The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 27, 1895, Page 6

HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Prnpri‘!or.ri SUBSCRIPTION RATE! e week, by carrie year, by mail and Sund: "OFFICE: BUS 10 Market Strect, San Francisco, California. Telephone.. .. ...Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Telephone 5 Main—1874 i BRANCH OFFIC] tgomery sireet, corner Cla; open u until 9:30 o'clock. : open until 9 o' 119 o RN OFFICE: EASTE 1 32 , New York City. Rooms 31 and DAVID M. FO! NESDAY cannot T llot e ac us the every w worth imposes upon anotber trial. For st be a remedy som: platform and cky home ¥ people who are compl snow and si hould remember it is their own fa are not out here eatis green pess and strawberries. “leveland will put a cy in his message to would like to see him : to England. -eet Railway Journal cent of the street railways in c motive ho he opening of Ingieside Park to- e will open a new era in Cali- g big enough to induce the t to come into it. ited States are in for Thanksgiving this they have been since Claveland Tice, but they are not satisfied The people of the better condition time tha came into of yet. that under our law, as con- strued by J phy, the Street Super- intendent i gurehead who is not even expected to figure, much less to have a head. It seems The renewed negotiations between Cor- bett and Fitzsimmons sadly remind us that when Corbett said he would retire from the ring he did not say he would stop talki; ile the deficit lasts the tariff is an and while Japanese goods drive e products out of the home market the tariff would b2 an issue whether there were a deficit or not. In asserting his cesire to be pictured as he is, Mr. White of Round V y can hardly overlook the fact that it is just that thing we have been trying to do with pen and pencil for some time past. The Chicago preacher who displayed cons; us posters sbout town announc- ing his Sunday services ceriainiy deserves the condemnation he is getting. He should have advertised in the newspapers. If it be irue as reported that the Colo- nial Legislature of BritishGuiana has voted money for the Government to take mili- tary possession of the territory in dispute with Venezuela, it is high time for Cleve- land to let the eagle’s scream be heard across the ocean., won’t, so | A NEW ERA IN RACING With the ovening of Ingleside Park to- morrow a new era in the history of horse- racing in California will be inaugurated. Brilliant as that sport has been with us in the past it will be more brilliant in the { future. Hitherto we have sent noble | horses to compete on Eastern tracks and hereafter Eastern horses will come to us. ‘he renowned contests on the tracks of | New York and Chicago, where the greatest | | horses in America meet, will be repeated | | here; d with the advantages of our | climate on the side of the racers’it is more | than likely the best records there will be | broken at Ingleside. It was no light undertaking to provide a | track and arrange for purses and condi- tions that would induce Eastern men to send their costly high-bred horses across th E e continent to enter our races® Some stern horses have indeed been brought out in the past, but the results have not been encouraging to the owners of the finest racers, and consequently the win- ners of great Eastern events have not come to wus. The- reason of this has been the inadeguate arrange- ments hitherto provided for horses at our tracks. The new from the East because it supplies every- thing that can be desired. The full de- scription published in Tue CALL shows it to be in all of its equipments one of the finest tracks in the world, and, in point of beauty of situation and climatic advan- tages, unrivaled. That the opening of the park will give a new impetus to racing in California is made certain by the fact that more than | 150 Eastern horses have already been en- tered for the present meeting. It is not racing oniy, however, that will be stimulated by the new enter- prise. It will promote also the breeding | of fine horses and advance that ind which already ranks among the most use- | ful and the most profitable‘in the State. From the great breeding stables strains of pure blood go forth to mingle with that of | horses used for other purposes than rac- 1 as these are improved by the in- f the more vigorous blood the d of all horses in the State is event- | | | | | The increase .in the gen- by this improvement | ality of horses cannot alenlated, but it is certainly A thousand benefits result rom it to all who use horses in any way, { and the widest and best sense, there- fore. the opening of the new track may be accounted a public benefit. | In the very nature of things enterprises | of this kind can be undertaken only by | the rich, and they are to be ranked, therefore, among the advantages human- | ity gains from stored-up wealth. It| {has required many years, much tireless patience and close, keen, study and skill to breed the | oroughbred domestic animal of to-day e ordinary stock that was known a | century ago. In the task of doing this the enterprise of millionaires and the work of est men have combined. Nor is it imal only that has improved. Man improved with him. We have be- e more sympathetic \ the brute | creation. There