The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 2, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1895. ChA;(LES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Pafly and Sunday CALL, Oone week, by carrier. 51{15 v and Sunday CALY, one year, by mail... 6.00 “ALL, 8iX montbs, by mail 3.00 y and Sunday Cary, ire months, by mail 1.50 y and Sunday CALL, one month, by mall .65 Funday CALL, one year, by mail.. 50 ‘WEEKLY CALIL, ope year, by mail .60 NESS OFFICE: BU 10 Market Streat. Telephone. ...... e ... Main--1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Telephone... ...Maln—1874 BRANCH OFFICES : 570 Montgomery sircet, corner Clay: open until 0 0'clock. 0 Haves street: open until 9:30 o'clock. rkin street: open until 9:80 o'clock. rmer Sixteenth and Mission streets; open oc 2518 Mission street; open until 8 o'clock. 116 Niuth street; open until § o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE: $08 Broadway. EASTERN OFFIC racific States Advertising Bure Rose and Duane streets With the opening of the member home products. Will you labor to-day or keep Labor day, that is the question? iliar with the Mechan- t ready for the State Make yourself fan jcs’ Fair and then Fair. The year has reached its fall and prices soon will rise wk siness hastes to find the man who knows how to advertise. With the beginning of fall the Eastern man induiges the hope that the hum of industry will soon drown the hum of the 1f the War Department succeeds in the iment of rubber heels for army shoes, ps the mext step in advance will be umatic soles. z to the New York Herald, Sun- s dry but not arid,” from the people are thirsty, but entiful, water is p! It is evident there are some people in the East who will never believe that Cleveland -~ nd. time for busy people who wish to keep uring the trial Hop prices are way down, but as the s have just added a dollar a e of the beer there must be crop for somebody. money in tk om Reed is not sayir nything about n these days, but he recently toid an interviewer that the ocean beach is the best piace to learn to ride a bicycle, for if take a tumble there it does not hurt u. The Atlanta City passed an ordinance requi to close at night during the Exposition, and the visitor therefore will have either to spend his eveni at the show or go to bed. ouncil is said to have The Philadelphia Record is right in ing: “In Maryland, Missouri, Kentucky and Nebraska there is great danger of a succession of Democratic disasters’; but little things of that kind always help the country. Coxey, who is running for Governor in Ohio, has been making his campaign speeches in Texas and Oklahoma, so it seems the old man really has tact enough to talk without irritating the people whose votes he wants to get. Some experiments made by Professor Bailey at Cornell are said to have disclosed the strange fact that under the infiuence of electric light certain plants grow so rapidly they cannot absorb water fast enough to keep up with the growth. The latest novelty in the way of camp- meeting entertainments is reported from Long Island, and consisted of six young ladies amusing the crowd by representing Presidential candidates. They did it by the simple process of sawing wood for a prize. It is noted as one of the best proofs of the weakness of Tammany at present, that the State Democracy has just refused to have any afiiliations with it, and it must be admitted that when the donkey feels brave enough to kick the tiger the tiger must be dying. We may understand something of the glow and vigor of politics in the Bast dur- ing the hot weather by the fact the Wash- ington City Post has published an edi- torial on entucky's Polecat,” and ex- pects everybody to understand it means Henry Watterson. 1f the frienas of Cleveland think the op- position to his re-election is due to the ex- ample of Washington in regard to a third term. they are very much mistaken. The people of tbis country need no George Washington to teach them how to deal with men like Cleveland. There is perhaps -8 good deal of sigpifi- cance in the fact that the three men who have been named as Democratic candi- dates for the Presidency without declining it—Olney, Campbell and Dickinson—have all been talking a great deal of late about the Monroe doctrine and a vigorous foreign policy. tinguished himself by holding for the Grand Jury a policeman who made a bet on a horse race for the purpose of obtain- ing evidence against themen whosold him the ticket. Of course the gambling frater- nity are praising Tighe, but otherwise he is having a hot time of it. It is reported that the manufacturers of woolen and cotton goods in the Eastare about to start an agitation against sending abroad $50,000,000 every year for such fab- rics; and the report is a strange comien- tary on the wisdom of a people that need an agitaiion to instruct them or rouse them in a matter of that kind. . The Daily News is a journalistic venture which bas come into existence at Santa Barbara for the purpose of riding the wave of prosperity which is sweeping down upor that charming little city by the sea. Its editor and proprietor, Frank Sands, is an able and accomplished man, is publishing an exceedingly good paper, and will contribute materially to the im- proved condition and bright prospects of Santa Barbara. ng all saloons: THE STATE FAIR. The preparations for the opening of the State Fair at Sacramento to-day seem to have been conducted on an uncommonly generous scale. The list of entries for exhibits is large, and will include a wide range of new features illustrating the progress of the State during the past year. Of course the races, being the most excit- ing and spectacular feature of the exhibi- tion, are receiving at present the major part of popular attention, and the lists of horses which have been entered for a long programme of races indicate that the events will be exceptionally interesting. They will be in reality but a minor fea- ture of the fair. This is an institution which brings annually under review an ex- position of California's greatness. It is true that what can be brought under a roof is only a small part of all that makes the State what it is, but as a State institution it brings together, in a compact and easily comprehended form, the best of the indi- vidual achievements of Californians. Not only may strangers find at Sacramento the best of apportunities for learning quickly some of the marvels of the State; but Cali- fornians