The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 29, 1895, Page 6

~ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1895 Daily and Sunday Daily and Sunday CALL, six months, by Daily and Sunday CALL, three months v CALL, one month, by m Sunday Ca: WEEKLY CALL, One ye: BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, o, California. ....... Main—1868 EDITORI_»\L ROOMS : 517 Clay Street. Telephone........ e BRANCH OFFICE! tgomery 9:30 o'clock Huyes street: Larkin s . corner Six until § o'ciock. [ain—1874 OAKLAND OFFICE : 908 Broadway. Rooms 51 and DAVID M. FOL1 THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. ——————————————————— No city had a better Thanksgi ours. ing than It was a bad day outside, but the heme was happy. In & few days Congress will have Grover on its hands. Attend to your Chr and get the first pick. tmas shopping early There is no doubt that Ashworth had cause for Thanksgiving n the air when ness begins to hum. will be Christmas, and | The next thin that means more turkey:. Many a happy man of have to pick a2 pone with h esterday, amily to-day Chicago has her eyes on the convention, | ut we are reaching to get our handson it. | ‘We can give thanks this morning that a few vsare left for seed and another | day. The rain was troublesome, bat it will | oring us many things to give thanks for later on. Nearly evary time we get onto the curves of a street contractor we find something | crooked. This is a good time for Corbett and Fitz- simmons to begin again; after the feast come the scra; There is some comfort in knowing we will not bave to take Cleveland’s message on an empty stomach. That which was known as an appetizer | vesterday is known as a digester to-day, but jt smells just as sweet. Cleveland’s best nds say he is not a candidate for a third term, but his fool friends are more numerous. 1f we can only get the National Conven- tion now we will feel justified in writing this down as a mascot year. Eastern farmers are arranging to make it warm for one another by holding farm institutes through the winter. It won’t be long before winter racing in San Francisco will begin breaking the rec- ords of summer racing in the East. A Street Superintendent who mever superintends should be considered as street rubbish and cleared out of the way. Civic reform can hardly be said to have illumined the City as yet, but it has let a good deal of light into some dark places. Money never seems as big during the holidays as at other times, because it has to move so lively it hasn’t time to talk much. ¥ It4s reported that the Vassar girls have adopted *‘Yum, yum, yum, we chew gum” as a college yell, but you needn’t strain yourself to believe it. It isnow said that Cleveland is more companionable and less stiff than ever be- fore. Soit isevident the tidal wave was big enough to take the starch out of him. No man has ever yet declined a Presi- dential nomination after it was given to him, and lots of Democrats, withan eyeon his barrel, don’t believe Whitney would break the rule. The Trans-Mississippi Congress did well in favoring a Trans-Mississippt Exposition under the patronage of the Government, but it should be held in Salt Lake City i stead of Omaha. Many an aspirant for the Presidency who bad the pleasure of eating his turkey with the sauce of expectation erday will have to take it with a pill of disappoint- ment next yea: sl 0 TR The Academy of Sciences may yet practice what it preaches, for it has: begun to show signs of evolution and evidences of the survival of the fittestin its government as well as i its museum. As the seal fisheries are rapidly being | controvers; | been the cause of much bad feeling, and | reorganizers is to make it operative. reduced to a point where there will be nothing left to dispute about, interna- tional supervision may be regarded asa triumph of pesceful diplomacy. The statement that the export of gold is due to the fact that we have too much money in this country emanates from the Boston Herald and not from a lunatic asylum, as one might reasonably suppose. O, At the present rate the National revennes fall short of the expenditures by about $60,000,000 & year, and if in the face of that Cleveland should veto & biil placing a pro- tective duty on wool and lumber he ought to be impeached. ‘Walter Wellman in the Chicago Times- Herald credits & leading New Yorker with saying that if the National Conven- tion is held in S8an Francisco fully 2000 New Yorkers will make the trip across the continent, every man paying his own ex- penses and these amounting to an average of $1000 a man. As Dr. Lorimer of Boston is reported to have said in a recent sermon on profanity that many women of that city use “lady- like expletives of a profane character,” we feel justified in calling on the Boston press for illustrations and a diagram showing the “expletives” and explaining wherein they are profane and wherein they are lady- like, THE RATE ESTABLISHED. The announzement made by the South- ern and Union Pacific roads that they have agreed on a $50 round-trip rate from Chi- cago to San Francisco for those attending the Republican National Convention settles that important branch of the matcer. As it is not stated that this rate will be con- iined to delegates the inference is that it will be extended to all who visit California at that time. The effect of such a rate will be to bring thousands to Calfornia who | have no direct interest in the convention and who otherwise woula never see the State. This action on the part of the rail- roads