The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 23, 1895, Page 6

BESIIRCe ST 5 |4 H g i H B ¥ 3 + THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1895. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. . .; B;:RTPTVIVUV RATES—Postage Free: by carrier.§0.15 ily and Sunday CALL, one w D = v OALI, One year, .. 6.00 ¢ CALL. six months, by mail 8.00 CALY, three months, by mail 1.53 Funday CALL, One yea WEEKLY CALL, One year, BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street. .Main—1868 Telephone. .. EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Telephone.........- = BRANCH OFFICES: #50 Montgomery street, corner Clay: open until ...Maln—1874 reet; open until orner Sixteenth and Mission street oK. on street; open untfl 9 o'clock. nth street; open until 9 o'clock. ol OAKLAND OFFICE: 808 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICI Pecific States Advertising Bureau, Rhinelander Puilding, Rose and Duane streets, New York City. THE SUMMER MONTHS. = couniry vacation ? Are yon going to the COuniTy on a vaca s0, 1t & 10 trouble for us to forward THE CALL to souraddress. Donot let it miss you for you will oiss it. Orders given to the carrier, or left at . 710 Market street, Wwill Tecelve ST 23, 1895 loxera is not seeking attention, but he must have it. After this we may expect to heara gzrca_t deal about Campbell of Ohio as Presi- dential candidate. 1f the reports are correct Olney’s foreign policy will be something quite sensational @s soon as it gets started. «Look out for the phy nely text for the rural press countie: loxera” will bea to preach on & in all the viney: Ohio Democrats succeeded in getting a idate for Governor, but they had torob rd to do it. al gravey e says Cleveland is the great- estof living statesmen, so now we know the words of the cuckoo’s song. over, but the silver ay with us for the rest of the iy the exposition. The money question occupies the high- way of politics, and those who wish to evade it out of the road. week and and is now | ost probable of s of the season. a ited as one of all the political y After all the clatter about “‘the bicycle | aid the whole thing was | to make summer time As a general rule in all Eastern conven- | . so far, the gold men have drawn up . platiorms and the silyer men have named the candidates. If the Beard of Equalization had as- sessed railroad property at its true value there would have been no necessity to in- crease the taxes on the people. In ealling upon the potice to enforce the ordinance against si k obstructions the Grand Jury can be said to have criticized anybody ounds like it. The gold men won a partial victory in the Democratic convention in Ohio, but the success of the silver convention in this City will more than offset the trick. tors from rope, after one experi- ence with a dry Sunday, declare that there isno European city in which there is so L ndividual liberty as in New York. It is to be regretted that the State ex- hibit at Atlanta is not to be better sup- ported; however, it is better to be there with one foot than not to be there at all. The Miners’ Association is to be con- gratulated on having brought the Southern Pacific land office to a point where it is willing to negotiate and suggests arbitra- tion. According to ex-Senator Reagan the Democracy of Texas will not have Cleve- land for a third term, and moreover will not support for a first term any one who advocates his policy. The Democratic convention in Ohio was forced to give Cleveland a formal indorse- ment, butanydemanding the enforcement of the Monroe doctrine it got in a heart- felt side wipe at him. The outrages in Armenia and the at- tacks on missionaries at Kucheng have called attention to the fact that Turkey nd China are now the only considerable portions of the earth not under Caucasian govérnment or supery. Although the total assessed value of all proverty in Illinois has been increased this year by over $6,000,000 the assessment of railtoad property has been diminished by $300,000, and the people are now trying to figure out how such things can be. As the Defender is said to be built on British models and the Valkyrie on Amer- ican models the success of either will prob- ably be claimed as a victory by both na- tions, and nobody will feel beaten but the fellows who bet on the wrong boat. s A e . According to recent compilations of vital statisticsin New England, the chances of getting sufficient food are best in the cities, but the chances of long life are best in the country, so it seems that short ra- tions are rather wholesome than other- wise. 2 It is claimed that the State census now being taken in Minnesota will show a marked movement of the population from the cities back to the country, and that with the exception of Duluth none of the larger towns will show any considerable increase. & B a, Ali summer iong we have been hearing from the East of the coming overthrow of two Republican bosses, Quay and Platt, and two Democratic bosses, Gorman and Brice, but up to date all of them are still in the saddle, and the broncos seem weary of bucking. That the progress of one enterprise in- variably leads to others is well illustrated by the fact that the provision for a com- peting railroad at Stockton has led to re- newed energy there in the way of manu- facturing; and the vrospects are that sev- eral large establishments will be getting their machinery in motion before a year passes, THE STATE TAX LEVY. It is reported that the State Board of Equalization will find it necessary to fix the State tax levy at or about 66 cents on each $100 in order to meet the current ex- penses of the State Government for the present fiscal year. This figure is so far in advance of the expectations of the people, and so much in excess of the rate to which each of the political parties pledged itself to confine the limit of State taxation, as to warrant an inquiry into the reason for the increase. 