evil is not likely to be- come very extensive. The world has changed in many ways since stagecoach times, and the telegraph would soon head off any daring soul who should attempt to imitate Dick Turpin’s famous ride from London to York. While the recent rob- beries, therefore, may add something to the variety of English highway experi- ences, they cannot be regarded as proofs of & permanent revival of the customs which furnished so many picturesque incidents to coaching trips in the old days. The age of romance is gone, and not even the bicycle propelled by the legs of an enter- prising thief can revive it. A TARDY ARRAIGNMENT. It was about two weeks after the pre- liminary examination of Pheodore Dur- rant that an information was filed charging him with the murder of Blanche Lamont end Minnie Williams. Considering the fact that the result of the examination was the holding of Durrant for trial, and that the filing of the information was a simple clerical function that might have been dis- charged within twenty-four hours, a delay of two weeks seems inexplicable. Both Durrant and the people are entitled to as early a trial as possible. We may expect in this case a long string of other delays, beginning with a de- murrer to the sufficiency of the informa- tion, followed by the setting of a day for argument on ihe demurrer, a probable postponement to suit the convenience of attorneys, the intervention of the judicial summer holidays, and then the more serious and determined business of delays which ehall precede the trial. If the jury is impaneled before October the service will have been amazingly expedited for these parts, but weyshall be surprised if the trial begins before December. By the time of its conclusion the public recol- lection will be dim as to its cause, but in case of conviction the really earnest task of making delays will be begun, for the Supreme Court presents possibilities in this direction that are a pleasant solace to the guilty. PERSONAL. Herbert C. Nash is registered at the Lick. James T. Rucker of S8an Jose is at the Palace. Dr. J. A. Dawson of Woodland is a guestat the Occidental. Andrew Brown, a merchant of Kernville, isa guest at the Grand. Senator Thoraas Flint Jr.of San Juan is registered at the Grand. E. May of the Union Meat Company of Port- land is staying at the Lick. J. R. Trainor, & fruit grower and shipper of Marysville, is at the Grand. A. E. Putnam, a leading lawyer of Santa Barbara, is in the City on business. James D. Hoge Jr. of the Seattle Post-Intelli- gencer and Mrs. Hoge sare at the Palace. W. H. Allerdice and Z. W. Reynoldsof tne navy registered yesterday at the Palace. Barney D. Murphy came up from San Jose last evening and registered at the Palace. Frank Diekum, a wealthy property-owner of Portland, registered at the Grand yesterday. A. C.Rogers, a big rancher of Los Angeles, was one of yesterday’s arrivals at the Palace. F. C. White, a promine vineyardist of Fresno, was one of yesterday’s arrivals at the Lick. { H. M. La Rue, president of the Board of Rail- way Commiseioners, is down from Sacra- mento. Frank H. Gould, chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee and & prominent at- torney of Stockton, registered yesterday at the California. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. Make the conditions o that every man who wants to eat shall have & chance to work.— Seattle Call. How would it do to have a debate between the Carlisle of 1878 and the Carlisle oi 18957— Ogden (Utah) Standard. S People do not have to worry over the mean temperature in the East. It comes without solicitation.—Los Angeles Express. The Spanish Government, being unable to suppress the rebellious Cubans, has taken to the easier task of suppressing the news.— Portland Sun. There is no way in which a town can be made to look handsomer than for the residents to pay compliments where praise is due.—Ala- meda Telegram. While the people in the Mississippl Valley are being frozen to death the people in Vaca- ville, in this county, are paying s high price for ice to preserve their cherries until they can ship them to gladden the hearts of that be- numbed country.—Benicia New Era. We need more manhood, more vigor, more uprightness and honesty of purpose in public and business affairs. There is plenty of the right stuff in Tacoma if it will only manifest itself to drive the scalawags to cover, and make the city the pride of its people and the envy of the State.—Tacoma Union. Stability exists again, firm belief in our future has been re-established, and no one now doubts but that the bew of promise which spans Seattle’s horizon in very fact means that the storm has passed,and peace, plenty and tranquillity will sit enthroned wheregloom has consorted in the past with the ill-omened raven and the bat.—Seattle Times. With cheap power, cheap transportation and plenty of raw matertal for certain lines of manufacturing, there is no reason why Fresno should not in the next decade become as well known for her factories as she now is for her raisins and dried fruit. The elements from which important cities are buflded are all to be found in Fresno.