The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 2, 1896, Page 20

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FOLTZ, Special Agent. SONDAY...................FEBRUARY 3, 1896 THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. — e There will soon be frolics everywhere, Festival flowers are coming in to bloom. The closing of the Sonoma festival opens the way for the next. Now that sunshine has returned we are glad we had the storm. If any care troubles Truckee and let it slide. Monopoly has tried hard to crush Cali- fornia, but she won’t mash. you take it to Don’t forget that you can take in the Cliff House to-day in a new way, Despite her seeming coldness Canada is sympathetic, for sbe also has a deficit. Victory for the people lies straight ahead, and that is the way the battle is going. The Pacific Roads Committee may not be shaken, but it has been undoubtedly rattled. There is still a chance for the monopoly to refund, by refunding the money it has no right to. If we cannot give Cuba independence we can at least see that she has a fair chance to fight for it. _— The popular loan seems o be going it in ‘Wall street alone, and has left its popu- larity behind it. The monopoly will soon have but two streaks of rust and the people will ha ve the right of way. Huntington will never need 2 monument, the anti-funding protest is a sufficient memorial for him. It is still & matter of doubt whether Grove Johnson is showing his hand or only putting his foot in it. Huntington may not regard Maguire's speech as a fair thing, but he cannot deny that it was an exposition. Says California to Kentucky, “Monopoly has an eye on each of us, you blacken one and I'll blacken the other.” Carry your New Year’s resolution a little longer and then you can drop it by way of a Lenten abstinence. 5 Until the next county limbers up and opens out, Sonoma’s claim to grow the best oranges won’t be jumped. Seiec S Every quarrel, like a jug, has two sides, and if you wish to be on the side that has the handle you mustn't get in it. g T Because you must take a dilemma by the born is no reason why you should take & horn whenever you are in a dilemma, The latest sign of intellectual activity in New York is the evolution of the word “thugwump' as s new name for a police- man. ———— There are some clever young women who wish to carry leap-year privileges to the extent of playing leapfrog with Mrs, Grundy. It will not be necessary for the railroad bosses to consult Shakespeare this time to find out that ‘‘corruption wins not more than honesty.” Things are brightening up so much it will so6n be light enough for Democracy to find a Presidential candidate without using a dark lantern. Tt is & significant fact that the first thing Kentucky bas. found to do in the way of reform is to sweep the Soutkern Pacific franchise out of the State, Before long the Southern Pacific monop- oly will bave to join the Louisiana Lottery Company in hunting for headguarters somewhere in the far-off woods. Balisbury also favors the Monroe doctrine in a fashion, but he wishes to revise the American unabridged idea, and make something like an English pocket edition of it. o The latest dress-reformer not only advo- cates bloomers for women, but for men also. He says that tronsers must give way to knickerbockers before men can be dressed either tastefully or comfortably. It is noted that at the recent banquet of the New York Board of Trade all the toasts and speakers were applauded ex- cept the toast to Cleveland. The old man has lost his grip even among the gold- bugs. o —_— Hungary has begun the celebration of the thousandth anniversary of her na- tional existence, and, while the rest of the world is talkingef war, she is indulging in somethinglike a millennium and having a big time, It is noted as a curious coincigence that Chief Justice Fuller, Speaker Reed and Benator Frye, sho is president pro tem. of Senate, are all graduates of Bowdoin, so that little nniversity wields the gavel over all departments of the Government, The Australians are boasting of & won- derful system of artesian wells which has virtually created a new province in the arid district of Queensiand. The strange fact is noted that as the streams find their way across the hitherto waterless plain rushes spring up in great abundance, anda naturalists are wondering how the see.s of these aquatic plants came to be lying there in the desert apparently waiting for the water. THE CUBAN QUESTION. The complicated relations between the United States, Cuba and Spain, which are now apvarently drawing to a final settle- ment, have been furnishing .his country with diplomatic problems for more than fifty years. They have, in fact, engaged the minds and energies of almost all of our great statesmen from the earliest days of the republic, and Adams, Clay, Web- ster, Everett, Clayton and Marcy, as well as later Secretaries of State, have had to deal with them. In the present juncture therefore it cannot be said that a new issue in diplomacy confronts us. Our statesmen have had full time to maturely consider every aspect of the problem, and it would seem we ought to be able to adopt