themselves can find entertain- ment and instruetion from a comparison of this year’s achievements with those of former years and from a wider comprehen- sion which the fair will afford of the innu- merable things which contribute to the greatness of their State. Even a good and loyal Californian may be made better and more loyal by a visit to the fair. Sacramento is preparing for another great event—the annual celebration by the Native Sons of the admission of California to the Union. This will occur on the 9th inst., and the enterprising young men who compose the organization have promised to eclipse all their tormer efforts in the way of spectacular celebrations. With the State Fair, the celebration of Admission day and the forthcoming electric carnival, Bacramento will be the center of observa- tion for several days to come. IS FEESNO APATHETIO? Tt seems an unfortunate coincidence for Fresno that on the heels of its petition to the Railroad Commission for a reduction of freight rates on graiu the local subscrip- tionr committee working for the Valley road is meeting with some difficulty in collecting pledged subscriptions and se- curing new ones. The company’s graders are ready to go to work as soon as the money is paid, and the enterprising men of the City are working earnestly to raise the funds. If there is any section of this State that has greater reason than Fresno to encour- age competition in transportation we should be glad to know where it may be found. A reduction of transportation rates has been the one thing for which the people there have clamored. The wonder- ful energy which transformed those bar- ren plains into an empire of orchards and vineyards has seen the rewards of its labor absorbed by a power which neither earned nor deserved them, and the people have observed that with the decline in the market returns of their products caused by hard times the heavy tolls have been continued and that their business has been driven to the wall. They know that wherever the Southern Pacific has encountered genuine competi- tion, as along the coast, it has reduced rates to a figure which makes the cultiva- tion of the soil a profitable industry. They have the history of the Pajaro Valley be- fore them, which shows that the advent of the Spreckels railroad in that valley forced down the Southern Pacific Com- pany’s rates and insured the prosperity of the region. They know that they must make good to the Southern Pacific the re- ductions which competition elsewhere has rendered compulsory. They are aware that what with the heavy cost of construc- | tion and the fictitious fixed charges which the Southern Pacific has created, includ- ing the carrying of a debt far in excess of the cost or value of the road, the Southern Pacific taxes their wealth and industry be- yond the ability of ordinary means to bear. They know, furiher, that the Valley road will cost much less to construct than the Southern Pacific; that it will have no fictitious fixed charges to meet; that it will have no vast stretches of profitless track over mountains and deserts which will have to be operated with money drawn from its highly developed sections, and that it is to be a competitive line and is determined to lower rates of all kinds. In addition to all this they know that the project is in the hands of honest and able capitalists who are utterly independ- ent of the Southern Pacific and who have no fear of the lash which that great cor- poration knows so weil how to wield. The people of Fresno are aware that they.are not asked to give their money, but to in- vest it in the shares of the company, with every reasonable prospect of receiving a fair direct return on their investment, and of securing in addition all the finan- cial benefits which will arise from a profit on their products and an enhancement of their property values. They should bear in mind the fact that to the extent of their ownership of shares will their interests as partners in the en- terprise be promoted; that thisisa Cali- fornia undertaking by Californians who have already demonstrated their pride in their State and their loyaity to its people and resources. Surely the sensible men of Fresno cannot have overlooked any of these considerations or be indifferent to the only relief that has ever been offered them. INGENIOUS OFFICERS. A strange piece of news comes from an interior county of this State. It is to the effect that & vagrant who had served his term in the County Jail refused to leave its vicinity when discharged and clamored for readmittance, and that the officers, deeming this an evidence of his insanity, have arrested him and propose to secure his commitment to an insane asylum. It will be interesting to observe how the Lunacy Commission will regard this evidence of the man’s insanity. We are not informed that any other is to be offered. 1t would be rash to deny that the man hasa certain kind of mama. The terrible bardships imposed upon willful vagrants in the jails of California are remarkably conducive to the form of insanity which this man has discovered. Upon being found to be a wiliful and dangerous vag- rant, a pilferer, a frightener of defenseless women and an ugly character whendrunk, he is committed to jeil. There he is scrubbed and made to wash his clothes. He has a comfortable bed,an abundance of nourishing food and companionship of a kind most agreeable to his tastes. Inorder that he shall remain in vigorous healith he is probably given a turn of an hour or two daily at the jail pump. About the only luxury for which he longs that is denied him is liquor, and if be is willing to bear that hardship in exchange for the other comforts he is likely to de- velop a mental alienation with reference to the outside world. Usually, however, he likes a short vacation between térms of imprisonment, and enjoyssuch a variety as is afforded in getting out of one jail and entering another. In the case under con- sideration there appears to be such a varia- tion from the normal as to convince the offi- cers that the insane asylums, which are Btate institutions, should bear some of the burdens of the counties in the expensive, though comfortable, housing of vagrants. There are a great many honest, sober and energetic men out of employment, and some of them may be driven now and then to beg. Such a case stirs pity in every generous heart. But the type of vagrants who employ the county jails as a convenient means of compelling the com- munity to