The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 24, 1895, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1895. A SCORE FOR POTTER, His ATTORNEYS MAKE OUT AN INTERESTING HALF Hougr. ALAWYERON THE STAND FORMER COUNSEL TES- ER Late during the afternoon of the Miller- Lux-Potter case at Redwood City yester- day Pillsbury and Garret McEnerney, counsel for the respondent, signified that too, were engaged in the trial of that cause. For two days preceding these eminent attorneys 1 av the further end of Iy running tors but for an and im- occasional perfunct abjection. but the dergoing the methoc withal considerate, hands of Mr. Deln rebing, amination at Mr. Potter w de of a n who is down. Hei g trouble. The most embarrassing questions he tries to answer; he makes, without a show of resistance, 3 sions that might be used to crin ioes he seem to wi the other side o sk is Mr. Delmas’ own witn inswers without ate him -provoking osition. He 1d he must fort to im- he two days and have not seemed Ce as they no doubt felt ance of assent on their looking state of 3 morni Judge er, who was sitting to one side cout and looking ill, as i e Wwas, was ¢ foundation for offering 1ken in the “‘accounting’ ed to and which had sefore for the lack of r sile uit so often r barred th , the execu- . Lux, and Booth and Potter, n the suit was counsel for ) Bishop, who ountin ed that in the progress of that 1 conducted the examination of d from the transcript the L he desired to present, f it was a correct report. mony was, in the first place, to at he (M to Potter, and upbraided him for zant and profligate. Again, 1 said some hard things she never worked for hile his own wife he (Miller) had only the greatest contempt for Mrs. Lux. He did 1 merit being h sed by her with suspicion en, again r testified to having loaned Mr. Mil ter money in order to graci 1 his fami was allowed to ask the on, “Were you recognized £ the firm of Garber, Boalt & Bishop during this examination—the counsel for Jesse Potter?’ “Then I submit, your Honor, that this is not admissibl You cannot prove a conspiracy by one of the conspirators.” Judge Buck allowed the examination to go forward, and 1t now turned from the transcript to-direct examination. He told about a conversation he had with Miller, in which he sought to have Miller rein- state him in the receipt of a salary. He said he thought it would put Potter in a good hum and please his mother and Bishop. Miller refused, becoming very excited as he stated his reasons, charging Potter with beinz an embezzler and de- | he 00 faulter rerally no good: ths had m with from $60,000to $ of the firm’s mone 1 perhaps more. *“1 said to him, : witness, ‘you don’t mean that he has actnally embezzled money,” and he replied ‘I mean 1 could send him to San Quentin.’ ‘But you have continued to keep him m youemploy aiter you found it out and paid him money since then, I Ces, I paid to keep him from disgrace. “Did Le say he was utterly unreliable and trustworthy ?”” asked Mr. Delmas. this Mr. Miller, who has been wer of the proceedings, leaned n his chair in the upper row of chairs and listened intently. teil Mr. Potter of all this that In answer to a question Judge Spencer said that one oce property Mr. Miller had said to him on )n that in justice the whole onged to him (Miller) as he bad worked and slaved to amass it while Lux had remained in the city and had done little toward it. “In imparting all this to Mr. Potter I said, ‘You see now the attitude which your friend Miller has toward vou.’ I told him he would rob him and throw them (the Lux heirs) all in the ditch if he could, and that it was import- ant that we all stand together in meeting an a rsary of that temper.” b During a certain noon recess of a hear- | ing in the accounting case Judge Spencer said he entered suddenly Mr. Bishop’s office and found Mr. Potter already there, and by his attitude felt that he was mak- ing complaint against him (Judge Spen- cer) in his conduct of the case, as he had been inquiring about these loans to Potter from I\Zilllc‘. *I pushed Mr. Bishop aside,” saia the witness. “ ‘Jesse,’ Isaid, ‘why don’t you make a man of yourseli? You are com- {x!ainin;; now about your own misconduct. Why do you play into the hands of an enemy who would cut your throat as socn as he gets through withyou? At a s0 lonz as I have anything to do conduct of this case I am not going to allow you to damn it. My inquiry was to save vou from the effects of your own testimony. I want to show how Miller has you in his power.’ To this Potter replied that he did not object to the questions as far as they went, but that he feared I was soing furiher, inquiring into his private affairs—how he had spent the money. I assured him that I had no such intentions. “‘The man who was bitter against vou before the death of your mother is not a friend now, but as soon as ue is through using you will throw yvou aside,’ I said.’” This finished the direct examination.” It was at this point that Mr, Pillsbury and Mr. McEnerney rose up and came into the case like the unexpected arrival of a troupe of cowboys in a border town. Mr. Pillsbury conducted the cross-ex- amination. He wanted Judge Spencer to tell it all over again—those conversations —and his guestioning was aggressive and ler) had said ugly | | ttorneys have had little to say | | mently following up h impatient. When he got to the end about the change of Miller’s attitude toward Mr. Potter aiter the death of his mother from what it had been before that event, he was very particular. ¢ ‘ou are just as certain about that as vyou are about all the rest of this, are you?” he inquired. ““] state it as a fact,” answered Judge Spencer. i “When did Mrs, Lux die?’’ he inquired. Judge Spencer didn’t know exactly. “It was the 20th of September, 1894, wasn’t it?” *Yes; I think it was,” z It was admitted by the other side that it “Now,” said Mr. Pillsbury, taking up the transeript of the accouniing case, “I will submit this record, which bears date of the 17th of September, as that on which the testimony was taken and on which you say you had this conversation. Will You explain how you could refer to Mrs. ux’s death on the 17%h when she did not dae till the 20th?"" Judge Spencer took the book, examined the date through his carefully adjusted spectacles and admitted that he could hardl, ve done so on that e. “Now,” continued Mr. Pillsbury, vehe- s advantage, “‘don’t vou know that a lawyer has no right to Ccome into court and tell about conversa- sions which he has had with his client in his relation as counsel ?” The witness said no such rule applied in this instance; he had betrayed no secrets of a client. “When it comes to that, did you not say to Mr. Miller that 1t wasa — outrage the J. H. Campbell, counsel on the other side in this case, had been conduct- ing the estate, and that you could get him disbarred for his conduct?” Here Judge Buck interferea and refused to allow counsel to go any further on that He said he didn’t want to try all the wyers on the case. “You represented Jesse Potter in this accounting suit, did you not?”" was employed by Garber, Boalt & Bishop.” “They were the attorneys for Potter?” ¥ en" la “Now, when there was talk of the sub- stitution of another firm for Garber. Boalt & Bishop who suggested the bringing of uit against Jesse Potter for his re- **As counsel—while you were still coun- sel for Jesse Potter—you instigated the bringing of this suit against your own 1i Y nd Bishop ther and this plan, dic ? “I suggested bringing this suit.” “Who framed the petition for the re- moval?”’ “Idid, in conjunction with J. H. Camp- bell, at his oftice in San Jos Judge Spencer said he had several con- versations with Henry Lux about the management of the estate, and said to him that the time would come when Jesse Potter would have to be removed :ttlement of the estate would be I'he original drafts of the petition were | called for, and at the opening of the after- 1oon session they were produced and sub- mitted to him for examination. The papers petitioned for the removal of Jesse Potter as executor of the estate and that James Crowe be substituted, and that | | aid Crowe be empowered to proceed in the case against Miller for the accounting. “And you were the attorney of record or counsel ‘for Jesse Potter in that case, were vou not?”’ “I was. Ihave said so many times?” “Who suggested your going to Mr. and framing this petition 2"’ vas Mr. Campbell. Yes, I spoke a_movement to substitute Page & Boalt & Bishop, which firm I nay have invited m to Mr. Bishop of there being on foot Garber, represented. The draft of the order of court, which Judge Spencer said he also prepared, was submitted, the language of which repre- sented Potter as being improvident, a profligate, a_drunkard, and that he had committed frauds of the estate, and for those reasons was removed. In answer to questions, the witness re- lated a conversation with Mr. Bishop, in which he (Judge Spencer) tried to induce Henry Miller to buy out the interest of Lux; that he declined, because he was not able. Mr. Miller was desirous of form- ing a corporation. He then went over the ground covered in his direct testimony—how he had then suggested to Miller that Potter be placed on salary again and that Miller refused, declaring that Potter was an embezzler and no good. A question was putas to whether he had said anything about Mr. Delmasor Mr. Campbell in the matter. The objection was sustained. Mr. Del- mas then took the witness and putthe question, “Did you ever say anything to me about that case?” The witness said he had never spoken to Mr. Delmas on this matter until day before yesterday. A question as to what motive Judge Spencer had in suggesting the removal of Jesse Potter as executor provoked a dis- cussion as to the right to inquire about motiv Mr. Delmas said that the questions of the other and the manner of putting them implied that the witness had done a dis- honorable thing. A motiveis a fact; he had a right to state it. The question had implied “that Judge Spencer was or nad been counsel for Jesse Potter and that as such he had no right to come here and testify against him; that he had instigated this proceeding for his removal through mercenary motives; that the retention of Potter as executor meant the loss by this witness of protitable professional business Therefore, be should in justice be per- nitted to state what his motives were. Mr. Pillsbury