The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 18, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1893. Editor and Proprietor. BSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: rrier..§0.15 ket Street, co, California. Telephone. ... 2 .. Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Telephone .. BRANCH OFFIC ery street, ¢ ; open until 8 : open until 9:30 ocl orner Sixteenth and Mission st until 9 0'clock. 2518 Mission street: open nintil 9 o'clock. 116 Ninth street; open until 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 31 and 32, Park Row, New York City. VID M 'OLTZ, Special Agent, Well done, Cleveland! It was a good eagle scream. The message pleases the country. The spirit of Monroe returns again. After all Olney had some vigor in him. get her Veunezuela htful boundary now. On this issue all Americans stand to- gether. m is silent to-day and only Party criticis patriotism talk There will be no war, but there will be a sudden arbitration. When the Kurds have made a desert the Sultan will call it peace. There are some pots that have impu- h to call the whole world With the Solid Eight anything goes that rand Jury headed the The only objection to mopping the streets with the Solid Fight is the fact that the here is music in the air sure enouch when the song of the cuckoo sounds the ] e Jingo chorus. off and spit at ake slander the 10ke the lie out of it. It is 2 good sign of coming reform when you see rascals in oflice cowering before | virtue and profess be virtuous. As the Solid Eight no head to it, the | question is open whether it is bossed by | the K the Dunker or the Scully un. 0ld Monroe will seem to Venezuela like anta Claus, but England 1 re; him the boss organizer of surprise parties. Wherever there is an independent press always find that for them a public I and the lash never | add a dread | tmas season and | d duties we owe to vour Christmas ber the orphans’ homes of the poor and keep your | J continues to discuss the | whispers, but the is beginning of Oklahoma comy has too many relatives, | d he expect of a member 0 | that a brass trust has been formed e it wili see to it that no other combination ever gets brass that Hoke Sm but what else ¢ of the Smith fami monopoly enough to form a trust. The report that Spain‘is trying to ar- range with England an exchange of Cuba for Gibraltar may go as a rumor, but the exchange itself will never go. There is no State in the Union save California that can celebrate her Christmas holidays with an ice palace festival in one place and a picnic amid blossoms in & other. = nE | Tme Catn had the honor of a double compliment on Monday, the Methodist clergy commended it in the morning and the Solid Eight denounced it in the evening. There will be time enough to weigh the motives of the President later on. To-day it is sufficient to know he bas taken a stand where every American must stand -with him. Huntington has won his contest over the Panama road, but that is no sign he will win the funding bill fight. It is much easier to straddle an isthmus than to grab a continent. A clever rascal might possibly succeed in making a good figure in posing as a moral reformer while supporting poolroom gamblers, but the King-Dunker crowd are none of them clever. If Europe does mnot remove the flimsy and decaying structure of the Ottoman empire a war will break out there before long that will spread over the whole of Europe and Asia before it can be stopped. The Irish organizations in the Eastern cities are reported to be very strong, but it is doubtful if they will attempt to free Ireland until after they have heiped this country through with the campaign of 1896. Congress can be re upon to see that ied Cleveland does not turn the dispute with Ingland into a means of serving any indi- vidual ambition, and all. that. the people have to do is to recognize that America is now face to face with England, and one of the two must retreat or there will be war. Secretary Carlisle is getting well roasted all round. Congress is after him for his deals with the bond syndicate, the Feder- ation of Labor attacks him for violating | peal to arms, and it wil WELL DONE, OLEVELAND. By his message of yesterday Grover Cleveland assumes the rightful position of a President of the United States. He maintains the dignity of the Nation. He asserts the principles of a true American- He places himself at the head of the people. He speaks the vopular will in language not to be mistaken. He gives notice through Great Britain to all the world that in American affairs the United States is and must be supreme, and that the Monroe doctrine ‘‘cannot become obsolete while onr Republic endnres.” This firm and clear declaration of the