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6 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1895 G s S S S SO L e e S SR e e S s e L L e e e L B R PR RS T T e CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, di and Proprietor. months, by mall.. ‘L%, three monthis by mail 1.50 ay CALL, one month, by mall.. .65 v 1.50 150 BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, California. Telephone. . ..Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: H | | | | 51 reet: open until 9 o'clock. 31b Ninth street; open until 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : §0S Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Feoms 31 and 32 park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Ageat. | FRIDAY. THE Democratic will soon be dissipated. Do your New Year’s trading before the rush comes next week. the best New astern friends. The Christm; e to take in Truckee ow to the main proces- There is no delay in Tom Reed’s rules. | One big bill has been sent to the Senate alrea: After New Year's nearly every household will have an emergency bill of its own to wrestle with. - defi defi e tre, t is a cloud that be- gins to show a silver lining to wool men and lumber men. 3 ve us no big report at | the close, but it kept the whip cracking | while it held it. | The Grand maneuver the Spaniards can ba is to get out of the island at. - Santa Claus will have to | of police and & bullet- | 1 with an esci bof delivery wagon as well take to| let the streetcar strike waste 1e empty ai i nd Jury has left & great deal | chting about. It is an easy prediction that the meas- s intended to relieve the treasury from the storm will raise another storm. Venezuela worih The emergency measures are bitter medi- cine, but they are necessary to cure the | Government of- Democ debility. Bear in mind the relief bills are only temporary Democratic evils and are not vermanent parts of Republican policy. What is the use of loafing around home 1o kill time, day by day, when you can | o up to Truckee and sleigh a whole week ? Sneakthieves, pickpockets and burglars might as well take a rest; Santa Claus hasn’t left acent in the pocket of any- body. The next thing we know Dunraven will be complaining that the witness-stand was too crowded for his story to come out ahead. Cleveland urged Congress to immediate action, but the men who are supposed to support his administration are trying to block the way. As Venezuelan Commissioners Lincoln and Phelps will suit the country, for while both have been Ministers to Eng- land, they have never shown any loss of Americanism. Now that the Venezuelan business is in a fair way to be settled it is time to look and see if there is not some duty to Cuba to be recognized. Congress has brought forth twins—a bond bill and a tariff bill, and now we will see who will rock the cradle and who will stone tbe babies. Judging from the reportsof yesterday Christmas crimes have become as fixed a feature of our civilization as Christmas chimes were in the old days. The tariff bill will have an easy time in the House, but Grover may kill it, while the bond bill, which Grover would proba- bly approve, may never be sent to him. The gentlemen drawn for the Grand Jury should not seek to be excused from the public duty, but should enter upon it with civic patriotism and be proud of the chance to render a service to the com- munity. The report that the Czar of Russiais blocking the way to reform in Turkey by preventing the powers from coercing the Sultan confirms the belief thata new era is at hand, but destroys the hope of any great improvement on the old. In New York City there were no less than seven suicides, who, connting the world as a despised toy, flung it into the face of Santa Claus on Christmas day in- stead of waiting to see if he wouldn’t brighten it up for them and make it worth having. The report that Russia wishes to lend the United States $400,000,000 in gold isa very good report, but as it wasonly a short time ago that Russia was trying to bor- row money at 6 per cant, and couldn’t get it, thefe is evidently a typographical error somewhere 1n the story. The Alameda Argus gave its readersa beautiful holiday edition showing the growth and progress of the city for 1895 and thereby gave them well-assured rea- sons for expecting prosperity during the coming year. Tie number is mot only excellent for what it contains, but is hand- somely printed, finely illustrated, and made attractive in every way to all people of good taste. | but | of cours THE EMERGENCY BILLS. In response to Cleveland’s urgent re- quest for immediate legislation to relieve the treasury of the difliculties that con- front it, the Republican majority of the Ways and Means Committee have submitted two bills to Congress. One of these is designed to check the deficit by increasing the revenues from customs du- ties, the other is intended to maintain the gold reserve above the danger point and authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to borrow money for that purpose when- ever it may be necessary by issuing bonds bearing 3 per cent interest. Neither of these measures will be pleas- ing to the country. Neither of them re- ceived the support of the Democratic mem- bers of the Ways and Means Committee. The fate of both is doubful. The tariff bill has passed the House easily enough, the Senate is uncertain, and the President is almost sure to veto it on account of the duty placed upon wool and lumber. ‘The bond bill will be strongly opposed in the House and is almost cer- tain of defeat in the nate, though, Cleveland wouid readily ap- prove it if it should come to him. Under these circumstances it must be horne in mind that the measures proposed are not permanent parts of Republican policy. They are only emergency bills designed to meet conditions produced by Democratic legislation and aggravated by a particularly obstinate Democraticadmin- istration. They are in express terms no more than temporary expedients intended to tide over the remainder of Cleveland’s term of office and provide for a revenue sufficient to maintain the credit of tue Government until a Republican President can be elected and a full and harmonious system of protection and currency reform be adopted in accordance with the well- known principles of the Republican party. The real nature of the b:lis cannot be too strongly nor too often insisted on, for it is clear the Democratic leaders intend to make political capital out of them if pos- sible. The action of the Democratic mem- bers of the Ways and Means Committee in opposing the measures while they were before the committee and the purely partisan tactics followed daring the de- bates in Congress makes this certain. It is worth noting in this connection thatthe minority, while opposing the bills re- ported, offered no bills of their own. They have returned to an opposition pure and simple. They offer nothing, propose noth- ing, advise nothing, but object to every- thing, dencunce everything and oppose everything. The people can hardly fail to see the sig- nificance of the situation. A Democratic administration, confronted by difficulties caused by Democratic legislation, and be- without statesmanship sufficiently forceful to overcome them or w nough correct them, applies to Congress for tance and relief. The Republican lead- ring aside all thought of partisan advantage, come forward at once to pro- vide for the welfare o the country in the way it can be most promptly done. The Democratic leaders, instead of co-operating {in this patriotic work, turn their backs upon the auppeal of their own President and set up a factious opposition. The con- trast between these two courses isastriking illustration of the difference between the spirit of the two parties. Republicanism means work, prompt, pairiotic and effec- tive. Democracy means oprosition, dila- | tory, partisan and fatile. A SUFFICIENT WARNING. Tur Catr’s account Thursday morning of the levanting of a downtown poolroom firm with all the money that had been | staked by gullible citizens on a race at In- gleside will not be pleasant reading for the Solid Eight. The gross outrage of the in- famy which the Solid Eight are fostering will be clearly understood when the details of the affair are considered. The racetrack odds on Montana, one of the horses in a race, were4 to 5. The pool- room under discussion raised the odds to 6 to 5, and this served as a bait to numerous persons. The place was soon crowded as { the news reached the street and several hundred dollars were placed on the race. Bofore the race came off the managers fled with all the cash. Montana happened to win, so that if the managers had paid the bets they would have lost heavily. Un- willing to take any chances they slipped away with the coin. When tke race had been run and the manaeers failed toappear the outraged crowd looted the establish- mentof its furniture. This incident is just what might have been expected. The managers were offer- ing cdds that were ruinous and that wouid never have been offered by a responsible bookmaker at the track. These latter are in a large measure vouched for by the managers of the racetrack, who could not afford to extend bookmaking privileges to irresponsible persons. For that matter persons of that kind have no desire to place themselves under the restrictions which are imposed at the racetrack. They | are safer in the pursuit of a rascally cours: downtown, where they can enjoy the pro- tection of the Solid Eight. In revenge for the popular and Grand Jury crusade against the downtown poolrooms the B8olid Eight have deter- mined to suppress betting at the race- tracks along with the downtown establish- ments. They argue that in that matter they will have the moral support of a large number of citizens who do not know the difterence, who believe that betting under any circumstances is wrong, and cannot understand the value to the horse- { breeding industry which bookmaking at the racetracks guarantees. We have been given in the latest downtown episode a striking illustration of the difference be- tween the two kinds of betting. OHINESE LOTTERY DENS, For the information of those whom it concerns, TEE CaLL published on Thurs- day a list of places where Chinese lotteries are conducted, and named a number of other establishments of & similar kind whose headquarters are kept a secret. The theory too commonly governing the con- duct of Americans with regard to Chinese affairs is that as the Chinese are dis- tinctively alien they may violate our laws without doing great harm to the body politic. The great danger of this view exists in several forms. One is the notorious fact that Chinatown in past years has proved a more profitable field for official blackmail than all the rest of the City, and another isthe fact that there is hardly an evil prac- ticed by the Chinese but that finds numer- ous white followers. Until the vice of opium-smoking had been measurably checked it was destroying young men and women by thousands, and to-day its re- sults are seen in the practice of morphine injections, The Chinese lottery thrives largely on the earnings of the noor white people of the City. Tickets may te bought for 10 enty. The profits of the industry are very large and the enterprises are conducted by Chinese wko have amassed fortunes in the business. Their wealth and the trust which may be reposed in their silence con- ‘stimte them an exceedingly dangemusl | persons. element of the community and mark them for special rigor in the enforcement of the laws. Unlawful practices, by whomsoever con- ducted, should be suppressed, and Chinese are deserving of no more consideration in the enforcement of the laws than white We are aware of the great diffi- culty which the police encounter in dis- covering and punishing these evils among this peculiar race, whose instinct is secrecy and concealment; but that only in creases the obligation to exercise unsieep-- ing vigilance and impose the heaviest pen- alties for infractions of the law. 3 THE COMING GRAND JURY. The list of names drawn for service on the Grand Jury gives promise of a body from which the people may expect the vigorous performance of important duties. 1t is'to be hoped that out of the list thus drawn the number required to constitute the jury will. be formed. All of them have the confidence of their fellow-citizens, and not a few of them possess it to a marked degree. A prompt acceptance of the dutyallotted to them would add to the public favor with which they are regarded, and, while the task before them would undoubtedly be difficult and tedious, they would never have any occasion to.regret the faithful performance of it. The popular enthusiasm for reform which was so evident last winter has now changed to a resolute determination to at- tain it. The determination is, of course, not so widespread as the enthusiasm was, nor is it so exuberantly manifest, but it is stronger and in the end will prove more effective for the best work. Those who share in the resolution know the value to the City of having an exceptionally able, faithful and courageous Grand Jury at this time. They know, moreover, the moral effect that could be produced on the com- munity by the fact that such men as those drawn on the list are sufficiently infused with the new spirit of civic patriotism to accept the work os an opportunity to ren- der eminent service to the people, and so far from seeking excuses to evade it would enter upon it willingly and even ardently as the champions of the cause of reform and the welfare of the Ci The late Grand Jury did much good work and rendered services wehich the people will Jong remember with honor. It leit, however, much to be done that.will not be done unless the coming Grand Jury shall be equally faithful. If composed of men of the right stamp a Grand Jury may be made a valuable adjunct to our system of administering public affairs. In the hands of weak men, or unfaithful men, it is worse than useless. Thisfact should be deeply impressed upon the mind of every upright citizen who is called upon to serve in such a body. He should remem- ber if he gets himself excused some worth- less man may be <drawn in Lis place and the right will suffer and wrong be done by reason of it. We cail upon the men who have been drawn in this instance to stand up to the work. Let them set an example of civic patriotism. They have a great op- portunity before them and all good citi- zens hope to see them make the most of it. A BRILLIANT SPECTACLE. C. F. McGlashan’s description of the wonaerful frost palace which the people of Truckes are constructing presents a pic- ture offering peculiar fascinations to Cali- fornians resident along the coast. The palace is ir the form of an ellipse, with a major axis of 230 feet and a minor of 150 feet. It is singular that during all the vears which have witnessed the construc- tion of ice palaces in Canada the ingenious and greatly improved plan devised by the people of Truckee has never been thought of. The Canadian plan is to rear a structure composed of blocks of ice. Asice is com- pressed by weight, the ice palace con- structed on this plan cannot be tall. The Truckee plan is to rear a light but strong framework of wood, stretch an open wire network over the intervals and spray the whole with water. This freezes as it touches the structure, and repeated appli- cations are made to secure the desired thicknessof wall. It is evident that the structure cannot flatten by its own weight, that the walls need not be very thick and that the building can be run to a consid- erable height. In fact, the Truckee palace is to attain an extreme height of 250 feet. As accessories to the main carnival cen- tering in the great frost palace there will be the longest ice toboggan slide ever constructed. The road from Truckee to Donner Lake will be converted into a great highway for sleighs and will be extended completely around the lake. The surface of the lake itself will be a great skating ground. Taken in all its features, this will be the most spectacular carnival ever held in California. It will afford the most ex- hilarating sports, entirely novel to dwell- ers of the coast region, and above all that will be the great benefit to health which tbe change of climate and the unique pleasures will afford. The fash- ionable folk of San Francisco will doubt- less seize the opportunity to organize a number of excursion parties to visit the scene. A TIMELY SUGGESTION, There is unmistakable wisdom in the suggestion made by the local officers of the Weather Bureau that Mount Tamal- pais offers a strong invitation to one or more public-spirited citizens of means to establish an observing station on the sum- mit. Mr. Hammon’s idea is that $10,000 would construct and equip such an estab- lishment and that §6000 a year would be needed for its maintenance. The main purpose of the observatory would be to study the upper air currents by means of kites and balloons and thus have better data for forecasting the weather. The lamentable failures made by the ob- serving officers who have been stationed in San Francisco have cast much discredit on the service, and the frequent changes made in observers, in order to secure one who could handle the complex and pecu- liar meteorological conditions existing here, have not produced the desired result, The officers are not to blame for their errors. It is simply a matter of their lacking proper facilities for their work. As all the storm centers originate far out in the Pacific, where there are no observ- ing stations, it is impossible to have such & control of the situation as is found in the interior of the country, or even on the Atlantic Coast. Every reasonable sugges- tion for improving existing facilities for observing should be adopted, as the com- mercial interests depending on the integ- ity of the service are very great. It is reaily the duty of the General Gov- ernment to provide the observatory sug- gested for Tamalpais. This does not re- lieve wealtby individuais of an opportun- ity whose pressure amounts almost to a duty. Doubtless had James Lick known of the need of such a public service, he would have provided for it as generously as for the great astronomical observatory which . bears his name. The pity 15 ihat there are so few James Licks hereabout. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Ex-Judge F. T. Baldwin of Stockton, who has been suffering at the Palace for some days with what appeared at first 10 be a paralytic or apopleptic stroke, was & good deal improved yesterday. 2 It was given out also that there was no doubt now that he would recover. He had been im- proving for a couple of days, growing stronger all the time, and Dr. Whitney, who was attend- ing him, felt convinced that he would recover. The ex-Superior Judge and Code Commis- sioner, though a hard worker for a good deal of his life, has a very strong constitution. Moreover, he is only about 50 years of age, so that it is not so surprising if he will be able to pull through. Mrs. Baldwin is in constant at- tendance on the Judge. There are many inquiries also as to his con- dition. The Judge, though a close reader ali his life, has, nevertheless, been outdoors a good deal. He has given considerable atten- tion to mining, and it is believed this outdoor existence has helped him greatly in the recent trying days since he fell on Market street. Henry W. Preston, the Treasurer of the town of Victor, in Cripple Creek, who was inter- viewed in THE CALL a day or two ago in regard to the boom there, has had little peace since then. An army of people had descended upon him at the Grand, where he stops. Mr. Preston held several audiences with his callers yester- day, each audience being made up of trom six to a dozen persons or more, including woinen and people of all degrees. After several seances of this kind, during which he talked himself noarse, he finally gave it up, pulled irf his latchstring and “sported his oak.” “Tell them I'm not in,” he said to the clerk. “I have had a siege of it for one day, and will have to give it up. To-morrow, when I get a rest, I'll see about it, but no more now.” Mr. Preston had intended leaving for Palo Alto to-night, with his daughter, who is a stu- dent there, but was not able to finish his busi- ness in time. PERSONAL. V. 8. McClatehy of the Sacramento Bee is here. R. B. Gafford, an attorrey of Trubedy, is in town. A. 8. 0rr, a wealthy farmer of La Porte, Is in town. W. G. Martin, & merchant of Portland,is in town. Dr. F. D. Tyrrell of Sacramento is at the Cali- fornia. John McMullen of Fresno is among recent arrivals. Ex-Mayor B. U. Steinman of Sacramento is at the Palace. F. W. Young, a business man of Santa Cruz, is at the Russ. A. A. Yerex, a wholesale grocer of Portland, is at the Grand. J. C. Camphell, a mining man of Marysville, is at the Grand. F. N. Carr, the newly appointed postmaster of Nevada City, is at the Lick. J. Siivestern, & wholesale butcher of Port- land, arrived bere yesterday. R. C. Bayard, a business man of Winters, is in the City, accompanied by his wife. Alexander Edward Simpson, a mining man of Loomis, Placer County, is in the City. Robert Abercrombie of Greenfield, Mass., is at the Oceidental, accompanied by his family, Dr. Z. McGill of Healdsburg and Dr. Thomas Flint of San Juan were among yesterday's ar- rivals. Charles E. Swezey, a leading merchant of Marysville, is at the Lick, accompanied by his family. The Rev. W, E. Edmonson, chaplain aboard the warship Philadelphia, is at the Occi- dental. C. L. Dixon, an extensive land-owner and granary proprietor of San Luis Obispo, is at the Russ. Ex-Governor L. A. Sheldon of New Mexico arrived here yesterday from Pasadena. He is at the Grand, M. F. Campbell, who is interested in mining in Siskivou ¢€ounty, arrived here last night and is at the Grand. H. M. La Rue, the State Railway Commis- sioner, arrived from Sacramento last night. He is at the Occldental. J. 0. Hawthorn of Portland, one of the ex- tensive canners of salmon on the Columbia River, is at the California, Ex-Congressman James A. Louttit of Stock- tonis at the Lick. He denies in emphatic terms that the railroad he is building was | ever offered for sule, though he says several bids have at different times been made for it. Thomas Barry,a wealthy cattle and sheep grower of Montana, who has been many years in the business there, and has acquired large herds, is at the Russ, Mr. Barry has recently purchased the McComb ranch near Napa, and will now settle in California and make this his home. He will, however, retain his interests in Montana. C. L. Dixon of Wan Luis Obispo, chief dis- patcher for the Pacific Coast Railroad and agent of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, was married last night at the Russ House to Miss Carrie Robbins of Denver. The young lady, who has been his sweetheart for two years, came on to meet him. Mr. Dixon has only been living in California four months. The Rev. Dr. Hemphill performed the cere- mony. J. A. Mellon, the pioneer steambnat man of the Colorade River,is up from his home at Yuma on a business trip. The captain is the owner of the Mojave, Gila and other steamers which ply far up the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, and, when the river is high, even up into and beyond the Black Canyon into the State of Nevada. Captain Mellon put the first steamer on the Colorado river. He isa great story-teller, and can tell tales of Indiansand snakes to raise the hair. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 26.—Among recent arrivals are; W. Crege, Broadway Central; E. M, Doyle, W. T. §. Doyle, Park Avenue; F. 0. Ferris, Grand Union; P. Flood, Metropole; W. 0’Connor, Imperial Walter and wife, Bel- videre; H.G. Platt, Plaza. A REMAREKABLE HORSE. There is at present being exhibited in Eng- land a horse whose intelligence proves that much can be sccomplished by horse-trainers through patience and kindness. “Alpha,” the horse in question, is s chest- nut geiding with a white blaze down his | or battalion. that the horse, in spite of current opinion to the contrary, is a rather brainless animal. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call— SIR: Your Christmas issue of THE CALL is the greatest paper ever issued on the Pacific Coast. Cordially yours, J. C. HoAG. San Francisco, December 25, 1895. To the Editor of the San Fiencisco Call— SIR: After a careful perusal of your Christmas number of THe CALL I consider it the best paper ever published upon the resources of California. The writers of the articles are of the best known end most capable upon the several topics treated. I feel it my duty, theretore, 1o congratulate you upon your suc- cess, which affords me great pleasure. Very respectiully, W. G. HAWLEY, Ex-President Board of Trade. Ban Jose, December 25, 1895. A MYSTERY STORY. Enter T. Brackett Meed into the presence of Mc- Kinley, Harrison, Morton, Allison et al., with & hieavy” shadoy on his brow and a newspaper fu his and. Reel—Here, you fellows, who in thunder wrote this poem? All—Which poem? Reed—Thisone in this newspaper. (leKinley—T didn’t. "L can't write anything but riffs, Morton—And T don't write anything much. Allison—Gracious me. I can’t read poetry, much less write. Harrison—1 used to write a Presidential message once in awhile, but there Wes never any poetry init. Reed (In a tone of dark suspicion)—Well, some- body wrote it. Poeiry doesn’t write itself. All—Read it! Read iu! eed (clearing his throat)—That's what I pro- pose doing. [Reads.] Serene I fold my arms and walt, Nor care for wind or tide or sea; 1 rave no more 'zainst time nor fate, ¥or lo! mine own shall come to me, Istey my haste, 1 make delays, ¥or what avails this eager pace? 1 stand amid th’ eternal ways, And what is mine shall know my face. Asleep, awake, by night or day, ‘The place I seek is seeking m i can drive my ba; Nor change the tide of d ‘What matter if I stand alone? 1 know my purpose and my scope; My heart shiall reun where it has sown, And garner up its fruit or hope. The waters know their own and draw ‘The brook that springs in yonder height; So flows the right with equal 1aw, Unto the soul of pure delight. The floweret nodding in the wind Is ready plighied 10 the bee: And maiden, why that look unkind? Forlo! thy lover seeketh thee. The stars come nightly to the sky; “The tidal waves unto the sea; Nor time, nor space, nor deep, nor high, Can keép my own away from me, “Now, what have you got to say? All(In thunder tories)—You wrote it, that's what. [CUBTALN.] ew York Sun. VIEWS OF WESTERNEDITORS. Hideth a Multitude of Sins. Los Angeles Times. Grover has made “divine amends” for numerous sins of omission and commission. English Plans. Los Angeles Express. The worst vessel in the navy is the Texas, the plans for which were bought in England. Poll Tax Unequal Tax. Fresno Expositor. The poll tax is a remnent of despotism and has no rightful place ina government of the people vy the people. Tt i3 8 hateful discrim- nation against ihe poor man, reminding him of a servitude foreed npon him by circum- stances over which he has 3o control. Away with it. Penceful but Patriotic. Los Angeles Herald. To the barbarians of the Orient and the sav- ages of the Antipodes, to whom both England and the United States send missionaries by the hundreds to preach the doctrine of *‘Peace on carth and good will to men,” the present atti- tude of the two countries will be somewhat mystifying tosay the least. A Sugar Factory in Prospect. Fresno Expositor. If we should get into any serious difficulty in the Venezuelan matter the country’s rev- enues would have to be increased, and then Claus Spreckels’ suggestion of a duty of 114 cents a pound on sugar would come in very pat. If Congress would restore that revenue duty, which is less than the duty when it was levied purely for revenue purposes, it would stimulate the sugar business so that Fresuo County would undoubtedly get a factory, and that would give a new impulse to our pros- perity. ‘A Silver Man in a Gold Camp, Lundy Mining Tndex. The Index goes In for plenty of silver money, first, last and all the time. We don’t see any- body who has too much of it around here. Money is a patented article made by the State, of metal, whether of gold or silver, or, in fact, anything else with a mark impressed upon it, to “imitate which is made punishable as counterfeiting. That’s all there is to it. If Mexico, a sixteenth-rate affair, can place her stamp on a piece of rawhide and give it a value, we don’t see why rich and powerful Uncle S8am cannot stamp good American silver and give it a value. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. BUDDING—G. C., Contra Costa Springs, Contra Costa County, Cal. In this State the process of budding is performed during the growing periods of the various kinds of trees. The peach, cherry, almond, apricot, plum, ete., are budded as soon as the cions, or buds, have developed or matured in spring or midsum- mer, and if budded early they can be started the same season, but if budded late they have to be left dormaut through the winter. The apvle, pear, quince, etc., are budded in the summer, and as they do not grow as rapidly as the peach, almond, etc., they are left to lie dormant till the following spring, when they are started. The orange, lime, citron, ete., are budded all through the suramer from early spring. The *‘buds” at that time take more readily, and the growth is undisturbed through the growing period of the tree. The fig, wal- nut, chesinut, ete., are budded during the summer, and the buds are leit to lie dormant, to be started in the spring. The olive and other evergreen trees of this kind are budded from the time the sap begins to rise in the spring until late in the fall. If budaed late tgey must remain dormant till the following spring, when they are started. AN ENLISTED MAN—Soldier, City. The high- est enlisted rank in the army of the United States is that of sergeant-major, who is the chief non-commissioned officer of a regiment A speciel provision is made, ONE OF ALPHA’S FEATS. face, is seven years old and a little Gver fifteen hands high. He is docile as a lamb and his absence of nervousness shows that his training has not injured him. The horse has many tricks, among which is the selecting of any letter of the alphatet upon its being called for. He can tell the time in hours and minutes irom & watcn face and serapes his hoot on the stage the number ne wishes to denote. He does multiplication and addition prob- lems and can play “God Save the Queen” on the organ, using his left forefoot. With a piece of cnalk in nis mouth he will write his name. Dressed in a nurse’s rig Alpha will wheel about a small horse in a carriage. The tricks are all the more remarkable in A however, by which an enlisted man can obtain & commission. Enlisted men who have served two years or more, whether non-commissioned officers or privates, may compete for vacancies for ncondplieutenluxs when any such exist. They have to undergo a mentaland physical examination and those who pass obtain com- missions. In time these may rise to the high- est rank. FuiL Mooxs—G. J. E., El Rio, San Diego County, Cal. The fact that there are two full moons in one month, s in this month, Decem- ber 2 and Decembar 31, is not an extzacrdinary event. Without entering intoa minute astro- nomical explanation, it is necessary only to say that the moon makesa complete revolution in‘about 29i; days, and that in the course of time she appéars as full at the beginning of the month, consequently the 20}; days bring her Tail egain at the close of the month. In Janu- ary, 1%98, the moon was full on the 2d of the month and again on the 31st. SUPERTOR INTELLECT—Mrs. A. B. M., Caspar, Mendocino County, Cal. To publish & list of “women who have displayed superior intellect in different lines of life” would take more space than is allotted to Answers to Corre- spondents, but of the many may be named: Miss Prudence Crandall, Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Miss Alcott, George Eliot, Princess Louise, Fanny Mendessohn, Baroness Burdett- Coutts, Mrs, Thomas Carlyle, Adelaide Proctor, Luura Bridgman, Caroline Herschel, Phebe Yates; Maria Mitchell, Adelaide Phillips, Lady Franklin, Rachel, Jeanne d’Are, commonly called Joan of Arc, Toru Dutt, Harriet Martin- enu, Grace Darling, George Sand, Charioite Cushman, the Bronte sisters, Adelina Patti, Sara Bernhardt, Rose O'Halloran, Susan B. Amt{ony. Rev. Anna Shaw and Florence Night- ingale. For THE HAIR—A. 8., City. Dendruff is not &8 many suppose. a result of negligence or un- cleanliness, for it can be produced by & vigor- ous use of the brush—a hard one. Any appli- cation that excoriates orirritates the scalp will produce the trouble called dandruff, It is said that a laxative diet or an aperient medicine and the use of a soit brush, with either of the dressings given below, will cure any case of dandruff. Take of castor oil four fluid ounces, alcohol two fluid ounces, add any per- fume you like best and shake well; or bay rum eight fluid ounces, glycerine two fluid ounces; or pure sweet oil six fluid ounces, and lime-water two fluid ounces. These dressings should be used sparingly and well rubbed in. For THE BAR—A. F., City. If you desire to become a member of the bar you certainly will have to pass an examination. The fact thatyou failed at an examination before the Hastings Law College ought not to deter you from tak- ing another examination before the same body. If you desire you may either study at your own home or else enter the office of a competent attorney, who in return for the services you will render him will assist you in your studies. This department cannot recommend any at- torney who would be willing to take you. THE YOUNGEST SoLp1ER—T. R., Stockton, Cal. This correspondent in his communication says: ‘“John Burke, officer of the day of Raw- lins Post, G. A. R., claims that he is the young- est man in that body either in this department or that of Nevada,” and wants to know if there is any one younger than Burke. Can any of the readers of Answers to Correspondents show that there is & younger man? He claims that he entered the army at the age of 14. Ler HER SLIDE—J. W., City. Yon say that the girl you heve been keeping company with for two yeers will not wait until you ere in a position to afford to maintain a wife, which you say will be inside of two years. To use an Americanism, “let her slide.”” She certainly is not worth having, for she shows a lack of the ordinary prudence of her sex. THE CoOPER COLLEGE—G. K., S8an Rafael, Marin County, Cal. The intermediate term of the Cooper Medical College will commence on the st of February, and the regular term on the 1st of June. For information about terms and studies, write to Dr. Henry Gibbons, dean of the college, this Cit; GREAT BRITAIN- Reader, Santa Cruz, Cal. The population of Great Britain, according to the latest offictal census, was: England, 27, 490; Wales, 1,519,035 end Scotland, 4. 5,647, The population of Ireland was 4,704, [ENGLISH CATHEDRALS—Z., Oakland, Cal. York Cathedral has the largest area of any of the Euglish cathedrals. It is 63,800 feet; that of 5t. Paul is 59,700 feet, and that of Litchfield is only 27,860 fe A USEFUL GOWN FOR GIRLS. An exquisitely simple gown for Misses is shown here, and it has the further advantages of being sensibly made and stylishly cut. brown crepon. of the roughest weave had a belt, cuffs and collar of mignonette green vel- vet. Tiny buttons of green velvet held the pleats in place at the top of the waist and fin- ished the ends of the belt and the cuffs. A cadet blue boucle cloth had a bodice of brown velvet, with a trimming of sable tails (over both the top of the pleats), hauging from Two tails hung from the belt on both sides of the frontgore covering the seams in the skirt. A dark blue rough cloth skirt had the entire waist made of bright plaid velveteen. A bright apple-green ribbon, matchine one of the colors in the plaid, was gathered into the top of the the choulder seams. collar, forming an outstanding rufle. dull red smooth cloth had the body of the waist of Persian velveteen in light colors. Buttons of the cloth trimmed this exquisite gown. A ribbon to match the cloth was gathered into the collar, as deseribed in the last gown. A mixture, in wnich a rather light blue was predominant, had collar, belt and sleeve bands of blue velvet, which wes formed also into six points, well siiffened with canvas, ard so set around the !0? of the collar that they stooa out straight from it. A plainer dress, snitable for school wear, was of a fancy mixed cloth, of alight brown tone, wlmllx belt, sleeve bands and coliar of cadet-blue cloth. Auother mixed cloth with red threads run- ning through an ecrn tone had red cloth trim- mings. A dark blue serge had a bodice of bright filflld velveteen. These velveteens are omne of the season’s novelties, are not expensive and wear quite well. Aplein_brown cheviot dress was relieved by a crushed belt and collar of green flounced ribbon. The waist has a tight lining, over which the goods is pleated in front and gathered in the back, The skirt has a gored fiont. The sleeves are the new, very full bishop shape. MAY FPROVOKE A SMILE, The song that Adam sang in the Garden of Eden was, “There’s Only One Girl in the World for Me.”—Life. Miss Nurvs—I am o afraid, doctor, that something will happen and that I may be buried alive, - Dr. Pylls —Nonsense! You need not fear anything like that. You take the medicine I gave you end you need no longer be afraid of being buried elive. That is something that never happens to my patients. — Harper's Bazar. - Teacher—How would you describe Henry VIII of England? Student—I would describe him as a protes- sional widower—London Tit-Bits. “How do you know he married for money?"” “I've seen her.’