said the witness was coun- sel for Jesse Potter, admittedly so, and he should have been’ prevented by the court from testifying to those things which he learned as such counsel, as the communi- cation of client to counsel; no court of jus- tice should have permitted him to do ‘so; he should have been stopped; it was un- heard of; the fact stood for itself and no questions had been put on their side as to motives as none were necessary; he should not be allowad to give any reasons for what he had done. Judge Spencer said he desired to make a statement in justice to himself, and on that ground the court permitted him to do so. ““I wish to say, in the first place, that I was never the attorney for Jesse Potter in anything in the world, and never recog- ized him as such. I represented Garber, 1t & Bishop as counsel for the exec. utor. After the death of Mrs. Lux I be- came counsel for the executors of her will. The estate was my client all the time. I feel that it is my duty to work in its inter- est, and I defy criticism as to my attitude in the matter. I was interested in keeping Mr. Miller from occupying both sides of this important litigation. Garver, Boalt & Bishop have felt in the same wa; *I wish to explain further,” "continued the witness, “in regard to my statement concerning Mrs. Lux’s death. Mrs. Lux was at that time dying. She was lying, unable to speak, at one of the springs; the report came that she was dead but was afterward denied. I could not have used the exact language at that time as I give it, but I told him (Potter) to be 8 man and not be used by an enemy.’” In answer to questions (which were fought with objections) the witness stated that he thought it vital to the best in- terests of the estate that Potter should be removed, and for that reason he came here voluntarily to offer what 2id he could to the at®orneys by suggestion or as a wit- ness. Henry Miller was now called to the stand—the little, uncouth, shrewd, hard- headed, kee: ed cattle king, He pre- sented a striking contrast to the meek Mr. Potter on the stand. Aggressiveness showed in every line of his face, although with his first words he admitted to 67 years of age. - His testimony was an odd mixture of revealed ignorance about his own affairs and imperfectly concealed admissions of the cause of complaint in this action. He was asked about 'his having withdrawn from_Potter his power of attorney. He sa1d it was about the time his mother lim- ited him to a certain sum of money. It was done to prevent him from borrowing from cuslomers, as that practice was dis- creditable. Mr. Leroy Nichols, Mr. Miller said, was given the power of attor- ney and the right to deal with Mr. Potter in money matters. F 3 He was asked about recrediting him with the back salary, and Mr. Miller pro- fessed to know practically nothing about it. If it was done it was on the advice of counsel, he said. “Wasn’t it done by your order?” asked Mr. Delmas. ) “Not by my order, but my permit.”” Mr. Delmas wanted to know the differ- ence. “There is a very great difference,” said the witness in his odd way; “‘one is, I ac- quiesce, I submit; the other is direct. It was done hecause I was told it was the best My business is left almost entirely . Iam so much away. Potter complained that $200 was not enough.” “But be couldn’t complain of $200 not being enough when he was not receiving any salary at ail 2"’ The salary was never taken away from him. It was only suspended for a time for certain reasons.” *‘What were those reasons?” I can’t say—I haven’t given the matter enough thought.’” The matter of the power of attorney was reverted to again. Potter played sick, he said, and was away a great deal. Power of attorney was given to Leroy Nichols,who couldn’t remember the date. ichols, who was present. was asked the date. He said that Mr. Miller was mistaken—he had never given his power of attorney. Mr. Miller said this was a great surprise to him, as he had always thought he had, done so. taken. Jesse Potter had been on the stand a little while in the morning, but had been excused for the day. as he was not well. He had testified that in addition to bis borrowings, his wife drew $300a month for herself. With regard to his borrowings of big sums of money, he said : “I drew it from the estate. that the money belongs to me. merely keep the books straight.” “You vay interest on your notes?”’ “Yes. If 1 chose to allow my account to run against the income of my share of Here the adjournment was I consider My notes | the estate it would give me an income far beyond what I am spending now. The half of the Lux estate was mine from the time of my mother’s death. It was mine by word of mouth before she died. I could borrow money anywhere, but 1 prefer to borrow it where I am acquainted and keep it at home.” AN UP-TO-DATE DELIVERY, IN THE FUTURE RAPHAEL'S WILL USE THE MODERN BICYCLE CARRIER. TEN MILES AN HOUR THE AVERAGE SPEED OF THESE HORSELESS VEHICLES. San Francisco has a bicycle delivery, and although but a short time here, it has caused fully as much comment among the public as did the first bold bloomer girl who made her appearance in the park and braved the criticism of the astonished pedestrians. Raphael’s big clothing