The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 21, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY;= DECEMBER 21 1895. THE JAY TREATY. The elaborate celebration in New York of the centennial of the ratification of the { Jay treaty with England, coming as it ! does at a time when we are involved in an | | exciting controversy with that country, is | | & matter of no little publit interest. "It re- | | calls in an impressive way that while the | | relative importance of “two nations bas | | changed immensely the attitude of the 5, one to the other remasins virtually the { saine to-day it was a hundred years ago. | Itis cant of a weakness at the| time the treaty was made that the advo- | cates of it boasted with some pride that it gdve us ‘“‘commercial freedom.” It was | regarded as a stroke of sagacious and reso- lute diplomacy that Great Britain had | been induced 1o consent to share the ocean with us, even though the treaty was far from giving us what we have since serted as a matter of right without ask- g the consent of any power. It did not secure for us, for example, the abandon- ment by Great Britain of the presumptu- ous claim of a right to search American ships and take, English sailors from them at the pleasure of the commanders of their warships. To the full freedom of our shipping on the high seas we had to wage the warof 1812. We were too weak, how- | ever, to fight for even such a right in 1795, | and as a consequence the Jay treaty was | regarded by Washington and the Federal- | ists as a deliverance from grave evils, and | was accordingly ratified and hailed as a diplomatic triumph. | 393 ‘The people did mot regard the treaty | - = | with the favor accorded it by statesmen. JHEPALL SEESE SO ALY | Their attitude then as now was one of will- ingness for immediate war. The treaty was denonnced in almost every city in the | Union. Its advocates were hooted on the streets. Hamilton barely escaped being mobbed in New York, and even the pubhe veneration for Washington did mot pro- tect him from the assaultsof the angry and excited opponents of the measure. The indignation of the people was hardly to be wondered at, but it is clear the Gov- ernment wise in accepting the treaty. The time had not yet come when diplo- macy could represent fully and without | compromis> the will and the aspirations | | of the American people. | | America and Great Britain coafront one another now as then conscious that the | rivalry between them is founded upon un- | M. SHORTRIDG r and Proprietor. CHARLES E. ROOMS: DITORIAL Main—1874 | open untit 9 o'clock. til 9 0'clocks QAKLAND OFFICE : | 908 Broadway. STERN OFFICE: { 34 Park Row, New York City. VID M. FOLTZ, S let the taik of foreign war lead zet home ¢ Don you to f What has become of all the fellows who were denvuncing the jingoes? tions for coast defenses will | hig th of this Congress. Appropr beone of t War or no war, from this time forth the ynroe doetrine is an accomplished fact. M Compared with that of other countries | our weather is a Christmas gift to be proud of. Congress should be as prompt in dealing | avoidable antagonisms. Outof thesg an- with the deficit as with the Monroe | lagonisms there is no necessary result in s war. Carefal diplomacy and sagacious 5 o | statecraft will we doubt not save the Eng- | Democracy begins to see a possible leader | fish-speaking pecples from a conflict that in Olney, but is not quite sure that he is | would weaken their powers, and give the a Moses. mi-aespotic monarchies of other nations a chance to gain advantage out of the strife between them. For our final triumph over our rival no war is needed. We grow in power more rapidly than she can hope to do, and no better proof of it is needed than the contrast between the Jay treaty of 179 and the message which Grover Cleveland has just sent to Congress, Then we sought England’s consent to our enjoyment of commerce. Now we assert supremacy throughout this hemisphere and challenge her oppos THE BIOYCLE IN POLITICS. As Chauncey Depew of my family tree,” it is sume it is a peacb. says, “Tam proud asonable to pre- Protection to Venezuela is good, bnt what does Demoe say to protection to American industry ¢ will follow Cleve ke a boliday before course Salisbu nple and ansy of Destir Tacoma is bat even destiny can | showing the sometimes - It is somewhat startiing to read that men who ride bicycles have suddenly de- veloped into a political force of formidable proportions. It is declared that because Governor Budd refused to appoint a mem- ber of the League of American Wheelmen on the Board of Highway Commissioners | he aroused a political antagonism that will be heard from when his pinions are spread | for higher flights. So far, however (Governor Budd’s gen- | eral peril excepted), the intention of the league seems to be confined to the praise- | worthy ambition of using its power only for the purpose of securing good roads. As the lack of them constitutes one of | the most pressing needs of the State, the |-league cannot go amiss in making its cam- V | paign as vigorous as possible. The commission was undoubtedly cre- ated by the wheelmen through their per- | sistent demand for good roads. The curi- ous part of the matter is that the owners of horses and vehicles outhumber the wheelmen a hundred to one, and that the material interests represented by horse- owners are immeasurably more important than those attaching to the ownership of bieycles, and yet the wheelmen found no trouble in organizing and setting afoot a | movement which will bring far greater | benefit to the owners of horses than to bi- | cyclists themselyes. If this is not explain- able on the ground that wheelmen are su- verior in intelligence and public spirit to horse-owners, we should be glad to learn the reason. Another curious fact is that liverymen | have decided to organize and throw their influence in the scale with that of the | wheelmen at the Good Roads Convention which will be held at San Jose early