The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 20, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 189 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, tor and Proprietor. SUB: CVRIPTVI(V)NV RATES—Postage Free 1, one year, Dafly and x months, by mail 3.00 and s ., three months, by mail 1.50 y and Sunday CALL. one month, by mail .50 Sunday CALL, one year, by mail. 1.50 WEEKLY CALL, one year, by mail. 150 BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street. Telephone.. ceveeers. Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Stréet. Telephone........ BRANCH OFFICES : 530 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open until :80 o'clock. ':&Rs' Haves street: open until 9:30 o'clock. 717 Larkin street; open until 8:30 o'clock. * &W. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open until 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street} open untfl 9 o'clocks 116 Ninth street; open untii 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE: 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Pacific States Advertising Bureay, Rhinelander building, Rose and Duane streets, New York City. THE SUMMER MONTHS. Are you going to the country on a_vacation ? If £0, 1t trouble for us to forward THE CALL to tress. Donot let It miss you for you will Orders given to the carrier, or left at JULY 20, 1895 THE CALL SPI Tllinois joins the Eastern storm proces- sion. There is hardly enough Liberalism left in England for seed The Horr and Harvey debate is likely to prove more exhausting than exhaustive. Chicago girls dance in bloomers, and be- fore long they will go to picnics in bathing suits. The British Tories have won a great victory, but they have no leader capable of waking use of it. A thorough cleaning of the City Hall would go far toward cleaning the whole political situation. Many Atlantic Coast cities wish the next Republican National Convention, but the Pacific Coast deserves it. Why can’t Corbett and Fitzsimmons reach a settlement, like Horr and Harvey, and divide the profits amicablly ? It would be advisable to attach the City Hall dome angel so securely that it cannot yield to the temptation to fly away. If there were more counties as prompt in trying and convicting stage-robbers as Mendocino the industry would be quickly abandoned. Why is it that whenever a man advo- cates the honest enforcement of law he is always accused of being an enemy of the Bouthern Pacific? With a silver convention in Georgia, another in Chicago and one to come in Washington the gold men still swear the issue is dying out. The City can never expect to prosper till it has ridded itself of bunko-steerers, pool- sellers, lotteries, boodle Supervisors, silu- rians and cobblestone: The speed with which bicycles are vro- pelled makes it all the more necessary that wheelmen shouid familiarize themselves with the law of the road. The effects of American energy and en- terprise are seen in the revival of industry, and the effects of the Wilson tariff are seen in the treasury deficit. In eliminating the term *‘detective” and abolishing the detective bureau the Police Commissioners of New York show a proper understanding of police duties. Now that Cleveland has a third daughter Congress ought to provide an executive office outside the White House, so that office-seekers won’t disturb the babies. The next administration in Bngland wili be literally a Salisbury Government, for the four most important posts in it have been assigned to members of his family. i It would be very easy for the Market- street Railway Company to obey the law and win the respect of honest men, if it bad not acquirea such a habit of doing the other thing. Horr's statement that there is no such thing as a “‘money power” in the potitics of this country or of Europe shows to what flights eloquence will lead a man when he gets warmed up. Philadelphia bas evolved a unique idea in charity support by selling reserved seats in a long procession of trolley-cars and having a twenty-mile rolling parade through the city. — ‘With Cleveland declaring that Democ- racy is one thing and Senator Morgan asserting that it is another it is clear that some sort of definition other than ‘“‘con- fusion” is in order. It is rather a waste of energy to worry ‘ubopt an imaginary anarchistic uprising in Ban Francisco while there are more tangible and more dangerous public ene- mies in the City Hall. Elapagnu o < The whole City has an interest in assist- ing the Church-street Improvement Club in its efforts to oust the Market-street Railway Company from its fraudulent oc- cupation of that thoroughfare. Electric cars and bicycles have so re- stricted the use of horses in New York and New England that horses of a class which & few years ago sold in that section for $150 or $200 can now be bought for $30 or $40. The fruit crop seems to be weakening everywhere outside of California, and once more it is made evident that this is the only section of the Union where the n- dustry can be carried on as a practically sure thing. An extraordinary spectacle is presented in the fact that the civil authorities are encouraging and supporting the settlers on the Winnebago Indian reservation in their armed resistance to the United States troops sent to evict them. If there is truth in the report that the Rothschilds intend to offer Spain $100,- 000,000 for Cuba and place the island under the protection of the United States it would seem to be a solution of the whole difficulty, for it is hardly conceivable that Spain would decline the offer. I THE BATTLE BEGUN. The filing of a complaint before the Superior Court yesterday, having for its object the ousting of the Solid Eight from their seats and