The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 21, 1895, Page 6

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Do not let it miss you for you will Crders given to the carrier, or left at , 710 Merket street, will recelve For Democra t present all politics is a faction fight. B otallism is not 8 new issue and it no new party. The money of the constitution isthe only sound - money for the N The - goldbug protects the treasury, but it does it at the expense of the peop! g The Bast will take-mnotice that the voice of the Silver Convention is the voice of the Golden State. The ustal dead sure thing for the Demo- crdts in Kentucky gives way this yearto a living showing for the Republicans. Look for your friends at the Mechanies’ E if they are not there you will find g worth looking at anyhow. Home rule for Ireland and home rule for Cuba are two battles for freedom thas eught to be won by the men of this gen- eration. In Ohio as elsewhere the Democrats are between the devil and the deep sea, with no choice other than to take water or go to-hades. Before the administration men pro- nounce for.Vilas as a Presidential candi- date they should teach the people how to pronounce his name. If Senator Brice saw any valuable ex- pectations of a Presidential nomination the chances are he would pocket them i trom a force of hab People who go to the exposition should make a careful study of home products ex- hibited there and see how far they can :supply all home needs. Next to the alleged third-term move- ‘ment the most futile idea in the politics of the day is the belief of the goldbugs that the revival of trade would side-track the silver question. Manley of Maine was correct in saying: | “The effect of a National campaign start- inig on the Pacific and moving majestically | eastward to the Atlantic would be some- thing superb in pol ! *". The Atlanta Exposition promises as a novelty a complete exhibition of all recent inventions made by women, and the ex- pectation is that it will prove a surprise party to the average man. “The success of the popularloan in Phila- delphia shows that if this country needs to borrow money it would be cheaper as well'as better to go to the people for it in- stead of a foreign syndicate. 1f subordinate officials like Comptroller Bowler can set aside an act of Congress, as the courts are in the habit of doing, legislative bodies in this country will soon be overcome by that tired feeling. If leading Republicans in Maine are in favor of holding the next National Con- vention eof the party in San Francisco there dét¥diflly can be no valid objection from other Stateson account of distance. The fact that the boy who caused the disastrous boiler explosion at Denver escaped without a scratch is called miracu- Jous, but it seems only another proof of the "old saying that a born fool never gets hurt. The statement of so eminent a man as Cannon of Illinois that he is a bimetallist but opposed to the free coinage of silver shows that even in the mouths of intelli- gent men the old gag still has power to work. The state of the weather in Delawarecan be estimated from the report that the wax| figure of a summer girl in a shop window was recently melted by the heat, this being the only instance on record of such a thing as melting a summer girl. Californ.a is not the only State that has had trouble with her Board of Equaliza- tion, for complaint is made in 1ilinois that the board there has left untaxed $100,- 000,000 in the State at large and made it up by mistreating Cook County. The Kentucky plan of conducting acam- paign by joint debates between the oppos- ing candidates for Governor ought to be adopted in all States, for it givesthe people achance to hear both sides and thereby enables them to vote more intelligently on election day. Itis estimated that it costs the State of Ohio $5000 to send a man to the peniten- tiary and an equal amount to maintain him there for the average term of confine- ment. The publication of the estimates “have startled the taxpayers, and they are now-trying to devise a more comprehen- sive system of reforming the bad boys. - The August number of the Commercial Traveler, aside from appearing 1n a new .- form and dress, comes out under the edi- - " torship of D. M. Fraser, formerly a special <, writer for THE CALL. The new editor out- - lines a policy which promises an exten- -sion of the scope of the Traveler's labors *._and generally to improve the paper in the interests of the powerful class which it : ‘Tepresents. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1895 AN UNEXPECTED GHOST. There has suddenly appeared—and it is remarkable as coming from the Southern States alone—an objection to Government aid for the Nicaragua canal. Itis based on the ground that the Government's ex- perience with its aided overland lines has been a sufficient warning. We are glad that the issue has been raised, for in one aspect it is rational, though shortsighted, and in another it may assist toward a solution of the railroad debt. It brings to view the oid, old ques- tion of burdening the future with the er- rors of the pastand ignores the fact that the best knowledge is that to which error has given birth. The position of the Government toward the subsidized overland lines is indeed piti- able. Leaving out of consideration Mr. Huntington’s personal influence as a factor in the determination of the Government's policy, we are still left to face one of the gravest problems that ever confronted a veople, While there is no desire among sensible persons to push the Government’s claims against the railroad company to a voint beyond which the usefulness of that company as an agency for the prosperity of California may be exercised, there is still a wish that the company shall be made sub- servient to the Government and that a rea- sonable plan should be devised for the can- cellation of its debt. Our Southern friends should not take the old policy of the Government toward the Central Pacific, nor Mr. Huntington’s present ability to avoid a legal obligation, as a measure of the sentiment which per- vades the country at this time, The very fact that the Government made a loose bargain with the Central Pacific and has been made to suffer in consequence is all the greater reason for its knowing how to avoid such errors in the future. The posi- tion of the South in this matter is peculi- arly unfortunate in two aspects—one that its idol is in the Presidential chair, and the other that the South is in a more direct geographical aspect to enjoy the benefits of the canal than any other part of the country. Charging the errors of long ago to the chances of the Cleveland administration to repeat them is as cruel to the Democracy as it is unjust to the sentiment of the country. The South might reflect that the difficul- ties with regard to the settlement of rela- tions between the Government and the aided overland lines have only taught us wisdom that should be applied to future contingencies, and that the opportunities which the Nicaragua situation present have a special value in enabling us to avoid the errors of the past and to give aid to a great enterprise in which private interests shall not have the controlling in- fluence. OLEAR LAKE'S LEVEL. The towns and the owners of private lands bordering on Clear Lake are alarmed lest the company which is preparing to erect a great electric plant on Cache Creek, the outlet of the lake, will reduce the level of the lake four feet and thus leave large areas dry. A committee has been appointed to ascer- tain the rights of the property-owners in the premises, and the prevalent feeling is one of great hostility to the enterprise, It is a pity and seemingly unnecessary that any cause should have been created for the raising of this question. Next to the Folsom plant this is the largest scheme for generating electric power that has been presented in this State. Numer- ous electric railroads have been planned to be operated with this power, including a line for each of the two splendid valleys of Napa and Sonoma, besides light and power for a much wider area and for innwmera- ble purposes. The installation of such a plant would add millions of dollars to the wealth of the State. But why should it be necessary to lower the level of Cache Creek for the purpose? Even a most primitive knowledge of en- gineering can imagine no reason for i ter the four feet of water which it is proposed to be used from the present level of the lake have been employed in the gen- eration of power, what good could the lowered level accomplish? Not a great distance after it leaves thbe lake Cache Creek enters a deep gorge, which it pur- sues for many miles until it emerges into the Sacramento Valley. It cuts its way eastwardly through high mountains. The fall is very great after it enters the gorge, and at any point therein a flame could be constructed for the purpose of furnishing the necessary head of water for driving turbines. The lowering of the lake's surface four feet would require the cutting of a canal to that depth below the present level of the creek as it crosses the comparatively level stretch between the lake and head of the gorge. It seems irrational to assume that any benefit whatever could be drawn from the lowering of the lake,and it appears clear that such a course would only in- crease the difficulties and expense of in- stalling the plant. The lake is a rare and beautiful sheet of water, and every loyal Californian is interested 1n seeing that its beauties are not marred. | omre e e g A MATTER OF AREAS. The Chicago Journal is amusing itself at the expense of San Francisco. This comes after all the praise that THE CALL has given Chicago as the highest exponent of those virile forces which represent American energy in its most puissant form. Always under the present management of TmE Cavr Chicago has been held up as an ex- ample of the best and highest achieve- ments of American energy and patriotism. ‘We have shown that in securing for that city the Columbian Exposition Chicago administered to New York, and to its smug and complacent sense of superiority, a re- buke which was aimed directly at that American complacency and self-satisfac- tion that is antagonistic to all reasonable conceptions of progress and independence. It seems, therefore, somewhat ungra- cious on the part of & great newspaper of Chicago to publish such a thing as this: “Weare informed by the morning dis- patches from San Francisco that Mayor Sutro has ‘offered the State university Regents thirteen acres of land within the City limits on which to erect buildings for the affiliated colleges of the university.’ This is very beneficent on the part of Adolph Sutro. Thirteen acres ‘within the City limits’ sounds quite princely, It is something less than 300 yards square, and if carved out of the heart of San Francisco would be a magnificent piece of ground. But there are several hundred patches of thirteen acres in the City of S8an Francisco over which the crow in its lonely flight is about the only thing that casts a shadow from one year’s end to another. Sutro cwns as fine a set of rocky promontories as ever got lost in an incoming Pacific fog. The entire southern end of the peninsula on which it stands is within the corporate limits of the ‘City and County of San Fran- cisco” Much of it is better shooting ground than the Tolleston Club owns.” Had the Journal been properly informed it would have known that a great many years ago, long before the peovle of San Francisco ever dreamed that their City would be even as great as it is, the State Legislature passed sn act incorporating the City and County as one, and that this was done solely as a measure of economy; that San Francisco County had already been established forty-five years; that as so established upon the admission of the State into the Union it was the neck of a narrow peninsula between the ocean and the bay, and that when the wonderful growth of the City began it was discovered that although the City proper covered only a small part of the County, it was growing so rapidly that in time it must embrace the whole. Thus extensive unimproved areas were included within the limits. The econ- omy resulting from a consolidation of County and municipal functions has pro- duced beneficent resalts, and the wisdom of the scheme has been made apparent in the rapid settlement of the uninhabited districts. Had the double expénse attach- ing to a City and County government been permitted to run, the progress of San Fran- cisco might have been delayed. The unsettled regions of San Francisco have many large owners, including Adolph Sutro. All this land is within the City limits, and every foot of it is valuable. Any one of these large property-owners who offers any number of acres as a gift to the State declares himself a public bene- factor. The situation in San Francisco is some- what different from that at Chicago. San Francisco has never extended its limits for any purpose, for it has never extended them at all. Tt bas never aimed to make a fictitious showing with regard to its popu- lation and growth by extending its boun- daries to include the densely settled and very wealthy towns and cities that lie con- tiguous to it. It has never aimed to pur- sue a course in this regard which would enable it to compare populations with New York or any other city in the country. It has never tried to extend its limits intoun- settled regions where wolves are encoun- tered and have to be shot before houses can be built. It has depended only on Providence and its own worth, and if there is anything in this out of which Chicago may draw comfort we shall be grateful for the fact. A SPLENDID VIEW. It must be difhicult for San Franciscans to imagine the glories of the view which will be obtainable from the cafe in the dome of the new CaiL building on the southwest corner of Market and Third streets. They have never had any such high elevation in the lower part of the City from which to enjoy an outlook. It is remembered that for many years after the construction of the Palace Hotel an ascent to the roof for the purpose of view- ing the outlook was a regular fashion, and that hardly had it subsided when the still loftier tower of the Chronicle building gave a new impetus to the pastime. As the floor of THE CALL building’s dome, which isto be used fora cafe, will be 265 feet above the street, or so Mgh that all the other buildings and towers of the down- town region will be far below, the view will be incomparably superb. This idea of having a restaurant in the sky is not new in the United States, but will be a novelty in San Francisco. The lofty Mills building in New York and the Bullett building in Boston are provided with this luxury, and the success of the experiment has been phenomenal. With swift elevators to carry patrons to the dome all physical exertion is eliminated, and one is brought into clear, wholesome air uncontaminated by proximity to the street, flooded with light and immured in absolute quiet. Imagine 4 circular restaurant in the dome of T CALL building seventy feet in diameter, constructed of steel, marble, glass and bronze, and fitted up in the most exquisite taste. Imagine tables placed all around the circumference of the circle, each against a window affording an un- obstructed view of that partof the City which it faces. Imagine, besides that, a rail-inclosed