The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 15, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1895. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Pafly and Sundsy CALL, one week, by carrier.$0.15 Deily and Sunday CALL, © Daily and & Jafly and Sunday CALL, three mont Daily an CALL, one month, by mail £unday CaLy, one WEEKLY CALL, 0 BUSINESS OFFICE: Telephone.. Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOM: Msin—-1874 ry street, corner Clay: open until open until 9:30 o'clock. open until 9:30 o'clock. h and Mission streets; open util § o'clock. Mission street inih street; op open until 9 o'clock. 9 o'clock. QAKLAND OFFICE: 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE Pacific States Advertising Bu tuilding, Rose and Duan THE SUMMER MONTHS. Rhinelander w York City. 1| CALL o | s only another name nia real estate. lose its solidity as tuffing is knocked out of it. No goldbug has yet been found who can u definite money plank for the | n to prophesy that i g to dry up, just as we were that he had dried up. debt of $43,000,000 with e has well-paved streets on top of her. Court, he will please the country | ing a bungler out of the treasury. When they talk of the **hog combine’’ in Pe slvania they do not mean any pork- pac! corporation but the opposition to Quay. The next Republican National Conven- tion should stop at no half-way house, but come to San Franciseo and take in the continent. There is a story going the rounds of the Eastern press that horses are sold in Wyoming for $3 a dozen, and not saw horses At the latest reports, Brice is the only Democrat named as a candidate for the Presiden vho has not hastened to de- cline the The Market-street Railroad Company wonld be surprised to find how profitable it would be to obey the law and shake off the horse-leeches. Some young women of wealth have nearly paralyzed London by advertising for luxurious flats in a building where there are neither men nor cats. They are noting it in the East as a mat- ter of some importance that the leader of the free silver men in the Democratic State convention in Iowa is named Bolter. The Connecticut man who has invented a machine for making hats out of wood owes it to the world to devise a means of talking through it without using an auger. According to alate report Berlin isal- most eaten up by usury, and in an effort to suppress the evil the courts have been sending usurers to jail by squads and platoons. The short skirts and leggings of the bi- cycle costume have been found so con- venient that the girls at Eastern summer resorts are said to have adopted them for tennis and walking parties. 1t is said the Corbett divorce decree pro- vides that the alimony may be reduced if circumstances warrant, and consequently if Fitzsimmons whips the champion Ollie’s alimony will get a knockdown. A bill introduced into the Florida Legis- lature providing for the killing of rabid dogs was voted down because, asone of the members explained afterward, a rabbit dog was just as good as any other dog. Some one has been telling the New York Tribune that strawberries ten inches in circumference are common in the State of ‘Washington, and yet that commonwealth was named for a man who couldn’t lie. The financiers of Philadelphia having refused to make a loan to the city at 3 per cent the bonds were divided into small denominations, offered to the people and a loan of $1,200,000 was.taken within a week. According to the Chicago Times-Herald the State of New York grows hops enough to supply the entire demand of the United States, and unless somebody quits growing them there will never be any profit in them to producers. A Long Island undertaker in order to furnish cheap funerals to his patrons has loaded up a phonograph with a funeral sermon and hymns which he works off when the people do not wish to pay fora preacher and singer. After a lapse of six years, the New York and Harlem railroad has determined to re- sume the running of -storage battery cars on their city lines, and this time it is be- lieved the storage battery will be perma- nent and the trolley will go. A Some of the cuckoos who talk of a thira term for Cleveland are uselessly reminding the country of the fact that when Conkling t was advocating General Grant’s cause at Chicago he said that opposition to a third term comes mainly from fellows who wish a first term. It appears that we are to lose the desert of Babara, for according to late French statistics the Algerian portion of the desert supports 9,000,000 sheep, 2,000,000 goats, 260,000 camels, and grows in the oases 1,500,000 date palms yielding about $3,000,- 000 of fruit annually. The ability of bicyclers to suggest im- provements in highways has been pushed to the limitiin Brooklyn where they com- plain that the country roads are used too much by farm wagons for their use, and demand the construction of a special road- way for their benefit, THE MECHANICS' FAIR. The Mechanics’ Fair opened Tuesday with a large attendance, although many of the exhibits have not yet been installed and there is more or less noise attending the process. The able speech made by Congressman Maguire stated the indus- trial principles represented by the fair so clearly as to render useless any further efforts in that direction. As the friend of the laboring classes he defended industrial progress and the introduction of machin- ery, taking the high ground that the best | results in this direction will not have been | secured until all labor not needed to be done for health and occupation or required by mechanical conditions has been per- formed by machinery. It is not, he de- | clared, because machinery is displacing manual labor that the laboring classes are suffering, but because of a monopoly of nature’s bounties by the rich and strong. But that is a subject separate from the exhibition of the Mechanics’ Institute and the great interest which the people are taking in it. For many years this nstitu- tion