next year. Is it not strange that liverymen have had to wait for the leadership of an interest which on the score of the amount | e invested is insignificant in comparison It is always worth a trip across the bay | with theirs? With the wheelmen and liv- to see Oakiand, and now that she has an | erymen of 3an Francisco combined on the exposition running the trip is one of the | proposition of securing good streets for boss bargains of the season. | the City we need have no fear that cobbles = == will reign much longer,and there will be equally good results all over the State if this co-operation is extended. The wheelmen are really in a position, if they will exercise a united political power v\\'hi]c there will he no war, it is c'ert'ain | :;::K ,;fh“c:‘;:gg;ve ;::lde' :-gus:i‘::?:lmlfoil::; war has come near enough to make it im- | ¢ youghout the State which will not only perative that we begin at once the work of | 1o3rn how to make good roads and streets, putting our coast defenses into Proper | pu will make tnem and use the public condtion. BE NS | funds honestly and intelligently to that The Chicago Chronicle says: “Chicago in | €0d. It is, therefore, good to know that its entirety is practicelly unknown to the | Such a political force has arisen. 1Its wise Chicagoans themselves,” and it might | €Xercise would multiply the wealth of the bave added, they needn't be ashamed of | State with amazing rapidity. i - | IT SHOULD BE STOPPED, There is but trading in ( line will L day to leave orders for the , and you might as well leave 1as CALL at the same is Sunday Ca them for the Chr time A dread rumor comes from Washing- ton that one of Speaker Reed’s rules will forbid Congressmen to put their feet on their de: lelphia showing the count P, that when a quiet town does make a str it c e. n be as riotous about it as any place alled Chic: If we must have a war with England sooner or later, this would seem about as good a time as we can expect to fight it out and settle the matter. The oil industry is getting to bea big tning in this State, and the Standard Com- pany is by no means the monopoly it was in hard times gene by. ) the big task that is apparently before us, it is a fortunate thing we have a Republican Congress to raise the rev- enues for carrving it on. Talk of war, so far from disturbing the | peace of this country, has only had the | effect of qu v politics a little and giving the country a rest. Between the grabs of the Southern Pa- | cilic and the sneaks of the Solid Eight it is never safe to take your eyes off home affairs even for a minute. It is hard on the Senators that in order to pass the Venezuelan commission bill promptly they had to pass such a splen- did opportunity for big speeches. The decision of Judge Pardee of the | United States District Court that the sugar | bounties are constitutional will recall | Comptroller Bowler to the public mind, | but he won’t seem as big as he did. Ii there is any truth in the announcement that the Southern Pacific has arranged to remove its park spur track from the center of the ocean boulevard to the side the plan should be made to iake the form of an entire removal of the road. The public value of this boulevard. has been greatly enhanced by the building of the Ingleside racetrack, as this is the best, most attract- ive and most convenient thoroughfare 522 = | from the beach to the rac However, as The Silver Advocate has issued a Christ- | ¢po¢rocl ja placed i i S b s s | ack is placed in the boulevard, it Eiiions s the dave, v S potav | 1L AYe 0, be crosed by all feams bead: 8 e |1 om 5 i o e e om0t et wwterature of | danger. More than that, the private prop- | 150} 16 DB Fiatirbe Bamies antaostey | erty facing the boulevard will be rendered 3 P POELIY | uiterly worthless by a railroad occupying | the sidewalk. Thus private as well a8 The Selma Enterprise suggests that since | Public rights are seriously threatened. California did not get the Republican Na- | At the time ‘the vrivilege was given the tional Convention it should have the Vice- | Southiern Pacific to lay this track for the Presidency, and perbaps if the idea was | Convenience of the Midwinter Fair there well pushed forward we might find candi- | W4 @ general belief that by some means dates enongh for the place to organize a | POV then foreseen the company would find convention of our own. | 8 way to maintain the track permanentiy, e 381 | | despite the fact that the privilege was to One effect of the war flurry will be to| expire with the death of the fair. This awaken a demand for an extensive in- | belief has proved correct. The Park Com- crease of the navy and coast defenses with | missioners were the means discovered. the result that Carlisle’s policy of enforced | They have worked hard for the main- economy urder the Wilson tariff will | tenance of the track on the score of its hardly be supported even by Demoerats. | convenience for hauling loam and street- Hariil revision has becorne a necessity of | sweepings to the park, Had not that plan the situation and should be made unani-{ for perpetuating the privilege been devised mous, | anotber would.” “The public loss from the | England will have to draw out of the | Buropean concert in Turkey or the row in | Veneznela, for she isn’t big enough to give two first-class performances at the | same time on different sides of the world. “ | Company countenancing a thing'so mani- maintenance of the track vastly outweighs the benefit to the park. But this financial benefit is the Jast thing that should be considered. The serious phase of the matter is the company’s violation of its agreement and the assistance which it re- ceives from a branch of the City govern- ment to perpetrate a public wrong. It is difhcult to imagine a citizen devoted to the interests of the public and familiar with the history of the Southern Pacific festly wrong and injurious. The improve- ment clubs of the south side of the City should meet the present emergency and pretect the