The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 4, 1896, Page 6

CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. CALL, one week, by carrier,. 80,15 Daily end Sunday CaLL, One year, by mail. .00 Deily and Sunday CALL, six months, by mail.. .00 Daily end Sunday CaLy, one month, by mail. .65 Bunday CALL, 0N Y&aT, by MAll....criieeeneees tw 60 WEEKLY CALL, one year, by mall. BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, Califo: roia. Tslephone. B .. Maln—1888 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street, Selephone........... BRANCH OFFICE! 630 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open untll 9:50 o’clock. 389 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 717 Lerkia street; open until 9:50 o'clock. €W corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open sntll § o'clock. 2518 Mission street; open until 8 o'clock: 316 Ninth street; open until 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 81 and 32, 34 Park Row, New York Olty. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent. .Main-1874 _FEBRUARY 4, 1896 THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. Business will improve with the passage of the reform tariff. There are more citrus fairs to come and then the flower shows will open. This week the House will either put Bayard in the soup or roast him. ‘We are proudest of our school system when we are not looking at it closely. The silver bill has been sent to the House and the cloud covers it all over like a cloak. Now that the Senate has the emergency tariff before it, the time has come to push it along. If Hammond suffers in the Transvaal it will be Cleveland that will be condemned in America. Judging from Salisbury’s speech there will be no rest for the Armenians until the Turk gets wear; Putting Huntington under the cathode ray is the way to show the skeleton in the monopoly closet. Out of ail the war talk in the Senate there should come at least a vote foran increase of the navy. The fight against the monopoly at Frankfort is not so big as the one at Wash- ington, but it is just as lively. If Congress wishes to refund anything for 100 years at 2 per cent it should make the trial on the Cleveland debt. There may be some rural industries over- done in California, but there are a hun- dred that haven't been done at all. ‘With eight queens and a poetess the San Jose carnival procession will look like a ninepin alley with floral decorations. The revival of hydraulic mining and the improvement of the rivers should go hand in hand as two parts of one movement. The Czar will never be known as the arbitrator of Europe until he establishes a free press and works it for advertising. Germany and England continue to make faces at one another, but they are only dough faces and neither side is scared. The defect in Huntington’s bureau of promotion is that it is also a bureau of publicity and 1ts falsehoods get detected. If we intend to vrevent the struggle in Cuba from degenerating into a war of ex- termination it is time for us to intervene. The new phase of the funding-bill fight shows that the strength of the monopoly is not so great as some people thougnt it was. There is a report from New York that J. Pierpont Morgan ‘‘has relapsed into in- nocuous desuetude,” but don’t you be- lieve it. The organization of a Pacific Coast lum- ber trust will at any rate save our lumber interests from the grasp of the Eastern combine. PRl i If Olney doesnot spur up his foreign policy to a little more vigor, some Demo- cratic dark horse will distance him in the Presidential race. = Huntington swears he cannot reduce fares across the continent, but the people remember he once swore he could not re- duce them to the Cliff House. The movement for corporate extension in Healdsburg should certainly be carried through. They have many men up here who are big enough for a bigger town. The talk among Lilinois Democrats of re- nominating Altgeld for Governor may be taken as an evidence that they are willing to let the coming election go as a dog fall. The scheme of the Cuban insurgents to destroy all industries in the island from which Spain draws a revenue can oniy cripple Spain, but it is likely to kill Cuba. As over 2,000,000 dozen eggs. were im- ported irom the East and sold in our mar- ket last year, it is evidently time for the chicken business to have a boom as a home industry. If the-politicians who are now showing themselves among the supporters of the refunding scheme do not have cause to re- gret it before they are much older they will be very lucky. It is poor policy to make the Folsom- street improvement wait on that of Mar- ket street. Improvements of all kinds sbould be taken as they come and ‘pushe d forward in due order. . Benator Jones is right enongh in wish- ing sugar included in the new tariff bill, but he must remember that in an emer- gency it is sometimes necessary to take things without sugar. Any citizen of San Francisco has a right to advocate the refunding scheme if he thinks it best for the State or for himself, but he has no right to telegraph East that the people are with him. Cleveland has delayed so long in sending to Congress the report of the Government commission on the Nicaragua canal that the House committee is inclined to goahead without