The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 1, 1895, Page 18

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Tt will pay you to read our ads to-day and see where you can get bargains during the week. omise to make horses so cheap rideand the tramp will ¢ to remember that no city ords so many places for Little by little the ition is iniproving, and we with both feet aiter al1. One effect of the Quay victory in Penn- vill be to put the Wanamaker 1 boom on the bargain counter. As a close study of Zerubabbel will con- vince Boston that the West is not woolly, we may expect her to bear with us here- after. The latest political movement in Kansas is the organization of a party to remove the Bear in mind THE CaLn will give full re- ports of all evidence and proceedings of the Durrant trial without padding, faking National polities for the next campaign is to bring the National Republican Conven- tion to San Francisco. The next time the Democratic par! makes a pledge it had better put a tack in it so that the candidate won’t sit down on it when he gets into off The State Fair will soon be the big at- traction for sightseers, and ought at this time to engage the attention of everybody who has anything to show. Citizens of this country who go to Eu- rope to spend their good money and their useless lives are now called Shamericans and the emphasis is put on the sham. One of the most conspicuous dissolving views of California at present is the pledge of the Iroad Commissioners, but the ion Club will not show it at act that the eral officials are in bout observing Lubor day ought to ered a settlement of the question. e is when in doubt take a holiday f for a trump. cts for converiing water power into constitute a large part of the entery of the Staie just now, and t is hardly a foothill county that is not ng one or more of them, marck evidently knows something about Chicago, for when the German vet- erans of that city visited himthe other da; >fore proposing a toast to the Mayor of Chicago he asked the veterans whether they though deserved it. interest is felt in the East over the suit of a New York man against a detective for shadowing him, Itissaid that if the case goes against the detective the divorce business will be practically killed in the Jarger cities, as it almost im- possible to get evidence without shadowing. The fact that many of the larger Eastern cities complain that the atmosphere of the parks is affected by smoke affords us another reason to be well pleased with our conditions. It is no little advantage to live in a city where the parks are kept clean by the fresh winds of ten thousand miles of sea. Considerab! According to the latest theory Harrison was defeat ed in 1392 because after his suc- cess in 1888 he turned his back on the lead- ers of the party and declared his victory was due not to them, but to Providence. In 1892 the leaders determined to leave him to Providence, and accordingly he was left. The New York World recently undertook to get the opinion of Democratic editors in that State on Whitney’s chances as a Presidential candidate, and to the ques- tion, “What is the feeling of the Demo- crats your section?” the Rochester Jzpress replied : “Itis one of serene indifference.” —_— It is noted as one of the peculiarities of New England that 1n the country there are more men than women, and in the towns more women than men. In that section of the country it is the girls who go to the cities: to seek fortune, and the boys who stay at bome, tend the farm and take care of the old people. One of the notable features of municipal work in the East this year has been the large expenditures made in many cities for additional parks. It would be well for California towns to profit by this ex- perience and provide themselves with parks before the need becomes pressing and the land becomes too high. 1t is reported from London that a Miss Atkins, & concert singer, who four years ago lost a splendid contralto voice by an attack of grip, hasentirely recovered it by living for a year on the fruit and nut diet. We do not guarantee the truth of $he story, but as it is calculated to increass $he demand for California products, we #re willing to pass it around, ital from Washington and put it in the | | | | AN EARNEST REBUKE. It has been out of a wonderful maze of entanglements that Utah bas issued, and from which, having shaken herself free of them, she stand to-day asking to be ad- miited to the sisterhood of States. The internal problems which she has been called upon to solve were intricate and difficult, and had it not been that the pe- culiar character of her affliction appealed to the chivalrous interference of the warm American heart which beat beyond her borders, and had not the splendid wealth which lay in her soil and rocks invited the enterprise of courageous men, we may im- agine the desolation that would have been investing her to this day. Among the hardy men who upon their own account thrust tkemselves into the struggle which was overwhelming the bet- ter element of the Territory was Colonel Isaac Trumbo. He had first tried his strength in California, and baving found it sufficient here he sought the more diffi- cult field of Utah, There he cast his for- tunes, made his home, became one of the people, developed great enterprises which spread the fame of the region and simpli- fied the task of its assimilation with the TUnion, and was chosen as one of the strong spirits to lead the ostracized Territory into the community of States. The Oakland Tribune, after recounting these facts, deplores that form of politics which the Salt Lake Tribune expounds and which adopts for its moving principle a standard which ignores individual worth. | Because Colonel Trumbo is a candidate for the United States Senate from Utah, and because, according to the Oakland Tribune, he is not a member of a political combina- tion which is represented by the Salt Lake Tribune, the latter paper is demanding his defeat. 