The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 12, 1896, Page 20

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 1896. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: and Sunday CALL, one week, : iree monthis by mall Sundsy CALY, one month, by mail, ., one year, by m WEEKLY CALL, 0De year, b BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, California. Telephone. ... ..Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Telephone.... Main—1874 BRANCH OFFICE 630 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open untll : open until 9:30 o'clock. *: open until 9:30 o'clock. enth and Mission streets; open open until 8 o'clock. pen until 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : 808 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICI Rooms 31 and 32, 34 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent. 316 Ninih street; To-morrow we speak for Armenia. r had greatne: but he is living up to it. ‘We have no interest in the Transvaal, but the fracas is interest In the lexicon of the granger cloudless days at this season are not fair. The roasting of John Bull promises plenty of beef for a barbecue of the nations, It is noted that the stock exchange goes right along taking no stock in the war talk. Farmers are wondering why the weather bureau doesn’t make rain while the sun shines. The objection of the Kaiser to socialism is so great he won’t even be sociable with his kinfolks. When the springtime comes the Czar may get a move on, and then something will happen. When we reach the end of Truckee's | toboggan-siide we will be in the midst of the rose carnivals, Perhaps Russia will be the next nation to drop an ultimatum in the slot and make the lion roar. E if the Kaiser didn make the drum opean diplomacy would be humdrum only her he s with Venezuela. te with us or com- ali who wish a high t There is just enough virtue in civiliza- tion to keep the talk of war from going further than a warof t pleased with her he sees it now o & isolation from F from another point of Although her s is not buzzing loud i to be heard we may be sure France sawing wood very rapidly. Even when Republican prosperity comes we shall be under bonds to remember our sad indulgence in Clevelandism. It is not surprising that Secretary Searles of the sugar trust refuses to testify, for in every trust nothing talks but coin. One benefitof the Venezuela controversy is that it has given us more patriotism thus far during the year. Last year started so many enterprises we can hardly d room for new ones ome of the others are carried out. Tne fortune of war seems to have changed for a time in Cuba, and if Havana is taken now she will be surprised. Don’t fail to make up your mind to-day to attend to-m the mass- meeting in favor of the Armenian suf- ferers. England is stru Channel with a naval of Eurvpe like a 7 spread. up the British isplay in the eyes with his tail If we had foreseen the weather we had during the past week it would have been worth while to get up a carnival to cele- brate it. Alfred Austin’s reference to the ocean as “England’s territorial seas” may pass as license, but she had better not n pro: The fact that money is rolling into the banks isa good sign of prosperity, pro- vided it isn’t rolling in there to get out of the way of busine: As the space occupied by the California exhibit at the Atlanta Exposition was known as the “gold-medal corner,” it is evident we got our due Kaiser William has the versatility of a busy bee, and while nis letter to Krueger was a sting for Ergland it is believed his letter to the Queen was all honey. Senator Morgan wishes the United States to recognize the independence of the Transvaal and we might as well do it. The circus seems to be free for all, If there is no other way of doing the job we might havea street-cleaning car- nival, cover the cobblestones with roses and fire the Solid Bight as skyrockets. Bryan's plan to get a combination of Republicans and Democrats to pass a joint bill providing for protection and free coinage over the President's veto has genius in it, but it isthe kind of genius that won’t work. Bays the Kaiser: 1 think I shall rattle my arum, It Is long since my armies have battled.” So he sirucka grest blow, but surprise was to come; 1t was Britain’s war drum that was rattled. It is proposed in San Jose to have a poetess and not a queen to preside at the festival of roscs this year, and if all the gifted ladies of the State were invited to compete before competent judges the occasion might be made an academic fete not unwortay to be compared with those so famous in medieval Italy and Provence. A EUROPEAN WAR. The annual announcement of an im- pending war in Europe is like the ery of ‘“‘wolf” by the boy in the