The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 12, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, YUNE 12, 189 S Ehancise, CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: DATLY CALL—$6 per year by mail; by carrler, 15¢ NDAY CALL—$1.50 per y KLY CALL—#1.50 per year. The Fastern office of the SAN FRANCISCO CALL (Daily and Weekly), Pacific States Adver- tising Burean, Rhinelander building, Rose and Duane streets, New York. THE SUMMER MONTHS. Are yon going 10 the country on & vacation ? It £0, it 15 1o trouble for us to forward THE CALL to your address. Do not let it miss you for you will Imies it. Orders given to the carrier, or left at Business Office, 710 Market street, will receive prompt attention. SDAY JUNE 12, 1895 Quick sales, large profits. See Santa Cruz and swim. The Louisiana free-silver gun is booming. The treating habit isa kind of forced smile. is the aze of steam, everything r high pressure, He who does not pity a misanthrope ably has corns of his own. of the Nation is shori, the best of it. Whenever enterprise gets thoroughly in the air it ceases to be a matter of wind oLl A holiday at home does not give any , but it enables a man to keep what Democratic leader seems to re- Presidential nomination in 1898 He who gives employment to idle men is casting bread upon the wuters of his own fisnpond. The announcement that Sullivan is “flat broke” recalls the fact that he has also fit his last fight. It may be wrong in the Sultan of Turkey to prefer a warto an Armenian Lexow, but the choice is human. Inspectors of hulls and boilers some- times invite wrecks and explosions that do not occur on the sea. There is a good field in Venezuela for Olney to cultivate diplomatic laurels at the expense of the British Itis not the money problem that pro- duces the tired feeling so much as the in- cessant discussion of it. Antagonisms between labor and capital 1 exist until capital regards labor as being human as well as a machine, Tt isn’t the Four Hundred in the sun- shine of life but the 100 i the shade that frets the Eastern people in these days. Those who are excessively punctilious and s i ly reflect on the hornet's superiority over them in these regards. oads getting ready to build into her limits, Stockton proposes to take the first and richest cut of prosper- ity. There is & probability that the Demo- crats will be ready next year to refer the sidential contest o a board of arbi- ors. It seems that there are some good people in Texas who do not regard prize-fighting as the finest evidence of an advanced civ- ilization. Uncle Sam is keeping one eye on the Florida filibusters and another on his servants who are “investigating” the Colima wreck. As the property-owners of Market street will derive most of the profit from any im- provement on it, they should be willing to pay hali the cost. if France and Russia really intend to drive England out of the Mediterranean they ought to whirl in and doit now, so as to liven up the dult season. 4 The San Diego idea of getting railroad men to co-operate in building another rail- road deserves the prize as the best co- operative scheme of the age. The coming silver convention at Mem- phis will have a ring which will com- pletely drown the echoes of the faint chinking cf her gold convention. The fact that New York has incorpo- rated a free circulating library for the blind may be taken as another evidence of the progress of humenity in the right direc- tion. According to Wade Hampton the South fs solid for silver but hasn’t sense enough to vote against the Democratic ticket even if Cleveland were nominated for a third term. It would be a pity if any of the con- tracts in the construction of the Valley road which Californians might secure should be permitted to fall into Eastern hands. it Dla? When the Southern Pacific secured a monopoly of transportation to Santa Cruz by the purchase of the South Pacific Coast road, it did not foresee the bicycle and the bloomer girl. As it appears the French helped Russia to keep the Japaneseout of Chinain the expectation that Russia would help her bounce the British out of Egypt, we may see fur fly before long. The promotion of Otto Hansen, third mate of the wrecked Colima, to the position of second mate of the San Juan is one of the quickest rewards for service that modern history discloses. The announcement that President Cleve- land is going to ‘“American” the State De- partment as a play for a third term does not inform us that the leopard has learned the art of rearranging his spots. As an illustration of how much depends on the point of view, we have but to cite the fact that the freshman regards the graduating senior as the awe-inspiring em- bodiment of wisdom and discretion. Zsop to the contrary notwithstanding, the fox set an example of conspicuous wis- dom by consoling himself with the fiction that the inaccessible grapes were sour in- stead of grieving his heart out in longing for the unattainable while magnifying its value. MI IMPROVING MARKET STREET. “The adoption by the Board of Super- visors of the report of the Street Com- mittee, to include in the next tax levy the sum of §150,000 to pave Market street from the ferries to Valencia with good bitu- minous roclk, subject only to the condition that the property-owners pay half the expenses, brings this important and much- needed improvement within the range of probable accomplishment. Some work will be required, of course, to get the property-owners to consent to bear their portion of the expense, but if this work be wisely directed and energetically carried on it can hardly fail of success. It will not be overlooked that while some of the owners of the street frontage can easily pay the amount the improve- ment would cost them, there are others who cannot do so without a great effort. 