the forfeiture of the office of each of them as a member of the Board of Supervisors, begins a legal battle the outcome of which is of the utmost interest and consequence to the people of San Francisco. The allegations of the com- plaint appear to be most ample to put in issue the construction and validity of the statute of 1893 with reference to the sale of railroad franchises and at the same time to determine whether its penalties can be applied to officials who have done the acts of alleged malfeasance set forth in detail therein. The statute of 1893 is quite brief and simple in its declaration of the manner in which railroad franchises may be granted by the governing boards of cities. It is particular to state that such franchises may be granted by means of a specified process, ‘‘but mnot otherwise.” It is equally specific in its requirement that such franchises when applied for shall be duly advertised, and shall thereafter be sold to the highest bidder. It is also un- usually clear and specific in defining what penalties shall follow the willful violation of its' terms. Itis now to be determined whether these several plainly stated pro- v ns of the statute mean anything, or whether the intendments of a State law may be avoided and evaded and nullified by the combined juggleries of a powerful corporation and a ductile majority of the Board of Supervisors. An examination of the statute of 1893 will show that there is not a single word or phrase within it which supports the ¢on- tention upon which the members of the Board of Supervisors who have been brought to bar must depend for their escape from a judgment of the court im- posing the express penalties of the statute. The uct provides that “every franchise to construct railroads on any public street” must be advertised, bid for, and granted, as in said act provided. It must be “awarded to the highest bidder.” There is not a word in the act exempting ‘“‘exten- sions, adjunct to,and connecting with,” al- ready laid lines from the provisions of the statute, yet the Solid Eight claim to have found a way by which the fortunate possessor of one franchise for a railroad upon the City streets no longer becomes a vulgar bidder for other franchises to lay railroads upon other streets than those already occupied; for by a simple senience incorporated in his application and carried into its advertisement by a pliant Board of Supervisors he may have his desired franchise sold at an auction at which he can be the only bidder. It must be very evident that if this can be done the statute of 1893, which seems so clear and comprehensive, is in fact a vain and idle mockery of words. Whether it is so or not is a matter of the utmost consequence to the people of San Francisco, who have seen their valuable franchises filched and frittered away for years, and who are now to learn whether this policy and process is to continue in spite of the effort on the part of the Legis- lature to prevent it. The outcome of the present litigation will be watched with ex- ceeding interest by the people, not only of San Francisco but of every other city in the State which has railroad franchises to sell or give away. PERNICIOUS GAMBLING. Although the law against pool-selling was intended to prevent just such an insti- tution as that conducted by the Corbetts in this City, out of thirteen prosecutions which have been undertaken for its viola- tion only one has produced conviction. For this reason the police decline further to prosecute the offenders, their reason being that the law 1s inadequate and must be amended before their interference can be made effective. In order to meet this | difficulty it is proposed to submit a new ordinance to the Supervisors. The dodge which has enabled the pool- sellers to carry on their shameful business seems so weak that the refusal of the courts to convict appears extraordinary. This is merely that the sellers are acting as agents or messengers of the pool-sellers at the racetrack, where selling is permitted. Still as the police seem determined not to keep up the fight in the presence of the long record of dismissals which they have encountered, a new ordinance should be framed without delay. Certainly the police, in making the arrests, seemed to show a disposition to suppress the evil, but if the current belief that the cases were not prop- erly presented is sound, a close search for the responsibility of the failures might not discover the ordinance to be so imperfect as is supposed. If any branch of the ma- chinery for the enforcement of ordinances is deliberately *‘standing in”’ with thelaw- less elements of the City it ought not to be difficult to discover the fact. More than that, it should be understood as early as possible that the time for the flourishing of rascality to the detriment of the community is nearing an end, and that Tue CarL will never cease its efforts to put San Francisco in a position to ad- vance through a removal of the disgraceful causes which hinder its progress. It is useless for the City to invite persons of means, energy and respectability to settle here until we have shown ourselves worthy of their society. The lottery evil is relax- ing its hold, the corrupt members of the Board of Supervisors are being held up to scorn as a warning of the fate that will overtake other public officers with like inclinations, and the spirit of pride and self-respect is stirring the people. Although of 50 recent birth it is a lusty youngster, and its voice cannot be hushed. The fight will not cease until all such demoralizing agencies as that which the Corbetts repre- sent, and which belong to a crudity in Western civilization that San Francisco should be ashamed to nourish, have