threatened private prop- rty and public interest with all their or. “THE SUNDAY OALL." To-morrow’s issue of Tur CALL will have a number of distinctively California fea- tures of interest and value. Among them is a brilliant contribution by John P. Irish | on forestry-in general and the preserva- tion of California’s forests and the govern- ment of the Yosemite in particular. This article will likely arouse much discussion. “Tapia’s Treasure” is a dramatic story of early Spanish times in California and is | contributed by Frances Sunol Angus, a talented descendant of one of our proud | old Spanish families. Joaquin Miller gives a rambling, discur- sive paper entitled “Heart of the Land’s Heart,” a quaint jumble of history, anec- dote, sentiment and industrial needs and conditions, all centering in matters dear to the heart of a true Californian. In “The Story of the Fisherman's As- sistant” Adeline Knapp goes further afield, presenting, somewhat in the quaint style of “The Arabian Nights,” a hitherto un- recorded adventure of Haroun, the shrewd prince given to prowling the streets of Baghdad in disguise. “Bab’s’ contribution' will be found as instructive as usual, “Random Notes’ will appear with gentle and amusing cynicism, books will be reviewed and literary news of all kinds will be presented. The chil- dren’s page will be sprightly, and the thea- ters, fashions, society notes, special news | and critical correspondence from all- parts of the world, the arts and sciences and many other features will complete the ex- cellence of the issue. PERSONAL. Dr. J. L. Pace of Tulare is here. J. Coveland, a business man of Downieville, is here. Mayor Robert Effey of Banta Cruz is at the Palace. P. A. Buell, the manufacturer, of Stockton, is at the Grand. Dr. Benjamin Filshman of Stockton is among recent arrivals. F. jack, cashier of the Paso Robles Bank, at the Palace, Norman Rideout, the banker of Marysville, is at the California. Samuel Longenbaugh, & merchant of Empire, Nev., is at the Russ. Dr. C. B. Proyins of Ottawa,Ill, was among vesterday’s arrivals. L. M. Keeiser, & business man of San Luis Obispo, is at the Lick. Robert Berner, a general merchandise dealer of San Mateo, is in town. Wallace M. Lamont oi Portland is in the City, accompanied by his wife. Professor W. H. Hudson of Stanford Univer- sity is here on & brief trip. J. R. Chase, proprietor of the Sea Beach Ho- tel, Santa Cruz, is in town. A. B, Carlock, the wealthy banker of Fort Jones, arrived here yesterday. William H. Devlin, an attorney of Sacra- mento, arrived here yesterday. W. P. Owens, one of the ownersot the electrie light plant at Sacramento, is at the Russ. Ex-Judge Joseph A. Hall of Napa arrived here yesterday, sccompanied by Mrs. Hall. Francis St. John Fox, of the old Indian ren- | dezvous of Red Lodge, Montana, is in the City. E.P. Colgan, State Controller, came down | yesterday from Secramento and is at the Lick. Ex-Governor R. K, Colcord of Nevads arrived yesterday and will spend the holidays here. L. D. Bendixen,a merchantof Eureka, Hum- boldt Bay, is at the Grand, accompanied by his wife. 'W. Masterson, & business man of Red Bluff, and H. J. Barry, & merchant of Susanville, are at the Russ. Raleigh Barcar, the attorney of Vacaville and editor and owner of the Vacaville Re- porter, is at the Lick. George H. Crossand C. N. Chandler, of Bos- ton, Mass., agents of the Raymond & Whit- comb excursions, are at the California. George F. Leidig, the pioneer hotel-keeper of the Yosemite Valley, now the proprietor of the hotel at Raymond,is at the Occidental. He has come down on & business trip. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Dec. 20.—Johann Koene- mann arrived on the steamship Havel from Bremen. Richard T. Kessler arrived on the &teamship Fulda from Genoa. Among other arrivals are: Mrs, 8. Belvan, St. Cloud: N. McKensel, Coleman; W. A. Gunney, Everett; Misses Hopkins, L. A. Peck, Holland; R. T. Kessler, Belvidere; F. Woodward, Brunswick. A LOVE SONG TO MARY. No rose without its thorn, Mary, But still by love we're led ; nd 40, I hoe the corn, Mary, And you—yon bake the bread. And sweeter bread in all this land There could not aver be Than that that's dimpled by the hand That gave your heart to me. And 50, T hog the corn, Mary, Burlove's a blesged ot And s0, I hoe the corn, Mary, And you—you keep the cot. And sweeter cot in all this land There could not ever be +Tihan that where Mary’s willing hand Has trained the vine for me. No rose without its thorn, Mary, But love’s a merry morn!' And you shall wear the rose, Mary, And Jove will hide the thorn. And sweeter love 1n all this land There could not ever be Than my hearv’s love for Mary, And Mary's love for me! —Atlanta Constitution. CURRENT HUMOR. Paleface — Why don’t you get a civilized name for yourself, now that you have become # civilized Indian? ' Noble Red Man—Ugh! What your name? Paleface—My name is Iglehart. Noble Red man (with crushing sarcasm)— Ugh! Jglehart! Heap good. Injun's name Eagle Heart. Heap bad.—Chicago Tribune. There are so-called cheap stores in Jersey. F heppened to be inone of them. Inthe back part of the store I saw & tub stenciled *‘Butter- ine.” Iasked the clerk whether he pronounced the *‘ine” like the ‘‘ine” in nine, or like the ‘‘een” in sixteen. “Oh, no! we do not pronounce it a his smart answer. “We call it butte; Grocers’ Advocete, Mrs, Jolliboy—My husband takes regular ex- ercise at the club gymnasium now, and I'judge from what he says that he is getting on finely. Mrs. Kingley—Ias he become expert enough to do anything ? Mrs. Jolliboy—He teils me that he has learned to crook his elbow, though I don’t know what that means exactly.—Detroit Free Press. Golightly—How much will you take to get off the block with that hand-organ and trom- bone? Trepizone—Twenty-fiya cent for mv one self, 40 cent for ze bone. He play ze popular air.— Puck. 1 Mistress (calling upstairs)~What on earth are you doing to that child, Serah, to make it scream so? —Nothing, ma'am. I'm spanking it to make it stop.