—Sketch. “In case of war with England, colonel, will you enlist?” “No,” replied the colonel, sadly. “I fear my dav is over; only yesterday I fired ata man and missed him, and at ten paces. tool"—At- lanta Constitution, Lewyer—You say the prisoner stole your watch. What distinguishing feature was there about the watch? Witness—It had my sweetheart's picture in it. Lawyer—Ah! Isee, A woman in the case.— EBeottish American. Willie—Pa, what is the meaning of the ex- pression ““touch and go” ? Papa—It's very simple, my son. It means Al , and refers to the professional g:’:::z:,m make a touch and goso fast you seldom see them again.—Philadelphia Record. “Did you marry your ideal?” asked a new ac- bright matron. q‘f‘-li(:;:;::!f AI mgln'[ed my husband.”—De- troit Free Press. As “friend”—'t was thus she forged the fetter For heart that never more was free, She locked it—Love was her abettor— And gayly threw away the key. But ha! aha! I often twit her— Contrivancing my heart to twine, That pranky Cupid, with a titter, Had iettered hers along with mine. —Century. “He didn’t have the sand to propose, did he, Bessie?” “Yes, but she rejected him. She !lld_thnl while he had the sand to propose he didn’t have the rocks to marry.”—Harper’s Magazine. The vocalizer.—Tyro—Well, now that you have heard my voice, what do you think of it? Teacher—Wait, my dear sir, till I have heard you bound over to keep the peace, aud I shall be pleased to tell you.—Detroit Free Press. Manager—I think we had better discharge the conductor of ear 135. Superintendent—What is the matter with him? = Manager—There hasn’t been a passenger complain of him in six weeks. Idon't think he's collecting all the fares.—New York World. “Jt may be,” says Gus de Smith, “thata man and his wife are one; but I notice than when I pay the weekly board bill the landlord does not think so.”—Texas Siftings. Mrs. Etta Morse Hudders says it is difficult to get & woman to hold a broom properly. It is also becoming more and more difficult to get & woman to hold a broom at all.—New York Press. PEOPLE WORTH READING ABOUT. The Emperor of Austria is a sportsman of ihe most energetic type, and thinks nothing of starting upon an_expedition in quest of game shortly after midnight, blazing away in the mountain woods all day and reaching the capi- tal again within twenty-four hours, Prince Albert of Prussia, the second cousin ot the German Emperor, has been made chief of the regiment of dragoons bearing his name. The Prince is, with one or two exceptions, the tallest man in the German army, being 6 feet 6 inches in height and finely proportioned. He is undoubtedly the handsomest member of the Hohenzollern family. It has been noted that the death of Allen G. Thurman leaves William G. English as the only man alive, with the exception of Cleve- land and Stevenson, who has been a candidate for either President or Vice-President on the Democratic ticket. The only living Republi- can candidates for President or Vice-President are Benjamin Harrison, Whitelaw Reid and Levi P. Morton. Mme. Albani is a great favorite with Queen Victoria, Among her many presents she has received an autograph copy ci the Queen’s “Highland Journals,” a portrait of her Majesty and & superb model in gold of the personified figure of “Victory,” designed by the Countess Gleichen, and bearing a scroll whereon the word ““Victoria” is inscribed in precious stones. A deed of trust for $600 on all the household g00ds of Alexander A. Arthur has been filed in Tennessee in favor of 8 local bank. Arthuris the Englishman who spent vast sums of money | in establishing the Scottish lumber-mills at Knoxville and founding the town of Middles- borough, Ky. He was also instrumental in get- ting the Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville Railroad bufit. A half-dozen years g0 he was considered a Creesus in Knoxville; to-day he is said to be penniless. WRITE Roberts, 220 Butter st., about card plates for Christmas gifts. . e THIS week fine eyeglasses, 15¢ to 40c. 813§ 4th, nr. barber; Sunday 8 Mkt (Kast shoe store).* S e Hoitt's School for Boys. Burlingame. Term begins January 7. * e SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Buresu (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery, * e “But why have you thrown George over?" «Oh, I hate him! The other evening he asked me if he might give me a kiss, and be- cause I said ‘No,’ he didn’t."—London Sketch. HAT about catarrh and its cure? Catarrhfisa constitutional disease aud is caused by impurities in the blood. Hood s Sarsaparilla is the conssitu- tonal remeay which cures catarrh. CHICAGO LIMITED. VIA SANTA FE ROUTE. A nmew train throughout begins October 23. Pullman’s finest sleeping-cars, vestibule reclintng- chalr cars and dining-cars. Los Angeles to Chl- cago, via Kansas City, without change. Annex cars on sharp comnection for Denver and St Loufs. 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Walker—It's de only way I can relieve me thirst, boss.—Harlem Life. —e NEW TO-DAY. 50 TEAS EXTRA QUALITY With each pound is given a LOVELY DISH Newest Shapes Prettiest Decorations ALSO GIVEN WITH COLIMA PURE SPICES, COLIMA BAKING POWDER. Great American Tmporting Tea Co. NewStore {%3as Murket at.. Bot. 7th and Sth 140 Sixth st. 965 Market st. 333 Hayes st. 1419 Polk st. 521 Montg'y ave. 2008 Fillmore st. 3006 Sixteenth st 2510 Mission st. 218 Third st. 104 Second 617 Kearny st. 146 Ninth st. 3259 Mission st. 1053 Washi 917 'n:;:c- iy 131San Pabloav. 616 E. Twelfth st Oakland, { e S Headquarters—52 Mark; & Wepperate 100 Stores an. . st.‘,.g. ' Write for Price List. (ity Stores,