The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 29, 1895, Page 20

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DAY... THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. Meditate on the swear-off. This is your last rest this year. Already the Senate is tired of itself and wants a ten days’ recreation. For one who thinks of the old year there are ten who dream of the new. Just about this time everybody begins to expect great things next year. Shall'we have a San Francisco carnival The Iroquois Club has elected new officers, and Buckley continues out of poli- tics. It is better to give than to to New Year's The maxim, receive,” doesn’t apply day. Pasadena has a rose show, Truckee has an ice palace and everything goes in Cali- forniz. When Senators grow weary of their de- bates they may be said to Lave a pneu- matic tire on. The year would have been better for you rou had kept your resolution to make rself better. The passing year brought you many good things, as well as Christmas gifts, to reflect on to-day if The past year has not only accomplished reforms, but it has prepared the way ore to come. ‘Whenever ther: an emergency in this country it is always the Republican party that comes to the front. Cleveland doesn’t like the emergency measures, but then they were not intended to relieve him, but the country. The weather bureau continues to tour the State as a variety show, and no man brin our mind about the com- get to brace up fora -on for municipal reforms. foreien affairs and e Congress has to imatums bills at ho w in and saw wood like a buzz saw. Avove her snows ga palace rose, But Pasade its nose; And 50 whi e blows ii8 snows Calm Pasas T knows it blows. The carnival seascn opens with the year, but it loo! though San Francisco peo- ple would have to go out of town to take it in. It is a pity that Choate’s cross-examina- tion of Dunraven was not conducted in We are in need of more amuse- Republican Congressmen who oppose the bond bill can hardly have reflected on what wounld result from a split in the Re- publican party at this time. The men who are to stand in the shoes of the late Grand Jury should be equal to.the feat of keeping up the stride and getting in There is one Wilson in the Cabinet, an- other in the Senate and four of them in the House, but fortunately they do not agree in politics, so they can’t swing the country. The New York Yacht Club has made a mistake in conducting the examination of Dunraven’s charges in secret session. When charges are publicly made ihey should be publicly investigated. It seems Attorney-General Harmon did not know what the District Attorney was doing in the suitof the railroad azainst the commission, and therefore is not to blame for che Foote that got into it. The refusal of the ‘“Hustler Company’ to play with Zella Nicolaus should be sup- ported not only by the theatrical profes- sion but by the public generally. The stage can never be elevated so long as it is loadec down witn people of that kind. By and by California will arrange a festi- val at which one can start from an ice paliace, shoot down a toboggan-slide, strike an illuminated canal, float througha Vene- tian carnival, and end atarose pavilion from which he can walk across a perfumed palcony and gather ripe oranges “from the trees. A curious illustration of the truth that no man knows everything even about his own trade is afforded by the fact that Benator Burrows, notwithstanding his long service in the House. did not know that a revenue bill cannot be originated in the Senate, and had to be informed on the sub- ject last Friday by Senator Sherman. S If the Boston Herald is correct in saying Yvette “is truly great when the auditor bas a pint of wine aboard,” California might well afford to adopt her picture for wclaret label. Certainfy an sctress who san elevate her skirts, -elevate the stage, tlevate an audience and elevate the wine | mdustry atone kick-deserves higher honors than can be given on a cigarette-box. The College of Agriculture of the Uni- rersity of California has issued a pamphlet »n the pickling of olives and the manufac- sure of olive oil, by Arthur P. Hayne, to- rether with a treatise on ‘“Proximate Analyses of Olives,”” by George E. Colby. Ihg pamphlet is issued on account of the mereasing demand for information on the bject of olives and will prove valuable to sll interested in that industry. OARNIVALS IN VARIETY. Californians seem to be just wakingtoa realization of their opportunities for whole- some enjoyment. It is startling to know that in a land of perpetual flowers and sunshine we may have an ice carnival under as rigorous a winter climate as that which the residents of Montreal cannot escape, or that, if we prefer, we can as con- veniently seek the semi-tropic comfort of orange groves, which are blooming and fruiting while our ice carnival is in prog- ress. . These extraordinary facts cannot be in- sisted upon too persistently, for upon a full development of them depend so many possibilities for extracting from convenient conditions all that the externals of nature can contribute to health and happiness. It is proper now to review the discoveries in this regard which our people have made within the year just closing and congratu- late ourselves