The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 8, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1896 AN OPPORTUNITY SEIZED, The cheerful openness with which the Southern Pacific Company announces its intention to take immediate advantage of | an opportunity to raise the rates on east- | bound freight not only fnrnishes a com- l plefe clew to its conduct in the past, but | throws a strong light upon its future con- = | duct if it succeeds in securing the pas: SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free jof a funding bill and the defeat of the and Sunday CA: ne week, by carrler. §0.18 | Nicaragua canal. It will be, I under- v and Sunday C. 3 - 600 | stana,” said one of the company’s princi- Daily ang Sund x months, by mall. 3.0 | 10} oficers the other day, “‘about three Laitvand Ao e ebymall 150 | months before the lines operating via iieeens. 150 | Panama will be able to supplement their | present inadequate service, and we pro- CHARLES M. SHORTRIDUE, Editor and I"rnprh‘tr . 150 BUSIN OFFICE : | pose to take the opportunity of making a | 710 Market Strest, Drofit on the business we may do in the San Francisco, California | meantime.” This announcement is ex- Main-1868 | plained by another, to the effect that the raise will be made on articles for which there is isthmian competition, and by the declaration that on these articles the com- pany is tired of getting only expenses and a small profit out of the traific. It has been decided to advence the rate to Buffalo and Pittsburg on canned goods 25 per cent and on borex 50 per cent, the rate to New York on canned goods, borax, wine, beans and grain 50 per cent, and on { brandy fn wood 41 per cent, and the rate to Chicago on canned goods 15 per cent. The Panama Railway, with its Pacific Mail ally. will make still higher advances on all these commodities. These advances are to be made simply because the power to make them came from the creation of a monopoly by an agreement between the Pacific Mail and the Panama Railway. Mr. Huntington directs both the Pacific Mail and the Southern Pacific. Whether the industries of California can bear this tremendously increased strain is a matter for the pro- | ducers and manufacturers themselves to determine. The boldness of this move is i1ts most significant feature. It is taken at a time wlen efforts are being made by Congress to vplace construction and control of tie Vicaragua canal in the hands of the United States vernment, and it seems to indicate an assurance on the part of Mr. Huntington that the effort will fail and that the Government will not become a the regulation of overland traffic. s an equal confidence in the pas: ing of a funding bill, as it seems incred: ble that Mr. Huntington, unless he is per- fectly sure of his ground, would dare thus to challenge the opponents of the funding scheme to do their worst. California is thus placed in a deplorzble position. It is given distinctly to under- stand that its industries are to be more severely ridden by a monopoly than ever; that its already meager profits areto be | reduced, and that it need not expect any relief either from the Nicaragua canal or the defeat of the funding bill. The situa- tion is very serious and urgent and calls for the greatest effort to avert its evils. ROOMS : Street. EDITORIAL 517 Ll Main—1874 Teleptione BRANCH OFFICI gomery sireet, corner Clay: open until yes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. street; open until 9:30 o'clock. teenth and Mission sireets; open i 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street; open nntil 9 o'clock. 316 Ninta street; open until 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : 808 Eroadway. EASTERN OFFICE Rooms 31 and ew York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent. CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. The need of the time isan immediate ultimatum on bone Between Clevel the bonds of sy 1 the goldbugs are many. htamong them- selves it is well that they fight Buckley. The noisy bonding band plays on, and the debt of the peovle. ibans are marching on Washing- nd recognition 1f Cleveland does not iook out the next emergency he will ve to face will be an impeachment. The debate on the bond billin the Senate will be long enough to get all around Grover, as fat as he i e next Pan-American Congress ‘uba should have a voice in it, at that. When tk assembl, and a free voice 1ences has sworn off to make the new year g of & new era. gins to look as if General Gomez > rank among the liberators of and share honors with Bolivar. THE_ NEW ACADEMY. After many years of injurious wrang- ling the Academy of Sciences has been re- organized. The old regime, which has held power for so long, has been forced to sur- render to a faction which calls itself more progressive. The new idea is toexpand the membership