The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 16, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1893. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, | Editor and Pruzl:ie!or. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: 1y and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier. .$0.1 v and Sunday CALL, BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, ncisco, California, ....Main-1868 San F Telephone. ... . EDITORIAL 517 Clay Telephone...... Main—1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 530 Montgomery street, corner Cla : open until o'cloc Tayes street; operr until 9:30 o'clock. rkin street; open until 9:30 o eenth and Mission s EW. co : open o'cloc sion street; open until 9 o'clock. inth street; open until 9 o' er 2518 116 N OAKLAND OFFICE : 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE : Fooms 31 and Cew York City- DAVID M. Agent. MONDAY..... DECEMBER 16, 1895 THE CAL AKS FOR ALL. l Congress will be lively this week. It is now C e’s turn to explain. | It is nothing unusual for the fire depart- ment to find thing: hot as blazes. By the time next Christmas reaches us | e motocycles for novelties. The country is now called on to decide whe duc the Grand Jury draws | isa good gift for the | | About everythin, of the grabbag Congress to stand y to stand up for the show this week. If Cleveland wishe with him he has or Monroe doctrine. The offenses of the Kurds in Armenia begin to smell to this country worse than a bad case of Limburger. Whatever may be the outcome of the European concer Turkey there is very little harmony in the rehearsal. As long as this weather continues out of doors it will matter little what kind the Government has in its bureau. Bayard's foolish speech is a good illus- tration of the folly of trying to make a diplomatist out of & garrulous old Senator. It gnificant that no convention of church people has ever thought it worth while to try the prayer test on Huntington. is There is nothing in Cleveland's game- bag half so interesting to Washington as the committee lists in Tom Reed’s side pocket. Secretary Morton is still urging the re- tion of Cleveland, and Cleveland still Morton free to talk instead of ad- 2im to shut up. el leav vising Remember if you do your Christmas trading early you can save time, save money gnd stand round as a smiling spec- tator of the crush later on After the wretched euckoo songs of the last Congress the people will listen with delighted ears to the strong chorus of true Americanism that comes from this one. Governor Morton says he will not be a candidate for the Presidency unless he thinks he can win, but when a man has that bee in his bonnet he always thinks what the bee buzzes. The people of Venezuela have had the folly to start a revolution justat the time :y most need'a united front against Britain, but all the same there will no revolution in be about the Monroe doctrine. In spite of New York having 8000 more saloons than Philadelphia, the deposits in the savings banks of the former city have increased $15,000,000 within a few months. If this is the result of Sunday closing, Roosevelt's regime has been of practical benefit. 1f the Alameda Argus really wishes to know what has become of the projected boulevard between Oakland and San Jose it can find it in the form of money in the pockets of the landowners, but by and by it will take the projected shape of a boule- vard and open up a way for putting more money in those pockets than ever was there before. In saying “THE CALL is making wonder- | ful strides as a newspaper and will soon be boasting of its circulation,” the Marys- ville Appeal overlooks the fact that we never boast. More correct is the state- ment of the Richmond Bamner: ‘‘THE CarL doesn’t weary its readers with circu- lation rot, but simply saws wood while subscriptions rolt in.”” An interesting question of international law is raised by the contention of Captain W iborg of the Danish steamer Horsa, that the deck of his vessel when his country's flag flew at the peak in Amerian ports was Danish soil; but the caprain’s view is radi- cally wrong, as inside the three-mile limit the law of the United States is supreme, and the laws of other nations become wholly inoperative. An elderly man in Sonoma found a woman who guaranteeing herself to be “moral and worthy” agreed in consid- eration of certain property to marry him and “live with for the remainder of their joint lives.”” The man deeded the property to the woman, but after living with nim two yearsshe eloped. The courts have decided that she has not violated the contract, is ‘‘moral and worthy” and hasa right to the land. The moral of the story certainly sticks out far enough to hit the eye of every man who thinks of making a matrimonial contract with a woman. A movement has been started by Rear Admiral Meade to procure the erection at ‘Washington of a statue to Paul Jones, the first hero of the American navy, and out of the interest in the subject thus awak- ened has come the publication of a letter from Jones to Robert Morris, in which he says: ‘it was my fortune, as senior