The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 31, 1895, Page 6

o, 10 ~~the year, as the lottery fakers and pool- TN =R tic sal the House. 4 " Get your work off your hands to-day, so THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1%95. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: - and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier..$0.15 Daily and Sunday CALL, one year, by mail.... 6.00 Dally and Sunday CALL, six months, by mail.. 8.00 BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, California. Telephone.... +eeeee..Main-1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Telephone..... Main—1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 620 Montgomery street, corner Clay: open untll 130 o'clock. street; open unti o'clock. 7 rkin street; open until 9:30 o'clock. SW. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open 18 o'clock. spen nntil 9 o'clock. Ninth street; open until 8 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 81 and 32, 34 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent. _.DECEMEER 31, 1895 THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. Good movements never cease to move among good people. One more dayv for indulgence, and then comes the swea: This has been a great year for the Mon- roe doctrine and bond issues. It will be remembered started the competing road. the year that When a fake makes pi of a newspaper story, it is 2 pudding for nobody. s long as any of the ol@ year fights stay with us, we must stay with them. Senate never takes time by the fore- | <, but it takes plenty of it just the same. | e have been some hard days for the here are worse to come. d to pay next year are already wishing for a reconsideration. | S Can you recall to-d e to help the Cit: v what you have B During the year we solved some prob- s and found out the means of solving Congress has got ahead of Clevel time and he can’t make a cal mMOorrow. Cleveland may go d hoot before he appoints the Venez mission. Huntington seems to have the lobby, | and unless we are vigilant he may capture We started the competing road this year | and next year we ought to start the Nica- ragua canal. The men who were looking for a soft snap when the year was young are still | looking for it. Dunraven got away before the year aid, but probably the year will come back be- fore he does. We may ship cotton to Japan through | San Francisco, but we ought not to bring back the cloth. Evidently the Sacramento postmaster- ship is not a sour grape, for it is reported a Fox may get it. The various bimetallic leagues of the country have learned wisdiom at last, and begun to combins, One reason why modesty has no show in the world is that a coming man can never be a retiring man. that vou can take a good hold of the cele- bration to-morrow. The Solid Eight still blocks the .way of reform, but not so solidly as it did when the year was young. This has been so much of a carnival year, it ought to be given a send-off with a festal watchnight. The year will die with us in sighing zephyrs, but in the East it will depart with a blizzard blow-out. If there has been much foolish talk dur- ing the last twelve months, there has also been a good deal of wise action. We have sown much good seed during the last twelve montbs, and next year we can count on gathering the fruit. Why shouldn’t there be & humanity doctrine to apply to Armenia as well as an American doctrine for Venezuela? The Venezuelan flurry gave Bayard a chance to half way redeem himseli, but he seems to have lost it in the shuffle. It appears that even England is becom- ing afraid of Japanese industry, and is giving the free-trade dogma a reconsidera- tion. The police have done good work during room sharks could testify, but of course they won’t. It may suit Democratic papers to talk of Eastern Republicans and Western Repub- licans, but really there are none but National Republicans —_—— To defeat the funding bill and to assure the ¢onstruction of the Nicaragua canal are two things that every energetic Cali- nian must be resolved on. Lottery fakes have been pretty nearly knocked out in San Francisco, but they still manage to come up blowing hard every now and then in the faker journals. One of the best features of thelast twelve months was thie awakening of = harmony of enterprise throughour the State and the restoration of good feeling toward San Francisco in every part of the interior. A year that saw the inaug-iration of the Manufacturers’ Association, the Half-) million Club, the Civic Reform Associa- tion and the beginning of a system of competitive railroads, is sure to take rank among the memorable years of California history. | the deal was made between Mr. Hunting- THE