The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 13, 1895, Page 6

6 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1895. The o TR e CHARLES M. SHORTRIDG Editor and Proprietor. Postage Free SUBSCRIPTION RAT! Daily Daily & Da EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. .. Main—1874 BRANCH OFFICI gomery street, corner Clay; open until open until 9 o'clock. ntil 9 o’clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : term m ide. The bicycle may beat the horse on the road, but not in a show. If you wish home inc s to stay with you you must stay with them. Canada, Alaska is our and we don’t like you any more. man in the State to ition fund. Don’t be the last subscribe to the convy al Campos is either a badly dis- d man or he was born tired. Gen heard plenty of Democratic why is the Mugwump Corbett said “There is m’’ doesn't justify a s out of it. o University Rocke- more for his money 1 seat in the Senate. ar ending September 5, it from the breaking Grover's among the farmers 2 =0 rapidly that free Democrat er there cold day gets tired going up 2 chance for it to escape n this country by hunting y immediate danger that threate is the possibili trying to pat e Tam a President in San Fran- est way of starting a cam- > Democrats who declare party is due solely to the fact that Cleveland associated too much with Mugwumps. Now that the rainy season is at hand it g to T st says no face cream 1s so as warm rain water fresh from the clouds S The Game and Forest Commission of New York estimates that there ar ,000 deer lcft on the irondacks, but the estin guessi contest. Mayor Pi the fourth time, has been sug- his friends as a Republican 1 candidate, provided the big 1detracked. four get Senator Hoar has been giving a boom to the “red-chceked schoolmarm.” He says: *Let her take her shingle in her hand, and where she brings up the boys there will be no bigotry and very hitle Democ- racy.” Under the Democratic tariff the reve- nues have fallen short of the needs of the Government by an average of $4,500,000 a month, and there are several months yet to come before Congress can patch up the leak and help Cleveland out. At the ‘present time England is having trouble in Ireland, Central Africa, South Turkey, China, Venezuela and In fact, she cannot look upon ny quarter of the globe without seeing where she has put her foot in it. Commenting on the fact that the late ke of Marlborough married an Ameri- can, and the present one has repeated the triumph, the Prince of Wales is reputed to have said recently that he regards that dukedom as an American possession. They are now arguing in the East that the recent earthquake in the Mississippi Valley was due to the subsidence of a large area of natural gas lands in Indiana and Ohio, but the exact spot where the subsidence occurred has not been dis- covered. There are said to be well established statistics to prove that the consumption of beer in New York City is equal to three glasses-a day for every man, woman and child of the population, and still the com- vlaint is heard that Roosevelt has made it a dry town. Of 118 members of Congress replying to the Manufacturers’ Record of Baltimore uinety-six say they favor Government aid to the aragua canal. This is a good vroportion of those who replied, but the silent wood-sawers seem to be in a big majority on the question. TUnder the contract system of street- lighting each arc light in Detroit cost $11 15 a month, while under municipal ownership of the lighting vlant the cost, including interest on $600,000 of bonds, is only §7 08 a lamp, and the city this year will bave better lighting than before and save $72,000. According to the current report of Com- m ner-General Stump, only 258,536 immigrants entered this country during the fiscal year ending with last June, be- ing the smallest immigration since 1879, The falling off was, of course, due to hard times, and is one of the few things that kept the depression from being an unmiti. gated evil. ote that a French com-| te was hardly much more thana | ree of Detroit, having been | | OUR NATIONAL DEFENSES. The recommendations made by Major- General Miles are brieffy that the army be strengthened and the coast better de- fended with forts and batteries. He de- clares that we are absolutely at the mercy of invading forces, and that while we might easily throw a million men into the defense of any threatened port they could not make an effective resistance to the landing of the invaders under the safe pro- tection of ships’ guns. He calls attention to the fact that while something is being done for the protection