The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 1, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANU RY 1, 1596 | Telephone.. Main—1868 | EDITORIAL ROOMS: 513 Clay Telephone.... Main—1874 $:20 o'clock. 2 9:30 o'clock. 50 o'clock eottl § o'clock. £518 Misslon street; open until 316 Ninth street; open until 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : 908 Eroadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 31 and 52, 34 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent. Hail the New Year! The girls have the first say now. There is always | k in leap years. Don’t swear off unless you mean it. The way to receive is to be receptive. Another step toward the millennium. Journalism should swear off the conpon habit. Now, then, for the new era and the com- ing woman. The old year left many & good thing for this one to push along. Mrs. Grundy will please advise the girls to look before they leap. { ever he NEW YEAR'S DAY. Man isa conventional animal. He not only puts garments on himself, but he clothes everything around him with an artificial garb. Nature has furnished no reason why any particular day should be celebrated as the beginning of the year. The revolution of the earth is continuous, and one day to its ordered course is no more than any other. To the human mind, however, conventional usages are facts as important as those of nature her- self, and, despite all that reason may urge, men will feel that a new year begins to- day, end that with it they enter upon a new epoch 1n their livi Man is a ceremonial animal. When- desires to confer distinction on something nature has not distinguished, he | establishes a ceremony for - the purpose, s, he provides a special etiquette for cond in the presence of a Kingora Justice of the Peace,in order that they may not be confounded with other men as nature has a fashion of doir When, therefore, for comvenience in arranging dates and recording the time of the occur- rence of events, a particular day was agreed upon as the beginning of a new vear, there grew up instinctively a desire to mark it by some ceremonial observance and make it a great day. Man is a superstitious animal. He is the creature of his own creations. When- ever he has surrounded some individual with an etiquette, or some day with a cere- mony, then he straightway begins to feel ome mysterious significance emanating from the forms he has fashioned. At times he evencomes to believe there is something divine in them. He regards tbem with solemnity or joyousness according to his mood, but always he reverences them and has & suspicion of the sanity or moral- ity of any one who mocksat them or even neglects them. Thus, having endowed New Year's day with a ceremony, he straightway began to feel an influence in it affecting his individual career. It be- came to him a new era, a new start in life, a time to begin all over again and be dif- ferent from what he was. Man is an aspiring animal. As soon as any influence is felt in his inner life he seizes upon it as a means by which he can lift himself to higher things. Even his superstitions are used as wings by which ne hopes to mount, if not to divinity, at least to a loftier humanity. When he be- gan to conceive of New Year's day as the starting of anew life he at once became conscious of a desire for a better life. He resolved to repent, to atone, to redeem s. The agreement at which they recently at- rived malkes the Nicaragua canal matter of vital importance to them. The con- struction of this canal would break the monopoly which has thus been created and enable traffic between the eastern and western sides of the United States to be conducted openly. with the novel element of partial Government contro! as a regula- ting factor and a bar to traffic arrange- ments which would op'erate in restraint of trade. Not only these important resnlts, but also others of equal value, would be accom- vlished by the construction of the canal. Eugland, alive to the importance of crip- pling the Monroe doctrine, sees in the financial backing of the canal and its vir- tual control of the sitnation a solution of the problems which are now worrying it with regard to its position in South America. It is doubtless ready to lend to the canal company all the money required, and the company is merely holdiug off in the hope that the United States will prove equal to the gravity of the situation. This canal is really more important than the Venezuelan Commission, or any of the other great matters which are now absorb- ing the attention of Congress. As a highway for traffic the canal would offer inducements with which 1t would be impossible for the Panama Railway to compete. By means of it ships could pass across the isthmus without the expense and delay of unloading upon cars and then reloading at the other end. Still another