promenade outside the dome and inclosed by the cornice of the great square building, with a handsome, sub- stantial tower on each of the four corners. Could a prospect more beautiful, ora more comfortable means of enjoying it be found ? For this will not be a view from a sooty roof or a small tower, but from the broad windows of a handsome restaurant, where one may sit at ease and in comfort. As this elevation will be equal to that of some of the taller hills of the City, Mount Diablo will be seen to rise far above the Contra Costa hills. The whole stretch of the bay, from Alviso to the Straits of Car- quinez, will fall under the view, with the forests of masts which fret its surface and all the towns and cities which line its shore from Alameda around to Sausalito. The Golden Gate will open generously to the view, for Nob Hill will not be sufficiently high to shut it out, and perhaps the ocean may be seen gleaming to the south of Lone Mountain., Far away to the north, east and south the mountains will appear in all their variety of color and contour. Nearer at hand the scene will be none the less charming, for there lies the City itself. No part of it east of Lone Mountain will escape, and the view will extend throughout the Mission. So noble a view cannot be found in all the City. J. P. Tighe has commenced the publi- cation of the Western Cigar and Tobacco Journal in this City, the first issue of which is just out. Itisdevoted to the up- building of the cigar and tobacco trade of the coast as represented by the home fac- tories. Itisan earnest advocate of home industry, and judging from the first issue, which is typographically neat and fall of business, it will prove a great help to the trade. The forest fires in Washington have be- come a matter of serious importance and unless the people devise some system of State supervision and protection the com- monwealth may lose a large part of one of the richest of her natural resources. Such supervision would of course cost a great deal of money, but it would pay in the long run. The relations of the Irish party to the Conservative Government in England were ably expressed in a single sentence by Mr. Healy in the words: ‘It represents merely the fluctuating spasms of English politics, while we stand for the permanent forces of Irish Nationality.” Electric-cars have been prohibited on the road from Berlin that runs past the Tech- nical Institute, because the scientific ex- periments would be affected by the cur- rents, but in this country it would take something more than science to stop a trolley line where the public needed it. In nearly every California enterprise, from a railroad to an art school, there are to be seen in these days abundant evi- dences of increase and improvement, about the only exception being the Southern Pa- cific, where there is-indeed an increase, but no improvement. —_— The fight for the next Republican con- vention is said to lie between San Fran- cisco, Denver, Buffalo and Pittsburg; and ‘we ought to be able to make a Pacific com- bination with Denver and get away with the Eastern villages, /AROUND THE CORRIDORS. There are cases when a man's fidelity to the cause of silver may work injury to his reputation for truth and veracity. This happened 1o Sam Davis recently in this city, and he takes a great deal of pleasure in telling the story on himself, Each time it is & little different, but the idea is generally the same. The last time he unfolded it was in the Occi- dentsl Hotel, where he told it to some silver men. “I was getting shaved in a barber-shop on Powell strect,” said Sam, “and when I was about half-scraped the man shaving me in- quired whether or not Le had ever seen me in New Jersey. Itold himIhed just come from SAM DAVIS, RECENTLY FROM NEW JERSEY, [Sketched from life for the “Cull” by Nankivel.] there, and he wanted to know how things were in that section. Isaw a good chance todo the silver cause & good turn and at once began to tell him that the entire State was on the verge of falling into the silver camp, and that the voters were very much dissatisfled with the two old parties and were getting ready to bolt at the signal from the silver men. He wanted to know how it was in New York, and I told him that the leagues were working things so that at the election there would be a big ma- jority for the silver ticket from top to bottom. He didn’t seem to be very anxious about New York, however, so I got back to New Jersey. “Did you ever live in Newark? ‘Certainly,’ I replied; -that's the town I just left’ ‘Well, how are the Republicans doing there? ‘Why, the party has gone to the dogs. There isn’t a decent man in the party who would be seen at & Republican meeting. It is just as good as & failure in business to say a word against free coinage, and the Democrats busted up long ago.’ «] pumped this kind of information into the barber for about ten minutes and he swore that if old New Jersey was going for free coinage he would get out and join the ranks him- self, as anything indorsed by that State was all right. Before I knew what had struck him he was tossing tree-coinage arguments into the other barbers, and in a few moments we had the whole shop wild over the possibilities of bimetallism. Everybody who came in. was pounced upon, and we were stacking up quite arecord. He said he was delighted to meet a good New Jersey man, and that I talked like one and was just the right sort of a man to shave (at the regular rates) and that it was a great treat to have a few words with & man ‘who knew what he was talking about. Every- thing was going on smooth and even and I was getting my hair brushed with the greatest care when in walked Lem Allen of Nevade. ««Hello, Davis!’ he exclaimed, ‘when did you get down from Carson?’ “Excuse me, sir,” I answered, “you have made a mistake. Iem from New Jersey and my name is Thompson.” ‘“*Like — it is. What kind of a job are you working on these barbers? Are you working yourself off as a tourist from the East? Come, getout of that chair, Sam. I want to have my whiskers combed.” “I attempted to explain to Allen that he was mistaken, but he kept calling me names and abusing me to the tonsorialists until I had to laugh and admit that I had not been to New Jersey for some years, but that at one time I was a resident of that #tate. Lem kept up his abuse until the crowd began to look upon me with suspicion, and I finally left, I don’tsup- pose Allen will ever realize what a fatal famil- iarity he exercised on that oceasion, nor does he appreciate the harm he has done the cause of free coinage. Somebody had ought to post him to keep his mouth shut when another silver man has got the floor, but I don’t suppose he will ever learn. You know Lem is a farmer, not a politician, EASTERN EDITORS. Journalism and Religion, A sensational report of & camp-meeting pre- sents the rural idea of journalism in the ex- treme. A fake marriage that was not to be was advertised, while a part of the services en- titled “‘Christians for consecration” was styled “ ginners for conversion.” The distinction, emfichlly to religious people, is rather notice- able. e. Itis only justto the church 1peop\e to say that they are averse to sensations, and that they also seriously object to having their services connected with bathing in the swim- mlng pool and bicycling on the road home- ward.—Arizona Gazette. How to Eat Corn. Now that corn on the cob has appeared upon our dinner tables may I suggest thatit should be eaten from the coband notcut off, or, if cut off at all, to be cut with a dull knife. If the knife be sharp enough to make a clean cut ot the grain it will also cut with it the ligneous substance in which the grain is imbedded, and this substance is as indigestible as sawdust, and is ‘izmw as irritating to the lining of the stomach and bowels. In biting the grain from the cob the woody substance is left on the cob, the teeth pressing the grain from its bed, rather than taking a part of the bed with it.— New York Sun. A Delusion and a Cheat. The present redemption policy is a delusion and a cheat. It isasystem of maintaining a pretense of redemption by throwing the coun- try into debt. The Government is borrowing money to pay dividends. If the gold policy were the only one the country could pursue financial ruin'would be the resuit. The credit of the Government is ntained b; of the enormous wealth of the country, in spite of the false pretense of gold redemption.—Cincinnati Enquirer. The Electrical Locomotive. It is plain that the day of the application of electricity to our steam railways has arrived. It is stated that before the end of this month a new_electrical locomotive will be completed which can be used on elevated rail: and in the suburban service, and that a5 soon as meirm are successfully applied in one place their use will be universal.—Boston Heral The New York Sunday Law. The crime of “oppression in office’” consists in the use of law to diminish or destroy free- dom instead of to maintain and enlarge it. Every use of the police power to regulate pri- 'vate habits or -oclngomz‘-mm is an oppression in office.—New York World. ' The Voice of the Cuckoo. The President has stood like & rock whem anything but a rock would have trembled, He has been the anchor which held the ship of y the Ieop\e'l confidence in its stability, and their |- nowled; luteflwhu: zou l]’lh high and wrl;on -n:hnz ‘moorin, ind only such a mooring mea safety. 51t o desires that_the Ple. shall have & chance to say “Well done” the Democratic convention ean be safely trunlfied tosafely pass on that desire.—Brooklyn Eagle. In the Hot East. The pitiable slavery of men to standing col- lars and starched shirt fronts brings its own punishment in our dog days. The outing-shirt, the straw hat, the gauze underwear and loose end light-weight underclothing have done much to mitigate the inevitable discomfort. A ratioual regimen as to_diet and an avoidance of hurry and worry assist in the amelioration. ea for yr‘og:.lle?;w en it nfie:n{h ov.‘hsr ple’s WS of wha! roper—I a8 — New York World, e a » * An Unworthy Discrimination. It is the right and duty of the United States Government to demand Waller's immediate release. We would make such a demand were he detained by some insignificant South Ameri- can republic, and our failure to make an im- gepnvo demand of the French Republic will e taken as significant of an unworthy dis- crimination as to how we make National de- mands.