1t is not likely that this will re- suli, but the attempt to accomplish it might be none the less discouraging to men who would be proud to receive politi- cal recognition of their worth as private citizens. The Oaskland Tribune declares that the opponents of Colonel Trumbo do not want him elected, because heis “not their man.” This eloguent phrase expresses the most degraded phase of American politics. To be “not their man” hes a meaning which all seltish, narrow, plsce-hunting poli- ticians understand. To be ‘‘not their man” is often a distinction coveted by men of strong mind and iudependent character. The people of this ccuntry have not yet emerged completely from beneath the domination of corrupt bosses, who are always sure that a candidate ‘‘is their man’’ before they will support him, but they are steadily advancing toward the light. They are learning that a can- didate who is any man’s man is not the veople’s man, and that one strong, fear- less candidate is stronger than all the power of selfish bosses and manipulators. It would be hard to imagine Colonel Trumbo as any man’s man. He has been his own man so long that the habit has become fixed and irremedinoble. It was because he was his own man that he went forth to fight the battle tor Utah, and like a man won it. Itis likely that he will re- tain his manhood and the seif-respect that appertains thereto, and that the wise and patriotic people would prefer him as their representative in the United States Senate to some man who is not his own man, but | has to draw all that makes him from those shadowy powers which own men ana thrust them to the front. OIPRIC0'S DOWNFALL. Nothing could be more natural than Ferdinand Ciprico’s astonishment that he was found guilty of conspiracy to swindle the Government by forging and uttering certificates to Chinese under the restriction Jaws. It astounds him to realize that his shrewdness has not proved sufficient to keep him out of the penitentiary, and that now and then the courts dooverhaul a sue. His case is particularly interesting ew of the fact that the beginning of criminal career was while he was in the service of the Government as a Custom- house employe, and that he abused and betrayed the confidence reposed in him. In other words, whatever career he may or may not have developed had he never been so trusted, it was in office and under the temptation which that position brought to him that he acquired the habits which have at last produced his miserable down- fall. He is supposed to have made a large for- tune by his sale of fraudulent Chinese cer- tificates. This, probably, was of great use to him in first trial. Now heis penni- less and friendless, and lacks the smallest element of the picturesque in his attitude of ordinary convict. His career is like that of thousands of others, and for that reason is valuable to the student. The whole story is this: A man of courage, wit and persistency finds in public office an opportunity to make money by betraying his trust to rich private Interests which flourish at the ex- pense of the common good. The financial benefit which the traitor receives is vastly smaller than that which the private inter- est 15 enabled through his rascality to en- joy. The difference is the profit which the private interest secures. This comes from the people, but it is the smallest damage that they suffer. There is an immeasur- ably broader and deeper wrong, which strikes at the most sacred and vital princi- ples underlying the social compact. The traitor feels secure because his dis- grace and punishment would be a serious blow to the private interest which he has served, and it is bound to shield him. Let it be krown that the interest would be unfaithful to one of its tools in office, and the getting of more tools and the continu- ance of its policy would be made difficult, The way seems eagsy for the traitor. He can ignore the jeersof the crowd so long as his pocket is well filled, his backing strong and bold and the money which he will take out of office commands the re- spect of the only persons for whose iriend- ship he cares. The curse attending ill-gotten gains is the effect which a man’s conduct in acquir- ing 1t hason his character. The evil lies not in the money itself, but in the method of its acquisition. The pursuit of ways for getting money dishonestly must be at the sacrifice of qualities necessary to ulti- mate success, even in dishonesty. 