waiting longer, and if the inclina- tion proves syfficient to get the movement well started Cleveland would have to hurry up if he intends to try to head it off, CALZ, thiee months by mall 1.50 | THE BEST PAVEMENTS. The report made by Engineer Ernest MecCullough to the Merchants' Association on the -subject of street pavements con- tains much information of the greatest value. Its most significant feature is its showing of - the rapidity with. Which asphalt pavements are coming into use and the effect which: they have on the health of the people and the values of fronting property. A great deal of paving with stone is still done, but that is merely because it is very durable and the people are accustomed to it. With reference to the effect which asphalt pavements have on the value of property Mr. McCullough makes. the fol- lowing statement: *‘A real estate man in New York City figured that if Bighth avenue were paved with asphalt from Fifty-ninth street to One Hundred ana Tenth street the 224 building lots on the avenue would be built upon at an average expenditure of $15,000. This would make the total productive expenditure $3,300,000, which, assessed at half its value and taxed 2 per cent, would yield the city a'revenue 0£$33,000. The city could borrow $130,000, the money necessary to pave that part of Eighth avenue with asphalt, at 3 per cent, so that by accbmplishing this work it would be a gainer to the extent of $29,000 per annum.” Mr. McCullough therefore suggests that it is in order for some real estate man to do some figuring of the same kind on the proposition to pave Market street in this.City. On the subject of the better health of the people, resulting from the useof asphalt, Mr. Mc€ullough quotes the Health Officer of Philadelphia, where the streets have been recently paved with asphalt, to the effect that the death rate from consump- tion in that city had decreased from 31.93 in 10,000 to 22.04, solely as the result of employing asphalt. The reason is that asphalt streets are perfectly clean and dry; no filth can lodge and decompose in them. He might have added that there was also a.great improvement in the nervous tone of the residents, as the noise from stone pavements is acknowledged to be in- jurious. Mr. McCullough suggests that Market street be paved with asphalt or bitumi- nous rock, both of which are abundant in California, and insists that the Eutopean plan of requiring guarantees for a term of years be strictly followed, as that offers the only assurance of honest work. Market street will have to be paved sooner or later, even though the City may have to issue bonds for the purpose. The completion- of the ferry building will make this improvement imperative. With such a pavement as that which Pennsyl- vania avenue, in Washington City, has, 1t would be one of the famous streets in the world. . BUILD THE OBSERVATORY. Messrs. Hammon and McAdie, who have charge of the local weather observing sta- tion, have announced their intention. of canvassing among the wealthy people of the City for funds with which to construct and equip & meteorological oBservatory on the summit of Tamalpais. All that is asked for is the trifling sum of $25,000. It is really the duty of the Government to make an appropriation for the purpose, but as that is a slow and uncertain process, and as the benefits of such an institntion wounld be very great in view of the neces- sarily restricted and inadequate means at present possessed for observing and fore- casting the weather, it is eminently proper that the observatory should be constructed by private donation, ‘We beg to suggest, hawever, what we' deem a better and simpler plan than that proposed by Messrs. Hammon and Mec- Adie. It is that all the money be sub- scribed by some individual wealthy citi- zen and that the observatory be given his or her name. The amount called for is 1-800 part of Leland Stanford’s endow- ment of the university which bears his name, 1-28 of the amount which James Lick gave for the establishment of the great observatory on Mount Hamilton, 1-16 of Mr. Wilmerding’s bequest: for- a volytechnic school, something less than the sum which it cost Mr. McSweeney to erect the handsome structure on the sum- it of Strawberry Hill, and exactly what it cost C. P. Huntington to render his fame imperishable in the shape of a cas- cade in Golden Gate Park. The value of Mr. Sutro’s completed and promised gifts cannot now be estimated, but they will run far above $1,000,000. Tre Carn would be very happy to an- nounce the name of the citizen wio is willing to perform this valuable public service to the commerce of San Francisco and the agriculture of California. It might be well to present the observatory to the State University, as Mr. Lick did the astronomical observatory, and make it @ part of the State’s meteorological servige. “ts active conductors should be furnished by the Weather Bureau of the National Department of Agriculture, and such stu- dents of the State University as may want to make the higher study of meteorology which will be possible at the proposed ob- servatory could receive a regular training there as do those at the Lick Observatory who take a course i astronomy. A BRAVE PROPOSITION. There is something fascinating in the declaration made by a member