fable. For a dec- ade or more it has been regulariy revived during that period of the year when the ar- mies are in winter quartersand whenan ac- tive campaign, in Northern Europe,at least, would be impractical. In view of this oft- repeated prophecy of an event which does not occur, many persons who have never analyzed Old World conditions are of the opinion that the peace of Europe will not again be disturbed, and that the re- curring war scare is nothing more than newspaper talk. 1t is to be noted, however, that as there was a wolf in the fable so there is also a wolf in European affairs, and that sooner or later it will break from its copses with either war or revolution in its burning eyes. It is impossible to suppose in reason that the existing conditions and institations of Europe can much longer endure. Look for an example to the Germany of to-day. With a population of about 47,000,000, it has a regular standing army of 500,000 men, and in addition to this a body of civilian soldiers of 2,500,- 000 more. It costs the enormous sum of $165,000,000 annually to support this army, and this, with the vast and increasing expenses of the imperial Gov- ernment, swells the burden of taxation upon the producers and proper‘y-owners of the empire to a degree which Americans can hardly realize. According to the con- sular reports from Germany the annual tax rate in that country exceeds 20 per cent of the assessed valuation of its prop- erty. 11 this be true it follows that every five vears the Government of Germany absorbs the entire wealth of its people in taxes. This of itself is a condition which cannot continue long. It isalso one which affects v, Austria, Turkey and France to an almost equal degree. S Take another view of Germany as an ex- ample of conditions in Europe. Behold her young Emperor engaged in the vain endeavor to convoke a Cabinet which shall repulse the assaults of the op- position long enough to inaugurate a policy. Of what elements is this opposi- tion composed? Mainly of the several schools of German socialists, whose aim is the overthrow of imperialism. These elements Bismarck was able to keep divided by the exercise of his powerful genius in statecraft and by casting to this faction and then to that the sop of a seeming accession to their demands, But the genius of Bismarck is lost to the Government of to- day, and as a natural result the em- pire which his ability upreared for the Hohenzollerns is in danger of an eruption of its own internal discontent. This condition also affects the other nations of Europe, in every one of which there is a growing sense of equality among men and increasing hatred of caste, With these two elements in European society it is not surprising that either war or revolution must speedily occur. The rprising thing is that one or the other has not bappened before. It is now more than a quarter of a centuryv since Europe has had a serious war. This long ch have ceased to exist, and to the genius of statesmen who have passed from the stage of action. In the meantime the increase of standing armies, composed of men whose trade is war and who demand it as their opportunity for glory, and of the forces of socialism and discon- tent, made up of those who have every- thing to gain and nothing to lose by either war or revolution, place a near limit tothe period of peace. Every sign of the times points with un- varving finger to the certainty of Europe’s entrance upon the new century in a state of disturbance not unlike that with which it began the present one, and with results ahead which are as difficult of forecast now as then. HELP SAN FRANCISCO. The Fresno Republican calls attention to the fact that while San Francisco is mak- ing a fight against the influence of the aided railroads in Congress to secure the passage of a funding bill the people of the interior are content to applaud the effort and rest at that. “Our inactivity,” says our contemporary, “‘is the more surprising because we so expressly recognize the im- portance to the coast of a right decision of the matter, such a decision as will not be secured by the lobbyists of C. P. Hunting- ton. Ifour bondage to the Pacific roads is renewed some part of the blame will attach to ourselves.”” This article was published before the call of Mayors to appoint delegates from all the cities and towns of the State to a meeting 1 San Francisco for the purpose of drafting a memorial to Congress pray- ing that the railroad debt be not funded or otherwise extended. The scope of this call has been very properly widened to in- clude the chairmen of the Boards of Super- visors throughout the State, 50 that the two main interests at stake—the business men and consumers of the citiesand towns as represented by municipal