give them a living which they have no desire and make no attempt to earn, are serving to make the road of the deserving man out of employment all the harder to travel. And in a sense the counties are in league with the professional tramp to heap burdens upon the honest man’s back. Their petting of the unwor- thy creates an indiscriminate resentment which includes the worthy, If the coun- ties cannot appreciate their moral respon- sibility in the premises and devise ways for correcting the evils which they encour- age, it were better at once to remove all claims to moral perception and establish comfortable lazarettos for the entertain- ment of all who find work disagreeabie. A CORRUPTION FUND. It is hardly cheering to learn from the New York Sun that a heavy corruption fund is being raised by the Police Depart- ment of that city from members of the force for the purpose of securing legisla- tion which shall prevent the proposed re- organization of the force. This means three things : First, that Tammany influ- ence is striving to regain its power and is using the corrupt sentiment among the police to that end; second, that Police Commissioner Roosevelt’s stirring up of the department has alarmed it and forced it to face the alternative of becoming hon- est or resorting to bribery of the Legis- lature to protect its rottenness; third, that office-holders who for so long have prac- ticed evil without fear of interference are unable to believe that public morality has been sufliciently reformed to be in earnest when it makes an outery against official corruption. Funds of this kind are an old and famil- iar institution. It was they that gave birth to a civil service sentiment in the country. Those cherishing that sentiment had observed that office-holders, by com- bining and raising money, could exercise an enormous power in perpetuating the success of their party, which meant their own continuance in office. This alone might not have been safficient to start a civil service movement and secure the enactment of Federal laws prohibiting the practice, but when the idea of raising money among office-holders had developed into the plan which the New York police are following, the hand of civil service fell heavily upon party spoils. In the idea of party spoils—in the bestowal of appointive positions upon those who had contributed to the success of the party—there was never anything intrinsically wrong. It was the corrupt use of money by office- holders that cast odium upon the whole system of party rewards. The exposure by the Sun illustrates the value of the press in a contingency of this kind, Were it not for these discoveries and publications the political administra- tion of the country would be shameless. As it is, the corrupt officer has reason to fear and hate the press. He may have both unfair accusers and defenders in the newspaper ranks, but when he reflects that a considerable proportion of humanity would rather believe evil than good of a political office-holder he knows that the odds are against him when a responsible newspaper, taking all the risks of criminal and civil libel suits, charges bim with ras- cality. We can imagine what will be the result of the Sun’s exposure. The Police Depart- ment has only hurt itself by an attempt to resort to rascally methods for its corrupt and undeserved benefit. Millions of eyes will be turned upon every member of the New York Legislature, and every act of that body with reference to the police will be eagerly watched and, if need be, merci- lessly assailed. He will be a hardy mem- ber who will dare to vote for the schemes of the volice. We have something like such a situation here, where office-holders in very responsible positions are openly spoken of as betrayers of their trusts and tools of powerful interests which have in- curred the animosity of the people. At present these gentlemen hold up their heads with a brave show of courage and a pitiful pretense of indifference, but they must still have an ear for the tolling of the bell that announces their inevitable ruin. LOS GATOS REJOICES. The laying of a third rail to Los Gatos from San Jose converts the narrow-gauge railroad into a broad-gauge, and permits of direct loading of fruit for the East in refrigerator and ventilator cars, doing away with the injurious necessity of re- loading from narrow-gauge cars to the broad-gauge cars at San Jose. The dis- tance between San Jose and Los Gatos is only eight miles, but until the third rail was laid this distance was as great an ob- stacle as the Humboldt Desert in reaching the markets of the East. -Los Gatos was justified in rejoicing by means of a great public demonstration Saturdag night. Los Gatos is not the only place affected. Indeed, the entire stretch of eight miles between San Jose and that town is a con- tinuous succession of orchards and vine- yards, and this splendid stretch is even wider than long. In these wide planta- tions are grown a large proportion of the prunes which have helped to give the Santa Clara Valley its fame. We appre- ciate the ground for this reputation when we reflect that the yield of the older prune orchards in that section this year is $200 an acre. There are no hard times in‘a Santa Clara Valley prune orchard. It would not be possible to find a more attractive corner of the State than that of which San Jose and Los Gatos are the centers. The latter town lies at the mouth of the canyon of the Los Gatos Creek, where it issues from the Santa Cruz Moun- tains. The town spreads itself over the lower hills and looks down upon the great shining valley that stretches far away to the north and east. Itisthus above the level of the mild frosts which visit the valley, and thus it is that its fuchsias and geraniums grow to be trees and its orange orchards yield so bountifully. This is a condition appertaining to a long stretek of the lower Santa Cruz Mountains to the northwestward. The climate is of that fine invigorating character which offers the strongest inducements to the invalid, and the contiguous mountains, forests, mineral springs and trout streams offer allurements of their own. The stranger who would see horticulture in the finest, most artistic and most scien- tific form will find it inall its perfection in this favored spot. It is wonderful even to a Californian, who has been reared on wonders. Let us take a glance at the variety of products and try to understand their significance. , ; The ficor of the vailey