of the State Bureau of Highways that it is the intention of the bureau to see that a finely macadamized highway is built from one end of the State to the other. Such a road would have a value apart from thet of another rajlroad or the improvement of the rivers, and as each county which it traverses would doubtless construct its own section the cost would- be widely dis- tributed and would not be a burden. The road should be made, however, under the direction of the State Bureau of High- ways, in order that uniformity be secured, and legislation should be provided for placing the care of the highway in charge of the bureau and for compelling the various counties to make sufficient appro- priations for current repairs. It would not be at all improper for the State to assist with the cost of construction and maintenance, for as the road would benefit the whole State, including the counties which it would not touch, a sharing of the expense would be fair: Such a road would be as beneficial to the mountain regions as to the great basin of ibe Sacramento and Sun Joaquin rivers, Those who traveled the Oregon State road before the railroad was built remember vividly its terrors and dangers. In spite’ of the fact that it carried for many years a heayy passenger travel and enormous smounts of treasure from the gold mines it wasthe worst.road in the United States. The old road running from 'San Fran- cisco down through San Jose and San Luis Obispo to Santa Barbara and Los Angeles was much better, asthe Spaniards looked after it. And the present roads through these counties under the manage- ment of the Supervisers are among the best to be found in any country. The suggosted new roadswould not take that route, but would best cross the Te- hachapi Mouutains and run northward through the San Joaquin Valley to Sacra- mento, and straight up the Sacramento _THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1896. Valley over the old Oregon stage road. From Redding north' this road, in spite of its own terrors and the blood which drenched it in the early days, is one of the most picturesque in the world, and trav- erses a region of inexhaustible wealth, as yet but meagerly developed. It should be borne in mind that no rail- road can take the place of wagon roads, and that good wagon roads are better in- ducements to settlement and development than railroads. When it is reflected that careful estimates, based on large experi- ence and close study, show that 25 per cent of the value of farm products is consumed in hauling them over bad roads, and when in connection with this fact we consider the heavy charges of the great California railway monopoly, we can readily under- stand the need for such a highway as that which is now proposed. The subject should be vigorously agitated. AN OLD PRINCIPLE. " The Supreme Court enunciated nothing new when it decided the other day thata franchise for a railroad is not a grant of land but the granting of a privilege, and that the privilege is granted in the in- terest of the public and not that of the grantee. Hence the court’s conclusion thata franchise held and not employed for the public convenience is void. The decision is important, however, particu- larly at this juncture, 1n that it establishes a clear precedent for attacking some fran- chises which are held in this City and which are not employed. The decision should be made to have even a further effect—a destruction of the speculative character of franchises. There is nothing more dis, raceful in municipal history than the way in which franchises have been secured in San Francisco and held for speculative purposes, and San Francisco has not by any means been the only sinnerin thig regard. Still another effect of the decision should be the deter- mining of the faith in which a franchise is procured. It has often happened that franchises were secured merely for the purpose of keeping a rival out of the field. The evil was fostered by the long time given for the beginning and completion of construction, and still further increased by repeated extensions of time. This decision will doubtless bring some comfort to that part of Lhe population which believes that railroad interests should be made secondary to those of the public. Toadvocate such a doctrine might look like treason to the imperious power of the Southern Pacific Company, but it is good law for all that. The decision may have still another effect on the progress of the Valley road through the San Joaquin. The case de- cided was that of the Southern Pacific against the Southern California Railroad. The latter had secured a franchise fora road along Park avenue in Lagonia Park, but had delayed a long time in laying its track. The Southern Pacific demanded and was granted the right to run its road over the route, whereupon the Southern California laid a track which it never used. The court decided in favor of the Southern Pacific on the grounds already stated and on the additional ground that the Scuthern Pacific was entitled to prior consideration by reason of the fact that the route was needed- as part of a through line. The same argument might be made to apply to the Vailey road. As the court has decided that the franchise through Fresno must be sold at auction it is clear that every bidder