—Judgs. ¥ AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Ex-Governor Colcord, who came down from Nevada yesterday, is not very much stirred up over the present Venezuelan question, nor does he believe that war will be the only way to settle the difficulty. “In my opinion,” said the Governor, ‘‘the American people will stand behind Cleveland's policy, because they believe it to be right, and because they are anxious to see America re- main by her doctrine, On the other nand the English people are not so unanimous in the belief that Salisbury has taken the right posi- tion, and consequently I do not believe they are as anxious for war as the majority of Americans. ““This state of effairs will tend to a settle- ment through arbitration, and war will be averted. Admitting that the case is more or less serious from an external view, it is not of that nature that will justify bloodshed. Eng- 1and will not be so hasty about precipitating a war as one would suppose, and it will be noted that the difficulty will be settled mainly be- caase America has the best end of the argu- ment, and the Britons will eventuelly ad- mit it.” e A RELIC OF NAFOLEON. | Some rare relics of Napoleon are on exhibi- tion in New York. Among themost interest- ing of the lot is the camp chest of the great man, which was, to all intents, his private safe. Tt was with him from Toulon to Water- Joo and bears the marks of the scorching it re- ceived when nearly lost in the flames of Mos- | cow. What a wonderful tale it could tell if endowed with language! What whole volumes of history have been made by the contents of that shabby-looking ruin! What an influence on mankind has come from its moldy depths! Possibly no other receptacle since the world Napoleon’s Camp Chest. bezan was as veritable a Pandora’s box as this guardian of Napoleon’s most important state and private papers. It is cylindrical in shape, except that the bottom for eight inches is flat, fully five feet long and eabout two in- diameter, with no compartments. The hinged top 'forms the upper third. Five bands of ‘wrought jron, very fine speci- mens of wrought work, surronnd it, ontside the leather covering to the wooden foundation, | ihe leather and woedwork very like those of | to-day. The wood is well preserved. The leather.is what might be expected from the | lapse of more than a hundred years, and hangs in ragged, horn-like shreds, where | not kept in place by the iron bands. A lock about 4x6 inches is in the same place locks are placed on modern trunks, while hasps at | either end fit over the staples, just as it might | do if made to-day. The padlocks—if such were | Tised, as seems likely —are missing, but the big key of the chest, of which Napoleon was o careful that it never leit his person until the day before he left for 8t. Helens, when he gave it “to General Bertrand for Mme. Jumel, is kept in & silken case apart from the chest itself. It1s very cumbrous, but it was very effective in keeping the secrets of the chest. It is said that the key was also kept by Mme. Jumel on her person until the day of her death, just fifty | ‘years and two days after she received it. HANDY FOR THE CHILDREN. Down neer Goldsbore;N. C., I turned in from the dusty highwey and asked & native sitting | in front of his cabin if I could get a drink of | water. He saidI conld, and I walked with him | t0 a hole in the gronnd e few yards away. | He didn’t have togo down over fifteen feet, and there was water to the depth of five feet in the hole. It was nejther stoned up nor was there a curb around it,.and as there were several children around and the well was near the door I said: “I should think you would have a curb around this well.” “‘What fur?”’ be asked. “Don’t the chidren fun s risk of falling in?” “I reckon,” *And wouldn’t a curb lessen the chances?” | “It mought, but ’twould take a heap of Inmber end time. I've got a cheaper way. Look at that.” 1 He pointed to a pole stuck onend in the well, and while I was trying to make out what it was for he said : “That’s fur them to climb out on when they tumble 1n, and it beats a curball holler.”— Detroit Free Press. IDEAS OF WESTERN EDITORS. It Will Be Different After March, 1897, Healdsburg Tribune. Javan’s mechanics, who have a remarkable genius for imitation, are said to be making buttons, matehes and woodenware for the American trade at surprisingly low prices and reproducing the finest bicycles for $12 each. The Jap workmen can live comfortably on 10 cents a day, but he will find under the next administration that the American mechanic will not be expected to compete with him on that basis. Shall We Call Senator White ¢ Czar’? Bakersfield Echo. Hon. Stephen M. White, senior Senator from California, wants some changes made in the Senate rules. He has seen the beauties of the Reed rules in the House—especially the one permitting the presiding officer to count a quorum—and he wants some of the same in Lis side of the Capitol. Mr. White shows commendable and a lovable desire to ‘‘do busi- ness.” But shall we call him “Czar” and a long string of etceteras? New Year’s Gift for Utah. Oakland Tribune. The people of Utah will probably have a New Year's present of a State. The constitution has been presented to the President, and if found to harmonize with the statutory require- ments he will probably issue his Eflwllmdlinn &t the Leginning of the year. This will give the people a margin to wind up old affairs and to come into the Union with dockets cleared and the old record closed. Trade Benefits of a Pacific Cable. San Diego Sun. San Franci sco is earnestly engaged in an en- deavor to increase its trade with Australia. The best possible method of doing that would be to first urge the laying of a cable from some rmnl on the Pacific Coast to the Hawaiian glands and beyond, Talk (by cable) i8 not cheap, but it would be found useful in a trade way, and would immediately result in an in- crease in trade. Wisdom From Experience. Portland