The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 14, 1895, Page 6

" littl THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1895 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, or and Proprietor. SCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: d Sunday CALT, one week. by carrier. $0. ar, by mall... 6. by ma by mail SW. corner Sixteenth and wntil 8 o'clock. 2518 Mission s 116 Ninth st pen until § o'clock. pen until 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE: <08 ways EASTERN OFFICE: thtes Advertising Bureau, Rhinelander tuilding MONDAY. Every home can help the home market to some extent. From Turkey to China all Asia needs renovating and whitewashing. re are still no sig at the Civic tion will ever run out of work. Free Cuba is an honest home senti that would make the best foreign policy. Feder Jobn Bull had better attend to his busi- ness in Armenia and let Venezuela alon Perhaps B got a barrel, and perhaps he has one, but it is bunged up. As th throw at present, the Junta is y is throwing dust. The complexion of local De- mocracy looks ve ich like it was ooed. ¢ Ohio Democrat Camp- quence is a poor substitute. for and’s administration comes to be tried he will probably move for a ze of Cleveland can make it so there a deficit in the Monroe doctrine 1 at athletics, ans to beat them on Chicago is the only city that has yet been able to develop a gang of robbers with nerve enough to hold up a trolley-car. Cleveland is to Atlanta and Hill is going to Ohio, the lou pected great Democratic speech may be born twins. Many political experts are taking a good d of stock in the Allison boom because it is not being puffed up with d. From present appearances in Kentucky, Joe Blackburn is running against the Democratic newspapers more than any- thing else. TUncle S8am once 1 land enough to give us all a farm. but now Corbett and Fitz- simmons cannot (i ugh to stake out 2 sixteen-foot rin, 1er might fight Venezuela for a and at the mouth of the Orinoco, but she would not fight this country for half the continent. It is possible that all this talk in the Democratic newspapers about a vigorous foreign policy, is simply Olney's way of advertising for one. England It is an easy prediction that before Cleveland is back in Washington a month we shall hear that be isoverworked in pre- paring his message It is now charged against Wat Harden, the Demo ic nominee for Governor, in Kentucky, that he shaves, wears patent leather shoes and smokes cigarettes. One advantage of having Corbett and immons sk:rmishing around the ry is that their bluffing serves to de- t attention from the export of gold. Strangely enough the Valkyrie hat and the Marlborough bonnet are among the fall styles for women, but the Defender and the Vanderbilt do not get a mention. There is a growing belief that every step taken in the construction of the trans- Siberian railroad by Russia is a distinet step toward the destruction of the Chinese empire. The campaign in Ohio has become so hot that Ex-Governor Campbell has been compelled to stop long enough to explain that he never reflectad on the personal in- tegrity of Governor McKinley. The deficit in the revenues makes the tariff the biggest political issue at pres- ent, but if that were out of the way, the ua-American foreign policy of Cleveland would be enough to beat I’emocracy next year. J Itis believed that Mahone’s death will lead to a reorganization of political parties in Virginia and exert as powerful an in- fluence on affairs in that State as the dead Senator was ever able to exert in the prime of hislife and the highest prestige of his power. It is not surpri the Chicego Associated Press misled its customers by sending out false reports of the race between the Defender and the Valkyrie, some of its papers have aban- doned that organization and joined the United Press, thus making sure of getting all the news and getting it correct. It is difficult to understand why the Easiern press was so severe inits criti- cisms of Keir Hardie. Since his arrivai on this coast he has said nothing and done nothing to give offense to any one who be- lieves in free speech and does not regard socialism as a bugaboo. As we have a treaty with Great Britain which forbids either nation from building or launching any warship on the great lakes some Detroit ship-builders who wish to get some of the Governmeat jobs have offered to construct gunboats on this coast shipping the machinery from Detroit, and it is believed in that way they may get one or more contracts, THE MINERS' CONVENTION. The convention of California miners, which opens in this City to-day under the auspices of the California State Miners’ As- sociation, will be the most important ever held in this State, and upon the determi- nation of the delegates will depend some concerns vital to the people. The two great matiers are hydraulic mining and the relation of the Southern Pacific Com- pany to the mineral lands which it claims under its Government grant. In addition to these, considering the remarkable re- awakening of activity in the mining in- dustry, will be the general proposition of furthering and strengthening this move. ment. With regard to the first proposition, it is urgent that the antagonism existing be- tween the farming and the hydraulic min- ing interests be broken down instead of increased. While it is deplorable that bydraulic mining was necessarily stopped by reason of the damage 1t was doing to the rivers and lands of the valley region, it is impossible to believe that the inven- tive genius of the age is inadequate to de- vise such a scheme as will permit the re- habilitation of this industry without work- ing the injury which caused its cessation. It will be for the miners to solve the prob- lem. And miners of all kinds are inter ested in the solution. The question of railroad claims to min- eral lands will require exceptional carz and intelligence in the handling. Rumors were started some time ago to the effect that the railroad company was interesting itself in the selection of delegates to this convention. There has been little talk of that kind lately, but this will make popu- lar espionage of the delegates’ conduct none the less ciose. It will not be difficult to judge any delegate’s fealty by his speeches or vote. The interest involved is one that concerns every resident of the State, whether he is a miner or not. There need be no fear that the miners will fail to appreciate their grave responsibility in the premises The delegates are visiting the City at the pleasantest time of the year. They will find many things to entertain and in- struct them. 1t is hoped that they will enjoy themselves after that hearty fashion for which men of that vocation are famous. bey will find some novel condi- tions. 