The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 3, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1596. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and P(or’ ietor. i 1 [ . six months, by mail.. 3.00 3 day Ca1i, three months by mail 1.50 Taily sind Svnit e month, by mail.. .65 Eunday CaLy,one’y 1.50 WEEKLY CAli, O 1.50 ot Street, California. | ..Main—1868 ROOMS : Stree one.. EDITORIAL 517 Clay B Maln—1874 & Mission street: open until 9 o'clock. 416 Ninth street; open until 9 0'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : $08 B . EASTERN OFFICE: 34 Park Row, New York City. FOLTZ, Special Agent. Rooms 21 DAV FRIDAY Stick to the swear- | Pay your debts and start new. ‘ 3 e war into Africa has become | opean fad. | - - | | hes the button and | Help to m, 2ome ind tou Morgat Grover does the that confronts Cali- ng bill. The emerg fornia is the fundi It is not-Cuban pendence but last | year's bills we must recognize now. i as welcomed everywhere, ve it the best show. The new year but Pasad Now that a chance § the holidays are 6ver there is somebody to take a rest. Oné by o now the islands of the world bob | . Thomas has the floor. 1 street 'is readv to save the | 10,000,000 a save. The new taken the cake, but there is a 1 of - last year’s dough in it. i effective way to head | to take off his the on off would be a floral festival yet she has an ice pal- ia -is' now i both feet an zen should ally ion organized good. and a ~ power strong on of the Nicaragua canal , but it will save construc h would keep ont of other ryving pans they wouldn’t have to jump-into the fire 5o often. Witis alt our gettings tiss year we must get a new. rter—any change will be bet- ter than the present one. | If the Oregon people cannot make money otit of their horse cannery they had better jlurn’itinto a bicycle factory. Jefore - Cleveland ~makes another deal | with a "bond syndicate he ought to be | hauled: over the coals for his last deal. | In the ‘new year as in the old the S ughter of :Armenians goes on and will | néver stop until civilization compels it. | ‘Whien the Democratic National Commit. tee me to fix a place for the party con- vention'it had better arrange at the same time to advertise for candidates. The probable action of the Senate onany question that comes up will afford the couniry all the guessing contests it wiil need for amusement this winter. Take.it for all in all the political sitna- tion of the country was never more inter- esting than at this time and never more likely to result in surprise parties. All San Franciscans who can afford it should go to’ Pasadena and manifest the interest the metropolis feels-in every en- terprise undertaken in any .part of the State. The fellows who reported: that Cleve- Jand. would appoint Fuller, Phelps and Lincoln 16 the Venezuelan Commission made a very good guess, but they guessed wrong. Two new year's resolutions that West- ern. Congressmen should stick to are that there must be no funding bill, and there must be. a Nicaragua canai bill this winter. We are glad to welcome Governor Mor- ton as an avowed candidate for the Presi- dency: In the Republican wagon there is ! room for -every aspirant, and the more the | merrier. The Monroe doctrine will occupy a large vlace in.the’ next Presidential campaign, but as it is a card that all parties can play it will cot have much effect in determin- ing the result. England closed the old year by boldly marching into the Transvaal and begins the new one by modestly crawling out again as if she had made a swear-off on land-grabbing. The Eastern States have so many candi- dates for the Republican nomination for the Presidency that the Pacitic Coast ought to putone forward just to show it is in the procession. The purchase of St. Thomas from Den- mark would be another step toward re- nioving European domination from this bemisphere, and all such steps are worth | taking even if they do cost something. The new buildings for the Affiliated Col- | leges cannet be made impressive by size or magnificence and for that reason all the more care should be taken to give them the grace and beauty of well-ordered architecture. If there is any way by which the ferry ‘ depot can ‘be constructed of California | granite .inste:d of Oregon graystone it should be done. Granite is better than | graystone and California is a little bit bet- | wer than.Oregon. | appointing. | statesmanship. | in New York, and President Gilman of | Johns Hopkins University are as eminent ansvaal needs isan African | ¢ THE VENEZUELAN COMMISSION. The Venezuelan Commission appointed by President Cleveland is somewhat dis- The members are able in their respective ways, but they do not constitute as strong a body as the people were led to look for. A scholarly knowl- edge of international law and a thorough honesty of purpose each of them undoubt- edly possesses, but it is by no means certain that any of them has the statesmanship to grasp the broader issues of the subject and comprehend the question as one of a far- rerching American policy and not a mere controversy over a region of swamp lands to be settled by the technicalities of text- books. Of the five members of the commission only Andrew D. White has had any ex- perience in diplomacy or statecraft, and | even he has aistinguished himself more as a college president than as a foreign