The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 1, 1895, Page 6

e THE SAN FRANCISCO CAfaL’, MONDA CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: DQT:,}‘n Y CALL—#6 per year by mail; by carrier, 15¢ SU building, Rose sng THE SUMMER MONTHS. Are you going to the country on a E0, it 18 no trouble for us to forward THE your not let it iniss 1 for you will miss it. Orders glven to the carrier, or left at Business Office, 710 Murket street, will recelve yrompt attention. ONDAY The world waits Remen fire th ber to be a The more we investigate the lottery busi- les we find. ness the more swi aved from the lottery arket for home news gath- 1 the CaLn Its of Kentucky’s Demo- have filled Carlisle with e of liope and despair. t the Los Angeles 1, which would lem of her ocean com- L ob -_ | right to be proud of the beautiful hospital not keep their nother during this hen the real y of France eat national ry at Sedan. e Kaiser made a us for ago, is now seen to shame mbing our 1 Liberals in the t vote the nec t make a State fes onal nd almost one of its 300,000,000 a vear, sum goes 1o or Huxlcy the v aen who are iniee, but to 1-an enthu- cal fate seems to that the wreck of should have been connter with so digni- i the fact De duced i asnag In 1t “for the: Soutnern. Pacific Company efests’ among - the “big political rascals at Washington Mr. Hun- tington has overlooked ‘the capabilities of the small-boy ticket thief. in San Fran- clloc.‘ o ) TR I "W candidata for the Democratic Presi- dential nomination is yet in sight, but the members of the party in the silver States are said to be putting W. A. Clarke of Batte, Mont., into training for the Vice- Presidency. When we have advanced sufficiently far to realize that it is easier, cheaper and wiser to prevent fires than to extinguish them, we shall have learned a tesson that red complete destruction to penetrate skull of Chicago. It is difficult to say whether the un- housed tenants of the burned district sufferad more from their dispossession than the silurians of the City from the truction ¢f the monuments which pro- imed their glory. According to the Galveston News the Texas Democracy has long been divided into two factions, whose union has been “merely a deceitful partnership of two greedy old women ready and eager to pick the geese clean and divide the feathers.” In so her ncreasing the assessment of street raiiways in Oakland Assessor Dal- ton recognizes the fact that the double ad- vantage of capital and special privilege which they enjoy creates some obligation to share justly the burden of public ex- penses. As an evidence of one of the benefits arising from riading a city of boss political rule a recent magdzine publishes a series of pictures contrasting the horrible con- dition of the ¥ 2w York streets under the Tweed regi with ‘the excellent pave- ments of to-day. e — The temptation to halt between a knowl- edge that Texas has laws against prize- fighting and a feeling that her people are determined to encourage the art is as strong as the doubt whether her pretense of law-abiding inclinations calls for less charity than her savagery. The treatise by John P. Young on “Bi- setallism and Monometallism’ published 1 the Chronicle yesterday was the most elaborate contribution to that discussion which has vet appeared in one issue of any rewswaper, and its publication raises the question whether the Sunday paper has not now gone beyond the range of maga- zine articles and entered invo competition with the book trade. FRANCISCO States Adver: | tle extra careful of make a poor re- | " | found either the benevolence or the lib- | LOTTI_JEY FRAUDS. In pursuing investigations into the lot- tery business as carried on in this 'y the CaLn finds it involving S0 many forms and phases of swind- ling that it is difficult to define a limit to the iniquity of it. The fact that the entire business is illicit seems to have attracted to it almost every class ‘of oper- ators who delight in 1llicit things. Fakers and forgers vie with one another in the criminal frade and carry their frauds toa degree that barely falls short of downright { thieving. One of the'most ingenious tricks of the operators in the nefarious traffic was ex- posed in the CaLL yesterday by the publi- cation of a confidential circular issued by a so-called company which proposed to an agent of this City to have a considerable prize drawn here by a “prominent person who would not object to having his name published.” The object of the scheme was, of course, to dupe people into the belief the prize was fairly drawn and thus entice them to try their luck. This shows where the alleged prizes go and how and for what purpose they are distributed. The prize appears, therefore, to be the biggest fraud in the whole fraudulent game. The lottery swindles, as exposed by the CaLn up to this time, are these: First, nearly all the tickets sold in this City are rank fakes and Tepresent no company whatever. Second, where the tickets bear { the name of a well-advertised company one-half of them are counterfeits. Third, where the tickets of such companies are genuine they are valueless because the gs are fraudulent. Fourth, where s are distributed they are simply schemes to entice the unwary, being se- lected before any drawing takes place and sent to localities where some prominent person can be found who will consent to { be used as a