has been giving these fairs annually, and they came long ago to berecognized as | the great annual show of the State, leading the State Fair in refined and lasting inter- st. Within the limitations which it has imposed upon itself the fairs of the Me- chanics’ Institute are remarkable exhibi- tions. They indicate notonly the progress of mechanical achievement in the world at large, but give an exceedingly instructive i ht into the accomplishments of Cali- itself. No one can form an idea of the tremendous activity of the State with- out a study of its manifestations at the Mechanics’ Fair, The large number of City residents who always crowd these exhibitions sufficiently indicate the estimation in which they are held here. But this pleasure and instruc- tion are equally accessible to all the resi- dents of the interior. The fair comesata time when the climate of the interior is warmest and when work in the orchards, vineyards and farms is temporarily sus- pended. It happens this year that the City has many other unusually. meritori- ous attractions. The theaters have better companies and more of them than we are accustomed to see, and the prices in most cases have been so much reduced that it is not a hardship to pay them. It is the time of year, too, when many of the City residents who live in boarding-houses and family hotels are away, so that there is abundant room for visitors from the in- terior. A good many improvements worth see- ing have been made in the City since the last Mechanics’ Fair. Several very hand- some houses have been built, and numer- ous electric-car lines have been pushed in all directions into strange and picturesque parts of the City which even a very large | proportion of the residents themselves have not yet seen. Of course the Mechanics’ Fair will be the central attraction. In addition to its exhibits, many of which are new this year, will be other exceedingly pleasing feat®res. Chief among these are the concerts given by a splendid body of musicians under the direction of Fritz Scheel, whose concerts | in the Vienna Prater of the Midwinter Fair are remembered with pleasure by | so many thousands of country visitors. Nothing could give more pleasure or ben- efit than a change from the hot interior to the cool breezes of San Francisco, with the Mechanics’ Fair and the special induce- ments offered by the railroad companies as an excellent opportunity for indulg- ing it. THE STATE UNIVERSITY. The overwhelming influx of new students to the State University has crowded the capacity of the institation beyond reason- able limits and produced awkward compli- cations. This is a difficulty that there should be no time lost in meeting, At best, barring the new buildings, the newest of which is an exquisite work of architectural and structural art, the buildings are inferior and inadequate and no care is taken to make the grounds attractive. The site is superb, but its ad- vantages are neglected in the exercise of a foolish economy. The tremendous in- pouring of students, despite the fact that the population of the State has not materi- ally increased in the last few years and despite the farther fact that the Stanford University has appeared meanwhile and received more than a thousand pupils, shows that the State University isregarded by the people as an institution of the highest order and that our young men and women are no longer being sent to Eastern colieges. Corresponding with such a recognition there must exist a popular pride which would cheerfully respond with money to the needs of the institution. Californians are not niggards and yet the external appearance of the State Univer- sity indicates that they are. It should be highly gratifying to the University management and to the State at large to see the institution receive so many demands for instruction in agricult- ure and horticulture. The eyes of the whole country seem to be turned to Cali- fornia for young men and women educa- ted in these specialties by our State Uni- versity, There are two reasons why this should be so. One is that the peculiar cli- matic conditions of the State permit an infinitely wider range of methods than in any other part of the country, and the other is the high reputation made by stu- dents who have been turned out by this University and made instructors in the various colleges and universities of the country. This means to say that the uni- versity instructors themselves are men of the highest ability, a fact already known everywhere. The inadequate and shabby wooden houses which belong to the original group of buildings are wholly out of keeping with the reputation of the University, the pride that it inspires among the people and the natural beauties of the site. In this re- gard and in respect to the manner in which the grounds are kept, the University can- not compare with the State Normal schools at San Jose and Los Angeles, nor any of the insane asylums nor the State prison at Folsom. This is a shameful thing, and it would be difficult to convince us that the people are unwilling to remedy it. THE CUBAN SITUATION. It seems now to be a matter of but a few days or weeks for the Cuban rebels to place themselves in a position to demand recog- nition at the hands of the leading powers. That is to say, if the reports from the island are to be credited, General Campos is discouraged and wants to withdraw the Spanish forces and, failing in that, to re- sign command of the royal army. He seems to have made no headway against the insurgents, who appear to have grown in strength and enthusiasm. Being ac- climated they successfully withstand the terrors of the sickly season, while the Span- ish soldiers are dying by thousands and have become thoroughly disheartened. Meanwhile the insurgents have framed a republican government and put it in force in the districts which they dominate. Ap- parently all that now remains for them to do in order to bein a position to demand recognition is the perfection