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

§ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1895 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor BSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: ne week, by carrier.$0.15 00 150 .50 ay CALL, three months, by mall Dail € ¢ CALL. one month, by mail Sunday CALL, one year, by mall.. WEEKLY CALL, one year, by mal 10 Market Street. son veeeeneen.. MAIN—1868 Telephone e EDITORIAL ROOMS: Telephone... ...Main—1874 ay: open until £0 Montgomery street, corner, 250 Haves street : open until 9:30 o'clock. 717 Larkin street; open until 8:30 o'elock. SW. corner Sixteenth and Mission stréets; open witil 8 o'clock. ; 2618 Mission street; open untl 9 o'cloci 116 Ninth street; open until 9 o'clock. OQAKLAND OFFICE: 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Pacific States Advertising Burean, Rhinelander building, Rose and Du reets, New York City. THE SUMMER MONTHS. Are you going to the country ona_vacation ? 1 o trouble for us to forward THE CALL to youraddress. Do by you for you will Orders giv arrier, or left at & Oftice, 710 Murket street, will receive THURSDAY.. THE CALL The Silver Convention has & right to be proud of its orat si busix ver oratory at this juncture means ss more than rhetoric, Petaluma is doing her best to prove that there is as much fun at a fair as there Isat a carnival. The syndicate has protected the treasury once more, and there is another little bill Ior the people to settle. Visits to the exposition are most profit- able to those who give most study to the products of home labor. In the fight for the money of the consti- tution it is pleasing to see that all parties of the Greater West are united. So long as it is more profitable to hoard gaold than to invest it, enterprise will be largely hampered all over the world. It is certainly better for the workingmen of this country to work for silver than to stick to hoarded gold and have no work. Brice may carry the Ohio Democratic convention, but he cannot carry the silver men in it any more than he can carry the State. We may now look for the Eastern press to point to the train robbery in Michigan as another proof of the lawlessness of the far West. The cause of bime! sm is making prog- ress in every civilized country, and it is right and fitting that the United States should lead the wa The Defender has proven herself a fleet boat, but as she has broken down twice 1n her races o far, she seems to be weak and itis risky to bet on her. Since Mr. Huntington is so eager to de- vote his energies to the work of opening up Central Africa he ought to be willing to take his railroad out of Golden Gate Park. Hardly a week passes now without a notice of An extensive shipment of wine or of fruit to England, but while it is getting to be an old story it will always be a good one. The song-writer who has dedicated to Cleveland a ballad entitled “Life Is One Grand Sweet Song” would have made it more appropriate if ‘he had added ‘‘and Dance.” In the midst of the general pleasantness of things wrongdoers should not overlook the .fact tkat we have among us a Grand Jury that was charged to indict and not criticize. Although Kentucky gets the credit of being the leading whisky State in the TUnion the statistics show that Pennsyl- vania makes the most of it and gets the most cash. The Sunday saloon-closing law in New York has proven so profitable to the rail- ways and steamboats running to suburban towns that they regard it as a special providmga:.,. Ih deciding not to grant a concession for a bull-fight, the managers of the Atlanta exposition have got rid of & burning issne that at one time threatened to set all the East on fire, President Baker expressed the sentiment of every genuine siiver man in saying: “I have comeinto the fight to stay and will rerhain until it becomes one of the suc- cesses of American politics.” The.responsibility for the Dénver horror does not rest solely on the reckless boy who caused the explosion; a part of it should fall on the men who employed such a boy to attend to such duties. ‘With the prospects of a vintage equal at least to that of last year and chances of much better prices, the wine men of the State begin to feel the thrill of the revival as well as the rest of the world. As the new law against horse-racing in Xew York has been the cause of bringing a good many borses and horse-breeders to this coast, we will be well satisfied if the courts-decide it to be a stable law. In M. A. Hurley’s statement to the Silver Convention, *I feel that I can do more -effective work in the Republican ranksthan I can-as a derelict side issue,” there is a political truth which every Republican silver man should remember. The prospect of a deficit of $15,000 at the end of the year in the city finances is un- doubtedly bad for 8an Diego, but it is not bad enough to justify the proposed stop- ping of important improvements. The worst way in the world to cover a deficit is o z‘aka & check on municipal develops ment, According to the census reports Lancas- ter Coimty, Pa., is the leading county of the United States in the value of its agri- cultural products, the total being over $7,- 000,000. Next in order comes St. Law- rence, N. Y., with $6,000,000; Chester, Pa., with $5,000,000, and Worcester, Mass., with $5,400,000. These are big figures, but if -the census had been rightly taken some California counties would have peen among the leaders. RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS. In its issue of yesterday the Eraminer undertook to cast doubt upon the