The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 25, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1895. woek. by carrier.§0.15 vesr. by mall... 6.00 nibs, by mail 3.00 e months, by matl 1.50 month, by wal .63 ail 1.50 €unday CaL 22K WEERLY CALL, one year, by San Franclsco, California. Telephone........ +veve.. Maln—1868 Telephone.. ...Maln—1874 | BRANCH OFFICES: £ Montgomery street, corner Clay; open until 4618 Mission street: 316 Ninth street; open u: open until § 0'clooke 119 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE: £08 Broadway. ASTE!:N' OFFIC] Park Row, ew York Clty. ....OCTOBER 2 ‘I:Hl CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. It may be called a convention boom, but tarts solid. in the matrimonial market this fall. The promised tin-can war will be a bigger thing for the State that it sounds. A Pacific Coast nomination would add to the prestige of any Presidential candi- Eastern cities desire the Republican rvention, but the West needs it and must | have it. hant will come our The Republican e way if we put up the coin to build a bridge for him. Cleveland has made his speech at| Atlanta, but the Atlanta people heardj | he law cannot s re Roand Valley t at least straighten out the law- | Now that the movement for the Na- tional Convention is on foot all hands | should jo Talk of the com rose festivals will have to give way now to reports of chry- on is growing in Kentucky that a fair count this fall will count a| Republ Under the of Inspector | stion but the milk If there is any State in the Union where Democracy is not divided then in that Btate Democracy is dead The Board of Health is now after the Isundries in the right way, and we are going to have a clean town. It is hardly necessary for the Democrats to disc the tariif, as the continuous deficit speaks for their side of it. es seem to be solid from all reports, but the trouble is the solidity is too much of a frozen fact. The East has nothing we cannot match. There are five parties in the field in New York and so there are in Sacramento. There are very few long-felt wants un- supplied in this country, but it seems a good fender for trolley-cars is one of them. We ehould not only have a home market for home industries, but home industries should make a market for home raw ma- terial. Senator Hill opened the New York cam- ign with a big speech, but the long- wished-for great Democratic speech is still to be heard from If San Francisco makes a strong lead for the next Republican National Convention the whole of the greater West will give her a strong following. S ls C TR A thoroughly American administration at Washington would soon convince Eng- land that the Monroe doctrine answers every point of the Venezuelan question. Secretary Carlisle has issued an order putting a stop to the minting of silver dollars, and the goldbug administration scores another point for its friends. Now, if Corbett and Fitzsimmons could only be made to walk home from Arkansas after their attempt to elevate the stage ina ring they would make a truly dramatic exit. G It is hard to tell from Adlai Stevenson’s appearance at Atlanta whether he regards himself as going out of the Vice-Presi- | develop them and make them known. dency or coming in as a Presidential candidate. What does it profiv California to keep her own convicts from competing with free labor so long as the Eastern States can flood the California’ market with prison-made goods? The Democratic idea of making up the deficit in the revenue by taxing native wines instead of foreign imports raises another clear issue between free trade and protection for the people to settle. If the epeedy departure from this coast of Mr. Aiken, supervising architect of the Treasury Department, should result in a new departure in the methods of dealing with the new Postoflice building we shall be consoled for his loss. W. H. Mills was right in saying that it should be somebody’s business to see that the $2,000,000 appropriated for the new Postoffice building should be kept in this State as far as possible by the use of Cali- fornia material, and he was also right in adding, “if we do not look out for our- selves no one else will.” The action of the George H. Thomas Post of the Grand Army in calling the attention of the authorities of the City to the pernicious practice of some people of throwing fruit peelingg on the sidewalks isto be commended, and should receive the consideration of the citizens generally, as well as that of the officials. A banana skin or a piece of fresh orange peel on the sidewalk is almost as dangerous as.a trolley-car, THIS MEANS BUSINESS. The interviews with public-spirited men which are appearing in THE CALL with ref- erence to the brineing of the Republican National Convention to San Francisco show indubitably that there will be no trouble in raising the $100,000 required. All are enthusiastic over the proposition, and still the work bas hardly begun. The ion made by the Union League of San Francisco is the setting of & most valuable example. This is a Republican organization, composed of responsible and intelligent men, who as Republicans ap- preciate their responsibility as citizens. The league proposes to subscribe §25,000, | which alone is one-fourth of the required sum, with many other such organizations | and scores of wealthy individuals yet to hear from. All this means that the intellicent men of the West—of California particulariy— areawake to the importance of the oppor- tunity. They