of their gov- ernment and its institution to the extent which circumstances may permit, and pos- sibly the capture of some important sea- port. While all thisis going on the news comes that Spain has made a heavy call for troops and will double the army which she has on the island. These in large part will be raw recruits unfit for efficient fight- ingand with heavy natural odds to oppose and discourage them. $ Once the recognition of the nations is secured the downfall of Spanish power seems inevitable. The insurgents are fight- ing with a determination that borders on martyrdom, and that is the strongest of all elements in a rebellion. The consider- ation, even enthusiastic sympathy, with which General Campos is treated in the cities which he holds in the name of Spain cannot blind him to the fact that [the real heart of the people hates the Spanish yoke. The Spanish capitalists who fatten on the industry of the natives under the protection of Spain will not dare go too far in their support of the Spanish cause; already they have contracted a heavy bill, which the insurgents, if suc- cessful, will make them” pay with interest, and patriotism generally secks cover when capital is threatened. It is too early now to speculate on the success of the rebels; the fact as it exists is sufficient for the present. The interest of the United States in this struggle is immeasurably greater than that of any other country, except Spain, and the con- duct of the United States when the time | for recognition comes will largely deter- mine the character and extent of the bene- fits which we may enjoy from destruction of Spanish power. Between this consider- ation and our duty to Spain as to a great nation with whom we have amicable rela- tions but little social or commercial sym- pathy, our Government must pursue a course full of difficulties. These should not permit it to forget, however, that self- interest is the most binding of laws. MR. HUNTINGTON'S VISIT. Now that C.P. Huntington may visit San Francisco without fear of arrest, it may be interesting and instructive for him to know, from a source other than his agents and sycophants, what are the matters which might profitably receive his atten- tion. There are many of these, but there are a few of special impertance to which his notice should be drawn. It may or may not be his desire to adjust them in such a manner as to bring about a better fegling between his railroad and the pub- lic; and he may or may not be willing to regard any interests other than those of the Southern Pacific Company. In-any event it is well for him to know what is go- ing on. One of the most pressing of recent oe- currences is the scandalous zeal displayed byeight members of the San Francisco Board of Supexsisors in the interest of the Market- street Railway Company, which is the most important of all the branch concerns of the Southern Pacific. Not only has this company been seizing streets without any color of right or law, thereby rousing the bitter animosity of the people, but it has so conducted itself as to shock and outrage the public sense of decency by the rele- tions which it is generally believed to have established with what is derisively called the Solid Eight of the board. These offi- cers, in their manifest zeal to serve m- terests for which Mr. Huntington 1s re- sponsible, have openly defied and abro- gated the laws in order to grant special favors of great value for Mr. Huntington’s benefit. In that pursuit they have given and propose to give to the Market-street Railway Company franchises for streetcar lines illegally, and, it is generally believed, corruptly, and in that pursuit have so scandalized and outraged the sense of decency of the community as to become objects of attack, through the courts, by the Grand Jury and by bodies of citizens of the highest class organized to drive cor- ruption out of the City and send as many scoundrels as possible to the penitentiary. That is one matter for Mr. Huntington’s consideration. Another is the extraordinary action of the Democratic majority of the Rail- road Commission, These gentlemen were pledged before the election to reduce freights within the State at least 25 per cent, to reduce freight classifications at least half, and to institute such other re- forms as might be proper. They have failed to do so, with the inevitable result of rousing the indignation of the puplic and pointing a threatening and angry fin- ger at the long history of the Southern Pacific as the director of the conduct of public officers. This isa malodorous scan- dal, and it reflects directly upon the in- tegrity and honorable name ot the South- ern Pacific Company’s president, to say nothing of the serious bearing it may have on the welfare of the State. Still another matter is the proposed action of the State to oust the Southern Pacific from the possession of the Mission Bay tide lands, which, it is asserted, are held by that company under an unjust and illegal tenure, and therefore to the great prejudice of the State and City. Doubtless Mr. Huntington can devise some plan for restoring these valuable lands to their rightful owners, the people. Abandonment and surrender of claim would probably be the simplest, as that would save the heavy expense of litiga- tion. There are many other matters of a less grave nature. One is the belief that the Market-street - Railwvay Company aban- doned its electric road south of the park for the purpose of harassing Mr. Sutro and preventing the State from accepting his handsome gift of thirty acres of valuable land for the Affiliated Colleges. That matter has a very mean and contemptible look, and is deserving of Mr. Huntington's notice. The American Register of London and Paris sizes up the European idea of the situation in this country by saying: “While it would be almost ludicrous to throw the slightest doubt on the stability of American credit under all ‘circum- stances, it cannot be urged that