The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 5, 1896, Page 20

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 1896. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. PTION RATES—Postage Free: < three months by and Sunday CALL, one month, by mail.. sy CALL, one year, by mail W rKLY CALL, one year, by mail, BUSINESS OFFICE: 0 Market Street, 1.50 San Francisco, California. Telephone..... ....Maln—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Telephone ....Maln-1874 OAKLAND 905 Bro: Rooms 51 and 82, 3 w York Clty. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent. About this season the repentant sinner is the fellow who repents his swear-off, ia burns, the natiors are Id water on one another. ir may turn out to be than an episode of the While busy throw ngratulations to the sh as a tritle » year is now sufficiently advanced z that if at this time the so well prepared for war there wonld be war. n of Boston is boundless. s one of her newsboys appointed n the Sena a page Santa Claus would have pleased the farmers better if he had put some rain in the Weather Bureau. The year is not yet a week old and already we have had three festivals under o make it move Sherman’s speech would have been much better if he had not puta goldbug rider on the protection elephant. had just enouzh movement in it to r the soup everywhere. m the prize 1 seem that while it was a Southern exposition it was our show. When Havana is taken the Spaniards will send out a telegram saying the Cubans are only holding their own. When Dr. Jameson started his invasion of the Transvaal he lost his head and will be lncky if he saves his body. The European concert is programmed fora hymn to peace, but all the powers keep on humming war songs. What would it vprofit the Senate to defeat the bond bill and let Cleveland continue to issue bonds in the old way? When it comes to the industry of diversified fesuvals we lead the Union and defy competition eitherat home or abroad. If we do not recognize Cuban independ- ence from a friendly sentiment we may soon have to recognize it as a matter of fact. As all quarters of the world warn John Bull to keep off the grass there seems to be no movement open to him but to take water. Every citizen should do his share in the fight to prevent the monopoly from getting another cinch on the industries of Cali- fornia. The Philadeiphia streetcar men who tried to make it warm for the roads by striking have only made it hot for them- selves. Sherman told the Senators “Time makes all things even,”’” and he was probably thinking of the time when he published his book. It becomes more evident every day that the locations of the European powers in Centrai Africa are mainly made up of dis- locations. Ii Cleveland has any gumption at all he will see the sigrificance of the distinction made between a popular loan and a syndi- cate deal. As it is reported the general passenger agents of the Western railroads have fallen out, there is a chance that passengers may get their due. The troubles in Armenia are the most serious that now disturb the world, and vet they seem the ones most likely to be lost in the shuffie Many of the difficulties which we regard as profound probiems are no more than conundrums that we can get rid of by simply giving them up. Customs duties that would give protec- tion to our industries would also protect the treasury, but a free-trade administra- tion would rather have a deficit. During the coming week the tariff bill and the bond bill will both be reported to the Senate, and then there will be music in the air while the band plays on. There is such a deficit of Presidential candidates in the Democratic party that Cleveland may be forced to issue himself as a loan to tide over the emergency. Tnere may be a campaign in Europe as well a3 in America next summer, and while we are having a political fight the folks over there may be engaged in a mili- tary controversy. The opening of the Citrus Fair at Fresno adds another festival to the season, and with the rose tournament in Pasadena and the ice castle at Truckee, givesa zood illustration of the variety of life in Cal- ifornis. The wonderful advancement of civiliza- tion cn the African continent is exhibited in the publication monthly of a journal of touth African science, arts and crafts, called the Scientific Africen, a worthy com- peer of the Scientific American. salito and Belvedere have climates strik- ingly unlike that of San Francisco, and this condition is aided by mountains in- holiday season comes to an end and to- ‘ tervening between the towns and the morrow we begin the work of the vear.