by taking in some who are not professional scientists. That was the principal issue, though minor ones of a someshat personal character cropped up. The old plan was to limit the membership to those with whom the pursuit of scien- ms of the Tork iimit to the barbar: 1 the land-grabbing of the ell as fo more bonds will e the goldbugs a stration is willing to issue any d of bonds except such as would | tific studies is a lifetime matter. ide for the construction of the Nica- | Thetriumph of the new and more liberal nal. ~J plan will undoubtedly find general ap- t 1n the matier of State s s there is wanted a good trial, not only for the books but for the official in charge of them. proval. The efforts of the most advanced scientific researches are largely directed to the securing of practical results which shall bring substantial benefit to the race. Thus the most brilliant achievements and the greatest personal renown have been secured by Pasteur in his search for means to cure and prevent dreadful human ail- ments, by Lombroso in unveiling the mysterious association between crime and congenital mental defects, and by Edison in devising ingenious means for facilitat- ing business, California offers the most alluring field in the world for scientific investigation of Tt is again reported that Harrison is a | strange conditions, whose proper under- candidate for matrimony, but perhaps in | standing would add vastly to the measure this as in the Presidential race he is only | of human happiness. Those most aware receptive, and waits the possibilities of the | of the need of such study are not to be leap year, sought among the absorbed students who have no vital contact with the world, but in the great army of earnest and intelli- gent men and women who are the active agents for extracting nature’s benefits. It is well that a reasonable number of these should be admitted into the Academy of Sciences. They will bring with them a to pass the 3 per cent bond bill .at once, | Pro2d understanding and that order of and let the country see if Cleveland would | hard common-sense which knows how to have the andacity toveto it and stick to org‘““; Lyving {"m_e" ““d;‘_‘ml"ess s 3 5 ness and personal spites and jealousies. Rinpeccentisge. oo The election of David Starr Jordan as There is said to be in the Senate a| president furnishes the key to the new majority of ten for free silver, and con-|situation. Besides being a scholar of ex- sequently the goldbugs have to work all | cellent scientific attainments and broad their schemes through the Cleveland mill, | comprehension, he is eminently a man of and be quick about it. the world-building type, and is in close touch with the stern practical side of life. When we add to these qualifications an incredible capacity for work, a fine organ- izing ard directing ability, an eager fond- ness for knowledge and a kindly and gen- erous disposition, we have a complete portrait of the man for the place. That 4| he will brin to bear upon tbe conduct of the academy all the qualities which fit him for its direction, and make it the focus of all the scattered and dormant energies P which are ready to be applied in utilizing The San Diego Union issued a large New | the institution for the good of the people, Year's number consisting in its special fea- | there Is every reason to believe. ture of exhaustive descriptive articles de- THE CAUSE OF ARMENIA, The voice that demands protection for Armenia speaks in the language of civili- zation and Christianity, but the meaning that of a common humanity. In his various loans, Cleveland has fur- nished the country with a good many issues for the next campaign, and poor old Democracy will have to carry them all. Salisbury continues to be opposed to an arbitration of the Venezuelan boundary, but it is believed he will have sense enough 1o consent to what will be called a ‘‘diplo- matic equivalent.” It wonld be a zood plan for the Senate Kaiser William evidently meant busi- ness in recognizing the complete inde- pendence of the Transvaal, for he will ap- point a German Consul at Pretoria and try to build up a trade. There are two things the Senate shoul do before it enters upon the discussion of partisan measures—one is to pass the tariff bill for greater revenue, and the other is to re-enact the reciprocity law. subject and we must speak also. Our voice, like that of our sister cities, will speak with the tone of no class or creed or race, but of 2 common humanity. It will be the voice of man speaking for his fellow- man, and the heart of every citizen should add feeling io give it emphasis. The duties of our Government in refer- ence to matters of this kind are not clearly defined. We have a Monroe doctrine for this iemisphere, but no settled policy for dealing with the rest of the world. The Turkish problem is not a problem for us. We