is highly commendable. The other roads leading to the Coast will have to make a simuiar rate, if they have not al- ready decided to do so. According to the latest estimate, we need seven delegates to secure a deciding vote in the National Committee in favor of San Francisco. Those which we have were se- cured without great difficulty, The earn- est pérsonal canvass now to be made by the California committeemen may be con- fidently expected to result in the selection of San Francisco. Meanwhile, the original amount of $100,000 estimated has been raised, and the pledges are already ap- preaching $150,000, with nearly the whole of the interior of the State yet to hear from. Apparently the fand will be $200,000 before the work ceases. Too much cannot be raised. Whatever is not needed by the National Committee can be profitably employad in entertaining dele- gates and other visitors, and exhibiting to them the resources and attractions of the State. As we all know that the money will be honestly and intelligently handled, there is a positive assurance that every dollar of it will be expended to accomplish the most good for the State. THE ACADEMY'S FUTURE. It is sincerely hoped that the bickerings which for so long have crippled the useful- ness of the California Academy of Sciences will be dropped. It is announced that the dissatisfaction which the old management | created has gained sufficient strength to reorzanize the institution and place David Starr Jordan at the head, and that in or- der to checkmate this movement a great deal of diplomatic work is being done. Whatever may be the merits of this old it is undeniable that it has that this in turn has done the institution harm. Whether the proposed reorganiza- tion may bring about a better order of ings and promote the right purposes of the academy is a matter that time only can determine. In all of his rich endowments James Lick, whose bounty created this Academy of Sciences, was eminently practical, and for his aim in this particular kept instruc- tion of the young in the front. He de- sired the rising generations of California to pre directly from the work of the academy. That purpose seems to have been forgotten. The professed desire of the It they are sincere in this (and there is no present reason to doubt that they, are) thev can accomplish great goud. The advent of a considerable number of able and progressive instructors from the State and Stanford universities into the academy has had a most wholesome effect. These are ambitious men, leadersin their several lines of nvestigation and thought, and as their training has been in the direc- tion of instructing the young they natur- ally have awakened that sentiment in the institution. And as a rule they represent the advanced modern idea of making knowledge as useful as possible to the race. Thé academy might do a vast amount of valuable work in making a close study of the strange ingredients of California’s natural wealth. The State University is doing a noble work in this line, but evi- dently the academy, with itslarge mem- bership of enthusiastic investigators, is better able to accomplish large results for the benefit of the State. The academy might make its work far more practical in the future than in the past. Its oppor- thnities for doing so are boundless and alluring. Such a great part is the purpose of the two universities, and a co-operation of their efforts tbrough the academy would advance the usefulness of both. With some such tangible purpose the academy under wise management might develop a usefulness in the future toat would meet its creator’s intention and some of the most important needs of the State. SAN MATEO ROUSED. It seems to have taken the authorities of San Mateo County a long time to realize that a stop should be put to the “glove contests” which of late have become so frequent at a suburb of San Francisco lying just within the limits of San Mateo County., It is said that the Board of Supervisors of that county will next Mon- day adopt resolutions prohibiting these meetings. It is never too late to mend, and San Mateo can completely redeem itself by taking that action then. As a matter of fact this “‘sport”” has been maintained in San Mateo by persons be- longing to San Francisco. They were forced into San Mateo by the prohibi ordinances in force here. Such *“‘contests” | as have been held there are such as would not be permitted here, for the reason that they are regarded as prize-fights, by what- ever politer name they may be called. They have been reported in the daily press of this City as prize-fights; they were en- gaged in by professional fighters, and con- tain the essential elements of that disgust- ing “sport.” San Mateo has tolerated them because the general laws do not prevent “giove contests,” but prohibit prize-fighting. Its Board of Supervisors instructed its Sheriff to attend these meetings and interfere when in his opinion the boxing-matches degenerated into fights. He has obediently and intelligently done so, and for interfer- ing properly has risked his bones before the wrath of the flash elements whose pleasure was spoiled by his interference. He now announces that the board has no authority to place him in such a position, and that if it passes an ordipance suppressing these meetings he will enforce it and save all the shame. The board has the power to pass such an ordinance, and by doing so it will place itself in line with the modern move- ment of morality and reform. / AN IMMENSE TRAVEL, The invariable consequence of a