8o it is that the traitor sells vastly more than his trust, and so it is that he acquires a mental habit which makes upright conduct dis- tasteful and often impossible. Thus crippled, he magnifies his shrewd- ness, underrates the shrewdness of others, scorns the stupidity of honesty, exaggerates his ability to outwit the law or to baffle its operation by corrupting its administrators, and in the end walks blindly into a pitfall of his own digging. In all the world there is no more pitiful sight than the man ignorant of the maiming which he has in- flicted upon himself by betraying a great public trust for gain, THE TAMALPAIS ROAD. ‘While all praise is due the enterprising capitalists who propose to comstruct a power road to the summit of Mount Tam- alpais, and while they have not yet de- cided on the kind of road to employ, the latest nmews concerning their intentions indicates that they have a prefer- ence fora direct line rather than for one encircling the mountain. A straight road would be much less expensive than a winding one, but would 1t be the best to adopt? A straight road would require either a cable or a cog system, but & wind- ing road could be operated by electricity. Recent improvements in electric lines have enabled them to climb surprisingly heavy grades. In any event a survey of Tamalpais would likely develop the fact that an electric road to the summit would not have to be more than three times the length of a straight cable or cog road. Possibly the fact that a company which proposes to construct the road intends also to erect a hotel on the summit may have something to do with a possibie preference for a direct line, as it is evident that a steep, straight road would not tend to de- velop hotel competition along the route. But there are other considerations deserv- ing attention. Itis evident "that a steep road would fail also to encourage the building of summer residences along its length, and that an electric would have a strong tendency to do so, and that this would mean a considerable increase of the road’s traflic. It might easily be reasoned that the large number of private residences and public resorts which would spring up alongside a winding road would bring ad- ‘vantages more than offsetting those accru- ing from a virtual monopoly of hotel ac- commodations at the summit. That is one matter to consider, Another is the possibly greater transient traffic of a winding road by reason of the superior scenic attractions that it would offer. This element would hardly operate in the case of a straight road, which would ascend the eastern face of the mountain and afford but one outlook. The wonderful sweep of scenery which the mountain offers would not be available until the very summit is reached. A winding road, on the other hand, would bring something new and beautiful into view at every moment of its ascent, and weuld cause the whole splen- aid panorama to swing round in the un- folding of its charms. The trip alone would offer attractions of the strongest kind, which would be largely absent in the case of a straight road. There are’ still other considerations. The contemplation of a hotel on the sum- mit carries with it the presumption that the company sees its way to the mastering of the water-supply problem. A winding road would invite summer residents, who would be consumers of water and elec- tricity, and in the supplying of these wants the company could secure a consid- erable revenue. 1n addition to these con- siderations there are minorones, including the larger traffic which a winding road woula enjoy from camping,hunting and pic- nic parties. Most of these evident ways in which a larger passenger traffic would be secured carry with them the necessity for the carrying of freight and an opportunity to derive an income from the service. The conditions under which cable and cog roads have been constructed to moun- tain summits are, so far as we can remem- ber, toghlly different from those which obtain at Tamalpais. In most cases elec- tric roads had not been developed at the time the roads were constructed, and gen- erally winter snows would prohibit their adoption. In no case is the scenery offered so beautiful and varied as that of Tamal- pais, and in exceedingly few cases is roadside settlement possible. ENCOURAGING NEWS. Dr. de Vecchi of this City has written some welcome news about the consump- tion of California wines in London. He visited a great many restaurants in that city and made bimself sure of his ground. He declares that while none of the London hostelries frequented by Americans have California wines on. their tables, for the reason that Americans do not want them, nearly all the other large hotels and restau- rants furnish them; that there is a large consumption of them,and that they are constantly becoming more popular, partly for the reason that they are pure and wholesome and partly because they are sold so cheaply. Thus, they furnish a pint bottle of sauterne for 25 cents, and have adopted the popular custom of serving hali-pint bottles at 12)4 cents. This will be surprising news to patrons of first-class restaurants in San Francisco. In scores of cheap restaurants here a glass (balf pint) of claret is served for 5 cents, but when it comes to the first-class restaurants and hotels the subject becomes painful with London in view. It is not surprising, however unfortunate it may be, that the English patrons of first-class botels and restaurants like Cali- fornia wines, and that American tourists in London do not. It is a matter of edu- cation, taste and independence. Whatever fun Americans may be inclined to poke aty an Englishman on the score of his self- complacency the Englishman is neither an ape nor a moral coward. He forms his judgment to suit himself. With the ex- perience of agesand the propinquity and cheapness of European wines he discovers that California is producing wines that suit his educated palate, and he proceeds to drink them. It would probably amuse him vastly to learn that this is bad form in America. As the leaders of good form in America model their conduct largely upon that of Englishmen, we should be grateful for the bope that as London has found our wines acceptable their value may be appreciated in this country. Another revelation made by Dr. Vecchi is that the English restaurateurs them- selves are advertising our wines by being careful to affix to the bottles labels an- nouncing that they came from California, with a picture of a big tree as an adjunct. There is a slight danger that these thriity persons will put California labels, big tree and all, on bottles containing poor French wines. That is a risk that it would be dif- ficult to avoid, and for the present we must be content with the advertising which it brings. There is no strong love between the British and the French, and this ought to be a hint to our vignerons. RANDOM NOTES. BY JOHN McNAUGHT. Now that the members ot THE CALL staff have formed a bicycle club and every Sun- day at the park witch the world with dar- ing wheelmanship it is high time to ex- plode the story of the bicycie face. This story, based upon the specious theory that the effort to maintain the equilibrium of the wheel and the constant anxiety to show off without falling off as well as the care to avoid running over every team on the roaq, produce a strain upon the facial muscles that causes permanent distortion THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, and changes the divine aspect of the hu- man countenance into the semblance of an ape, has been circulated long enough. There was never much truth in it even in the East, and on this coast there was none atall. Asa matter of fact many wheelers have faces smooth enough to travel on, and outside Tue CaLyL clab there are sev- eral who do it. Theories like men can be judged by their associations. The bicycle-face theory was started in Boston as a contribution to the talk of the silly season and takes rank along with the New York question, “Is SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1895. man more, beautiful than woman?”’; the Chicago question, “Is it proper to kiss without first rubbing the lips with earbo- lized rosewater?”, and the Philadelphia conundrum, “If a woman has in a basket such & number of eggs that if she takes them out by twos, threes, fours, fives or sixes there would be one remaining, but if she takes them out by sevens there would be none left, how many eggs would there bein the basket?” The discussion of one of these subjects is about as valuable as that of another. Itis worth noting, however, that the questions of New York, Chicago and Philadelphia are still live issues, while that of Boston has been answered in Bos- ton itself, Yankee fashion, by asking an- other: “Is the bicycle face any worse than the baby carriage face of the man who has to push one while his wife directs the way?”’ People who are easily wearied with the flow of adjectives so common in the de- scriptions of social functions must bave been greatly pleased by the fact that the recent Vanderbilt ball in Newport beg- gared description. All that could be said of it was that $4,000,000,000 worth of society was received at a $3,000,000 palace and that the ball was opened by $210,000,000 in cotillon. What more could any one ask? In cases of that kind the speech of figures is a great deal more effective than figures of speech. Those who look forward to the coming winter with expectations of bliss and in- dulge their pleasing fancy that the revxyal of trade and activity will bring nothing but good, and that we shall have a season of business and gayety yielding profit and pleasure unalloyed, should medicine their too exuberant hopes betimes with the re- membrance that *‘man never is but always to be blessed.” Already there appear upon the eastern horizon portents of ap- proaching trouble. It is announced thata new novel by Mrs. Humphry Ward be- gins its serial appearance in November, and it is further announced that a New York church has invented a new form of church enterprise known as the “extortion social.” These things -starting in the East will, ‘of course, come westward with the star of empire and the railway trains, and our only consolation in facing them isto be found in the well-assured belief that neither the new novel nor the new social will be materially different from those with which we have become familiar dur- ing the years of depression. It is difficult for the average citizen to understand why the committee charged with the duty of selecting a site for the Affiliated Colleges should hem, haw, hesi- tate and halt in making a choice between the five and a half acres offered in the Potrero and the thirteen acres offered by Mayor Sutro near the park. The park site is not only much the larger in area, which in itself is an important consideration to colleges that look forward to future growth, but it 1s a better location, can be more cheaply prepared for building, will have the advantage of proximity to the great Sutro Library and is on the line along which the City is advancing. The Potrero site has no attractions at all equal to the other, unless the fact that it is somewhat nearer to the Southern Pacific Railroad may be considered an attraction, though why it should be so considered by any one who does not desire to make a touch on the road is one of those perplexing prob- lems of life which Herbert Spencer should have included in his dogma of the unknow- able. In the window of a drugstore on the north side of town a number of sharp, heavy, dangerous looking tacks are ex- posed with a placard