stool pigeon by the swindlers. On this bit of facts what intelligent man or woman can Wi supply themselves | h any semblance of a reason for invest- | | in ts? What man aspiring to honesty in business can sell them? What newspaper claiming to use its power to ad- nce the public good and check swindling can continue to publish lottery notices? There is fraud in the trade, consider it how you will, and we hope soon todrive it out of the City, or at least so deep into the slums that no-man of even a seeming respectabil- ity will have any dealings with it. | { THE FRENCH HOSPITAL. Our French fellow tizens have a good which they opened on Saturday. work wh be justly called noble. The motives which prompted its construc- tion, the object for which it was designed, the spirit with which it was undertaken, the means by which the work was carried | out and the energy with which every part | of the task was fulfilled, are each and all | evidences of characteristics that humanity | has always honored. Noris the completed work an inadequate monument of the aims, aspirations and energies of those | who promoted it. Insize, in beauty, in ipment as well as utility and strength, | a truly noble structure, and will long | and as a memorial to those who raised | and an ornament of which all San | ncisco will be proud, | The most intense American will have no | objection to this display of racial feilow- ship and pathy among the French people of the City. Works of this kind are | | what we desire to build into the great | structure of our American life, and no | matter by what race or nationality among us they are accomplished, we proudly m them as our own ana cite them as| | evidences of the growing culture and | | humanity among us. The new hospital is | | justly given the French name of ‘““Maison | | de Sante,” for out of the benevolence of | ench hearts and by the liberality of | | French purses it was built, but none the | | less does it exhibit Californian characteris- 1t inee in no other land have the French | It is a | | ‘erality to construct so noble an edifice by | voluntary contributions. | Whether the French genius or the Cali- | fornia- environment had most to do with | the construction of the work is, however, a |'minor-matter. The main thing js the | |‘fact that we have this great building in | our City as a part of the work of benevo- | { lence to which all humanity is committed | | by reason of the common liability to dis- | | ease and pain. From the Maison de Sante will emanate an infiuence that will be felt in every hospital and :every sick-room in Californis. For the relief of those who | suffer, science will there devise remedies | which will be 1éssons to be widely learned | and applied to the help of many who, per- haps, may not even know of ‘the existence | of-the place.- To whomsoever we give the glqry; therefore; it is suffering humanity that will reap the benefit, and in the truest | | sense'the congratulations in the completion | | ofthe stately edifice, should be given not to | | French fellow-citizens only, nor to Califor- | | nia, but to the race at large whose mortal | destinies are so largely dependent on the advance of medical science and the de- | velopment of the spirit of benevolence among me: | | { TO DESIGNATE OUR PRODUOTS. ‘Whatever the earnestuess and diligence of the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ As- sociation, it is clearly evident that the | great work of educating the veople to the wisdom of buying California products and manufactures in preference to those | brought from a distance must be carried | out by the merchantsof the State; and there is not one, even in the smallest ham- let, but that can become a most important factor in the work. A number of plans have been devised by merchants who ap- preciate not only their opportunity but their duty, and the Manufacturers’ As- sociation has received a suggestion that a common label, easily recognized, be affixed to all Cclifornia articles. One merchant proposes to put on exhibition on the Fourth of July only such articles as Cali- fornia turns out. In view of the fact that the Fourth will be a holiday, and that the stores will be closed, this idea does not seem to be the best that might be devised. | Let us imagine what would be the result if some strong firm should establish a great house confined to California articles of production and manufacture. It would cover.(even if .perishable goods should be excluded) an astonishing range of articles, including absolutely everything essential in the way of food, clothing, furnishings and fuel. If, under the modern system of dividing business into specialties, this may be deemed too wide a range of articles for one firm to handle, let it be reflected that some of the great department-stores of the country cower all this ground and much besides, and that they are reaping the cream of the businessin certain cities of the Union. Supposing such an establish- ment to be in existence, and that it would be on a vast scale to attract the most at- tention, it would receive all the backing which the sentiment in faver of the use of home products could give it. Lest, however, there should be danger that the success of such an undertaking might operate to the creation of jealousies injurious to its success, it seems that a cor- any manufacturer or producer-might se- cure shares and through which he