rate war between transportation companies is a great stimulus to travel. A pointed in- stance of this is exhibited in the tremen- dous volume of traffic which has been de- veloped out of the fight between the South- ern Pacific Company and the Oregon Rail- way and Navigation Company. Not less than a dozen sleeping-cars compose the trains sent out by the railroad company, and the number generally runs higher, while the steamers are so crowded that every available foot of space has to be utilized. These great reductions of rates serve as an inducement for idle travel, but there is a general benefit in that. If the rates should be fixed permanently at these low ve | | 1 figures the traffic would gradually fall away and in the end remain stationary at a point which would represent the neces- sities of business plus the 1dle travel that occasionally would take advantage of the inducement. That is to say, the volume of business created by a rate war and greatly reduced charges would not remain permanently at the bigh point reached at the beginning of the break, but indubit- ably it would be much larger than if the rates were kept high. It is a recognition of this fact that in- duces transportation companies to run ex- cursion trains and boats on certain ocea- sions and to charge very low rates for them. Justas these ventures are under- taken for a profit, just so a profit usually accrues from reduced rates growing out of arate war. It iseven believed by a very large part of the community that some of the fights in which “rival’” transportation companies engage are sham and that the excitement attending them and the free advertising which the newspapers give them are relied on to induce a heavy travel. However that may be the adoption of the idea of excursions at reduced rates commits transportation companies to the principle of reduced rates for special times and occasions, whatever they. may be; and although, as in the particular case under discussion, the railroad émpany declares that its high-priced business by ordinary trains is suffering, we believe that it ¢are not attempt to prove that it i losing money by the fight. If the com- pany can run trains with special low rates on steamer days it can run them regu- larly at such low rates at regular intervals throughout the yedr and without refer- ence to attempts to destroy a rival. The point of all this is that in both tate and interstate traffic lJaws the rail- roads and steamship companies have given abundant proof that laws can be devised to compel the companies to run special trains with special rates at regu- larly established intervals. That is some- thing worth looking into. MORGAN'S GREAT POWER. J. Pierpont Morgan, long regarded as one of the ablest financiers of the world, | has been the author of a combination of circumstances, which place him in the position of one who may bave much to say in some of the most vital concerns of the country. As the American agent of the Rothschilds and the recognized leading broker between sellers and buyers of American railway securities, he practi- cally holds the entire railway business of the United States in his hands. It wasin recognition of this fact that a politician of National fame has gecently called upon President Cleveland to enlist Mr. Morgan’s services in the task of suppressing the powerful combination of Eastern railroads that has been recently made. As Mr. Morgan represents the financial interests that took the bonds issued by Mr. Cleveland’s administration and pledged itself to maintain the gold resesve in the National treasury, and as those in- terests are the ones that uphold American railway interests, and asthere has recently arisen a conflict between the interests of the Government and those of certain sub- sidized transcontinental lines, it begins to look as though J. Pierpont Morgan isin a position measurably to influence the policy of the administration in the adjustment of the railroad debt. PERSONAL. W. F. Detert of the Zeila mine is in town. John E. Budd of Stockton reachea here last night. J. A. Sargent, the wealthy landowner of Sar- gents, is in tre City. A.J. Hinds, & wealthy resident of Santa Cruz, is among recent arrivals. H. L. Robinson, & leading mining man of Placerville, is at the Lick. L. T. Hatfield, one of the leading attorneys of Sacramento, is at the Lick. A.J. Stemler, a leading horse-grower of Sac- ramento, reached here yesterday. J. Haselacher, the big wheat grower and dealer of Oakdale, is at the Palace. C. L. Ruggles, editor and proprietor of the Stockton Independent, is in the City. Captain Jack Crawford; the poet scout, has returned here and is at the California. F. F. Marx, & rich landowner of Elk Park, Nape County, arrived here yesterday. Fletcher F. Ryer, wife and child, are at the Cahbfornia for the winter. They came yester- day. W. E. Lindsay of Carson, prominent in min- ing and politics in the Sagebrush State, is in town. V. 8. MecClatchy, well known as one of the proprietors of the Sacramento Bee, is at the Celifornia. Protessor E. §. Holden, director of the Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, came up to the City yesterday. R. A. Thompson, editor of the Santa Rosa Democrat, is at the Occidental, accompanied by his daughter. W. M. McFaul, Assessor for Mendbcino County, arrived here from Ukish yesterday and is at the Grand. C. Steinberg of Brentwood, one of the most successful wine and fruit growers in that part of the country, is at the Lick. L. G. Pietro, & wealthy resident of Santa Bar- bara, is at the Palace with his wife. They have just returned from a visit to Europe. Mrs. J. M. Francis and Miss Francis of Napa, wife and daughter of the proprietor of the Nepa Register, are at the Occidental. H. P. Winslow, superintendent of the noted Iron Mountain mine, Shasta County, which was purchased recently by New York and Lon- don capitalists, is at the Palace. * Nearly twenty professors of Stanford Univer- sity were registered atihs Grand yesterday. They were &l in town to see the football game. Among them were Professor E.