stating that they were picked up on the San Mateo road where they were found scattered along the high- way. This form of malicious mischief is so mean and can yield so little in the way of fun even for the mischief-maker, that it would seem to be the freak of some idiot without a mate in the world. And yet it is not so. From every part of the Union come reports of similar offenses. In some parts of Connecticut it is said that tack- sprinkling on the highways has become so common that bicyc?e riding is almost im- possible. The evil has in fact become so widespread there is a growing demand for an adequate punishment of it, and the bicycle men would have the full sympathy of the public if they should devise some way of making the tack-scatterers sit down on their little game and sit down hard. The casual observer who does not know everything and has no particular desire to do so can hardly walk through the Me- chanics’ Fair without wondering why we are making so much fuss about the lack of California manufactures. There seems to be in the Pavilion enough California machinery to make a State and enough products to stock it with. It is no doubt a good thing to demand more, but we should not overlook the fact that we have done a good deal and have a right to be proud of ourselves, It is doubtful if any commu- nity of a population not exceeding ours can make so excellent a showing. It is certain we manufacture everything from bloomers to men-of-war. These things may not rep- resent the extreme poles of human indus- try, but as they provide for home comforts and National defense, we ought to be fairly well satisfied, for what more does any lover or patriot want than to please the ladies and save the Nation? The allusion to bloomers was not made as a matter of flippancy nor as a dressy contrast to warships. There is a bloomer suit at the fair, to see which is alone worth the price of admission. Tested by the im- mediate contact and contrast with all the frocks and gowns that the multitude of well-dressed women were trailing along the aisles, the bloomer showed itself fully their equal for grace and elegance, as well as superior to them for the comfort of the wearer and the convenience of the crowd. ‘When bloomers so graceful and dainty as this come to the front, rational dress will not have to wait for the slow process of reason to win its victory, but can come ir- rationally, skipping in like a lamb to capti- vate every lion of the season. In no department of the fair will the visitor find better cause for present satis- faction or better promise of greater things to come than in the department of fine arts. In the domain of mechanism America has so easy a supremacy over the restof the world that our accomplishments in thatdirection seem -matters of course. - In those industries, however, where the brain works through the hand and skillful fin- gers achieve results in which there are apparent not only things but thoughts— results which no machine can accomplish— we have been sadly behind almost all other civilized lands. It is therefore a matter of more than ordinary gratification to perceive in this young commonwealth of California the promise and the potency -of an art in which America will find ex- pression for those National aspirations and ideals which up to this time we have been able to express only through the medium of words. It is not that we have some great artists now that gives most satis- faction in this way, but that we have so many younger men and women not yet famous who are showing such good work :nd assuring us of such brilliancy in the uture, v s Ry 7 PERSONAL. L. D. Fowler of Ventura is a guest at the Grand. F. A. Downing of Boston is a guestat the Palace. Alex Milne, C.E., Indis, is a guest at the Pal- ace Hotel. Chester Holcombe of New York is & guest at the Palace. E. 8. Robinson of New York is registered at the Palace. Dr. L. E. Cross of Stockton s stopping at the Grand Hotel. Dr. Proctor of Petaluma registered at the Palace yesterday. W. A. Hoffman, merchant, of Ukiah, is a guest at the Grand Hotel. Colonel von Krelschniar of Germany is & guest at the Palace Hotel. Consul C. von Dockum of Denmark is regis- tered at the Grand Hotel. B. U. Steinman, Mayor of Sacramento, regis- tered at the Palace yesterday. E. B. Hornnung, merchant, of Marysville, is registered at the Grand Hotel. 8. E. Crow, & lawyer of Santa Barbars, regis- tered at the Occidental yesterday. M. Lawrence, proprietor of the Tallac House, Lake Tahoe, is a guest at the Baldwin Hotel. F. A. Becknall, artist, is a guest at the Pal- ace Hotel. He is en route from Japan to New York. Frank J. Brandon of San Jose, Secretary of the State Senate, is in the City stopping at the Grand, Thomas L. Carothers, a lawyer of Ukiah, ar- rived in the City yesteraay and is stopping at the Grand Hotel. H. J. Hunt, tea merchaut, of the Orient, isat the Palace Hotel. He is on his way to London, accompanied by his daughter. Mrs. Rosa de Campos of Guatemala arrived in the City on the steamer Acapulco yesterday and registered at the Occidental Hotel. D. H. Mercer and wife of Nebraska are guests at the Hotel St. Nicholas. Mr. Mercer is a member of Congress from the Omaha district. Carl Grienauer, solo violoncellist of Scheel’s Orchestra, and Edward Lada, violinist, have re- turned from their summer resorts and concert tour. Colonel Thomas E. Addis of the Winchester Arms Company, New Haven, Conn., is in the City, having returned from Australis on the last steamer. Raiph King, banker, of