first lieutenant, to hoist the flag of Amenca the first time it was displayed.” That our flag was first raised over the ocean by the hand of so victorious a sea captain is a notable fact and a picture of the hero in the act would make a noble historical painting, Uncle Sam’s mind | | strengthening | ceedingly advant | tween Mr. Huntington and the Panama | line will very likely throttle that project, | as | Government, but so able a lobbyist as Mr. | Huntington is likely only to be amused at | i such efforts to thwart his purpose. | knows how to employ suasions far more | tions. | sponsible Californians sent o Washington. | foot. | citizens will be authorized to represent the | L | interests of the State in the matter. \er Grover or his game is the deader | might be well to confine the selection to | two classes—merchants and producers—as ws | they are the ones directly oppressed by e Jear in mind the Oakland exhibit of | advi ‘e products offers everybody a good |nish them with able legal assistance, but it | | | »tors and pohticians to Washington. AN ADDED ARGUMENT. The final agreement between the Pacific Mail and the Panama Raiiway meansa of the Southern Pacific Company’s monopoly and augments the argument for cpposing any measure for the funding of the railroad debt. As the Panama Company was so independent of Mr. Huntington, and held out against him so long, it is a reasonable conclusion that it has made arrangements with him ex- ous to 1tself, and that means an increase of the burdens which theindustries of California are called upon to bear. We have heard nothing lately of the steamship line which the merchants of New Orieans began to establish some months ago between that city and San Francisco for the purpose principally of carrying our wines to New Orleans at reac sonable rates for transportation. Other freights were to be taken, but as the French of Louisiana are large consumers of light wines, and had found the products of California periectly suited to them, they desired to secure them in large quantities. We believe that the steamers were actu- ally started, and we know that the wine- makers of California were much elated over the prospect. The arrangement be- the New Orleans steamships would have to use the Panama road. It is well enough for the peovle of Cali- fornia to express themselves in resolutions addressed to Congress and directed against | any extension of the railroad debt to the He effective than mass-meetings and resolu- The important thing needed is actual personal work by leading and re- Already a movement to this end is on It is hoped that only the strongest It isting conditions. Everybody else suff indirectly, but these two have studied the situation and are best able to dis dly. It would not be amis: would never do to send professional azita- THE LABOR FEDERATION. The election of Samuel Gompers as president of the American Federation of Labor is taken to mean only that a dis- tinctive labor party is not desired by a majority of the delegates at the National convention. It wasinferred from some ob- scure passages in the address of President McBride that he favored an independent movement. The majority by which Gom- pers was elected was very small, ill, the situation is significant in many The socialistic element in the con- vention was aggressive, outspoken and strong, and there is evidence that social- ism has made great headway in the ranks of labor since the last annual convention. But it is clear that it would be impessible to make socialisa a prominent issue in the absence of a National party to advocate it, and it is clear also that as none of the great National parties are ready to accept it the idea as a serious policy has been checked by the election of Gompers. These disclosures impose upon the older parties a responsibility while it furnishes them with an opportunity. Tkat the Federation of Labor yet hopes for gen- erous recognition from the organized parties may be inferred from its refusal to found an independent movement. Undoubtedly the result of the recent elections throughout the country had a great deal to do with the decision of the convention. These elections unmistakably indicated trust in the Republican party and a belief shat it wili restore the con- fidence of the people and the prosperity of in, and all citizens can well nfiurd_ i) unite with our merchants in hastening the arrival of that time. OAKLAND'S EXPOSITION. The exposition of Alameda County products will be formaily opened at Oak- land at 1 o'clock this afternoon. As the first of a series of such expositions to be held generally throughout the State this one has a special value apart from itsin- trinsic merits. The Oakland affair is a salient depdrture from the time-honored idea of the county fair, an institution dating back to the earlier days of England’s history and brought to this country hundreds of years ago. That arcbaic conception is still cher- ished in California in thes form of district agricultural fairs, supported largely by State aid, but lately fallen somewhat into unpopularity. The idea presented in the Oakland exposition is as far in