The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 15, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 15 1895. CHARLES /1. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: DAILY CALL—$6 per year by mail; by carrier, 15c per week. SUNDAY CALL—#1.50 per vear. WEEKLY CALL—#1.50 per year. The Eastern 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 you going to the country ona vacation? It #0, 1t is no trouble for us to forward THE CALL to Your sddress. Do not et it miss you for yon will Imiss it. Orders given to the carrier, or left at Business Office, 710 Market street, will receive prompt attention. Genuire henevolence does not wait for Christmas. The Mechanics’ Fair will be the next great snow. The San Jose boulevard is clamoring for recognition. advantages, especially in pot. The pedals cf the piano are neglected for these of the wheel. Market street hopes to wear an arch ex- pression on the Fourth. The whisky it caught th trust died easily as soon as ght biow. By and by old Venice will wake up and hold a Santa Cruz carni Some crooked contractors are angrily calling it a C Meddleation. All nature has taken on the broad smile worn by the merry month of June. The good people of Grass Valley feted ive Daughters and then footed the Where enterp: and public spirit rule there is not mu danger of political Enavery. People who buy forged lottery ticketsare spending their money for the shadow of a dissolving view. Leave orders to-day for the Sunday CALL and make sure of good reading for your leisure to-morrow. The San Jose Board of Trade shows its wisdom by enlisting the services of the ladies in enlarging its membership. We must help Boston celebrate the an- niversary of the battle of Bunker Hill, and give the day a continental send-off. The Southern Pacific, with its reduced rates to the City for the National holiday, has set a good example of enterprise. Steamship companies which trifle with life and newspapers which publish lottery advertisements can both be regulated by law. Now that' members of the American League of Wheelmen get reduced rates at hotels the glory of the drummer is de- parted. » The Fresno girl who tried to use her revolver on a burglar is lissome, sweet and beautiful, but her performance did not make a hit. It is interesting to observe how many discoveries of natural wealth are being made just as the people are rousing them- selves to renewed activity. Until we make laws compelling steam- ship companies to haye some regard for human life we cannot expect humane con- siderations to outweigh cupidity. San Francisco has no right to invite people from all over the State to see the grand Fourth celebration unless the sub- scriptions to the display are generous. Dr. Levingston has taken a heavy bur- den from many a heart by explaining that in calling the Morgue loungers loilers he did not mean lallas, but those who loll. It appears, from the statement of Chief Crowley, that most of the lottery tickets eold about town are forgeries, but judged by results they are no worse than the real ones. There is no doubt now that the storm which came after the sinking of the Colima was greater than that which swamped her, but it is not exactly of the kind contem- plated by the inspectors of hulls and boilers. When the theorists get through theoriz- ing on abstruse principles of finance, Re- publican statesmen will bring the issue down to the solid basis of existing condi- tions and settle it as a plain business prop- osition. Any who refuse to subscribe to the Fourth of July fund on the ground that it would be a waste of money can prove that they are willing to give money for a useful purpose by providing for the necessities of the poor. Just as Marysville announces that it is going to have the grandest Fourth of July celebration that it has had in years Men- docino County steps forward with the news that it has discovered the richest body of quicksilver in the West. To enable orchardists to get white labor end to assist unemployeda white persons in finding work, the Woodland Mail has opened a labor Lbureau for the fruit season, and is thus doing effective service to keep Mongolians out of that section. The Ione Valley Fcho has changed bands, and is now under the management of J. E. Barnes and J. E. Farnsworth, who announce they will make the paper strictly independent and devoted to the advance- ment of Ione Valley and Amador County. If the Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun is correct in saying “the overwhelming sentiment of the Democracy that forced the nomination of Mr. Cleve- land in 1892, in spite of the politicians, is still the directing force in the party organ- ization,” it is time for the gifted editor of the New York Sun to take stock of himself and find out what his directing sentiments ure. TIME FOR SERMONS. In commenting upon the sale of lottery { tickets in this City and the difficulty of sup- pressing the nefarious trade, Chief Crowiey said to an interviewer on Thursday : “Just let me say here that if ail papers took the same position s the CALL in re- gard to lotteries we would have very little trouble in putting an end to the sale of tickets. It isnot the working classes alto- gether that we have to contend agaiust, but it is a well-known fact that people of me: make ita habit to encourage the sale of these tickets by purchasing them themselves.” These words coming from a man of Chief Crowley’s experience and eminence in police service should arrest the attention of every man interested in the weliare of the City. They bear conclusive evidence that the lottery evil isnot a creature of the slums, nor does it have its habitation on! among the vile. It defies the law in the guise of respectability. It walks about among well-to-do citizens and claims the service of great newspapers. Under these circumstances the police must have the support of an enlightened public opinion and the aid of & law-abiding peopie to over- come the evil, and the issue therefore is one that