realize at last the value of the bounties which require only a little energy to be made available for the most beneficent uses of civilization. It can no longer be said that California is domin- ated by that spirit of silurianism which for so long kept its development in abey- ance. It is an interesting fact that the three morning newspapers of San Francisco— the raminer, the Chronicle and' THE Carr—have each subscribed $7500 to. the fund. It is more than gratifying to THE Carr to acknowledge the generosity, pub- lic spirit and wisdom of the Ezaminer in raising its original subscription of $1000 to $7500, for the Ezaminer is a Democratic newspaper; this makes its liberality all the more conspicuous and commendable. Its action is notice to the wealthy Demo- crats of the West that they must rise su- perior to any vague or narrow idea of local politics and seek the grander advan- tage which this opportunity offers for in- troducing the needs and boundiess re- sources of the West to the attention of a dignified essemblage of able citizens gath- ered from every part of the country. As ee newspapers in a single com- munity of this vast and rich territory west of the Rocky Mountains cheerfully give §: X0, or nearly one-fourth of the entire sum required, and as a local club in San Francisco gives $25,000, where is the limit to the amount which might be raised? The newspapers have long preached en- terprise and public spirit; they are now giving more substantial evidence of their faith in the matchless wealth of the West in the efficacy of practical efforts to It the other moving forces of the West re- spond as promptly and liberally as these three newspapers and the Union League { Club, we shall have §100, ed within a week. 00 instead of $100,000 rai: HILL'S ARGUMENT. Although the speech with which Senator Hill opened the Democratic campaign in New York on Wednesday evening can hardly be considered *‘the great Demo- cratic speech” for which the New York Sun called some time ago, it was, never- theless, an authoritative utterance on Na- tional issues from one of the foremost leaders of the party and will be regarded everywhere as an expression of the course the Democracy intends to take in meeting the Republican attack upon the leaders of the administration. Senator Hill attempts to relieve the Democratic party from responsibility for the depression of trade and industry that followed the election of Cleveland by call- ing the beginning of that depression ‘‘a Republican penic” and attributing it to the McKinley tariff. 1t is probable we shall hear this assertion many times re- peated between now and the close of the next Presidential election. The Demo- cratic leaders seem to have concluded that a lie well stuck to is as good as the truth and will make their campaign on that principle. It is hardly likely, however, that this desperate resort of desperate men can prove effective before a people who are possessed of memory and intelligence. The industries of this country flourished, work was abundant, wages were good, the people were prosperous and the National Tevenues were ample for the expenses of the Government and a reduction of the public debt, until the accession to power of a party of free-traders made it certain the safeguards of our industries were to be thrown down and our capitalists and workingmen exposed to the competition of the cheap zoods of foreign labor. From that momest there were doubts, uncer- tainties and fears in every trade. Capital was frightened, trade was paralyzed, shops were closed, thousands were thrown out of employment and the panic set in. It wasa Democratic free-trade panic from start to finish, and Senator Hill can never hood- wink the people into thinking otherwise. When he tarned from his attack on the Republican tariff to defend that which Democratic stupidity and pertidy com- bined managed to fasten on the country, the argument of the Senator broke down utterly. Here was a point on which no possible assertions could avail to conceal the facts or deceive the people. The pres- ent tariff has been in effect a year, and every month, with but a single exception, has shown a deficit in the revenues. Against these facts the astute Senator could say nothing except to ask that the tariff be given a further trial, and to plead that the trade and industries of the coun- try berelieved from further tariff agitation at this time. Senator Hill evidently desires to persnade the people that tariff agitation is a mere matter of party politics, and that it not only can be but ought to beignored for the present. This, however, is a false view of the subject. The revision of the present tariff is & necessary matter of public busi- ness. At the close of the fiscal year 1894 there was a deficit in the revenues amount- ing to more than $69,000,000. The fiscal year closing with last June showed a fur- ther deficit of more than $42,000,000. The first three months of the present fiscal year showed a deficit of more than $9,000,000, aud this month will increase it. Where is all this to end? How can an intelligent and patriotic people ignore an issue of this kind, which after injuring every private industry threatens to bankrupt the Nation or force it further into debt? If Hill's speech may be taken as the best argument that the ablest Democratic lead- €rs can make on National issues we are not surprised that Democratic candidates in the various State elections this fall are confining themselves closely to local ai- fairs. No ecloquence of