—Chicago Journal. Judicial Salaries. The salaries paid to the Judges of the high courts in Great Britain are snfficient to com- mand the best talent over there. From the Lord High Chancellor with §5¢ & year and the Lord Chief Justice with 000 and the Judges of the high courts with ,000 each, it is & long step downward to the salaries of fixdicllsl officers in this country. — Boston erald. Thus Says 8t. Paul. The inability of Minneapolis to understana the questions inyolved in an honest census must be diagnosed as moral atrophy.—St. Paunl Pioneer Press. PERSONAL. Dr. A. 0. Ostrum from Yuma isat the Grand. L. M. Burros, a Santa Rosan, is at the Cali- fornia. Dr. Palmer of Panama 15 a guest at the Bald- win Hotel. Judge S. F. Geil of Salinas is at the Occi- dental Hotel. Professor Daly of the State Normal School at San Jose is in town. H. M. Crabb, a wine merchant from Oakville, is at the Grand Hotel. Dr. Dallas Bache, U. 8. A., and wife are at the Occidental Hotel, Senator Sewell, one of Ukiah’s leading poli- ticians, is at the California. J. W. Walthall, manager of the Western Granite and Marble Company, is in town. 0. A. Hale, the San Jose merchant, is at the California Hotel, Mrs. Hale accompanies him. W. W. Foote of Oskland is moving round among his friends and is & guest at the Palace. Norman Rideout, from Marysville, is at the California. Mr, Rideout is accompanied by his wife. Dr. R. E. Hartley from Santa Cruz has come to the City for a few days to attend the Silver Convention and is a guest at the Grand. C. H. Willis, a wealthy planter of the Ha- waiien Islands,is a guest at the Ocecidental Hotel. He has just returned from a trip to the East. % T. B. Smithers, F. 8. Smithers, Charles Smithers, Rev. C. «Bancroft and Mrs. Bancroft are at the Palace Hotel. The partyis traveling round the United States and enjoys the luxury thet goes with a special car. Captain Heese of the German embassy at Washington is in the City at the Palace Hotel. The captain says he has visited all the United States military posts and considers the Pre- sidio one of the best appointed and best regu- lated garrisons he has ever seen. He is merely traveling for pleasure. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. ~ NEW YORK, N.Y., Aug. 20.—Californians registered at hotels to-day: San Franeisco—J. C. Paine, J. G. Spaulding, H. Plonski. Broad- way Central; Mr. and Mrs. J. Buxton, St. James; Mr. and Mrs. J. Coughlan, Everett; G R. Williams, Cosmopolitan; T. H. Ryan, C. B. Brown, Imperial; L. M. Pearlman, Metropole; C. Planche, Grand Union. Palo Alto—Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Perrine. California—W. D. Opdyke, Gilsey; T. Irving, Marlborough. CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 20.—Among the hotel arrivals are Theodore Turner, 8an Fran- cisco, who is at the Riggs, and W. Peabody, Los Angeles, at the Raleigh. CALIFORNIANS IN UTAH. SALT LAKE, UTAH, Aug. 20.—At the Knuts- ford—H. V. Ramsdell, S8an Francisco; J, 8. and Howard J. Schroder, Los Angeles. At the ‘Walker—Mrs. S. E, Estelle, San Francisco, At the Cullen—T. 8. Merchant, J. C. Nealon, San Francisco. SUFPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS. Be slow to wrath—even if the other fellow is the smaller. The happiest women, like the happiest na- tions, have no history. ‘The biggest hero is the one who is scared the most and runs the least. What with the edvanced women and the large sleeves, the females of to-day have a good deal on their shoulders. “He died on the field,” shie said sorrowfully, soldier?’’ asked the sympathizing friend. “No; umpire,” she replied. Ladies are like watches: pretty enongh‘o look at, sweet faces and delicate hands, and both requiring great care to regulate. Isn’t there some way in whicn we canar- range to get our weather properly mixed in- stead of taking the ingredients separately ? “Have you been very successful?’’ asked the shaving: *p. “Yes,” Feplied the razor, “I've made my mark,”—Truth. “Nora,” said Mrs. Knervz, when the maid answered the ring of her mistress. “Nora, I will feed the canary myself after this. The doctor says I must take more exercise.”—Bos- ton Home Journal. Uncle Ned—Been fishing, Johnny? Johnny—Yes, sir. Uncle Ned—Catch anything? Johnny—No; but you bet I will when I get home.—Roxbury Gazette. At a rendition of “The Messiah” (oratorio) & lady in an extremely low-cut dress appears to sing the solos. A young lady turns to her escort and says: “There, Charley, wnat do you think of that costume?”’ Charley—Well, it is very charming, but I think it would be more appropriate for “The Creation” than “The Messiah.”