might sell his wares, would be an excellent idea. Through a wholesale department it.might be. enabled to exercise suchan influence over the market as to make foreign compe- tition difficult in more ways than one, and through its retail department it could sup- ply the direct wants of local consumers: Tts influence would extend into every sec- tion of the State and if need be it could either establish branch houses in the inte- rior or make such arrangements with established merchants as would serve the desired end. ELEMENTS OF COMFORT. Accepting as the basis of an argument the fact that the fundamental instinct which urges us to accumulate wealth is merely the expression of a desire to pro- vide ourselves with comforts of various kinds, it is instructive to inquire into the origin of the instinct and the manner of its exercise. Our knowledge that in many cases the desire for accumulation becomes a passion, and that in this form the in- stinct appears contorted and abnormal, in- asmuch as the concrete fact takes prece- dence of the inspiring instinct, is no argu- ment against the fact itself, and does not raise the question as to whether the in- stinet is wholesome. Thus, while we observe that many men sacrifice comfort to acquisition, not only are these cases ex- ceptional, but they bring a compensation in the enjoyment of the power which wealth brings, and thatis clearly a psycho- logical comfort. Our particular race has been produced by so severe a necessity to struggle almost savagely for the physical comforts which it has secured that it is no wonder a per- version of the accumulating instinct has arisen. It is out of this fight, however, that the sturdiness and aggressiveness of the race bave been born. The battle with adverse climates and other rebellious physical conditions which have had to be conquered in the struggle to secure com- fort have had a certain value in the evolu- tion of the race. All this has been usea gainst arguments of the advisability of living in a country where no such struggle has to be made,and the indolence and lack of progressiveness of people living in tropical and semi-tropical countries is brought forth in support of the argument. Such an argument brings California under the ban, for here harsh conditions of material existence are conspicuously absent. A peculiar bit of history hasa bearing on the case. The seed-growers of the Northern Atlantic States used to de- clare that seeds produced in a severe cli- mate must have more vitality than those brought forth in bland localities, as nature has stored them with an impulse to resist the severe climatic conditions under which they were produced. , Even Peter Hender- son, the greatest seed-grower that America has seen, held this idea for a long time, for from a certain point of view it seemed en- tirely rational. 7 He suffered a radical change of mind first when he took the seeds of the beauti- ful California poppy and cultivated them in his nurseries. Later this change be- came permanent when he discovered that geranium seeds grown in California pos- sessed more germinating power and pro- duced more vigorous plants than New York State could show. He died just at the time when his encouragement of seed- growing in California was assuming im- portant proportion$, and the work had to be taken up by Californians themselves. The leader in this great work has been 1 Timothy Hopkins, who now sends seeds, perticularly those of the sweet pea, to the Eastern States by the trainload, where they are eagerly preferred to the products of Eastern growers. Some of the largest fortunes in California farming have been made in this industry of supplying East- ern growers with various kinds of flower and vegetable seeds. This brings us back to the original ques- tion. Although there does not exist in the California climate any condition -which makes a fierce struggle for physical com- fort a necessity, we find that the very absence of harsh condition, in combating which' there must be a tremendous con- sumption of vital energies, is producing a race the soundest that can be found. The easy inference is that the forces which else- where areexpended merely in a struggle to secure comfort are in California diverted nto_ other channels with happy results that constitute a wonderful page ‘inthe history of civilization. ALL THE NEWS, It hardly needed the statements of Gen- eral Manager Phillips, published yester- day, to convinee the readers of the CaLn that The United Press is now far in ad- vance of all its rivals as a newsgatherer. The telegraphic reports of events in all parts of the world, which the Carr has been giving to its readers every morning, when contrasted with the reports of other papers not allied with The United Press, have been sufficient to convince the public of the superiority of that organization. It is highly satisfactory, however, to learn that The United Press is rapidly extending the scope of its power and influence, since by this fact we are assured of giving our readers not only the best telegraphic ser- vice now existing, but one that continues to make progressive improvements and grows better all the time. The elements of strength and superiority in The United Press are too simple and too manifest to be mistaken. In the leader- ship of the organization stand the great New York dailies: The Herald, the Sun, the Times and the Tribune, that so ably represent the traditions, the wealth, the energy and the world-embracing compre- hensiveness of American journalism. Allied with them is a host of vigorous and enterprising journals extending from New England southward and westward to the Gulf and the Pacific. An organization so constituted and so led is beyond question the greatest news-gathering agency the world has seen, and, through alliance with it, the CALL is certain to have all the news that the greatest New York dailies bave, in additon t its own special reports that have made 1t the recognized exponent of everything that cohcerns Pacific Coast interests and Pacific Coast mern. "BE OAREFUL. As the Fourth of July approaches the practice of exploding firecrackers increases, and along with it the danger of fires. 