1t remains, therefore, to impress upon the latter class that the effortis worth making. The improvement will certainly be a profitable benefit to them. If they wish to sell the property they can get a better price for it after an improvement than before. If they wish to lease it, they can get larger returns after the improvement. If they wish to use it they will have the advantage of easier hauling for teams and other conveniences for carrying on their business. Thus, under any circumstances, they will derive an individual profit as well as that which results to the citizens at iarge, and will find the money ex- pended for the improvement a good in- vestment in every respect. So much is needed in San Francisco in the way of street improvement that every effort mad that direction is 2 matter of public concern. Even a small improve- ment upon a side street would be noted as an evidence of the tendency toward the accomplishment of the great work all over the City. In the case of the proposed paving of Market street, however, the con- templated improvement is itself so great that there will be a widespread interest in it, without reference to the relation it bears to the general progress toward better streets. The whole City will be to a large extent benefited by the improvement of the great central thoroughfare, and the people will note with close attention the course pursued by the property-owners in regard to it. There may be no loud ex- pression of adverse criticism upon those who for any reason object to paying their share of the expense, but we may be sure there will be the heartiest commendation of all who are sufliciently public-spirited and enterprising to help the good work goon. AN EASTERN DISASTER. The review made by the Agricultural Department on the fruit conditions of the country for last year shows that the indus- try was disastrous and unprofitable, and that this result was brought about largely by unfavorable climatic conditions. The railroad strikes of last July had something to do with this evil result, but no State of the Union was so grievously afflicted in this regard as California. ‘We do not need any report from the Ag- ricultural Department to inform us of the fatalities which have already overtaken the Eastern fruit crop this year. We are already fully advised that a succession of fierce blizzards has entirely destroyed a very large part of the crop, and we are aware that however disastrous may have been the climstic conditions which so seri- ously affected the crops of last year those which have obtained this year are immeas- urably worse. In comparison with the conditions under which froit culture is prosecuted in the Eastern States, even as far south as semi- tropical Florida, where even the orange trees themselves, let alone their {ruit, were destroyed by frosts, those which prevail in California are infinitely better and ap- proach as near to an absolute assurance of bountiful crops as can be hoped for in this world; and whatever the disadvantages under which our fruit-growers have suf- fered they areremoved from natural condi- tionsand may be laid almost entirely at the door of excessive freight charges aggravated by lack of adequate machinery for market- ing our products in the Eastern States. It ought to be a very eloquent lesson to every Eastern fruit-grower that California grow- ers can gc to the enormous expense of packing their fruit, shipping it from two to three thousand miles, paying excessive charges for freight and refrigeration, main- taining costly agencies for the disposition of the fruit, and yet sell it at a profitin the very center of Eastern fruit production. The importance of this consideration can be more fully realized if we imagine Fastern fruit-growers shipping their products to California and offering them for sale in competition with our own. Nothing more absurd could be conceived. The deduction from these reflections is that California is the natural fruit-produc- ing region of the country, and that when the expense of marketing our iruit in the East shall be adequately reduced, as it in- evitably will be in time, not only will it be impossible for the Eastern States to compete with us in most of the fruits which they now produce, but the profits on the industry in California will increase and be generous and constant. The difficulties under which we now labor do not prevent us from making larger and more reliable profits than Eastern growers now enjoy. Every new orchard in California tends to reduce the cost of marketing fruit and in- crease the inability of Eastern growers to compete with us. The extension of the fruit area in California therefore contracts the Eastern fruit area and enlarges our market. All these considerations are independent of one equally important, that we can grow fruits here which are impossible in the Fast, and it is in these that the largest profit will be ultimately secured. VALLEY ROAD PROGRESS. The people of the San Joaquin Valley fully realize that their prosperity depends upon the construction of the Valley road. The action of Merced in sending a com- mittee to interview