is less cruelty to i than there was and less animal nature. Morally 1 well as f ced througi red horses. It isthere- a matter of ¢ ustry, already so f is to take another an Francisco, ious, which she im to be the equal to any in an point to- the superbly ide Park. | ced in the Stat THE ASHWORTH VERDICT. verdict of acquittal in the case of rges ncy and neglect of duty (the charge of corruption having been dis- missed), presents about as entertaining a farce £ g g e ® not be conv 1 responsibi charged with dereliction, d not violate the legal obligations of st. e matters were private con- tracts entered into between proper ers and contractors for the making of street improvements, sych as pavements | | and sewers. It has been judicially deter- ined that oversight with which the | municipal laws charged the Street Super- | | intendent was in no sense a legal responsi- | bility, but merely a species of polite media- | tion between property-owners who want to improve the City and rascally contractors who want to do worthless work ana take good money for it. This is extraordinary. Unquestionably | the intent of the laws was to protect the | property-owners and compel contractors to do honest work. There 1s no legal obli- . gation in the absence of a penalty to en- force it. The whole machinery. of the | laws—the assumption ot the direction | |of the work by the City, the order-| ling of the work done under certain | { regulations imposed by the City, the| | approval by the City of the contract, | | the approvai by the City of the work done | ¥ the contractors, the requirement that | the money for the work shall be paid into | | the City treasury and disbursed by the | if all this does not create a legal ob- | | ligation the common-sense of humanity | was created for use elsewhere than on this | earth. San Francisco standsin disgrace | before the State. i The svit has accomplished much good, | however. It hasshown that a Street Sup- | erintendent may appoint irresponsible, in- | capable and perhaps corrupt dgputies, and : maintain them in office under corrupt po- | litical influence to the injury of property | and the City at large, and in spite of pub- | lic sentiment; that under this system | property-owners are being shamele frauded and forced into a position in which they must oppose improvements with all their might, and that the City is suffering | incredibly from the existence of such a stem. 1 evil must first be discovered before it can beremedied. Fortunately the Jury is not at all discouraged. It is going still Jeeper into these matters at which the courts have laughed, and the plunder-| ers of the people are not yet out of the woods. In that work the Grand Jury will have the hearty indorsement of every in- telligent and patriotic resident of the City. THE CRIME OONTESSED. Lloyd Montgomery, the 18-year-old lad charged at Albany, Or., with the murder of his father, mother and McKercher, has at last broken down under the strain of his imprisonment and confessed the deed. The story, although it contains no unique elements, is valuable as being cumula- tive—it illustrates a condition qf things which intelligence might have averted. The story has been but meagerly told, for only the surface has been exposed. It is this: The boy had always bad a violent, moody temperament. At what time that came on would be a thing important to know, but it is not deemed the function of i | making murder inevitable. | both, but more with | extraneous character that determines the | undoubtedly show that the parents of this | end—their murder at his hands. | of Spokane and st one time member of the | Eureka, Humbolds County, are at the Lick, ly de- {3 newspaper reporters to enter into details like that. A vicious character was un- folded. The lad committed two forgeries some years ago, and his father saved him from the pemtentiary by assuming the ob- lizgations. The boy had a hard name in the neighborhood. His father feared that at some time he would murder some member of the family. That is his history. He says that he committed the triple murder under the following circum- stances: Earlier in the day his mother rected him to bring in some wood. He was not feeling well, and at first demurred, but he thought better of it and fetched the wood. Then McKercher came to the house, and while he and the elder Mont- gomery were talking the latter “‘ordered” his son to fetck him a drink of water. The boy flatly refused, and the father slapped m. The slap was followed by abusive raillery. The boy thereupon went into the house, got his rifle and ina frenzy of passion killed all three. Then he hid in the pasture and there concocted a story which made McKercher the murderer and himseif the slayer of McKercher. The lad had read the reports of the Durrant case eagerly, and they recurred to him while he was in the pasture. No lad is as vicious as ali this without cause, and it is a common duty to seek that cause. It is clear that if he had cherished anything like a natural affec- tion for bis parents he would not have de- murred to the bringing in of the wood or the fetching of a drink to his father. 