determined will of the people of the United States to maintain the indepen- dence of all American countries and to guarantee their soil protection irom Euro- pean aggression is the more satisfactory because it comes from an unexpected source. The Americanism of Mr. Cleve- land has been so couservative that not infrequently it has been doubted whether he fully appreciated or sym- pathized with the true grandeur of the Nation. It is in the highest degree gratifving to learn that these doubts weré unjust and that where the interests and dignity of the Republic are threatened by a foreign power he is capable of worthily upholding the precedents established by the illustrious men who preceded him in his high office. ism. Strong and vigorous as are the terms of the message it is nowhere unfair or im- moderate. Indeed the conditions of the Venezuelan affair are now so critical that nothing is left to the United States but to surrender the Monroe doctrine or to act as the President advises. As he himself e “Having labored faithful for many vears to induce Great Britain to submit this dispute to impartial arbitration, and having ‘been now finally apprised of her refusal to do so, nothing remains but to accept the situation, to recognize its plain requirements and deal with it accordingly.” That the President will have the hearty support of Congress and the people goes without saying. In fact, it is well under- stood that had he delayed longer the Re- publican majority in the House of Repre- sentatives, fresh from the peovle, would have compelled him to act or known the by reason why. By its platforms, its pledges to the people, by ons, by its sentiments and instinets and by tbe memory and inspiration of all its immortal leaders from martyred Lincoln to glorious Blaine, the Republican party is, in a special sense, consecrated to the maintenance of that Pan-Americanism of which the Monroe doctrine is at once the animating spirit and the embodied creed. On this issue, therefore, tne President has only to go forward, and he will have be- | hind him all the great forces of the Repub- lic. There will be no partisan dissensions to hamper him in the contest, for with this struggle before us there are no longer Republicans, Democrats or Populists, but all of us are Americans. We are not among those who believe that a war is imminent. Modern diplo- ma of avoiding an ap- doubtless manage to find one in this case. Our satisfaction is that it will not find one in any weakness on our part, nor in any lack of resolution to defend the Monroe doctrine and protect Venezuela in the possession of her rightiul boundaries. Peace will continue, but it will be peace with honor, and for that the people will for once commend Mr. Cleve- land with the honorable praise of “Good and faithful servant, well Gone.” S STONE FOR THE FERRY. The predicament in which the Harbor Commissioners find themselves is the natural resuif of a lack of intelligent atten- tion on the part of the State, of architects, of contractors and of owners of stone es. This fact is not materially cted by a combination which may bave been formed among interested par- i ainst the interests of the State, ns that no adequate knowledge of the Character of the stones ted by bidders for the ferry buiid- in existence, and that the Com- sners had to appeal to Professor ilgard of the State University for an ex- amination as to the chemical properties of the specimens. Even his investigation, valuable though it is, does not go to the character of the stones under stress or strain: these would have to be determined | with mechanical apparatus. J All this is extraordinary. The building stones of California exist in greater variety than can be found in any other section of the world. Besides granite of many kinds, we have sandstone of every character, quality and color; marble in wonderful variety, running from pure white to beauti- ful and highly colored markings; sand- stone in dozens of formations and many colors -and volcanic rocks in bewildering array. A few of these have received in- telligent study, but in comparison withall that we have the number is exceedingly small. Even asit is, we hear that stones which have been studied are found to crush under weight in structure and dis integrate under climatic influences. T proves clearly that the preliminary ex- amination which they received was no: the best, for the subjectis so.well under- stood that it is next to 1mpossible to make a mistake if the tests have been properly made. The California CBapter of Architects ought to feel a very deep interest in this subject and should be able to exercise an influence which would place the State in comprehensive control of the matter. Then tbhe: architects