The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 29, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1896. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor end Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: 'ALL, one week, by carrier..$0.18 CALL, one year, by mall.... 6.00 . 8.00 | nd Sunday CALi, three months by mail 1.50 and Sunday CaLy, one month, by mail.. .65 . 150 Daily Sunday CALL, one yea WEEKLY CALL, ODe yesr, BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, e San Francisco, Californis. § Pelephone... S - ..Main—-1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. o .. Maln-1874 Telephone.... BRANCH OFFICE £30 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open umtll #:80 o'clock. | street; open until 9:30 o'clock. EW. corner Sixteenth snd Mission streets; open oot € o'clock. 2518 Mission street; open until § o'clock, 316 Ninth street; open until 9 0'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Booms 31 and 82, 84 Park Row, New York City. Special Agent. THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. We are counting on Kentucky. The monopoly now. is fighting for its life The lobby war horses are grazing in the blue grass region. The railroad choir is saddest when it sings of “The Old Kentucky Home."” Unless the monopoly heeds the danger signals ahead the whole cabocdle will be ditched. ‘When railroad bosses attena to politics more than to business accidents will happen, Already that much boasted flying squad- ron is lost to sight and isn’t even to mem- ory dear, The powers of Europe may have the Sul- tan on a rail, but they are not taking him anywhere. The Southern Pacific of Kentucky must either get out of politics or be forced to go out of business. rts hard for his funding erything else on the rail- Huntington bill, but he le road go to smash. | Between the Senate and the House the | doctors disagree, but the people will de- | cide 1n November. { net and the prevailing tone of the London 1 has been heard, for that is not 2 land of | unbroken, and there is no reason to doubt | 1t implies no promise of an alliance or even The more the Senate talks of compro- mising the silver question, the more it | compromises itself. Oh, say can you see through thedawn’s | light some sign in the heaven that | | the sun is still there | Congress should keep its hands off the railroad and compel the railroad to keep its hands out of Congress. Five railroad accidents in less than ten days are emphatic notices to Huntington to mind his own business. All other nations content themselves | with talking, but the Turk and the Russian keep the buzzsaw running. Congress calls upon Europe to protect | Armenia, but, of course, Europe will aski why Congress doesn’t help. Ot course John Bull would like an alli- ance with Miss Columbia, bat this is the ladies’ year to do the proposing. 1f the Senate prefers to be a debating society rather than a legisiative body, the | next topic for discussion should be Cuba. The Sutro street railway is now running to the CIliff, and in the meantime Hunt- ington’s big road is caving down the bank. While the flood of publiz sentiment rises around all the tracks and ways of the mo- nopoly the engineer in charge had better go slow. It is astonishing how many grave and reverend Senators we have who continue to reiterate their belief in bimetallism and | the gold standard From the recent action of Congress it appears we may havea hand in the slicing of Turkey, providing the Russian bear hasn’t already taken it in. The House Committee on Pacific Rail- roads has referred ihe refunding bill to Hoke Smith, but all the same the people will have the last say about it, 1If the conflict of telegrams goes on much longer in Cuba we may be able eventually | to recognize thie belligerents, but we will never be able to recognize tne truth. Where there are so many railroad acci- dents there is surely some one at fault, and, moreover, the fault is not always that of the men to whom the accident happens. If Huntington had expended on his roads in California the money he sent to Central | Africa the tracks and bridges would not be giving way every time we have a rain- storm. —_— Secretary Morton has committed much greater offenses than that of refusing to distribute the seeds that Congress pro- vided for, but all the same the Senators were perfectly right in roasting him for that. Despite the Kaiser's letter, the flying squadron and all the bluster and blow of war, the Transvaal incident seems to have closed up by shutting a prison door upon a solitary California miner who had noth- ing to do with it. That’s funny. The Cloverdale Citrus Fair opens to-day and will continue for three days. Excur- sion trains will be run for the benefit of all who wish to enjoy the pleasure of a holi- day amid the display of miawinter fruits, and the festival will no doubt be liberally patronized. There is talk in Chicago of urging Cleveland to send Potter Palmer as Em- bassador to Germany, and if all that is wanted is a man rich enough to give balls and learned enough to judge dry goods it might be just as well to relieve Chicago for a time of Mr, Palmer’s presence. Among the almanacs and political regis- ters issued for the current year noneis more carefully compiled or contains more information of general interest pertinent to the coming Presidential campaign than that of the Chicago News. Tt contains 456 pages, is well printed and gives a generous amount of space not only to statistics, but to an impartial statement of the principal issues now before the people. | fore, but little effect in helping Armenia, | | but it is certain to raise new questions in | | States may be expected to take an active THE ARMENIAN RESOLUTIONS. The action of the two houses of Congress in passing a coneurrentresolution express- ing the earnest hope that the powers of Europe will take decisive measures at once 10 check the outrages committed by the Turks in Armenia will have no other effect than that of raising the question how far the United States would be willing to take part 1n thé affairs of Europe and Asia. It is clear that if as a nation we chose to exert any direct influence in Europe we could de so with great force and effectat this time. We could without trouble arrange just now almost any kind of alliance we chose with Great Britain or with Russia, and perhaps even with both. Recent speeches of members of the British Cabi- vress make it certain that country would gladly hail an alliance with us on any terms we shou!d think it worth while to offer. From Russia, of course, nothing free speech, or of much speech of any kind, but her historic friendship with us is still that her statesmen would be as willing as those of England to welecome us to an alliance that would give us & potent, if not a dominant, voice in the great councils of the nations. The situation in factis such that if we chose to assume the responsibility the United States could at this time stand forth as the arbiter of the destinies of the Turkish empire. The powers of Europe, after all the efforts of their diplomatists, have been unable to reach an agreement upon which they can take action. This means, of course, they are so equally di- vided neither side dares to make a move, and as consequence if the United Stutes added her strength to that of either side, it would be able to go forward with such an assurance of victory in case of war there would probably be no danger the other side would venture upon war. Against the exercise of the power which this condition of affairs places i our hands there is opposed our traditional policy founded upon the warning of Washington to beware of entangling alhances with foreign countries. That policy we have kept inviolate up to this time. We were invited to take part in the Berlin treaty which arranged Turkish affairs after the last war between Russia and that country, but declined 10 do so. Thus we have no direct responsibility in what is going on now, and there was logic in the argument | of those members of Congress who opposad the concurrent resolutions on the ground that to advise the parties to the Berlin treaty after we had refused to take part in it would be an impertinence. The logic of events, however, is much stronger than the logic of the schools. The concurrent resolutign has passed both houses of Congress, d the President will lay it before the governments of the great powers. The United States has at last made her voice heard in the affairs of Europe. Itisnot a strong voice at pres- | ent. Itdoes nomore than makea request. of any help to such powers as are w: to grant the request. lling It will have, there- the minds of far-seeing diplomats and lead them to consider how scon the United part in the world’s politics, and how far she may go when she begins to move. A (HANGE OF FRONT, The introduction by Supervisor King of an ordinance licensing pool-selling requires explanation on several different grounds. | In the first place the licensing of any occu- pation or business is a recognition of its | legitimacy. Not long ago some of Mr. King’s confreres in the Solid Eight were defending their proposition to prohibit pool-selling everywhere within the City limits on the ground that it was immoral. If it was immoral then it is so now, and hence it is proposed to license an immoral vractice. Of course, it was never for a mo- ment believed that this excuse for attempt- | ing to “cinch” the racetracks in retalia- | tion for the popular movement against downtown poolrooms contained the small- est element of sincerity, and even had that charitable construction been placed on the attitude of the Solid Eight it would have been a proclamation of the stupid folly which auimates that compact. In che second place, it looks sirange that Mr, King, immediately on the defeat of | thas proposition by the defection of two | members of the Solid Eight, should have | introduced the stultifying license proposi tion, when the presumption was that this | defection would remain permanent so far as ‘Supervisorial protection of the down- tdwn poolroom infamy was concerned, and that the new ordinance drawn in the in- terest of these dens could not be passed. The situation is exceedingly complex. It might be assumed that Mr. King, in his desperate eagerness to prevent the extinc tion of the downtown dens, has introduced | the licensing ordinance merely to give | them such longer time for plundering boys, clerks and women as will be gained by the routine which the ordinance will have to take before it comes up for final passage, but that explanation does not seem to be fully satisfying. Meanwhile Supervisor Morgenstern, who voted against the suppressing ordinance, and Supervisor Dunker, who declined to vote, deserve the thanks of the com- munity, and judgment in their cases with regard to further affihation with the Solid Eight in other matters may well be sus- vended until some overt act is committed. Itis true that after the first break which they made some weeks ago they returned | to the fold, but at the last pinch they de- serted it, and they deserve all commenda- tion for that. It should be borne in mind, too, that the ordinance prohikiting pool-selling alto- gether was against the existence of the downtown poolrooms, and there may be some 0 heartless as to intimate not only that the defection is explainable on that ground, but that Supervisor King knpws whence he will receive sufficient support for the new ordinance which he has offered and which will permit the downtown dens to flourish and rob under the sanction of law. BLEEDING KANSAS. The sad experiences of Kansas, as re- lated in Tuesday’s CarL by B. F. McLean, member of the City Council of Wichita, should prove a warning to other States which run after strange political gods. He shows lLiow people and business of one kind or another haye been driven from the State by the radical policies of new politi- cal parties, Wichita alone suffering a re- duction of 17,000 in its population of 40,000. 