'This danger is ndt great if due care is exercised, but nevertheless there is alwaysa consider- able number of fires resulting from this form of celebrating the day. It will be well, therefore, for all citizens to exercise more thgn ordinary caution and watchful- ness during the week. Do not wait for the Fourt.h to come before you grow careful. The time to begin watchfulness is to-day. The firecracker in itself is a harmless thing. Fireworks of any kind rarely give rise to conflagrations, The disasters that result from their use can nearly always be traced to the recklessness or at least to the negligence of those using them. The American people are prone to faults of that kind. As a people we are ever ready to take big chances and to overlook the im- portance of prudence in little things. This lpom.ion on a very large scale, in which | characteristic of the people is manifest in the use of fireworks, as in_everything else. | It is from this fault comes the long annual list of accidents on each returning Fourtly of July. In San Francisco at any rate we skould guard against them this year. e have had our warning in the great fife of last week and should need no other. With alittle care and prudence all will go well and the week will pass without = disaster or an accident to mar the enjoyment of the Glorious Fourth. PERSONAL- P. A. Buell of Stockton registered yesterday st the Grand. M. F. Atwood of the Hotel Netherwood is & guest at the Palace. R. H. Mackintosh, a banker of Seattle, is reg- istered at the Lick. W. W. Middlecoff, an attorney of Visalis, is staying &t the Grand. s.P. Mulford, a prominent attorney of Los Angeles, is at the Grand. A. D. Cutts, one of Marysville's principal merchants, is at the Grand. T. M. Brown, Sheriff of Humboldt County, is down irom Eureka and staying at the Russ. 7. ¥. Devendorf, who has large landed inter- ests between San Jose and Hollister, is in the ¥, B. Hollister, & prominent fruit-grower of Courtland, is among the guests at the Grand Hotel. Colonel Forsyth, a big vineyardist of Fresno, and Mrs. Forsyth and her brother, D. F. Ver- denal Jr., are at the Occidental. Thomas Cleary, one of Seattle’s prominent merchants, is now making & tour of California. He leaves this City for Santa Cruz and will | then continue his trip down the coast. John Markley, secretary of the State Board of Examiners, is at the Lick. He has been up at Geyserville to take a look at his promising young orchard, which he expects will in time enable him to eschew politics. — e PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. The Rev. Beriah Whitman, presidentof Colby | TUniversity, who has accepted a like position | in Washington, was born in Nova Scotia and is only 33 yeass old. According to Dr. Kukula there are 119 uni- | versities in the world with 157,518 students. Berlin, with 7771 students, is the largest, and Urbino, with 74, the smallest. { = | The Emperor of Germany has granted a pen- | sion of $100 & year to Miss Reis, the dsughter | of Philip Reis, who, the Germans assert, was | the real inventor of the telephone. } The Anglo-African Writers' Club, recently formed in London, has for its membership authors who have laid the scenes of their stories in the Dark Continent. Rider Haggard is very properly the club’s president. Mayor Schieren of Brooklyn has appointed | five women as members of the Brooklyn Board | of Education. Theze women now havea chance | °| to demonstrate their ability to perform what | have heretofore been considered as men's | duties. Professor Celli has been examining the waters | of “the yellow Tiber” and finds that the soil | and sand they carry with them contain chemi cal elem ents so poweriul as practically to disin | fect the whole region through which they flow and almost exempt it from malaria. He ad- vises bathing in the river at Rome, as the car- | bonates and salts in the water have many of the medicinal effects of sea water and its den- sity makes it almost as good as a mud bath. S‘JPPDSED TO BE HUMOROUS. “I'm used to all sorts of work,” remarked the applicant for & job. “Well, take your pick,” said the boss of the gang, “or perhaps you would prefer & shovel.” —Philadelphia Record. Wife: “Herbert, I am told you painted things red while I was away?” Herbert: “Er—um—that—is—" Wife: ‘“Now, Herbert, you know red wasn’t my color.””—Detroit Tribune. “Colonel, can you oblige me with a load of powder and a few buckshot?"” “No, sir; I've got an engagement with two men this morning, and I fear I won't have enough to go round.”