Min- ister. Brewer and Alvey bave become eminent as Judges, aud have merited the honors they have received, but they have never been tested by the standards of Coudert, an able lawyer as their colleagues, but are equally untried m the management of great affairs of state. Thus there is nothing in the record of any of the Commissioners that affords assurance of a statesmanlike sagacity in dealing with an issue whose proper solu- tion depends far more upon wise statecraft than upon the precedents of international law. An unfortunate weakness in the com- mission is found in the relation of all the members of it to the great political parties of the country. None of them are recog- nized representatives of either the Repub- lican or the Democratic party. In the language of the day, they are not ‘“stal- warts.”” Brewer and Alvey, being on the bench, have, of course, had little to do with party politics, but Coudert has made a reputation as a -Democratic bolter, White has never been a strict Republican, and Gilman has been so little of a Repub- lican be can hardly be called a party man at all, and is only reported to be known as having *‘Republican proclivities.” Cleveland has, in fact, appointed what is practically a mugwump commission, and it will not have the confidence of the country as thoroughly as a commission composed of such stalwart party men as Fuller, Lincoln and Phelps would have had. Mugwumps are eminently respect- able citizens who have the peculiar mental characteristic of seeing more fauits in their own party than in that of their opponents. The danger of intrusting foreign affairs to their decision is that this same peculiarity may lead them to see more faults in the American claim than in the foreign claim. In their mugwump desire not to lean toward the jingoes they may lean too far the other way, and out of their lack of sympathy with popular senti- ment tkey may be unable to feel the real greatness and importance of the principle which we wish through their management to establish. Fortunately whatever the commission does will have to be referred to the Senate, and 1f the work does not show an Ameri- canism sufficiently stalwart it can be re- jected. There wili certainly be no tendency anywhere to condemn it before it commits an error. The public recognizes the ability of the men who compose it, and in the "swmnce of any proof to the contrary will expect them to be equal to the task before them. We would have preferred men of more experience in statecraft and truer representatives of our great political par- ties, but perhaps when it comes to a ques tion between America and any for power even the mugwumps themselves may prove to be stalwarts. DANGERS OF THE SEA. Cheering news comes that the Miowera safe, though no explanation of her ex traordinary desertion of the Strathne bas been given. She left the latter shi helpless on a dangerous coast and at the | merey of agale that was blowing heavily | onshore. It is true that the Miowera’s two lines had parted, and that it was next to impossible to make them fast again, but the Miowera after the accident slipped away in the dark without a signal of such an ‘intention and gave no heed to the Strathnevis’ repeated calls for a reply. The peril of the Strathnevis illustrated the helplessness of modern steamships with a broken shaft. Having insufficient sailing facilities to give her headway in an ordinary rough sea, she wi n unresisting prey ta the violent storms which prevail at this time of the year in the Northern Pa- cific Ocean. Steamships are stripped of masts, spars and sails because these ad- juncts of safety lower the speed of the ves- sels under steam by offering resistance to the wind. Inother words, speed is deemed a more important consideration than human hfe. As the shaft is the -weakest part of the machinery, and the most difficult to re- pair when broken, it scems strange that inventive genius has not discovered a way 1o make one that cannot be broken. Or- dinarily a shaft can be mended if the weather is fair and the fracture is within the body of the vessel, but in the case of the Strathnevis the fracture occurred with- out, close to the propeller, which sank. With infinite labor the men of the vessel bad rigged a jury propeller made of some boiler iron that happened to be aboard, but there was no opportunity to test it before the ship was picked up. It would require a very sanguine temperament to expect even headway to be secured by such a device. The method of making a shaft seems crude and creates the expectation of break- ing. It is mereiy a piece of hammered steel. If by some accident it should hap- pen to be truly homogeneous, the calcula- tion of its strength would be a simple mat- ter. Itis strange that the idea adopted by makers of fishing-rods has never been tried with steamer shafts. Itis true that the strain on a shaft is tors 1, wiich is not the case with a fishing-rod, but the segmental plan of building, particularly if the completed structure be given a perma- nent twist in the direction of its strain, as can be done with metal, would likely pro- duce vastly greater strength than a homo- geneous piece of metal, as in such a case the strain would be divided between ten- sile and torsional elements. THE MINING EXCHANGE. The organization of the San Francisco Gold Mining Exchange has come nonetoo soon. Itisan extraordinary factthat prac- tically the only mining securities whici for many years have been dealtin here are those of the Comstock lode in Nevada, which represents silver-mining. The new concern will not only list the worthy gold mines of California, but will be an ex- change in tne proper sense—it will pro- mote mining by serving us an agent be- tween mioce-owners and capitalists. It is in this particular that the most important feature of the enterprise appears. 