1tis more than likely that the absence of this affection is not chareeable wholly to any distortion of his nature or to any pre- natal influences that may have determined his temperament. His father had no right to slap him, no right to revile hifn. In a lad of that kind, with such a history and temper, his father by those acts was The natural inclination of a father is to be severe with a son and tender with a daughter; of a mother, to be tender with the son. It is the | mother’s iAfluence above all othersofan | character of her son. This mother, when she shounld have seen that her boy was moody and sullen, would not have di-| rected him to fetch the wood had she been intelligent. Knowing his rebellious char- acter, she would have reflected, had she been intelligent, that a woman’s tender- ness, particularly a mother’s, is the most efficient check in the worid on all that is savage in & man. § A careful study of this case—and it is so common that it needs to be studied—will boy pursued a course toward him all | through his life that could have but one\‘ Very | properly the law will not take much cog- nizance of that, for such is notits purpose; but it is not a high order of civilization which depends for its safety more on punishment than education. PERSONAL, Woods of Seattle is in town. B. Peat oi Palo Alto is in the City. W. R. Cruthers, a merctant of Santa Crugz, is here m Chapman of the Taylor mine isat the Grand R. J. Bentley, an attorney of Sacramento, is at the Lick. Slater, a business man of Salt Lake, is and. | | i | land, is in town Dr. James Stoughton of the United States navy isat the Palace. Green H. Presion, a business man of Seattle, arrived here White, an atiorney of Los Angeles, reached here yesterdsy. L 3 Lath ensive grain-dealer of merchant, of Stock- is here on a brief vi H. E. St. George, superintendent of mines at H. denbach, & manuiacturer of St.| Louis, arrived here yesterday. B. W. sitt, for meny years a leading business men of Portland, is at the Palace. E. H. Clark, a wool merchant of Portland, Or., is among yesterday’s arrivals. Sol Runyon, the extensive fruit-grower and shipper of Courtland, is in the City. George L. Allen, who is in the insurance ness at Stoekton, was among yesterday’s arrivals. 8. Farjeon, editor of the Concord Sun, Con- cord, Contra Costa County, was in the City yesterday. mith of Courtland, owner of sev- t farms In the Sacremento Valley, is in the City. Dr. Warner Schmidt of Elberfeld, Germany, is at the California. He is accompanied by Richard Vater of Breslau. 7. D. Bancroft, formerly & banker in Kansas City and now interested in gold properties near Plecerville, arrived here yesterday. Lane C. Gilliam, one of the leading residents Washington Legislature, is at the Palace. W. E. Edes of Stockton, engineer in charge of the work on the route of the fast-projected San Joaquin Valley Railroad, isin the City. Mrs. Judge S. M. Buck and daughter of | where they have taken up their quarters for the winter. P. A. Buell of Stockton, who hss taken great interest in the San Joaquin Valley road and | assisted in raising large sums in its aig, isat the Grand. Fred A. Cooper, proprietor of the Burbank Theater, Los Angeles, is in town, accompanied by his wife. Mr. Cooper is staying at the resi- dence ot his brother-in-law, Alfred T. Dobson, 839 Devisadero sireet. George A. Steel of Portland, for & number of years & member of the Oregom Senate and aiterward Postmaster at Portland, isin the | City. Mr. Steel is also interested in the bank- ing business in the North. Thomas Couch of Butte, superintendent of the extensive copper mines and mills at Ans- conde, and who is also in cherge of the large mills erected by his company at Great Falls, is at the Palace. Mr. Couch is interested in gold mines purchiased some months ago at Coulter. | ville, Mariposa County. Among the prominent pessengers arriving per steamer Pomona from Humboldt County | rday were Edwin Goodall, member of the | Coast Steamship Company; Captain M. Goodall, president of the Coos Bay Coal Cullberg, president of the s Benk, Eureks; J. J. Loggle, 6 niz street, president of the McKay Lomber Company of Humboldt. , owner of the West Oskiand Sun, East Berkeley Observer spd - Alameds | Daily Escinal, was in the City yesterday mi some hours. He has just bought the Encinal. Four years sago he started in the newspaper | business with & cash capital of just $20. Every- | thing-he has touched since then has prospered and now with s daily on his handsand his other pepers he is kept about as busy asany journalist need be. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, . Y., Nov. 26.—Mrs. K. Faire, Mrs. L L. Posl, Netherland; S. M. Johnson, Plaza: J. D. Cuthbert, Albermarle; Mrs. East- man, Warwick; M. Parker, St. Nicholas; Mrs, W. L. Younger, Hoffman. CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, D C., Nov. 26.—Representa- tive Loud arrives to-morrow. Davia Lubin of Sacramento is at the Ebbit House. Samuel Hamilton and W. W, Jenkins of Los Angeles are at the Ebbit House. The Reward of the Humorist. Seattle Times. Unfortunately Chauncey Depew has been in business so long making gocplo laugh that when his friends mention him for President the public laughs harder than ever. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. W. A. Pears, a young : business man of Zanes- ville, Ohio, who has been cruising among the remote islands of the Pacific for several mouths past, was one of the arrivals here on the Monowsi. He visitea Tasmania, Samoa, the Tongas and Solomon Islands, and some of the others between. g He has made a rare collection of curios in the shape of weapons, articles of apparel and pictures. He has had a most interesting visit down among the pelms and cocosnuts of the queer islands, where life is one long lazy sum- mer time, and he was so fascinated with it that he almost dreaded to again return to his home, where the dollar is so often the yardstick to THE ISLAND PRINCESS OF SAMOA, DAUGHTER OF OLD KING MALIETOA. {Drawn by @ “Call” artist from @ photograph.} measure out the all-too-brief joys of the aver- age man. 'As he thinks & good dealof this country, notwithstanding its faults, however, he managed at last to sail from the islands, but the heirlooms he brought fill him with steady pleasure. The crowning relic in a sackful of the curios is a wooden hat, which he got from & native in the Tongas Isiends. He also brought with him & recent photograph of the Princess-Kiato, the daughter of the old King Malietoa of Sa- moa. The girl i$ apparently about 16 years of age and very gueenly of poise. Shehas high ambitions, and believes some day she will reign over the dusky inhabitants of Samoa. Probably no Princess in -the world is more beautiful than she. The, picture is said to be the first that has ever reached the United States. In the future some time it may come 1o possess a rare value, Mr. Pears would not part with it for a great deal. He will add to it an exceedingly large collection of notdble per- sons which he has collected from various parts of the world. Captain Jack Crawford of New Mexico, known as the “poet scout,” isat the Califor- nia. The Captain has published three books snd about 150 serials and stories of other kind: The last of my work I published in Eng- lend, when I was over there not long ago,” he seid. I found there great interest in every- thing pertaining to the West.” The Captain has been & cowboy, Indian fighter and a scont in many frontier cam- paigns. He has lived in ‘many different parts of the mountains and plains, snd is well up tn the wWAys of the early pioneers of the West. He still wears a broad-rimmed hat. While his hair is as long as formerly, its dark hue has changed to the slightest touch of iron gray. He will leave to-ay for Santa Rosa and other points, but will return in & day or two. C. H. Phillips, who is largely interested in the beet-sugar industry, wasin town yesterday and is staying at the Pi He has just come up from Chino, where he has been closing up the year's work of the sugar campaign. He | said to a CALL reporter: “During the past year the beet-sugar factory consumed over 87,387 tons of bedts, Fielding in refined sugar 20,600,000 pounds for the twelve months’ working. The real estate mar- | ketin Southern California is picking up very much indeed. Those who have been farming find the land profitable and proauctive. Asa result I have sold 1000 acres to beet farmers for $180,000 since October 1. In addition to thisIhave already rented for next yearover 7000 acres to parties interested in the deet- sugar industry.” LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE EDITOR MENZIES AND THE MANUFACTURERS AND PRODUCERS’ ASSOCIATION OF THIS CITY Some time sgo THE CALy had occasion to draw attention to some erroneous views ex- pressed by J. J. Menzies, editor of the Grocer and Country Merchant. In the discussion which foilowed. Mr. Menzies asserted that in- justice had been done to him by certain atlu- sions to & letter written by him to the Manu- facturers and Producers’ Association, and he asked that his letter be published. As thesub- ject matter is of public interest it is here printed. Some of the ideas neld by Mr. Menzies are, to say the least, at variance with the gen- erally accepted opinions of this community, but he, of course, is entitied to his own opin- ions. Thke letter is as follows: OFFICE OF THE GROCER AND COUNTRY ) MERCHANT, SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 24, 1895, L. R. Mead Esq., Secretary of the Manufacturers and Producers’ Association—DEAR SIR: I am in Teceipt of your favor of the 21st mst. While duly appreciating vour kind invitation to become a member of your association. I regret that I am unable t0 avail myself of it, 88 my duties in con- nection with this paper for the present occupy every minute of my time, and make it altogether | impossible for me o undertake any outside respon- sibilities. Even were this otherwise., I doubt if [ could consistently join your association, being out of sympathy with its present aims and methods. Tam advocating in this paper aline of action on behalt of the industrial interests of the State, that Ihoid to be the sounder in principle and more practical than that which vour association has adopted : and nnnrfllng your invitation in the lighi of a direct challenge, I think it my duty to shortly tate what this is. That you may not suspect that this is submitted in & thoughtless or frivolous spirit I should say that Prior Lo the six or seven years which I have spent in jourualism in this State I had a commercial ex- perience of thirty years in Western Europe—that portion of the world, it should not be torgotten, from which this conunent