efficiency of Tue Carv’s effort to bring Railroad Com- missioner Clark to a realizing sense of his duty in the matter of the regulation of railroad freights and fares. It was suggested by our contemporary that the history of past commissions does not furnish ground for a reasonable hope that the Republican member of the present one will perform his duty to the people of the State. That this is in a large meas- ure true there can be neither doubt nor denial. It is to be remembered, however, that the several sets of Rail- rogd Commissioners who have held office in turn since the new constitution was adopted have not been made up altogether of Republicans. It isalso to be recalled that the Republican members of these seyeral commissions have not been the only ones who have been faithless to their official trust and gubservient to the corpo- rations they were elected to control and regulate. Between the two great parties which have contributed to the make-up of every Railroad Commission during the past fifteen years, honors are easy, when it comes to a reckoning as to how well their servants have performed their work. We shall indulge in no controversy, therefore, with our contemporary over the comparative unworth of Democratic and Republican Railroad Commissioners in the past. The present issue, and in fact the all-important one, isnot whether Com- missioners in the past have been remiss, but whether the present comumission and its members, regardless of party, v thiul to their trust. In the effort to bring this result to pass, the reference of either Mr. Stanton or Mr. Clark to the past record of either party as made by its Railroad Commissioners would not be very effectual, and in its effort to point out to Mr. Clark which wav honor and duty lies Tre CALL expressly and purposely refrains from 2 commendatory reference to the past history of the Republican party. It be- lieves, however, that the time is ripe for the Republican party to have its represen- tatives in office cut loose from the Southern Pacific Company and come out from be- neath the shadow of its evil influence, We can conceive of no better way to per- suade the manhood of the private and un- official members of the Republican party of California to assert itself in throwing off the chains of its past subserviency to the interest of the Southern Pacific Company than by inducing its official members so to do. The honor and praise which Mr. Clark would receive, not only from the peo- ple of his district, but from the en- tire State of California in the event of his assertion of his independence of railroad influence, and as a resuit of his faithful performance of the duties of his office, would go far of itself to encourage the managers and members of the Repub- lican party to banish the Southern Pacific Company from its councils and affairs. The same remark applies to Mr. Stanton, and we doubt not that the Examiner, in its earnest and active effort to impress him with the sanctity of his pledge and with the necessity of its observance, is actuated by the same desire to redeem the Demo- cratic party from the dominance of the great corporation. 1n the furtherance of this common pur- pose the great newspapers of California have neither time nor space for petty squabbles over the attitudes of the re- spective political parties in the past. The vital issue of the present is, how to secure for the people of California a reduction and equalization of their exorbitant freight rates through the medium of the Railroad Commission. In order to accomplish this there should be a united and harmonious action on the part of the entire com- mission, if possible. 1f this should be a vain hope, however, there still remains the chance of securing a majority of the com- mission to agree upon a just and intelli- gent schedule and proceed to enforce its adoption. To attain either of these results will doubtless require the utmost harmony of action on the part of every friend of the people of California. If such an effort shall succeed well and good, and if it shall fail the people of the State will at least have the benefit of the final demonstration of the utter inutility of the Railroad Commission of California as an official agency for the regulation of freights and fares. A CHOICE OF PROTFESSIONS. The death of Justice Jackson of the Su- preme Court of the United States has raised the guestion of his successor. Neces- sarily a lawyer must fill tne vacancy. It is not necessary that he may have served as a Judge. The conclusion is that the profession of the law offers the best oppor- tunities for occupying the highest posi- tions that the American people are able to offer; for no political office can be higher than a seat on the Supreme Bench of the TUnited States. This is setting a premium on one of many honorable professions. It has hap- pened now and then that a person who has achieved distinction in literature (never in music, painting, architecture or sculpture) has been rewarded by our Gov- ernment with a consulate. Bret Harteisa conspicuous example. Comparing the re- wards of literary effort with those achiev- able at the bar, it is clear that even the art of writing, which carries with it a pos- sible element of intimidation, cannot com- pete with that of the law in those forms of appreciation which the people can bestow on merit. The subject has been made the more in- teresting by reason of an able article pub- lished a few months ago in one of the lead- ing magazines, in which it was shown that on an average the writer receives a better income than the lawyer. This may be