The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 2, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1%95. — CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. nd Sunday Daily and S 1 E : Sun S CAL WEEKLY CALL BUSINE 710 Market Street, San ¥raucisco, California. e ...Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Main—1874 ay; open until open until 9:50 o'cloc! open until 9:30 o'cloc! enth and W. corner Sixte open et; open until 9 o'clock, open until 9 o’clock. AND OFFICE 08 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICI 4 Park Row, New York City. pecial Agent. MONDAY.. BER 2, 1895 THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL mes Do your Christmas shopping while the sun shines. Tom Reed’s house will keep the Whit, House warm this wint srover will probably too fresh. tired ( ongress i an can deny that the 1 has good prospects in holiday t ove id for the fu pad char The rop bill fight and the e in the rir Speaker Reed advises nd it will be Clevi it becomes ag ressive. s who escaped the ordeal of Sherman’s book are not yet out of the fire. is writing his memoirs. seems determined to ism, even if he has to | ermany to do it. his mes- the scene ull fight on ared rag i be natorial buffer d Congress n before poly may win in the e y win in Congress; but it | B ent the people from buildir t’s message does not ex- story of that vigorous sress will have a right e affair at lotheshorse the Javilion the Chicago this winter le to find her- fight I in Congress r own di the Southern Pacific the funding bill through aas, there are no holidays in ern C oad Commission, as well is on trial now, ot control the on must go. t was wrong in Governor Altgeld to at a Scotch banquet Campbell’s leveland, for when ac vited to sing one must expect a cuckoo song. 00 is France is rejoicing over a large increase in her exports, but a the increase i tributed by her own papers to the W tariff in this country, we cannot rejoice with her. The one comfort we have in Senator Hill’s appearance on the lecture platform is the k ige that Cleveiand dislikes him so m e will never follow the example. The concert of ¥uropean powers at Con- stantinople makes music too much like the harmony of a Democratic convention to justify a hope that it will ever strike the key note of the situation. According to the report of the Commis- sioner of Patents there were H87 appli- cations for patents in 1894, and 20,803 were grante Among the applications granted were five for flying machines and 189 re- lating to bicycle That the United States has a just claim against the Central Pac Company no- body doubts, but it should pursue that claim against the property of tite men who defrauded the Government and not against the people ot Cal Mrs. Lease is reported to be a mnew woman, but she has certainly a great deal of the old style about her, for she broke off an engagement to lect a few days ago because the lgcture committee did not meet her at the depot with a carriage to escort her to the hall. A movement has been started in Mexico to authorize and assist American scien- tists in making explorations among the antiquities of that country, and it is be- lieved discoveries will be made that will give us a largely increased knowledge of the prehistoric races of the continent. Among the bogus stuff manufactared by counterieiters in this country, the Secret Service Bureau discovered a number of fraudulent World’s Fair diplomas, but un- fortunately they did not discover where the market is for them or what manufac- turers are using them. On danger to be guarded against in the funding bill fight is Hoke Smith’s recom- mendation that the question be referred to a Government commission. Such a com- mission wonld shift the responsibility from men whom the people have elected to men whom the people have not elected, and over whom they have no control whatever. conservative | as TEDERAL INTERVENTION. The United States Government, through its local legal representatives, has inter- wened in the action brought by the South- ern Pacific Company against the State Board of Railroad Commissioners to re- strain that body from proceeding with the regulation of freight rates within the State of California. The purpose of this inter- vention is precisely the same as that of the original bill, and the curious spectacle is presented of the great United States Government volunteering to range itself the alongside powerful and wealthy Southern Pacific Company in the courts of the former to aid the effort of the latter to evade or overthrow the laws of a State. cursory glance at this proceeding gives sufficient cause for comment, but a close study of the principles upon which the Federal authorities base the vight of intervention affords ample for alarm. If the claim which is here as shall find judicial favor then there is an end to the sovereign right of States to con- trol their own internal affairs so far, av least, as the regulation of railway schedules is concerned. Before proceeding with an analysis of { the complaint in intervention, let it be distinctly borne in mind that the Railroad Commission has in no way attempted to regulate or affect interstate commerce, but bas assumed to deal only with freight which has its origin in destination in transit within the limits of the State. Re- membering this important fact, let us submit the verbose complaint of the