should co-overate with the State, the idea being to ascertain exactly the character of the stone in every deposit in California. The . examination should not only be chemical and geologi- calas well as mechanical, but should be extended to include practical tests in structure to ascertain the effect which time and exposure have in the different centers of population throughout the State. Stone that may be suited to one place may be unsuited to another twenty miles away, so various are the climatologi-, cal conditions of California. No architect has the right to recommend 2 stone that he is not absolutely sure will bring the best -resulta. him to guess or assume, and when time has proved his error heought to be held responsible in the courts for his lack of judgment. It would not be sufficient to confine the investigation to existing quarries. A careful inspection of the whole Btate the eight-hour law, and now the National Reform Convention is denouncing him for permitting a barroom on Ellis Island. After a littie more of the roasting there Wwill be nothing left of him but a blister. should be made with a view to discover deposits unknown at present, and careful surveys should be undertaken to deter- mine as accurately as possible the extent of every deposit. Such an investigation It is wrong for would not only lead to the discovery and development of great natural tressures which wonld contribute to the wealth of the State, but stimulate an important in- dustry and protect builders against loss accruing from an unwise selection of material. These cannot be expected to assist in the development of this great in- dustry so long as they are compelied to run the serious risk to which existing un- certainties give rise. STREETCAR LINES UNITING. The “social union” of the various street- car lines of California is ostensibly for the purpose of reducing expenses, exchanging improvements and bettering the service. This appears very pleasant on its face, but it would not be wise to overlook the power which such a *“social union” would be able to exercise. As the alleged purposes of the “social union’’ will requires a central board to carry out its purposes, and as this board must be composed of representatives of the varions lines, it will embody in a centralized form all the powers of what- ever kind the roads separately might be able to excrcise. All these powers will be multiplied in efficiency by the number of roads entering into the union. Some oig the things which they would be better able under the new arrangement to accomplish would be the following: 1. State and local legislation affecting street railroads could be effectively at- tended to, and this carries the power to maintain a corruption fund, the employ- ment of which for the benefit of all or any one of the roads would greatly reduce the expenses and annoyances on each. 2. Buch legislation mignt be for the pur- pose of resisting efforts to compel them to reduce fares, extgnd transfer systems, have regard for the safety of human life and generally in many other ways of benefit- ing the roads at the sacrifice of popular ights, privileges and comfort. uch a union mightreduce the danger of strikes to a minimum, as it would be comparatively inexpensive for the union to maintain a number of trained extramen h an emergency. For that matter, rike in one city the roads of the other cities might con ute a suffi- cient number of men from their regular forces to take the places of the strikers. The only way in which operatives could make an approach toward meeting this move would be to organize throughout the State, but 1t is clear that even in that event they will be at a disadvantage. 4. The union can establish a blacklisting system which will shut out of all the roads a man who has been discharged by one. The steam-railroad defense of this system is that itisas good for the public as for the roads, as it insures the employment of trustworthy men; but it leaves out of ac- count the fact that many a worthy man loses his place through spite or by reason ofa personal disagreement with some one or by other means not affecting his character or abilities. By adopting this course the streetcar lines of the State have demonstrated the necessity of placing them under State regulation by means of such a commission as that which is supposed to regulate the steam roads. The Market-street Railway already given San Francisco dence of the power which nterests cah exercise. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. General Barnes tells a good story about the opening of & mew opera-house built in the mountains by & successful miner who haa suc- ceeded in hoarding sufficient gold to gratify his Thespian testes occasionally. It appeas that after the theater was com- pleted thé general came into the village on some legal business, and met the owner of the new institution, who immediately pounced upon him for advice in the matter of present- ing & bill sufficiently respectable to commem- orate the opening. I suggested that he put on a Shakespearean play,” said Mr. Barnes, “and ventured to say that by writing to San Francisco something could be secured which would do very well under the circumstances. He took my advice, and received & wire in answer to his letter, in- | forming him that something magnificent inches over the skin. The thick, long huir reaching beyond it is fine as silk. % “The musk-ox is now confined tothe most northern parts of the north,” said Miss Lewis at the Baldwin Hotel last night, as she ex- hibited the strange and valuable skin. ‘““Itis now rarely met with west of the Mackenzie, though formerly it was to be found" as far west as Eschscholtz Bay. “Northward and eastward it extends as far asthe Parry Islandsand Grinnell Land to North Greenland. The polar expedition of 1869 met some at Sabine Island. No trace of the musk- ox was found in Spitzbergen or Franz Joseph Land. “During the pliocene period the oxen ranged in North Siberia and iossil remains of it were found with those of the mammoth, reindeer and nolly rhinoceros in the river deposits of Germany and France. “The skin which you see and which I was ‘RAL BARNES SUGG! consolidated OHIEF CROWLEY ALERT. S In spite of the support which the Solid ght of the Board of Supervisors are giv- ing directly and indirectiy to the down- town poolrooms, Pulice Chief Crowley has found a way within the law to abate some of the evils which these institutions prac- tice. A study of the methods followed by tlie poolrooms convinced him that the El- lert ordinance, which prohibits downtown pool-selling, was being violated, and that the claim of a large number of poolrooms to bz doing a strictly commission business was not quite justified by their practices. As a consequence he has arrested a large number of these pets of the Solid Eight, and there is good reason to believe that the law will be enforced against them. The closing of the more disreputable dens of this stripe will abate nuisances and dangers which result from their existence. It was bad enough that ladies could not pass these gambling resorts without run- ning the risk of being insulted and jostled, but worse than that was the open tempta- ticn to theft and defalcation which these deadfalls extended to mere children, clerks and messenger-boys. No intelligent citi- zen can visit these establishments and not be shocked to see the hysterical eagerness with which boys and weak young men stake their money on the issues presented. The evil is increased by tue fact thag some of the poolrooms openly swindle their guileless patrons. Although Ch:ef Crowley realizes that he must proceed strictly within the law, the latitude which he must thus exercise is wide. He has the authority to minimize the evils which the poolrooms represent. It is clearly within his province to make it safe for women to walk the streets of the City and to drive boys out of dens of vice. He may rest assured that every public offi- cer who does his duty without fear of boodlers and traitors who have the power to harass him will have the sympathy and support of those decent citizens who con- stitute the backbone of the City, and who know how to find a way for punishing the rogues and blackguards whom the influ- ence of bosses has thrust into office. THE CASE OF MR. BAYARD. New York Commercial Advertiser. The House of Representatives deserves the thanks of the American people for the scathing rebuke it has administered to Thomas F. Bay- ard. If Mr.Cleveland’s Embassador to England were a person of keen sensibilities who real- ized his obligations to the Netion which he is supposed to represent he would resign his position instantly. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. A lesson has already been taught Mr. Bayard by the expressions of the press and of Con- gress which will never haye to be repeated in case, and_which will have a deterrent effect on every other diplomatic representa- tive of the country for a dozen years at least. Syracuse Standard. The worst element of the Embassador's offense was that he strongly assailed his country in the presence and for the gratifica. tion of people who are not friendly to its insti- v‘.u_linns and would like to consider thema ailure. New York Recorder. Embassador Bayard deserves the scathing condemnation he received in the House of Representatives, In the history of the State Department there is no case parallel to that of Bayard. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Embassador Bayard has excellent reason to hide himself in the seclusion of his London residence while the storm of criticism which has broken out over his Edinburgh speech is raging. Providence Telegram. Mr., Bayard showed a lamentable lack oi good taste, which was surprising in & man of his standing and_experience, in some of the speeches he made last summer. But bad taste is not a crime deserving impeachment. New Haven News. That Thomas F. Bayard, our Embassador to Great Britain, has been a trifle indiscreet in some of the speeches he has made since taking up his residence abroad there is no doubt. | almost as eider-down, ana rising three or four would be on hand in & few da 80 per cent of the receipts would be expect in payment. The old miner thought he had s thing satistactory and went to th daily to await his attractions. In about a | week a company of twelve people arrived and | house in hand for & business chat.” | ““What have you got for us? inquired the | local philanthropist. | “ ‘A great repertoir “East Lynne.’ ‘Lights o’ London,’ ‘Shadows of | a Great City’ and “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”” “Look a-here, mister, what I want is Shakespeare. Nothin' but Bill Shakespeare will open this here house. Now that goes. What's the matter with ‘Damon and Pythias’ or ‘Dick the Third? " “Thé crafty manager smiled soitly at the suggestion of ‘Damon and Pythias’ as a Shakes- pearean play, but promised to put on ‘Richard 11 Everything was satisfactorily ar- ranged and the fly-by-night company re- hearsed ‘Richard’ once or twice and the town was billed for the play. “When the curtain went up on the initial per- formence the magnitude of the audience was graufying to all bands, as the theater was packed from the gellery to the pit. There was not even standing room. The cast waded through the piece laboriously, but from the miners, prospectors, cowboys and farmers there came not a suggestion of applause. The entire five acts failed to produce a fragment of enthusiasm, but the manager and the owner of the house were so overjoyed at the size of the audience that no attention was paid to the scant appreciation. “On the following night therc were present about twenty people, and they only attended because it was impossible for them to getin the night before. The owner of the house and the manager glared at each other and finally went into the barroom to have & talk. “‘What in — is tbe matter with your town? snarled the manager. ‘Here we are | putting on a-first-ciass attraction and the aundi- | ence is rotten. “<Well, say, young feller, ii yon want to know why the intelligent inhabitants of this here city don’t attend your show Ill tell you the reason — quick. You come up here from San Francisco paradin’ somethin’ big, but we're onto you with both feet and I don’t mind tellin’ you flat-footed that they are dead sick and mighty hot ebout youse fellows tryin’ to palm a show off on them where the leadin’ men is & — cripple.” J. 0. Forbes Jr. after being a commissionmer- chant and life insurance man in this City as well as the Postmaster at Tahoe City, Lake Tahoe, for ten years, and also president of the Lake Tahoe Boating Association for many years and incidentally a resident of George- town for some time, comes back to this City from Rich Guleh, where he met with some good fortune, and announces that he has siruck the bonanza of the earth. Mr. Forbes is stopping at the Grand Hotel and tells the following romantic tale of how he stumbled on the property : “Not long ago I visited an old hermit Jiving at Grizzly Flat. His name was Garvina Bor- gellanoa, and while at his place I had the mis- fortune to lose my watch. I told him of my loss and he promised to recover the property, which he did, much to my amgzement. I of- fered to pay him for his troubl®, but he re- fused to take money on the ground that I was his guest. “He told me, however, that I could repay him in another way—by placing his mine on the market for him. Isaid I was willing to do that if I knew what kind of property he had, and to my surprise he took me up to Rich Gulch and showed me the best mine I ever saw. The lowest rock went $18 and the best reached thousands. I have got hundreds of pounds of specimens with me, and as the ledge is located in El Dorado County, near old Hangtown, I feel pretty sure that I am in one of the greatest mineral-bearing sections in the world.” M. Forbes has many fine samples of rock in his room and it is littered all over the place. Miss Lillian Lewis, who has been appearing 50 long at the Columbia as Cleopatra, has a robe so useful in her winter trips that she would not part with it for a pot of money. There are only seven of them