important consideration isthat Lake Nica- ragua, being fresh water, could be utilized by ships for cleaning their hulis of barna- cles, and the rich territory contiguous to the lake would develop a producing ca- pacity which would constitute in itself a very important item of the canal’s traffic. The greatest urgency should be employed in pushing the canal project through Con- gress. OAUSES OF FAILURE. It never would bave been possible for the railroad and steamship interests of Mr. Huntingtoa to bold control of the traffic of California had not the merchants of San Francisco contributed to that re- sult, They have done this through no love for Mr. Huntington, but because they lacked his business shrewdness. For more than a quarter of a century they have been toys in his hands. Now and again, when such a daring scheme as his recent arrangement with the Panama Railway was carried through, they have made desperate efforts to- shake off his power. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Thomas Barry, & rich cattle and sheep grower of Custer County, Montana, who, as he SAYS, droye horses out of here-for Montana as early 2s 70, is at the Russ. Mr. Barry's headquarters in Montana isat Forsytne, fiity miles this side of Miles City, the county seat of Custer County,an old Indian outpost. He has come back and forth trom Montana to California so much in recent years that he feels almost as much & Californian as e Montanan. Moreover, he has lately purchased of ex-Min- ister to Japan F. A. Coombs, and other heirs, the old and well-known Coombs ranch, one mile north of Napa. He is now building on it, and improving it in other ways besides setting out & grove or walnut tree: ““This has been & good year in Montana for cattle,” he said. “We have shipped more cat- tle out of the State than we ever did before. “Prices have been good, too. The cattle have | of vacant seats in the French Acaaemy four, | the others being those of Ferdinand de Lesseps, Pasteur and Camille Doucet. The prospect of the places being filled with unknown medioc- | rities is so great that Alphonse Daudet is being publicly urged to make up his differences with the academy and become & candidate, and i even Zola may have some chance. To a boarding-school miss who met Joseph Jefferson at & tea table and began to talk to | him about Sabbath-breaking, the actor said: | “It T were a fisherman I should never fish on Sunday, but, being an actor, I can rest both | soul and body by fishing.” John Ruskin, although very weak physically | is reported to heve recovered his mental bal- | ancc. He has been subject to periods of men- | tel disturbance at different times during his life, and aiter they have passed away his intel- | lect comes out clearer than ever, and he has | then done some of his greatest and most en- THE CHRISTMAS ‘‘CALL.” A Regular Budget. Porterville Enterprise. A regular budget of information. Think of it, fifty-two pages. That’s what the San Fran- cisco CALL gives its readers as an intellectual Christmas gift. If you want a week’s good reading purchase THE CALL. Best Ever Issued. Ventura Demoerat. The Christmas edition of THE CALL was, in many respects, the best paper that has come under our observation ever issued in San Fran- cisco. The once sleepy CALL, now a grand daily, is forging to the front in fine style. Replete With Iniormation. Yreka Journal. The Christmas edition of the San Francisco CALL, containing fifty-two pages, ia‘ replete with fnformation xefiurdlnl the financial, agri- cultural, educational, viticultural and climatic resources of our State. It is an excellent edi- tion, and great credit is due Editor Shortridge. A Marvel. Couiterville Miner. The 52-page Christmas edition of THE CALL is & marvel of newspaper enterprise. It is California clear through, and handles every detail concerning our wonderful State in a {-l-m, truthful and highly interesting manner. t may well be termed & California encyclo- pedia, and people can do no better service for this section than to send a copy fo their irlends throughout the world. Never One Like 1t. Bakersfleld Californian, One of those papers which are laid away for reference and preserved for the fund of valu- able information afforded is the Christmas CALL. There has neyer been anissue of any California paper like it, and in every detail it shows that the man at its head is a thorough Dewspaper man in every sense of the word. THE CALL is rapidly growing in circulation and bids fair to become the leading paper on the coast. Of Value to Ail. San Jose News. The Christmas edition of the San Francisco CALL was a paper that reflected great credit on the manager who conceived it and did honor to the State. There was absent from its columns the skyrocket razzle-dazzle usually found in extra holiday editions, and its place was filled with interesting and useful