‘A. Ross and wife, Mrs. Earl Barnes, Bessie E.-Peary, M. D, and Dr. E. H. Griggs. CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, ‘D. C., Nov. 28.—Among re- cent arrivals are Mrs. Henry T. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. R. Forsyth, San ‘Franecisco, Arlington Hotel. A WET MORNING. A clondy sky And all the hills were wreathed in moving mist, But still the sunshine came to claim his own And peered beneath Lhe heavy bank of gray— Now blushing 'neath the ardor of his glance— But all the pretty flowers were fast asleep, ‘The breezy chatter of the birds was hushed— And so the sunshine sofily went away, ELMER WILSON. IN THE BROADEST SENSE. San Miguel Central California. The Examiner and Chronicle of San Fran- cisco are just now engaged in their usualsemi- annual discussion over which of the two papers hasthelarger circulation. * * * Inthemean- time * * * THE CALL, San Francisco’s best Qeily, is jogging merrily along the even tenor of its way, disseminating the news ina ciean and impertial manner, and gaining friends and subscribers every day. THE CALL is a newspaper in the broadest sense of the word. MOUNT TAMALPAIS ROAD. Eastland Press. Some time ago the Marir Press slightingly spoke of some publications in different papers concerning the building of a road to the sum- mit of Tamalpais. The publications referred 1o were the old rehash articles that have ap- peared regulariy year after year. There was Do merit in them; they were stale and bearded with age and impossible. They were so absurd as to ridiculous, and we, so stated 2% the time. Notuntil the Marin Press and the San Francisco CALL simultaneously published the facts was it known what the intention of the Pprojectors of the meuntain road really was. ‘city, and when Mr. Sevier came 1nto possession, AROUND THE CORRIDORS. A. L. McDonald has returned from Japan, where he made close observations of all he saw of the interesting Japunese ana their country. In telling about his visit yesterday he said: N ‘‘One wonders at the great progress made by the Japanese in the last thirty years, the ree markable readiness with which they have as- similated European and American methods and manners especially in matters of adminis- tration of govermental affairs. As your vessel steams into the harbor of Yokohama—the prin- cipal foreign port—neat steamtugs bring the quarantine officers and Custom-house officials on board. “They are all young men dressed in clothes cut after European fashion, dsrk blue cloth in winter and white duck in summer. Ail wear their badges ot office, and have a polite smile and a bow when they address you. You are hardly prepared by this to go down the side and slip into & “sampan,” one of their primi- tive boats, and be wobbled ashore by a couple of half-aked sunburnt, well say savages, for it is nearer the mark than anything else. That there®are ladies in your party makes no differ- ence to them; they take everythingssa mat- ter of course, and are held in no restraint whatever by any netions of false modesty or trammeled in the least by circumstance of place or surroundings. “At the landing place, or ‘hatoba,’ &s they call it, you see a crowd representing all grades and types of the people, from a member of the nobility in a plug hat and black cloth clothes down to the half-naked coolie in & ragged kimono or maybe no kimono at all. From this time on you can look for contrasts to every- thing you have been accustomed to in this country. “There is one habit they have taken from foreigners and which they have madesa na- tional characteristic, the use of tobacco. Every man, woman and child inJapan uses it. The ‘sabatach,’ 8 box or urn filled nearly full of ashes in which rests a piece or two of glow- ing charcoal, forms a part of the furniture of every shop and every room or place where Japanese stay. The police stations, the post- office, the custom-house, at the street corners, wheré the’ rickshd men stand, everywhere, in fact, you will see the charcoal ready for light- ing the pipe. “Every man and woman and many of the children, too, carry a pipe and a tobacco pouch fastened.to the belt or stuck in the bosom or down in the capacious sleeve of the kimono. “The American factbries practically control the trade in foreign cigarettes, and they sell them much cheaper there than in this coun- try. They have 1o do it to compete with the Japs, who have already established a number of cigarette factories, using American tobacco, but adulterating it, of course, very much. They sell a cigarette larger than those mostly used here, wrapped in rice paper, at the rate of three boxes for 10 sen.” LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE & EUREKA, Nov. 25. 