the directors on the subject of the offer which Merced should make indicates the earnest desire of that city to secure competition in transporta- tion. While nothing definite was decided upon at the meeting, Merced has learned that if its offer is sufficient the road will pass through that city. However greata hardship the people may think subscrip- tions to the road will be, it will never do for them to leave out of view the fact that whatever they give will be an investment, and that the amount of this investment will largely determine the extent of the benefits which they will enjoy. It is interesting to observe that Fastern contractors are in the field in competition with local contractors in the construction of the fine steel drawbridge across Mormon Blough at Btockton. It is difficult to see how such competition could be possible. The extensive rolling-mills of San Fran- cisco produce work of the very highest character, and though they are handi- capped on the score of expense for raw material, it is hard to see how this could offset the much larger expense that East- ern builders must bear in transporting their finished material to California. We sincerely hope that our own mills will se- cure this important contract. It is not only important for itself, but it is the be- ginning of other similar constructions that it is eminently advisable we handle at home. Itis cheering to learn that the task of securing the right of way from Stockton to the Stanislaus River has been practically accomplished. Everything, therefore, will be in readiness in a few days for the be- ginning of the work. We may then ex- pect a redoubling of the enthusiasm with which the organization of the road was hailed. Meanwhile by her display of intelligent enterprise Stockton has taken a most prominent position in the march of Cali- fornia’s progress, and her just reward will be the first fruits of the State’s prosperity. IN THE WILDERNESS. Zalibd e In an interview at Portland General ‘Wade Hampton is reported to have as- serted that the South is solid for free silver coinage; that the Democratic Na- tional Convention will not adopt a free silver platform; that the Southern Btates will give their votes for the Democratic ticket, and that Grover Cleveland stands a good chance to be renominated. These as- sertions seem to contradict one another, but there can be little doubt they are fairly accurate. The apparent absurdity of say- ing the South is solid for silver and would yet give its votes for Democracy and the gold standard with Cleveland a8 a candi- date, is ne more absurd than the actual Democratic situation. Moreover, it is not of the Southerners only, but of the whole breed of stalwart Democrats, these things might be said. The party is involved in hopeless confusion. It looks about for a leader and sees none save Cleveland. Therefore, though it regards him as the author of the disasters of the party, it must perforce follow him, for there is no one else to follow. This condition of affairs gives an aspect of seriousness to the report that the Presi- dent may be renominated. Two weeks ago the suggestion of such a thing was everywhere received with ridicule. It was regarded as an idle fancy, hatched in the brain of 2 Washington correspondent, who, in the dullness of that city, was compelled to invent something to write about. Of late, however, there have been repeated evidences that in some Democratic circles the idea is favorably received. General Hampton is one example of this. An- other was furnished a few daysagoat a meeting in Atlanta when one of the lead- ing speakers not only advocated the re- election of Cleveland, but even declared in favor of electing him for life. Several Democratic papers, moreover, have com- mended the scheme and, in fact, Mr. Cleveland is now more frequently spoken of as the next nominee of the party than any other man. Of course, all this does not imply that Cleveland is at all likely to be nominated. There are still among the Democrats some leaders who are wise enough and strong enough to save the party from such politi cal suicide as that. Still it is of passing importance as an evidence of the utter de- moralization among the leaders and their present inability to furnish the party with either a policy or a candidate. Gorman is silent as a clam, Hill talks nothing but buncombe, Vest and Voorhees have heen lost in the shuffle. There is nothing of the party leadership in evidence except the ad- ministration. Isit any wonder that the rank and file, dazed by disaster and be- wildered by perplexities, should turn in despair to the Moses who brought them into the wilderness and beseech him to lead them out? e nd BISMAR OK’S ADDRESS. The address of Bismarck to the Agra- rians last Sunday sounds more like the speech of some hot-headed young aristo- crat than that of an old and experienced statesman. Had it been delivered to a ecrowd of workingmen instead of a com- pany of opulent many-acred land-owners the speaker would have been regarded as a demagogue trying to stir up strife, and he would have had reason to count himself lucky if the police had not arrested him before he finished. The Agrarians, or the land-owning lords of Germany, have found their interests of late to be opposed to those of the people of the cities. They have felt themselves par- ticularly aggrieved by the commercial treaties negotiated by the Government and strongly supported by the people of the larger cities, led