have no National interests in that part of the globe to be affected one way or an- other whether the flag that flies above the Golden Horn bear the crescent or the cross. We Lave thus far interfered there only to vrotect American citizens residing under Turkish rule. This, however, is not the full limit either of our right or our duty. The old saying. ‘‘blood is thicker than water,” applies in this tase. The infln- ence of our Government should be exerted to put a stop to such atrocities as those com- mitted in Armenia, whether the victims are our own people or those of another Tace, The importance of making the coming mass-mweeting truly representative of the City will be felt by all who take an interest in the subject. Those who have issued the call for it have arranged to make it include all citizens without regard to any differ- ences on other matters that might exist. All that is left to be done, therefore, is for the people generally to make up their minds to attend the meeting. It should be large enough to assure the speakers of the public indorsement of their wordsand make it known to all that San Francisco stands with the rest of the civilized world in upholding every cause that makes for the welfare of humanity. A QUEER DISCOVERY. The looseness with which the public af- fairs of the City have been conducted is illustrated in an interview with Peter T. Seculovich, published in Tuesday’s CALL. Mr. Seculovich, who is a heavy taxpayer, recalls an act of the Legislature approved April 2, 1866, and amended in 1868, grant- ing the right to construct and operate a street railway in San Francisco from the foot of Post street to Dupont, thence to Market and out Fifth and Kentucky streets. He discovers that a condition of the fran- chise was that the City might buy the road at the end of fitteen years from the date of its completion, if the municipality should so elect, and he argues that as the road was completed in July, 1870, and that as the City has not bought the road, the {franchise has expired. This isa conclusion of law which only aregnlar adjudication might be sufficient to establish. He makes another point, however, and it is much more tangible. It is that the act granting the franchise required the company to pay to the City annually a license fee of $50 for each car that it oper- ated. He discovers that this has not been paid, and believes that the present owner of the road, the Market-street Railway Company, is liable for the whole amount, which Mr. Seculovich estimates at $100,000, He makes the reservation that possibi Board of Supervisors at some time rel the company of this obligation. If so, it would be as interesting to know why it was done as it is to speculate on the rea- sons for a failure to collect the license fee in case it was not done. There likely would be no more interest- ing pastime for some body of public-sp ited citizens than to dig into the old rec- ords of the City and ascertain to what ex- tent the enforcement of laws has been neg- lected and for what reasons. Now that the City Hall is being finished at last with a very handsome and imposing dome it might even be worth while to ascertain why and under what circumstances the City Hall Park, lying betwsen Market street and the municipal building, wes di- vided . into lots and sold; whether the transfer was legal and what is the mean- ing of the fact that these lots are covered with worthless shanties. A digging up of the old records might result in the discovery of things contain- ing all the fascinating elements of a romance. Such burrowing might weaken the foundations of a proud reputation here and there, but in some casesthe sacredness of the grave intervenes and in most others there is simply a blank ob- livion. The citizens who have gone into history as strong and brave patriots in the office of Supervisor would not make a formidable list; and yet there never has been a time when a man of brains and character could not have made himself the idol of the people by doing his whole duty a3 a member of the Board of Supervisors. The Market-street Railway Company will not be worried over any discoveries that Mr. Seculovich may make. It knows too much about politics, Boards of Super- visors and bosses for that. —_— THE MUGWUMP ERA CLOSED. The sudden change of the mugwumps from admiration to detestation of Mr. Cleveland is the conclusion of e curions political episode in our history. When the late Mr, Blaine was nominated for President by the Republican party, the mug- wumps, at that time confined to the ranks of the Republicans, resented his selection on the ground thet he was an unsafe man. Mr. Cleve- land had carried this State by a large and even unprecedented mejority. His opponent in that canvass was Judge Folger, & man of the high- est and purest character and of great and un- questionable ebilities, and