bas derived nearly everything of permanent value that it possesson— enjoying ample leisure and opportunity (o travel and study of the industrial conaitions that thus came under my notice. I afirm, therefore. ith confidence that, con- al production is indefenmibio in Bective in practice. The proucts produ: e able for e 10 undertake 1o exclude the prodncis other countnies. e they domestic or forelgn, Irom a reciprocal market. This can, 1o doubt, In the case of forelgn wrii cles be done 1o a o bie extent through the exercise of the power of the Governmsnt; bn i the atmence of such costcive force, purchasers will rearly always seiect the eriicles Uit hilh thet best, frreapective of helr origin, A1 Aaulory are absolutely otiiged 10 4080, Loew produsis therefore, [ contend, mast come Of Lhe msfkat like auy oiher producis purely on UE pitii, nd et Lhietn, OR 1 1O of D F b i local, 1n itael? in & contession of thelf nm-mnu/ Hence it will be easiiy anderstood why it 1 iind | regard Lhe agitalion being carred on by yiunt waain| ation as predestined Lo falltre, sxoapt 1h p Ing pa it may take the place of m'n-nuuwv-fi‘, whith it 18 Gntalr 10 aak mewspapers 1o provilh destii- toualy. 1am in favor of leaving the promution o 1o indastry entirely to private and 1nd)vidisl snter prise, being convinced that f that way It #ill at tain the soundest and most lascing developmant, Association may, no doubt, considerabiy tunist it but chiefly, I munm-,:{ menne of modifiention of our general industrial conditions: that is hy political ‘action, in which direction thers Sppenrs to be uniimited scope for the beneficial axercise of collective influence. be said that the industries fair play While I migen- of :Eog{l' lable cheap |7Ml' ) inter. sration Is o ol of mmi- Such a_diseriminat it cannot. for instance, of this coast are enjoy!, ton to'it reh: should be the business of atlonn Jours tocall the public attention to ity 1o insist that this inequality be red! 1 The welght of taxation hers A e e iy which it handicaps every desaription of Iy another serious consideration that J hellows Wil usefully occupy your association. 1 hia s i every class of taxation—munlotpal, PiRiy, B \.fl and National, all of which are exoessive. |t 1 , for instauce, on the highest indisputable igures, that muniopel 1895 least five times greater than it is nnder similar couditions in England. I am not eble to quote any authority of corresponding weight on relative totals of the other branches of taxation, but can give .oany instances of public expenditure that are un- necessary and prejudicial, such as the payment of saluries 10 City counselors, County Supervisors, members of the Legislature and of Congress, whose duties are better discharged gratuitously and by & superior class of representatives in other countries. qually objectionabie in_principle is our ruinons and superfiuous expenditure on so-called ‘free” education, which train our people from childhood 10 rely on the assistance of the Government, ei- courages expectations thai are bound to be disap- pointed. and thus become @ fruitful parest of out- | rage and crime of every description. Every charge | of this sort adds to the cost of production and so | far handicaps us in the industrial field. 'The aboli- tionof radical retrenchment of such charges ap- pears, thererore, a very proper subject for the con- | sideration of your association. I have heard of no argument for free education that does not tell even more strongly in favor of free food. clothing | and lodging,which.in my opinion therefore. should | only be provided at the public expense in common with these others for the criminal and incapable. The attention of your association might bealso very usefully directed to the restriction of credit. | necessitated by the laws of the State afiecting the | recovery of debts. As the law now stanas It 18 | next to impossibie to be sure of the recovers of any debt unless trebly secured by & mortgage from a person of unquestionable wealth: and even then it may require years to accomplish. In all trans- actions involving credit, that is probably in 99 out of 100, an extra profit of interest is charged,and therefore is to be added to cover risk of non-recov- ery, which constitutes another handicap upon | industrial success. If we look further in the same | direction and find that as in our recent experience | the most solemnly enacted Jaws are under exisi- | ing arrangements liable to reversal, and invest- ments made under their protection to confiscation we shall not wonder s0 much that the rate of interest here is well nigh prohibitory, as that any one should be found willing to make an investment with us on any terras. And the rate of interest advanced under all these influences is double by FEastern and treble the European rate, and is, as we know, an_essential controiling part of the cost of production. We have had, furthermore, in progress among 08 for many vears past an agitation designed 1o accomplish through National legisiation a degra- dation, reaching to 50 per cent or more, of the standard of obligation, the effect of which has been to paralyze industry. to expel capital and to reduce the National Government to_a condition of humiliation, financial dependence, absolutely threatening to its stability 1 do not understand that your association is tak- ing action toward the defeat of this agitation, and yet I don’t kuow of auy more proper or germane to its objects. These are weighty questions; and your associa- tion may be of the opinion that they are beyond its scope. In that case it appears that [ am hopelessly at variance with it. I belicve on the contrary that such associations as yours are eminently fitied and in duty bound to handle these questions since this cannot be expected of the legal and official ele- ment, and the laboring class is not possessed of the requisite knowledge or experience. 