boards and the producers as represented by the Boards of Supervisors—will have an opportunity to express themselves and present a pe- tition which Congress cannot ignore. Hence, the interior of the State will now bave an opportunity to act upon this sug- gestion contained in the Republican’s edi- torial: “If the San Francisco organization which is attempting to combat a funding bill will practically and directly appeal to the interior of the State for moral and financial assistance it will receive it. The wisdom of such a course must be manifest toanybody. * * * California should be as united in action in this matter as it is in feeling. Congress should not be per- mitted to flatter itself that 8an Francisco is alone in opposition to any funding bill that may be devised.” The convention is to be held next Satur- day at Metropolitan Hall in this City. It will be one of the most important as- semblages of representative citizens of California ever brought together under one roof. It will be a struggle for life, and every vatriotic resident of the State and every citizen who has the intelligence to know that his own welfare 1s at stuke will lend his strongest financial and moral sup- port to its success. A BRIGHET RECORD, J. A. Filcher, manager of the California State Board of Trade, sends just such an account of California’s victories at the Auanta Exposition as might have been expected. Although the diplomas have not yet ail been made oat, and Mr. Filcher is therefore unable to send a complete list of the California winners of prizes, he does say that California thus far has taken about seventy-five prizes; that this is at least three times as many as any other State has won; that about half of these are first premiums (gold medals), and that the number of prizes will undoubtedly be increased to a hundred before the fair closes. It is pleasant to hear from him that the California exhibit 15 already known as the “‘gold-medal corner,” and that the free exhibitions of California fruit-cooking have made it necessary for the merchants of Atlanta to carry a stock of California dried fruits to supply the demand which these exhibitions have created. This is worth fully as much to the State as any number of gold medals that may be won by private exhibitors, and it indicates one of the lines along which the extension of our market can be profitably followed. It is encouraging to learn that Florida orange-growers, after seeing the California exhibit, decided not to enter their prod- ucts. Still, it had been already learned that the climate of Florida is not suffi- ciently reliable to make orange-growing a perfectly safe occupation there. It is to be noted in this connection that there is on foot a movement to expand the exhibit of the California State Board of Trade by taking more extensive quarters and incorporating exhibits of valuable products of the entire Pacific Coast and even the Hawaiian Islands. This would make a permanent exposition of great magnitude and interest, and 1t is to be hoped that the suggestion will not be al- lowed to slumber. A HEALTH RESORT. If all Americans possessed the order of intelligence which Enoch Knight has dis- played in a contribution to the Christian Register, published at Boston, there would be less eager search for elusive specifics for consumption. Mr, Knight shows that there is one spot in the world where nature, under pleasant circumstances, offers a stronger hope for benefit or cure than the laboratory of the scientist. This is what he terms the rim of the Colorado Desert, in Southern California. “If one were to go among the ranches of New Mexico and see,” he writes, ‘‘as one must see, the prevalence of catarrh, actu- ally developed by the terrible winds, the blinding alkaline dust and the almost lightning changes of temperature, one would at least be prepared to act conserva- tively, if not to leave that region entirely out of account. There are beautiful re- gions of country and seasors of perfect weather ‘east of the mountains,’ but there is no all-the-year and out-of-doors equal to that found in the rim of the Colorado Desert and the region westward to the sea, as it is respectively opened by the San Gorgonio Pass, with Los Angeles as the base and center. It is bere that one can find equableness and dryness, with almost complete immunity from what may be called ‘rough’ weather.” He shows that at Indio, arailroad station out on the arid and barren plains, there is an annual rainfall of only three inches. This means practically uninterrupted sun- shine throughout the year, as fogs are un- known. It means further an extreme ab- sence of humidity, and the value of this is appreciated when it is reflected that no germs can thrive in a perfectly dry atmos- phere. That