true enough, but its misfortune is that it vlaces the reward of labor on a financial basis only, and takes no account of another form of recompense which professional ‘men and artists of the finer sort regard above all others—an honorable recognition of their merit. Under the American sys- tem there are only two classes of profes- sional men that can receive Government recognition, First come the lawyers, who may hope to be appointed to some honor- ‘able Federal position as Judges, and next authors, a very small proportion of whom may dream of a consulate in some remote corner of the world. In both cases, how- ever, there must be a strong political “pull,” and as lawyers are closer, or make themselves closer, to politics than do literary workers, and by reason of the manifest utility of their profession are more conspicuous and valuable in a politi- cal sense, they have the preference over writers. As for sculptors, poets, painters and the like, they are lost and forgotten in the scramble. It is different in European countries, and this difference may be taken to measure existing variations of those evidences which mark the phases of a higher devel- opment. Thisis not to complain that the American standard is inferior to that of Europe, but merely to show that in this country a higher reward for excellence in a certain profession is offerea than is ob- servable in Kurope. The close alliance of the legal profession to politics in this country may explain the situation. Here, where political ability is so much a desired quantity, and where the personal equation as represented by a facile use of the voice is so valuable ‘in “expounding polities to those with whom a voice is weightier than apen, the man trained to speak, as the lawyer is, has every advantage. He may not be so learned, able or clear as the anonymous writer for the press who sup- vlies him with all the ideas to which his mellow throat gives expression, but he has the tongue and the personal impression, and they are sufficient in this country to make a man conspicuous and a candidate for such honors as the Government can bestow. These considerations are submitied to those young men who may be hovering between personal inclinations and certain rewards which their excellence may com- mand. THE SILVER OONVENTION. That so eminent a statesman as Cannon of Illinois should have thought it worth while to say that he is a genuine bimetal- list, but is opposed to the free coinage of silver, is in itself a sufficient reason why the Silver Convention should have been called and a campaign of education be- gun. When errors like that are in circula- tion in high places, reason cannot be too prompt nor too vigorous in combating them. It is a source of no little satisfaction that all the proceedings of the convention have shown a perfect harmony of sentiment among the delegates. Republicans, Dem- ocrats, Populists and Independents have spoken concordantly upon every point in- volved in the issue ‘of remonetization. This fact gives support to the belief that the Greater West will present a united front in Congress on this question and will, therefore, have more than usual in- fluence in determining the result. ‘We cordially agree with those who hold that there is no need of forming a new party. So far as Republican silver men are concerned at any rate, Delegate Hur- ley of Calaveras tersely expressed the true course to pursue in saying: *I feel that I can do more effective work in the Repub- lican ranks than I can as a derelict side issue.”” The political wisdom of that course is beyond question. Third parties have always been side issues in American pol- itics and the Democratic party at this time is completely demoralized by the dis- credit of the Cleveland admiuistration. The hope of the immediate future at any rate is therefore in the hands of the Re- publican party, and it is to that party we must look for the redress of the wrong of 1873 and the remonetization of silver. It is evident that the cause of bimetal lism cannot be won by any whoop-hurrah campaign. The majerity of men are in- clined to maintaih existing conditions un- til they have been fully convinced on every point that a change would be better. On the bimetallists will be the burden of proof that the growing good of the world depends at this juncture on a return to the free use as money of both gold and silver, which is at once the constitutional money of this country and the natural money of all civilized men. To make this proof so clearly known to all intelligent men that they will not be deceived by any juggling with words will require a persistent and extensive campaign of education. The foundations of that campaign "have been well laid in convention. It shotld be carried on throughout the country in the same spirit that has been so manifest in Metropolitan Temple. Let Republicans, Democrats, Populists and Independents, however they may differ in other things, continue to work together in this until the voice of the Greater West, demanding justice to silver and to the people, shall have become the universal voice of the Nation. THE BOHEMIAN INSTINOT. Since this is an age in which a man’s worth, unless he be so remarkably con- spicuous as a genius that he is tolerated in spite of his other faults, 1s measured gen- erally by the size of his bank account and always by his respect for his obligations to his'creditors, it is refreshing to read that certain officers of the American army have been court-martialed and dismissed from the service by reason of failure to pay their debts. Ritherto the exercise of