70 the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: The subject of the accompanying illustration was the successiul termination of a feat of en- gineering of a hard and extremely novel char- acter. The house shown in the pictureis & handsome two-story dwelling, owned by Ernest Bevier,a well-known attorney of thisecity. It was built in Arcats, twelve miles from this 'was a paying investment. When rents declined in Arcata the house proved almost valueless, | and the owner resolved to move it to Eureka, where he owns building property. A contract ‘was entered into between contractors Mercer & Berry of this city, who agreed (o set the house | up here safely for $1200. In case it was unfit | for occupancy upon its arrival, they were to re- | ceive the dw s their compensation. | Everything was put in readiness & few days | ago, and the start was made. The moving to | the edge of the bay was quite difficult on ac- | count of the soitness of the marsh, and the | structure also had to ve carried over s large | dike. When the edge 0f the bay was reached | two iarge railroad lighters, used for carrying | rock to the jetties, were lashed together, and | the house moved upon them. On a high tide Friday, November 13, this strange craft was | towed down to Eureks. Hundreds of people | lined the water front when it arrived, and_all the mills and steam crait in the bay saluted in | honor of this triumph of engincering. The | house has a foundation area of 40x60 fees, and | demand that the Governmentshall take Ch‘ge of the roads and guarantee dividends to the stockholders. He further says: “‘All this will be at the demand and in the interest of the railroadsand of the shippers, and not of the labor involved in carrying on the work of transportation, as the demand of to-dey for the enactment of the pooling bill is alleged to be largely in the interest of the ship- pers and the public welfare.” ¢ Nothln_f is more obvious to-day than the sjg- nal inability of capital and private enterprise to take care of themselves unaided by the state; and while they are incessantly denouncing “paternalism”—by which they mean the claim of the defenseless laborer and artisan Lo a share in this lavish state protection—they are all the while besieging Legislatures for relief from their own incompetency, and ‘pleading the baby act” through a_trained bod‘ of lawyers and lobbyists. The dispensing of National pap to this class should rather be called "maternal- ism,” to which & square,open and dignified vaternalism would be intinitely preferable. TURMOIL IN KERN. After all the pains taken by a Grand Jury of “stern-faced farmers, many of them from the re- mote parts of the county, and none with any sym- pathy with the political rings and combinations,” there is every appearance that no convictions will be made, for with the many and varied influences brought 'to bear by the members of the ring and their friends, whose toes are being trod upon, the Grand Jury s being assailed asa body that has been persecuting the innocent hard-worked (?) officials, the oflice-holders having hardly carried out asingle provision of the law relating to their oflices. except to draw their salary.—San Fran- cisco CALL. So writes a correspondent from Bakersfield to the San Francisco CALL. It is & pity that such misrepresentations should be set afloat with regard to reputable citizens of this community. Nobody here has assailed the Grand Jury for its work, and nobody is disposed to. It did what it thought was right. But it made the serious mistake of placing implicit reliance upon an alleged expert who has convicted him- self out of his own mounth. In the only two cases of county officials ac- cused by Moore, so far tried, the most prompt sequittals have followed. There was abso- lutely not a particle of evidence against them. He must be utteriy oblivious of the facty who says that the Jurslzs which acquitted Howell and Baker did because of ‘‘influences brought to bear by members of thering and their iriends.” This s a direct insult to the gentlemen composing these juries and an in- sult to the community. Thereis not a decent, fair-minded man in this country butknows those juries acted with the strictest regard to the facts and unswayed by any outside influ- ence. In the cases yet focome itcan bo de- pended upon that if testimony other than that of the discredited expert beintroduced suffi- cient to convict, juries will be found who will do their duty regardless of the alleged influ- ence of “rings” and the *‘friends of criminals.” Not all the work of the Grand Jury had so flimsy a foundation as“the Howell and Baker cases. The same contributor to THE CALL quotes at length from the report of the Grand Jury. Unfortunately that report, 8o far as relates to alleged crookedness, is based entirely upon the allegations of Expert Moore. As that indi- vidual now stands convictea out of hisown mouth of besmirching the character of two prominent citizens, it is evident that littie re- liance can be placed on his other charges un- lesssubstantiated by other testimony titan his. Itisa great pity that a man, a_newspaper or & jury of twelve men cannot declare in favor of fair pll‘nwnhout being accused of lymfilthy with crime and peing controlled by analleged “ring.”’