produces olives and olive oil in quantity; red, white and sweet wines in great variety and of su- perior excellence; brandy, almonds by the square mile, table grapes, prunes, figs and all the staple fruits familiar to other parts of the country. On the hill slopes one encounters orange orchards, and back of tl.:om, in the higher mountains, the great vineyards which send table grapesto the East, including the bold and gorgeous Flame '_l‘ohy, over which the Eastern heart rejoices. Thus we find in this com- paratively small area all the finer products of France, the Iberian peninsula, Italy, Germany and Asia Minor. These include the costly luxuries imported from those countries and grown in no other State of the Union, PERSONAL. Dr. W. 8. Norman of Plymouth is at the Lick. E. C. Pendleton of the navy is al the Occi- dental. , Charles G. Lamberson of Victoria is at the Grand. Ricardo S. Gutmann of Guatemals is regis- tered at the Palace. J. F. Colby, a mining man of Trinity County, is at the California. T. H. Sinex, superintendent of Pacific Grove, is at the Grand Hotel. J. R. Trayner, a fruit-shipper of Marysyille, is & guest at the Palace. Ex-Senator John Boggs of Colusa registered at the Palace yesterday. Commodore D. W. Mullan of the Mohican is & guest at the California. E. Dinkelspeil, 8 merchant of Bakersfield, is staying at the Occidental. William P. Edwards, a street-railway man of Petaluma, 1s in the City. 0. B. Stanton of the Southern Hotel, Bakers- field, registered yesterday at the Palace. C. V. Inderresdeu, a fruit-shipper of Chicago, ‘was one ol yesterday’s arrivals at the Palace. L. P. Lowe of the Echo Mountain House came in from Pasadena yesterday and put up at the California. W. A. Frost and wife of Mexico are registered at the Palace. Mr. Frost is connected with the Mexican Central Railroad. Theodore Paschke of Guatemala, consulting etigineer of the Guatemala Railway, is stop- ping at the Occidental Hotel. Since his visit to this coast, Sir Charles Riv- ers Wilson has become cngaged to the Hon. Violet Mostyn, sister of the present Lora Vaux of Harrowden. The prospective groom is now in New York, but returnsto England in No- vember, when the wedding will. take place. CALIFORNIANS IN UTAH. SALT LAKE, UTAN, Sept. 1.—At the Cullen— 8. B. Shumway, Oakland; L. M. Prescott, San Frantisco. PEO;LE TALKED ABOUT. Richard Reddicks of Pittsburg has just cele- brated his 130th birthday. Sir James Stephen, the father of the late Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, once smoked a cigar, and because it was so delicious never smoked another. Mrs. Wentworth, a Philadelphia widow, sur- prised her friends by decorating her bicycle with crepe when she went eycling a few days aiter the death of her husband. 1In Chattanooga Judge Wilbur has just held that no matter how abbreviated the bathing suit the wearer cannot be prosecuted. There has been no. law passed defining how much bathing suit & woman shall wear, he says, and he does not propose to fix the limit. In one of the fashjonable resorts on the Rhine, reports a writer in the Realm, he came across some queer entries in the visitors’ book of the principal hotel. One of the Paris mem- bers of the Rothschild family had signed “R. de Paris.” It so happened that Baron Oppen- heim, the well-known Cologne banker, was the next arrival, and capped the above by signing 0. de Cologne.” Rev. Dr. Randall Thomas Davidson, Bishop of Rochester, whom the Queen recently fip- pointed Bishop of Winchester in succession to Bishop Thorold, is about 47 years old, and was educated at Harrow, and at Trinity College, Oxford. In 1877 be became domestic chaplain to Archbishop Tait, and on the latter's death, in 1883, continued in the same relationship to Archbishop Benson for a short time, leaving to become dean of Windsor and resident chaplain 10 the Queen. In 1890 he was nominated by Lord Salisbury to the Bishopric of Rochester, to succeed Bishop Thorold, translated to Winchester. SOURCE OF SOME SMILES. “Did I understand you to say that Thompson was & farmer?” “No. I said he made his money in wheat. You never heard of a farmer doing that, did you?”—Beatrice Demoerat. Billy—It always seems to be that the second half hour is far longer than the first. Bobby—Of course it is. It goes slower be- cause the minute hand has to climb up during that part of the hour.—Fun. Attorney (for defense)—You say you have not formed or expressed any opinion in this case? Now, sir, what do you understand by the word opinion? Venireman—Why, I have an idea— Attorney—That will do. Your Honor, I chal- lenge this man for cause.—Washington Star. He got off a Michigan Central train the other day holding & handkerchiefl to his bleeding nose, and the special officer had enough curi- osity to stop him and ask: “Any accident happen to the train?” “No, no aceident.” “But your nose is bleeding and seems to be badly swollen?” “Yes, 1 know; but it was no accident. He hit me with his left.”” “A man hit you?” “Yes, the man I called a liar. No, there was no accident about it. I called him a liar, he knocked me over two seats, and I'm going up town to see my brother. All plain as day and no accident to give out to the reporters,”—De- troit Free Pres GUERNSY MAREKET-HOUSE PLAN. Financial writers have recently had much to say in regard to the Guernsy market-house model of procedure in building public insti- tutions. James Harvey of Liverpool tells how the plan came to be adooted. He says that when Governor Daniel de Lisle was waited on by a deputation of citizens of St. Peters, who requested his countenance and as- istance toward the erection of a covered mar- ket, much wented in that town, the Governor readily consented, and asked in what way he tould assist them most effectually. He was told that the principal difficulty was to raise the required funds. The Governorreplied that if that was the only difficulty he thought he could surmount it; but he would first ask if they had the requisite stores of brick, timber, granite and flags, but above ail, had they the skilled artisans and laborers required for build- ing the markei? They replied that there was no want of labor or raw material, but their difficulty was chiefly financial. ‘‘On,” replied the Governor, ““i{ that is all you want, I will, as Goyernor, sign, stamp, aeclare legal tender, and issue market notes; with these pfi for material and wages, go to work ahd buil your market.” I Jonathan Duncan’s “Bank Charter Act,” 8 book now almost out of