confidence in the American Nation is equivalent to confidence in Democracy.” As a result of the opening of the big dry- dock at Southampton it is said that big ocean ships are already abandoning Liver- vool for London, and the fact is noted as another proof thzt in these days something more than natural advantages is needed to gain or to hold commerce and trade. It is reported that the planters of Louis- iana have a stock of 25,000,000 gallons of molasses left over from last year's crop, and while they are willing to give it away ar feed it to stock, they won’t put up even a spoonful of it to make taffy for Grover, MUST HAVE MORE ROOM. The present quarters of the San Francisco CALL have proven inadequate for the large increase of business consequent upon the growing popularity of that journal, and a new structure is to be erected on the eorner of Third and Market streets for its acommoda- tion. If THE CALL continues to grow as it has in the few months since C. M. Shortridge gained control the new building should be put up with a liberal allowance for extending their present facilities, for it will certainly be Pre-.w in the near future.~Ventura Free \ Fritz Hinckley is rather inclined to mix things up in an indiscriminate way. He sel- dom if ever ties himseli down to the prosaic side of life. At moments when many men would be silent Hinckley is bubbling over with conversation. Here is a slice of his conversation overheard yesterday in the Palace billiard-room when the gentieman was playing a game of 15-ball pool during the lunch hour with W. P. Fuller, who is, strangely enough, a silent player. ‘‘Say, Fuller, just watch me make this com- bination shot for the corner — one ball. By the way, did yon ever buy fruit from thé vend- ers who sell sixteen peaches for a nickel on the corner? Bank for the side. Well, it's a funny about it and urge its ad- rew attention to the sale, increased from day to day, tll Plg:nu ""’3 3 tal val es an us &hich ll&dfl{ e whole Times. Census Padding at Minneapolis. The Minneapolis census has been and is be- ing padded to a large extent with fictitions names. This fact was demonstrated by a St. Paul man who went up there and offered & number of purely fictitious names to the cen- sus committee; they were eagerly accepted and placed on the censusrolls, with no attempt whatever to verify them.—St. Paul Pioneer. Few Filibusters. i It must surprise the intelligent observer that the reckless and adventurous Americans who would naturally form filibuster expeditions to FRITZ HINCELEY MIXES UP HIS GAME WITH HORTICULTURAL CHAT. thing the way they can do a fellow on that sort of business. When you walk up to the wagon it seems—corner pocket—that each in- dividual peach is in perfect condition and just ripe enough to suit a queen. How was that, Fuller, for a long shot? The other day Isaw a wagon-load of the finest peaches you ever set your eyes on—double combination for the lower righthand pocket—and at once my mouth began to water. They were simply beauliful and I made a purchase, but—wait till T kiss that ball into the side—when I went into the bag to sample one I thought I hed & batch of hand-painted rocks. You never saw anything quite so rank in your life. The first was hard, the second was worm eaten—a little more chalk, I guess— and the rest were on a par—did you observe the cue ball get into position—with the first two? That is all, except the last one, which was decayed far beyond all hope of recovery. How many balls haveIgot? Yes, you can ‘wager that the slickest merchant in the town is the man on the cormer—here’s my pet shot, twice around the corners to the side pocket— with the fruit wagon. Six balls. Say, Fuller, T'll bet you & new hat you can’t buy a good peach from any one of those fellows in the City. Seven balls. Will you—I'll take a hard shot now and give you a chance for your money— bet?” 0, but I'll bet youanew suit of clothes that you don’t know how many balls you have made,” replied Fuller. “Why, seven, of course,” said Hinckley, sus- pending the game for & moment. “Well, you've made just three balls and the rest you counted were billiard shots. Ilet you g0 on to see where you would stop. You're the most absent-minded man I ever saw. You've been playing pool, billiards and peaches all over the table, and I move we call in & draw— of corks and treat the crowd. Can you raise my hand, Fritz?” i“Yes, with a tray—of champagne.” PERSONALS, ‘W. 8. Brush, & merchant of Cloverdale, is at the Grand. Judge Garrison Turner of Modesto is a guest at the Grand. E. J. Cahill, a civil engineer of San Martin, is at the Grand. Thomas Mootry Jr., a mining man of Idaho, is at the Grand. I Antonio Gonzales, & coffee-planter of Sal- vador, is at the Grand. H. C. Bell, a prominent merchant of Oroville, is staying at the Grand. Andrew Markham, & capitalist and railroad man of Santa Rosa, is at the Lick. P. McRae, a railroad contractor of Hanford, ‘was one of yesterday’s arrivals at the Lick. G. C. Hyatt, proprietor of the Union Iron Works of Stockton, is a guest at the Grand. Ex-Attorney-General A. L. Hart of Sacra- mento came down yesterday and put up at the Grand. J. C. Hoxie, a real estate and insurance man of Fresno, was one of yesterday’s arrivals at the Lick. > Lieutenant-Colonel Babbitt of the army came down from Benicia yesterday and registered at the Occtdental. Mrs. W. M. Felton, formerly of this City, now of Mazatlan, Mexico, arrived by the steamer Willamette Valley yesterday. E. Black Ryan, tax agent of the Southern Pacific Company, returned yesterday from Shasta, where he spent a short vacation. A. M. Duncan, a leading business man of Ukiah and member of the Board of Supervisors of Mendocino County, is staying at the Grand. John R. Chandler, who has been in Guate- meala as archzologist for the Government, ar- rived on the Colon yesterday on his way home to the East. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK, New York, Aug. 14.