calls for sermons, appeals and a gen- eral agitation in the interests of morality and law. The Carn will not have to make this bat- tle ulone. Many of the pastors of the City bave already given their co-operation. Last April we had the satisfaction of publishing strong and earnest words from many of them on this subject. Those who spoke then wer Revs. W. D. Williams, Ply- mouth Church; George E. Walk, Trinity; Dr. Dille, Centrai Methodist; M. J. Fur- Christian; W. H. Moreland, St. Robert Mackenzie, First Presby- terian; John Hemphill, Calvary; W. E. Goodwin, California-street Methodist; Jacob Voorsanger, Temple Emanu-El; A. M. B 1, Hamilton-square Baptist; Dr. C. 0. Brown, First Congregational; A.C. Hirst, Simpson Memorial; J. A. Schroeder, St. Johannes; J. 0. Wahlberg, Swedish Methodist; Herrman Cordes, Emanuel; Paul Branké, St. Paul Lutheran; W.C. Pond, Bethany; Joseph Worcester, New Jerusalem; L. W. Sprague, Second Unitar- ian; Frederick Cordes, Salem Evangelical; J. G. Mangold, 8t. John's Lutheran; J. A. Emery, St. Peter’s; W. W. Bolton, St. Mary the Virgin; P. R. Lynch, St. James; Wil- liam Schuldt, German Methodist, and El McClish, Grace Methodist. This is a notable list of earnest workers, and, with- the assistance of their fellow- pastors, they will be-able to do much in forming a higher public sentiment in re- gard to lotteries. We are, of course, aware that the duties of a pastor are manifold and that they cannot give their attention exclusively to one object; nevertheless e doubt not that many of them will be found able to take up in their sermons to-morrow the report of the Grand Jury and, in the light of Chief Crowley’s testimony, empha- size the need of a widespread condemna- tion of every form of the lottery evil and of those who encourage it. As for our contemporaries who publish Iottery notices, we can only urge them to give heed to Chief Crowley’s words, that “4if all papers took the same position as the Carr in regard to lotteries we would have very little trouble in putting an end to the sale of tickets.” This being %o, we appeal to the papers of this City to join with us in this contest for honesty against swind- ling, morality against vice and law against crime. Surely none of our contemporaries can have any innate desire to violate just iaws and assist in the perpetration of crime and fraud. True it is they will lose money if they renounce the lottery and its works as the CaLw has done, but they ought to be sufficiently independent to spurn such hire as that. If a paper were on the verge of bankruptcy and without subscribers or, legitimate advertising, it might plead the law of self-preservation as an excuse for accepting such advertising as the lot- tery gives. Our contemporaries, however, are not in that position. Most of them are well to do, and we have reason to hope, therefore, that when rightly urged they will cease to serve swindling games for any hire and stand forth as champions of the law of the land and the welfare of the community. THE STATE TFAIR. The prospectus which has just been issued of the forty-second annual fair of the Btate Agricultural Society gives abund- ant promise of a more than ordinarily suc- cessful exposition. Over $20,000 has been set apart for premiums. The list in- cludes awards for successful exhibitors in every form of industry, and in addition thereto the society offers a gold medal to the most meritorious exhibit in each de- partment, while for the most attractive and artistically designed display in the pavilion there is offered a special gold medal. The prizes offéred, however, are but a small part of the inducements offered to exhibitors. The greatest benefits will be derived from the exhibition itself, and the knowledge thereby given to the public of the products which the exhibitor has for sale. The advantages of thiskind afforded by the State Fair can hardly be over- rated. The buildings are sufficiently spa- cious to allow exhibitors amplé room for a good display, and the railroads will give free transportation for exhibits, as well as reduced passenger rates for visitors. Asa result the number of exhibits in each de- partment will be sufficient to attract at- tention and comparison, and the number of persons who will inspect them will in- clude many whose good opinion will make a considerable and valuable matket for any article that wins their approval and commendation. The society has acted wisely in making special efforts for the fair this year. The conditions of the time and the prospects ahead not only justify such efforts but re- quire them. Any California organization that does not have energy enough to move forward tbis year will fall behind its oppor- tunities. The revival of the normal activ- ity of trade and industry, which has been common all over the country, has in Cali- fornia been accompanied by an awakened spirit of enterprise which, not content with former good, is pressing forward every- where to new enterprises and new accom- plishments. This spirit which everywhere manifests itself in undertakings of all kinds from railroad construction to festivals, and which in every county is evident in some form of local development, will find at the State Fair an opportunity for a grand State display. It cannotbe questioned the progressive element of the veople will take full advantage of the opportunity and make the most of it. The special efforts made by the Agricultural Society, there- fore, are in a certain sense a response to —_— "The Petalumian, or Polly Larkin’s Weekly | public demand, for the society must pre- Newspaper, is a new venture which has | pare for greater things than usual, in order just been started under the editorship of | to meet the requirements of the occasion. Rena Shattuck to interest and instruct the people of the southern end of Sonoma. As the paper is to rely Yor support largely It goes without saying that the whole State, and Ban Francisco, in particular, | should co-yperate in making the fair o upon women the