| ocean. These strange facts constitute one All signs known to man from the way the | of the wonders of the State and they have cuckoo calls to the way the jingo exults | never heen adequately studied. give promise of lively times. It will be a A GLITTERING PALACE. year of emergencies and ultimatums, of fights and frolics, of festivals and reforms, of reviving business and depressed bosses, The ice carnival has opened at Truckee and above all a year of the most exciting | with glorious weather, and as the railroad ! Presidential election we have had since | company has made a considerable reduc- | 1860. | tion in rates and offered to furnish sleep- A LIVELY YEAR. With the leisure and rest of to-day the to be sending in their ul- | we took at Atlanta it | The election, of course, will be !hei salient characteristic of the year. Both | startling surprises. The Republicans have | forty candidates for the Presidency and | the Democrats have forty factions for | | everything. In each National Convention | | there will be suflicient music in the air to thrill the whole continent. The great campaign of 1860 when there were four | Presidential candidates . with complete | party tickets in the field will be eclipsed. | We shall probably see at least half a dozen | | this year and torchlight processions will | | be so common that the City will be saved | | the expense of lighting lamps to illumi- nate the town. | Next to the Presidential elections will be | the California carnivals. We have had | three festivals already, and the year is | | not yet a weekold. Belore the spring time | has passed we shall have beauty and gay- | ety enough to make California a State of beatitude and everybody in it glorified. an Francisco may not holda carnival, | butshe will be in a position to reach a | dozen wit trouble, and have no lack of opportunity to dance while other folks | pay the piper. In these rejoicings we shall | get ready for the elections that come later, and no matter how many candidates may be in the field, every one of them will be i able to get a floral float to serve him as a | campaizn wagon. All throuzh the season of festivals and through the political campaign to a glori- ous triumph on elect will go the | joint movement of reviving business and | municipal reform. These forces are in alliance and cannot be separated. This is | true 1 every community and especially | in San Francisco. To improve the bu | mess of this City we must improve the | City itself. To this conclusion every re- B! g business man has long since come, | and now the time has arrived to pass from cflection to action. Business will revive in proportion as the bosses are depressed, nd it is the determination of people that San Francisco shall go forward. In all the processions of the year those | will be best that hold a straight course. | 8tr. t politics will win in the elections, | strai \ls will have the best parades, straight business will make the most | money and straight reform will get there i All that any man has to do this year is to go straight and all will be well with him when Thanksgiving day comes | round. He can dance at the carnivals, | carry torchlights in the processions, do ness, fight bosses and in all the liveli- ness of the times be fully alive without fear of being lost in the shuffle. Certainly | the year is one we can look forward to with pleasure, expecting great things of it. It will not be the year of jubilee, but it is one year nearer than last year was. OAMINETTI AND THE FUNDING BILL Among the men who are to g0 to Wash- | ington as representatives of the Commit- tee of Fifty to fight the funding bill, ex- Congressman Caminetti should be in- cluded, if possible, His experience in the last House of Representatives when the railroad at- tempted to pass the Reilly funding bill would be valuable in fighting the new funding bill at this session. He was in | the fight from beginning to end, is posted on the methods cf the opposition, has helped to meet and overcome them, and was prominent and energetic in the first great | fight won by the people in Congress against railroad aggression. He has studied the problem ‘in all its bearings, hus an extended acquaintance in the two houses of Congress and in the various departments, all of which would be of great assistance in this emergency. | He introduced various measures bearing | on this question, and succeeded in getting the attention of the Secretary of the In- terior, as is shown by his annual report recently submitted. ‘We do not know whether Mr. Caminetti’s engagements would permit him to go to Washington on so sudden a call, but the | | | is well worth making. STRANGE LOCAL _CONDITIONS. The people of Fresno County are hold- ing a splendid citrus fair, in which are dis- played oranges and