The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 25, 1895, Page 44

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Merry Christmas Joy be with you all. The world feels young to-day. Everybody extends the glad hand. May the realization surpass the anticipa- tion. Even the marble heart warms up to the sceasion. The laughter of children makes music [n the air. Christmas itself is a good gift if you get nott The happy heart never lacks a welcome ny home. Even the empty stocking has the air of “hristmas in it. n There is many a lover would like to ring the Christmas belle. Eli may get there, but Santa Claus gets here, and he's the boss. Some people say Santa Claus is a myth, but everybody looks for him. Take a second thought before vou take the second eggnogg a second time. Lots of haj py fellows wlill be singing to- day about *“Mollie and I and the Baby.” 1f you have helped any of the poor to rejoice to-day, you have a right to be glad. Armenia will sing *‘Peace on earth, good will to men”” with her heart in her mouth. If you do not read every word in this issue of THE CALL you wili miss something good. All the world’s a toy and all the men Kissing under the mistletoe was a silur- jan custom, but it will take enterprise to revive it. Experience will teach many people to- day that the costliest giftis not always the most valued. If good St. Nicholas found any bloomers hung up for stockings he ought to tell 1f the sun shines it will be lovely at the park, and if the rain falls it will be de- lightful at home. Young men and women far from home will bless the kind friend who says, “Dine with me to-day.” This is the holiday of humanity, and if there is anything human ir you now is the time to celebrate it. To-day we celebrate the birth of the founder of the idea of humanity, our great leader of liberty and love. He has a dull heart who does not feel this morning the touch of nature that makes the whole world kin. Something’s wrong in the world we know; Forms remain, but the spirit we miss; Christmas retains the mistietoe— But where's the old-time kiss? There are some old folks who would like to be born again, just to have a child’s be- lief in Santa Claus once more. If you have done nothing yet to gladden the hearts of the children of the poor this is the best possible day to begin. Christmas in New England is midwin- ter, Christmas in Australiais midsummer, Christmas in San Francisco is elysium. This is the day when cranky folks get cross because they get what they did not expect and nothing that they wished for. “How shall we praise,” the pastor cried, “The altar’s bright chrysanthemum?” And the organist, starting up, replied. “Suppose we Christmas anthem ‘em.” No one ever makes fun on Christmas of a girl who has feet on the Chicago “style, for a stocking you can put a piano in is serious business. el AR C By and by somebody will write a thrill- ing Christmas story in which the heroine will hang up her bloomers for Christmas gifts and the hero will put himself in them. In the bgauty of the decorations and the sweetness of the sacred music there will be much in the churches to delight you, but do not attend them simply ‘for the sake of that delight. There will be a multitude of good gifts scattered about the world to-day, but none will bring such blessing to sad hearts as the words of the sublime Teacher whose birth we celebrate and in whose spirit our best gifts are given. Here's luck to the foolish; here’s wealth to the wis Success to the poor. Where the sufferer lies may health descend from above. Here’s blessing for friends; here’s forgiveness for foes: Herc's welcome who comes, Godspeed him who goes. And unto you all—here's love. Itis one of the evidences of the essen- tial dignity and nobleness of man'’s nature that even when he cannot keep the sub- lime and simple law of Jesus he can yet recognize its loity philosophy, honor it for its grandeur and love it for the kindly human goodness that fits its divinity to man’s estate. JESUS OF NAZARETH. A thousand loving thoughts and sacred associations are commemorated in the sweet observances we keep to-day in main- tenance of a festival whose celebration has come down to us from immemorial years. The family reunions, the gladness of chil- dren, the fondness of age, the interchange of gifts, the hospitality of the home, the kindly contact™ between rich and poor, the cordial salutations and the good wishes of each for all and all for each, infuse into the season a general sentiment of joy and go far toward making it for all humanity a Merry Christmas. Neverthe- less these are not the highest glory of the day. They do not sanctify it nor make it holy to human hearts. The supreme fact of the festival—that which makes it most significant to man and which most deserves to be pondered on with deep and serious thought, is that to-day we celebrate the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. He who has made his birth the central point from which all history dates back- ward and forward, and won for his mem- ory the honor of the world’s greatest fes- tival, was not as the other great ones of the earth. He stands alone in the manner by which his power was exerted and in the vastness of his services to man. Itis impossible for us to measure the extent of these services. We cannot realize what the world was before Jesus was born into it, nor what it might have been to-day if he had never lived. We learn enough from history to know that the ancient world was worse than modern China. A half insane Cmsar bestrode it like a Colossus. The religion of Greece had sunk from sensuousness to sensuality, the strong law of Rome had hardened to a rigid despotism, philosophy had become either an epicurean indulgence or.a stoic indifference, and a servile breed of men and women crept about the world to find themselves dishonorable graves. There was no glory, nor genius, nor joy any- where on earth, and apparently there was no power among men to break the despot- isms, the formulas and the sensualities that oppressed the race and were fast re- ducing humanity to the level of brute | beasts. e Into that world of shameless horrors and abject wretchedness Jesus came to regenerate and redeem. History contains no parallel to the means by which he did his work and fulfilled his mission. He sought no office, was the elect of no people, was clothed with no authority, spoke from no exalted place and was backed by no power either of station or of popular leadership. He went forth simply as a man and spoke the truth to his fellow - man. Many before him had | spoken partial truths, leaving the world in doubt, but Jesus proclaimed that whole- ness and fullness of truth that makes men free. Hetold the parable of the I’rndi;:s\l-i Son, he pointed the moral of the Widow’s Mite, he narrated the story of the Good Samaritan, Le lifted the Magdalen from | the dust, challenging the man without sin | to cast the first stone, he preached the | Sermon on the Mount, and he taught men | that the service of God is the service of | humanity, the clothiag of the naked, the | tending of the sick, and the comforting of | those in prison. As fogs and mists break up and vanish | before the advancing sun, so did the des- | potisms, formulas and sensualities of the | old world break up and disappear be- | fore the sunhight of intellectual freedom | radiating from the luminous truth em- | bodied in his simple and sublime words. Having once heard those stories of the | Prodigal, the Samaritan, the Widow and | the Magdalen, no man with reason in his brain could ever again think of | his fellow-man in the old way. Men felt that not only was the new conception of humanity truer than the old, but that they were themselves made freer by know- | ing the truth. Here was liberty as well as charity. Here was life as well as love. | These stories and teachings have come | down to us through the ages; they are | familiar in our mouths as household words, and it is from them we get the prompting | to those actions and emotions that will | make all that is sweetest and best in our Shristmas happiness to-day. | It is well for us to commemorate by the | most solemn rites and the most joyous fes- tivals the birthday of this great teacher. | Truth and love, liberty and charity can | never be extolled enough, either in the ab- | stract or in the person of him who taught | them witk the highest eloquence and died | for them that they might live in us. Even | in our own time the tendency to confine great truths into narrow formulas and to restrict their observance to prescribed ritu- | als and practices is a threatening danger, if not to the race at large, at least to many individuals. To guard against that tendency is.a duty every man | owes to himself as well as to his fel- low-men. There should be in every heart | an earnest ambition to attain unto sonte- thing of the great freedom and love that | are the spirit of the teaching of Jesus. More and mor are they becoming infused into the minds of all true-hearted men. Certainly while his words live mankind will never lack an inspiration toward all that is good and great. They now make fidelity to charity, liberty and truth the ideal humanity for every individual, and in the end they shall surely bring the glory and the honor of the nations to the same sublime standard. " Let us rejoice to-day in this beautiful land that liberty is as free asthe wind, charity abundant as flowers and that love is over all and in all as the glorifying sun- shine. Let us lift up our hearts with glad- ness for the kindness glowing in the eyes that meet ours, for the warm grasp of the hands of friends, for the dear kiss of the lips we love. Let us think with exalted minds on all the manifold blessings that are ours, gratefui to the goodness shown to us and ardent for the good that we can do. So with brightening eyes, with re- joicing hearts and minds in harmony with all that is sublime or tender or true in the aspirations of humanity, let us give our- selvesup in the spirit of liberty and love to unite with all our fellow-men in celebra- tion of the birthday of Jesus of Nazareth. A WONDERFUL PICTURE. It may not be within the reach of a liv- ing painter’s brush to put intelligently on canvas the mystical effects of a nizht view from one of the conspicuous elevations of San Francisco, but that is not the fault of the living, palpitating picture which greets the observer on these still and clear December nights. Photographers, whose enterprise and daring are never appalled, have essayed the task with a camera, and have produced results which are only weird, grotesque and flat, lacking the mar- velous depth and far-reaching perspective of the scene which the eye beholds. And vet it is conceivable that in the years to come a painter will arise who will assail the task, and while doing so break away from the traditions upon which his art is founded, and startle the world as the gen- tle Rembrandt did when he painted his famous picture of a dissection. For the production of such a painting as will reveal the true spirit of a night view of San Francisco a canvas of generous size will be required, and for its proper ex- hibition certain accessories different from those suited to the display of ordinary paintings. The task of production is sim- plified by the faet that no impression of motion is to be conveyed. Itisa vastex- panse of a’still and brilliant darkness, punctured with many-colored street lights, illuminated windows and bands of light streaming across the roadways from open doors. The most impressive aspect of the scene is its vastness, and its most mystical qual- ity is 1ts depth. The common way of treat- ing a night scene in a city isto give a close view that ends in an interrupted distance, This treatment produces a feeling of mys- tery, for unseen things lie in the darkness which closes the perspective. But such a scene as that presented from one of the high hills of San Francisco needs the de- picting of distance, which in itself is a mantle of mystery, covering all that lies under the eye. No city in all the world presents a more wonderfui picture than that of San Fran- cisco from the bay. It the point of view is chosen sufficiently near the shore the in- tense blue-black of the sky is still found sufficiently illuminated by stars to show a forest of black masts iretting the firma- ment; and if there is a slight breeze a pen- nant here and there is seen fluttering aloft. Behind the masts lie the lights of the City In all their bewitching variety of form and color and in wide diversity of arrangement and direction. The soft yellow light of the gas lamps, which in the farther d tance twinkle like stars, the red lights in- dicating the situation of fire-alarm boxes, and the many vari-colored lights of resorts along the quay, with a foreground of dark water, on whose waves all these colors dance and writhe, and a background lost on the summits of the hilis—that is a | picture the painting of which will yet make some artist world-famous. An equally beautiful but very different effect is secured if the summit of Califor- nia hill be taken for the pointof view; and from that point each of the four main | points of the compass presents its especial charms. Toward the north lie reaches of light sweeping down the valley, and then up to the summits of Russian and Tele- graph hills, and on either side of them the black waters of the bay, with itsships’ lights, Alcatraz, and the glittering light voints which mark the line of the Contra | Costa shore and camp in straggling arfay weil up into the hills beyond. NATURE LENDS A HAND. One of the most pleasing characteristics of human nature is the cheerfulness with which it adapts itself ‘to conditions which cannot be changed. If this were not so the great majority of mankind wouid not be living in regions where adverse natural conditions compel a fierce struggle to se- cure physical comfort. The most pleasant | parts of the world are inhabited but sparse- | ly by races inferior to those who battle | for Iife in regions whose rigors stop just short of actual prohibition of life. To analyze the reasons which have produced this extraordinary condition of affairs would reqnire more space than is available here. It is sufficient to reflect that the present order of things has not been a vital fagtor in the production of a high | race of men, and that we enjoy pleasant, | natural conditions when we find them and | have learned their value. Let us imagine that somewhere in the State of New York there was a region, say, | twenty miles square, having these pecu- | liarities. In the dead of winter, while everywhere else in the State a bitter cold benumbed the wealthy and brought suffer- ing to the ppor; where the ground was covered with snow and all the forces of nature were locked up in a relent- less grasp—in this spot of twenty | miles square the people were enjoy- ing their Christmas in an air so| balmy and a sunshine so warm that oranges grow in the open fields and the gardens are riotous with bloom. If there ! happened to be rain it would be warm and | gentle and would soon pass away; but | never snow or ice. The people would be abroad with nature, laughing and singing | with her and taking into their blood the fine tonic which brings color to the cheeks, | brightness to the eyes and a will in the | heart and a strength in the arm to be up | and doing, and to be enjoying life while working out its destiny. How many of all who counld afford to pass the holidays in that small spot would deny themselves the enjoyment? And what a scramble there would be for a permanent home within its boundaries! If, added to its delicious climate, there should be the most bewitching and in- spinng scenery, what incredible prices would not those most blessed with worldly goods be willing and anxious to pay for a residence there? Ten thousand dollars an acre would be a bagatelle—the land would fetch thousands of dollars a front foot. Anud yet that twenty square miles would contain only the conditions which make California what it is; would have only the elements that bind Californians to their soil and make them bless the fate which led them hither and which urges them to bring others to enjoy the blessings which are theirs. In the odor of flowers and the warmth of a genial sun they enjoy their Christmas, and their enjoyment is all the finer for the health and freedom and ambition which such conditions impart. CORRECT PRONUNCIATION, By means of a communication published in Tue CaLr, A. 8. Hallidie has made a timely appeal for the correct pronunciation of the name of Kearny street. He rightly says that it should be called Karny, as it was named for General Kearny. For that matter, so many familiar names in Cali- fornia are pronounced incorrectly that it is time a movement was begun to reform popular custom. That might prove a hope- less task, but a good deal of pleasure could be drawn from the effort. It is in the pronounciation of Spanish names that we blunder lamentably, and yet they are numerous in the State and the most musical that we have. The people, almost without exception, pronounce San incorrectly, giving the ‘‘a”” the short sound, instead of the broad. This is a part of so meny names of places in California, and the habit of mispronouncing it isso fixed that it would be almost useless to under- take a campaign of education concernin z it. Another grievous prevalent error is the habit of giving the sound of *z” to the ‘s’ in many Spanish names. Thus San Jose is commonly pronounced as though the “‘s” in Jose were a “z.”” There is no “z” sound in the Spanish danguage. Wherever “'s” appears it should be given a sharp sibilant sound, as in these two last words. Alameda suffers generally, though not so universally, for while there are many who know that in Spanish ‘'e” is always pronounced as long ‘‘a” there are more who are ignorant of the fact and call the musical name Alameeda. Spaniards have a soft way of rolling the “r” that is very effective. They handle it differently from any other nation, and so round do they make the roll that they often seem to be eluding the letter alto- gether. They do not, however, asevery letter in every word of their language is pronounced. In taking care to preserve a sensible relation between spelling | Westminister and pronunciation they represent an idea which is the extreme opposite of the Eng- lish fashion. It was the habit of our Eng- lieh cousins to make as wide a breach as possible between spelling and pronunci- ation that caused Victor Hugo to exclaim in despair in his “L'Homme Qui Rit,” ““The best way to pronounce an English name is not to pronounce it at all.” Still, as we get some of our names from England we should preserve the English pronunciation. For that reason we shouid say Barkly when speaking of the charm- ing town across the bay. While there is nothing more offensive than pedanfry, and while it is often charged against Americans by English- men that we make our language drawling and pedantic by giving too much value to letters composing words, we have not the right to change the pronunciatlon of a distinctively foreign name which we de- liberately adopt. If the schools of Cali- fornia would take this matter in hand they would perform a valuable service and in time effect a complete reformation. —_— PERSONAL. Dr. M. Molass of Paris is at the Palace. E. E. Rowe, & merchant of Stockton, is at the Grand. G. MeM. Ross of Petaluma is at the Occl- dental. D. E, Chapman, & business man of Ban Jose, is here. J. Marks, one of the ploneers of Arizona, is in the City. A. R. Rhea, a business man of Los Angeles, isat the Russ. John R. Burbank, s wealthy farmer of Pine Grove, is in the City. H. L. Robinson, a mine-owner of Placerville, arrived here yesterday. R. L. Dunn, owner of gold properties near Auburn, is at the Grand. J. L. Edgington, an extensive farmer of Yountville, is in the City. John Conklin, a business man of Eureka, Humboldt Bay, is in town. George M. Daniels of the United States steamer | Fear is registered at the California. Howsard A. Harris, a newspaper owner of Fowler, in the San Joaquin Valley, is at the Russ. J. B. Ross, one of the early residents of Sac- ramento and largely interested in property there, is at the Grand. Jumes A, Hardin of Santa Rosa,who islargely interested in horse and cattle growing in Ne- vada, is at the California. R. C. Stevens, general passenger agent of the Great Northern Railway, is visiting the City. He is stoppine at the Occidental. L. W. Shinn, agent at Seattie for Wells, Fargo & Co., and owner in Alaska mines, which he is now developing, is in the City. J. D. Coghlan, one of the cattle-kings of East- ern Oregon, whose home is at Paisley, beyond the Blue Mountains, arrived here yesterday and is at the Lick. Walter A. Lamar, an attorney of Indepen- | aence, Inyo County, is among recent arrivals. Heis on his way to San Jose, where he for- merly lived, to visit friends. James Richards, a leading mine-owner of El Dorado County, is at the Russ. Mr. Rich- ards, besides mining extensively, is a large land-owner and grein-grower. Deputy Sheriffs George fl. Crawford and Jo- | seph Alves of Del Norte County areat the Rass. They brought down an insane man for Incar- ceration in one of the asylums. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—Among the recent ar- rivalsare: H. Ehrlich, Holland; C. L. Perry, rs. Bradley, Mrs. L. M. Hayes, Gerlach; J. C. Welch, Imperial; I. Strassborger, Holland, ENGLAND DON'T WANT WAR. Providence Journal. The prevalent 1dea seems to be in all the English journals that it is none of our business what England does here or anywhere else. We are only a ‘“daughter state” talking to “a motherland.” Boston Post. We do not believe that the English people, on sober second thought, will wish to go to war with the United States over a matter which, whatever the principle involved from our point of view, isreally of so little actual im- portance. Utica Observer. - There are_two sides to every quarrel. Itis absurd for Lord Salisbury to stand upon the proposition that England has nothing to arbi- trate, in view of the record of encroachment toward the mouth of the Orinoco River that stands against her. ‘Toronto Mail and Express. A great part of the fuss made by membars of Congress is caused, not by any strong feeling excited by insult to the Monroe doctrine, but by the desire to make sure of their re-election. This circumstance does not make the outlook for peace any the more reassuring. Before England tatks of fighting the United States British statesmen should consider the question very carefully. The English might go into such a war very boldly, but they would be likely to tome out of it with little honor, and with the British empire very much smaller and weaker than it now i Iowa State Journal. The Monroe doctrine now means the protec- tion of the American continent and the guar- anty ot freedom from European interference to all the States of North and South America. That is the American policy and America has the power and will enforce it to prevent European acquisition of American soil by force of arms, purchase, or in any other manner. Boston Journal. Great Britain has a war fleet much larger than our own, and a larger number of trained officers, soldiers and seamen. These advant- ages she possessed in even more overwhelming proportions, however, in 1776 and 1812, and there s in the circumstance no cause for undue dismay to thoughtful and patriotic citizens. There 18 no need of panic; there is no need of bluster. 2 A WAIST FOR TWO FABRICS. The lady’s waist shown here is one of the newest models; to be made of two fabrics; the skirt worn should be one of the fabrics. It is cut with & fitted lining, over which the ma- terial is placed. Over this again is the plas- tron piece, both back and front, of & contrast- ing color or a different fabric. An imported gown aiter this model wasof brown cloth. The sleeves and’ underwaist were of green silk with stripes of brown dull blue, formng a plaid, The cloth was used in the waist only for the plastron ‘iorflon. handsome crepon of blue and green mix- ture had the sleeves and plastrond of a crepon to match the skirt. The underwaist was of a fancy silk in the same biue and green shades. One of the season’s fads is combining two fabrics in waists and even in skirts. Most bril- liant combinations result and almost any color | Scheme is allowable. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. “I see that many of the men who have here- tofore posed as millionaires and leaders of so- ciety in the boom towns of the North are fast coming to grief,”” said a former resident of Seattle ygsterday at the Lick, “The stories from Tacoma printed in THE CALL do not surprise me in the least. Inail the boom towns there are gathered adventur- ers from the four corners of the globe. It was so at Tacoma, Seattle, Spokane, Anacortes, Whatcom, Fairhaven and hundreds of other places where the names of the towns even sre now forgotten. “The way they did business is enough to astonish men of the older communities and steadier ways, Unscrupulous is no proper Wword to use in referring to them. It does not reach the degree of unworth attained by them. “The men who broke the banks and wrought ruin on thousands, who put up jobs ana stole city funds are of the class referred to and rela- tive 1o which the dispatches have teemed dur- ing the last two years. “Many of them hsd no money when they came, but by a few lucky turns in town lots during the boom they blossomed out as bank- ers and promoters of various sorts. The strange part of it was that the majority of the people were willing to recognize them as lead- ersand did so recognize them and heaped honors upon them. They grew arrogant and there was no demand they were not ready to make. *‘These ignorant rich, as Henry George has it, ruled everything. They were insufferable in their insolence. For one I am devoutly glad that they are now all broke. I only re- gret that they have stolen so much from other people. Of course, among the ruined men are some who did business honorably, but with !hedmljol‘lty honor was not a thing that both- ered, “They sidetracked all conscientious scruples and swindled right and left where they could. Playing on margins, as most of them did, they were dragged down in the swirl when the bubble burst. surpass it before in the way of retributive justice. They ought to have been broke long before they were.” OVER THE RIVER OF DROOFING EYES Over the River of Drooping Eyes Is the wonderfnl Land of Dresms, Where lilies grow as white as snow, And fields of green and warm winds blow, And the tall reeds quiver all in a row— And no one ever cries; ForIt's a beautiful place for girls and boys, And there’s no scolding, and lots of noise, And no lost balls or broken toys— Over the River of Drooping Eyes In the beautiful Land of Dreams. Over the River of Drooping Eyes In the beautiful Land of Dreams. There are horns to blow and drums to beat, And plenty of candy and cakes to eat, And no one ever cleans his feet, And one ever tires! There are plenty of grassy places for play, ‘And birds and bees they throng all da; Oh, wouldn't you like to go and stay Over the River of Drooping Eyes In the wonderful Land of Dreams? —Chicago Interior, Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: The notices appearing in a morning paper concern- impression that the deceased was entirely un- attended during his illness. This was not a fact. had been under the care of ladies of the Fruit and Flower Mission, who had provided him with necessary linen and his family with pro- sions. The Salvation Army also furnished him a nurse, who watched beside him day and night. A physician was also in attendance. 1 call your attention to these facts because an injustice is being done a body of worthy women and a charitable organization, whose efforts are very often unappreciated because unobtrusive. H.V.8. Street Names. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—Sr I desire to second Mr. Hallidie's motion, as There was never anything to | LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. | ing the death of Artist W.M. Bode leaye the | For nearly two weeks he | ing sound banish the remembrance of unnum- bered discords? This is Grover Trilby, who has & good voice, but no ear, who has’struck one meiodious note, but who cannot sing— Evening Wisconsin ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. TuE Russ House.—S,, City. The Russ House in this City wasopened on the 13th of June, 1865. THE LAUREL PALacE.—H. H., City. The Lau- rel Palace in this City was opened in April, 1873. BRICKLAYERS—O. B., San Bernardino, Cal. The wages of bricklayers in this City are $5 per day. Ta1LLEss CATs—M. N., City. The only breed of eats that are born without tails is thet found | on the Isle of Man, in the Irish Channel. | PREMIER OF MANTTOBA.—The Premier of the | Province of Manitoba, Dominion of Canada, is | Hon. Thomas Greenway, and his address is | Winnipeg. ScHOOL LANDS—L. W., City. The proper offi- cial to address on the subject of school lands in this State is the Surveyor-General, whose office isin Sacramento. PORT ANGELES—Reader, Ferndale, Humboldt County, Cal. The average rainfall of Port An- geles, Clallam County, Wash., for nine years has been 29.2 inches. SIGNING A WILL—E. T. O., Sacramento, Cal. A will written wholly by the testator need not be signed by witnesses, but if signed by wit- nesses that Goes not render it illegal. THE SHAMROCK—E. D. 8., City. The emblem of Ireland, the shamrock, had its origin in the legend that St. Patrick used this plant to ex- plain to the ancient Irish the mystery of the Trinity. CIVIL SERVICE—V. A. McG., Antioch, Contra Costa County,Cal. The next examination under ivilservice rules in Caiifornia wiil be held in this City some time aiter the 10th of next Feb- | ruary. The precise date has not been fixed. All papers for these examinations should be in the hands of the clerk of the Board of Exam- iners, at the Postoffice, by the 20th of next Januery. A Goop WRITER—A. 8., City. If by the ques- tion how to become a good writer you mean how to improve your handwriting, the answer is, put yourself under the instruction of a first- class teacher and then practice. If you mean how to become & good writer for the press, the answer is, consult and read carefully the best authors, then place yourself under some com- petent person who will correct your manuscript and advise vou. THE PRIZE RING. G. A. P., Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, Cal. In1893 Daniel Donovan died from the effects of blowsin a glove fight with Joe Dunfee at Maple Bay, N. Y., April 4. In 1894 Fletcher Robbins died on the 14th of August from the effects of blows received ina fight on the 9th with J. Lindsey, at Platts- mouth, Nebr. Con Riordan, Fitzsimmons’ spar- ring partner on the stage, died November 17 | from the effects of a blow delivered by Fitzsim- mons on Lis jaw, during a set-to at Jacob's Op- era-house at Syracuse the evening previous. Answers to Correspondents is unable to find a | record of deaths resulting trom injuries re- ceived in the game of football during 1893 and | 1894, GRAFTING AND GRAFTI Costa Springs, Contra Costa County | purpose of grafting is similar to that of bud- ding, but the operation is performed at a sea- son when the stocks have ceased to grow and have become dormant. The shoots of the pre- vious year’s growth are cut in early winter or | atany time after the fall of the leaves, and preserved by burying the lower ends in earth ina cool place, and are thus kept dormant for future use. It is very important that they | should be kept in moderately wet earth or | | sand, not too wet or they will rot. In the se- lection of the shoots it 15 very important to ob- serve the selection of the proper wood, that it | be well ripened, from healthy, vigorous trees. | The grafting-wax in common use is made in | the following proportions: Wax one pound, | mutton or beet tallow one-half pound, resin Lut Grurad SOME OF THOSE WHO VOLUNTEERED TO GO TO THE FRONT. [Reproduced from the Chicago Record.] published in to-day’s CALL, for a “‘preservation of the proper pronunciation of the names of our San Francisco streets, or, if it be too late for that, why then for & restoration of it. Itis claimed sometimes, I know, that it is too late to make the desired correction—in regard to Kearny street, for instance, the present cor- ruption being already quite generally the ac- cepted pronunciation; so that one who shouid be accurate in the matter is accused of affecte- tion. I can scarcely believe this, for, besides the correctness of the thing proposed (which should certainly rule) there ought to be aread- iness in the pioneers and their descendants, at least, 1o preserve the historical names unde- filed or to rescue them from the defilement. Why should intelligent and educated people let the qther sort control in this matter? We appeal to them to exercise their perogative and set this thing right. HOBART CHETWOOD. San Francisco, Dec. 24, 1895. PEOPLE WORTH READING ABOUT Cecil Rhodes has ordered large numbers ot English songbirds—linnets, thrushes, black- birds, larks and nightingales—to be sent to Cape Town, where they will be acclimated and set free. Mr. Kotzebue, the nsw Ru the United States, will assume his official func- tions in Washington in a few weeks. His full name is Ernest Charles Kotzebue. He is a cousin of Prince Cantacuzene, and, like many members of the Russian diplomatic service, he is of German origin. William O. Bradley, the first Republican Governor of Kentucky, is not a dude. For years he has worn a soft white hat at all sea- sons of the year, and never donned a frock coat until his inauguration as Governor. He is a good-natured, plain-spoken man, fond of a lively story and not especially fastidious in his tastes. Miss Kingsley, niece of Canon Kingsley, the novelist, has returned to England after an ex- pedition to the Cameroons and Gaboon coun- try, during which she passed through a good deal of country .never before visited by a white person. Miss Kingsley's main object in the undertaking was to make natural history discoveries. Dr. Guzman, the Nicaragnan Minister in Washington, who has just been recalled, is so much pleased with life in