by those of Berlin. Bis- marck not only denounced these treaties, but spoke contemptuously of the residents of Berlin as “‘people without an acre and without a blade of corn to their names.” He called upon his hearers for cheers for the Kaiser as ““the first landed proprietor of the kingdom” and declared his wish for a revival of theold and noble custom of the reigning Prince receiving no salary, but living on his own ancestral lands, and added that he would like to apply a similar condition to the members of the Ministry also. An address of that kind is not calculated to teach wisdom to the Agrarians or to incline them to seek some basis of agree- ment with the merchants, the mechanics and the workingmen of the cities. It is more likely to excite the class pride among the owners of ancestral lands and lead them to assume that they alone should constitute the governing power of Ger- many. On the other hand it will :rritate the great class of intelligent citizens who are not land-owners and who have already a sufficient reason to regard with more or less aversion the claims and pretensions of the hereditary landlords, who in Germany are more dominant and domineering than in any other country of Western Europe. Wheh the political parties of a country correspond with divisions of caste and property there is imminent danger of civil disturbances. This danger was aggravated by Bismarck’s claim that the Kaiser repre- sents the landlord class rather than the people generally. It suggests to such radicals, revolutionists or republicans as may be in Germany another reason for hostility to the Government. With class prejudices added to the heat of political differences, and the Emperor himself re- garded as the head of a particular party and class, the German people will need all their philosophy and cool-headed good sense to avoid being hurried into a strife that may have serious consequences to the empire. Bismarck, so wise in action and so diplomatic in foreign affairs, has never been noted for wisdom of speech nor for good judgment in dealing with home poli- tics, and it would seem that in his old age his worst faults are getting the mastery of him and leading him by foolish blunders to impair the permanence of the mighty work of his prime. AN IMPORTANT WORK. The recent accession by the University of California of complete appliances for testing material used in construction is another of the very many important branches of useful work that the uni- versity has undertaken; and as results achieved by it in other useful ways have been so valuable, and have aided so much to an understanding of the many peculiar conditions with which our producers have found themselves confronted and upon which our prosperity has proceeded, there is every reason to believe that this, one of the most important works that it has un- dertaken, will be equally beneficial. One of the investigations to be made by this department is into the relative values of the native woods of California for structural purposes. Such tests have never been adequately made, and as many of the building woods are peculiar, losses bave been increased through a lack of exact knowledge concerning them. Hitherto builders, architects and en- gineers have had to proceed more or less blindly in much of the important struc- tural work that has been done in the State. That construction of all kinds has been so satisfactory is no argument against the value of perfect appliances for testing material before it goes into construction. The State contains an amazing quantity and variety of building stones, from the softest sandstones up through slates to marble, granite and the various forms of lava. Itisin the crude handling of these untested materials that most of the mis- takes have been made. The university will not only keep us straight hereafter in this regard, but will determine the value of innumerable quarries which have never yet been tried. This will be one of the most valuable branches of the university’s work. Another important direction which this work will take is the testing of material for road construction. As yet there are hardly any scientifically constructed roads and streets in the State, and yet there is a wonderiul abundance of native material of many kinds that might be employed for this purpose. Most prominent among them is bituminous rock, which under proper treatment, such as the university will teach us to give it, will likely become the great paving material of the future, and give us highways at small cost, and superior to those in any other part of the country. The present movement for good roads and streets is the beginning of a great revolution in this regard. And now that the State has fathered the movement, both by the creation of a bureau of high- ways and by a department of the univer- sity which can co-operate with it, we have every needful means for pushing the work. And in view of the fact there are so many worthy men needing employment there could be no more useful or beneficial form in which we could exercise our abundant resources of material, energy and means. The people are to be congratulated for baving a university which has both the determination and the ability to assist in the great work of first understanding and then developing the resources of the State. PERSONAL. John Finnell of Tehama is at the Palace. F. J. Deke of Sacramento s at the Occidental. John P.Stearn of Santa Barbara is at the Lick. . R. Schmidt of