objectionable only on the ground of his political principles. Every Democrat in the State was bound to vote against him, but solely because he was a Republican. A better man for Governor, personally, was never nominated in this State, The personal character and the natural ability of Mr. Cleve- land were not known, or, so far as they were voted to the resources and attractions of The affairs of Venezuela, Cuba and the San Diego, and illustrative and artistic ‘tures. Poe Transvaal have to a considerable extent The Marysville Appeal appeared on the | distracted public attention from the mas- 1st inst. as a carefully prepared special | sacres in Armenia. These atrocities, how- edition containing historical data of local | ever, have by no means ceased. Nothing interest and a statement of the lines on | as yet has been done to check them. They which the future prosperity of Marysviile | still constitute the most serious outrage will proceed. that offends the world at this time, and are the more offensive inasmuck as they are not outrages of one nation against another but of barbarisms and supersti- tions against humanity itself. For the sake of no international disputes, however yreat or exacting, can the Ameri- can people afford to overiook or neglect the despairing cry of the wretched people in Armenia. Their cali ‘appeals to every generous and noble instinct of the heart. Nations may hesitate, but individuals must to every need of humanity respond with as much of help as each can give. It lies not in our power unaided to right the wrongs of that stricken people, nor to stay the hand of the merciless Turk, but we can do something. A resolute ex- pression of the moral sentiment of America wili be felt in Europe, and when a sentiment cqually strong is awakened there, the governments of the nations will be forced to act, the cruelty will be stayed and another great victory won for the cause of humanity all round the world. It is fortunate thatat this time, when public attention is so largely attracted to other things, we are to have a mass- meeting next Monday to recall this great Chamberlain intended to make his co- lonial policy a vigorous one, but he has found so many of the coionies cavorting around over the land of other folks that he has had to put in all his time trying to stand the other folksoff and hasno time to attend to the colonies themselves. President Bartlett of the Nicaraguan Canal Company makes a good point against the report of the Government commission by calling attention to the fact that the commission spent only four- teen da in examining the line of the canal and then undertook to set aside the estimates made by men who had spent years on the work. The efforts of the Young Men’s Institute to erect in this City a suitable building of its own should be cordially supported »nd essisted by all liberal men. Every asso- ciation that tends to surround the youth of the City with good infiuences confers benefits that are felt beyond the limits of its membership, and in this way the Young Men's Institute has already rendered a nt service to all to merit the co- operation of all in the enterprise it has duty to our people. Nearly all the greater now uudertaken. cities of the Union have spoken on the known, they came fer short of mugwump re- quirements, According to the standard of mugwump judgment, which professes to take account of intrinsic qualifications rather than mere political availability, Mr. Cleveland’s career had been unsatisfactory. It had been an average American career, unless certain in- cidents of it should be setapart. The son ot a minister in New Jersey, he had been a teacher inadeafand dumb or perhaps a blind asy- lum, but his own education had been hap- hazard. The fact that he was elected Sheriff of Buf- falo not very long after he had taken up his residence in that thriving town indicates that he must have been one of the “boys”’ accord- ing to the contemptuous characterization of the mugwump leader. Afterward Mr. Cleve- land was elected Mayor of Buffalo, and he would not have been elected to that office if the people of the town had not had political attachment to him. They knew him person- ally and they trusted him as a fellow citizen. Probably there is no other eity of this Union where the game of municipal politics is played more skilliully than in the prosperous town on Lake Erie. It might seem surprising, therefore, that the mugwumps should go to Buftalo, of ail places, 10 find their political hierophant. Apparentl Judge Folger embodied the qualities jor which the mugwnmps were yearning. Hé was o man of & spotless moral character and his political principies were purely Republican. Appar- ently Mr. Cleveland was far from satisfying the supersensitive mugwump perceptions; but he had the quality which they lack, and instine- tively they turned to him because of their de- ficiency in that attribute of manliness. Vitally, Mr. Cléveland supplied & defect in the mug- wump constitution. The mugwump revolt against him seems to be violent in iis hysterical manifestations, but it amonnts to nothing. It isea mere suriace nfi'nifle:gmon. m:(r. t(:lelvell’nnd h: now blfik of him the sentiment of the American peop and itis safe reliance. 