inter- venor to such an ana s as will extract from it the precise basis for this interven- tion. It wil be found that much of the original bill of the Southern Pacific Company is repeated in this later document with a similarity of style strongly suggestive of the same workman- hip. The especial claims of the Government’s right to intervene are two. It is asserted as the first reason why California is power- less to deal with local freight rates over that portion of the Central Pacific Rail- | road within its boraers, that in the year 1862 the Central Pac! Railroad Company made a contract with the United States Government, which is embodied in various acts of Congress and by which the d railroad company conceded and the Fed- Government assumed the sole rigiit to regulate rates upon its line of road. It is therefore asserted that the State of Califor- nia has no h right of regulation of its {own internal traffic as, by its constitu- the Railrcad Commission was em- powered to exercise. The mere statement of this claim on the vart of the Federal authorities is sufficient to show how preposterous it is and how utterly destructive its ssful assertion would be of the rightful sovereignty of the | State. The outrageous nature of this pre- | tense is more clearly seen by considering { | the second reason upon which this act of intervention is sought to be upheld. It is fuarther set forth at great length that the contractual relations created between the Central Pacific Company and the | United States Government by the act of Congress of 1862 and the subsequent acts amendatory thereof, w such that the railroad agreed to give the Government a share of its netear amounting to 10 per cent ther applied to the liquidation of its debt; and that any interference on the part of the | State of California with those earnings would result in the failure of the road to keep its cont | ment to be repaid its loan. | asserted by that sort of b { this debtor and creditor the £ rnia has been deprived of its rotect its own people from the extortions of tie Central Pacific Railroad Company practiced within its own boundaries. It is easy to see to what conclusions these asserted principles must lead. If it be true that by the simple device of a con- tract between a raiiroad company and the Federal Government the right of a State the regulation of transportation rates thin its own borders can be affected’ in 7, then there is an end at once to ation. There is also more than that, for the same principle would destroy the right of the State to gnty over its own affairs in other ns as well. as the peopie love the Union and ble forms they are not yet ir right to local self- It is therefore gain betw! | n the general boay by any such tinction of the wise limitations upon the powers of State and Nation which the Federal constitution aims to preserve, but which the principle asserted as the basis of this intervention would surely | destroy. There are other grounds put forward as ns why the United States has volun- aid to the Southern Pacific Com- ny in this litigation. ‘They are identical, ver, with those already asserted in nal bill, and being so, they no adequate excuse for this proce If the Southern Pacitic Company poor, so wretchedly officered or so feebiy equipped with legal talent as to make it ap- pear probable that it of this case would fer in the sufficency of its presentation, there might be some reason for this inter- vention. But such is not the case, and if it were we venture the preaiction that the officials to whose care is intrusted the i prestnt administration of the affairs of the Federal Government would hardly bave furnished with the present in- stance of their will haste to intervene. THE FUNDING BILL. The funding bill fight of the railroads against the people of the United States bas begun. It is reported the raiiroads will endeavor to get the bill through Con- gress before Christmas. This may not be true, for the plans of the railroad lobby are generally kept as well-guarded secrets. It is, however, very probable, and, true or false, is a warning to the people and their representatives in Congress to be on guard against any possible tactics the hard and cunning fighters of the monopoly may em- ploy. It is more than likely that Huntington has more vlans than one to get his great scheme through Congress and thus by de- frauding the whole United States fasten his control for a long term of years upon the industries of California. Hoke Smith’s recommendation to refer the settlement of the question to a Governmeni commis- sion would probably suit the rail- road very well, and there may be a plan to have Congress follow the recommendation. A commission ap- pointed by Cleveland would in no wise be responsible to the people. In fact, the people would be far off and Hunting- ton would be very near. The commission plan, therefore, should be opposed at every step. The people have elected members to Congress to deal with this issue, and no Congressman has a right to evade direct action in the matter by shifting the re- sponsibility upon any committee what- ever. It is hardly necessary to remind any Californian of the immense importance of defeating the funding scheme. There is no industry nor interest of the State tkat will not be affected by it one way or an- ct and of the Govern- | other. The critical moment in the long campaign against the