Calistoga is registered at the Lick. Dr. J. R.Wrenn of Placerville is a guest atjthe Grand. Mr. and Mrs. H. Brien of Belmont are at the Palace. Rev. W. E. Smith of San Mateo is at the Com- mercial. : W. G. Hawley of San Jose is a guest at the Occidental. S. D. Ballou of Sen Luis Obispo isat the Grand Hotel. William Doolan of Vichy Springsis registered at the Commercial. Mr. and Mrs, J. Panfelson of Buisun are guests at the Palace. J. Mandel, a prominent merchant of this City, has returned from the East. Dennis Spencer, one of the wheel-horses of the Democracy, is down from Napa. J. Gundling of Chicago is visiting the coast and stopping at the Grand Southern. Judge ¥. Campbell of the Superior Court at Tacoma is & guest at the Grand Hotel. R. A. Thompson, eaitor of the Santa Rosa Democrat, is & guest at the Occidental. State Controller E.G. Colgan 1s down from SBacramento, a guest at the Lick House. J.L. Pendleton came in from Saratoga yes- terday and is staying at the Occidental. F. W. Martens of the Nickel Syndicate Com- pany, Lovelocks, Nev., is at the Grand South- ern. J. A. McKennna, one of the best-known min- ing superintendents on the Comstock, is at the Russ. Don Ray, the well-known Galt hotel man, is in the City for a few days, registered at the Occidental. Mayor Sutro took a day off yesterday and went to Santa Cruz to be present during the grand carnival. Henry E. Feudge, & prominent citizen of San Bernardino, arrived last evening and is regis- tered at the Baldwin. Assistant Chief Engineer Dougherty returned to duty yesterday after a month’s vacation in Sonoma and Alameda countles. J.Z. Anderson, one of the big ranchers of Santa Clara County, came up from San Jose yesterday and is registered at the Grand. The Count de Loriol, who has been visiting Monterey and other points in Southern Cali- fornia, has returned to San Francisco and is staying at the Palece. H. A. McCrarey, the tall sycamore among the chief deputy clerks of the Supreme Court, came down from Sacramento yesterday and is stopping at the Prees Club. Richard N. Goode, chief of the Western Division of the United States Geological Sur- vey, 1s meking his annual trip to the coast. Hp is registered at the Occidental. John C. Beatty, the well-known New Jersey organ manufacturer, is at the Palace Hotel. He has just returned from Arizona, where he is interested in an irrigation enterprise. FEOFLE TALEKED ABOUT. The German Emperor has again taken to riding before breakiast. Mr. Gladstone, when staying in a country house, takes a keen enjoyment in after-dinner games. The Duke of Edinburgh, when a midship- man, used to cut the Queen’s signature out of his letters and put it up at auction. M. Daudet, alluding to England, speaks of the horrible cookery of big joints and the tea, which he could never bring himself to lixa. The late Professor Blackie used to write “Speak the Truth in Love” on the corner of each envelope he mailed. Butashe wrote it in Greek few were edified. Ex-Empress Eugenie keeps a register in which the names of her many visitors are in- scribed. She receives comparatively few of those who ¢all upen her. The Duke #f Fife, it may interest the inquis- itive to know, keeps twelve suits going at the same time, and never wears the same clothes twice in the same week. Miss Nellie Temple, a graduate of Vassar with high honors in 1882, has been engaged by the University of Leipsic to assist Dr. Ralzel, its American professor of history, in the prepara- tion of & work on the United States. Bir Frederick Bathurst is about to sell the historic estate of Clarendon, near Salisbury. Its palace was the residence of the English Kings from Henry I to Edward IIL. The pres- ent modern Doric mansion s & mile from the old palace. Gail Hamilton’s witty tongue is responsible for this: When her cousin, . Pickering Dodge, ‘went to Germany a native whom he asked for information sajd, “Sprechen sie Deutsch?”’ “Yes,” answered Mr. Dodge, *‘that’s my name, but how in thunder did you know it?” The grave of William Penn, in the old Quaker graveyard at Jordans, in Buckinghamshire, England, is visited annually by many members of the Quaker sect. Penn was buried on Aug- ust 5,1718, and the day is celebrated every year by a pil undertaken by Quakers from all parts of England. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. R. A. Thompson of the Santa Rosa Demo- crat, one of the bestknown journalists in the State, was a guest at the Occidental yesterday. He is authority for the statement that Santa Rosa is enjoying a prominent position in the steady advance in the State, and has plenty of facts and figures to back up his statements. “The outlook in Sonoma County this fall,” he said, “both for crops and in a business W&y, is most excellent—better than it has been for & number of years. Thereis a good deal of build- ing going on at the present time both in Santa Rosa and throughout the county, and while business is not in any sense booming, 1t is de- cidedly healthy. There has been a noticeable growth in the town, and a good deal ot country Property is changing hands. Numbers of new and fine residences are in courseof erection, and I am confident that many people have taken up their abode in Sonoma County within the past six months. . “I can tell you one thing about Sonoma County, and that is that the prune crop will be a full haif crop of splendid quality. The wine outlook, of course, has greatly improyed under the conditions brought about by the new