1t will perhaps surprise them to discover that the community is rousing itself from along and dreamless slumber, and that its responsible men and women are learning to appreciate the bounties with which nature has blessed their en- vironment. We regret that the splendid new CALL building is not ready for their inspection, but they can see where it will be when they convene next year. They will find the leading spirits of the City earnestly at work for the good of the State, and the merchants eager to do whatever may lie in their power for the advancement of the mining interest. It will be a grand opportunity for the miners to cuitivate these men and establish a strong sympathy and co-operation with them. DAGGETT AND MAGUIRE. Two eminent members of the California Deinocracy are engaged in a bitter contro- versy, which is both serious and lament- able. Congressman Maguire has preferred charges with the Treasury Department at Washington against John Daggett, Super- intendent of the San Francisco Mint, al- leging two wrongs: First, that Mr. Dag- gett has grossly neglected his duty; and, second, that he organized a mining com- pany which has no standing, and whose shareholders are composed largely of the employes of the Mint. Mr. Daggett declares that these charges are “lies,” and that “they are absolutely false in every particular and detail.”’ He not only courts but demands a ‘‘rigorous investigation,” and he wants it to be pub- lic. He asserts that ‘‘any one with half an eve must see that an obvious animus lurks in every line” of Mr. Maguire’s charges, and explains that “it is a case of patronage instead of principle.” Mr. Maguire denies this, alleging that-he was not interested in the patronage of the Mint, and that both he and Senator White opposed Mr. Dag- gett’s appointment, and that his conduct has not been better than they expected, Up to this point (the Treasury Depart- ment not having yet made an investiga- tion of the charges) the case rests upon the comparative personal merits of the gentle- men themselves. Mr. Maguire makes the dignified explanation that he cares noth- ! ing for Mr. Daggett one way or the other, that in laying his charges with the Gov- ernment he was doing his duty as a pub- lic officer, and that there he will let the matter rest, having shifted his responsi- bility on the Government. The charges are easily susceptible of proof if they are true and of disproof if they are untrue, and as Mr. Maguire is an able lawyer and knows the value of evidence, the duties of the Superintendent and the serious conse- quences of the investigation both to him- self and to Mr. Daggett, the present pre- sumption is that, even should his past history warrant the belief, it is not likely that he is moved by passion or a desire for revenge. Assuming for the present that he is ac- tuated by the highest motives, his conduct is a salient departure from the established methods of Democratic politics in Califor- nia. At the same time, while he is exceed- ingly strong in the admiration of friends, Mr. Daggett is not less so, and hence this struggle must make a serious breach in the ranks of the party. It will be curious to observe whether in the pending investiga- tion the party will prove itself able to be governed solely by a sense of public right and decency or whether the factions to which this struggle will give rise will be moved by considerations of expediency or personal regard. CHIOAGO IS ALARMED. The violent attack of the Chicago Tribune on the San Francisco Traflic Association, charging that because Tratfic Manager Curtis of the association wrote urging an Eastern connection of the Southern Pacific to unite with the latter company in its reduced schedule of freights between Cali- fornia and Utah points the associa- tion is the organ of the Souathern Pacific, is valuable only as showing that Chicago is,alarmed over the prospect of fair competition with San Francisco, and that the intelligent efforts of our merchants to secure a reasonable share of the Utah trade is expected to meet with success. The Tribune's attack and the alarm which it indicates will be re- garded by San Francisco merchants as ex- ceedingly encouraging, and asan incentive to renewed efforts to accomplish their desire. Our merchants cannot realize too strongly that when they enter the field as com- petitors with Chicago they are measuring their strength with the ablest, shrewdest and most successful men in the country. ‘We are handlcapped by a number of ob- stacles. These are the greater volume of Chicago’s business, the resulting desire of the lines between Utah and Chicago not to antagonize it by showing favers to San Francisco, and the existence of competing lines between the two places. These have been sufficient 80 far to overcome the ad. vantage which San Francisco enjoys on the score of being so much nearer to Utah. It is difficult to see how the solution of the problem can be accomplished, though it is gratifying to know that the merchants of San Francisco are working so earnestly to that end. At present the reduced rates of the Southern Pacific stop at Ogden, be- yond which that company cannot reach. It would seem that the situation presents a very strong inducement for the building of a lozal railroad system in Utah, and that our merchants could hardly do better than foster such an enterprise. We may be sure that if ‘'such a necessity were pre- sented to Chicago it would meet it at