lemons grown in what | is called the *‘thermal belt” of the county. | This calls to mind an extraordinary fact which constitutes onre of the peculiarities 4‘of California, and which has never been investigated with scientific thoroughness. | | It is the existence of “‘thermal belts” here | and there throughout the State, in which the climatological conditions are different | from those of the surrounding region. There is one in San Francisco. Tt | stretches throuzh the Mission and gives | | | rise to a climate so radically different from that say of the Presidio Heights as to ex- cite wonder. Again, one may often look across the Golden Gate channel from the heights of the City at the sunshine which bathes Sausalito while the City is wrapped in fog. A most remarkable phenomenon exists at the lower extremity of Clear Lake. Here is found an extensive deposit of sul- vhur overlying cinnabar, and the heat is very great. A warm belt extends from Los Gatos to Saratoga, in the western foot- hills of Santa Clara County, and there oranges do fairly well. Numberless other similar instances exist throughout the State. In some cases the cause of the phenom- enon is clearly apparent. The northern extremities of Napa and Sonoma counties and the southern end of Lake County em- brace a region of comparatively recent vol- canic activity. In that region hot springs and steam-spouting vents are common, and at intervals are found issues of gas. The latter are forms of solfataras. The high temperature of the sulphur bank of Lake County is expiainable on this ground. It isthe evidence of dying vol- canic forces. The so-called warm belts are likely ascribable to meteorological peculiarities. The basis of them all is the constancy of the direction of our winds. Permanent atmospheric drifts are thus established. In some cases the cool wind from the ocean is heated by passing over an area warmed by the sun, the soil in such in- stances having the power to retain the Leat of the day and give it out at night, when it is taken up by the gentle breeze and carried along a course which is thus transformed into a warm belt, where semi- tropical fruits are safe from frost. Trees also have an effect, and hence for- ests are a prominent factor. Again, water exerts an influence. Thus, Richardsons Bay, a large and shallow arm of the bay of San Francisco, is made warmer than the deeper parts, with the result that Sau | ral wonders w effort to obtain his services for the State | &, | cause of crime. ing-cars for the use of excursionists while staying at Truckee, we may soon expect 1.50 | the great partiesare ina position to produce | Jarge numbers of coast residents to seek the delizhts which this unique affair pre- sents. With the most ordinary precau- tions as to clothing, those accustomed to the bland climate of the coast need have no fear on the score of the change to a great elevation and extreme cold. The al- titude is not sufficientiy great to create the least danger or discomfort, but is great enough to make possible the pleasures ap- pertairing to cold. Although Donner Lake has not yet frozen over, there is plenty of time for that before the carnival closes; and as for skating, it | can be found on the extensive ice ponds which abouna thereabout, and besides there is a large rink witbhin the frost pal- ace, where ckilled attendants will be on hand. Sleighing and tobogganing facil- ities are ample. The railroad company seems to assume that most of the excursionists will prefer to make the trip both ways in the night. Tris is overlooking the fact that t day trip is one of the finest in the State. The level plains of the Sacramento Valley are then seen, and the tortuous winding of the road through the foothills and mountains in its laborious climb to the summ it of the Sierras reveals a constantly changing panorama of wonders and beauties. In the vicinity of Gold Hill are the great desolate fields of the old hydraulic gold mines; Auburn appears nestled in the upper foothills surrounded by orange groves; from Cape Horn one looks far down upon the shining thre: like waters of the American River, and then comestupendous mountains with daz- zling fields of snow. In this short trip to Truckee one may see the best of the natu- h have made this route across the continent famous. The people of Truckee ma on for an exhibition of that hearty of hospitality which belongs pecnlia California. They have the strength, rugeedness and freedom characteristic of their splendid environment of mountain: and as they are familiar with all the w in which wholesome sport may tracted from cold weather their gt will be as useful as it wiil be free be depended spirit be PERSONAL. State Controller E. P. Colgan is in