this sweet privi- lege of ignofing debts has been charged to a class in whom a sense of the valuable uses of discipline had not been implanted. It is disappointing to reflect that the bright young gentlemen who have issued alive from West Point with lieutenants’ commis- sions have developed a trait which it has been the fashion to apply only to Bohe- mians, If there is anything in the West Point regime, including such necessary evilsas the ““college widow” and the “‘sum- mer girl’’ with conjoining icecream allure- ments, operating to the development of a Bohemian instinct in the stern hearts of those charged with the duty of killing and dying for the glory and preservation of their native soil, we shall have to inquire whether the one-eyed owlof San Francisco has been keeping late hours with General Schofield. This raises the whole wide question of discipline. If the college widow and the summer girl leave such an impress on the budding military geniuses of the country as to give them an obscure discernment of financial obligations, it seems evident that the Hudson River rolls idly from the high- lands to the sea. But the subject has an- other phase. It has been intimated that Bohemia, wherever it may prevail, is so rare and precious a product that it should not be held under the iron heel of business rules. Unfortunately this does not hap- pen to be a matter of indiyvidual election. The debtor is not free from the oppression of the creditor. And the debtor who lacks the ability to respect the claims of the creditor cannot expect 1o enjoy a bounty which his material services have not earned. And until eenius makes itself respectable by being business-like it cannot hope to compete with wealth in dignity and in- fluence, If the bright gentlemen whom ‘West Point and other fine institutions pro- duce feel themselves above the sordid con- siderations which must obtain between ex- istence and the established means of its support, they might find surcease in the most convenient form of extinction that presents itself. POLITIOCAL REFORM. Linton Satterthwait publishes in the August issue of the American Magazine of Civics a newly dressed appeal to intelligent voters to. take party management out of the hands of the bosses. He is encouraged to do this from his discovery that a spirit is moving the people to cut loose from place-hunters and spoils manipulators. The boss system is a perversion of the sepsible idea that party machinery is nec- essary to party efficiency. By machinery we mean organization and its corollary, central working bodies. Such machinery is perfectly legitimate, and its cleanness |- and proper use may always be taken as an indication of the character and patriotism of the party which it represents. Although Mr. Satterthwait fails to show how the boss is an evolution of the ma- chine (which is here considered in its higher and proper sense of organization), the process is familiar to all students of polities. Originally the machine was the the opportunities which it offered to shrewd manipulators have reduced it toa creation of bosses and a tool for their pur- poses. So far has bossism gone that in- stead of the disinterested voters meeting and organizing the machinery of their party, as they formerly did, the bosses now relieve them of this burden, organize the working forces of the party with their own material, nominate the candidate on whom they can depend, and employ the respectable element of the party to make their.wishes effective. There is no difference of opinion con- cerning the mission of the boss. Even he, himself, would not think of denying his purpose. He is not the clean, able and high-minded leader who is proud of his party and anxious for the success of the principles which it represents, and who may or may not cherish a wholesome am- bition to secure'some honorable office in which he might have a broader opportun- ity for promulgating the principles which are dear to him. On the contrary, heis mean, and, as a rule, low, sordid, un- patriotie, working through disreputable “heelers” and securing the nomination and election of men of his kind who will divide their salaries with him and will be- tray their trust for money. If heis shrewd he will veil his purpose by securing the election of a sufficient number of honor- able men to keep up the repntation of the party and make himself all the more secure in the practice of his trade. It is the boss system, more than any- thing else, that makes side parties pos- sible and that weakens the old parties and imperils the principles which they repre- sent. It degrades politics and political parties, which in themselves are decent and proper things. An extraordinary in- congruity exists between the clear busi- ness sense of the American voter in its application to private affairs and its com- plete neglect and obscuration in public affairs. And yet the latter is as essential to his ultimate prosperity and happiness as the former. Mr. Satterthwait thinks that the clear-headed men of the country are awaking to a realization of this fact. Let us hope that he is right. And we should be especially gratified for his wise suggestion that the education of the voter must begin at the top and proceed down- ward ; that it is more important to teach intelligent men their duty than to teach ignorant citizens how to read and write for political purposes. A FRENCH SHOWER BATH. The difficulties which the average Parisian faces in obtaining a bath in his private resi- dence has led to many inventions in the last few years. It should be premised that, as a rule, a