that so much has been ac- complished within so short a time. The Midwinter Fair, which opened in the early days of the year and closed with the beginning of summer, was an eloquent testimonial to the character of the coast climate. Winter expositionsare common enough in the great cities of the world, but history fails to give a record of any that approached in climatic character the one that San Francisco had. The fair was held in a latitude which, in every other part of the world, means a heavy sheet of ice, a thick blanket of snew and a cruel frost that is as destructive of vegeta- tion as of human comfort. Yet the distin- guishing feature of our Midwinter Fair was a grand central court planted to sensitive exotics and blooming with the splendid freedom of semi-tropical conditions. Then came local summer fairs in various parts of the State, all being expositions of some striking feature of climatic excel- lence, witha tincture here and there of the romantic flavor of early Spanish days. Santa Barbara had its famous carnival of roses, because by some special favor of na- ture the rose develops a splendor there that is as wonderful as it is unique. Los Angeles had a fiesta, in which all manner of flowers were employed as an adorning feature of the games and pastimes of a Spanish festival. San Bernardino had something of a similar kind. Oakland, Santa Rosa, San Jose, Sacramento, Stock- ton, Los Gatos and other places had their flower festivals, and Santa Cruz closed the season with a gorgeous spectacular water carnival. Most of these carnivals were different each from all the others, and now comes Truckee with the most original of them all—an ice carnival in California, with toboggan slides, with the tallest ice palace ever designed, a great ice skating rink, a splendid road for sleighing reach- ing and encircling historic Donner Lake, and the frozen surface of the lake itself for a skating pond of nobler proportions and set in a framework of grander scenery than the entire region of North America east of the Sierra Nevada can produce. This is a wonderful variety of carnivals. Pasadena is to open the new year with a rose carnival. In the early part of the spring San Jose is to give a festivalata time when the roses of the Eastern States are still locked mercilessly in ice. Beyond these events no arrangements for the year have been announced, but we may be sure that we shall have a succession of splendid spectacles during the coming year. That all these things have an immeasurable value upon the health and happiness of those who enjoy them is indisputable; and this in turn means that the natural conditions which make these pleasures possible indicate industrial pursuits work- ing to the production of a race superior in all the high qualities which humanity is capabie of developing. EVADING A DUTY. Corrupt politics in San Francisco 1s doubtless enjoving good cheer over ths incidents attending the impaneiment of the new Grand Jury. The original list of thirty names drawn from the Grand Jury box contained those of numerous strong citizens, whose large interests and close familiarity with the needs of the City would have qualified them eminently for jury duty. Better than that, they were above suspicion of political-boss domina- tion. Many of these gentlemen failed to appear at all in answer to the summons. Doubt- less they sent excuses which were satis- factory to the court. In the absence of specific knowledge concerning the adequacy of these excuses it would be unfair and un- just to say these citizens were eitherafraid to do their duty or were not willing to make a personal sacrifice in its perform- ance. We can imagine, however, that it must have required a very urgentreason to restrain citizens from serving who have no fear and who are anxious that San Fran- cisco should have a decent government. On the new jury list appear the names of tome citizens of known integrity, fear- lessness and a sense of civic responsbility. Others are not so well known to the gen- erzl public, but that argues nothing against their worth and is no ground for a fear that they will fail in any way in the perform- ance of their duty. On the coatrary, they now have one of the rarest opportunities that ever falls to the lot of a private citizen for making their worth and power felt. The interests centering in the forming “of this Grand Jury are far more important than some of them possibly realize. The splendid work of the old Grand Jury has imposed an obligation which the new can- not afford to ignore. 1t set a standard of intelligence, fearlessnessand industry that will serve botl as a guide and an inspira- tion. The most important of the consider- ations in the matter is the fact that the old Grand Jury did not complete its work. It was hot on the trail of numerous iniqui- ties and showed the way to discover and uproot them, This good work by the old organization rallied to its aid the earnest and disinter- ested assistance of numerous citizens in individual and organized capacities. This voluntary assistance represents the senti- ment of decency in the City. Its services will be as freely at the disposal of the new jury as of the old, and the extent to which it is employed and encouraged will meas- ure the intention of the present body. The new Grand Jury will be subjected to a pub- lic gcrutiny whose observation nothing will escape. Its task, therefore, will be hard, but that is what a good citizen likes. If this jury carries out the wishes and ex- pectations of the public it will secure an enviable position in popular esteem and will be performing a service which the peo- ple know how to reward. 