—Arrivals: San Francisco —W. G. Doane, Hoffman; G. Brooks, Marlbor- ough; E, A. Claxton, Everett; M. Epstein, Im- perial; J. Gammage, Mrs. Gotz and T. P. Col- cord, Grand Union; T. G. Lewis, St. Cloud; F. Fraosan, Astor; W. 8. Martin and J. C. Stubbs, Windsor. CALIFORNIANS IN UTAH, Ealt Lake, Utah, Aug. 14.—At the Knutsford, A. W. Somerfield, Tom C. Grant,San Francisco; at the Walker, Mrs. C. 0. Burton, Miss Burton, San Francisco. —_— FROM EASTERN EDITORS. “‘01d Glory’ Is Venerable. It may not be known to every citizen, but it ought to be, and likewise tanght to every school boy that the Stars and Stripes is the olaest flag of any nation, as well as the most glorious, says the New York Marine Journal. No flag has prior claim in point of years. The English poet who wrote about the Union Jack as “the flag that braved a thousand years the battle and the breeze” rather overstepped the literal; for the flag only dates its distinctive form from the formation of the United Kingdom in1801. T o s peatavis was Galy oo 3 2% of ards was only es- tablished in 1785. Tehepll“:liln and Gfll!mln banners are no older than the existing regimes of those countries. But the Stars and Stripes was proclalmed as the flag of the United States by resolution of Congress sed June 14, 17" And as for its glory, it s never been defeated, but achieved ‘the greatest victory ever won from the English, which is surely enough glory for any flag. No wonder, then, that our flag will ever be known as “old glory.” It has always had all the glory that any nation could aspire to attain. Our Alien Anarchists. It is high time that every foreigner seeking employment in this{ree land should be taught that the right of every other man, woman or child, black or white, to peaceably pursue their industries in sccordance with their agreements with employers = shall be respected, and that all who attempt to interfere with them shall be punished to the utmost extent of the law. Al ) no slien anarchist should be permitted to raise his voice in any section of the country against the freedom of labor or the rights of property, and the operators of Spring Valley should ai et etsdace e tiush mnnity.—l’hflld‘wbhhn ;;11:5:7 wEE The Philadelphia Loan. The successful sale of the 3 per centcity loan at par, directly to individual investors, has given a great dealof satiefaction to everybody ht‘.h Phu;gslyhh, and has attracted attention in other cities as well. It robably the first time 1 this enum.ri '.h:: P yuhlic’ loan has of at retail. been thus rved that the success of this Itis to be ol tion was largely due, as must always be the case, to good ad Nobody A_nymfl interest in 'a':';"a'fl'ufm llm / assist the Cuban patriots are so few. Most of the reports of expeditions armed and ready to sail for Cuba, or already on their way, are the creation of idle fancy or the magnified results of untrustworthy rumor. That & number, probably less than a thousand, of Cubans re- siding in the United States, have enlisted in the insurgent cause, there is reason to believe, but no reports from’the field of operations in- dicate the presence of any large number of Americans.—New York Commercial Advertiser. A Substitute for Champagne. No fault can be found with the use of a bou- quet of sweet peas, in lieu of a bottle of cham- pagne, at the launching of the latest shipdown at Bath, even though it is a departure from the conventional rule. The average young lady who is called upon to officiate at the christen- ing of a ship can handle & bouquet far more gracefully than she can a bottle of wine, and it wouldn't e a bad idea to put this floral no- tion from Bath in further practice when ships are 10 be launched.—Boston Herald. Hope for the Queensberrys. There is some hope for the Queensberry fam- ily after all, since Lord Sholto Douglas has had the luck to marry a girl who waxts to go to school and educate berself for the rank of mar- chioness. Every variety actress, after captur- ing a scion of nobility, hasn’t taken the tronble to go to school aiterward, but this California girl, who. has just applied for admissiontoa high school, deserves to win, not only an edu- cation, but her position, such as it is, in her husband’s family.—Boston Herald. Y ‘Woman’s Vote in Utah. The decision of Judge Smith jn the test case on the right of women citizéns to vote at the first State election will, we presume, settle the matter, at least so far as registration is con- cerned. There is now no reason why any regis- tration officer should decline to register the ladies An{ more than the gentlemen who make application. Those registrars who have been attending to this duty have done the Tight thing.—Salt Lake Herald, Shut Out Illiterates. “Shut out illiterates and you narrow down immigration a great deal,” said Senator Lodge in an interview the other day. Thisis true. The addition of an educational test is the next thing to be done to give us a better classof immigrants. Now that the flood of arrivals is increasing, it becomes all the more important that the next CDnfiTel! should act upen this urgent question.—Boston Jotrnal. A Wholesome Habit Lost. The New York Post used to have s habit, whenever it quoted anything from a newspa- per whose editor enjoyed a lucrative office of adding an explanatory parenthesis, thus (muz- zled): " We note that this custom has fall- en into disuse, and we think our contemporary should reviveit. It was a good, wholesome habit.—Memphis Appesl. The Big Combination. The significance of the Baldwin-Westing- house consolidation cannot easily be overesti- mated. Itisa true industrial co-operation of two gigantic plants equipped with the most advanced facilities. each in its own specialty, and their union will undoubtedly inaugurate an important new era in railroading.