editor announces that it | comprebensive display of the resources will make a specialty of advertising bar-|and industries of the State. It ought vo gains, and, while that may not be the highest aim of journalism, it is certainly represent the revival of State pride as well as of State industry. It should manifest the business end of it, and isbound to pay | every aspect of the new conditions that - v surround us, and”give evidence to every visitor, not only of the prosperity of the State, but of the abounding energy and local patriotism that are now striving to advance California in every department of labor and in every section of the State. TO REGULATE OUPIDITY. The Colima disaster bas brought into zuous notice the extreme laxity with which the shipping industry of the Pacific Coast especially is conducted. This refers particularly to coastwise and trans-Pacific steam lines, owned by American com- panies. English clipper ships are handled under that broader humane spirit which Plimsoll introduced to the English service. 1t is notorious that the American steam- ship companies operating on this coast constantly violate every sense of reason- able security. Instead of loading thelr own vesscls they employ stevedore companies for that service, and there is a very general impression that the steamship companies pay little attention to the manner in which the cargo is stowed. Cupidity is the sole principle which governs them. It mani- fests itself in employing the most econom- ical form of loading, in crowding the ves- seis beyond their capacity, and generally in making them topheayy with deckloads. In former years, considering the fact that in coastwise trafiic the sea is often heavy and always abeam, a sufficient allowance of coal was made to enable the ships to take a zigzag course across seas in rough weather, thus making the passage much safer and more comfortable; but in recent years this allowance Las been so reduced that the vessels have to pursue a straight course under all circumstances, except in case of extreme peril. No person bas made a trip on one of these steamship lines without being forced to realize that the safety of the passengers is always a secondary consideration. One reason for this is that the receipts from passenger traffic are light in comparison with the revenue from freight, but the more important reason is that the law makes the companies liable for loss of cargo under certain circumstances, while it is dumb concerning liability for loss of life. This is an outrage upon civilization. The theory upon which this extraor- dinary condition of things is based is that the officers and crew have their own lives at stake, and that in protecting them they guard the lives of the passengers. Yet railroad companies are in precisely the same position, and the law holds them strictly accountable for loss of life under carelessness or mismanagement. Itisa matter of common knowledge that persons engaged in hazardous pursuits become careless and take chances with their own lives which they must not be permitted to take with lives entrusted to their care. Our steamship companies having shown themselves indifferent to hu- man life and safety, and having been in constant pursuit of a policy which encourages foolhardiness on the part of their sailing officers, nothing is more urgently needed than laws which will bring them under the operation of humane principles; and as navigation on this coast is peculiarly hazardous, and has been at- tended with so many appalling disasters, it is strietly in order for California’s repre- sentatives in Congress to urge the passage of such laws. A GREAT VICTORY, In declaring the whisky trust to be an illegal and baneful institution, and in or- dering therefore that its charter be re- voked, the Supreme Court of Illinois has destroyed one of the most corrupt institu- tions to which this country has ever given birth. The organization of the trust was on the basis of leasing all the leading dis- tilleries and operating them under one management. The profits which it has secured under this arrangement have been enormous, but this is a matter of small im- portance compared with the debauching of courts and legisiative bodies to which it has resorted in the maintenance of the gigantic monopoly. ‘When the attack was first made upon the trust it sought to evade the issues raised against it by reorganizing on a dif- ferent plan, of which a comprehensive cor- poration was the central idea. Even this ruse did not suffice to blind the Supreme Court to its real intention, and it has been destroyed on the broad ground that it was conducted in restraint of trade. There being no ground upon which it can appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States it is dead beyond all hope. Of course this decision is made by the Supreme Court of only one State, but that is sufficlent to destroy this malignant in- stitution. As Illinois is the home of other gigantic trusts, including the Pullman Palace-car Company, this decision breaks ground for others that will affect interests as great as those represented by the whisky trust, and will bave a further value as serving as a precedent for other State courts. All those who bad become disheartened at the seeming invincible power of trusts and corporations may now take courage and cherish a hope for better days. Itis impossible that the principle represented by trusts can thrive\forever in this coun- try, and the sooner the issue is fought out in the State courts the better. THE MEMPHIS CONVENTION. 