is why typhoid fever, diph- theria, malaria and zymotic and endemic diseases generally are impossible in that semi-desert region. Furthermore, as the country is several hundred feet below the | level of the sea, breathing is easier there than anywhere else in the world. This relieves the lungs of an effort and a strain that impair the value of the high plateau period of peace has been due to conditions | °f Colorado and New Mexico. ‘While regarding this rim as the greatest boon that nature has provided for phthis- ical sufferers Mr. Knight urges against the plan of establishing sanitariums, where the patients shall be herded and thus de- pressed by contact. In that wonderful climate, where, as he truly says, “‘one can bask, if not actually bake, in the sun the winter long,” and where *'the sunshine is as faithful as is the unvarving west wind, which week after week and month after month brings over mesa and mountains the sweet breath of the ocean,” it is essen- tial that the benefits of outdoor freedom be enjoyed to the fullest extent. If one prefers a sligntly stronger touch of the ocean, a little higher altitude and immediate contact with beautiful farms, orchards and vineyards, one may go into the pretty canyons of the San Jacinto Mountains, which open upon the desert. Palm Springs is one of these places, and it has the advantage of hot medicinal springs. Even at Indio, which is planted in the heart of a blind desolation, water hastrans- formed the desolation into a garden of re- freshing verdure planted by human hands, The time must inevitably come when the wonders of this strange region, in its power to restore health while offering the pleasantest conditions of life, will be batter understood and the sufferings of humanity diminished in proportion to the extension of this knowledge. WHAT TIME WILL BRING, Those who cannot read the destiny of San Francisco in the unalteraole condi- tions which assure its coming greatness must lack the understanding to make an effort to secure that result. As the his- tories of cities go, San Francisco was born but yesterday, and unlike any other Amer- ican city of rapid growth it has developed its present importance solely by the irre- pressible force of natural advantages which have operated with the certainty of | fate against purely artificial hindrances. These are too familiar to Californians to Tequire enumeration here. It is sufficient to say that no manifestation of human stupidity, greed or indolence can check the onward march of this Western metrop- olis, and it is still more encouraging to see that even these obstacles to advancement are disappearing under an awakenineg sense of duty and a better appreciation of opportunity. The geographical situation of the City comprises an extraordinary combination of favorable circumstances. Its back- country is surpassingly rich in agricultur- al lands, precious metals, lumber and all the other great essentials of community wealth; these are not developed to & hun- dretn part of their capacity. Much of this region is accessible by waterways which are not made available for transportation. The outward view shows a frontage on the Pacific Ocean and favoring winds and ocean currents that invite navigation. The physical conditions of the City have for their chief feature a climate which is not only pleasant but which conduces to health, vigor and adventure. Of equal value with these advantages is the peculiar fact that the City can never have a rival. Railroads have caused it to lose the trade both of the north and the south, but a thousand such facilities could not annul the remarkable advantages which are centered in this spot. Railroads may produce a wonderfully rapid growth, as they have done in the case of Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul and some other ‘Western cities, but a great ocean and a matchless harbor have an influence, and, assisted by natural inland waterways and a climate which makes possible the produc- tion of expensive articles of consumption grown nowhere else in o great variety and abundance, must exert an influence that will have a cumulative force in the passing of the years and that in the end will make of San Francisco one of the greater cities of the world. A great hindrance to development is its distance from the populous centers of the world, What is termed “the bridge” lies between us and the millions of our breth- ren who live on the other side of the con- tinent and who are eager to buy what we produce; but in time this bridge, by means of irrigation and settlement, will become a highway lined with thrifty people, and that problem will be solved. Long before that will have happened our own broad acres will be filled with a happy popula- tion enjoying life while