New York, isa guest at the Palace. He is touring the world for pleasure, and has been away from home four- teen months. Harry Rickards, Kate Rickards, Nomi Rickards and Madge Rickards of Sydney, Australia, are registered at the Baldwin Hotel. Harry Rickards is the manager of theaters in Melbourne and Sydney. James Parmelee, banker, New York, arrived from Japan on the steamer Coptic yesterday and registered at the Palace Hotel. He is making a leisurely tour around the world. His sojourn in Japan was not prolonged, owing to rumors of cholera. Conductor McLeod of the Valencia-street line of cars has resigned his position for the pur- pose of studying for the ministry, and Grip- man Monteith of the same line has resigned in order that he may complete a course of study at Stanford University. John R. Toole of Anaconda, Mont., who has been in San Francisco for several days, started for Amador County yesterday to inspect min- ing property in that region of California. Mr. Toole is associated in Montana with Marcus Daly and is recognized as one of the progres- sive and leading men of the State. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 31.—The metropolis has been getting the returning tide of Knights Templar from Boston, and for several days past the city has been full of Californians. There is hardly a hotel that has not had a Pacific Coast party among its guests, to say nothing of the numbers that have been entertained by friends here in the city. As a rule, the Westerners have not found the East to their liking. In Boston, in particular, while they were well treated by their brother Templars, they say tuat the restaurants, cabmen, hotel- keepers, and even the streetcar companies took advantage of them, and whenever possible ran pricesup as much as 3334 per cent for their benefit. Chief among this party of returning Californians was Mayor Frank Rader of Los Angeles. Mayor Rader, who with Mrs. Rader has been at the Imperial, left for the coast to- day. With them were Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Lindley, also of Los Angeles. Many others still remain behind, and are planning excursions to near-by points, or engaged in becoming ac- quainted with the mysteries of Gotham before starting west. Californians registered at the New York hotels to-day include: From Los Angeles—M. T. Owens, Miss M. F. Marshall, Imperial. San Francisco—J. F. Gilmartin, Im- perial; H. B.- Dean, W. E. Dean, Mrs. M. E, Dean, 8. Reiser, Grand Union; George H. New- man, Henry L. Day, J. L. W. Shillery, Charles 8. Coy, J. H. Brumrig, C. H. Murphy, C. H. Snedaker, W. B. Sanborn, Hoffman; G. Haas, A. Hormde, land; F. A. Clieland, Barrett. San Jose—Miss January, Mrs.J. S.Potts, Mrs, J. W. Walthall, Park Avenue; C. D. Chapman, Murray Hill. Santa Barbara—J. C. Hassinger, Imperial. Santa Cruz—J. P. Smith, Plaza. Pasadena—J. M. Linserbcugh, Dr. L. W. Frary, Imperial. Sacramento—L. F. Brenner, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Peterson, Ashland; H. C. Fisher, Grand Union. CALIFORNIANS IN UTAH. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAE, Aug. 31.—At the Knutsford—Miss M. Keefe, Miss A. 8. Kelleyy Ban Francisco; on their way East. Mrs. E. E. Caswell of San Francisco, from asummer in Paris and London, arrived from the East to-day and leaves to-morrow for home. SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS. “They may talk about their iron age,” the.| cashier softly murmured as he altered the combination and shut th e door, “but what is that compared with the age of steel ?”" Saying which he "put a large, dark-colored incognito into his valise and boarded a steamer for South America.—Exchange. Weary William (the tramp)—Please help a poor cripple. A Kind Gentleman (handing him some money)—Bless me, why, of course. How are you crippled ? Weary William (pocketing the money)— Financially, sir—Exchange. “What we want,” said the man who sitson a store box and whittles, “is an elastic cur- rency.” “Idunno 'bout that,” replied his neighbor, “‘Better not be too elastic er fust thing ye know it'll be like some stocks that stretches accordin’ ter the amount of plitical pull thet's put onter 'em.”’—Exchange. “Was he warmly received upon the occasion of his debut in tragedy 2" “Warmly ? Why, they had to ring down the asbestos curtain.”—Exchange. “Shaving,” said the Populist boarder, “is merely & habit.” “*So is & beard,” remarked the cheerful idiot. “Just look how it grows ona man as he gets older.”—Exchange. Tagleigh—What is the best way to get outof a bad scrape ? Wagleigh—Let your beard grow.—Exchange. “Who was the gentleman who sat by youand stared into your face all evening "’ ““He's a celebrated mind-reader.” “On his vacation ?”—Life. In these “inyl a man doesn’t learn to labor so much as to lie in wait.