The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 3, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1895. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: DAILY CALL—#0 per ear bymall; by carrler, 15¢ T weel SUNDAY CALL—$1.50 per year. WEEKLY CALL—$1.50 per year, The Eastern office of the SAN FRANCISCO CALL (Dally and Weekly), Pacific States Adver- tising Bureau, Rhinelander building, Rose and Duane streets, New York. THE SUMMER MONTHS. Are you going to the country on & vacation? Tt £0, it 18 no trouble for us to forward THE CALL to your address. Do not let it miss you for you will miss it. Orders given to the carrier, or left at Business Office, 710 Market street, will receive prompt attention. MONDAY ..JUNE 8, 1895 —————— e California leads. Hurry is often worry. The Berkeley boys did us proud. Enterprise ripens with the fruit. All prospects encourage progress. ‘What doesn’t come our way gets lost, Precedent may be a shackle as well asa shield. Good crops will make a good year for every trade. Santa Cruz will be a mermaid on shore duty next week. There are no silurians among the young men of California. There are some people who make even work a dissipation. To people with crabbed minds every- thing goes sidewi: After this the East will regard California as an athletic center. There are some carping critics who can- not catch even a carp. < Murder in this City seems about as care- less as cyclones in Kansas. Wall street leads the country and in ‘Wall street prices are rising. Money in a stocking is only the modern version of a talent in a napkin. One advantage of a nimble mind is its ability to skip what it doesn’t like. The hangman ought to whirl in and patronize the local murder market. A cheering aspect of silurians is that they do not produce after their kind. The man who is not proud of his follow- ing has no right to be proud of himself. The man who prefers fun to money often loses the money without getting the fun. Gold is now growing on the trees of Cali fornia at the rate of about $1,000,000 a day. This week we can save money and next week we can spend the time at Santa Cruz. So long as there is a deficit in the Na- tional revenues there will be a - tariff prob- lem. She used to be the Coming Woman, but now that she has come she is the New ‘Woman. Erratic conduct is the only evidence of genius that some aspiring persons are able to furnish. The people most averse to paying the cost of progress are most eager to share in the profits. The Park Museum is a standing invita- tion to the generosity and patriotism of the citizens. Because the Merchants’ Association is doing well is no reason why it should be left to do it all. Stockton is rejoicing over the news that the construction of the Valley road will be begun the 15th inst. He is indeed a weak man who has not some strength to spare in helping others to bear their burdens. No city of equal size in the world has such a variety of picturesque and attractive suburbs as San Francisco. The Half-million Club had better assist the police in catching murderers and thus save what population we have. Keeping Lotta’s fountain painted and finishing the City Hall should not be the eole aims of our civic ambition. Every one who erects an elegant modern structure in the business districts of the City makes a profitable investment of his money. The easy invasion of China has con- wvinced the Japanese that war is a picnic and they wish to have another to celebrate the first. s et Every man who isopposed to bimetallism without international agreement is con- vinced the world can not wag until Eng- land says so. As soon as the women get to organizing clubs for the material progress of the State we shall hear Prosperity piping her songs of plenty in the land. If we had sent a Stanford as well asa Berkeley team to the intercollegiate con- tests, California might have won all the prizes and broken up the game. London is in the agonies of determining what great honors it may bestow on the second son of the Ameer of Afghanistan, whose mother is a slave woman. As it is beyond question that the United States is the greatest and richest nation in the world, we might as well take the lead in settling the tinancial problem, In asking a guarantee of $100,000 a year {or five years to establish a conservatory of music in Oakland, Ysaye has reminded us suddenly that the times are still hard. If the contest for queen of the Santa Cruz carnival were a selling race we should have to search far for a purchaser with a fortune approaching the value of the win- ner. It is a good sign when business and pro- fessional men show pride and spirit by abandoning the old rookeries and crowd- ing the fine modern houses as soon as they are constructed. If the property-owners in the old busi- ness part of the City would see thatthe streets are better paved they would not have to pay taxes and insurance on so many vacant houses, AMERICA'S OPPORTUNITY. The German Bimetallic Union is re- ported to have adopted resolutions declar- ing that as the bimetallic movement in Great Britain is apparently on the eve of victory, and as public opinion in Germany, even in Government circles, is governed by the prejudice that it would be a doubtful policy to attempt to carry outinternational bimetallism with the co-operation