The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 22, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JULY 22, 1335. CRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: a Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier.$0.15 ¥ CALI, One year, by x mont .. Main—1868 ...... Main—1874 BRANCH OFFICES: treet, corner Clay: open until aves street: open until 9:30 o'clock. »en until 0 o'clock. SW. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open antil € o’clock. & ) fssion street; open until 9 o'clock. 116 Ninth street; open until 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE: 08 Broadway, EASTERN OFFICE: Pacific States Advertising Bureau; Rhinelander building, Rose and Duane streets, New York Ci THE SUMMER MONTHS. you for ¥ Tier, or lef will receive . Do not let it mis: Onders given 10 the ¢ A resolution toy is worth renewi money. v in European politicsin days is called a war cloud. ilurian beholds the Solid action is unbounded. already showing fruit. The Civic Federation threatening to develop sharp teeth and a hungry maw. ront wouldn't mind if on him as a candi- Perhar some date? s are in favor of nomi- 6 as one way of strik- Lots of Democ nating Whitne a ancisco, but there is plenty of room for more. requirements t the penal- t the City Hail thoroughly cleaned up it is almost necessary to completely clean it out. For one week more Horr and Harvey will do their best to shut out Corbett and The Southern P: finds that when it i =d with a spur it can make its most structive to read that the ladies ronize the downtown poolrooms y clothes. If we cannot get the law into the heads of the Solid Ei we can at least give it to them in the nec preparations for the next Mechanics’ r indicate that the spirit of progress nd the fie: 0 That person who indorses anything which the Southern Pacific supports takes | his reputation in his hands. The Conservative administration in Eng- land will not lead for bimetallism, but it can be counted on to follow suit. When you co-operate bor for the public bene pete with him to for it. ith your neigh- vou should com- e who can do the most We may be sure that the m Parkhurst's spirit from New Y Fra as not accomplished on a raii- road pass. There will be profitable instruction as well as pleasant company at Camp Roache for all whoare interested in economics and husbandry. ‘What kind of ci every jockey has a valet and one-half the editors in the country have to black their | own boots? When the Parkhurst movement gets fairly to work it will find that the City Hall atmosphere is fetid and in need of ventilation. Nothing so broadens the Southern Pacific grin as the taking of an unfair advantage under the pretense of doing a generous public service. It required the Free Labor Bureau to in- form us of the wretched extent to which workseekers have been robbed by some in- telligence offices. One is tempted to believe that cobble- stones, monopoly and treachery are pretty hard roads over which San Francisco must travel to prosperity. There are probably those who think that the easiest solution of the problem is to deed the streets, boulevards and parks to the Southern Pacific. As the grangers open their summer school at Camp Roache on the Santa Cruz Mountains next Saturday this is the time - to get ready to attend it. Those who have the charity to credit the Southern Pacific with any good motive do not need to die to become angels—if un- ‘wise charity is the greatest of virtues. In view of the fact that the dissatisfied husband usually takes measures to secure ,tAhe company of his wife’s spirit on the journey to the other world, it might be ad- visable for some wives to cultivate the art of the revolver and the razor. If the street-sweepings are so valuable for the park that we are justified in sur- rendering to the Southern Pacific the ocean boulevard for the purpose of trans- porting them, it might be advisable to re- tort them ourselves and see if we cannot find the gold that seems to be regarded as lurking within them, t of enterprise that blossomed } v sees some improvement in | ization is it where | MR. DOHRMANN'S POSITION. The Merchants’ Association has shown itself to be one of the most public-spirited and useful organizations ever formed to better the political and physical condition of a city. Its president, F. W. Dohrmann, has won the admiration and respect of all the better elements of this community for the spirit and intelligence with which he has directed the affairs of the association. For these reasons it is an unpleasant task to disagree with him on any policy which his conscience and intelligence may lead him to adopt in carrying out the good work that he has so ably prosecuted. But disagreements even among the best citi- zens are inevitable, and it is in a fair and dignified discussion of them that a fuller understanding and a final agreement may be secured. Reference is had to the communication from Mr. Dohrmann in yesterday’s CALL explaining the reasons why the Merchants’ Association supports the Southern Pacific Company in its occupation of the ocean boulevard with its spur track to the park. In brief, he says that the street sweepings are greatly needed to fertilize the park, that the railroad company hauls them to the park over the spur track at a charge of $5 a carload (which the company asserts is less than cost), that attempts to have them transported by the cable and electric lines failed, and would be expensive if success- ful, and that there is no other use to which - | the sweepings can be put. It is not necessary to deny any of these | premises, for they have no real bearing | upon the subject. We cannot in reason separate this act on the part of the South- ern Pacific and its manifest great desire to retain the spur track from its Jong history | of trickery, deception, bribery and forcible | and other illegal ways of securing and re- taining rights of way. We know the long (and hard fight that it has made to monopo- | lize street transportation and shut out competition to the park and beach. And ‘we know that the value of