must make as gooda showing as the Valley road before his bid can be considered. That will be impossible. OUR RURAL INDUSTRY. It is reported by the State Board of Agri- culture that the past season has been the most unsatisfactory in the history of grain- growing in California, and the conclusion isdrawn that it is about time for the wheat- growers of the State to turn their atten- tion to other things. This, of course, does not mean there shall be no grain-growing at all; but only that farmers should cease to depend mainly upon grain for the prof- its of their labor and their farms, The recent advance in the price of wheat, with the good prospects of a greater ad- vance to come, will probably make the current year much more satisfactory to grein-growers than that of 1895. Neverthe- less the conclusion of the State Board will need very littie, if any, .modification to correspond with the changed conditions. Wheat - growing is - rapidly becom- ing an‘ industry that can be ‘car- riel on. successfully only in regions where land ‘is comparatively - cheap and the standard of living much lower than in Califernia. The vast plains of Manitoba, Russia, Argentina and Australia under machine, cultivation are producing wheat too cheaply to make it worth while for our people to enter into competition. We can find more profit in other things. The State -Board has very properly pointed out some of the profitable rural in- dustries that can be undertaken by those who have, hitherto devoted ull their energy and land to grain-growing. In the further cultivation of fruit, in the raising of chick- ens either for their eggs or for the ponltry market, in the dairy business, in the grow- ing of tobacco or sugar beets, there is yet room for a‘large expansion of farm work in California before the limit of profit will be reached or the line of overproduction be anywhere in sight. These, moreover, pre by no means all the avenues of profit open to the California farmer, for there is scarcely any kind of the higher forms of rural indusiry known to the world that cannot be successfully carried on here. A feature of the report worthy of special study by merchants as well as farmers is the consideration given to the possible ex- tension of the market for the products of our rural industries. 1t is certainly pos- sible to make a much larger demand for such goods than exists at present. As yet our fruit, wine, oil, nuts and raisins can hardly be said to be known to the consum- ersof the world. To make them known affordsa task of vast importance for en- terprising men to engage in, and fortu- nately there is no doubt we have the men who.are capable of accomplishing it. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. Keir Hardie says he was much impressed by the possibilities of socialism during his tour of the United States, although the movement, he admits, is only in its first stages. William Morris says the post laureateship of England is a mere court office, a business affair, and it was only by accident that it hap- pened to be held by two great poets. There is only one officer in the Prussian army who has been raised from the ranks. Heis Colonel Lademann, who was promoted for acts of bravery in the Schleswig-Holstein campaign of 1864. Charlotte Bronte manuscripts have been bought from her husband and others for the purpose of publication. They are more numer- ous and important than had been supposed, and will make & substantial addition to her work, both in prose and poetry. Lord Salisbury’s old hut, which he occupied at the Bendigo gold diggings in Australia in 1852, is still standing. Lady Hopetoun, upon visiting Bendigo, remarked: “Oh, the dear old man! I suppose it was the digging that made him s0 round-shouldered.” Y REGARDING CARICATURE. “No, sir. Ideny it. Iclaim thatit is justifi- ‘abledn that class of work, and that people who do not appreciate it, on the other hand, do not understand it. As a general rule they &ré un- {fortunate in being too low in the artistic scale to appreciate it.”” “Well, I don’t quite sgres with you, Joe. Suppose you cari—" \ “‘But understand me first, old man. Ido not want you to get the impression that physical defects should be accentuated or thata man’s misfortune should be brought out to such a de- gree that it would bring disesteem down on the shoulders of the artist,but I do claim that eari—" : ‘I know what you mean, Joe, What you mean is that cari—'" There was a loud knocking on the door ana Joe Strong, the artist, exclaimed in & loud where it was closely watched and exposed to the severest crivicism, dnd commend, as h’dlr:l the confidence and sympathy of the gene: flw" From “The 'anertun Pedsnfi‘on of bor,” in Gunton’s (N. Y.) Magazine for Feb- Tuary. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. PROPOSED FREE MARKET. Major C. J. BErry SHows How It WouLd BENEFIT EVERYBODY. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: The new CALL has ever been ready to aayocate any measure for the benefit of the public, and its columns are ays at the disposal of writers whose ideas are in unison with that policy. That free market the Harbor Com- rissioners sre talking mbout establishing in 8an Francisco is a messure that interestsall the horticultuiists, .dairymen, poultrymen JOE STRONG— AT HIS OWN REQUEST. [Drawn by a “Call” caricaturist.] voice, “Come in.” A friend entered and stood looking at Strong and his guest, both of whom were standing up in the miadle of the room looking at & picture of Charles Warren Stod- dard. “What's all this loudtalkingabout, fellows 2 inquired the last arrival. “Well, I'm trying to talk it into our friend here that cari—" - . “Ithought that you were trying to yellit into him.” “That caricature in portrait work is allow- able and in every sense of the word justifiable. Am I right?? g “‘Well, that depends upan whom you are car- icaturing.” ) “Ideny it, sir. It makes absolutely né dif- ference, Whan an ertist is making a picture for the mere pleasure of bringing out those features of the face thatare most characteris- tic- he hes a right to caricature toa certain ex— Do you kpow what caricature means? it simply means character. Nothing more, nothing less. It is the quintessence of art and requires & master to.do it well.” = “Why, Joe, I have seen pictures of men in the daily papers who would be justified in taking ashot at the artist who drew them.” “Ah. True!” exclaimed Strong' with a wild gesticulation. *Correct. Acmitied; but that ‘was because the artist did not know his busi- ness and does not in any way strengthen your views on the iniquities of caricature. Here, look at this.” Joe held up a caricatureofa well-known Bohemiat, but he took the pre- caution to only expose the forehead. “Whose forehead is that?” he inquired. “Jimmy Hamilton’s,”” answered the oppos- ing party. “And whose nose is this?” holding up yet another. “Donald de V. Graham's.” “‘And this neck and chin?” “Horace Platt’s.” “And this eye and esr?” *‘Amadee Joullin.” ““You got them all right, and it was because all of those features, which are the prime features of the men, were caricatured, and i that lies the strength of the picture. Whenever an artist draws a picture of me Ihope he will take all the liberty he wants. I am sure that the caricaturist who knows his business will never give me characteristics that do not exist, and I don’t expeotan oil paintingina pencil sketch made for the purnose of bring- 2 out every feature that is worth an- artist’s skill. I believe in caricature every time.” —_— SPENDTHRIFTS, The delicate birch in its silver gown 1s decked with ducats of gold; Tt flings its coln 1o the brookléy cold, That drops from the heathy down. The breoklet carrientha bright largesse; nd gings as a gleeman 3 Wanderiag down o the willow-wood Tn a russet and rain-gray aress. The birch hath scattered 1ts golden store— And now, as a spendthrift will, 1t shivers and moans in the breezes chill That whistles across the moor. ‘The brook andered its guerdon bright— AT mows a8 a i natrel doth, :: lmlz'l i;l h“;.’ undergrowth it of nl © forest Of ME Pau Mall Gazette. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR. The Federation of Labor is working steadily toward the affiliation of all labor organiza- tions of every sort with itself; and there is the disposition to concede the utmost latitude of' opinion and action consistent with .progress and unity. To this end overtures were made to other labororganizations, and time only can settle. _whether this federation will finally include everything and be the one all-comprehensive orgenization of labor in this country. It has Hiow come to be a body of immense power; its legislative functions are large; its principles and methods are openly known, and it has e Py A 1 lons an cy. it 3 is v.po‘l:’mt and broa '-rynmdod. intent on mu.u up the laboring class, azd uses its influence improve the environment lnd'ol?ammmu of the latter will it be respected and its achieve- ments be hailed with gladness by every friend of social progress, In fhe electiou of Mr. Gom- o to the presidency of the federation this ope for its future is assured. - he trend of labor sentiment lahzl:rfl the extension of municipal power and the social- 1zing of functions now exercised by &gnu corporations, and, if with this is united ad- herence to a gradual evolution along this that a re; Sotd S3'CIgh Gayy sesion I the el of New Yok | and general produce-raisers throughout the San Joaguin Valley and doubtless all over the State. It is a need long felt and very much wanted by the farmer, and it seems to the writer the City will receive great benefit by it, too. Every fruit season for several years past the newspapers of Ban Francisco have com- gllh\ed about the poor, trashy fruit that the ity was afflicted with, while everybody who cared to investigate knew that California pro- duced some frujts that were better than is ‘grown anywhere else on earth. The fruit- Emwer knows this, too, blst wheneyer an effort as been made to furnish the San Franeis- cans—through commission-dealers—with our fine fruits the net relurns were no better than that which the “irash” sold for, and the pains- taking hortieulturists beeame discouraged or disgustad; so San Francisco went without good fruit end grumbled in consequence of it. = The free market would give us all a chance to do business together. e fruit-grower, the honeyman, the poultry-raiser and the butter- ‘maker would come diréctly in contact with the consumer and in a very short time business connections would be” established between them. City families would get a better class of