1 believe also that only by vigorously and courageously dealing with these issues can our industrial efficiency be raised to its properana natural standard. I re- main, dear sir, yours very respectfully, J. J. MENzIES. FOR_THANKSGIVING. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: Have the people of San Francisco been suffi- ciently blessed this year to make a Thanks- giving offering? In reading of the threatened famine in New- foundland, I contrasted their condition with ours and wondered if California could not send them something—a few “baskets of frag- ments” of our summer’s feast, a little over- turning of the horn of plenty on that pitifully bleak shore. Is the 1dea a good one? If so, please appro- priate it if you wish to do so and present it to the people in your own way. Do not, under any circumstances, print my name. Respeetfully, b Oakland, Cul., Nov. 25 A GOOD SUGGESTION. G0 the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: To my understanding the streets of San Fran- cisco, through which cable or electric cars are running, could be swept and water-sprinkled many times oftener, cheaper, nicer and quicker by operating specially and <lmpl(?‘ built sweep- ing apparatuses on the cars, and by utilizing the cable or electric power of the streetcars for that purpose. In case vou do take up and consider my project in the afiirmative, please publish this | in THE CaLL and let me know about it through a letter. Yours truly, PH. BUTTON. 1501 Polk street, Cit; QUESTION BY FATHER YORKE. Nc1sco, Nov. 26, 1895. n Francisco Call—SIR: Dr. Westwood WW. Case is reported in your paper of even date as saying: “Sixty per cent of the teachers[in the public schools] are Romanists.” Might I be permitted to inquire of Dr. West- | wood W. Case, through your columns, what is | his authority Tor these figures? Yours truly, PETER C. YORKE. SANF To the Editor of the & A QUESTION OF TIME. 1 kissed her at ten, For she said that I might, We were children when T kissed her at ten. It is years since then. But twas only last night That T kissed Lier at ten— For she s-id that I might. HENRY B. CCLVER in Life. TYPE SET BY HAND. Guadalope Standard. The San Francisco CALL is the friend of organized labor. At a meeting of the Typo- graphical Union recently THE CALL manage- ment signed articles to not put in type- setting machines for a year and a hali. Had the Chronicle and Examiner done likewise there would not be near o many idle printers iu San Francisco to-day as there Probably 500 men heve been thrown out of work by the introduction of typesetting-machines on the daily papers of San Francisco. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONEFNSS. FRUIT—VEGETABLE—A. W. M., Greenwood, El Dorado County, Cal. Fruit includes every vegetable produced and used as food, such as grapes, figs and corn, and the word also em- braces all that is of vegetable growth and use- ful to man, such as cotton, flax and all culti- vated plants. In a more limited sense the word is applied to the reproductive product of & tree or other plant, or the part that contains the seed, as wheat, rye, onts, apples, pears, nuts, ete. In & still more limited sense it is spplied to an edible succulent product of & plant covering and including the seeds, as an apple, orange, lemon, peach, pear, plum, berry, melon, etc. \‘e%eluhfu 15 in’the limited sense applied to herbaceous planty that ate used wholly or in part for culiuary purposes or for feeding cattle, such as cabbage, caulifiower, turnips, potatoes, spinach, peas, beaus, e, Li botany fruit is the matired ovary of & plant consisting of theseod and their pericap and in- cluding whatever may be incorporated with it. THE MOUNTAIN'S NAME—P. McC.,, Oskiand, | Cal. Mount Tamalpals derives it name from a tribe of Indinns that inhabited the vicinity long before the dlscovery of gold. The legend of the maiden of that mountain is that there was an Indian gle', one of a tribe of Amazons who lived in what Is now Sfonoma County, and, contrary 1o the tilex of the tribe, fell in love with & paleface, Jioth vere tried by a council of the tribe and the paielace was taken to the top of Motint Diablo and hurled into a deep opening at the top, there to die, and the girl v sot WArifL, Bhe wanderod abont until she renched the top of Tamalpais, cast a look at bl or 1over had been taken, and el from the top of the moun- llnllhnu wihleh she stood to the bottom and donth Cnowinn oF THE Koowter—G. L., Conlterville, Mariposn Connty, The timeamarking propen- #lbioe of the common toostor during the night mefson linve long boen the subject of remark. ‘e bird undar ordinary elrenmstances beging to oo after midiight, He also crows about