OLOSING YEAR. The year which closes to-day was at its birth hailed in California as the beginning of a new era. The dominant sentiment among the people and the conditions that prevailed at the time were auspicious to the best hopes. Men believed that better times were at hand, and saw in every cir- cumstance a reason to justify that belief. Therefore, they were buoyant and cheer- tul and entered upon the work of the year | with a resolution to make itan epoch to date from in the history of the State. The new sense of confidence and hope- fulness born with the year was not long in | making itself manifest in action. The exergies and enthusiasm of the people set | in motion a hundred efforts for improve- ment and reform. All sections of the State and all departments of industry | were stimulated. State pride and civic | patriotism expanded. Sectional antago- nisms were outgrown. A broader com: prehension of the greatness of the com- | monwealth entered the minds of the| people, and out of this grew a true Cali- fornian patriotism and a deeper sense of the duty of each individual to advance, as far as lay in his power, the welfare of ‘the community in which he lives. The central point of the new movement was naturally enough in San Francisco. | Here the impulse was most keenly felt | and here the greatest effects were pro- | | dnced. A competing road through the | San Joaquin was devised, the money to construct it promptly raised and the work begun. A strong Manufacturers’ and ¥Pro- ducers’ Association was formed to advance local industries. A Half-million Club was organized to promote the general welfare of the State and augment the City; a Civic | Reform Association was formed to foster | municipal improvements and good gov- ernment. Throngh these and allied or| similar organizations a hundred forms of work were unds ken, and lhronghoutl the year the prevailing tendency of indus. try. commerce and municipal administra- tion was distinctly toward improvement. | It was not to be expected that every-| thing undertaken would be accomplished during the year. Some of the best move- ments for reform have been baffled and almost ‘checked. None the less has a great deal been done. The sale of lottery ti s has been largely suppressed. Several corrupt street-paving jobs have been headed off and kille An attempt of the South- ern Pacific Company to take forcible pos- | session of a street for a railway was de- | feated. The political bosses that for so long a time controlled the City have been ed of a large portion of their evil er, and some of their official toois ave been brought under the shadow of adictments, and thereby frightened into bandoning many a job they might other- se bave carried through to the detri- ment of the people’s welfare. | Along with what has been done to check evil there has alzo been much to advance the good. Many a movement is now un- der way that will result in the attainment of great things for the City and the State. The old year therefore leaves to the new | an honorable heritage. It is not one that can be used in idleness or made profitable if left to the hands of the weak or the timid. There are difficult tasks to be done and hard battles to’ fight. The coming ar, like that which goes, will be one of stress and strain; but there are omens of victory in it for the strong and brave, and therefore California can go forward with confidence that what she has undertaken that will she do. CAPE HORN REMAINS. The first pinching effect of the combina- tion between the Pacific Mail and the Pan- | ama railway has been felt in San Francisco | in the form of the inability of the Colum- bian steamers to take all the freight waiting at New York for shipment to San Fran- cisco. 1t is a significant fact that when | depr N ton and the Panama peopie the latter made no provision to fill the vacancy caused by the withdrawal of the Pacific Mail steam- ers from the Atlantic side of the isthmus. Numerous steamers were available for this purpose, including the idle ships of the Pacific Mail itself. Yet the Panama rail- | way, knowing that its three Columbian steamships could not possibly handle the freight from New York and that a glut and great inconvenience would ensue, made no provision whatever to meet the contin- gency. The result is that our merchants are | caught in a pinch and cannot possibly sub- mit to the delay of providing means for having their goods forwarded in clipper ships round Cape Horn. Their only re- course is the Sunset route of the SBouthern Pacific Company and the assurance that no immediate steps will be taken to raise rates will bring small comfort in view of a kuowleage that the power to raise them has been created. A reasonable deduction from the