of France, the United States, etc., so long as England adheres to the gold standard; therefore the German bimetallists make Germany’s action on the currency ques- tion dependent on England’s participation, provided the Government will immedi- ately take measures to urge the adherence of England to the bimetallic programme. If anything were needed to rouse the ardor of American bimetallists, this resolu- tion would probably do so. It means practically that the nations of the earth are not to reform their currency unless Great Britain gives permission. The quali- fying clauses are very faint and there are only two of them. The first holds out the hope that England will return to bimetal- lism of her own will and the second sug- gests that the German Government should urge her to do so. If the hope fails and the urging should be of no avail it would seem that Germany is to take no action on the currency question, and inferentially it is implied that the rest of the world must wait also. This is what will arouse the American. To our people there seems no reason why the whole world should wait on a single nation, or why the British Parliament should be left to determine the currency of the United States. It was only a few days ago that the CaLn published a digest of a recent paper of the great statistician Mulhall on the compara- tive wealth of the United States. Accord- ing to the estimate made by that eminent authority, this country has nearly as much industrial energy as Great Britain, Ger- many and France combined, and the com- mercial energy is perhaps greater still. If the financial policy of the world therefore is to be determined by the course of any single power, it would seem this country should be the determining factor, and that if we were to have the co-operation of such nations as Germany and France, there would be little need to wait for the action of England. The hope that the bimetallists are on the eve of a victory in Great Britain is more sanguine than present conditions justify. That country is not likely to take the lead in a return to a monetary system that will largely deprive her of her power over the financial world and seriously diminish her profits from investments abroad. The ex- pectation of any good to be derived from such medasures as the German Government is at all likely to take in urging British ac- ceptance of bimetallism is hardly any bet- ter founded. So long as other nations maintain the single standard, so long will England do so. The only solution of the problem is for some great nation to go for- ward in the path of monetary reform, and then by reciprocity treaties offer commer- cial advantages to such nations as follow her example. The only country fitted to do this with any chance of success is our own, and it would seem to be a good oppor- tunity to prove not only our financial in- dependence but our superior prestige among the nations of the earth. THE VIOTORIOUS TEAM. ‘When Captain Koch and his team of Berkeley athletes return, they will receive an ovation, for they have deserved it. There will be no frost at home for them. They have crossed the continent to meet the best college athletes in the Union, and while they have not been uniformly suc- cessful they have won a series of victories of which all California may be proud. The achievements of the team ought to put an end to the foolish theory that the mild climate of the Pacific Coast is not conducive to the highest vigor and the best stamina of the human body. Here is a band of young men nurtured in the mild air of California who, after a long tedious railway ride, have borne the swift changes from heat to cold of an Eastern spring, and have gone almost without rest from contest to contest and in most cases have proven superior to the strongest and most agile athletes that Eastern colleges could bring against them. When there is taken into consideration the weakening influ- ence of a week’s railway ride, the effect upon the body of a sudden change of cli- mate, water and food, and the high quality as well as the number of the opponents they met, it will hardly need any argu- ment to prove that the Berkeley boys have shown themselves one of the most ex- traordinary teams that ever went forth from any college, and that their victories merit all the commendation that can be given them. One of the good results that may be ex- pected from the tour will be an increased interest in athletic sports among the youth of California. That Berkeley will derivea big benefit from it is beyond question. It has long been known that the Harvard and Yale contests have drawn thousands of students to those institutions and have been an incentive tolyoung men to acquire a university education. Such an incentive may not have prompted a young man to be very studious, but it has led him to a position where he has derived intellectual benefits despite himself. Thus these results from such contests the double benefit of encouraging healthy out-of-door sports among young men generally and inclining & good many of them to be am- bitious of a college course as well. ‘When the Berkeley athletes return home, however, there will be few people to concern themselves with considerations of such benetits as may result indirectly from the trip. Nearly everybody will find