—Philadel- phia Record. SOMEWHAT CRITICAL. The life of a railroad agent at a busy station is not all sunshine, if a communication to the monthly magazine called the Railway Tele- grapher is to be credited. A correspondent to that publication writes: For the benefit of the disconsolate brethren, I beg to submit the following copies of letters which were actually received by an agent down East a few days since,and he is in tolerably good standing toboot. He got these letters all in one day: Dear Sir: 1 wantyou tounderstand that you are not superintendent of this road and that you are expected to attend to your own busi- ness. If 1 hear of any more of your imperti- nence you will be discharged immediately. Yours, etc., SUPERINTENDENT. Dear Sir: You neglected to run your pen through the Jast paragraph on the Excess Bag- gage Check you issued to Chicagoon the 3d of this month. The instructions are very plain on this subject and there is no visible reason for this careleseness. Another case of this kind will necessitate your removal from thatagency. Yours, etc., GENBEAL BAGGAGE AGENT. Dear Sir: No. 21 left delay reporis at your station at 3:30 last P. M., and you did not get it into this office until 4:20, a delay of fiity minutes. There is no excuse for this, and if it occurs again you will be discharged. Yours, ete., TELEGRAPH SUPERINTENDENT. Dear Sir: When were you instructed to in- clude prepaid receivea in your daily balance? I notice inu have done this all through the month of May. From the length of time you have been agent for this compsany one would think you would begin to_have some sense in making up your report. When this office asks the superintendent to remove an agent we nearly always get satisiaction. Yours, ete., AUDITOR. Dear Sir: There were two days’ car report in your envelope received here yesterday, thus showing that you are growing careless. About four weeks since this happened for the first time with you. This report is important and we will not be troubled with delays, and the next time it occurs we will use our influence to get you removed. Yours celc‘, AR ACCOUNTANT. Dear Sir: Mr. B—k of your station com- plains that you quoted him rate of $50 on cattle stan car to Chicago. The tariff shows rate of #52. I would like for you to st- tach your authority for naming this rete. We are having too much trouble through this ne- glect of agents and it has been decided to make an example of you. Yours ete., AGENT. GENERAL FREIGHT AGENT. Dear Sir: 1 have asked that voucher be issued in your favor for , the difference be- tween the first and second class ticket fare from your station to Kansas City. You were very careless in failing to punch the ticket *se¢- ond” class, and while we should allow you to standit, we were inclined to help you out in this case, at the same time do not let it occur again, or it will get you into trouble. Yours, ete. GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT. Dear Sir: You understand that no excuse ean be accepted jor dehlu to fast freights. What excuse have you to offer for delaying No. 29 to load cabbage? Yours, etc., Dear Sir: Why don’t you send my box beans to me? I was in there the nthery(hy ll:i. told you when they would be brought down. I have stood this as long as I am going to and will report you to the superintendent if that box ain’t here to-morrow, SaAM DEAN, Dear Sir: Please return at once papers in e Bt e el . You hel unch of T3 once at which time you were wnmmot to let it £ cur again. Can you give any reaso] should put up with thfi? Yn;n, atg; il CLATM AGENT. Dear Sir: Why don’t. m see that the tank at your place is not al ed to weaken the foundation? I shall the superintendent. You WATER ete., : If the tim o mn‘ha:n‘ot ‘ou:. m&fiffififlfl bappy and independent. You:m;:l';n?: » Fatger. The tambourine is a combinati drum and rattle. It is lonnlg:e m on Egyptian monuments 2000 B. & loan was taken.— Philadelphia OFINIONS OF EDITORS. San Francisco experts assert that more than & half-million dollars are sent out of California every year for cigars. We have just as good cigar-makers in this State as can be scared up anywhere. We can import and grow as good tobacco as any State. What, then, is the trou- ble? Eastern manufacturers advertise heav- ily and California manufacturers don’t. This is the whole secret. Eastern brands are house- hold wordsand California brands are unknown. See?—Redlands Citrograph. Labor is respectable if it is honest and legiti- mate, and the girl who behaves herself, minds her own business, is modest, decent and well- behaved is a genuine lady regardless of whether she sits in in the xitchen or the par- lor, and no “gentleman” would for a moment think of insulting her. When women them- selves cease to look down on domestic work the other half of humanity will entertain & better opinion of it also.—Los Angeles Express. A movement is on foot to prevent the use of the National flag for advertising purposes. It should be successful. If nothing else is sacred against the demands of progressive business the stars and stripes should be. The flag should have such reverence as it deserves and it is difficult to feel it when the banner is used to advise the world to “Try Bing's Pills.” We hope that the spirit of this movemant will crystallize into law.—Fresno Republican. It seems to us that the State at large should assist the Miners’ Associetion in their fight against the railroad company. The develop- ment of our mines means millions to the State every year, and if the railroad people are al- lowed to unlawfully get possession of va: tracts of mineral land the State will receive no benefit thereirom unless it pays a heavy toll. Immediate action is necessary.—Auburn Re- publican. . ‘We want the right to trade at home and want that home trade protected. We want free inter- state commercial relations. The State of Utah demands protection to her mines, her factories, her farmers, her herders and all her interests. The Republican party guarantees these rights.—Manti (Utah) Messenger. Many Adams County farmers sow wheat and sit down and kick, and almost every day wagons from the Palouse and Walla Walla sections are seen peddling fruit on the streets of Ritzville and every east-bound express train unloads large quantities of vegetables.