town. E. Barnes, a lawyer of Fresno, is in town. Fred W. Smith of Portland is in the City. J. W. Oatman of Reno arrived here yester- day. John O'Neill of Eureka is here for a brief Professor J. C. Beard of Napa is at the Cali- fornia. W. J. Trask, an attorney of Los Angeles, is in the City. Asscmblyman J. B. Sanford of Ukiah is at the Ru x-Judge J. W. Davis of Tulare arrived here Austin, a merchant of Stockton, is at the Grand. W. B. Castle will leave during the week on a trip to Honolulu. Fred Dixon, a leading farmer of Marble Val- sin the Cit; R. B. Sheldon of Riverside is among the ar- rivals at the Baldwin. A. J. Pillsbury, a journalist of Tulare, is spending Sunday here. nes J. Freeman, a business man of Santa Berbara, isat the Lick. Nathan Bentz, a business man of Barbara, is at the Palace, Dr. M. N. Crawford of the United States navy is registered at the California. The Rev.J. W. Elsworth, who has been on a visit to Southern Californin, has returned here. J.W. Hartzell, who is interested with e Congressman Louttit in the building of the ton and Lodi Reilroad, is at the Lick. Colonel G. A. Knight has returned from his trip East looking hale and nearty. He antic pates & sweeping Republican viciory next fal Santa Stoc CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y arrivals are: J. Mrs. C. E. Haxe, Ashland; D Denis; E. M. Norton, Astor; W , Jan. 4.—Amoug recent Clover and wife, Everett; Moses, St. VIEWS OF WESTERN EDITORS. Help Home Industries. Spokane Tribun The spoliation of industry the priucipal Abolish it and crime will dis- appear. War Is Real, Love Is Earnest. Merced Express. The fellow who is first to offer his services while there are rnmors of war is the first to re- turn to the girl he left behind him, after hos- tilities have commenced. The Red Sword vs. the Red Cross. Vallejo Chronicle. The Red Cross Society of America is raising funds to help the Armenians. In the mean- while Turkey is permitted to make the num- ber to be helped smaller by thousands. What can afew philanhtropists do if the great powers do not inierfere? Neglected Opportunities. Woodland Democrat. If any Eastern State had the fertility of soil, the magnificent resources and the water power thatis runuing to waste in Yolo County the world would ring with the echoes of the splen. did inducements 10 home-seekers and the un- usual opportunities for safe and profitable investments, Don’t Know the Valae of Money. Dixon Tribune. The existing hard times are teaching the ris- ing generation & valuable lesson, and may prove a blessing in disguise. Very few Cali- fornians have ever known the true value ot money, and while the knowledge comes hard to many, it is being impressed upon them forc- ibly and indelibl; Depends Upon Whose Ox Is Gored. Stockton Independent. It begins to look &s if Germauy and Holland were dimly perceiving the force of the Monroe doetrine as applied to Africa. It makes great difference to those countries that the wail against British aggression comes to them in a Teutonic tongue. They know all about “Boers,” “Uitlanders,” “trekking,” “kraals,” etc., but don’t understand Spanish appeals. For Navigation and Irrigation. Fresno Expositor. While Fresno is not directly interested in the improvement of the navigable rivers of the State her interests in common are just as great. The State convention, to be held in Ean Francisco to consider this question, will not be compiete without a representative from this county, and as the meeting 18 for the pur- pose of presenting the matter to Congress in view of an appropriation there should be a voice from Fresno, as we have somo Interest in the navigation of the Ban Joaquin River. It the Boalfi of Supervisors have overlooked this matter heretofore it is time they were taking action in the matter, - TIME'S CHANGES. In 1895, 10! the press was all alive with tragedies— @ page or two a day ! ’Ninety-six has brought a change In sengglion’s varied range— Now Dame ~caudal makes that precious space her prey! AROUND THE CORRIDORS, A.J. Fisk, the noted Montana editor, is at the Grand. Mr. Fisk is one of four brothers who over two decades ego went to Helens and started the Herald. The paper occupied the evening field and was & success from its start. Probably no other journal on that parallel between the Pacific Ocean and the Missouri River has approached it in money-making. Mr. Fisk is as widely known as his paper. He has been & powerful factor in developing the resources of Montana, getting it admitted to the Union as a State and assisting it to take & {ront rank in the galaxy of States. The Fisk brothers are relatives of the late James G. Blaine and of the Walkers, who ae among ‘he early Montana pioneers. A few years