sufficient satisfaction in the knowledge of the victories achieved. It will be with no ordinary pride that our people will wel- come the victors. The excellence of Cali- fornia has been once more attested by the vigor of her sons, and in the triumph won under such difficulties over so many and such worthy opponents, there is a suf- ficient justification for making a general jubilation when the team comes home. THE POLICE. The police force of 8an Francisco is com- posed of as big, strong, ruddy and whole- some a lot of men as could be found in a day’s journey. Since they have been put into a uniform which is the very essence of trimness and dignity their ineptness in its proper carriage has become too conspic- uous to escape attention. Before they were required to adopt this tight-buttoned frock coat and this neat and severe helmet they wore a longer and open coat and a generous derby hat. This bappens, quite interestingly, to be the dress neither of a soldier norof a well- dressed civilian. Buta frock coat of what- ever cut is an Imperious censor of deport- ment, and when it is worn buttoned it exacts a dignity that carries a large’ ele- ment of stiffness. When to this is added 2 narrow-rimmed helmet the demand for a decorous carriage is clamorous and per- sistent. To see a big man rolling largely in such a dress is to put him at a disad- vantage which his fidelity to duty does not deserve. The situation is aggravated by the fact 24 that big men are prone to a loose and slov- enly gait. The American idea of choosing giants for policemen affords our European kinsmen great amusement, for they claim that the alertness and nimbleness of small men are more valuable than the heavy strength and imposing presence -of big men. The philosophy behind the Euro- pean idea is that activity is more potent than inertia, and that malefactors, being the most cheerful of iconoclasts, are strangers to the influence of awe. As the American idea runs to big po- licemen, we must make the most of the material which it offers, and one of the most insistent local needs is that our po- licemen be taught the art of appearing to advantage in their uniform. The occa- sional drilling which they receive in rifle handling is not sufficient. So long as it seems to be a vital part of a big American policeman’s nature to keep his elbows separated from his body by as wide a space as the exigencies of sidewalk navi- gation permit (and it is significant that men who “feel” their strength are slaves to that habit) so long isa careful instruc- tion of a semi-military character a plead- ing necessity. POLITIOAL TERMS. ’ When Secretary Carlisle made his speech in Memphis for the maintenance of the gold standard, he called it a defense of “sound money,” and when Bryan of Ne- braska answered him in an argument for the free coinage of silver at the present ratio, he called it a plea for “honest money.”” When Senator Sherman gave his views upon the financial question before the Republican Convention in Ohio, he de- clared for “bimetallism,” and when Sen- ator Hill of New York in an interview commented on the speech, he said he did not know what Sherman meant by the word. Now comes the New York World with a summary of the views of the mem- bers of the present Congress on the subject, and divides them into three classes: free coinage men, bimetallists and gold men. It is evident from all this that in the com- ing campaign financial terms are going to be freely juggled with for political uses and that no man will be able to compre- hend party declarations simply because he understands the meaning words have in the dictionary. If we are to accept the terms as used in the cases cited, “‘sound money” will mean gold, ‘“honest money” will mean silver, and bimetallism will mean a joint use of both sound money and honest money, pro- vided Europe will agree. This use of the terms does violence to common-sense and financial science, but we will probably have to accustom ourselves not only to hear it but to talk it. It isnot the first time that politics has put this tax upon our intellects. We have grown familiar with hearing total abstinence called ‘“‘tem- perance,” we have heard purity of election laws called ‘“‘force bills,”” we have re- peatedly seen the narrowest partisans mas- querade as “non-partisans,” and it would require diligent search to find any kind of political folly, imbecility and backsliding 1n statecraft that has not at some time and some place managed to go through a cam- paign under the name of “reform.” It is not altogether a misfortune to the American people that their politics is so prone to this sort of confusion. By the in- cessant misuse of terms they are trained not to rely too much upon words, but too analyze them and look beneath them for the idea which they bave been so cun- ningly used to conceal. No intelligent voter in this country casts his ballot for a “‘temperance movement,”’ a “non-partisan movement” or a ‘reform movement'’ simply because he is in favor of those things in their literal significance, for he has been trained to judge them by some- thing bigger than a dictionary. This training will be of much use in the next two years. A few politicians may believe they can deceive the people by the vague use of such terms as sound money, honest money and