in the United Btates, 80 its value mey be understood. The robe is the skin of a giant musk-ox. It wasob- tained by her at Tacoma recently, after a great deal of effort. It comes from the far region 4000 miles north of the Northern American boundary in the British possessions. The hair on it in some places is eighteen inches long. Beneath this is a thick fur, soft | so fortunete as to secure is 9 feet long and 84 feet wide.” dr. Merston, Miss Lewis' husbaud, added some particulars. “In a herd of eighty,” he said, “which were found near Franz Josephs' Land, but three were meles. The musk-ox herd like sheep and ciimb rocks in as egile a way as goats. The cercass from which Miss Lewis’ robe came weighed 300 pounds, exclusive of the large quantity of fat which was on it. This robeis | softer than a bed, and the other night when I could notsleep I left my bed and, coming out to the sofa, on which the furry robe lay, I stretched myself and easily fell asleep. With this robe one can never get cold.” PERSONAL. Marshall Bond of Seattle is here. + Dr. John Norden of Caliente is in town. Dr. L. E. Cross of Stockton is & visitor here. W. H. McKenzie, the banker, of Fresno, is at the Lic! L. W.Shinn, a mine-owner of Angels Camp. isin town. Dr. E, 0. Swenson of North Yamhill, Or., is at the Grand. G.J. Bouron, a wine-grower of Los Angeles, is in the City. Colonel W. D. Barnes of New York City isat the Occidental. The Rev. M. J. Ferguson of Sandwich, Conn., is atthe Occidental. John E. Jackson, & business man of Los An- geles, is at the Palace. A. H. Barber of the Corral Hollow Railroad of Stockton isin the Cily. C. G. White, the liveryman, of Del Monte, is in the City on a brief visit. Sheriff 8. D. Ballou of San Luis Obispo County arrived here yesterday. H. H. Boggs, Mayor of Stockton, is among re- cent arrivals. He is at the Lick. Dr. B. B. Mason of Chicago is at the Occi- dental, accompanied by his wife. Edward M. Doe, a mining and business man of Flagsteff, Ariz., is at the Palace. Friends of Dr. G. E. Sussdorff about the Occi- dental Hotel have been congratulating him for the last day or two on the arrival of a son and heir. Among the prominent arrivals from Seattle yesterday were: Attorney Charles F. Munday, C.F.Smith and H. C. Henry, They are atthe Palace. United States Judge James H. Beatty of Idaho arrived here yesterday to hold court with the other Judges of the circuit, and Mrs. Beatyy accompanied him. A. C. Mande of Bakersfield, and for many years editor and proprietor of the Bakersfield Daily Californian, is at the Baldwin, accom- panied by his wife. L. T. Hatfield, the attorney, of Sacramento, is in town. He represents Albert Gallatin and other capitalists intetested in bringing electric power from the American Falls to the capital city. Andrew F. Burleigh of Seattle, general solici- tor of the Oregon Improvement Company and other corporations, is in the City. He has come from the north in conuection with im- portant cases in the United States court. Hugh McDonnell, who has been operating largely for some years past in Colorado and Montana mines and who some months since sold the Iron Mountain mine, near Redding, 10 English capitalists, is at the Palace. He has been absent for some time in the East and Europe. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Dee. 17.—J. M. English arrived on the steamship Aller from Bremen. Among other arrivals are: L. W. Smith and wife, Broadway Central; K. Houghton, St. Cloud; William Emerson, Sturtevant. IDEAS OF WESTERN EDITORS. A Slap at the Hog. Honcut Pendulum. What if there are places in San Francisco where horseflesh is sold for food? Is nota horse as cleanly 85 a cow and much more cleanly than a hog, and yet the authorities do not atiempt to prevent even a Chinaman from dealing in pork. Democracy Totters in the South. Portland Oregonian, ‘The leaven of Democratic discontent is grow- ing apace in all the South. In Texas the trouble is free wool. Louisiana’s sugar inter- ests have been trifled with. In Mississippi the administration and the State Democracy are rreling on the money question. In Alabama e growth of the iron ndustry 15 making e tection sentiment. In Kentucky a free-si vfir candidate has given the State its first Republi- can Governor. And in Maryland Gorm_unisri: has taken the State out of the Democratic col: umn. All these widely different apparen! causes bear united testimony to Democratic in- capacity. Tho San Fraucisco Poel Ordinance. Oakland Enquirer. 