The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 4, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1895. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Taily snd Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier.$0.15 Cav1, one year, by mail... 6.00 CArL, six months, by mail 3.00 and Sunday CALL, (hree months, by mafl 1.50 one month, by mail .65 Dally Daily and Sund Funday CALL, oue Veer, by mail... . 1.50 WEEKLY CALL, one year, by mail 160 BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street. Telephone........--- Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Selephone............. eiveeeeMain—1874 BRANCH OFFICES: £50 Montgomesy street, corner Clay: open until £:FC o'clock. 8£¢ Haves street: open until 9:30 o'clock. 717 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o'clock. €W . corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open ntil € o'clock £518 Mssion stre 116 Ninth street; op pen nntil § o'clock. antil 9 o'tlock. OAKLAND OFFICE: 908 Broadway. CE: reau, Rhinelander THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. A e T e ht things are moving 1n the San Buckley got the worst of the round, but he was not knocked out. Commissioner Clark may not be on to himself, but the people are. Coal has been received for the Valley road, and it won't end in smoke. Tt begins to look as if the division of Turkey hardly needed outside interference. A vigorous American policy at Washing- ton would help Cuba and would not hurt us, The free-coinage play failed as a dra- matic venture, but Irish and Cator draw crowded houses. All signs point to the conclusion that the era of good feeling is going to be an era of great public improvements. Now that the much-discussed City Hall angel has been attached, we shall find out if it has any redeeming qualities. The first train on the Valley road was the visible manifestation of the new move- ment that will head off monopoly. Irish and Cator should make a grand tour of the East. They are complaining over there that eloguence is a lost art. Of the leader of the Nebraska Republicans in this campaign it suffices to say his name is Norval. Everybody can speak for him. It is reported from the hunting regions of Maine that this year the deerare as plenty as rabbits, but the rabbit census is not given. It is said of the Round Valley lynching that “the truth of ,the matter will likely never be learned,” but it will be 1f the law looks into it. Pernaps a City ordinance might compel the railroad company to put fenders on the trolley-cars, but then perhaps we cannot get the ordinance If Mr. Buntington will look again he will see that the competing road which he calis a toy in the hands of the peopleis something like a club. The Corbett and Fitzsimmons fight wiil not be pulled off in Texas, and Dallas wilt have to turn her fistic arena into an in- dustrial exposition building. The Ohio people find Senator Brice so quiet. during the campaign they are in clined to think he intends to steal the State instead of buying it openly. It is pleasing to learn that the bulk of the sugar made at Chino is consumed in this State. The home market and the home factory should stay together. Tennessee wishes the country to under- stand that she looks at the Atlanta Ex- position only for the purpose of seeing it in order to go it one better next year. The lake States are fighting for a deep- water way to the ocean, the Southwest is fighting for deep-water ways in Texas, and itis certainly time for the Pacific Coast to get into the swim. There is mot much of Massachusetts Democracy, but what there is of it belongs to Cleveland, and perhaps the fact that it belongs to him is one of the reasons why there is not much of it. ‘With an extra session of the Legislature to head off the prize-fight and a conven- tion to promote the improvement of Galveston harbor, Texas is getting into deep water and hot water at the same time. A company has been formed in Florida to dredge the submerged mud and muck from the St. Johns River for use as a fer- tilizer, and if the scheme proves successful river-dredging in otherlocalities may have 8 boom. It is a striking illustration of how far Du Maurier’s success as a novelist has eclipsed his fame as an artist, that a collection of his drawings has been recently advertised for sale as “drawn by the author of “Tritby.’ ” =1t is a curious fact that the South Caro- lina Constitutional Convention which was expected to make so mueh noise in the world has furnished less news than any other convention, conference or assembly of the day. The board appointed by the Govern- ment to establish a form of spelling geo- graphical names has decided that the old -spelling Havana must give way to Habana, and to that extent Cuba has received the recognition of the Government. The comments of some of our con- temporaries on the Marlborough-Vander- bilt wedding sound a good deal like at- tempts to persuade the average heiress that it would be better to be an American old maid than an English duchess. ‘We trust the two sunstrokes in Boston during the recent hot spell will not lead our Boston friends to back down from their proposition that the best summer re- sort city is the best convention city. There are no sunstrokes in San Francisco. The accession of General Miles to the command of the army will be noted with more than ordinary satisfaction. The people are proud of West Point, but all the same they like to know that the graduates of that school have no monopoly of mili- tazy bonors in this country. FIGURES FOR FARMERS. The receni publication of statistics of | consumption of various articles by the peo- ple of this country for several years past throws a clear light upon the extent of the injury inflicted by the election of Oleve- land and the experiment with tariff tink- ering in the direction of free trade, and the sacrifice of American industries in the hope of getting the markets of the world. According to these statistics the per capita consumption of wheat