The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 25, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1896 Editor and Proprietor. 5L'B$C’RIE’V‘VI'IVON RATES—Postage Free: CALL, six months, by m; .00 CaLi, three months by mail 1.50 Daily and Sunday CALL, one month, by mail Eunday CALL, one year, by mail WEEKLY CALL, One year, by mail BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, California. Telephoze.. Main-1868 EDITORIAL ROOM: 517 Clay Street. BRANCH gomery street, corner C lock. 889 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 717 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o'clock. EW. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open zntil 8 o'clo £618 Mission street; open until 9 o'clock. 318 Ninth sireet; open until § 0'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : 808 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Sooms 31 and 32, 34 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent. open unttl SATURDAY THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. e s e e e e The wheat pit is no longer in a hole. Oh, yes! Republican victories always bring prosperity. The new Senator from Alabama is named Money, and of course he talks, Things are finding their level—England comes down and wheat goes up. There will be a bounty on exported grain this year and the foreigner will pay it. Krueger will give the Americans a fair trial—the old man has brains in his head. Now that King Wheat has arisen he will command gold to come our way, and it will obey him. SR After the advance m wheat will come the advance in fruit, and every rural in- dustry will prosper. The competing railroad did not bring the good times, but it will enable the farmers to profit by them. If the reported alliance between Russia and Turkey be true then the Czar holds the joker and the game is his. The House has got so well along with its work the session can be made short with- out leaving any business undone. Now that Kentucky proposes to repeal the Southern Pacific charter, Huntington will have to order out his fiying squadron. All that is needed now to prepare the ay for prosperity is a protective duty to head off the importation of foreign goods. Some Californians favor Government ownership of railroads and some object, buc all are united against the funding bill. Ahlwardt has resumed his agitation against the Jews and as a consequence the egg merket in New York will have another boom. The Gorman Waterloo in Maryland has given history a chance to repeat itself. It is a Wellington that triumphs and goes to the Senate. Salisbury stili shows an unwillingness to arbitrate with us, but if Venezuela wishes any concessions just now she can get them without trouble. Republicans, Populists and silver men all will hold their National conventions in St. Louis, but Democracy will go off alone to die in Chicago. The Indian has given another evidence of ability to acquire arts of civilization. Chief Tall, treasurer of the Osage tribe, is short in his accounts. As if they did not have fights enough in their own party, the Democratic silver ren have now begun to morkey with the animals in the Populist menagerie. Itis announced that the Davis resolu- tions on the Monroe doctrine do not suit Cleveland, but perhaps they were not in- tended to suit him. Davis is not a cuckoo. It is pleasing to learn that the House has at last succeeded in adopting a set of rules, but all the same it seems to have been getting aloag very well without any. As it will be a year before Foraker takes his seat in the Senate, Sherman will have time to issue a revised edition of his book before he has to introduce his colleague with the proper enlogium. The latest move in European diplomacy shows why Russia would not co-operate with the Western powers in settling the Turkish question. She knew she had a lone hand and was determined to play it alone. The convention of the National Associa- tion of Manufacturers has requested the Senate to pass at once the emergency rev- enue bill, but of course the Senate is too busy listening to itself to hear what other folks say. REPSR L The British insisted that Krueger should send Jameson to England to be tried, «snd now that Krueger has consented and Jameson is on his way home England dis- covers she has no law by which to try him. Isthata square deal or a shuffle? The Populist National Convention will make an innovaticn in the basis of repre- sentation at such gatherings. The various States will be allowed delegates in propor- tion to the Populist vote t at the last election. The result will be a smaller con- vention than that of the other parties, but perhaps it will make as much noise. Among the publications of the new year ntended to call the attention of capitalists and home-scexers to the State none is more deserving of commendation than “California, Her Industries, Attractions and Builders,” compiled and edited by J. C. Hoag and W. E.Gray. It is a hand- somely illustrated work and should re- ceive a wide circuiation in 2ll parts of the country. The dispatches from Washington state that on Thursday Daniels made a great speech in the Senate on the Monroe doc- trine and that immediately afterward when a motion was made to fix a day to take a vote on the bond bill objection was raised that there were not enough mem- bers present to decide the matter. It ap- pears, therefore, the big speeches are be- ing made to empty benches and that the Senate