The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 18, 1895, Page 6

CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. ...Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Telephone ...Main—1874 BR.-\NCH’(";FICES mery sireet, corner C n sireet: open until 8:30 o'cloc! r Sixteenth and Mission stre, open ntil 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE: 908 Broadway. Pacific States Advertising Bureau, Rhinelander ng, Rose and Duane , New York Clty. THE SUMMER MONTHS. Are vou golng 1o the eountry ona vacation * If » trouble for us to forward THE CALL to Do not let it miss you for you will re given to the carrier, or left at , 710 Market street, will recelve dress. THURSDAY 18, 1895 THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. Whether the goes forward. Coast nd Harvey may make a big talk, the question will survive them. People who have been looking for a per- f tival can now cry “Eureka.” merican law is the offspring of the it must be supported by the people. You lose mething every time you go shopping without thinking of home in- dustries: better than the Chicago Vina brandy spirit that finds ia with the university it supports. an Francisco's y's re-entrance hereisa m sneer at political morality in Buck into politics. Keeping a watch on the enterp of California is a sure way of adding bright- ness to the ey There would be prosperity for everybody in California if the right sort of co-opera- tion were organized. Feeding raisins to hogs may be a good Jork, but it is a very poor ur commercial page you can rposted on the conditions market. s a deficit in the reve- nue the tariff will be the biggest money question before the country. 1t is believed that Cleveland has no great ambiti term, but has just got into the ha of being a didate. ce-trader claiming the in- 1e Wilson tariff, 1én Stockton catches one of its Super- ccepting & bribe it loses no time in a criminal prosecution against he Spanish-American residents of San dino are going to show on Septem- v a genuine fiesta should be con- the Southern Pacific has com- to the Solid Eight it can bear on depriving it of the Oakland water front. As the r passes it becomes more important to prepare to make the State Fair a genuine exposition of all the indus- tries of the Sta 1f the Defender suceeeds in retaining the America cup she should then go to Eng- land and win cups enough to merit the name of the Conqueror. Harcourt’s announcement that he does not intend to retire from politics is a hint to some rising Liberal to get out of the way and give him a seat. 'The shrewdness and determination with which the Cuban rebels are ighting for in- dependence are as remarkable as Spain’s inability to suppress them. No great political party ought to feel able to ignore the educational benefits which would accrue from the holding of the National convention here. Never nid the people have so good an opportunity for winning a victory for law and honesty as in the present fight against The Half-miilion Club has made a timely announcement that in working to increase the population of the State it will try to induce only those of means to settle here. The movement to take from the control the outhern Pacific the funds set State for the maintenance of the Yosemite Valley should receive gener- ous support. Itis an eloguent fact that hardly any piece of rascality on the part of the South- ern Pacific can be unearthed without dis- closing the corrupt handiwork of some publie officer. Buckley probably accepts as his moral support the fact that the City government was never rottener when he directed it in the interest of the Southern Pacific than it is at present. The announcement that Buckley has re- entered politics and that ‘‘he’s going to be on top” is perhaps intended to restore the quaking nerves of the Solid Eight to their ordinary equanimity. Governor Budd's promise to the Manu- facturers’ and Producers’ Association to appoint bereafter no one to oflice who is unfavorable to home industries onght to be sufficient notice to all who are in office. By offering to conduct a farm on which unemployed men can find an opportonity to make a living, the Salvation Army proves that it does not wish to share the stigma resting upon California of having miilions of uncultivated rich lands while there are mary among us unable to earn & livelihood. | fornia’s prosperity, if every Native Son and THE YOSEMITE SOANDAL. Let us hope that when the Governor does visit the Yosemite Valley he will ascertain what has become of the money appropri- ated by the State for the care of that matehless natural wonder. We do not mean by this to intimate that it has been stolen by the Commissioners or handled in any way dishonestly, but that the friend- liness of some of the Commissioners for the Southern Pacifie Company and their large opportunities for expending the money in a way to advance the interests of that company in the valley, taken in con- nection with the futility of Assemblymen Phelps’ and Rowell’s efforts in the last Legislarure to ascertain how the money re- ceived from the valley privileges had been employed, make it reasonable to demand that a thorough inquiry be made. While we are discussing this matter it might be well to call attention to the fact that the stage line from Raymond into the valley is owned by leading members of the Southern Pacific, and ‘that there has been always exercised a persistent influence against any proposition to provide cheap and easy means of access totheé valley. The argument has been that a steam or electric road would cheapen the place and render it unpopular by making it too easy of access. This absurd argument has been preached for years with a most suspicious persistency. If cheap, quick and com- fortable transportation could destroy the charm of the Yosemite it ought to have ruined that of Niagara, which it made only the more popular. The Yosemite is so wonderful a phe- nomenon that it should be made as free as possible. Until recently it was a greater advertisement of California than its fruits or wines, and its old importance could be easily restored. 