—Atlanta Constitution. Fuddy: “What a fellow to brag Gale is. He isall the time blowing about the persons he has saved from drowning.” Duddy: ‘“That'sall right. A life-preserver, you know, is full of wind.”—Boston Transcript. Dolly: “I told Mr. Nicefellow that I bet Reggie twenty kisses our boat would win a race at the regatta.” Daisy: ““Well, wasn’t he shocked ?” Dolly: “No, I let him hold the stakes.”— Boston Globe: Father: “I saw you kiss my daughter last night, sir, and—" Young Man: “I beg your pardon, you did not.” Father: “ButIsayIdid.” Young Man: “And I insist you did not. We hiad the gas turned off.”—Detroit Free Press. FOUND IN THE FURROW. Rich Discovery of a Farmhand While Plowing in Colusa County. Two Thousand Dollars Worth of Gold Dust That Had Been Buried in Early Days. “‘Gold is being found by poor men yet in California,” said 8. J. Smith, a well-known jeweler of Williams, Colusa County. Mr. Smith is down on a visit. “That at least was the experience of a farmhand up our way last week,” added Mr. Smith, “and a man who did not before the find have §5 which he could call his own now has at least $2000. It happened on a ranch belonging to Mr. Miller some distance from Williams. The man’s name is Andrew Harden. Harden has disappeared, and _there are but few people in the neighborhood who" have even heard of his luck yet. It appears that Harden was ploughing in the field one day—I think it was a week ago Friday—when henoticed in the furrow a streak of yellow stuff which was quite conspicuous in thé black soil. At first he took but little notice of it, but finnlli‘ out of curiosity stoppea his team and examined it, You can imagine his surprise when he dis- covered that the yellow streak was nothin more or less than tiny particles of metal. 1t could be nothingelse than gold, and ploughing lost all interest for him. He gathered up handfuls of the soil, and began to sift out the metal. As fast as he ‘fot the metal and the dust separated he placed the former in the side pocket of his jumper. particles he found showed thatthe sack or bag, an Among the golden {:lece! of rotten cloth which 0ld had at one time been in a in being turned over by the plow the rotten bag had burst apart, and the yellow metal had been drawn along the fur- row. When he hed gathered up all the parti- cles Harden eagerly dug in the dirt and struck another bag of the fld. It was of rotten canvas and Harden had fo gather up the particles by the handful. -Some of the gold in thluhllug consisted of little nuggets the size of marbles. 3 5 Harden had the §ohl fever now and put in another hour searching for more gold. lfe)ud an idea that he had found an inexhaustible mine, but although he dug and dug, and even Elou‘zfilud around the spot, lie found no more. e did not continue plnnghlng that day, but drove his team in from the field and-announced that he was going to leave. He did not tell Miller nor any oOne at the time of his find. Within two days, however, he had _informed & friend of his at Williams, and after that he cungpeuod. 0 one seemed to know where he had gope. Before going away his friend brought him te me and without then giving ‘me any particulars asked me the value of the gold dust. He then had it in a pouch attached o ol around his waiat. e was first-quality gold, and the lot was worth $2000, I understood then that this friend was lninwn Wwith him, but Harden evidently thought it best to keep fo himself, and he disappesred without saying by to any one. It was after this that his iriend told of the dhooverg. and Ilearned how it was that the man came by the gold dust which he asked me td:e vtulue o"r'm“. fxy %‘fi was evidently & relic of some s in ear] The omu’ro lndgmrm it, and how it l‘ig‘ ¥: :‘rfl"c‘d. s0'is the mystery which will never be AROUND THE CORRIDORS. After Joe Strong, the artist, had reviewed the South Sea Islands yesterday afternoon at the Palace Hotel he turned his attention to Sir Henry Heyman, the violinist. “Gentlemen,” he said to his listeners, “have you ever heard how Sir Henry got the worst of & piece of humor at the Art Institute? You know, Henry is very quick at executing a new piece of music, but he isnot & humorist. Eh, Henry?” “Continue, dear old Joe, your onslaughts.” “‘It appears,” continued Strong, « months ago the directors of flse ::B]tns:;:;g flmughy it would be & good idea to haye some brass signs made to place on the front of the granite wall with the words ‘Hopkins’ Art In- stitute’ on them. Of course, as is generally the case with artistic people, there was a very long-winded discussion indulged in asto what sort of a design would be the most appropriate for such an important sign. Everybody had something to say about it, and to end the dis- cussion it was decided that a member of the association should go to the various sign com- panies and get estimates and designs. It so happened that the detail work incidental to this matter was placed in the hands of Sir Henry, who immediately proceeded to attend toit. After a reasonable time had been con- sumed he reported to James D. Phelan, the president, that one could be procured for $27 and a duplicate for $20. Is that right, Henry?"” “Go on, Joe. Let us hear you out,” answered the musician, brushing the hair off his fore- head and smiling faintly. “Well, all I wished was to get the facts I am resigned to THE HEAVENS IN JuLY. The planet Uranus, shich 18 1,700,000,000 miles distant from the earth, and not ilwn;: easily distinguished from the sman Estars around it, may be seen meer the meridian qpr- mg' the coming weeks when the twilignt is] pust. i 4 Though 82,000 miles in diameter it hasbunt the gleam of & sixth-magnitude star, and i8 now in the constellation Libre toward the south, where it will linger for some time, as it takes eighty-fOUT Years to go around the heavens. In the accomPanying diagram of the constellation mentioned, the oblique line is a portion of the ecliptic, and the small orb marked 1is the planet Uranus, which never wanders even one degree beyond the plane of that celestiel circle, Since the earliest ages it has been known that a man on a track hi 1 over the rail and e: B::fit::d x bars of the car, £ shall most o port against the adoptign of eit .. _T—‘*‘T.