this spur track { franchise is very great; that it was tem- | porary and was secured without any con- sideration, and that the company is retain. ing it in violation of its agreement with the City. The questionisonenotaloneofa doubtful temporary public convenience, | but of permitting a greedy and utterly un- | serupulous company to violate its contracts, | increase the strength of its monopoly and | destroy the only ocean drive that the people of the City can command. If the park can be fertilized only at the cost of | these considerations, it will be a most ex- pensive and disastrous improvement. | Asamerchant Mr. Dohrmann is likely aware of the tyranny which the Southern Pacific has practiced upon the merchants of the City ever since the completion of 1ts road. He must know how for many | years they have been ridden, bullied and hreatened, how discriminations have been practiced among them by the rail- road, how competition has been kept at bay, and how hard a struggle the City has had in staggering to its present prosperity under the galling burdens which the rail- road imposed. He must be familiar with the long series of scandals which have grown out of all the operations of the rail- in its contact with the law and its onaries. And he might remember that, whatever may be the company’s pro- testations of virtue in the present case, not a single other act of its long history can be found to possess that quality. Is it possible that the sweepings eannot be transported to the park over the cable and electric lines, or that they can be put | to no use other than the fertilization of the | park? These lines, running to all parts of the City, seem to offer an ideal opportun- | ity, and to be far more convenient than the railroad depot and sending it by a cir- cuitous route, miles out of the way, to its destination. Street-car trucks are not ex- pensive, few would be required, aban- doned ones unfit for other service might be found in numbers, and the cheapest of cars might be constructed for them to carry. It would seem that the sweepings could be put to many uses in town, As afer- tilizer for private gardens and for nurserie: and vegetable and florists’ gardens, there ought to be a good demand for them. ‘We trust that Mr. Dohrmann will ser- iously consider the whole case in the lJarger form'in which we have placed it, and that thereby he may come to place his own opinions in harmony with those of a very large majority of our people. FRESNO FRUIT-GROWERS. An instructive illustration of the inter- dependence of California’s industries has been developed at Fresno, and, although it is only one instance, it is so eloquent and | unexpected as to require a careful study of ! all its possible bearings. Upon an under- | standing of its value may depend an | important element of the State’s prosper- ity. D. T. Fowler, who served as chairman of the mass-meeting of fruit-growers held at Fresno on Saturday in the interest of the California Fruit Growers’ and Shippers’ Association, declared that the future of the raisin industry is dependent in a great de- gree upon the success of orchardists in marketing their green fruits, for the reason that in case an unsuccessful marketing re- quires growers to dry their products these articles come into competition with rai- sins, and so both orchardists and vineyard- ists must suffer. . This is an exceedingly interesting and altogether rational statement, and no doubt Mr. Fowler has based 1t upon facts. It has ali the more value in view of the fact that although in the beginning of the raisin industry in Fresno County tHe profits were excessive, in the last few years they have fallen to a point which entails an ac- tual loss. This has caused a number of raisin-growers to dig up their vines and put their lands into other fruits. Here is one of the most deplorable things that has ever happened in this State. The vine, for whatever purpose planted, stands for one of the oldest and finest industries asso- ciated with the history of mankind. Un- like ordinary fruits, which, as a rule, have but a few years of life, the vine is a plan- tation made not only for the present gen- eration but for generations to come, out- living governments, dynasties and even races of men. The areas in which its finer varieties can be cultivated are so restricted that it must forever be essentially a mo- nopoly and must remain a precious posses- sion so long as the human family endures. ‘T'here is something lamentably wrong in the necessity for digging from the soil of California rare vines, which cannot be grown on any other spot of this great coun- try. We may be certain that it is not the fault of the vine itself. Only within the last year have Californians learned that the whole problem of a profitable pursuit of the industries which distinguish our State can besolved by placing the 70,000,000 consumers of this country in communica- tion with our small band of producers, and a more recent experience has surprised us with the discovery that Great Britain stands eager to buy our products at a profit to our growers. If we can open a market 6000 miles away, we hold the world in our hands. The time will undoubtedly come when the raisin-growers of Fresno will regret the 1 digging up of their vines. Meanwhile, Mr. the present plan of carting the detritus to | | Fowler's remarks should set us all to thinking. California can never prosper as she should if one of her beneficent enter- prises is conducted at the expense of an- other equally beneficent. If any fault of management in the marketing of green fraits forces growers to dry their product and thus injure the raisin industry, clearly it is the duty of raisin-growers to unite with the orchardists in their efforts to find a green-fruit market. In other words. all the branches of horticulture bear so close (though not always evident) a relation one to another, that it is the duty of all to co- operate in every possible way to the ad- vancement of their interests. A ORUISER'S UTILITY. The very interesting account of the pur- suit by the famous Confederate