1t was all because one of the new-parties, upon ‘coming into power, drove out the foreign element by placing distasteful re- straints on the exercise of personal liberty, and another, which succeeded it, ham- pered the rights of property so severely that it sought freer fields. The time will never arrive when ex- tremists will not be among us to agitate ‘“‘reforms’’ which a majority of the people do not desire. They will be successful in’ this place or that, by the sheer force of a | in the City. strong loeal exercise of persuasion. But changes introduced under such circum- stances must of necessity be transient. The harm of them is illustrated in the case of Kansas. They impose hardships which do not exist in other parts of the country, and people injuriously affected will seek easier conditions elsewhere. Wherever they go they carry with them and spread with increasing dimensions and volume a bitter hostility to the practices which drove them away. The Populists, who have contributed so generously to the retrogression that has overtaken Kansas, embody in their very elaborate and comprehensive scheme some excellent propositions, but as the people are not generally willing to accept them their enforcement brings discontent and disaster. A political party can never be great or powerful that is not born of the desire of approximately half the people of the country for the adoption of a certain policy. In other words it must be repre- sentative rather than dictatorial; 1t must follow not lead. That explains the vitality of the two great parties of this country and the fail- ure of Populism wherever it has been tried. It is well to bave reformers in the world, for they exercise an influence for good where they are held in jadicious bounds. It is only when they organize independ- ently, instead of trying earnestly and in- telligently to exert a wise influence within the ranks of great parties, that they are mischievous. THE REMEDY CLEAR. M. M. Estee, in a communication pub- lished in Tuesday’s CAvLL, quotes from the Congressional act of March 3, 1887, which authorized the Yatiison investigation into the affairs of the aided railroads, and shows that it provided clearly fora pro- cedure that renders the consideration of a funding bill by Congress imvpertinent and useless. That act specifically authorizes the President, in the exercise of his dis- cretion, to direct the Secretary of the Treasury o pay off the first mortgage, and provides that he may then proceed to foreclose the Government’s mortgage, and that any money accumulated in the sink- ing fund may be applied to the purchase of the first-mortgage bonds. The pomnt raised by John T. Doyle should not be lost sight of in this connection, namely, that the validity of the first- mortgage bonds 1s. open to attack, Mr. Doyle insisting that the conditions of the act authorizing their issuance were not complied with. Probably the right pro- cedure would be for the Government to bring an action to test the validity of the bonds and place the amount of their pur- chase in escrow pending the determination of the matter, and then proceed with the foreclosure of its own mortgage. The main poirt, however, is that Con- gress has already legislated this whole subject out of its bhands and into those of the President. Such legislation was not really needed, as the case is plainly and simply that of foreclosing a second mort- gage after first paying off the tirst. Under all the circumstances the people will be forced to conclude, if the funding bill is passed, that it will be more from a consideration of Mr. Huntington’s in- terests than those of the country. The attitude of Congress is aiready assuming a scandalous aspect. Mr. Huntington in person, flanked with a numerous, able and persistent lobby, is boldly and openly on the ground interviewing Senafors and Representatives. That is lobbying. If he had confidence in his own cause he would be content to present his case, as he prop- erly might, before the committees having the matter in charge. We seem to be on theeve of a National scandal, and the Presigent has the power to putan end to it by doing what the law authorizes him to do. PERSONAL. Rev. C. Ben-Ham of Napa, is at the Ocei- dental. Dr.R. L. McLain of Los Angeles is at the Baldwin. L. T. Hatfield, the attorney of, Sacramento, is Dr. C. E. Congdon of Oregon isamong recent arrivals here. Ex-Congressman Louttit arrived from Stock. ton last night. Charles Cunningham, & general merchant of Ukiab, is at the Grand. J. 8. Stevens, a lumber manufacturer of Peoria, 111, is in the City. Howard Gage of the United States steamer Adams is at the Occidental. H. M. La Rue, the Railrond Commissioner, of Sacramento, is among recent arrivals, J. R. Freth, the owner of very large flouring- | mills in New York City, is at the Palace. C. H. Guttridge, an extensive real estate dealer of Los Angeles, arriyed here last night. William Beckman, the banker and ex-Rail- road Commissioner, of Sacramento, is in town. John Finnell and George E. Goodman, the bankers, of Napa, arrived here last night and are at the Palace. J. W. Henderson, the well-known banker of Eureka, Humboldt Bay, is et the Lick accom- panied by his family. George P. Goettman, the rich iron manufac- turer of Pittsburg, arrived here yesterday on & visit of several weeks. He is at the Palace. D. E. Knight, the millionaire of Marysville, who owns woolen-mills there, large areas of land and much other property, is at the Lick. J. M. Durand, & member of the Chicago Board of Trade, arrived here last night from the Windy City. He says it is pretty quiet in the Chicago board now. Captdin GeorgeS. Hinsdale, who owns several vessels here, has returned to the Lick House from Santa Barbara, where he has been for about two months past. Frank H. Belcher, the well-known vocalist and popular Native Son, arrived from the East on Sunday night on a visit to relatives in this State. He is at present staying at “Glen Una,” the country place of Frank Hume, near Los Gatos. 