assurance that a raise wili not be made at once may be intended to prevent a reactionary movement in the shape of a line of clipper ships round the Horn, ‘We shall have to come to this sooner or later, and the sooner the better. Experi- ence has shown, however, that in all the attempts which our shippers have made to secure an approach to independence they lacked the necessary staying quality, It is altogether unlikely that Mr. Hunting- ton would have taken his recent daring course for securing complete control of our traffic had he imagined that there was anything to fear from the fighting and staying qualties of our people. He isper- fectly familiar with the brave efforts which have been made and speedily abandoned in the past, and he made his arrangements accordingly. But the ocean in fact remasins and can never be monopolized. A very large pro- portion of the freight received and sent out by California can easily bear the time consumed and the climatic conditions en- countered in utilizing Cape Horn for our traffic. Clipper-ships and even steam- ships for the Cape Horn route would be glad to .make a ten-year contract, and could be secured in abundant numbers. The time was never more urgent than the present for taking advantage of the superb facilities with which nature has so bounti- fully supplied usand which we persistently ignore. A MISTAXEN VIEW. 1t is hoped that the opinion of the San Benito Advance regarding a recent order issued by the Fank Commissioners with reference to the custody of public funds temporarily entrusted to their care is not generally entertained throughout the in- terior of the State. That order was to the effect that banks shall not muse public funds so entrusted, but shall receive them only as special deposits, seal them in bags and keep them intact until calied upon to produce them. Our contemporary charges that this was instigated by the banks of San Francisco in order that the working capital of the interior banks should be re- duced and the banks compelled to call on San Francisco for money under the rule made in 1893 prohibiting overdrafts except those which are secured. Our contemporary declares that as a re- sult of the rule of 1893 the resources of the country banks were restricted_and that the City banks became glutted with money. It should have been reflected that the rule was made only because a financial panic was threatened. Undoubt- edly the country banks took the same pre- caution with their private customers that the City banks took with their country correspondents. It wasoneof those meas- ures which the presence of danger renders necessary. The fact seems to have been overlooked that the public security guaranteed by the Bank Commissioners’ recent order is a matter of the greatestimpertance. That no defalcations have resulted recently from the non-existence of such an order is no argument against its wisdom. The danger of defalcations was one of the smallest of the evils which the old system permitted. The banks, by making a profit on the handling of public funds, were be- coming a power in local politics which it was unwise to foster, and the suspicion was growing that divisions of these profits | with the officers depositing them were be- coming prevalent. If the interior has a grievance against the City banks on the score of their illiber- ality toward the country that is a separate matter, and does not belong to this issue. The subject has been very fully discussed by THE CALL in the recent past, and need not be entered into at length now. It ought to be sufficient for the country to realize that City property values and in- comes are more stable, borrowers possess a higher abpreciation of the value of promptness in meeting obligations, and proceedings in law to recover loans when such process becomes mnecessary are simpler and less expensive than in the country. The sam of it all is that when the conn- try shall have made it as attractive to cap- italists to lend money in theinterior as are the conditions in the City there will be no lack of City capital to assist in developing the resources of the State. A DESERVED REBUKE. One of the most remarkable speeches ever made by a public officer was delivered by Mayor Swift of Chicago at a banquet he other evening given by the Commer- cial Club of that city. It was in response to a speech made by the president of the Civic Federation. The significant feature of the affair was that the Mayor was speaking directly to the citizens whom he 80 mercilessly lashed. He said that within the last sixty davs he had vetoed a half dozen ordinances awarding valuable franchises for street railways to representative men of the city, and plainly hinted that he had done so because they had been