been driven wholly out of the State. THE WINE-MAKERS, The following paragraph contained in a circular recently issued by the California ‘Wine-makers’ Corporation discloses a most deplorable condition of affairs: “Our agreement and contracts are made void- able whenever we shall control less than 75 per cent of the total output of dry wine. There are some wine-makers who are reap- ing the rewards and advantages of our labors, but who are unwilling to assist us with their co-operation and support. A number of this class are making wine and selling it wholesale in opposition to our corporation, thereby antagonizing the general industry and tending to depress prices. With this class disposed of or compelled to co-operate with us, the price of wine may be at once advanced, thus in- suring a proper remuneration to grape- growers and making all branches of the industry profitable.” This is a rebuke which any man claim- ing to be a citizen of the State should be ashamed to have published about him. It illustrates the one great fault of some Cali- fornians, the one leading cause for the absence of a brighter progress. There are many worthy men who are laboring un- ceasingly i various ways, first to rouse the pride of the people and then to organ- ize them into efficient working bodies. It | destiny of therace.” The subject is so vast, requires a very high order of courage and | so brilliant, so formidable and overwhelm- patriotism on their part to see their efforts counteracted by just such incompetency and meanness as that which the wine- makers’ circular exposes and still push forward in the great work which they have undertaken. Their reward will come in time, but meanwhile their task is hard and discouraging. This kind of meanness which they are attacking is silurianism in its most dan- gerous form. It is exactly the spirit which leads citizens to close their eyes to ruinous political corruption, to neglect their streets and country highways, and generally to prove inadequate to the exercise of a citizen’s duties and privileges. The only prosperity which they enjoy is that which the supe- rior enterprise of their neighbors brings them, and the recalcitrant wine-makers are not the only ones who, not satisfied with the enjoyment of advantages which they have never earned, seek in their greed to undermine the forces which have brought them success. It woula be impossible to lay down any rule for the elimination of the pernicious influence which such men exercise. It is ultimately a matter of education and ex- ample, and this makes it all the more in- cumbent on the worthy men of the State to persevere. The newspapers of the State can greatly assist in the good work by a persistent urging to a higher course on the part of the laggards. HORR AND HARVEY. Up to this time the Horr and Harvey debate has not progressed beyond the skirmish lines of the contest. The key to the potition of neither side has as yet been assailed and it is too early to predict which of the men will show the greater mastery of the subject and come off vie- torious when the final struggle closes around the questions that are really vital to the great issue, In the skirmishing up to this point, it appears from the reports that Horr is a much abler debater than Harvey. His long experience in politics and his practice in extempore discussion on the floor of Congress have given him an advantage over his opponent, who is more skilled in writing than in oratory. Thusit appears Harvey has been unable to hola his wily opponent to any poiut, while on the other hand, Horr in evading issues hasknown how to get in an effective blow and win applause at the very time when he was really dodging a question. An illustration of the tactics of the two men was shown in the debate on the charge that silver was demonetized as a result of a conspiracy. Harvey, instead of directing all his argument to the one sub- ject at issue, scattered all over the field of politics and charged corruption here, there and everywhere. Horr was quick to take advantage of the mistake. He made a brief, curt denial of the conspiracy story, and then ran off into an impassioned de- fense of Congress and the American people from the charge of general corruption. The passage in which Horr made his evasive dodge and won applause in this connection is worth noting. One para- graph of it is thus reported: *‘Mr. Harvey continues to rest his case upon an attempt to prove that the human family is made up of scoundrels; that there is no such thing as honor among the people of this or any other country. The infamous state ment that every man has his price ought to be branded on the brow of every man who wilkquote it in earnest, because it isa lie against humanity, and is only equaled by the other statement that there is no such thing as virtue among the women of the United States or any other country.” Is it necessary to say this impassioned outburst of virtuous indignation roused the audience to thunders of applause? Of course Harvey never said all men were dishonest, and he said nothing at all. about women. Nevertheless, it is evident from the reports that Horr’s reply was consid- ered a good hit. It certainly enabled him to get over the trouble of meeting the con- spiracy charge, for baving warmed his audience up by his eloguence he was able to draw out more applause by adding: “I want to say to the American people that laws of this kind are never silenced by con- spirators. There is no such thing as a ‘great money power,’ either in this coun- try or any other country, that dominates the people.”” This specimen is a fair example of the way the debate has gone so far. Harvey has been making all the argument and Horr has been scoring all the points, Per- haps something more instructive to the people and more valuable as an elucida- tion of the problem will be advanced dur- ing the debates next week, but as it stands at present there is very little in it beyond Mr. Horr’s display of skill in the clever fence of controversial debate. WRITING ABOUT CALIFORNIA. It is announced that Edith Sessions Tup- per, an accomplished writer, is in San Francisco with the intention of writing a series of articles on California for some Eastern newspaper syndicate and probably for some Eastern magazines. Her declar- ation is sufficiently modest not to be offen- sive. “My work on this coast,” she is re- ported as saying, ‘‘consists of a series of letters touching upon the magnificent natural scenery which appears to surround the Western States. I have just passed through Yosemite Valley and the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, snd have also visited the big trees of Mariposa. Your coast is truly wonderful. Here in San Francisco I shall probably find something of interest in Chinatown, the fisheries and Sutro Heights. The Lick Observatory will without doubt be of service after that.” She kindly adds that there are other things to be considered, bnt mentions only some “literary lights’” which California has “turned out.” There are two things particularly that dismay and appall an educated resident of California. One is that peculiar percep- tion of fitness and relations which induces an Eastern publisher to send hither bright contributors to write of things concerning which there are few local writers possessed of a knowledge which might enable them to discuss these matters with sufficient in- telligence, and the other is the hardihood of Eastern writers to undertake the task and run all the risks which it involves, It is not meant to be said that Mrs. Tupper will make herself appear so ridiculous as some of her Eastern predecessors, for some writers (generally women) are endowed with an instinct that restrains, Itis to be hoped, further, that in her announced selection of subjects, which have become bores to all readers, Mrs. Tupper was speaking with a tongue that was readier than wise. The coming writer who is to discuss the wonders of California must bring to the task a deeper knowledge than 'the easy scribblers of the past have proved able to discover. For the surface marvels which abound are merely external indications of infinitely more wonderful things which lie below, and which reach the core not only of the most stupendous geological trage- dies which the mind can conceive, but also of some of the strangest and most fascinating problems that concern the ing, that we can but admire the courage which tempts to its assailing with no more specific preparation than a flying trip through the country. No reference whatever to Mrs. Tupper is meant when it is declared- that California has suffered immeasurable damage at the hands of itinerant newspaper and maga- zine writers, who have published *‘im- pressions” concerning the State, its peaple, its wonders and its industries. It is too much to expect even of an exceptionally bright writer that he can form anything like an adequate conception of phenomena and conditions which are puzzling even to the oldest students. The worst of it all is that these complacent visitors, who rave (generally with a string of foolish words) over the strange things which they see without understanding, are deliciously innocent of an intention to misrepresent and delightfully unconscious of the fact that they are making themselves ridic- ulous. The only things ever written about Cali- fornia that were worth reading have been {from the hands of old and able students. Professor Whitney, George Davidson, John Muir, Professor Sill and a few others have written, up to this date, all that an intelli- gent reader would care to see. And so long as such men are still among us the Eastern editor of wisdom will not send itinerant writers to the State. THE SUNDAY “CALL” The excellent combination of features of to-morrow’s Cary will constitute an edi- tion which will be found very attractive. Among the special contributions will be one by Joaquin Miller, entitled “Benjamin Franklin Thompson’s Pocket.” It is a strong story of early mining days in Cali- fornia, Mr. Thompson’s pocket being of the kind that may yield $10 or a million, as luck may have it. The idea is treated in Miller’s ablest manner. A particularly interesting article will be one by William Greer Harrison on “The Drama—Past, Presentand Fature.” As Mr. Harrison has himself become a successful dramatist and has made a very exhaustive study of stage history and art, his critics may find in his article either a justification of his position or a ground for attack. E. C. Stock will bave another of his delicious interviews with ‘‘Colonel Strong’’ on the condition of affairs in the early days of San Francisco. J. W. E. Town- send, in his account of “A Rattling Sea Race,” will tell a chapter of history which will have a particular charm for those who take an interest in the greatest civil war of history. “The Crime in'the Forest” is one of Duniel O’Connell’s most artistic sketches. Miss Rose O’Halloran, the ac- complished California woman who has dis- tinguished herself as an astronomer, will give a Flammarionesque study on the “‘Marvels of Astronomy.” Miss Miriam Michaelson will contribute a bright paper on the theatrical week in the City, and Miss Adeline Knapp will give a strong ac- count of “The Schism of Martha Cox.” The interests of the children will receive careful attention at the hands Mary Calkins Johnson, the fashions of the day will be fully described by Marcella, and the literary field will be thoroughly canvassed. The regular news service and all the usual departments of Tue Cart will ap- pear, together with a particularly full line of special dispatches from all parts of the world. PERSONALS. Dr. G. H. Jackson of Woodland is at the Grand. Superior Judge A. P. Catlin of S8acramento is & guest at the Lick. W. H. Perry, a lumberman of Los Angeles, is staying at the Lick. Sheriff U. S. Gregory of Amador registered at the Grand yesterday. L. M. Lasell, a merchant of Martinez, regis- tered at the Grand yesterday. H. W. Laugenour of Woodland, 8 member of the Assembly, is at the California. Senator J. H.Beawell of Ukiah came down yesterday and put up at the California. L. Van Dusen, & lumberman of Ukiah, was one of yesterday’s arrivals at the Grand. R. P. Keating, & well-known Comstock min- ing superintendent, is a guest at the Palace. H. Fleishman, a coffee-planter of Quezalte- nango, Guatemals, is a guest at the Occidental. James L. Sperry, proprietor of the Calaveras big trees, registered at the Occidental yester- day. Marion de Vrees, an attorney of Stockton, came down yesterday and put up at the Grand. General J. P. Williamson, ex-Commissioner- General of fthe Land Office, and Mrs. Williams son have raturned to the Palace. Jose Contreras, 8 wealthy coffee-planter of San Salvador, came in yesterday on the San Blas and registered at the Occidental. Charles E. Bevoking, an Englishman inter- ested in the nitrate trade in Peru, arrived here on the San Blas yesterday and is staying at the Occidental. W. R. Kelly, formerly a purser on the Pacific Mail, iow & coffee-planter in Salvador, arrived here on the San Blas yesterday and put up at the Occidental. B Joseph Holeston, son of a wealthy planter at Trinidad, in the West Indies, was one of the passengers by the San Blas. He has come up on aceount of his health, and is staying ar the Occidental. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. BepBUGS—A. S, City. A dozen different methods are given as “a sure remedy against bedbugs.” The use of gasoline and of coal oil is recommended. A mixture of mercurial ointment, soft soap and turpentine; a mixture of white arsenic, lard, corrosive sublimate and Venetian red; filling up the cracks with hard soap; and placing the affected bedstead in a close room and burning in it sulphur nine parts and saltpeter one part, and leaving in the fumes for twenty-four hours, are smong the remedies given. Mark Twain says the best remedy is to take the bedstead out in the back yard and set fire to it. ‘Warter—N. P., Oakland, Cal. There is no simple way to analyze r, but there is a simple way to determine if the water contains organic matter. A weak solution of potassium is an excellent test of the presence of organic matter. Place the water to be examined in & glass and add a tew dropsof sulphuric acid and a little permanganate; if organic matter is present the violet permanganate is discolored. CrIME—A. J. P., City. The census of 1890 shows that the prisons of the United States con- tained 82,329 prisoners, 75,924 maleés and 6405 females; 45,742 were native born ana 60,153 were foreizn born. The nationalities are given as follows: Ireland 20,184, Ger- many 9987, El:igllnd 4664, English Canadians 1996, Scotland 1483, Mexico 1209, France 1306. Otber nationalities are under the 1000 mark. » QUESTION OF RENT—A. C., City. If you rented & house, agreeing to pay the rent monthly in advance, the landlord can hold you to your agreement; mun'g to earry it out he can give you notice at any time t unless you pay, as you promised to do, you will have to vacate. KALARKAUA—E. H. G., City. David Kalakaua, K(n& of the Hawaiian Islands, died in this City on the 20th of January, 1891. PROMINENT PERSONAGES. . The grardfather of the Rothschilds scarcely had a penny in 1800.__ Lord Salisbury’s Cabinet now consists of nine- teen members, and it is the largest ever formed in Great Britain. Gabriele &’Annuzio, the Italian novelist, is writing a story whose heroine is said to be Eleonora Duse. Mother Mary Gonzaga, now in Philadelphia, is the oldest Sister of Charity in the United States. She recen the sixty-ninth anniversary of her AROUND THE CORRIDORS. ‘Two ladies met in the reception-room of the Palace yesterday morning. One was Edith Sessions-Tupper, the other a friend who was anxious about some friends in New York, not- ably Gertrude Atherton, whom we all know here in fan Francisco. ““Yes, I have seen Mrs. Atherton within the last year,” said Mrs. Tupper, “and I can give you most all the information you want.” The following conversation then ensued: The Friend—How is Gertrude? Mrs. Tupper—Very well, indeed. I think she is traveling now, though. Somewhere in Eu- rope. The Friend—Oh! Mrs. Tupper, tell me how she receives. Mrs. Tupper—Very nicely. She generally ap pears in her reception-room dressed in & nice tea gown, usually a turquoise silk, which taste- this time, being eager to ascertain ‘what the office was that nobody else wanted. “1 will tell you,” said the aspirant; ‘‘it’s the superin- tendencyof the Pesthouse. All the other fel- lows wanting places are airaid of the cholera and smallpox, but I have had both and held the office once before”” General Warfeld signed his petition. NEW RIFLE FOR THE NAVY. The recent improvements and perfections of the steel-jacketed cartridges are at present attracting considerable attention. The newest cartridge is but a 23-bore, being a trifle larger than the ordinary 22, which is the smallest bullet on the market, formerly being consid- ered about the right size to use in destroying catsor small dogs. This new cartridge, which has been officially adopted by the United States navy, will fire a smaller bullet than used EDITH SESSIONS-TUPPER, THE SYNDICATE WRITER. |Sketched from life for the “Call” by Nankivell.] fully matches the green trimmings scattered allaround her. Green is her favorite color, you know. She is very gracious to her visitors. The Friend—Oh! how delightful. Is she prettyiyet? . Mrs. Tupper—I think so. The Friend (crossing her hands and looking over at the piano wistiully)—Do you think she ‘will marry again? Mrs. Tupper—I really could not say. There was some talk of it, but (a long pause) that means nothing. The Friend—I hope she won’t. Tell me, do you think her clever? Mrs. Tupper—Most certainly Ido. I believe her to be one of the cleverest women of the decade. Clever so far as her thought;goes, and possessed of a remarkable style—a style that stamps her work as far above the average. The Friend—Does Gertrude wheel? Mrs. Tupper—No, indeed. She is too sensible for that, ard also too womanly. ‘The Friend—Do you approve of bloomers? Mrs. Tupper—Decidedly not (this very em- phatically). I think it unsexes & woman and reduces her charm to mnothing, No woman should attempt to imitate men in attire. Let them use their brain all they choose, But to depart from the flowing robes to adopt a half- hearted masculine costume—oh, horrors! There can be no redemption. Let me live a woman as I am, for I would prefer death in bloomers. The Friend (rolling up her bicycle catalogue book a little tighter)—Oh. Mrs. Tupper (quite willing to change the con- versation)—Perhaps you know Edward Town- send. Would you be surprised to learn that he is beginning to take life very seriously since he wrote ‘‘Chimmie Fadden”’? The Friend—Is he? Poor Ned. He isreallya pathetic writer—not a humorist. (Long pause.) 1 must be going. Give my love to Gertrude. Good-by. ¥ Mrs. Tupper—Good-by. The Friend—Good-by. (Suddenly return- ing.) Iforgot to ask you what Gertrude is writing now? Mrs. Tupper—A book called “Prudence Spar- hawk and Her Times.” It deals with woman’s rights and other things touching upon that question. The Friend—Indeed? Thanks. Good-by. With this they parted, one to forget the inci- dent and the other to dream of the time when she would walk in and see Gertrude in that light-green tea-gown. Samuel G. Murphy, president of the First "National Bank of San Francisco, had a pleasant summer vacation. He visited London and Paris, and while sojourning in the latter eity spent two business hours at the Bank of France with the governor of that institution. The bank building was constructed in the six- teenth century and covers an entire block of ground. It was not designed for a bank, but it is' admirably located for banking uses. The bank holds to-day $800,000,000 in specie, stored away in tunnels under the court in the center of the inclosure. Of thislarge holding double eagles of the United States to the value of $20,000,000 form a part. Aside from this the bank holds $500,000,000 of paper securi- ties. The capital stock of the institution is $35,000,000, and when & meeting of stock- holders is desired the names of 200 leading share-owners are selected from the list, and they are invited to meet in the magnificent salon of the building. The governor was very gracious to his guest, and explained the banking system throughout. The Bank of France through its agencies will handle acceptances as small as $25, charging interest at the rate of 1 per cent per annum. The governor was asked if the notes of the bank were actually redeemed in gold, and he replied in ihe negative, Mr, Murphy did put the inquiry in this fashion: ; “1f I should present notes to the amount of 1000 francs, and ask for gold, how much in specie would you give me?”’ ';fln an emergency we would give you half in gold.” “If I should go out and get my brother to present the other half, would you give him gola?” “iNol” “What would you do?"” “Why, we would laugh.” Yesterday an applicant for one of the places at the disposal of the Board of Health madea melancholy appeal to General Warfield to sign his petition. The general replied; ‘‘My signa- ture wouldn’t help you; I am a Republican.” “Well, that makes no difference,” responded the applicant. “Iunderstand that the Gover- nor isa friend of yours,and the office doesn’t amount to much, anyhow, and nobody else wants it The general became interested by by any other Government. Yet this bullet, which will soon be in use on all the vessels of the navy, has most wonderful penetrative power, and an immense range when fired {rom the Lee rifle, which has been adopted as the official rifle of the navy, says the Sporting Life. B There are many curious things about this new cartridge which are unlike any other used heretofore in military service. The bullets, which are smaller in circumierence than a lead pencil, are very long and somewhat blunt at the point. When first examined they ap- pear to be mede of bronze, having a covering of hard metal that looks not unlike copper. The bullets are called “steel-jacketed,” as they are filled with lead, or, rather, consist of lead, with a jacket or covering of steel, thus making them somewhat lighter than if they were made up entirely of lead. The cartridges are very long and bottle-necked and are quite ex- pensive, being filled with smokeless powder as the explosive. One advantage of these car- tridges is the lightness, as both bullet and powder weigh considerable less than the ones formerly used, consequently a person can carry a much larger quantity without being fatigued. For several years past it has been the desire among military officers all over the world to adopt & smaller bullet for rifles. A ballet of 50-caliber or a half-inch in diameter was one of the largest ever carried and the bore of the military rifle was anywhere from that size to 40. But about eight years ago the change tdok place and the reduction of the size of bul- lets began. It was proven by experiments that the size of the bullets had but little to do with its'range and penetration, as had been generally supposed, and that very minute bul- lets, if properly shaped and coated with steel, were even more deadly and could be fired to a. greater distance than larger ones. It was also shown that the object in firing upona field of battie was to disable as many of the enemy as possible, as one wounded soldier, according 1o this theory, removed three men from the field, as it required two men to carry him away. When men were killed outright they would be left on the field and their com- panions would continue firing at the enemy. It was thus shown that the small bullet at great range does more harm than the large one, although perhaps doing less actual dam- age to the individual. THE LOITERY TICKET LAMENT. So de ar to my heart were the tickets I cherished, ‘Those cheap lottery tickets I loved so well; ‘When bought I did keep them so closely and safely, Nun':]?ould guess I had them, and none I would I bought them with money I worked hard and T, Wltir?iollm ‘which came from the sweat of my brow: I'd go without food, without drink, be a robber, 'To buy those dear tickets I cannot get now. The money I’ve won is much less than a fortune, For I'm ragged and paor and not Worth cent; And'yet T can tell where the cash has il sons to D've borrowed for tickets and which friends have nt. Now places that sold them and people that bought them Have m:n'dm their cost that the money, when spen For cheap lottery tickets or policy tickets, Was captured by swindlers, to whom it all went. I never now crave those vile lottery tickets, Slfi‘tn licy ““n“':a:‘e? E“I;ned tld) abhor; ce Fargo won' m and Sammy won't mall them, i They're not s0 trustworthy or sanctioned law. ZIhie Speculator 1n 10-day's Wasp, “THE SOLID EIGHT. Those who doubt the horror in which the press is held by evil-doers should observe the fear and apprehension manifested by the Supervisors of San Francisco since THE CALL attacked their course in refusing to entertain 2 bid fer a franchise and awarding it to the Southern Pacific Company.—Berkeley Dispatch. THE CALL's fight agalnst the Solid Eight of the San Francisco Supervisors entitles that paper to the gratitude of every right‘thinking person. The fact that & San Francisco news- paper has the courage to tackle these giant cor- ruptionists is indicative that the times are improving.—Alameda Telegram. San Francisco used to have a Solid Nine in the Board of Supervisors, and the disgraceful conduct of that shameless combination is still fresh in the mindsof the peopie. Now that City seems to be cursed with a Solid Eight in the same body who areemulating the course of the unlamented Solid Nine. The wave of reform that was thought to have swept across & evnn;:ty at ttl:o last, :!‘ecmm must have lost force before 1t reached San Francisco.—Hay- ‘wards Review. " OUT-OF-TOWN PERSONALS. 5 Santa Cruz, July 19.—The following were the arrivals at the Sea Beach Hotél during the past week: Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Grover, Miss Julia Goldman, Miss Minnie Lambertson, Mrs. E.J. Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Thomes, A. Whitelaw, Cora Wilson, F. P. Howard, C. H. Lambertson, H. Silvesky, Lieutenent H. Everett Alderson, s, I, Brandenstein, Mrs. W. Greenebaum, W. M. Gibson, Warren Olney, C. Schilling, J. Meyerink, Arthur W. Thomas, Mrs. C. W. Clark, Miss M. Farnham, L. Lion, Mr. and Mrs. W. D Williams. Miss Mary Williams, I Brandenstein, Mr. and Mrs. §. F. Booth, Mr. and Mrs, G. W. Hatch, M. A. Ledyard, J. H. Davis and son, J. E. Baker, T. B. Berry, A. Dibblee, Harrison Dibblee. Charles B. ELlis, J. M.Quay, H.S. King, H. A. Alexander, J. S, Purdy, ‘H. W. Goodall, Nicholas Bowden, Master ~Archer Bowden, Master Pierce Bowden, C. F. Stallman, Dr. W. ‘A, Martin, William Greenebaum, J. J. Jacobi, T H. Ledyard, Mrs. J. E. Hobson, Mrs. W. D. Kidoont. Mrs. . D.Laidlaw, W. A. Dimmick, H. 8. Dearborn, Mrs. E. J. Brown, Mrs. William McDonald, Robert C. Bole, F. W. Sherwood, A. M. Sharp, C. Booles, R. Fraser, R.P.Webster, Mr. and’ Mrs. R. F, Robertson and children, Mre, Ella K. Goceo, W. Jasson, 8. Morris, M. M. ‘MecIntosh, M. Friedman, Miss E. M. Bowman, George ~ Partridge, Mr. 8nd Mrs. J, C. 'Plair, Mrs, Stickler, Mrs. Burchard, Mr. and Mrs. J. Stern, Mrs. Robinson, Misi Morgan, Mrs. Fane, Miss Cheeseman, Morris, Miss Tanner, T. Rinaldo, Ernest 1. H. B. Lambert, A. C. Kuhn, C. W. Fay, | Beck, T. J. Riley, J. C. Cracknell, C. 8. Sm; Mrs, Emily C. Woolley, E. T. Sterling, W Bell, J. Brooke, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Mauyer, G, Brick, G. W. Meyer, A. Shilling, Mrs. Davi Hunter, Miss Madge Smith, Miss Sazy Smith, ile 1 hack, W. Morgan, C. A. Mor- Emiledl. Breidentees, X iss . Motgan, J. P. an, Mrs. : 3 "R. Hansen, C. H. Holt, George H. Pipp: e o L. B. Archer, L. D. Hass, La A r., Alex Mann Jr., Miss J. Rosen- fi?‘e V\Vr.cl‘;?;l.'cbuuzall, Miss Juiiet Lumbard, Mics A, Edmunds, Miss Bessie Ellis, W. P. Ellis, Hulda A. Hamumond, Arthur W. Greathead, MS. Hauser, J. H. Russell, W. H. Wood, L. Lion, S. Estelle Greathead, . 'Solon Holl, Henry M. Plate, F. K. Plate, Mrs. L. L. Baker and family, Mrs. A. L. Stone, Miss Stone, Miss_Lor- ing, Conrad Loring, Philip L. Baker, F. H. McCullagh, A, S. Macdonald, F. L. Burk, Pro- fessor and’ Mrs. W. B. Rising, Miss Kising, Miss Alice Rising, Master Lawrence Rising, Jessica V. Penny, Mrs. Thomas Bennett, Eleanor V. V. Benet, Cora W. Bailey, Miss Elise, Pester, Mrs. J. T. du Bois and_son, J. H. Davis’ and son, Leila C. Brown, Miss Helen Edgerton, Edward F. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Conklin and family, Mrs. G. W. Hildreth, Miss Beth Allen, Miss Ruth Allen, Miss Harris, “_alter Barnhisel, Mrs. Burr Noble, Miss Pearl Noble, Henry M. Plate, L. Urez, Mr. and Mrs. Warner Temple and _family, John L. BSpears, Mrs. J. H. Ross, Miss Margaret Ross, A. L. Frick, Tillie Bader, Laura Bader, Mr. and Mrs. Luis L. Arguello, A S. Frost, Mrs. H. W. Frost, W. W. Case, Mrs. C. E. Hickey, Mrs, 3. B. Hiékey, Don and Lo Hickey, Mrs. &: M. Rohifis, Miss Ella Rohlifs, Mrs. R. L. Tanke, Myra H. Holt, L. Lion, John B. Nevin, Hallock Wright, D. Edward Collins, Miss Eda J. Collins, dward B. Cluff, B. F. nd_child, Mrs. F. H. McCullagh,-C. P. Bailey, W. F. Jordan, Mrs. J. E. Moore, Miss Lottie Moore, Miss Nellie Moore, Mrs. F. D. Cobb, Miss Carrie Cobb. Highland Springs, July 19.—The latest ar- rivals here ars: . A. Joyce and family, J. Sehroder and family. W. Norton and family, L« W. Claassen, H. 0. Brink, C. Kellog, Mrs. Hen- ning, Miss Henning, G. C. Codding, J. Witgen Mrs. Morrison, Mrs. Glover, A.W. Achison, A.Van Arminger, W. Bush, L. H. Jacobs, M J. C. Noyes, Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Brown, Needham, F.J. Bergim, Johngon, Mrs. G. H. Winterbury. Mrs. H. A. Potter, J. L. Sylor, E. W. Akers, Miss Baily, Miss Cooney, Miss A. Cooney, Miss L. Cooney, G. W. Braver, L.S. Adams, S. F. W. Westphal, Fred West: hal, Mr. and Mrs. Mitau, L. Hardle, Eharies K. Hannon, F. Benning, Miss Benning, Mrs. Taafe, E. Harrington, Lieutenant G. Law- sen, L. Lawsen, G. R. Lawsen, J. Haran, M. J. Anton, George Brew, Miss K. E. Brew, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Weluzen, F. W. Berf, T. J. Doris, Mrs. M. C. Ambrose, Mrs. K. J. 0'Connell, Miss . A 3hanncn, Frank J. Conneliy, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hughes, K. L. Hughes, Dr. J.S. Eastman and son, J. G. Gardner, C. M. Sadler, Captain M. Walker, Charles E. Townsend, W. D. Higbee, L. C. Byers, F. V. Neison. The Geysers, Sonoma County, July 19.— Among the Isst week's arrivals here are the following: J. J. B. Argenti, A.C. Owens, C. A. Adams, W. D. Dittman. 8. Louson, C. W. Hib- bard, E. Estee, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Humber, John Cavanagh, Miss E. Cavanagh, Miss Emma Cav- snagh, Mrs. J. P. Tisdale, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. D. Wines, P. J. Hoyt, S. B. Lewis, W. Gaige, Mrs. W. J. Monro, Miss 5. Burk, Mrs. M. W. Bremen, Miss I. Bremen, Mrs. R. Harrison, H. E. Bostwick, §. A. Denis, E. Hornsberger, G. Castlehun, C. E. Wilson, F. M. Henderson, R. Fox, J. Germein, Mrs. Mace Mann, George James, Howard Coffin, F. Cum- mings, H. Rendy, C. Milelas, Mr. and Mrs, F. P. Weeks, Mrs. V. H. Smith, B. Smith, Miss A. Smith, Miss L. E. Sample, A. L. MCray, G. Mc- Cray, A. Rich, Miss R. Ric Madrone Mineral Springs, July 19.—The fol- lowing are among the late arrivals here: Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Knight, Palo Alto; James E, Simmons, Berkeley; Ernest Bender, John Bender, Morgan Hill; Mrs. J. K. Jordan, Knight §. Jordap, Barbara Jordan, Palo Alto; E.N. Dyer and family, Alvarado; Mary E. Donovan, Santa Barbara. FREE LAND OFFERED. A CITIZEN WHO MAKES A PROPOSITION TO THE SALVATION ARMY. To the Editor of the Call-Sir: I see by an edi- torial in your able, progressive and praise- worthy paper that the Salvation Army wants land to cultivate. I will let them have 120 acres right on the railroad for five years or more for a rental of 5 cents per year. That means no rent. The land is unimproved. It is bottom land and perfectly level. It is partly covered with oaks and_brush—some spots are clear. Iwill furnish wire and lumber to fence with if the army will clear 5o much every year as to pay for the use of the land. It 1sinli a mile from a railroad station and 212 from San Francisco. A. T. Hatch’s big orchard is two miles offand an English company hasan or- chard by the side of my land. If this suits them, on the basis here mentioned, they can have it. F.P. A., 911 MeAllister street, San Francisco. [NorE.—The 5ennemun asks that his name be not disclosed: Interested persons may learn of his identity by calling at the address given, —ED. CALL. IN LIGHTER VEIN. “You’re a wicked, lazy tramp!” shouted - the red-faced woman. “Madam,” rejoined the tourist calmly, T decline to be drawn into any controversy. You will take notice that I do not claim to bea June bride.”—Detroit Tribune. “Your fine is heavy,” said the prisoner to the Recorder. “Can’t you give me a little time?” “Certainly. stitution. “Some folks maintain,” remarked Bass bes tween puffs, “that in the next world we shail follow the same occupation as in this.” “And in this world,” sald Mrs. B., “you are smoking incessantly.’’—Boston Transeript. Thirty days?” — Atlanta Con- BROKEN, mixed candies, 10¢1b, Townsend’s.® g e S BacoN Printing Company, 508 Clay street. ¢ it G e The coin-in-the-slot machine was known in Egypt more than 2000 years ago. It was used for dispensing holy water. fedeti e e L it \AFTER long fllness and for general debility Hood’s Sarsaparilla is unequaled for butlding up the weakened system. It docs this by purifging and vitalizing the blood. Take only Hood's. —— Ds. STEGERT'S Angostura Bitters, indorsed by physicians and chemists for purity and whole- someness. Y —_——— It is a fact well known in his villia that Governor Morton can pitch a decexgl: curve at baseball and manage rather frisky horses, and is a fine bowler. With gun and rod he has always beenquite expert. P el e LA BELLE CREOLE CIGARS MANUFACTURED BY S. HERNSHEIM BROS. & CO., NEW ORLEANS, LA. RINALDO BROS. & €0, PACIFIC COAST AGENTS, 800-302 BATTERY ST, S. F. Branch Store—29-31-33 - South First St., San Jjose, Cak 5 e