The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 16, 1895, Page 18

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 1895. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor, SUBSCRIPTION RATES: DAILY CALL—$6 per year by mail; by carrier, 15¢ per week. SUNDA ALL—$1.50 per year. WEEKLY CALL—#1.50 per year. The Eastern office of the SAN FRANCISCO CALL (Daily and Weekly), Pacific States Adver- tising Buresu, Rhinelander building, Rose and Duane streets, New York. THE SUMMER MONTHS. Are you going 1o the country on a_vacation ? It £0y/it i8 no trouble for us to forward THE CALL to youraddress. Do not let it miss you for you will uiss it. Orders given to the carrier, or left at Business Office, 710 Market street, will receive prompt attention. DAY - Easy going never goes far. We must have a glorious Fourth. There is no better inning than a Sunday outing. He that trusts in a lottery ticket trusteth in crime. The fiestas have taught us how to cele- brate a holiday. Forging lottery tickets is one way of shadowing crime. The ease of aerial navigation will soon become & Maxim. When work becomes a routine it seems restful, but it isn’t. That millionaire is still poor who seeks to add to his wealth. There is no profitable egotism that lacks the support of abilit; People who take things easy often take more than their share. Making things dark for a man naturally causes him to see stars. Most tramps afford an excellent study to students of still life. The high roller is always liable to takea sudden tumble to himself. The face is the still brook that serves as the mirror of the conscience. The people easiest pleased are those who are satisfied with themselves. The whole East will be watching to see if Grover goes fishing to-day. Legitimate journalism is incompatible with illegitimate advertising. There is a vague threat that the worm of the whisky trust still will turn. The winnersof lottery prizes, like ghosts, are often heard of but never seen. Bees know that it is not all the showy flowers that have the most honey. The foundation of the Nation iscertainly worth celebrating regardless of cost. Some men are born wise, but the wisdom that is beaten into one lasts longest. The man who opposes street-cleaning may be justly termed a worm of the dust. It is an unwholesome appetite that causes some people to eat out their hearts, The bicycle is the newest expression of our native desire to fly with our own wings. Mrs. Grundy sometimes hears as much gossip in a business office as in a back parlor. 1 life were no more than what we make it, it would be a very small affair for most people. At the soda-water fountains the attend- ants serve some kinds of drinks as quick as a wink. There are only four letters in love, and the postscript to the last is a marriage license. Many visitors to the Santa Cruz fete will be sufficiently pleased to stay with her all summer. The Co-operative Commonwealth will make wealth common if it is wisely managed. E By the time the ways of the world get too bad to travel in we shall have flying- machines. The beef trust is sufficient of a prodigal to demand not only the fatted calf, but the whole herd. The time is coming when no paper will be thought respectable that publishes lot- tery notices, There is not one of the lower animals but that can teach us something of the art of rational living. —— Until we get a more substantial flying- machine it is safe still to rely on the harm- less wings of hope. Excursions are not always entrancing, but no man can join one without being carried away with it. Poverty and a vigorous appetite find that revolution is the only ground upon which they can meet as friends. The absence of a general demand for mint juleps in summer expresses the only shortcoming of the San Francisco climate. The cool climate and innumerable pleas- ure resorts make San Francisco the ideal summer resort for residents of the interior. Probably the San Francisco churches, like some in the East, will soon have to wrestlé with the moral aspect of riding to church on a bicycle. The passing of the poppy relieves us of the agonizing discussion as to whether we should be Germans, Spanish or English in naming it. The coming woman will have to get after Yale, for according to the Senior Year Book of that institution “one-half of the class intend never to marry.” The hope of being able to do good with- out first becoming good is the old story of the tortoise that went flying on the back of an eagle and was aropped from the skies. Every patriotic citizen should find a pleasure in contributing something toward making the celebration of the National birthday brilliant enough to win a National reputation. ———— Those who vainly wish for a life in which they may slumber on flowery beds of ease might possibly reflect that even the steeples which most deeply pierce the heavens are surmounted with a cross. | | | | 1 i ADVERTISING LOTTERIES. In discussing the lottery evil and the possibility of suppressing it, District At torney Barnes, after pointing out that as the law stands it is no offense for a news- paper to publish notices of lottery draw- ings, after they have taken place, and that until the law is changed there can be no prosecution for such publications, went on to say: “Of course, it ought not to be necessary to change the laws. The newspapers | should be public spirited enough to follow ! the spirit of the law rather than its de- fective wording. So great 2 power as the newspapers should be above taking ad- vantage of a flaw in the statutes. If the example set by the CarL were to be fol- lowed by the other newspapers, it would save the State a great deal of trouble and expense, and go very far toward stamping