—Life. PEOFLE TALEED ABOUT. Secretary Olney is one of the best tennis players in the country. Henry Irving’s American tour this season will include Atlanta and New Orleans. Amhbuhog Ireland is the only Archbishop who wears the button of the Loyal Legion. Mme. Casimir-Perier has organized a crusade against the use of birds’ breasts and wings for decorative purposes. Eugene Murger, & cousin of Henri Murger, whose bust was recently set up in the Luxem- burg garden, has been discovered singing in the Paris streets for a living. Scholars and the world et large will learn with sorrow that they have been pronouncing Shakespeare’'s name wrong. According to Dr. Furnivall, a Shakesperean student, the name should be pronounced “Shahkspair.” Alfred de Musset’s sister refuses to have any of his works in her podsession published, asshe says they will not ada go his fame as & poet, She likewise refuses to' let his letters be seen, among which is the correspondence between the poet and George Sand. Dr. Max Nordau, the author of “Degenera- tion,” Is & working physician in Parisand the correspondent in that city of the Berlin Vossis- che Zeitung and the Frankfurter Zeitung. He usually works on his books from 8:30 o'clock in the evening until- midnight. He lives in a handsome house in the Avenue de Villiers. The doctor is master of balf a dozen languages, TRICYCLE EXPRESS DELIVERY. The accompanying cut, says the Chicago Journal, is a correct representation of the Chicago expressman of the near future, pro- viding that the experiment of the United States Express Company proves & snccess. Vice-President Crosby of the express com- pany is the one directly responsible for the in- troduction of this ides, which may lead to & revolution in the parcel-delivery methods of Chicago. When Mr, Crosby. was in London & few weeks ago he noticed that many firms were using tricycles instead of delivery wagons and that they seemed to move easily and swiftly. ‘The thought struck him that it might be a good thing for his business in Chicago. He talked with two or three of the boys who drove the novel carriages and learned that they were operated nearly as easily as an ordinary safety and covered a deal more ground in s day than & horse and wagon. Before returning to Chicago he had placed an order for a tricycle of the finest make. It arrived here yesterday and within a few days it will make its first trip from the West Side office o# the company. The wheel is & beauty, all the running parts being fitted with adjust- able ball bearings and having a geared driv- ing wheel without a chain. The box in which the packages are carried is 30 inches long, 28 inches wide and 21 inches deep. In fair weather the cgpacity of the box is greatly increased by means of the railing around the UNITED STATES EXPRESS TRICYCLE CARRIER. top where many light parcels may be piled. The box is provided with a waterproof cover for rainy weather. Mr. Crosby is very hopeful that the experi- ment may prove the adaptability of the vehicle to Chicago streets and will make arrangements with an American firm for an additional num- ber of tricycles when its success is assured. A record will be kept of the distance traveled by the wheel, and the result will be watched with keen interest by those in all lines of business to which the use of such a vehicle may be extended. BOWLER OF OHIO. Let us pause in contemplation Of the itness of the man ‘Who can bluff all legislation 'As 10 other person can. Let us gaze with fear and trembling} Let us drop our lictle bills, For with him there's no dissembling ‘When it strikes the Nation’s tills. Let us 100k with admiration On the man who dominates Congressional legislation And establishes the rates. Let us point with pride and pleasurc ‘At the bold, Bowlerian way He protects the Nation’s treasure hen the Nation has to pay. Let us take with satisfaction Anything he says we should; Let us praise the noble action, As we know it's for our good. Let onr glorlous Bird of Freedom Come rignt off its loity perch, Because, unless it heed him, He will leave it in the lurch. Let the grand old Starry Banner Come a-sliding down the pole, Lest its freeand 1i anner Get it badly in a hole. Let the well-known Declaration A bit, and save negation 0f the Fourth day of July. Let us all stand back for Bowler: We are but a motley gang; He's the only High Comip:-roller, And he runs the whole shebang! —~New York Sun. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, PROMINENT PEOPLE—E., Alameds, Cal. The address of Bismarck ie. Friederichsruhe; Queen Victoria, Windsor, Berkshire, England; Cassi- mir Perier, Paris, France; Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, Ind.; Rider Haggard, Redcliffe square, London; Czar of Russia, St. Petersburg, Russia; Hall Caine, New Court, Lincoln’s Inn, London; Mrs. Humphry Ward, Russell square, W.C., London; Bret Harte, care of A. B. Watt, Paternoster square, London; Henry M. Stan- ley, ndon; John Ruskin, TAntW Cornston Lake, England; George A. Sala, Mecklenburg square, London; Stanly Wey- man, London; Jane Ingelow, Kensington, England; Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Johnstown, N. Y.; Frank Marion Crawford, Crawfordville, Ind.; Lord Salisbury, London. DEGREE OF CRIME—C. C., City. The law of the State of California says thatall murder which is perpetrated by means of poison or laying in wait, torture, or by any other kind of willful, deliberate and premeditated killing, or ‘which is committed in the perpetration of or attempt to perpetrate