5 The way in which the San Francisco Super- visors continue ta juggle with the pool-selling ordinance makes it very ciear that thereis corruption at work. The excuse for retusing to pass the prohibitory ordinance i“ t?»l;lt t::hai; dignity will not allog’ them to do it while the are um’ier the ucxu!i‘n')" of the Grand Jury; they are as much opposed to passingan ordinance under compulsion as Falstaft was to giving 8 reason, and there is about as much sincerity in their prefense as there was in his. Know- ing the methods of the fiool-selllng (fnmblersi as the people do _know them, no credence will be given to the claims to honesty of any Super- visor who refuses to pass the ordinance and pass it at once. Great Prosperity Indicated. San Andreas Prospect. One of the best evidences of increasing pros- perity is tke increase in the number of mar- riages. That being the rule, San Andreas | must be in the midst of the biggest kind of & | boom. The number of weddings already ac- | compiished and those in contemplation in the | near future beats all former records clear out of sight. Kansas Raises Presidential Candidates. Seaitle Post-Intelligencer. Those people who insinuate that the State of Kansas cannotj raise anything do not seem to realize that there is a fair chance of thatState being responsible for two Presidential can- d!dn;e!xnexl year in the persons of St. Joh efier. . Yellow Dogs Shouldn't Be Nominated. Placerville Democrat. Puta treacherous yeliow dog into an office and he will mistake it for a bone, and hold on {0 it with his teeth. To keep it he will bite the hand that gave it to himand the party that takes it away from him. Demands Accelerated Speed. Porterville Enterprise. The wheels of justice run very slowly in California. We hope our next Legislature will oil them up. The Durrant case is a fair sample of how long it takes to convict and then hang in this State, AN ANGELIC HUSBAND. There are husbands who are pretty, There sre husbends who are witty. 5 There are husbands who in public are es smiling as the morn There are husbands who are healthy, There are busbatds who are wealthy, But the real angelic husband—well, he’s' never yet been born. Some for strengtn of love are noted, Who are really so devoted That whene'er their wives are absent they are lone- some and foriorn; And now and then vou'll find one | ‘Who's a fairly good and kind one, Yet the real angelic husband—Oh, he's never yet been born. 0 the woman who is mated 0 a man who is rated As “pret.y fair” should cherish him forever and a | day; For the real angelic creature, Perfect, quite, in every feature— | He has never been discovered, and he won't be, so they say. T. B. ALDRICH in The Forum. MAY CAUSE A SMILE. «Am I cutting your hair right, professor?” “A little too short. Cut it somewhat longer, please.”’—Fliegende Blaetter. Composer—I have here a song that I think will commend itself to the musical crities. Publisher—Musical critics nothing. If it| pleases the office-boys, it'sa go; if not, not. We know our public, sir—Norristown Herald. Maund—Doesn’t your head ache awfully after you have been to a tea? Ethel—No, notatsll. My tongue and feet do, but never my head.—Harper's Bazar. “It’s wonderful what a whisky State Ken- tuecky is!"” at one time our train wasstopped for four hours because the engine couldn’t take water.”—Har- per’s Bazar. “The reason why I hang about this house so long,” observed the icicle, “isthat there is'a 1ot of Boston girls inside of it.”—Chicago Tri- bune. Fussy Old Lady—Now don’t forget, condue- tor, I want the Bank of England. Buss Conductor—All right, mum. (Aside)— | She don’t want much, do she, mate?’—Punch. Merchant (on discovering a man in hiscellar) | —Who are you? Stranger—The gas men, Ihave come to see | by your meter how much gas you have used | during the last month. | Merchant—Good gracious! I was hoping you | were only & burglar.—Le Progres de Botbec. | “Do you think Algernon and Ethel will get along nicely when they are married?” asked one lady of another. “I am sure of it,” was the reply. “I took care to find out shortly after they were en- gaged.” How «I gave several whist parties, and arranged that they should play as partners. They never quarreled once.”—Tit-bits. A NEW SKIRT. The skirt shown here has eight gores. One front breadth, two gores on either side and three for the back. It is suitable for separate skirts, as well as to wear with a waist or basque to match. A rough brown cloth, with a multi- colored coat waist of velvet, makes a handsome calling gown. Plain tancloth skirt velveg ngcket is another comblnnuonv.mll LA and black crepon, with round waist of red silk, over which is a plastron of the crepon, with sleeves of the crepon, is suitable for call: ing and general wear. i im— ld““l?hhn;)ndc diiresx, rimmed with braiding at the foot of seam extending up to the knee in a pol;::g the skirt may be “Yes? | «] was traveling through there last week and | design. A heavily braided desigr y coat is usually This model is aiso suitable f¢ el lor skirts of even- S Mrs. Grumps—Did you advertise for deer little Fido? Mr. Grumps—VYes. “Did y,on give a full description of him?” “Yes.” “And did yon say our address silver collar?” “Yes.” ‘“And did you offer a reward?” “Yes.” - “‘What did you offer?” “Isaid 1f the finder would return the coll; he might keep the dog.”