cruiser, the Alabama, of the ship Ocean Signal, pub- lished in yesterday’s CaLL, from the pen of J. W. E. Townsend, drops some instruc- tive hints which have a bearing on the efficiency of the modern cruiser. The Ala- bama, Mr. Townsend truthfully says, was the most effective cruiser that ever sailed under a flag. She had a sail power almost as great as that of a ship of equal tonnage, “so that she did all her cruising under sail, reserving her fuel for emergencies. Not being compelled to remain in the vicinity of coaling stations Semmes went hither and yon, as circumstances permitted. While our gunboats were looking for him here and there he was somewhere else.” Mr. Townsend ends by declaring: “A cruiser that depends upon coal altogether isno cruiser at all and Uncle Sam will find it out by and by.” One of these days this declaration will be regarded as prophetic. The Ala- bama was a wooden vessel. Even in an equal fight with an armed vessel she was almost sure of being sent to the bottom. She never had but one fight and that destroyed her, though had not the Kearsarge armored her sides with chains it is likely that both vessels would have been sunk. The Alabama was never in- tended to fight, and it was the one great folly of her commander that led to her destruction. Yet she was the most ter- rible destroyer of merchant ships that ever sailed the seas, her record of destruc- tion being greater than that of all the other ships of history put together. The modern cruiser is intended to perform such a service, yet with a wider scope, and still it is clear that no brilliancy on the part of the commander would make it physically possible for it to prove so formidable as the Alabama for the pur- poses which that vessel served, ‘We must not forget, however, that the efficiency of a cruiser, like thatof an army, depends as much upon the commander as upon the material he handles. Bemmes was a Napoleon of the high seas. The writer of this knew him well and therefore can understand the history of the Ala- bama’s exploits. He was a very small man, with a peculiarly high skull, small, sharp, brilliant eyes set almost grotesquely close together and sunk deep in the head, a long nose and a narrow mouth surmount- ing a prominent chin. Not one face in a million so striking as his could be found. Whatever may have been the alleged atrocities of his career on the Alabama, in his own home he was the embodiment of gentleness and simplicity. Nomore amus- ing picture was ever seen than that of his decorous submission to the adverse ruling of his own son, who as a Judge, after the declaration of peace, found the famous terror of the seas practicing as a lawyer in his conrt. 8o while Mr. Townsend prophesies con- cerning the characteristics of the cruiser, we cannot eliminate the extraordinary personality of Raphael Semmes from the history of the most famous cruiser that the records of war disclose. To what ex- tent a study of human types influences our Nation in the selection of com- manders it would be profitless to inquire, in view of the system of promotions that has become a necessary part of modern scientific warfare. But it still remains a curious thing that in devising enginery of destruction all attention is bestowed upon mechanical perfection and none whatever upon the immeasurably more important consideration of human leadership. CAMP ROACHE. The Farmers’ Camp of Instruction and Summer School of Economics and Hus- bandry which is to be formally opened on Saturday at Camp Roache, near Wright's, on the Santa Cruz Mountains, promises to be one of the notable enterprises of the year. Important in itself it is still more so when considered as the inauguration of a scheme of instruction that may grow to be one of the greatest annual undertak- ings to which the wide extended order of the Grange directs its energies. The objects of the movement are well de- fined in the title which has been adoptea. The camp will afford an opportunity to all interested in the culiivation of the soil and in rural life to take up mere thoroughly than is possible in farmers’ institutes the study of subjects connected with rural in- dustries, and also a serious and systematic study of such phases of the broad science of economics as affect the politics of the country and the conditions of the farming population. This scheme of instruction is wide, but none too wide for the needs of the time or the intelligence of the men who are likely to gather at the camp. While the camp is to he opened on Saturday with an address by the Hon. A. | P. Roache, worthy master of the State Grange, the lectures of the course of in- struction will not begin until the following Monday. They are to be broadly divided into the two departments of agriculture and economics, the college of agriculture of the University of California having charge of the first department and the | faculty of economics at Stanford’s having charge of the other. Lectures in both courses will be Jelivered every day except Baturdays, for two weeks, and at the close of the session at Camp Roache there is to be a three days’ picnic and camp-meeting at Capitola. It will be conceded that the programme i attractive, and there can be no doubt it will be successfully carried out. Thus there will be fairly instituted another educational force in the State, likely to in- crease with the years and become one of the great factors in the advancement of the material and intellectual welfare of the veople. It will not be the farming popula- tion only that will profit by the work ac- complished, though, of course, that class will derive the more direct benefits. The whole State will be the gainer in the lon run, and every intelligent citizen ma; wefi take an interest and i%el concerned in the enterprise which is to be launched ana located amid the_ beautiful scenery and healthful surroundings of Camp Roache. Altbough the Attorney-General of Texas has instructed the Sheriff of Dallas County, Texas, that the law prohibits the proposed Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight, the people are making preparations for the “event’’ with a cheerfulness that winks at the Sheriff with one eye and the law with the other. With its new Iron Mountain Railroad and a prospect that the Government will take steps to open the Sacramento River to navigation from the canyon to the bay, Redding spreads its wings and feels the first throbbings of a boom. OHNIORB OF EDITORS. Few people realize what vast resources are lying dormant in the warm foothills of Sonoma County. This region is generally masked be- hind a covering of timber and brush, but this wood generally pays for the clearing. Atan altitude of from 500 to 1000 feet there are thousands of acres where a biting frost is hardly known. Itishere our finest fruits and ‘wines will be produced. Ittakes muscle, mind and money to make a start on & hill ranch, but he who possesses sufficient energy and staying quelities will surely have his reward.