wine- growers' association, and the grapes never looked better. The grape-growers are very much encouraged, and their vineyards are be- ing cultivated this year better and more thor- oughly than in many previous years. The grain crop is fine, and the canneries are all running or will be running. Last year it was hard for the cenneries to get money. Now, to show the more prosperous condition, there is nothing easier for them to get thanall the money they need. “In (Ban Fraucisco I notice a more hopeful bearing than existed a year ago. Everybody throughout the State, it seems to me, has been awakened, and things should move along &t & lively pace from now on to the goal of undying prosperity.” Colonel George W. Macfarlane, ex-Chamber- 1ain of the late King Kalakaua of the Hawaiian Islands, boasts of his Highland Scotch descent and sometimes speaks of the clans’ deeds of valor in their fastnesses in the Highlands. He tells how they made life bearable by joining with neighboring clans in descents on the Lowlanders or down into England for glory and cattle and such other things as they might pick up, or by getting into rows with those same neighboring clans. “I went up into the Highlands with King Kalakaus,” said the colonel the other day, ‘““when he was making a tour of the 0ld World, and when we came to the home of the Macfar- lanes we were told of their prowess in war and ther skill in cattle raids. They call the moon ‘the Macfarlanes’ lantern’ to this day there on sccount of the high reputation they had for keeping their pots boiling at the expense of their neighbors.” SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. The California Fruit Grower says over 400 carloads of hams, lard and other hog products were shipped into California last yeer from the Eastern States. Oh, what a shame.—Willows Review. A demand is going up from the whole Nation for cheaper bicycles. How would it do for some political party to take up asa platiorm the National manufacture of bicycles and their sale to customers at cost?—Seattle Times. There is a fair passenger traffic between San Jose and San Francitco by the Alviso route, and the freight traffic to and from that port is & propheey of the vast amount of business that will be done there when it is connected with San Jose by rail.—San Jose Mercury. It is the duty of the business man to help in securing sound politics, with good represen- tatives for his party at every stage of the game. The business man’s interesis in polities are vastly superior to and of a higher character than the interests of the wire puller or of the boss.—Red Bluff Sentinel. While other cities and towns are having fiestas, rose carnivals, etc., we of Auburn are spending our money for good streets. After we got good streets then we can have some- thing or other to attract the outside world to us, and we will not be ashamed to have them come.—Auburn Republican. When the Supreme Court decided the Chicago water-front cases im favor of the people it was asound and patriotic body. Now that itde- cides the income tax to be unconstitutional it 18 & corrupt tribunal. It evidently makes a difference according to the way veople look at things. We heve not yet lost faith in the honor and integrity of the highest tribunelin the land.—Redding Free Pr Some men are unsafe guides because their opinions are molded by their selfisir interests and their judgments are unduly influenced. Itis noticeable that people who look into the silver question s a scholar would study a problem, and for the purpose of getting at the truth, are in favor of bimetallism. Creditors who want to squeeze debtors are in favor of a gold standard.—Los Angeles Record. In the West and South there is just now an eager desire for more factories—especially in young, growing towne. Why? Because most people in such places are convinced that fac- toriesincrease the value of real estate and bene- fit the merchants and neighboring farmers by putting money in circulation. Yet these same free traders who favor local industries oppose the national protective policy that promotes the public welfare in the more general estab- lishment of factorles throughout our couutry. Astorian (Oregon). Nature has fitted this spot for the site of a great inland city; all the conditions are here. A soil rich, deep and of great fertility; water in abundence for irrigation whenever needed; great oaks and other trecs for miles around to furnish cheap fuel for a hundred vears to come; vast forests of redwoods, pines and firs a few miles to the east to furnish building ma- terial for generations to come; a climate healthful and genfal. All that is needed is the enterprise and genius of a man tomake of Visalia a city of 10,000 inhabitants within the next five years—Visalia Times. SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS. “Woman is still far from her ideal “Oh, Idon’t know. We don’t wear them as loose as we did.”—Detroit Tribune. Lady of the house—You can earn your din- ner if you will chop that heap of firewood. Beggar—Um—what is the menu?—Zeitgeist. Wife—Do you think our cook is in heaven, John? Husband—What, now? Why, she's been dead over a week, my dear.—~Life. She—What a fine talker your friend is, He—Yes, he inherited it. Bhe—How s0? He—His mother was & woman.—New York Herald. “What's Jim a-doin’ sence he graduated?”” “He’s a-workin"for the man that wrote his graduation speech.”—Atlanta Constitution. He—Well, what do you think of the ocean? She—It is not nearly as large as I thought it would be. Why, it merely extends to the horizon.—Truth. ‘““Charley,” she asked, as they sat looking at the game, “how many balls make a bat?’ He looked long and suspiciously at her, then averted his face and slipped into it another clove.—Cincinnati Tribune. MEROHANTS' ASSOCIATION. ¥. W.Dohrmann Is Re-Elected President of the Organization. The Merchants’ Association met yester- day morning for the election of officers, and no other business of importance was transacted. Next Thursday, by the re- quest of the Street Commissioners, speci- fications for sweeping afld sprinkling the streets will be presented by the association for consideration. On account of the large amount of busi- ness on hand semi-monthly meetings will be held in the future. The officers and lhndinf committees for the ensuing year are as follows: F. W. Dohrmann, president, re-elected; A. 8. Baldwin, vice-president; M.'S. Kohlberg, sec- ond vice-president; J. Richard Freud, secre- tary; Vanderlynn Stow, treasurer, Committee on public affairs—A. 8. Baldwin, M. 8. Kohlberg, K. Melrose, V.Stow, F. Swain. Publicity and promotion—H. D. Keil, Wil- }llbnn Doxey, W. G. Doane, J. R. Freud, J. T. ITY. Trade d finance—M. 8. Kohlbe: J. W. Carmany, A. G. 3. Fusenot, B B Omborn, V: Simonsoa. THAT FAIR WHEAT DEAL Interesting Figures Supplied by Attorneys Pierson and Mitchell. STORAGE WAS A BIG ITEM. Claims of Various Banks for Loans Advanced Against Warehouse Receipts. Not the least interesting of the docu- ments relating to the Fair wheat transac- tion is one compiled by Messrs. Pierson & Mitchell, the attorneys who have handled the estate of the deceased Senator. It re- lates to the amount realized by the sale of the wheat, the cost of storage and the claims advanced in behalf of various banks. The document is as follows: Sale to Balfour, Guthrie & Co. 5_!2.6(_)9,127 ounds, for whir-}é theyl paid 573;(.‘,11,‘7 57, be- ng at the rate of 85 cents per ce: o Eppinger & Co., 145,039,023 pounds; pur- chase price, $1,232,831 71. George W 20,860 pounds; pur- 21,114,481 pounds; 473 09. ggregated $3,050,509 71. chase price, § Girvin, Bald made in May, one of 14, 597 50, and the other, 29 25 purchase price, $ These four sales The other two sales, 900 tons, brought $3 of 9900 tons, brought L. W. McGlauflin & G ceived as com divided between them, §8 . ; The storage paid by the special adminis- trators amounted to $221,533 85, divided up as follows: California Whart and Warehouse Com- any. .’and H. Dutard Te- wissions upon the sales, (0 be p89,72 o P . $6,075 00 Nevada Warehouse and Dock Company. 45.457 08 Grangers Business Association ... ... 16,284 31 Port Costa Warehouse and Dock Com- pany. - e . 47,604 89 George Near, for " pellTi N ATChouBE L 54,166 08 Sperry & Co., for Starr's South Val it 3,906 42 Pacific Coast Warehouse Company 49,040 17 The wheat was assessed by the Assessors of Contra Costa and Solano_counties, where it was stored, nt $11 per ton. The taxes amounted 10 $25,961'65 for the Contra Costa wheat and $573 60 for the Solano County wheat. The warehouse receipts were held by four parties, as security of loans, all of which were phid ot of the proceeds of sale and the ware- ouse receipts turned over to the purchasers. The Nevada Bank of Sen Francisco had a claim for $100,000, principal, and $733 33 in- terest. George Whittell had a claim for $1.244,471, and received $35,443 72 for interest. The Bank of British Columbia had a claim {for $50,000 and & interest. Buliour, Guthrie & Co. had a claim for $35,- 000 principal and $2071 23 interest and insur- ance. The whole amount of the debts secured by collateral amounted to 1,468,844 28. There should be added to this the amounts received from the first two sales, the net receipts of which wentin paymentof obligations due from the estate, The secured debts, which the court has just ordered paid by the special administrators and which were represented by collaterals belong- ing to the estate, mostly of South Pacific Coast Railway bonds, were as follows: Ban £100,000, with in- from December 11, 1894, at 6 per cent. This wes secured by 300 bonds of $1000 each of the South Pacific Coast Reilway Company. Bank of British Columbia, 75,000, with in- terest from December 20. 1894,'at 5 per cent. Secured by forty bonds of the Pacific Rolling- mill Company of $1000 each; forty bonds of the Southern Paciflc of Arizona of $1000 each and twenty bonds of the Northern Railway Company of $1000 esch. Mutual Savings Bank of San Franeisco, $200,000, with interest from December 7, 1894, at 4 per cent. Secured by 400 Sonth Pa Coast Railway Company’s bonds of $1000 each. Mutual Savings Bank of San Francisco, £100,000, with interest from December 7, 1894, at 4 per cent. Secured by 200 South Pa- cific Coast Railway Company's bonds of $1000 each. Balfour, Guthrie & Co., $30,000, with inter- est from December 19, 1894, at 415 per cent. Secured by 100 South 'Pecific Coast Railway Company’s bonds of $1000 each. Bank of C ornia, $50,000, with interest from December 3, 1894, at 5 per cent per an- num. Secured by 60 bonds of the Northern Railway of California of $1000 each. Anglo-California Bank X th inter- est from December 18, 1894, at 515 per cent ver annum. Secured by 200 bonds of the :Oullh Pacific Coast Railway Company of $1000 | each. Hibernia Sayings and Loan Soclety, 100,000, with interest from April 21, 1895, ath gcr cent per annum. Secured by 97 bonds of the Northern Railway of California of £1000 