oratory, no pres- tige of official rank possessed by the speaker, can give such arguments weight with the American people. Every voter knows it was the Democratic assauit on American industry that produced the djs- aster from which we have not yet recov- ered; that itis the tariff of perfidy and dishonor which causes a deficit in the Na- tionul treasury every month and gravely compromises the returning prosperity; and knowing these things no citizen will hesi- tate to vote for a return to the Republican protective system, which has now been so thoroughly proven to be as essential to Na- tional welfare as to individual prosperity. TEE FLOWER SHOW. 1t is fortunate that at least one of the glories of the State is keenly appreciated by our people. This is the flowers which are produced here in so marvelous abund- ance and beauty. Theannual chrysanthe- mum show has just opened in the maple room of the Palace Hotel under the aus- pices of the State Floral Society, one of the most useful and enthusiastic bodies 1n the State. Its flower shows have come to be regarded as a ** secial function,” and all the cultured classes turn out in generous numbers whenever they are announced. That the chrysanthemums grown in Cali- fornia are more gorgeous than those pro- duced anywhere else is a matter of com- mon knowledge. They are immense in size, rampant in profusion and surpass- ingly rich in coloring. This year Superin- tendent McLaren of Golden Gate Park has entered the field with the amateurs and has produced some specimens of incredi- ble'splendor. Some of these will be on ex- hibition at the Palace Hotel. The Floral Saciety this year has made the welcome departure of securing a large reception-room In the hotel for the accom- modation of ladies and for holding nightly entertainments. These will be concerts of a high order and will prove almost as great an attraction as the flowers. This exhibition undoubtedly will be the best and most successful ever held in San Fran- cisco. A GOOD APPOINTMENT. The appointment of Madison Babcock to the position of Superintendent of Schools is one whicn will be received with more than ordinary approval by all who | are familiar with the needs of our schools, the requirements of the office and Mr. Bab- cock’s personal and professional fitness for the place. The appointment is, in fact, the rightful promotion of an experienced and capable teacher. Mr. Babcock has been in the service of our public schools for many years and has served as deputy under the late Buperintendent Moulder. He is a man of firm character, ripe judgment, thorough training in his profession, and his accession to the superintendency as- sures a good administration for the schools and is a matter of no little congratulation to all who are interested in them. PERSONAL. Surveyor-General M. J. Wrightis at the Grand Hotel. B. M. Bradtord, secretary of the Corral Hol- low Railroad, is in town. Frank Cobb of Stockton, & member of the firm of Hale Bros., is in town on a business trip. High Barber, & business man of Stockton and mansager of the Corral Hollow Raflroad, is in town. CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON. WASHINGTOYN, D. C., Oct. 24.—Amorg re- cent arrfvelsare: D.L. Macquerls, Redding, Ebbitt House; Eddy Knapp, San Francisco: Willard's; B. M. Applegate, San Diego, Na- tional Hotel; Howard Kinney and wife, Cali- fornis, Hotel Page. JOURNALISTIC LITERATURE. In answer to aletter complaining that this isa barren literary age, and that hardly any American is writing anything that will or de- serves to last, the editor of the *“Letters From the People” column in the New York World el We are, in fact, producing the greatest liter- aturegthat we have ever produced. It is the literature of newspaper writing, the only liter- ature that can be effective in this greatly prac- tical age. Itis, perhaps, a literature that will not ‘last’ in the sense of being read hereafter. “But it will lastIn a much more important sense. Itisa literature that governs the great republic—one that directs human thought and molds human fnstitutions. Its sentences may not be renlembered, but its thought is em- bodied in laws, and its effects will be felt to the latest generation. “It brings no immortality to the men who produce it, for they are anonymous, but {tisa higher and nobler literature than any which has gone before, because it is written without a thought of self-aggrandizement and with an ve single to its mfluence upon the minds and destinies of men. Literature hes changed its form. Those who write in the new form, not those who writing for personal glory cling feebly to the old, are the great literary men of our time.” AMERICA AND'TURKEY. Professor James Bryce, M. P., the eminent English statesman whose boc , “The American Commonwealth,” is recognized as the fairest study of American institutions ever made by a foreigner, hes written a paper for the Novem- ber number of the Century on “The Armenian Question.” Professor Bryce declares that the European powers ere morally responsible for the sufferings of the subjects of Turkey to the extent “that they have keptin being a mon- archy which has long since deserved to perish, and which would long since either have fallen to pleces by its own weakness, or have been conquered and annexed by omé of its neigh- bors.”” He thinks that to try to reform a Turk. ish mouarchy is like trying to repair a ship with rotten timbers. Professor Bryce says that the position of America with regard to Turkey is & strong