now some decisive course of action and carry it out to the end without further hesitation. From the very first our diplomatists made it known to Europe that the United States would never permit Cuba to be wrested from Spain by any European power. Moreover, it was declared to be the policy of this country to maintain that attitude in regard to the island on our own responsibility and without seeking any foreign alliance to confirm it. Thus in 1825, when the British Government sug- gested a tripartite agreement by which Great Britain and France were to join the United States in declaring that Cuba should not be taken from Spain, Clay de- clined to enter into such an agreefnent. Our course was to be strictly the outcome of our own volition, and in no wise depen- dent upon anything in the shape of an en- tangling alliance. In 1851 the question was reopened by an attempt on the part of the British and French Governments to induce the United States to join them 1n a pledge not to make any effort to acquire Cuba, but Sec- retary Everett declared first that the treaty-making power under the constitu- tion could not permanently bind the Gov- ernment not to purchase Cuba as it pur- chased Florids and Louisiana; and, sec- ond, that no administration in this country could stand for a day against the popular odium which would result from making a treaty with a European power which would stipulate that at no future time should Cuba become independent, or under proper circumstances be annexed to the United States. A few years later the attitude of the American ‘people toward Cuban affairs was largely affected by the slavery ques- tion which at that time complicated every issue that arose in our politics. In the controversy résulting from the seizure ‘of the American ship the Black Warrior by the Spanish officials in Cuba, many be- lieved that the slave-holders were in- clined to take advantage of it for the pur- pose of annexing Cuba and adding more slave territory to the Union. This fear, which found frequent expression in Con- gress, weakened the force of the adminis- tration in dealing with the subject, or else at that time we might have brought the long vexed problem to a conclusion either by annexing the island or at least ridding it of Spanish domination. Prior to the outbreak of the irrepressi- ble conflict on the slavery question public sentiment in all sections of the Union and in both the great parties was dis- tinctly fayorable to annexation. In an article on *‘Secretary Marcy, the Cuban Question and the Ostend Manifesto,’” pub- lished in the Political Science Quarterly for March, 1893, Sidney Webster points out that the conservative policy pursued in regard to the island by Fil!more, Web- ster and Everett was distinctly unpopular even with the Whigs both in Congress and in the newspapers. Leading organs of that party regretted that the adminis- tration did not acquire “‘the pearl of the Antilles” and so prevent the incoming Democratic administration from achieving what seemed at that time the certain glory of annexing theisland. Public opinion has changed to a great extent since those days. With increasing strength we have grown conservative. There is no strong annexation party at present in the country. Nevertheless every one feels it is time the long running sore should be definitely and permanently healed, and whatever course to that end may be adopted by the President and the Senate will doubtless find an almost unani- mous support among the people. A FAIR PROPOSITION, The State Development Committee has made a record which entitles it to public confidence. At an exceedingly small ex- pense it has already done much good in making known in the East the superiority of California fruits and has largely in- creased the sales of our productsin that way. So encouraged has it been by its success that it has issued a proposition to the fruit-growers of California which they cannot afford to ignore. The basis of this proposition is that the committee will forward the interests of those who assist it with funds, and will do this in exact and fair proportion to the amount of assistance extended. Thisis to be done without any interference with any of the existing methods of shipping or dis- tribution, the idea being simply to adver- tise the fruits and thus create a demand for them. The means to this end will be lecturesillustrated with stereopticon views, and free cooking schools in which the art of preparing California fruits for the table will be taught. This work will be re-en- forced by employing competent men to canvass grocers and urge the handling of California products. Minor features of the undertaking_will be the distribution of printed matter and the display in jars of California fruits, conspicuously labeled, in show-windows throughout the East. Buch a course will have an ulterior effect, the value of which should not be over- looked—it will bring individual labels into notice. A grower who contributes to the work will naturally desire not only that his name shall appear on his product, but will take care that what he offers for sale will be of the best quality. The Develop- ment Committee