of San Francisco harbor those of Puget Sound 2nd San Diego Bay are utterly neglected, and that the entire coast of the Gulf of Mexico and all of the Atlantic coast north of New York are defenseless. To supply the t system of defenses whose need he indicates would cost the country incredible millions of money. The question is if, accepting the proposi- sition that so much treasure has to be ex- pended, its use for the purposes stated by General Miles would be the best to which it might be put. It has never been the policy of this Nation to be prepared for war or an inva- sion on an extensive scale. The main reasons for this are that the country has never pursued a course which would in- vite attack from any source, and, being isolated from the rest of the world by ocean able to defend itself if it should be invaded. It has inexhaustible natural resonrces upon which the people might subsist under a perpetual blockade, and the patriotism and fighting spirit of its people are their ablest aefense. The popu- lation is so great as to be able to over- whelmr any force in reason which any other nation might succeed in landing on its shores, and the only possible danger would be the uniting of a number of nations in an attack. There is no likeli- hood that this latter contingency would ever arise, as it is impossible to imagine what benefits any alliance of foreign powers against us would bring them in the event of success. The subjugation of the American republican spirit to monarchical rule would be an impossible task. Until General Miles produces better reasons for expending the millions for defense that his recommendations would require a majority of the people will con- tinue to believe that the country is free from the dangers which he points out and that money can be spent to far beiter ad- vantage than in strengthening the armed defenses of the Nation. Internal improve- ments on a vast scale are needed, and the making of them and the cultivation of a higher political sense woula increase the | resisting power of the country. Devélop- ment of the rich natural resources of a country ereates a wealth, a prosperity and a self-reliance that are more potent as de- fenses than forts and armie: It is well that General Miles has raised these questions, for the two great political | partiesare preparing to hold their National | Conventions, at which we may be sure these great problems of internal dgevelop- | ment and armed defen: will become im- | vortant issues. Very likely these issues | will be found antagonistic to each other, | jard the choice between them will be a | serious political matter. It we imagine | that one party would advocate armed de- | fenses and another internal improvements it is not difficult to foresee which would be victorious at the polls. One of the great aims behind the move- ment to bring the Republican National Convention to San Francisco is to call the attention of the party to the overshadow ing need of certain internal improvemen: A limited strengthening of our coast de- fenses, or at least a wise distribution of | them, would not be incompatible with ex- | tensive internal improvements; but after | | the need and value of these latter are | | learned 1t isa safe prediction that they | will be given preference over the idea of | | strengthening the National defenses. For | these reasons it is all the more the urgent duty of the West to do all in its power to | secure that convention | e I VALLEY TRANSPORTATION. Every now and then a desperate effort is made by the farmers of Fresno and by some merchants in San Francisco, who sell largely in that region, to establish wagon transportation for the traftic. At| this end of the line Wellman, Peck & Co., | a conspicuously fearless wholesal= grocery firm, started such a plan several months | ago and have again put it in operation; | and now comes the news that some raisin- growers of Fresno are hauling their prod- juet in wagons to Stockton, to be shipped | thence to San Francisco by water. At other times wagon freighting has been done over the mountain range to Monterey Bay, where deep water is found. The necessity for such desperate efforts to get from under the choking domination of the Southern Pacific seems incredible. | Considering the exceedingly bad condi- tion of the wagon roads from Fresno to Stockton the cost of team-hauling must be very great, although it would be much less if the county authorities had sufficient understanding of the economy of good roads to make them. And yet for all this enormous expense it must be admitted that wagon-hauling is cheaper than rail- hauling. This