Oregonian. Washington’s constitution was made at a time when its makers and those who sent them believed that nothing could be too large for & State making such strides. To-day there is more knowledge: aiso mors debt. The do- sirability of fundamentsl laws that will per~ mit more economy is beginning to be discussed. ¥ree Trade Booms Foreign Wool. . Salem (Or.) Statesman. Our Democratic friends in Eastern (and Western) Oregon who have sheep will prob- ably be interested in hearing of an item that is going around telling of the wonderiul ac- tivity in the industry of woel growing in Aus- tralia. Times are good over there. Conditions That Are Lamentable. ‘Woodland Democrat. Itis discreditable to our civilization that there are so mlnx people willing to work who cannot get it, and so many people who can get it and actually need it, Dot who do DOt WaRELL ALl B AL WHY SAN FRANCISCO? By what chance or law does the cabeza, or acknowledged head of the cities of California, to-day beer the name of the iead of the order ot St. Francis and not that of some ordinary lum- inary? Why was this great name of St. Francis of Assisi preceded by, say that of San Antonio de Padua? Was it prescience?—was it vagary? —or an example of that nineteenth century acceptance of the miraculous which we know as mental teleeraphy and which they knew as something else? All these questions, carefully studied, will teach us at least this historic fact not often recognized intelligently even in literature, The Spanish nomenclature of the eighteentn century was, in every case, 8 solemn and rec- ognized invocation, and was followed by an exquisite belief in the real presence of the canonized patron or patroness invoked, In Madrid, to-day, the last and highest form of this real presence is, with a superb dramatic instinct, recognized in the progress of the gnb}ic procession by the strains of the “Marcha onl."” | dangers are p; | sistent effort the lasc fonr weeks to Incite assassins | When 3id the fust copviction gain ground | that 8t. Francis had chosen to possess himself of—not an inland city, presidio or mission, such as were planned asa second cordon pro- tected by the first maritime line of possession. but a harbor or puerto which for excellent rea- sons he did not purpose prematurely revealing to either comandante or padre-fundador? Why was maritime as well as civic headship steadily reserved for the head of the order and for asso- ciation with his name? What traditions of previons discovery were Portola and Crespi lollowing when they set off from San Diego de Alcala for the portof St. Francis without the least suspicion of so doing, and with only the intention of discovering Monterey? ey carried with them Venegas and Cabrera Bueno, as we know. What mention of the port of St. Francis does Cabrera Bueno contain? I am absvlutely sure that en entirely intelligible answer to all these uestions is contained both in the Spanish of ‘alou’s Vida and the English of Mr. Baneroft's History, but I know of no brief and authorita- tive statement condensing and explaining all this for the reader who has not leisure for griginnl authorities and documentary evi- ence. A certain misty and drizzling style of writ- ing even has seemed to envelop the records of the eerliest San Franeisco as they come to us— the bay and the port, the Presidio and Mission. On some foreordained morning in literature this mist will suddenly lift and reveal them all in one burst of California sunshine, in which Saint Francis shall comn to his own. Mean- time, long before the revelation of the port to Portola and Crespi, he was evidently in as complete possession’of it as Arthur yet is of Avalon. Let us examine some of these records. Marcos de Niza, sent out from Culiacan in 1539, and walking *‘as the Holy Ghost did lead him” through Sonora and Arizona, called the | country through which he went San'Franeisco. A tradition succeeded this, that the great River of Saint Francis was an arm or tributary of the Rio Colorado. The actual route of Captain Anza from Sonora to San Francisco may have arisen_irom that 6f 1539, within which they found “A_ bay almost round, about ten leagues in width, Wwhere the great river of our Father Saint Francis empties.” Palon in 1774 or 1775. The creek called even to this day Las Llagas de San Francisco is the dividing line between the archdiocese of San Francisco and the dio- cese of Monterey. With a sense of relief we assist in the year 1776—a year memorable for other events in the records of the world—at the formal bap- tism of the Presidio, Mission and Puerto, which enthrones forever the great Padre Ser- afico and prevents his assignment to any posi- tion_destined to comparative obscurity upen the King’s highway. There is still “before Saint Francis possible absorption into the Yerba Buena nomenclature; there is the | brief suggestion that Saint Franeis of | Solano may rival or eclipse him of Assisi; | but we realize pleasantly that both these | ssed forever and that every vis- itor who looks out from the Presidio upon the s fairly entitled to the emotions awakened Y it in Padre Junipero Serre, Apostle of Upper | California, provided “he knows what these emotions were. “And for our founder, St. Francis, there is no mission?”—Padre Junipero. “If St. Francis desires a mission, us his harbor, and he shall have o Don Jose de Galver. 17I|m~n'|(»w at the camp of Galvez, San Blas, 67. To me, no amount of quoting can ever make this commonplace.—Auguste Wey in December | Overland. et him show —~Then Senor A HIDDEN CHAPTER IN HISTGRY. Part third, volume 40, serizl No.97 of the “Rebellion Records,” recently issued by the War Department, contains three official tele- grams between Edwin M. Stanton (Secretary of War) and Edwards Pierrepont of New York, which it is not likely very many people ever before heard of. They make strange reading at this late day, and to those familiar with the charaeter of Horace Greeley the accusations of Mr. Stanton must cause a smile. 