monopoly has come. Every argument, legal and moral, as well as commercial ard industrial, is on the side of the people. Nevertheless, there is danger of losing the fight, for the monop- oly is strong, cunning and incessantly act- ive. The people cannot afford to lose a day nor a point in making the contest. Too much is at stake to risk anything, and every man who can help in the fight should do so with all the might that is in him. CLEVELAND AND CONGRESS. The sneech delivered by Reed on receiv- ing the nomination of the Republican cancus for the Speakership affords the best basis we have for calculating the probable proceedings of the present session of Con- gress, but even oif that basis the forecast is dubious. The situation isa provoking one. Evils of grave consequence to our indus- tries and our finances demand redress, but, with an uncertain Senate and Cleveland in the White House, it seems aimost impos- sible that any eflicient remedies can be provided. The great Republican majority in the House, hampered as it is by the doubtful character of the Senate, is almost powerless in the face of this sullen, stolid, stupid man, of whom little can be expected except an obstinate persistence in the course which has been so injurious to the welfare of the country. Speaking under the responsibility of his coming leadership in the House, Reed out- lined a policy conservative in every respect. “We must,” he said, “avoid all business legislation, except in the direction of im- proving business,” and a little later he added: “I do mnot for a moment doubt that our patriotic instincts will lead us to make every sacrifice, except of principle, to rescue our country from its temporary disasters.” This is the policy that sets the welfare of the people above partisan ad- vantage, and serves the party best by serv- ing the country best. It gives assurance that the Republican majority will act this winter solely to remedy as far as it can the evils wrought by Democratic control, and will leave the work of complete reformation to the time when wll branches of the Gov- | ernment are under Republican control. It remains to be seen how Cleveland will respond to this conservative p part of the House. Out of the existing tariff come two i promptly. One is the deficiency in our revenues, the other is the inadequate pro- tection given to our industries, and of the two the latter is by far the more impor- tant. The country is in no danger of bankruptey, and would not be if the Demo- cratic deficit continued at the current rate of §60,000,000 & year for the rest of Cle land’s term. The industries of the people on the other hand, are most seriously com- promised and threatened by the free-trade features of the tariff. It is to the great evil of increasing imports, both European and Oriental, that remedial legislation should be most promptly applied, and vet it is exactly on that issue that Cleveland is most likely to blc the way and oppose his will to that of the representatives of the | people. While Cleveland’s political record gives | little reason for expecting much wisdom from him at this juncture, he may yet be | able to see the advisability of co-operating | with the House to put a stop to those evils which have made his administration so dis- astrous and so discreditable. He cannot expect Congress to permit him to dictate how the needed revenues shall be raised. That point was weil covered by Reed in saying, “The right to initiate taxation of the people is by the constitution placed in our hands as a sacred trust which we have no right to surrender.” If Cleveland has v statesmanship in n he will recog- nize that truth and conform to it. Atany | rate the issue is in his bands. This will | be a quiet, conservative, business session if he has the sense to make it so, but it will | very soon become aggressive if he under- takes to antagonize the 1 of the people and persist in a course disastrous to every interest of the Nation SCIENTIFIC FARMING. A study of the directions given in last Sunday’s CaLL by Claus Spreckels for the | cuitivation of sugar beetsdiscloses the fact | that the whole substance aud spirit of | them are scientific farming. As this isthe one thing most needed in California to de- velop the highest capabilities of the soii, and as the direc tions which he gives arein great part applica ble to all kinds of farm- | ing and if followed would produce the best results, they are worth knowing to the last detail. In brief, his directions generally applicable are these: The tract of land should be accurately measured and careful accounts kept. No stock should be per- mitted on the lana after the first autumn rains. The ground should be plowed deeply, well worked and thoroughly pul- verized, and at proper intervals pulver tion should be repeated untiithe soil is | brought to a good state of tilth. If clods are left the soil will dry and the crop can- not get sustenance. Frequent cultivation should be pursued until the ground is cov- ered with the crop. These are perfectly scientific directions. Mr. Spreckels says nothing about fertiliza- tion, his apparent assumption being that the native fertility of the soil renders artificial earichment unnecessary. This is generally the case in California, but it should be borne in mind that ‘every crop removed from the soil takes away a cer- tain amount of nutriment. Even in soils that are