is the amazing part of the situation. The Southern Pacific road through the valley is level and the cost of moving trains must be small. It isreason- able to say that if the wagon roads were good team-hauling could be conducted at an expense two-thirds that represented by the charges of the Southern Pacific. It is too late now for the valley to make team-hauling as profitable as this by the construction of good roads, for the San | Joaquin Valley Railroad is pushing down through the valley and will doubtless move freieht at rates very much less than those at present exacted by the Southern Pacitic. At the same time a very useful object lesson on the subject of good wagon roads has been taught. The main point now is the construction of excellent country roads leading to the Valley road. The new railroad will un- | doubtedly do its full share toward}ccuring prosperity to the farmers of the valley, but the farmers on their own motion can do a great deal more by making good roads to serve an economical purpose in connection with the Valley road. Such a movement would increase the business and efficiency of the Valley road and make it a still more important element in the welfare of the valley. COLLEGE JOURNALISM. The spirit of independence which ani- mates Young America has always been ex- ceedingly aggressive in colleges, becanse there the boys are assembled in a body, are bound together by strong social ties, and their large sense of individuality is en- couraged by numbers and a common sup- vort. This explains why the authorities of American colleges have always had so much difficulty in enforcing discipline and keeping the boys under the force of wise regulations. The continual annoyances and scandalis which have grown out of this unfortunate condition are practically un- heard of in Europe, where students are kept at peace under the firm hand of au- | thority. The college “funny’’ paper is distinc- ] tively an American 1nstitution, and its general spirit is a refinement of the cruel hazing practices so disgracefully prevalent in this country. However, hazing is be- ing gradually crushed out, and its violence is becoming softened into the form of the lampoon. This is the condition of things at the California State University. A bright little paper called Josh (a slang word meaning fun-poking) has been sup- pressed and two of its young editors sus- pended because it was cruelly personal to the students and inclined to ridicule the faculty. Another cause assigned was that the two students suspended had taken the responsibility of publishing certain articles that had not been approved by the full staff of editors, the same being in violation of their promise to the faculty. Tnis has caused a great deal of feeling against the faculty, and now the students are said to be preparing to *‘de- mand” in a body that the suspended students be reinstated. The State of California has something to say in this matter. By generous taxation it maintains one of the best educational institutions in the world. It is proud of its creation and desirous of maintaining its efliciency and dignity. It wants the young men and women of the State to receive all the best benetits that the proper conduct of the institution can secure, and it will not willingly permit those who should be grateful for its benefits to work for its harm. Discipline is absolutely necessary to the conduct of such institutions, and the State depends upon the faculty at Berkeley to enforce it. These students, by the mere threat of a rebellious attitude, are aiming a serious blow at an institution which they should be the first to protect. Evidently they do not realize the seriousness of their position or the menace which 1t offers to the State. If they lack the delicacy to re- frain from hurting the feelings of others without a worthy motive, they should at least acquire the wisdom not to strike at the educational efficiency of the school. It is time that they do some serious thinking and show that they have the brains and character to appreciate their responsibility. IN TER?AT IONAL SPORTS. If international sports between this country and Great Britain have been undertaken with any intention of estab- lishing friendly relations between the people of the two countries the aim of the promoters has not been realized. In no single instance has the resuli of a contest of any popular interest been well received and in many the outcome has been a series of controversies, criminations and recriminations, irritating even to men who took but little interest in the contest itself. Such irritations continually repeated amount to public aggravations and go far 1o cause a feeling of positive hostility in the minds of the people of both countri The existence of the feeling of irritation must not lead us, however, to overlook the fact that frequently the controversies have been more personal than National. In the present dispute over the conlest for the America cup, for example, it would be a mistake to suppose that Danraven really represents British sentiment or opinion on the question. His charge that the Defend- er syndicate was guilty of the trick of sailing their yacht on a water line different from that taken in the official measure- ment can hardly be laid to the door of a whole nation. 