1t must, however, be a spirit above that of mere gambling in mining shares and must have the backing of responsible mining inter- ests. California is bound to benefit eventually from the great gold-mining boom at Crip- ple Creek, Colo., and the new Gold Mining Exchange can be made the means for pro- ducing that result. Tbe tremendous ex- citement at Cripple Creek is drawing thither an enormous amount of foreign capital. A proper vpresentation of the claims of Califorma can bring much of this money to our own mines. The good results which may be made to flow from the new movement are numerous and various. In the first place a serious menace threatens the industry in this State in the shape of a railroad land grant which covers a very large area in the gold-bearing regions and which is in danger of being patented by the Govern- ment to the railroad as agricultural lands. Several bills are now pending in Congress for protecting these lands, and the new exchange can do effective work by co- operating with the California Miners' As- sociation in urging the passage of these bills, Still another need is a careful and thorough survey of the mineral regions by the Government, in order that the work of prospecting may be simplified and large gold-bearing areas thrown open to de- velopment. An appropriation from Con- gress will be required for this work, and the matter should be urged with all possi- ble diligence. Still another is the organization of pow- erful companies for placing water on the desert regions in the southern part of the State, where gold is known to exist in great abundance. Itcannot be mined at present, by reason of a lack of water. The Colorado and Mojave rivers contain vastly more water than would be needed for the purvcse. The turning of them into the deserts would open up splendid tracts of agricultural land, as well asrender mining possible. These irrigation companies might be made independent institutions, and there is no doubt that they would se- cure handsome profits. The cheapeping of mining methods within the last few years has enor- mously increased the mining area of the State by making it possible to mine low- grade ores at a profit. In every way the industry is one of the most attractive that California offers to erterprise and capital, and the new exchange can employ its energies to make the facts known. THE NEED INCREASING. A peculiar fate seems to be urging Mr. Huntington forward in his course of piling up the reasons why the Nicaragua canal should be built. Not satisfied with secur- ing, by means of his deal with the Panama Railway, a complete monopoly of the trai- fic of California so far as the isthmus and his overland railroads are concerned, he is said now to be shaping his plans for secur- ing control of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, which is one of the main outlets of San Francisco to the northern systems of transcontinental rail- | roads. The Union Pacific runs steamers from its northern terminus to San Frahcisco, but Mr. Huntington has nothing to fear from them. Indeed, the recently reported scheme for the reorganization of that com- pany is directly in the line of his fight with the Government, as the provisions devised therein for the adjustment of the Government debt are similar in character | to Mr. Huntington’s plans for avoiding pay ment of his debt to the Government. The Oregon Railway and Navigation Company is in a very different position. Itis in the | hands of receivers who have no interests in common with Mr. Huntington’s and | who have been worrying him greatly of late. The Navigation Company boldly cut rates to the north and forced the Southern P: cific to meet the cut between San Fran- ciscoand Portland. The latter company kept up the fight for a time and then was compelled to raise its rates, being unable to drive the Navigation Comvany out of the field. Immediately following the railroad raise the Navigation Company’s steamers were crowded, and as the com- pany declares that it can maintain these and conduct its business at a profit it dent that_the Southern Pacific has a hard enemy to fight. The Navigation Company has been mak- ing efforts recently to reorganize. It has delayed, and the explanation is that Mr. Huntington 1s working in the matter and | shaping his course to secure control of the company and remove it as a competitor. If this is accomplished California’s outlet to the north be as completely monop- olized as is the isthmus. In view of his | success with so refractory a company as the Panama Railway, it cannot be doubted that Mr. Huntington will succeed with the Navigation Company, if that is really bis plan. Thus, by constantly strengthening his monopoly of transportation between the Atlantic and Pacitic he is adding to the list of reasons why the Nicaragua canal should be assisted and controlled by the Government. ‘It is not a question of ad- eing the