one, because she cannot have any selfish motiye or awaken any jealousy among the powers. Her gunboats should appeat promptly whenever the rights of her citizens and the safety of thelr educationel establish. ments are threatened. el LETTERS AND STRIKES, San Leandro (Cal.) Reporter. One of the officers of the electric road, in an interview published in THE CALL this week, speaking of strikes, says: “In case of any dif- ficulty we would have mail-matter on every car and insure an unbroken service.” The idea of carrying the mail piecemesl in order to circumvent strikers would appear ridiculous toeny but the bloated magnates of the elec- tric troad. To subordinate the mail service of the United States to meet exigencies which are likely to arise in their business scems to be a trifling thing to them, however. OLD MARIPOSA APPLAUDS. Mariposa Gazette. THE MORNING CALL, one of the leading morn- ing dailies of the metropolis, has, by its energy and enterprise in sending a reporter to Mari- posa County and publisbing in full his reports, been the direct means of ealling more atten- tion to the mining industry of our county than any one of the other dailies. It certalnly de- serves the kindly appreciation of our people. HARRISON AND BIERCE. Alameda Argus. Mr. William Sreer Harrison breaks a lance with Ambrose Bierce in_vesterday’s CALL. He is a foeman worthy of that notorious satirist's stecl, too. If he can write that way in a sus- tained effort, that play which the New Yorkers wouldn’t have at all may be a pretty good one, notwithstanding. THAT'S DIFFERENT. Railroad Telegrapher. Business has resumed its normal condition and railroads are reaping benefit therefrom. It is about time some of them were remembering that during the hard times the wages of em- ployes were reduced. It paysto “tote fair” in this world and railroad managers should not be so forgetful, OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS. Pniladelphia Inquirer. And now comes a report from China to the effect that Minister Denby told the American missionaries, who appeaied to him for protec- tion, that he hed urged the matter upon the authorities at Washington, but that they had refusedto give him any support. He is also represented as having declared that he was in despair. Itis almost inconceivable thet any civilized Government could have been guilty of such apathy and indifference in a critical situation, and yét there have been other illustrations of thesé qualities equally worthy of censure. New York Sun, In all questions connected with the extension of American territory or influence, the present Government of the United States has shown a moderation so extraordinary as to look almost like indifference to continental or national objects. Beyond guestion, moderation is the better extreme, and non-intervention is right asthe general rule of policy. But there ara Limits to everything, and the struggle of Cuba for emaucl?nlion seems to have reacheda point at which, if the American Republic has any tutelary duty toward the people of this con- tinent ‘in such cases, the hour for its per- formance is neer at hand. New York World. When peace prevails in Cubs we have & trade with the people of the island highly beneficial to both parties to it. In exchange forthe sugar and tobacco they sell us tney take flour, provisions and manufactured goods to the value of over 16,000,000 pesos, or nearly a third of their total yearly imports. Unless Spain either restores order or withdraws from the island this trade will be completely de- moralized. Sugar and tobacco planting are being forced to a standstill by the war, and the people of the island will soon be in imminent danger of famine. Philadelphia Kecord. In view of the satisfactory conclusion of our diplomatic Intervention on behalf of the vie- tims of Chinese barbarity, the complaints so frequently heard during the past two months of & want of energyon the part of the American Minister at Peking ana of the “supineness” ot ‘American statesmansnip seem almost ridicu- lous. In the nature of things diplomatic in. tercourse must be secret and confidential; moreover, the delays of diplomacy are prover- })ml, and are as inevitable as the delays of the W, Chicago Times-Herald. While President Cleveland end Secretary Ol- Dey are trying to deviso & Cuban poMey Ameri- can trade with Cuba has fallen off more than £1,000,000 2 month snd cannot recover its old- time buoyancy until peece is restored. Just why the United States should be expected to spend $1,000,000 & mouth and econsiderably more unestimated in helping a foreign power to maintain a puisance at our sea doorsisa question which Congress will be likely to ask of the Presideiit in unmistaksble language. New York World. Just as it alms at the permanent control of the mouths of the Nile and the Niger, England is trying to wrest the territory commanding the ‘Orinoco from s weak South American ower. Itshould not be allowed to succeed, owever. The American people are deeply in earnest in their fixed determination to pre- vent the furtker extension of British imperial- ism on this side of the Auantic. FROM WESTERN SANCTUMS., Our Contlnental Immensity. Beattle (Wash.) Times. Tt-will give some ides of the yastnessof the American continent tosay that according to Dr. Dawson, the chief of the Canadian Geologi- calSuryey, there are in the Dominion 1,250,000 square miles unexplored. There is & region between the Mackenzie Kiver and the Pacific Cosstand south of the Arctic circle larger than the State