1t cannot be expected that commissioners who are sg close to the Southern Pacific, which has so lively an in- terest in the returns of its railroad to Ray- mond and its enormously expensive stage road into the valley, would suvport any proposition for a railroad franchise into the reservation. Unless some change be made in the man- agement of the Yosemite, it would be ad- visable to renew the agitation for turning it over to the National Government. Sus- picion and dissatisfaction bave always at- tended the conduct of the valley, for the princpial reason that it has been handled principally as one of the curiosities which the Bouthern Pacific can show to travelers. As an aajunct to the concerns of that cor- poration, it has been highly valuable; but as it is the rightful property of the State, it should be handled in the interests of the people. THE PROPER VIEW. When the Grand Parlor of the Native Sons was in session at Sacramento recently Tre Carn urged upon its members a seri- ous consideration of the power which the organization might wield in the movement for advancing the material interests of the State. Several interviews with leading members were published in these columns which showed the appreciation of the sug- gestion. It was a matter, however, on which the local ‘pariors alone could act, and so it was allowed to rest. Whether or not the various parlors have taken action, and what their intentions are, we are not informed. It is fo be hoped that the sug- gestion is receiving earnest attention. Some difficulties are in the way, among them the fact that the purposes of the or- ganization do noi contemplate such a matter. To meet this THe CALL suggested that subsidiary societies within the order might be formed for the purpose witheut interfering with the original purposes of the order. That the Native Sons and the Native Daughters as well couid exercise a most beneficial influence in the premises is a fact recognized by the Golden State, the official organ of these two societies, for it has published the following: “What a mighty impulse would be given to the cause, so vitally important to Cali- Native Daughter would resolve henceforth to purchase only goods of California manu- facture where they are the equal of the Eastern product. In cases where the price | is the same there should be no_hesitation, | and even a slight advance in the price of the home product should not deter Cali- fornians from exercising their patriotism and making a slight sacrifice for the bene- fit of their native State. But casting pa- triotism aside and viewing the matter from & purely selfish or business stand- | point, it will be seen that patronizing home industries isa good investment. It would keep the people’s money in the State, and in a very short time would solve the great problem of the unemployed. All classes would thus be benefited. A per- manent home market would be estab- lished, the laboring man would have steady employment, and his earnings spent for tue necessaries would bring pros- perity to the mercantile community, while vast sums of money which are now sent to the East to turn the wheels of Eastern manufactories would remain in circulation here at home and aid in paying California taxes instead of paying the taxes of East- ern magnates.” Nothing could be more graceful or ap- propriate than the carrying out of this suggestion. It would require no branch or subsidiary organization, but would be merely the individual expression of State pride and patriotism by the members. At the same time an official action in the matter would have far more weight. Undoubtedly those most heavily charged with the responsibility of advancing Cali- fornia to its deserved position are the young men and women born on its soil. By calling it a responsibility we wish to distinguish it from the mere pleasure which the members should experience in the occupation. Patronizing home indus- tries is one of the best forms in which their influence can be exercised, and the adop- tion of such a plan as a rule of conduct will lead to the exercise of the larger power which the two associations can wield. A SACRAMENTO FARCE. With the last week the whole State has been congratulating Sacramento on the wonderful advantages which will accrue to it from the introduction of electric power forall its ordinary purposes from the State electric plant at Folsom. It was be- lieved that the fictitious advantages whicll it has always enjoyed from the presence of the Southern Pacific machine-shops there would come to be regarded with less ven- eration, and that the city had every con- ceivable inducement now—certainly better than any other city inthe State at pres- ent—to push forward on its own merits and build up a great city by the energy and intelligence of its people. But that city has just done a moss ex- traordinary thing, which it seems impossi- ble to construe otherwise than asa con- fession that it does not yet feel able to stand alone, but must keep the crutches of the Southern Pacific under its armc. The Assessor of Sacramento County, who apparently was not elected by the use of railroad money, assessed the property of the Southern Pacific in Sacra- mento at §922,000, which, considering the great value of the plant, was probably nl low valuation, though doubtless higher than formerly. The company’s tax agent appeared the other day before the Board of Stpetvisors of the county, sitfing as a Board of Equalization, and inauced it to reduce the asséssment half, making it $466,660. This will require the other tax- payers of the county to bear more than their just share of the tax burden. The reason given by the board for this extraordinary action was this: “The ma- jority of the Supervisors were of the opin- ion that it would not be a wise policy to assess industries