—Santa Rosa Democrat. Viewed from every standpoint, it is impossi- ble to see how any hope can be had for silver outside the Republican ranks, The Repub- lican party is committed to the policy of pro- tecting” American industries, and no one ean deny that the protection to our minesas an industry is one which is entitled toas much consideration as the manufacturing industries of the East. On the other hand, the Demo- cratic party is committed to the policy of free trade, has no disposition to foster American in- dustries, and by its very faith is compelled to let the protection of silver and the develop- ment of all other industries i our country take their chances in competition with the na- tions of the earth.—Salt Lake Star. Either by co-operation will eitrus culture be made to yield the handsome profits that exist in this worse than mismaunaged industry, or by lack of co-operation will the business go on from bad to worse until the millions of dollars now invested in oranges and lemons will shrink in value to less than 25 cents upon the dollar. When it comes to this the total an- nihilation of the orchards will not be far off, and the growers will have no one to blame for the destruction of a once promising industry but themselves.—Anaheim Gazette. Do corporations enelave us, as some people insist that they do? The faultis not in the country nor in the constitution, but with the people who every year or so hold in their hands the weapon that can smash all tyranny, namely, the ballot. Do creditors keep debtors in bondage? The fault is not With the country nor the constitution. but with the man who goes needlessly in debt in nine eases out of ten. Let each man keep himself iree and not only will the country be free but what is more to the purpose every man in it will be a free man.—Seattle Times. One great feature of the Oakland water-front decision 13 that under Judge Ogden’s decision the Valley road, whenever it feels the need of an Oakland terminus, will be able to secure it with but little trouble. Had the decision been in favor of the roed it would practically keep out all railway competition for many years. Judge Ogden builded better than he knew.— Btockton Record. If a newspaper attempts to delude the people it cannot succeed long. Buta newspaper has often, when it feels itself in the right, to sub- mittoa great deal of abuse from those who differ with it, That is the privilege of the dis- senters. An bonest newspaper will not shrink from its convictions because all men donot agree with it. It must take the responsibility of its own acta.—Seattle Post-Intelligencer. In one grammar school in New York twenty- nine different nationalities are represented. It is quite likely that these children will show as much patriotism as the children taught by European governesses in the aristoeratie quar- ter of the city.—Petaluma Argus. ‘What a mere pittanee a hundred million is for the Nation to raise for an undertaking that would revolutionize our foreign commerce. That sum is the estimated cost of the Nicaragua canal.—Kern County Eeho. We sincerely hope the two great National political conventions of next year may be held in San Francisco. Probably the tide of pros- perity will be running full by that time, and the State would profit tremendously by the journeying hither of so many of the leading men of the land.—Alameda Argus. The silver men are making & hard fight to have the National conventions held in the West, says the Washington Star. There is ex- pected to be a livelycontest betweenthe East and West over these conyentions. The conven- tions should be held in 8an Francisco.—Madera Mercury. OUT-OF-TOWN PERSONALS. Anderson Springs, July 21.—The following are among the late arrivals here: Mr. and Mrs. H. Hohr, S8arah F. O’Donnell, Frank J. Green- ant, Mrs. Galleger, Mrs. C. Casassa, Marguerite Casassa, Rose Casassa, Marie Casassa, H. J. Playpais, Nicholas Nelson, W, Graham, Rev. J. M. Coyle, M. J. Hodge, Charles J. Sheble, E. V. McLane, ‘H., B. McAvoy, Mrs P, 8 Cartwright, Mr. ‘and Mrs. AL fred L. Tubbs, Mrs. J. C. Wade, San_Francisco; George Wilkins, D. J. Dick, Harbin Springs W. A. Lee, Mrs. W. H. Lee, Santa Rosa; H.C. Fisher, }lenr§ Fisher, Austin, Tex.; W.II. Kiese, 0. H. West, J. Sageriz, J. J. Hughes, Middle- Mrs. J.Walch,Rev. M.Walch,Sacramento; tearing, Mrs. Kreyenh: v rnie Winn, Mr. Peter Winn, Miss and Mrs. W. A. Belde, M. L. Rudich, Mrs. Feeney, Miss L. Feeney, Miss Jeunie Feeney, D. J. Paddock, Lesle Stewart, Mrs. N. E. Stewart, Miss Lillian Stewart, Miss Mattie Stewart, Charles S. Arnold, F. A, Allardt, John Garvin of Oskland, James White, F. H, Watson, M J. F. McGill, E. McGill, Thomas Jones, Miss J. Greeg, Miss L. T. Tones, Jumes Keliy, IY B Win- chell, George A. Roney, E. C. Merrill, P. Dineen of Vallejo, J. J. Newkices, R. H. Sheehen of St. Helena, Mrs. M. McOue, James F. McCabe of Berkeley, George Armstrong of Laurel Hill, El Paso de Robles, July 20.