The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 21, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1896. LES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. CHARI 'ALL, One week, by carrler. . CALL, One year, by mail.... JALL, six months, by mail.. and ¥ CALL, thrée months by mail 1.50 and Sunday CALL, one month, by mail.. bunday CALL, one year, WEEKLY CALI, ODE ¥ BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, Californ! Sulephove..... i Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street, Telephone..... reitieneeseeeesen MaIn—1874 BRANCH OFFICES omery street, corner Cla; open untll . 11 9:30 o'clock. ntil 0 o'clock. open 9:: th and Mission streets; open open until 9 o'clock. pen until 9 o'clock. 8 Mission street 310 Ninth street; OAKLAND OFFICE : 908 Broadway. Rooms $1 and 3 DAVID M. FOL AN, THE CALL SPEAK Of course t quadr ng is doing that this No one expects bloodshed, but everybody hat diplom are playing with ies to put Cuba on the ill find that we have talk of war in Europe but our campaign will be the hottest fight of the year. It may take a good many ultimatums to make a declaration of war, but they will do it aftera w. It Olney's foreign volicy develops no rigor it will not be for any lack of oppor- or exercise. In these days the weather bureau re- port isa good enough mystery story to practice guessing on. It will be a fruitful as well as a festal year, and next fall we shall be as full of prunes as of politic: in Armenia, Trans- la any nation can it. With compli vaal, Cuba and Venez find trouble that wishe: All European potentates are talking ex- cept the Czar, and yet he is the only one in a positioa to talk bu This countr; have a gay and alto- gether lovely time if ever Tom Reed gets to be president of the In the anti-funding bill convention Cali- fornia put her er on the right button, and Congress must do the rest. It begins to look as if a proposal to buy Cuba may be one of the surprise parties that Cleveland has in store for us. may succeed in carrying but it will not be able to State while doing it. The rains are worth to California more than Cleveland’s bonds will tax out of us, but no thanks are due to Cleveland. Don’t fail to visit the exhibit of the Guild of Arts and Crafts. There is pleasure in it for every person of artistic tastes. Grover's foreign vpolicy is interesting enough, but what the people wish to learn is the inside history of his bond deals. Reform movements are not making so much noise as they did last winter, but they seem to be maki ng more progress. Democracy Clevelandism, carry a single No matter in what airection the Gov- ernment undertakes to move in these days it runs up against the Democratic deficit. Olney, Carlisle and Boies are the Presi- dential possibilities visible in tne Demo- cratic camp so far, and they are three crows. The refunding scheme capnot be brought up too early now. The people are eager for the fray to begin and be foughtto a finish. Chamberlain, Balfour, Rosebery and Gladstone have all had their little say, but . Salisbury has evidently gone duck shooting. It is said that Carlisle would accept the compliment of the Democratic Presiden- tiai nomination, but he probably wishes it on a gold plate. The British will never make war on this country while the Wilson tariff lasts, for John Bull is too wise to kill a goose that lays a golden egg. It is slowly dawning upon the bosses of the railroad monopoly that California by ner natural growth has stretched the cinch strap to the breaking point. This will go into history as the year in which the American people made a protec- tive system as permanent a part of their policy as the Monroe doctrine. It remains to be seen whether Carlisle has the Democratic party under bonds to him or whether the party has him under bonds not to disturb the convention. The Kaiser made a brave display in cele- brating the anniversary of the birth of the German empire, but he took care not to ing to rufile France this time. The two salient points of the financial question are the decrease in the revenues and the increase in the National debt, and the free-traders are responsible for both. It is hardly likely that any European nation after spending so much money to make a fine army would go to war to muss the regiments up and spoil the uniforms. China and Japan furnished the circus for the world last yvear, but this year they can sit at home comfortably and watch the ructions in America, Africa and Eu- Tope. 1f Huntingron had exercised the skill in trying to pay his debts that he has used in evading them he would'not in his old age be forced to work so hard in an effort to get them refunded. Now that Dr. Carlos Martyn of Chicago has told us that in hiscity San Francisco has a bad name we trust he will stay with us long enough to learn what sort of a name Chicage has here. THE PRIMARY ELECTION LAW. The Supreme Court of California sat in banc yesterday and Leard qrgumenta upon the question of the validity of the primary election law which was enacted by the last Legislature. The case comes down from Sacramento County, the Board of Supervisors of which have refused to take the initial steps toward holding a primary election under the law upon the ground of its unconstitutionnl&) There- upon a writ of mandate was plied for in the Supreme Court by a citizen of that county, and it is this application to which the court gave its attention yesterday. 1t is of great importance, not only to Sacramento County, but to the Btate at large, that this issue should be considered broadly and aecided speedily by the court. The act by its terms is limited in its appli- cation to counties of the first and second classes, but one of the very questions of this case is what counties come within this classification, Before the new constitu- tion went into effect the Legislature divided the counties of California into three classes, of which the first class em- oraced all counties having above 20,000 in- habitants, the second class all between 8000 and 20,000, and the third class all under 5000 people. There has been no classification of coun- ties for all purposes since the new consti- tution was adopted, but only special and much more diversified classification in the several county government acts for tke | purpose of regulating the compensation of county officers. If the former classifica- tion still prevails the larger portion of the counties of the State would be subject to this primary election law, while under the later classifications only three counties, viz.: San Francisco, Los Angeles and Sac- ramento, would be affected by its terms. It will thus be seen that practically the entire State is interested in the result of the decision. There is still another reason for this in- terest and for a broad consideration and speedy decision of the case. It isconceded that the expense of conducting primary elections under the law fwould be very great. This expense, which has heretofore fallen upon the political parties, must, if the law is valid, be borne by the taxpayers of the counties which are subject to the law. The result of a decision sustsining the law will be to create deficits in the finances of more than one of the counties of the ate for this year. This possibility, taken in connection with the increase in the State tax levy for the current year, has caused the taxpayers of the affected counties to observe with interest the fate of the pri- mary election law. The City and County of San Francisco is in any view of the case a city and county of the first class, and as the most import- ant single subdivision of the State is most materially concerned in the fate of this statute. Although it is not directly con- nected with the pending cause it is directly concerned in and will be affected by its de- cision. It is to be hoved that the Supreme Court will take this fact into account and when it has fully considered the case will render a dec San Francisco as well as to Sacramento and fully and finally settle the vexed ques- tion of the constitutionality of the primary election law AN IMPORTANT MEETING. On the 13th of February a meeting will pe held in this City by representatives of cycling associations, driving associations, boulevard and improvement clubs and all others interested in securing better streets for San Francisco. It will be preliminary to the meeting which the State Bureau of Highways will hold in this City in the latter part of February, and its purpose is to cultivate a local interest in the subject of good pavements. Both these meetings will be very important, and every care should be taken to make them as effective as possible. San Francisco will be the last county in the State to be visited by the Highways Bureau, whose members by the end of next month will have completed their in- spection of roads in all the counties and their meetings to arouse popular interest in the subject. That they have aiready done much good, principally of an educa- tional character, is taken for granted. They have shown Boards of Supervisors how and where money has been wasted, industries injured and development re- tarded by unintelligent care of roads. They will be prepared, at the meeting to be held here, to give a resume of their dis- coveries and suggestions, and as San Fran- cisco is the center of the cycling interest in the State, and as wheelmen have de- veloped into the most important of all the factors in the movement for improved highways, the value of the approaching San Francisco meeting to the whole State, as well as to the City itself, is evident. It would be eminently advisable for cit town and county governing bodies throughout the State to send representa- tives to the meeting which will be held here by the Bareau of Highways. The wheelmen of San Francisco and the other associations united with them in this great undertaking should insist that the burean secures one of the largest halls in the City. There will be no trouble in pack- ing it. THE CALL may be depended on to do all in its power to rouse public interest in the gathering, and undoubtedly the other papers will work as hard. San Francisco is twenty years behind leading Eastern cities in the matter of good streets. No intelligent person entertains the smallest doubt of the value of such an aid to prog- ress. California is richer than any other State in the Union in respect to the excel- lence and variety of its paving mate- rial. The Eastis vrobably using more of this material, shipping it overland at enormous expense, than we ourselves are. Merchants, property-owners, wheelmen, owners of private carriages, livery-stahle- men, draymen, hackmen, truckmen, milk- men, in short, all who own wuorses and property and do business, are interested. Equally important are the interests of tax- payers, those unfortunates who are so heavily burdened and who receive so little benefit from the taxes which they pay. This should e made one of the greatest meetings ever held in San Francisco. A STRANGE COINCIDENCE. The hand of fate seems to be in the co- incidence between the pendency of a rail- road funding scheme in Congress and the suit brought by the Southern Pacific Com- pany to restrain the California State Rail- road Commission from reducing the freight charges on grain. It would have been better for the Southern Pacific to submit to that reduction than incur the risk of seeing the evidence of the Pattison rail- road 1nquiry of 1887 made a record of the United States courts and newly paraded in the newspapers, and urged by conven- tions and mass-meetings as evidence upon which Congress must act in deciding the funding issue. The facts unearthed by the Pattison Commission were published at the time, but as a majority of the people have short memories the revival comes asa flood of new light. Those facts furnish the last necessary evidence to convince Congress that the passing of a funding bill would be ion which shall apply to | a wrong of inconceivable magnitude. It was discovered by that commissiorn that the Central Pacific was wrongfully made to cost at least three times as much as was necessary, and hence that the cost was at least three parts fraud. It is proposed in Congress to condone this fraud and per- petuate the popular burden which it cre- ated, Another purpose which that old record has served is to permit a comparison be- tween the statement of the value as repre- sented by the cost, and that servesas a basis of traffic charges, and the value placed on the roads by their owners for taxation purposes. Both these valuations were made under oath, and they have a re- markable dissimilarity. The cost, accord- ing to these separate statements, averages four times the value. It is on the cost the funding bill is based. The reports from Washington indicate that the railroad committees of the two | houses are beginning to weaken, and the latest news is that representatives of the people will be permitted to make argu- ments against the funding measures. This undoubtedly is the result of the pressure which California has brought to bear, and yet we have not put forth one- hundredth part of the strength thatisin us. By confining itself to opposition to the funding bills the State convention held in this City a few days ago made a grand beginning, but the work should be followed up by every community in the State. The railroad company, actnated by the blindness of desperation, is uncon- sciously assisting the fight in every possi- ble way. Not only has it brought down the Pattison report upon 1ts head, but it has made an alliance with the Panama Railroad that restricts trade between Cali- fornia and the Atlantic, and has made the fatal mistake of taking advantage of its monopoly to increase the overland rates and so strengthen the opposition to it in this State. OHANGES IN CUBA. The substitution of General Weyler for General Campos in the management of Spain’s interests in Cuba is understood to mean a change from a slow policy to one of the greatest vigor. This will hasten the end of the conflict, and at the same timé it seems now to be the one thing necessary to the restoration of Spanish supremacy on the island. will be given 25000 ad from Spain; his forces will have cvery possible advantage that usually counts in war, including abundant ammunition, possession of the capital with its forts, a splendid fleet to protect the coast cities and the wealth of the islaud and the power of a great mation behind them. The only thing which the insurgents have to a superior degree is an intense, desper- ate determination to free themselves, establish their own government and abol- ish the terrible burdens which Spain im- poses on their thrift and industry. | By reason of their lack of proper imple- |ments ot war the insurgents have been compelled to conduct a guerrilla warfare, to avoid serious engagements, to trust to the fleetness of their horses, to terrorize with the torch and the machete the towns still loyal to Spain, to destroy the property which yielded revenues useful to Spain, and to pursue a policy which was intended as much to wear out the patience of their enemies as to give the populace time to cultivate a desire for liberty. Under the Campos regime they carried out this policy with increasing success, and there is little doubt that had he been retained the revolution would have been successful in the end. Now the character of the situation is entirely changed, and the one course which, if wisely followed, will erush the rebellion will undoubtedly be adopted. This will be to take the field at once and with all possible vigor pursue the rebels, force them to fight, shoot as traitors all insurgents who are taken, con- fiscate all the portable property of friends of the revolution and destroy all property that is not portable, and in general spread terror from one end of the island to the other. If anything can overthrow the rebellion that can. Nothing else is possible now. Spain is at last forcea to risk everything in a desperate policy. It is impossible now to foresee the result, but the nistories of such campaigns, conducted under such circumstances, lead to the belief that in the natural order of things