country produce and doubtless closer friend- lh?l would be established between the Cit: and the country. The man who loves “g things to eat” won’t quarrel with those who furnish those good things, and the seller will ‘be foolish'indeed to ‘‘fuss” with his customer. n California the free market and the wonder is it has not been estabiisned 2 onj It is not the raw To all partie: ‘will be benefici: g 8£0. < material alone of our farms th‘l‘: the free market will aid the farmer in selling. There is another item in which our women folks are properly interested. The farmers wives are ready now, with sleeves rolled up, to begin putting up rich, ripe, juicy, canned {ruits, jams and jellies, made from sure enough fruits—not geiatiné and tartaric acid—and Eood' wholesome, toothsome preserves of all inds. Once the City people know how good these home-made things are, orders for the household’s luxuries will be forthcoming. The demand will be remunerative, so that these jellies, preserves, etc., can be prepared when the season is at its best. 1 believe that eur&mon‘huu farmer in the country will join saying, ‘“Let's have that free market.” C. J. BERRY, Visalia, Cal., Feb. 2, 1896. ; ORGANIZATION OF MUSICIANS. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal,, February 3, 1896. To the Editor o the San Francisco Call—DEAR | S1r: I was glad to see that you favored the San Francisco Symphonic Orchestra with a just notice. I have ascertained that the plan of the organization originated with the musicians of this City. In London, Vienna, Paris, ete., all the fine institutions were started by the musi- cians and not by eapitalists or theatrical man. agers. Of course people with money and the eneral public hel Wwith their patronage, Bt the 1dea was nn‘:dzho mastctang e Judging by Friday’s coneert, there are musi- cians enough, both as to talent and experi- ence, to form a nucleus of such an institution as I spoke of if the geople of San Francisco give their support. I beg to remain, yours re. spectfully, A, FEIDENREICH. 2002 Lyon street. PROSPECTORS NEAR REDDING, REDDING, Cal,, January 31, 1896. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—Str: I take pleasure in informing your readers that the ountry for twenty miles north, east and west of Redding is just swarming with lo- cators of O?uuwmtnln‘ property, and in the vicinity the old town of Shasta location notices are being posted and men working. A number of gold “pockets” of considerable extent have recently been taken out, and one AL was’ found within four miles from here. Yours truly, ‘W. E. McLEAN. VIEWS OF WESTERN EDITORS. But Money Will Not Pass It. Healdsburg Enterprige. . The prospect for passing the funding bill im-. Proves as the size of the ‘‘sack’ increases, Its Destination at Last Indicated. - Los Angeles Times. flmn-p..;mr all, the r:sl destination of that uadron ma; h 1 VAT B e oy How Not to Prosper. . San Jose Mercary. California expends annually $1,000,000 in other States for poultry and eggs. That i ‘most _:dmmhl- vl::y o;ynot pro.-grh;x. e Not Defenseless, Even If Unfortified. Colusa Herald. ' Our coast cities are not defended by great fortresses, but the nation who sends a shell whistling into one of them will & bi or two fn‘r the whistle. o 3 ow Turning the Tables. Ukiah Press. . In Oregon intelligence is nof s bar to jury duty. The other day the City Attorney of Portiand excused a man from servingon a jury because he had not read the papers. Look Out When the Bell Rings. ’ Elsinore Press: England will keep on monkeying with the band-wagon until she gets run over. The Dutch will not calmly sit by and see the Britons swipe all the Tiches in South Africa, which the “burghers’ have worked: for years to develop. Quite Plausible. Willows Review. The news of wheat advancing in price is al- most too good to last long. The wheat in most cases is ont of the handsof the farmers and in the hands of the grain speculators, and the latter will profit by the advance until the next crop comes on and the farmer has some to sell, when the bottom will again drop out of the market and the farmers’ fond hopes and ex. Keclllionl will not be realized. It is to be oped that this reasoning is incorrect; but it is plausible, just the same. PERSONAL, T. B, Rickey of Carson is here. John A. New of Fresno is in town. Dr. L. C. Cross of Stockton is in town. Attorney. F. C. Lusk of Chico is in town. Dr, Victor 8. Vecki of S8an Jose is in town. 8. G, Little, the banker, of Dixon, is at the Russ. 2 Iseac Levy, & business man of Lower Lake, isin town. R. C. Terry, the wine-grower, of Clagton, is at the Lick. W. P. McFaul, Assessor of Mendocino County, 5 in the City, Fred Searls, the attorney, of Nevada City, is at the Palace. Edwim Phelps, 8 business man of Lakeville, is at the Russ. : C. W. Gaffney, & mining man of Boulder, Mont., is in town. g United States Judge W. B. Gilbert.of Oregon is at the Occidental. R. H. Willey, an attorney of Monterey, ar- rived here yesterday. = 3 W. C. Kennedy, the attorney, of San Jose, was in this City yesterday. C. L. Storke, the attorney, of Santa Barbars, | is among recent arrivals. Mayor W. H. Carlson of San Jose was among the arrivals here yesterday. 5 Captain R. D. Buckmen of the steamer. City of Everett is at the Occidental. The Rev. W. E. Smith of Menlo Park is at the Russ, accompanied by his family. W. D. Curtis, owner of the Curtis House, Lenox, Mass., is at the Oceidental. E. D.McCabe of Sacramento, private secre- tary to Governor. Budd, is in the City. Alfred Bouvier and wife are expected home Irom their Eastern tour this morning. : Ex-Assemblyman A. J. Bledsoe of Humbold! Bay arrived yesterday and is at the Lick. Sheriff J. R. Johnson of Mendocino was among yesterday’s arrivals at the Grand. Joseph Scott and Charles W. Welby, wealthy cattlemen of Montana, are at the California. Ex-Judge J. M. Walling and A, D. Mason, an attorney, ‘both of Nevdda City, arrived here yesterday. ¢ - A. A. Grant, who owns the water works in Albuquerque, a newspaper, and is interested in other enterprises there, is in the City. Peter Schuttler, the millionaire, of Chicago, son of Peter Schuttler, the wagon-maker, is at the Palace, accompanied by Martin Conrad of Chicago. £ F.W. Boltz, general agent of the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad at Cleveland, Ohio, is at the Palace. He will probably leave for the East to-night. Samuel Sussman, a leading banker of New York, is at the Palace, accompanied by & party of friends. They will remain in different parts of the State several weeks. T. H. Selvage, grand councilor of the oraer of Chosen Friends of the State of California and a prominent attorney of Eureka, Hum- boldt County, is at the Baldwin. Mr. Selvage will visit the orders throughout the State_dur- ing February. Roger A. Pryor Jr., an attorney of New York, son of General Roger A. Prior, Who served throughout the War of th2 Rebellion, who has held many prominent positions under the Gov- ernment, was at the Palace yesterday. Mr. Pryor, the younger, is the brother-in-law of the late A.PageBrown. He leit for Burlin- game last evening. Daniel Skerry, one of the best-known miners of Virginia City, is in tk2 City. When asked if | there were prospects of a developmentin the near future among any of the mines of the Comstock lode Mr. Skerry replied: “Well, you know the old Con. Virginia, don'tyou? Idon’t know for sure what it is about to turn out, but I wouldn't be surprised if it gave the stock- buyers a chance to.do some guessing pretty soon.” 2 CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 3. — Among recent arrivals ‘are: J. H. Ackerman, Barrett; J. Birmingham, Gilsey; F. E. Booth, Hoffmam; W. C. Martin, J. C. Stubbs, Windsor; R.J. Wil- son, Holtand; Miss Brown, H. V. Deming, 0. W. Callahan, W. H. Deming, >iss Deming, Imperial;: J. J. Greer, Coleman; N. P. Rogers, Plaza;:C, W. Marshell, Continental; W. S. Martin, Holland; D, S..McLeod, Gilsey; I, H. Morse and ‘wife, St.” James;- E. F. Murphy, Broadway Central; E. C. Seavey. St. Denis. MISSES® REEFERS, ‘The sailor collar with square fronts forming revers is thenew feature of thisseason’s reefers. They are fitfed with the usual sesmsin the back, the fronts keing loose and seamless, The model is used for costumes of serge, cheviots, etc., as well as for separate jackets. For the latter plain cloths are preferred for older girls. A stylish coat of brown had the collar hight-brown - silk in leather color, with buttons of the e. For a seaside mountain garment red cloth is much used. A jacket of mixed cheviot in light brown, with a skirt to match, makes the most service- able nouums}tor general wear. & ey iy Serges of all colors are used for the same sort of costume. One.pf blue had the collar in red cloth, with trimming of blue braid. Walsts of cotton, cheviot, chambray, linens, etc,, are worn with these suits. ; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. ONLY ONE—Subscriber, City. There is but one Jesse Pomeroy, the convict, who, when ‘boy, murdered ren, . ~ Gouip—Reader, Stockton, Cal.x Frank H. Gould, named & trustee for the Agnews Asylum for the Insane, was at one time Speaker State Assembly. CHARLEY Ross—S., City. It wason the 27th of August, 1874, that Charley Ross was stolen {rom the home of his parents. . CusroM Dues—J. B., City. The reason that custom dues are payable insilver is because the law of 1872 authorizes such payment. Greenbacks are not receiyable for custom dues. SLAVERY—H. J. M., City. None of the works on slavery in the United Statesthat Answers to Correspondents has been able to find i Camrempo nd in this ‘mention thut the United State 8140y tim before the War of the Kebeition | red tocompensate the slaveholders of the S.,'.';m jnrthehy:hves in order that they might be freed. INTIALS—A. D., City. “What do the lettérs 1. A. H. stand for? I have'seen them in & Sun- day-school paper,” is & quéstion that is too ine definite to answer. If the writer had stated in what congection they -were used in the Sun- day-school paper theré would probably be no d:‘écuny in furnishing the information de- sired. Sometimes the three letters without a period between each. as in the correspondent’s note, are printed IAH in imitatiop of the old- time abbreviation of Jehova, when “I” was used instead of “J.”" SAN Jose RAILeRoAD—R. D., San Jose, Cal The San Francisco and San Jose Kaiiroad was incorporated July 21, 1860, with a capital of $2,000,000, of which $400,000 was sub- scribed by San Francisco, $100,000 byClSln Mateo County and $200,000 by Santa Clara County; 3500y,000 was reserved bg the board and the balance was secured by the issuance of bonds. The road was not completed until the 16th of January, 1864, but on tie 15th of October, 1863, it was formally upened and the first train passed over that portion from the Mission of San Francisco to Big Tree §1A!lonj on San Francisquito Creek. On the 16th of Jan- uary following trains commenced to run to an José from the depot at Valencia and Sixteenth streets. On the l4th of Februlrg. 