out of existence, and in this instance they thought that every en- couragement should be given the railroad company to maintain its shops in Sacra- mento.,” We understand this to m that the company threatened to move its shops from the city if the assessment was not reduced, and that the board lacked the moral courage to do its duty. The best shaking up that Sacramento ever received was the threat of the Legisla- ture a few years ago to take steps for re- moving the capital from Sactamento to San Jose. Immediately the people of Sac- raniento organized a movement to improve the city, and almost as much temperary good resulted as though the capital had been actually removed. In other words, that city for eo long hiad depended on the presence of the capital and the railroad shops to bring it prosperity that it could not bear the idea of being thrown on its own resources. It now shows, in its atti- tude toward the Southern Pacific, that the same old feeling of helplessness prevails, and that it would rather perpetrate a wrong than run the risk of offending the railroad by doing right. California cannot properly progress until this feeling, wherever it ex- ists, 15 shaken off. A PRAISEWORTHY SCHEME. Captain McFee of the Salvation Army has made a tentative proposition, which seems deserving of the most thoughtful attention. It is to put in practice here, for the first time in America, a plan which has been operated in England, Australia and Canada with so great success, but with a modification suited to the present needs of this community. It is to secure by donation a tract of land for a farm, on which unemployed persons may be kept, be comfortably housed and supplied with all the necegsaries of life, but not paid wages, their services to be employed uander the direction of the Salvation Army incul- tivating the land. The Salvation Army is an eminently practical institution, governs its material affairs on the strictest business principles, and never makes a failure of its enterprises. A unique feature of its undertakings is that they are instituted for the good of those most in need of the things which make life worth living. Although it has no higher regard for the safety of a rich man’s soul than for that of the lowest outcast, it is steadily widening its influence among the wealthier classes, whose money and moral stipport are so greatly needed in the army’s work. Captain McFee wants 100 acres with which to begin eperations, but would prefer 1000. Land is very valuable hereabout, particularly the kind of land that would be suitable for the purposes which the army contemplates, for it must be garden soil, easily tillable and capable of producing quick returns from labor. How to get this land will be the hard problem. Evidently it is an opportunity for rich men and women to give either the land or the money with which to buy it. As we understand Captain McFee's proposition, the employment of persons on the proposed farm will be only tem- porary, and will serve to provide a home and living until they ean find more re- munerative employment. For this purpose he seeks the co-operation of Labor Com- missioner Fitzgerald. That officer, it is proposed, will have the employes of the farm listed on his books and will secure positions for them as soon as he can find them. Meanwhile the Salvation Army will have enjoyed the benetits of the work- men’s labor at the mere cost of maintain- ing them, and will make a clear profit by the arrangement. Nothingis more needed by the hapless members of the community, outside the farm, than the money that might thus be made, and no one would | think of doubting the honesty or wisdom of the army in putting it to the most ad- vantageous use. The subject is a very large and attractive one. Many considerations fecommend it not only to the unemployed, but to those who can spare from their abundance for advancing it. It is merely the Detroit plan in another form, with the advantage of an assurance that it would be under the most efficient management. A BATTLE IN THE AIR. The ten days’ debate on the silver ques- tion which bas been arranged in Chicago between Roswell G. Horr and William H. Harvey can hardly be regarded as any- thing more than one of the forms of mid- summer amusement. It will serve as a passing Chicago sensation, and being in the nature of an intellectual fight to a finish between two doughty champions will doubtless attract many people to the hall and supply unlimited copy tor news- papers. However large may be the crowds that attend the debate or however ample may be the space the press accords to reports of it, there is not much likelihood that it wiil be taken seriously by any great number of veople. The abstract principles involved in the controversy have been discussed for years and the issue has now become one of vractical politics. It is enly in the latter aspect that the majority of the people at this time care to give it serious considera- tion, and under that aspect it cannot be authoritatively treated by either Mr. Horr or Mr. Harvey. ‘We are not unmindiul of the talents of either of the contestants in taking this view of their big debate. They will talk entertainingly and instructively, and Mr. Horr at any rate will be eloguent. But what of it? They can only go over argu- ments that have already long been famil- iar to the general public, and neither of them can hope to convert the followers of the other. Nor can they even remotely intimate the course of action that the great political parties will take on the question, for neither of them can speak for either party with any authority or with any com- manding eminence of leadership. The issue will not come fairly before the people until next year, and nothing new can be said upon it until the National con- ventions of the great parties have formu- lated their platforms. Then it will be a question upon which every stump-speaker can expatiate with convincing clearness or show his evasive skill in confusing words. At present there is no real solid ground to the contest. We publish elaborate reports of the proceedings as a part of the news of the day of general interest, but can hardly promise our readers that they will find the great problem there fully settled and de- cided. When all is said and done it will prooably prove no more than & battle in the air. The Prince Regent of Bavatia has appointed Herr Possart, the famous German actor who ‘Was an attraction at the Irving-place Theater a {few years ago, intendant, or chief, of the royal theaters of Bavaris. 