—, i NEW - POLICE STATION, The Finishing Touches Being Put | the . Californin . Street Quarters, The new quarters for the poli town, located on California Hg,ee;ej:;‘;': low Kearny, are being fitted up with a1l the dispatch possible. Ever since the sta. tion was moved from the old City Hal) after the fatal accident, there haye been g sergeant, prison-keeper 804 three officers stationed ‘at the new place. There i also been & patrol wagon in attendance, Although the new quarters are nog com. modious and certainly not elegantly fitteq up, they will prove to be a great cynyen;. ence for the officers who are statigneq downtown. The cells are located in the dingv basement of the building. s ent there are five of them, only half tny size of the cells in the old prison, The basement, t0o; is pootly ventilated, . DIAGRAM ONE. * LOUIS BLOSS WAS THE VICTIM,” SAID SIR HENRY HEYMAN, {Sketched from life for the “Call” by Nankivell.] straight. However, he wrote a létter to the president, as I stated, and Mr. Phelaa penned on the bottom of the communication the words: ‘Take one for the present.’ This, of course, would have caused any one else to se- cure the sign at once and have it placed in po- sition, but Henry saw a chance to have a little fun, which he introduced at the next meeting. When at this meeting it came to Henry’s time to report he stepped out with a pleasant ex- pression on his face. * ‘Gentlemen, I have -been fortunatein find- ing something which, I trust, will be satisfac- tory to you all,’ he said, ‘Atleast it seems to be satisfactory to the president, the Hon. Mr. Phelan, and I have here in my hand a letter from him, in which he says that we may take oAe for a present. Do Iunderstand you cor- rectly, Mr. Phelan? The president looked at Sir Henry a moment and. without any ostenta- tion or display answered: ‘Certainly, Mr. Hey- man; provided you will take the other for the association and offer it on the same terms,” “This was & squelcher, and Henry suddenly lapsed into one of those moods used by people who have a tired feeling. A light rill of laughter went up and the humorist retired per- fectly satisfied that he was out just $20. At the present time there are two signs gracing the granite wall of the institute, and both were presented by gentlemen who must cer- tainly have the best interests of the institu- tion at heart. Isn’t that true, Henry?”’ “The plot is ail right, Joe, only the vietim was Louis Sloss.” A VISIT FROM OAKLAND. Messrs. Collins and Jacks of the Y. M. C, A. Talk to Members of the Mis- sion Branch. President D. Edward Collins and Secre- tary Noel H. Jacks of the Oakland Y. M. C. A. came over yesterday and paid a visit to the Mission branch at 2315 Mission street. Mr. Collins is also State president of the association. During the forenoon there was a general rally at the Third Congregational Church on Fifteenth street, between Mission and Valencia, which was addressed by Mr. Jacks. He reviewed the good work the association had done in Oakland in gath- ering in young men, and mentioned nu- merous incidents to show that it had been the ihstrument of salvation and elevation to those who would otherwise have been without friends and who might therefore have sought companionship in question- able resorts. Mr. Jacks' address then as- sumed the nature of an earnest appeal for more financial and moral support of the institution. President Collins talked to the branch at its afternoon services on “Faith.” He took occasion to point to the pessimism of such agnostics as Professer Huxley and Linton, the English litterateur, and, by contrast, the optimism of those who recog- nize the great spiritual truths as well as material phenomena. One of Huxley’s own quotations was made to serve Mr. Collins’ purpose. It reads/thus: : There is no alleviation for the sufferings of mankind except a veracity of thought and action and a resolute faith in the world as it is. Here the great scientist himself reco, nized the neéd of some sort of faith. M%‘ Collins demonstrated that there were sev- eral kinds of faith. That advocated by Professor Huxley would fall short, for the reason that the world is not what it ought to be. The true optimist has faith in the future—in what the world can be made to be—and feels that the true life is the life within, the physical exhibition being sec- ondary instead of primary. s ‘There was another gathering. during the evening, this one being at Grace M. E. Church, corner of Twenty-first and Capp streets. Mr. Collins was the speaker and chose as his subject, **Witnesses,” to prove that there was abundant testimony in fa- vor of the u\,?eflonty ol the Christian re- ligion and