by the peo- ple of the United States amounted in 1890 to 6.09 bushels. In 1893 the panic came. The people were compelled to economize even in the matter of bread, and the per capita consumption fell in that year to 4.85 bushels, and from that on continued to fall until 1n 1894 it sank to 3.41 bushels, or less than two-thirds of what the consump- tion had been in prosperous years. The consumption of other staple articles of farm produce fell off at the same time, and at very nearly the same rate. The consumption of corn in 1890 was 32.09 bushels per capita, and in 1894 it had fallen to 6 bushels. The consumption of clothing declined about as rapidly as that of food. In 1892 the people of this country used 6.72 pounds of wool per capita, and 23.03 pounds of raw cotton, but in 1894 the consumption of wool had fallen to 5.08 pounds per capita, and of cotton to 15.91 pounds. These figures, which tell the story of forced economy among all classes of our people, explain the falling prices of farm products. When the home consumption falls off a larger proportion of our wheat, corn, wool and cotton has to be sent abroad to force down prices there. The result is low prices everywhere and an utter derangement both of industry and of commerce. When those engaged in other occupations cannot consume the normal quantity of farm products then the farmers suffer and cannot consume the normal quantity of manufactured goods. It is to the interest of the one, therefore, to pro- tect and foster the other, and certainly if any farmer doubts whether the protection of our manufactures benefits him, he can have his doubts settled by studying these statistics in the light of his own experience during the last three years. TEXAS IS REDEEMED, One of the most sensational and remark- able scenes that this country has ever wit- nessed was that furnished by the Legis- lature of Texas on Thursday. At a special session called by the Governor to pass a law prohibiting prize-fighting in order to put a stop to the Corbett-Fitzsimmons af- fair arranged to take place at Dallas a statute was enacted almost unanimously prohibiting all contests of this character, including bull-fighting also in the prohibi- tion, and providing that the law go into effect immediately. Only one Senator and five Assemblymen voted against the meas- ure. Austin, the capital, was almost in a state of riot with excitement and jubila- tion. Texas had been selected by the Fiorida Athletic Club as the scene of the fight. for the reason that this State has always en- joyed the reputation which made reason- able an assumption that the contest would be permitted there. Thie was a direct challenge to the better sentiment prevail- ing in the State and an announcement to the world that the morality of Texas was of a low order. The Florida Athletic Club, outlawed by its own State in the matter of | fostering prize-fights, had been forced to look elsewhere, and it depended on the reputation of Texas and the absence of laws prohibiting prize-fizhts to be able to conduct the affair on Texas soil. 1t is asserted, though it is difficult to be- lieve, that the people of Dallas were eager to have the fight and that its eminent resi- dents worked hard to nullify the splendid | efforts of Governor Culberson to prevent it. 1f this is true, they have placed themselves outside the order of civilization which the other communities of Texas have estab- lished. They have given notice that all of the old-time spirit of Texas, which for so many years has been the butt for the jibes of moralists, is now centered in Dallas, and that it is a most excellent place for good men and women to avoid. Texas has so nobly redeemed itself as to deserve particular praise. As for Governor Culberson, he is the hero of the day, and should receive the highest reward that the peoble of his State can give him. The reported willingness of the Indians of the Cherokee Nation to have the fight take place there calls attention to the ab- sence of National control of this serious matter. With the Indians it is merely a matter of money. As they existunder the sanction and protection of the United States, they must be given to understand that this isnot still a savage country. It is too late now for Congress to interfere, but if steps are not taken in the future to place these Indians under the control of the sense of decency which pervades this country the Cherokee Nation will become the scene of indecent practices of as great variety as human depravity can devise. A FTAIR PROPOSITION. W. C. Ralston, Secretary of the Califor- nia Miners' Association, returns with good news from Washington. He has made a clearer statement than that tele- graphed from the East concerning his couference with the Federal authorities on the subject of protecting mineral lands in California from railroad occupation as agricultural lands. His explanation to the acting Commissioner of the General Land Office regarding a peculiar phase of our geology opened the eyes of that func- tionary. This was simply that in certain, definite regions following the trend of ancient rivers gold invariably occurs wherever the beds of the streams can be found; that in numerous instances a lava flow has covered the ancient beds, and that ‘whenever drift-mining has been tried gold has been found under the lava deposit; and that much of this lava-covered aurifer- ous ground has been listed and is claimed by the railroad under its land grant. All this was news to the acting Land Commis- sioner, and he readily acknowledged the reasonableness of it. Mr. Ralston then called his attention to the unfair discrimination practiced by the Government between the miner and the farmer. When a miner claims land as mineral he is required to prove his claim by taking out the mineral. Mr. Ralston thought it would be only fair to require the claimant of agricultural land to prove the adaptability of the land to agriculture. The acting Commissioner answered that this certainly was a fair proposition. 