private interests concerned in the canal, but of making commerce be- tween the Atlantic and Pacific possible. It is monstrous and incredible that the | people of this country should hesitate for | a moment to break this enormous and dangerous power held by one company. The Nicaragua canal would correct all the evils which that monopoly represents. FROM WESTERN SANCTUMS. Of Universal Application. Los Angeles Tjmes. It might be a good thing for some one to send Spain a copy of the President’s message. Main Proposition All Right. Tulare Register. The people are with the President on the main proposition, but there was no need for encouraging jingoism. Jingoism is cheap stuft and can never be counted on for efficient help when war comes. The Revival of Gold Mining. Hanford Democrat. At this time last year there were over 7000 idle men 1n San Francisco. Now there are only 3000 looking for work, and 70 per cent of this number are married. The revival of goid min- ing has given employment to many people, and this industry will increase from now on rather than diminish. All Americans, Santa Cruz Sorf. ‘Within the forty-eight hours jast passed the words Northerner and Southerner, Democrat and Republican, have lost a certain shade of meaning, and the word American has been magnified in the minds and hearts of men. We are one peovle to-day in a sense in which we have not oeen for sixty years. These Three. Stockton Record. Congressman Johnson has touched a re- sponsive chord in the hearts of his constitu- ents by coming out squarely against the bond swindle. He can gain the everlasting confi- dence of these people if he will come down just as strong against retiring the greenbacks, in favor of free silver and opposition to any funding bill as proposed by C. P. Huntington. Letting a Bird Go. Los Angeles Record. There is an old tradition about how foolish the man looked who let a bird go. Perhaps he didn’tlook as foolish as the man who runs after his hat in the strect. And neither of them could look as foolish as Uncle Sam will look if Nicaregua gets out of patience with our fooling and givesa charter to a syndicate of Englishmen wno will furnish the capital and g0 right ahead and aig the canal, That is what it may come to. AROCUND THE CORRIDORS. Ex-Congressman J. A. Louttit of Stockton, who is building the Stockton and Lodi Termi- nal Railroad, is at the Lick. Mr. Louttitsays the entire sixteen miles be- tween the two towns is now graded, and that the ties and rails are ready to lay. “The road will be thoroughly equipped in hape anc the cars running by March id. “The sixteen miles, however, is onlya small part of the road as it will be before we get through with it. *“There will be in 211160 miles of road, tak- ing in the two branches from Lodi. It will tap Ex-Congressman James A. Louttit. [Sketched by a “Call?” artist.] new territor and be of great service to the farmers in the region through which it will pass. “There Is a_lot of countr has no railroad within r the Sto will try to supply this need. “The work will be continued right along. I want to reiterate thet the road is not for sale. No partof it has ever been offered for sale, and in fact we don’t want to sell it.”” J. W. Hartzell, who built the San Mateo elec- tric road, the fitst electric road in the State, and who is interested in the first named road with Mr. Louttit, was also at the Lick yester- dey, conferring with Mr. Louttit. The ex-Congressman is almost a native of | Stockton and San Joaquin County. *I came to California with my people when I was about 2 years old,”” he said. “We settled at Mokelumne Hill, near Stockton. 1 grew up, attended school, studied law and finally set- tled in Stockton. There I have beew ever since, except when I was in Washington and in Colo- rado, where I mined for awhile.” Mr. Louttit is & candidate for the position of delegate-at-large from' California to the Na- tional Republican Convention, which meets in St. Louis on June 16 next. He says he thinks he will get it. The convention here will prob- ably be held in May. Mr. Louttit is in the City on business in con- nection with hi: THE MAGIC OF A SMILE. Smile a little, sm AS you go alon, 2 one whe iife is pleasant, But when things £o wrong. Care dellghts 10 S you irowning— 1.0Ves L0 hear you sigh; Turn & smillog face upon her, Quick the dame will fly. Smile a 1i smile a little, g the road; ¥ 1ife must have its burden— Evéry heart its lc ‘Why sit down in gioom and darkness With your grief o sun? As you drink F. i Smile upon the troubled pilgrims Whom you pass and meet; Frowns are thorns and s Ot £ ary feet. Do not make the w ji face. ile a little— hten up the plac ilés are blossoms seem harder Smile a Little, Er you meet with 10ss and sorrow Dassi Smile a little, sm Even through your ars. LLA WHEBLER WILCOX. NEW MONUMENT TO WASHINGTON. The members of the Society of the Cincinnati resident in Philadelphia have presented the municipality with a msgnificent statue of Washington, which is said tobe the most costly equestrian statue in the United States. It has been decided to erect it at the Green-street entrance of Fairmount Park. This, of course, is far removed from the business center of the city, and this fact has awakened a good deal of unfavorable criticisms. Voicing this senti- too, create business for itself, | there now that | 1able distance, and | on and Lodi