acted on favorably by the Common Council under the in- fluence of bribery. Then he launched tbis terrible broadside at his hearers: “I tell you these questions come home. Talk about anarchy! Talk about breeding the spirit of communism! Who does it more than the representative citizens of Chicago? Your high-toned business men, your prominent citizens of Chicago, are the men who knock at the door of the Council and ask for illegal franchises, It is not the common people. Who bribes the Common Council? It is not men in the common walks of life. They are men in your own walks of life, sitting at your firesides. * * * It is your representa- tive citizens, your capitalists, your busi- nessmen. * * * Who is responsible for the condition of affairs in the city of Chi- cago? Your representative business men. | If your Assessor grows rich while in office with whom does he divide? Not with the common people. Hedivides with the man who tempts him to make a low assess- ment; not with the man who hasthe hum- ble little house, but the capitalist and the business man.” Every intelligent citizen may judge for himself how applicable such remarks as these might be to the condition of affairs in San Francisco. One hasonly to ask who receive valuable street-rallway franchises | without any adequate payment for the privileges, why it is that the majority of our Board of Supervisors are commonly regarded as the tools of unscrupulous rich men, why many of our municipal officers grow wealthy and why corrupt political bosses can control the politics of the City and become enormously rich in the pursuit of their trade. IN AN INDIANA TOWN. Ligonier, Ind., has claims to a unique dis- tinction by reason of the fact that within her borders live the largest and smallest men, from a physical standpoint, in all hoosierdom, says the Chicago Times-Herald. George Wash- ington Walker is without a question the heavi- George Washington Walker. est man in Indiana, if not in the United States. He weighs 560 pounds, is now but 46 years of age and has been adding steadily in weight for the last quarter of a century. He is 5 feet 10 inches hign and still growing. His waist measurement is 76 inches, chest, under arms, 68 inches, and arm 25 inches. He isinex- cellent health, but finds locomotion rather difficult, although he rides aboui the city in a specially constructed conveyance. He is the father of ‘two bright and interesting children Jesse Allen. and lives a retired life, attempting to avoid all notoriety. In the heated season he lives altogether 1n the cellar of his residence. Walker’s physical anti-type is Jesse Allen, his neighbor. Tne latter is 19 years old and pos- sesses a body of fair size. His legs, however, are only 12 inches in length. He is 3 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 75 pounds. Jesse is a promising student, mentally well equipped and as a L iy iverse to outside notoriety as Mr. | AROUND THE CORRIDORS. John F. Moody, the pioneer of Truckee, who has long been engaged in cutting and packing ice and manufacturing lumber from the great trees of the Sierras, is at the Lick. Mr. Moody says the great ice palace is now completed and ready to freeze—in fact, the freezing has been commenced already. “We expect & good many people to visit Truckee and see the palace,” said Mr. Moody. “Itis 700 feet around it—that is, the skating capacity is that much. ““Then there is & very nice toboggan slide out- side of it. It ismine feet wide, while on each side of it isa walk twelve feet wide. draw back, to stand still, or to go forward. The States of Oregon and Washington are the result of standing still. If President Polk had bad “the sand” ‘we could have owned-all the land between us and Alaski. He was brave ‘:hekn he announced 54—40 or fight,” butfell ack. Good Monroe Doctrine. Tacoma Ledger. Having been. brought face to face with the possibility of real war with England, the American people will be able to perceive more clearly the advantages of the Nicaragua canal and the gecessity of keeping it under our own control. With the canal built and under our control we could successfully defend both coasts with half ‘the ships England would re- *The slide is fifty feet high and drops to the | quire to successfully attack us.” With it under JOHN F. [Sketched from life MOODY. by a “Call” artist.) snow in going 200 feet. One can take a dizzy ride on it, and no doubt tens of thousands will this winter. “The big palace will not be opened for a few days yet. However, there are twenty-five or thirty sprayers on hand at Truckee and it won't take long to spray the buflding and freeze it all over. “There has not been a great deal of snow there this winter. There is only about two feet of it now. The weather has been warm and this has kept us back. «“Considerable of a novelty will be presented when the big structure is completed and lighted brilliantly with electricity. I thirk Truckee will be well worth visiting.” Mr. Moody has brought his family down with him and will remain several days. Some graduates of the university were talk- ing yesterday about the offer of the students to take off their coats and go to work on the university grounds. “That offer means a good deal more than the money the labor will rep- resent,’’ said Frank H. Powers. “It will tend to dignify labor in the minds of the men there, a8 Reinstein said at the banquet last night, and I think that it may lead to solving the problem of raising means to go tbrough col- lege to many a poor student. There has al- ways been a large proportion of the students at the university who were working their own way through to degrees. Enough cannot very well be made during vacations, and there sre not many ways of earning money in Berkeley. The printing ofiice, ever since it was founded by Dr. Merritt, in Gilman’s day, has been & boon to many a poor student. To it many of them owe their degrees. “One of the present regents!paid his way through college by setting type on the college papers and found time enough for his studies tocarry off honors. However, there is not work enough there or in the other plaees in which students may be employed for all. I hope that after the students have done their week’s work in the grounds the Board of Regents will provide that students who wish may be employed as workmen on the grounds. This plan was tried in the seventies just after the university was moved out to Berkeley and met with some success. Lots of the old boys who now fill responsible positions joined the pick and shovel brigade and earned their 20 cents en hour. I don’t remember why it was given up, but I bope that the plan will be tried again. Any one who knows the sort of men who go to Berkeley and the spirit that ani- mates them will know that no student will lose any of the respect of his fellows by doing honest manual labor in so good a cause.” ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. EscoRTING A LADY—J. H. H., City. In escort- ing a lady along the streets of a city a gentle- man should always be on the side nearest to the curbstone. DURRANT—"‘Belmont,” Belmont, Nye County, Nev. Theodore Durrant pronounces his name as written—Dur-rant—the accent on the first syllable, and not as if written with only one r. THE JAPANESE—Reader, Oity. The only indi- viduals specisdly named as ineligible to citizenship in the United States are Indians not taxed and Chinese, and as Japanese are not in the interdicted class, there 1sno reason why they should not apply “tor first and second papers of naturalization.” CITY OF LANTERNS—A. C. 8., City. The City of Lanterns is the creation of Apuleius, author of “Lucian” aud “The Golden Ass.” Itisthe story of serial voyagers, who, after passing the Pillars of Hercules being wrecked on an en- chanted island, and, meeting with other ad- ventures, travel through the-zodiac, arrive at lgllee they call “the City of Lanterns.” The whole story is purely imbginary. MAN AGAINST HorsE—F. C., City. The race of mar against horse was held in this city com- mencing on the 15th of October, 1879, and closing on the night of the 21st. The follow- ing were the entries: Men—Steve Brodie, George E. Wilcox, Henry Newhoff, A. . Al- ine and Gus Guerrero; horses—Controller, nver Jim, Dan McCarthy, Pinafore, Hood~ lum and Nelly. At the ciose of the race there were but two men and five horses. The score was &8s follows: Men—Guerrero 375 miles, Brodie 265; horses—Pinafore 551 miles, Nelly ggg, McCarthy 517, Denver Jim 390, Hoodlum DENTAL COLLEGE—J. M., Oakland, Cal. In order to gain admission into the College of Dentistry of the University of California the applicant must be not less than 18 years of age and must present satisfactory evidence of good moral character. Unless a matriculate of the University of the Btate of California or some other recognized institution of learning, the applicant will have to undergo an examina- tion in certain branches. The sessions com- meuce on the first Monday in September and close on the 31st of May iollowing. The fees are: Matriculation, $5: tuition, three years, 100 each year; demonstration of anatomy fee, 10; nistology’ fee, freshman_ year, $10; and examination fee, not returnable, $25. VIEWS OF WESTERN EDITORS. ‘We Were Too Bashful. Petaluma Argus. Senator Cass once remarked concerning a diplomatic dispute with England that three courses were open to the United States—to England’s control we would be-at an immense disadvantage. Cheap Advice That Is Good. Visalia Times. When you make up your list of swear-offs for the new vear just incorporate a pledge to say nothing about bard times during 1896, and you will be estonished to see what & different aspect life will wear. Look on the bright side of everything, speak 8 wood word of your neighbor, contract no debts that you do’ not know you can pay at the agreed time (barring acts of Providence), ani by the end of the year you will have more friends and more wealth than you have now. The Home of the American Hog. Sacramento Bee. The local habitation and breeding-place of the American hog has at length been defi- nitely detérmined upon. It Is at St Loufs. Sixteen dollars a day will be the lowest prices for which the poorest room in _any prominent hotel can be obtained duritig the coming ses- sion of the Republican National Convention. The delegates will be sorry in more ways than one that the National Committee did not se- lect San Francisco as the place in which to hold the convention. ¢ ‘War Would Mean a New Map. Santa Cruz Record. If we have war with England we shall need new maps. After the war is over a map of the United States will comprise & hemisphere, Good Republican Doctrine. Pendleton East Oregonian. ‘The laborer is worthy of his hire. The patriot is worthy of his pension. A GIRL'S FROCK. A smart frock for little girls is of dirk green and black boucle cloth, with a bodice of Camp- béll tartan slk.over which the boucle mate- rial forms & cut out waist effect. ' The back, ike the front, is in blouse effect, with a lining to which the skirt isseamed. Two tucks at the elbow are in accordance with the latest style. Gilt buttons hold the cloth in place on the waist, which buttons in the back. A mixture showing many bright colors stightly veiled in black boucle threads is very jaunty with a silk blouse of brigm plaid. A blue plain crepon with blouse of the same, and velveteen in gay colors and a fancy design for the cut out over bodice is extremely stylish. Plain brown cashmere, with the same material in bright plaid for the waist, is serviceable and pretty. PARAGRAFPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. The Duke of York’s stamp aibum, which, oddly enough, he has recently disposed of, was one of the most interesting in Europe. Professor Oliver Tracy of Pratt Institute has invented a new American soup from anold Chinese recipe, which is meeting with high favor. Miss Mary Huntley, the poet, is a niece of the 1ate Lydia Sigourney, known to literary fame. Miss Huntley is a native of Georgia, but re- ceived her education abroad. The Lewiston (Me.) Journal has picked out as candidate for Mayor a man who 'sat down sud- denly on the icy sidewalk, distributed his packages widely and did not swear. Pauline Lucca, the opera singer, who has dropped out of public notice since her retire- ment from the stage seven years ago, lives in Vienns, and is as handsome and graceful as ever. The Emperor of Austria smokes so-called *Virginia cigars,” which, being manufactured running through them to make them draw, and are 50 green that they have to be held in & flame several minutes to light. JISome one with a taste for figures has noticed the fact that Miss Braddon, the novelist, has, in the thirty-three years since she. began to write, produced just sixty romances. Each of them is in three volumes, making 180 in all. She has, therefore, made copy enough for six printed pages on each day of all these years. “PERSONAL. E. C. Culp of Chicago is here. M. Gilliam of Seattle is at the Occidental. Senator J. M. Gleaves of Redding is visiting .the City. C. A. Wilcox of the United States army is at the California. L. A. Hughes, & business man of Santa Fe, N. Mex., is in town. ‘George T. Rives, a mining man of Inyo County, arrived here yesterday. Judge R. McGarvey of Mendocino County was among yesterday’s arrivals, Professor Charles H. Keyes of the Throop Institute, Pasadena, is at the Grand. Robert M. Clarke of Carson, ex-Attorney- General of Montana, is at the Palace. Among the recent arrivals here are J. W. Warburton and Miss Warburton of Chile. President Gurnsey of the Redondo Beach Railroad, v-ho lives in Los Angeles, is in the city. Superior Judge W. M. Conley of Madera County arrived here yesierday and is at the Lick. John T. Gaffey of Los Angeles, formerly & member of the State Board of Equalization, is at the Palace. T. H. Strobridge, owner of the Strobridge block in Portland and one of tne cld residents in that city, is at the Lick. Thomas Nunan, & member of THE CALL'S staff of writers, yesterday returned from a visit to the Eastern States. Barton Eill, so well known in past years to San Francisco theater-goers, will be with Marie Wainwright's company in this City. If all snows were as far from being frosts as Ross Snow, there would be tropical weather in Northern Alaska at this moment.