1In fact the dispatches report that several English papers of high standing have condemned his conduct and have disavowed any belief in the truth of his statements. Dunraven stands alone in the issue he has been silly enough to make. It is not likely he will find support any- where and his career as a yachtsman may be considered closed. However great may be the popular irri- tations growing out of international con- tests, and however deep the aggravations resulting from fool sh passions of men like Dunraven, it | would be a cause of no little loss and re- gret if there were to be no more interna- tional sports. They arouse the public mind to an interest in athletic affairs as nothing else does. The very inteusity of them is wholesome and stimulating, and on the principle that ‘it more stirs the blood to rouse the lion than to hunt the hare,” there is mora gained for athletics in one international contest than in a dozen local matches in which people ieel only a languid interest. It is quite possible, moreover, that the irritations themselves are beneficial. If they do not conduce toward friendly feelings towara Englaud they at any rate intensify American patriotism. Take them for all in all, our contests with the British on land and sea have been good for us. It would be foolish tc drop them simply because Dunraven is an ass. Fortu- nately there is no fear that they will be dropped. We shall have athletes from Great Britain, Australia and Canada to compete with us in every form of sport for all years to come; and we, without regard to Dunraven’s petulance, will continue to welcome and give them a fair field. PERSONAL. A. L. Hart is down from Sacramento for a few bays. H. M. Crabb, an Oakland wine merchant, is at the Grand. P. A. Buell, a Stockton lumber merchant, is at the Grand Hotel. J. B, Lancashire, & capitalist from Los Ange- is at the Palace Hotel. William Vanderhurst, a merchant of Salinas, is at the Occidental Hotel. Senator B. F, Langford of Sacramenio is housed at the Palace Hotel. F. H. Calcott, a New York merchant, is a guest at the Occidental Hotel. J. H. Carder, & mining man from Butte, is le ! housed at the California Hotel. T. Erricson, a railroad contractor from Guadaloupe, is in town a guest at the Grand Hotel. Bank Commissioner J. B. Fuller arrived in the City yesterday and is stopping at the Cali- fornia, J. W. Mercer of the Merc er House, Omaha, s quartered at the Palace Hotel. Heis in town on a visit. H. M. Gorham, the Nevada mining man, is down from Virginia City for a few days and is stopping at the Palace. Fred Searls, a son of the well-known Niles Searls, is down from Nevada City for a few days and is at the Palace Hotel. E. 8. Churchill, accompanied by his wife and daughter, is a guest at the Palace. Mr. Church- 111 is & prominent banker of Napa. Charles Michelson, recently of THE CALL'S stafl’of writers, has accepted a position on W. R. Hearst’s New York Journal. Mr. Michelson will depart for his new home at an carly date. Mejor Hooper, manager of the.Occidental Hotel and commander of the Loyal Legion, California Commandery, returned yesterday from a business trip to Chicago and Minne- apolis. Dr. Luella Cool, who made a success in Guatemala in her profession as & dentist and whois in poor health due to the climate, is on a t 1o her mother, Mrs. Crowell of Haywards. Solid Advancement. Biggs Argus. All the indications are for & prosperous future for home—Biggs. Our Biggs! Hip. hurrah! A $25,000 cannery is a go and some of the contracts are let and the estimates ou building B0x250 are on file, and the busine committee are still at work, the bad manners and | CHAT WITH A SCULPTOR. I “Suppose I take this picce of clay and begin to model a face,” said Otto Dobbertin, holding up what seemed to be a_piece of yellow mud. | “I roughly shape it like a human head. At | first my fingers glide over it roughly and with | Do apparent motive other than to merely