naturally rich it is generally profitable to use fertilizers. This isa branch of scientific farming that has re- ceived very inadequate attention in Cali- fornia. Mr. Spreckels’ direction for sampling the quality of the beet crop for harvesting and for shipment are all necessary for the beet- grower to know, but there is not space bere for their reproduction. The evident purpose of the exhaustive interview which he gave THE CALL is to induce farmers and capitalists to engage in this great industry in California. Wherever it has been fol- lowed here with any approach to intelli- gence it has yielded a handsome profit both to growers and makers. This must always be so, for it will require many a year yet of the most active advancement for this country to produce sufficient sugar for its consumption. California is the best State in the Union for this industry, for in the case of sugar beets,as in that of all other crops, its soil gives the most gener- ous returns. It ought not to be difficult for farmers and capitalists in many parts of the State to unite in establishing the industry at their doors. The benefits cannot be ex- aggerated. It would be the establishment of a home industry of a very valuable kind and would bring prosperity to every com- munity which engages in it. C0AST EXOHANGES, The Santa Clara Index congratulates that progressive town on the organization of its Board of Trade. “It furnishesa con- vincing proof,” says our contemporary, “if proof were needed after the improve- ments of the last few months, of the strength of the progressive party in town. We intend not only to have the best im- proved city in the valley, so far as lighting 1 and water supply are concerned, but also y on the | sues which should be met | sources of the State 1s in large part er- to provide our citizens with the best rail- road facilities, and the best kept streets which are to be had. The silurians who predicted a return to the Rip Van Winkle frame of mind on the completion of our new works know little of the true character of Santa Clara’s business men.” Perhaps one of the most potent influences which has brought about this movement of pro- gress was the fact that, as the Southern Pacific had shut the town out of the benefits which might have accrued to it as a terminal, the pride of the people was roused and the necssity of an exhibition of their energy demonstrated. Itis gen- erally the case with communities, as with individuals, that when they are compelled by adverse circumstances to rely on their own efforts, they will produce better re- sults than any phat come from extraneous aids. Inall reSpects Santa Clara is serying as a valuable example and object lesson for many other communities in the State. The accomplished editor of the Colusa Sun makes this enthusiastic .announce- ment: %A site for a tactory in or adjoin- ing town and onz thousand acres of land that will grow beets is a deiinite proposi- tion made to the editor of the Sun! Now, gentlemen landowners, it is an admitted fact that you must make a principal crop of something besides wheat. That is a fact that all realize. Fruit Is good to a certain extent, but we must have one staple crop. We import more sugar into the United States than we get for our wheat crop, and it will be years and years before we catch up on sugar. We may say that if it1s a good thing let capital- ists put up the plant without subsidy, but other places are bidding. One place bas agreed to give twenty-five acres of land and another place four thousand acres! Colusa, by the truthful representations made, is admitted to be one of the very best places in the State, and hence the small subsidy required.” After urging its pecple to act promptly the Sun gives the fol- lowing suggestive information: ‘‘Beet lands are renting near all the refineries at $10 to $20 an acre, cach rent. This is the proof of the pudding. We have been told of disagreements between factory and farmers about prices. A committee of farmers from Dixon visited Alvarado and Watson- villeand found the reverse. The Chino Champion. notes that already applications have been filed to rent fifty-seven hun- dred acres of beet land near that place, and the rent there is as high as $20 an acre! We have a chance now—a living chance! Will we throw it away?”’ The San Diego Union cites a case that should be full of instruction for fruit- growers. Itsays: “Santa Ana is affording an interesting object lesson of a profitable industry built up from a small beginning. A few years ago a resident of that place canned some choice fruit and shipped it to the East. It gave such satisfaction that the next year he put up a larger quantity and sent it to his Eastern customers. His trade grew. Each consignment brought him new customers. The result 1s that Santa Ana now hasa large fruit canning establishment, which has just shipped its first cartoad. The cannery employs a large number of persons and will handle 2 great quantity of the fruit grown in that locality. All this is the result of the enterprise of one man. He did not wait for some capitalist to come along and establish a business for him with a flourish of trumpets. Had he delayed for that, it is probable he would still be waiting. He simply followed the old-fashioned method of building up a trade from a small begin- ning. This used to be the way years ago, and it was a pretty good one.” The elements