5 ‘X"fi""’ my‘ happen, we .{I‘tlgd“ Teast have a deliverance from emasculated mugwum politics.—New York Sun, - e AROUND THE CORRIDORS. “Yes, il the Americans in South Africa say Kruger, the President of the Transvaal, is | right, then you can bet itis true,” remarked | the Honorable R. M. Dsggett. Minister to | the Sandwich Islands, as he took & seat with | some gentiemen who found a little time to | chat during the lunch hour in the Palace Hotel yesterday. Mr. Daggett has been a | printer, journalist, politician, Congressman, | diplomat, rancher; and a success in all. 1 “What's matter, Dag?” inquired a friend, | “Why, this business down in Africa—this row among the Germans and English. I say that if the few Americans down there have de- ciged that old Kruger isin the right nmuscl beso. You never see Americans taking sides | with the wrong element. They are cereful to | defend the right man all the—"" | “How do we know that—" | “Wait & minute. Let me tell you about the American people. You don’t seem to be con- | versant with our methods. First of all, Amer! cans are disposed to look carefully into an: [ with & narrow val.lace can be made detach- able with turn up euffs to match, - Ors pointed lace collar may be made into elaborzte accessory by sewing & ruffle of bright striped ribbon around it, making it into a point at each point of the face collar and tack- ing it there. A white flannel gown, with white lace collar and blue and white striped ribbon was very dainty. A stock coliar of the ribbon finished the neck. The model is very useful for wrappers of wash fabrics, and is at the same time appro- priate for making up handsome tea gowns of any fabri¢, the trimming changing the char- acter of the garment entirely. FROM WESTERN SANCTUMS. A Sin to Sell Too Cheap. Lodi Senttnel. It is & sin to sell one footof land in Cali- fornia for one cent less than its full value. Encourage Improvement. ‘Woodland Democrat. Encourage public and private enterprises and improvements. They give employment to HoN. RoLLIN MALLORY Dal DipLomaT, RANCHER; [From a life sketch by ETT, AND EDITOR, POLITICIAN, SUCCESSFUL. a “Call™ staff artist.] thing of that kind before they announce | themselves, and when they resch a conclusion | it is generally based upon & careful study of | the conditions. Secondly, thére are not a sufii- cient number of them there to take absolute possession, and they would on that accountact with discretion. Another point is this: There has been a good deal of talk lately about Eng- land not wanting a fight. Don’t fool yourse!f on that point. They can put up one of the liveliest wars you ever saw, and when English men begin to fight they fight like a house “The whole thing rests on the fact that the Boers have been driven from place to place in South Africa, and finally, when they got to the Transvaal, they declared that they had had enough, and warned England to stand back and keep her hands off. Every American down there knew that, and when this last racket began they saw the condition of things, | and stood in with the Boers. “When I talk about the hebits and general gaitof the people of this country I am discus- sing something 1 am familiarwith. Why, take it up in the mining eamps of this State. There used to be & $3 a month mining tax, and any- body who paid it could work along the placer streams. Occesionally a Chinaman would be ousted, and when the matter was sifted down to the bottom it invariebly turned out that the purely American miners had nothing to do with it. 1have seen Americans go twenty-five miles to see thata Chinaman got justice so long as he complied with the law and put up his money to work his clsim, and you know that Americans have no particular love for Chinamen. But it is that innate sense of Justice that always asserts itself among thern. That is why I think the Boers 1n South Africa are in the right. The few Americans who are there have taken sides with Kruger, and you can bet his cause is just one. “There is no race of people in the whole world 5o willing to do the right thing as the Americans, and they generally succeed in do- ing the correct thing at the proper time. The Chinese matter I refer to came to my notice when 1 was a mere boy, just fresh from the woods of Ohio and eble to receive impressions, All mylifeI heve found Americans just and square in controversies that arise among people of other nations, and on that basis and that basis alone I will bet that the inhabitants of the