1If this point can be secured it will assist greatly in solving the difficulty existing between the mining interest of California and the railroad company. It is a fact familiar to most of us that these lava- capped auriferons erounds are often worthless for agricultural purposes, and that the railroad.company wants them solely because of their prospective mineral value. If it should be required to make the test suggested by Mr. Ralston it would likely abandon its claim without a protest. The possibilities of drift mining in Cali- fornia and to the north of it have been barely touched. The rivers which in ages past flowed to the southward parallel to the axis of the Sierra Nevada were of prodigious size and are reasonably assumed to have been of great length. Where their source was no one can say, but a string of great volcanoes stretching from Tuolumne County in California to Puget Sound burst forth and overwhelmed the entire interval with lava. Where this thick cap has been broken the old river beds and theirsrich stores of auriferous gravel have been found, but these exposed places con- stitute but an infinitesimal part of the whole. Wherever drift mining has been wried the gravel has proved rich, and the probabilities are that wonderful discov- eries from this kind of mining are yet to be made. A NOTEWORTHY SOHEME, THE CALL has insisted again and again that the residents of San Francisco display a very inadequate appreciation of the splendid bay which lies at their doors. There are some excellent yacht and canoe clubs, but these represent only one phase of appreciation. The number of private boats owned for family pleasure is ex- tremely small, while sailing and fishing parties, outside of those made up by male lovers of sport, are practically unheard of. The furthest that well-to-do society folk are able to go in this direction is to take a trip now and then on a stuffy, ill-smelling tug, denying themselves all the finer en- joyment which comes from ownership of boats and frequent trips on the bay. It has remained for the humble house- boat to educate the people to the charms of the bay. This ungainly, clumsy and wholly inartistic though eminently sensi- ble and useful invention has come rapidly into popularity within the last few years. At first their construction and ownership was a matter of individual enterprise, but as they cost from several hundreds to sev- eral thousands of dollars, a venturesome builder appeared here and there who made them for hire. This year all of these were so eagerly taken by tenants who are not able or who do not care to possess their own houseboats that at last a company has been formed to manufacture them on an extensive scale, and have them ready for next season’s demand. These enterprising persons may feel sure that they have embarked in a business that is bound to bring them a handsome profit. Living in houseboats here in the summer is a very different thing from a similar life at almost any point on the Atlantic coast. The unavoidable curse there is the mosquito. The pest is un- known in most of the places on the bay that are suitable for houseboats. In fact the only time we ever have a mesquito hereabout is when, by some rare acci- dent—which may not happen once in years—the prevailing winds which pass northward over the tule swamps of the Sacramento River are turned southward, bringing down a few mosquitoes. These rare winds never last over afew hours, and the mosquito disappears with their turning. The summer nights here are always cool and the entire summer season rainless. These are extraordinary advantages. Houseboat-living on the bav is sure to be- come a fashion of great prevalency and permanence for a summer outing. Within a very few years we shall have regular lines of tugs and launches run- ning between houseboat settlements and the City, affording quick and cheap transportation to all who develop the in- telligence to avail themselves of the rare and wholesome charms which the bay offers them. The Bulletin is preparing to issue a forty- page edition next Tuesday in celebration of its fortieth birthday. Forty years con- stitute a long stretch in the short history of San Francisco. During that time scores of newspapers have risen, flourished and sunk, and the mutations of other enter- prises have been numerous and bewilder- ing; but the Bulletin has always moved steadily onward, ably and honestly assist- ing to lead the City into waysof increasing wisdom and prosperity, and standing to- day as one of the highest exponents of clean, intelligent, honest, dignified and responsible journalism. The cost of the recent general election in Great Britain, which has just been com- puted, shows a total expenditure of about $5,000,000, or about $1{for every voter in the three kingdoms. It is probable that under our system the election in the single State of New York will cost nearly as much as that. | Since Margaret Mather whipped her hus. band on the street it is easy to foresee she is going on the stage again, but the new form of advertising is not commendable. PERSONAL., James T. Rucker of San Jose is at the Palace. Attorney A. L. Hart of Sacramento is at the Grand. H. F. Emeric of San Pablo is at the Ocei- dental. E. J. Cahil], civil engineer, 8an Martin, is at the Grand. C. F. Sise of Montreal arrived at the Palace yesterday. William Grant, & merchant of Dallas, Or., is isin town. Henry Slade of Chicago isa guest at the Oc- dental Hotel. Francis W. Fox of Victoria, B.C., is a guest at the Palace. E. C. Horst, a merchant of Sacramento, isat the California. Railroad Commissioner W. R. Clark of Stock- ton is at the Baldwin. R. M. Green, & mining man of Oroville, is staying at the Palace. Reginald Fendall of Washington.D.C.,1s & guest at the California. A.B.Lemmon, editor of the Santa Rosa Re- publican, is in the City. Sanford Robinson of Guatemala registered at the California yesterday. Professor E. E. Barnard of the Lick Observa- tory is staying at the Lick. F. B. Tuck, a mining man of