that city that he has decided to remain there the rest of his life and practice medicine. It is supposed that his re- call is due to the fact that Nicaragua is too poor to maintain the luxury of a diplomatic representative in this country. A London journal says that the young son of the late Lord Randolph Churchill, who came to New York the other day on his way home from the war in Cuba, was the hero of a dra- matic incident during the disturbances at the Empire Music Hallin London on the license question. One evening he leaped upon one of the benches and harangued the excited audi- ence on the tyrannical action of the County Council, and spoke with such fire and elo- quence that, although the crowd did not recog- ,nize him, it cheered him enthusiastically. GROVER TRILBY. Grovedraises a patriotic slogan of which the people approve. But are they to let one pleas- n Minister to | one pound and turpentine two ounces. It is prepared as foliows: Melt the resin and tallow over a gentle fire, then add the wax, and when well dissolyed set aside and add the turpen- tine; keep stirring until the turpentine is well incorporated, and then it is ready for use or may be set aside for future use. LINCOLN ON THE MONROE DOCTRINE During the war General Thayer, in the course of a conversation with President Lincoln, re- ferred to the occupation of Mexico by the French, and asked him what he thought about it. Shrugging up his shoulders and wrinkling his evebrows, Lincoln said: “I'm not exactly ‘skeered,’ but don’t like the looks of the thing. Napoleon has taken advan- tage of our weakness in our time of trouble, and has attempted to found a monarchy on the soil of Mexico, in utter disregard of the Mon- roe doctrine. My policy is, attend to only one trouble at a time. If we get well out of our present difficulties and restore the Union, I Ppropose to notify Louis Napoleon that it is about time to take his armyout of Mexico. When that army is gone, the Mexicans will take care of Maximilian. Ican best illustrate my position touching this subject by relating an anecdote told by Daniel S. Dickinson, Sena- tor from New Yark, in a speech delivered by him a few evenings since in New York City. He said that in a certain Connecticut town there had lived two men as neighbors ana friends for more than sixty years. They were pillars in the village church, one of them being a deacon named White. The other was named Jones. After this long lapse of time & serious difficulty un- fortunately sprang up between the two breth- ren of the church. The feeling waxed so warm between them that it grew into a bitter feud. Mautual friends attempted a reconciliation, hut the men would not reconcile. Finally Deacon White became dangerously ill and drew nigh untodeath. Mutual friends again interposed their kind offices to effect a reconciliation. They said to Brother Jones that it would be a sin to permit the sick brother to die with the quarrel standing. Jones was persuaded, and called on Deacon White. The two ' men talked over their mutual grievances, ang, agreeing to let them be buried, shook hands, and exchanged mutual forgiveness in the pres. ence of death. The deacon then lay back upon his pillow awaiting his final summons, ana Jones arose to leave. But as the visitor reached the door, Deacor White, with a great effort, raised himself on his elbow and called out i & weak; fainting voice: ‘“ ‘Brother Jones! Brother Jones! distinetly understood that if I get we111 :'h',n ;f; grudge stands.’ " Lincoln laughed at the conclusion of the story, saying that was about the wi ward the }-Zrench Emperor. He‘{n‘:\:lf:el:t% strong feeling on this subject, and saiq the cre- ation of an empire, especially by {orce, at our very doors was exceedingly offensive and could not be overlooked by the United States. 1t had caused him great annoyance, as he was not in a condition to interfere so as to prevent it. He expressed himself strongly in fayor of the position taken by President Monrtoe in his celebrated message to Congress,in which he declared against the acquisition of any terrl- tory on this continent by any foreign power. —_—— CURRENT HUMOR. There are probably as good fish in the sea 83 ever were lied about.—Yonkers Statesman. Jones—I didu’t know Colonel Blood smoked. Brown—Did you think he drank all the time?—Life. T Impartial.—Brown—Big failure of Smith's, wasn'tit? Any preferences? Jones—None whataver. Borrowed wherever he could.—Brooklyn Life Baste the turkey, "Mandy, AD’ make the cook stove blaze; an’ girls are comin’ home To good old country ways. Growed up men and women, But they won't forgit Christmas comes but once a year, A1’ this here time is 1t —Washington Star. Coal-dealer (anxiously)—Hold on! That load hasn’t been weighed. It looks to me rather large for a ton. Driver—Taint intended for & ton. tons. i Dealer—Beg pardon. Go ahead.—Tid-Bits. 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