—Bakersfield Californian. IDEAS FROM WESTERN EDITORS. Democratic Precepts vs. Democratic Practice. San Jose Mercury. Secretary Carlisle has decided that the re- quirements of civil service reform do not apply to Superintendent Daggett of the mint. The Secretaryd oubiess had in mind the shining example of his own lord and master, the foun- tainhead of reform, who at the last session of | Congress whipped recalcitrant Congressmen into line by meaus of the Presidential patron- age lash. Mr. Cleveland is an expert at not practicing what he preaches. and Take Up ‘Condis tions.”” Woodland Mail. Now that many of our Democratic contempo- raries are about through explaining the causes of the avalanche tbat recently overwhelmed the party they can take time to explain the many benefits (?) to be derived from the influx of cheap goods from Japan. Drop “*Theories ‘Wisdom Born of Dear Experience. Portland Oregonian. We think the people of the United States, THE FLOATING HOUSE. {From a photograph by Miller & Chase.) is plastered throughout and elegantly finished | in redwood burl. No damage was done, ex- | cept a slight cracking of the piaster in the back | end, and a large ornamented chimney on the outside of the house was in excellent condition at the end of the journey. R. M. WILEY. A WEZEK'S ADVERTISING. Los Angeles Times. We again show in the following statement a comparison which is positive proof that this paper printed more columns of advertising every day last week—columns oi equal length end width—than did any of the great papers of the metropolis, and that the Times con- tained nearly 58 ver cent as much advertising for the week asall three San Francisco papers combined: November, Monday, 18t Tuesday, 19: Friday, 22d. Saturday, 23d. Sunday, 24th. “Totaly 3 S69 | 217 | 212 | 209 Los Apgeles once more leads not only the coast but all other. cities west of the Missouri River in her business showing, taking news- paper advertising as the guide. prsmn S dare PR S DANGERS OF THE RAILROA PQOLIH G BILL. z Professor Lester F. Ward, in the November Forum. The charge of paternalism is chiefly made by the class that enjoys the largest share of Gov- ernment protection. Those who denounce state :ln'erl-renco are the ones_who most fre- quently and successfully invoke it. The cr. of laissez faire mainly ggs: up from the nne! Who, if really ‘‘let “alone,” would instantly lose their wealth-absorbing power. A signifi- cant example of this is found in some of the provisions of the ed pooling bill. Ina rficr read by the Hon. Carroll D. Wright be- fore the American Economic Association in December last he characterizes this as “state- socialistic,” and uly ¢ ded af ey ition is deman at the instance of the -Ei.;};on and the railroads of the country, and its e is being aided by a powerful lobby in their servige. The rajl- roads base their ivocacy of the bill on the claim that it will be for’ th.. interests of the | shippers to have such a law.’ \ 'A1d Bo predicts that 1 will be followed by & having now once more obtained ample experi- ence on the issue between protection and no; protection, will restore the policy of protec- tion d stay with it, for another generation Adam knew a good deal more after he turned himself out of Paradise than he knew before, but his posterity have always doubted whether the experience was worth what it has cost them, The Silver State Wants More Farmers. Reno (Nev.) Gazette. Nevada needs a large addition to its agri- cultural population, and therefore in the ap- proaching boom = special effort should be made to induce well-to-do farmers to come from the East and make homes in our fertile valleys. There is room enough under a system of careful tillage to support twenty times as many farmers as tae State has at present. Oleo Masquerades as Butter. San Diego Union. Apparently our stomachs don’t know oleo- margarine when they rub up against it. There was manu factured in this St for the fiscal year ending June 30, '94, just 173,613 pounds, of which but 10,750 was exported. For the year ending this June the output was 223,289, all of which we consumed in California but29,- 330 pounds. Omnipresence of Havana Tobacco. Riverside Enterprise. A telegram says that the rebelllon in Cuba will not affect the crop of Havana tobacco, No one ever supposed fora moment that i would. The whole island might bcuuptoé the eurth[ yet_our tobacco-dealers would con- i tinue selling fr: Ha by pradi d.‘ agran vanas until the end Silurfanism Inconsistent With Patri- otism. Stockton Independent. One form of patriotism is to protect and de- fend the city or community in which one lives. Thisisa form that is unknown to the silurian, who is always compiaining” that his own home\‘ the poorest place on earth. DEPOSITED BY COARTZ. Oroville Mercnry. In the palmy, profperous days of 1862, when silver was the standard money and gold the cheapest commodity afloat in Butte County, Henry Coartz deposited in a San Francisco bank $3000. At that time he was living with his sister, . J. Wickman, at Enterprise, in this coufity. Mr. Coarts dled lenly with heart disease and informed his of the deposit he had made in the San ncisco bank. She began a correspondence with thef bank officials about six months ago and substantiated her cleim as the rigntful heir of Henry Coartz and the money vi{u be turned over to her. It has been at interest for hirty-three years, and now amounts to ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. NATIONAL NOMINATING CONVENTIONS—T. R.. City. Prior to 1816 it was the custom to hold a Congressional caucus, canvass the subject and name the candidates; then the several State Legislatures selected the electors, who voted for whomsoever they pleased for Presi- dentand Vice-President. In May, 1812, when the Congressional caucus was called, the mem- bers assembled in their individual character. Madison was nominated unanimously, but the caucus went further and appointed & com- mittee on correspondence and arrangements of one from each State, to see that the nomi- nation was duly respected. In the Congres- sional caucus of 1816 Taylor of New York in- troduced a resoiution to the effect *‘that Con- gressional