establishment is the proud owner of this horseless vehicle, and considering that it has a delivery ca- pacity whici: certainly exceeds that of five Raphael’s Up-to-Date Bicycle Delivery. human messengers, its purchase is not only a unique but a profitable investment. Another point in favor of this up-to-date delivery, which has lately been adopted by Raphael’s, is that it can be keptcunder the counter out of the way of either ped- estrian or purchaser. It eats nothing, is never sick, lame, never tired, and requires no hitching-strap, consequently it can be brov i and besides ac- commodating the public it gives an over- grown boy a delightful bike ride without his incurring the expense of hiring or buying a wheel. The carrier which 1s now being used by Raphael’s can be successfully run at a ?peed of from ten to fifieen miles an hour. The fact that upward of 100,000 are now employed in England is a clear indication that these carriers have long since emerged from the experimental state and are built by no means for recreation, but distinctly for business. ———— Iy ™HE CAB OF A Fast LocOMOTIVE.—A locomotive engineer says that the daily press is apt to give an exaggerated idea of what a fast run on alocomotive is like and what the engineer has to do. He read recently in a New York daily: “A contin- uous strain is placed upon the engineer and firemen of a fast express train that outsiders scarcely appreciate. When the train is moving at sixty miles an hour the engineer has a dozen things to watch and attend to at once while the cab is being shaken and swayed in a terrific manner. The fireman is constantly feeding the fur- nace with coal; the din and noise are deafening, while the flight of objects past the windows makes one dizzy and sick.” “All of which,” says the engineer, ‘is simply nonsense.” The driver of the loco- motive is a remarkably placid fellow, with a habit of deliberate precision in his look and movements. He is about the last man in the world to clutch at a dozen things at once. He occasionally turns a calm eye to his gauges and then resumes his quiet watch ahead. The three levers which are under his hand ready ior in- stant use are manipulated with the unos- tentatious promptness of an organist pull- ing his stops. The noise in the cab makes conversation difficult, but it is far from deafening, while the flight of objects past the windows, instead of making one “dizzy and sick,’ is entertaining. The noise is r.ot so bad as that heard in a car wiien passing another train with or with- out the windows open, and in looking out of engine-cab the objects are ap- proached gradually, not rushed past as when one looks laterally out of a parlor- car window. To the engineer the speed seems less because he is looking only ahead. Those who have ridden ninety miles an hour on a locomotive know that on a good road the engine 1s not *‘shaken ! and swayed in a ternfic manner,” but is rather comfortable, and the speed is not s0 apparent as when one is riding in a parlor car, where only a side view is had. The engineer can be very comfortable if he is guite sure of the track ahead, and it is only in rounding curves or in approach- ing crossings that he feels nervous. Itis doubtful whether there is any greater strain in running a locomotive at high speed than in riding a bicycle through crowded thoroughfares, Judging from the countenances of the bicycle rider and the ev‘lg:neer, the engineer has rather the best of it. ——————— To clean silver wash it in hot soapsuds to which ammonia has been added in the proportion of one tablespoonful to a quart of suds. Brush well with an old tooth or uvail brush, or, better still, with a small hand brush, which can be bought for a trifle. IAFTER TRADE EXTENSION ITS ACCOMPLISHMENT DISCUSSED BY THE TRAFFIC ASSO- CIATION. FREIGHT RATES THE HANDICAP. A SIGNIFICANT HINT BY TRAFFIC MANAGER Curtis To USE THE BOYCOTT. President B. F. Dunham opened the fourth annual meeting of the Traffic As- sociation yesterday afternoon in the Board of Trade rooms by reading his address, in the course of which he said: Following the resignation of Mr. Leeds, our former traffic manager, came a pause in active work, but the opinion was continually being strengthened that there was great and pressing need of the Traffic Association as & permanent factor in the transportation question on this coast. The merchant of San Francisco needs infor- mation every day regarding rates into and out of this City, also out of and into the cities and towns in neighboring States and Territories to and from pointsin the East with which he competes, or else wants rates by sea to numer- ous destinations in all directions. We propose probing to the core every trans- portation question affecting San Francisco in- terests, and in the prosecution of this work need the co-operation and advice of every merchant in San Francisco. The work that had been accomplished up to time I was elected has become a matter of record, and the results, I believe, are generally satisfactory. The nominating committee then sub- mitted a list of names which they recom- mended for election as members of tiie ex- ecutive committee, and on motion the sec- retary was instructed to cast the vote for their