Angels, put up atthe Grand last evening. A. C. McLean, a raitroad contractor of Mon- terey, is & guestat the Lick. Mark L. Hopkins of Santa Rosa registered at the Occidental Hotel yesterday. Thomas Derby, superintendent of the New Almaden mines, arrived in town yesterday. R. H. Beamer of Woodland, & member of the State Board of Equalization, is in the City. J. H. Flickinger, the prominent fruit-grower of Santa Clara County, is registered at the Palace. King Otto of Bavaria is getting crazier every year. Every now and then he obstinately re- fuses to take food of any kind, and the doctors 1n attendance are sometimes at their wits’ end to devise means of overcoming his stubborn~ ness. His general health, however, when he can be induced to take nourishment, is excel- lent, though he is subject to the most strange hallucinations. A fow weeks ago he was pos- sessed with the idea that hiscarpets were made of the finest of glass and that it was dangerous to tread on them, and he would not be content until they were all taken up. Another of his hallucinations is that the wealls of his apart~ ments are hung with newspapers, and he will sometimes occupy himself for hours in sitting in front of the walls of his room and reading aloud what he im: es he extracts from them, He smokes something like 100 cigarettes every day, and uses an entire box of matches to light each one. He never uses a towel, handkerchief or napkin, TARIFF AND REVENUES. During the year 1893 the Democratie tri- umph Ilogically resulted in decreased wages and decreased opportunities for employment. The same thing may be said about the year 1894, up to the time of the enactment of the Gorman tariff, but the Gorman tariff, while it has settled the tariff uncertainty fora time, has failed to revive for American industries the prosperity they formerly enjoyed under & rotective tariff. That faot is particalarly evi- ent to-day. If the two systems were equally §ood for American industry, if protection and ree trade had nothing to do with wages or production, the showing for American indus- tries to-day would probably be that a larger number of workmen were employed and higher wages paid than in 1893. That such results have not followed the enactment of the Gorman tariff is in itself a very significant ar- gument as to the merits of the two different tariffs.—Boston Advertiser. In four weeks goods valued at $38,707,842 have been entered at New York, as against $30,327,703 in the same weeks last year. We mey expect some relief perhaps from the fact that the foreign iron and wool markets show a rising tendency; but this relief will not be important. The great dificulty is that a de- fective tariff keeps our foreign trade unsettled all the time and permits the importation of foreign merchandise that our own manufac- tories can produce, but which they cannot profitably produce under the Fresem inade- quate laws.—Philadelphia Inquirer. The remedy for present defigiencies is not augmented taxation of any kind, but a cutting off of useless and wasteful expenditures. The present and Braspecflva revenue receipts are abundant without further taxation to meet all the needs of the Government economIcally ad- ministered. The existing deficit is an object lesson showing the necessity for painstaking retrenchment and not an argument for piling new loads of taxation upon the snngfillng Na- tion just emerging from & long period of agri- cultural and commercial depression. — New York Herald. Eventually Congress must take determinate action for the improvement of the Federal financial system, or rather the present lack of system. First, and most imperative of all, Congress must provide adequate resources for the Government, as the latter cannot go on forever borrowing, having insufficient re- sources to repay, for that, in_ the case of Government or citizen, spells bankruptey.— Philadelphia Ledger. This s & fact which should be made clearly conspicuous in the coming campaign—that Grover Cleveland and his obsolgte and absurd tariff views, which have twice within two years been signally repudiated bf the Ameri- can people, are the great stumbling-block in the way of making the Nation once more sol- vent and re-establishing its old prosperity.— Boston Journal. There is no mystery whatever about the heavy shipments of gold to Europe, the contin- ued depletion of the treasury reserve and the consequent necessity of another bond issue, with & heayy addition to the National debt. The shameful inadequacy of the Democratic tariff is the rrlmnrv cause of the whole diffi- culty.—Wichita Eagle. The Republican campaign issue is protection for all alike—an impartial, non-partisan, non- sectional tariff. That is just whatwe do not have now and that is just what the country provoses to have before this question shall be considered settled.—lowa State Register. PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. Among the crown jewels of Russia there is a magnificent diemond, weighing 105 carats. It is the size of & small pigeon’s egg, and was formerly the eye of a Brahminical idol, whence it was purloined by a French soldier. Itpassed through several hands and was ultimately pur- chased by the Empress Catherine for the sum of $450,000, in ready money, and an annulty of $200,000. Mile. Julia-Celina Drouard, according to the decision of the Paris city council, is to be the rose queen for thisyear. Sheis 21 years old, earns her living as a washerwoman aud has supported her four brothers and sisters for years. She wiil now receive $2400 from the money left for the purpose by M. Batifol. Prince Albert Woroniewski, & near relative of Prince Miezislaus, & martyr of the revolu- tion of 1848, has announced, in a letter to the Mayor of Budapest, his intention to commit suicide. The young man had become so poverty-stricken as to be compelled to work as a day laborer. The Spanish Duke of Alba, now visiting this country, holds six dukedoms and twelve mar- quisates. He is nine times a grandee of Spain and fourteen times