—Among those registered here are: J. F. Fuller, James C. Dumpley, J. B. Lauck, C. Huff, W. W. Gragg, George Harris, Mr. and Mrs. J. T, Kings- ley, A. W. Drummond, C. H. Philips, Mri. J. Bambergs, C., B. Harwood, Mrs. M. A, Fulsom, Miss 8. Fulsom, G. Kincade, J. M. Jones, E. 3 Witchell, J. Frield and family, Mrs. A. W. Dang- lado, Sam N. Rucker, J. Silver, M. Howeil, Mr. and Mrs. George Adams, Miss Geenm, E. A. Stowell, L. Hart Kenyon, Miss_Berta Hart, M. Lynch, J. Alexander, Mrs. J. Walters, Miss F. Walter, Louis Dean, Thomas Hays, W. H. New- ton, G.'W. Fisher, M. A. Williams and dangh- ters, Payne Ridlege, S. W. Dewitt, J. F. West, S.G. Hoftman, Dr. Martin, J. Dunn, Mrs. N Dunn, Mrs. Lenord, Miss L. Lenord, 1. Hays, G. Budd, W. 1. Anderson, Mr. and Mra. Lewis, Miss wis. Astorg Springs, Lake County, July 21,—The following are among the recent guests here: Dr. D. Buckankey, France; C. A. Mozard, T. O’Brien and family, D. Aymesand family, A. Neustad, W. von Holland, San Francisco; G, Warner and wife, Oakland; A.T. de Viler and wife, Berkeley. PERSONAL. C. H. Dailey, an olive grower of Oroville, is at the Russ. B. 0. Kendall, a banker of Pasadena, isstay- ing at the Grand. Rev. Caleb Ben-Ham of Nape registered at the Occidental yesterday. Louis Gundelfinger, & leading banker of Fresno, is a guest at the Lick. Thomas Flint Jr, of Ventura, president pro tem of the State Senate, is gt the Grand. A. Weilheimer, a prominent merchant of Fresno, was one of yesterday's arrivals at the Grand. J. A. McMartrie, a railroad contractor, came up from Guadalupe yesterday and registered at the Palace. J. 8. Mariner of Lincoln, Colonel James H. Kewen of Michigan Bluff, Adolph H. Schnabel of Newcastle, and G. C. Coker of Auburn, the members of the Board of Superviscrs of Placer County, are at the Russ House. Their mission here is to purchase furniture, vaults and other fittings for the new courthouse in Auburn. IMMIGRATION AND LABOR. Improving business conditions in the United States will be likely to bring a rising of the tide of immigration, which has fortunately been at quite a low ebb during the past two years. The Republican Congress which meets next December could perform no act which would more fully merit aud_receive the ap- proval of the American people than to take up the immigration question and deal with it wisely but firmly. The flood-gates have long been open {00 wide. The time to swing them closer together is at hand.—Los Angeles Times. But why stop with restricting the immigra- tion of Chinese and Japsnese? Why not re- strict all forelgn immigration, for a while at least! Nearly a quarter of & million people came to the United States during the year end- ing June 30, most of them to compete with American working people. Why were they permitted to come, when there ere 50 many of our own citizens who cgnnot find employment? It seems only reasonable that we should pro- vide for our own people first, and then give what there is to spare to foreigners.—San Jose Herald. . v The willing, industrious man, out of work and out of money, is an object of intelligent. sympathy. It is one of the pities of civilization when such & man becomes also an objeet of charity end his family pensioners upon its ‘bounty. A country is prosperous in the truest, fullest sense when every able-bodied, indus- trious, sober man can make a comfortable living in it for himself and family.—Portland Oregonian. PEOPLE TALEED ABOUT. Mrs. Mary E.Hunt has sued the city of Nashua, N. H., to recover $50,000 given by her for & memorial library. The suit is brought because the city, after haying the money for four years, cannot agree on a site. An interesting Chatterton manuseript will be included in a sale of autograph letters and manuseripts now in preparation in London. 1t is the first of the Rowley poems, “The Bris- towe Tragedie; or, the Dethe of Syr Charles Bawdin.” Foreign papers say that the “Countess” Marie Leiningen-Westerburg, who was arrested in Vienna a few weeks ago, is not a native of New York, as was reported. It is now said that she is a Marie Streibel, and has come into collision with the law before. General A. W. Greely takes little part in the social life of Washington, spending most of his leisure time on & new book about his explora- tions that he is writing for the Public Knowl- edge series. His wife says he will do no more exploring. Governor Hastings of Pennsylvania, who s now aiding Chris Magee and David Martin in their fight against the leadership of Senator Quay, is probably the handsomest chief exec- utive of which any State can boast. He hasa fine appearance and a winning manner, whieh gain him both friends and admirers. The Davis Monument Association of Rich- mond, Va., has issued an appeal for funds to build a mocument to Jefferson Davis at Rich- mond which shall be ““worthy of the soldier- statesman who led us, worthy of the cause of the constitutional freedom for which we fought, worthy of the patriotic survivors of the great struggle, and worthy of the children of the men who followed the battle flag of the Confederacy.” George H. Latimer, who wasonce a fugitive slave, celebrated the seventy-fifth anniversary of his birth Iast week in Lynn, Mass. Mr. Lati- mer was the first slave to be captured under the fugitive slave law, and the proceedings that were subsequently begun for his return to his former master were vigorously contested by Wendell Phillips, William Lloyd Garrison and other famous abolitionists at a public meeting held in Faneuil Hall. After a bitter fight Latimer was finally liberated by the pay- ment of $400. which was raised by Dr. Samuel D. Caldwell, then paster of Tremont Temple. Governor Davis subsequently refused to grant extradition papers, which had beeu demanded by Lieutenant-Governor Gregory of Virginia. SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS. 8quildig—Did the bride’s father do the cor- rect thing when young Spudkins married Miss Cashbox? Mcswilligen—Well, he gave the bride— Squildig (interrupting)—I knew he would do something handsome. MeSwilligen (resuming)—He gave the bride away.—Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. “Father says that if T am a good boy he will take me to see the cireus,” said Johnny. “Thatis what he told me,” replied his mother. «Weli, you keep your eye on me and see if I ain’t the pride of the neighborhood. Father’s done me & good many favors, he has, and I'd hate terribly to be the means of making him miss that show.”