advance of that which mspired the county fair as the civilization of the present day is ahead of that wiich England enjoyed a thousand years azo. The new plan, while retaining the best features of sociability which char- acterized the old, is aimed directly to in- stract humanity concerning the science of living. To that end the Oakland exposition is made an array of those fine and wonder- fully varied proaucts of Alameda County, whose understanding and acceptance con- tribute to the sum of happiness. At the same time an eye to the value of social, picturesque and artistic features has been kept open and alert. Thus, in visiting this exposition one not only enjoys but learns and becomes acquainted with wis- | dom in the guise of beauty. The fashion- able folk of San Francisco can pass pleas- ant evenings by organizing parties to visit this exposition, and both pleasure and profit will attend the efforts of all who go to see what wonderful resources Alameda County enjoys. OOAST EXCHANGES. | The Stockton Independent, referring to & recent publication in the Mariposa Miner, published at Coulterville, draws attention i to an interesting circumstance. The Horseshoe Bend vineyard is on ground which some years ago was supposed to have been rendered worthiess by placer mining. After millions of dollars bad been taken from the ground in the form of gold the land was, of course, abandoned. It lay neglected until six or seven years | ago, and in the meantime became covered with a volunteer growth of ‘‘scrub tim- ber.” Itthen became the property of P. P. Mast of Springfield, Ohio. Now there are on the 750 acres, 7500 olive, 3000 prune and 2500 almond trees, besides peach, orange, fig, pomegranate, wainut and many other trees, fine raisin and other grapes, all of which are yielding richly. We are not informed whether the pro- cess of mining washed out the native humus in the soil or that there was ever humus’ in it. Without this valuable in- gredient the soil could not be expected to produce food crops. Butitis a fact that soil taken from deep underground sources, devoid of vegetable mold and for a time repellent to vegetation, gradually under- goes ch emical changes when exposed to the sunlight, air and rains, and so becomes fit for vegetation. Then it becomes covered with a volunteer wild growth and thus acquires vegetable mold, and so in time becomes fertile. This has been the case with lands covered with scil brought down from hydrautic mines by streams which overflow their banks. The subject i3 novel and worthy of note. The case is very different from that pre- sented by the Nile, the Yellow River, the Ganges and overflowing streams, because they deposit an alluvinm which is rich in humus and which, therefore, is ready for immediate cultivation. In the California case the soil from mining comes from depths at which this ingredient is wanting. The point is that even such soil in fime naturally takes on conditions favorable to cultivation, and so we are confronted with the country. The election of Gompers may be fairly taken as an expression of that hope and trust. ‘While the Republican party is pro- fessedly the champion of the rights of all deserving classes, and may be depended on to foster the prosperity and happiness of the laboring classes as a condition prece- dent to a wise and stable Government and to the content of the people, its efforts to secure these ends could be vastly strength- ened by the voluntary co-operation of the laboring classes themselves. Never were these in greater need of intelligent cham- pionship and never bas the Republican party been in a better position to master the needs of the whole country, and es- pecially of the laboring element. This co-operation should proceed from the individual efforts of laborers. By en- rolling with Republican clubs and im- pressing their influence on the pariy they might exercise a powerful influence for their good upon its counsels and policy. Indubitably it is the party which will direct the destinies of the country for some time to come, and therefore it should be made as comprehensive and useful as possible. SAN FRANOISCO SHIPPING. In accordance with suggestions made in the annual report of Eugene T. Chamber- lain, Commissioner of Navigation, Senator Frye has introauced a series of bills for the purpose of repealing certain maritime statutes which, in the change of things, have either become obsolete or remain as hindrances to navigation. Many of the suggestions were based on recommenda- tions made by the Collector of this port, and the passage of the bills, therefore, will have considerable effect on the shipping of San Francisco. . Among the benefits to be expected from the consideration of the proposed improve- ments will be the renewal of interest in our commerce and in the advantages of San Francisco as a shipping port. The bills thémselves provide no far-reaching legislation, but the debate upon them will probably bring about a review of the whole situation and lead to a more radical re- form in the end than is at present aimed at. In this connection it is pleasing to note that the Republican caucus commit- tee has assigned td’Senator Perkins a place on the Senate Committee on Apvropria- tions, and he will be in a position of advan- tage therefore to further all our just claims in the way of improving the port. We must not, however, depend wholly upon the National Government to make San Francisco all that it should be as a commercial city. Some of the hindrances to onr shipping are the results of unwise local legislation, and now that the Federal statutes are to be revised, it is a good time for our merchants to consider what re- forms might be effected by the City or the State. Our shipping should be as free as possible from every form of restriction. ‘We should remove all barriers, whether of rocks or of laws, from the Golden Gate and let thie white-winged vessels go forth in freedom, carrying our products wher- ever the billows roll and the salt winds blow. The broad Pacific is our heritage, and should be our empire. Of us it is Jit- another of those novel conditions which make California peculiar, and indicate a stiil further source of undeveloped wealth. The Independent calls attention to the in- teresting fact that although the Horseshoe Bend vineyard is too remote from a rail- road to find profit in shipping its products, the revival of mining in the Coulterville region has created a local demand which does away with the necessity for seeking a distant market, and which brings a profit to the grower. This means to say that ac- tivity in one industry brings prosperity to others. This is an important point, whose value is likely to be overlooked in the general scheme for developing the re- sources of the State, The Dunsmuir News makes an announce- ment of a startling character. Ttisthata syndicate, composed principally of Eng- lish capitalists, has secured possession of large tracts of land in the Klamath Basin of Southern Oregon and Northeastern California, much of which is covered by the Klamath lakes, and that the syndicate is preparing to empty the lakes by blast- ing out the Klamath River, which flows southwesterly through Northern Califor- nia to the Pacific Ocean. Our contem- porary says that the syndicate secured title urrder the swamp land act, and pro- poses to drain off the whole body of water and thus secure meadow land of more than a hundred miles square (square miles?). Our contemporary adds: ‘“They are now within a half mile of the lower end of the lake and when they cut through that balf mile the whole body of water will be supposed to go rushing down to the sea. As the storage of waters in these mountains is of immense interest to the peovle of the Pacific Coast for all time to come, we think the National Government should sit down promptly on this syndi- cate; if not it will find itself in the posi- tion of the boy who killed the goose that 1aid the golden egg.” The Klamath Basin is one of the most beautiful and fertile regions in the world. It is a vast depressed plain formed by lava flows from the great volcanoes of Northern Cahfornia and Southern Oregonm, and it receives all the heavy precipitation of the eastern flank of the Cascade range. Great shallow lakes, communicating one with another, dot the plain, and their only out- let is the Klamath River. This is a stream of comparatively recent origin, and in cut- ting its way through the Trinity range to the sea it made a gorge of supreme gran- deur. In consequence of the lakes in the Klamath Basin and of the moisture which makes them possible, the plains are a vast meadow of luxuriant natural grasses, which offer as fine pasturage as the Blue- grass region of Kentucky. The soil is ex- ceedingly rich, as well-watered and thor- oughly decomposed volcanic soils are apt to be, and where cultivated yields splen- did crops. The one thing against this great . ernpire 18 its inaccessibility by rail, but as it lies on the natural highway be- tween the Upper Sacramento Valley and the railway systems traversing Idaho and Montana, it is bound sooner or later to be tapped. When that happens there wili occur a large addition to the wealth of the West. To drain the lakes would beto erally true, our golden years will occur | drain the land and render it arid and when the full measure of our ships cdmes | sterile. For these reasons the contention made by our contemporary at Dunsmuir deserves the serious consideration of the Government. Nevada City 18 evidently feeling the thrill of new life. The Grass Valley Tidings announces that the Knights of Pythias and the Native Sons bave united to erect a building of handsome design and generous proportions.” Its length will be 140.feet, and the lodgeroom will be 40 by 60 feet, with several anterooms in addi- tion, besides fine banquet and dance rooms and hall and offices on the second floor. On the ground floor there will be a large and commodious storeroom with plate- glass windows in front. The total cost of the building is estimated to be from $15,000 to $18,000. \ The Vancouver Independent gives notice that its editorial department has been placed in charge of James A. Snodgrass, an able and experienced journalist. The Shasta Courier calls attention to the fact that as long ago as 1850 it advocated the opening of the Sacramento River to navigation as far as Middle Creek, and it has now reopened tha campaign. 1tshows these important facis: First, without any improvement of the stream a steamer did once ascend to Latonia, near Anderson. Second, in spite of the fact that the Legis- lature declared the river a navigable stream as far north as Middle Creek, the railroad company was permitted to span the stream with two permanent bridges, a clear violation of law. Our contem- porary insisted at the time that draw- bridges should be constructed. It adds: “Other States that have not done a hun- dredth part as much benefit to the Repub- lic as California have been favored by the Government, while we have been ignored and neglected so far as waterways are con- cerned, and it is high time that our claims be recognized and amends made for the past. We are satisfied that our delegation in Congress will work diligently, and we hope effectively, in securing adequate ap- propriations for the great enterprise of opening our State watetways to permanent navigation. It is given out that the pres- ent Congress will be afflicted with economi- cal spasm, but trust that our wide-awake representatives wiil be successful in squeez- g through bills of suthcient allowance to inaugurate systematic work.” Pl iyl | The Alameda Telegram joyfully an- nounces that its recent temporary troubies have been conquered—they were never of a financial character—and that henceforth it will go blithesomely singing down the ages. The Sacramento Bee takes a hopeful view of the situation presented by the dis- charge of 500 or more workmen from the railroad shops. Its reasons are these: ‘“I'he coming season promises to be a busy one for Sacramento County. The indica- tions are that the electric road to Orange Vale will be completed ptior to September 1, 1896, and rapid work with a large force of men will have to be done in order to have the road in operation at that con- tract time. Besides, the portions of the San Juan grant recently sold are very heavily wooded. Over 500 acres of this land must be cleared for planting hefore March 1, 1896, a task which will necessi- tate the employment of 300 or 460 men for several months.” The Watsonville Rustler justifies its Litle by beginning its eighth volume with aug- mented vigor and pluck. According to the San Jose News there are people in Santa Clara County as well as in 8an Francisco who are deeply inter- ested in the suggestion to establish a free market in this City. “No one,” it says, *‘can more thoroughly understand the im- portance of the scheme than our fruit- growers and market gardenc ~. Thereis hardly one of them who has not bad a practical experience with the methods of the middlemen and commission mer- chants, They bave seen their goods dumped into the waters of the bay while thousands of people stood around ready to buy at some price. Last season was not their first experience in that direc- tion. Every year a material vortion of their goods have taken the same course. Last year it was potatoes and melons, other years it has been asparagus and to- matoes and all kinds of perishable fruits. The free market would stop all this. The producers would get a price for their products in proportion to the demand, and the people of San Francisco would get their fruit and vegetables on terms that all could afford. Whenever the free market proposition assumes a shape that will enable the people of this county to giveit assistance, there is no doubt that it will receive it, and in a manner so hearty and energetic that it will count much toward its success.” Our contem- porary thus citesa very important instance of the hardship suffered by producers be- cause there is no free marketin San Fran- cisco. The Hayward Journal calls attention to a strange condition of affairs in that thriv- ing town. Itsays: ‘“The lack of suitable houses for homeseekers to rent in Hay- ward is hable to keep the town back very materially unless something is done by our property-owners. There are many beautiful sites for residences in town which are now vacant and within easy reach of the sewers, and we are surprised a move is not made to erect a number of neat cottages on these lots. But as we now stand strangers are forcea to go 1o other places to locate, and we are naturally losing business by it, for every family locating in town is a benefit to our busi- ness men.” And yet the rate of rents makes investment in improvements profit- able; the town has a population of 1500, is situated in one of the most fertile, pros- perous and attractive sections of Alameda County, has a fine sewer system, superior ‘public schools, quick rail communication with San Francisco and every other needed advantage and attraction. Our contemporary urges its citizens to organize an improvement association. Meanwhile the capitalists of San Francisco have a hint as to where they can make a hi ghly profitable investment of lhe{r money. Although the Salinas Valley is famous for producing the finest wheat in the ‘West, depressed prices for this cere al have compelled the farmers {o seek a more profitable use for their land. To that end, according to the Monterey New Era, the owners of at least 60,000 acres of land have made an arrangement with the California Engineering and Promotion Company for an irrigation system which is expected to bring highly satisfactory results, as it w ill introdu ce improved farming and the culti- vation of high-class products. This is to be accomplished by means of a corpora_ tion and the issuance of bonds, the land. owners to invest in proportion to their acreage. This is one of the mostimpor- tant measure for the high development of an exceedingly rich valley that has been undertaken recently in California, and will inevitably resultin increasing the popula- tion of the valley, the value of land and profits of producers. The Los Angeles Journal, which hitherto has been the brightest paper published in that city, has made-a radical reduction in its subscription rates and announces valu- able improvements of various kinds. PERSONAL. Dr. J. W. Thayer of Gilroy is at the Baldwin. F. Golden, a merchant of Nevada City, is at the Grand. E. D. Warren, a merchant of Ukiah, is & guest at the Grand. L. Gaudeifinger, & banker of Fresno, regis- téred yesterday at the Lick. R. C.Terry, a prominent fruitman of Mar- tinez, is staying at the Lick. A. Levinsky, an attorney of Stockton, regis- tered at the Grana yesterday. John F. Kidder of Grass Valley artived here yesterday and put up at the Palace. John D. Bicknell, a well-known attorney of Los Angeles, is a guest at the Palace. C. G. Whitenurst, a son of State Senator Whitehurst, and his bride are at the Lick. Senator E. C. Voorhies came in from Sutter Creek yesterday and registered at the Palace. J.D. Carr, & big land-oner and politician of Salinas, registered at the Occidental yester- day, o J. Ross Trainer, a leading fruit-shipper of Marysville, was one of yesterday’s arrivalsat the Grand. CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 15.—Among re- cent arrivals are: Mrs, J. N. Jordan, J. N. Jor dan Jr., Ebbit House; L. R. Miller, Los Angeles, Raleigh Hotel. A MISS' EVENING COSTUME. A more charmingly dainty gown for & young girl cannot be found,and for white materials is it especially adapted. A creamy China silk, with lace yoke of the same tint laid over white satin, makes an ideal dress for evening parties and dances. The dainty crepes of silk are beautiful, and though notso cheap as China silk prove a wise investment, for they wear forever and dye beautifully in light shades. ndian mull, silk mull and chiffon are exquisite for dancing gowns, and all develop well after this model. For evening dresses the dainty Dresden silks of taffetas are exquisite, with trimmings of lace or chiffon. One of creamy tint with lines of blue, between which are interspersed pink blossoms, might be trimmed with blue or pink chiffon and rib- bons. White challie with yellow blossoms sprinkled all over the surface “is beautiful with yellow ribbon trimmings. “Jl‘ink with black chiffon is exceedingly sty- sh. FROM WESTERN SANCTUMS. Remedy for Lynching. ‘Whateom (Wash.) Reveille. 1§ those regions which are annoyed by semi- occasional lynching masquerades wish to avoid such surprise parties it can easily be done. Enact & rigorous statute making any or all the participants, and also the county in which the affair takes place, jointly end severally liable to the heirs or executors of the victim in the sum of £50,000, regardless of the guilt or innocence of the deceased, and require that a tax sufficient to pay the judgment, interest and costs, and an attorney’s fee of 5 per cent of the total, to_be added by the court on mo- tion, and provide a special penalty against any concerlment or neglect to disclose knowledge of any part of the transaction. Give cases under the statute precedence over all other cases on the calendar,and provide that if affirmed on appeal 25 per cent of the total amount shall be added as damages for delay. Such a statute would make such necktie parties unpopular, and would extend the pa- ltionc’e of committees to await due process of aw. Bringing the Subject Home. Redding Free Press. Talk about the Republican principle of pro- tection; why, it isin the very air we breathe. The people of Redding held & mass-meeting the other night for what? to get protection against the Chinese. There isn’t & business- man in our city who does not want protection against outside peddlers and hawkers, and they should have it, too. Why? Because they pay a license and a tax to keep up the home government. There isn’t a laborer or & skilled mechanic in the State who does not ery out for protection. Labor unions are organized for protection, and throughout the length and breadth of our land a restriction of pauper labor is demanded. Only for protection the smaller towns and villages would be wiped outand trade would be centralized in the large cities. Large Land Holdings Retard Growth. Oroville Register. The fact recently published that less than 300 people lived upon 153,000 scres of the richest land in the Sacramento Valley shows how large land holdings