3 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1895. CLARA FOLTZ IN NEW YORK. The New York World of recent date had an article headed: “A Woman First—Then a Law- yer; Mt1s. Foltz, the Distingunished Counseélor- at-Law, Likes Patis Gowns and Feminine Frills; Her Views on Women Lawyers.”” The World’s article sald: It is hatd to reconcile the old-time idea of a woman lawyer with Mrs, Clara Short- ridge Foliz of California, attorney and coun- selor-at-law, who is now at the Waldorf. Mrs. Foltz understands the art of dressing s well 8s she understands law. Her appearance is that of & striking society woman. She wears Paris gowns and silk petticoats and exceed- ingly feminine frills. She is exceedingly otttanly in appearance, But if Mrs. Foltz does not Jook like & woman lawyer she talks like one. When she speaks one discovers the legal bent of her mind. She is decisive, quick, a bit dramatic, and probes every subject to the bottom. Mrs. Foltz did what was most natural for her to do whenshe took up the study of law. Even as a little girl at school she was alwaysan arbiter of affairs. The children came to her with their difficulties and it was her delight to straighten them out. Justice was her hobby, even when she wore short dresses. When she grew to be a big girl she read Blackstone with as much interest as the ordinary young person would show in a love story. And this love of the law, combined with energy and hard work, has made Mrs. Foltz the successful lawyer that she is. Mrs. Foltz was born {n Indiana and educated at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, where her father, E. W. Bhortridge, was pastor of the Christian Church. She first studied law in the office of C. C. Stephens of San Jose, Cal. This was in 1877, when she was still in her teens. Now, though she is a remarkably young-looking woman, she is the mother of five children. On September 5, 1879, she was aimitted to the bar of the District Courts of Californis, and & few months later to the Supreme Court. In 1890 she was admitted to the barof the Su- preme Court of the United States. Mrs. Foltz has a large general practice. She has confined herself to the civil branches of the law. Her victory in the Hastings Collége case is famous, and it was through her efforts that the ;college was opened to women law students. She believes that all women should have at least some knowledge of law, particularly of the statutes of the State and the ordinances of the city in which they live. She thinks, too, that the study of law should be part of every child’s public school education. She declares that women reason as clearly as men do, and that the all-around woman of to-day is not swayed by her feelings any more than is the average man. A woman to be & successful lawyer must have a thorough education, a clear head, quiet nerves and a natural love of the work. It is also to her advantage to be pleasing in appearance, and last, but not least, she must learn how to keep & secret. Mrs. Foltz is on her way to Europe. This is her first vacation since she entered the profession. i e e oy PERSONAL. Dr.T. M. Todd of Auburn is staying at the Lick. . Dr.G. H. Jackson of Woodland is at the Grand. : W. J. Gillespie, a hotel man of Redding, is at the Occidental. 2 H. A. Pearson of the navy registered yester- day at the Lick. L. J. Maddox, an attorney of Modesto, is a guest at the Grand. W. H. Hatton, & prominent attorney of Mo- desto, is staying at the Lick. Rev. C. Ben-Hem of Napa wasone of yester- day's arrivals at the Occidental. H. J. Finger, s member of the Btate Board of Pharmacy, is a guest at the Lick, J. Remmelsburg, a merchant of Winters, was one of yesterdsy’s arrivals at the Grand. R.Van Brunt, manager of Mrs. Langtry's ranch, registered at the Palace yesterday. V. 8. McClatchy of the Sacramento Bee and Mrs. McClatchy are guests at the California. G. W. Bteele of 8an Luis Obispo, one of the largest dairymen in the State, is &t the Lick. F. Finnell, a fruit-grower of Rockfleld, and Mrs. Finnell, registered yesterday at the Occi- dental. Aaron Smith of the Southern Pacific Com- pany atLos Angeles registered at the Grand, yesterday. Superior Judge E. D. Ham of Napa, and Mrs, Ham, arrived here yesterday from San Jose on their bieycles. They are staying at the Grend. Dan West, the pioneer conductor of the Southern Pecific, came down from Sacramento yesterday to attend the funeral of the late A. N. Towne, and isstaying at the Grand. Mrs. J. A. Fillmore, wife of the general super- intendent of the Sonthern Pacific Company, and her daughter, who recently graduated in an Eastern college, returned home yesterday and are at the Occidental. OUT-OF-TOWN PERSONALS. Cisco, Cal., July 16.—The following is a list of the late arrivals at the Clsco Summer Resort and Tourists’ Home: Nat Boas, J. Pauson, Frank Pauson, J. Cotton, L. P. Southworth, George Stone, Dr. R. W. Baum, Dr. Gustav Dresel, Sah Francisco; Miss Alice Freeman Santa Clare; Miss 8. Richa . Hitchoock an children, Penryn; Mrs, K. A, White, Mluri&e White, Hope White, Berkeley; Mrs.'J. H. W. Riley, Mrs. W. F. Pierce, Miss Mabel Pierce, Frankie Pierce, Miss A. J. Galbraith, Miss A. M. McCord, A. 8. Carman, Mrs, A. S. Carman, Clyde Carman, Ralph Carman, Mrs. Hubert White, Mrs. James M. Taylor, Miss Isabelle L. Taylor and Raymond Taylor, Gakland; J. L. Lewison, Truckee; W. E. Larsen, Calamazoo; R. Fuller, Sheridan; D. J. Waltz, Wheatland; Alex R. Baum, Alameda: F. B. Southworth, Sacramento; Charles W. Dibble and F. J. Quiren Santa Clara; R. C. Walfoth, Nevada City; Fred M. Miller and Bert W. Othet, Grass Valiey. Skaggs Hot Springs, July 17.