bimetallism, but they will find themselves mistaken. By the time the campaign comes on those phrases will have ceased to have any effect on the popular mind and the voters will demand to know of every candidate whether he favors the free coinage of silver at the present ratio of this country without in- ternational agreement, whether he favors it subject to international agreement, or whether he is opposed to it altogether and desires the continuance of the existing standard. GOOD HOUSES DESIRED, Notwithstanding the fact that the fine new modern houses i the business districts of the City are exceedingly costly struc- tures and must therefore preduce a much larger rental than the old structures serv- ing similar purposes, they are invariably filled as soon as completed and the higher rental is cheerfully paid. Asthe increase of population is not as rapid as the crea- tion of these structures, the old houses are necessarily losing their tenants to the new. The great number of “To let"” notices in the older buildings is sufficient evidence of the fact. An instructive case is that of the new house which is tc be erected at the corner of Grant avenue and Sutter street. The ground floor was leased for ten years be- fore even the foundations had been begun. It is estimated that the monthly rentals from the entire building will be at least $400 more than they were from the shabby old wooden structure that covered the lot, and as this increase is on an investment of only $40,000 for this new house, the profit from the improvement will be enormous. Many of the old and partly abandoned houses are superb products of the mason’s art. Although provided with none of the elaborate modern features to secure strength and stability, including a frame of steel and a generous use of hollow terra cotta bricks, they have passed without the slightest damage through earthquakesand time, and except that they lack in certain adornments and conveniences of recent in- vention are perfect structurs. Some of them are not sufficiently high and will have to come down on that account, but many of them require merely certain alterations to make them attractive. There is no movement in this line, and there will not be until the shockingly bad pavements which have contributed so largely to the deterioration of these properties have been replaced with adequate roadways. Fifty per cent of the ‘‘accidental” deaths of children in England and France are produced by suffocation while in bed with their parents, and a good many more die from malnutrition. This seems shocking enough, but the fact that these are all chil- dren whose lives have been insured by their parents makes France and England occupy a very uncomfortable position in the eyes of Christendom. A Texas justice of the peace is reportod to have recently decided that a bucking broncho is a deadly weapon and that to exhibit one in a public place is an offense under the law. ‘While Cleveland is contemplating a third term he might reflect that even a second conviction, under the laws of most of the States, is something that few men like to face. AROUND THE CORRIDORS “‘Hello, Sands!” «How are you, Sands?’ ‘“When jer get back, Sands?” were the expres- slons heard in the corridors of the Occidental Hotel yesterday, es various friends of Sands W. Forman greeted him on his return frowm a three months’ trip to China and Japan. Mr. Forman has fattened up considerably, and hes acquired a broad tourist accent quite taking for a man of his age. “Why, I wouldn’t take a million dollars for the fun 1 hed on that trip,” he said; “and itis worth repeating. Youm ought to go through China and stop over night in Canton. That was one of the experiences that nearly drove me crazy. Of course, a fellow has such things happen even in the midst of the most delight- ful times. All night long the local police, togged out like an Italian panorama, moved up ‘which comprises 144,000 acres in the heart of the county, nothing is being done, It is a great pity, for the best mining country in the county is there.” A. W. Unthank, a civil engineer of wide ex- perience in many countries, is sojourningin San Francisco. He has reached the conclusion that the single rail elevated road, with guide wheels above, can be made entirely practica- ble for crossing mountain ranges over areas of deep snow. As for motive power he sees the possibility of utilizing the force of mountain streams to generate electricity. Mr. Unthank in 1870 assisted in the engineering work of the pneumatic tubular bridge across the Missouri River at Fort Leavenworth. Subsequently he went to Peru, ran the preliminary surveys and located the summit division of the road which was projected to cross the Andesand SANDS FOREMAN TALKS ABOUT HIS ORIENTAL EXPERIENCES. |Sketched from life for the “Call” by Nankivell.] and down the streets blowing horns and beat- ing discordant cymbals for the purpose of driv- ing awayany thieves who might be operating in the city. About 8 o’clock they let up, and a fellow rolls over to get in a little sleep. In the ‘midst of your dozing, or about sunrise, three fiends perch themselves on a wall across the street from the hotel, and with a sort of & ram’s horn about four feet long proceed to blow glad blasts to the rising sun, They seem to be trying to burst the horns, and keep it up two or three hours. This puts & stop to any further attempt to rest, so you have to get up and make the best of it. Itook a trip in a sort of sedan chair throughout the city. Everybody moves about in that way. No one thinks of walking. The Chinamen who carried me, four of them, were dressed very slightly. I don’t suppose there was enough clothes on the four to flag a hand- car. Ihad a little more on, happily, but about noon the perspiration was pouring off me in streams. Hot? You neversaw anything like it. Why, I had to hang all my clothing ouito dry when I got back to the hotel. Canton was too many for me, so I got over into Tokio. “Now there is a place where they know how to entertain. I took breakfast, tiffin and sup- pér with Minister Dunn and—" “What under the sun is tiffin?” inquired a listener. “Tiffin,” answered Sands, ‘s lunch. I am getting so foreign of late that I can’t say lunch. You will have to humor me on that point. Well, to continue, he entertained the party very elegantly, but the house he occupies would make an American blush for the coun- try he was born in. Bay, it is the worst old ‘barn you ever looked at. It sets upon a little hill and flauats its miserable condition to tourists from all over the world. The Govern- ment ought to be ashamed of itself for furnish- ing its Minister with such & battered institu- tion as that and expect it to inspire any regard for the United States. Think of it. Besides there is another point to consider. The Amer- ican Miaister in Tokio is the most influential of all foreign Ministers, and the Japanese have the highest regard for him. He is the only Minister in Japan who can move among the people without a bodyguard. The Russian Minister always has a small army following his ricksha, with long sabers, ready to pounce on various suspects who may be seen hovering 100 near. “France, Germany, England and Russia have installéd their Ministers in the most magnifi- cent homes and the grounds contain the finest landscape gardening in the world, while Amer- ica has planked her representative down in an old shack that isn’t fit for & tramp to occupy— that is, since tramps began to sleep in the Astor house.” Mr. Forman smiled a little and cooled off, while those around him were enjoying the same privilege. “However,” he continued, “what I said is true. The place is clean and comfortable enough, butit is older than the wall of China and ought to be relegated to & back seat. I ‘wish something could be done toinduce the United States to house its Minister properly and permit him to enjoy the dignity which his standing and influence in Japan justify.” ‘‘How do they receive tourists in the Orient, Sands?” “Fine. The minute you strike the principal cities the authorities take you in hand and nothing 1s too good for you. But in some places the mosquitoes—I give you my word, gentlemen, they are as big as humming birds and will fight back. There have been cases where they have broken windows to get in, and at Nagasaki they stabbed a man once and he almost bled to d eatn. I tell you—" Mr. Forman looked around, but he was alone. J. W. Snyder, a rancher and mine-owner, is an old resident of Mariposa County. Heisin town on some mining business and was speak- ing last evening of the great activity started by the sales of the Cook and Higman mines to capitalists. “The Cook mines were bought,” he said, “by some Montana mining men. The mines are in the northern lode and they have about sixty feet of low gradeore. Theysay that they expect to make it pay at $6 to$3a ton. They are sinking three shafts, which they are to put down 1000 feet straight off. and are beginning to build a 300-stamp mill. This will be the biggest quartz-mill on the coast. It 1s said that they will expend $1,250,000 before they take out any momey, and will employ 2000 men. “‘The Higman mine was bought for $150,000 about a year ago by the English company that owns the Sierra Buttes property. They havea splendid property and are putting up s forty- stamp mill. This, of course, has stirred up the miners all over the county, except in the Mariposa grant. The Hite mine and the Van- derbilt and others are being reopened, and al- together there is & good deal of activity in mining. On the Mariposa grant, however, connect with the headwaters of the Amazon on the eastern slope. He located the tunnel at an altitude of 15,650 feet and built the narrow- gauge road from Callao to that point. After his South American experience he went to Japan and taught civil engineering in_tne Japanese Imperial College at Tokio. Return- ing to this country, he went to Arizona and constructed the 20-inch narrow-gauge railroad from Clifton up to Chases Creek, putting in one of the highest inclines ever constructed. ‘WHEN F;AWLEY WAS A NEWS- PAPER WRITER. I was a Washington correspondent for the Associated Press and an acknowledged society dude when I became smitten with the charms of the stage. If newspaper work interferes with society duties, however, the pursuit of the drama is fatal to them. So finding it im- possible to combine many ambitious I asked for a fortnight’s leave of absence and went off to New York, resolved to forswear everything {or the sake of the stage. When the newspaper men found this out they put their heads together and gave me a