of Washington, concerning which all that can be said is that s party once crossed it. If 10 nnexplored Canads we add unexplored Alaska, and several smaller areas in the United States, we reach a total of 2,000,000 square miles in North America, Without including Mexico, of which %6 know practicelly nothing. California’s Illimitable Possibllities. Los Angeles Times. The project of using the waters of California lakes 50 a8 to translate their forces into elec- tricity to be used in cities is well worthy of the irit of enterprise which is sending this State into the front rank mmong her sister States. The utilization of the mountain lakes snd streams to lend power to manufectures, in ad- dition to their use in promoting fertility in the valleys, opens ug almost illimitable industrial 25 well as agricultural possibilities. Thus Grover Aids His Friends. + Whatcom (Wash.) Reveille. British Columbis papers are congratulating each other over the holding that red cedar can be exported across the line free of duty, and predict that the business which has been st nant pending the decision willrevive. Another Democratic prisoner who won't come into camp. Socliety Event in Deadwood. ‘Wardner (Idaho) News. “Calamity Jane,” the most celobrated plains and frontier aaventuress known in the settle- ment of the great Northiest, returned to Dead- wood siter an sbience of efghteen years from the city, and was ideniified by s score of old- timers the moment she arrived. No Trees in the Game Nowadays. Los Angeles Express. Absalom was destroyed because of his wear- inga football erop of heir. In this instance Joab made a touchdown. An Editorial Moralizer. Pendleton East Oregonian. The modern live man cannot afford to bear i1l will to men. It is good will to men that be- comes the modern live man. Fedeial Ofiicials Sing ** Amen!*” Salem (Or.) Statesman. The greatest thing in the worid 1is civil ser- vice—for those who are under it. HURRY OF JOURNALISM. GEORGE W, EMALLEY ON BOOK-REVIEWING AND EDITORIAL WRITING. George W. Smalley, the American corre- spondent of the London Times, and formerly the London correspondent of the New York Tribune, 18 writing on the literary reviews and editorial comment of American papers. There are two ways of looking atliteraturs, or, to be exact, let me say two ways of looking at new books as subjects for newspaper enter- prise, says Mr. Smalley. The first is a8 a mat- ter of news. That is what arives us into all the columns of book notices ‘‘within s week of publication.” The second is as literature in a high sense, as Bomething which requires a considered judg- ment, & julgment based on careful reading, on large views, and on settled principles of criti- cism. That cannot always be supplied within a week of Publicnllon. It is not impossible to reconcile the two if the public will be content with news as news; that is, with such an sccount of a new book as shall conyey to the reader an accurate notion of its gubject and of the treatmeut of its subject; with such extracts as may be illustrative, and €ven so much attempt at an estimate of its ::lug or importauce as may be possible within e time, Then, if the book deserves it, the considered and critical review may come latter. Nor the difficulties so great as they may seem; 80 few ars the books, those of science and spectal subjects excerted, Wwhich require more deliber- ation than it is possible to give them within a week of publication, Mine may bo called a conservative view; too couservative for these impatient days, and es- pecially for America. But I remember discuss- ing what is thou%ht a much more urgent sub- ject with one of the most competent and dis- tinguished journalists now. Hvin{. He spoke of the editorial handling of current topics, and he deprecated the practice of pro- nouncing a definl (e opinion on a diffoult sub- ject without time for thought. The news comes in at midnight. By 2 o'clock the paper Will have committed itself one way or the other. Vastinterests may be affected, public opinion misled, or perhaps & ministry turned outora matured scheme of great policy de- feated by the fiippant and hurried decision of & writer told off for an editorial on & matter on which be is none too well informed. “For my part,” said this journalist, *“I think it suflicient to publish next mworning such sn editorial as will put the reader in possession of the facts, give him a clear view or summary of the news, and wait till next day before pro- nouncing judgment or pledging the paper to What, on cooler thought, may_clearly, be seen to be an erroneous opinion. If thatbe possible in polities and other public affairs, 1t is surely vossible in literature.” SENSATIONAL STATISTICS. Peorla (11L.) Rallroad Telegrapher. The most sensational report ever issued by 8 State bureau was made public by the Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics. It charges that the great majority of the wealthy taxpayers of Illinois, and more especially of Chicago, are fgrjure hat the assessors are guilty of mal- leasance in office; that the present financial condition of Chicago is directly traceable to the Corrupt system of taxation, and tnat the ‘‘deplorable condition of the workingmen is due to the liberty-destroying methods of taxa- tion which prevaiis in Illinois.” The bureau takes the position that “‘taxationis the chief instrument of tyranny. ————— NOTED PERSONS. Sir Archibald Geikie has been invited to be the firat lecturer on geology on the Williams foundations et Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Thomas Eggleston, founder of the school of mines of Columbia College, New York, has recently beén maae an officer of the Legion of Honor, Professor C. V. Riley, an entomologist in the Department of Agriculture at Washington, D. C., was thrown from hid bicycle in Washington, September 14, and sustained injuries from which he died shortly after the accident. ‘The death of Professor Stevens of the Uni- versity of Copenhagen removes a man who was one of the best authorities of the day on Scan- dinavian and English literature. His work on the runes is famed smong scholars. A Moscow jeweler {s now making a silyer service for the Russian Czar which is to cost 100,000 rubles. The work will be finished in time for use at the coronation services. The pieces are of solid silver, in the style of Louis X1V, “Second Thoughts,” a poem by Michael Field in the October Atlantic, and “Tiger Lilies,” in the September issue of the same periodical, #re the first poems of this popular English writer to be printed in an American publica- tion. Professor Huxley’s widow is to recelvea pension of £200 ($1000) per annum—a civil list pension. This is an interesting custom in Great Britain, originating at a time when it was impossible for strictly literary persons to accumulate money. James Hill, president of the Great Northern Railway, is a devout Roman Catholic. He gave $500,000 to build a theological school of his church in St. Paul, Minn., and the buildings were dedicated with great pomp by Mgr. Sa- tolli, Archbishop Ireland,and other clergy on Beptember 4. W. B. Btratton, who owns the Independence mine, of Cripple Creek, Colo., is a carpenter by trade. Three years ago he welked from Colo- rado Springs to Cripple Creek, a distanca of thirty miles, in order to save the fare, which amounted to $4. Now he has an incoms of #1,200,000 & year. Miss Frances E. Willard held a huge temper- ance meeting on September 20 in the Metro- politan Tabernacle, London, of which the late C. H. Spurgeon was pastor. Mrs. Pearson Smith, Mrs. Clara Hoffman and other Ameri- can friends gave addresses. On the following day Miss Willard started on her voyage home. Before leaving she took occasion to emphati- cally contradict the report that she intended being married. Dr. Arthur G. Webster of Clark Universlty recently received notice from Paris thathe had won the Elihu Thompson prize of 5000 francs for the best treatise on eleciricity. Thesubject of Dr. Webster's thesis is “An Experimental Determination of Periods in Electrical Oscilla- tions.” The prise was originally instituted by the city of Parisfor the best elactric meter, and was awarded to Professor Thompson. Desiring that it should serve to develop theorstical knowledge of electricity, Professor Thompson requested that it be offered as & prize for the best work on a theoretical question. Dr. Web- ster, who has been thus signally honored, s a Harverd graduate of the class of 1883, VERSES ON THE RUN. REACHED ACROSS THE CONTINENT. The Olymplc eruption, perhaps, is explained Like this, that corruption was seeking {ts level, And Tammany methods, which sickened New York, In Hades were tried, and had sickened the devil. THE CHICAGO WAY. One thing about Chicago ‘That her friends must admire— No sooner forge exisis than she Has irons in the fire. The very blamed persimmon Bhe is reaching with a will: And she’ll lend a hand to Frisco— “When Chicago gets Ler fill; - . BACRAMENTO MAY BE FLOODED. They are plauning fearful ructions at the capital, T Vow; The fight has hal? a dozen sides, and hot wiil be the Tow. ‘With the bayside emigration sure the city will be crammea— Should they drown the colonizers, why, the river wlil be dammed. THE NEW TIT-WILLOW 80N In the club Occidental sat Christopher B., Singing, “Will you, now, will yon? Say, will you?” You Troguols chumps would make sansage of me, But will you, now, will you? Say, will yo You kick at & “divvy”;: demand the whole cheese; Elect & new boss, and do much as you plesse; But I'll shortly dictate o you all—on your xnees— Then you'll kiek me again, maybe; will you? —_— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. TAXEs—Subscribers and A. R., City. The matter of the Mayor's veto of the tax levy will come up in court on the dth of next month. It 18 impossible at this time to tell if there will be any reduction. Taxes become delinquent on the 25th of November. The tax levy of £2 25 is that amount on each $100 of valua- tion of real and personal property. The valu- ation placed on property one year is no guide for the valuation to be placsd upon it the following year. The property in & year m-g have increased or depreciated in value, and it 1s generally assessed according to the value at the time it is assessed. Taxes on real estate are paid in two installments. TELESCOPE—E. F., San Jose, Cal. Answers to Correspondents, as has many times been an- nounced, does not advertise any business or firms, nor does it recommend any article offered for sale by any individual or firm. Such announcements are found in the adver- tising columns of THE CALL. There are differ- ent kinds of glasses used for the purpose of discerning objects at a distance. For the pur- pose of distinguishing an object at the distance of five miles a field glass or & marine glass is as &00d as & telescope, providing you procure the right kind of & one. SAN MIGUEL RANCHO—H. J., Cify. The San Miguel Rancho as it appears on the official map of the City and County in the ofice of the Burveyor shows