give | ita character. I look at the study and then add | another feature which gives it a slight resem- | blance. As the work proceeds the full expres- | sion of the face comes upon me. If1am doing the work for money I feel as though a great deal of the satisfaction of the sitter depends upon the resemblance and the strength I give the work. For a long time when I am working, and I suppose it is the same with all sculptors, this thought is uppermost in my mind and I cannot lose sight of the fact that [ am making | something to be disposed of for money ‘“After one or two sittings have taken place I become possessed of the idea that I am making the bust of the figure for myself. The forth my views upon_this mportant subfec!, but tor the sake of the Lord’s truth (and not for the sake of my own reputation), I have thought best to correct some of the m flagrant errors that have been connected with my name. In the Master's service. CARRIE JUDD MONTGOMERY. o CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. YoUNG MEN OF THE WORLD AND THE RELA- TION OF THIS SPECIAL WEEK TO THEIR INTERESTS. To the Editor of the San Franciseo Call—SIR: The religious world, whezever ci\'ilizntiun; reaches, is centering its thought and attention | upon the young manhood of the land. Through | the agency of that beneficent institution, the Young Men's Christian Association, Sunday, November 10, 1895, and the week following to the 16th, inclusive, has been set apart by the world’s committec of the organization at Geneva, Switzerland, as & week of prayer and religious. activity in the interests of young “THERE IS NO ART IN SELLING ONE’S WORK,” SAID MR, DOBBERTIN, [Sketched from life for “The Call” by Nankivell.] whole thing becomes fixed in my mind’s eye, and as the work nears completion I am totally | unconscious of the fact that it is not to be my own property. If 1 succeed in doing some- thing good I become devoted to it and am in- clined to work on regardless of the hour. Nine times out of ten under such circum- stances I come to the belief that it belougs to me, and that I am to have it for myself. Lab- | solutely forget that it is to pass out of my hands, and every touch put upon it increases my delightat its expression. Very frequently 1 hope it will be unsatisfactory to the person who orders it and that my work may be re- jected. | “By George,” exclaimed the seulptor, raising | his finger confidingly, “once I broke a bust all to pieces for fear it would pass out of my hands. I can not zet over the feeling of affec- tion for anything that turns out well, and if I needed money worse than anybody else in the | country I would not want a sale to take place. | “I once knew & sculptor in Leipsic who bought all his works back from his customers | Decause he thought they were too good 10 be buffeting around the country in the keeping | of other people. I do not think that way, mind you, but I have become very much attached to some things that I have made, and no one can understand the depth of my feeling who has not created something of a like kind. Oh, it is too bad that it takes money to live and that one has to sell his own children, for a maw’s work is just as much part of himself as | hisarm. There isa little figure over there on the mantel that T am afraid somebody will | want. I hope no one admires it, as I want it | for myself. Pshaw!thereis no art in selling one's work, no pleasure in piling up gold, no comfort in spending money made that way.” Mr. Dobbertin walked over to the figure he had pointed out and looked at it asa father would look at his child. Then he turned away and said nothing more about it. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE Rt ¥ i s | HEALING BY FAITH. MES. CARRIE JUDD MONTGOMERY GIVES AN EX- PLANATION OF HER BELIEF. BEULAH, MILLS COLLEGE P. O., CAL., Nov. 12, 1895, To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SiR: | As 80 many foolish and untrue remarks have | appeared recently in the daily papers in refer- | ence to my views upon divine healing, I feel | that it is best to make a few simple statements over my own signature in regard to this matter. In the first place, I would say that neither myself nor any of the members of the Christian Alliance make any pretense of being able | to heal people. We do mot “treat” the | sick, nor do we in any way attempt to benefit them by any power of our own. We do believe in the power of prayer, when the person who offers that prayer is abiding by the faith in the Lord Jesus Christ | and resting in the atonement which he has | {)l’()"‘dcd by his own precious blood shedding. We do not undertnke to offer prayer for the henling of the sick unless they are willing to yield themselves wholly to the Lord and are willing to spend all the strength that he shall give in consecrated service to him. God’s i prayer of faith shall save the | ck” (James v:15), and in many parallel pas. | sages he has shown that it is the orivilege of his own children to come into such relation- ship with nimself that they may experience his touch of healing upon their bodies. Our yviews are entirely in accordance with the Seriptures and are mulerinli( different from Christian science, mental healing, ete. The sick person himself must have this “‘prayer of faith” wrought in his own heart by the Holy Ghost, or we would haye no assur- ance to unite with him in prayer for his heal- ing. Personally I can say that I know that the Lord heals the sick in answer to prayer, for hie has healed both myself and my husban. after we had been given up by doctors. [ was myself healed of spinal disease and consump- tion aiter Iving holplcss on & bed of awful suf- fering for more than two years, and was re- stored to health in a single hour. My husband was healed of dinbetes after the best doctors of England and this country had pronouncea him incurable. Butno humnn being hes any share in the glory. We give it all to him to whom alone it belongs. As to the foolish remarks in regard to “long- distance healing’ I have never exgressed any such views nor uskd any such lenguage. Since God is the healer and he is in ali_places alike, }1fw7cnu there be any long or short distance to him ? In regard to Miss Smith, about whom so | much has been said recently, I would say that Thave not advised her at ail on the subject, as I believe it s in each case a personsl matter to be settled between one's own heart and their Savior. One thing is certain that buman physicians had completely exhausted their skill in Miss Smith's case before she ever sought the Lord as her healer; and she was raised up from her sick bed and en‘oyed nearly & year of comparative health and strengtn after pll.clng her case in his hands. I have notexpressed any opinion as to her ultimate Tecovery,for thisis a matter of herown personal faith. 1 have been so occupied of late with my orphanage and work among the needy poor that (I regret to say) [ have found time {o Visit her but once during this last illness. In this brief letter I can but imperiectly set | ened | presumably for the purpose of influencing the | juries before which our libel suits egainst his men; and more especially will this week he observed in the great business centers where they congregate in such vast numbers. For the most part they are generous, kind, polite and liberal to a fault. With what urbanity they wait on us at the counter and the office. They answer unnumbered questions W murmur; they greet us politely wh way we pass. In every avenue of life the world com n contact with young manhood. How few realize the cares and perplexities which necessarily confront them in their daily avocations. As e pass from street to store, to hotels and restaurants and elsewhere they are prominent in all these pursuits. And, to some extent, at least, it may be that society is chargeable for the misdeeds ot some who wan- der trom the paths of rectitude. Young men appreciate sympathy and words of commendation. The ~great majority of them, by honest effort and laudable ambition, are trying to succeed. Engaged in honorable pursuits and vocations they should have the encouragement and :ym{mlhy of all, and their burdens, in whatever calling, should be light- by some consideration shown them by the thousands who meet them casually or in a business way. The Young Mer Christian _Association is the only distineti organized work for the moral, social, intellectual and physical devel- opment of young men. and its efforts have been emiuently successiul. It has a perfect organization and is reaching out in the yarious branches of commereial life where young men are so prominently engaged, and is pushing its work among the railroad, the college students of the land, commercial travelers, German- speaking young men and the colored young men of the South. The association has also itated the Saturday half holiday, and to its influence is due, more chan that of any other single organization, the measure of success which hasbeen accomplished in this direction. CITIZEN. Snbliga G DR. POTTER RETALIATES. HOME FOR INEBRIATES, 2000 STOCKTON ST., AN FraNeisco, Cal, Nov, 12, 1895, § 7To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—Stn: The fake editor of the local branch of Mr. Hearst’s New York newspaper is again busy with falsification of this institution and of me, employer must soon be tried. ing’s Examiner he editorially states several falsities; that this house is “abolished,” and that the insane of this City and County were removed from us to the Receiving Hospital on account of the Examiner's publication of my so-called “brutality.” The records show the facts to be as follows: In 1892, fully six months before I took charge of the Home, the Supervisors notified our trustees that they would remove all public work from us to the Receiving Hospital as soon as the police headguarters were stationed at the new City Hall, for the reason that they could there do the work more economically. They were then paying us for the insane inebriates the sum of $74 This work was s0 In this morn- 200 a year. taken away irom the Home for Inebriates in October, 1893. The Examiner's attack on me and the Home began in May, 1894, a fow days after I had essayed to handcuft the then city editor of that paper and ejected him from the nouse for raising a disturbance therein when T had twenty-threo sick people aslecp inmy care. This Home is not_abolished vet, and cannot be by all the Examiner’s efforts. s record for £200d work is 100 well known in this commu- nity for thirty-three venrs past among the iriends of the 57,000 patients who have found shelter and protection therein, I'send this letter to you for publication, in the belief that injustice and falsity do not dominate the methods of all the San Francisco papers Yours very truly SaMu; Resident Physician and L 0. L. POTTER, Superintendent. LOOKS LIKE A CERTAINTY. South San Francisco Mission Mail. The securiug of the Nationsl Republican Convention, while being a gigantic proposi- tion, is assuming an aspect of a certainty. To Charles M. Shortridge, proprietor of THE CALL, and to Johin D. Spreckels great praise s due fof their efforts e East in San Francisco's in- terests, and_if we succeed in capturing the plum it will be the resultof the efforts of those two gentlemen. WILL BE STAMPED OUT: Eureka Times. “Midnight murders masked as lynchings,” is what the Argonaut styles the recent lawless fcts perpetrated in Round Valley. The San Francisco CALL has carefully investigated affairs at Round Vatley and its disclosures sus- tein the position of all of the papers in adjoin-- Iynchings are premeditated murders in the interest of rival cattle-raisers, 1t is to bo hoped that Governor Budd's rewards wil bring to light the true state ol affairs, and that the lawlessness that has existed there for years will be stamped out. ANSWERS TO CORRESPOZDENTS. EUROPEAN RAILROADS—G. C. B, Auburn, Placer County, Cal. The railways 1n most European countries are practically under the control of the Government. In Great Britain they are managed by private corporations, bug subject 1o inspection at stated intervals by an officer of the Government. In France the railroads are governed by six great railway companies. InSwitzerland the railroads are in the hands of private corporations, except one owned by the Canton of Berne.' In Ger- meny and Norway the railroads are under the control of the Government exclusively. In Austria, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Den- mark, Holland, Belgium and Russia the roads are in part under control of the Government. Fast Trirs—W. B., The fastest recorded trip acfoss the Atlantic westward was made by the steamer Lucania. She left Queenstown October 20 and reached New York on the 26th of that month, 1894. The distance was 2779 miles and the time 5 days 7 hoursand 23 minutes. The fastest trip_eastward was made ame steamer from New York to Queens- ptember 9 to 14, 1894; distance 2810 miles, time 5 days 8 hours and 38 minutes. In 1893 the Campania made the distance from New York to Queenstown, 2812 miles, two miles more than the Lucania, in 5 days 12 hours and 7 minutes. RATLROAD MEN— 5. G. M., Pixley, Tulare ¥, Cal. Following are five of the leading railroad men in the United States at this timi Collis P. Huntington of the Southern and Cen- 1 Pacifice; S.H. . Clark, receiver of the E. Perkins, president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy; Marvin Hughitt of the Chicago Northwestern, and Hill of the Great Northern. A PROPER EXPRESSI certain stages of tne trial of an ind: crime it would not be improper to say “the prisoner is being convicted”—that is, provid- ing that the testimony given on the part of the prosecution was of such u positive character as 10 leave no room for doubt as to the guilt of the accused. PowpER—W. D., Newark, Alameda County, Cal. Noiseless