Transvaal have a just grievance ana kicked at the right time.” i B e A USEFUL HOUSE GOWN. A flannel of black and sage-green stripes, with trimmings of black satin ribbon, forms this charming and comfortable house gown, which 1s fitted to the figure by one darton either side of the front, has the usual back forms, which form godet effects below the waist. The sleeve is of the leg-o’-mutton shave, A light blue crepon had the face set on to outline a square yoke, and falling over the sleeves. An incn border of brown tur iinished the edge of the ruffie. The front of the gown was hooked invisibly and a bow of white rib- bon with long ends finished the front. The neck had a collar of white satin, with tiny points of the blue edged with fur set on either side of the front. A plain untrimmed wrapper of pink flannel is most serviceable, as 1%‘ m easily be laundered. A collarette of white nainsook labor, furnish a market to the people around us, keéep our money.at home and will give us £ood times all the year round. Lead Pills. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Uncle Sam now signs himself with an M.D.— Monroe doctrine. A Polif lennium. Oakland Times. It will be the beginning of a political mil- lennium when the discussions of finance can be divested of party politics. Content Likewise Contagious. Watsonvilie Rustler. % The gospel of discontent has no more ef- fective advocete than the man who persists in talking about hard times. They Want the Earth. Sacramento Record-Union. Notning could have happened more to our hand in aid of our position as to Venezuela and the Monroe doctrine than the attempt of Jameson to invade the rights of the Boers. It nncovered an English policy that otherwis might have had but littie public attention. The Sin of Omission. Vacaville Reporter. Gladstone coined the phrase “the unspesk- able Turk.” Viewed in the light of the situ- ation in Armeniu Mr. Gladstone had better try his hand at coining an_expression which will do justice to the situation in Armenia and the toleration by England of repeated massacres, gvhich have as their sole object the annihila: tion of the Armenian people. Stirring Hornets’ Nests. ‘Woodland Mail. 1t 10oks as though the English who invaded the Transyaal Republic jumped into & hornets’ nest. The English are decidedly out of luck of late. The chances are that some very im- poriant pages of history will be written dur- ing the next twelve months. Some of Napo- leon’s relatives may sec that great general's strongest desire gratified, the = complete bhumiliation of Englaud. THE SUN AND THE TIDE. 1 Inch by inch up the sendy bar Crept the tide at the close of day; by inch in the west afar The sun dropped down tiil the sky was gray. Mingling in with the murmuring strife, From a wret d hut at the end of town, The firse faint of an infant Jife Asthe tide came up and the sur went down. 1L Inch by fuch from the sandy bar Dropped the tide at the break of day; Inch by inch at the east atox ‘The sun crept up and the sky was gay. Blending in with the billowy strife, From the wretched hut at the end of town, The last faint sigh of a mother's life Asthe sun came up and the tide went down. ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE. PEOPLE WORTH READING ABOUT. Two American missiovaries guard the King of Korea at night, The new baby of the. Duchess of York makes the twenty-fiith grestgranachild of Queen Victoria. Tring Park, the beautiful Hertfordshire estate of Lord Rothschild, was once the resi- deuce of Nell Gwynn Sir Edward Malet, aficr & long diplomatic careor, has entered upon the more perilous one of writing opera librettos, Joseph Jefferson has bought back the old homestead at Undercliff, N. J., where he lived for forty years, and which he sold when he built Crow’s Nest at Buzzards Bay. Elizebeth Burrell Curtis, a daughter of George William Curtis, has taken to making speeches. Her favorite theme is “Modern Knights,” but notwithstanding this she is still an old maid. It may be of interest to learn thatof the fourteen new stars discovered within the past 300 years, four were discovered by Mrs. Flem. ing of the Harvard Observatory—namely, one in the constellation of Perseus, in 1887; one in Norma in 1893, and one each in Carinaand , tor makes an immense number of calls on Mrs, Centaurus during th present year. Mayor Curtis of Boston made a sensible observation when he declared at a recent din- Der that “the failures in American politics are due not so much to the perverseness of the ignorant as to tne sloth among the educated.” Adrian Hickman of Bath, Me., owns & swim- ming and diving sparrow, The little creature takes to water as naturally as a duckling, and swims rapidly alter bread crumbs. It will dive beneath the surface at the word of com- mand. Colonel Charles King, the military novelist, with his half-pay salary and his revenue