of this interesting case are these: The grower, by pursuing the most intel- lizent course for his own benefit, not orly achieved the end at which he aimed, but secured the prosperity of the community as well. Every such citizen as that is a treasure to California. More such men are needed to make the State what it should and might easily be made. The Union wisely declares that the notion of need of capital to develop the re- | roneous. ‘‘That capital is desirable to de- velop scores of industries in this State recognized,” it declares, ““but for ail this many a profitable business can be bezun on a small basis with a moderate outlay of money. Industries started in this manner and well managed often have an ad vantage over more pretentious establish- ments, by gradually making reputations for their own particular commodities. This in time is equivalent to so much capital. There are plenty of openings in Southern California to-day for people of very moder- ate means, providing they are willing to follow the slow but sure road to wealth. To sit duwn and wait for capital to come and start up the wheels, however, will probably prove quiie as slow and by no means as sure a method of developing the resources of the southern counties.” The Stockton Mail calls attention toa matter that should receive the immediate attention of our Legislature and the ) tional Congress. It says that the condi- tion of the San Joaquin River, especially that part of it between Wakefield Lending and the head of navigation at Stockton, is inadequate for the demand of the heavy water traffic which the Valley and the Cor- ral Hollow railroads will throw into this MME. MODJESKA, FROM HER LATEST PHOTOGRAPH, [Chicago Tnter Ocean.] the money the Government has expended and intends to expend upon streams which will never have one-half of the traffic the San Joaquin is destined to bear.” All this imposes a direct and heavy obligation not only upon our members of Congress, but also upon the commercial bodies of San Francisco. The Haywards Mail is congratulating its readers on the assurance that with the opening of spring work will be begun on the electric railroad to Mount Eden. Tbhis road will take the place of the inadequate horsecar line now in operation, and will bring Haywards in easy communication with a number of flourishing towns whose trade now goes elsewhere. The road will traverse a thickly settled region, and the franchise, therefore, is a very valuable one. The Dunsmuir News chronicles a praise- worthy device by the Southern Pacific Company to avert damage from the ava- lanches which heretofore have often block- aded the road at Upper Soda Springs. At this dangerous peint the company has con- structed a shed which receives the ava- lanche, carries it over the railroad and throws it into the Sacramento Riv The shed is 550 feet long and 100 feet wide, and cost about $20,000. A HANDSOME CAPE. So long as sleeves do not decrease in dimen- sions, capes will lose none of their deserved popularity. Jaunty garments reaching only to the waist are worn, even on the coldest days, a chamois jacket worn under the waist making this possible. The richest materials are em- ployed in fashioning these garments. Fur over- 1aid with & very open design in cloth or velvet, which is edged all over with beads, is one of the newest fancies. The cloth or velvet isonly lightly tacked on and i+ easily removed, leay- ing the fur intact. Perslan lamb, with green velvet or brown cloth, is rich and.handsome; others show a yoke of fur with the cape of velvet or cloth, cdged with a band of far to match the yoke, such & cape of bluet cloth, with beaver trimming, made to match a cos- tume of the same, makes a_handsome caliing gown for a young lady. Brown cloth, with skirt to metch,trimmed with mink as shown in our illustration, makes a very swell costume, with & waist or Louis XV coat of figured hght but subdued green silk. Tails of mink orna- great waterway at Stockton. It adds: ““With the San Joaquin River in its pres- ent condition rapia transit for heavy freight boats during the period of the year when low water prevails will be an abso- lute impossibility, while it will be barely possible to get the boats over the shoals and sandbars during the months when there is normal high water. At the pres- ent time the boats in freight and passen- ger service on the river find it hard work at high tide to twist and turn and push their way up the winding and shallow channel from Wakefield Landing to this city when drawing less than five feet of water, while no attempt is made to travel faster than at a rate of from three to four iles an bour. Old river pilots are author- ity for tne statement that with a channel carrying an average depth of six feet of water from Stockton to Wakefield Landing it is possible for the steamboats now in service to maintain an average speed of at least seventeen miles an hour from San Francisco to this city, when carrying a fuli cargo of freight, and with a full passenger list; but they say: ‘No matter how fast we ment the front of the cape. R A cape of green velvet with sable trimmings, may be made even more dres he addition of lace arranged at the throat in jabot effect on both sides, with two crushed roses as a finish. Theatre and opera capes of light velyet are charming of crushed rose velvet with sable and lace trimmings. THE DARWINIAN DEVIL. A PLAIN TALE FroM THE FOOTHILLS. The first circus that ever came to Carson, Nev., went to smash on a financial rock and passed into the haudsof the Sheriff so as to be able to liquidate the 1avenous advertising bills of the local papers. 