Anyhtenk with one intermediate effort. It LCCU) lm,wmlblo 1o overlovk the connection butween the times of erowing and the mini- i tatn (-mpuan‘l‘ro of the night; nor can the Intter bw viewed apart from the state of the Aew point or maximum degree of dampness. (thar cireumsetances, however, exercise an in« finenee, for it cannot be disputed that the fimes of crowing of difforent individual oo tere are by no means similar, and that (n vee tain atates of the weather, espeoinlly befura rders, but exactly where no one knows; }ll;)a!esmi:h Was mnr{und by the Indinnadnlrelg his segret as_to the locality of the mine 2 with him. Several search-parties have ‘look:' for the lost mine, but were unable to loet]le‘ . There are many people who are of the opinion that no such mine ever existed. MORTGAGING A HoMESTEAD—A. 0.S. A home- stead can be mortgaged, but \Yhen ‘money is borrowed on such property, the instrument by which it is incumbered mun; be %xeeqltgd ;:: knowledged by husband and wife. f“fieml Whng told your wife that ‘she had no claim on the homestead because there happens to be & mortgage on it,”” does not know as much about law as he thinks he does. The home- stead is, of course, subject to execution in case of foreclosure. THE VALLEY CARS—S. N. W., Tres Pinos, San Benito County, Cal. The contract for building the cars for the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad was let several months A to Jobn Hammond, and thot contract has not been revoked. Under that contract he has already delivered to the company more than fifty cars. THE NEUTERS—Y., Oakland, Cal. The Neu- ters, or more properly the Attioundirouks, were a tribe of Indians who once lived on both sides of the Niagara River, between the Huron tribe on the west and the iroquois on the east. HALP EacLE oF 1843—J. H. P., City. There is no premium on a %5 gold piece of 1843. The ealers are fully supplied, and they have them on sale at $7 50 to Tue Lorta Foustars—A. F. J, City. The Lotta Fountain was painted red in 1887. THE NATIONAL CONVENTION. 5 Washington Times. All these highly discreditable wr{diuon! surrounding the nomination of Presidential candidates would disappear if Washington were to be agreed upon by all parties as the place for holding their conventions. In that event the people of this city would see to it that snluglee accommodations should be pro- vided, and the deliberations of the nominating podies would not be influenced by any feeling in favor of or against this, that or the other candidate, because, taken as a whole, our people are indifferent in this respect. Besides, as has been demonstrated upon several recent oceasions, and will be signally shown next year when the great Christian’ Endeavorers’ meeting will be held here, Washington is in every respect the ideal convention city. Chicago Inter Ocean. Illineis will go Republican all the same, whether the convention is held right here in our midstor anywhere else. The committee may call it to meet at Fort Wrangel or Sitka if it wants to. Illinois is bound to cast ner elec- toral vote for the nominees of that convention. But will Chicago sit idly by and see & conven- tion which would bring a million dollars in spot cash to the city- go somewhere else and not lift a finger to get it? That is the point, and the only point. Boston Herald. The influence which the dominant Demo- cratic organization of New York City has ex- erted or undertaken to exert in the recent National Conventions of the party has not been of & character to commend it to the favorable consideration of the Democracy at large. The chief and insuperable obstacie to the selection of New York as the National Democratic Convention City is that it is altogether too near Tammany Hall, Cleveland News-Herald. The Nationel Republican Committee keeps people guessing. A Chicago newspaper an- nounces that Mr. Manley of Maine has engaged rooms in that city for she National Convention next summer, while & Pittsburg paper says that a positive order for roo: n that city has been received from James 8. Clarkson of lowa. Perhaps the Republican party has got to be 50 big that it will have to hold two conventions. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The Republican conquests of the future will have to be in the South and Southwest. Those regions will be the great battle-ground of the country eight or ten years hence. By holding its nominating convention in St. Louis the Republican party will show these States that it is intelligently alive to its advantages and op- rtunities and will put itseif in position to id effectively for their favor. New York Herald. New York has claims which for nearly thirty years have been overlooked in loceting Na- tional Conventions, and the party, Democratic or Republican, which calls its delegates to- gether in this metmflolis wi'l materially add To its popularity in this all-important State. St. Louis Republic. If the locatfon of the Republican Convention is a matter of cash instead of bluff Chicago is not eligible. EDITORIAL GEMS OF THE WEST. Home Influence. Ukiah Herald. The young mind is very quick to learn, and very naturally gathers much from the sur- roundings while it is yet in empryo. The child imitates the example of its eldersas its only means of development in certain