out the lottery evil in this State.” ‘We commend these words to the serious consideration of our contemporaries. Every right thinking citizen, every man who has any comprehension of the respon- sibilities of the press, will agree with the District Attorney that it ought not to be necessary to change the laws and that the newspapers should be public spirited enough to follow the spirit of the law | rather than its defective wording. TUnder our law the sale of lottery tickets is a crime. The Jaw is a just one. The lottery is pernicious in every way. Every scheme of that kind is so honeycombed with fraud and comes 8o near to downright swindling that no law is needed to condemn it in the minds of intelligent men. Our contempo- raries are well aware of these facts and upon the slightest reflection they will see that the power of the press onght not to be debased to the service of such schemes, We are well aware that the force of habit is as strong in journalism as elsewhere and | that because a thing has been done in the ! past is considered by some editors a suffi- cientreason why it should be continued. We are convinced, however, that our contempo- raries on reflection will see the advisability | of breaking away from old custom so far as lottery publications are concerned. All the ! journals of S8an Francisco are in the hands of men comparatively young. None of them are too old to make new departures. All of them are interested in the advancement 1 of the City, and most of them have a laudable ambition to promote the welfare of the community. It is reasonable, there- fore, to presume that when they have con- sidered the consequences of lottery pubii- cations they will abandon them and come forth as champions of honesty, morality and the law. That an editor makes a considerable sac- rifice in refusing lottery advertising is well understood. The sharpers who run the lottery games pay the highest prices fqr every inch of space a newspaper allows them, and the income of some journals from this source forms an important part of their revenne. Nevertheless they should give it up. They may lose in money, but they will gain in prestige and public esteem. ‘What influence can a newspaper exert to promote honesty in office and purity in | politics when every reader sces that the paper itself takes advantage of a technical defect in the law to encourage lotteries by | advertising their lying premium lists for the sake of sharing some of the profits of the swindles? Men ofien act wrongly not through any intention to do evil, but from a lack of re- | flection upon the nature of the act and its certain consequences. It is to this we must attribute the course of our contemvo- raries in publishing lottery notices, for no one can doubt that at heart they are in favor of enforcing the law and suppressi the iniquity. If, therefore, the ghurches, the Civic Federation and all other forces that tend to mold public opinion in the interests of morality will bring their influ- ence to bear, we are convinced that the publication of lottery notices by the re- putable journals of this city will cease and all the papers of San Francisco will act to- gether in supporting the officers of the law in their efforts to crush out the nefarious trade. A BLOSSOMING HOPE. Tt was a happy inspiration that induced this query from Professor Emory E. Smith at the meeting of the State Floral Society Friday evening: “Will not some devotee of the goddess Flora raise up some temple in which she can receive fitting homage?” Reduced to prose thisis an appeal for some one of means {o erect a building suitable for the display of flowers. Professor Smith might have elaborated this plea into one of the strongest and most reasonable of arguments, for his sug- gestion is filled with wisdom.” Let us sup- pose that his appeal had been put in a form something like this: “To the Public: The California State Floral Society, recognizing in common with all citizens the splendid and alto- gether unparalleled results of floriculture in California and the great material advan- tages which would accrue to the State from an intelligent pursuit of this avoca- tion and from frequent floral exhibitions in the principal City of the State, respect- fully suggests that the erection of a hand- some floral temple in San Francisco for the holding of such exhibitions would be productive of most valuable results, In no other way, except by assiduous pains to induce householders to ornament their homes by the artistic cultivation of flowers, can the wonderful resources of the State in this particular be brought to the attention of strangers visiting our shores. “By reason of the fact that a peculiar climate permits a thing impossible in any other State of the Union—namely, the out- door cultivation of flowers from every part of the world, with the result that in all of the four seasons of the year it is possible for us to make a splendid exhibition of flowers grown at very small cost—we are | enabled to hold a brilliant exhibition of flowers four times a year, or oftener if we please; for no sooner has any popular or particularly attractive group of flowers ex- hausted its blooming power than another group is ready for display. You will ob- serve, therefore, that in such an exhibition temple it is easily possible to give a series of displays which may cover the entire year if we choose. “It is unnecessary for us to inform you not only that open-air floriculture is an exceedingly healthful and refining occupa- tion in itself, and that its pursuit will ele- vate the taste of our people and more fuily instruct them in the remarkable capa- bilities of the climate, but that flowers at- tract and inform the stranger