—Life. PEOFLE TALKED ABOUT. Arthur James Balfour, the new leader of the House of Commons, {s a lanky-bullt, loosely~ hung, over-tall man, with an incipient stoop and a drawn face adorned by s drooping mus- tache and sparse, curling side whiskers, says Vanity. He wears eyeglasses and looks like a mild, lacka-daisical country curate. He is ris- ing seven and forty, and is a nephew of Lord SBalisbury, whom he accompanied to the Berlin Congress as private secretary. Onlya few years &go he occupied a back seat in the House, of which he is now the leader. His rise was as rapid as it was surprising. Until his acces- sion to the Irish secretaryship he was regarded by friends and foes alike simply as an average ‘young aristoctat, who found himself in Parlia. ment simply because he was the son of a wealthy Scotch “laird.” A lounging, rather effernate-mannered man, who toyed with & scarlet handkerchief as he sprawled supine over the treasury bench, that wes the picture that had impressed itself on his critics. But he soon proved himself a strong man of bril- liant parts. The air of frivolous eynicism with which he invested his treatment of Irish griévances and his supercilious indifference to abuse and invective fairly maddened the Irish members. Like his uncle, he rarely made long speeches in the House. He says hissay in the fewest possible wordsand resumes hisseat with alacrity. He is & confirmed pessimfst. In private life he is one of the most charming and accomplished of men, being noted for the facile and urbane charm of his conversation. He can play golf or argue a problem on philosophy ‘with equal facility. He lives in a great spacious house, gloomy without and austere on first en- trance, but stored in its inner penetralia with the treasures of all the arts and half the sciences. He is also noted as a connoisseur in pictures and is an!enthusiastic disciple of ‘Wagner; so much so that he always manages to find time to attend the annual rehearsals at Bayreuth. He has a magnificent estate in Scotland and a large private fortune, but has hitherto escaped matrimony. Count Mutzu, the Japanese Foreign Minister, has tendered Sheridan P. Read, American Con- sul .at Tientsin, the official thanks of the Japanese Government for the assistance ren- dered by the Consul in the exchange of ratifi- cations of the Cheefoo treaty. It is stated that Mr. Farnham's “Life of Fran- cis Parkman” will not appear until next year, although it was promised for this. Parkman’s daughter, who is in Europe, will have supervi- sion of the volume. New meps and pictures and various annota- tions by Colonel Frederick Grant will be added to the new edition of the ‘‘Personal Memoirs of U. 8. Grant,” which the Century Company hus in hand. Alfred de Musset’s sister refuses to have any of his works in her possession published, or to allow his letters to be seen, among which is the correspondence between the poet and George Sand. IDEAS OF WESTERN EDITORS. & CALIFORNIA. Chicago has & new Free Library building and is spending $600,000 in interior decora- tions and furnishings. Every progressive city, big or emall, either owns a library building or is agitating the project of building one. San Jose keeps its library in & garret, andin order to reach it the city proposes to spend enough money in an elevator to buy & good lot for a building. This may be economy, but it looks like wasteful expenditure of money on an at- tempt to accomplish nothing.—San Jose Mer- cury. In a great many ways this is a decidedly peculiar community, but in none isit odder in its idiosyncracy than in the strenuous efforts some of its citizens seem to be eonstantly maxing to keep capital from coming in. In other eities of California the citizens appear to be forever devising means by which they can induce capitalists to invest some of their sur- plus cash within the city’s bounds and offering them inducements to come and leave their money. Here in_Sacramento, however, an outside capitalist has to squirm and fight and scrouge his way 10, while an assorted selection of prominent citizens are battling tooth and toenail to keep him out.—Sacramento Bee. THE CALL has been publishing only the im- portant details of the Durrant trial. Here is a chance for those who are howling “sensational ;:ourn-lism" to show their approbation of THE 'ALL'S sensible position by supporting such a clean, reliable household journal. If they will do it remains to be seen.—Benicia New Era. A difference in methods and hence & differ- ence in rewards is illustrated by cases reported from Kings County. One orchardist shipped his pears East and. realized per ton. Heis well satisfied with the business. Another who has no use for the doggoned newspapers and never reads one dickered witha Chinaman and thus squeezed out $10 per ton for his pears. He is thinking that there is not much in the business and that Chinamen are absorbing everything.—Tulare Register. The editor of the San Francisco CALL cer- tainly has the courage of his convictions. In a recent issue he says: Los Angeles, having handsomely provided foran exhibit at Atlanta, IS now making preparations for a grand festival next spring, and in the meantime San Francisco continues to play the role of a pas- sive spectator. It is refreshing to find one paper of the northern metropolis that has the courage to speak right out in school and tell the truth, even though by speaking the truth it shames the San Franciscan. That city has too long r‘lnyed the part of the ‘‘passive spectator.” eantime Los Angeles has plaved the part of the active participant in all events and under- takings which would advance the interests of Southern California in general and Los An- geles in particular, either commercially or so- cially. Ashort drive about the city will con- vince the most skeptical that our people are anything but ‘‘passive spectators.”” THE CALL bas been paying considerable attention to Los Angeles in the way of investigation and plac- ing before the public accurate information as to our resources and industries. The articles have been well written and to the point.—Los Angeles Herald. ‘WASHINGTON, The State of Washington is to be congratu- lated on the acceptance by Professor Mark W. Harrington of the presidency of the State Uni- versity. He hes a Natienal reputation, and he will place the inslil!