arsom, rape, robbery, burglary or mayhem, is murder of the first degree; and that all kine f murders are murders of the second degree.” Whenever a crime is distinguished into degrees the jury, if it convicts the defendant, must find the degree of which he is guilty. Every person snflt of murder in the first degree shall suffer death or confinement in the State prison for lifs, at the discretion of the jury trying the case. QuAL SEason—E. 8, Ciiy, The law passed by the last Legislature says: “Every person who in the State of California, between the 15th day of February and 15th dav of August of each year, shall hunt, pursue. take, kill or destroy, or have in his possession, whether taken ‘or killed in the State of Californis, or shipped into the State from any other State, Territory or iomlfn country, any mountain quail, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Arps To MemorY—H. H. H., City. There are anumber of published methods to assist the memory, and the same may be had in any of the first - class bookstores. Those who have made mnenomics astudy say that in certain cases mnenomical devices may be found of considerable service, but that all systems which have aimed at completeness have been found to puzzle rather than aid the memory. BLUE PriNTS—F. H. P., City. There are any number of books that give directions for the making of blue prints, and they may be had the b(mkltm'es.p Directions Iz! mylhnx lbllll: prints were grlnt.ed in this column on Satur- day, August 11. h)flv RESIGN—N. H., City. A member of the Nationa! Guard of this State wh for the prescribed term of three ;er:l. ;illly‘?‘l::dr good reasons, at any time tender his resig- nation. YKAu.ocmD:hYovxa&—F. Q., City. Charles de oung was shot and killed by I M. Apxu%a. 1880, .5 Kaiogh ROBERTS, card headquarters, 220 Sutter, * ———— Bacox Printing Company, 508 Clay streat. * DR. AGNEW, piles, fistuls, etc. 1170 Marketst.* ————— For sALE—Imported English pony, cart and harness at Killip's auction, Wednesday, Au- gust 21, ¥ —_—— “You know, dear,” said Miss Govin frankly to her accepted suitor, “you know we getnone of papa’s money while he lives.™ “I quite understand that, my precious pet,” replied the young man, with the light of love in his eyes. “We will inyite him to live with us, feed him with pastry made by your fairy fingers, and hope for the best.” CLEANSE the vitiated blood whenever yon find its Impurities bursting through your skin in the form of pimples, eruptions and sores. Hood’s Sarsaparilla 3 the best blood purifier. ———————— “Mrs. Winslow’s Soething Syrup” NEW TO-DAY. (1l Curtain Department! 150 pairs IRISH POINT CURTAINS, for- mer price $8 50 and $9 00; to close at $7.50 per pae 200 pairs NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS, in handsome Brussels effects, on sale at $2.50 ser pair 300 TAPESTRY COVERS in DINING- TABLE SIZE (all colors), at ; $1. 50 each JUST RECEIVED! Our Fall Stock of Silkalines, In newand stylish designs, on sale at 12% and 150 per yard New Detly Setn Pt In Rich Colorings and New Eflects. On sale at N $3-70 per pair MWTmefifiBMMa FULL ASSORTMENT AT 45¢, 65¢, T5¢, 90¢ and $1.00 per yora SE HABLA ESPANOL. G. VERDIER & CO,, SE. Cor. Geary and Orant, Ave. VILLE DE PARIS. BRANCH HOUSE, LOS ANGELES. REDUCED TELEPHONE RATES. SERVICE No. 1. 01d, $9 50 New, 85 50 Per Month. WITH NICKEL-IN-THE-SLOT AT- TAC . HMENT. Reduction over 42 pe; THIS SERVICE, $5 50 P M T cent. NOW GIVEN FOR ER MUNTH, INCLUDES: Individusl Metallic Copper Circuits (Two Wires) Long Distance Telephones Forty City Switches SERVICE No. 2. o14, 89 50 New $4 50 Per Monh. WITH NICKEL-IN-THE-SLOT AT- TACHMENT. Reduction over 52 per cent. THIS SERViCE, NOW GIVEN FOR $4 50 PE: MONTH, INCLUDES: ‘Combination Line Metailic Copper Circuits (Two Wires, one subscriber on each wire) no bell-ringing interference Long Distances Telephones ~ Express System Forty City Switches SERVICE No. 3. Express System 014, 89 50 New, 82 50 Per Month. WITH NICKEL-IN-THE-SLOT AT- TACHMENT, Reduction over 73 per cent. THIS SERVICE, W GIVEN FOR 82 50 PER MONTH, INCLUDES: Party Line Metallic Copper Circuits (Two Wires, five subscribers on each wire) Long Distance Telephones Express System Forty City Switches (to each subscriber) Three hundred subscribers are now connected at this $2 50 rate. L. H. JACOBI, Contract Agent. 216 Bush st. SAN FRANCISCO, August 8, 1895. FURNITURE 4 ROOT1S $90 90. S-piece sult, plush Parlor—silk Brocatelle, tris mattress. Dining-Room—6-foot Extension Table, four V'Ro0id Oak Chairs, Kitchen—No. 7 Range, Patent Kitchen Table and two chairs. © BASY PAYMENTS. Fouses furnished complete, city or country, any- where on the coast. Open evenings. M. FRIEDMAN & CO., 224 to 230 and 306 Stockton and 237 Post Street. Fres packing and delivery across the bay. A LADIES' GRILL ROOM Has been established in the Palace Hotel 0!( ACCOUNT OF REPEATED DEMANDS made on the management. It takes the place of the clty restaurant, with direct entrance from Market st. Ladies shopping will find this & moss Prompt servi desirable place to lunch, p! ice and mod- such as have given the gentlemen's @rillroom an int will preval 1n this new department. -