ago, when the talented Walker Blaine, the son of the American Premier, had budded 000,000 & year while traveling in Europe, but as he did not tell where heobtained his data for that assertion, it was generally believed that he jumped at a conclusion. OvT oOF WEDLOCK—F. A., City. If aman is the | father of a child born out of wedlock and for a | | period of five years has acknowledged the paternity of the child, it is very likely thata court on a proper representation of the facts would compel him to support that child, not- withstanding he might wish to abandon it. AN FRANCISCO WAR VESSEIS—E. 0., Colma, | San Mateo County, Cal. There have been built at the Union Iron Works in this City the following - named vessels: Monterey, cost 1,628,950; Oregon, $3,180,000: Charleston, $£1,017,000; San Francisco, $1,428,000; and | Olympla, $1,796,000. CAR-ACCOUNTANT—N., City. The auties of a car-accountant is to keep an account of the A. J. FISK, THE VETERAN EDITOR |Sketched from life 7 OF MONTANA, PROPRIETOR OF T"Ei RALD. | by a “Call” artist.] employ 1y paper of it, and his rand wide. One of Dest storleswas en interview with John man, while at Helens, about a wild r story traveled, and for 3 story bobbed up every day in some shar Many other stories were reproduced similarly from the Herald. Mr. Fisk says Montana is ous condition. “The mines are doing unusually well,” he said, “‘and as for the money from cattle and sheep it is unusually large, especially from sales of the cattle. It is o better year by than last, and the people generally ere feeling much enconrsgec “1 have e lown for & cuperate my health by # ch find the air of Calfornia is very beneficinl for a change, especially when one has been living at as great an altitude as I have. “To me San Francisco looks signally pros- perous. By contrast with such points as Port- Jand, Tacoma and Seattle, it is certainly very prosperous. Californians ought to be weil satisfied.” in a fairly prosper- IT IS A GREAT PAVPER, The San Francisco Call 1s the leader of them all In news and notes, And literature And facts. Each reform i3 handled fairly, And its leaders treated squarel From Civil Service up 10 Single Tax. The San Francisco Call 18 away beyond them all In cleaniivess, In brevity And style. Ronest information, id Nation, ay and all the while, —Lemwoore Radical, It glves vou City, Count: Houle and fo; “B16 BETsY"—J. H., San Bruno road, City. The big gun “Big Betsy” on the United States vessel Mouterey is of Syologist,” City. No rain fell in on the night of the 27th of December, en the hours of 8 and 12 o'clock. FRANCE AND IT4 . E. V. B., Oakland, Cal, By the existing civil law of France and Ttaly uncle an niece and aunt and nephew are not permitted to marry. PORT OF GoLp—C. J. P., City. There was exported from the United States during the fiscal year ending June 30. 1895: Gold, $66,- 131,183; silver, $47, 4,317 Ross’ Crrizexsiip—W. 8. G., Alamede, Cal. Donald M. Ross, the minister, has tiled his dec- laration of intention to become a citizen of the United States, and is awaiting the time when he can apply for his second papers, EXPORTS AND Inronts—C. 3. P., City. The la- test official figures of imports and exports from the United States are up to June, 30, 1895. These_show imports, $781,969,965; exports, $807,538,165, making a total of $1.530.508, 130; an excess of exports of $75,568,: GERMAN UNiversiTies—H. P.. Castle Crag, Sheste Coutity, Cal. The universities in Ger. many do not receive female students, but re- cently an exception has been made in favor of American female stndents who desire to per- fect themselves in certain studies. These are permitted to listen to lectures given on those subjects. POULTRY Book—P. G. P., Blanchard, Ventura County, Cal. Answers to Correspondents can- not recommend any of the many books on poultry raising and keeping, as it does not ad- Vi he merits of any_publication. By ad- dressing a note to any of the first-class book- dealers of this City you will obtain the desired information. PROPERTY—T. A., City. If a man and woman have lived together fora length of time and there was no marriage contract prior to the 28th of last March, and neither had acknowl- edged the other as husband or wife, in case of death of ouc or the other the survivor would not in law have any claim on- the property left by the deceased. OLD Lapres' Homes—E. A, P., City. The Protestant homes for old ladies in this City are: The Protestant Episcopal Old Ladies’ Home on Golden Gate avenue, between Lott and Masonic; the Crocker Old People’s Home, corner of Plerce and Pine streets, and the Lick 0id Ladies’ Home on the University Tract, South San Franclsco. LARGEST NAviEs—J. H., San Bruno road, City. The navies of the