splendid send-off—fairly made the welkin ring with descriptions of my talent and brilliant prospects—all of which, of course, was very gratifying, though it did not illhmine my path- way in New York. Aftér comsiderable disap- pointment I at last succeeded in bamboozling 2 manager into giving me a trial. In those daysa beginner was looked upon with scorn and contumely by the old achors, who seemed to think it a crime to attempt %o follow in their distinguished footsteps. There were a lot of these old fellows in the company, and they watched with derislon my virgin efforts at rehearsal, and commented on them 8o severely that I lost all self-confidence and felt as awkward as if I had never been a society | | Daniel Frawley. dude. The more I was sneered at the more stupid I grew, till, giving way to despair, I drew the manager into a corner and asked if he could not give me an easfer part. The whole thing seems like a farce now, but it was heavy tragedy at the time. The manager consented to let me have a role in a play he was bringing out in Port Jarvis, N.Y.; and this being settled, I went into the camp of the enemy and, throwing myself on the mercy of one of the experienced actors, Ogden Stevens, who was less hostile than the rest, said: “Teach me to play this role, for I Will drive a streetcar rather than go home with failure written all over my brow.” Stevens consented, and played the part of mentor to my Telemaque so well that at the next re- hearsal the old actors moderated their sneers. “You shall play at Port Jarvis for two nights,” said the manager; “if you do not Pplease the public you are then dismissed.” In spite of the facts that the theater overlooked a graveyard and that the first object I stumblea over in the greenroom was a property tomb- stone, my dramatic hopes were not interred in thal theater. The mansger engaged me for the rest of the tour—forty days, and thirty-six of them one-night stands. We used to say that the advance agent went ahead in order to dis- cover towns whose existence had been hitherto unsuspected by the world, for he always booked us for places that were marked on no map and that no one ever remembered having heard of. At one little place called West Union, in Iowa, we had the oddest experiénce I have yet met with. We played in a hall thirty feet under- ground that had formerly been two saloons, the stage being composed of dining tables. Though the theater was packed with people, ‘we might have been playing to wax figures for all the interest they exhibited in the play. There was not one langh nor sign of applause from beginning to end of the performance. We noticed & man going up and down the aisles but did not pay much attention to him till he came bebind the scenes after the show and was introduced &s the proprietor of the theater— the ex-saloon-keeper. “Pretty nice lot ot an audience,” he re- marked to me, with the pride of ownership. “Yes, quite a lady-like one,” I answered, “yery gentle and timid.” “They’ve got to be. I walk up and down the aisles with a club,and if I see any onemakinga noise I throw him out.” And that accounted for the silence, the peo- ple stood in such awe of the saloon-keeper that they did not dare to smile. DANIEL FRAWLEY. PERSONAL. T. B. Berg of San Mateo is at the Lick. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. George of Santa Clara are guests at the Lick. D. Brownstone, & merchant of Lemoore, is a guestat the Grand. J. M. Buffington, a mining man of Nevada City, is at the Lick. S. Livingston, a merchant of San Bernardino, is a guest at the Lick. C. T. Hutchin of the navy registered yester- day at the Occidental. M. L. Graffof Los Angeles was one of yester- day’s arrivals at the Lick. Senator Thomas Flint Jr. of San Juan regis- tered yesterday at the Grand. W. H. Falk, a lumber man of Arcata, regis- tered at the Grand yesterday. i Elwood Cooper, & well-known olive-grower | of Santa Barbara, is staying at the Lick. H. H. Pitcher, an attorney of Livermore, was one of yesterday’s arrivals at the Palace. M. Goldman, a prominent mine and land | owner of Merced, was one of yesterday’s arri- | vals at the Lick. Colonel John F. Kiader, one of the owners of | the narrow-gauge railroad in Nevada County, came down from Grass Valley yesterday and is | staying at the Palace. F. Beaudry, who is manager of the big hy- | draulic mines of Trinity County owned by | French capitalists, and Mrs. Beaudry 1egistered | yesterday at the Palace. James F. Connelly, United States Consul to Osaka, Japan, arrived here yesterday with his wife and family on his way to his post, and will sail on the China next Tuesday. They are stay- ing at the Palac SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS. “I got 2 $40,000 application from old Gotrox | this morning,” said the insurance solicitor, in high glee. “Well, you want to put him through a mighty rigid examination,” said the general ageat. “He raised the wages of all his employes the other day without their asking for anything of thekind. He has had a stroke, or something, you can bet.”’—Cincinnati Tribune. Tired Thompson—I am laboring— ‘Weary Wiggles (horrified)—What? “I am laboring under the impression that men ought never to work.” “Oh, that's different.”’—Pittsburg Commer- cial Telegraph. She—Well, I've given up “Trilby” as a fad, He—Altogether?