informa- tion, valuable to el ciasses of people. It was a paper that instructed, while it entertained—in fact, it was & model newspaper, - A World’s Record. San Luis Obispo Tribune. The San Franciseo CALL made a new world’s record for phenomenal editions in its Christ- | mas number and established a new and incon- trovertible claim to leadership among the reat metropolitan journals of the country. FiWas s demonsira ton hat great bulk was | not necessarily destructive of excellence in quality; that “to nuitiply volume it is not necessary to useshoddy and refuse filling. We would say that the edition had reached the standard of a high-class magazine, but that, after all, might be a dubious compliment. The rIstmas number of as to the signi regular 25¢ Ib. Towr the Mackenzie mine, and the work of devil opingisallready to begin, a five-stamp mi being in position. There are two claims adjoining and they form a section 3000 fect in"length by 600 feet in width. A tunnd has been run_in about 150 feet iear the surface, following the lode, which is twelve feet wide. 2 CENTURY CLUB RECEPTION. Rooms Beautifully Decorated to Receive Guests To-Day—Music and Posters. The advent of the new year of 1896 will be recognized io-day by the Century Club in the form of a reception temdered by members of the club-to their friends. The Century is a prosperous, although a some- what exclusive institution, to which 200 or more of the leading ladies of San Fran- cisco belong, hence an opening of itsdoors to admit men for a few hours is a depart- ure attaining the dignity of an event. The reception will begin to-day at 3 o’clock p. M., and if the programme is not broken the functions, so far as it applies to non-members, will end three hours later. Yesterday many of the ladies were busy turning evergreens about the chandeliers and placing posters—bizarre and beauti- ful, {’rencn and American—on the inner walls of the club. Some New Year offer- ings in the line of posters have been de- signed especially for the Century. One of notable excellence in drawing is "the joint Eroduction of Miss Lester and Miss Leach. Something equally attractive is expected from Mrs. O'Sullivan and Miss Hyds, These ladies are members of the club, therefore their work as artists is doubly valued. Mrs. John Swiit, president of the club, was at_the Century House yesterday, but observing the constitutional prohibition against making the affairs 6f the institu- tion public, v evaded an interview of the reception. faras she cen judge there is harmony in the club, and she is surely one to know if discord has The ladies visiting the club to-day, as well as the members of the other sex, will have music to beguile thew ar ments to allure them. But the show only last three hours. —- famous Broken Candy, 10¢ 1b. * e xed Candies, 10¢ 1b. e 21bs California Glace Frui last day of special sal B SPECIAL sale Cream Mixed Candies 15¢ TOWNS! » PURE Townsend's. * regular price wnsend’s. ¥ - “Oh, papa,” said a Pittsburg little girl, “Su- The first Caxy of the j ar brings good wishes and all the new In every instance he has outwitted them and beaten them down, largely using their distrust of one another to that end. Powerful railroad companies desiring to build into California and have San Fran- cisco as a terminus have in the past sent sie Gaswell has subscribed for = magazine, and got such a beautiful picture—a yard of cats, Mayn't I subscribe, too?” “No, my dear,” said papa, kindly, yet firmly. “Ne y s street is full of cats aiter derk, and I don’t think we ought to add number.”’—Pitisburg Chronicle - Tele- himself and be regenerated with a nobler nature. Therefore he consecrated the day to good resolutions. He rose to greet the world with the glad salutation of “Happy New Year” and determined within his heart that he would help to make it so. C THE CALL was read. | That is higher pr Such editions are | usually only *hefted lanced at askance. It Was a ‘“Stunner.”” Tkiah Herald. The Christmas edition of the San Francisco | se. and If we keep up the last ear’s movements people will write the date 1895 N and then try to swear it o Society girls will take notice who leaps last doesn’t alwa The swear-off doesn’ day, but it If you make a lottery of your life it will be an unprofitable fa The New Year will brin you go afte: g you only what nd not all of that. The world wishes itself hapy s, but it worth while to make good nd try to keep them. 1 ves the State reception to- Man isthe godlike animal. He has in him the creative power to will into ex- istence much of the force by which his destiny is'made. It matters not to him whether the inspiration that moves his will comes from some vast substance spien- did as the sun or some voor pomp and vanity of own imagining. It is suffi- cient for him if his will be roused. To him who has resoived with clear mind and