from his books, is very comfortably fixed in life. He is a handsome, soldierly man of about 50, witl gray hair and mustache and a bron. d com- plexion thatlife as a civilian has not bleached. The Sheik ben Aissa, who died at Medeah, near Algiers, recentiy, was 115 years old. The other remarkable thing abont him was that he possessed a sacred seal, the holding of which endowed himself and his whole tribe with the magic property of handling poisonous snakes with impunity. PERSONAL. B. F. Tilton of Sonoma is in the City. Colonel H. 8. Blood of Angels is in town. Dr. T. D. Blodgett of Tulare is in the City. C. A. Durfee, & fast-horse raiser of Los An- geles, is here. R. M. Wilson, a miner of Great Falls, Mont. is at the Russ. Thomas F. Walker, 8 merchant of Watson- ville, 1s at the Grand. James Dennan of Adelaide, South Australia, arrived here yesterday. D. R. Oliver, a prominent real estate broker of Stockton, is in the Cit; A. D. Gassoway, & mining superintendent of vada City, is at the Lick. J. L. Fisher, a business man and mine-owner of Prescott, Ariz., is at the Grand. Naval Officer John P. Irish left the City last evening to see the “Great Father” in Washing- ton. J. W. Enos of Tacoma, for some time vice- president of the Metropolitan Bank thee, is at R. W. Cobb, one of the owners in an exten- sive book-publishing house in Cleveland, is at the Baldwin. John G. Agar, onc of the ownersof the Cali- iprnia Hotel, bas come up from San Mateo. William F. Agar of New Orleans is also at the same hotel. L. Zimmerman, who for some years has been interested in an extensive pork-packing estab- lishment at Portland,and who has recently sold out for £50,000, is at the Palace. Dr. H. Law and family have returned from a nine months’ pleasure trip in Europe, during which time they visited Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Holland, Belgium and the British Isles. J. H. Wilnans, who owns an extensive ranch | near Newman and who is raising fine sheep and cattle, is in the City. Mr. Wilnans also interested in geld properties in Tuolumne Cour Thomes E. Casady and wife of Counecil Bluffs | are at the Palace Hotel. Mr. Casady is As- sistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Towa. His present trip to California is & wedding journey. F. Erickson, one of the contractors on the Pacific Coast Railroad, below Guadaloupe, in San Luis Obispo Couuty, is at the Grand. He says that on the different perts of the road formerly as many as 1200 or 1300 men were working, put they are all laid off now. Ethel Brandon struck another streak of hard Tuck at Stockton last week and her engagement at the Avon was the usual frost. In this case she was the sufferer by the conviviality of her leading man, who got loaded and failed to ap- pear, leaving his part to be played by a substi- tute. Miss Brandon was given a benefit at Ma- sonic Temple.—Music and Draxa. E. 8. de Golyer, who is interested in mining in Calaveras County,is in the City. He has lately been on an extended trip to Leadville, Denver and Cripple Creek. He thinks the boom in Cripple Creek will soon brea ve reached an enormous height. are more holes in the ground than there ever were at Leadville. The rock is rather soft and more progress can be mede than in the old carbonate camp. When all is said Mr. de Golyer is well satisfied with California mines. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YOR . Jan. 7.—Among recent arrivals are: . Bates, Imperial; W. A. Bis- sell, Holland; D. McCullough, St. Cloud; Mrs, Edwrrds, Sturtevant; W. J. shoriwell, Stewart; Miss H. Heicht, Windsor; J. Teggart, West- minster; C. H. Wood, Grand. HUMOR OF THE HOUR. “What sort o’ place do you reckon heaven is?” said Mosely Wraggs, slowly shifting his sent on the perk bencn and looking dreamily out over the blue lake. “The Good Book says it's a place o rest,” re. plied Tuifold Knutt,squinting contemplatively at the sun. “It won't be much of a change, will it?” re- joined Mosely Wragss, after a long panse.— Chicego Daily Tribun. Mr. Cotton—I want to hire a man. Ilave you had any experience as a floor-waiker? Applicant—Have 1? Well, the fellow in the flat under me plays the cornet most of the night.