powder is unknown. You prob- ably have reference to smokeless powder. If hunters shoot ducks on the marshes in the vicinity of Newark with weapons that do not make any noise they probably use airguns. PETER MAHER—J. F., City. Peter Maher and Jim Corbett never fought a match. Yoa prob- aply refer to the fight between Maher and Fitzsimmons. That was fought at the Olympic Club, New Orleans, March 2, 1892, Maher was knocked out in twelve rounds. A M1LE RECORD—W. H. B., Oakland, Cal. The fastest mile made by a running horse was that made by Salvator at Monmouth Park, Julv 8, 1890, when he was 4 years old. Time, 1:35%4, straight track, weight 110 pounds. LAvERACK SETTERS—H. F. A., City. Laverack setters derive that name from the breeder of those dogs in the long ago. The dogs that bear his name are the result in the crossing of breeds. TEMPERATURE OF Fisp—T. C. E., City. The normal temperature of fish is 77 degrees Fah- renheit, 21 degrees lower then the normal tem- pature of human beings. A SEA SONG. A leaning deck and a straining sail! Ho, boys! ho! and a hissing rail; t does not fail; ) caten & dolphin's tatlt 0! ‘And a craft th Ho, boy A white-capped sea and the smell of the spray! Ho, boys! ho! With scudding clouds and a crispy da; And a fearless hand on the wheel to lay; A daring hand at the wheel, I say ! Ho, boys! ho! A streaming deck and a slanting mast§ Ho, boys! ho! And the Wind-God blowing a singing blast: And the rocks that threaten a long way past! Ho, boys! ho! The jolliest life is a life at sea! Ho, boys! ho! With the wet well over the rail in the lee, And a perch on the uppermost rail for me; That 18 the life that is keen and free! Ho, boys! ho! Outing for September. FROM WESTERN SANCTUMS, The Boon Big Landlords Can Confer, Livermore Herald. The future of Livermore Valley is in the hands of the big landlords. If they will only intelligently address themselves to their own crests, if they will only show a little pride and faith in their own ro{ner(y, if they will only give their tenants a little enconragement 1o be progressive. wealth will flow hither and a new-found prosperity will bless all. The Spirit That Flamed in '76. San Jose Mercury. The Spanish leader in Cuba has betrayed his weakness by recommending autonomy for the Cubens. The latter declare that they will be satisfied with nothing short of independence. This is the spirit that animated the Americans in ’76, and if a small part of that old-time NEW TO-DAY. Tremendous Reductions. Crockery and Chinaware, Cups and Saucers---- Blue, Brown and Rich Gold Spray Decorations, Set of 12 pieces— 45c¢, 50c, 60c, 75c per set. 60 DINNER SETS. Pleces complete for 6 Persons. Pure White, Blue, Brown and Rich Gold Spray Decoration. Prices per Set— $3.50, $4.00, $4.25, $5.25, $6.15. 100 DINNER SETS. Pleces complete for 12 Persons. 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Alameda L e reta b Headquarters—52 Market St., S. ¥. ing counties to the effect that the so-cailed If you want a sure relief for limbs, use an Allcock’s tions is as good as the genuine, A3 We Operate 100 Stores and Agencies. ~ains in the back, side, chest, or Porous Plaster BEAR IN MIND—Not one of the host of counterfeits and imita- American iove for libert officfal head of this Governmont Ko Boing hesten to officially recognize the right of Cuba to battle for its freedom from the tyranny of Spain. America’s Absentee Landlordism. Los Angeles Express. With the wealthiest Amcricans living abroad and drawing their incomes from investments in this country the United States is rapidly ex- periencing the evils of absentee landlordism that nearly ruined Ireland. No wonder gold is exportea when millions of American money go aproad annually to rebuild old palaces pay the gambling debts of v.’,(.“}’u“fivf;".fi nobility who have married Ame heiresses. Post-Mortem Honorg, Fresno Republican As soon as the death of Euger, nounced the shelves in the p San Francisco containing his works e bare. This experience of Eugene Field, if y may thus speak, is in this respect but a repery. tion of what occurs upon the death of t noted writers. Mankind is prone to hea recognition and honors upon the dead anq withhold them from the living. Field was an- blic libr Freedom’s Happy Day Is Dawning. Portland Oregonian. What, with the union of Central republics, Venezuels resisting Brit sion and Cuba fighting for its independenc the day of 01d World wrongs in the New Worl seems nearing its close. It has been an up. happy chapter, whether in Acadia or Florida, Peru or Mexico. MOLASSES buttercups, 25¢ 1b. 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