3 A PLEASING DEPARTURE. One has but to take a glance through the Western Addition of the City to observe the striking change that has come over the taste of the more progressive citizens in the matter of architecture. Until lately San Francisco has been incredibly stupid in this regard. It hes been the last of all the cities west of the Mississippi River to exhibit intelligent progress in house-building. Besides acquiring taste in desizn and color, our builders are secur- ing an approach to comfort in making walis and floors which exclude the winds, and it is not too much to hope that in time they will advance to the use of windows and doors which will accomplish a simi- lar purpose. It must wrench the vitals of some of the older residents to observe that the stereo- typed bay.window and the dismal drab or gray colors which long years of use and abuse had sanctified are going the way of all earthly things. Those old-time croak- ers who for a third of a century have de- clared that a house built of anything but wood was a spectal challenge to divine wrath, manifest in the form of earthquakes, are grieved to the soul to see the erection of splendid private mansions, built of steel and stone and terra cotta, and yet to this day the dullest of them may see hundreds of ancient brick mansions, built mostly without even tie-rods, lining the streets of Chinatown and as firm and true and un- shaken as when the swells of early days erected them. It is not alone that the new houses of the rich in the Wesiern Addition give evi- dence of the finest taste in architecture. Hundreds of small and inexpensive houses have appeared in all manner of pretty de- signs and colors, each a picture in its way. Some exquisite gems of the Spanish-Moor- ish style may be seen, and they are among the most effective. What an artistic taste can accomplish is observable on Van Ness avenue, near Pacific avenne. Originally there were two of those hideous structures so0 common in town—flat-faced and square at the top, like a country store. A sculptor bought one of these, and has just finished its transformation into a bright and pretty picture. Its old companion looks very wretched beside it. This is cited as a typical instance. The artificial features of the City are becoming beautiful far more rapidly than can be readily appreciated. The architects seem suddenly to have roused themselves to a realization of the peculiarly strong invita- tion to produce artistic effects in house- building to correspond in a measure with the incomparable graces with which nature has jeweled the environment. Never were the inducements to build stronger than at present. Building mate- rial and labor are cheaper than they have ever been before or are likely to be again, and the present depression in realty values ‘must inevitably pass away before long. It is particularly pleasing to see those who are able employing stone, terra cotta and pressed brick instead of wood, and it is equally gratifying to note white paint and lively colors adding a touch of grace and beauty to the dreary waste of imitation dust and fog that lends a dismal tone to the town. A MERE SUGGESTION. It is a day of leisure. It is the closing of the year. Itisa time for quiet meditation in an easy repose from vexing cares. All that is human should rest. Even the faker, being human—at least in the form of him and the clothes of him—should have for a while a respite from his breath- | less and senseless wildgoose chasing and be allowed a chance to recover from the sickening fag that slackens all that is his, from hisinward yearnings to his outward pants. Thet the poor faker may obtain this lit- tle rest from the search for new fakes, we offer him this morning the suggestion of a new scheme. It is to be a suggestion merely and must therefore be prefaced with a slight explanation. Let the faker, instead of seeking novel schemes, pause this morning and consider what he has done for journslism during the past year. He will find the recollection restful and perhaps even soporific. He has had cou- pon lottery schemes for everything from a bitter piil to a sweet violet. He has had voting contests for the mestdaring school- marm, the most beautiful policeman and the most protuberant citizen. He has offered town lots, bicycles, carriages and sarsaparilla in prizes for the best guessers of mystery stories. He has even devised pap jugs for Christmas-born bables. In short, he has involved journalism in such a whirlagust of schemes, coupons and mysteries that no man could ever tell whether the journalist was a faker or the faker was a journalist. Having all this recorded in the past year what does the future offer? It is here that we make oursuggestion. Why should not the next great stroke of enterprise be a voting contest on the advisability of pub- lishing lottery advertisements in a family newspaper? The balloting