world having the greatest numbver of men and guns are Great Britein, Frence and Russia. Great Britain has on the active list 66,803 men and 80,000 naval re- serves; 6403 guns on her ships. France— sctive list, 79,400 men, 87,600 reserves and 6230 guns. Russia—nctive list, 42,874, reserves 45,000 and 1790 guns. AMERICANS IN Evrope—C. J. P., City. There is Do way of learning how much money is spent by Americans yeerly in living or travel- ing in Europe no more than there is of learn- ing how much money English or Frenchmen spend vearly in the United States. A few years ago a writer for a New York paper made the ennouncement that Americans spent $10,- summon a cab. This act has caused much talk in Paris, and added to the President’s | popularity among all classes. General Lord Wolseley is greatly interested in the temperance movement in the British army. He says there never has been a time when there was so little drunkenness among | soldiers as now. M. Dampt, a French sculptor, will contribute to the next Salon a statuette of a countess well known in Paris. The flesh will be represented in ivory and the drapery of old gold will be ornamented with precious stones. ROBINSON BEQUEST FUND. Ten Charitable Organizations Received a Portion of the Money. The apportionment of the accrued syr- plus in the Robinson bequest fund wag made yesterday by the commissioners g follows, each of the charitable organiza- tions mentioned receiving §100: Salvation Army, for old and homeless women; Little Jim ward, Children’s Hos- ital; Little Sisters’ Infant Shelter, San Francisco Nursery for Homeless Children, Associated Charities, St. Andrew’s Society, Miss Caroline Rustad, a Scandinavian, 65 | T, djes’ Hebrew Benevolent Society, Cath. | & general favorite in the House of Commons. | al i al de { Alameda County, | rds is ver; ber of writers hay 1o teace have fa! h covering the me: read the riot a 1 1 that require on of a read the act and call upon the turbulent mass to disperse be- | fore taking harsh me ; now icreferstoa | warning that if a certain thing is not done punishment wiil fol g wig” is sleng for one in authority and was ori applied by the criminal element to de aJdudge, hecause he wears @ wig. was originaliy an Austruiian p | breviated from “a bloowing err in the United States the term i 0 wear the costume worn by Amelia Jenks Bloomer ia 1549 irc produced b izaveth Smith M) " as used nowadays, is an abbreviation | but “bike” or ' means a ne s, hornets or w “Black Jac | was originally 2 slang old | large leather jug holding two gallons; sin then the term has been applied to a number | articles, including earnmel for coloring sauces, d of licorice candy and a bludgeon with | xible hand “‘Booktionary” as epplied | dictionary i *Boiled shirt” or | | d shirt” had its origin in the West when | | the inhabilants wore ordina: woolen gur.g | | ments and put on linen shirts only on state ¢ :asions. One who wore such & was looked upon as airy, and it was said “he has on a biled shirt.”” “Say nothing and_saw wood” is ap- | plied to one who isa good lisiener and who does not talk. The origin of the phrase is not known. . B, Oakland, Cal. On the of September. 1888, Prince Amedeo, oste, married for his secon wife his ce, Maria Letitia, daughter of his e and Prince Jerome Napoleon Bouaparte. The wedding tock place in the grand hall of the palece at Turinl in the pres- ence of the Princes of the house of Savoy, ! Braganze and Bonaparte, Generals Menabrus | and Dellarosi, Signor Crispi, Signor Farini and | muny other dignat, dispensation was | obtaiued to celebrate this marringe. i SEVEN Ur—G.E. II., Auburn, Placer County, | Cal. The authorities on card-playing do not | lay down any rules as to whether a player in seven up loses his deal by reason of a mirdeal. In the absence of such a ruie the players gen- erally come to an understanding before the game commences and abide by the conclusions Teached, AosTe—P. E. | 11en DISTANCE AND Fare—Miner, City. The dis- tance irom San Francisco to Placerville, El | Dorado County, is 149 miles and the fare | $6 70. Mines may be worked there during the | winter. The distance from San Franeisco to Sonora is 166 miles. ‘e fare by one route is $7 70, and by the other $7 85. MEN AND WoME . C.,, Colusa, Cal. The latest official figures, the census of 1890, show that in_California there were 700,050 men and 508,071 women. Those portions of the census reports that have reached this City do not show the gropomon of the population thet is educated. CONSULAR DUTIES—B., Soldiers’ Home, Santa Moniea, Los Angeles County, Cal. By commu- nication with the office of the Secretary of State at Washington the best information as to the duties and responsibilities