1f the Silver Conyention in Memphis had been composed wholly of Democrats from the Southern States it would have had an easily understood significance, for it would have shown something of the force which the silver men will exert in'the next Na- tional Democratic Convention. Being composed, however, of Republicans, Dem- ocrats and Populists, coming from States as widely separated as South Carolina and California, it will have little or no signifi- cance to practical politicians. No one will suppose that these diverse elements can be brought to act together at the polls. The conventiap, therefore, represented nothing but a vague sentiment and will have little or no effect upon the course the different parties will adopt when their leaders as- semble from all parts of the Union ina National convention. The only practical result possible from such an assembly as that at Memphis would be the organization of a distinct silyer party, drawing its leaders and its members from all the old parties indis- criminately. Even in this case, however, the result would hardly be more than a flash in the pan. It has been proyen over and over again that a great National party cannot be formed in this country on a sin- gle issue. It was not possible to form such | a party even upon so great an igsue as that of opposition to the extension of slavery, and it would be utterly futile to attempt it on the currency question. The contest on this issue, as on all others, will be fought out between Republicans and Democrats, and no convention will be of any practical importance that does not aim at building up a popular sentiment strong enough to control one or the other of these orzaniza- tions. The utmost that can be expected of the proceedings of the convention will be the education of the people upon the merits of the bimetalilic system of money, and even this will not be effected to any great ex- tent. The tone of the various addresses bore too close a resemblance to that of stump speeches to affect the popular mind at this distance from the real campaign. It will also be noted that no man truly representative of Republican leadership was present at the convention. This fact will prevent it from having any deter- mining influence upon the minds of those who.wish to hear all sides before arriving at any fixed conviction upon the subject. It seems as certain as anything in the indefinite future can be, that the nations of the earth will eventually return to the free and unrestricted use of silver as well as gold for money. The steps by which they are to reach that desired goal must be left to practical statesmen to de- termine. In the United States that states- manship can be found at the present time only in the Republican party. We do not deny that there are many experienced statesmen and able leaders among the Democrats, but they cannot agree with one another. They cannot formulate a policy which they will support as an organization. They cannot govern. To the Republican party alone can the people look for the right solution of the problems that confront them, and any talk there- fore of inducing Republican bimetallists te leave that party for an ephemeral silver party presupposes the existence of a fac- tious spirit which has found no place among loyal Republicans in the past, and is not likely to be found there in "96. THE SUNDAY OALL. The Sunday CALL of to-morrow will, as usual, bring to its readers a literary treat, containing a wide varlety of articles, with something to suit every taste and age. Among the special features worthy of particular note will be a story of “How a British Midshipman’s Peril Was Averted by a& Malay Princess.” It is written by Dan O’Connell and is marked by verve, vigor and exciting interest from the first line to the last. The series of “Idyls of the Fields” is continued in another of those studies of outdoor life that have proved so delightful and instructive. Captain King's story of Fort Frayne is concluded. The news feature of the paper will cover all events of the day in every part of the world, and there will be a wide variety of miscellaneous matter, including fashions, art, science, history, philosophy, travel and literature. The Sunday CaLL can be had from all newsdealers, but to make sure of getting it, it will be well to order it to-day. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Alfred Dampier, Australian playwright end actor, arrived inSan Francisco from Chicago two days ago. Mr. Dampier is practically just from England, though he made short stops in New York, Chicago and St. Louis. Twelve years ago this famous actor, who by the way is rated one of the best of to-day, appeared in San Francisco, his reception amounting prac- tically to an ovation. In the cast with him were John McCullough, Thomas Keene, Harry Edwards and other old-time favorites. Mr. Dampler has a particnlar fondness for tragedy, although he is equally at home in comedy and character roles. In this respect ALFRED DAMPIRR. he compares favorably with England’s greatest actor, Henry Irving. Far-off Australiais his home now, though he has an unconquerable longing for the parent country. “When I am in Australia,” he said, “my whole soul goes out to England, and when I am in London I long for the sights of Sydney.” Four times nas this celebrated thespian cir- cled the globe, visiting in his travelsmost of the countries of Asia, Africa and the Continent. It is highly probable that he will fill a short en- gagement in Ban Francisco. He is accompa- nied by his wife, known to the world as Miss Katherine Russell, also his daughter, Rose Dampier, and his youngest son, Fred. George 8. Josslyn and wife of Fredonia, N. Y. are resting in California. Mr. Josselyn con- ducts one of the largest nurseries of New York, and his business operations in the distribution of flower seeds, plants and ornamental shrub- bery extend throughout the United States. Mr. and Mrs. Josselyn are the guests of Mr: and Mrs. John H. Boalt. Mr. Josselyn is Mrs, Boalt’s brother. Under the gentle influences 6f Congressman- elect Samuel G. Hilborn of the Third Congres- sional District of California, George W. Smith of Murphysboro, I1L, member of Congress from the Twentieth Illinois District, is recording his inmpressions of San Francisco. Mr.Smith has served three terms in Congress. Heis a lawyer by profession and in public life & stanch Re- publican. PERSONAL. B. C. Holly of Vallejo is at the Grand. Caleb Dorsey, a