bathroom fs not considered a necessary adjunct to a wellfitted house, and as most Frenchmen live in an apartment house run by & concierge so aiso he takes his bath at the same place where he gets his hair cut or shaves. This will explain why & French doc- tor has invented a new home bath, designed for those who have no bathrooms at home. It is very simple and complete and its inventor, Dr. Madeu! that it is meant to facilitate the admini self of ‘une douche ecossai or ‘‘a Scotel ower bath.” The apparatus consists of a vessel in which the larger half is pierced with fine holes, re- sembling a watering-pot. This is used in con- nection with a trough of about two meters in circumference. It is possible, of course, to emplcy two of the watering vessels, the one containing warm and the other cold water. The illustration is self-explanatory. OPINIONS OF EDITORS. It looks as though the Durrant trial would prove the greatest fiasco ever known in the history of criminal cases in Californis. It is now weeks since the trial was begun, and practically nothing bas been accomplished, the time of the court being mainly gccupied with side issues. The jury is not nearly com- pleted, but already there are rimors of offers touse money for bribery. It is probable tha® the ends of justsce would have been better served and much time and money saved, had the court granted a change of venue and sent the case as far as possible from San Franeisco for trial.—San Diego Union. General Antonio Ezeta, the San Salvadorean exile, seems to have found congenial employ- ment in the prociamation business, judging from the regularity with which he issues mani- festoes 1o his countrymen from the safe pre- cincts of San Francisco. Ezeta must mean what he says in these proclamations, as each issue is duly signed and sworn to on the “altar of his country.”—Portland Telegram. Mr. Lubin’s proposed export bounty is not altogether & new thing. In 1813 Congress passed g law, which the President approved, to Ppay a bounty on fish exported. That was a small matter, but it is important just now asa precedent tending to establish the constitu- tionality of an exvort bounty. Among those ‘who voted for that law was John C. Calhoun.— San Jose Mercury. SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS. Ada—Do you n;lnk the word *‘obey” should be omitted from the marriage service? Ida — Omitted? Certainly not. It shoul | asked me if he merely be transferred to the other party to the contract.—Truth. Minnie—I do believe that Maud’s new hus- band is a little bit jealous. Mamie—Rather. They do say that the last time they went to the seashore she had to pay excess bns’qe on the trunk that had herbath- ing suit in it.—Indianapolis Journal A month after the e]opement.—sho;l gota letter from papa to-day, saying that he had made his will. He—Do we come in anywhere? She—Not directly, but he has left all his money to’ an asylum for idiots.—Indianapolis Journal, Service had ‘commenced, fa the minister paced wildly up and down, struggling with a tight cravat. To cover his embarrassment he finally gasped, “Brethren, let us sing three stanzas on pege 80,” which was, unfortunately, “Blest Be the Tie That Binds."—Judge. Mrs. de Style—Where are your stables? Mrs. Highupp—We have not room for stables. We board our horses; but the boarding-stables are very exclusive, very exclusive, indeed.— New York Weekly. Miss Etkel (bidding her bosom friend good- by)—And wouldn't it be grand if I should catch a Lord over there? Miss Bosomfriend—Yes; then you would bea lady.—Elite, “But why have you thrown George over?” “Oh, I hate him! The other "enlng x 8 ht give mae a kiss, an Gatse T 501d ‘0" he Gidokt e Seatch. originating and controlling activity, but | 4\ PERSONAL. Judge J. P. Abbott of Antioch is & guestat e Lick. R. C. Minor, an attorney of Stockton, is at the Lick. W. F. George, an attorney of Sacramento, is at the Grand. 2 A.F. Hinz, the local miller, has returmed from Europe. Rev. C. 8. Fackenthal of Pacific Grove isat the Occidental. Dr.and Mrs. D. C.Lazier of Guerneville are &t the Occidental. Colonel S8am Norris, a capitalist of Honolulu, isat the ?ecldentll. A. B. La Motte, a land-owner of Glen Ellen, is & guest at the Grand. George C. Goodman Jr,, a banker of Napa, and his family, are at the Palace. Howell Hinds, a wealthy mine-owner of Mex- ico, arrived at the ‘Palace yesterday. L. C. Treat, a mining man of Salt Lake, was one of yesterday’s arrivals at the Palace. G. W. Nicol, Superior Judge of Tuolumne, came in from Sonora yesterday and is a guest at the Occidental. C. F. Horner, a sugar-plantér, and his wife came yesterday from Honolulu on the Aus- tralia, and are at the Occidental. H. B. Price of (he navy is at the Occidental. J. P. Morton and E. H. Campbell of the Phila- delphia are guests at the Occidental. W. R. Kelly, an attorney of the Union Paci- fic, with his wife and daughter, returned yes- terday from a trip to the Hawaiian Islands,and they are staying at the Occidental. Z. 8. Spalding of New York, who is interested in aplan for laying & cable to the Hawaiiam Islands, came in on yesterday’s steamer from Honolulu and is staying at the Palace. J. W. Midgley of Chicago, president of the Western Traffic Association, has arrived here in a special car, accompanied by his family, on avisit. His daughter, Mrs. E. D. Moore, who is of the party, is the wife of the president of the Western Car Service Association. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. _NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 21.