more elo- quently and alluringly than any other evidence of natural excellence. “With these considerations in view, we beg you to consider seriously the advisabil- ity of erecting a floral temple in S8an Fran- cisco. We respectfully suggest to this end that perhaps the iuncorporation of the State Floral Society into the scheme of State Government, with a view to the erec- tion and maintenance of such a temple at the expense of the State, under the auspices of the society, or the creation of a depart- ment of the State University charged with this matter, might find general ap- proval. This failing, and, with it, the cognate scheme of the official dissemina- tion of knowledge concerning floriculture | and the distribution of seeds, plants, roots | and bulbs, it is still eminently proper that | the project be forwarded as a private en- terprise. While it would be far better that some wealthy person should erect the temple and endow it with his name as a gift to the people and their prosperity, to be managed by this society, it is perfectly feasible that it be undertaken by a com- pany or corporation as a business proposi- tion, with every prospect of a generous return from the investment,” PROMISING BUT DANGEROUS. In the general revival of tradeand in- dustry science has aroused her votaries to take part in the procession, and they have responded with an unprecedented degree of activity. We hear from them on all sides. They have promised us flying machines, self-moving carriages, manu- factured diamonds, gas that can be sold by the gallon, and a thousand forms of electric machinery guaranteed to make life comfortable, home happy, the office a place of pleasure and the kitchen a scene of enchantment. All these are good, but they are not the best. In every race there are always some competitors who outstrip the rest. Soin the present activity of promising scientists there are two who promise more than the others and stand pre-eminent in assuring us not merely improvements upon old things, but new things altogether—so new indeed that they will come near to be ac- counted miracles, and be regarded as evi- dence that creation is about to begin all over again and man and his world undergo a total change. One of these innovators is a resident of | New York and the other of Old England, ;"l‘he New York man proposes to practi- | cally re-create the whole blizzard-swept region of this country by changing the climate. His name is F.B. Crocker, and | as he holds the position of professor of electrical science at Columbia College his promises are entitled to respectful consid- eration. His plan is to bring to any given | locality hot air from the tropics and cold | air from the Arctic circle by a system of | steel tubes four or five feetin diameter, Such a system would cost no more than a railroad, and the professor says would en- able the community to effectually control the rainfall and the weather. In answer to the argument that the heat and cold would be lost in transmission through the tubing he says the air would always pro- duce heat when compressed and cold when expanded, and there would be no loss on that score. The innovator of Old England is Pro- fessor Victor Horsley, who, after a series of experiments in determining the effect of rifle shots upon living organisms, has proven to his satisfaction that when an animal is shot through the brain it dies, not because the heart ceases its action, but because the lungs cease theirs. It follows that if artificial respiration could be ap- plied in the case of a man shot through the brain until trephining could be per- formed the patient might live. Professor | Horsley even advises in such a case the | treatment which is given to a drowned person, keeping the lungs in action until the surgeon’s trephining instrument can remove the pressure of the brain, forced out by the bullet’s passage against the | sides of the sku®. Taken together, these two innovations are not without interest to the future wel- fare of California. What is to prevent the populous East from using the power of the Government to lay tubes across the conti- nent to pump our climate away from us to the Mississippi Valley or the Atlantic Coast? If, in seli-defense, we took up arms and shot holes through the heads of those who ran the pumping works, their skilled surgeons would easily trephine the kulls and bring the villains to life again. Nor is it unlikely that the Easterners would attempt the project of stealing our | climate. Only a short time ago we called attention to a claim made that the cvclones of Kansas were caused by the transference to that region, by railroads, of the elec- trical disturbances in the earth that used to cause earthquakes in California. If these people become persuaded that we have shipped our earthquakes to them in the form of cyclones it will not take them long to believe they would be justified in taking our climate through steel tubes by way of retaliation. AN IMMUTABLE LAW. Gravitation is silently performing its part with the other agencies that are work- ing out the destiny of San Francisco. Few of us realize how wonderful and irresistible a force it is or in what yarious and com- plex ¥ays it is manifest. Let us first picture the interesting topog- raphy that brings this civilizing law of gravity into operation and makes San Francisco the focus of its energy. The great interior basin, 500 miles long and 60 miles in width, and composed of the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys, slopes toward its central point from either end and opens upon the bay of 8an Fran- cisco through a breach in the Coast Range, and the bay in turn opens through the Golden Gate to the Pacific Ocean, and