does not take interest enough in it- self toattend to its own talk, BUSINESS AND POLITICS. The National Convention of American Manufacturers at Chicago adopted a series of resolutions to which Congress ought to give prompt attention. Allof them con- cern the business welfare of the country and some of thern are of pressing urgency. Moreover they relate to matters which can bé dealt with at this session, and, therefore, are more deserving the consider- ation of Congressmen than issues like that of silver coinage, which cannot be settled as Congress is at vresent consti- tuted. The resolutions ask that the Interstate Commerce Commission be directed to pre- pare freight classifications which'shall be uniform thronghout the Union, that there be established by the Government a Department of Manufactures with a Secre- tary of Cabinet rank at the head, that States be prevented from imposing inequit- able conditions upon corporations created by other States, that the Senate pass promptly the revenue bill provided by the House for the relief of the treasury, and finally that in reforming the tariff Con- gress shall grant to the sugar industry fair legislation and liberal encouragement. There car be no question of the import- ance of the measures proposed. It is parti- cularly urgent that the emergency revenue bill should be passed without further de- lay. The bill is certainly not all that is wanted in the way of reform, but it will be a great improvement on the existing tariff. It would not only provide abundant reve- nues for the Government and put an end to that borrowing of money which has so largely increased the bonded debt of the Nation, but would afford also something of protection to home industries and by checking to some extent the imports of foreign goods would turn the balance of trade in our favor and put anend to the export of gold. In these resolutions we see politics as it appears to the business men of the coun- try. They fairiy reflect the general senti- ment of the people. There is an increas- ing conviction that a return to a thor- oughly comprehensive system of protec- tion is more important to the country just now than even the remonetization of sil- ver itself. At any rate there is a chance to do something in the way of tariff re- form at once if the Senate would only re- solve to act on the emergency bill, while it must be clear even to the most ardent ad- vocates of silver that the discussion of free coinage isonly a waste of time and en- ergy. The request for the establishment of a Department of Manufactures, with an offi- cial head baving a seat in the Cabinet, raises a new issue, but isnot unreasonable. The manufacturing industry has now be- come one of the greatest in the Nation, and is certainly entitled to a voice in the Government. The need of such an official is seen in the present danger to our indus- tries caused by Oriental competition. Had we at this time a Secretary of Manufac- tures he could at once through our Consuls investigate the nature and extent of the competition and inform Congress what legislation is needed to gnard against the evil. Lacking such an official the manu- facturers must look out for themselves and ask Congress for help as best they can. This has been done in the present instance by the Chicago convention, and it remains to be seen what attention will be given to the requests. NATIONAL HIGHWATS, The League of American Wheelmen can- not find a wiser or more patriotic thing to do than to throw sl its influence into the fight for the bill now before Congress in reference to highways. The biil provides for a commission charged with the follow- iug duties: “Itshall be the .duty of this commission to inquire generally how the Government may further promote the im- provement of highways, and among other things to consider the expediency of and best methods of providing for: (1) The scientific location of highways upon the public domain} (2) the employment of the Geological Survey in the discovery of road materials; (3) the free testing of all road material offered; (4) construction of model roads and instruction in road-making at agricultural colleges and experimental stations; (5) the same at the Military Academy, and when practicable at all institutions having a military ipstructor.”’ Evidently the leading idea of the bill is the military necessity of good roads. That 1s excellent, but a far greater value which they would represent wouid be purely commercial. It is an extraordinary fact that although our civil war disclosed the great need of good roads no heed was given the terrible lesson learned from the use of bad roads. The suffering, delay and expense which they entailed must have been enormous. It is undeniable that the bad roads of this country havebeen an important factor in the development of railroad monopolies and the retardation of inventions making wagon roads available for traffic purposes. Recently traction engines have been brought out which give great promise of remarkable advances in that direction, but it is evident that in the absence of good roads they will be useless. Even with horses for the drawing powera good wagon road is almost as valusble as a regulator of rail transportation charges as a river or canal. Had the Sacramgento and San Joa- quin valleys, for instance, been provided with excellent roads there would be very much less cause for complaint on the score of railroad extortion than there is at present. 