caucus nominations for the Presi- dency*were inexpedient and ought to be dis- continued.” The motion, however, did not prevail. Until 1824 the electors were usually chosen by the several Legislatures, as had been the custom in South Carolina. In that year the Federatists were no longer of any moment 88 a political organization. Local preferences entered into the canvass and there were many candidates. Nominations were made by Legis- latures and by mass-meetings. William R. Crawford was nominated by the caucus in the old style and was backed by home conven- tions. ~ John C. Calhoun, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams elso had home conventions and entered the field against Crawford. In 1828 locsl conventions multi- plied. In 1831 the National-Republican party met at Baltimore and nominated Henry Clay. In 1832 the Democrats met in the same city, and at their first National Convention nomi- nated Jackson and Van Buren. From that time date the National Conventions of the United States. SENATORS AND CoNGRESSMEN—T. A. S., Han- ford, Kings County, Cal. The constitution of the United States says: No person shall be a Representative -who shall not nave attained the age of 25 vears and been seven years a resident of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen. No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained the age of 30 years and been nine yeers a citizen of the United States, and vho shall not, when elecied, be an inhabitant of that State for which be shall be chosen. As a rule each Congressman is a resident of the district he represents in the House, but non-residence in & particular district does not render & candiaate constitutionally ineligible 30 long as he is & resident of the State. NEwroN Boorn—S. G., City. Newton Booth never was a candidate before the people for the office of Governor but once. That was in 1871, when he ran on the Republican ticket. He was elected on the 6th of September, Te- ceiving 62,581 votes, Haight (D.) receiving 575! He was inaugurated on the 8th of December and resigned on the 27th of Febru- ary, 1875, to enter upon the duties of United States Senator, he having been elected to that office on the 20th of December, 1873, for the term to commence on the 4th of March, 1875. He died in Sacramento July 14, 1892. Romu- aldo Pacheco, who succeeded him, was elected Lieutenant-Governor on the sanfe ticketand at the same time that Booth was elected. DANDRUFF—*Call” Reader, City. The follow- ing is given asa wash for the eradication of dandruff: Sesquicarbonate of ammonia 2 drachms, carbonate of potash 2 drachms, soft ‘water 24 pint; dissoive_and add to a mixture of tincture of cantharides 1)4 fluid ounces, rec- tified spirits }{ pintand good rum 1) pints. Agitate the whole well and add a little scent. Of the merits of this preparation “Answers to Correspondents” does not know anything. Loss OF THE STRATHCLYDE—R. Y., City. The Strathclyde, a Glasgow steamer, wessunk by a collision with the Hamburg ship Franconia | in Dover By, in daylight, on the 17th of Feb- ruary, 1876. Seventeen lives were lost anda verdict of manslaughter was returned against the master of the Franconi; OLDEST RAILROAD—T. F., San Jose, Cal. The oldest railroad in the State of California is the Sacramento Valley road, that was built be- tween Sacramento and Folsom, and which in | later years became part of the Sacramento and Piacerville line. It was incorporated in 1852— August 14—eand was opened in February, 1856. Cawcorra—H. D. G., City. When it is 12 o’clock noon in San Francisco it is three min- utes past 2 o’clock in the morning in Calcutta, India. The difference in time is 14 hours anc 3 minutes. THE COMING CONGRESS. What will Messrs. Cleveland and Carlisle do? Will they assume the responsibility for the ex- isting condition of affairs and tell how it is to be met, or will they shift all the responsibility upon_the Republican Comgréss and_leave-io Republican lawmakers the task of helping the Government out of the hole into which it has been plunged by Democratic incapacity and nting ont the politieal Ly i meuitios with wiich the Lislisn Government now finds itaelf beset, The ow.'du— sion has also been employed fof eurlous 7 cussions of schemes for the sbandonment of Rome by the ux’enrmam of united Ttaly; to the end that the temporsl power of the{npcfy mey be restored OVEF & LOFLAIN of the om; n sacrificed to the House of Eavoy twenty-five years ago. Itis true that the fend between ohurch and state in Italy subjects the Govern- shent to many grave dificulties. Itis slso true that the mifitary regime entailed by Italy's membership in the Triple Alliance has laid by ion.—-From *‘Rece: ress 1 g}:(:’l"%‘; Albert Shaw, in the November Re- view of Reviews. —_— NOTED PERSONS. Thomsa la Fon, a Roman Catholie colored man, died recently in New Orleans, leaving a fortune estimated st §300,000. He left nu- merous bequests to charitable educational in- stitutions, aggregating sbout 5100.0?0: President Johnston of Tulane University says that he was examined for admission to Yale in 1852, along with Professor Jacob Cooper of Rutgers College. At th® beginning of the examina:ion Tutor Talcott said to )lf., Cooper, “How much Greek have you read?' “Over 3000 pages,” was the reply. “You don’t mean that, do you?” saifl Mr. Talcott. “Isn’t 3000 lines?” ¢No sir,”” was the reply. vhen I say pages, I mean pages!” and his ex- amination proved that he spoke truly. Some years afterward another classmate, knowing Professor Cooper’s love of Hebrew, asked him, “Do you love Hebrew as much as eyer?” “Yes,” was the reply. “Well, how much do you love it?” The reply was modestly made, “‘I think that if all the Hebrew Bibles in the world were destroyea, I could write it from memory.” This is the man that Tulane honored witha LL.D. st its last commencement. BrsT printing, best prices. Roberts Ptg. Co.* ————— EXTRA fine Roasted Peanut Taffy. Townsend’s, L ————— BAcoX Printing Compax 508 Clay street.” ———— SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * e e e Rev. Dr. Charles A. Stoddard, senior editor of the New York Observer, will attend the sessions of the Association for the Reformation and Codification of the Laws of Nations, to be held at Brussels in October, of which he has been a member for many years. SUFFERERS from rheumatism should take Hood’s Sarsaparilla. 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Eesureanl ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrap. 250 » bottle. e e CORONADO.—Atmosphere i3 perfectly dry, soft { and milq, and is entirely free from the mists com- mon further north. Round-trip tickets, by steam- ship, including fifteen days’ board st the Hotsl del Coronado, $60; longer stay §2 50 per day. Apply 4 New Montgomery st., San Francisco. Miss Marion Talbot, now dean of Chicago University, went into the practical side of sani- tation with an energy that proved her sin- cerity, and which also converted herintoan authority. She studied the plumber’s trade, but found it too hard an occupation for a womean. Her practical knowledge of plumbing is, as may be guessed, of great value to her in her work—first, as professor of sanitation, and now as dean. . NEW TO-DAY. mismanagement? If Messrs. Cleveland and Carlisie are patriotic statesmen now is the time for them to prove their ability and capacity. B Providence Telegram. Here is & fine fight ahead of us. Wehope the Republicans will make the most of it. Let them add to the unpopular internal revenue taxes if they see fit. Let them tackie the tariff if they prefer that. And with this pleasing contest ahead there are people who pretend to think the Democratic party has not a good fighting chance this next year,and that it must neminate one man expecting him to_be beaten. There is trouble ahead of the Re- publicans. Boston Herald. We do not believe the country cares very TEAS EXTRA QUALITY With each pound is givena Lovely Dish much which party chooses the officers of the | Newest Shapes present United States Senate. Itisof no ad- vantage to either party to hold these places, except to confer certain favors upon a few of their members. It is a case of individual profit therefore rather than of National im- portance. St. Louls Globe-Democrat. All “long” sessions of Congress, according to predictions made at the beginning, will be short. This circumstance ought to make peo- ple skeptical of the figuring which brings the coming session to an end in May or June. The sl:ss{)on is much more likely to last until Sep- ember. Chicago Record. The session promises to be one of inactivity, enlivened by stage plays in the interest of par. ties and Presidential aspirants. In the words of Senator Frye of Maine a Republican House, & nondescript Senate and & Democratic Presi- dent do not furnish a team for heavy work. HE WAS EXTRAVAGANT. He—It doesn’t seem possible, dearest, that just one week from to-night you will be my own, sweet little wife. She (dreamily)—Doesn’t it? But (sweetly) if you are always asgood to me as you have been during our engagement I shall have no cause to complain. He—I didn’t know that I had been so good to you. She—Indeed you have. Why, just look at the lovely engagement ring you gave me! It'sal- most twice as large as any of the other girls'— He (xrsmemhermg the bill)—True, my dar- ling. I wanted you to have the best. She—And look at all the other beautiful things you have given me. He (modestly)—You deserved them, dear. She—And think of the lovely wedding trip Wwe are going on. He—I'm g that you are pleased with it. By the way, I have something else for you. Something 'in diamonds for your wedding resent. s e clapping her hands)—Oh, I just know it i rfectly elegant! Can’t I have & peep at it beforehand? It will be He—Certainly. She—And will you let me see it to-morrow ready to-moTrow. nlfiht e—I'm afraid not, dearest. You see, to- morrow night [ have arranged tw give my ushers a littledinner. She (coldly) give your ushers a dinner? He—Cenulnl‘. ‘Why not? She_(reproachfully)—Have you considered, deud.how much it will cost?—Tom Masson in I want you to. PROGRESS OF ITALIAN CITIES. Two great mi‘mmn of Europe have within these past weeks been celebrating with enthu- siasm the twenty-fifth anniversary of theevents |- which' gave them national unity. The Ger- mans were a group of more or less discordant kingdoms and principalities, but the victory over the French at Sedan Imade possible the Tian paopls 1 the auAriGr eentury that ho ople in e qu T 1 1l Elapacd since the Franco-Brussian war. js unt, :;mll,le’mam':xce t th ad United States in &e t::l:“‘r Ave Yhite ing the conclusion of the ian celebrations ha: e civil war. The Ital- ic- had been gainin un step by step with the help ar‘::.mfn‘e?uf: Cavour and patriot soldiers like Garibaidi, took final and formal possession of the Papal Statesand installed itseif in the Eternal CF. For the most the recent comments upon the Italisn celebrations have occupied them- twenty-five years ago, that the kingds torln’xnmt{el.wh& arhe omof’ ive yoars follow: | tRiNGS. 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