could be easily joined with a guessing contest as to which side would win, how many votes would be polled, and what would be the color of the hair of the man who made the best guess. For prizes, lottery tickets could be offered and every voter be allowed a prize for every ten votes. The possibilities of the snap are too numerous to be elaborated here. The fakers who reflect on the plan will see the chance afforded by it for pleasing not only the lottery sharks but lottery suckers and all other kind of fish that come to the faker’s net. The only objection that can be urged to the scheme is that it might result in snch a popular vote against lottery advertising that the faker would be hoist with hisown | petard. This objection, however, is not so strong as it seems. The fake paper circn- lates mainly among people who like fakes and of all such schemes the lottery is the greatest. Itisa guessing contest, a mys: tery story, a free gift concerp and a coupon circus all combined in one bewiidering ag- gregation of astounding surprises and dissolving views. The vote, therefore, is almost a dead sure thing for the faker. It would please the public, more- over, to know just how many readers of fake papers are willing to stand up and be counted on the side of the lotteries. We repeat that this is a mere suggestion. 1f the faker will elaborate it, however, we are convinced he can make more ont of it than out of any of the schemes he tried during the past year, not excepting even the won- derful journalistic enterprise of getting people to guess how many words there are in a forty-paged paper. THE WRITERS OF LONG AGO. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—Str: In my article in the Christmas edition of THE CALL, under the heading asabove, I unwittingly made my friends Noah Brooks and Taiesien Evans the ‘“heavenly twins” in literature. 1 am delightfully reminded that they are still in the visible present and sincerely hope that in the interest of sound literature they may remain with us in the flesh as long as it may be convenient to themselves. Nevertheless I do not withdraw my statement that in a spiritual sense they have their home in the “temple of the infinite.” 1f they are not in heaven that is heaven’s loss, for they are separately and independ- ently free citizens of the commonwealth of thought, and that for me is heaven. Bo I wish them each a very, very happy New Year and hope they will accept this letter as an apology for announcing too prematurely their accession to their heavenly kingdom. If 1 should have translated any other good fellows my excuse must be that heaven is what we make it, and for literary men I would have them all {n_Paradise; all in the kingdom of love. WILLIAM GREER HARRISON. San Jose, Dec. 28, 1895, e There was & romance in the history of the late Professor Riley, the famous entomologist of the Smithsonian Institution, whose death was announced s few days azo, His mother, ‘who was a member of an old and aristocratic English family, was disowned for marrying beneatn her; but her father relented so far s to lgivo her son a superior edncation, which, with the use he made of it, was worth as much as the name or legacy. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. The oldest guest at the Lick House is Alex- ander McDonald, who has been there since August 1, 1861, when James Lick, the philan. thropist, opened the hotel to the California public and the people of the world. Tens of thousands have come and gone since then, including the eccentric millionaire, and many & monument has arisen in many differ- ent places to mark the permanent character of their going, but Mr. McDonald continues al- most as hale and as fresh as when, almost thirty-five years ago, he came as s guest. He is credited with having plenty of money. ‘Whether he has or not, he has enough to sat- isfy all his wants, Years ago he became interested in the fron tier trading firm of schwabacher Brothers & Co. of Walla Walla and Seattle. This firm has grown and waxed rich in the than was comprised in the entire libraries available to the average American citizen fifty years ago. There are not less than ninety- seven (by actual count) signed articles by writers eminent in various professions and ursults. of from one to three columns in length, covering almost every field of interest to a Californian. This number of THE CALL is very commendable in comparison with many of the mammoth sheets published in the past. FROM WESTERN SANCTUMS. Let the War Proceed. Haywards Mail Our voice is for the grimmest kind of war. Dunraven has come back. Can’t Have the Earth. Plamas Independent. ‘The Monroe doctrine, as approved by sev- enty million freemen, is the first snag England ALEXANDER McDONALD, THE OLDEST GUEST OF THE LICK HOUSE, WHO HAS LIVED THERE THIRTY-FIVE YEARS. (Sketched from life by a “Call” artist.] advaneing years, and all Mr. McDonald has to do these late days is to make a trip to the North about once a year and rake in his divi- | dends. Thus does the world deal kindly with him. Few people have a wider acquaintance up and down the Pacific Coast. His travels and his long residence at the Lick House made him well known. He is a good story-teller, and almost any day he may be seen with a knot of interested