accumulating a competency and all contributing to the greatness of their metropolis at the Golden Gate. POETRY AND ROSES. It has been proposed to have a poetess instead of & queen to preside over the com- ing festival of roses in San Jose, and the provosal is worthy of serious considera- tion. It suggests possibilities of lifting the annual festival at San Jose to a unique Pposition among the carnivals of the State, and if the proposal is undertaken in the right spirit and carried out in the right way it may result in adding to the festival a feature of extraordinary interest. It is a well-known theory of Wagner that music, painting and poetry have each been carried to- the highest plane they can attain separately, and that if the art of the future is to transcend that of the past it must seek to do so by combining the three arts into one and raising that to the superlative degree. Wagner sousht to achieve this in his operas, and in the com- position of them gave as much attention to the poetry they expressed and to the beauty of the scenic effects as hedid to the music itseif. A Wagnerian opera therefore is a combination of all the arts, and there can be no doubt that much of the prestige of these operas is due to the skill with which the combination was effected. Our floral festivals have ignored the wis- dom of this maxim of the innovator of the opera of our time, They have sought to please by one art alone. All energies have been directed solely to the production of scenic effects. Music and poetry have been set aside in order that exclusive at- tention might be given to artistic accom- plishments of form and color. Great suc- cess has been undoubtedly gained in that way. The beauty and the multitude of our flowers have sufliced to produce wonderful pageants and brilliant pavilions, and when united with the glow of ribbons ana the blaze of fireworks the triumphs at- tained have been almost infinite in their variety., It seems certain, however, that much could be added to the delight of | even the most successful of these festivals if all the glory of their colors and the | splendor of their beauty were interfused with the glowing sentiments of poesy and the raptures of music. If San Jose undertakes to introduce the element of poetic competition into her fes- tival of roses she will not be without models on which to fashion her work. Many of the medieval festivals of Italy | and Southern France were blended floral fetes and contests of poets and musicians. Such a festival continues to this day in Provence. Readers of “Corinne”’ will | recall the triumph of that heroine on such an occasion at Rome. These old models | could not be closely followed, of course. with any success, for we are a different people, with different customs; but still | we might profit by them as fully as we do by Venetian pageants in arranging the spectacular portions of our festivals. THIS OLD COUNTRY. Good times or bad times, we're with this country still: | With her on the mountain top or slidin’ down the | hill! I Don’t care how corn's a-sellin’, 1f cotion's high or | low; This old country, brethren, ls the best one that we cnow ! G00d times or bad times, we're with this country | still E\‘eryhll;ne we feel her shake we have a friendly chiil. Don't care how things Is goin', nor how the tem- | pests blow, This here old country, brethren, is the best one | that we know! i Good times or bad times, we're with this country | still; With ber when we sow the grain an’ when we go | 10 mill. Don't care what's 1n the future, we'll whistle as we g0, For this old country, brethren, Is the best one that we know! —Atlanta Constitution. A PASTOR AT SIX?EEN. Brooklyn never has done justice to her in- fant ministerial phenomenon. He is Henry Banta, aged 16, of 227 Nineteenth stree. | Young as he is, Master Banta Is settled over a church, has a parsonage and draws a man’s salary, says the New York Press. He is spend- | ing the winter in Brooklyn, because his home is there, | Four years ago, mfter spending several months in Seney Hospital, he went South with his father, the Rev. Charles Banta, a traveling evangelist. Young Banta wes taken along in | the hope that the change of air might benefit him. While attending one of his father’s re- Henry Banta. vival services in a small backwoods Ohio town he became converted. He began almost imme- diately to preach. “‘First I used to exhort from my seatin the audience.” he said. “I gave my testimony. Then father had me read & chapter in the Bible, and ellowed me to make a few remarks on the passages that particularly impressed me. He would follow with the main address or exhortation. Ina few weeks Ifound my- seli preaching to audiences thatlhad never seen before, and I nave been preaching almost