thet from near the intersec- tion of Castro and Seventeenth streets the boundary line runs west to a point near Cole and Sulllvan streets, thence southwest to Seventh avenue, thence almost southerly to near W street and Fifteenth avenue, “and thence southerly toward the County line. THE SEAsoNs—E. J. C., City. Astronomically the year is aivided into four nearly equal sea- sons—spring, summer, autumn and winter— and reckoned zolely with respect to the sun’'s motion, spring beginning when the sun crosses the equator going northward, summer when it reaches the summer solstice, sutumn when it crosses the equsator going southward and ‘winter when it resches the winter solstice. FOUNTAIN oF YoUTH—Nita, City. It was be- lieved in the fifteenth and sixteenth cen- turies that there existed in the island of Bimin{, one of the Bahsma group, s fountain, the waters of which had the power to restore the aged to youth, and give vif‘or to the sick and decrepid. Juan Poncede Leon and Ferdi- nand de Soto, Spanish navigators, made vain searches for this reputed fountain, MANUELO'S NARRATIVE—Rose, City. “‘Califor- nia 850 Years Ago or Manuelo's Narrative,” purporting to be a history of California trans- lated from the Portuguese,is an anonymous gub\tcntlon, and it has neyer beenlooked upon y those versed in the history of the countey 28 anything but the production of some indi. vidual who was writing egainst space. It has no historie vaiue. A MrLE—E. J. C, City. An ordinary statute mile is 5280 feet and a nautical mile is 6080.27 feet, a5 fixed by the United States coast survey, equal very nearly to the admiralty knot a¢ u%%md by the British hydrographic office, €080 feet. THE GAME LAow—S. H. 8., Berkeley, Alameda County, Cal. According to the game law as amended last March it is lawful to huat rail in the State of California between the 15th of October end the 15th of February following, BVENGALI—E. L. C,, City. Svengali is pro. nounced as if written Sven-gal-ee, the a in the middle pronounced esa in father. The of the lgt.hor of “Trilby” is pmnonnc'edn:lm i; written Du Mo-ree-a. THE GUNBOAT WASP—Y. 5., Marine Barracks, Mare Island, Cal. The British gunboat Wasp ith all on board abont the 10th of 3:&1133,‘;5%? :u‘; avoyage from Shanghai to Bingapore. . TRAINING ON A BrcycLe—J. M. K., Redwood City, 8an Mateo County, Cal. Rules for those who want to train for bicycle racing were pub- lished in THE CALL'S Query Column on tne 9th of last June. ROYAL FLusE—Cards. In a game of poker there are but tour royal flushes, composed of the highest five cards of each suit,and so called because they contain the court or royal cards. Drxpest SHAFT—Amador. The deepest shaft on the Comstock is the one known as “The Combination.” TIts depth is 3260 feet. The next deepest is the Yeilow Jacket, 3000 feet. BEATING CAPACITY—S,, City. The Auditorium in Chieago has a seating capacity of 4041. Madison-square Garden, New York, has a seat- ing capacity of 6011. PUXTA DB ORO—C. D., City. At the office of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company it isstated that the company never owned a steamer called Punta de Oro. BeeHIVES—C. F, C., San Mateo, Cal. As this is not a department for advertising beehives or any other commodity the amswer asked for cannot be given. SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY — Subscriber, West Oakland, Cal. The seventh anniversary of a wedding is called the woolen wedding. TrrLEs—California City. A foreign nobleman eannot hecome a citizen of the United States unless he renounces his title or titles. The 3dof A DaY 1x JAxvARY—S. A., City. January, 1866, lell on Wednesday. NOT A NEW WOMAN. New York National Advertiser. Edaward Smith, s wealithy bachelor of Lin- eoln, Nebr., recently inserted this advertise- ment {n & Chicago newspaper: ‘Wanted—A wife who is Ot a new woman. Miss Mary Keller, a well-known and prepos- sessing young woman of Hollidaysburg, Pa., read the advertisement and the correspon- dence that followed has resulted in their mar- riage. TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION. Its Former OMm Re-Elected—Traffic Manager Curtis Departs To-Day. At the meeting of the executive commit- tee of the Traffic Association yesterday the old officers were all re-elected. They are as follows: President, B. F. Dunham; first vice-presi- dent, C. M. Yates: recond vice-president, Henry Michaels; treasurer, Wakefield Baker. W. B. Curtis was reappointed traflic manager. Traffic Manager Curtis will leave for Salt Lake this eyening to represent the Traffic Aszociation at the meeting of the Trans-Missouri Association of Railroads, which opens on the 28th, and at which is to be considered the proposition of arrang- ing a new is of rates from California to ell Utah common points on a mileage basis similar to that prevailing from East- ern eommercial centers. He will remain till the battle is decided. e TowXBEND'S Famous Broken' tandy, 10¢ 1b. * ——————— ROBERTS, eard headquarters, 220 Sutter. * T e — Bacox Printing Company, 508 Clay street.® ——————— SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * —_— e CALIFORNIA WINES in cases and barrels for Christmas delivery free to nnyzlrt of Germany or Switzerland Repsold & Co., 517 Cali- fornis et. Order eatly. - B He—How did you like the English people? She—Ever 80 mueh—they are 80 English, you Xnow.