—San Fran- cisco Music and Drama. Miss Effie Murray and Miss Kate L. Osborne, missionaries on their way to Japan, are at the Occidental. They will sail for their field of labor to-day on the China. “Lord and Lady Sholto Pouglas” have organ- ized a theatrical company of their own and will play in the interior towns of the State wherever they can obtain engagements. G Wharton James of Pasadena, editor of the magazine in which Professor T. C. Lowe of Mount Echo is interested, is at the Grand. He is here on a business trip. Edward Ware Barrett, one of the proprietors of the Atlanta Constitution; and wife arrived in town yesterday and are stopping at the Palace. They will make a tour of sight-seeing in California before returning. George W. Riddle, postmaster and general goods desler at Riddle, Or., on the California and Oregon Railroad in the Rogue River Val- ley, is at the Lick. Mr. Riddle was formerly a member of the Oregon Legislature, and has Jong had material influence in the politics of his State. 1t was for his father, who with his family settled tliere in very early times, that the station was named. For years after this settlement caitle roamed wild in the adjoining mountains, so that when they wanted beef, forays ‘were made on the iattened -bands secreted high in the pinesandfirs. “It took skilled hunters to get them,” said Mr. Riddle, “and it was 1o easy task either to get the meat down to the valley.” CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 30.—Samuel Rosen- baum arrived on the steamship Saale from Bremen. Among other- arrivals are: J. M. Brazell, A. L. Reed, Imperial; W. A, Dundas, Westminster; M. T. Joues, Mrs. Jones, St. James; A. D. Martin, W.S. Martin, Holland; J. Sylvester, Broadway Central; W, 8. Watson, New Amsterdam: Miss Clyde, Holiand. GIRLS OF THE PERIOD, You must wake and call me early, Call me early, mother, do, For to-morrow'll be the happlest day Since 1892. The maddest, merriest days, mother, ‘Will follow the old year’s close, And my heart leaps, iike a leap-year chance, Or ghost of a chance, to propose. CURRENT HUMOR. She—I wonder what mekes those silver Sens- tors talk so much ? He—Possibly they have heard that silence is golden.—Life. Sapphedde—I ‘went to & mind-reader the other day and he couldn’t do snything with me at all. Miss Pert—Ain't you ashamed to tell it?— Philadélphia Record. Jessie—I'm 89 annoyed at those criticisms of my singing at the concert. They speak so slightingly of my voice. Florence—Still, they say you were very pretty. Jessie—Oh, but every one knows that.— Brooklyn Life. Mr. Binks—What's that your'e putting up on the top shelf? Mrs. Binks—That's Fido's candy. He can't eat this cheap kind we get for the children.— Chicago Record. THE CLIMATE IS O. K. San Franciseo Music and Drama. “It don’t cut no hay, ice or cake. Here I am, once more. Imeet the same old faces on Bush and Kearny streets that I met on my first visit years arrd yearsago. I guess the climate is all right,” remarked Jacques Kruger. Southern California Illustrated, & monthly | PURE mixed candies, 10¢ 1b., Townsena’s. * ————— CALENDARS, 1896. Roberts, 220 Sutter st. * e e ToOWNSEND's famous broken candy, 10¢ 1b, * ey~ SPECTAL Information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clivping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Monigomery. * — SPECIAL three days’ sale, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday only, 2-1b. baskets Cal. glace frui: our own mak reg. price $1; cream mixed candies1e 1b.,reg. 25¢ 1b. Townsend’s, 627 Pal, R 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.* | e Albert Lariviere, a Detroit newsboy, has just been made a page in the House of Representa. | tives. For men whose natures have been expandedq | by social pleasures Argonaut whisky 1s made, and it is by these that Argoneut is used. It i3 agentleman’s drink, tne conscientions produ of distillers who know that in order to mai tain & high reputation for & particular articls they cannot afford to turn out any but a pure, | wholesome and beneficial whisky. The that physicians prescribe it is sufficient to i dicate its quality, E. Martin & Co., 411 Ma ket street. » SR B 180 it’s your birthday to-day, Jack. What would you like?” «r'q like to see baby spanked.’—London Pick-Me-Up, THINK of the thousands of sufferers who on ac- count of impure blood have endured hours of pain and spent much money for different medicines, who after taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla have been cured. e -——— CHICAGO LIMITED. VIA SANTA FE ROUTE. A new train throughout begins October 29. 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