once. Still another plan would be the throwing of the Union Pacific into the hands of the Government. This would open Salt Lake and some minor towns to our trade. For that matter the spanning of the short dis- tance separating Ogden and Salt Lake Further, it is difficult to understand why the Southern Pacific could not make a rate from San Francisco to Ogden which would counteract the higher rates from Ogden to Salt Lake. The company’s business, as might have been expected, has greatly in- creased since it reduced its rates to Ogden and thus made it possible for our mer- chants 1o compete with Chicago at that point, and our business has increased thereby and our merchants are greatly en- couraged. Why not extend the plan, with an expectation of still greater benefits to all concerned ? AN EXPEOTED RESULT. In one of our enterprising contempora- ries which not only prints verbatim re- ports of the Durrant trial but which fills cussions of the testimony and with grue- some foreshadowing of grisly possibilities, we read the interesting account of a family which has been dismembered by these pub- lications. The wife left her husband, and this is the husband’s explanation, as pub- lished by our enterprising contemporary : ““The Durrant case was one of the causes that wrecked my home. She may say that I treated her cruelly, but that is not true. She wanted me to read the-verbatim re- ports of the Durrant trial and 1 did so un- til life was not worth living, and then I quit, 'Then she got angry. Inthe morn- ing, at breakfast, I read the Durrant case. ‘When she went upstairs to make the beds I followed and continued reading. She swept the house and I followed, reading. She prepared the luncheon and I stiil stayed by her, reading the Durrant case. I want to say that while I read that case aloud my wife was periectly happy. When I stopped she was miserable.” Probably it was our contemporary’s de- licious sense of humor that induced it to publish this case of domestic rupture alongside the canse that produced it. This wife evidently belonged to the class of women who haunt the courtroom. Being denied that opportunity she did the next best thing in transforming her husband into the courtroom and all its disagreeable adjuncts. Although invested with a mar- velous patience the wretched man struck at last—and lost his wife in consequence. It was a choice between reading the ver- batim reports and giving her up, and he gave her up. It was more than masculine strength could bear to read the verbatim reports of the trial. The incident seems to be instructive in that it establishes the difference between the tastes of men and some women and explains the publication of verbatim reports. The only persons who can read these in- terminable dull reports are those who have both the leisure and the taste for the occupation. The only ones who have the time are those who are not concerned with the serious affairs of life, and those who have the taste would be judicious to con- ceal the fact. To publish such reports as- sumes the existence of a very large pro- portion of persons in the community who are of the kind to whom such reading is a possibility and a pleasure. THE CaLn knows no reasen for publishing that esti- mate of San Francisco’s people. More than that, it is aware that while the preparation of a sharp, cléarly told story of the trial requires much more skill and expense than a verbatim report, it is true journalism and shows & better conception of the character of the community. PERSONAL. W. P. Thomas, an attorney of Ukiah, is at the Grand. W. T. Blake, a newspaper man of Stockton, is in town. T. J. Field, a capitalist of Monterey, isa guest at the Palace. J. Besse, a merchant of Kingg City, is stay- ing at the Grand. A.Ekman, a merchant of Oroville, registered at the Grand yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Yerrington of Carson, Nev., are 2t ihe Palade. C. Weinrich, a merchant of Sacramento, is in the City on a flying visit. Charles C. Derby, superintendent of the New Almaden quicksilver mine, registered nt the Occidental vesterday. A. F. Jones, an attorney of Oroville, came down yesterday to attend the Miners' Conven- tion and registered at the Palace. 8. W. Heller and wife (nee Stern) returned yesterday from Europe after an absence of eighteen months. The occasion of their home- coming was observed last night at their, resi- dence, corner of Leavenworth and Post streets, by a welcome tendered them by forty relatives | and friends. . One of [the recent guests of the Grand is Senora de Campos, granddaughter of General Gonzeales of Guatemala, and her infant son. They come from one of the most notable cities of Central America. Her stay in San Francisco will depend on the health of her child, which is expected to benefit irom the bracing climate of San Francisco. Itisher intention to leave for Paris as soon as the little one's health permits. The heart of White-Hat McCarthy is glad within him, for “Me Lud” is coming back. The great and only J. Talbot Clifton will agein mingle with the excited racetrack throngs, will once more perambulate Market and Kearny streets, and (who knows?) will bring with him something new in the sensational line. J.“Tawlbot” is not averse to seeing him- self reflected in the public retina. Modesty is not one of his prominent characteristics. But he is refreshingly interesting at any time, and San Francisco has no cause to regard him with any feelings but those of friendly indulgence. 1 hear that he is expected on or about the 25th inst. Safe to say that White-Hat will be at the train to greet him and that society at ‘‘the track” will extend him a cordial welcome.— Town Talk. A CHANCE TO SMILE. A band wagon is good in its place, but you don’t need to take one when you go courting the other girl. Your best girl will hear about it soon enough.—New York Recorder. Beggar—Yer haven’t got 10 cents erbout yer, bas yer, boss? The Man—How did you find that out? I thought no one knew I was broke but myself.