life. —————— The Heat of Clothes. - How hot our clothes are has just been determined by a Dr. von' Bebber, a German m,eteomlqgis&, says an exchange. When the outside temperature is g) de; ™ Fahrenheit, the temperature on the coat is 71.2 degrees, that between the coat and the waistcoat 73.6 degrees, between waist- coat and shirt 75.9 degrees, between shirt and undershirt 77.4 degrees, and between the woolen undershirt and' the skin 90.9 degrees. —————— ‘The Wilburite Quakers, or Friends, num- ber 4329 and have fifty-two ncim." stars rosmed the heavens singly and ;l:::'ned only temporarily din the constellations through which they passed. To dgiufingullh them from the starry myriads that keep pace with each other year after year, and from century to century, they were named planets or wanderers, and in later timgs ‘were recognized as all belonging to one isolated group, including the sun, earth and moon. Up to the year 1781 the planet Saturn was regarded as the outpost of the circhng group. An outer planet seemed to be unthought of, for nodoubt the dazzling facts brought to light during the first century and & halfof telescopie observation ulready gave sufficient scope for research and theory. In the spring of the year | named, Herschel noticed iu the fleld of his tel- escope faint orb, looking slightly different from the surrounding stars, and on detecting | its motion among them supposed it to be & comet. Computations of its orbit proved it to | be a planet moving round the sun far outside | | the orbit of Saturn. | Ttwas named Uranus. Inconspicuous as it | now appeaps, at that time as it passed slowly | among the stars its motion was full of signifi- | cance, for it broke down the supposed limit of the solar system. The discovery created great enthusiasm in the astronomical world. Sixty- ! five years aiterward it led to the discovery of | the outer planet Neptune. The planet Saturn, whose observed wander- ings antedate historical records, is now seen a little to the left of Libr@ coming to & sudden stop in its outward course, as it has been known to do for thousands of years; and Venus, the Hesperus of the ancient Greeks, is gleaming in the westas in the days of Sappho. The ancient eonstellation of the Scorpion is a conspicuous outliné in the summer sky and may be seen soutlieast of Libre. Diagram two represents the strange sprinkling of” stars that | easily suggested the idea of a reptile form to | primitive observers. Antares, the large orbit marked 1, was called the heart of the scorpion. According to the reveiations of the spectro- scope all the stellar lights excepting the plan- ets are distant suns, starlike only through re- moteness. The larger number are white or yel- low and a few have a reddish tint. Antares is 'd‘ DIAGRAM TWO. the most remarkable of the red-tinted suns, Being double, its deep green companion gives ‘wide sccpe to speculation asto color effects on the unseen planets that may be revolving round them. Turning from those distant suns of which we know so little as yet to the center of our solar system, it is not generally remembered that on July 1 the earth is$,000,000 miles farther from the orb of day than on the first day of the year. Our planet is now what is technically ealled in aphelion; and the glowing sun that shrivels the herbage and mellows the landscape far too soon is apparently one-thirtieth smaller than the orb that looks coldly down through the clouds of January. However, the warmth of summer depends more on the directness of the sunbeam than on the difference between 9134 and 9414 millions of miles, and in northern latitudes” summer greets us annually in defiance to increasing distance. ROSE O'HALLORAN. LIFE - SAVING ~ FENDERS, Oakland’s Devices Declared to Be Useless by Our Su- pervisors. Hn\}oo Played With Dummies Put on the Track--Chairman Benjamin’s Opinion. Eight members of the Board of Super- visors went over to Oakland Saturday afternoon to see what the people across the bay had to offer in the way of life-saving fenders on cable and electric cars. Every device presented on this side of the bay had been tried and found wanting, and the City Fathers were eager to see some- thing new which would fulfill the gualifi- cations claimed for it. Two patents had been presented to the board, one by a man named Clark and another by a man named Williams. Clark hails from Alameds, while Williams is from the Athens of the Pacific. The entire board was to go across the bay yesterday, but four of the municipal guardians had other emgagements, and only Messrs. Dunker, Taylor, Hobbs, King, Wagner, Hughes, Benjamin and Scully turned out to test the fenders. B 1t is safe to predict that the beard will never recommend the adoption of either patent, and neither will ever be attached to any railroad running in this City with the board’s consent, 1 he board grew very tired of the Alameda man’s scheme at an early stage of the game,and then went over to Fortieth street, in Oakland, to see how the Williams patent work:fli. Clark used , but nobody co Teco, o dummty, bk the Olark fenidar on hit it. Williams was more cautious and used a sack of bran. ‘The sack was lifted by the fender and carried on for several feet and thben tlgh’ car was stopped auto- maticall, e e, oy wgui er both contrivances worth- less,” said Chairman Benlunln of the Health and Police Committee. ‘‘Clark’s patent is simply a burl but there