stockraiter of Oakdale, 18 In the City. E. R. Hutchins, a frult merchant of Chicago, is at the Palace. A. F. Abbott, 8 Yuba County fruit-grower, is at the Lick House, Judge George F. Williams of Grand Island is at the Lick House. \ Judge J. B. Campbell of Fresno registered at the Grand Hotel last evening. W. H. Standley, United States navy, registered at the Russ House yesterday. W. F.Knox, lumber merchantof Sacramento, is staying at the Grand Hotel. E. A, Waland, banker of Fresno, is at the Lick House, accompanied by his wife. Alired Blohm and Th. Diederich of Caracas registered at the Palace yesterday. W. J. Scrutton, who is closely identified with mining developments at Angels, is at the Grand. A.W. Butts and E. 8. de Golyer, prominent mining men of Utah, are guests at the Occi- dental Hotel. Owen Wister of Philadelphia, the well-known writer and magazine contributor, is a guest at the Palace Hotel. i A. Markham, lumber dealer and railroad man of Santa Rosa, came to town yesterday and put up at the Lick. N. Brewster, a wool-buyer of Norwich, Conn., is sojourning at the Grand Hotel, He makes an unnual trip to California. J. M. Duke, Miss Duke and J. M. Duke Jr. of San Salvador are registered at the Palace. Mr. Duke Sr. is a prominent coffee-grower. Volney Ashford of Honolulu registered at the Occidental yesterday. He recently passed some of the days of his exile at Paso Robles. e ] PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. Liszt was driven to the plano every day. For over fifteen years kis daily practice covered ten to twelve hours. * Prince Dimitrl Khilhow, a rich Russian no- bleman, has followed Tolstoi’s divided his estates among his sants, reservy: 0 only seven acres 10 Enmw‘l‘FwE'lcE Tre culi vates to support his family. He devotes his spare time jo teaching the peasants. Now it appears that the Duke of Hamilton’s death on his yacht at Alglers was not due to inflammation of the lungs, as stated, but to & pistol-shot self-inflicted in & moment of Intense physical agony, caused by gout, coupled with mental depression, resulting from the eftects of the Bunting system carried to excess. The late Sultan of Johore was personslly & ] grade above the usual oriental potentate. In complexion he resembled a Spaniard more than a Hindoo, and he had a clean-cut, kindly features. In official attire he wore diamonds worth £10,000,000, but ordinarily he affected simple English dress. He spoke Frenchand German and English extremely well, Lavoisier, the chemist, is to have a statue in Paris, the Institute of France having started an international subseription for the purpose. It was a hundred years ago last year that the Re- volutionary Tribunal sent him to the scaffold, refusing his request for a delay until he had completed his experiments, Fouquier Tinville then declared that the public had no need of learnad men. Labouchere of London Truth says: “The fact that & knight and a baronet are both Sir' is often a serious trouble to me in addressing letters to them, for I can neyer remember which the man is. Inow invariably solve the difficulty by putting ‘Bart.’ at the end of the name of any ‘Sir’ A knight, I think, regards this as & compliment, for the implication is that, if a man s not a baronet, he ought to be.” Dr. Nellie V. Mark amazed the alumn of & Maryland seminary by applying to the new woman movement the story of & gentleman who, entering a depot, met an expressman coming out with a dog under his arm. The gentleman asked, “Where is that dog going?” The expressman savagely replied, “You don’t know where he’s going: he don’t know where he’s going; I don’t know where he's going; nobody knows where’s going—he’s ate histag!” And so it is with women.” Dr. Mark went on: “‘They seem to have eaten their tag, and found it a very comfortable bite.” SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. Good men in office is the prime necessity of the modern State and tle modern city.—Port- land Oregonian. When we think of the possibilities of this great country. we wonder when the sflurians will get out of the way of progressive men.— Willows Journal. The establishment of manufactories, re- tarded by the general dullness,should be en- courageé, because the employment of 1abor is the surest basis of prosperity.—Seattle Post-In- telligencer. Combination is the spirit of the age, not necessarily for the purpose of ralsing prices (for thatisnot the history of legitimata com- binations) but for mutual protection of identi- cal interests.—Astorian. The small fry who are daily attacking Coin’s books remind one of a lot of common buzzards tickling the tail of anelephant. Like the hawk when pursued by a swallow, Coin keeps on the even tenor of his way regardless of the nibbling attacks made upon him.—Salem (Or.) Post. It has been & well-known fact for some time that no self-respecting, independent Democrat of even ordinary prominence could expect & place in President Cleveland’s Cabinet, as the principal qualification for gelection and reten- tion has not been ability, but submission.—San Diego Union. Let the wage-earners arouse themselves and outdo all the other classess in the community in patriotism. Let them claim the Fourth as their holiday, and let the American people once more stand by American principles and there will be fewer paupers and less hard times in these United States.—Los Angeles Express. Not only the miners of California but all the people are outraged by the rerusal of the Commissioner of the General Land Office to hear the evidence which the Miners! Associ- ation can produce that 25,000 acres of land to be listed to the Central Pacific is mineral land, and therefore {s exempt from listing to the railroad.—Colusa Gazette. The free-trade organs and Cobden Club con- verts may continue to hug the delusion fondly to their hearts that the silver question will be the only issue in the next Presidential cam- paign, but we are strongly of the opinion that protestion to American industries and Ameri- can workmen will stand side by side with the money question.