1864, the line was extended in this City to the corner of Fourth and Townsend streets. DranoNps—@. L. T., City. The primary form of the diamond is a regular octahedron, but it appears also1n rhombic dodecahedrons; and 1ts crystals often have curvilinear faces and edges, They are cut into various forms, prin- cipally into brilltants and rose diamonds. The brilliant cut is the most expensive and difficult, but is also that which best brings out the beauty of the stone; it has an zgper or principal ~octagonal face surrounded with many tacets, and other things being equal, the greater number of facets the more valuable is the djamond. Rose diamonds have a flag base, above which are two rows of triangular facets, the six uppermost uniting in & point, Rose diamonds are made of those stones that are too broad_in proportion to their depth to becut as brillisnts. Stones still thinner are cut as table diamonds. Diamonds are gener- ally colorless and clear like pure water, though sometimes from some slight foreign inter- mixture they are white, gray, yellow, green, brown and more rarely orange, red, blue or black. A MUSICAL PRODIGY. Little Lois Davidson made her first appears ance at Joliet the other evening, and according to ‘the Chicago, Times-Herald praises of the vouthful musieian were heard everywhere. She wasborn May 25, 1885, and at the age of three Lois Davidson. years her talents commenced toshow. It was on s Christmas mornin? when with other Christmas presents she found a toy piano. After admiring the dolls, she sat down and Ppicked out s lullaby he had heard her mother play. Atsix years of age her mother began teaching her, but after a short time it was thought best to put her under a more skilltul instrpetor, with the result that T. G. Shafer of Chicago has had her under his guidance until he has developed into a wonder, playing with gase the compositions of the old masters. CURRENT HUMOR. First Bunco Man—How is business? Becond Bunco Man=-Well, it’s suffering from ‘want of confidence.—Puck. First Cyclist—Do you see that gentleman yonder? He holds the largest number of prizes and medals ever possessed by any one man, Second Ditto—What, thatfellow? He doesn’t 100k a bit like a champion. First Ditto—It is just as I téll you, though. He is & pawnbroker, you see.—~Centralblats fur Redsport. Doctor—Your wife is in a critical state; I chould advise you to call in some specialist to consuit on the case. Husband—I told my wife long ago she ought to get proper medical adyice, but she thought you would be offended.—Pick-Me-Up.. “Prosecutor, will you tell me who was pres- ent when the defendant slapped you in the face?”’ “Myself, parbleu! your Honor.” —Charivari. “What makes you women kiss when you meet?” It is & sort of apology in advance'for what . we mean to say about each other after we part.’—Indianapolis Journal. “There was no alternative. He was forced tomake his ifving with his pen.” “AR T “Yes. He had paresis, you know.” Obviously there was no opening save that offered by literature.—Detroit Tribune. “My good man, I never sent for you to tune my piano.” . “No, madam; it was the people next door,” London Pick-Me-Up. Many a boy passes through life without heap- ing a Kind word uptil some Woman starts out to capture him for a husband.—Atchison Globe. One Traveler—If yonder silent Sphinx conld speak, what & lot she would say. Another Traveler—I don’t think she knows wery much. One Traveler—Whv not? Another Traveler — Because the wind i always throwing the dust in her eyes.—To Date. Miss Wellalong—You say that MissBuzbuz is only twenty-four years old? Miss Wishwell—Yes, that's what she told me, Miss Wellalong—Well, I don’t mean to dis- pute it, but if I'm not mistaken I was 32 at her age.—Roxbury Gazette. TowNsEND's California glace fruits. 50c. 1b. » ——————— EPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau-(Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * ——— Mamma—Did you have & nice time in the park? Boy—Yes. “What did you do?” ““Oh, lots of things.. Run on th’ walks, an’® made faces at th’ pleecemen, an’' dodged the horses, an’ fired stones at th’ keep-off-th’-grass signs, an’ everything!”—Pearson’s Weekly. AT this season a good bicod medicine is needed to glve strength and a feeling of health and vigor to the whole system. To do this nothing equals Hood's Sarsaparilla. Try it . L S g ALLloversof the delicacies of the table use Dr. Siegert's Angostura Bitters to securs a good digestion. - —————— THE GENUINE “BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES" are sold oply in,boxes. They are wonderfally effective for Coughs, Hoarseness or Irritation of the Throat caused by cold. Tuesday, Feb. jth. To-day only. Freshest Ranch Eggs, the best in the market, only 15¢ dozen to-day. Grocery Dep’t Store, No. 418. Largest De) ment Store west of Chicago SMITHS' CASH STORE, 414,416, 418 FRONT STw S. Fu