thus to all the world. Besides this great fertile basin are numerous equally fertile valleys of smaller size draining to the bay. The imagination is dazzled in contemplation of the picture which these hundreds of square miles will present when their matchless agricultural resources are developed and they are filled with the dense population which they are capable of supporting. But dazzling as this picture is—now im- aginary, but steadily working toward re- ality under our very eyes—it has a frame equally rich, for it is inlaid with gold. Rising from all sides of this grand stretch of valley lands are foothills rolling grad- ually away for miles to the base of the cir- cumscribing wall of mountains, and most of this that is not suitable to the produc- tion of splendid fruits is rich either in gold or timber. Back of this stretch again, in the high mountains, are inexhaustible stores of water and timber, with here and there gold deep in the ground. The development or loosening up of all these vast stores of wealth brings gravity into operation and their movement along the line of least resistance begins. San Francisco, sitting conveniently at the only spot to which these movements converge, takes all the treasures as they come—re- arranges, refines, classifies and assorts them and then distributes them to the nations of the earth. Her function here can never be crippled, rivaled or usurped. On the other hand, all that comes from abroad to be consumed in the sources of production of her gravitation area must pass through her hands. As agent she orders it, inspects it on arrival and then properly distrib- utes it. She is absolutely essential to this develop- ment and intimately feels and minutely reflects whatever may be the prosperity or depression of her natural area of supply. But she is more than a mere agent; in re- ality she is one of the two hands that are dragging treasure out of the sunshine and the earth. It istherefore clear that what she does in wisdom for her partner in the fields and mountains she is doing also for herself. No artificial conditions of any kind what- evexr can prevent this law of gravitation from pouring the wealth of this surpass- ingly rich territory into her lap. Even as it is, if there is another city in the world so large in population and volume of trade backed by a contributing territory of so small population we cannot recall it to memory now. Every increase of the population of this supporting territory wiil increase the popu- lation of the City; and as it already is im- portant among the cities of the world, and asits gravitation territory is capable of supporting in ease a population that will constitute a dense settlement throughout its whole extent—a population immeasur- ably greater than it has at present—the in- evitable greatness of this vortex of all these activities and all this wealth is now incon- ceivable. A GRAND CELEBRATION. It is incumbent upon the people of San Francisco to make the coming Fourth of July celebration the most striking in its details and the most splendid in its execu- tion of any celebration that has been held in San Francisco for many years. While other cities and towns through- out the State have been displaying their enterprise, and advertising their advan- tages by means of fiestas and carnivals, the City of San Francisco has done nothing during the present year in the way of a like advertisement and display. The near approach of Independence Day suggests an opportunity to concentrate in the metrop- olis the spirit which during the past few months has made such pleasing and prac- tical manifestations of its utility in other cities of the State. The old idea of a Fourth of July celebra- tion might very aptly be revived upon the present occasion. The procession used to be made a place for the display of home industries and of the finest products of the locality. Such a procession at the present time would do more than anything else to impress our people with the extent and the excellence of their own industries. The decorations for the occasion might also be distinctive in their representation of thearts and products of California. The idea of a triumphal arch over Market street is an excellent one and could be car- ried out with quite an amount of elabora- tion without a very large expenditure. It might well be given a certain degree of permanence also and be so constructed as to remain after the festivities of the day were over asa visible emblem of the en- thusiasm of our people, not only for their country and their liberties, but for the greater San Francisco, which is to be. Let usall unite heartily and work har- moniously for a grand Fourth of July cel- ebration. Let the rich give generously of their substance to the end that it may be a large and ennobling success. Let the fes- tivities outlast the day if possible and con- stitute for San Francisco a carnival of pleasure and of profit like that which other cities have already enjoyed. Let the occa- sion have for its highest utility the stimu- lation of our people to new efforts and new enterprises for the realization of the exist- ing hope and desire for better times in California, and for its rapid advancement in wealth and population and power among the sisterhood of Btates. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Ex-Governor Romualdo Pacheco has just re- turned fiom a prolonged visit to Southern Cali- fornia. Yesterday afternoon he escorted Gen- eral Young, United States Minister to Honduras and Guatemala, to Golden Gate Park and the environs of San Francisco. In the field of diplomacy in Central America General Young of Wisconsin succeeded Mr. Pacheco, and be- tween the two there exists a firm feeling of friendship. Mr. Pacheco is now the oldest living ex-Governor of California. The only other ex-Governors alive are United States Senator George C. Perkins of this City and Colonel H. II. Markham of Pasadena. Mr. Pacheco is also the senior Native Son of Cali- fornia. General Vallejo held the rank of senior member of the organization until he died and Governor Pacheco was second in line tor many years. - This picture illustrates the San Francisco Wasp's idea of the only manuer remaining for sportive young men to reach Burlingame since Talbot Cliftod has withdrawn his coach from the road. PERSONAL. J. J. Brown, & merchant of Yolo, is at the Grand. A. A.Wright of Portland, Or., 18 & gueg at the Palace. T.W. Sheehan of the Sacramento Record- Union, is at the Grand. W. 8. Stitt, a well-known business man of Chicago, is at the Palace. Alex G, Fisk, & well-known banker of New York, is a guest at the Palace. H. A. McCraney, deputy clerk of the Supreme Court, is a guest at the Grand. J. M. Toplitz, & well-known iron man of St. Louis, is a guest at the Baldwin. A. B. Lemmon of the Santa Rosa Republican registered at the Grand yesterday. C. H. McKevett, merchant, of Santa Paula, is registered at the California Hotel. Rev. Henry Varley has returned from San Jose and is stopping at the Brooklyn, Lieutenant-General Schofield, U. S. A, ar- rived in the city last evening and registered at the Palace. Fred Sharon and his sister, Lady Hesketh, arrived yesterday from London and are stay- ing at the Palace. H. W. Wright of London, solicitor of Sir Thomas Hesketh, arrived in San Francisco yesterday and registered at the Palace. Donald Ross, the Scotch evangelist, has ar- rived and pitched his tent at the corner of Twenty-third and Mission streets. He is regis- tered at the Brooklyn. State Senator E. C. Voorheis of Amador County is registered at the Baldwin Hotel. The Senator, accompanied by his wife and daughter, has just returned from the Yosemite Valley and the 8anta Cruz carnival. He will visit Alaska soon. Judge F.T. Baldwin and Mrs. Baldwin of Stockton will, after this week, make their home at the Palace Hotel in this City. 3Irs. Baldwin Wwas in town for a few hours yesterday to com- plete arrangements for the removal. Judge Baldwin is a member of the recently appointed Code Commission and & Trustee of the State Library. PEOFLE TALKED ABOUT. Grant Allen i tizing his novel, t present engaged in drama- ‘The Woman Who Did.” Chief Justice Fuller is at Barnegat, N. J., the guest of Dr. Ashhurst of Philadelphia. He is enjoying the fishing, at which sport he is said to be an adept. Since Henry Irving was made Sir John Brod- rib, the sporting fraternity of England has begun to clamor for similar honors for Dr. W. G. Grace, the veteran and champion ecricketer. ““Uncle David" Brown has been for fifty-eight years the messenger of the health buresu at Philadelphia, and has earned the title of “O. P.F.,” which stands for oldest public function- ary. At last accounts Richard Watsow Gilder, editor of Century, was in Berlin to attend the wedding of his sister-in-law to an Italian noble- man. The bride is a sister of General DeKay, United States Consul-General. o Gaston Paris, who has recently been ap- pointed rector of the University of Paris to succeed Gaston Bofssier, the new perpetual secretary of the French Academy, is reported to be the greatest iving Romance philologist. Miss Ella Erving of Gorin, Mo., feels quite fiattered when her friends call her “a pocket Venus.” She is only 20 years old, but she is 8 feet 2 inches high, weighs 256 pounds, and has feet that measure 17 inches from heel to toe. A majority of the Judges of the Common |- Pleas Court of Philade]phia have decided that the Judges of the courtshall wear black gowns. It is also expected that the Judges of the quar- ter sessions will soon vote to wear scarlet gowns, The descendants of old Governor Thomas Wiggin have had their second annual reunion and banquet in Boston. Thomas Wiggin came to America in 1631, and for many years was the virtual owner of & part of what is now Southern New Hampshire. John B. Harlow, the new United States Civil Seryice Commissioner, is universally known as “‘major,” though he never attained a higher rank in the army than captain. A relative who was then in high official position wrote to him offering to have & commission sent to him for & major’s place, which had just fallen va- cant. Young Harlow declined the offer. Though strongly urged to reconsider his refusal he remained firm. When the story leaked out bis comrades dubbed him “major” by courtesy, and he was never able to get rid of the title. The life of Senator Jones of Nevada has been & continued romance. One year he isa mil- lionaire and the next year he is flat broke. To-day he has $100,000 to his credit, to-mor- row he is $50,000 poorer than when he was born. Heisa really brilliant man. He has a remarkable fund of useful information and he can make a good speech on any subject with very little preparation. He is an inveter- ate stock gambler and always a bull. Atone time, fifteen years ago, he was worth $5,000,- 000. A severe streak of bad luck followed and in two years he was broke. During his flush period he presented, says the Chicago Times Herald, his wife with $60,000 worth of diamonds. When he reached the financial zero he asked his wife to lend him the diamonds. She did so. He sold them and invested the proceeds in mining Stocks. The venture was lucky and in less than & year the $60,000 had increased to $500,000. He then returned the diamonds to his wife, in- creased by 25 per cent. Jones is interested in mines in Nevada, California, Arizona and Col- orado. His weallh is now up in the