—New York Wégkly. 25 | poor, Was on his CArDs by the million. Rober oo TOWNSEND'S anlifgthl-ce Fruits, & nice pres- entfor Eastern friends. 50c Ib. in Jap baskets* — Christmas presents, nseful and eh‘:ulg, :zogll;neer Dry Goods store, 105 Fifth st. ————— epEcIAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Presi Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Monigomery. e e Hoitt's School for Boys: Burlingdme, Term begins January 7.~ * e e——— «What do vou know of thelife of Frederick the Gregt? Tell me &s briefly as possible.” Student—Born, educated. caned, loved, mar- ried, died!—Lustige Blaetter RERUMATISM I 6 pai weakening disease due to impure blood. Keep the blood pure by taking Hood's Sarsapariila and you will prevent and avoid the pains of rheumatism. B e CHICAGO - LIMI : VIA SANTA FE ROUTE. A pew train thronghout begins October 23. Pullman’s finest sleeping-cars, vestibule reclining- chair cars and dining-cars. Los Angeles:to Chl- cago, via Kansas City, without change. Amnnex cars on sharp conmection for Denver. and St Louis. Twenty-seven hours guicker than the Qquickest competing train; The Saata Folias beon put in fine Lhysical condition and is now the bas traascontinental rails e « Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrap" Has been used over fitty years by millions of moth ers for their children while Teething Withi pectecs success. 1t soothes the child, softens the gums, al- Iays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates tho Bowolh and Is the best remedy for Diarrheeas, whether arising from tecthing or other causes. For.sale by Druggists in every part of the world. He sureand ask for Mrs. Winslow’s Sootblng Syrap. 263 « botile. —————— CoRONADO.—Atmosphere is perfectly dtyy soft and mild, and is entirely free from the mists com- mon further north. Round-trip tickets, by team- ship, including fifteen days’ board at the Hotel det Coronado, $60; longer stay $2 50 per day.. Apply 4 New Montgomery st., San Francisco. - o e — NoTHING better for Christmas . than good books. A whole store full to be closed out for what they will bring. Auction in evening. 747 Market street. - Servant—Give me a pound of tea. Grocer—Green or black? Bervant—It doesn’t matter, my mistress is blind—La Caricature. NEW TO-DAY. Dishes VERY Cheap Prices Pretty China Cups, Saucers and-Plates 10, 15, 20, 25, 35 cts. each Pretty Dainty China Cream Pitehers 10, 15, 20, 25, 35 cts. each Fancy China Salads, Tee Croams and Pre- serve Dishes 10, 15, 20, 25, 35 cts. each TEA SETS Pieces complete for 6 Pérsons Brown, Blue and Rich Gold Spray Decora- Prices per Set— ].ss," 2.25, .75, 3.40, DINNER SETS 60 Fiecas comolete for 6 Persons. - ‘Pure White, Blue, Brown and Rich Gold~* Spray Decorations. : 30 Prices per set— 350, 4.00, 4.25, 5.2§, 6.15 DINNER SETS 100 pPieces complete for 12 Parsons Pure White, Blue, Brown and Rich’ Gold Spray Decorations. Prices per set— B.so. 6.50, T.25, 875 9so Bisque and China Ornaments, 10, 121, 20, 25, 35, 50 cts each Fancy China Mugs, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 cts. each (China Caspidores, handsomely decorated. 49, 50, 65 cts. each, Jardinieres, newest shapes and colors, 35¢, 50c, 65c, 75 cts. each Great American Tuporting Tea Co. New StOI‘e (1344 Market st., | Bet. 7th and 8th 140 Sixth st, 965 Market st. 333 Hayes st. 1419 Polk st. 521 Montg’y a 2008 Fillmore st. 3006 Sixteenthst, 2510 Mission st. 218 Third st. 104 Second st. i 617 Kearny st. 13259 Mission st. (1053 Washington isu Broadway. 131 San Pabl %l’l!‘k st. and (ity Stores. Oakland. Alameda Headquarters—52 Market St., BT We Operate 100 Stores and Agencies: Write for Price List. EAS Gifts. 616 E. Twelfth st Alameds ave. .« Fo You_can make a first-class;: tasty Xmas gift and never miss the money. A little: down and a little each pay day. ONYX TABLES, FANCY ROCKERS ' AND CHAIRS, PARLOR TABLES, CARB[NE'IS. coMm SES. BOOK CASES, . 'DESKS, TABOURETTES, TEA TABLES, ETC. Fancy pieces of furniture’ are fashionable gifts. Qur prices are never higher, gen= erally lower, than those exclusive cash houses. M. FRIEDMAN & GO., 224 to 230 and 306 Stockton and 237 Post Street. Free packing and delivery, city and suburbs. If you want a limbs, use an Suerelhin ons is as.good as the genuine. Allcock’s BEAR IN MIND—Not one of the host of couaterfeits acd imita~ =ains in the back, side, chest, or Porous Plaster: