The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 14, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1896. _CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and lirnrfi SlJBSClIPmN RATES-Postage Free: / Fafly and Sundsy CALL. one week, by carrier. §0.16 | mall . 600 | BUSINESS OFFICE: 510 Markes Street, San Francisce, California. | Telephone . ...Main-1888 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Telephone .. 586 Hayes stree %17 Larkia street €W corzer Sixteenta sotil § o'clock. 8 Mission stree:: 16 Ninth strees; ope OAKLAND OFFICI €08 Broadwar. EASTERN OFFICE: ew York City. a good yesr for snd pow- f Eu ace, b at: g the pipe of pe ay be smok- | t the smoke looks | uter barbarians wish to i of war we are| i | i } ! i = objection to reason to believe been dieting on Armenia, and now energy into the ion and speak for As the metropol San Francisco s exhibit repr whole coas he Pacific Coast have a commercial the products of the The Spaniards claim to win a good many victories in Ct omehow the Cubans | seem to capture all the town and overrun il the pr ce: Cecil Rhodes of office, but he de- clares he is not out of polities, and it may be he has dodged this crisis only to pre- pare for a bigger one. The whole country will have to carry the Cleveland debt s a matter of finance, but | 28 a matter of politics Democracy will have to ca i There may have been no corruption in the Cleveland bond deals, but there are suf- rrant- Congress in making an The Kaiser has j the mixture of brains apd ambition to desire to ecli; the fame of Napoleon by making a suc- ul invasion of England. In the third:term movement Democracy has something worse than Buckleyism to fizght and 1t is time the party leaders were showing what they mean to do. Among the fairs and festivals of the year there should be one in which the whole Pacific Coast would have a show, and San Francisco should hold it. We give the Populists due notice that if a movement is started to nominate Lyman Trumbull for the Presidency weshail have the leaders of it arrested for planningto rob a graveyard. If the prospect of war leals the nations of Europe to continue hoarding gold the effect will be to make the remonetization of silver absolutely necessary if we wish to keep prices There is straight Republicanism in the House, straight silver in the Senate and straight Democracy in the administration, but the Government as & whole isn't as straight as a pig’s ta: There is a deficit in the revenue, a con- tinued export of gold, an increase of the bonded debt and a Grover Cievelana to harass the country, but despite ajl these none of the fighting nations show any de- sire to fight us. The story that stia has promised to Germany not only her own aid in a war with England, but that of “her alles, France and the United States,” is one of the finest short stories of the day. It is so terse, so fetching, so full of imagination. Notwithstanding the talk of war, prepar- ations are being made at Kiel, the great naval depot of Germany, for an interna- tional exposition of the peaceful arts of navigation and fisheries, and the Kaiser surely won’t be so rash as to spoil the profits of 2 home enterprise. There would bhave been & severer out- burst of public denunciation cf the new bond issuc if the previous ones had not fatiguea indignation and made wrath tired. Asitis the peopie wait for Con- gress to expose the inner history of the dealsand will strike on election day at every cuckoo in sight. CLEVELAND DENOUNCED. In these davs, when nearly all the leed- ers of the Democratic party have ceased to make even a prefense of opposition to the iniquities oi Clevelandism; when they stand silent in the presence of an out- rageous increase of the public debt and do not venture to rebuke the advocatesof a third term, it is a public satisfaction to note that there are still some members of the party loyal enough to be true to its | best traditions and brave emough to de- unce the man who has done so much to séredit it in the minds of patriotic and Among the few Democrate who bave bad the candor and the comw inary acts of Cleve- Henry George. We publish in full orning a letter written by him to New York Journal, 2 Democratic or- | gan, on the subject of tre bond issue, and mend it to our readers &s an expres- d thinks of this Jatest scheme of the President he helped tp elect. The whole leiter is good, but one passage s special considerat: }y President has ignored this of Democratic Republicanism, an a f loser to the doors of the was ever brought befo Wh House than any American President. ntil the last few years? evelend took office in 1892 Mr. and the finan- P * with the Presi- Ri cost of his hotel bills Morgan have given him s much of the syndicate’s gain of mil- id bave psid his carfare but for he had been Mr. Cleveland’s law Itis the same usurpation of power, eme odious concomitents, that Mr, prop n the opt rmed, to repeat again on a larger ican people will guietly an Republic not gs 8 thing The language used by Mr. George is certainly strong, but not more so than the subject end the occasion demand. The Democratic party is on trial. A momen- s crisis in its history confronts it. Only v candor and courage can it be saved from ‘l':e infamy of surrendering to Cleveland and m a renomination. More those of Mr. George are , and if the Democratic party ex- AN UNNECESSARY WRECK. From present sccounts it seems that the wreck of the Janet Cowan on the coast of Vanc nd might have been d that the causes producing it were a lack of a full complement of sailors, insufficient baila: the master. Thu el, in spite of the perfection of England’s mari- e laws, was wrecked and death and in- | credible suffering produced by violation of three simple, well-understood and alto- gether necessary precauiions. The skipp 15 dead, and very likely it was his dissipa- tion that rendered him unable to bear the | hardships which he encountered ashore. That liquor is a contributing agent in the production of a lafge proportion of shipwrecks and brutality toward seamen is a fact &s notorious as is deplorable. Its dangers are so well understood that it is rigidly kept from sailors while on a voyage, but an extraordinary inconsi tencv is seen in the fact that the régpon bie men of a vessel are permitted td car and drink as much liquor as they please England, with all the advancement which she has made 1n securing safety and hn- mane conduct, has still falien short in per- mitting the ofificers of a ship to drink while on the sea. The great rsilroad corporations of the world have set an example in this matier that might well be followed in maritime effairs. The rule that the men charged with the safety of trains and the lives of human beings shall drink no intoxicating liguors while on duty is enforced withex- treme rigidity. It 1s only thus that the number of disasters is reduced to a mini- mum. Experience hes shown, further, that drinking, besides impairipg the mental integrity of one holding a re- sponsible position, breeds despondenty, discontent and a spirit of rebellion. Itis for this reason that local civil authorities, if they are , order the closing of drink- 4ing saloons at certain hours of the day in case of serious strikes and riots. A sailor who has risen to an official position on a ship has passed through the experience of all sailors. Whether there issomerhing inherent in this occupation which renders dissipation virtually neces- saryis a sericus question,and it is given an addea importance by knowledge of the factthat the followers of one occupation are as a ciass more given to drinking than those of another; bui, keeping the dis- cussion within restricted lines, it wouid be rational to expect that a sailor who has risen to a position of authority on a ship carries with him the appetites of his class, even though we make allowance for the fact that he could not have risen had he been a drunkard. To give to maaters of vessels unrestricted license to carry liquor for their own use is to invite such disasters as that of the Janet Cowan. A PECULIAR CITY. It has pleased the Rev. Carlos Martyn to come to us and in & public speech charge us with having an exceedingly wicked city. This isnot the first time that such a charge has been made, and as it usnally gomes from strangers, and is based on certain minor externals, particularly the freedom with which the people seek recre- ation on Sundays, a few instructive re- marks on the subject might prove beneficial to all concerned. The peculiar climatic conditions which prevail here necessarily produce a de- parture in conduct from the standard of communities where these conditions do not exist. An excess of ozone in the air and the absence of a repressing climate oaturally tend to make us free, bearty and aspiring. Here, as in all other cities, the population is confined at work during the week, and when Sunday comes with its gladness and sunshine and cheer, it is not in vigorous human t0 resist the temptiation to go abroad in the fine free air and drink of the cup which nature has fiiled to the brim with precious life-giving offerings. Tt is & fact that the greatest crowds begin to move only after the churches have held their services; it is another fact that it would be difficult to find a city with more e to de-| er of the | hired him st the | this, then, indeed, may we begin to | churches and church-goers in proportion to the population. In their Sunday ous- toms the people of San Francisco duplicate the practices seen in those ¢ities of Europe l which bave a pleasant climate and many i outdoor beauties awaiting theirenjoyment. i“‘e have the one American city of that type, and the reasons which lie behind lme fact constitule the greatest charm of | 8an Francisco. That our people are not | compelled by ereat heat or cold to house | themseives on Sunday isone of the reasons jfor their health, strength, cheerfulness | and prosperity. | Ifevidence of evil-doing be discovered, | it is merely proof of that strength, vigor |and freedom which distinguish the peo- Ivis Tt has HENRY GEORGE ON CLEVELAND. To the Editor of the New York Journal (Demo- eratic): In response to the question of the Journallwonld sdy that in oy view, public opinion, even if Congressionsl action lags, ought 10 put a sharp and decisive stop to any more such “gift enterp: as the President has already been suffered to indulge in, to We great advantage of Messrs. Stetson, Morgan and therr allies, and which, from credible re- port, he is now proposing to continue on a still more gigantic scale. What Mr. Cleveland has been doing in his previous bond issues, and what be is now believed to be on the verge of doing again, issn exertion of personal power lation, no: merely of the principles of the American constitution, but of the fandamenta; prineipies of coustitutional government, as that which lost Charles I not merely hiscrown, but his head. The incurring of public debt by the issnance ©f bonds binding on the nation is no more the rerogative of the President of the United States than it i8 the prerogativeof the Queen of Great Britain. The wer of issuing bonds, like the power of declaring war, and the power of imposing taxes, is not d by our con- | ple in the bigher endeavors of life. | necessarily & city of extremes. | given birth to numerous startling and orizinal crimes, but these cannot ba con- sidered alone. 1t has again and sgain | elected rascals to office who have robbed | and disgraced 1t, but opposed to all such tendencies is an order of inteilect and morals higher and more aspiring than can | be commonly found. The controlling fac- | tors in the working out of our destiny rep. | resent the best standard of civilization brought hither by our peovle from the i older centers of the country, and its effi- ciency is augmented by natural conditions | which lend it strength, freedom and aspi- | ration. Itisnot for strangers, ignorant of the | forces at work beneath the surface of our conduct, to criticize what they do not nn- derstand and render & damaging verdict | on incomplete evidence. San Francisco knows its shortcomings and its strength, and the abundant decency within it will in good time, as it always does, trinmph over that which is really evil. the hands of the Congress of the United States, over the action of which he has legitimately but the power of recommendation and the limited power of concurrence or non-concur- Tence. r. Cleveland, elected as & Democrstic Presi- dent—and, to our shame and chagrin, by the eernest efforts of Democrats like mysel{, whose only motive was the bringing back teo the Re- | public of the principles of Jefferson—has usurped this power. He has done this under pretente of &n Obdolete law, not intended for such purpose, and which under the Jeffersonian principle would heve been deemed null and void. Yet,under this shallow pretense, Mr. Cleveland, as President, and without the sanc- tion of Congress, has aiready twice increased the bonded debt o: the Nation by millions of dollars. And, under this pretense of law. he has d the money obtained in s way that the law he essumed to'acs under never remotely con- templated. He has used it, not to main- tain the value of the psper money of United States, but to maintain’ the current expenditures of the Government in time of profound peace, thus avoiding, as Charles I tried to do, the necessity of recourse o the Legisisture for snthority to tax the people. The principle of “*no taxation without representation” was the principle on which the American Revolution was foughtyend it wes deemed the fundamental principle of con- stitutional liberty long before the American Revolution was dreamed of. Mr. Cleveland as President has ignored this principle of Dem tic Republicaniem, and he has ignored it in the most offensive and de- A BEVIEW OF TRADE. | The total number of failures in all lines | of business for was, according to | Duw's Review, 18,197, against 13,885 in {1894 Notwithstanding the decrease in | number, however, the aggregate of liabili- ties was slightly increased, and stood at H °s ightls 4 y grading way—in 8 way that has bronght the $175,196,000, while those of the preceding | fafut of cortuption Closer o the doou'g‘!he year were $172,992835. The average per | White House than it was ever brought before i g junder any American President. Who ever failure, therefore, was $13,124 last year s | heard of Mr. Francis Lynde Statson either 85 against $12,456 in 1854, pub'dcfist“olr :;‘h-]nker,l:r in R e iGicath ;i way un ast few yel ea Mr. A ‘classification of the failures $hows | 7juuisnd took offies in- 1835 Mv.Stekeon was that the increase of liabilities occurred | only known to the public, even in New York, wholly in the manufacturing industry in :s-‘h- ClcV§_1lnd‘s pariner ’&“‘ dh;; Pfl"?“ h:{ > =T 3 no sooner did his partaer, the seven States of New York, New Jer- |, or, take the Presidential shair than sey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Ohio, | Mr. Stetson appeared in Washington es the Michigan and Illinois. In these States | 10bbyist of the Pacific Railroad ring in a the total liabilities in manufacturing fail- ures were 320,637,862 in 1854, while they ! amounted to $48,218 448 last year. In the scheine requiring ihe Presidential saoction, by remaining States the failures in thatindus- which they hope to make millions at the ex- nse of the people. And he next becomes try for 1595 were 01,625, against $37,- 725,913 in the previous year. nown thronghout the country and the fiuan- cial world e= the assogfate and partner of the Rreatest bankersin a “deai” with the Pre: dent of the United States,outof which an- other favored syndicate has al . | millions. Be Mr. Stetson’s quslizies what they The total failures in the mannfacturing , does any one s at the Pacific industry for all the States showed Habili- !;Dilglf’";}: :lt?u‘;% ave Nh;:elé{ eu:x buv: | ties of §73,920,073 in 1895, against $67,363.- | Ziven nim as much of the syndicates gain of |7 1894, In the trading industry the | millions as would have paid his carfare but liabi s of failures decreased from $94,- 652,181 in 1804 to $92,706,422 in 1895. In other commercial failures the decrease was from §10,976,950 to $6,569,565. In banking failures the liabilities were $25,666,035 year | before last and $20,710,210 last year. If this showing is not so good as was ex- pected of the year when it began and the | revival from the depression of the Demo- | cratic panic first made itself felt, it is at | any rate an evidence of improved condi- tions in every indusiry except that of | manufacturing. The Wilson tariff con- | tinues to leave our ports open to the goods | of foreign nations, and our manufacturers, | in their efforts to keep their mills running {and afforu employment to workingmen, | entered upon a competition they could not sustain and of course were forced to the wall, with the consequence that while all | other business showed improvement, that | one met with disaster and resulted in such &n excess of failures over last year that the decrease elsewhere was wiped cut and the total showing for all was one of increased | liabilities. | Attention is called by the Review to the remarkable fluctuation in the prices of materials and manufaciured products dur- | ing the year ending January 4 of this year. It says: Compared with January 1, 1895, prices of menafactured products and of materials rose for pig iron 75.1 per cent at the highest poins, bot only 9.1 st the close, while manufactures of irom rose 53.7 at the highest point and 23.5 at the close, anthracite coal rising 15.3 but clésing 5.6 per cent lower than Janusry 1, 1895. Cotton rose 64.7 per cent at the highest pointand 47.1 at the close, but cotton goods only 16.8 8t the highest and 14.5 at the close, Hides rose 73.5 at the highest, end 13 at the close, leather 48 at the highest and 21.4 at the ciose, and boots and shoes 27.9 at the highest end 12.6 at the close. Wool rose 7.7 at the highest point and 6.9 at the close, but woolen goods rose only .8 of 1 per cent at the highest point, closing a shade wesker. Silk rose 14.3 at the highest point and 10.7 at the elosa. The new year opens with something of uncertainty in business circles, but on the whole the prospects for improvement are good. The tariff which has crippled our manufacturers can never be worse than now and may be amended at this session of Congress. There has been also a de- crease of imports recently that will aid in the improvement, and this, taken in con- nection with increasing exports, warrants the bope that trade balances may be more favorable hereafter so that the general re- rulte of the year may prove much better than that of the last. that Mr. Cleveland now proposes, in the opin- ion of those best informed, to quietly submit 10 this then, indeed, may we 854 th ng that is, but as a thing that was. The constitutional question so strongly im- presses me that I have not spece todwellon the tinancial guestion. But, 1n brief, if the income of the Government is not snficient, the com- | mon-sense aiternative is to cut down the ex- | penses of Government to meet its revenue. Ii | more bonds are needed tnen it is the business of Coneress to suthorize theirissue, If thege bonds sre to be sold, then th offered in open market, and no! in the White House. thatis an extravagsnt end tion. The true plan of deal finances s that of interch proposed by Tom L. Johnson o syndi As for = goldreserve, g with our | igeable bond hio, and su Magnire of Californis in the last Congress, That would dispense with all gold reserve, and with all intervention of bankers between the Government and the people. It would effect. ily take the Government out of the bankiug business, and the banks out of the proper Gov- ernment pusiness of issuing money. should the Government buy gold witi that goid is exchangeable for, even gold itself ? HENRY GEORGE. ECHOES. - I heard beyond the hLills a clear voice ringing And rocky heights the tones were backward #iuging Eech airy summit towering thers Gave forth an & ering sound ; And yet so changed it was by oft repeating 1t seemed some oiher seif had caught the greeting And tossed it back with mocking air And hurriec, leaping beund. I T heard @ word of gossip lightly falling, A little word, but gone berond recalling, 8o swift from lip to 1ip it fiew, Caoght in the social gale: But when the echoing so stealing Each voice had added somewhat in revealing, S0 that a listener scarcely knew The autkor of the tale. " —Philsdelphia Press. d came backward THE TRANSVAAL FLAG. The National flag of the South African re- public was adopted in 1882, after the English- Boer war of 1881, 1t is closely patterned after the National flag of Holland, the original Bome PERSONAL. . Mayor H. N. Bages of Stockton is at the Lick. Mrs. E. F. Bishop of Honolulu is in the City. John H. Carter errived from Hawaii yester- as; Dr. J. Emile Blomen of Washlogton, D. C., is in the City. Hume Yeriagton of Carson, Nev.,is in the City on business. 0. J.Smith, & mining man of Mexico, was among yesterdey’s arrivals. Thomas R.Brown of Seattle, United States Mershal of Wasbington, Is in the City. Welter McLean of the United States wership Boston arrived on the Honolulu steamer yes- terday. Charles F. Fishback, & leading attorney of Seattle, who is interested in mining property in the Monte Cristo district; is at the Palace. It has three stripes, the wg T e and the bottom blue, Wwhile the perpendicular field is green. The Transvaal coai-of-erms is ap old immlsun('! wagon Wwn by two oxen, with a Boer driver, end a phenix, surrounded by s wreath with the inscrived word “Liberty” showing out plainly below the wreath. OPINIONS OF WESTERN EDITORS. Paying the Interest. Portland Oregonian. Profligacy, whether nationsl or individual, always hes to pay pawnbroker’s interest, Borrowed Capltal. Szn Francisco Globe-Review. Itis no trick to run s Government on bor- rowed money, but to make it self-supporting is statesmanship. epest 6gain on | a larger scaie. If the American people 'ul\ x i I i | i | | ment whenever i | | | | | i | | | | | ny other publie | i | | | | | for the faet that he had been Mr. Cleveland’s { law partuer? It is the same usurpation ot | power, with the seme odious Goncomitants, | begin 1o speak of the American Republic not ! ould be’ ate | poried by such sterling Democrats as James G. | { Why | v credit, | when it can directly use the creditto buy all | Ex-Judge H. A. Weidemann of Honolulu, who about a year ago weut to Europe with others of & Hawaiisn delegation on business in connection with the political changes in the islands, is at the Octidental. J. C. Stubbs, general trafic manager of the Southern Pacific Company, left yesterday for New Orleans on a business trip. He will on his way East sojourn for & few days in Texas 10 look after business matters there. He is ex- pected to be away for about two weeks. Dr. and Mrs. Charles Francis Stokes (nee | Berminghem), who artived on the Peru Satur- day from the Orient, will leave to-day in com- pany with Captain John Bermingham for New York via Denver. Dr. Stokes has been sta- tioved at the United States Naval Hospitel in Yokohsme for neerly shree years and s hslf He will probably be assigned to similar duty near New York. A Poor Investment. Fresno Repablican. It can be demonstrated that the patriotic citizen who received only $2 for his vote 1n 1892 lost money on the deal. Grover hasal ready bonded every man, woman and child of the Nation to the extent of #4 each, and be still has thirteen months in which to operate. California Will Fursish the Fruit. Steckion Independent. Amid all the rumors of war California farm- ersshould go right along planting orchards. The trees will grow and bear fruit while Europesn nations are destroying life and prop- erty. In such a case American fruit, grain and meat must feed the fighters who are struggling for the extension ot !ieir empires. The Colonels Frightened Them. San Bernardine Sun. Olney's sharpest piece of diplomacy was when he had = list, duly authenticated, sur- rertitiously sent to Salisbury, containing an alphabetical list of all the ‘‘Colonels” in the single State of Kentucky. The Premier at once commenced the preparation of & supplemen- tery and explenaiory note. There will be no wer. We are of the same blocd, traditions, aspirations, etc. Millions for Defense. Califorzia Prohibitionist. The stars and stripes float over no standing CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 13.—Among the re- centarrivalsare: H. , Sturtevant; A. Anthony, Hoffmann; F. P. Baldwin, Astor; G. Brenner, St. Cloud; J. Liebes and wife, H. ‘Wrightson, Holtand; J. P. Eisenbach, Marlbor- ough; O. O. Heydenfeldt, 8t. Stephens; Mrs. ‘W. M. Ireland, Grand Union; W. Laird, Cos- mopolitan. : | number ma. ; such &5 50 monarch of Europe, unless it be the | yicio @b Byt Czer of Russis, would dere attempt such & vie- | stitution in the hands of the President, butin | 510 With whatever of ability it cen command, army wnose forces are numbered by the thoue sands, but beneath its graceful, protecting folds stands a solid array of dauntless hosts, whose reserve energy thrills through 70,000.- 000 loyal hearts wxl:.fch to-day, as ever, beat in unison to the imortal sentiment that America has “not a cent for tribute, but millions for defense’” of American institutions, Ameriean prineiples and American liberties. TUtah's Unigue Constitution. Riverside Press. Utsh starts out with a constitution differing in seversl important puints from thoseof other States. For instance, it provides that juries shall consisist of eight men instead of twelve, apd that in civil cases three-fourths of the Another pro- vision is to the effect that the State shall never go into debt excesding .000, except in case of fnsurrection: and another guarantees to every citizen the right to obtain employ- ble, and makes any inter- ference with this rights crime. Women are granted equal suffrage in the new State. WHAT REPUBLICANISM MEANS. To-day the Post-Express takes its place in the Republican column. Heneeforth, earnestly it will labor for the supremsacy of Republican principles. Its political policy, as thus stated, s due to its essured conviction that the Re- publican party is end is to be what it has been | —the potent conservator of the common weal of the American people. The tree is known by ts fruit, rpther than by any abstract observa- icns on pomology. The fruits of Republican- ism are the shining achievements which have doze most 10 establish government of the peo- | ple upon secure foundations and to bringabout that marvelous progress of the United States which is the amazement and admiration of our breihren of the ciyvilized world. The Repub- lican party was called into being asa protest 8gainst the encroachment of the siave power. Itgave Abraham Lincoin to our conniry and to menkind. It was the right arm of the Gov- ernment during the Rebellion. It made per- manent the gain of the Civil War by the amendments which it graited upon the consti- tution. It reconstructed the States which needed .reconstructing. It has been at ali stages of its career the uncompromising cham- pion of liberty, of equal rights for all, of hon- edtelections, 10nal cre on, and of & tariff-policy which prote can labor and encourages American capital.