—Washington Star. He—What would you say, darling, if I should tell you that you never can be mine? She—I should say, pet, that I've got & mice bundle of letters that would help to make it expensive to you.—Tid-Bits. Mrs. Young—John,did you succeed in metch- ing that piece of dress goods I gave you this morning? * Mr. Young—No, my time was too precious, but (triumphantly) I've brought enough of something else to make you a whole gown!— Texas Biftings. +‘What is meant by local option?” “Local option means that each community shall decide for itself whether liquor shall be sold in liquor saloons or in drugstore: Puck. At the Summer Hotel—Landlord—John, go to town and buy a barrel of live fish. John—What for? Landlord—To stock the pond with. Don't you know I've advertised the “finest fish in the ceuntry?”—Atlanta Constitution. Cass—But how do you know that was Bene- dict’s wife that sat beside him in the train? Bass—Why, didn’t you notice thet he ad- dressed all his conversation to the lady in the next seat?—Boston Transcript. The Soulful Girl—What is the frue test of poetry? The Poet—Well, if one can get & poem ac- cepted that is written on both sides of the paper, he may rest assured that it is a good thing.—Indianapolis Journal, ‘Watts—Saw another girl in bloomers to-day. Mrs. Watts—Did she wear the regulation bi- cycle cap and jacket, too? Watts—Great Scott, I don’t know.—Indian- apolis Journal. THE TRAINING OF OHILDREN. Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper on Self-Govern- ment for the Young. At the First Congregational Church last evening Dr. Brown and Mrs, Sarah B. Cooper occupied the pulpit jointly, speak- ing to the subject, “The Child and the School.” Dr. Brown took up but a brief portion of the evening. He contrasted the differing conditions of child life in ancient and mod- ern times, illustrating by the statement that in the works of the great artist, Praxi- teles, no real chiid faces are seen, though cupids are depicted, whereas recently in St. Louis a small painting of four ragged urchins brought $5000. Another illustra- tion was set forth in the changed methods of biographers, in that those who told of the lives of great men of ancient times paid little attention to the period of childhood, while modern biographers consider that the incidents in the child-life of the great have the utmost significance. He closed his remarks with tfie statement that the changed conditions began when Jesus said: “‘Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” Mrs. Cooper’s address was long and evi- dently carefully thought out. It dealt principally with the religious training of the young, and in it she urged parents to make religion attractive to the little ones, since a refigion that is hateful to a child isa bad religion to start out with. The mistakes wherein children go wrong, she urged, were more often the result of igno- rance than of total degrsvity. A babe was a little bundle of nothing, except capabili- ties, Because a child knew nothing of arithmetic, was no reason that it should be considered wholly wanting in arith- metical faculty. So also because it did wrong was no sign of total depravity. The children must be educated on moral lines | as well as upon literary and scientific ones, and she urged that inasmuch as the ob- ject of all education was the self-govern- ment of the individual, children should be allowed a fropsr opportunity for anm-s to govern themselves. The parents shoul be gentle with the children and wait as patiently for the soul to grow to ripe age a8 they did for the body. ———————— SCHOOLBOOKS exchanged. King’s, 15 Fourth® e CRYSTALIZED Ginger, 25¢ 1b, Townsends. * e e BacoN Printing Company, 508 Clay ‘lm £ ————————— Ocean Execursions. SqunI'MpPomnA. toSanta Cruz and lI:Am- terey, leaves Saturdays, 4 P. M., due back Mon- d‘!',;‘fil.l. n&afinu&'l‘ofiw ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENT! Eucare—H. P., Oakland. If, in a four-handed game of euchre, & proposition was made that one partner should play alone againsta part- ner of the opposite side it would not be enter- tained, for the reason tnat euchre players no longer recognize such a practice. Under the old rule when such was permitted the lone })llyer had to win all five tricks to score four. f either of the lone players made less than five tricks he would score but one, if he failed to win three tricks his adversaries scored two. If in & game of euchre A, B,C and D are players A deals, B suspects that A_can pick it up and make four points, which will wia the game for A and C, the score being 9 to 6 in Band D’s favor, B orders A to pick it up, as B would rather give A and Ca euchre, which would make the score of A and C8 and Band D 9 and would give B and D a good chance to win the game; but if instead of A having the ‘best hand for the eard which yas ordered up C, his partuver, has it, C under the circum- stances could not play alone against B and D. TEETE—N. N., City, The permanent teeth in the human subject are 32 in number, each jaw containing 4 incisors, 2 canines, 4 premolars or bicuspids and 6 molars. In the replace- ment of the first by the second set of teeth the following order is observed: The middle in- cisors are first shed and renewed, usually when the child is about 8 years of age, and then the Iateral incisors, perhaps & year later. The in- terior molars of the first set are then replaced b{ the anterior premolars, usually about the eleventh year, and about a year afterward the posterior deciduous molars are replaced by the second premolars. The persistent canines take the plase of the deciduous ones in the twelfth g:nr. these being the last of the milk teeth to exchanged. The second molars appesar be- tween the ages of 1! and 14 years and the third molars or wisdom teeth séldom appear ;m three or four years later, and often much ater. THE PRAYER MotioN—E. J. 8., Occidental, Sonoma County, Cal. What is known as the “prayer motion” was