millions again. Rich or poor, Jones is always happy. He is a firm believer in his own good luck. He is & spirited but nota wise poker piayer. He lost $85,000 at one sitting at Tombstone, Ariz., and raked in $25,000 of Tom Bowen’s money the first week the latter served in the Senate. Richard Olney, who has just succeeded to the ‘“‘premiership,” is a stockily set, brief-necked, beetle-browed man of mid- aling height, with a broad, high forehead, & squere-jawed forceful face, adorned by & droop- ing iron gray mustache, and is dignified rather than suave of manmner. He is rising three score and comes of & “fighting Baptist family.” While he is not and never pretended to be an orator, he yet speaks with much force and de- liberation, and legally ranks with the king pins of the Boston bar, says New York Vanity. Corporation law is his forte, and he has pock- eted many fat fees in his time for advice ren- dered to railroad and other compsnies. When appointed Attorney-General his practice was worth quite half & hundred thousand dollars a year. So that he did not enter Mr. Cleveland’s official family without making a considerable pecuniary sgerifice. Socially he is a most charming companion, and his is essentially the smart establishment of the present admin- istration. A devout believer in the truth of Carlyie’s favorite proposition that “Silence is golden,” he has always eschewed publicity. So that he is not o politically popular as some of his fellows. Withal he isa taciturn, quiet- going man, of bookish tendencies, who can play lawn tennis like & professional. He once refused & seat on the bench of the highest court in his native Bay State. Then he did it again. Moreover, he enjoys the distinction of never having had a photo taken till after his appointment to the Cabinet. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. Though Californians have, because of certain conditions, been able to endure the ill effects of the demonetization of silver somewhat bet- ter than the people of most of the other 8tates, they have nevertheless suffered severely and are as anxious as any to see silver completely rehabilitated. They may be depended upon to help in this good work, but in order to make their aid effective organization is necessary. The goldbugs may be depended upon to make & vigorous fight when the time comes, and the ‘silver forces must present an unbroken front at the critical moment.—Stockton Mail. To secure & gaod detective force the Com- missioners should cast about among the bright reporters for material. Heretofore brawn has triumphed over brain as an essentlal qualifica- tion; it required brawn to get on the police force, and the detective force has been recruited thereirom. From the staffs of San Francisco's daily papers we will venture a detective force can be recruited that will “‘detect” the authors of crime, and that is what the people pay for and want.—Santa Rosa Democrat. ™ The boulevard from San Jose to San Francisco should be constructed as quickly as possible. It would be one of the best things that could be devised for doth cities. It would help to show the possibilities of this part of the State as nothing else could. In a very few years it would be lined with the residences of the rich people of the central part of the State, and everybody who came to California would want to see it.—San Jose Herald. ‘We hope to see the bill which provides for county railroads built by the people revived next session. If S8an Mateo County had her own lines we would startle the man who originated the half-million idea. People will live where they can live in comfort. Our soil could support twenty times the present popu- lation with ease, but we must have a railroad before the growth begins.—Halfmoon Bay Ad- vocate. The great mass of voters desire the restora- tion of former prosperity, and they will not be led into the ranks of a sideshow party by such politicians as Weaver, Stewart, Teller and Sib- ley. The fact that those persons are organizing a silver party without knowing the attitude of either of the old parties toward that metal is strong evidence that they areat their old dema-~ gogic tactics for polittcal capital.—Goldendale (Wash.) Sentinel. Good streets, good health and good times are component parts of that public policy which stands for improvement and results in pros- perity. The one is generally dependent upon the other and certainly is a prime factor in the realization of either desirable end. Combined, they give any place possessing them a reputa- tion that is well worth striving hard to ob- tain.—San Diego Union. Let us now in unison lift up our hats and exclaim ‘‘Hail to the Prince of Prosperity!” for it is his return to ourland of fruit and flowers that heralded the coming of the lovely queens to rule over us with pleasure’s wand for a scepter.—Santa Rosa Democrat. Some of the Democratic newspapers are call- ing for the making of the income tax an issue in the next campaign. There are already two sections of that party now. If the income-tax issue is taken up there will be four.—Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The mind of man is like a piece of land— to be useful it must be manured with reading, plowed with energy, sown with virtue and harvested with economy. The well-conducted press is & good husbandman for the mind.— Oakland Times. Santa Clara County can well afford to do its part toward constructing a wide, smeoth, shaded highway between this city and San Francisco.—San Jose Mercury. Once let the whole of California be fully populated and what & gigantic empire of civils ization and of wealth she will present! Witi her 40,000,000 acres of arable land all occu- pied and all under cultivation there is no State in the Union that will be able to compare with her in wealth and in the comfort and ease enjoyed by her people.