a count. He is the nephew of ex-Empress Eugenie, and was a great favor- ite with Napoleon III. Arthur Balfour is the latest English states- man, author, etc., who is to marry. Hitherto he has been a determined bachelor. There seems to be a matrimonial epidemic of late among Englishmen of prominence. Harriet Hilcon of Havre de Grace, Md., was assisted in the late celebration of her hundredth birtnday by 152 children, grandchildren, great- grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. King Humbert of Italy is a strict vegetarian in diet. His food consists of bread, fruit and vegetables entirely, and his only drink is Bor- deaux very much diluted with water. Mrs. Cleveland has a rarely beautiful hand, not very small, but admirably shaped, which 1s said to be a sure indication of the artistic temperament. SUPFPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS. She turned upon him imperiously. “What have you to say for yourself?” The duae cowered before her, abashed, and then passed through the door without & word. She shook her head sadly. “Once more is the old saying verifled, ‘It goes without saying!’ " She gently locked the door behind him.— Truth, 01d Mercator (to little Billy Ducks, just left school, who applies for situation as office-boy, and produces testimonial from clergyman)— We don’t want you on Sundays, my good little boy. Have you a reference from any one who knows you on weekdays !—Sydney Bulletin. Road contractor (angrily)—See here, I told You to break those stones so they would be small enough to go into & man's mouth. Laborer—Yaas, sah, you dic. sah, an’ dat's what I'se been doin’. I used ma own mouf, sah.—New York Sun. Figures may not lie, but the introduction of the bloomer costume is giving a pleasant em- phasis to many unwelcome truths.—Chicago Dispatch, Even the Boston trolley people are queer. Unlike their compeers elsewhere, they have nubbins of souls and not alone make some effort to compass fenders, but have sent to the Mayor 20,000 tickets for “charity” rides to be given to institutions. Editor's wife—Who wrote this beautiful arti- cle on “How to Manage a Wife?” Editor—Young Quiller. f Editor's wife—Why, I didn’t know he was married. Editor—He isn’t.—Philadelphia Post. 0ld Bullion (playfully)—Suppose I should lose my money and die poor, what would my little duckie darling do then? Young bride (thoughtfully)—Perhaps a med- ical college would give me something for your corpse.—New York Weekly. “That man,” said the resident to the visitor, as he pointed to a prosperous looking person across the street; “that man achieved therepu- tation of being the most truthful man in town by telling a bate-faced, bald-headed lie. He went fishing and caught eleven of the finest possible bass, and when he carried them home in the car he told people that he had bought them.”—Indianapolis Journal. Chummy—What would you think of & man that always went around talking to himself? Gruffly—I should say if he did it to listen to himself he was a fool; if he did it to avoid listening to his friends he was a genius, and if he did it to save his friends from listening to him he was a philanthropist.—Truth. A gentleman in Santa Rosa has a grown son at school in Oakland who spends more than his monthly allowance. His last letter to his iather is & “corker.” Itis as follows: Dear Papa: I have to ask you for a few dol- larsand I don't know how to express myself. If you could see how I blush with embarrass- ment you would give me $20 without me tell- ing you. I'send you this by —, who is visiting Santa Rosa over Sunday. He will wait for an answer. Your affectionate son. P.8.: Overcome with shame for what I have written, I have been running after the messen- ger to take the letter from him, butI cannot catch up with him. I hope my letter will be lost. His father was naturally touched, but was equal to the emergeney. He replied as follows: My Dear Son: Console yourself and blush no longer. The messenger lost your letter. Your affectionate father.—Sante Rosa Democrat. “Johnny, Willie said you threw him down and jumped on him with both feet.” ““Well, ma, I was just playin’.” “What sort of play do you call that?” “Football.”—Indianapolis Journal. ANSWERS TO CORRESFONDENTS. THE FREE LIBRARY—G. P., City. The Free Library of this City is open every day in the week, except Sundays and Jegal holidays, from 94 M to9P M. On Sundays it is open from 1:80to5 P. M. Itis not open on the evenings before Christmas and New Year. To become a borrower apply at the library for an applica- tion (form 25) and fill it out according to the directions thereon. Call the next day, and if the I:ippllclflou be approved a card will be issued which entitles the owner to full priv- ileges of the library for the period of two years from the date of issue. To draw a book for home use fill out one of the buff blanks pro- vided in the library for that purpose, with the name and address. as on the borrower’s card, together with the shelf number of the desired book as found in the catalogue. Then hand in the buff slip and card at the delivery desk, and when the book is procured the party wantin it will be notified. If the party wishes to rea the book in the reading-room of the library fill l:ju! & pink slip and hand itin at the deliv- ery desk. METROPOLITAN THEATER—F. K., City. The Metropolitan Theater, which was on the west side of Montgomery street, north of Washing- ton, was in part torn down in 1873 to make way for the opening of Montgomery avenue: The last performance was on the 28th of April of that year, the performance being a compli- Mentary benefit to E. G. Bert, the lessee. The Dbill on”that occasion included an overture: “‘Heel and Toe-ology,” Jimmy Moore and Bray; song, “The Apple of My Eye,” little Tillfe Dar- ling; grand pas seul, Mlie. Marie Gaugan; E. D. Davies in an original entertainment entitled ‘The Funniest of Funny Folks'; “Home From the Club,” a comedietta, in which Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Bates took part, the