—Fresno Republican. The American people are too good-natured, and they submit cheerfully to &n 1mposition that would not be tolerated in the older coun- tries. The average tramp professes an inclina- tion to work, and when questioned always has the same pitiful story—hard times and no work. Let the experimenting citizen provide work and see how quickly the average tramp will desert that neighborhood.—San Benito Advance. A country newspaper conducted Wwith a spirit of vim and go-ahead-it-ive-ness can do much for the field in which it is located. A live newspaper travels; it goes among the peo- ple and is read; it leads folks to inquire more closely into the surroundings of the section {from which it hails; it reaches the desk of the metropolitan editor and its spirit of progress- iveness imbues him with a desire to “stand in” with his country contemporary and essist in advancing the work of improvement.—Amador Record. In promoting the prosperity of the city pluck is one-quarter the battle, and the courage to tell the truth about that which threatens or retards is the other quarter of the first half. Pluck and courage, then, with natural re- sources and good government and good loca- tion, are all there is 1n the building up. Those persons who speak below their breath and Wwhisper “don’t” when a courageous voice ‘warns the people of impending danger are of the class who are content to live in the present and take no thought for the morrow.—San Luis Obispo Breeze. A Military Concert. The Relief Society of the Alameda Woman’s Exchange will give a military concert and garden party in Captain R. R. Thompson’s grounds, corner of gl(h street and Central avenue, next Saturday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10p. M AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Garret McEnerney and Collector Welburn discussed some very important points on politics and bacon while conversing in the Palace Hotel parlors last evening. They had finished & sumptuous meal and both were in a mood to revert to the days of long ago. “‘Welburn,” said Mr. McEnerney twirling his thumbs, “what do you think of politics, any- how?” ““Mere recreation; nothingelse. It’s nothing but pastime. Every year epent in the political whirl is throwny away. Why, Garet, I would not vass through another official term for any- thing. Itisalosing game. No man can afford to enter political life when he is engaged in & legitimate business. In order to succeed in one the other must be sacrificed. Naturally & man who is & servant of the people feels it & greater duty to serve them than himself and his own business suffers in consequence. It is likeall other pleasures, to engage in it you must neglect something else.” “Then you would not accept honors from the party again. Do I understand you rightly?” “Most certainly you do. Ihave lostmore in “BUDD ENOWS HOW TO COOK BACON,' SAID MR. ‘WELBURN. [Sketchead from life for the “Call” by Nankivell.] my own business than I have made in politics. Mind, Garret, I am not displeased. Quite the contrary. Iam glad of an opportunity to stand up with the chosen, but you see, I was brought up to work and pastime is too much in the na- ture of idleness. Ican’tstand it. Why, when 1 was a boy, say in the seventies, I was a cattle- ranger in Texas. There was the period of my life when I was &t home. Plenty of hardship, plenty of open-air exercise, plenty of work, Another thing which used to make life worth hiving was the horseback-riding we did every day and the frequent necessity of making a small canteen of tepid water last us twenty- four hours. That was the part of my existence that I would like to go through again. There was something to it besides luxury. There is no use talking, Garret,1 have seen plenty of bardship and prefer it to politics every time.” “Had to do your own cooking, I suppose,” ventured the lawyer, with a chuckle. The Collector of Revenue half mounted the arms of his chair and a long, historic smile came over his face. “You bet,” he exclaimed, ““if there is any one thingI can do it is cook bacon and make coffee. You can’t get properly cooked bacon in this or any other town unless it is preparea by & ranger. Itisoutof the question. It must be done a certain way. Ask Budd, the Governor; he knows how to cook bacon. Any competent camper knows pretty nearly what to do, but the Texas ranger is the true artist at it. The proper way is to cut it thin, cook quickly, half crisp, and serve it red hot. Oh! the flavor that you get then. Can’t get it &t the restaur- ants, though. They do not seem to know how. Ab, there is nothing like it, Garret; nothing like it. Give me decent coffee, properly cooked bacon and & few pounds of jerked meat across the back of my saddle and it beats politics all to pieces.” It was of the late Peter H. Burnett, while he was a Justice on the Supreme bench, that it was said, “He gave the law to the North and the negro to the South.” Judge Terry was the Chief Justice on the bench when the case of ex parte Archy came up. Charles A. Stovall, ‘who had come out from Mississippi, had peti- tioned for a writ of habeas corpus for the re- covery of his slave, Arch§. It was shown that Stovall could not claim that he was simply traveling through the State or on a visit, but that he had been here some time and had en- gaged in teaching school, and so, under the laws, he could not hold the slave. Justice Burnett wrote an opinion setting forth the facts in the case all in favor of the slave, and winding up by denying the