— Syracuse Post, “What do vou think of this previous existe ence theory?" “I know it to be supported by facts. For in- stance I know a woman only 27 years old who often thoughtlessly tells about things that hap- pened thirty-five years 2go.”— Indianapolis Journal. Mrs. Jones—And so your son has left college and has taken orders? Mrs. Smith—Yes, and I think he will now be successful in administering to humanity. ‘‘Has he entered the Episcopal church?” “On, no: he hasn’t entered any chuch. Heis & waiter in & restaurant.”—Temmany Times, ‘would solve a large part of the problem. |’ the vacant intervals with sensational dis- |, Tollis P. Huntington, he ¥Has nothing to say Of the Stanford decree; For he hopes that he May also go free. [Reproduction of a sketch from life made by a « Call * artist.] AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Fred Schumann, the well- known range- owner and rifle shot, was in ‘town yesterday for a few hours. “Did you ever hear the story of Timmany and his turkeys?” he asked. No one had been 80 fortunate, and Schumann proceeded. “This man Timmany,” he said, “is a small rancher over in the country about San Rafael, One day not very long ago Timmany happened in to see me about a forthcoming contestin which turkeys were to be given as prizes to the most successful marksmen. The old fellow confided to me that for some time he had been raising turkeyson his ranch, and he pro- posed 1o get up & match on his own account. Now, Timmany is not very well up upon the prowess of our San Francisco rifle-shots, and this may excuse the absurdity of his plan. He would have no firing at targets, but, for the sake of novelty, he would tie a turkey toa stake on the hillside, pace off 200 yards and let the competitors blaze away. “ The plan might work,’ said I to Timmany, ‘but how much will you sell the entry tickets for? “ “Twyo-bits apiece,’ said he. ‘ But surely, Mr. Timmany," I protested, *you will not be so foolish as to sell your tur- keys for 25 cents each !’ “Timmany did not intend to do anything of the kind, but he had a mistaken idea of the sharpshooting ability of our marksmen. “Well, the day srrived, and, agreeably to my | promise, I brought customers to Timmany. He trotted out his fifty or sixty turkevs and offered tickets for sale. Captain Kuhls and half & dozen other fine shots were on hand. In order to have & good joke ‘on Timmany and prevent him from refusing to sell more tickets if we killed too many turkeys we each bought | $5 worth. Then ‘the shooting began. Kuhls was up first and he missed the bird. Timmany was delighted. Another man stepped to the firing place. His shot brought the turkey down. Another and another fired and half a dozen turkeys were dead, while Timmany had only realized & couple of dollars for the lot. “The sport might have continued until every bird fell, but something happened just at this time. Mrs. Timmany, the wife of thesportive rancher, arrived upon the scene. She sized up the situation at & glance. It wes a losing prop- osition and she simply wouldn’t have it. She gathered in the remaining turkeys, and, after taking Mr. Timmany in charge, she set the pace for home. “She declined to receive our tickets and give us our cesh, so we had six turkeys and Tim- many had something like $30. 3 “Turkeys being worth about $2 aplece, on whom was the joke?"’ ROGERS TO RIDEOUT. OPEN LETTER ON THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY QUESTION. Mr. N. D. Rideout, as President of the State Bankers' Association—SIR: The Sunday papers issued October 6, 1895, contained & resolution as emanating from the State Bankers’ Associa- tion at its meeting at Fresno, passed on the 5th, yourself being its president, which reads as follows: Resolved, That this convention is unanimously opposed to the free and unlimited coinage of silver on & basis of 16 to 1 or any other ratio whereby the material in a silver dollar will have less com- mercial value than its goid brother, but is in favor of an international agreement to piace silver on a parity with gold. This resolution comes as a challenge to the sense and patriotlsm of every good citizen. This sentence of fifty-eight commonplace words, thus expressing the meaning of our California bankers, will be analyzed as to the principles enunciated. In my opinion these are irrational in economics, erroneous in legal significance and dangerous in their ultimate effects. Let us, using utmost brevity, candidly examine them ll;mhar the three heads of Economics, Law and anger. First—In economics “use” is the sole test of velue for a thing. Its value is ordinarly measured by the labor involved in its produc- tion. Therefore ‘‘uge” and “labor’” are the factors that determine whether or not men want agiven thing. Now, 1t is an undisputed fact thata gold dollar costs more “labor’’ to get than a paper dollar, As their us money, are identical in buying or deb “labor” is the sole element that is to sidered when choosing a material for & money. But the whole effort of society, nay, of civilizi tion, is to get certain results with the least ex- penditure of work. m’g]l::;eli?lr.e' e!:dld;-n%nefitha gold standard for \ of adopting & paper currency, 15 to ask the Government 1o compel 118 oitize to do a work & million times multiplied in ex- tent and one entirely unnecessary. cond—According to the last case in the United States -Supreme Court, decided March, 1884—Julliard vs. Greenman—to make is & sovereign For an individual to issue money isa crime, and for a State to aim to run & mint is to pass & law inhibited by the constitution. This power over money is exclusively vested in Congress. It can select any material for the currency and then it can destroy its money function. This isshown in the Changes effected in our coin- :g: laws, many times in our history of a cen- Therefore to speak of ““the material in a sil- ver dollar” hlving a commercial value, is to ignore the law, which alone creates money. 