1t was found difficult to realize money on the moth-eaten menagerie, and the horses and monkeys went over to the editors to square the accounts. As luck would have it, a ring-tailed monkey fell to the lot of the Carson Appeal, and was duly installed as the devil of the oftice. Journalism in Nevada &t that time was not quite on a par with that of THE CaLL, and the animal was found to be a capital night editor as well 2s a companion for the appren- tice, who became quite chummy with the new arrivel. Itis well that the reader should know what kind of a moral standing the rascal had, run between San Francisco and Wakefield, we are compelled to lay up at the latter point and wait for the high tide before we can even creep into town.’ It would be amisfortune of surpassing magnitude if the country tributary to Stockton should be denied the full benefits which will accrue from the construction of the splendid new railroad service. Boats for the carrying of the beavily increased traffic, says our contemporary, need to be of much greater draught than the river steamers now in use, and if the latter find it hard work to force their way through the mud and sand that fills the channel, the larger and heavier boats will certainly be unable to make the passage even under the most favorable tide conditions. Says the Mail: *“The cost of dredging out and straightening the river between this city and Wakefield Landing and of removing one or two bars and shoals lower down the river, which at times cause trouble, will and it will therefore be necessary to explain that adjoining the office was a beer saloon known as the “Teamsters’ Heaven,” where the monkey learned to consume the beer drippings at a nominal cost of a swelled head the fol- lowing day. His first indulgence was so satis- factory that he made regular trips to the drip- ping can twice a day, and was the most con- stantly drunk employe in the office. Promptly at 9 A. . “Booze' (for that was the name that fitted him best) went to the Teamsters’ Heaven and acquired a most delightful jag. By 10 he would reel into the office, and with a drunken leer in his o{e lean up against the editor’s desk with all the contidence of his race. In a little while the first effects of the inebriety would wear off, and Booze would be ready to practice the deviltry that was latent in him. His star performance was to cautiously mount the littered desk,and from that station reach up and take down edi- torials and local news irom the copy-hook, which, after lnspeclinfi critically, he” would roceed to' rip up and cast into the waste- sket. This sort of amusement was the pro- ramme for the noon hour, and was sure to be ndulged in if the office wasleftalone. The first exhibition of this kind resulted in the destruction of a rare opinion on the Queen's jubilee, after which he gave his attention to a be a mere bagatelle when compared with , few advertising _contracts, amounting to some $85. At odd moments he would assault the subscription books and yank out the French and English mail-list, with an oceasional swipe at the Eastern subscribers. This sport was mere bagatetle for Booze when he was in liquor, and by 2 o'clock in the after- noon he was beyond control. He once came staggering in from the Heaven about 3 o’clock and found a baby-carriage containing & babe nursing a big fat bottle. Booze was a little drunker that day than ever, and_at once pro- ceeded to make friends with the youngster. The fond mother happened to be out in_the composing-room, and Booze was master of the situation. The presence of the bottle gave him supreme delight, and twisting his tail around the neck of the child he managed to choke him off from & very close association with the food supply. The next instant the monkey had inserted the nipple in his face and was cleaning out the baby’s mesl at a great rate. In & less space of time than it takes to tell ithe had removed the entire contents and haa heaved the bottle into the street. He then made a few grimaces at the frightened child, and_after slapping him a couple of times for his failure to provide more milk, proceeded to twist his nose and pull his sparse hair. Some very effective howling about that time brought the mother on the scene and Booze fell out on the floor ana made for the belting, into which he managed to climb. No sooner had he lo- cated himself in the shaiting when the milk and beer got in its deadly work and Booze was suddenly taken h a fit of sea-sickness whicn 80 d. 1 him that he fell off his perch into the ink-barrel, almost disappearing from view. He was fished out and looked like a tarred rat. Several attempts were made to remove the gelatinous substance and he was finally treated 1o & lye bath, which proved a failure. A benzine bath was then given him,and to- gether with the ink his hair came out and he was as bald as the youngster he had so uncere- moniously slapped. The shock prostrated him for some d he managed to sober up, during which time the genutne monkey began to appear in ail its wild and unrestrained deviltry. On one occa- sion he got up on ihe cases where he had seen the printers set type o often, and when no one was