— Rochéster Post-Express. PEOPLE WORTH READING ABOUT. The Princessof Walesisssid to be getting deat. | The ides of inviting tae Prince of Wales to | visit Toronto in 1897 become popular there. | Mascagni has written an article in an Italian paper wherein he states that no fewer than 1500 libreitos have been forwarded to him to set 1o music. M. Elisee Reclus, the French geographer, Wants to have a terrestrial globe made 400 feet in aismeter, in order to show Off the relative dimensions and heights as they should be. He asks for belp and eniticisms of geographers the world over in realizing his ides. Dr. Milburn, the blind chaplain of the Sen- ate, was first elected & Congressional chaplain n December, 1845, just half a centnry ago. He was then just 22 years of age, and the ungest man whose voice has ever been heard in Congress before or since that date. Dr. Fauvel, who recently died in Paris, had a larger practice in his special branch—diseeses of the throat—than any other physician in the zorld. Yet hisfee was comparatively small, being only $10. Thirty vears ago ke founded &z infirmary, where he treated poor people for nothing. The Archbishop of Canterbury has 4 1o prosecute the Bishop of London for issuing | a license for the marriage of divorced persons, on the ground thst the Bishop’s chancellor held that such licenses are proper, and the op has a right to act on the decision of his chancellor. The one hundredth anniversary of the birth of the famous German historian, Leopold von Ranke, wes celebrated the other day in Jena, the old university town where Schiller was oncs protessor of history. Ranke died in 1886, He was & greatadmirer of America, married an English woman, and was a particular friend of George Baneroft. Henry Rochefort says about his memoirs: “Every human being sees what concerns him through s teiescopic glass. For thirty-five years the baker at whose shop my parents bought bread went to her counter at noon and never budged from it till 8 o'clock. Yet she explained the presence of gray locks in her bair by the fact that her I had been tumultuou ned *I think,” Hali Caine says in MeClures, Magezine, “that I know my Bible as few men know it. Ther no book in the world like it, and the finest novelsever written have in my books are not of my own creation, but are taken from the Bible. ‘The Deemster’ the story of the prodigal son. ‘The Bond- man’ is the story of Essu aud Jacob. ‘The Scapegoat’ is the story of Eli and his sons, but with Samuel ase little girl. ‘The Manxman’® s the story of David and Uriah.” SHORT SMILES. Oue Cannibal—Talk about your eivilization, why, they’'ve just burned some people in Ken- tucky. Another Cannibal—Pshaw! What sort of cooks have they got over there, anywary, I wonder.—Detroit Tribune. Chunk—Doesn’ta “new woman” make you feel fairly mad? Quiverful—Yes; but she's not so bad as & new baby.—Fun. Cawker—I have discovered what started the { new women craze. Cumso—Let’s have it. Cawker—Listen to this testimonial in & pat- ent medicine advertisement: *Since taking four bottles of your health restorer I am & new womsan.”—Life. < Bacon—I was up to Artist Penn’s house last Dight. Yeast—Did he draw any for you? “Yes, indeed he aia.” “What was the best thing he drew during the eveaing?” +-A cork.”—Yonkers Statesman. Tourist (in Oklahoma)—When you drew your bowie and sprang at the stranger who had called you s did he lose his head? Alkali Ike—Nope; only his ear.—Truth. “Is this a fast train? man of the porter. “«Of course it is,” was the reply. “I thought so. Would you mind my getling out here to see what it is iast to 2" —Tit-Bits, esked the traveling Teacher—When the wise men came to the King what did they say? Boy—They said, O King, live forever.” Teacher—Quite right; and whatthen? Boy—And immediately the King lived for- ever.—The Standard. Discouraged Artist—I don’t think I paint as weli as 1 @id ten years ago. Critical Friend—Oh, yes you do; but your taste is improving.—Century, Tommy—When I'm 8 man I'm going to be a soidier. Mother—What! And be killed by the enemy? Tommy—Oh, well, then, I guess I'll be, the enemy.—Yale Recor Bobby—Why do peovlecall unmarried women a spinster, paw? Paw—Because she is spinning a web for an unmarried man, Bobby.—New York Town Topics. “Bilkins is orgarizing & regiment of plumb- ers.” “Great Scott! What a charge they’ 9, Detroit News. s ). Nodd—I guess that doctor of mine will give us something to stop the baby’s erying now, Todd—Why? Nodd—I'm going to move next door to him.— Brooklyn Life. “Why did you leave your last bosrding lace?” “The meals were too far spart. We break- fasted in China and dined in Dresden.”—De troit Free Press. “Look at those two men; they have been talking on that cold corner for en hour. Do ¥Ou suppose it's politics "’ ‘‘No. I think they've both just learned to tide a wheel.”—Chicago Record. | begin to appear, ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS THE SAME—Kaie, Petaluma, Ca difference in the meaning of th “twice as big"” and “‘as big again. TuE Bowery—T. H., Ct: road that led to Governor “‘bowery" or farm. Mges. CLEVELAND—W. F. Me., City. Note o the published so-celled biographies of Mrs. Grover Cleveland or the mapy newspaper area about her give skeiches that have ap any account of her family history. STREETCAR ETIQUETTE--J. W, 8, City. quaintance, Ber to pay?’ ance under these circumstances. CrirpLE CREEX—Miner fCity. The account of Cripple Creek, recently published in THE CALL, is a correct one. Cripple Creek is near Pikes and is distant by rail about 1400 miles Peak, from' San Fras map. The mines surround th & place and could not ascertain. The miners’ wages are $3 25 for nine hours’ we CULTIVATING MusHROONS — Bubscriber, Ross Valley, Marin County, Cal. In tie cultivation of mushrooms light is not necesary to their perfection. Excessive heat is injurious, though 2 warm and moist atmosphere is required. The beds in which mushrooms a&re to be grown shounla be made in a hothouse or celiar, should be long end narrow, mnot more then eighteen inches high and leid on s good ground surface in preference to & floor. The first layer should be of coarse end fer- mented manure three or four inches in depth. It should be thoroughly wetered, and co ered to a depth of fourteen inches of & Com- t of four partsof fresh horse manure, free Frqosm straw or other foreign substance, and one part each of fermented cow menure and rich loam, all thoroughly mixed and packed 85 closely as yossibie by beating and tramp- ing. In order to prevent undue fermentation thls compost thould be turned daily for about a week, or until the temperature of the center of the masss falls 10 about &5 deg. Propegation is effected by the use of spawn, which msy be obtained from an oid bed, yard or pasture in which 1ushrooms grow, or may be purchased in the form of -‘brick spawn,” which consists of dried compost containing spores. 1f snch used the temperature should be bui 7S deg. With on abundsnt supply of spawn it may Dbe placed in the beds in blocks six or eight inches square and two feet apart, but if im- ited small messes may be put about eight nches apart. Thers(pl /n should be put nearly ith the surface of the bed, and lightly covered with about two inches of moist josm. In sbout six wecks the musnrooms ought to In order to provide for & suc- ceszion oniy one-seventh of the bed should be prepared at & time, & new portion being put in readiness each week. AROUND THE WoORLD—A. H., Cify. A traveler C&n gain or lose & day in maeking a ciremit of the world. The dropping of & day in going seross the Pacific Ocean westward, s San Francisco 1o Yokohama, in Jepan, i very difficult to understand. If & person start- ing at noonday to travel to the westward, end could travel as rapidly as the sun—or, more correctly, as the earth turns esstward on its axis—it is evident that to him there would be no rising or setting of the sun; there could be none, for the sun wouid be constantly over- bead. In iike manner if ome were to start eastward st noon and travel at the same rapid rate, say 1000 miles am hour, there would be to him two full deys in twenty-four hours, that is to say two sun ris- iwe noons and iwo sun sets; also two The reason ior adding a dey or drog- e while crossing the Pacific, instead of otic, Indien or other ocean, is because the one hundred and eightieth parallel of lox itude east or west is found there. Thatisthe point immedistely on the opposite side of the | h earth from the obsq London, which navigi the statling point of zero. In traveling ess: ward, or egainst the sun’s apparent cours is necessary to drop a day, and forconvent, and eightieth parallel. In like manrer, moving westwnrd, or with the sun, one day must be added or counted twice, If thi: done the traveler would find, on ar; journey’s end that he was either one or one behind those whom he had left at home, that according as he had gone east or west around the world he kad gained or lost & day, both of the week ahd of tbe month. A vessel | in safling across the Pacific finds s difference of an hour in the sun coming to the nooa line every fifteen degrees. If & ship sailing eastward | Teaches the one hundred and eightieth degree on Wednesday, those ®n board call both day and the riext Wedneésday; a ship me 1t at the same point at the same time, but sai tward, would drop Wednesday andcall two Wednesdays in the week and the other has no Wednesday, The sailors have it that the Wednesday one ship has Jost was picked up by the other. LADY'S WAIST. The pattern shown here has a fitted lining, over which the material is laid in box-pleats forming & blouse front, and in the back is smooth across the top, and Isid in two folds &t This model is appropriste for any White lawn with yellow lace and imsertion for the loose sleeve, the reversand V is very dsinty. Brown bollands with trimmings embroidered batiste of the same color over & bright silk is charming. Dotted muslin of pink is exquisite with but- ter-colored valenciennes each pleat and the | revers. Dresden ribbon for coll m:}elny}hl{,flni:n. . e S Wl paca of the blue shade, but dark, is 23?\‘:‘?:&'3&‘7 ll,zdb revers lo;;er)‘ fine ll‘:l;ly, ng of butter-colo: Tace and insertion. Tt A brown crepon, with trimmings of eft] rs]un or embroldered batiste of gslmrl: u&i‘ vezy stylish. 2 SANTA ROSA’S WATER. The Contract for Building the System 3 Receives a Lift From the Court. Judge Daingerfield has sustained the demurrer of the city of Santa Rosa to the bill in equity of Wesley Mock, which prayed for the cancellation of the contract to construct the proposed water works of the city and for the recall of the bonds issned to pay for the work. The case was tried in Santa Rosa bafore Judge Daingerfield, he taking the place of Judge Dougherty, who was disqualified. In sustaining the demumr“?udge Dain- gerfield does so because in the instance of the lowest bid, one of $130,000 made by A L. Fish, it is not stated that Fish was ready, able and willing to take the con- tract for $130,000 and that he could obtain b-c.km%lor that amount. This incident should have been leit out altogether, the court says, or if fraud is relied on as a cause of complaint the point should be more fully covered by amendment. For this reason ten days are aliowed to amend, but i commenting in general the court showe! some little sympsthy with the allegations of the complasint. The accepted bid was one of $161,000, and the one mext to it was for $164,800. The bid of $130,000 had been re .as Dot suitable. It was claimed that the bids