—Detroit Free Press. Mrs. Magun—I came across one of your old letters to-day, George, where you said that you ‘would rather be in endless torment with me than be in bliss by yourself. Mr. Magun—Well, my dear, I got my wish.— London Tit-Bits. ‘The Wife—John isbecoming a model husband now. He doesn’t go to the club any more. Her Neighbor—Yes, my husband told me that the club had stopped giving credit in the wineroom.—Syracuse Tribune. . “What may I do for humanity?” Her bosom heaved with the greatemotions that filled her heart. “I would save lives,” she cried, impetuonsly. She was somewhat uncertain whether she would achieve more by becoming an army nurse, or by having a trolley-car fender put on her bicycle.—Detroit Tribune. “Anna, your lover was again in the kitchen i1l 10 o’clock last night. I canngt allow that any more.” “], too, have been thinking if we couldn’t have supper a little earlier.”—Fliegende Blaet- ter. A contemporary contains an advertisement of a dog for sale. Among the good points §f the animal are fhese: “He will eat anything and is very fond of children.”—Household Words. “When er man talks er tremenjus sight ’bout whut a good frien’ ob your’'n he is,” said Uncle Eben, ‘“listen ter ’'im, but doan’ trade hosses wif im,—Washington Star. Distressed Female—Oh, please sir, give me something all the same! Benevolent Gentleman—Why all the same? Distressed Female (weeping)—Oh, sir, don’t you recognize me? I'm the blind man’s wife. Benevolent Gentleman—Yes, I remember you; but what's the matter? Distressed Female—Oh, sir, we're in fresh trouble. My poor husband has recovered his sight.—St. Paul Globs “He has been du two years, and to-day I received a bill against him with the request to forward it.” “Why, what did you do with it “Put it in the fire.”—Port Jervis Gazette. When you find & man who won't brag about how bad a boy he used to be, he probably was a bad boy.—New York Recorder, “I would not be so downhearted,” said the sympathetic lady, “you do not know what good fortune the world may have in store for yon.” “What is the use,” moaned Mr. Dismal Daw- gon, “of the world havin’ anything in store fer me, when it is a dead sure thing I can’t git no credit at the store?’—Indianapolis Journal, —_— PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. William Adair of Detroit left 30,000 to found a retreat for old men. The sale of wines, jewels, engravings and pictures of the late Duchess of Montrose real- ized £55,016. The bicycle of the Khedive of Egypt is a gor- geous machine, almost entirely covered with silver plating, A public library building costing $30,000 has been presented to the town of Northboro, Mass., by Cyrus Gale, a resident. The Town Council of 8t. Cere, where Can- Tobert lived, proposes to buy the famous Mar- shal’s house and transform it into a museum. The King of the Belgians only goes to church once a year, and for that occasion modestly se- lects the day of his accession to the throne. Edward F. Searles, husband of the late Mrs. Mark Hopkins, has given three valuable pieces of land to the town of Great Barrington, Mass., for park purposes and an athletic field. Mrs, Harlan is said to be almost as large phy- sicaily as her husband, the Supreme Court Justice, who is 6 feet 2 inches tall, and when together in public they naturally attract a great deal of attention. Signor Crispi’s safety is constantly watched over by an Inspector of Police. Recently in descending from the Minister's carriage the Inspector fell to the ground. His fall caused ?oi: :evolvex to explode, and he was shot in the Cecil Rhodes, the virtual King of South Africa, once replied to an application from England for a place fora young man who was anxious to try his fortune at the Cape: *“Send me hisphotograph and I'll let you know by re- turn whether I can do anything for him or not.” UP TO DATE IDEAS, 1t is often desirable to detach from a light carriage a pair of shafts and substitute a pole. In a livery stable it is an advantage fo be able to do this quickly. Then, too, whether one drives a single horse or a team, he does not want the connections between shafts or pole and the forward axle to rattle, get full of dirt orwear out quickly. Hence the need of a car. risge shackle that may be instantly fastened or released; that will exclude dirt; that will remain noiseless and that will stand hard usage, says the New York Tribune. Builders and users of road vehicles are familiar with a variety of fastenings which do not possess all these qualities, end probably there is none in use which could not be improved upon. It is possible, therefore, that the ball-joint shackle of Cetius E. Joe, just now of New York City, Iay prove upon examination to be the besg thing of its kind yet invented. |, To the shaft at right angles therewith is at- | tached a stout pin terminating in a ball; and | this rests in & cup-like covered and hinged socket, shown herewith. Both the upper and lower halves of the socket are lined with yule | cabeston or some similar material, to reduce | to & minimum the noise, wear and heat results ing from friction; and there is a coiled spring | inserted in such a wayas to raise and throw | forward the top of the easing when the latter | is free tb move. But to hold it down in place | Mr. Joe affixes a suitable lug