each and 33 bonds of the Pacific Roll- ing-mill Company of £1000 each. James Lick Trust, $180,000, with interest from May 12, 1895, at 5 per cent per annum. Secured by mortgage on Lick House. All of the above debts have been paid and collateral released, except the Lick House mortgage, and it is hoped that will be liqui- dated by to-morrow OHRISTIAN UNEMPLOYED. An Organization Founded to Furnish Work to the Deserving. A movement has been started to furnish employment to the Christian unemployed. A meeting with that object in view was held yesterday afternoon at Golden Rule Hall, 948 Mission street. Tt was resolved to organize a free em- ployment bureau, and to appoint a com- mittee to personally interview business men and ask their co-operation to the ex- tent of pledging themselves to apply to the organization for such help ae they need, provided competent help can be furnished y the organization. There are no_charges to be paid for men\bershiy]\, and the voluntary donations of those who are able to give will be de- voted to advertising and the relief of worthy members. The following officers were elected: A. Dowe, president; J. Krizanoski, secretary; G. W. Widerman, treasurer. - 3 The meeting then adjourned until Thurs- day, Junel13, at 2p. M. The organization will be known as the Golden Rule Labor Association. . A New Spanish Newspaper. The first number of El Anunciador del Pa- cifico was issued yesterday. It is to be a monthly journal, devoted to Spanish-American interests. The paper is well printed and illus- trated. A good feature is the printing of the editorial matter in both Englisg and Spanish. —————— Voges Committed for Contempt. Judge Hebbard yesterday committed H. T, Voges into the custody of the Sheriff for con- tempt, until he shall pay $20 alimony to hi. wife Emma Voges. Vogesisa cigahmnie: S Bacox Printing Company, 508 Clay streat. ————a BTRONG hoarhound candy,15¢1b. Townsend's* ———— GEO. W. MONTEITH, law offices, Crocker bldg.» ———— PALACE sea baths, 715 Filbert street, now open for summer swimming season, > — FINEST sauternes, haut-santernes and des: ) sert wines. Mohns & Kaltenback, 29 Market street,® - THE eighth Merchants’ Picnic, to be held s urday, June 15, 1895, at Glenwood, Santa Cx:\: lh]{fiu;mnms, will be the most enjoyable ever Tickets for the round t of the wholesale merchnnrzig.sl R h.ul e e as ol _In manufacturing operations the ave: life of soap-boilers is highest, and thnr:%‘; grindstone-makers the lowest, ———— OVERWORK, worry and Nervous ex 3 citement are :nlnl:;g the health of thousands. By its peculiar urative power Hood's Sarsaparilla blood and steady nerves. s e i eed —————— “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used over fitty years by millions of moth- ers for their children while Teething with pertect success. It soothes the child, softens the gams, al- lays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrheas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ::u!ol Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. 25¢ a e ——————— PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM keeps the hair soft and plentiful and restores the color when gray. PARKER'S GINGER TONIC the best cough cure. DRY GOODS, BATHING SUITS IN THE NEWEST STYLES FOR 1895, THE MOST COMPLETE ASSORTHENT IN THE CITY. PERFECT FITTING AND FAST COLORS. OUR PRICES ALWAYS THE LOWEST. sanats THE LOWEST. LADIES' BATHING SUITS $2.50, $3.00, $5.00 and $8.50 per Suit, CHILDREN'S BATHING SUITS $1.50, $2.25, $3.75 and $4.00 per Suit. MEN’'S ONE-PART BATHING SUITS $1.00, $1.75, $2.75 and $3.00 per Suit, MEN'S TWO-PART BATHING SUITS, $1.50, $2.25, $2.75 and $3.50 per Suit. BOYS' ONE-PART BATHING SUITS 75¢, $1.00, $2.00 and $2.50 per Suit. BOYS' TWO-PART BATHING SUITS $1.25. $2.50, $2.75 and $5.50 per Suit. LADIES' FULL UNION BATHING SUITS with stockings attached : ceene ----$8.00 per Suit BATHING SHOES, BATHING SUIT BAGS, BATHING CAPS in Oil Silk, Rubber and Gossamer. SEND FOR CATALOGUE OF BATHING SUITS. Mailed free to any address. NEWIAN & LEVINSON, 125, 127, 129 and 131 Kearny Street and 209 Sutter Stree KENIG'S MONSTER CLEARANGE SALE Still Continues With Unabated Success. This clearly dGemonstrates that the public is fally aware of the great bar- gains to be had at KENIG'S. Desirable sizes are thinning out, and to get a good fit come soon. Customers are kindly requested to come as early in the morning as con. venient to avoid the afterncon rush, as they can then be better attended to. AKZH%]I%LE ofh HhERBER'B ONLY S S in the house for @, ladies and gents............ 84'00 GENTLEMEN'S ENGLISH ONLY WAUKENPHASTS, calf or patent leather, in any style. $5.00 Store Open Saturday Evenings to 10 o'elock KCENIG’S 122 Kearny Street. FURNITURE 4 ROOr1s $90. Parlor—Stlk Brocatelle, 5-plece sult, plush trimmed. Bedroom—7-plece Solid Oak Suit, French Bevel- plate Glass, bureau, washstand. two chairs. rocker and table; pillows, woven-wire and top mattress. Dlnlng-nonm—rymm Extension Solid Oak Chairs. Kitchen—No. 7 Range, Patent Kitchen Tabls and two chairs. EASY PAYMENTS. Houses furnished complete, city or country, any- where on the coast. Open evenings. M. FRIEDMAN & CO0., 224 to 230 and 306 Stockton and 237 Post Street. Free packing and delivery across the bay. Table, four Wellington Southfield . #1950 Genuine Coos Eay, 7 00—sTalt ton Seattle......... 8 50—Half ton Black Dismond. 50—Halt ton 8 Seven Sacks of Redwood, $1 00. EKENICKERBOCKER COAL CO., 522 Howard Street, Near Firat.