road, with its branches, It is a most vaiuable production and reflects creditupon the energetic editor and his loyal | corps of workers. The price is only 5 cents, but it is worth a dollar to send to your friends who are interested in Californian matiers. —_— PERSONAL. F. L. Niel of Pope Valley is in the City. S. T. Constable, a business man of E1 Paso, is here. K. G. Craighead of Dayton, Ohio, has arrived here. John H. Yoell, an attorney of San Jose, is in town. F. C. Lusk, the attorney, of Chico, is at the Palace. J. D. Lynch, the well-known Los Angeles journalist, is at the Lick. James McHolme and R. Mackay Tripp of Van- couver, B. C., are at the Russ. Dr. E. 8. De Puy of Crescent City was among yesterday’s arrivais at the Grand. H. M. La Rue, the State Railroad Commis- sioner, has arrived from Sacramexto. The Rev. William Acton of the Methodist Episcopal church at Dixon is in the City. Superior Judge J. D. Goodwin of Plumas County has errived here for a few weeks’ stay. Charles C. Bowman, & merchant of Suisun, is at the Grand, accompanied by his bride, & young lady of Suisun. Ex-Judge C. 0. Clarke of Siskiyou County, who has large mining and timber interests in that part of the State, is at the Russ. J. G. Day, the Government contractor for the extensive work in the Columbia River at Cascade Locks, between Oregon and Washing- ton, is hiere on a pleasure trip. E. H. Winchester of the firm of Main & Winchester, who has been living at his old home in New Hampshire for twenty years or more, arrived here yesterday, accompanied by his wife. They are at the Occidental. Charles Perkins, one of the pioneers of Little River, is at the Russ. Mr. Perkins owns a large areg of land there and is extensively engaged in sheep and cattle raising. He also conducts & large creamery and Other enterprises. Marcus C. Hawley, the old-time San Fran- | cisco merchan, who for nearly two score years has been & partner in the firm of Hawley | Brothers, but who Las been living in Connecti- | cut for many years, is at the Occidental. He will remain here most of the winter as is his annual eustom. Mr. Hawley is looking very well. John Gray, son of Colonel Mike Gray, the Arizona pioneer, and one of the owners of the noted Gray ranch at Camp Rucker, at the ex- | treme southeastern part of Arizona,is in the | City. At Camp Rucker are some magnificent | springs, the only ones to be found over & vast area, and here Geronimo, the *‘Kid,” and other noted Apache chiefs were born. The springs | are near the strongholds of Cochise. THE CHRISTMAS "CALL.” | Excels Any. | Hanford Democrat. The Christmas edition of Tiz CALL should be de up in pamphlet form and given general culation. It excels any paper ever issued in | California. Full of Interesting Matter. Yuba City Independent. The San Francisco CALL issued a handsome | Christmas number full of original matter and interesting information concerning the State, Keeps Up With the Procession. Benicla New Era. THE CALL'S fifty-two page Christmas edition | came as a pleasant surprise and wasa most | sensible and readable journal. THE CALL keeps up with the procession all right. The Banner Edition. The San Francisco CALL issued the banner | Christmas edition. Its fifty-two pages were full | of choice reading matter, and the proprietor | ¢ an be justly proud of his effort. Deserves Attention. Gilroy Gazette. THE CALL'S forty-eight-page Christmes paper deserves more attention than the casual news- paper reader is generallyable to give. Very | many prominent men and able writers con- tribiited to make it an excellent number. Surpasses Any Paper. Kingman Miner. The San Frencisco CALL issued a fifty-two- page souvenir number on Christmas that sur- Jasses any paper in the United States for excel- ence of matter and meke-up. THE CALL s at the head and will stay there under the present able management. o Enterprise and Energy. Redwood City Times-Gazette, The Christmas edition of THE CALL was a memmoth affair that displayed enterprise and Unlike most editions, THE CALL con- itten articles that were read by s full of useful information, and is | a splendid paper to send to friends of to lay away for special reference. Covers the Entire Range. Selma Enterprise. The “Table of Contents" to THE CALL'S Christ- mas edition is a grand index to the teeming riches which should make our California Christmas & merry one indeed. It covers the entire range of industries in_progress, 1n con- templationand the potentielities. In its Chris | mas edition THE CALL has again proved its right to the motto, “THE CALL speaks for all,” and to be designated a thoroughly up-to-dete journal. Outrivaled Competition. Galt Gazette, | The Christmas editions of the San Francisco daily newspapers were marvelous to vehold. It is the opinion of the Gazette that the letter press of THE CALL, the subject matter treated, the valuable and interesting information pre- sented, taken all in all, was the superior pub- lication, and that it outrivaled competitors in each and every department of nows, literature and miscellany. One of the Very Best, Colusa Sun. The Christmas CALL Isone of the very best papers ever issued on this coast. It has con- | tributions from thirty or forty of the best known writers on the coast, each in his par- | ticular line. Claus Spreckels writes on the THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT TO FAIRMOUNT