—The following are the late arrivals hers: H. H. Lynch, J. P. Thomas, A. Frelil]a!. J. A. E. Holdman, Mr. and Mrs, 8. Jewell, J. H. Meyer, Charles A. Meyer, A. Sbarboro, Miss Alvia _Coussins, Miss Eugenia Brizzolara, Mr. nd Mrs, E. B. Severns, Miss Aida Sbarboro, Sigmund Beel, A. E. Cruyer, Miss K. Binfott, Miss A. McGovern, James McGowan, S.H.leu( Miss A. O'Lesry, H. Tyrrell, Miss K. Tyrrell, W. H. Quinn Jr., 8, Brizzolara, D. Hirschieid, C. Martin, Miss A. Martin, Mrs. R. E. Brown, Miss E. Brown, V. Courtols, C. Temple, Miss J. F. Mylgrew, Miss J. Mulgrew, Judge and Mrs. R. F. Crawford. Gilroy 8prings, July 17.—Following are the latest arrivals at the Gilroy Hot Springs: T.M. Givson, J. N. Blanton, Pierre Carrire, L. E. Do- bair, John Ra{nsbury, Niel Carmichael, Charles Nash, M. Legette, Henry Sohn, Mr. and Mrs. N. P, Loryng, §"~ Villigea and daughter, Miss 4. Piischien, Mr. and Mrs, R. Rutherlord, 8 K. Powers, Miss Annie A, Smith, John C, Hum- phirey, }rs. Bharpe, J. Henry Dibbern, G. Hoff- mann, K. J. McGrayn, Mr. and Mrs, Smith, H. R. Fairelough, Ernest'G. Panse, A. J. Staeder, Mis. b Sheeliy, R. X. Requa, Jfames ‘Shea Jr. Leo Atiridge, D. Regan, Miss N. Re; Mrs. Fitzgerald, J. Henry Augustus Flefd, James Bhea and family, New York, N. Y., July 17. ans registering at hou{l to- Franciseo—C. A, Butler, St. James ton, Broadway Central; F. 8, Fay, Fifth Avenue, The Californi- were: San Hamil- E. Hesthall, Astor; ] OF GREATER OR LESS NOTE. A curious use for & husband is reported from Clerkenwell, near London, where & Mr. Lamb and his wife keep & small shop. For fourteen years the firm has avoided paying taxes by the wife’s sending the husband to jail to serve out the legal time for unpaid taxes, while she re- mains at the store attending to business. Sir Frederick Pollock, whio made an address to the Law School at Harvard during the com- mencement, is accused of appearing on the lec- ture platform wearing a high white hat, a blue shirt, lavender Cravat, black frock coat, and light trousers. He wore a ‘“red,red rose” in his buttonhole, and gold-rimmed pince-nez. To a verger, who showed him toaseatina church, ex-Speaker now Viscount Pee! gave a sovereign. The honest man thought this must be a mistake for a shilling, and went after the donor to returnit. “It was quite right,” said Mr. Peel, kiudly; “it was not for the seat, but for your bent back. I1sée you must have worked hard in your time,” Miss Ella Ewing of Price, Mo., s known as the “saintly giantess.” She is 8 feet 2 inches 10 height, weighes 290 pounds, and is an en- thusiastic and active Christian. Sheis a prom- inent member of the Christian Endeavor Society, but has always refused to attend any of the conventions, because the notice she would attract is distasteful to her. The Empress Eugenie, before leaving Paris for Cope Martin, gave Licutenant-Colonel Bizot. who is under orders for Madagasear, the campaigning kit of the Prince Imperlal, and also that which she herself tised in her sad pil- grimage to the scens of het son’s death in Zu- luland. Colonel Bizot is the son of the late General Bizot, whose wife during the empire 'was one of the ladies of the Empress. Australia’s grand old man i3 Sir Henry Parkes, who has played a more prominent part in that {s1and’s politics than any éther man. At first sight he appears to be the oldest man elive, looking to be even more than his 80 years of age; but in reality he shares with Gladstone, the Pope and Bismarck the art of keeping the vitality and energy of youth toa period fir beyond the ordinary experfence of human life, : Bir Wilfred Lawson, the English temverance advocate, once accosted & laborer Who was walking along with a black bottle, and lec- tured him on the wickedness of intemperance. The man seemed to be impressed and emptied the contents of the bottle on the road, where- upon Bir Wilfred, highly pleased, gave him a sixpence, with the remark, “Take that; it will buy you somethifig better.” A few minutes afterward Sir Wilired saw the man gointoa public-house and spend the money in beer. He had been carrying a bottle of tea. The Philadelphia Record says that Dr. 8. Weir Mitchell is an enthusiastic collector of the new style of posters that are so popular; and his collection is seid to be the largest in existence, numbering in the thousands. In his Walnut-street house hé has a room papered with them, and the effect is said to be decidedly startling. The good doctor has given the man who supplies him with the periodical literature & standing order to secure every poster ke ean lay his hands on, and is said to have agents jn England and France who act under similar in- structions, One of the noted naturalists of the country is Rev. Dr. W. J. Holland, chancellor of the West- ern University of Pennsylvania. He has the largest private collection of lepidoptera in this country, and one of the largest in the world. He was the first president of the Pittsburg Academy of Science and Arts, and for many years president of the Iron City Microscopical Bociety. He is a member of twenty-five learried societies, all told, which include the Zoological Society of London and the Entomological Society of France, two of the most exclusive societies in the world. In fact, Dr. Holland is the only American member of the Zoological Society of London. Professor Huxley was a man of very simple and direct manner. In the classroom he made his lectures graphic by finding illustrations for scientific truths in everyday examples, as when, in treating of animals that change their color, he referred to the fact that when he was tired or nervous he fancied he was grayer than usual. He was gallant to the fair sex. One of them, who atteided his South Kensington