writ. But just be- fore this was to be handed down Judge Terry persuaded Burnett to decide to take the other side with him and thus make a majority of the court in favor of the owner. Burnett scratched out of his long opinion only the last sentence, in which the writ was denied, and substituted the following words by which Stovall obtained his slave: “From the views we have expressed it would seem clear that the petitioner cannot sustain either the character of traveler or visitor. But there are circumstances connect- ed with this particular case that may exempt him from the operation of the rules laid down. This {s the first case under the existing law, and under the circumstances we are not dis- posed to rigidly enforce the rule for the first time. Butin all future cases it 18 our purpose to confirm the rules laid down strictly accord- ing to their true intent and spirit.” It was like Rip Van Winkle's swear-off. So the North got the law and the South got the negro. Barry Coleman, who has just returned from Louisville, was talking yesterday at the Palace Hotel of the change which time has wrought in horseracing at the Kentucky metropolis and in steamboating on the Ohio River. He re- garded it as a significant fact that the fast record made in the '50's by the Telegraph No. 2 (a steamboat owned by his father), between Louisyille and New Orleans. remained un- broken for forty years and was only recently surpassed. He considers this as remerkable, in view of the great progress made in mechanical inventions during the past two decades. In horseracing the turf gamblers had managed to get control, and the Kentucky Derby, still in- teresting and exciting, is not what itused to be. “Louisville,” seid Mr. Coleman, “is making vast preparations to entertain the first National encampment of the Grand Army of the Repub- lic south of the Ohio River. During the war there was more bitterness between Union men and Confederates in Kentucky than in any other State, but to-day the feeling of friend- ship for each other is more pronounced than the bitterness of the past. “As an example of the sentiment in Louis. . ville,” continued Mr. Coleman, “Manager Harry Weissinger, who is a Confederate vet- eran, recently tendered {ree of charge to the Maine Department of the Grand Army of the Republic a large three-story building for its use during the encampment. The building is large enough to accommodate 200 people. The ex-Confederate wrote: ‘The building is situated in a large yard surrounded by grass, trees and flowers. We will put the building in perfect condition o far as cleanliness is con- cerned, have cots placed on each floor, with servants to give proper attention, towels, bath- tubs and arrangements for the checking and proper protection of all garments. * * * These accommodations will cost you nothing, and we offer them to you freely, provided you are will- ing to accept the hospitality of an old Confed- erate soldier, who begs to assure you that his greeting will be as hearty as if he fought with you instead of against you.’” W. H. Hammond of Visalia is one of the leaders in the action that has been taken to in- duce the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad’s directors to build through that town. Yesterday at the Lick Mr. Hammond, speaking of the matter, sald: “A number of the citizens, you know, agreed to back the Board of Trade’s offer of & right of way across Tulare County with depot facilitics. The dis- | tance would be some seventy miles and the width of the right of way 100 feet. Although | many of the land-owners are willing to give | rights of way over their property for nothing, it is going to cost us $30,000 in cash for what we must purchase and for depot facilities. I | have no doubt that a road will be built down | the east side of-the valley and through Visalia, | but I believe that two lines will in time be | built from Fresno, one by Hanford and the | other through Visalia. Ourside of the valley can furnish the most freight at the outset, It is more highly developed. ““Times are very good with us. There is not a house or a store to rent in the whole town, and a number of new buildings projected are all engaged for tenants. The fruit crop about us is good and with the high prices that promise to prevail gives a fine outlook for our people.” PEOFLE TALKED ABOUT. Sir John Lubbock, having had his say on a great variety of subjects, is now writing in praise of bimetallism The six-year-old girl whose arms were cut off by & Brooklyn trolley-car a few days ago, and who will probebly die, will be the one hundred and ninth vietim. The rector of the College de France receives only $1200 a year in the way of salary and perquisites. This{s the position Renan held for many years. The first woman to be graduated from St. Andrew’s University, Scotland, is said to be Miss Blackadder, the daughter of a Dundee architect. She is 19 years old. Professor C. V. Riley thinks that there is evi- dence of telegraphy among insects, and that by means of a sixth sense they are enabled to Communicate with each other at great dis- tances. Craig Millar's Doncaster cup brought $477 atthe sale of the late Duchess of Montrose's jewelry. Fiiteen other racing prizes, includ- ing Thebais’ Doncaster and Ascot Queen's cups, Corrie Roy's and Gang Forward’s New- market Jockey Club cups, and Medora’s Good- wood Steward’s cup, brought $11,950. John C. §. Hancock of Hancock, Md., who has only his left arm to shoot with, the right having been lost in a carriage accident, has killed this season with his shotgun 209 squir- rels, 125 rabbits, 217 partridges, 62 pheasants, 28 wild turkeys and 35 woodcock. Of wild ducks he has shot 23 mallards and 7 red- heads. The other day Mr. Roys, editor of the Goshen (N.Y.) Democrat, caught four strange fish in a subterranean stream which supphes an arte- sian well near that place. Heand e compan- ion fished with a line 296 feet long through the six-inch feed-pipe. The fish averaged a foot in length, weighed about a pound each, and were totally blind. SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS. “Now, Charles, let us make a list of your debts.” “One moment, dear uncle, till I have filled up your inkstand.”—Fliegende Blaetter. “You seem interested in me to-night,Willie,” said Mr. Soity, observing that the boy was gaz- ing ntently at him “Yes,” said Willie; bust.” “Bust?"” queried Mr. Softy. “Yes. Maude told ma she thought you'd pop to-night, and I love to watch things pop; corn always busts with such a funny little noise,”— Harper's Bazar. U'm waiting to see you Fuddy—I hear that Strainer, the cashier of the bank, has turned up missing, along with a goodly portion of the securities. How do they account for his disappearance ? Duddy—His trying to keep up appearances, I believe.—Boston Transcript. Johnny—Mamms, I can count all the way up to twelve. Mamma —And what comes after twelve, Johnny ? Johnny—Recess.—Harper’s Round Table, “You want a divorce from your wife, do you ? “Yes, sir; Ido.” “What grounds ?” “Incompatibility. She and the cook are quarreling continually.”—Indienapolis Jour- nal. Zadley—Did you read about the doctor who committed suicide? Bizlin—Yes; {sn’t it strange, though, that a doctor didn’t know enough toend his life with- out committing suicide?—Roxbury Gazette. “What's this?” sald the detective, as he laid down an old copy of & newspaper; “another wealthy and influential citizen disappeared?” Oh, never mind about that,” replied the chief of police; “he’ll turn up all right as soon as this income tax flurry is over.”—Washington star. Little Tommy—Pop, what's the difference be- tween a bookkeeper and an expert accountant? Tommy’s Pop—Well, when he has a job he’s a bookkeeper, and when he's looking for one he's an expert accountant.—Philadelphia Record. “Mein fraulein, Iam over head and ears in love with you!” “Really! but my cousin has told me the same thing.” “Yes, but my ears are longer than hisl"— Dorjbarbler. Maud—I don’t know what I am ever going todo? Ethel—Why, what's the matter ? Maud—Why, M. Feara of Paris was talking very earnestly to me in French last night, and Ididn’t quite understand him; and he spoke 50 impetuously, and I replied, “Out, oui,” sey- eral times. It has just occurred to me that perbaps he was proposing.—Harper’s Bazar, —— ESTATES IN OOURT. Letters Testamentary Petitioned For by Julia Fratinger and Others. Letters of administration have been petitioned for in the following matters: By Benjamin Healey over the estate of Sarah M. Halsey, who died on the 18th inst., leaving personal property to be dis- tributed in accordance with the terms of a holographic will. By Julia Fratinger, over the estate, va}ued at $75,000; of A. M. Fratinger, pro- prietor of a cloak and suit house on Kearny street. The will of the deceased declares that all the property except $5000 is com- munity, and that sum is specially be- queathed to decedent’s daughter, Joseph- ine. who also takes the residue of half the FEAST OF PENTECOST, Will Be Suitably Observed by the Hebrew Community Next Week. ITS AGRARIAN CHARACTER. Tradltlonally Connected With the Publication of the Decalogue From Sinai. Next Tu the fifth ay evening, corresponding to of the Hebrew month Sivan, Israelites all over the world will commence the celebration of the feast of hevouos, or Pentecost. This is the ond great festi- val of the Hebrew calendar, tne others being Passover and Tabernacles. Its rites are restricted to oneday among the reform element of the community, and two days, We sday and Thursday, among the orthodox. Perhaps the most striking quality pos- sessed by Pentecost is its extreme sim- plicity. There is little or nothing in the home observance to indicate the solemnity of the occasion. Neither are any prepara- tory ceremonies necessary, thouch some ul orthodox Jews s]xunli the whole night previous to Shevouos in reading extracts from the Law and the Prophets, and in other exercises of a devotional nature. The observance of ““The Feast of Weeks,” as it is called, is essentially linked to that of the Passover, its celebration taking place seven complete weeks, or fifty days after that festival. In order to mark the progress of time between the two festivals conservative Hebrews read a_prayer after each evening service in which the day’s numerical position is stated. This is termed ““Counting the Omer."” In former times the fifty days so enumer= ated included the period of grain harvest, commencing with zhe offering of the first sheaf of the barley harvest at the Pass- over and ending with that of the first two loaves which were made from the wheat harvest at this festival. It was the offer- ing of these two