8. Gugenheim, & wealthy resident of Denver, who is interested in smelters there, at Pueblo and elsewhere, and also in some paying mines at Leadville, Isin the City. He and his broth- ers and father, who are his associates, have offices in New York, Denver and Butte. M. Page Minor of Fresno is in the City in con- nection with negotiations for the Mineret iron property, ninety miles from Fresno, in the Sierraj Nevadas. He says there are 500,000 tons of iron ore in sight, the analysis of which is from 66 tc 84 per cent of pure iron. The idea is tobuild a railroad to the mines, connecting with the Valley road at Fresno,and also to erect a large smelter at the mine. He will be here several days. Senator J, M. Gleaves of Redding, member of the California River and Harbor Commission and delegate from the commission to Washing- ton to work in the interest of the rivers and harbors of the State, left for Washington last night. He will probably be absent for several weeks. The other delegates will follow in & few days. Senator Gleaves said he would try and carry out the purposes of the commission and get suitable appropriations for California, “Dear me,” said Maud, “there has been a dreadful lotof talk in the financial articles about a gold ring. Whatdo you suppose they are driving at?” “Oh, I don’t know,” replied Mamie in a weary tone. “I guess it’s just some more of thissilly joking about engagements.”’—Wash- ington Star. Simmons—What is the metter with you? You look as if some one had made you angry. Timmins—Some onc has. Iasked the editor of the Bugle what he really thought of my poetry, and he told me if there were such a place as the laureateship in this country I would be sure to get it.—Indianapolis Journal, AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Hugh McDonald, the mining man, who re- turned recently from the East and England, has during the iast forinight visited Tucson and other points in Arizona in reference to some mining property there. He returned only a aay or two ago. Recently Mr. McDonald and James Salee, formerly one of the owners in the noted Iron Mountain mine, bought the Copver City mines, on Bulton Hill, Bhasta County. It is spoken of as & big property. “We are now driving two tunnels,” said Mr. McDonald at the Palace yesterday. “One is the old tunnel, which is now exteuded a dis- tance of 700 feet, and the other isa new one, and is 275 feet. It isa crosscut tunnel on the vein, tapping the same vein as the old one. “We are making & big mine. There is in the old tunnel a spur vein of $100 ore. It is gold, silver and copper.” Mr. McDonald, in company with ex-Judge Cleary of Leadville, some time since effected the sale of the old Iron Mountain mine to Alex- ander Hill, Mr. Fielding of London &nd others. Hugh McDonald, Who Effected the Sale of the Iron Mountain Mine. [Sketched from' life by a * Call” artist] Mr. Fielding is a descendant of the famous Eng- lish author who wrote “Tom Jones” and other stories, vividly ‘porfraying the life of those times. Mr. Hill is now general manager of the afore- said mines. He is carrying on large work there, building a 12-mile railroad and employ- ing an enormous force of men. Mr. McDonald says that there is renewed life in nearly all the mining camps of Shasta. The camps that have been almost dead for many years are now pulsating with iife. The increased interest in gold mining has caused all this. Mr. McDonald expects to leave in about a month for London again. He grew upin the mines of Montana, and is very familiar with all the mining camps there. In the early days of Butte he was active in mining enterprises, and he was one of the first to go to Leadville when the silver carbonate discoveries there astonished the world. DEPARTED. Last night the watchers stood around my couch Aud said In whispers, “Life is nearly sped!” My eyes beheld dim lights upon a shore Whence came soft rippies breaking st mv feet; I heard a boatman casting oft his chain 1 saw him light the candles at the prow And of the dreams of earth that crowded in To ask & place beside the pilot dumb, 1 only held the things my soul -had loved. Blent colorings I kept of hill and sea, Low song of woodlands and the hush of pines, Soft_ murmurings of streams by mountain sides— (Rememorances that fiit. like tiny sails, of memory, and sink rk headlands at the farthest sight;) No winning from the cruel strife for gold, ¢ guge of strugele captured in the crowd at delve the mines of avarice and hate; And when 1 heard a music o'er the wave, voices of my youth hesought my eurs knew my boat had parted from the shore. JOHN JaMES MEEHAN in New York Sun. A TFORGOTTEN WAR. Our little war with the Falkland Islands seems to be entirely forgotten, writes 8. G. W. Benjamin in the New York Sun. It is true that it was not of long duration and may ap- pear insignificantt compared with some of the conflicts 1n which our country has engaged. But its real importance lay in'the fact that it indicated the spirit which at that time per- vaded our councils, a patriotic sentiment shared, if, indeed, it was not stimulated, by that great soldier and President, Andrew Jack- son. such the incident is worthy of being recalled at a time when the patriotic fervor of the people of the United States has been re- kindled by the possibility of hostile complica- tions,with foreign nations. The Falkland Islands lie in 43 degrees south latituae ana nortneast of Cape Horn. They have a growing value for their seal and other fisheries, as well as because they offer a con- venient rendezyous to vessels cruising in the South Atlantic. After various political vicissi- tudes they were apandoned by the British Goy- ernment in 1774, aithough the usval emblems of sovereignty, flagstaff, flag and coat-of-arms were singularly leit there, as if with the inten- tion of resuming control ata more convenient time. The vears went by; the whalers and sealers of all nations continued to rendezvous at the islands without hn\'inl{ 0 pay port dues or encountering any ostensible authority, . At last it occurred to Buenos Ayres that here was & territory of several thousand square miles which, in default of any other proprie: tor, might well belong to her. she fortified her claim, however, by assuming that she in- herited the long-forgotten claim of Spain, as if Buenos Ayres had any more right to that ¢laim than ail the other States which had once formed part of the Spanish dominion in South America. Be thisas it may. in the year 1829 Don Luis Vernet was commissioned by the re- public of Buenos Avres as captain-general or Governor of the Falkland Islands,with full pow- ers to seize and to hold the islands for that republic against all and sundry who mlihl dispute his title. To give emphasis to broad commission he was to wear a unifornt Stiff with the usnal large proportion of gold lace displayed b{ Amer}:&m Hispano uni- forms. A small military jorce and several can- non also accompanied ‘the Governor, without which neither commission nor uniform would have availed. Don Luis carricd with him full authority as well to seize, hold, confiscate or extermuiate all fishermen or traders, together Wwith tneir vessels and cargoes. In a word, he was supreme dictator of the Falkland Islends end the waters thereto adjacent. Don Luis safely arrived at his destination and imme- dintely took possession ‘“in the name of the great Jehovah” and the republic of Buenos Ayres. A fort being constructed and the guns mounted, his next proceeding was to seize tiree American sealers that unsus- piciously entered the port. They were the Superior, the Harriet and the Breakwater. The first was sent by Don Luis to the Pacific after seals, while her Yankee crew was landed by force on Staten Island, near Cape Horn, and left there to collact seals for the Gove Don Luis. The Harriet, for some reason which does not appear, was dispatched to Buenos Ayres tor condemnation. But the Breakwater suceeeded in making her escape and brought to the United States the mews of this unex- pected and high-landed atteck on Ameri- can citizens and Jackson was mot for a moment such trifling _with the feathers of the American eagle. He did nct stop to parley with the Government at Buenos Ayres;.to exchange diplomatic notes and pour- parlers; to endure the backing and filling, ex- genses, shillyshallying promises and lingerin elays not uncommon on such occasions, an commonly submitted to by weak administra- tions that do not understand the rights of their Qwn country or their own minds. The admin- istration of Jackson was not of that flabby sort. He proceeded directly ad rem. & The United States suip-of-war Lexington, Captain Duncan commander, was ordered to sail without dolay T0F the Faik1und ends and | declare war on his Excellency, the Governor Don Luis Vernetfi in_his capital, situated on the chief port of the aforesaid islands. Captain Duncan touched first atStaten Island to rescue the crew of the Superior and relieve them from acting any longer as the slaves of a_foreign tyranny. " He then steered for the Falklands, where he arrived December 28, 1831. There Was no time lost in negotiations. Captain Duncan landed @* force and - immediatel. moved on the enemey’s works, whicl romptly surrendered. The guns of the ort were spiked and the garrison stripped of their arms. Restitution of all tne American Pproperty was then demanded and immediately enforced. In conclusion, Captain Duncan secured the persons of the Governor and six of his chief advisers and transported them to Buenos Ayres, to be tried for the outrages they had committed aixninst the United States. The Government of Buenos Ayres professed the greatestindignation with what it was pleased 10 term an almost irreparable affront. But there the affair ended, for Andrew Jackson, then President, was a man who appreciated the fact that the President of the United States has no higher duty than to protect American citizens' rights and property in foreign paris Wwithout delay and without quailing. HUMOR OF THE HOUR. Willie—TI was kept in to-day for throwing a plug of paper at another boy. Mamma—And wasn’t that perfectly just? Willie—I don’t think so, mamma, when I missed the boy by a foot.—New York Truth, Mrs. Cumso—I can distinctly see the man in the moon. Mr. Cumso—I'll betit’s an Englishman after the lunar gold deposits.—New York Sun, King Cophetua addressed the beggar maid kindly. “Is thet real?” he asked, pointing to the color of her cheek. “Yes,” answered the maid: “that is a straight flush.” “Well, that beats me,” exclaimed his Ma- Jesty, directing a flourish of trumpets by way of ending the parley.—Detroit Tribune. He—I had a queer dream about you last night, Miss Louisa. I wasabout to give you a kiss, when suddenly we were separated by a river that gradually grew a&s big as the Rhine, She—And was there no bridge or boat?—Lon- don Tit-Bits. ‘“‘How will you have your eggs cooked?” asked the waiter. “Make any difference in the cost of ’em?” in. quired the cautious customer with the brim- less hat and faded beard. “No.” “Then cook them on the top of a -nd’e of ham,” said the customer, greatly relieved.— Cincinnati Enquirer. Mrs. Braidern—Why, Colonel Pody! what do you mean by shooting the butter? Colonel Pody—I tho't I saw it move.—New York World. Near-sighted O1d Lady—Goodness me! Here's 2 man coming down the street with a brick in esch hand. ; Her Daughter—Don’t be frightened, mamma. I's only Charlie Pluggins with his russet gloves on.—Roxbury Gazette. To one of two brothers who keep & store on Main street an old employe came last night. *If your brother doesn’t take back what he said to me yesterday I'm going to quit,” an- nounced the man, with dignity. *‘What did he say?” asked the brother. ‘‘He said that the firm wouldn’t require my services any longer.”—Buffalo Express. Damages Assessed.—“You advertise to pull teeth without pain for 50 cents,” growled the victim, “and here you not only half pull my head off but want me to give up a dollar. What do you meen by it?"” “I charged you that extrs 50 cents for yelling 80,” said the dentist. “I bet you drove away all the possible customers within four blocks.” —Cincinnati Enquirer. “Aren’t you the same beggar that I gave half 2 pie to last week?” “Iguess] am, mum; but I'm willin’ to let Dbygones be bygones. It ain’t in my heart to bear no malice.”—Indianapolis Journal. “No, sir; a man with a face like that is never a coward.” “How do you know?” “It'sso homely that he couldn’t have any fear of spoiling it.”—Chicago Record. “We have just bought a new clock, Mr. Sta- late,'’ she said, sweetly. “Indeed?” “Yes. And it has such a novel arrangement. It has a music-box attachment.” “Does it play every hour?” “No. Only at half-past 10. Then it plays ‘Home, Sweet Home.' "'—Washington Star. Parrott—Some men are born great, some achieve greatness— Wiggins—Yes, and others wear English clothes that are too big for them.—Harper's Bazar. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. A benevolent Englishman has just given $5000 toward the maintenance of the London Cats’ Home. Queen Victoria’s annual visit to the Conti- nent is said to cost on an average something 0,000 to £60,000. Both Mr. Gladstone and the late Lord Tenny- son were, it is said, favorable to the appoint- ment of Sir Lewis Morris as Laureate. Sir Augustus Harris has decided that here- after in no pantomime presented at the Drury Lane Theater shall a female role be played by aman. Mrs.W. H. Mier of Hunter's Bottom, Ky , had three babies recently—a pair of girls and a boy. A woman living near there can say, hos- ever: “Huh! Thets nothing. I've had four myself.” Sarasate, the violinist, is remarkably simple in his manner of life. Though his apartments in London are magnificent, his food is always of the most homely kind, no better than that of a peasent. Miss Caroline V. Bernard, whose mother, the late Caroline Richings Bernard, was a famous singer twenty years ago, is the contralto of the choir of the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia. ‘When in Rome Signor Crispi has an escort of twenty-six police officers, which costs Italy $12,500 a year. When ho leaves the city the expense is increased to three or four times that amount. Mrs. Elizabeth. Duane Gillespie of Philadel- phin, & greatgranddaughter of Benjamin Franklin, was 75 years old on Thursday, and her friends marked the day by giving her a purse of $18,000. Melyville E. Ingalls, president of the Cleve- land, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Pail- road, is a Maine man who began his career as aschoolteacher. He entered the railway ser- vice in 1870, when he was 28 years old. Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson gives itas his fixed opinion thatevery man and every woman should attain the age of 100. Accord- ing to Sir Benjamin the would-be centenarian must never smoke nor drink; must eat very little meat, and he must not work by artificial light. Durham White Stevens, the counselor of the Japanese legation in Washington, is an Ameri- can who resided many years in Japan and be- came thoroughly acquainted with its language, history and customs. Mr. Stevens is thor- oughly American, but ‘n diplomacy Japan’'s right-hand man. Hon. A. W. Payne of Penobscot, Me., has at- tended every term of the Supreme Court at Bangor for fifty-nine years, with the exception of one winter, when illness kept him at home. He was on hand at the ovening of the court last week with a case for trinl. He has argued cases 8t every term. of court except the one when he was ill. In Canon Rawnsley's recently published bi- ography of the late Harvey Goodwin, Bishop of Carlisle, the following is quoted as the fa- mous Englishman’s opinion of President Cleveland: “A very.powerful looking man with a large head, and neck like a bull, who would be able to get through any amount of work without fuss or fatigue; a bright-eyed, in- telligent man of the rougher type of manhood but more agreeable in manner.” $ James Gordon Bennett, editor and proprietor of the New York Herald, spends the greater part of his time in Paris attenaing to the pro- duction of the continental edition of his paper. There he may be usually found in his ofice at 120 Avenue des Champs Elysees, the floor littered an inch deep with letters, the table before him piled with unread messages, and the smug valet at the door for ever gliding in with dispatches from sll corners of the world. — OUR MISSION. When we were boys at school we were taught that to be successful in life we must be diligent and take advantage of all the opportunities which our instructors so kindly placed in our way. We must also be truthful and honest in all our dealings with oue another in order to win the respect and confidence” of our fellow men. Butwhen we reached the age of discretion whatdid we find, and what has been our experi ence ever since? Did we find culture and truth seated in the high places of our land, or was vower everywhere in the hands of ignorance and fraud? Did we find administrators of the Eubllc money who could prevent a wandering and from stowing it in their own pockets? Did we find the cold shoulder turned upon the rogue or life made any harder for the villain? No; we found thatlife was only hard for the l’mor. and the cold shoulder was only turned to ts fellow as it pecred out of & ragged coat. Even so were the illusions of childhood lwcgt aside by the cold, cold blasts that cress the rough pathway of the man. Now, we regard the newspaper as having a mission in life beyond the mere collection of dollars for advertisements and the retailing of filth for the gratification of the prurient, and we shall put our shoulder to the wheel with all the strength we have in the interests of a bet- ter order of things. We shall do all we can to make life uncomjortable for ignorance and villainy, and strive to the utmost of our power 10 give enlightenmentand trutha chance. This is the only cause we have to advocate. We are pinned to mnobody’s coattails, nor do we take our opinions from any one else. We think what we choose and say what we piease, but the things that please us are just those Which we belleve 10 be for the permanent wel- fare of humanity, and we are resolved to give them ventilation. There is only a spot here and there—about as scarce as’ trees on the Colorado desert—where the truth can be heard. Everybody who has a mind capable of think- ing hassold it to somebody for whom nature has forgotten to make this provision, and ignorance and rascality are having all the fun. All we can do may not amount to much, but Wwhatever it does amount to will be thrown into the scale that holds culture and truth.—Marin County Herald. A LADY'S APRON. A full apron that will cover the entire dress and with large sleeves that fit comfortably over dress sleeves is a garment indispensable to every woman. This design is in three pieces, besides the sleeve, Front is seamless, hanging straight from the shoulders. The back is in two pieces, buttoning in the center. The sleeves are the bishop shape. Plain or striped ginghams make most ser- viceable aprons, Such nainsook may be used dainty is desired. Lounging or bath robes can be made after this same design by entting the back in_one picce and cutting the front in two and allow- ing & hem on both sides. Tt is desirable also for nmight dresses, which are dainty and comfortable made in this way. A deep frill of lace or embroidery may be used to finish the neck and may be substituted for cuffs on the sleev For amateur artists’ aprons, denim is often used; this also mekes a serviceable dress for housekeepers to wear in the kitchen. fabrics as lawn or if something more ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. THE MONTEREY'S BIG W. R. G., City. The cost of firing one of the big guns of the Monterey is about $300. CAPTAIN'S PAY—F. W., Oakland, Cal. The ay of captains on the steamers of the Pacific il line is from $175 to $200 per month. ForeIGN CoiNs—E. T, City. There isno de- mand for “Wellington half-pennies of 1816.” It is impossible to say if the “Ferdinand VIT silver piece’” has any special value, for the rea- son that the writer does not designate its de- nomination. STANMP COLLECTORS—G. H. D., San Lorenzo, Alameda County, Cal. This department does not, as bas been announced & number of times, advertise any business or firms or individuals, and for that reason “the names of several stamp houses' are not given. ~This is pur rsonal matter, and cogrespondents as that mps, but, 14 not 287 ERo million postage he wi “]go ive that amount to An o e T LA er man who he: o bversation, and soon there was a Story .iflfi:; to the effect that thern was an offer o o amiount of money. named for the number of old stamps to the extent of a million. Since o the item has appeared in various forms and every now and then appears in some papers a1 item of news. PENSIONS—A. J., Oakland, Cal. frhe follow- ing is the textof the act increasing certain pensions: 2 From and after the passage of this act all pen- sfoners How on the rolls who are pensioners at leas than 26 per month for any degree of pensionabis disability shall have their pensiops increased to ver month; and hereafier whenever any ab- plicant for pension who now would be entitled i less than $6 for anv disability or several combine aisabilities such applicant shall be rated a: not less than $6 per moath; provided also that t lons hersof stiall not be held to co able period prior to the pal Authorize a rracing of any Cialms for any part of such period, nor prevent the allowauce of lower rates than §6_per month accordin: to the existing practice in the Pension Office on pending cases covering any pension period prior Lo the passage of this act. COURTS OF EQUITY—A. R. D., Haywards, Cal. There are two kinds of lawsuits—actions at lIaw and suits in equity. An action at law is a suit commenced to recover & sum of money or the possession of specific property. It is always tried before a jury, unless the jury is waived. A suit in equity is one brought to prevent an injury or to secure more perfect justice than a money judgment would give. A suit to obtain an injunction is an example of the first class named and a suit to compel a party to make & deed of Iand is an example of the second class. A suitin equity is always tried without & jur although the court may, in its discretion, sub- mit some of the questions of fact to the decision ofa jury, On accountof the distinetion there are two kinds of courts—courts of law and courts of equity, The United States courts are both courts of law and of equity, the separa- tion being preserved by the difference in the forms of procedure. On the equity side they follow the ancient forms of chancery, but on the law side they follow the forms and pro- ceedings of the law courts of the State within which they sit. The Superior courts of Cali- fornia are courts of equity as well as of law. STONE AGE—G. §., City. The name of the age of stone is given to the period when weapons and implements were made of stone, amber, wood, bone, horn or some easily wrought material and during which very little or nothing was known of metals. During this era the people, few fn number and_savage in their habits, clothed themselves chiefly with skins of animals. They buried their dead in large sepulchral chambers, covered by what has been called cromlechs of girdled round by the unhewn stone pillars called the druidical circles. The bodies have most frequently been found unburied, often with rude urns beside them. The stone age has been divided into two, the paleolithic and the neolithic. The word age, in this sense, is improperly used (by an unfortunsate transfer from the Scandina- vian archiology), since it has no reference to chronology, but simply denotes the stage at which a people has arrived in its progress to- ward civilization. There are tribes yet in their stone age. Neither do the more primitive im- plements necessarily disappear wiolly on the appearance of those of a more advanced age. 7he phrase ston> age or stage, thereore, merely marks the most primitive period. The present age is the age of progress. CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50c 1b. Townsend’s.* ————— EPECTAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * Landlord (to his wife)—Say, Jane, I don’t be lieve that the student who rents a room here isastudent at all? Wife—Why not? Landlord—He studies too much.—Fligende Blaetter. ———— Hoov's Sarsaparilla cures catarrh by purifying the blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla cures rheumatism by purifying the blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla has benefited others and ¢an benefi you. —————— “Drs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup" Has been used over fifty years by millions ot moth. ers for their children while Teething with pertess success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, al- lays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowaly and i3 the best remedy for Dicrrhceas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Druggists in every partot the world, Ee suraaal ask lor Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrap. 0.+ bottle. —————efla CORONADO—AUmosphere Is perfectly dry, soft and mild, and is_entirely free from the mists mon further north. Round-trip tickets, ship, including fitteen days’ board ac the Hotel del Coronado, $60: longer stay $2 50 per day. Apply 4 New Montgomery st., San Fravicisco. o DisPEL your headache, weakness, pain andsleep- lessness with PARKER'S GINGER TONIC. PARKER'S Harr Barsax is life to the hair. -— First Gendarme—There goes the murderer of the man who was found dead oa the bridge last night. Second Gendarme—That's so; but what can we do? He'snot on our beat.—Journal Amu- sant NEW TO-DAY. ATRUE STORY. THE NADDEST WOMAN You ever heard of was one who got hurt on a railroad. She lived on Hyde street. There was'a certainty for her of pain, a good rest and € or information’ of that charater should in- close a self-addressed and stamped envelope for reply. CALIFORNTA CorNs—J. H., Elmira, Cal. The slug, or $50 piece, was coined by assay offices in this State prior to the establishment of the Mint and at a time when any stamped coin passed current for its face value. Some were round, but the majority were octagonal. Gold quarters, also from private mints, were round and octagonal. For octagonal slugs dealers offer from $35 0 $63 and for round ones they offer from $60 to $80. For the latter they charge from $90 to $125. EurOPEAN FLEETS—Inquirer, City, and M. A. L., Stockton, Cal. The German fleet has the foilowing number of vessels: Armored 34, un- armored 40, auxiliary 10; Great britain, 92 armored, 205 unarmored 'and 26 auxiliary; France, 64 armored and 101 unarmored; Rus- sia, 45 armored, 38 unarmored and 8 auxil- iary; Italy, 23 armored and 40 unarmored; Austria, 15 armored and 26 unarmored; Tur- key, 17 armored, 30 unarmored and 35 tor- | pedo-boats. Great Britain has 232 torpedo- Boats, France 279, Germany 200, Ttaly 203, a 73 and Russia 171, —_— FoR A PATENT—C. A. L., San Jose, Cal. When an inventor files an application for & patent he must sign the specification and claim, and that must be signed by two witnesses. The inventor must make oath that he verily be- lieves himselt to be the original and first dis- coverer, and such _oath can be made before any person in the United States auchorized to administer oaths;if in & foreign country it can be made before any minister, charge d'affaires, consul or commercial agent holding commis- gipn under the Government of the United tates. PEoPLE'S HOME SAVINGS BANK—S,, City. The California Safe and Trust Company, that has the books of & number of depositors 1n the Peo- ple’s Home Savings Bank, now in liquidation, has not done anything in a legal way in the matter except to commeénce & suit, which was !ublefluently withdrawn. It is claimed that litigation wouid be useless at this time, for the reason that the assets ot the defunct bank are all more or less tied up. The directors assert that they are doing what they can to straighten out matters and to force the sale of property with a view to an early settlement of tge afe {airs of the ba) ONE MILLION STAMPS—A Reader, San Jose, Cal. No one offers $100 for 1,000,000 canceled postage stamps. This alleged offer Is an old story. Some years ago a number of gentlemen were talking about stamps in one of the East- Austri ern cities, and one of them remarked that. it ‘would be worth & hundred dollars to collect & BiG DAMAGES. A friend gave her something for it, which he assured her was good, £0 she used it, and then commenced making a list of all the things she would buy with the damages. That 'Wwas some comfort. Next day railroad people ecailed and found her so nearly well they could not give her a cent. Scene closed with & profusion of Feminine Swear Words. There's a sharp point in these for RAILROAD MANAGERS, BICYCLERS and EVERYBODY. Her level-headed friend had given her . bottle of Nitchell's Magic Lotion, ‘Which is so harmless and pleasant o uise, and never fails to do good If You Ache or Get Hurt. Sold by druggists at 25¢, 50¢ and $1.00. DAILY SPECIAL Wednesday, Jan. 29th. To-day only. Old ladies’ “Repose” Shoes, 24 to 5, lace, wide, easy, $1.75 grade. To close lot to-day at 75 cts. Smiths' Specials save you money every day this week, - SMITHS' CASH STORE, 414, 416, 418 FRONT ST, S, F, If you want a s limbs, use an ’ tions is as good as the genuine. ure relief for ~ains in the Allcock’s BEAR IN MIND—Not one of the host of counterfeits and imita- back, side, est, or Porous Plaster