The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 18, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and PrnprletAor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Pully and Sunday CALL, one wrek, by carrier. .§0.18 Daily and Sunday CAL1, one yea: . 6.00 Dafly and Sunday Ca1L, six months, by mail.. 3.00 Daily end Sunday CaLL, three months by mail 1.50 Deily and Sunday Cavr, one month, by mail. .gz 1. 1.50 BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, fan Francisco, California, Maln—-1868 AL ROOMS: Clay Street. Telephone. ... .. EDITORIL. 5 ...Maln—1874 Telephone.... BRANCH OFFICES: 630 Montgomery street, corner Clay: open untll #:30 o'clock. 89 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. BW . corner Sixteenth and Misslon streets; open Tutil o'clock 2818 Miseion street: open until 9 o'clocks 316 Ninth street; epen until 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE ¢ 608 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms %1 and 892, 34 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent. SATUFE JANU RY 18, 1806 FOR ALL THE CALL SPEAK: e the convention. e afree market, we will, the o to fight there here ther is always a chance to The convention will speak in voices and utter but one sentiment, many Anti-fundi: Tesc ions must mean that we are resolved as well as say =o. Cleveland has issued bonds enough to give every voter a coupon on election day. tet movement moves the ser to the home. The free © We have now & chance to show Hunt- ington that corruption wins not more than honesty. hades by way of ny that the route n of one place was the ter- other, and the world is The rain clouds have been & good thing, but the time has now come to push them along for a whil We always attend to what Congress says, but this time Congress must attend | to what we say. The third-term movement was in the hands of a syndicate, and now the syndi- cate has d California asks of Congress no more than he enforcement of the law, and will will- v accept nothing less. It costs more to protect the gold reserve than it would to provide proper coast de- fenses for the whole Nation. The farmer has his innings on the earth now, but the earth will come back at him and give him work to do at harvest time, t The proposed free market would help the home market for both the seller and the buyer, and it behooves both to help it along. The St. Louis convention will be held only a little ahead of the one in Chicago, but the work done will be a long way ahead. Boies of Iowa says the Democrats can find a Presidential candidate without much trouble, and, of course, that means Boies is not hid came out of the war flurry with a flying squadron and perhaps if there had been & war she would have emerged with & squadron flying. With Cleveland, anything that leads to & bond issue 15 good. He is even willing 1o be enough of a jingo to buy Cuba and annex it o that basis i sections of the State will bave dele- tes at the convention, but it will be the y alifornia, single and undivided, that will be represented. f the things Congress should do by mous vote is to give Secretary Her- bert the 1000 additional men he asks for to supply tull crews for the new na The one object before the convention to- day will be to devise means to defeat the funding bill. .\Whatever stepis to be taken next can be decided on when the time comes to take it. Some folks may an Francisco lost the fight for the National Convention, but the world will take notice that the conven- tion fights have gone off and San Fran- cisco holds her own. The committee to which was referred the resolution affecting Bayard ought not to be lost in the shuffle, nor should it come back without a report big enough to_ be heard across the ocean. It was a Chicago mob that howled down the opposition to Cleveland in the Na- tional Convention four years ago, but the Chicago people have learned a little lesson since then and history won’t repeat itself this time. If the railroad has any agents in tHe con- vention to-day they will endeavor to in- duce it to adopt such extreme resolutions as will render it ridiculous, or to involve it in a debate over details that will result in confusion. The professors of history and interna- tional law at some of our universities are to-day denouncing the construction given by Congress to the Monroe doctrine, but those of to-morrow will be citing it as a patriotic precedent. There should be no dissensions among the representatives of the people over dit- ferences of opinion as to the best means of defeating the funding scheme. The railroad forces are solid, and those of the people must be united to meet them. If all the clubs and social organizations of the City should agree to follow the ex- ample of the Art Association and hold a Mardi Gras masquerade this year, the combination would make a festal variety big enough to be called a carnival. It is now asserted that the late Secretary Gresham made the first move in the Vene- zuelan policy that Cleveland has lately an- nounced, and also that he chafed because the facts in the Corinto episode did not give him an opening for calling Great Bri- tain to account, THE LAST OPPORPUNITY. Whether California shall prosper or stagnate in the coming years is a question soon to be determined by the Congress of the United States. We have sufficient con- fidence 1 the integrity and inteiligence of that great body of representative American citizens to believe that if they can be made thoronghly to understand the inevitable results of passing the funding bill, they would crush it without hesitation. The convention of representatives from all parts of California to be held .in this City to-day has been called for the purpose of informing Congress on the vital and far- reaching character of the proposed legis- lation. > We are to make an appeal to theloyalty and fraternity of the great Nation of which we are a part. Our demand is based on the strictest justice. We have only to in- struct the country at large concerning the relation of California to the prosperity of the whole people and the ruinous effect any funding bill would have on every hope and possibility of making California de- velop its highest efliciency in contributing to the happiness of the Nation. The passing of & funding bill woula mean a perpetuation of the monopoly which has retarded the progress .of the State; would increase the burdens which already have prevented our broad, shining and fertile acres from receiving the dense population which would have filled them had the power that has kept them vacant been used with wisdom and justice; would condone one of the grossest wrongs ever perpetrated on a civilized government; would practically render the introduction of competing railroads an imposaibility; would increase the political power of a strong private interest, which notoriously has been able in the past to keep a firm hand not only on the State and minor po- litical affairs of California, but also on public policies of National importance; would be an encouragement of the present tendency of great railway corporations to unite for the purpose of controlling the commerce and prosperity of the Nation; would aad to the difficulties of construct- ing the Nicaragua canal, and would nullify the splendid natural advantages which California enjoys as the westernmost outpost of the United States, fronting the rapidly developing resources of the Orient. It is to the interest of the Nation to en- courage the growth and settlement of Cali- fornia, and it is to the interest of Califor- nians to fight for their homes and indus- tries. The blow which California would receive from the passage of a funding bill would fall also upon every State west of the Rocky -Mountains. This is a vast and noble empire, and we are now fight- ing earnestly for its freedom and advance- ment. In this contest for the enforcement of law and the protection of the public wel- fare, the convention that meets to-day has an important part to play. Much depends upon what it shall do and what it shall leave undone. Aggressive it should be, but not beyond the bounds of a wise con- servatism. It should confine itself strictly to the object for which it was called—that of devising means to defeat the funding scheme. That task is sufficiently dificult to tax all our energies at present, but it can be accomplished 1f attention is not distracted to other things. It is certain that if there are any agents of the railroad in the convention they will do all they can to confuse the defeat of the funding scheme with other issues. If they g about this confusion, one of two things is likely to happen. Either the convention will be led to adopt resolutions too radical toreceive general support, or an monious debate will be aroused which result in dissensions and weakness. These dangers can be met by a simple resolution of the convention to stick to the iect for which it was called. The issue is to defeat any funding scheme that may be devised, and we should not turn from that issuc until the battle has been fought out and-the victory won. A DILATORY CITY. There is as yet no indication that the Board of Supervisors intends to offer any encouragement to the establishment of a free market, but it is gratifying to observe that the State, through its intelligent and progressive Harbor Commission, has come forward with a very handsome offer. It is that section 4 of the seawall, at the foot of Front street, containing a large shed ade- quate for the purpose, will be placed at the disposal of a free market, only such trifling charges to be imposed as will reimburse the State for current expenses. These charges will be in no sense a burden. The proposition from President Colnon of the Harbor Commission to the commit- tees of the Merchants’ Association having the matter in charge is to place the grow- ers of country produce on a level with grain-growers. That is to say, they may have space for displaying, seiling and stor- ing their wares for a certain number of days, say from three to five. This will give them ample opportunity for disposing of their produce. As W. H. Mills has pointed out, such a market would be a continuous fair; as an exhibit of the best products of the State it would have a valu- able ulterior importance. The liberality of the Harbor Commission in offering this excellent facllity does not overcome the difficulty indicated by Trr CALL in a recent issue—the remoteness of the market from the centers of popula- tion. Still such a facility would serve a most useful purpose as a headquarters. The City could ensure the perfection of the scheme by providing facilities in one or more places in the center of town for sell- ing the produce. The deduction from Mr. Mills’ argument in faver of the water front is that such a location would be suffi- cient in view of the very large proportion of the population living in hotels, board- ing-houses and restaurants, as these es- tablishments would be heavy buyers and would alone be sufficient to maintain a free market. There are thonsands of families, how- ever, that are as much entitled to the ben- efits of a free market as are those living in public establishments. It would be econo- my for them to pay carfare and lose con- siderable time in visiting a free market situated one or two miles away. The best policy of the City is to -encourage houss keeping, to the end that homes will multi- ply and the population be rendered more stable and contented. The - Supervisors -should be at least abreast of the Harbor Commission in tak- ing steps toforward this important under- taking. Letus have a grand central free market on the water front, but let us ex- tend its usefulness by establishing one or more branches throughout the thickly set- tled parts of the City. COMPULSORY EDUOCATION. ‘The Board of Education of this City is considering the idea of laying its hand on one phase of an old and annoying problem, the compulsory education of certain classes of children. The case is not so broad as that represented by a general scheme of compulsory education, but it partakes somewhat of the essential character of that proposition. Compuisory education has been tried in various parts of the United States, but as it runs counter to the general principle of personal liberty it has never proved popular. And yet the logic of the matter is this: Crime is largely due to ignor- ance. It is better to. prevent crime by enforeing education then to punish it with jails and penitentiaries. - If: the state bas the inberent right to punish crime, it has the inherent right .to pre- ventit; and if ivhas the right of regula- tion over those things which if left unre- stricted would conduce to crime, it has the right to the exercise of the corollary of that proposition, and to educate the people above the plane of crime. But that is carrying regulation of per- sonal conduct beyond the border line of paternalism, and this is not a paternal Government. Applying the educational idea to the present case, the proposition is that vagrant and uncontrolled children will inevitably develop either into crimi- nals or vagabonds, and hence must sooner or later become charges upon the public, and that if, after proper trial and convic- tion, they are consigned to a place of con- finement, it is better to educatethem there than keep them in idleness. This idea has found universal accept- ance and is one of the best achievements of recent years. The prevalent plan has been to teach the children a trade; the more advanced is to place them under the jurisdiction of the public schooi system and educate them. In a sense this iscom- pulsory education with a limited applica- tion, and there is everything to recom- mend it. PROMPT ACTION NEEDED. The arrest of American citizens in the Transvaal, by what seems to be an unwar- ranted and purely arbitrary process, im- poses upon Secretary Olney the duty of prompt and vigorous action for their protection. The case is omne of extreme urgency. It is a thousand times more important and more pressing than the emergency in Venezuela. There is life as well as liberty at stake in this issue. There is no telling what the Boers may venture to commit against the pris- oners they have taken if they believe them to be defenseless and without the protection of the American Government. Under any circumstances the arrest of American citizens in a foreign country, without due process of law, would be an offense justifying the immediate inter- ference of our Government, even to the ex- tent of demanding redress at the cannon’s mouth. In the present case, however, the offense is particularly aggravating, The Amer- icans arrested in the Transvaal are mostly California miners who went there solely to st in developing the mines of the country. They have had no part or parcel in the British schemes of aggrandizement and yet they have been arrested as if they were the chief offenders. The followers of Jameson taken with arms in their hands have been treated with leniency under pressure from Eng- land; but American miners, arrested with- out cause, imprisoned without a hearing, have been harshly dealt with, and are in actual danger of being put to death. The story touches California closely, for some of her worthiest_citizens have kins- men among the imprisoned and imperiled men. It affects, however, the whole Nation as well our own State. The National honor at stake. If Mr. Olney has a particle of that vigor with which he has been credited, he should show it at this crisis. There should be no indirect appeals through the British Government. The United States should speak direct to the Transvaal. Through his Secretary of State, President Cleveland ought at once to demand of President Krueger protection for the lives, liberties and property of the imprisoned Americans, and make the demand with a force that cannot be mistaken. THE FLYING SQUADRON. The British fiying squadron Flew up Bantry Bay, And peer and knight with broad delight Primed glass on that array. Said one: “If blarsted Yankees Should get a glimpse of these, They'll drop demands and throw up hands To them that rules the seas.” His eye then winked the eagle; Sald he: “The bluft is rank! It's twice you’ve tried to override . In vain the gentle Yank! 53 He doesn't shine in warpaint— He's stuck on peace—but then— You'll know your ships have met eclipse It you tackle him again! In Bantry Bay your squadron May charm both peer and knight;— 1t you're bound to scrap, we'll change the map, And thrash you out of sight!” C.D.8, PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. Two American missionaries guard the King of Korea at night. J. Milton Turner, ex-Minister to Liberia, now in Washington, is said to be the first negro ora- Wt in the United States. Bishop Cyrus D. Foss (Methodist) has been elected president of the board of trustecs of the Baltimore Woman's College. Senator “Joe” Blackburn’s most valuable helper in his campaign for re-election to the United States Senate has been his daughter, Miss Corinne Blackburn. The succeseor of the Sultan of Turkey in the event of Abdul Hamid's deposition would prob- ably be his youngest brother, Raschid Effendi, who is practically a state prisoner at the palace of the cheragan. Mrs. Catharine Parr Traill, now in her ninety-third year, the only living sister of Agnes Strickland, is living on the banks of the Otonabee, at Lakefield, Ontario, Canada. She is an enthusiastic naturalist. One of the great hunting feats of the year was that of George E. Farnham of Canean, Me., who, recently, entirely alone and while standing in the wagon holding his frantic horse with one hand, shot two very handsome deer. When elected President Lincoln was 52, Grant 49, Hayes 54, Garfield 49, Cleveland 48, Harrison 55. The ages to-dsy of the most prominent cendidates for the Republican nomination are: Morton 71, Allison 66, Har- rison 62, Reed 56 and McKinley 51. Banker Gosling, who died recently in Lon- don, left $4,500,000 to be divided among seven sons and seven daughters. He was himself one of twelve children, and represented the fifth generation of baunkers of his name who had carried on the business at the Three Squirrels, opposite St. Dunstan’s Church, in Fleet street for nearly 250 years. FLAG OF A GREAT COMPANY. The British South Africa Company has ac- quired, under a so-called grant, e territory ag- gregating over 600,000 square miles and com- prising the division known &s Masnonaland, Matabeleland and Bechuanaland. Over this section of the earth they have exercised, through the directing hand of Cecil Rhodes, almost sovereign power, AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Dr. Maximilien Schumann, the famous natu- ralist and explorer, who is here en route to Thibet to make explorations and also to col- lect orchids for the Baroness de Rothschild, Las lately made some experiments with the poison of rattlesnakes and copperheads that are of great interest in a scientific way. He has tried the poison on spider-monkeys, chickens, pigs, the mongoose and various other animals. Some of these experiments were in Chihuahua, others in Texas and others in South America, where he recently was. Talking about the poisons of different rep- tiles and their effects, last night at the Occi- dental he said: “The crotalus polysticus, or Mexican rattle- snake, inhabita the central tablelends of Mexico, but seldom reaches over two or two and & half feet in length. Itis called the ‘vibora de cascabel’ by the natives. “Its poison is not quite so strong as that of the ‘crotalus durissus,’ but mevertheless causes paralysis and oftentimes death. _“The following embreces some of my expe- riences in a scientific way during my sojourn at the Hacienda San Diego de Quintanilla, State of 11axcala, Mexico: = “A portion of dried poison, about half of a grain, kept by me for more than two months, was diluted in thirty drops of pure water. After twenty-four hours I reduced this poison to half & dozen drops by heating carefully the ole. I then injected three drops into the ectoral muscle of a one-year-old chicken, taking, naturally, care of avoiding any neigh- boring viscera. «“This experiment was made at 9 A. M. of June 18. For more than a quarter of an hour I could not see any symptom of the action of the venom, when at9:22 o’clock a feeble tremor resulted, indicating something abnormal. Dr. Maximilien Schumann, the Naturalist and Explorer. Fifteen minutes later other symptoms of a stronger nature sppeared, followed subse- quently by motions of the bo At 9 the chicken was leaping like drunk, and ex- actly after one hour and forty-eight minutes of excruciating pain, opening convulsively the | beek, the poor fowl died. ‘“‘Some time ago a well-known San Francisco journalist asked me if there wWas any sure remedy against a viper bite. I said there was | none, end I also stated the experiments of dif- | ferent American naturalists and of myself. Of course there are people bitten by a poisonous | snake who recover. That is true; still there are a great many conditions to be taken into consideration, as, for instance, the species of the ‘snake, its stete, age, sex. Then the state | of the victim, if sound or afiected by any kind of sickness, the nature of the wound, the quan- tity of the injected poison, the quality, ete. ‘Here are,in a few lines, the resuits of ex- periments which I made in South Amer: showing the rapid éffect of the venom by means of the active ciiculation of the blood, driving 250 pounds of that alterated and inal- terated blood through the heart in an hour. “The prehensile tail of a spider-monkey (atebes melanochir) given to me by an Indian, was held by a long forceps and the end pre. sented to a ‘trigonocephalus lanceolatus,’ the so-called ‘fer-de-lance snake’ infesting the swamps and sugar plantations in the South. Fifteen seconds after the bite Ihad thelong tail amputated at the base. Againstmy pros- pects the monkey showed after eight minutesa kind of uneasiness, which symptoms, however, 1 put on the account of the operation. A char- acteristic move of the bowels, soon followed by tremors, first taught me the unexpected action of the poison. Iu convulsions, witha terrible rictus in the face, and after exactly 1 hour 10 minutes of hardships this unknown victim of experimentation died, a good warning for my- self and my traveler servant aseisting at the performed operation. ‘‘I'should say that from thattime I was by far more careful and suspicions about han- dling and catching poisonous snakes, “‘Until very recently it was almost uniyer- sally supposed that the poison of the ‘ancis- trodon contortrise’ (copperhead) or that of the common rattler had no effect on the swine, just like those who say that the East Indian mongoose (herpestes javanicus and H. urva), & kind of an ichneumon, better known as crab- eating ichneumon, black with a white or light yellow ring near the end of the long hairs, can outhold with impunity the bite of the most terrible ‘optiophagus elaps, the feared cousin of the maja tripuians (cobra di capello) of the impenetrable jungles. “I think those errors might be attributed in alarge scaie to the aversion which common people always feel for cold reptiles in general and for snakes in particular.” This feeling is eble to account when combined with the en- tire credulity usually shown in such matters for the many strange talks circulating 1n our schoolbooks and leading newspapers, giving an entirely fulse idea of nature and natural his- tory. ‘A last but very instructive and very in- teresting experiment was done by me some months ago in Texas in trying to kill A pig between forty and fifty pounds in weight with the fangs of an eighty- five centimeter long rattlesnake. I ap- plied the.fangs on a fleshy partof the body and after five days, the wound stinking utter- 1y, the hog was found dead in the corral. The mongoose, if bitten in the leg by a cobra, will surely die and in a short time; but, of course, those snake-fighters, whatever the name, hog. mongoose, road-runner, etc., are well fitted against their dangerous enemy by a great agility on one part and by a protective cara- pace on the other. “When I wes traveling in the Ahuasteca veracruzana I had the opportunity of peing called to a little nine-year-old boy, bitten by an ‘elaps corallinus’ bigger in size than tne ‘elaps euryxanthus’ The wound was on the big toe and there was a swelling with fever. In making a crucial incision Iapplied a sponge with ammonia-saturated bandage to the toe and over the entire foot. “Then I prescribed ammonia . with liquilla (Mexican agave brandy) in provortion from 1.5 ounces taken with bicarbonate of soda di- luted in water. Ten doses has proved to me & fair result, and when I left the child was al- ready safe. “Without any doubt there are much better prescriptions than the above one, but that one has the adyantage of being generally found in the poorest settlement where men are living together and in the saddle-pockets of every traveler.” VIEWS OF WESTERN EDITORS, The Lack of Foresight. Los Angeles Civic Review. Bellots are needed, not bullets. If we had voted against English ation of America, mbj:! there would now te no need of talking about ‘WAr. The Deadly Football, Los Angeles Express. The college professors wha are inveighing the horrors of war, say nothing ebout the ter- rors of f00tball. War and Rations. Astoria News. It requires for warfare vast military equip- ment, but more it requires stores. Soldiers must eat in order to fight. From this it would {ollow that nations which produce the most could stand the largest siege of war. Competent to Fill the Bill. San Bernardino Times-Index. There are any number of Republicans who are willing to accept the Presidential nomina- tion, and what is better still, they are compe- tent to fill the bill and_administer affairs with- out financial aid from England. Revival of the Mining Industry. Delano Courier. There will be & big revival in the mining in- dustry in the Golden State during the present year. Many valuable pieces of property long permitted to remain idle will bs opened up, and new diggings in many sections will be worked on & scale more extensive than has been the case during thepast twenty-five years, This is an industry in which there is no fear of overstocking the market with the product dug from the ground. PERSONAL. Dr. W. F. Wyad, of Sacramento, is at the Grand. Ex-Judge H. C.Bond of Seattle is at the Palace. Dr. W, W. Hitchcock of Los Angeles is at the Palace. Bishopand wife of Reno, Nev., are in t J. A. Wilson, a mining man of Red Bluff, is in town. Dr. F. D. Bickford of Ogden is amongrecent arrivals, B. 8. Little, a business man of Eureka, is at the Russ. Dr. C. A. Ruggles of Stockton arrived here last night. D. A. Ostrom, the Senator from Yuba, is at the Grand. H. C. Henry. a railroad builder of Seattle, is 1n the City. J. P. Harrington, a mine owner of Nevada, is in the City. James Seawell, a wholesale butcher of Sacra- mento, is in town. R. K. Truiti, who owns the theater at Healds- burg, is at the Russ. Dr. George Tucke th of the United States uavy, is at the Palace. H. M. Yerington, the railroad man, of Car- son, arrived here yesterday. J. D, Putnam, & business man of Los Angeles, is among the recent arrivals. Ex-Congressman Marion Cannon of Ventura County arrived here yesterday. W. H. Dixon of Ogden,one of the ablest at- torneys of Utah, is on a visit here. E. E. Skinner, who is engaged in the drug | business at Eureka, is at the Grand. kThe Rev. Dr. Eli McClish, pastor of the Methodist Church at Napa, is in town. C. C. and F. M. Collier of England, who have been on & tour of Australia, are at the Palace. W. C.Sand, the widely known cattleman of Arizona, has arrived here. He will remain a week or more. David Starr Jordan, president of the Stanford University, arrived here last night. Heisat the Occidental. Postoflice Inspector Erwin has been granted a three weeks’ leave of absence. He left on & visit to Chicago yesterday. H. A. Merriam, who a few years ago was one of the foremost men in the manufacture of condensed must from California grapes, at Calistoga, is at the Grand. He formerly lived at Los Gatos. Among the arrivals here yesterday was Dr. J. L. Ord of Monterey, the pioneer who was with Commodore Stockton at the seige of Monterey. He saw the first American flag raised over Mexican territory on the Pacific Coas. and witnessed the concluding acts in the drama which culminated in the conquest of California by the United States. The doctor has never been able since to relinquish Monte- rey as his residence. He is too warmly at- tached to it Consul-General J. H. Mulligan of Samoa, who ishere on his way to his former home in Lex- ington, Ky., repeated yesterday that he was away from Apia ounly ona leave of absence. The statement was made in view of the fact that correspondents in Samoa had implied the Gen- eral might not return, and this impression had gained currency in some quarters in Washing- ton. “IfIwas not going back,” said General Mulligan, *“the Government would be paying my expenses home, instead of myself. As itis I have to stand my own expenses. No, I have not resigned, nor am I going to. I will serve out my term. One reason Isam going home is because I need & change of climate for a little while.” CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 17.—Among recent arrivals are: W. A. Deleno, Grand; F. J. Geary, B. B. Thayer, Hoffman; T. Parsons, St. Cloud; Mrs. C. E. Hoxe, Astor; S. L Wormser, Im- perial. A THEATER OR EVENING COSTUME. The round waist with blouse front dependent from & yoke is 8 model much used in making evening waists. The one shown above was of black chiffon over blue silk, the yoke being of white lace. The bustelles and rosettes are of plaited chiffon. The skirt worn with this waist was of black crepon, made with eight gores— one in front, two on either side and three in the back. A Dresden silk waist had a yoke of white satin covered with creamy lace. China ribbons formed a belt and collar and edged the yoke. A waist of Cashmerienne silk had a yoke of red velvet, overlaid with passementerie in colors to match the silk. Red ribbons used as bustelles, collar and belt finished this gorgeous M Waists less gay, and suitable alike for after- noon and evening wear are of the new silks with shadowy flowers and foliage on rich grounds of two tones, with sometimes lines of black satin. One in green, with roses in sub- dued pink, had a yoke of green velvet with trimmings of plaited black chiffon in the shape of bustelles as illustrated here. The col- lar was of plaited chiffon over the green velvet. A gown of green crepon made after this model had a plain skirt, The waist had a yoke of pale greenish blue eatin with white lace overit. The sleeves were short puffs over a plaited lawn sleeve. A gown of brown cheviot had skirt sleeves, waist back and yoke of the goods, the blouse front being of taffetas in the new effect of shadowy flowers on a two-toned ground. A gown of black and green bondi wool had a yoke of Persian lamb, with collar ana belt of grass-green velvet, matching the green in the goods. A ltriJ)ed novelty showing red and cen subdued by overlaying black threads ad the blouse of chiffon over green silk, the oke of green velvet adorned with crosswise nch bands of Persian lamb. The same fur was sewed in verical lines on the chiffon blouse, five strips being used. A gown of taffetas in brown and green, with bright flowers half-perceptible, had the waist lining of pink silk. Black chiffon with ap- pliques of white lace formed the blouse, the voke being entirely of white lace. An inch band of sable edged the yoke. The collar was of pink velvet, with an outstanding frill of lace at the top. The waist may be_ fastened at the left side, or only the yoke need be fastened 80, the blouse hooking in'the center. HOW TO PROTECT AMERICANS IN ARMENIA. It would be worse than useless to aispatch United States ironclaas and cruisers to the ports of Syria and Asia Minor for the purpose of shielding from destruction the lives and property of American missionaries in the far- off Armenian hichlands. The first threaten- ing demonstration of our war vessels in those harbors would be instantaneously foliowed by the massacre of our countrymen. Under the circumstances the naval force at our disposal would be fragicaliy out of place in Levantine waters, even if it were notimperatively needed nearer home. A recognition of the Cubans as belligerents may strain our relations with Spain at any hour and, moreover, there is not a trace of evidence that Lord Salisbury will not persist in his bull-beaded refusal to settle by arbitration the Venezuelan boundary dis- pute. ertheless, it is our duty to rescue our im- periled fellow-citizens in Arwmenia, if we can, and there is a quick and easy way of doing it. Letus appeal to the White Czar, in the name of our ancient friendship and in the cause of outraged Christendom, to play the part of re- deemer and deliverer. He has both the power and the will. For months he has had an army cantoned on the edge of the Ottoman frontier; let him give the word and in a week his legions will have occupied the region in which Ameri- can missionaries and the remnant of Armenian Christians stand exposed to extirpation. From whet Russia has done for Christians in the past we can judge what she would be glad to doin & yet more harrowing emergency. But for her the Buigarians would be still the vic- tims of Turkisk savagery; and this is not Rus- sig's fault, but England’s, that the Macedo- nians and Armenians are not to-day as pros- perous and free as the Bulgarians. It was the envy and greed of England that smashed the treaty of San Stefano, thrust back the Macedo- nians under Moslem rule and gave the Arme- nian Christians, in exchange for the prospect of religious freedom under the Russian sway, the worthless and derisory promise of British supervision and protection.—New York Sun. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Two THEATERS—T. M. L., City. The Orpheum has a greater seating capacity than the Grand Opera-house. A NickEL—D. C. J., Orangevale, Sacramento County, Cal. There is o premium on a nickel without the Word cents on it. WAGES—D. C. J., Orangevale, Sacramento County, Cal. The answer to your question about wages wss given in the issue of THE CALL of December &J NEW YORK AND BUFFALo—P. R., City. The titude of New York City above sea level is from 0 to 282 feet; that of Buffalo is from 573 to 633 feet above sea level. CoNSUMPTIVES —V. B. Mec., Duncans Mills, Sonoma County, Cal. The southern part of California is reputed to be the most desirable part of the United States for consumptives. WIDTH OF STRAITS—G. B, D., City. The width of theGolden Gate at Fort Pointis a mile and seventeen yards. The narrowest part of the Straits of Gibraltar is nine miles, and the nar- rowest part of the Straits of Messina about two and a half miles. FORGERY—M. P., City. Altering the amount of acheck over and above what it was when originally issued is as much forgery as if the individual committing the act had written the whole check, including the Yllcmg on itof an imitation of the signature of a person entitled to draw & check. THE Noox REcEss—L. R., City. On the sub- ject of allowing pupils of the public schools to 20 home during the noon recess, section 139 of the rules of the Board of Education says: “Puplls shall be allowed 10 go home (0 lunich at the noon intermlssion, unless parents re- quest teachers to detain them.” ABOUT A DIME—A. C., Needles,San Bernar- dino County, Cal. The Answers to Correspond- ents did not some time last summer an- nounce that there was a pre:aium on a dime of 1892, but gave the information thata premium was offered for any of the twenty-fonr dimes coined in the San Francisco Mint during the vear 1894. These particular coins are not in cireulation. FOREIGN ARMIES—M. C., City. The active army and reserve of Germany is: Officers, 26,449; non-commissioned officers and men, 1,848,300; non-combatants, 278,000; horses, 102,680; guns, 2070; vehicles, 31,300. That of France is: Officers, 23,920; non-commissioned officers and_men, 1,402,300; non-combatants, 21,000; horses, 115,541; guns, 2904; and vehicles, 34,200, THE LIBERTY BELL—B. E. H., City. The Liberty Bell was originally cast in London and received at Philadelpbia in August, 1732, when it hung in the Pennsylvania State House, afterward known as Independence Hall. The bell was broken up and recast in 1753. It announced the Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776. It was cracked July 8, 1835, while being tolled in memory of Chief Justice Marshall. Foop For Disease—J. W. §., City. It is said that certain articles are of benefit in certain ailments. Celery is sid to be beneficial in rheumatism and nervousness; tomatoes for the liver; letiuce for insomnia; cranberries for erysipelas; peanuts for indigestiou and dia- tes of the corpulent; watermelon for epi onions for neurasthenia (uervous e ition); ripe Lruit to puriy the blood; spin- ach for gravel and carrots for asthma. “CHICKEN FEED” — E. 8., Livermore, Cal. “Chicken feed,”” s term applied to small chenge, is of California origin, but who it was that first used it is not of record. For a long time in the early days of the State no one handled any coin smailer then a quarter. When in time dimes and hali dimes were introduced and offered in change, the old-timers would refuse them and declare that they did not want any chicken feed, the coins being too small for them to handle. Is A CITIZEN—A. W. B,, City. The fact that you came to the United States during your minority and that during such minority your father became a citizen made you & citizen at the time you arrived at your majority. The naturalization law says: The children of per- sons who have been duly naturalized, being under the age of 21 years at the time of the naturalization of the father, shall, if dwelling in the United States, be considered as citizens thereof. BARBERS’ SIGN- In ancient times barbers performed many minor opera- tions in surgery, and in particular when bleed- ing was necessary and customary it was to the barber that the patient applied to be bled. To assist this operation it being necessary for the patient to grasp a staff, a stick or pole was always kept by the berber-surgeon, together with the fillet or bandaging he used in tying the patient’s arm. When the pole was not in use the tape was tied to it so that they might both be together when again needed, and in that state the pole and tape were hung at the door of the shop as a si Afterward & pole inted in imitation of the real pole and band- age was used, and at the top was nailed. a small copper bowl in imitation of the bowls that customers formerly held under the chin when being shaved. Not A Crm1zEN—P. D., City. Had your father become a citizen during your minority you would, upon arriving at majority, if residing in the United States, have been a citizen thereof, but as he onlI declared the intention of becoming one and did not take out final papers he is not & citizen. You, however, come under this section of the law: Any allen of the age of 21 years who sh resided in the United States ihtes yere next pre. cediog his arriving at that age, and who has con- tinued to reside therein to the time he may mats application to be admitted & citizen thereo?, may, after he arrives at the age of 21 years, and Afterno 3 o has resided five years within the United Stat - cluding the three years of his minority, ba ad it e citizen, but he must make a declaration on oath d prove to the !lflnfllmicn of the court that for n w0 years next preced| it had bes intention to become itizen. en his bona-fiae Nor WORTH A CONTINENTAL—E, 8., Liver- more, Cal. Not worth a Continental is a con- traction of “not worth a Continental dam,” which was used during the days of the Revo- lutionary War to denote the value that Was placed on continental bills ceme into disrepute. In'* olden’ iy tinkers used & small piece of dough or paper . to place on one side of g holein a piece of tinware when soldering i and when it had served its purpose xz‘wa’é utterly worthless, so when any one wished to say that an article or person was of no value the expression *not. wor?h a tinker’sdam’ was used. ‘Then when the people refused to accept | boarded by a pirat Jared that it tinental money they decl :v?& sg:‘w:;rlh a tinker's dem, and lr&:j‘m:{ came the phrase “‘not worth a Con dam.” RENEWING County, Cal. Onstoxes—L. J. H., Solano When an oilstone hl;‘ bs:'e‘\: as to make it “smooth as marble, ;fiifl ;: faced. This isdonein lht_! following manner: Take a piece of ion with cv;nru: straight face (it onght to be planed); scatte # little emery or fine sand, about as cofll’se‘d; No. 1ig sand paper on ‘hShem‘r!:Ea ad ittle water an :hel stone, renewing the emery oadm:: and water requisite, finishing with .’lgh! Phon of water without emery or sand. This 18 the quickest and truest way of making ti one perfectly straight and réquiring not mor_% A ten minutes to do the work in. Itis sai - oil mixed with a small portion of "“Pxen fn: makes a stone cut freely. No oil lhlt’ .flzofor vegetable character, such as olive oil, 1!1 20 use on a stone, neither is petroleum. The very best mechanics prefer neatsfoot ofl. HUMORS OF THE DAY. *Are they good friends?’ *Oh, dear, mt-" “Why not?" “They live in adjoining flats.”"— Chicago Post. Miss Priscilla Beacon—Yes, my ancestors came over in the Mayflower. Miss Anna Cestorless—Ah! Among the early immigrants!—Philadelphia American. “I thought you said that after twelve lessons of an hour each I should know how to ride?”” Cycling Instructor—So you would, sir, if yon hadn’t spent the best partof the time on the ground.—Tid-Bits. Fussy—Oh, if I could only have a dinner like those my dear old mother used to cook. Mrs. Fussy—Well, it's a great pity your dear old father never taught you how to carve.— New York Tribune. Miss Gush—Ob, captain, were you ever Captain Storms—Yes. He charged me $11 & day for a hall room on the fourth floor.—Ine dianapolis Journal. “In Paris, I understand, the latest fad is for ‘impressionist’ menus.” “I presume the idea is that the guests should become accustomed to nightmares before leav- ing the table.”—Chicago Post. Magistrate—You've been before the court several times before, haven’t you? Thirsty Theodore—Eight times. “Well, how do you find it?” “Rather trying.”—Spere Moments. “They wouldn’t hang & man for watering his whisky in your State nowadays,would they, colonel ?” 10, sah; T think not, sah. They wouldn’t do anything mo’ than try him fo’ heresy, sah.” —Detroit Tribune. Father—Here is a check, but make a good use of it. A fool and his money are soon parted, you know. Son—And therefore you would have me fol- low your example. I shall endeavor to doit, sir.—Boston Transcrip! George—You do not call on Miss Rosebud now? Jack—No, I get disgusted. coarse laugh, never noticed that.” “You would if you'd been within hearing when I proposed to her.”—Pearson’s Weekly, She has such a STRONG hoarhound candy,15¢ 1b. Townsend’ s MixXED and broken candies, 10¢ 1b, Townsend’s.* e e CrTrIC horehound lumps, 25¢ 1b, Townsend'’s.® —— ——.———— D'S special sale—Fresh cream mix 15¢ & pound; worth 35¢. = TOWNSE: candies, ————— EPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clivping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * mabiins sty An English paper revives an old story about Artemus Ward. When he was in London he gave a children’s party. One of John Bright's sons was invited and returned home radiant. “Oh, pepe,” he explained, on being asked whether he had enjoyed himself, “indeed I did! And Mr. Browne gave me such & nice neme for you, paps.” “What was thut?’ *“Why, he asked me how that gay and festive cuss, the governor, was,” replied the boy. NERVOUS troubles are caused by impoverished blood, the nerves not being properly nourished The way to cure nervousness is o purify the biood by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. ————— COUGHS AND HOARSENESS.—The irritation that induces coughing is immediately relieved by using * Brown's Bronchial Troches.” A simple and safe remedy. ———— Use Dr. Siegert’s Angostura Bitters, the world- renowned South American appetizer and invigora- tor of exquisite flavor. —_———— THE plainest face becomes pleasing when graced with beautiful hair, and PARKE: BALSAM great] NEW TO-DAY. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE BY Thos. Magee & Sans, REAL ESTATE AGENTS And Publishers “Real Estate Circular 4 Montgomery Street, UN.0¥ TRUST BUILDING, CORVER MARKET. NEW PROPERTY. Near East and Market sts.: 75x11 fronts: rents $225: fine investment; only $40,000. Valencia-st. store and flat, near 20th st.; rents $35: $6150. two cor. Webster and Hermann sts.; 37:6x8’ 800; easy terms. Corner residence. 80 feet front, nr. California st., in fine order; 812,000. MISCELLANEOUS PROPERTY. City Hall lot, N. side of Market st.; 25x100 and brick improvements bringing small rental : $65,000. hird ‘st near Mission; brick building; leased 8t $145; 852,500, Clay st., near Davis: brick building; rents $150; £00d frontage; only $28.000. 6€8:9x137:6: north side of North Point st., be- tween Stockton and Powell; one bloex from the seawall; only $6260. Sixth st., hear Brannan: 65x120: $10,000. Pacific ave., near Octavia; fine residence; 13 rooms and modern; In_first-class order; fine view; Fell st., facing the Park: 2 lots; 25x137:6; $3000 each; wiil be a fine residence street. Gough-st. 10ts; 25x112:6: $4500 each; between Grove and Fulton: street bituminized. Corner; 85:6x100; $3100: corner Fillmore and Filbert; stone blocks on Fillmore and Filbert st. very desirable cheap corner. Devisadero st.: west side: fine view of the bay; 84x100; bet. Green and Union: will be sold cheap. Union st.; north side; magnificent view: 27:6x onl¥ $2100; bet. Scoit aad Devisadero, ta n Parl Saturday, January 18th. Direct from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Pure, Sweet, real Apple Cider, 20 cents quart. Complete lists at your command. Largest Department Store. SMITHS' CASH STORE, 414,416, 418 FRONT ST,, S, F, limbs, use an BEAR IN MIND—Not If you want a sure relief for ~ains in the back, side, Allcock’s one of the host of counterfei i tions is as good as the genuine. G its and imita. chest, or