—Los Angeles Times. Economy that impairs the efliciency of any public institution is out of tune with the call that demands retrenchment.—Portland Ore- gonian. One of the penalties of success is to be kicked at by the people who fail because they do not deserve succe: resno Republican. SUPPOS_}:D TO BE HUhI‘OROUS. Teddie—What are woman’s rights, pa? Pa—Everything they want, my boy. Always remember that.—Boston Courier. Scere at Bishop’s breakfast table. Bishop (to timid curate on a visit)—Dear me, I'm afraid your egg’s not good. Timid curate—Oh, yes, my lord: really—er— some parts of it are very good.—London Judy. Pirst New Yorker—I wish I knew where that pretty girl who lives next door to me is going this summer. Second New Yorker—Why? First New Yorker—I would like to go there and get acquainted with her.—New York Her- ald. Mr. Softly—Er—Miss Ethel, there is some- thing I—er—particularly want to say to you. Er—when could I have a minute with you alone? Ethel—Oh, from Wagner, please, Lucy. Boston Budget. Miss Newage—What was done at the New Woman International Progressive Club to-day? Bachelor girl—Oh, nothing. You see Mrs. Sweetie happened to come in with her baby, and before we all finished kissing the little cherub it was time to adjourn.—Tid-Bits. «I hear,” said the cheerful idiot, ““that they are talking of reyising the costume of the God- dess of Liberty.” «And what will it be, pray?” asked the type- writer boarder who has a wheel. “Red, white gnd bloomers,” said the cheerful idiot.—Indianapolis Journal. Il arrange that. Something Now, Mr. Softly.— “Where is the weather office?” asked the wild-eyed man. “Why, it's right up—hold on; I guess you had better be searched,” said the cautious policeman. “I Want to see if you haven’t got a few guns or sticks of dymamite about your clothes.”—Indianapolis Journal. “Why are they called pyramids, pa?’ asked Georgie, who was looking at & picture of these wonders of Egypt. “They are called pyramids, my s replied the father, without hesitation, “‘because, you see, they appear amid the general desolation of the desert.”—New York Ilerald. “Proverbs was largely the ruin of me,” said Everett Wrest. “How?” asked the sympathetic citizen. “Take fer instance that one about the race notbein’ to the swift. I guess that there has made me lose more money on 40 to 1 shots than would burn a wet dog.”—Cincinnati Tribune. “Jeremiah,” said the new woman severely, “here’s 8 memorandum in your pocket which shows you have been buying sugar stock.” “Yes, my dear,” replied the new man, meekly. “Do you think that we canafford such goings on as this?” “No, dear, I suppose we can’t; but I couldn't help buying it, it looked like such a bargain.” —Washington Star. A SERIES OF CONCERTS, Scheel and His Orchestra to Give Pop- ular and Classical Music Each Sunday. Herr Fritz Scheel has set about reorgan- izing his orchestra since receiving the con- tract of supplying music for the Mechanics’ Institute. They begin vpractice at ‘once, and will be in position to play publicly soon, since the new orchestra is to com- pose the cream of the local talent. Tt has been decided fo give concerts every Sunday afternoon. These will be held at the Columbia Theater. The programmes will include popular as well as classical music, and many of the numbers will be devoted to sacred subjects.. = As a special feature, soloists, both vocal and instrumental, are to be employed. In this way variety will be introduced in the performance. The first concert is to be given next Sunday. Sl THE PRICE OF WINES. Large Purchase Made by the California ‘Wine-Makers’ Corporation. Eight million gallons of wine of this sea- son’s manufacture have been contracted for by the wine-makers’ corporation. The figure at which this wine will be taken is to be fixed by arbitration. A citcular is being prepared by the Cali- fornia Wine-makers’ Corporation advising its mqmbers regarding the purchase of gmges. The price which will be paid will be based on ‘that which will be paid for wine. This will be fixed next February. Since its organization last January the wine-makers’ corporation has made” two deliveries of wine and two distributions of receipts to its 190 members. This has taken place during the last two months, and has placed $190,000 in the hands of the individual wine-makers {u‘o rata to their deposits of wine. Another dfftribution will take place during June. At the be- ginning of operationsit was estimated that there were 9,000.000 gallons of dry wine in first hands, of which 7,000,000 gallons have been disposed of through the cor; oration, so that very little of the old stock will re- main on hand when the new vintage be- gins to come in next fall. T Work of Woman Suffragists. The ladies interested predict that the annual meeting of the California Woman Suffrage As- sociation, which will be held in this City on July 3, will be an important one in view of the coming equal-suffrage campaign and the prob- ability that Miss Anthony and_ Miss Shaw will be present to serve as chief counselors on that occasion. The constitutional amendment cor- mittee, organized at the close 6f the recent Woman's Congress, has made no organized movement as vet, but the individuals report Drogress in a personal way. —————— The Little Chums’ ¥Fair a Success. The Little Chums’ paper fair that was given by Viola Ehughrnn. Irene Kelly, Louise Mc- Cormick, Ethel Kelly and Richard Laugh for the benefit of the Girls’ Directory Ofpl’::g Asylum, Park avenue and Scott street, was a grand success. The sisters and little orphans are unanimous in exoressing gratitude. ——— Bacox Printing Company, 508 Clay strost. * E. H. BLACK, painter, 114 Eddy street. * RENTS collected. Ashton, 411 Montgomery.