print, the foillowing explanation of the plan is given: “The ma- terial wealth of thatsmall island Ilel'lll’}h computed at £4,000,000 (§20,000,000). In- stead of borrowing money at interest to build the edifice, the inhabitants issued notes of their own, founded on their own This was done fg.tha suthority of the local Parlia- nen;, z:r tes. The estimated nsm of u'm market was £4000 {$20,000), and £4000 in 1-pounds were issued. rfl'.';m to the eontractor as the work With these he paid the wages of those he employed. They in turn gave them to the shopkeeper for goods; the shepkeepers paid them to the landlords for rent, and th.'i again redistributed them among society. In this manner they were kept float- about, fulfilling the fupctions for which they were created. “In due season the market was completed. It contained %ht shops, which were let to butchers at ) & year. Sothat the actual rental was £400 (F2 . At the end of the of tenancy, ‘of the £1 notes which uilt the market having been received as rent by the States, who were the owners of the national building reared with the national money, were burned in the presence of the offi- cfal authorities. The same operation was re- peated from ?‘":;{“' for ten years,at the expiration ‘whi all the notes were re- deemed, and being canceled, of course passed out of circulation.” Bui the annual rent did notcease to exist to this day and is ied 10 local improvements. Thus & su reality was created out of & symbol, for it is plain that the market did not cost a farthing to any one Guerasey people.” IDEAS OF WESTERN EDITORS. California. Our series of State school-books could be made a model for the entire Union if we had the right kind of men t6 compile them, and it is to the intercst of every paper in the State to take up this matter and agitate it until the Eowen that be—probably the State Board of ducation—are compelled to pay attentionto the demand and engage new and better men for the work. God knows they could get few worse, and brainy men who can and would do the work properly are by no means either scarce or high-priced.—Stockton Record. In the State of New York the question of good roads is receiving earnest attention, and the probabilities are that at the next session of the Legislature a definite plan will be formulated for the scientific improvement of the roads throughout that State. In other Eastern States also the good-roads movement is beginning to take definite shape. California 1s a long way in the rear of the procession in this matter, when it ought to be at the head. It is time for California to *get & move on itself.””—Los Angeles Times. We have always been opposed to the jury system which requires a unanimous verdict to convict in a criminal case. One or two corrupt or mulish jurors is only too frequently the means by which a red-handed murderer escaj justice. “The verdict in the Mar¥hall case striking instance of this fanlt, and confirms us in the belief that the system must be changed Elgril!:z::‘;'e the best interests of society.—Dixon e. Los Angeles is already making preparations for their annual fiesta next April. The grest success of that section of the State is attribut- able to the fact that instead of forever talkin; about doing something, they do it.—Red Bl Sentinel. ‘Washington. It is still being urged by the detractorsof Whitman that he did little more than a dozen Others who came to the Northwest coast con- temporaneously with the Waiiailatpu mission band. “If he had never made that midwinter ride,” they say, “and if he had not been mas- sacred by his own Indians, no more attention would now be paid his memory than is paid to the memories of the Lees, of Eells, of Spald- ilfi and of Cushing.” In other words, 1f he had not distinguished himself, if he had not done those very things which have given him fame and which the people love to read about, he would not stand out s0 conspicuously. It was the doing of these things which caused his associates to bear living testimony to his superiority and his greatness.—Spokane Spokes- man-Review, If we are to be a nation among nations, our coast must be adequately defended. This will necessitate ships upon the ses, fortifications upon the land and a great increase in our army and navy. But we must either have these or cease to pretend to be a great power. | The people are not content to take the latter position. Great Probleml—-yrflhh‘ml vital to this country—will in the next quarter of a cen- tury be worked out in Asia and South America, and we cannot afford not to take a part in them with & strong hand. Therefore, Congress will not do wisely if it prolong this matter of const defense unnecessarily.—Seattle Times. Oregon. Mexico was quick to shake off a potentate thrust upon her by Austria and France; Brazil has bidden farewell to her Portuguese royal family, and it may be that Alfonse XIII will prove the last Spanish sovereign to support his central government with taxes wrung from his most productive and most misruled province.— Portland Oregonian. Arizona. Next year most of the people will be busily engaged in repairing the fortunes wrecked by the last few years of so-called Democratic pros- perity, and they can ill afford to have business broken up by an entire season of politics. In fact, the only thing now that shrewd observers apprehend will interfere with the return of good times is the ushering in of a long Presi- dential campaign, whicn generally upsets trade and retards business growth. The people are o be confinmlnwn, therefore, that they are to be favored with a contest of not more than two or three months’ duration.—Phenix Republi- can, Utah. Utah lands are needed by Utah people. Of course, we do not wantand have no right to endeavor to exciude others from entering our borders and obtaining legitimate possession of lands for their own use, but everything lawful should be doue to prevent mere 100ls of power- ful Eastern corporations from gobbling up the valuable de{:fl&fll which belong to the State of Utah. The Governor and other influential offi- cials should take hold of this matter without dejay.—Salt Lake Herald. New Mexico. 1 silver coin is good enough to pay the clerks in the Govornment’s Agricultural Department —if the law autnorizes the disbursing officer to {m those men in silver, why doesn’t it make t ilawful to pay other debts of the Government in silver? 1t does. Perhaps Secretary Morton’s “‘object lesson” may act as & boomerang. It Government employes can be lawfuily paid in silver, what's the matter with paving interest on Government bonds in mver?