—Red Bluff Sentinel. Time was when the truth about California climate and California productions was re- ceived wlth a sniff and & shtug, but now every- thing that is told is listened to with respectful attention. Most people have seen something f California fruits and flowers themselves, or have heard the reports of friends who have seen them, and, like the Queen of Sheba, they find that, instead of exaggeration, the half had not been told them.—San Jose Herald. The Grand Jury of San Francigco has recom- mended that aged officers on the police forcg be retired, and that younger blood be substi- tuted. The number of undetected crimes that have been committed of late is ample sugges- tion that some innovation should be made. If the Bay City would secure the services of a squad of cow-county officers, we predict that they would discount the best efforts that have been made by the City officers for the last de- cade.—San Luis Obispo Breeze. prtielvs eV SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS. Clara—What's the matter, dear? Dora—1It’s too much to bear. Mr. Faintheart hasn’t proposed yet: Clara—But you told me you wouldn't marry him. * Dora—Of course I wouldn’t. But, after all the time I have wasted on him, I think he might at least give me & chance to refuse him.—New York Weekly. Tom—Mamme, when Willie bas the tooth- ache you always take him to the dentist’s to have his tooth filled, eh? Mother—Certainly, child. Tom=~1I've got & pain in my stomach. Hadn't we better go to the pastry cook’s?—Tid Bits. “De man dat hab de mos’ advice ter gib away,” said Uncle Eben, *‘doan’ ginerally look 1aik he had done hisse’f much good wid it.'— ‘Washington Star. Tittle Ned—Don’t take away the light. Mamma—I want you to learn to sleep with- out a light. Little Ned—Must I sleep in the dark? Mamma—Yes. Little Ned—Well, then, wait a minute. I guess I'll get up and say my prayersa little more carefully.—Pittsburg Bulletin. Mr. Busyman—I have been summoned for jury duty; how canI get off? o Lawyer—Oh, justlet them see that you know how much two and two make, and they'll ex- cuse you in a jiffy.—Brooklyn Eagle. “Did you ever hear of those priests in India,” said Ragged Reginald, the tramp, “that stick needles through their cheeks an’ burn their skin jes’ for fun?” “That ain’t nothing,” replied Cadging Clar- ence, “I know a man that tuck a bath every day ’cause he said he liked it.”—Detroit Tri- bune. The soothsayer looked yet again. “You have much before you to contend with," she whispered, solemaly. “I was fearful of 1t.” ‘Witha dry sob the girl who was sensitive about her Romen nose rose and hurriedly left the tent.—Detroit Iribune. Uncle Josh (as the waiter brings the finger bowl)~I'm onter yer oity ourves, but where did ye put the goldfish7—Harper’s Bazar. She, from & book—A woman's brain declines in weight after she is 30. He—How do they know? I thoughta woman never got to be 30.—~Detroit Free Press. PURE blood and good health go hand In hand. Take Hood's Sarsaparilla for the former and the, latter is ensured. The weakened sysiem needs & ‘uilding-up medicine like Hood's. ——————— ArLLloversof the delicacies of the table use Dr. Slegert’s Angosturs Bitters to secure & good digestion. ————— NEGLECT your hairand you lose it. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM renews the growth and color. advice apd ) EHiNDERCORXS, the best cure 05 Garas, 15 cis. COMMENTS OF THE PRESS Kind Words of Appreciation From Interior Jour- nals. CRITICISM OF THE NEW “CALL.” Its Course Meets With General Approval on the Part of the State Papers. A NEW JOURNALISTIC E AL D. Boruck: in the Spirit of the Times. A new era has dawned upon the press of San Francisco. A new era for good, and we are re- sponsible for it. Yes! We. Lt is ours by the right of discovery. Itisonly within the last three months there has been a f the decen- cies or amenities of life exhibited, so far as the newspapers are concerned, one toward the other. The name of one editor was unknown to the other, so far as publication'in the re- spective sheets went, and the name of the pa- per was referred to by innuendo. Gross person- alities were indulged, and each was clutching at the other’s throat. About that time we came upon the field of action, and delivered a lec- ture, not against the press of San Francisco, but in its interest. We showed them the folly of their ways, and they recognized the justice of our remarks by changing their course and adopting our suggestions. Among other things in that lecture we said: “Now I will tell San Francisco as & muni pality, and California as a State, and her citi- zens as business men, what, in my judgment, they need, and that is an honest, conscien- tious, truthful and independent press. They want a newspaper that wil] be fearless enough to represent San Francisco, without the inter- change of barter. They need a newspaper not dependent upon blackmailing propensities or its advertising patronage for success. They need & newspaper which, when its advertising col- umns are used for announcement of trade, commerce and general business purposes carry no editorial comment with their publication. They need a newspaper that will expose wrong- doing in all places; even if those who are its advertising patronage suffer under the castigation of those controlling it. They need a newspaper that will treat all patrons alike, ‘nothing extenuating or setting down augnt in malice” And that will not invade the sanctity of private life. They need & newspaper that in order to sell a few more of its issues will not soak its columns in lye. It needs a paper that will protect its interests and the good name and fame of the people most deeply interested in such a journal. It needs a newspaper that will not malign and slander women, or attack, libel and insult men that its conductors cannot use for their own criminal purposes. It needs a newspaper that will not give the sickening details of an abortion for breakfast, a