will be prepared to receive, and forward all orders. The general effect will be the encouragement of individual efforts to produce the best results. The greatest profits in fruit culture in this State have been made on the articles which have been grown and prepared for market with the greatest care, It hasbeen generally in ordinary articles sold in large bnlk and prepared without speeial care that losses have been ensountered. OOMING FROM FLORIDA, A killing frost of two or three years ago unhappily destroyed all faith in Florida as the home of the orange, At the same time it turned adriit an army of per- sons who had tasted the sweets of the in- dustry and would not be comforted in any other occupation. Unwilling to return to the hard and commonplace life represent- ed by other industries, they cast about for some place in which they might resume the business to which they had become so strongly attached, and now it is an- nounced that they have found California to be all that they want, and are preparing to rehabilitate themselves in this State with broad acres of orange groves. Let not the orange-growers at present in California be dismayed at the prospect. To transfer a large industry from an At- lantic State is something besides increes- ing competition in the marketing of a product. Experience has shown usover and over that if we emplay the resources at our command: for reaching consumers ready for our products there will never be such a thing as overproduction. That aside, an increase of the bulk of produc- tion means a decrease of transportation charges and an increase of a local consum- ing population. In addition i means a necessity for extending the market, and that in turn means a reflex benefit to every industry in the State and such a widening of the fame of the State as will inevitably add greatly and steadily to its population and wealth.and to the comfor: and prosperity of its people. . Thus passes forever the greatest glory of that picturésque peninsula that separates the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Even though its climate had proved suited to the orange industry, and even though the fruit which it produced was sweet and toothsome, the peninsula is hardly more than a vast sandspit, lacking the inexhaustible fertility of the soils of California. Besides, tor all the beauty of the pellucid streams and splendid pine forests of Florida, there was the ever- present menace of malaria, practically unknown here, and an absence of that re- markably invigorating quality of climate which is so distingmshing a feature of California. It is not alone in the marketing of whole fruit that the good results of the orange industry may be secured. Cordials and syrups from the pulp, aromatic extracts from the rind and medicines and perfumes from the blossoms are valuable products of intelligent industry. Itisa wonderfal busigess in all its phases, and the condi- tions'which make it possible are a pledge of an environment the most pleasant and beneficial that the heart could desire. THE SUTRO OELEBRATION. The formal opening yesterday of the en- terprises which Adolph Sutro has estab- lished on the ocean side of our peninsula was a celebration of an event of uncom- mon importance. Besides being the throw- ing open of a group of attractions which have been installed on the beach, it was the beginning of the operation of an elec- tric road, consiructed by the same pro- prietor, for reaching them comfortably and economically. The scheme is thus made complete, and for its magnitude and value to the City, and especially for its fitness to the natural conditions which obtain here, is the greatest private enterprise of the kind ever undertaken in America. Not only that, but it isa wise investment as well; for not only may it be reasonably expected that the investment will yieid a handsome return in itself, but it will pop- ularize, render easily accessible, and doubt- less greatly enhance the value of the vast unimproved properties which Mr. Sutro owns in that vicinity. This presumption is mentioned merely to show that those wealthy residents who are content to sit idle and permit the enterprise and indus- try of less favored citizens to make their property valuable might tazke a profitable hint from the enterprise which Mr. Sutro has displayed, If a few more of our millionaires had a tithe of his energy, public spirit and business sense, this City would quickly become one of the greatest in the country. The peculiarity of his unique investment is that it is devoted exclusively to means for affording wholesome pleasure. This robs it of an appearance of sordidness. Other wealthy citizens have made great and expensive improvements which are exceedingly valuable and wholly indis- vensable, because they are utilitarian; but Mr. Sutro’s achievement is so distinctive and picturesque, and so perfectly comple- ments the natural charms of the City, that it has a character with which no every-day business investment can be compared. His improvements include the rebuild- ing of the famons Cliff House with a struc- ture of elegant design and great dimen- sions; the 1ost extensive and costly