election, which he did. The new ex- ecutive committee is as follows: B. F. Dunham, Charles M. Yates, Henry Michaels, Wakefield Baker, A. J. Marcus, J. A. Folger, H. Williams, John T. Doyle, §. Dinkel- spiel, . Curtis, C. H. Schmidf, E. K. Kittreage, L. H. Bonestell, W. R. Wheeler, E. A. Phelps, I. F. Littlefield, F. P. Cole, H.J.'Knowles, W.F. Bowers. Traffic Manager W. B. Curtis read his report, upon which he was heartily con- gratulated by the members for the valua- ble suggestions and information it con- tained. It was the general opinion that it was the best report ever made before the association, this compliment being made more valuable by reason of Mr. Curtis’ short term of office. Its principal features follow: The field for operation seems unlimited. San Francisco greatly needs an extension of the limit of her distribution. The merchants of San Francisco view the retrospect with greatest pleasure. Then all eyes on the Pacific Coast were turned toward San Francisco. It was the Mecca of every mer- chant of Oregon, Washington, Montansa, idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Nevuda. In those days merchandise was king and San Francisco its distributing center. But, like a ghost in the night, came stealing westward over the plains of the East that army of railroads, hungry for traffiic and giving to your own chosen and rightful fields greater facilities and better rates from the East than you had ever enjoyed from the West. One by one your prerogatives in these terri- tories have disappeared, little by little your trade has shrunken, until to-day you can no longer sit at the table and dine with the host, but must loiter round and be content with crumbs that drop from the table. California_has gone forward with giant strides until to-day she leads the world in quantity and quality of her natural products, and the products of the soil are king. The handling and distribution of this vast and varied production has added new lines of trade to the old-time galaxy, and this very dis- tribution is the entering wedge, serving 1o as- sist in returning to San Francisco her lost trade. San Francisco has reached her majority. She is no longer in need of a guardian. She is en- titled to a voice and ¢ vote in the disposition of her property and rights and it is the mission of the Traffic Association to handle, for the merchant, the momentous and complex ques- tions continually arising over transportation matters. For years the railroad and_other transporta- tion companies have regulated their affairs, made arrangements among themselves as to the disposition of Pacific Coast trade, and al- ways on & basis peculiarly and_solely adapted to sustain their own peculiar views. 'The mer- chant of San Francisco has been through all this practically passive. There may have been heard here and there a feeble whine at an ad- verse course of events, but never has he been a factor in the case consistent with his just posi- tion. Lie power of this association to do good for this City is unlimited. California shipped by rail eastbound during 1894 about 1,250,000,000 pounds and west- bounu about 850,000,000 pounds, total 2,100,- 000,000 pounds; in round numbers 1,050,000 tons. In fact, genilemen, the true greatness of this State is not fully understood or appre- ciated. Here is & country which had real_estate and personal property valued in 1870 at $277, 500,00 in 1880, ten years later, at § 4, 600,000; while in 1894 we have over $1,500,- 000,000. This State shipped_east by rail of seventeen leading products in 1882, 107,700,000 pounds; in 1894 this haa swelled "to 970,500,000 pounds. The lines of railway east of Ogden, from which we now ask that justice be done s, all participate in the haul of the major portion of this freight. Shall we sit idly by and see our sinews of war wasted? Why not say to these transportation companies: “Here, we are con- tributing to your earnings to the extent of charges on over half a million tons of freight per year. If you decline to place us in a proper position in Utah, our demends being eminent- y just and reasonable, we will be obliged to divertjour business to other channels. But there must be & unity of purpose and a community of ideas, that purpose and those ideas to bear on a common goal, namely, to | make San Francisco the metropolis of the : Pactfic Coast; to prospect to the tull the natural advaniages of this port: to seek an ad- justment of through rates that will protect the ome manufacturer in his own particular ter- ritory, and to extend to the farthest possible limic 'the distribution of our merchandise, natural products or manufactures. The port of San Francisco is among the great ports of the United States as to exportsand imports, and should rank second only to New York, whereas in 1894 we ranked third in im- ports'and fifth in exports. Were the port ot San Francisco doing to-day all the trade naturally tributary to it. to say nothing of what can be attracted to it by a lit- {le energy, we would now renk second oniy to New York. The trade of the Orient is siowly but surely being filched from this port. These &re buta few of the vital questions— a briefoutline of the conditions with which we are confronted, and which it is the mission of the Traflic Association to ameliorate. We should advance as a solid body. We should work for these ends,and to their ac- complishment will be dedicatéd my best efforts. The report was adopted and 3000 copies of it ordered printed for distribution. The meeting then adjourned. Prysic Efrecrs oF THE WEATHER.