continuously ever since. A yearago I preached in New York, Brooklyn and Jersey City. In Jersey City the meetings were largely attended, and-many, very mauy, seemed to feel the lové of God for the first time.” When young Banta went South last spring on an evangelistic tour the Methodist church of Shelotte, N. C., wasso taken with hispreach- ing that he was asked to remein permanently with the church. After considering the offer a few months Banta accepted. He preached in Shalotte three months and from all accounts gave good satisfaction. The demands of regu- lar parish work, the necessity of preaching in- terestingly to the same congregation twice a week soon showed him that Le lacked the qualificetions of a regular pastor and he has come North to it himself for the ministry. | ment drayman, came tome and we talked of | to reflect upon our honesty. | thoughtful man,and looked further ahead than | | yer untarnished by proof, and altogether he | of things. | be here. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Sam Rainey, the gentleman who hes a fond- ness for the Fire Department because he was brought upin the atmosphere of the engine- house on Bush street, is & philosopher, even if he is nothing else. Mr. Rainey seldom opens his head unless he says something worth hearing, but on the other hand it must not be forgotten that Mr. Rainey knows when not to open his head, not- withstanding the fact that he might say some- thing pleasing to the ear if he wished to. ‘While Mr. Rainey is not the author of that famous expression “The people be —,” he is nevertheless responsible for the epigram ad- dressed to a'newspaper man, “If you wantto killa politician don’t mention his name and he will mildew and get off the earth.” In fact, for a man who does not pretend to be & Solomon, Mr. Rainey says some very peart things. “Iused to be iaspector of the apparatusof M. Gillig of the Larchmont Yacht Club, who is now tarrying in Los Angeles. VIEWS OF WESTERN EDITORS. A Tune for the Democrats. Riverside Enterprise. The Republican Congress whistles through a Reed. That Robber Tariff, San Bercardino Times. What the country needs is some more of the “robber tariff."” Brevity the Soul of Business. Los Angeles Times. Emperor William’s message was a great deal shorter than President Cleveland'’s, but it had the desired effect. In Need of Support. Los Angeles Express. The saministration seems to have the sup- SAM RAINEY, [Sketched by a 1 ! S| i PHILOSOPHER. “Call” artist. | the Fire Department,” said Mr. Rainey yester- | day, as he blew a cloud of smoke through the | interstices of his stubby mustache, *when the Grand Jury found it a pastime to investigate | us every six months. No matter whether there was anything in the wind or not that body of citizens would haul the Fire Department up | for a scoring. Of course, under the circum- stances, we were our own witnesses and stood | right up to the music, swearing that every- thing was all right—and it was.” The speaker thrust enother load of smoke out of his face | and continued: “One day Lyons, the depart- | the frequency with which the Grand Jury used | Lyons was a very | I was accustomed to. He reviewed the num- | berless times we had been maligned by the Grand Jury and recalled the occasions on | which we had proven cur innocence. He rev- eled in the fact that our reputations were es seemed very well satisfied with the condition | “When we had finished conversing of the mis- | takes of the Grand Jury he laid his handson | my shoulder, and with a thoughtful expression | on his face said: | «‘Sam, if we should ever getout of the Fire | Department it would be impossible for us to do | it any harm?’ ““Why so, Lyons? I asked. ““Well, Sam, I'll tell you. It is because we | have sworn so many times that the department | || is dead straight and square.’ ” Willard T. Barton, who composes popular | songs for pastime and paves the cities of the East with California asphaltum for business, | again inSan Francisco. Business may cali | Mr. Barton to New York and Boston and keep | him away many months of the year, but San | Francisco is his home and it is his delight to The Lambs’ Club is a joyful place, but Bartor’s allegiance to the Owl never falters, Speaking of songs at the Bohemian Club yes- terday Mr. Barton replying to questions saf. “ ‘Razzle Dazzle’ made a great hitand was in | considerable demand for a time, but it has not | maintained thesteady favor which has been | accorded to ‘Imogene Donahue.’ Yes, ‘The | Knights of the Gold-Plated Hod’ and ‘Rachel Rosenheimer' are still sung, but ‘Donahue’ sells better than any other song of | my composition. This thing of writing songs | is only an incident. When I found that the | songs were profitable I protected my interests | by copywright and have derived quite a sum of | money as the result. “Iam now interested most in shipping to | Eastern cities refined asphaltum from the vast beds near Santa Barbara. It is the best paving material in the world, even superior to that which comes from the Island of Trinidad. It is extensively used in New York, Brooklyn, Utica and Syracuse, and is bound to become popular in other cities. We send Fast the re- fined article, and there mix It with sand. Mr. North, the Water Purveyor of New York, as- serts that it i3 the best paving material in the world. We come into competition with the product from Trinidad, but are sble to meet it. In New York we lay two and a half inches of | asphalt on & concrete foundation of six inches, | and the pavement i3 guaranteed o last for diteen years. | “San_Francisco,” remarked Mr. Barton, | “should be the best-paved city in the world, | but it is one of the worst. Whoever heard of a | pavement being guaranteed to last for any | length of time in this city ? In the East guar- | antees are exacted, and the lowest limit of time is five years, For the New York pave- ments all the oils and moisture of the material are extracted and the composition is put on at a temperature of 226 degrees. With this care in construction end reasonable diligence in | keeping the street in repair the pavement will | last for fifty years. { “People in California do notcomprehend the value of the vast deposits of asphaltum in this | State and do not appreciate the excellence of thearticle. One bed in Santa Barbara covers an area of 38,000 acres, yet the world-famed deposit on the island of Trinidad embraces only 118 acres. In freights we can hola our own. Of course, we ship only the refined arti- cle and add the necessary sand when it is pre- ared for use. Itisa great industry jor Cali- fornia and its development is just beginning. Mr. Barton will remain_here until March 1, He will soon be joined by Commodore Harry | gown by the use of fan: ort ot neither its politieal friends nor its po- itical enemies in its efforts fo retire the green- acks. A Voice for Diplomacy. Santa Barbara Press. It is & pity that two such respectable old par- ties as John Bull and Uncle Sam should lose their heads to the extent it making it neces- sary for either to back down. Situation in a Nutshell. Pasadena Star. Tt may be said that the prevailing feeling on this caution in ascertaining the exact status of the boundary question and acting accordingiy. If it be shown that England’s claims to territory there are good the present controversy be ended; if they are not tenable the President will be supported in enforcing the Monroe doc- trine. A DAINTY .FRBCK. Dresses of fancy wool mixtures for young girls are very effectively trimmed by plain cloth of one color. That shown above is of a materiai of which numberless colors are mixed baphazard in weaving, the trimming being of sage green lady's cloth. A mixture of bluet and dark green had a dark green cloth trimming, edged with bluet spangles. A plain blue serge was made into a stylish ilk for che trimming, A dress designed for e girl’s best frock was of pon, with the top of brown velvet, all s being trimmed with a narrow fringe the ed of sable set under. Two sable tails hung from h sirap at the waist line, over the skirt, both back and front. A durk green rough cloth had a top of Enmeu velveteens, on which greens and pale lues blended very harmoniously. A dainty little frock was of & mixed goods in a medium light shade of blue, with the top of velvet of the same shade. This was edged with mink bands an inch wide. From the top of the velyet collar stood & ruff of blue ribbon to mateh, the ribbon being simply gathered, but of heavy weight, soit stood out and did not hang over the collar. The top of this gown may be made separate, to be worn with other gowns and to allow a variety, Or the gowd may be made perfectly Pplain, to be worn with & ribbon-beltand collar. —_— PEOPLE WORTH READING ABOUT. The Emperor of Japan is an all-round sports- man, devoted to riding, shooting, fishing, ten- nis, billiards and footba Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, M. P., is now 93 yearsold. He is a famous whist-player and was a schoolmate of Lord Byron. It 1s said that when Queen Victoria ana the Empress Eugenie are together they spend their spare time doing needlework for the poor, Lord Tennyson is going to publish in his life If you want a sure relief for limbs, use an BEAR IN MIND—Not tions is as good as the genuine. Allcock’s one of the host of counterfeits aud imita- ~ains in the back, side, chest, or Porous Plaster side of the water is in favor of care and | of his father a juvenile tale called ‘‘Mungo the American,” written by Alfred Tennyson at the