—-&nu Fe New Mexican. EASTERN EDITORS. Electricity and Telescopes. The application of electricity to the telescope is beyond doubt the most novel use yet made of the power of the future. The great Yerkes 40-inch telescope, the rivalry of which with the famous Lick spyer of the sky has been so much discussed, will be_provided with a sys- tem of electric motors by which its various motions ma; beolvenbed and regulated. The driving clock will be wonnd automatically, alsoby an electric motor, while, in keeping with these electrical devices, the elevating floor of the observing room—about seventy feet in diameter—will be made movable b means of hydraulic rams. The astronomica! observatory of the future will resemble a great {‘nncr&ne and dynamo shop.—Philadeiphia ecord. Dispensing With Grand Juries. Utah’s new constitation, framed for the soon- to-be State, proposes to dispense with Grand Juries. It substitutes information for indict- ment. Aithough this is not a novelty it is de- cidedly exceptional, and the results will be inumun& in & high degree because of & grow- ing dissatisfaction with the Grand Jury system. It is claimed, and in some cases proven, that Grand Juries do many things that ought not to be done, and leave undone many zgt that ought to be done. In other words it is charged shown that they often find indictments on totally insufficient grounds, and fail to indict in meny cases where justice demands that pre- | sentments be made.—Philadelphis Item. Making Up for the Past. There is little room to doubt that, aside from any buying that may be due,to a more Cheer- ful feeling than that which has prevaiied for several years, there is one reason why a large increase of business this fall is ineyitable. People have economized for two or three years and have made their old things last as long as ible. The natural result has been to leave consumers with wornout stocks of all kinds of manufactured gooas. Merely to replenish the actual waste of one year causes a large increase in trade every sutumn; but now we are prac- tically making up for the wear and tear of three years.—New York Herald. The Issue in Maryland. Is this to continue forever? Must the strong, intellectual, manly young men of Maryland be ruled out of the public service? In short, must Mr. Gorman &nd his ehum, Mr. Rasin, continue to rule the ? Mr. Gorman, who defeated the perty last year, assaulted the President, trampled the party principles under foot and repudiated its platform—must continue to rule the and select its candi- dates, or will the le take a turn at govern- ing themselves? That is the question to be de- g &t the polls in November.—Baltimora un. . Cuban Finances. One of tho weakest points in Spain’s controi of Cuba is in its finances. A debt of $250,000,- 000 is already saddled on the island, making & chy per capita of on the population. With the island already overburdened by tax- ation the addition to the debt by & §15, forced losn oply signifies . ready Spanish bonds_have depreciated in the European markets. Itis quite probable that the m Government may find the finan- cial l!{uhmu the climate or the persistence oi the rebels.—Pittsburg Dispateh. Too Much Water. The capitalization of the electric lines in Pittsburg sggregates $145,000 per mile. The actual cost of building them is less than for country mnel!mmdhdhmn y ese rovided expense of people. igures indicate thatof actual investment there is less than one part to twenty of water in their stock. The capitalization of the cable roads is larger Xer miie, but the rate of watering is only about five to one.—Pittsburgh Dispateh. One View of itterson. There is not a man in the city of Washington ‘who will not be more than willing to show up against Mr, Watterson for cleanliness in ap- pearance or character. There have been times in Mr. Watterson’s career when he was any- thing but immaculate, either in linen, appear- ance or breath. If he were properly named he would be known as the polecat editor of the United States.—Washington City News. The Money Power. The most unrelentless despot known to the civilization of the 19th century is the money ‘power. e controllers of the gold of the world ars grinding the people of the world into abject serfdom, dePfivlng them atonce of the frupts of their toil and of their genius, crushing their ambition and individuality, re- ducing the masses of millions to a common level.—Wichita Eagle. A Terrific Drain. The interest on borrowed money payable to foreigners in gold amounts to $1,000,000,000 per year. This terrific drain will drive us to silver before long, according to the predic- tions of a few hr-oeehwf bankers, who, it is said, are qnletlilendlni heir influence to the silver cause.—Fhiladelphia Item. An Eastern Idea of Us. The California Guild of Letters is an organ- ization which has adopted a practical plan for encouraging local talent. Every member agrees 10 buy & volume every year of some California writer's works. What a library every member is sure to have in the course of time.—Albany Press. Nicaraguan Canal. Doubtless renewed efforts will be made at the next session of Congress to pass the Nica- raguan canal bill. Already there are evi- dences that the promoters of the enterprise are at work laying their plans for & more success- ful fight.—Washington New: ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. MEeXICAN TARIFF—B. McC., City. Thorough- bred horses and mares are admitied into Mexico free of duty. For other than this class duty is as follows: Geldings, per head, $40; stallions, $15; swine and sucklings,2 cents per kilo; sheep and goats,§1 per hea mules, §5; asses, $3; cows, 2 cents per ki Plow and plow shares are admitted free; too) of all kinds and materials for workmen (artisans) 5 cents per kilo, legal weight; ma- chinery and apparatus and their parts for re- pairs, for agriculturists, not intended to be rated by wineh, pedal or lever, 1 cent per kilo; such as are to be operated by wingh, pedal or lever,5 cents per kilo. Horses im- sorted for personal use are not exempt from uty. NEWSPAPERS ON FILe—“Subscriber,” City. This correspondent asks for information relat- ing to files of newspapers, but neglects to give name or address, and for that reason the ques- tion is not answered. The rule of this depart- ment is that the writer shall give name and address, s0 as to_enable the editor to commu- nicate with the