1t is not the “material” nor its “commercial value” that makes a dollar—this is the man- date of thelaw. Itisan unpardonable sin for & financier to blend the “commercial yalue” of & “material’’ selected for a currency and the august majesty that springs from the command of the swgatute. “Commercial value” arises from the supply and demand of gold and silver considered as ‘melals. Monetary value arises {rom the exercise of leglslative power, granted exclusively to Congress by the constitution. To unite them in harmony is impossible—impossi- ble to even the magic of a bankers’ organiza- tion. This resolution ignores a plain fact, fixed in isthe AN , as ;g'ins. De con® the sdemant of our history, There | same amount of silver, with the same degree of fineness, in a silver dollar now as in the one made under the old law repealed in 1873. mT;emuum is, the silver was then worth $1 02 old. Now the same silver is worth about $0.68 in gold. Why? The “material” hasnotbeen changed. The quantity is alike. Why has the difference come? No sophistry can_conceal and no fabrication can destroy the fact that the change in law—in demonetizing silver—has reduced that metal to & commodity and left gold a money. Let gold lose its legal-tender quality, given by Congress, and it would at once become a com- modity, subject to the fluctuations of trade. Let silver be granted this debt-paying attribute and its commercial value would cease and its money character would have fixity and would control. Recognizing two facts, that the stamp alone makes money, and that the volume in use fixes the purchasing power, it is to the interest of the banks, as special privilege-holders, to con- ceal these {:rmc‘plu!. With bold hardihood they make the effort in the face of law and fact. In plain language, the endeavor must origin- ate in either willful ignorance or deliberate deceit; for the truth shines like the sun to every seeker. In harmony with this policy of mystification iWo main arguments are presented. They say we need metal money for foreign trade. This is & clear fallacy. Our statisti , partly fur- nished by the bankers, show that for the last fiscal year our foreign trade was about two billions, but our domestic exchanges were about five trillions. This is & ratio of 1 to 2500. Inother words, we use $1 abroad and $2500 at home in the United States. For which should our Government provide, the small or large demand ? The next stock argument is that with free coinage we should be flooded. There are about three and a half billions of silver in the world. Suppose it ell came to the United States for coinage. It would maké & per capita of $50. Would that hurt anybody? Well, yes; it might relieve from beggary and starvation a great famishing army of millions now seeking and crying for work. But two-thirds of the human rece have silver and use it alone and Wwill not send it here, and if they did our peo- Fle would find ready sale of their products for t in exchange. Would that hurt the Cali- fornia farmer, whose products and lands have fallen in twenty-five years to one-fourth of their former values? Third—The last charge is that of implied treason, arising from_an international agree- ment. What, sir, does this involve? All statesmen and publicists admit the power to make money is the one supreme attribute of & national sovereignty, for money is the meas- ure of all values, includln? mental and physi- cal labor. Now, it 1s calmly proposed by you to abdicate our own authority as to our own people in home affairs and turn it over to some other person or netion owing us no loyalty— aye, even bitterly opposed to us—giving them full command over the kind and quantity of our money. This Nation is seli-governing, em- bodying democracy. How, then, is it not treason to let some one else govern us? Why don’t the monometallists ask England her opinion on our divorce laws, interrogate Ger- many on hog cholera and our corporation maorality, turn over to France the serious mat- ter of bloomers, invoks Ireland’s judgment for our code of police ethics, demand that the Pope shall give us an infallible tariff whereby taxation of ourselves will enrich us? Why don't the bankers invite other nations to act for us as to all our domestic concerns? Don’t they know;full well that there never has been an infernational money, and that shonld one be established then the whole internal policy of our Nation would depend not on our own will but on the consent of others, per- haps fully inimical to us? his scheme for an international monetary agreement is wrong in principle, lacks patriot- ism, is limp in power for self-preservation and would end in donferring absolute supremacy on gold monometallism. If Americans desire to retain their freedom then let them discard the proposition of an international agreement as the very quintessence ot wrong. For these Teasons it seems to me as an American citizen, sir, your resolution is full of error and danger. ‘Very respectfuliy, TAYLOR ROGERS, 3333 Washington street. San Francisco, October 10, 1895. W, MARLBOROUGH AND VANDERBILT. New Bedford Standard. The Marlporough-Vanderbilt alliance, which is apparently considered by the parties them- selves as much a matter of public concern as the matrimonial bargainings of kings and princesses across the water, causes some of the newspapers to seriously consider the im- ortant question: “Shall our Girls have wries?” It seems to us that the auenlon might well be left to settle itself in individual cases, according to the circumstances and de- sires of the parties in interest. There have been a good many happy marriages in America where the bride's oan dowry was her good health, her good looks, her good sense and her devotion to the man of her choice. Boston Herald. Morally the bargaining of titles for wealth as a basis for marriage, especially in a country |’ ‘where titles have no place, is as repugnant as any other sordid transaction can be. More- over, the importation of aristocratic customs and the ostentation and elaborate ceremonies attendant upon the rites are aistinetly de- moralizing in a land the integrity of whose in- stitutions is largely dependent upon the main. tenance of regubnun simplicity in the social standards of the people, however advanced the scale of general comfort and prosperity in liv- ing may be. Nashville Banner. Besides all this Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt has good blood in her veins inherited from her mother, good Tennessee blood, which is the best in the world and more to be desired 857 of the'dubions fuid siha that courses in tha | 0 to haye rhine; véins of the Marlboroughs. No pure American rl can be made nobler or- more honorable by the debauched coronet that first graced the brow of Sarah Jennings. It is a great pity that this very eligible young couple can't be per- mitted to mate in peace without any reference to their fortunes and their ancestry. Fhiladelphia Item. The presence of a representative of royalty at the wedding and the effort o1 Germany’'s Emperor to honor the bride shows how Europe worships American money. Were the bride, instead of an heiress, the daughter of some high statesman or noted eavant no such honor would be extended to her. When General Grant's daughter became the wife of an Englishman royalty did not henor her, but the mifiiuns of William H. Vanderbilt secure for his child the recognition that was not extend- ed to Nellie Grant. : Boston Journal. We have now been told the color of Miss Van- derbilt's eyes, the size of her shoe, her favorite flower and where she buys her hairpins. But aiter all this searching inquiry the Duchess of Marlborough will sink from public attention just as the Countess de Castellane. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. MINERAL LANDS DISPUTE. DIVISION IN THE RANKS OF THE SEEKERS FOR PLACERS AND LEDGES. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: As you are awdre, a very important meeting of the Miners’ Association will be opened 1n this City to-day. The association is split into three camps on the question of the preservation of the mineral lands for prospectors and public location according to the minerel laws. The division is not as to the importance of preserving the rights of the miner. On that we are all agreed. Every person who knows anything of the difference between a mining and agricultural patent knows well that deep mining cannot be undertaken on an agricul- tural patent. So, if all the mineral lands are patented as agricultural, that would kill the mining interests of the State. A mineral loca- tion enables the miner to follow the vein on the pitch to the center of the earth—it does ot matter whose agricultural land it goes under; butan agricultural patent prevents the follow- ing of a lode outside of the vertical boundary. Hence the importance of preserving the right to mineral location wherever minerals exist. Another great difficulty meets us in the selec- tion of mineral from agricultural land. The mining laws define & mineral location to be an area through which are found minerals which will pay to work. a Sometimes rock in place -will show such value, but in nine cases out of ten no such value is shown on the surface, and therefore it is only by prospecting and developing that ‘we can make sure of value. Even in the case o1 gravel mines, although there may be immense wealth lying under the lnva-c-{pped channels, no engineer can say for 8 certainty that it will pay to work. As a case in point, I am associated with some English capitalists in opening an extensive and well- defined channel in Sierra County, which has yielded something like $20,000,000 where it was worked three miles up stream from our property. We were required to raise $10,000 to complete & shaft we were sinking, and J. Ross Browne was engaged to report on’ the property. He reported that there was certainly & well-defined chennel running one and a half miles through the property, but, as we hgd not reached bedrock with the shait, he could not say whether it had any value or not. The foreign capitalists, taking that as & hint that there 1s no value' in the property, have conse- quently refused to proceed with the shaft, although we have only 120 feet more to sink to_bedrock. Now, how is it possible to prove values in such cases? I have said the miners are divided in their ideas as to the best way of preventing true mineral land from being patented by the rail- road grant or by any other parties asagricul- tural land. One camp calls the railroad company an octo- pus. Another camp says: “No; we do not blame the railroads; they have their rights as well as the miners,” and argues that the most sensi- ble way is to join with the railroads and have the matier fairly determined by experts ap- pointed by both parties. But as the railroad wishes to make it binding on both parties to accept the decision of the experts or their um- ire as final the first camp says, “No; we see fn this the cloven foot and are therefore op- posed to any binding agreement.” Then the people in the third camp do not see why the railroad should be consulted by the miners In the matter, as the United States laws clearly state that mineral land cannot be legally patented as agricultural, and sll the Miners' Association may be expected to do is et the General Government to have the said grant properly experted by -its own ex- perts. But here lfilin the legal definition of mineral, as that which has value, comes in the Wway; s0’you see it is not without reason that the miners, although agreeing to a man on the general principle that mineral land should be Seserved for miners’ locations and patents, yet disagree as to the best way to accomplish the object in view. A t unfortunate fact is that the associa- tion is short of funds to enable it to do any- thing, which is interpreted by many to mesn 1l the officials have not the confidence of the association. Idon’t think that it is want of confidence which freezes the exchequer. The faet is, it is _the methods not the men that are at fault. Mr. Neff, like Washington, was an ideal choice for first president, but it is necessary_to _tne well being of the association that he should not monopolize the situation. Mr. Ralston as secretary was a wise choice, and as that office should,if go!sible' be & perma- nency, no betterjman can be found in this;City toactss permanent secretary. The other of- fices should be subject to change, and to keep down jealousy those ons have no more right to & third term than Washington or Grant had. The selection of president is an important one and 1 would bein fayor of either Mr. Valentine of Wells-Fargo, Mr. Hellman of the Nevada Bank or Mr. Lillienthal of the Anglo-California as the next president. \\'nhn'fermlmenl secretsrf' either of such men would prove of more value to the miners than_any directly interested mining man in this State. In mentioning names I only do so to indicate the class of men from which & se- lection should be made. There i8 no doubt that with proper methods the association could be made oneof the most influential in the country. And then there would be no need to keep an octopus in the closet to scare the babies. A MINING DELEGATE. CHANCE FOR GOOD MILK. MR. SHAFTER OF OAKLAND ELOQUENTLY PRAISES THE COUNTRY COW. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—Str: Now is the countryman’s‘opportunity. Mr. Dockery, the new milk inspector, has detected fourteen milkmen selling adulterated, impure milk. As Mr. Dockery receives no salary, he is either doing his duty from a conscjentious desire to right 8 wrong or from a desife to be bought off. 1 sincerely hope and believe he is acting from the higher and purer motives. The fact remains that now 18 the time for the bay counties to get their milk into San Francisco fresh from the green nillsides of Alameda, Contra Costs, Sonome and last, but not least, Marin, The congested state of the butter mar- ket would be at once relieved by the with- d"i‘('l of large numbers of cows from butter- making. The country along the sides of the North Pa- cific Railroad yia Tiburon on into Sonome and via North Pacific Coast Railroad into the green hills of Marin would grow apace. More commodious homes would be built; greater acres of farm land would be broken up and tilled. Perhaps silos filled with ensilage (green fodder) for winter feed would be found adjacent to the well-filled barns. The railroads would carry back to the eountry vast quanti- ties of bran and ground feed to keep up the gf;t‘gumxm for the healthful supply of the ¥ The want of reciprocity between the City and the country is the cause to which is attributa- ble much of our hard times. The lowing herds are only found on grassy hillsides orin the mofst, succulent vegetation of marshy mead- ows. Bellowing herds, disconsolate cows are those found in the dark inclosures of the pur- lieus of the town. Distillery, slop fed kine, they stand disconsolate longing for their con. omes. %emy Ward Beecher says the cow is the fam- ily&hyllclln. Coplous fl'tugml of her rich milk bring the flush of health to the invalid's cheek. The baby crows after he is full of the rich milk from the generous cow’s full udder. Fresh water and air ward off eonsumption in the mileh cows of the country. The noisome air which the cows breathe where space is yaluable, in the long, low sheds where they are kept in the suburbs of great citles, the tainted water which they drink, the distillery slops which they eat, all prométe disease, which i3 easily disseminated through their milk to the sick and weak, and, worst of all, to the little hlbiup;el:g :fi out fox‘p\n;e milk with the pit- nnocent vo "‘!"‘l‘;“g" S lldmt ices to the men and agine, and so do you, if women could vote that the sanitary conditions of great cities Wwould be better, not worse, than they now are, the farmer would give you, nine times out of ten, pure milk. If he put water into his cows’ milk it would be pure water, Let Tammanyism and Buckleyism rule the land and we can look for nothing but a con- :;expe":::’gd om :\:gplxy. Bnrrnll)l Jior Milk In- 5 . J. BHAFTER. ‘Oakland, Oct. 12, 1895. SHE Diamond finger-rings set in black enamel are new. The setting is said to enhance the brilliance of .goood stones. It will nop nes thus set, RELIBIOUS THOUGHT AND PROGRESS An Epitome of Sermons of the Week Beyond the Rockies. Following is & summary of the principal ser- mons recently delivered in the United States and Canada by the leeding clergymen, p prelates, religious teachers and professo the Christian faith. In eve HEAV: Heaven, in_the Bible, is used in mor one sense, We read of the fowls of tne heaven, meaning the atmosphere; read of the lights of heaven, the stars of heaven, meaning the firmament. The third heaven of the S tures is heaven in its sublimest sen where God dwells. 1 this material universe; it is & place dwells in his infinite and mighty it is where the saints will have the home; where they will sing forever the songs of the redeemed.—Rev. M. Curnick, Methodist, Rowell, Mass. GOOD WIVES. The woman that has no bigher ambition than simply to be dragged up into society is, indeed, a most pitiable creature. What you want, young man, in & wife is Dot & toy to play with, @ doll to be dressed, an ornamentto be ex- hibited, but & helpmate, not simply & belp eat. Many women to-day, who were reared in the kitchen, %o to say, vainly imagine that they make fine parlor ornaments. They have an idea that they were made to be looked at, and often they are too lazy to do anvthing else.—Rey. Morgan A. Peters, Reformed Church, York, Pa. POLITICAL PLATFORME. The platform of this church is neither Re- publican nor Democratic, but it must stand for good government and principle regardless of party. Its voice shall be heard inno unmis- takabie sound for the truth and right, for God and humanity. Platforms are made to stand upon. Every plank.in a political platform should be nailed down by wise and nonest men and find its solidity in its righteousness. May the Aay soon dawn when men shall stand upon a platlorm when they stand by the ballot-ox, instead of walking over the rickety, rotten old floor of a party.—Rey. Cortlandt tist, Brooklyn, N. Y. SUNDAY CLOSING. The law closing saloons on Sunday is no hardship on any one, except saloon-keepers and drunkards. The State of New York will never pass a law providing for Sunday liquor- selling. The Republicans are not going to open the saloons on Sundey. in their plat- form the Republicans have declared that they would not pass a law opening the saloon on Sunday, and all honor be to the Republican party for its action in this regard. . The Democratic party will promise to do any- thing, but it doesn't dare pass a law for Sunday opening it doesn’t dare go against the Cath- olic churches in that regard.—Rev. Thomas Dixon Jr., New York City. MUSIC AND RELIGION. The one thing about music is its harmony, the blending of melodious tones in one har- monious whole, the bringing of its tones under the natural law. We are born for concord and for peace, to live, not in discord, but in perfect harmony. Before the sweet strains of Handel and Haydn were given to the world they were ih their souls. You often hear it said that some men do not have an ear for music, but there are few Who can listen to the real music that comes from the soul of genius without be- ing moved. The single strain of an Easter an- them has saved aman from suicide.—Rev. R. F. Holway, Episcopalian, Worcester, Mass. DANCING. It is as natural for a healthy child to dance vers, Bap- as it is for a lamb to frolic in the fields. It is the natural expression of the joy and giadness of life. Every nation, every peoble had itsown native dances. Dancing entered into the re- ligious worship of ancient Hebrews, as well as other nations. There were pure dances and impure dances accordingly s the worship was pure and impure. Our modern dance is the social dance of our ancestors; the dance on the village green or in the woodland glades. It is a social festivity, and within proper limits it s perfectly uncbjectionable. It is only objec- tionable 8s it is abused, and this is true of all good things.—Rey. Dr. Brundage, Al Y INFIDELS. Infidels sometimes say that the milk of hu- man kindness runs through their veins, but no college has ever received an endowment from an infidel, for Girard_was not an infidel, and, although he prohibited the entrance of reachers ot the gospel into the college which he endowed, he desired the trustees of the col- lege to have the students instructed from the best books of morels, The trustees unani- mously decided upon the Bible as being the best book of morals and itis used in the col- lege. The Bible was not mentioned in the will of Girard. No hospital, infant asylum or other charitable institution was ever endowed by an infidel, but churches of all denomina- tions have these institations and care -for thern.—Rev. L.S. Roder, Methodist, Jackson- ville, Fla. DR. PARKHUEST, The New York divine who has become so conspicuous throughout the world for the heroism of his efforts to release the grasp of the Tammany sachem undertook his work in precisely the spirit which animated David against Goliath. He saw in the great giant a representative of evil and believed in the pos- sible supremacy of virtue, and he recognized in the defiant challenge, ‘‘Whet are you going to do about it?” a challenge not only to the well- meaning people of New York, but he recoz- nized that the truth was challenged, nay, that the Jehovah himself was challenged, and sub- missive agents, yielding themselves to the Lord’s command, might, with even so simple a weéapon as a paper ballot, fling defiance to the foe and cause & stampede among the hosts who had been following their champlon.—Rev. A, Z, Conrad, Worcester, Mass. NATIONAL PERILS. There is an apparent lack of American inde. endence. We submit to things that our athers would have scorned toendure. For- eigners control our menetary existence, Our fathers in the day< of the Revolution, bare- footed and barebacked, defied all the powers of Europe and dictated theirown financial policy. They were thereby enabled to establish & gov- ernment of the people, the credit of which was as good as the credit of any nation in the world—as good 2s specie. Now we are 70 000,000 strong. The cuumr{ is girdled with steel and bounded with cable lines, so that every pulsation of sentiment is known and felt from one end of the country to the other. Our country is the grandest country God has ever given to any people, and yet we, the American people. sit supinely by and suffer our financial policy to be mapped out and con- trolled by foreigners and disbelievers.—Rev. H. 8. Williams, Presbyterian, Memphis, Tenn. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS- PREMIUM ON DOLLARS—C.,, City. Had youread the answer given to a preNous correspondent who inquired about doliars of 1884 you would have noticed that itwasstated that “dealers quote them at from $1 50 to $2 25.” In ofher words, dealers selling old coins to collectors charge the prices mentioned for the dollars of that date, but the answer did not state that dealers paid these prices for them. EVEN] The studies pursued in the evening schools of this City are reading, spelling, writing, arithmetic, gram- mar, geography, architectural drawing, me- chanical drawing, bookkeeping, algebra and geometry. The textbooks are the same as those uséd in the day schools. A boy can go to one of the evening schools to finish his education in the branches named. RAL WooL—M. E., City. The steamer John L. Stephens, with General John Ellis Wool and Lieutenant Hardie, his aid, on board, arrived in this port on the 14th day of February, 1854. General Wool relieved Gen- eral H.W. Halleck on the 17th of the same month and was in cbarge of the Department of ihe Pacific until 185 Tue CRICKET—H. F. A., City. It is believed by those who hayve made it & study that by the friction of the wi sagainst each other and from e peculiarity of their structure the male, cricket produces the stridulous sound so well known. GEN Fisi—W. H. F., El Casco, Riverside County, Cal. Ifyou desire fish with which to stock s large reservoir communicate with the Fish Commission, Flood building, tnis City. The secretary of the commission will furnish you all the information. EXTRA fine salted Almonds. Townsena's. * e BOFT baby cream, 15¢ pound. Townsend's.* fexs S o BACON Printing Company,508 Clay street.” e 3 “CARDS by the million.” Roberts, 220 Sutter,* —————————— He—I wonder what she meant by telling me she could never marry & man? She—Perhaps she said it to encourage you.— Life. — 1¥ you have catarrh you should attack the dis- ease in the blood. 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