lec- tures, asked him to introduce her to Herbert Spencer, and was amused at his mock-serious response, I thought I was yout firstlove.” To this same Jady he said, in talking about the death of Agassiz, the news of which he had just heard, “I wonder where he is!” He made the remark in a tone of profound sadness. —_— TO UTILIZE WASTE POWER. The success of the experiment means much for Sacramento. It means progress and pros- perity such as that city has never enjoyed aud it means almost as much to other parts of the State where water is going to waste. The ex- ample of the Folsom water power will be pro- lific of imitations and it will not be long before all the mountain streams that are of sufficient volume will be harnessed and reharnessed to generate power and light in the service of man, Besides the water so employed Stockton is likely to have another source of power. The owners of the Corral Hollow mines contem- plate putting in an electric plant at thé mines. To run this plant they will use the low grade coal, which is not deemed good merchantable fuel. They estimate that besides the 20,000,000 bushels of good coal in sight they will have half as much of low grade coal, which ean be converted into power sufficient to turn all the wheels of the manufactories of Stockton and San Francisco, and as soon &s practicable they intend to try the experiment. If they accom- plish half they expect Stookton will have en additional impulse given to its prosperity that will equal what Folsom does for the capital. But Stockton need not depend on that source of electric power. Jn the mountains to the east are many streams whose waters will seen be utilized for the purpose.—Stockton Inde- pendent. Heretofore the transmission of power for long distances was considered problematical, but the success achieved at Folsom will settle the question for all time, Work is progressing rapidly on the plant in Fresno County and it will be only & short time until power will be available there for all pur- poses. The plant is situated thirtysthree miles from Fresno City and when completed will fur- nish double the horse-power of the Folsom plant. Itisestimated that enough power will be brought to Fresno to supply a city of double the present size of that town and to also fur- nish all that may be required in the wineries and other establishments requiring power in the colonies surrounding the raisin city. For several years capitalists have been mak- ing quiet investigations about the flow of water in the Kaweéah River east of Visalia, and it is unlikely that such an opportunity for profita- ble investment will remain unappropriated much longer. An electric plant could be es tablished within twenty milesof this city and power sufficient to supply the needs of this community could be furnished at a nominal cost. The rivers flowing out of the Sierras are one of the great sources of wealth for the Sen Joaquin Valley and in a few years such a thing a8 & steam’ engine will be unknown in any of the cities on the east side of the valley.— Visalia Times. e Such facts a3 these should set the owners of property and the men of enterp: in Santa Clara Valley to thinking. If electricity can be created by water power and be transmitted from Folsom to Sacramento so easily and cheaply as this, what is to hinder the street- cars of San Jose from Leing run by the water power in the mountains around us? Whatis to hinder the enterprising gentlemen who se- cured such vast supplies of water on the inner coast range from at once utilizing it for that purpose ? Almost unlimited power could be secured in that way, and the streetcar system could then be extended in every direction.— San Jose Herald. The successful experiment at Sacramento of transmitting electri¢ power by wire over long distances is attracting widespread attention all over the country, and will lead to the utiliza- tion of water power in many places where the force now goes to waste. In Sacremento the electric streetcar system is now being eperated by this power, and in a few weeks it is ex- pected that electricity will almost entirely supplant steam in that city. Other loealities will now begin to look up water power, and the falls above Alum Rock may yet be the site of & plant which will furnish electricity for the Alum Rock railwey.—San Jose News. The transmission of electric power from Fol- som has made Sacramento the most available eity in California for the establishment of man- ufacturing industries. What Sacramento is to-day Woodland might have been months ago, if the power now running to Waste in Cache Creek had been properly utilized. Tnete are thousands of doilars in Woodland that are séeking a safe and profitable investment. The ‘wonder is that Woodland capitalists have never made an effort to distribute an electric current from Cache Creek.—Woodland Demoerat. The transmission of electrical power from Folsom to Sacramento has proven to be entirely successful. The same power can be trans mitted a far greater distance. It can be gen- erated at Folsom prison at very little expense, and can be used to promote industries in all the central sections of the commonweslth. The skies are clearing and the wheels of indus- try will soon be humming in California. It s the dawning of & new era and a prosperous one, t0o, at that for our great State.