—Pro- fessor E. A. Beals has given some interest- ing data on the physic effect of the weath- er, Ivery person knows of the times when all things appear dark and gloomy, when little ills are magnified into terrible evils, and when what is called a fit of the “blues’ has full sway. These depressed mental states are most frequent on dull, humid days, when the air is muggy and the pres- sure low, or when thunder-storms are im- minent and the electrical potential or the wind has changed. On such days domes- tic animals become restless; the hens sit on the fence and oil their feathers, and the cat is morose and peevish. Teachers and jailers often note that their charges are restless and ill-tempered during such weather, and commercial travelers cease to waste their time in canvassing their customers, knowing that on such a day it is no use to try to do business. Everybody seems to be more or less irritable and sui- cides are very frequent. Dr. Crothers bears witness to the extraordinary effect of bad weather on work. On damp, foggy days, or on days when the air was charged with electricity and thunder-storms were impending, the result of his studies would be full of faulty deductions and misconcep- tions, and what then appeared clear to him scemed later to be filled with errors. An actuary in a large insurance company makes it a rule to stop work at such times as he has invariably found that anything done then is so full of mistakes as to be useless. In a large factory from 10 to 20 per cent less work is turned out on damp days and in threatening weather. The superintendent in receiving orders to be delivered at a certain_time takes this factor into calculation. Ministers ail know that their congregations are as impressible by weather conditions as mercury. The most eloquent sermon passes over their heads on a very hot day in which there is not a breath of morning air, while if the sun shines brightly and there is a gentle, warm wind, all the powers of the soul are called upon and every faculty of the mind is alert and oven to the slightest impres- sion. On such a day the storekeepers know that their salées will run up, as people are gay and expensive. Wet, windy or sloppy weather has, on the con- tracy, such en ‘influence on_the spirits of some people that they disiike to go out of doors or to put themselves to the least exertion. Dr. Cline states that the number of deaths causea by diseases of the nervous system is 50 per cent greater on days with abnormally high temperature than on days with normal temperature, and that equable conditions in pressure and temperature are essential to the successful treatment of these dis- eases. How 70 PropUCE A PERFECT LAWN.—One of the most beautiful things in the world is a smooth, green, velvety lawn, and a writer in a gardeners’ magazine tells how it can be produced. It may be pointed out that certain manures are more favorable to some plants forming the herbage than to others, and when one kind oi manure only is used the plants to which it is specially adapted will grow with undue vigor and crowd out the others. For instance, dress- ings of wood ashes and kainit, 1n conse- quence of the potash they contain, and o gypsum, by reason of its power of render- ing the potash in the soil available as plant food, have a favorable effect upon the growth of the clovers. On the other hand, nitrogenous manures, such as nitrate of soda and sulphate of ammonia, promote the growth of grasses, and as a proper balance of grasses and clovers is essential to the formation of a velvety turf, provi- sion must be made for both classes. W hen artificial fertilizers are used they should therefore contain phosphates, potash and nitrogen. Superphosphates or kainit and nitrate of soda will give these constituents. The superphosphate and kainit must be mixed in the proportion of two to one and applied at the rate of three pounds to the squarerod. Subsequently, a dressing of nitrate of soda should be applied at the rate of one pound to the same area. The mixture may be ap- Ehed late in the autumn or in February, ut the dressing of nitrate must be kept buck until the end of March or the begin- ning of April. But the application of this artificial food does not suffice for the per- fect health of the turf. Stable or farmyard manure should follow, as it not only con- tains all the food constituents necessary, but acts as a mulch, and by increasing the humus near the surface materially assists in conservine ti:e moisture about the roots. An objection sometimes raised to natural manure is that it takes a long time to be- come assimilated, and in the meantime gives an unsichtly appearance to a lawn. This is remedied by drying the manure suliciently to permit its passage through a sieve, and then mixing it with equal quantities of powdery leaf mold and old potting soil. This mixture spread over the turf in the autumn will quickly dis- appear, and not only vastly promote the growth of erasses and clovers, but prevent the lawn being burned up during dry weather. Jaraxy THE Harry HUNTING GROUND OF THE ELECTRICAL ENGINEER.