— Ritzville (Wash.) Times, A careful estimate shows that since Cleve- land was inaugurated the second time the wool-clip of the United States has fallen off 100,000,000 pounds. Democratic fre¢-trade in wool is more fatal to American sheep than the hoof disease.—Los Angeles Times. Upofi the advent of the next Nationalad- ministration, the Treasury Department will be able to dispense with its present London bond syndicate, as Republicans have never neéded a wetnurse.—Tacoma Ledger. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. TERRY-BRODERICK—*‘One of Many,”!Antioch, Contra Costa County, Cal. The duel between Terry and Broderick was fought in San Fran- ciseo County on the 13th of Sevtember, 1859, near the Laguna de la Merced. The primary cause that led to it was an utterance during a speech in which Terry, who upheld the Bu- chanan party, made an attack on Broderick, who was a Douglass Democrat, and charged him with being a political boss. When Broder- ick heard this he said: “During Judge Terry’'s inearceration by the Vigilance Committee I paid §200 a week to support a newspaper in his defense. I have also stated heretofore that I considered him the only honest man on the Supreme bench, but I take it all back.” Brod- erick refused to retract this language and he was challenged. The duel came off in spite of the best efforts of friends to avojd it. Both were armed with dueling pistols, set with hair- trigger, and when the word was given, after the code duello had been read, Broderick moved his right arm toraise it and while doing 80 the weapon was discharged. The bullet entered the ground a few feet in front of Terry. His antagonist then fired and the bullet struck Broderick in the breast, rsroducing a fatal wound. There is no record that before the duel “Broderick practiced in a shooting-gallery and rang the bell several times.” ~ MINING CLAT—L. K.R., City. Lands valu- able for deposits of minerals, such as fire clay and pottery elays, marble, asphalt, sods, sul- phur, diamonds, or of the precious and common metals, are subject to sale under the mining laws. Alocation must be first made and re- corded. Certain sums must be expended an- nuslly, and £500 worth of labor and improve- ment must be laid out on the claim before patent can be applied for. The amount of mineral land that a single person cau take ns is twenty acres. A company may take up 121 acres. The land on the beach in the vicinity of the Cliff House on which it is said there are deposits of fine gold is not Government land, but private property. Traces of gold have been found in the sand all along the coast. GOVERNMENT LAND—C. F. L., City. One way to learn about Government land, farming or grazing, that is open to settlers in the State of California is to write to the land office of the district in which the settler desires to locate and obtain a plat of the land so open. The fee for such a plat is 81. The land offices are at Humboldt, Independence, Los Angeles, Marys- ville, Redding, Secramento, San Francisco, Stockton, Susanville and Visalia, These plats are approximately correct, or they may be absolutely correct on the day of publication, but within a week some of the land marked “vacant” may have been taken up. The best ‘way is to view the land in person. AssessMENT WORK—M. F.C., City. The law requires that on every mining claim, until the same shall have been patented, there shall be performed every year not less than $100 worth of work. The operation of this law was sus- nded during the year 1894, except in the tate of South Dakota. If three men own Lointly three adjoining claims they cannot do worth of work on one claim and say that they have complied with the law. They must do at least $100 worth of work on each claim. The work may be done at sny time within the year. To DIxoN ON A WHEEL—A. 8., City. The most practical route to reach Dixon, Solano County, by wheel from this City is to go from here to Oakland, then from there to Port Costa, ferry across to Benicia, then take the county road to Vallejo, Fairfield, Elmira, Batavia and ixon. On a good wheel weighing not over twenty-three pounds & good cycler ought to make the distance in & day. ‘The roads are fairly good, but at this time, no doubt, very dusty. ENGLISH GRAIN SHIPS—W. W.; City. The average voyage of an English grain ship from this port to Liverpool is from 180 to 140 days. The pay of a captain of such a vessel is gen- ean 100 & month. That of the first mate is usually $40 a month. ~ Neither of these officers receivesa mtage on the cargo. Nearly ail of the grain vessels thas have sailed from this port since the 15th of last June have carried away part of the Fair wheat. CLUBS AND SOCIETIES—A. A. R., City. There are clubs and societies in this City in which sociological, economical and scientific subjects are discussed, but not all three in any one club or society. Among the number may be - tioned the Flbll.l‘l“club, the Bouielyyni &:l‘;’i— ism applied to Christianity, Academy of %cuneu. C‘fl?ltl cl‘;hhnnw%?l%flw ety, roscopical Society, Sierra Clul geo- (uph!ur societles, iy 'VOTING QUALIFICATION—Citizen, City. In the following-named States, an alien who has de- clared his intention to become a citizen of the United States is entitled to vote the time pre- vious to election that he shall have declared such intention, “ryin&ln some of these States: Alabame, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, [ndi- m H e m‘l&:bllc{aln;. Minunesota, Oregon, &nlh Dakota ufil:éon:n‘? Fegxe RENT RECEIPT-M. M., City, rent that read, “from August 1 to September 1,” means that the rent is paid up to, but not including the first day of September. As a B denbatien; el e e 1@ da month commences, as it might ;o‘t‘u‘: g;::l: ient to surrender thq on which the m.