‘[ion in a condition where it can yield the best results, and make it an honor to the State.—Seattle Post-Intelligencer. In order to get our farming lands settled up the price of land should come down. More farms will result in better roads, and “better roads will encourage more farms. More farms mean more manufactured goods and more fac- tory hands, more clothes to wear, more food, gx‘:{:n stores— prosperity, in fact. — Tacoma OREG! There are book-learned folk who cannot rea- son at all—who actually seem incapable of un- derstanding what an argument is. Reason is nothing to them—sentiment, feeling, preju- dice, everything. Our schools neglect the teaching of the art of reasoning. It should be one of the first things tanght. %'0 define should be taught as well as spelling.—Salem States- man. ARIZONA. As Maricopa County is without an immigra- tion commissioner, it seems to the Courier that the appointment of the petrified man to that Eo!nlon is in order, as his politics is un- nown, and he would certainly be in harmony with the present Territorial administration.— Prescott Courfer. When statehood is again agitated, what a host of Senatorial candidates will come in from the chaparral.—Pheenix Gazette. UTAH. While Tennessee is filling her jails with Seventh-day Adventists for working on Sun- day, Montana jails a citizen who for conscience sake refused to work out his road tax on Sun- day. We have a broad country, and our laws are made to fill all latitudes, but the citizen of one latitude sometimes makes the mistake of t‘z)lng in one not adapted to him.—Sait Lake une. GLACE pineapple, 50¢ Ib. Townsend’s. * o i E. H. BLACK, painter, 120 Eddy street. RENTS collected. Ashton, 411 Montgomery.* —————— “Here,” complained the aggrieved father, “'I have spent nearly $15,000 on that girl's edu- cation, and now she goes and marries a $2500- ‘a-year clerk.” “Well,” sald the friend of the family, “isn’t that all of 15 per cent on your investment? ‘What more do you want?’—Indianapolis Jour- nal. ————— GEO. W. MONTEITH, law offices, Crocker bldg.* e A T Bacox Printing Company, 508 Clay strast. * eor oo sl ki sy Ethel Knox—Why are you like my piano lamp ? Staylate—Bécause Ishine in your drawing- room? Ethel Knox—You are turned down, but you don’t go out.—New York World. ——————————— As a means of keeping the body in perfect health 00 better agent has yet been found than that great blood purifier and strength builder, Hood’s Sarsa- parilla. Try It without delay. ————————————— DE. SIEGERT'S Angostura Bitters, the world renowned South American appetizer and invigo- Tator, cures dyspépsis, diarrhes, fever and ague, ————— 1Ir affiicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp- ] %00's Eye Water. Drugglsts sell 1t at 20 cents, Ribbons! Ribbons! SPECIAL SALE THIS WEEK —_—OF——— PLAIN AND FANCY RIBBONS AT VERY ATTRACTIVE PRICES. These Ribbons are entirely new goods, judiciously selected, and pur- chased uat terms such as enable us to offer them to our patrons at marvel- ously low figures. A saving of 25 to 3314 per cent can be effected by pur- chasing during this sale. 500 pieces No. 5 (1 inch wide) AT Pure Silk, Satin and Gros- 1 Grain Ribbon, in all shades, AC 80c per piece of 10 yards.... 3V Yard 650 pieces No. 9 (1}4 inches wide) Pure Silk, Satin and AT GrosGrain_Ribbon, In all 1 shades, §1 20 per piece of 10 (1 AT yards. 750 pieces No. 22 (3 inches wide) Pure Silk, Satin_and Grog-s?éu Ritbon, in nll(l) 20 shades, $2 per piece o yards. 3 c Yard AT 106 suea AT 196 vura 500 pieces No. 3 (¥ inches wide) Fancy Lace Ribbons, 90c per piece of 10 yards.... 500 pieces No. 5 (1 inch widlf_} 5 Fancy Lace Ribbons, $1 per plece of 10 yard: 120 pieces Fancy Dresden Rib- bons (4 inches wide), in AT latest floral designs, colors cream, white, Nile green, li- Yard lac, pink and_light blue, regular price 65¢ yard...... 120 pieces Fancy Dresden Rib- bons, 5 inches wide, colors pink, light blue, cream and Wwhite, Worth 85¢, at.. 560 o RIBBON REMNANTS. 3000 Ribbon Remnants, ranging in lengths from 1 yard up, comprising all this season’s styles. These we will sacrifice at astonishingly low prices. The cost not considered. SPANGLED NETS. Just opened. The latest in Spangled Nets in black, gold, silver and iridescent. These are the choicest goods shown this season. A visit of inspection is respectfully solicited. NEWAN & LEVINSON, 125, 127, 129 and 131 Kearny Street, and 209 Sutter Street. URNITURE 4 ROOI1S $90. Parlor—Silk Brocatelle, trimmed. Bedroom—T7-plece Solid Oak Suit, French Bevel- plate Glass, bed, bureau, washstand. two chairs. Tocker and table; pillows, woven-wire and top mattress. Dining-Room—8-fo0s Extension Solid Oalk Chairs. Kitchen—No. 7 Range, Patent Kitchen Table and two chairs. EASY PAYMENTS. Houses furnished complets, clty or country, ang where on the coast. Open evenings. M. FRIEDMAN & GO., 224 to 230 and 306 Stockton Splece guit, plush Table, four and 237 Post Street. Free packing and delivery across the bay. WONDERFUL RAIL ROAD PUZZLE Iyl §Y ~= & Solve It Tracks of Brass, Car of Celluloid. E address, shipping expenses prepaid Bt o for omiy 18 cents. ~ Address 3X AND OUT PUZZLE CO. 1402 Devisadero St., San Francisco Agents Wanted Everywhere, GREAT BARGAINS IN o U o4 REMOVED T0 ISTE!VNBY ESTONETO EXAMINE YOUR oyes and fit them to Spectacles or Eyeglasses with instruments of his own invention, whose mm DOt been equaled. My success has due 1o the merits of my WOrks Oftice Hours—13 to 4 . M