—American elec- trical engineers will do well to open their eyes to the advantages now offered by Japan as a field for electrical work. The correspondent of an electrical journal who has recently returned from a visit to the East emphasizes the need of electric rail- ways in Japan. He is certain to begin with that an electric_railroad on the four- teen miles between Yokohama and Tokio, passing through a thickly populated dis- trict, would pay. At present Tokio, which has over a million Inhabitants, has no electric railroad, and there is not a single streetcar line in Yokohama. The town of Osaka, in the central part of the empire, resents another admirable opening. It Eas no electric railway, and is sixteen miles from the coast. Tt is now connected by railway with Kobe, which in 1890 had 136,000 inhabitants. An electric railway between these towns should prove a re- munerative undertaking. A line from Osaka to Kioto, a great city, which was formerly the capital of Japan, via Kobe, wonld touch villages at almost everv mile of its course, and would accommodate a opulation of fully 2,000,000 people. The gnpane:c are great travelers. They make long excursions over the country to visit the most sacred Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines, and the roads are often thronged with families going from one sacred place to another. The electric lines would pick up many parties out on these trips of combined religion and pleasure. The chances for electric lighting in Japan are quite as good as those of electric rail- roading. Licar Versus Lanps.—A short life and a merry one is to be the guiding principle of the new order of lamp manufacture. At one time an incandescent lamp cost so much that it was made to last aslong as possible, even if it had to be run at much below its nominal candle-power. Now, lamps are cheap, and people insist on hav- ing light. A significant sign of the ten- dency of the times is that the 25-candle- power lamp is daily being put in in place of the original standard 16-candle-power lamp. It is assumed that when Edison adonted the 16-candle-power standard for his lamp, he took what was probably a very good average of the illumination given out by 5-foot gas burners the country over. But during the last fifteen years the gas standard has been raised through im- g&ovemems in marufacture, and whereas 20-candle gas was once seldom seen, the larger cities of this country now average well up to 25-candle gas. The public has not been slow to see this, and now demands a unit of light at least equal to the prevailing standard gas FRiE ilie eitia simibie. Tortunately for them, realize the situation, and the use of high economy lamps is growing. It is noted, too, that the time-honored 600 hours of life is not nearly so often insisted on as formerly. Indeed, the specific require- ment now commonly made is for a lamp that will maintain its candle-power, at bigh economy, for from 300 to 400 hours. The introduction of lamps of twenty-five candle-power, although already ~ weil started upon, will doubtless be gradual, as it must naturally be accompanied by a corresponding change in the fittings, cut- outs, wiring, etc., if applied to existing in- stallations. A Wise RuLE.—The wisdom of the rule enjoining the stoppage of electric cars on the near side rather than on the farther side of the street is demonstrated by a cor- respondent, who says that having stopped before crossing the line of right-angle travel the car is much more likely to be under the thorough control of the motor- man than if it were ariven across the inter- secting thoroughfare at full speed. While waiting for cars gussengers have a ten- dency to stand at the crossing and as the train rushes by them before coming to a stop under the old method many men and even some women are tempted to clamber aboard and take a seat while the cars are still in motion. There is the same tempta- tion for Ppassengers to alight in order to avoid beiny carried too far. Under the new plan intending passengers approach the cars as they come to a stop, walking toward them and not with them. It is said that the near-crossing stop, which has been conclusively tested in Baltimore and other Eastern cities, saves many lives and accidental injuries. The managers of many lines say they will never go back to the old method, and in some States there is talk of inducing legislation to comvel all trausportation lines o adopt the new sys- one meal, | FIGHT 70 INVADE UTAK, TRADE LIMITS OF SAN FRAN- CISCO SOUGHT TO BE EXTENDED. RATES ALONE IN THE WAY. THE TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION AND THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC ToO CO-OPERATE. All the efforts of Traffic Manager W. B. Curtis of the Traffic Association are now being concentrated to bring about such changes 1n transportation rates as will open the Territory of Utah to the mer- chants of this City. As showing the disadvantages San Fran- cisco is under in her efforts to compete in that Territory with Eastern rivals, Mr. Curtis has caused to be prepared a sched- ule of rates from San Francisco to Ogden and Salt Lake in comparison with rates from the Missouri River, St. Louis and Chicago to the same points, and a copy of this schedule will be distributed among all the membersof the association within the next few days. The proposition is to have the Union Pacific and the Rio Grande Western make such rates between Ogden, the Eastern terminus of the Southern Pacific, and Salt Lake, the distributing point for Utah, as will give San Francisco a fighting chance to compete with rival Eastern cities for the business of Utah. Allthat is asked is that the through rates between San Francisco ana Salt Lake be placed on a basis that will give San Francisco ship- pers the same rate per ton per mile as is enjoyed by Eastern cities shipping to Utah. The relative distances are approxi- mately as follows: San Francisco to Salt Lake, 870 miles; Missouri River points to Salt Lake, 1200 miles; St. Louis and Chicago to Salt Lake, 1570 miles. On Friaay next Mr. Curtis will leave for Salt Lake,where a conference of the trans- Missouri roads will be held on the 28th inst. to consider this matter. There will also be a representative of the Southern Pacific present to make a fight for San Francisco, and thus for once theinfluence of the mercantile community and the railroad will be joined in the interest of San Francisco. Speakin‘g of the situation yesterday Mr. Curtis said: The contest will be to get such concessions in rates between Ogden and other pointsin Utah from the Union Pacific and the Rio Grande ‘Western as will permit of rates from San Fran- ciseo to Utah common points, which will place San Francisco in the proper place relative to that Territory. The Southern Pacific has a line to Ogden of 833 miles, and the mileage of the Union Pacific and RioGrande Western from Ogden to Salt Lake is 36 and 37 miles, respectively. It isto the interest of the Southern Pacific to do busi- ness to Utah from this end, for the reason that they get much the longer haul of all such freight. Of course, the Union Pacific and Rio Gronde Western get only a small slice, but that is due to the peculiarity of their position, which they must put up with under the circumstances. gut they want to get the long haul from the ast. The Southern Pacific has taken the stand that better rates should be made from Calfor- nia to Utah, and, although they do not reach Salt Lake, they do reach Ogden, and have cut rates to Ogden to a basis which they believe consisteut and which is satisiactory to the | merchants of San Fraucisco. They acknowl- edge that San Francisco should be considered the metropolis of the coast, and to that end will stand in for a reduction of rateson the basis of their being adjusted 50 as to be the same per ton per mile from San Francisco to Salt Lake and Utah common points as they are from the East to the same points. The Southern Pacific should stand in with the merchants of this City to aggrandize this port, for therein lies their best intere The manufacturing interests of San Fran- production of §100,000,000. This country is no longer & distributing ternitory for the importer’s goods. It has become a manufacturing as well as a producing center. The merchant of San Fran- cisco is no longer content with the trade in the preseribed area within which he has been compelled heretofore to do business. He feels thatan extension of his trade limits must be made, and that it is his just due, and therein is the chief aim of the Traflic Association. Utah is the first good opening that has offered, and we propose to prospect it to the fullest extent. HE SETTLED IT. And He Did It Without an Outlay of Cash. At a Market-street soda fountain the other day two summer girls were enjoying a pineapple frappe together. The day was hot, it was the noon hour, all the seats along the counter were taken and a num- ber of thirsty men and women were on the outskirts, patiently awaiting their turn for refreshments. The two girls sipped and dallied with their frappe more leisurely than the situation warranted, and when | they had finished they began the usual | feminine wrangle as to which should pay for the treat. The blonde girl put down a dime and the brunette girl snatched it back and put down two nickels; then the blonde shoved her money to the front again, to be again violently deterred by the determined brunette, both exclaiming: “No, you shan’t pay; it's my treat.” At this crisis a big, important-looking man in his shirt sleeves, who had been waiting for some time, broke harshly into the dia- lo;ne: ‘Great Governor,” hesaid, “quit shovin’ those nickels round and give other folks a chance. Rather’n seein’ that goin’ on any longer I'll pay for the layout myself.” The girls both deserted their dimes and fled.—Boston Post. o2 mites et it sk ol Nothing But Watches to-day Second and last * Special Watch Day.” Ourfamous “H. & F.,” as well as Elgin, How- ard and Waltham Watches. One of the most complete as- sortments in America—all the movements in both Gold and Sliver cases. NO RESERVE; everything of- fered will be sold; anything you select will ba offered. Beginning daily at 2 P. M. 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