&?fi:‘.flffi'flf s e PARTY Vore—H. M.F., City. At the Presi- dential eloction 1n 1892 fhe parts you 1 the State of California was: Democratic 118,293, 'publican 118,149, Populist 25,352 an: Tohibitionist 8129, ' At the State election in A receipt for 1894 the vote B B e s St i ANATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL.—If two amateur baseball nines play for a sum of money and the winning club divides it among the members that act makes them all but {f tho money won'ix used for the benetit of the nine—such as Dalls, ba and the “‘é"-%?'.h.- out 3 CASH FOR THE NEW HUAI]{ The Third Assessment of 10 Per Cent Levied Upon the Stock. FLATTERING SHOWING MADE, Extraordinary Amount of Work Done With the Money so Far : Contributed. The directors of the Valley road have levied an assessment of 10 per cent.on the stock. At the meeting Tuesday afternoorn the question of finances was given a great deal of consideration. Estimates of money needed for immediate construction were submitted by the chief engineer and state- ments showing the financial condition of the company by the secretary. The result was the directors concluded that 1t would be necessary to issue a call -on the stock- holders for 10 per cent of the capital. This makes the third assessment of.10 per cent, or 30 per cent in all. Qut of the first 20 cents.on the dollar of subscribed stock a very flattering showing has been madde, ana directors, engineer and executive secretary feel proud of what they have done. As one assessment represents abouti $240,000, so far only $480,000 has been ex- pended in the large amount of wox_'k doqe upto date and for materials. ‘With this sum or money omices have been estab- lished, engineering equipment secured and supplies for building over 100 miles of rail- wn}ly bought and paid for. . hree engineering parties have been maintained in the valley for months, sur- veying a route for the road, and they have completed more than half the surveys, including bridge and river work. The line is staked out from Stockton to the Merced River. Second lines have been run to Merced from that point by the.same eorps of engineers. - From “Fresno south two preliminary surveys have .been made by two parties, one through. Hanford on the westerly side and another via Visalia toward the east and coming together again about midway between Hanford and Bakersfield the surveyors determined upon a junction. 'Then one party continued southward and has_worked so well its camp is just six miles from Bakersfield, where the engineers are now engaged on the sounthern.end of the Valley railway. The third corps of surveyors returned to Fresno and has already run a secondary line below Hanford, while the original arty is working on a- secondary line into Kderced. All this accomplished, there is but a short gap between Merced and Fresno, about fifty-five miles, to be sur- veyed. eaders of THE CALL are familiar with what has been done in the way of con- struction. Grading is almost finished from Stockton harbor to the city limits, a trestle over Mormon Channel is nearing completion and the contracts for grading and trestling the first section to the Stan- islaus River have been let. Three locomotives of the highest type, now in the yards at Stockton, have been paid for, and the great piles of ties, spikes, bolts, fishplates and steel rails at the same place were bought for cash, which was ‘paid out long since by the directors. Even the cargoes of several thousand tons of rails, coming here from the East on sailing ships, have been paid for by draftson Eastern banks. At the meeting Tuesday not a dollar was due except for current ex- ponses of this month. It was estimated that with the money from the third assessment the directors will be able to finish the road to the Tuo- lumne River at least, including the pur- chase of rotling-stock and bridgzes, MUST SHOW THE NATIONAL FLAG. An Order to Fly the Emblem on All Federal Buildings. Custodians of public buildings have been instructed by the Treasury Department that the flag of the United States shall be hoisted over all public buildings under the control of the department during hours of business, and on February 22, May 30 and July 4 from sunrise to sunset, except when stormy whether prevents its display, ‘When one of these three days falls on Sun- day the flag sbhall be displayed on the day that it is observed locally. On May 30 flags should be placed at half-staff. The revenue flag wifi also be displayed over Custom-houses. Miss Ray Frank to Speak. Miss Ray Frank of Oakland will deliver an address in the Temple Emanu-El on Saturday morning at 10 A. M. Miss Frank is a noted lady preacher, and was one of the speakers at the Chicago Wemen's Religious Congress. o BacoN Printing Company, 508 Clay stresc. * —————— BROKEN, mixed candies, 10¢1b, Townsend’s.* — e ROBEECS, 220 Sutter—*“‘Cards by the million.” ————— Ocean Excursions. Steamship Pomona, to Santa Cruz and Mon- terey, leaves Saturdays, 4 P. x., due back Mon- dtays,'.b A. M. Ticket office, 4 New Montgomery stree o — e e 3000 patrons attest that Dr. Eady’s method of extracting teeth has no equal. No pain, no danger, no after effect. 822 Geary street. * ——————— E. MARTIN & Co., the liquor merchants, are at 411 Market street. The fact that their re- moval has not resulted in the loss of any of their old patronsis the best evidenee of fair and. honest dealing. The high standard of their wines and liguors has long been known. * —————— PURE blood and a vigorous organism offer no foothold to disease germs, the seeds of the giant evil, Take Hood’s Sarsaparilla to purify the blood and give you new life and vigor. e . ALL persons afiicted with dyspepsia will find immediate relief and sure cure by using Dr. Siegert’s Angostura Bitters. e e — Squildig—I told Van Braam to go and soak his head. MecSwilligen—The advice was nseless. No pawnbroker would advance a dime on it.— Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. OUR NUMBER o%l MARKET ST. The Name IS COLUNBIAN WOOLEN MILLS, Wholesale Tailors and Clothing Manu- facturers. Bowareof (he irms tryig o dosse you by &n infringoment on-our name.