is some merit in that of ams’. Vhile nder of Clark doubled up the dummy and cal it under the car, Williams’ patent threw the sack nplnfi carried it along. Had there been a manon the track in front of the Clark deyice he would have lost an arm and possibily his head. satk- of bran worked ~admiral had there been a man there Iam that his. mvwfmm,m 4 and should the eells be erowded atany time it will be anything but a glensam place for a person with a delicate olfactory sense. g On the floor, which is on a level with the street, is located the assembly-room for the officers, and ranged around the walls are the lockers for the men. In onecorner will be the desks of the sergeant in charge and the prison-keeper. Although tEe prison is open for business, and offender§ are being received daily, the finishing touches will not be put on until the latter part of the present week. —————————— ‘BacoN Printing Company, 508 Clay strast. * e CrEAM mixed candies, 25¢ 1b, Townsend’s.* ————————— ‘WINE-DRINKING people are healthy. M. & K. wines, 5ca glass. Mohns & Kaltenbach. 29 Mxt.» ———————— To account for the Japanese victories an absurd story has been started in Germany that Marshal Yamagata, the Japanese commander, is the lost Archduke Johann Salvator of Austria, who took the name of Johann Orth and vanished with his ship four years nfio. Unfortunately Yamagata’s career was known in Europe long before the Archduke’s disappearance. THAT tired, languid feeling indicates a’lack ol vitality in the * current of life,” the blood. Hood’s Sarsaparilla changes all this by purifying, vitaliz- ing and enriching the blood. — «“Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used over fifty years by millions of moth. ers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It soothes the child. softens the gums, al- lays Pain, cures Wind Colic, régulates tho Bowely and is the best remedy for Diarrhoeas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. 25c a bottle. 4 FIFTY-FIFTHE HALF YEARLY REPORT The GermanSamgs&Luangociew, 526 CALIFORNIA STREET, SaN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNTA. SWORN STATEMENT F THE CONDITION AND VALUE OF THE assets and liabilities of THE GERMAN SAV- INGS AND LOAN SOCIETY, a Corporation, doing business at No. 526 California street, in the City and County of San Francisco, State of -California. and where said assets are situated, on June 29, 1895. ASSETS. 1-81,877,000 Miscelisnes ° g‘u s (Fl‘li.l ortzage Rat il.i‘i Bonds 0f Eastern States and State of Cal- Hornia, the SR 181,052,000 of whichis$1,! 1,959,000 M iscellane- ous. Cable Ruilway, ‘Water, Light and other Corporation First Mort- gage Bon: the actual value of whichis. ... 2,090,460 All of said Bonds are kept in the vaultsof the Corporation. 1,050,000 U nited States 4 per cent Regis- tered and Miscellane- ous Railroad First Mort- gage Bonds, the actual vatue of whichis. ... 1,167,750 These bonds arekeptin a box In_the vaultsofand rented from the New York Stock Exchange Safe Deposit Company in 4 New York City. 6. $4,886,000 $5,210,210 Standing on the books of the Corporation at........ 2—Promissory notes secured B first mortgages on Real Esta®, within this Sjate, the Stater of Oregon, Washington, Newida, and the Territory ot Utah, The actual value 0t said promissory notes is. 8—Misceilaneous Railroad ~Cable and Street Railway sud other Corporation Bonds/ snd Stock Certificates pledged’o the Soct- ‘4,908,130 26 24,270,530 08 ety for the amoung/e: 811,600 00 All said Notes, Bords cates are held ard kept by sald ‘_é!.orpornllnn in, &(lx\\‘n";uuln. nk bulldin ot, the actu value of whichis. .. % 185,000 00 5—Other Real Esiate sitiiated in the States of Callornia, and Orego, the aciual yslue of which is. 82,238 55 6—Furniture i1 the bank ofli sald Corporation. 7—Cash in Tnited States Coin and 5 i , the actual v g s ceever 2,009,882 98 .§32,558,262 41 1,000 00 Total.... 1—To Depostiors: Sald Corporation owes Deposits amounting to, an the actn‘xfi’ vawue of which is. ... $30,472,837 68 2—To Stockholders: The amount of Capital Stock, the actual value of b o e s ... 1,000,000 00 ‘I he condition of said iiability to Stockholders is, that no part of the amonnt can be paid to them, orin any way be withdrawn, ex- cept In payment of losses during the existence of the Corporation, or until al] Depositors shall have id 1n full the amount of eposits and accrued divi- een their dends. 3—To Depositors and Stockholders: a) The amount of the Reserve actual ‘und, the which is. Includin tured but upcollected interest on loans and sécurities. 4 b‘) The amount af the Contingent Fund, the. value of which value of .~ 885,000 00 53,074 74 RS R § The condition of said Funds'is that the saine have heen created for the purpose of additional se- curity to. Depositors against losses, - 4—State, City and.County taxes as- sessed by the Government, bu not yet payable.... .. 14737001 e alidits S .$32,858,282 41 . EDWARD KRUSE, President of The German Savings and Loan e . GEORGE TOURNY, Secretary of The Germad Sevings and Loan Society. . CALIFORNIA, STATE OF CALI Fm? SO i San éflv o4 ugnfiv‘:xfi‘}“{i‘ U:JE du}d' 35:?1“30 3 zog.x;?e }r', st i r':l;!Emu is Pml;}e;n 5:'{ eorge Tourny Becretary of e Al Geo"Rnd Loan Socety, the Corporation ifoned, and that the foregoing statement 3 EDWa kD KRUSE. GEO. TOURNY. and sworn to before me this 29th day 50 3 GEQ, T. KNOX, Notary Publie. e B o o e £