horrible mnurder for lunch and & vile seduction for dinner. It needs & newspaper that will not, by implica- tion, even, endeavor to make it appear that all our young girls are incipiently bad and all our young men full-fledged roues. It needs a newspaper that will not try to make it appear that the community is a band of metropolitan thieves and scoundrels and unfit for the so~ clety of man or beast. It needs a newspaper that can sustain itself on its circulation until its steadfastness of purpose in the right dfrec- tion will bring it the richest and fullest sup- port. “Thisiswhatisneeded,and what particularly San Francisco needs, and money expended in that direction would return to its people a hundred fold. There are those who talk about people being priest-ridden and all that sort of thing, but the people of San Francisco are being ground into the very dust to-day under the trampling hoofs of a rough-shod daily press, and yet in the face of it the sufferers under such & brutal regime continue to suffer, al- though the avenue of escape is just as plain and clear before them as the noonday sun. Fear restrains them.” That very character of newspaper is here to- day in all its vigor and manhodd, and is rep- resented in the DALY MORNING CALL, of which Charles M Shortridge is editor and proprietor. He, too, more than any other man connected with the daily press of San Francisco, has done everything to assist in bringing about the amenities between the newspapers as above referred to. We claim that the “press, as it was, as it is, as it should be,” is the Moses that has led them all into the light of day. A GENEROUS CRITIC. Dilitary Gazette. In another column of this 1ssue we publish an editorial taken from a recent issue of the CarnL entitled “Aligning the Guard,” which we earnestly recommend to the careful and intel- ligent perusal of every guardsman throughout the State. It has been rare in the past for the Guard to receive anything like fair treatment at the hands of our metropolitan Qailies, but the CALL, under its new and enlightened man- agement, has been willing to give credit wher- ever due, and this has been o broaaly inter- preted as to include even the National Guard which has been considered outside the pale of tolerance hitherto. This fact should prove pe- culiarly gratifying to the National Guard, and we bespenk for the CALL an increased cireula- tion among guardsmen who atre capable of appreciating the inestimable value of the CALL's advocacy of their causé. Were the pol- icy of the CALL more generally followed no harm, but much good, would result, and e think that both patriotism and good common business sense will bear out our contention. Anywey, it would do no herm to test its truth. The Guard, however, will, under the new re. gime, speedily equip and perfect itself so as'to place itself on a par with the national guards of other States, and by 0 doing win encomi- ums from the citizens of this commonwealth, and maybe & fair share of praise ffom thosq who hitherto have hed nothing but carpin, critieisms to bestow. s CHANGED AN OLD ORDER. Alameda Argus. The success of the San Francisco CALL under its new management is Ppuzzling the journalists of San Francisco. Those who greeted Farmer Bhortridge with an incredulous grin are now nonplused. The CALLis honor-bright, breezy. frank and smells of hay, ns Arthur AMobwey says. People had become tired of the fighting, slandering, back-biting and ridiculing of 1) San Francisco journals. The papers had neither seriousness, locel pride, fairness nor decency. One would not favor anything that the otho happened to favor first. Al would use dia- grams in a story rather than mention a man in connection with his business, fearing that it would give him a free puit. A1l carried th idea that California began and ended in En: Francisco. Nothing could happen or be dis- cussed without being sneered at and ridiculed. The CALL changed all that, e notice that its contemporaries have hauled in their horns b; the yard and are deceatto s degree that WIZ not known before. As the Post aptly said, the; now act as though they intended to ve 'l\erey Shortridge has done a great deal of good 1f L has changed the 0ld order of things. — IN A MARKED DEGREE, Surf. ‘The cordiality of the CALL toward the carni- val and toward Santa Crug, manife cently in such & marked degree, cannes seil o promote the advancement of the city and react edvantageously to the CALL. The “model city,” whi Santa Crus, 24 ch the CALL beholds in and whichis recognized by th world at large as the real Sauta Cm:,lyslh: ?mu of efforts—almost superhuman some- mes—on the part of those who have responded “tl)l;h; utll:zrem:nu of nature and wrought loy- ally for the public it o 't?od‘ welfare through evil report Their work will abide after the bi ckerers and i’bov{mmn have passed into that land of ob- on where there are no dollars and no devices whereby one man of another's tof. may enjoy the fruits EKIND WORDS FROM OREGON. Astoria (Or.) Budget. K‘People in the Northwest who knew Charles Shortridge at Salem, Or, years ago, sre very glad to note his brilliant success as editor of the San Francisco CALL. He has the com- mand of unlimited capital and is accomplishe ing great good by thoroughly writing up the great resources of the whole Pacific Coast. Mr. Shortridge is bound to succeed, for he be- longs to an energetic femily, among whom is his sister, Mrs. C. M. Foltz, who has not only raised her children well, but also climbed to eminence os the leading lady lawyer of the country. APPRECIA WORTH. Fresno Republican. Arthur McEwen's effort to dissatisfy Editoe Shortridge with the interior press and the in- terior press with the editor of the CALL will be fruitless. Tle editor of the CALL knows the worth of an interior press. “He has been there.”