looking he picked up handful aiter hand- ful of matter set up on a galley and began to distribute it all over the case. He slammed it in by the pound, and after each :(cooJ) of live matier he would look over his shoulder to see how it struck the office-boy, Both of them thought it was an intensely humorous exhibi- tion, and in less than a mitute Booze had pied two cases and ruined two columns of local news. For something like half an hour he was chased around the office by the whole force and pelted with billets of wood and old shoes. He finally made lis escape up a chimney lead- ing trom an unused fireplace, where he camped for forty-eight hours without food or beer. He was g§nally conxed down anb forgiven, but im- mediately went into disgrace by getting drunk again. One afternoon the editor’s wife came in with a small handmirror andlaid it down on the dess. It was wrapped in pink paper Government and caught the monkey’s eye. He took possession of and opeued it. There was something new to him. He saw the other monkey and made a wild grab be- hind the glass so as to reach the animal. He failed in this ana then began a series { close investigations, which were as fruitiess of discovery as the attempt to grab the oppo- sition. He twisted the glass around and looked under and oyer it. Several times he essaved to get around the other side of the mirror be- fore the other monkey escaped, and finally | gave vent to his feelings by bringing the ar- ticle down on_the corner of a chair with un- derstood results. His heart was broken and that afternoon he began a debauch that was the cause of his undoing. From 3 to 8 o’clock he camped in the Teamsters’ Heaven and hit the flowing bowl with unabated zest. After he had drained the can to the dregs he came home and staggered over to the stove, where he fell down and went to sieep. On the following morning he worked his way back to the Heaven 1o get a bracer and found that the dripérinx! had not bogun yet. He walked around the can a few moments and returned to the office with a fit of the snakes and trembling with nervousness. By noon he was as weak as a kitten and all attempts to revive him failed. Shortly after that he passedin his Darwinian chips and was buried with great ceremony among the leading citizens in the back yard who had tried to point out needed reforms in the Appeal during political times. PERSONAL. Mre. J. 8. Cone of Red Bluff isat the Palace. L. E. Juston, & Portland lawyer, is at the Lick. W. A. Hofiman, & merchant at Ukiah, is in town. W. E.Dunn, a Los Angeles attorney, is at the Grand. M. K. Maddocks, & Seattle capitalist, is at the Occidental. Dr. James J. Reed and wife of New Jersey are at the Palace. E. B. Willis of the Sacramerto Record-Union '| is at the Russ. Charles J. Noack, a jeweler of Sacramento, 1s at the Lick. J.N. E. Wilson, from Mexico, is registered at the Occidental. E. A. Warren, a vineyardist of Chico, is stay- ing at the Lick. L. H. Garrigus, a Salinas politician, is regis- tered at the Lick. § E. Maybein, a jeweler from Chico, lf quar- tered at the Grand. T. C. Reavis, a Salinas merchant, isin town and staying at the Lick. F. P. Lane and J. S, Lane, merchants of Lake- view, Or., are at the Lick, John Bradbury, the Los Angeles capitalist, with his wife, is at the Palace. Mrs. J. J. Boyce, wife of the Santa Barbara attorney, is registered at the Lick. B. H. Burton and wife are here from Willows and are registered at the Occidental. Mrs. M. 8. Sayre, who is to ride in the horse show, has come down from Lakeport. Henry Daniels, a Grass Valley mining man, registered at the Occidental yesterday. F. F. Doyle, a mining superintendent of Butte City, Mont., is at the Russ House. C. F. McGlashan, & Truckee merchant and formerly & newspaper man, is at the Russ, F. P. Wickersham of the Wickersham Bank, Fresno, is registered at the Lick with his wife, M. Laurence, manager of the Talla¢ House, has moved to the Baldwin, now that the win- ter has puta temporary check upon Tahoe's public attractiveness. D. W. McKenzie, & mining man, is down from Coulterville and has put up at the Grand. E. Black Ryan and family have closed their home at Menlo Park and taken up their winter residence at the Occidental, 8. W. Taylor Jr.,’ editor of the New York Rider and Driver, arrived from the Last last night and put up at the Palace, R. F. Carman, H. K. Bloodgood and Francis Underhill, the three celobrated New York whips, who are to officiate as judges at the coming horse show, arrived yesterday and reg- istered at the Palace. ‘Walter Morosco and his son Leslie started yesterday on a trip arouud the world. They go first to Northern Africa and will return through Europe and the Orient. A. B. Hudelson and J. 0’Malley, railroed en- gineers, are here from Oregon as members of & commitiee requesting the Southern Pacific to lessen their hours. They are staying at the Russ. R. H. Trumbull and son of Chicego are at the Russ. They are members of an excursion of 150 Eastern investors who arrived in the State two weeks ago and who have been buy- ing up orange lands. The party will remain another week. Some of the men are now in Southern California and others are looking at fruit lands around San Jose. Their t is the result of a plan talked of for the last few years by the leaders of the party. BAcON Printing Company, 50: ay street.* . 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