baths in the world, having no rival in history except the gorgeous baths of ancient Rome; in connection with the baths a nucleus of what promises to be one of the most interesting musenms in the country; an electric road more handsomely equipped than any other. In addition should be mentioned Sutro Heights, which, though comparatively oid, are part of the group of fine attractions which Mr. Sutro has created. All these properties and im- provements have a value running far into the miilions. Mr. Sutro’s publie spirit has not sfopped there. He has announced that he will at once deed the heights to the City. This garden will be a splendid gift, as likely he could gell it for more than a million | dollars. He will follow this with a gift to the public of his library, the value of which is incalculable. He has already presented the State with a large site for the Affiliated Colleges of the State Uni- versity, will furnish another site for the library and has offered a site for the Wil- merding School. It should not be forgotten that it was Mr. Sutro alone who forced the Southern Pacific people to reduce fares to the beach from ten cents to five. To what extent this has contributed to the happiness and savings of the people may be imagined. It is a pleasure to recognize and applaud public spirit manifested or so splendid a scale. This is just what San Francisco needs from other of its millionaires. The fame which the City will enjoy from the enterprise of this one man will extend to the ends of the earth, bringing its benefits to all, and by this act alone he has written his name in broad and imperishable char- acters on the history of California. A STRONG MEMORIAL, The memorial addressed by the commit- tee recently appointed for expressing the views of California on the proposed fund- ing bill contains nothing of a conspicuous character but what is already familiar to the readers of THE CALL. Indeed, so many are the Yeasons for not passing a fanding bill; and so calamitous would be the re- sults of the act, that the space which the committee gave itself in which to set forth the case would have been inadequate, Nevertheless the document is doubtless all the stronger for being short, and all the more effective for containing none but the strongest points. It remains now to be seen what recep- tion this petition will have at Washington. In his desperation Mr. Huntington has es- tablished a literary bureau for “moiding opinfon” at the National capital. At present he is saying nothing about nis famous “equities,”” but is confining his ef- forts to an attempt at showing that the op- position in California to the funding bill does not proceed from the *‘best citizens,’ and is merely the frothy mouthing of pro- fessional agitators aud chronic malcon- tents, - The people of California may take what consolation they can out of this slur which Mr. Huntington is pleased to cast upon them. If it lacks any element of insult and defiance we are unable to discover it. Such a policy tn become so habitual with him through thirty years of practice that it is not surprising either that he should find it natural snd convenient in the present emergency, or that he should scorn to consider any of its le consequences. Through this memorial the people of California make their plea for.a righteous consideration of the case at the hands of Congress. We have been forced by Mr. Huntington’s genius to beg merely that right shall be done; that the laws shall not be violated; that the infamies which the Southern Pacific has practiced all through its career shall not be condoned; that this Government shall not be made the tool of unscrupulous private ends; that a mo- nopoly of transcontinental shipping shall not be fostered, and that the burden which already oppresses California so heavily shall not be increased and extended. That isall. We want the law to take its proper course, knowing that in such an event the problem will be solved. We cannot recall an instance in the history of America when any State has been placed in so humiliating & position as California in this emergency. . That Con- gress should permit itself to be dictated to by one man to the prejudice of the Nation and the ruin of one of its States is in- credible. - We trust that this dignified ap- peal from California will receive patient and patriotic consideration. PERSONAL. C. H. Lilly of Seattle is in town. J. T. Walden of Fresno is at the Grand. Dr. A. A. Geston of San Jose is a visitor here. Ex-Governor L. A. Sheldon of Pasadena isin the City. L. Stern, a business man of Spokane, is in the City. Warren H. Lawton of San Anselmo is at the Occidental, S. E. Wrenn, & business man of Portland, is at the Grand. George McElroy of the United States navy is at the Occidental. P. S. Wensinger, the wealthy resident of Tustin, is in the City. J. H. Wilson, a wesalthy man of Columbus, Ohio, is at the Occidental. John A. Morrissey, the fast-horse owner of Stockton, is at the Baldwin. Professor William H. Hudson of Stanford University is at the California. H. C. Lovell, a cattle-grower of Billings, Mont., is among recent arrivals here. J.C. Lynch of Cucumonga, formerly