whole concluding with the fairy extravaganza “Cinderella,” with Blanche and Ella Chepman (the Chapman sis- ters) in the principal parts. A SEAMAN'S RIGHTS—T. H., San Diego, Cal. Each State provides who shall have the right to vote within its boundaries,and also pre- scribes the length of time a person has to reside in the State, county or precinct before he shall have the right to vote. The master of an Amer- ican vessel arriving in a strange American port on the day that an election for President is being held would not have the right to vote at that port, for the reason that he had not acquired a legal residence. A citizen of a State cannot lose his residence in the State he leaves until he has acquired & new one. A seaman does not by reason of belng absent on a voyage lose his residence in the place where he last voted. The law works no greater hardship on a seaman than it does on any other citizen who sents himself from his voting place at the time of an electio THOUGHTS OF WESTERN EDITORS. German universities continue to attractan increasing number of American students. About four hundred are said to be in Berlin. The attendance of Americans at other educe. tional centers of the empire is proportionately large. Are German methods of instruction more efficient than those in yogue in our higher educational-institutions? Or can this exodus to European places of study be ac- counted for by the ofien undue value placad on whatever may come from over the sea? There are, doubtiess, often secondary reasons why students go abroad for advanced study, as travel and residence amonga people having manners and laws other than ours., These are well within themselves. But, if better facilities for aomg post-graduate work alone is sought, it should be the ambition of our leading insti- tutions to so strenghten their courses %n this department as 10 be at least equal to the best in existence.—Stanford Sequois. No one who believes in the extension of the civil service to Consuls should object to mak- ing ex-Presidents Senators-at-large or giving them any other title or emolument.or dignity fitting to an aristocracy of office-holders. The place for all office-holders to come from ina republic is the ranks of the people, and they should go back to the same place at frequent intervals. No other system will be long satis- factory or successful. Every movement hav- ing a different tendency should be in the be- ginning and will surely be in the end frowned down upon or torn up root and branch.— Salem (Or.) Statesman. There is no sense in retiring the commander of the army because he has reached the age of 64. Itwould be well to modify the law creat- ing an age-limit. Count von Waldersee, who ashort time ago was appointed field marshal of the German armies s in his sixty-fourth year, Gen. Wolseley, the new commander-in-chief of the British army, is in his sixty-third year, and some of the very best army work has been done by officers who were over the age-limit of this country.—San Jose Mercury. A short time ago the wheat-growers of Wash- ington were clemoring for a “State grain in- spector.” Now that they have him they are disturbing the welkin with s demand for the enrliest possible repeal of the law creating the ‘useless office. We have done a little of the same thing in Oregon, but we never got quite down to “*State grain inspector,” though there wasa slight demand for it before the meeting of the last Legislature.—Salem (Or). Statesman. Some of the very best cigars we ever smoked, and we have smoked many of the very best that were gver rolled together, were made of Gilroy tobatco and bought by us while on our last visit to San Jose several years ago. As we are yet addicted to the habit of cigar-smoking we would like to know where the Gilroy cigars are kept on sale.—Alemeda Encinal. It will take Republican administration, under Republican policy, from five to eight years probably to pay off the £300,000,000 of additional debt which Democratic administra- tion in two and a half has loaded upbn the country. And the worst of it is that Demo- cratic administration has a year and a half more to run.—Portland Oregonian. The lull in gold exports is doubtless only the lull before the storm. The balance of trade is ageinst us, and our securities are being re- turned. These two conditions will remain as lonflg as there is a free-trade administration, and justso long will there be gold exports.— Tucson (Ariz.) Citizen. b5 The pathetic news comes from China that only half the usual amount of firecrackers were manufactured this year. We feared all along that China would get even with us for the exclusion act.—Arizona Gazette. The best example of a man cooling off is to be seen in & vigorous Demacratic editor who sev- agely critieizes Platt and Quay and then gently comments on the doings of Gorman and Brice. Seattle (Wash.) Post-Intelligencer. “I tell you what it is, my boy, I'm losi memory. "I can't tell to'morrow what I 't “You don’t say so! You couldn’t lend me $5, could you?"—¥rom a drawing in Le Rire by George aw. ! e The doubt in which Professor Huxley aied is indicated by the lines which have just been placed upon his tomb according to his own re- quest. They follow: And if there be no meeting past the grave, It all is darkness, silence, yet 'tis rest. Be not afraid, ye waiting hearts that weep; For God still giveth his beloved sleep. And if an endless sleep he wills, so best. T0 OPEN ISLAIS CREEK Congressmen Asked to Aid in Reopening a Public Waterway. ACT ADMITTING CALIFORNIA. President Seculovich Talks About the Property- Owners’ Assoclation. The Pennsylvania-avenue and Islais Creek Property-owners’ Association is go- ing after the Southern Pacific on account of certain obstructions which prevent navi- gation in Islais Creek. This arm of the sea was declared open in 1868, and so remaiged until ten years ago, when the Legislature granted certain privi- best use is to reproduce a redwood forest for our grnduhud:g. Rieh bottom land msy 2y to clear