lis- teners around him. His sojourn in Walla Walla each year usually lasts but a few weeks, and then he is back at the Lick again, where he has iived so long and where he is known as the oldest gues' THE CHRISTMAS ‘“CALL." A Splendid Paper. Corning Observer. The Christmas edition of THE CALL was a splendid paper. An Honor to the Coast. Georgetown Gazette. The Ban Francisco MORNING CALL issued a splendid 52-page number. Itisagreat credit to Mr. Shortridge and an honor and benefit to the Pacific Coast. Excellent Reading. Solano Republican. THE CALL issued & fifty-two page Christmas number, which forms excellent reading and is | 8 monument to the enterprise of that popular and progressive journal. Interesting and Attractive. Lake County Bee. The Christmas CALL comes to us this year with fifty-two pages, each and every one con- taining mmelm“% interesting and attractive., THE CALL does nothing by half. A Wonder of Journalism, Vallejo Chronicle. THE CALL'S 52-page Christmas edition is one of the wonders of modern journalism. This | great daily has been going forward with mighty strides under the new management. A Valuable Reference Work. Tulare Register. The Christmas edition of the 8an Francisco CaLL is & complete encyclopedia of California. 1f it were only in book form and bound in calt it would be a very valuable reference work to consult hereaiter. ‘Well-Written Matter. Carson City News, - The Christmas edition of the San Francisco CALL is the best special edition of eny news- paper ever {8sued in California. The matter is excellent, concise and well written, and the paper will long be preserved. Far Ahead of Anything. Marysville Appeal. THE CALL'S Christmas number consisted of fifty-two pages and was featured so that there was much to satisfy the tastes of every class of newspaper readers. The intelligence and care manifest in the compilation of that big paper deserve recognition. The publication was far ahead of anything heretofore presented by other papers. Instructed While It Entertained. San Jose News. The Christmas edition of the S8an Francisco CALL was a paper that reflected great credit on the manager who conceived it and did honor to the State. There wasabsent from its col- umns tne skyrocket, razzle-dazzle usually found in extra holiday editions, and its place was filled with interesting and usefui informa- tion valuable to all classes of people. It wasa F-per that instructed while it entertained—in act, it was & model newspaper. Remarkably Interesting. Sacramento Bee. The San Francisco CALL publishea & remark- ably able, readable, interesting and instruc- tive Christmas number, full of good literary matter and, what was far more beneficial from & California standpoint, brimming over with veliable information concerning our State, well-selected and well-written. It was just the kind of & holiday number to send to Eastern relatives, friends and acquaintances, for it told the story of this State's wonderful advan- tages and resources thoroughly and elo- quently. Of Inestimable Value. Fresno Republican. The Christmas number of the San Francisco CALL is one of the very best editions of the kind that has ever been issued on the Pecific Coast. The special contsibutions to its col- umns are not only by the ablest writers in the State, but in many instances by the men who represent all that is best and most substantial in the progress and development of this coast in every particular. Such a paper as the Christmas CALL is of inestimable valua to Cali- {fornia. and its enterprise deserves the substan- tial encouragement of every citizen. It em- phasizes the fact that the CALL is one of the great newspapers of the great West. Very Commendable. Santa Cruz Surt. The Christmas CalL containea fifty-two pages, mostly filled with solid reading matter. The hopeful fact about THE CALL is that Mr, Shortridge, its proprietor, did apologize for its enormous bulk, instead of boasting, &8s the ‘metropolitan papers usually do, over the big bundles of lrpex they are able to besmear with ink in s single day. There is more reading matter in this Christmas edition of THE CaLL has run against in years in its stealthy and insidious resching out for territorial aggran- dizement. The New Woman and the Old Man. ‘Watsonville Rustler. Next year isleap year. Keep your eye on the new woman and the old man. Johnny, Get Your Gun. San Diego Union. Figuratively the Queen has already issued the order: ‘Johnny, get your gun.’’ An Apt Transposition. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. | The Kansas City Journal, in its headlines, sa; Grover Stands Pat’”” It might more ;m:{?pflutely have said “Grover Pleases at. A Square Deal All Around. San Jose Mercury. San Francisco has concluded that there is | yet a chance to get the Democratic Convention. | We sincerely hope that it may secure the prize. The convention would secure a square | deal all around, and the differences between | San Franciscan hospitelity and the grasoing | disposition of St. Louis would be so marked as to attract universal attention. ‘Worth Looking After. Santa Rosa Republican. Claus Spreckels speaks very hopefully of the future of sugar industries in this State in his contribution to the Christmas CALL. He thinks the result to come from it will be greatly bene- ficial toall who engage in it. He says the menufecturer will not have a8 monopoly of the | profit, but there will also be money for the grower of beets as well. This seems to be o reasonable propositio AND THE EAGLE SCREAMED. Dunraven, mad as a pestered bee, In wrath set sail, and over the sea Came, wild to prove that the yachting Yanks Were a crew select from the rascal ranks. He came; deliverad a hearsay tale To worry the Yanks he could ne'er outsall; The judges laughed at the empty charge, And the Yankee fame was never so large Asatter his Lordship slunk from sight— ‘Withdrew—twice whipped In a single fight, To sail in wrath back over the sea— A Briton, mad as a pestered vec. CHARLES D. SouTH. TURNED OUT A RACKER. A triumph of invention was recently exhi- bited on the streets of Lexington, says the Chi- | cago Horseman. Before the horse disappeared Charles L. Railey won a great reputationasa handler of saddle horses, and.catered to a high- priced New York trade in walk-trot-and-canter saddlers. After the bicycle had wholly sup- planted the horse, Mr. Railey grieved and re- fused to be comforted. He owned a saddle horse for years after all other horses had dis- appeared from ‘‘the Blue Grass,” but finally the Lexington City Council passed an ordi- nance requiring him to keep the animal off the streets, as it interfered with mc{cnmx Heart- broken, he allowed his pet to die of old age in his dock at Springhurst. So firmly was the saddle-horse idea fixed in Mr. Railey’s mind, however, that he at last evolved the bright thought of invemhlf & wooden horse to run by electricity after tne fashion of the motocycles. Taking the famous Trojan horse as a model success at length crowned his efforts, and he announced a public exhibition of his motohip- pique. But judge of his dismay when he found that this horse, which he had expressly built on to walk-trot-and-canter, perversely insisted on racking! Usually Performed at Midnight. [From St. Paul's.] ANSWERS TO CORRESFPONDENTS. MusirooMs—F. B., Beulah, Alameda County, Cal. . The gills underneath the true mushroom are at a time white. First they are white, then turn rose color and then brown black. LicensE—J. H. H., City. In places in this g;tte t:ih"‘ there is 1o on‘: ::fiecuu &ulnl&d T urpose of col nses the County d’erk is the one who l:flu such. THE McLAIN BiLL—J. R. J., Saratoga, Santa Clara County, Cal. The bill introduced by Representative }(c!aln to suspend assessment 1 unpatented mining claims during ?n?';:-’; ;‘S!;‘fi gid not come to a vote. tor To Yukon—J. H. H., City. 1f 8 prospéc starts from Juneau, Alasks, to walk to thc‘gzll(: fields of the Yukon conngdy he is nomore lu: o t0 be held up and robb than he woul o any other unfrequented Territory. A mn wh!.u undertakes such a journey must e chances. i v Ay OxIssToN—S., City. In the answer a few days slnce' as to the Russ House the 2 d. The -ds *‘by S. H. Seymour”” were omitte e fifi“}"&'fi'fiia by Hardenburgh & Dyer, ApT 1 2.7 8, 186 : = CANARY Birps —S. G., City. Chl_u-es & Holden in his work on the care of birds uy: of the canary: “The mating fever is nronge‘sn during the latter patt of April and e"liikh May; and if not mated will sit mo ping W ruffled feathers, cease singing entirely, relu!: food, and often in silent sorrow pine away :hn" die. It sttention can be diverted, from tha “ove sickness’ it should be done. i° aaoa cure is to mate your bird. If this .mlnlnn- venient, place the bird in the cheer s light, tempt him with dainty morsels o/ (:0 , talk and whistle to him, and if you clnina I.:le; cure another, & strange bird to pllcex él e same room with him, take him to 8 birds' 1 for & fime’: As you say your bird stoppe singing in May it is probably lovesick. e e PERSONAL. Dr. E. C. Hennessey of Napa is here. C. C. Eckert of Cripple Creek is in the City. George L. Fisher, a business man of Stockton, is in the City. Colonel 8. W. Stryker of Philadelphia ar- rived here yesterday. J. C. Tice, agent for Wells-Fargo Company at Stockton, is in town. 1. de Turk, the wealthy winegrower of Santa Rosa, is at the Grand. Senator Burke of Santa Cruz was in the City for several hours yesterday. W. H. Fortier and W. A. Dickens, mining men of Amador City, are in town. P. Huguenin, one of the leading watch man- ufacturers of Switzerland, is at the Palace. Professor D. C. Clark of one of the S_antn Cruz high schools, is among the recent arrivals at the Grand. Sheriff Tom Cunningham, the veteran offi- cial of San Joaquin County, is staying for & brief time at the Baldwin. A. D. Carson, one of the wealthy property- owners of Albuquerque, N. Mex., is at the Palace, accompanied by his wife. J. W. Hartzell, who is interésted in the con- struction of the Stockton and Lodi Railroad, is here on a business trip. He is staying at the Lick. Senator J. C. Holloway, who, besides being a conspicuous California law-giver, is & wealthy pioneer resident of Cloverdale, his home, is at the Russ, General Passenger Agent Stephens of the Great Northern Railroad, St. Paul, who has been in the City for some days, left for home yesterday. Among the arrivals from Alaska is Robert Duncan, who has been engaged in trading and in different other enterprises there for some months past. Francis T. Underhill of New York, who was one of the judges at the recent horse show here, has returned here after three weeks in Tuolumne County. Dr. Philip M. Jones, who went to Los Angeles over @ week ago for a brief holiday visit, re- turned yesterday. He examined the oil wells, ascended Mount Lowe and visited other points of interest. Robert J. Whitney of Los Angeles, who about six months ago met with an accident on the Southern Pacific road, by which he was con- siderably injured, came up from the south yes- terday and is at the Palace. Louis Zeigler, a ploneer of Spokane, who has grown wealthy and retained his wealth, not- withstanding the many great failures there, is at the Palace. Heowns the Zeigler Bank build- ing, the big C. and C. flouring-mill and in- terests in several blocks, besides being a stock- holder in the Daily Spokesman-Review, the most important morning daily north of Butte, between St. Paul and the Cascade Mountains. Mr. Zeigler has not been in very good health, and for some time has been staying at some hot springs in Arizona. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 28.—Among recent arrivals are: Dr. G. F. Dyzr, Astor; J. Sylvester, Broadway Central; W. P. Hammatt, Vendome; G. A. Walker, Westminster; R. C. Hartmann, Grand Union. Mrs. I L. Requa and Miss M. J. Crocker, got up & party of eight and had & ox at the opera to see “Tristan and Isolde.” THE VENEZUELAN MATTER. New York Recorder. The spectacle of nearly seventy millions of people welded together as one man in the as- sertion of a great principle is one of the grand- est and most impressive events of the closing years ot the century. New York Herald. Economy is sometimes better secured by free expenditure than by unwise penurious- ness, and in securing a strong navy we shall be merely paying out an insurance premium of very minute proportions compared wita the interests that need protection: Omaha Bee. Doubtless everybody is now prepared to admit that the navy must be made consid- erably stronger than it is, not with a view to any offensive operations, but entirely with reference to deiense. A dozen great batile- ships would be none too many for this country. Syracuse Standard, Aside from the controversy over Venezuela, the United States has no occasion for imme- diate trouble. and is exposed to no danger that will not vanish when it has a navy,an army and fortifications suited to its rank among nations and to the magnitude of the territory over whose safety it keeps guard. New York Telegram. When the Republican, Mr. Hitt ot Illinois, introduced a bill carrying out the President’s recommendations in regard to a Venezuelan commission, although some members of his filrl)’ were afiaid Cleveland might make a uleémlmul cusl(l] out of it, yet the bill was passed unopposed. That is the proper spirit— the country first, politics afterward. Boston Post. The whole fabric of that indefinite code which we call international law 1s nothing more than common-sense applied to the re- |- lations of peoples with each other. The same common-sense rules which regulate citizens in their conduct toward their neighbors, broad- ened to take in the wide scope of national re- lations, control the conduct of Governments— or ought to control it. Utica (N. Y.) Press. England is one of the largest customers in trade the United States has. Should there be & war between the two countries we would lose our best customer while it was in progress. That would be less of a calamity, however, for us than for them. That country depends upon this for raw cotton and for food products to an extent whick would seriously embarrass it if the supply were stopped. Pittsburg Dispatch. The English, especially the Tory aristocracy and their mouthpieces in the English papers, are so full of that British conviction, comforta- ble to themselves, but irritating to the rest of the world, that they are the superior race and that it is not worth while to consider either the rights or feelings of any nation, that they can hardly believe that a nation, even of their own race, should dare to assert rights not in accordance with the British convictions, New York Sun. A war between Great Britain and this country would not last a single year before the English operatives and miners would be goaded by hunger to uprisings far more general and dangerous than the Chartist riots of fifty years ago. Thus coerced at home, the British Government, which bezan by re: fusing to refer a minos Jispu'le to arbitration, might have to purchase peace on térms in the last degree humiliating and disastrous. New York Times. The stern condemnation that befits actual disloyalty in time of war is approvriate to any discussion .of tne behavior of men who now 0 about organizing opvosition to the Federal overnment at & time when there is no pros- pect’ of war, almost no possibility of war, but when there has arisen a grave quéstion of the National honor and self-respect, ualities which can be maintained only when they are rooted in the hearts of the people, and when the people cherish them above everything else on earth, above even life itself. PEOPLE WORTH READING ABOUT, Rev. Dr. Stalker of Glasgow says that glut. tony is the sin of this Only two of the thirteen Texans in the Na. tional House of Representatives are natives of Texas. The Emperor of Japan is an‘all-round sports- man, devoted to riding, shooting, ishing, bil- liards, tennis and football. Mark Twain has had a. great reception in Australia, where he has been lecturing and having fun with the people. Postmaster-General Wilson has accepted the ‘| invitation of the faculty of Vanderbilt Uni- versity to deliver the comméncement address in 1896. The highest salary paid to a governessis probably that received by Miss- Etta Hughes, English governess to the young Princess of the Asturias in Spain. Miss Hughes receives $5000 ayear. HUMOR OF THE HOUR. Every man has his prejudice and every woman her bias.—Boston Transcript. He—I understand your part in the new play isvery difficult? She—Yes. I haye to change my costume thirteen times.—Brooklyn Life. «Why is it,” asked the irritated father, “that you continually stand at the foot of your classt” «rCause,” answered the lazy boy, “’cause they won't let me sit down.”—Indianapolis Journal. He (sentimentally)—What is your favorite flower? She (practically)—Well, ma says she likes «pillsbury’s Best,” for most purposes, but for my part for bread-making I would rather have “Bridal Veil.”—Somerville Journal. Friend—That is a very high-class comedy you are running. Is it drawing good houses ? Manager—Big houses ? It is doing as well as the best variety show in town.—Life. Counsel—Well, aiter what happened? Prisoner—He gave me a third one. Counsel—You mean a second one ? Prisoner- , sir; I landed him the second one.—London Fun. e witness gave a blow A VERY PRETTY WAIST. The long shoulder seams of the 1830 period have had a decided effect on the modes of this season. One of the most charming models is shown here. The effect is best when two ma- terials are used—one for the sleeves ana the underwaist, another for the body. Or the sleeves may be of the goods like the body 1f preferred, using contrasting oods only for the underbody, which is visible at the topin V shape both back and front. M one fabricis is used, braiding, embroidering or a design done in braids, spanglés or both is rich and effective. A very rich waist of royal blue velvet, to be worn with a blue crepon skirt, was made in this way. The embroidery was in multi-colors, the design being field flowers. A waist of green cloth, on_the mignonette shade, had sleeves and underwaist of a rich China silk to match. An edge of sable finished tire edges of the cloth body. A ruff of green ribbon four inches wide was gathered into the top of the collar, in a novel and extremely stylish way. A waist, to be wern with a black satin skirt, had sleeves and V of black satin, the body of ox-blood red cloth. This was edged with Per- sian lamb fur, and was well covered ‘by small black spanglés sewn ou irregularly all over the suriace. A ribbon of black and red stripes was used in the same way as shown in the illustration over a black satin collar. A brown crepon dress had & plain’ skirt, the waist being entirely of erepon, excepting the V’s, these were of blue velvet.” The trimming gn the odges of the crepon was sable. Another home dress had V’s of black satin, with a fanc; braiding on the upper edges of tlie cloth bod- ice. PURE mixed candies, 10¢ 1b., Townsena’s. * —————— E. H. BLACK, painter, 120 Eddy street. % TR S LR TOWNSEND'S famous broken candy, 10¢ 1b, * e e EPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Moritgomery. * —_— e SPECTAL three days’ sale, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday only, 2-1b. baskets Cal. glace fruits, ourown make, 75¢, reg. price $1; cream mixe candies15c 1b.,reg. 25¢ 1b. Townsend's, 627 Pal. LS e Barry’s ‘Star”’ 5 Cents. Beginning with the new year The Star will be 5 cents per copy. Liveliest weékly journal on the coast. The people’s greatest champion.* e Chief Editor—Look here, Wagg, your column of jokes this week is full of chestuuts. ‘Wagg—I'm very sorry; but seehere, can’t you put at the head of the column “reprinted by request”? NERVOUS troubles are caused by impoverished blood, the nerves mot being propetly nourished The way to cure nervousness is to purify the blood by taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla. il s ey 2 CHICAGO LIMIFED, VIA SANTA FE ROUTE. A new train throughout begins October 29, Pullman’s finest sleeping-cars, vestibule reclining- chair cars and dining-cars. Los Angeles tp Chl- cago, via Kansas City, without change. Annex cars on sharp connection for Denver and St Louls. Twenty-seven hours - quicker thaun the quickest competing train. The Santa Fe has beea put in fine physiéal condition and is now the bess transcontinental raflway. 5 e R A ST No €hristmas and New Year's table should be without a bottfe of Dr, Siegert’s Angosturs Bitters, the world renowned appetizer of exquisite flavor. Beware of counterfelts. ————————— Ir affiicted with sore eyes use Dr. {saac Thomp- son’s Eye Water. . Druggists sell it at 25 cents. - Thomas—What's the matter with you? Can’t you take a job? > Henry—Yes, from a man who_has plenty of them; but I'd have you to understand that I am not so mean as t0 rob the poor.—Boston Transcript. s . If you want a limbs, use an sure relief for Allcock’s BEAR IN MiND—Not one of flm-uumduthegenuine\ ~ains in the , side, ;:y;st, or Porous Plaster the host of counterfeits and imita-