Presi. dent of the Senate, is at the Balawin. H. C. Eisen, the prominent wine-grower of Fresno, is among recent arrivals here. Sheriff Tom Cunningham of Stockton has re- turned home, after several days’ visit here. J.R. Hampton of Washington, D. C., special agent of the Interior Department, is in the City. H. 8. Crocker and Mrs., Crocker came up last night from Monterey, and areat the California. A. G. Keagle of Stockton, County Recorder of San Joaquin County, is spending a few days here. John W. Kelly, the wellknown mining superintendent of Bodie, arrived here ‘yes- terday. John Shultz, one of the best-known mining experts of Alaska, is stopping at the Cosmo- politan, F. F. Grant, a prosperous business man of Fargo, N. Dak., is at the Palace, accompanied | by his wife. General A, W. Bassett of the National Guard came down from Sacramento last night and is at the California. C. H. Smith, a wealthy manufacturer of Danley, England, is at the Occidental, accom- panied by his son. Philip Argalt, a wealthy business and min- ing man of Denver, is at the Occidental. Mrs. Argalt is with him. V. B. Chevallier, a prominent real estate man of Stockton, is a guest at the Cosmopolitan, ac- companied by his wife. v John H. Kinkead, ex-Governor of Nevada and Alaska, arrived here from his home in Virginia City yesterday. Mrs. Kinkead is with him. They are at the Palace. Lieutenant B. W. Lovell of the United States army, for eome time past stationed at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, is at the Occidental. His place of duty has been changed to this point. H. C. Henry of Seattle and Ii. F. Balch of Minneapolis, pertners in railroad building, and who are among the biggest contractors of the country, are at the Palace. They graded & lorge amount of the Great Northern road. Thomas B. Everett ot Cripple Creek, who was here some time since and organized & com- pany to develop Cripple Creek mines, arrived here last night on business in connection with the comvany. He was formerly a member of the Assembly from Placer County. William Lucere, who has returned from a trip through Oregon and Washington, reports business dull, but says that should lumbermen form the proposed combine, it will cause the mills to employ many idle men. A number of mills are now not running because of the cheap prices for lumber. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 1.—Among the re- cent arrivals are: J. Bermingham, Gilsey; O. L. Hall and wife, 8t. Dents; H. W. Lilly, St. Cloud. L.G. Davies and Henry Jacobs were among the passengers who sailed on the steam- ship Campania for Liverpool, THE COUNTRY PAPER. He was gotting home from business—he, a mer- chant well-to-d¢ The wheels of the dlectric car were throwing sparks of blue, And around him were acquaintances who, where they stood or sat, ° By look or word or geature, were inviting him to chat. ’ But apite Ignoring all of them, except to bow and smile When hailed by some one at the door or just across the aisle, x He read with boyish eagerness, while speeding o'er the street, The poorly printed pages of a little country sheet. He read of Tom Jones' enterprise n adding to his arn, s And learned that “Solon Huddleson has got a rand-new yarn''; That “Aunty Simpkins gave s tea,” that ‘“crops are pretty good, And that “Ab Bailey came to town and brought & load of wood.” Well.'.ynefl-: ntll;e_sa things are trifles, perhaps, to you o him they are femiuders of tho times that used And from his busy city life he glances back with ’l‘o'ee: '.y;;:yt.nwn that cireumacribed. his doings aa Each p}::orlly printed paragraph upon the homely shee Presents a scene familiar or a friend he used to meat: And maybe—you can tell 1t by the smiles that quickly come— There's mention of his mother and the other “folks at home.” Men wander far for fortune, and find it, too, and ve The farm and slothful village and its folk they ne'er forgat; And there’s not s thing In clty life which greater Than SR ey paer pied where e e little count v e: used tolive, P Colambus Dispatoh. The London Telegraph tells the following story: “When Emerson visitea Carlyle in Lon- don he expressed doubts to the latterof the personality of the devil. Carlyle took him to see many of the ‘shows' of thé metropolis, asking him, as they issued from each reeking lane filled with the shouts of intoxicated men end women, whether he had not changed his opinion, At last they arrived in the House of Commons, and, as they sat in the strangers’ gallery listening to some orator's rigamarole, Carlyle clyly punched his friend in the ribs and asked, ‘Do you believe in a deevil noo?'” * County Commissioner Samuol States of Jef. ferson, Pa., has a son whom he named United, He wrote a letter to thisson in Punxsutawney, the other day, naturally addressing it “United States, Punxsutawney, Pa.,” and the Postmas. ter advertised it as held because the address was defective. ; Sy The late Paul Verldine, the French poet, lived a: a social outcast; but his funeral was attended by distinguished men of letters, in- cluding many Academicians. Francois Coppee spoke at the grave and said that Verlaine had ‘won immortality in letters, AROUND THE