brave heart toserve the State, the City, his friends and himself to better. purpose this year than last, 1t will matter little that in the natural order of things to-day is not more of a starting point than yester- day or to-morro It will be to him a true New Year's day, the beginning of a new epoch of life, the dawn of a new era. agents into this City for the purpose of ascertaining what the people were willing to do. Generally all that was asked was a contract for shipping freight for a term of years at a figure lower than the rates of the Southern Pacific. The Southern Pa- cific would immediately offer stili lower rates, generally to those who were showing a disposition fo make contracts with the proposed new road. The shippers would instantly fall into the trap and the opposi- +‘on read would be kept away. The North American Navigation Com- pany was a conspicuous example of the way in which our efforts for freedom are thwarted by the superior shrewdness of | Mr. Huntington. The company was formed by San Francisco shippers, and | rates much lower than those charged by the Pacific Mail were established. As THOMAS BARRY, THE PROSPEROUS MONTANA LIVESTOCK GROWER, HAS BOUGHT THE NOTED COOMBS RANCH. 1 |Sketched from life by a “Call” artist.] averaged abont §$37 each. We have made a | during work. He says now, however, that he | men who are familiar rough estimate that 40,000 have been shipped, | which .is & much greater number than last year. There has been good grass, however, | &and cattle generally have been in good condi tion. for sheep they have been in better de- | mand than last year. The wool brought from | ten to twelve cents a pound, and the mutton | brought 50 cents a head more than formerly. | “There are a great many sheep in Montana— something like 3,000,000 of them. You may Dbe sure I am in favor of a tariff on wool, and I | know scarcely & grower in the new State that | isnot. They all want it, and believe the con- | ditions demsnd it. will never write again. | NEW YEAR SMILES, | — | He knew she had a heart of ice, | Yet still he sought for room within it: | He thought the place was cool and nice, And did, by perseverance, win it. And then he found out in a trice Her heart had warmed since he besought her; Instead of keeping him on ice, | CALL was & “stunner,” She keeps him always in hot water. | incinnati Enquirer. | = | She—I notice that it is the single men who | | are the most anxious 1o go to war. He—Yes. They don’t know what war is.— | loaded with the best statistics to be derived from the history gress of our wonderful State. Every puge, irom the first to the fiity-second, was filled with matter of the most importance— facts that are backed up by preponderance of | evidence.. - Eve; article s from the pen of ith the great State oi California, and more especially those from each county. Every reader California should forward this edition of Tiv CALL to & iriend in the East; 1t will bring to us a larger population and one whom we will welcome as a needed addition. It is not a boom sheet, but one devoted to the interests of our glorious State and the kind that places us before the Deople as we are. Fascinating Keading. Mission Journal. The Christmas edition of the San Francisco CaLy, although of enormous siZe, was beyond doubt the most interesting, instructive and valueble holidav paper published. The char- acter of the numerous_articles contributed by men of such high standing in the community, r trial Hood's Sarsaparilia fulfi a1l claims made for.it. It is the one true blood purifie hence 1ts success in alleviating pain and curing dis ¢ aiter other remedies have failed. .- - CHICAGO LIMITED VIA SANTA RO E. train threughout begins October 29, cars, vestibule reclining s-cars. Los Angeles to Oni- as City, withoat change. Annex connection for Denver and St y-seven hours quicker than -the Th ta Fe bas been and is now the best new A quickest co put in fine | transcontinen Winslow’s Soothing Syrap" d over fifl; for their children 1t soothes the ¢ ions of mothe g with p ers success. Iays Pain, cures Wind Coli regulates the B “I have been spending a good deal of my | | HeTes, They don ; | time in California now for ten years. The Coombs ranch which T have bought, I shallim- | Mrs. Johnson—Your husband has great prove to some extent and hereafter I shall con- | ability. sider Cajifornia my home.” | Mrs. ¢, and does it in a flowery style. of nnquestioned authority in their respective spheres, gives the paper a value that must create an unusual demand from all true Cali- | fornians who are interested in the welfare of | the State. The almost complete absence of the | business, that is, the paid-for_portion, and the i and i3 the best remedy for D! rrhceas, whethes om teething or s. For sale by in every partof the world. Eesuraaad ask ior Mrs. Winsiow’s Soothing Syrip. 