—Puck. “Mrs, Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used over ffty years by miilions of moth- ers for their children while Teething with perfec suceess. It goothes the child, softeus the gums, al- Iays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhceas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Druggisis In every pari of the worid. Ee sursand ask for Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrap 25c & bottle ———— It is hard to beiieve that a man is telling the AsTonishig It’s astonishing—the next-to-nothing prices this magnificent stock of Diamonds,Watches, Jewelry apd Silver- ware is bringing. Everything that goes under the Auction- eer’'s hammer MUST BE SOLD—no matter what the cost. Anything you select from our cases will be “put up.” Sale commences daily at.2 P. M. HAMMERSMITH & FIELD AUCTION 118 SUTTER ST. Bureaus gone, beds remain— lots of them. Two hundred or 50 beds—odd beds. Haven’t room to show them ; going to sell them. Prices will do it— this kind of prices: Bed-like picture, polished oak, antique finish, six feet high, out of $75 suit—Thirteen Dollars and Fifty Cents. Carpets . Rugs . Mattings CALIFORNIA FURNITURE COrPANY (N. P. Cole & Co.) 117-123 Geary Street truth when you know you would lie were you in his place.—Boston Trunscript. e > o To purify your blood, build up your nerves, re- new yponr appeite, cure scrofula, salt rheum, co tarrh, rheumatisin or malaria take Hood's Sarsa- parilla, the only true bioad purifier. «The most fascinating 5 cents’ worth on earth.”’—Boston Post. A New Monthly Magazine of com= plete original short stories. Unique and fascinating. No translations. No borrowings. No stealings. No. 1, October, 189s. In Gold Time. By ROBERTA LITTLEHALE. A stirring “true-to-life” story ot California ioneer days, graphically fold just as it appened. The Unturned Trump. By BARNES Mac- GREGGOR. A thrilling tale of an_American trayeler's adventure on a Syrian desert, told on board a tramp ferry-boa’ The_ Secret of the White Castle. By JULIA MAGRUDER, A ghostly. tale of love and mystery reveaied to one who sought seclusion in a French chatean. Miss Wood. Stenographer. VILLE BHARPE. A rd and absorbing d: tective story, in which a supposedly deaf and dumb stenographer.is the central figure. Her Hoodoo. By HAROID KINSABEY. A providential encounter with a Colorado cow- girl _college duate, in_which a little plays an important part. By Gr. speckeled hei e in the jun- ves that the Royal falay tiger is no gentleman. The Red-Hot Dollar. ysterious chain of events caused by a still more mysterious coin. All for 5 Cents. OF NEWS DEALERS ONLY. It yours hasn’t it and won't get it for get Another news dealer. The Short Siory P hing Company, Bost ass. By H. D. Ums- YOG, AUCTION SALES. IN CONJUNCTION WITH WM. J. DINGEE, AUCTIONEER, 460 Eighth St., Oakland, +++-WILL SELL... AT AUCTION SATURDAY, SATURDAY... NOVEMBER 2, 1895, AT.ANMIIDA, At 2 o'clock P. ., At the Park-street Broa e Station. Best Business Corner in Alameda. SE. cor. Park st. and_Lincol ately opposite the new this corner s certaln property in this increased to $ Park st. bituminized; e! rie cars; as a whole or in subdivision: Handsome Residence S. side (No. TUnion st.; ful Alameda; ment;_electric light lot 50x86:6 ft. Central Ave. , 60 ft. E. of s in beauti- (No. this pr brick found; table, etc. Park St. Business Property. W. line of Park st., 50:214 feet S. of Buena elegant bu 8 H 1 412x106 feer, Nos. and 8 50x106:344 the business s:reet of Alameds §.P. R. R. depot; terms, 1-5 cas Central-Ave. Residence. A ch; Park st. 1 ond block from of Central ave., 100 feet E. 50 vacant | John Barton's mansfon is 0 street work complete Grand Home. E. line of Grand st., 150 N. 0f San Antonia ave.: a fine home of b _rooms in the center of Alameda, surrounded by fine improvements: well and pump on premises; sirees work ail done; 1ot 50x138 feet; terms, 1-5 cash. Everett Street—Beautiful Home. W. line of Evere: 150 feet N. of Eagle ave.; fine 2-story dweiling of 6 rooms: street sewered, graded and macadamized; loc 50x140 feet; terms one-fifth cash. Residence and Four Lots. NE. cor. Santa Clara ave. and Broadway some English cottage of 9 rooms and bat X foundations; cottage, with lot 86x145:9 feet; siso lot_ad. with well and windmill, 50x 145:9 n3 east, 50x145:9 Teet. nz e Hect; “also 2 Pretty Cottage. cor. (No. 1635) McPherson st. and Haight cottage of § rooms and bath; street macad- amized: sireet and avenue sidewaiked; ot 65x 135:6 teet; terms one-third cash. Handsome Residence Lot. This handsome residence 0t is on the SE. corner of Lincoln ave. and Pearl st.; handseme surround- ings; both streets sewered: large corner lot, T0x 140 feet; terms one-thind cash. Fruitvale Cottage. 8. side of Blossom 25 feat W. of Fruitvale gve.; cottage of b cheice sarroundings; center of Fruitvale; electric rowd; io: 35x114:6 feet; terms one-fifth cash. All of the above property will be sold on SATURDAY, November 2, 1895, at the Park-street Broad-gauge Station, Alameda. WILLIAM J. DINGEE, Auctioneer, 460 Eighth Street, Oakland, - EASTON, ELDRIDGE & CO., + Auctlioneers, 638 Market Street, 8. ¥, MERCHANDISE AUCTION SALES. Commencing Tuesduy, October 29, 1895, WE WILL BOLD REGULAR AUCTION SALES OF MERCHANDISE At 18 Post Stree In the premises lately occupied ¥y the Builders' Exchange. » A MR. JULIUS ROBINSON, late with the firm of Newhall Sous & Co., has been engaged by us and he is authorized by us to solicit consignments. Tt is our Intention 10 hold regulsr irade sales of mer. Chandise, and we would respectfully solicit the Iib- eral patronage of the merchants and -manufae turers of this oity. WILL E. FISHER & €0., Auctioneers, 16 Post gt