~Sants Ross Republican. The successful transmission of alectrical power from Folsom to’Sacramento is a matter gratifying to the people of Vallejo as well as. Secramento. We are interested to the extent, and outside of pleasure in seving the capital city having & good thing, that now trahsmis- sion is practical we will soon,and we hope very soon, be able to utilize the dormant opportuni- ties which are ours, and have our city not enly the best watersa but the bestlighted of any city on the coast—Vallejo Chrogicle. Music and Musicians. The old Puritati spirit that looked upon the cultivation of thé arts as frivelous, if not sin- ful, 18 no @oubt responsible for the little re- spect which has hitherto been paid to music as a serious study in American universities. Most of these institutions are still content to let their musical students’ activity find exprea- sion in the singing of doggerel ditties, the plunkinig of banjos and the twanging of man- dolins. There are a few exceptions to fhis rule, Michigan University being the most bright and shining example of what c¢an be ac- complished when & seat of lesrning shows a real respect for music. Not only has Michigan a musical department, but with that as an initintive agency it is promoting a musical ac- tivity which has alfeady brought the littie town of Ann Arbor into line with some of the largest cities of the East in respect to the prac- tical cultivation of musie. The town not only enjoys concerts by the best American organi- zations, such as the Thomas, Seidl, Damrosch and Boston symphony orchesiras and the Kneisel Quartet, but it hears all the traveling virtuesi of nmote and gives annually & choral festival of most ample and dignified propor- tions, All these things are made possible by the university, and since Professor Stanley has been at the head of the musical department there has been established at Ann Arber a con- servatory of music sllied with the university. Until last October mtsic at Yale was in the hands of students themselves and its cultiva- tion was confined to the glee, banjo and man- dolin elubs—organizations which havea social but no artistic value. A greatchange has come within the last academie year, however. In October & department of music was founded and Horatio Parker, the new professor, entered upon his Qutiés with the determination of making the department an influential factor, net only in the university, but in the city of New Haven. In hisleity endeavor he has had the support of the corporation and an experi- ment has been begun, the outcome of which will be watched with unusual interest by every patriotic student of musical progress in the land. Since October Professor Parker has given instruetion in harmony, ¢ounterpoint, strict and free composition and the history of music to & class of twenty-five students and his list for next year already numbers forty-five. Be- sides this Samuel 8. Sanford, professor of ap- plied musie, to whom the elevation of the Battell chair into a dignified department is largely due, has taught pianoforte playing to a great many more students. The last few months have séen a promising effort made to secure an orchesira capable of giving sym- phoni® concerts. The movement did mot go out from Yale, but it is due to Professor Par- ker that it has secured the fostering care of the university, Instead of potpourris and dafce music to follow eolemn addresses and prayers at the eommencement exercises this year the faculty, alumni, graduates and visitors heard classieal mutic played In a creditable manner by & ¢hoir and chorus conducted by Professor Parker. Nothing could give music in Califor- nis 80 great an impetus ss for our universities to follow the example of Yale. It f8 & hundred years since Mozart’s “Don Giovanni”’ was first sung in London, and the centenary has been celebrated by a grand per- formance of the beautiful opéra at Covent Gar- den by some of the greatest living artists. Sad to relate, the public refused to take the work seriously, and, as a whole, likea modern music drama. They had come to hear Patti sing “Batti, battl,” and Patti showed herself a Zer- lina willing to sacrifice the drama for the sake of accepting every possible encore. Msurel tried in vain to drive the dramatic interest of the work on, but finding the public and the other artists agdinst him, he succumbed at last and sccepted an eneore himsell. One critie, 1in regretting this inability of & modern audi ence to look upon “Don Giovanni” as more than a vebicle for voeal displsy, says: “It is curious to note how very closely other compos- ers have followed Mozart, and how greatly ¢ indebted to him. In nearly every bar st not to mention ‘Romeo and Ju- liet,” avowedly the fruit of a long s “‘Don Giovanni," a faint echo of Mozart’ comes to us with the voice of Gounod; cries ‘Quel sangue, guells, pisga, quel volto,” with the creeping chromatic chords of the woodwind, are in the very accent of Isolda’s “'Tis I, Belov’d,” and the folemn phrase that follows in the scene where Tristan dies.” “Pity the privations of a prima donna,” says the Westminster Gazette. “Here is a story of Mme. Patti, which may be appropriately re- called to-day. Once when she returned from her drive she was exceedingly thirsty, and asked Nicolini to have procured for her a glass of water. Nicolini was horrified. ‘What!' he shrieked. “Nis, Mignonne, you know that you are going to sing to-morrow night, and the water will chill your bleod: Oh, no, I forbid water!’ *‘Then give mea taste of wine,’ pleaded the thirsty Pattl. ‘Wine!’ roared Nicolini. ‘Nia, Mignonue; you are going to sing to-morrow night, and you know that wine will heat your blood. No, I eannot permit wine.' ‘Please, cannot I have something wet?’ pleaded Patti, with parehed lips. Nicolini pondered long and deeply, and, at length, with his own hands, prepared for the great singer a soothing draught of magnesia.” Two virtuosl, who ate known in this eountry only by name, are expected to visit the United Btates on concert tours next season. One is M. Marsick, professor of violin playingat the Paris Conservatoire, the other, Martinus ieveking, & Dutch pianist. Marsick i8 one of thé chief exponents of chamber musie in France, and enjoys a fine reputation. He is a Belgian, born, like Ysaye, at Liege, and he was a pupil of the institution at which he is now professor. He is expected to arrive in America at the end of November, and will remain six months. Sieve- king is a Hollander by birth, aud comes of an old and aristocratic family. He 18 & man of magnetic temperament and striking personal- ity, being