'This reason it is not necessary to go far to find. When the Legislature was in session only a few months ago the constant and increasing scandal of its entire career was its reckless and wasteful expenditure of the public funds. Early in the session TrE CaLL directed attention to this waste and to the means by which it was accom- plished and throughout its entire course continued to oppose its extravagance. This opposition, however, availed but little and down to the very last days of the session the Legislature continued to em- ploy useless clerks, to pay high salaries to needless employes and to equip expensive junketing expeditions over the State which were as costly as they were useless and unnecessary, in spite of the fact that the members of both of the political parties were expressly pledged to keep the State tax levy within the limit of 50 cents on each $100. The members of the Legislature, without re- spect to party or to party pledges, threw this limit to the winds. The consequence is to be seen and to be borne by the people of the State in and by the rate of taxation which the Board of Equalization finds it necessary to affix. There is a needful though expensive lesson to the people of California to be found in this experience. So lbng as the Senate and Assembly districts continue to send to the Legislature obscure and un- worthy men; so long as the two political parties are dominated by elements which find such legislators useful for the accom- plishment of their sordid purposes; so long as the State treasury isdeemed to con- tain the proper funds upon which to draw for the necessary meaas to reward political henchmen and heelers, just so long will the peovle of the State of California be punished by excessive tax levies, and by the wanton and willful breach of party pledges to keep the rate of taxation within Te: able bounds. Itisnot intended to assert hereby that the last Legislature is solely responsible for the excessive tax levy of the present year. The State Board of Equalization is itself to be held liable for a portion of this in- crease. But that’s another story. A GOOD EXAMPLE. The owners of the Safe Deposit building, corner of California and Montgomery streets, are giving an illustration of what might be done with many of the old houses in the business area of the City. Although the owners of that building were presumably receiving a good rental, they observed that under the new spirit of ad- vancement which has come over our peo- ple office-renters demand the best accom- modation which modern scientific skill can produce, and that successful men who rent offices have become dissatisfied with the accommodations which the old build- ings furnish. This has been the more prominent by the fact that the perfectly equipped modern buildings, charging, as they do, a rental greatly in excess of that demanded in the old houses, are kept well filled. Indeed, an office- renter’s position in the world, with regard to his ability among the leading forces which determine the course of vital events, has come to be measured by the kind of quarters which he seeks and the amount of rental which he is able or willing to pay. It is not altogether a matterof a tenant’s ability to pay a high rental. There are many wealthy and prosperous office- renters who feel tbemselyes above all con- siderations of appearances. At the same time it may be noticed that as a rule the most prosperous renters seek the best quarters. They may do this for one or more or several reasons. Clearly one of them is that they want to be comfortably and elegantly housed, another is that they have a regard for the comfort of their clients or customers, still another is that they appreciate the value of the showing that they make, and above all there is the influence which their conduct exerts as an encouragement of improvement and a stimulus to progress. A most instructive coincidence is ob- servable between the unpopularity and inadequacy of the good old-fashioned buildings of the City and the condition of the streets which they face. While it is true that the finest buildings are now seeking Market street, and that this thoroughfare is as to its pavements one of the worst streets in the City, it is evident that the builders are looking forward to the time when Market street will be made the most attractive as well as the most important highway in town. We cannot imagine such structures as THE CaLL and Parrott baildings being erected on any thoroughfare other than Market street. This makes it none the less de- plorable that the eastern terminus of Montgomery avenue has given no sign of appreciation of the extraordinary advan- tages which it enjoys. In that vicinity are many of the most substantial old houses which were built many years ago and which are now nearly empty because they have not been modernized. The owners of the Safe Deposit building are setting an example for all such cases. This house is to Lave swift elevators and all other recently devised conveniences. But what can be expected of the owners of houses to whom this example has been set when we see that they are doing noth- ing to make their streets passable? The streets and the houses go together and in combination express all that is necessary to explain the tenantless condi- tion of the buildings and the eagerness with which the accommodations of the modern houses are sought. BETTER SOHOOLHOUSES. The recent troubles in the City School Department have been profitable in show- ing that the money of the department is unwisely employed, and that this is the result of politics in the management of school affairs. There is another phase of the subject that should receive attention while the general matter is under review. This is the inadequacy and inferiority of the public schoolhouses of the City. Not only are they crowded beyond the point of comfort and health, but they are at best inferior wooden buildings and are con- stantly in need of repairs which they do not receive. In many cases the lots on which they stand were never provided with proper drainage, with the result that in the rainy season the cellars are flooded and injurigus aampness and decay ensue. In 2 hilly city where drainage is so easily secured this fault amounts to a scandal. ‘We are all familiar with the disgraceful wrangles which arise out of any propo- sition to repair the buildings or erect new ones. In nearly every board of trustees are intelligent and conscientious members made all | who are desirous of doing their duty in such cases, but generally the majority is composed of men who are moved solely by the desire to employ all the funds as sal- aries to friends and ‘dependents without reference to the real needs of the depart- ment. It is notin the amount of salary paid to any teacher that the faultis to be found, but in the creation of unnecessary positions and the consumption of the fund in this way to the injury of the teachers themselves and of the department as a whole. This matter is mentioned because it is largely.a consequence of a fault which the State law commits. In framing the school law the Legislature committed the stupid blunder of failing to set aside a fixed per- centage of the revenues for building pur- poses. This is the sole and simple expla- nation of the fact that our school buildings are so inferior and so wretchedly cared for. The thrifty majorities of the school board who secure their own election are urged thereto largely by a consideration of the fact that such a restriction does not exist and that they are therefore unhampered in their desire to divert the funds to the pockets of their friends and dependents. 1t would be difficult to find in the United States a city half the size of San Francisco that is not provided with handsome and commodious brick or stone schoolhouses, which appear as palaces in comparison with the poor shanties which do service here. True enough, when we reflect on the ancient local folly which regarded wooden houses as being safer than brick or stone, and see it manifested in the wooden shanties which our older million- aires erected on Nob Hill and which with “delicious guilelessness we call “mansions,” some excuse for wooden schoolhouses may be found. That excuse is not permissible in these enlightened days. The main fight which the progressive spirit of the time is mak- ing is against silurianism, of which the wooden shanty is an able exponent. It will be becoming in the people to see that the next Legislature sets apart a fixed per- centage of the school revenues for build- ing purposes, and that out of it shall grow schoolhouses adequate to our needs. THOSE MINERAL LANDS. In response to the letter written by the Miners’ Association to the Southern Pacific Company ing for a fuller statement of the suggestion which Mr. William H. Mills of the Southern Pacific made to State Mineralogist Crawford, Mr. Mills has set forth his proposition at length. In effect it is that the Central Pacific, the California and Oregon and the Oregon and California lines have been trying for thirty years to secure Government patents to lands within the granted belt; that the issuance of patents has been delayed by numerous causes, principal among them being a lack of knowledge on the part of the Govern- ment concerning the character of thelands and contests brought by persons whose right to bring them is questionable; that the companies are anxious to have the whole matter settled in order that they may be enabled to enjoy the benefits of the grant, and that they are willing to have the subject disposed of on the following plan: The Miners’ Association and the railroad company each are to employ an | efficient engineer, whose decision with re- gard to any question as to whether a tract is mineral or agricultural land shall be final, and all pending contests are to be withdrawn. The proposition seems to be fair so faras it goes, but it does not appear complete as a scheme of adjustment. It is the sub- mission of 4n important question to ovpos- ing forces of equal strength. There is neither assurance nor likelihood that the two engineers will agree. in all cases, and no determining agency is provided in case of a disagreement. That is to say the two arbitrators are not to have a third one to cast the deciding vote. This may prove an important consideration in view of the fact that in many cases the geological in- dications are obscure and that each engi- neer’s decision in such a case may be in- fluenced by the interests of his employer. Hence there is a possibility that many uncertain cases will remain undetermined. Meanwhile all contests will have been abandoned and the railroad company will be free to demand patents. This offers an opening for injustice. All parties are anxious that the whole matter should be settled assoon as pos- sible. An experience of thirty years has shown that the antagonistic relations of the mining interests to the claims of the railroad will probably prevent a settlement till the end of time on the present basis. Even should the opposing engineers agree that this or the other piece of land is non-mineral and should be patented to the company, the Gov- ernment will still have the right to exercise its own discretion and make its own determination. Inother words, while the scheme proposed by Mr. Mills might effect an adjustment of the relations be- tween the miners and the railroad com- pany in some instances of disputed lands, it would affect the Government’s interfer- ence only to the extent of its excuse for the issuing of patents to all lands from which the right of protest had been removed by the miners’ acceptance of the railroad company’s proposition. If some way of making the Government a responsible party to the arbitration could be devised the equities would seem easier of adjustment. If, for instance, the Gov- ernment should add to the engineers ap- pointed by the miners and the railroad company an engineer of its own, who should cast the deciding vote in all dis- puted cases, the settlement might be greatly simplified. In the absence of efli- cient work on the part of the Government to determine the character of the disputed lands, the three engineers operating to- gether could greatly reduce the Govern- ment’s labors and time in arriving at an intellizent conclusion. In any event the suggestion that all contests be dropped does not seem right or practicable. The Citizens' Municipal Association of Philadelphia evidently means business, for it has guaranteed $20,000 to defray the ex- penses of the Senate committee to investi- gate the city, and has placarded the streets with offers of rewards of §500 for evidence of violations of law in the approaching primaries. AR ST It is reported that at the Old Orchard camp meeting in Maine the sum of §60,000 has been raised this summer for foreign missions, and it would seem therefore that the missionaries might send a little gun- boat of their own to China to keep the peace while they are converting the beathen. (U — " The story that Cleveland intended to capture Havana as a means of compelling Spain to pay the Mora claim is the first intimation we have had of the enforce- ment of the long promised vigorous foreign policy, and even in this case the vigor seems strangely like the tale of a sea serpent. As the steamer St. Louis has carried the American flag through the English channel at greater speed than any flag was ever carried before, we can begin to look forward to the time when our flag will outstrip those of all nations on every sea. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. At the State Board of Trade rooms is & regis- ter in which visitors are asked to write their rvames. After the place for names isa space for remarks and there the visitors make a won- derful display of their inability to express themselves in writing. ““It seems strange that our visitors, many of them well educated, too, are so utterly unable to express themselves with a pen,” said Secre- tary Filcher the other day. I suppose it is be- cause the public schools do not give enough at- tention to English composition.” About half the visitors make some remark after their signature. One page differs very little from another. The following is & sam- ple: “Fine,” twice “Very fine,” “Out of sight,” “Excellent,’” “Extra fine,” “Good,” “The best of its kind,” “Magnificent,” ‘Pretty good,” “Remarkable,” “'Slick itself,” ‘Pretty good.” In the whole book very few additional adjec- tives will be found. A sweet young girl from Fresno wrote “Simply lovely.”” An English- man put down “Not bad.” One admiring vis- itor whose education had been neglected wrote, “Without a pear.” The place is full of pears. A late visitor was poetical and wrote, “The as- sertion I now boldly make, that this exhibit at Atlenta will get the cake.” ‘-Muy bien,” wrote & man from Guaymas, and “Belly good” wrote ou Ki Yun of Canton. D. R. Corey of Lan- sing, Mich., wrote, “Left here Apr. 1, '04. Have visited all the country south of this place. All fine, but who will pay the mortgages?”’ Possibly the man who wrote “Inexpressible” explained why the “remarks” are generally not more satisfactory to Mr. Filcher. Eugene Howell, the Secretary of State of Nevada, thinks that State has a great future. “All that is needed to develop a great deal of valuable agricultural country is cheaper trans- portation,” he said yesterday at the Occidental “With that we could reach a market, and with & market 100 acres could be cultivated to one that is now. Down in Lincoln County they can grow all sorts of semi-tropical fruits. You know the first settlers there were Mormons, who built up some flourishing settlements. When the county was organized most of them, Tather then pay tribute to the State, left their homes. They deserted their comfortable houses and cultivated fields, in which theip plows were afterward found rusting. However, some of them remained. At Bunkerville there is a settlement of about 200 Mormons, and they make good citizens, are thrifty and the most orderly we have. Along the Muddy River and Rio Vista in Lincoln are grown cotton, tobdcco and most of the semi-tropical fruits. There is plenty of land and an abundance of water, and, as I said, all that is necessary to make & rich agricultural country is the means ot reaching a market. The people have hopes that the Salt Lake and Los Angeles road will be built, and it looks very much as if it will,in the near future. A number of San Francisco and Salt Lake people have been taking up land in that part of Nevada lately, and that is a good sign.” Jesse Frick, who hes lately returned from & visit to Indian Territory, was talking yesterday about the character of the civilized Indians. “The Indians are much more honest in many ways than the average white man,” said he. “In the Choctaw Nation, at Fort Smith, where Indians are tried for murder, it has been the custom for thirty years, aiter a murderer is convicted and sentenced, to turn him loose on his own agreement to show up on the day sct for his execution. Only oue Indian ever failed to keep his appointment. They tell of a case where a newly appointed Deputy Marshal met a convicted man on his way to the place of his execution and stopped him to ask some ques- tions. Soon the doomed man excused himself, saying that he had to hurry on down to the ‘Commons,’ where he had an engagement to be shot at 2 o’clock. The deputy resigned next day. Heseid that he didn’t care to take the risk of getting into trouble with people as fear- less of death as that. “The bandits it is almost impossible to cap- ture in that country. The only way to manage them is to offer them e full pardon and throw in & deputy marshalship to bootif they will agree to reform. Many have accepted the terms, and they always keep their word and make good oficers.” PERSONAL. Silas/Carle, & contractor of Sacramento, is at the Lick. - Rev. Samuel Hirst of Vallejo is a guest at the Occidental. C. H. Dwinelle, a horticulturist of Fulton, is at the Grand. F. 8. Wickersham, & banker of Fresno, isstay- ing at the Lick. Yates Stirling Jr. of the U. §. ship Thetis is at the Occidental. J. B. de Jarnatt, an attorney of Colusa, is staying at the Grand. L. P. Brant of the army registered at the Occidental yesterday. 5 W. W. Gillett, a big fruit man of Palermo, 1s & guest at the Occidental. George L. Turner, a banker of Los Gatos, reg- istered at the Grand yesterday. George L. Anderson U. 8. A., from Fortress Monroe, is staying at the Grand. F. G. Ostrander, District Attorney of Merced, registered yesterday at the Lick. William L. Gill, an attorney of San Jose, and Mrs. Gill are guests at the Palace. Captain W. G. Dougherty of the army and his family are guests at the Occidental. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Goldsmith of Fresno are visiting the City and are at the Lick House. Andrew Rocca, one of the owners of the Great Western Quicksilver Mine, is a guest at the Lick. E. McLaughlin of San Jose passéd through this City yesterday on his way from Los Angeles. A. 8. Crowder, a big lemon-grower of La Mesa, Los Angeles County, isa guest at the Occidental. ‘W.R. Clarke, & member of the Railroad Com- mission, came down from Stockton yesterday and registered at the Baldwin. C. C. Duncan, a treasury agent from Wash- ingion, bound for the seal fisheries in Alsska, with his wife, is at the Occidental. Lieutenant-Colonel William H. Bell, assistant commissary-general of the Department of Cali- fornia, has been granted a leave of absence for two months, which he will spend at Denver. Lieutenant Herbert J. Slocum of the Seventh United States Cavalry, who was ordered before the examining board here for promotion, has been called to New York by the sickness of his mother. ! First Lieutenant Harry C. Benson of the Fourth United States Cavalry, now with his troop in the Yosemite Park, has been ordered to report at the Presidio for duty as recorder of the examining board. Frank W. Dudley of Stockton, who gradu- ated from the Qedicnl department of the State University last' month, has been engaged as ship’s physician on ihe steamer Belgic of the Occidental and Oriental Company’s line to Japan. Dr. Dudley is & nephew of Harbor Commissioner Colnon. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 22.—Californians registered at hotels to-day: San Francisco— F. 0. Young, Grand Union; Y. C. Lawson, Everett; G. Greenzweig, Astor; Miss Aronson, Imperial. San Diego—H. R. Wildreth, B8t Denis. | EASTERN EDITORS. The Aldermen’s Fla; The New York Board of Aldermen, after much deep cogitation and expenditure of brain, have adopted a flag, and now that they have it they don’t know what ty do with it. It's avery pretty flag, according to all accounts. The body of the flag is white, like the consecrated flag of the Bourbons—a fact which should commend it alike to the Fenian members of the board and to those of Blue Grass proclivi- ties. Then there is a circle of stars, 8 star for every Alderman. Inside the starry circle, and deriving " luster from its serene light, are blazoned the arms of the city of New York. It's a great flag and the Aldermen are very proud of it.—Brooklyn Times. Too Elegant for Politics. It is an incontestible fact that many persons have become t00 elegant to soil their hands with anything 50 vulgar as practical politics. People have learned to believe that the Govern- ment is a great organism quite apart and dis- tinct from themselves .n§ that it can easily get along without their participation. Ma- ohl;:nr‘ullrnlal‘:‘ come in and ni.l.ht place g nce. Dem ceasing ® mass in which the individual oitizen i3 the unit. There is but one way to remedy this evil. The people must go back immediately and earnestly to the simpler, wiser, better ways of their father: ‘hiladelphia Times. The Bicycle Face. The current talk about the alleged *bicycle face” has little basis in fact, but it has served to enliven a dull season. The supposedly set look on the faces of men and women riding bicyeles is largely mythical, though if it exists it ougm not to awaken surprise in view of the condition of many of our pavements and of the numerous cars and vehicles which the bicycler has to look out for. But it is no more charac- teristic of the man or woman on a wheel than of most men and women when they enter a rowded railway car, or even when they walk lown the aisle 1o their pew in church.—New York Tribune. Big Doings in Korea. Korea is progressing and may soon be able to give us points. An independence day has been established and a law for the strict observance of Sunday adopted, there being no Korea Tam- many to prevent. New Year's is to be observed by a continuous holiday of eleven days, but this is not a positive departure from our system, for many of our citizens after celebrat- ing voluntarily for one day are accustomed to celebrate involuntarily for ten more. Korea will be a great country” some day.—New York Mail and Express. 7 i Politics in Towa. Towa’s coming State elections are rendered doubly problematic as to results in the threat- ened revolt of the free-silver Democracy against the Marshalltown platform. There is 10 certainty as to the exact extent of the dis- affection, but it is sufficiently widespread to hint at the defeat of the Démocratic ticket. From all parts of the State and from repre- sentative people in the iree-silver wing of the party the cry has gone up against the platform and against the alleged meddling of Federal office-holders in the recent convention.— Chicago Record. Silver and Ozone. A good und easy way todiscover the presence of ozone ina place is to wear silver trinkets. If they grow black, as if near hot sulphur springs, you have it in a large proportion. Silver je Iry keeps white in the low-lving 2 TWay, but gets black in the hillside pine woods. If one walks in & meadow after a thunderstorm one will find the silver money in one’s purse discolored.—New York Times. Ohio Knocked Out. Six hundred thousand tons of Ohio coal which should have been shipped from Lake Erie ports last year was replaced by Pennsyl- vania coal as a result of the fierce war of prices which the Pennsylvania operators started. Not only that, but Ohio miners lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in wages as a result of g.l“ 1Busmess contest.—Cleveland News and erald. Big Crops but Little Money. Our legislation of late has been of such a character that the people will not get as much benefit from the big crops as they would if leg- islation had been wise. The tariff has been so changed as to throw many men out of work; and while the necessaries of life are generally cheap, that does not help those who want the dol:lrs to buy them.—Colorado Springs Ga- zette. Cleveland Is Human. And so Grover Cleveland is like other or- dinary everyday people after all—people who spend the summer in the country and find the time hang heavily upon their hands, He goes to the village postofiice daily and inquires whether there is any mail for him. Well who would have thought 1t? Cleveland, human!— New York Tribune. No More Laugh. On one account it was beneficial to hold & silver conference at Washington. The East will be taught that the coiuage question is no mere incident of commercial depression but a grent political provlem which will endure until it is settled by order of the majority of American voters.—St. Louis Republic, ‘What the People Should Do. When corporations buy Aldermen and Alder- men betray their trusts and violate their ledges there seems to be but one thing left or the people to do, and that is to follow the suggestion of a member of Denver's City Coun- ciland confiscate the property of the corpora- tion.—Iowa State Journal. The Same O1d Tammany. Tammany has “reorganized” itself, but not reformed or changed for the better. The ‘‘re- organization” consists in putting the same old leaders forward and retaining the same old methods.—New York Herald. Omaha Not Flattered. Jim Corbett, the champion bruiser, has mar- ried an Omeha girl. However, Omaha does not feel particularly flattered. —Omaha Bee. OFPINIONS OF EDITORS. The Attorney-General of the United States has placed Collis P. Huntington on the free list. That official declares Huntington to be above the law, and that no charge for any in- fraction of it can hold against his nibs, This declaration affords solid basis for the expecta- tion that the next move of the Attorney-Gen- eral will be to indict the members of the United States Grand Jury that had the temerity to in- dict and thereby annoy the august magnate. The letters “S. P.,” which usually follow the name of Huntington, must hereafter be con- strued as meaning, Supreme Power.