age of 14. His royal nibs, Chulalongkorn, King of Siam, has been experimenting with the fashionable toothpick shoes now in vogue. Already he rides a bike. A curious fad of ex-Queen Liliuokalani isa knots made by sailors who She has a large col- lection of these eyidences of nautical skill. The officials of the village of Saint Pourcain, France, have just entered upon the possession of 1,800,000 francs leit to it by the Marquise de Brusselle, who was born there. The money is to be used to build a hospital for old people. The Marquise was formerly a seamstress in Saint Pourcain, and there met her husband. George H. Filley of New Yorkjs at the Bald- win. J. B. Lankershim, a banker of Los Angeles, is in town. Professor Morris Leon Driver of San Jose is in the City. T. Hooker, a business man of Napa, arrived here yesterday. Professor E. S. Vraz, a naturalist of Prague, Bohemia, is in town. John C. Nourse, a general merchant Fresno, is at the Grand. J. L. Maude of Sacramento, Secretary of the State Bureau of Highways, is at the Baldwin. R. A. Kunkle, a wealthy mining man of Butte, Mont., is at the Californis, accompanied by his wife, The Rev. C. L. Williams of Vancouver, Wash,, is at the Occidental, accompanied by Misses B, A. and Clara A. Williams. Robert Harney Putnam leaves this evening on the Sunset hmited for Chicago on a busi- ness trip. He will remain several months in the East. Thomas G. Merrill of Helena, the chairman ot the Montana State Mining Commission, has returned here after several days' absence. He isat the Palace. A. D. Cridge was in this City yesterday. He is the editor of the Lemoore (Kings County) Radical and the son of Alfred Cridge, a well- known writer, journalist and reformer of this City. Lieutenant Willlam T. Littlebrant of the United States Army, Fort Assinaboine, Mont., is at the Occidental Hotel. Fort Assinaboine is high in the Rocky Mountains near the west- ern line of Montana. M. C. Thompson, who 1s engaged in many en- terprises in Australia, has arrived here from the East and Europe, on his way to the antipodes. He 1s a friend of ex-Governor Pacheco, and the latter, as well as others, has called on him. Among the arrivals at the Baldwin Hotel is Miss Clemence Genot of Paris, who for eighteen months past has been living in Tahiti. Miss Genot says the French artist Guerrin has for some time been in Tahiti, and is busily en- gaged in painting the natives and bits of scenes in and about the islands. Miss Genot is en route to France. She has been in Tabiti for pleasure. Lieutenant W. F. Halsey, who went to China some time since with Admiral Carpenter and has since been with him on the flagship Balti- more, arrived here yesterday, on his way to Washington and will go on to-morrow. He says the American warships in Asiatic waters are so well distributed that if any trouble oc- curs they will be found to have a command of the situstion. Lieutenant Halsey was all through the Chinese-Japanese war. of CALIFORNIANS I;I NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 11.—Miss E. Kelton is at the Plaza Hotel here in company with Mrs. Perkins of Chicago. Among other ar- are: H. Little, Grand Union HUMOR OF THE HOUR. “Horace!"” called the blind man to the deat and dumb man, “I want to see you.” “‘Well,” replied the deaf and dumb man, “you needn’t speak so loud.’—New York Herald. “He must be worth at least $100,000, mamma.’ “How do you know?" “He told me his fortune ended in five ciphers.” “H’'m, maybe it begins with one, t00.”"— Washington Star. Beggar—Can you kindly assist me, sir? I've got & wife and thirteen children to support. 01d Gentleman—Goodness gracious! Thirteen children? Beggar—Yes, sir; a baker's dozen, and not bit of bread to give them.—London Fun, Tinkle, tinkle, breakfast betlst Sweet the tale your music tells, ‘When upon the nose there falis Scent of fragrant codfish balls. —New York Mail and Express. Maud—How sickening it is to hear men pay- ing compliments to women. Ethel—To other women—yes.—Boston Trans- cript. “What s suspicion?"” “Anxiety 1o learn what we do not wish to know.”"—New York Times. He—Do you think my picture looks like me? She (sympathetically)—Yes, I am sorry to say it does.—Somerville Journal, A e T —_— E. H. BLACK, painter, 120 Eddy street. s CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50c Ib. Townsend's,® Dot oo PR TR TOWNSEND'S special sale—Fresh cream mixed candies, 15¢ a pound; worth 35¢. - e EPECIAL information daily to manufscturers, business houses and public men by the Prass Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * 120,000. New crop cocoanuts just discharging from the City of Papeete from Tahiti for the Pioneer Brand Shredded and Desic- cated Cocoanuts. LukE G. 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