writer injcase some portion of the communication is not clear. A person writing for information ought not to be ashamed to disclose his or her identity, as it is no disgrace to admit that one docs not know it all. The name and address of the correspond- ent is never published in this department without the request or consent of the writer. FRECKELS—L. A. N, Sacramento, Cal. There have been puBlished any number of “sure cures for freckels,” but as each claims to be the very best the Answers to Correspondents depart- ment is unable to say which is the best. Any one who wishes to geét rid of such spots should consult a first-class physician and obtain his advice as to what ought to be used. There are as many as a hali-hundred methods of produc- ing fair face, neck and hands, but in the case of freckels no one should use any lotion to change what nature has done without consult- ing & physician, as sometimes the preparation u: oes more harm than good. FuiMINITE—O, E. W., Porterville, Tulare County, Cal. A chemist to whom was sub- mitted the question, “Can fulminite of gold be used as is tonite, another high explosive, for the purpose of shooting explosives into passing clouds to obtain their moisture?” said “the fulminites are among the most violent of all explosive compounds, their chemical hstability being very small. Sndden in action their effect is good locally and, therefore, are ‘well adapted to the pu practica other explosives.” DRIPTING SAND—H. B. J., Stockton, Cal. The Park Commissioners of this City have not yet discovered a cheap and effective way of pre- venting sand from shifting and thereby de- .mfii&g vegetation. If you have discovered a met! that will accomplish that end 1t cer- tainly would be worth your while to communi- the Commissie caie with oners. TELEPHONE—W. 8., Auburn, Placer County, Cal. Different kinds of batteries are used to work telephone lines, and the size of battery depends upon the length of the lines and the number of connections. It is impossible to say what would be required “for an ordinary t%ephone." The question should be more spe- cific. Coast STEAMERS—F. C. J., City. The vessels in the coasting trade, steam and sail, are so well known to the men on the lookout at the Point Lobos statior of the Merchants' Exchange that it is not necessary to hoist the flags of the code to designate the name, and because of this the signals are dispensed with. DivipExDs—W. Mc.,, Menchester, Mendocino County, Cal. I you are entitled to dividends from the People's Home Savings Bank, in liqui- dation, and bave not received them, you shoula communicate with J. F. Sheehan. the m’(’:r:y’ whose office is in the Mills building, CARTER HARRISON—J. L. D., Sonora, Cal. Car- ter Harrison, Mayor of Chicago, was murdered October 28, 1893. P. E.J. Prendergast, who ingm&egrzd him, wes hanged in Chicago on July THE ASSESSMENT RoLL—S.J., City. The assess- ment roll of this City shows that the piece of mp“’ corner of enty-fourth street and Ellen avenue is assessed to John J. O'Farrell. R. B. Hoves—W. W,, City. Rutherford B. Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio, October 4, {Sg’ and died in Fremont, Ohio, January 17, A PITY, INDEED. Vice-President Adlai Stevenson is spending his summer vacation in Alasks, away up among the glaciers and everlasting snows. He is evidently trying to get inured to the great frost and the many cold days that will run against his kind of Democracy hetween now and next election day. It is & pity he coula not take Grover Cleveland with him, IS DEATH WORTH DYING? «Is life worth living?” she asked of me, One day of days by the singing sea. « Is death worth dying?®” I asked in tarn; « Beyond the grave or the gilded urn 1s there a starland, A miracle fariand, That equals—half equals—our sphere terrene? Answer me, answer me, 0, een!” «But. O! for the Heaven of Heavens!™ she criad; “ And, O! for the souls of the Purified i The sunfire sprinkied upon her there And turned 10 a glory her goiden hair: A zephyr stoie from a perfumed O'er seas of and shoais of grace; It tossed the lily-bells to and fro, While the birds sang loud and the birdssanglow; 1t rippied the Toses with hearts of fire 5 3 %:d I:il&:\al shame: is eaven of Heavens to And thou art the Purified ool 1 se; " xAnd, O! if this life and this love were immortal, = 5 or wver would sigh for the star-flaming portal, Nor seek in the far-away sky to disco A2 hour diviner than this for a Jover " KENNETH LAMAE, in Chips, —_— PURE VERMONT maple, 15¢ Ib. ‘lownsend’s,* ——————— Bacox Printing Company, 508 Clay strast. ———— TYPOGRAPHICAL elocution. Making the types speak! The Roberts Printing Co., ;gl)hmr. . ———————— Ocean Excursions. Steamship Pomons, to Santa Cruz and Mon- terey, leaves Satu 4P M, d days 5L Ticket e 4 New Montsomery treet. o ———— Peremann—Hattie is such an afectionat daughter. This morning I received lncht !;miar. oppreciative three-page letter from her & e ‘Hattic's Sister (cynieally)—What did she ask you for in the posiseripti—Truth. <. i eanesaid LS o “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrap" Has been used over fifiy years by millions of moth. ers for their chiidren while Teething with perfeot success. It soothes the child, softens the ose for which they are used, that of igniting or upsetting NO PADLOCK ON HIS LIPS, Yesterday’s Meeting of the Good Citizenship Com~ mittee. ADDRESS BY REV. RAY PALMER. What He Sald About the Principles of the American Protective Association. The Good Citizenship Committee held a meeting in Metropolitan Temple yester- day afternoon. After an organ voluntary by Henry Schuette, Chairman Quitzow made a few remarks by way of imrodm:(ionh and the audience, rising, sang “America. z The Rev. C. A. Rabing of the Evangelic Church offered a prayer aeking for divine blessing upon the work of the American tive Association. i Pr(‘l)k‘x:les Dubois rendered a vocal solo in French. : M. T. Brewer was introduced and said that a few days ago a gentleman met him and said he would like to join the A P.A; that is, he wanted to have his name en- rolled in a patriotic American association, but that it proscribed its fellow-men, par- ticularly on religious lines, a_nd for that he could not enter the ranks of the associa- tion. The speaker said that he ex'plnned' that the A, P. A. is simply orgam_ud for the purpose of protecting America for Americans; that it does not‘ proncnt?e on religious lines; far from it, u_nd _xt he thought for one moment that it did be would