CORRIDORS. «“Have a smoke, boys.” Mr. Hugo Keil took a handful of cigars out of his vest and passed them around among some iriends who met him in the dining-room of the Occidental Hotel. % * “Must have touched a nickel-in-the-slot machine, Hugo,” suggested a friend looking sidewise, 3 5 “Well, something of that character,” re- sponded Mr. Keil, “and I wish to state that the man who owns the nickel machine isa separate and distinct kind of human being all by himself. Have you ever noticed the expres- sionon the face of a cigar-dealer when any- body is playing his interesting yet concealed card game through the medium of a nickei? For instance, when you come up and -lay down & half and ask for change in nickels he smiles, rubs his hands and inquires if you feel lueky. Itis always best under these circumstances to say yes, 80 as to prepare him for the shock that invariably smites him if you win anything.” “But do you ever win anything?” said somebody who had just appeared on the scene. “Wait a minute and I will show you how the in public view—namely, Secretary Olney, Miss Clara Barton and Senator Wolcott, whose mother was & Dative of that town, The Alumni Association of Girard College, Philadelphis, -has decided to present to the city a statue of Stephen Girard, the founder of the college, to be placed on the City Hall Plaza, and to cost not léss than $10,000. Lord Dunleath, who has just died, was one of the merchant princes of the north of Ireland. He represented the great linen industry, and amassed a large fortune. It is stated that more than a year ago Lord Dunleath handed over all his money and estates to his children, of whom he hes living two sons and three daughters. D. L. Moody, the evangelist, told a story in Philadelphia the other day about his life be- fore his conversion, when & boy of 17. He said that while he was a pretty bad boy in his unregenerate aays, deep in the follles and errors of the world, he never broke so far away from his early religions training as to forget to say his pravers every night. “I used to sleep with my brother,” he said, “snd if Spenish name for an herb that grows in Cali- fornia and was claimea by the old settlers to have been a cure for a great many ilis. The definition is sainted herb. BLACKSNAXE—E. G. 8., Livermore, Alameda County, Cal. Blacksnake, as applied to a whip made of plaited rawhide with a snapper at the end, derlves its name from its ciose resem- bjance to the snake of that name. R.S. V. P.—Subscriver, San Jose, Cal. The letters R. 8. V. P. are French for respondez s'il vous plait, which translated means please answer. The initial§ are usually placed at the bottom of an invitation to a soctal function. MoNKEY WRENCH—E. G. 8., Livermore, Ala- meda County, Cal. Monkey wrench applied to 2 tool in common use is a corruption of Munka wrench. The tool was named after Munka, the inventor, and was in time corrupted into mon- key wrench, GoAT IsiaND—J. T. B., City. GoatIsland,in the harbor of San Francisco, wa§ formerly eglled Yerba Buena Island, becu:?ehol the herb yerba buena—good. herb—which grew there, and whieh was used by the old Mex- icans and Spaniards for medicinal purposes. Some time after the Americans took possession of the State an enterprising Yankee started an experimental goat colony on the island, snd ever after that it was called Goat Island. Ea1QUETTE—Subscriber, San Jose, Cal. There is no rule of etiquette that says at which side of a lady a -gentleman should sit when at lunch. The rule generally observed is to take a seat where directed by the host unlessthe lady bappens to be hard of hearing of one ear and requests her escort to exchange place with her, Ata formal dinner or supper ata ball the es- cort takes the lady on his right arm and leads her to the dinner or supper table end shows her to the seat on his right. HoBo—E. G. 8., Livermore, Alameds County, Cal. There is no certainty about the origin of the word hobo, but it is traced to the Western States, where the people applied it to & class of men who wander from place to place under pretext of looking for work and hoping that they may not secure any. It is believed to be a corruption of ho-go, which is an old term used to designete loua-smelling fisk which is itself a corruption of the French words haut goux, strong taste or strong smell. AxgEL IsLaNp—J. T, B., City. Angel Island, in San Francisco Bay, was named by Juan de Ayata, who commanded ths San Carlos, the first vessel that ever passed through the Golden Gate. That was on the 5th of August, 1775. A few days before that he passed througi the straits in & boat hewn outof a treeand landed on the isiand, which he named “La Isla de Nuestra Senora de los Angeles.” The Amer- icans curtailed the name to Angel Island, by which it has since been known. HELEN HUNT JACKSON—M. E. L., Vallejo, €al. In June, 1884, Helen Hunt Jagkson, the'writer and novelist, was injured by a fall n_her Colo- rado home. She was trken to Los Angeles in this State, and wes subsequently removed to San Franeisco. where she died Avgust 12, 1885. Her body was taken to Colorado and buried near the summit of the Cheyenne Mountain, four miles from Colorado