1t seems that during the few weeks succeed- ing the assassination of President Lincoln the New York Tribune published certain matter concerning the action of the War Department | in tracing down the criminals which it pleased | Mr. Stanton {o-place a strange construction upon. Under date of May 12, 1865, the Secre- | tary telegraphed Mr. E rrepont, the | great New York law 3 | WAR DEPARTMENT, ) | WASHINGTON, D, C,, May 12, | Hon. Edwards Pierrepont, New ¥o | written to-night 1o retain you and Cutting and | Brady, Or any one eise you may desire to have as- sociated with you, to prosecute Horace Greeley and the owners of ‘the Tribune for Greeley’s per- 10 finish their work by murdering me. Please glve the matier your immediate attention on re- ceiving this letter, and secure copies of. all the Tribunes published since the night of the Presi- dent’s murder, and get the names of the owners. T Propose Lo prosecute criminally, and also by civil suit, for I shall not allow them to have memur- dered and escape responsibility without a struggle for life on my part. EDWIN M. STANTON, The other attorneys referred to above were Francis B. Cutting snd_James T. Brady, the latter at that time New York’s greatest crimi- nal lawyer.* Mr. Stanton must have been very badly frightened when he penned that telegram, a fact which no doubt impressed itseli upon the mind of Mr. Pierrepont, for his reply was very discreet: NEW YORK, May 13, 18 65. Ton. Fdwin JM. Stanton, Sccretary of War, Washington, D. C.: All will receive prompt and Judicious action. EDWARDS PIERREPONT. The use of theword “judicious” in the above shows that Mr. Pierrepont did not share Mr. Stanton’s fears, or belief in: Mr. Greeley’s blood- thirstiness of purpose, Mr. Stanton evidently detected this spirit in Mr. Pierrepont’s reply, for he immediately sent another dispatch, as follows: WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C., May 13, 1861 E'Zor.u.} Hon. Fdwards Pierrepont, New York: 1 have Proof of express personal malice against me by Greeley, and believe that I can establish a com- bination between him and others which may end in accomplishing my death, as it did against Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Seward. ‘This is my reason for distinguishing his case from others of general vituperation. EDWIN M. STANTON. (Bame to F. B. Cutting.) Mr. Pierrepont does not seem to have even replied to this, nor did Mr. Cutting, for the telegraphic correspondence was brought to an abrupt close. A TAILOR GOWN, The strictly tailor-made gown always holds its own, and a plain fitted basque like the one shown here is preferred by many ladies above all othershapes. The waist is fitted with the usual seams and four darts. The skirt has circular front, with three godet folds in the back. A suit of mixed tweed in light brown toneisa most serviceable material,and with collar and shade of dark is extremely revers of silk in a lmrmonilinr brown, with buttons to match, stylish. lue serge, with black silk revers and but- tons, always looks well. Many mixed and checked materials are shown in tan shades, which combine excel- lently with reddish brown. The collar and revers of the same material, !;fip‘y stitched, are preferred by many to the silk. The skirtis a very fine model for separate skirts of satin or crepon to wear with extra waists, It isalso 8 go r for silks or other goods to wear with any walst. NO CHIMNEY FOR SANTA CLAUS, Now come those sad forebodings To disturb that smail boy'sdream, Who lives remote from chimneys, Ina flai thai's warmed by steam. ‘asbington Star, ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, SUNRISE IN THE NortH—J. H., City. The fol- lowing explanation is given of the peculiarity of sunrise and sunset in the extreme north: As the illuminated half of the earth includes on June 21 en angle of 23} deg., all places having a latitude higher than about north latitude 661£ deg. will complete their diurnal rotation entirely in the sunlight on that date, the sun sceming to pass irom the western sy tothe verge of the point of the horizon di- ractly north, round eastward, rising gradually to an altitude of 234 deg. when directly south. In about north latitude 66!f deg.. according to geometrical lews, the sun should disappear below the horizon a little to the west of the north voint of the horizon, and in 2 few minutes, rise again & little to the east. An observer looking northward need only change the direction of his eyes to view sun- set and subsequent sunrise. Itis this phenom- enon that has given rise to the assertion that “the sun sets and rises in the west.” To SECURE AN INVENTION—I. 8., City. If you havean invention for which you desire to secure a patent, but have not the ready money to pay for the patent, you can take outa caveat, which will hold for a year and give you the prior right to a patent in case any one should afterward file an application for a like invention. This, including attorney’s fees, will cost you about £30. First CousiNs—P. E. V. B., East Oakland, Cal. In the United States marriage between first cousins is probibited in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiars, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklehoma, South Dakotis, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. SoUTH AMERICA—F. E., fresno, Cal.