over six feet in height and magnifi- cently proportioned. Sieveking will come to the States in the fall and piay throughout the country. Humperdinck’s new opera, “The Wolf and the Beven Kids'' is almost finished. The libretto is again written by Frau Adelbeid Wette, the composer's sister. No English- spesking musician has yet announced his in- tention of writing a fairy opers, though several of the leading French composers are hard at work on books culled from nursery rhymes. The field ought to be & peculiarly appropriate one for the women composers, who are just beginning to assert themselves. It has been decided in a county court in England that servants cannet sing in the house where they aré employed. Of tpurse, when a member of the family is ill and noise is for- bidden, as was the ¢ase in question, this seems reasonable enough, but when thete is no ill- ness the decision seems & hard one. There is 10 greater proof of content and (literally) har- mony in & household than singing. Any one flmkm about his work and sings likes his work. In spite of Marcella Sembrich’s recent “seties of triumphs" at the Italian operd at St. Peters- burg, her assumption of the role of Violetta in “La Traviata” has fallen very flat in London. She was not In good voice and is conceded to ?n'".:mfie: ge;l‘ :mne in throwing down e gaun! attl, who recenti; a furorin the “Traviata." Th Miss Janotha 1s perhap: some extent not unjustifiably angry owing to mistakes that have crept into various histories and biograph- ies of music concerning Herself and her profes- sional carcer and has iss: ey ued a manifesto to that Sir Augustus Harris and F. H. Cowen have signed an agreement for the uction at Covent Garden of another opera the com- Poser's pen as soon as com; artistic suecess af "H:ro!d.'?_ Pty Yeaye, who has just returned hotne, will con- duct at six symphony concerts in Brussels next season. He has been re-enga for an can teur in 1897, e e . The Czar has just given & thousand rubles to & company of French artists who were leit stranded in St. Petersburg by their impresario. o e i ey OFINIONS OF EDITORS. There is now every indication that the ex- hibit which California will make atthe Atlanta Exposition will be one which wiil do credit to the entire State. The convention of Super- visors to take action in fegard to the finances, & very important part of the undertaking, will be held on the 24th inst., but in the meanwhile arrangements have been made which are prac- tically an outlifie of the entire plan for an ex- hibit. The question of space has been settled by the acceptance of Director-General Collier's offer of 5000 feet in the main buildimg. Free transportation for the exhibit to Atlanta and return has been provided. With the question of space and transportation settled, it only re- mains for the various counties to prepare as fine displays as possible and to arrange for maintaining them during the exposition. This i & rare chance for every part of the State to advertise its resources. It is to be hoped that San Diego County will improve the opportunity to the utmost.—San Diego Union. The trouble with & businoss administration of & city under non-partisan auspices is that an individual is usually—we might say invari- ably-—substituted for a party, and s & result one-man power is created, which is as bad for atown as it is for a nation. It would be per- fecily possible to run cities on business princi- ples through the medium of political parties if the public would take thie proper interest in the matter. The weakness of our municipal governments and the admitted corruption in munieipal politics are due to the indifference of the citizens, not to the fact that this or that party is in control of affairs.—Los Angeles Ex- press. If there is any movement in California jour- nalism that deserves the approval of the gen- eral public it is the abandonment of the early day custom of editors to devote their space to stinging articles regarding their competitors. No newspaper can now prosper by wasting energy on its rivals. The work that tells is that which results in the publication of news and tnbiased editorial articles, the effect of which may be of some service in building up the community. Newspapers should work for the benefit of the publie, and if fuithful in this the public will be eppreciative in a substantial way.—Chico Chronicle-Record. FOR HOME MANUFACTURES. Why purchase articles of consumption, use or wear east of the Rocky range when com- modities equally as good and just asreason- &ble are being manufactured right here on the Pacific Coast, giving employment to husbands, sons and daughters? In order to develop home industry aud bring prosperity to the coast every man, woman and child should ask for only articles made on the coast. By so doing you are adding your mite toward keep- ing those in your own family in employment and their revenue, living wages.—Oakland Globe-Review. The people of California are asked by the Manufaeturers’ Associstion to purchase their supplies from home manufacturers. Now, If the manufacturers will let the people of the State know what they have to gell through the medium of the local papers it is jyst possible the people will patronize them. But how in the dickens can they be expected to buy that of which they know not?—Oroville Mercury. The directorate of the San Joaquin Valley Railroad make it obligatory upon the con- tractors having in hand the building of cars to use Californis material and California labor. 1f this principle could be acted upon generaily on this coast we would soon become the most enterprising and thritty people in the United States.—Lompoc Journal PASSING PLEASANTRIES. Overworked—‘‘Dear Miss Maturin—Laura— will you be my wi—that is, will you—shall we ve engaged?”’ “I don’t quite think I ought, Mr. Jones. The factis, I have slready three engagements for the summer.”—New York Recorder. 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