of those engaged in the consular service can be obtained. MusT CARRY BELLS—C. L. E., City. An ordinance recently passed by the Board of Supervisors requires bicvcle-riders to have bells attached to their wheels when using them in the City. Lanterns must be affixed to bicycles used in the park at night. PsYcHOLOGY— M. C., Livingston, Merced County, Cal. The books on psychology, for which there is the greatest demend in the li- braries et this time, are “Psychology and Therapeutics,” by Tucker, and “Suggestions on Psychology,” by Bernhéim. DIFFERENCE IN TiMe—N., City. The tele- graph does not and never did cut any figure in determining the difference in time between New York and London or between any other places. Itis merely a matter of calculafion. NAPA AND LAKE CoUNTIES—T. R., Ferndale, Humboldt County, Cal. The principal prod- uets of Napa County are grapes, fruit, sugar Deets, wheat and hay. The chief producis of Lake County are fruit and grain. THE BRITISH NAvY—E. 0., Colma, San Mateo County, The number of vessels in the British navy, including all classes, is 578. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PECPLE. To encourage the silk industry the Prince of Wales is to set the fashion by wearing many- hued silk waistcoats when a pearing in even- ing dress. By the entrance of Lord Warkworth into the House of Commons the urusual circumstance is brought about of father, son and grand- son sitting at one and the same time in Parlia- ment. M. Faure was at the theater when he learned of the death of Dumas. He and Mme. Faure at once left the house and returned to the Elysee, ‘without waiting for their carriage or even tu‘ | thinking of yeu.” years old, living in Whitehall, Wis., turned | over her savings for the last twelve years, amounting to $200, to the fund for reiieving the Armenian sufferers in Turkey. Clara Morris, the actress, is a woman with many peculiar traits. Above all things in the world she detests steam heat. Itisalmostim- possible for her to remain in a room that is hested by steam, as she at times becomes quite ill. Colonel North, the nitrate king, has bought up one ot the King of Belgium’s estates, the | castle and domain of Ardenne. The estate ex- | tends to 16,000 scres and affords splendid | shooting. The colonel will have the King for & neighbor. Sir Donald Currie, the famous shipowner, is } To journalists he is invariably genial, and he | will put bimself outof the way to render as- mber of the press in search | of political “co; Count Dante Serego Alig ice, who died in office rec ant of the poet 1 hferi, Mayor of Ven- 1tly, was & descend- the female line. The mele became extinct in 1547 with the poet’s \ | Picro di Dante, buta daughter marricd Count Serego of Verona, & family that is now | very weaithy. | The late Ada Cavendish had a terror of being | bLuried alive. She mmstructed her trustees in her will to pay $20 to a doctor to open one of | her veins before she was interred. Another, curious provision of her will wes that all the jewels found upon her at her death should be buried with her. | MAY PROVOXE A SMILE “Thisis s sad oeccesion for you, sister,” es- sayed the comforter. “I know it is,” asserted the widow. “But it is a heap sadder for Bill."— | Indianapolis Journal. Here Is aa ultimatum which | ‘Would seem the proper stuff, We won't do any bullying, Nor yet stacd any bluil. vashington Star. She (i .Kawler? ot under the new racing laws—er, 1 play the fiute some.—Town tle | { fingering the keys of the piano)—Do you i 1 | the lit him They tell great stories about him were pulling Tribux Will teacher go to heaven when she | rry—Yes, dear. | illie—But will they let herin ?—Cincinnati Enquirer. | “Brown is weak financially, isn’t he ?”” | hasn’t much money, but he_gives em- | ployment to & great many “Who are tI 4 | “Other people’s bill collectors.”—Brooklyn | Liie. | icott Bean (of Boston)—These people just moved next door have a child. Well, I hope it is no | rdicott Bean—You will e diseppoint- first glasses yet!— | | Miss de Fa whet shall we send Miss'de ? er wedding present? | —Will the list be published | paper? “Noj; she says that's vulgar.” end her 2 plated saltspoo: '—New York “A penny for your thoughts,” said Miss Rick- etts, playfully, to Mr. Gildersieeve “They are worth far more than that, Miss etls,” replied the youngman,‘for I was | Ri When he proposed a little later she didn’t ay & word about its being so sudden.—Detroit | Free Press. Mrs. Highart (dreamily) | :ct & painting for the—the north v parlor. Deafer ( —Yes, madame. James, show the lady Senat’s last marine—the Nor' wester.— New York Weekly. west corn, mall girl at the dinner- other evening, “whats a milli aire? Dorothy Smith said to me to-day, faths a miliiona; % “What did you sa: father. “Oh, I jus’ said, ‘So’s yours.’ "—New York Evening Sun. | “Papa,” inquired a s table the asked the small girl's We cannot answer for the truth of the rumor, | but it is said that at a Boston club a New York man recently summoned a servant and said: “Call me s cab, “Oh, dear me!” replied shouldn’t think of doing so.” “What!" cried the New Yorker. “Why not?" “Because, sir,” the servant replied, “you are not a cab.''—Harper's Bazar, the servant. “I THEY DID IT IN REVOLUTIONARY DAYS. Wichita Eagle, There were men in 1776 in America who held meetings and declared that a war with the mother country would be “‘a crime against civilizetion. GIRL'S CLOAK. The stylish clogk shown here is suitable for girls f 10 to 16 years. It is seamless in front, and may be made with a revers, or may be but- toned over the leit shoulder. The back is formed of two parts, a box pieat in each. This is joined to the front by an under-arm gore. A brown and bluet mixture, with brown velyet nnd sable trimmings, ms mink, is charming for a very young girl. Bluet bengaiine with veaver trimming is used for a very dressy cloak. A cedet blue neavy serge with krummer trim mings is dainty. Brown disgonal cloth with Russian iamb is rich and useful. Pale gray witn moufion to mateh is ex- qui sitery dainty, but cannot be recommended on the score of service. A mixture of pright colors 1n tweed fs suc- cessfully trimmed with plain red or grass. g reen cloth for cuffs, collar and sleeves. A red and black mixture in cheviot is very stylishly trimmed with red cloth heavily beaded with black, edged with astrakhan. | Clivping Bureau (Allen” olic Ladies’ Aid Society; female ward, French Hospital; female ward, German Hospital. Total, $1000. 2 A balance of $704 still remains in Mayor Sutro’s hands, but this will not be paid out until the money given the charities is exbausted. Applicants for the bounty of the fund are required to make affidavit of their needs and other particularsand leave them with the Mayor, who will direct them to the charitles to which he deems they belong. The balance of the fund will not be dis- bursed until later in the year. E. H. BLACK, printer, 120 Eddy street. * e That one deer does duty in many an adventure is proved by the fact that a deer shot in Weld, Me., the other day was carrying eleven bullets in its body. e es 50c Ib. Townsend’s, 627 Mrkt.* GLACE pic! ————— The people of foreign countries have paid ,000,000 for the animal and cereal products of American farms during the past eleven months of 1895. SPECLAL, information dai business houses and pubi to manufacturers, men by the Prass , 310 Montgomery. * three States of nion receive salaries of $10,000 each, New York, New Jersey and Penn- ivania. The least is $1000, paid by the State of Rhode Island. The Governors of onl viz Barry’'s Liveliest and b S Star’ 5 Cents, t of the weeklies. T . Grabowski is the stggestive name of the man 10 made the most money on the Russian turf this year. He has the best racing stable in the country, and cleared $60,0¢ “ALWAYS taking cold” is a common complaint. It s Gue to impure and d t blood, and it ofien leads to serious trouble. The remedy is Hooa's Sarsaparilla, whic CHICAGO VIA -SANT. A new train throughou: Pullman’s fizest sleeping- chair cars and dining-cars. ITED. ROUTE. begins October 23, rs, vestibule rectining- Los Angeles to Chl- cago, via Kansas City, withous change. Anunex cers on sharp connection for Denver and St Louts. Twent rs quicker than ths quickest competi in fine Lhysi The Santa Fe has been fon and is DOW Lhe vass e SECURE A sound mind, which seldom goes with- out a sound digestion, by using Dr. Siegert’s Anugosturz Bitt IF af son’s Ey cted with sore e5 e Water. es use Dr. Isaac Thomp- Druzgists se'l it at 25 cents. NEW TO-DAY. THE NEW YEAR Brings New Goods AND NEW PRICES! 4 ln;p';ll'_[edl l?)hmmll\]i “] or Vermicelli, I-b, pack- c 40c 10¢ 20¢ 10c 4 25¢ 95¢ 25¢ HONTHLY CATALOGUE SENT FREE EVERYWHERE. WMCLINE Wholesale and Retail Groeer, 949-95 | MARKET STREET. Between Fifth and Sixth. Faney Creamery Batter, per roil Fastern Sugar-cured Hams, per pound. ......... Melange Preserves, quart Jars, formerly 50¢, now. . New Pack Table Apricots, 212 Ib. cans. ........ (Choice French Prunes, new cropopihe oo, New Crop Deans—Pea, Pink or Bayos—10 Ibs. for.. . Burke's Irish or Seotch Whisky, per hottle. ... . Crosse & Blackwell's Pickles, clsewhere 3¢, our price. +LADIES’ $1.25, 'stiok. The $2.00 kind. tipped, fashionable. Never bad an equal. Buyers find visits to the blg Front-street Depurtment _Store always well repald. Monthiy Price List at your command. " SMITH’S CASH STORE, Inc., 414, 416 and 418 Front St., S. F. re toe, to 8 E&.