directions, and as that example is good or bad, the die is cast in which the life character of the child is molded. If the child is brought up under con- ditions and surroundings which are such as to influence the mind in favor of truth, harmony and uprightness, there is very little danger that it will develop those traits of character which lead to evil doing or vicious or un- principled thoughts. The Genuine Thanksgiving. ‘Wheatland Four Corners. The test of true zeal in all devotional matters is that of endeavoring to cheer the oppressed and help needy humanity. While the bounties of the day are being enjoyed, and thanks therefor are pouring into heaven, let it never be saia of any one thus happy that neglected charity on his or her part was among the sins of omission. Then,as we observe the day in sincerity and full appreciation of its purport, NEW TO-DAY. TEAS EXTRA QUALITY With each pound is given a Lovely Dish Newest Shapes Prettiest Decorations 100 Varieties to Choose From THEY ARE GEMS SEE THEM Great American Iparting Tea Co. [n tain, the crowing is continued noarly ail day. ProLre MINE—E, B, W, City, T piint the story of the Peg-leg mine would wiehpy Wote sphee than in allowed fn (his depasiment s brief 1t 19 that a Wan Bmed SR, & aue legged prospector, ismieied & wisg ol Way. Dloav. 1053 By 1 131 San {616 E. Twelfth st \I‘urin. wud ¢ lameda ave. Headguartara—52 Marcket St., S, ¥, A We Uperate 100 Stoses aud Agencies. Write jor Price List. Gaklawd. Mlameda fabulous vlohness (W s paciion of (he Colorado Desertus (1 ths Wuiiiniaias wear 16 & sire selied for WA Nmb;, 393' A8 tigus 13 as good as the geauine. llcock’s BEAR IN MiND—Not one of the host of couaterfeits and imita- ~aius in the back, side, chest, or Porous Plaster it would not be going amiss to carry the golden teachings of Thanksgiving into everyday life. Both Giver and Receiver Blest. b Los Angeles Times. The children of the public schools did them. selves great credit yesterday, when nearly forty wagon-loads of provisions and clothing mtributed by them as Thanksgiviy gitts to%he poor of Los Angeles. Such dem o E ons of benevolence make the pe ;:Euds of kindling and planting ncl:m” e feelings in the minds and hearts of men nsnd women of our city. Buf Merit Will Generally Win, Stockton Independent. The man who is soured because he is not appreciated rarely has anyihing f\mrfl‘m appre- ing. There are thousands of such, who, Cnl:tmfiing Bble fo attract notice for their merits, try to compel aifention for their Yenom., This is the principal cause of attacks by obséure writers on good newspapers. Space-Filling Undertakers of Song. Stanford Palo Alto. Our songs fill néarly three times as much space in the pamphlet this year as in that of last season, which goes o show that if the Stndents go atit in the proper spirit they can generally accomplish ~about what they undertake. picture cards. THE Roberts Printing C —— TowNseND's California Glace Fruits, 50¢ 1. ¥ —————————— Bacox Printing Company,508 Clay street.* - SPECIAL information daily to mn:uln:m;eu. business houses and public men by the Pres3 Clipping Burean (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. —e————— KAISER AND GROVER. Petaluma Argus. THE CaLL thinks Kaiser William has broken Grover’s record by being awey from his capital 195 days during the past year. But this is not a parallel case. Our man was at work for the people for wages, but the other fellow was away “by divine right.”” MALARIA literally means bad air. Those who are exposed to malarial or other poisons should Xkeep the blood pure by taking Hood's Sarsaparifia, Pare blood is a foe to disease. Eo e CHICAGO LIMITED. VIA SANTA FE ROUTE, A new train throughout begins October 29. Puilman’s finest sleeping-cars, vestibule reclining- chair cars and dining-cars. Los Angeles to Chi- cago, vis Kansas City, without change. 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WE ARE THE MAKERS OF THE GENUINE Life-Saving Shoes. DOX'T BE MISTED By any unprincipled dealer who hangs out a sign that he has them. ‘We have a patent for making these shoes, so that 10 other house can have them. PRICES FOR LIFE-SAVING SHOES : Ladies’ Stzes 2 to 8, $3.00. LADIES® EXTRA QUALITY FRENCH KID, seamless foxed— Sizes 2 to 8, $4.00. Misses Sizes 11 to 2, §2.50. We have the Life-Saving Shoes in all the lates style toes. Widths AA, A, B,C, D, E and EE. The following at Factory Prices THIS WEEK: Ladies' Extra Fine Paris Kid Button, pointed or mew style narrow square toes, patent- leather tips, widths B, C, D, E and EE....... i Price $1 50 per paly “Our Own Make” Ladies’ Extra Fine French Kid Button, cloth or kid tops, silk finished, latest style pointed needle toe Or Darrow Yale square toe, diamond patent-leather tips. .Price $2 50 per paiz TAND-TURN SOLES. 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Children’s sizes 81y 10 11 Misses’ sizes 1115 to 2. DON'T BE MISLED. ‘We Have No Branch Stores on Mar- ket Street. We have the Largest Store and by far th Stock of THE LATEST STYLE snoe;lftr!:;: Lowest Prices {0 select from. $0 90 100 $0 80 100 13 o Don’t forget to send yous e c“.lc'a. your address for Mail orders will receive tention. NOLAN BROS. SHOE cCoO. 812814 MARKET STRERT 9and 11 O'Farrell M., PHELAN BUILDING. Long Distance Telephone 5537 vrompt at-