the rebellion will be suppressed. It is altogether un- likely that there is any truth in the rumor that Spain is negotiating with England to sell the island to that country. The tangible fact of the coming radical policy of Spain in treating with the revolutionists on her own account is suthcient to make the United States move promptly if there is any intention of interfering. In two months from this time it may be too late. PERSONAL. Dr. R. E. Hartley of Lakeport is at the Grand. James McCudden of Vallejo arrived here last night. Senator B. F. Langford of Stockton is at the Palace. . John M. Besse, & business man of King City, | is in town. R. Owens, a mine-owner of Placer County, is in'the City. District Attorney F. G. Ostrander of Merced is at the Lick. Martin Winch, an attorney of Portland, ar- rived here yesterday. C. W. Goodale, a mining and business man of Butte, Mont,, is in town. Judge George T. Coles of Santa Barbara was among yesterday’s arrivals. W. E. Bartholomew, & wealthy grain mer- chant of New York, is at the Palace, R. M. Hoffman, one of the ownersotf a fruit cannery at San Jose, is at the Grand. R. J. Bentley, an extensive fruit-packer of Sacramento, is here on & business trip. George M. Colburn, proprietor of the Clifton House at Niagara Falls, is at the Palace. R. C. Wilson, a cattle grower of Red Bluff, arrived here last night and is at the Grand. J. W. Linscott, Superintendent of Public In- struction at Santa Cruz, was among yesterday’s arrivals, R. J. Lewis, general passenger agent at Haw- thorne, Mo., of the Hannibal and St. Joe Rail- Toad, is in the City. J. B. Peaks, proprietor of the Yosemite Hotel, Stockton, is at the Lick. He was formerly in the hotel business in Santa Cruz. Sam McMurtrie, the railroad contractor of Guadaloupe, is at the Palace. Mr. McMurtrie is doing work for the South Pacific on its coast branch. P. H. McDermott, & prosperous mine-owner of Carlisle, N. M.. is at the Russ. He is a brother of United States Marshal McDermott of Montana. Richard Chute, who was formerly one of the ablest of the political managers of San Fran- cisco, but who has relinquished poiitics for mining, is in the City after a prolonged absence at the Rawhide mine. Charles R. Mason, for several years past manager of the Byron Springs Hotel, and for some months ill atSt. Luke's Hospital, has re- covered his health and returned to his duties. Mr. Mason, besides being in ill-health, suffered from a disease of the eyes, which threatened to end In blindness. His eyesight is now, how- ever, almost as good as it ever wi Miss Ella Wilcox is the highly eficient jan- itor and sexton of the church of the United Brethren in Marcellus, Mich. She has full care of the church, keeps it in order, rings the bell on Sundays and attends to all the other duties of a sexton “in every way better than any male Jjanitor ever has,” the church-goers say. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. W.C. Land, the cattle grower and buyer of Arizone, is at the Russ. Mr.Land has been on the Pacific Coast for over forty-five years. He lived fora good while in California, and also in Nevada. In nearly all of the States and Territories of the coast he has atone time or another been engaged either in mining, cattle- growing or other enterprises. At one time he owned heavy mining and land interests in Mexico, as well as in Arizona, and was accounted worth at least $1,000,000. His home at the present time is at Stone House, nine miles from Benson, on the road to Bisbee. His livestock range largely on the noted Babacomeri ranch, jutting up to the towns of Benson and Tombstone, in Cochise and Pima counties. This great ranch isowned by the Perrins. C. M. Bruce, the Secretary of Arizona, was for a long time the partner of Mr. Land. Mr. Land knows hLis business from the ground up. He is a skilled vaquero, being able to ride and throw a rope witn the best of them. He has had experiences scattered tain by force, or which is consepted to or coz ceded by other nations. The Mdnroe doctrine is being made international law. Americans Are Blamed. Los Angeles Times. An English journal complains that “Ameri- cans were to blame for the English defeat in the Transvaal.” Well, if thatis true, itis not the first time that Americans have been “to blame for English defeat.” Probably it is not the last. America for Americans. San Bernardino Times-Index. Delegate Catron of New Mexico has intro- duced & bill to repeal the act preventing aliens from ecquiring title to real estate. If is be- lieved the Territory has lostthe use of millions of capital and its material progress greatly re- tarded by the operations of the law. No Forelgn Nation Should Own Cuba, Vallejo Chronicle. ‘After gaining her independence Cuba de- sires to be annexed to the United States. Itis a question whether her population would make good citizens, but it is certain that if the island is worth fighting for, as Spain has = W. C. Land of Arizona, the Pioneer Cattl [Sketched from life eman, Who Is One of the Most Skillful Riders and Rope - Throwers on the Range. by a “Call’ artist.] along through the years of his life on the coast caleulated to test his metal, and he has become calloused to ordinary dangers. One of his worst experiences was two or three years ago on the Mojave desert, when he was out several days and almost died from lack of water while trying to reach Indian Wells. Mr. Land has bought end shipped 6000 cattle since November 4. He says there is Plenty of dry feed in Arizona and that the cat- tle are in fine condition. “We have about one-third of the cattle in Arizona now that we had two years ago,” said Mr. Land. *“The causeof the decrease was that we hed two dry years. Cattle were sold off and shipped out. Many growers went out of the business, too, because of the death of stock and lack of profits. “As the situation s now the class of cattle known as feeders, that is, those from three years old up, are too high. The market here nd East wou't justify what owners are asking. They are asking from §14 to 16 for them, whereas it_won't pay to exceed & price of $11 to$14. There is no market to warrant it. “Men who have cattle to sell want to bull the market, and those who are out to buy want to bearit. As forme Iam both buying end sell- ing, and I state 1t just as it occurs to me. “Arizona is improving & good deal and hasa brighter look. There have been three or four mines discovered lately, that is, properties that look like mines, and that capitalists want to buy. They appear to be big things. North ana south in the Territory things are getting in better shape. “I don’t belleve from what I see that Arizona will be admitted as a State right away. The reason is that it is a dead sure shot that she is silver, and Congress, knowing that, I don't be- lieve will admit her.” Mr. Land has been shipping cattle to Bakers- field, and comes on up here in connection with business. His visit will be brief. N. Hashim, business manager of the Tavary Grand Opera Company, who has come here from Mexico in advance of the troupe, tells some interesting things about experience down in that country. “A Mexican audience is the best audience 1 ever saw for music. The people are passion- ately fond of music and have considerable knowledge of 1t, too. This seems strange when you consider how ignorant a large part of the population is otherwise. If the people like an artist they show their appreciation with great enthusiasm, but if not they hiss right out. The opera-houses are ail built and managed by the Government and are the finest onthe continent. Those at San Luis Potosi, Guadalejara and other places of comparatively small population would do credit to the largest cities in this country. must be obeyed. For instance, if an artist is sick a certificate must be presented to the right official and permission given to make a change twelve hours before the performance. Otherwise there will be a heavy fine. “One night in Guadalajara we put on a dif- ferent opera from the one announced. A fine of %1000 was imposed, but fortunately the judge was 5o well pleased with it that the fine was remitted. By the judge I mean the musi- cal juage, & man who attends each perform- ance as the Government’s representative. We had to wait until the judge was in his seat, too, before the show could begin. Musical judges, like others, sometimes dine well and we were often compelled to wait until 9:30 o'clock before beginning the performance. ‘At San Luis Potosl the Government guar- anteed the show and the Governor was so well pleased with it that he attended every evening, and we could not begin until he was in his box. Wehad to wait as late as 9:45 o’clock for him one night. However, we were so well treated otherwise that we could not complain. From 7:30 o’clock until the performance b gan the Government military band played in front of the opera-house. In fact at all the cities the company was;met by bands and on their departure were accompanied to the sta- tion. Jurious as it may seem, the Mexicans pre- fer Wagner's operas to all others. There can be no question that they are naturally a very musical people. The day after an opera is pre- sented you will hear its tunes whistled all over town by everybody. Itisa good field for & good company, but they have such a dis. agreeable way of showing their disapproval nd meking it uncomfortable for a disliked company that I would not advise any one to take & poor troupe down.”” The Tavary Opera Company will appear here this spring. OPINIONS OF WESTERN EDITORS. Safford (Ariz) Guard There are plenty of signs to show this will be & bad year for political bosses and a good year for the people. Custom Makes Law. Chino Champlon. What is termed international law is made so by & nation adopting a policy toward other nations which she shows her ability to mein- i ““The Government has very strict rules that | fought, she is worth taking when offered for nothing. Lord Dunraven’s Little Play. Santa Ana Herald. England has sent some good actors to this country, but Lord Dunraven’s “Much Ado About Nothing” has never been excelled. Great Oaks From ZLittle Acorns Grow. Flagsta®® Sun. The Cuban revolution was started in April number over 50,000, while Campos has used up 116,000 Spanish troops and is calling for more. | The Kind of Protection Most Needed. Ventura Free Press. People long for such protection to American industries as wili open up again all the closed workshops, start the furnace fires, and give the American farmer a home market for the prod- uct of his fields, ART INSTITUTE MEMORIES. It seems so lorig since she and I Among the throng of passers-by Btocd reading in each other's eyes The secrec of love's my steries. | The summer sunlight kissed her lips And filtes through her finger ti; As, one by one, they brushed au The carls upon her brow that d: Her fair hair mocked the summer shine, Her cheexs were red as scarlet wine, Her eyes were blue as skies of Spring, When all the wilds are blossoming. And vet, withal, she was so fair, 1 Joved and left her hanging there: Because, alns! this charming dame Was but a picture in a frame. —Chicago Record. NO! NOT BY PURCHASE EITHER! The most fmportant duty of the Senate Com- mittee on Foreign Relations, in preparing their joint resolution setting forth the form in which Congress will be asked to affirm the Monroe doctrine, is to guard againstsuch & wording of that resolution as will imply toler- ance of England’s acquiring by purchase a { title to any territory in dispute between Ven- ezuela and British Guiana. *We must oppose with all our means,” said Jefferson, as the councilor of President Monroe, in refer- ence to the Spanish colonies of South America, “the forcible interposition of any other power as auxiliary stipen- diary, or under any other form or pretext, and most especially their transfer to any power Dby conquest, cesson or acquisition in any other way.” Monroe wrote under Jefferson’s insplration. It may as well be recognized, first as last, that the people of this country will not suffer any shuflling effort to Giscriminate be- tween the sale and the surrender of the soil of | an American republic. Any public man who shall attempt seriously by such a wire-drawn | and shallow distinction to pull the bottom out of the doctrine of Americau self-defense, first enunciated by James Monroe, need expect nothing from his countrymen except universal derision and contempt. To begin with, the constitution of Venezuels forbids its Government to alienate under any circumstances or for any consideration one square inch of the national sofl. The only round, therefore, upon which President Crespo could cede fo England a square inch of the territory in_dispute, would be an admis- sion that his country has 1o title to the section ceded. Men cannot sell what they have no itle to. If in return for the tract surrendered, President Crespo should accept & dollar, hé would be subjected to impeachment for high treason. i __We will not insult the intelligence of the Nation’s chosen lawgivers by dwelling at length upon the deadly character of the prece- dent that wonld be set by our acquiesceuce in the sale by an American republic of & section of 1ts territory to a European monarchy. We know on the authority of the Hon. John Bige- low, formerly Minister to France, that General Prim, when seeking the means of organizing & Tevolt against Isabella IT, offered to sell Cuba to the United States for the pitiful sum of $3,000,- 000. Who can assure us that in the Latin- American_communities & man may not one day be found as little patriotic as was Prim? Who can say, for example, that, were a precedent for such & transaction’ gnee esiab- ished, some President of Guatemala or Hon- duras might not sell for cash to British Hon- duras a cardinal section of his commonwealth? Who can say that some revolutionist of Brazil, seeing British Guiana acquire by purchase a ?rup,npon the Orinoco, might not convey to t for money a hold upon the Amazon as well? Absit omen! Far from us be the suspiciod thatof such an act of national parricide any Latin-American could be guilty! Far from &lso, be the rankling thought that we, by any act of ours, could be charged with suggesting or conniving at the crime.—New York Sun. THE DEAD LABORER. Here, In his work-gard, with his sweat scarce dried Upon his grimy brow, a laborer lies. Climbing & ladder with his heavy hod, A falling timber swept him from the rounds, And the hard pavement battered out his breath. Push through the crowd, good friend! The ambu- ance Is ringing rouna the corner. Lose no time, For years may pass before thy heart agaln Shall have such cause to meit. His job is done. He who was doomed before his hour of birth To do the world’s rough work, and have the least Of its good things. has quit ere it is six. Mark well this harrowing scene, and, if naught else Can touch a sense long dulled to time's harsh facts, Bat look upon the callous of these palms And marvel how thou ever hast been moved To thigk & thought of 111 of any man. FRANKLIN E. DENTON {n Chips. {ast by less than 100 men. The insurgents now |, ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. IN Foc6Y WEATHER—L. R. W., Stockton, Cal. Bay steamers in foggy weather have to figure out their course by the compass. GOLD CorNs—J. W. K., City. Two and & half dollar pieces and $3 pieces of the United States have not been withdrawn from circulation, but for some years heve not been minted. CUBAN TOUBLES—O. M. H., City. In the Daily News Almanac and Political Register for the current_year there is published a full account of the révoltsin Cuba from the earliest time, STEAM VESSELS—L. R. W., Stockton, Cal. You can obtain & copy of the laws and regulations that govern steam vessels by communicating with the office of Inspector of Hullsand Boil- ers, Appraisers’ building, this City. A RED Nosg—S. 0. T. C., City. If a nose is | red because of drinking, the remedy is, stop drinking. If it is caused by a disease of the skin, then the party aflicted should place him- self under the care of & competent physician, who will remove the outer skin and in that way restore the nose to the color it ougnt to be. | £ AryY ProMoTION—Render, Stockton, Cal. An enlisted man who has served two years or more in the United States army, whether as non-commissioned officer or private, may com- pete fot a vacancy for second lieutenant when- ever any such exists. He has to undergoa mental and physical examination, and if he passes he may rise to the highest rank in the army. Boxps—J. J., Bethany, San Joaquin County, Cal. To enter into an explanation of why the present administration has issued so many calls for bonds would take more space than is allotted to Answers to Correspondents, but in brief it is that the present administration could not run the Government within the in- come, and for that reagon had to borrow money to meet expenses and to keep up the gold reserve. MARRYING CHINESE—R. H. B., Oakland, Cal. The question, “Can you publish the names and the religion of the women who have mar- ried Chinese, that is white women?” cannot be answered for the reason that it does not ap- pear from the question whether you want to know about the white women of the world who have married Chinese, or the white women of & particular section, and for the further reason that no record is kept of the religion of veople who apply for a marriage license. In other words, the question cannot be answered. | | A CONFEDERATE Note—J. W. K., City. As a note of the late Confederate Government is i not money nor & representative of money, and therefore not currency, an individual arrested for utterin g such could not be charged with | passing counterfeit money, but he could be | charged with obtaining money by falsely rep- resenting that the paper offered was a valu- able one, that is providing he obtained any thing of value for it; if he did not obtain any- thing on it he could be charged with an attempt to obtain property by means of false | representations. NICARAGUA LANDS— City. The price for agricultural land in Nicaragpa is 75 cents per acre, but where there is a running stream on the land the price is $125. In order to en- courage the coffee industry in that country | the Government does not levy a license tax on coffee trees. Every person planting not less | than 5000 coffee trees is allowed by the | Government a premium of 5 cents per tree, halt to be paid when the trees are two vears old and the balance when the trees produce. From 400 to 500 trees to the acre can be planted, and the cost of plant- ing is very light. The cost of producing 100 pounds of coffee s about 5. Those who wish | to enter on this kind of a venture are advised not to undertake it unless they have between | $4000 and 00 in ready money. Twenty | dollars in United States gold is worth $37 in the currency of Nicaragua. Any one wishing | 10 g0 to that country to settle must first obtain | a consular passport from the Consul et the | port in which the intended settler lives. Fuller | information about the country may be ob- | tained from a pamphlet to be obtained by | | writing to the Bureau of American Republics, Washington, D. C., the special bulletin | for “Coffee in Nicaragua,” issued October, 1893. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. | LIEUTENANT - GOVERNOR SADLER | RIGHTED. i | 7o the Editor of the San Francisco Call—Stx: | The article in your issue of the 17th inst., page | 8, “Sadler's Odd Mistake,” does & great injus- | tice to Lieutenant-Governor Sadler, who is as | regretful of theillness and sufferings of Gov- ernor Jones &s any other person in the State. | Lieutenant-Governor Sadler knew nothing of | the flag being hali-masted, s he was not nor | had been in Carson at the time, neither did he | appoint any private secretary, and I know | that no telegram ever reached my hands while in San Francisco from him asking or demend- | ing any keys whatever, and this last it was his | perfect right to do had it been required. | The many rumors floating around are en- tirely without foundation, and inflict an in- | jury almost irreparable on the reputation of the Lieutenant-Governor of our State. Respect- | fully, W. T. HANFORD, 0 the Governor. CLEVELAND'S DEBT. Its Increase Since the Beginning of | the New Fiscal Year. Private Secreta as shewn Jen. 10.- The {ncrcase in "p Wational Cleveland’s Adminisiration, o N 9 - g @w h B . & N & ™ ) =~ < 2 3 ® 13 H T8 = "'I T - - Ve N t§ S s 8 o 35 ]2 % 285000000 : ON JULY: 1895, —New York Prass PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. The Empress of China has a passion for jewels. It was formerly illegal for Chinese women to wear jewels, but the present Em- press persists in her fancy for precious stones. The Rev. A. D. Mayo is in Washington put- ting the finishing touches to his “History of the American Common School,” the first in. stallment of which will appear in the forth- coming report of the National Bureau of Edu- cation. One of the most accomplished chess players in the world is & woman, Mrs, Nellie Marshall Showalter of Kentucky. Mrs. Showalter will take part in the international chess match by cable which will be contested in April between the women of England and America. Mary Frenca Field, eldest daughter of the late Eugene Field, is preparing herself to give public readings from her father’s favorite poems. She is a beautiful girl, about 19 years old, with an exquisite voice and charming manners. Mr. Gladstone hasa personal connection with British Gaiana. as his family fortune was made there, His father owned a great suger estate at Vreeden Hoop, in Demerara, and was & large siave-owner. One of the Grand Old Man’s first speeches in Parliament was a de- fense of West Indian slavery, wade just before the passage of the act abolishing slavery in 1833. He was Under Secretary for the Cole- Dies when Schomburg was laying out his line. CURRENT HUMOR. She—I'm sorry to leave you, Fred, in such & frame of mind; bat I had a previous engage- ment, you know. He—It might have been as well if you'd had a previous engagement before we were mar- ried—and kept it.—Brooklyn Life. The leap-year girl should learn to pay the bills like a little man.—Philadelphia Record. Papa (on the top of the stairs)—Is that young man gone, Mamie? Mamie—Yes, papa; awfully !—Judge. Paternal Visitor—Do you like to go to school, little boy ? Little Boy—Yes, I like goin’ to school well enough and comin’ home all right. WhatI don’t like is havin’ to stay cooped up in there between times.—Somerville Journal. Empercr William of Germany shows con- siderable impatience with the pies that his grandma makes.—New York World. “Queen Victoria and Emperor William are relatives, are they not?” asked Bloomfieid. “Yes, strained relations,” replied Bellefield. Pitsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. The Hostess—On, yes! Her people were as poor as church mice; but since her marriage to wealthy John Gotmore she has it easy.” The Visitor—Easy? I should say so! Why she hasn’'t a single thing to do butsitand worry.—Puck. Judicious Selection.—Whom did Mrs, Des- mond ask to her house party? All her intimate enemies andsome of her friends.—Chicago Record. She—Oh, Tom! do wake up and listen to the wind; 1v's perfectly awful. He (drowsily,—Is it, my dear? Justopen the window and putout a peppermintlozenge; it's the best thing for the wind. Dukane—What a strange combination young Manchester is. Gaswell—What do you mean ? Dukane—He has pigeon toes and a hoarse voice.—Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. I see,” said Mrs. Hasheroft, “that they have prssed an ordinance imposing a fine on any one | who yells ‘Fire!’ in a church.” “Oh, well,” said the Cheerful Idiot, “tnat sort of preaching hes pretty much gone out of date anyway.”—Indianapolis Journal. A STREET COSTUME. Dull-toned mignonette green cloth 1s the fabricof the gown illustrated here. The revers are of brown velvet, with appliques of creamy guipure. The collar and points are of the same velvet. Charming effects are obtained by using & | contrasting color for the yoke top in silk above the revers. Take for instance & brown and blue mixed cloth, with revers of brown velvet, and the yoke In blue cloth to match the blue in mixed goods, which is of the forget-me-not hue. The revers were edged with stone mar- ten, the fur which is 5o much worn this season. A’gown of stone-coiored cloth, with revers of ruby velvet that were edged with a shaggy fur of stone color, had the yoke of white satin covered with yellowish lace. Cheviots of the new mixtures make up very effectively after this model. One of a fawn shade showing many bright threads h a yoke and the revers of mignonette velvet, the fatter edged with beaver. Another cheviot of brown had_trimmings of grass greenivelvet, overlaid with ochre-col- ored guipure. A green and black mixture had green eloth revers heavily braided with gold, the yoke tof being of the green eloth studded with gilt spangles. A border of Persien lamb edged the revers. A jacket waist after this model designed to wear with & plaid skirt showing many colors, and these by no means subdued, was of brown heavy silk. It had revers of velvet, with a pale yellow satin yoke, covered with white lace. A band of sable edged the revers, and was added at the top of the white satin stock collar, STRONG hoarhound candy,15¢1b. Townsend's.* e e e EPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Monigomery. * ——————— HUSBAND’S Calcined Magnesia. Four firste premium medals awarded. More agreeable to the taste and smaller dose than other mag- nesia. For sale only in bottles with registered trademark label. e e Ethel—Molly told me yesterday, Nell, that you had resolved to give up talking slang. Nell—Yes, I have. I've thought it all over* and I've made up my mind thateven if the young men do seem to like a girl whose talk is bright and slangy, when it comes to getting married she simply isn't in it.—Somerville Journal. ‘WAR Is declared against disease by Hoed's Sarsa. parilla, which purifies, vitalizes and enriches the blood. Pure blood means good health, and the way to have pure blood is to take Hood's Sarsaparilia. —————————— CoueHS 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 Sonth American appetizer and invigora- tor of exquisite flavor. Pl ML M 0 REDUCE your welght,use Vrettos' Belt, e Word has reached Germany that Neufeld, the only person held prisoner by the Mahdi, has been thrown into chains pecause he aided in the escape of the Italian, Rossignoli, and the Austrian, Obrwalder. Neufeld had estab- lished a powder factory on the ruins of Khar. toum, but his work has been interrupted. An effort is being made to get the Germafl Govern. ment to interfere in Neufeld’s behalf. Tuesday, Jan. 21st. To-day only. Warner’s Celebrated Per- fection Waists. Best $1 Waist in town for 65 cents. Sizes 18 to 30. Complete lists at your command. gest Department Store, SMITHS' CASH STORE, 414,416, 419 EBONT ST 8. F.