PARK, BE PLACED AT THE ENTRANCE TO PHILADELPHIA. ment, the Inquirer says: “Because of the ap- parent lack of any proper site anywhere in the city of Philaielphia the statue'is to join the | procession of mounted and unmounted figures | that have wended their way out into the country. I say, are out of sight and their ugliness is un- noted. But it is a matter of regret that Phila- delphiashould lose an opportunity to adorn Lerself and make herself beautiful by stupidly neglecting to furnish a site somewhere in the old city, in the Philadelphia of 1776, for the ‘Washington statue.” A Valuable Production. San Luis Obispo Reasoner. The San Francisco CALL publishes a fifty-two page Christmas number. Unlike many such efforts on the part of the daily press, it is not altogether an aavertising scheme padded out with trashy reading matter. The articles are carefully prepared by well-known men and women -of the State, who sign their names to their writings. There are more than a nun- dred of these,and the range of subjects is wide, not only inclading matters concerning the industries and advantages of different sec- tions of the State, but trnun‘g of economical, sclentific, literary, artistic and other sutjects. b/ Most of these statues, we are glad to | | Valley Railroad and the beet industry; Richard | Gird on beet sugar; 1. W. Hellman on finance; George C. Perkins on navigable waterways; in fact almost every subject of interest is treated by the best recognized authority, Luella Green Harton, a Colusa girl, has an’ article on Father Junipero in Alta California. It Was Read. San Luis Obispo Tribune. The San Francisco 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 great metropolitan journals of the country. It | was a demonstration that great bulk was not necessarily destruetive of excellence in qual- | ity, that to multiply volume it is not necessary | to use shoddy and refuse filling. We should | say that the editlon had reached the standard of a high-class magazine, but that, after all, might be & dubious compliment. The Chris mas number of THE CALL was read. That Is nisher praise. Such editions are usually only “hefted” and glanced at askance. PEOPLE WORTH READING ABOUT. The voice of Dr. Max Nordau so closely re- sembles Gladstone's that it is almost impossi- ble to distinguish between them when they are heard together. Lady Halle, the violinist, who was Mrs, Nor- | man Neruda, is to have a testimonial in Lon- | don next year to celebrate her first appearance | as & seven-year-old proaigy fiity yearsago. | Mr. Albert Brassey, M. P., brother of Lord | Brassey, was struck in the face while playing tennis with his son recently, losing the sight of one eye, and, it is feared, perhaps of both. Dimmick, the great elephant catcher, says that it is declared on good authority that but | twenty-four white elephants have been caught since the commencement of the Christian era. | The citizens of Amesbury, where John G. Whittier made his home during the latter years of his life, are planning to make the house where he spent many years a public 1ibrary. Thomas Bailey Aldrich and Mrs, Aldrich will start about the 1st of January on a yachting cruise to the West Indies, with a party of | friends, including Mrs. James T. Fields and Miss Sarah Orne Jewett. They will be gone | several months. | It is said that the oldest living man and wife in the United States are Louis and Amelia Dar- win of Black Falls, Wis. The husband was born in 1788, or one year before the inaugura- tion of the first President of the United States, and his wife was born in 1794. They have been married eighty years. The Orleans family bought in all the real property of the late Comte de Paris, which was liquidated recently. The Duc d’Orleans has bougnt the chatean and woods of Eu for £200,- 000, the Duc d’Aumale the chateau of Am- boise, the Duc de Montpensier the chateau of Autonne for £16,000. The Empress Dowager of Russia has sent her father, the King of Denmark, a ring possessing no ordinary interest. It was worn by Alexan- der Il on his little finger at the time of his | assassination, and his son, Alexander III, never removed it from his hend from hisacces- sion as Emperor till the day of his death, SHORT SMILES. Sometimes we think that a man has s level head just because he isn’t above our level.— Somerville Journal. Miss Pert—Is Miss Straight Lace circumspect? Miss Caustic—Circumsvect! Why, she won’t | accompany & young man on the piano without | a chaperone.—Salem Gazette. “Speaking of racing, what gait doesa man strike when he is going to the dentist to have & tooth pulled?” “Tooth-hurty.—Shoe and Leather Reporter. 4 Said Adam—I swear to you, you are the first | woman I ever loved. Replied Eve—I suppose I shall have to be- lieve you; but this is 50 sudden.—Boston Tran- seript. “There is nothing like our House of Lords,” boasted the Englishman. +s8till you can’t say that it is withouta peer, replied ‘the American.—Pittsburg Chroniele- Telegraph. Maude—You wouldn’t know my beau now if you met him. Nell-Why, has he changed so much as that? | Maude—Thet isn’t it exactly. I've changed him.—Philadelphia Record. | | | “You,” said the disgusted gambler, “don’t know enough to come fn when it rains.” ““Perhaps not,” said the man who had been there, with a wan smile. “But I do know | enough to stay out on & pat flush.”’