—Alameda Criterion. County Clerk Condee is in receipt of a letter from George H. Maxwell, the San Francisco at- torney, who is out in the Perris irrigation dis- trict working up financial support for the fund to engage Judge Choate of New York to appear before the Supreme Court of the United States in October, to represent those who desire to see the 1ecent decision of Judge Ross sustained, to which itis stated that the people under the irrigation systems receiving their supply of water from the Bear Valley Company are all subscribing liberally. The full amount neces- sary will, doubtless, be subscribed within & short time.—San Bernardino Sun. PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. Bismark’s head was measured by Schaper, the sculptor, who made his statue at Cologne, and from the measurements the French ecien- tific journals are trying to calculate the size of his brain. The head is enorméus, being 212 millimeters from forehead to occiput and 170 millimeters between the temples: the average figures for German heads are 195 by 155 milli- meters. The volume of the skull is 1965 cubic centimeters, the average being 1478 and the greatest recorded 1860 ; from this the inference is that the brain weighs 1897 grammes, 35 per cent above the average weight. J. Howard Moore is known as the champion Prohibition orator of the United States. He is studying in the University of Chicago, and is the president of the University Vegetarian Club. He thinks it is as wicked to eat meatas to drink liquor. He believes in woman suf- irage, has curly hair and soulful eyes, declares that this country is the land of the boss and the home of the sot, but hopes to change all that by a frequent delivery of his prize oration, “The Scourge of the Republic.” He is full of youthful enthusiasm. Sifce Bishop Potter of New York has taken up his residence in the slums of that city he bas had some very interesting and amusing ex- periences with the street urchins that swarm around the Cathedral Mission. According to the New York World one of these arabs re- cently approached the eminent divine and re- spectfully inquired: *Say, Bishop, be you any relation to Mr. Potter of Texas.” All the personal memorials of Carlyle con- tained in the Chelsea house, lately turned into & museum, consist, according to Truth, of a battered trunk, a walking stick, & wretched tin bath, a marble-top washstand and a stove- pipe hat under a glass case. Mile. Jeanne Benaben, who took her bach- elor’s degree when only 16, two years ago, has just passed a brilliant examination for the licentiate of philosophy at the Paris Sorbonne. Archduke Robert Salvator of Austria, the ninth child ot the ex-Grand Duke of Tuscany, died recently from the effects of a cold bath in the lake of Constance. He was 10 years old. Antonio Maceo, the Cuban revolutionary leader, is a mulatto, and a man of great culture and refinement. He is well educated, and is said to be scrupulously neat in his dress. Rob Roy McGregor, who is said to be a lineal descendant of the famous Scottish chieftain, Rob Roy, lives in Washington. His house con- tains many relics of the great warrior. Ex-Justice Strong, it is said, gave up an in- come of $50,000 a year from hislaw practice to accept the place on the Supreme Court bench offered him by President Grant. 0UT OF TOWN PERSONALS. Santa Rosa, Cal., Aug. 21.—Mrs. J. M. Roney is in San Francisco. Postmaster Lewis has gone to Capitola on a visit. J. Q. Graves of Los Angeles 1s here. Mrs. George Hall has re- turned from Capitola. J. T. Rutherford of Oro- ville is a guest at the Occidental. Miss Alena Roberts left for Oakland Monday. Hon. R. A. Poppe of Sonoma is in town. Mrs. Haigh and Miss Bessie Goodwin have gome on a visit to San Francisco. Professor and Mrs. Alfred Kelleher of San Francisco, who_have been here on a visit to Mr.and Mrs. R. L. Crooks, returned home Tuesday. W. T. Cottier of San Francisco is here uuperhltendlnga the ventilation of the new High School. Miss Lena Chapman, who has been visiting Miss Belle Ross, returned home Tuesday. Mrs. M. S. Pickett left ona two weeks’ visit to San Francisco Monday. Rey. William Massie, rector of the Kenwood Episcopal ~ Church, is registered at the Occidental, ~Grant O. Richards, city editor of the Republican has gone on a _week's vacation down South. Misses Jennie Miller, Jessie Mailer, Louise Wirt and Mary McLeod will leave in a few days for Stanford. Miss Rock and Miss Swain, of San Francisco, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Crooks at their beautiful country residence here. Hon. and Mrs. T. J. Geary came up from Inverness Monday. Mrs. M. L. McDonald and daughter returned from San Francisco Satur- day night. Rev. Mr. Edmonson, chaplain of the United States cruiser Philadelphia, is in town. Mrs. and Miss Edwards have returned from _their visit to Inverness. C. B. Renshaw, a big lumber man of San Fran- cisco, is at the Occidental. D. C. Bone of San Francisco is here on business. Frank H. Jew- ell of San Francisco has been here on a visit to his sister, Mrs. M. G. Hall. Miss Ethel Murph{ of San Francisco is the guest of Mrs. Franl Brophy. r. C. W. Savage and wite have gone onan i-:asteru trip.. Miss K. A. Estep and Miss Mary MecAuliffe, who have "been visiting Mrs. Guy Grosse at Rincon Heights, returned to San Francisco on Tuesday. The Misses Mc- Minn left this morning for San Francisco. Attorneys Rollo and Frank Leppo and Judge Dougherty have returned from their camping trip to Shelter Cove, Humboldt County. Dis- trict Attorney Seawell is recreating st Capi- r. and Mrs. L. W. Burris _are in San 0. Dr. M. M. Shearer has gone to Santa Cruz. Edward F. Adams, the wealthy rancher of Santa Cruz, is visiting Santa Rosa. J. M. Miller left for Lytton Springs Tuesday. Mrs. W. G. Oldham has gone on a two weeks’ visit to Ukiah. Mrs, Grant of Napa is visitini Rev. and Mrs. J. T. Shurtleff. Captain .Bru: is expected home this week from Osage, Iowa. Avalon, Catalina Island, Aug. 22.