—Californians Tegistered at the hotels to-day: San Francisco —Charies Main, Fiith avenue; C. Hart, Im- perial; P, Butler, Morto ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. MILITARY AcADEMY—W. H. J., City. Ap- pointees to the Military Academy at West Point must be between the ages of 17 and 22; they must be of the height preseribed by the army regulations, and be able to pass a careful ex- amination in reading, writing, orthog- raphy, arithmetic, grammar, geography and history of the United States. The course of in- struction requires four years. It is Inrfely mathematical and professional. The principal subjects taught are mathematics, French, draw- ing, drill regulations, including ‘all arms of the service, natural and experimental philosophy, chemistry, mineralogy, geology, electricity, history, international, constitutional and mili- tary law, Spanish, civil ana military engineer- ing and art and science of war. The examin- ations are held in the district from which the appointée is named. All appointees have to undergo an examination for admission. THE CROCKER BUILDING—H. M. 8, City. George H. Wolfe of the Building News and Re- view has furnished the following information concerning the time required to construct the Crocker building at the junction of Market and Post streets: Tenants were notified to move from the old buildings on the site of the pres- ent Crocker estate structure in July, 1890. The first contracts for the new building were signed April 12, 1890, and the last contract was filed in July, 1892, The latter part of 1892 witnessed the completion of the building to such an extent as to make some of the offices available for business purposes. It took about three fienrn 1o cOmF te the building from the time the old buildings were demolished. CALIFORNIA'S CONGRESSMEN—R, E. W., Colfax, Placer County, Cal. The following is a list of the names and residences of the Representa- tives to Congress from California, together with the number of the district each repre- sents: First, John A. Barham, Sonoma; Second, Grove L. Johnson, Sacramento; Third, S. G. Hilborn, Oakland; Fourth, J. G. Maguire, 8an Francisco; Fifth, E. F. Loud, San Fra Sixth, James McLachlin, Los Angeles sea water, and must come in by underground passages. under William Henry Harrison, but his father ‘was 50 much a man of peace that he lived for seventy years with the Indians and never fired a gun or used a harsh word. strain came out inthe poet, who, as early as 1855, was shot in a skirmish. Miller is a native of Indiana, though for years past Cali- fornia has been his home. General, is said to be an unusvally fine con- versatiolist and a woman of rare intellec- tual powers. She has three daughters, one of whom, Miss Elizabeth, who made her debut last winter, will be among the few young women in Cabinet circles, as most of the chil- dren of the other officers are still in their teens. Mrs. Harmon met her husband at her home in Hamilton, Ohio, where the Attorney-General, then a young law student, had gone to visit her brother. EASTERN EDITORS. New York’s Trade in Danger. The fictitious and, in principle, frandulent port charges exacted at the port of New York on the country’s produce will have to be lifted. Along with them must go the identical charges tribute imposed at Buffalo. The elevator charges at both of these ports are as pure & piece of blackmail as was ever laid by German Tobber knight. And, finally, the Erie canal must needs be enlarged. If these changes be put off too long it does mot follow that the trade must needs be finally lost to New York. It is, however, as sure as that night follows day that a part of it will for a time be diverted, recoverable later only by those identical means, but after much loss and with doubled difficulty. Once diverted to the St. Lawrence Chicago becomessthe shipping port, and the recovery from Chicago of a trade she has once §r-sped will prove a proposition very different rom that of recovering it from Boston or Bal- é{more or Philadelphia.—New York Evening un. As the Administration Pleases. Everything depends upon the pleasure of the administration. It can sell bonas or it can refuse to sell them, just as it chooses. If it does not sell them its gold reserve will decrease as it did in 1894, and if it does the public debt will be increased by the amount of bonds sold. If the gold reserve is allowed to de- crease nervous people may take fright, and if the bonded debt increases the opposition to the Government will exult. The case is like that of the old-fasnioned Calvinists, who de- nied free will and stoutly maintained the doc- trine of predestination— You can and yon can't You will and you won’t: You'll be damped if you do— You'll be damned it you don't. New York Sun. Governor Altgeld’s Versatility. Governor Altgeld does not confine his atten- His tion to executive duties and polities. brain is too active to be kepton thesethings. He is & many-sided genius, as was shown when he was on the bench in Chicago. Judgment for damages. stu anew way of putting tiling into sky-scrapers, and demonstrated that in the Altgeld style of building it was just as easy to build the wall for the top story first as it was to begin at the basement.—Chicago Inter Ocean. New York Police Methods. Though the courts fail to recognize the exist- ence of confirmed and incurable criminals, but ‘pretend to believe that acertain term in prison cures men of their criminal babits, the police believe that there are crooks who are never re- formed. While the courts provide for the re- lease of crooks after a term in_prison, the police do not allow them to invade the lower rt of town. Every known crook found below ulton street is arrested whether there is any It is assumed that he has no honest business anywhere near the chief banking district.