—The best information concerning any part of Central or South America can be obtained by addressing a letter of inquiry to the Consul residing in San Francisco and representing the country you may desire information about. CHILDREN AND GUNS—C., Mount Eden, Ala- meda County, Cal. There is no law in this State that prohibits minors (children) from carrving firearms “for the purpose of going on the marshes to hunt.” THE ORIGINAL MoNrTor—T. M., City, The original Monitor, the one that fought the Mer- rimac during the War of the Rebellion, fonndered off Cape Hatterasat 1 A. M. Decem- ber 31, 1862. EXGLisH MoNEY—M. A. McL., City. One pound sterling, English money, is worth in Inited States coin #4 8615, and 1 shilling is one-twentieth part of that amount. ASTRAKHAN—M. A. McL., City. Astrakhan is the name given to skins with curled wool (the pelts of young lambs) obtained from As- trakhan in European Russie. PosTAL CARDS—M. 8., City. Postal cards were first introduced in the Unpited States in 1872, and were first offered for sale in this City on the 23d of May, 187: HARCOURT—Sir William Vernon Harcourt is Chencellor of the Exchequer, and his address is London, England. . CROMWELL’S STATUE. The Nineteenth Century. What needs our Cromwell stone or brouze o say Hjs was the light tha: lit on England’s way The sun-dawn of her time-compellinz power, ‘The noontide of her most imperial day? His band won back the sea for England’s dower; His footfall bade the Moor change hieart, and cower; His word on Milton's tongue spake law 10 France ‘When Pledmont felt the she-wolf Rome devour. | From Cromwell’s eves the light of England’s glance Flashed, and bowed down the Kings by grace of chance, The priest-anointed princes: one alone By grace of England held their hosts in trance. The enthroned Republic from her kinglier throne Spake. and her speech was Cromwell's. Earth has known No loralier presence, How should Cromwell stan By kinglets and by queenlings hewn in stone? Incarnate England in his warrior hand Smote, and as fire devours the blackening brand Made ashes of their strengths who wrought her wrong, And turned the stronghold of her foe to sand. His praise is in the sea's and Milton's song:; What praise could reach him from the weakling throng That rules by leave of tongues whose praise is shame— Him, who made England out of weakness strong? There needs no clarion’s biasi of broad-blown fame T0 bid the world bear witgess whence he came Who bade fierce Europe fawn at England’s heel” And purged the plague of lineal rule with flame. ‘There needs no witness graven on stone or steel For one whose work bids fame bow down and kneel; Our man of men, whose time-commanding name Speaks Engiand, and proclaims her Commonweal. ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE. “Can nothing move you?” “No! Once I say no! I mean no!” “Well, I wouldn’t care to marry a girl like that.” GRANT'S LOAN FROM MR. DERBILT. EY BISHOP JOHN P. NEWMAN. One of the saddest features connected with General Grant’s financial failure was the loan he o iained from Mr. Vanderbilt of $150,000. Ward had approached the general on Sunday and said that “the Marine Bank, where we keep our deposits, is in danger, and must be relieved at once,” On that fatal Sunday the general called on William H. Vanderbilt, who at once drew his check for the $150,000, with- out security. The general expecied to return the money immediately, for Ward had assured him that there were securities for more than a million dollars in the vaults to the credit of Grant & Ward. When the deception was discovered the first thing the general did was to transfer all his in- dividual property to Mr. Vanderbilt. The house in which he lived, a1l of those magnifi- cent trophies which he had received from for- eign nations and the splendid curios he haa gathered from all countries were to be given to pay this honorable debt. One of the saddest days I spent in that mem- orable nome was on the occasion while all of those valuables were being packed for transfer- unce. Amid the bustle and annoyance nci- dent thereto the ynvalid general left his room, passed siowly down the stairs into the parlor and stocd before 8 family picture—a group of himself, Mrs. Grant, Nellie and the three sons. He had seen that picture adorn the walls of the White House when he was President, hang in the cottage by the sea at Long Branch, and in his city residence when he fancied himself a millionaire. What memories it suggested! What emotions it excited! He gazed upon it for the last time, and then, as he ascended the stairs, he murmured, “Give me poverty and honor rather than wealth and discredit.”” All these mementos of his greatness and glory are now in ]m-uuion of the Government in our National museum in the city of Washington. Asevils never come single-banded, so mis- fortunes mulurlud. The citizens of New York had created a trust fund of $250,000, the terest on which had been placed to the credit The fund had been guaran. VAN- fac By ox-Gayacnot M £ N 1 'y ex-Governor Morgan of New York; from some technicality ;’ the law the :\ur!::f tors refused to pay the interest, and for a time this source of revenue was cut off. To suen straits was the general reduced that when the ket, bank fafled he had Iess than §$30 in b ] and M: wife less than $120 in her :l%-‘“ To these disasters were added im; x’Y-l‘m‘m’ cast upon him who was the pride of > try, ug‘:l this was more than Grant conld e:‘ dure. The shock of battle was less tremen dous; the mortal agony was less acute. Gfl‘;;. was silent. Language is inadequate to eXpre the depth of his feelings and thought. 1saw him amid the profound silence. He\was & gictm‘e for a master artist.. He seemed aze a he surprise was immeasurable. The s tion was so sudden. But the tablessoon turn The deep deception of Ward became know Sympathy for Grant was universal. Expres sions of kindness came from all quarters. He was once more the idol of the Nation. But & greater evil was at hand. His bodily heaith gave signs of decay. A terrible cancer appeared. The most eminent physicians were in attendance, butgave no promise of recovery. His pains became exeruciating; he could not swallow without torture and his sufferings at the table were intense. Liquid food was & ne- cessity. Death seemed preferable, and for a For hours he would ropped updn his chair, with hands ooking at the blank walls before nt, contemplating the future. He seemed not alarmed, but solemn, as the end approached. But he revived, his apathy dis- appeared. his inaifference was soon gone.— Dayton (Ohio) Religious Telescope. time hie desired to die. sit alone, PURE mixed candies, 10¢ 1b. Townsend’s. * £ enps e TOWNSEND'S famous broken eandy 10¢ pound.