Springs, a place of her own choosing, but the reckless vsndalism HUGO KEIL BEATS THE MACHINE, dealer takes it when you do pull down a few smokes. Well, as I was about to say, you begin to drop your coin into the slot and whirl after whirl is taken, but without satisiactory results to yourself. Of course you keep on playing in the hope of getting at least one cigar, just as a souvenir if nothing else. Finally you go broke or else quit in disgust and then—oh then—the man behind the counter rubs his hands in glee, splits his face open witn joy and remarks that you had better try it again, expressing the be- lief that your luck will change, or else that everybody ean’t win. He will keep up this front of contentment aslong as you are losing, but when you win—that is, when you win good =nd hapd—a straight flush or sometking like that, with perhaps an occesional full hand—you will see one of the most complete and interesting pictures of dismay, griet and misery combined, that was ever exhibited anywhere on earth. I saw one of those pictures to-day. *Here, boys, take & smoke, all of you, and I'll tell you how the cigarman tock the shock: I happened to be passing his stand, and justasa sort of flyer stepped in and deposited a nickel in the slot. I then pressea down the lever and spun the cards. All red—three hearts—four hearts—all hearts. Ace—king and queen—a jack—and by George & tenspot. Wow. Twenty cigars. Straight flush. Well, sir, the dealer looked into the machine, played with his jaw, lookeéd things over carefully once more and in- quired ina low and pained voice, ‘Whai kind do you smoke?” But when I had taken several handiuls, he hauled down a book and began to figure up how many straight flushes bad been rnng up since breakfast. In lessthan one minute he had counted up something in the nelghborhood of 1000, and I left him figuring on how he conld pry his rent. He protested that he was being ruined by tne machine, but I notice he has had it in his stand nearly a year. Have a smoke, Isay. The cigars are on him this time.” The other day, at almost noon, two men clembered down the stairs at the corner of Sutter and Kearny streets into the well-known coffee-saloon of Dan Davis, the old pioneer. “Give me & couple of fried eggs, some po- tatoes and a cup of coffee,” said one of the men, who was tall and slim and had a cork leg. “Give me two dozen fried eggs, some potatoes and a cup of coffee,” said the other. “I was astonished at this last order,” sald Mr. Davis yesterday. “I thought I had not heard aright and asked again. “‘Give me two dozen fried eggs,’ he said. ‘Never mind how it may sound. I'm a little hungry. I've got the money to pay you. “He was a big man, whom the man with the cork leg ealled Parsons, and who, I under- stand, is a telegraph operator. I thoughtif he was willing to pay for them I could stand it, so Iwentand cooked two eggs for the first man, whose name is Frank Howard, and then I cooked two dozen eggs for Parsons. I cooked a panful of one dozen first and gave them to him, and while he was eating them I cooked the second dozen. “He ate the whole twenty-four, drank his coffee, and then each paid his bill. I charged $150 for the two dozen eggs,and the man ‘went away just as though he had only eaten an ordinary meal.” For some time & man has been visiting dif- ferent restaurants and eating colossal meals of eggs. Heisknown as the man with the boa- constrictor appetite and has caused consterna- tion in different hostelries. Davis seys this is the first experience of the kind he has had, though he is an old caterer. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. John James Platt, the poet, is employed ir the Washington Postoffice, The Empress of Russia owns an ermine mantle which is valued at £50,000. It is a present from her subjects living in the province of Kherson. s Among the directors of the First Nationat Bank of Huntington, Ind., are two women, and one of them,Mrs, Sarah F. Dick, is the bank’s cashier. Alma-Tadema, when asked by an ardent young admirer for a sight of the tool with Wwhich he had modeled his beautiful Venus, showed the muscle of his broad thum! 0 ‘The Russian exilesin London will appeal to the public to contribute to a fund for the sup- port of Madame Stepniak, the widow of Sergius Stepniak, who has been left in straitened cir- cumstances. The quiet but besutiful town of Oxford in ‘Worcester County, Mass., claims the honor of having produced three persons now prominent either one of us happened to jump into bea without first getting on his knees the other would swear at him vigorcusly and kick him out on the floor. Captain Kidd’s quadrant, or one of his quadrants, or at least an ancient quadrant bearing his name, is in the possession of a family at Rockland, Me. It is more than 200 yearsold and bears the name and address of the London maker. Part of it is ofivory, now dark brown with age. The name, “Captain Kidd,” is engraved on the metal part of the in- strument. W. T. Stead of England has embarked upon a new venture, which he has christened “Penny Popular Novels.” - His idea is to print well- known novels in editions of 100,000 copies, which he will retail at a penny each. His first publicationis the “She” of H. Rider Haggard. Mr. Stead says that the sctual cost of each volume is something less than three-fifths of a penny. LADY’S SHIRT WAIST. Shoulder-Pleces in ¥ront Give Appear- ance of Tallor Finish. ‘While it may seem early to think about shirt waists, the counters of all cur leading stores arepiled high With summer fabrics. Every year cottons and thin goods are shown at this tilmlz, and many women make up their summer clothes. A very pretty and stylish shape is shown in this shirtwast. The shanlow Joke or shou der: pieces in front holds the fullbess in place and gives & tailor finish. Any cotton or linen fabric is suitable, ex- cepting those of very light weight. Wash silk an the silk and cotton mixtures colled swivel silk are also used. Both bright and dull tones of almost all colors are used. e ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. No PREMIUM OFFERED—W.G., Los Angeles, Cal, No premium is offered for American doll 1834 and 1843, e GoLD DOLLARS—S. E. C., Santa Cruz, Cal. A gold dollar, United States mintage of 1851, is ‘worth 15 cents premium. ALCATRAZ ISLAND—J. T. B., City. Aloatraz, oneof the fortified points in the bay of San Franeisco, derived its name from the fact that prior to its occupancy by the Americans it was the home of the alcatraz—the pelican. THE BALTINORE SATLORS—W. G., Los Angeles, Cal. The Government of Chile peid an in- demnity for theattack on the sailors of the United States steamship Baltimore by a Chilean mob on the 16th of October, 1891, YERBA ‘SANTA—E. G. 8., Livermore, Alameds County, Cal. The name Yerba Santa is the of tourists were sich that the remains were re- moved to Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado, where they now rest. SUNDAY MORNING HUMOR. Her ayes consent, . And must her noes, ‘When I try to kiss her, Interpose? Detroit Tribune. “How does Winters mandge to keep the wolt from the door 2" “He doesn’t. He gave violin lessons, but his family said they preferred the woll.”—Detroit Free Press. Lucy—The wretch! -And sohe has been pro- posing to both of us? Jennie—It seems so. Lucy—I wish I could think of some fearful wey to punich him. Jennie—I have an idea. Lucy—What is it ? Jennie—You marry him, dear.—Tid-Bits, “Cassandra! That's a fine name for a bull pup, now, isn’t it?” “I call him tbat,” explained the high-browed yourg man, “because he is always_looking for trouble.”—Indianapolis Journal. Crimsonbeak—What's the matter with young Huggins? Yeast—1 understand he has lost bis heart. Crimsonbeak—Is that 211t He makes as much fuss es if it was his collar-button.—Yonkers Statesman. Batisfactorily Explained—‘‘Well, of all tke impudence! Asking me to help you because you have three wives to suoport!” “They don’t belong to me, mister; nothin’ of the sort. They belong to me son-in-laws.”— Indianapolis Journal. Miss Dorothy W. of Winthrop, aged 4 s, and with a younger rival near tha maternal throne, was found in silent and perilous in. timacy with the parlor bric-a-brac. “What are you doing, Dorothy?"’ demanded her mother. “I'm all right,” responded the young woman “you go and take care of your baby.”—Lewis- ton (Me.) Journal First Vassar Student—Say, girls, there’s one thing we’ve forgotten. We haven’t any collegs yell. All colleges have vells, you know. - Becond Student—Why. of course! Strange we never thought of it. Let’s have one. Third Student—But I don’t see how we can yell without taking the gum out of our mouths. Fourth Student—Let's let the yell go. isw't very ladylike, Weekly. Minnie—I wondér if her complexion is nat. ural? Mamie—Well, it is natural for a girl like her to paint; 50 I suppose it is.—Indianapolis Jour- nal It anyhow!-New York Brown—Ever see such a quarrelsome charac- ter as Smith? Jones—Never. I think he’d provoke a pro- fessionel pugilist into a fight.—Brooklyn Life, TowxsEXND'S California glace fruits, 50c. Ib. ® boeitl s ddrgalaba E. H. BLACK, painter, 120 Eddy street. * L A0 s A EPECIAL information daily to manutacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * e arsdios Captain John A. York is the youngest sea cap- tain in New England, and perhaps in tha country. Heiscaptain of theschooner Charles J. Willard of Portland, Me. He is just turned 18 years of age and has had commsnd of the vessel, with & crew of six men, for a year. His boat plies between Maine ports and New York. TAxE Hood's Sarsaparilla to cureall troubles arising or promoted by tmpure blood, to make your nerves strong, to restore appetite and {nsure good Dhealth to the whole system. Take only Hood's. ———————— Arsloversof the delicacies of the tableuse Dr, Siegert's Angostura Biiters to secure a good digestion. ——————————— Ir aMicted with sore eyes use Dr. [saso Taomp- son’s Eye Water. Druggists seil it at 25 cents. NEW TO-DAY. Monday, Feb. 8d. To-day only, Freshest Ranch Eggs, the best in the market, only 15¢ dozen to-day. Grocery Dep't Store, No. 418. L e SMITHS’ CASH STORE, 414, 416, 418 FRONT ST,, S, F, i3 limbs, use an BEAR IN MiND—Not one of tions is as good as the genuine. you mtasmnlhffu"iminuubuk.dde,est,or Allcock’s Porous Plaster the host of counterfeits and imita= -