in some cases, but the stimps are ikély to' be many and large, snd. the cost reater than the above estimate. The 'fimx; fives in a redwood district, but never heard c:l an acre being clearea for profit. The lan when cleared would have to haye a clear ren- tal value of $10 to sggd]ur acre -to' justify the expense. The redw when cut sprouts vig- orously from the roots, but can killed.in two or three years by carefully removing the sprouts as thel ngpen_r. This is the course gen- erally pursued when it is_desired to cultivate redwood bottom lands. The dead stumps will probably in time rot out, or if not in time then in eternity. In our lifetime, however, no per- ceptible progress is made, Redwood stump land is simply cultivated as well as between the stumps, and so treated will often yield better and more certain crops than other Teally very good land entirely clear. B.F.A. DR. BROWN'S DEPARTURE. Will Be a Delegate to the Congregational Council at Syracuse. Dr. C. 0. Brown, pastor of the First Con- gregational Church of this City, left last evening for Syracuse, N. Y., to attend the National Triennial Council of Congrega- tional churches as one of the delegates from California. He expects to preach at his former charge in Kalamazoo, Mich., on Sunday, and he will fill several Boston pul- pits during his absence. Professor Foster and Professor Lloyd of MAP SHOWING MAIN OBSTRUCTION ON ISLAIS CREEEK. leges to the Potrero and Bay View Rail- | road Company, the effect of which was to | practically close the waterway. i Several times in the past property-own- ers along the neglected channel have made | abortive attempts to secure such legisla- | tion as would again open the stream to | navigation, but owing to lack of co-oper- | ation accomplished nothing. The Prop- erty-owners’ Association, of recent organ- ization, now proposes to take a hand in the fight, and, if the plansof President Peter T. Seculovich are followed, they will at least make it interesting for the South- ern Pacific. | “Itis our purpose to peacefully remove | the obstructions placed across Isiais Creek by the Southern Pacific if we can,” said | President Seculovich yesterday, ‘‘though | if passive measures fail we will resort to | such_legal proceedings as the case de- mands. We have addressed a communi- cation to the Congressional and State dele- gation, now inspecting the waterways and | ports of California, with a view of securing | their co-operation in the passage of an act | that will reopen Islais Creek to navigation. | 1f we fail to secure a substantial promise from them, then it becomes a question of ]ggal proceedings against the Southern Pa- cifie. “‘Islais Creek is 200 feet wide at its mouth and 70 feet at the upper end. But for the obstructions at Kentucky street and Fif- teenth and Sixteenth avenues it would be a navigable stream three miles long, with an average depth of 8 feet. Section 3 of the United States statutes admitting Cali- fornia into the Union says: “‘And be it further enacted, that all ngvigable waters within the said State snall be common_highways and forever free as well to the inhabitants of said State as to the citizens of the United States, without tax impost or duty therefore.’ “There are similar clauses in nearly every act of admission of Western States, and, further than this, there are decisions covering this very matter. The Willamette Bridge, Chicago and Oakland water front cases are fresh in the minds of the people. and in the Islais Creek the same condi- tions exist. “In 1882 the State secured a juagment against the Potrero and Bay View road, requiring that they remove all piles, {im- bers and bridge work then obstructing the channel. In place of the woodwork they built immense embankments, which are even worse than the he“f timbering. Now we propose to remedy all this, if pos- sible. The company mustopen the stream to navigation or we will at once proceed to find out why they do not. The people have some rights yet, and if the Congres- sional delegation do not promise their un- qualified assistance in passing a law that will remove these obstructions. then the Southern Pacific will find another Oakland water front suit on their hands.” COST OF CLEARING REDWOOD LANDS. A correspondent asks about profit of clearing redwood lands for farms and their productive- ness. Inregard to their productiveness they are always rich and will produce anything which will grow in the climate in which they are situated. The cost of clearing is best es- timated by counting the stumps on an acre and averaging their size. The usual way ot clearing redwood stumps is to bore under their center with a two-inch auger. At the bottom of the hole explode a half stick to a stick of giant powder according to size of stump. Into the cavity thus produced pour from 10 and 50 pounds of Judson powder and explode it. 1f the proper amount of powder has been used the result ought to be the complete shattering of the stump, the pieces of which should be thrown clear out of the und ready for haul- ing together and burned. The amount of pow- der above fiiven would be by some considered excessive, but & rallroad builder desiring to be | entirely rid of a redwood stump 11 or 12 feet | in diameter would Eroblbly use 100 pounds of Judson powder. This would entirely rid him of the pieces. The amount required for land clearing would depend upon the size of the stump and the nature of the ground. Very hard ground requires less powder than soft round. Two o four pounds of Judson pow- er will usually throw out an osk stump eighteen 1nches through. n blasting redwood stumps the writer has used the amounts given above and noted no waste of force. It is well to err on the side of | force, for an unsuceessful blast is not only a waste, but sometimes opens up the gronnd so that it is hard to get a new charge to take hold. 1t must have hard ground to lift against. A few trials will give any one the necessary expe- rience. The object of the preliminary charge of gimngowder is to