—John L. Truslow, general western passenger agent for the Santa Fe at Santa Barbara, arrived at the Metropole last evening accompanied by his young son. F.B.Henderson of the Santa Fe also arrived to spend a week or ten days re- cuperating from & recent illness. Mrs. M. Ran- dolph of San Francisco is the guest of Mrs. M. 8. Tyler, who is camping at Avalon. L. W. Mc- Glauflin of Alameda, the gentleman who han- dled the remarkable wheat deal with which the late Senator Fair was connected, is at the Metropele. D. A. Helbing, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Campbell of San Francisco, George L. Fish, Miss L. Stewart of Oakland arrived with _the Saturday night throng at the Metropole. Mrs. J. W. Gass and L. zass of San Jose are at the Grand View House. Mr.and Mrs. Robert E. Hanley and Newton M. Bell of San Francisco are at the Metropole. Alice E. Brown of Bakersfield, H. W. Decker of Sacramen- to, Mr. and Mrs. R. 8. Miller, William Blaisdell of San Francisco are at the Island Villa. Mr.and Mrs. John McCallum of Oakland are enjoying camp life at Avalon. Among the prominent Los Angeles people now at Avalon are Wesley Clarke and family, George 8. Patton and family, Mitses Edith and Ethel Shorb and Master Norbert Bhorb, Mrs. Wilson and Miss Wilson of Lake Vineyard, O. T. Johnson of Hotel Westminster, wife and daughter, E. P. Bryan and family and J. M. Tiernan, business manager of the Capital, Major Ben Truman’s paper. A party of prominent Arizonans spent Sun- day here, including G. A. Hoashell, general manager of the Maricopa and Pheenix Rail- road, Hon. W. A. Freeze of the Arizona Legis- lature, Hon. Frenk Cox, attorney for the South- ern Pacific, Major R. A. Lewis, member of the Pheenix City Council, and Hon. M. Greenleaf, Sheriff of Yuma County. Mr. Lewis is linger- ing for some days, P. M. Green, president of the First National Bank in Pasadena is at the Metropole, accompanied by his wife and daughter. Cloverdale, Cal., Aug. 22.—Mrs. H. W. Chase returned from San Francisco Thursday even- ing. Mrs. C. A. Gerkhardt, after a three months’ visit with her sister, Mrs. A. Stein- meyer, in Los Angeles, returned home Thurs- day evening. A.N. Richards ana wife of Santa Rosa are now residents in Cloverdale, expect- ing to make this their home. Much wheat is being hauled from Lake County to Cloverdale, some teamsters coming a distance of forty miles. Lake County farmers claim that in Cloverdale they find a better market for their wheat this year than anywhere else. Mrs. H. F. mbold, wife of & noted musician in Eu- reka, after a two weeks’ visit in Cloverdale. started for her home Monday,via San Francisco, accompanied by her sister, Mrs. L. 8. Otis. S. Pinschower, the well-known merchant and wool-buyer, is in the metropolis on business. Miss H.'M. Dodge of Sau Francisco is & guest at the residence of Mrs, L. J. Cooke. Miss Mag- Ele Armstrong of Los Angeles is a guest at the ambert home, five miles north of Cloverdale. Mrs. A. P. Klint left Tuesday morning for an extended visit with friends and reiativesin San Leandro and Portland, Or. C.gflin John Field, ex-Supervisor and ex-Assemblyman in Sonoma County, took a business trip to St. Helena on Mondey, returning Weanesday. James F, Smith of San Francisco was in Clover- dale Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, at- tending to matters of law. R. H. Curry, pro- prietor of the Geyser Water-bottling Works, arrived in Cloverdale Tuesday evening to look after the interests of the concern. Mrs. W. T. Brush is spending the week in Santa Rosa, vis- iting her sister, Mrs. D. Simpson. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ward of Hermitage are visiting friends and relatives in Petaluma. Dr. G. W. Kleisir is home from an extended trip through the San Joaguin Valley. Miss Lyle McCray is & guest at Duncans Springs. Chico, Cal., Aug. 22. rs. L. H. Burket, Miss Nelly Mead and Miss Robina Loy went to San Francisco this morning. W. R. Coggeshall, representing the Canadian Entertainment Bu- reau of Toronto, is in this city. Ea Potter of San Francisco is in town. Mrs. Colonel Royce left for Chico this morning. Adolph Newbart went down to the City this morning. M. Oser has returned from the City. W.T.Hitcheock of San Francisco and W. F. Rawlins of Sacra- mento are in Chico. Dr.Carl Murry has gone to Santa Cruz on a visit. Mrs. F. C. Williams and Dee Hall returned from the mountains i[e!(erd&y. Mr. and Mrs. John Shannon and aggie Shannon and Dr. Mack have returned W. W. Wilson went to the City this morning. Trustee Bartlett left for the East to-day; he will visit his old home in the State of Maine. Adolph Wahl of Hol- lister is in town. Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Brisco have returned from Klamath Springs. Miss Biverly came up from San Francisco last evening. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Faulk- ner have returned from San Francisco. Miss Dora Walker of Oroville is visiting in Chico. Miss Mattie Thorp of Stockton isona visit here. George Young of Redding is in town. E. C. Robinson is over from the Wil- lows. Mrs. Lena Wiseman of San Jose is visit- ing friends in Chico. Mrs. Bcoggins and her daughter Mattie are over from Colusa. Miss Austin of Winters and Miss Gan of Wheatland is visiting in Chico. John Driscoll of Shasta County is in town. Redgley Pilden, formerly a newspaper editor here, is visiting old friends. Orrin Taber of Oakland is in town. E. 8. Warren went to Oroville yesterday. C. W. Reed is up from Sacramento. Rev.J. George Gibson, accompanied by his private secretary, Robert N. Lynch, is visiting his sister here, Mrs. D. M. Hooper. Craig Montgomery of San Francisco is in town. C. A. Page of Stockton is in Chico. Mrs. Charles P. Low and Miss Low of Santa Barbara are stopping in Chico, from the mountains. Monterey, Aug. 21.—Following are San Fran- cisco arrivals for the pastweek: Mrs. A. J. Kinsey, G. J. Kinsey, John W. Barnes, H. Du- verby, Lloyd Breckenridge, John C. Brecken- ridge, H. G. Platt, Horace D. Pillsbury, J.J. Brice, W. P. Pence, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Herrin, Miss C. Herrin, John B. Casserley, Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Hopkins, Miss Kohl, Mrs. A. A. Park, Mrs. George Crocker, Miss Rutherford, Miss B. Rutherford, Mrs. James Carolan, Miss Carolan, Miss _G. Carolan, Miss McBean, Mrs. W. H. Cunningham end family, C. F. Kohl, H. . Atmiller, Miss" Hill, JB. Hillinan, Guy Francie, L.'T. Queen and wife, W. H. King, J. H. Hunter, J. J. Groom, A. H. Wilcox, H. R. Simpkins, A! Taylor, Waiter McCreary, W. H. Taylor Jr., G. W, Lewis, H. M. Stetson, C. A. Blank and wife, A. B. Thompson, W. H. Taylor aud wife, W. H. Keefer, Dr. S. Trask, J. F. Kennison, D. E. 0’Connoll, Mrs. 1. 8. Van Winkle, Perry Eyre and_wife, L. E. Van Winxle, Norman Hutehinson, Ida M. Forsyth, H. L. Dodge and wife, Miss Patton, Mrs. G. L. Lansing, H. Morgan Hill, Miss J. Blair, Eugene Lent, W. B. Tubbs and {amily, W. E. Dorn and wife, Mrs. R. H. Warfield, Mrs. I. Gros, Mrs. B. Paxton, Miss M. A. Cody, J. J. Crooks and wife, fi:fl,fl‘:nln wnk'l W.J .BAd ‘J. B.dCll{!:. . Moses Hopkins, J. H. Benedict and wife, Mrs. Bliss, E. sp Benedict. GILROY, CAL., Aug. 22.—Miss Ella Alderson left for Oakland to visit friends before return- ing to her home in Placerville. Miss Millie Hostetter and Miss Coralle Montgomery have returned to San Jose. Mrs. G. E. Rea and chil- dren will stay with relativesin San Francisco for six weeks. Miss Agnes ent is home from Senta Cruz. Mr. and Mrs, H. L. Partridge have £ returned trom Lake Tahoe and are visiting relatives here. Miss Nancy Place with f‘onr young lady friends from’ San Francisco are enjoying the hospitalities of l;‘n. Henry ~Miller's camp at Mount 5 a- donna. Adlnc;l was given there on Wednes- day evening. Mr. of gnn Frnncgisco are rustioating at the Gilroy ot Springs. Bert Stone has returned to Golden Gate. Miss Mattie Burnell and Miss Cora Brown of Hollister visited here Tuesday. Mrs. C. J. Clifton is at the West. Miss Jessie Emlay has returned from Pacific Grove. Miss Grace Willey is in San Francisco. Miss Norra Lahiff of Hollister was In town tnis week. Mr. - d Mrs. F. H. Thorpe are taking a two weeks’ sating at_Botlder pCrcek. Miss Chapman of Oskland has been the guesi of Miss Grace Hokelaw. Mrs. B. A. Wardellis visiting friends in San Francisco. Santa Cruz, Cal., Aug.20.—Among the re- cent arrivals at the Hotel del Mar are: Mr. ana Mrs. J. C. Hotie, Mrs. M. L. Woy, Mrs. T. G. Hart, Miss N, Nunan, C. M. Weber, Mrs. C. M. Weber and nurse, Miés ielen Weber, Master Charles Weber, Mrs. M. A. Heney, Mrs. C. Mc- Cabe, Miss Nelly McCabe. J. McCarty. Miss M. H. Atkinson, Rev. J. P. G. 0’Mahony, Rev. P.J. Quinn. TO STABLE A BICYCLE. To obviate the necessity of taking the bicycle into or outof the house when it is used an inventor has patented a case for it, which is shown in the accompanying illustration. The case is intended to be securely locked or otherwise fastened to a building, & post or other fixture so &s to prevent its removal. It CASE FOR BICYCLE. 18 a sort of box with a bottom raised above the ground to prevent dampness. In the bottom are parallel guides,in which the wheels are set, and nearly opposite to the handle bar, at the top and sides, are straps by which the ma- chine may be held so as not to move in the case. SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS. “Please mum,” said the wanderer, “for a little something to-eat T am willing to work at anything I can turn my hand to.” The proposition seemed fair enough and & generous feed was given to the wanderer. “Now,” said the lady, “1 would like to have you saw & little wood and rake the yard.” “I believe, mum, that the cortract was that 1should do anything I could turn my hand to. So far, 80 good. And I really can’t turn my hand to nothin’ but my trade. Iam a loco- motive repairer, mum, and if you got any old locomotives about the house I'm willing to tackle ’em right away.” Before she recovered her breath he was gone. “How s this, colonel, about you people elect- ing a temperance candidate down your way?" “Well, sah,” said the colonel, “I'll tell you. ‘We did it outof pity. We thought that a man who had never taken a drink in his life ought to have something to make life seem a little less dreary to him, sah.” Willis—Was Brown on his way to church when you saw him? Wallace—I imagine not. He was ir a hurry. Doctor—Excuse me, which of you gentlemen has been waiting the longest? Tailor—I believe I have. It is more than & year since you ordered a suit of clothes and got it, and you haven’t paid me yet. Nell-T wouldn’t be in your shoes for any- thing. Belle (sweetly)—You couldn’t get into them, my dear.—Somerville Journal. Poet—Did you feel the force and directness of that pointed article I left for you this morn- ing. Editor (furiously)—So it was you who put that bent pin in my chair, was it, you scoun- drel.—New York World. “You want me to tell you what I think of Thompson’s manners, do you?” said Thomp- son’s dearest friend. “I would hate tosay any- thing about them myself, but I will say that in London and Paris he was pointed out as a typical American.” “I hear thet you have been taking a flyer in matrimonial bonds.” “Well, yes. Second mortgage, though.” “How?” “Married a widow.” “Wemust fly,” said Murat to Napoleon, onone occasion when the battle had gone sorely against them. latter. “The enemy has destroyed both wings of the army.”—Harper's Bazar. Clara—If Mr. Castelton succeeds in kissing a girl he tells all the rest of the men about it, Maude—That accounts for it. Clara—Fof what? Maude—The crowd of fellows that have called upon you lately.—New York Herald. Piano Tuner—Gogd-day, madam; I came to tune your piano. Pianiste—But I did not send for you. Piano Tuner—I know, but your next-door neighbor did.- ‘usical Weekly. Bacox Printing Company, 508 Clay strast. * .. ROBERCS, 220 Sutter—‘‘Cards by the million.”* ———————— “Say, guide, what does that memorial stone commemorate?”’ ‘I put it there. It isupon that spot where a tourist once gave flve marks.’” —Fliegende Blatter. ————— GENUINE specs, 15¢ to 50¢. 81}4 Fourthst.,nr. barber. Sundays, 738 Market (Kast's shoestore.)* e e———— Peddler—That little book on “How to Pre- serve the Hair’’ is & key to the entire situation. Baldy—I am very sorry, but I heven’t a sin- gle lock that it would fit. — TIRED women should stop and consider the dan- gers which threaten them because of their weak- nesses and lack of ambition. Hood’s Sarsaparilla will purify the blood and give strength. — ————— « Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used over fifty years by milllons of moth- ers for their children while Teethlng with pertect success. It soothes the child, softeus the gums, alk- lays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhcoas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Druggists in every part of the world. Ee sure and ask for Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup. 250 a bottle. * "FROM THE LOWEST LEVEL”" A STORY OF MINING LIFE IN CALIFORNIA. By THE Rev. J. H. WyTHE JR. . TaE CALL has secured the right to pub- lish this charming story in serial form, and the first part appeared Saturday, Aug. 11. Readers of THE CaLy declare the story to be one of unusual interest. The next in- stallment wiil be printed next Saturday, Aug. 24. Tt is customary to publish such contributions in the Snngay edition of THE CAry, but the author bas conscientious scruples inst having any of his produc- tions published in the Sunday edition of any paper and in deference to his convic- tions THE CALL has agreed to print this story in the Saturday issues only. THE CALL devotes a great deal of attention to excellent articles on Western Themes by ‘Western men and Western women. Flanmagen and daughter “It is impossible,” replied the °