made by Benjamin Frauklin during the convention of 1787. It was “that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of heaven and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this assembly eve: morning before we proceed to business, an that one or more of the clergy of this city be requested to officiate in such service.” The convention, excepting three or four members, thought prayer was unnecessary, because, un- der the circumstances, such service would be merely perfunctory. Objections were also made, because thers were no funds to defray the expense of such clerical service. The mo- tion was not adopted. ANEROID BAROMETER—E. J. 8, Occidental, Bonoma County, Cal. The aneroid barometer is a cylindrical box of metal, with a top of thin, elastic, corrugated metal. The air is re- moved trom the box. The top is pressed in- wara by an increased atmospheric pressure; whenever the atmospheric pressure diminishes it is pressed outware b{_ul own elasticity aided by a spriag beneath. These movements of the cover are transmitted and multiplied by a com- bination of delicate levers. These levers act upon an index, which are thus made to move over a graduated scale. They are made so delicate that they show a aifference in atmos- pheric pressure when transferred from an ordinary table o the floor. BY BIcYCLE T0 TAHOE—Subscriber, San Jose, Cal. One who wishes to go to Lake Tahoe by ‘wheel from San Jose should ride from that point to Irvington, Alameda County, then to the Mission 8an Jose and to Livermore, same county, then to Stockton and to Lodi in San Joaquin County, to Folsom, Sacramento County, te Placerville, to Sportsman’s Hall and through Gilmore’s ranch to Tallac, all in EI Dorado County, the last named place being on the lake’s border. Thisroute is along the stage road. There are some wheelmen who take the same route as far asStockton, then go o Sac- ramento, then to Auburn, Placer County, and %en to Truckee, Nevada County, and from there take a fourteen-riile ride to Tahoe City. THE RED CRross—Trained Nurse, City. The Geneva convention in 1864 decided that all hospitals and ambulances should, in addition to the national flag, display a distinctive flag, having a red Geneva. cross on & white ground, and & brassard or arm e with red cross on & white field was proy: for all individuals neutralized for field and hospital service. Turkey displays the crescent instead of the eross. Since then the medical profession and the nurses have adopted this emblem. ‘WITHOUT A WILL—T. M., City. When a man dies in California without having made a will, if he leaves a surviving wife and one child or alawful issue of one child, the property, of whatever chlucmr:’gaes in equal shares to the surviving wife and child or issue of said child. the decedent leaves a surviving wife and more than one child living or the issue of one ormore deceased children, one-third goes to the surviving wife and the remainder in equal shares to the children. A MATTER OF CONTEACT—D. B, City. If the owners of a mine should employ a man to pro- cure & buyer for them and after he had secured one they should refuse to recognize him but deal directly with *he yrincipal, they would undoubtedly be liable for the services he ren- dered as an agent of the owners. From your communication it ngpenrl as if it was a matter of contraet, upon which an action would lie. INCRUSTATION—N. P., Oakland, Cal. To re- move incrustation caused by bard water from the inside of a kettle would probably cost more time and expense than the kettle is worth. An oyster shell placed in the bottom of & kettle, it is said, will prevent the formation of a crust on the side of the kettle, RED SCHOOLHOUSE—C. 8., City. The little red schoolhouse carried on a truck in the Fourth of July yroounon was intended as a represen- tation of the district school of the colonial days. COLLEGE OF PHARMACY—D. A., City. The Col- lege of Pharmacy in this City is located on Fulton street, between Polk and Van Ness avenue. Itis not, like the public schools, free. TRAINING-SHIP—C. F. H,, City. To join & training-ship in this State the spplicant should address the executive officer of the Indepen- dence at Mare Island, Solano County, TOWARD CHURCH UNITY, Bishop John McKim Favors Corporate Union With the Greek Church. The Rules of the Episcopal Missions in Japan on That Empire’s Progress. The Right Reverend John McKim, Bishop of Tokio, preached a missionary sermon at the Church of the Advent yes- terday morning, taking as his subject, “Japan and Its Progress.” The Bishop is the official head of the missions of the Protestant Episcopal church of the United States of Ameriea in Japan, and his visit to this continent at this time is for the purpose of attending the triennial conference of that church, which will be held in Minneapolis during the first week in October. Each confer- ence appoints a committee, whose duty it is to report on the relations of that church with forelgn churches. There is a growing feeling in fayor of uniting so far as is pos- sible the various sects of Christendom, and, speaking in that connection after the ser. vice yesterday, the Bishop said: “Many of our people and many of those in the Oriental church—particularly in the Russo-Greek church—favor a union of the two bodies. The greatest scandals which affect Obristianity to-day, and the greatest hindrances we have to contend with in effective missionary work, are the great number of divisions which there are in the Christian church, and particularly among what are termed the Protestant churches. For that reason many of us_desire unity, and unity with the Oriental church, be- cause its tenets are nearer ours than those of any other ecciesiastical body. “‘There has been, however, no corporate movemept loeking toward unity. In our work there has been the utmost cordialit; existing between the officials of the Gree church and those of our own. Bishop Nicolas of the Russian church here and our Bishop Nichols have often exchanged pul- pit courtesies. Bishop Nicolai, the Rus- sian Bishop in Japan, and myself are on the most friendly terms. Bishop Nicolai, in fact, gave me lvlongBIetMr of introduc- tion to the Russian Bishop here urgin, him to go with me to the conference, a urged a corporate movement looking to- ward final unity. Unfortunately, iow- a::.“Bilhop Nicolas is absent ifrom the Bishop McKim is staying in San Mateo, where ne has a brother-in-law. He comes 1';:: :ai:. City only to fulfill his ecclesiastical SIN FRANCISCO'S RARK. Some Interesting Compari= sons With Eastern Cities. WHAT THEIR RATIOS SHOW. Using New York and Chicago Esti= mates, This City Has a Half Million. New York and Chicago are having an ar- gument over their respective populations, just now, as interesting in its way as the Horr-Harvey financial debate. Chicago has the best of the argument so far, and rolls np 2 maximum population well in ex- cess of 2,000,000, while New York contents itself with slightly less as the aggregate sum total of its children. The bases upon which the great cities of the East build their population estimates are simular to those in use here, school censuses, directory figures and registra- tion returns, but the deductions are some~ what startling. If San® Francisco will adopt the same multiples as her Eastern sisters use, she will have no further need for the Half-million Club, or rather for the single purpose which gave the Half-million Club its name. In the new directory just issued in Chicago there appears 507,300 names, which causes the Chicago Times-Herald to re- mark: “‘Chicago’s population at the present time is greater than that of any other city in the United States. Chicago is the metropolis of the countrv and on careful calculations based on the number of names in the new directory bas more than 2,000,~ 000 Eopulntiou.” s The Times-Herald begins by allowing three and one-half persons to each name, thus giving a population of 1,775.550. This, it is declared, is manifestly too small. The Times-Herald adds that New York uses five instead of three and one-half as the multiple. The same paper uses 8.9 as the ratio of population to each vote cast, and as 261,187 votes were cast in a recent elec- tion, obtains a population of 2,324,564¢. The Times-Herald strikes a mean between the two and considers it established that Chi- cago has a population of more than 2,000, The new city directory of New York con« tains 399,128 names, which causes the New York World to say: “If the proportion of five to one, which is usually accepted in computations of population based on direc- tory data be correct, the population of New York City, less the newl{ annexed por- tions, is 1,995,640, or very little short of a round 2,000,000. Inclusive of the newly annexed towns it is, of course, consider- ably more than that number.”” ollowing the last Federal census gross frauds were discovered in returns from sev- eral Eastern cities. It wasknown that the populations had been padded, while inves- tigations set afoot in this City showed that San Francisco had been credited with a }ess population on papen than existed in act. It has been customary of late for San Francisco to claim a population of about 330,000. Using the directory ratio, which obtains in Chizago, the pognlntion of this City is 455,000. Taking the ratio which forms the estimate in New York the popu- lation would reach 650,000. With the ratio of 89 to each vote cast, which Chicago claims as a correct estimate, if adopted would give this City a population of 516,000. Of late Buffalo, Pittsburg and Cleveland have advanced the claims that they had passed San Francisco in the race for nu- merical supremacy. Nore of these cities show a population in excessof 350,000, using the ratio which places San Francisco in the half-million class. Were New York to adopt the directory ratio with which San Francisco made its estimate of 330,000 inhabitants that city would have a popu- lation of but 1,200,000, or more than 300,000 less than the census of five yearsago al- lowed. _There are two conclusions: If San Fran- cisco has a population of but 330,000 the reat centers of the East have populations rom one-fourth to one-third less than they claim. If the larger ratios are correct then San Francisco has passed the half-miliion mark—has left the elass in which Cincin- nati, Cleveland, Pittsburg and Buffalo be« long, and ranks with Boston and St. Louis, Do not neglect that tired feeling; it is a signal of danger. It is nature’s warning, It is & cry for pure, rich and nourishing blood. Hood's Sarsapa- rilla meets these demands. e “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used over fitty years by millions of moths. ers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, al- lays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhceas, whether arising from teething or other causes. Kor sale by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Srs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, 25c a bottle. ————— Fernand Alvarez de Toledo, the_bloody Duke of Alva, who oppressed the Nether lands, when he died in 1582 bade his de- scendants erect a splendid tomb to him. He was laid away in the Convent of San Esteban in Salamanca for awhile, and now after 300 years his family has finished the monument and transferred his bones to it. A Little List- of Little Prices ‘Writing Paper 5¢ to 25¢ per quire; ‘Writing Tablets 5¢ to 35¢c each; Papeteries 10¢ to 75¢ per box; Playing Cards10c to 75¢ per pack; Lead Pencils 10¢ to 75¢ per dozen ; Blank Books 15¢ to $1 00 per 100 pages; Envelopes $1 00 to $2 50 per 1000; Tissue Paper 5¢ to 30¢ per roll; Tooth Brushes 5¢ ta 40c each; Clothes Brushes 25¢ to $2 50 each; Hair Brushes 25¢ to $4 25 each; Combs 10c to 60c each; Hat Brushes 40c to $100 each; Cabinet Frames 10¢ to $500 each; Hand Glasses 25¢ to $50C each; Ladies' Purses 25¢ to $15 each; Gentlemen’s Purses 5¢ to $2 75 each. We do not keep everything, but in the lines of Picture Frames, Artists’ Mate- rials and Stationery, we have the greatest assortment to be found anywhere. The prices and quality are guaranteed to be the lowest and best in the city. SANBORN, VAIL & GO, 741-743-745 Market St.