make & cavity for the Jud- son powder and to pack the ground for it to 1ift against. When the elvi‘l{ ismade the Judson powder should be poured in through a tube to getitall to the bottom and avoid waste. A iece of 1l4-inch ‘“‘down spout” of suitable ength, which can be had at any tinshop, is very convenient for the purpose, The hole should be bored clear under the center of the stump. In springing the hole it is not neces- sary to tamp, as the giant-powder works down. Whes the cavity is made, and _the Judson pow- der poured in, place a cap on the fuse, insert it in a piece of giaut powder an ineh or two long, run it down to the Judson powder, pour in dry earth ana tamp, carefully at first, until the hole is ful!; then light the fuse and clear out. The costs aepends on the number of stumps ‘;;er acre, their size, and the juck you have inding %our way uuder the center of the stump. This may take fifteen minutes or half & day, according to circumstance: happens to_strike or miss rocks and roots, The cost of powder may be estimated at 10 cents per pound for giant and 6 cents ‘or Jud- son. Delivered in large lots it will cost less. The cost of powder, then, will be from 50 cents to §3 xc'r stump, besides the labor in blast- ing and of clearing the ground afterward, which is very serious, but greatly facilitated by using plenty orrvwder 50 that the -mmr may be split info pieces of such menageable size that one team can pull them together. A great redwood has sn immense smount of timber below ground, and the labor of clearing after blasting is very serious. No estimate per acre of the cost of clearing reawood land can be made, as all dfinfl- on the numberof stumps. If the labor is all hired it is likely to exceed the Pacific Theological Seminary will al- ternate in supplying the pulpit of the First Church. These gentlemen and others will also be called upon to supply the- pul- pit of Plymouth Congregational Caurch, vacated tempeorarily by Dr. W. D. Wil- liams, who is one of the delegates to the distinguished body which assembles at Syracuse next week. Dr. Brown will be away four weeks, Dr. Williams remaining a week longer. A Presentation to F. W. Dohrmann. Yesterday was the twentieth anniversary of theestaolishment of Nathan, Dohrmann &Co.’s store on Sutter street, and last evening when the store closed for the night F. W. Dohrmann was treated to a pleasant surprise. The eighty employes of the establishment presented their €mplo; with three large frames contaifing cabinet-sized photographs of all the employes The ladies’ pictures were in one frame an those of the gentlemen in the other two. Tae presentation speech was made by J. H. Jahns, one of the oldest employ % Rt Ease John E. Parsons of New York City has made the pleasant announcement that final and fa- vorable action has been taken on the erection of the bronze statue of Peter Cooper in the { small, triangular park just south of Cooper | Union. Itisagratifying fact that the sculptor, Augustus St. Gaudens, who has been commis- | sioned to design the statue, was at one time & | stndent at the institution. ——— Bacox Printing Company,508 Clay street.* z S o TRY our Molasses Peppermint Chocolates. Townsend's, 627 Market street. - et i He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.—Arabian. $ TYPOGRAPHICAL elocution. Making the types speak! The Roberts Printing Co., 220 Sutfer. * e Miss Burta Grace Boyd is known as the Grace DarliRg of St. Croix. She has charge of the Ledge light, about six miles below St. Stephen, N.B. She won her title twelve yearsago by saving, alone and unaided, two sailors from certain death—a deed of bravery recognized by the Dominion Government, which presented a lifeboat and & old watch to the young woman. Farz medicine is folly as imporiant and as bene- ficial as Spring medicine. Hood’s Sarsaparilla should be taken at this season to keep the blood pure and the bodily health vigorous. —————— “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used over fiity years by millions of mothe ers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It soothes the child. softens the gums, al- Iays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowaly end is the best remedy for Diarrhcess, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Druggists in every part of the world. Pe sureand ask for Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrp. 250 4 bottle. 3 ——— “He didn’t have the nerve to propose, did he, Bessie?” “Yes; but she rejected him. She said that while he had the sand to propose, he didn’s have the rocks to marr; Harper's Magazine. 2 5 Cts. Per Can. Colima Baking Powder. Colima Pure Spices. As inducement to test COLIMA'S SU- PERIORITY, Valuable Presents given FREE with each can. 100 varieties to choose from. We mentiona few: 1 Glass Butter Dish, 1 Glass Sugar Bowl, 6 Preserve Dishes, 1 Decorated Thin China Cup and Saucer, 1 decorated Salad Dish, 1 Cup and Saucer (assorted decorations), 1 Thin China Oatmeal Bowl, 1 Cream Pitcher, Gold Decorated Cup, Saucer and Plate, Dec- orated set of 3 Water Goblets, Syrup Pitcher, Vegetable Dish, 1 Glass Berry Dish, 1 Majolica Pitcher, 1 Covered Sancepan, 1 Coffee Pot (2 qt.), Oatmeal Set of 3 pieces, set of 3 Table Tumblers, 1 Dish Kettle (8 qts). Lots of others at our stores. g (reat American Importing Tea _Cu. 617 Kearny street,. 146 Ninth street, 965 Market street, 140 Sixth street, 1419 Polk street, scon | 521 Mont, San Franeiseo | 355 Hayes omery, »vonoes 218 Third street, STORES | 2008 Fillmore street; 3006 Sixteenth street, 104 Second street, 2510 Mission street, 52 Market street, 3259 Mission street. 1053 Washin, stre {911 Broadwass . oot Oakland 131 San Pablo avenue, STORES |616 E. Twelfth street. Park street and Alameda Alameda ... {"avenne Visit our Stores. See the Big Display. ‘cam'kw. Prices and Quality is all We POSITIVE ano PERMANENT 2 CURE. Terms Reasonable, Examination Free in Afternoon. $100. The majority of redwood land issteep. Its DR. MILLER CANCER CUR, 929}¢ Howard St., 8. ¥,