—Indian- apolis Journal. Buzby—Didn't Wiggins forget his lines at the amateur theatricals last evening? Baxter—No; he only got them mixed up a little. Ipstead of saying “I hear the tramp of approaching footsteps,” he said, “I hear the footsteps of spproaching tramps?’—London Tid-Bits. “He is the luckiest man I ever knew.” “Inwhat way?” “Well, he was never sick a day in hislife and there is a likelihood that he will live to & green old age; and yet he is so thin and pale that every life insurance agent who comes along | skips him 85 a dangerous risk.”—Chicago Post. | Wallace—We've got to get another girl. How | was that girl you had a while back? Ferry—she is a good gas girl. “Good what?"” “Good girl if you use only gas. We never could break her of the hebit of cleaning the | lamps just before making the biscuit.”—Cin- | cinnati Enquirer. Friend—If you are so bad off, why don’t you apply to your rich brother in Boston for as- sistance? Poor Man—I did writeto him to assist me, | and what do you suppose I got? “I have noides.” “He wrote to me that my letter asking for as- sistance had not reached him.”—New York | Journel. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. THE MARTIN WILL CAsE—H. R., Cal. In the Martin will case it was Mrs, Henry Martin who was successful. INSURANCE—Nimrod, City. Insurance com- panies insure proverty that belong to lodges of secret orders. Any company doing business in this City will give the detired information as to rates. AvroGRAPE—J. There is no market value for A photograph of and auto- graph on the same, of U. S. Grant. Such is | Worth only whata person who wished to pos- sessit would give for it. PiNAFORE—A. R. H., Stockton, Cal. Pina- fore was produced at the Tivoli July 1,1889. Max Figman was the Admiral, Charles M. | Pyke the Cuptain, Arthur Mesenet appeared ns Ralph, Harry Norman was the boatswain, Louise Manired appeared as Josephine and Kate Marchi as Buttercup. Eiviciy IcEpERGS—Nimrod, City. Icebergs are chiefly huge fragments oi glaciers that have become detached, by the action of the water, from the lower e nd of the glacier. The icebergs of the north are fresh water frozen, but in regard to icebergs in the Southern Ocean, it isnot known with certainty whether they are all glacier born or whether they are not a large part of the result of the direct freezing of the sea water. LITERARY — Homo, San Jose, Cal. The Answers to Correspondents has many times stated that it does not advertise anything, yet correspondents persist in asking questions, the answer to which are in the nature of an adyer. tisement. Any book-dealer in your city il tell you what you want to know about the lirerary periodical named in your commuriica- tion, und & ginnce at its contents will satisiy you as to its merit. GoLp DOLLARS — Reader, Auburn, Placer County, Cal. A New York dealer in old coins makes the following offer for gola dollars of the United States coined between 1865 and | 1878: 1865, in good conaition, 50 3 and 1867, $2 50; 1868, $2; 18(;9.3};‘1 7 }g!:!g | and 1871, §$1 50; 1872, $2: 1873,'$1 20." This is for coins in the best condition. T! { ?cu\er (éhl]\!éghe”s {goco(nsdol these dlleshfeoint‘l,;: ssue of 5 $20, and th S o 88 50, e other dates from PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION—Subscriber, City. At the Presidential election held in 1892 the candidates werc: Grover Cleveland, Democrat; Benjamin Harrison, Republican Weaver, Populist; John Bidwell It you want a sure relief limbs, use an tions is as good as the genuine. o EINENENT for ~ains in the back, side, chest, or Allcock’s BEAR IN MIND—Not one of the host of counterfeits and imita- Porous Plaster | and. | bound equally to maintain: ist; and Stmon Wing, Social Labor party. The opular vote for each candidate was: Cleve. ,918; Harrison, 5,176,108; Weaver, 1,041.028; "Hidwell, 264,133; Wing, 21,164’ The electoral vote was: Cleveland, 277; Harric son, 145; Weaver, 22 PRINTED MATTER—J. K. D., Newman, Stanis. laus County, Cal. The duty on printed matter from foreign countries is 25 per cent ad valorem. The tariff is noton the number of pounds. but upon the value of the printed matter. That is the tariff, except in certain cases specially mentioned in the tariff act, As your communication -does not designate the Class of printed matter you wish to fmport; it is impossible to give a more definite answer. FENCE—P. G. P., Blanchard, Ventura County, Cal. The general law of this State in regatd to fences is that coterminous ownersare mutually First, the bound- aries and monuments between them; second, the fences between them, unless oneof them choses to let his land lie without fencing; in Wwhich case. if he afterward incloses it, he must refund to the other a just proportion of the value at that time of any division of the fence made by the latte INTEREST—J. W. O., Oakland, Cal. If you borrowed money on your property, gave & mortgage and agreed to pay the interest on the same at a stated perigd each vear, it certainly is your duty to go to the party you borrewed the mon rom_and pay him the interest or send it to him. To notify him that yon have the money for the interest and that he can come and get it would probably not be held in law to be a_tender of the interest money, and you might find yourself called upon to defend an action for foreclosure of mortgage. WALL PAPER—W. K., City. Tne following is the method of twose who are professional cleaners of wall paper: Cut into eight por- tions & loaf of bread two days old; it must be neither newer nor staler. With one of these pieces, after having removed all the dust by means of & feather duster from the paper to be cleaned, or by means or a pairof bellows, begin at the top -of the roem, holding the crust in the hand, and wiping lightly down- ward with the crumb till:the upper part of the paper is completely cleaned all around. Then gv arcund again, with the like sweeping stroke ownward, always commeneing each Succese sive course a little higher than the upper stroke had been extended, till the battom . be finished. This_operation, if carefnily. per- formed, will make very old paper look almost equal to mew. Caution must be used not by any means to rub the paper hard, nor to attempt cleaning it the cross or horizontal way. The dirty part of the bread, %00, must be continually cut away and the pieces renewed as soon as it becomes necessary. Oil marks and marks where {.cap!c have rested their neads ageinst the wall paper it is said can be taken out by means' of pipe clay mixed with water to the consistency of ¢ream. laid on the spot and allowed to remain until the following day, when it may be easily removed with the blade of & knife or a brush. LADY'S BLOUSE WAIST WITH VEST EFFECT. A blouse waist with vest effect, which is ad- justable, if desired, is appreciated by alt women, allowing, as it does, of variety, with very slight expenditure. The pattern hesa fitted lining, ovér which the material is laid; the fronts gathered at the shoulder and belt, the back laid in pleats at the shoulders and gathered.at the waist. The vest is a separate piece, that ‘may be sewed to the waist or may be made separate. The waist here illustrated is of pink taffetas, with black lines. The trimming is of jet, with belt and collar of ribbon velvet. ow, if this vest is not sewn to the waist, but simply made separate, with the collar of velvet sewn to it, the neck of the waist being finished with a binding, how easy to change the effect by mak- ing an extra vest of pleated blaek chiffon, with acollar of the same, or a vest of pink chiffon with a black velvet collar. A thira change might be made of white nainsook, with ruffies of narrow yellow Valenciennes lace. These vests of nainsook are the latest fad, and very dainty ones are sold, ready tuckes and_trimmed, for $1 50 the yard and upward. Half a yard only i required ~ With this should be worn tiny points of the same nainsook and lace, 1aid over the front of the collar, one on either side, the poiuts downward. Cuffs of nainsook can be added, and the pattern for them is included. though not shown in the illustration. This model had neen used for making waists of black satin or crepon to match a skirt, the color being supplied by vests of bright colored | chiffon or taffeta. A frill of yellow lace on both sides of the vest s a great nddition, One Walstof black crepon had a_yellow flowered taffeta vest, with frills of yvellowish lace and collar of yellow chiffon. Wash oods make up very charmingly after this model, with nain- so0ok, lace or embroiaery for the vest, using ribbon for collar, belt and a finish down the sides of the vest. TowN END’S famous Broken Candy, 10¢ 1b, * —~—— THIS week fine eyeglasses, 15¢ to 40c. 81§ 4th, nr. barber; Sundays,738 Mkt (Kast shoe store).> — o SPECIAL information daily to manufscturers, business houses and public men.by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Monigomery. * e Young Husband—Why. do you object to to- | bacco? Young Wife—Because it's a poison. Young Husband—But.it’s a slaw poison. Young Wife—That's my objection.—Lewiston Journal. MERIT is what gives Hood's Sarsaparilla its great povularity and constantly increasing sales. It per- fectly and permanently cures ¢atarrh, rheuma- tism, salt rheum, in fact all blood diseases: — e CHICAGO LIMITED. 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 to. Chi- cago, via Kansas City, withoat charige. Annex cars on sharp connmection for Denver and S Louls. Twenty-seven hours quicker. than the quickest competing train. The Santa Fe has been put in fine physical condition and. I3 -now tha bess transcontinental railway, — . — “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup" Has been used over fifty years by millions of mathe ers for their children while Teething with perteot success. 1t soothes the child. softeus the gums, Inys Pain, cures Wind Collc, regulates the. Boiv and i3 the best remedy for Diarrhcpas, whe arising from teething or other causes. Eor sale by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sursaud ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrap. 50 a bottle. ; ———————— —Atmosphere is pertectly dry, soft CoRONADO, | and mild, and is entirely free from the mists com- mon further north. Round-trip tickets, by stéam- sbip, including fifteen days’ board as the Hotel del Coronado, $60; longer stay $2 50 per day. Apply 4 New Montgomery st., San Francisco. - NEW TO-DAY, ' SHIRTS! We call ours the “Wilson Shirt” because the Wilson tariff made it possible to sell a good Tennis or Cheviot Shirt, 36 inches" long, full cut, well made and warranted, for 50 GENTS, Whether you like the bill or nof, you’ll like the shirt, for everybody does. . To. be had only at SMITH'S, 414-418 Front street, 8. F., Cal.—wholesale or retail,