* CALIFORNIA Glace fruits, 50¢ Ib. Townsend’s.* GEO. W. MONTEITH, law offices, Crocker bldg.* g Y HAWAITAN BAND gives a farewell concer day at Sutro Baths. 5 t:o— e 'WINE-DRINKING people are. healthy. M. &K. wines, 5¢ & glass. Mohns & Kaltenbach, 29 Mkt* There are 1785 se b arate rai - panies in the United e railnay com tates. ——————— Excursion to Ukiah. Special excursion train will be run over the line of the San Francisco and North Pacific Railway Company to Ukiah and retu: t- urday, June 32, Boat will leawe s it ferry at 7:40 A. u.; returning, train leaves 21:!‘;%2“ 6:15 P.M. Fare for the round tl;ip Experiments have proved that if fish get beyond a certain depth in the sea they die m the pressure of the water, which they are unable t6 support. ————— DON'r wait until vacation comes before building up the tired brain and run down system. Put the Dblood in good condition now by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla and renewed strength will follow. ———— ALLlovers of the delicacies of the table use Dr. Siegerl’s Angostura Bitters to secure a good digestion, ———— Ir aficted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp son's Bye Water, Druggisis sell 1 at 25 cenis. C0-OPERHTIVE PRINCIPLES What the Constitution of the New Co-operative Common- wealth Is Like. The ldeas Are the Same as Those of the Young Altrurian Association. The Co-operative Commonwealth, which Laura de Force Gordon and others are nursing in its swaddling clothes, has a plan and a constitution very much like the Altrurian Association formed some littlg time ago across the bay and which estab« lished in Sonoma County a colony that hag already seen business trouble. The direc tors of the commonwealth have adopted a constitution, but are still working over the by-laws, which will explain better how the enterprise is to be operated. The constitution of this new altraistie and socialistic society reads this way : Name—The name of this association shall b “The Co-operative Commonyealth,” Objects—The objects of this association shall be: (a) To promote our mutual welfare, prose perity and happiness by engaging in e ind of lawful business, edncational, industrial benevolent and social, and sharing alike in all the advantages to be derived from co-operae tion. (b) To Incite thought and investigation in the principles of co-operation to the end that through its practical workings mankind may be brought to live a higher and nobler life. {c) To decrease the misery and ness of the poor. (d) To encoursge volu co-operation at all times. Declaration of principles—We believe In equal rights to all and special privileges none. (b) The right of each member to hey voice in the management of all affair The abolition of all means of accumnlating wealth except by one's own labor. (d) Thag one of the solutions of the labor problem’ is to place the resources of the country in the hands of the people equally, () That only through co-operation can people of small means, by uniting their labor and engaging in businesq enterprises, hope to escape from the crushing Weight of combined capital under the preseng competitive system. (f) Lastly, in co-cperative colonization. i Plan—Our plan is shaply to combine a nume ber of people in an o tiat, by co operation, shall be mac Membership—Any pe vears shall be elf, 10 menshers wise qualified and ted as vide. ¥ Ofticers—The affairs of this association shall : managed by a board of directors consisting leven members, including the following officers: President,’ vice dent, secretaryy U sec and ¢ :sponds roperty—All property acquired by the assoe ciation shall b\-'m.. 1 property of all, and cannot i bered or disposed of exe cept by a two-third’s vote of all the memberg in good standing. Amendments—Any sectic tion may be amended or re lar or special mee a majo the members in good standing, 7 of intention to 6 ame; Writing at least two weeks b B'IEB. WILL RETURN. vote of all ded notice en in To Conduct the Tivoli Orchestra--Tillig Salinger Going East. Adolph Bauer, the former conductor of the Tivoli orchestra, has been recalled ta his old position. There was quite a stir in the musical world when he left, as he had done much for the music-loving people in this City. Since his departure he has been connected with the Della Fox Opera Com« pany in the capacity of director. He is exe pected to arrive in San Francisco to-day. Mr. Bauer has been authorized to engaga a tenor, contralto and a bass. It is be lieved that either Richard Ling or Martin Pache will be the tenor, and Miss Kathe erine Hill the contralto. Miss Tillie Salinger, who has delighted Tivoli audiences for niore than four years, xs_f'uing on the road, while Phil Branson will remain with the Tivoli company. ————— . The United States uses nearly ony-ha of the quinine used n the worid. o 2 NEW TO-DAY. THE OWL DRUG CO., DRUGGISTS ! OFPEN ALI: NIGEIT, A WORD ON WALKER'S CAXADIAY CLUB WHINK} ! Of the many fine brands o al and 2ily Whiskles we carry in_stock s i« iendy and customers prefer WALKER'S CANADIAN CLUB. 1n this department we cui_prices fally ag much us in others. THIE AGENTS of CAN A« DIAN CLUB compel those that them to retall the Whisky a: $1 7. THE OWL would not submit t arrangement TOb their DIAN C i whicl €8 us a good profit. Of course the a are mad—put the oid CHESTNUT, ON Us; THE OWL'S BOYCOTT PRICE N CANADIAN CLUB WHISKY | $1 Per Bottle. Another Tlhe (wi's Price 100 Cases 0. BOTTLE Veronica Water Others Ask Arrived b0c. Country orders filled at our regular cut rates, Write for price list. 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