—Colusa Sun. It might also be mentioned incidentally that the interior press knows the worth of the CALL, which is the most representative news paper that California has had in many a year, RESPECT AND FRIENDSHIP, Escondido Times. The San Francisco CALL, under the wise and liberal management of Charles M. Shortridge, is gaining the respect and friendship of the interior ‘press throughout the State, which no other San Francisco paper ever enjoyed. Edltor Shortridge recognizes the power of the country press, and thereby has greatly in- creased the power and influence of the CALL in its efforts to build up the best interests of our great commonwealth. A GOOD SERVICE. DONE Grass Valley Union. The San Francisco CALL has done Grass Valley a big service in devoting a half page to writing up our oity, its surroundings end re- sources. The article, which was written by Mr, Frank Francis, contains information which cannot fail to open the eyes of the outsida world, and perhaps may be the means of ene couraging cepitalists to give this district attens tion. HISTORIC EVENTS. Tulare Register. The last Sunday CALL had a little article coucerning an heroie deed of Lieutenants Colonel James Powell in the Sioux war of 1807, near Fort Keerney, which has called up reminiscences in Tulare. T.J. Gantwell and A. W. Fetting were there and took partin those events which were overshadowed in the publie mind by greater events recently closed. IN THE FRONT RANK. Colusa He: ald. The San Francisco CALL in the hands of Mr, Shortridge has taken the front rank in metros politan journalism. The able newspaper man i8 in close touch with the whole State. Selfish- ness has no place in his make-up, and he does not take all as grist that comes to his mill, The people shonld stand by him. SPARES NO EXPENSE. San Francisco Post. The CALL is making a splendid showing with its California news. It may be stated that a dispatch from Los Angeles costs nearly as much as one of the same length from New York; butour Clay-street neighbor does no# seem to care for expense ENTITLED TO CONSIDERATION. Marymville Appeat. The CALL of yesterday paid Marysville tha marked compliment of an excellent descriptive and illustrated write-up. The paper is engaged in pushing forward the towns of the State and 1s entitled to consideration therefor. A PAPEE TO BE PROUD OF. Grass Valley Tidings. Under its present manegement the CALL i3 certainly & paper of which the entire State should be proud. It leads the metropoliten press of the Pacific Co A GREAT INDUSTRIAL JOURNAL, Santa Ana Herald. The OALL is fast becoming under Mr. Short- ridge’s management, the great industrial paper of San Francisco. The Mikado of Japan has no mere floris cultural little country to reign over. He is the sovereign of 40,000,000 people, who live in 13,000 towns and viliages. —————— VaLsEs and telescope baskets and bags for the million. S8anborn, Vail & Co., 1 Market.® ————— BACoN Printing Company, 503 Clay straat. P e — PLAIN mixed candies, 10c 1b. Townsend's.* —— gt BiBLEs, prayer-books and hymnals in stae tionery department. Sanborn, Vail & Co. Marlket. cabdti it people are healthy. ss. Mohns & Kaltenbach. e g - FoR & nice present choose & banquet lamp, onyx table or framed pictur sortment and lowest pric bt it WINE-DRINK wines, 5ca gle M. & K, 9 Mkt.® Ocean Excursions. Steamship Pomona, to Santa Cruz and Mony bac terey, leaves Saturdays, 4 P. M., ¢ days, 5 A, M. Ticket office, 4 New Mo street. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE BY Thos. Magge & Sons, REAL ESTATE AGENTS And Publishers “Real Estate Circular.” 4 Montgomery Street, UN.OY TRUST BULDIiG, CORYES MARKET. INVESTMENT Brannan and Sixth; cerner; 37:6x157:6; only 80,000. £ Tnvestment; $45.000: large corner: 3 frontsy Dramm, Commercial and Clay sts.; with old builds ings: should be torn down and new building would pay well rell. §32,750—Rents $250: NE corner on Pine st, covered with good buildings. 3 Corner on Howard st., near Third; rents §1 2 stores and flats: $18,000. Clay st., small nvestme 119:6, to Commercial st.; d $12,000. Eddy’ $140; ‘st.: downtown; new S-story house: renty flats; 22 rooms; well wrranged ; light and ornta, beyond Laguna; 53x80 and 3 D-atoruand planked basement houses in fine order; $1800 just spent on them; rents $121 8 rented. alwa; RESIDENCES B8 A e, Washington-st. residence, near Ce 1 8 105: " N. sido; fine reside 2 rooms, finished basement, attic: all mode nrnmz)cu, (‘xc‘elc lent interior finish; owner selling (o leave towng tesidence just finished; 2Om b o Contrdl ave, and thi magnificens marine view not to be shut of 1l modern cone veniences; finished in natural wood: inlaid floorsy 2,500, iokson-st. residence; $12,000; near Centra} + honse alone cost $12,000. 137:6 and solid 2« aio Heights; Jacks ences; $11,600. O e e R tage and lot S0x123:6; bet. 22 d e 6 the besi reidence portious of the o-curs pass: ; e It #6000: new residence; fine marine view: SW. cor. Green and ¥uchanan sts.; very 8; like rent. Green St N. side, near HG2? Pory good 3-story § 9 Sooms 4id modern conveniences: $3700. LOTS ALL PRICES. Broadway, N side., bet. Laguna and Buchanan: 4ONT3T16: amobstracted marime view: bituminons Pavement 1aid on Broadway: $12,500: make offers raciiio ave, near Baker—Magnificent view: 50, 60 or 75, O ahy size: price just reduced. aclie ave. near Scott st.; 68 :9x197:8: 810,000, Devisadero st., near Washingion — 83300 for 25x110: !ll’eel&lved: fine nei'hborhgud Jackson and Walnut; corner: 33x127 Geary st.. N. side, near Cook st., ave.: 3lots; 25x100; only $1i e Locust st., bet. Sacramento and Clay: $5x137:63 $1700. . Maxnificent_view on Park road: not tobe obe :v&rucllvdeé 25);1:3;:’:? ‘gfiwl;“nr]::l graded, macs amized an i 11 blocks from Hai st. cablecars; faces oity p:'rk e Will be_business street: Fillmore, just N. of Union: lots 24x100; $2150 ana $2200 each; stone blocks and brick sewer down:, Fillmore, from Union tothe bay, will bea busifess sireet; easy 'ms.. Paclfic ave.and Walnut; facing the Presidio; view cannot be shut off; corner; 30x100, $4000 or any size larger. Pacific ave.; !ulnfumldlo: fine view: lots 25x 100, 82500, or any size; near Walnut; 1 block W, of Central ave,