—Yonkers Statesman. Magistrate—You must be subjected to a great many temptations—you are up beforeme 50 often. Prisoner—Dat's e fac’, boss. world of temptations and trial hit me de hardest, bos: Dis here am de But de trials d Times. “*How pale the moon is!” ‘It stays out at night. New York Times. Not Strictly Pro ““‘@Gamen 1 Pouxns B 15 Bays.» Said Hon. W. W. Kinlock, editorialiyin his paper, Christian County Republican, Ozark, Mo.: “I took two boxes NO-TO- BAC a year ago, it destroyed desirefor tobacco, and | gained 11 poundsin 15 days. Thisis nota paid notice, but our experience given in henes many other poor tobacco siaves may take NO- TO-BAC and be free.” A natural easy way fo quit tobacco-using. Take NO-TO-BAC. We telithe truth about NO- TO-BAC, for if it fails to cure, you gel your money back. Just try a single box. it will work wonders; make you happy in more ways thanone. No excuse because oi lack of faith, for you can buy under your own DRUGEGIST’'S GUARANTEE. Every druggist is anthos NoTor-!Bac under ahmluwflmr'gn’;g tocure every form of tobacco using., Our written guarantee, free sample of n't candy catbartio cure Sonstipation: ORly 105 CASCARETS If limbs, use an Allcoc you want a sure relief for tains in the back, side, chest, or BEAR IN MIND—Not one of the host i imi aiCaaE D ogem;ne‘ e host of counterfeits and imita- Porous Plaster K’s | Oglewry. Isshe very sick?” The stocks | As for the | work in the district Mr. de Golyer says there | A “No; she is very pretty.”—Truth. « Kittie, what are the women doing, now that their Bible is finished ?” “‘We've got up a lovely diagram to prove that Mrs. Shakespeare wrote the plays.”—Chicago Record. it «\amma, didn’t the vicar say that the na- s 0f Gongalooloo wore 1o clothes?” “'})‘:Z’nd\:;lly"rdgid papa put a button In the col- lection-box ?"—Punch. “How does it happen,” remarked the ceptain to the lieutenant, “you didn’t marry old Riche man's daughter?” “Oh, the family wes dead against it.” “But what about the girl?"” «“\Well, you see, she happened to be one of the family.”—Tit-Bits. ,10¢ 1b. Townsend'’s, * ——————— SPECIAL information daily to menufacturers, business houses and public men by the Pres3 Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Monigomery. * — —-————— Augustine Birrell isin a state of voluble rage because the London reporters, in quoting & little speech of his, made him use the phrase «resurrected in the flesh.” The author of “Qbiter Dicta” says he positively couldn’t have used those words, and that everybody— even reporters—should have known 1t. NERVOUS troubles are caused by impoverished blood, the nerves not being properly nourished ‘The way to cure nervousness Is to purify the blood by taking Hood's Sarsapariila. —— LiMITED. VIA SANTA FE ROUTE, ut beging October 29. Pullmen’s fivest sleeping-cars, vestibule reclintng- chair cars and dining-cars. Los Angeles to Chi- cego, vis Kensas City, withoat change. Amnex cars on sharp connection for Denver and St Twel r3 quicker than the Santa Fe has besn nd is now tho bast CHICAGO A mew train throug trassconiinental ra R «Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup’ Has been used over fif; < by millions of moth- ers for ibeir children whils Teething wiih perfect success. 1t s00thes the child, softers the gums, Iays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates tho Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrheeas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For salo by Druggists in every parcof the worid. Pe sureaad ask for Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrip. < Lottle. ——————— 1a Mining Company, recently in- , opened offices at 628 Montgomery street, room 7. They will open up the three ledges on their 120 acres of imineral land acquired from L. Schilling, five miles from Julisn City, Cal. The secretary is ready to dispos: of some working capital stock for cash or on easy terms. ‘The mone, received will be for ex- tracting quar: 0g & stamp-millon the D y. Two extensions of this company on th 0 850 per ton. iedge pay at 150 feet deep $40 t e y dry, soft mists com- the H CORONADO. ip tic u I's hoard , $60; t 0 per day. tontgomery st., San Francisco. e hffiness and good looks fn a fine ours is harsh, faded, gray or HATR BALSAM. NEW TO-DAY. s Coronado, Apply 4 New THERE I8 youth head of hair. If scanty. use PARKE WCCAPORATED, Sole Agents for the Maggioni Kid Gloves. '‘Month Of : Special Sales. During this month prior to our annual stock- | taking we shall hold a series of Special Cash Szles in every department. {Each Special | Offered Will be exhibited in our show windows and will be marked At Prices Unheard of Before And will comprise the following line LACES, RIBEONS, GLOVES, NECKWEAR, HANDKERCHIEFS, UNDERWEAR, HOSIERY, SILKS AND TRIMMINGS. b o) AMINE OUR SHOW-WINDOWS. FIRST CLOSING-OUT SALE! --3000-- Silk Remnants. They comprise nearly all the styles shown this season, including Evening and Fancy Shades in Tafieta Silks, Gros de Londres, Peau de Soie, Fancy Armure India Silks, And Satins, Checks and Piaids, Persian Effects, Fancy Stripes, In lengths from 2 to 15 yards, to be sold at once Mithout regard to COST or VALUE. Don't miss this saleif you wish to secure a GENUINE BARGAIN. NEWMAN & LEVINSON, 125,°127, 129, 131 Kearny Street BRANCH STORE—742 and 744 Market Street. Wednesday, Jan. 8th, Frank Siddall’s Soap at 8c. a bar to-day. Every- day price 10 cts. Pen- nies given if acceptable. Complete lists at your command, SMITH'S CASH STORE, 414,416,418 Front St,, S, F.