withdraw from it before the next rising of the sun. The association, he said, desires to uphold the basic ides that every man, woman and child in the land shall worship God according to the dictates of his or her conscience. - The A. P. A,, he said, is ready and ‘w')ll- ing to protect each person in worshiping at home, at church or on the highway, as he may desire—that it has no desire to protect one religion any more than an- otner, but that the A. P. A. does noi coun- tenance allegiance to any power outside of the United States. The American flagis the only one that should float over our public schools and over our public build- ings. He hoped that God would speed the day when that fiag shall float 365 days in the year over every public building in the land. He said that the wave of the Ameri- can Protective Association will sweep over the whole United States to give to all love of country, freedom of speech and a new true Americanism, and hoped that palsied be the tongue or the arm that would in- terfere with the public schools, palsied be the arm that would trail the American flag in the dust and palsied be the tongue that wonld restrain the freedom of speech. Chairman Quitzow_said he was pleased to announce that an investigation showed that the foreign flag that had been placed on the top of the new building of the Natiye Sons of the Golden West last Sun- day had been placed there by a person not in‘any way responsible to_the society. It was not necessary to say that the orderis thoroughly patriotic. Mrs. M. E. Gallahoon rendered a vocal solo in a very acceptable manner. - Rev. Dr. Eay Paimer of Stockton was in- troduced and addressed the audience for over an hour. During the course of his discourse he spoke favorably of the enter- prise of THE CALL and its crusade against such evils as lotteries and opium dens in the line of morality; he commended its liberal policy in px-imiufI all the news for all the people, giving the public aclean journal and a first-class newspaper. The address was on the heroes of the nineteenth century. Dr. Palmer said that they are herces who have sworn by the yeverlasting law of right to be true to the American flag and country. He said: Another kind of patriots are those who sac- rifice self for country, and there are millions of them in this country. Great heroes must have t ideas and ideals. Michael Angelo once looked upon a block of stone and ggzing upon the rude material exclaimed that he saw an angel there. the true American hero when he looks over the country exclaims that he sees the angel of liberty rising higher and higher toward the zenith. Asanexampleof true neroism and patriotism I wish to tell you of & wife who, during the Revolutionary War, was by the side of her dying husband who had been wonnded in the defense of his couniry, and calling her children, =il sons, to her side said, “I have given my husband {or my coun- try and 1am ready to give my sons to defend it”” A man who is not controlled by ideals can never be & hero. The speaker said that there is not one thing in the principlesof the American Protective Association that can bring the blush of shame to the cheek of an angel. Dr. Palmer made an attack on the politi- cians, who, he said, tried to carry wateron both shoulders—those who professed to indorse the principles of the A. P. A. and at the same time when called upon to aid a sectarian movement declared that they bhad to be generous and liberal. Such, he said, professed to be Americans at heart, butin fact they were only Americans at the gizzard, for, he thought, they had no heart. Continuing, the speaker said: Idonot believe in the exemption of church property, but am in favor of every priest and minister p-yinix:xea like every one else. The Jesuits are sending missionaries to the United States to preach to non-Catholics, they claim- ing that their principles are not understood. 1 for one do not wish to know any more about them than I atready know. I tell you that I class ministers in the line of heroes, and as such I name Luther, Wesley, John Knox, 't Williams, Henry Ward Beecher, John D. ton, Parkhurst and J. Q. A. Henry. The time is coming when all the great societis the Odd Fellows, the Masons, the Knights ol Pythias, the Templars and others will be enrolled to & man under the banner of the A. P.A., and the time is also fast approachin; when the statesmen of the United States wifi all be members of the A.P.A. The time has come for parents to be careiul in naming their babies, and they should name the boys Wash- ington, Lincoln, Garfield and names of that character. The time is coming soon when all the schools, the teachers and the directors wiil form an irresistible army nst any encroach- ment upon the principles of the American Pro- tective Association. On behalf of the association, I deny that it is fighting on religions grounds. I believe that ameng the Catholics there are people, and l;lll there are many and noble mothers. I bave the greatest respect for every sister of charity, and for all the good the Cllt_h;:\ies h;ve dm:‘:é God {:Le:a theg, but as religionists I want them 10 outof the litical field. i = The true hero is & man of principle and not one of policy. Those who are actusted by policy are cowards. Such there are in the pulpit. One church, a Protesiant one at that, Keeps out of its pulpit any one who speaks in favorof the A. P. A. 1 would not re‘e_hw‘ wnmfiuon that would pat a padlock on my m:s. ere are other ways of getting a living 0 3 1t is :im& the members of the A. P. A. to emulate other patriotsand piace their names beside those of Washington and other heroes of the dA{l of the Revoiution and of the Civil wars. I believe in working not for only, bt for future generations, so that in the die tant future it cannot be c! that the A. P. I‘h'o right. Be'o -4 .:'d sh 3 ery member should be R lay down his fife for the saivation of the country. Americans have waited long and patiently to have the w: they complai of righted, but petition after petition has been ignored by Congress; for that reason tr:a p«gl. are rkin&in their might for the defense of their rights, shaking o[ie dust of indii- h-um! 10 save the conntry from destruction. predict that the association will meet eve: ttle-field. politicelly, nnr‘ v ;Emt Cleveland. ooy ey may be s silver This last remark was uded wi such vehemence that it '::m.ome time':: fore thzspu.hr could proceed. He closed Sie T e poused in bebalf of 2 i liberty." During the address the m: