The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 28, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1895 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Pru}\{ietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: one week, by carrier..$0.15 and Sunday CALI, t and Sunday Car ear, Daily Sunday CaLL, oD WEEKLY CaLL, One year, BUSINES: OFFICE : 0 Market Street, San Francisco, California. Telephone. aln-1888 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street Telephone......... . o BRANCH OFFICES: 630 Montgomery street, corner Clay ..Maln-1874 open untll open until pen unt : and Mission streets; open 9 Haves street 717 Larkin stre §W. corner Sixt until 9 o'clock. £618 Mission s 116 Ninth street ; open until 9 o' open until 8 0'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : 808 Broadway. Rooms 31 aud DAVID M. FOLT e emer- gency W the day to leave Don't forget this orders for Tur SUxpaY CALL. re the world can be ¢lothed in peace e lots of wrongs to be redressed. We shall soon rather have a defic his is the season to make ready for putting new vigor into reform movements. Democr: ha ady settled back into sition and b n to kick in the old ere in the East, *‘What's in [ > answer will be *‘Bliz- may yet celebrate New and taking in ¢y may some local emergen true bills. reform aroused last 1 the year but won't The spirit of civic er was born wi he bond bill is not enacted we shall bonds, and that talline delight. Just enough has been done for munici- pal reform during the present vear to en- courage us to do more. i California gold-min will not have a Cripple Creek boom, it will show big developments before long. believe the Monroe ut, but they won’t t of the fire. The British may doctrine to be a chest try to rake it o Even to meet an emergency, Western Congressmen must not compromise with anybody on the funding bill. The fight against the poolroom fakirs has reached the *‘Big Eight” and .the “Solid Eight" had better be careful. The Senate hes now a golden oppo tunity to show whether it can get to work without talk enough to run a windmill. General Howard may not be a prize candidate for the Presidency, but he is getting a good deal of honorable mention. The emergency measures are -not the best tbe Republican party could devise, but they are the best Cleveland will ac- cept. The fellows who last fall predicted this would be an inactive Congress have now an opportunity to retire and soak their heads. The action of the House shows that the Republican party can bridge any river it / comes to and cross over without breaking ranks. Bubscriptions to the campaign fund of the Committee of Fifty is the money that talks best at this juncture for the welfare of California. Cleveland may not recognize Cuban in- dependence, but the Cubans themselves have got near enough to it to see it almost within reach. Good men who seek to be excused from Grand Jury duty have no right to com- plain if bad men get into the places they refused to take. = Nothing would suit Democracy better than to see Republicans in Congress di- vide into factions on the bond bill, but they won’t do it. The Japanese would have arrived at peace more quickly if instead of taking Formosa from China they had taken China and let Formosa go. A horizontal ta revision is certainly vot a good thing in itself, but since Cleve- landism has laid the country out so flat nothing else will fit the conditions. It must be borne in mind that while the emergency bills are intended only as tem- porary expedients they involve no sur- render of permanent Republican prin- ciples. With the Armenians, the Arabs and the Druses all in revolt it wouid seem they might manage the Turks without Euro- pean assistance if they would all pull to- gether. It appears there will be very little chance to give another twist to the tail of the British lion on the Venezuelan question, for he has tucked it between his legs and sat down on it. ‘When a good citizen is called upon to serve on the Grand Jury an opportunity is afforded him to encourage the civic patriotism of others by accepting the duty willingly and periorming it with zeal. The Eraminer says a tax on beer would have raised all the revenue needed, but Cleveland did not say so, nor Qarlisle, nor did any Democratic leader in the House introduce a bill to that effect, so the Ei- aminer has a lone hand and is playing solitaire. | “ | It affords give us | [ THE BOND BILL. ] As was expected, there has been much ’ more opposition in the House to the bond bill than to the tariif measure that was re- ported at the same time. The Ways and | Means Committee, recognizing the valid grounds on whiciigauch of the opposition based, made no attempt to push the bill | to avote yestetday,and accordingly several | amendments were adopted which materi- ally improve it. It must be conceded that the bill as first reported was not pleasing to the people, and even with the amendments made to it will not be wholly ctory. There is, | however, an nnanswerable argument in its | favor. The Secretary of the Treasury now has authority under the resumption act to issue and sell 10-year 5 per cent bonds | and 30-year 4 per cent bonds to main- tain the gold reserve. Under this author- ity he has already sold $162,000,000 worth of bonds, and will undoubtedly sell more unless Congress provides a beiter means of maintaining the reserve. It is therefore to Congress the simple choice of providing for 3 per cent bonds under a new act or to | leave the administration to zo on as it has done under the old act. In emergencies of this kind statesmen | must adopt some course that is practica- | ble, and not waste time in idle discussions | as to what is ideally best. The bond bill purely an emergency measure. It does { net suit Cleveland because instead of specifying that the bonds shall be paid In gold it makes them payable in coin. By this phrase a way 1s left open for a return to bimetallism as soon as it becomes ex- pedient, gnd the bondholder is placed in exactly the same position as other citizens. There certainly can be no valid objection to that feature of the measure, and there can be little doubt the House will sustain it when the vote is taken. By one of the amendments adopted yes- terday it is provided that nothing in the act shall be construed to repeal or modify the law of 1878 requiring the reissue of greenbacks when redeemed. This putsan end to the fear that the bill might be made to serve Cleveland as a first step to- | ward the retirement of greenbacks. In | fact, there is nothing in the measure that conforms to Cleveland’s peculiar policies. bim a means of borrowing ata low interest to maintain the mon | treasury reserve, but it does not enable | him to fasten his cold-standard, anti- greenback policy on the Nation. It is refore a ineasure which Western as 1l as Eastern Republicans can cordially support. It would be folly to make a | division in the party ranks on a mere | question of temporary expediency. Unity | and action are what are needed now, and | every Republican Congressman should | stand firmly with the party in dealing | with all these vexatious issues arising from the blunders of the Cleveland ad- ministration. AN TMPORTANT DECISION. The Supreme Court has recently handed down a decision of great importance af- | fecting and defining the relative rights and duties of members of unincorporated | fraternal societies to and from the orders | to which they belong. It is the case of Levy vs. the Magnolia | Lodge of Odd Fellows, and the following are the substantial facs of the case: Levy was a third degree member of the order in 18 He claimed to have become sick, and lience entitled to sick benefits from | bis lodge, which for a time were paid. After several months of payments the lodge refused to pav Levy further sick ben- | fits upon the ground that he was not en- titled thereto. Thereupon he demanded that a committee of the order be appointed to investigate the matter in accord- ance with its merits. Such committee was | appointed, but Levy refused to meet it, and began suit in the courts against the lodge to recover the sick benefits which he alleged were past due. Thereupon charges were filed in the lodee against Levy, as its rules provided might be done, for his alleged violation of the rules and regula- tions of the order, and he was regularly | summoned to appear. This he also re- fused to do, and he was accordingly ex- pelled from the order. He thereupon sought and obtained from the lower court a writ of maadate to compel his restora- | tion to membership. The Supreme Court has decided that he was not entitled to the writ and that his | expulsion from the Order of 0Odd Fellows having been accomplished in strict accord- ance with its rules and regulations, he cannot be heard in the courts to complain. The relation between such unincorporated orders and their members is strictly one of contract entered into in writing at the time the member joins the lodge and sub- scribes to its rules and regulations, and if he has thereby waived any legal rights, such as the right of appeal from its orders, he must not be granted re- lief from his own voluntary contract by the courts, but must avail himself of the ovportunities which the rules and regula- tions of his lodge afford ior the preven- tion or redress of any alleged injustice to him on the part of the order itself. Itis only after the member has pursued unavailingly all of the means provided by the laws of the order for the redress of his wrongs that he may apply to the courts for the protection to which he is justly entitled, but which by fraud, mistake or malice bas been denied him within the order itself. TWO0 MINING CENTERS. The San Francisco Stock Exchange has at last done a wise: thing in deciding to revise its Jist of mining securities and recognize a large number of valuable mines which have been developed within recent years. The listing under which .the operations of the exchange have bsen con- ducted for so many years in nowise repre- sents the present condition of the industry in this State. For the most part the mines on the list lic outside the State and repre- sent the enterprises which produced the bonanza kings on the one hand ana in- numerable paupers and suicides on the other. There is no danger that the letting in of a large number of new mines will pro- | duce such another craze as that which afflicted the City in the early '70's. Trading in corporate shares of many kinds is a legitimate business all over the civilized world. The harm that it may do falls only upon those who lack the ability or caution to protect their own interests. The good which it accomplishes is to stimulate the industries which the shares | represent. Besides bringing a constant stream of new blood into the enterprise for which the shares stand, it calls wide attention to them, and especially to the profits which they yield. i So far asthe country at large is con- cerned California mining is completely eclipsed by the terrible craze of specula- tion which is now centering in Colorado. | The little town of Colorado Springs, to say nothing of Denver and the other large cities of the State, is presenting now, every day and night, scenes equaling those of Pine street in its wildest moments. Millions of dollars are changing hands every hour. The infection has spread to New York, where Colorado mining shares | have become regular commodities of specu- lation. California is completely forgotten in the scramble. The New York Stock Exchange has taken up the Colorado boom in earnest. Its representatives on the ground make careful examination of the mines, and their reports are the basis for listing the shares. This gives the boom an element of security which Pine street never en- joyed. The effect will be to send millions of dollars from the East for investment in Colorado mining properti Ina sense it is very unfortunate for California that the Colorado boom has arrived, as a strong flow of English and Eastern money was pouring into this State for investment in our mines. This will all be diverted to Colorado for a time. That the Colorado boom is being greatly overdone, and that a reaction in favor of California will ensue, admits of no doubt whatever, but that does not relieve our people of the duty of giving all possible attention to their own mining interests. The Stock Exchange has wisely begun the work, but the movement must not be al- lowed to slumber with the listing of new mines, BONDS FOR IMPROVEMENTS, The agitation in Berkeley over the prop- osition to bond the municipality in order that certain public improvements may be made revives all the old arguments appli- cable to such cases. The proposition there is to raise $200,000 on municipal bonds. Of this amount it is decided that four good schoolhouses be built with $120,000 and a wharf with $80,000. The business principles involved in such a proposition are by no means abstruse. There are many individuals in the world who proudly announce on every possible occasion that they do not owe a dollar. In their estimation indebtedness is a re- proach. It will be generally observed that such persons rarely have any standing in business circles and that as agencies for the advancement of community interests they commoniy exercise a negative in- fluence. It is never right to borrow money oroth- erwise go in debt for the purpose of grati- fying an idle desire. It is always right to borrow money or otherwise go in debt if in so doing the borrower has areasonable assurance of being able to discharge the debt by employing the loan as a means for, increasing his money-earning power. Ev- ery great government and every important business is conducted in recognition of this principle. The proposed investment certainly rec- ommends itself on the score of wisdom. The town is the seat of the Statc Univer- sity and is an exéeedingly pleasant place of residence. Besides its own attractions and its contact with the State University it has San Francisco at its doors, and that means a great deal in many ways. If it should become known throughout the State that Berkeley bad exceptionally fine schools the population would rapidly in- crease, property values would be raised and the task of liquidating a bonded debt by means of reasonable taxation would be- come very simple. The wharf is an equally important mat- ter. It would open the town to the tratlic of the entire State, would reduce the ex- pense of living and would serve as a per- fect complement to the benefits which the excellent schools would bring. 1f Berkeley has untrustworthy municipal authorities it should elect better. If it has silurians they ought to be suppressed. “THE SUNDAY CALL” One of the most interesting features of to-morrow’s CALL will be an exhaustive article on the wonderful gold discoveries in the Cripple Creek region of Colorado. San Franciscans familiar with the exciting times which prevailed in Pine street twenty years ago will read this account with some- thing like an oldtime thrill, and owners of valuable mining properties in California will realize the mistake they have made in permitting Colorado to enjoy a boom which, in a measure, is serving temporar- ily to eclipse the movement so well begun in recent years to develop the far richer mining resources of California. Among the distinctively literary features is a rollicking sea song by Thomas Greg- ory—a quaint bit of fo’castle sentiment and superstition hovering about the out- landish craft which pursue whales in the Arctic sea. Another is an Arabian Nights’ tale, entitled “The Sleeper Awakened,” in which it1s shrewdly guessed that an ex- tremely modern writer has a deep purpose in choosing the romantic circumstances of Haroun and Baghdad for the telling of a tale that is as useful as it is romantic. Still another charming literary feature isen- tiled “Some Good Stories Told in an Ari- zona Town.” The alumni of the State University may find either a rebuke or a suggestion ina contribution by W. C. Morrow on ‘““What the State University Might Do for Cali- fornia.” All the regnlar Sunday departments will receive due attention. Literary matters, book reviews, the fashions, the theaters, society, etc., are able treated. *Bab’ has her usual good letter. The page devoted to matters of popular scientific interest has proved to be a most welcome feature of TuE SUNDAY CALL. Those Californians who wish to inform their Eastern friends concerning the things which distinguish the State cannot do bet- ter than send a copy of this issue across the continent. CURRENT HUMOR. Bacon—Let me shake your hand, dear boy: this is one of the happy days of your life. Egbert—You’re too previous, old man. not to be married until to-morrow. “That's what I say. Thisis oneof the happy days of your life,”—Yonkers Statesman. I'm Mudge—If there really is anything in this re- incarnation theory I don’t know but that I would like to be a good, fat, comfortable hog. They seem to enjoy life so. Yabsley—But as I understand it, in reincar- nation one becomes sometfing different from what he was.—Indianapolis Journal. “Say,” said the watchdog to his friend, the goat, “which of your interesting featues are you charmed with?” “My browse,” answered the goat,as he ab- sorbed another mouthful from the clothesline. Detroit Free Press. ‘‘Jones is an awful chump. He reminds me of the wise men of the Noechian era.” “What, that idiot? Why, he doesn't know enough to go in when it rains,” “Well, neither did they.”—Life. “What is she marrying for—money or fam- fly?” “Family, I should say. He's a widower, with eleven children.”—New York Tribune. Decency and Dress.—First Diner—They seem 10 have brought us a very decent fowl this time. { Second Diner—Yes, the dressing isabove re- proach.—Detrolt Tribune. 5 Malicious.—A—Tom must haye had an awful cold when he became engaged. B—Why? A—Because when one has a cold one has no taste.—Fliegende Blaetter. Useless Question.—‘Dis ting’s got to go t'rough,” said one of the Aldermen at the com- mittee meeting ‘Dere’s money in it.” ““Fur de city?” asked a member of the Coun- And the only reply he got was the glassy stare.—~Chicago Tribune, AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Sheriff Sam R. Allen of Sonome is among the recentarrivals at the Russ. The Sheriff is also Tax Collector of Sonoma County. He has been a member of the Assembly and is now serving his second term as Sheriff. He came from Brown County, Ohio, in 1872, and for several years was engaged in the butcher- ing business. Now he hunts bandits and varies his experi- ences by taking a hand at the numberless other duties that fall to the lot of the average | California Sheriff. He wore a puzzled look yesterday when he was asited if there were yet any clews to the | big Tobbery of the County Treasurer’s office, which occurred about a year ago. “It is & mystery yet,” he said, ‘and as much & mystery as it was on December 28, 1894, when it was committed. I have employed dif- equipping an army in a year. The real ques- tion Ys, What could we do in & fortnight were war declared? Modern wars are fought and finished in less time than was formerly taken to convey & declaration of war to an enemy. San Francisco’s Dynamite Guus. Portland Oregonian. Experiments with dynamite srelis have been going on at San Francisco for some time and with such suecess that that port now considers itself defended by a somewhat formidable pro- tective agent. The great importance of the re- sult liesin the demanstration that dynamite | snells can be fired successiully. Their applica- | tion to purposes of coast defense must come An Excellent Plan. San Diego Union. A movement is on foot at San Francisco which, if carried out according to the present | programme, should do much to revolutionize SHERIFF AND TAX COLLBECTOR [Sketohed from life SAM R. ALLEN OF by a “Call” artist.] SANTA ROSA. ferent detectives and have followed all the clews, but all the work counts for nothing. “It is as strange still as when the safe was unlocked and Captain Stofen, the County Treasurer, was taken out of the vaunlt. “I have gone over the entire field. It has cost considerable to investigate the matter, but that wouldn't count for anything if we hed caught the guilty persons. I am at & loss to- day to tell sbout it. “iThe robbers got £8000. We followed a good many different clews, but we always came up against a stone wall. “We didn't discover anybody who was spend- ing any unusual amount of money, and if the offenders are yet in the county they have al- ways been t0o smart to spend the money. They have got out of the county entirely. 1 do not know which. portance in Sonoma lately, or offenses other- wise of extraordinary gravity. Even the ban- dits are letting us alone. I shall bein town three or four days.” PERSONAL. H. M. Rogers of Walla Walla is at the Lick. A.J. Harrell, a banker of Visalia, is in the City. S. M. Barlow of Salt Lake arrived here yes- terday. Ex-Judge S. A, Geil of Salinas is at the Ocei- dental. J. Keene, a business man of Salem, Or., is at the Grand. ‘Walter M. Field, a business man of San Jose, 1sin the City. George A. Beavis, abusiness man of Portland, is at the Grand. E. C. Weinrich, & wholesale merchant of Sac- ramento, is in town. E. A. Steut, a prominent mining man of Sonora, is at the Lick. - P. H. McDermott, a mine-owner of Carlisle, N. Mex., is at the Russ. A. Abrams, a general goods dealer oi Reno, is here on & business trip. A. R. Galioway, & wealthy fruit-grower of | Healdsburg, is at the Russ. J. R. Trainor, a commission merchant of Marysville, is at the Grand. J. A. Wilson, a prosperous business man of Boise, Idaho, is at the Palace. Christian Russ, an extensive land-owner of | Kirbyville, arrived here last night. W. J. Young, a business man of Astoria, is at the Russ, accompanied by his wife. E. M. McGettigan, Supervisor of Solano County, is among the arrivals at the Russ. Colonel H. H. Blood, the mining man, of Vir- ginia City, was among yesterday’s arrivals, G. J. Stewart, & prosperous fruit-grower and livestock raiser of Vacaville, is at the Grand. G. L. Sulliven, superintendent of the big Higgins rancho, Sacramento County, is in the City. A. H. Devers of Portland, accompanied by his wife and daughter and Miss A. Gollings. is at the Lick. H. W. Child, a prosperous mine-owner of Montena, and an early Californian, arrived here yesterday and is at the Palace. C. E. Bray, City agent of the Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad, who has been on a visit to Mexico and the East, accompanied by his wife, is en route home from Chicago. Horace F. Baich of Minneapolis, one of the leading railway buildersof the country, is in the City. He has built a large amount of rond in the Northwest, in Texas and elsewhere. He is here on a business trip. 5 Ex-Judge H. G. Struve of Seattle arrived here yesterday. He is one of the early pioneers of Washington and was at one time Secretary of the Territory. He is regarded as one of the ablest attorneys of the Northwest. Captain J. E. Lombard of Portland, who years ago was in command of Chinese troops at the time of the Tonquin troubles, is in the City. The captain served through the late Civil War in the United States. He hasim- portant interests at Portland. e CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec, 27.—Among recent arrivals are: Miss Crocker, Netherland; J. A. Moreland, Albert; G. H. Powers, Westminster, ——e VIEWS OF WESTERN EDITORS. How We Apples Swim! Los Angeles Herald. A good many very small apples have gone swimming since the delivery of the President’s Venezuelan message. Open the Mints to Silver. Nevada State Journal. 1i the Committee on Finance report that in view of the coutingency of war it is advisable to open the mints to silver as well as gold it will bring the matter directly before the Sen- ate and place the Senators on record on the silver question. Look Out for the First Round. .. Salt Lake Herald. Military experts are telling what we could do in the way of defense of are either staying there and laying low, or else | *‘There have been no other robberies of im- | | the mining industry of California. The plan | of the promoters is, in brief, to provide the | needed capital for developing and working | mines of this State, so that the profits of such | operations shall go to increase the wealth of | Ealifornia and ot into the pockets of Lastern | capitalists. rgo, Law. San Jose Herald. An Austrian proiessor, learned in the law of | nature, says that the Monroe doctrine is not a | dogma of international law, out a political Exactly. A political programme programme. 3 carried out and maintained becomes a dogma | of international law. | AN EPFE?T!VE WAIST DESIGN. he new fancy velvets when made up into round waists need to be made on rather simple | lines. The model shown here is ideal for the purpose. The bishop sleeve is one of the new eaturcs of thess rourd waists. A charming | one when made of this fashion was of Parisian | design, with collar, sleeve bands and snoulder- | straps of bright red velvet ribbon. | One in velvet showing red, biue, green and black, was exquisite with trimmings of Persian | lamb 'fur, which formed the bands for the sleeves, for the shoulders, and was also laid in | & three-inch band down the center front. The collar was of the velvct, with points of the fur. Royal blus velvet, with tails of sable over the shoulders, arcund the neck and sleeve bands was royally rich. The effect of & basque por- tion attained by tails sewn to the bottom of the waist at the tack, from the under-arm seams, brighiened the effect. A Chinasilk, in a green tone, exquisitely trimmed with brown velvet, was designed to be worn with a brown skirt. A waist of black satin made after this model, with detachable shouider-straps, sleeve bands, collar and belt of China ribbon (a light green shade is a good combination), makes & ser- viceable waist, for accessories may be raised indefinitely. A white satin stock collar is one of the newest fancies, and with a round collar of lace, or & square one of white batiste, makes an entire change. A fichu of black chiffon with an edge of white Brussels work makes an- other very stylish trimming. This may be left hanging loose in front or tied around the waist in the back. THE CHRISTMAS “CALL." Altogether the Best. Alameda Argus. THE CALU'S Chrisunas number was alto- gether the best of the special issues of the big dailies %o far this year. It was original in many of its features, includingits typography, and getting out of the rut as to type is almost asimportent asto matter. The fifty-two pages of THE CALL are all good reading. Praised by a Visalia Editor. VISALIA, CaAL., Dec. 27.—The Evening Times says editorially: “Of the big papers, the Christmas CALL easily leads them all.. To our mind itis the most valuable paper for the State ever issued in California.” Another editorial praises Major Berry's article, and & full column is given to I, W. Hellman’s finan- cial prospects “that should be read,” says the Times, “‘by every grumbler in the State of California.” A Pleasure to Perase It. Berkeley Advocate. The Christmas edition of the San Francisco CALL is in many respects the best ever issued on the coast. Itisnotonly thoroughly repre- sentative, but thoroughly readable. Mr. Short- ridge took care to avoid fimbushh:g page after page of dry statistics which no one cares to wade through. Instead, hispaper is filled with matter of interest to every one, and so carefully and entertainingly wriiten up that it is a pleasure to peruse. The Quality All Right. ‘Woodland Democrat. Nearly all the San Francisco papers issued special Christmas editions, but THE CALL was by far the largest. Itcontained a great many articles of unusual interest, contributed by the our goast end | leaders in the professions aad in the industriall life of California. Our greatest objection to it was its size; the quality was all rignt. It is too much to expect one to read with care and a full appreciation of its merit, a daily news- paper of fifty-two pages, at this particular season of the year. No Ground for Apology. Stockton Independent. The San Francisco CABL apologized on Tuesday for its intention of inflicting a fiity- two page Christmas number on the public. The Christmas number came, but those who reed it sought in vain for any ground for apology. Its pages were full of valuable mat- ter, agricultural, artistic, historical, scientific, statistical, poetic, literary and miscellaneous. It was largely devoted to California—its products end prospecis, its attractions and advantages, its men and women and its enter- prises and resources. It is a number to file away for fture reference and to be sent abroad to spread the gospel of California. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. The Czar of Russia has recently substituted the pipe for the cizarette and seems toenjoy it. Dr. Baring-Gould,the eminent English divine, hes a passion for antiques. He loves to dig for historic relics and is an suthority on ancient life and manuers. : The late Chauncey Goodrich died in the poor- house at the age of 79. Twenty-five years ago he was a member of the Connecticut State Sen- ate and was worth $100,000. William E. Gladstone, his son Herbert says, is in such vigorous health that he threatens to chop down some more cherry trees. He is re- versing George Washington’s record. The Elizabeth Carly Agassiz scholarship at Radcliffe College has an endowment of $6000, given by a number of friends of Mrs. Agassiz, who have chosen this fitting method of per- petuating her name. London is to have another Oriental visitor, the Nizam of Hyderabad. He rules 15,000,000 subjects and 100,000 square miles of territory. His highness, Asaf Jah, is & man of small stature, very reserved, but most hospitable to all Europeans who visit Hyderabad. Dean Farrar of Canterbury thinks itj“per- fectly erroneous to talk of the failure of m stons, when they started with 120 despised Galileeans, and when now there are 120,000,- 000 Protestants, and they have in their power almost all the resources of the world.” : One of the most enthusiastic women horti- culturists is Miss Alice Rothschild, whose col- lection of roses alone is said to be worth $50,000. The Archduke of Austria owns flow- ers to the value of $200,000, and Sir Trevor Lawrence’s collection at Dorking is worth 250, 000. Thomes Hughes of “Tom Brown” fame swrites in the Spectator over the signature “Vacuus Viator.” He says he chose this pseudonym on hearing a youthful relativeof his, who eame across the words in his Latin Reader, translate them by “wandering cow.” In aiter years this ingenious boy became an M.A. of Oxford. Frank R. Stockton is one of the most moaest men in the realm of literature. He is a short, slender man, with brilliant eyes and an engag- ing smile, He has learned recently that the canal-boat that inspired the “Rudder Grange” stories is still in existence and occupies its for- mer moorings in the Harlem. One of the most able Republicans in the State of Maryland is Charles J. Bonaparte, pos- sibly the next Senator from the Terrapin State. He is president of the Civil Service Reform As- sociation and is known all over the country as one of the ablest and most faithful advocates of the merit system for & series of years past. Mr. Bonaparte is a grand-nephew of Napoleon, &nd has a Napoleonic head end distinguished eppearance, Walter Besant has thisto say sbont how e reads newspapers: “I am, myself, a person of very limited tastes. Political speeches I sel- dom read; nor debates in any of the many par- licments. In their stead I read the leading erticles upon them. Sporting news, financial news, the column from the London Gazette, ecclesiastical news, meetings of companies, stock and share lists—all these I pass over. I also pass over all the advertisements. o that, really, my daily paper does me very little harm, as I read no more than & sixth part of it.” THE RUI ED CASTLE. No sentry on the crumbling wall, No warden at the rusted gate; The vines o'er empty conrtyards fa ‘While silent is the banguet hall, And the tall tower Is desolate. At peace upon the mountain brow The gray stone pile rests silently— No ruiders storm the castle now, There Is no twang of archer’s bow, Time is the only enemy. FLAVEL ScoTT MINES in Harper's Weekly. ANSWERS_ TO CORRESPONDENTS. No PremitM—O. 8., City. offered for a $10 piece of 1842. No premium is Frve-DoLLAR Preces—W. H. B., Cily. There is no premium offered on $5 pleces coined after the year 1834. Vox MoLTKE—E. R. W., City. Field Marshal Helmuth Ksrl Bernhard Frefherr von Moltke was_born in Parchim, Mecklenburg, October 26, 1800, and died in Berlin, April 24, 1891. THE BLACcK CrOOK—P., City. The original Black Crook was first produced in the city of New York in the year 1867. It was in the fall of that vear and was brought out at Niblo's Garden Theater. CURLY HAIR—G. P., City. If the child of white parents who have straight hair, has curly hair, it will have to remain so, for there is no known method that will make it straight like that of the parents. You may by use of pomades flatten and hold it down, but you caunot take the curlout of it. CLEANING—Studert, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, Cal. The question asked is one that cannot be answered without a knowledge of the character of goods. What might do to clean one class of goods might be injurious to another. Correspondents desiring information should be precise in their statements. PRUNES—S., Alameda. This department has not the space to devote to the prune industry in the State of California, how to grow the fruit and prepare it for market. A very in- structive article on this subject can be found in the annual report of the State Board of Horticulture of this State for 1891, pages 95 to 121, inclusive. C1TIZENSHIP—A Newcomer, City. To become acitizen of the United States the alien must declare under oath that he will support the constitution of the United States and of the State of which he desires to become a citizen. 1f you will apply at the Free Library you will be shown a copy of the constitution of the United States, and if you desire to read the constitution of this State you can find 1t there also. MILITARY CADET—A. S, San Jose, Cal. A young man “with nc recommendation but his brains” has the same opportunity to obtain an .proxm,mem to the Military Academy at West Point as any one else. He will have to file his application with either the Secretary of War or the Congrenm-n of the district in which he lives and then wait until he is notified to ap- pear in a competitive examination. BLUE STOCKINGS—L. P. F., City. The term “blue stocking,” as applied 1o literary ‘women, has been traced to Vienna. In 1400 there ex- isted in that city a mletg of literary women, who, as was the custom of the times, wore an ountward sign to distinguish them from otner societies of the same The color of their stockings was blue, and es the members were :ne‘mnu mwxl‘leszunl in the land, “blue stock- ng” was applied to women of i fg s apnl extraordinary DRUMMER-BOYSs—O. S. B., City. Drummer. g‘ny'; are no lenxleir enlisted in the United ates army. Applications for such at West Po{nt must have the lpprov‘:{‘c{:lgg: E:mm of the applicants, and these a plicants ve to undergo a severe examinat) on as to mentsal and physical capacity. Theterm of en. i« BL3 the last listment is fot three years and the pa; month_the first two yvears and $1 year of the enkstment. Lotra—C. W., City. Lotta Crabfree the actress, best known as *‘Little Lotta,” was born at 750 Broadway, New York City, November 7, 1847. She first appeared on the stage at La Porte, Sierra Counly, in this State, when but 6 years of age, singing & song ata concert. NIGHT—N., City. The quotation, “Night has a thousand eyes,” is from a poem entitled “Light,” written by Francis W. Bourdillion, and occurs in the following : The night has a thousand eyes, but one: g of the bright world dies With the dying sun. The mind has a thousand eyes, And the heart has buone: Yet the life of the whole Iife dies When the day 1s don: ANNIE Lavrie—C., C! There are two stories about the authorship of the song “Annie Laurie.” One is that Annie. was the daughter of James Laurie of Thraglestown, near Dumiries. In 1844, when she was 17 vearsold, & farmband fell in love Wwith her; her father sent him away; he went to his home near Maxwelltown and died, but while on his sick bed he was waited on by Annie Laurie and before he passed away he wrote the song that afterward became famous. Thatis the story that is not true. The true one i8 that the song wes written in 1705, or about that time, by William Douglass of Fingland, about Annie, the daughter of Sir Robert Laarie cf Maxwellton, whom he wooed in vein. She married James Furgeson of Graigdarrock in 1700. The Maxwellion named in_the song is not the one opposite Dumfries, but an estate formerly owned by the Maxwell family and purchased in 1680 by Sir Robert Laurie. Roseers Printing Co., 2 dars, 1896. LT 5 Then and Now.—Wallace—Do yoir believe that the decline of duelling 1s due to the fact that men are not so brave nowadays? Hargreaves—Naw. It is mostly due to the 0 Sutter st. Calen- ¢ that men have stopped drinking so hard. —Cincinnati Enquirer. EPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Pross Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. ——————— There is now living in Hartland, Maine, at the ripe age of 75 years, one of Maine's notable widows. This is Mrs. Ellen Phillips, relict of George, a brother of Wendell Phillips. Her husband wes a graduate from Harvard College, a member of the famous class of 1828, among his classmates being Oliver Wendell Holmes and James Freeman Clarke. e e Barry’s ¢‘Star’’ 5 Cents. Beginning with the new year The Star will be 5 cents per copy. Liveliest weekly journal on the coast. The peopie’s greatest champion.* —————— Dr. Smolka, formerly president of the Lower House of the Austrian Legislature, recently celebrated an unusual anniversary — the “golden jubilee” of his sentence to death. The doctor was found guilty of membership in a treasonable society, and was first im- prisoned for four years, and then, in 1845, was sentenced to death. The general amnesty came, however, before the sentence was exe- cuted, and the only thing the doctor suffered was the loss of his title, which prevented him irom practi V. REEUMATISM Is 8 painful and weakening disease due to impure blood. Keep the blood pure by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla and you will prevent and avoid the pains of theumatis: o CHICAGO LIMITED. VIA SANTA FE ROUTE. A new train throughout begins October 29. Pullman's finest sleeping-cars, vestibule reclintug- chair cars and dining-cars. Los Angeles to Chi- cago, via Kansas City, without change. Anuex cars on sharp connection for Denver and St Louis. Twenty-seven hours quicker than the qguickest competing train. The Santa Fe has beea put in fine physical condition and is now the bas: transcontinental railwi — - No Christmas and New Year's table should be without a bottle of Dr. Siegert’s Angostura Bitters, the world renowned app:tizer of exquisite flavor. Beware of count: its. - S «BrowN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES” are asimple and convenient remedy for Bronchial Affections and Coughs. Carry them in your pocket. Sold only in boxes. Loss of hair which often mars the prettiest face, prevented by PARKER'S HATE BALSAM. PARKER'S GINGER ToNIC alleviates suffering. NEW TO-DAY. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE BY Thos. Magee & Sons, REAL ESTATE AGENTS And Publishers “Real Estate Circular.” 4. Montgomery Street, UNIOY TRUST BUILDING, CORYER NARKET. INVESTMENTS. Third st.; rents $385; $70,000; solid building; in stores and rooms. Sutter street; N. side, between Mason and Tay- 6x80 10 rear alley, and fine 3-story dweil- ing, 15 rooms, in good order; rents $100; under lease; $17,000. Make ofter; Ellis-st. corner; rents $274 50; 30.000; 90x128; covered with 6 2-story dwell- ings and 9 flats: both streets In good order. ear 2-story buildings; rents for $155; fine view §1 alifornta; 46x107, and two good | 500. f Rents $100; $12,500; store property; Howard st., near Tenth. Fine investment on Geary st.: 50 feet front; brick building; SYa blocks from Market st.; 351, | 500: make offer. Sacramento st.: rents $100: $10,000: bet. Kearny and Dupont; rented o Chinese’ firm who have been there nearly twenty years; lot 25x137:6 and £00d 2-siory and basement brick. Ninth st., near Mission: good business block; 2 flats and lot 25x70; store should be put there; Two corner 5U-varas on Jones st.; very cheap; view unsurpassed. Reduced to $4100 and Brannan; 25x85 der lease. HOUSES AND LOTS—$4000 TO 811,000, House and lot; Franklin st., near Washington: $11,000. Broadway, north side; 35 feet front and resi- dence; fine unobstructed view of bay; $11,000. Post st., bet. Polk and Van Ness; 27:6x120; to rear street and very good 2-story residence; $10,- 000. Bush st., near Fillmore; 27:4x137:6, and 2-stoty and basement house 9 rooms; 2 baths; in fine order: only $5500. Liberty si.. N. side: 25x114, and comfortable 2-story; best residence portion of {he Mission; 000. xth s between Bryant ; ground rent ume Pine st., nearStockton: 34:6x77:6, and 2-story of 12 rooms, in good order; $800 just spent on’ it: rents $35: $6000. Ashbury st., near Waller: in the best block; fine new flats, which cost $4500, and lot 27:3x106; street in order; $6800; 81500 cash, balance at 812 N.side, bet. Franklin and Gough; 27:6x 68:9, and J-story In two tenements; $5350. $4200—Folsom st., bet. 21st and 22d: 32x122; and comfortable house in good order; 8 rooms. street accepted. Valencia st., south_of 20th: S. 24x80 and_ good Zatory;renia’for $28: owner pays water, $195; CHEAP CORNER AND INSIDE LOTS. Reduced to $9000; m offer; N'W. cor. Paclfic ave. and Broderick s: 5x12° & very sightly lot, with view of bay and one block from the ears. Devisadero st., W. side; fine view of the bay: 34 x100; bet. Green and Union; will be sold cheugA SW. cor. Broadway and Steiner — 27:6x110, ‘:‘1600: or 55x110, $7500; good view; streets in er. NE. cor. Vallejo and Steiner—Fine marine view: 37:6x13° i Broad anv size: g 100: “Ieeflb i idence. x100; for business or residence. Devisadero, near Washington—25x110; reduced to ¥8750; street paved; electric cars pass; fine lot and neighborhood. Cheap—Waller st.. N. side, afew feet fzom Mar- ket st.; lots 25x187:6; only $4500 each. If ~ limbs, use an you want a sure relief for ~ains in the back, side, chest, or Allcock’s BEAR IN MIND—Not one of the host of counterfeits and imita~ tions is as good as the geauine. Porous Plaster