25 botlle. CONSOLIDATING EFFORTS. The Half-million Club has taken a wise step in retiring from the field as a sepa- rate organization and determining to de- these rates were hardly sufficient to meet the running expenses of the company, it was a simple matter for the Pacific Mail to step in at the proper moment with greatly | » Tast year talked of municipal reform and this year ought to do the business. | timson (who has discovered her hus- | band)—Yes. Irritabili 2 > Shi N A - | Mr. Barry has & wide acquaintance among Truth. literary value of the contributions, togetier | : Tt e e 5 Tuere is no mystery story so interesting | yote its energies throngh the work of the | Feduced Tates. Shippers immediately | Mr atey has o wide scguaatance amon j : - with the pruning of statistical biistles S ena el Doy ey B0 as that which the pages of the new year | individuals composing it to the furthering | 2bandoned theirown enterprise, patronized |, ° %C Eat R S0 el PNIEt [ Sotn ey e aonertson of Irine, | makes. the: fealing most {ssclnating. C. . | SX Wi, and s eutirely el sy cout. r pag 3 g BDEHE | i Wil and T6b Binir o9 o | | Scotland, was once addressing a boys' meeting, | Shortridgs, the enterprising proprictor “and | men furthernorih Boundirlp tckets, by siesm- gan. of the purposes of other organizatior | and having delightea them with some of his ship, including fifteen days’ board as editor, has'added another laurel to his wreati, Coronado, $60; longer and continues to win golden opinions from all he Hot | pany go to ruin. And yet they say to-day having kindred aims. This club was| It is going to be a campaign year, with music for the masses from now until No- vember. The Nicaragua canal is a feature of the Monroe doctrine that should be worked up this year. ‘We may all be happy yet if the coming Womap doesn’t mix up politics with leap- year parties. It is not so much what you swear off, as what you swear to do, that will make the year happy for you. Start the year with a good resolution, a new diary and a silver dollar and see which you can keep longest. It may be called the new era, but there is the same old European war cloud drift- ing around the horizon. There are plenty of signs to show this will be a bad year for political bosses and w2 geod year for the people. A year that opens for us with a snow festival and a rose carnival is liable to go to extremes in everything. Ordinary clothing may not advance much this year, but there is a chance that bloomers will take a jump. The year may be a trifle cold to begin with, but there is enough politics in the fire to make it red hot before long. As the Senate has organized with the silver side up, there is no cloud on it yis- ible from our side of the contirent. This is going to be the best year on record to swear off non-partisan move- ments and stick to straight politics, While you are wishing a happy New Year for your friends you might as well resolve to try to make 1t so for them. Resolutions that do not include good for others as well as for yourself are too nar- row a platform for anybody to stand on. Start the new year by sending the WEEKLY CALL to your Eastern friends and let them see what a good State you live in. Swear off the old, swear on the new, Swear down the false. swear up the true, And all in all, swear by THE CALT, | Or else you should not swear at ail. To all the world & happy v Stand forth, O youth, with gladsome chieer, While maidens leap for joy. Among the pictures of the future none | shows up bigger than the Presidential canvas with what looks-like a composite | portrait on it. | . | Many problems now considered new and perplexing will in the course of time open up of themseélves, like ripened burrs, and show nothing but chestnuts inside. The barbed-wire fence of monopoly, the cobblestone tactics of the Solid Eight and many a corrupt pool obstrnct the way to prosperity, but the new year has vigor to overleap them all. 1f the year fulfills all its promises Cuba will have independence, Armenia religious liberty, Venezuela security for its bounda- | Nicaragna and Costa Rica shail become formed to increase the vopulation of San ! Francisco to 500,000. The growth and size of a city depend on elements wholly dii- ferent from those which concern the de- velopment of the interior. There are only two ways in which the population and business of a city can be increased. One is by extending its commerce and the other by developing the country immedi- ately contributary to it. For the first purpose we have the Traffic Association, which looks to the securing of reasonable transportation raies, and the numerous unions of producers which are constituted largely to extend the area of their markets. For the second purpose we | have the State Development Committee, | which is advertising the State abroad and working to secure immigration; and