have retarded growth. If this land was subdivided into 160-acre farms and & family of five persons located | upon each farm it would support 45,280 eople. As it is proposed to subdivide into gve. ten and twenty acre tracts, und as each twenty-acre lot wiil afford a family a living, it will_be possiple to locate upon this land over 360,000 settlers. A Webfooter’s Gloomy Foreboding. Portland Oregonian. If it is true that a British fleet is on its way to the Venezuela coast, it is possible that we snall see & repetition of the Corinto incident. National aggression grows by what it feeds on. The next thing we shall see a British fleet occupying New York and seizing customs dues to make up the $425,000 claimed on account of seizure by the United States of American ships greying u&:n the seal fisheries under the British flag. ~After & few vears’ more training ‘we shall take this meekly enough. One Notable Exception to the Rule. Seattle Post-Inteliigencer. Postmaster-General Wilson, in an order issuea last week, says that Postmasters and other em- ployes of the postal service are paid by the Government for attending to the respective du- ties assigned to them, which do not include efforts to secure legislation. But when it comes to neglecting their duties in order to at- tend State and county conventions in behalf of candidates friendly ‘to the administration an executive firman will always be granted. Developing Home Resources. Solano Republican. The interest which Claus Spreckels is taking in the sugar-beet industry and the establish- ment of factories in different parts of the State is highly commendable and conducive to our yrosperiéy. While many capitalists seek Fastern fields for investment Mr. Spreckels spends his money in developing home re- sources. Cannot Restore Lost Lungs. San Jose Mercury. Visitors never fail to comment on the low death rate in this city. It would be still lower but for the fact that many invalids who come here from Eastern States wait until they are in the last stages of disease before doing s0. Even 50 perfect a climate as that of San J%!e cannot restore a lost lung. THE CUBAN REBELLION. New York Herald. Horatio S. Rubens, a representative of the Cuban revolutionary party in this city, in lpe;k.(ng of the President’s message yesterday, said: “There is no word to indicate that the Presi. dent is unfavorably inclined toward granting belligerency to Cuba, while the whole indicates the gravity with which he views the grounds sible for such belligerency—1 strength omn insurrection, the fllhyynl 3? deavors at its sup; on, the 1088 10 American interests, and the inhumanity which especially characterizes this war. “The fact that the President calls upon the citizens of this country to observe neutrality and the necessity of our honestly fulfllling our international obligations is not in any sense directed against the Cubans as a body. Moreover, when you keep it in mind, even after the tion of the Cubans asbel- ligerents the neutrality laws and other inter- national obligations mist be strictly observed then as now. “On the whole, therefore, I consider his at- tude_as not only sympathetic, but as indicat- ing the importance of the insurrection and bis readiness to act on this subject when the roper moment arrives in the manner most vorable to the Cubans.” Pittsburg Dispateh. There are many good citizens of this country of the opinion that the Government should not only recognize the belligerent rights of the Cuban patriots, but should recognize the full existence of a Cuban republic and extend to it all the protection implied by the Monroe doc- trine. They feel that this is one of the times in the affairs of nations when America is justi- fied in adding something to inwrnational law, as the European powers are justified in taking the affuirs of Turkey into iheir own hands. There are interests of common humanity and the right to life and conscience that supersede the fiction of international law. New York World. ‘We have a National interest in the independ- ence of Cuba which has no parallel in the case of any European country. If we were aggres- sively disposed we might find both reason and precedent for & much mere active sympathy with the Cuban insurgents than anybody at present proposes to extend to them. Al that theyask of us is & recognition of their right to do battle for liberty and inde- pendence. So much every American ought to stand ready to grant. 5 Pittsburg Dispatch. If a third of the provinces of Spain were to declare that they had seceded and this country should recognize them as belligerents in less than three months the proceeding would be an exact pafallel to Spain’s action when the Southern Confederacy was proclaimed. Cuba is Spain’s distant colony and our ueighbor, and et we have not imitated the unfriendly Span- h example under the greater provocation. Indanapolis News. The people of this country certainly wish the people of Cuba success in their war for in- dependence. They hope the time will come when it will be advisable for the Government to recognize mot simply the belligerent rights of the insurgents, but the independence of the island. But it may well be doubted whether that time has yet come. Greenville (Tex.) Herald. Governor Matthews of Indiava, in aspeech in Philadelphia, de¢lared that right was on the side of Cuba and that God in fiis own good time will unshackle her limbs. There are many American citizens who would rejoice if the approaching Congress, though it will be Republican, co-operate with the Lord in this matier, at feast to the extentof recognizing uba. St. Paul Pioneer Press. Turkey and Spain, especially the former, seem to be in the position of the villain of the play. They occupy a large share of the atten- ton of the audience, but they are loudly hissed by the galleries. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. “TURNING TO STONE”—S., City. The bodies recently taken from the Hebrew cemetery at the Mission were not petrified but‘were turned into a substance known to science as adipocre, a word from the Latin—adeps, fat, and cera, wax. The substance is waxy in consistency, but of waxy origin. Some bodies do not decay in the usual manner, but become changed into a white, solid, very heavy non-putrescible sub- stance,which retains the original size and con- tour of the person, and sometimes is this so well reserved that the features are recognizable. First, when the body is thatof a fat individual second, where the body is buried in a moist place twhere the water collects in considerable quantity at-about the level of the coffin. The process of change is described as follows: The ad: ?ou tissue is first affected, becoming raneid and producing liquid, fatty acids. These pene- trate the neighboring tissues, so that the skin, muscles, etc., become saturated with them. At the same time the albuminous matter of the body begins to decompose, producing ammonia, which uniting with the fatty acids form a soapy substance. But the most of these acids are taken up by lime which the water surrounding the coffin has absorbed in filter- ing through the earth. Thus the tissues of the body, already permeated by fatty acids, are furthersaturated with the ammcniacal and cal- careouscombinations,especially with the oleate of lime. This keeps the animal tissues from further decomposition and even preserves the structure in its minutest particular, so that the veins and peculiar markings are distinctly visible. Such bodies are dense and heavy when taken from the earth, but become lighter as the moisture evaporates. The internal or- gans become shriveled and disintegrated. CoNsuMPTION—M. W. A,, City. By some itsis maintained that phthisis is communicated by infection and 1n no other way, the infecting agent being the bacillus. Others deny that it can be communicated by infection like afever, and experience of consumptive wards in hos- pitals would seem to favor the latter. A writer on this subject says: There appears to be, however, a_growing opinion that consumption may occasionally be acquired by apparenily healthy persons from c¢losg association with one already suffering from it, and if this view be well founded it affords a strong presumption that some infecting agent, such as the tubercule bacilius, is the medium 0f communication. The whole subject of the infectiousness of the disease is not yet settled. There are physicians who assert that there are preventitives against consumption, and there are records of cures when the treatment was in the first stage of the disease. CoxGrEss—J. H., City. Ir the United States there is & new Congress every two years. The first met on the 4th of March, 1789, in the City of New York. To find the numberof a Congress sitting in any given year after the 4th of March, subtract 1789, the year in which the first Con- gress was held from the given year. Should the Tesult be an even number, balf of that number will give the Congress of the year in question with the closing year. If the result is an odd number, add one to it, and half the result will give the Congress of which the year in ques- tion will be the first year. ALGEBRA—N. A. H., City. Unless you are particularly gifted you will find the study of algebra and geometry, without a teacher, a very difficult undertaking. If you are deter- mined to study that way one book is as good as another. Select your bcoks and then apply yourself assiduously. A Correct PHRASE—W. C. K., Lakeport, Lake County, Cal. ““To-morrow is Thursday” is in- correct, while “To-morrow will be Thursday” is correct. “Is” implies the present and to-mor- row refers to the future, so to speak of the fu- ture in the present tense is wrong. ABoUT WiLLs—M. P, City. It is not necessary that a will should be acknowledged before a notary public in this State, nor does it have to be recorded. JuLY 4, 1885—G. L. M., City. The Fourth of July, 1885, fell on Saturday. PERSONAL attention. Roberts Printing Co.* - BROKEN, Mixed Candies, 10¢ 1b. Townsend’s. * —————— SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Presy Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * ————— . It is stated that swallows have been seen in England during every month of the year. 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