* et 0's candies. Palaco Hotel building.* e e 10 waiting at Townsend’s. * s RoBERTS Printing Co., 220 Sutter st. dars, 1896. ——————— POPCORN loose, on string, in balls and sugared at Townsend s, 627 Market, Palace Hotel. * T — Calene CHRISTMAS pair eyeglasies 15¢to 60c; 8134 4th; Sundays 38 Mkt; Kast shoestore. * idabdisiar dina A NICE present for Christmas—Our own Cali- forniaglacefrnits; 50¢a pound. Townsend'’s. * ———— CHOICE cream mixed candies in telescope and Japanese baskets pound. Townsend's. * —————— PoPCORYN, 3 quarts, 10 cents; sugared corn, 20 cents pound; three yards strings of corrt, 10 cents; and corn balls at Townsend's. . ey Hoitt’s School for Boys. . Burlingame. Term begins January 7. e EPECIAL informatlon daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen 10 Montgomery. * irgkism Atk : ,ANoTHER large shipment of leather goods just received. Ladies' pocket boeks, plain and silver mounted, letter and card 'cases, bill books, valises snd picture frames. All the newest things right up to date. Sanborm, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. . e e The Christmas <Star.” The Message on Venezuela and other live editorials; stories by Mrs. N. B. Eyster, Alfred Cridge and others; poems by Edward’ Clarke, H. V. Sutherland and others. * e RUTHLESS CRITICISM, “Look here,” said the editor, “you include in this poem a line about the earth cycling around the sun.” “Yes,” replied the poet, confidently; “and T'll stand by it. Thatline, sir, is not only an example of polished expression, but it is astro- nomically correct.” “‘Mebbe so. But it won't go here. ‘Cycling around the sun,’” he repeated scornfully. “Why don’t you take the earth and put bloom= :rs on if, and be done with it ?"—Washington Star. THINK of the thousands of sufferers who on ac~ count of impure blood have endured hours of pain and spent much money for different medicines, who. after taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla have been cured. LS E e e CHICAGO LIMITED, VIA SANTA FE ROUTE. A mew train throughout beging October 29. Pullman’s finest sleeping-cars, vestibule reclining- chair cars and dining-cars. Los Angeles to Chi- cago, via Kansas City, without change. Anmex cars on sharp conmection for Denver and St. Lounis. Twenty-seven hours quicker than the quickest competing train. The Santa Fo has besa put in fine physical condition and is now the bess trapscontinental railway. \ ———————— No Christmas and New Year’s table should be without a hottle of Dr. Siegert’s Angostura Bitters, the world renowned eppetizer of exquisite Bavor, Beware of counterfeits. > o SINGERS AND ARTISTS GENERALLY are users of “Byown’s Bronchial Troches” for Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness and Throat Irritations. They afford instant relief. Avoid imitations. - NOTHING better for Christmas than good books. A whole store full to be closed out for what they willbring. Auction inevening. 747 Market street, NEW TO-DAY. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE BY Thos. Magee & Sons, REAL ESTATE AGENTS And Publishers “Real Estate Circular.” 4 Montgomery Street, UNiO¥ TRUST BUILDING, CORNER MARKET. NEW PROPERTY. Residence and fine zrounds; rents $200a month; corner; 50-vara; 137:6 on O'Farrell and 137:6 on Leavenworth; 50,000 only. Howard st., bel. New Montgomery and 33 57:8x55 and 3 two.story and basement brick buildings; rents $97; $18,000. 3 Sacramento st.; rents $152 50; solid 3-story and basement brick building: 2 stores and 15 rooms in upper stories; k. of Kearny; 44x59:6. Howard st,, W. side, bet, 6th and 7th; 28x80; two-siory; double store and flat of 10 rooms above; rents about 8700 & year: $8750. Clay st., bet. Scott and Devisadero: flats well built and cost $4000; rents $57 50, and lot 26X125; $6500; fine neighborhood. INVESTMENTS, Rents $486 50 corner Geary and Larkin sts.; 120x120; 2 corners covered wiih siores and dwell: ings. &Ly Hall lot; north side Market st.: 25x100 and 5&?!{ improvements; bringing small rental; $55.- Stenart st., between Market and Misslon; 357x 187:8: chea] :9x187:6; north side North Point st., between Stockton and Poweil; one biock from the seawall; only $6260. xth st.. west side, near Bryant; 50x85 and 3- story; 2 stores below and 6 tenants upstairs; rents low, $69: $9000; balf can remain on mortgage. A BARGAIN-4574x240; Channel st., between Fifth_and Sixth, back to Berry st.; double front; only 14,000; very, very cheap; pays a little now, Golden Gate ave. and Franklin st.: 86x120, to Tear street; 3-story; good dwellings on the avenue, bullding on rear sireet; small corner vacant; reuts $240; ,000. HOUSES AND LOTS, Clay st., north side, bet. Fillmore and Steiner; 26x102, dnd good Zutory of 7 rooms and modern 5000 conveniencee . 2R tavia west side, bet. Broadway and Vallejo; 25x112:6 and 2-story, 8 rooms, in very good order: tine view of bay; street bituminized; only $6000; easy terms. gWO—Very fine house and ot 25x100; Mc- :lllsl‘a"t)er st., near Baker; Very easy terms; oniy $7000—3 left; new houses: just finished; 9 rooms and all modern conveniences; fine view of bay: only $500 cash and terms as rent If desired; Buch- 8t., near Green, 8 short blocks from Pacific ave.; 1 block f rom Union-st. cars and 2 blocks ew line on Fillmore st. A0 Hoe ara st bet. 15t and 2d; 25385 and 2-story; 6 rooms In each flat, CHEAP LOTS. Gough-t. lots: 25x112:6: ‘:1500 each; bet. Grove. nd Fulto et bituminized. N B000 eeier s W. side, bet. Pacific and Broadway; 27:6x110; street work done; fine view. st., facing the park; 2 lots, 25x187:6; $3000 ; will be a fine residence street. eap—82500; SW. corner Castro and Sixteenth enc) Chy side; magnificent views 27:6x e Daly §9100; bot. Scot and Devisadero, a Baldwin Fark. t., near Cook, W. of Central ave,; 3 lots, GxT00: $16001 cavle-sars pass. 26x1 1f limbs, use an tions is as good as the genuine. you want & sure relief for ~ains in the back, side, chest, or Allcock’s BEAR IN MIND—Not one of the host of counterfeits and imita- Porous Plaster \ "