the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Associa- tion, which aims principally to promote prosperity by encouraging the consump- tion of home products. An organization not directly related to either of these pur- poses, but equally as important, is the Merchants’ Association, which is seeking to improve the physical condition of San Francisco, and still another is the C Federation, which aims to secure politicai honesty and efficiency in municipal affairs. Hence there was really no room for the Half-million Club as an independent or- ganization. It could not hopesdirectly to | increase the population of the City. That | could be accomplished oniy indirectly \ developing the resources of the interio ," making industries of all kinds profitable | | by resort to various means, and improving the physical and political condition of the City. The work of its dishanded members these various other movements. This dishanding represents the exceed- ingly useful idea of concentration. Even as it is we can hardly hope to accomplish the best results. We have no central gov- erning board harmonizing the efforts of the various separate organizations and concentrating all efforts on definite lines of restricted purpose. Such a consolida- tion would be a powerful agency at present, when we have before us the Nicaragua canal, the railroad debt and the extinction of the Panama Railway as a competing transportation line. Itis not too late to effect some central organization, which, if iormed, would represent an enormo power. The Half-million Club by di banding has given & hint in that direction. THE TWO CANAL BILLS. The biils introduced in tke Senate and the House of Representatives for the promotion of the Nicarazua canal are different only in the amounts for which | the Governments of the United States, responsible. The Senate bill, introduced by Mr. Perkins of California, provides that these amounts shall be 50 per cent larger than are provided for in the House bill. That is to say, the Perkins bill provides for 1,000,000 shares of the value of $150 eachiy of this_amount the United States | shall take 915,000 shares; X caragua 60,000 and Costa Rica 15,000. There is at present no reason for doubting that Nicaragua and Costa Rica will agree to these terms if the bill is passed by Congress. It would be diflicuit to convince the public tbat the bitter fight against the canal project is not inspired by the re- ries, the United States prosperity, Europe Ppeace and England a little more sense. cently consolidated interests of . P. will be far more effective when devoted to | that they saved the State millions of dol- lars above the losses of the Navigation Company. Our merchants now realize that they themselvés have made possible the recent deal between the Panama Railway and the Pacific Mail, whereby Mr. Huntington has a fuller control than ever before of our traffic. They unanimously declare with perfect wisdom that clipper ships round the Horn offer the only solution of the problem, and they rightly believe that rates overland and by way of the isthmns will be inevitably raised. But unless ihey make long-term con- tracts with clipver ships, so as to bind | themselves as well as the vessels, they will more than likely meet the fate of the past —they will be led into the trap of low rates made by the Panama and Sunset routes, and will abandon the means which they have devised for their deliverance. They fear that some merchant not binding him- self to an opposition line will receive ad- vantages which they may not enjoy. It is this fear that explains the whole mystery of Mr. Huntington’s grasp upon the com- merce and industries of the State. PERSONAL. James M. Quilter of Seattle is here. The Rev. Clemon Good is at the Occidental. Mayor I. N. Baggs of Stockton is here for a brief stay. Cy Mulkey, the fast horse owner of Napa, is at the Grand. yn Lew: ., is in the J. F. Cummings, a mining man of Butte Val- ley, is at the Palace. George B. Walker, a mine-owner of Arizona, reached here yesterday. Judge J. Charles Jones of Sacramento is spending a few days here. John Markley, secretary of the Democratic Central Committee, is in the City. C. E. Shennan, a business man of Santa Bar- bara, was among the arrivals yesterdsy. John Livingstone, a wealthy Canadian who is on & tour of the world, is at the Occidental. Robert Duncan, superintendent of the great Treadwell gold mine, Douglas Island, Alaska, is among the recent arrivals here, is, » business man of Pheenix, CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 31.—Among recent arrivals are: Moreland, Albert; G. H. Davis, Imperial; Misses Hopkins, Holland; A. Kroch- lee; Grand Union; C. H. Wood, Grand; J. R. Walker, Plaza. OFFICERS ARE ANXIOUS, The County Covernment Act Will Be Tested in the Supreme Court. The County officials who hold office un- der the consolidation act are preparing to make a testof the powers of the county government act before the Supreme Court. Under the consolidation act their tenure of office is but two years, while under the recently enacted law four years are the term. A question has been raised whether or not the new act applies to San Francisco, and it is this noint which the officials de- sfre to settle, A:.number of officials desired to hold a private meeting -to discuss the matter, but others, among them Police Judge Low, de- clined to attend sucha gathering, on'the ground that such action might be con- strued as a conspiracy to keep them in offices whether entitled to them or not. A public meeting will be held during the next week, at which all the officials are ex- Huntington and the Panama Rasilway. pected to attend THE NEW VOLUME. Come, open the book of the new-born year, All stainless, white as the Snow— Not an evil blot nor a painiul tear, Nor a written line of woe. The old-year volume had mauy a tale Were better by far untold: Too often a word with an echo of wail. A dearth of the heart’s pure gold. May the book new opened be all replete, When its pages are closed at last, With poems of deeds, whose memories sweet Shall be joys when the year is past. Cu 25 D. SoUTIL FROM WESTERN SANCTUMS. Reigns, but Does Not Rule. Los Angeles Express, 8o far from ruling, Mr. Cleveland seems to resemble Queen Victoria in that he reigns, but does not rule. A Dangerous Precedent. Oakland Enquirer. The proper way to sell bonds, when bond sales are necessary, is to offer them to the highest bidder. To dispose of them to a syndi- cate by private contract is to set a dangerous precedent. Less Expense, Not More Tax. East Oregonian. The people are alrcady paying more taxes to the Federal Government than are necessary. The deficiericy in the revenues can be met by decreasing expenditures and by abolishing a few of the unnecessary offices. Progress on Crutches. Alameda Encinal, Among the remarkable happenings to be credited to the closing days of the year 1895 is one to the effect that preparations are now being made to hoist into position the first sec- tion of the statue which is to edorn the apex of the dome of the big tower on San Francisco’s “new” City Hall." Many people had about given up the idea of ever seeing the statue in position. 7 A Horse of Another Color. Hanford Sentinel. When it comes to a clean issue of American- ism there is no North, no South, no East, no West—there are no Recpublicans, no Demo- crats, no Populists—all are Americans. It was not Cleveland that the people were backing, but the President. When Mr. Cleveland fol- lowed up his message on the Monroe doctrine with one for the relief of the gamblers of Wall street he must have discovered that he was riding a horse of anotber color. PEOPLE WORTH READING ABOUT. General Duchesne, who commanded the French army that routed the Hovas, won the cross of the Legion of Honor at Solferino. He is 58 yearsold. Lord Rothschild is said to have bought the Trinity Almshouse in the Mile End road in London, with the intention of substituting a synagogue for the chapel. King Leopold of Belgium detests instrumen- tal music of any kind. Itseems to cause him real physical suffering. 1If any one sits down at the piano in the King’s presence his Majesty swiftly vanishes, while it is said that he would “‘run & mile to escape the sound of his Queen's harp.” There is one Smith family in Ohio that will never be confounded with the other Smiths if its members are known by their first names. The father is Rev. Jeremiah Prophet Elijah Smith. Hissons are named Most Noble Festus and Sir Walter Scott Bart.and his daughters Juan Fernandez Island and Terre del Fuego. The Queen Regent of Spain is a confirmed smoker of cigarettes, and when ut work is sel- dom without one between her lips or in a box near at hand. It is the especial pleasiire of ‘Bubi” (his Catholic Majesty, King Alfonso XIII) to light the cigarettes for his mamma. “Carmen 8ylv: " the queen of Roumania, is also an ardent cigarette smoker. Alexander Dumas’ death makes the number racy anecdotes, he began to “‘araw to a close" ying: ow 1'm going to point out the moral of all | “Never mind the moral,” shouted a little fellow from the middle of the hall, ‘‘gie’s an- | ither story!” | Sce the woman. See the man. | Does the man grow sick at heart and tremble at the approach of the woman? The man does notdo s thing but grow sick atheart and tremble at the approach of the woman. Is she & woman with a past? Al no. She is & woman with a present, and | the man is not sure whether it isa box of igars or e pair of carpet slippers. Yes.—Detroit Tribune. “So you do not want my poem?” the poet in- quired breezily. “No,” the editor replied without looking up from his writing. “Isee,” snid the poet; “t00 poor to buy good verse.” “Sir!” the editor exclaimed angrily. ““Oh, that's all right. You needn’t get werm about i overty’s no disgrace.” — Chicago Times-Herald. | GIRL'S DRESS. WITH BOX-PLEATED | BLOUSE WAIST, I A charming dress for little girls is here shown. The waist is supplied with a lining to hold the blouse in place; the skirt is simply gathered to the waist, making it a sensible and comfortable aress. A piain zephyr gingham of pink is effectively trimmed by bows of black velvet as illustrated, with narrow velvet ribbon run through white embroidery at neck, waist, wrist and yoke. A blue dimity {s daintily trimmed with Dresden ribbons. Challies develop well after this model and are pretty when piece lace is used as trim- ming, making the yoke and lower sieeves of it. White lawn is exquisite if made with a yoke of tiny tucks. trimmed with the narrowest Valenciennes lace of a yellowish color. The box-pleats should also be edged with the lace. Dreeden ribbous complete the trimming. The pattern is also suitable for making ‘woolen dresses. A light-weight crepon of blnet in arather light shade is pretty, with creamy lace yoke and lower sleeves. Mottied and mixed cheviots and tweeds are relieved by collar, belt and shoulder bows of bright ribbow, lovers of fair play and true enterprise. MARRIED IN 1835. and Mrs. Gendar Celebrate Thei Sixtleth Anniver- sary. - Mr. and Mrs, E. F. Gendar of 545 Steven- Mr. r son street celebrated their sixtieth wed- | ding anniversary last Monday evening. They were married in New York in 1835, and the marriage certificate, issued by Rev. George Benedict of the Banptist Church, was displayed at the anniversary celebration. r. Gendar i years of age and his wife is two years younger. The husband belongs to ‘& family that was prominent at New York in revolutionary times, and his grandmother won distinc- tion by raising the first American flag at ber city in a sort of Barbara Frietsche style after General Howe had capitulated. Mrs. Gendar's aunt, Barbara Brave, ficured in the revolution by rowing out to an English ship at night and tossing food through the portholes to the American sailors imprisoned there. Mr. and Mrs. Gendar moved from New York to this City in 1856. Mr. Gendar was formerly in the fruit business, Edward Sanderson, a son of the ex-Mayor, being his partner. Three sons reside in this City, the only surviving children. THE FERRY DEPOT. Attorney-General Fitzgerald Says That Oregon Stone Must Be Used. Attorney-General Fitzgerald and the Harbor Commissioners are at outs over the erection of the new ferry depot. Mr. Fitzgerald says the Orezon gray stone called for in the contract must be used, while Governor Budd, ex-Attorney Strat- ton and the present attorney, Tirey L. Ford, of the board are of the opinion that the Com missioners have full power to sub- stitute any stone they think best so long as the extra cost does not exceed $3000. President Colnon and Commissioners Cole and Chadbourne were chagrined over the turn:affairs have taken and all the waiting contractors were told to return again to-morrow. .Just what steps will be taken it is hard to say, but the chances are that the bonds will be accepted. in spite of the adverse opinion of the At- torney-General. In regard to the offer of the granite com- pany to supply granite and marble in place of Colusa site stone the Commis- sioners find that the extra cost will be $40,- 000. This shuts out the granite and mar- ble and the Colusa stone still leads in the estimation of the Commissioners. GOLD IN FRESNO. A New Mine in Bear Valley That Pros- pects Well. S. B. Holton, a Fresno County mining man, came into town yesterday with some gold ore from two new mines in Bear Val- ley. The specimens are exceedingly rich, the crumbling quartz being seamed and threaded with pure metal. The average value of the ore is estimated at $25 per ton. 4 New Monigomery . Thelode is situated abous two miles from $250 per day. an Frascisco. Apply SIEEPLESSNESS, Indigestion and Pain are hore v'S GINGER ToNIC will abate. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAN aids the hair growth, NEW TO-DAY. At Home In our elegant, large, well lighted new store, 811 MARKET ST. (Flood Building), Saturday, ] January 4th Steadily, healthily increas- ing trade made the old place too smail. The old stock was closed out and we start the NEW YEAR in a NEW STORE with a brand NEW STOCK ; with re- newed go-aheadativeness and a renewed determina- tion to treat everybody right and earnthe good will of all good people. Drop in and exchange “A Happy New Year” and see our new store. CARROLL & TILTON Men’s and Boys’ Clothing and Furnishing Goods, 811 MARKET ST. If limbs, use an Allcock’s tions is as good as the genuine. you want a sure relicf for ~ains in the back, side, chest, or Porous Plaster BEAR IN MIND—Not one of the host of counterfeits and imita~