There is no expressions, The Bowery in New York City was so called because it was the Stuyvesant's This correspondent asks: *What is proper in case & man has seated himself in a streetcar, paid his fare and then surrenders his seat to a lady ac- hould he pay her fare or pérmit There is no rule of etiquette that requires R man to pay the fare of an acquaint- ncisco, accordin g to s railroad guite & number of them &re in operstion, but the exact number “Answers to Correspondents’ ce and uniformity this 1s done at the one hundred were not Thursday. The crew on one ship has . | had not been put up at proper sale, for the one accepted was not based on the plans and specifications which governed the others. Some changes' had been made by the bidder, and it was contended that as these changes were not known to the other bidders there was, therefore, only one man bidding on the changed specifica- tions accepted witn the bid. The court announces that the bid accepted was f| clearly void, provided the ailegations in the complaint were taken as correct. WOMEN'S STATE FEDERATION. The Convention at Grand Central Hall Yesterday Well Attended. The Women's Federation for the Public Good met at Grand Central Hall, 997 M ket street, yesterday afternoon. Mrs. P._nse French, the president, opened the meeting by asking Mrs. Eyster to offer a prayer. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather eight different societies were rep- resented. The committees on the various lines of reform work reported encouraging progress, and their numbers were added to in all directions of labor. An entirely new order of work known as the ‘‘Befriending Committee,’” the object of which is to look aiter the rights of the ignorant poor, was added to the already long list of commit- tee work. A number of members spoke on the vari- ous questions of reform, and gave their personal experience and opinions. Among the visitors was Mrs. Green from Santa Cruz, who spoke at some length on the importenceof mother meetings and gen- eral education of mothers. Miss North and Mrs. Luce made appro- vriate remarks that were keenly appre- ciated, stating that the federstion must make & record of good work, and then many doors would be open to it tbat are now closed. The committees re ceived ki they wen ported they were re- dly and courteously wherever — e o The Canadian Exposition. There is aa atfonal exposition that ovens in Mo; the 24th of Mey. Gov- ernor Budd inted the following geu- tlemen es comm for California: J. A. Filcher, P. N. Lilinizal, J. D. Phelan, Wendell Esston and Wi Greer Harrison. Thess gentlemen have received communications from the Directo 1 of tion, notify asking them 1o assist in send to Montreal srticies w slifornis. Iu additio e Montreal Exposi- e appointments and ucing merchants to s vand is sbout 10 proceed to take partin the compeiitio: A TowNSEND'S special sale—Fresh ¢ candies, 15¢ a pound; worth 35¢. e FPECIAL information dally 10 manufactur: business houses and publi Clivping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Monigomery. * —-———— “Is your overcost comiortable, Mac?" “Idon’t know. Ihaven't heard from it since ream mixed HrseaND's Calcined Magnesia. Four firste premium medals awarded. More agreeable the taste and smaller dose than other mag- ne n botties with registered - Ten e TS A monarch 0 almost never wears gloves is the King of the Belgians. He disiikes to cover his hands even when riding or driving. The He prefers the English fashion of sitting in his saddle, and likes an English thoroughbred for & mount. Broob is life, nd full of vit and happidess, if it 18 pure, rich 2nd f You may have pure bicod a. by taking Hood's S vurifler. I: CHICAGO LIMITED. { VIA ANTA FE ROUTE. begins throughoa: October 32 Puilman’s plog-cars, vestibale reciiniaz- chair cars and dining-cars. Los Angeles to Oni- | cago, via Kansas City, without changs. Anunsx cars on sharp comnection for Demver and 8: -seven hours quicker thsa the quickest competéng train. The Santa Fe has bssa put in fine physical condition and is now ths bass transcontinental radway. WE recommend th tura Bitters to our f | sia. ———— se of Dr. Siegert’s Angos- ds who suffer with dyspep- ———————— “Bro wx's BRONCHIAL TROCHES" are of great service in subduing Hoarseness and Coughs. Sold only in boxes. Avoid imitations. Medical students at Athens are riotous be- cause women have been admitted to the uni- versity. An Arcadian recently shot from Asia Minor in the chemical Iabo; a dispute over the stion. At Moscow the students refuse o d the lectures of Pro- fessor Sachar! because he is the court physician. ————— Mrs. Langtry’s daughter aitracts much atten- tion at the Niagara, London’s new and fashion- able skating rink, where she is frequently seen. Her skill on the ice ix more than ordi- nary, snd her beauty rivals that possessed by her mother in the days when the phrase ~Jersey Lily” was invente NEW TO-DAY. TEAS EXTRA QUALITY With each pound is given a LOVELY DISH Newest Shapes Prettiest Decorations ALSO GIVEN WITH COLIMA PURE SPICES, COLIMA BAKING POWDER. Great American Imparting Tea Co. Rew Store 1844 Market s Bet. 7th and 140 Sixth st. 965 Marke 333 Hayes 1419 Polk st 521 Montg'y 2008 Fillmore 3006 Sixteenthst. 2510 Mission st. 218 Third st. 104 Second st. 617 Kearny st. 146 Ninth st. 3259 Mission st. (1053 Washington 217 Broadway. Gakland. inn San Pabloay. 616 E. Twelfth st m {Park st. and i Alameda ave. Headquarters—52 Market St,, S, ¥. A& We Operate 100 Stores an! Agencies. 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