1f there were the least element of ex- periment in the proposition of good roads it might be expected to encounter intelli- gent opposition, but there is not. Every one of the old countries of Europe has demonstrated tne value of good roads and makes enormous annual expenditures in their construction and maintenance. Tkis Nation is behind all others in the world in this regard except the most backward and unenlightered countries of the Orient. A DESPERATE EFFORT. All the evils of railroad power and tyranny are crystallized in the funding proposition pending before Congress. The overwhelming importance of the situation is so well understood by Mr. Huntington that it is not surprising to see him focusing all the resources at his command in the struggle. If he succeed in securing the passage of this bill he will close his wonderful career with an achievement more daring in its conception than any other financial proposition that ever rose between the Government and any of its citizens. Compared with it the marvelous skill with which he secured an appropria- tion for the building of his railroad and the incredible deftness with which he pocketed its earnings instead of employing them in the payment of his debt wiil ap- pear mean and insignificant. The passage of a funding bill would be %0 gross a wrong perpetrated by the Government upon itself with wide-open eves and a full knowledge of how it has been swindled in the past that it will stand in history as the most remarkable thing that a citizen of the United States ever accomplished. It will not concern Mr. Huntington to reflect that coming generations, while marveling at the power | | 15 on a visit he which he exercised, will not regard his achievement as being any the less in- famous. The wonder then will be that a man with ability and power of so remark- able an order had not made himself the idol of the country by employing his splendid talents for the country’s good. The defeat of the funding bill would be the downiall of the invincible power which this company has exercised for so many years. It would result ina breaking of the bonds which shackle the prosperity of California, and would open these broad and fertile acres to the enjoyment of mil- lions of our people. In the defeat of this bill we have everything to gain and noth- ing to lose—not even a risk to run. Mr. Huntington’s interests are equally as great, and one side or the other must go down in this tremendous struggle for ex- istence. California is not making as hard a fight as it might, The local governing boards throughout the State are not putting forth their strongest effort. The Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco, composed of leading citizens, upon whose activity in the premises so much depends, has set an example to every similar organization in the State. The work being done by the Committee of Fifty of San Xrancisco should be sufficient to inspire every other community in California. THE SUNDAY CALL. To-morrow’s issue of THE CALL will con- tain a number of special features of inter- est. Among them is an exhaustive article on “The Amateur Photographers of San Francisco,” profusely illustrated with some of the best specimens of work turned out by these artistic enthusiasts. The story of the old **Monadnock,”” from the time she came around the Horn toa description of the work that has been done on her at Mare Island during the last twenty years, will be told, and an inter- esting history it is. “The Song of the Sword” is a strong, stirring poem, by J. L. Simpson. Miss Russell gives another of her read- able chapters on horse guidance. W. C. Morrow contributes an extraor- dinary account of a San Franciscan who lost four years of his life. The page devoted to the most recent de- velopments of the sciences and arts has proved to be one of the best features of the Sunday issue. The children’s page, the- atrical newsand gossip, the literary depart- ment, articles devoted to fashions for men and women, are some additional special attractions, and besides these will be ex- haustive reviews of the great questions of the day at homeand abroad. TuE SuNpay Cary is particularly well adapted to send to friends at a distance. PERSONAL. G. Peleier of Paris is at the California. Dr.J. Manson of San Jose is in the City. J. E. Crowan of St. Louis is at the Baldwin. G. H. McCausland of London is at the Ocet- dental. 8. B. Herman, & merchant of Portland, is o the City. H. L. Lloyd, & mining man of Mexico, is in the City. E. C. Creller, 8 mine-owner of Grass Valley, isin town. A. Newhouse, a business man of Fresno, is at the Baldwin. Dr. Victor 8. Vick of San Jose is registered at the Palace. Charles E. El a business man of £t. Louis, Ex-Judge S. F. Geil of Salinas was among yesterday's arrivals. R. Rowlands, who owns mines near Placer- ville, is at the Grand. L. H. Albrecht, a business man of Nogales, | reached here yesterday. Dr. T. Edward Clark of Soquel is in the City, saccompanied by his wife. D. E. Heller, a mining and business man of Butte, Mont., is in the City. Ernesto Theodore, a business manjof Quezal- tenango, is at the California. Fred Cox, the weslthy banker and cattle owner of Sacramento, is at the Grand. C. S. Masten, a railroad man of Phenix, Ariz., is among recent arrivals at the Grand. The Rey. Father Marshall of Sacrsmento and Rev. Father Guereri of Sonora arrived here yesterday. Wines, & stage line owner and United States mail contractor of Santa Barbara, is at the Grand. H. B. McCann, the well-known stationer of Auburn, is in the City for a few days,on a business trip. James Townsend, & wealthy business man of Fort Benton, Mont., was among the arrivals at the Palace last night. Martin Winch, a wealthy resident of Port- land, nephew of S. G. Reed. the millionaire who died recently at Pasadena, is at the Lick. R. R. Sherman, one of the old residents of Helena, Mont., and who is interested in min- ing and also extensively in horse and cattle raising, is at the Baldwin. J.T.Flynn of Portland, who has been for come time in Los Angeles, says the oil industry there is advancing apace. There is a feeling there, he adds, that San Francisco ought to use this oil for heating and motive purposes. The output there is now much greater than formerly. Professor Loisette of Chicago, whose speci- alty is the cultivation of the memory and will, and who arrived here a few days ago on the Coptic from the Occident, is quite ill at the Palace. He caught cold on the voyage and now he has & complication of ills, but hopes to be well soon. W. H. Bancroft of Salt Lake, formerly gen- eral manager of the Rio Grande Western Rail- road, and now generai manager of the Union Pacific, is at the Palace. He is accompanied by W. 8. Anderson and Miss Nasen of Salt Lake, and Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Weston of Hornelsdale, Pa. They came in a special car, —_— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan.24.—Among to-day’s arrivals viere: S. Sussman and wife, Misses Suss- man, Mrs. L. Warmser, Windsor; J. F. Wilson, St. James; J. M. Chase, Grand Union; A. L. Moore, Westminster; H. Curtag and wife, Nor- mandy; J. W. Edwards and wife, Brunswick; J. P. Kelly, Holland; G. Martin and wife, Metropole; R. H. Putnam, Sinclair. TOO MUCH INVENTION. The ege of invention has conferred many blessings on mankind. No one will dispute ¢hat; yet when we contemplate some of the lengths to whicn the inventive facuities are leading us, we are driven to the thought ex- pressed by & thriity resident of the riot dis- trict in 1877, who, after he had filled his house with merchandise from the destroyed rail- road cars, saw the flames reach his own dwell- ing and its store of illicit wealth, and ex- claimed, “Be jabers, this thing has been car- ried too far!” That thought is made especially pertinent by the reports of two new inventions. First, as the least impossible and intolerable of the two is that statement of the discovery of certain rays of light which are claimed to have the power to bring the interior of the human system in view. This may have its uses for surgeons and other disagree- able pryers into our anatomy; but for general use Wwe must protest that we do not want our departments of the interior brought into the sunlight of publicity. Beauty is well known to be no more than skin deep; and the most p"dv“'emni specimen of the human race would be & loathsome object. How much more terrifying is the idea of hav- ing lungs, liver and other essential parts of ihe human, which are made to be used, but not seen, exposed to view! This, however, is & tolerable matter beside the dreadful exposures threatened by the al- leged invention which will tronsfer thought without the trouble of using- speech for that urpose. This is a threat to the peace of man- ind. The experience of humanity testifies that the check upon undue exposure of actual thought by the Imperfect ! medium of speech is all too slight. If the arrangement of electric currents asserted has been devised by the inventors so that our thoughts will project themselves on surround- Ing objects, whether we will or no, complica- tions of life will be inextricable. Suppose two lmen were to meet each other, provided apperatus which ~will reveal exactly what each thinks of the other. Qur streets will become a universal Donnybrook Fair, and the reign of order will be ended. Besides that, the wiliction of having the ordinary vacuity of thought not only ex- posed, but Tecorded, would be a calamity to mankind. Too many people, even with the re- straints of speech, are suffering from indecent mental exposue; ‘but if all thought is to be made plain life will not be worth living. A commission de lunatico inquirendo should atonce be appointed to decide whether this inventor is not a wild-cyed crank. If he has not the excuse of innocuous insanity, he and his invention should be gently but firmly put out of existence. As to tie other, if it exists, it may be tolerated for limited uses, with the distinet understanding that life is not to be converted by it into & universal chamber of horrors.—Pittsburg Dispatch. SONG OF THE SHOPPERS, We are shoppers and you'll find us Y verywhere about the town, And we always leave behind us Clerks with smile and clerks with frowng Bundles in our arms we carry, Though we sometimes h While about the stores w tarry “L'ill our money is all spent. Longest way to us is quickest, 11 it leads by bargain stores; And you'll find us in the thickest Of ihe crowd before the doors Where they sell at slaughter prices; Advertise big mark down sales At tremendous sacrifices, Of some big concern that falls. We make buainess for all mortals, And, if we should cease to shop, Faciories would close their portals, And the wheels of trade would L0p; But we keep the money flowing, Buying ¢oods from every clime, Thus we keep the world a-going, Buying, buying all the time. We go shopping, we go shopping; Ve shop on from morn till night, Never stopping, never stopping, ‘Till the shops are closed up tight: Sometimes trying, sometimes trying 0 buy at a sacrifice. tt-times xl:l\]xz»mg. oft-times buying verything, at every price. Ladies’ World. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. Mme. Melba’s companion and secretary was married in New York last week to & young Englishman. The singer's gilt was a wedding breakiust and a check for $1000. Jules Simon, the distinguished French states- man, is in better health at 82 than for some years past. He enjoys his old age, and it is said that heis becoming a better orator every day. The Ameer of Afghanistan has been devoting considerable study to the subject of electricity, and has determined to personally superintend the introduction of the electric lighting system into Cabul. Justice Wright, the English jurist, is rather eccentric in some of his ways. On his cstate in Hampshire there is struck up an extraordi- nary notice board: “Trespassers will not be prosecuted.” Hon. Willlam ‘M. Evarts is now nearly 78, and he is in practical retirement on account of trouble with his eyes. His general health is £00d,a0d he attributes this to his lifelong habit of getting up late and never taking any exercise. M. Eckholm, after ordering in Paris the bal- loon with which, in company with Andree, he intends making an ascent from Norskoarna, has left Norway. His newly married wife was anxious to ascend with him, but this would have necessitated oo large & car. The King of the Belgians s seldom seen in the theaters of Brussels, caring littie for theatrical performances. He objects, too, to sitting in the royal box at the various houses of amusement, The Queen, on the contrary, is passionately fond of the theater, and rarely misses & first night. The Norwegian Consul at New Orleans makes it & weekly custom to iuvite the captains of whatever Norwegian vessels may be in port to share a box with him at one of the theaters on Sunday evening. He frequently has a dozen seafaring guest with him on these oceasions, and is naturally very popular with Norwegian shipmasters. Queen Victoria has called the barony of Beaumont out of abeyance in favorof the little year-and-a-half-old elder daughter of the last lord, who was killed while shooting in Septem- ber. The barony dates from 1309, but had been in abeyance from King Henry VII's time t0 1840. The birth of a posthumous daughter threw it once more into abeyance last year. There are now four Lady Beaumonts—the baby peeress and the widows of the last three peers. The youngest daughter of a revolutionary soldier, so fer as known, was discovered at Lebanon, Conn., recently, and added to the membership of the Willimantic Chavter of the Drughters of the Revolution. She is Mrs. Au- gustus Avery, and is 56 years old. Her father was 74 years old at the time of her birth. He was doubtless one of the youngest soldiers in the wer. There are only eight other daughters of revolutionary soldiers belonging to the order. HUMOR OF THE HOUR. Friend—It must be awful to have the news- papers keep saying such things about you. Political candidate—Yes, but supposing they didn’t say anything at aill—Somerville Jour- nal. Comedian—I can always tell when I've got off a really good joke before an audience. Munager—How ? Comedian—It is always received with such deathly silence.—Roxbury Gazette. “Oh, Baroness, have you heard it yet?” *s it a secret, your Excellency ?” “Yes.? “Then I have heard it already.—Fliegende Blatter. “Whege are you going?’ said the banana peel to the passer-by. ““Oh, just taking a little trip!” replied the passer-by as he sat down on the sidewalk.— New York Tribune. The Phrenologist—Your bump of self-esteem is enormously developed. The Patient—Do you hlame it? The other day my wife sent me downtown with a piece of goods to match, and she says I did it better than she could have done it nerself,.—Puck. “So we are not going 1o have war, Mrs. Trun- mer?” “No; the prompt action of our Woman’s Club stopped it; we telegraphed the Prosident that he was & mean old thing.”—Chicago Record. “‘He seems to feel hurt about something.” “He is.”” “What's the matter?” ‘‘He's the only man in his ward who hasn’t been asked his opinion about the Monroe doc- trine.”’—Chicago Post. “Any amusement in this town to-night?” asked the strapger. “I reckon there’s going to be a lecture,” re. plied the groceryman. ‘I've been sellin’ eggs all day.”—Atlanta Constitution. First young lawyer—I don’t see how you hap- pened to Jose your case. The law was plainly on your side. Second young lawyer—Yes, I know it was, and that was what I depended on. But I for- got all about the jury.—Somerville Journal. Husband—Don’t you know that every time & woman gets angry she adds & wrinkle to her face? -~ Wife—Yes; it's a wise provision of nature to let the world know the kind of husbana she’s got.—PLotos and Sketches. “I see you are advertising State Senator Spuggs, who thinks he has been cured by your medicine, as & man of Nationalreputation,” said the captious man. “How can you aford to lie so?” “Well,” said the patent-medicine maker, ‘‘he will be of National reputation by the time we get through advertising him.”—Indianapolis Journal. . Dealer in antiques—Here are two very rare revolvers. Customer—What is their history? “They were carried by Columbus.” ‘‘What! Revolvers weren’t invented in Co- lumbus’ time."” ‘I know. That's what makes them 5o rare.” —Philadelphia Record. EDITOR HAWLEY N TOWN The Well-Known Newspaper Man Here on a Business Trip. MADE MONEY IN COLORADO. He Tells of 0dd Journalistic Conditions in a Number of the Prairie States. N. W. Hawley, formerly owner of the Denver Times, and till recently owner with Mr. Kohlsaat in the Chicago Times- Herald, is at the Palace. He is accom- panied by Mrs. Hawley. He has been visiting Denver, Cripple Creek and Los Angeles, and will leave again 1 a day or two for Los Angeles. He is on the coast in a business way, but says the enterprise on which he has been figuring has not developed sufficiently to make an announcement regarding it. Mr. Hawley made a good deal of money out of the Denver Times. It is supposed that be made considerable in Chicago. turned in square and_then gathered over the shoulders. %zflped, ‘plain or chene ribbons are used. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. It Was WEDNESDAY—E. A. S, City. The 1st of April, 1863, fell on a Wednesday. SEAMEN Nor EXExpr—J. W., City. The law of this State does not exempt seamen from the payment of poli-tax. A.P. A-J. L J.,City. The initials, A. P. A., stand for American Protective Association and not for American Protestant Association. EX-SOLDIERS—W. H. W. There is no law on the statute-books of California that exempts old soldiers from paymentof politax to the State. TENNYSON—S. J. A,y City. Alired Tennyson was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire, August 6, 1809. He died at Aldworth House, near Has- selmere, Surrey, October 6, 1892. ON A PrraTE SHIP—C. §., City. The question asked as to the nationality of a-boy born on & irate ship was asked by another correspon- geut and answered in THE CALL, January 10, A Pror—L. R. W., Stockton, Cal. To become apilot in this State the applicant must be 21 years of age. One between the age of 18 and 21 though qualified in all other respects can- not obtain a licens ForTIFICATIONS — A. F. A., Oaklana, Cal. Information about the fortifications in and about the harbor of San Francisco is within the knowledge of the officers at army bead- l]\latflers in this City, but they will not 1 part it. WHY PAINTED WHITE—A. 8., City. A naval officer says that thereason that the vessels of the United States navy are painted white is that it is a color that cannot be distinguished H. W. Hawley, Formerly Owner of the Denver Times, and Latterly Interested in the Chicago Times-lerald. But he says he was well enough satisfied to sell his stock to Mr. Kohlsaat and thus let him have full control over the Times and Herald as consolidated. The enter- prise seems to be doing weli, he says, but | the new Chicago Democratic morning paper, tbhe Chronicle, is having signal suc- cess. ‘It isa little short on advertising, but Mr. Seymour was telling me the other day,” said Mr. Hawley, “that he was sure he would geta large amount the coming spring. ““As for the newspapers in the townsand cities of the Middle West, those occupying the evening field now have as a rule a larger circulation. more influence and are more profitable than the morning papers. It is so in Minnesota, lowa and Missouri, with scarcely an exception. I am informed it is true of many other States. ““The reason is that most of the evening papers nave been published for 10 cents a week. They got big circulations, and a couple of years ago wherr times got hard people who had been taking the morning papers at a greater expense discontinued them and took the evening paper, with per- haps a Sunday paper, and the cost of both ‘was less than the morning paper. Thisis the case in 8t. Paul and Minneapolis. The Minneapolis Journal, an evening paper, has increased its circulation over all of.the other Minnesota papers. In Kansas City the Star is another illustration of an even- ing paper going to the front. "Of course the situation is different in San Francisco. anc¢ this is a field that 1 have looked upon with some inter- est. Preston Harrison alluded to itnot long ago.” Mr. Hawley is scarcely 40 years old. He is tall, with dark hair and eyes, andisa pleasging talker. He will be in Los An- geles for some little time. He says times are improving in the East. 1t was very cold when he left Chicago. In Cripple Creek lately a large amount of Eastern capital hags been invested, though, he says, the Colorado people own most of the big mines. LADIES'_YOKES. A dainty device to brighten up a dark or an old gown is shown here. It isa yoke which may be made of lace, embroidery, batiste or linen, and edged with lace in one of the many ways shown herc. A yoke of ecru lace with a collarof rose vel- et had strips of fur velvet over the shoulders, e the ends of which were long enough to tuck under the belt, also of rose velvet. A yoke of green velvet was edged with lace. The collar was of chene ribbon, of which & beit was also made. A charming yoke for eveping wear was of yellowish lace. A ruche of crushed roses formea the collar, and a bow of the same was setover theshoulders. Ruffies of white chiffon were added all around the edges of yoke. A yoke of emproidered linen may be trimmed with a ruffle of ribbon five inches wide, in the style introduced by Paquin. The ribbon is put on easy across she front and back, the corners so readily at a distance as black, and therefore in ease of war an enemy could not locate the vessels as easily as if painted the darker color. PROBLEMS AND PUZZLES—J. G. 8. and C. W. A,. It is & rule of this department not to answer problems in algebra or of puzzles of any kind, and for that reason the answers asked for are not given. Cross Eves—A. C. R., City. Strabismus, or what is commonly called cross-eye, arises from various causes, and it is claimed that the de- fect may be remedied by cperation. It is slso said that the use of certain spectacles will remedy the defect. A personsoaffectedshould consult a specialist or an optician. WHEAT—A. S.,City. The emount of wheat raised in California in 1895 is given as 26,- 218,000 bushels, and the value of export of wheat is given as $9,981,394. From a com- parative table prepared by the Department of Agriculture for 1894 California stood the fourth Siate in the Union as a proaucer of ‘wheat. EATING-Hovse—R. H. 8, City. The proprie- tor of an eating-house, like an inn-keeper, must receive al) persons who visit his place for the purpose of being accommodated; but he would have the right to rejectany one who was drunk, disorderly, or & person known to De of bad character or one who was offensive. ART GALLERY—E. A. §., City. There is in this City the art gallery in the Hopkins Insti- tute of Art, that is open every day except Sun- days. There are s number of studios i which are exhibited the works of artists, and in aa- dition there are artrooms owned by dealers in art goods where many pictures are on_exhibi- tion. This department cannot, however, ad- vertise such places. Ducks—C. D., City. Ornithologists deter- mine the difference in birds by measurenfent, not by weight. According to their measure- ments the length of the mallard duck is from 20 to 25 inches, wings 103 to 12 inches and bill from 2 to 2 4-10 inches, while the canvas- back is in length 20 to 2334 inches, wings 83; to 914 inches and bill 2 1-10 to 214 inches, which makes the mallard the larger. PreEoNs—J. 8, City. The authorities never «employed a man to walk on the roof of the City Hall to shoot pigeons because they made somuch dirt.” Possibly at some time some one has goné on the root and slaughtered pigeons at a time when they were very thick on the roof and were a nuisance, but he did so on his own account and not as &n employe of the City specially appointed for that purpose. ORLINSKI—W. A. B,, City. It wason the 9th of December, 1857, that Alexander Orlinski, a notorious burglar, escaped {rom the Cit Prison in this City after having struck Jerry By Moore, the prison-keeper, on the head with a wooden bar. He had been arrested on the 4th of that month on several charges of burglary. He whns not rearrested until the 18th of the month. BoARD OF HEALTH—J. J. E., City. The mem- bers of the Board of Heelth of this City are appointed by the Governor for a geriod of five years. It has been held that the power that :gvaxm; has the power to remove, but it is not e rule for & Governor to appolint & man to an office and then remove him asa whim might move him. If any member of the Board of Health is guilty of any wrong-doing or neglect of duty the Governor could ‘undoubtedly re- move him. ACCEPTED STREETS—J., City. The City will not accent a street that has been laid with bitumen and that has not granite curbstones. The present Board of Supervisors could not declare illegal a street accepted by a previous board and Buperintendent of Streets; but if it discovered that within a reasonable time the street that hiad been accepted was not up to the specifications, the contractor could be requested to do the Work anew, with the un. derstanding that if he did not he would never #gain be allowed to bid for or periorm any street WoTk. To JOIN THE ARMY—Reader, Stockton, Cal. A man wishing to enlist in the United States army, if in the infantry or artillery, must be not less than 5 feet 5 inches in height, weight from 128 to 190 pounds; for the cavalry he 0 ot less than 5 feet 4 inches nor more {%‘-‘fntbgnleez 10 inches in height, and weight not to exceed 165 pounds. Enlistment is for three years in every branch of the service. Original enlistments &re by citizens of the United States or foreigners who have declared their intention to become such. The qualifications are that they must be able to speak, read and write the Englisk language, Lronanmlnnuon by the physiciun tne mo- bility of the chest must be from two to two and a half inches, according to the size of theinai- Vidual and height and weight. THE Fiest SHOT—G. 8., City. According to Brevet Major-General Doubleday the first shot of the War of the Rebellion was the o!nqe flred{ Moultrie upon the transport Star of ?I?g\?;‘?;: v:gen on tEe morning of the 9th of January, 1861, she was approaching Fort Sum- ter with re-enforcements and ;auslcns. The first fire on Sumter was April 12. SISTER-IN-LAW—E. J. G., City. The law ot England says & man may neither marry his sister nor his deceased wife’s sister, for both are related to him in the second degree, nor his sister’s daughter, nor his deceased "'lf '8 sister’s daughter, for botn are related to him in the third degree, Lord Houghton on the 5tn of May, 1879, movea to & second rend!nz 8 Di}l to legalize marriage with a deceased wife's sister, in which the Prince of Wales in present- ing & petition from Norfolk signified his ap- roval. The Bishop of London and Lord Cran- rook opposed the second reading of the bill, and Lorc Houghton’s motion wus lost by a vote 0f 101 t0 81. The Prince of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Bishop of Ripon voted fn_r the motion and fourteen Bishops voted against it EXPENSES OF THE PARK—A. S., City. The re- port of the Park Commissioners for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895,shows that receipts from all sources were $229,051 14, and the disbursements $228,643 24, of which $114,- 259 65 was on construction account, $108.- 683 59 was on maintenance account, and $5700 salaries of superintendent and secre- tary. The following is the monthly gflllr)’-mll as 1t appears in the Blue Book of Californi. Su?erinlendcm, $350 a month; secretary, $125; foreman of construction, $125; foreman of grounds, at the rate of $4 a day; second foreman of grounds, $3 50 & day; foreman of nursery, $3 & day; foreman of conservatory, $3 a day; four foremen of grounds,$3 a day each; two foremen of grounds, $2 50 a day each; carpenter, $3 40 a day; carpenter, $3 & day; painter and blacksmith, each $3 & day; six policemen, $80 & month each; elgh?a'u “ men, $75 a month each; engineer, $100 a month; curator of museum, month; taxidermist, $60 a month; sgunrd, $60 a month; laborers, about 200 at $2 a day. Total number of employes, 225. No record is kept of the nnuons!’iuea of the employes, Barry’s Star With Supplement, “0ld Pard” Bassett on the judicial arm and railroad methods. Sham reformers flagellated. Bigoted Brown’s baseness. *“Origin and Re. sults of Lendlordism in England,” by Hon. Joseph Leggett. Other live articles. - —————— Stout peopie have a greater chance of long life than thin ones. ——————— €rECTAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * e Miss Oldun (playfully)—I'm older than you think I am. Miss Caustique—I doubt it.—London Tit-Bits, AT _this season & good blood medicine Is needed t0 giv@ trength and a feeling of health and vigor to the whole system. To do this nothing equals Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Try it. e e “BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES” are un- equaled for clearing the voice. Public speakers and singers the world over use them. sttt Sl e THE most eflicacions stimulant to excite the appetite are Dr. Siegert’s Angostura Bitters. Be- ware of counterfelts. gt it KEEP 100KIng young and seve your hair, its color and beauty with PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM. PARKER'S GINGER TONIC the best cough cure. FOR SALE BY Thos. Mages & Sans, REAL ESTATE AGENTS And Publishers “Real Estate Circular.” 4 Montgomery Street, UNI0N TRUST BUILDING, CORYER MARKET. PAYING BUSINESS INVESTMENTS, ‘Washington st., nr. Battery; double front: 40x 120, with substantial brick building, renting for $240; $55,000. Rents $368: price $28,000; Clay st., nr. San- some; large lot and building. Sacrament rents $100; $10,000: between Kearny and Dupont; rented to Chihese firm who have been there nearly 20 years: lot 25x137:6, and good 2-story and basement; brick. $27.500—Rents 8175; Taylor st., bet. Post and Satter; boarding-house; 42 Tooms; large lot. Sutter -t., N. side, bet. Mason and Taylor: 22:6x 80 to rear aliey, and fine 3-story dwelling; 15 oo in good order; rents $100; under lease; 17,000. Geary-st. corner; 28 feet front; rents $123; nr. Taylor st. Fourth-st. corner renting for $225: $35.,000. Rents $488 50; corner Geary and Lark), 120; 2 corners covered with stores and dw Make offe: lLis-st. corner; rents $274 50; , 000; H0x125; covered with 6 2-story dwellings and 9 flats: both streets in good order; must be sold to close an estate. Polk-st. corner; 30 feet front: good store and busiuess corner; new building; rents $160; 2 ten- ants; $28,600. WESTERN ADDITION —8$5000 TO #10,00¢. , bet. Broadway and Va- and 2-story 8 Tooms in very good ew of bay; street bituminized; only easy (€rms. fine house and lot 25x100, McAl- lister, near Baker; very easy terms; only §1500 o order; fine $6000: $6001 Clay 8t.. bet. Scott and Devisadero: flats well bullt and cost $4.00; rents $57 60; and lot 25x125; $6500; fine neighborhood. Octavia st. and Hickory ave. corner and 2-story and basement house in good. order: bet. Oak and Fell; $5125 Clay st., N. side, bet. Fillmore and_Steiner; 25x 102 aud good 2-story of 7 rooms and modern con- venfences: $5000. Sucramento st., bet. Broderick and Baker: 27:6 x127:8 and very fine 2-story: well finished fn nat- ural wood: finely papered and frescoed; 8 rooms and modern conveniences; only 87175: street in order: cable-cars pass. Ashbury st., near Waller: in the best block: fine new flats, which cost $4500, and lo 27:4x106: street in orde; : $1500 cash, balance at 634 per cent. Post st., bet. Polk and Van Ness; 27:6x120 to IGar street and very good 2-story residence: LOTS $1200 TO $3500. Fifteenth st., N. side, 1 block from Market; $1600. - 50; Oak st., facing the park; 100. » e ; 25x100. Very cheap: 1ot 37:6x96:3; on ‘Waller: 1 block from Market st.: only $3750. $3000—Steiner st., side, bet. Pacific and Broadway; 27:6x110: street work done; fine view, Broadway, near Filimore st.; 25x127:8, $3125, or any size: ood view. [iishteenth st., bet. Sanchez and Noe; 25x114; Laguna, near Saturday, Jan. 25th. To-day only. Ladies’ Kangaroo Button Shoes, strong but neat, all the go, 24 to 7, worth $2:°; to introduce ’em $1.35. Watch for Smith’s Weekly Specials in to-morrow’s Carr. SMITHS' CASH STORE, 414,416, 418 FRONT ST, S, F, limbs, use an If you want a sure relief for Allcock’s BEAR IN MIND—Not th t of ci i imi ok T ge::; :.f e host of counterfeits Qld imitae ~ains in the back, side, chest, or Porous Plaster