or projection to & | vertical pin running through an extension of | the lower part of the casing. The lughasa slightly hooked end, & sort of beak, that fits into a depression in the cover, and, under the infiuence of & spiral spring that pulls it down- | ward, tends to retain its hold on the cover and to keep the latter down tight. The aperture in which this pin slides up and down is elon- gated fore and aft, so that the pin has a little play therefn. To uncouple then a man simply pulls upward and backward on the curved handle of the pin., As soon as released the cover flies upward and forward. The inventor would like to interest some manufacturer in this device, not being in & position himself to place it on the market. GROCERS’ PICNIC, San Rafael, June 3. Bacox Printing Company, 508 Clay strest. * —————— CrEAM mixed candies, 25¢ Ib, Townsend’s.* PALACE sea baths, 715 Filbert street, now - open for summer swimming season. —————— | Purest imported cognacs, Holland gin and cordials for family use. Mohns & Kaltenbach, 29 Market street. ~ ————— Among the Anglo-Saxons every portion | of the human body had a monetary value. | If a man in those days knocked out one of | the front teeth of his neighbor Le had to | Fay him 6 shilliugs as compensation, but it | he destroyed his beard he had to hand over | no less a sum than 20 shillings. | ———— THAT Tired Feeling which 1550 common and sa overpowering Is entirely driven off by Hood’s Sar- saparilla, the best spring medicine and only true blocd purifier. It gives new life and energy. ————— “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used over fifty years by millions of moth. ers for thelr children while Teething with pertect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, al- lays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhceas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Druggists irevery part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. 25c a bottle. e —— ST ATENMENT (e ——— Commereial Union Insurance Company ()%, ONDON, ENGLAND, ON THE 818T DAY 1n; of December, A. D. 1894, and for the year end- on that day, s made to the Insurance Com- missioner of the State of California, pursuant to the provisions of sections 810 and 611 0f the Pollt~ ical Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the commissioner. CAPITAL. Amount of capital stock, paid up in cash........ -.$ 1,250,000 00 ASSETS. Real estate owned by compa: Loans on bond and mort, Cash market value of all s $ 2,166,641 49 846,687 74 bonds owned by compan; 5,034,911 00 Amount of loans secured by pledge of bonds, stocks and other market- able securities as collateral. . 216,250 87 Cash In m-l:llg:ny’l of Cash in b 1,780,068 18 Interest due stocks and loans. 2,748 22 Interest due and and mortgages......... 347470 Premiums in due course of collec- tion.. 1,385,206 50 Bllls receivable, not matured, taken for fire and marine risks.. . 66,778 78 Total assets, life departmen .. 8,437,617 20 Sundry offices for guarantees an reinsurance on losses already paid 482,282 29 Rents and interest due. 3,563 6 Stamps on band.... Total assets........ LIABILITIES, Losses adjusted and unpald ; losses in process of adjustment or In suspense; losses resisted, includ- ing expenses ....... = Gross premiums on fire risks run- ning one year or less, §.... rein- surance 50 per cent; gross pre- miums on fire risks " running more than one year, $. rein- surance pro rata. Gross premiums on land navigation risks, Te- insurance 100 per cent; gmuj 905,000 00 748,525 00 1,879,575 00 remiums on marine time risks, ... reinsurance 50 per cent Liability under life department. Cash dividends remaining unpai All other demands against the co; pany 8,437,617 21 1,990 83 2,348,481 9§ Total liabilities. INCOME. Net cash actually recelved for fire premiums $5,480,416 64 1,142,796 18 rine premiums. Received for interest on bo mortgages . Received fof interest and dividends on bonds, stocks, loans, and from all other sources. Recelved for income from 1 partment ... Received for tra ———y Total income....... $ 8,172,852 08 EXPENDITURES. pll(} for flrg,lmuilln- osses revious $ 8,685,247 94 losses of previous Years)...... Dividends to stockholders Paid or allowed for commission or brokerage...... .. Paid for sal: rl,o;, fees ll = oel,c charges for_officers, clerks, etc.: aid “for State, National and ocal taxes: all other payments and expenditures...... Total -expenditure of iife depi 333,210 84 1,215,981 86 446 58 Net amount 666,151 27 811,587 48 786,977 64 1,581,181 10 ment......eemeeies o 656,207 41 ——t Total expenditures ..$ 7,487,852 83 MarINE. Losses incurred during the ye‘nr?‘.] ....$8,394,368 00 $664,301 00 RISES AND PREMIUMS, | _FIRE RISKS. | PREMIUMS. Net amount of risks| written during the year, $1,995,302,890 87,325,385 32 Net amount of risks expired during the i 1,414,855,792| 5,402,795 20 et am el December 31,1894 879,785,674/ 3,869.010 34 MARINE RISKS| PREMIUMS. Net amount of risks’ written during the ear. s szlm 1 # 862,848,475/91,665,710 00 expired during the ¥ oy AL LETTR 850,257,400, 1,649,870 00 ber 31,1894 89,123,950| 944,665 00 g. mm‘s‘c .YOH.N TROTTER, Chatrman. Subscril of A 1snsl'nd SWworn to before me this 19th day G. F. WARREN, Notary Public. PACIFIC COAST BRANCH OFFICE 301 California Street. C. F. MULLINS, Manager.