loaves which was the dis- tinguishing rite of the day of Pentecost. That the Pentecost was regarded among the ancient Hebrews as an agrarian festi- val is evidenced by its name. In common with other nations the Jews, as an agri- cultural people, made offerings to their deity of the first fruits of their harvest, From this fact is derived the second name by which Pentecost is known, *‘The day of the first fruits.” Though the canonical scriptures speak of Pentecost as simc{vl_v a harvest festival, yet non-canonical documents show that the Jews, at least as early as the time of Christ, connected with it and commemo- rated on the sixth day of the third month the giving of the decalogue. For this reason on the morning of the first day of Shevouos the lesson of the day is taken from that portion of the book of Exodus which contains an account of the issuance of the law from Sinai. In order to keep up some semblance of its original character as an agricultural celebration the synagogues are decked with flowers, shrubs and odor- iferous herbs. In orthodox congregations the Book of Ruth, that composition of the scriptures which touches on a pastoral theme, is read. . The enactments in regard to the celebra- tion of Pentecost call for abstinence from work of all kinds and the congregatio all able-bodied members of the Jewish community of both s for purposes of public worship. Emphasis is also placed upon the liberality which is to be exer. cised toward the fatherless and the widow at the season of general rejoicing. Much of the picturesque character of the feast has been obliterated in the Un States, where, as was recently confessed a prominent divine, HebrewSs possess hittle | of sympathetic thought for *‘¢he land by the Mediterranean.” The counting of the Omer and the celebration of the scholars’ feast have been relegated to oblivion, as have many of the usages of Eastern and European Hebrews. The feast of Shevouos will be ushered in in San Francisco on Tuesday evening by services in all the temples. Sermons on appropriate subjects will be preached in the Temple Emanu-El by Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger and at the Sherith Israel Syna- ogue by Rabbi Jacob Nieto. Rabbi Mayer S. Levy of the Temple Beth Israel, Geary street, will hold services in his synagogue on Tuesday evening, but will not delive an_address. Each of his Sunday-school children will read short two-minute ad- dresses during the morning services on the first day of the festival. The confirmation exercises of the Con- regation Ohabai Shalome (formerly on Mason street) will take place at Golden Gate Hall, Sutter street, near Taylor, at 10 A.y. William Lissner, superintendent of the Sabbath-school, will conduct the exer: cises. The services on Wednesday mornin, will partake largely of the character o confirmation exercises. The synagogue: will be beautifully decorated, and the chil~ dren attending the Sunday-schoois at- tached to the various synagogues will take oath of fidelity to the principles of their faith, and diplomas will be issued to the confirmants. The Hallel, or hymns of praise, will be chanted, and music of a high order will be made a feature of the services, which will be fully choral. In orthodox Jewish circles the religions exercises will be continued on Thursday morning, and the festival will come to & close on the evening of that day. e —— BacoN Printing Company, 508 Clay street. * ————— 'VERMONT maple sugar, 15¢ 1b, Townsend’s.* —————— PALACE sea baths, 715 Filbert street, now open for summer swimming season. . e G P et FINEST sauternes, haut-sauternes and dessert wines. Mohns & Kaltenbach, 29 Market street.® Lieutenant Bersier of the French navy has invented a compass which does away with a steersman, as the compass steers the vessel itself. TFAT Tired Feeling which iss0 common and so overpowering is entirely driven off by Hood's Sar- saparilla, the best spring medicine and only true blood purifier. It gives new life and energy. . “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup’ Has been used over fifty years by millions of moth. ers for their children while Teething with perfecs success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, al- lays Pain, cores Wind Colic, regulates the Eowels and Is the besv remedy for Diarrhceas, 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. 25c a bottle. The mother of Turenne, the great French general, gave her son his bent to- ward military matters. She caused a num- ber oi toy cannons to be made for his amusement, and herself aided him to lant these miniature batteries on little hillocks in the garaen, showing him how a battery should be placed in order to come mand a hostile position. AMBROSE BIERCE community property after the payment of $500 to euci. of leutazor's three_ sissers. and $1000 to his brother, Peter Fratinger of Milwaukee. The widow takes the remain- ing half of the community property and is e executrix. ————————— Supreme Court Affirmations. The Supreme Court yesterday afiirmed the Judgment of the lower court in the case of Richard Cunnin ham, administrator of the estate of Mary Cunningham et al. vs. W. H. Norton; and also afirmed, subject to slight modification, the judgment of the lower court inthe case of Jobn C. Clanew va. Patriak Plavar. DISSECTED —_—IN— ARTHUR McEWEN’S LETTER. OUT TO-DAY.