—New York Commercial charge against him or not. Advertiser. Why the Gold Goes. Seventh, W. W. Bowers, San Diego. HieH DICE—G. E. M., Menlo Park, San Mateo Courity, Cal. In the absence of any settled rule, those who shake dice, a la razzle dazzle, should determine before the %Alg commences which shall be counted as hi ice, sixes or That methodyof dice-shaking is not in oyle on Games,” but that auth y lays down the rule that the ace is lowest, the s{x the highest. RELIGIOUS BELIEF—George, City. The ques- tion of religion does not enter into the candi- dacy of any person who aspires to become President of the United States or who seeks to be elected to any office within the g!ft of the people of the United States. The constitution says: ‘““Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” TrE FLAG—George, City. The American flag is the only one that floats over the Capitol buildings at Washington, D. C. Two STEAMERs—M. L. 8,, City. The length of the steamer City of Peking is 408 feet and that of the Australia is 376 feet 9 inches. FREIGHT TRAFFIC—H. R., City. The e¢ity of Chicago has the largest freight traflic of any city in the world. PEOFLE TALKED ABOUT. Prince George of England is an inveterate cigarette smoker. He consumes from forty to fifty of the little rolls of paper and tobacco each day. 8ir Frank Lockwood is the last sarvivor of the Rosebery administration. He is still Bocleitor-General, a third party, as it were, in the coalition Government. President Diaz of Mexico is as fond of hunt- ing as our own chief magistrate, and for years he has never failed to make an annual ex- pedition against wild ducks. e Francisque Sarcey, the dramatic critic, has begun his campaign for the French Academy. He positively declines tobe considered a can- didate, giving his reasons at great length. Sir Robert Ball, the great astronomer, says that if the project of waving a signal to the supposed inhabitants of Mars is to be carried out the flag must be as large as Ireland and the pole 500 miles long. Senator Rowmski, who died recently in Wil- dungen, was one of the best art writers in Russia. He published a mumber of works, in- cluding one on Rembrandt and “Russian Folk Pictures.” The famous suit of the brothers, Countsde Ciyry, for half the estate left by the last Duke of Brunswick has again been decided in their favor. The other claimant is thecity of Geneva. The estate is worth millions. Cigar, cigarette and pipe arealike popular ‘with the Prince of Wales, who is an inveterate smoker. In private he smokes a pipe, and in ‘public puffs cigars, while with his after-dinner coftee he inhales cigarette smoke. Tosle, the English actor, sitting at a table next toa gentleman who had helped himself to & large piece of bread, took it up and began to cut a slice from it. *Sir,” said the gentleman, that is my ‘bread.” “A thousand pardons,” replied Toole. *I mistook it for the loaf.” The Balfour family is certainly one of the most talented in England, Besides the two distinguished brothers there is a sister, Mr: Eleanor Sedgwick, dean of Newnham, the lead- ing women’s college in the United Kingdom, who isa celebrated mathematician and edu- cator. Mrs. Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson, wife of H. H. Kitson, the well-known Boston ‘sculptor, has completed with her own hands a number of statues, statuettes and busts, several of which have been exhibited in European salons with great credit. She is under 25 yearsof age, and first exhibited her work in the Paris salon of 1888. It is said the Duc d’Aumale is in nesotiation with his nephew, the Duc d’Orleans, for the -acquisition by purchase of the Chateau d’Am- broise, which he intends to restore and make & sort of retreat for some of his 0ld companions inarmsin the Airican campaign, to be later transformed into a museum to be given by him to the town of Ambroise. Kipling’s “sea cow tunnel” has been discove ered by M. Wenakow, a Russian traveler. On Kildin Islend, off the Kols peninsils, in Lep- ~ . M pay for our European goods. Instead of de- creasing aiter October the demand for our gold will increase, because the import trade will in- crease. Moreover, if Europe wants o be paid in gold instead of wheat or corn, as she will after a certain point has been reached, out will g0 the gold beyond the ability of any syndi- cates to prevent it.—New York Commercial Advertiser. Grover Draws His Pay. While the poor laborers who are at work upon the lake improvements are unable to get Cleveland continues to draw his salary with regularity and that all the other ‘‘reformers’’ inoffice are doing the same. Moreover, they public expense. There is no doubt of the efficacy of economy and reform as_office-getters, but the{ are fail- ures when applied to the administration of the Government in a practical way.—Cleveland er. Bicyoles and Temperance. A wheeler must keep a clear head to preserve his' balance, and thus the use of the machine deserves to be encouraged as an_incitement to temperance. A special paper devoted to the tobacco trade sayg, too, that it is decreasing the use of cigars and cigarettes, and it gives statistics to support the assertion. The wheeler is usually too intent on his course to smoke, but he seems to be able to chew gum without interfering with his progress.—New York Sun. Crowning Feat. It is not often that an important part of the policy of a triumphant new government is framed and forced upon them by the leader of an opposition butrecently expelled from office. But this is the situation in England. Lord Salisbury’s pro;ected Armenian policy is as surely the policy of Mr. Gladstone as if the Queen’s speech had been framed by Glad- gonel’ own mighty hands.—Chicago Times- erald. Gladstone Enute Nelson’s Beard. The Hon. Lewis Baker is under no obligations to be in love with theclimate in Nicaragua, but a seemly regard for the decencies of life should make him steer clear of chmfinz the Hon, Knute Nelson as he is or should not be. Mr. Neleon has & noble Danish chin beard, as befits an American statesman, but there are ways of spreading that beard upen_ the record that insult the record and make the beard al- most a crime.—New York Sun. A Case of Bad Breaks. The truth is that Chicago, with all its lapses into Democracy, i8 at bottom a Republican city. The Republicans had only themselves to blame for Mayors Colvin, Harrison and Cregier. The political instability 18 due to the fact that the Republicans have made some very bad breaks.—Chicago Inter Ocean. Kansas Products. Kansas is no agricultural State. Conventions and Populists and whiskers cannot be classed agricultural products by a discriminati Subiie—New Yobk Sun. P Best printing, best prices. Roberts Ptg. Co.* ———— Bacox Printing Company, 508 Clay straet. * ——————— President Cleveland seldom attends church, ‘whether he is at Buzzards Bay or at Washing- ton. 3000 patrons attest that Dr. Eady’s method of extracting teeth has no equal. No pain, no danger, no after effect. 822 Geary street. * T Ocean Excursion: Steamship Pomons, to Santa Cruz and Mon- terey, leaves Saturdays, 4 p. M., due back Mon- g&a,". 54.%. Ticket office, & New Montgomery ————— THE J. F. CUTTER BOURBON is one of the best entucky brands of whisky. It ispopularwith the trade, and is the purest to be found in the market. The well-known firm, E. Martin & Co., 411 Market street, to which place they. havere- SyLETE s DS S sent n T AN e LU brand of Kentucky Bourbon. > ——————————— Mr, Gusher (a would-be suitor)—What lovely teeth Miss Smiler has, eh, old man? Mr. Forceps—H'm, er—really—modesty for- bids my expressing an opinion, you know.— New York Herald. e .- SEE to it that your blood is purified and enriched by the use of Hood's Sarsaparilla. Then you will Dot be troubled with nervousness, sleeplessness and loss of appetite. Try it . THE best reguiator of the organs and s the hest appetizer known is Dr, Siegert’s Angos- tura Bitters, Try it land, is a lake apparently entirely shut off from the sea. The water rises and falls with the tide, it is fresh on top, coming from the brooks in the valley, but at the bottom it is Joaquin Miller's grandfather was s soldier The military Mrs. Harmon, the wife of the new Attorney- He could then sit as Judge, appear as advocate for either side and find time to hold up the eity for a He also combined the y of erchitecture with that of law and pol- itics, gave instruction to contractors, invented The truth of the matter is that our import trade has increased so greatly under the new tariff that we are buying abroad instead of at home, and the gold is needed for shipment to their daily wages we notice that President are all taking long and pleasant vacations at R 5 Sy Oy b S T of this SALE- LAST EEK SHOES . SATURDAY positively ends it. your money do double vice. Secure the Come where will ser= Most Secure the Best SALE PRICES MEN’S OALF LACE, Hand Welt, Pointed Toe and Tip, MEN'S CALF LACE, Hand Welt Graham Toe and Tip, CHILD'S GRAI Sole Leather Ti Serviceable Shoe; 8 to 1014, INFANTS' KID BUTTOXN Soft Turned Sole; worth all of 75¢c, N, LADIES’ HIGH HEEL SHOE, Square toe and tip, hand turned, cloth or kid top, Louis XV heels, stitched, LADIES’ HIGH HEEL SHOE, Pointed toe or tip, cloth or kid top, Louis XV stitched heel, Kast's 738-740 Mark et Street LARGE RANGH WELL RENTED. For Sale Gheap Notice is herehy given that in pursu- ance of an order of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Fran- cisco, the Executors of the last will of Jose Vicente de Laveaga,deceased,will sell at private sale, to the highest bid- der, for cash in gold coin, subject to confirmation by said court, on Monday, the 2d day of September, 1805, the Rancho Real de Los Aguilas, situaied in the County of San Genito, State of California, containing 23,650 acres. This ranch has been for fifteen years rented to one responsib: le firm, and is now held under a lease for the unex- pired term of three years at $6675 per annum, payable quarterly in advance. Bids in writing may be dellvered to the undersigned Executors personally at any time before making the sale. For further particulars and descrip- tion of the land apply to DANIEL ROGERS, M. A.DELAVEAGA, THOMAS MAGEE, Executors of and Testament of Jose the Last Will Vicente de La- veaga, deceased, 604 Merchant st., San Francisco. A LADIES' GRILL ROON Has been established in the Palace Hotel N ACCOUNT OF REPEATED DEMANDS made on the management. It takes the piace of the clty restanrant, with direct entrance from ket st. Ladles shopping w :‘odn" Nlplmmlunch.pp 5 i1l find this 3 moss pt service and mod- erate charges, such as have given the gentlemen's Grillroom an international reputation, will preval 1n this new department. Is'rxmnr BESTONETO EXAMINE YOUR with instraments has not been eq: superiority mu 10 the merits of my work. Hours—12 10 4 P. M. e and fit them to Spectacies or of his own invention, whose ccess has. My su NOTARY PUBLIC. (CTARLES H. PH. law and Notary Fubiic, 635 site P alace Hotel, Residence Phone 570, s 1620 Fell st m LW